The experience of these men seems odd today. So little was known‘of the country that we find heads of parties solemrly reporting that the "Indian tribes met were friendly." They marâ€" velled that vegetables and hay could be grown at the remote fur trading posts. They gleefully took a picture of a baby carriage propelled by a squaw at a post on Lac Seul. They were surprised Of course, these exploration parties could hardly be expected to do any deâ€" tailed prospecting. For one thing they were in a hurry, to get as much ground covered as pessible. The country was largely unsurveyed, with only a few lines, such as Nivens Line, run. There were no topographical or geological maps of any account, The parties of necessity kept to the water ways and routed their trips to keep in fairly close contact with the Hudson‘s Bay posts throughout the North, their only source of ready supply. The transportation of goods was difficult when water routes failed and Indians were engaged to do the laborious overland packing when necessary. ea@ commercial ore. Some iron samâ€" ples were taken. lignite was analyzed, mica was referred to and a few auriâ€" ferovs quartz veins of narrow proporâ€" tions and lean content were reported. These parties passed right by the Cobalt silver camp, being as near as Latchford and even néarer on Lake Temiskaming. . They carefully skirted the Porcupine gold camp and never saw a thing. They made a trip up the Ottawa River and took a swing through Quebesc but avoided Rouyn. One party came close to Larder but shunned it apparently The geologist members of the parties submitted separate reports. Their comâ€" ments were principally on soil, with the odd reference to rock outcrops. Geology was interpreted in a very broad sense of the word and no attempt was made to go into details. A careful reading of all ten narratives fails to disclose a single sampling of what might be termâ€" ties of its North Country and to that end sent out eleven survey parties, each accompanied by a geologist and a pair of tinvber estimators. These parties fairly well blanketed the north from Lake Nipigcon on the west to the Monâ€" treal River on the east and they travelâ€" led as far north, some of them, as James Bay. They reported at lengsth or their findings. Reading these old reports today, in the light of subsequent events in the regions traversed, one is struck by the paucity of their discoveries, In the main they are monotonous recitals of canoe travel, portages, rapids, clay banks, muskegs poor timber, abundant game and fish. They take nots of the Indians and of the trading posts and the czcasional prospector. Certainly beyond Michipicoten and the Lake of the Woods areas there was practically mo prospecting whatever. Survey of North in 1900 Missed a Lot (From "Grab Samples" in The Northern Miner) In the year 19060 the Ontario Governâ€" ment decided to investigate the timâ€" ber, agricultural and mineral possibiliâ€" Investigating Parties Made Few Discoveries., MONDAY. JANUARY 31ST. 1938 Fernland has started shaft sinking, Cheminis is preparing to diamond drill. Barber Larder has started shaft sinking and will be developing underâ€" Larâ€"Add will be doing surface work. Pelangio will be diamond drilling. The above toâ€" promises The Larder Lake area, loc Noranda and twenty miles ut STOCK BROKERS Timmins, 19 Pine Street North Toronto Kirkland Lake 293 Bay Street 34 Government Rd. Doherty Roadhouse Co. and twenty miles east of Kirkland Lake to be an area of intense activity and interest e next few months. Commision basis only lLocal Phones 1200 and 1201 Market Quotations broadcast each day at 12.20 noun and 5.20 p.m. Direct private wires for fast and aceurâ€" ate quotations and executions in all Avsurate Markets and Executions in Membert foronits Stock Exchange Unlisted Stocks Mining Stocks ° Industrial and Public Utility Stocks Bonds »<"AL, 6 h the ology sense made thirty miles wes Found in Snow in Badly Frozen Condition Last Week From enquiries made it would appear prebable that Gauthier had been drivâ€" ing in from Montbeillard on Monday afterncon, on the back of a horse sleigh, and may have fallen asleep and rclled off without the driver being aware ol the fact. is 11GTVSEC not pass .late on Monâ€" day night, at Boischastel, and upon alighting and brushing away the snow, discovered the body of a young man. The victim was with considerable difâ€" ficulty brought into the Youville hosâ€" pital where he is now under the care of Dr. G. A. Rioux, who estimates that the man must have been for ten or tweive hours exposed to the bitter cold, but who nevertheless holds out hopes for his recovery. Came upon ; his horse w« day night, alighting ar discovered t The victim ficulty brou pin2 wEre the royalty of the woods. Up in the far north the spruce, poplar and birch did not impress them. These men had yetâ€"to hear of pulp wood. With almost complete unanimity the parties reported poor land and in fact, in far the greater part of the regions traversed, there is no farming to this day. The bigzger, richer crop which lay beneath the moss and the muskeg these men could not discern nor did they even suspect it. It must have been a rather disillusioned group of men who returned to Toronto in the fall of that year, with little to report but water{alls. Noranda, Jan. 29.â€"The condition of Gaston Gauthier, 19â€"yearâ€"old settler from Montbeillard thought somewhat improved, is still considered serious. The young man was brought into the Youville hospital in the early hours of Tuesday morning in an appallingly frozen conditionâ€"his limbs being stiff and immovable. The driver of the horseâ€"drawn veâ€" yeiieu.. Je Callll0l UNINK OL a singi¢ instance where the big rivers yielded discoveries on their banks. Yet the routes marked out by the explorers were extensively used later in getâ€" ting into varidus camps in the gold and silver areas. The old reports turmâ€" ed out to be useful after all, as they went into close detail on rapids, falls, portages and camping spo‘s. The tim= ber cstimators seemed, all told, to be rather pessimistic. Their experience had been in the more southerly parts of the province where red and white ping were the royalty of the woods. their predecessor velled. One can instance where â€" discoveries on t routes marked were extensively ting into vyaridu and silver areas. ed out to be us( guiscoveries on their batr routes marked outâ€" by â€" were extensively used 1 ting into varidgus camps and silver areas. The old ed out to be useful after went into close detail on portages and camping spo ber cstimators seemed. a to find churches and schools in the reéemote hinterland. These forerunners of the prospecting army met with a mixed reception at the hands of the fur traders who, shrewdly enough, could foresee the end of the old days when they had the Inâ€" dians well in hand. Some of the far back posts had 450 to 500 natives trapâ€" ping for them and what a harvest of fur they got! No white man came in then to interfere with the barter. The traders could not very well refuse to sell government men supplies but they were reluctant, as they had not made extra provision for explorers or other visitors. The prices they got for flour bacon and such staples were fantastic. The prospecting army which eventuâ€" ally raided the North did not, it is true. find mines directly on the routes that their predecessors, the surveyors, traâ€" velled. One cannot think of a single instance where the big rivers yvielded e, winose name was not obtainable. e upon a mound in the road, which horse would not pass .late on Monâ€" night, at Boischastel, and upon hting ard brushing away the snow a â€"AD MIMNES Alert mining men are watching the situatior closely, as from just such operations can develop the big winn:rs that come periodically, Kerr Addison Moneia and McLeod Cockshutt are still fresh in the public remembrance. Advt gether with the more advanced work on the Chester fisld and Kerr Addison, and the mining and millin on the Omega, makes a situation without parallel i Canadian mining development activity. horseâ€"drawn veâ€" s3 not obtainable, ir traders who, d foresee the end they had the Inâ€" Some of the far 500 natives trapâ€" y got for flour were fantastic. which eventuâ€" THi$ MAP HAS BEEH ORAWNE®®OMINFARMATICOHN TO BE RBELIABLE, EUVT WA _Q;tgt!_hyo EXAC T LICATION ARPCE NoT CEm Hollinger Output $14,877,897 in 1937 \ Over a Million Dollars Paid ' in Taxes "Anyway, by May 1932 the mul wa swinging into production at 75 tons ; day, and by fall it was at 250 tons grade being around $4 to $5. B August 1933 Buffalo Aukerite was abl to pay its first dividend, five cenis ; share. Its dividend and production re cords must be well known to readers 0 this paper, for our columns have por ciates. They formed a $150,000 syndiâ€" cate to make the purchase and supply working capital, and the property, upon which over a million dollars had been spent on underground development and a really excellent mill, was taken over As we remember it, it took over a year to find the money, for cash was far from plentiful in those days, and the Ankerite was under the cloud of havâ€" ing been turned down by several big Porcupine and other mining companies at a figure which scarcely represented the salvage value of the milling equipâ€" ment. The price of gold was on the rise but few then could visualizz the great transformation which would take place in Ilow grade operations, the great deâ€" pression was on, cash was scarce, men‘s minds were darkened and their ambiâ€" tions submerged. A little later, when the present company was formed, with syndicate holders transferred into it at about 25c or 30c a share, we reâ€" member that the company inserted sevâ€" eral advertisements in The Northern Miner offering treasury stock first Aat 50¢c, then at 60c a share; the response was good but it was hardly overwhelmâ€" Another of the Roma~ses in Mining in Pore.pine The foll« articles in week:â€" gensral, $873,1728.09; Workmen‘s Com pensation, $129,485.83; silicosis assess ment, $208,880.28; taxes,. $1,000,469.28. A n#s on the statement adds tha if the shareholder is a nonâ€"resident 0 Canada the enclosed cheque represent but 95 per cent. of the amount of the dividend, the remaining 5 per cent having been deducted for Canadia: Government tax under the provision: of Section 9b (2 War TaX Act. $401,706.13, and sundry it down, $6,582.07, $573.712.01 Estimated net profit be adjustment, $5,187,481.16. The operating expenditu as follows:â€"Mining char; 040.41: milling charges, inigrest on investments, etc., and other profit, $198,915.88. Reserve for plant depreciation, $16 423.81, and expenditures on option properties extending over several yea $401,706.13. and sundry items writt Accompanying dividend No. payable Jan. 28th, the Hollinger solidated Gold Mines Limited ser a preliminary operating statemen timates) for the year ending Dec. 1937, giving the following detail the year:â€" Operating expendi charges and allowan $9,315,620.56. Estimated op 27‘ Tomns milled, 1,719,199. Recovery per ton, $8.65 Value of gold and si $14.877,897.85. NOPMAF A . MUKNN Interd followit ing is c: 2 of the edito. al Ths Northern Miner last Dominiot ‘e is detailed es, â€"$5,972,â€" $1.131,.016.67 provis10on 1 Ircomf 14 THE PO RCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO rp 31 30 Try The Advancte Want Advertisements pald O iivIng po:lCcyhnoidfErs, including $1,803,572 in dividends, while $4,233,219 was paid beneficiaries in death claims. Policy and annuity reserves increased to $131,371,598. The reserve for diviâ€" dends to policyholders amourted to $4,â€" 600,000. The contingency réserve has been increased $100,000 to $2,100,000 while unassigned surplus was increasâ€" ed $413,755 to $3.742,928. New insurances including deferred annuities amounted to $60,159,855 a gain of $3,710,527 over the preceding year. Insurance in force including deâ€" ferred annuities amounted to $556,535,â€" 261 an increase of $23,.995,553 over 1936. The income was the largest in the company‘s history and amounted to $3k,155 456. The assets increased by $11,253,.417 and amounted to $154,938,â€" 935. Bonds comprised $88,983,777 as follows: Goverrment and Government guaranteed $47.470,.999; municipai and other public body securities $23,467,108; public utility bonds $11,281,825 and other corporate bonds $6,763,844. First mortgages on real estate amounted to £25,096,855 of which $19,635,330 is on urban properties and $6,361,52%5 on farms. â€" Investments in preferred and commor stocks amounted to $7,602,555. Payments to policyholders and beneâ€" ficiaries totalled $13,372,5M42. Of such payments the sum Oof $9,139,323 was paid to living policyholders, including Teck Hugh Toburn St. Anthony Sullivan Cor Sudbury Bas! Stadacona Sylvanite Fiftyâ€"first Annual Report Shows Growth in 1937. Nipissing Noranda O‘Brien Omega Red new insurantes inCt annuities amounted to gain of $3,710,527 ove: year. Insurance in fort ferred annuities amoun 261 an increase of $23.9 MCcI:I MCcK McV Mc Mini Mon Liitt] Mac MCcL The fiflyâ€"fi1 Manufacturers Lebsl Oro Lcit_;ch Lake Sho: Goldale Granada Gunnar Hardrock Hcllinger Howey Hudscn Bay : International Nlcktl Jackson Manion Kerr Addison Kirkland Lake El‘dorad Falconb coniaurum Con.â€" Chib: Buffalo Ankerite Canadian Malarti Castle Tretheway Central Porcuping Central Patricia Contaras Marked Expansion Manufacturers‘ Life Bralorn Buffalo 101 Bufl Ki1 _ Toâ€"day‘s Stocks emier ad Authier sh. ret inIl{CDf ‘Intyre KenzZl : Watie ning enora 1| Gold e Lan » » "L Missou Ant! LaAk fifilyâ€"first annual report of the acturers Life Insurarnce Comâ€" for 1937 shows marked expanâ€" 1 Harereaves Graham gTO rDPoratllon We ne KeL Cl Dome L Autt 1 C prob Listec A K new high price of $1 it $80.000 Ankerite be $12,000,000â€"inâ€" seve n aking s balke had to be lem renaisâ€" whose acumen and ich to do with the ing on a mining balked at, has playâ€" ng treasurer of the eariicr opera and 1,.050 le in DN TL nf | 1€ Aimong country 1l 6of 56.00 >7.00 3.065 14 13 4 31‘ 1.45 30 1.06 3.20 5.45 2.18 6.90 8.05 1.86 146 13 2.07 2 3D 3.05 1.16 1.95 1.67 . 32 3.15 2.30 6 .20 big But 33 lit 38 50 T 14 Already Rebuilding â€" _ Larder Lake Hotel "Mr. T. N. Hay has resigned as secâ€" retary of the company, on account of 11 health, and Mr. J. R. Biladfield, plant engineer at Noranda, has been appointed secretary of the company and will remove to the hsad office at Toronto. He is succeeded at Noranda by Mr. W. M. Harvey. "Mr. W. B. Boggs, smelter superinâ€" tendent, in addition to his present duties, will also act as consultant to the president on the operations cof Canadian Copper Refineries, Limited." Mr. Hibbert has been associated with Norarda Mines since 1925 when, as general manager, he was in charge of mine development and plant construcâ€" tion. In 1931 he left town to go to Toronto as the company‘s consulting engireer. It is understood that Mr. Hibbert will retire. Mtr. Hay,â€"tl cilals who has Changes Announced in Staff of Noranda Mines "Mr. E. Hibbert has resigned as conâ€" sulting engingeer and director, and Mr. Oliver Hall has resigned as assistant general manager and assumed the ofâ€" fice of consulting engingeer. Mr. R. V. Porritt has been appointed as assistant general manager. "‘One thing I wish you‘d «do," he said, ‘I wish that you‘d. thank â€" the mary people who‘ve written from the T. N. O. country and from all over Ontario telling me how sorry they were about my bad luck. I haven‘t had time to do that yet." At Noranda last week a number of changes were announced in the staff of the Noranda Mines. The official ncotice, over General Manager H. L. Roscoe‘s signature, folâ€" lows: cess of havicrg them on at the time of the fire, Jack Grainger, proprietor of the Lake Shore hotel, came into town yestcrday to announce that he was clearing away the debris and would build again as soon as possible. { "His usual twinkle in his eye, andl! without an unkind word for fate, ox" whatever it was that ruled that his splendid 27â€"room brilding at Larder Lake should burn to the ground last. Mcnday, Jack remarked that while it ! was a big loss, and a terrible disap-! pointment to himself and his family,} the fire ‘thad not got him down.‘ ’ "He and his wife shared with others in the hotel the loss of personal be-; longings, for shortly after New Year‘s| he and Mrs. Grainger had moved inLo! the hotel from their nearby home for the balance of ths winter. "‘They‘ve started cleaning off thcl ruins,‘ Jack announced, ‘and there‘ll be another Lake Shore hotel beforc’ so very long.‘ ) Jack Grainger Still Cheery and Full of Faith in Lardâ€" r Lake hotel ai Larder Lake. He is still of faith in Larder Lake and is fa aa new start with the cheerful cou typical of the pioneer. Work is alreé under way to clear away the ruins to prepare the site for a new better building. A front page ar in The Northern News last week the whole story, as follows: ‘"You can‘t keep a good man d« ‘Clad in a leather windbreaker . ering the customary sweaters, and only pair of pants he salvaged from ruins of the place, by the mere ; cess of havirg them on at the tim eer. It is understood that Mr. rt will retire. Hay, the only other of the offiâ€" CONTINGENCY RESERVE AND SURPLUS POLICY AND ANNUITY RESERVES CQ kL resigned, has not been in MANUFACTURERS LIFE (Including Deferred (Including Deferred Annuities) Payments to living policyholders in 1937 amounted to $9,139,323; to beneficiaries in Death Claims §4,233,219; a total of $13,372,542, resigned as secâ€" y, on account of J. R. Biadfield, randa, has been of the company ie hsad office at eded at Noranda INSURANCE COMPANY HEAD OFFICE c TORONTO proâ€" I nnuitics) A, WILSON LANG, C.L.U. gocod health 1 expected to rt life. He has company sinc ETi4GAy Lake:â€" Mr. Hall probably C for some t District Representative ack Burns, Oldâ€"Timer, Passes at Gravenhurst MAIL BOX with lock . MAIL BOX of plaimn heavy steel .. Order your Mail Box now and enjoy the conveniencee Start switching the letters around; see if yvou can fgure it out. 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Just h is from of Kirkland w TORONTO, CANADA THE GEORGE LIMITED Manager, MOVIE SCRA MBLES, 347 West Adelaide St. W., Toronto, Canada My Name Myv Answer A ddress 1936 1937 $ 56,449,328 $ 60,159,855 OUL Sobve this Hu 532,539,708 143,085,518 121,407,993 *0;713,613 Winnipeg Tribune: An organization, known as the Broadcast Listeners of America, has been formed for the purâ€" pose of getting rid of objectionable feaâ€" tures of radio programmes. Its chief weapon. we are told, is the "radio KHstâ€" eners‘ strike." 5,329,173 Jaruary 15th was the last day for the using of 1937 plaites on motor cars. In view of the fact that the new lHcense plates have been on sale for months, the Government has decided that there shall be no extension of the time for purchasing the new piates. Anyone operating a motor car without the new plates is liable now to a fine. For the moment, a lot of people are keeping their cars in out of the deep snow, but socn the snow will be gone or packed into smooth surface, and all the cars will be in operation again. Before you start running yours again, it would be well to see that the 1938 pleétes have been secured and are in place. Be Sure You Have the 1938 License Plates for Your Car SEND ME THE FREE PICTUVRE LETTER PLATI of cast metal LETTER PLATE of sheet metal CLUES: Probably you know the names of most of the Famous Movie Stare, but just to refresah your memory we mention a few: CGreta Garbo Robert Tayler Frederic March Dick Powell Joan Crawltord Warner Baster Shirley Temple Ginger Regors Wallace Beery Gaty Ceoeper Clark Gable May Francts 556,535,201 + ® # . 131,371,598 32,155,456 of mall delivery 5,842,928 Prov.