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Prince of Wales Comes of Age Anvway. tho rc-juvcnatml silver mn'vmcnt is «m. Thv building of U10. Elk Lake brunch railway frnm Earl- ton into the heart of a gum! silver mining district has given now im- petus to the silver mining. The find- ing of high-grade siIVer at the Casey Edward Albert ('vhristian George An- drew i’ntriek llavid. Prince of Wales, heir apparent to the Crown ni the United Kingdom of (ireut Britain and Ireland, and of the British (10- mininns beyond the seas, came of age. last Sunday. being: then eighteen years of age. The pl'nspvvtur's solilmnu' i~ nut confined to their ('luss ulnno. hm i4 emphasized hv vmrvhum-rs of mulvwl- oped luts who are always willing to {NW frum $1000 tu $10,004) fur fair prnspvcts and take chances on re- cnupint: themselves thruugrh [91v mvv ul romnved in development. Born at White Lodge. Sheen. on on June 23, 189-1, H. R. H. I’rinue Weeks aim the mnVemNtl in silver properties started .i-ul is Imw Well under way. \ml .m «u‘v Pl' ~;~~ctors and owners ul alikt'l‘ namns ill the several well-known nnrthern silver districts are getting claims in shape for inspection in; those who are be- coming interested in a silver rejuve- nation. There are hundreds of stood silver prospects in tlwl‘llk Lake and Gowzanda distriets where the rock has been barely N‘rillt‘hed. with item! vein indications appearing on the surface. Mine mm are nnw anxious to determine if these prmped< will make good. The Prince is very popular in; Great Britain. and is of a iiiodesL' retirint,r disposition. He was created‘ Pfince of Wales and Earl of Uhesterl on June '33, 1910. and the occasion! was marked h\' a revival of the an-; cient Welsh ceremonialss including: the presentation of the Prince to the; people of Wales by the King. ' The Prince of Wales will nowhave a separate establishment. and willa have at his disposal a \Wei) large ln‘: come He will be seen more Err‘ quently at social and public funcâ€" tions, and will reliexe the King of much of the social duties that de- volve on the occupant of tihe Throne. as a mine. Wv knnw that numhor of silvx‘t- lnts. [ht-l comp :u'ailahlv m mine and thlls a L'n-zuvr pun salvs is pnssihlv. It tukv keep the pmsmvtnr.” While the majoritv of those inter- «ted in the Porcupine camp are nat- urally almost wholly; wrapped up in its gold production and anything bertaining thereto. there are many Who do not overlook the fact that the silver production has also an im- oortant bearing on Northern 0n. tario's future. It is pmhahlv wise. therefore. to keep in touch with the doings of the siIVer ramps tuacer- tnin degree at any rate. Then. miners and prnspm‘tur~ in the north know more ahout minim: silx'er than am‘ other kind of metal. Emericnee has shown them that win ing on a silver claim is vastly dil- ferent from minim: gold. It i.~ not uncommon to take from small crev- ices enouu‘h high-grade silver to pav for the entire Work of (lo-Volupmcnl while proving up claims. This re- moves some at least of the element of chance in silVer minim: and men with small means are ahle to co to depth in probing the Value nt' :1 lot. Ll'lil'l til" SILVER .\ll.\'l.\'ll. l’ruspecturs are cognizant ut' the readiness of mine men tn assueiate themseIVes with gmul silver ltl'UpUSl‘ tiuns and eunseunentli' haw turned their attention to looking fur silver claims with smne merit. They point. out the matter this “a5: °'.\ $5,000 or $10,000 Int as a gull] pl‘uspm't is «if little 'alne unless there. is one good claim Which has been thorough- lv developed. and peer men eannut develop gold claims. The expense is too great. lint. on the ether haml. a man with a small capital may de- velop a silver property. if he has any luck. paying a portion of the (level- upment expense out «if the silver re- nmveil. even thmlu'h the In! ilnes nnt prove stilliciently rivh tn he \thl'kt'tl The car was whtzzmg 81W a: Magi» trate: “You say you are not street the other day. and a man a v'agrant? crossing the track had a naxmxxi Samuel: “yo. sir." shave. M. : “Did anv motive bring wyu t.) SILVER CAMPS News of Conditions in Elk Lake, Gowganda and Other Districts Hundreds of Prospects “Unlv 0 sharp rcplfi' “How often do you kill a man i" asked the passenm’r of the (mrduvt- HUNDREDS HF I’RHSPW'TS .H‘TH'ITY .\'|‘ ELK LAKE once "' . was ml no pn mm pol'mmt aun- tukvs 5‘:th the rather ful't .1 lawn or IN LIMELIGHT Not alone are the Elk Lake and tinwmmda .wvticm‘ showing: renewed life as silwr minim: distrii-ts, hut own armmd ('ohalt, wherein mines shipped ore last year with many ap- pval‘inu’ regularly in the shipping and (“Vilh'llll lists. forgotten lot< are he» im: raked uwr twain and sales are heim: made. Several working: up- tinns have been taken on lots in the diahaw formglic/m. In South Lorâ€" raine si-Vera’i old prmpects are he- ing out under development. From Lorrain on the south to (iowg‘anda 0n the north the rejuve- nation of silver mining is on. and men are willing again to hazard time and money under new condi- tions to probe deep in the endeavor to ascertain the true Value of the Northern Hntarin silver mining pro- perties. The lx'elso Nickel Mines property. located three miles to the west of Kelsi). “.2133 miles north of North Bay on the 'l‘. a: X. 0., has joined the regillur shippers of niL'kel in the [)l‘u- Vince. Railway tracks are now being: run in as a siding on which to loud cars. A tramway is being: built. and the ore will be hauled by mules from the mine to the siding. ()necarload a day is to he sent out remilurly now, following the eighteen cars sent out tw” months ago. There is every evidence that the ore from the KGlSO mine will run to a high aveuure. the cars shipped alâ€" ready showing: six per cent. copper. The ore occurs in ,serpentine schists. Considerable of the country sur- rounding Kelsi) has been staked and will be worked in search of nickel. lThe vein on the Kelso property av- lerazes from four to six feet in width. ‘ All the shipments so far made and those to come in the future 20 to the 'Monnell Nickel Company at Sudâ€" bury. N Where one voar mm unly two pros- pects were Wnrkimt in the Elk Lake territory. tode thvrv are ‘20. Every um- »! thvm has silver showimts and several .1: some time in the past had shipped nrv. The Mother Lode and (hr “in Six. 3 «hurt distam‘c from Elk City. have lwvn cnnstam work- L‘l‘s sim‘e tho-ir im'o-ptinn. The “un- uldsnn has hmm pruspvvtml stvaulilv for two vears. The! [Wuapt‘vts tn whit'h m-w life has horn Irivon am: Renal. omplny- imr In men: Dummy, six; Tee Are, 15. INmalMsnn. ‘23; ”“550. 10; W.”- lett-(‘0ba|t. 10; Mon-ac Horn. 12: imr In men; lluwmsy, six: 15. l’nnnldsnn. 1‘2; ”(is-w lvtt-(‘nlmlt 10; MOOM‘ ”itvht'ock. hurrvll. l’runb mm. 'atricia. and l’rudvn 200 mm arv workimt. Cobalt. a property located among the farms in Bucke Township, has caused a tangible brighteninit in sen- timent in the north. In every spot where silver has been found to the extent that a mine will he made. men are willing to increase the area of nrmpectimt territurv. Hundreds are cnrasrim: in the silver minim! who during the hut two years had their attention diret'ted to other fields. But. the most surprising results cutttt- from the (iumztmda district. when: mut'c than a dozen prospects have been put undt‘t‘ operattutt. with every txttlicutiun that a lame pet'- cvtttaun» uf tlu-m will tttttkc-truml. Among lllHM? wm'ltim: ut' pt'utmrjttg fur uperuttun at Uuwmtmlu are the lluwl-(lut'dutt. just sultl tu tlw Mamn for $10,500; H'llrit-tt. opct'utml by tlu- llttttattiat Wuml ('utttpttm' uf l't‘ttttsyl- vuttiu; South Bay Mines, M the Huwull ('utnpunv uf New Yut'k; (30w- Kamila Lame Mittitu: (‘umpzmy by .\. C. Hmulic nf 'l'nt'utttu (mu-paring tn start work); Millct't't. Rt‘t'\'L"”t)ltlt'. ”whip. llztt'tlvtt. Mann. U'llt‘it-n-Jttv- (.1105. taken «war by a Pennsylvania t-ntttpzttty. and the Hudson [law on llauminustunc Lukn. 'ttst \\'Ut‘l\' in wlttt'lt st-t't-t'ul mint-s nllllnnul var-lumls uf lllu‘lI-u‘t'utlc‘ silwr nt'o {rum the Elk Laku :tml anrztw (lat districts told minim: men of tlw shippml var-luauls 0 me frum the Elk I (111 districts told m riUh silwr mhu-s t .\'v\\' Hntario silvm building: of. thv rail magic that put n. work. Prices so hi: m'nhihitml wm‘c' t'hv duwn hard nn thie ago. start \\ ”UMP. I «was. ta] rumpzmy Haumim: M. ' “Did anv motiw bring «m to ths rhstnct 7" S. t“\es, sir. " .‘I. ”What ?" S. : “Locomotive. M. ; “Six mmths' hard." '0 IEUWHANI‘A ("0‘11‘35‘ 'I'H I’RHX'I' .vltv l\' THE M NH! -r valm-s m lw fuuml in thv al'in silver Chlon'adus. The “f. tlu- railway furnish”! flu- Iat put nvw life into ”in ricos so high that work va< «1 mar t'hv ('lanlps that Shut rd nn thi~' swtinn two roaw . Shipped From Kelso Vrtlntonau'. “cal- l’rudvntial. Tn all l London. June 2"}.â€"â€"'l'l1e Economist lsays: “We are now far enough how |the meat disaster of the Titanic to estimate its efiect 011 the insurance ma1ket , and [111111 an 1(leal1f'»111mat- tical experience of underwriter " qu- e1' to resist an altoget‘ 1e1‘ 11 f1 useen calamity. A loss like the li.;111ic was especially well suited to test the stability of Lloyd's. lt allecth’d 11n- derwriters at every point. It came .1111 the top of two big losses 11f lin- ersâ€"the llelhi and the l,)ce:-111.1â€"-and \sithin a month of paving for the specie sunk with the Oceana. ltox' s and the ma1ine companie “ere ca'led in" to pay all the heat} claims inci- idental to the foundering of the Ti- ;tanic. The insurance market has 1001110 through the Titanic disaster as lcreditably as tzhe fire offices came ithroug'h the San Francisco earth- .quake Specie claims on the Oceana had been met \xithin a week of the wreckâ€"a drain heavv enough to de- lplete the resources of any but a very rich group of men and within a neck 01 tee of the sinking of the Titanic all the checks on the hull ‘had been handed over. and nhe enor- _muus lUSa‘ paid in lull. “After this claim the other claim: ~s11ch as diamond losses, \shich had ito be assessed bx surveyors, were maid. and by this time practically all ‘the claims have been proved and met. Titanic Loss Paid By Lloyds "Northern or New Ontario. for which our visitors speak. it a Vast extent of countrv of varied l‘t‘SItHIfl‘es which no one can appreciate except thl‘otfltll personal investiiration. It would he a line lhim: ll more (lltl ('l‘ntario people got into the habit in taking holiday trips into difierent parts of this wide hinterland. Ace.“ to many attractive sections of the country is available by means of Pullman cars and steamers. and two new transcontinental railways are almut to hl‘imt us into touch with other plavirrounds of remarkable at- tractiveness. Rainy Lake. llainr River and the island~dotted Lake of the Woods are already favorites with Winnipeg‘gers and with .\merican~' [mm the north- ern middle States. The pictureaque scenery of the hiirh-banked Nipigon and its speckled trout llshlmr are perhaps the most famous in the world. There are sportsnian’s para- dises north of Lake Superior and back of Sault Ste. Marie. The Tent- iskamine and 'l‘eniaganii lake regions are too little known. while the “Country of Little Sticks" with its deep running river.» tlowing into James llav invitm the more venture- sonte canoenian. These and other regions of Northern Ontario are the original home and abiding place of that "call-of-the-wild" of which the poets sim.' and t'rontierstnen talk. The North's advantage‘ as a plet- all“! and health resort serve only as an introduction to lls rich resources and to its undoubted potentialities. We know something of the wealth produced by the iron. nickel and silver "lines of Thunder Bay. Mir-hi- pit'otcn. Sudbury. Cobalt and Porcu- pine. Some of us have heard of and seen the agricultural products of finch rich farming districts as the llainy ltiver district. the lx'aministi- quia region. the country along the Alumna ('entral liai.way. the 'l‘emin- kamini: and Abitibi tract. and the great ('lau ”I'll. We lltht‘ read of the extensive timber areas and pulp those of on flotario Should Visit the North and See its [heat Possibilities In reViewinn the Visit of Northern Hntaria representatives to Toronto last week the ”Toronto News" has the following to say: NEW [WARN] {15 PlEASUflE fliSflflT TH E PORCL’ PIN Ii ADVANCE ,-',{' Homeseekers Excursions Tickets, reservations and full infor- mation on application to W. S. Metzler, Town Ticket Agent, Fer- guson Block, North Bay, or D. J. McKeown, Depot Ticket Agent,North Bay. Sunday 2. 30 p.m. commencing June lst, after June 24th daily. RHChester, 1000 Islands, Rapids St. Lawrence, Mon- treal, Quebec, Murray Bay, Tadousac, Saguenay River. Leave Toronto _dai1y echpt Steamer “BELLEVILLE” Leaves Hamilton 11. a.m. and Toronto 6.00 p.111. every FIRST CLASS EXCURSION RATES TO PACIFIC COAS'l‘ I’UIN'I‘S I'N'I‘II. SEPT. 30, 19113. Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta Tuesday for Bay iof Quinte, Montreal and Intermediate ports. For rates, illustrated folders, etc., write H. Foster Chafiee, A.G.P.A., Toronto. How large they were can be judged from the fact that the precious stones sent in the Titanic from Ant- werp alone amounted to little less than £50,000. “Lloyd's has been tested severely enough in the past, six months. and it has not been found wanting. It will no longerbe possible to sav that the audit is valueless, and the finance of the Room unsound. On the contrary, we may fairly ask whe- ther other institutions, such as the stock exchange. could have passed through a series of disasters comlpar- able in extent and inmrtance to the losses of these six months without a single failure in its whole list of members." Canadian TiCKETS GOOD FOR 60 DAYS 2.30 Pacific STEAMERS “TORONTO and KINGSTON” June 25, July 5, 25 August 5, 2n September 5, I? “g At a Bargain First-class property, conveniently sit- uated on Bruce Avenue. With suit- able building thereon for business or residential purposes. A snap if sold at once. FOR SALE Apply ' The Porcupine Advance