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| 4 1 \‘5 * A4 ll‘ ‘ ¢ FRANK BYC C006 606064866 7 39 FOURTH AVENUE OPPOSITE FIRE HALL y For the best in. Pru1ts Confectionery, etc., and forâ€"Ice Cream, come here. @ In Toys, Fancy Goods, Jewelry, etc., as we are going out of these lines. ; Big Bargains These Bays at P. Antoine‘s *‘ Pleasure Ice Cream Parlour * TIM§JINS BRANCH, « SOUTH PORCUPINE BRANCH, IMPERIAL BANK Fire Wood in any iengtns to suit, from 14 inches to wood in log. Dry and green Jackpine. Prices very reaâ€" songable. ‘ Order your wood now beâ€" fore the rush. â€"38 H. CHARLEBOIS, Phone 347. â€" 30 Cedar St., Timmins. AUDITOR AND ACCOUNTANT Systems installed Statements prepared Books kept for merchants not reâ€" quiring full time bookâ€"keeper. BOX 147, SCHUMACHER, ONT Frank Y. Uttley ry a Want Ad in The Porcupine Advance Personal Service OF CANADA It has been the aim of this Bank, since its inception, to be someâ€" thing more than a mere reposiâ€" tory for funds. Its policy has always been to render a service both personal and interested to ali its clients. Perhaps this fact accounts for the remarkable and steady growth of the Imperial Bank during the last 48 years. | 14 NEW MACHINE FOR SHARPENâ€" ING SKATES Does Good Work and does it quickly. 60 Fourth Avenue Corner Balsam Boots and Shoes and Rubbers reâ€" paired in firstâ€"class style. Best Boots and Shoes and Rubbers Sold at the lowest prices. It will pay you to try us once, you‘ll come again. Pays highest prices for secondâ€"hand furniture. Sells new and secondâ€"hand Furniture at cheap prices. SHOE REPAIR SHOP Max Greenberg BUYS AND SELLS FURNITURE Now open for business. Firstâ€"class rooms, and steam heated All upâ€"toâ€"date conveniences. Reading and Sitting Rooms. Sample Room for Travellers. Best dining room in town. Meals at all hours. D. SUTHERLAND, Manager. F. R. WAY, Manager. P.O. Box 3, Timmins. IROQUOIS FPALLS PARIS HOTEL PORGUPINE PROVING A RIGH AREA AT DEPTH Production of Porcupine and Kirkâ€" land Lake Properties Highly Encouraging. Mr. Balmer Neilly, Secretary of the Ontario ‘Mining Association, writing in the Annual Financial Survey of The Toronto Globe last week says:â€" In the early days of the Poreupine and Kirkland Lake gold ecamps there was general apprehension lest the past disheartening history of gold mining in ‘Ontariol should be reâ€" peated. _ Many efforts successfully to develop a gold mine in this Provâ€" ince ‘had been made, but all without succeess. The deepest gold mine is working on the two thousand foot horizon, and is an outstanding illustration of the fact that, in this case at least, the ore bodies are richer and much more exâ€" tensive than on the upper levels. The manager of our largest gold mine has stated publicly that to date, nothing has developed that would cause him to doubt the extension of their present ore bodies, with conâ€" tinuity of grade and dimensions, to at least the three thousand foot level. Would _ these Temiskaming ore bodies, disclosed on the surface, conâ€" tinue to depth and maintain their average gold content? This was the query that must be answered, and the necessary data depended upon neavy expenditures on extensive deâ€" velopment. | There were times in the early hisâ€" tory of nearly every large goldâ€"proâ€" ducing mine in Ontario when there was some cause to question the advisâ€" ability of maintaining their strue@le. This perserverance and faith on the part‘ of the early pioneers in mining has had its reward, and toâ€" day it is gratifying to be able to state that Ontario is at the top of the Jlist of all the goldâ€"producing Provinces and States on the North American Continent. In the early stages of production in any mine, the higherâ€"grade and more easily available ore bodies are utilizâ€" ed. As work continues and additionâ€" al knowledge is obtaimed regarding extent and average gold content of the ore ‘bodies, the general average for the whole mine is more easily calâ€" culated. For this reason considerable importance may be attached to the statisties covering the gold producâ€" tion of Ontario during the past two or three years. During the first half of 1921 the average reovery from all gold ore treated in Ontario was $8.11 per ton. Up to the present time the experiâ€" ence obtained from deeper developâ€" ment in our gold mines has been higchly satisfactory. Within eleven hours last week Coâ€" balt brigade had four alarms to anâ€" swer. Two were chimney fires, with no particular damage done. Another was the case of an overheated stove setting fire to a refrigerator car conâ€" taining apples. _ Some damage was done before this blaze was broucht under eontrol. The fourth fire had considerable headway before it was discovered. It was in a house at 178 Lang street, and neighboring places were threatened. The building was gutted and the contents all destroved. but adjoining buildings were saved from damage. The loss will be around $1200.00, with half covered by insurâ€" ance. Four alarms in eleven hours is said to be a record for the Cobalt bricade,. During the first half of 1921 the average reovery from all gold ore treated in Ontario was $8.11 per ton. The comparative figure for the entivre year of 1912 was $9.10 and for the first nine months of this yvear $9.04. The power shortage that develâ€" oped in the (Poreupine ecamp: early in the year threw the gold mining industry out of its stride.â€" Producâ€" The decision to continue often tried the patience and courage of those reâ€" sponsible for the necessary financing, but, fortunately for the Province, these men, upon whom the decision depended, had the courage ~of their convictions and were firancially able to carry their venture to a logical and successful conclusion. The power shortage that develâ€" oped in the (Poreupine ecamp: early in the year threw the gold mining industry out of its stride. _ Producâ€" tion was of necessity curtailed, but it must be a matter of pride to all concerned that since power has been available the early deficieney has hbeen almost counterbalanced, and that the final results for 1923 will probaâ€" bly exceed those of 1922, both as to tonnage treated and the average erade of the ore. To date it may be safely said that all the gold produced in ‘Ontario has come from ore mined, on the averâ€" age, above the six hundred foot level. (Generally speaking, development has been carried to about the thousand foot level and results obtained would indicate no diminution in the size of the ore bodies and that the average gold content has slightly increased. juery that must be answered, and he necessary data depended upon ‘esults, to obtain which necessitated ieavy expenditures on extensive deâ€" THE PORCUPITNE ADVANCE As science reduced the terrors of thej sea, and education and higher civilization erased the sometimes terrible superstitions from the minds of the world, so the worship of and sacrifices to Neptune ceased, but even to this day he is venerated by many Latin and Scandinavian sailors and no ship crosses the equator without some recognition being made of him. Usually this takes the form of a burlesque performance in which those who are making their first "crossing of the line"‘ are initiated into hen to travel upon the sea wa$s to venture in great danger it was usually thought wise by the voyagers o propitiate the god of the waters by making gifts to him nefore setting sail, and oftentimes, when Neptune disâ€" nlayed his wrath at sea, human sacrifices were made to him. To our superstitious ancestors the son of Saturn ind Ops had great power over the waves, especially those f the sea, and had, therefore, in his hands the welfare of ill vessels and their human and other freight. The worship of Neptune was early introduced into Rome, and July 23rd, ‘"‘Neptunalia,""‘ was his feast. This year, when Neptune boards the Empress of Canada, which leaves New York on a Round the World cruise on January 30th. his secretary will issue to all those who pass before the God of the Waters, certificates to that effect, which will be countersigned by Captain S. Robinson, R.N.R., who commands the vessel, and which,. besides being valuable souvenirs of the trip, will exempdi the holder from further trial. budhereet i 16 ud ied l or s +3 441 m Py on is The unique photograph reproduced above was taken aboard the Canadian Pacific "Empress of France" while on a ‘"Round the World" cruise last year. «Neptune boarded the great liner in the early morning of the day on which the "line‘" was crossed, and held court. He was attended by the Royal Barber and other high officials who assisted in the initiation ceremony. â€" Most of the passengers were summoned to his august presence and were tried for their misdemeanour, punishment or praise being awarded without favor. Those who proâ€" duced evidence of having been ‘"initiated‘‘ before were, of course, exempt from trial. \ the mysteries of the deep. D