September November December ~Algoma <~District (3)â€"Algoma Sumâ€" mit, Cline Lake, Minto. Jl‘hunder Bay District (11)â€"Bankâ€" fleld Hard Rocks, Leitch, Little Long MacLeod-Cockshutt Northern Empire, Sand River. Sturgeon River. St Anthony. ‘Tionaga, Tombill.. Pahrlcia Fortion (8)â€"Central Patriâ€" ja, Gold Eagle, Howey, Jâ€"M Consoliâ€" ted Madsen, McKenzie Réd Lake, okle Crow, Sachigo. ;enora and Rainy River District (3) â€"Orelia, Straw Lake Beach, Wendigo. aComparative monthly output for the year 1937 and 1938 was as follows: Porcupine Belt 1937 1933 n. to June ...$19,163,261 $21.105,523 1y 3,340,497 4,174,770 Aï¬gust ........ unsl : 3,.3835,350 3,933,146 September ... .. 3.242,081 3,688,990 Gctiber ... ... 3.380,458 3,1766,435 November .......... 3,267,447. 3,700,887 December ......... .. 3,877,103 3,921,535 August _ September October â€" .. November December s s :....... $39,106,197 $44,291,286 Kirkland Lakeâ€"Larder Lake Belt ; 1937 Jan. to June ... $17.576.161 July: 3,002,529 August ... ... 2.839,789 September ... ... 2,755,517 QOctober . ©2.829,218 November ... 2,940,972 December ,........... â€"â€" 3,086,961 1938 $17.602.307 3,124,614 3,244,150 3.066,041 3,076,541 2,919,737 3,106,854 Porcupine (14) â€" Bufflaloâ€"Ankérite, Coniaurum, Delnite. DCome, Hallnor, Hollinger, Hollinger (Ross). Mace, Mcâ€" Intyre, Moneta, Naybob, Pamour, Payâ€" master, Porcupine Lake Kirkland, Orelia, Preston East Dome, Bilmac, Ronda, Uchi and Upper Seine, while the Red. Lake Gold Shore mill will be operated by the Hasaga It would appear that under present operating conditions, Ontario‘s gold production will rise in 1939 to a new high record. â€" Producing gold mines by fields for the month of December follow: : REAL ESTATE Porcupine Lake, Cline Lake, Madsen Tionaga and Straw Lake. In addition Deep Lake, Minto and Jâ€"M Consolidatâ€" ed reopened their plants, while Upper Canada rented the Morris Kirkland mill for a period of six months. New Plants on Way Many new plants are under conâ€" struction or planned for 19839 eg.. Berens River, Britcana, Chesterville, DeSantis, Devon, â€"Kenricia. Lucky In December 1938, the value of the monthly cutput was $8,897,066, the peak to date, as compared with $7,774,â€" 881 in December of 1937. During Deâ€" cember three new : mines appeared among the producersâ€"Tionaga, Orelia and Straw Lak»a Beach and the total producing at the end of the year was b6as against 44 for the corresponding month of 1937. During the year 1938 a total of 13 new mills joined the list of producers, as follows: Moneta, Tombill, Hard Roc:: Mackeodâ€"Cockshutt, Kerrâ€"Addiâ€" ~gold mining industry diuring 1938, basâ€" ‘ed on the cumulative monthly reports trom the mines shows that the tnnage of ore milled totalled 9,$49,300 tons as against tons in 1937 or un Increase of 137 per cent â€" The value crude builion (gold and stiver) reâ€" covered in the same years was $98,0902,â€" 002 and $87,798,044 respectively or a gain of 12.6 per cent. It should be noted that these cumuâ€" lat:lve figures are subject to revision and also that they do not include some 75,000 ounces valued at $2,600,000 reâ€" covered in the refining operations of the nickelâ€"copper industry; From «all sources therefore Offtart> mines in 1038 will account for approximately $101.500,000 in new gold, so far the highest record yet achieved by Ontario. .. _on First Mortgages -fAvailable in + MMMINS SCHUMACHER SOUTH PORCUPINE Paid Back Monthly ~over 3 to 5 Years. +Â¥ ... APPLY To 20 Pine North e THOUGBTFUL CARE AND DIGNITY CHARACTERIZE oUR $35,031.147 1933 $21.105,523 4,174,770 3,933,146 3,688,990 3.766,435 3,700,887 3.921,535 As usutal, the first secticn of the Handbook deals with companies which were active ‘or were formed during the ‘pas‘s ycear. Other sections briefly treat corporations and syndicates which have become quiescent, have begen reorganâ€" ized or have passed out of existence. Opcrating companies are reviewed in considerable detail. Head office and mine office address>s, names of direcâ€" tors and chief opsrating officials, capiâ€" talization, history, property location and development sctivities ars given. Where reorganizations have tak>n place the share exchange basis is proâ€" vided where possible. In the case of producers a fiveâ€"year comparisen of output and earnings is supplied. The book tells what has become of thouâ€" sands of companies which have passed out of current knowledge. For the reader who is int2rested marâ€" ketâ€"wise, an eightâ€"year range of stock quotations for mining stocks traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange is given with other pata, including a schoduls of brokerage commission rates on leadâ€" ing exchanges and of provincial and federal share transfer taxes. Reflecting these important changes in the industry, the Canadian Mines Handbock for 1939, which has Just’_ been issued, is considerably larger than any previous edition, running to 416 pages and reviewing 5,526 companies. Thais allâ€"time record. compares w..h 5,319 campanies csovered last year. 4,714 two years ago and 3,374 in 1936. ‘ ' Porcupine Lake Reports B a Production of $5,322 Porcupine Lake Gold Mining Co., Whitnevy township, reports production for December at $5,323, almost wholly from development ore. On the 369 lovel extension and "preparation of south stope was tha princiml work in hand. According io Mine Manager Sipprell the 480 drift has now reached length of 45 fset on way .to the southsriy end of ore located inâ€"the level above. On‘the 850 level values described as important were found in a small guartz vein carrying hcavy sulphides. ~ Examiner: We are spdedifig up our railway service but even the faster schedule is not suffiâ€" cient to catch up with the deficits. The Handbook is published by Norâ€" thern Miner Press Limited, 122 Richâ€" mond â€" Street est, Tronto, Ont. (Price $1). _ During the year 386 new companies were formed and started operations, while close to 100 older corporations which â€"had ~besen tempmaiy inactive were revived. Altogether, there were 1,404 mining organizations active in 1938, including holding corporations. Companies not in production but actively engaged in the search for minerals totalled 1,019, of which 223 performed underground development, while 796 confined their activies to surface exploration and diaâ€" mond drilling. Most of this work was done in search for gold, only moderate enthusiasm being shown for other meâ€" tals. _ ~During 1938 a total of 155 gold mines were in production in Canada, not inâ€" cluding base metals mines, many of which: obtained considerable| revenue from gold output. Thirtyâ€"five new gold mines stated production during the year and in 1939 at least 21 more are expected to be added to the list. In addition, 35â€"companies were produâ€" cers of other metals. Total â€"............ $11,418,690 Total for Ontario 1937 Jan. to June ... $43,054,465 > July ::.................:. 7,530,394 AUSUSt ........200..0.... 7,400,247 September |_......... 7,182,487 October. .......... 7,398,88"7 November â€"........ 7,456.983 December ........... 7,174,581 Mines Handbook is Bigger and Better Northern Miner‘s Newest Review of Mines the Most Comprehensive Ever Isâ€" sued. November December September cila Jan,. to June ........ $ 5,316,909 l 99,475 August ............... 1,005.429 ..........$ 2242,010 $ 2,789,793 Northwestern Ontario (includes Aigoma, Thunder Bay, Patriâ€" Grand Total ...$87,798.044 districts) 1,027.615 1,101,167 189. 484 208,671 * 2 s $98,902,002 $15,590,679 1938 $47,001,011 8,894.877 8,829,381 8,412,863 8,492,455 8,284,329 8,897,086 $,614.154 Yellowknite mbï¬aes log cabins and mcdern conveniences. It has a denâ€" tist who fills pmspectors teeth with prospectors‘ gold. It is full of romance. ~â€"Two hnundred miles from the Arctic ‘Oirele powerful mining interests and White net, gathered as full as full, and caught up with rose buds tied wi‘th ‘bows of narrow black velvet ribbon is a skirt to remembesr. _A 1ound mirror Wlth a gold frame by alt ‘means. _ =A~ bh:e and white caligo skirt should Mave" a white ricâ€"rac finished ruffles. And then a maple mirror on a little drawser podestal. Plain chintz in a heaveniy colour makes a sweet skirt if you finish it with dcouble rufflss of flowered chintz pinked all around instead of being hemmed. And chen a triple wing mirror if you please. Yellowknife Writing New Chapter in Canada‘s Story Ever think how pretiy ‘twould be to make an appliqued and quilted dressâ€" ing table skirt to match your nicest quilt? Cut bouguets or garlands from chintz, applique on a plain fabric, then quilt.. But och, how carefully the patâ€" tern of the skirt must be cut! Have it made to flare instead of gathered. I usually c a circular pattern of brown domestic first, then just whittle till I get it just so. An oval mirror with a walnut frame wciuld be nicost here. Two. wallâ€" papéredâ€" drawerâ€"cshests (made for closets but almost too preity to be hidden away) make a very fine dressing trable if you join them w‘‘h a plecs of plate glass ‘laid across their tops with space between to slide a frivolous stool in. If plate c:lass is out cof your price rangs, use a wide piece of plyboard, enamelled to :armonizs, and hang a mirror above. Eher way, pep up tiredâ€"ofâ€"winter spirits with a dressing table some gloomy day, and see what it will do for the morale. â€" Hore are ideas I‘ve gatherâ€" ed in my meandgrings about town: . With Panjers Lazse cur.ain material is the decoraâ€" tor‘s darling right now for all kinds of uses. <It saw it ruffied on a dressing table the cther day then finished around the â€"top with paniers of lavender taftâ€" feta, made a la Martha Wacshinston. A dressing table with a [petticoat is like a pair of white kid ricv>s in that it makes n lady feel so very much like a lady. And the comfort about a rufâ€" fly dressing cable is that it‘s something that cinâ€"be mana;ed even if the budâ€" get won‘t allow any fancy business. Because clever fingers can alwAys find a table or a‘crateas a foundation and enough old curtains to draps> it with. (Not that a 1eady~bought kidney with drawers isn‘t nicer if it can pbe affordsd). A Galaxy of Gay Materials Lend‘;l; emeeh t w . .. . 'l‘abie Sldl'f-hl Few A DRAPED DRESSING TABLE WILL Very | have the alcove but can‘t afforda to r Cream point d‘esprit made full and ror it, then wall paper it and set Wall paper with matchlng chintz of <the same ’ sprigged design gives dictinction to this delightful bedroom with a dressinx table of the chintz with a / shirred top Nothing has yet been revealed that| _ would indicate inconvenience to Theirp| If this is 1 Majesties ‘or disarrangement of tour | know why. plans, in the reasons advanced for skipâ€" ping North Bay and Callandsr. Rathâ€" Globe and Mail er, the excuse advanced by the prime | tapie feature of . ;mmister tbat aré‘!ul consideration ol | sons on public r tour plans necesaitabed avoidance of moneyist.hstitd: m%;nstrlct, on!y causes provocatim â€" Renswal by city council of the invitaâ€" tion *o Their Majestics King and Queen Elizabeth to pass this way while touringz Canada next summer, to afford them opportunity to visit the Dicnne auintuplets, is praiseworthy acâ€" If you ‘have »â€"an alcove and are affluent, line it with mirrow and se i pink satin skirted dressing table in it for something tooâ€"too lovely. If you have the alcove but can‘t afforda to mirâ€" Continues to Urge Change in Itinerary for the Tour A white lHinen skirt pleated and lazea across ‘the top wich yeillow. grosgrain ribbon could use an unframed tup?e- wing mirror. Powder blue pique skirt made in gores piped in white and "buttoned" ‘up the front with big© white kuttons® should have a white framed mirror. White corduroy skirt, made in gores and finished at the top with grgen leaâ€" ther butcons, would. go well with a mirror. with frame painted green. ficaving is a skirt that could use a large unframed mirror also draped demurely with clouds of point d‘esprit . . at the top if you like with a little cluster of violets or yellow roses. (From North Bay Nugget) White lace net is used for this dressing table. It is finished at the top with shirred ribbon tied in bows at the corners. The same lace is â€"used ‘at the windows, while the chintz of the windows is repeatetl on the ‘dressingâ€"table: bench. The itinerary as now arranged allows for a revision, without upsetting plans, to bring in North Bay as a place of stop. If this is not done, we should Globe and Mail:â€"The most regietâ€" table feature of discoveries that perâ€" sons on public relief have plenty of mmeyisthatitdampemtbechstmle impulses ©f people who would like to be generous, but fear their kindness Prims Minister Kinz should be acâ€" quainted with the fact, if it hasn‘t alâ€" ready hbeen done, fHat skipping of North Bay means offéence to the great T. N. O. region. A visit by Their Majestics to the Dionne children could be arranged under a plan to afford the people of the T. N. O. region to conâ€" veniently travel to a point where the Royal visitors can be met. King and Quzsen are certain to make North Pay and Callander ports of call, and one article stated that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth personailly expressed a desire to visit the Dionne children when in Canada. <â€"The Nugget was unâ€" able to cbtain information of these reâ€" ports through The Canadian Press, but there‘s prokaibility of the Toronto paper bzaing more right than wrong. # If you can‘t, don‘t go into a Heclinge, for I‘m not at all sure a petticoated homeâ€"made affair isn‘t prettier after all. So take a arcund your pet stores and let their bolts of beautiful fabrics tempt your imagination.. Then cond a stamed, selfâ€"addréessed cnvelops fiOr your bullst "Draped Dressing Tables"â€"it has nmore idgas and direcâ€" tions. (Copyright 1939, zy Elizabeth Macâ€" Ras Boykin). f To Lavish on Vanity Por that matter all plateâ€"glass dressâ€" ing tables are new and very swish, proâ€" viding you have a mere $60 or so to lavish on vanity. Mirrored dressing tables don‘t cost all of th=, but the ey‘re aâ€"plenty. . Lovely though if you can afford them. organdy skirted dressing table in it . wWith an unflamed round â€" mirror above it. As ubiquitous as is the drinking habâ€" it among the tipsy mortal race, even so universal is the list of things that serve as raw materials for potent patables. Anything that contains sugar or starch goes into the fermentation vat som:zâ€" where or other on the face of this reelâ€" inz planet. Man has been characterized by philâ€" osophers as a politital animal a toolâ€" asing animal, an animal that laughs, and in terms of several other kinds of zovlogical uniqueness. To the list one might add, says a Science Service writâ€" drinking animal. For almost all over the world men drink. Bacchus in aone incarnetion or another, seeins to have dawelt in nsarly every land that the sun on. He is a mamber of the Masonic order ‘and the 1.O.0.F., the curling club, and ~North Bay Golf and Country Club, as well as being a past District Deputy Governor and charter member of North Bay Lions Club. _ Each resion or race has contributed romse characteristic beverage to the world‘s bar. Wine started somewhere near the scast end of the Mediterranâ€" He joined the fiecld staff of Confedâ€" eration Life in May, 1921, and has outâ€" standing sluccess in the field of life inâ€" surance.. He has ranked with the leadâ€" ing preducers of the Associmrtion‘s farâ€" flung field staff on no less than 14 occasions. .. â€"Borh in Lindsay, Ontario, in 1924, ‘Mr. Thompson went to North Bay in ;1908, later moving to Sudbury to work for ths C.P.R. He returned to North Pay in 1911 to join the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway. Now Man is Described As a Drinking Animai Widely known as a strong booster for Northern Ontario, where he has lived since boyhood, Mr. Thompson has long been active in the busincess, athletic, and fraternal life of the Northland. Ho has been a noted figure in amateur hockey since 1924. He managed the North Bay Trappors of 1926, which won the NOH.A. junior.title, and lost cut to Kingston in the historic threeâ€"game series for the Ontario championship. He nas been â€" secrétaryâ€"treasurer of the NO.H.A. since 1928, and during: this time northern hockey teams have won the Allan Cup once, with Frood Tigars; and the Memorial Cup, with the Sudâ€" bury Wolives, In addition, N.O.H.A. teams have been runnersâ€"up for the Allan Cup once and for the Mémorial Cup twice during this periad. . Confederation Life Association has announced the appointmeon: of W. A. Thompson, North Bay, as manager for the North Bayâ€"Sudbury area, f{followâ€" ing the retirement of A. H. Kizour. District Manager North Bayâ€"Sudbury W. A. Thompson, of North Bay, Wellâ€"Known in Sport Circles, Promoted by Conâ€" federation Life. Order Your Coal NOW From Fogg‘s Automobile, Sickness, Accident, Life lnsnrance Real Estate and Mortgages. * 21 Pine Street North John W. Fogg Limited WESTERN CANADA COALâ€"ALEXO AND CANMORE BRIQUETTES WELSH AND AMERICAN ‘ANTHRACITE RED RIVER SMOKELESSâ€"-â€"NFWCASTLE RED JACKETâ€"Egg and Stoker Slzes RUSSIANâ€"Large Household Size Lumber, Cement, Building Materials, Coal and Coke, Mine and Mill Supplies.~ > Insure your New Building or Improvements. Engquire about our NEW LOW RATES SULLIVAN NEVWTON A Quickâ€"Healing Salve for Cyanide Rash, Eczema, Psoriasis, Impcotigo, Salit Rheum, of contributions to the Christmas Seal Fund for the battle agamst tuberculosis in â€" che +â€"â€"Miss Laiura Birecs Oliver Charsley, John Crawford. Solmon Décair. S. Ethien. «~Alex France. Paul Grant. Hollinger Time Office, C F. Huckerâ€" by, Felix Hukta, Dr. R. W. Hugh>s, Geo. E. Murphy. William Jéenkins. ; Russell Lang, Uli Levinson. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. F. Morgan, Bertha Major, Mrs. Feorne Macdonald. M. A. Nicholson, Joseph Novak. Harold R. Pryor. Chas, A. Remus, Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Rigg, Rosary Flower Shop. J. R. Walker. ‘ America north of. the Rio Grande seems to have been a land of virtuous ignorance ~of things alcoholic before the coming of the paieface‘s firewater. But all the tropical American lands had their disciples of the copperâ€"hued verâ€" sion of Dionysus. Mexico had a kind ‘of beer made from contury plant sap, Central America another ‘beer brewed from corn mash, South America a third beer from the fermentation of casava root chewed up by women and spit. into poittéry jars. Further Denations Christmas Seal Fund Thus from wine and other fruit deâ€" rivatives comes brandy, from cider comes applejack. Beer grains yield whisky and the neutral spirits that beâ€" come gin. Fermented sugarcane juice is distilled into tum, rice beer is transâ€" formed by the same into sake, and palm wine into arrack. ~All these are drinks made by simple fermentation. Distillation, which seems to have been an invention of the supâ€" posedly abstemious Arabs, has given each fermented drink a more fiery spiritous offspring. tch, Chaps, and mast s«kin ~rnilinents. ~§0c¢.; 1.00 ; $2.00 sizes, (Méedinom ahd strong). At all: Timmins, Echumacher and South tan â€" probably in Syria. Beer had its birthplace not far off, in either Mesopotamia, Ethiopia or Egypt. Cider and perry and mead appar¢gntly origâ€" inated in Central and Westérn Europe, land of fruit trees and hive bess. Interior and Eastern Asia also conâ€" tributed their drops to the world‘s cup that is alleged to cheer. Rice beer in China, palim wine in India and Burma, fermentecd mare‘s milk on the steppes: All these sound exotic, but are declared to be goodâ€"by those who like them. Another List of Contribuâ€" tors to Funds to Fight T. Below wili be found still another list Porcupine Drug Stores. SERVICE â€" _ Timmins, Ont. SKIN DISEASES