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ONTARIO'S ,001.4)• FIELDS
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_night:iii n. taiga irr-which there
• were •aboub twenty beds, alt new, and:
1 with. clean,. new beading. The rate
was dollar Oer bed -'75 --cents if
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to his own:notion, A few,minutes in:. end. Three miles' {,If' ,a• walk over
a.gasoline launch: took lie to South ver bad swam road brought us o
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Porcupine, where the desperate haste, the vicinity of' the Big •horns. -Here
...that. w,as;.made . ,. -
, being to.get ready • ,for several liundie 1 acres 'of the forest
business, lead us to believe that .tho: had igen cut .down and the timber
people were, at any rate, expecting and bF:uih all licked upclean bythe
big things -in the. future. We hail fire,
gone to Porcu ino, .feelingas most .Old 1 as t u k� •
lc i
. P �, , no nuyu.�l, to look.�for gold -n
two slept together. • The, beds in this Ontario folk . do -rather skeptical tical sass moil tainuus district. but- •here it ,is
rvere�aU occu• rad, -=as wail- as- .to the aloe .oi the :olrlr-disvoveries -€ound one rhea av iuti swam
those in soother .one equally . la ge a rus , o ' t .m aE ,ou h Porcu- dh
r� g t .. - .. $trio as a, whole is a vast swam►
which. stood near by.. These were pipe was thefirst thin to .sug est ' lain thickly covered! with small t m -
Y ut u :;e � a hotelconfidence 't b y
P « p y man as extensions deuce in a .great future• for the hers Across •this.at' intervals there
t t5, his: house -one of the buildings district. run low ridges of rooky trills, These
spared bythe.hfire.: Floors, had' Iron Here we enquired about themines rid res are not Very wide and the rocks
.1down n nd theten � erectedover arid were told that of thetwo
groups s ar
e peculiar being
a Doth. arid"
them; t6
rem eachon wbeing
mat ahr
heated bya, atovch enrich work wasg
e; gild done,, •rouredcd�•-There are• sharp angles
lighted by a lantern' hung on a, post one was out about three miles and and nothing $ngge9 ing l4 3ak., ' This
. n n.. an. .Y b P
in the centre. Everybody was.... quiet the: other about, six miles.. he near ( eeul'arit is due' as geologist tell us
:and orderly, and we slept 'Well... In est was• about, the ‘fAig Done": •,mine to tlha "action of• thekrtht glaciers,
tho'warnin we -had.- breakfast --at and tthe.fort' r.abo t -the "Hollinger:"/ � i •,
n :had- a __. �..- . he _ n ger, f , vhhoh,durtng the Ice.Ago,,pushed their.
. short-order ,restaurant for 40 cents We were told that a stagemade two way 'aver,this Pion.. breaking down
wli l g.
r� s c triPs h eyrie 1 cheap' considering, t per da• rr • .
e ��gg_.. e p c . derrnb, toe. p .y to the mines; and:.. back, ally the Nigkl: r94ka and „h_►nding, tihem�
conditio S.but as t1 g a• ' a
...., _ , FTalf, the.• people in •the ,. . the had one, on .its first into gravel:. the bodymain:
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ill Irvin"' . • r• �.
e. I' w trip a un "'v we �
•: , • k were h to t>� 'tent. decided' alk. T.ga here of those rpitrideil rooks is a dark teen
.rreTillage bQ
P.. esented the m,ost-.•rwg„ed state :
that t the raylw
ay is being extend.stone,:known as Keewaden schh,s~
appearance rm�„hnahle: :egr chin:ed fromSouth:Porcu ins
to the'miires Throughout this,,. hoed v®:: there r :� are
about blas •fr. m the. recent fire, '' •those•inteiested.in° tho .mines g • ”
• , • ,..., k•.4 • , e, i e, -the' .. . ,u nes ,payhu�;, aoattered crb;a grid „stCeaks of
• buildings new, and u of the cost.' Thr`
n n aimed .�. th9 partThere is a ` pretty. 'quartz. Tl. is.'sornetimes .occur •s: "n
, Pp, y q i. r a.
• streets muddy and the' lank. walks .good. wagon road, but; at .that. time quite large•b dies • and" it is in this
• laid do ,vn without. 'much regard to heavy, rainshad converted it into quartz that the gold is found.
order.. There being; Yet,• no -.car mud. The;.amount of teaming . over On the BigDin Property ' 1 o
.• �� y , i Dome a lot., f.
'n-ation.,the,�.;wa ks; .-were��-• rivatel- "•'this_ro :suggested-at.•:once..that.th r'. -men-were F -.
.�..�.•, � . 1 p g � . �+t . e e men were•a;G totk;��builrinl-,.•a:wstaaf-t
• bihiit, and eacli: man built according wus•a good deal goiug'on at the othbr house, a'9tain P mill anal several large
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RDOCH
AVE E KL
ragQ
rooming Wimp for tlio accornodation
of the miners. After wandering ab,ut''
AIR BUBRt r' PAWE,,k
for some time, we met a man who is •
-Writclima.n onthe property,'
He
showed us .and a nu,nber of others
what all the:fuss 'is about, .in• . short,
where the gold, had bean discovered
on the•.property.. fin began by show-
ing USA large dome-shaped white ruck,
-iu-the-side-uf-whieh--t.: told'
pplainly seen and quite a, lot=, of
From th' hs hoad.
le us. along • a 'vein of
whiteu-irtz here, an
9 ,, d there pointing
out the visible gold; For .several
hundre..0 feet we fol wed it uutii •neat•
where . iti
ed ed. r'-
r'
the soil.
e e o f
th
PP
l s
swa'
mp,wIrere•therq was' the richost
showing of all Here quite a mass of
the rock looked as •thou
.bh melted .gold
,
had been splashed about on it. Rich
wasno-Milne• for it. t nember 'iif
experienc
ed •min r
s• Who
werei
n the
Party, said theyhad seen sorae rich
things, but nothitita f..elua�
that.
Othera said they had seen as rich 'ore;
boon
of a lar„e quantity of it. 'What.
did 'th, .thl k Of. l 2.-.g
eye_ ._ ti , t. Allwei•e agreed
that ft was on I y •'a/natter of now ow deep:
it went, "If. the .gold ,bearing rock is
found afew hundred feet down,„
•said
one experienced .mine operator, "the
Big. ,Rome is: bound to prove one. of: the
-e ry,-great- old -°mines- o the - wort „-°
il d
For myself 1 tun "inexperienced and
do not pretend/to- be a judge, .but
where there is such Vejy i-ieh: stuff:' as
that showing ,ri the surface, one may.
be sure -Were is-inore notfar off. This
eup,e
are -counting ori, as : theY • are .• ;Makin
preparations fo'r'operating on •anex
tensive scale; and .shares • in the. pro
_perty nre-not o tl a market
• 'The'•rld watchman,• as he•showed u_
over the..property,.. was an interesti.ng
study. For S0 years he had ,1°himelf
. fem. mile walk 'through 'a'aVet
coVered 'in the .,Poreapine' :district.
.1 -fere. tlie face Slidwings were: very
aithilar to these at' the :."Big •Doine,
hUilt their sliaithMiaetinee the fire' and
aredown .200' feet.' At 'this .depth
they foiind very' rich ore." They: were
getting, in the foundatiOa - a- ferty--
opqratieri thia:wititer,' Rot far Irene
the Hollinger -is• the . Mari tyre •Muie,
on which. very g000 ore has been foiritd.
.1. On :the strength Of the .'diaciaverieS
made on the three properties nameil-1:--
DOine,: McIntyre, paid.. flallingeti
the whole,territory :round about has
been staked as' mining •)propettY'.. I
this way. '1 he -rock 'under the soil ' of'
the SWarrip is -the sante:as that which
comes above:the surfaee„ and it is ex,.
tidier gold 'district, a hundred 'Claims
'Will be ataked for everyene..thak„
geld, and e VaSt amount of werk:
Will be clone tor Which 'there iyin....bp
ne return: .1
One thin".,. -already s'astiired is that
there will be 417'',great gOld
mines at 'The ,discoirerieS,
:and prospeeting, already done. on :a
ti.rin is: dees theorenold out to a, ,good:
have a few of the greatest goki inineg
been on tho hunt; .:
for.old and had
• visited the -principal gold fields of .the
world Apparently the belonged
among :the any•.who :have never
strive it rich, but here, at any rate, he
lead 'the, satisfaction of seeing the -real.
thing, acid greatly.-.1•ie �enjoys,sho.wing
strangers. over the ground.
•• • I . maybe here ' added that :there
has -nut et ween "time Wto:,osink'shafts
o any great depth on any of� the Por
supine properties; and this; of. course,
leaves tho value of the surface findings
ii1'`ciunht:``•'Tests_ to ••:•0 yea •liuudred
feet have • been. made with : diamori 1
drilla,: itnd. the quartz rock was ,found
at; that depth, but whether • bearing
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a , nece Sity,: and -in- fact 'aR kind§ -.of .heavier.
clothing are. in demand. 'In making 'our p'uf.L.
chases we 'select om the besi makers in Can da,
i;oo :and 1. per.garrnent.
L'adieS' Natural Wool/Vests 'and Draviels-,---Watsons The idsall'UaderWe.ar far Women.
Turpbuil's and Penmares makes at Loci an“"i5
La:dies' Vests 'and drawer, naitiral ;or
• white, Watson and Turnbull's makes
at 25 and so eents per garment
bull's makes at prices according to
size and qualityr-z,..j.hese :makes are
great favorites 'win.) custorners.
Women's Misses and Children's l3lael-i-T
. 13tr,iwets and Ptillovers in 'a- variety
GIRLS
We ..have a nice lot of coats for girls,
many new- lines at Special Values and a,
COATS -
RUFFS-
Muffe Will be ver.k
ptepular, during • the.
colder weather thie
fall' hnd winter:
Along with most of,
our Fen, our stock
Of Muffs is about.
complete; and. We,
, are showing the,
greatest range of'
pi•icea we have eVer
of Peraian Lamb,.
and Marmot Mink.
in all the best styles.
Prices $4:50 .5 00
To.opi 50,
arid p6.00
L-A vory pretty line
`of dainty white' mut.:
aprOilt in a dainty
25 beats each. •
LADIES' FALL COATS
, With .inany 'ladies, plain black coats are
still the favorites, but there is a growing'
and sin many places
.orite, Sbme o( these'
have dome- to. hand 'and
have -been taken •so
klY that we have
Order§.. They Conte in
a variety .of, Styles,
ifeather mixed Tweed -with
auto collar like cut, plain
tweed with eleth collar and
pocketh, and another in
diagonal cloth; black or navy
in.new wide , sailor collar
-Priees:;.in these three lines
ran froen $7.50 to 12.50,
Many other' pretty. • styles
besides these.
BLANKETS
We, havei• just p!aced
st9ck Some special
values ,in fine wool
Blankets good full:
sizeS at the following
and 6.50. tle. thethe
Ladles
LLEGE
Northern. ,Ontario ; Mtne Ha:- a -Rt.
'markable. System,
Place in a mining camp .a• modern
department. store completely equip-
ped with 'telephone service and auto-
mobile mobile delivery and selling hydraulic
eisergyvvrr he---ceu
noun pac • ages, and the city bred
man may get a fair idea of what a
powerlant means ns, to an iLduetral
community 1,000 miles from Itir coal
Supply. Up in Northern 'Ontar;o •
such a ower ay this is more•of a mit-
Ole than . taha brick,
fiat wi the '
at am
hest
• •andtub orcelain
P s for.
the miner
can exist without a bath, but he
can't uncover pay rockwithout.
power to drive the drills-
, that. do it.
• When the price of coal in Northern
Ontario began - to eat into --the " ore
profits the 'miners -harnessed . the
Men.
treat river for power.
Ragged Chutes:,. the;p�oint where
the miners located theirlant . is,. e
natural water power in itself. It is
ten'.
males front Cobalt. Here the'.
river for about .•1,000` Yards whirls'
down :a .thirty,five foot +rade and for
r 9.
foul ;seasons . in the'. year is a boiling',
tossing torrent.'
The
°theory%`'" ii9 . '"r•acti`ced was to
drop this sur in tide .do.
surging _.wn a 300
foot shaft near the to of the rapids,
then to catch the air pp
-rose lfr`om the water, racing through•.
a subterranean chamber .toward a
tail shaft leading up again •to'• th°e •
bed ' of -the river 1,000 feet down-
stream
Building this power : plant was
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y- lm We .t Flour..
will make the htest, flakiest most: Huth-
--tiotrs -br d: ou• have ev r
•. _ , y . .. a tasted, . you
have>1t; tested it .order .a bag .next
• .go. to: the rocefs ” - • •
g R.
propositioq,np than -its 'originators ` fore
saw. • First. the low masonry ..dam
was completed, 660 feet across the
river, the waterways thus erected
havinga capacity of. -•1,200 cubic -feet
per --second ;Immediately7aboye the
dam, in the centre of a large • con-
erete basin two eight foot. steel,,
shafts, each containing 'sixty-six
,pipes fourteen, inches in . diameter,.
were sunk to a depth of 350 feet." A,
thousand feet downstream the 'other
shaft :was sunk into the rocky ; bed,
'and then in •-three--shifts, and work-
ing day ".and 'night, the miners chop-
ped. 'a subterranean chamber connect-
ingathe-_two shafts .at the upper :end''
of . the rapids with the single one et
the lower. They cut this great under-.
ground./raceway twenty-two feet- wide
alon itis 'e'ntire len • h '
an a al ee ig at the bottom of
the shafts and forty-two feet high'
the; central .1 -art ' of •the tunnel 'The.
whole -.undertaking'. was hazardous to
an extreme, but : ne_'ther „officers nor
men will admit it. It, was all in the
day's. workwith,them:. Moreover, the
" camp : at Cobalt had began to .taunt
them,andthey-were=-going-to-finish-
the job Dor "bust:"
Acrossthe ridges :,above •the hole
: where the rapids roaredgangs of
timber jacks in' the meanwhile chop'.
ped _ a path , straight through the
shrub toward .Cobalt Swamps, where.
men :sunk to their ..armpits, were fill-,
ed` in with rock and timber,`and"`be
fore work on the power -plant. was
completed they hadlaid seven miles
of corduroy' road. • fore the big steel
ripe, line. -this twenty inch•. lap weld:
ed pipe, line ,of.. German steel; which
was to carry the :air: eventually ' and
was laid in, sections . as it arrived,
the various- loops • and feeders rang=:,
ing from• twelve to three inches in
diameter. • .
reamof•the Flour
t
the hard. Wheat flour guaranteed for bread
if,
L.00
r000c Qc=Ocfq�i' o`c:acooaoo.o!o
u i
r (� tt 1tiP•
hereby b fir•
a ren: a nd:i
• declare that. CreamL
�i �0 Y ., . cam of the. Wertt.
Flour is a superior bread' flour, and as such.is subject
• 't4 ur.o u absolute u guarantee--imoney back if not satsf cto
after; a. fair trial.-. Any dealer is: hereby' authorized tp
return price paid by customer; on. :return of unused
portionof bag if flour is not as represented.
„The e `bel1 Milli 't®d Toronto...-. x-
• ArcLib.ld Campbell, President ' yr'tic
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,#-�r11I 1araiclan�t ; •ay gr, ocers.",'
NTUALLY
I will be Havelock and Sepoy Flour
.for this community.
Tt
, The Milling MaChinery is pe▪ rfect.. .
The Miller copRetent and of long experience,
Every bag of our output to quality and
purity—needs no bleaching, no adulteration.
Our Custoniers ndW say: "Not only as good a the
best, buk better- diall the best". Try a
bag -and prove it,
TRREAVEN-1110$.,-.LUDKNO,
.John Bain, Imperial ,tride 'cor-
respondent . for Ottawa,- recently is-
tued i report • on the external trade
of, the United :Kingdom as it 'affects'
Canada for the six inonths ending
importe4 Into the United Xing.-
dom 'Canada, and exported from
ins t first six -months of each of
the years 19.10 and 1911, were as
figuree given being pemnde'
stirling7-Imports ' into the., United
Kingdoni-'-froM Canada, 1910, 10,599, -
to Canada, United Kingdom prO-
'of 'foreign' and; eolinfir prod-tice,.1910;,
•blit the imports from Canada were
, lower Ly .two sterling, of
which nearly one -and one-half mit-
lions were due to diminished imports•
'of wheat. .Britain's wheat imports
from Canada were Z3,825,000 in the
first,six months last year, while their
Werd only £2,422,000.' ,Bacon. and
hams, however, shOw an increase
from £695,900 to El.,00,000.
Heckl ins.
20.6.': 11
B., --Store` closes at 6 p. except Saturdaya,
Lis SENTarsi.; to new sae -
scriber hom now until the end
of the you, for:only.
Try it. Tell your friends about,
Ona man- has ,ordered half ra„
dozen eopiag fa ne sent to <MN.'
'friondc, in the ‘N: eat. Can any
dile [Aim/ tO ::he. Without' the
home news alibis priee1
Capital Paid Up
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'Has 89. llranclies in an'a:cla,.and Agents and Correspondents
hi -all the i'rincipal•Cides in the NvQad..
curren.t rate
GEO. H. SMITH, Manager:
With bigh-soUndini. sentiments
pleliiine'rellhe time end some of the .
all the people , all the time. '
:Lloydini ter, flask:, which is a Barr
pepalation is 'chiefly English,. and
fa
an orato 's best • sentiment 'may be.
some ;of . the men there 'have had the
well-known English habit of heckileg
A prominent ()rater &reused consid-
erable enthasiasni by rounding out hia
speeeh with the oft-euoted statement
of 'Sir John A, Macdbnald-"A .1Iritish
' Applause 'greeted 'the statement, but,'
'when the clapping had ceised, a heek-
pense by saying, "That's' all very well,
but what are ,yod going Id do in the
Veteran Is' done.
• The old deer in High Park,'Toronto.
is dead,
Ord age carried hlm:.off,. hut the
parks authorities are not just certain
-hew old he is.' He has belonged to
thet.,.eity for 14 years. 5
:The old fellow had been in
tor two years past. ' He had a fine
ef horns, arid a deep bellow, that
used to make the High Park WOOdS, re-
sound during the autumn days, when ,
Est
Our ptore has the reputation'of handling high grade .shoe's for •
. every day wear, OUT stock- fur thie Siia,8011 Wai :purchasoti horn
the very best manufactures:: - Weliave Ster,ing In1o.• French ,
Kip at $3.50, Eng,lish kip 300, Chrome Kip at 3.00. We have.
placed in Welt:this .fall.the Arthur. Williams, Shoes for every:.
. 'day wear. Every pair cs:gparanteed to give satisfadtion. Prices
from 2:50 up'to $6,00, Corne.in ' and ses Ahem before buvin&
We have rubbers to fit all kinds o shoes, good fitting • rubber.
fit,you with, a good pair et rubbers. •
HE JOYNT SHOE STORE'
lie would. make: desperate efforts to
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