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Zurich Herald, 1929-03-21, Page 6Conditions at Noranda Look Very Promising to Mr. Moore A Personal Visit to the Quebec Mining Areas is Basis of this 'Week's title-- Atp, islet Situation Reviewed . A HUDSON BAY By L. J. MOORE Noranda Mines Limited Noranda Mines Limited is makingg steady progr see in the direction of large . scale production. Duriug the timo since the smelter came into op- eration the mine has been able to I keep up with the demand for smelter feed in spite of the limited existing 1 capacity of No. 3 shaft. When the I writer made an inspection of Noranda on March lst, excellent speed was being attaiued in hoisting ore . 'rte last clay of February showed a record of 1,695 tons of ore hoisted in addi- tion to waste rock. .The smelter's re- t quirements amount to approximately { )< 1,100 tons daily. It is therefore pos f sible to do a considerable amount of development work through No. 3 shaft l and continue to hoist enough ore in six working days to keep the smelter going for the entire week. - No. 4 shaft was at a•depth of about 550 -feet at the beginning of this: month. It will be equipped with a new hoist, which was then on route from the Atlantic seaboard within the next few days. The shaft sinking work is ahead of schedule. The 1,000 - foot level will be reached and stations cut at hundred foot intervals by Sep- tember. A long crosscut is being driven from No. 3 to No. 4 shaft. In all probability the crosscut will reach its objective and the station cut before the shaft is finished. However, a dec- ision may bo made to continue the shaft to a depth of 1,500 feet. No. 4' shaft will have a much greater hoist- ing capacity than No. 3. It will be no great task to handle 3,000 tons of ore daily fromthe two shafts and to con- duct an intensive campaign of mining development. No. 4 shaft is several hundred feet away from any known ore, but the same was said concerning No. 3 shaft when it was at the corres- ponding depth. There is fairly • definite assurauce concerning the extension of important ore of average mine grade, to a depth of 1,500 feet. The unknown factor is the extent and importance of ore oc- currences below the.1.500 foot. In a general way diamond drilling results below the 975 -foot, which ware con- ducted at one hundred foot intervals 1 •e along the 440foot drift in H" orebody y yielded gratifying results. The copper content may be expected to vary at different horizons. Generally speak- ing, however. the drilling downward from the 500 foot, as well as from the 975 foot level, indicate bigger things, for Noranda than are appreciated by membered that this is under the con- trol of British Metals Corporation which is associated with Noranda, and Nichols Copper Company in one of their refinery projects. It should not be overlooked that Amulet pos- sesses a great deal of ground in which ore -making possibilities are at- tractive. The stock may be consid- ered as fairly attractive at around the current price of $2.30 for a hold of possibly, six months. Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Hudson. Bay 'Alining and Smelting Company directors did not give a great deal of new information to shareholders at the annual meeting held in Woodstock on March 5th. The announcements they did makewere decidedly reassuring. The ore reser- ves were placed conservatively at eighteen million tons. It is thought this could have been increased con- siderably without undue risk. Pro- fits ' are estimated to run at around $3.50 per ton without allowing for depreciation and depletion, With a production of three thousand tons a day ,it is comparatively easy to figure out probable earnings per share per annum on the capitalization of 2,500,- 000 shares all of which are issued. It is estimated that the profits of the •» first six years' operations will be suf- ficient to meet the entire capital out- lay. The mine has a long life ahead of it, without counting upon the un- doubted additions to ore reserves that will be made as development pro- ceeds. The power development at Island Falls, Saskatchewan is proceeding. It will provide about 44,000 h.p. and power will 'be delivered about the end of this year., A temporary plant will deliver two thousand h.p. at the mine within the next few weeks and this will be dismantled when the .main Construction is finished. The com- pany has current assets of $12,923,109, 'consisting of conservative investment securities and cash,' The ore content is estimated at 1.71 per cent, copper, '3.45 per cent. mend, and a world-wide mining eon, -eine, .074 oz. gold and 1.06. oz. silver. vection. The location of the Nor- I Saeisfactory arrangements with the arida refinery at tidewater on the fi C.N.R. have been reached concerning Lower St. Lawrence will place it in ' freight rates to apply as Soon as the a position to handle export business. railway is turned over by the . con. The Noranda• picture is beginning struction company. The Whitney to be filled out, and the next two , and Newmont interests make an ex-. years will accomplish Mhuch in this eeptionallY strong combination. The regal'd. We recommend the stock 'company is assured of substantial as an outstanding purchase for sub- Profits and the purchase ot its shares stautiai enhancement, pointing to its at around current prices is consider- probableearnings as justification for ed attractive for a hold of one to two, much higber 'prices for the shares years, that have yet been attained. Miss Peunder—Mr, Close, Yttight 1 Amulet Mines, imited ask if you will advance me my next wages?" Mi, Close -Sorry. to 'week's g lli.:u.t ., .. • a Limited, proposes •. Atntrt t 'dine,..,Miss Pounder. What would my wife ao 111 d an energetic program of dia- say, 11 she heard 1 was znaklnE; ad- clreii ut Ci scone drilling' had .,sdergroued Work Hail, and grandchildren of Sir George Berry.' ,. iluriirr tit"+ cxriiug "�ason. 'there ls, rance9 to my stencograithers ... What is a Cot? Still a Puzzle 7 British Wal' Office's Unofficial Defintion Leaves Old Ques- tlOn Unanswered,: for Scotland Changes and Its People Are Scat- tered Far • London. --The old question, What 1's a Scotsman? bob:{ up again in a recent War Office decision that recruits for the Scots Guards must in future be Scotsmen, To Hopeful reporters hest - . r ening in search of an answer to one >., �:..n z. � .. • ... •. ;; ..... ,, ����,� ���• 101 the oldest and trust ui.ktieu,t "of questions, it has been revealed that + the War Office has no official idea- ,,fwhat constitues a Scotsman, but un-, officially it holds •.i.at a Scotsman is Ieither (a) a man born h. Scotland or (b) the son of a Scotsman. The dificulties with the War Office's formula are obvious. Under it, the Murphys of Glasgow anu the wlui- vaneys of Dundee become Scotsmen despite the fact that they are never seen inside the 'bonnie U. P. kirks." Also, the Highland clansmen who have hung their claymores for generations in Hampstead, Wimbledon, Ealing and the other suburbs of London, are de- nationalized despit' the fact that they - s have made the English New • Year's s;z Eve a festival of pipers, haggis, Auld 'e`e' Lang Syne and a'e that. Credit is due to the War Office, however, for -at- BY LLOYD J. MOORE, tempting an a .saver to one of the Member Standard Stock and Mining most tions The Scotsman wearse none nic Exchange. _ ► _ _ of the easier tags of nationality. He on for believing that the attempt carries no Scottish passi.ort to iden- to tify himself. Legally, in fact, his e hestsecure further ore will ebr quite as nationality does not exist. The Stone earnest . asco in the summer of 1927heof Destiny is in W estminster Abbey. when discoveries followed each other y } with remarkable rapidity. There is a „vii , - _ vie ens— S JJ'i xi. great deal of new ground to be explrNor, in ordinary usage, due the ed which holds quite as attractiveScotsman employ a Scottish language possibilities as the section of No. 4 to identify hiinself to foreigners. tie area which brought iu additional ore talks the purest English, or, aiteen over a year and a half ago. The natively, ii his palms are caliuused' year 195 was really au "cif" year with toil and his tongue with the Low - so Ear as significant developments lanee burr, he is as likely to conte are concerned, although it sect by. no irrnt the English pe, from the Scot - means negative in its consequences. tisk side of the hordes. It is true An effort will be made over the next that if he comes from above a line six mouths to double the present re hl from the Filth of serves of around $10,000,000. It is quite `within the range of possibility that this will be done. The property may not be very far from the produc- tion stage, particularly if coming de- velopments meet the hopes of the management. The refinery plans which have been advanced, but which are not yet known in detail, may be of much im- portance if it especially let portance to Amulet, seems likely an electrolytic zinc plant is • erected. This would provide a splendid outlet for Amulet's concen- trates. The Sterling mine in Cape Breton promises to be an iniportant• rce of zinc and it should be re - unrelenting meditation on eternal flames, Such at least is the current supposition, and the devastating omrnity of a Claego'w' Sunday dogs much to buttress it.' But it sheuld perhaps be'added. that the rule seems p have ppene s tatihave for in e a Scots- manhal � man who could possibly "be discribed a, dour or was in the least reluctant to bang sar.i,cnces. The fact is that, aside from por- ridge, baps, shortbread and "Stitch" Mist (the last is an English enpres- sion which :neaps steady rain), the essential characteristics ot: Scotland ale elusive, Scotsr_c.n are difficult to contain within the limits. of a handy azci sufliciettt defii.ition. Yet, despte his lack of the more obvious tags o'. aetionality no Scetstnan ever .de- scribes himself as an Lnglie.hnean. It may be difficult to define his Scot- tishness, but there is never an in- stant's doubt th •1 it exists and flour- ishes. In Scotland itself there are little ways and Labits which some - 'times betray it. If you stand at the top of the Waverley steps i out the Edin- burgh, you can usually pick natives because, even on a calm day, they instinctively grab their hats as they pass what is at times the wind- iest corner in. Europe. As far as it goes, this is not a bad test o a Scots- man. Its only trouble is tfiat it does not go far enough: Not all the :Scots- men in the world pass the'Waverley Steps every day, and it is the first essential of a definition that^ it shall work every day and everywhere. LIMERICK CORNER Joyous Jingles By : Cif ted Rhymsters • die' winners d tot re are. this weeks that have. been sei�,Fte publication:— Wrigley's Gum Sun Life Assura�ice Co, Try Wrigley's, o1 mammy and There was a young fellow named peppy The flavor is certainly snappy? For forethought he ever Wag' Jus 1f you chew it 'with glee . 7I You'll live a long life and die To happy. 'Cas Mrs. S, K. Putman, R.R. 1, Bixrearck, Ont. Solomons Fur Farm Rave you heart! yet of Solomon's' Fur Farm, Which in winter keeps both "him" ud "her" Warm, Quit your fortune echemes silly Invest in Chinchilla And start as it were a new fur farm. Mrs. H. J. Dean, R,R. 2, Glanworth, . Ont. Dr. Williams Pink Pills Whoa slogan rings. out from you steeple? "Try Williams Pink Pills for pale people," They do what they claim The effect is the same Whether took by O'Toole or Von Tiepel l t take it from me, famous, He SLOT SWORDSMEN ABROAD. _it:.e;et, itis the aeottish' dispersion wilich makes an adequate definition of the Scotsman so hopeless to at- tetnpt. The Scots Guards, as "Les Gendarmes Ecossais" and "La Com- pagnie Ecossaise de la Garde' du Corps du Roi," once wrote in France e of the most vivid chapter in Mrs. E. Mills, Box 397, Elora, Ont. Beecham's Pills There was a young man named Joe Sliver, Asked the "hoc" to prescribe for his liver, He said "Beechazn's Pills Will cure all your ills And will fix up your liver, young Sliver." Mrs. D. G. Russel, Box 153, Alliston, Ont. Keen's Mustard the the history of the Scot abroad. From.A woman hauled Deans who sang the time of the English conquest, when 'Could bal a ds,ngood mustard for Scottish .abler en began selling their salads, swords abroad, down to the Steady stream of present -Cay emigration, Until she tried Keen's Scotland has "bled seaward.' The And now all the Deans Scottish dispersion has strewn this • Eat it in all of their salads. shy race throughout the wog.d. The D. E. Mowat, Scandinavian countries knot, it well. R.R. 2, Selkirk, Ont. - There is not a city on the Baltic with- Pinkham's Compound .., out its old Scottish families • There is There was a young maid from Ken - certainly no American city without tucky, drawn roughly . tartan y Clyde on the west coast of Balmoral its transplanted Sects. There .a hard- Who thinks Herself awfully lucky. Castle and thence mirth to the Moray if a port on all the seas, hardly an She was sickly and pale bilin on the east coast, he may be inhabited islan: h. the midst of the Now she's hearty and hale bilingual and speak Gaelic at his own seas, without i+s ;scot or Scots ""Pinkhatn's" she said, -"Its just he„rthlide. There are still abort 150, Dow is this world-wide race to be duck:' 000 bilingual Sectemen in the High- iped Perhaps some will lands, but Scottish Gaelic is never as evident to the casual foreig er as the Gaelic of Ireland. In all ordinary usage, the Highland Scotsnir.i, talks the King's English and.so do at least the upper and middle classes in the P • Can • ntI asp e Lowland Y lG w Lo P I Lowlands. The usually manage the King's' English•ii: it a ants to, but left to itself it talks a modern dri.ect of the old Anglican English of Northumbria, the border burr that made Sir Harry Lauder famous. In dress, also, the Scotsman tends to be shy in the presence of foreign- ers. The visitor who expects to find kilts in Princess Street and the tar- tan trews in 3auehiehall at'reet is doomed to disappointment. The hum - der tweds are t.sed the world over, but, so far as the average foreigner. is concerned, tartan plaids are seen mostly in the shop windows. Scotland, it appears, is neither a continual Highland game, a continual clan gath- ering, a continua, Mod of an Contunn Gaidhealach, nor has it been, at least since 1145. Even bagpipes in the Trossachs seem to have some myster- ious connection with the charabancs of tourists. cement In religion, that other great ui nationality, the ScotSntaii is sup- pce,ed to be more easily recognizable. Time was when he was a elan of famous bonhomie, but then the. race „<<:. traittua iv spam its Sandays In the general public. It is not looking too far ahead now to visualize Noranda's production run- ning from 2200 to 2500 tons daily, with two reverberatory furnaces and three converters. Such a production is quite definitely assured. There is no justification at present in looking beyond that point, but it may be re- membered that Noranda's develop- ment has been crowded with pleasant surprises ,which have far outnumber- ed the disappointments. The develop- ment work of the next eighteen mouths should tell the major part of the story. When No. 1 reverberatory furnace was closed down for repairs a few weeks ago the performance of No. 2 furnace was rather disappointing. A few adjustments corrected its short Comings and everything is now run- ning smoothly. The smelter has reach- ed a state of high efficiency. The re- lining of No. 1 furnace is proceeding and provision has been made for the erection of a third converter, which will provide enough capacity to take care of the output of beth reverbera- tory units. In other words each reverberatory furnace is capable of handling approximately 1100 to 1300, tons of ore daily without being crowd- ed unduly. Three conve-•ters work- ing to capacity can handle the entire output. Obviously muck importance is tached to the refinery plans of Nor- anda Mines Limited. It is still too early to mak detailed announce- ments of policy in this connection. It may be stated however that Nor- anda's control and its association with British Metals Corporation and Nichols 'Copper Company gives as- surance of the success of the enter - price, British Metrls is without rival in the British Empire, as a mar- keter of copper and its ores. Nicholsf Copper Company of New York is one of tho gnat important organizations of its kind in the United States, with abundant technical skill at its coin - cls i Scotsman tell us' All that can be said here is that the War Office's unofficial de- finition is inadequate. Not all Scots- men are bor in Scotland, and to de- scribe them as the scns of Scotsmen is merely to evade the difficulty. a Scotsman is defined as the son of a Scotsman, the question stili remains: What is a Stewing ? And '1 a Scots- man is defined as either a man born in Scotland, or the son of a man born in Scotland, the only possible comment is that such a definition r cul pclose lose the Scots Guards to bonny S ctsCharlman himself, whever w went over mous the water. Mrs. Harvey. Nivins, Box 113, Wingham, Ont. Alberta Coal There was an old man Dranoei Who waisted to coal, Pennsylvania, says he, Will never suit me ['11 have nothing but Alberta Coal. Mr.. Wm. McQuigge, R.R. 2, Havelock,: Ont. Stanfield's Underwear There was a young gent here in Tara, Who got himself froze to the mar- row, Now he wears Stanfield's draw- ers While he's doing his chores And sings as he shoves his wheel barrow. Mr. Ralph Hills, Tara, Ont. Snowdrift Flour Young brides who are starting housekeeping, (1 luck with your baking your seek- ing, Just use Snowdrift flour For luck any hour For I know of what I am speaking. Mrs. Percy Polmateer, Steenburg, Ont. Simond's Saws A certain wise man. up the Hum- bei Was equipping a mill to cut lum- ber, "The Simond's," said he "Is the right saw for me, Any other is sure,a back number". A. K. Cole, 100 Paradise Rd. N., Hamilton. Wrigley's Gum there once was a man of high station, Who published abroad to the'na- sr tion, "Wrigley's Spearmint is best Just give it a test," Now its won the whole world's commendation. Miss Grace Gordon, Glenelm, Que. Diamond Dyes A lady well known as Miss Merton, Of the shades in her colors was certain, When tier neighbors did vie, She said '"tJse Diamond Dye," This expert in tinting, Miss Merton. t Mrs. W. B. Fletcher, Paisley, Ont. from purchase some CLUB CONNECTIONS 1st Cave Lady: I'm thinking of coil - fleeting myself with a club. 2nd your old 2nd Cave Lady: man connect you with enough .clubs the dour determined decency of an I to satisfy you, my dear? Take 'em Young and Train 'em!‘ insured in "Sun Lite', provide for his wife,' e anything happened to Anlos, Mrs. Chas. T. Wetherald, Blenheim, Opt. Lux. We have a wee Bobby, And keepilig him cieean hobby, Tis Lux that we chose wash his fine clothes, Now spotlessly white is our Bobby; Mrs. Rob. Alien, Brucefield, vat, Shredded Wheat There once was a girl who was punk`, She was frail, she was weak, she was moony;. She ate shredded wheat Soon put on some meat,' And now she's a belle, is Miss Rooney. - Mrs. A, P. Knight, Parkhill, Ont. Fletcher's Castoria • There was a young wire in Vic- toria Whose name, like her mother's, 'was Gloria, 'Twas her grandmother's name, And they all did the same, When the ;cid howled for Fietolier's Castoria. Ellsworth R. Toll, 129 W a stmount Ave., Toronto. baby named is our Royal Yeast Cake A lady called Mrs. Joe Skinner, At Fairs, on her bread, was a wing ner, "You'll make no mistake With Royal Yeast Cake," • She , said, though you're just a be- ginner. Mrs. K. Kettle, -• Smithville, Ont. Salada- Tea Said a gay little cockney. from Blightly, Who was true to his wife tlto• quite flighty, "Wot makes me 'Ike back Is 'er fine fresh 'ot black Salada Tea—it's the cat's nighty:" Mrs. T. W. Hicks, R.R. No. 2, Niagara Falls South. Service Pattern Wilson For those women who do their own sewing, , There's a service that's well worth your knowing, 'Wilson's Patterns, by mail Will fit without fail, In favor each clay they are grow-, ing. Mrs. Wm. H. Day, Bradford, Ont. Sherriff's Vanilla A jolly fat man of Manilla, Fell„ in love with a girl named "Aquilla", For the custard and cakes And the pudding she makes, • Are flavored with "Sherriff's Vanilla.' Mrs. T. W. Hicks, R.R. No. 2, Niagara Falls South. Ont Westclox There is a fine range of the, Westclox, Big. Ben, Baby Ben, are the best clocks, To keep the right time Wherever they chime Ben Hur, Pocket Ben, too, are Westclox. Mrs. Rob, Allan, Bracefield, Ont. Red Rose Tea There was once a lady named Bantry, Who made frequent trips to her pantry, To get Red Rose Tea, She lilted it, you see, And she drank it with gusto,. did Bantry. • Mrs. J. P. Fisher, Paisley, Ont. .. Dr. Hess Stock Tonic If your horses and cattle are fail- ing, Your hogs and your sheep arso failing, 1 say without guess, That tonic by Hess, • Will set all your troubles asaii- ing. Mr. I3. B. Wilson, Colborne, Ont. QUESTIONS ANSWERED S.E.H. and C.W.—Lack of rhythm in one or more lines is- your chief fault. Mr. C.P.—(1) Yes. (2) 'We can- not give list. Read all the ads and - get ideas for tho limericks from theth. Any nationally advertised article or 'service found in this or any' pre- vious issues al .this. paper inay be made the subject of 'a limerick, One dollar bill will be sent for every 'Limerick accepted. Give name and address and name of this paper. Write Limerick Editor, As- sociated Publishers, Rooms. 421-5, 73 Adelaide St West, Toronto 2. Itudyard Kipling often gets heartily sick of hearing some of his own songs and poems. On one occasion, while out walking With a friend, ha heard a barrel organ roll out his. ou t - ar :[3allad "The Absent -Minded , Beggar," long atter the 'whole thing Was over. His companion made home TWO Ville Oft' THE HUNT S tit Af t the pytel lcY hunt, are eh11 n W , wi:tl -i et.i.rbetli Stndel'lvt'�, 1tts.itliei'S of ,_tndeYsr and Mrs. Saunders of hast Fardonca Cant lir nine Sat • comment, to which the poet replied "13b you know, If it was not suicide,` I'd like to murder the man who wrote. drat » In some cities the voters are, irate using machines, heretofore the mad 1 chines used the voters.