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Newspaper
Prince Rupert Journal
Location
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jan 27, 1916
Page
2
Advertisement notes list telephone numbers for the Prince Rupert Journal and details about publication frequency and delivery. It shows pricing for daily city delivery, non-advance payment rates, and separate Friday circulation outside the city with regional and international rates.
The Journal notes January 1916 fish arrivals in the port exceed past months, signaling strong potential for the summer. The paper highlights a substantial, off season haul and predicts favorable weather will boost fishing activity when real season arrives.
Still searching for bodies after avalanche swept away Great Northern train No 25 in the Cascade Mountains Saturday afternoon. The dead and missing include Edward Betterman and family of Wenatchee Washington and Fern Wallace of Lyons Washington. an unknown man burned in the dining car. Cascade division traffic to be halted for a week. W S Carter of Vancouver is among the missing.
J H Hilditch Contractor and Builder advertises estimates on all classes of work with personal attention to every item and a phone contact Green 323.
Certificate of Improvements for the Notion Lone Maid claim in Cus slay District Mind the 60 day period for Wright Graham Chambers and Cooper to apply for a Certificate of Improvements to obtain a Crown Grant. Notice governs action under section 85 before issue of the certificate. Dated October 20, 115.
Richard B. McGinnis deposits site and plan under the Navigable Waters Protection Act with officials in Ottawa and Prince Rupert for a wharf at Alice Arm Observatory Inlet B C about a half mile south of Lot 1074 Range 5 Coast District. After one month he will apply for approval and leave to construct from Ottawa. Dated Prince Rupert October 22 1915.
Mayday Maryside and Mayflower Fraction Mineral Claims in the Skeena Mining Division Cas ciar District on Hidden Creek Granby Bay B C. J Fred Ritchie agent for Granby Consolidated Mining Smelting Power Co Limited gives ten days from issue to apply for a Certificate of Improvements to obtain a Crown Grant. Action under section 85 must begin before the certificate issue date. October 4, 1915.
Advertises for spruce logs in large quantity with minimum 30 percent scaling. Seeks particulars on price quality and earliest delivery to C. P. Coles & Co Vancouver. The Morning Journal delivered to homes at 30 cents a month.
Land act notice by Miles MacInnis of Annox B C merchant applying to purchase a 640 acre parcel described by a starting post near an unnamed lake and cross directions 80 chains each way. Cassiar District B C dated November 28 1915 agent Carl Bowman.
Pacific Coal Exploration Company Limited with Free Miners Certificate No 93862B gives sixty days from October 4 1915 to apply for a Certificate of Improvements for minerals named Edith M Glenora Oneda Cobalt Fraction Evans Gran by Railroad Ayrshire Motherlode located on American Creek in the Portland Canal Mining Division Cassiar District. A Crown Grant is the aim under section fifth.
J Fred Ritchie agent for Granby Consolidated Mining Smelting Power Co Limited, Free Miners Cert 90 810B, intends 60 days from Oct 20 1915 to apply for a Certificate of Improvements to obtain a Crown Grant for Last Laugh No 2 Frac Last Laugh No 3 Frac Never Sweat Grey Eagle and Triangle Frac situated in Portland Canal Mining Division Cassiar District. Action under section 51 must begin before issue of certificate.
R M Stewart acting for himself and as agent for J W Stewart W D Noble and Alex Rutherford intend within sixty days to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improvement of the Bandolier and Rangoon mineral claims located at Gi American Creek in the Portland Canal Mining Division Cassaty District.
Sealed tenders will be received by the Minister of Lands not later than noon on January 19, 1916, for Licence X 541 to cut 1,256,000 feet of Hemlock and Spruce on Graham Island Queen Charlotte Islands District adjoining L. 1,625 East Arm Juskatla Arm. Two years allowed for removal. Further details from Chief Forester Victoria B C.
The document sets a 20 year lease option for coal mining rights in Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta the Northwest Territories and part of British Columbia. Maximum 2660 acres per applicant and a 35 cent application fee refundable if rights are unavailable. Royalty five cents per ton with annual accounting. Surface rights may be bought at 10 dollars per acre. Applications go to the Interior Secretary Ottawa or district agents.
Skeena Land District District of Queen Charlotte Islands notices R N Ferguson agent Victoria and A M Hall manager Vancouver intend to apply for permission to prospect coal and petroleum on described lands starting at a post near Joseph Creek and bounded by a series of 80 chain lines. G W Kerr agent. Dated July 17, 1915.
Willian Spruck, Free Miner’s Certificate 80 499B, intends within sixty days to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improvements for the Rosalie claim located on the south fork of Glacier Creek in the Portland Canal Mining Division Cassiar District. Action under section 85 must be commenced before the issue. Dated September 27 1915.
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