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Newspaper
Prince Rupert Journal
Location
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Oct 26, 1915
Page
2
Notices from Skeena District outline coal and petroleum prospecting applications by John Wesley Connell and Ernest Harvard Lambly Frances Ann Taylor in the Queen Charlotte Islands area. Voter list notice requests declarations by October 31 and November 30 1915. The document lists rates for daily and weekly editions and contact details for the Prince Rupert newspaper.
At a council meeting last evening Alderman Casey urged steps to secure munitions work for Prince Rupert and the council considered possible incentives in power. The mayor noted the issue had been raised months ago with militia contracts in place. The matter was left to stand for the present.
A party of mining men arrived from the interior led by D M Harris B McCrea and Captain John Mcleod railway contractor The group reports bright prospects for the coming season with expected employment at the Silver Standard about 35 workers and a promising property near Houston seen as a potential second Treadwell mine indicating rich mineral potential across the area.
Queen Charlotte Islands Graham TAKE NOTICE that Jr Theed Pearse of Vancouver plans to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum on 640 acres in the Naden Harbor area described as a 640 acre parcel bounded by a 80 chain square starting at a post west of Naden River. Theed Pearse is the applicant and Samuel Horner acts as agent. Dated August 10 1915.
Take notice of a land description two miles west of the mouth with borders north 80 chains east 80 chains and south 80 chains totaling 640 acres more or less. Southwest corner names Theed Peharsh and Samuel Horner as agent. Dated August 10, 1915.
Start at a marked point one mile west of the mouth of Theed Pearse. Signed by Samuel Horner Agent for the Lands Department, Island District.
Notice states on December first an application will be filed with the Superintendent of Provincial Police to renew the hotel license to sell liquor by retail for the Nicholl Hotel in Nicholl village B G British Columbia. Also William George Lock of Winnipeg intends to prospect coal and petroleum lands starting at a marked post near Joseph Creek traversing a defined 80 chain grid with James Redmond as agent.
J Fred Ritchie on behalf of Granby Consolidated Mining plans to apply for a Certificate of Improvements to Crown Grant for Quartz claims 1 through 25B in Skeena Mining Division Cassiar. Notice cites section 37 and a 60 day window from October 12 1915 to commence action.
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 in the Portland Canal Mining Division Cassiar District located on American Creek. Action under section 85 must be commenced before the issuance of the certificate. Dated September 23, 1915.
Notice is given that an application will be made to the Superintendent of Provincial Police for the renewal of a liquor sale licence by wholesale at Prince Rupert Importing Co Limited located at Prince Rupert British Columbia on Lots 19 and 20 Block 23 Section 1 Third Avenue. Manager Alex Smith.
A boundary description begins at a post on the shore of North Cove Athlon Bay and traces a 80 chain square to conclude at the starting point. Wesley Connell barrister and notary public appears with James Redmond as agent and dated July 19, 1915 1 5 17.
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