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Newspaper
Queen Charlotte Islander
Location
Queen Charlotte, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 08, 1914
Page
4
Notices state E J Tingley of Port Clements and others seek licenses to prospect for coal and petroleum across multiple Crown lands on Graham Island west coast. Posts at CL 9646 and nearby lots define tracts, with 640 acre areas for several applicants including P J McIntyre and W Porteous Sloan. Dates range June 5 to June 8, 1914, district Queen Charlotte Islands.
Licensing authorizes prospecting for coal and petroleum on specified Graham Island land. Starting post located two miles south of the river mouth, west coast, then 80 chains east and 50 north to the start. Dated June 5, 1914 by E J Tingley.
The Dominion offers coal mining rights in Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta the Yukon North West Territories and part of British Columbia for twenty one years at one dollar per acre annually. Up to 2 560 acres per applicant with a five dollar application fee. Royalties five cents per ton on merchantable coal and annual returns. Surface rights may be bought at ten dollars per acre. Applications to the Secretary of the Interior Ottawa or local Dominion Lands agents. Unauthorized publication not paid.
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