Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 17, 1929, Winnipeg, Manitoba Harnessing the Churchill River and t1 it cello do its share Island Falls Power Plant is co related Industry to development at flin Block of Power is required for various parts of Industry including horsepower for electro Lytic Zinc Plant. Away North of human settlement at Spruce Falls Miles Distant and the established railway routes of Are generating the electricity that is powering All the myriad lesser jobs that to to make the big Job. They will Prairie provinces the lordly and the Churchill River rambles Over a thou Sand Miles of precambrian rocks. Here meandering majestically through level valleys there tossing in reckless aban Don Over the rapids that would seek to interrupt its peaceful journey to Hud ton. Bay. It rises in the height of land on the Alberta sail catch wan Boundary Pur suing its Way across three provinces find draining As it goes an area Square Miles in extent. Since the Dawn of history in Western Canada it has teen the Avenue of penetration into otherwise inaccessible territory whose Nossis Billies for Trade chiefly in furs have led countless traders and explorers to embark upon its bosom in the never a Caslon search for wealth that has sent bold men into the farthest Corners of Western Canada. 6 the Manito latitude 55 degrees 30 minutes North there is being developed by human ingenuity an Enterprise that will add a new value to the turgid Waters of the ancient Churchill. The tumbling Stream in the Days to come is to see its vast Energy now falling to waste be moved to the palls when1 their pres ent purpose is filled. To Kaise head is feet in order to accomplish the object for which Island. Falls is to be harnessed it will be necessary to raise the head of the River 51 feet above its present head of 4 feet. This will be done by the building of a main dam at the Falls where generating machinery will be and by building six Side clams to close up various volleys into which the water might escape. Marked Progress has already been made in the six months since operations were commenced in Earnest. The record to Date is that the foundations Are poured for the two auxiliary main . Units nut for nos. 1 and 3 main . Units. Tho excavations Era at Island Falls about. 12 it Miles out for tin it 3 and partly so for unit i est of the Manitoba Boundary and in 4. The forms Are in for the draught tubes and part of the draught tube Walls for units 3 i d 4. By the end of the year the contractors will be ready to erect the eight turbines that will eventually be installed though As mentioned before three will not be. Set until the Market for their Power is in harnessed to the production of elec. Sight trl Cal Power that will permit a huge next summer the turbines Gener tonnage of Copper Zinc proud Silver 55 tors and other electrical equipment Miles away to be converted with for the initial development will be in into the metals of a Mineral hungry i stalled and the Power transmission civilization. I line will to completed. It is thought Here at this Distant Point Etc Leors i that by october next year the Plant of Hudson Bay mining and smelting will be delivering its company owners of the famed Piliu i but officially this is. N flon mines constructing the most its Load of Power of expected until the end of 1030 or the beginning of northerly Hydro electric Power develop 1931. Merit of consequence in Canada. Its us a Filiti flon to Vic . Elmate Power capacity will be rated As Bay mining and smelting horsepower but for to Tami corp my Xvi bring to flin flon 35. Being Only 44.000 horsepower is to be 000 Ami we use installed this being suf Lucient to meet great Falls Power plant1 of Power company on the. Winnipeg River in you turn and by was superintendent 1 of construction. Those and better known the com Nav or of s.7 Small is the f to Clos of resident Engineer for Fraser Brace and land and archipelago arc similar or o l. Flanagan is resident Engineer for Hudson and smelting company. Or. Flanagan was formerly corporation., of Canada Ana is Well known in Ontario for his wart in Lake. He Ana de All of Island. Falls for the present Power development. The of omani Ori government Engineer is or. -h.-Marshall. The Southern. Parts of the do minion. A num Ber of economic minerals Are known to exist at different Points although the extent and value of these which include Coal of. Carboniferous tertiary age and Graphite Mica and native Copper of preamp plan age have not yet been determined. On concentrating Plant North of fifty three becomes hive of Industry As big mines prepare for production base thousands of men now working in once scarcely. Known Frontier Section of Plant is Well along and in a a Day of Copper Ore. Cents a Gold and Sliver. Tho concentrates Are roasted to got rid their Sulphur and smelted finally As Blister Copper per cent pure. This is shipped to the refinery year or Little More will be handling three thousand tons where it is converted into the Copper of Commerce. The Zinc conccr.iv3i.es also Are roasted and then the a inc is dissolved in acid subsequently precipitated by electricity and Laver re 15ned, the entire process taking place at the mine. The tailings arc treated with cyanide solutions thai will ols this is one of the largest and most important of t no buildings under construction a flan flon. Shows the big concentrating Plant built of reinforced Concrete. Many thou islands of tons of steel Are being used to reinforce the Concrete used in the building of the flin flon Plant. Striking changes in the Topography of Manitoba a Northland Are seen to Day by the visitor to. Lake where fifteen years ago the Veteran prospector Tom. Crelghton. Pursued the wounded Moose whose Chase led him All unawares of the Fortune that was later to Reward him to the Colos Sal Ore Deposit that gave the Lake Fame and a name that is known in every Corner of the mining world. Where once the nodding plumes of Spruce and Jack lne whispered a drowsy refrain As they rustled in the breezes now the Roar of industrious humanity fills the air with resounding echoes As numerous noisy Rock drills bite their Way ceaselessly into the Greenstone of the pre cambrian in preparation for the in i workshop s that within eighteen i months time will House Manitoba s i newest Industrial Enterprise. Here nestling in the Green verdure of the North there will arise a town of 5000 people testifying daily to the Success for 12 years denied to others but achieved by the patient metallurgists of Hudson Bay mining and smelting i company a rendering amenable to treatment the refractory flin fion. Ores. I the total tonnage of is calculated by the company s officers As too averaging la Mineral con tent 1.71 per cent of Copper 3.45 per cent of Zinc Gold to the extent of .074 per ton and Silver to the amount of ounces per ton. These figures have been arrived at by under ground Workings and Diamond drilling depth of 900 feet below which exploration has not penetrated and a continuous Ore body has been devel oped to a length of about half a mile and having an average Width of 70 All the needs or mining and re covery at flin flon and the Domestic i j of the mine township. In addition it will Supply Northern Mani horsepower of this about horse other great mining Enterprise the Sherritt Gordon at cold Lake with horsepower for its present needs. Later As the Mineral development in Trie tributary territory expands additional turbines will be installed and Island Falls will be called on to deliver All the Power it is capable of generating. The initial installation at the Falls will be three horsepower emits and two Small 1.000 horsepower units. The two latter ars now in use Power will be used in the Zinc electro Sherritt Gordon mines Ltd. Has contracted for the Supply of 5.000 horsepower. The transmission line to the mine will Miles Ion the Power will be transmitted at 110 000 volts Over a double circuit steel Tower line rising steel centred aluminium Cable. The and supervision of the building of the Power Plant is in Lii hands of the Well known firm of Fraser Brace engineering co. Pm. Their superintendent of con Stu ton is or. J. D. Menaces assistant o construction for the Basin mines Ltd. Authorized capital Par charter j property 25 claims consisting of approximately. Acres in the. Shatford Bernic. And . Lakes and Bird Rives tin area shares Are offered Public at 40c a share Shatford Basin mines limited 500 Paris building Winnipeg a phone 24 200 a laying the last rails i feet 3ilne Lioto tons daily Central Manitoba tie it will be mined and treated at the rate of 3000 tons daily and has been 1 Post mated. Company to yield an operating before depreciation and depletion of per ton based on Copper at 15 cents per Zinc. New Diamond Drill for Central at-6 cents per Pound and Silver at 50 to run Drill tests use pyrl tic smelting and recover Onia a Small percentage of the Zinc. A flotation process was worked out utilizing the latest knowledge in metallurgical practice. Its Laboratory Suc Cess led to the construction of a Pilot Mill at the mine for test under work ing conditions. Success in practice followed and has resulted in the establishment of a new Industry in Northern Manitoba representing the investment of the immense sum of of new capital. Bubbles select Mineral particles the. First Sten in the reduction of the flan flon ores is crushing to a fineness that will permit 30 per cent to pass through a 200 mesh screen. This is. Done to liberate Tho minute Mineral particles in order that they May be separated by this process takes advantage of the float ullity of minerals in various mixtures of chemicals oils and water agitated by mechanical stirring and the introduction of compressed air. Flotation is a physio chemical process that Lias never been satisfactorily explained. It is not an exact science but is some thing that must be constantly experimented with. Each mixture has a definite selective character that invests the air and Gas bubbles formed with Power to select a particular Mineral carry it to the surface where it is summed off. The grinding of the Ore is done in water and the product is a dark Muddy pulp. The chemicals and oils ars. Added and the mass is carried to the Arst series of flotation cells. Here the talc and Mica in the Ore Are car ried off. In the next series the Copper sulphides Are carried off and in the third set the Zinc sulphides Are floated to the surface by the bubbles. The residue goes to the Cyan Ding tanks for the recovery of the remaining Gold and Silver. The products of the separation tanks Are Copper concentrate Zinc concen trate and the tailings which consist chiefly of Iron pyrite with about so Manitoba mines is now on the property is being set up. Tills is a Sulliven electric and it is planned to Drill from run a series to feet of in the surface and to Drill tests from 500 order to prove the Centra Manitoba mine at depth its extensive surface showing already being fully proven. Two drills will take part in this work the holes being commenced by a smal Ler which is already at work and being completed by the which has just arrived. New Drill our International Boundary the. International Boundary Between Canada and the United states in cents an ounce. The annual production will be pounds of cop per and pounds of Zinc. A rough calculation will show a Gold production around annually which will make flin flon one of the important sources of this Metal in the Dominion. The Silver production will be in the neighbourhood of half a million dollars annually. When the Whitney people of new York took an option on the property from mining corporation of Canada in 1925, they commenced a series of pediments on the Ore the object be ing to separate the. Copper and Zinc sulphides and to recover the Gold and Silver values. Previously the Intel eluding Alaska. Is_5.500 Miles in length ton of experimenting had been to the track layer just completing the final track laying to the Sherritt Gordon mine. Bails Are now Laid Down but much ballasting remains to be Dene before the Road will be ready for hauling freight. It s expected however that Sherritt Gard ii will be Able heavy materials for its concentrator building this fall and will proceed at once Oil its construction. Share share air plane Industry searches for Light investigate Shatford Lake occurrences l. W. Hicks company it j investment Bankers and brokers wire connections Toronto Standard Exchange Calgary Stock Exchange Vancouver Stock Exchange latest telegraphic information. Accounts accepted. Alicae 88 131. 1103 Uji Ion Trust the search of the growing air plane Industry of the american continent for a Light Metal that can to used in the construct Lon of aircraft is being pushed into Manitoba. It is Learned Here that the Manitoba chamber of mines is. Receiving inquiries from very responsible arms in the United states who desire information on the provincial resources i of the rare Metal beryllium. This Metal is found widely spread in the Shatford Lake Section of Tho South Eastern part of the province where so much investigation of the tin bearing Peg Matic dikes is being prosecuted. Occurring As Beryl the Ore of beryllium it is a common associate of Cassit Erite the Ore of tin and also of the Lithium minerals so Dumencu and Lepidolite the Only important deposits of which that have been found in Canada arc in this part of Manitoba. While no concentrations of. Beryl have Yec been located that ecu be worked independently with profit Tho fact that there is a Lively Market for the Metal gives an added zest to the Mineral search in b part of the province that is described by most who visit it As a geologist s there Are distinct possibilities of beryllium recovery becoming a valuable adjunct of other fining operations. The. Particular significance of this to Ontario is that the favourable Prospect ing area extends beyond the provincial so Kudary line and that the pioneering that is now being done on the Mani Toba Side is helpful to the sister prov Ince in the same Way that the knowl Edge of Gold bearing formations in the pre cambrian acquired in Porcupine and Kirkland Lake is being put to prac tical use in Many parts of Manitoba. T. M co stocks and Bonds unlisted securities 214 Curry building Winnipeg solve their Gold and Silver Content subsequent introduction of dust precipitates these metals and permits their recovery. At the end of july the Icli Owin stages in the work of building great mining and metallurgical plans at the mine had been Ren clod Taco Concrete Collar was poured for new main working Shaft which will be of live compartments All steel a reproof throughout and capable of 3000 tons during each Eigin Jour working shift the structural icel was in place for the hoist House foundation supports for the head and the Ore bins were in excavations for the crushing Plant and the conveyors to the Mill were nearly Complete nil excavation for the Mill foun cations was completed and a Large portion of the Concrete poured the Concrete work for the concentrator bins and for the notation cells was finished the. Con Crete foundations for the Zinc electro Lytic Plant were in and ready for Trio erection of the structural steel Tho structural steel was up for the Zinc casting Plant a Start had been made on the foundations for the Copper smelter. In addition the machine shop and Tho woodworking shop were finished and nearly entirely equipped with their various machines arc the Drill shop was entirely completed. Flan fion s Ore will be mined simultaneously by both pen pit and underground methods at the Start. The area for open pit methods in the Central part if the Ore body where it has at the surface a Maxi mum Width of 300 feet and from this pit electric shovels will mine Between five and six million tons of Ore. The main bulk of the Ore will be raised from the main working Shaft. The official expectation for Thev blowing in of he smelter and the commencement of this great Manitoba metallurgical Enterprise is Given As the end of 1330 or Early in 1931. Mcdoug members of the Montreal Stock Exchange members of the Montreal curb Market 311 fort Street Stock brokers Halifax St. John jt.b., Quebec Ottawa Montreal Winnipeg direct private wire to All branches and new York mine claims in Herb Lake area Vancouver capital plans extensive ill m Gage Evans Spencer limited 272 Portage ave. Birks bldg stocks Nonas investment brokers members Winnipeg Stock Exchange Winnipeg Grain Exchange direct private wire connections with All leading exchanges our up to the minute quotation and in formation service from the various markets will prove of value to you in these Lection trading in your investments in every Field. Your inquiry is invited., c Campaign holds 36 claims at Pruella Bay an extensive programme of. Develop ment on their Herb Lake property is shortly to be instituted by Priella Bay mining and development company a corp Ling to an of tidal statement just a site. The company holds 36 claims at Puella Bay on. Herb Lake in Northern. Manitoba one or the Early mining Dis and considerable stripping and trea Ehing Lias already been completed on the property. Subsequently during May the property was examined by or. S. J. Sci Ofield professor or economic geology at the. University of British Columbia. It is stated by the company that or. Schofield s report strongly recommends further work to include a Diamond drilling programme which has already been commenced the contract having been let to Boj bros., of Seattle and Vancouver. An extensive area of mineralization is said to. Have been Dis closed the minerals indicated being Lead Zinc Geld arid Silver. A recommendation to spend in Lurther exploration is. Said to be contained in or. Schofield s report. Puella Bay mining and development company is financed chiefly by Vancou ver capital the officers also hailing from that City with the addition of two representatives from Saskatoon where the head office . It was incorporated last april under a Federal charter with tin authorized capitalisation of shares having no Par value. Conditions at gel Lake encouraging conditions at Gem Lake Are said to be very encouraging by miners who have recently on the property. Some very Rich Ore chutes have been opened up and it is anticipated there will be Little difficulty in blocking out sufficient Ore to make it a commercial proposition. In the meantime share holders Are awaiting the report to be issued by the president of the com Pany. C. S. Morton which will give details of the work accomplished to Date. Canada s tron Makins centres the Iron ranking centres in Canada Are Sydney Nova Scotia 6u the Atlantic coast and Hamilton and Sault Ste. Marie in the province of Ontario _ an. Oil development company with better than average prospects for Success Western Alberta Oil company Ltd incorporated by Manitoba charter no personal liability capitalization shares of no Par value. Shares issued. Shares this Issue. Directorate president we. Martin jr., Winnipeg Man. Clark Martin company financial brokers of Winnipeg Man. Director Glen St. Busy Vancouver . President and. Managing director Nordon corporation Ltd. Formerly vice president and. General manager or Hudson s Bay Marl find Oil company Chiei geologist Rocky Mountain division Empire Gas pc fuel company chief geologist Marland Oil company of Colorado geological department United states geological Survey. Geo. W. Matthews Winnipeg. Man. Director of the Well known Western Canada brokerage House of Stoyte Forlong Mathews Ltd. Director a. To. Mew Dan. Calgary Alta. Oil operator. Director p. V. Torrance Winnipeg. Man. Director. Carruthers Martin Torrance financial brokers Winnipeg Manitoba. Western Transfer agent s Montreal Trust company Ltd., Winnipeg. Bankers Royal Bank of Canada Winnipeg Man. Auditors Hare Burch company chartered solicitors Richards us Gaiman Fillmore. Pc Roky. Winnipeg Manitoba. Alberta Oil company Ltd., is a Manitoba com Pany incorporated for the purpose of acquiring and drilling upon various lands in the Highwood Valley of the province of Alberta held under leases owned by the company which possesses the exclusive Oil and Gas rights thereof. Do rotors Western Alberta Oil company Ltd. Are All men who Are prominently associated with successful business enterprises in Western Canada. Oil company. Ltd., owns the Gas and Oil rights to 960 acres of valuable Oil lands in the High Wood Valley of Alberta held under lease in its own name. A contract for 3.500 feet of drilling on the comp Nyls property has already been let and drilling will be supervised by officers of Nordon corporation. Limited and will be undertaken As soon As the Drill can be moved and set up on the property. The company s lands Are As follows Al East half of the North East Quarter of Section seven 71. Town ship sixteen Range two West of the fifth. 5 by Legal sub division eleven nil. Twelve thirteen four teen 141, fifteen 151, and sixteen of Section seven township seventeen Range two West of the fifth 5 Meridian. Both o these acreages Ore on the highly esteemed Blair orc formation on which drilling for the Highwood Petroleum b natural Gas company. Ltd. Is now in Progress on properties close to those owned by this company. Preparations for drilling Are being started on property Section 7 township Range 2, West of 5th Meridian. Cd West half of Section five township eighteen Ranze three West of the fifth Meridian. I West half of Section nine township eighteen Ranee three West of fifth Meridian. Both of these acreages arc located on the he Elwood trin Are in close to valuable properties owned by War Ner oils. Limited and now being drilled for to Lect company by Canadian Western natural Gas company. These acreages were selected by one of the directors. Or. Glen m. Ruby who was recently connected with the Hudson s Bay Marland Oil company. Important advantage Over the Turner Valley Field possessed by the Highwood Structure is the much Shal lower drilling depth to the producing Limestone. Where faults do not repeat the Oil horizons should be encountered at least one thousand Icet nearer the surface than they arc in the Turner Valley. This vill be reflected in much lower drilling costs a greatly reduced Chance of trouble through jamming loss of tools or similar misadventure and production period reached in much quicker time. Experts narc that there is no ecological reason Why the Highwood Structure should not equal Turner Valley in its productiveness of naphtha tos. Und that by encountering Petroleum accumulation arc quite favor formation is not the Only requisite for nut Cesa in an of company. It is essential further that the company s business affairs be directed by men of integrity and Good business sense. Prospective shareholders of the Western Alberta Oil com Pany. L-.d., Are assured in the personnel of their directorate where knowledge of Oil conditions i coupled with knowledge of the Finan Cial markets of a Prospect of ultimate Success Liat is equalled by few of a we therefore Unher it i a Jav recommend the shares 01 this company As a speculation o that is admittedly better than the averse promotion. We offer a limited number of shares at 5oc per share v full particulars on request. Limited specialists mining securities. Mining Exchange bldg. Winnipeg Telephone 80 151 branches sask. Saskatoon Calgary Edmonton Alt. Minneapolis Minn. St. Paul Minn. Dts Majth ;