Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 18, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free december 1979 Pyramid Power to North Al Al prospectors study inspires unique Hottie by Bob Lowery Winnipeg free press1 Herb Lake a Pyramid shaped Cabin possibly the first in Canada is being built on the East Shore of Herb More than 600 Kilometres North of the designer and builder is 71year old Jim a longtime trapper and prospector among other intellectual has made a study of there Are no novels on the Well filled bookshelves in the Cabin where he now but there is a Book called Pyra mid and in 1976 he visited the famed mayan pyramids in Gutema Barton Doest anticipate his Cabin will have the mysterious decay resist ing Power of the Vintage it would have to be built of solid material for i could never do that up he material Bui Bartons building is being solidly mostly from Timber and other material salvaged from derelict Homes and buildings in this he lives right next to a 40yearold Gold mining ghost beneath the Peak of his he has installed a Large water holding tank which is to be filled with water pumped from the nearby this will provide running water in the Barton just below the but still within the is the the main a 22by 22foot will be a Large cooking and working Barton was born on a farm in 1909 near North of he had a pretty Tough Start in being Farmed out to neighbors to work for his keep from the age of i Learned to paddle my own Canoe pretty Early on in he education was crammed Between but he Learned Barton recalled with Pride at the age of he completed Grade 3 in two just about that time the Young bar ton set out for in the next few years he worked at Railroad construction and As a Stoker aboard great lakes he became one of the Early members Jim is finding much of the material he is using for his Pyramid shaped Cabin in a ghost town near his of the International workers of the world i developed quite a Knack of Organ izing strikes when men i worked with we rent getting a fair a few times some of us got fired in the process but mostly we won our he ran store in Alberta Barton later moved West to Alberta where he again worked As a trapped with Chip Wayen indians for 15 years at one opened a general store and trading he said that it was while he worked for an Alberta cattle All 18 hours a for a that he decided to try the this led to a lonely life prospecting Over wide sections of the Northwest and innumerable once on the Athabaska near fort Assiniboine in Northern he lost his trapping gear and grubs take when his Canoe overturned in somehow he scrambled to Shore on a Small Island surrounded by raging within eight the enterprising Barton escaped on a raft made of tree trunks lashed together by Barton became front Page news in 1968 when he was stranded for 50 Days at Firth River on the Beaufort West of according to he was to have been picked up on 15 by the same Pilot who brought him there in but that Fred was apparently under the impression that another Pilot had retrieved it want until 30 that Carmicheal decided to Check the Camp and found for 30 Days during his 50day Barton was without any and for 15 without he recalled How the Frost inched its Way up his leg and when was his feet Bone and All were Frozen solid to the somehow when he heard the Long awaited plane Buzz his he managed to get to his feet and made a faint wave which the Pilot the Pilot was about ready to head Back to Barton because there was no sign of life at the Camp and Landing was ready to die i dont think i had More than one More Days life left in after All those Days and nights of struggle to want to stay i had made up my mind to sleep Barton credited his knowledge of yoga and deep breathing exercises for his plus a positive mental Atti he said he never lost sight of his master plan of what to do until he was Back at the Inuvik general Barton faced another Uphill struggle to save his he recalled one morning asking his doctor if hed Ever walk the doctor thought for quite a while and then he said to me but it depends on if you want to badly enough youll walk out on that was enough to get Barton going on painful exercises to bring circulation Back to his it was a tremendous Day when the doctor came in and we both saw signs of blood running Down to my he in the Barton moved into the Herb Lake it became his base for prospecting and since 1960 Hes lived in his present Cabin on a Beautiful Spruce Clearing on a High Point of land near the who has a heart is building his Pyramid Cabin about 300 metres away from the old where there 16 a More gentle slope leading from the As with most Bartons life Story is studded with Lucky Many near misses and disappoint but after years at prospecting 1 wound up ahead of the game and enjoyed it he in As in other Busin Barton said greed can Lead to a lot of i Learned a Long time ago to accept reasonable offers for my claims and not to wait around for the Moon to Barton has just one property left right next to his tramline and about 400 metres from his its the site of Manitoba first Gold producing which yielded two rail car loads of Ore in the Ore was hauled through the Bush by horse to Pekusko station on the Bay from there it was shipped to the smelter and refinery at but when a Miner was Provin Cial mines officials ordered the 90foot deep Shaft be lined with Concrete in Stead of this and other changes required to bring the mine up to provincial safety standards put the opera Tion out of As Barton listens on his radio to Gold prices soaring to an ounce Hes tempted to Hope that something might become of his but Hes not bet Ting on likes Young people Barton is Content with his life alone on the Shore of Herb his Solitude is frequently interrupted by most of them Are Young people want ing to talk with i dont spend much time with people of my own there too he he loves nature and has had numer Ous animals As a red Fox and a Coyote have been companions for five at other times a weasel used to Lay on his Chest while Barton Lay on his Sola Reading a i May be the Only Man the country who Able to pet Ive done it out on the Trail with after so Many years in the Barton Doest think Hes of course i May be and not know he but to a visitor who has the privilege of joining Jim Barton for an evening in front of his crackling Wood stove in his lamp lit the Man seems far from out of his conversation moves easily to events such As the Oil Southeast asian refugees and the twist and turns of Canadian politics and if that there Are the memories from a full and Independent Public offered prize to create new Fol Lorama logo Manitoban were invited yesterday to take part in a Competition to design a new logo for in announcing the province wide cultural affairs minister Norma Price said submissions should reflect Manitoba cultural the festivals color and sound and the Friendship diverse heritages both Amateur and professional artists Are All submissions Are due 31 at the Fol Lorama offices with the Winner to be announced by weather the artist submitting the design selected will be awarded Del who will head the five member judging the Community Folk Art of Winnipeg needed a new Fol Lorama has completed its first its time it got its own the Letterhead of the festival organizers stationery carries the logo of the Canadian Folk arts inquiries should be directed to Content at City Calendar a Christmas festival of candles and featuring the Winnipeg Citadel brass band and the Winnipeg Citadel will begin at 7 23 at the salvation army Winnipeg Citadel 400 Colony the Indian Metis Friendship Centre will hold its annual new years eve Celebration from 9 to 2 31 in the Janet Cochrane 266 Patrick for further phone deaths classified death sunny today Winnipeg area forecast mainly sunny today and wind Southeast at 25 today with a High near Low tonight near High tomorrow near extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba generally sunny wednesday through Friday with above Normal Northern Manitoba Cloudy with 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