The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-12-18

The cast time I had seen him
, had been at an airdrome behind
! the British lines near Arras. so
that when | casually bumped into
! him on Montreal street DIS
! bronZed and fit as ever, there was
more than enough TO talk about.
You must spend the weekend
with me- | said.
Sorry" he replied in his breezy
| manner, but atuty continues TO
; call. I'm still flying and in some
! way its more eXacting than the
| army. But say, why not come and
| spend the weekend will, me in the
new Quebec gold field?"
What do you mean?" asked.
That's away mp in the Never
Never Country"
ut was" he replied. but the
place they used to term Terra In
cognita is now suburb OF Mon
treal Come up with me tonight,
and you can be back ON Monday
morning in time to open your mail.
The period in between, l tnink |
can promise you, will be vastly en-
tertaining. In few years. unless
miss my guess, you will be in
clined to brag that you saw the
Rouyn in 1924"
That is how | came to spend a
weekend in the new Banana.
We left Montreal late Friday
night and awoke on Saturday
morning we'll up that eXtraCrdi-
nary favored railway line in On
tario which, projected to penetrate
a block of agricultural land. mas
seen develop adjacent to it the
worlds greatest nickel and silver
camps and what has become this
year the greatest individual gold
producing mine on the globe.
On the way up had been learn
ing something about the Lauren
tide Air Service, an organization
Of former army pilots and mech
anics which has probably been the
most potent factor in making the
new Bonanza unique among the
gold camps OF history Entering
the field with the rush OF the
spring of 1924, it rapidly estab-
lished itself as an intimate ana
indispensable feature of its life.
It has operated daily services be-
tween Haileybury on the Ontario
side OF the lake, and Anglers. the
Canadian Pacific railway terminus.
on the Quebec side, and the various
mining districts. The scene of the
new gold strike was more advan-
tageOusly situated with regard to
railroads than any similar field in
history. Nevertheless, it took the
prOspectCr and miner five days to
reach it by canoe. 1t was consit.-
cred that the utmost had been
accomplished when a steam and
motorboat service reduced this to
a little more than two days. The
seaplane came along and connect
ed civilization with the primOrdial
in an hour.
Since it commenced operating in
: the spring it has taken into the
gold fields about 80 men a week
mining promoters, engineers
prOspectOrs, any one anxious &c
get in, TO whom time usually sc
J cheap in the NOrth.and, was WOrtl
, more than money.
! The plane is maGe to undertake
duties it's wartime pride would
have rebelled at. Fifteen-fOo
lengths of piping have been trans
ported over Terra lncognita OF
the wings, and a 500-pound pneu
S matte drill dismantled and stow
Il ed away in various parts of its ca
!, pacious body. An entire drum o
gasoline has been taken in afte
dividing it into two parts. Fres
n fruit and vegetables form regula
= consignment. and outward bOun
come samples of ore for ASA,
. Already arrangements are bein
{ made for winter flying and the re
placement Of pontoons by skids.
Even an experienced flier mus
get a thrill out of making tina
flight for the first time, leaping a
l. one does from off the very edge {
the modern world into what is ye
Natures realm urassai ed.
l. It was only when the plane com
n menced to descend upon what ha
: come to seem huge topographic;
-. may that l caught glimpse of
% camp upon lake which was con
ing up to meet us. We were
is the New Bonanza, in the heart {
n Quebec's Never Never Land.
! The new camp cannot be con
u. pared to the klondike, Canada
former sensational strike, for Il
gold is copperquartz and not tt
y placer deposits to be recovered ]
pan washing. 1t is not, therefor
I'll a lone miners camp, for the reco
r. cry involves an elaborate proce
Il ana expensive machinery.
~. We dined with the miners
" their long tables, and the eyes
the men who stormed Chilko
ut Pass and developed ugly dispo:
o+ lions on persistent diet Of fla
". jacks would have popped at t
volume, quality and variety
grub in sight.
Sunday afternoon we pulled @
-, Of it, the population of the ami
III tious little settlement gathering
the waters edse to see us jur
,r, off. An hour spent in the air ov
~. what is still unknown Quebec a
40 we were back at Hailey'bury.
W had just time to catch the o'clo
r. train south.
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