beneath. He, too, became a sadder,
and poorer man.
Salted Dynamite

When it comes to hard rock
mining, where the gold appears in
threads and veins in quartz, salting
isn’t so easy. The popular method in
such cases was to make a hole in the
dynamite used to blow down the ore,
and thus salt the dynamite. The ex-
plosion drove the gold into and on
the ore, and samples of it would assay
high values.

Unfortunately for the salters, but
luckily for the investors, the use of
mining engineers to examine pros-
pects made such fraudulent practises
much more difficult. When these
experts took the samples to be
assayed, about the only way to do any
salting was to get at the sample bags
and salt the contents. Even if this
operation was successfully carried out,
the engineers had an answer to that.
They would take a couple of
“samples” that they picked up where
they knew no gold would be found.
Then, if those assayed the same as the
samples actually taken from the ore
body, it was evident that there was
some crooked work in progress.

So the ancient and dishonorable
profession of mine salting is on the
way out. Strangely enough, no law
against the practise exists in the
province; the only way they can be
brought to book is by convicting them
of fraudulently attempting to deceive
the buyer. Technically, therefore,
salting a mine is not a crime!

But everything continues to pro-
gress; the gentlemen that formerly de-
voted their talents to making two
ounces of gold appear where none was
present before have found a new
pursuit. Now they “salt” oil wells!
Taking a dry drilled hole, they
pour down a few barrels of crude oil
and then pump it back out in the
presence of the prospective buyer. So
you can’t win; the best thing to do is
to buy gilt edged government bonds,
and let somebody with more money
than brains gamble on the honesty of
oil well peddlers! yk ye

MAPLE INN

MAPLE BAY, V.I.
LICENSED PREMISES

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Nanaimo — 5 Miles from Duncan

Make This Your Ideal Holiday Resort
Meet Your Friends in a Home Away
From Home

CABINS - SWIMMING - FISHING
—OUR FOOD IS EXCELLENT—
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Phone Duncan 233-L-1

TWENTY-FIFTH EDITION

KNEE-HI MEETS THE MOUNTIES

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TIMES PHOTO

Six-year-old Michael Maloney, grade one student at new View
Royal School, heard all about safety rules when Dr. Ballard’s Knee-

Hi and R.C.M.P. traffic officers visited 200 children there.

Cpl. Bud

Godfrey (left), head of the R.C.M.P. highway detachment for Lower

Vancouver Island, and Staff Sergeant Monty Locke,

chief traffic

officer for the federal force in British Columbia, added a word of wis-

dom to Knee-Ht’s plea for safety.

Knee-Hi,

well-trained in traffic

safety rules, has been extensively used in British Columbia to impress
school children with the need for proper traffic safety precautions.

Queen Margaret's School

Principals: Miss N. C. Denny, A.R.R.C.
Miss D. R. Geoghegan, B.A.

Country Boarding and Day School for Girls,

Beginners to Matriculation. Healthy situa-
tion. Large playing fields. Own chapel in
grounds. Swimming pool. Own ponies
and farm. Church of England.

PROSPECTUS SENT ON REQUEST.
DUNCAN, B.C.

HILLYARD’S RADIO

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PHONE 195 DUNCAN, B.C.

COMPLIMENTS OF

DUNCAN LODGE
B.P.O. ELKS No. 69
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We Extend a Cordial Invitation
To All Visiting Elks

Home Cooking You Will Like

Welch's
Fountain Lunch
Duncan, Opp. Odeon Theatre

Shop Phone 46 P.O. Box 535
J. W. Griffiths
Plumbing - Heating - Sheet Metal Work
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CRAIG STREET DUNCAN, B.C.

Girst Funeral Chapel

JAMES D. HIRST, Prop.
A DIGNIFIED SERVICE
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Phone 74 Duncan, B.C.

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