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CASTLE NEWS, Castleg

, British Co

THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1952

$50,000,000: PROFIT; $17,000,000 FOR PROJECTS |

ANNUAL REPORT SHOWS
BIGGEST YEAR IN
COMINCO’S HISTORY

Net profit of $50,785,381; divi-
dends amounting to $36,
of

in Alberta on projects that aml
eventually cost $63,000,000; sales
of products amounting to $174,-
778,548; a record silver output;
together with continued mine ex-
\and
highlighted the annual report of
The Consolidated Mining and
ouene COTEDRY of Canada

gress has been made in prepara-
tion for production at the rate
of 500 tons per day.: At the H.
B. mine, underground develop-
ment continued and construction
commenced on a 1000-ton mill.
This property should come into
operation about the end of this
year, Last July, production at a
rate of 250 tons per day began
at the Big Bull and the Tulse-
quah Chief zinc-lead mines in
Northern British Columbia.

‘4 properties

Monae:

Tonnage of ore from Stillivan- ;
mine at Kimberley was 2,533,212,
compared with 2,680,962 the pre-
vious year.

Record Silver Output °

At the metallurgical plants at
Tadanac, lead production was
162,712 tons; zinc output was
164,513 tons, and silver produc-
tion ‘established a record for the
second successive year at 14,417,-
391 ounces, compared to 12, 120,-
568 ounces in 1950. This was due
to several British Columbia and
Yukon custom shippers, it was
explained. -

rae Bek
“from domestic and foreign soure-
es, payments to custom shippers
in 1951 were $37,985,172.

Fertilizer production amounted
to 557,776 tons, compared with
542,636 tons in 1950.

Expenditures of nearly $18,-
000,000 on property, buildings
and equipment included $1,800,-
000 on Bluébell purchase, de-
velopment and plant expenditur-
tures at Riondel; $639,455 on the
new Kimberley phosphate plant;
$1,600,000 on additions to War-
field and Alberta chemical plants;
$722,040 on the H. B. Mine pur-
chase, development and plant ex-
penditures ‘near Salmo; $1,900,-
000 on the power line to Kimber-
Jey; $5,500,000 on the Waneta
power plant project; $1,200,000 on
additions to Sullivan mine and
mill; $2,600,000 on revision to
the Tadanac smelter and $970,-
000 on extension of the electro-
lytic zine plant.

“ Mine Expansion

At the Sullivan mine, develop-
ment amounted to ‘50,212 feet.

Mine and mill operation is to
commence shortly: at Bluebell
lJead-zinc mine where good pro-

189,894 tons of ores

Con-Rycon mines at Yellow-
:knife ..produced 121,938 tons of
ore of an average grade of 0.57
ounces gold per ton. Phosphate
mines in Mentana continued, to
show good results: Active ex-
ploration in search of new mines
continued with 74 properties ex-
amined and seven optioned. Dia-
mond drilling at Pine Point, N.-
W.T., continued with encouraging
results. This property offers
promise of developing a large
tonnage of zinc-lead ore, the re-
port stated.

At Trail smelter, rehabilitation

‘Siditer’

gress, The-new* blast:
Pagrouse came into operation in
April and is giving anticipated
improvements in flue dust re-
covery. and in working condi-
tions. Construction began on the
new sintering plant and_ this
should be completed in 1952. This
work will be followed by con-
struction ef a receiving and
storage plant.

Delayed for several months by
slow delivery of major items of
equipment was completion of the
66-ton extension to the electro-
lytic zinc plant, but production

is expected to start next Septem-

ber.

The new fertilizer plant at
Kimberley is scheduled for com-
pletion in 1953. It will have an
annual capacity of 70,000 tons of
ammonium phosphate.

Most lead and zine was taken
in almost equal portions by Can-
ada, the United Kingdom and the
United States. Two-thirds of
Cominco’s silver was exported,

all of it to the United States. De-_

mand for ammonium phosphates
in all markets continued ‘above
the company's ability to supply,

EME

ports made ort by :
R. NELEMS,
Conveyancing

INCOME TAX PAYERS ATTENTION

The deadline for sending in 1951 income.
tax returns.is April 30th — after that date you
will be penalized for late filing.

Save money by getting your income tax re-

Income Tax Returns
Office in basement opposite Castle Theatre

Notary Public

Anderson

CONFECTIONERY

We have “yeceived ' our Spring Supplies of bulk
garden and field seeds — seed potatoes —
poultry equipment — garden and orchard sup-
plies — sprayers, insecticides and sprays. Dorm-
ant spray should be applied now. We have lime,
sulphur and copper base sprays. Everything

‘needed for the farmer and gardener. All types
of fertilizers‘in good supply.

WE ARE AGENTS .FOR MERCURY
,OUTBOARD MOTORS

RIGBY

Feed Co.

Ss

& BUS DEPOT:

Drop in and look over our shipment of
EASTER NOVELTIES .
The largest selection we’ve ever had

Chocolate novelties
aa

to please everyone

Book
nee a

and this condition prompted erec-
tion ‘of the new plant at, Kim-
berley. Off shore sales were
limhited to the Hawaiian and Phil-
ippine ‘Islands except for minor
quantities sold in Formosa and
the Dominion Republic. To meet
continuing increase. in require-
ments for nitrogenous fertilizer
materials, again in short supply
in the U. S., the company had to
decrease offshore market sales.
8834 Employed

Number of employees on the
active roll] at the year-end was
8834 compared with 8585 at the
end of 1950. Average hourly
wage rate at Trail was $1.46 and
at Ki $1.
hourly earnings were "$1,651 ‘and
$ 1.822 at Trail and Kimberley,
respectively, “reflecting the vari-
ous premiums paid in the form
of contracts, vacation pay, over-
time, etc. Employees worked an
average of 38.3 hours per week.
Cost to the company of paid va-
cations to hourly-rated: employees
amounted to $874,652. .

During the year, Cominco con-
tributed $2,544.008 to the Pen-
sion Fund Society. At the year-
end the fund, which provides
for non-contributory pensions to
retired employees, amounted to
$18,715,232.

IMPORTANCE
OF pied need

ae ‘world:

health, strength, honor, gen-
erosity and beauty as conspicu-
ously and undenably as the want
of it represents illness, weakness,
disgrace, megness, and ungliness.
It is only when it is cheapened
to worthlessness for some and
made impossibly dear to others
that it becomes a course. — G. B.
Shaw.

Economists tell us the “money
is stored up wealth.” It,is more
than that. It is a writ of at-
tachment with police power be-
hind it, entitling the holder to
the products of the labour of
others and to things which will
be produced by méen- and women
yet unborn.

With money, individuals have
been given ‘control over the liv-
es of others and have been put
in the position of master as ef-
fectively as slave owners ever
were.

R.C. BELL, BECOMES
‘A SENIOR RESEARCH
ENGINEER AT COMINCO

R. C. BELL

R. C. Bell wr this weer has
been appointed a senior research
engineer,..according to, an an-
nouncement made today by D.
D. Morris, manager of the re-
search and development division
of The Consolidated Mining and
Smelting Company of Canada

Limited. Mr. Bell is at present

Mr. Bell joined Cominco der ‘the
spring of 1938, after graduating
from the University of British
Columbia with his B.A., and
B.A. Se. in chemical engineering.
He worked in the assay labora-
tory until 1941, when he joined
the research staff of the com-
pany’s chemical and fertilizers
division. A year later, he was
transferred to the central re-
search laboratory, where he has
since worked on economic as well
as experimental aspects of re
search.

In 1944, Mr. Bell was made an
assistant research engineer, and

in 1949, a research engineer. He’

held the latter position until his

‘Fhe..co-operative technique by _

which a democratic people can
carry on’ their business affairs
without taking any toll of their
fellows, needs to be applied to
money above all commodities.

How would you like to deal
with a bank where the borrow-
ers set their own‘interest rates?
And upon the incident of death,
all of your. holdings become
doubled, and your débts “to. the
bank become automatically wip-
ed -out?.

Sounds fantastic, doesn’t it?
But many people’‘in British Co-
lumbia are actually doing this
through Credit Unions.

Note to all past and present ex-
ecutives and wives. Be on hand
Friday, April 25th at 6:00 p.m.
in the Twin Rivers hall for a
dinner and evening’s entertain-
ment. (Adv.)

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Garden- Graph « ) N

EWART—To Mr. and Mrs. P.
Ewart, at the Kootenay Lake
General Hospital, April 7th, a
daughter.

By nEAN HAL LIDAY
Released by Central Press Canadian

PH
OLD STALK

cuT BELOw
NEW. ROOTS

~

“aaa chrysanthemums should

visions will produce flowers in the

be divided each spring since old| fall.

clumps gradually produce inferior
blooms.

Root ‘divisions of “mums” act

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If the new divisions are to be
rown in the same area from
which the-old clumps were taken,
dig up the soil thoroughly Then
add rotted manure. compost or

n|Peat moss and fertilize with one

of the garden

this the growth
weaker, the blossoms smaller, and
the plants become more. suscepti-

ble to the attacks of insects * and} 9)

disease.

When ‘the young shoots appear
in the spring, separate those from
the outside of the clump whicn
have ample roots. Plant such di-
visions in freshly enriched’ goil.

Each division should have put

one stem, as shown in’ the ‘accon)-)

manying Garden-Graph.

called single division.’ The ‘single-

shoot type of ‘division also’ makes
it possible to produce. many. more
plants from one clump. whee die

fertilizers,

Plant. the ‘divisions 18 to 24 inches

apart. Firm them in wel
thoroughly at time
The ‘hard centre section. of . the:
parent plant can be used for catting,
then discarded.

Chrysanthemums. also: require’
some care and attention up to
blooming jfumie: Many: plants: for
example,’ hav: “two
green ‘leaves tent one ptoomin ny’ time.

‘The other ic: ves have -witheretta@nd
died on~t' stem. This‘ disease
which ‘can controlled by spray- ‘
ing ‘with ‘E.,deaux .mixture, Begin ~
$8, spray, early in the season.

During 1949, Mr. Bell carried
out research for Cominco at the
mines branch of the Dominion
Government at Ottawa, and in
this connection, is a co-author of
a paper on zine die casting which
is to be published shortly. He is
a member of the Chemical Insti-
tute of Canada.

He was born in Nelson. Mr.
and Mrs. Bell live in Rossland
and have four childrén.

Teachers Meet Hére
In October

On October 16, 17 and 18 of
this year, the West Kootenay
and Boundary Teachers’ Com
vention will be held in Castle-
gar. It will be the first time

“that isuch a convention has been

held here, but the Central Con-
vention committee, under the
chairmanship of J. A. Thomas,
promises that it will be a good
one. About 350 teachers are ex-
pected to attend.

The theme of the convention
will be “Character, a Vital Goal
in Education.” It is felt that
curricula, methods and attitudes
Should be examined to see if
they might not be more effect-
ive in fostering this intangible
in education.

With this in mind, the Cen-
tral Committee has set to work
on the many problems in order
to make the convention a suc-
cess. Included in the Central
Committee are G. Magwood,
vice chairman and R. Cail, secre-
tary. Sub-committee chairmen
are as follows: R. Sommers, en-
tertainment; Mrs. R. Cail, pro-
gramme; Miss M. Millican, lun-
cheons; Mr. G. Leitner, banquet;
W. Shwarok, finance; J. Cor-
bett, accommodation and_bil-

lets; H. Bates, dance and A. Har-
vey, publicity.

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