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Tramville

Located about 2-3 miles east of Carnaby BC

10 miles East from Skeena Crossing
Just a bit west of South Hazelton,
 on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad

Tramway to Rocher De Boule Copper Mine from here.
Ore from the mine was dumped here.
But GTP forced the mine to haul their ore to Carnaby
 where it was loaded.

Rocher Déboulé correct name

Had a  Government Telegraph Station

Rocher De Boule Copper Company
a Corporation of Arizona USA
1911
M. S. Browning- Ogden Utah- President
A. Fred Wey- Salt Lake City, Utah- Vice-President
John F. Cowan- Salt Lake City, Utah- Secretary, Treasurer and Manager
John M. Wright- San Francisco CA
and (Major) William Parnell Despard Pemberton- Victoria BC
b- Nov 12, 1877 in Victoria
d- Jan 27, 1951, Victoria, age 73
buried in St John the Baptist Heritage Church Cemetery, Colwood BC
(see ext link below)

note Mr. Pemberton was the youngest son of
Joseph Despard Pemberton
Royal Engineer, Pemberton BC named after him
(see ext link below)

Dec 1916
 Certificate of Incorporation in BC, was issued in Victoria BC
for Hazelton Rocher De Boule Mining and Exploration Co.
with a capitalization of $2,000,000
Incorporators are H. D. Cameron
who had charge of the Chicago Group near Hazelton,
and his Associates principally from Edmonton
Copper and Lead mine.

1918-
John F. Cowan- President
ca Nov 1910 he came to the area from Utah
took out a bond and option on 6 of the claims on the mountain.
Claims were found ca Aug 1909.

Herbert H. Cohen- Secretary
James Murphy- Mining Foreman
James Dean- Mining Foreman
John Anderson- Foreman
William Bell- Engineer
James Beaman- Engineer
Jens Jensen- Machinist
John Johnson- Blacksmith

Post Office History

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or with the endorsement of the National Archives of Canada.
The source of this material is the National Archives of Canada

Only Postmaster
Daniel John Williams
Manager of the Rocher De Boule Copper Co. 1916
Mining Engineer

My guess is he enlisted in WWI, Aug 1, 1918 in Vancouver BC
reg # 20249057, single, Occupation shown as a Miner
b- June 11, 1887 Treorchy, Glamorgan, Wales
d-
mother- Mary Ann Williams next of kin

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Ext Links

Rocher de Boule Copper Co.,  History
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/slmr/id/9281/rec/21

Pemberton family
http://royalengineers.ca/PembertonJD.html

1916 report on mines here, good map of area
http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/Mining/Geoscience/PublicationsCatalogue/AnnualReports/Documents/AR_1916.pdf