1 PART A ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINISTEK OF MINES • OF THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA FOR THE . Yeae Ended 31st December 1936 PRINTED BY AUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. VICTORIA, B.C.: Printed by Chables F. Banfield, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. 1937. PROVINCIAL LIBRARY VICTORIA. B.C. —I BRITISH COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES. VICTORIA, B.C. Hon. George S. Pearson - Minister of Mines. John F. Walker - - Deputy Minister and Provincial Mineralogist. D. E. Whittaker - Provincial Assayer and Analyst. James Dickson ------ Chief Inspector of Mines. P. B. Preeland ------- Chief Mining Engineer. R. J. Steenson - Chief Gold Commissioner. Mining Engineers. J. T. Mandy, No. 1 District, Prince Rupert, Douglas Lay, No. 2 District, Hazelton. M, S. Hedley, Nos. 3 and 4 Districts, Penticton. H. Sargeant, No. 5 District, Nelson. B. T. O'Grady, No. 6 District, Vancouver. J. S. Stevenson and J. M. Cummings, Victoria. District Inspectors. Geo. O'Brien, Nanaimo. John G. Biggs, Princeton. T. R. Jackson, Nanaimo. Chas. Graham, Prince Rupert. John MacDonald, Fernie. Jas. Strang, Inspector and Examiner, Victoria. H. E. Miard, Inspector and Examiner, Fernie and Nelson. Mine-rescue Station Instructors. Richard Nichol, Nanaimo. A. Gould, Princeton. J. L. Brown, Cumberland. J. T. Puckey, Fernie. To His Honour Eric Werge Hamber, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia. May it please Your Honour: The Annual Report of the Mining Industry of the Province for the year 1936 is herewith respectfully submitted. G. S. PEARSON, Minister of Mines. Minister of Mines' Office, May, 1937. Main Street of Wells, 1936. Main Street of Barkerville, 1936. PART A. THE MINING INDUSTRY. BY John F. Walker. The value of mine production in 1936 was $54,081,967, an increase of $5,260,728 over 1935. This increase is particularly gratifying in view of the appreciably smaller tonnage of ore mined from base-metal properties, which means that a better price for base metals has been obtained throughout the year as compared with 1935. Lode-gold production, which in recent years has been establishing records in both volume and value, showed a further increase of 10.7 per cent, in volume and 10.2 per cent, in value for 1906 as compared with 1935. Placer gold, with a value of $1,249,940, is the highest since 1900. The increase over 1935 was 40.3 per cent, in volume and 39.6 per cent, in value. The combined value for lode and placer gold of $15,418,594 is the greatest for any one metal or material for the year. Lead is a close second to gold, with a value of $14,790,089 and an all-time record volume production of $377,971,618 lb. The volume increase was 9.8 per cent, and the value increase 37.2 per cent, as compared with 1936. Zinc production fell slightly short of the 1935 volume record with a loss of 0.7 per cent., but the increase in value showed a gain of 6.1 per cent. Coal, valued at $5,772,502, occupied fourth place with an increase in volume and value of 13.3 per cent. Silver production increased in volume 2.9 per cent., with a value decline of 28.3 per cent., to $4,296,548. Copper decreased in volume by 46.4 per cent, and in value by 34.8 per cent, to $1,971,848, the lowest since 1900. The smaller decrease in value as compared to volume shows a better average price for the metal during the year. Non-metallic minerals and structural materials, with the exception of a few minor minerals and materials, showed substantial gains, amounting in the aggregate to over 30' per cent. This is a healthy sign, as it reflects activity in building and construction. The total number of shipping-mines decreased from 177 to 168; those shipping over 100 tons decreased from 72 to 70'. The number of men employed increased from 13,737 to 14,180 and wages and salaries increased from $16,753,367 to $17,917,221. Dividends increased from $7,386,070 in 1935 to $10,513,705 in 1936. These figures do not include dividends paid by Howe Sound Mining and Smelting Company, parent company of the Britannia Mining and Smelting Company, or the capital disbursements by the Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting, and Power Company. During the past three years new tables have been compiled, the first of which, Table No. I., appeared in the 1933 Annual Report. For the 1934 Annual Report, Table VI. (now Table VII.), which formerly tabulated the yield of placer gold only, was drawn up to show both placer- and lode-gold values. This facilitates a rapid view of the total gold production of the Province. Another table introduced in 1934, No. XXII., includes " Mining Companies employing an Average of Ten or More Men." Incorporated in this table, additional data are presented showing the number of operating days at mine and mill, and also tonnage mined and milled. A subsection of the table shows operating days and average men employed at non-shipping mines employing ten or more men. For the Annual Report for 1936, a new table, No. II., gives average metal prices used in compiling Provincial Production, for the years 1901-1936, inclusive, for gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc. Table IX.A, is a reprint of a similar table printed in the 1933 Annual Report, but with the values of both placer- and lode-gold ounces valued at the average value of gold per fine A 6 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 19S6. ounce, instead of the old standard price of $20.671834. This table should be referred to when making comparisons with 1933 and 1932 gold production value. Table No. VIII. has been extended to cover a period of five years' production by mining divisions and districts, in place of the three-year period formerly given. Table No. XVII. is a new table for 1936 Annual Report, and covers dividends paid by mining companies in British Columbia. The information has been obtained from departmental files, operators, and trade journals, and while in general is accurate, there may be slight differences in isolated instances. Table No. XVIII. is also a new table for 1936, and sets forth capital employed, salaries and wages, amount expended on fuel and electricity, and process supplies for the year 1936, with comparative figures for 1935. The table shows details of such subjects by districts, under the various classes of mining. The totals are those obtained from all returns made to the Department on the subject, but there are some returns not received in time to be included in the totals, nor does it take into account the amounts expended in the large number of small operations conduced by one or two individuals or prospectors. Table No. XIX. is a former table enlarged to show a period from 1901 to 1936, inclusive, covering tonnage, number of mines, number of mines shipping over 100 tons, and net value to shipper of lode-minerals. A new feature in the table also is the gross value of lode-minerals produced. It will be observed that the " net value " is not given for the years previous to 1926; such was not given on returns filed by operators. Table No. XX. is a former table showing number of men employed in the mining industry. Formerly the table gave the current year and one comparative year, but the present table covers the period 1901 to 1936, inclusive. GENERAL SITUATION. It is even more difficult to forecast the value of the mining industry for 1937 than it was to forecast it for 1936. It is anticipated that lode gold will again show an increase in volume, and it is believed that the average price will be about the same. Placer gold should show a further marked increase in volume and value production. Silver production and value are expected to be about the same as in 1936. Copper should show an appreciable gain in volume, due to return to capacity production of Britannia and reopening of the Copper Mountain property of Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting, and Power Company, about June 1st. It is impossible to forecast the average price for copper, which in the first four months of 1937 has increased from 11.8 to 17 cents per pound and has recently dropped to 14.9 cents per pound. However, if copper, should average 12% cents per pound, almost the low for the year to date, there should be, due to increased volume production, an increase in value of about $3,000,000 as compared to 1936. It is quite possible that this figure may be further increased by $750,000 to $1,000,000. The volume of lead production may well show a slight increase, and with an almost assured increase in average price the value increase for the year may be anywhere from $3,750,000 to $7,000,000. Zinc production is likely to be about the same in volume, but it is anticipated that the value will be considerably higher. Zinc, like copper and lead, has risen rapidly in price and then declined during the past four months, but a fair average for the year suggests an increased value of close to $5,000,000. Coal may be expected to show a further increase in volume and value. Structural materials should show a further increase, but it is not anticipated that it will be as great as that of 1936 compared with 1935. In preparing the foregoing estimate, it is assumed that no major disaster will affect the mining industry or any of the larger producers. If the industry functions smoothly throughout the year, it is anticipated that the value of mine products may establish an all-time high record. If this is attained, it will be all the more gratifying, as it is not likely to be the result of a record tonnage output, but due to appreciably better metal prices. Prospecting throughout the Province, though active, is not being carried on to as great an extent as it should be to assure the discovery of new properties which will replace those now in production, and to which there must inevitably be an end. However, two properties THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 7 are being brought into production in the North-west Mineral Survey District, one, the Big Missouri, a fairly old discovery, but the other, the Whitewater property of Polaris Taku Mining Company, Limited, a discovery of more recent years. An interesting discovery was also made last year in the McDame Creek area which is under development this year by the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada. The Manson section in North-eastern Mineral Survey District is now considered to have passed the prospect stage and production is expected on a profitable basis. In the Cariboo area the recent developments by Consolidated Gold Alluvials of British Columbia will be watched with great interest throughout the year, as this property has now reached a stage where the future of this type of mining will soon be known. In the Southern and Central Mineral Survey District the Hedley Camp will probably attract the greatest amount of attention during the coming season, and development is anticipated at a number of prospects and small properties. The reopening of the Copper Mountain property of Granby Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company is creating considerable employment in the Princeton area, and will no doubt again stimulate interest in that section. In the Eastern Mineral Survey District the Slocan, due to current lead and zinc prices, is again attracting considerable attention, and a number of old properties are being reopened. It must be remembered, however, that the present price of zinc at a little over 5 cents per pound does not make the low-grade zinc properties attractive. The interest created in these properties was largely due to the recent high price of over 7 cents a pound. In the Western Mineral Survey District the return of the Britannia Company to capacity production is perhaps the most important feature. The possibility of B.C. Nickel getting into production before the year is out is also of interest, as this is likely to be the first nickel- producer in Western Canada. Gold-mining is still active at various places, and interest is again being revived in base-metal properties. GOLD PURCHASING. Late in 1935 the Department of Finance, co-operating with the Department of Mines, undertook to purchase small lots of placer gold under 2 oz. in weight from the individual placer- miner. The Gold Commissioners throughout the Province have paid a cash price of $28 per ounce for clean gold, and have purchased dirty gold and amalgam on a deferred-payment basis. During 1936, 1,470 lots of gold were received by the Department through the Gold Commissioners, of an aggregate value of some $50,000. The total price paid is almost exactly the same as that received from the Royal Canadian Mint, except for the Mint's handling charges of 1 per cent. The service for the year has cost the Government about $500, and considering that the individual miner has received about $10,000 to $12,000 more than had he sold through the ordinary channels, this service is believed to be well justified. DEPARTMENT LABORATORIES. During 1936 the Assay Office has been equipped with a new electric furnace and drying- oven and other accessories to bring it thoroughly up to date. The laboratories of the Min- eralogical Branch have been equipped for the first time in the history of the Department with the finest microscopic equipment available. The work of the technical staff, by reason of this new equipment, will not only be increased in value, but the Department is prepared to offer a greater service to the public in the examination of mill products, etc., than heretofore. The laboratory is at present being equipped for research-work in respect to non-metallic and structural materials, where preliminary investigations may be made preparatory to more intensive work in the well-equipped laboratories of the Department of Mines in Ottawa. LECTURES TO PROSPECTORS. A series of fourteen lectures on geology and mining, prepared by the Provincial Mineralogist in 1934, was again presented during the winter of 1936-37 by the Resident Mining Engineers and other instructors at the following centres throughout the Province :■— Alice Arm, Bralorne, Burnaby (2), Creston, Fernie, Fort Steele, Wild Horse Creek, Galloway, Kelowna, Mayook, Nanaimo, Nelson, New Hazelton, North Vancouver, Penticton, Premier, Prince Rupert, Prince George, Princeton, Revelstoke, Smithers, Usk, Vancouver (2), Victoria, Williams Lake, and Wynndel. A 8 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, W36. The estimated total average attendance at the lectures prior to the completion of the course was 800. This work was carried out in conjunction with the Department of Education, and it is expected that the lectures will be given during the winter of 1937-38. The preparation of rock and mineral sets comprising about fifty minerals and rocks commonly found in British Columbia has been going ahead for some time, and distribution started about the end of the year. A nominal charge of 50 cents a set is made, and it is expected that during 1937 about a thousand sets will be distributed throughout the Province. PLACER MINING CAMPS. The Provincial Government Department of Labour created in 1935 a plan whereby unmarried, physically fit unemployed men between the ages of 21 and 25 years were given an opportunity to learn placer-mining. In 1936 the age-limit was reduced, permitting younger men to enrol. Instruction was carried out under the direction of the Senior Engineer. The Nanaimo River and Emory Creek Camps only were used and enlarged to permit the training of larger groups than in 1936. The staff of the Nanaimo Camp consisted of an instructor in placer- mining, a cook-instructor, and timekeeper; and at Emory Creek a chief instructor and assistant instructor, a chief cook-instructor and an assistant cook-instructor, and a timekeeper. In addition to the above, some of the trainees were given, when necessary, the position of overseer and took charge of groups of trainees. The trainees were instructed in simple methods of placer-mining, in the art of camp cooking, and how to look after themselves in the hills. This included first-aid instruction. Food and equipment supplied was similar to that used by prospectors. Instruction lasted from a month to six weeks, according to ability to learn. Fifty men were trained in the Nanaimo Camp and 100 in the Emory Creek Camp at a time, and in all a total of about 300 men received training during the year. About 50 per cent, of the trainees availed themselves of the opportunity of a grub-stake equivalent to the relief allowance of $9.60 per man per month, and went to various parts of the Province. The Nanaimo Camp opened the latter part of June and both camps were closed about the end of September. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. By an arrangement made at the time the Province of British Columbia entered Confederation, all geological investigations and mapping in the Province were to be carried on by the Geological Survey of Canada; this agreement has been fully adhered to by the Dominion Government and has proved of great benefit to the mining industry of the Province. Each year several geological parties are kept in the field and in the aggregate a vast amount of information is made available to the prospector and the mining engineer in the many excellent reports and maps covering British Columbia which have been issued by the Geological Survey of Canada. For some years a branch office of the Geological Survey has been maintained in Vancouver, where copies of maps and reports on British Columbia can be obtained. The officer in charge of the British Columbia office is W. E. Cockfield and the address is 511 Winch Building, Vancouver, B.C. In 1936 a reorganization of several departments in the Federal Government was effected, and the Department of Mines and Resources created. One of the main branches of this Department is that of Mines and Geology, with sub-branches known as the Bureau of Geology and Topography and the Bureau of Mines. The Geological Survey of Canada is now a part of the Bureau of Geology and Topography. During the season of 1936 the Geological Survey of Canada had the following officers employed on geological field-work in British Columbia:— GEOLOGICAL PARTIES. 1. E. D. Kindle examined the mineral properies north and east of Usk, in an area tributary to the Canadian National Railways. 2. E. J. Lees studied and mapped the geology of the west half of Smithers map-area (lats. 54°-55°, longs. 127°-128°). 3. M. F. Bancroft examined the mineral properties in the Smithers district. 4. J. E. Armstrong commenced the study and mapping of the geology of the west half of Fort Fraser map-area (lats. 54°-55°, longs. 125°-126°). THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 9 5. J. G. Gray commenced the study and mapping of the geology of the east half of Fort Fraser map-area (lats. 54°-55°, longs. 124°-125°). 6. A. H. Lang completed the study and mapping of Keithley Creek map-area (lats. 52° 45'- 53°, long. 121°-121° 30'). 7. N. F. G. Davis made a detailed study of the north-western part of the Barkerville Gold Belt in the vicinity of Island Mountain. 8. D. A. McNaughton made a detailed study of the mineral properties in Greenwood area. 9. C. E. Cairnes and C. Tolman studied and mapped the geology of the west half of Kettle River map-area (lats. 49°-50°, longs. 119°-120°). 10*. H. M. A. Rice studied and mapped the geology of the east half of Nelson map-area (lats. 49°-50°, longs. 116°-117°). TOPOGRAPHICAL PARTIES. 1. R. C. McDonald mapped, for publication, on 1 inch to 1 mile with 100-foot contours, an area in the vicinity of Tyaughton Lake. 2. A. C. Tuttle mapped the east half of the Nelson sheet (lats. 49°-50°, longs. 116°-117°) for publication on a scale of 1 inch to 4 miles with 500-foot contours. 3. R. J. Parlee and H. A. S. West mapped the Manson Creek sheet (lats. 55°-56°, longs. 124°-12i6°) for publication on 1 inch to 4 miles with 500-foot contours. 4. C. H. Smith and F. P. Duvernet mapped the Hazelton sheet (lats. 55°-56°, longs. 126°- 128°) for publication on a scale of 1 inch to 4 miles with 500-foot contours. METHOD OF COMPUTING PRODUCTION. The total mine output of the Province consists of the outputs of metalliferous minerals, coal, structural materials, and miscellaneous metals, minerals, and materials, valued at standard recognized prices in Canadian funds. In the Annual Report for 1925 some changes were made in the methods used in previous years in computing and valuing the products of the industry, but in order to facilitate comparisons with former years the same general style of tables was adhered to. The methods used in the 1925 Annual Report have been followed in subsequent Annual Reports, with the addition of new tables. The following notes explain the methods used:— (1.) From the certified returns of lode mines of ore and concentrate shipments made during the full calendar year by the producers the net recovered metal contents have been determined by deducting from the " assay value content" necessary corrections for smelting and refining losses. In making comparisons of production figures with previous years, it should be remembered that prior to 1925 in the Annual Reports the total metal production, with the exception of copper, was determined by taking the assay value content of all ores shipped; deductions for slag losses were made by taking varying percentages off the metal prices. (2.) Gold-placer returns are received from operators giving production in crude ounces recovered; these are converted to fine-gold ounces by dividing the crude-ounce value by the old standard price of gold. The fine-gold content is then valued at the yearly average price of gold, which in 1936 was $35.03 per ounce. On this basis the average crude-gold value per ounce was $28.80 on Provincial placer-gold production. (3.) The prices used in valuing the different metals are: For gold, the average price for the year; for silver, the average New York metal-market price for the year; for lead, the average London metal-market price for the year; and for zinc, the average London metal- market price for the year. As in 1034, copper in 1936 is valued at the average London metal- market price. Prior to 1932 copper was valued at the average New York price. The change was made because very little copper was being marketed in the United States on account of high tariff charges against importations from foreign countries. The bulk of the lead and zinc production of the Province is sold on the basis of the London prices of these metals and they are therefore used. The New York, St. Louis, and Montreal lead- and zinc-market prices differ materially from the London prices of these metals and are not properly applicable to the valuing of the British Columbia production. A 10 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1936. By agreement with the Dominion Bureau of Statistics and the Provincial Statistical Bureaus, the following procedure of taking care of the exchange fluctuations has been agreed upon:— (a.) Silver to be valued at the average New York price, adjusted to Canadian funds at the average exchange rate. (6.) Lead, zinc, and copper to be valued at London prices, adjusted to Canadian funds at the average exchange rate. (4.) In 1926 a change was made in computing coal and coke statistics. The practice in former years had been to list coal and coke production (in part) as primary mineral production. Only the coke made in bee-hive ovens was so credited; that made in by-product ovens was not listed as coke, but the coal used in making this coke was credited as coal production. The result was that the coke-production figures were incomplete. Starting with the 1926 Annual Report, the standard practice of the Bureau of Statistics, Ottawa, has been adopted. This consists of crediting all coal produced, including that used in making coke, as primary mine production. Coke-making is considered a manufacturing industry. As it is, however, of interest to the mining industry, a table included in the Report shows the total coke produced in the Province, together with by-products, and the values given by the producers. This valuation of coke is not, of course, included in the total gross mine production of the Province. From 1918 to 1930 coal production was valued at $5 per long ton. In 1931 the price used was $4.50, and in 1932, 1933, 1934, and 1935 the price used has been $4.25 per long ton. In making comparisons with former years the decline in dollar value is accentuated by this lowered price. Robert Dunn, Deputy Minister of Mines for British Columbia for eleven years, died on November 26th, 1936, and with his passing the mining industry lost a true friend and able administrator. Robert Dunn was born in Toronto, Ontario, in 1884, and came to British Columbia in 1891, receiving his education at the Victoria Public and High Schools. He had a wide experience in journalistic work on the editorial staffs of the Victoria Colonist and Times, and left the News Editor's chair of the latter paper in 1917, to become Secretary to the late William Sloan, at that time Minister of Mines. After eight years' service in that capacity he was appointed Deputy Minister. He was greatly interested in the youth of the city and took an active part in Boy Scout affairs. He was a member of the Union Club and the Uplands Golf Club. All those who had anything to do with the mining industry and the Department of Mines will long remember his courtesy and kindly consideration in their dealings with him. THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 11 INDEX TO TABLES. Title. Page. Table I.—Production; all Metals, Structural, and Miscellaneous—1936 and 1935 compared 12 Table II.—Metal Prices; Average Prices used in valuing Production, 1901 to 1936, inclusive 13 Table III.—Total Production for all Years up to and including 1936 13 Table IV.—Production for each Year from 1852 to 1936, inclusive 14 Table V.—Quantities and Value of Mine Products for 1934, 1935, and 1936 14 Table VI.—Production of Lode Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, and Zinc 15 Table VII.—Value of Gold Production to Date—Lode Gold and Placer Gold 16 Table VIIL—Output of Mine Products by Districts and Divisions, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, and 1936 17 Table IX.—Production in Detail of Placer Gold, Lode Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, and Zinc, 1935 and 1936 18, 19 Table IX.A.—Production in Detail of Placer Gold, Lode Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, and Zinc, 1932 and 1933. (This table is inserted as a record to show gold valued at average prices for 1932 and 1933—namely, $23.47 and $28.60 respectively. Tables VII. and VIIL for the aforementioned years gives the value of gold valued at the old standard price of $20.671834) 20, 21 Table X.—Production in Detail of Structural Materials, 1936 „___ 22 Table XI.—Production in Detail of Miscellaneous Metals, Minerals, and Materials, 1936 23 Table XII.—British Columbia Mine Production, 1895-1936, inclusive—Graph 24 Table XIII.—Production of Lode Mines in British Columbia, 1913-1936, inclusive—Graph_ 25 Table XIV.—Coal Production per Year to Date 26 Table XV.—Coke Production from Bee-hive Ovens in British Columbia from 1895 to 1925 26 Table XVI.—Coke and By-Products Production of British Columbia, 1935 and 1936 26 Table XVIL—Dividends paid by Mining Companies, 1897-1936 27-29 Table XVIII.—Capital employed, Salaries and Wages, Fuel and Electricity, and Process Supplies, 1935 and 1936 30 Table XIX.—Tonnage, Number of Mines, Net and Gross Value of Lode Minerals, 1901- 1936 ' 31 Table XX.—Men employed in the Mining Industry, 1901-1936 32 Table XXL—Metalliferous Mines shipping in 1936 and List of Mills operating 33-37 Table XXII.—Mining Companies employing an Average of Ten or more Men during 1936— Shipping and Non-shipping 38, 39 A 12 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1936. TABLE I.—British Columbia Mine Production, 1935 and 1936. Quantity, 1935. Quantity, 1936. Value, 1935. Value, 1936. Per Cent. Increase ( + ) or Decrease ( —). Quantity. Value. Metallics. $ 6,584 441,203 3,023,768 12,852,936 895,058 10,785,930 1,275 5,994,075 7,940,860 $ 357,007 468,170 1,971,848 14,168,654 1,249,940 14,790,029 930 4,296,548 8,439,373 49,971 + 6.1 Copper - - lb. Gold, lode* - - - —oz. Gold, placer* - _„.oz. 38,791,127 365,244 30,929 344,268,444 39 9,251,544 256,239,446 20,803,672 404,472 43,389 377,971,618 23 9,521,015 254,581,393 — 46.4 + 10.7 + 40.3 + 9.8 — 41.0 + 2.9 — 0.7 — 34.8 + 10.2 + 39.6 + 37.2 Platinum _ ~ - - oz. Silver — - oz. — 27.0 — 28.3 + 6.1 41,941,689 45,792,470 + 9.2 Fuel. 1,187,968 1,346,471 5,048,864 5,722,502 + 13.3 + 13.3 NON-METALLICS. 428 36,673 84,982 1,670 4,293 10,395 453,528 350 14,555 124,425 4,000 2,809 15,389 608,790 Fluxes—limestone, quartz. tons Gypsum products, gypsite - 36,378 17,592 — 51.6 — 60.3 + 46.4 + 139.5 — 32.1 + 48.0 + 34.2 Slate and green rock granules; talc - - - -tons Sodium carbonate, magnesium sulphate _ - —tons Sulphurt .tons 390 584 46,783 268 845 64,896 — 5.6 + 44.9 + 39.1 591,969 770,318 + 30.1 Clay Products and other Structural Materials. Clay Products. Brick— Common ._ .___ No. Face, paving, sewer brick—.No. 2,388,451 910,618 3,327,061 564,788 30,632 25,821 77,404 7,137 14,766 49,328 3,508 4,040 46,437 19,613 115,121 7,657 33,444 54,179 2,875 1,961 + 39.3 — 38.0 + 51.6 — 24.0 + 32.8 + 7.3 +123.5 + 9.8 Fireclay — tons 523 567 + 8.4 Drain-tile, sewer-pipe _ No. 668,907 712,745 + 6.6 Bentonite ; other clay products Totals . 212,636 281,287 + 32.3 Other Structural Materials. Cement. 72,591 314,115 133,286 362,996 95,152 120,532 516,931 137,158 477,897 175,226 208,178 + 64.6 + 3.0 + 31.7 + 84.2 + 64.4 Lime and limestone .tons 82,902 — 11.2 Stone—building, grindstones .tons Rubble, riprap, crushed rock tons 4,640 173,353 5,890 333,348 + 26.9 + 92.0 Totals 1,026,081 1,515,390 + 47.7 Total value in Canadian 1 48,821,239 54,081,967 + 10.8 1 * Canadian funds. f Sulphur content of pyrites shipped, estimated sulphur contained in sulphuric acid made from waste smelter- gases, and elemental sulphur. THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 13 TABLE II.—Average Metal Prices used in compiling Value op Provincial Production of Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, and Zinc. Year. Gold, Fine Ounce. Silver, Fine Ounce. Copper, Lb. Lead, Lb. Zinc, Lb. 1901 $ 20.67 Cents. 56.002 N.Y. 49.55 50.78 53.36 „ 51.33 „ 63.45 „ . 62.06 50.22 „ 48.93 50.812 „ 50.64 57.79 56.80 „ 52.10 „ 47.20 „ 62.38 „ 77.35 91.93 „ 105.57 „ 95.80 59.52 64.14 61.63 63.442 „ 69.065 „ 62.107 „ 56.37 58.176 „ 52.993 „ 38.154 „ 28.700 „ 31.671 „ 37.832 „ 47.461 „ 64.790 „ 45.127 „ Cents. 16.11 N.Y. 11.70 „ 13.24 12.82 „ 15.59 „ 19.28 20.00 13.20 „ 12.98 12.738 „ 12.38 „ 16.341 „ 15.27 „ 13.60 17.28 27.202 „ 27.18 „ 24.63 18.70 „ 17.45 „ 12.50 „ 13.38 14.42 „ 13.02 14.042 „ 13.795 „ 12.92 14.570 „ 18.107 „ 12.982 „ 8.116 „ 6.380 Lond. 7.454 „ 7.419 „ 7.795 „ 9.477 „ Cents. 3.897 N.Y. 3.66 „ 3.81 3.88 „ 4.24 „ 4.81 „ 4.80 „ 3.78 „ 3.85 „ 4.00 3.98 4.024 „ 3.93 3.50 „ 4.17 „ 6.172 „ 7.91 6.67 5.19 „ 7.16 4.09 ,, 5.16 6.54 „ 7.287 „ 7.848 Lond. 6.751 „ 5.256 „ 4.575 „ 5.050 „ 3.927 „ 2.710 „ 2.113 „ 2.391 „ 2.436 „ 3.133 „ 3.913 „ Cents. 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908. 1909 - - - 1910 . _ . 4 60 E. St. L. 1911 . _ „ 4 90 ,, 1912 - 5.90 „ 1913 4.80 ,, 1914 1915 11 25 ,, 1916 1917 7 566 ,, 1918 _ 1919 _ 1920 6 52 „ 1921 1922 1923 5 62 ,, 1924 5 39 1925 1926 7 409 ,, 1927 1928 1929 5 385 ,, 1930 3.599 „ 2 554 „ 1931 1932 23.47 28.60 34.50 35.19 35.03 2.405 „ 1933 1934.. 1935 _.._ 1936 3.210 „ 3.044 „ 3.099 „ 3.315 „ Average 1932-36 (inclusive) 31.36 45.576 „ 7.705 „ 2.797 „ 3.014 ,. • ... Note.—In making comparisons with average prices used prior to 1926, it should be remembered that deductions were made from the average prices as a means of adjustment between the " assay value content" of ores shipped instead of allowing percentage losses in smelting operations. The price of copper prior to 1926 was taken at " net " ; silver, at 95 per cent. ; lead, at 90 per cent. ; and zinc, at 85 per cent. Subsequent to 1926 (inclusive) prices are true averages, and adjustments are made on the metal content of ores for loss in smelting and refining. TABLE III.—Total Production for all Years up to and including 1936. Gold, placer $82,702,699* Gold, lode 191,813,716* Silver 123,951,149 Copper 286,080,205 Lead Zinc Coal and coke Structural materials Miscellaneous minerals, etc. 216,272,482 127,849,893 366,373,157 72,867,552 11,433,756 Total $1,479,344,609 * Canadian funds. A 14 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1936. TABLE IV.—Production for each Year from 1852 to 1936 (inclusive). 1852 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1908 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1612 1913 1914 1915 1916 to 1895 (inclusive) $94,547,241 7,507,956 10,455,268 10,906,861 12,393,131 16,344,751 20,086,780 17,486,550 17,495,954 18,977,359 22,461,325 .' 24,980,546 25,882,560 23,851,277 24,443,025 26,377,066 23,499,072 32,440,800 30,296,398 26,388,825 29,447,508 42,290,462 * Canadian funds. 1917 $37,010,392 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 41,782,474 33,296,313 35,543,084 28,066,641 35,162,843 1923 41,304,320 1924 48,704,604 1925 61,492,242 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 67,188,842 60,729,358 65,372,588 68,245,443 55,891,903 1931 34,883,181 1932 *28,798,406 1933 *32,602,672 1984 *42,305,297 1985 L *48,821,239 1936 1 : *54,081,9G7 Total. $l,479,344,60l9 Table V.—Quantities and Value of Mine Products for 1934, 1935, and 1936. Description. 1934. Quantity. Value. 1935. Quantity. Value. 1936. Quantity. Value Gold, placer* Gold, lode* .... Silver . oz. . oz. Copper - lb. Lead lb. Zinc lb. Coal : ...tons, 2,240 lb. Structural materials Miscellaneous metals and minerals Totals 25,181 297,130 8,572,916 48,084,658 347,366,967 247,926,844 1,347,090 $714,431 10,250,985 4,068,792 3,567,401 8,461,859 7,546,893 5,725,133 1,017,141 952,662 30,929 365,244 9,251,544 38,791,127 344,268,444 256,239,446 1,187,968 $895,058 12,852,936 5,994,075 3,023,768 10,785,930 7,940,860 5,048,864 1,238,717 1,041,031 43,389 404,472 9,521,015 20,806,672 377,971,618 254,581,393 1,346,471 $1,249,940 14,168,654 4,296,548 1,971,848 14,790,029 8,439,373 5,722,502 1,796,677 1,646,396 $42,305,297 $48,821,239 I I $54,081,967 * Canadian funds. THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 15 t-CO -H00 -<# —i t- "tf ire oo co ci OO) O CM C OOO^C O 03 ■<* CO c > i-t O •"# t-"" -CONOlO' 3 t- ire ■"*> - CM OS .-I Ol C* JiaiNiotoo J o w t- © <J 4H050 5t-000 ■llOMH O "tf *- r-tCQ--. 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CO CM C- t 3 CO CO CO CO •« - Oi CO Oi "Hi 3 CO t- CO «o 3 CO t- co ire *ire*d"di-* 3 "tf to "* CO Ol O -^f1 CM CM CO ^f t- ire i-i cm -^t1 t-COCnOHNCO^WWt-COCf; OHNTO"*ia»t-COCBOHNCO^ifiWtr(»(^OHWTO^IO(Ct-COOOHNTO 0)(»^®OTO)GO)OiOl01ClCftOOOOOOOCiOOHHHHHHHHHHWNNNWNNNC'lWTO£C«cO CXDOTCOWCOCOCCCOCOCCCOCOCOOSCnCSOlO^GiO^C^ "tf IOCS CO CO CO O) 03 C3 A 16 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1936. TABLE VII.—Value of Gold Production to Date. Year. Placer. Lode. Total. 1858 1862 - $9,871,634 $9,871,634 1863-1867 - 16,283,592 16,283,592 1868 1872 "' 9,895,318 9,895,318 1873-1877 - 9,019,201 9,019,201 1878-1882 5,579,911 5,579,911 1883-1887 - - - 3,841,515 3,841,515 1888-1892 2,525,426 2,525,426 1893 . - - 356,131 $23,404 379,535 1894 _ 405,516 125,014 530,530 1895 481,683 785,271 1,266,954 1896 544,026 1,244,180 1,788,206 1897 513,520 2,122,820 2,636,340 1898 643,346 2,201,217 2,844,563 1899 _ 1,344,900 2,857,573 4,202,473 1900 : 1,278,724 3,453,381 4,732,105 1901 970,100 4,348,603 5,318,703 1902 1,073,140 4,888,269 5,961,409 1903 1,060,420 1,115,300 969,300 4,812,616 5,873,036 1904 4,589,608 4,933,102 5,704,908 1905 - 5,902,402 1906 ... 948,400 4,630,639 5,579,039 1907 828,000 4,055,020 4,883,020 1908 647,000 5,282,880 5,929,880 1909 477,000 4,924,090 5,401,090 1910 540,000 5,533,380 6,073,380 1911 426,000 4,725,513 5,151,513 1912 555,500 510,000 5,322,442 5,877,942 1913 -•- 5,627,490 6,137,490 1914 565,000 5,109,004 ■ 5,674,004 1915 _ _.._ 5,167,934 4,587,334 5,937,934 5,167,834 1916 680,500 1917 496,000 2,367,190 2,863,190 1918 320,000 3,403,812 3,723,812 1919 . . 286,500 221,600 3,150,645 2,481,392 3,437,145 2,702,992 1820 - 1921 3,037,354 4,458,484 1922 - .... 368,800 4,089,684 1923 420,000 3,704,994 4,124,994 1924. 420,750 5,120,536 4,335,269 5 541,285 1925 280,092 4,615,361 1926 355,503 156,247 4,163,859 3,679 601 4,519,362 3,835,848 4.031.305 1927 1928 143,208 3,888,097 1929 - 118,711 3,004 419 3,123,130 1930 152,235 3,323,576 3,475,811 1931..: 291,992 3,018,894 3,310,886 1932 395,542 4,261,307 4,656,849* 1933 562,787 6,392,929 6,955,716* 10,965,416* 1934 714,431 10,250,985 1935 895,058 12,852,936 13,747,994* 1936 1,249,940 14,168,654 15,418,594" Totals $82,702,699 $191,813,716 $274,516,415 * Canadian funds. 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CO CO lO on © Hf h- -tf CO -tf ID ire CO CM fJJ © CO ! CO no CM CO CM CM CO c .5 cj r2 +> +j 8 m * B .a a o ^ ■ S c 2§£ os s ■ £ a 0) a, ■g S"S o S ■♦* t> t! g | en o o P T3 O 0) » ■3 fc -" fit? £ ~ ~ -' ■" - a a g a s £ CO o J! "° "? •S a c 6 B ■ Si » » a .a a |@ CO CJ t3 o O ssH h ,g •g .a ja ^Zfia goo g i5iH S g.O a > S A 18 REPORT OP THE MINISTER OP MINES, 1936. TABLE IX.—Production in Detail op Placer Gold, Lode Districts and Divisions. Year. Tons. Gold—Placer. Gold—Lode. Silver. Ounces. Value. Ounces. Value. Ounces. Value. 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 1935 1936 $ $ * 13,227 18,423 363 216 285 228 382,797 530,726 10,522 6,222 8,234 6,568 6 2 70 934 421 1,210,308 6,645 156,855 197,247 12,262 19,327 5,567 221 33,611 44,188 6,632 4,844 195,903 7,742 1,182,771 1,547,906 233,380 169,685 257,081 24,997 674,201 1,044,049 1,476 1,433 166,563 11,280 436,815 471,148 Skeena 102 26 122 65 2,956 749 3,519 1,872 956 647 5,096 20 700 7 3 73,758 95,409 6,280 11,980 4,948 7,211 1,629 1,775 294 332 181,721 345,117 143,188 207,733 47,155 51,134 8,516 9,564 35,835 36,765 1,261,034 1,287,878 4,555 4,657 2,951 2,102 1,072 10 261 7 9,184 245 2,622 3,205 1,699 1,446 7,844 18,889 1,843 41 17,757 18,343 1 35 874 1,086 301 48 fi.401 7,021 30,756 38,043 10,592 1,681 225,251 245,946 25,224 28,411 304 361 18,541 19,405 16,342 12,821 38 110 222 166 1,091 3,169 6,440 4,782 197 163 12,013 8,757 15,635 494 42,252 22,957 69,328 115,190 25 9 257 135 739 259 7,425 3,889 1,731 1,061 13,130 5,905 18,934 39,555 00,914 37,167 462,045 206,852 666,287 1,385,612 46,149 18,361 753,143 728,047 2,520 28,981 29,900 8,286 487,961 328,546 1,633 2 179 102 58 5,173 2,938 13,078 8 4 140 2 1 1,801,295 1,901,477 640 657 11 15 11 4 57 2 18,510 18,927 317 432 317 115 1,654 58 6,673,000 7,068,195 4,323,437 3,189,664 55,918 45,540 29,505 13,337 766 33,081 11,677 147 37 142,428 209,927 11 1 78 54 39 63 53.262 81,614 387 35 2,745 1,892 1,372 2,207 1,874,290 2,858,938 106,808 21,056 404,316 226,661 4,475 509 67,635 121,111 69,201 9,502 1 4 29 105 102,285 2,899 132 160 15 2 59 151 83 79 89 29 3.835 4,609 458 58 1,689 4,350 2,393 2,276 2,569 835 43,821 54,654 37,553 15,823 23,576 10,415 829,639 364,837 28,656 10,627 18,566 4,796 102 28,823 102,872 6 5,403 2,749 210 190,132 96,298 6,742 3,451 1,416 3,042 2,236 639 47 270 90 207 74 33 3 3 6 71 86 176 44 61 168 53 231 311 1,548 2,137 5,912 1,856 8,129 10,894 138 209 78 6 134 112 89 94 51 87 34 985 9 37 740 618 322 322 445 278 83 54 214 84 240 1,066 21,431 17,803 9,325 9,276 12,879 8,009 2,393 1,556 6,194 2,420 .. 304,024 385,546 5,800 12,352 7,052 140.044 145,505 851 8,553 4,278 4,928,148 5,097,040 29,947 299,612 150,543 44.312 53,939 1,360 13,038 7,489 28,710 24,341 881 5,884 4,852 259 1,161 68 163 2,393 5,710 7 3,722 1,680 817,307 1,314,609 13,914 14,197 489,634 497,321 78,329 90,822 113 3,255 40,985 1935 1936 4,916,149 4,456,521 30,929 43,389 t895,058 1,249,940 365,244 404,472 12.852,936 14,168,654 9,251,544 9,521,015 5,994.075 4,296,548 * Includes zinc and lead recovered from slag and reclaimed slags which cannot be credited to individual mines, t Includes placer gold purchased by Gold Commissioners from "snipers'* and_ others, who in many instances located in another division. In most cases the gold is credited to the mining division in which it was sold, this J THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 19 Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, and Zinc in 1935 and 1936. Copper. Lead. Zinc. Totals for Divisions. Totals for Districts. Pounds. Value. Pounds. Value. Pounds. Value. 1935. 1936. 1936. $ « $ $ $ $ 2,833,186 382,797 1,139 45 531,262 10,522 6,222 8,234 6,568 23,558,968 450,615 35,401 1,836,422 42,705 2,759 82 812 697 2,751 466,233 864,074 2,198,88S 107 14,607 33,811 61,834 69 2 1,636,954 2,052,947 10,420 238,104 7,354 171,778 3,519 2,575 1,905,281 54 163 2 6 451 14 1,445,722 1,635,103 143,188 207,733 8,173 600 256 24 1,261 954 39 32 58,333 52,881 8,516 9,564 230,395 353,813 388 431 38,869 34,330 7,218 13,845 12 17 1,218 1,343 58,324 106,177 238 228 31,364 25,475 1.80S 3,520 7 8 972 844 56,159 2,361 70,590 11,899 5,038 38,448 2,997 3,014 248,891 31,803 264,686 15,938 1,078 680,369 567,444 9,759 15,407 499 42 21,316 22,204 306 603 20,671 10,731 014,337 693,859 3,549 967 641 356 19,038 23,001 110 32 92,693 46,110 997,785 14,989 182 29,116 599,481 668,518 307,229 1,428,499 5,173 3,079 330,000,000 360,362,863 10,338,900 14,100,999 213,400,000 232,818,066 6,613,266 7,717,919 21,294,113 25,027,509 317 432 6,267,392 196,358 9,435,300 292,400 518,580 115 2,070,291 814,475 2,832,099 1,408,291 9,124 244 873,356 1,709,355 64,862 31,870 88,730 55,106 286 10 27,362 66,887 1,950,010 7,065 1,544.252 993,479 5,944 90 527,OIG 1,043,278 60,450 234 47,856 32,934 184 3 10,332 34,584 196,554 41,699 401,287 192,246 4,846 2,450 1,362 581 1,967,002 6,130 3,020,253 458 [ I 58 967,707 75,433 29,530 5,979 11,242,020 187 439,900 25,550,184 18,256,826 791,800 605,214 1,717,314 1,448,627 2,393 86,519 2,841 3,386 89 8,914 12 195,038 97,772 7,920,367 51 91 1,759 2,408 263 8 6,147 1,859 19 8,235 164 6 10,950 985 246 1,068 14,571 26,105 60 133 456 1,022 2 5 4,978,745 5,140,206 6,013 27,672 5,847 468 2,623 456 40,023 317,400 168,730 8,009 4,791 7,986 313 9,259 6,194 2,420 14,147,464 19,479,363 1,102,795 1,846,059 742,290 472,233 23,256 18,478 3,095,876 624,198 95,941 20,692 1,762,375 2,426,790 38,791,127 20,806,672 3,023,768 1,971,848 344,268,444 377,971,618 10,785,930 14,790,029 256,239,446 254,581.393 7.940.860 8.439.373 41,492,627 44,916,392 obtained the gold in one mining division, but did not sell the gold until reaching the Gold Commissioner's office applying particularly to Vancouver and Victoria Mining Divisions. A 20 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1936. TABLE IX. a.—Production in Detail op Placer Gold, Lode Districts and Divisions. Year. Tons. Gold—Placer. Gold—Lode. Silver. Ounces. Value. Ounces. Value. Ounces. Value. 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 1932 1933 $ $ $ 30 30 8,040 11,299 37 251 357 200 155,684 265,751 727 5,891 6,877 4,690 218 103 5,117 2,946 86 64 24 Liard 1,740,300 1,540,187 221,828 187,164 6 1,629 3,323 4,382 76,049 50,089 3 1,298 77,991 125,325 1,784,870 1,432,545 70 37,123 255,940 257,854 1.580,305 1,029,606 2 357 81,061 97,553 500,508 389,529 36 76 18 65 3 2 704 1,802 352 1,516 47 57 1 135 400 53 1,516 25 10 4,155 4,897 3,338 2,772 627 699 588 300 80,697 115,172 04,925 65,179 12,157 16,445 11,376 7,004 19,769 7,660 219,076 823 311 8 26 7 82 164 2,345 3 15 1 6 . 9 34 972 1,053 398 63 83 249 1,056 1,487 1,619 5,863 390 119 3,403 18 7 43 194 5,549 26,456 3,720 3,412 3,627 386 2,005 529 19.218 3,144 414 427 1,367 1,799 1 451,046 89,919 9,717 12,212 32,084 51,451 23 131,713 3,005 595,470 558,472 203 2,695 14,461 41,716 1,137 180 250 o 3,474 5,891 47 188,595 211,286 64 1,020 270 300 5,210 7,093 4,580 1,440,520 1,401,101 543 652 10,591 15,329 4,418,S52 4,921,950 1 399 523 12 343 1,862,112 35 6 11 28 32 829 117 257 540 743 35,612 43 53,846 8,168 2 47 2,587 248 783 30 23 13,740 44,051 6 12 17 19 9,631 23,289 141 343 399 543 226,039 660,066 18,845 47,240 1,370 638 33,535 48,334 5,968 17,872 434 241 153 152 4 7 7 71 9 08 281 76 50 2,957 3,575 71 172 141 1,659 17,632 6,607 1,455 1,173 10,621 18,286 505 11,960 1,489 9,313 34,947 266,352 641 12,273 203 4,643 13 1 13 2 305 57 2 1 2 2 8 2 188 57 7 7 2 4 1 25 IS 15 86 23 600 352 343 3 8 29 13 49 305 1,401 28 31 9 12 2 6 293 407 199 225 128 320 224 105 21 107 47 143 5,633 9,581 3,849 5,291 2,464 7,522 4,319 2,459 399 2,517 82,657 154,242 25 60,540 108,298 28 1,420,874 3,097,323 657 11,778 24,668 3,730 9,333 657 148 330 344 9,438 8,074 638 79 241 25 809.264 622,718 8,873 12,819 208,249 366,624 59,352 42,792 18,798 16,189 1932 1933 4,340,158 4,030.778 20,400 23.928 395,542 562,787 181,564 223,529 4,261.307 6,392,929 7,130,838 7,006,406 2,258,453 2,650,720 NOTE.—The above table is published to serve as a record to show gold (fine ounces) valued at average prices for 1932 and was $28.60. In the Annual Reports for 1932 and 1933 the old standard price was used and should be noted when reference THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 21 Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, and Zinc in 1932 and 1933. Copper. Lead. Zinc. Totals for Divisions. Totals for Districts. Pounds. Value. Pounds. Value. Pounds. Value. 1932. 1933. 1933. $ $ $ $ $ $ 4,951,883 160,828 268,721 727 5,891 6,877 4,690 38,293,437 2,443,198 2,565,678 2,293 2,218 2,602,250 34,416,459 2,788,556 35.933 1,127,932 731,435 23,840 17,493 2,311,511 29,749 2,400 77 1,841,862 775 53 4 39,064 352 3,042 47 57 425,598 80,697 334,559 64,925 65,179 12,322 18,796 11,376 7,064 17,967 7,762 186 1,206 39 1,595 1,056 4,897 1,619 848 63 11,475 406,404 13,402 855 198.955 7,215 303,950 381,175 131,581 112 4,205 172 6,424 9,116 2,781 3 402.479 16.498 462.626 516,202 9,682 529 11,129 16,575 507,504 91,757 1,349 86 219,425 255,080 34,976 52,474 22,458 540 10,353 7,093 15,376,907 251,308,444 260,369,484 5,311,655 6,226,996 190,427.427 180,116,639 4,580.922 5,782,645 11,302,691 13,887,425 829 117 8,108.250 20,949 193,917 443 6,270,700 8,661 201,321 209 415,866 3,826 743 116,146 329,095 2,455 7,871 22,892 106,716 551 3,426 9,115 29,512 833 784 616,145 698,904 13,023 16,715 773,548 987,070 18.608 31,689 271,248 730,331 71 172 35,291 24,713 486 12 825 27 297,406 17,632 6,607 1,760 46 1 1,232 4,391,165 190 146 23 600 666 1,756 ..1 47 1 143 1,430,237 3,116,237 4,506 5,291 2,464 12 17,213 12,418 2,459 399 2,517 11,496,888 7,829,221 733,524 583,653 664,850 972,107 14,052 23,249 974,623 7,945.435 255.088 1,244,803 49,841,009 42,608,002 3.179,956 3,176.341 254,488,952 271.606,071 5.378,878 6,495,731 192,120,091 195,963.751 4.621,641 6.291.416 20,095,777 25,569,924 25,569,924 to value is contemplated. 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TABLE XII -British Columbia Mine Production, 1895 -1936 □ a ID in a. < j o Q a siO a. o a ID (n < o in_j _1 O D o H; Lu o o ro in z D o-l /, / / i j ' / / ^~ V i j j / 1 i / A / J / \/ 1 / / / \ 1 / "V f f / C * \ j 1 j / AT \ / \ / j 1 / < r \ 1 \ / \ j 7 o° * \ f <^ *l i \ \ i 1 \ ,\ / n 2 O _Io ru J I o. ^v \ 1 / ) < " tf i , \ «•* * • > \ 6 <| 3/ \ 1 <, 4h \ \ < c> / i Z .Q nv/ > s / -J / " r r s N \ / i el s * * c ,* y, / , » ■ » N \ n / \ \ / 1 < J i > o >. • > / r \ . / - «*• • i J H **. f y >, " N 4 ^ ,«» • c Vi ? j i t^ i*L JDJDOEJ Kr / lOTfi H*l GC DL D in id r^ co en o — aim-sj-miDi^rocna— ajrn'srinir>r--co(j)0 — (uP)«tinioMD(no- ru m rf in id cnoa--aifumm cDOioioioioicncno) THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 25 TABLE XIII.- -Production of Lode Mines in British Columbia, 1913-1936. o ID n t 1 a to m / *"«» 1 ( a OJ m a CO in ru D z D * a ij / o OJ rn id wtn a z a -i ru O a -- A / / / / LE AC / / / \ \ \ ., 1 ,^*' — / / I i \ / / a a U. w Q Q LD in z o H a X a CD / i \ / a a \ O a ID in z a □ — ru _i - _i z a CD t / / > l\t «ic. / / "n. i i "> .•* 1 1 1 " i / 1 I / 1 < CI DP 3Ef 5 i / D ■* ■^ ■••». / mm \ o <-; 4 /' .--** r* \ * * CD = LU G g 1- = in LU a U »1 c 3IL VE R CO CO u. r- O ^ / CD / 10 in to z _l ro _i T ru / LQ IT) Z a st _i -J m X. nj / / V V in LU u Z O 30D 000 in LU CJ z D D 200, 000 G OL D 100, 000 mr+inio^-ooaia — m n ^ m i > ID IJ g oj ro t in 1' N u nj cu i7! m ai en en en en en ID A 26 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1936. TABLE XIV.—Coal Production per Year to Date.* Tons. Value. Tons. Value. (2,240 1b.) (2,240 1b.) 1836-1885. 3,029,011 $9,468,557 1912 2,628,804 $9,200,814 1886 326,636 979,908 1913. 2,137,483 7,481,190 1887. _ 413,360 1,240,080 1914 1,810,967 6,338,385 1888.. 489,301 1,467,903 1915 - 1,611,129 5,638,952 1889 579,830 1,739,490 1916 2,084,093 7,294,325 1890 678,140 2,034,420 1917 — 2,149,975 7,524,913 1891 1,029,097 3,087,291 1918 2,302,245 11,511,225 1892 _ 826,335 2,479,005 1919 2,267,541 11,337,705 1893 978,294 2,934,882 1920 2,595,125 12,975,626 1894 1,012,953 3,038,859 1921 2,483,995 12,419,975 1895.. 939,654 2,818,962 1922 2,511,843 12,559,215 1896 896,222 2,688,666 1923- _ 2,453,223 12,266,115 1897 882,854 2,648,562 1924 _ 1,939,526 9,697,630 1898 1,135,865 3,407,595 1925 2,328,522 11,642,610 1899 1,306,324 3,918,972 1926 2,330,036 11,650,180 1900 1,439,595 4,318,785 1927.. 2,453,827 12,269,135 1901. 1,460,331 4,380,993 1928 - 2,526,702 12,633,510 1902 1,397,394 4,192,182 1929 2,251,252 11,256,260 1903 1,168,194 3,504,582 1930. 1,887,130 9,435,650 1904 1,253,628 3,760,884 1931 1,707,590 7,684,156 1905 1,384,312 4,152,936 1932 1,534,975 6,523,644 1906 1,517,303 4,551,909 1933 _ 1,264,746 6,375,171 1907 1,800,067 6,300,235 1934 1,347,090 5,725,133 1908 1,677,849 6,872,472 1935.. - 1,187,968 5,048,864 1909 2,006,476 7,022,666 1936 1,346,471 5,722,502 1910 2,800,046 9,800,161 ■ 1911 2,193,062 7,675,717 Totals 85,764,391 $340,699,557 * For all years to 1925 (inclusive) figures are net coal production and do not include coal made into coke; subsequent figures are entire coal production, including coal made into coke. TABLE XV.—Coke Production prom Bee-hive Ovens in British Columbia from 1895 to 1925. Tons. (2,240 lb.) 19,396 1898 (estimated) 35,000 1895-97- 34,251 85,149 127,081 128,015 165,543 238,428 271,785 199,227 222,913 247,399 258,703 218,029 1911 66,005 1912 264,333 1899- 1900. 1901.. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906.. 1907- 1908. 1909. 1910.. Value. $96,980 175,000 171,255 425,745 635,405 640,075 827,715 1,192,140 1,358,925 996,135 1,337,478 1,484,394 1,552,218 1,308,174 396,030 1,585,998 1913. 1914.. 1915.. 1916- 1917- 1918- 1919- 1920. 1921.. 1922. 1923- 1924- 1925.. Tons. Value. (2,2401b.) 286,045 $1,716,270 234,577 1,407,462 245,871 1,475,226 267,725 1,606,350 159,905 959,430 188,967 1,322,769 91,138 637,966 67,792 474,544 59,434 416,038 45,836 320,846 58,919 412,433 30,615 214,305 75,185 526.295 Totals— - -4,393,255 $25,673,600 TABLE XVI.—Coke and By-products Production of British Columbia, 19-35 and 1936. Description. Quantity. Value. 1936. Quantity. Value. Coal used in making coke, long tons Coke made in bee-hive ovens, long tons Coke made in by-product ovens, long tons.. Coke made in gas plants, long tons Total coke made, long tons Gas made, purchased, and sold - _ Tar produced Other by-products- 114,104 Total production value of coke industry.. $494,492 24,170 13,316 41,177 $160,565 109,684 160,694 78,663 $430,943 1,430,057 44,876 3,081 $1,908,957 112,348 30,370 43,632 74,002 $436,595 $191,843 138,787 $330,630 1,422,783 38,872 $1,792,285 THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 27 TABLE XVII.—Dividends paid by Mining Companies, 1897-1936. Lode-gold Mines. Company or Mine. Locality. Class. Amount paid. Arlington.~ Athabasca - Bralorne. Belmont-Surf Inlet Cariboo Gold Quartz. Cariboo-MeKinney Canadian Pacific Exploration- Centre Star „ Fern „ Goodenough Island Mountain- __ I.X.L _ Erie ~ Nelson Bridge River— - Princess Royal Island _ Wells Camp McKinney Nelson Rossland Nelson Ymir, _.. Wells. _ ..... Jewel-Denero- Le Roi Mining Co... Le Roi No. 2 Lome Nickel Plate- Pioneer —. Poorman Premier. Queen Relief Reno Rossland Greenwood Rossland Rossland ___ Bridge River- Hedley Sheep Creek Mines, Ltd. Sunset No. 2 — War Eagle Motherlode Ymir Gold _ Ymir Yankee Girl Miscellaneous mines Bridge River- Nelson Premier Sheep Creek... Erie Sheep Creek __ Sheep Creek ._ Rossland Rossland _ __. Sheep Creek __ Ymir Ymir Total, lode-gold mines. Gold. Gold. Gold. Gold Gold . Gold_ GoId._ Gold.. Gold. Gold- Gold .. Gold.. Gold. Gold- Gold.. Gold. Gold- Gold.. Gold. Gold- Gold. Gold_ Gold. Gold.. Gold. Gold. Gold. Gold. Gold- Gold . $42,678 25,000 1,486,150 1,437,500 133,331 565,588 37,500 472,255 15,000 13,931 105,072 131,633 11,751 1,475,000 1,574,640 20,450 3,423,191 5,130,193 25,000 18,858,075 85,000 5,000 474,840 112,500 115,007 1,245,250 162,500 300,000 111,250 23,530 $37,618,815 The gold-copper properties of Rossland are included in this table. Silver-lead-zinc Mines. Antoine Beaverdell-Wellington- Bell- Bosun (Rosebery-Surprise) _ Capella Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co. of Canada, Ltd. Couverapee Duthie Mines, Ltd.— Florence Silver __ Goodenough H.B. Mining Co Highland Lass, Ltd.. Highland-Bell, Ltd.- Horn Silver Idaho-Alamo Iron Mountain (Emerald). Jackson Last Chance Lone Batchelor — Lucky Jim — - Mercury - Meteor. Carried forward.. Rambler Beaverdell Beaverdell New Denver.- New Denver . Trail Field Smithers Ains worth Cody— Hall Creek. Beaverdell Beaverdell Similkameen.. Sandon _ Salmo. Retallack Three Forks . Sandon— Three Forks .. Sandon ___ Slocan City- Silver' Silver- Silver- Silver- Silver- Silver- Silver Silver- Silver Silver Silver Silver' Silver- Silver Silver Silver Silver- Silver- Silver- Silver- Silver- Silver- ■lead-zinc •lead-zinc -lead-zinc -lead-zinc lead-zinc -lead-zinc •lead-zinc ■lead-zinc ■lead-zinc ■lead-zinc ■lead-zinc ■lead-zinc •lead-zinc ■lead-zinc -lead-zinc ■lead-zinc ■lead-zinc ■lead-zinc lead-zinc ■lead-zinc ■lead-zinc ■lead-zinc $10,000 79,200 476,297 27,500 5,500 60,211,325 5,203 50,000 35,393 45,668 8,904 132,464 14,803 6,000 400,000 20,000 20,000 213,109 50,000 80,000 6,000 10,257 A 28 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1936. TABLE XVII.—Dividends paid by Mining Companies, 1897-1936—Continued. Silver-lead-zinc Mines—Continued. Company or Mine. Locality. Class. Amount paid. Three Forks Cody Silver-lead-zinc Silver-lead-zinc Silver-lead-zinc Silver-lead-zinc Silver-lead-zinc Silver-lead-zinc Silver-lead-zinc Silver-lead-zinc Silver-lead-zinc 27,500 Mountain Con , _ 71,387 Three Forks , Cody 33,694 72,859 North Star _ _ 6,754 107,928 1,438,000 33,810 25,000 Silver-lead-zinc Silver-lead-zinc Silver-lead-zinc Silver-lead-zinc Silver-lead-zinc Silver-lead-zinc — Silver-lead-zinc Silver-lead-zinc Silver-lead-zinc..— Silver-lead-zinc Silver-lead-zinc Silver-lea d-zinc Silver-lead-zinc Silver-lead-zinc Silver-lead-zinc 575,000 Cody 332,492 165,000 Moyie Sandon , 566,000 725,000 11,600 Sandon— w— Ainsworth. _ 567,500 Spokane-Trinket - - - 9,564 2,700,000 88,000 Kaslo.. — 64,000 Wallace Mines, Ltd. (Sally) 135,000 Washington — • _ — 38,000 Retallack — 592,515 70,237 $70,861,364 Copper Mines. Britannia M. & S. Co.* - - — Copper Copper..— - Copper..— - - Copper Copper— ., Copper Copper $6,552,578 Greenwood Texada Island 615,399 8,500 Granby Cons M.S. & P. Co.f 8,025,471 Texada Island - Nelson -. 175,000 Hall Mines - ' 160,000 260,770 Total, copper mines. $15,797,718 * The Howe Sound Company is the holding company for the Britannia mine in British Columbia and other mines in Mexico and the State of Washington. Dividends paid by the Howe Sound Company are therefore derived from all operations, and in the foregoing table the dividends credited to the Britannia mine have been paid by the Britannia Mining and Smelting Company, Limited, none being credited subsequent to 1930. In making comparison with yearly totals the amounts credited to the Howe Sound Company have been deducted for the years shown, so the total in the annual report concerned will show the higher figure. f The amount shown to the credit of the Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting, and Power Company, Limited, does not include the sum of $6,749,996 paid by the company during 1935 and 1936 as a distribution or repayment of capital, subsequent to the closing-down of its operations at Anyox and the company going into voluntary liquidation. Operations ceased at Anyox in August, 1935. The company since that date has revived its business charter and will conduct operations at Allenby, B.C. The term " Miscellaneous " noted in each class of dividend covers all payments of $5,000 and under, together with payments made by companies or individuals requesting that the item be not disclosed. In compiling the foregoing table of dividends paid, the Department wishes to acknowledge the kind assistance given by companies, individuals, and trade journals in giving information on the subject. THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 29 TABLE XVII.—Dividends paid by Mining Companies, 1897-1936—Continued. Coal. Wellington Collieries, Ltd., Nanaimo $16,000,000 Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co., Ltd., Fernie 11,733,456 Total $27,733,456 Miscellaneous and Structural. Various $1,376,600 Aggregate of all Classes. $37,618,815 70,861,364 Copper-mining 15,797,718 Coal-mining 27,733,456 Miscellaneous and structural 1,376,600 Lode-gold mining Silver-lead-zinc mining Total.. Dividends paid during 1927-1936, inclusive. Year. Amount paid. 1927 $8,816,681 1928 9,572,536 1929 11,263,118 1930 10,543,500 1931 4,650,857 1932 2,786,958 Year. 1933. 1934 . 1935 - 1936 - $153,387,953 Amount paid. . $2,471,735 4,745,905 7,386,070 10,513,705 Total $72,751,065 Dividends paid during 1935 and 1936. Company. Beaverdell-Wellington Bell Mines, Ltd. Bralorne Mines, Ltd. Cariboo Gold Quartz Mines, Ltd The Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co. of Canada, Ltd. Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co., Ltd Highland Bell, Ltd. Highland Lass, Ltd. Island Mountain Mines, Ltd. Pioneer Gold Mines of B.C., Ltd Premier Gold Mining Co, Ltd Reno Gold Mines, Ltd Sheep Creek Gold Mines, Ltd Ymir Yankee Girl Mines, Ltd Others . 1935. $36,000 50:,501 300,000 4,232,452 372,708 52,369 1,401,400 650,000 255,683 34,957 1936. $18,000 25,403 561,150 133,331 6,515,943 434,826 14,803 Totals- $7,386,070 106,072 1,401,400 800,000 219,157 112,500 111,250 60,870 $10,513,705 A 30 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OP MINES, 1936. TABLE XVIII.- —Capital employed, Salaries and Wages, Fuel and Electricity, and Mineral Survey District and Class. Capital employed. Salaries and Wages. Fuel and Electricity. Process Supplies. No. 1, North-western— $ 6,904,335 148,361 $ 953,070 166,451 $ 41,531 18,987 321,002 11,729 Coal-mining. 178,308 12,881 16,816 2,903 Totals - 7,231,004 1,132,402 77,334 335,634 No. 2, North-eastern— Lode-mining 3,393,608 3,914,498 37,112 550 604,720 433,668 28,676 71,893 33,176 142,831 14,962 Totals 7,345,768 1,067,064 105,069 157,793 No. 3, Central— Lode-mining — 1,449,210 107,131 123,737 228,947 25,932 166,526 22,600 92,931 49,503 5,404 24,526 750 6,663 10,793 959 47,816 200 Miscellaneous 1,919 25 Totals ■ 1,934,987 336,964 43,691 49,960 No. 4, Southern— Lode-mining 4,829,310 12,000 2,875,597 594,549 2,578 389,481 53,482 247,423 Coal-mining 62,691 165 1,200 1,912 55 Totals 7,716,907 987,808 118,085 247,643 No. 5, Eastern— 63,912,659 48,400 6,343,164 498,049 33,284 7,508,670 17,437 793,788 48,694 5,065 1,399,520 684 26,165 632 522 1,920,000 3,711 Placer-mining Totals 70,835,556 8,373,654 1,727,523 1,923,853 No. 6, Western— 18,894,236 524,552 10,757,686 15,246,809 2,175,560 2,778,648 7,490 2,317,298 497,723 388,568 241,395 62 210,301 129,834 70,850 1,488,723 12 Placer-mining—- - 163,802 67,081 Totals 47,598,843 5,989,727 652,442 1,719,618 Grand totals, 1936 Grand totals, 1935 142,663,065 143,239,953 17,887,619 16,753,367 2,724,144 2,619,639 4,434,501 4,552,730 Note.—The above figures, compiled from returns on the subject made by companies and individuals, illustrate the amount of capital employed in the mining industry in 1936, the amount of money distributed in salaries and wages, fuel and electricity, and process supplies (explosives, chemicals, drill-steel, lubricants, etc.). Capital employed includes: Present cash value of the land (excluding minerals) ; present value of buildings, fixtures, machinery, tools, and other equipment; inventory value of materials on hand, ore in process, fuel and miscellaneous supplies on hand; inventory value of finished products on hand; operating capital (cash, bills and accounts receivable, prepaid expenses, etc.). THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 31 TABLE XIX.—Tonnage, Number of Mines, Net and Gross Value of Lode Minerals, 1901-1936. District. Year. Tonnage. No. of Shipping-mines. No. of Mines Shipping over 100 Tons. Net Value to Shipper of Lode Minerals produced. Gross Value of Lode Minerals produced. 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1936 1936 1936 1936 1936 920,416 998,999 1,286,176 1,461,609 1,706,679 1,963,872 1,804,114 2,083,606 2,057,713 2,216,428 1,770,755 2,688,532 2,663,809 2,175,971 2,690,110 3,188,865 2,761,579 2,892,849 2,112,975 2,178,187 1,562,645 1,573,186 2,421,839 3,397,105 3,849,269 4,775,073 5,416,021 6,241,310 6,977,681 6,803,846 5,549,103 4,340,158 4,030,778 5,087,334 4,916,149 228,321 95,419 37,273 138,649 2,242,681 1,714,178 119 124 125 142 146 154 147 108 89 83 80 86 110 98 132 169 193 175 144 121 80 98 77 86 102 138 132 110 106 68 44 75 109 145 177 20 3 7 35 82 21 78 75 74 76 79 77 72 59 52 50 45 51 58 56 59 81 87 80 74 60 35 33 28 37 40 55 52 49 48 32 22 29 47 69 72 10 2 3 16 29 10 $14,100,282 11,581 153 12,103,237 12,909 035 15,980 164 18,484,102 17,316,847 15,847 411 15,451,141 14,728,731 11,454,063 17,662,766 17,190,838 15,225 061 19,992,149 31,483,014 26,788,474 27,590,278 19,750,498 19,444,365 12,920,398 19,227,857 25,347,092 35,538,247 46,200 135 No. 1 District $38,558,613 27,750,364 29,070,075 34,713,887 21,977,688 9,513,931 7,075,393 13,976,368 20,243,278 25,407,914 2,065,699 1,286,690 285,514 1,739,428 17,511,877 7,086,400 51,508,031 44,977,082 48,281,825 51,174,859 40,915,395 22,535,573 19,700,235 25,007,137 33,895,930 40,597,569 No. 2 District No. 3 District No. 5 District No. 6 District Totals 1936 1901-1936 4,456,521 113,021,268 168 70 $29,975,608 $43,666,452 916,577,426 A 32 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1936. TABLE XX.—Men employed in the Mining Industry of British Columbia, 1901-1936. Struc Lode-mining. Coal-mining. tural ba a RIALS. to 3 a S a 1 fttf OJ a CS . u CS u Q o a 5 OJ V e P 0) > o J! < o B £ a 09 a a P a) > o 1 13 o jjS JS B S o m o E-i 1901 2,736 1,212 3,948 3,041 931 3,974 7,922 1902 2,219 1,126 3,345 3,101 910 4,011 7,35 6 1903 1,662 1,088 2,750 3,137 1,127 4,264 7,014 1904 2,143 1,163 3,306 3,278 1,175 4,453 7,759 1905 2,470 1,240 3.710 3,127 1,280 4,407 8,117 1906 2,680 1,303 3,983 3,415 1,390 4,805 8,788 1907 2,704 1,239 3,943 2,862 907 3,769 7,712 1908 2,567 1,127 3,694 4,432 1,641 6,073 9,767 1909 2,184 1,070 3,254 4,713 1,705 6,418 9,672 1910 2,472 1,237 3,709 5,903 1,855 7.758 11,467 1911 2,435 1,159 3,594 5,212 1,661 6,873 10,467 1912 2,472 1,364 3,837 5,275 1,855 7,130 10,967 1913 2,773 1,505 4,278 4,950 1,721 6,671 10,949 1914 2,741 1,433 4,174 4,267 1,465 5,732 9,906 1915 2,709 1,435 4.144 3,708 1,283 4,991 9,135 1916 3,357 2,036 5,393 3,694 1,366 5.060 10,453 1917 3,290 2,198 5.488 3,760 1,410 5,170 10,658 1918 2,626 1,764 4,390 3,658 1,769 5,247 9,637 1919 2,513 1,746 4,259 4,145 1,821 5,966 10,225 1920 2,074 1,605 3,679 4,191 2,158 6,349 10.02S 1921 1,355 975 2,330 4,722 2,163 6,885 9,215 1922 1,510 1,239 2,749 4,712 1,932 6,644 9,393 1923 2,102 1,516 3,618 4,342 1,807 6,149 9,767 1924 2,353 1,680 4,033 3,894 1,524 5,418 9,451 1925 2,298 2,840 5,138 3,828 1,615 5,443 10,581 1926 299 2,606 1,735 4,341 808 2,461 3,757 1,565 5,322 493 324 124 14,172 1927 415 2,671 1,916 4,587 854 2,842 3,646 1,579 5,225 647 138 122 14,830 1928 355 2,707 2,469 5,176 911 2,748 3,814 1,520 5,334 412 368 120 15.424 1929 341 2,926 2,052 4,978 966 2,948 3,675 1,353 5,028 492 544 268 15,565 1930 425 2,316 1,260 3,576 832 3,197 3,389 1,256 4,645 843 344 170 14,032 1931 688 1,463 834 2,297 581 3,157 2,957 1,125 4,082 460 526 380 12,171 1932 874 1,355 900 2,255 542 2,036 2,628 980 3,608 536 329 344 10,524 1933 1,134 1,786 1,335 3,121 531 2,436 2,241 853 3,094 376 269 408 11.369 1934 1,122 2,796 1,729 4,525 631 2,890 2,050 843 2,893 377 187 360 12.985 1935 1,291 | 2,740 1,497 4,237 907 2,771 2,145 826 2,971 536 270 754 | 13,737 No. 1 District.... 1936 1936 71 989 1,146 332 No. 2 District 50 7 14 No. 4 District 1936 31 | 248 No. 5 District 1936 54 1,140 2,678 191 492 2 278 590 220 6,152 4,560 No. 6 District 1936 99 ] 1,020 627 1,647 151 1,204 469 1,673 1936 1,840 4,799 720 | 2,678 I 2,015 799 2,814 931 826 ] 14,180 I THE MINING INDUSTRY. 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B r3 *« fc 0 e a 1 fc tf a f P c fc 0 Evening Evening Golden D 3 J2 n t 3 a *a * fc 5 P .3 S a iz; c T-J CU ' B B ! >H 4 o a a g fill tf pq S tf ^S 0 en c a | 8 J. > P- qj -*- IS e a E c H il-as« g > B 5 £ cd cd b B "3 O o> pq -S 2 rrj b O O H A 38 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1936. TABLE XXII.—Mining Companies employing an Average of Ten or more Men during 1936. Shipping Mines. I Name of Mine or Company. Days Operating. Mine. Mill. Average Number of Men. Mine. Mill. Mined. Shipped. Welldun Premier Edye Pass... Surf Inlet— Surf Point.. Granby Easter Cariboo Gold Island Mountain.. Homestake Windpass Nicola Mines & Metals— Fairview Amalgamated.. Osoyoos Mines, Ltd Hedley Mascot Kelowna Exploration- Union Yankee Boy Dentonia Highland Bell- Sally^ Wellington- Sullivan Mammoth Bayonne.. Boulder City- Granite— — Kootenay Belle. Kootenay Ore Hill- Relief Arlington Reno Wesko Ymir Yankee Girl... Ymir Consolidated . Sheep Creek Consolidated- Meridian— Allco Bralorne _ Minto Pioneer Wayside Vidette— 248 365 220 275 347 182 282 363 49 366 357 187 366 224 286 Ashloo Gold Mines Syndicate . Britannia- — 308 176 364 315 286 74 213 361 288 328 358 366 366 346 314 348 366 280 365 366 345 365 308 338 177 336 305 365 150 333 60 282 366 20 366 272 213 291 235 315 105 138 318 77 59 168 331 123 336 366 69 352 215 366 280 366 347 365 365 338 177 365 6 284 12 15 20 10 7' 214 116 8 58 37 19 20 39 95 2 10 43 18 10 19 621 28 39 14 16 55 25 71 99 40 85 21 91 39 10 302 50 274 38 79 6 32 5 7 7 13 13 2 7 7 5 7 23 63 17 234 4 2 2 7 1 15 21 4 19 4 10 8 1 18 12 27 9 6 4 69 4,425 192,442 112 5,540 15,215 52,000 51,634 43,649 1,103 17,579 18,954 12,960 7,500 30,265 64,594 20,174 389 11,612 1,972 74 701 1,910,619 9,088 2,666 703 1,414 21,864 427 34,776 42,751 6,043 43,149 11,816 54,967 27,273 99 167,264 29,392 154,881 38,000 12,202 2,774 1,311,835 4,425 192,442 112 4,569 15,215 5,004 52,000 51,760 43,649 1,103 16,683 18,954 12,960 7,110 29,962 64,854 20,174 389 11,612 1,972 74 701 1,901,476 9,485 2,666 703 1,414 15,508 427 25,462 42,705 6,043 43,378 11,816 54,967 27,273 99 167,264 29,271 145,847 37,535 12,352 2,774 1,311,835 THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 39 TABLE XXII.—Mining Companies employing an Average of Ten or more Men during 1936—Continued. Non-shipping Mines. Name of Mine or Company. Days Operating. Average Number of Men. Tonnage. Mine. Mill. Mine. Mill. Mined. Shipped. 242 365 365 365 305 180 350 365 209 309 198 365 314 27 171 21 26 30 10 36 14 12 22 11 41 10 10 15 Gold Belt B.R.X. (1935) Consolidated Federal Gold Pilot Gold B.C. Nickel Mines, Ltd ' A 40 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1936. SYNOPSIS OF MINING LAWS OF B.C. Mineral Act and Placer-mining Act. The mining laws of British Columbia are very liberal in their nature and compare favourably with those of any other part of the world. The terms under which both lode and placer claims and placer leaseholds are held are such that a prospector is greatly encouraged in his work, and the titles, especially for mineral claims and placer-mining leaseholds, are perfect. The fees required to be paid are as small as possible, consistent with a proper administration of the mining industry, and are generally lower than those commonly imposed elsewhere. Provision is also made for the formation of mining partnerships practically without expense, and a party of miners is enabled to take advantage of these sections of the Acts so that such miners may work their claims jointly. Placer-mining leases are granted for a period of twenty years and are approximately 80 acres in size. On a lode claim of 51 acres the expenditure of $500 in work, which may be spread over five years, is required to obtain a Crown grant, and surface rights are obtainable at a small figure, in no case exceeding $5 per acre. The following synopsis of the mining laws will be found sufficient to enable the miner or intending investor to obtain a general knowledge of their scope and requirements; for particulars, however, the reader is referred to the Acts relating to mining, which may be obtained from any Mining Recorder, or from the Department of Mines or the King's Printer, Victoria, B.C. Free Miners' Certificates. Any person over the age of 18, and any joint-stock company, may obtain a free miner's certificate on payment of the required fee. The fee to an individual for a free miner's certificate is $5 for one year. To a joint-stock company having a capital of $100,000, or less, the fee for a year is $50; if capitalized beyond this, the fee is $100. The free miners' certificates run from date of issue and expire on the 31st day of May next after its date, or some subsequent 31st day of May (that is to say, a certificate may be taken out a year or more in advance if desired). Certificates may be obtained for any part of a year, terminating on May 31st, for a proportionately less fee. The possession of this certificate entitles the holder to enter upon all lands of the Crown, and upon any other lands on which the right to so enter is not specially reserved, for the purpose of prospecting for minerals, locating claims, and mining. A free miner can only hold, by location, one mineral claim on the same vein or lode, but may acquire others by purchase. Under the " Placer-mining Act," a free miner may locate one placer claim or leasehold in his own name and one placer claim or leasehold for each of two free miners for whom he acts as agent, on any separate creek, river-bed, bar or dry diggings. Other placer claims or leaseholds may be acquired by purchase. In the event of a free miner allowing his certificate to lapse, his mining property (if not Crown-granted) reverts to the Crown (subject to the conditions set out in the next succeeding paragraph), but where other free miners are interested as partners or co-owners the interest of the defaulter becomes vested in the continuing co-owners or partners pro rata, according to their interests. Six months' extension of time within which to revive title in mining property which has been forfeited through the lapse of a free miner's certificate is allowed. This privilege is given only if the holder of the property obtains a special free miner's certificate within six months after the 31st of May on which his ordinary certificate lapsed. The fee for this special certificate in the case of a person is $15 and in that of a company $300. It is not necessary for a shareholder, as such, in an incorporated mining company to be the holder of a free miner's certificate. THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 41 Mineral Claims. Mineral claims are located and held under the provisions of the " Mineral Act." A mineral claim is a piece of land not exceeding in area fifty-one and sixty-five one- hundredths acres. The angles must be right angles unless the boundaries, or one of them, are the same as those of a previously recorded claim. No special privileges are allowed for the discovery of new mineral claims or districts. A mineral claim is located by erecting three " legal posts," which are stakes having a height of not less than 4 feet above ground and squared 4 inches at least on each face for not less than a foot from the top. A tree-stump so cut and squared also constitutes a legal post. A cairn of stones not less than 4 feet in height and not less than 1 foot in diameter 4 feet above the ground may also be used as a legal post. The " discovery post " is placed at the point where the mineral in place is discovered. Nos. 1 and 2 posts are placed as near as possible on the line of the ledge or vein, shown by the discovery post, and mark the boundaries of the claim. Upon each of these three posts must be written the name of the claim, the name of the locator, and the date of location. On No. 1 post, in addition, the following must be written: "Initial post. Direction of Post No. 2 [giving approximate compass bearing'] feet of this claim lie on the right and feet on the left of the line from No. 1 to No. 2 posts." The location-line between Nos. 1 and 2 posts must be distinctly marked—in a timbered locality by blazing trees and cutting underbrush, and in bare country by monuments of earth or rock not less than 2 feet in diameter at the base, and at least 2 feet high—so that the line can be distinctly seen. Mineral claims must be recorded in the Mining Recorder's office for the mining division in which they are situate within fifteen days from the date of location, one day extra being allowed for each 10 miles of distance from the recording office after the first 10 miles. If a claim is not recorded in time it is deemed abandoned and open for relocation, but if the original locator wishes to relocate he can only do so by permission of the Gold Commissioner of the district and upon the payment of a fee of $10. This applies also to a claim abandoned for any reason whatever. Mineral claims are, until the Crown grant is issued, held practically on a yearly lease, a condition of which is that during such year assessment-work be performed on the same to the value of at least $100, or a payment of such sum be made to the Mining Recorder. Such assessments must be recorded before the expiration of the year, or the claim is deemed abandoned. If, however, the required assessment-work has been performed within the year, but not recorded within that time, a free miner may, within thirty days thereafter, record such assessment-work upon payment of an additional fee of $10. The actual cost of the survey of a mineral claim, to an amount not exceeding $100, may also be recorded as assessment-work. If, during any year, work is done to a greater extent than the required $100, any further sum of $100—but not less—may he recorded and counted as further assessments; such excess work must be recorded during the year in which it is performed. All work done on a mineral claim between the time of its location and recording may be counted as work done during the first period of one year from the recording. As soon as assessment-work to the extent of. $500 is recorded and a survey made of the claim, the owner of a mineral claim is entitled to a Crown grant on payment of a fee of $25, and giving the necessary notices required by the Act. Liberal provisions are also made in the Act for obtaining mill-sites and other facilities in the way of workings and drains for the better working of claims. Placer Claims. Placer-mining is governed by the " Placer-mining Act," and by the interpretation clause its scope is defined as " the mining of any natural stratum or bed of earth, gravel, or cement mined for gold or other precious minerals or stones." Placer claims are of four classes, as follows:— " ' Creek diggings ': any mine in the bed of any stream or ravine: " ' Bar diggings ': any mine between high- and low-water marks on a river, lake, or other large body of water: " ' Dry diggings ': any mine over which water never extends: 4 A 42 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1936. "' Precious-stone diggings ': any deposit of precious stones, whether in veins, beds, or gravel deposits." The following provisions as to extent of the various classes of claims are made by the Act:— " In ' creek diggings' a claim shall be two hundred and fifty feet long, measured in the direction of the general course of the stream, and shall extend in width one thousand feet, measured from the general course of the stream five hundred feet on either side of the centre thereof: " In ' bar diggings ' a claim shall be:— "(a.) A piece of land not exceeding two hundred and fifty feet square on any bar which is covered at high water; or "(6.) A strip of land two hundred and fifty feet long at high-water mark, and in i width extending from high-water mark to extreme low-water mark: " In ' dry diggings' a claim shall be two hundred and fifty feet square." The following provision is made for new discoveries of placer-mining ground:— " If any free miner, or party of free miners, discovers a new locality for .the prosecution of placer-mining and such discovery be established to the satisfaction of the Gold Commissioner, placer claims of the following sizes shall be allowed to such discoverers, namely:— " To one discoverer, one claim 600 feet in length; " To a party of two discoverers, two claims amounting together to 1,000 feet in length; " And to each member of a party beyond two in number, a claim of the ordinary size only. " The width of such claims shall be the same as ordinary placer claims of the same class: Provided that where a discovery claim has been established in any locality no further discovery shall be allowed within five miles therefrom, measured along the watercourses." Every placer claim shall be as nearly as possible rectangular in form, and marked by four legal posts at the corners thereof, firmly fixed in the ground. On each of such posts shall be written the name of the locator, the number and date of issue of his free miner's certificate, the date of the location, and the name given to the claim. In timbered localities boundary-lines of a placer claim shall be blazed so that the posts can be distinctly seen, underbrush cut, and the locator shall also erect legal posts not more than 125 feet apart on all boundary-lines. In localities where there is no timber or underbrush, monuments of earth and rock, not less than 2 feet high and 2 feet in diameter at base, may be erected in lieu of the last-mentioned legal posts, but not in the case of the four legal posts marking the corners of the claim. A placer claim must be recorded in the office of the Mining Recorder for the mining division within which the same is situate, within fifteen days after the location thereof, if located within 10 miles of the office of the Mining Recorder by the most direct means of travel. One additional day shall be allowed for every 10 miles additional or fraction thereof. The number of days shall be counted inclusive of the days upon which such location was made, but exclusive of the day of application for record. The application for such record shall be under oath and in the form set out in the Schedule to the Act. A claim which shall not have been recorded within the prescribed period shall be deemed to have been abandoned. To hold a placer claim for more than one year it must be rerecorded before the expiration of the record or rerecord. A placer claim must be worked by the owner, or some one on his behalf, continuously, as far as practicable, during working-hours. If work is discontinued for a period of seventy-two hours, except during the close season, lay-over, leave of absence, sickness, or for some other reason to the satisfaction of the Gold Commissioner, the claim is deemed abandoned. Lay-overs are declared by the Gold Commissioner upon proof being given to him that the supply of water is insufficient to work the claim. Under similar circumstances he has also the power to declare a close season, by notice in writing and published in the Gazette, for all or any claims in his district. Tunnel and drain licences are also granted by him on the person applying giving security for any damage that may arise. Grants of right-of-way for the construction of tunnels or drains across other claims are also granted on payment of a fee of $25, the owner of the claims crossed having the right for tolls, etc., on the tunnel or drain which may be constructed. These tolls, however, are, so far as the amount goes, under the discretion of the Gold Commissioner. Co-owners and Partnerships. In both the " Mineral " and " Placer-mining " Acts provision is made for the formation of mining partnerships, both of a general and limited liability character. These are extensively taken advantage of and have proved very satisfactory in their working. Should a co-owner fail or refuse to contribute his proportion of the expenditure required as assessment-work on a claim he may be " advertised out," and his interest in the claim shall become vested in his co-owners who have made the required expenditure, pro rata according to their former interests. It should not be forgotten that if any co-owner permits his free miner's certificate to lapse, the title of his associates is not prejudiced, but his interest reverts to the remaining co-owners; provided that said co-owner has not taken advantage of the six months' period of grace allowed for the taking-out of a special free miner's certificate, thus reviving the title to his interest. Placer-mining Leases. Leases of unoccupied Crown lands approximately 80 acres in extent may be granted by the Gold Commissioner of the district after location has been made by staking along a " location-line " not more than one-half a mile (2,640 feet) in length. In this line one bend, or change of direction, is permitted. Where a straight line is followed two posts only are necessary—namely, an " initial post " and a " final post." Where there is a change of direction a legal post must be placed to mark the point of the said change. The leasehold is allowed a width not in excess of one-quarter mile (1,320 feet), and the locator, both on his " initial post" and in his notice of intention to apply, which is posted at the office of the Mining Recorder, is required to state how many feet are included in the location to the right and how many feet to the left of the location-line. That section of the Act dealing with the staking of placer-mining leases follows:— " 105a. (1.) For the purpose of locating a placer leasehold, a line to be known as the ' location-line' shall be marked on the ground by placing a legal post at each end, one post to be known as the ' Initial post' and the other as the ' Final post.' The direction of the location-line may change at not more than one point throughout its length, and an intermediate legal post shall be placed at the point at which the direction changes. The total length of the location-line, following its change of direction (if any), shall not exceed two thousand six hundred and forty feet. "(2.) Upon the initial post and the final post shall be written the words 'Initial Post' and ' Final Post' respectively, together with the name of the locator and the date of the location. On the initial post shall also be written the approximate compass-bearing of the final post, and a statement of the number of feet of the leasehold lying on the right and on the left of the location-line, as viewed from the initial post, not exceeding in the aggregate a width of thirteen hundred and twenty feet, thus: ' Direction of Final Post, , feet of this claim lie on the right and feet on the left of the location-line.' In addition to the foregoing, where there is a change of direction in the location-line as marked on the ground, the number ' 1 ' shall be written on the initial post; the nuihber ' 2 ' shall be written on the intermediate post; and the number ' 3 ' shall be written on the final post There also shall be affixed to the initial post a notice to the following effect, namely: ' Application will be made under the " Placer Mining Act" for a lease of the ground within this location.' "(3.) The location-line shall at the time of location be marked between the legal posts throughout its length so that it can be distinctly seen; in a timbered locality, by blazing trees and cutting underbrush, and in a locality where there is neither timber nor underbrush, by placing legal posts or monuments of earth or stones not less than two feet high and not less than two feet in diameter at the base, so that the location-line can be distinctly seen. "(4.) Where, from the nature or shape of the surface of the ground, it is impracticable to mark the location-line of a leasehold as provided by this section, the leasehold may be located by placing legal posts as witness-posts, as near as possible to the location-line, and writing on each witness-post the distance and compass-bearing of some designated point on the location- line from the witness-post; and the distances and compass-bearing so written on the witness- posts shall be set out in the application for the lease and in any lease granted thereon. A 44 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1936. "(5.) The locator shall, within thirty days after the date of the location, post a notice in Form 1 in the office of the Mining Recorder, which notice shall set out:— " (a.) The name of the intending applicant or each applicant if more than one, and the numbers of their free miners' certificates: The date of the location: The number of feet lying to the right and left of the location-line, and the approximate area or size of the ground. The words written on the initial post and final post shall be set out in full in the notice; and as accurate a description as possible of the ground to be acquired shall be given, having special reference to any prior locations it may join, and the general locality of the ground to be acquired. Examples of Various Methods of laying out Placer Leaseholds. "(6.) "(c.) Showing Areas secured with Location-lines of Various Lengths. Final Post-v^ O CM 1 r-°— 660 < 660 i>! c 1 jiv lO c't 0|«5 - C\l *J 1 10 o 1 0 | _) 660' 1 1 , 0— 660' ^Final Po5t 400'| 920' O o Location L>ne 2300' 4O0'| 1 o— 9ZO' o o tO CM Initial Post Initial Post' "(6.) The location and area of the placer leasehold shall be determined by establishing its end lines running from or through the initial post and from or through the final post, at right angles to the course of the location-line at those posts, respectively; and by establishing its side-line parallel to the course or courses of the location-line, and distant one thousand three hundred and twenty feet from each other." Another provision is that there must be affixed to the " initial post " and to the " final post " a numbered metal identification tag furnished by the Mining Recorder with each free miner's THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 45 certificate issued. These tags may be attached to the posts, or placed in a container within a cairn, either at the time of location or some time during the succeeding year, but must be so placed before the Mining Recorder will grant the first certificate of work in respect of the leasehold. The annual rental on a placer-mining lease is $30, and the amount to be expended annually on development-work is $250. Dredging leases on rivers for 5 miles below low-water mark are also granted. Section 122 of the Act establishes a definite method of staking such mining ground. Authority also has been given for the granting of placer-mining leases for dredging purposes in locations other than has been defined. For more detailed information the reader is referred to the complete " Placer-mining Act," which may be obtained from the King's Printer, Victoria, B.C. Table of Fees, Mineral Act and Placer-mining Act. Individual free miner's certificate, annual fee $5.00 Company free miner's certificate (capital $100,000 or less), annual fee 50.00 Company free miner's certificate (capital over $100,000), annual fee 100.00 Recording mineral or placer claim 2.50 Recording certificate of work, mineral claim 2.50 Rerecord of placer claim 2.50 Recording lay-over 2.50 Recording abandonment, mineral claim 10.00 Recording abandonment, placer claim i 2.50 Recording any affidavit under three folios 2.50 Per folio over three, in addition .30 Records in " Records of Conveyances," same as affidavits. Filing documents, " Mineral Act " .25 Filing documents, " Placer-mining Act " 1.00 Recording certificate of work, placer-mining lease 2.50 For Crown grant of mineral rights under " Mineral Act " 25.00 For Crown grant of surface rights of mineral claim under " Mineral Act " 10.00 For every lease under " Placer-mining Act " 5.00 Provisional Free Miners' Certificates (Placer) Act. This Act was passed at the 1932 session of the Provincial Legislature and provides for the issuance of " provisional free miners' certificates " for the locating, recording, representing, and working of placer claims of a size, and according to the terms, and in the manner set out in Parts II. and III. of the " Placer-mining Act." Any person over 18 years of age who has resided in the Province continuously for a period of not less than six months prior to date of his application may, on application accompanied by a statutory declaration or other satisfactory evidence as to his age and period of residence in the Province, obtain from any Gold Commissioner or Mining Recorder a provisional free miner's certificate. No fees are payable in respect of such certificate, and it abolishes the fees payable in respect of the recording or rerecording of placer claims, but no record or rerecord of a claim shall be granted for a longer period than one year without the payment of fees. It should be pointed out that the provisional free miner's certificate does not carry the privileges of an ordinary free miner's certificate as to the staking and working of placer-mining leases or mineral claims. An amendment passed at the 1933 session of the Legislative Assembly gives the Lieutenant- Governor in Council, as a means of unemployment relief, power to make provision for the establishment, equipment, maintenance, and operation of one or more placer training camps at suitable locations, at which unemployed persons who hold provisional free miners' certificates and are British subjects may acquire knowledge and training in the art of placer-mining and may be afforded gainful work in the recovery of minerals by placer-mining. Reserves for the location of such camps shall not exceed one mile in length by one-half a mile in width, and the right is given to enter into agreements with private holders under the Act for the development of their ground by means of unemployment relief camps. A 46 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1936. Mines Development Act. When it is shown to the satisfaction of the Minister of Mines that ore-bodies exist in quantity and of commercial value sufficient to warrant the expenditure of public moneys, the Minister of Mines may authorize the expenditure of so much of the public money as may be required for the construction, reconstruction, or repair of trails, roads, and bridges to facilitate the operation and development of such mineral or placer claims. Furthermore, the Minister of Mines may authorize the expenditure of public money towards the building or repairing of trails and bridges in or to any mineral district for the purpose of facilitating the exploration of the mineral resources of the district, such expenditure not to exceed 50 per cent, of the cost of the work. If such roads, trails, or bridges have been built by any person or company having mining interests in the district, the Minister of Mines may refund to such person a portion, not exceeding 50 per cent, of the cost of such construction. Mineral Survey and Development Act. Part I.—Mineral Survey. A mineral survey of the Province has been established, to be carried on continuously and records thereof kept. For this purpose the Province has been divided into Mineral Survey Districts, and there are five Resident Engineers who, with such assistance as is necessary, devote their whole time to carrying out the provisions of this Act, reporting direct to the Minister. Part II.—Aid to Prospectors. The Resident Engineer in each district shall aid prospectors, as far as practicable:— (a.) By giving information as to mineral indications and as to ground open for location as mineral claims or placer claims as a result of knowledge gained during the carrying-out of the mineral survey of his district: (6.) By examining samples and applying such tests as may be possible on the ground or in his office and advising as to the nature of any mineral and as to the best available methods of analysis, sampling, assay, and test: (c.) By forwarding samples to the Minister of Mines for further examination and tests whenever in his opinion such course is necessary or expedient: (d.) By reporting to the Minister of Mines the location and approximate cost of such roads, trails, and bridges as in his opinion are reasonably necessary in order to render possible the development of any mineral resoures; and (e.) Generally, by giving such advice, information, and directions as may be of assistance to miners and prospectors within his district. Part III.—Protection of Wage-earners. 1. Every person giving or making a working bond or a lease, with or without any option for sale, of any mining property shall insert therein a provision that during the currency of the bond or lease all free miners and wage-earners employed on or about the mining property shall be paid their wages semi-monthly, and shall demand and receive a letter, to be procured by the holder of the bond or lease from a Gold Commissioner or Government Agent or Mining Recorder, stating that security for such wages has been given pursuant to this section, otherwise the person giving or making the bond or lease shall be under personal liability to pay all such wages. 2. Every person taking a right or option to work or purchase any mining property shall furnish to the nearest Gold Commissioner, or Government Agent, or Mining Recorder adequate security from time to time for the payment semi-monthly of the wages of all free miners and wage-earners employed on or about the mining property, on the terms that every such security shall be forthwith realized and payment of wages made upon any default; and every Gold Commissioner, Government Agent, and Mining Recorder shall have full power and authority to realize upon the security lodged with him so as to make payment of any wages in default and shall make payment thereof up to the amount realized. THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 47 Part IV.—Protection of Investors. Each Resident Engineer shall, upon receiving notice of any advertised or solicited sale of shares in any company or in any claim or mine or mineral property whatsoever, upon statements or terms not in accordance with actual facts and conditions, notify the Minister of Mines, who, upon investigation, may, if found necessary, give such notice, either personal or public, as may be necessary to prevent any injury to investors; and every notice given under this section by the Minister of Mines shall be absolutely privileged. Iron and Steel Bounties Act, 1929. The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may enter into an agreement with any person whereby the Crown will pay to that person, out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, bounties on pig-iron and steel shapes when manufactured within the Province, as follows:— (a.) In respect of pig-iron manufactured from ore, on the proportion produced from ore mined in the Province, a bounty not to exceed three dollars per ton of two thousand pounds: (6.) In respect of pig-iron manufactured from ore, on the proportion produced from ore mined outside the Province, a bounty not to exceed one dollar and fifty cents per ton of two thousand pounds: (c.) In respect of steel shapes of commercial utility manufactured in the Province, a bounty not to exceed one dollar per ton of two thousand pounds. Bounty, as on pig-iron under this Act, may be paid upon the molten iron from ore which in the electric furnace, Bessemer or other furnace, enters into the manufacture of steel by the process employed in such furnace; the weight of such iron to be ascertained from the weight of the steel so manufactured. Bounty on steel shapes under this Act shall be paid only upon such steel shapes as are manufactured in a rolling-mill having a rated productive capacity per annum of at least twenty thousand tons of two thousand pounds per ton. Phosphate-mining Act, 1925. This Act takes the mineral tricalcium phosphate out of the " Mineral Act " for the purpose of administration. This is done to make possible the staking of phosphate claims one mile square in area. Any person desirous of securing a licence to prospect for phosphate is required to stake the land he may wish to acquire and work; and after such staking shall post in the office of the Gold Commissioner for the mining division in which the land is situated a notice of his intention to apply for a licence. Then the applicant is required to make application in writing to such Gold Commissioner for a prospecting licence over the land for any term not exceeding one year. The Gold Commissioner shall forward this application to the Hon. the Minister of Mines, who may grant to the applicant a prospecting licence. Application shall be accompanied by a licence fee of $100. The land to be acquired shall be of a rectangular shape and shall not exceed 640 acres for each licence, measuring 80 chains by 80 chains, and boundary- lines shall be run true north and south and true east and west. A renewal of the licence may be obtained for a second period of one year upon payment of further licence fee of $100, and furnishing proof that he has explored for phosphate and has expended not less than $50 in such exploration-work. An extension of the term for a third period of one year may be granted upon like conditions and terms. Provision is made for the payment of $150 in cash in lieu of exploration-work. The cost of the survey of the land, not being less than $150, can be counted as exploration-work. If during any one year work is done to a greater extent than the required $50—but not less—same may be applied as work for any subsequent year that the licence remains in force. The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may grant a lease of the land covered by a prospecting licence to any licensee who during the existence of his licence, or within thirty days following the expiry of same, gives satisfactory evidence that he has discovered phosphate on such lands. He shall at the same time pay a sum sufficient to cover the first annual rental and also shall have expended not less than $50 per licence in exploration-work during the term of the last renewal licence or tender in lieu thereof the sum of $50 per licence. Such lease shall be granted for a term of five years, renewable for three years, and for a further three years after the expiry of the first renewal. A lease shall not be issued until the land has been surveyed by an authorized land surveyor. An annual rental rate of 15 cents per acre shall be payable under said lease. The lease provides for the expenditure of not less than $100 per annum in the development ' of a mine, or the payment of $100 in lieu of such development-work. Excess work done in any one year may be applied as work to subsequent years. Provision is also made for the purchase of phosphate-mining rights. Metalliferous Mines Regulation Act. At the 1935 session of the Provincial Legislature " An Act to amend and consolidate the Enactments regulating the Working of Metalliferous Mines, Quarries, and Metallurgical Works " was passed. This Act is known as the " Metalliferous Mines Regulation Act," and, in its general tone, its clear purpose is to maintain the highest standard in respect of safety and of healthy conditions, both on the surface and underground in mining operations. The idea is to not only assure, as far as practicable, the protection of workmen against injury, but to establish those conditions best calculated to safeguard the health of the men employed. The Act also provides for the drafting of regulations, if such are found necessary, for the protection of men who are working under conditions which may lead to pulmonary disability. This Act may be divided into six parts, as follows:— (1.) Administration: (2.) Duties of owners, managers, and others: (3.) Special Rules for protection of miners: (4.) General Rules, having reference to: (a) Employees; (6) Ventilation; (c) Explosives and blasting; (d) Fire-protection; (e) Connection between mines; (/) Mine signals; (g) Aid to injured; (7i) Prevention of dust; (i) Handling of water; (j) Sanitation; (fc) Protection of working-places, shafts, winzes, raises, etc.; (I) Ladder-ways; (m) Shaft equipment and operation; (n) Testing of brakes; (o) Haulage; (p) Protection from machinery; (q) Electrical installations: ! (5.) General Rules for quarries: (6.) Supplemental, THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 49 SUMMARY OF ACTS SPECIALLY RELATING TO MINING. (The complete Acts may be obtained from the King's Printer, Victoria, B.C.) Mining Licences under the Coal and Petroleum Act., Any person desiring to prospect for coal, petroleum, or natural gas upon any unsurveyed unreserved lands in which these resources are held by the Crown may acquire a licence to do so over a rectangular block of land not exceeding 640 acres, of which the boundaries shall run due north and south and east and west, and no side shall exceed 80 chains (1 mile) in length. Before entering into possession of the said lands he shall place at the corner of such block a legal stake, or initial post, and shall inscribe thereon his name and the angle represented by such post, thus: " A. B.'s N.E. corner," or as the case may be, and shall post in a conspicuous place upon the said land, and also in the Government office of the land recording district, notice of his intention to apply, as well as publishing the same in the B.C. Gazette and local newspaper once each week for four consecutive weeks. If the area applied for is surveyed no staking is required, but the same procedure with regard to advertising notice of intention to apply is necessary. The application for said licence shall be in writing, in duplicate, and shall contain the best written description possible, with a diagram of the land sought to be acquired, and shall be accompanied with a fee of $100. The application shall be made to the Commissioner of Lands for the district, and by him forwarded to the Minister of Lands, who will grant such licence— provided no reasons arise to the contrary—for a period not to exceed one year, and at the expiration of the first year an extension of such licence may be granted for a second or third year at a fee of $100. Where coal is discovered during the existence of licence or within thirty days after expiration, the land held under licence, having been surveyed and licence conditions fulfilled, may be leased for five years at rental of 15 cents an acre, subject to renewals for five successive periods of three years each, renewal fee being $100 for each lease, in addition to annual rental. Lessees, on showing continuous work has been done and reasonable expenditure made for development, may, after carrying out the provisions of the lease, purchase at $20 per acre where surface is available, or $15 per acre for under-surface rights where surface is not available. Lands under the sea may be purchased at $15 per acre. Provided also that, in addition to the rental or purchase price, there shall be paid to the Government as a royalty 2V2 cents a barrel (35 imperial gallons) of crude petroleum raised or gotten from such land. (See chapter 162, R.S.B.C. 1924.) Taxation Act. A preliminary note is essential to the understanding of this Act. As the law has stood, a Crown-granted mineral claim on which taxes were in arrears for a number of years was offered for sale by the Government at a tax sale, with arrears of taxes plus interest and charges and Crown-grant fees as an upset price. If no sale was made the property remained in the hands of the Assessor until desired by some one, when it could only be purchased by tender. It was not open to location under the " Mineral Act " and a prospector had no protection, and to relieve the situation an amending Act was passed. Under the amended Act such reverted Crown-granted mineral claim may be obtained by any person under a lease for one year upon payment of $25, and a renewal of such lease may be granted upon payment of further $25 for a further period of one year, but no longer. During the period of such lease the lessee has the right to enter, prospect, and mine on such mineral claim, save for coal, petroleum, and natural gas, and during such time the lessee has the option to purchase such Crown-granted mineral claim upon payment of all taxes, costs, and interest which remained due and unpaid on such claim on the date of its forfeiture to the Crown, together with an amount equal to all taxes and interest which, except for its forfeiture to the Crown, would have been payable in respect thereof from the date of the lease to the date of application for a Crown grant. If, however, the lessee establishes to the satisfaction of the Gold Commissioner that he has expended upon the claim in mining-development work a sum of not less than $200 a year during the continuance of the lease, then the payment of the sum in respect of taxes and penalties from the date of the lease to the date of application for a Crown grant shall not be required. Provision also is made for the grouping of adjoining claims, not exceeding eight in number, and the performing on one of such claims mining-development work for all of the claims. A person may obtain a lease, or interest in a lease, of eight such claims in the same mining division. Such leases are not transferable and are subject to the rights any person may already hold to any portion of the surface of such Crown-granted mineral claim. Taxation of Mines. Crown-granted mineral claims are subject to a tax of 25 cents per acre. The tax becomes due on April 1st in each year, and if unpaid on the following June 30th is deemed to be delinquent. All mines, other than coal, are subject to an output tax (payable quarterly) of 2 per cent, on gross value of ore, less cost of transportation from mine to reduction-works and the cost of treating same at reduction-works or on the mining premises. Any such mine, not realizing on ore shipments a market value of $5,000 in any one year, is entitled to a refund of the output tax paid. All mines are subject to a tax upon income, subject to the exemptions and allowances given in the " Income Tax Act"; provided, in the case of those mines paying an output tax, that an income tax is only collected if such tax prove greater than the output tax, and the output tax is then regarded as part payment of the income tax. In addition to the ordinary working expenses, mines are allowed to deduct from their income a charge for:— (1.) Development—being such proportion of this capital expenditure as is ascertained to be chargeable to the year's operation: (2.) Depreciation of buildings and plant: (3.) Depletion—being such proportion of the capital cost of the mine as, being a wasting asset, is ascertained to be chargeable to the year's operation. The above-mentioned charges are allowable at the discretion of the Minister of Finance, subject, however, to an appeal to the Lieutenant-Governor in Council. The rate of income tax varies from 1 per cent, up to a maximum of 10 per cent, on incomes of $19,000 and over. Coal is subject to a tax of 10 cents per ton of 2,240 lb., except coal shipped to coke-ovens within the Province. Tax payable monthly. Coke is subject to a tax of 10 cents per ton of 2,240 lb., except in respect of coke produced from coal upon which this tax has already been paid. Tax payable monthly. Coal land from which coal is being mined (Class A) is taxed at 1 per cent, upon the assessed value, in addition to any other tax. Unworked coal land, known as " Coal Land, Class B," is subject to a tax of 2 per cent. upon the assessed value. For further particulars see the " Taxation Act," also the " Public Schools Act," which ars obtainable from the King's Printer, Victoria, B.C. THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 51 ASSAY OFFICE. BY D. E. Whittaker. During the year 1936 there were made by the staff in the Government Assay Office 7,609 assays or quantitative determinations and 287 analyses; of these the majority were for the Department of Mines or for the other departments, for which no fees were received. The fees collected by the office were as follows :•—■ Fees for analyses $32.50 Fees for assaying 40.50 Fees for assayers' examinations 210.00 Total cash receipts . $283.00 Determinations and examinations made for other Government departments, for which no fees were collected:-—■ Attorney-General's Department $793.00 Agricultural Department _'. 2,203.00 Board of Health 740.00 Other departments 455.00 Treasury 1,470.00 $5,661.00 Value of work done outside of Mines Department work $5,944.00 One thousand four hundred and seventy lots of gold were received from the Gold Commissioners, who are purchasing amounts up to 2 oz. to aid the prospector in disposing of his gold. FREE DETERMINATIONS. In addition to the above quantitative work, 952 qualitative determinations, or tests, were made in connection with the identification and classification of rocks or minerals sent to the Assay Office for a report; for these no fees were charged, as it is the established custom of the Department to examine and test qualitatively, without charge, samples of minerals sent in from any part of the Province, and to give a report on the same. This has been done for the purpose of encouraging the search for new or rare minerals and ores, and to assist prospectors and others in the discovery of new mining districts, by enabling them to have determined, free of cost, the nature and probable value of any rock they may find. In making these free determinations, the Department asks that the locality from which the sample was obtained be given by the sender. EXAMINATION FOR ASSAYERS. The writer has the honour, as Secretary, to submit the Annual Report for the year 1936 of the Board of Examiners for Certificates of Competency and Licence to Practise Assaying in British Columbia, as established under the " Department of Mines Act, 1934." A meeting of the Board of Examiners was held on May 16th, August 5th, and September 30th, 1936. Two candidates applied for examination on May 16th and both passed the examination. Seven candidates applied for examination on June 15th and all passed the examination. One candidate applied for exemption under section 10, subsection (2), of the Act on August 5th. The Board recommended that certificates be issued to the above-mentioned ten candidates. In accordance with the recommendations of the Board, certificates have been duly issued by the Honourable the Minister of Mines to the ten successful candidates. A 52 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1936. GOLD COMMISSIONERS AND MINING RECORDERS. The following list shows the Gold Commissioners and Mining Recorders of the Province:— Mining Division. Location of Office. Gold Commissioner. Mining Recorder. Deputy Recorder. Atlin Atlin H. F. Glassey H. F. Glassey G. H. Hallett. T. S. Dalby. Haines (U.S.) (Com. for taking Affidavits) B. A. Barnett. Squaw Creek via Atlin _. Juneau (U.S.) T. S. Dalby (Com. for taking Affidavits) T. S. Dalby Boundary via Telegraph Creek Sub-office T. E. Taylor. McDame Creek- Fort St. John- Dease Lake Townsite R. J. Meek. F. W. Beatton. N. A. Watt N. A. Watt Sub-office O. T. Sundal. Stewart (Portland Canal) H. W. Dodd. Kimsquit ., ' _ _ Stewart Portland Canal _ N. A. Watt (at Prince Rupert) H. W. Dodd - - W. Eve. Sub-office Alice Arm ■ _ - Prince Rupert Bella Coola._ _ Bella Bella Bella Coola N. A. Watt. N. A. Watt . G. A. Charter, M.D. Geo. H. Hill. Queen Charlotte N. A. Watt W. T. Reavley. Massett. - Lockeport _ Smithers J. C. Frizzell. H. B. Campbell H. B. Campbell L. T. Kempple. Bella Coola Fort St. James Manson Creek- Telkwa - ' Prince George W. B. Steele. T. J. Thorp F. F. Monteith. Kimsquit Fort St. John ._ Whitewater (Finlay River) via Fort Grahame F. W. Beatton. Sub-office 0. T. Sundal. Sub-office Sub-office..- Vanderhoof _ Sub-office T. H. McCubbin. Sub-office Sub-office Usk '• Sub-office - - Takla Landing. Sub-office _ Aiken. THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 53 Gold Commissioners and Mining Recorders—Continued. Mining Division. Location of Office. Gold Commissioner. Mining Recorder. Deputy Recorder. Fort St. John ... H. B. Campbell (at Smithers) F. W. Beatton J. S. Clark Sub-offi ce Prince George. G. Milburn. Hudson Hope Pouce Coupe M. S. Morrell. J. P. Scarlett J. P. Scarlett Miss L. D. Boyd. Sub-office- - McBride R. McKinlay. J. E. Mclntyre. L. C. Maclure L. C. Maclure Sub-office Quesnel Likely,— Barkerville.. Horsefly E. C. Lunn Sub-offi ce Sub-office Sub-office Hugh Adams. Hanceville .-. Tatla Lake R. J. A. Dorrell R. J. A. Dorrell Sub-office Sub-office Haylmore via Gold Bridge. Tatla Lake W. Haylmore. Sub-office Hanceville..— Kamloops. Chu Chua Kamloops. Sub-office E. Fisher. E. Fisher.— D. G. Dalgleish. Sub-office Vavenby „ _ Sub-office A. P. Suckling. Ashcroft E. Fisher (at Kam.).. W. F. Knowlton Sub-offi ce H. Elgie. Nicola Yale Merritt — Hope. — Lytton —- Princeton. Hedley Vernon — — E. Fisher (atKam.) E. Fisher (atKam.). A. G. Freeze H. Beech Sub-office. H. Elgie. Similkameen _ Sub-office —- Chas. Nichols Chas. Nichols Vernon _ R. M. McGusty , R. M. McGusty F. H. C. Wilson. C. W. Dickson. Greenwood Kettle Valley L. A. Dodd - L. A. Dodd G. B. Gane. Sub-office T. W. Clarke. Sub-office Oliver _ Grand Forks Penticton. Keremeos Hedley W. H. Laird. E. Harrison W. R. Dewdney..._ Osoyoos Sub-office W. R. Dewdney Sub-office R. E. Baxter. Sur -office A. W. Anderson A. M. Chisholm J. E. Kennedy. W. H. Laird. Golden . A. W. Anderson __ A. W. Anderson (at Golden) J. E. Kennedy.. Windermere .. Cranbrook Fort Steele Sub-office - A. A. Robertson. J. R. Nolan. Ainsworth Sub-office KasJo _ Ronald Hewat W. M. H. Dunn Poplar Creek A. Robb. Ronald Hewat (at Kaslo) Frank Broughton W. J. Parham. T. McNeish „ J. Cartmel W. E. Graham. Nelson ■ Nelson Creston J. Cartmel J. A. Stewart. R. H. Hassard. Wm. Clark. Sub-office „_. Salmo Nakusp — Arrow Lake J. Cartmel (at Nelson) Wynfield Maxwell N. A. Herridge W. Maxwell W. G. Fleming. A 54 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1936. Gold Commissioners and Mining Recorders—Continued. Mining Division. Location of Office. Gold Commissioner. Mining Recorder. Deputy Recorder. Wynfield Maxwell (at Revelstoke) W. H. Reid W. H. Reid C. L. Monroe.. Nanaimo Ladysmith C. L. Monroe _ Rnh.nffipp J. A. Knight. Shoal Bay, Thurlow P.O- Sub-office H. J. Bull. Sub-office W. H. Boothroyd. G. C. Rolf. Alberni Clayoquot Alberni — Clayoquot — _ „ _ W. H. Boothroyd. W. H. Boothroyd (at Alberni) W. H. Boothroyd W. T. Dawley Ceepeeeee P. McGregor. W. H. Boothroyd (at Alberni) R. J. Steenson A. P. Grant Ed. Evenson. New Westminster New Westminster. A. B. Gray A. S. Tyrer..— Shoal Bay, Thurlow P.O.. L. J. Price.. ._■ C. C. Thompson. T. B. Williams. W. Haylmore. L. J. Price Sub-office.. . Haylmore via Gold Bridge. THE MINING INDUSTRY. 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