Minister of Mines and Petroleum Resources PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ANNUAL REPORT for the Year Ended December 31 1972 Printed by K. M. MacDonald, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in right of the Province of British Columbia. 1973 BRITISH COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA Hon. Leo T. Nimsick, Minister. James T. Fyles, Deputy Minister. J. W. Peck, Chief Inspector of Mines. S. Metcalfe, Chief Analyst and Assayer. E. J. Bowles, Chief Gold Commissioner. Stuart S. Holland, Chief, Mineralogical Branch. J. D. Lineham, Chief, Petroleum and Natural Gas Branch. R. E. Moss, Chief Commissioner, Petroleum and Natural Gas. Colonel the Honourable J. R. Nicholson, P.C., O.B.E., Q.C., LL.D., Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia. May it please Your Honour: The Annual Report of the Mineral Industry of the Province for the year 1972 is herewith respectfully submitted. LEO T. NIMSICK Minister of Mines and Petroleum Resources Minister of Mines and Petroleum Resources Office, June 1,1973 Dewi Richard Morgan died suddenly in Prince George on August 16, 1972, while in the employ of the Department as engineer in charge of the Department's Omineca Road programme. He was born on June 10, 1905, in South Wales and received his engineering education at the Monmouthshire School of Mines. After serving for 23 years in various official and managerial positions in coal mines in South Wales, he emigrated to Canada in 1947. He spent two years with West Canadian Collieries Limited at Blairmore, Alta., before joining the Department at Fernie as Inspector and Resident Engineer of the East Kootenay District. In 1967 he was transferred to Victoria as Senior Inspector of Mines in charge of administering the Department's road and trail programme and the grubstaking of prospectors. He retired in June 1970 and was then employed every summer as the engineer of the Omineca Road in north central British Columbia. Dewi Morgan was highly respected throughout the coal-mining industry for his knowledge of the hazards of that industry. He was a member of the Association of Professional Engineers of British Columbia and the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. He is survived by his wife, a son, and a daughter. CONTENTS Page CHAPTER 1 Introduction A 6 Review of the Mineral Industry A 7 CHAPTER 2 Statistics A 14 CHAPTER 3 Departmental Work A 59 CHAPTER 4 Petroleum and Natural Gas A 80 CHAPTER 5 Inspection of Mines A 204 A 5 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES, 1972 CHAPTER 1 Introduction A Departmental report on the mineral industry in the Province has been published annually since 1874. From 1874 to 1959 it was the Annual Report of the Minister of Mines, and since 1960 it has been the Annual Report of the Minister of Mines and Petroleum Resources. Starting with 1969, the Annual Report of the Minister of Mines and Petroleum Resources contains a review of the mineral industry, and chapters dealing with Statistics, Departmental Work, Petroleum and Natural Gas, and Inspection of Mines. Technical reports on geology, mineral exploration, metal mines, placer, industrial minerals and structural materials, and coal which formerly were included in the Annual Report are published separately in a volume entitled Geology, Exploration, and Mining in British Columbia. A new series of annual publications of that name began with the 1969 volume. This Annual Report contains a general review of the mineral industry. The chapter on Statistics records in considerable detail all phases of the mineral production of the Province. Current and past practices in arriving at quantities and in calculating the values of products are described. The organization of the Department and the work of its various branches are outlined in the chapter on Departmental Work. The chapter on Petroleum and Natural Gas contains a general review and records in considerable detail the development and production statistics of that important industry. Information concerning mine safety, fatal accidents, dangerous occurrences, etc., and the activities of the Inspection Branch are contained in the chapter on Inspection of Mines. A 6 Change (Per Cent) Review of the Mineral Industry By Stuart S. Holland Production—The value of the 1972 production of British Columbia's mineral industry amounted to $637,168,940. A new record was established for the 11th successive year, for the second time the annual production has exceeded half a billion dollars, the previous year's total was exceeded by $109,205,795 or 20.7 per cent, and the cumulative value to date has now reached $8,814,069,403. The values of the four classes of products are as follows: 1971 1972 $ $ Metals 301,059,951 372,995,661 +23.9 Industrial minerals 21,909,767 25,752,393 +17.5 Structural materials 59,940,333 66,745,698 +11.4 Fuels 145,053,094 171,675,940 +18.4 The outstanding feature of the year was the enormous gain in quantity of copper produced. There were also significant increases in amounts of coal and natural gas and important gains in amounts of molybdenum, asbestos, and sand and gravel. On the other hand there were significant decreases in the quantities produced of iron concentrates, lead, zinc, and crude oil. The increase in value of total metal production of $71,835,710 or 23.9 per cent was largely due to the increased value of production of copper (despite a further decline in the price of copper) and to a lesser degree to the increased value of gold and molybdenum production. There were significant decreases in value of production of iron concentrates, lead, zinc, tungsten, and mercury. The increase in total value of industrial minerals of $3,842,626 or 17.5 per cent resulted from gains in all commodities except fluxes. The most significant gain was that of asbestos. The value of structural materials increased by $6,805,365 or 11.4 per cent very largely as a result of the increase in value of sand and gravel. The value of fuels produced increased by $26,622,846 or 18.4 per cent as a result of large gains in coal and natural gas production. Both quantity and value of crude oil declined in 1972. Total value of production will increase further in 1973. It is estimated that the copper production will increase by 30 to 40 per cent in quantity and by 100 per cent in value and that molybdenum production will increase further. The increased copper production will result from a full year's production from the Bell (Newman), Bull River, Gibraltar, Lornex, Similkameen (Ingerbelle), and Sunro mines, and of molybdenum by the resumption of maximum production at Endako mine. Increased prices for gold, silver, and zinc should enhance production of those metals in 1973 and production of coal and natural gas should continue to increase. Provincial revenue—Direct revenue to the Provincial Government derived from the entire mineral industry in 1972 was as follows: Free miners' certificates, recording fees, lease $ rentals, assessment payments, etc. 1,758,526.49 Royalties on iron concentrates 145,225.35 A 7 A 8 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1972 Rentals and royalties on industrial minerals and structural materials Fifteen-per-cent mining tax Coal licences and annual rentals Petroleum and natural gas rentals, fees, etc. Sale of Crown reserves Royalties on oil, gas, and processed products ___. Miscellaneous petroleum and natural gas fees _ Total 520,446.90 5,686,845.43 184,444.95 8,813,383.00 20,495,662.00 15,469,938.00 42,775.00 53,117,247.12 Expenditure by the industry—The total expenditures in 1972 by the mineral industry for exploration, development, and production were $631,054,837. Companies involved in the exploration, development, and production of metals, minerals, and coal spent $490,658,837 and companies involved in the exploration and production of petroleum and natural gas spent $140,396,000. Metal mining—In 1972, 41 mines produced more than 62.52 million tons of ore. Thirteen produced more than one million tons each, of which nine were open- pit mines, and 12 mines produced between 100,000 and one million tons each, of which six were open-pit mines. The 15 open-pit mines produced 53.078 million tons of ore or almost 85 per cent of the total tonnage of ore mined. Concentrators having a total daily capacity of 95,200 tons were completed at the following seven mines: OK (Alwin), Bell (Newman), Gibraltar, Lornex, Silver Queen (Nadina), Similkameen (Ingerbelle), and Sunro. During the year, mining operations were terminated by British Columbia Molybdenum Limited at their mine at Alice Arm, OK Syndicate, at their OK (Alwin) mine in the Highland Valley, and by Coast Copper Company Limited at their Old Sport mine at Benson Lake, Vancouver Island. The Trail smelter treated 1,116 tons of crude ore and 324,906 tons of concentrates from British Columbia mines as well as a large tonnage of concentrates, crude ore, and scrap from sources outside the Province. A total of 2,088,303 tons of concentrates was shipped to foreign smelters. Of the total metal production of the Province, concentrates representing 56.7 per cent of the total value were shipped to Japanese smelters and 5.7 per cent of the total value was shipped to smelters in the United States. Destination of British Columbia Concentrates in 1972 Smelters Lead Zinc Copper Nickel- Copper Iron Tungsten Trail Tons 142,048 Tons 182,848 Tons 10 28,409 33,964 761,284 42,064 Tons 18,994 Tons 83,474 169,191 985,533 18,110 Tons 29 United States 2,966 43,141 12,159 511 202 184 Totals 145,014 238,148 865,731 18,994 1,256,308 926 Molybdenum as molybdenite concentrate, molybdic oxide, and ferromolyb- denum was shipped mainly to buyers in Europe and Japan. Exploration and development—The rate of prospecting, mineral exploration, and mine development activities in 1972 is displayed by the following statistics. In REVIEW OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY A 9 general, claim recordings increased but expenditures on exploration were lower and expenditures on mine development were very much lower in 1972 than in 1971. Locating of mineral claims was most active in the Kamloops, Liard, and Omineca Mining Divisions. The discovery of zinc-lead mineralization at Robb Lake led to the locating of a large number of claims along the eastern margin of the Rocky Mountains in the Omineca and Liard Mining Divisions. Similarly, intense locating activity resulted from the discovery of copper mineralization in volcanic rocks at the head of the Sustut River, and renewed interest in the area of the Iron Mask batholith east of Kamloops resulted from the favourable exploration of the Afton orebody. The number of mineral claims recorded in 1972 was 78,901, a 36.5-per-cent increase over 1971. Footage of surface and underground diamond drilling was 413,344 feet, a decrease of 48,447 feet or 10.5 per cent, and of percussion drilling was 164,795 feet, a gain of 82,861 feet or 101.5 per cent. About 576 geological, geochemical, and geophysical reports were accepted in 1972 by the Department of assessment work credit. They represent approximately $4,100,000 in work done on claims. The following statistics of expenditures on exploration and development of coal, mineral and metallic deposits, and mines are summarized from data recorded on Statistics Canada forms. They represent minimum amounts, but the response of the industry is sufficiently complete to provide figures that are substantially correct. Comparable figures for petroleum and natural gas operations are not available. Exploration and Development Expenditures, 1972 Number of Mines Reporting Physical Work and Surveys Administration, Overhead, Land Costs, Etc. Total A. Prospecting and exploration on undeclared mines— 389 9 5 $ 28,684,131 280,972 327,230 $ 9,530,614 123,014 120,837 $ 38,214,745 403,986 1, Othp.rs 448,067 Totals 403 29,292,333 9,774,465 39,066,798 B. Exploration on declared or operating mines— 17 2 1,796,535 195,395 646,916 65,740 2,443,451 261,135 T Others Tnfflle 19 1,991,930 712,656 2,704,586 C. Development on declared mines— 10 3 62,281,197 4,419,879 3,435,052 134,532 65,716,249 4,554,411 ->, ntvr<i Totals 13 66,701,076 3,569,584 70,270,660 D. Development on operating mines— 26 2 5 33,124,424 15,481,000 5,548,903 3,110,672 36,235,096 15,481,000 5,574,475 1 Dthprs 25,572 Totals 33 54,154,327 3,136,244 57,290,571 E. Total expenditures on exploration and development— 1. Metal mines—A(l) + B(l) + C(l) + D(l) 2. Coal mines—A(2) + B(2) + C(2) + D(2).. 3. Others—A(3) + B(3) + C(3) + D(3)„. 125,886,287 20,377,246 5,876,133 16,723,254 323,286 146,409 142,609,541 20,700,532 6,022,542 152,139,666 17,192,949 169,332,615 A 10 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1972 Exploration includes all work done up to the time when a company declares its intention of proceeding to production, after that date the work is classed as development. Major expenditures in 1972 by companies involved in the exploration, development, and mining of metals, minerals, and coal were as follows: $ Mining operations (metals, minerals, coal) 240,667,327 Mining operations (structural materials) 19,581,875 Repairs expenditures 61,087,020 $ Capital expenditures 100,757,109 Exploration and development 68,565,506 169,322,615 490,658,837 Capital and repair expenditures are listed separately because of difficulties in allocating them consistently. Actually most of the repair expenditures should be applied to mining operations, and most of the capital expenditures to exploration and development. Structural materials and industrial minerals—Exploration work was done on the following industrial mineral showings in British Columbia during 1972: The J asbestos prospect southwest of Letain Lake, barite properties near Mile 548 and Muncho Lake on the Alaska highway and near Atan Lake, the Liard Hot Springs fluorite deposits and another fluorite showing at Muncho Lake. An examination and some drilling were done at the Rexspar fluorite property. Further testing of the diatomite-pozzolan mill at Quesnel resulted in some production. Increasing interest was shown in gravel deposits near Vancouver, and one deposit on the east side of Texada Island was drilled. Further investigation was done on the large magnesite property east of Radium, more diamond-drill holes were drilled to test phosphate beds south of Corbin, and silica was investigated near Golden and Greenwood. Production continued about normal at established pits and quarries. A new lime-burning kiln went into production at a plant near Port Kells. Production of asbestos at Cassiar was slightly in excess of 105,000 tons, reflecting a full year's run by their enlarged mill. Coal mining—The amount of coal mined (clean coal) in British Columbia in 1972 was 6,564,731 short tons. The basis of production statistics was changed in 1972 from "gross production" to "clean coal," and so precise comparison with previous years is not possible. However, the production of "raw coal" in 1972, which is broadly equivalent to gross production, was 9,053,357 tons, that is to say approximately double the previous year's production, and by far the greatest amount of coal ever produced in one year in the Province. Total shipment of coking coal to Japan during the year was 5,695,028 tons. Five companies produced coal during the year, and their production was as follows: Kaiser Resources Ltd., 5,352,590 tons; Fording Coal Limited, 1,141,452 tons; Coleman Collieries Limited, 58,213 tons; Coalition Mining Limited, 12,000 tons; Bulkley Valley Coal Sales Ltd., 476 tons. The largest coal-producing company is Kaiser Resources Ltd. This company conducts large open-pit operations on Harmer Ridge, near Sparwood, and two underground mines in the same vicinity. Production of raw coal was as follows: REVIEW OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY A 11 Underground, 1,029,608 tons; open pit, 5,211,611 tons; total, 6,307,285 tons. After processing through the Elkview coal-preparation plant, this yielded 5,352,590 tons of clean coal. A total of 4,536,499 tons was shipped to Japan during the year. The company continued its exploration activities in various parts of the Crowsnest coal lands. In 1972 a second major coal company, Fording Coal Limited, came into production. The company, a subsidiary of Cominco Ltd., operates a large open-pit mine in the Fording River valley, 30 miles north of Sparwood. The first production was recorded in February, and by the year-end a total of 2,659,418 tons of raw coal had been mined. After processing through the coal-preparation plant, this yielded 1,141,452 tons of clean coal. A total of 1,100,316 tons was shipped to Japan during the year. When in full production this company is committed to ship 3,000,000 long tons of coal per year to Japan. Coleman Collieries Ltd. was a relatively minor producer in British Columbia. The production of 58,213 tons came from a portion of the Tent Mountain open-pit mine which straddles the British Columbia-Alberta border. Except for a few hundred thousand tons sold to domestic, United States, and a few other foreign customers, all the above coal production was shipped to Japan as part of long-term contracts. The coal was hauled to the Coast in unit trains of 10,000 tons capacity and loaded into ships at Roberts Bank. The 12,000 tons of coal produced by Coalition Mining Limited was for testing purposes. There was a somewhat lessened interest in coal exploration in 1972. Only 77 new coal licences were taken out in the year, whereas 331 were forfeited. However, 1,759 licences were maintained in good standing covering 1,004,183 acres, a reduction 16.6 per cent on the acreage held at the end of 1971. Exploration work in the East Kootenay coalfield was limited to Kaiser Resources Ltd. and to Rio Tinto Canadian Exploration Limited, who have been exploring in the Dally Hill-Cabin Creek area in the Flathead district. There has been considerable exploration activity, principally by Utah Mines Ltd., Coalition Mining Limited, Teck Corporation Ltd., and Denison Mines Limited in the northeastern coalfield, extending along the eastern foothills of the Rocky Mountains from the Alberta border south of Narraway River for over 200 miles to north of Halfway River. The property most advanced in exploration is the Sun- kunka, where Coalition Mining Limited initiated a trial mining and development programme and drove a series of entries into the Chamberlain seam. This project, which continued into 1973, is extended to provide direct information on mining conditions prior to making a final production decision. A reserve of at least 65,000,000 tons of high-grade coking coal is indicated by fairly close drilling and outcrop tracing of the Chamberlain seam between Chamberlain and Skeeter Creeks. Denison Mines Limited continued to drive test adits and diamond-drill holes on Babcock Mountain south of Murray River. Utah Mines Ltd. for the third successive season carried out exploration work imediately south of Williston Lake and the Peace River in the Carbon Creek and east Mount Gething areas. Petroleum and natural gas—The value of production of the petroleum industry in 1972 amounted to $105,644,978, up 6 per cent from 1971. Crude-oil production was 23,831,444 barrels, down 5 per cent. The major oil-producing fields, all under active water-flood programmes, were Boundary Lake, Peejay, Inga, and Milligan Creek. A 12 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1972 Natural gas delivered to pipe-lines was 379,969,499 MSCF, an increase of 30 per cent, and the value to gas producers was $41,616,824. The major gas-producing fields were Clarke Lake, Yoyo, and Beaver River, all located in the northern part of the productive area. Footage drilled increased to 1,142,950 feet, an increase of 15 per cent over 1971. All the drilling operations were conducted in the northeastern corner of the Province, except one abandonment near Prince George and a wildcat venture in the Bowser Basin which was still drilling at year-end. Interesting gas exploration was being undertaken in the Grizzly Valley area about 60 miles south of Dawson Creek. Two wells indicated important gas finds and three were actively drilling at the end of 1972. Additional production and transportation facilities were completed in the Fort Nelson area to provide increased throughput of gas from this area. Expenditures in 1972 by companies involved in the exploration and production of petroleum and natural gas were: $ Exploration, land acquisition, and drilling 74,337,000 Development drilling 9,260,000 Capital expenditures 15,066,000 Natural gas plant operations 5,211,000 Field, well, and pipe-line operations 14,938,000 General (excluding income tax) 21,584,000 Total 140,396,000 Statistics CHAPTER 2 CONTENTS Page Introduction A 14 Method of Computing Production A 14 Metals A 14 Average Prices A 14 Gross and Net Content A 15 Value of Production A 15 Industrial Minerals and Structural Materials . A 16 FueL A 16 Notes on Products Listed in the Tables A 16 Table 1—Mineral Production: Total to Date, Past Year, and Latest Year A 27 Table 2—Total Value of Mineral Production, 1836-1972 A 28 Table 3—Mineral Production for the 10 Years 1963-1972 A 30 Table 4—Mineral Production, Graph of Value, 1887-1972 A 32 Table 5—Production of Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, and Molybdenum, Graph of Quantities, 1893-1972 A 33 Table 6—Production of Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum, and Iron Concentrates, 1858-1972 A 34 Table 7a—Mineral Production by Mining Divisions, 1971 and 1972, and Total to Date A 36 Table 7b—Production of Lode Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, and Zinc by Mining Divisions, 1971 and 1972, and Total to Date. A 38 Table 7c—Production of Miscellaneous Metals by Mining Divisions, 1971 and 1972, and Total to Date A 40 Table 7r>—Production of Industrial Minerals by Mining Divisions, 1971 and 1972, and Total to Date. A 44 Table 7e—Production of Structural Materials by Mining Divisions, 1971 and 1972, and Total to Date A 46 Table 8a—Production of Coal, 1836-1972 A 47 Table 8b—Coal Production and Distribution by Collieries and by Mining Divisions, 1972 A 48 Table 9—Principal Items of Expenditure, Reported for Operations of All Classes A 49 Table 10—Employment in the Mineral Industry, 1901-1972 A 50 Table 11—Employment at Major Metal Mines and Coal Mines, 1972_ A 51 Table 12—Metal Production, 1972 A 52 A 13 INTRODUCTION The statistics of the mineral industry are collected, compiled, and tabulated for this Report by the Economics and Statistics Branch, Department of Industrial Development, Trade, and Commerce, Victoria. In the interests of uniformity and to avoid duplication of effort, beginning with the statistics for 1925, Statistics Canada and the Provincial departments have cooperated in collecting and processing mineral statistics. Producers of metals, industrial minerals, structural materials, coal, and petroleum and natural gas are requested to submit returns in duplicate on forms prepared for use by the Province and by Statistics Canada. ' As far as possible, both organizations follow the same practice in processing the data. The final compilation by Statistics Canada is usually published considerably later than the Annual Report of the Minister of Mines and Petroleum Resources for British Columbia. Differences between the values of production published by the two organizations arise mainly because Statistics Canada uses average prices considered applicable to the total Canadian production, whereas the British Columbia mining statistician uses prices considered applicable to British Columbia production. Peat, classified as a fuel by Statistics Canada, is not included in the British Columbia statistics of mineral production being regarded as neither a fuel nor a mineral. METHOD OF COMPUTING PRODUCTION The tabulated statistics are arranged so as to facilitate comparison of the production records for the various mining divisions, and from year to year. From time to time, revisions have been made to figures published in earlier reports as additional data became available or errors become known. Data are obtained from the certified returns made by producers of metals, industrial minerals and structural materials, and coal, and are augmented by data obtained from custom smelters. For placer gold, returns from operators are augmented by data obtained from the Royal Canadian Mint. For petroleum, natural gas, and liquid by-products, production figures supplied by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Branch of the Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources are compiled from the monthly disposition reports and the Crown royalty statement filed with the Department by the producers. Values are in Canadian funds. Weights are avoirdupois pounds and short tons (2,000 pounds), and troy ounces. Barrels are 35 imperial gallons. Metals Average Prices The prices used in the valuation of current and past production of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc are shown in the table on page A 26. The price of gold used is the average Canadian Mint buying-price for fine gold. In 1972 this was $57,517 per ounce. A 14 STATISTICS A 15 The price used for placer gold originally was established arbitrarily at $17 per ounce, when the price of fine gold was $20.67 per ounce. Between 1931 and 1962 the price was proportionately increased with the continuously changing price of fine gold. Since 1962, Canadian Mint reports giving the fine-gold content have been available for all but a very small part of the placer gold produced, and the average price listed is derived by dividing ounces of placer gold into total amount received. Prior to 1949 the prices used for silver, copper, lead, and zinc were the average prices of the markets indicated in the table on page A 26, converted into Canadian funds. The abbreviations in the table are Mont.=Montreal; N.Y.=New York; Lond.=London; E. St. L.=East St. Louis; and U.S.=United States. Latterly the prices of silver, copper, lead, and zinc are average United States prices converted into Canadian funds. Average monthly prices are supplied by Statistics Canada from figures published in the Metal Markets section of Metals Week. Specifically, for silver it is the New York price; for lead it is the New York price; for zinc it is the price at East St. Louis of Prime Western; for copper it is the United States export refinery price. However, commencing in 1970 the copper price is the average of prices received by the various British Columbia shippers. For antimony the average price for the year and for cadmium, the New York producers' price to consumers are used. For nickel the price used is the Canadian price set by the International Nickel Company of Canada Ltd. The value per ton of the iron ore used in making pig iron at Kimberley is an arbitrary figure, being the average of several ores of comparable grade at their points of export from British Columbia. Gross and Net Content The gross content of a metal in ore, concentrate, or bullion is the amount of that metal calculated from an assay of the material, and the gross metal contents are the sum of individual metal assay contents. The net contents are the gross contents less smelter and refinery losses. In past years there have been different methods used in calculating net contents, particularly in the case of one metal contained in the concentrate of another. The present method was established in 1963 and is outlined in the following table. For example, the net content of silver in copper concentrates is 98 per cent of the gross content, of cadmium in zinc concentrates is 70 per cent of the gross content, etc. Lead Concentrates Zinc Concentrates Copper Concentrates Copper-Nickel Concentrates Copper Matte Silver Per Cent 98 Less 26 lb./ton 98 50 Per Cent 98 50 90 70 Per Cent 98 Less 10 lb./ton Per Cent 85 88 Per Cent 98 Less 10 lb./ton 50 Zinc Value of Production For indium, iron concentrate, mercury, molybdenum, and tin the value of production is the amount received by the shippers. For gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, antimony, bismuth, cadmium, some iron concentrate, and nickel the value of production is calculated from the assay content of the ore, concentrate, or bullion less appropriate smelter losses, and an average price per unit of weight. A 16 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1972 Prior to 1925 the value of gold and copper produced was calculated by using their true average prices and, in addition, for copper the smelter loss was taken into account. The value of other metals was calculated from the gross metal content of ores or concentrates by using a metal price which was an arbitrary percentage of the average price, as follows: Silver, 95 per cent; lead, 90 per cent; and zinc, 85 per cent. It is these percentages of the average price that are listed in the table on page A 26. For 1925 and subsequent years the value has been calculated by using the true average price {see p. A 26) and the net metal contents, in accordance with the procedures adopted by Statistics Canada and the Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources. In the statistical tables, for gold the values are calculated by multiplying the gross contents of gold by the average price for the year; for the other metals, by multiplying the net contents of metals as determined by means of the above table by the average price for the year. Industrial Minerals and Structural Materials The values of production of industrial minerals and structural materials are approximately the amounts received at the point of origin. Fuel The value of production of coal is calculated using a price per ton {see p. A 26) which is the weighted average of the f.o.b. prices at the mine for the coal sold. The values of production of natural gas, natural gas liquid by-products, and petroleum including condensate/pentanes plus are the amounts received for the products at the well-head. NOTES ON PRODUCTS LISTED IN THE TABLES Antimony—Antimony metal was produced at the Trail smelter from 1939 to 1944; since 1944 it has been marketed alloyed with lead. The antimony is a byproduct of silver-lead ores. In 1907 the first recorded antimonial ore mined in British Columbia was shipped from the Slocan area to England. Since then other out- of-Province shipments have originated in the Bridge River, North Lardeau, Slocan, SpiUimacheen, and Stuart Lake areas. In Table 7c the antimony assigned to individual mining divisions is the reported content of ore exported to foreign smelters; the antimony "not assigned" is that recovered at the Trail smelter from various ores received there. See Tables 1, 3, and 7c. Arsenious oxide—Arsenious oxide was recovered at foreign smelters from arsenical gold ores from Hedley between 1917 and 1931, and in 1942, and from the Victoria property on Rocher Deboule Mountain in 1928. No production has been recorded since 1942. See Tables 1 and 7d. Asbestos—British Columbia has produced asbestos since 1952 when the Cas- siar mine was opened. All British Columbia production consists of chrysotile from the Cassiar mine near the Yukon border. This deposit is noted for its high percentage of valuable long fibre and for the low iron content of the fibre. The original claims were located at Cassiar in 1950, and the first fibre was shipped two years STATISTICS A 17 later. The fibre is milled from the ore at Cassiar, shipped by truck to Whitehorse, and then moved by rail to tidewater at Skagway. From 1953 to 1961 the fibre was valued at the shipping point in North Vancouver, but beginning in 1962 it has been valued at the mine, and values for the preceding years have been recalculated on that basis. See Tables 1, 3, and 7d. Barite—Barite production began in 1940 and has been continuous since then, coming from several operations in the upper Columbia River valley. Some barite is mined from lode deposits and the rest is recovered from the mill-tailings ponds of the former Silver Giant and Mineral King silver-lead-zinc mines. See Tables 1,3, and 7d. Bentonite—Small amounts of bentonite were produced between 1926 and 1944 from deposits in the coal measures near Princeton. There has been no production since 1944. See Tables 1 and 7d. Bismuth—Since 1929 the Trail smelter has produced bismuth. It is a byproduct of lead refining and thus the production cannot be assigned to specific properties or mining divisions. See Tables 1, 3, and 7c. Brick—See Clay and shale products. Building-stone — Dimensional stone for building purposes is quarried when required from a granite deposit on Nelson Island and an andesite deposit on Haddington Island. Other stone close to local markets is quarried periodically or as needed for special building projects. See Table 7e. Butane—Butane is recovered as a by-product at the gas-processing plant at Taylor and at oil refineries. See Tables 1, 3, and 7a. Cadmium—Cadmium has been recovered as a by-product at the Trail zinc refinery since 1928. It occurs in variable amounts in the sphalerite of most British Columbia silver-lead-zinc ores. In Table 7c the cadmium assigned to individual mining divisions is the reported content of custom shipments to the Trail and foreign smelters; that "not assigned" is the remainder of the reported estimated recovery at the Trail smelter from British Columbia concentrates. See Tables 1, 3, and 7c. Cement—Cement is manufactured from carefully proportioned mixtures of limestone, gypsum, and other mineral materials. It has been produced in British Columbia since 1905. Present producers are British Columbia Cement Company Limited, with a 700,000-tons-per-year plant at Bamberton, and Canada Cement Lafarge Ltd. with a 612,500-tons-per-year plant on Lulu Island and a 210,000- tons-per-year plant at Kamloops. See Tables 1, 3, and 7e. Chromite—Two shipments of chromite are on record, 670 tons from Cascade in 1918 and 126 tons from Scottie Creek in 1929. See Tables 1 and 7c. Clay and shale products—These include brick, blocks, tile, pipe, pottery, lightweight aggregate, and pozzolan manufactured from British Columbia clays and shales. Common red-burning clays and shales are widespread in the Province, but better grade clays are rare. The first recorded production was of bricks at Craig- flower in 1853 and since then plants have operated in most towns and cities for short periods. Local surface clay is used at Haney to make common red brick, tile, and flower pots. Shale and fireclay from Abbotsford Mountain are used to make firebrick, facebrick, sewer pipe, flue lining, and special fireclay shapes in plants at Kilgard, Abbotsford, and South Vancouver. A plant on Saturna Island makes light-weight expanded shale aggregate and pozzolan clinker irom a local shale deposit. A plant as Quesnel makes pozzolan from burnt shale quarried south of Quesnel. Common clays and shales are abundant in British Columbia, but fireclay . A 18 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1972 and other high-grade clays are rare. Several hobby and art potteries and a sanitary- ware plant are in operation, but these use mainly imported raw materials and their production is not included in the tables. See Tables 1, 3, and 7e. Coal—Coal is almost as closely associated with British Columbia's earliest history as is placer gold. Coal was discovered at Suquash on Vancouver Island in 1835 and at Nanaimo in 1850. The yearly value of coal production passed that of placer gold in 1883 and contributed a major part of the total mineral wealth for the next 30 years. First production, by Mining Divisions: Cariboo, 1942; Fort Steele, 1898; Kamloops, 1893; Liard, 1923; Nanaimo, 1836; Nicola, 1907; Omineca, 1918; Osoyoos, 1926; Similkameen, 1909; and Skeena, 1912. The Nanaimo and Comox fields produced virtually all of the coal until production started from the Crowsnest field in 1898. The Crowsnest field contains coking- coal and prospered in the early years of smelting and railroad-building. Mining started in the Nicola-Princeton coalfield in 1907, at Telkwa in 1918, and on the Peace River in 1923. The Nanaimo field was exhausted in 1953 when the last large mines closed, and only small operations on remnants were left. The colliery at Mer- ritt closed in 1945 and at Coalmont in 1940. The closing of the last large mine at Tsable River in 1966, and of the last small one, near Wellington in 1968, marked the end of production from the once important Vancouver Island deposits. Undeveloped fields include basins in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains north and south of the Peace River, the Groundhog basin in north central British Columbia, the Hat Creek basin west of Ashcroft, and Basins on Graham Island. The enormous requirements for coking-coal in Japan created great activity in coal prospecting in various areas of British Columbia since 1968. The signing of large contracts with the Japanese resulted in preparations for production at several deposits in the East Kootenays. First shipments to Japan via special port facilities at North Vancouver and Roberts Bank began in 1970. All the coal produced, including that used in making coke, is shown as primary mine production. Quantity from 1836 to 1909 is gross mine output and includes material lost in picking and washing. From 1910 the quantity is the amount sold and used, which includes sales to retail and wholesale dealers, industrial users, and company employees; coal used under company boilers, including steam locomotives; and coal used in making coke. See Tables 1,3, 7a, 8a, and 8b. Cobalt—In 1928 a recovery of 1,730 pounds of cobalt was made from a shipment of arsenical gold ore from the Victoria mine on Rocher Deboule Mountain. In 1971, 113,545 pounds of cobalt were shipped from the Pride of Emory mine at Hope. See Tables 1 and 7c. Coke—Coke is made from special types of coal. It has been produced in British Columbia since 1895. Being a manufactured product, its value does not contribute to the total mineral production as shown in Table 1. Up to 1966, coke statistics had been included in the Annual Report as Table 9, but this table has been discontinued. The coal used in making coke is still recorded in Table 8b. Copper—Copper concentrates are shipped to Japanese and American smelters because no copper smelter has operated in British Columbia since 1935. Small amounts of gold and silver are commonly present and add value to the ore, but some ores contain important amounts of gold (as at Rossland), silver (Silver King mine), lead and zinc (Tulsequah), or zinc (Britannia mine). Most of the smelting in British Columbia in early years was done on ore shipped direct from the mines without concentration, but modern practice is to concentrate the ore first. STATISTICS A 19 Ore was smelted in British Columbia first in 1896 at Nelson (from Silver King mine) and at Trail (from Rossland mines), and four and five years later at Grand Forks (from Phoenix mine) and Greenwood (from Mother Lode mine). Later, small smelters were built in the Boundary district and on Vancouver and Texada Islands, and in 1914 the Anyox smelter was blown in. Copper smelting ceased in the Boundary district in 1919, at Trail in 1929, and at Anyox in 1935. British Columbia copper concentrates were then smelted mainly at Tacoma, and since 1961 have gone chiefly to Japan. Most of the production has come from southern British Columbia—from Britannia, Copper Mountain, Greenwood, Highland Valley, Merritt, Nelson, Ross- land, Texada Island, and Vancouver Island, although a sizeable amount came from Anyox and some from Tulsequah. During recent years exploration for copper has been intense, interest being especially directed toward finding very large, low-grade deposits suitable for open-pit mining. This activity has resulted in the establishment of operating mines at Merritt (Craigmont) in 1961, in Highland Valley (Bethlehem) in 1962, on Babine Lake (Granisle) in 1966, near Peachland (Brenda) in 1970, Stewart (Granduc) and near Port Hardy (Island Copper) in 1971, near Babine Lake (Bell), McLeese Lake (Gibraltar), Highland Valley (Lornex), and Princeton (Ingerbelle) in 1972. After a lapse of many years, copper has been produced comparatively recently on Vancouver Island at Jordan River, Courtenay, Benson Lake, Quatsino, and also at Buttle Lake, together with zinc and silver. At Tasu Harbour on Moresby Island and at Texada Island copper is produced as a by-product of iron- mining. Copper is now the most valuable single commodity of the industry. Production in 1972 was 467.0 million pounds. See Tables 1, 3, 6, and 7b. Crude oil—Production of crude oil in British Columbia began in 1955 from the Fort St. John field, but was not significant until late in 1961, when the 12-inch oil pipe-line was built to connect the oil-gathering terminal at Taylor to the Trans Mountain Oil Pipe Line Company pipe-line near Kamloops. In 1972, oil was produced from 33 separate fields, of which the Boundary Lake, Peejay, Milligan Creek, and Inga fields were the most productive. In Tables 1, 3, and 7a, quantities given prior to 1962 under "petroleum, crude" are total sales, and from 1962 to 1965 include field and plant condensate listed separately. Full details are given in tables in the Petroleum and Natural Gas chapter of this Report. Diatomite—Relatively large deposits of diatomite are found near the Fraser River in the Quesnel area, and small deposits are widespread throughout the Province. Small amounts of diatomite have been shipped from Quesnel periodically since 1928. One plant to process the material locally was built in Quesnel in 1969 and a new one to replace it was completed in 1970. See Tables 1, 3, and 7d. Field condensate—Field condensate is the liquid hydrocarbons separated and recovered from natural gas in the field before gas processing. See Tables 1,3, and 7a. Fluorite (fluorspar)—Between 1918 and 1929, fluorite was mined at the Rock Candy mine north of Grand Forks for use in the Trail lead refinery. From 1958 to 1968, small quantities were produced as a by-product at the Oliver silica quarry. See Tables 1,3, and 7d. Flux—Silica and limestone are added to smelter furnaces as flux to combine with impurities in the ore and form a slag which separates from the valuable metal. In the past silica was shipped from Grand Forks, Oliver, and the Sheep Creek area. — A 20 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1972 Today silica from Sheep Creek and limestone, chiefly from Texada Island, are produced for flux. Quantities have been recorded since 1911. See Tables 1, 3, and7D. Gold, lode—Gold has played an important part in mining in the Province. The first discovery of lode gold was on Moresby Island in 1852, when some gold was recovered from a small quartz vein. The first stamp mill was built in the Cariboo in 1876, and it seems certain that some arrastras—primitive grinding-mills—were built even earlier. These and other early attempts were short lived, and the successful milling of gold ores began about 1890 in the southern part of the Province. The value of production was second only to that of coal by 1900 and continued to be very important. At the start of World War II, gold-mining attained a peak yearly value of more than $22 million, but since the war it dwindled, owing to the fact that the price for gold was fixed and the cost of mining rose and continues to rise. In the early years, lode gold came mostly from the camps of Rossland, Nelson, McKinney, Fairview, Hedley, and also from the copper and other ores of the Boundary district. A somewhat later major producer was the Premier mine at Stewart. In the 1930's the price of gold increased and the value of production soared, new discoveries were made and old mines were revived. The principal gold camps, in order of output of gold, have been Bridge River, Rossland, Portland Canal, Hedley, Wells, and Sheep Creek. In 1971 the Bralorne mine in Bridge River closed; it was the last gold mine in the Province to operate. To date the gold mines have paid a total of about $82 million in dividends. With the closing of the Bralorne mine, all lode gold is produced as a by-product of copper, copper-zinc-silver, and other base-metal mining. See Tables 1, 3, 6, and 7b. Gold, placer—The early explorations and settlement of the Province followed rapidly on the discovery of gold-bearing placer creeks throughout the country. The first placer miners came in 1858 to mine the lower Fraser River bars upstream from Yale. The year of greatest placer-gold production was 1863, shortly after the discovery of placer in the Cariboo. Another peak year in 1875 marked the discovery of placer on creeks in the Cassiar. A minor peak year was occasioned by the discovery of placer gold in Granite Creek in the Tulameen in 1886. A high level of production ensued after 1899, when the Atlin placers reached their peak output. Other important placer-gold camps were established at Goldstream, Fort Steele, Rock Creek, Omineca River, and Quesnel River. The last important strike was made on Cedar Creek in 1921, and coarse gold was found on Squaw Creek in 1927 and on Wheaton Creek in 1932. Mining in the old placer camps revived during the 1930's under the stimulus of an increase in the price of fine gold from $20.67 per ounce to $35 per ounce in United States funds. Since World War II, placer-mining has declined under conditions of steadily rising costs and a fixed price for gold. Since 1858, more than 5.2 million ounces valued at almost $97 million has been recovered. A substantial part of the production, including much of the gold recovered from the Fraser River upstream from Yale (in the present New Westminster, Kamloops, and Lillooet Mining Divisions) and much of the early Cariboo production, was mined before the original organization of the Department of Mines in 1874. Consequently, the amounts recorded are based on early estimates and cannot be accurately assigned to individual mining divisions. STATISTICS A 21 The first year of production for major placer-producing mining divisions was: Atlin, 1898; Cariboo, 1859; Liard, 1873; Lillooet, 1858; Omineca, 1869. In 1965, changes were made in the allocation of placer gold to the New Westminster and Similkameen Mining Divisions and "not assigned," to reconcile those figures with data incorporated in Bulletin 28, Placer Gold Production of British Columbia. See Tables 1, 3, 6 and 7a. Granules—Rock chips used for bird grits, exposed aggregate, roofing, stucco dash, terrazzo, etc., have been produced in constantly increasing quantities since 1930. Plants operate in Burnaby and near Grand Forks, Sirdar, Vananda, and Armstrong. See Tables 1, 3, and 7d. Gypsum and gypsite—Production of gypsum and gypsite has been recorded since 1911. Between 1925 and 1956 more than 1,000,000 tons was shipped from Falkland and some was quarried near Cranbrook and Windermere. Since 1956 all production has come from Windermere. See Tables 1, 3, and 7d. Hydromagnesite—Small shipments of hydromagnesite were made from Atlin between 1904 and 1916 and from Clinton in 1921. See Tables 1 and 7d. Indium—Production of indium as a by-product of zinc-refining at the Trail smelter began in 1942. Production figures have not been disclosed since 1958. Iron—Iron ore was produced in small quantities as early as 1885, commonly under special circumstances or as test shipment. Steady production started in 1951 with shipments of magnetite concentrates to Japan from Vancouver and Texada Islands. Most of the known iron-ore deposits are magnetite, and occur in the coastal area. On the average they are low in grade and need to be concentrated. Producing mines have operated on Texada Island, at Benson Lake and Zeballos on Vancouver Island, and at Tasu and Jedway on Moresby Island. At Texada Island copper is a by-product of iron-mining, and in the Coast Copper mine at Benson Lake iron was a by-product of copper-mining. The latest operation, and to date the largest, is that of Wesfrob Mines Limited at Tasu, begun at the end of 1967; copper is produced as a by-product. From January 1961 to August 1972, calcined iron sulphide from the tailings of the Sullivan mine was used for making pig iron at Kimberley. This was the first manufacture of pig iron in British Columbia. The iron occurs as pyrrhotite and pyrite in the lead-zinc ore of the Sullivan mine. In the process of milling, the lead and zinc minerals are separated for shipment to the Trail smelter, and the iron sulphides are separated from the waste rock. Over the years a stockpile had been built containing a reserve of about 20 million tons or iron ore. The sulphur was removed in making pig iron and was converted to sulphuric acid, which was used in making fertilizer. A plant built at Kimberley converted the pig iron to steel, and a fabricating plant was acquired in Vancouver. The iron smelter at Kimberley closed in August 1972. The entire production, credited to the Fort Steele Mining Division in Table 7c, is of calcine. See Tables 1, 3, 6, and 7c. Iron oxide—Iron oxide, ochre, and bog iron were mined as early as 1918 from several occurrences, but mainly from limonite deposits north of Squamish. None has been produced since 1950. See Tables 1 and 7d. Jade (nephrite)—Production of jade (nephrite) has been recorded only since 1959 despite there being several years of significant production prior to that date. The jade is recovered from bedrock occurrences on Mount Ogden and near Dease Lake and as alluvial boulders from the Fraser River; the Bridge River and its tribu- A 22 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1972 taries, Marshall, Hell, and Cadwallader Creeks; O'Ne-ell, Ogden, Kwanika, and Wheaton Creeks. See Tables 1, 3, and 7d. Lead—Lead was the most valuable single commodity for many years, but it was surpassed in value of annual production by zinc in 1950, by copper in 1966, and in total production by zinc in 1966. Lead and zinc usually occur together in nature although not necessarily in equal amounts in a single deposit. Zinc is the more abundant metal, but lead ore usually is more valuable than zinc ore because it contains more silver as a by-product. For a long time British Columbia produced almost all of Canada's lead, but now produces only about one-quarter of it. Most of the concentrated ore is smelted and the metal refined at Trail, but some concentrate is shipped to American and Japanese smelters. Almost all of British Columbia's lead comes from the southeastern part of the Province. The Sullivan mine at Kimberley is now producing about 93 per cent of the Province's lead and has produced about 85 per cent of the grand total. This is one of the largest mines in the world and supports the great metallurgical works at Trail. Other mines are at the Pend d'Oreille River, North Kootenay Lake, Slocan, and southwest of Golden. In northwestern British Columbia less important parts of the total output have come from Tusequah, the Premier mine, and several small mines in the general region of Hazelton. A small amount of high-grade lead ore is shipped directly to the smelter, but most of the ore is concentrated by flotation and the zinc content is separated from the lead. All output from the Sullivan and other mines owned by Cominco Ltd. goes to the Trail smelter, but part of the output of other mines goes to American smelters. Lead was first produced in 1887, and the total production amounts to approximately 8 million tons. In 1958, revisions were made in some yearly totals for lead to adjust them for recovery of lead from slag treated at the Trail smelter. See Tables 1, 3, 6, and 7b. Limestone—Besides being used for flux and granules (where it is recorded separately), limestone is used in agriculture, cement manufacture, the pulp and paper industry, and for making lime. It has been produced since 1886. Quarries now operate at Cobble Hill, near Prince George, at Kamloops, and on the north end of Texada Island. See Tables 1,3, and 7e. Magnesium—In 1941 and 1942, Cominco Ltd. produced magnesium from magnesite mined from a large deposit at Marysville. See Tables 1 and 7c. Magnesium sulphate—Magnesium sulphate was recovered in minor amounts at various times between 1915 and 1942 from small alkali lakes near Basque, Clinton, and Osoyoos. See Tables 1 and 7d. Manganese—From 1918 to 1920 manganese ore was shipped from a bog deposit near Kaslo and from Hill 60 near Cowichan Lake, and in 1956 a test shipment was made from Olalla. See Tables 1 and 7c. Mercury—Mercury was first produced near Savona in 1895. Since them small amounts have been recovered from the same area and from the Bridge River district. The main production to date was between 1940 and 1944 from the Pinchi Lake and Takla mines near Fort St. James. In 1968 the Pinchi Lake mine reopened and continues in operation. See Tables 1 and 7c. Mica—No sheet mica has been produced commercially in British Columbia. Between 1932 and 1961 small amounts of mica schist for grinding were mined near Albreda, Armstrong, Oliver, Prince Rupert, and Sicamous. See Tables 1, 3, and 7d. STATISTICS A 23 Molybdenum—Molybdenum ore in small amounts was produced from high- grade deposits between 1914 and 1918. Recently, mining of large low-grade molybdenum and copper-molybdenum deposits has increased production to the point that molybdenum now ranks third in importance in annual value of metals produced in British Columbia. The upswing began when the Bethlehem mine recovered by-product molybdenum from 1964 to 1966. In 1965, the Endako and Boss Mountain mines, followed by the Coxey in 1966, and British Columbia Molybdenum mine in 1967, all began operations as straight molybdenum producers. In 1970, the Brenda mine, a combined copper-molybdenum producer, started operating, and Island Copper in 1971. Large-scale combined metal deposits at Lornex and Gibraltar mines were brought into production in 1972. See Tables 1, 3, 6, and 7c. Natro-alunite—In 1912 and 1913, 400 tons of natro-alunite was mined from a small low-grade deposit at Kyuquot Sound. There has been no subsequent production. See Tables 1 and 7d. Natural gas—Commercial production of natural gas began in 1954 to supply the community of Fort St. John. Since the completion in 1957 of the gas plant at Taylor and the 30-inch pipe-line to serve British Columbia and the northwestern United States, the daily average volume of production has increased to more than 950,000,000 cubic feet. In 1972 there were 42 producing gas fields, of which the Yoyo, Clarke Lake, and Beaver River were the most productive. The production shown in Tables 1,3, and 7a is the total amount sold of residential gas from processing plants plus dry and associated gas from the gas-gathering system; that is, the quantity delivered to the main transmission-line. The quantity is net after deducting gas used on leases, metering difference, and gas used or lost in the cleaning plant. The quantity is reported as thousands of cubic feet at standard conditions (14.4 pounds per square inch pressure, 60°F temperature, up to and including the year 1960, and thereafter 14.65 pounds per square inch pressure, 60°F temperature). Full details of gross well output, other production, delivery, and sales are given in tables in the Petroleum and Natural Gas chapter of this Report. Nickel—One mine, the Pride of Emory near Hope, shipped nickel ore in 1936 and 1937 and began continuous production in 1958. Since 1960, bulk copper- nickel concentrates have been shipped to Japan for smelting. See Tables 1, 3, and 7c. Palladium—Palladium was recovered in 1928, 1929, and 1930 as a by-product of the Trail refinery and is presumed to have originated in copper concentrates shipped to the smelter from the Copper Mountain mine. See Tables 1 and 7c. Perlite—In 1953 a test shipment of 1,112 tons was made from a quarry on Frangois Lake. There has been no further production. See Tables 1 and 7d. Petroleum, crude—See Crude oil. Phosphate rock—Between 1927 and 1933, Cominco Ltd. produced 3,842 tons of phosphate rock for test purposes, but the grade proved to be too low for commercial use. More test shipments were made in 1964 but there has been no commercial production. See Tables 1 and 7d. Plant condensate—Plant condensate is the hydrocarbon liquid extracted from natural gas at gas-processing plants. See Tables 1,3, and 7a. Platinum—Platinum has been produced intermittently from placer streams in small amounts since 1887, mostly from the Tulameen and Similkameen Rivers. Placer platinum also has been recovered from Pine, Thibert, McConnell, Rainbow, Tranquille, Rock, and Government Creeks; from Quesnel, Fraser, Cottonwood, Peace, and Coquihalla Rivers; and from beach placers on Graham Island. Some A 24 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1972 platinum recovered between 1928 and 1930 as a by-product at the Trail refinery is presumed to have originated in copper concentrates shipped to the smelter from the Copper Mountain mine. See Tables 1,3, and 7c. Propane—Propane is recovered from gas-processing plants at Taylor and Boundary Lake, and at oil refineries. See Tables 1, 3, and 7a. Rock—Production of rubble, riprap, and crushed rock has been recorded since 1909. See Tables 1,3, and 7e. Sand and gravel—Sand and gravel are used as aggregate in concrete work of all kinds. The output varies from year to year according to the state of activity of the construction industry. See Tables 1,3, and 7e. Selenium—The only recorded production of selenium, 731 pounds, was in 1931 from the refining of blister copper from the Anyox smelter. See Tables 1 and 7c. Silver—Silver is recovered from silver ores or as a by-product of other ores. Most of it is refined in Trail, some goes to the Mint in gold bullion, and some is exported in concentrated ores of copper, lead, and zinc to American and Japanese smelters. Silver bullion was produced by the Torbrit mine from 1949 to 1959. Invariably some silver is associated with galena, so that even low-grade lead ores, if mined in quantity, produce a significant amount of silver. Some silver is recovered from gold ores and some from copper ores, and although the silver in such ores is usually no more than a fraction of an ounce per ton, even that amount is important in a large-tonnage operation. Silver-bearing ores were intensively sought in the early days. A metal of high unit value was the only one worth finding in regions remote from market, and in the 1880's and 1890's there was little point in prospecting for ores that did not contain values in silver or gold. Prospecting for silver ores started in southeastern British Columbia in about 1883, and from 1894 to 1905 British Columbia produced most of Canada's silver, many of the early ores being mined primarily for then- silver content. Production of silver began in 1887 from silver-copper and silver-lead ores in the Kootenays and has continued in this area to the present. Now, most of the silver is a by-product of lead-zinc ores and nearly all is refined at Trail, although some is exported with concentrates to American and Japanese smelters, or may go to the Mint in gold bullion. Today the greatest single source of silver is the Sullivan mine, which has been in production since 1900. By 1972 the Sullivan mine has accounted for 47 per cent of the total silver production of the Province. A significant total amount is contributed by the Lynx, Silmonac, Phoenix, Bethlehem, Granisle, Brenda, and Granduc mines. The only steady producer that is strictly a silver mine is the Highland Bell mine at Beaverdell, in operation since 1922. A former important mine, the Premier near Stewart, produced more than 41 million ounces of silver between 1918 and 1968. See Tables 1, 3, 6, and 7b. Sodium carbonate—Sodium carbonate was recovered between 1921 and 1949 from alkali lakes in the Clinton area and around Kamloops. There has been no further production. See Tables 1 and 7d. Stone (see Building-stone)—Cut stone for building purposes is prepared from rock produced at quarries in various parts of the Province when required. Two of the most productive quarries have operated on Haddington and Nelson Islands. See Tables 1, 3, and 7e. Structural materials—In Table 7e the value of $5,972,171 for unclassified materials is the total for structural materials in the period 1886-1919 that cannot STATISTICS A 25 be allotted to particular classes of structural materials or assigned to mining divisions, and includes $726,323 shown against 1896 in Table 2 that includes unclassified structural materials in that and previous years not assignable to particular years. The figure $3,180,828 in Table 7e under "Other Clay Products" is the value in the period 1886-1910 that cannot be allotted to particular clay products or assigned to mining divisions. See Tables 1, 2, 3, 7a, and 7e. Sulphur—The production of sulphur has been recorded since 1916. From 1916 to 1927 the amounts include the sulphur content of pyrite shipped. From 1928 the amounts include the estimated sulphur content of pyrite shipped, plus the sulphur contained in sulphuric acid made from waste smelter gases. The sulphur content of pyrrhotite roasted at the Kimberley fertilizer plant is included since 1953. Since 1958, elemental sulphur recovered from the Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd. plant at Taylor has been included. See Tables 1,3, and 7d. Talc—Between 1916 and 1936, talc was quarried at Leech River and at Anderson Lake to make dust for asphalt roofing. There has been no production since 1936. See Tables 1, 3, and 7d. Tin—Tin, as cassiterite, is a by-product of the Sullivan mine, where it has been produced since 1941. The tin concentrate is shipped to an American smelter for treatment. See Tables 1, 3, and 7c. Tungsten—Tungsten, very largely as scheelite concentrates, was produced from 1937 to 1958, first from the Columbia Tungstens (Hardscrabble) mine in the Cariboo in 1937 and during World War II from the Red Rose mine near Hazelton and the Emerald mine near Salmo. The Red Rose closed in 1954 and the Emerald in 1958. Small amounts of scheelite have been produced from the Bridge River, Revelstoke, and other areas where demand was high. In 1970 production began from the Invincible mine near Salmo. A very small amount of wolframite came from Boulder Creek near Atlin. See Tables 1, 3, and 7c. Volcanic ash—The only recorded production of volcanic ash is 30 tons from the Cariboo Mining Division in 1954. See Tables 1 and 7d. Zinc—Zinc was first produced in 1905. For many years lead was the most valuable single metal, but in 1950 the annual value of production of zinc surpassed that of lead and in 1966 the total value of zinc production exceeded that of lead. In 1972 the annual production of zinc is exceeded by that of copper, coal, and crude oil. Zinc is invariably associated with lead, and most ores are mined for their combined values in zinc, lead, and silver, and rarely for their zinc content alone. Some zinc ores contain a valuable amount of gold, and zinc is associated with copper at the Lynx mine. Modern practice is to concentrate and separate the zinc mineral (sphalerite) from the lead mineral (galena). Most of the zinc concentrates go to the zinc-recovery plant at Trail, are roasted, and are converted electrolytically to refined metal. Some concentrates are shipped to American or Japanese smelters. More than 86 per cent of the zinc has been mined in southeastern British Columbia, at the Sullivan mine, and at mines near Ainsworth, Invermere, Moyie Lake, Riondel, Salmo, Slocan, and Spillimacheen. Other production has come from mines at Portland Canal and Tulsequah and is coming from Buttle Lake. The greatest zinc mine is the Sullivan, which has contributed about 74 per cent of the total zinc production of the Province. Records for the period 1905 to 1908 show shipments totalling 18,845 tons of zinc ore and zinc concentrates or unstated zinc content. In 1918, revisions were made to some yearly totals for zinc to adjust them for recovery of zinc from slag treated at the Trail smelter. See Tables 1, 3, 6, and 7b. A 26 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1972 Prices1 Used in Valuing Production of Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, and Coal Year Gold, Placer, Oz. Gold, Fine, Oz. Silver, Fine, Oz. Copper, Lb. Lead, Lb. Zinc, Lb. Coal, Short Ton 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- 1937.. 1938- 1939- 1940- 1941.. 1942- 1943- 1944- 1945- 1946- 1947- 1948- 1949- 1950- 1951- 1952- 1953- 1954- 1955- 1956- 1957- 1958- 1959- 1960- 1961- 1962- 1963- 1964_ 1965- 1966- 1967- 1968_ 1969- 1970- 1971- 1972.. 17 20.67 23.47 28.60 34.50 35.19 35.03 34.99 35.18 36.14 38.50 38.50 38.50 38.50 38.50 38.50 36.75 35.00 35.00 36.00 38.05 36.85 34.27 34.42 34.07 34.52 34.44 33.55 33.98 33.57 33.95 35.46 37.41 37.75 I 37.75 37.73 37.71 37.76 37.71 37.69 36.56 35.34 57.52] 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 56.370 58.176 52.993 38.154 28.700 31.671 37.832 47.461 64.790 45.127 44.881 43.477 40.488 38.249 38.261 41.166 45.254 43.000 47.000 83.650 72.000 75.000 Mont. 74.250 U.S. 80.635 „ 94.550 „ 83.157 „ 83.774 „ 82.982 „ 87.851 „ 89.373 „ 87.057 „ 86.448 „ 87.469 „ 88.633 „ 93.696 „ 116.029 „ 137.965 „ 139.458 „ 139.374 „ 139.300 „ 167.111 „ 231.049 „ 192.699 „ 184.927 „ 155.965 „ 166.324 „ 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 „ 12.920 „ 14.570 „ 18.107 „ 12.982 „ 8.116 „ 6.380 Lond. 7.454 „ 7.419 „ 7.795 „ 9.477 „ 13.078 „ 9.972 „ 10.092 „ 10.086 „ 10.086 „ 10.086 „ 11.750 „ 12.000 „ 12.550 „ 12.800 „ 20.390 „ 22.350 U.S. 19.973 „ 23.428 „ 27.700 „ 31.079 „ 30.333 „ 29.112 „ 38.276 „ 39.787 „ 26.031 „ 23.419 „ 27.708 „ 28.985 „ 28.288 „ 30.473 „ 30.646 „ 33.412 „ 38.377 „ 53.344 „ 50,022 „ 54.216 „ 66.656 „ 58.6982 46.6962 44.8392 Cents 2.577 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 „ 5.110 „ 3.344 „ 3.169 „ 3.362 „ 3.362 „ 3.362 „ 3.754 „ 4.500 „ 5.000 „ 6.750 „ 13.670 „ 18.040 „ 15.800 U.S. 14.454 „ 18.400 „ 16.121 „ 13.265 „ 13.680 „ 14.926 „ 15.756 „ 14.051 „ 11.755 „ 11.670 „ 11.589 „ 11.011 „ 10.301 „ 12.012 „ 14.662 „ 17.247 „ 16.283 „ 15.102 „ 14.546 „ 16.039 „ 16.336 „ 13.950 „ 14.876 „ Cents 4.60E.St.L. 4.90 „ 5.90 „ 4.80 „ 4.40 „ 11.25 „ 10.88 „ 7.566 „ 6.94 „ 6.24 „ 6.52 „ 3.95 „ 4.86 „ 5.62 „ 5.39 „ 7.892 Lond. 7.409 „ 6.194 „ 5.493 „ 5.385 „ 3.599 „ 2.554 „ 2.405 „ 3.210 „ 3.044 „ 3.099 „ 3.315 „ 4.902 „ 3.073 „ 3.069 „ 3.411 „ 3.411 „ 3.411 „ 4.000 „ 4.300 „ 6.440 „ 7.810 „ 11.230 „ 13.930 „ 13.247 U.S. 15.075 „ 19.900 „ 15.874 „ 10.675 „ 10.417 „ 12.127 „ 13.278 „ 11.175 „ 10.009. „ 10.978 „ 12.557 „ 11.695 „ 12.422 „ 13.173 „ 14.633 „ 15.636 „ 15.622 „ 14.933 „ 14.153 „ 15.721 „ 16.006 „ 16.286 „ 15.579 „ $ 2.65 2.63 2.67 2.62 2.70 2.61 3.07 3.11 3.19 3.35 3.18 3.36 3.39 3.46 3.43 3.45 3.48 4.99 4.92 4.72 4.81 4.72 4.81 4.89 4.79 4.84 4.81 4.71 4.74 4.73 4.35 4.04 3.90 4.00 3.95 4,23 4.25 4.01 4.02 4.26 4.15 4.13 4.17 4.25 4.24 4.68 5.12 6.09 6.51 6.43 6.46 6.94 6.88 7.00 6.74 6.59 6.76 7.45 7.93 6.64 7.40 7.43 7.33 6.94 7.03 7.28 7.75 7.91 8.00 7.40 10.03 10.96 i See page A 14 for detailed explanation. 2 See page A 15 for explanation. STATISTICS A 27 Table 1—Mineral Production: Total to Date, Past Year, and Latest Year Products! Total Quantity Total Value Quantity, to Date to Date 1971 Value, 1971 Quantity, 1972 Value, 1972 Metals lb. lb. Cadium lb. Cobalt . . lb. lh, Gold—placer —lode, fine . Iron concentrates . tvr., oz. tons lh. Magnesium Manganese lb. tons lb. Mnlyhripnum lb. lh, lh. Silver 07, Tin lh. Tungsten (WO3) — lb. lb. ntw* 53,569,508 6,922,796 41,153,874 796 271,014 5,007,309,980 5,236,276 17,233,886 29,492,096 16,271,392,718 204,632 1,724 4,171,110 169,561,242 47,465,767 749 1,407 731 499,861,801 18,855,025 18,628,328 14,994,858,109 17,543,869 14,463,399 76,098,687 32,295 259,258 ,452,549,267 96,988,949 513,842,781 269,525,985 ,411,548,450 88,184 32,668 10,447,358 284,617,746 45,572,116 30,462 135,008 1,389 376,662,453 17,094,227 43,843,954 486,803,434 42,861,359 323,525 82,521 1,036,713 113,545 280,619,150 177 85,781 1,929,868 248,827,301 21,884,729 2,543,578 7,673,546 318,999 1,335,808 305,451,243 Totals ,.|6,161,043,298|_. Industrial Minerals Arsenious oxide lb. Asbestos tons Barite tons Bentonite tons Diatomite tons Fluorspar tons Fluxes tons Granules tons Gypsum and gypsite tons Hydromagnesite tons Iron oxide and ochre tons Jade lb. Magnesium sulphate Mica Natro-alunite Perlite .tons _lb. ..tons -tons Phosphate rock tons Sodium carbonate tons Sulphur tons Talc tons Others , , 22,019,420 1,118,132 439,158 791 11,143 35,682 4,142,671 456,014 4,818,401 2,253 18,108 1,007,879 13,894 12,822,050 522 1,112 3,842 10,492 7,881,634 1,805 I 273. 218,102. 4,489, 16. 280 795 7,733. 7,286 16,443. 27. 155. 963. 254. 185, 9. 11, 16, 118, 99,988 34. 5. 201 692 .307 858 ,068 ,950 ,576 ,241 ,448 ,536 ,050 .220 352 818 398 .120 894 983 ,030 871 .213 87,118 21,267 1,550 26,740 29,238 344,795 167,760 288,467 Totals -| 357,191,826|- Structural Materials Cement tons Clay products 14,751,453 Lime and limestone ._ tons Rubble, riprap, crushed rock tons Sand and gravel tons Building-stone tons Not assigned Totals 1,164,515 Fuels Coal . tons Crude oil bbl. Field condensate bbl. Plant condensate bbl. Nat'l gas to pipe-line _.MSCF Butane bbl. Propane bbl. 155,680,542 208,246,758 614,844 12,935,848 2,563,398,508 5,642,046 4,324,851 Totals Grand totals 256,451,810 88,937,117 60,101,459 57,614,433 312,104,198 9,216,931 5,972,171 790,398,119 748,115,691 480,219,321 1,501,047 6,285,149 266,131,706 1,802,897 1,380,349 1,505,436,160 [8,814,069,403 906,467 1,819,549 3,668,244 29,320,104 2,267 4,565,242 25,154,122 109,008 1,114,139 291,188,481 318,195 468,876 $ 243,614 388,674 2,011,223 679,601 93,820 695,650 $ 419,042 324,617 1,759,995 103,099 131,037,918 4,647 3,031,844 18,153,612 34,711,408 155,739 467,012,694 691 121,624 1,256,308 194,249,571 155,739 209,403,822 26,905 6,995,448 12,604,409 28,896,566 36,954,846 3,497,420 28,041,603 3,240,483 43,261,210 4,601,486 11,968,046 421,079 3,012,540 49,745,789 5,774,192 6,926,036 351,043 1,273,196 268,347,996 11,519,660 473,908 2,167,663 47,172,894 3,212,297 301,059,951 372,995,661 17,800,406 179,455 105,807 44,237 20,870,241 395,289 37,830 875 40,346 98,426 519,192 930,348 31,600 37,158 388,315 59,246 757,924 1,087,196 196,332 243,725 235,218 2,147,778 297,707 2,306,933 21,909,767 25,752,393 21,629,385| 890,926 5,981,785] 3,037,2221 2,026,309 3,670,583) 3,321,764 25,612,3961 34,826,518 8,962 194 59,940,3331. 45,801,936 66,471,856 287,781 293,287 31,946,372 101,822 150,040 6,026,198 23,831,144 104,531 1,018,012 379,969,499 340,904 480,047 145,053,094|_ 527,963,145 21,014,112 5,263,749 3,357,927 4,032,548 33,076,196 1,166 66,745,698 66,030,210 63,166,717 277.069 327,820 41,616,824 106,533 150,015 171,675,188 637,168,940 1 See notes on individual products listed alphabetically on pages A 16 to A 25. 2 From 1968, excludes production which is confidential. A 28 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1972 Table 2—Total Value of Mineral Production, 1836-1972 Year Metals Industrial Minerals Structural Materials Fuels Total 1836-86. 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 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- 1937- 1938- 1939- 1940- 1941_ 1942_ 1943- 1944- 1945- 1946_ 1947- 1948- 1949- 1950- 52,808,750 729,381 745,794 685,512 572,884 447,136 511,075 659,969 1,191,728 2,834,629 4,973,769 7,575,262 7,176,870 8,107,509 11,360,546 14,258,455 12,163,561 12,640,083 13,424,755 16,289,165 18,449,602 17,101,305 15,227,991 14,668,141 13,768,731 11,880,062 18,218,266 17,701,432 15,790,727 20,765,212 32,092,648 27,299,934 27,957,302 20,058,217 19,687,532 13,160,417 19,605,401 25,769,215 35,959,566 46,480,742 51,867,792 45,134,289 48,640,158 52,805,345 41,785,380 23,530,469 20,129,869 25,777,723 35,177,224 42,006,618 45,889,944 65,224,245 55,959,713 56,216,049 64,332,166 65,807,630 63,626,140 55,005,394 42,095,013 50,673,592 58,834,747 95,729,867 124,091,753 110,219,917 117,166,836 2,400 46,345 17,500 46,446 51,810 133,114 150,718 174,107 281,131 289,426 508,601 330,503 251,922 140,409 116,932 101,319 223,748 437,729 544,192 807,502 457,225 480,319 447,495 460,683 486,554 543,583 724,362 976,171 916,841 1,381,720 1,073,023 1,253,561 1,434,382 1,378,337 1,419,248 1,497,720 1,783,010 2,275,972 2,358,877 2,500,799 2,462,340 43,650 22,168 46,432 77,517 75,201 79,475 129,234 726,323 150,000 150,000 200,000 250,000 400,000 450,000 525,000 575,000 660,800 982,900 1,149,400 1,200,000 1,270,559 1,500,000 3,500,917 3,436,222 3,249,605 2,794,107 1,509,235 1,247,912 1,097,900 783,280 980,790 1,962,824 1,808,392 2,469,967 2,742,388 2,764,013 2,766,838 3,335,885 2,879,160 3,409,142 3,820,732 4,085,105 3,538,519 1,705,708 1,025,586 1,018.719 1,238,718 1,796,677 2,098,339 1,974,976 1,832,464 2,534,840 2,845,262 3,173,635 3,025,255 3,010,088 3,401,229 5,199,563 5,896,803 8,968,222 9,955,790 10,246,939 10,758,565 1,240,080 1,467,903 1,739,490 2,034,420 3,087,291 2,479,005 2,934,882 3,038,859 2,824,687 2,693,961 2,734,522 3,582,595 4,126,803 4,744,530 5,016,398 4,832,257 4,332,297 4,953,024 5,511,861 5,548,044 7,637,713 7,356,866 8,574,884 11,108,335 8,071,747 10,786,812 9,197,460 7,745,847 7,114,178 8,900,675 8,484,343 12,833,994 11,975,671 13,450,169 12,836,013 12,880,060 12.678.548 9,911,935 12,168,905 11,650,180 12,269,135 12,633,510 11,256,260 9,435,650 7,684,155 6,523,644 5,375,171 5,725,133 5,048,864 5,722,502 6,139,920 5,565,069 6,280,956 7,088,265 7,660,000 8,237,172 7,742,030 8,217,966 6,454,360 6,732,470 8,680,440 9,765,395 10,549,924 10,119,303 63,610,965 1,991,629 2,260,129 2,502,519 2,682,505 3,613,902 3,119.314 3,594,851 4,230,587 5,659,316 8,394,053 10,459,784 10,909,465 12,434,312 16,355,076 19,674,853 17,445,818 17,497,380 18,955,179 22,461,826 24,980,546 25,888,418 23,784,857 24,513,584 26,377,066 23,499,071 32,458,800 30,194,943 26,382,491 29,521,739 42,391,953 37,056,284 41,855,707 33,304,104 35,609.126 28,135,325 35,207,350 41,330,560 48,752,446 61,517,804 67,077,605 60,720,313 65,227,002 68,689,839 55,763,360 35,233,462 28,806,716 32,639,163 42,407,630 48,837,783 54,133,485 74,438,675 64,416,599 65,711,189 75,028,294 77,566,453 76,471,329 67,151,016 54,742,315 62,026,901 72,549,790 112,583,082 145,184,247 133,226,430 139,995,418 STATISTICS A 29 Table 2—Total Value of Mineral Production, 1836-1972—Continued Year Metals Industrial Minerals Structural Materials Fuels Total 10S1 $ 153,598,411 147,857,523 126,755,705 123,834,286 142,609,505 149,441,246 125,353,920 104,251,112 105,076,530 130,304,373 128,565,774 159,627,293 172,852,866 180,926,329 177,101,733 208,664,003 235,865,318 250,912,026 294,881,114 309,981,470 301,059,951 372,995,661 $ 2,493,840 2,181,464 3,002,673 5,504,114 6,939,490 9,172,792 11,474,050 9,958,768 12,110,286 13,762,102 12,948,308 14,304,214 16,510,898 16,989,469 20,409,649 22,865,324 29,364,065 26,056,782 20,492,943 22,020,359 21,909,767 25,752,393 $ 10,606,048 11,596,961 13,555,038 14,395,174 15,299,254 20,573,631 25,626,939 19,999,576 19,025,209 18,829,989 19,878,921 21,366,265 23,882,190 26,428,939 32,325,714 43,780,272 44,011,488 45,189,476 55,441,528 46,104,071 59,940,333 66,745,698 $ 10,169,617 9,729,739 9,528,279 9,161,089 9,005,111 9,665,983 8,537,920 10,744,093 11,439,192 14,468,869 18,414,318 34,073.712 42,617,633 42,794,431 50,815,252 60,470,406 74,141,627 82,870,204 93,573,164 110,534,136 145,053,094 171,675,188 $ 176,867,916 iq<!-> 171,365,687 10« 152,841,695 10*4 152,894,663 1Q5S 173,853,360 1Q*6 188,853,652 ]0<i7 170,992,829 105« 144,953,549 10« 147,651,217 10fifl 177,365,333 179,807,321 1QR1 10fi? 229,371,484 1961 255,863,587 10A4 267,139,168 280,652,348 IQfiS lOfifi 335,780,005 383,382,498 10fi7 1968 405,028,488 1969 464,388,749 488,640,036 527,963,145 1970 1971 1972 __ ... - 637,168,940 Totals 6,161,043,298 357,191,826 790,398,119 1,505,436,160 8,814,069,403 A 30 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1972 TtooNr4Noo<rJ0\0,*<n or-cNc-mcosor-oso—> ooWcmV- so sot- o so 0'"r-' _r-NTtun in en ©VT cf cn sp *r-r-comeNsocNm oc* so m o —i r^co tj* ^Os, —i m en sor-uioo'Hr-m^'Omn OOOSO->3-OMnTrOsCO^)-rj- so^m nmoOH^oofni/ioo r-'eN'+as" so"'*'-' o© so**o\en cNmm —<oo fN—lO\t- —i—i—I in—< CN ineN osenloo Osoo en—" ii-i ■so so »n r> i en oo i-^oo r- cncn vr cn cnsoeNen ON'* CO m©o t-ceos oV'd oo mm — ^TOO so cN so ODsOTtNmrJr-im cncoosso—'mON**© cN 00 o ^riso^u-j en so cnsc'xriN —« m'l-i Tt'tt r-t>—' NOffiN^ r<»-< eNcnso so M>CONONmtOO osso—iocincoTt>oo\ wvfOO OcNO—'-*t O O co m en wn m©mo\r^eN CO fN_rH *-;_*©'* i— *r> cn t— en ih OOTfCNSp'* m in OS CO OS SO mt>sot— «oofr- cn i*r-in <nr-"o*cn ^CCl-H SOCNCN wr-r-r-tsot-oo t r—t* cnOsr- \ ■* en c* —<„—*, —^ ■T oocn i> r-'oo ri r-^-ossosoooen Sr- CNSO—i—< ©Os©mt— 00 CO os asr— ■* r~Hm t> o *n Ohho coso"o so"so"oo en om^i-M coi-h Os so o so «n tJ- Os —fob" —I OS © oo .» cno'sc os Ov -_»rroor~oo~»d-"scoo"so t^ ^ O Tt VT,t-^ VOW scr- ! 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I o u rt a) B S'HS bH« S HO a 32 mines and petroleum resources report Table 4—Mineral Production, Graph of Value, 1972 1887- 1972 900- 800- 700 - 600- 500- 400 - 300- 200- 150- 100- 90- 80- 70- 8 60- 3 50 g 40- h 30 § 20- _l 3 15- 10- 9- 8- 7- 6- 5- 4- 3- 2 900 - /' / ^ / / f Ki // // , '~\ / A/\ /aH ~\\ // A ,* // X / / A i ^ -v // ' v\ 1 /i / V /"' ^ r\ // \, / -•sW V v/ «>" J V / i / / ; / A Vv /I /■s-- / \ / V / V-' ^<j )A^ ^\ N v * s // jj S f V / / i y */ 1 / / / i/N / . // -\ / / V \ r \ /: A //^ r7 s / \ / "\ j I / \ // o^v \ J J i / cP j w /v 1 1 / / 'V 1 1 1 \J / v / /V / r\ A / 1 /• / 1 / 1 >, r- / A / 1 J 1 JV / col * /-J I 1 1 / s v' \ 7 ,^ / > f 1 -4 ioi i / ' /n' 4- 800- 700- 600- 500- -f '' \^ " ,i —1 -v— -H CO-f ^ / l\ / A i51 \ i / ?/ / V \ -5 X i ■5/ / 7 \\ \% 300- 200 to 5 ioo - V -c \ f' \i\ / V \2 v* / ll / N / <: rV x / n^ / J\ \ 4> / 0 V 1 | 1 i/l C 1 ^ s iV 1 ./I 3 90- -J 80 g 70 u_ 60 ° 50 / —"—1 —-"-v— —h ■ fT: * ! r- « ; D- I/) 1 40 < w § 30- X 1- 20 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 c [ J 1 1 A '\ \ 1 » 1 • ( c c 3inou}Om,-,lf,OinoioOmoinOino otDai(7!Oo_ — csitvjtoio^-^-inio'Gto'"- ococo<Da><j>oso)<?>0io>a)a)OTOs<Da)c>o> STATISTICS A 33 Table 5—Production of Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, and Molybdenum, Graph of Quantities, 1893-1972 700- - rsO' vfy ii/yc- t-fis. i i ^-' ■*'''"■ \ i / \ s. *J i * VA; \ .M 1 A i i i | 1 \ / A / :/ / \ •A' 1- f' \ / / \ ft X\ if V ' \ / ,y\ -1 K -jj \,' \ \ o \ 1' / V \ \ -j _J \ f\ I \ 1 1 \ i 5 20- * 1 11 co ; V ' CO a _j / CO CO 1 o. r~s/ 1; r 5! LUj o! 9- 8- . in I -4 <*■ 1 i £V /I ^ o A 6- i k! K \S A/ i\ / v 1 A \i K v V V \ f V 2- 1 N O 1 —tr- > -j, CO J | I 1 / / / w ^00- I o7 Q ,/V // < ' r \r' V " #/ o / 1 H y / J V 50^ a c J 5 | E i a 1 0 ) 0 > It 0 > c 1 l< t 0 5 0 2 C 5 s; ■) 0 ■> 0 > c r 1C i a > u ) 1C 1 0 > c ) C 3 U 3 U 3 0 5 C i a > s A 34 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1972 Table 6—Production of Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum, and Iron Concentrates, 1858-1972 Year Gold (Placer) Quantity Value Gold (Fine) Quantity Value Silver Quantity Value Copper Quantity Value 1858-90 1891-1900- 1901-10 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 197(1 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952. 1953 1954 — 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968_ 1969- 1970- 1971_ 1972.. Totals- o, * 3,246,585'55 376,290 6 507,580 8 25,060j 32,680 30,000 33,240 45,290 34,150 29,180 18,820 16,850 13,040 13,720 21,690 24,710 24,750 16,476 20,912| 9,191 8,424 6,983 8,955 17,176 20,400| 23,928! 25,181 30,929 43,389 54,153 57,759 49,746 39,067 43,7751 32,904, 14,600[ 11,433 12.589; 15,7291 6,969 20,332 17,886 19,134 23,691 17,554 14,245 8,684 7,666 3,865 2,936 5,650 7,570 3,847 3,416 3,315 4,620 1,842 866 1,535 891 670 399 491 177 691 5,236,276 $ ,192,163 ,397,183 ,628,660 426,000 555,500 510,000 565,000 770,000 580,500 496,000 320,000 286,500 221,600 233,200 368,800 420,000 420,750 280,092 355,503 156,247 143,208 118,711 152,235 291,992 395,542 562,787 714,431 895,058 ,249,940 558,245 671,015 ,478,492 236,928 385,962 ,041,772 462,270 361,977 398,591 475,361 200,585 585,200 529,524 598,717 717,911 494,756 403,230 238,967 217,614 109,450 80,990 157,871 208,973 107,418 99,884 96,697 135,411 55,191 25,053 44,632 25,632 19,571 11,720 14,185 4,647 26,905 Oz. 632,806, 2,322,118! 228,617! 257,496 272,254 247,170 250,021 221,932 114,523 164,674 152,426 120,048 135,765 197,856 179,245 247,716 209,719 201,427 178,001 180,662 145,223 160,836 146,133 181,651 223,589 297,216 365,343 404,578 460,781 557,522 587,336 583,524 571,026! 444,518 224,403 186,632] 175,373 117,612 243,282 286,230 288,396 283,983 261,274 255,789 253,552 258,388 242,477 191,743 223,403 194,354 173,146 205,580 159,821 158,850 154,979| 138,487 117,124 119,508 126,157 123,896 117,481 100.809 85,781 121,624 12,858,353 47,998,179 4,725,512 5,322,442 5,627,595 5,109,008 5,167,934 4,587,333 2,367,191 3,403,811 3,150,644 2,481,392 2,804,197 4,089,684 3,704,994 5,120,535 4,335,069 4,163,859 3,679,601 3,734,609 3,002,020 3,324,975 3,020,837 4,263,389 6,394,645 10,253,952 12,856,419 14,172,367 16,122.767 19,613,624 21,226,957 22,461,516 21,984,501 17,113,943 8.639,516 7,185,332 6,751,860 4,322,241 8,514,870 10,018,050 10,382,256 10,805,553 9.627.947 8,765,889 8,727,294 8,803,279 8,370,306 6,603,628 7,495,170 6,604,149 5,812,511 6,979,441 5,667,253 5,942,101 5,850,458 5,227,884 4,419,089 4,506,646 4,763.688 4,672,242 4.427,506 3,685.476 3,031,844 6,995,448 Oz. 221,089; 22,537,306' 31,222,548 1,892,364 3,132,108 3,465,856 3,602,180 3,366,506 3,301,923 2,929,216 3,498,172 3,403,119 3,377,849 2,673,389 7,101,311 6,032,986 8,341,768 7,654,844 10,748,556 10,470,185 10,627,167 9,960,172 11,328,263 7,550,331 7,150,655 7,021,754 8,613,977 9,269,944 9,547,124 11,305,367 10,861,578 10,821,393 12,327,944 12,175,700 9,677,881 8,526,310 5,705,334 6,157,307 6,365,761 5,708,461 6,720,134 7,637,822| 9,509,456 8,218,914 8,810,807 8,378,819 9,826,403 7,903,149 8,405,074 8,129,348 7,041,058 6,198,101 7,446,643 7,373,997 6,189,804 6,422,680 5,269,642 4,972,084 5,549,131 6,180,739 7,130,866 5,760,534; 6,511.316' 7,673,546] 6,926,036 $ 214,152 13,561,194 16,973,507 958,293 1,810,045 1,968,606 1,876,736 1,588,991 2,059,739 2,265,749 3,215,870 3,592,673 3,235,980 1,591,201 4,554,781 3,718,129 5,292,184 5,286,818 6,675,606 5,902,043 6,182,461 5,278,194 4,322,185 2,254,979 2,264,729 2,656,526 4,088,280 6,005,996 4,308,330 5,073,962 4,722,288 4,381,365 4,715,315 4,658,545 4,080,775 3,858,496 2,453,293 2,893,934 5,324,959 4,110,092 5,040,101 5,671,082 7,667,950 7,770,983 7,326,803 7,019,272 8,154,145 6,942,995 7,511,866 7,077,166 6,086,854 5,421,417 6,600,183 6,909,140 7,181,907 8,861,050 7,348,938 6,929,793 7,729,939 10,328,695 16,475,795 11,100,491 12,041.181 11,968,046 11,519,660 Lb. 35,416,069 379,957,091 36,927,656 51,456,537 46,460,305 45,009,699 56,918,405 65,379,364 59,007,565 61,483,754 42,459,339 44,887,676 39,036,993 32,359,896 57,720,290 64,845,393 72,306,432 89,339,768 89,202,871 97,908,316 102,793,669 92,362,240 64,134,746 50,608,036 43,149,460 49,651,733 39,428,208 21,671,711 46,057,584 65,769,906 73,254,679 77,980,223 66,435,583 50,097,716 42,307,510 36,300,589 25,852,366 17,500,538 41,783,921 43,025,388 54,856,808 42,212,133 43,249,658 42,005,512 49,021,013 50,150,087 44,238,031 43,360,575 31,387,441 12,658,649 16,233,546 33,064,429 31,692,412 108,979,144 118,247,104 115,554,700 85,197,073 105,800,568 172,739,548 160,993,338 167,415,411 212,371,731 280,619,150 467,012,694 4,365,210 56,384,783 4,571,644 8,408,513 7,094,489 6,121,319 9,835,500 17,784,494 16,038,256 15,143,449 7,939,896 7,832,899 4,879,624 4,329,754 8,323,266 8,442,870 10,153,269 12,324,421 11,525,011 14,265,242 18,612,850 11,990,466 5,365,690 3,228,892 3,216,701 3,683,662 3,073,428 2,053,828 6,023,411 6,558,575 7,392,862 7,865,085 6,700,693 5,052,856 4,971,132 4,356,070 3,244,472 2,240,070 8,519,741 9,616,174 10,956,550 9,889,458 11,980,155 13,054,893 14,869,544 14,599,693 16,932,549 17,251,872 8,170,465 2,964,529 4,497,991 9,583,724 8,965,149 33,209,215 36,238,007 38,609,136 32,696,081 56,438,255 88,135,172 87,284,148 111,592,416 124,657,958 131,037,918 209,403,822 96,988,949 17,233,886)513,842,781 499,861,801 376,662,453 5,007,309,980 1,452,549,267 STATISTICS A 35 Table 6—Production of Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum, and Iron Concentrates, 1858-1972—Continued Year Lead Quantity Value Zinc Quantity Value Molybdenum Quantity Value Iron Concentrates Quantity Value 1940- 1941- 1942.. 1943- 1944- 1945- 1972- Lb. 1,044,400 205,037,158 407,833,262 26,872,397 44,871,454 55,364,677 50,625,048 46,503,590 48,727,516 37,307,465 43,899,661 29,475,968 39,331,218 41,402,288 67,447,985 96,663,152 170,384,481 237,899,199 263,023,936 282,996,423 305,140,792 307,999,153 321,803,725 261,902,228 252,007,574 271,689,217 347,366,967 344,268,444 377,971,618 419,118,371 412,979,182 378,743,663 466,849,112 456,840,454 507,199,704 439,155,635 292,922,888 336,976,468 345,862,680 313,733,089 320,037,525 265,378,899 284,024,522 273,456,604 284,949,396 297,634,712 332,474,456 302,567,640 283,718,073 281,603,346 294,573,159 287,423,357 333,608,699 384,284,524 335,282,537 314,974,310 268,737,503 250,183,633 211,490,107 208,131,894 231,627,618 210,072,565 214,838.525 248,827,301 194,249,571 45,527 7,581,619 17,033,102 1,069,521 1,805,627 2,175,832 1,771,877 1,939,200 3,007,462 2,951,020 2,928,107 1,526.855 2,816,115 1,693,354 3,480,306 6,321,770 12,415,917 18,670,329 17,757,535 14,874,292 13,961,412 15,555,189 12,638,198 7,097,812 5,326,432 6,497,719 8,461,859 10,785,930 14,790,028 21,417,049 13,810,024 12,002,390 15,695,467 15,358,976 17,052,054 16,485,902 13,181,530 16,848,823 23,345,731 42,887,313 57,734,770 41,929,866 41,052,905 50,316,015 45,936,692 39,481,244 45,482,505 45,161,245 44,702,619 39,568,086 34,627,075 33,542,306 38,661,912 42,313,569 34,537,454 37,834,714 39,402,293 43,149,171 34,436,934 31,432,079 32,782,257 33,693,539 35.096.021 34,711,408 28,896,566 Lb. 12,684,192 2,634,544 5,358,280 6,758,768 7,866,467 12,982,440 37,168,980 41,848,513 41,772,916 56,737,651 47,208,268 49,419,372 57,146,548 58,344,462 79,130,970 98,257,099 142,876,947 145,225,443 181,763,147 172,096,841 250,479,310 202,071,702 192,120,091 195,963,751 249,152,403 256,239,446 254,581,393 291,192,278 298,497,295 278,409,102 312,020,671 367,869,579 387,236,469 336,150,455 278,063,373 294,791,635 274,269,956 253,006,168 270,310,195 288,225,368 290,344,227 337,511,324 372,871,717 382,300,862 334,124,560 429,198,565[ 443,853,004| 449,276,797| 432,002,7901 402,342,850 403,399,319 387,951,190 413,430,817 402,863,154 400,796,562 311,249,250 305,1124,440 262,830,908 299,396,264 296,667,033 275,590,749 305,451,243 268,347,996 Totals 16,271,392,718 1,411,548,450 14,994,858,109 1,486,803,434 894,169 129,092 316,139 324,421 346,125 1,460,524 4,043,985 3,166,259 2,899,040 3,540,429 3,077,979 1,952,065 2,777,322 3,278,903 4,266,741 7,754,450 10,586,610 8,996,135 9,984,613 9,268,792 9,017,005 5,160,911 4,621,641 6,291,416 7,584,199 7,940,860 8,439,373 14,274,245 9,172,822 8,544,375 10,643,026 12,548,031 13,208,636 13,446,018 11,956,725 18,984,581 21,420,484 28,412,593 37,654,211 38,181,214 43,769,392 67,164,754 59,189,656 40,810,618 34,805,755 52,048,909 58,934,801 50,206,681 43,234,839 44,169,198 50,656,726 45,370,891 51,356,376 53,069,163 58,648,561 48,666,933 47,666,540 39,248,539 43,550,1811 46,639,024 44,111.055 49,745.789 47,172,894 Lb. 1,987 3,618 12,342 6,982 960 5,414 28. 7,289. 17,094. 17,517 19,799 26,597 31,276, 21,884, 28,041 ,245 ,125 ,927 ,543 ,793 ,477 662 2,000 20,560 11,636 1,840 9,500 .4971 52. ,729| 36. ,603| 43 47,063 ,405,344 ,606,061 ,183,064 .552,722 999,442 561,796 954,846 ,261,210 169,561,2421284,617,746 Tons 29,869 13,029 19,553 1,000 1,230 1,472 1,010 1,200 243 20 679, 5,472 113,535 900,481 991,248 535,746 610,930 369,955 357,342 630,271 849,248 1460,355 1,335,068 1,793,847 2,060,241 2,002,562 2,165,403 2,151,804 2,154,443 2,094,745 2,074,854 1,879,065 1,929,868 1.256,308 $ 70.879 45,602 68,436 5,000 6,150 7,360 5,050 3,600 1,337 3,735 27,579 790,000 5,474,924 6,763,105 3,733,891 3,228,756 2,190,847 2,200,637 4,193,442 6,363,848 10,292,847 12,082,540 18,326,911 20,746,424 20,419,487 21,498,581 20,778,934 20,820,765 21,437,569 19,787.845 17,391,883 18,153,612 12.604.409 29,492,096|269,525,985 A 36 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1972 Table 7a—Mineral Production by Mining Division Period Placer Gold Quantity Value Metals Industrial Minerals Structural Materials Alberni.. Atlin.. Cariboo.. Clinton.. Fort Steele.. Golden- Greenwood- Kamloops.. Lillooet... New Westminster.. Osoyoos.. Revelstoke- Similkameen.. Slocan.. Trail Creek.. Vancouver.. Vernon- Victoria.. Not assigned.. Totals.. 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date Oz. 1,617 4 ee 735,880 148 BOS 2,611,006 33,253 141 1,848 17,390.960 3,781 21,066 54,187,492 10,171 20.531 469 5,074 112 50,296 92,946 866 3,586 234 25 56,431 7,582 45,507 4,603 851 182 2,732 8 1,525,528 243,069 468,450 115,662 604,785 3,732 1,251,883 1,925,688 19,300 89,026 595,910 4,764 725 1,503,680 5,466 878,204 105,569 9,397 24,260 5,306 72,885 259 17,262.515 177 691 5,236,276 4.647 26,905 988,949 13,592,004 13,346,043 144.505,222 15 38,047,207 2.734,101 33,965,284 105,983,897 848,377 64,189,929 65,467,594 2,290,605,183 1,017,942 63,472. 7,765, 6,605 194,913 25,096 38,791 213,502 6,183 11,236 713 679 475 315 ,340 ,722 .982 296 725 15 ,439 ,090 148,167,2 16,997,484 43,998,994 256,433,175 8,685,162 7,075,391 354,334,512 4,312.143 5,752,173 55,455,930 18,768,216 21,296,539 224,959,502 27,441,963 34,330.377 288,045,572 25.225,679 33,895,391 141,169,838 1,615,109 1,029,821 14,961,357 9,398 432,472 253,026 4,288.706 3,375 20,325 37,830 40,346 423,548 162,427 609,564 676,439 19,478,684 1,109.803 1,482,485 14,306,575 2,327,897 6,540, 18,224. 21,182 234,054 102 142 465. 168 141. 1,815. 281 506 2,218 52 80 1,611 538 832 310 854 900 800 895 196 336 352 843 .465 428 330 ,000 625 10.050 85,660 88,729 448,907 73.019 89,159 6,512,982 9,975,651 130,173,851 42,949.118 33,266,658 394,332,981 10,054,1791 1,798,497 274,791,277 950.904 524,403 90,286,718 8,042.080 8,838,521 276,454,663 3,482 1,240,215 335,113 381,993 17,069,526 14.716,797 12,628,099 333,968,438 301.055.304 372,968.756 6,064,054,349 7,066,964 42,000 55,478 230 210 189,871 1,121.560 1,322,114 58,213,255 338,241 3,150,193 3,511,618 23,711,064 270,282 773,614 3,675,486 581,641 610,689 9,166,983 246,678 163,141 3,564,286 175,325 250,704 2,186.658 4,476.797 5.166,348 28,574,775 1,375,835 1,289.689 11,764,196 164,244 62,059 3,248,863 4,109,496 4,252,048 68,508,074 550,212 642,903 7,476,417 14,107,989 14,849,901 174,940,412 293,023 266,451 1,914,414 1,158,738 1,096,719 12,821,968 447,910 718,952 3,818,598 194,583 153,939 2,908,317 121,785 81,535 4,231,918 1,738.301 1,867,340 17,001,410 106,916 80,129 2,019,418 139,259 270,434 3,595,621 10,132,873 10,010,701 133,782,806 805,641 1,140,765 7,860,985 13.492.425 14,477,864 214,585,799 1,664,340 4,755,129 44,512,704 21,909,767! 59,940,333 25,752,393| 66,745,698 357,191,8261790,398,119 STATISTICS Divisions, 1971 and 1972, and Total to Date A 37 Fuels Coal Crude Oil and Condensates Natural Gas Delivered to Pipe-line Butane and Propane Division Total Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value Tons $ Bbl. $ MSCF $ Bbl. $ $ 14.024,476 13,599,069 148,836,579 3,516 1,863 55,796,733 5.925,905 37,538,314 . 290 1,100 184,307,101 270.282 773,614 4,829,359 4,565,242 6,014,035 73,179,454 45,801,936 65,909,040 412,037,498 111.183.070 132.663.762 2,374,423 1,645,626 81,354,808 7,940,800 6,856,019 199,543,557 29,573,519 43,958,330 15,087 59,765 249,282,159 26,377.269 24,953,687 221,797,450 67.052.924 63,771,606 488,005,517 291,188,481 379,969,499 2,563,398,508 31,946,372 41,616,824 266,131,706 787,071 820,951 9,966,897 251,862 256,548 3,183,246 125,035,550 11,687 111,120 116,870 816,391 128,237,594 1,016,444,232 980,234 204,859 153,807,702 21,275,176 48,392,378 74,324,471 301,144,744 627,920,645 9,517,217 8,224,759 364,118,383 | 18,472,462 20,682,074 232,603,877 19,061,239 21,562,990 2,929,584 11,080,836 237,969,566 28,687,086 476 501,936 4,300 3,416,508 35,520,125 306,236.635 25.746,608 34,703,502 1,122 5,008 151,511,892 1,809,692 1,183,760 18,034,151 121,785 10,057,188 4,617,442 19,553,725 154,856,256 44,687,419 35,133,998 36 116 412,680,291 10,161,095 1,878,626 276,820,092 1,090,163 794,837 93,906,599 18,174,953 18,849,222 417,309,739 851,123 1,140,765 8,324,461 13,492,655 14,860,067 231,860,876 17,502,697 18,705,601 453,956,912 4,565,2421 45.801.936 6,026,1981 66,030,210 155,680,542 748,115,691 26,377,269 24,953,687 221,797,450 67,052,924 63,771,606 488,005,517 291,188,481 379,969,499 2,563,398,508 31,946,372 41,616,824 266,131,706 787,071 820,951 9,966,897 251,8621 527,963,145 256,548 637,168,940 3,183,246 8,814,069,403 A 38 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1972 w H < Q o H ►J < H O H Q Z < CN t- ON Q Z r> Z o > p o z « u z N Q z < < ►J w Hi Ph 6 w > jj t55 o" i-i o O « 8 o z o H O s Q O S Pi w r> w w H cocd eo :ir in cm a h : b-« r> ■* o i :•*t^ocdcmoob-ioinoc :t-cMCOcMeoeMorr<ooeDsMen»o©cMcD © ts w : r co cm w o : b--* COCOt; < 1 CO O ■* CO CM <t CO M f CD C s ;iOcMC0t-e0Cn^cM*t-««CM'*C0rri ) : thcoo cdcsco th co en csioco «h^ io cm c t-T^oo : o eo co : -* CS 10 >H 0 s : oo m b» w t-oo © t- coc c 3 «Nri ; to in ep ; b-Tti o> tob • ; iH rH 00 CMCD f (M eo co o- 3 ; th 10^ thhh i> th th <j Tfco^ ^m in 00 ,-cnoooo : co ft-; ■* CD OiCS t- < : rH co cn cm o cn CD CO COr- :coiOfCirHfCMrHcncMosincseo«*Ti4 *> s o -* 00 N | 00 <N 10 b-C > IMt-WNOhWH cMb ■ lOtfiOrHci^cot-cneDeocecDcooocs H coMcm* i t-^ NO i cm eo o t- H : CM b-<0 •* IfS 00 CO CD r-l ; COOIs b-IO* b- C3 CO O CO H If) « Hf cs : co eo t- : CD COKO : eo ocm co th I-^tHCOtH O rHWCMrHf © CM cm" j rH CM IrH tH CM CM iH ©c© : t- os : w r- ho s : b- co co o cn io r- i ; co jeN COf 0 rH ; b-M OCO cof © i os c; co co o ; CMO b" rH ey ioor j ;oo COCM CO 00 : t-in is in (doh : ^ oi-cir j : coco N co P0>r ■i :<m H ^ IO ■* : OrH ineo u eo to" oo : tth" co"cn co"ir j : ■* if: is cs" o" rHffi" ©" : ©"■* co cm" £ ^hS" i CD hNWC ) IlfflCD h- TH CM CON © : rHCM f CM « 00 C f O 0! 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Ph s A 42 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1972 a •5 a a a H < Q o H ►J < H O H Q Z < CN O ,—< CS z < .—I r> Os CO Z O CO > Q o z n CO < H W co D O w z < n o o z o H O ts Q O u o w I-I « a #c *> s 1 8 $ 268,236 263,864 R1.923.366 CM o © © CM b- in c* rH O 01 CM oitoi t- © x ^ c ot>r fc- CM*f C C\ 900 1,924,987 1,863.027 39.809.990 1,160,815 3,971 6,575 190,754 ^ o mm f CM o" CM 05 OCM»XO©CMOin^^Ob-MIO© ©©in©CM©b-rHNloX©b-CMftM O©©moi©xm no© co xin 03 eo ©" r-T «t rH ©' N X* O* N ©" H f m" ©" *£ t-" X-^©"*b-©rH©©Wt-«*©©©0 10fl-cMi*©t-©NXX©CMrH«t© ©" ©" o" x" cm ©* x" tf" m" h* ©" co in* X m •* rH f X Co 0) 3 o> » H X X* X M O © X omx ©NX M* ©* x" O 10 m rHf CM CM © M ^S CO § a eg 00 a 1 3 3 > » O o x X SJ4 CM CM o n" X © m hh M- © rH 10 © in CM* NO* rH ©X Of © XCM OS X C t- b a © CM C ot c 0- ft •a § 3 a a Ol o CM X o N* CM X IO X CM* X X © X © ffl M< Xf O m"eo x* CO N HH X CM X rHf©" iH o 3 > 40 o« t- b- O CM ©01 CM H CO V CM N O ** * °. t-* 1 3 a s © m in O ^CM coo x*f w" HffilO « w x_ x" s 3 •a a 5 o 3 •a > » OS o CM cm" O N X m 3« O a> IO CM X « | 3 i ft. o 3 ■a > 40 - 1 o z 3 > eo- o ©© CM ©rH Nf CM OO b- "*. **lw- x"^"m" •3 g 3 a hH1 X « t- b- M © m« m wo'io m N -* CMCOb* s 3 c 0J •o s ■3 3 > «& OS © © b- in© © ©m Vol CO X « X b- f © cM*f CS CM :os :t- :<# ieo" :x o CM* © o rj •* OO CM CM* ©X © X X b- co 00* ©OX X©© 00 CD© eoeo%j7 o ino HWsJI ©*oo"o* rHf© •3 9 3 a 5 b- o © oin o in ©^o CO 10 CM* X © X mom H b^ H : w :o : o i eo ;o OS © X io* m" It TjH ©X IO X o IO* H ©^CM CM © H OCMH ©"ox" CMUlrH H 01 C3 esOt- f o .2 4> Ch CUrDfDcDCUCDCDOCDCJtDClJcDcDCD rltN™rt«"HNrjH«"HN^HNPHNPHN^nN5HN^HNSH«"rHN^HN+iH«*J ^N^NN^NNJSt-N^NNfJb-N^b-N^b-N^t-N^b-NSb-NWt-N^t-N^b-NiSb-N^ ©ffl^0©^O©^©©^©©^0©^©©^O©^©©";j0©n::l0ffl^'o©T3om7:,©©r::;O©"::: rHf CrHf OHfC3rHf OrHf OrHf OrHf OrHfOrHfOrHfOrHfOrHfOrHf OrHf OrHfO Eh EH E^HEHfHE-iEHE-(HrHEHrHtHEH i | • < 4 c 4 C c A 'i C c 5 j C a "c C "5 c c e e a a c c C 1 0 C C c 1 '5 t c c "cL ! c 1 1 is a S5 « s c 0) C STATISTICS A 43 <M l^cq cst O 129,186 18,403,536 8,571,198 103,751,213 197,868 42,828 5,741,319 950,904 520,460 6,550,924 X M » CO O CM CM X ©_ ©" 35,437 G,741,460 3,999,639 112,479,177 cs©-* o© © weoos o"o"b* © ©TjH m 01© ©*«"CM* b-© CM X $ 7,629,53 18,501,27 37,015,16 1,615,10 1,029,82 3,901,97 «» CO o X X M N O o © m rHCMX •*"n h N f © N04X m"co"cM 'it rH © O o n cs CM O rH t~00 ©" t- © rH 00 CO CM in* w"eo •* w b- X © IO* X X o n th •* © m w © o cm*n" co" rH © -hh Of X CO NX* ■* £ X b- N* CO X X© X o m cm X_f X_ m"co"x" XN CM WOJtO H*f X* eo O M b- t- OCM OCO CM rH CO Tr* CM N O -cfCtO b* S OCT m O ^ CM es o © x"f m" rH in in x rax_ x" » © X OS* CM H N b- H CO* : :x : ; o i ; °, i iin* : :x o b- X CM H X m : : t- : : © : :-* ; : h eo- CM © ©* X : : cm : :© : 1**. : i ©* : : x © N : : o : :** : : b- o©© CM © rH ■* « H t-"f CM* O O t- HH (OKS x"«f io" s x n t- b- W © io "ct in x"o m -* <t © in N «tf cM*«"b-* 7,629,532 18,501,277 37,015,162 1,615,109 1,029,821 3,716,726 © ©X X^ X CO 01 CM tho'cm" CM N X OCM b-_ b-*05 t-* X •^ oo o ©in OJ«* rH O O m" m N rH oin m ©" o o in o" © o © X N t- "*"f b-" IO © rH O CM© ccot* Xt X CM Lb. 4,806,600 13,399,770 24,601,502 988,245 698,268 2,323,617 ©10 rH X N X eo o m ©*0*hh" o»x X ©o ■*"f X* CM rH NX- t- © O ft»H b- O* in © © X* m" ©CO CM CM O* b-tDM ■*t f " i-^ Xfl1 © x om rH 00 CS CM N© H (DcDcUCDQJCDUCDcDcD t-N^b-N^b-N^t-NJ^b-N^t-NiSb-N^l-NjHt-N^b-NiS oci^oo^oo^offi^om^oro^o©^©©^©©^3©©^1 rHf OrHf OrHf CrHf OrHf OHf OrHf OrHf OrHf OrHf O H EH H H H H EH tH EH FH hoiS c g c O I "3 o ft c 1 1 1 si c CD a a: w p o CD C > c c d r> c c £ CD r* | 's P b s ■i- O 13 o Eh tN CM < .3 x^ ^ c^ en „ 4> eti IS* |S1 rt « Cf) A 44 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1972 Table 7d—Production of Industrial Minerals by Period Asbestos Barite Diatomite Fluxes (Quartz and Limestone) Granules (Quartz, Limestone, and Granite) Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date Tons $ 1 Tons | $ 1 Tons $ Tons $ Tons $ Atlin 1,550 875 11,143 37,830 40,346 280.068 48 168 Clinton 8 21.267 44,237 439,150 80 179,455 395,289 4,489,227 3,259 12,612 1,790,502 1,540,319 200 4,000 625 12,230 87,118 105,807 1,118,132 17,800,406 20,870,241 218,102,692 _____ .1 26,719 31,579 937,450 98,196 59,036 1.420,153 S.OOO 3,800 22,809 13.440 18,747 82.636 3,210 3,706 109,669 70,000 82,300 395,199 506,465 1 7,601 8,174 2,154 353 52,330 80,000 1,611,625 8,456 10,905 199,098 73,019 89,159 1 802,611 3,699,031 2,481,480 1 601,019 1,050,722 | [ ] 29,692 1_132 418,606 1 42 000 | 1,632 51,500 21 21 229 230 1 210 | 2,565 9,605) 157,080 Not assigned Totals 1971 1972 To date 87,1181 17,800,406 105,807! 20,870,241 1,118,1321218,102,692 1 21,267 44,237 439,158 179,455 395,289 4,489,307 1,550 875 11,143 37,830 40,346 280,068 26,740 31,600 4,142,671 98.426 59,246 7,733,576 29,238 37,158 456,014 519,192 757,924 7,286,241 Other: See notes of individual minerals listed alphabetically on pages A 16 to A 25. i Arsenious oxide. 2 Bentonite. 3 Fluorspar. * Hydromagnesite. 5 Iron oxide and ochre. 6 Magnesium sulphate. STATISTICS Mining Divisions, 1971 and 1972, and Total to Date A 45 Gypsum and Gypsite Jade Mica Sulphur Other, Value Division Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Tons , Lb. $ Lb. $ Tons $ $ $ 9,3987 9,398 20,3254 20 325 37,830 10,013,800 143,012 30012 423,548 6,236 156,1914 6 10 162,427 609,564 676,439 80,737 81,597 1,149,132 609,564 676,439 19,162,886 112,878 344,795 388,315 298,824 930,348 1,087,196 9,803,460 16,8949 19,478,684 1,109,803 3,455,075 1,2765 11 14,306.575 783,5783 2,327,897 1,246,918 6,323,178 424,700 2,075 203,0556 10 6,540,538 18,224,832 21,182,310 234,054,854 102,900 142,800 465.895 168,196 141,336 1,815,352 281,843 506,465 2,218,428 52,330 80,000 1,611,625 3,993 2,934 45,297 44,867 192,450 530,584 7,772 3,689 65,007 102,900 142,800 400,766 59,179 56,627 812.107 416,654 308,380 15,887,155 5,12911 | 1 55,9015 1 2,407 10,050 10,050 85.660 88,729 448,907 73,019 89,159 6,512,982 118,900 48,341 431,998 85,660 88,729 437,447 11,4601 8 1,588,800 25.938 306,5331 3 6 1,700 16,8582 18,558 634,250 10.815 41,624 178,678 1,240,215 687,596 6,550,969 97,3895 7,066,964 42,000 160.500 3.978 55,478 : 30,22611 189,871 1,121,560 1,322,114 58,213,255 i 148,551 159,483 5,191,175 1,121,560 1,322,114 58,208,342 i 4,913 344,795 383,315 930,348 1,087,196 16,443,448 167,760 243,725 1,007,879 196,332 235,218 963,220 i 288,467 297,707 7,881,634 2,147,778 2,306,933 99,988,030 21,909,767 25,752,393 357,191,826 4,818,401 12,822,050|185,818 1 1,719,426 7 Natro-alunite. 8 Perlite. 9 Phosphate rock, io Sodium carbonate. ii Talc. 12 Volcanic ash. A 46 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1972 Table 7e—Production of Structural Materials by Mining Divisions, 1971 and 1972, and Total to Date Division Period Cement Lime and Limestone Building- stone Rubble, Riprap, and Crushed Rock Sand and Gravel Clay Products Unclassified Material Division Total 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date 1971 1972 To date $ $ $ $ 5,013 5,168 339,510 $ 427,459 247,858 3,949,196 3,375 $ $ $ 432,472 253,026 4,288,706 3,375 1,108 293,400 224,853 1,013,794 102,453 391,518 382,149 2,956,395 988 530,614 1,783,785 170,867 102,430 2,576,929 5,498 6,453 208,940 5,160 234,680 2,391,205 2,836,516 19,408,418 269,294 243,000 1,791,701 410,774 508,259 6,458,322 230,680 153,801 3,182,932 166,105 250,504 1,606,005 1,289,533 1,675,934 13,069,376 915,262 1,137,309 10,308,692 70,341 32.501 338,241 74,070 68,100 3,150,193 3,511,618 332,457 23,711,064 270,282 773,614 3,575,486 581,641 43,873 71,941 15,918 10,500 2,887 120,574 9,166,983 246,678 163,141 1,000 50,840 4,000 200 138,336 3,564,286 175,325 250,704 42,560 278,474 392,255 872,572 9,389,649 460,573 152,380 1,455,504 93,903 29.558 121,283 2,186,658 2,795,009 2,617,842 5,998,504 4,476,797 5,166,348 25,067 19,800 72,379 28,574,775 Liard 1,375 835 11,764,196 164,244 62,059 100 2,496,269 2,806,033 51,912,554 90,018 203,549 727,837 138,945 102,175 3,216,387 2,000 1.066.9081 2.179.855 3,248,863 587,301 261,617 2,660,298 24,645 1,418 546,119 1,099,716 991,023 16,468,797 20,108 1,025,926 1,184,398 9,305,495 430,587 436,970 5,748,923 7,751,450 9,185,040 82,514,259 272,915 266,451 1,718.660 1,006,989 939,347 10,513,403 420,864 650,454 3,420,734 167,548 124,245 2,388,165 121,785 76,285 3,515,645 1,595,021 1,740,392 11,939,750 106,106 79,319 1,771,672 139,169 120,434 3,098,608 2,518,610 3,320,186 47,419,829 757,641 1,081,335 7,160,976 1,472,175 2,108,725 25,792,835 1,645,522 4,676,933 33,606,067 4,109,496 4,252,048 3,450,735 4,962 966 431,564 1,178,992 68,508,074 550,212 642,903 21,974 5,117,878 4,571,663 72,719,995 7,476 417 14,107,989 14,849,901 20,974 174,940 412 293,023 266,451 8.000 187,754 149,249 154,253 2,290,824 21,046 68,498 321,072 27,035 29,694 513,577 2,500 3,119 12,467 1,158,738 1,096,719 5,274 12,821 968 718,952 43,774 33,018 3,818,598 194,683 153,939 1,000 5,575 2,908,317 121,785 5,250 656,847 143,280 126,948 3,259,111 810 810 131,603 90 150,000 378,993 81,535 10,500 11,571 24,000 13,355 4,231,918 1,738,301 1,867,340 1,645,300 144,000 13,249 17,001,410 106,916 80,129 1,000 115,143 2,019,418 139,259 270,434 32,500 85,520 3,595,621 10,132,873 7,614,263 6,683,954 73,027,618 6,561 8,193,322 48,000 59,430 394,404 4,710 17,526 520,043 18,818 78,196 933,122 10,010,701 40,885 4,012,560 1,088,592 133,782,806 805,641 1,140,765 46,499 16,090 18,198 966,685 97,852 161,254 779,337 621,099 9,890,993 7,860,985 11,220,113 11,712,316 177,415,188 13,492,425 14,477,864 55 214,585,799 Not assigned 1,664,340 4,755,129 315,498 505,018 3,180,828 5,972,171 44,512,704 1971 1972 To date 21,629,385 21,014,112 256,451,810 3,037,222 3,357,927 60,101,459 8,962 1,166 9,216,931 3,670,583 4,032,548 57,614,433 25,612,396 33,076,196 312,104,198 5,981,785 5,263,749 88,937,117 59,940,333 66,745,698 5,972,171 790,398,119 STATISTICS Table 8a—Production of Coal, 1836-1972 A 47 Year Quantityl (Short Tons) Value Year Quantityl (Short Tons) Valuo 1836-59- 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864_ 1865__ 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872_ 1873 . 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888___ 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893- 1894- 1895- 1896- 1897- 1898- 1899- 1900- 1901- 1902- 1903- 1904- 1905- 1906„ 1907- 1908- 1909- 1910- 1911- 1912- 1913- 1914- 1915- 1916- 41,871 15,956 15,427 20,292 23,906 32,068 36,757 28,129 34,988 49,286 40.098 33,424 55,458 55,458 55,459 91,334 123,362 155,895 172,540 191,348 270,257 299,708 255,760 315,997 238,895 441,358 409,468 365,832 462,964 548,017 649,411 759,518 ,152,590 925,495 ,095,690 ,134,509 ,052,412 .002,268 999,372 ,263,272 ,435,314 781,000 ,894,544 .838,621 ,624,742 ,887,981 ,044,931 ,126,965 ,485,961 ,362,514 ,688,672 ,314,749 ,541,698 ,211,907 ,713,535 237,042 076,601 ,583,469 $ 149,548 56,988 55,096 72,472 85,380 115,528 131,276 100,460 124,956 176,020 143,208 119,372 164,612 164,612 164,612 244,641 330,435 417,576 462,156 522,538 723,903 802,785 685.171 846,417 639,897 1,182,210 1,096,788 979,908 1,240,080 1,467,903 1,739,490 2,034,420 3,087,291 2,479,005 2,934,882 3,038,859 2,824,687 2,693,961 2,734,522 3,582,595 4,126,803 4,744,530 5,016,398 4,832,257 4,332,297 4,953,024 5,511,861 5,548,044 7,637,713 7,356,866 8,574,884 11,108,335 8,071,747 10,786,812 9,197,460 7,745,847 7,114,178 8.900,675 1917- 1918- 1919- 1920- 1921_ 1922_ 1923- 1924- 1925- 1926- 1927- 1928- 1929- 1930- 1931- 1932- 1933_ 1934- 1935- 1936- 1937- 1938- 1939- 1940- 1941- 1942- 1943- 1944- 1945- 1946- 1947- 1948- 1949- 1950- 1951- 1952- 1953- 1954- 1955- 1956- 1957- 1958- 1959- 1960- 1961- 1962- 1963- 1964- 1965- 1966- 1967... 1968- 1969... 1970- 1971- 1972.. 2,436, 2,575 2,433 2,852, 2,670, 2,726, 2,636, 2,027, 2,541. 2,406, 2,553 2,680 2,375, 1,994 1,765 1,614 1,377, 1,430, 1,278, 1,352 1,446 1,388 1,561 1,662, 1,844, 1,996, 1,854, 1,931, 1,523, 1,439, 1,696, 1,604, 1,621 1,574, 1,573 1,402 1,384 1,308, 1,332 1,417. 1,085. 796. 690 788 919, 825, 850 911 950, 850, 908. 959, 852. 2,644 4,565, 6,026. ,101 275 540 .535 ,314 ,793 ,740 ,843 212 094 ,416 608 ,060 ,493 .471 ,629 ,177 ,042 ,380 ,301 ,243 507 ,084 ,027 ,745 ,000 749 950 ,021 ,092 ,350 ,480 ,268 ,006 ,572 ,313 ,138 284 874 .209 ,657 ,413 ,011 ,658 ,142 ,339 541 326 ,763 ,821 790 ,214 ,340 ,056 ,242 ,198 8,484,343 12,833,994 11,975,671 13,450,169 12.836,013 12,880,060 12,678,548 9,911,935 12,168,905 11,650,180 12,269,135 12,633,510 11,256,260 9,435,650 7,684,155 6,523,644 5.375,171 5,725,133 5,048,864 5,722,502 6,139,920 5,565,069 6,280,956 7,088,265 7,660,000 8,237,172 7,742,030 8,217,966 6,454,360 6,732,470 8,680.440 9,765,39$ 10,549.924 10,119.303 10,169,617 9,729,739 9,528.279 9,154,544 8,986,501 9,346,518 7,340,339 5,937,860 5,472,064 5,242,223 6,802,134 6,133.986 6,237,997 6,327,678 6,713,590 6,196,219 7.045.341 7,588,989 6,817,155 19.559.669 45.801.936 66,030,210 Totals- 155,680,542 | 748,115,691 i Quantity from 1836 to 1909 is gross mine output and includes material lost in picking and washing. 1910 and subsequent years the quantity is that sold and used. For A 48 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1972 z o oo > Q 1 _* m Q Z < CO W 2 « I-I o U « § H 53 « H co Q Z < z o H o I Cm ►J 3 « CX) w ►J M TJ T] 00 a c O 0 U uo m co 1-* 0 BQ ■* uo 0 00 cn c3 D B Vpsf ts \c ^t 0 ^ m 73 O a c3 > 00 r» ^0 ■a o « 73 ^j m co rt r-- VJ3 00 o U 73 0 « -H rH C « r- o\ S o 5 £ 00 0 u- c~< in cp «r V tf ^4 < rH OC H ^ 0 co 00 vc t; VO O rH rH U" cc r* m 73 °° 3 n -o *- H TH \C V "* *-i o73 Hco 00 rn" tJ VI 05 : j sc t-- cn H a r- OC U0 V 0C \C Wl J3 0 OC 0 5 ' ' 1 1 e' l >n en \o O1 rH 1—1 O" 3 cJi rn ■*; 00 q ' a S 00 O V£ tn M tz mo m C7\ H| rH (T vq » rH~ Tj in 73 CO ^3 co i IS J? : 0 jO IS 1 0* 0 en u «- o i SI °2 1 ! I Ph 1 cd _, cn s to f- cd 0C ts in u 4:3 0 l> St rl •Be H 1 t- t- ",2 pa 0 u eo ! ! C Io TJ 4> 7* o 00 OC CO_ en 8 3 73 "ifl o CD . OC CO U B C W * a C-J r i roi ■O CS u o •h sea tS ! «n CJ 11 OS en c$ c soL rH m 0 « cn Tt w- 9 CO rH* (N C* rH c- flf CU C 0 >n 0& rH m \o" H C 00 00 un vo eo f~ rH OC e- in O'S CO rH rj" C c ^j- m C3 o 8 Tf oC r- P r- «n C H vp f r. cn" m O *l CN \C oC e 1 1 ci ! 7g Divisio ries Ltd.- Colliery _ •6 rJ U c ■2 §3 i 1 b 1 {»^ i i 1 _2 J a nS ? i! s 1 0 = « c > 5 1 Oo hi K t 5'c 1 .5 0 m i 1 ■H E T) a C/l J3 tir C » O s TJ •a 0 0 # c v. X 0 * 01 0 0 •n 0 <N CJ c 60 O 3 •0 CJ T3 S£ STATISTICS A 49 Table 9—Principal Items of Expenditure, Reported for Operations of All Classes Class Salaries and Wages Fuel and Electricity Process Supplies Metal-min ing_ Exploration and development.. Coal Petroleum and natural gas (exploration and production). Industrial minerals . Structural-materials industry- Totals, 1972 Totals, 1971.. 1970- 1969- 1968- 1967- 1966- 1965- 1964.. 1963- 1962- 1961- I960- 1959- 1958- 1957- 1956- 1955- 1954_ 1953.. 1952- 1951- 1950.. 1949- 1948.. 1947.. 1946- 1945- 1944- 1943- 1942- 1941- 1940- 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 107,603,117 41,835,526 26,031,235 5,475,297 7,431,053 10,975,221 199,351,449 179, 172, 123 113 94 93 74. 63. 57. 55, 50. 52, 49. 48. 56. 57. 51- 48, 55. 62 52 42, 41, 38 32. 26. 22. 23, 26. 26, 26. 23, 22. 22, 21, 17, 16, 175,692 ,958,282 ,450,327 ,459,219 ,523,495 409,528 .938,736 ,624,559 939,294 522,171 887,275 694,818 961,996 933,560 409,056 266,026 ,890,246 .702,746 .543,490 .256,631 607,171 738,035 .023,786 813,506 160,338 ,190,200 620,975 .131,874 051,467 913,160 050,491 391,330 357,035 765,711 349,690 887,619 753,367 20,042,981 4,447,018 1,768,770 4,856,852 31,115,621 23,166,904 19,116,672 14,554,123 13,818,326 13,590.759 12,283,477 11,504,343 10,205,861 10,546,806 9,505,559 8,907,034 7,834,728 7,677,321 8,080,989 8,937,567 9,762,777 9,144,034 7,128,669 8,668,099 8,557,845 7,283,051 6,775,998 7,206,637 6,139,470 5,319,470 5,427,458 7,239,726 5,788,671 7,432,585 7,066,109 3,776,747 3,474,721 3,266,000 3,396,106 3,066,311 2,724,144 2,619,639 67,245,083 3,947,711 2,150,359 3,749,802 77,092,955 68,314,944 59,846,370 43,089,559 38,760,203 34368,856 28,120,179 30,590,631 27,629,953 12,923,325 14,024,799 17,787,127 21,496,912 17,371,638 15,053,036 24,257,177 22,036,839 21,131,572 19,654,724 20,979,411 27,024,500 24,724,101 17,500,663 17,884,408 11,532,121 13,068,948 8,367,705 5,756,628 6,138,084 6,572,317 6,863,398 7,260,441 6,962,162 6,714,347 6,544,500 6,845,330 4,434,501 4,552,730 Note—This table has changed somewhat through the years, so that the items are not everywhere directly comparable. Prior to 1962 lode-mining referred only to gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc. Prior to 1964 some expenditures for fuel and electricity were included with process supplies. Process supplies (except fuel) were broadened in 1964 to include " process, operating, maintenance, and repair supplies . . . used in the mine/mill operations; that is, explosives, chemicals, drill steel, bits, lubricants, electrical, etc. . . . not charged to Fixed Assets Account . . . provisions and supplies sold in any company operated cafeteria or commissary." Exploration and development other than in the field of petroleum and natural gas is given, starting in 1966. A 50 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1972 Table 10—Employment in the Mineral Industry, 1901-1972 tH 5 Metals Coal Mines Structural Materials "Us ■c.g a a 13 w g 5 -" Z _ o ^.2 B S o"aj 3 "___._?■ -*n oWQ « n a Ph ma Year Mines J g ° 1 §11 ih o u a u Q a o O to Ih s "3 (3 Ih 3 H > o fit < 3 2 IS tfl 5 5 > o fit < O H 1901 2.736 1.212 3,948 3,345 2,750 3,306 3,710 3,983 3,943 3,694 3,254 3,709 3,594 3,836 4,278 4,174 4,144 5,393 5,488 4,390 4,259 3,679 2,330 2,749 3,618 4,033 5,138 7,610 8,283 8,835 8,892 7,605 6,035 4,833 6,088 8,046 7,915 8,197 9,616 10,192 10,138 10,019 9,821 8,939 7,819 7,551 7,339 7,220 9,683 10,582 10,724 10,832 12,831 13,730 11,006 9,412 9,512 9,846 9,006 7,434 7,324 7,423 7,111 8,228 8,264 8,681 9,051 10,864 10,151 12,537 13,101 15,360 14,165 14,584 3,041 3,101 3,137 3,278 3,127 3,415 2,862 4,432 4,713 5,903 5,212 5,275 4,950 4,267 3,708 3,694 3,760 3,658 4,145 4,191 4,722 4,712 4,342 3,894 3,828 3,757 3,646 3,814 3,675 3,389 2,957 2,628 2,241 2,050 2,145 2,015 2,286 2,088 2,167 2,175 2,229 1,892 2,240 2,150 1,927 1,773 1,694 1,594 1,761 1,745 1,462 1,280 1,154 1,076 1,100 968 1,020 826 765 894 705 548 501 446 405 347 260 195 245 242 444 214 933 910 1,127 1,175 1,280 1,390 907 1,641 1,705 1,855 1,661 1,855 1,721 1,465 1,283 1,366 1,410 1,769 1,821 2,158 2,163 1,932 1,807 1,524 1,615 1,565 1,579 1,520 1,353 1,256 1,125 980 853 3,974 4,011 4,264 4,453 7,922 7,356 1902 2,219 1,662 2,143 2,470 2,680 2,704 2,567 2,184 2,472 2,435 2,472 2,773 2,741 2,709 3,357 3,290 2,626 2,513 2,074 1,355 1,510 2,102 2,353 2,298 2,606 2,671 2,707 2,926 2,316 1,463 1,355 1,786 2,796 2,740 2,959 3,603 3,849 3.905 1,126 1,088 1,163 1,240 1,303 1,239 1,127 1,070 1,237 1,159 1903 7,014 1904 7,759 1905 4,407 4,805 3,769 6,078 6,418 7,758 6,873 7,130 6,671 5,732 4,991 5,060 5,170 5,427 5,966 6,349 6,885 6,644 6,140 5,418 5,443 5,322 5,225 5,334 5,028 4,645 4,082 3,608 3.094 8,117 1906 8,788 7,712 9,767 1909 9,672 11,467 10,467 1,364 10,966 1,505 1,433 1,435 2,036 10,949 9,906 1914 1915 9,135 10,453 2,198 10,658 1918 1,764 1,746 1,605 975 1,239 1,516 1,680 2,840 1,735 1,916 2,469 2.052 1,260 834 900 1,335 1,729 1,497 1,840 1,818 2,266 2,050 2,104 1,823 1,504 1,699 1,825 1,750 1,817 2,238 2,429 2,724 2,415 3.695 3,923 2,589 2,520 2,553 2,827 2,447 1,809 1,761 1,959 1,582 1,976 2,012 1,967 2,019 2,296 2,532 2,369 2,470 3,167 3,058 9,817 10,225 1920 10,028 9,215 9,393 9,767 9,451 1924 1925 10 581 1926 299 415 355 341 425 638 874 1,134 1,122 1,291 1,124 1,371 1,303 1.252 808 2,461 9. 849 493 647 412 492 843 460 536 376 377 536 931 724 900 G52 827 766 842 673 690 921 827 977 1,591 2,120 1,916 1,783 1,530 1,909 1,861 1,646 1,598 1,705 1,483 1,357 1,704 1,828 1,523 900 1,293 1,079 1,269 1,309 1,207 1,097 740 846 1,116 324 138 368 544 344 526 329 269 187 270 288 327 295 311 334 413 378 326 351 335 555 585 656 542 616 628 557 559 638 641 770 625 677 484 557 508 481 460 444 422 393 372 380 549 647 794 800 124 122 120 268 170 380 344 408 360 754 825 938 369 561 647 422 262 567 628 586 679 869 754 626 660 491 529 634 584 722 854 474 446 459 589 571 517 528 509 639 582 584 582 567 627 666 B27 14,172 1927 14,830 1928 91112,748 966|2,948 83213,197 58113,157 54212.036 531 2.436 63112.890 90712,771 720|2,678 1,16813,027 91913,158 99613,187 1,04812,944 1,02513,072 960|3,555 89H2.835 84912,981 82212,834 67212,813 96013,461 1,12613,884 1,203|3,763 1,25013,759 1,30714,044 1,51614,120 1,37113,901 1,12913,119 1,09113,304 1,04313,339 838|3,328 625'3,081 61813.008 15,424 1929 15,565 1930 14,032 1931 12,171 1932 10,524 1933 11,369 1934.. R43I2.S93 12,985 1935 826 799 867 874 809 699 494 468 611 689 503 532 731 872 545 516 463 401 396 358 378 398 360 260 291 288 237 228 247 267 244 267 197 358 455 1,033 11,013 1,771 I 2,971 2,814 3,153 2,962 2,978 2,874 2,723 2,360 2,851 2,839 2,430 2,305 2,425 2,466 2,300 2,261 1,925 1,681 1,550 1,434 1,478 1,366 1,380 1,086 1,056 1,182 942 776 748 713 649 614 457 553 700 1,275 1,457 1,985 13,737 1936.... 14,179 1937 16,129 1938 16,021 1939 15,890 1.00413.923 93913.901 48912,920 21212,394 255|1,896 20911,933 34711,918 360|3,024 34813,143 30313,034 32713,399 20513,785 23014,171 13213,145 19912,644 10312,564 105|2,637 6712,393 7511,919 9911,937 8611.782 1941—- 15,084 1942 13,270 1943 12,448 1944 12,314 11,820 1946. 11,933 1947... 14,899 1948 16,397 1949 16,621 1950.... 16,612 1951 17,863 1952 18,257 1953 15,790 1954 14,128 1955 14,102 1956 14,539 1957 13,257 1958.. . 11,201 1959 10,779 1960 648 626 949 850 822 966 1,014 992 1,072 1,099 1,331 1,513 1,734 3,034 3,118 3,356 3,239 3,281 3,529 3,654 3,435 3,283 3,468 3,738 3,481 3,353 11,541 1961.... 74 35 43 5 2 2 1,785 1,677 1,713 1,839 1,752 2,006 1,928 1,823 1,794 2,160 2,073 11,034 1962 270 450 772 786 1,894 1,264 3,990 4,270 4,964 4,040 4,201 11,560 1963 10,952 1964 441 478 507 400 416 437 495 458 11,645 1965 12,283 1966 14,202 13,380 15,659 1969 7 16,437 19,086 18,423 1972 1,833 3,483 19,470 1 Commencing with 1967, does not include employment in by-product plants. 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S3 e c Sgs 5 16^8 2 a a § S8 §| SM Uj Ih T1 « s 53 6 gaa g .a a o& o N uSo 454 Isf S "• ■ r^" O 00 00 „_o c~ a o «T i! c~ £ o oC o UH a of "•go ih « a &_&§ o 0 o 00 o_9 o ci, o 00 5 00 > 00' on eo CN O CN S* st m st t- >n sf VO VO CO © vp On en t— CN tt o I- Ih o o cu a co H s 3 i ! v 3 I ►J I c u \$> S > S"d a 33.0 o ° « ■•& a a 2 5 « H O t. Com I .a s q Ih m PS 00 _? S o in fe ___. ^ £ f> S05 0£ •a u - S H < < sa s 3 Is •So < w 00 ■= § 111 lq :s 3 .£ 2 Q a •sis _p» = _n 0 So S o.S s 9 3 5 off STATISTICS A 55 m oo r— t-* st cn t— Hin O (S CS rH CS St CO CS <•_> o Ih Ih o o *0 TJ P 3 Ih U UU S _& ** o oo So _h cs §n o cs c © O CO y u eo •"£ S s|l| ilii 0 cu o a 3 0 fe 8 o y D, O is o o U ,-1 ^H 00 -J a S.I .Su aS-o o .a cu •Soy o o PS PS OQ 00 c K •a g s_ *8 +3 O as CU o •O rj td T3 O O o * U Oi co "O S 4> d eft Departmental Work CHAPTER 3 CONTENTS Page Retirements A 58 Organization A 58 Administration Branch A 5 8 Mining Titles A 58 Staff. A 58 Central Records Offices (Victoria and Vancouver) A 59 List of Gold Commissioners and Mining Recorders A 59 Maps Showing Mineral Claims and Placer Leases A 61 Coal A 61 Coal Revenue, 1972 A 61 Gold Commissioners' and Mining Recorders' Office Statistics 1972 A 62 Petroleum and Natural Gas Titles A 63 Staff. A 63 Titles A 63 Title Transaction Statistics, 1972 A 63 Administration of Regulations A 64 Analytical and Assay Branch A 64 Staff. A 64 Staff Changes A 65 Analytical and Assay Work A 65 Mineralogical Branch Samples A 65 Inspection Branch Samples A 65 Petroleum and Natural Gas Branch Samples A 66 Miscellaneous Samples A 66 X-ray Powder Diffraction Analyses A 66 Examinations for Assayers A 66 Inspection Branch A 66 Organization and Staff A 66 Inspectors and Resident Engineers A 66 Co-ordinators, Mine-rescue Stations A 67 Staff Changes A 67 Fig. 1—Index map showing inspectoral districts A 68 Board of Examiners A 67 Board of Examiners (Coal Mines Regulation Act) A 67 Board of Examiners (Mines Regulation Act) A 69 Mining Roads and Trails A 69 Grub-staking Prospectors A 70 Grub-stake Statistics A 71 Mineralogical Branch . A 74 Staff A 75 Staff Changes A 76 Field Work, 1972 Season A 76 Publications and Reports A 76 Aeromagnetic Surveys and Magnetic Surveillance A 76 Rock and Mineral Sets A 77 A 56 Petroleum and Natural Gas A 77 General A 77 Administration A 78 Staff. A 78 Headquarters, Victoria A 78 Field Operations, Charlie Lake A 78 Staff Changes A 78 Board of Arbitration A 79 Conservation Committee A 79 Publications A 79 A 57 A 58 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1972 RETIREMENTS Kenneth B. Blakey retired as Deputy Minister on April 30, 1972, after serving nearly 49 years with the Government. Mr. Blakey was born on December 20, 1909, in Bedfordshire, England, and received his schooling in England and Canada. He joined the Department as an office boy on May 5, 1923. In 1929 he was transferred to Vancouver as office assistant to B. T. O. Grady, the Resident Mining Engineer. On January 8, 1940, he joined the RCNVR and served five and one-half years in the North Atlantic and the British Isles during World War II. He returned to the Department on October 1, 1945, as a clerk and on December 12, 1945, was appointed Gold Commissioner of the Victoria Mining Division. In April 1954 he became Deputy Chief Gold Commissioner and Deputy Chief Commissioner, Petroleum and Natural Gas. In 1958 he was appointed Chief Gold Commissioner and Chief Commissioner, Petroleum and Natural Gas. On November 1, 1966, on the retirement of P. J. Mulcahy, he was appointed Deputy Minister, a position he held until his early retirement. Mr. Blakey's service was the longest on record with the Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources. Ronald H. McCrimmon retired as Chief Gold Commissioner on April 30, 1972, after serving nearly 38 years with the Department. Mr. McCrimmon was born on April 16, 1916, in Victoria, where he received his schooling. He joined the Department on October 22, 1934, as a junior clerk. He served with the 1st Battalion, Canadian Scottish, in Canada and the British Isles during World War II. He was invalided home and rejoined the Department on April 1, 1944, as a clerk. On April 1, 1946, he was appointed Deputy Gold Commissioner and on April 1, 1954, he was appointed Gold Commissioner of the Victoria Mining Division. In October 1958 he was promoted to Deputy Chief Gold Commissioner. On November 1, 1966, he was appointed Chief Gold Commissioner, a position he held until his early retirement. ORGANIZATION The organization of the Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources is displayed in the chart on page 60. ADMINISTRATION BRANCH The Administration Branch, consisting of three divisions — Mining Titles, Petroleum and Natural Gas Titles, and Accounts—is responsible for the administration of the Provincial laws regarding the acquisition of rights to minerals, coal, petroleum, and natural gas, and deals with other departments of the Provincial service for the Department or for any branch. Mining Titles Staff E. J. Bowles Chief Gold Commissioner R. Rutherford Deputy Chief Gold Commissioner J. G. B. Egdell Gold Commissioner, Vancouver Gold Commissioners, Mining Recorders, and Sub-Mining Recorders, whose duties are laid down in the Mineral Act and Placer-mining Act, administer these Acts and other Acts relating to mining. Mining Recorders, in addition to then- own functions, may also exercise the powers conferred upon Gold Commissioners with regard to mineral claims within the mining division for which they have been appointed. DEPARTMENTAL WORK A 59 Recording of location and of work upon a mineral claim as required by the Mineral Act and upon a placer claim or a placer-mining lease as required by the Placer-mining Act must be made at the office of the Mining Recorder for the mining division in which the claim or lease is located. Information concerning claims and leases and concerning the ownership and standing of claims and leases in any mining division may be obtained from the Mining Recorder for the mining division in which the property is situated or from the Department's offices at Victoria, and Room 320, 890 West Pender Street, Vancouver 1. Officials in the offices of the Gold Commissioner at Victoria and the Gold Commissioner at Vancouver act as Sub- Mining Recorders for all mining divisions. Sub-Mining Recorders, who act as forwarding agents, are appointed at various places throughout the Province. They are authorized to accept documents and fees, and forward them to the office of the Mining Recorder for the correct mining division. Officials and their offices in various parts of the Province are listed below. Central Records Offices (Victoria and Vancouver) Transcripts of all recordings in Mining Recorders' offices throughout the Province, and also the names of lessees of reverted surveyed mineral claims, are sent to the office of the Chief Gold Commissioner in Victoria twice each month. The records and maps showing the approximate positions of mineral claims held by record and of placer-mining leases may be consulted by the public during office hours at Victoria and at the office of the Gold Commissioner at Vancouver, Room 320, 890 West Pender Street. The approximate position of mineral claims held by record and of placer-mining leases is plotted from details supplied by locators. During 1972, nine investigations were carried out pursuant to section 80 of the Mineral Act. Three investigations with regard to certificates of work being wrongfully or improperly obtained resulted in 28 certificates of work being cancelled. Nine investigations with regard to mineral claims having been located or recorded otherwise than in accordance with the Mineral Act resulted in 89 mineral claims being cancelled. List of Gold Commissioners and Mining Recorders Mining Division Location of Office Gold Commissioner Mining Recorder Port Alberni... T S rinhsnn T. S. Dobson. Atlin P. J. Newall- P. J. Newall. Cariboo Quesnel — H. S. Tatchell H. S. Tatchell. Fort Steele Cranbrook W. L. Draper W. G. Mundell . G. A. Broomfleld N. R. Blake E. J. Bowles _ K. J. Weir R. H. Archibald . G. L. Brodie F. E. Hughes L. P. Lean A. W. Milton... W. L. Draper. W. G. Mundell. Kamloops Kamloops... . N. R. Blake. E. A. H. Mitchell. K. J. Weir. R. H. Archibald. G. L. Brodie. New Westminster Merritt Nicola L. P. Lean. A. W. Milton. T S Tlnlhy T. S. Dalby. Revelstoke_ Princeton - D. G. B. Roberts. . W. L. Marshall T, H, W, Har_1inE D. G. B. Roberts. Similkameen W. L. Marshall. T. H. W. Harding. T. P. McKinnon T. P. McKinnon. Trail Creek J. Egdell _ N. A. Nelson. Vernon , E. A. H. Mitchell. A 60 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1972 I 1 I. 1 I » P 5 < 15 (J a ? w in 0 § kj s ■"_ t; "> 1 s -J ■n Ur 0. CL s 3 E E 51 lyiu j 3: _? t Hi 1 6 3 "tl 3 3 S3 1 _fi. 0 o :__ o Q DEPARTMENTAL WORK A 61 Maps Showing Mineral Claims and Placer Leases Maps showing the approximate locations of placer-mining leases, mineral leases, and mineral claims held by record may be seen at the Central Records Offices at Victoria and at Room 320, 890 West Pender Street, Vancouver. Prints are obtainable on request made to the Chief Gold Commissioner at Victoria, and accompanied by the proper sum. The charges are $1.25 per sheet. The maps conform to the reference maps issued by the Legal Surveys Branch, Department of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources, in size and geographical detail. The Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources is now engaged in replacing the above-mentioned maps with maps based on the National Topographic System of mapping. The new sheets cover 15 minutes of longitude and 15 minutes of latitude, and are available from this Department at 50 cents per sheet at a scale approximately 1V4 inches to 1 mile, or $1 per sheet at a scale of 2 inches to 1 mile (including tax). It is advisable to order claim maps from an index, which will be supplied on request. Coal Information concerning the ownership and standing of coal licences and coal leases may be obtained upon application to the Chief Gold Commissioner, Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources, Victoria. Maps showing location of coal licences and coal leases are also available upon application and payment of the required fee. Coal Revenue, 1972 Licences— $ Fees 34,397.00 Rental 170,493.45 Total 204,890.45 During 1972, 77 coal licences were issued, totalling 45,965 acres. As of December 31, 1972, a total of 1,759 coal licences, amounting to 1,004,183 acres, was held in good standing. 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E. Moss__ W. W. Ross Chief Commissioner -Deputy Chief Commissioner Petroleum and Natural Gas Titles, under the direction of the Chief Commissioner, is responsible for the administration of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act, 1965, which includes all matters related to and affecting title to Crown petroleum and natural gas rights and includes the collection of revenue from fees, rents, disposition, and royalties. Regulations governing geophysical operations and petroleum-development roads are also administered by the Chief Commissioner. Information concerning all forms of titles issued under the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act may be obtained upon application to the office of the Chief Commissioner, Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources, Victoria. Maps showing the locations of all forms of title issued under the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act are available, and copies may be obtained upon application to the office of the Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources, Victoria. Monthly land reports and monthly reports listing additions and revisions to permit-location maps and listing changes in title to permits, licences, and leases, and related matters are available from the office of the Chief Commissioner upon application and payment of the required fee. Titles As of December 31, 1972, 27,309,202 acres or approximately 42,671 square miles, an increase of 545,886 acres over the 1971 total, of Crown petroleum and natural gas rights, issued under the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act, 1965, were held in good standing by operators ranging from small independent companies to major international ones. The form of title held, total number issued, and acreage in each case were as follows: Form of Title Permits __ Natural gas licences . Drilling reservations Leases (all types) __. Number 483 44 3,605 Total Acreage 19,891,946 452,079 6,965,177 27,309,202 Title Transaction Statistics, 1972 Permits Leases Drilling Reservations Natural Gas Licences No. Acres No. Acres No. Acres No. Acres 90 37 353 92 2 80 2,766,410 1,581,703 313 401 3,223 1,117 66 150 515,820 1,147,972 31 20 6 12 31 311,150 196,727 — Cancelled or surrendered 102,194 85,838 18,898 2,482,264 Crown reserve dispositions 311,150 A 64 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1972 Petroleum and Natural Gas Revenue, 1972 During the year there were four dispositions of Crown reserve petroleum and natural gas rights resulting in tender bonus bids amounting to $20,495,662, a decrease of $1,690,589 from the previous year. A total of 428 parcels was offered and bids were accepted on 261 parcels covering 5,758,504 acres. The average price per acre was $7.12, which is a decease of $2.25 per acre over the previous year. Average bonus price per acre was respectively—permits, $5.57; leases, $42.69; and drilling reservations, $9.68. Rentals and fees— $ $ Permits 1,729,829 Drilling reservations 107,537 Natural gas licences Petroleum, natural gas, and petroleum and natural gas leases 6,976,517 Total rentals and fees 8,813,883 Disposal of Crown reserves— Permits 13,818,020 Drilling reservations 3,011,025 Leases 3,666,617 Total Crown reserves disposal 20,495,662 Royalties— Gas 5,580,434 Oil 9,845,125 Processed products 44,379 Total royalties 15,469,938 Miscellaneous fees 42,775 Total petroleum and natural gas revenues 44,822,258 Administration of Regulations During the year, 22 geophysical licences were renewed or issued, one petroleum- development road application was received and processed for approval, and three unit agreements and three royalty agreements were approved. A total of 124 notices of commencement of exploratory work was recorded during the year. These notices are required prior to the commencement of any geological or geophysical exploration for petroleum or natural gas. ANALYTICAL AND ASSAY BRANCH Staff S. W. Metcalfe Chief Analyst and Assayer , N. G. Colvin Laboratory Scientist R. J. Hibberson Laboratory Scientist W. M. Johnson, Ph.D Laboratory Scientist Mrs. E. A. Juhasz Laboratory Technician F. F. Karpick Assayer L. E. Shepard Crusherman DEPARTMENTAL WORK A 65 Staff Changes R. S. Young, Ph.D., laboratory scientist, retired on October 31, 1971. W. M. Johnson, Ph.D., laboratory scientist, a graduate of the University of British Columbia and of the University of Washington, joined the staff on July 10, 1972. Analytical and Assay Work During 1972 the analytical laboratory in Victoria issued reports on 519 samples received for analysis from prospectors and Departmental geologists and engineers. Between May 1 and September 30 only five samples will be assayed without charge for a prospector who makes application for free assays and satisfies the Chief Analyst that prospecting is his principal occupation during the summer months. A form for use in applying for free assays may be obtained from the office of any Mining Recorder. A laboratory examination of a prospector's sample generally consists of the following: (1) A spectrographic analysis to determine if any base metals are present in interesting percentages; (2) assays for precious metals and for base metals shown by the spectrographic analysis to be present in interesting amounts. The laboratory reports were distributed in the following manner among prospectors who were not grantees, prospectors who were grantees under the Prospectors' Grub-stake Act, and Departmental geologists and engineers: Samples Spectrographic Analyses Assays and Analyses Prospectors (not grantees) Prospectors (grantees) Departmental geologists and engineers Totals 156 62 301 519 150 62 1451 357 295 125 1,677 ~2,097~ 1 An additional 78 spectrographic analyses were done for Departmental engineers and geologists, but the results were not reported. Mineralogical Branch Samples Of the 145 samples for spectrographic analysis, 12 were for five elements each, 28 for 14 elements each, and 58 for four elements each, making a total of 680 quantitative determinations. The remainder of the samples were for semiquantitative analyses. Nine complete limestone analyses were performed. Complete analyses were performed on six silicate rock samples, each for 17 elements, and on 48 for 15 elements each; in addition, partial analyses were conducted on 24 silicate rocks. Twenty-four sediments were analysed for various elements. Ferrous and ferric oxides were determined in nine glass beads obtained by the arc-fusion process. Three samples of ore were assayed for both oxide and sulphide copper, and two of these samples were assayed for gold and silver. Eighty-one samples were assayed for various elements, and the black material in a sample of fluorspar was identified as carbon. Inspection Branch Samples Free silica was determined in seven dust samples, and four tailings effluents were analysed. 3 A 66 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1972 Petroleum and Natural Gas Branch Samples One sample of water was analysed, and tests were performed on oil stains on a paper towel. Miscellaneous Samples Reports were issued on 112 samples of a miscellaneous nature. For the Department of Highways, Geotechnical and Materials Branch, a cutter and a shaft were analysed and the silica content of a sample of sand was determined. For the Department of Recreation and Conservation, Fish and Wildlife Branch, 19 water samples were analysed; in addition, a precipitate and a coating on a rock were identified. For the Department of Public Works, Architectural Branch, two samples of plaster were analysed. For the Department of Agriculture, Field Crops Branch, green crystals and two pieces of cloth, one with a sediment attached, were analysed. For the Department of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources, Research Division, a tree-ash residue was analysed. For the Department of Health Services and Hospital Insurance, Health Branch, arsenic was determined in two samples of material from the tailing pond at Hedley. For the Minister of the same Department, an ore sample was examined for its copper content. For the Speaker of the House, one ore sample was assayed. For the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, two ore samples were assayed. For the City of Victoria, Smoke Inspection, determination was made of the weights of residues and soluble salts collected in 65 bottles of water placed at various stations in the city. X-ray Powder Diffraction Analyses One hundred and sixty-five mineral samples were identified by X-ray diffraction, quartz was determined quantitatively in 460 samples, and calcite, dolomite, and magnesite were determined quantitatively in eight samples. Examinations for Assayers Examinations for assayers were held in May and December. In the May examination, two candidates wrote and passed the examination. In the December examination, three candidates were examined, of whom one was granted a supplemental, and two failed. INSPECTION BRANCH Organization and Staff Inspectors and Resident Engineers J. W. Peck, Chief Inspector Victoria J. E. Merrett, Deputy Chief Inspector of Mines Victoria V. E. Dawson, Senior Inspector, Electrical-Mechanical Victoria A. R. C. James, Senior Inspector, Coal; Aid to Securities Victoria Harry Bapty, Senior Inspector, Mining-roads .Victoria J. Cartwright, Inspector, Electrical Victoria DEPARTMENTAL WORK A 67 W. B. Montgomery, Inspector, Reclamation Victoria S. Elias, Senior Inspector, Environmental Control Vancouver D. I. R. Henderson, Inspector, Environmental Control Vancouver J. W. Robinson, Inspector and Resident Engineer Vancouver W. C. Robinson, Inspector and Resident Engineer Nanaimo R. W. Lewis, Inspector and Resident Engineer Fernie David Smith, Inspector and Resident Engineer Kamloops E. Sadar, Inspector and Resident Engineer Kamloops B. M. Dudas, Inspector and Resident Engineer Prince Rupert P. E. Olson, Inspector and Resident Engineer Nelson T. M. Waterland, Inspector and Resident Engineer Prince George A. D. Tidsbury, Inspector and Resident Engineer Prince George W. G. Clarke, Inspector and Resident Engineer Smithers W. H. Childress, Technician, Noise Surveys Vancouver Inspectors are stationed at the places listed above and inspect coal mines, metal mines, and quarries in the districts shown on Figure 1. They also may examine prospects, mining properties, roads and trails, and carry out special investigations under the Mineral Act. The Environmental Control Inspectors conduct dust, ventilation, and noise surveys at all mines and quarries, and where necessary, make recommendations to improve environmental conditions. H. Bapty supervises the roads and trails programme and prospectors' grub-stakes. W. B. Montgomery administers the reclamation sections of the Coal Mines Regulation Act and Mines Regulation Act. A. R. C. James is Senior Inspector, Coal, and has additional duties as mining adviser to the Securities Commission. Co-ordinators, Mine-rescue Stations E. C. Ingham, Co-ordinator, Rescue Training Prince George G. J. Lee, Co-ordinator, Rescue Training Nelson A. Littler, Co-ordinator, Rescue Training Fernie T. H. Robertson, Co-ordinator, Rescue Training Nanaimo J. A. Thomson, Co-ordinator, Rescue Training Kamloops Staff Changes In January, W. G. Clarke, Inspector and Resident Engineer, was transferred from Prince George to Smithers. On March 14, T. M. Waterland rejoined the staff as Inspector and Resident Engineer at Prince George. Board of Examiners Board of Examiners (Coal Mines Regulation Act) J. W. Peck, Chairman Victoria A. R. C. James, member Victoria R. W. Lewis, member Fernie The Board conducts written and practical examinations for the various certificates of competency under the provisions of sections 25 and 26 of the Coal Mines Regulation Act, and advises the Minister on the granting of interchange certificates under this Act. Under the new Act the Board is no longer responsible for issuing coal miners' certificates; these are now issued after examination by the District Inspector. A 68 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1972 t/> tn cn d Q * "rl 5 n 0 !d 0 Id 85 « C 01 0 w ci 3 -1 CJ ■2£n 0 •" c "B 0 ™ c « 1-gd « 5 ■ Water lane Street, rge, B. C 3 « ffl <° CO Hffi ■ U LU V") ■5! 3 =! * £ & • K _ ffl * g Mi w jj 2 D. Sm f4 Wes oops, So" . o^ - OS"-- .si • C ° 1° h a g . c ° 2 Sue- £ 0 1 2 ffl w c - § fi cn rt 2 h W i - 6 2 _ « ■S s 3 2 in 2 £ 0 a) S ffl h S IM « 2n> •§ N £ H ^ 'l! 2 rH (1< ^ (S CO 1* in vO r- eo CT- O Figure 1. Index map showing inspectoral districts. © DEPARTMENTAL WORK A 69 Board of Examiners (Mines Regulation Act) J. E. Merrett, Chairman .Victoria A. R. C. James, member Victoria W. C. Robinson, member Nanaimo The Board conducts written examinations in various mining centres for applicants for underground and surface shiftboss certificates. The Board is also empowered to grant provisional certificates without examination and under such conditions as the Board considers necessary. Mining Roads and Trails Provision is made in the Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources Act whereby the Minister may, with the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, authorize the expenditure of public funds for the construction or repair of roads and trails into mining areas. Assistance on a half-cost basis may also be provided on roads and trails to individual properties. Requests for road and trail assistance must be made to the Department before the commencement of work. The type of access upon which assistance may be given depends upon the value of the property, the stage of development, and the amount of work to be done. A trail is sometimes sufficient for initial exploration, and a tractor-road may be adequate for preliminary work. Subsequent development might warrant assistance on the construction of a truck road. A carefully drawn sketch or plan of the location of the road is required to be submitted and, where warranted by the amount of assistance requested, a report on the property by a professional geological or mining engineer may be required. An engineer from the Department may be required to report on the property before a grant is made and to inspect the road after the work has been done. The total mileages and expenditures under "Grants in Aid of Mining Roads and Trails" during the 1972/73 fiscal year were as follows: Miles Cost Roads— $ Construction 34.5 134,241.41 Maintenance 362.0 204,762.79 Bridges— Construction 28,876.29 Maintenance 82,589.89 Total 450,470.3 8 In addition to the above, work continued on the Stewart-Cassiar Road. The construction is done by contract, and is supervised by the Department of Highways on behalf of the Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources. Construction was done under Projects 2233, 2234, and 763. Projects 2233 and 2234 were completed in 1972 to close the remaining gap of 14.76 miles of unfinished road. Vehicular traffic may now flow from Stewart to the Alaska Highway and all Alaska Highway traffic has access to British Columbia's most northerly coastal port of Stewart. Since the closing of the gap, further responsibility of the road has been transferred to the Department of Highways. A 70 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1972 Funds for completion of Project 763 (Barnett-McQueen Ltd. contract for the Stikine River bridge) have been included in the Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources estimates for 1973/74. Total expenditure on the road to this date is $31,277,285.58. The Federal Government's commitment of $7,500,000 under the "Roads to Resources" agreement was expended by the end of September 1967 and since that time the whole cost of construction has been borne by the Provincial Government. The Omineca Road, which extends 205 miles northwest of Fort St. James, was extended an additional 15 miles past Johanson Lake. Further construction will be undertaken. The new British Columbia railway extension to Takla Lake has expanded the use of the Omineca road. This increased use has been reflected in much higher road and bridge maintenance costs. Also, additional logging is anticipated and the road between Fort St. James and the Nation River bridge is being upgraded from a 15-ton load limit to a 50-ton load limit as far as Nation River. For the purpose of assisting the development of the petroleum and natural-gas resources in the northeastern part of the Province, an additional grant was provided to improve the vehicle access approaches to the new British Columbia railway bridge over the Fort Nelson River. The cost of this work totalled $44,000. Grub-staking Prospectors Under the authority of the Prospectors' Grub-stake Act the Department has provided grub-stakes each year since 1943 to a limited number of applicants able to qualify. Grub-stakes up to $500 for food, shelter, and clothing, plus a reasonable travelling allowance, are available to a limited number of qualified prospectors who undertake to prospect in British Columbia in areas considered favourable by the Department in accordance with a long-range plan for the development of the Province. Experienced prospectors may be granted a maximum of $300 for travelling expenses if prospecting is to be done in remote areas where air transportation is necessary. Application forms and terms and conditions under which grub-stakes are granted may be obtained from H. Bapty, Senior Inspector, Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources, Victoria. Samples received from grub-staked prospectors are assayed free of charge and mineralogical identifications may be made on request. Forty-three applications were received, and 27 grub-stakes were authorized. Grantees unable to complete the terms and conditions of the grant received only partial payment. Eleven prospectors were given grants for the first time. One grantee proved to be unsatisfactory. E. R. Hughes interviewed applicants in Vancouver and contacted 15 grantees in the field, giving advice and direction to those requiring additional guidance. Personnel in offices of Government Agents and local Mine Inspectors throughout the Province assisted in administering the programme. The following notes comprise summaries by Mr. Hughes of the prospecting activities and results. They are based on observations made by him in the field and from information contained in diaries of the grantees. Alberni Mining Division—Several short holes were drilled and blasted in an area well served with logging-roads, in the Donner Lake area, west of Strathcona Park, and at Kunlin Lake, between Strathcona Park and Gold River. One sample taken from the area assayed copper, 0.89 per cent, and silver, 0.9 ounce per ton. Another sample assayed copper, 2.78 per cent, and silver, 2.0 ounces per ton. DEPARTMENTAL WORK Grub-stake Statistics A 71 Field Season Approximate Expenditure Men Grub-staked Samples and Specimens Received at Department Laboratory Mineral Claims Recorded 1943 $ 18,500 27.215 90 105 773 606 448 419 469 443 567 226 255 251 201 336 288 163 174 287 195 358 309 233 150 213 241 224 148 234 151 84 29 64 87 1944 - 135 1945 ... 27.310 I 84 181 1946 - 35,200 36,230 35,975 31,175 26.800 95 91 92 98 78 162 1947 - 1948 - 142 138 1Q4Q 103 1950 .... _ - 95 1951 19,385 | 63 19,083 | 50 17,850 | 41 19,989 | 48 21,169 1 47 20,270 | 47 22,000 | 46 24,850 1 47 21,575 38 28,115 | 50 29,175 i 47 26,730 | 52 29,000 | 50 31,751 | 53 24,717 [ 42 26,787 [ 43 29,891 | 47 31,224 | 47 21,758 | 27 30,614 39 21,081 | 23 20.838 27 137 19S2 95 1953 - 141 1954 123 1955 -. .-. 183 1956 217 1957 1958 101 211 1959- - - 202 19fi0 241 1961 . . . .... 325 1962 189 1963.. 843 1964 351 1965 219 1966 _ _ -. 239 1967 , 432 1968 _ 402 1969 _ 1970 221 423 1971.. •'. 348 1972. _ _ 190 Some work was done in the Brooks Peninsula, near the boundary of the Nanaimo and Alberni Mining Divisions. Of 13 samples, several indicated traces of gold and silver. One sample assayed copper, 0.32 per cent, and another sample assayed copper, 0.14 per cent. Clinton Mining Division—Several short holes were drilled and blasted, and some trenching was done in an area west of Kelly Lake where pyrite and copper stains were found. The work was inconclusive. A camp at Bluff Lake in the Clinton Mining Division served as a base for a two-man team to prospect an area on both sides of the boundary between the Clinton and Cariboo Mining Divisions. Most of the work was done in the Clinton Mining Division. Between Bluff Lake and the headwaters of Klinaklini River, shales, sandstones, limestones, coarse conglomerate, phyllite, porphyritic basalt, pyroxene, and scattered dolomite were seen. A sample taken from a quartz outcrop, 2 to 3 feet wide, assayed silver, 1.1 ounces per ton. A second sample in this area assayed molybdenum, 0.4 per cent. Further sampling of quartz outcrop assayed silver, 1.5 ounces per ton. A sample from the Wolverine Creek area assayed gold, 0.04 ounce per ton; silver, 4.9 ounces per ton. In the Sapeye Lake area, sandstone was reported with many basaltic intrusions. Fossils seen were brachiopods and gastropods. On Razor Creek, sedimentary rocks were dominant; these being chiefly conglomerates and sandstones, with many basaltic intrusions. Near the southeast end of Blackhorn Lake, the rock consisted primarily of granodiorite cut by dykes of porphyritic andesite and containing veins of quartz, A 72 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1972 with minor chalcopyrite and sphalerite. On the west side of Blackhorn Lake, adjacent to some old mine workings, dump materials were found to consist of arsenopyrite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, and pyrite. In the Lord River area, south of Taseko Lakes, acid instrusive rocks with minor pyritization were encountered and some silt samples were taken. Occasional feldspar-porphyry dykes were seen. Coarse molybdenite rosettes in quartz and on fracture faces were found in large angular float boulders. Detailed prospecting of granitic ridges revealed quartz stringers and veins with occasional pyrite. East of the upper Taseko Lake, chalcopyrite and bornite were found in rounded boulders. Some prospecting was done in the Scum Lake and Taseko River area with inconclusive results. In the Fish Lake area, east of Taseko River, extensive dioritic feldspar porphyry float was found and some silt-sampling was done. Coarsegrained igneous rocks on the southeast side of Anvil Mountain were examined, and a gossan zone on Beece Creek was silt-sampled. A grid was established over an area of molybdenite float and four mineral claims were staked near the south side of Taseko River. Kamloops Mining Division—A little over one month was spent by a two-man team in the area between Bonaparte Lake and the town of Barriere. The rocks encountered were mostly granodiorite, monzonite, and gabbro near Bonaparte Lake, and andesite breccia, syenite, shale, and slate nearer Barriere. Some soil-sampling was done with mediocre results. Minor amounts of molybdenite were seen in float. One sample taken from the area assayed 0.08 per cent nickel. In the Birch Lake area, diorite, gabbro, and chert-breccia were reporteed, but copper mineralization was found to be a sparse. In the Sleetsis Creek, Skoonka Creek, and Murray Creek areas, west of Spences Bridge, some prospecting was done, and andesite, basalt, argillite, and quartzite rocks were found. Except for minor pyrite, no mineralization was seen. Liard Mining Division—A base camp was established at the Smith River bridge at Mile 514 on the Alaska Highway, and some prospecting was done northward along the Smith and Coal Rivers, and adjacent to the Alaska Highway between Mile 504 and Mile 538. Calcite, limestone, slate, and barite stringers were reported to have been seen near Smith River Falls, and a small outcrop of basaltic rock was observed near the confluence of the Smith and Liard Rivers. On the west side of Smith River there were showings of argillite, limestone, calcite, shale, quartz, quartzite, schist, and pieces of pyrite float. On the east side of Smith River, traces of bornite and chalcopyrite in fresh float were observed. On Coal River, shale with quartzite layers was seen, and near Mile 538 quartzite and shale were found. A sample taken from near Mile 504 assayed 34.4 per cent iron. Lillooet Mining Division—In the Lizzie Creek area, east of Lillooet Lake, some prospecting was done along logging-roads and on the flanks of the valley north of the creek. An extensive area of rusty, stained, and altered granodiorite was seen with occurring pyrite in hairline fractures. A magnetometer survey was made over an established grid in the Owl Lake area, and 96 soil samples were taken. Intrusive rocks were examined and some minor malachite was seen. Nanaimo Mining Division—Some prospecting was done on the hillside east of the highway bridge at the north end of Buttle Lake. An "M" scope was used and five diamond-drill holes were completed, the deepest of which was 85 feet. The purpose of this work was an attempt to find the source of free gold found in a boulder in this vicinity. The effort was not successful and drilling was discontinued. DEPARTMENTAL WORK A 73 In the Upper Quinsam Lake-Iron River area some prospecting was done and seven mineral claims were staked from which five samples were submitted for assaying. One sample from the Heather Hill claim assayed 4.25 per cent zinc, 0.86 per cent copper, and 1.3 ounces silver per ton. Other samples indicated traces of gold and silver. Nelson Mining Division—Some prospecting was done in the Ymir Creek, Porcupine Creek, Barrett Creek, Erie Creek, Active Creek, Blazed Creek, and Sheep Creek areas. Outcrops of quartzite, schist, dolomite, and quartz were reported in the Porcupine Creek area. Barren quartz float was found on Erie Creek. Plentiful quartzite was reported east of the old Reno mine, and some large pieces of zinc sulphide float were seen on the Huckleberry Creek Road. An outcrop on Stewart Creek, northwest of Ymir, was investigated and some shallow holes were drilled with a pack-sack drill. One sample taken here was reported to assay 5 per cent zinc, and another was reported to assay 10 per cent zinc. The extent of the mineralization cannot be determined until some stripping has been done. Six mineral claims were staked to cover the area. Omineca Mining Division—Nine miles of trail was cut northward from a base camp on Tchentlo Lake to the FUM group of mineral claims. Some prospecting was done east of the trail where fractured syenite and granite occur. Minor pyrite was found but no copper. West of the trail, float with malachite was found and some silt-sampling was done. West of the FUM group in a basin, near the top of Nation Mountain, several streams were silt-sampled and a diorite to granite outcrop was prospected. Some disseminated chalcopyrite with epidote and sulphides was encountered in a rhyolite dyke which follows a small stream. Plugger holes were blasted in trenches on the COL group north of the west end of Chuchi Lake. Magnetite and chalcopyrite were found in float in a stream east of Lisa Lake. Some prospecting was done south of Tchentlo Lake and some silt-sampling was done. Several outcrops of rhyolite intruded into coarse conglomerate were examined. The only mineralization found was minor pyrite. On foot and by boat, investigations were made in areas where anomalies were indicated by aeromagnetic mapping in the country adjacent to Ootsa, Frangois, Gale, and Cheslatta Lakes. Small amounts of opal, of undetermined value, were reported north of Tatalrose road west of Southbank and near Hallet Lake. Perlite was seen on the north side of Cheslatta Lake. Heavy pyrite in basalt was reported west of Jacob Lake, and specular hematite, pyrite, and minor chalcopyrite were found east of Danskin. On Kitnayakwa River, a tributary of Zymoetz River, much red andesite was reported. Some prospecting was done along a gravel bar on the east side of the river near its confluence with Iceflow Creek where pieces of float containing bornite and malachite were found. Fine grains or bornite were also reported in calcite stringers. Native copper was found in float on the west side of Kitnayakwa River. One sample taken in the area assayed 0.4 ounce silver per ton and 2.15 per cent copper. Twenty-nine mineral claims were staked near Icebow Creek. A long season was spent in the Fredrikson Lake-McConnell Lake area, but no significant mineralization was found. A trip was made by aircraft from Fort St. James to Takatoot Lake, east of Takla Lake. The rocks encountered in the area included granodiorite, quartzite, limestone, and conglomerate. Minor pyrite was the only mineralization that was found. A 74 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1972 Osoyoos Mining Division—Prospecting was done in the area adjacent to Mile 7 and Mile 30 on the Ashnola River forest road. Soil sampling was reported to be favourable. Some minor scheelite was found in quartz float, and some minor malachite was seen. Bornite was also found in float. A sample taken from this area assayed 0.23 per cent tungsten. Revelstoke Mining Division—Some prospecting was done in the Rady Creek, Laughton Creek, Ottawa Creek, Brown Creek, and Fays Peak areas northeast of Trout Lake. On Rady Creek, a phyllite band was found cut by highly oxidized quartz veins containing minor galena. On Fays Peak a wide band of calcite schist appears to run the entire length of the mountain at about the 6,500-foot level. Some well-disseminated chalcopyrite was reported to have been seen in the schist. Four samples were taken from the Fays Peak area. One of the samples assayed 0.14 ounce gold per ton; 0.4 ounce silver per ton, and 3.65 per cent zinc. Another sample assayed a trace of gold, 0.2 ounce silver per ton, and 0.51 per cent copper. The third sample assayed a trace of silver and the fourth sample had neither gold nor silver. Six mineral claims were staked between Fays Peak and Ottawa Creek. Similkameen Mining Division—In the Pasayten River, Placer Creek, Trapper Lake, and Lime Creek areas, east of the Hope-Princeton Highway, a full season's prospecting was done. The area is underlain by rocks of the Princeton and Nicola Groups and by Coast Instrusions. The rocks seen were limestone, sandstone, argillite, quartzite, andesite, felsite, dolomite, gabbro, and granite. No significant mineralization was found. Coarse coal float was found in Tuning Fork Creek, east of Placer Lake, but efforts to find a coal seam were not successful. Slocan Mining Division — Some prospecting was done on Hamill, Carter, Argenta, Glacier, Salisbury, Gardner, and Gar Creeks near the northeast end of Kootenay Lake, but no mineralization of any significance was reported. In the St. Leon-Halcyon Hot Springs area and in the Halcyon Ridge area, east of the Upper Arrow Lake, some prospecting was done on foot. A helicopter was used to reach the height of land between the Upper Arrow Lake and Trout Lake. The rocks encountered were granite, quartz diorite, quartzite, shale, and schist. Other than minor iron pyrite and sphalerite float, no mineralization was observed. Vancouver Mining Division — Some prospecting was done in the Pokosha Creek area, about 26 miles north of Squamish, where the rocks were reported to be mostly quartz porphyry, granite, and limestone. Scattered pyrite and chalcopyrite were found in some specimens. In the Ashlu Creek area, near the old Ashloo mine, some prospecting was done and two samples were taken. These assayed as follows: Gold, 0.14 ounce per ton; silver, 0.2 ounce per ton, and gold, 0.46 ounce per ton; silver, 2.1 ounces per ton; copper, 0.02 per cent. Several short holes were drilled and blasted. A new logging-road now provides improved access into the area. Victoria Mining Division—In the San Juan-Clapp Creek area, a trail was blazed and some prospecting was done where antimony had been found in several outcrops on a previous occasion. Eight mineral claims were staked. One sample assayed 20 per cent antimony. MINERALOGICAL BRANCH The principal functions of the Mineralogical Branch are to assist in the orderly exploration, development, and use of the Province's coal and mineral resources and to provide information to Government and industry on the quantity and distribution of the coal and mineral resources of the Province. The Branch makes a variety of geological studies; publishes data concerning mineral deposits; makes mineral poten- DEPARTMENTAL WORK A 75 tial assessments of land; collects, stores, and disseminates geological and statistical data; and records the exploration and mining activities of the industry. The Branch is engaged in inventorying the mineral deposits of the Province and is working toward a metal-by-metal quantitative appraisal of the mineral resources. It provides rock and mineral identifications, limited free assaying for prospectors, contributes lectures in courses on prospecting, participates in scientific meetings, and arranges educational exhibits. The Branch consists of an Economic Geology Section, a Mineral Resources Section, and a Publication and Technical Services Section. The Analytical and Assay Branch in effect functions as a fourth section of the Branch inasmuch as it reports to the Deputy Minister through the Chief of the Mineralogical Branch. The Economic Geology Section, under the direction of Dr. A. Sutherland Brown, is responsible for the scientific investigations related to mineral deposits. The work may involve detailed geological mapping and study of mineral deposits in mining camps or areas of recognized mineral potential as well as chemical, petro- graphic, and other studies in the laboratory. The Mineral Resources Section, under the direction of N. C. Carter, is concerned with the documentation of current exploration and mining activity, compilation of an inventory of all mineral deposits, and obtaining and interpreting data for the purpose of appraising the mineral resource of areas for various purposes. The Publications and Technical Services Section is responsible for the production and editing of manuscripts and maps for publication, and for library, lapidary, photographic, transport, and equipment services. Staff On December 31, 1972, the professional and technical staff included the following: Stuart S. Holland, Ph.D., P.Eng Chief A. Sutherland Brown, Ph.D., P.Eng Deputy Chief N. C. Carter, M.Sc, P.Eng Senior Geologist B. N. Church, Ph.D., P.Eng Geologist G. E. P. Eastwood, Ph.D., P.Eng.___ Geologist J. A. Garnett, B.Sc, P.Eng Geologist E. W. Grove, M.Sc, P.Eng Geologist E. V. Jackson, B.Sc, P.Eng Geologist W. J. McMillan, Ph.D., P.Eng Geologist J. W. McCammon, M.Sc, P.Eng Geologist K. E. Northcote, Ph.D., P.Eng Geologist A. Panteleyev, M.Sc, P.Eng Geologist V. A. Preto, Ph.D., P.Eng Geologist A. F. Shepherd, B.Sc, P.Eng Geologist R. I. Thompson, Ph.D., P.Eng Geologist Miss E. M. Balicki, B.Sc Research Officer (Geology) Mrs. Rosalyn J. Moir Manuscript Supervisor K. S. Crabtree Draughting Supervisor R. E. Player Lapidary and Photographer A 76 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1972 Staff Changes A. Panteleyev, geologist, a graduate of the University of British Columbia, joined the staff on May 15, 1972. N. C. Carter, geologist, a graduate of the University of New Brunswick and of Michigan School of Technology, was appointed Senior Geologist (Mineral Resources) to fill the position vacated by James T. Fyles who, on September 5, 1972, was appointed Deputy Minister of the Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources. Field Work, 1972 Season A. Sutherland Brown visited all major copper deposits coming into production. N. C. Carter mapped in detail an area adjacent to Babine Lake for the purpose of preparing and publishing a preliminary geological map. Numerous mining properties under active exploration were examined. B. N. Church completed the geological mapping and property examination of the Buck Creek map area. J. A. Garnet continued detailed geological mapping of the Hogem batholith in the Omineca. E. W. Grove made property examinations in the Stewart area. W. J. McMillan completed the geological mapping of the Guichon Creek batholith and began detailed examinations of the mineral deposits of the area. J. W. McCammon examined fluorite deposits at Liard Hot Springs and examined quarries from Prince George through the Kamloops to the East and West Kootenays. K. E. Northcote undertook regional mapping and examination of mining properties on Vancouver Island. A. Panteleyev examined active mining properties in the Atlin area and western part of the Stikine Basin. V. A. Preto examined active mining properties in the Iron Mask area west of Kamloops. R. I. Thompson did some detailed geological mapping near Harrison Lake and made mineral evaluation and reconnaissance studies near Keremeos, Taseko Lakes, and Robb Lake. Four senior geological field assistants and 10 junior assistants were employed on the various projects. Publications and Reports Technical reports of the Mineralogical Branch were published in Geology, Exploration, and Mining in British Columbia, 1972. Bulletin 59, Geology of Copper Mountain, by V. A. Preto and Bulletin 62, Gravity, Magnetics, and Geology of the Guichon Creek Batholith, by C. A. Ager, W. J. McMillan, and T. J. Ulrych were also published. A considerable number of scientific reports and papers resulting directly from their work as staff geologists were also published by officers of the Branch. Aeromagnetic Surveys and Magnetic Surveillance The programme of airborne magnetometer mapping, jointly financed by the Geological Survey of Canada and the British Columbia Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources, continued in 1972. Eight map sheets (94 D/l and 2, 7 to 10, 15 and 16) were released during the year. DEPARTMENTAL WORK A 77 Maps released in former years as well as index maps showing the coverage by aeromagnetic mapping in British Columbia may be obtained from the British Columbia Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources, Room 411, Douglas Building, Victoria, or the Geological Survey of Canada, 100 West Pender Street, Vancouver 3. The basic data used in compiling the maps are on open file at the Geological Survey of Canada in Ottawa, where interested parties may arrange to obtain them for special processing. The Department of Energy, Mines and Resources (Earth Physics Branch) operates a magnetic observatory at Victoria. Services available to geophysical exploration companies and other interested agencies include: (a) Three-hour range indices of magnetic activity; these provide a measure of the intensity of the magnetic disturbance (on a 0-9 scale) for each three-hour period. The monthly listings of these indices are normally mailed within a few days after the end of each month. (b) Copies of magnetograms are available through a local duplicating firm at a charge of $7.50 for a monthly set. These recordings of the magnetic field can be used to control field surveys, in particular to correct for the diurnal changes and magnetic disturbances. The area over which this control is valid depends on the required accuracy; for ±5 gamma accuracy, it covers an elliptic region reaching roughly as far as longitude 118 degrees to the east and latitude 50.5 degrees to the north. Further details can be obtained by writing to the Officer-in-charge, Victoria Magnetic Observatory, RR 7, Victoria. Rock and Mineral Sets Sets of rocks and minerals are available for sale to prospectors, schools, and residents of British Columbia. Information regarding them may be obtained from the Chief of the Mineralogical Branch, Douglas Building, Victoria. PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS BRANCH General The Petroleum and Natural Gas Branch, under the direction of the Chief of the Branch, is responsible for the administration of Part XII of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act, 1965 and the Drilling and Production Regulations made thereunder. The regulations provide for the use of efficient and safe practices in the drilling, completion, and abandonment of wells; for the orderly development of fields discovered within the Province; and for the conservation and prevention of waste of oil and natural gas within the reservoir and during production operations. Every well location must be approved by the Branch before the well is drilled. All operations related to drilling and production are inspected frequently to ensure compliance with the provisions of all regulations, including such features as facilities and practices used, adequate plugging of abandoned wells, surface restoration of well-sites, well-testing and measurement procedures employed, disposal of produced water, protection of installations against fire, and general conservation. A 78 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1972 Investigations are made of complaints of property damage resulting from drilling and producing operations, and from geophysical work programmes. Comprehensive records of all drilling and producing operations are maintained at Victoria and are made available for study, or are published, for the use and benefit of anyone interested in oil or gas development in British Columbia. Samples of bit cuttings, as well as all core, obtained from every well drilled in the Province, are collected and retained at the field office located at Charlie Lake, where they are available for study. Charlie Lake is adjacent to the Alaska Highway, about 5 miles northwest of Fort St. John. Detailed reservoir engineering and geological studies are conducted on the basis of technical information submitted to the Branch from operating companies, as well as information acquired through field work by Branch personnel. Estimates of the reserves of oil and natural gas are made annually, at the end of December. Crown-owned oil and natural-gas rights are evaluated prior to being disposed of by public tender. Administration The Petroleum and Natural Gas Branch is subdivided for administrative purposes into four sections. These sections and their supervisors are as follows: Development Engineering, W. L. Ingram; Field Operations, D. L. Johnson; Geology, W. M. Young; and Reservoir Engineering, A. J. Dingley. Staff Headquarters, Victoria J. D. Lineham Chief of Branch W. L. Ingram Deputy Chief of Branch and Senior Development Engineer M. B. Hamersley Development Technician (Engineering) J. F. Tomczak Statistician A. J. Dingley Senior Reservoir Engineer B. T. Barber Reservoir Engineer P. S. Attariwala Reservoir Engineer P. K. Huus ,___ Reservoir Technician (Engineering) W. M. Young Senior Geologist S. S. Cosburn Geologist T. B. Ramsay Geologist J. Y. Smith Geologist R. Stewart Geologist Field Operations, Charlie Lake D. L. Johnson District Engineer T. B. Smith Field Engineer D. A. Selby Field Technician (Engineering) G. T. Mohler Field Technician (Engineering) W. B. Holland Field Technician (Engineering) J. W. D. Kielo Field Technician (Engineering) Staff Changes J. W. D. Kielo, Technician, Engineering, joined the staff on March 6, 1972. departmental work a 79 Board of Arbitration Chairman: A. W. Hobbs, Q.C. Vice-Chairman: S. G. Preston, P.Ag. Member: J. D. Lineham, P.Eng. The Board of Arbitration, established under the authority of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act, 1965, grants right of entry to oil and gas companies upon alienated land and determines condition of entry and compensation therefor. It also terminates the right-of-entry when a company has ceased to use the land. In 1972, five applications for right-of-entry were submitted to the Board and four were carried over from 1971. Three applications were withdrawn. Six right-of-entry orders were issued and one was terminated after the parties reached agreement. A hearing was held on September 26 at Fort St. John. Of the seven cases scheduled to be heard, two resulted in compensation awards, one resulted in a jurisdictional award, three were adjourned at the request of the land-owners, and one was settled by agreement. Seven cases were outstanding at the end of the year. These involve five right- of-entry orders, the case stemming from the jurisdictional award, and an application for review of an existing award order. Conservation Committee Chairman: J. T. Fyles, Deputy Minister, Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources. Members: M. H. A. Glover, Economist, Department of Industrial Development, Trade, and Commerce, and one to be named. The Conservation Committee is responsible to the Minister of Mines and Petroleum Resources and was established originally on October 11, 1957, under the authority of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act. Its duties are as follows: (1) To act as an advisory committee to the Minister on such questions of conservation that the Minister, in writing, shall refer to the Committee for consideration and recommendation. (2) To deal with such questions of conservation and production in the various fields of British Columbia as may arise between two or more operators in the same field or between operators and the Branch when appeals on such questions are made to the Minister and referred by him to the Committee. The Conservation Committee did not meet in 1972. PUBLICATIONS A list of the publications of the Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources is available free on request to the Chief of the Mineralogical Branch or Chief of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Branch, Douglas Building, Victoria. Publications that are in print may be obtained from the Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources, Douglas Building, Victoria, and from the Geological Survey of Canada, 100 West Pender Street, Vancouver. Current publications may also be obtained from the Gold Commissioner's Office, Room 320, 890 West Pender Street, Vancouver. Publications are available for reference use in the Departmental Library, Room 430, Douglas Building, Victoria, in the reading-room of the Geological Survey of Canada, 100 West Pender Street, Vancouver, in the offices of the Inspectors of Mines in Nelson and Prince Rupert, as well as in some public libraries. Petroleum and Natural Gas CHAPTER 4 CONTENTS Page Petroleum and Natural Gas Titles A 83 Petroleum and Natural Gas Branch A 86 General A 86 Administration A 86 Board of Arbitration A 87 Conservation Committee A 87 Field Operations A 88 General A 88 Laboratories . A 88 Inspections A 89 Spillages, Accidents, and Fires A 89 Geological Section A 89 Genera] A 8 9 Reservoir Geology and Regional Subsurface Mapping A 90 Drilling Highlights A 91 Geophysical and Surface Geological Coverage A 91 Reservoir Engineering Section A 92 General A 92 Oil Allowables, MPRs, and Improved Recovery Schemes A 93 Associated and Solution Gas Conservation Schemes A 94 Gas Allowables and Well Tests A 94 Hydrocarbon and Associated Sulphur Reserves A 95 Miscellaneous A 96 Development Engineering Section A 97 General A 97 Drilling A 98 Production A 101 Pipe-lines, Refineries, and Gas Plants A 103 Well Records - A 103 Reports and Publications A 105 Statistical Tables— Table 13—Exploratory and Development Wells Completed, January to December 1972 A 109 Table 14—Geophysical Exploration, 1972 A 110 Table 15—Surface Geological Exploration, 1972 A 112 A 80 PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS A 81 Petroleum and Natural Gas—Continued Page Table 16—Project and Individual Well MPR Data at December 31, 1972 A 129 Table 17—Gas-well Test and Allowable Data, December 31, 1972 A 134 Table 18—Hydrocarbon and By-products Reserves, December 31, 1972 A 158 Table 19—Oilfield Reservoir Fluid Data A 159 Table 20—Gasfield Reservoir Fluid Data A 164 Table 21—Wells Drilled and DriUing, 1972 A 169 Table 22—Oilfields and Gasfields Designated at December 31, 1972. A 175 Table 23—Number of Capable and Operating Wells at December 31, 1972 A 182 Table 24—Monthly Crude-oil Production by Fields and Pools, 1972_. A 188 Table 25—Monthly Natural Gas Production by Fields and Pools, 1972 A 189 Table 26—Summary of Drilling and Production Statistics, 1972 A 192 Table 27—Monthly Supply and Disposition of Crude Oil and Conden- sate/Pentanes Plus, 1972 A 193 Table 28—Monthly Supply and Disposition of Natural Gas, 1972 A 195 Table 29—Monthly Production and Disposition of Butane, Propane, and Sulphur, 1972 A 197 Table 30—Monthly Gross Values to Producers of Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Natural Gas Liquids, and Sulphur, 1972 A 198 Table 31—Crude-oil Pipe-lines, 1972 A 198 Table 32—Crude-oil Refineries, 1972 A 199 Table 33—Natural Gas Pipe-lines, 1972 A 200 Table 34—Gas-processing Plants, 1972 A 202 Table 35—Sulphur Plants, 1972 A 203 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Drawings Figure 2. Footage drilled in British Columbia, 1954-72 A 99 3. Petroleum and natural gas fields, 1972 A 100 4. Oil production in British Columbia, 1955-72 A 101 5. Gas production in British Columbia, 1955-72 A 102 6. Petroleum and natural gas pipe-lines, 1972 A 102 Map 1. Union Oil project, Gething zone, Aitken Creek field A 113 2. Monsanto project, Charlie Lake zone, Bear Flat field A 113 3. BP Oil project, Halfway zone, Beatton River field A 114 4. BP Oil and Gas Unit 1, Bluesky zone, Beatton River West fiekL. A 114 5. Amoco project, Nahanni zone, Beaver River field A 115 6. Pacific Petroleums project, Baldonnel zone, Beg and Beg West fields A 115 7. Pacific Petroleums project, Halfway zone, Beg field A 116 A 82 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1972 Petroleum and Natural Gas—Continued Drawings—Continued Map Page 8. Pacific Petroleums project, Debolt zone, Blueberry field A 117 9. Boundary Lake zone projects, Boundary Lake field A 117 10. Pacific Petroleums project, Baldonnel zone, Bubbles field A 118 1.1. Union Oil project, Halfway zone, Bulrush field A 118 12. Pacific Petroleums project, Slave Point zone, Clarke Lake and Clarke Lake South fields A 119 13. Union Oil Unit 1, Halfway zone, Crush field A 119 14. Pacific Petroleums Unit 1, Halfway zone, Currant field A 120 15. Pacific Petroleums Unit 1, Charlie Lake zone, Fort St. John field A 120 16. Inga zone units, Inga field A 121 17. Pacific Petroleums projects, Baldonnel and Halfway zones, Jedney field A 122 18. ARCO projects, Halfway and Baldonnel zones, Julienne field A 122 19. Pacific Petroleums project, Halfway zone, Kobes-Townsend field A 123 20. Baldonnel pool project, Laprise Creek field A 123 21. Union Oil Unit 1, Halfway zone, Milligan Creek field A 124 22. Texaco Exploration project, Baldonnel zone, Nig Creek field A 124 23. Pacific Petroleums project, Halfway zone, Osprey field A 125 24. Pacific Petroleums project, Wabamun zone, Parkland field A 125 25. Halfway zone projects, Peejay field A 126 26. Dunlevy pool project, Rigel field A 126 27. Monsanto Conservation projects, Dunlevy zone, Rigel field A 127 28. Halfway zone units, Weasel field A 127 29. Wainco Unit 1, Halfway and Belloy pools, Wilder field A 128 30. Union Oil project, Halfway zone, Wildmint field A 128 PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS A 83 PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS TITLES Staff R. E. Moss Chief Commissioner W. W. Ross Deputy Chief Commissioner Petroleum and Natural Gas Titles, under the direction of the Chief Commissioner, is responsible for the administration of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act, 1965, which includes all matters related to and affecting title to Crown petroleum and natural gas rights and includes the collection of revenue from fees, rents, disposition, and royalties. Regulations governing geophysical operations and petroleum- development roads are also administered by the Chief Commissioner. Information concerning all forms of title issued under the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act may be obtained upon application to the office of the Chief Commissioner, Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources, Victoria. Maps showing the locations of all forms of title issued under the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act are available, and copies may be obtained upon application to the office of the Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources, Victoria. Monthly land reports and monthly reports listing additions and revisions to permit-location maps and listing changes in title to permits, licences, and leases, and related matters are available from the office of the Chief Commissioner upon application and payment of the required fee. During the year, there were four dispositions of Crown reserve petroleum and natural gas rights resulting in tender bonus bids amounting to $20,495,662, a decrease of $1,690,589 from the previous year. A total of 428 parcels was offered and bids were accepted on 261 parcels covering 5,758,504 acres. The average price per acre was $7.12 which is a decrease of $2.25 per acre over the previous year. Average bonus price per acre was respectively—permits, $5.57; leases, $42.69; and drilling reservations, $9.68. During the year, 22 geophysical licences were renewed or issued. During the year, one petroleum-development road application was received and processed for approval. A total of 124 notices of commencement of exploratory work was recorded during the year. These notices are required prior to the commencement of any geological or geophysical exploration for petroleum or natural gas. During the year, three unit agreements and three royalty agreements were approved. As of December 31, 1972, 27,309,202 acres or approximately 42,671 square miles, an increase of 545,886 acres over the 1971 total, of Crown petroleum and natural gas rights, issued under the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act, were held in good standing by operators ranging from small independent companies to major international ones. The form of title held, total number issued, and acreage in each case were as follows: Form of Title Number Acreage Permits 483 19,891,946 Natural gas licences Drilling reservations 44 452,079 Leases (all types) 3,605 6,965,177 Total 27,309,202 A 84 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1972 Title Transaction Statistics, 1972 Permits Leases Drilling Reservations Natural Gas Licences No. Acres No. Acres No. Acres No. Acres 90 37 353 92 2 80 2,766,410 1,581,703 313 401 3,223 1,117 66 150 515,820 1,147,972 31 20 6 12 31 311,150 196,727 — Acreage amendments Crown reserve dispositions 18,898 2,482,264 102,194 85,838 311,150 Petroleum and Natural Gas Revenue, 1972 Rentals and fees— $ $ Permits 1,729,829 Drilling reservations 107,537 Natural gas licences Petroleum, natural gas, and petroleum and natural gas leases 6,976,517 Total rentals and fees 8,813,883 Disposal of Crown reserves— Permits 13,818,020 Drilling reservations 3,011,025 Leases 3,666,617 Total Crown reserves disposal 20,495,662 Royalties— Gas 5,5 80,434 Oil 9,845,125 Processed products 44,379 Total royalties 15,469,938 Miscellaneous fees 42,775 Total petroleum and natural gas revenues 44,822,258 PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS A 85 K i On a" a « I 1 K « £ a I p CJ W cn ■3- cn Q *t Ov S «n S ^^ eN_ CN O CN oao\ *H <, *l"& "fr •* cn ON VO **' r^ 0 1 o\ ^ vo vo rn giHrt | on CN vo cn vo »"■ <Jt^« |t en r- 00 t- i VO i-t CN 0 i\§ VO ov 0 ^ Ov r"1 <; cn r*^ ■<t CN OV cn : i CN 0 m ! 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Title | Minister of Mines and Petroleum Resources PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ANNUAL REPORT for the Year Ended December 31 1972 |
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