ANNUAL REPORT OP THE MINISTER OF MINES FOR THE YEAR ENDING Slst DECEMBER, 1905, BEING AN ACCOUNT OP MINING OPERATIONS FOR GOLD, COAL, ETC., IN THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PRO VINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA PRINTED BY AUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. VICTORIA, B. C. Printed by Richard Wolfenden, V.D., I.S.O., Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. 1906. 6 Ed. 7 Report of the Minister of Mines. J 3 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1905. To His Honour the Honourable Sir Henri Gustave Joly de Lotbiniere, K. C. M. G., Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia : May it please Your Honour : The Annual Report of the Provincial Mineralogist upon the Mining Industries of the Province for the year 1905 is herewith respectfully submitted. RICHARD McBRIDE, Minister of Mines. Minister of Mines' Office, February, 1906, CANYON OF BULKLEY FROM BRIDGE AT AHWILLGATE 6 Ed. 7 Report of the Minister of Mines. J 5 REPORT OF BUREAU OF MINES. WILLIAM FLEET ROBERTSON, PROVINCIAL MINERALOGIST, To the Hon. Richard McBride, Minister of Mines. Sir,—I have the honour to submit herewith my Annual Report on the Mining Industry of the Province for the year ending December 31st, 1905. The statistical tables give the total mineral output of the Province to date, and show in considerable detail the actual mineral production of the past year, as based on smelter or mill returns; also, a summary of the production of each of the last four years, thus illustrating by comparison the progress made in productive mining during this period. To facilitate comparison with information previously given, I have retained, as closely as was possible, the general form already established for such tables and for the Report. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, William Fleet Robertson, Provincial Mineralogist. Bureau of Mines, Victoria, B. C, February, 1906. 6 Ed. 7 Report of the Minister of Mines. J 7 MINERAL PRODUCTION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. METHOD OP COMPUTING PRODUCTION. In assembling the output for the lode mines in the following tables, the established custom of this Bureau has been adhered to, viz. : The output of a mine for the year is considered that amount of ore for which the smelter or mill returns have been received during the year. This system does not give the exact amount mined during the year, but rather the amounts credited to the mine on the company's books during such year. For ore shipped in December the smelter returns are not likely to be received until February in the new year, or later, and have, consquently, to be carried over to the credit of such new year. This plan, however, will be found very approximate for each year, and ultimately correct, as ore not credited to one year is included in the next. In the Lode Mines tables, the amount of the shipments has been obtained from certified returns received from the various mines, as provided for in the " Inspection of Metalliferous Mines Act, 1897." In calculating the values of the products, the average price for the year in the New York Metal Market has been used as a basis. For silver 95 per cent., and for lead 90 per cent., of such market price has been taken. Treatment and other charges have not been deducted. TABLE I.—Total Production for all Years up to and including 1905. Gold, placer $67,772,703 Gold, lode 36,385,058 Silver *.... 23,688,688 Lead 14,958,161 Copper 27,258,013 Coal and Coke 73,786,754 Building stone, bricks, etc 4,560,800 Other metals. . , 252,999 Total $248,663,176 TABLE II.—Production for each Year from 1890 to 1905 (inclusive). 1852 to 1889 (inclusive) , $71,981,634 1890 2,608,803 1891 3,521,102 1892 2,978,530 1893 3,588,413 1894 4,225,717 1895 5,643,042 1896 7,507,956 1897 10,455,268 1898 10,906,861 1899 12,393,131 1900 16,344,751 1901 20,086.780 1902 17,486,550 1903 17,495,954 1904 18,977,359 1905 22,461,325 Total $248,663,176 J 8 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 TABLE SHOWING MINERAL PRODUCTION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1B95 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 $23,000,000 22,500,000 22,000,000 21,500,000 21,000,000 20,500,000 20,000,000 19,500,000 19,000,000 18,500,000 18,000,000 17,500,000 17,000,000 16,500,000 16,000,000 15,500,000 15,000,000 14,500,000 14,000,000 13,500,000 13,000,000 12,500,000 12,000,000 11,500,000 11,000,000 10,500,000 10,000,000 9,500,000 9,000,000 8,500,000 8,000,000 7,500,000 7,000,000 6,500,000 6,000,000 5,500,000 5,000,000 4,500,000 4,000,000 3,500,000 3,000,000 2,500,000 2,000,000 1,500,000 1,000,000 500,000 000.000 , / / / / \ / / \ \ / \ / / \ / \ / / \ / h /?/ / ?/ 1 f / j % / 1 1 K / / 1 \ j / / \ 1 / \ y j / \ ' ts / / / / V / hi m i V a / (V V / J *.. ^, / $ 81 ™! ,•' i J ».. ts } C$ 1 , /c. /--. f , \ 1 _., *"' i s ■»-"*" ! * s' ^ —-.. -_._, — — . ^.-^ '' 6 Ed. 7 Mineral Production. J 9 Table IV. gives a statement in detail of the amount and value of the different mineral products for the years 1903, 1904 and 1905. As it has been impossible as yet to collect accurate statistics regarding building stone, lime, bricks, tiles, etc., these are estimated. TABLE IV. Amount and Value of Mineral Products for 1903, 1904 and 1905. Customary Measure. 1903. 1904. 1905. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Gold, placer Silver Ounces Pounds Tons, 2,240ffis 53,021 232,831 2,996,204 18,089,283 34,359,921 1,168,194 165,543 $ 1,060,420 4,812,616 1,521,472 689,744 4,547,535 3,504,582 827,715 531,870 55,765 222,042 3,222,481 36,646,244 35,710,128 1,253,628 238,428 $ 1,115,300 4,589,608 1,719,516 1,421,874 4,578,037 3,760,884 1,192,140 600,000 48,465 238,660 3,439,417 56,580,703 37,692,251 1,384,312 271,785 $ 969,300 4,933,102 1,971,818 2,399,022 Copper Coal Coke 5,876,222 4,152,936 1,358,925 800,000 §17,495,954 $18,977,359 $22,461,325 TABLE V. Production of Mineral by Districts and Divisions. Name. Divisions. Districts. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1903. 1904. 1905. $ 475,200 $ 474,600 $ 406,000 $ 314,400 132,000 28,800 $ 313,000 150,000 11,600 $ 300,000 96,000 10,000 480,368 1,951,128 6,603,981 558,573 3,210,573 5,806,070 504,372 5,339,154 5,421,859 Kootenay, East, District Kootenay, West, District 219,818 653,457 1,126,986 4,308,458 295,262 168,023 466,683 1,236,858 3,760,866 173,640 100,273 532,564 970,544 3,672,828 145,650 Trail Creek n Other parts Lillocet District 31,283 3,714,422 34,583 4,190,281 32,584 6,483,504 Yale District Osoyoos, Grand Forks & Green- 3,654,234 2,000 58,188 4,110,366 2,500 77,415 6,356,410 1,533 125,561 Yale a Coast Districts (Nanaimo, Alberni, W. Coast V. I., Victoria).. 4,239,572 4,702,679 4,273,852 $17,495,954 $18,977,359 $22,461,325 J 10 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 PLACER GOLD. Table VI. contains the yearly production of placer gold to date, as determined by the returns, sent in by the banks and express companies, of gold transmitted by them to the mints, and from returns sent in by the Gold Commissioners and Mining Recorders. To these yearly amounts one-third was added up to the year 1878, from then to 1895 and from 1898 to 1905, one-fifth, which proportions are considered to represent, approximately, the amount of gold sold of which there is no record. This placer gold contains from 10 to 25 per cent, silver, but the silver value has not been separated from the totals, as it would be insignificant. TABLE VI.—Yield of Placer Gold per Year to Date. 1858.. 1859.. I860.. 1861.. 1862.. 1863.. 1864.. 1865.. 1866.. 1867.. 1868.. 1869.. 1870.. 1871.. 1872.. 1873.. 705,000 1,615,070 2,228,543 2,666,118 2,656,903 3,913,563 3,735,850 3,491,205 2,662,106 2,480,868 3,372,972 1,774,978 1,336,956 1,799,440 1,610,972 1,305,749 1874.. 1875.. 1876.. 1877.. 1878.. 1879.. 1880.. 1881.. 1882.. 1883/. 1884.. 1885.. 1886.. 1887'.. 1888.. 1889.. 1,844,618 2,474,004 1,786,648 1,608,182 1,275,204 1,290,058 1,013,827 1,046,737 954,085 794,252 736,165 713,738 903,651 693,709 616,731 588,923 1890.. 1891.. 1892.. 1893.. 1894.. 1895.. 1896.. 1897.. 1898.. 1899.. 1900.. 1901.. 1902.. 1903.. 1904.. 1905.. Total. 490,435 429,811 399,526 356,131 405,516 481,683 544,026 513,520 643,346 1,344,900 1,278,724 970,100 1,073,140 1,060,420 1,115,300 969,300 57,772,703 TABLE VII.—Production of Lode Mines.7 P3 Gold. Silver. Lead. Copper. Total Oz. Value. Oz. Value. Pounds. Value. Pounds. Value. Values. 1887 $ 17,690 79,780 53,192 70,427 4,500 77,160 227,000 746,379 1,496,522 3,135,343 5,472,971 4,292,401 2,939,413 3,958,175 5,151,333 3,917,917 2,996,204 3,222,481 3,439,417 41,298,305 $ 17,331 75,000 47,873 73,948 4,000 66,935 195,000 470,219 977,229 2,100,689 3,272,836 2,375,841 1,663,708 2,309,200 2,884,745 1,941,328 1,521,472 1,719,516 1,971,818 204,800 674,500 165,100 Nil. Nil. 808,420 2,135,023 5,662,523 16,475,464 24,199,977 38,841,135 31,693,559 21,862,436 63,358,621 51,582,906 22,536,381 18,089,283 36,646,244 56,580,703 391,517,075 $ 9,216 29,813 • 6,498 Nil. Nil. 33,064 7S,996 169,875 532,255 721,384 1,390,517 1,077,581 878,870 2,691,887 2,002,733 824,832 689,744 1,421,874 2,399,022 $ $ 26,547 1888 104,813 1889 54,371 1890 73,948 1891 4,000 1892 99,999 1893 1,170 6,252 39,264 62.259 106,141 110,001 138,315 167,153 210,384 236,491 232,831 222,042 238,660 23,404 125,014 785,271 1,244,180 2,122,820 2,201,217 2,857,573 3,453,381 4,34S,603 4,888,269 4,812,616 4,589,608 4,933,102 297,400 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 324,680 952,840 3,818,556 5,325,180 7,271,678 7,722,591 9,997,080 27,603,746 29,636,057 34,359,921 35,710,128 37,692,251 16,234 47,642 190,926 266,258 874,781 1,351,453 1,615,289 4,446,963 3,446,673 4,547,535 4,578,037 5,876,222 781,342 2,342,397 4,257,179 7,052,431 6,529,420 6,751,604 10,069,757 13,683,044 11,101,102 11,571,367 12,309,035 15,180,164 To'l 1,771,023 36,385,058 23,688,688 14,958,161 200,414,780 27,258,013 102,289,920 * Not included in above is 9,413 tons of zinc ore—worth $139,200. *The information as to production in the earlier years is obtained from the "Mineral Statistics and Mines" for 1896, Geological Survey of Canada. TABLE VIII.—Coal and Coke Production per Year to Date. Coal. Years. Tons (2,240 lbs). Value. 1836-64 133,500 $ 535,012 1865 32,819 131,276 1866 25,115 100,460 1867 31,239 124,956 1868 44,005 176,020 1869 35,802 143,208 1870 29,843 119,372 1871-2-3 148,549 493,836 1874 81,547 244,641 1875 110,145 330,435 1876 139,192 417,576 1877 154,052 462,156 1878 170,846 512,538 1879 241,301 723,903 1880 267,595 802,785 1881 228,357 685,071 1882 282,139 846,417 1883 213,299 639,897 1884 394,070 1,182,210 1885 265,596 796,788 1886 326,636 979,908 1887 413,360 1,240,080 1888 489,301 1,467,903 1889 579,830 1,739,490 1890 678,140 2,034,420 1891 1,029,097 3,087,291 1892 826,335 2,479,005 1893..... 978,294 2,934,882 1894 1,012,953 3,038,859 1895 939,654 2,818,962 1896 896,222 2,688,666 1897 882,854 2,648,562 1898 1,135,865 3,407,595 1899 1,306,324 3,918,972 1900 1,439,595 4,318,785 1901 1,460,331 4,380,993 1902 1,397,394 4,192,182 1903 1,168,194 3,504,582 1904 1,253,628 3,760,884 1905 1,384,312 , 4,152,936 Total 22,627,330 tons. $68,263,514 Coke. 1895-6 1,565 $ 7,825 1897 17,831 89,155 1898 (estimated) 35,000 175,000 1899 34,251 171,255 1900 85,149 425,745 1901. 127,081 635,405 1902 128,015 640,075 1903 165,543 827,715 1904 238,428 1,192,140 1905 271,785 1,358,925 Total 1,104,648 tons. $5,523,240 J 12 Eeport of the Minister of Mines. 1906 TABLE IX.—Production in Detail of the Year Toss. Gold —Placer. Goli —Lode. Silver. Lead. Ounces Value. Ounces. Value. Ounces. Value. Pounds. Value. S $ s S 1902 1903 1904 1905 1902 1903 1904 1905 1902 1903 1904 1905 21 17,000 15,720 15,650 15,000 8,000 6,600 7,500 4,800 2,000 1,440 680 500 340,000 314,400 313,000 300,000 160,000 132,000 150,000 96,000 40,000 28,800 11,600 10,000 19 393 4 2 Quesnel t, 1902 1903 1904 1905 1902 1903 1904 1905 100 67 303 143 20,000 22,000 26,500 23,750 800 1,750 675 1,250 400,000 440,000 530,000 475,000 16,000 35,000 11,500 25,000 474 244 766 187 9,797 5,043 15,333 3,865 224 53 185 477 111 27 99 274 5,500 233 1902 1903 1904 1905 1902 1903 1904 1905 3,621 938 76,895 170,073 260 808 365 226 1,660 1,000 1,000 708 33,000 20,000 20,000 14,160 114,506 28,537 590,186 1,137,872 27,918 59,006 20,964 16,880 66,738 14,491 314,923 652,342 13,833 29,963 11,186 9,677 3,017,756 717,479 21,071,236 48,248,828 204,652 951,296 401,022 149,584 110,450 27,357 817,564 16 17 2,045,750 7 490 331 352 36,273 50 50 1,000 1,000 15,559 14 289 6,342 1902 1903 1904 1905 1902 1903 1904 1905 1902 1903 1904 1905 1902 1903 1904 1905 1902 1903 1904 1905 4,939 24,332 14,569 3,331 77.S10 76,923 74,442 50,090 21,153 12,412 70,296 88,279 329,534 360,786 312,991 330,618 1,692 5,430 26,494 22,302 5 33 2 28 25,116 20,114 14,100 17,667 353 257 160 134 162,146 145,353 133,095 129,843 652 2,417 3,615 2,707 103 682 41 579 519,148 415,756 291,447 365,177 7,297 5,312 3,807 2,770 3,351,558 3,004,446 2,751,074 2,683,855 13,477 49,959 74,722 55,954 320,719 108,678 90,004 99,781 273,870 190,003 198,795 116,729 2,223,810 1,466,931 1,640,170 1,045,948 373,101 209,537 181,830 147,753 241,584 392,354 148,201 121,551 158,916 55,187 48,026 57,204 135,703 96,483 106,077 66,921 1,101,898 744,908 821,835 599,642 184,871 106,403 97,024 84,707 119,705 199,237 79,080 69,685 3,083,039 4,299,727 3,091,648 1,002,114 1,680,948 1,072,542 976,570 1,368,388 13,651,144 9,880,469 10,611,227 5,399,330 112,839 163,949 119,956 42,490 61,523 40,896 37,891 58,020 499,632 Slocan & Slocan City. 100 150 150 2,000 3,000 3,000 228,932 Trail Creek ,, All other Divisions .. (Revelstoke, Trout Lake, Lardeau.) 100 100 50 280 2,000 2,000 1,000 5,600 885,734 1,144,239 485,620 339,883 82,418 43,630 18,838 14,411 1902 1903 1904 1905 1902 1903 1904 1905 1902 1903 1904 1S05 1902 1903 1904 1905 2,882 3,652 40 133 1,372 1,291 1,725 1,500 27,440 25,820 34,500 30,000 193 264 4 125 3,989 5,457 83 2,584 12 6 13,108 23,531 9,021 67,076 (Grand Forks, Greenwood and Osoyoos Divisions.) Sirnilkameen Div'n.. 521,402 697,284 801,925 965,628 88 3,783 22 1,906 14,642 250 150 160 90 135 100 126 t 57 2,350 2,520 1,560 230 5,000 3,000 3,000 1,800 2,700 2,000 2,500 1,140 47,000 50,400 31,200 4,600 42,745 50,358 66,505 78,689 883,539 1,040,900 1,147,288 1,626,501 219,798 320,749 245,155 630,407 108,910 162,876 130,815 361,412 480 897 350 2,844 (Vernon.) 19 6 3 183 610 393 124 62 3,783 12,608 542 15 625 3,863 269 8 334 2,215 (Ashcroft, Kaml'ps.) Coast & other Dis tricts (Nanaimo, Al 1902 1903 1904 1905 31,802 103,524 81,383 61,126 4,766 13,771 14,612 8,637 98 513 284,347 302,030 178,527 121,841 220,329 206,366 118,156 60,372 111,883 110,117 67,739 berni, W. Coast V. I., 250 160 100 5,000 3,000 2,000 Victoria). (other metals, build 1902 1903 1904 1905 ing stone, brick, etc.) Totals 1902 1903 1904 1805 998,999 1,286,176 1,461,609 1,706,679 53,657 53,021 55,765 48,465 1,078,140 1,060,420 1,115,300 1969,300 236,491 232,831 222,042 238,660 4,888,269 4,812,616 4,589,608 $4,933,102 3,917,917 2,996,204 3,222,481 3,439,417 1,941,328 1,521,472 1,719,516 $1,971,818 22,536,381 18,089,283 36,646,244 56,580,703 824,832 689,744 1,421,874 $2,399,022 t Includes $500 Platinum. } Including 9,413 tons Zinc ore, valued at $139,200. 6 Ed. 7 Production of Metalliferous Mines. J 13 Metalliferous Mines for 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1905. Copper. Totals for Divisions. Totals for Districts. Pounds. Value. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1906. $ $ $ $ $ $ 540,395 $ 475,200 $ 474,600 8 406,000 340,395 314,400 313,000 300,000 160,000 132,000 150,000 96,000 40,000 28,800 11,600 10,000 426,636 480,368 558,573 504,372 400,000 440,000 530,000 475,000 6,258 728 298 1,141 26,636 40,368 2,249 8,900 28,573 29,372 222,778 128,797 1,180,933 2,731,214 200,188 61,848 1,152,487 "2,712,252 8,048 936 361 701 1,654 1,109 22,590 2,730 5,472 10,608 66,949 28,446 18,962 9,637 272,967 7,716,399 6,498,981 5,806,070 5,257,659 219,818 168,023 ]00,273 491,144 346,218 57,120 45,822 28,268 14,446 773,494 600,957 220,500 92,663 466,683 507,564 1,608,827 181 24 1,126,986 1,236,858 831,344 11,667,807 8,652,127 7,119,876 5,800,294 1,000 3,294 1,356,966 1,145,109 912,768 904,266 116 136 4,893,395 4,255,958 3,760,866 3,672.828 167,716 295,262 173,640 145,650 81,429 31,283 34,583 32,584 31,429 31,283 34,583 32,584 2,787,356 3,707,552 4,190,281 6,433,504 14,955,582 18,485,542 22,066,407 27,670,644 1,739,334 2,446,561 2,828,913 4,313,853 2,737,263 3,654,234 4,110,366 6,308,410 2,700 2,000 2,500 1,533 47,393 6,409 328,380 848 42,098 106,138 51,318 680,808 125,561 449,249 1,309,606 1,179,295 784,131 2,496,681 290,364 908,076 764,148 535,865 449,249 6,861,171 1,309,606 5,960,593 1,179,295 3,437,236 784,131 480,051 531,870 600,000 800,000 480,051 531,870 600,000 800,000 29,636,057 3,446,673 4,547,535 4,578,037 $5,876,222 $12,654,293 $ 12,654,293 $13,163,657 34,359,921 35,710,128 13,163,657 $14,024,336 $14,024,335 37,692 251 $16,949,464 $ 16,949,464 J 14 Eeport of the Minister of Mines. 1906 o rH oo ea CTS CD US *# '3 CC l> C4 l> cc" I-H? p +- r« CD fi +3 ■+H ft o o rH o m « o PI a o 0) a. s o 1 o 35 m Is u ■z, > & p c4 3 u o a CD M ^ Pw os o O .a O r— H W a i-H p jo ii Ph o s 1© ^jS > CC CTS IO Ol l> IO *© 1 E obh A CD* CC l> oT rH I> l> a /" N o D bo a r-i aS 1 e o ra ts TJ ? A. . 40 c J4 -H a Ol "o or~J©«2fr*©© CS o cc o hH .— z; © © SHOWING MINEBAL PKODUCTION ov BEITI8H COLUMBIA 1866 1868 1880 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 (866 1867 1868 18 69 1870 187! 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 188C 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 6»ooo,ooo 5,900,000 5,800,000 5,700,000 5,600,000 5,500,000 5,400,000 5,300,000 5,200,000 5,100,000 5,000,000 4,900,000 4,800,000 4,700,000 4,600,000 4,500,000 4,400,000 4,300,000 4,200,000 4,100,000 4,000,000 3,900,000 3,800,000 3,700,000 3,600,000 3,500,000 3,400,000 3,300,000 3,200,000 3,100,000 3,000,000 2,900,000 2,800,000 2,700,000 2,600,000 2,c;oo,ooo 2,400,000 2,300,000 2,200,000 2,100,000 2,000,000 1,900,000 1,800,000 1,700,000 1,600,000 1,500,000 1,400,000 1,300,000 1,200,000 1,100,000 1,000,000 900,000 800,000 700,000 600,000 500,000 400,000 300,000 200,000 100,000 000,000 l\. / / s \ / \ZJ r1 f / / / s f ft 1 8/ 1 wf / t i 9> C US 1 /""^ vro /c? 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J 15 PROGRESS OF MINING. The gross value of the mineral production of the Province during the year 1905 was $22,461,325, the largest output ever made by the mines of the Province, and an increase over the preceding year of $3,483,966, or 18.4%, while it is an increase over the year 1903 of over 28 °f. An analysis of the returns shows, however, that this increase has been confined to certain districts, South-East Kootenay, the Boundary District, Nelson Mining Division and Yale Mining Division, the remaining districts showing a more or less marked decrease. The greater part of the increase is in the two former of these districts. In South-East Kootenay the tonnage of ore mined increased 121 % and the value of the product 135% over the preceding year, while in the Boundary the tonnage has increased 20% and the value of the output 53.6%. The Slocan District shows the most marked decrease this year, its output being little better i ;.n half of what it was in the preceding year. The Rossland camp just about held its own this past year. The tonnage of ore mined increas -bout 5%, but the values per ton diminished somewhat on the average, owing to the workinL of ,ow grade ores by concentration methods. The tonnage of ore mined in the whole Province, exclusive of coal, was this past year \Jz*>" ns, some 245,070 tons, or 16%, greater than in 1901, and 85% greater than was N X)l. 'ber of mines from which shipments of ore were made in 1905 was 146, and of these on^ i y p operties shipped over 100 tons during the year, practically no change from the preceding year. Some 38 mines each shipped in excess of 1,000 tons, of which seven were in the Nelson Division, four in the Slocan, seven in Trail (Rossland), and eleven in the Bounda ry. Tho following table shows the number of metalliferous mines which shipped ore during the past year, together with the location of these mines and the number of men employed both above and below ground :— Table Showing Distribution of Shipping Mines in 1905. Cassiar : Skeena East Kootenay : Fort Steele Windermere West Kootenay : Ainsworth Nelson Slocan Trail Other Divisions Lillooet Yale : Boundary Ashcroft-Kamloops.. Similkameen-Vernon Coast Total 1,706,679 Tons of Ore Shipped. 143 170,073 226 3,331 50,090 88,279 330,618 22,302 133 965,628 14,642 88 61,126 No. of Mines Shipping. 3 6 13 21 52 8 20 3 1 146 No. of Mines Shipping over 100 tons in 1905. 3 0 7 15 20 16 1 0 4 79 Men Employed in these Mines. Below. 250 31 67 250 352 582 89 2 595 52 7 109 2,394 Above. 11 67 13 39 142 105 251 26 2 421 25 7 93 1,202 Total. 19 317 44 106 392 457 833 115 4 1,016 77 14 202 3,596 J 16 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 In explanation of the table, it should be said that in its preparation, a mine employing 12 men for four months is credited in the table with four men for 12 months, so that the total given is less than the actual number of individuals who worked in mines during the year. The " labour employed to the ton of ore mined " forms some criterion of the total cost of mining in a camp, since the cost of labour is in a more or less constant proportion to such total cost. In this respect it is interesting to note in the various districts the number of tons of ore mined to each man employed. An analysis of the above table shows, approximately, that, taking the Province as a whole, there were 474 tons of ore mined for each man employed about the mines. In this respect, however, the districts vary very materially, since in the Slocan District the figures show 193 tons mined to the man in the year, in the Nelson District 127 tons, in the Trail Creek (Rossland) District 396 tons, and in the Boundary 950 tons. Such generalisation, of course, does not apply exactly to any one mine, but only to the district, and in the first two districts mentioned the mines vary in character so greatly, some having high grade shipping ores, and others low grade concentrating ores, that care must be taken not to carry these average figures too far. Table Showing Non-Shipping Mines and Number of Men Employed, 1905. District. Number of Mines. Men employed underground. Men employed above ground. Total. Alnsworth 1 4 3 3 1 9 2 1 2 15 12 6 4 23 8 6 0 7 6 3 8 9 3 2 2 Boundary (Od. Forks, Kettle R., Osoyoos) 22 18 9 Nelson 12 Slocan (Slocan, Slocan City) East Kootenay (Ft. Steele & Windermere) Trail Creek 32 11 8 Total 24 76 38 114 STATISTICAL TABLES. Referring to the preceding Statistical Tables of the mineral production of the Province, the following is a summary of their contents :— Table I. shows the total gross value of each mineral product that has been mined in the Province up to the end of 1905. From this it will be seen that coal mining has produced more than any separate class of mining—a total of $73,786,754—followed next in importance by placer gold at $67,772,703, and third by lode gold at $36,385,058. The metal gold, derived from both placer and lode mining, amounts to $104,157,761, the greatest amount derived from any one metal or mineral, the next most important being copper, of a total gross value of $27,258,013, followed by silver at $23,688,688, and lead at $14,958,161. Table II. shows the values of the total production of the mines of the Province for each year from 1890 to 1905, during which period the output has increased nearly ten-fold, and has now reached a production for the past year valued at $22,461,325, or more than double what it was in 1898. Table III. presents in graphical form the facts shown by figures in the tables, and demonstrates to the eye the rapid growth of lode mining in the Province and also the fluctuations to which it has been subject. 6 Ed. 7 Progress of Mining. J 17 It will be seen that although coal has been a constantly increasing industry during this whole period of 20 years, lode mining did not really begin until 1894, since when it has risen with remarkable rapidity, though not without interruption, until now it has reached higher than the $15,000,000 line. Table IV. gives the amounts, in the customary units of measure, and the values, of the various metals or minerals which go to make up the grand total of the mineral production of the Province, and also, for purposes of comparison, similar data for the two preceding years. The table shows that there has been a decrease in the production of placer gold of some $146,000, but at the same time an increase in the output of lode gold of $343,494, thus leaving for this metal a balance on the right side of nearly $200,000. The amount of silver produced this past year was 3,439,417 ounces, having a gross value of $1,971,818, an increase over the preceding year of $252,302, due to the greatly increased output of the Boundary and East Kootenay Districts. The table shows an output of lead amounting to 56,580,703 lbs., valued at $2,399,022, the greatest production of lead ever made by the Province except in the phenomenal year 1900, and is in quantity an increase over the preceding year of 19,934,459 lbs., or 54 %, which is due unquestionably to the effect of the Dominion Government's lead bounty upon two large mines in East Kootenay, which are very low-grade in both lead and silver. The bounty has, however, apparently had no stimulating effect upon the production of lead in the Slocan District, as the amount of lead produced by this district in 1905 is only about half that produced in 1904 and one-quarter that produced in 1900. Table V. shows the proportions of the total mineral productions made in each of the various districts into which the Province is divided. It will be noted that this year, for the first time, the Boundary District has wrested from West Kootenay the honour of first place on the list, and leads in the value of its production by over a million dollars, followed in order of output by the West Kootenay, East Kootenay and Coast Districts. The latter two districts owe more than half their output to the coal mines situated within their limits, whereas the production of the two former is entirely from lode miming. The Boundary produces over 42 % of the total output of the Province derived from lode mining. Table VI. gives the statistical record of the placer mines of the Province from 1858 to 1905, and shows a total production of $67,772,703. The output for 1905 was $969,300—a decrease of about 10 % as compared with the previous year, and due to a dry season with a shortage of water for hydraulic mining. Table VII. relates entirely to the lode mines of the Province, and shows the amounts and values of the various metals produced each year since 1887—the beginning of such mining in the Province. The gross value of the product of these mines to date is $102,289,920. The production in 1905 was $15,180,164, an increase over the preceding year of $2,871,129, or about 23 %. Table VIII. contains the statistics of production of the coal mines of the Province. The total amount of coal mined to the end of 1905 is 22,627,330 tons (2,240 lbs), worth $68,263,514. Of this there was produced in 1905 some 1,384,312 tons, valued at $4,152,936, a larger amount than has been produced in any year since 1902. In these figures of coal production is not included the coal used in making coke, as such coal is accounted for in figures of output of coke. The making of coke began only in 1895-6, and in the ten years since this period the output has increased from 1,565 tons to 271,785 tons J 18 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 (2,240 Bos.), of a value of $1,358,925 produced in 1905, an increase over the preceding year of 33,357 tons, or 14 %. The total output of coke to the end of 1905 was 1,104,648 tons, valued at $5,523,240. More detailed statistics of the coal production of the Province and of the separate districts for the year 1905 are given under the chapter on "Coal," near the end of this report. Table IX. gives the details of productions of the mines of the Province (excepting coal mines) for the years 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1905, and the districts in which such productions were made, showing the tonnage of ore mined in each district, with its metallic contents, and market value. The total tonnage of ore mined in the Province during the past year was 1,706,679 tons, having a gross value of $16,949,464. The following table shows the percentages of such tonnage and values derived from the various districts of the Province :— Boundary District, 56.8 % of tonnage and 37.2 % of values. Trail Creek Mining Division, Fort Steele n Slocan District, Coast ii Miscellaneous and other districts, 56.8 % of tonnage and 37.2 19.5 it 21.7 10.0 it 16.0 5.2 ii 4.9 3.6 tt 4.6 4.9 ii 15.6 100.0 100.0 Table X. compares graphically the output of mineral products in British Columbia with that of similar products in all the other Provinces of the Dominion, and shows that in 1905 British Columbia produced of the metals and coal an amount nearly as great as did all the other Canadian Provinces combined. COAL. The collieries actually producing coal in the Province during this past year are the same as in the previous year, and are located either on the eastern side of Vancouver Island or on the western slope of the Rockies, near the Crowsnest pass, in the south-eastern portion of the Province. The Vancouver Island Colleries are operated by two companies, the Western Fuel Co., at Nanaimo, and the Wellington Colliery Co., at Ladysmith and Comox; while the collieries in South-East Kootenay, at present some three in number, at Michel, Fernie and Carbonado, are all owned and operated by the same company—the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co. The gross output of the coal mines of the Province for the year was 1,825,832 tons (2,240 flos.), which, with 314 tons taken from stock, makes a total production of 1,826,146 tons. Of this total amount, 1,202,971 tons were sold as coal, 441,520 tons were used in making coke, and 181,655 tons were consumed under the companies' boilers and sold locally. The coke produced amounted to 271,785 tons, of which some 268,091 tons were sold and 3,694 tons were added to stock. 6 Ed. 7 Progress of Mining. J 19 The following table indicates the markets in which the coal and coke output of the Province was sold :— Coal. Coast. Crow's Nest Pass. Total. Sold for consumption in Canada (Tons—2,240 fts) 380,332 427,698 148,939 246,002 529,271 673,700 Coke. 808,030 5,410 4,300 394,941 145,044 113,337 1,202,971 150,454 117,637 9,710 258,381 268,091 The Vancouver Island Collieries mined in 1905 some 993,899 tons of coal, which, with 314 tons taken from stock piles, makes the total of coal disposed of 994,213 tons, distributed as follows :— Sold as coal in Canada , 380,332 tons. ii United States 427,698 „ 808,030 Used under companies' boilers, etc. 142,491 n in making coke 43,692 994,213 The amount of coke produced was 15,661 tons, of which 5,410 tons were sold in Canada and 4,300 in the United States (including Alaska), while some 5,950 tons were added to stock. The coal sales of the Coast collieries show this year an increase of about 24,000 tons, or about 3 % over the preceding year. The coal sales to the United States this year amount to 53 % of the total, exactly the same as in 1904, most of which coal was disposed of in the California market, the remainder going to Alaska, where the recent developments in metalliferous mining seem destined to produce a constantly increasing market for the product of our Coast collieries. The local consumption of coal on the coast of British Columbia also shows an increase this year of 11,568 tons, being 380,332 tons, as against 368,764 tons in 1904. The coke production this year was some 3,710 tons less than in 1904, and the coke sales also are lower by 3,214 tons, the production being still much greater than the demand, as is evidenced by the fact that in 1904 some 6,647 tons of coke were added to stock, followed in 1905 by a further addition of 5,950 tons, a total of 12,597 tons in two years. The local coke consumption has dropped from 10,333 tons in 1904 to 5,410 tons in 1905, due to the decreased amount of copper smelting being done on the Coast, while the distance from the Coast to the smelters in the interior of the Province is so great as to prevent that market being available. The resumption of smelting operations at Crofton about the beginning of 1906 will better materially the local market this coming year. The coke sold in the United States this past year by the Coast collieries amounted to 4,300 tons, an increase of 1,709 tons, occasioned by the "blowing in" of two smelting plants on Prince of Wales island, in Alaska, which increase promises to continue. J 20 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 The Nanaimo collieries were closed down for a number of months during the year, on account of labour disputes; but whether this decreased the coal sales, or whether the market was kept fully supplied by the other colliery company it is impossible to say, as the two companies have " pooled " their California sales under one selling agent. The Crow's Nest Pass collieries at Michel, Coal Creek (Fernie) and Carbonado (Morrissey)—three in number—operated by the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co., mined, during the year 1905, 831,933 tons of coal, an increase over the preceding year of 169,248 tons, or 25^ %. The following table shows the disposition made of the combined output of the company's collieries :— Sold as coal in Canada 148,939 tons. ,, United States 246,002 „ 394,941 Used in making coke by company 397,828 it under company's boilers, etc 35,843 Sold at retail, locally 3,321 831,933 The amount of coke produced from the coal noted above was 256,125 tons, and with 2,256 tons taken from stock, makes the total coke sales 258,381 tons, of which 145,044 tons were sold for consumption in Canada (British Columbia), and 113,337 tons were exported to the United States. The coal sales of the Crow's Nest Pass Co. increased this past year 107,773 tons, or 37£%, due entirely to the increased exportation of coal to the United States, for the consumption of Crow's Nest coal in British Columbia this past year decreased this 20,041 tons, or 12 %, as compared with 1904, while the exportation of coal to the LTnited States increased by 127,814 tons, or about 108 %. The sales of coke from Crow's Nest collieries were increased this year by 41,687 tons, or 19.2 %, the increase being due to consumption both in British Columbia and in the United States, the former increasing some 26,040 tons, or 13J %, and the latter 15,647 tons, or 16 %. The increased consumption in British Columbia was due to the constantly increasing demand for coke in the Boundary District to smelt the increased tonnage of ore there mined. GOLD. The production of placer gold this past year is valued at $969,300, Placer Gold. a decrease of some $146,000, or 13 %, as compared with that of 1904, and is the smallest output made any year since 1901. This falling off in pro duction is attributable to a very dry summer, preceded by a winter with little snow, with a resulting decreased supply of water for hydraulicing, in which class of mining the output seems to be in direct proportion to the water available for use, since the deposits of gravel appear to be fairly regular in their tenure of gold, and the output is measured by the amount of gravel washed. In the Atlin District the output this past year was about $475,000, considerably less than in 1904, but still in excess of any year previous to that. In this district the drought was not so severely felt, as about 40 % of the gold is mined by " individual" methods, in which a large amount of water is not necessary. In the Dease lake section of Cassiar, mining is carried on largely by hydraulic methods, and between the dryness of the season and the obstacles presented in getting plant in over a long pack trail, the season was not successful. 6 Ed. 7 Progress of Mining. J 21 The Cariboo Mining Division of the Cariboo District about held its own this past season, but the production of the Quesnel Division was some 40 % less, owing to the very short run made by the largest producing property — the Consolidated Cariboo—due to an unprece- dentedly low water supply, a trouble which the Company has set about remedying by bringing in water from another water-shed to supplement the present supply, at the expenditure of a large amount of money. In the Fraser river district the dry season should not have had so much effect, but individual mining on the bars appears to have been replaced by dredging, and the dredges have not met the expectations of the operators, for the reason, it is claimed, that the dredges built have proved to be of too weak construction, and were so constantly under repair as to reduce the actual working time below the margin of profit. Steam shovels have not as yet been fully proven, and the one formerly operated in South- East Kootenay has been, at least temporarily, abandoned. The Atlin shovel apparently worked very well, but the appliances for handling the tailings and for washing the gravel proved quite inadequate, so much so that the capacitv of the shovel was never fully demonstrated. Enough was learned, however, to indicate that for our conditions in the North the steam shovel is apt to prove much more effective than the dredge. The value of the output of gold of this Province from lode mining for Gold from Lode the year 1905 was $4,933,102, an increase over the preceding year of some Mining. $343,494, or about 1\ %, due entirely to the increased tonnage of gold- bearing copper ore smelted in the Boundary district. The greater part of the lode gold produced is found in combination with copper; in fact, only 11 % of the total gold is produced from* stamp-mills, and even in these mills about half the values are obtained in concentrates, which are afterwards smelted. SILVER. About 70 % of the silver produced in the Province was found associated with lead, in argentiferous galena, the remainder being chiefly in conjunction with copper ores. The total silver production was 3,439,417 ounces, valued at $1,971,818, the largest output the Pi'ovince has made since 1901, despite the fact of a decrease in the Slocan of 494,000 ounces. The increase is due primarily to the extensive working this year of the galenas, low grade in silver, of the Fort Steele district, which district shows an increased production of nearly 550,000 ounces; and, secondly, to the increased tonnage of the large copper mines in the Boundary and the working of certain smaller but higher grade properties in that district, resulting in an increased silver production in the Boundary of about 385,000 ounces. LEAD. There has been produced in the Province in 1905 some 56,580,703 lbs. of lead, valued at $2,399,022, an increase over the preceding year of 19,934,459 lbs., or about 54 %. This year's lead production, with the exception of that made in 1900, is the greatest ever made by the Province. It is noticeable that almost our entire output of lead is now from the Fort Steele district, while the production of the Slocan is only about half what it was the previous year, and one- third of the amount produced in 1901. J 22 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 The following table shows the percentage of the total output obtained in the various districts :— Fort Steele Mining Division 86.1 % Slocan „ 9.2 Nelson n 2 5 Ainsworth n 1.8 Other Divisions 4 100.0 The bounty on lead offered by the Dominion Government is certainly responsible for the production of lead in East Kootenay, for, as was pointed out in last year's report, these mines could scarcely be operated without its aid, but the bounty has apparently had no effect in stimulating greater production in the Slocan District. COPPER. There is again this year a material increase in the output of copper, the production being 37,692,251 lbs., valued at $5,876,222, an increase over the preceding year of 1,982,123 lbs., or about 5J %, while the increase in value is $1,298,182. This is the greatest output of copper ever made by the Province. The increase is due entirely to the increased tonnage of the Boundary District, as all the other important districts show a falling off in production. The following table shows the production of the various districts for the years 1904 and 1905 :— 1904. 1905. Boundary District 22,066,407 lbs. 27,670,644 lbs. Rossland „ , 7,119,876 „ 5,800,294 Coast „ 5,960,593 „ 3,437,236 Yale-Kamloops „ 328,380 „ 680,808 Nelson „ 220,500 „ 92,663 Various Districts 14,372 n 10,606 35,710,128 i, 37,692,251 „ The average assays of the copper ores of the various camps, based upon copper recovered, were as follows :—Boundary, 1.52 % copper; Rossland, .90 %, and Coast District, 2.81 %. OTHER MINERALS. There has been no iron ore mined in the Province this past year, Iron Ore. since there is no market as yet available. For the small quantity formerly used as a flux in lead smelting, an impure iron ore, carrying values in the precious metals, has been substituted. This year, for the first time, have any important sales of zinc ore to be Zinc Ore. recorded. Plants for the "enrichment" of zinc ores have been started at Kaslo, Rosebery and Pilot Bay. These plants are merely concentrators, in which ores, or ordinary zinc concentrates, are more carefully separated, with the elimination of minerals undesirable in the smelting of zinc ore, such as iron pyrite or carbonate, galena and gangue matter. The resulting " enriched " zinc concentrates, thus rendered saleable, have found a ready market, at prices varying according to the zinc contents and freedom from impurities, from about $25 a ton for 53% zinc in a pure ore, to about $10 a ton for a 40% zinc ore not so free from impurities. 6 Ed. 7 Progress of Mining. J 23 Approximately 9,413 tons of zinc ore or zinc concentrates were sold this past year, having a value at point of shipment of about $139,200. Almost all of this zinc ore comes from the Slocan district, but has not been all mined this past year, as the sales include zinc concentrates which had accumulated and for which only this year has a market been found. As yet, most of the zinc ore sold has gone to the United States, but a zinc smelting plant having been this year erected at Frank, in Alberta, just east of the British Columbia boundary, in all probability the larger part of the British Columbia output will in future be treated there. A Commission appointed by the Dominion Government, and including Mr. W. R. Ingall, of New York, and Mr. Philip Argall, of Colorado, spent the season of 1905 in investigating the possibilities of zinc ore mining in British Columbia and methods of treating the ore. The report of this Commission has not as yet been published. Practical demonstrations of smelting zinc-lead ores by electricity were upon two occasions attempted at Vancouver, to witness which the Provincial Government was invited to send a representative. Mr. Carmichael, the Provincial Assayer, who was present, reports that the demonstrations did not succeed, for reasons which, he hopes, may yet be overcome. Of the undeveloped properties carrying strictly zinc ore, those on Pingston creek, in the Arrow Lake Mining Division, present the greatest surface showing. The actual production of platinum is very small, although its occur- Platinum. rence in the placer gravels is so widespread throughout the Province. About $500 worth was obtained from gravels near Granite creek, Similka- meen, while the Consolidated Cariboo Hydraulic Mining Co., of Cariboo, and the Berry Creek Mining Co., of Thibert creek, Cassiar, each recovered small quantities in an experimental way, as mentioned in the reports on these districts. A number of finds of platinum "in place" have been reported. Some of these were assayed by Baker & Sons, platinum refiners, of Newark, N. J., who reported finding considerable amounts of platinum, but upon close examination by this Bureau, confirmed by the Laboratory of the Canadian Geological Survey, of the identical ore assayed by Baker & Sons, no platinum could be found. As this has happened two or three times before, the conclusion is forced that assays made in a platinum refinery are apt to get contaminated by the dust produced by processes of manufacture. Attention is drawn to the mention in the report of the Provincial Assayer of the finding of appreciable quantities of platinum in a number of samples of Yukon and Cassiar gold, the platinum being actually in the gold, and not as a separate mineral associated therewith. The quarrying of building stone as an industry is as yet confined to Building Stone, the Coast, such stone as is used in the Interior being obtained from some of the numerous rock exposures to be found in almost all parts of the Province. On the Coast, the cities of Vancouver and Victoria, particularly the former, have used an increased amount, in building, of granite, andesite and sandstone. While no exact statistics are available, it is estimated by a leading architect that four times as much brick and stone were used in Vancouver in 1905 as during the preceding year. Victoria brick-yards turned out in 1905 some seven and a half million Brick. brick, while about the same quantity was made in the vicinity of Vancouver. Grand Forks made two and a half million, while a number of smaller yards scattered over the Province, together contributed some ten million more. J 24 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 The manufacture of drain pipe at Victoria by the B. C. Pottery Co. amounted in value to between $80,000 and $90,000. The product of the Vancouver Portland Cement Co., at Tod inlet, Cement. during the past year, is estimated at $150,000, which production will be about doubled next year, by the increased capacity of the plant. Indications of oil have been found in various parts of the Province in Oil and Oilshales. the form of oil seepages or of shales carrying oil, but to date no oil in commercial quantity has actually been struck. In the Flathead District, on the oil seepages of which a report has already been made by the Provincial Mineralogist, some further prospecting has been done, and it is reported that a boring plant has been brought in from just across the U. S. boundary, where it has been lying for some years, but, from the best information obtainable, no drilling to any depth has yet been done. As mentioned in last year's report, black carbonaceous shales carrying a small percentage of oil have been known to exist in the Beaver valley, Cariboo, and this past year these shales have been taken up by a company which proposes next season to put down bore holes to test the existence of oil under the shales. Nothing has as yet been done on the Queen Charlotte islands towards testing for oil in the vicinity of the seepages which exist there. The bore hole put down at Steveston, near Vancouver, has been, at least temporarily, abandoned, no oil having been struck. DEVELOPMENTS OF THE YEAR. It cannot be said that the year 1905 has witnessed any new departures or developments in mining in the Province. The increased production in metalliferous mining is due entirely to the increased tonnage of low grade ores treated in the East Kootenay and Boundary Districts, while the other districts—Slocan, Nelson, Rossland and the Coast—each shows this year a decreased production. In the Fort Steele Mining Division of East Kootenay the St. Eugene mine has this year more than doubled its output of the previous year, despite the fact that several months were lost at its most important opening, through the head works being completely destroyed by fire. The property is a large low grade concentrating proposition, galena, low in silver, in a silicious gangue. This year's output was nearly 150,000 tons of ore, producing about 900,000 ounces of silver and 36,500,000 lbs. of lead, the largest lead production of any property in British Columbia, and about 65% of the total production of the Province. The North Star, which has been for many years one of our largest and steadiest producers of silver-lead ore, has been worked out and practically abandoned, as development on an extensive scale failed to disclose further ore bodies, and the small shipments made this year are only the results of the cleaning out of the old workings. With the passing of the North Star, an adjacent property, the Sullivan, has taken its place, and is to-day the second largest lead producer in the Province, producing nearly 11,500,000 lbs. of lead, or 20% of the production of the Province. Fort Steele District this year produced over 86% of the total lead production, 33% of the silver and 50% of the coal and coke sold by the Province, but no copper nor lode gold. BRIDGE ACROSS BULKLEY RIVER AT AHWILLGATE. (Constructed by Indians of round poles and telegraph wire.) INDIAN HOUSES AT AHWILLGATE. BULKLEY RIVER. 6 Ed. 7 Progress of Mining. J 25 In the Nelson Division the tonnage of ore mined has decreased about 33% as compared with the previous year, but the gold produced has decreased only some 12%, indicating that there is a proportionately larger amount of higher grade gold ore being mined. The copper production of the Division has decreased more than 50%, a result of the inactivity of the Silver King mine, but the lead output has increased 50%, owing to the resumption of work at the Mollie Gibson (La Plata Mines) and the operating of the Alice near Creston. At the Ymir mine, although the tonnage of ore treated is less, the amount of gold produced is greater than in 1904. Some of the smaller mines in the district have done exceedingly well in a small way. The plant erected at the May and Jennie has been found upon trial to require some adjustment and enlargement, and has in consequence not as yet accomplished the results which were expected, and which will, in all probability, be eventually accomplished. In the Slocan District there was a greater number of mines shipping this past year than in 1904, but the production of lead has decreased 50% and of silver 30%, due to the shutting down of some of the larger mines, such as the Payne and Ivanhoe, and the decreased production of other large properties, such as the Rambler, Slocan Star, Idaho, Wakefield and others. Many of the mines formerly operated under company management are now worked in a smaller way under lease or " tribute." The market obtained for zinc ore or concentrates has been of some assistance, some 9,413 tons having brought $139,200. The " Lead Bounty " does not seem to have had the same stimulating effect upon the lead output of the Slocan that it has had upon that of East Kootenay. In the Rossland Camp there has been about 5 % more ore mined this year than last, and while there has been but a slight depreciation in the gold and silver contents, there has been. a very considerable falling off in the copper contents of the ore. The average assay of the ores of the camp were this past year: Gold, 0.39 oz.; silver, 0.44 oz.; copper, 0.9%. In the Boundary District the tonnage of ore mined has increased about 20% over the preceding year, and now amounts to 965,628 tons, being over 56% of the total tonnage of the Province. This increase is due to the constantly increasing operations of the Granby Co., the other large companies about holding their own. The number of smaller high grade properties being operated, while not contributing any appreciable percentage to the tonnage, have helped to keep up the average grade of the ores. The costs of mining and smelting have been gradually reduced in this section, thanks to as fine equipments as money could buy, in the hands of intelligent and scientific men, until they are now reported to be about the lowest in the world. To quote from a recent editorial in the leading American scientific journal:— "Ten years ago the idea of smelting for a dollar a ton and mining for $1.10 a ton would have been scouted as impossible. Yet this has been done at the Granby mines, with an exceptionally favorable ore and exceptionally well applied skill. In Tennessee, with low priced labour and fuel, they smelt a copper bearing pyrrhotite for $1.30 per ton." On Texada island the Marble Bay mine has sustained regular shipments, but the Copper Queen and Van Anda properties have only been prospected for further ore bodies, with little shipping. The iron mines have not been operated. J 26 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 In the New Westminster District the only property working to any extent is the Britannia, at Howe Sound. This company, reported on last year, has finished equipping its tramway and concentrating plant, and in December, 1905, began the shipping of crude ore and concentrates to the company's smelter at Crofton, formerly owned and built by the Northwestern Smelting Co., This plant is being remodelled, under the superintendency of Mr. Thos. Kiddie, to meet the requirements of the mine. In the Atlin District the placer mines held their own exceedingly well, considering the dryness of the seasan. No lode mines have as yet developed in this district, although on Windy Arm, just north of the boundary and in the Yukon Territory, several most promising prospects have developed, the details of which are contained in a special report herewith. From the location of these discoveries it seems probable that the mineral belt will be found to extend south into British Columbia. Of the northern districts, the vicinity of the Portland Canal seems to promise the greatest likelihood of becoming a producing camp in the immediate future, as it is near deep water transportation. There have been a number of discoveries in the vicinity of the Telkwa river of mineral deposits, which, if transportation was provided, might have considerable promise, but which at present, and until such facilities are provided, must remain unworked. On the Queen Charlotte islands a little prospecting has been done, and an examination made of the coal fields by the Dominion Geological Survey, which, it is reported, is to be followed by active exploration of the properties by a private syndicate, but as yet no definite work has been attempted. Mining on the West Coast of Vancouver Island has been at a standstill; a little prospecting has been going on, but little more. The only two properties shipping were the Hetty Green, about 200 tons of 7 % copper ore, and the Cascade, 30 tons of 15 % copper ore. In the Mount Sicker District of the Victoria Mining Division the Tyee mine has maintained average monthly shipments of between 2,500 to 3,000 tons of ore, which has been smelted with some custom ores in the company's smelter at Ladysmith. The development of this property has been carried to a depth of over 1,000 feet, but has as yet not proved up any commercial body of ore below the 300-foot level, although, since the close of the year, an exposure of ore was made on the 1,000-foot level carrying a high percentage of barytes, the gangue of the upper ore bodies, which gave much encouragement, but which there has not as yet been time to develop. Some development has been carried on, on other properties in the neighbourhood of the Tyee, but as yet no ore bodies have been encountered. The King Solomon mine, at Kokasilah, has made a small shipment of 40 tons of 8 % copper ore, and some other properties in the vicinity are being prospected. At Hedley, in the Osoyoos Mining Division, the Nichel Plate mine, owned by the Yale Mining Co., has been successfully operated, and there has been treated in the mill of an allied company, The Daly Reduction Co., over 30,000 tons of ore, which yielded between $12 and $14 to the ton, chiefly in gold. In the Nicola District active prospecting operations have been carried on in the coal areas, with, it is reported, gratifying results. 6 Ed. 7 Bureau of Mines. J 27 BUREAU OF MINES. Work op the Yeab. The work of the Bureau of Mines increases, of necessity, year by year, and this growing activity is due to the following causes :—The extension of the mining area of the Province, with the proportional increase in the number of mines ; the increasing desire of the outside public for the free information which the Bureau supplies with regard to the various mining districts and camps ; and the appreciation by the prospector of the fact that he may obtain, gratis, a determination of any rock or mineral which he may send to the Bureau. The routine work of the office, and the preparation and publication of the Report for the year just ended, followed by the examination in the field of as many of the mines and mining districts as the season would permit, together with the work of the Laboratory and instruction of students, fully occupied the staff for the year. The staff of the Bureau consists of the Provincial Mineralogist, the Provincial Assayer, and a junior assistant in the Laboratory, with a clerk as temporary assistant during the publication of the Report. In connection with inquiries for information and the collection of statistics, about 1,700 letters were sent out, with, approximately, the same number received. The Provincial Mineralogist began his summer field work on June 1st, Provincial by a trip up the mainland coast to Princess Royal and Gribbell islands, Mineralogist. returning to Victoria on the 13th June to make preparations for the reception of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, it having been previously arranged that the Institute should hold its annual meeting in Victoria, to be followed by an excursion to Alaska and the Yukon. On June 24th the Provincial Mineralogist, acting under instructions from the Hon. the Minister of Mines, and on his behalf, proceeded to Spokane to meet the members of the Institute, to accompany them to Nelson, Rossland, Trail and the Boundary, and finally to Victoria, to welcome them officially to the Province, and to offer such facilities and information as was possible. The visiting members of the Institute and guests, numbering about 100, arrived at Nelson on June 27th, visited the power plant at Bonnington Falls and other points of interest, including an excursion on Kootenay lake in the steamer " Kaslo," all provided by the citizens of Nelson. From Nelson the party proceeded via Northport to Rossland, arriving there at 9:45 A. M. on June 28th, and was received by the local committee. The War Eagle, Centre Star and LeRoi mines and the LeRoi No. 2 oil concentrating plant were visited in the forenoon, and after lunch at the War Eagle Hotel, a special train conducted the party to the Canadian Smelting Co.'s plant at Trail, where the copper and lead smelting plants and the electrolytic lead- refining plants were inspected, after which, on returning to Rossland, a banquet was given in the evening at the Hotel Allan by the local committee. During the night the party, travelling in its own special train, moved to Grand Forks, the " international boundary " having been repeatedly crossed, and through the courtesy of the respective governments all custom formalities were dispensed with. On June 29th the smelting works of the Granby Consol. M. S. & P. Co., at Grand Forks, was visited. This is the largest establishment of its kind in, Canada, the plant having smelted some 660,000 tons of ore this past year. J 28 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 In the afternoon the special train over the Great Northern Railway conveyed the party to the Granby mines at Phoenix, where the extensive underground works and " glory holes,"' together with all the magnificent plant, were duly inspected. Victoria was reached at 7 A. m. on July 1st, Dominion Day and Canada's national holiday. The first regular session of the Institute was held in the Ministers' room in the Parliament Buildings, provided for the purpose by the Government, at 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 1st, and was presided over by Past President Robert W. Hunt. His Honour the Lieutenant- Governor and the Hon. Richard McBride, Premier and Minister of Mines, were introduced, and in brief and appropriate terms welcomed the visiting members of the Institute and guests to the City and Province. On Saturday evening a public reception was given by the Government to the Institute in the Legislative chamber. On Monday, July 3rd, a steamer excursion among the islands of the Gulf of Georgia was given by the Victoria Board of Trade. On Tuesday, July 4th, the Tyee Copper Co., through the courtesy of its General Manager( Mr. Clermont Livingston, provided a special train over the E. & N. Railway to Mt. Sicker and Ladysmith, where the Company's mine and smelter were visited. On July 5th a business session of the Institute was held in the morning, and in the afternoon a reception was given by His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor at Government House. The Institute and guests left Victoria the same evening, spending the next day, July 6th; in Vancouver as guests of the Board of Trade and the Provincial Mining Association, leaving that evening for the North by the C. P. R. Co. steamer " Princess May." The opportunity thus given of showing to the representative men of the most influential body of mining engineers on the continent the material and mining development and possibilities of the Province was taken advantage of as fully as the limited time permitted, and it is felt that the visit of the Institute will result in much good to the Province. On July 12th the Provincial Mineralogist left Victoria for a trip through the northern interior of the Province, along the proposed route of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, proceeding to Ashcroft by Canadian Pacific Railway, thence by stage to the 150-Mile House, on the Cariboo road, and from this point by saddle-horse and pack-train, via Quesnel, across country to Hazelton, on the Skeena River, thence by steamer to Victoria, arriving there on October 10th. The approximate distances travelled were: by railway, 200 miles; by stage, 150; 720 by pack-train and canoe ; and 800 by steamer ; total, 1,870. From October 10th to 16th the Provincial Mineralogist was at his office in Victoria, leaving again on the latter date for the north to examine the recent mineral discoveries on Windy Arm, on the boundary between the Atlin District of British Columbia and the Yukon Territory, and returning to Victoria and office November 2nd, 1905, having travelled 2,000 miles on this trip. With the exception of a week between trips, preparing for the next, the Provincial Mineralogist was travelling from June 1st until November 2nd, covering in that time about 6,500 miles. In December a meeting of the Board of Examiners for Assayers' Certificates of Competency, composed of the Provincial Mineralogist, the Provincial Assayer and Mr. Thos. Kiddie, of Crofton, was held in the Government Laboratory. The remainder of the year was occupied in the preparation for publication of the notes taken in the field, the collection and preparation of statistics for the year, and the regular routine work of the office. € Ed. 7 Bureau of Mines. J 29 ASSAY OFFICE. The following is a summary of the work of the Assay Office of the Bureau for the year 1905, as reported by the Provincial Assayer, Mr. Herbert Carmichael:— During the year 1905 there were made by the staff in the Government Assay Office 1,176 assays or quantitative determinations, which is an increase over the number made during the previous year. Of these, a number were for the Bureau of Mines, or for the Department, for which no fees were received. The fees collected by the office were as follows:— Fees from assays and chemical determinations $ 340 00 ii melting and assaying gold dust and bullion 752 00 it assayers' examinations 520 00 Total cash receipts $1,612 00 Determinations and examinations made for other Government Departments for which no fees were collected $ 300 00 Value of assaying done $1,912 00 The amount of gold melted during the year was $99,631, in 142 lots, as against $103,693, in 171 lots in 1904. In addition to the above quantitative work, a large number of quali- Free tative determinations or tests were made in connection with the identifica- Determinations. tion and classification of rocks or minerals sent to the Bureau for a report. Of these no count was kept, nor were fees charged therefor, as it is the established custom of the Bureau to examine and test qualitatively without charge samples of mineral sent in from any part of the Province, and to give a report on the same. This has been done for the purpose of encouraging the search for new or rare minerals and ores, and to assist prospectors and others in the discovering of new mining districts, by enabling them to have determined, free of cost, the nature and probable value of any rock they may find. In making these free determinations, the Bureau asks that the locality from which the sample was obtained be given by the sender, so that the distribution of mineral over the Province may be put on record. In addition to the ordinary work of the office, a large amount of analytical work was done during the year, including complete analyses of coals and soils from the northern interior of British Columbia, and of samples of clay, marble and magnesia. A large number of water analyses were made, especially of samples sent from the Boundary District. These were of material aid in locating the source of the typhoid which had been epidemic in that district. Analyses of spraying materials were made for the Fruit Inspector. During the past year the Mineral Museum has been renovated and re-arranged and considerable additions of ore and rock samples have been received, notably from Portland Canal, Skeena and Revelstoke Districts. Exhibits of mineral were sent to the Portland and New Westminster exhibitions, the •exhibit at the Dominion Exhibition at New Westminster being a large and representative one. In addition to his usual duties, the Provincial Assayer visited the Big Bend District, in Revelstoke Mining Division, and also arranged the mineral exhibit at the Dominion Fair. In the Report of this Bureau for 1903 (p. 23) mention was made of the finding of an .appreciable amount of the metals of the platinum group in a sample of gold from near Dawson, J 30 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 in the Yukon. Since that time a number of samples of gold from different localities in the Yukon and Cassiar have been refined in this laboratory, and in almost every case platinum and allied metals have been separated, to an amount which has a commercial significance. This platinum appears to be directly combined with the gold and is not visible as a separate mineral in the gold dust, and for this reason, in the ordinary melting down and refining of such gold dust at the mint, is apt to have been overlooked. Further experiments are being made in this connection, but it is considered advisable to draw the attention of the public to the matter, that other assay offices also may further investigate the subject. EXAMINATIONS FOR ASSAYERS. Report of H. Carmichael, Secretary of Board op Examiners. I have the honour, as Secretary, to submit the Annual Report of the Board of Examiners for Certificates of Competency and Licence to Practise Assaying in British Columbia, as established under the "Bureau of Mines Act Amendment Act, 1899." The Act requires that at least two examinations shall be held each year, and such have duly taken place. The first took place at Nelson, in the laboratory of the Hall Mining and Smelting Co., kindly loaned for the purpose, beginning on May 1st, 1905, at which eight candidates presented themselves for examination, of which number five succeeded in passing the required examination, and it was duly recommended to the Minister of Mines that Certificates be issued to them. The Board met for an examination in Victoria, in the Government Laboratory, on December 4th, 1905, but no candidates presented themselves for examination. In addition to the five above mentioned, the Board, during the year, recommended the granting of three certificates under section 2, sub-section 2, of the Act, all of which Certificates have been duly issued by the Minister of Mines in accordance with such recommendation. The following is a list, up to December 31st, 1905, of those to whom Certificates of Competency have been issued :— List of Assayers holding Provincial Certificates op Efpiciency under the "Bureau of Mines Act Amendment Act, 1899." (Only the holders of such certificates may practise assaying in British Columbia.) Under section 2, sub-section (1). Austin, John W Britannia. Baker, C. S. H Barke, A. C Bishop, Walter Grand Forks. Buchanan, James Trail. Campbell, Colin New Denver. Carmichael, Norman Arizona. Church, George B Cobeldick, W. M Scotland. Comrie, George H Atlin. Collinson, H Ladysmith. Crerar, George Boundary Falls. Cruickshank, G Bossland. Day, Athelstan Dawson. Dedolph, Ed Dockrill, Walter R Chemainus. Farquhar, J. B Vancouver. Grosvenor, F. G Montreal. Hannay, W. H Rossland. Hart, P. E Hawkins, Francis Sandon. Hurter, C. S John, D Kitto, Geoffrey B Ladysmith. Lang, J. G Victoria. Ley, Richard N Nelson. Marsh, Richard Spokane, Wash. Marshall, William S Ladysmith. Mitchell, Charles T Grand Forks. McCormick, Alan F Ruth, Nevada. McFarlane, James A Ferguson. Nicholls, Frank Nelson. O'Sullivan, John Vancouver. Parker, Robt. H Rossland. Parsenow, W. L Perkins, Walter G Basin, Montana. Robertson, T. R Rombauer, A. B Butte, Montana. 6 Ed. 7 Bureau of Mines. J 31 List of Assayers Holding Certificates of Efficiency.—Concluded. Segsworth, Walter Sharpe, Bert N Sim, Charles John England. Snyder, Blanchard M Greenwood. Steven, Wm. Gordon Vans Agnew, Frank Siberia. Wales, Roland T ... Watson, William J Ladysmith. Welch, J. Cuthbert Alaska. Wells, Ben T Grand Forks. Sundberg, Gustave Prince of Wales Island. Whittaker, Delbert E Victoria. Tally, Robert E Spokane, Wash. Widdowson, E. Walter Nelson. Thomas, Percival W Alaska. Williams, W. A Grand Forks. Tretheway, John H Williams, Eliot H Trail. Turner, H. A Wimberly, S. H Grand Forks. Vance, John F C. B Kamloops. Under section 2, sub-section (2). Archer, Allan Browne, D. J Rossland. Bryant, Cecil M Vancouver. Blaylock, Selwyn G Trail. Cartwright, Cosmo T Vancouver. Cavers, Thomas W Trail. Clothier, George A Moyie. Cole, Arthur A Rossland. Coulthard, R. W Fernie. Cowans, Frederick Dixon, Howard A Toronto, Ontario. Galbraith, M. T Gilman, Ellis P Vancouver. Green, J. T. Raoul Blairmore. Guess, George A Trail. Gwillim, J. C Kingston, Ontario. Heal, John H miliary, G. M Idaho, U. S. Holdich, Augustus H England. Johnston, William Steele Kaye, Alexander Rossland. Lay, Douglas Nelson. Lewis, Francis B Merrit, Charles P Musgrave, William N Mussen, Horace W Siberia. McArthur, Reginald E McLellan, John Port Simpson. McMurtry, Gordon 0 McNab, J. A Trail. McVicar, John Maclennan, F. W. .... Rossland. Noble, David T Trail. Outhett, Christopher Kamloops. Pemberton, W. P. D Reid, J. A Greenwood. Scott, Oswald Norman Shannon, S Sharpe, G. P Midland, Ontario. Stevens, F. G Mexico. Sullivan, Michael H Trail. Sutherland, T. Fraser Swinney, Leslie A. E Thomson, H. Nellis Anaconda, Montana. Twinning, Leslie A. C Ferguson. Watson, A. A Olalla. Watson, Henry Workman, Ch. W Wright, Richard Rossland. Wynne, Lewellyn C Rossland. Under section 2, sub-section Carmichael, Herbert Victoria. (Provincial Assayer.) Harris, Henry Nelson. (Asst. Supt. Smelter.) Kiddie, T. (Supt. Smelter). . .Ladysmith. Sutton, W. J Victoria. Previously issued under the Pinder, W. J Dawson, Y. T. McKillop, Alexander Nelson. Pellew-Harvey, Wm London, England. Robertson, Wm. F Victoria. (Provincial Mineralogist.) Marshall, Dr. T. R London, England. ; Bureau op Mines Act, 1897," section 12. Thompson, J ames B Vancouver. EXAMINATIONS FOR COAL MINE OFFICIALS. During the year 1904, under the " Coal Mines Regulation Act Further Amendment Act, 1904," the regulations regarding the qualifications and examinations of officials employed in coal mines have been completely revised and at the same time made much more stringent and thorough. The " Coal Mines Regulation Act," as now amended, provides that all the officers of a coal mining company having any direct charge of work underground, shall hold Government Certificates of Competency, which are to be obtained only after passing an examination before a duly qualified Board, appointed for the purpose of holding such examinations, and known as the Managers' Board. The certificates granted on the recommendation of such Board, and the requirements for same, are as follows :— J 32 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 First Class Certificate (or Manager's Certificate). Such a certificate must be held by every manager or " chief officer having the control and daily supervision of any coal mine " in British Columbia. The statutory requirements for this certificate, in addition to such examination and qualifications as may be imposed by the Board of Examiners are, that the candidate for examination shall be at least 25 years of age, a British subject, and have had at least five years' experience in or about the practical working of a coal mine. Second Class Certificate (or Overman's Certificate). Such certificate must be held by any person " who has the daily charge of the underground workings of a coal mine under the control and daily supervision of the manager, and next in charge under such manager." Aside from the requirements of the Board of Examiners, a candidate for such certificate must have had " at least five years' experience in or about the practical working of a coal mine." Third Class Certificate. This certificate must be held by every shiftboss, fireboss, or shotlighter in a coal mine in British Columbia, and besides the examination by the Board, calls for three years' practical experience. Experience in a coal mine outside of the Province may be accepted by the Board. Any certificate is considered to include that of any lower class. In addition to the examinations and certificates already specified as coming under the Managers' Board, the Act further provides that every coal miner shall be the holder of a certificate of competency as such. By "miner" is meant "a person employed underground in any coal mine to cut, sheer, break or loosen coal from the solid, whether by hand or machinery." Examinations for a miner's certificate are held each month at each colliery by a Board of Examiners, known as the Miners' Board, and consisting of an official appointed by the owners, an examiner elected by the miners of that colliery, and an examiner appointed by the Government. Examinations were held by the Managers' Board simultaneously at Fernie and Nanaimo, on January 19th to 21st, 1904, under the former regulations, and an examination under the present regulations was held simultaneously at Fernie, Nanaimo and Cumberland on February 14th, 15th and 16th, 1905. Examinations for second and third classes only were held simultaneously at Fernie, Nanaimo and Cumberland, July 19th and 20th, 1905. Examinations for first, second and third classes were held simultaneously at Fernie, Nanaimo and Cumberland November 14th, 15th and 16th, 1905. BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR COAL MINE OFFICIALS. First, Second and Third Class Certificates. Report of Secretary of Board, Francis H. Shepherd. I beg to report that, under the " Coal Mines Regulation Act Further Amendment Act, 1904," examinations were held under your instructions by the above Board at Fernie, Nanaimo and Cumberland, as follows :— For first, second and third class certificates—February 14th, 15th and 16th, 1905. For second and third class certificates only—July 19th and 20th, 1905. For first, second and third class certificates—November 14th, 15th and 16th, 1905. in K W > ►J J < H CO 0 W P z < < z W W co u, 0 CO X H 3 0 2 0 z 0 X in I 0 z X w CD ►J 2 0 cc u. Z 0 H O CO CO w H PC 0 Ph 6 Ed. 7 Bureau of Mines. J 33 The experience of the Board since the " Coal Mines Regulation Act Further Amendment Act, 1904," came into operation is that two full examinations a year are necessary to meet the growing requirements of the coal mining industry of the Province. It was found necessary to hold an interim examination for candidates for the second and third class certificates on July 19th and 20th, 1905, but the experience of the Board upon that occasion was that it is advisable to hold examinations for the three classes simultaneous!}7. The Board of Appointment of Examiners, generally referred to as the Manager's Board, in contradistinction to the Miner's Board of Examiners, consists of Mr. Andrew Bryden, Chairman, Ladysmith; Mr. Tully Boyce, Vice-Chairman, Nanaimo; Mr. Thomas Stockett, Jr., Nanaimo; Mr. George Williams, Nanaimo; Mr. Robert G. Drinnan, Fernie; Mr. John John, Fernie; Mr. Archibald Dick, Inspector of Mines, Nanaimo; F. H. Shepherd, Secretary to the Board. The meetings of the Board are held in the office of the Inspector of Mines at Nanaimo. The scope and aim of the Board is to subject the candidate to an examination in keeping with the requirements, responsibilities and conditions prevailing in the coal fields of the Province and thus to qualify statutory officials of ability and experience, with a view of reducing the number of accidents and the loss of life attendant upon the coal mining industry of the Province. The academical feature of the examination, as at present submitted to the candidate, is, an the opinion of the Board, sufficient to elicit the necessary educational qualifications of the candidate, but it is the intention of the Board to require ample evidence from the candidate as to his practical qualifications and experience, and to this end the Board has under consideration the advisability of apportioning a certain percentage of marks for personal qualifications and experience to be awarded arbitrarily by the whole Board in session. Under the present system of awarding earned percentages, a candidate thoroughly experienced and capable may be defeated upon a mere technicality; therefore, future candidates will be advised that original testimonials presented to the Board, and containing indisputable evidence as to experience and ability, will be given due appraisement. Another feature contemplated by the Board, and a feature which should be early made known to intending candidates, is that a practical sight-test for the detection of low percentages of fire-damp will be submitted to candidates, whose duties are to examine a mine officially for the presence or otherwise of this and other gases met with in coal mines, and the passing of this test will be considered an essential qualification. By the passage of the " Coal Mines Amendment Act " during the present Session of the Provincial Legislature, the Board is relieved of the ambulance feature of the examination, beyond requiring the necessary medical certificate certifying that the candidate has passed a course in ambulance work. Questions relative to the installation of electricity for power or lighting in mines will be submitted to the candidate in future, and more particularly appertaining to the wiring and safe transmission of the current. The Board is often asked for a copy of previous questions or syllabus of the examination, and respectfully request that a copy of the questions of the last examination be embodied in your report, together with copies of the regulations governing candidates sitting for examination. The appointed examiners, other than members of the Board, must each hold a first-class certificate issued under the provisions of the "Coal Mines Regulation Act" of British Columbia, but the presence of members of the Board as assistant examiners at the examinations (and J 34 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 provided for in the " C. M. R. Act") is to be commended, especially during the oral examination as provided for in the by-laws of the Board, the object of which is to bring out more particularly the practical qualifications of the candidate. The examiners who presided at the last examination were :— Fernie—Messrs. John John, Robt. G. Drinnan and Thomas Morgan, Inspector of Mines. Nanaimo—Messrs. E. Priest, George Williams and F. H. Shepherd. Cumberland—Archibald Dick, Inspector of Mines, and Thomas Budge. Coal Mines Regulation Act. Regulations Governing the Examination of Candidates for First Class Certificates. (a.) The candidate must satisfy the Board of Examiners that he is a British subject, and has had at least five years' experience in or about the practical working of a coal mine, and is at least twenty-five years of age, and must produce evidence as to his sobriety and general good conduct: (b.) The subjects to be submitted to Candidates for examination shall be as follows :— " Coal Mines Regulation Act" and Special Rules ; Mine Gases; Ventilation; General Work; Mining Machinery; Surveying. And the percentage necessary to pass shall be as follows :— Seventy per cent, on " Coal Mines Regulation Act" and Special Rules, Mine Gases and Ventilation ; and 50 per cent, on General Work, Mining Machinery and Surveying; and the general average percentage on the whole, required to pass, shall not be less than seventy per cent. Regulations Governing the Examination of Candidates for Second Class Certificates. (a.) The candidate must satisfy the Board that he has had at least five years' experience in or about the practical working of a coal mine, and must produce evidence as to his sobriety and general good conduct: (b.) The subjects to be submitted to Candidates for examination shall be as follows:— " Coal Mines Regulation Act" and Special Rules; Mine Gases; Ventilation; General Work. And, in addition, shall submit to such oral examination as the Board may from time to time designate, and the percentage necessary to pass shall be as follows :— Seventy per cent, on " Coal Mines Regulation Act" and Special Rules, Mine Gases and Ventilation, and fifty per cent, on General Work, and the general percentage required on the whole to pass shall be not less than sixty-five per cent. Regulations Governing the Examination of Candidates for Third Class Certificates. (a.) The candidate must satisfy the Board that he has had at least three years' experience in or about the practical working of a coal mine, and must produce evidence as to his sobriety and general good conduct: 6 Ed. 7 Bureau of Mines. J 35 (6.) The subjects to be submitted to candidates for examination shall be as follows : "Coal Mines Regulation Act" and Special Rules; Mine Gases and General Work; and, in addition, the candidate shall submit to such oral examination as the Board may from time to time designate, and the general average percentage on the whole, necessary to pass, shall not be less than sixty-five per cent., and not less than fifty per cent, on any paper: (e.) Candidates will be supplied with paper, pens, ink and pencils, and the paper furnished must be used by all candidates in answering questions. Candidates must furnish the necessary draughting tools. Trigonometrical and logarithmic tables will be allowed, but such tables must be approved of by the Examiner. Candidates found having in their possession or using a copy of the " Coal Mines Regulation Act" or Special Rules, or any written or printed formula?, will be disqualified : (d.) Immediately prior to the first session of the examination, candidates will each draw a number, which number so drawn shall be their identification mark throughout the examination, and such number, with the candidate's name, shall be placed in an envelope, sealed and handed to the Examiner : (e.) Answers must be written on one side of the paper supplied, and the answers must be numbered to correspond with the question. The candidate may answer any question in the order he may prefer. Each sheet must be marked with the candidate's number, and the question papers must be enclosed with the respective answers and handed to the Examiner before the candidate retires : (f) The candidates are not allowed to take from the examination room a copy of the questions, or any of them : (g.) Candidates shall answer the questions within the time limit designated by the Board : (A.) Candidates are forbidden during any session to hold any communication whatever with each other, or with any person other than the Examiner, nor shall he leave the room without the consent of the Examiner : (i.) No disqualification shall result owing to erasures or corrections on answers submitted : (j.) No person or persons, other than the Honourable the Minister of Mines, the Deputy Minister of Mines, the Provincial Mineralogist, Members of the Board, Inspectors of Mines, and Examiners will be allowed in the examination room during session. Questions asked at Mine Managers' Examination. Mining Act and Rules. First Class Candidates. ^November 14-th, 1905. Time, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 70°/a required. 1. What are the duties of the Manager, as provided in the Act? 10. 2. What does the Act stipulate as to the employment of women, young persons and children ? 10. 3. What does the Act stipulate in regard to the payment of wages, also payment by weight? 10. 4. What are the exceptions provided for in the Act in regard to the use of single shafts? 10. 5. What does the Act say in reference to the division of the mine into parts ? 10. 6. Fill out the accident form given. Suppose that a serious accident has occurred at the face. Give rough sketch as requested in the form ? 10. 7. What are the provisions of the Act in regard to Arbitration ? 10. J 36 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 8. What does the Act stipulate in reference to ventilation- being supplied at too high a velocity? 10. 9. What does the Act specify in regard to machinery and boilers? 10. 10. Fill out Schedule, form 4. 10. Mine Gases. First Class Candidates. November IJ/th, 1905. Time, 2 p. m. to 5:30 p. m. 70 % required. 1. Give the names, symbols, properties, atomic weights, specific gravities and general characteristics of the explosive gases found in coal mines, where they are found, how generated and how they can be removed and rendered harmless? 15. 2. How would you overcome the dangers which arise from the presence of coal dust in a coal mine that is giving off inflammable gases. What percentage of gas in the general mine atmosphere would you consider dangerous in this case? 10. 3. Sketch in section a Wolf, or any other permitted safety lamp, showing that you really understand the construction ? 10. 4. Give the natural laws which regulate the behaviour of all gases. 10. 5. Select one gas, elementary or compound, and tell all you know about it, mentioning experiments in making, testing, etc., of the gas selected. 10. 6. What proportion of moisture can the atmosphere contain under ordinary circumstances. What effect has this moisture upon the ventilation. Describe any instruments used in measuring the proportion of moisture present. 15. 7. A sample of fire-damp taken from the mine is found to have a specific gravity of .9. What are the proportions of the mixture? Please show method of working. 10. 8. What principles are involved in the construction of a safety lamp which would render one lamp more sensitive in the detection of gas than another? 10. 9. A pair of headings rising one in four, with the usual cross-cuts, are full of firedamp. The ventilating pressure is low. Give the various methods which may be used to restore the ventilation. 10. 10. After an explosion the quantity of inflammable gas given off is usually greater for some time. Give the various reasons for this increase. 15. Ventilation. First Class Candidates. November 15th, 1905. Time, 9 a.m. to 2:80p.m. 70 % required. 1. What principles should be observed in the construction of a mine fan so as to obtain a maximum of efficiency in working? 10. 2. The weight of air in a down-cast shaft of 325 feet in depth is 1,950 pounds, the temperature is 60 degrees F. Barometer 30 inches, and the difference of the weight of air in the two shafts is 294 pounds. What is the length of the motive column, and what is the area of the down-cast shaft in square feet? 15. 3. If with 95,000 cubic feet of air per minute the water gauge reads 1.5 inches, how much air would be required to increase the water gauge to 2 inches, and what would be the horse power required to produce the increased quantity? 10. 4. Suppose that with a given power 75,000 cubic feet of air per minute circulates through an airway and it is decided to split the current into three splits as follows:— First split—6 feet x 6 feet in section, 5,000 feet long. Second split—6 feet x 7 feet in section, 4,000 feet long. -L_J n • 3 > -ML--r ^QLACa Jl 1 II X -l#iik fin n_pj M *-{ i « r^ PI n r t h «.«n n [p ru \w \w 1 UP AAl\1c r ~jq C ) / n 1 p-1 n I 1 i 1 ■ — —i 1 \ \r\ \w \w IqAq si •i n zic dc n c J Jl II ' II 1 nc nu ~Y11 i '77777 2 □ P Iff S 111 en 1 a t S s & P £ «« M 3 OS u H , III iff |j=i -i 2 n i s n ULi(J|J [ J 1—' 58 J M 'R '—i — ' LT C 1 .? > c 1 1 1 I su y /L/ /[/ U pi i—i J 38 Report of Minister of Mines. 1906 Third split—6 feet x 5 feet in section, 4,500 feet long. What quantity will pass through each split, the power remaining the same ? 20. 5. Describe carefully how you would measure the air current in a mine. 10. 6. Describe with sketches how you would construct a self-acting door or doors on a main level. 10. 7. What is the relation between the quantity of air required in a fiery mine and— (a.) The number of men employed ? (6.) The output of coal ? (c.) The quantity of gas given off? Would you consider it necessary to increase the quantity of air in a mine if it was worked double shift and putting out double the quantity of coal than if working one shift only? 15. 8. A certain district in a mine is being extended into a new part of a coal field. The air is divided into two (2) splits and it is proposed to make a third split. State the various changes you would expect. 10. 9. In a remote district where the air is split to its fullest extent and you cannot increase the power, state how you would increase the ventilation. 10. 10. Ventilate the plan given without doors on the haulage roads. Use the conventional sign shown and give quantity of air required for an output of 800 tons per shift. 20. General Work. Fvrst Glass Candidates. Nov. 15th, 1905. Time, 2 p. m. to 5:30 p. m. 50 % required. 1. In the following section of a coal seam where the coal is firm and the roof tender, sketch and explain how you would work and timber the seam so as to ensure safety and obtain the greatest percentage of the pillars . 15. Shale roof (tender) :— Coal 6.0 Mining 4 Coal 5.6 Mining 3 Coal , 9.0—Total, 21.1 Sandstone floor. 2. Give a complete list of the apparatus and material which should be on hand at a large colliery in case of general accidents, fire and explosions. 15. 3. Explain with sketches a method of timbering a shaft bottom where the output may reach 1,000 tons per shift, the coal pitching one in six, and workings on both sides of the shaft. 15. 4. Give a short description of the geology of any coal field with which you are acquainted, mentioning some of its peculiar features. 10. 5. Give a short description of any branch of mining or any special feature connected with mining of which you have made a special study and which you think is of special or important interest to the industry. The subject may be either practical or theoretical, but the work must show special study. 10. 6. A coal seam 6 feet 6 inches in thickness, including 1 foot 6 inches of dirt bands, has been worked into pillars with rooms 14 feet wide and 15% of coal taken out in the first working ; 300 feet above is a seam of coal lying drowned out, and intervening between these two seams are some beds of soft shale and fireclay. Show how you would extract the pillars without bringing the water down from the top seam. 15. 6 Ed. 7 Bureau of Mines. J 39 7. A gravity plane has an inclination of 7 degrees and is 1,800 feet long, and the rope weighs 3,800 pounds. A loaded car weighs 2,800 pounds and an empty car weighs 1,500 pounds. What number of cars must be in the trip to start it? 15. 8. Sketch what you consider a good long wall plan, making your own section of seam, roof and floor. Give cross-section of road showing packs and brushing. Show dip of seam and main return air course. 20. 9. How would you fix trolley wire along a main haulage road in a mine. Show cross- section of road at curve with wire in position. 10. 10. Explain the different systems of mine haulage and state under what conditions each of these systems might be advantageously applied. 15. Mining Machinery. First Class Candidates. Nov. 16th, 1905. Time, 9 a. m. to 12:30 p. m. 50 % required. (1.) Describe the mountings of colliery boilers. 10. (2.) Explain the principle of the injector. Explain how it is that water at atmospheric pressure and steam at 80 pounds pressure may be forced into a boiler carrying the same pressure without interposing mechanical movement. 15. (3.) Give a longitudinal section of any self-contained mine pump you may choose. (Water end only). 15. (4.) A beam of uniform size is 18 feet long between supports and weighs 250 pounds. There is a lode of 2,800 pounds at 7 feet from one end. Find the pressure on each support. 10. (5.) Find the size of pump required to pump 200 imperial gallons per minute from a depth of 600 feet. Steam pressure available 55 pounds. 15. (6.) The power supplied to an electric motor is 30 K. W., the pressure is 220 volts. Find the current in amperes, also the H. P. 10. (7.) What system of bringing the output to the surface would you adopt in a slope 6,000 feet long and dipping one in six, and with a view of extending the slope ? Output, 1,500 tons per shift. 15. Surveying. First Class Candidates. Nov. 16th, 1905. Time, 2 p. m. to 5:80 p. m. 50 % required. (1.) What are the various inaccuracies to be found in an ordinary compass or miner's dial, and how would you test for them ? 10. (2.) The following bearings are magnetic :— North 72° 20' East. South 82° 15' East. Reduce these to true or astronomical bearings. Variation 25° 10' East. 10. (3.) Give field-notes of an imaginary survey of an underground level of three courses and show stalls and cross-cuts. 15. (4.) In the following survey— AtoB, N. 22° 12' W. 217 feet. B to C, N. 17° 48' E. 389 „ C to D, N. 12° 23' W. 192 „ D to E, N. 16° 37' W. 284 „ What is the bearing from A to E, and what is the distance ? This question must be answered by computation only, accompanied by the traverse sheet. 20. J 40 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 (5.) Plot the following survey at a scale of one chain to one inch. Find the closing course and distance and take out the acreage in acres and decimals :— S. 45° W. 180 links. S. 38° E. 252 „ N. 61° E. 208 „ S. 17° W. 112 „ N. 76° E. 295 „ N. 28° W. 130 „ (6.) From the following level readings, plot a profile to a horizontal scale of fifty feet to one inch and a vertical scale of five feet to one inch :— Station. Distance. Back-sight. Fore-sight. 1 0 feet 2.94 3.40 2 100 3 200' 4 300 ii 9.21 8.30 5 400 „ 2.20 0.40 6 . 500 ,, 3.10 0.56 4.60 8.20 7.21 8.40 Total distance 500 feet. Assume your own datum and give elevations. 20. (7.) Of what value are contours on a mine plan and what general method would you adopt to obtain them? 15. (8.) Explain carefully one method of a survey carrying line down a shaft other than by a magnetic bearing. 10. Mining Acts and Rules. Second Class Candidates. Nov, 14th, 1905. Time, 9:30 a. m. to 1 p. m. 70 °/0 required. (1.) What are the duties of the Overman as specified in the Act? 10. (2.) What supplies are necessary to be on hand at the mine for the safe and economical operation of the same, and what does the Act require in this respect? 10. (3.) What does the Act require relative to the mine officials examining the working places of the mine, and what should be the nature of such examination? 10. (4.) What do the general rules require as to ventilation ? 10. (5.) What does the Act specify as to the hours of employment underground? 10. (6.) What are the duties of the pit-head man? 10. (7.) What do the special rules require as to Runners and Drivers? 10. (8.) What are the requirements of the Act in regard to blasting where inflammable gas issues so freely as to show a blue cap on the flame on a safety lamp? 10. (9.) When and where is it necessary to install a barometer and thermometer ? 10. (10.) What are the Overman's special duties respecting the inspection and examination of machinery? 10. Mine Gases. Second Class Candidates. Nov. 14-th, 1905. Time, 3 p. m. to 5 80 p. m. 70 % required. (1.) Name the various dangerous gases met with in coal mines. Describe their various properties and give specific gravities and symbols. 20. (2.) What is meant by the diffusion of gases ? 10. < z w w 01 % 0 2; o h < 0 > z, 0 Q w X I z; o H -I U N the ton. No. 2.—The vein quartz well mineralised—Gold, $7.60 ; silver, 113 ounces to the ton. No. 3.—The "fines" broken in sorting the ore from both portions of vein—Gold, $17.60 ;, silver, 163 ounces to the ton. On the strike of the vein as indicated by the Montana workings, a tunnel was driven in on the Mountain Hero, the adjoining claim, through wash for 80 feet, when the solid formation was struck, in which a 50-foot raise was made, when the vein was found containing similar quartz ore, seemingly proving the vein and ore body for 1,800 feet along its strike. The management reports the vein as distinctly traced through at least seven claims by float and occasional croppings, upon which some work has been done. The Company has a Riblet aerial tramway, 3| miles long, almost completed from the Montana Group to the shore of Windy Arm at Conrad City, and has constructed at the mine a stone bunk and cook-house for the workmen, and will, consequently, be able to continue development work all winter with a small force of men. An allied syndicate, the J. H. Conrad Bonanza, has done considerable development in the way of open cuts on the Venits vein, which lies about half a mile south of the Montana. The country here is cut by the deep canyon of Pooley creek, apparently a fault line, which has enabled the vein to be prospected at a depth of over 1,000 feet. The strike of this vein appears to be about south-west, with a dip to the west. In the same vicinity this syndicate is also developing a parallel vein on the Uranus claims, on which it is reported some 600 feet of work has been done, developing good ore. From both of these properties tram lines have been surveyed and the right of way cleared down to Windy Arm, at a point some 2J- miles to the south of Conrad City. There are probably 100 more claims located on this slope, on which, as yet, only slight surface development has been done, but in many instances most encouraging results are reported. 6 Ed. 7 Cassiar District. J 63 From the plans seen of the various properties, it would appear that there are at least two main series of veins, an east and west series and a north and south series, which latter series, to the north of Pooley Canyon, bears to the north-west, and south of the canyon to the southwest. It could not be learned that as yet any development had been done on any claims on the west side of Windy Arm south of the 60th parallel. On the east side of the Arm, on Conrad mountain, which is cut by the 60th parallel, a large number of claims were staked late this past summer, but these have not yet received much development, being difficult of access and at an elevation high above the lake. These locations, however, indicate that the mineralised belt will be found to pass into British Columbia, and that on such extension there is a promising field for the prospector. The shore of the Arm was followed down to its southern end and the ridge to the west was found to continue unbroken, save where cut into by a couple of creeks. The geological conditions existing in the vicinity of the Montana claim, appeared to continue to the southward into British Columbia territory and past the southern end of the Arm. The only exception to this was that within half a mile of the south end of the Arm, a bed of hard, dark slate cropped out on the west shore, its contact with the overlying igneous rocks being masked by the surface soil. A prospector reported that this same slate is cut at an elevation of several hundred feet above the lake by Boundary creek, a creek that flows into the Arm from the west almost exactly on the 60th parallel. This contact, when traced out, should prove a profitable field for prospecting and is worthy of serious investigation. On the east side of the Arm the mountains are even more precipitous than on the west, and seem to consist for the most part of the same class of igneous rocks seen on the west side of the Arm. In the vicinity of the British Columbia boundary, about a mile to the east of Windy Arm, a mass of limestone was noted on the mountain side, and from float seen near by, it is probable that a band of slate will also be found on this side of the Arm, although its location has not been fixed. The contact of these sedimentaries with the igneous rocks, so prominent in the district, must be looked upon as likely to contain mineral, and is a section well worthy the attention of the prospector. On the west side of Windy Arm, just south of the British Columbia-Yukon boundary, a townsite has been laid out on a gravelly point formed in the Arm by Boundary creek. Should the railway branch be built in from Log Cabin, it would pass through or near the townsite. Accompanying this report is a map of the Atlin district, upon which is shown in red, as accurately as possible, the location of the claims and points herein referred to. J 64 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 Recent Mineral Discoveries on Windy Arm of Tagish Lake. By R. G. McConnell, B. A.—Geological Survey of Canada. Situation and Communications. The principal ore deposits so far discovered occur on the west side of Windy Arm, a southerly branch of Lake Tagish. Tagish lake forms part of a chain of long narrow lakes including, in order from north to south, Lakes Lindeman, Bennett, Nares, Tagish and Marsh, which commence well within the Coast Range of mountains and extend northward and eastward for a distance of nearly seventy miles. The general direction of these lakes is north and south, with the exception of Lake Nares and the upper part of Tagish lake, which have an east and west alignment. Windy Arm joins Tagish lake near its head and extends south for a distance of twelve miles. Its course is nearly parallel to that of Bennett lake and the two sheets of water inclose an area of high mountainous country about eight miles in width, the scene of the principal recent discoveries. The White Pass and Yukon Railway affords easy communication to the new mining district. This line, after crossing the Coast Range, follows the east shore of Bennett lake to Caribou Crossing, at the foot of the lake, from which point steamers run to Conrad City, on Windy Arm, the shipping point of the mines. The total distance from tide water at Skagway, to Conrad City, is 79 miles, of which 67.5 miles is made at present by rail, and 11.5 miles by water. A railway can easily be built from Caribou Crossing along the shores of Lake Nares, Tagish lake and Windy Arm to Conrad City, and surveys for one have already been made by the engineers of the White Pass and Yukon Railway. A second route from Log Cabin station, on the main line of the White Pass and Yukon Railway, above Bennett lake, by way of Tutshi lake to Windy Arm, has also been proposed. The distance to tide water would be reduced considerably by this route, but the mileage of new line necessary would be greater. Character of Country. The country bordering the north-eastern slope of the Coast Range, including the Windy Arm mining district, may be characterised generally as consisting of a system of wide valleys, often interlocking in a peculiar manner, separated by mountain groups and ridges rising from 4,000 to 5,000 feet above the valley flats. Most of the valleys are bottomed at intervals with long, narrow, deep lakes, due to the blocking of the channel at various points with glacial drift. The uplands are usually fairly regular in outline, but in places are exceedingly rugged and are often deeply incised by the numerous small streams which flow down their sides. The forest growth is sparse and is confined to the valley flats and lower slopes of the mountains. At an elevation of 2,000 feet above the valley bottoms the forest practically ceases. The principal trees in the district are the white and black spruces, the aspen, the balsam poplar, the balsam fir and the black pine. The supply of rough lumber within easy distance of the camp suitable for ordinary mining purposes is ample for some years at least. Geology. The mineralised area on Windy Arm is situated a few miles north of the great granite area of the Coast Range. The rocks outcropping along the lower part of Windy Arm consist of a wide band of crystalline limestone, followed, going south, by hard slates and shales, passing in places into feldspathic quartzites and associated with dark and gray cherts and red .. >. ffff»«»«y SWIMMING HORSES ACROSS NECHACO RIVER. AT STONY CREEK. LOOKING UP NECHACO RIVER FROM MOUTH OF STONY CREEK. 6 Ed. 7 Cassiar District. J 65 jaspers. This clastic series is cut off and replaced about five miles above the mouth of the arm by an eruptive rock of a porphyritic character, exposures of which outcrop along the shores of the arm for a distance of about five miles. The porphyrite is followed, going southward, by strongly cleaved dark argillites and fine-grained tufaceous sandstones alternating with bands of conglomerates and limestone. These rocks are less altered than the slates and associated rocks north of the porphyrite area, but no data sufficient to determine the age were obtained. They are cut off a few miles south of Windy Arm by the great granite mass of the Coast Range. The porphyritic rock separating the two series of clastic rocks constitutes the principal metalliferous formation of the district. It crosses from Windy Arm to Bennett lake in a band about four miles in width and also extends some distance east of Windy Arm. It has not been studied in detail, but is evidently somewhat complex in character. A fine-grained, somewhat altered specimen collected near the Montana vein has the character of a porphyrite, while one from Red Deer mountain proved to be a gabbro. The two types may represent portions of the same magma cooled at different depths. The principal structural feature of the porphyrite-gabbro area is the system or systems of strong jointage planes that intersect it everywhere. The joints, like the veins, show little parallelism in either dip or strike in different parts of the area. The porphyrite in many places is heavily charged with iron and weathers to a rusty colour. A granite area about three miles in width occurs on Lake Bennett north of the porphyrites and associated rocks. The granite is separated from the latter on the lake shore by a narrow band of slates and limestones, but, further inland, comes in contact with them. It is a medium grained, gray rock similar to the Coast Range granites and probably belonging to the same period of igneous activity. General Character of Veins. The largest and most persistent veins so far discovered occur in the porphyrite area. They are not, however, confined to this formation, a few occurring in the granite and some, also, in the slates. The veins occupy typical clean-cut fissures with regular walls often slickensided and grooved. They are comparatively narrow, but as a rule exhibit remarkable persistency in strike. The Uranus vein, with a width of from one to four feet, has been traced by small openings and surface showings for a distance of about 1,500 feet and may extend much farther, while the Montana vein, with a maximum width of five feet in the portion explored, has apparently been cut at a distance of 1,600 feet from the main workings and may also of course be very much longer. The Venus No. 2 lead (the largest seen by the writer) has a width of nine feet at two openings about 400 feet apart, and must extend for long distances in both directions. Numerous other veins such as the M. and M., the Joe Petty and Venus No. 1 are traceable by surface outcrops for several hundred feet. Portions of all these veins are concealed by slide rocks and their full length was not ascertained. The dip and strike of the veins are exceedingly irregular. The Montana vein strikes N. 43 W., while the direction of Venus No. 2 is about N. 42 E. The M. and M. strikes nearly north and south. The dips are nearly all to the south and west and vary in steepness from 12° in the Montana to 50° in Venus No. 1. The gangue in all the veins is mainly quartz. Single and multiple lines of interlocking quartz crystals is a constant feature. In a few instances, portions of the vein-filling consist of alternating layers of quartz and country rook. The latter, in such cases, is always heavily mineralised, usually with iron, and weathers to a rusty colour. J 66 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 The list of metallic minerals contained in the veins as identified in the field, and in the laboratory of the Survey from specimens brought back by the writer includes the, following:— Native Silver.—Occurs in small spangles and in wire form in the Montana and Uranus veins. Argentite.—Is found in some of the veins but is not abundant. Stephanite.—Occurs in several of the veins and is an important source of silver. Freibergite.—A dark, highly argentiferous mineral occurring in some abundance in the Joe Petty, Montana, and some of the other claims, has been referred tentatively to this species. A partial analysis by Mr. Connor showed it to contain copper, silver, zinc, arsenic, iron, sulphur and antimony, the constituents of freibergite. The copper percentage in the specimen examined amounted to 9 per cent, and the silver to 37 per cent. Pyrargyrite (Ruby Silver).—This rich silver mineral occurs in most of the veins, sometimes in considerable quantity. Galena.—This mineral occurs in all the veins and is usually highly argentiferous. Tetrahedrite.—Argentiferous tetrahedrite occurs in small quantities in the Montana, M. and M., and probably in other claims. Chalcopyrite.—Occurs in the Silver Cliff" and other claims east of Windy Arm. Native Copper.—Occurs in the Millet, Fedora and other claims east of Windy Arm. Malachite and Azurite.—Green and blue incrustations and stains referable to the copper carbonates and due to the leaching out of the copper in the tetrahedrite and freibergite occur in most of the veins. Specimens of a green mineral, stated to be a silver chloride, proved on examination to be a copper carbonate. It is possible that such a chloride is present in some of the veins but it could not be detected in the specimens examined. Iron Pyrite.—Common in all the veins. Arsenopyrite.—Occurs in a number of the veins but is usually subordinate in quantity to the iron pyrite. Pyrrhotite.—Occurs in the Big Thing Group. Sphalerite.—Zinc-blende occurs sparingly in most of the veins examined. Mining Development. Montana.—This important vein is situated on a bleak hillside, about 3,700 feet above Windy Arm and 5,860 feet above the sea. An aerial tramway, four miles in length, connecting it with Conrad City, on the lake shore, was nearly completed at the time of my visit. At present, all supplies and materials for the mine, including firewood, are packed on horses. The principal workings consist of a drift 180 feet in length. The drift pierces 50 feet of slide rock, then meets and follows the vein. A small fault, with a displacement of seven feet, was encountered at one point. The strike of the vein is N. 43 W., and the dip 10 to 12 to the S. W. The width of the vein increases from about two feet near the mouth of the drift to nearly five feet at the face. Some stoping has been done and a considerable quantity of ore has been shipped. The ore minerals include native silver, pyrargyrite, argentite, freibergite (?), tetrahedrite, galena, and iron and arsenical pyrites. The distribution of the minerals through the quartz gangue is somewhat irregular. In places, especially near the walls, the vein matter is so thoroughly impregnated with silver-bearing minerals that it is rich enough to ship without much sorting—that is, it contains values of $80 per ton and over. The leaner portion of the vein will require concentration. 6 Ed. 7 Cassiar District. J 67 The principal values in the vein are in silver. The ferruginous portion of the vein is stated to also carry some values in gold. At the time of my visit a second drift, intended to cut the Montana vein at a distance of 1,600 feet in a north-westerly direction from the main workings, was being driven, mostly through slide rock. The two workings are connected by a line of float ore and in places where the surface is bare by outcroppings ; the management were confident that the vein extended at least that far. Since leaving the camp the vein (or a vein stated to resemble the Montana vein in general character) is reported to have been struck. Uranus.—The Uranus vein is situated just above the forks of Pooley creek, a small stream tributary to Windy Arm. It is distant from the Montana vein about a mile, in a southerly direction, and from the lake about a mile and a half. The elevation above the lake is approximately 2,000 feet. The Uranus vein is traceable by numerous surface outcrops in a direction a few degrees east of south from the north to the south branch of Pooley creek, a distance of about 1,500 feet. The vein crosses a high ridge separating the two creeks, and is thus exposed naturally in depth for some hundreds of feet. A tunnel starting at the south fork has been driven 180 feet along the vein, which dips to the west at an angle of about 40° and varies in width from a few inches to three or four feet. It carries considerable quantities of highly argentiferous galena and also some native silver, ruby silver and iron and arsenic sulphides. A few tons of sorted ore have been shipped. Other important veins in the vicinity of Pooley creek and its branches are the Joe Petty and the M and M. The Joe Petty is a very strong vein. A shaft following the lead has been sunk at one point to a depth of about fifty feet, showing a vein fully six feet in width. The vein material consists of alternating bands of quartz and silicified and mineralised country rock carrying layers and scattered grains and crystals of the rich silver and silver-bearing minerals of the district. The M and M is a much narrower vein, seldom exceeding twelve to fifteen inches in thickness, but is very persistent in strike. It is traceable on the surface for several hundred feet at least. This vein is especially rich in places in high-grade silver minerals, such as pyrargyrite, stephanite and the sulph-antimonite referred to as freibergite. Another important group of claims is situated south of Pooley creek and about half a mile west of Windy Arm. This group includes, among others, Venus No. 1, Venus No. 2 and Ruby Silver. No work was being done on them at the time of my visit. Venus No. 2 is an exceedingly strong vein. The only work done on it consists of two shallow openings about 400 feet apart. These show a vein fully nine feet in width. The vein-filling consists of three and nine inches of quartz along the footwall, followed by alternating bands of quartz and decomposed and mineralised country rock. The ore is principally argentiferous galena. Good assays in gold are stated to have been obtained from this vein. Venus No. 1 is a smaller vein. A shaft following the vein has been sunk on it to a depth of fifty-two feet. This shows a quartz vein increasing in width from ten inches at the surface to about thirty inches at the foot of the shaft, bordered by several feet of decomposed and mineralised country rock, fissured parallel to the vein. Fifteen tons of ore obtained in sinking the shaft and shipped to outside smelters are stated to have averaged $65 per ton in silver. Ritby Silver is a narrow siliceous vein, spotted in places with the mineral from which it takes its name. Very little development work has been done on it. South of the Venus Group, and apparently in the same zone of fracturing, are the Red Deer and Humper claims. The Humper vein, as shown in a couple of small openings, has a width of about two feet. The quartz is bordered above and below by about a foot of decomposed iron-stained country rock, which might be considered part of the lead. A shaft, twelve J 68 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 feet in depth, has been sunk on the Humper Extension, an adjoining claim on the east. The vein followed has a width of about fifteen inches. The ore on the dumps showed galena, ruby- silver, stephanite and green copper carbonate, probably derived from tetrahedrite. About a mile north of the Montana is the Big Thing Group. The conditions here are different, as the country rock is granite. A considerable body of loose ore, principally argentiferous galena, evidently derived from a strong vein, occurs on one of the claims. The vein had not been determined at the time of my visit. A number of other veins are reported to cross the various claims, but were not examined. The claims, briefly described above, comprise only a small proportion of those staked in the district, but on most of the remainder little or no development work has so far been done, and the time at my disposal did not permit me to make a systematic examination of them. The general outlook for the camp is considered exceedingly promising, and its opening up marks an important event in the mining history of the country. The mining conditions are not unfavourable. Most of the veins are situated at distances of from half a mile to four miles from the lake and at elevations of from twelve hundred feet to three thousand six hundred feet above it. Aerial tramways can therefore easily be constructed for the carriage of the ores to the lake shore for concentration, and can also be used to take supplies to the mines. Miners' wages during the past season amounted to $3.50 per day for eight hours' work, and ordinary labourers obtained the same amount for ten hours' work. The cost of supplies, considering the short distance to the seaboard and the almost continuous rail connection, ought to be moderate. The climate, while severe during a portion of the year, will have little effect on mining operations. ATLIN MINING DIVISION.* Report of J. A. Fraser, Gold Commissioner. I have the honour to submit herewith my annual report on mining operations in the Atlin Mining Division, Cassiar District, which now includes what were formerly the Bennett and Chilkat Mining Divisions, for the year ending 31st December, 1905. I might repeat the language of last year's report with reference to unfulfilled promises and unrealised development, disappointed hopes and expectations, and also state that, notwithstanding all these, the results on the whole should be considered satisfactory and successful, for, with a smaller force engaged in mining than in any previous season (the most regrettable feature), the actual output has been almost equal to that of last year. The comparatively light snowfall last winter and the warm dry summer, particularly in the early part, rendered the water supply the scantiest since the opening of the camp; in consequence of which and other local causes, a smaller force than last year (or ever before) was actually engaged in mining, there being at no time more than 450 men engaged in placer mining, as against 550 to 600 in 1904 and 800 to 900 in 1903; but the results per capita were, I think, quite as good as in any previous year and better than in most. The drifting operations of last winter were, on the whole, satisfactory, but I regret to say that there are not as many drifting this winter as last, there being only about 190, as against 250 last winter. *Note.—By an Order in Council, approved on 26th January, 1906, the boundaries of the Atlin Mining Division will, from the first day of May, 1906, be extended to include all the territory now included within the boundaries of the Teslin Mining Division. Mr. James Porter, Gold Commissioner at Telegraph Creek, will act as Deputy Mining Recorder of the Atlin Mining Division, for that portion of such division as was formerly included in the Teslin Mining Division. 6 Ed. 7 Cassiar District. J 69 Drifting operations are being carried on this winter on Spruce, Pine, Gold Run, Boulder, McKee, Birch, Otter, Ruby and O'Donnell, and many are sluicing, to which operation the very mild weather which has so far predominated this winter is peculiarly favourable. McKee Creek. Nearly all the ground on this creek is owned by companies and only from 10 to 15 individual miners operated on it during the summer, but those were rewarded by good returns. The scarcity of water and the uncomfortably close quarters into which Ginaca & Co., and the McKee Consolidated Hydraulic, Limited, had worked themselves in 1904 induced the latter company to suspend operations for this season, so as to enable the said Ginaca & Co. to work past the point of conflict and interference, which they did with satisfactory results. They operated on the Old Englctnd and Winnemucca leases, and with five men and the use of the hydraulic plant and water of the above-mentioned McKee Creek Consolidated Hydraulic, Limited, uncovered about 5,500 square yards of bed-rock and moved about 27,500 cubic yards of gravel, with satisfactory results. The Amalgamated McKee Creek Mining Company, under the management of Mr. S. H. Plumbe, operated further down stream on the Beta and Gamma leases, with a force of from 8 to 12 men and an expenditure of about $15,000, and uncovered about 4,700 square yards of bed-rock, and as the banks were very high (about 130 feet), moved a considerable quantity of material, which averaged about $4.70 per square yard of bed-rock exposed, and gave a handsome net profit for the season's operations, notwithstanding the shortage of water, which, unfortunately, permitted of the use of two monitors for a few weeks only, and towards the end of the season of one monitor only for a few hours a day. Pine Creek. A smaller force of individual miners operated on Pine creek and Gold Run this season than ever before, the number varying from 30 to 50 for both creeks. Results were, as usual, apparently satisfactory to the operators, except for the delay and difficulty in procuring water, as already indicated. Of the companies, the Pine Creek Power Company, Ltd., and the North Columbia Gold Mining Company, under the management of Mr. J. M. Ruffner, President and General Manager of both, had a very successful season and moved a large quantity of gravel with very satisfactory financial results. These companies ranked first this season in the amount of output, aggregating over $50,000, but as the manager, who left the district sooner than he expected to, neglected to furnish me with the usual report of his season's operations, I am unable to supply details. I may say, however, that their expectations as to the continuity and richness of the gold-bearing "yellow deposit," mentioned in former reports, have not been disappointed, and the methods of operation reported or suggested in last year's report, of the running in of powder drifts discharged by battery, and the introduction of a new style of elevator for the disposition of tailings, Jed the management to believe that they had obtained the best possible results from the means and water available. On the Stephendyke group of leases, which is also under Mr. Ruffner's management, nothing worth mentioning, as far as I know, was done this season. The Atlin and Willow Creek Gold Mining Company, Ltd., under the management of Messrs. F. H. Brackett and W. H. Hale, continued where it left off last year on the " D'' lease and recovered about $14,000 by its sluicing operations, at a satisfactory profit. There were from 7 to 10 men employed. I have had no report from these managers either. J 70 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 The British American Dredging Company, Ltd., under the management of Mr. O. T. Switzer, continued to operate its dredge on Gold Run, but with indifferent success, for, notwithstanding the use of the " Keystone drill" and dynamite, which certainly assisted very materially, the cemented material with which the dredge had to cope proved too hard for that style and weight of boat and machinery, and did not meet the expectations of the management in the amount of material moved, although very fair returns were realised from this material. An average of about 10 men was employed. The manager of this company also failed to make the customary report as to his season's operations, which renders me unable to supply details. From 120 to 135 men were engaged on Pine creek and Gold Run during the season. I have reason to believe that a steam shovel will be installed on Tar Flats next season, and that a much larger quantity of water will be made available for use, as the necessary steps are being taken for the diversion of the same from Surprise lake. Spruce Creek. On this creek about 200 men were employed during a portion of the season, including those employed by the companies, and again does the output from the individual operation on this creek exceed that on any other, being over $95,000 as reported, and well over $110,000 if proper returns were made. Scarcity of water and of dump-room were again keenly felt and seriously embarrassed the operators, although not to the same extent as last year. Between 90 and 100 men are drifting on this creek this winter. Of the companies, the Spruce Creek Power Company, Limited, under the management of Mr. W. C. Hall, with a force of from 10 to 15 men, did some ground-sluicing and prospecting upon the Duchess lease and Woodbine group of placer claims, besides changing a portion of its pipe-line, enlarging and repairing its ditch-line, etc. While piping, it used a No. 6 and two No. 4 monitors, but the scarcity of water precluded their use beyond a few weeks. The expenditure for the season's operations was about $13,000 and the amount of gold recovered did not exceed one-third of that amount. The company reports that prospect work is being done this winter on the Plumas lease by means of tunnels. It may be expected to make a much better showing next season. Some prospecting was done on the Gorgon lease, preparatory to piping next season. On the Tobacco Box lease the work is all done by "drifting," and over $10,000 has been expended thereon during the last two years, with results very gratifying to the operators. The owners of the Gladstone lease expended about $4,500 in mining and $1,000 upon the ditch, under water record No. 37, which is appurtenant thereto. Owing to scarcity of water and of room for dumping purposes, they have confined themselves to ordinary " individual" methods of operation, i. the river at the ford was about 200 feet wide, with a maximum depth of about three feet and a current which would permit of a loaded pack-horse crossing. The flow of water in the spring must be very great, as there is evidence of the water having reached the floor of the bridge at the Canyon, which is 25 to 30 feet vertical above summer water level. The valley of the Blackwater has formed from time immemorial a part of the direct route' of travel by the Indians between the interior and the Pacific Coast, as it is mentioned by Sir Alex. Mackenzie as being, at the time of his visit, 1793, " a well-beaten trail leading to Salmon House," on Salmon river, which flows into Dean channel. As was the practice of the camp once each week, a "day of rest" was taken here for horses and men, the "day of rest" on the trail being a " moveable feast" regulated by the arriving at good feed for the horses. J 96 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 The second telegraph cabin stands near the north-west side of the Canyon, and the lineman stationed here was found to have made some attempt at gardening. This year the summer frosts had killed his potatoes, but beets and summer vegetables were found to be growing. July 26th—Camp at the Blackwater was left at 8 a. m. The trail follows up the low bench to the north of the river for some three miles, then mounts the benches until the level of the plateau, about 500 feet above the river, is gained. The trail continues in a northwesterly direction for some 10 miles, over a slightly undulating plateau, densely wooded with small black pine and occasional clumps of poplar. The soil was similar to that on the plateau to the south of the Blackwater, except that for the last three miles it became decidedly more gravelly. The trail here begins to descend to the valley of a small and unnamed creek, which was reached at 2 p. m. after 14 miles' travel from the bridge, and was the first water encountered in that distance. The weather during the day was very hot, and the lack of water proved very trying to the horses. At night the thermometer registered from 45° to 50°. Camp was made at this creek, although the horse feed was anything but the best. July 27th—The party was on the trail again by 7 a. m., moving in a N. W. direction. For the first two miles the country is flat, and timbered with small black pine. A change here takes place and the surface of the plateau is more broken by rounded hills, while to the right of the trail lay a lake about 1 \ miles long by \ mile wide and with considerable marsh land at its N. W. end. At 8:30 a. m.—after four miles travel—the trail descends to the valley and crosses the Chilako river by a single span bridge. The valley of the Chilako at this point is wide and swampy, at an altitude of about 2,025 feet above the sea, and is covered with willow bushes, among which very fair horse feed is found. About half a mile from the bridge and just out of the low land the third telegraph cabin is located, a refuge cabin only, no operator or lineman being stationed here. After leaving the Chilako, the trail rises to the general plateau level, about 2,900 feet, which at first is found to be a series of rounded hills, but these soon give place to more level country. At about noon a splendid meadow, known as Butcher flats, was reached, where camp was made for the night, after travelling 12 miles. Butcher flats are about 3 to 3| miles long by about 2 miles wide, with a good creek flowing through it. The flats are nearly level, with bunches of willow dotted over the surface, and support a most luxuriant growth of wild grass and peavine, while along the trail, where seed has been dropped from passing pack trains, timothy is found to grow most luxuriantly. Along the borders of the creek there is a growth of very large cottonwood trees and some large spruce. The soil is good, and is underlain at a depth of some 3 to 5 feet by a gravel containing some clay. The drought of the season, which had affected much of the country passed through, had here left little mark, probably owing to subsoil irrigation. Judging from the formation of the surrounding country, as viewed from elevations on the trail, there should be in this plateau a number of just such flats, at an altitude not exceeding 3,000 feet, and although in this latitude this is rather high for general farming, the locality seems admirably adapted for cattle-raising, summer grazing being plentiful, while hay for winter feeding can easily be grown. Winters here are severe, and stock would probably have to be fed for about four months. July 28th—Moved from Butcher flats to the west end of Naltesby lake, a distance of 14 miles by trail, making camp for the night near the telegraph station. From Butcher flats to Naltesby lake there is a wide, flat depression which may be regarded as a continuation of the Naltesby lake depression. In this there are a couple of small lakes on the creek which flows o 00 0 w X tfl J w < h tS) w < h PC , O^nC*/-/*!./ No. 1 Gut was found about 100 feet from the creek and about 50 feet higher than the creek bed. Here the clay surf ace-wash had been removed for a width of some 10 feet, exposing the face of a seam of coal which, as far as could be determined from the exposure, had a thickness of some 15 feet, and appeared to be dipping into the hill (up the creek) in a N. 30° E. direction at a very slight angle, probably not exceeding 5° to 10°. The roof and pavement of this seam, as exposed, were clay, which, it is suspected, is the surface disintegration of a shale, to which it will probably alter as depth is gained. As is always the case even with the best of coal, the croppings are very much broken up and the interstices filled with clay, and here the coal has not been cut into more than a couple of feeti so that no very flattering idea of the probable quality of the coal is obtained. The most that can be said is that there is a seam as described, and that it appears to lie regularly and undisturbed. No sample was taken of this exposure, as such would not have done justice to the probable ultimate quality of the seam. No. 2 Cut.—Some 150 feet higher up the hill, and about 75 feet further to the north, is No. 2 Cut, which is much more satisfactory, in that it presents a better exposure of seams, in all probability quite distinct from that seen in No. 1. This No. 2 Cut exposes, in ascending series : An underlying clay or clay shale; Coal, 2 feet thick, of fair quality; Clay shale, 2 feet thick, containing "iron stones" (Fe S2); Coal, 14 feet thick, which was sampled down the whole face; the analysis of which is given herewith; 6 Ed. 7 The Northern Interior Plateau. J 119 Clay shale, 2 feet thick ; Coal, 1 \ feet thick ; Clay shale, overlying, and only partly exposed. These measures dip N. 30° E. and the same direction as in No. 1 Cut, but at an angle of from 20° to 25°. A short distance above these exposures and above the " first crossing," Goat creek has cut the edge of the hill in which the coal measures occur, so as to produce an almost perpendicular bluff extending from the creek bed up to a height of 300 feet. About half-way up the face of this bluff, and quite inaccessible without constructing apparatus, was seen a longitudinal exposure of a coal seam, which from its position and size appeared to be the same seam seen in the No. 2 Cut, just described. This exposure is about a quarter of a mile from No. 2 Cut and shows that extent of the seam. In the bluff the seam is nearly horizontal, the dip of 20° noted in No. 2 Cut having flattened out as it got under cover. A further description of these exposures is given later in this Report (pages 122, 123), in an extract from a report thereon by Mr. F. H. Shepherd, of Nanaimo. The following is the analysis of the sample of the 14-foot seam taken only about six to eight feet in from the absolute outcrop, and represents the average of the seam as at present exposed. If a sample could have been obtained from a greater depth and freer from surface influences, it would probably show a materially better analysis. Analysis from 14-foot Seam of Coal on Cassiar Coal Co., No. 2 cut, on Goat Creek, Telkwa river basin. Moisture 6.6 per cent. Volatile matter 29.0 n Fixed carbon • , 56.9 n Ash 7.5 .. (Non-coking.) 100.0 per cent. This analysis indicates the coal to be a fair quality of bituminous coal, with a percentage of ash in this surface sample higher than it should be, while the percentage of volatile matter is lower, and the percentage of fixed carbon higher than is usually found in a bituminous coal. This coal-bearing formation is probably of Tertiary age, and under normal conditions should still be evidenced a lignite, but as to what the unusual conditions were which produced the change evidenced in the coal as found, the easiest and most probable explanation lies in the fact that the immediately adjacent higher mountains are found to be composed almost exclusively of volcanic overflow rocks, basalts, tuffs, etc., which represent a later period in geological history than do these coal measures. This volcanic overflow we have found to have at one time covered the whole of the interior plateau, and its absence in any particular place is probably the result of erosion and disintegration of the deposit. In the surrounding mountains the volcanic rocks are found little disturbed, often only slightly tilted, although frequently faulted, while the valleys, basins and gulches are the effect of erosion. It is possible, therefore, that the entire coal formation, as it may exist here, was covered by this molten overflow, and that the exposures found have been rendered " get-at-able" by the removal of the overlying formations by erosion. If such was the case, as is supposed, the superincumbent weight and heat of this molten mass would undoubtedly have changed a lignite into coal of the character found. Not only would such geological conditions have had this marked beneficial effect upon the coal, but they would have a much more important bearing upon the value of the field from a practical point, inasmuch as, in the old wide valley of the Telkwa, the greater part of the coal known is found J 120 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 at an elevation superior to that of the larger area of the valley; hence, except for possible action of faulting, the greater part of the coal originally deposited over this area would appear to have been removed by subsequent erosion. If, however, the supposition as to the volcanic rocks overlying the coal is correct, then the coal might be expected to be found underlying many of the remaining hills, which, as exposed on the surface, are undoubtedly of volcanic origin; in which case there is no visible limit to the extent of the field, and the chances are that underlying the solid formation the coal would be found better and under more easily workable conditions than under the clays of the present valley. If, on the other hand, as has been reported by certain engineers who have examined the district, these igneous mountain masses surrounding the exposed coal field are igneous bosses thrown up directly from below, and not a volcanic overflow, then these volcanic rocks must be the absolute and final boundary of the coal field. In such case, which is not assumed to be proven, the area of the field would be very limited, since the coal, at least here, is found near the border of the valley and is dipping towards and, it is hoped, under these surrounding volcanic rocks. A volcanic flow must, of course, have had points of issue, remaining to-day as "stems" (perhaps of great size, practically volcanic bosses or upheavals), and whether these may be underlying these particular hills is a question which can be determined only by extensive works, or by explorations in detail. Coal exposures were later noted in the valley of the Bulkley, at an altitude of some 1,800 to 2,000 feet, also in the main Telkwa, at an altitude of about 2,400 feet. There will be described later exposures on the locations of the Transcontinental Development Company, situated some four to five miles higher up Goat creek, at the junction of 4-Mile creek, at an altitude of 3,400 feet, while over the water-shed, on the Copper river slope, coal exposures have been carefully surveyed which lie at an elevation of about 4,000 feet. These latter are in a district bordering on the main Coast range, and this has probably been elevated by the same upheaval, and is, therefore, not connected with the basin at present under consideration. (The chronological order in which this Report has been carried out will here be temporarily departed from, in order to keep together the descriptions of the coal deposits visited.) The coal exposures next seen (September 9th) were those of the Transcontinental Development Syndicate, situated on Goat creek, about two miles above the "Second Crossing," at the junction of 4-Mile Creek with Goat, and are reached by a short trail branching off to the left from the main Goat creek trail leading to Hunter basin. Preliminary surveys and development of these areas had been carried on during the summer (i905), under the direction of Mr. Arthur Webster, who had been seen at the mouth of the Telkwa on his way " out," and from whose description and sketches the locations were found. Mr. Webster's work had been confined to a short season with a small force of men, and, as much of the time had been occupied in the construction of a log cabin for the workmen and in preliminary surveys, the amount of actual development work done was slight and was confined to the stripping of coal outcrops where cut by the creek. The location and extent of the outcrops seen can best be indicated by the accompanying sketches. The valley of Goat creek at this point is about 2,000 feet across, to the base of the high banks, the bottom land being from 20 to 40 feet above the creek. The coal measures are here, at least locally, so very much contorted, faulted and eroded, that it was found impossible to correlate the various exposures found, or to form any idea as to the probable extent of the deposits; so that, consequently, description will be confined to the individual exposures. Where 4-Mile creek flows into Goat creek, on the west side, it cuts through a coal outcropping which is found dipping S. 70° W., at about 30° angle. The underlying seam is COAL SEAM OUTCROPPINO ON GOAT CREEK. TELKWA. COAL OUTCROP, K1TIMAT COAL Co.-TELKWA RIVER. 6 Ed. 7 The Northern Interior Plateau. J 121 J >JVorJA O eoj". a. Lory a A3 O e c U. alo-niQ E F about six feet thick, and consists of narrow bands of good coal, interstratified with bands of shale in about equal proportions. Above this, and separated by about 15 feet of clay shale, is a bed four and a half feet thick of coal, also mixed with clay partings. No attempt had been made to trace these seams under cover. On the east side of Goat creek, at this point, a narrow seam of coal was noted in the creek bottom, on which no stripping had been done, and which appeared to be dipping to the north-east. A short distance down stream, on the west side, a four-foot seam of coal, impure with shale partings, has been exposed by the creek for a distance of over 150 feet. These measures are found to be so faulted and contorted as to render it uncertain as to whether or not they are in place. Some 150 feet down the creek from the last exposure, and on the east side, a 28-inch seam of coal was seen, dipping at a fairly steep angle. The coal in this seam is almost free from shale partings and is of very good quality, as the following analysis by the Provincial Government Assayer indicates :— Moisture 0.8 per cent. Volatile matter 8.2 n Fixed carbon 81.6 n Ash 9.4 (Non-coking). 100.0 per cent. J 122 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 Near certain fault planes, samples of the coal so affected approach in character to an anthracite, but the quantity of such is unimportant. On September 14th the coal areas of the Kitimat Development Syndicate were visited. On these the exposures were reported to be chiefly on the main Telkwa river, above the junction of Goat creek. The trail was followed up the south bank of the river for from 2J to 3 miles above the mouth of Goat creek, where coal measures were found outcropping on the trail, with evidences of an old tunnel, long since caved in, so that no measurements as to the thickness of the seam could be obtained. The tunnel appeared to have dipped to the south into a clay-shale hill. The dump was carefully examined, and from its evidence it appeared that the coal in the seam was so very much mixed with clay-shale partings as to be of no commercial value. On the north bank of the river, about a quarter of a mile below this, in a bluff about 30 feet high, formed by the river cutting into a lower foot-hill, there was seen a splendid exposure of coal. It was found impossible to cross the river to the bluff, as the bridge was gone, so a photograph, which accompanies this Report, was taken from the south bank, a distance of some 50 to 60 feet. Here is exposed, in a perpendicular face from the water up, a coal seam judged to be from 18 to 20 feet thick, dipping N. 25° E. at an angle of about 15°. There were visible certain shale partings and bands, but there appeared to be bands of coal of workable thickness. Since the seam could not be actually measured by the writer, the following extract is given, taken from a report made in 1900 by Frank H. Shepherd, M. E., for Mr. Samuel Robins, of Nanaimo, and others:— " The first outcrop encountered and hereafter referred to as the ' lower location' is on the north bank of the Telkwa, the seam forming a perpendicular bluff of about 30 feet and ending in the swift waters of the river. It was necessary to be lowered by a rope to obtain a complete section of the seam, which, notwithstanding the difficulty of the position, was carefully taken as follows :— Ohal . . 2 f < Shale final 7 Shale Coal 4 Shale 1 Coal 4 1 final . . . 2 final : . Total 24 20 3 24 feet 3 2 3 2 6 0 3 9 2 1 5 10 2 0 inches. The total coal, above the 1 foot 9 inches of shale, is 18 feet 3 inches, which would be considered the workable portion of the seam. Strike of seam, 292° (mag. variation, 25° E.); angle of dip, 16° 3()'; course of dip, 22°. This is a splendid outcrop and sufficiently hard to have withstood the torrents of the Telkwa for an " evidently long period." 6 Ed. 7 The Northern Interior Plateau. J 123 Character of the Coal. " This is an altered coal possessing a high percentage of fixed carbon, due to its contiguity with the igneous rocks which underlie the whole of the field. The result has been to raise the fixed carbon and to reduce correspondingly the volatile hydro-carbons, and appears to have been fairly uniform in its action." Continuing, Mr. Shepherd gives the actual section of what he calls the " upper location," and which is probably identical with the exposure described as on the claims of the Cassiar Coal Co. on Goat creek. The "lower" and "upper" locations are about three-quarters of a mile apart, and the ground is covered with heavy vegetation, rendering a rapid exploration impossible. (The Provincial Mineralogist makes this distance nearer three miles.) "The upper location is shown on a steep precipitous bluff and is inaccessible, but is again exposed on a small creek (Goat creek) a little to the east, where the following section was taken :— " Roof , sandstone. Coal 4 feet Shale Coal 3 ii Coal Bony shale 1 ii Coal Black sandy shale. Coal 1 Bone Coal 1 Bony coal Coal 1 Shale 1 Coal 1 Total seam Total coal . , 16 14 ii ii shale 2 13 inches. 5 5 1 7 3 4 H 0 n 0 2 10 4 1 10 4 6 2 On the Bulkley, just where the Telkwa flows in, there is an exposed Boring for Coal, bluff of a fine-grained, light-coloured rock, which extends underneath the surface gravels and wash for some distance up the valley of the Telkwa. This rock formation has been popularly described as a " sandstone," and has been supposed to be a member of the local coal measures, probably from its general appearance and the fact that sandstones are associated with the carboniferous coal measures of England and the eastern portion of America. Messrs. Limin and Davis, who were among the original holders of coal locations on the Telkwa, brought in a hand-power diamond drill and with this put down bore-holes at a number of points. Of these no definite information is obtainable, but it is reported by the workmen that in none of the holes was coal found. One of these holes was put down in the rock exposure at the junction of Bulkley and Telkwa, erroneously supposed to be a sandstone, while other holes were put down farther up the Telkwa valley, a pit having been sunk through the gravel to bedrock. The fact that this formation is not a sandstone became evident upon closer examination, a,nd some five samples were taken from different points, one (3,784e) being part of the diamond drill core obtained at a considerable depth. These samples were sent to Professor Dresser, of Montreal, for microscopic examination, who classes them, one and all, as of volcanic and not of sedimentary origin. The exact text of Prof. Dresser's report is appended as a foot-note.* As a matter of fact, the Provincial Mineralogist was unable to find any rock associated with the coal formation on the Telkwa which could properly be classed as a sandstone, such sedimentaries as were seen being all argillites, usually of fine texture. September 8th—Camp remained at the "Second Crossing," the Provincial Mineralogist and three others proceeding on foot up a small creek which here joins Goat creek from the south, into what is locally known as Boring's Basin, where Mr. Loring, Indian Agent at Hazelton, the Hankin Bros, and Forrest have for some years been prospecting, and have done considerable work. An old Indian hunting trail was followed up for about four miles to Boring's cabin in the creek bottom, at the lower end of the basin, at an altitude of 3,900 feet, some 700 feet higher than the " Second Crossing." From the cabin a foot-trail was found leading up the mountain, Loring's Basin, following which, up to an altitude of 4,400 feet, a tunnel was found which Goat Creek. had been driven in 60 feet in a N. 70° E. direction. For the first 20 feet this tunnel was driven through a dark-coloured, fine-grained volcanic rock, probably a basalt, devoid of mineralisation. For the remaining 40 feet the tunnel is in a light- coloured, soft, igneous dyke, felsitic in character, containing a considerable amount of iron pyrites disseminated throughout it in small, fine crystals. A sample of this dyke matter was taken for assay and was found to contain about 1 oz. of silver to the ton, with no appreciable amount of gold or copper. In the bluff above the tunnel the same light-coloured felsitic rock was found to outcrop, but on this outcrop no work had been done. Following a very indistinct trail over slide rock still farther up the mountain to an altitude of 5,100 feet, some fresh workings were found, on which about one assessment had been done. No vein could be seen, but there was a copper stain in the fissures of the volcanic country rock, not presenting commercial values. These were all the openings which could be found by tracing up trails, and were the only workings the guide knew of, and, consequently, were the only workings formally inspected. It was, however, learned from Mr. J. H. Scott, an English mining engineer, who visited the property later with Mr. Hankin, one of the owners, that there were various other workings. There are three groups of claims, all owned by the Loring-Hankin-Forrest Syndicate. Consists of eight or nine claims adjoining and running in a general Forrest Group, north-east and south-west direction along the hillside, at an elevation of about 5,000 feet. They are the Eldorado, Naiad, Oread, Discovery, Mont- eagle, Montcalm and Montchief'in a line with the Telkwa and Daisy, adjoining the Oread and Discovery on the north-east. The general country rock of the vicinity is altered volcanic, the * 3,784a, 3,784d, 3,784e.—Bulkley river, mouth of the Telkwa. These three rocks are microscopically indistinguishable from one another. They are composed of angular grains of feldspar, quartz, and microcrystalline aggregates resembling fragments from the groundmass of a quartz-porphyry, with oxidised iron ore and shreds of mica. They are evidently pyroclastic rocks, that is, they were formed by the consolidation of the fragmental material"of a volcanic eruption, and may be classed as volcanic agglomerates, or altered tufas. 3,784b, 3,784c— The same locality. These are volcanic rocks. The former has a fine microcrystalline groundmass, consisting of an aggregate of quartz and feldspar flecked with minute green crystals of some bisilicate. In this groundmass are set numerous phenocrysts, i. e., porphyritic crystals, of orthoclase, plagioclase, biotite, hornblende and quartz, with scattered grains of pyrite. The hornblende is green in colour, and the greatest angle of extinction observed in the zone of the clinopinacoid was 14 degrees. The rock is a quartz-porphyry. Specimen 3,784c is essentially similar in composition, but is in a more advanced stage of crystallization. It might be better classed as a granite-porphyry. 6 Ed. 7 The Northern Interior Plateau. J 125 upper members of the series being basalts and a part of the general volcanic capping of the district, which in these hills can be seen lying in such regular, clearly-defined layers, approaching the horizontal in position, as to have led the prospector to assume that they were of sedimentary origin, which theory is, however, disproved by a microscopic examination of the samples, which one and all prove to be highly-altered volcanics, and are apparently a part of the general volcanic eruption which covered the whole interior plateau. In the Forrest Group there are one or more large felsitic dykes, lighter in colour than the country rock, on the borders of which the mineralisation seems to have occurred. The following work is reported on the various claims, by Mr. Scott :— \a"v: Eldorado—A 15-foot open cut with 8 feet of tunnel therefrom; a 41-foot adit tunnel, 22 feet of which is mineralised ; a 6-foot open cut with 15-foot tunnel. Naiad—A 32-foot tunnel and an 8-foot open cut. Discovery—A 78-foot adit. Monteagle—An 8-foot adit and a 25-foot adit. Telkwa—Open cut 20 feet long, 8 feet wide; 7-foot open cut, with 22-foot adit, and a 7-foot open cut. Daisy—A 20-foot open cut, a shaft 14 feet, and an 18-foot open out, with a 10-foot adit. Mr. Scott further adds in a memorandum written to the Provincial Mineralogist: " At several places on the Eldorado, Naiad and Telkwa there are good shewings of ore from 4 to 22 feet, easily traceable through the three claims." As indicating the character of the ore, there are given the following assays made by this Bureau on specimens obtained from Mr. Hankin :— Copper, Gold, Oz. Silver, Oz. Per Cent. Eldorado—20-foot tunnel .06 1.0 4.5 48-foot ii 02 0.4 5.5 Naiad—30-loot tunnel 04 4.6 3.1 15-foot ,i 02 0.4 0.5 Telkwa—32-foot tunnel 28 2.0 6.3 About half a mile to the south-east from the Forrest Group and farther up Hankin basin is the Tremont Group, consisting of three claims, the Loring, Hankin and Forrest, held by the same owners. Still farther up the basin is the Stevenson Group, upon which, however, very little work has as yet been done. September 9th—The party left the " Second Crossing" of Goat creek at 10 a.m., following up the bench on the south-west side of Goat creek. About one mile out a trail was found branching off to the left, which led down to the Webster coal locations already described. The following is the report of the microscopic examination of samples obtained in this vicinity :— No. 3,733.—Country rock from 60-foot tunnel, Forrest Group, Goat creek, Telkwa valley. This is a dark gray rock, having a very fine texture, and carrying specks of iron and copper pyrites. In the thin section it shows small phenocrysts of feldspar and skeleton-like crystals of hornblende, largely filled by particles of iron ore. These are embodied in a groundmass which has a finely microcrystalline or a cryptocrystalline structure, and is probably a devitrified glass. The rock is an altered volcanic, and was originally a very fine porphyrite. No. 3,734a.—Dyke from same locality. A dull gray fine-textured rock, which shows in the hand specimen lighter gray and greenish porphyritic crystals, or phenocrysts. The groundmass, which was originally fine-grained, is wholly altered to a mass of decomposition products, an important part of which seems to be kaolin. Orthoclase, plagioclase, and basaltic hornblende form the phenocrysts. A few larger crystals of quartz are also present. The rock is of volcanic origin, and the structure indicates that it forms a dyke, or is a marginal phase of an intrusion. It may be classed as a hornblende porphyrite. J 126 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 For about two miles from the Second Crossing the trail is over bench land and low hills, when it drops into the valley of 4-Mile creek, which creek it follows up to its source in Hunter basin. The distance from the Second Crossing to Hunter basin is about five miles, in which distance the trail rises some 2,300 feet, on to an altitude of 5,500 feet. This portion of the trail is a trail in name only. It is poorly laid out, scarcely cut out, is steep and has no "bottom," no foothold for horses, and is quite incapable of standing traffic of any amount. Hunter Basin. Hunter basin lies at the head of 4-Mile creek, at an altitude of some 5,500 feet, and is an amphitheatre surrounded by hills rising precipitously for from 1,000 to 1,500 feet higher. Timber-line was found to be at an altitude of about 4,500 to 5,000 feet, there being no timber in the basin save a few scrub spruce found in a little draw. The hills to the east and south present perpendicular faces to the valley, while those to the north and west, as is usual in northern latitudes, have a more gradual slope and are covered by sufficient soil to permit of grass taking root, which affords very fair feed for horses. These perpendicular exposures show the rock formation to be entirely of volcanic origin, chiefly basalt and allied rocks, stratified in layers of considerable thickness, with a dip to the east; the perpendicular faces to the west giving the impression that the whole has been subjected to a series of step-faults running north and south, the major faults occasioning the basins and the drains through which the creeks flow. No d3rkes could be seen cutting the formations and measures were not much disturbed, save by the faults mentioned. The entire basin and the sides, to a height of 1,500 feet, is covered with broken slide-rock from the surrounding cliffs, completely masking the solid formation. Camp for the night was made in the lower part of the basin, difficulty being found in getting a pole suitable to hold up the tent. September 10th—The weather was clear, the temperature having dropped the previous night to below freezing. Camp was not moved, the day being spent examining claims staked in the vicinity. In the basin there are two small cabins belonging respectively to Wm. Hunter and the Carr Bros., prospectors, who have claims staked on the cliffs some 1,000 to 1,500 higher up. From these cabins a trail, fit for foot passengers only, on its upper reaches, winds through a draw to the south. The claims in the vicinity had, for the most part, been only recently staked, and very little development work was found on any of them. The working season here for out-of-door work, must be very short, and the difficulty and expense of carrying on work under such conditions so great as to deter all efforts at development until railway transportation is assured and supplies much diminished in cost. The King mineral claim was among the first staked in the basin, the King. location being made in 1903 by Wm. Hunter, after whom the basin was named. This claim is in a draw or break in the cliffs to the south of the basin, at an altitude of some 6,500 feet, or some 1,000 feet above the cabin. Here a prospecting shaft had been sunk to a depth of from 16 to 18 feet and roughly timbered with poles packed up from below the cabins. The work done showed a fissure in the country rock, having a strike S. 45° W., and which, where the shaft was put down, had a width of about two feet, but which on the surface, as traced for a few feet in either direction, pinched down to as many inches in width, and no further widenings had been developed, nor did the ore body quite hold its own with the depth of the shaft. This ore body, though small, contained some very pretty ore, copper sulphides, chiefly bornite, with yellow copper towards the ends of the lens. Specimens of the ore brought away assayed 63.42 % copper, with 81.6 oz. silver, and .04 oz. gold to the ton. 6 Ed. 7 The Northern Interior Plateau. J 127 To the right of the trail up to the King claim, at about 300 feet above Waresco. the cabins, there were found the stakes of the Waresco claim, located by L. H. Bishop in 1904, and on which not more than one assessment had been done, this consisting of an open cut. In a crushed zone, some six to seven feet wide, and cutting the country rock nearly vertically in a N. 45° E. direction, is a vein of rather undefined width containing copper ore—copper glance, bornite and pyrite—of which it was estimated about half a ton had been taken out and was on the dump. The development as yet is too slight to show what quantity of ore is likely to be found, but the quality of the ore is all that could be desired. Selected ore taken from the dump assayed :—Copper, 51 % ; silver, 180 oz.; gold, 0.16 oz. to the ton. To the left of Hunter's trail the stakes of a claim were found, on which the name of the claim was illegible, but the locator was M. S. Carr. This location had apparently been allowed to lapse and was re-staked in 1905. A small amount of stripping had been done, but no mineral, other than a little copper stain, could be seen, nor was there any defined fissure or vein visible. To the north of the King claim and at about the same elevation on a Rainbow. bluff overhanging the basin, and separated from the main mountain behind, several places were noticed where work had been recently done. It was, however, found impossible to determine definitely as to what claim these belonged, but, as best could be made out, they were mostly on the Rainbow mineral claim, located by Wm. Hunter. The country rock is a red basalt, resembling a jasper. The whole mass of this detached bluff appears to have been faulted or slid down from the higher mountain to the south, causing many small fissures. Near the No. 2 stake was found a fissure, which was traceable on the surface for some distance, with a width of from one-half to six inches, and contained a micaceous variety of specular iron with a small amount of sulphide, of which mineral some half-ton lay on the dump at this point. In an open cut on the very edge of the bluff is another fissure of greater width, the extension of which could not be seen, however, and from which some four tons of this micaceous iron had been collected and laid aside on canvas sheets. Near the No. 1 and discovery stakes is a small pit some four feet deep, sunk on a crushed zone in the country rock, along one wall of which was found a small vein of yellow copper ore one or two inches thick, but lacking in continuity. This micaceous iron, as here found, is a rather unusual variety, and has been taken by many of the prospectors for galena, silver glance or copper glance, but proves on analysis to be iron oxide in this peculiar form, and in the foliations of which there must be some copper- silver sulphides or oxides not entirely visible, as will be seen from the following assays of two distinct samples from different localities :— Samples from Rainbow mineral claim:—No. 1.—Specular iron with a little copper carbonate, assayed—copper, 7.6%; silver, 36.8 oz.; gold, 0.08 oz. Sample No. 2.—Copper, 6.6 %; silver, 58 oz.; gold, 1.68 oz. to ton. Another sample of this specular iron, found at Webster's cabin, locality unknown, assayed :—Copper, 22.5 °/o ; silver, 5.6 oz.; gold, trace. In a number of other spots small amounts of work were observed, for which no location posts could be found, but in none of these was there seen any defined vein or indication of mineral in quantity. J 128 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 On the north side of the basin there are a number of locations on which no work has been done, and which appear to have been staked on float rather than on rock in place, as the surface is covered with loose material. September 11th—Camp in Hunter basin was left at 10 a. m., the trail leading through the upper basin to the most southerly end, where, by a " switch-back " trail, it climbs the western hillside, reaching an elevated grassy plateau (altitude about 6,500 feet), which during the short summer season provides excellent grazing. Standing at this elevation the plateau is seen to have a general slope to the east, and the basin appears to be " scooped " right out of it. The trail circles eastward along the south end of the basin, then turning south and west crosses over a glacier some 2,000 feet across, leads around the head of Mud or Tenas creek, and finally drops down a steep gully, overgrown with stunted spruce, balsam and juniper bushes, into the narrow valley of Glacier creek, about a mile below the basin in which it heads. The distance travelled was only about five miles, but it represents a good day's work for a pack- train. The altitude of this creek-bottom is about 5,500 feet, the same as Hunter basin, and this seems to be about the altitude of most of the basins in the district. Glacier creek and Sunrise creek, a parallel stream about two miles farther to the south, flow nearly due west, and empty directly into the headwaters of the Telkwa river, which flows north. Camp was made in the bottom of the creek valley, in a clump of spruce and balsam, good feed for the horses being found in adjoining marshes. September 12th—Camp was not moved, the day being spent in the examination of claims on the high ridge separating Glacier and Sunrise creeks. The first claim visited was the Sunrise, owned and located by P. R. Sunrise. White, who was acting as guide to the party. This is located on the south end of Sunrise mountain, as this high ridge between the creeks is called locally, at an altitude of 7,700 feet and within some 500 feet of the summit. The hillside here slopes at an average angle of about 30° to the creek-bottom, 2,500 feet below, and is covered with large angular masses of basalt showing porphyritic structure, usually red in colour, but frequently dark or light gray, so that but few exposures of rock in place were to be seen. But one assessment had been done on the property, and owing to the natural difficulties of the location, some 2,000 feet higher than any possible camping place, but little work had been accomplished. There was exposed in a peak of solid formation, not covered by slide rock, a vein having a strike S. 55° W., with a dip of about 30° to the north-west. The whole neighbourhood is much cracked along the cleavage planes of the basalt, and the vein seems to follow one of these planes, but from the very nature of the rock in which it occurs, it is not very clearly defined in its length. 3,757a.—Sunrise mine. Country rock in vicinity of. This is a rather fine-grained rock of even texture and has a bright colour. It has the general aspect of an impure jasper. In the thin section occasional well-defined crystals of feldspar appear, indicating the igneous origin of the rock. These crystals are enclosed in a field composed of minute grains of quartz, and probably also of feldspar, scattered through a base of red iron oxide. 3,757b.—Sunrise mine. Country rock. In the hand specimen this dark green, massive rock shows irregular masses of epidote. No other mineral is distinguishable in it. In the slide it is found to be a greatlv altered greenstone. Chlorite and epidote are practically the only minerals that can be recognised. As these are both secondary minerals, it is really impossible to say what this rock originally was, more nearly than that it was a very basic eruptive. o 0) X h O h cfl D 0 3 I U < j E W to < E U. E W (0 < cc Ii. h E 0 u. CO" h <; 0 w 0. u. 0 p J CO 6 o 6 Ed. 7 The Northern Interior Plateau. J 129 The vein matter, silicified crushed material, is about 24 inches wide where a small open cut has exposed it, and contains specular iron with a little copper, and from samples taken is found to carry less than one per cent, copper, with no gold or silver. As was pointed out to the owner at the time, a rusty outcropping of silicious rock, either a bed or a vein, to which no attention had been paid, and on which no work was done, seemed to offer much greater possibilities. A sample of this rusty quartz was taken, on which the Provincial Assayer gives returns of copper, 0.4 per cent; silver, 1.4 oz.; gold, $4. On the way up to the Sunrise, the stakes of the Fox mineral claim were passed, on which no work has been done. The formation here is a series of small step-faults and slides from the mountain. On the surface a quantity of very pretty azurite was seen in the float, but it could not be traced to the parent body. Immediately below the Sunrise claim and probably adjoining it, at an Sunset. altitude of 6,500 feet, is the Sunset mineral claim, located by Wm. McCullough in 1905. The formation is the same as in the preceding claim, and, in fact, appears to be a slide from the upper part of the mountain. The work done consists of a small side-hill cut, and exposes on a slip fissure a few stringers of calcite and micaceous iron, not giving any promise of valuable mineral. Still further down the hillside from the last claim were found the stakes of the Morning mineral claim, staked by F. M. Dockerill on June 6th, 1905. The formation is the same, and there was no sign of any work having been done, nor could any evidence of mineralisation be seen on the location. Samples of the rock formation in this vicinity were taken and sent to Professor Dresser, of Montreal, for microscopic examination, and the text of his report thereon is given in a footnote appended hereto. September 13th—It was the intention to proceed from Glacier creek down to its junction with the Telkwa, and thence up that stream to its source, to inspect a number of locations made there this past summer by Huston, Topping, and others, but it was found that the guide had no definite knowledge of the trails or the location of the claims, and as all the prospectors were out of the country, it was like " hunting for a needle in a hay-stack "; so, when in the early morning of the 13th it began to snow heavily, and we were at least two days' journey from the Bulkley, with " grub " almost gone, it was decided, with regret, to abandon further explorations in that direction, and to strike back for the Bulkley. There is no trail down Glacier creek, and the creek valley is little better than a muskeg, but with some difficulty the horses were led down the creek valley for some three or four miles, keeping to the hillside on the north side of the creek. We then struck off to the north over a comparatively open muskeg country for about three miles, into the valley of a small creek flowing south into Glacier creek. This small creek heads in a marshy divide, from which Red creek flows north into Goat creek and so into the lower Telkwa. Following the west side of Red creek from the Telkwa there is an old Indian hunting trail, known as " Moose-skin Johnnie's trail," used in the fall and winter by the Indians to reach their hunting grounds at the head of the Telkwa. This trail is about as bad as it is possible to be, and climbs away up on the hillside, presumably to get more solid bottom for the trail, but is not properly cut out, and simply served the Indians to pass over twice a year. 3,760.—Sunset mine. Rock in vicinity of. This rock is in most respects similar to 3,757b. In the thin section, however, it shows a considerable amount of calcite in addition to epidote and chlorite. A few crystals of feldspar are also seen. They are very turbid from decomposition, but are the only original minerals left in these two rocks. This rock is a much altered porphyritic, basic eruptive, probably a diabase, or gabbro. Camp was finally made on Red creek, about four miles above its junction with Goat creek, where a small opening afforded scant pasturage for horses. September 14th—The trail follows Red creek down to Goat creek, a distance of four miles, and crosses the latter by a ford below the j unction of Red creek. There is also a log foot-bridge across the creek. From this ford there is a trail leading over to and up the Telkwa to the coal locations of the Kitimat Coal Company, which were then visited and which have already been described. After crossing the ford the trail mounts the gravel benches of the Telkwa, and in about two miles joins the Goat creek trail, already described, some four miles out from the Bulkley river. The camp outfit was taken across the Bulkley in a canoe, the horses being left on the south side, and camp was again made on the previous camp ground on the north-east side of the Bulkley, opposite the mouth of the Telkwa. September 15th was spent in camp. The horses were swum over at the lower crossing, a very awkward place with a precipitous "take-off" into very deep, swift water, but with an eddy and gravel beach on the north bank affording a good landing. Supplies for the remainder of the trip were obtained from the Aldermere store. The guide and the packer were here paid off, and a pack-horse sold to a party going through to Bella Coola. September 16th—Camp was moved down the valley of the Bulkley, a distance of 12 miles, to the Hudson Bay Company's ranche near Driftwood creek. From the mouth of the Telkwa the trail at once mounts the bench land, which, near the river, is very dry and inclined to be sandy, with scant vegetation; but as the rolling foot-hills near Tyee lake are reached, the soil becomes a fine loam, well suited for cultivation. The telegraph trail was again picked up at the south end of Tyee lake, at which point there is an office and an operator. To the north of Tyee lake the ground slopes gradually to the higher hills, and along this side-hill there are a number of ranches, some of them fenced, on which comfortable cabins have been built and large stacks of hay put up, cut from the wild hay growing on the yet uncultivated hillside. These ranchers, besides wintering their own stock, are wintering a number of horses for prospectors and surveyors, at from $12 to $15 a head. They expect to have to feed hay for from three to four months, but provide no shelter for the stock. The land is well watered, and such small areas as were under cultivation yielded good crops of potatoes and other vegetables. The country passed over between Tyee lake and Hudson Bay ranche is of a similar naturei a large proportion of it open country, while some of it is covered with poplar and willow, with occasional spruce. The wild grasses, pea-vine and fire-weed cover the open portions, producing a crop well worth cutting for hay. The Hudson Bay ranche is provided with extensive sheds and stables for stock, with two or three houses for employees. The property is at present leased to a Frenchman, who purports to keep a " hotel," at which the guests cook their own meals and provide their own blankets and bedding. About three miles east of the Hudson Bay ranche, on Canyon creek, there was noted, in the bed of the creek, a very nice exposure of the local coal measures, consisting of shales and sandstones, the latter well ripple-marked, with small seams of coal. No workable coal is exposed here, and the occurrence of the measures is noted only to show the possibility of coal being found underlying a considerable portion of the valley of the Bulkley. 6 Ed. 7 The Northern Interior Plateau. J 131 September 17th—All baggage and supplies, except enough for a trip of one week, were stored in one of the ranche buildings, and P. McPhee, a local prospector, was engaged as a guide for a trip into the Babine range, where a number of prospects had recently been staked, between the headwaters of Canyon and Driftwood creeks. Babine Range. The trail up to these claims leaves the telegraph trail about half a mile west of Driftwood creek, and cutting across the rolling hills through pea-vine and fire-weed higher than the horses' backs, crosses Driftwood creek about two miles up from the trail. At this point the coal measures, similar to those on Canyon creek, are exposed in the bank of the creek. The trail follows the east bank of Driftwood up for a couple of miles farther, through heavy spruce woods, when it begins to climb the main mountain side by a steep and poorly cut-out trail, through the small jack-pine and balsam timber. After travelling for about eight miles and climbing to an altitude of about 5,500 feet, which occupied some five hours' time, camp was pitched above timber line, with only a few stunted balsams in sight, on the open hillside, on which grew in patches sufficient bunch-grass for the horses. It snowed all afternoon and most of the night, and blew so hard it was next to impossible to keep a tent up—a night long to be remembered. September 18th—It blew so hard all day that it was with difficulty the wind could be faced, and when it did not snow it rained. Within a short distance of camp was seen the Eldorado mineral Eldorado claim, owned by P. A. McPhee. The claim lies at an altitude of 5,500 feet on the open face of the hill, in which a number of open cuts and trenches have exposed a number of somewhat ill-defined quartz veins, having a general strike S. 15° E. and a dip apparently to the north. The veins are from 2 to 6 feet in width, though often including a portion of the country rock, which appears to be a chloritic schist. A sample was taken of the vein where best exposed, which assayed about an ounce in silver with but a trace of gold and no appreciable amount of copper. To the south of the Eldorado, Henry Finch has a claim staked, the kill mineral claim (name illegible). To the north, Lem. Broughton has staked an extension, the Silvertip. About a mile to the N.W. from the Eldorado, on a canyon leading Pack-Train down to the upper part of Driftwood creek, C. G. Harvey has staked for Group. himself, Chas. Barrett and Jno. Charleston, a group of three claims known as the Pack-train Group. The country rock appears to be similar to that of the upper Telkwa country, but very much broken and disturbed, pitching at high angles, with numerous small quartz veins. In an open cut about 5 feet deep there is a showing of mineral about 27 inches wide, from which a selected sample assayed 19% copper, 106 oz. silver, and 0.03 oz. gold. A little farther up the canyon there is another open cut about 5 feet long, in which about 24 inches of mineralised quartz appears. At this point the containing measures dip to the N.E. and are overlain by a flow of amygdaloidal trap, dipping to the south. About half a mile to the N.W. of the last claims, on the brow of a Last Chance. steep bluff overlooking the Driftwood, was found the Last Chance mineral claim, staked by Thos. Gagne and Thomas Joseph Roberts, as agents for J. D. Mcintosh and Geo. Duhamel. After considerable search a side-hill cut was found in which was showing a vein some 15 inches, filled with quartz and barytes carrying iron sulphides. J 132 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 The fissure seemed to be of irregular width, sometimes pinching up and again widening out into lenses of quartz, which, wherever seen, was " frozen " to the country rock. A sample of the clean ore taken for assay gave 17% copper, 63 oz. silver and 0.12 oz. gold. September 19 th—Further exploration into the range was found to be impossible, on account of snowstorms, so a return was made to the Hudson Bay ranche. It was learned that there had been some prospecting done on the head of the north fork of Canyon creek, and some claims staked there during the summer and fall of 1905. These, however, could not be visited, on account of the early snowfall. Pat McPhee reports that he staked there the Commodore, in an igneous country rock in which there is exposed a good streak of ore for a length of 5 feet. From a sample provided by him, an assay of 30% copper, 3 oz. silver and trace of gold was obtained at Government Laboratory. On the same hill McPhee staked the Blue Bell, on which he reports from 1 inch to 5 inches of solid ore, which from the sample also provided by McPhee assayed 27% copper, 30 oz. silver and trace of gold. The Melvinia mineral claim, an extension of the Commodore, was staked by Lem. Broughton, and is said to have an 18-inch lead, from which a selected sample of copper carbonates was obtained which assayed 9.5 % copper, 2.4 oz. silver, with a trace of gold. September 20th—Camp was moved from the Hudson Bay ranche westward down the valley of the Bulkley for a distance of about 14 miles, to the bank of a large creek flowing from the north, across the trail into the Bulkley. Other creeks of fair size flowing in the same way were crossed at 6 miles, 7 miles and 11J miles from the ranche. The creek at 7 miles out is a very rapid stream, spanned by a log bridge which is quite unsafe for horses, so a crossing had to be made which at high water would be exceedingly dangerous. The first half of the day's travel was through open country with few trees, and hillsides covered with upland hay. The soil is light, but very fertile and free from stones. A sample of this lighter soil was taken for analysis, the Government Assayer's report upon which will be found in the Addenda as sample No. 6. This is the lighter soil of the uplands, that of the lower lands containing more clay and decomposing vegetable matter. The last half of the day's travel was through country much more covered with poplar woods, the soil more clayey and darker, really a much stronger and better soil, but requiring some draining and clearing of timber. The trail all the day was excellent, although a little muddy in places. September 21st—Horses astray delayed departure until about 10 a. m., when travel was continued along the old telegraph trail for about three miles, when a branch trail was taken leading to the bridge across the Bulkley at Moricetown, distant one mile. The telegraph line and trail follows the north side of the Bulkley from here to Hazelton, not crossing the river. This trail is, however, some 10 miles longer than that which crosses the Bulkley at Moricetown and keeps to the south side of the river as far as Ahwillgate, an Indian village some four miles from Hazelton, where it crosses the Bulkley again. This latter trail is the one universally used, despite the fact that the two bridges of Indian construction are considered unsafe. This latter objection has, however, now been removed, as the Provincial Government has this fall put in two substantial pack-trail bridges over the river at these points. After crossing the Bulkley at Moricetown, the main trail was left and a trail taken leading eastward up the south bank of the river. This trail, an old Indian hunting trail, leads in through a pass to the south of Hudson Bay mountain, a large bold mountain peak on the south side of the Bulkley directly opposite the Hudson Bay Co. ranche, already mentioned, and from which it derives its name. 6 Ed. 7 The Northern Interior Plateau. J 133 The drainage of the south slope of this mountain is into the Zymoetz or Copper river, which flows into the Skeena below the canyon—practically into the Pacific ocean. This mountain is an outlying peak of the main Coast range, in which respect it differs from the mountains heretofore met with. On the south slope of this mountain, and the range of which it forms a part, a number of claims had been staked, from which very fine samples of ore, both copper and lead, have been brought out, and it was to inspect these claims on the headwaters of the Copper river that the excursion was taken south from Moricetown. After leaving Moricetown the trail follows up the south bank of the river for about three miles, when it turns south, mounting to an open plateau of easily rolling hills, similar to that on the north side of the Bulkley, which forms a wide draw to the west of Hudson Bay mountain, extending southward for about five miles from the river. This plateau is about the same elevation as that to the north of the Bulkley, and the soil and vegetation are similar; in fact, they were in all probability a part of the same lake-bed before it was cut in two by the present Bulkley river. Camp was made at the head of this draw, at the foot of the hill over which the trail leads on to the headwaters of the Copper river, and about 10 miles out from Moricetown. September 22nd—The previous day had been mild and clear, as had been the evening, yet in the morning we woke up to find about four inches of snow all over the plateau at the camp, and we afterwards found that this represented over 24 inches on the summit over which the trail passed. The day was spent in camp. In the afternoon the sun melted the snow completely away on the plateau, and it was thought it would have melted it on the hills also. September 23rd—One of the Hankin brothers, whose claims were to be inspected, having come into camp with us the day before, an attempt was made to get over the summit, with Mr. Hankin for guide, in the hope that the snow would by that time be off the Copper river valley. We left camp at 9:30, taking only a tent, blankets, and a few provisions, with a few of the strongest horses, leaving the rest in camp in charge of a man. In about two miles distance began the ascent, and as soon as we left the level of the plateau we were in snow which rapidly increased until it was over two feet deep on the summit of the pass, at an altitude of 5,000 feet, so that it was necessary for two men to precede the horses to break trail. After crossing the summit the trail zig-zags down the steep hillside through dense spruce woods for about two miles, where the valley of a small tributary of Copper river was reached, at an altitude of about 3,000 feet. In this valley bottom the trail branches, the fork to the left proceeding up the creek to what are known as the " Hankins' claims," while the main trail continues down the valley to what is known as the "galena property," owned by Fleming et al., from which a small sample shipment of ore was made during the summer, and which is reported to be about 10 miles down the valley. The trail was taken up the creek towards the Hankin claims, which were supposed to be about five to seven miles away. Even in the low valley bottom on this side of the divide the snow lay on the ground to such a depth as to prevent horses getting any feed, but it was reported that within a mile of the Hankin claims there was a lake with marsh grass, so an attempt was made to reach this point. The party pushed on up the creek through the snow until 5 p. m. when darkness came on at timber line, at an altitude of 5,500 feet, while ahead it was seen that there was a bald summit to cross some 1,000 feet higher, on which the snow, driven by a fierce gale, lay in drifts four and five feet deep, rendering further progress impossible. J 134 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 The tent was consequently pitched among the last of the scrub balsam trees on two feet of snow, and the horses tied up to the trees without food and about played out, until morning, when it became evident that if they were to be got out alive a prompt start would have to be made to return to the Bulkley, and any further attempt to see the claims abandoned. September 24th—Consequently, at 8 a. m. the party was on the return trail, leading the horses, and arrived at the camp on the plateau of the Bulkley at 2 p. m., with horses about exhausted. Very indifferent feed awaited them even here, as pea-vine, once the snow comes, goes to the ground a wet soggy mass, leaving only the fire-weed and scanty wild grass for feed. Although, as will have been seen, the writer was not able personally to inspect the various claims on the Copper river slope, the following is a description of the location of the claims:— On a fork of Copper river just over the divide and about two miles from the camp of September 23rd-24th, at an altitude of about 6,000 feet, between what have been called Silver and Red creeks, which flow into the Copper river fork from the east, there have been located, in a general northerly direction from Silver creek, the following adjoining claims :— Reliance, Tower Hill, Silver Top, Highland Chief, Mayflower, and Blue Bell, with, to the east of the Highland Chief, the Enterprise and to the west the Bonanza. These claims have all been staked by Loring and Hankin Bros., of Hazelton. September 25th—The snow on the hills showing no indications of melting, the back-trail was taken to Moricetown, and from Moricetown the main trail down the Bulkley was followed for some two miles, when camp was made on a large open prairie just to the west of a large creek flowing into the Bulkley, the prairie being reported as within the Indian reserve. September 26th—Starting at 9 a. m., a farther distance of 12 miles was travelled westward down the river valley, and camp was made on the upper end of " Mosquito flat." From Moricetown westward the main valley of the Bulkley becomes narrower by the gradual approaching of the Babine mountains to those of the Coast range, until at "Mosquito flat" it is not over a mile wide, including the foothills. West of Moricetown, while there are a number of small patches of exceedingly good and rich land, there is no considerable area of land fitted for agriculture until the main valley of the Skeena is reached. About 12 miles west of Moricetown cedars, soft maples, and firs were noted for the first time on the trip, indicating an approach to the coast vegetation and climate. The trail on the south side of the Bulkley, between the two crossings of that river, is best described as one continuous mud-hole, with mud from six to twelve inches deep, but with a good, firm, stony bottom. The trail on the north side of the river is reported to be equally muddy, but with no bottom, and horses are apt to be mired. September 27th—The pack-train left "Mosquito flats" at 10:45, reaching Ahwillgate, the lower crossing of the Bulkley, at 4 p. m., a distance of, say, ten miles, and Hazelton, some three or four miles farther, at 5:45 p. m. About three miles from " Mosquito flats " the trail crosses Mud creek, where it mounts a high gravel bank, which it follows for some five or six miles, when it enters a wet, dense forest of fine cedar timber, through which it passes for a couple of miles. About a mile out from Ahwillgate the trail leads for half a mile over a muskeg, over which a round pole corduroy had at one time been laid, and where horses getting off the sticks and brush will sink to their bellies. Ahwillgate is an Indian village, located at a deep gorge of the Bulkley, where the river has cut its way through a ridge of basaltic rocks, forming a canyon some 200 feet deep with perpendicular sides, across which a bridge has been built by the Indians. This bridge, of 6 Ed. 7 The Northern Interior Plateau. J 135 which a cut accompanies this Report, is a wonderfully daring piece of bridge construction to be attempted by Indians with the material they had at command, and is worthy of special notice. The bridge is 200 feet above a roaring torrent; the span is 150 feet in the clear; the two shore members are each 63-foot trusses supported by inclined struts from below, and acting as cantilevers, which are joined by a connecting truss 24 feet long, the whole being supplemented by a double system of suspension cables, made of telegraph wire, anchored to either bank. The timbers are all round poles tied together with telegraph wire, which is twisted round them. The wire is a remnant of the "Collins Overland Telegraph Line," abandoned in 1866, and already referred to in this Report. The structure is a "fearsome" one to cross, and the writer's party led one horse at a time across in fear and trembling; but it was afterwards learned that a "tenderfoot" from Washington had, the previous day, run four loaded horses across at the same time, and lives to tell the tale. September 28th, 29th and 30th were spent in Hazelton, the head of navigation on the Skeena. The town is situated on the east bank of the river, just above the mouth of the Bulkley, and is an old Hudson's Bay Co.'s post of some importance, from which the interior posts of Omineca, Stuart lake and elsewhere are supplied. Besides the Hudson's Bay Co.'s store, there are three or four other good stores, two hotels, post office, telegraph station, and an Episcopal church and school. The town occupies a limited area of a few acres, surrounded by an Indian reserve on the river bank, but a new townsite, or an addition, has been plotted on a higher level bench about a mile from the steamer landing, and on this addition there is a well equipped hospital with a full staff of nurses, presided over by a most efficient suregeon and doctor, Dr. Wrinch. This institution has proved a great boon to the district. October 1st—The Hudson's Bay Co.'s steamer " Mount Royal" on its last trip of the season was taken for Port Essington, at the mouth of the Skeena, a distance of 180 miles, at which point the party arrived on the following day. At Port Essington the party was obliged to wait until October 6th for a steamer southward bound, when the Union Steamship Co.'s steamer "Camosun" arrived, the party reaching Vancouver on the morning of October 9th, and Victoria the same evening. Summary. The following is a brief summary of the information gathered respecting the district traversed during the trip :— Agricultural Possibilities. The country from Quesnel to the headwaters of the Bulkley is a Area available, gradually rising plateau, having an altitude above the sea-level of from 2,500 to 3,500 feet, and lying between 53° to 54° 30' north latitude. This plateau has been at one time covered, except in a few places where the solid rock formation rose above it, by a deposit of the glacial age, composed of clay and of sand and gravel mixed with clay. The erosive action of water and ice has cut into this general plateau depressions now occupied by lake and river beds. Some of these lakes and rivers were primarily of very considerable size, and as only a portion of their original area is occupied by the beds of the modern lakes and rivers, there are to-day along these later water-courses benches and terraces representing the unoccupied portion of those ancient lake and river beds. It may be said, therefore, that the area of arable land consists of strips along the present water-courses, and represents the old river or lake beds. This area, while but a very small proportion of the whole, includes an acreage capable of supporting a large, though scattered, population. J 136 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 Very soon after the passing from the interior drainage area to that of the Skeena river and Coast, the rolling hills and plateaux give way to more sharply defined mountain ranges ; the smaller streams become mountain torrents, and only in the main valleys, along the larger streams, is there any land available. The valley of the Bulkley—that is, of the old stream—is 4 to 6 miles wide, much of which, for a distance of 50 miles, is suited for farming. This valley is also lower than the level of the interior plateau, lying between 1,800 and 2,500 feet above sea-level, while that of the Skeena, even above Hazelton, is still lower, and contains a large amount of good land, although it is but a small percentage of the area of the district. The soil found on the plateau proper is poor and usually gravelly, save Soil. in small recent depressions which have been filled by local washings from the surrounding ground. The benches and terraces which flank the watercourses, and which formed the beds of the ancient lakes and streams, are covered with a silt deposited by these old bodies of water, assisted, no doubt, by washings from the higher land, and this soil, while light, is remarkably free from boulders or stones and is very fertile, being formed from what were originally volcanic rocks, very easily disintegrated by atmospheric action. The amount of humus or leaf-mould is very slight, probably due to the evidently dry climate and to forest fires, which have repeatedly swept over the district and burned up all surface carbonaceous soil. As far as the quality of the soil can be gauged by chemical analyses, the bench-land and terrace soils appear to be unusually good, and are so classed by Dr. Frank Shutt, Chief Chemist of the Dominion Experimental Farms, whose letter on the subject, together with the analyses of the soils, is included in the Addenda to this Report. The quality of the soil may be judged also by the growth which it did, or does, support This criterion would, of course, be influenced adversely by the climate in an unfavourable year and, consequently, to use the plant-life as an indicator of the soil, a favourable year, climatically, must be taken. In such years we find the growth of almost anything planted to be unusually prolific. All the grains and all the vegetables found in the most favoured Provinces of the Dominion grow well, as do such of the small fruits that have as yet been tried. As to the grasses, the writer, who is familiar with all the southern portion of the Province and with much of the Dominion, has never before seen such prolific growth. Most of the luxuriant summer growth met with in the district, such as pea-vine, etc., provides splendid green feed for stock, and makes good hay if properly cured ; but most of such feed grows annually from seed, and if cut or eaten off before the seed is dropped will not oome up again. This fact, taken in conjunction with the climatic conditions, warrants the assertion that the district is not a cattle-ranging district; that it is splendid for summer grazing, but that feed for winter feeding of stock must be put up, and that such winter feeding will have to be kept up for from three to four months. The summer growth, in a latitude as far north as 53°, is such as would Climate. astonish one not familiar with the length of the summer days and the number of hours of absolute sunlight that a day in this northern latitude contains, sometimes about 20 hours out of the 24, at least three hours more than farther south- As vegetation grows only in the sunlit hours, this additional sunlight means just so much more growing time, and the crops grow and ripen in just a proportionately fewer number of days. In considering the season here available for agriculture, the southern agriculturist must take this fact into serious consideration. h CO W 0 z s o 0 w < < H h J to w X o 6 Ed. 7 The Northern Interior Plateau. J 137 The climate of the interior is dry, though there appears to be usually a sufficient rainfall, and the summers are not very warm, while the winters are sometimes very cold, the thermometer dropping to from 30° to 40° below zero. The only absolute statistics available are those of the meteorological observer at Stuart lake given on pages 102-104 of this Report. Summer frosts are unquestionably at present prevalent, but that these will disappear as soon as any appreciable area of the soil is cultivated, there is every reason to expect, from the experience of the northern part of Washington State and the Canadian North-West. The climate of the valley of the Bulkley is undoubtedly much moderated by the influence of the warm winds from the Pacific Coast in spring and summer, although the coast vegetation does not show itself until within a few miles of Hazelton, the air being robbed of its moisture at this distance from the coast, although it still carries its warmth. The lower altitude of this valley has a marked influence on its climate, as compared with that of the rest of the interior, although summer frosts are even here prevalent at present. There are evidences scattered over the district indicating that at one Forest Growth, time this whole district was covered with a heavy growth of very large fir. In many places an occasional charred stump, or a large root imbedded in a muddy bank, proves this conclusively. This heavy growth was removed by fire, presumably in prehistoric times, and was replaced by a second growth of inferior timber, such as jack-pine and small spruce on the higher and drier levels, with poplar on the benches, and Cottonwood and willow on the low lands. The low lands and terraces are easily cleared and can soon be brought under cultivation. The uplands will supply an amount of rather inferior timber sufficient for home consumption if the country was all settled up, but with little suitable for export out of the district. Transportation. At present the district is absolutely devoid of transportation of any kind, and there is neither waggon nor waggon road between Hazelton and Quesnel. A trail there is, of a kind, which served in the past, but which cannot be accounted as a factor in the future economic development of the district. This lack of transportation (indeed of ordinary means of travel), renders the land in this part of the Province practically valueless, notwithstanding its undoubted possibilities. The farmer has no market, and no means of getting his produce there, if he had one, and if he drives his stock over the trail to Hazelton or Quesnel, he is met at the former place with a prohibitory steamer freight and at the latter by a further "drive" of 200 miles, through a competitive stock countiy, to the nearest railway. Before, therefore, any attempt can be made at development, waggon roads are an absolute necessity, and must connect the agricultural sections with the distributing points of the district, and should, furthermore be used to connect the system of natural waterways. This only by way of beginning, however, for the country will not begin its real growth until the advent of a railway. Mineral Probabilities. It is much more difficult to summarise the mineral probabilities of the district than the agricultural, since the mineral-bearing formation is usually covered, and even where it is exposed and is of such character as elsewhere carries valuable mineral, there is no guarantee that such formation is here similarly mineralised ; while, on the other hand, a formation which in one district may be barren may in a second district carry valuable mineral. The most that can be done is to judge the rock formation seen by the experience gained elsewhere with similar formations, aided by the few slight developments which have been made on such claims as have been located. J 138 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 From Quesnel westward to the Bulkley at the Telkwa, as has been already described, the country is, as a rule, so covered with glacial wash as to hide whatever solid formation may lie underneath, effectively blocking all prospecting for lode deposits. Such peaks of the formation as appear above the glacial drift are practically all of comparatively recent geological age, and are of volcanic origin, belonging to the Tertiary age, and were so classed by Dawson in 1875. Aside from the theoretical consideration that such recent volcanic rocks are very unlikely to contain fissure veins of any importance, the actual experience of mining does not indicate that such formations elsewhere have been found to contain valuable mineral deposits. These rocks undoubtedly do contain small percentages of various economic minerals, disseminated throughout them, which through the solvent action of water have in places been leached out and re-deposited in small fissures, but such action requires much time and pressure to produce deposits of commercial importance. These conditions are here lacking, as the rocks are younger than even the lignite formations. With the older rocks effectively covered, as far as could be observed, and only the recent rocks exposed in a few places, the chances of successful lode prospecting in the section under consideration seems slight. At various points coal or lignite formation was noted, and although no seams of commercial size or quality have as yet been found, there is always the possibility of such being- discovered at one of many points in this district. As the interior plateau approaches, on its western boundary, the Coast range of mountains the conditions change; the upheaval which formed this range carried up with it on its eastern flank the adjoining rocks of older formations and sent off into these older rocks spurs and tongues as dykes or larger intrusions. Along the contacts thus formed there appears to be every likelihood of mineral deposits being discovered. The rocks of the Vancouver Island series are supposed to have been formed at the same time as were those of the Coast range, and these have been shown to be mineral-bearing along their contact with the older rocks. Speaking generally and from a geological standpoint, it is considered that the Coast range and its eastern foothills is the only portion of the district which offers any very hopeful field for lode-mine prospecting, but this section is well worth such investigation. The headwaters of the Telkwa is about the eastern boundary of the area probably influenced by the Coast range. Here it will doubtless be found that the deposits will be smaller, though probably higher grade than nearer the main range. The present mineral development is too recent and too slight to permit of even an approximate estimate being formed of the district; the claims seen have been described, and they seem to indicate possibilities of very considerable mineral being eventually discovered in this vicinity. Until adequate transportation facilities are provided, even the best of the claims seen are of little value, as none of the ores are free milling, nor are they of a grade sufficiently high to stand pack-train transportation to Hazelton. The Coast range is exceedingly rugged, and the ultimate location of the railway to the Coast, whether by one pass or another, will have a material influence on the respective camps; and whichever route may be ultimately selected, it will be necessary to build from it branch lines to tap one or other of the new mining camps. 6 Ed. 7 The Northern Interior Plateau. J 139 Addenda. Analyses of Soils Jrom Northern Interior of B. C. Sample No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 5.5 23.0 61.0 4.2 4.3 1.1 2.1 4.4 83.8 4.5 4.3 0.6 6.2 13.4 59.7 8.7 10.7 0.3 3.7 11.5 72.8 4.7 4.5 1.2 4.1 10.9 75.9 3.5 4.2 0.4 6.1 20.5 60.2 5.5 4.2 1.7 0.31 0.25 0.96 None 0.23 0.22 0.15 None 0.76 0.12 0.33 None 0.52 0.87 0.59 None 0.35 0.12 0.50 None 1.20 0.60 1.0 Alkali No. 1.—Soil from prairie near Noolki lake ; a rather fine, dark gray soil; no stones. No. 2.—Soil from Section 24, Township 4, Range 5, Neohaco District; a fine, light brown soil, inclined to clay. No. 3.—Soil from plateau south of east end Stuart lake ; a light brown soil, inclined to clay; no stones. No. 4.—Soil from barley field, H. B. Co., Fort Fraser ; a light brown soil, inclined to clay; no stones. No. 5.—Soil from six miles south of Francais lake ; a dark brown soil containing gravel; no clay. No. 6.—Soil from Hudson Bay Co.'s ranche, Bulkley valley ; a fine dark soil, with little gravel. A copy of the preceding analyses was sent to Frank T. Shutt, Chief Chemist of the Dominion Experimental Farms, at Ottawa, with a request for his opinion as to value of such soils for agricultural purposes. The following is Mr. Shutt's reply :— " Reporting upon a soil merely from the analytical data can only be regarded as partially satisfactory, and especially is this the case when the results are in a sense incomplete. In. the present instance the chief difficulty, however, lies in the fact that the writer has no personal knowledge of the physical condition of the soils, a matter of the greatest importance when considering a soil's probable productiveness. The case is somewhat similar to that of a physician who endeavors to correctly diagnose a complicated case from a statement of certain symptoms. It will be possible for me only, therefore, to consider the submitted data in the light of certain provisional standards, and to ask that my judgment be regarded as in a measure tentative and open to revision, should I deem such necessary when in possession of further information relating to the soils. " Nos. 1 and 6 are probably the two most fertile soils of the series. Their nitrogen-content is considerably above the average, and in this respect, and in the proportion of vegetable matter they possess, they are very similar to much of the rich prairie soil of the North-Western Provinces. In both potash and phosphoric acid, No. 6 is very well supplied, making it, from the standpoint of plant food, an exceptionally good soil. No. 1, though not so rich in these mineral constituents, might be considered as quite equal to many Canadian soils that we have classified as of excellent quality, and which are to-day producing remunerative yields. The percentage of lime, a matter of considerable importance, would appear to be highly satisfactory in both these soils. " Nos. 4 and 5, with No. 4 as the better of the two, constitute the second class of the series. Everything considered, I judge them to be soils of sterling worth, highly productive under favourable climatic conditions and probably suitable to the growth of most farm crops. From the data of No. 4, one might predict great possibilities as to productiveness. " No. 3 is probably a fair soil, though somewhat low in lime and phosphoric acid. It is by no means deficient, however, in humus and nitrogen, and its percentage of potash is considerably above the average. "No. 2.—From the analytical data I should suppose this to be the poorest of the series, and I should hesitate to state definitely how it would prove on cultivation. I should add, however, that there are ample data to show that many soils in Canada of apparently similar character are being worked to-day and giving profitable returns." J 140 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 SOUTH-EAST KOOTENAY DISTRICT. FORT STEELE MINING DIVISION. Report of J. F. Armstrong, Gold Sir,—I have the honour to submit a report on the pi Mining Division for the year 1905. The following table shows approximately the number year since 1899 :— Commissioner. ogress of mining in the Fort Steele of mineral claims held during each Held under Crown Grant or Certificate of Improv't. Certificate of Work. New Locations. 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 37 71 104 117 142 167 189 718 704 642 451 335 260 193 729 470 455 253 200 169 181 1905 The assessment work done on mineral claims shows a continual decrease, but for the first time in eight years the number of new locations is larger than in the previous year. The shipping mines have been the St. Eugene Group, the Sullivan Group and the North Star Group. The St. Eugene mine was shipping during the whole year, with the exception of a couple of months, during which it was closed on account of damage done to the machinery by a fire. The Sullivan Group has been shipping for six months and is smelting its product at Marysville, where the company has erected a smelter which is expected soon to be in a position to treat the ore of other mines in the St. Mary's District. The North Star ceased shipping early in the year, but development has been continued on a neighbouring claim, the Stem- winder, where good ore has been struck at a depth of a thousand feet or more below the level of the North Star workings, with the best of indications. The Aurora Group, on the west side of Moyie lake, has been developing, and a lead has been struck which is considered to be a continuation of the St. Eugene lead on the east side of the lake. It is expected that some shipping will be done during 1906. A syndicate has secured rights to prospect under Moyie lake, between the St. Eugene and Aurora Groups, with the object of locating the lead on which these two groups are working. They propose commencing work early in 1906. 6 Ed. 7 South-East Kootenay District. J 141 Some development work has been done on claims on White Fish and Alki creeks. Ore from these localities could be transported to the smelter at Marysville, at rates which would not be prohibitive. The situation at the end of the year shows a large increase in shipments. Development work on a large scale would be justified on many properties, even with the present means of transportation. Capital is wanted everywhere, and better means of transportation are necessary in some sections. Placer Mining. On Wild Horse creek, the usual output has been made by Chinamen. One white company is installing a plant on a lease and work is being continued during the winter, with the expectation of being ready for sluicing as soon as the frost leaves the ground. On Perry creek, one hydraulic company has been working all summer, with a large plant, the leases covering two and a half miles of the creek-bed and the adjoining benches. The output has been satisfactory. The company operating on the same creek with a steam shovel has not done any work during the year. A mining lease below the hydraulic company is being worked by sinking and drifting below the bed of the creek; the work is being carried on on a small scale, but with remunerative results. The company operating on Bull river has not done any work during the past summer. Coal Mining. The Provincial Mineralogist will probably report on the work done by the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company. I cannot do so, as no returns are made through my office. The Imperial Coal Company holds 89 coal licences on Fording river. During the year trails have been built, surveys made and prospecting has been carried on. Several valuable seams of coal have been uncovered. A syndicate which has been holding 45 coal licences on Elk river, north of and adjoining Block 4,588, having discovered coal thereon, has applied for coal leases over 41 of the claims. During this year they have had their claims surveyed. The Elk River Coal and Oil Company has renewed 22 coal licences, having prospected these, built trails and surveyed certain of the claims. They have applied for 16 additional licences. The Western Coal and Oil Company, which held petroleum claims on the west side of Elk river, near Morrissey and Fernie, has allowed them to lapse. The lands have since been staked in other names. A syndicate holding 16 coal licences at the northern end of Block 4,593 has successfully prospected its claims and having had them surveyed, obtained coal leases of the same ground. Of the coal and petroleum licences issued over land in Block 4,593, 23 have been renewed through my office, proof of prospecting having been filed. Nineteen of these claims have "been surveyed. The surveys show many cases of overlapping. During the year there have been published in the British Columbia Gazette notices of application for 219 coal and petroleum licences over ground in South-East Kootenay, and 64 applications have been filed in my office. J 142 Report of Minister of Mines. 1906 Office Statistics—Fort Steele Mining Division. Mineral claims recorded 181 Placer claims recorded or re-recorded 5 Partnership placer claims recorded or re-recorded 0 Certificates of work 193 Payments in lieu of assessment work 1 Certificates of improvement recorded 29 Conveyances or other documents of title recorded 42 Partnership agreements 4 Gold Commissioner's permits recorded 15 Documents filed 27 Affidavits filed , 325 Records of water grants and permits 0 Mining leases issued 4 Mining leases in force 33 Free miners' certificates, ordinary, issued , 383 ii companies n 6 ii special, individual 6 Crown grants issued 22 Records of abandonment 4 Coal and oil licence applications 64 ii renewals and leases 203 Revenue. Free miners' certificates .. $2,246 25 Mining receipts 3,703 25 6 Ed. 7 North-East Kootenay District. J 143 NORTH-EAST KOOTENAY DISTRICT. GOLDEN MINING DIVISION. Report of J. E. Griffiths, Gold Commissioner. I have the honour to submit my annual mining report for the District of North-East Kootenay for the year 1905 :—While the tonnage of ore mined has not been as great as in 1904, more development has been done on different claims and small quantities of very rich ore shipped, the main reason for the shortage in tonnage being the closing down of the Ptarmigan and the reduction of the force on the Paradise. Surveys for the Kootenay Central railway have been completed and work, in a small way, commenced, to be under way all winter. What with the mineral showings, and the possibilities of agriculture and fruitgrowing, there should be sufficient encouragement to build the road without delay, and the fact that all available land is being taken up so rapidly should be conclusive proof that outsiders have faith in the ultimate outcome. Total Revenue of the District from Mineral Resources during 1905. Free miners' certificates $1,262 50 Rent of placer leases 155 00 Rent of water leases 19 00 Mining receipts, general 1,040 70 Royalty on mines 105 00 Acreage tax on Crown grants 573 00 $3,155 20 GOLDEN MINING DIVISION, The Giant mineral claim is situated on Spillimacheen mountain, about Giant. six and a half miles from the steamboat landing near Spillimacheen, on the Columbia river. Although this claim was located several years ago, but little work had been done on it until late this fall, which development work has shown up a much larger body of ore than could be expected from the surface showing, the main feature being an unexpected body of zinc ore, which occurs in a soft black slate, forming the hanging wall of a galena ledge, about 25 feet wide, and well mineralised for about 400 feet on the surface. The upper tunnel was driven about 50 feet, and the lower tunnel, about 70 feet lower, is in 400 feet. A winze is now being sunk to connect the two, and at a depth of 12 feet had 30 inches of zinc ore. The face of the lower tunnel did not show much sign of zinc, although at the part which is under the winze there is a considerable showing, but as it had not been cross-cut no definite estimate of the width at that point can be given. This company is still working on some of its numerous claims. A full The Labourers' acccount of the smelter was given in last year's Report. It was built Co-operative mainly to treat the Good Luck ore, but work has been stopped on this Mining Company, group for the winter, the intention being, according to the report of their engineer, to start work next spring at another point which would be more advantageous. J 144 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 The Shining Beauty Group, upon which the company has about a dozen men working this winter, is situated on Ice river, a distance of about 16 miles from Leanchoil station, on the Canadian Pacific railway. About lO-J miles of waggon road has been built, with a good pack-trail from there on. There is a very strong vein traceable for many thousand feet, showing signs of mineral all along, and, from the last reports, the ore in the tunnel was coming in much better than anticipated. With the exception of the above, the season has been a quiet one. Office Statistics—Golden Mining Division. Free miners' certificates 90 Company certificates 4 Mineral claims recorded . 35 Placer claims recorded 1 Certificates of work 32 Certificates of improvement 14 Conveyances 14 Powers of attorney , 3 Crown-granted claims in the district 90 Mining leases 3 Revenue. Free miners' certificates $ 828 25 Rent of placer leases 155 00 Rent of water leases , 19 00 Mining receipts, general 461 10 Royalty on claims 105 00 Acreage tax 573 00 $2,141 35 WINDERMERE MINING DIVISION. Report of E. J. Scovil, Mining Recorder. This well-known group, situated on Spring creek, a tributary of Toby, Paradise Group, is too well known, through being the heaviest shipper from the district, to require any description, having been described in previous reports. The force was considerably reduced this season, the management having decided to wait until railway transportation is forthcoming. Development work has shown up a very large body of ore, the total amount of underground workings amounting to 5,242 feet, of which the following was done this seasen :— No. 2 level, drift, 68 feet; No. 3 level, drift, 59 feet; No. 4 level, drift, 277 feet; No. 4 level, upraise, 12 feet; No. 4 level, cross-cut, 93 feet. Total, 509 feet. Development work on this group consists of several shafts and open Silver Belt Group, work. The last shipment went 218 ounces in silver, and it is fully expected that work will be carried on again next season. The Potlach, adjoining the Royal Stag, has a fair showing of ore uncovered by a series of open cuts, running well in silver and lead. The Shamrock, adjoining the Paradise, has made application for a Crown grant. Development work consists of open cuts and general surface work. The Outcrop Group is situated on the north fork of Toby creek, and is in a formation of lime and slate. Two veins, about 1,400 feet apart, have been discovered on the property which en P w n «) D 0 O J M tL 0 a o cc 0 h D 0 0 c u. m W > < ca a w % cc 0 tt. a. u a i Id w (E 0 Id 0 h to J u > w to <; m Q < Q z << H to Id > 0 ffi - b; h Z a o o 6 Ed. 7 Nelson District. J 169 Operations at the Queen mine were carried on throughout the year by Queen. William Waldie, in the course of which he completed payment for the property. The tonnage for the year was 6,100, of which 124 tons were shipped crude and the remainder treated in the Yellowstone mill, producing 405 tons of concentrates. The total return from this ore was $64,000, of which $43,000 was in bullion, $16,000 in concentrates, and the balance representing the crude ore. Development work, consisting of 600 feet of drifting and cross-cutting, and 290 feet of sinking and raising, was performed during the year. Employment was furnished for a crew of 40 men during the summer, which was reduced to 25 men during the winter. In a winze sunk from the No. 4 level Mr. Waldie claims to have ore all the way for 100 feet, the width of which is 15 feet, and from which he estimates he will be able to extract 7,000 tons of ore, which will yield in bullion and concentrates $90,000. This he estimates will be the output for the ensuing year. In addition to this ore, there are large quantities of a baser ore exposed in the mine which will require cyaniding to recover the values, and the erection of a plant of this nature will receive the attention of the owner during the year. This property was under bond to Patrick Clark during the first half Kootenay Bell of the year, a 200-foot cross-cut being run to tap a very fine surface show- Mine, ing. The work furnished employment for a crew of 20 men, but when the ledge was struck in the cross-cut the appearance of the same did not warrant the taking up of the bond. From the workings on the property, during the life of the bond, 83 tons of ore were shipped, the net smelter returns from which were $4,625.81. Upon the expiry of the Clark bond a lease was taken on the property by the Bell brothers and small shipments were made. The Alice Broughton Mining Company continued operations on this Alice Mine. property throughout the year. The mine output was put through the company's concentrator, producing 450 tons of concentrates, containing approximately 70 % lead and from 20 to 25 ounces silver. Development work was carried on at this' property throughout the Bayonne Mine. year. As the property is situate on the Summit creek slope, about 25- miles back from Kootenay lake, with no means of communication except a trail, the owners have no immediate prospect of shipping, but are putting into effect an extensive programme of development, and are credited with having met with very gratifying results. Office Statistics. Free miners' certificates, ordinary 725 ii ii company 11 ii ii special 1 Certificates of work 573 Money in lieu of work 1 Locations, mineral 264 n placer 9 Placer leases 8 Transfers, etc 113 Certificates of improvement , 38 Crown-granted mineral claims 791 J 170 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 ARROW LAKE MINING DIVISION. Report of Walter Scott, Mining Recorder. I have the honour to submit my annual report on the Arrow Lake Mining Division for the year ending December 31st, 1905 :— This group is situated on Big Ledge, Pingston creek, and comprises Monarch Group, the Monarch, Empress, Delenger, Anna S., Maple Leaf, Ontario, Forest Chief and White Heather mineral claims. The width of the vein is 316 feet. On the Monarch there is an open cross-cut, all in zinc ore, assaying 30 % zinc, and there is another band of zinc ore 24 feet wide. In Anna S. gulch and Delenger gulch there are exposures of 40 feet each of zinc ore. On the Empress, on the west side of Empress gulch, the vein is exposed for 550 feet, showing 40 feet in width of zinc ore, and four feet of concentrating galena. The zinc ore assays 47 % zinc. The owners of the Monarch Group have constructed this season six miles of waggon road from Arrow lake towards the mine, and have expended some $4,000 on the works, and it is hoped that next year the Government will assist in the completion of the road. This group also is on the Big Ledge, and consists of the Adventurer, Adventurer Sunshine, Outlook, Watchman and Iron Duke. The property is under Group. bond, and development work, in the form of a tunnel run on the lead, will be carried on all winter. This claim has had a force of men at work on it all summer, and the Millie Mack. following development has been done:—Tunnel, 160 feet; cross-cut, 20 feet; and an upraise and drift, 60 feet. Ore will be shipped to the Trail Smelter as soon as the trail is in condition for raw-hiding. Office Statistics—Arrow Lake Mining Division. Free miners' certificates 60 Mining claims recorded 18 Certificates of work 45 Conveyances, etc., recorded 23 Certificates of improvement 9 6 Ed. 7 Rossland District. J 171 ROSSLAND DISTRICT. :o: TRAIL CREEK MINING DIVISION. Report of J. Kirkup, Gold Commissioner. I have the honour to submit my report of mining operations in the Trail Creek Mining Division during the year 1905 :— The shipments of ore from this division for the past year are considerably in excess of those of the previous year, although the average value of such is somewhat less, the output being approximately 321,464 tons, of the approximate value of $3,545,132. The depreciation in the average value is largely accounted for by the including of several thousands of tons of low-grade ore, which was treated by the different concentrators, three of which were in active operation during a portion of the year, viz.:—The White Bear, Le Roi and Le Roi No. 2, the latter being in operation during the whole year, during which time 11,350 tons of low-grade ore was treated. The development work done has been far in advance of that of any previous year (the War Eagle and Centre Star mines alone having done something over two miles of underground work), a large portion of such work consisting of sinking to the deeper levels, where very satisfactory results are being obtained. The development of the lower levels of the Le Roi is being prosecuted as rapidly as possible, sinking from the 1,450 to the 1,750 foot level being now carried on under contract. Shipments of ore are being made generally from the different levels throughout the mine to the 1,350 foot level, the ore being of a good average grade. During the past year the Le Roi Company erected a small concentrating plant, at a cost of $30,000, which was operated for a short time only, during which time 2,856 tons of ore was treated. The Centre Star mine has been operated continuously during the year and a large amount of development work has been done, consisting in part of deepening the main working shaft (9 feet by 18 feet) by 280 feet. A station has also been cut at the 11th level and sinking is being continued. The ore taken from the deeper levels is of the average value of that taken from other levels throughout the mine. During the year the head works of this mine were re-modelled, a new blacksmith's shop was built and an electric haulage system installed, the cost of such improvements being $25,000. The War Eagle mine has been working steadily, ore being taken from all levels to the 11th, the average value being about the same as last year. Some 4,000 feet of diamond drilling has been done on the lower levels, and indications are that large bodies of ore are being discovered. In addition to the large amount of drifting, etc., which has been done in this property during the year, a great deal of work has been done in cutting stations and pockets and timbering and repairing the main shaft. The Le Roi No. 2 has been worked steadily during the year, and although the output is much less than that of some of the other properties, the values are very much higher. The lowest workings of this property are 900 feet below the surface, but at the present time a cross-cut is being run from the 1,350-foot level of the Le Roi mine to tap the ledge of this property at that depth. The White Bear mine was closed down in the latter part of May, for the purpose of enlarging the power plant, which has been completed by the addition of a new motor of 400 h.-p., at a cost of $8,000, and three transformers of 100 K. each, costing some $2,500. During J 172 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 the interval in which the mine was closed the company was re-organised, with sufficient capital to meet any future requirements, and the mine is expected to be in full, operation within the next few weeks. The Jumbo mine has been worked steadily during the year with a small force of men, and has kept up a regular shipment of ore of a paying value. The Spitzee mine was operated during only a portion of the year, being compelled to shut down through lack of funds, but it is expected that work will shortly be resumed under new management and with ample means to put the property on a paying basis. The Crown Point was operated under lease during three months of the year, closing down about the 15th September. The Gopher, Homestake and Lily May were also operated under lease during a portion of the year, during which time some small shipments of ore were made, which were evidently not of sufficient value to make it profitable, as these properties were all shut down early in the fall. The Cascade-Bonanza mine, which is situated on Iron creek, between Grenville and St. Thomas mountains, and is connected with the Columbia and Western Railway by a good waggon road, was operated for a few weeks during the past year, during which time about 125 tons of ore was shipped. This property is owned by Philadelphia parties, and it is generally supposed that it will be operated quite extensively during the coming season. The Inland Empire mineral claim, which is also situated on St. Thomas mountain and in close proximity to the waggon road leading from the C. & W. Railway to the Cascade-Bonanza mine (commonly known as the Norway mountain waggon road), is under bond to some eastern capitalists and is being steadily operated by a small force of men, under the supervision of Mr. S. F. Griswold, who is one of the owners of the property. The indications are very promising in respect of this property. The Velvet mine, which is situated on Sophie mountain on the east side of Big Sheep creek and close to the International Boundary Line, and is connected with the Red Mountain Railway by a good waggon road, has not been operated during the year, with the exception of a three days' run, for experimental purposes, of the small concentrating plant with which the property is equipped. With the exception of the foregoing, no work other than some assessments was done during the year, and as practically all of the properties of any value in this Division are Crown- granted, the assessment work has diminished very materially. The ore shipments from the different mines during the year 1905 were approximately as follows :— Le Roi 109,765 tons. Le Roi concentrated 2,856 Centre Star 101,908 War Eagle 60,860 LeRoi No. 2 11,690 Le Roi No. 2 concentrated 11,350 Jumbo 11,188 Spitzee 4,700 White Bear 1,100 White Bear concentrated 5,188 Crown Point 420 Cascade-Bonanza 125 Gopher \ 2jg Homestake / Miscellaneous 100 321,463 tons. 6 Ed. 7 Rossland District. J 173 Detailed Statement. Le Roi Mining Company, Limited—Le Roi Mine. Tons of ore shipped (dry) 109,765 Tons of concentrates shipped 491 Average number of men employed 225 Development: Drives , 2,984 feet. Raises 396 n Cross-cuts , 1,541 n Winzes , 200 „ Diamond drilling 1,367 n The Centre Star Mining Company, Limited—Centre Star Mine. Tons of ore shipped (dry) 101,908 Average number of men employed 250 Development: Drives and cross-cuts 5,384 feet. Raises 659 n Main shaft 280 ., Winzes • 185 n Diamond drilling 3,755 n The War Eagle Consolidated M. and D. Co., Limited—War Eagle Mine. Tons of ore shipped (dry) 60,860 Average number of men employed 145 Development: Drives 5,809 feet. Raises 636 n Winzes 208 „ Diamond Drilling 4,082 i; Le Roi No. 2 Limited—Josie, etc., Mines. Tons of ore shipped (dry) 11,690 Tons of concentrates 524 Average number of men employed 85 Development: Drives 2,274 feet. Raises 252 m Cross-cuts 944 h Winzes 24 n Diamond drilling 3,131 n Additions to plant during year, approximate value, $7,000 Jumbo Gold Mining Co., Limited—Jumbo Mine. Tons of ore shipped (dry) 11,188 Average number of men employed 16 Development: Cross-cuts 460 feet. Diamond drilling 550 m No additions to plant during year. J 174 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 Spitzee Mines, Limited, Spitzee Mine. Tons of ore shipped (dry) 4,700 Average number of men employed 16 Development: Drives 100 feet. Raises 350 n Cross-cuts 150 n Winzes 40 n No addition to plant during year. Consolidated White Bear Gold Mining Company, Limited— White Bear Mine. Tons of ore shipped (dry) 1,100 Tons of concentrates 421 Average number of men employed 40 Development: Drives , 70 feet. Raises 80 n Additions to plant during year, approximate value, $10,500. Office Statistics.—Trail Creek Mining Division. Mineral claims recorded 30 Placer claims recorded 1 Certificates of work 70 Payments in lieu of work 2 Certificates of improvement 12 Bills of sale, etc., recorded 15 Water grants issued 2 Free miners' certificates : Companies 7 Personal 276 Special 8 6 Ed. 7 Boundary District. J 175 BOUNDARY DISTRICT. GREENWOOD MINING DIVISION. Report of W. G. McMynn, Gold Commissioner. I have the honour to submit my annual report of mining operations in the Greenwood Mining Division during the year 1905. For the matter contained in this report I am largely indebted to Mr. E. Jacobs, of the " B. C. Mining Record," who is noted for his reliability and accuracy in all matters relating to mining in this Province. As with last year, 1904, the principal features are the steady increase in the output of ore from the larger copper-producing properties and the sustained success of the smaller but richer high-grade ones. While the expected output of 1,000,000 tons during 1905 was not reached, yet an aggregate of about 930,000 tons in the Boundary District is one that all interested in the advancement of the Province may well feel proud of, more particularly since the increase witnessed this year gives excellent promise of proving a permanent one, and but a step in the march of progress towards greater results yet to be achieved. For the total increase of about 100,000 tons in the quantity of ore produced in 1905, as compared with 1904, the Granby Co.'s mines were largely responsible, their output having increased by about that amount. The mines of the Dominion Copper Co., which a year ago were being operated by the Montreal & Boston Copper Co., also show a substantial increase—about 43,000 tons—but against their gain must be placed a reduction in output of the Emma mine by about 29,000 tons, and the Oro Denoro of 13,000 tons. It is also noteworthy that the high-grade mines produced an aggregate of about 2,550 tons in 1905, as compared with about 3,200 tons in the two previous years, 1903- 1904. The following table will serve to show the approximate tonnage of the larger mines, and the total of the smaller ones for 1905 :— Granby Co.'s mines 645,000 tons. t, n n n , . fMotherLode 180,000 B. U. Copper Co. s mines . -[ -,-, „'„„„ rr ^llimma 9,000 189,000 „ Dominion Copper Co.'s mines 88,000 n Oro Denoro 3,000 „ Sundry small shippers 5,000 n Total 930,000 n In the following notes of individual mines prominence has been given to the chief producers :— Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting & Power Company, Ltd. This Company is the largest and most important mining and smelting company in British Columbia. It is capitalised at $15,000,000, of which $13,500,000 is issued stock, and the balance of $1,500,000 is in the treasury. Much of the issued stock is held in the United States, and among its directors are men prominently connected with the copper industry of that country and others of high financial standing in New York. It owns a large and valuable group of mineral claims in Phoenix Camp and the biggest copper-smelting works in Canada, the latter being situated at Grand Forks, and distant from the mines about 20 miles by rail. The aggregate of all shipments to date is about 2,200,000 tons, of which some 645,000 tons represent the production during the calendar year 1905. It may be mentioned that, after he had visited and examined the company's mines, Mr. John Stanton, of New York, who had been designated the "father of the copper industry," was reported in the public press to have said :— " The Granby ore body is the largest sulphide ore deposit I have ever examined, and my mining experience has extended to every variety of copper ore. It is analagous to the famous Rio Tinto, of Spain. The Granby ore is lower in copper, but it carries larger values in gold and silver. It is larger than the famous Tennessee deposit. Hitherto sulphide ore bodies from 40 to 80 feet wide have been considered large, but this one at Phoenix eclipses anything else I ever inspected. I don't know of its equal on the continent. The millions of tons of ore in sight, and the vast stopes, proved a veritable revelation to me. I believe the Granby can operate at a profit, no matter to what figure copper might fall. With the advantage of gold and silver in its ores, it can produce copper at a price that would put less favourable mines out of existence." The development work done in this company's mines during eleven months of this year (to November 30th) totalled 5,339 lineal feet, consisting of 1,878 feet of sinking and raising, and 3,461 feet of cross-cutting and drifting. The total development for all years is 32,183 feet •—more than six miles of underground work. This leaves out of account the large area of stoping and quarrying. Additional prospecting was done by means of the diamond drill. The tonnage of ore shipped during eleven months was 575,788 tons; the estimated production for December, 70,000 tons; a total for the year of 645,788 tons. Ore is being mined from the quarries or " glory holes " and from several levels down to 400 feet in depth. Additions to plant and equipment were made in 1905, as follows :—A mammoth crusher of the Farrel-Bacon style, B pattern, made and supplied by the Jencks Machine Co., Ltd., of Sherbrooke, Quebec. This crusher is a duplicate of one previously obtained from the same manufacturers. Its receiving opening is 42 by 30 inches, and its capacity per day of 10 hours is 1,400 tons of ore broken to not larger than 8-inch cube. The heaviest single piece of this machine is 75,000 lbs. in weight, and its total weight is 120,000 lbs. New electric machinery, «fec, was purchased from the Canadian Westinghouse Company, of Hamilton, Ontario, including one 75 horse-power locomotive, one 75 horse-power generator to operate locomotive, and three 75 horse-power induction motors. About 1,000 feet more of tramways were constructed, and another crusher building and more ore bins were erected. Further enlargement of plant is intended, the Jencks Machine Company having been given an order for a 150 horse-power double drum electric hoist. The drums are to be conical in shape ; dimensions, 7 feet in diameter at the larger end, 5 feet in diameter at the smaller end, and 5 feet long. By means of friction clutches each drum will be operated independently of the other, and both will be controlled by powerful brakes. The capacity of the hoist will be a load of 10,000 lbs., raised at a rate of 700 feet a minute. Its shipping weight will be more than 50,000 lbs. During the year the company materially increased its mining holdings at Phoenix by acquiring the Monarch Group, the Marshall Group, the Missing Link and the Gold Drop Group—all adjoining the properties previously held. These acquisitions will facilitate the working of the. mines heretofore operated by the company, and, with the large ore reserves on hand, will, for a long time to oome, provide for meeting the demands of the company's smelter for an increasingly large supply of ore. 6 Ed. 7 Boundary District. J 177 At an extraordinary meeting of shareholders the company recently decided to make application in the proper quarter for power to change the number and par value of the shares from 1,500,000 shares at $10 to 150,000 shares at $100. A dividend of three per cent, on the capital stock, payable on 15th January, 1906, was declared, the total being $405,000. This will be the second dividend paid by the Granby Co., the first having been one of one per cent., amounting to $133,630 declared in December, 1903. The British Columbia Copper Company, Limited. The British Columbia Copper Co., Ltd., owns the Mother Lode Group Mother Lode of six mineral claims in Deadwood Camp, and the smelter at Greenwood. Mine. The company is a New York organisation, having a capital of $2,000,000. It acquired the Mother Lode mine early in 1898, and has since operated it almost without intermission. The mine is situated about three miles from the smelter, with which it is connected by a railway, the C. P. R. having constructed a branch to the mine from its Columbia & Western Railway at Greenwood. The ore bodies here are large. The main lode has a surface width varying from 80 to 160 feet. Its continuity has been proved by surface trenches along a distance of 1,100 feet north from the main shaft, while a big surface exposure about 700 feet in an opposite direction indicates the extension of ore-bearing rocks to the south as well. The main shaft is down 350 feet, and is being deepened. Long levels have been run at 200 and 300 feet depth, respectively, and a level will be opened at 400 feet as early in 1906 as shall be found practicable. The ore body, as mined at the 200-foot level, had a width of 100 to 125 feet, and the mine workings now show it to extend to fully 90 feet north from the shaft. At the 300-foot level the workings are not so long, but the diamond drill has lately proved the occurrence of a chute of ore at least 125 feet in length, commencing from a point in the bore-hole 17 feet beyond the end of the present level. As far as extended, the workings on the 300-foot level have shown the ore body to be quite as wide as on the 200-foot level. The diamond drill has also shown that the ore goes down, a hole dipping at an angle of 75 degrees having been in ore of higher than ordinary grade for 100 feet before it passed into the country rock. The total output of the Mother Lode mine for five years, 1901-05, has been 754,000 tons, of which about 180,000 tons were produced in 1905. Practically all this ore was smelted at the company's smelter. The present output capacity of the Mother Lode mine is about 600 tons per diem, but enlargement is being provided for. Extensions of development and additions to power equipment made in 1905 consisted in part of driving a new tunnel to intersect the shaft, while a second crusher was installed near the shaft and two 4 to 5-ton self-dumping skips were substituted for the cages previously in the shaft. Briefly described, the new arrangements are as follows : all ore from every part of the mine, whether from open quarries or underground stopes, is centered at the shaft, where it is delivered into the large pockets which discharge automatically into the big skips that hoist it to the crushing plant bins. After passing through the crushers the ore falls on a belt conveyor which takes it to the railway bins, about 160 feet away. Other improvements in connection with plant and buildings include the removal of two 60 horse-power steam boilers to a position near the big double-cylinder hoisting engine, where they will ultimately come into service when the work underground shall have increased to such an extent that the 32-drill air-eompressor will not be able to supply air for hoisting purposes J 178 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 as well as for underground operations. Carpenter shop, saw-mill, diamond-drill shop, new powder magazine, several small dwelling-houses, storage cellar for food supplies, and other conveniences have been provided. The ore-bins have been covered and sheathed and steam pipes placed between the sheathing and the inner walls of bins, to prevent the freezing of ore in extreme cold weather. For prospecting uses a diamond drill plant was purchased early in the year, since when drilling has been steadily carried on. Besides accomplishing much useful work in indicating where ore does not occur, the drill proved the presence of a number of valuable bodies of ore, the existence of some of which was not even suspected previously. The most effective work done was at the 300-foot level, from which several holes have, as above-mentioned, disclosed the presence of large bodies of ore of excellent quality, and which may be expected to continue with depth. One of the large chutes of ore was found to be high in sulphides—a very desirable ore for controlling the matte in smelting, besides carrying good metal values. The year's development work was as follows :—The main shaft was enlarged, by the addition of a third compartment, from the tunnel entrance on the 60-foot level down to the 300-foot level, this being used for ladders and pipes. The shaft has been deepened from 325 to 350 feet, and sinking is to be continued. From the 300-foot level downwards the shaft has been made large enough for four compartments—two for the skips, one for men and timbers, in which there is an ordinary cage, and one for ladder-way and pipes. Most of the ore mined is still from the big open quarries, but an increasing quantity is being extracted from underground stopes. Although the output of ore from the Mother Lode has not been much larger in 1905 than in 1904 (owing to the quantity of custom ores received at the company's smelter), the development work done, and the additions made to the plant and general equipment, have added materially to the producing capabilities of the mine. Emma Mine. The Emma mine, in Summit camp, a three-fourths interest in which was last year acquired by the B. C. Copper Co.—the other fourth having been previously purchased by the Hall Mining and Smelting Co., of Nelson, B. C.—shipped in 1905 less than one-fourth of the tonnage of ore that it sent out in 1904. The cause of this much reduced output was that the shipment of ore from open quarries was discontinued, and the development of the mine along lines making for permanent working was entered upon. Early last spring the sinking of a two-compartment inclined shaft was commenced. This shaft is now down 185 feet. On the 150-foot level a cross-cut was driven north 60 feet. At that distance it entered the ore-body, along which a drift was run about 70 feet. The ore was found to be of exceptionally good grade, as compared with that taken from the open workings, and the vein to maintain its normal width of 18 to 20 feet. Everywhere, so far explored, the vein has well-defined walls and presents the appearance of being an ore-body "living" down to great depths. The intention is to drift as far north in the mine as the ore shall be found to continue, and stopes will be carried up until connection shall be made with the quarries overhead. A well-built gallows frame, 58 feet high, was raised over the new shaft and a small hoist removed to it from the old workings. Hoist-house, ore-bins, and store-rooms were built, and other necessary surface improvements made. Air for operating the hoist and machine drills is obtained from the steam-driven compressor of the Oro Denoro mine, which adjoins the Emma property. During four years, 1902-05, the Emma has shipped nearly 80,000 tons of ore to the B. C. Copper Co.'s smelter at Greenwood, and the Hall M. & S. Co.'s smelter at Nelson. The ore possesses con- 6 Ed. 7 Boundary District. J 179 stituents that make it useful for fluxing silicious ores and it is consequently in demand at the smelters. Included in the Emma Group are the adjoining Jumbo and Minnie Moore claims, but although ore has been found in prospect holes, no development work has yet been done on them by the present owners. Dominion Copper Company, Limited. The Dominion Copper Company, Limited, of New York, is a reorganisation of the Canadian company of the same name which owned the Brooklyn, Stemwinder, Idaho Group, and the Rawhide, properties at or near Phoenix on which development work had been done and from which ore had been shipped by the Montreal and Boston Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company, Limited, after it had obtained possession of them under agreement of purchase from the original Dominion Copper Co. Besides the old Dominion Copper Company's properties, the Montreal and Boston Co. had the following Boundary properties: Athelstane and Jackpot Fraction in Wellington camp, Sunset Group and Morrison in Deadwood camp, and a three-fourths interest in the Mountain Rose in Summit camp. The aggregate of all shipments to date from the several properties acquired by the reorganised Dominion Copper Co. is 163,000 tons. About 9,000 tons is the output of the Brooklyn, Stemwinder, Rawhide and Sunset since the present owning company commenced shipping a few weeks ago. At the Brooklyn the power plant consists of the low pressure half of a 20-drill air compressor, 60 h.-p. hoist, No. 8 Cameron sinking pump, etc. The compressor supplies air for the Stem- winder as well. The latter mine has a 40 h.-p. hoist. Between them these two mines have twelve machine-drills. Since work was resumed, the Brooklyn shaft has been deepened 80 feet, being now 430 feet in depth; development has been commenced on the 350-foot level, and stoping has been in progress at the 250-foot level, with a daily output of about 250 tons. At the extreme south end of the Brooklyn 250-foot level, in Idaho ground, a raise met ore at 30 feet up—chalcopyrite in an irony gangue. A tunnel has been started on the Idaho from a point about 35 feet above the Great Northern Railway. No development work is being done on the Stemwinder, but ore is being stoped at the 114-foot level and an output of about 50 tons a day is being made. More open quarries have been started at the Sunset, where about 60 tons of ore are being mined daily. No work is being done underground at this mine. Denoro Mining Company. The Oro Denoro shipped about 2,900 tons of ore in 1905, bringing the aggregate up to nearly 35,000 tons. The mine has a large tonnage of ore available. The High Grade Mines. What are known as the high-grade mines of the Boundary District include from twenty to thirty properties, most of them within a short distance of the town of Greenwood. Together they have provided employment for about 150 men, and during rather more than two years have produced an aggregate of nearly 5,800 tons of ore, much of it ranging in value from $50 to $100 per ton, and in cases even higher. The most important of these, with regard to production, are the Providence, Elkhorn, Last Chance, Skylark, E. P. U, Crescent, Helen and Prince Henry. Others may yet come into prominence as they shall be developed. Much development work was done by this Company during the year Providence Mining long drifts have been run, both north and south; at the 400-foot level the Company, Ltd. inclined shaft was deepened to 500 feet, and a level opened at the latter depth. Several new chutes of ore were found, and the vein at the 500-foot level proved to be as strong and to carry as good values as at the 400-foot. During the J 180 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 year there was a temporary suspension of operations, resulting from litigation between some of the large shareholders, but when the legal troubles were disposed of work was resumed, with better results than at any previous time. The ore reserves are now larger, as is shown by the fact that shipments for December totalled about 150 tons. A new power plant, including a large steam boiler and a ten-drill air compressor, were installed in 1905, and substantial building improvements were also made. The aggregate of all ore shipments made by the Providence mine to date is about 2,500 tons. During the year a local company was organised to acquire the Elkhorn, Elkhorn Mining upon which operations had been suspended owing to the lack of capital for Company. development work, which had not been kept ahead of stoping. Development is now being pushed, the ore chute has been picked up again, a small electrically driven plant put in, and matters generally are in a condition promising profitable returns. To date the Elkhorn has shipped 870 tons of ore, of which about 150 tons were produced in 1905. The Last Chance mine, owned by a Spokane company, was the largest Last Chance. shipper in 1905, among the high grade properties, its total having been 690 tons. Operations were resumed last year after a period of idleness, and much development work has since been done. Lengthy cross-cuts and drifts at the 100-foot level have opened up bodies of ore up to 10 feet in width, with about two feet of galena running well in silver. The mine is equipped with a steam power plant, and is being energetically developed under the direction of Mr. D. W. McVicar. This property was acquired last year by a Phcenix syndicate, who Skylark. have done well out of it, having, it is stated, paid out of returns from ore shipped all operating expenses, and as well the instalments due on account of purchase of the property. The shaft is down 150 feet, and some 600 feet of drifts have been run. Production this year totalled about 470 tons. Stoping has overtaken development work on the E. P. U. which during the months it was worked produced 254 tons of ore, making its aggregate 722 tons. A shaft was sunk 130 feet on the Crescent and 150 feet of drifting was done at this depth. The vein averages 20 inches of solid ore, of which about 90 tons were shipped. Several prospect shafts have been put down on other veins. The Helen Mining Company, of Chicago, did 276 lineal feet of sinking Helen. and raising, and more than 400 feet of cross-cutting and drifting. Some 60 tons of ore were shipped, an air compressor and steam hoist installed, shaft-house and ore-bins built, and other improvements made. Drifting north and south is in progress, the shaft is down 210 feet, and ore is being blocked out, but no stopes are being opened yet. The ore body is five feet wide, with a paystreak of about 22 inches. The Prince Henry-Abercraig M. & D. Syndicate has sunk a shaft 112 Prince Henry. feet and drifted 67 feet, erected several mining buildings, and made a test shipment of 30 tons of ore. The ore is rich, running high in gold and silver. It is about 18 inches in thickness. The Preston Mining Company, of Chicago, has sunk a shaft 115 feet, Preston. and run drifts and cross-cuts 265 feet, besides having done a lot of surface stripping. A small electric hoist has been put in, shaft-house and blacksmith's shop built, a road built to the mine, and a trial shipment of 22 tons of ore sent out. 6 Ed. 7 Boundary District. J 181 Among the number of other properties on which development work Other Properties, has been done are the Bay, Dom Pedro, Mavis, Bonnie Bell, Goldfinch, Gold Bug, Strathmore, Dynamo, Meadow Lark, Silver Cloud, Hope No. 2, Capital Prize, Dandy, and Highland Chief. West Fork of the Kettle River. The west fork of Kettle river had more work done in 1905 in its mining camps than for several years. Between Rock creek and the confluence of the west fork with the main Kettle river are two camps—the Riverside and the Crown Point. The former is about four miles above Rock creek; development work has been proceeding in it on a small scale, and occasional shipments of ore have been made. Smelter returns have been about $40 per ton, with values in gold and silver. Most of the claims in Crown Point camp are low-grade properties, and but little has been done on them in late years. Up the main river, above the west fork, only the annual assessment work was done, except on the Silver Dollar and Mogul, which were further developed, and on the Lottie F, Group, on which the bond was taken up and a large amount of work was done. In Boomerang camp, about 10 miles up the West Fork from its mouth, the only development work, other than assessments, done during the year was on the Enterprise and S. M. claims. This is a gold-bearing camp and values are good. About three miles farther up, on the west side of the stream, opposite Bull creek, the Monte Carlo Group has been worked. A shaft was sunk 50 feet and drifts were run. The surface showings here are five to ten feet wide and the ore carries good values in gold and copper. Thence, up to Dry creek, there was little work done, but between Dry creek and Curry creek there was activity on several properties, principally on the Rambler, Sally Group and Curry Group. The few men employed on the Rambler have been stoping ore, of which there has been sacked four carloads that is estimated to average at least $150 a ton, the silver values being high. The Sally has had an average of 15 men at work the year through. Three miles of waggon road have been constructed from Beaverdell up the hillside to the camp, the grade being ten per cent.; and a two-storey boarding and lodging house, 32 by 32 feet, and a kitchen 15 by 20 feet, have been built. The year's development work has included a drift 620 lineal feet on No. 1 lead, one 75-foot on No. 2 lead, and one 64-foot on No. 3 lead. Returns from nine carloads of ore shipped have, it is claimed, met the expenditures, even after paying $16 per ton hauling charges from the mine to the railway at Midway. This was sorted ore, the second and third class grade having been stored for concentration later. The Vancouver & Boundary Creek Development & Mining Co., which owns this group, has a water-power at the foot of the hill sufficient to operate a mill whenever one shall be put in. A number of slips and jogs and crushes met with in the long tunnel have caused the superintendent, Mr. Clement Vacher, much difficulty in development work. Driving south to catch the vein in solid ground is in progress; this may pass the big slip and be away from the ground that has been so difficult to work. Notwithstanding the obstacles thus far met with, the management is encouraged by the results achieved, and is confident that the mine will pay its way and eventually provide sufficient funds for power equipment, and thereafter yield the shareholders dividends. J 182 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 On the Curry Group of five claims, last summer a tunnel was driven 100 feet on a vein carrying $24 a ton in an iron gangue. Work was also done on the Atlantic Cable-Comstock claims. A little work was also done on several claims on Cranberry creek, on the west side of the West Fork. In Carmi camp very little work was done. Smelters. British Columbia Copper Company's Smelter at Greenwood.—These works were operated steadily throughout the year and smelted about 180,000 tons of ore from the company's Mother Lode mine, and some 25,000 tons from other mines. The principal addition to the smelter in 1905 was a briquetting plant, which was put in operation last May, since when a large portion of the dump of flue dust, which had been accumulating ever since the smelting of ore was commenced here in 1901, has been disposed of. The company has made public its intention to enlarge its smelter to an extent that practically means reconstruction and re-equipment along the latest and most approved lines. The new plant is to include three blast furnaces of a capacity and size—approximately, 600 tons per day each—larger than any copper furnaces now in Canada. The hearth area of each furnace is given as 48 by 120 inches. Furnace charging will be from side-dumping cars hauled by trolley motors. Molten slag will be hauled to the dump in 25-ton cars by electric motors. The slag cars will each have an electric motor for tilting the car. There will be three large Root blowers, each driven by a 300 h. p. induction motor. A 100 kw. motor generator and several smaller motors will also be installed. Five trolley locomotives will be used for hauling oro to the furnaces and slag to the dump. Ore-bins are to be enlarged, coke- bins to be constructed, railway trestles raised, a larger railway scale put in, a machine shop with full equipment of power tools provided, together with all accessories necessary to make the smelting plant modern and complete. The new furnace building will be of steel, and generally buildings and plant will be such as to make the works second to none in regard to completeness of equipment and in provision for economy of operation. Contracts for machinery were made four months ago. The improvements will cost about $300,000. The mines and smelter together will then employ from 300 to 500 men. Dominion Copper Company's Smelter at Boundary Falls.—The Dominion Copper Company's smelter was idle the greater part of the year. It was operated by the Montreal & Boston Copper Co. until May 20th, when it was shut down and remained idle until, at the end of November, one furnace was blown in, the Dominion Copper Co. having meanwhile acquired possession of the works. Altogether, between 150,000 and 200,000 tons of ore were melted here in 1905. Office Statistics—Greenwood Mining Division. Free miners' certificates issued 624 Location records issued 263 Certificates of works recorded 597 Bills of sale recorded 109 Certificates of improvement recorded 44 Water grant issued 1 Placer claims recorded 3 6 Ed. 7 Boundary District. J 183 Ore Shipments of Boundary Mines, 1900-1905. The following table gives the approximate ore shipments of Boundary mines for 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, as reported in the "Phoenix Pioneer," and will be of interest:— Mine. Camp. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1905. 64,553 297 5,340 231,762 1,731 99,034 309,858 20,800 141,326 393,718 71,212 138,079 549,703 652,651 B. C. Copper Company : Mother Lode 174,298 174,560 20 Dominion Copper Company : Brooklyn-Stemwinder .... 32,350 3,070 3,250 1,759 4,586 52,821 25,108 3,056 4,747 Sunset Deaclwood 802 7,455 15,731 Athelstan-Jackpot Wellington 1,200 550 150 14,811 560 8,530 5,646 3,339 19,365 B. C. Mine .. 19,494 47,405 R. Bell 650 22,937 15,537 363 37,960 16,400 3,450 222 364 33 9,035 3,007 1,833 Brey Eogle No. 37 Sulphur King 33 Wellington . 1,076 2,250 1,040 875 665 2,000 350 785 625 2,435 150 No. 7 Mine 482 White's Long Lake 160 2,060 890 219 30 993 400 726 325 770 Elkhorn . .. 150 20 Skylark .... Skylark 52 50 300 588 689 E. P. U. Mine . 167 255 Bay 73 20 40 90 80 Ruby Republic Boundary Ealls 80 60 750 829,808 20 3,230 96,600 3,456 325 500 390,800 508,876 690,419 928,352 Ore Treated at Boundary Smelters, 1900-1905. Smelter Treatment. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1905. Granhy Con. M. S. & P. Co 62,387 230,828 117,611 312,340 148,600 401,921 162,913 132,570 596,252 210,484 30,930 837,666 665,097 194,056 82 664 62,387 348,439 Total Ore Smelted 460,940 696,404 941,817 J 184 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 GRAND FORKS MINING DIVISION. Report of S. R. Almond, Gold Commissioner. I have the honour to submit my report of the mining industry in the Grand Forks Mining Division for the year 1905 :— Through the courtesy of Mr. Burrell, editor of the " Grand Forks Gazette," who has covered almost all the ground in this Division, I am enabled to furnish the greater part of the following report :— Wellington Camp, on Hardy Mountain. The valuable and practical results in the smelting of low-grade ores by the Granby company necessarily stimulates development work on all properties in the district, and in the Betts & Hesperus Group, situated on the south-west of Hardy mountain and only three miles from the city of Grand Forks, we find a property which is fast coming to the shipping stage. The Betts & Hesperus was originally located in 1896 by E. E. Alexander, of Spokane, then passed into the hands of Campbell and Finch of the same place, and was finally acquired by the present owners, who organised the Betts & Hesperus Mining Co. in February, 1903. The Betts & Hesperus is a sulphide copper ore somewhat similar in character to the big low-grade bodies of the Phoenix district. Previous to the time when the present company took hold of the property, about $5,000 of development work had been done, and during the past three years something like $50,000 has been expended in further exploration of the ore-bodies. For the first two seasons a large amount of surface work was done, first by an open cut 100 feet long, and subsequently by other systematic efforts to prove the extent and direction of the ore-body. The results were sufficiently satisfactory to induce Supt. Rea to advise the directors to authorise the driving of a tunnel to tap the ore at depth. This was commenced last February, and at the present time is in 825 feet, an amount of work which has been done at an exceedingly economical figure. This gives a depth of 375 feet below the surface showings, and the latter stages of the work have been evidently in the main ore-body. When 575 feet in on the tunnel, cross-cutting was commenced into a fine chute of pyrrhotite ore, which is evidently a big body. So good a showing is it that a contract of a favourable character is now pending with the Granby Co. for all the ore taken out of this particular chute. The management is so well satisfied with the results obtained that the step has been taken of contracting with the Spokane Diamond Drill Co. to do at least 1,000 feet of work in further testing the capacity of the property. The drill will be in shape to commence operations early next month. It is gratifying to know that the directors are thoroughly satisfied with the nature of their property and with the results of the work already accomplished. President Magee, who was out for his third visit this summer, spoke enthusiastically of the propects, not only of the Betts & Hesperus but of the whole district, and we shall see with immense pleasure this property join in the list of shipping mines, and swell not only the pockets of the company, but the prosperity of the immediate district. The Wolfard, not far from the Betts & Hesperus mineral claims, in Wellington camp has had 120 feet of tunnelling and 1,000 feet of diamond drill work done upon it during the year 1905. A cook-house, 16 by 30 feet, and a bunk-house, 16 by 20 feet, have been built on the claim in the same period. The tunnel is all in ore, the general values ranging about $5. There are about 3,000 tons of ore on the dump. The diamond drill cut through 384 feet of ore, 44 feet of which showed an average value of $8 and the balance ranging from $5 to f6, Besides the above there is a tunnel 55 feet long, one shaft 54 feet and another 28 feet deep, besides considerable work in prospecting cuts. 6 Ed. 7 Boundary District. J 185 The Kate, adjoining the Wolfard and owned by the same parties, has a shaft 15 feet deep in ore and an open cut 50 feet long by 10 feet deep and 6 feet wide, to show for the year's work. These properties at present are owned by A. L. Rogers, of Grand Forks, and Vert A. Wolfard, of Spokane, but in the near future will be under the management of a company, said to be now forming to take over the group. Formerly owned by McGregor and Spraggett, the group of properties Yankee Boy and comprising the Yankee Boy, Yankee Girl and the Belle, is also situated on Yankee Girl. Hardy mountain, and within one mile of the city limits of Grand Forks. In 1899 the owners bonded and sold the property to Major Leckie, and it is at present owned by Montreal men. It is a quartz, carrying gold and silver, ranging as high as $220 to the ton. Considerable development work has been done, and several profitable shipments were made prior to 1900, since which time the property has been idle. Up the North Fork. The north fork of the Kettle river is the district to which eyes have been turned as likely to provide the biggest camp in southern British Columbia. The first mineral properties of any note are struck about eight miles up on the east side of the river, viz., the French and English Group of seven or eight claims. This property is owned by a company, of which Hay and McCallum are the principal holders. The ore is a galena and about 100 feet of development work by tunnel and shaft has been done. Next comes a group of four claims, all ready to be Crown-granted, and owned by Captain Bentley, of Grand Forks. These are situated between Volcanic mountain and the river. On the northerly claim is a quartz, carrying free gold. The greater part of the properties exhibit a lime and iron capping, and, where stripped in three different places to a depth of 25 feet, expose an excellent quality of iron ore, sulphide in character, and freely studded with chalcopyrite. Of the assays taken, the average sample goes $15 to the ton. On the Golden Eagle, about twelve miles up, we have a property which Golden Eagle, has had a lot of development work done, and which only awaits the advent of transportation to be further developed. This is owned by the Royal Victoria Mining Co., John Fox having been the manager. The ore of the Golden Eagle is a calcite, carrying copper and gold. Over 200 feet of shafting has been done, and on the 60-foot level a drift of 75 feet, and a further drift of 120 feet on the 150-foot level. One shipment to the Trail smelter returned $40 to the ton, and it is only a question of a short time when this valuable property will be exploited on a large scale. The Earthquake, closely adjoining the Golden Eagle, is another property which has been much talked of, and which may yet prove a winner. The Sears estate still holds a considerable interest in the property, on which 500 feet of tunnel and shafting have been accomplished. The ore varies in value, different samples going from $3 to $32 per ton. About 350 tons of ore are on the dump, the values being in gold and copper. Of the well-known Volcanic property, owned by R. A. Brown, little Volcanic. need be said. Anyone who has heard of the Boundary country has heard of "Volcanic" Brown. This great hill of iron, a pyrrhotite carrying some values in copper and gold near the surface, and promising all sorts of good things lower down, has become historic. Brown's famous tunnel is 800 feet into the bowels of the mountain, though he has not struck the "real thing" yet. On the west side of the river, from 10 to 12 miles up, there are three The Seattle. claims worthy of notice, viz., the Strawberry, the Humming Bird and the Seattle. The two former are meritorious properties with considerable development work done and good values, the lack of transportation being the cause of cessation J 186 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 of further work. The Seattle is another mineral claim which has merits. The proposition is a copper-gold one with large bodies of magnetic iron. A 30-foot tunnel was driven as far back as 1896. Later a bond was taken by the Canadian Smelting Co., at Trail, which did 270 feet of drifting and raising, and then threw up the bond. In 1905, W. T. Hunter and Mr. Pemberton, of Greenwood, took a bond on the Seattle at a high figure, and after 130 feet of tunnelling ceased work. Crossing again to the east side of the river, we have a mine which has Pathfinder. had more development work than any property in the north fork country. Located by Parkinson and Pfeifer in 1895, this property lies on Pathfinder mountain, 14 miles from the City of Grand Forks, and at an elevation of 3,100 feet. There are four distinct veins, running parallel, and from 8 to 21 feet in width. The ore is the typical sulphide, viz., pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite and a small amount of quartz gangue. The analysis of shipping ore shows, iron, 25 to 47 per cent.; sulphur, 20 to 40; silica, 5 to 24; lime, 1 to 8; copper, 2J to 4 per cent., and gold ranging from $2 to $40 per ton. Previous to the organisation of the Pathfinder Mine Co. in 1901, of which John Rogers is still the president, about $45,000 had been spent on the property. There are now from 500 to 600 tons of ore on the dump, though work has been suspended until transportation comes. The railway survey goes just below the mine, and shipping facilities will be of the very best. The buildings include bunk-houses, storehouses, blacksmith shop, powder magazine, etc., and the machinery consists of a 50 h. p. boiler, a 20 h. p. hoist, a 7.drill Rand compressor, a Snow duplex pump and a feed pump. Three hundred and thirty-seven feet of shaft work and 800 feet of tunnelling have been done, there being three shafts with cross-cutting and drifts at various levels. The only claim which need be noticed between the Pathfinder and the Little Bertha. Franklin camp district is the Little Bertha, owned by A. T. Kendrick and Slosson. This is a gold and silver proposition, and in 1901, when the last shipments were made to the Granby smelter, results showing from $45 to $77 to the ton were obtained. A 40-foot shaft is sunk on the claim and something like 250 feet of tunnelling done. Two hundred tons of ore have been shipped. Franklin Camp. The district known as Franklin camp is situated about 45 miles up the north fork and may be locally subdivided into McKinley camp, then Franklin to the north and a little farther north on Gloucester creek, Gloucester camp. Located about 12 miles due west of Arrow lakes, the camp covers the area of older rocks in the basin of the east branch of the north fork. The past year has witnessed the staking of nearly all the ground in the mineral belt which extends for a width of some three or four miles, and a length of six or eight, and more development work has been done than in any time in the history of the camp. Prof. Brock dealt with the general geological features of the district in his report of 1900 in a most favourable way, though at this time, with the exception of the Banner, nothing had been shown up. This year matters have assumed a different phase. Broadly speaking the claims so far developed show ore carrying copper, gold and silver values, and the immense showings of iron, particularly in Gloucester camp, lend additional interest and value to the whole section. This valuable property on which a large amount of development work McKinley, has been done this year has been described before, and space will not permit a detailed description now. The ore consists of chalcopyrite and iron pyrite in a lime gangue mixed with some quartzite, and covered with an iron cap of no great 6 Ed. 7 Boundary District. J 187 depth. The work carried on energetically by former managing director, Geo. McLeod, and under the able superintendence of A. D. McPhee, was first in the shape of a number of large open cuts, all in splendid ore carrying good values, and demonstrating surface showings of tremendous extent. Later a tunnel was driven in 216 feet to tap the ore body at depth, and its latter workings are all in ore. One hundred feet in the tunnel the ore-body was cross-cut for 112 feet, all in vein matter of the same character as that on the surface, and verifying the most sanguine hopes of the management, and justifying the class of work done by Superintendent McPhee. The company has lately taken a bond on behalf of eastern capital for §200,000 for two years, and it is the intention, directly spring opens, to install two, and perhaps three, diamond drills and thoroughly explore the property. The president is B. Lequime ; vice-president, H. W. Warrington; secretary, A. B. Mackenzie, of Rossland; and managing director, C. R. Hamilton, of Rossland. The enthusiasm shown by all those who have examined the McKinley since development work was done this summer is based on some of the best showings of copper ore ever seen in the Boundary country, and mining men throughout the district are awaiting the further explorations with extraordinary interest. This property was located in 1896 by Frank McFarlane, and several The Banner. local men are now interested in it. The ore carries gold, silver and copper in a lime-quartz gangue. The first working resulted in finding a vein which carried gold and silver values varying from $20 to $60. A cross-cut tunnel of 230 feet has more recently struck into a vein 32 feet in width, averaging over $7 to the ton, and everything points to the existence of large bodies with continuous and heavy showings of chalcopyrite. This camp is situated on Gloucester creek and contains many valuable Gloucester Camp, claims, chief of which at present are the Gloucester, owned by Thos. Newby, D. Garnett and Lee Mercier, and the G. H. On the Gloucester a shaft at 55 feet proved at depth to be in magnificent chalcopyrite carrying from 10 to 13 per cent, copper. A tunnel is being driven and is now in 200 feet. If the ore body is struck at depth and proves to be of the same character as that in the shaft, this should be one of the richest properties in the country. On the G. H. is a vein of solid magnetite iron fully 40 feet wide and traceable for hundreds of feet, and carrying values in copper and gold. The Mineral Hill, lying to the north-west of the G. H, and owned by Hill and W. Minion, is another property of great promise. The surface showings reveal an iron ore with quartz and chalcopyrite, and the owners have now done 100 feet of tunnelling and are hopeful of striking the ore body at depth shortly. During the year a large amount of prospecting has been done throughout the whole mineral belt of the upper north fork. It is entirely tributary to the city of Grand Forks, the high divide between it and the Arrow lakes prohibiting any easy access from that direction. Office Statistics—Grand Forks Mining Division. Certificates of work issued 364 Locations 207 Conveyances, etc ' 129 Certificates of improvement 25 Abandonments 2 Filings 49 Water rights 3 Free miners' certificates 290 Companies' certificates I Special certificates 3 J 188 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 OSOYOOS MINING DIVISION. Report of C. A. R. Lambly, Gold Commissioner, Fairview, B.C. I have the honour to submit herewith my annual report of the mining operations in the Osoyoos Mining Division for the year 1905. Camp Fairview. Very little mining work has been carried on in this camp during the past year, the work being confined chiefly to the necessary assessments to keep the claims in good standing. The Stemwinder has been shut down during the year, but it is now reported that funds are being raised to continue the development work at an early date. Olalla Camp. Development work has been extensively carried on in this camp and vicinity during the year, but I regret to say that I have not been able to obtain particulars in detail of the wTork accomplished. The great need in this, as well as all other mining camps in this district, is transportation facilities. This difficulty will, however, soon be solved as far as the southern portion of this district is concerned, owing to the rapid construction of the Great Northern Railway through the Similkameen valley. Camp Hedley. The following work was done on the properties of the Daly Reduction Company, situated in the above camp, during this year :— On the Nickel Plate, 1,500 feet of tunnelling and 50 feet of raising was done. On the Sunnyside mineral claim, 500 feet of drifting, 120 feet of raising, and 2,000 feet of diamond drilling was done on the Nickel Plate, Sunnyside and Bulldog claims. Stoping was carried out in the Nickel Plate during the year, and open-cut work was carried out on both the Nickel Plate and Sunnyside properties. Prospecting was done on all other properties owned by the company. A new ore-storage pile and track were provided at the ore-bins. The amount of ore mined and milled during the year was:—Nickel Plate, 17,437 tons; Sunnyside, 14,994 tons; total, 32,431 tons. Note by Provincial Mineralogist.—The Yale Mining Company, operating the Nickel Plate mine, and the Daly Reduction Company, operating the mill in conjunction therewith, have proved to be among the most successful organisations operating in the Boundary District, and practically the only one operating with a stamp-mill, concentration and cyanide plant combined. The enterprise is considered to be of sufficient importance to justify the reproductions of the plan and section of the mill at Hedley which accompany this Report. The Provincial Mineralogist is indebted to a mining engineer, familiar with the district, for the following description of the mine and plant:— " The Yale Mining Company operates the mines, and the Daly Reduction Company the mill, water-power, electric railway, and incline tramway, telephones, etc. " The Mines. " The ore occurs as a crushed or brecciated zone of quartzite between andesite eruptives in the Nickel Plate claim, and at the south end of the zone the ore is clearly a limestone altered to a very silicious ore. Ore-chutes have been opened up along this ore zone for a distance of over 4,000 feet, and the ore averages 50 feet in width. The gold occurs native in the brecciated quartzite and in the arsenical pyrite in grains from the size of a pea down to microscopic particles. There appears to be more native or free gold in the quartzite ore than in the altered limestone ore, though it is probable the gold is in much finer particles in the latter. Gold also occurs 6 Ed. 7 Boundary District. J 189 as a telluride, while andesite, which is the main eruptive rock of the district, appears to be responsible for the ore-bodies. Narrow quartz porphyry dykes, usually vertical or nearly so, occur in the ore-bodies, cutting the quartzite and andesite, and may have played an important part in the mineralisation. " The ore is mined by the open-cut or 'glory hole' method and stopes, is loaded directly into two-ton cars and hauled by electric locomotives to the head of the gravity tramway, where it is lowered in six-ton skips to the mill. This incline or gravity tramway is about 10,000 feet in length, and drops nearly 4,000 feet between terminals, requiring four men to operate it. " The Reduction Plant. "There are two Farrel-type jaw-crushers, one 10 by 20 inches, and one 6 by 20 inches, discharging by belt conveyor into an ore-bin holding 1,500 tons, then by Challenge suspended feeders to the stamps. The stamps weigh 1,050 pounds, and drop 100 times a minute in narrow ' Homestake ' pattern mortars weighing about 8,000 pounds, set on concrete blocks, and crush approximately three tons per stamp, with 30-mesh screen, working 24 hours. This low duty is accounted for by the ore being very hard and tough, and not crushing as freely as straight quartz ore. This duty can be brought up to four tons per stamp by crushing finer with the rock breakers. " Free gold ranging from 25 to 50% of the assay value is caught on plates 54 inches wide by 16 feet long, and from the plates the pulp goes over Frue vanners (eight vanners have been added since drawing was made), recovering about 30% of the gold contents in concentrates, and the balance goes to the cyanide plant, consisting of twelve settling and leaching tanks 34 feet diameter by six feet deep, four conical-bottom slime tanks, with 10-foot staves and 30 feet diameter, with bottom sloping 20° from horizontal, two gold and two sump tanks 30 feet diameter by 10 feet deep, and the usual zinc precipitating room and cleanup. The original estimate of the ore was based on a gold assay value of $12 per ton, but the extraction has exceeded this amount. The concentrates range from two ounces to 16 ounces per ton. Owing to the isolation of the plant from transportation, it was designed with a view of adding re-grinders, and completing the cyanide plant, after operating the mill the first year. " The extraction averaged about 89% of the assay value of the ore up to the latter part of 1905. " With a view of introducing tube mills for re-grinding the tailings from the vanners before cyyaniding, the following tests were made by Mr. Brown, the mill superintendent at Hedley, from March to July, 1905 :— "Slimes treated by Cyanide. Tons of Slimes. Assay value per ton. Ozs., au. Gold recovered. Ozs., au. Tailings value. Ozs., au. Extraction per cent. Lot No. 1 „ 2 100 100 100 100 100 25 100 0.18 0.30 0.17 0.24 0.30 0.25 0.371 16.00 25.30 13.00 21.50 27.00 5.13 47.05 0.020 0.047 0.040 0.035 0.030 0.045 0.040 88.88 84 33 „ 3 76.47 „ 4 89 58 „ 5 90.00 „ 6 82.00 7 89.31 Total 667 0.2587 $5.17 154.98 $3,099.60 0.0334 $0,668 87 10 J 190 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 "The normal capacity of the mill, with 30-mesh screens, is 3,000 tons per month, and by using 20 or 25-mesh the capacity could be increased to 4,000 tons, and the extraction with re-grinders could be brought up to 95%. As no filter press was available decantation only was used, which gave lower results than could have been obtained with them. " Power Plant. "This consists of a four by four-foot flume, three miles long, with a grade of 1-10 of one per cent., or 5.28 feet per mile, giving a head of 400 feet at power-house. "There is a Rand compound air-compressor with air cylinders 17 by 28 inches in diameter by three feet stroke, direct connected to water-wheel, 16 feet diameter. "There is four miles of 6^ inches diameter pipe-line, carrying the compressed air at 100 pounds pressure to the mine. "There is one 100 K.W. A.C. generator, 2,200 volts, three-phase transmission, direct connected to water-wheel, which furnishes power for lights and for the electric railway, where a 50 h.p. motor generator furnishes a 500 D.C. for the road." On other properties adjoining, owned by private individuals, considerable work has been accomplished, as follows :— War Cloud.—Development work during the past year on this property consists of 75 feet of tunnel work and 40 feet of upraising. The results have been very satisfactory. Silversides.—Development work on this property has been actively prosecuted. Humming Bird Group.—On this fine group of claims, owned by J. J. Marks and associates work has been performed consisting of an 80-foot tunnel and 40-foot open cut, with 20-foot face; one shaft of 42 feet and another of 30 feet. The ore encountered is of high value, carrying copper and gold. Snowflake.—On this claim considerable work has been accomplished, consisting of 220 feet of tunnelling and considerable open-cut work. Golden Zone Group.—This group consists of several claims, on which the values are very satisfactory. The work done during the past year by the owners is as follows:—Shaft, 50 feet; tunnel, 75 feet; open cut, 30 feet, besides considerable surface work. Windfall Group.—Sixty feet of tunnelling and a large amount of surface work. Stemwinder.—Two inclined shafts, 20 feet each, and considerable surface work. Golden Lilly.—On this property a 40-foot tunnel has been driven. On the Cottonwood, Granite and Camp Rest claims, owned by private individuals, $1,200 of surface work has been done during the past year. This is a fine group of claims. On the El Dorado Group $800 of surface work has been done this year. The Two Brothers claim is situated at 16-Mile creek. Eighty feet of tunnelling has been done on this property during the last year. On the Empire, situated on Ashnola creek, 150 feet of tunnelling has been done during the past year. On the Boston a 60-foot shaft has been sunk and $500 of surface work done. Greenwood Group.—On this important group of claims considerable work has been carried on during the past year, with gratifying results. On the Oregon Group 40 feet of tunnelling and $1,000 of surface work has been done during the past year. The values so far encountered have been very satisfactory. 6 Ed. 7 Boundary District. J 191 The Kingston Group of claims is owned by the Kingston Mining Co. A large amount of development work has been carefully performed during the past year. On the Rollo claim 25-foot tunnel and $2,000 surface work has been accomplished during the past year. Three shafts of 25 feet each have been sunk on the Horsefly. The Fairy Queen and Victoria are owned by J. Gladden and associates ; $1,000 of surface work was done during the past year, exposing the outcrop of the vein, and the value so far encountered has been very encouraging. Office Statistics—Osoyoos Mining Division. Free miners' certificates $1,864 75 Mining receipts, general 2,230 80 Total $4,095 55 Number of locations.. . 222 ii certificates of work 358 ii transfers 67 ii certificates of improvements 43 J 192 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 VERNON DISTRICT. VERNON MINING DIVISION. Report of L. Norris, Gold Commissioner. I beg to submit the following report on the mining industry in this Division during the past year :— The British Empire Group consists of the British Empire, Royal Standard and Dominion Fraction claims, situated about 4J miles south-west from Vernon. Across the three claims run parallel ledges of 12 inches, 18 inches and 24 inches, distant from each other 90 feet and 200 feet, respectively. Considerable work was done on these claims in 1903, but want of capital caused the work to be suspended, and the mill was shut down. These claims are now being worked by Mr. D. R. Young under bond from the owners, H. Seydel, G. Muller and J. Highman. Since the 1st of September last, some 90 feet of tunnel has been driven, 60 tons of ore crushed, and the whole property has been put in first-class shape for proper and economical working. A run of 20 tons taken as a test across the face of the tunnel on the 24-in. ledge showed the quartz to run about $22 per ton of gold on the plates and the gangue $6. The concentrates, I understand, run about $50 per ton. Since the last run in the mill Mr. Young has taken out some very rich ore. These recent finds and the indications on some of the adjoining claims on which work has been done, would seem to verify the opinion expressed by Mr. Carlyle years ago, viz., that the whole hill will probably be found to be well mineralised, and well warrants thorough and systematic prospecting. Mr. Young has 12 men at work on the property. The mill will resume crushing on the 23rd December. On an adjoining claim, the Rex, Mr. H. Seydel is running a 300-foot tunnel to tap the ledge at 135 feet. There is on the ledge a shaft of 73 feet, with a drift of 20 feet. The principal values are in gold and copper, and some very rich ore has been obtained, but no shipments have been made. These claims are on the shore of Okanagan lake and are easy of access from Vernon. On the large body of low-grade copper ore on the west side of Okanagan lake, embraced by the Rossland, Violet, Gale and Granvillo claims, but little more than the necessary assessment work was done last year. This property, owned by J. Hamilton and A. Birnie, is now in pretty good shape for inspection. About $4,000 has been expended and the work has been done to advantage, the ledge stripped of drift, timber cut out, and the propert)"" shown up as well as it can be done without the expenditure of a sufficient sum in sinking shafts, etc., to prove the property. These claims are also on the lake shore and are easy of access by a waggon road. Last August, F. Williamson and G. Doyle took a working lease on the old Hidden Treasitre claim on Cherry creek, a silver-lead proposition owned by G. Corbould and others, of New Westminster. This claim is situated among the old placer claims. They stripped tht ledge for 50 feet on the north-east side and found indications of good ore, and on the south, east side they ran a tunnel for 50 feet on the ledge. The ore taken out was very rich, but not sufficiently so to warrant them in shipping, as they have a 40-mile haul over a very indifferent waggon road to contend with. They had in the end to desist, through lack of capital. HEDIiKT, B. _ spcH w>ctfB-J-^a'^r"!,f DALY REDUCTION COMPANY LTD. 40 STAMP JVILLI-^CYAJSriDE PI, ANT CR.RSS Section jr. Tjrdf • m m J 1 gmm^ * rjj i itf -^^=jj ^Jlil, <> s.), an increase over the preceding year of 140,134 tons. A portion of this coal was manufactured into coke, of which there was some 271,785 tons produced. The distribution of this output of coal and coke is shown in the following table:— Coal and Coke Produced, Exported, etc., by Province, 1905. Sales and Output fob Year. Coal. Coke. (Tons of 2,240 Bs.) Tons. cwt. Tons. cwt. Tons. cwt. Tons. 268,091 3,694 cwt. 529,271 673,700 150,454 117,637 1,202,971 619,854 3,321 Used in making Coke 441,520 178,334 9,534 13,228 added to 3,528 3,214 a last of year 1,826,146 314 Difference taken from stock during year 1,825,832 271,785 h tt, W J z o tfl <; n yj z 5 <; h X 0 (0 < (0 CO w h Z, D DC I I H D 0 (fl 0 z 3 0 0 J 6 Ed. 7 Coal Mining. J 225 Number of Hands Employed, Daily Wages Paid, &c. Underground. Above Ground. Totals. Character of Labour. No. Employed. Average Daily Wage. No. Employed. Average Daily Wage. No. Employed. Average Daily Wage. 83 1,445 507 624 75 140 102 151 $7 62 4 70 2 25 2 75 2 87 1 50 1 37 1 37 57 |4 50 140 1,445 507 992 386 193 120 624 $6 06 4 70 Miners' helpers Labourers Mechanics and skilled labour .... Boys 2 25 368 311 53 18 473 2 60 3 60 1 40 1 12 1 60 2 67 3 23 1 45 1 24 1 48 Totals 3,127 1,280 4,407 Of the coal fields under development and awaiting the advent of railway connections, the Nicola coal field has received the most attention and development, probably due largely to the fact that the railway from Spence's Bridge into the coal field—a branch of the Canadian Pacific Railway—is almost an accomplished fact. This coal field was examined by Dr. R. W. Ells, of the Canadian Geological Survey, who has for many years been entrusted with the investigation of coal formations for the survey. Dr. Ells' report was published in the Summary Report of the Geological Survey for 1904, from which report copious extracts are reprinted in this Report on pages 196 et seq. The Princeton coal deposits, which are more lignitic in character, have received some investigation, but no material development. No further development has been heard of in the coal fields of the Upper Thompson river or that in the vicinity of Kamloops. In the Flathead District of South-East Kootenay prospecting for both coal and coal-oil has been carried on, but with what success is not known. On the Elk river, above Michel creek, and on the tributaries of the former, extensive coal fields, with excellent coal, have been proved, and have this past year been further explored, but as yet no steps have been taken for the commercial opening up of these fields, chiefly for the reason that there exists, nearer present lines of communication, such abundant supplies of coal as to supply all present demands. The Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co. about the end of the year discontinued mining operations at its Carbonado colliery, considering it more profitable to confine its work to the mines at Coal Creek and Michel. The coal exposures on the Telkwa, a tributary of the Bulkley, some 70 miles east of Hazelton, on the Skeena river, will be found described by the Provincial Mineralogist on pages 117 et seq. of this Report. The coal fields of the Upper Skeena, about 150 miles above Hazelton were surveyed this past season, but no development was accomplished. This coal is reported by Mr. McEvoy, late of the Geological Survey and now with the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co., as being semi- anthracite, existing in large horizontal beds. The coal areas known to exist in the valley of the Peace river to the east of the Rockies, but in British Columbia, are still covered by a " reserve " existing since Confederation, and this is a bar to any prospecting or development of the field. J 226 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 VANCOUVER ISLAND COLLIERIES. The gross output of the Vancouver Island Collieries for the year 1905 was 993,899 tons of coal mined and 314 tons taken from stock, making in all 994,213 tons (2,240 tt>s.). Of this gross amount, 880,030 tons were sold as coal, 142,491 tons were used under Co.'s boilers, etc., while 43,692 tons were used for making coke, of which there was produced 15,660 tons (2,2401bs.). Of this coke produced, 9,710 tons were sold and 5,950 tons were added to stock. While the gross output of coal is this year some 29,114 tons less than it was in 1904, the amount of coal sold in 1905 is 23,861 tons greater than in the preceding year. The California market still absorbs over 50 °/0 of the coal output of our Coast Collieries, while the establishment of copper- smelting works in Alaska has opened up a new market for the coke product. The following table gives an aggregate summary of the output, etc., for the Vancouver Island and Coast Inspection District, as is permitted by section 3 of " Coal Mines Regulation Act." The returns for the individual mines, however, cannot be given without the permission of the individual, as such is prohibited by the same section, and this permission has been refused by both the producing companies. Aggregate Summary of Returns from Vancouver Island Collieries for the Year 1905. Coal. Coke. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. a export to United States 380,332 427,698 5,410 4,300 808,030 186,183 9,710 43,692 142,491 7,278 13,228 3,528 3,214 994,213 314 added to 5,950 993,899 15,660 Number of Hands Employed, Daily Wages Paid, etc., Vancouver Island. Character of Labour. Supervision and Clerical Assistance . . Whites—Miners Miners' helpers Labourers Mechanics and skilled labour Boys Japanese Chinese Indians Totals Underground. No. Employed. 46 910 349 411 24 119 102 151 1 2,113 Average Daily Wage. 62 70 25 75 87 50 37 37 Above Ground. No. Employed. 39 67 188 40 18 453 805 Average Daily Wage. U 50 2 60 3 60 1 40 1 12 1 60 Totals. No. Employed. 85 910 349 478 212 159 120 604 1 2,918 Average Daily Wage. 06 70 25 67 23 45 1 24 1 48 6 Ed. 7 Coal Mining. J 227 INSPECTION OF COAL MINES, 1905. VANCOUVER ISLAND AND COAST INSPECTION DISTRICT. Report of Arch. Dick, Inspector. The collieries operating during the year were :— Nanaimo : Western Fuel Company—No. 1 shaft, Protection Island shaft, No. 4 North- field mine. Extension : Wellington Colliery Company—Nos. 1, 2 and 3 mines, all worked from what is known as the No. 1 tunnel. Cumberland : Nos. 4 and 7 slopes and Nos. 5 and 6 shafts. "Western Fuel Company. (This Company has refused permission to publish its Official Returns.) The Western Fuel Company has been working the following mines during the year, during the first half of the year, under the superintendency of Mr. Thomas Russell, and during the latter half under that of Mr. Thos. R. Stockett as general manager and Mr. Thos. Graham as superintendent. No. 1 Shaft, Esplanade, Nanaimo. Mr. Thomas Mills, Manager. The most productive district in this mine is known as No. 1 North Level. Work is mostly confined to the extraction of pillars from the upper sections of what is known as Kileen, Spear's and Lamb's inclines. The 0 and No. 2 inclines districts are worked on the pillar and stall system. To the south of the main slope, known as the Diagonal slope, and No. 7 South Level, no coal has been mined since the 30th June. This was a district which gave employment to a great number of men and produced a large output of coal. The manager is working a large number of men in this division, putting it in good shape, and it will soon be in order to take out coal. In connection with the above No. 1 North Level there is a rock tunnel into the lower seam, which is 60 feet lower than the seam in the level above referred to. The coal in this lower seam is very hard and of very good quality, but is somewhat thinner than the company would like it to have been. This is being worked on the long-wall system. Protection Island Mine. Mr. Thomas Mills, Manager; Mr. Charles Graham, Overman. This is now a continuation of No. 1 Mine, all the coal going out at No. 1 shaft, but since the 1st October all the men working in what is known as Protection are let down and hoisted up Protection shaft. The operations here are confined to the extraction of pillars in the upper seam. The lower seam is being very extensively opened out on the long-wall system, for which it seems to be well adapted. This district is connected by a rock tunnel from No. 3 level, which is the J 228 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 highest point of the working, and also by a rock tunnel from No. 5 Level. The air going down the slope in the upper seam to No. 5 Level goes in here and passes up through all the working face of the long-wall. This seam produces splendid coal of very superior quality. No. 4 Northfield Mine (Nanaimo Colliery). Manager, Mr. George Wilkinson. Reference has been made to this mine in a previous report, and as it is a new mine, and likely to be very productive, I think it will not be out of place to give a full account of what has been done here. The mine is opened out by two slopes driven parallel to each other, the one being the travelling road, where all the workmen and animals go in and come out, and the other, known as the main slope, being where all the coal comes up. At the top of this slope there is a shaft 60 feet deep from the surface, at the bottom of which there is a very extensive landing for the cars coming up the slope, where they are put on to the cages and hoisted to the surface. This slope is now down 1,400 yards from the shaft bottom, with six levels or landings, three to each side. The first turns off to the right, 2,000 feet down. In this district there are twelve places 36 feet wide, all of which are worked on one straight face, long-wall. The 2nd level to the right turns off 2,500 feet from the shaft. Here there are six places working 36 feet wide. This also is a straight long-wall face. No. 3, to the right, is turned off from the slope 3,000 feet from the shaft, this being the bottom, where the endless rope turns. In this division there are eleven places 36 feet wide, all of which are on one face, worked on the long-wall system. On the left side the works are similar to those described on the right of the slope, with sidings at each landing for holding cars for the operation of the endless rope. This slope is 1,000 feet in length from the shaft to the bull-wheel, and is laid with two tracks, three feet gauge with three feet between the tracks, and rails of 40 lbs. to the yard. The cars are attached to the rope about 70 feet apart by Smallman patent grips, loaded cars going up when the empty cars are coming down. Safety blocks are on the "full" track 30 feet apart, but where the grade gets somewhat heavy they have been put in 10 feet apart. The "empty" track is fitted with a runaway switch 50 feet from the top, so that if the gripper misses the grip on the car the man on top pulls the lever, which prevents the car from going down the slope. This slope is well timbered, and in places where there would not be sufficient height by putting in timber heavy steel rails are used. This shaft bottom is lighted up by eighteen 16-candle-power electric lights. Taking the slope as a whole there is a 16-candle-power light every 30 feet, with six extra lights on every landing. The ventilation is good. The motive power is a " Murphy" fan 12 inches in diameter, running about 125 revolutions a minute, and passing on an average 36,000 cubic feet of air a minute. The return airway is the travelling road, which is also lighted for a long distance with electricity. The coal mined here is very good, hard and bright, similar to that mentioned as the lower seam in No. 1 Shaft and Protection mines. It varies in thickness from 2 to 3| feet, and is worked on the long-wall system. The coal is here nearly all undermined by coal cutting machines, of which there are 11 in all, 2 " Rigg-Meiklejohn " circular disc machines, and 9 " Champion " coal cutters, operated by compressed air. The circular machines have a cutting capacity of about 600 square feet a day of 8 hours. The coal cutters have each a capacity of about 200 square feet a day of 8 hours. 6 Ed. 7 Coal Mining. J 229 This mine is now connected with the old Fitzwilliam slope, and has been cleaned and timbered, making another excellent way of exit. Here, in the upper seam, they have only recently struck fine coal, and a series of bores put down on Newcastle island showed good prospects. On the surface there is an excellent up-to-date plant. The pithead is about 70 feet high, and after the coal is hoisted to the surface it leaves the cage and runs on a 1 per cent, grade to the tipple building, where there is a large 3-car tipple. After being dumped it runs on a 2 per cent, grade to a back switch, and then runs to an elevator which hoists it to a point where the track has a grade down to the cage of 1 per cent. Once the car is liberated it runs back to the cage. Practically speaking, the car is taken off the cage, dumped, and returned again to the cage without manual labour, with the exception of the man at the shaft top and the one at the tipple. The coal, after being dumped, passes on to a shaking screen, which screens out the smaller size, and thence to a travelling table where rock and other impurities are picked out. From the tables the coal is carried up by a system of conveyors to the bunkers, which have a capacity of 3,000 tons each. There are two conveyors running to the loading wharf, one from the tipple and another from the end of the bunkers, so that ships may be loaded in the least possible time and to avoid breakage of the coal by handling. There is a large coal-washing plant with a capacity of 40 tons of small coal an hour. Power for the coal-cutting machines and pumps is furnished by two double air-compressors. All this machinery is worked by three sets of twin engines, with four large boilers, and was supplied by the Chicago Link Belt Company. There are also in operation hoisting machinery, endless rope, and electric plant. Wellington Colliery Company, Limited. (This Company has refused authority to publish its Official Returns.) The Wellington Colliery Company, Limited, has been operating the following mines during the year 1905, under the general management of F. D. Little, M. E. :— The Wellington Colliery, in Cranberry District (Extension); Andrew Bryden, Manager. The Wellington Colliery, in Comox District; John Matthews, Manager. Extension. , No. 1 or Tunnel Mine. Mr. William Jones, Overman. The developing drivages in this mine have, during the past year, been confined to the slope and to the dip of the east level or motor road, with two levels to the east off this slope. The new motor mentioned in a previous report is not yet complete, as there were unexpected obstacles which had to be overcome. In the original working of this mine, only about one-third of the coal was taken out, two-thirds being left in pillars and top coal (except in the long wall). Now they are extracting those pillars, with a regular system, so that none of the coal may be lost. In connection with this mine there are four openings out to the surface, three of which are used every day, and by which men and mules go in and out, as well as all the coal. The fourth opening is the fan shaft or return airway. J 230 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 No. 2 Mine. Mr. Alexander Shaw, Overman. This mine is now being worked to the dip of No. 4 level by what is known as the slope, and in the east side by what is known as the new slope. Both of the above sections are developing new ground, which has every prospect of being a very extensive coal district. At one time this district gave off considerable inflammable gas, but now there is very little seen, although the same precautions are used as before. This mine has also got four direct ways out, three of which are used all the time, both for coming in and going out of the mine. The fourth is the fan shaft. No. 3 Mine. Mr. James Sharp, Overman. This is the most westerly mine of the Wellington Colliery Company, and is very extensive. The winning drivages are confined at present to the No. 1 level, and levels off No. 3 slope. Both stall-work and extraction or pillars are in operation. This mine has also four roadways to the outside, three of which are always open for both men and mules to go in and come out. By one of the above roads much of the timber used in the upper workings is brought in. The fourth outlet is the fan shaft The above three mines are all connected, and the coal all comes out at the same outlet, known as No. 1 tunnel. Below the level, however, or to the dip of the above tunnel, all the mines are worked separately, with a large barrier between them, so that in case of a fire, and the mines having to be filled with water, only the one division or mine would be affected. The three mines, collectively, are under the supervision of Mr. Andrew Bryden, the certificated manager, and all are well ventilated and timbered. Union. No. 4 Mine, No. 1 Slope. Richard Short, Overman, (and later) David Nellist, Overman. This slope is down 2,500 yards, with drivage into new ground to both the east and west sides. To the east side of this slope there is what is known as the Diagonal slope. During the past year much of the work has been extracting pillars from the 11, 12 and 13 east levels. In this slope they have now got the water pumped out and are working at the face of the 15 east level, and in all the working stalls off the same. On the west side of this slope the most of the mining is off No. 11 west level, with No. 9 level the return airway and travelling road. In addition to the above, they have now got to work in the No. 15 west level, and from all appearances, 12 and 13 west levels will soon be in working order. The ventilation is good. On the return airway, air velocity, 750 x 50 = 37,500 cubic feet of air, in which current of air no trace of gas can be detected, and gas has not been reported in the above district during the past year. No. 2. Slope. This slope turns off No. 1 a short distance down, after it goes under cover, and is, at the face, the lowest workings in No. 4 mine. It is badly caved and there is still much water to pump. The caved rock interferes with the getting in of timber, and the water renders difficult the handling of the rock, so that between the two it is hard to make headway. 6 Ed. 7 Coal Mining. J 231 From the east side of this slope they are working in 8, 9, 10 and 11 levels, most of which work is at pillars. On the west side a few men are working in 8, 9 and 10 levels; all of them are extracting pillars. Ventilation very good. No. 8. Slope. There has been very little mining done here during the past year, but there is a large district of pillars yet to be extracted from No. 6 level up. This work is being reserved for some other time. Ventilation of this mine is summed up as follows :— Intake, main slope, velocity, 850x84 = 71,400 cubic feet. ii travelling road, n 850x50 = 42,500 u Total 113,500 „ Airway return from both sides— East side; air velocity, 700 x 90 = 63,000 cubic feet. West side; „ 750x50 = 37,500 „ Total 100,500 n No. 5 Shaft. John Kesley, Overman. The working of this mine has been on the long-wall system. It has been found impossible, on account of "faults," to keep the working faces in line, and there is thick rock between two layers of coal. Much of the rock and debris has to be sent out, as it was in such quantity as to make it impossible to " gob" it in all the old works. The districts in this shaft, lower seam, are known as No. 1 and No. 2 inclines. There is here a long slope to the dip, to prospect for more regular coal. The ventilation is very good— East side; air velocity 390 x 50 = 19,500 cubic feet. West side ; „ 260 x 65 = 16,900 „ There are only 40 men employed here. No. 5 Shaft, Upper Seam. This seam is about 240 feet from the surface and 350 from the bottom of the shaft, and is worked on the pillar and stall system. The workings are fully 6 feet between the roof and floor, and the coal is mixed with considerable rock. The roof is a very hard sandstone. The ventilation is very good. Air velocity, 190 x 50 = 9,500 cubic feet a minute. There are only 18 men employed here, as the number is restricted to 20 under section 28 of the " Coal Mines Regulation Act." No. 6 Shaft, Uppjer Seam. This shaft is about one mile from No. 5 in a southerly direction. All the mining here is on the pillar and stall system. This is the continuation of the same seam as the upper seam in No. 5. The coal is very hard and has almost all to be blasted without being undermined. Here, as in some parts of Nanaimo Colliery, mining machines have been used with satisfactory results; making more lump coal and less slack, while less powder is required, and I am told that the cost of mining is reduced. Ventilation is very good. Air velocity at regulator 950 x 27 = 25,650 cubic feet a minute. In this mine there were 19 men and 3 mules. This mine is also restricted by section 28 of the " Coal Mines Regulation Act." The mine is connected by pipes with the Cumberland Water Company's system, and the water is used at any time that it is thought necessary to damp the mine. J 232 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 This upper seam is worked from an open shaft, the coal being 352 feet from the bottom, but there are a high iron gate, safety-bar and safety-catch, which, if properly used, render accidents impossible. In addition to the above, there is a good road from the one side of the shaft to the other, so that when passing to and fro it is not necessary to go near the shaft. No. 6, Lower Seam. There was some work done here in the early part of the year, but nothing is now being done except pumping the water and keeping the roadway between Nos. 5 and 6 shafts in good order. No. 7 Slope. David Walker, Overman. This mine is about four miles in a north-westerly direction from No. 1 shaft and about two miles from No. 4 mine. A standard gauge side-track from the company's railway system passes a short distance north of No. 5 mine. This slope is now down 800 yards on a gentle incline. Anthracite coal was reported to have been found here. The coal is of very good quality and almost free from impurities. The faulting of the seams has proved an obstacle, and at present the output of coal is not large, considering the depth of the workings. On both sides of the slope, however, work is being extensively pushed, and a greater output may be confidently expected in the future. "Ventilation is very good. Air velocity, 240x84 = 20,160 cubic feet a minute, for an average number of 31 men and 2 mules. No 2 slope is only a short distance from No. 1, and leaves at an angle which widens out as it goes down. There has as yet been no coal taken out here. Between the two slopes there is an upcast shaft where a foundation is now being put in for a large ventilating fan. From prospects obtained from three bore-holes put down lately in this district, a large output for this mine is predicted. Here the company has put in a tippling plant and picking table, so that any rock in the coal can be taken out. Prosecutions. I have to report that on the 5th day of April I had the following cases tried at Ladysmith by George Thomson, Esq., Magistrate, viz. :— Andrew Bryden, manager of Extension mines of the Wellington Colliery Company, for the violation of section 31, sub-section (2), of the "Coal Mines Regulation Act," in that he did employ one William Jones as overman, who acted in the above official capacity, not having a certificate as called for under the above Act. The case was proven, when Mr. Bryden was fined. William Jones, for working and acting as overman, not having a certificate as required by the above sections of the " Coal Mines Regulation Act," was also fined. On June 7th Andrew Bryden, manager of Extension mine, of the Wellington Colliery Company, was up before Robert Allan and Murdoch Matheson, J. P.'s., at Ladysmith, in that he did violate section 23b of the " Coal Mines Regulation Act," by allowing Harry Carrol to remain underground in the Extension tunnel of the Wellington Colliery for a period of longer than eight hours, thereby violating the aforesaid section 23b of the " Coal Mines Regulation Act." H. Carrol was also brought up for being longer in the Extension tunnel than eight hours, being a violation of section 23b. Both cases were dismissed, the Court not having jurisdiction. 6 Ed. 7 Coal Mining. J 233 On October 24th I gave information before James Abrams, Stipendiary Magistrate at Cumberland, against Thomas Bickle, John Zanini, and Anthon Micola, in that the above three men did violate section 23b of the " Coal Mines Regulation Act," by remaining underground for a longer period than eight hours in one day in the No. 4 mine, Union, of the Wellington Colliery Company. Information was sworn against John Matthew in each of the above cases, in that he, being manager, did allow the above men to be in No. 4 mine as above for a longer period than eight hours, being a violation of section 23b of the " Coal Mines Regulation Act." The cases against Bickle and Micola, and the corresponding case against J. Matthews, were dismissed. The case against John Zanini and the case against J. Matthews were sustained, and both were fined. EAST KOOTENAY INSPECTION DISTRICT. Report of Thomas Morgan, Inspector. I have the honour, as Inspector of Coal Mines for the East Kootenay District, to submit my annual report for the year 1905. The only company actually producing coal in this district, as yet, is the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co., Ltd., but this company is operating three separate and distinct collieries. Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co., Ltd. Officers. Address. Hon. Geo. A. Cox, President, Toronto, Ont. Robert Jaffray, Vice-President, n G. G. S. Lindsey, Secretary and Managing Director, ii E. R. Wood, Treasurer, n R. G. Drinnan, General Superintendent, Fernie, B. C. Capital of the Company, $3,500,000. The above company is now operating the following extensive collieries on the western slope of the Rocky mountains in the East Kootenay District, viz. :— Coal Creek Collieries, situated on Coal creek, about five miles from the town of Fernie, on a branch railway to the mines. Michel Collieries, situated on both sides of Michel creek, on the line of the C. P. Railway, being 23 miles in a north-easterly direction from Fernie. Carbonado Collieries, situated on Morrissey creek and connected with the C. P. Railway and the Great Northern Railway at Morrissey. The colliery is about 14 miles from Fernie, by rail, in a south-easterly direction. The total output of the Company's collieries for the past year was 831,933 tons. Of this 397,828 tons were used in the manufacture of coke, yielding 256,125 tons, and with 2,256 tons taken from stock, makes the total coke sales 258,381 tons, of which 145,044 tons were sold for consumption in Canada, and 113,337 tons were exported to the United States. The coal exported to the United States amounted to 246,002 tons, while 148,939 tons were sold for consumption in Canada. J 234 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 The amount and disposition of this combined output is more fully shown in the following table :— Returns from Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company's Collieries. Sales and Output tor Year. Coal. Coke. (Tons of 2,240 lbs.) Tons. cwt. Tons. cwt. Tons. cwt. Tons. cwt. 148,939 246,002 145,044 113,337 258,381 2,256 394,941 433,671 3,321 Total Sales 397,828 35,843 2,256 Nil. Difference taken from Stock during year — Output of Colliery for Year. 831,933 256,125 Number of Men Employed in Crow's Nest Pass Company's Collieries. Character of Labour. Number Employed. Total Number Underground. Surface. Employed. 37 535 158 213 51 21 18 55 535 158 Labourers 301 123 13 514 174 Boys 34 20 20 Total 1,015 475 1,490 Coal Creek Colliery. Andrew Colville, Manager. This colliery is situated about five miles in an easterly direction from Fernie, where No. 1, No. .9 and No. 5 tunnels, on the north side of Coal creek, and No. 2 on the south side, have been working. No. 1 Mine. David Martin, Overman. Situated on the north side of Coal creek; worked by pillar and stall system. Slope district alone working, as it is too expensive to keep it open, owing to the roads heaving and the roof and sides squeezing and breaking the timbers all over the incline district. On my 6 Ed. 7 Coal Mining. J 235 inspection of the Slope district, December 7th, 1 found a little gas over the timbers in No. 3 stall on the south side of the slope. All the balance of the mine was clear and the, mine well timbered all through. In making a test of the ventilation I found 36,000 cubic feet of air per minute passing through this district for the use of 70 men and 6 horses. Size of fan, 4 feet 10 inches by 14 feet, with a speed of 140 revolutions a minute, and 2-inch water gauge. Firemen—Harry Dunlap, Andrew Bartley and George Holmes. No. 2 Mine. John McClimont, Overman. Situated on the south side of Coal creek. This mine is worked by pillar and stall, with extraction of pillars. On making my inspection of this mine, December Sth and 9th, I found a little gas in No. 2 stall in the right counter to main entry, over the timbers, where the air could not get to it to drive it out. Balance of mine in good order, well timbered and free of gas. In making a test of the ventilation, in what is called No. 2 district, I found, for the use of 75 men, 33,000 cubic feet of air a minute going through to keep it pure and wholesome for those employed. There are two splits of air in this district. In No. 3 district, for the use of 85 men, in two splits of air, there was 54,250 cubic feet a minute. There were 12,000 cubic feet a minute going up the No. 1 incline district to keep clear the old workings, in which no one works at present. Also 4,500 cubic feet per minute going into No. 3 mine to keep it clear. This mine has not worked since the pit-head was burned down in March last. Total air at fan shaft was 150,000 cubic feet a minute, leaving 46,250 cubic feet a minute for leakage for doors and old workings. Found by making a test in the return air course one-half of one per cent. gas. Firemen—Robert Pengelly, Evan John, Harry H. Miard and Thos. H. William. No. 5 Mine. John Hunt, Overman. Situated on the north side of Coal creek; worked by pillar and stall and extraction of pillars. Inspected December 5th, and found the mine clear of gas and well ventilated and well timbered. Ventilation test showed 22,500 cubic feet a minute for the use of 61 men and six horses. This mine is worked exclusively with locked safety lamps and very little blasting is done. Percentage of gas in the main return, taken by the Pelier gas-testing lamp, was one-eighth of one per cent. Size of fan, 3 feet by 10 feet. The level is in 2,500 feet. Firemen—John Dobie, A. W. Courtenay and David James. No. 9 Mine. David Martin, Overman. This mine is on the north side of Coal creek, and is worked on the long-wall system. On my inspection, December 6th, I found this mine in the best of order, and through the stalls and roads all well timbered and cogged. Ventilation good; in the slope district, 21,100 cubic feet a minute for the use of 28 men and four horses. This air returns to the fan of No. 1 mine. Firemen—Daniel Elliot, Geo. O'Brien, Jas. Finlayson and Adam Watson. In the Incline district I found, for the use of 50 men and seven horses, 27,600 cubic feet a minute. This air goes to the fan erected for No. 9 mine. Total air at the mouth of tunnel was 50,000 cubic feet a minute, leaving a balance for leakage of 1,280 cubic feet a minute for doors and stoppings. This fan is of the Guibal pattern; size, 3 feet by 10 feet. The per centage of gas in the main return was one-eighth of one per cent. J 236 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 The following are the official returns of the Coal Creek Colliery for the year ending 31st December, 1905:— Sales and Output for Year. Coal. Coke. (Tons of 2,240 lbs.) Tons. cwt. 10 Tons. ewt. Tons. cwt. Tons. cwt. Sold for consumption in Canada /; export to U. S 38,068 177,860 46,047 78,282 03 16 124,329 737 Total Sales 215,928 208,282 1,282 10 10 03 19 Used in making Coke // under Colliery Boilers, &c 189,016 19,266 01 09 737 Difference taken from stock during year 737 Output of Colliery for year . 425,493 03 123,592 19 Number of Hands Employed, Daily Wages Paid, &c. Underground. Above Ground. Totals. Character of Labour. No. Employed. Average Daily Wage. No. Employed. Average Daily Wage. No. Employed. Average Daily Wage. Supervision and clerical assistance .. 20 377 93 23 17 8 28 377 223 88 24 130 65 7 Boys Totals. 530 210 740 Description and length of tramway, plant, etc.—On March 11th, 1905, the tipple at this colliery was completely destroyed by fire. It has been replaced by a steel structure 840 feet long and 35 feet high, having all the latest machinery for the dumping, screening, sorting and loading of coal. We have also installed three Erie City return tubular boilers during the year 1905. A new office and warehouse building was also erected at this colliery. This structure is built of hollow concrete blocks and is thoroughly fire-proof in every detail. The Minister of Mines is hereby authorised to publish these Returns. Robert G. Drinnan. Michel Colliery. Arthur R. Wilson, Manager. This colliery is situated 24 miles in an easterly direction from Fernie, where No. 6 and No. 8 mines are working at the present time. 6 Ed. 7 Coal Mining. J 237 No. 8 Mine. Thomas Corkill, Overman. This tunnel is in about 2,000 yards and is an extensive mine. The work is pillar and stall and extraction of pillars. On inspecting this mine December 12th and 13th, I found a little gas in Nos. 13, 14, 15 and 19 stalls, over the timbers, in the main east level district, where the air could not get to it to sweep it out. There is no blasting done in this district. Safety lamps only are used. The balance of the mine was clear of gas and well timbered, in good order and well ventilated. I may say that there is some blasting done in No. 2 incline district, and in the main incline, but it is done at night, after the shift is over. The powder used is manufactured by the Roburite Explosive Company, Ltd., Gathurst, Wigan—"negro" powder—and is a "permitted explosive' which makes no flame. In making a test of the air, I found in the main east level district, for the use of 54 men and 3 horses, 33,600 cubic feet a minute going through this district to keep the places clear and wholesome for the men employed therein. For No. 2 incline district, 33,000 cubic feet a minute for the use of 45 men and 5 horses. For the main incline district, 28,800 cubic feet a minute, for the use of 42 men and 3 horses. Total air at fan shaft was 120,000 cubic feet a minute, leaving 25,200 cubic feet a minute for leakage through doors and stoppings and also for the old workings. Firemen—Robert Middleton, William Eccleston and William Austin. Shot-lighter— Joseph Thomas. No. 6 Mine. William Powell, Overman. This mine is situated on the south-west side of Michel creek. It is worked by pillar and stall and extraction of pillars. On my inspection I found this mine clear of gas, well timbered all through and well ventilated. For the use of 35 men and 1 horse there were 18,000 cubic feet of air a minute going through the workings, to keep the mine clear and healthy for those employed. Fan, 3 feet x 10 feet, and of Guibal pattern. Fireman and shot-lighter for this mine is Evan Evans. The following are the official returns of the Michel Colliery for the year ending December 31st, 1905:— Sales and Output for Year. Coal. Coke. (Tons of 2,240 lbs.) Tons. cwt. 3 10 Tons. cwt. 13 15 7 Tons. cwt. 19 11 Tons. cwt. Sold for consumption in Canada a export to U. S 102,973 1,334 98,376 27,847 126,224 1,519 104,307 203,574 1,623 00 Total Sales 10 194,463 9,110 16 19 1,519 00 Difference taken from stock during year 1,519 00 Output of Colliery for Year. 309,505 15 124,705 10 J 238 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 Number of Hands Employed, Daily Wages Paid, etc. Underground. Above Ground. Totals. Character op Labour. No. Employed. Average Daily Wage. No. Employed. Average Daily Wage. No. Employed. Average Daily Wage. 8 100 100 85 22 4 7 15 100 100 227 62 6 20 142 40 2 20 319 211 530 Description and length of tramway, plant, etc.—The company installed this year a Rand high- stage air compressor and two compressed air locomotives for hauling coal out of No. 8 mine. The Minister of Mines is hereby authorised to publish these returns. Robert G. Drinnan. Carbonado Colliery. Charles Simister, Manager. This colliery is situated on Morrissey creek about 13 miles from Fernie, and during the past year Nos. 0, 3 and 6 mines have been working. No. 3 Mine. Elijah Heathcote, Overman. Situated on the north side of Morrissey creek, worked by pillar and stall and extraction of pillars. On my last inspection, December 2nd, I found.it clear of explosive gas, well timbered all through and the ventilation good, 36,000 cubic feet of air a minute going through the mine for the use of 45 men and 1 horse. The " Wolf " safety lamp only is used and the blasting is done after the shift is over, and nothing but " Giant" powder is used in this mine as in all the other mines in Carbonado. Size of fan, 8 feet by 16 feet, with 1^-inch water gauge. Firemen—James Derbyshire, Frank Aspinall and Edward Bridge. No. 6 Mine. Norman Fraser, Overman. Situated on the north side of Morrissey creek. Inspected December 2nd. Worked by pillar and stall system, and was only in about 100 yards when inspected. I found the mine in good order and the roof of the best kind. "Wolf" safety lamps alone are used, and are cleaned and filled by the lamp-man before they are allowed to leave the lamp station, and are again tested by the firemen before they are allowed to enter the mine. Test of air showed 12,000 cubic feet a minute going through this mine for the use of 35 men, with a fan 8 feet by 16 feet, making 25 revolutions a minute. Firemen—John Cunliffe, Chas. Simister, and Chas. Oatchpole. 6 Ed. 7 Coal Mining. J 239 No. 0 Mine. Norman Fraser, Overman. Situated on the north side of Morrissey creek. Inspected December 2nd. This mine is worked on the long-wall system. On my inspection on above date I found this mine in good order, well timbered and cogged. Ventilation good, 20,000 cubic feet per minute for the use of 20 men when the mine was working. The mine was idle on this day. Size of fan, 3 feet by 10 feet, going at 90 revolutions a minute. This mine is worked by safety lamps exclusively and all the blasting is done after the shift is over. Firemen—John Cunliffe, Chas. Simister, and Chas. Catchpole. The following are the official returns of the Carbonado Colliery for the year ending 31st December, 1905:— Coal and Coke Produced, Exported, etc. Sales and Output for Year. Coal. Coke. (Tons of 2,240 lbs.) Tons. cwt. 17 16 Tons. cwt. Tons. ewt. 11 05 Tons. cwt. Sold for consumption in Canada 7,896 66,807 619 7,207 7,826 13 06 03 74,704 16 14,348 7,466 04 02 Total for Colliery use 21,814 415 96,934 02 Difference taken from stock during year 02 Output of Colliery for year . 96,934 7,826 16 Number of Hands Employed, Daily Wages Paid, &c. Underground. Above Ground. Totals. Character op Labour. No. Employed. Average Daily Wage. No. Employed. Average Daily Wage. No. Employed. Average Daily Wage. Supervision and Clerical Assistance ....... Whites—Miners 9 58 58 35 6 3 12 58 58 64 24 4 29 18 4 Mechanics and Skilled Labour ... Totals, Mines and Ovens 166 54 220 J 240 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 Description of seams, tunnels, levels, shafts, etc., and number of same—No. 6 is a new mine opened in September, 1905. Coal 3 feet 6 inches thick. Description of other seams, same as last year. The Minister of Mines is hereby authorised to publish these Returns. Robert G. Drinnan. Prosecutions under "Coal.Mines Regulation Act." May 2nd—George O'Brian, a fireman in No. 9 mine, Coal creek, for having matches in the mine, was fined $10. July 3rd—John Bertas, for having matches in his possession in the mine, was fined $10 or 15 days' imprisonment. This man worked in No. 3 mine, Carbonado. 6 Ed. 7 Coal Mining. J 241 ACCIDENTS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA COLLIERIES DURING 1905. Name of Colliery. Total for Causes of Accident and Nature of Injury. Nanaimo. Union. Extension. 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Compound fracture of the leg, caused by fall of coal in Protection Mine. 4 IF 23 A. Clarkson... Fireboss Killed in shaft in No. 6 Pit. Cager pushed loaded car into shaft thinking cage was there. Clarkson was descending in cage, and was struck by falling car, with above result. 5 II 27 A. Mygren.... Run over by loaded cars, and had three ribs fractured in No. Slope. 6 Extension.... March 4 M. Ingham.... Spine injured. He had a shot lighted, and thinking some one coming, ran to warn them, when shot went oft injuring him as above. No. 3 Mine. 7 Nanaimo tt 6 J. Metcalfe. .. Jaw broken and compound fracture of nose by fall of rock in No. 1 Shaft. 8 IF 6 Coon Sing n Leg broken by fall of rook in No. 5 Pit. 9 Nanaimo IF 11 Thos. Burns... Mule driver... Middle finger of left hand taked off while uncoupling cars in Protection Mine. 10 17 Thos. Mills.... Colliery Mg'r.. Slightly burned about hands and face by gas in a cross-cut off No. 7 South Level. Knowing there was gas Mr. Mills had safety lamp, but man came in with naked light which kindled the gas. 11 " 17 Henry Devlin . Fireboss Same accident; same circumstances; same injuries. 12 ft 27 Geo. Hall Car pusher Finger cut off while uncoupling a ear in Protection Mine. 13 ft 18 L. Giacomo ... Miner's helper. Legs broken byfallof stringer which he was helping to lift. 14 Nanaimo April 24 C. Eileen..... Knee twisted by fall of coal in No. 1 Shaft. 15 May 2 Geo. Harrison. Hand cut by fall of coal in No. 1 Shaft. 16 a 2 James Brunt . . Arm bruised. Riding on empty car, which left the track, crushing his arm against the " rib." 17 rt 6 James Watson. Killed by fall of rock in No. 4 Mine. 18 tt 6 Yun Gwan Lun Miner's helper. Fatally injured iu same accident as above. Died May 11th. J 244 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 Detailed Statement of Accidents in V. I. Collieries during 1905—Continued. No. Colliery. Date. Name. Occupation. Details. 19 May 9 Thos Neilson.. Instantly killed in No. 6 Shaft, upper seam. Neilson pushed loaded car into shaft, not knowing cage was away, and fell 352 feet, with above result. 20 it n Mah Way Miner's helper. Killed by fall of rock in No. 4 Mine. 21 Nanaimo it n Jos. Thompson Compound fracture of leg, caused by fall of rock in No. 1 Shaft. 22 Extension " n Thos. Hunter.. Burned about the hands and neck by the explosion of a small quantity of gas in the roof of No. 2 Mine. 23 ft 18 John Alton ... Fatally injured internally by fall of shale and coal in No. 2 Slope. Died seven hours after. 24 Nanaimo ft 27 W. McMillan.. it Arm injured by coal flying after discharge of shot in Protection Mine. 25 Union Tune 12 Stamima (Jap.) Fatally injured by premature blast in No. 5 Pit. Lived only a few minutes. 26 it 16 Arthur Warren Slightly injured in back by fall of coal in No. 4 Mine. 27 July 10 Sale Saimjo . .. Back and leg broken by fall of coal in No. 3 Mine. 28 Union tt 18 J. Jamieson... Slightly burned on neck, face and hands by explosion of gas and powder in No. 6 Pit. He was charging a shot, when his lamp ignited gas, apparently from the hole ; this exploded the powder, but Jamieson had time to escape serious injury. 29 a 28 John Gordon.. Fractured skull. Car coming up incline struck prop holding the pulley. The prop struck Gordon on the head with above result. 30 Sept. 1 Wong Chong.. Miner's helper. Fatally injured by being run over by cars while crossing the slope in No. 4 Mine. Died in hospital two hours later. 31 " if 9 Miner Found lying dead in his " stall" under large piece of coal, which had fallen on him. 32 Oct. 24 J. H. Piper ... Mule driver... Fingers badly crushed under car wheels in Protection Mine. 33 Extension " 21 Jas. Woodell.. it ... Leg fractured by mule falling on him in No. 2 Mine. 34 35 Oct. If 31 31 Robt. Simpson D. Thomas Both burned about face and hands by explosion of gas in No. 2 Mine. There was a small " feeder " of gas coming out of the roof above the roadway. A curtain had been put up to carry away the gas, but had got disarranged. The boys went up with a naked light, although supplied with safety lamps, and ignited the gas, with results as above. 6 Ed. 7 Coal Mining. J 245 Detailed Statement op Accidents in V. I. Collieries during 1905—Concluded. No. Colliery. Date. Name. Occupation. Details. 36 Nov. 2 M. Woodburn. Ribs broken by mine car, which upset and rolled on him, in No. 3 Mine. 37 ti .... 6 Chas. McKie.. Leg fractured by fall of coal in No. 3 Mine. 38 Nanaimo 7 Wm. Richards. Back slightly injured by fall of rock in Northfield Mine. 39 9 Thos. Piper ... Collar-bone broken and head bruised by falling in front of a car in No. 1 Shaft. 40 ,t 10 J. D. Smith... Wrist sprained by being jammed between a mine car and a prop in Northfield Mine. 41 Union 13 Samuel Jones.. Mule driver... Head and side bruised by fall of prop, round which was a rope by which a mine car was being lowered. 42 " n 21 Enrico Pauz.. . Arm broken and shoulder and leg bruised by fall of loose coal in No. 4 Mine. 43 Nanaimo Dee. 2 S. Wilcock.... Back bruised by fall of coal, jamming him against a prop in Protection Mine. 44 ,i 6 Geo. Peacock.. Two ribs fractured and side bruised by fall of coal while taking down his drilling machine in No. 6 Shaft. 45 6 Hi Yung Struck on elbow by a car, breaking the arm. Was working on tipple at No. 1 Shaft. 46 14 James Bell Leg fractured by being struck by endless rope while pulling cars out of a siding in Northfield Mine. 47 14 Jas. Bingham. Machine-man. . Foot caught in wheel of coal mining machine. Small bone fractured and foot otherwise injured in Northfield Mine. 48 15 Quong Wan. . Miner's helper. Face and hand slightly burned. He was getting ready to blast, when by some means the powder in his bottle exploded with results as above. 49 Nanaimo a 16 L. Williams... Rope-rider. Compound fracture of the leg. Was struck by runaway cars on the Protection Slope, lower seam. 50 « 19 W. Livingston. Mule driver. .. Little finger of right hand taken off by a piece of coal falling off a car which he was pushing. 51 28 Peter Gourley. Box-pusher ... Ankle bruised and sprained between drawbars of two empty cars, the front one of which went off the track. 52 29 David Eddy... Miner Collar bone broken by fall of stringer in No. 2 Mine. 53 n 30 Alex. Kerr Mule driver. .. Small bone of leg broken by car which mule suddenly switched into a by-way. J 246 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 CROW'S nest collieries. Reported by Thomas Morgan, Inspector. No. Colliery. Date. Name. Occupation. Details. 1 Coal Creek Feb. 22 Rich. Nimmo . Left leg broken by a fall of coal while working in his " place" in No. 5 Mine. 2 ii .... April 15 Sam Gatoni ... Box car loader.. Fatally injured on the railroad at Coal Creek by being jammed between two box-cars. He was crossing the track, and was caught between the car under the chute and the empty cars that were being lowered down. 3 4 April 20 John Cottle ... Thos. Perrins. . [-Miners ... < Slightly burned by gas in No. 8 Mine, Michel. 5 May 26 Martin Rapp.. Miner Slightly burned by gas. 6 Coal Creek June 16 David Patton.. Fell in front of moving ear in No. 2 Mine, and had his left leg broken, necessitating amputation. 7 Carbonado it 24 M. Parentheon. Right leg broken by fall of rock, No. 3 Mine. 8 Coal Creek July 22 T. Chabra .... Driver Caught between cars in No. 9 Mine and had his left leg broken in two plaees. 9 Carbonado .... a 23 C. Kibbert.... Left leg broken by fall of rock in No. 3 Mine. 10 Coal Creek May 30 Peter Farrell.. Bridge stick into crosscut swung out, letting down four cross-bars, allowing "place" to cave in, pinning Farrell, who was killed by a second cave before he could be extricated. No. 5 Mine. 11 // .... Aug. 17 Jean Santoni.. Leg broken by fall of coal in No. 5 Mine. 12 a .... Sept. 21 Wm. Rippley.. Leg broken by being jammed between two cars in No. 1 Mine. 13 Carbonado " 24 Joseph Cooke.. Shot-lighter... Slightly burned by fire damp in No. 6 Mine. 14 Michel Nov. 16 Alfred Davis .. Fatally injured by fall of rock in No. 8 Mine. 15 Coal Creek Dec. 8 Ben. Skyes Left leg broken and right shoulder smashed by being run over by cars in No. 2 Mine. 6 Ed. 7 Coal Mining. J 247 COAL MINE OFFICIALS. Third class certificates issued under " Coal Mines Regulation Act Further Amendment Act, 1904," sec. 38, s.-s. 2, in exchange for certificates issued under the "Coal Mines Regulation Act Amendment Act, 1901." Name. Adam, Robert Addison, Thos Aitken, James Alexander, Wm Allsop, Harry Aughinvole, Alex... Barclay, Andrew . .. Barclay, James Barclay, John Berry, Jas Bickle, Thos Biggs, Henry Black, John S Bowie, James Campbell, Dan . Carr, Jos. E Carroll, Harry Clarkson, Alexander Collishaw, John Comb, John Cosier, Wm Courtney, A. W . Crawford, Frank ... Daniels, David Davidson, David Davidson, John Devlin, Henry Dobbie, John Dudley, James Dunlap, Henry Dunn, Geo Dunsmuir, John ... Eccleston, Wm Evans, Evan Evans, W. H Fagan, David Farmer, Bernard ... Farquharson, John.. Findlayson, James.. Fulton, Hugh T .... Gibson, Edward Gilchrist, Wm Gillespie, Hugh Gillespie, John Gould, Alfred Green, Francis Handlen, Jas Harmison, Wm .... Ha worth, Geo Hescott, John Hutchison, Archie.. John, David Johnson, Geo Johnson, Wm. R ... Kerr, Wm Lander, Frank Landfear, Herbert.. Lewis, Thos Lockhart, Wm Malpass, James .... Marsden, John Date. Oct. 12, Dec'r. 10, Oct. 24, Feb. 17, Oct. 11, Mar. 29, April 27, April 27, April 17, Feb. 11, Oct. 11, April 10, April 3, May 13, Mar. 29, Oct. 11, Mar. 29, April 27, Feb. 7, Mar. 23, Mar. 29, Nov. 2, April 6, April 27, April 3, Mar. 29, Oct. 12, Nov. 27, Mar. 22, Nov. 21, Dec'r. 19, Mar. 29, Mar. 15, Mar. 13, Mar. 14, April 6, Jan. 31, April 27, June 6, April 3, May 30, Mar. 29, April 6, April 6, April 17, Oct. 11, June 16, Feb. 3, Mar. 29, Jan. 16, Sept. 8, Nov. 8, May 9, Mar. 1, Mar. 29, Jan. 9, Jan. 27, Oct. 11, Jan. 6, Nov. 7, May 3, 1904 1904 1904 1905 1904 1905 1904 1904 1905 1905 1904 1905 1905 1905 1905 1904 1905 1904 1905 1904 1905 1904 1904 1904 1905 1905 1904 1905 1905 1904 1904 1905 1905 1905 1905 1905 1905 1904 1904 1905 1905 1905 1904 1904 1906 1904 1904 1905 1905 1905 1905 1904 1904 1905 1905 1905 1905 1904 1905 1904 1904 Certifi cate No. C 42 C 52 C 44 C 72 C 34 C 89 C 19 C 20 cm C 70 C 37 C110 C108 C116 C 93 C 36 C 98 C 18 C 68 C 2 C 86 C 45 C 7 C 12 C106 C 87 C 41 C126 C114 C 51 C 56 C 90 C 80 C 78 C 79 C109 C 64 C 17 C 25 C105 C118 C 85 C 8 C 5 C112 C 38 C122 C 65 C 88 C 62 C123 C 49 C124 C 75 C 91 C 61 C 63 C 35 C 60 C113 C 21 Name. Marshall, Howard . Matthews, Chas ... Miard, Harry E ... Middleton, Robt... Miles, Thos Miller, Thos. K McKenzie, John R. McKinnell, David . McKinnon, Arch'd. McMillan, Peter .. McMillan, Henry. . McMurtrie, John .. Moore, Wm. H. Morris, John Myles, Walter Nash, Isaac Neave, Wm Nellist, David Nelson, James Newton, John Nimmo, Jas. P . ... O'Brien, Geo Pengelly, Richard . Perrie, Jas Perry, James Pounder, Geo Price, Jas Reid, Thos Rafter, Wm Reid, James Richards, Thos. ... Reid, Wm Ross, John Ryan, John Sanders, John W .. Shenton, Thos. J . . Shepherd, Henry .. Smith, Ralph Smith, Geo Somerville, Alex .. Stauss, Chas. F Steele, Jas Stewart, Duncan H Stewart, John Stewart, Daniel W. Stobbart, Jacob ... Strachan, Robt.... Strang, James Thomas, John Tunstall, James .. Vass, Robt Vater, Charles .... Walkem, Thos .... Webber, Chas Webber, Chas. F . . Whiting, Geo Wilson, Austin. ... Wilson, Thos Woodburn, Moses . Yarrow, Geo Date. Certificate No. Dec'r. 6 April 27 Mar. 3 Feb. 11 Aug. 10. Feb. 21 Oct. 12 Mar. 29 April 3 Mar. 29 May 13 Mar. 29 June 17 Dec'r. 27 April June Oct. 12 April 27 April 27 Oct. 12 April 3 Feb. 6 Dec'r. 27 Mar. 15 June 13 Oct. 16 Nov. Nov. 3 Mar. 29 Mar. 23 April 27 Dec'r. 15 April 3 Dec'r. 28 April 3 July 25 June 13 Mar. 7 Mar. 29 Mar. 24 Feb. 9 Mar. 29. Mar. 28 April 3 May 16 Feb. 21 April 27 April 27 Mar. 29 June 15 Dec'r. 12^ April 6 Dec'r. 16 Sept. 13 Sept. 13 May 29 Feb. April 27 Mar. 29 Nov. 1905 1904 1905 1905 1904 1905 1904 1905 1905 1905 1905 1905 1905 1904 1905 1904 1904 1904 1904 1904 1905 1905 1904 1905 1904 1905 1904 1904 1905 1904 1904 1904 1905 1904 1905 1904 1904 1905 1905 1904 1905 1905 1904 1904 1904 1905 1904 1904 1905 1904 1904 1904 1904 1904 1904 1905 1905 1904 1905 1904 CI 27 C 9 C 76 C 71 C 31 C 74 C 40 C 99 C102 C 94 C115 C 96 C119 C 57 C100 C120 C 43 C 13 C 16 C 39 C103 C 66 C 58 C 81 C 27 C125 C 50 C 47 C 95 C 1 C 14 C 54 C101 C 59 C107 C 30 C 26 C 77 C 84 C 3 C 69 C 92 C 4 C104 C 23 C 73 C 15 C 10 C. 97 C121 C 53 C 66 C 55 C 32 C 33 C117 C 67 C 11 C 83 C 46 J 248 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 LIST OF CROWN-GRANTED MINERAL CLAIMS. •:o:- CROWN GRANTS ISSUED IN 1905. Cariboo. Claim. Division. Grantee. Lot No. Acres. Date. 507 508 51.65 50.77 June 26 // 26 Cassiar. Good Hope Kelp Queen Charlotte Atlin. . Skeena Atlin.. George Pollay and John Kirkland John Stinson Henry Nicholson 335 48.83 305, r. 5 33.00 256 45.32 Nov. 20 June 20 July 25 East Kootenay. Alice Alioth Fract ... Alpha Fract . .. Alpha No. 2 ... Arena Arena Fract ... Canby Cashier Criffel Dog Star Eastern Star ... Estella Fisher River ... Four O'clock ... Golden Crown . Highland Chief. Iron Jennings Jew Fract Mac Morning Morning Star .. Pretoria Providence Ramshorn Rover Skylark Senter Star .... Sovereign Standard Violet Fract ... Western Star . . Fort Steele it Golden . .. Fort Steele Alexander Poison etal T. T. McVittie, Hy. Eller and D. K. Newell The Beaver Canyon Min. Co., Ltd., N. P. L. North Star Min. Co., Ltd., N. P. L., etal.. Peter Jensen et al , Alex. Poison et al The Kootenay (Perry Ck.) Gold Mines, Ltd. Alex. Poison et al John Y. Kesler Alex. Poison et al Peter Jensen et al John Y. Kesler The Kootenay (Perry Ck.) Gold Mines, Ltd. John Y. Kesler Peter Jensen et al Wm. J. Whines and C. W. Burdsal it n Alex. Poison et al John Y. Kesler John P. Bailey O. F. Desaulniers Wm. Carlin Alex. Poison a et al John Y. Kesler The Kootenay (Perry Ck.) Gold Mines, Ltd. The North Star Min. Co., Ltd., N. P. L. et al Wm. J. Whines and Chas. W. Burdsal.. John Y. Kesler * Issued 1906. 6409 46.14 6192 6.32 5106 10.68 5113 51.65 3536 49.00 3537 14.18 2338 51.65 6411 33.14 6404 38.76 6856 9.49 6862 24.68 6412 36.26 2339 40.20 6858 34.45 6406 18.71 6405 41.73 6860 31.39 2337 45.24 2409 41.00 6189 40.60 6853 47.06 6861 51.65 6324 46.17 6670 35.58 6353 39.54 6413 51.65 6579 49.00 6859 28.80 6403 28.84 3538 51.65 2410 23.30 6857 37.82 May 31 Jan. 18 Oct. 30 Oct. 30 Feb. 15 Feb. 15 Mar. 6 May 31 Feb. 21 May 31 April 14 May 31 Mar 6 April 14 Feb. 21 21 14 Mar. 6 May 17 17 31 April 14 July 24 May 19 Feb. 22 May 31 31 April 14 Feb. 21 15 May 17 April 14 6 Ed. 7 Crown Grants. J 249 Vancouver Island and Coast. Claim. Acme Alaska Arcadian Bluebell Brooklyn .■ C. L. Fract .... Conqueror Copper Mint ... Cyrus Daisy Daniel Dewey Diamond Dixie Fract .... Donagan Enterprise Erick Estelle Fern Fern No. 1 Flame Gold Bug Golden Rod.... Indian Jack.... Iron King No. 1 Iron King No. 2 Iron King No. 3 Ivan Jumbo King Klondyke King Lincoln Lola M. A. L. Fract. Margie Moline Fract... Mollie Mollie Fract ... Nellena Nero Fract Newcastle Ohio Oregon Rose Sea Lion Sophia Division. Victoria n Nanaimo Victoria Alberni Nanaimo New West' Victoria . Alberni . New West'r Victoria New West'r. Victoria New West'r. Victoria Nanaimo ... New West'r. Victoria Grantee. The Vancouver Is. Min. and Dev. Co., Ltd. a a it Harry Whitney Treat The Vancouver Is. Min. and Dev. Co., Ltd. John Bentley, J. W. McGregor, Thos. Par- sell, Henry Cathcart and Alfred Wood. The Vancouver Is. Min. and Dev. Co., Ltd. John Bentley, J. W. McGregor, Thos. Par- sell, Henry Cathcart and Alfred Wood. P. J. Pearson, T. D. Conway and A. St. G. Hamersley John Bentley, J. W. McGregor, Thos. Par- sell, Henry Cathcart and Alfred Wood. The Vancouver Is. Min. and Dev. Co., Ltd. Laurence Manson Harry Whitney Treat D. T. Lay, Brock Reid and Wm. T. Jones. . The Vancouver Is. Min. and Dev. Co., Ltd. Wm. Harrison and Sarah M. McDonell D. E. McKenzie D. E. McKenzie, W. A. McAdam and H. H. Logan Fanny Alice Huff .. The Vancouver Is. Min. and Dev. Co., Ltd. D. T. Lay, Brock Reed and Wm. T. Jones.. P. J. Pearson, T. D. Conway, A. St. G. Hamersley The Vancouver Is. Min. and Dev. Co., Ltd. D. T. Lay, Brock Reed and Wm. T. Jones.. The Vancouver Is. Min. and Dev. Co., Ltd. Maurice Gintzburger Annie Austin The Vancouver Is. Min. and Dev. Co., Ltd. it tt n P. J. Pearson, T. D. Conway and A. St. G. Hamersley The Vancouver Is. Min. and Dev. Co., Ltd. Malcolm Young, Alex. Young & John Young Lot No. Acres. Date. 4g 136g 142 44.23 10.91 51.10 Oct. ft 18 21 12 5lG 55g 27.15 42.34 Ft II 21 18 57g 15.50 ft 21 172 49g 30.78 51.50 If II 12 21 171 25.94 IF 12 24g 48.50 June 21 173 52g 61g 2lG 18g 30.17 47.53 50.27 2.50 51.44 Oct. tt 12 18 21 18 18 48g 8g 53g 39.80 29.45 32.83 tt Ft ft 21 18 21 332 334 48.52 39.60 Nov. 20 20 143 44.23 Oct. 12 188 44g 13.87 45.15 June Oct. 20 21 297 2039 44.56 50.22 Feb. May 22 30 2040 2041 9g 30.68 43.38 48.50 May it Oct. 30 30 18 187 39.40 June 20 25g 137g 51.65 50.80 it Oct. 21 21 186 53g 51.65 36.22 June Oct. 20 18 58g 5g 50g 6g 7g 35.50 51.30 21.19 50.73 8.00 ft It 21 18 21 18 18 47g 329r.i. 1936 51.30 2.00 29.26 II May 21 9 9 51g 54g 42.16 51.65 Oct. 18 18 23g 62g 100 45.80 48.20 51.65 June Oct. Jan. 21 21 30 J 250 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 Vancouver Island and Coast.—Concluded. Claim. Star Success Sunset Sunshine Sunshine No. 1.. Sunshine No. 2.. Sunshine No. 3.. Sunshine No. 4.. Sunshine No. 5.. Tip Top Victoria Wasp Westholme .... Westholme Fract W. G. Fract .... Division. Victoria Alberni N. Westm'r Victoria ... Alberni ... Victoria ... Grantee. Malcolm Young, Alex. Young & John Young a a a a a a Laurence Manson // a it John J. McPhee The Mount Sicker & Brenton Mines, Ltd., N. P. L Laurence Manson The Vancouver Is. Min. and Dev. Co., Ltd. Lot No. Acres. 192 51.28 99 51.65 98 34.80 366 25.10 337 36.84 338 26.50 339 28.92 368 38.50 367 49.80 1951 51.65 90 G. 12.50 333 51.65 54 G. 51.65 59 G. 1.50 56 G. 20.42 Date. Jan. 30 30 30 Nov. 20 20 20 20 20 20 Oct. 12 June 21 Nov. 20 Oct. 21 21 18 West Kootenay. Claim. A. B. C. Fract . Alexandre Alhambra Fract Alma . Alma B Alpha Alpine Alva Anna Annie G Aricle Aricle Fract . .. Ark Ashcroft Athens Athol August Fract . . Basin Fract Beaver Fract... Big Four Big Sheep Biloxie Biloxie Fract... Black Prince... Blade Blake Blind Canyon . . Blue Jay Bradford Broken Hill Butterfly Byronodale Carbenet No. 2. Division. Slocan City Nelson W. Kooten'y Slocan City . Ainsworth .. Trout Lake . W. Kooten'y Trout Lake . Nelson Slocan City . Nelson Lardeau .... Ainsworth .. W. Kooten'y Ainsworth .. Trail Creek . Nelson Trail Creek . Slocan City . Slocan Nelson .... // .... Trout Lake Nelson Trout Lake Ainsworth . Trout Lake Ainsworth . Grantee. Archie B. Coleman Chas. R. Hamilton J. P. Swedberg King Solomon's Mining Co Archie B. Coleman The Beaver Canyon Mining Co., Ltd.,N.P.L. A. Milloy, R. H. Munroe & O. B. N. Wilkie King Solomon's Mining Co Chas. W. McCrossan J. A. Gibson, H. Sutherland, H. H. Nell&C. R. Holmes Archie B. Coleman Archie B. Coleman Walter M. Fee Percy Ernest Doolittle Abraham N. Gray W. J. Twiss, Annie Keown, Walter Stead and Thos. Farquhar King Solomon's Mining Co Alfred R. Fingland and Charles Brand. Joshua E. Mills and Cecil P. Newman . Hugh Sutherland Joseph Kloman and Godfrey Wys Archie B. Coleman Ernest Harrop and Robt. C. Andrews . John Hopkin Wolverton Jas. L. Stamford, Angus G. Shaw Walter John Beale James S. C. Fraser John J. McGlone Leonard M. Merrifield Cutler T. Porter Edward Dedolph Adolph P. Johnson and W. E. Gomm, H. D. Thompson, F. J. Donaldson and Geo. E. Martin * Issued 1906. Lot No. Acres. 6930 6.58 5729 49.50 4651 4.53 6284 42.78 6922 35.16 6875 51.65 6468 51.65 6283 42.31 5336 32.54 6339 41.87 6459 19.47 6923 .36 3449 36.88 4303 40.78 4816 51.54 5896 34.28 6287 .76 6910 20.97 5858 21.08 3836 50.80 6905 26.75 6929 27.08 6926 8.38 5758 34.02 4519 22.16 6293 40.39 3771 29.60 4744 21.47 6445 45.46 7042 42 97 5992 38.41 7090 18.00 6811 51.65 Date. Nov. 6 Feb. 27 *Jan. 23 June 15 Nov. 6 Oct. 11 Nov. 23 June 15 Sept. 11 Nov. 15 Jan. 28 Mar. 22 Oct. 24 June 15 Nov. 27 May 10 Nov. 13 May 19 Nov. 6 6 Jan. 30 Nov. 13 *Jan. 23 Mar. 23 Sept. 16 Oct. 12 Nov. 6 27 21 Dec. 6 Ed. 7 Crown Grants. J 251 West Kootenay.—Continued. Claim. CD Centre Star C. H Clearwater Clinton Clipper Colby Copper King Copper Queen Copper Wonder Fr. Crowfoot Dazy Doubtful Dumas Dum-Dum Fract... Dunragen Duplex Eagle Fract Electric Empire Enterprise Evening Evening Star No. 9 Exchange [Fr Fredericton Fract. Free Milling Frisco Flyette Gem Georgia Fract .... Gertrude Golden King Gold Hill Goldsmith Goodenough .. Goodenough No. 1 Goodenough No. 2 Grace Fract Grand Fract Grey Bird Gringo Harland Hanky Panky Fr. Handy No. 2 Hoffman H. G. N Helene Fract Hub Interprise Island Boy I Wonder........ I. X. L I. X. L. Fract.... J. A. Fr. Fractional Nelson Division. Trout Lake Nelson .... Trout Lake Ainsworth . Nelson .... Slocan City Nelson .... Ainsworth . Trail Creek . Nelson Ainsworth . Trout Lake Nelson Slocan Ainsworth . Nelson Ainsworth . Slocan Trail Creek Trout Lake Slocan City Nelson .... Ainsworth . Slocan... . Slocan City Nelson Trail Creek Ainsworth . Nelson .... Trout Lake Nelson Ainsworth . Nelson .... Trout Lake Lardeau ... Nelson .... Ainsworth . Nelson ... Ainsworth . Slocan City Trout Lake Jas. J. McGlone J. 6. C. Fraser et al Jas. J. McGlone W. E. Gomm, H. D. Thompson, Donaldson and Geo. E. Martin. Percy Ernest Doolittle Ernest Harrop and R. C. Andrews . Hugh Sutherland Grantee. F. J. The Trusts and Guarantee Co., Ltd. Wm. A. Spilker J. S. C. Fraser et al Edward Dedolph John J. McGlone Chas. R. Hamilton Geo. F. Ransom and Robert T. Twigg Wm. J. Twiss, Annie Keown, Walter Stead and Thos. Farquhar Hugh Sutherland Highlander Mill and Mining Co Robert Williams and W. S. Drewry S. McKee, J. Anderson and F. A. Williamson Andrew Ferguson Richard T. Dilworth Duncan Graham and David Saulter The Pilot (Ymir) Gold M'g. & Milling Co., Ltd.,N. P. L Percy Ernest Doolittle The Trusts and Guarantee Co., Ltd Evan F. Lloyd Archie B. Coleman John A. Gibson, Hugh Sutherland, Henry H. Nell and Chas. R. Holmes Albert H. McNeill and Louis L. Bertonneau The Trusts and Guarantee Co., Ltd John A. Gibson, Hugh Sutherland, Henry H. Nell and Chas. R. Holmes Wm. B. Pool John J. Ross . Jas. A. M. Aikins . Hall M. & S. Co Thos. Farquhar James Harvy, Wm. Jas. Twiss i A. B. Morris A. R. Fingland and Charles Brand .... Harry McLeod Wm. N.Brayton Abraham N. Gray J. L. Stamford, Angus G. Shaw & W. J Beale David P. Hatch Louis Martin, R. F. Green, A. Thisted, P. McCue and J. C. Ryan Walter M. Fee Wm. J. Twiss, Annie Keown, Walter Stead and Thos. Farquhar Archie B. Coleman Wm. N. Brayton John McLatchie and Edw. H. Stanley . * Issued 1906. Lot No. Acres. 4743 36.55 3766 41.70 4741 41.91 6812 34.49 4302 37.32 5759 34.65 6340 51.65 3835 51.65 6807 44.20 5854 1.25 3770 51.65 5993 37.60 4745 36.12 5727 49.93 5073 32.72 5890 51.18 3632 51.65 2367 7.57 3738 51.65 6986 39.16 5682 49.92 7228 34.80 7058 8.77 3451 32.47 4306 26.16 6808 50.92 4879 46.05 6921 51.08 3631 40.60 4668 1.30 6804 34.97 3624 51.65 4739 28.98 4738 44.40 7202 40.02 7203 38.96 7204 40.80 2640 .16 2113 30.47 5888 49.04 6813 21.00 6911 45.43 4808 15.59 1371 51.20 4817 51.13 6292 37.82 5529 45.05 6816 47.24 3450 37.37 5893 45.51 6928 36.94 4727 50.10 6469 49.98 4222 13.89 Date. Sept. 16 Mar. 23 Sept. 16 Dec. 2 Mar. 22 Jan. 30 Nov. 13 13 June 23 Feb. 27 Mar. 23 Nov. 27 Sept. 16 Feb. 27 28 Oct. 24 Nov. 13 Feb. 20 Nov. 16 23 Feb. 1 Nov. 21 May 19 Jan. 30 Mar. 22 June 23 Oct. 12 Nov. 6 i, 15 Mar. 13 June 23 Nov. 15 Jan. 18 „ 18 Aug. 18 „ 18 „ 18 Sept. 16 Mar. 22 Nov. 13 Sept. 16 Nov. 27 ,, 14 May 9 Mar. 7 *Jan. 23 Nov. 27 Dec. 11 Jan. 28 Oct. 24 Nov. 6 Mar. 21 ,/ 21 Feb. 20 J 252 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 West Kootenay.—Continued. Claim. Jane Jeanie Joe Joe Jonny Joseph Jumbo Kamloops Kamloops Fract... Kipling Fract Kootenay Lake View L. B L. H Lilly Little Bell Fract... Little Jack Fract.. Lost Cup Louisville Low Fract Lucky Jack Lucky Jack Fract . Lucky Three Lydia A Mamoth Marie Fract Mariposa Mars Martilde Maud Mayflower Mayeta Mayeta Fract Meadow Meadow Queen Meadow View No. 2 Mentor Fract Mollie Morning Mountain M Mountain Trail.... Nellie Fract Nina Nowell Omega Omega No. 2 Oronogo Ouray Ouray Fract Paladora Palmita Phyllis Pialot Fract Division. Ainsworth . Slocan Trail Creek Nelson .... Trout Lake Lardeau ... Trout Lake Nelson .... Slocan Trout Lake Ainsworth . Nelson .... Ainsworth . Trail Creek Lardeau ... Slocan City Trout Lake Ainsworth .. Nelson Slocan Nelson // // Trout Lake.. Nelson Slocan City.. Arrow Lake. Slocan. Trout Lake.. Arrow Lake. Trail Creek . Slocan Lardeau Nelson Ainsworth .. Nelson Slocan Arrow Lake Slocan Lardeau Nelson Grantee. The Trusts and Guarantee Co,, Ltd Ed. Hunt, D. D. MacDonald and Daniel J Matheson . . .. Joseph Kloman and Godfrey Wys J. S. C. Fraser et al Chas. W. McCrossan Abraham E. Kincaid Andrew Ferguson // // Harry McLeod John L. G. Abbott, Harry Abbott and Ernest L. Heatley E. Hunt, D. D. MacDonald, & D. J. Matheson John J. McGlone Alfred R. Fingland and Charles Brand Percy Ernest Doolittle Louis Martin, R. F. Green, Andrew Thisted, Patrick McCue and James C. Ryan War Eagle Consolidated M'g & Dev. Co.... H. N. Baird, T. A. Crane, Eliza E. McCly- mont, R. H. Jameson & Jane B. S. Major Archie B. Coleman ■ Wm. N. Brayton The Great Northern Mines, Ltd // it // // Wm. J. Twiss, Annie Keown, Walter Stead and Thos. Farquhar Hugh Sutherland Jacob Kelsen Harry McLeod John McLatchie and Edw. H. Stanley . A. C. Sutton, administrator of estate of Herman Lenker Charles W. McCrossan J. L. Stamford, A. G. Shaw and W. J. Beale Archie B. Coleman Fredk. R. Blochberger Smith Curtis JohnB. Old Queen-Dominion M'g. Co., Ltd., N.P.L John M. Harris and James F. Armstrong.. Richard T. Dil worth Smith Curtis Christian C. Knutson Monitor and Ajax Fract. Ltd H. N. Baird, T. A. Crane, Eliza E. Mc- Clymont and Jane B. S. Major John A. Gibson, Hugh Sutherland, Henry H. Nell and Chas. R. Holmes The Beaver Canyon Mining Co., Ltd., N. P. L. // /; // Duncan McArthur and Christian L. Behnsen Monitor and Ajax Fract // // A. H. Old and Wm. H. Page Alfred Robinson Hugh N. Baird, Thos. A. Crane, Eliza E. McClymont and Jane B. S. Major The Pilot (Ymir) Gold Mining and Milling Co., Ltd., N.P.L * Issued 1906. Lot No. Acres. 6806 46.93 3629 34.90 6904 24.37 3768 40.50 5337 30.45 6938 38.79 4952 34.14 5684 5.56 4810 5.45 3798 51.05 3630 48.80 5425 27.25 5738 46.86 4304 32.50 6817 3.23 1080 2.89 1870 51.23 6461 38.45 1372 8.00 4731 22.13 4734 4.35 4732 20.56 5892 49.86 3837 51.65 6870 21.45 4809 40.82 3675 51.62 3871 51.38 5338 35.52 3684 51.18 6460 50.63 6933 24.81 3793 50.09 3605 45.06 2152 51.65 3180 3.51 621a 16.01 7227 47.30 3604 40.74 5078 50.90 3108 14.85 4239 51.00 3838 49.35 6786 51.65 6787 51.63 5572 40.18 3109 50.62 1017 8.06 2153 51.16 4880 31.02 3755 51.60 3452 9.86 Date. June 23 „ 27 May 19 Mar. 23 Sept. 11 June 28 Feb. 1 1 Nov. 14 Feb. 22 June 27 Sept. 16 Nov. 27 Mar. 22 Dec. 11 Nov. 16 " 23 6 May 9 June 16 „ 16 „ 16 Oct. 24 Nov. 13 *Jan. 23 Nov. 14 Feb. 20 June 28 Sept. 11 *Jan. 23 Nov. 6 6 „ 20 May 9 Nov. 27 June 5 May 9 Nov. 21 May 9 Oct. 24 April 17 Nov. 23 ,r is Oct.'" 11 II 11 Feb. 27 Mar. 17 a 17 Nov. 27 Mar. 23 Nov. 23 Jan. 30 6 Ed. 7 Crown Grants. J 253 West Kootenay.— Continued. Claim. Pingree Princess Fract... Queen Fract Recluse Redman Resurgam Revenge Revenue Robber King.... Royal Five Schmulka Second Extension Shakespeare... . Shareholder Silver Bell .. Silver Chief Silver Plume .... Silver Six....... Silver Star Fract Silver Tip Silver Tip Fract. Silver Tip Fract. S. J. M Skylark Slocan Prince Sloper Fract Spruce St. Joe St. Joe Stockholm Storm King Summerset Summit Sunset . Sunset Survey Fract Tamarack Triune Twilight Umatilla Fract ... Vancouver Victoria Whistler Wooloomooloo ... X. Y. Z Division. Nelson a Slocan Nelson a Ainsworth . Trout Lake. Trail Creek. Nelson Slocan Nelson Slocan Arrow Lake. Slocan Ainsworth . , Trout Lake.. Ainsworth .. Slocan Nelson .... Slocan '/ Nelson .... Arrow Lake Slocan .... Ainsworth . Revelstoke. Ainsworth . Lardeau . . . Nelson .... Grantee. J. L. Stamford, A. G. Shaw and W. J. Shaw Geo. Brine Arrow Lake Ainsworth . . Trail Creek. Trout Lake.. Slocan City.. Nelson Trout Lake.. Nelson Trail Creek.. Nelson Trail Creek.. Trout Lake.. Nelson Trout Lake . Queen-Dominion Mining Co., Ltd., N.P.L. Edward C. Arthur J. S. C. Fraser, et al W. J. Twiss, Annie Keown, Walter Stead and Thos. Farquhar Andrew Ferguson Sam'l McKee, John Anderson and Francis A. Williamson J. A. Gibson, Hugh Sutherland, H. H. Nell and Chas. B. Holmes Edw. Hunt, D. D. MacDonald and D. J. Matheson A. C. Sutton, administrator of the estate of Herman Lenker, deceased Queen-Dominion Mining Co., Ltd., N.P.L. Fredk. R. Blochberger Wm. S. Drewry, Oliver T. Stone, John F. Mcintosh and Robert Williams Louis Martin, R. F. Green, Andrew Thisted, Patrick McCue and James C. Ryan.. Andrew Ferguson Wm. J. Twiss, Annie Keown, Walter Stead and Thos. Farquhar Wm. J. Twiss, Annie Keown, Walter Stead and Thos. Farquhar The Byron N. White Company Hugh Sutherland Wm. G. Clark and Wm. Donald The Erl Synd., Ltd D. McArthur Fredk. R. Blochberger John Elliot et al The Erl Synd., Ltd The Trusts and Guarantee Co., Ltd Wm. J. Butler A. R. Fingland and Charles Brand Wm. J. Bonza and Peter Larsen John A. Gibson, Hugh Sutherland, Henry H. Nell and Chas. R. Holmes Arthur H. Old and Wm. H. Page A. R. Fingland and Charles Brand Wm. Frank Case Chas. W. McCrossan Archie B. Coleman Lot No. John A. Gibson, Hugh Sutherland, Henry H. Nell and Chas. R. Holmes Andrew Ferguson J. S. C. Fraser, et al Fredk. R. Blochberger . J. L. G. Abbott, Harry Abbott and Ernest Heatley Fredk. R. Blochberger Hy. H. Johnstone, Geo. D. Morton, E. W. Gustin and Alex'r Dobson Wm. G. Sivyer Jas. J. McGlone * Issued 1906. 3685 5667 3179 4228 3769 5889 5685 6985 3626 3628 3871 6803 5720 3736 6815 5683 5895 5894 4878 3840 4881 5824 5573 5719 582 5990 6805 5675 6908 6934 3625 2154 6909 6563 5339 6931 6338 5681 3767 2720 3797 5218 7433 897 4742 Acres. Date. 51.65 51.50 22.50 48.77 50.00 49.55 20.25 48.03 50.40 51.65 51.65 41.00 48.94 49.36 51.65 36.25 36.83 5.90 12.36 51.65 42.65 6.85 38.11 20.80 50.59 5.20 51.65 23.23 51.65 32.37 51.65 51.59 49.53 51.60 43.46 22.89 50.61 50.81 48.30 16.03 51.65 51.65 51.25 51.59 14.45 *Jan. 23 Jan. 21 June 5 Feb. 27 Mar. 23 Oct. 24 Nov. 13 „ 23 // 15 June 27 n 28 5 Nov. 20 -/ 16 Dec. 11 Feb. 1 Oct. 24 •/ 24 Nov. 13 / 13 / 13 Sept. 16 Feb. 27 Nov. 20 Feb. 21 June 29 ; 23 Sept. 11 Nov. 27 Oct. 11 Nov. 15 ■i 27 i 27 Feb. 27 Sept. 11 Nov. 6 „ 15 Feb. 1 Mar. 23 Nov. 24 Feb. 22 Nov. 24 *Jan. 23 Nov. 24 Sept. 16 J 254 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 West Kootenay.—Concluded. Claim. Division. Grantee. Lot No. Acres. Date. Ainsworth .. Trout Lake . Wm. J. Twiss, Annie Keown, Walter Stead 5891 2396 7089 49.18 12.90 49.20 Oct. 24 Young Dominion Fr Queen Dominion Mg. Co., Ltd., L. P. L June 5 Nov. 21 Yale. Admiral African Farm Aldie Alice Alma Alpha Alpine American Eagle... Azurite Banner Barnato Barnato Fraction. . Bay Horse Fract... Bay Fract Berlin Fract Billy Goat Blackbird Boston Boston Boundary Fract ... Bryan Buller Bullion Bullion No. 1 Buna Vista Fract.. Bunker Hill Callao Canadian Belle .... Charter Oak City of Paris Coldspring Courment Constitutional Con Verdant Copper Glance Copper Head No. 1 Copper Jack ..... Copper Kettle No. 1 Copper Wonder Fra Coronation Cousin Jack Deer Trail Diamond Diamond Dot Dumphy Greenwood.. Grand Forks Greenwood. . Grand Forks Similkameen Greenwood.. Similkameen Osoyoos Greenwood.. Grand Forks Greenwood. . Similkameen Osoyoos Similkameen Greenwood. . Osoyoos .... Grand Forks Osoyoos Greenwood. . Grand Forks Greenwood.. Osoyoos Greenwood. . Osoyoos Similkameen Kamloops. .. Similkameen Osoyoos Similkameen Osoyoos Greenwood.. Similkameen Greenwood. . Similkameen Grand Forks Thomas Hemmerle and Hugh McKee Hugh S. Cayley Leonard Vaughan D. McBride, J. G. McMynn and Mary T. McMynn Philip B. S. Stanhope H. A. McLaren John R. MoRae and Hugh McRae John B. Desrosiers. John R. McRae and Hugh McRae Josiah Graham and John E. Stevens Victor R. Swanson and Samuel T. Larsen.. Victor R. Swanson and Samuel T. Larsen.. John F. Farrell David Manchester, Henry V. Fuller, and Fredk. K. Hall The Boulder Mining Co., Ltd., N. P. L Robert Gaede and John Riordan The Boulder Mining Co., Ltd., N. P. L John N. Greden W. M. Cameron, administrator of the estate of G. M. Stump, deceased The Vancouver & Boundary Creek Development & Manufacturing Co., Ltd Leonard Vaughan Edmund J. Tett Mary Turner McMynn and Donald McLaran Robert Gaede Forbes M. Kerby Neil McCallnm and Ella Clark.. ■ Elizabeth Galloway Horatio J. Duffy and Thos. D. Pickard Myron K. Rodgers and Geo. H. Cahill Isaac H. Hallett and John P. McLeod G. H. Cahill, Wm. B. Hine, & D. Braithwaite C. J. Wilson and W. J. Wilson Albert Klockmann The British Columbia Trust Co., Ltd John R. McRae and Hugh McRae Robert Gaede . J. S. C. Fraser, H. E. Poulinier & E. E. Wells Robt. Gaede and James Riordan Horatio J. Duffy and Thos. D. Pickard T. H. Paterson, administrator of the estate of Adolphus Ferguson, deceased intestate, Henry V. Fuller, and H. Bunting. The Boulder Mining Co., N. P. L Jane Russell, Wellington Elson and Evan Parry Wm. Claude Fox Herbert H. Thomas Otto Gruno * Issued 1906. 2379 30.80 Jan. 12 1095 45.69 July 24 3239 27.75 Nov. 21 2791 51.61 a 21 2660 46.43 Mar. 7 1204 36.75 Nov. 13 3269 21.69 Mar. 21 1289 50.75 June 27 3268 42.75 Mar. 21 2819 26.00 April 14 2848 51.11 Sept. 16 2865 7.77 „ 16 1573 1.82 July 24 3285 46.00 Feb. 20 269 30.00 May 17 3122 34.62 April 14 268 41.50 May 17 2854 51.65 Mar. 13 3112 39.23 Sept. 16 2613 14.69 July 24 3241 43.69 Nov. 21 3242 51.65 Dec. 21 1200 47.00 Nov. 20 3116 38.54 Mar. 3 1553 22.70 Dec. 11 1609 51.65 July 24 1017 46.30 Jan. 20 3038 51.65 July 25 3466 41.50 Nov. 6 2948 44.36 „ 6 723 48.00 May 23 278 44.65 Nov. 6 282 44.20 *Jan. 23 1341 51.42 Nov. 15 3267 51.65 Mar. 21 3115 18.76 Mar. 3 1189 46.45 Jan. 20 3445 35.45 Oct. 12 695 22.80 July 25 3365 30.24 Oct. 24 263 46.00 May 17 1526 36.00 Mar. 6 1455 21.48 Jan. 24 3265 51.60 Dec. 6 3018 35.26 Jan. 18 6 Ed. 7 Crown Grants. J 255 Yale.—Continued. Claim. Earnscliffe Fract .. Edward VII El Rio Emma Fract E Pluribus Unum.. E. P. U. Fract.... First Chance Flagstaff .... Florence Freddy Burn. Gipsy Globe Golden Dollar Fract Golden Gate Golden Nugget... Gold Standard ... Gum Boot Frac... Gypsey Fract Happy Jack Hattie Hawthorne Honeysuckle Hoyland Fract.... Humming Bird... International. Invincible ... I. X. L Jerry Jim Jim Hill Jumbo Fract ... Jumbo Fraction . Juniper Juniper Kinlough Fract.. Klondyke Lancashire Fract. Lancaster Lillie James Lion's Paw Little Lottie .... Lorenia Lucky Boy May Day Mayflower Mayflower Messina Midnight Sun. Molly Gibson.. Montezuma . .. Morning ...... Mount Adams. Myrtle Fract.. Nelly No. 1. Nelly Fract. Division. Kamloops .. Greenwood. . Grand Forks Greenwood.. Grand Forks Osoyoos Grand Forks Similkameen Greenwood.. Similkameen Greenwood.. ,/ Grand Forks Osoyoos .... Similkameen Kamloops .. Similkameen Greenwood.. Similkameen Greenwood. . Grand Forks // Greenwood.. Grand Forks Kamloops .. Osoyoos Kamloops .. Vernon Grantee. Greenwood. . Grand Forks Greenwood.. Osoyoos Similkameen Osoyoos Greenwood.. Greenwood. . Grand Forks Greenwood. . Osoyoos .... Kamloops .. Grand Forks Similkameen Osoyoos .... Grand Forks Osoyoos The British Columbia Trust Co., Ltd . G. M. Bennett and Henry J. Homann The British Columbia Trust Co., Ltd . James F. Cunningham Wm. T. Hunter Chas. E. Hamilton, Frank N. Maas and F. Dielher Robert Gaede and James Riordan R. B. Thomas and Gust. Holmes Chas. J. Wilson and William J. Wilson... John Mulligan Wm. M. Law and John Gray Alex. Waddell, Eugene Sullivan and Mary T. McMynn \ A. R. Carrington Sydney M. Johnson .... W. M. Low, Albert Piper and R. Mathison Sigmund Dilsheimer A. T. Broderick and Geo. Frederick . ... A. E. Howse, E. P. Lowe and Jas. Brown.. J. S. C. Fraser, H. E. Poulinier, E. E. Wells Michael Snee Thos. M. Day and Francis W. Groves . .. John A. Tuzo and Wilfred Cookson Isaac Skidmore Albert Klockmann Wm. Knight and Thos. H. Reed H. H. Thomas, W. H. Thomas and Susan L. Allison Jewel Gold Mines, Ltd George Cook and Mary T. McMynn C. E. Hamilton, F. N. Mans and C. Diether John A. Crawford et al James H. Plummer Archibald Irwin C. DeB. Green and E. Bullock-Webster .. Thomas D. Guest The Vane. & Bdy. Ck. Dev. & Mg. Co., Ltd Wm. T. Hunter Chas. J. McGee Chas. H. Tye Horatio J. Duffy and Thomas D. Pickard... Albert E. Howse, E. P. Lowe, and J. Brown Horatio J. Duffy and T. D. Pickard Sydney M. Johnson et al Jane Russell, W. Elson, and Evan Parry .. C. H. Henning, P. Hickey, & D. Mcintosh. Jas. A. Macdonald Alfred Cameron, E. Tennessen and C. Stooke Horatio J. Duffy and Thos. D. Pickard Andrew Noble Hugh S. Cayley The Boulder Mining Co., Ltd., N. P. L Henry W. Yates Otto Gruno Robert Gaede Lot No. 1301 3499 1231 2143 3253 3254 3414 3444 3010 270 1811 2294 2844 1332 3142 2980 3304 3106 1187 1188 834 3263 2936 3337 283 278 2047 2882 2905 3416 3128 2401 1230 1604 838 1188 3254 3076 1724 642 1190 694 2331 1525 1773 1734 2951 2825 833 2812 265 1445 3019 3117 3121 Acres. 1.67 51.57 29.40 1.38 42.00 3.44 50.34 50.22 51.65 51.65 32.14 33.42 13.00 47.97 21.47 21.89 3.52 30.51 51.65 51.65 51.65 51.65 19.32 19.76 46.45 46.25 51.65 41.04 50.10 42.75 6 40 2.45 51.65 46.69 16.92 44.40 8.23 29.78 36.14 50.41 51.58 29.08 27.53 43.00 35.34 27. W il.57 39.75 51.65 48.75 28.70 19.00 19.59 22.14 32.47 Date. Nov. 15 „ 27 Mar. 11 „ 13 Sept. 11 „ 11 May 9 Oct. 12 Mar. 13 Nov. 6 -/ 13 Sept. 11 Nov. 21 Mar. 21 Sept. 11 May 23 Nov. 27 June 21 Oct. 12 Jan. 24 June 19 Sept. 11 May 19 Nov. 20 *Jan. 23 * „ 23 June 28 Jan. 14 Nov. 20 May 9 Mar. 6 Nov. 6 Sept. 11 April 17 June 19 Oct, 11 Sept. 11 Oct. 11 n 12 July 25 Oct. 12 July 25 June 14 Mar. 6 ,i 7 July 24 Nov. 20 July 25 April 20 Nov. 20 May 17 9 Jan. 18 Mar. * Issued 1906. J 256 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 Yale.—Continued. Claim. Nelson New York No. 1 No. 14 , No. 19 No. 21 No. 23 No. 33 No. 35 No. 37 Fraction . .. No. 39 No. 41 Fraction . .. No. 47 Fractiou . .. No. 48 Fraction . .. No. 49 Fraction . . . No. XII. Fraction. Noonday Norma North Seattle Frac Oregon Oshkosh Owl Paymaster Peer Peerless Fract Penstowe Fraction. Phoebe Pilot Pittsburg Princess Princeton Pride of the West Fraction R. S S. & W. Fraction.. Sailor Jack Saturday Sefch Shamrock Silverside Smelter Solomon Fract .... St. Elmo St. George St. Helen St. Lawrence St. Louis Strathmore Summit No. 1 Superior Telephone Thunder Hill Tinhorn Fract Thunder Hill Toronto Torpedo Fract Undine Ute Fract Greenwood. . Similkameen Division. Greenwood. . Kamloops .. // Grand Forks Similkameen Greenwood.. Greenwood. . Grand Forks Similkameen Kamloops .. Greenwood. . it Osoyoos .... Kamloops .. Similkameen Grand Forks Similkameen Similkameen // Osoyoos .... Greenwood. . Osoyoos ... Similkameen Grand Forks Similkameen Greenwood.. Osoyoos Greenwood.. Lillooet Greenwood. . Similkameen Grand Forks Greenwood.. Vernon Grand Forks Greenwood.. Grantee. Elizabeth Galloway . Mary Agnes Voight. Melvin D. Schenck Archibald Irwin The British Columbia Trust Co. Ella Clark and Charles Hay ... Ltd. Mary Agnes Voight The Boulder Mining Co., Ltd., N. P. L. John N. Greden et al Robert Wood R. E. Crawford, Fred. Lange and J. Shaw. Albert Edward Irwin Fredk. J. Fulton David McBride, J. G. McMynn and Mary T. McMynn Thomas Roderick and Jas. Marshall W. F. Cameron and L. W. Shatford Cecil W. Ward and Jas. 0. Grahame The Vermilion Forks Min. & Dev. Co, Ltd.. Walter Sterling ^ Mary A. Voight and John W. Cook Charles J. Wilson John B.Wood Henry A'. Whillans Jewel Gold Mines, Ltd Robert Gaede and James Riordan J. F. Campbell, H. W. Yates & S. M. Johnson Mary Agnes Voight John Rogers and Geo. T. Nye Jessie R. Hunter W. H. Armstrong and Chas. F. Law John N. Greden Elizabeth Galloway Robert Gaede John Gray Leslie Hill, E. J. Taylor and Lee G. Burns. Sydney M. Johnson Edgar E. Burr C. E. Hamilton, F. N. Maas, C. F. Diether John N. Greden The Vancouver and Boundary Creek Devel opment and Mining Co., Ltd J. S. C. Fraser and James Foulds John Moran » Issued 1906. Lot No. Acres. 2293 50.27 3574 51.65 3349 51.39 3289 51.65 3358 40.91 3571 42.58 3346 48.89 3359 23.71 3363 49.72 3348 14.53 3570 42.33 3569 51.63 3575 51.42 3580 44.10 3581 50.07 2280 1.07 1231 50 90 1302 51.20 3017 8.80 3572 48.99 266 36.20 2395 37.80 2800 51.65 3045 51.65 250 20.10 1201 10.03 2790 49.58 3297 44.00 3113 49.99 832 51.65 153 26.28 1947 50.83 3357 25.53 271 30.40 273 47.40 2043 37.40 2883 46.08 3123 10.54 718 47.00 3573 48.39 2999 8.07 3266 23.16 259 46.31 261 36.67 258 44.67 2355 41.92 1018 37.80 3118 32.78 2786 51.65 670 28.70 3143 49.17 3026 00.61 3413 49.79 2856 29.65 1189 42.18 2138 38 70 2611 4.71 Date. Nov. 6 15 Oct. 30 Nov. 15 Oct. 30 Nov. 15 Oct. 30 Nov. 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 May 19 Sept. 11 Nov. 15 23 15 May 26 Mar. 7 Sept. 11 Jan. 18 Nov. 6 June 19 Nov. 21 Sept. 11 16 June 8 Sept. 11 Mar. 11 Oct. 30 Nov. 6 6 Jan. 23 Jan. 14 April 14 July 15 Nov. 15 Jan. 20 Jan. 23 Jan. 3 3 3 Mar. 13 Jan. 20 Mar. 3 Sept. 11 Oct. 11 Sept. 11 Nov. 6 May 9 Mar. 13 Oct. 11 Dec. 6 Sept. 11 6 Ed. 7 Crown Grants. J 257 Yale.—Concluded. Claim. Viceroy Fract Victor West Fork Winibago Woodchuck Wood Duck Yellow Jacket .... Yellow Jacket No. 1 Yellow Jacket No. 1 Fract Ymir Division. Greenwood. . Kamloops .. Grand Forks Similkameen Lillooet ... Lillooet ... Similkameen Osoyoos .... Similkameen! Grantee. Sydney M. Johnson etal The British Columbia Trust Co., Ltd Chas. E. Hamilton, Frank N. Maas, and Chas. F. Diether The Boulder Mining Co., Ltd., N. P.L Leslie Hill, E. J. Taylor, and L. G. Burns .. Mary Agnes Voight Robert Gaede The Boulder Mining Co'.,' Ltd., N. p! L.'.'.. Lot No. 1722 1340 3415 267 579 671 3356 3119 3120 264 Acres. Date. 25.07 40.81 51.65 33.50 38.20 24.58 38.45 46.19 19.20 33.10 Mar. Nov. May 9 ., 26 Oct. 11 ,i 11 Mar. 30 3 3 May 17 J 258 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 GOLD COMMISSIONERS AND MINING RECORDERS. Mining Districts and Divisions. Location of Office. Gold Commissioner. Mining Recorder. Sub-Recorder. Atlin Atlin Mining Division.. Herbert Young.... - . W. H. Vickers. Port Simpson .... Skeena Mining Division John Flewin H. C. Flewin. Masset, Q. C. I. . Skidegate, // ... W. H. Dempster. Jas. L. Steele. John Conway. Burt E. Daily. Ed. McCoskrie. Victoria Neil F. Mackay . . . Neil F. Mackay . .. i Bella Coola Chris. Carlson. Omineca Mining Divisi'n Alex. C. Murray. F. W. Beatton. Fort St. John Ezra Evans. Barkerville " .... F. E. Holt. Cariboo Mining Division Quesnel' n Geo. Walker W. Stephenson.... Clinton Mining Division C. Phair F. Soues C. Phair Kamloops District Kamloops Mining Div . . G. C. Tunstall ... E. T. W. Pearse. . . Geo. Murray. Ashcroft Mining Div.. . H. P. Christie Hugh Hunter Sub-office Hedley Nicola Yale F. M. Gillespie. Geo. Murray. Yale Mining Division . . Wm. Dodd Vernon Mining Division Greenwood Mining Div. Greenwood W. G. McMynn . . . Geo. Cunningham.. H. F. Wilmot. H. Nicholson. F. F. Ketchum. Grand Forks Fairview Olalla S. R. Almond C. A. R. Lambly . . S. R. Almond J. R. Brown Osoyoos Mining Division John McDonald. F. M. Gillespie. Golden , J. E. Griffith Golden Mining Division Windermere // F. C. Lang E. J. Scovil Colin Cameron. 6 Ed. 7 Gold Commissioners and Mining Recorders. J 259 Mining Districts and Divisions. Location of Office. Gold Commissioner. Mining Recorder. Sub-Recorder. Fort Steele District .... Fort Steele Mining Div. Cranbrook . Joseph Walsh. A. Soyce. M. Phillipps. Fred. J. Smyth. Slocan District Ainsworth Mining Div . Elk mouth E. E. Chipman R. J. Stenson W. Simpson. J. Simpson. F. C. Campbell. Slocan Mining Division. Angus Mclnnes ... E. M. Sandilands. Slocan City Mining Div. Nelson District Nelson Mining Division Sub-office Sub-office Revelstoke District Revelstoke Mining Div. Illecillewaet Trout Lake C. D. Blackwood .. Nelson K. A. Renwick .... W. Scott . . H. F. Wilmot. W. E. McLauchlin. // G. Sumner F. C. Campbell.... Trout Lake J. Simpson. Rossland District Trail Creek Mining Div. Nanaimo District Nanaimo Mining Div .. Marshal Bray Alert Bay W. Woollacott. Alberni Mining Division Clayoquot Quatsino Victoria District Victoria Mining Division A. L. Smith A. L. Smith W. T. Dawley .... B. W. Leeson , Neil F. Mackay . . . New Westminster. G. V. Cuppage .... C. C. Fisher L. A. Agassiz. J. Pelly. ' < 6 Ed. 7 Table of Contents. J 261 TABLE OF CONTENTS. Subject. Mineral Production Statistical Tables Progress of Mining during Year Bureau of Mines—Work of Year Assay Office Report Examination of Assayers " Coal Mine Officials Caribou District— Report on Quesnel Mining Division, // Cariboo n n Quesnel // » Cassiar District: Atlin District—Report on Windy Arm // a a // // Teslin, Liard and Stikine Mining Divisions n Notes on Skeena Mining Division—Report on a tt Notes on Northern Interior Plateau East Kootenay District: Fort Steele Mining Division—Report on Golden tt n Windermere » /; West Kootenay District: North-West Kootenay—Report on Revelstoke Mining Division n n n n Big Bend District Trout Lake n n .» Lardeau // » Slocan District it n Ainsworth /; /; Slocan a it n City n n Nelson » » Arrow Lake « n Trail Creek » „ (Rossland) Boundary District: Greenwood Mining Division—Report on Grand Forks it it Osoyoos a i, Vernon District: Vernon Mining Division—Report on Yale District: Kamloops Mining Division—Report on Nicola Coal Basin, Extracts from Report on Aspen Grove and Aberdeen Camp, Copper Claims of Ashcroft Mining Division—Report on Yale « » Similkameen // // Lillooet District: Lillooet Mining Division—Report on Clinton t, n Coast District: Alberni Mining Division—Report on Clayoquot // » Quatsino n » Nanaimo /; n Victoria n ti New Westminster // /; Inspection of Metalliferous Mines List of Accidents Submitted by Provincial Mineralogist tt a a a ti a a Assayer ii a /; Mineralogist Gold Commissioner a n Mining Recorder Provincial Mineralogist R. G. McConnell—Geological Survey Gold Commissioner a Provincial Mineralogist Gold Commissioner Provincial Mineralogist n n Gold Commissioner it Mining Recorder Gold Commissioner Mining Recorder Provincial Assayer // a n it .... Gold Commissioner it Mining Recorder ii Gold Commissioner Mining Recorder Gold Commissioner Gold Commissioner // n Gold Commissioner Gold Commissioner Dr. R. W. Ells—Geological Survey.. R. A. A. Johnston, n Mining Recorder n Gold Commissioner I! Gold Commissioner Mining Recorder Gold Commissioner it Mining Recorder Inspector's Reports Page. 7 7 to 14 15 27 29 30 31 48 48 51 58 60 64 68 76 76 79 85 89 141 143 144 148 148 149 153 155 157 157 159 161 164 170 171 175 184 188 192 194 196 201 205 205 207 208 209 211 212 212 214 216 217 218 222 J 262 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906 Subject. Submitted by Page. 224 227 227 233 241 „ from 1896 to 1905—Tabulated 242 243 246 Crown Grants for Mineral Claims issued in 1905 List of Gold Commissioners and Mining Recorders of From Lands and Works Records Provincial Mineralogist 248 258 261 263 273 275 Index. J 263 INDEX. A. Aberdeen camp, copper claims 201 Report of Mr. A. Johnston, Geol. Survey .... 204 Aberdeen 204 Accidents in B. C. Collieries, 1905, table of .... 241 Detailed statement of 243 B. C. Collieries in ten years, table of 242 Adventurer Group 170 Ah Quay hydraulic claim ; 53 Ahwillgate, Indian bridge at 134 Ainsworth Mining Division 157 Report of Gold Commissioner 157 Ajax (Kamloops) 194 Alabama hydraulic claim 54 Alamo. See Idaho-Alamo. Alberni District : Alberni Mining Division 211 Report of Gold Commissioner 211 A Idebaran 81 Aldermere 116 Alice 25, 169 Alice Broughton Mining Co 169 Alice No. 2 153 Alki creek 141 Amalgamated McKee Creek Mining Co 69 American Boy. 160 American Mining Co. (Revelstoke) . 148 American Girl Group 79 Am. Inst. Mining Engineers, visit of 27 Analyses of soils from Northern Interior 139 Analytical work, Government Assay Office 29 Anloine 160 Argenta Mines Co 159 Arizona 167 Arlington (Erie) 164, 168 Arlington (Slocan City) 162 Arrow Lake Mining Division : Report of Mining Recorder 170 Ashcroft Mining Division : Report of Mining Recorder 205 Aspen Grove camp, copper claims : Report of Mr. A. Johnston, Geol. Survey .... 201 Assayers, examinations for 30 List of, licensed to practise in B. C 30, 31 Assay Office, Provincial, work of 29 A thelslan-Jackpot 179 Atlin District 26 Atlin Mining Division 60 Report of Gold Commissioner .... 68 Extension of boundaries of 68 Gold recovered in, during year 75 Atlin and Willow Creek Gold Mining Co 69 Atlin Lake Company 72 Aurora Group 140 B. Babine range 116, Baltimore Banner Bannockburn Barkerville Mining Division Harnett Barrett's ranche Bay Bayonne Bay View Group B. O. and Tilbury Bear Hydraulic Company Beatrice Beaver pass Beaver river Bell Belle Berry Creek Mining Co Report of Manager , Beta and Gamma hydraulic leases Betts and Hesperus Group Big Bend District (Revelstoke) : Report of Prov. Assayer Country rock, report of Prof. Dresser on. Big Bend trail Big Chief Big Interior Group Big Kid Big Thing Group Big Sioux Bill Nye Bimetallic 131 158 187 163 51 163 115 181 169 82 145 56 156 53 56 159 185 76 76 69 184 149 150 195 146 211 202 68 203 195 82 Birch creek 71 Bismarck 159 Black Bear 81 Black Cloud 163 Black Diamond Group 145 Blackfoot 145 Blackhawk 163 Black Prince Group 80 Blackwater river 94 Blue Bell (Ainsworth) 158 Blue Bell (Babine) 132 Blue Bell (Skeena) 80 Blue Bell (Telkwa) 84 Blue Bird 160 Blue Grouse 154 Bob creek 114 Bob Fraction 161 Bonanza (Copper river) 144 Bonanza (Skeena) 80 Bonanza (Trout Lake) 154 Bonanza (Yale) 206 Bonnie Bell 181 Bonus 79 Boomerang Camp 181 Boston 190 Bosun 160 Boulder creek (Atlin) 72 Boulder Mining Co 207 Boundary District 25 n v high-grade mines in 179 // smelters 182 a i, ore treated at, 1900-1905 183 J 264 Index. Page. Boundary mines, ore shipments from in 1905. .. 175 1900-1905. 183 Boundary District : Greenwood Mining Division—Report of Gold Commissioner 175 Grand Forks Mining Division—Report of Gold Commissioner 184 Osoyoos Mining Division—Report of Gold Commissioner 188 Brick, production of 23 Bridge river 208 Bridge River and Lillooet Gold Mining Co 209 Britannia 26 British America Dredging Co., Ltd 70 British Columbia Copper Co 177 British Columbia Dredging Co 71 British Columbia Milling and Mining Co 57 British Empire Group 192 Broadview 154 Broken Hill Mining and Milling Co 167 Brooklyn . 179 Brown-Alaska Smelting Co 80 Buckhorn 203 Buck river 113 Buena Vista 79 Buffalo 161 Buffalo Mining Co 148 Building stone 23 Bulkley valley—origin of name 91 „ 113 n river 114 Bidl Dog 188 Bullion 82 Bullion (Windermere) 145 Bull river 141 Bunyon Group 146 Bureau of Mines—work of year 27 Butcher flats 96 Byron N. White Co 159 c. California 161 Calumet and Hecla (Trout lake) 155 Calumet and Hecla (Slocan City M. D.) 162 Camp Creek Mining Co 148 Camp Fairview 188 Camp Hedley 188 Camp Rest 190 Canadian-American Mining Co 82, 85, 86 Canadian Creek Co 55 Canadian Group 161 Canadian Metal Co 158 Canyon creek (Bulkley valley), exposure of coal shales on 130 Capital Prize 181 Consolidated Cariboo Hydraulic Mining Co 59 Report of manager 48 Carcross 60 Cariboo Consolidated Company 52 Cariboo District : Cariboo Mining Division, Report of Gold Com'r 48 Quesnel « » n 48 „ „ // Mining R. 58 Caribou Crossing 60 Carmi Camp 182 Cascade 26 Cascade-Bonanza 172 Cassiar District 60 Atlin Mining Division 68 Report of Gold Commissioner 68 Northern portion of, Teslin, Liard and Stikine Mining Divisions 76 Report of Gold Commissioner 76 Skeena Mining Division 79 Report of Gold Commissioner 79 Cassiar Coal Co 117 Cassie 82 Cayoosh creek 208 Cement, production of 24 Centre Star 171 Chapleau 163 Charlemont Group 146 Cherry Creek Gold Mining Co 193 Cheslatta lake 107 Chestnut Hill Mining Co 154 Chilako river 96 Chilkat Mining Division 74 China creek 55 China Creek Hydraulic Mining Co 55 Cincinnati 203 Cinderella 161 Clayoquot Mining Division 212 Report of Mining Recorder 212 Clearwater river 78 Clinton Mining Division 209 Report of Gold Commissioner 209 Clucultz lake 97 Coal at Nicola 196 a at Quilchena 200 // in Vernon Mining Division 193 a on Telkwa river 117 ./ at Quatsino 213 /; boring for, Telkwa river 123 a croppings on Fraser lake 105 Coal exposures, Kitimat Dev. Syndicate (Telkwa) 122 Transcontinental Dev. Syndicate 122 Analysis of 121 Cassiar Coal Co (Telkwa)—section 118 Analysis of 119 Report by F. H. Shepherd, M. E 122 Coal fields, new, development of— Princeton 225 Flathead district .... 225 Elk river (upper) 225 Telkwa river .... 225 Skeena river (upper) 225 Peace river 225 Coal and coke—Table showing production and distribution of total output 224 Coal output for year, statistics & comment, 18, 19, 20 Coal Mine Officials, examinations for 31 Board of Examiners for 32 Questions asked at examinations for 35 List of 45, 247 Coal Mines, inspection of— Vancouver Island and Coast District, report of Inspector 227 East Kooten ay District, report of Inspector.. 233 Coal Mines Regulation Act— Certificates issued under 45, 247 Prosecutions under 232, 240 Certificates under "Amendment Act, 1905". . 247 Coal mining in Fort Steele M. D 141 Coal prospecting in ,i 141 Coal mining in B. C.—Summary 224 Coal Hill (Kamloops) 194 Coffee Creek (Kootenay) Air Supply 158 Coke—Statistics, distribution of output, etc. See tables for coal. Colorado 162 Columbia Hydraulic Company 70 Columbia 80 Commodore 132 Comstock .. 160 Conrad City 60 Conrad Consolidated Mines 61 Consolation creek 78 Copper production of Province 22 Copper bay (Q. C. I.) 81 Copper Canyon . 216 Copper Chief (Aspen Grove) 202 Copper Chief (Trout lake) 154 Copper King (Telkwa) 83 Copper King (Portland Canal) 80 Copper Queen (Texada Island) .. .. 25, 214 Copper Queen (Telkwa) 83 Copper Queen (Copper River) 84 Copper river 84, 133 Copper river, claims on 134 Copper Standard (Aspen Grove) 202 Cordillero Group 214 Cork 158 Cornell 214 Coronado Group 84 Cotton Belt 195 Cotton Belt Mining Co 195 Cottonwood (Osoyoos) 190 Cottonwood (Telkwa) 84 Cousin Jack 207 Coutlee Coal and Iron Co 201 Cracker Jack 83 Crescent 179, 180 Crofton Smelter 26 Crown Point (Trail creek) 172 Crown Point (Kettle river) 181 Cumberland 83 Cunningham creek 56 Cunningham hydraulic claim 57 Curry Group 181 D. Daisy 124 Dakota 194 Daly Reduction Co 26, 188 Dandy , 181 Danube 80 Dayton * . 162 Dease lake 76 Delphine 145 Delphi Group 215 Denoro Mining Co 179 Developments of the year 24 Diamond R 145 Diamond Vale Coal & Iron Mines, Ltd 201 Discovery (Telkwa) 124 Dominion Copper Co 179 Dom Pedro 182 Downie creek 148 Dredging for gold in Atlin 70, 71 n a Cariboo 57 // n Yale Mining Division 206 // it Fraser river 209 Dresser, Prof., report of on rock samples from Telkwa river 124 From Goat Creek (Telwa) 125 From Sunrise mountain (Telkwa)... 128 On country rock from Big Bend District 150 Driftwood creek (Bulkley valley) 84, 130 Dry Hill Hydraulic Mining Co 82 Duchess Group 147 Duchess hydraulic lease 70 Dundee 167 Dunsmuir District 215 Duquesne Mining Co. 148 Dynamo 181 E. Earthquake 185 Eight-mile lake 55 Eldorado (Telkwa) 124 El Dorado Group (Osoyoos) 190 Eldorado (Babine mountains) 131 Eleven of England hydraulic claim 52 Elk Horn (Slocan) 161 Elkhorn (Boundary) 179 Elkhorn Mining Co 180 Elk river 141 Elk River Coal & Oil Co 141 Elsie 82 Emily Edith 160 Emma Group 164, 178 Empire 190 Empress (Slocan) 161 Empress (Whitewater) 159 Enderby Coal Mining Co 193 English Counties Hydraulic Syndicate 72 Enterprise (Copper river) 84, 134 Enterprise (Slocan) 163 Enterprise (Kettle river) 181 E. P. U. 179, 180 Eulatazella lake 97 Eureka Group 166 Eva 156 Evening 83 Evening Star 195 Examinations for coal mines officials 31 a assayers 30 F. Fairy Queen 191 Pear Not 155 Ferguson Mines, Ltd 153 First Effort .. 146 First of May 52 Fisher Maiden 160 Five-Mile Reduction Works 153 F. L. H. Group 161 Flint . 159 Fording river 141 Forest Rose Hydraulic Co 51 Forlorn 194 Forrest Group 83, 124 Fort Fraser 98 n Indian Reserve 105 Fort St. James 101 // Meteorological observations at. . 102 " Phenological report 104 Fort Steele District 24 Fort Steele Mining Division 140 Report of Gold Commissioner 140 Placer mining in 141 Coal mining in 141 Coal and oil prospecting in 141 J 266 Index. Fountain creek . Fox Francais lake .. Franklin camp . 57 129 105 186 Page. Fraser lake—agriculture at 106 Fraser River Gold Dredging Co 205 Free Coinage 153 French and English Group 185 G. Gale Georgia Creek G. II Giant (Aspen Grove) Giant Glacier creek (Skeena) (Telkwa) Gladstone hydraulic lease Gladys Gladys lake Glittering Blade Gloucester camp Gloucester Goat creek (Telkwa) « assays of ore from ... Gold production of Province : Statistics and comment Placer Lode Gold—free milling Gild Bug Gold Drop Group Golden Chest No. 2 Golden Crown Group Golden Eagle Golden Gate Golden Lilly .... Golden Mining Division Report of Gold Commissioner. Golden. Zone Group Gold Fields Co Goldfinch (Boundary) Gold Finch Mines, Ltd Gold Hill Gold Park Gold Run 192 80 187 202 143 80 129 70 211 78 80 187 187 117 125 .20, 21 .... 20 .., . 21 .... 21 .... 181 .... 176 .... 155 .... 82 .... 185 .... 81 .... 190 . .. 143 .. . 143 .... 190 .... 51 .... 181 .... 156 .... 83 .... 155 .69, 71 Goodenough Good Hope Group Good Luck Goose creek Goose lake Gopher Gorgon hydraulic lease Government Assay Office, work of Government ranche (Bulkley) Grace mountain .. Graham creek Graham island Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting & Power Co., Ltd Economical smelting by Grand Forks Mining Division Report of Gold Commissioner. Grand Solo Granite (Skeena) Granite (Osoyoos) Granville (Telkwa) Granvillo Graphic Grave Post creek Graveyard lake Great West Greenhorn Greenwood Group Gribbell island // Island Copper Co a island—Notes on by Mr. W. M. Brewer n /; Geology of // it Ore bodies on a Island Mining Co Grizzly Grouse creek 160 212 143 59 94 172 70 29 115 195 73 81 175 25 184 184 155 82 190 83 192 162 113 97 82 166 190 82 82 85 85 84 55 H. Hall Mining & Smelting Co Hamill creek Hallett lake Hampton Happy John Group Happy John No. 2 Happy Medium Hard Up hydraulic claim Hardy mountain Harper's camp Hartney Hastings (B. C.) Exploration Co. Hattie Hayward hydraulic claim Hazelton Helen Helen Mining Co Helga Gold & Copper Co Hematite iron at Quatsino Henderson Fraction Hendryx electro-cyanide process. Heron lead... Heron Company ... Hetty Green Group Hewitt 164 159 107 162 211 211 163 55 184 59 .... 161 ... 168 .... 80 .... 51 .... 135 .... 179 180 .... 212 .... 212 .... 84 .164, 166 55 .... 55 ..26, 212 .... 160 Hidden Creek Group 80 Hidden Treasure 192 Highland (Ainsworth) 158 Highlander (Ainsworth) 158 Highland Chief (Telkwa) 84, 134 Highland Chief (Boundary) 181 High Grade Group 146 Hill Top 195 Hogsback, The 97 Homestake (Trail Creek) 172 Homestake (Trout Lake) 154 Homestake Group (Portland Canal) 80 Homestake Group (Princess Royal Island) ...... 82 Hope 145 Hope No 2 181 Horsefly (Osoyoos) 191 Horsefly river 59 Horseshoe (Trout Lake) 154 Hot Punch Group 145 Hudson Bay mountain , 132 Humming Bird 185 Humming Bird Group (Osoyoos) 190 Humper 67 Hunter basin 126 Hunter V 168 Index. J 267 Ibex 82 Ice river 144 Idaho (Telkwa) 84 Idaho-Alamo 25, 160 Idaho Group (Boundary) 179 Illecillewaet Mining Div.—See N. W. Kootenay. Imperial Coal Co 141 Independence 82 Independence Fraction 82 Index 159 Inland Empire 172 Inspection of Metalliferous Mines : Report of Inspectors : West Kootenay and Boundary Districts 218 East Kootenay District 219 Coast District 220 Inspection of Coal Mines : Vancouver Island and Coast District: Western Fuel Co ,. 227 Page. Inspection of Coal Mines—Concluded. Vancouver Island and Coast District—Concluded. Wellington Colliery Co 229 East Kootenay District: Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co 233 Sales and output for year 234 International 163 International Gold Mining Co 206 Invincible 80 Iron deposits at Quatsino 212 Iron Chink 213 Iron Mask (Kamloops) 195 Iron mountain-Aspen Grove 205 Iron ore 22 Ivanhoe 25 i". X. L. (Slocan City) 162 /. X. L. (Aberdeen Camp) 204 /. X. L. (Trout Lake) 153 Jack 162 Joe Petty Jack of Clubs creek 57 Jackson mines 159 Jesperson lease 208 J. & L. Group 148, 150 Assays of ore from 151 Joe Joe 161 67 Jubilee Group 215 Jumbo 172, 173 June (Skeena) 80 June Group (Quatsino) 213 Jupiter 194 K. Kamloops 83 Kaslo creek, south fork 158 Kate 185 Keithley creek 51, 59 Ketchum 80 Kettle river, north fork of 185 n west // 181 Keystone Group 148 Kilo 163 Kimberley Group 162 King (Telkwa) 83, 126 King Solomon 26, 216 King Solomon (Aberdeen camp) 204 King Solomon Mines Co 158 Kingston Group 191 Kitimat arm 82 Kitimat Development Syndicate (Telkwa) 122 Kitsilas canyon 82 Kokanee creek 166 Koksilah river 216 Kootenay Bell 169 Kootenay Central Railway 143 Krao mine 158 L. Labour employed in mines—ratio of, to tonnage 16 Labourers' Co-operative Mining Co 143 Laclede Mining Co., Ltd 155 La Fontaine 52 Lakeview 162 Lake View Group 84 Lanax 154 La Plata Mines Co., Ltd 25, 166 Lardeau Mining Division : Report of Mining Recorder 155 Last Chance (Slocan) 160 Last Chance (Babine) 131 Lait Chance (Boundary) 179, 180 Last Chance Hydraulic Co 209 Lead bounty 17 a in Slocan District 25 Lead production of Province—statistics and comment 21 Lead Queen Group 146 Lease system in Slocan 25 Le Croix ranche 116 Lemon creek 163 LeRoi ,171, 173 it concentrator 171 Le Roi No. 2 171, 173 n No. 2 concentrator 171 Lightning Creek Gold Gravels & Draining Co. . . 53 Lightning Creek and tributaries 52 Lignite—outcrop of, near Quesnel 93 Lillooet District : Lillooet Mining Division 208 Report of Gold Commissioner 208 Lillooet hydraulic lease 209 Lily May (Trail creek) 172 Linson View 154 Little Bertha , 186 Little Daisy Group 161 Little Joe 80 Little Spruce Creek 71 Live Yank hydraulic 51 Lode Mines—production of 10 Lone Bachelor 161 Loring-Hankin-Forrest Syndicate 124 Loring basin 124 Lome creek 82 Lome Creek Hydraulic Co 82 Lome 208 Lottie F. Group 181 J 268 Index. Lottie M. Group 145 Louise 79 Lowhee hydraulic claim 52 Loyal Lease Co 215 Loyal Group 215 Luce hydraulic claim 51 Lucky Boy Group (Windermere) 154 Page. Lucky Boy (Trout Lake) 154 Lucky Jim (Kitsilas) 82 Lucky Jim (Slocan) 161 Lucky Jim (Telkwa river) 83 Lucky Seven 80 Lucky Seventh Group 145 M. Mabou Magqie Maitland lake Majestic Mammoth Maple Bay Marble Bay 25, Marion Marshall Group Marj'sville smelter Maud Mavis May May Bee Mayflower (Copper river) 84, May and Jennie 25, McDame creek McKee creek McKee Consolidated Hydraulic, Ltd McKinley Mc Lean Group McPhail Group Meadow Lark Melvviia Mercury Metalliferous Mines, inspection of. See Inspection : List of accidents in 1905 Tabulated Meteor Metropolitan Gold and Silver Mining Co Microscopic examination of rock samples from Telkwa Midnight Mildred Millie Mack Mineral Hill Mineral King Mineral Production oe British Columbia : Statistical tables— Table I.—Total production for all years up to and including 1905 Table II.—Production for each year from 1890 to 1905 Table III.—Diagram showing total production, also production of lode and coal mines Table IV.—Amount and value of mineral products for 1903, 1904, 1905 Table V.—Production of mineral by Districts and Divisions Table VI.—Yield of placer gold per year to date 163 203 109 161 156 80 214 161 176 141 80 181 163 79 134 165 78 69 69 186 146 193 181 132 161 222 223 162 153 124 204 81 170 187 145 10 N Naiad 124 Naltesby lake 96 Nanaimo District : Nanaimo Mining Division 214 Report of Gold Commissioner 214 Nanaimo Jubilee Mining Co 215 Nanette 82 Nechaco district 98 Mineral Production of British Columbia— Concluded. Statistical tables—Concluded. Table VII.—Production of lode mines 10 Table VIII.—Coal and coke production per year to date 11 Table IX.—Production in detail of the metalliferous mines for 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1905 12, 13 Table X.—Graphic table showing comparative mineral production for 1905, of B. C. and other Provinces of the Dominion 14 Mines, lode, production of. See Lode Mines. Shipping, 1905, table of 15 Non-shipping, men employed in 16 Mining, progress of, review of year 15 Missing Link 176 M. and 31. 67 Mogul 181 Mohawk 84 Mohecan 153 Mollie Hughes 161 Molly Gibson Group 25, 166 Monarch Group (Arrow lake) 170 Monarch Group (Boundary) 176 Monitor 160 Monitor and Ajax Fraction Co 160 Montana 61, 66 Montcalm 124 Montchief 124 Monteagle 124 Monte Carlo Group (Boundary) 181 Monte Carlo (Kamloops) 194 Montgomery hydraulic claim 52 Moresby island . .. 81 Morice river 84 Moricetown 116 Morning Star 79 Morning (Telkwa) 83, 129 Morrison 179 Mosquito creek 54 Mother Lode (Boundary) 177 Mother Lode (Trout lake) 155 Mountain Con 160 Mountain Goat 159 Mountain Hero 62 Mountain Rose 179 Mount Baker and Yale Mining Co 206 Mount Sicker .26, 216 Mucho Oro 52 Mud, or Tenas creek 128 Myrtle Group 162 Nechaco river 98, 104 flats 99 Neepawa 163 Nelson District : Nelson Mining Division 25, 164 Report of Gold Commissioner 164 New Westminster Mining Division 26 Report of Mining Recorder 217 Index. J 269 Page. Nickel Plate 26, 188 Nicola District 26 Nicola Coal-basin : Extract from Report of Dr. Ells, Geol. Survey. 196 Nicola Coal Co 201 Nicola Coal and Iron Co 201 Nicola, Kamloops and Similkameen Coal and Railway Co 201 Night Hawk 195 Nine-Mile creek 56 No. 1 158 Nob Hill 83 Noble Five (Skeena) 82 Noble Four 153 Non- Union hydraulic lease 72 Noolki lake 98 Nora 82 North Columbia Gold Mining Co 69 Page. North-East Kootenay District : Report of Gold Commissioner 143 Northern Bell Groxip 80 Northern Interior Plateau : Report of Provincial Mineralogist 89 Summary of trip through 135 Agricultural possibilities of 135 Soil of 135 Analysis of soil from 139 Forest growth in 137 Transportation in 137 Mineral probabilities of 137 Northern Mines Limited 71 Northland 82 North Star Group 24, 140 North-West Kootenay District : Report of Gold Commissioner , 148 North-West Pacific Company 206 o. Observatory Inlet 80 O'Donnel river 73 Office Statistics: Ainsworth Mining Division 159 Alberni ,, 211 Arrow Lake // 170 Ashcroft a 205 Atlin it 74 Cariboo District // 58 Clayoquot // 212 Clinton n 210 Fort Steele „ 142 Golden // 144 Grand Forks n 187 Greenwood n 182 Kamloops » 196 Lardeau n 156 Lillooet it 209 Nanaimo // 215 Nelson n 169 New Westminster n 217 Northern Cassiar // 79 Osoyoos it 191 Quatsino // 213 Revelstoke n 148 Similkameen n 207 Skeena u 84 Slocan a 161 Office Statistics- Slocan City Trail Creek Trout Lake Vernon Victoria Windermere Yale -Concluded. 163 174 155 193 217 147 206 Oil and oil shales 24 Olalla camp . . 188 Old England hydraulic lease 69 Olga..'. 80 Onward 51 Ootsa lake 110 Oread 124 Oregon Group 190 Oro Denoro 179 Osoyoos Mining Division 26 Report of Gold Commissioner 188 Ottawa 161, 162 Otter creek 73 Otter Hydraulic Co 73 Outcrop Group 144, 145 Output of minerals—percentage of, from various districts , 22 Oyster-Criterion 156 Oyster District (Nanaimo) 215 P. Pack Train Group 131 Paradise Group 143, 144 Pathfinder 186 Payne 25, 160 Pelican lake 94 Perry creek 141 Peters creek 53 Pilot Bay—zinc enriching plant at 158 Pine creek .. , 69 Pine Creek Power Co 69 Pingston creek 170 Pioneer (Lillooet) 208 Placer gold production to date—table showing.. 10 Placer mining in Fort Steele M. D 141 it on Fraser river 209 in Lillooet M. D 208 „ in Yale M. D 205 Platinum—occurrence of 23 Pleasant valley 113 Plumas hydraulic lease 70 Point hydraulic claim 52 Pooley canyon 63 Poorman-Granite Group 166 Poplar 155 Portland canal, mineral locations near ... 26, 79, 80 Portland Group (Aspen Grove) 203 Porto Rico 168 Potlach 144 Preston 180 Preston Mining Co 180 Prince 83 Prince Mining and Development Co 148 Prince of Copper 83 Prince Henry ... 179 Prince Henry-Abercraig M. & D. Syndicate 180 Princess of Copper 83 Princess Royal Island 81 Princess Royal Group 81 Production—Total : For all years up to 1905 7 For each year from 1890 to 1905 7 Diagram showing, of lode and coal mines 8 J 270 Index. Page. Production—Total—Concluded. Of mineral by Districts and Divisions . 9 Of placer gold per annum to date 10 Of lode mines 10 Of coal and coke per annum to date 11 Providence 179 Q Quartz Mining in Atlin M. D 74 Teslin M. D 78 n Cariboo 57 Quatsino Mining Division : Report of Mining Recorder 212 Queen 169 Queen Bess 161 Queen Charlotte islands 26, 81 R. Rabbit creek (Nechaco) 100 Rainbow (Telkwa) 83, 127 /; n assay of ore from 127 Rainy Hollow 74 Rambler (Slocan) 25, 160 Rambler (Skeena) 79 Rambler (Trout lake) 153 Rambler (Kettle river) 181 Rawhide 179 Reco 160 Red creek 129 Red Deer 67 Red Deer mountain 65 Red Fox 160 Red Hill 154 Red Rover 211 Reindeer 82 Renfrew District 216 Revelstoke Mining Division : Report of Mining Recorder 148 Revelstoke & McCulloch Creek Co 148 Revenue 159 Reward Mining Co., Ltd 153 Rex 192 R. E. Lee 161 Reliance (Copper river) 134 Richard III 216 s. Sally Group 181 Samson 145 Son Diego 84 San Juan district 216 San Juan Mining and Manufacturing Co 21 Seattle 185 Seattle Prospecting and Development Co 78 Second Relief 164, 168 Seymour arm, Shuswap lake, Big Bend district . 195 Shamrock 144 Shining Beauty Group 144 Shutt, Professor, report of, on soils from Northern Interior 139 Silver Bell 161 Silver Belt Group (Windermere) 144 Silver Bow Group 80 Silver Cloud 181 Silver Cup (Skeena) 80 Silver Cup and Nettie L. (Trout lake) 153 Silver Dollar (Lardeau) 156 Silver Dollar (Kettle river) 181 Silver Glance (Ainsworth) 159 Silver Glance (Slocan) 160 Page. Providence Mining Co 179 Province 158 Provincial Mineralogist, work of 27 Ptarmigan 143, 146 Puget Sound Iron Co 215 Queen Esther Group 146 Quesnel Mining Division : Report of Mining Recorder 58 // Gold Commissioner 48 Quesnel river—north fork 59 „ south fork 59 Quilchena coal basin 200 Rising Sun 194 Riverside (Slocan) 163 Riverside (Kettle river) 181 Rollo 191 Roosevelt Group 80 Rose 82 Rosella Hydraulic Mining & Development Co. .. 78 Rossland District : Trail Creek Mining Division 171 Report of Gold Commissioner 171 Rossland Camp 25 Rossland mines—ore shipments from 172 // detailed statement of ore shipments from 173 Rossland (Vernon) 192 Round lake 116 Rowse Fraction 161 Royal Stag 144 Ruby (Kitsilas canyon) 82 Ruby (Skeena) 79 Ruby creek 72 Ruby Creek Mining Partnership 72 Ruby Silver (Trout lake) 155 Ruby Silver (Windy Arm) 67 Russell 83 Ruth 160 Silver King Group 25, 164, 165 Silver Lake Group 79 Silver Plate 154 Silver production of Province : Statistics and comment 21 Silversides 190 Silverlip (Babine) 131 Silver Tip (Windermere) 146 Silver Top 134 Similkameen Mining Division : Report of Mining Recorder 207 Siwash creek 206 Skeena Mining Division : Report of Gold Commissioner 79 Skincuttle Entrance 81 Skylark 179, 180 Slocan District 25 Report of Gold Commissioner 157 Slocan Mining Division: Report of Mining Recorder 159 Slocan City Mining Division: Report of Mining Recorder 161 Slocan Boy 161 Index. J 271 Slocan Prince 162 Slocan Star 25, 159 Slough creek .. 54 Slough Creek Gold Gravels, Ltd 54 S. M 181 Smelters, Boundary District 182 Smelter, Britannia, at Crofton, V. 1 214 Smelter, Tyee Co.'s 214 Snowflake 190 Snowshoe creek 51, 59 Societe Miniere de la Colombie Britannique 72 South-East Kootenay District 140 South Yale Mining Co 207 Sovereign (Aspen Grove) 202 Spillimacheen mountain 143 Spitzee 172, 174 Spokane Company 208 Spokane Falls Placer Mining Co 155 Spring creek 144 Springer creek 162 Spruce creek 70 Spruce Creek Power Co 70 Stamp mills, percentage of gold recovered by means of 21 Standard (Slocan) 161 Standard (Skeena) 82 Standard Basin (Big Bend district) 148 Standard Group (Big Bend district) 151 Statistical Tables, I., II., III., IV., V., VI., VII., VIII.,IX,. X. and XI., explanation of, 16,17, 18 See also Mineral Production. Steam-shovel mining, in Atlin 71 Page. Steele Group 146 Stellako river 105 St. Elmo 154 Stemwinder (Osoyoos) 188, 190 Stemwinder (Boundary) 179 Stemwinder (North Star hill) 140 Stephendyke hydraulic leases 69 St. Eugene Group 24, 140 Stevenson Group 125 Stony creek (Nechaco district) 98 Stop and Rest 80 Stouts Gulch 52 Strathmore 181 Straioberry 185 Stuart river 101 Stuart lake—Meteorological observations at 102 Phenological report 104 Sullivan Group 24, 140 Sultana Group 145 Sunbeam 80 Sundown 83 Sunnyside 188 Sunrise (Telkwa) 128, 129 Sunrise mountain 128 Sunset Group (Boundary) 179 Sunset (Slocan) 1601 Sunset (Telkwa) 83, 129 Report of Prof. Dresser on rock from vicinity of 129 Sunshine 80' Surprise lake 70, 74 Swift river 57 Sylina Group 145 T. Tables—Statistical. See Mineral Production. Tachic lake 98 Tacoma Steel Co 214 Tagish lake 60 Tamarac (Nelson) 168 Tamarack (Slocan) 162 Tar flats 70 Tatalaska lake 112 Tecumseh Group 146 Telegraph Line—Collins' Overland 90 Telhva 124 Telkwa river 26, 82, 117 Tenas or Mud creek 128 Ten-Mile creek 163 Terminus 82 Teslin Mining Division 76, 78 Teta river (Quatsino), claims on 213 Texada island 25, 214 Thistle 82 Thistle Company 55 Tonnage—total of ore mined in 1905 18 Tobacco Box hydraulic lease 70 Toby creek 144 Topography of British Columbia 89 Tower Hill 134 Transvaal Group 205 Tremont Group 84, 125 Tribute system in Slocan 25 Triune 153, 162 Trout Lake Mining Division—Report of Mining Recorder 153 Trustees Dredging Company 209 Truth Group 194 Tsinkut creek 98 Tutshi lake 60 Twelve-Mile creek 162 Two Brothers 190 Tyee lake 117, 130 Tyee 26, 216 Tyee Co.'s smelter 214 u. United 158 United Empire Co 207 United Mining Co 55 Unuk river and tributaries Unuk River M. S. & T. Co Uranus .62, 81 81 67 V. Van Anda 25, 214 Vancouver (Aspen Grove) 203 Vancouver (Skeena) 84 Vancouver and Boundary Creek Dev. & Min. Co 181 Vancouver Island Collieries, summary of Returns 226 Vancouver Island Exploration & Develop't Co. . 215 Vancouver Island and Coast District 211 Vancouver Island Mining and Development Co . 216 Velvet 172 Venus 62, 67 Rep't of Gold Commissioner 192 191 Vernon District : Vernon Min. Div. Victoria (Osoyoos) . Victoria District : Victoria Min. Div., Rep't of Gold Commissioner 216 Violet 192 Virginian Queen 83 Volcanic creek 73 Volcanic 185 Vulture 161 J 272 Index. W. Wakefield War Cloud Ward Horsefly Hydraulic Co.... War Eagle Group (Skeena) War Eagle (Trail creek) Waresco Waverly hydraulic claim Wellington camp West Coast of Vancouver Island Western Coal & Oil Co Westminster Weslmont Wheal Tamar White Bear White Bear concentrator White Fish creek Whitewater Whitewater Deep Wilcox Wild Horse creek (Fort Steele).. Williams creek and tributaries.. Williams hydraulic claim Willow river and tributaries Page. ..25, 160 .... 190 .... 50 .... 82 .171, 173 . 83, 127 ... 55 .... 184 .... 26 ... 141 .... 203 .... 163 195 .171, 174 .... 171 .... 141 .... 159 159 .... 167 .... 141 51 .... 54 54 Willow River Mining Co 54 Willow Grouse 154 Windermere Mining Division : Report of Mining Recorder 144 Windfall Group 190 Windy Arm 26 Mineral Locations, Notes on by Provincial Mineralogist 60 Mineral Discoveries, Report on, by R. G. McConnell, B. A , 64 Geology of mineralised area of 64 Mineral Development , 61, 66 Assays of ore from 62 List of metallic minerals on 66 Winnemucca hydraulic lease 69 Wolfard 184 Wonder 83 Wonderful 161 Woodbine hydraulic lease 70 Woodbury creek 158 Wright creek 72 Wyoming Co 52 Y. Yakima Yale District : Kamloops Mining Division Report of Gold Commissioner. Yale Mining Division Report of Mining Recorder.. Yale Hydraulic Mining Co , Zinc ore, production of. Smelting plant Enriching plant 161 194 194 205 205 205 Yale Mining Co 26 Description of mine and plant 188 Yankee Boy 185 Yankee Girl (Boundary) 185 Yankee Girl (Nelson) 167 Ymir 25, 164, 167 z. 22 23 22 Zinc at Quatsino 213 Zinc enriching plant, Pilot Bay 158 Zymoetz river (See Copper river). Illustrations. J 273 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Canyon of Bulkley from bridge at Ahwillgate Fron Bulkley River, Bridge across at Moricetown Faci a looking up canyon from bridge at Moricetown Bulkley Valley, Hay fields at Government Ranche « Prairie at Pleasant Valley // Silverthorne's Cabin, Pleasant Valley Coal outcroppings, Cassiar Coal Co., Telkwa River Coal outcrop on Goat Creek, Telkwa n Kitimat Coal Co., Telkwa River Coal outcroppings, Transcontinental Development Syndicate, Telkwa River Cheslatta Lake, looking west Daly Reduction Co.'s Mill, Hedley, Similkameen Valley // n Plan and section of Downie Creek, Revelstoke M. D Fort Fraser, H. B. Co.'s Post and barley field « field of ripe oats at Fort St. James, H. B. Co.'s Post, established 1807 a Stuart Lake, Chief Factor's house Goat Creek, Telkwa, looking up to basin „ a looking south to Hunter's and Hankin's basins Hazelton, head of navigation on Skeena Indian Bridge across Bulkley at Ahwillgate Indian houses at Ahwillgate Port Essington, showing mouths of Skeena and Ecstall Rivers Slough Creek deep placer workings, plan of Standard Basin, Revelstoke M. D., on summit above Stuart Lake, looking west from Fort St. James , ... Nechaco District—Pea-vine and fire-weed higher than horse's back // Prairie north of Stony Creek crossing Nechaco River at Stony Creek, swimming horses across // looking up from mouth of Stony Creek Ootsa Lake, country north of // meadows north of w showing spit formed by waves tispiece. gp. 48 48 88 88 80 80 118 120 120 121 136 184 192 152 112 128 96 104 208 216 40 24 24 32 56 152 104 72 72 64 64 168 160 144 VICTORIA B. C: Printed by Richard Wolfenden, V.D., I.S.O., Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. 1906. LIBRARY CATALOGUE SLIPS, [Take this leaf out and paste the separated titles upon three of your catalogue cards. The first and second titles need no addition ; over the third write that subject under which you would place the book in your library.] British Columbia. Bureau of Mines. Annual Report of the Minister of Mines for the year ending 31st December, 1905, being an account of mining operations for gold, coal, etc., in the Province. William Fleet Robertson, Provincial Mineralogist. 273 p., plates, maps, 1905. Victoria, Government Printing Office, 1906. 5, Robertson, William Fleet. (Provincial Mineralogist.) Annual Report of the Minister of Mines of British Columbia for the year ending 31st December, 1905, being an account of mining operations for gold, coal, etc., in the Province. (British Columbia. Bureau of Mines.) 273 p., plates, maps, 1905. Victoria, Government Printing Office, 1906. Annual Report of the Minister of Mines of British Columbia for the year ending 31st December, 1905, being an account of mining operations for gold, coal, etc., in the Province. William Fleet Robertson, Provincial Mineralogist. (British Columbia. Bureau of Mines.) 273 p., plates, maps, 1905. Victoria, Government Printing Office, 1906. 275