Minister of Mines and Petroleum Resources PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ANNUAL REPORT for the Year Ended December 31 1967 Printed by A. Sutton, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in right of the Province of British Columbia. 1968 BRITISH COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES VICTORIA, B.C. Hon. Donald L. Brothers, Minister. K. B. Blakey, Deputy Minister. J. W. Peck, Chief Inspector of Mines. S. Metcalfe, Chief Analyst and Assayer. M. S. Hedley, Chief, Mineralogical Branch. R. H. McCrimmon, Chief Gold Commissioner. J. D. Lineham, Chief, Petroleum and Natural Gas Branch. R. E. Moss, Chief Commissioner, Petroleum and Natural Gas. Major-General the Honourable George Randolph Pearkes, V.C, P.C., C.C., C.B., D.S.O., M.C., CD., Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia. May it please Your Honour: The Annual Report of the Mineral Industry of the Province for the year 1967 is herewith respectfully submitted. DONALD L. BROTHERS, Minister of Mines and Petroleum Resources. Minister of Mines and Petroleum Resources Office, March 31, 1968. Robert lames Craig, Senior Inspector, Environmental Control, died in Vancouver on December 12, 1967, after a short illness. He was born in Vancouver on luly 1, 1913, and it was here he received his engineering education, graduating from the University of British Columbia with a B.A. and a B.A.Sc. in mining engineering. He served on the engineering staff of the Britannia mine from 1936 to 1945, when he joined the Workmen's Compensation Board as an Inspector, silicosis branch. He was transferred to the Department in 1962 as a Senior Inspector with office in Vancouver. " Bob " Craig was hghly respected throughout the mining industry for his knowledge of ventilation and dust control. He was intimately aware of the problems of environmental control which had to be solved to improve working conditions, and his advice was widely sought. He was a member of the Association of Professional Engineers of British Columbia and the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. He is survived by his wife Alice, two daughters, and a son. CONTENTS Page Introduction A 9 Review of the Mineral Industry A 10 Statistics— Co-operation with Dominion Bureau of Statistics A 15 Methods of Computing Production A 15 Notes on Products Listed in the Tables A 17 Table 1.—Mineral Production: Total to Date, Past Year, and Latest Year A 25 Table 2.—Total Value of Production, 1836-1967 A 26 Table 3.—Quantity and Value of Mineral Products for Years 1958 to 1967 A 28 Table 4 (Graph).—Mineral Production of British Columbia—Value, 1887-1967 A 30 Table 5 (Graph).—Mineral Production of British Columbia—Quantity, 1897-1967 A 31 Table 6.—Production of Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum, and Iron Concentrates, 1858-1967 A 32 Table 7a.—Production, 1966 and 1967, and Total to Date, by Mining Divisions—Summary A 34 Table 7b.—Production, 1966 and 1967, and Total to Date, by Mining Divisions—Lode Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, and Zinc A 36 Table 7c.—Production, 1966 and 1967, and Total to Date, by Mining Divisions—Miscellaneous Metals A 38 Table 7d.—Production, 1966 and 1967, and Total to Date, by Mining Divisions—Industrial Minerals A 42 Table 7e.—Production, 1966 and 1967, and Total to Date, by Mining Divisions—Structural Materials A 44 Table 8a.—Quantity and Value of Coal per Year to Date A 46 Table 8b.—Coal Production of British Columbia, 1967-—Production and Distribution, by Collieries and by Mining Divisions A 47 Table 9.—Principal Items of Expenditure, Reported for Operations of All Classes A 48 Table 10.—Average Number Employed in the Mineral Industry, 1901-67 A 49 Table 11a.—Employment at Metal Mines, 1967 A 50 Table 11b.—Employment at Collieries, 1967 A 51 Table 12.—Metal Production in 1967 A 52 A 5 A 6 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1967 Page Departmental Work A 56 Retirements A 5 6 Organization A 5 6 Administration Branch A 56 Central Records Offices (Victoria and Vancouver) A 58 List of Gold Commissioners and Mining Recorders A 58 Coal A 60 Petroleum and Natural Gas A 60 Analytical and Assay Branch A 61 Inspection Branch A 63 Fig. 1.—Index map showing inspectoral districts A 64 Mineralogical Branch A 65 Petroleum and Natural Gas Branch A 67 Grub-staking Prospectors A 69 Mining Roads and Trails A 77 Exhibits A 78 Rock and Mineral Sets A 79 Publications A 79 Maps Showing Mineral Claims, Placer Claims, and Placer-mining Leases A 79 Offices of the British Columbia Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources and the Geological Survey of Canada A 79 Topographic Mapping and Air Photography A 80 Department of Energy, Mines and Resources A 81 Geological Survey of Canada A 81 Field Work by the Geological Survey in British Columbia, 1967 _ A 81 Publications of the Geological Survey A 82 Mines Branch A 82 Mineral Resources Division A 82 Observatories Branch A 8 2 Lode Metals 1-274 Contents 1-16 List of Illustrations 17 Geological, Geophysical, and Geochemical Reports 275-292 Placer 293-298 Contents 293 CONTENTS A 7 Page Structural Materials and Industrial Minerals 299-322 Contents 299 List of Drawings 299 Petroleum and Natural Gas 323-410 Contents 323 Statistical Tables 323 List of Illustrations 324 Inspection of Mines 411-448 Contents 411 List of Illustrations 411 Coal 449-460 Contents 449 List of Illustrations 449 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES, 1967 Introduction An annual report of the mineral industry of the Province has been published each year since 1874. From 1874 to 1959 it was the Annual Report of the Minister of Mines, and since 1960 it has been the Annual Report of the Minister of Mines and Petroleum Resources. It is the official document in which each year is recorded the salient facts of activity of the industry. The Annual Report of the Minister of Mines and Petroleum Resources contains sections dealing with Statistics; Departmental Work; Lode Metals; Placer; Structural Materials and Industrial Minerals; Petroleum and Natural Gas; Inspection of Mines; and Coal. There is a general introductory review of the mineral industry as a whole, as well as somewhat more detailed reviews of mining and exploration and of petroleum and natural gas. The section on Statistics records the mineral production of the Province in all its phases and in considerable detail. Current and past practice in arriving at quantities and in calculating the value of the various products is outlined. The organization of the Department and the work of its various branches are outlined briefly in the section on Departmental Work. The Lode Metals section records details of individual mining operations, as well as the exploration and development of mineral deposits. Information is provided on every metal-producing mine in the Province, and an attempt is made to record the progress of exploration and development work on most of the important, newly discovered and recently explored mineral deposits. In some instances a mining property is described in considerable detail, with special attention given to the history of past work, to a description of the workings, the geological setting, and to the mineral deposit itself. Some geological reports are of areas where one or more mineral deposits occur. These geological reports provide the basic information about the mineral resources of the Province that is essential to intelligent resource planning. The declining phase of the once important placer-mining industry continues to be recorded in the Placer section. Information on occurrences and production of Structural Materials and Industrial Minerals is recorded in a separate section. The Petroleum and Natural Gas section records in considerable detail the development and production statistics of that expanding industry. Information concerning mine safety, fatal accidents, dangerous occurrences, etc., and the activities of the Inspection Branch of the Department is contained in the section on Inspection of Mines. The section on Coal contains information on operating coal mines and on exploration activities. A 9 Review of the Mineral Industry By M. S. Hedley The year 1967 was a good one for British Columbia's mineral industry. For the sixth successive time a new record was set for the value of annual production. The total of $386,796,807 was 14 per cent above the previous record set in 1966, and brought the all-time total value to $6,297 million. A record value was set in each of the four categories of metals, industrial minerals, structural materials, and fuels. The comparison with 1966 follows:— Gain 1966 1967 (Per Cent) Metals $209,036,531 $235,932,026 12.9 Industrial minerals 22,865,324 29,364,065 28.4 Structural materials 46,821,264 47,359,089 1.1 Fuels 60,470,406 74,141,627 22.6 Totals $339,193,525 $386,796,807 14.0 The most valuable single commodity was copper, and the second was crude oil; the value and quantity of each were at unprecedented high levels. The increase in the metals category was due to a greatly increased output of copper, resulting from new mines and increased milling rates. Production was 63.2 per cent above that for 1966, but, because of a lower average price, the value was up only 57.1 per cent. The quantities and values of molybdenum, nickel, and silver were up, but lead and zinc were both down in quantity and value. The byproducts of lead-zinc mining—antimony, bismuth, cadmium, indium, and tin—were down an aggregate three-quarters of a million dollars. The value of industrial minerals was up due to increase in production and, to a greater extent, the value of asbestos, which exceeded $18 million. Although the output of sulphur was down, the total value increased substantially. This was the result of revaluing the Cominco sulphur output, which is a by-product in the form of sulphuric acid. The nominal value assigned to this sulphur equivalent was raised to be in line with world prices. The sulphur recovered at the gas plant at Taylor was valued at the average price received. Structural materials showed little change. The value of cement production was up about 6 per cent, and that of sand and gravel was down by a like amount. A new 2-million-barrels-per-year kiln was installed in the plant of Lafarge Cement of North America Ltd. Other commodities showed no significant change. Fuels as a whole showed a 22.6-per-cent increase in value. Coal production was up 6.8 per cent, and this increase coupled with a rise in the price put the value up 13.7 per cent. Crude oil was up 18 per cent in quantity and 24 per cent in value, while natural gas delivered to pipe-lines for distribution increased 24 per cent in quantity and 25 per cent in value. The price for gold was 5 cents per ounce higher than in 1966. The price for silver rose to more than $2 late in 1967 and averaged an unprecedented $1.67. The average price for lead was down a little more than 1 cent, and that of zinc was down three-quarters of a cent. The price for copper dropped to 50 cents per pound from its all-time high in 1966. The Trail custom smelter treated 13,650 tons of British Columbia crude ore, 6,403 tons of lead concentrates, and 5,562 tons of zinc concentrates, in addition to the product of its own mines and various out-of-Province sources. American smelters received the remainder of the lead concentrates and most of the zinc concentrates, as well as 11,667 tons of copper concentrates. To lapanese smelters A 10 REVIEW OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY, 1967 A 11 went 96 per cent of the production of copper concentrates, all the iron concentrates, all the nickel-copper concentrates, and a small percentage of the zinc concentrates. In summary, concentrates representing 7.4 per cent of the total value of 1967 metal production were treated at United States smelters and concentrates representing 47.5 per cent of the total were treated in Japan. Destination of British Columbia Concentrates Smelters Gold-Silver Lead Zinc Copper Nickel- Copper Iron Trail ! Tons 1,530 | 1 Tons 135,165 13,552 Tons 159,572 65,154 14,010 Tons 11,667 283,020 Tons 22,777 Tons 1,982,030 Six mines closed. The Aurum gold mine at Wells was a victim of fixed price and rising costs, after 34 years' production. Iron mines closed at Benson Lake and Kennedy Lake on Vancouver Island, as well as a copper mine on Quatsino Sound and lead-zinc mines on Toby Creek and east of Kimberley. Not all closures were due to exhaustion of reserves, but there is little likelihood of these mines reopening unless conditions change considerably. The loss in gold production from the closing of the Aurum mine was more than made up by the output of gold as a by-product of copper-mining. Silver production was up 11.4 per cent. Three mines came into production—the Tasu iron-copper mine of Wesfrob Mines Limited, the Alice mine of British Columbia Molybdenum Limited, and the Horn Silver mine of Utica Mines Ltd. The first two are open-pit mines with a combined capacity of 14,000 tons per day. Copper production increased by 63.2 per cent to 172.7 million pounds, largely as the result of the first full year's operation at the Granisle and Western (Lynx) mines and of increased capacity at Bethlehem. At the end of 1967, 10 mines were producing major amounts of copper at an aggregate milling rate of more than 30,000 tons of ore per day. The Bethlehem mill achieved a capacity of 14,000 tons per day, or four times its initial capacity in 1963. Prospects for further increases in the production of copper are bright indeed. The Granduc and Brenda mines are slated for production in 1969, and exploration is at an advanced stage on a number of properties. Molybdenum is in better position than is indicated by the small increase in production from 1966. The Alice mine will have a full year's production in 1968, and the Brenda mine will contribute a major amount in 1969. The full effect of the increased capacity at Endako will be felt in 1968. The production of lead and zinc was down for the third successive year, due in large part to the fact that most of the output of Cominco's Pine Point mine in the Northwest Territories has since 1965 been treated in the Trail smelter, thus effectively reducing the output of the Sullivan mine. In 1967 a considerable tonnage of high-grade ore from Pine Point was concentrated at the Kimberley plant. The exploration for metals continued through 1967 at a high rate, the measurement of which is something of a problem. The Department has at all times endeavoured to report annually on as much current activity as possible, and this has become increasingly difficult in the last few years, with more ground to cover and without increase in staff. The Inspectors of Mines and the Mineralogical Branch geologists have found it increasingly difficult to obtain the information and have instituted a short work questionnaire that forms part of the central permanent record. At the same time a questionnaire was devised to obtain statistics on all forms of A 12 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1967 exploration expenditures, with the aid of the Bureau of Economics and Statistics. In 1967 the Dominion Bureau of Statistics (D.B.S.) initiated a form to collect all data on expenditures in the field of exploration and development, extending from the broad field of prospecting to detailed investigation of ore zones, and including all such work in and adjacent to operating mines. The response to the D.B.S. form has been good, and it is hoped that further refinement of the form will result in better coverage. For the first time it has been possible to measure with reasonable accuracy the moneys expended by the mining industry for its own perpetuation. Ten staff geologists of the Mineralogical Branch did geological field work ranging from property examinations to an areal mapping project in the Unuk River region. Results of part of this work is to be found in the Lode Metals section of this Report, and the remainder will appear in the bulletin series. The Geological Survey of Canada reported 28 projects involving field work in British Columbia. These ranged from geological mapping at 4 miles to 1 inch and 1 mile to 1 inch to palaeontological and mineralogical studies. Some of this work extended into Alberta. Airborne magnetometer surveying under a cost-sharing arrangement with the Geological Survey of Canada was continued in the north-central plateau region. Sheets at a scale of 1 mile to 1 inch are issued about one year after flying is completed. Compilations on a 4-miles-to-l-inch scale are available for some earlier work. Following release of maps, the basic data are filed with the Geological Survey in Ottawa. Exploration and Development Expenditures, 1967 Physical Work Land Costs Head Office, Administration, Etc. Exploration—prospecting and undeclared mines— 293 companies $22,861,000 $1,098,000 5,000 29,000 $4,067,000 Exploration—on or near declared mines— Two development companies Fourteen operating companies $139,000 2,724,000 Development—on declared or operating mines— $2,863,000 227,000 $20,791,000 6,052,000 $26,843,000 2,201,000 Totals - $52,567,000 $1,132,000 $6,495,000 Grand total, $60,194,000. The foregoing table represents minimum figures. The total shown for head office, overhead, and administration is certainly low because only those companies which performed physical work made returns. Land costs, such as leases, purchases, etc., are also certainly low. Exploration devoted to finding and investigating new ore zones is close to being correct, as there are relatively few omissions of major undertakings. Exploration and development expenditures related to declared or operating mines are the most accurate. The definition of exploration and development by operating companies may vary, but, as a rule, work on a declared or recognized orebody is " development " and work performed in search of or to prove up new ore is " exploration." About one-half the total expenditure on exploration work was made under contract and of that on development work a little more than half. This refers to all physical and technical work, including diamond drilling, stripping, tunnelling, and REVIEW OF THE MINERAL INDUSTRY, 1967 A 13 geological, geochemical, geophysical, and other surveys. The expenditure on work done by contractors amounted to some $11 million for exploration and some $15 million for development. The contractors' work force was approximately equal to the companies' work force. At the middle of the summer season the total combined work force approximated 3,000 men. Employment figures in exploration and development are none too certain because of the short summer season, but the Department has record of 6,000 man- months worked by contractors' employees and a like figure for company employees in the conduct of general exploration for new ore deposits. The figure for company employment is somewhat at variance with that in Table 10, which shows the total as reported in the D.B.S. forms. Over-all expenditures in the metal-mining industry in 1967 were as follows:— Mining and quarrying operations— Salaries and wages $94,523,495 Compensation, silicosis, unemployment 3,486,232 Fuel and electricity 13,590,759 Process supplies 34,368,856 Capital expenditures 33,800,000 Repairs 12,412,172 Exploration and development 60,194,000 Total $252,375,514 This compilation is not directly comparable with the total given in the 1966 Review because expenditures of capital and repairs and of exploration and development are on a somewhat different basis. The total gross dividends reported amounted to $48,145,202 from companies other than those producing or processing petroleum or natural gas. This figure compares with $42,385,263 for 1966. Dividend tables are no longer carried in the statistical section, and the 1965 Report is the last to list them in detail. Some history is thus lost sight of, but because of much diversification of industry the sources of profits and hence of dividends are not always clear. Dividends in the petroleum industry would be particularly difficult to assign to British Columbia operations within the scope of this Report. In 1967 crude oil became the second most valuable product of the mineral industry, being surpassed only by copper. The production of oil and natural gas has expanded at a relatively steady rate for some years, as have prices. Fewer wells were completed than in 1966, but the fact of deeper drilling was shown by the fact that total footage remained almost unchanged at more than 1 million feet. Drilling began on the continental shelf. The Sedco 135-F semi-submersible drilling-vessel abandoned two holes west of Vancouver Island and was drilling a third at the end of 1967. Exploration activity increased as seismograph studies were extended into the Province from the important petroleum pools recently discovered in the Rainbow area of northwestern Alberta. The gas-gathering system was extended to the Yoyo, Kotcho, and Sierra fields, where there are large reserves. The major development in the marketing of petroleum products was the completion of an oil refinery at Prince George, the seventh in the Province. A total of about 103,300 barrels per day was delivered to the several refineries at the end of 1967, about half of which was produced in British Columbia. A 14 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1967 The net cash expenditures for the petroleum industry follow:— Exploration, including land acquisition and drilling $57,095,000 Development drilling 13,584,000 Capital expenditures 11,177,000 Operations of natural-gas plants 18,575,000 Operations of wells 8,684,000 General (excluding income tax) 12,699,000 Total $121,814,000 Direct revenue to the Government from the entire mineral industry is listed below:— Free miners' certificates, recording fees, lease rentals, assessment payments, etc. $1,117,354 Royalties on iron concentrates 138,172 Payments on industrial minerals and structural materials 207,754 Ten-per-cent mineral tax (received during 1967) 2,367,986 Coal licences 23,518 Petroleum and natural-gas rentals, fees, etc. 10,356,731 Sale of Crown reserves 14,297,816 Royalties on oil, gas, and processed products 9,607,437 Miscellaneous 17,917 Total $38,134,685 Statistics The statistics of the mineral industry are collected and compiled and tabulated for this Report by the Bureau of Economics and Statistics, Department of Industrial Development, Trade, and Commerce, Victoria. CO-OPERATION WITH DOMINION BUREAU OF STATISTICS In the interests of uniformity and to avoid duplication of effort, beginning with the statistics for 1925, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics and the various Provincial departments have co-operated in the collection and processing of mineral statistics. Producers of metals, industrial minerals, structural materials, coal, and petroleum and natural gas are requested to submit returns in duplicate on forms prepared for use by the Province and by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. So far as possible both organizations follow the same practice in processing the data. The final compilation by the Dominion Bureau is usually published considerably later than the Report of the Minister of Mines and Petroleum Resources for British Columbia. Differences between the figures published by the two organizations arise mainly from the facts that the Dominion Bureau bases its quantities of metals on returns made by smelter operators, whereas the British Columbia mining statistician uses the returns covering shipments from individual mines in the same period; the Dominion Bureau uses average prices for metals considered applicable to the total Canadian production, whereas the British Columbia mining statistician uses prices considered applicable to British Columbia production. Peat, included under the classification of fuel by the Dominion Bureau, is not regarded as mineral or fuel, and accordingly is not included in the British Columbia statistics of mineral production. METHOD OF COMPUTING PRODUCTION The tabulated statistics are arranged so as to facilitate comparison of the production records for the various mining divisions, and from year to year. From time to time, revisions have been made to figures in earlier reports as additional data became available or errors came to light. Data are obtained from the certified returns made by producers of metals, industrial minerals and structural materials, and coal, and are augmented by data obtained from customs smelters. For placer gold, returns from operators are augmented by data obtained from the Royal Canadian Mint, from Gold Commissioners, and other sources. For petroleum, natural gas, and liquid by-products, production figures supplied by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Branch of the Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources are compiled from the monthly disposition reports and the Crown royalty statement filed with the Department by the producers. Values are in Canadian funds. Weights are avoirdupois pounds and short tons (2,000 lb.), and troy ounces. Barrels are 35 imperial gallons. Metals Gross and Net Content The gross contents for any metal are the sum of its total assay content in ore, concentrates, or bullion shipped to the smelter or refinery. The net contents are the gross contents less smelter and refinery losses. A 15 A 16 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1967 In past years there have been different methods used in calculating net contents, particularly in the case of one metal contained in the concentrate of another. The present method was established in 1963 and is outlined in the following table. For example, the net content of silver in copper concentrates is 98 per cent of the gross content, of cadmium in zinc concentrates is 70 per cent of the gross content, etc. Lead Concentrates Zinc Concentrates Copper Concentrates Copper-Nickel Concentrates Copper Matte Silver Per Cent 98 Less 26 lb./ton 98 50 Per Cent 98 50 90 70 Per Cent 98 Less 10 lb./ton 50 70 Per Cent 85 88 Per Cent 98 Lead _ Zinc _ Cadmium Nickel 50 Calculated Value Prior to 1925 the value of metals produced was calculated by using the true average prices for gold and copper, and the smelter loss of copper was taken into account. The value of other metals was calculated from the gross metal content of ores or concentrates by using a metal price which was an arbitrary percentage of the average price, as follows: Silver, 95 per cent; lead, 90 per cent; and zinc, 85 per cent. These percentages of the average price are listed in the table on page A 24. For 1925 and subsequent years the value has been calculated by using the true average price (see p. A 24) and the net metal contents, in accordance with the procedures adopted by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics and the Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources. In the statistical tables, for gold the values are calculated by multiplying the gross contents of gold by the average price for the year; for the other principal metals, by multiplying the net contents of metals as determined by means of the above table by the average price for the year. Iron concentrate exported to Japan is valued at the price received by the shippers. The value of the iron ore used in making pig iron at Kimberley is an arbitrary figure, being the average value per ton of ore of comparable grade at its point of export from British Columbia. The value of molybdenum is the amount received by the shippers. The by-product metals, bismuth, tin, and indium, are valued on the basis of the price received by the shippers, and the value of antimony is the net content multiplied by the average price for the year. Average Prices The prices used in valuation of metal production are shown in the table on page A 24. In 1967 the price of gold, $37.76, is the average Canadian Mint buying price. Originally when fine gold was $20.67 per ounce the price used for valuing placer gold was established arbitrarily at $17 per ounce; between 1931 and 1962 the price was proportionately increased with the continuously changing price of fine gold. Since 1962 Canadian Mint reports giving the fine-gold content have been available for all but a very small part of the placer gold produced, and the average price listed is derived by dividing ounces of placer gold into total amount received. STATISTICS A 17 Prices of the other principal metals are the average United States prices converted into Canadian funds. Average monthly prices are supplied by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics from figures published in the Metal Markets section of the Engineering and Mining Journal. Specifically, for silver it is the New York price; for lead it is the New York price; for zinc it is the price at East St. Louis of Prime Western; for copper it is the United States export refinery price; and for cadmium the New York producer's price to consumer. For nickel the price used is the Canadian price as set by the International Nickel Company of Canada Ltd. Industrial Minerals and Structural Materials The prices for industrial minerals and structural materials approximate the prices received at the point of origin. Fuel The price per ton used in valuing coal (see p. A 24) is the weighted average of the f.o.b. prices for the coal sold. The values for natural gas, natural-gas liquid by-products, and for petroleum including condensate/pentanes plus are the aggregates of amounts received for the products at the well-head. NOTES ON PRODUCTS LISTED IN THE TABLES Antimony.—Antimony was produced as early as 1907 from Slocan ore exported to foreign smelters, and since 1939 it has been produced as a by-product at the Trail smelter. Currently Trail is the only source of the metal. In Table 7c the antimony assigned to individual mining divisions is the reported content of concentrates exported to foreign smelters; the antimony " not assigned " is the antimony recovered at the Trail smelter from the various ores received there. See Tables 1, 3, and 7c. Arsenious Oxide.—Arsenious oxide was recovered at foreign smelters from arsenical gold ores, chiefly from Hedley between 1917 and 1931, again in 1942, and from the Victoria property on Rocher Deboule Mountain in 1928. There has been no production since 1942. See Tables 1 and 7d. Asbestos.—Production of asbestos began in 1952 with the opening of the Cassiar mine, from which all Provincial production continues to be derived. From 1953 to 1961 asbestos was valued at the shipping point in North Vancouver, but beginning in 1962 it has been valued at the mine, and the values for the preceding years have been recalculated on that basis. See Tables 1, 3, and 7d. Barite.—Production of barite began in 1940, and since then it has been produced continuously at several operations in the valley of the upper Columbia River, where it is mined from veins and recovered from an old lead-zinc mill tailings pond. See Tables 1,3, and 7d. Bentonite.—Small amounts of bentonite were produced between 1926 and 1944 from deposits in the coal measures near Princeton. There has been no production since 1944. See Tables 1 and 7d. Bismuth.—Production of bismuth began in 1929 at the Trail smelter. It is a by-product of refining lead, and consequently it cannot be assigned to any specific property or mining division. See Tables 1, 3, and 7c. Butane.—Butane is recovered as a by-product at the gas-processing plant at Taylor and at oil refineries. See Tables 1, 3, and 7a. A 18 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1967 Cadmium.—Cadmium is recovered as a by-product at zinc refineries. It was first produced at the Trail zinc refinery in 1928. Cadmium occurs in variable amounts in sphalerite and is recovered from most British Columbia silver-lead-zinc ores. Cadmium assigned to individual mining divisions is the reported content of custom shipments to the Trail smelter and to foreign smelters. The " not assigned " cadmium in Table 7c is the remainder of the reported estimated recovery at the Trail smelter from British Columbia concentrates. See Tables 1,3, and 7c. Cement.—Cement is manufactured from a controlled mixture of limestone, rock, and gypsum. It has been produced in British Columbia since 1905. The total production each year fluctuates to meet current building demands. See Tables 1, 3, and 7e. Clay and Shale Products.—Include brick, tile, sewer pipe, pottery, light-weight aggregate, and pozzolan. Local surface clays or shale and fireclay are used. Common clays and shales are abundant in the Province, but fireclay and other high-grade clays are scarce. See Tables 1, 3, and 7e. Chromite.—Only two shipments of chromite are recorded, one of 670 tons from Cascade in 1918 and one of 126 tons from Scottie Creek in 1929. See Tables 1 and 7c. Coal.—Coal was discovered at Suquash on Vancouver Island in 1835 and at Nanaimo in 1850. First production: Cariboo Mining Division, 1942; Fort Steele Mining Division, 1898; Kamloops Mining Division, 1893; Liard Mining Division, 1923; Nanaimo Mining Division, 1836; Nicola Mining Division, 1907; Omineca Mining Division, 1918; Osoyoos Mining Division, 1926; Similkameen Mining Division, 1909; and Skeena Mining Division, 1912. The Nanaimo and Comox fields produced virtually all the coal until production started from the Crowsnest area in 1898. The Nanaimo field was exhausted in 1953, when the large mines closed. All the coal produced, including that used in making coke, is shown as primary mine production. Quantity from 1836 to 1909 is gross mine output and includes material lost in picking and washing. From 1910 the quantity is the amount sold and used, which includes sales to retail and wholesale dealers, industrial users, and company employees; coal used under company boilers, including steam locomotives; and coal used in making coke. See Tables 1,3, 7a, 8a, and 8b. Cobalt.—Cobalt was recovered in 1928 from a 22-ton shipment of arsenical gold ore made in 1926 from the Victoria property on Rocher Deboule Mountain. See Tables 1 and 7c. Coke.—Coke is manufactured from certain special types of coal and has been produced since 1895. Being a manufactured product, its value does not contribute to the total mineral production as shown in Table 1. Up to 1966, coke statistics have been included in the Annual Report as Table 9, but this table is being discontinued. The coal used in making coke is still recorded in Table 8b. Coke statistics may be obtained on request to the Bureau of Economics and Statistics, Department of Industrial Development, Trade, and Commerce, Victoria. Copper.—Most of the copper production has come from the southern part of the Province, from Britannia, Copper Mountain, Greenwood, Highland Valley, Merritt, Nelson, Rossland, Texada Island, and Vancouver Island. Some came from Anyox and a lesser amount from Tulsequah. Production in 1966 from Granisle in the central interior is the first from an important new region. Copper production started in 1894. Ore was smelted in British Columbia first at Nelson (from the Silver King mine) and at Trail (from the Rossland mines) in 1896, and four and five years later at Grand Forks (from the Phoenix mine) and Greenwood (from the Motherlode mine). Other smaller smelters were built in the Boundary district and on Vancouver Island. In 1914 the Anyox smelter was blown in. STATISTICS A 19 Copper-smelting ceased in the Boundary district in 1919, at Trail in 1929, and at Anyox in 1935. British Columbia copper ore was then smelted mainly at Tacoma, and since 1961 mainly in Japan. See Tables 1, 3, 6, and 7b. Crude Oil.—Production of crude oil in British Columbia began in 1955 from the Fort St. John field but was not significant until late in 1961 (see Fig. 38), when the 12-inch oil pipe-line was built to connect the old-gathering terminal at Taylor to the Trans Mountain Oil Pipe Line Company pipe-line near Kamloops. Oil is now being produced from 19 separate fields, of which the Boundary Lake, Peejay, and Milligan Creek fields are currently the most productive, accounting for 78.5 per cent of the annual total. In Tables 1, 3, and 7a, quantities given prior to 1962 under "petroleum, crude" are total sales, and from 1962 to 1965 include field and plant condensates. Beginning in 1966, total production of crude oil is given and field and plant condensates are fisted separately. Full details are given in tables in the Petroleum and Natural Gas section of this report. Diatomite.—Small amounts of diatomite have been quarried near Quesnel periodically since 1928. See Tables 1, 3, and 7d. Field Condensate.—Field condensate is the liquid produced in the field from gas wells. It is listed as condensate/pentanes plus in the Petroleum and Natural Gas section of this Report. See Tables 1, 3, and 7a. Fluorite (Fluorspar).—Between 1918 and 1929, fluorite was mined at the Rock Candy mine north of Grand Forks for use in the Trail lead refinery. In the last several years it has been produced as a by-product of the silica quarry at Oliver. See Tables 1, 3, and 7d. Flux.—Silica and limestone are added to smelter furnaces as flux to combine with impurities in the ore and form a slag which separates from the valuable metal. The quantities of flux have been continuously recorded since 1911. See Tables 1, 3, and 7d. Gold, Lode.—Gold has played an important part in mining in the Province. The first discovery of lode gold was made on Moresby Island in 1852, and the first stamp mill, to treat gold-bearing quartz, was built in the Cariboo in 1876. The principal gold camps have been Bridge River, Hedley, Portland Canal, Rossland, Sheep Creek, and Wells. At the present time the only major producing gold mine is the Bralorne mine in the Bridge River area. Currently more than half the gold is produced as a by-product from copper, copper-zinc-silver, and other base- metal mining. See Tables 1, 3, 6, and 7b. Gold, Placer.—The early explorations and settlement of the Province followed rapidly on the discovery of gold-bearing placer creeks throughout the country. The first placer miners came in 1858 to mine the lower Fraser River bars upstream from Yale. Important placers were found in the Cariboo, Cassiar, Omineca, and Princeton areas, and at Atlin, Cedar Creek, Fort Steele, Goldstream, Rock Creek, Squaw Creek, and many other places. Since World War II, placer-mining has been declining steadily. A substantial part of the production, including much of the gold recovered from the Fraser River upstream from Yale (in the present New Westminster, Kamloops, and Lillooet Mining Divisions) and much of the early Cariboo production, was mined before the original organization of the Department of Mines in 1874. Consequently the amounts recorded are based on early estimates and cannot be accurately assigned to individual mining divisions. A 20 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1967 The first year of production for major placer-producing divisions was: Atlin, 1898; Cariboo, 1858; Liard, 1873; Lillooet, 1874; Omineca, 1869. In 1965, changes were made in the allocation of placer gold to the New Westminster and Similkameen Mining Divisions and " not assigned," to reconcile those figures with data incorporated in Bulletin No. 28, " Placer Gold Production of British Columbia." See Tables 1, 3, 6, and 7a. Granules.—Rock chips used for exposed aggregate, roofing, stucco dash, terrazzo, etc., have been produced in constantly increasing amounts since 1930. See Tables 1, 3, and 7d. Gypsum and Gypsite.—Gypsum and gypsite have been produced since 1911. Between 1925 and 1956 more than 1,000,000 tons was produced from quarries at Falkland; latterly production has come from large deposits near Windermere. See Tables 1,3, and 7d. Hydromagnesite.—Hydromagnesite has been produced from deposits at Atlin and Clinton, but no production has been recorded since 1921. See Tables 1 and 7d. Indium.—Production of indium as a by-product of zinc-refining at the Trail smelter began in 1942. Production figures have not been disclosed since 1958. Iron Concentrates.—Iron ore was produced in small quantities as early as 1885. Sustained production began in 1951 with shipments of concentrated magnetite ore to Japan. The ore has been mined mainly from magnetite and copper- bearing magnetite deposits on Vancouver Island, Texada Island, and Moresby Island. Since 1961, calcined iron sulphide from the tailings of the Sullivan mine has been used for making pig iron at Kimberley. The entire production, credited to the Fort Steele Mining Division in Table 7c, is of calcine. See Tables 1, 3, 6, and 7c. Iron Oxide.—Iron oxide, ochre, and bog iron were mined as early as 1918 from several occurrences, but mainly from limonite deposits north of Squamish. None has been produced since 1950. See Tables 1 and 7d. Jade (Nephrite).—Production of jade (nephrite) has been recorded only since 1959 despite there being several years of significant production prior to that date. The jade is recovered as alluvial boulders from the Fraser River, the Bridge River and its tributaries Marshall and Cadwallader Creeks, Kwanika and Wheaton Creeks, and Dease Lake. See Tables 1, 3, and 7d. Lead.—Lead was first produced in British Columbia in 1887. Almost all has come from the southeastern part of the Province, where the Sullivan mine has produced 83 per cent of the Provincial total. Other important mines are at Salmo, Pend d'Oreille River, and North Kootenay Lake. In 1958, revisions were made in some yearly totals for lead to adjust them for recovery of lead from slag treated at the Trail smelter. See Tables 1, 3, 6, and 7b. Limestone.—Limestone, besides being used for flux and granules (where it is recorded separately), is used in cement manufacture, in the pulp and paper industry, in agriculture, and in making builders' lime. It has been produced since 1886, and currently most production is from quarries on northern Texada Island. See Tables 1, 3, and 7e. Magnesium.—Magnesium was produced in 1941 and 1942 by Cominco Ltd. from a large deposit of magnesite at Marysville. See Tables 1 and 7c. Magnesium Sulphate. — Magnesium sulphate has been recovered in small amounts at various times since 1915 from alkali lakes near Clinton, Basque, and Osoyoos. There has been no production since 1942. Principal productive periods: Clinton, 1918-20, 1,923 tons, $39,085; Kamloops, 1918-42, 8,742 tons, $193,967; Osoyoos, 1915-19, 3,229 tons, $21,300. See Tables 1 and 7d. STATISTICS A 21 Manganese.—The only manganese ore produced was shipped in 1918-20 from a bog deposit near Kaslo and from Hill 60 near Cowichan Lake, and in 1956 a test shipment was made by Olalla Mines Ltd. See Tables 1 and 7c. Mercury.—Mercury was first produced near Savona in 1895, and since then small amounts have been recovered from the same source and from the Bridge River area. The main production was in 1940-44 from the Pinchi Lake mine and Takla mercury mine near Fort St. James. See Tables 1 and 7c. Mica.—Sheet mica has not been produced commercially in British Columbia, but since 1932 small amounts of mica for grinding has been produced from deposits at Albreda, Armstrong, and Oliver. See Tables 1,3, and 7d. Molybdenum.—Molybdenum ore in small amounts was produced from high- grade deposits between 1914 and 1918. Beginning in 1964, first as a by-product of the Bethlehem copper mine, the production of molybdenum ore has increased tremendously from several low-grade mines. Now it is the fourth most valuable metal product of the Province, and a molybdenum mine (Endako) is currently the largest open-pit mine in the Province. See Tables 1, 3, 6, and 7c. Natro-alunite.—In 1912 and 1913, 400 tons of natro-alunite was mined from a small low-grade deposit at Kyuquot Sound. There has been no subsequent production. See Tables 1 and 7d. Natural Gas.—Commercial production of natural gas began in 1954 to supply the community of Fort St. John. Since the completion in 1957 of the gas plant at Taylor and the 30-inch pipe-line to serve British Columbia and the northwestern United States, the daily average volume of production has increased to more than 500,000,000 cubic feet per day (see Fig. 39). In 1967 there were 29 separately producing gasfields. The production shown in Tables 1,3, and 7a is the total amount sold of residual gas from processing plants plus dry and associated gas from the gas-gathering system; that is, the quantity delivered to the main transmission-line. The quantity is net after deducting gas used on leases, metering difference, and gas used or lost in the cleaning plant. The quantity is reported as thousands of cubic feet at standard conditions (14.4 pounds per square inch pressure, 60° F. temperature, up to and including the year 1960, and thereafter 14.65 pounds per square inch pressure, 60° F. temperature). Gross well output, other production, delivery, and sales data are tabulated in the Petroleum and Natural Gas section of this report. Nickel.—Nickel was produced in 1936 and 1937 and continuously since 1958, all being derived from one mine, the Pride of Emory near Hope. Since 1960, bulk nickel-copper concentrates have been shipped to Japan for smelting. See Tables 1, 3, and 7c. Palladium.—Palladium was recovered in 1928, 1929, and 1930 as a by-product of the Trail refinery and is presumed to have originated in copper concentrates shipped to the smelter from the Copper Mountain mine. See Tables 1 and 7c. Perlite.—In 1953 a test shipment of 1,112 tons was made from a quarry on Francois Lake. There has been no further production. See Tables 1 and 7d. Petroleum, Crude.—See Crude Oil. Phosphate Rock.—Between 1927 and 1933 Cominco produced 3,842 tons of phosphate rock for test purposes, but the grade proved to be too low for commercial use. There has been no further production. See Tables 1 and 7d. Plant Condensate.—Plant condensate is liquid produced from natural gas at field plants or at the Taylor gas-processing plant. See Tables 1,3, and 7a. It is listed as condensate/pentanes plus in the Petroleum and Natural Gas section of this report. A 22 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1967 Platinum.—Platinum has been produced intermittently from placer streams in small amounts since 1887, mostly from the Tulameen and Similkameen Rivers. Some platinum recovered between 1928 and 1930 as a by-product of the Trail refinery is presumed to have originated in copper concentrates shipped to the smelter from the Copper Mountain mine. See Tables 1,3, and 7c. Propane.—Propane is recovered from gas-processing plants at Taylor and Boundary Lake, and at oil refineries. See Tables 1, 3, and 7a. Rock.—Production of rubble, riprap, and crushed rock has been recorded since 1909. See Tables 1, 3, and 7e. Sand and Gravel.—Sand and gravel are used as aggregate in concrete work of all kinds. The output varies from year to year according to the state of activity of the construction industry. See Tables 1, 3, and 7e. Selenium.—The only recorded production of selenium, 731 pounds, was in 1931 from the refining of blister copper from the Anyox smelter. See Tables 1 and 7c. Silver.—Production of silver began in British Columbia in 1887. Silver is produced from silver ores and is recovered as a by-product of silver-lead-zinc, copper- zinc, or gold ores. Most of it is refined at Trail, but some is exported with concentrates to American or Japanese smelters or may go to the Mint in gold bullion. At present the largest single source of silver is the Sullivan mine. See Tables 1, 3, 6, and 7b. Sodium Carbonate.—Sodium carbonate was recovered between 1921 and 1949 from alkali lakes in the dry belt. About 93 per cent was produced from the Clinton area and the balance from around Kamloops. There has been no further production. See Tables 1 and 7d. Stone.—Dimensional stone for building purposes is quarried when required from a granite deposit on Nelson Island and an andesite deposit on Haddington Island. Other stone close to local markets is quarried periodically or as needed for special building projects. See Tables 1, 3, and 7e. Structural Materials.—Unclassified materials valued at $5,972,171 in Table 7e is the total for structural materials in the period 1886-1919 that cannot be allotted to particular classes of structural materials or assigned to mining divisions, and includes $726,323 shown against 1896 in Table 2 that includes unclassified structural materials in that and previous years not assignable to particular years. The figure 3,150,828 in Table 7e under " Other Clay Products " is the value in the period 1886-1910 that cannot be allotted to particular clay products or assigned to mining divisions. See Tables 1, 2, 3, 7a, and 7e. Sulphur.—The production of sulphur has been recorded since 1916. From 1916 to 1927 the amounts include the sulphur content of pyrite shipped. From 1928 the amounts include the estimated sulphur content of pyrite shipped plus the sulphur contained in sulphuric acid made from waste smelter gases. The sulphur content of pyrrhotite roasted at the Kimberley fertilizer plant is included since 1953. Since 1958 elemental sulphur recovered from the Jefferson Lake Petrochemical Co. plant at Taylor has been included. See Tables 1, 3, and 7d. Talc.—Between 1916 and 1936, talc was quarried at Leech River and at Anderson Lake for dusting asphalt roofing. There has been no production since 1936. See Tables 1, 3, and 7d. Tin.—Tin as cassiterite is a by-product of the Sullivan mine, where it has been produced since 1941. The tin concentrate is shipped to an American smelter for treatment. See Tables 1, 3, and 7c. Tungsten.—Tungsten, very largely as scheelite concentrates, was produced from 1937 to 1958, first from the Cariboo in 1937 and during World War II from STATISTICS A 23 the Red Rose mine near Hazelton and the Emerald mine near Salmo. The Red Rose closed in 1954 and the Emerald in 1958. A very small amount of wolframite came from Surprise Creek near Atlin. See Tables 1, 3, and 7c. Volcanic Ash.—The only recorded production of volcanic ash is 30 tons from the Cariboo Mining Division in 1954. See Tables 1 and 7d. Zinc.—Zinc was first produced in 1905. Currently the total value of all zinc production is greater than that of any of the other metals, lead being in second place. By far the greatest amount of zinc has been mined in southeastern British Columbia, at the Sullivan mine and at mines near Ainsworth, Invermere, Moyie Lake, Riondel, Salmo, Slocan, and Spillimacheen. The greatest zinc mine is the Sullivan, which has contributed 71 per cent of the total zinc production of the Province. Records for the period 1905 to 1908 show shipments totalling 18,845 tons of zinc ore and zinc concentrates of unstated zinc content. In 1958, revisions were made to some yearly totals for zinc to adjust them for recovery of zinc from slag treated at the Trail smelter. See Tables 1, 3, 6, and 7b. A 24 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1967 Prices Used in Valuing Provincial Production of Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, and Coal Year GoId,i Placer, Oz. Gold, Fine, Oz. Silver, Fine, Oz. Copper, Lb. Lead, Lb. Zinc, Lb. Coal, Short Ton 1901 S 17.00 19.30 23.02 2S.37 28.94 28.81 28.77 28.93 29.72 31.06 31.06 31.66 31.66 31.C6 31.66 30.22 28.78 28.78 29.00 31.29 30.30 28.18 28.31 27.52 28.39 28.32 27.59 27.94 27.61 27.92 29.24 29.25 29.31 29.96 28.93 29.08 28.77 $ 20.67 1 23.47 28.60 34.50 35.19 35.03 34.99 35.18 36.14 38.50 38.50 38.50 38.50 38.50 38.50 36.75 35.00 35.00 36.00 38.05 36.85 34.27 34.42 34.07 34.52 34.44 33.55 33.98 33.57 33.95 35.46 37.41 37.75 37.75 37.73 37.71 37.76 Cent* 66.002 N.Y. 49.55 ,. 50.78 „ 53.36 „ 51.33 ., 63.45 „ 62.06 „ 50.22 „ 48.93 .. 50.812 .. 50.64 .. 67.79 .. 56.80 ., 62.10 „ 47.20 „ 62.38 ., 77.35 ., 91.93 105.57 .. 95.80 ., 59.52 ,. 64.14 .. 61.63 63.442 .. 69.065 ,. 62.107 „ 56.370 „ 58.176 ., 52.993 .. 38.154 .. 28.700 .. 31.671 „ 37.832 .. 47.461 ., 64.790 .. 45.127 „ 44.881 .. 43.477 ,. 40.488 „ 38.249 .. 38.261 „ 41.166 „ 45.254 „ 43.000 .. 47.000 ,. 83.650 „ 72.000 ,. 75.000 Mont. 74.250 U.S. 80.635 ,. 94.550 „ 83.157 „ 83.774 .. 82.982 „ 87.851 „ 89.373 .. 87.057 „ 86.448 ., 87.469 ,. 88.633 „ 93.696 „ 116.029 .. 137.965 „ 139.458 „ 139.374 „ 139.300 ,, |167.111 „ Cents 16.11 N.Y. 11.70 ., 13.24 12.82 15.59 ., 19.28 ,. 20.00 .. 13.20 „ 12.98 „ 12.738 „ 12.38 „ 16.341 .. 15.27 „ 13.60 „ 17.28 „ 27.202 „ 27.18 ,. 24.63 18.70 „ 17.45 ., 12.50 „ 13.38 „ 14.42 13.02 „ 14.012 „ 13.795 „ 12.920 „ 14.570 .. 18.107 ., 12.082 ,. 8.116 ,. 6.380 Lond. 7.454 .. 7.419 ,. 7.795 „ 9.477 ., 13.078 ,. 9.972 .. 10.092 „ 10.086 .. 10.086 ,. 10.086 „ 11.750 „ 12.000 .. 12.550 ., 12.800 „ 20.390 ,. 22.350 U.S. 19.973 „ 23.428 „ 27.700 „ 31.079 „ 30.333 „ 29.112 „ 38.276 „ 39.787 „ 26.031 „ 23.419 ,. 27.708 „ 28.985 „ 28.288 „ 30.473 ., 30.646 „ 33.412 „ 38.377 „ 53.344 „ 50.022 „ Cents 2.577 N.Y. 3.66 „ 3.81 3.88 .. 4.24 „ 4.81 ., 4.80 „ 3.78 ., 3.85 „ 4.00 ., 3.98 .. 4.024 „ 3.93 „ 3.50 „ 4.17 „ 6.172 ., 7.91 6.67 5.19 „ 7.16 „ 4.09 ,. 5.16 ,. 6.54 7.287 .. 7.84 8 Lond. 6.751 „ 5.256 .. 4.575 „ 5.050 „ 3.927 .. 2.710 „ 2.113 „ 2.391 „ 2.436 „ 3.133 „ 3.913 „ 5.110 .. 3.344 ,. 3.109 „ 3.362 ,. 3.362 „ 3.362 „ 3.754 .. 4.500 „ 5.000 ., 6.750 ,. 13.670 ,. 18.040 „ 15.800 U.S. 14.454 „ 18.400 „ 10.121 „ 13.265 „ 13.680 „ 14.926 „ 15.756 „ 14.051 „ 11.755 „ 11.670 „ 11.589 „ 11.011 „ 10.301 „ 12.012 „ 14.662 „ 17.247 „ 16.283 ,, 15.102 „ Cents 2.679 1902 19 03 1904 1905 1906 1907 3.125 1908 19 09 1910 4.60 E.St.L. 4.90 „ 5.90 .. 4.80 ., 4.40 ,. 11.25 .. 10.88 „ 7.566 „ 6.94 6.24 6.52 ., 3.95 4.86 „ 5.62 5.39 7.892 Lond. 7.409 „ 6.194 „ 5.493 „ 5.385 „ 3.599 .. 2.564 „ 2.405 „ 3.210 „ 3.044 .. 3.099 ,. 3.315 ,. 4.902 ., 3.073 .. 3.009 ,. 3 411 „ 3.411 .. 3.411 „ 4.000 ,. 4.300 ,. 6.440 „ 7.810 .. 11.230 .. 13.930 „ 13.247 U.S. 15.075 „ 19.900 „ 15.874 „ 10675 ., 10417 „ 12.127 .. 13.278 „ 11.175 „ 10 009 .. 10.978 „ 12.557 „ 11.695 ,. 12.422 „ 13.173 „ 14.633 „ 15.636 „ 15.622 „ 14.933 „ 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 4.464 1 919 1920 1 921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1929 1930 1931 4.018 1932 3.795 1933 _. 1934 1935 1936 1938 1939.. . 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 4.68 5.12 1948 6.09 1949 6.51 1950 6.43 1951 6.46 1952 6.94 1953 6.88 1954 7.00 1955 6.74 1956 6.59 6.76 7.45 1959 7.93 I960 6.64 1961 7.40 1963 7.43 7.33 1964 6.94 1965 1966 7.03 7.28 1967 7.75 1 See page A 16, under gold, placer. Prices for fine gold are the Canadian Mint buying prices. Prices for other metals are those of the markets indicated, converted into Canadian funds. The abbreviations are: Mont.=Montreal; N.Y.=New York; Lond.=London; E. St. L.=East St. Louis; and U.S.=United States. The prices for gold and copper are true average prices. Prior to 1925 the prices of other metals are the following percentages of the year's average price for the metal: Silver, 95 per cent; lead, 90 per cent; and zinc, 85 per cent. Since 1925 the prices of all metals are true average prices. Table 1.- STATISTICS A 25 —Mineral Production : Total to Date, Past Year, and Latest Year Productsi Total Quantity to Date Total Value to Date Quantity, 1966 Value, 1966 Quantity, 1967 Value, 1967 Metals Antimony Bismuth Cadmium Chromite Cobalt Copper Gold—placer „ —lode Iron concentrates _ Lead ~ Magnesium lb. lb. lb. tons lb. lb. oz. oz. .tons lb. lb. 49,859,826 6,344,049 35,999,631 796 1,730 3,718,897,656 5,233,848 16,684,295 20,257,256 15,171,777,138 204,632 1,724 4,171,110 41,960,948 32,411,701 749 1,407 731 465,859,503 17,274,649 16,019,324 13,549,404,824 - $ 14,653,918 11,765,019 61,143,642 32,295 420 788,573,005 96,911,921 491,030,265 180,150,667 1,246,368,659 88,184 32,668 10,447,358 71,354,438 26,373,985 30,462 1,405,681 47,435 1,169,570 $ 745,011 198,848 3,017,491 1,267,686 142,507 994,365 $ 671,874 572,878 2,784,222 105,800,568 1,535 119,508 2,151,804 211,490,107 56,438,255 44,632 4,506,646 20,778,934 34,436,934 172,739,548 891 126,157 2,154,443 208,131,894 88,135,172 25,632 4,763,688 20,820,765 31,432,079 Mercury Molybdenum Nickel Palladium Platinum Selenium Silver Tin Tungsten (WO3) - .. lb. -..lb. lb. oz. oz. lb. oz. lb. lb. 380 17,517,348 4,180,842 2,600 31,249,772 3,946,715 17,094,927 3,622,400 27,606,061 3,104,397 135,008 1,389 313,557,280 14,809,273 38,663,751 1,255,584,491 9,944,214 5,549,131 710,752 305,124,440 7,729,939 1,130,096 6,180,739 437,804 10,328,695 621,682 Zinc Others lb. 47,666,540 1,632,747 262,830,908 39,248,539 1,327,713 Totals Industrial Minerals lb. 4,631,652,312 209,036,531 235,932,026 22,019,420 683,422 275,742 791 6,616 35,643 3,988,104 302,286 3,287,757 2,253 18,108 258,445 13,894 12,822,050 522 1,112 3,842 10,492 6,289,397 1,805 30 273,201 133,692,993 3,119,031 16,858 158,166 794,833 7,229,775 4,391,005 12,235,390 27,536 155,050 Asbestos Barite Bentonite Diatomite Fluorspar tons tons tons tons -tons 88,771 21,888 15,718,741 176,240 92,192 23,466 18,273,220 176,882 70 152 23,913 23,956 206,026 3,755 4,986 112,314 424,667 576,873 2,819 80 48,052 31,283 230,044 14,096 2,464 221,212 305,655 691,592 Granules Gypsum and gypsite . . Hydromagnesite Iron oxide and ochre Jade Magnesium sulphate Mica tons tons tons tons lb. tons lb. 24,341 133,109 254,352 185,818 9,398 11,633 13,225 20,160 Perlite Phosphate rock Sodium carbonate Sulphur Talc tons tons tons tons 11,120 16,894 118,983 _ 9,654,603 78,100,899 34,871 300 342,478 5,834,523 314,490 Volcanic ash Totals Structural Materials Cement tons tons 240,959,582 22,865,324 29,364,065 10,899,078 176,472,503 64,038,164 43,927,925 38,912,410 184,910,797 9,131,636 5,972,171 707,506 15,959,293 4,100,192 2,696,011 1,890,992 21,959,733 215,043 708,855 16,929,451 3,945,207 2,822,138 2,967,195 20,643,673 51,425 Lime and limestone -tons 1,483,949 1,590,189 24,320,013 76,720 1,645,253 2,287,407 23,210,746 3,577 Sand and gravel Stone Not assigned , tons tons 1,158,048 Totals Fuels Coal Crude oil Field condensate Plant condensate tons bbl. -bbl. -bbl. | 523,365,606|— 46,821,264| | 47,359,089 . 140,633,492 86,467,553 161,741 8,618,053 1,139,229,860 3,729,197 2,227,300 602,317,732 181,915,757 355,440 4,900,300 110,335,069 1,193,343 712,733 850,821 16,638,181 39,571 974,564 161,264,334 500,973 334,315 6,196,219 36,268,683 86,265 312,360 17,339,587 160.312 908,790 19,656,799 40,570 1,016,045 198,626,177 588,118 7,045,341 44,748,477 ; 92,357 267,941 21,667,136 188,197 132,178 Nat'l gas to pipe-line...M Butane s.c.f. ...bbl. Propane Totals ' Grant totals bbl. 106,980 413,058 901,730,374 60,470,406 74,141,627 6,297,707,874 339,193,525,- - 1386,796,807 1 See notes on indivi lual pr oducts listed al phabetically 0 n pages A 17 o A 23. A 26 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1967 Table 2.—Total Value of Production, 1836-1967 Year Metals Industrial Minerals Structural Materials Fuels Total 1836-86. 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 '1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901- 1902.. 1903- 1904- 1905- 1906- 1907- 1908- 1909.. 1910- 1911- 1912. 1913- 1914- 1915- 1916. 1917.. 1918.. 1919. 1920. 1921.. 1922... 1923... 1924... 1925-. 1926- 1927... 1928- 1929... 1930- 1931.. 1932.. 1933- 1934- 1935- 1936. 1937- 1938- 1939.. 1940- il941- 1942- 1943- 1944. 1945.- 1946- 1947... 1948- 1949- 1950.. 52,808,750 729,381 745,794 685,512 572,884 447,136 511,075 659,969 1,191,728 2,834,629 4,973,769 7,575,262 7,176,870 8,107,509 '11,360,546 14,258,455 12,163,561 12,640,083 13,424,755 16,289,165 18,449,602 17,101,305 15,227,991 14,668,141 13,768,731 11,880,062 18,218,266 17,701,432 15,790,727 20,765,212 32,092,648 27,299,934 27,957,302 20,058,217 19,687,532 13,160,417 19,605,401 25,769,215 35,959,566 46,480,742 51,867,792 45,134,289 48,640,158 52,805,345 41,785,380 23,530,469 20,129,869 25,777,723 35,177,224 42,006,618 45,889,944 65,224,245 55,959,713 56,216,049 64,332,166 65,807,630 63,626,140 55,005,394 42,095,013 50,673,592 58,834,747 95,729,867 124,091,753 110,219,917 117,166,836 2,400 46,345 17,500 46,446 51,810 133,114 150,718 174,107 281,131 289,426 508,601 330,503 251,922 140,409 116,932 101,319 223,748 437,729 544,192 807,502 457,225 480,319 447,495 460,683 486,554 543,583 724,362 976,171 916,841 1,381,720 1,073,023 1,253,561 1,434,382 1,378,337 1,419,248 1,497,720 1,783,010 2,275,972 2,358,877 2,500,799 2,462,340 $ 43,650 22,168 46,432 77,517 75,201 79,475 129,234 726,323 150,000 150,000 200,000 250,000 400,000 450,000 525,000 575,000 660,800 982,900 1,149,400 1,200,000 1,270,559 1,500,000 3,500,917 3,436,222 3,249,605 2,794,107 1,509,235 1,247,912 1,097,900 783,280 980,790 1,962,824 1,808,392 2,469,967 2,742,388 2,764,013 2,766,838 3,335,885 2,879,160 3,409,142 3,820,732 4,085,105 3,538,519 1,705,708 1,025,586 1,018,719 1,238,718 1,796,677 2,098,339 1,974,976 1,832,464 2,534,840 2,845,262 3,173,635 3,025,255 3,010,088 3,401,229 5,199,563 5,896,803 8,968,222 9,955,790 10,246,939 10,758,565 1,240,080 1,467,903 1,739,490 2,034,420 3,087,291 2,479,005 2,934,882 3,038,859 2,824,687 2,693,961 2,734,522 3,582,595 4,126,803 4,744,530 5,016,398 4,832,257 4,332,297 4,953,024 5,511,861 5,548,044 7,637,713 7,356,866 8,574,884 11,108,335 8,071,747 10,786,812 9,197,460 7,745,847 7,114,178 8,900,675 8,484,343 12,833,994 11,975,671 13,450,169 12,836,013 12,880,060 12,678,548 9,911,935 12,168,905 11,650,180 12,269,135 12,633,510 11,256,260 9,435,650 7,684,155 6,523,644 5,375,171 5,725,133 5,048,864 5,722,502 6,139,920 5,565,069 6,280,956 7,088,265 7,660,000 8,237,172 7,742,030 8,217,966 6,454,360 6,732,470 8,680,440 9,765,395 '10,549,924 10,119,303 63,610,965 1,991,629 2,260,129 2,502,519 2,682,505 3,613,902 3,119,314 3,594,851 4,230,587 5,659,316 8,394,053 10,459,784 10,909,465 12,434,312 16,355,076 19,674,853 17,445,818 17,497,380 18,955,179 22,461,826 24,980,546 25,888,418 23,784,857 24,513,584 26,377,066 23,499,071 32,458,800 30,194,943 26,382,491 29,521,739 42,391,953 37,056,284 41,855,707 33,304,104 35,609,126 28,135,325 35,207,350 41,330,560 48,752,446 61,517,804 67,077,605 60,720,313 65,227,002 68,689,839 55,763,360 35,233,462 28,806,716 32,639,163 42,407,630 48,837,783 54,133,485 74,438,675 64,416,599 65,711,189 75,028,294 77,566,453 76,471,329 67,151,016 54,742,315 62,026,901 72,549,790 112,583,082 145,184,247 133,226,430 139,995,418 STATISTICS A 27 Table 2.—Total Value of Production, 1836-1967—Continued Year Metals Industrial Minerals Structural Materials Fuels Total 1951 1952 1953 . 1954 1955 1956 $ 153,598,411 147,857,523 126,755,705 123,834,286 142,609,505 149,441,246 125,353,920 104,251,112 105,076,530 130,304,373 128,565,774 159,627,293 172,852,866 180,926,329 177,101,733 209,036,531 235,932,026 $ 2,493,840 2,181,464 3,002,673 5,504,114 6,939,490 9,172,792 11,474,050 9,958,768 12,110,286 13,762,102 12,948,308 14,304,214 16,510,898 16,989,469 20,409,649 22,865,324 29,364,065 $ 10,606,048 11,596,961 13,555,038 14,395,174 15,299,254 20,573,631 25,626,939 19,999,576 19,025,209 18,829,989 19,878,921 21,366,265 23,882,190 26,428,939 32,325,714 46,821,264 47,359,089 $ 10,169,617 9,729,739 9,528,279 9,161,089 9,005,111 9,665,983 8,537,920 10,744,093 11,439,192 14,468,869 18,414,318 34,073,712 42,617,633 42,794,431 50,815,252 60,470,406 74,141,627 $ 176,867,916 171,365,687 152,841,695 152,894,663 .173,853,360 188,853,652 1957 1958 .... 1959 1960 170,992,829 144,953,549 147,651,217 177,365,333 1961 .- . IQfi? 179,807,321 229,371,484 196T 1964 . 1965 1966 — 1967 255,863,587 267,139,168 280,652,348 339,193,525 386,796,807 Totals 4,631,652,312 240,959,582 523,365,606 | 901,730,374 | 6,297,707,874 1 1 A 28 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1967 coTfromr,-i-<»-iTf csos.-ii-tas©i-iin *eor^ososvo~cssdr-^ TfotooosTfrsco t- m oo cs os co »n I o oo oo r-t oo tj- CS i-l ro os fH .-* vo en O ■* co i-^" oo Tf so Tf oC tn (s ii h-ruN vo »-» oo vo cs *-h o\ oo <-h *t t-- oo «n rOmNNOMnON co os vo oo o\ m os in Tf os" t-"* oC r-* \o NO CO OS OO t-t 00 OS CO vo to cs On T—I o H 00 »o ON r—I < o CO H O £ Q O o< 2 Ph O W P < > Q < H H < o m oor-—"OsrfcoQOs TfsoasTfcoinTfso o\ in oo h oo d ncs cs r- O CO co os r- OS o cs OS t~- CO vo O VO co vo r—cocscSvO'-coo^t OsvOco—'i-'rsvocS cscoTfTfTfooom •nrnr^N w oCin^f co co o os m co co CO CS OS so *-> CO cs CO CO r- o : o os m os i as co — j co Os ! --J CO • o\ CO CO t- O00H m co co 00--? 00 Tf m SO i-i _ t- CS 00 m o os co o cs o co oCo co r* os m in cs o —■ CS Tf CS CO* CO 00 Tf in in in co o «n © r-» co so o m o t— co Tf co r* o co co f» co" os o cs m ^h m vo m Tf •-i cs cs ostnsoicosovnvooo o n OMn t> t <-" oo «o eococot--»-"Ocoor^fo ^*rHoo"ri'a*cJ,t vo* o"o" ^ii-icscor^csvo'-'cor- OS I- VO -- CO O Tf r-* ,-T ,-* r"1 t so rs O co O l co co M- in o j co oc^ sq as^ Tf ! r^ co" os" Tf in i .— m co cs i Tf t^- m ^r ro o os vo os ^f oo •H »- fs| t~^ 00 OS 1-4 rjo r-^oocscs* © o co *-« o m CO OS t- 00 *-l VO i-7 oo cs oo os m o vo os Tf so m vo —< o r- Os in co r-^ tM co >-« i-H " vo cs so Os o CO OS CO i-t i-T in as NoOO^rOOHMsiOm OOfNO\(SH^Tt«Oi rrvoosr-'^t^tooosinas CS OS CO CO 00 •■* i-^CS o cs o cs so m so T cs vo r- co vo o m so vo t~~ O in voONvoosr-omoscoeo ooosocs'rrooinoscsr^ l^ocoTtooincosoooo •^coooTtcoinocoosOs ini-nr-vo osoo t- socsr-o csi-n in «~i cs co in co rVco Os co os co t^- rf cs SO CS^ r-l co *t i-*1 so rC CO © ■* m 1 m co r^ I so Os - r-i ^n th ^h © rj- -h o 00 00 m cs i-t HlTlWH^ t^- OS OS OS CO NihVO^Hi . 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V V y M o 1 T i Ul > —I CO t\t °l ol r v. / J 1111 j III! 1 i J_I_ • ill tiii . 1 I.J-1. ■ ■■■ 1.11 i 1111 I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 V ■ 11 ■ titi ■ . 11 10 z o 3 30 _| 20 1 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 150 100 10 O z < CO D O I o in o CO o CO Ol Ol o o CD CD en O) 0) CD o lO o CO o CO o CO o i\j <\j <0 to <* ■* 10 CO CO 01 o> CT1 Ol Ol Ol Ol Ol o A 32 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1967 Table 6.—Production of Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum, and Iron Concentrates, 1858-1967 Year Placer Gold (Crude) Gold (Fine) Silver Copper Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value 1858-90 - 1891-1900 -- 1901 1902 - 1903 . 1904 1905 ~ - Oz. 3,246,585 376,290 57,060 63,130 62,380 65,610 57,020 55,790 48,710 38,060 28,060 31,760 25,060 32,680 30,000 33,240 45,290 34,150 29,180 18,820 16,850 13,040 13,720 21,690 24,710 24,750 16,476 20,912 9,191 8,424 6,983 8,955 17,176 20,400 23,928 25,181 30,929 43,389 54,153 57,759 49,746 39,067 43,775 32,904 14,600 11,433 12,589 15,729 6,969 20,332 17,886 19,134 23,691 17,554 14,245 8,684 7,666 3,865 2,936 5,650 7,570 3,847 3,416 3,315 4,620 1,842 866 1,535 891 $ 55,192,163 6,397,183 970,100 1,073,140 1,060,420 1,115,300 969,300 948,400 828,000 647,000 477,000 540,000 426,000 555,500 510,000 565,000 770,000 580,500 496,000 320,000 286,500 221,600 233,200 368,800 420,000 420,750 280,092 355,503 156,247 143,208 118,711 152,235 291,992 395,542 562,787 714,431 895,058 1,249,940 1,558,245 1,671,015 1,478,492 1,236,928 1,385,962 1,041,772 462,270 361,977 398,591 475,361 200,585 585,200 529,524 598,717 717,911 494,756 403,230 238,967 217,614 109,450 80,990 157,871 208,973 107,418 99,884 96,697 135,411 55,191 25,053 44.632 25,632 Oz. $ Oz. 221,089 22,537,306 4,396,447 3,817,917 2,996,204 3,222,481 3,439,417 2,990,262 2,745,448 2,631,389 2,532,742 2,450,241 1,892,364 3,132,108 3,465,856 3,602,180 3,366,506 3,301,923 2,929,216 3,998,172 3,403,119 3,377,849 2,673,389 7,101,311 6,032,986 8,341,768 7,654,844 10,748,556 10,470,185 10,627,167 9,960,172 11,328,263 7,550,331 7,150,655 7,021,754 8,613,977 9,269,944 9,547,124 11,305,367 10,861,578 10,821,393 12,327,944 12,175,700 9,677,881 8,526,310 5,705,334 6,157,307 6,365,761 5,708,461 6,720,134 7,637,882 9,509,456 8,218,914 8,810,807 8,378,819 9,826,403 7,903,149 8,405,074 8,129,348 7,041,058 6,198,101 7,446,643 7,373,997 6,189,804 6,422,680 5,269,642 4,972,084 5,549,131 6,180,739 $ 214,152 13,561,194 2,462,008 1,891,779 1,521,472 1,719,516 1,971,818 1,897,320 1,703,825 1,321,483 1,239,270 1,245,016 958,293 1,810,045 1,968,606 1,876,736 1,588,991 2,059,739 2,265,749 3,215,870 3,592,673 3,235,980 1,591,201 4,554,781 3,718,129 5,292,184 5,286,818 6,675,606 5,902,043 6,182,461 5,278,194 4,322,185 2,254,979 2,264,729 2,656,526 4,088,280 6,005,996 4,308,330 5,073,962 4,722,288 4,381,365 4,715,315 4,658,545 4,080,775 3,858,496 2,453,293 2,893,934 5,324,959 4,110,092 5,040,101 5,671,082 7,667,950 7,770,983 7,326,803 7,019,272 8,154,145 6,942,995 7,511,866 7,077,166 6,086,854 5,421,417 6,600,183 6,909,140 7,181,907 8,861,050 7,348,938 6,929,793 7,729,939 10,328,695 Lb. $ 632,806 210,384 236,491 232,828 222,042 238,660 224,027 196,179 255,582 238,224 267,701 228,617 257,496 272,254 247,170 250,021 221,932 114,523 164,674 152,426 120,048 135,765 197,856 179,245 247,716 209,719 201,427 178,001 180,662 145,223 160,836 146,133 181,651 223,589 297,216 365,343 404,578 460,781 557,522 587,336 583,524 571,026 444,518 224,403 186,632 175,373 117,612 243,282 286,230 288,396 283,983 261,274 255,789 253,552 258,388 242,477 191,743 223,403 194,354 173,146 205,580 159,821 158,850 154,979 138,487 117,124 119,508 126,157 12,858,353 4,348,637 4,888,269 4,812,554 4,589,608 4,933,103 4,630,639 4,055,020 5,282,879 4,924,090 5,533,380 4,725,512 5,322,442 5,627,595 5,109,008 5,167,934 4,587,333 2,367,191 3,403,811 3,150,644 2,481,392 2,804,197 4,089,684 3,704,994 5,120,535 4,335,069 4,163,859 3,679,601 3,734,609 3,002,020 3,324,975 3,020,837 4,263,389 6,394,645 10,253,952 12,856,419 14,172,367 16,122,767 19,613,624 21,226,957 22,461,516 21,984,501 17,113,943 8,639,516 7,185,332 6,751,860 4,322,241 8,514,870 10,018,050 10,382,256 10,805,553 9,627,947 8,765,889 8,727,294 8,803,279 8,370,306 6,603,628 7,495,170 6,604,149 5,812,511 6,979,441 5,667,253 5,942,101 5,850,458 5,227,884 4,419,089 4,506,646 4,763,688 35,416,069 27,603,746 29,652,043 34,359,921 35,710,128 37,692,251 42,990,488 40,832,721 47,274,614 45,597,245 38,243,934 36,927,656 51,456,537 46,460,305 45,009,699 56,918,405 65,379,364 59,007,565 61,483,754 42,459,339 44,887,676 39,036,993 32,359,896 57,720,290 64,845,393 72,306,432 89,339,768 89,202,871 97,908,316 102,793,669 92,362,240 64,134,746 50,608,036 43,149,460 49,651,733 39,428,208 21,671,711 46,057,584 65,769,906 73,254,679 77,980,223 66,435,583 50,097,716 42,307,510 36,300,589 25,852,366 17,500,538 41,783,921 43,025,388 54,856,808 42,212,133 43,249,658 42,005,512 49,021,013 50,150,087 44,238,031 43,360,575 31,387,441 12,658,649 16,233,546 33,064,429 31,692,412 108,979,144 118,247,104 115,554,700 85,197,073 105,800,568 172,739,548 4,365,210 4,446,963 3,450,291 4,547,878 4,578,037 5,876,222 8,288,565 8,166,544 6,240,249 5,918,522 4,871,512 4,571,644 8,408,513 7,094,489 6,121,319 9,835,500 17,784,494 16,038,256 15,143,449 7,939,896 7,832,899 4,879,624 4,329,754 8,323,266 8,442,870 10,153,269 12,324,421 11,525,011 14,265,242 18,612,850 11,990,466 5,365,690 3,228,892 3,216,701 3,683,662 3,073,428 2,053,828 6,023,411 6,558,575 7,392,862 7,865,085 6,700,693 5,052,856 4,971,132 4,356,070 3,244,472 2,240,070 8,519,741 9,616,174 10,956,550 9,889,458 11,980,155 13,054,893 14,869,544 14,599,693 16,932,549 17,251,872 8,170,465 2,964,529 4,497,991 9,583,724 8,965,149 33,209,215 36,238,007 38,609,136 32,696,081 56,438,255 88,135,172 1«06 1907 1908 1909 1910.. 1911 1912 1Q11 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 - - 1919 . 1920 .... 1921 1927 1923 1924 1925 19?6 1Q?7 1928 1929 - 1Q10 1931 1932 1933 1934 1936 1937 1938 1930 1940 1941 . 194? 1943 1944 1945. 1946.. 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955.. . . 1956 1957 195» 1959 1960 . 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 • . 1967 Totals 5.233,848)96,911,921 16,684,2951491.030,265 465.859.503 313,557,280 3,718.897.656 788,573,005 STATISTICS A 33 Table 6.- -Production of Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum, and Iron Concentrates, 1858-1967—Continued Lead Zinc Molybdenum Iron Concentrates Year Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value 1858-90 ... Lb. 1,044,400 205,037,158 51,582,906 22,536,381 18,089,283 36,646,244 56,580,703 52,408,217 47,738,703 43,195,733 44,396,346 34,658,746 26,872,397 44,871,454 55,364,677 50,625,048 46,503,590 48,727,516 37,307,465 43,899,661 29,475,968 39,331,218 41,402,288 67,447,985 96,663,152 170,384,481 237,899,199 263,023,936 282,996,423 305,140,792 307,999,153 321,803,725 261,902,228 252,007,574 271,689,217 347,366,967 344,268,444 377,971,618 419,118,371 412,979,182 378,743,663 466,849,112 456,840,454 507,199,704 439,155,635 292,922,888 336,976,468 345,862,680 313,733,089 320,037,525 265,378,899 284,024,522 273,456,604 284,949,396 297,634,712 332,474,456 302,567,640 283,718,073 281,603,346 294,573,159 287,423,357 333,608,699 384,284,524 335,282,537 314,974,310 268,737,503 250,183,633 211,490,107 208,131,894 $ 45,527 7,581,619 2,010,186 824,832 689,744 1,421,874 2,399,022 Lb. $ Lb. $ Tons 29,869 13,029 5,746 10,017 2,290 $ 70,879 1891-1900 45,602 1901 20,111 1902 35,060 1903 8,015 1904. 1905.. ... . 139,200 17,100 46,100 99,296 400,000 192,473 129,092 316,139 324,421 346,125 1,460,524 4,043,985 3,166,259 2,899,040 3,540,429 3,077,979 1,952,065 2,777,322 3,278,903 4,266,741 7,754,450 10,586,610 8,996,135 9,984,613 9,268,792 9,017,005 5,160,911 4,621,641 6,291,416 7,584,199 7,940,860 8,439,373 14,274,245 9,172,822 8,544,375 10,643,026 12,548,031 13,208,636 13,446,018 11,956,725 18,984,581 21,420,484 28,412,593 37,654,211 38,181,214 43,769,392 67,164,754 59,189,656 40,810,618 34,805,755 52,048,909 58,934,801 50,206,681 43,234,839 44,169,198 50,656,726 45,370,891 51,356,376 53,069,163 58,648,561 1 48,666,933 1 47,666,540 | 39,248,539 |1,255,584,491 1906. .... _ 2,667,578 2,291,458 1,632,799 1,709,259 1,386,350 1,069,521 1,805,627 2,175,832 1,771,877 1,939,200 3,007,462 2,951,020 2,928,107 1,526,855 2,816,115 1,693,354 3,480,306 6,321,770 12,415,917 18,670,329 17,757,535 14,874,292 13,961,412 15,555,189 12,638,198 7,097,812 5,326,432 6,497,719 8,461,859 10,785,930 14,790,028 21,417,049 13,810,024 12,002,390 15,695,467 15,358,976 17,052,054 16,485,902 13,181,530 16,848,823 23,345,731 42,887,313 57,734,770 41,929,866 41,052,905 50,316,015 45,936,692 39,481,244 45,482,505 45,161,245 44,702,619 39,568,086 34,627,075 33,542,306 j 38,661,912 ' 42,313,569 | 34,537,454 37,834,714 39,402,293 43,149,171 34,436,934 1 31,432,079 1907 ... 1,500 5,250 1908 1909 8,500,000 4,184,192 2,634,544 5,358,280 6,758,768 7,866,467 12,982,440 37,168,980 41,848,513 41,772,916 56,737,651 47,208,268 49,419,372 57,146,548 58,344,462 79,130,970 98,257,099 142,876,947 145,225,443 181,763,147 172,096,841 250,479,310 202,071,702 192,120,091 195,963,751 249,152,403 256,239,446 254,581,393 291,192,278 298,497,295 278,409,102 312,020,671 367,869,579 387,236,469 336,150,455 278,063,373 294,791,635 274,269,956 253,006,168 270,310,195 288,225,368 290,344,227 337,511,324 372,871,717 382,300,862 334,124,560 429,198,565 443,853,004 449,276,797 432,002,790 402,342,850 403,399,319 387,951,190 413,430,817 402,863,154 400,796,562 311,249,250 305,124,440 262,830,908 13,549.404,824 1910 1911 1912 1913.. . _ 1914 1,987 3,618 12,342 6,982 960 662 2,000 20,560 11,636 1,840 1915... 1916 1917 _ 1918 1919 1,000 1,230 1,472 1,010 1,200 243 5,000 6,150 7,360 5,050 3,600 1,337 1920 1921.. 1922 „. 1923 1924 1925. 1926 1927. .. _ 1928... .._ 20 1929 1930 1931 1932.. . 1933 1934... 1935 1936.. 1937 1938 _ 1939 _ 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 _ 1948 679 5,472 3,735 1949 27,579 1950 1951 113,535 900,481 991,248 535,746 610,930 369,955 357,342 630,271 849,248 1,160,355 1,335,068 1,793,847 2,060,241 2,002,562 2,165,403 2,151,804 2,154,443 790,000 5,474,924 6,763,105 3,733,891 3,228,756 2,190,847 2,200,637 4,193,442 6,363,848 1952 1953 1954 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 5,414 9,500 10,292,847 12,082,540 18,326,911 20,746,424 20,419,487 21,498,581 20,778,934 20,820,765 196? 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 28,245 7,289,125 17,094,927 17,517,345 47,063 12,405,344 27,606,061 31,249,772 Totals 15,171,777,13s |1,246,368,659 41,960,948|71,354,438 2O,257,256|180,150,667 A 34 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1967 Table 7a.—Production, 1966 and 1967, and Division Period Placer Gold Metals Industrial Minerals Structural Materials Quantity (Crude) Value 1966 1967 To date 1966 1967 To date 1966 1967 To date 1966 1967 To date 1966 1967 To date 1966 1967 To date 1066 1967 To date 1966 1967 To date 1966 1967 To date 1966 1967 To date 1966 1967 To date 1966 1967 To date 1066 1967 To date 1900 1967 To date 1006 1967 To date 1906 1967 To date 1966 1967 To date 1966 1967 To date 196G 1967 To date 1966 1967 To date 1906 1967 To date 1966 1967 To date 1966 1967 To date 1966 1967 To date 1966 1967 To date Oz. $ S 6,745,495 12,878,212 65,773,468 4 22 38,047,133 6,504,568 5,570,941 57,061,739 $ $ 174,161 417,822 Atlin 1,617 19 85 735,713 622 2,609,164 33,253 556 2,529 17,386,199 17,163 17,478 54,128,080 9,398 2,267,649 6,038 12,844 20,325 3,755 14,096 301,646 330,891 1,619,973 856,015 10,146,368 56,498 515,846 10,171 243,069 848,377 55,650,951 49,837,128 1,984,139,159 1,716,665 1,710,318 60,369,735 6,863,121 7,249,851 156,913,601 14,861,062 20,466,017 61,996,575 124 102,427 1,865,100 3,293,298 13,758,869 753,113 868,474 8,728,241 760,191 304,305 335,094 20,531 468,450 6,298,071 381,964 141,842 469 11,268 2,451,858 156,704 207,946 Kamloops 5,074 115,662 2,323,897 1,321,137 1,040,519 1,236,825 27,595 604,785 6,528,308 17,443,990 20,403,509 145,882,187 4,577 4,627 103,476 68,786 110,057 1,144,357 118,368 485,859 50,000 62,000 1,277,256 13,889,417 641,364 520,891 50,184 836 118 92,870 1,248,151 25,356 3,661 1,923,321 6,522 1,641,589 1,856,414 142,226,659 19,692,301 17,479,327 152,219,600 16,505,791 8,339,265 311,172,204 3,930,536 4,803,044 31,503,328 17,660,303 29,968,349 121,171,508 22,302,413 37,709,824 103,097,546 4,597,221 143,010 52,038 2,539,910 3,561,079 3,212,674 866 19,300 49,167,615 427,106 1 3,586 89,026 427,580 4,653,071 8,398,108 14 31,279 189 593,762 8,819,722 112,374,054 134,219 234 4,764 10,050 826,256 998,139 10 56,289 302 1,499,482 1,625,385 15,860 304,673 357,134 5,919,571 7,807,533 394,683 743,805 51,884,200 256,324 240 5,466 2,025,661 48,083 7,173 11,244,631 492,331 7,582 164,477 2,032,784 Similkameen 279,687 45,507 878,204 120,195,258 5,643,654 7,075,817 235,028,160 9,275,129 7,873,945 237,763,482 745,213 1,204,469 85,701,433 5,339,748 6,669,215 239,177,359 664 10,695 209,230 992,729 1,523,437 15,444,922 12,859,839 12,929,126 251,544,472 18,558 3,253,932 592,571 928,616 4,603 105,569 1,229,400 10,028,873 86,049 84,101 1,342,476 366 9,397 250,614 228,604 851 24,260 2,639,937 40,322 122,640 6,733,153 10,193,600 10,745,614 91,632,989 271,748 182 5,306 659,442 2,732 72,885 3,978 140 140 188,791 2,212,500 4,128,090 46,113,975 4,033,847 10,330,132 9,879,862 Not assigned 628 58 50 1,525,515 15,680 1,557 1,435 17,262,105 159,091,569 6,330,910 5,459,723 27,852,296 Totals 1066 1967 To date 1,535 891 5,233,848 44,632 25,632 96,911,921 208,991,899 235,906,394 4,534,740,391 22,865,324 29,364,065 240,959,582 46,821,264 47,359,089 523,365,606 STATISTICS Total to Date, by Mining Divisions—Summary A 35 Fuels Coal Crude Oil and Condensates Natural Gas Delivered to Pipe-line Butane and Propane Division Total Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value Tons $ Bbl. $ M S.O.F. $ Bbl. $ $ 6,919,656 13,296,034 68,083,768 6,598 15,395 55,784,548 8,145,459 6,458,530 290 1 100 121,638,933 56,498 515,846 2,014,064 823,350 5,919,353 6,939,184 260,597,088 63,739,709 895,429 60,404,704 58,169,961 2,271,262,237 2,851,742 2,720,634 71,561,102 7,019,825 7,457,797 160,674,297 15,901,581 21,702,842 15,087 59,705 83,078,850 17,652,316 20,713,414 95,247,347 36,667,308 45,108,775 187,171,497 161,264,334 198,626,177 1,139,229,860 17,339,587 21,667,136 110,335,069 835,288 1,001,176 5,950,407 267,292 320,375 1,906,076 72,359,665 88,020,686 99,433 099,521 451,846,244 1,814,532 1,916,740 146,793,366 15,400 169,091 5,362 301,143,250 23,491,257 1 20,807,420 74,324,378 503,694,122 17,051,265 8,766,883 316,400,160 12,378,644 13,684,955 145,748,400 17,794,522 30,093,329 2,020,584 11,975 12,987 470,159 11,080,836 107,775 100,795 133,093,414 23,468,327 39,436,306 3,176,723 699,356 1,357,263 1,122 5,008 59,839,996 48,083 499,504 13,441,892 279,687 116,968 4,617,442 19,553,725 143,899,077 6,236,225 8,004,433 36 116 246,392,118 9,361,178 7,958,046 239,115,355 995,827 1,433,073 88,365,630 15,573,670 17,537,469 337,548,807 272,412 670,137 4,319,940 11,323,001 11,403,439 174,740,962 21,404,806 22,518,374 342,772,848 850,821 908,790 140,633,492 6,196,219 7,045,341 602,317,732 17,652,316 20,713,414 95,247,347 36,667,308 45,108,775 187,171,497 161,264,334 198,626,177 1,139,229,860 17,339,587 21,667,136 110,335,069 835,288 1,001,176 5,056,497 267,292 320,375 1,906,076 339,193,525 386,796,807 6,297,707,874 A 36 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1967 o Z OOlOOO^CVlrHOONH : t-t-tfOLOCD;»Tt t-_ ■* t> oi Tf ; 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STATISTICS A 43 to Date, by Mining Divisions—Industrial Minerals Gypsum and Gypsite Jade Mica Sulphur Other, Value Division Total Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value Tons $ Lh. $ Lh. $ Lb. $ $ $ 9,3987 9,398 20,3254 20,325 3,755 14,096 301,646 10,013,800 143,012 30012 873 6,230 156,1914 6 10 162,427 1,865,100 3,293,298 13,758,869 753,113 868,474 8,728,241 124,340 109,777 702,304 1,805,100 3,293,298 13,443,071 112,878 200,020 230,044 1,924,431 298,824 576,873 691,592 5,595,402 16,8949 1,2765 11 783,5783 2,323,897 1,240,918 0,323,178 424,700 2,075 203,0556 10 6,528,308 17,443,990 20,403,509 145,882,187 4,577 4,627 103,476 68,786 110,057 1,144,357 118,368 8,493 14,920 25,413 3,140 5,240 230,832 8,648 19,714 30,362 4,577 4,627 98,347 66,461 59,160 553,159 1,716,601 2,110,575 12,158,832 5,12911 55,9015 485,859 50,000 62,000 1,277,256 2,407 10,050 10,050 2,200 4,400 11,4001 8 4,9863 2,4643 305,4161 3 6 15,860 304,073 357,134 5,919,571 1,588,800 25,938 250 1,700 10,8582 18,558 41,624 4,177 7,950 654,899 178,678 40,322 1,229,400 40,322 122,640 6,733,153 034,250 10,815 6,206,343 97,3895 100,500 3,978 3,978 140 140 188,791 2,212,500 4,128,090 46,113,975 30,22611 147,500 137.603 2,212,500 d.1 28.090 1 4,277,411|46,113,975 206,026 230,044 3,287,757 576,873 691,592 12,235,390 11,633 20,160 258,445 13,225 24,341 133,109 342,478 314,490 6,289,397 5,834,523 9,654,603 78,100,899 4,986 2,464 1,713,396 22,805,324 29,364,065 240,959,582 12,822,050 185,818 7 Natro-al s Perlite. unite. 9 10 Phosphate l Sodium car ock. bonate. 11 Talc. 12 Vole, nic ash. a 44 mines and petroleum resources report, 1967 Table 7e.—Production, 1966 and 1967, and Total Division Period Cement Lime and Limestone Building- stone Rubble, Riprap, and Crushed Rock Sand and Gravel 1900 1967 To date 1966 1967 To date 1966 1967 To date 1966 1967 To date 1900 1967 To date 1960 1967 To date 1900 1967 To date 1906 1967 To date 1906 1967 To date 1900 1967 To date 1966 1967 To date 1066 1967 To date 1900 1967 To date 1906 1967 To (late 1966 1967 To date 1966 1967 To date 1960 1967 To date 19 00 1967 To date 1906 1967 To date 1900 1967 To date 1966 1967 To date 1960 1967 To date 1960 1967 To date 1906 1967 To date I960 1967 To date $ $ S $ 19,389 46,100 280,011 S 154,772 371,722 1,987,038 6,038 12,844 231,305 1,432,024 673,248 8,613,920 49,726 342,400 578,367 237,393 Atlin 1,108 98,478 182,939 82,251 1,375,545 6,772 173,446 181,824 00,912 44,616 52,110 43,873 71,941 24,840 1,601,099| 4,505,240 114,012 2,214,264 139,836 108,536 833,197 814,942 899,280 7,027,473 590,447 490,599 4,419,000 69,502 22,686 1,827,046 932,545 731,780 5,223,669 346,056 345,606 3,521,572 4,315,711 4,359,718 48,133,479 134,219 101,625 661,560 828,428 1,267,191 6,313,604 349,732 227,656 1,750,161 42,805 478,775 1,663,409 215,187 114,688 2,570,457 539,872 304,654 5,775,312 86,049 84,101 1,107,799 246,203 226,804 2,295,693 2,721,765 2,137,636 35,152,996 265,376 630,764 3,467,983 819,255 969,840 17,718,644 6,265,576 5,384,621 17,251,603 1,000 50,840 10,888 29,646 83,014 120,189 69,764 241,083 225,977 337,545 6,759,565 50,917 30,292 178,215 73,508 29,352 710,764 127,305 121,299 1,061,183 4,838 5,762 509,589 312,443 701,405 10,080,895 42,560 Liard 12,000 18,000 100 2,336,751 2,359,595 38,253,030 72,601 72,601 179,745 231,098 321,495 2,324,577 2,000 104,478 3,450,735 3,611 3,611 420,191 Nicola 20,974 23,355 150,696 169,711 358,194 1,485,578 44,951 10,500 208,698 5,278 13,556 362,800 64,500 2,280 618,049 10,638 612,835 2,451,012 8,000 Osoyoos 3,077 18,168 33,018 33,784 1,000 5,575 10,500 11,571 42,061 11,127 1,645,300 24,000 144,000 Trail Creek 1,000 115,143 4,036 118,534 375 1,800 226,224 449,872 147,049 8,105,309 6,372 28,678 277,059 2,511 4,423 464,233 65,334 75,102 627,178 32,500 85,520 1,200 7,020,763 8,460,929 43,232,047 40,885 4,012,560 40,499 13,500 12,704 886,696 81,052 10 8,938,530 8,468,522 133,229,356 55 Totals _ 315,498 505,018 1966 1967 To date 15,959,293 16,929,451 176.472,503 2,696,011 2,822,138 43,927,925 215,043 51,425 9,131,036 1,890,992 2,967,195 38,912,410 21,959,733 20,643,673 184,910,797 statistics a 45 to Date, by Mining Divisions—Structural Materials Brick (Common) Face, Paving, and Sewer Brick Firebricks, Blocks Clays Structural Tile (Hollow Blocks), Roof Tile, Floor Tile Drain Tile and Sewer Pipe Pottery (Glazed or Un- glazed) Other Clay Products Unclassified Material Division Total $ $ $ $ $ $ $ * $ $ 174,161 417,822 2,267,649 6,038 12,844 330,891 1,019,973 856,015 10,146,368 56,498 515,846 760,191 304,305 335,094 6,298,071 381,964 141,842 2,451,858 156,704 207,946 1,321,137 1,040,519 1,236,825 13,889,417 641,364 520,891 4,597,221 143,010 52,038 2,539,910 3,561,079 3,212,674 49,107,015 427,106 427,580 4,653,071 8,398,108 8,819,722 112,374,054 134,219 124,980 826,256 998,139 1,625,385 7,807,533 394,683 256,324 2,025,661 48,083 492,331 2,032,784 279,687 116,968 3,253,932 592,571 928,616 10,028,873 86,049 84,101 1,342,476 250,614 228,604 2,639,937 10,193,600 10,745,614 91,032,989 271,748 659,442 4,033,847 10,330,132 9,879,862 159,091,569 6,330,910 5,459,723 27,852,296 5,010 55,900 82,952 1,193 184 4.651 15,807 7,800 8,118 27,830 59,505 114,361 6,922 72,379 1 1,104,295 38,939 35,758 19,110 16,950 2,628 1,828,019 2,864 994,175 1,048,938 8,091,904 822,670 768,351 15,993,680 34,801 18,668 1,023,978 59,815 36,247 3,029,149 1,003,518 856,238 16,807,021 25,568 28,029 457,722 581,293 678,005 3,970,656 5,274 11,992 1,303 8,324 4,925 142,208 241,216 580,778 12,724 23,362 88,304 131,407 0.202 1.011 5 18,224 4,325 20 550,326 424,373 2,912,735 1 1,814,047 29,552 119,930 1,050 705,821 1,072,346 136,504 3,180,828 5,972,171 16,956 2,628 5,240,753 994,175 1,048,938 8,410,861 822,070 768,351 16,700,050 34,861 18,668 1,102,532 59,815 36,247 3,753,194 1,003,518 856,238 17,883,692 25,568 28.029 1,142,029 1.186.108 46,821,264 617,588 110,329,494 5,972,171 1523,365,006 a 46 mines and petroleum resources report, 1967 Table 8a.—Quantity1 and Value of Coal per Year to Date Year Tons (2,000 Lb.) Value Year Tons (2,000 Lb.) Value 1836-59- 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 _ 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875. 1876 _. 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 _ 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 41,871 15,956 15,427 20,292 23,906 32,068 36,757 28,129 34,988 49,286 40,098 33,424 55,458 55,458 55,459 91,334 123,362 155,895 172,540 191,348 270,257 299,708 255,760 315,997 238,895 441,358 409,468 365,832 462,964 548,017 649,411 759,518 152,590 925,495 ,095,690 ,134,509 ,052,412 ,002,268 999,372 ,263,272 ,435,314 781,000 ,894,544 ,838,621 ,624,742 ,887,981 ,044,931 ,126,965 ,485,961 .362,514 ,688,672 ,314,749 ,541,698 .211,907 713,535 237,042 $149,548 56,988 55,096 72,472 85,380 115,528 131,276 100,460 124,956 176,020 143,208 119,372 164,612 164,612 164,612 244,641 330,435 417,576 462,156 522,538 723,903 802,785 685,171 846,417 639,897 1,182,210 1,096,788 979,908 1,240,080 1,467,903 1,739,490 2,034,420 3,087,291 2,479,005 2,934,882 3,038,859 2,824,687 2,693,961 2,734,522 3,582,595 4,126,803 4,744,530 5,016,398 4,832,257 4,332,297 4,953,024 5,511,861 5,548,044 7,637,713 7,356,866 8,574,884 11,108,335 8,071,747 10,786,812 9,197,460 7,745,847 1915- 1916- 1917- 1918. 1919- 1920- 1921- 1922- 1923.. 1924.. 1925- 1926. 1927.. 1928- 1929- 1930- 1931- 1932- 1933.. 1934. 1935- 1936- 1937.. 1938- 1939- 1940- 1941- 1942.. 1943... 1944... 1945... 1946. 1947- 1948... 1949. 1950- 1951... 1952... 1953- 1954... 1955.. 1956.. 1957... 1958-. 1959... 1960... 1961... 1962- 1963... 1964.. 1965.. 1966- 1967- Totals.. 2,076,601 2,583,469 2,436,101 2,575,275 2,433,540 2,852,535 2,670,314 2,726,793 2,636,740 2,027,843 2,541,212 2,406,094 2,553,416 2,680,608 2,375,060 1,994,493 1,765,471 1,614,629 1,377,177 1,430,042 1,278,380 1,352,301 1,446,243 1,388,507 1,561,084 1,662,027 1,844,745 1,996,000 1,854,749 1,931,950 1,523,021 1,439,092 1,696,350 1,604,480 1,621,268 1,574,006 1,573,572 1,402,313 1,384,138 1,308,284 1,332,874 1,417,209 1,085,657 796,413 690,011 788,658 919,142 825,339 850,541 911,326 950,763 850,821 908,790 $7,114,178 8,900,675 8,484,343 12,833,994 11,975,671 13,450,169 12,836,013 12,880,060 12,678,548 9,911,935 12,168,905 11,650,180 12,269,135 12,633,510 11,256,260 9,435,650 7,684,155 6,523,644 5,375,171 5,725,133 5,048,864 5,722,502 6,139,920 5,565,069 6,280,956 7,088,265 7,660,000 8,237,172 7,742,030 8,217,966 6,454,360 6,732,470 8,680,440 9,765,395 10,549,924 10,119,303 10,169,617 9,729,739 9,528,279 9,154,544 8,986,501 9,346,518 7,340,339 5,937,860 5,472,064 5,242,223 6,802,134 6,133,986 6,237,997 6,327,678 6,713,590 6,196,219 7,045,341 140,633,492 $602,317,732 i Quantity from 1836 to 1909 is gross mine output and includes material lost in picking and washing. 1910 and subsequent years the quantity is that sold and used. 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" "-3 03 i >,c3 ■2 sat *•§! °s CJ iH P cc A 48 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1967 Table 9.—Principal Items of Expenditure, Reported for Operations of All Classes Class Salaries and Wages Fuel and Electricity Process Supplies Metal-mining- Exploration and development- Placer Coal Petroleum and natural gas (exploration and production).. Industrial minerals Structural-materials industry- Totals, 1967 Totals, 1966- 1965.. 1964.. 1963- 1962.. 1961- 1960.. 1959- 1958. 1957.. 1956. 1955.. 1954.. 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 $65,294,038 10,886,506 843 2,753,653 4,250,196 4,990,010 6,348,249 $94,523,495 93,409 74,938 63,624. 57,939, 55,522, 50,887, 52,694. 49,961. 48,933, 56,409. 57,266, 51,890 48,702 55,543 62,256 52,607 42,738. 41,023 38,813 32,160 26,190 22,620 23,131 26,051 26,913 26,050 23,391 22,357 22,765 21,349 17,887 16,753 528 ,736 ,559 294 171 275 818 996 560 056 026 ,246 ,746 490 ,631 ,171 ,035 786 ,506 338 ,200 ,975 ,874 ,467 160 491 330 035 ,711 ,690 ,619 367 $9,310,948 214,840 1,127,194 2,937,777 $13,590,759 12,283,477 11,504,343 10,205,861 10,546,806 9,505,559 8,907,034 7,834,728 7,677,321 8,080,989 8,937,567 9,762,777 9,144,034 7,128,669 8,668,099 8,557,845 7,283,051 6,775,998 7,206,637 6,139,470 5,319,470 5,427,458 7,239,726 5,788,671 7,432,585 7,066,109 3,776,747 3,474,721 3,266,000 3,396,106 3,066,311 2,724,144 2,619,639 $29,161,044 526,407 1,945,911 2,735,494 $34,368,856 28,120,179 30,590,631 27,629,953 12,923,325 14,024,799 17,787,127 21,496,912 17,371,638 15,053,036 24,257,177 22,036,839 21,131,572 19,654,724 20,979,411 27,024,500 24,724,101 17,500,663 17,884,408 11,532,121 13,068,948 8,367,705 5,756,628 6,138,084 6,572,317 6,863,398 7,260,441 6,962,162 6,714,347 6,544,500 6,845,330 4,434,501 4,552,730 Note.—This table has changed somewhat through the years, so that the items are not everywhere directly comparable. Prior to 1962 lode-mining referred only to gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc. Prior to 1964 some expenditures for fuel and electricity were included with process supplies. Process supplies (except fuel) were broadened in 1964 to include " process, operating, maintenance, and repair supplies . . . used in the mine/mill operations; that is, explosives, chemicals, drill steel, bits, lubricants, electrical, etc. . . . not charged to Fixed Assets Account . . . provisions and supplies sold in any company operated cafeteria or commissary." Exploration and development other than in the field of petroleum and natural gas is given, starting in 1966. STATISTICS A 49 Table 10.—Average Number Employed in the Mineral Industry, 1901-67 u CJ cd e Lode Metals Coal Mines Structural Materials 'S-S |S •a ca 131 ill C O o 3"S > S3! d, CO - Year Mines 1 1 W §Q o U c u o a o u U s 3 o H u u •o a D > o o H 3 a S-o M 0 E •o G 13 o < "3 o H 1901 2,736 2,219 1,662 2,143 2,470 2,080 2.704 1,212 1,126 1,088 1,163 1,240 1,303 1.239 3,948 3,345 2,750 3,300 3,710 3.983 3,943 3,694 3,254 3,709 3,594 3,836 4,278 4,174 4,144 5,393 5,488 4,390 4,259 3,679 2,330 2,749 3,618 4,033 5,138 7,610 8,283 8,835 8,892 7,605 6,035 4,833 6,088 8,040 7,915 8,197 9,616 10,192 10,138 10,019 9,821 8,939 7,819 7,551 7,339 7,220 9,683 10,582 10,724 10,832 12,831 13,730 11,006 9,412 9,512 9,846 9,006 7,434 7,324 7,423 7,111 8,228 8,264 8,681 9,051 10,864 10,151 3,041 3,101 3,137 3,278 3,127 3,415 2,862 4,432 4,713 5,903 5,212 5,275 4,950 4,267 3,708 3.694 933 910 1,127 1,175 1,280 1,390 907 1,641 1,705 1,855 1,661 1,855 1.721 1,465 1,283 1.366 3,974 4,011 4,264 4,453 4,407 4,805 3,769 6,073 6,418 7,758 6,873 7,130 6,671 5,732 4,991 5,060 5.170 7,922 1902 7,356 1903 7,014 1904 7,759 1905 8,117 1900 8,788 1907 7,712 1908 2,567|1,127 2,18411,070 2,472|1,23T 2,43511,159 2,472|1,364 2,77311,505 2,741|1,433 2,709|1.435 9,767 1909 9,672 1910 11,467 1911 10,467 1912 10,966 1913 10,949 1914 9,906 1915 9,135 1916 3,35712,036 3,29012,198 2.626|1,764 2,513|1,740 2,074|1,605 1,355| 975 1,510|1,239 2,10211,510 2,35311,680 2,298|2,840 2,006|1,735 10,453 1917 3.76011.410 10,658 1918 .... 3.65811.76915.427 9,617 1919 4,145|1,821 4,191|2,158 4,722|2,163 4,712|1,932 4,342|1,807 3,894|1,524 3.82811,615 3,757|1,565 3.64611,579 3,81411,520 3.67511.353 5.966 6,349 6,885 6,644 6,149 5,418 5,443 5.322 5,225 5.334 5.028 10,225 1920 10,028 1921 9,215 1922 9,393 1923 9,767 1924 9,451 1925 10,581 1920 299 415 355 341 425 688 874 1,134 1,122 1,291 1,124 1 371 808 854 911 966 832 581 542 531 631 907 720 1,168 919 2,461 2,842 2,748 2,948 3,197 3,157 2,036 2,436 2,890 2,771 2,678 3,027 3,158 493 647 412 492 843 460 536 376 377 536 931 724 900 652 827 766 842 673 690 921 827 977 1,591 2,120 1,910 1,783 1,530 1,909 1,801 1,646 1,598 1,705 1,483 1,357 1.704 1,828 1,523 909 1,293 1,079 1,269 1,309 324 138 368 544 344 526 329 269 187 270 288 327 295 311 334 413 378 326 351 335 555 585 656 542 616 628 557 559 638 641 770 625 677 484 557 508 481 460 444 422 393 372 124 122 120 268 170 380 344 408 360 754 825 938 369 501 647 422 262 567 028 586 14,172 1927 14,830 1928 2,707 2,926 2,310 1,463 1,355 1,786 2,796 2,740 2,959 3 603 2,409 2,052 1,260 834 900 1,335 1,729 1,497 1,840 1 81R 15,424 1929 15,505 1930 3,389|1,25614,645 2.957|t,125[4,082 2,628| 980|3,608 2,2411 853|3,094 2,050| 843|2,893 2,145| 82612,971 2,0151 79912,814 2.2861 80713.153 14,032 1931 12,171 1932 10,524 1933 11,369 1934 12 985 1935 13,737 14,179 1930 1937 16,129 1938 1,303|3,849|2.2G0 1,252|3,905|2,050 1,004|3.92312,104 93913.901 11.8">3 2,088 2,167 2,175 2,229 1,892 2,240 2,150 1,927 1,773 1,694 1,594 1,761 1,745 1,462 1,280 1,154 1,076 1,100 908 1,020 826 765 894 705 548 501 446 87412,962 80912.976 16 021 1939 15,890 1940 1,04812.944 1,025|3,072 9G0|3,555 891|2,835 849|2,981 82212,834 672|2,813 960|3,461 1,126|3,884 1,203|3,763 1.25913.759 699 494 468 611 689 503 532 731 872 545 516 463 401 396 358 378 398 360 260 291 288 237 228 247 267 2,874 2,723 2,360 2,851 2,839 2,430 2,305 2,425 2,466 2,306 2,261 1,925 1,681 1,550 1,434 1,478 1,366 1,380 1,086 1,056 1,182 942 776 748 713 649 614 457 15,705 1941 15,084 1942 48912,920 21212.394 1,504 1,699 1,825 1,750 1.817 2,238 2,429 2,724 2,415 3,695 3,923 2.589 13,270 1943 12,448 1944 255 209 347 3G0 348 303 327 205 230 132 199 103 105 67 1,890 1,933 1,918 3,024 3,143 3,034 3,399 3,785 4,171 3.145 12,314 1945 11.820 1940 11,933 1947 869 754 020 060 491 529 634 584 722 854 474 446 459 589 571 517 528 509 639 582 584 1948 1949 16 621 1950 16,612 1951 1,307 1,516 1,371 1,129 1,091 1.043 4,044 4,120 3,901 3,119 3,304 3 33n 1952 18,257 15,790 1953 1954 2,644|2,520 2,564|2,553 14 128 14,102 1950 2,637|2,827 2.39312.447 14,539 1957 838|3,328 62513,081 618|3,008 648|3,034 02013,118 949|3,356 85013,239 82213,281 90513,529 1,01413,654 1958 7611,919 1,809 99|l,937ll,761 8011,78211,959 74|1,785|1.582 3511.07711.971! 11,201 10,779 1900 11 541 1961 11,034 11,560 10,952 1962 270 450 772 1963 43 5 2 2 1,71312,012 1,839J1,967 1 759.12 ft IO 1964 1965 441 478 507 12,283 14,202 13,380 1966 2,000|2,296|1,894 1.92812.K32!1.2fia 347| 267 1967 i Commencing with 1967, does not include employment in by-product plants. Note.—These figures refer only to company employees and do not include the many employees of contracting firms. 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B £ S Ort'wi>^ ^ ci -a a IS? OJ I-l H ivJ a a o S z S fe> ,5 Departmental Work RETIREMENTS Robert B. Bonar retired as Deputy Chief Inspector of Mines on July 31, 1967. Mr. Bonar was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and immigrated to Canada in 1910. He received his early education on Vancouver Island and later attended the Tri-State College of Engineering in Indiana, where he graduated with a degree of B.Sc. in civil engineering. He holds a first-class certificate of competency and a mine surveyor's certificate in coal-mining. He joined the Department as Inspector and Resident Engineer at Cumberland in June, 1941, after some years as mine foreman at Michel Colliery, Michel, and mine manager at Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir), Cumberland. He served as Inspector and Resident Engineer at Fernie before moving to the headquarters office in Victoria in 1956. He is a member of the Association of Professional Enginers of British Columbia and the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. E. R. Hughes retired as Senior Inspector of Mines on August 31, 1967. Mr. Hughes was born in Wales and educated in Yorkshire, England. After employment in Yorkshire Collieries he came to Canada in 1928, where he worked in coal mines in Saskatchewan, Alberta, and at Telkwa, Cumberland, and Nanaimo in British Columbia and at the Hidden Creek copper mine at Anyox. He was appointed Inspector of Mines and Resident Engineer at Cumberland in 1938. He was transferred to Princeton in 1941 and was moved to the Victoria office in 1956 as Senior Inspector in charge of administering the Department's road and trail programme and the grubstaking of prospectors. He holds a first-class certificate of competency in coalmining and is a member of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Association of Professional Engineers of British Columbia. He served with the R.A.S.C. in the Army of Occupation in Turkey after the First World War. ORGANIZATION The organization of the Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources is displayed in the diagram on page A 57. ADMINISTRATION BRANCH The Administration Branch is responsible for the administration of the Provincial laws regarding the acquisition of rights to mineral and coal, petroleum, and natural gas, and deals with other departments of the Provincial service for the Department or for any branch. Gold Commissioners, Mining Recorders, and Sub-Mining Recorders, whose duties are laid down in the Mineral Act and Placer-mining Act, administer these Acts and other Acts relating to mining. Mining Recorders, in addition to their own functions, may also exercise the powers conferred upon Gold Commissioners with regard to mineral claims within the mining division for which they have been appointed. Similar duties may be performed by Mining Recorders with regard to placer claims but not in respect of placer-mining leases. Recording of location and of work upon a mineral claim as required by the Mineral Act and upon a placer claim or a placer-mining lease as required by the Placer-mining Act must be made at the office of the Mining Recorder for the mining A 56 DEPARTMENTAL WORK A 57 X n: cr X o z o z iu CO < LU to £ < < ^ CO ? < a TJ 1- — o o < x rr O CD 1 PETROLEUtv GEOLOGY < -orr >_i < rr CD z < to cc < CO (9 M S;< < «§ to o w— 5 2 < o h- < 8 y oct >LU CCUJ UJ ^ 3 i_ LJJ z uj UJ UJ co — h- -J _Q- O "" ———— [jvS V- z c E u- 0=2 s 2 S b LU a 0. X o Ul ° 5 z 2 u. o tt z — o 3 1 - z m 2 % CO cc UJ LU _) O a. 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Information concerning claims and leases and concerning the ownership and standing of claims and leases in any mining division may be obtained from the Mining Recorder for the mining division in which the property is situated or from the Department's offices at Victoria, and Room 320, 890 West Pender Street, Vancouver 1. Officials in the offices of the Gold Commissioner at Victoria and the Gold Commissioner at Vancouver act as Sub-Mining Recorders for all mining divisions. Sub-Mining Recorders, who act as forwarding agents, are appointed at various places throughout the Province. They are authorized to accept documents and fees, and forward them to the office of the Mining Recorder for the correct mining division. Officials and their offices in various parts of the Province are listed below. Central Records Offices (Victoria and Vancouver) Transcripts of all recordings in Mining Recorders' offices throughout the Province are sent to the office of the Chief Gold Commissioner in Victoria twice each month, and include the names of lessees of reverted surveyed mineral claims. These records and maps showing the approximate positions of mineral claims held by record and of placer-mining leases may be consulted by the public during office hours at Victoria and at the office of the Gold Commissioner at Vancouver, Room 320, 890 West Pender Street. The approximate position of mineral claims held by record and of placer-mining leases are plotted from details supplied by locators. During 1967, 14 investigations were carried out pursuant to section 80 of the Mineral Act. Two investigations with regard to certificates of work being wrongfully or improperly obtained resulted in 36 certificates of work being cancelled. Twelve investigations with regard to mineral claims having been located or recorded otherwise than in accordance with the Mineral Act resulted in 99 mineral claims being cancelled. List of Gold Commissioners and Mining Recorders Mining Division Location of Office Gold Commissioner Mining Recorder T. G. O'Neill T. G. O'Neill. Atlin Atlin D. P. Lancaster F. E. P. Hughes R. H. Archibald B. J. H. Ryley W. G. Mundell F. E. P. Hughes. Clinton . ,, R. H. Archibald. Frvrt Steele. B. J. H. Ryley. W. G. Mundell. Grand Forks.. R. Macgregor F. J. Sell E. J. Bowles... J. A. Baker . E. B. Offin G. L. Brodie J. F. McDonald.. ' T, s. Dobson G. H. Beley T. S. Dalby. D. V. Drew.. B. Kennelly T. H. W. Harding T. P. McKinnon W. L. Draper _ J. Egdell W. T. McGruder E. J. Bowles F. J. Sell. E. A. H. Mitchell (Deputy). J. A. Baker. E. B. Offin. G. L. Brodie. New Westminster New Westminster E. W. Pedersen. T. S. Dobson. G. H. Beley. Osoyoos T. S. Dalby. D. V. Drew. Prince Rupert _ T. H. W. Harding. T. P. McKinnon. Rossland W. L. Draper. W. T. McGruder. E. A. H. Mitchell (Deputy). DEPARTMENTAL WORK A 59 v£ OS < H co w y E ft. O w Q s o u M o z Q z < « w Z o 3 o U o i-i o a 1BJOX SldT309"g Sumifvi saaEDgpjsD .SISUJJAI 33J>I OHOLOHOVTHnhmV+HOOWOV+lflrtrH O rH O ^vtcAnCMNvfrHrJcpi«cnicioinLD«,ovo»Mco-Hr> NrHOvMCOni^CV^OOLTVClrHLfit^ClHmLnOvrC-.Lqq CN~cocj\Tr^crrvDrT rH rH OovninoinomcTJOOO OOhhONinrl^ioo^ ©vo*rHrHrHincj>vOrHrHcx5«Jr^©cjsvovoSijSvbvooocN MCNrtVtWOOgNOvtvtOvmHnVl'OWlLNmWr'VTO cricocJ.cor-^-a\'vtvnvooor~r--cNr--rHirioor--rH©cNC--vo ^rTNnm M*vfao"»THioo ni^'h dc>."oiin r^v^ovio INrHMNCNCVlrOCOCOrHCVlHM-VCHOL^LSL^LNM CO O 1 rH r- j CO i-h m Tt- CN tNC7\cx3u-iQor~-cniri,^fm rH i-i O Ol rH i-h «H rH r- co CN : on r- : i *° : ; j ! ! ! | j ^ w ! 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IrlMrnhC^NHrtTtt^cCOOrHOrnHXt'-lNiyiOOrtOyvO O04^O^-^"^"^0JC^^C^OC7\U^V0^\£5"ri0\CNTr»nCN 1 CN Ol r-1 Ot CO IO r-t rtTMrn tninn r-t SUIIBI3 iBjaurj^ ^NOOr-MiOVCN-HTONMv^v^^mWiN'vtNWOvN 010CO'N-MMHTfrvlC>lOWCJ\>0\t--VOH(N(NO(NCO'vt rt r-T rH r-T rH W"T CO CO rn oT Os oT t-T of rH rH XuBdui03 ^iri\DOM(SiNOOiJ\coHVor>H\OTt\(jmcci ££ jEnpTAipuj )m«^Ni>r^O'*o\i^Ov^ooNH»nc>co\DfnH-vtm 3\Doir^o)vo^c^or^'^ooOrHT-j-v^c»u^TrcorHcoc>\r- '■HtN rH THOtmrHrHCOTtrHinOJ (S H H H CC (N (^ O m o a S ow Sc ° 5 o rt w O R LJ p .5 >. s> a S M u OJ QJ o H H <>> A 60 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1967 Coal Information concerning the ownership and standing of coal licences and coal leases may be obtained upon application to the office of the Chief Gold Commissioner, Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources, Victoria. Maps showing location of coal licences and coal leases are also available upon application and payment of the required fee. j . _ Coal Revenue, 1967 Fees $7,650.00 Rental 15,8 68.45 Total $23,518.45 Petroleum and Natural Gas The Administration Branch is responsible for the administration of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act and the collecting of revenue from fees, rents, dispositions, and royalties. Information concerning all forms of title issued under the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act may be obtained upon application to the office of the Chief Commissioner, Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources, Victoria. Maps showing the locations of all forms of title issued under the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act are available, and copies may be obtained upon application to the office of the Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources, Victoria. Monthly land reports and monthly reports listing additions and revisions to permit-location maps and listing changes in title to permits, licences, and leases, and related matters are available from the office of the Chief Commissioner upon application and payment of the required fee. During the year there were four dispositions of Crown reserve petroleum and natural-gas rights resulting in tender bonus bids of $14,297,815.64. As at December 31, 1967, 34,822,715 acres, or approximately 54,410 square miles, of Crown petroleum and natural-gas rights, issued under the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act, were held in good standing by operators ranging from small independent companies to major international ones. The form of title held, total number issued, and acreage in each case were as follows:— Form of Title Number Acreage Permits 346 23,214,363 Natural-gas licences Drilling reservations 38 462,138 Leases (all types) 4,056 11,146,214 Total 34,822,715 Petroleum and Natural-gas Revenue, 1967 Rentals and fees— Permits $ 1,369,232.18 Drilling reservations 86,303.30 Natural-gas licences Petroleum, natural-gas, and petroleum and natural-gas leases 8,901,195.69 Total rentals and fees $10,356,731.17 DEPARTMENTAL WORK A 61 Disposal of Crown reserves— Permits $8,428,408.91 Drilling reservations 3,013,978.50 Leases 2,855,428.23 Total Crown reserves disposal Royalties— Gas $14,297,815.64 $2,870,655.93 Oil 6,678,244.53 Processed products 58,536.56 Total royalties Miscellaneous fees 9,607,437.02 17,916.73 Total petroleum and natural-gas revenues $34,279,900.56 ANALYTICAL AND ASSAY BRANCH Staff S. W. Metcalfe Chief Analyst and Assayer N. G. Colvin Analyst R. J. Hibberson Analyst R. S. Young Analyst F. F. Karpick Assayer Samples A reasonable number of samples are assayed, without charge, for a prospector who makes application for free assays and who satisfies the Chief Analyst that prospecting is his principal occupation during the summer. A form for use in applying for free assays may be obtained from the office of any Mining Recorder. During 1967 the chemical laboratory in Victoria issued reports on 2,402 samples from prospectors and Departmental engineers. A laboratory examination of a prospector's samples generally consist of the following: (1) A spectrographic analysis to determine if any base metals are present in interesting percentages; (2) assays for precious metals and for base metals shown by the spectrographic analysis to be present in interesting percentages. The degree of radioactivity is measured on all samples submitted by prospectors and Departmental engineers; these radiometric assays are not listed in the table below. The laboratory reports were distributed in the following manner among prospectors who were not grantees, prospectors who were grantees under the Prospectors' Grub-stake Act, and Departmental engineers:— Samples Spectrographic Analyses Assays 2,017 165 220 1,947 164 961 5,337 410 546 Totals 2,402 2,207 6,293 1 An additional 124 spectrographic analyses were done for Departmental engineers but the results were not reported. A 62 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1967 Samples submitted to the laboratory for identification are examined by the Mineralogical Branch of the Department. During the year 56 such samples were examined. Reports were issued on 48 petroleum and natural-gas samples. Of this number, 27 were samples of formation waters from wells being drilled for gas and oil in the Province and 15 were natural-gas samples of the same origin, three were suspected gas seeps, and two were suspected oil seeps. In addition, a sample suspected to be asphalt was examined and found to be excretion of a pack rat. Reports were issued on 81 samples of coal submitted by the Purchasing Commission for proximate analyses and calorific values. Reports were issued on 458 samples of a miscellaneous nature. Six hundred and eighty-nine assays and 32 spectrographic analyses were reported in this category; an additional spectrographic analysis was not reported. For the Minister of Mines and Petroleum Resources, three samples of ore were assayed. For the Minister of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources, one sample of ore was assayed. For the Inspection Branch of the Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources, the fuel-oil content of three samples of AN/FO was determined. For the Field Crops Branch of the Department of Agriculture, one marl sample was analysed for its content of calcium and magnesium oxides, and a sample of soil was spectrographed. For the Purchasing Commission, the water contents of three samples of liquid soap were determined. For the Fish and Game Branch of the Department of Recreation and Conservation, a white material near a coal pile was examined and found to be aluminium sulphate. For the Materials Testing Branch of the Department of Highways, 39 water samples were analysed; brown particles in a sample of water were spectrographed and found to contain iron as the major constituent; a white powder in the Centennial Fountain was examined and found to be calcium carbonate; scum on a water sample and 18 samples of clay were spectrographed. For the Forest Research Branch of the Department of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources, a rock sample was spectrographed and its potassium content determined. For Ocean Cement Limited, two samples of slag and two of cement were spectrographed. For the Smoke Inspector of the City of Victoria, determination was made of the weight of residues collected in 356 bottles of water placed in various locations in the city; for the City Engineer, the specific gravity of seven samples of sea water was determined, and 12 samples of sea water were examined for their fluorescein content. For citizens of the Province, one sample of natural gas was analysed; a sediment in water was spectrographed, one ore sample was assayed, one coal sample was analysed, one alloy was spectrographed, and a yellow stain on a rock, believed to be due either to uranium or vanadium, was examined and found to be a lichen. X-ray Powder Diffraction Analyses Seventy-three analyses of this type were performed for identification purposes. DEPARTMENTAL WORK A 63 Examinations for Assayers The Provincial Government examinations for certificates of efficiency were held in May and December. As a result of the May examination, five candidates passed, two were granted supplemental, and four failed. In the December examination nine candidates were examined, of whom two passed, four were granted supple- mentals, and three failed. INSPECTION BRANCH Organization and Staff Inspectors and Resident Engineers J. W. Peck, Chief Inspector Victoria I. E. Merrett, Deputy Chief Inspector of Mines Victoria L. Wardman, Senior Inspector, Electrical-Mechanical Victoria D. R. Morgan, Senior Inspector, Mining Roads Victoria V. E. Dawson, Inspector, Mechanical Victoria R. J. Craig, Senior Inspector, Environmental Control Vancouver S. Elias, Inspector, Environmental Control Vancouver A. R. C. James, Inspector and Resident Engineer Vancouver W. C. Robinson, Inspector and Resident Engineer Vancouver David Smith, Inspector and Resident Engineer Kamloops T. M. Waterland, Inspector and Resident Engineer Kamloops P. E. Olson, Inspector and Resident Engineer Nelson Harry Bapty, Inspector and Resident Engineer Prince Rupert W. G. Clarke, Inspector and Resident Engineer Prince George An inspection office is maintained at Cranbrook, but at the end of 1967 this appointment was vacant. Inspectors are stationed at the places listed above and inspect coal mines and other mines and quarries in the districts shown on the accompanying Figure 1. They also examine prospects, mining properties, roads and trails, and carry out special investigations under the Mineral Act. The Environmental Control Inspectors conduct dust, ventilation, and noise surveys at all mines and quarries, and where necessary make recommendations to improve environmental conditions. D. R. Morgan supervises the roads and trails programme and prospectors' grub-stakes. Instructors, Mine-rescue Stations Arthur Williams Fernie Station W. H. Childress Nanaimo Station T. H. Robertson Kamloops Station G. J. Lee Nelson Station Staff Changes J. E. Merrett was transferred from Vancouver to Victoria to replace R. B. Bonar on his retirement at the end of July. D. R. Morgan was transferred from Cranbrook to Victoria to replace E. R. Hughes on his retirement at the end of August. W. C. Robinson was transferred from Victoria to Vancouver to replace J. E. Merrett. His position, that of a special investigator and claims inspector under the Mineral Act, was cancelled. On December 12, 1967, R. J. Craig died, and in February, 1968, S. Elias was appointed to his position. A 64 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1967 ■ * CO CO - u u r w oj &> oi > -o *o > . < c c in J cc O \- o UJ Q. CO z . Ba pty t House, e Rupert, B. '.G. Clarke - 1717- 3rd :e George, B M. Waterlan Columbia S oops, B.C. . Smith Columbia St DOpS, B.C. E.Olson Vernon St., .n.B.C. .W. Lewis (196 28 South 8 brook,B.C. .R.C. James -890 West ouver 1, B.C .C. Robinsor -890 West ouver 1, B.C. 1 Mr. H Cour Princ 2 Mr.W 302 Princ 3 Mr.T. 523 Kami 4 Mr.D 523 Kami. 5 Mr. P. 525 Nelsc 6 Mr.R 101- Cran 7 Mr.A 320 Vane 8 Mr.W 320- Vane s \ ...«■ \ < - /'" X-S" rX f ,y \ 3>*p \^~—— CQ m as J^r&^\ 9 o .yn—il;V'/ «Y/ . n t~t r^ \ \ \S^V.M ^Y-C/ [T—> \ ^/ fl ^ s-irAj&7 sF_«vs//-- J \j,7 j rV^I^O^fvl^^V/ Aly^o^fr^V> : / i) y 1 Jtj S^ ^*s/^\ sOJ \^ -^ /v i /\ i/Asj i-^ A Ut-"—^'^^h^ ' <*•'•" ' ^^<'^ /] / / / ^=7rf ^ - >r -/ U -CT—:C^:^^ 1 —rx/- ¥?^ s «7 • 5^ JaX^ ^s&4= ^2?S^S fe^^~Y^^ ~Ic\y sfC^ r&<>< ~^C^ *^-X rr p^?^^ ^**' YtV X>TV ^»^^- -- A v i ) )^y—r<^ a > n%^ ! 7Ki V b^-/ > r i/E«' b rKv - > -J r pr /Cr*^ss~- u/n^ ] /sL v ^W^ i PK Is r> ^~\ \/ Z2SS*iJ 2,o ^ 1 § (, !x L t&& \ f^-CrLJj } &" : h '? ..Xi A —r/w ! 1 s —J_ ! 1—1— Figure 1. In dex map showii lg inspectoral c istricts. DEPARTMENTAL WORK A 65 Board of Examiners (Coal Mines Regulation Act) J. W. Peck, Chairman Victoria A. R. C. James, Member Vancouver D. R. Morgan, Member .Victoria A. R. C. James, D. R. Morgan, and the mine-rescue instructors for the district in which an examination is being held form the Board for granting certificates of competency to coal-miners. An Inspector is empowered to grant provisional certificates to coal-miners for a period not exceeding 60 days between regular examinations. Board of Examiners (Mines Regulation Act) J. E. Merrett, Chairman Victoria A. R. C. James, Member Vancouver W. C. Robinson, Member Vancouver The Board conducts written examinations in various mining centres for applicants for underground shiftboss certificates. The Board is also empowered to grant provisional certificates without examination and under such conditions as the Board considers necessary. MINERALOGICAL BRANCH The Mineralogical Branch supplies general geological information, and information regarding mineral deposits and the mineral industry, provides rock and mineral identification of specimens submitted by prospectors and others, contributes lectures in courses on prospecting, and participates in scientific discussions and educational exhibits. Field work by officers of the Mineralogical Branch includes areal geological mapping, detailed geological examinations of mineral deposits, examination of properties of current interest, and studies related to engineering geology. The results of major projects are published in a series of bulletins, and shorter reports are published in the Annual Reports of the Minister of Mines and Petroleum Resources. Technical editing of the Annual Report of the Minister of Mines and Petroleum Resources and other publications is the responsibility of Stuart S. Holland. Copy for printing is prepared by and under the direction of Mrs. Rosalyn J. Moir. Professional Staff On December 31, 1967, the professional staff included the following geolo gists :- M. S. Hedley Stuart S. Holland J. M. Carr N. C. Carter (on leave of absence) G. E. P. Eastwood James T. Fyles E. W. Grove R. V. Kirkham (on leave of absence) J. W. McCammon N. D. McKechnie K. E. Northcote Chief of the Branch .Deputy Chief of the Branch Geologist Geologist Geologist Geologist Geologist Geologist Geologist Geologist Geologist A 66 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1967 V. A. G. Preto Geologist A. F. Shepherd Geologist A. Sutherland Brown Geologist All are registered professional engineers or are applying for registration, and most have a Ph.D. degree. Staff Changes W. G. Jeffery, geologist, resigned, effective June 20, 1967. V. A. G. Preto, geologist, a graduate of the University of British Columbia and a Ph.D. from McGill University, joined the staff on July 1, 1967. K. E. Northcote, geologist, a graduate of the University of British Columbia and a Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia, joined the staff on November 1, 1967. R. V. Kirkham continues to be on leave of absence to continue postgraduate study at the University of Wisconsin. N. C. Carter continues to be on leave of absence to continue postgraduate study at the University of British Columbia. Field Work, 1967 Season J. M. Carr mapped the geology of the Brenda Lake area west of Peachland. N. C. Carter made a study of the age of copper and molybdenum deposits in the Babine, Tahtsa, Smithers, and Alice Arm areas. G. E. P. Eastwood began an inventory of the mineral deposits of Vancouver Island. James T. Fyles spent about a month with E. W. Grove in the Unuk River area and studied several molybdenite and other deposits in the Kootenays. E. W. Grove completed the geological mapping of an area between the Granduc mine and the Unuk River. R. V. Kirkham completed a geological study of Hudson Bay Mountain and the Glacier Gulch molybdenum deposit. J. W. McCammon studied non-metallic industrial mineral deposits in the southern part of the Province. N. D. McKechnie examined various mines and prospects in the southern interior and on Vancouver Island. V. A. G. Preto studied copper deposits in the Kamloops-Princeton region and elsewhere. A. Sutherland Brown continued the investigation of deposits of copper and molybdenum in the central interior of the Province, combined with R. V. Kirkham to map an area north of Hudson Bay Mountain, and studied coal resources in several areas. A total of 11 field assistants was employed on the various mapping projects undertaken in 1967. Airborne Magnetometer Mapping The project of airborne magnetometer mapping, jointly financed by the Geological Survey of Canada and the British Columbia Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources, continued in 1967. The contractor, Spartan Air Services Ltd., did the field work, covering 46 map-sheets, mostly in 93n, 93m, 103p, and 94d lying between latitudes 55 degrees and 57 degrees. Seventeen aeromagnetic maps at a scale of 1 mile to 1 inch covering part of the area flown in 1966 were released on May 21, 1968. The maps may be obtained DEPARTMENTAL WORK A 67 from the British Columbia Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources, Room 411, Douglas Building, Victoria, or the Geological Survey of Canada, 326 Howe Street, Vancouver 1. The basic data used in compiling the maps are on open file at the Geological Survey of Canada in Ottawa, where interested parties may arrange to obtain them for special processing. The Department of Energy, Mines and Resources (Observatories Branch) operates a magnetic observatory at Victoria. Services available to geophysical exploration companies and other interested agencies include:— (a) Three-hour range indices of magnetic activity; these provide a measure of the intensity of the magnetic disturbance (on a 0-9 scale) for each three- hour period. The monthly listings of these indices are normally mailed within a few days after the end of each month. (b) Copies of magnetograms are available through a local duplicating firm at a charge of $7.50 for a monthly set. These recordings of the magnetic field can be used to control field surveys, in particular to correct for the diurnal changes and magnetic disturbances. The area over which this control is valid depends on the required accuracy; for ±5 gamma accuracy, it covers an elliptic region reaching roughly as far as longitude 118 degrees to the east and latitude 50.5 degrees to the north. Further details can be obtained by writing to the Officer-in-charge, Victoria Magnetic Observatory, R.R. 7, Victoria. PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS BRANCH The Petroleum and Natural Gas Branch is responsible for the administration of the Regulations Governing the Drilling of Wells and the Production and Conservation of Oil and Natural Gas, and the Regulations Establishing Gas-Oil Ratio Adjustment Factors, Oil Production Allowables, Overproduction and Underproduction, made pursuant to the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act. The drilling regulations provide for the use of efficient and safe practices in the drilling, completion, and abandonment of wells; for the orderly development of fields discovered within the Province; and for the conservation and prevention of waste of oil and natural gas within the reservoir and during production operations. The regulations concerning gas-oil ratio factors, production allowables, and overproduction and underproduction provide for conservation of reservoir energy by limiting the volume of oil that can be produced during any day, month, or year from a well or pool in accordance with the schedule of gas-oil ratio adjustment factors. The factors, which are applied against oil production, are applicable when the average volume of gas produced with each barrel of oil exceeds a specified level, and when applied result in reduction of the producing rate. Overproduction and underproduction are adjusted on a monthly basis. Every well location must be approved by the Branch before the well is drilled. All operations related to drilling and production are inspected frequently to ensure compliance with all regulations, including such features as facilities and practices used, adequate plugging of abandoned wells, surface restoration of well-sites, well testing and measurement procedures employed, disposal of produced water, protection of installations against fire, and general conservation. Investigations are made of complaints of property damage resulting from drilling and producing operations, and from geophysical work programmes. Comprehensive records of all drilling and producing operations are maintained at Victoria and are made available for study, or are published, for the use and benefit A 68 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1967 of anyone interested in oil or gas development in British Columbia. Samples of bit cuttings, as well as all core, obtained from every well drilled in the Province are collected and retained at the field office at Charlie Lake, where they may be studied by interested persons. Charlie Lake is adjacent to the Alaska Highway about 5 miles northwest of Fort St. John. Detailed reservoir engineering and geological studies are conducted on the basis of technical information submitted to the Branch from operating companies, as well as information acquired through field work by Branch personnel. Estimates of the reserves of oil and natural gas are made twice a year, at the end of June and December. Crown-owned oil and natural-gas rights are evaluated prior to their disposal by public tender. Administration The Petroleum and Natural Gas Branch is subdivided for administrative purposes into three sections—namely, Development Engineering, Reservoir Engineering, and Geology. The Development Engineering and Geology sections are supervised by W. L. Ingram and S. S. Cosburn respectively. Following the resignation, in July, of the Senior Reservoir Engineer, responsibility for the Reservoir Engineering section was assumed temporarily by K. C. Gilbart. The field office at Charlie Lake, which includes the core and sample laboratory, is supervised by the District Engineer, G. E. Blue. Staff Headquarters, Victoria J. D. Lineham Chief of Branch W. L. Ingram ...Deputy Chief of Branch and Senior Development Engineer M. B. Hamersley Development Technician J. F. Tomczak Statistician R. R. McLeod (until July 24th) Senior Reservoir Engineer K. C. Gilbart Reservoir Engineer G. V. Rehwald (until August 31st) Reservoir Engineer P. K. Huus Reservoir Technician S. S. Cosburn Senior Petroleum Geologist H. B. Fulton (until October 17th) Petroleum Geologist D. L. Griffin Petroleum Geologist J. E. Hughes Petroleum Geologist A. S. Nemeth Petroleum Geologist The headquarters staff includes also two geological draughtsmen, one clerk- stenographer, four clerks, and three clerk-typists. Field Office, Charlie Lake G. E. Blue District Engineer D. L. Johnson Field Engineer D. A. Selby Field Technician G. T. Mohler Field Technician W. B. Holland Field Technician L. A. Gingras Field Technician The field office staff includes also three core and sample laboratory assistants and one clerk-stenographer. DEPARTMENTAL WORK A 69 Staff Changes L. A. Gingras, field technician, joined the staff on January 3rd. A. S. Nemeth, petroleum geologist, joined the staff on March 1st. R. R. McLeod, reservoir engineer, resigned, effective July 24th. G. V. Rehwald, reservoir engineer, resigned, effective August 31st. H. B. Fulton, petroleum geologist, resigned, effective October 17th. Board of Arbitration Chairman: A. W. Hobbs, solicitor, Department of the Attorney-General. Members: S. G. Preston, agrologist, Department of Agriculture; J. D. Lineham, engineer, Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources. The latter was appointed on June 27th, replacing R. R. McLeod. The Board of Arbitration, established under the authority of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act, grants right of entry by oil and gas companies upon alienated land and determines conditions of entry and compensation therefor. It also terminates the right of entry when a company has ceased to use the land. A hearing was held at Fort St. John on July 24th at which 10 applications carried over from 1965 and 1966 were heard and subsequently settled by Board awards. Also heard was the matter of a dispute concerning whether or not the Board had jurisdiction to grant right of entry for the purpose of installing pipe-line facilities necessary to transport gas from a well-head to the gas-gathering system. It was decided that the Board had jurisdiction and, subsequently, six orders were made for immediate right of entry. Two applications on which right of entry had been granted in July, 1966, were settled by agreement between the parties involved. Conservation Committee Chairman: K. B. Blakey, Deputy Minister of Mines and Petroleum Resources. Members: N. D. McKechnie, geologist, Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources; M. H. A. Glover, economist, Department of Industrial Development, Trade, and Commerce. The Conservation Committee is responsible to the Minister of Mines and Petroleum Resources and was established on October 11, 1957, under the authority of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act. Its duties are as follows:— (1) To act as an advisory committee to the Minister on such questions of conservation that the Minister, in writing, shall refer to the Committee for consideration and recommendation. (2) To deal with such questions of conservation and production in the various fields of British Columbia as may arise between two or more operators in the same field or between operators and the Branch when appeals on such questions are made to the Minister and referred by him to the Committee. The Conservation Committee did not meet in 1967. GRUB-STAKING PROSPECTORS Under the authority of the Prospectors' Grub-stake Act the Department has provided grub-stakes each year since 1943 to a limited number of applicants able to qualify. Grub-stakes up to $500 for food, shelter, and clothing, plus a reasonable travelling allowance, are available to a limited number of qualified prospectors who undertake to prospect in British Columbia in areas considered favourable by the Depart- A 70 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1967 ment in accordance with a long-range plan for the development of the Province. Experienced prospectors may be granted a maximum of $300 for travelling expenses where prospecting is to be done in remote areas where air transportation is necessary. Application forms and terms and conditions under which grub-stakes are granted may be obtained from D. R. Morgan, Senior Inspector, Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources, Victoria. Grub-stake Statistics Field Season Approximate Expenditure Men Grub-staked Samples and Specimens Received at Department Laboratory Mineral Claims Recorded 1943 .... ... ... $18,500 27,215 27,310 35,200 36,230 35,975 31,175 26,800 19,385 19,083 17,850 19,989 21,169 20,270 22,000 24,850 21,575 28,115 29,175 26,730 29,000 31,751 24,717 26.787 90 105 84 95 91 92 98 78 63 50 41 48 47 47 46 47 38 50 47 52 50 53 42 43 773 606 448 419 469 443 567 226 255 251 201 336 288 163 174 287 195 358 309 233 150 213 241 224 87 135 181 162 142 138 103 95 137 95 141 123 183 217 101 211 202 241 325 189 843 351 219 239 432 JQ44 1945 1146 1947 1<>48 1949 1«50 1951 105? 1953 1954 ~ - 1955 . 105fi 1957 1958 ...... .. 1959 _ 1960 1961 1062 1963 1064 1965 1966 1967 . 29,891 | 47 ] 148 1 1 Samples and specimens received from grub-staked prospectors are spectrographed, assayed, and tested for radioactivity. Mineralogical identifications are made on request. Seventy-two applications were received in 1967, and 47 grub-stakes were authorized. Two grantees were unable to go out, and their initial payments were returned. Grantees who were unable to complete the terms and conditions of the grant received only partial payment. Fourteen prospectors were given grants for the first time. Seven grantees proved to be unsatisfactory. A few grantees used aircraft for transportation to their prospecting areas. Two grantees were taken ill and were unable to continue prospecting. D. H. Rae interviewed applicants in Vancouver and contacted 26 grantees in the field to give advice and direction to those who needed it. The following notes are Mr. Rae's summaries of the prospecting activities and results. They are based on observations made by him in the field and from information contained in the diaries of the grantees. Alberni Mining Division.—Some prospecting was done in the west Cameron River valley; a considerable amount of graphitic material in schistose rock was reported. Prospecting was also carried on in belts of limestone near Home Lake. Nothing of interest was reported there, or near Patterson or Father and Son Lakes. DEPARTMENTAL WORK A 71 On the east side of Great Central Lake, about 10 miles from Port Alberni, an important mineralized zone was discovered; claims were located and a considerable amount of prospecting was done. The main zone exposes a width of 10 feet of gossan material containing copper carbonates and chalcopyrite. North of Sproat Lake, about 20 miles from Port Alberni, copper mineralization in andesite was thoroughly prospected; some good assay values were obtained from a wide zone. Other outcrops of granite and volcanics were investigated. Narrow stringers and disseminations of bornite were found in the granite. A camp was established on Silver Creek at the head of Uchucklesit Inlet, and this rugged area was prospected. Limestone, pyritized skarn, and diorite containing some magnetite were reported. Close to the half-way point on the Port Alberni-Ucluelet road, claims were located on a small exposure of magnetite showing minor amounts of molybdenite. A considerable amount of work was done on this ground, but no further information was submitted. Atlin Mining Division.—A base camp was established beside a small lake, locally known as Redfish Lake, lying about 15 miles due south of the east end of Swan Lake. Three weeks were spent prospecting the area within reasonable reach of the camp, but the results of the work were disappointing. The underlying rock throughout the area is coarse-grained granite showing considerable reddish feldspar. Several small barren gossans were examined; a few narrow pegmatite dykes were seen; small amounts of molybdenite and chalcopyrite were found in quartz stringers; and a few small pieces of copper-bearing float were picked up. Panning of the streams in the area was unproductive. Some work was done north of Tootsee Lake. It was found that granite underlies much of the area. Some fairly important gossans were found containing minor amounts of pyrrhotite and magnetite, and one exposure of quartzite containing limonite was examined, but nothing of economic interest was discovered. In the Talbot Creek area (6 miles south of Mile 90 on the Haines Road), outcrops of limestone, marble, and some shale were observed. Nothing else was reported. A short time was spent prospecting an area adjacent to Datlaska Creek (4 miles west of Kelsall Lake). The geology of the area is fairly complex. Outcrops of pyroxenite, gneiss, volcanic breccia, argillite, serpentine, and limestone were examined; float containing minor amounts of scheelite and chalcopyrite was picked up, but nothing of importance was reported. Cariboo Mining Division.—Prospecting was done in the Torpy River valley, where some trenching on several outcrops exposed heavy mineralization of pyrite, chalcopyrite, and copper carbonates. There seems to be very little continuity to this mineralization, but further work is warranted. The rock exposures are mainly quartzite showing a considerable amount of quartz and calcite, schist, and black limestone containing small amounts of pyrite and chalcopyrite. Six miles north of Sinclair Mills some work was done in an area underlain by basic rocks. Nothing of interest was reported. Prospecting was done 20 miles southwest of Prince George where the exposed rocks are mainly basic types including some serpentine. East of Prince George, near Purden Lake, a granite-limestone contact was prospected, and along the Willow River some barren-looking quartz veins were examined. Nothing of interest resulted from any of this work. A base camp was established at an old placer mine in Pearce Gulch, about a mile south of the Cariboo-Hudson mine. From this camp, and by setting up a A 72 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1967 number of fly camps, a large area was prospected. Nothing of economic importance was found, but the following observations were made: Grouse Creek—barren quartz veins in schist; Mount Guyet—folded black limestone, phyllite, quartzite, and a few narrow quartz veins; McNeill Creek—limestone and quartzite carrying some iron pyrites. A considerable amount of work was done in the Cunningham and McBean Creek areas, but nothing of interest was reported. At Nugget Mountain the rock exposures are mainly pyritized slate, grey quartzite, and chlorite schist; at Craze Creek—schistose quartzite; at Antler and Victorian Creeks—quartz-sericite schist; at Pitman Creek—black argillaceous schist; at Copper Creek—minor amounts of scheelite associated with a fault zone; at Pearce Gulch—limestone and schist; at Roundtop Mountain—limestone. Eight claims were located in the Tre- house Creek valley, and the ground was carefully prospected. The underlying rocks were found to be slate, slaty schist, and quartz-sericite schist containing narrow quartz stringers. Very few rock outcrops were seen near Simlock or Harveys Creeks. At Peter Gulch argillaceous schist, a gossan area, some shear zones, and barren quartz veins in quartzite were reported. At the head of French Snowshoe Creek some prospecting was done in an area underlain by dark-coloured sericite schist, quartzite, and conglomerate. At the head of Cunningham Creek an anticlinal structure was examined. Clinton Mining Division.-—-Some work was done in the Maiden Creek area, where the underlying rocks are mainly limestone, conglomerate, and red sandstone. Nothing of interest was reported. Near Jesmond, veinlets of grey copper were found along a limestone contact. Greenwood Mining Division.—The following information was submitted from the Goatskin Creek-Rendell Creek areas. Observed rock exposures include syenite with narrow quartz stringers, granite, rhyolite, basalt, micaceous schist, quartz diorite, limestone, and serpentine in varying amounts over a wide area. Nothing of economic interest was reported. In the Conkle Lake area the geology was reported to be fairly complex. Several fault zones, pyritized serpentine, narrow dykes and sills, granite, and granodiorite were observed. In the vicinity of Baldy Mountain, coarse granite, quartz pegmatite dykes, rusty-coloured chert, limestone, and schist were reported. Kamloops Mining Division.—Near Lytton, dolomitic seams in a quartzose dyke were found to contain disseminated cinnabar, and just south of Walhachin small pockets of chalcocite were noted in several rock exposures. Some work was done in the Raft River valley, a very rugged area where outcrops of basalt, granite, and barren volcanics were reported. A base camp was established at O'Connor Lake, which lies on the west side of the North Thompson River about 20 miles from Kamloops. From there a large area was prospected, both conventionally and by using geochemical methods. Nothing of economic importance was reported, but the following general information was submitted: Discouraging results were obtained from the soil-testing, which was conducted after careful traversing of the area; much of the ground is covered with deep overburden; outcrops of limestone, various types of metamorphic rocks, granite, schist, and shale were investigated; some minor mineralization was noted in both metamorphic rocks and granite in the form of disseminated hematite, pyrite, and arsenopyrite; several old mine workings were examined. No staking was done, and little of economic interest was reported. In the Mount Hagen area, near Gorman Lake, granite intrusives were encountered, and some exposures of chloritic-sericitic rock containing quartz and graphite were examined. In the Fadear Creek valley, and near Cicero Creek, ser- DEPARTMENTAL WORK A 73 pentine was found, and some lead-zinc float was picked up near Mount Fadear. Some work was done near Forest, Saskum, and North Barriere Lakes, and in the Harper and Chuck Creek areas. On the Wood Lake road, outcrops of granodiorite and andesite were examined. Northeast of Barriere, the underlying rocks are diorite, granite with considerable feldspar, and graphitic schist. Several base camps were established in an area roughly 10 miles north and northeast of the north end of Adams Lake. This sector is made accessible by numerous logging-roads, but field work was hampered by excessive overburden. In general the geology was not favourable. The following general information was furnished by the prospector: Beaver Creek valley—granodiorite; Harbour Creek valley and Harbour Lake area—chlorite schist and mica schist; Gannett Mountain —granite and some metamorphic rocks; Wallace Creek—chlorite schist and mica schist; Meadow and Cayeene Creek areas—argillite; Samatosum Creek—some sedimentaries and some volcanics; and Spapilem Creek—granite, gneiss, and quartzite. In the Tumtum Lake area much overburden was encountered, but some outcrops of granite and mica schist were examined. South of Johnson Lake, outcroppings of both sedimentary and volcanic rocks were investigated. On the west side of Mara Lake, phyllites and schists were found to be well pyritized. A short aerial survey of part of the Adams Plateau was undertaken by helicopter; numerous landings were made, float material was examined, rock exposures investigated, and silt samples were taken. Nothing of importance was found. Liard Mining Division.—Several main base camps were established in the general vicinity of Dall Lake. Fly camps were also used at a number of convenient locations, and a large area was prospected during the season. Near Colt Lake and east toward the Kechika River, the underlying rocks are mainly quartzite, sericite schist, and a few greenstone dykes. Veinlets of radioactive fluorite, some copper sulphides in narrow quartz stringers, and limestone containing narrow bands and disseminations of pyrrhotite were prospected. In the Hizaza Creek valley, metamorphosed limestone and shale; quartz veinlets showing green chlorite, muscovite, and siderite; and quartz stringers in graphitic schist were noted. Near the southeast corner of Dall Lake the following features were reported: Limestone gossans with associated calcite and other carbonates; pyritization along an intrusive contact; small pieces of lead and zinc sulphide float; limestone float with some iron pyrites; and narrow quartz veins with minor amounts of chalcopyrite in schist. Along Moodie Creek some faulting and shearing were found, and chloritic quartz stringers in schist carry minor amounts of chalcopyrite. Eight miles northwest of Moodie Creek, on the Turnagain River, a medium-sized pyritized zone in sediments was prospected. Nothing of immediate economic interest was reported from all this work. Lillooet Mining Division.—A small amount of prospecting was done up the Yalakom River valley and in the Bridge River district. Nanaimo Mining Division.—Some work was done at the headwaters of the Gold River. This was a continuation of a programme that was started in the area in 1966. Nothing of importance was reported. Some distance north of the Gold River valley, copper-bearing float was found in an area underlain by andesite. The Mount Kains area near the north end of Vancouver Island was prospected. Access is by logging-road, and the area is difficult to prospect owing to rugged terrain, lack of rock exposures, and heavy undergrowth. It was found that the posi- A 74 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1967 tions of certain magnetic anomalies were hard to reach. Sketch maps showing the complex geology were submitted. Some prospecting was done about 10 miles west of Duncan. Nelson Mining Division.—Some prospecting was done 8 miles west of Tye, in the Cultus Creek valley, and between Lake and Midge Creeks. In the Hughes Creek valley, oxidized and copper-stained float was picked up, and a fine-grained oxidized dyke was prospected. In the Midge Creek valley, some float was found but nothing of further importance was reported. By using an old cabin 12 miles up Cultus Creek from Tye as a main base of operations and establishing several other temporary camps at convenient locations, a considerable area was prospected in the general vicinity of the old Bayonne mine. Nothing of economic importance was reported. In the Rossland area, at Grouse Ridge and Baldy Mountain, granite and argil- lite are the common underlying rocks. A considerable amount of chalcopyrite was found in the dump at the old Lake Mountain mine, and in the vicinity both mon- zonite outcrops and conglomerate containing small amounts of galena were reported. Near Monte Cristo Mountain, float quartz showing minor amounts of molybdenite was picked up; at Deer Park Mountain, exposures of granite and argillite were seen; and up Tiger Creek, float containing some mixed sulphides was found. Nothing of economic interest was reported. In the Boundary Creek area, along Grass Creek, some work was done along a schist-gneiss contact, where a quartz vein carrying values in copper, silver, and molybdenite had been uncovered. Near the junction of Nun and Monk Creeks, some chalcopyrite float was picked up, and altered limestone carrying low values in lead and silver was prospected. At North Star Mountain, limestone outcrops showed minor amounts of fine galena. In the Corn Creek valley, some work was done on quartz veins which occur in limestone, on altered limestone containing some siderite, and on quartz veins containing small amounts of chalcopyrite and galena. No commercial ore was discovered. New Westminster Mining Division.—In the Chehalis River area a 9-foot quartz vein, showing complex copper, zinc, gold, and silver mineralization, was prospected. Assay values were low. Nicola Mining Division.—North of Stump Lake, near Frogmoore Creek, claims were located on an exposure of chalcocite in andesite, and on narrow bands of bor- nite along a granite contact. Further work will be done on the claims. Omineca Mining Division.—Close to the north end of Whitesail Lake, some magnetite float and pyritized granite containing minor amounts of chalcopyrite were found. At Coles Creek a considerable amount of argillite is exposed and a gossan area was examined. At the east end of Tahtsa Lake a heavily pyritized zone was exposed. At Cheslatta Lake the rock exposures are schist, gneiss, granite, and granodiorite. On Huckleberry Mountain copper-stained outcrops were examined. Near Mosquito Hills float carrying bornite and chalcopyrite was picked up, and on Smaby Creek patches of magnetite were found to contain narrow stringers of bornite and chalcopyrite. Some inconclusive work was done near Musclow and Michel Lakes and in the McCuish and Falls Creek areas. Near Goodrich Lake several narrow copper-bearing veins were exposed, and at Cosgrove Lake a gossan containing small amounts of bornite and chalcopyrite was investigated. Some work was done around Sandifer Lake; at Spud Lake several small gossans were prospected, and exposures of basalt, gabbro, and limestone were noted; traces of chalcopyrite and pyrite were also seen. Near Coyote Lake the underlying rocks are basalt and limestone, and some quartz stringers and a small amount of perlite were seen. DEPARTMENTAL WORK A 75 Some inconclusive work was done near Gale Lake, on Chikamin Mountain, and up Troitsa Creek. Near Sweeney Mountain, outcrops of pyritized volcanic rocks were investigated. Some work was done around a pinkish-coloured plug of diorite in the Shelford Hills, where epidote and narrow quartz veins were seen. The easterly slopes of the Wolverine Range due east from Manson Creek received some attention, and outcrops of limestone and quartzite were examined; traces of copper sulphides were found but assays of samples taken were disappointing. Some prospecting was done near Manson Creek: Near the first of the Manson Lakes, one outcrop showed traces of nickel; in the Darkwater Creek area, quartzite, skarn, limestone, and lightly mineralized schist were reported; at central Lost Creek a small showing of nickel silicate was examined; at upper Lost Creek altered argillite showed small amounts of scheelite; and at Boulder Creek small amounts of galena, scheelite, and nickel silicate occur along a granite-limestone contact. Sixty miles south of Manson Creek and about 5 miles east of the mining-road, a fairly extensive outcropping of skarn was located and prospected; disseminated molybdenite and powellite are visible in part of the skarn, but assays of samples were low. Base camps were established about 60 miles from Finlay Forks, to the north and to the northeast, and some prospecting was done in these areas. The following information was submitted at the end of the season: Chowika Creek valley—thin beds of limestone; Deserters Peak—sandstone and narrow coal seams, and iron pyrites in quartz stringers; Akie River area—schist, shale, conglomerate, and limestone, with minor showings of chalcopyrite and galena; Akie Range—quartz veins containing interesting amounts of pyrite; and at Del Creek—outcrops of barren chlorite schist. A base camp was established 80 miles south of Burns Lake, on the north side of Oppy Lake near the west end. The season was spent prospecting the north side of the lake commencing at about a mile from the shoreline. The area is underlain by volcanic rocks, some syenite, argillite, quartzite, and a few lightly mineralized porphyry dykes. A considerable amount of time was spent stripping and opening up a shear zone containing copper carbonates, chalcopyrite, and pyrite. This work was hampered by deep overburden and very bad weather. The area adjacent to the shear zone is covered with heavy underbrush and windfalls. These showings warrant further investigation. Two discoveries were made in the McConnell Lake area—one copper, the other copper and molybdenum. No information regarding the geology or extent of these mineral zones was submitted, but the samples brought out are interesting and assays returned commercial values. The following general information on the area was submitted: At Meadow Creek—copper float was picked up; at Dewar Peak—copper float was also found; at Fredrickson Peak—a granite-greenstone contact was prospected; and at Serrated Peak—finely disseminated chalcopyrite was found associated with epidote and magnetite. In the Kitsumkalum Lake area, diorite and granite exposures were common around Sand Lake and in the Goat River valley, and at Maroon Creek argillite and greywacke were observed. Southwest of Kispiox, outcrops of pyritized diorite, granodiorite, and argillite were examined; and at Date Creek, outcrops of shale, argillite, granodiorite, and sandstone were reported. East of Cedarvale a sample of float containing low values in gold, silver, and lead was found in an area underlain by argillite and greenstone showing patches of magnetite. North of Cedarvale, at the Cranberry River and at Mill Creek, outcrops of shale and argillite were observed. A 76 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1967 In the Blunt Mountain area (southeast of Hazelton) some prospecting was done where argillite, chert, and obsidian containing narrow quartz stringers are fairly common. At Mount Thomlinson, shale, argillite, granodiorite, and greywacke outcrops were exposed. In the Sediesh Creek valley, the underlying rocks appear to be mainly argillite and pyritized bands of quartzite. Several pieces of float, well mineralized with molybdenite and other sulphides, were picked up, but the source of these was not found. At Utsun Creek, outcrops of argillite were found to contain large crystals of pyrite. North of Perow volcanic rocks are common, and near Topley Landing some inconclusive soil-testing was done. Osoyoos Mining Division.—Near Apex Mountain, heavy pyritization was prospected along a granite contact. Samples were taken of massive pyrrhotite carrying disseminations of chalcopyrite, and fairly good assays were obtained. Granite and limestone were found in the Mount Brent area. In the Ashnola River valley, younger granitic dykes were found to contain some chalcopyrite, and quartz stringers with minor galena. More prospecting was done near Allendale Lake, where bornite and copper carbonates were found in coarse-grained granodiorite. This area warrants further prospecting. Some work was done in the Peachland Creek valley, in an area underlain by granite, andesite, and conglomerate. Revelstoke Mining Division.—Some work was done on Legerwood Creek, 5 miles northeast of Malakwa, where the principal underlying rocks are pinkish granite, gneiss, and mica schist. Small amounts of fine molybdenite were seen in the granite. Some work was done in the Tangier Creek watershed, around Mount Tilley, and on Quartz Creek. On the east side of Trout Lake north of Gerrard, outcrops of siltstone and phyllite mineralized with pyrite and pyrrhotite were examined. In the Trout Creek valley skarn float fairly well mineralized with mixed sulphides was found. The following information was submitted from work done in the general vicinity of Revelstoke: Greely Creek—porphyry with much disseminated pyrrhotite and pyrite, and minor chalcopyrite; between Anstey Arm and Columbia River— many gossans were observed; Silver Creek—phyllite, schist, and calcareous rocks, but no mineralization; Hanner Lake—peridotite; Freeze Creek—muscovite granite, phyllite containing pyrrhotite, granodiorite (sulphides more common in altered sediments); at Montana Lake—heavily mineralized skarn was prospected; some work was done in the valleys of Drimmie and Greenslide Creeks; near Mount Mac- pherson, between Begbie Creek and Tumtum station, outcrops of highly siliceous metamorphic rocks, schists, and gneisses were found to be fairly well mineralized; at Horsefly Creek—a mineralized shear zone was investigated; at Watson Creek— breccia float was found to contain flakes of graphite. Similkameen Mining Division.—In the Princeton area, on the north side of Granite Creek, exposures of volcanic rocks and chlorite schist were prospected. Skeena Mining Division.—An attempt made to get up the Exstew River by canoe failed because the water was too high at the time. Some prospecting was done south of Williams Creek, but nothing of importance was reported. East of Kitimat, exposures of impure limestone were examined and near Fire Mountain prospecting was done where outcrops of diorite and limestone were exposed. East of Horetzky Creek near The Jaws, an important mineral zone was located. The zone is characterized by large pods of bornite and chalcopyrite in granite plus DEPARTMENTAL WORK A 77 extensive areas of green and blue copper carbonates. High assays were obtained from samples taken from the zone. Slocan Mining Division.—Near the headwaters of Eagle Creek, east of Granby River, small arounts of copper, mercury, and zinc mineralization were reported; at Galloping Creek some copper mineralization was seen; and at Winnifred Creek some quartz float containing molybdenite was found. In the Inonoaklin Mountain area, float carrying fine disseminated molybdenite was picked up and some pieces of silver-lead float were found. The source of this material was not found. Near Barnes Creek lightly mineralized quartz float was found. At Bisson Lake some claims were located on what was reported to be showings of cinnabar in volcanics. North of Lightning Peak, claims were located on a mineral zone carrying values in nickel, silver, and lead. Using a float camp at Verandah Point on the east side of Kootenay Lake as a base, considerable work was done north and south along the lakeshore. The geology is not favourable; most of the rock exposures encountered were unaltered crystalline limestone with no evidence of mineralization, barren mica, or hornblende schist. Specks of scheelite were seen in several narrow pegmatite dykes. Claims were located up the Kaslo River, on Blue Ridge, where encouraging mineralization of bornite and galena was found in quartz veins. Much galena float was picked up, and some high assays in lead and silver were obtained. Some prospecting was done on the east side of Duncan Lake. Some inconclusive work was done in the New Denver area, where float containing galena and sphalerite was picked up. On Perry Ridge, south of Slocan City, gneisses and schists showed considerable graphite and garnet. Between Needles and Nakusp some exposures of granite and altered granite with a varied sporadic showing of sulphides were examined. Nothing of interest was reported. Vancouver Mining Division.—North of Alice Lake in the Squamish area, exposures of galena and sphalerite in altered limestone received some attention. Vernon Mining Division.—Prospecting was continued in the area close to the junction of Harris and McAuley Creeks. Some work was done in other parts of the Vernon area. Early in the season an attempt was made to initiate a prospecting programme a few miles south of Monashee Pass. Snow conditions interfered and the work was abandoned. Some claims were located north of Kingfisher Creek, west of the north end of Mabel Lake and in the Joss Mountain area. High up in the Whiteman Creek valley, outcrops of gneiss were found to contain pyrrhotite and minor amounts of both chalcopyrite and pyrite. Geochemical investigations were made in the Ewings Landing area. Victoria Mining Division.—Some prospecting and locating was done a few miles west of Duncan. MINING ROADS AND TRAILS Provision is made in the Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources Act whereby the Minister may, with the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, authorize the expenditure of public funds for the construction or repair of roads and trails into mining areas. Assistance on a half-cost basis may also be provided on roads and trails to individual properties. Application forms may be obtained from D. R. Morgan, Senior Inspector, Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources, Victoria. A 78 MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES REPORT, 1967 Requests for road and trail assistance must be made to the Department before the commencement of work. The type of access upon which assistance may be given depends upon the value of the property, the stage of development, and the amount of work to be done. A trail is sometimes sufficient for initial exploration, and a tractor-road may be adequate for preliminary work. Subsequent development might warrant assistance on the construction of a truck-road. A carefully drawn sketch or plan of the location of the road is required to be submitted and, where warranted by the amount of assistance requested, a report on the property by a professional geological or mining engineer may be required. An engineer from the Department may be required to report on the property before a grant is made and to inspect the road after the work has been done. The total mileages and disbursements under " Grants in Aid of Mining Roads and Trails " during the 1967/68 fiscal year were as follows:— Roads— Miles Cost Construction 146.1 $229,010.12 Maintenance 235.5 40,220.32 Bridges— Maintenance 23,000.00 Construction 2,630.99 Total $294,861.43 In addition to the above, work was continued on the Stewart-Cassiar road, which is being constructed under the " Roads to Resources " agreement between the Governments of Canada and British Columbia. The construction is supervised by the Department of Highways on behalf of the Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources. The only new road construction was on Project No. 1391, the 29.08- mile section between Burrage River and Ningunsaw River, the contract for which was awarded on November 18, 1965, to Ben Ginter Construction Company in the amount of $3,978,553.50 and started in 1966. Operations have been suspended each winter owing to climatic conditions. The project was 30 per cent completed at the end of 1967. Further construction was done on the Bell-Irving No. 1 bridge, which is approximately 58 miles north of Stewart. The Benray Bridge Company completed the substructure, for which it was awarded a contract in the amount of $116,872 on July 2, 1965, and Canada Iron Foundries Ltd., Western Bridge Division, completed the fabrication and erection of steelwork, for which the company was awarded a contract in the amount of $384,696.40 on June 16, 1966. A temporary deck has been erected for the transportation of supplies, and the permanent deck is expected to be installed in 1968. The Federal Government's contribution of $7,500,000 on the construction of this road was expended toward the end of September. Since that time the whole expense has been provided by the Provincial Government. EXHIBITS The Department has an exhibit of rock and mineral specimens in the Douglas Building, Victoria; collections are also on display in the offices of the Inspectors of Mines at Nelson, Prince Rupert, and Vancouver. Specimens from the collection in Victoria are displayed in wall cases lining the corridor of the fourth floor of the Douglas Building. The collection includes speci- DEPARTMENTAL WORK A 79 mens of ore from many mines and prospects in the Province, and also type rocks and special minerals from British Columbia and elsewhere. British Columbia material includes specimens collected over a period of more than 60 years by officers of the Department. Some type specimens have been purchased and other valuable specimens or groups have been donated or loaned. ROCK AND MINERAL SETS Information regarding sets of rocks and minerals available for sale to prospectors, schools, and individuals in British Columbia may be obtained from the Chief of the Mineralogical Branch. PUBLICATIONS Annual Reports of the Minister of Mines and Petroleum Resources, bulletins, and other publications of the Department, with prices charged for them, are listed in the Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources List of Publications, available from the Chief of the Mineralogical Branch or Chief of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Branch. Publications may be obtained from the offices of the Department in Victoria and from the office of the Geological Survey of Canada in Vancouver. They are also available for reference use in the Departmental library, Room 430, Douglas Building, Victoria, in the reading-room of the office of the Geological Survey of Canada in Vancouver, and in the offices of the Inspectors of Mines in Nelson and Prince Rupert, as well as in public libraries. MAPS SHOWING MINERAL CLAIMS, PLACER CLAIMS, AND PLACER-MINING LEASES From the details supplied by the locators, the approximate positions of mineral claims held by record and of placer-mining leases are shown on mineral reference maps that may be inspected in the central records offices of the Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources in Victoria and Vancouver. Copies of these maps may be obtained on request made to the Chief Gold Commissioner, Victoria (price, $1.25 per print). The boundaries of surveyed claims and leases are shown on the reference maps and other maps of the British Columbia Department of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources. OFFICES OF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES AND THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. The Provincial Inspectors of Mines and Resident Engineers for the Vancouver Island and Lower Mainland districts, the Silicosis Control Inspectors, and the Gold Commissioner and Mining Recorder for Vancouver Mining Division occupy offices at Room 320, 890 West Pender Street, Vancouver 1. Officers of the Geological Survey of Canada are stationed at 100 West Pender Street. The combined services offered to the public at these two offices include technical information on mining and the geology of the Province, the identification of mineral specimens, distribution of Federal and Provincial mining and geological publications, a reference library, a display of rocks and minerals, and a central records office. Topographic Mapping and Air Photography The Annual Report of the British Columbia Lands Service, 1967, describes in detail the activities of the Legal Surveys, Topographic, Air, and Geographic Divisions of the Surveys and Mapping Branch. Indexes to air photographic cover, to published maps, reference maps, and manuscript maps are available through the Director, Surveys and Mapping Branch, British Columbia Lands Service, Victoria. A 80 Department of Energy, Mines and Resources The Canadian Government Department of Energy, Mines and Resources performs many functions related to mining and the mineral industry in general. The Geological Survey of Canada, Mines Branch, Mineral Resources Division, Observatories Branch, and Surveys and Mapping Branch all provide services of direct interest to the mineral industry. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA The Geological Survey of Canada each year has several geological parties in the field in British Columbia. Over a period of nearly a hundred years numerous reports and maps covering areas of the Province have been published by the Geological Survey of Canada. These publications provide geological information of great benefit to mining, exploration, and prospecting activities in the Province. The Geological Survey of Canada maintains an office at 100 West Pender Street, Vancouver 3, with Dr. J. E. Armstrong in charge. Geological reports and maps may be obtained there. Field Work by the Geological Survey in British Columbia, 1967 Geological mapping and special studies were done in the following areas:— Officers Area Remarks H. Gabrielse and S. L. Blusson N. W. Rutter D. T. A. Symons T. N. Irvine J. E. Reesor and E. Froese J. A. Fortescue, E. H. W. Hornbrook, and L. Usik R. B. Campbell C. A. Giovanella J. E. Muller _ _. J. G. Souther F. G. Young J. O. Wheeler J. W. H. Monger J. A. Roddick, W. W. Hutchison, and S. L. Blusson H. W. Tipper and J. A. Jeletzky B. E. Lowes H. R. Balkwill J. E. Armstrong and S. F. Learning R. J. Fulton J. D. Aitken.. W. H. Fritz... 104 O, 104 I, 104 J Parts of 94 B, C, F, 93 H, O 93 C, D, 103 A, 104 G 94 C/W. 82 L/l, parts of 82L/9 and 82 K/4 Central and southern British Columbia 93 H Parts of 83D/11E, 83D/6E, 83D/7W, 83 D/10W Part of 92 F Parts of 104 G/7, G/10, G/15, G/16 Parts of 93 H, A, 83 E 82K/W Parts of 104 J, 104 N, 104 K 92 M, 92 N, 92 L, 92 K, 92 J, 92 G/W, 92 F Northeastern part of 92 N Parts of 92H/5 and 92 H/12 82 N/7W and parts of N/7E, N/2, N/10W, N/6E 93 G Columbia and Kootenay Valleys Part of 82 N... R. Mulligan- Eastern Cordillera in British Columbia and Alberta 104 O, 104 P Complete Operation Selwyn and unmapped sheets of Operation Stikine. Surficial geology of the Peace River dam and reservoir area. Pateomagnetic studies in Dean Channel and vicinity and at Mount Edziza. Complete sampling and mapping of ultrabasic rocks in the Lay Range. Study of granitoid and metamorphic rocks of the Pinnacle Peaks area. Biogeochemistry — test field methods by surveys over known mineral deposits. Structure and stratigraphy of the Cariboo Mountains. Complete study of structure and metamorphism of the gneisses straddling the Rocky Mountain Trench. Complete Alberni map-area. Volcanology of Mount Edziza area. Structure and stratigraphy of the Cariboo and Gog Groups. Structure and metamorphism of the Monashee Mountains. Structure and Permian stratigraphy of part of the Atlin Horst. Reconnaissance in Coast Mountains south of latitude 52 degrees north. Mezozoic stratigraphy and structure, Mount Wadding- ton area. Structural study of the Cascade Mountains. Structural analyses of the western ranges of the Rocky Mountains in the Golden area. Surficial geology of the Prince George area. Surficial geology of the reservoir area in the Columbia and Kootenay River valleys. Palaeontology and stratigraphy of the Burgess shale. Cambrian biostratigraphy in the eastern Cordillera. Metallogeny of the Cassiar batholith. A 81 a 82 mines and petroleum resources report, 1967 Publications of the Geological Survey All current publications of the Geological Survey of Canada relating to British Columbia were added to the library of the British Columbia Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources in 1967. MINES BRANCH The Mines Branch has divisions concerned with mineral dressing and process metallurgy, physical metallurgy, radioactivity, and fuels. Current publications of the Mines Branch pertaining to British Columbia were added to the library of the British Columbia Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources in 1967. MINERAL RESOURCES DIVISION The Mineral Resources Division publishes studies on mineral resources, mineral economics, mineral legislation, mineral taxation, mining technology, and miscellaneous subjects related to the mineral industry. Current publications of the Mineral Resources Division were added to the library of the British Columbia Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources in 1967. OBSERVATORIES BRANCH The Observatories Branch operates a magnetic observatory at Victoria. Services available to geophysical exploration companies and other interested agencies include:— (a) Three-hour range indices of magnetic activity; these provide a measure of the intensity of the magnetic disturbance (on a 0-9 scale) for each three-hour period. The monthly listings of these indices are normally mailed within a few days after the end of each month. (b) Copies of magnetograms are available through a local duplicating firm at a charge of $7.50 for a monthly set. These recordings of the magnetic field can be used to control field surveys, in particular to correct for the diurnal changes and magnetic disturbances. The area over which this control is valid depends on the required accuracy; for ±5 gamma accuracy, it covers an elliptic region reaching roughly as far as longitude 118 degrees to the east and latitude 50.5 degrees to the north. Further details can be obtained by writing to the Officer-in-charge, Victoria Magnetic Observatory, R.R. 7, Victoria, B.C.