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Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the list of Internet Media Types [MIME]."}],"FullText":[{"label":"Full Text","value":" ANNUAL   REPORT\nOF  THE\nMINISTER   OF   MINES,\nFOE THE\nYEAR   ENDING  31ST   DECEMBER,\n1884\nBEING AN  ACCOUNT  OF\nMINING OPERATIONS FOR GOLD, COAL, &G.\n, VA\/V.j\nIN THE\nflntoina d \u00a7xittBk GMttmbitt.\nVICTORIA: Trintccl by Richard Wolfenden, Government Prints?,\n.it the Government Printing Office, James' Bay.\n1885.  PROVINCE   OF   BRITISH    COLUMBIA.\nTABLE\nShowing the actually known and estimated yield of gold; the number of miners employed;\nand their average earnings per man, per year, from 1858 to 1884.\n1858\n(6 months)\n1859\n1860\n1801\n1862\n1863\n1864\n1865\n1806\n1867\n1868\n1869\n1S70\n1871\n1872\n1873\n1874\n1875\n1876\n1S77\n1S7S\n1879\n1880\n1881   -\n1882\n1883\n1884\nAmount actually known\nto have been exported\nby Banks, &c.\n8    390,266\n1,211,304\n1,071,410\n1,999,589\n3,184,700\n2,801,888\n2,618,404\n1,990,580\n1,800,051\n1,779,729\n1,331,234\n1,002,717\n1,349,5S0\n1,208,229\n979,312\n1,383,404\n1,850,178\n1,339,9S0\n1,206,130\n1,002,670\n1,075,049\n844,856\n872,281\n795,071\n661,877\n613,304\nAdd one-third more,\nestimate of gold\ncarried away in\nprivate hands.\n$   130,0S8\n403,768\n557,133\n066,529\n1,061,566\n933,902\nS72.801\n005,520\n020,217\n593,243\n443,744\n334,239\n449,860\n402,743\n326,437\n461,154\n018,726\n446,602\n402,045\nl-5th 212,534\n215,009\n108,971\n174,450\n159,014\n132,375\n122,861\nNumber of\nMiners\nemployed.\n9    520,353\n1,015,072\n2,228,543\n2,606,118\n4,246,200\n3,735,850\n3,491,205\n2,002,106\n2,480,80S\n2,372,972\n1,774,978\n1,330,950\n1,799,440\n1,010,972\n1,305,749\n1,844,018\n2,474,904\n1,786,648\n1,608,182\n1,275,204\n1,290,058\n1,013,827\n1,046,737\n954,085\n794,252\n736,165\nS 48,672,128\n3,000\n4,000\n4,400\n4,200\n4,100\n4,400\n4,400\n4,294\n2,982\n3,044\n2,390\n2,369\n2,348\n2,450\n2,400\n2,300\n2,868\n2,024\n2,282\n1,960\n1,883\n2,124\n1,955\n1,898\n1,738\n1,965\n1,858\nAverage\nyearly\nearnings\nper man.\n8 173\n403\n500\nG34\n517\n482\n849\nS13\n893\nS14\n992\n749\n509\n734\n071\n567\n043\n1,222\n783\nS20\n077\n007\n518\n551\n548\n404\n396  48 Vic. Report of the Minister of Mines. .   416\nREPORT\nOP   THE\nMINISTER   OF   MINES\nFOE  THE\nYEAR   1884.\nTo His Honour Clement Francis Cornwall,\nLieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia.\nMay it please Your Honour:\nThe Annual Report of the Mining Industries of the Province for the year 1884,\nis herewith respectfully submitted.\nJNO. ROBSON,\nProvincial Secretary & Minister of Mines.\nProvincial Secretary's Office,\n23rd February, 1885.  48 Vic. Report of the Minister of Mines. 417\nREPORT.\nGOLD.\nThe value of the Gold exported by the Banks at Victoria, during the year 1884,\nis as follows:\u2014\u25a0\nBank of British Columbia $ 249,077\nBank of British North America        61,088\nGaresche, Green, & Co      303,139\nS 613,304\nCARIBOO.\nMr. Bowron s Report.\n\" Richfield, 25th November, 1884.\n\"To the Hon. the Minister of Mines, Victoria:\n\"Sir,\u2014I have the honour, herewith, to transmit the mining statistics of the Cariboo\nDistrict for the current year; and, for your further information, to submit the following\nreport:\u2014\n\" The accompanying statistics will be found to show a slight decline in the product of the\nmines the present year, as also a decrease in the number of white miners, with a corresponding\nincrease in the number of Chinese.\n\"Although the gold yield has been quite large, yet the season has been one of disappointment to a majority of the white miners, fully three-fourths of the total amount having been\nproduced by Chinese.\n\" But little prospecting for new mines lias been undertaken. I have, consequently, little\nto say respecting ' explorations.' One party only received Government assistance in procuring\ntheir outfit, and that but to a limited extent. A copy of the report handed in by this party\nwill be found herewith enclosed.\n\" I may state that the impression here very generally prevails, that the fund voted by\nGovernment for explorations would bo much better applied if given upon certain prescribed\nconditions to assist some properly organized company to test the value of the deep ground on,\nsay Slough Creek, or some other expensive but promising enterprise near the centre of the\npresent gold-producing sections; while others would favour devoting the amount apportioned\nto this district towards inducing a thoroughly competent and reliable quartz miner, or expert,\nto spend a season examining our ledges, as it is thought, with the work now accomplished on\nmany of the old ledges, and the discovery of new veins made within the past two or three\nyears, a, competent person would have no difficulty in soon forming a very decided opinion as\nto their value. As it is at present, whatever work is being done on ledges is little better than\nso much labour thrown away.\n\"Williams Creek has produced less the present than any season for the past twenty-four\nyears. Thefact is, the creek is about worked out, except, perhaps, the lower portion (which\nrequires & different system of working from that at present in vogue to make it remunerative)\nand possibly a few of the hill claims which may continue to pay a fair return for a time longer. 418 Report of the Minister of Mines. 18S5\nA new hydraulic claim was opened on the hill side, between the Black Jack claim and Conklin\nGulch, by Mr. Nason, which, I learn, promises well. With this exception, nothing new has\nbeen attempted on this creek the present season.\n\" The benches of Lower Antler Creek, now mined exclusively by Chinese, continue to\nyield fair returns. On the upper portion of the creek, the Yellow Lion Co.'s claim has paid\nvery well for the amount of work accomplished. The difficulty of procuring a supply of water\nduring the dry season of the year is a serious drawback to this company. The Nason Co.,\nwhich has now the most complete and effective .machinery on any mine in the district, is at the\npresent time just starting work underground. The shareholders in this company have pushed\nahead their extensive works during the season with vigour, and now believe that they will be\nsuccessful in finally proving the value of their ground during the coining winter.\n\" The Waverly Hydraulic Co., of Grouse Creek, has made good progress during the season,\nand, judging from the appearance of the gravel in the ' face,' have at last reached ground that\nwill pay; but, owing to a large cave late in the fall, they were unable to make a 'wash-up.'\nLittle is to bo said regarding Lightning Creek, or its tributaries. The Cypress claim, on Dunbar\nFlat (purchased last year by the Chinese), has paid exceedingly well, and is, perhaps, the only\nclaim on the creek paying over fair wages. Legislation would appear to be required in view\nof the large extent of ground held on Lightning Creek by absentees, under a 'real estate' title,\nwhereby the project of bringing up a bed-rock drain is completely blocked. It is definitely\nknown that a very large extent of this ground, from the town of Stanley down, would yield\nhandsome returns, were the same properly drained.\n\" On Slough Creek and Devil's Caiion, discoveries on the high benches, and in some instances well up the sides of the mountain, continue to be made. A large number of Chinese\nhave worked here during the summer, in some instances taking out exceedingly good pay,\nA few whites have taken up claims which they will work by hydraulic pressure, where a supply\nof water can be secured. One company on Slough Creek is at present running a tunnel for a\nhill channel, which is thought to exist. I regret to say the company who, last season, applied\nfor and obtained from the Government permission to lease a large extent of the deep ground\non Slough Creek, has failed, so far, to effect an organization.\n\" Returns sent in from the Quesnellemouth Polling Division show a slight increase in the\ngold product of that division over last season.\n\" The closing of the Assay Office at Barkerville is felt to be a severe loss to the community.\nIt not only occasions a direct loss to the miner in a depreciation in the value of his gold dust,\nbut will have a tendency to discourage quartz prospecting, as it leaves us without the means\nof testing the value of any minerals which may be found. The office having become so nearly\nself-sustaining, it is hoped that the Government will succeed in finding a properly qualified\nassaycr,and cause the office to bo again opened.\n\" The following is an approximate estimate of the gold yield of the district for the year\n1884, exclusive of Omineca :\u2014\nBarkerville Polling Division    \u00a7153,600\nLightning Creek    \u201e                   78,000\nQuesnellemouth     ,,                   77,060\nKeithley Creek      ,,                   89,595\nEstimated yield from date to 31st December     25,000\n$423,855\n\" But little has been done in the way of developing our quartz mining industry during\nthe season. The Burns Mountain Quartz Mining Co. (limited) indeed pushed ahead their\ntunnel to a point whore it was expected the lodge would bo found, but, failing to strike which,\nthe work was suddenly stopped for some time. They have, however, just resumed operations,\nand will continue the tunnel some distance further.\n\"The Dominion Quartz Ledge Co., whose mine is situated some 30 miles south of Barkerville (referred to in my report of last year) sent out prospectors during the summer, who succeeded in sinking on the ledge 12 foot, and cross-cutting it at that depth. They brought in\nsome of the rock, which it is proposed to send to San Francisco for a test.\n\" It is reported that the Messrs. Girod, late of Quesnelle, now in France, have succeeded\nin bonding the Sadoux quartz mine near Mosquito Creek, to a company of French capitalists,\nand that work will be shortly commenced on the mine. 48 Vic. Report of the Minister of Mines. 419\n\"In view of the early completion of the Canadian Pacific Railroad,.many old Caribooites\ncontinue to leave the district, with the object of making themselves homes somewhere along\nthe line of railway, while but few new comers appear to take their place in the mines. This\nstate of affairs may be expected to continue until the completion of the railroad, when a reaction will probably take place. So far, the construction and maintenance of the railroad has\nbeen most injurious to the interests of this district, as, while the works of construction have\nattracted away a large number of our most enterprising miners and prospectors, the maintenance of that portion of the line over which the cars now run has actually, owing to the exorbitant tariff', increased the prices of all kinds of supplies in Cariboo. This fact will be better\nunderstood when it is known that before any railroad works were commenced a sufficient\nnumber of ox-teams and pack-trains were employed on the road between Yale and Cariboo to\nmeet all requirements. But, anticipating a fall in the rates for freight, many of the carriers\ndisposed of their stock till, at the present time, the carrying trade is in the hands of a few,\nwho naturally make all they can out of the situation; while merchants, anticipating a fall in\nthe freight rates on the completion of the railroad to Spence's Bridge, withheld their orders\ntill late. Even with the scarcity of teams on the Cariboo road, I am informed that some of\nthose actually go to Yale for their loads, travelling from Spence's Bridge to Yale and back, a\ndistance of 160 miles, loaded one way only, and are able successfully to compete with the\nrailway company's charges.\n\" I have ventured to say this much to show that if the district appears to be on the decline,\nthere are other than local causes affecting its prosperity, as, to my knowledge, quite a number\nof persons are leaving the district owing to the unusually high prices of provisions. I am\ninformed by merchants here that the lowest freight rate from Victoria to Barkerville this fall\nhas been 12|- cents per pound. It may, therefore, be inferred with what anxiety Cariboo looks\nforward to the early completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway; a consummation which, it is\nhoped, will bring about a different state of affairs.\n\" Crops with the farmers in the lower part of the district have been exceedingly good.\nThe wheat crop especially exceeds in quantity the production of any former year, notwithstanding which flour, at the present time, is selling at Soda Creek for 6| cents per pound, and\nat Barkerville for 12 cents. The mildness of the climate thus far this fall is unprecedented.\nThere is not sufficient snow at Barkerville at the present writing to make good sleighing, and\nbelow Stanley waggoning is still good.\n\" The following is the retail price, in Barkerville, of some of the principal articles of consumption :\u2014\n\"Flour, 12c. f*ib; Butter, 62|c.; Beef, 10c. to 15c; Mutton, 18c; Hams and Bacon, none\nin market; Dried Apples, 40c; Peaches, 50c; Rice, 20c; Potatoes, Turnips, Beets, Cabbage,\nand Carrots, 4 to 5c; Onions, 18 to 25c; Tea, $1 to $1.25; Coffee, ground, 75c, green, 55c;\nRaisins, 40c; Coal Oil, $19 per case; Candles, 40c by the box; Eggs, $1.25 per doz.; Gum\nBoots, $10 per pair: Giant Powder, $1.50 to $1.75 \"# lb; Wheat, 8c; Oats, 6c; Timothy\nHay, 3c;  Wild Hay, 2c. f lb.\n\" It is fondly hoped that these figures will bo materially reduced upon the advent of good\nsleighing\n\" I have, &.c,\n(Signed)        \" Jno. Bowron,\n\" Gold Commissioner.\"\nReport of Messes. Lanyon and D'Oepentigny.\n\" Left Barkerville on the second of September, 1884, for the purpose of prospecting in the\nneighbourhood of the Mustang Valley, below Mustang Creek; arrived the following day, and\nprospected several small gulches for twelve clays; found a little gold, but not in sufficient\nquantities to pay, and concluded to go down the valley to Willow River; tried several creeks\non the road, but found nothing. After striking Willow River, travelled down stream until we\nstruck Valley River, emptying into the Willow. About six miles below Mustang Valley,\nprospected on three creeks and found a little gold on the first creek after leaving the Mustang-\nValley; made a small ground-sluice and could find a little gold to every pan; started a shaft;\ngot down ten feet, but not having proper tools, and striking large boulders, we could not go\nany deeper; could find a little gold in the bottom, but, not being able to find the bed-rock, 420\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1885\ncould not say whether it would pay or not, but think it was the most favourable looking creek\nwe saw on the trip. After spending four clays, we started to return, by way of Valley River.\nTried several creeks but found no gold, and arrived back at Sugar Creek, after being nine days\non the trip. Still having some provisions left, we started to prospect at the head of Sugar Creek,\ngoing west toward Willow River, but found the snow too deep, there\" being from two to three\nfeet. Had to turn back and come to Hardscrabble Creek, and prospected the left fork. Found\nthe bed-rock shallow at the head of the creek, and found a little gold. Came some distance\ndown the creek, and found a little gold on the clay; sunk a shaft twenty feet from the clay;\nfound very little gravel on the bottom and scarcely any gold on the bed-rock. Our provisions\nbeing then exhausted, we returned to Barkerville, after an absence of eight weeks.\n(Signed)\n\"John Lanyon,\n\"Oliver D'Orpentigny.\n\"To John Bowron, Esq.,\n\" Gold. Commissioner.\"\nMr. Stephenson's Report.\n\"Forks of Quesnelle, B. C,\n\"26th November, 1884.\n\"To the Hon. the Minister of Mines.\n\"Sir,\u2014I have the honour to forward herewith the mining statistics of Keithley Division,\nCariboo District, for 1884. Of the estimated yield of gold, there is a falling off from last year,\nwhich is chiefly owing to the decrease in the number of white miners, as many have left the\nmines and gone clown country to find employment on the railroad.\n\"The season all through has been favourable for mining in this section, and I am well\nsatisfied the Chinese have clone better this season than last, although they will not admit it;\nbut the truth is something I do not expect froni a Chinaman, except by accident. Although\nthere has not been any new diggings found, the Chinese seem to be more scattered over this\nsection than for several years past, while their numbers are about the same; and wherever\nyou find a Chinaman that has worked a few clays in a place, it is a sure thing he is making\nsome money.\n\"On the Horsefly River, where the Chinese thought they had found good pay last fall, it\nproved to be a failure, and consequently there has been very little done in the Horsefly section,\nonly one company working through the season.\n\"In conclusion, I may add that the outlook, though not bright, is not worse than it was\na year ago; in fact, the Chinese traders must think it better, as their shipment of goods has\nbeen much heavier this fall than last.\n\"I have, &c,\n(Signed) \"W. Stephenson,\n\"Government Agent.\"\nCASSIAR.\nMr. Crimp's Report.\n\"Laketon, Cassiar,\n\"13th October, 1884.\n\" To the Hon. the Minister of Mines.\n\"Sir,\u2014I have the honour herewith to forward the Mining Statistics for 1884, as well as\nmy report upon the district.\n\"Dease, Thibert, and McDame Creeks are all about worked out\u2014that is the bed of the\nstreams. The past summer a great many have been working over the bed of the streams the\nsecond and third time.\n\"On Dease Creek there have been about ten white men and fifteen Chinamen, and the\nresult of their labours has been alcut $10,000, as near as I can find out, and I think the\nestimate is pretty accurate. 48 Vic. Report of the Minister of Mines. 421\n\" On Thibert Creek there were twenty-two white miners and twenty-four Chinese miners,\nand the amount taken out was $30,000. This creek has a few fairly good hill claims, but\nthey are getting pretty well worked out.\n\" On McDame Creek and its tributaries the same may be said as of the before mentioned\ncreeks; the amount for the year past $ 53,600\nDease Creek         10,000\nThibert Creek      30,000\nDefot Creek        3,000\nDesultory mining    5,000\nTotal $101,600\n\" I think the above amounts are pretty accurate as far as I have been able to ascertain.\n\"There has not been any discoveries made the pastseason. There were seven white men\nand four Chinamen down the Liard River the past summer, but did not find anything that\nwould pay wages.\n\"There were about 180 miners in the district during the season\u2014about equally divided\u2014\nhalf white miners, and the other half Chinese; and it is fully expected that there will be about\nthe same number next year. Of these, about 33 white men and 40 Chinamen will winter in\nthe mines.\n\"The health of the miners during the past season has been generally very good; only one\ndeath, and that was by the drowning of the late A. F. Black.\n\" Law and order have been generally good in this district the past season.\n\"The market is well supplied with everything that the miner wants; vegetables are\nabundant, at reasonable prices.\n\"The crops have been good the past summer in the farming district, partly owing to the\nplentiful rainfall, the crop of hay was abundant.\n********\n\" I have, &c,\n(Signed) \"J. L. Crimp,\n\"Gold Commissioner, &c.\nLILLOOET.\nMr. Soues' Report.\n\"Government Office,\n\" Clinton, 12th Dec, 1884.\n\" The Hon. John Robson, Minister of Mines, Victoria :\u2014\n\" Sir,\u2014I have the honour to enclose herewith the mining statistics and my annual report\nfor the district of Lillooet for 1884.\n\"The total ascertained yield of gold for the district this year is $107,934, a very\nnoticeable and gratifying increase over former years.\n\" The figures given are from perfectly reliable and trustworthy sources. Seven-eighths of\nthe amount named has been bought by Mr. Smith, Lillooet, and Messrs. Foster & Bell, Clinton.\nI make no estimate of the amount carried out of the district by Chinese and others. This\namount is undoubtedly large, but no reliable account can bo had of it. For comparison, I\ngive the ascertained yield of the district for the past four years, viz.:\u2014\n1881 $ 63,915\n1882     54,295\n1883     68,342\n1884    107,934\nA very large amount of this year's increase must be credited to Bridge River and its tributaries, and 1 have much pleasure in reporting that nearly the whole of the miners in that\nlocality are white men, and have every reason to believe that the majority of them are well\nsatisfied with their season's work, and nearly all intend returning there next spring. 422 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1885\n\" I have no new discoveries of gold to report in this district for the past year. A party\nof three prospectors, aided by Government, were out for three months in the eastern part of\nthe district. Unfortunately, they kept too far to the north, having reached a point within a\nshort distance of the head waters of Canoe River, a tributary of the Columbia. This expedition was entirely without results in the discovery of gold or other minerals.\n\" In minerals other than gold, I have to report the discovery and location of a mica ledge\nat a high altitude on Clearwater River, a tributary of the North Thompson. A specimen (11\ninches by 8 inches) of the mica in my office, taken from the exposed surface of the ledge,\nshows a large number of fractures, the result, I presume, of ages of alternate freezing and\nthawing. Should the mineral prove to be without fracture at a depth below the action of\nfrost, it will undoubtedly be a most valuable addition to the resources of this Province. Mr.\nJames McKinlay, of Lac La Hache, is the locator, and is most deserving of success, having\nspent two seasons, unaided, prospecting between Lac La Hache and the foothills of the\nSelkirks, a portion of this district in which there is ample room for others.\n\"Mr. McKinlay has brought in a number of specimens of quartz, <fcc, samples of which I\nforward to your department by this express. Ho informs me that ho has sent samples for\nassay and analysis to different places, a few weeks ago.\n\" Considering the comparative few engaged in mining industries, this district may be\ncongratulated on the result of the season's work. At the same time I must express my regret\nthat enterprise and capital still hold aloof from adding to the general welfare of the Province\nat large, by opening out and developing the known auriferous benches on both sides of Fraser\nRiver in this district.\n\" The same remark applies to the claims on the Big Slide lode, on which nothing has been\nclone this year.\n\" I have, &c,\n(Signed) \" F. Soues,\n\" Gold Commissioner, Lillooet District.\"\nYALE AND LYTTON.\nMe, Hussey's Report.\n\"Lytton, 29th November, 1884.\n\" To the Honourable the Minister of Mines, Victoria:\u2014\n\" Sir,\u2014I have the honour to enclose the mining statistics for the Hope, Yale and Lytton\nDivisions of the Yale District for the year 1884.\n\" In the Hope Division the silver mines which attracted so much attention some time\nback seem to have gone out of thought, simply from the want of energy and capital to work\nground which has been shown to contain an almost inexhaustible supply of the precious metal.\n\" Gold mining operations in the Yale Division are not so extensive as they should be,\nconsidering what energy, perseverance and capital might accomplish. At present they are\nprincipally confined to Chinese rocking on the bars of the Fraser River. A few may be said\nto be making wages, whilst the remainder are only making a bare subsistence. It is impossible to arrive at even an approximate estimate of the yield of gold in this division. There\nare several recorded claims on the flat opposite the town of Yale, but no workings are carried\non at the present time.\n\"Mining in the Lytton Division is confined to Chinese and Indians working on the\nFraser and Thompson Rivers, the majority of whom secure but a scanty remuneration for their\nlabour. There are only a few recorded claims in this division. From reliable sources I have\nreceived information that the amount of gold exchanged at Lytton is about $12,000. It is\nnot possible to obtain a correct estimate of the total yield, as some is carried away or remains\nin private hands.\n\"It is safe to add $3,000 to the above, making the total amount $15,000.\n\" I have, &c,\n(Signed) \" Frederick Hussey,\n\" Government Agent.\" 48 Vic. Report of the Minister of Mines. 423\nKAMLOOPS.\nMr. Tunstall's Report.\n\"Kamloops, January 7th, 1885.\n\"To the Hon. John Robson, Minister of Mines, Victoria:\n\"Sir,\u2014I have the honour to state that, in consequence of the Chinaman who formerly\nsupplied me with information, being absent from this place, I have been unable to furnish the\nmining statistics of the Kamloops District for the year 1884.\n\"I regret to say that the efforts of the Government prospecting party, which left here last\nfall to find gold in paying quantities have proved unsuccessful. I herewith enclose Mr. Ratch-\nford's report,\n\"I have, &c,\n(Signed) \"G. 0. Tunstall,\n\"Government Agent.\"\nMr. Ratchford's Report.\n\"Kamloops, January 8th, 1885.\n\"To Geo. Tunstall, Esq.:\n\"Dear Sir,\u2014We left Kamloops on the 21st of September, 1883, and arrived at Kirby's\nLanding, Columbia River, on the 28th September, Cached a part of our provisions and proceeded up the river; found gold everywhere, but not in paying quantities; saw where there had\nbeen a good deal of prospecting done. On the 7th of October came back to cache, and during\nthe winter explored the surrounding country with very little results. We are of opinion that\nplacer mining in that section is very limited, there may be ledges. The country we passed\nthrough between the Eagle Pass and Goldstream, being anything but favorable. Left the\nColumbia on the 4th of March and arrived at Kamloops on the 15th.\n\"I remain, &c,\n(Signed) \"Jas. Ratchford.\"\nKOOTENAY.\nMr. Vowell's Report.\n\"Kootenay, B.O., 23rd December, 1884.\n\"To the Hon, John Robson, Minister of Mines, Victoria:\n\"Sir,\u2014I have the honour to enclose herewith the \"mining statistics\" for the present year,\ntogether with my report upon the mining industries of the district.\n\"The following returns are the result of much careful enquiry, and are as correct as it is\npossible to have them, owing to the many difficulties in the way of obtaining accurate information.\nWild Horse Creek $36,730 00\nBull-Moyea Rivers    17,232 00\nLesser Creeks and Bars      6,864 00\nTotal $60,826 00\n\"As compared with past years the returns from the placer mines are satisfactory, but I\nmust point out that the mining interests of this district in the future, will depend almost\nentirely upon the development of the promising quartz mines which are now being opened.\nAt and since the time when placer mines were first discovered at Wild Horse Creek, and in\nthe Big Bend country (some 20 years ago), miners have been prospecting for that class of\ndiggings along the Columbia River, upon its tributaries, and throughout the Selkirk range of\nmountains, with no very favourable results.\n\"It is true that in the early days many difficulties existed which are now being gradually\nremoved by the advance of settlement, encouraged by the construction of the Canadian Pacific\nRailroad through the Province, 424 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1885\n\" Deeming the country to have been only partially prospected, miners have gone out in\ndifferent directions this year searching Tor shallow or placer mines, but I regret that in no\ninstance has any marked success attended their efforts.\n\"The season, however, has not been favorable in consequence of the heavy and constant\nrains which have prevailed throughout the summer, the water in the different rivers and\ncreeks being continuously at a high stage which prevented the effectual prospecting of their\nbeds.\n\"The quartz developments in the vicinity of Kootenay Lake are full of promise, it being-\nno exaggeration to state that mountains of ore have been discovered. Mineral claims have\nbeen located upon the west side of the lake this year which far exceed in richness anything\nhitherto discovered in that section.\n\"Forty-nine (49) mineral claims have been taken up in that locality, and a large company\nhas been organized for the purpose of bringing in machinery and commencing active operations\nupon several of the mineral claims next spring. A waggon road is under construction from\nSand Point, a station on the North Pacific Railroad, to Bonner's Ferry, on the Kootenay\nRiver, a distance of some 40 miles. The company also intend to place a steamer upon the\nKootenay River, to complete the line of transport from the North Pacific Railroad to the\nKootenay Lake mines.\n\"Many old Californians, familiar with Leadville and other valuable quartz mines of notoriety, who have visited Kootenay Lake during the past season, have predicted for those mines\na brilliant future. There will be about 100 men actually engaged in quartz mining at Kootenay Lake next season, besides a great many miners prospecting, and I would recommend that\nan officer be provided for that place as well as a record-office and lock-up. In future it is also\nexpected that many miners will winter there, as once the mines are properly opened, work, to\na great extent, can be advantageously carried on throughout the year. I would here mention\nthat the officer to be there stationed will require to be one of some experience and judgment,\nas otherwise complications of a serious nature are certain to arise owing to the valuable interests there centred, etc. Several mineral claims have been taken up during last fall on Wild\nHorse Creek, but as no assays have as yet been heard of, it is impossible to pronounce upon\ntheir respective value. About 100 men, whites and Chinese, will winter at the last named\nplace.\n\"In the Kicking Horse region 135 mineral claims have been located in different directions, viz.: in the vicinity of the summit at Kicking Horse, the First Crossing of the Columbia\nRiver, Quartz Creek, Beaver River, the Ille-cille-waet, and the Spallumcheen River, the latter\nempties into the Columbia River about 30 miles above the mouth of Kicking Horse.\n\" The mineral rock discovered gives evidence in many claims of gold, the majority being\ngalena. No developments, however, have as yet been made of a character to enable me to\nfurnish any definite information regarding their value, etc\n\"Upon the Spallumcheen River, where locations extend for over four miles, considerable\nwork has been clone upon several of the claims. The ore, a free milling, low grade, galena, is\nabundant, giving returns from various assays of from $12 to $64 in silver, to the ton, The\nore improves in quality as the work advances and gives evidence of gold, copper, antimony, etc.\n\"Feeling it my duty to do so, I would again call the attention of the Government to the'\ngreat and pressing necessity that exists for the establishment of an assay office in this district.\nIt has been frequently represented to me that the cost of shipping ore and having assays taken\nat a distant place is not only expensive, but unsatisfactory in every respect, as in most cases\nthe returns so obtained cannot be relied on. I feel certain that in a pecuniary point of view,\nthe assay office would be self-sustaining, the rapid increase in quartz mining expected throughout the district cannot but lead to such a conclusion.\n\"It is estimated that about 15 men will winter at Golden City, 150 at First Crossing of\nColumbia River, and at the Beaver some 250 traders and others. There will be from 1,500 to\n2,000 men along the line of the C. P. R. -getting out timbers, etc The misunderstanding\nexisting between the Dominion and the Provincial Governments, relative to the precious metals\nlying within the railway belt in this district, has militated very much against the progress of\nmining, etc., in Kootenay this year, and it is hoped that with the advent of the coming\nseason, 1885, all such distracting complications may be removed.\n\" I have, &c,\n(Signed) \"A. W. Vowell,\n\"G. c.&s.m:- COAL.\nThe following table shows the output of each year from 1874 to 1884, inclusive:\nYear. No. of Tons.\n1874   81,000\n1875  110,000\n1876   139,000\n1877   154,000\n1878   171,000\n1879   241,000\n1880  268,000\n1881   228,000\n1882   282,000\n1883   213,000\n1884   394,070\nREPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF MINES.\n\"Nanaimo, B. C,\n\" To the Honourable John Robson, \"4th February, 1885.\n\" Minister of Mines.\n\"Sir,\u2014I have the honour to respectfully submit my Annual Report up to the 31st\nDecember, 1884, as required of me, as Inspector of Mines, by the 'Coal Mines Regulation\nAct, 1877.'\n\"During the year 1884, the following collieries have been in operation, viz.:\u2014\n\"Nanaimo Colliery, belonging to the 'Vancouver Coal Mining and Land Company\n(Limited)'.\n\" Wellington Colliery, the property of Messrs. Robert Dunsmuir & Sons.\n\" East Wellington Colliery, owned by R. Chandler, Esq.\n\"The Alexandra Colliery, belonging to the 'Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company.\n\"The aggregate output of coal in the year 1884, from the collieries, amounted to 394,070\ntons, which, with 1,830 tons in stock on 1st January, 1884, made a total of 395,900 tons of\ncoal available for export and home consumption.\n\"The coal exported during 1884 amounted to 306,478 tons, of which the principal part\n(see statement of California importations below) was shipped to San Francisco and southern\nports in California; various shipments were also made to Portland, Oregon; Washington\nTerritory, to Alaska, the Hawaiian Islands, and China; and supplies were furnished to steamships and vessels calling.\n\"The local consumption of coal in 1884 was 87,388 tons.\n\"In my last report I gave a comparative table of exports and local consumption of\ncoal from 1878 to 1883 inclusive, on reference to which it will be seen that the exports of\n1884 have more than doubled in amount over those of 1883, while the local consumption for\n1884 is upwards of 20,000 tons more than that of the previous year.\n\" On the last occasion of my addressing you I had to account for a decrease in the output\nand exports of 1883 as compared with those of 1882; this year, however, I have the pleasure\nof pointing to the remarkable and very gratifying increase of upwards of 180,000 tons in the\noutput, and of 156,911 tons increase in the exports of 1884 above the output and exports\nrespectively of 1883. I need hardly remind you that this increased production of our mineral\nresources has added, in a relative degree, to the wealth and prosperity of the Province at large.\n\"The following statement, which is authenticated by an accepted commercial authority,\nwill show the important position which British Columbia has attained as a coal producing\nProvince, in San Francisco, the chief market, at the present time available for our coal, and\nwill also indicate the various other sources from which San Francisco and Wilmington in\nCalifornia have drawn their supplies of coal during the year 1884, viz.:\u2014 426 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1885\n1883. 1884.\nBritish Columbia    128,503 tons        291,546 tons.\nAustralia    174,143    \u201e           190,497\nEngland and Wales    131,355\nScotland     21,942\nEastern States  43,861\nSeattle  139,600\nCarbon Hill  140,135\nMount Diablo  76,162\nRenton, Newport, South Prairie.. . 43,600\n108,808\n21,143\n38,124\n125,000\n122,060\n77,485\n60,413\n899,301    \u201e     1,035,076\n\" The commercial authority from which I have quoted, also remarks upon the prospects\nin the California coal market, in very encouraging terms, as follows:\u2014'Our' (California)\n' increased consumption of coal gives very strong evidence of the multiplying of our manufac-\n'tories and their further enlargement in 1885, and if, as is anticipated, there should be a\n' reduction in the duties on coal and pig iron, there would be a marked impetus to their\n'success;' and therefore may I add a corresponding increase in the demand for coal.\n\" There is, therefore, likely to be a good market for the first-class coal produced by our\nmines for many years to come, in San Francisco; and it only remains for our colliery proprietors, and their .able representatives, to maintain their hold of, and enlarge their sales in, that\nmarket; and there is little doubt that they will do both, as their keenness and energy in\nbusiness has been well proved. Besides which there is ample room for expansion of our coal\ntrade with the Hawaiian Islands, Portland, O., and Central American ports; there is also a\ndemand for railway purposes looming up in the near future in this Province.\n\"NANAIMO COLLIERY.\n\"Douglas Pit.\n\" In this mine\u2014which is owned by the Vancouver Coal Mining and Land Company,\nLimited\u2014there has been no mining clone during the past year; but they have continued to\npump the water, keeping the mine nearly dry.\n\"New Douglas (or Chase River) Mine,\n\"This mine\u2014also owned by the Vancouver Coal Company\u2014is worked by slope, extending\nabout 500 yards from the entrance, to what is known as No 4 level. At a distance (northerly)\nof about 400 yards in this level, is the head of the 'slant,' which is driven across the pitch\u2014the\ncoal being too steep here to go down straight to the dip\u2014the slant is driven about 500 yards\ndown, taking as much clown grade as they had power to work with. At the slant head there\nis a steam winding engine, by which the coal is drawn up the slant; steam is brought from the\nsurface.\n\"The workings in this mine are at present entirely situated in the district of the slant\nand its levels, in which, so far as they have gone down, the coal is very hard, of good quality,\nand from four to seven feet thick.\n\" The coal has been worked on the pillar and stall system, the pillars of coal being taken\nout after the stalls have been worked to their destination, leaving those pillars which protect\nthe main road and airways to be taken out at some future time.\n\" Ventilation is good. The last time I was down in this mine, in December, there was in\ncirculation, near to the face of the workings, about 300 cubic feet of air per minute to each\nperson.\n\" In this mine, the Vancouver Coal Company were at one time very much troubled with\nwater; but now they are about masters of that difficulty, as they have got good and powerful\npumping machinery, both in the slope and in the slant. The manager is now satisfied that,\neven in the wet season, if no accident or derangement happens to the pumping gear, it is not\nlikely that there will be any stoppage to the working caused by water. 48 Vic. Report of the Minister of Mines. 427\n\" Considering the troubles they have had in this mine, one way and another, in the past,\nthe mine is kept safe for the workmen. There is always plenty of timber and any other thing\nthat may be required for the use of the miner.\n\"A 12-inch plunger pump in the slope is operated by massive wooden rods and pumping\ngear attached to the slope head engine at the surface; but the steam for working the large\nspare pump in the slope, and the several other pumps in the level and the slant, is taken down\ninto the mine from the surface, the pipes passing along the side of the travelling road, which\nis sometimes made very warm.\n\"South Field Mine.\n\" This mine, of the Vancouver Coal Company, is about four miles south of Nanaimo, upon\nthat part of the Company's Nanaimo estate which is designated as the South Coal Field. The\nmine is entered by what is called the Adit, which keeps in an easterly direction, and a little\nway in slopes somewhat, until, at a distance of about 300 yards, a slope is driven off the Adit\nin a northerly course for about 500 yards. The last time I was down, the coal was six feet\nthick at the face, good and hard, but it has not been so all the way; sometimes it got soft, and\nat other times it would almost pinch out. In some places the coal is twelve feet thick. The\ncoal, when clean, is very hard and of good quality. In certain parts there is solid conglomerate\nrock overlying the coal, and at other places a thick bed of shale, full of slips, which makes it\nvery dangerous.\n\" This mine is ventilated by a large furnace at the bottom of the upcast shaft. Ventilation is good, and on the separate split system, and at my last inspection there was about 340\ncubic feet of air per minute'for every person in the mine. There is little or no gas, and, considering the depth, there is very little water to contend with.\n\" There has been much ground gone past which will not pay to work, and, in addition,\nthey went over a down fault, since which the coal looks much better and more regular. Having\na series of bores ahead of the slope, proving the coal to be thick, there is good prospect of this\nmine being a valuable property.\n\" About 300 yards in a northerly direction, the Vancouver Coal Company have opened\nanother mine, known as\u2014\n\"New Slope, South Field.\n\"This mine is entered by a slope. The company have incurred great outlay in opening\nthis mine and erecting slope head works, with a pair of powerful steam winding engines to\nprovide for the output of a large quantity of coal per clay; also in extending their railway from\nNow Douglas Mine\u2014bridging Chase River\u2014up to this mine, with continuation to the South\nField Mine, forming altogether a first class railway of steel rails, flange section and fished,\ngauge 4ft. 8Jin., of about 6 miies in length, from the company's coal loading wharfs at Nanaimo.\n\"Starting at the surface, and in the direction (northerly) of a bore which had been previously put down there, the company drifted down through clay and gravel to get where the\noutcrop of coal is supposed to be; they succeeded in finding the coal, which was not very hard\nat first, but as they drove into it the coal got harder, and for the last 150 yards of the \"New\nSlope\" the coal is good and hard.\n\"Ventilation is good, although at present the motive power and airway are only temporary. The company have put down an air shaft between the \"adit\" of South Field Mine and\nthis \"New Slope,\" and they are now driving an airway to the air shaft, which will soon, almost\nimmediately, be connected with the shaft, when extensive mining can be carried on in this\nmine.\n\"This has the appearance of being a good mine, and is being worked towards the bores\nwhich I have previously referred to.\nNo.  1 Shaft, Esplanade, Nanaimo.\n\"This shaft of the Nanaimo Coal Company, is the shaft which I have mentioned in a\nprevious report as having got to the coal. I have now to introduce the No. 2 Shaft, which I\nreported as being then down 480 feet. Sinking was steadily kept on until 17th February,\nwhen the coal was struck at a depth of 614 feet from the surface, the coal proving itself to be\n7ft. 6in. thick and of good quality. At the same time they were drifting from No. 1 Shaft for\na connection with No, 2 which was made on the 23rd February,    Since that time the two 428 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1885\nplaces are known as the \"No. 1 Shaft.\" The No. 1 being the intake and hoisting shaft, and\nthe No. 2 the up-jast or air shaft.\n\"Everything about the No. 1 Shaft is executed in a good and workmanlike manner. The\npit bank and head gear seem to be of the best kind, and as strong and substantial as massive\ntimber, bolts and irou work can make them. The pit head is all housed and covered. There\nare two cages working in this shaft, they are what are called double deckers, to hold two coal\ncars on each deck or storey of the cage, so that four cars can be hoisted on each cage at one time.\nThere are wire rope conductors in this shaft to guide the cages up and clown, which are made\nfast at the top to the pit frame, the other ends being held in their respective places at the\nbottom of the shaft by large cast iron weights.\n\"From the bottom of No. 1 Shaft levels run north and south. The No. 1 south level had\nvery good coal, about 10 feet thick, but when it got in about 100 yards it gradually got thinner, until top and bottom came almost to each other. They drifted into it for some distance,\nwhen the level was stopped for the present. In No. 1 north level the coal kept good for quite\na distance when it got thin and soft, until the level got in about 400 yards, when it improved,\nthe coal soon reached 7 feet in thickness, hard, and of good quality, and continues to keep so.\nAbout 30 yards from No. 1 Shaft bottom along No. 1 north level there is a slope, at the head\nof which the company have made an engine room, having heavy foundations of squared timber\n(cedar), and sawn balks 18in. x 18in., upon which will be laid a fine pair of 16in. cyl. winding\nengines, which will replace the present engine in hoisting coal up the slope, which is driven\ndown a gentle grade for a distance of about 500 yards in an easterly direction. From this\nslope two levels, No. 2 north and No. 2 south, are driven.\n\"No. 2 north level has been driven through ground of the same kind as No. 1 north\npassed, and now the company have got in No. 2 north level the same good hard coal as I have\nmentioned as being in No. 1 north, and of equal thickness\u20147 feet.\n\"The No. 2 south level, for the first 200 yards from the slope, had very good coal, varying in thickness from 5 to 10 feet; but the fault met with in No. 1 south was struck and is\nnow being driven through.\n\"The above mentioned slope goes out direct under the estuary of Nanaimo harbour for\nabout 500 yards, and at the face the slope is of a vertical depth of 750 feet below tide water,\nwith all the rock gone through in the shaft intervening. The workings are almost dry; but\nwhat little water is made is free from salt.\n\" Ventilation is good. When I was down in December there were 511 cubic feet of air per\nminute for each person. This mine is ventilated on the separate split system. Air being good\nthey are not much troubled with gas.\n\" Coal is hoisted from No. 1 shaft by a pair of very powerful engines of 30-inch cylinders\nwith 5 feet stroke, and winding drums of 14 feet in diameter, capable of raising 1,000 tons per\nshift of 8 hours. In hoisting and lowering workmen every regard is had for their safety.\nThere is at this shaft a good supply of prop wood and everything required by the miners.\n\"No 1 shaft is connected with the company's coal loading wharves by a well constructed\nrailway of steel rails of the same weight and gauge as the other railways belonging to the\ncompany.\n\"ALEXANDRIA COLLIERY.\n\"This is a new work being started in Cranberry District by the Esquimalt and Nanaimo\nRailway Company. Besides the mineral owned by them in the railway belt, the company\nha .'j purchased the mineral rights from some of the settlers. And now they are prospecting\nin that property for coal. They have found the outcrop in three or four places. There is one\nshaft down about 50 feet to the coal; there is also a slope into the coal about 70 yards. At\nthe start the coal was soft and not regular, but now the coal is good and hard, and six feet\nthick, in two layers with dirt between them. The coal is improving as they go into it and the\ndirt getting thinner.\n\"This work is about one mile south of the Vancouver Coal Company's South Field Mine,\nand close on the side of the line for the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, and I think this\nmine will give a good account of itself before the year 1885 shall have come to a close. 48 Vic. Report of the Minister of Mines. 429\n\" WELLINGTON COLLIERY.\n\"Wellington Mine.\n\"This is the slope mentioned in previous reports as being clown 1,100 yards. Messrs. R.\nDunsmuir & Sons, the proprietors of Wellington Colliery, have worked this mine regularly\nduring most of the year. On the west side of the slope the mining is at present confined to\nthe pillars (of coal), but there is more coal in the pillars than was taken out by the working of\nthe stalls. On the east side, in No. 10 level, there are a few places working, besides which,\nwork is being done at the pillars here also. Those works are well spread over the mine. The\nWellington Mine will continue to send out a large amount of coal for a long time to come, and\nas the coal was good that has been taken out, the same quality, may be expected from the\npillars. There are four shafts or outlets from this mine, and in case of an accident they can\nbe used at any time.\n\" Ventilation is good, the motive power being a large furnace. The air is conducted on\nthe separate split system, with the main divisions to each side of the slope. The last time I\nexamined it there were 300 cubic feet of air per minute to each person; this is conducted well\ninto the face of the stalls and pillars. There is very little gas to be found in this mine, but\nthe fireman, as a proof that he has been examining the works, puts the number or day of the\nmonth on the face of the coal where he made his last examination, no person being allowed to\ngo past the fireman's station until such examination is made and reported to each individual\nminer. I should mention that the same method is also practiced in all the coal mines of this\nProvince, by their respective firemen.\n\" In connection with the Wellington Mine there is what is known as the Adit Level,\ngoing out level free to the valley of the Millstone River. In this place there has not been any\nstoppage during the year. The proprietors are taking out the coal which is above this level,\nand there is a considerable area of coal which may be got from this place, as it can be worked\nout to the outcrop, not fearing if some water should come in. No machinery is required to\npump the water, as it runs out itself. The coal here is hard and of a good quality. Ventilation is good. This place is ventilated in connection witli that part of the mine I have\npreviously mentioned, and I may say that this place is clear of gas, as it is seldom or hardly\never found.\n\" No. 3 Pit, Wellington Colliery.\n\"This is the only working shaft that Messrs. Dunsmuir & Sons have in the valley. It is\n200 feet deep. Nearly all the mining has been to the dip. About 75 yards in a southerly\ndirection from the bottom there is a slope, which is down 750 yards into what is known as the\nbasin of the Wellington Coal Field. There is a gentle grade all the way, but gradually o-etting\nflatter until it becomes level, and from here the eoal gradually rises all around. The workino-\nis very dry, with the coal coming in on every side. Before getting to the bottom of this slope\nthere are three levels, two on the south and one working on the north side; the latter is No.\n4 level. This mine, as are all the mines of Messrs. R. Dunsmuir & Sons, is worked on the\npillar and stall system. As the works here are under the Millstone Valley, and 400 feet from\nthe surface, they are leaving large pillars about 20 yards one way, with cross cuts put through\nto the adjoining stalls, so that, at present, fully one-half of the coal is left to support the roof,\nuntil such time as the stalls have got through to their destination, or, when there is no further\nuse for them, to be taken out. Great care has been taken here to prevent accident, either\nfrom an inflow of water, gas, or otherwise. Ventilation here is very good, and it is scarcely\npossible for a mine to be in a better position to be ventilated, the return being a shaft about\n20 yards from the down-cast, the motive power being a fan of 30 feet diameter and 10 feet\nwide, worked by a pair of engines, one at each end of the fan shaft, either of which eno-ines\nis capable of working the fan to whatever speed may be wanted. Besides this fan, the engines\nat the top of the slope (underground) exhaust into the return, and as the mine is dry a jet of\nwater is running in the down-cast, so that the air is not so dry as it would otherwise be; and\nwhile helping the ventilation, it also causes the mine not to be so dust-dry as it was before the\nadoption of this method. Air coming down the shaft has 75 yards to get along the level \u25a0\nthen it gets the slope in a direct line for 750 yards. This is the farthest place from the two\nshafts. Now the air passes on its way along the faces, coming on a rise all the way. The\nmost of the air is taken to the faces; what escapes takes the old works, and when cominw to\nNo. 4 level it is all caught up again.    The area of the slope there is little of it less than& 90 430 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1885\nfeet. I have often tested the current of air, and never found less than from 500 to 600 cubic\nfeet per minute of air for each person working in the mine, with the fan making 23 revolutions per minute, having seen this fan making nearly double this number, as it is doing at\npresent. Ventilation machinery here is capable of keeping in motion 1,000 feet per minute\nfor every man employed in the mine. This mine gives off a considerable quantity of gas, but\nit does not give much trouble. This is the mine where that terrible explosion occurred on the\n30th June; but since that time it has been very free from gas, so that with ordinary care on\nthe part of all parties connected with this mine, this place should be free from accidents by\nexplosion of gas, as the manager spares no expense to have the mine safe.\n\"No. 4 Pit, Wellington Colliery.\n\"You will see by a'former report that this is a shaft on the bluff overlooking the\nMillstone Valley. In this shaft there has been very little time lost with the mining operations\nduring the past year. The coal continues to keep hard and good and from 6 to 12 feet thick.\nThere have been some few drawbacks with faults, but, with all that, this is a valuable mine.\nIn last report I mentioned that Messrs. Dunsmuir & Sons were pushing a slope from this place\ntowards their No. 3 pit. They succeeded in making the connection in the early part of\nFebruary. Then they could employ all the men they could accommodate. The workings of\nthis pit go out from the north and south sides of the shaft, two levels from each side. From\nthese levels mining is carried on extensively. Ventilation was good, the motive power being\na fan and steam jet, down-cast and return, the shaft being partitioned off. This mine is also\nventilated on the separate split system, the first division being at the shaft, the intake being\nthe north and south levels, returning by way of the stalls, and being carefully conducted to\nthe faces by brattice, thence taking a rock tunnel to the upcast shaft. The last time I tested\nthe air here I found 57,600 cubic feet of air per minute in circulation, or 500 feet for each\nperson.\n\" On the 30th December there was a fire discovered in this mine, but how it originated\ncannot be found out. William Drew, an engine driver, while attending an engine down in\nthe mine, fixed about 30 yards in from the shaft on the side of the north level\u2014there being a\ndoor a few feet behind the engine, as a way into the return airway\u2014heard a sound as if it\nwere some one coming clown that way. He took no notice of it for some time, when, the door\nbeing a sliding one, he pulled it open, and then he found that what he had thought to be the\nnoise made by a person in the airway was a fire, roaring like a furnace. As the steam came\nfrom the surface for the engine, and there was no water at hand, he closed the door as well as\nhe could, but not close, ran to the shaft and gave the alarm ; and afterwards he ran past the\nfire, being accpiainted with the works, then went to one section of the mine, told all the men,\nand afterwards went to another section, notifying the men to make haste and come out, as the\nmine was on fire. This was about five o'clock in the afternoon, and all the men were supposed\nto have been got out; but it appears that about the first man that Drew told is missing, as\nwell as a Chinaman who worked with him. I enquired of Drew whether he had told the\nmissing man, and Drew alleged that he had notified the missing man, who had answered him.\nIt is concluded that the man must either have lost his way in coming out, or have delayed too\nlong before he started to come out, as Drew came out some time after the missing man knew\nthat the mine was on fire, but he does not seem to have known the clanger he was in.\n\" In two or three hours after the fire was first seen it was burning out the mouth of the\nshaft, consuming the greater part of the ventilating fan. The manager succeeded in getting\nthe shaft covered over, and as No. 3 pit is connected with No. 4 pit, the fan there had to be\nstopped, and those shafts were also covered, leaving eleven mules in the mine.\n\" At present all communication from the surface is shut off, and it is to be hoped the fire\nwill be got out that way; but, if unsuccessful, they are now prepared to turn water into the\nNo. 3 pit from the river (Millstone), as they have got a large ditch cut, by means of which, if\nit comes to the worst, they will flood the mine. But after they are satisfied that the fire is\nextinguished it will take a long time to get the water out; the workings of both pits will have\nto be filled, as No. 3 pit is the lowest mine.\n\" It is a wonder that there are not more men missing, as there were a great many men in\nthe mine when the fire was first discovered, and the only way of getting out was by a way\nnear where the fire started ; and I may here say that Mr. Drew, for the noble part which he\nundertook, in going and telling those in the mine himself, knowing the risk he was running,\ndeserves the thanks of the community in general, for if it had not been for the prompt action\nhe took there might have been many lives lost. 48 Vic, Report of the Minister of Mines. 431\n\" No. 5 Pit, Wellington Colliery.\n\" This is a new pit that has been put down by Messrs. R. Dunsmuir & Sons during the\npast year, and is about 1,000 yards in a northerly direction from No. 4 pit. They commenced\nwork here on the 20th May, continuing at it by clay and night, excepting during short delays\nnow and again, nothing serious taking place, when, on the 20th August, the top of the coal\nwas struck at the depth of 234 feet from the surface, and only three months after starting to\nsink. In this place they found the coal 13 feet thick, hard and of its usual good quality, and\nwhat is known about here and California as Wellington coal. They went below the coal 8\nfeet, making the shaft 255 feet deep; size inside, clear of the timber, 18 feet by 8 feet, the\nwhole being complete on 30th August.\n\" There are here engines, coupled with boilers, and everything complete. The head gear,\nupper works and everything necessary for a large output of coal is now in good order. The\nrailway is also in to this place. The first train of cars loaded with coal went away by the\nlocomotive on the 5th September. This looks as if it was going to be a valuable mine, and\nproves a large portion of the Wellington estate. Ventilation is good ; at present the motive\npower is a steam jet, The mine is almost free from gas. We are here 1,000 yards from No.\n4 pit. This firm has now started to put doWn another shaft about midway between the No. 4\nand No. 5 shafts, known as\n\" No. 6 Shaft, Wellington Colliery.\n\"This shaft is of the same dimensions as the other shaft that Messrs. R. Dunsmuir &\nSons have put down, viz.: 18 feet by 8 feet. It is being timbered as they get down. They\nare now down about 75 feet. There is a steam engine to hoist the rock and water from the\nshaft, so that in all likelihood they will be getting coal from this shaft early in the spring.\n\"EAST WELLINGTON COLLIERY.\n\"In my report of 1883 I stated that this place did not look well for getting out coal, as\nthe coal kept thin and was sometimes soft; but for all these discouraging prospects the enterprising proprietor\u2014Mr. R. D. Chandler\u2014continued to work at it both up and down the valley\nof the Millstone River, with many side drifts. The one down was in an easterly direction,\nbut it is now stopped, after continuing it for about 1,000 yards with no improvement, and no\nindications of getting better, and the rails were taken out. On the west, or going up the\nvalley towards the Wellington Colliery, there has always been about 20 inches of hard coal;\nsometimes it would be somewhat thicker. This place is now in about 500 yards from the\nshaft, and is yet being pushed ahead with great expectation of getting the coal good. For\nsome time back it has been improving, both in thickness and quality; now it is fully 3 feet\nand keeps getting thicker as they approach towards Wellington, so that there may yet be good\nand profitable work got here.\n\"They have now started a bore hole from the surface about 600 yards ahead of the drift,\ngoing to the eastward. This is now down 300 feet, and they have the hope that they will\nstrike good coal soon. And it is wished that they will, as they have gone to a great expense\nand as yet had no adequate return.\n\"GENERALLY.\n\"All the above-mentioned works I have frequently inspected during the year.    I found\nthem generally in good order, with plenty of timber and every other thing that was necessary;\nand I may here say again, that on my inspection of No.  3 Pit, Wellington Colliery, previous\nto that memorable explosion, I never saw a mine in better order, and it did not appear in want.\nof anything that was necessary.\n\"In the course of my inspection of the several mines I have noticed that sometimes the\nbrattice in some places was not so close up to the face as it should be; and when I have\npointed this out it has been alleged that the brattice had always to be put up three or four\ntimes, as it got broken down so many times, the coal from the shots being almost sure to break\ndown the brattice when close to the face. 432 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1885\n\"ACCIDENTS\ne:lN  AND  ABOUT  THE   COAL  MlNES  OF  BRITISH   COLUMBIA  FOR THE  YEAR   1884.\n\u25a0 12th January\u2014Chinaman, name unknown, was slightly injured by a fall of coal when\nat work at East Wellington Mine.\n\" 16th January\u2014Chinaman, Gin Lin, got a leg broken by being caught in a rope when\nhe was lowering a car down an incline in No. 4 shaft, Wellington Colliery.\n\"16th January\u2014Thomas Cassidy, miner, was bruised by coal from a shot in East Wellington.\n\" 23rd January\u2014Joseph Walker, miner, was burned about the face and hands by accidentally setting fire to about half a pound of powder in the South Field Mine.\n\" 24th January\u2014James Frame and William Hinksman, miners in East Wellington Mine,\nwere burned about the face and hands by an explosion of gas. They were doing some repairs\nand were to keep anyone from joining in, yet the latter went in with a naked light; hence the\nexplosion and burning.\n\" 30th January\u2014G. Brinn, miner in No. 1 shaft, Nanaimo Colliery, was slightly hurt\nabout the back, by a piece of rock striking him while putting in timber.\n\" 5th February\u2014Andrew Moffat, mule driver, got one of his legs broken by getting\njammed between the box and the shaft in the Wellington Mine.\n\"11th February\u2014Thomas Laughton, miner, and Ah Heang were slightly burned about\nthe hand and face by an explosion of gas. They were working at a fault, and had struck the\ncoal when it fired on them, in No. 3 shaft, Wellington.\n\" 13th February\u2014James Lomas, miner, burned about the face and hand by the firing of\nloose powder, while getting ready to charge a hole in No, 4 shaft, Wellington Mine.\n\" 15th February\u2014John Preacher, mirier in No. 1 shaft, Nanaimo Colliery, was slightly\nburned about the face and hands by an explosion of gas.\n\"19th February\u2014Ah Hin was slightly burned about the face and hand by an explosion\nof gas in No. 1 shaft, Nanaimo Colliery.\n\" 20th February\u2014John Dunn, miner in South Field Mine, was hurt about the face by a\nblast, by returning to the shot before it went off.\n\" 22nd February\u2014Joseph Guthro, fireman ; Joseph Randle, David Hardy, and Samuel\nHarris, miners working in No. 1 shaft, Nanaimo Colliery, were seriously burned by an explosion of gas, kindled by a shot.\n\" The above Samuel Harris died on the 28th February, and Joseph Guthro died on 27th\nMarch.    See inquest.\n\" 22nd February\u2014John Lowrey, miner in No. 3 shaft, Wellington Colliery, was severely\ninjured by a piece of coal falling on him, the same having been loosened by a shot.\n\"18th March\u2014James Jamieson, miner, South Field Mine, got one side of his face\nseverely cut with coal from a shot. He had returned to his working place before a shot went\noff which he had lighted.\n\" 21st March\u2014Joseph Davey, miner in South Field Mine, was slightly hurt, being caught\nby the loaded cars on the slope. He seems to have been taken sick and could not get out of\nthe way.\n\" 22nd March\u2014J. C. Merritt, miner, working in the new slope, South Field, was killed\nby the falling out of one set of timbers and about two feet of gravel.\n\" 24th March\u2014Isaac Emblem, miner, was slightly hurt about the leg, by being struck by\na piece of coal he was taking clown, in South Field Mine.\n\" 24th March\u2014Ah Joe got one arm broken and one leg bruised by a piece of coal falling\non him while at work in No. 4 shaft, Wellington Colliery.\n\"15th April\u2014Ah Chune got seriously injured about the back, by being jammed, while\nriding on a loaded car in the South Field Mine.\n\" 30th April\u2014Neil McLean, miner, was killed, and Foo King had his leg broken, by rock\nfalling on them from the roof while at work in their stall in the East Wellington Mine.\n\" The above-mentioned Foo King died on 22nd August.\n\" 2nd May\u2014S. B. Rolley, miner, was severely injured by the premature discharge of a\nshot in No. 4 shaft, Wellington Colliery.\n\" 27th May\u2014Thomas Nicholson, miner, was slightly hurt on one arm by being hit by a\npiece of rock thrown from a shot in No. 1 shaft, Nanaimo Colliery.\n\" 28th May\u2014John Beahan, miner, was slightly burned about the arms and neck, by the\nfiring of some gas in his stall in No. 4 shaft, Wellington Colliery. 48 Vic. Report of the Minister of Mines. 433\n\" 30th June\u2014John Eno, Michael Wilkinson, Ben. F. Jose, James Donohue, John Gill,\nJohn Jones, Barney McGinnes, John Winders, John Frear, James Conndley, Thomas Petti-\ngrew, Daniel Evans, Harry Arnold, Christopher Hoskins, Dominico Ricono, Vittoria Bcrdotti,\nBettoni Lazarro, Milletto Domionico, Martin Lowry, John Lowry, Peter Traffo, Rosetti\nVergino, and Roberto Vergino were killed ; Charles McGarrigle and Henry Roberts were\nbadly injured, and William Simpson, Thomas Jones and Evan Richards were slightly injured,\nby an explosion of gas in the No, 4 levelof No. 3 shaft, Wellington Colliery, supposed to have\nbeen kindled by John Frear, deceased.\n\" 10th July\u2014William Dunstan, miner, was severely injured by the premature explosion\nof a shot in No. 4 pit, Wellington Colliery.\n\" 12th July\u2014Sam (Chinaman), employed by H. Coulter, was killed by being jammed\nbetween a loaded car and the coal in No. 4 pit, Wellington Colliery.\n\" 1st August\u2014George Bertram, min\u00bbr, working in No. 1 shaft, Nanaimo Colliery, was\nslightly injured by coal falling upon him\n\" 2nd August\u2014Peter McClousky, miner, when working in No. 1 shaft, Nanaimo Colliery,\ngot his foot hurt by coal falling on it.\n\" 8th August\u2014Thomas Davis, miner, was killed lay a piece of coal falling on him, while\nat work in the No. 4 shaft, Wellington Colliery.\n\" 27th August\u2014Duncan McDonald, miner, was injured by coal falling on him while at\nwork in his stall in the No. 4 pit, Wellington Colliery.\n\" 29th August\u2014George Mirando, miner, was slightly burned about the face and arms by\na slight explosion of gas, while at work in his stall in South Field Mine.\n\" 30th August\u2014Harry Edwards, miner, was killed by a fall of coal, while at work in his\nplace in No. 1 shaft, Nanaimo.\n\" 3rd September\u2014Daniel Evans, miner, was injured by a fall of coal and rock on him,\nwhile at work in his stall in the Wellington Mine.\n\"20th September\u2014Ah Bong, loader, was injured by a piece of rock falling on him while\nat work in the Wellington Mine.\n\" 20th September\u2014Chung (Chinaman), runner, was seriously injured by being jammed\nwith a loaded car in No. 3 pit, Wellington Colliery.\n\" 9th October\u2014H. Hilton, miner, was slightly hurt about the face and breast by coal\nthrown from a shot, in South Field Mine.\n\" 10th October\u2014Loot Lum (Chinaman), runner, had his leg broken by a water car in\nEast Wellington mine.\n\"12th October\u2014James Price, fireman; David Morgan, bratticeman; John Isbister,\nrunner, and one Chinaman were all slightly burned by an explosion of gas in the new slope,\nSouth Field.\n\" 27th October\u2014A Chinaman runner in the South Field Mine was cut about the jaw by\nan iron rail sliding off the car he was running.\n\" 26th November\u2014Ah Hin, working in No. 5 shaft, Wellington Colliery, attempted to\ngo across the bottom of the shaft, when he was caught by the descending cage and got slightly\ninjured,\n\" 8th November\u2014James Pargeter, working in No. 1 shaft, Nanaimo Colliery, got his\nankle hurt by being jammed with the fly-wheel of a steam engine.\n\" 14th November\u2014Murdoch Smith, miner, was seriously injured by the descending cage\nin the No. 5 shaft, Wellington Colliery, when he was going across the bottom of the shaft,\nafter he had been frequently told not to do so, as the cage was coming.\n\" 19th November\u2014George Evans, miner, was seriously injured by coal falling on him\nwhile at work in his stall in the South Field Mine.\n\" 9th December\u2014Thomas Morgan, fireman in the New Douglas Mine, was slightly hurt\nabout the head by a piece of rock falling on him when taking out brattice.\n\" 16th Deeember\u2014C. Moore, runner in No. 1 shaft, Nanaimo, was slightly jammed about\nthe head between the roof and an empty car.\n\" I am sorry to have to make a list of so many accidents for the year that has closed, both\nserious and fatal Although some of the accidents were slight, yet they were casualties which\nhad to be reported.\n\" Of the accidents in the list, six were by falls of rock from the roof, eleven by falls of\ncoal, ten by shots and loose powder, eight by cars in the mine, two by descending cages, one\nby an engine (below), and forty-two by explosions of gas.\n\" In looking over the list of accidents you will observe that there were thirty-one fatal 434\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1885\nthree of which were caused by rock, two by coal, one by the cars, and twenty-five by explo-\nions of gas.    I have enquired into all of the accidents which have happened, and in the fatal\ncases inquests have been publicly held, in which all the evidence was taken that it was\npossible to get.\n\" I know you have not lost sight of the explosions which occurred on the 22nd February\nand 30th June; but after what has already been made public concerning those accidents in\nthe newspapers, even up to this time there is no fresh evidence that I can bring before you,\nother than what was taken at the inquests, one of which was conducted by the Attorney-\nGeneral and lasted three days. The depositions and proceedings at the inquests held on the\nfatal accidents are filed in the Attorney-General's office, and I beg leave to refer you to the\nsame. With the exception of one by a car, all the other five fatal accidents took place at the\nface of the workings\u2014three of them by rock, two by coal. The miner is under the direction\nof the overman, if that officer should see anything which he thinks dangerous, when he is\ngoing amongst the miners in their working places. The miner also is supposed to be able to\njudge for himself and to see when he is in clanger. There are, however, besides the practical\nminer, a great many men employed in the mines who were never in a coal mine until they\ncame here. Some of them are very careful workmen, but others, again, do not know when\nthey are in clanger; and therefore the overman, or some one under him, has to pay special\nattention to the latter persons.\n\"Accidents will happen sometimes to the most careful and experienced workman; but yet,\none reckless person in a place of trust in a mine that gives off gas may be the means of causing\na sad calamity to all those around him.\n\" Amongst the accidents you will note that there have been ten casualties by powder, one\nway and another. Per favors from the managers of the respective collieries I have been\nfurnished with the quantities of blasting powder which have been used in the mines, amounting in the aggregate to 270,165 pounds (besides several thousands of pounds weight of giant\npowder, used in rock work, shaft sinking, <fec.) The quantity of powder used is a large\namount, in proportion to the output of our mines. Of course, I am not in a position to say\nthat it might be less, the miners being best judges when powder is required and when it is not;\nand I have thought it well to bring the large amount of powder used under your notice, that\nthe public might know what is used, and that due consideration may be given to the accidents\nthat proceed from that cause, when, I submit, that all things being considered, the number of\naccidents, in their fewness, will compare favorably with any other mining district where such\na quantity of powder is used.\n\"Appended hereto are the Annual Colliery Returns.     I have, etc.,\n(Signed)       \"Archibald Dick,\n \" Government Inspector of Mines.\"\nCOLLIERY RETURNS.\nNanaimo Collieries.\nOutput of coal for 12\nmonths ending\nDecember 31, 1884.\n133,858 19-20\nNo. of tons\nsold for\nhome consumption.\n28,103\nNo. of tons sold for\nexportation.\n104,813\nNo. of tons\non hand\n1st January, 1884.\n105 6-10\nNo.  of  tons  unsold,\nincluding coal in\nstock, Jan. 1, 1885.\n1,048 5-10.\nNumber of hands employed.\nWages per day.\nBoys.\nWhites.\nChinese.\nWhites.\nChinese.\nBoys.\n2\n348\n191\n$2 to U\n$1 to $1.25\n$1 to $1 50\nTotal hands empl\nemployed by th\njyed (not includin\ng laborers\nMiners' earninj\n,...12.80 to |4 48 Vic.\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n435\nName of Seams or Pits\u2014New Douglas (or Chase River), South Field, and No. 1 Shaft.\nValue of Plant\u2014.1350,000.\nDescription of seams, tunnels, levels, shafts, (fee, and number of same\u2014Chase River,\nworked by slope, seam averaging 6 feet; South Field, worked by slo23e, seam 6 to 12\nfeet; No. 1 Shaft, worked by shaft, seam 7 to 10 feet.\nDescription and length of railways, plant, (fee\u2014 Railway from Douglas Pit to loading\nwharves, with branches and sidings, 1J miles in length; railway, with branches and\nsidings, from Chase River to loading wharves, 2 miles in length; railway, with\nbranches and sidings, from South Field to loading wharves, 3 miles in length; railway, with branches and sidings, from No. 1 Shaft, Esplanade, to loading wharves, 1\nmile in length. The railways are of steel rails, with gauge of 4 feet 8| inches; eight\n(8) hauling engines, some of which are also adapted for pumping; ten (10) steam\npumps, four (4) locomotives, one hundred (100) coal railway waggons, turning lathes,\nsteam hammer, screw cutting and other machinery of fitting shops, diamond boring-\nmachine, capable of boring to 2,000 feet; wharves, bunkers, &c.\nSamuel M. Robins,\nSuperintendent of the Vancouver Coal Mining and Land Company, Limited.\nWellington Collieries.\nOutput of coai for 12\nmonths ending\nDecember 31, 1884.\n254,538|\nNo. of tons\nsold for\nhome consumption.\n58,746 9-20\nNo. of tons sold for\nexportation.\n196,931\nNo. of tons\non hand\n1st January, 1884.\n1,725 12-20\nNo. of tons unsold,\nincluding coal in\nstock, Jan. 1, 1885.\n586 8-20\nNumber of hands employed.\nWages per day.\nBoys.\nWhites.\nChinese.\nWhites.\nChinese.\nBoys.\n12\n361\n299\n$2 to $3.75\n$1 to $1.25\n$1.25 to $1.50\nTotal hands em]\nMiners' earnine-s. ner dav SSS to $A\nName of seams or pits\u2014Wellington.\nValue of plant\u2014$250,000.\nDescription of seams, tunnels, levels, shafts, (fee, and number of same\u20146 to 10 feet thick\n3 shafts working, 1 not working; 1 slope working; 1 adit level working; 2 air shafts\nand 1 sinking; 1 of these with large furnace at bottom, 1 with ventilating fan 30\nfeet diameter, driven by a pair of engines; 1 fan 12 feet in diameter.\nDescription and length of tramway, plant, (fee\u201410 miles of railway, 6 locomotives, 197\nwaggons, 10 stationary engines working, 1 engine not used at present, 9 steam\npumps, 5 wharves for loading vessels, with bunkers, (fee.\nR. Dunsmuir & Sons, 436\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n188c\nast Wellington Colliery.\nOutput of coal for 12\nmonths ending\nDecember 31, 1884.\nNo. of tons\nsold for\nhome consumption.\n5,6724\n538J\nNo. of tons sold for\nexportation.\n4,734\nNo. of tons\non hand\n1st January, 1884.\nNo. of tons unsold\nincluding coal in\nstock, Jan. 1, 1885.\n400\nNumber of hands employed.\nWages per day.\nBoys.\nWhites.\nChinese.\nWhites.\nChinese.\nBoys.\n1\n17\n13\n$2 to $5\n$1.25\n$1.50\nMiners' earning\n $3\nName of seams or pits\u2014East Wellington.\nValue of plant\u2014$100,000.\nDescriptions of seams, tunnels, levels, shafts, (fee, and number of same\u20141 seam (irregular);\n1 shaft, 8x18x240 feet deep; 3 levels, 6x10 feet; 1 slope, 6x12 feet; 2 slants, 6x12\nfeet.\nDescription and length of tramway, plant, <fec\u2014Railroad, 3J feet, narrow gauge, 3| miles\nlong; 2 locomotives, 20 4|-ton coal cars, 1 wharf, 30 feet wide and 725 feet long; 1\nsteam pile-driver, 1 pair hoisting engines, 1 donkey engine, 1 steam saw-mill\ncomplete.\nW. S. Chandler.\nVICTORIA: Printed by Richard Wolfexdex, Government Printer\nat the Government Printing Office, James' Bay. 1\n'\nprovinc:\nMINI\nE   OF  BRITISH\nCOLUMBIA.\nDR   1884,\nNG   STATISTICS   F<\nName of Bar, Gulch, Creek, or River.\nNo. of Companies\nworking.\n\u2022s\n6\n15\n.2-a\n5\u00b0\nlg\nO ^\nS5\nNo. of  Companies\nProspecting.\nAverage number\nof men employed\nduring season.\nKate of Wages,   j\nNature of Claims.                                                    How Worked.\nDescription of\nMachinery.\nValue of\nGold per\nounce.\nEstimated\nvalue of\nyield of\ngold.\nTotal\nDivisions.\nTotal\nDistricts.\nWhites.\nChinese.\nWhites.\nChinese.     Bar.       Creek.\nBench.\nHill.\nl\nQuartz.   Rocker.   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