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Legislative Assembly","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/issued":[{"value":"2014-12-12","type":"literal","lang":"en"},{"value":"[1911]","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/schemas\/edm\/aggregatedCHO":[{"value":"https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/collections\/bcsessional\/items\/1.0064442\/source.json","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/extent":[{"value":"Foldout table: TABLE SHOWING MINERAL PRODUCTION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. -- p. K14A; Foldout diagram: FLOW SHEET CONCENTRATING MILL PORTLAND CANAL MINING CO., PORTLAND CANAL, B.C. -- p. K72B; Foldout map: PLAN OF PART OF PORTLAND CANAL MINING DIVISION B.C. -- p. K80A; Foldout photographs: Valley at south end of Tatlayoko Lake showing outlet of Homathko River. [and] Tatlayoko Lake source of Homathko River looking south. -- p. K104A; Foldout map: SKETCH MAP OF THE LILLOOET AND CLINTON MINING DIVISIONS OF B.C. -- p. K136B.","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/elements\/1.1\/format":[{"value":"application\/pdf","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2009\/08\/skos-reference\/skos.html#note":[{"value":" ANNUAL REPORT\nMINISTER OF MINES\nFOR THE\nYEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER,\n1910,\nBEING AN ACCOUNT OF\nMINING OPERATIONS FOR GOLD, COAL, ETC.,\nIN THE\nPROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.\nTHE GOVERNMENT OF\nTHE PROVINCE or BRITISH. COLUMBIA\nPRINTED BY AUTHORITY OF\nTHE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.\nVICTORIA, B. C. :\nTrinted by Richaud Wolfenden, I.S.O., V.D., Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.\n1811. 1 Geo. 5 Report of the Minister of Mines. K 3\nANNUAL REPORT\nOF THE\nMINISTER OF MINES,\n\u00ab\n1910.\nTo His Honour the Honourable Thomas W. Paterson,\nLieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia :\nMay it please Your Honour:\nThe Annual Report of the Provincial Mineralogist upon the Mining Industries of the\nProvince for the year 1910 is herewith respectfully submitted.\nRICHARD McBRIDE,\nMinister of Mines.\nMinister of Mines' Office,\nMarch, 1911. 1 Geo. 5 Report of the Minister of Mines. K 5\nREPORT OF BUREAU OF MINES\n BY-\nWILLIAM FLEET ROBERTSON, PROVINCIAL MINERALOGIST.\nTo the Hon. Richard McBride,\nMinister of Mines.\nSir,\u2014I have the honour to submit herewith my Annual Report on the Mining Industry\nof the Province for the year ending December 31st, 1910.\nThe statistical tables give the total mineral output of the Province to date, and show in\nconsiderable detail the actual mineral production of the past year, as based on smelter or mill\nreturns; also, a summary of the production of each of the last four years, thus illustrating by\ncomparison the progress made in productive mining during this period.\nTo facilitate comparison with information previously given, I have retained, as closely as\nwas possible, the general form already established for such tables and for the Report.\nI have the honour to be,\nSir,\nYour obedient servant,\nWilliam Fleet Robertson,\nProvincial Mineralogist.\nBureau of Mines, Victoria, B. C,\nMarch, 1911. 1 Geo. 5 Report of the Minister of Mines. K 7\nMINERAL PRODUCTION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.\n :o:\t\nMETHOD OF COMPUTING PRODUCTION.\nIn assembling the output for the lode mines in the following tables, the established custom\nof this Bureau has been adhered to, viz.: The output of a mine for the year is considered that\namount of ore for which the smelter or mill returns have been received during the year. This\nsystem does not give the exact amount mined during the year, but rather the amounts credited\nto the mine on the company's books during such year.\nFor ore shipped in December the smelter returns are not likely to be received until\nFebruary in the new year, or later, and have, consequently, to be carried over to the credit of\nsuch new year. This plan, however, will be found very approximate for each year, and\nultimately correct, as ore not credited to one year is credited in the next.\nIn the lode mines tables, the amount of the shipments has been obtained from certified\nreturns received from the various mines, as provided for in the \" Inspection of Metalliferous\nMines Act, 1897.\" In calculating the value of the products, the average price for the year in\nthe New York Metal Market has been used as a basis. For silver 95 per cent., for lead 90\nper cent., and for zinc 85 per cent., of such market price has been taken. Treatment and other\ncharges have not been deducted, except an allowance of 5 lbs. of copper to the ton of ore for\nloss in slags.\nTABLE I.\u2014Total Production for all Years up to and including 1910.\nGold, placer $ 71,213,103\nGold, lode 60,8] 1,067\nSilver 31,095,602\nLead 24,645,605\nCopper 60,743,405\nCoal and Coke 114,012,596\nBuilding stone, bricks, etc 10,593,100\nOther metals, zinc, etc 1,083,172\nTotal 1374,197,650\nTABLE II.\u2014Production for each Year from 1890 to 1910 (inclusive).\n1852 to 1889 (inclusive) $ 71,981,634\n1890 2,608,803\n1891 3,521,102\n1892 2,978,530\n1893 - 3,588,413\n1894 4,225,717\n1895 5,643,042\n1896 7,507,956\n1897 10,455,268\n1898 10,906,861\n1899 12,393,131\n1900 16,344,751\n1901 20,086,780\n1902 17,486,550\n1903 17,495,954\n1904 18,977,359\n1905 . 22,461,325\n1906 24,980,546\n1907 25,882,560\n1908 23,851,277\n1909 24,443.025\n1910 26,377,066\nTotal $374,197,650 K 8\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nTABLE III.\nSHOWING MINERAL PRODUCTION\nBRITISH COLUMBIA.\n1886\n12S7\n1888\n1869\nI8SG\n\"1391\n1392\n1893\nim\n1896\n1896\n1867\nim\n1899\n]S00\n1801\n1302\nma\n1=0-1\n1906\n1906\n1307\n19S3\n190S\n19B.\n$27,000,000\n26,500,000\n26,000,000\n25,500,000\n25,000,000\n24,500,000\n24,000,000\n23,500,000\n23,000,000\n22,500,000\n22,000,000\n21,500,000\n21,000,000\n20,500,000\n20,000,000\n19,500,000\n19,000,000\n18,500,000\n18,000,000\n17,500,000\n17,000,000\n16,500,000\n16,000,000\n15,500,000\n15,000,000\n14,500,000\n14,00u,000\n13,500,000\n13,000,000\n12,500 000\n12,000,000\n11,500,000\n11,000,000\n10,500,000\n10,000,000\n9,500,000\n9,000,000\n8,500,000\n8,000,000\n7,500,000\n7,000,000\n6,500,000\n6,000,000\n5,500,000\n5,000,000\n4,500,000\n4,000,000\n3,500,000\n3,000,000\n2,500,000\n2,000,000\n1,500,000\n1,000,000\n500,000\n000,000\n\/\nk,\n\/\n\\\n\/\n\\\n\/\n\/\n\\\n\/\n\/\n\\\nr\u2014^\nr\ni\n\/\n&\n\/\n\\\nc\n<\n>\/\n>\n\\\n\u25a0\u25a0-<\n*;\n\\\n1\n\u2022V\n*\/\n(\n\\\n<\n\u2022;;\n\u00ab.'\n*\nG\n'\/\n-?\/\n\\.\n4\ni\n\/\n\/\n\\\n'\n>\n\u00ab\n\\\ny\n\/\n\/\nf\n<\n,'\n'\nS'\n1\n\/\n\u2022J\n\u2022\nfl\n<\n1 7\nu\/\n1\ni\nj.\n'\n\/\n'\nh\nT\n1\ns\n\u25a0\n\/\ni\n*\n1\n\/\nM\n-*'l1\nIf-\n\/\n,-\n1\n'\"mi,\n|\n0\n^\nt\n''\nV\nJ\n\u2022-\nr\ncf\nv\nf *\nV%\n.'\nt\n-\u25a0'\u00ab\nr\n\/\n\u201e .\n-*'\n\/\n- ,,\n.-\"\n\/\ns\n\u00ab**\na--.--!\n\u2014\nS 1 Geo. 5\nMineral Production.\nK 9\nTable IV. gives a statement in detail of the quantities and value of the different mineral\nproducts for the years 1908, 1909, and 1910. As it has been impossible as yet to collect\naccurate statistics regarding building-stone, lime, bricks, tiles, etc., these are estimated.\nTABLE IV.\nQuantities and Value of Mineral Products for 1908, 1909, and 1910.\nCustomary\nMeasure.\n1908.\n1909.\n1910.\nQuantity.\nValue.\nQuantity.\nValue.\nQuantity.\nValue.\nGold, placer\t\nSilver\t\nLead\t\n$ 647,000\n5,282,880\n1,321,483\n1,632,799\n6,240,249\n170,000\n5,872,472\n1,484,394\n1,200,000\n$23,851,277\n238,224\n2,532,742\n44,396,346\n45,597,245\n'2,006,476\n258,703\n$ 477,000\n4,924,090\n1,239,270\n1,709,259\n5,918,522\n400,000\n7,022,666\n1,552,218\n1,200,000\n267,701\n2,450,241\n34,658,746\n38,243,934\n4,184,192\n2,800,046\n218,029\n$ 540,000\nn ....\n255,582\n2,631,389\n43,195,733\n47,274,614\n5,533,380\n1,245,016\n1,386,350\n4,871,512\n192,473\nCoal\t\nCoke\t\nTons, 2,240Ibs\n\/\/ It\n1,677,849\n247,399\n9,800,161\n1,308,174\n1,500,000\n$24,443,025\n$26,377,066\nTABLE V.\nProduction of Mineral by Districts and Divisions.\nNames.\nDlVISIONS.\nDistricts.\n1908.\n1909.\n1910.\n1908.\n1909.\n1910.\n$ 405,000\n$ 247,000\n$ 239,000\nCariboo Mining Division\t\nQuesnel \/\/ \t\n$ 355,000\n30,000\n20,000\n$ 220,000\n12,000\n15,000\n$ 218,000\n6,000\n15,000\n298,234\n4,802,680\n5,448,224\n234,498\n4,766,215\n5,169,749\n283,807\n6,121,832\n5,088,186\n422,181\n766,580\n412,836\n3,693,392\n153,235\n867,340\n704,737\n584,955\n2,875,084\n137,633\n318,058\n845,106\n876,002\n2,966,096\n82,924\n7,649,963\n7,728,256\n6,998,519\nOsoyoos, Grand Forks & Green -\n7,545,380\n101,583\n3,000\n7,501,046\n225,210\n2,000\n6,442,063\n556,456\nYale, Ashcroft, Kamloops\t\n13,779\n5,233,397\n16,676\n6,280,631\n9,832\nCoast Districts (Nanaimo, Alberni, Clayoquot, Quatsino, Vic-\n7,635,890\n$23,851,277\n$24,443,025\n$26,377,066 K 10\nEeport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nTABLE VI.\u2014Placer Gold.\nTable VI. contains the yearly production of placer gold to date, as determined by the\nreturns, sent in by the banks and express companies, of gold transmitted by them to the mints,\nand from returns sent in by the Gold Commissioners and Mining Recorders. To these yearly\namounts one-third was added up to the year 1878, from then to 1895 and from 1898 to 1909,\none-fifth, and since then one-tenth, which proportions are considered to represent, approximately, the amount of gold sold of which there is no record. This placer gold contains from\n10 to 25 per cent, silver, but the silver value has not been separated from the totals, as it\nwould be insignificant.\nYield of Placer Gold per Year to Date.\n1858.\n1859.\n1860.\n1861.\n1862.\n1863.\n1864.\n1865.\n1866.\n1867.\n1868.\n1869.\n1870.\n1871.\n1872.\n1873.\n1874.\n1875.\n705,000\n615,070\n228,543\n,118\n656,903\n913,563\n735,850\n491,205\n662,106\n480,868\n372,972\n774,978\n336,956\n799,440\n610,972\n305,749\n844,618\n474,004\n1876 $1,786,648\n1877 1,608,182\n1878 1,275,204\n1879 1,290,058\n1880 1,013,827\n1881 1,046,737\n1882 954,085\n1883 794,252\n18S4 736,165\n1885 713,738\n1886 903,651\n1887 693,709\n1888 616,731\n1889 588,923\n1890 490,435\n1891 429,811\n1892 399,526\n1893 356,131\n1894 405,516\n1895 481,683\n1896 544,026\n1897 513,520\n1898 643,346\n1899 1,344,900\n1900 1,278,724\n1901 970,100\n1902 1,073,140\n1903 1,060,420\n1904 1,115,300\n1905.\n1906.\n1907.\n190.8.\n1909.\n1910.\n969,300\n948,400\n828,000\n647,000\n477,000\n540,000\nTotal $71,213,103\nTABLE VII.\u2014Production of Lode Mines.*\nGold.\nSilver.\nLead.\nCopper.\n\u00ab\nTotal\n3\nOz.\nValue.\nOz.\nValue.\nPounds.\nValue.\nPounds.\nValue.\nValue\n$\n$\n$\n$\n$\n1887\n17,690\n17,331\n204,800\n9,216\n26,547\n1888\n79,780\n75,000\n674,500\n29,813\n104,813\n1889\n53,192\n47,873\n165,100\n6,498\n54,371\n1890\n70,427\n73,948\nNil.\nNil.\n73,948\n1891\n4,500\n4,000\nNil.\nNil.\n4,000\n1892\n77,160\n66,935\n808,420\n33,064\n78,996\n99,999\n297,400\n1893\n1,170\n23,404\n227,000\n195,000\n2,135,023\n1894\n6,252\n125,014\n746,379\n470,219\n5,662,523\n169,875\n324,680\n16,234\n781,342\n1895\n39,264\n785,271\n1,496,522\n977,229\n16,475,464\n532,255\n952,840\n47,642\n2,342,397\n1896\n62.259\n1,244,180\n3,135,343\n2,100,689\n24,199,977\n721,384\n3,818,556\n190,926\n4,257,179\n1897\n106,141\n2,122,820\n5,472,971\n3,272,836\n38,841,135\n1,390,517\n5,325,180\n266,258\n7,052,431\n1898\n110,061\n2,201,217\n4,292,401\n2,375,841\n31,693,559\n1,077,581\n7,271,678\n874,781\n6,529,420\n1899\n138,315\n2,857,573\n2,939,413\n1,663,708\n21,862,436\n878,870\n7,722,591\n1,351,453\n6,751,604\n1900\n167,153\n3,453,381\n3,958,175\n2,309,200\n63,358,621\n2,691,887\n9,997,080\n1,615,289\n10,069,757\n1901\n210,384\n4,348,603\n5,151,333\n2,884,745\n51,582,906\n2,002,733\n27,603,746\n4,446,963\n13,683,044\n1902\n236,491\n4,888,269\n3,917,917\n1,941,328\n22,536,381\n824,832\n29,636,057\n3,446,673\n11,101,102\n1903\n232,831\n4,812,616\n2,996,204\n1,521,472\n18,089,283\n689,744\n34,359,921\n4,547,535\n11,571,367\n1904\n222,042\n4,589,608\n3,222,481\n1,719,516\n36,646,244\n1,421,874\n35,710,128\n4,578,037\n12,309,035\n1905\n238,660\n4,933,102\n3,439,417\n1,971,818\n56,580,703\n2,399,022\n37,692,251\n5,876,222\n15,180,164\n1906\n224,027\n4,630,639\n2,990,262\n1,897,320\n52,408,217\n2,667,578\n42,990,488\n8,288,565\n17,484,102\n1907\n196,179\n4,055,020\n2,745,448\n1,703,825\n47,738,703\n2,291,458\n40,832,720\n8,166,544\n16,216,847\n1908\n255,582\n5,282,880\n2,631,389\n1,321,483\n43,195,733\n1,632,799\n47,274,614\n6,240,249\n14,477,411\n1909\n238,224\n4,924,090\n2,532,742\n1,239,270\n44,396,346\n1,709,259\n45,597,245\n5,918,522\n13,791,141\n1910\n267,701\n5,533,380\n2,450,241\n1,245,016\n34,658,746\n1,386,350\n38,243,934\n415,353,709\n4,871,512\n13,036,258\nTo'l\n2,952,736\n60,811,067\n54,648,387\n31,095,602\n613,914,820\n24,645,605\n60,743,405\n177,295,679\n* In addition to the above, there was mined in 1910 zinc-ore containing some 4,184,192 lbs. of zinc, valued at $192,173\u2014which\nmakes the total production of lode mines for 1910 $13,228,731, and the total to date $177,488,152. 1 Geo. 5 Mineral Production. K 11\nTABLE VIIL\u2014Coal and Coke Production per Year to Date.\nCoal.\nYear. Tons (2,240 lbs). Value.\n1836-75 672,564 $ 2,399,216\n1876 139,192 417,576\n1877 154,052 462,156\n1878 170,846 512,538\n1879 241,301 723,903\n1880 267,595 802,785\n1881 228,357 685,071\n1882 282,139 846,417\n1883 213,299 639,897\n1884 394,070 1,182,210\n1885 265,596 796,788\n1886 326,636 979,908\n1887 413,360 1,240,080\n1888 489,301 1,467,903\n1889 579,830 1,739,490\n1890 678,140 2,034,420\n1891 1,029,097 3,087,291\n1892 826,335 2,479,005\n1893..... 978,294 2,934,882\n1894 1,012,953 3,038,859\n1895 939,654 2,818,962\n1896 896,222 2,688,666\n1897 882,854 2,648,562\n1898 1,135,865 3,407,595\n1899 1,306,324 3,918,972\n1900 1,439,595 4,318,785\n1901 1,460,331 4,380,993\n1902 1,397,394 4,192,182\n1903 1,168,194 3,504,582\n1904 1,253,628 3,760,884\n1905 1,384,312 4,152,936\n1906 1,517,303 4,551,909\n1907 1,800,067 6,300,235\n1908 1,677,849 5,872,472\n1909 2,006,476 7,022,666\n1910 2,800,046 9,800,161\nTotal 32,429,071 tons. $101,810,957\nCoke.\n1895-97 19,396 $ 96,980\n1898 (estimated) 35,000 175,000\n1899 34,251 171,255\n1900 85,149 425,745\n1901 127,081 635,405\n1902 128,015 640,075\n1903 165,543 827,715\n1904 238,428 1,192,140\n1905 271,785 1,358,925\n1906 199,227 996,135\n1907 222,913 1,337,478\n1908 247,399 1,484,394\n1909 258,703 1,552,218\n1910 218,029 1,308,174\nTotal 2,250,919 tons. $12,201,639 K 12\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nTABLE IX.\u2014Production in Detail of the\nYear\nTons.\nGold\n\u2014Placer.\nGou\n\u2014Lode.\nSilver.\nLead,\nOunces\nValue.\nOunces.\nValue.\nOunces.\nValue.\nPounds.\nValue.\n$\n$\nt\n$\n1907\n1908\n1909\n1910\n1907\n1908\n1909\n1910\n1907\n1908\n1909\n1910\n15,325\n17,750\n11,000\n10,900\n2,200\n1,600\n600\n300\n600\n1,000\n750\n750\n306,500\n355,000\n220,000\n218,000\n44,000\n30,000\n12,000\n6,000\n10,000\n20,000\n15,000\n15,000\nQuesnel \u201e ....\n1907\n1908\n1909\n1910\n1907\n1908\n1909\n1910\n2\n9\n9,611\n6,928\n4,260\n4\n20,400\n10,150\n10,000\n13,750\n1,250\n450\n450\n400\n408,000\n203,000\n200,000\n275,000\n26,000\n9,000\n9,000\n8,000\n90\n353\n45\n165\n693\n261\n3,410\n14,324\n5,395\n2,291\n14,079\n4,216\n1,454\n1,422\n7,070\n2,063\n739\nSkeena, Queen\n1,695\n68\nFort Steele Division.\n1907\n1908\n1909\n1910\n1907\n1908\n1809\n1910\n154,963\n165,313\n149,680\n115,762\n64\n714\n20\n53\n500\n170\n150\n150\n10,000\n3,400\n3,000\n3,000\n6\n124\n821,867\n641,855\n580,240\n501,475\n3,955\n3,384\n825\n243\n509 740\n322,340\n283,911\n254,809\n2,455\n1,699\n404\n124\n37,626,194\n30,204,788\n27,004,528\n23,874,562\n73,842\n' 358,270\n18,724\n68,010\n1,801,267\n1,141,741\n1,039,674\n954,983\nWindermere-Golden .\n3,544\n18,543\n20\n400\n721\n2,640\nAinsworth Division..\n1907\n1908\n1909\n1910\n1907\n190S\n1909\n1910\n1907\n1908\n190 J\n1910\n1907\n1908\n1909\n1910\n1907\n1908\n1909\n1910\n17,781\n38,282\n21,850\n18,412\n23,309\n28,306\n44,466\n62,693\n24,854\n36,614\n36,203\n285,923\n302,419\n237,656\n253,471\n5,845\n2,819\n\u2022 1,750\n971\n118\n162\n\u25a0 162\n71\n14\n96\n95\n101\n13,383\n17,376\n21,909\n36,834\n91,573\n142,314\n116,153\n119.277\n1,168\n870\n732\n418\n2,439\n3,349\n3,349\n1,468\n289\n1,984\n1,964\n2,088\n276,627\n359,162\n452,859\n761.359\n1,954,824\n2,941,630\n2,380,213\n2,465,455\n24,143\n17,983\n15,130\n8,640\n1,678,776\n1,892,359\n1,927,043\n2,176,427\n301,322\n314,142\n852,555\n233,010\n590,998\n848,595\n738,175\n964,634\n236,837\n25,067\n75,908\n45,787\n126,661\n129,558\n80,026\n87,833\n122,232\n173,675\n169,435\n107,753\n469,206\n451,323\n492,333\n460,945\n14\n23\n187,000\n157,762\n172,505\n118,337\n366,773\n426,161\n361,189\n490,150\n146,981\n12,589\n37,142\n23,265\n78,606\n65,064\n89,157\n44,630\n76,857\n87,220\n82,904\n54,752\n3,654,775\n4,790,216\n10,298,343\n2,558,353\n4,305,826\n6,672,268\n4,976,199\n6,403,358\n1,582,113\n345,424\n1,097,069\n1,245,844\n4,514\n29,692\n3,315\n6,946\n566,020\n878,860\n976,601\n463,295\n25,419\n21,215\n21,567\n35,584\n175,429\n181,070\n396,486\n102,334\n206,680\n248,432\n191,584\nSlocan & Slocan City.\n256,254\n75,942\n13,057\n42,237\n49,834\n217\nNelson Division\nTrail Creek Division.\n60\n50\n50\n100\n1,000\n1,000\n1,000\n2,000\n1,122\n128\n250\n250\n100\n50\n278\n27,169\n33,032\n37,599\n18,532\nRevelstoke, Trout\nLake and Lardeau\nDivisions.\n5,000\n5,000\n2,000\n1,000\n(Grand Forks, Greenwood and Osoyoos\nDivisions.)\nSimilkameen, Nicola,\n1907\n1908\n1909\n1910\n1907\n1908\n1909\n1910\n1907\n1908\n1909\n1910\n1,173,416\n1,491,063\n1,461,633\n1,701,113\n11\n67\n348\n12\n75\n100\n60\n50\n60\n50\n50\n50\n150\n150\n100\n100\n1,500\n2,000\n1,000\n1,000\n1,000\n1,000\n1,000\n1,000\n3,000\n3,000\n2.000\n2,000\n81,218\n91,551\n93,229\n105,294\n291,189\n226,654\n240,898\n234,215\n9\n12\n1,220\n802\n830\n1,423\nand Vernon Div'ns.\n20\nYale, Ashcroft and\n413\n209\nISO\nKamloops Divisions\n3\n1\n99\n4\nLillooet and Clinton\n1907\n1908\n1909\n1910\n309\n15\n430\n443\n600\n660\n500\n350\n12,000\n13,200\n10,000\n7,000\n180\n28\n323\n137\n3,721\n579\n6.676\n2,832\nM. D\t\nCoast (Nanaimo, Al\nberni, Clayoquot,\n1907\n1908\n1909\n1910\n84,738\n27,831\n39,557\n42,080\n50\n50\n60\n50\n1,000\n1,000\n1,000\n1.000\n5,334\n2,492\n6,360\n5,569\n110,254\n61,510\n131,461\n115,111\n70,856\n29,598\n38,676\n47,104\n43,663\n14,864\n18,924\n23,934\nQuatsino, New West\nminster and Victoria\nDivisions).\nTotals\t\n1907\n1908\n1909\n1910\n1,808,114\n2,083,606\n2,057,713\n2,216,428\n41,400\n32,350\n23,850\n27,000\n828,000\n647,000\n477,000\n540,000\n196,179\n255,582\n238,224\n267,701\n4,055,020\n5,282,880\n4,924,090\n5.533,380\n2,746,448\n2,631,389\n2,532,742\n2.450.241\n1,703,825\n1,321,483\n1,239,270\n1,245,016\n47,738,703\n43,195,733\n44,396,346\n34,658.746\n2,291,458\n1,682,799\n1,709,259\n1,386 350 1 Geo. 5\nProduction of Metalliferous Mines.\nK 13\nMetalliferous Mines, etc., for 1907, 1908, 1909, and 1910.\nCopper.\nZinc.\nMiscellaneous.\nTotals for Divisions.\nTotals for\nDistricts,\nPounds.\nValue.\nPounds.\nValue.\nBldg, Stone, Brick,\nCement,Pottery, etc.\n1907.\n1908.\n1909.\n1910.\n1910.\n$\n*\n$\n$\n$\n*\nI\n239,000\n306,500\n355,000\n220,000\n218,000\n44,000\n30,000\n12,000\n6,000\n10,000\n20,000\n15,000\n15,000\n283,807\n408,000\n1,014\n134\n657\n203,179\n200,730\n4,291\n275,000\n674,887\n134,977\n64,661\n17,310\n164,809\n489,859\n95,055\n133,360\n33,768\n8,807\n1,220,556\n44,000\n80,000\n14,000\n5,000\n2,365,121\n1,647,481\n1,340,585\n1,217,792\n5,999\n15,642\n1,125\n2,764\n5,088,186\n364,868\n422,181\n80,000\n250,000\n95,859\n46,100\n90,000\n150,000\n96,614\n45,000\n867,340\n 318,058\n2,083,896\n619,842\n766,580\n704,737\n86,845\n7,028\n24,217\n29,544\n1,016,055\n665,576\n455,586\n455,733\n2,100,296\n845,106\n434,222\n53,243\n27,000\n20,000\n27,500\n10,000\n614,395\n412,836\n584,955\n231.936\n5,080,275\n5,042,244\n3,509,909\n3,577,745\n3,049,702\n876,002\n3,093,392\n20,000\n2,875,084\n2,966,096\n12,000\n10,000\n144,169\n153,235\n137,633\n82,924\n6,304.310\n5,303,565\n5,270,275\n3,993,998\n517\n* 432\n7S.000\n120,000\n61,000\n35,000\n17,000\n8,354,995\n6,445,218\n31,521,550\n40,178,521\n40,603,042\n31,354,985\n7,545,380\n7,501,046\n18,526\n6,442,083\n1,444\n1.000\n1,000\n36,120\n7,224\n22,000\n32,767\n3,000\n2,000\n1,178\n150\n2,155\n9,832\n16,721\n13,779\n16,676\n9,832\n1,982,132\n3,083,080\n1,506,464\n1,160,071\n3,078,050\n616,616\n198,853\n150,577\n392,087\n953,900\n950,000\n1,052,500\n1,450,000\n1,725,433\n1,216,227\n1,354,462\n1,982,132\n40,832,720\n47,274,614\n45,597,245\n38,243,934\n8,166,544\n6,240,249\n5,918,522\n4,871,512\n46,100\n170,000\n400,000\n192,473\n1,153,900\n1,200,000\n1,200,000\n1,500,000\n18,244,847\n16,494,411\n4,184,192\n15,868,141\n15,268,731\n15.2S8.731 K 14\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nX\nH\n<\nEh\nPS\no\n&\n3\nPS\np\n|Zi\nO\nM\n&\n\u00a9\n0\nO\no\npi\nt3\nO\nH\nPh\nCD\n\u25a0i-H\ni\no\nD\nM\nI\nO\n02\na\n\u00a9\nPA\nM\nu\n\u00a3 o\n01.5\nMs. T A BLE\nsmowi:n\"gminekalproi>tjotion *\nOB-\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\n0\n1858\n1859\nI860\n1861\n1862\n1863\n1864\n1865\n1866\n1867\n1868 18\n69 1870\n1871\n1872\n1873\n1874\n1875\n1876\n1877\n1878\n1879\n1880\n1881\n1882\n1883\n1884\n1885\n1886\n1887\n1888\n1889\n1890\n1891\n1892\n1893\n1894\n1895\n1896\n1897\n1898\n1899\n1900\n1901\n1902\n1903\n1904\n1905 1906 1907\n1908\n1909 191\n$\n9,6oorooo\n0,400,000\n. . 9,300,000\n.. 9,200,000\n-\n9,100,000\n9,000,000\n8,900,000\n-J\n<\n8,800,000\nOl\n8,700,000\n\u00b0\n8,600,000\n8,500,000\n8,400,000\n8,300,000\nl\"'v\n8,200,000\n1 X\n8,100,000\n8,000,000\n7,900,000\nl\n7,800,000\n1\n1\n7,700,000\nT\n7,600,000\n1 7,500,000\n1\n7,400,000\n1\n7,300,000\n\u20144\u2014\n7,200,000\n1\n7,100,000\n7,000,000\ni\n6,900,000\ni\n\/\n6,800,000\ni\n\/\n6,700,000\ni\n\/\n6,600,000\n\/\n6,500,000\ni\n\/\n6,400,000\n\/\n6,300,000\n\/\n6,200,000\nk\n6,100,000\n'\\\n\u2014i 6,000,000\nN..\nJ\\\n\\\n-L 5,900,000\n\/\n*\u00bb\nS\nA\\\n\\ i\nj\u2014 5,800,000\n*\n\/\n\\\n\/1 -\n\\ 1\n\\ \u2022\/\n5,700,000\n\/\n\/\n\\ |\n\/\n\\ if\n5,600,000\n\/\nJ\n\/\n\\A\n\u2014t $ 1 WJO.OOO\n*\n\/\na\/\n\\J\n\/\nvi\n-*- K, 400,000\n1\na\/\n\/\nn\n4- \"i.^OO.OOO\ny\nS|\n\/\n\/\n1\n\u2014}\\\nA\n\/\n4,500,000\n#\n\/\n\/ \\\n\/\n4,400,000\n*\/\ni\n\/\nr \\\n\/\n4,300,000\n0\n(J\n' \/\n\\\\\n\/\n\\\n4,200,000\nI\n\\i\n\\\n1\n4,100,000\n1\n11\n\\\n\\j\n>\/\/\n\\\n4,000,000\n\/\nJ\n\/I\n\\\nr\n\/\n3,900,000\n\\\n\\\n1\n\/\n\\\n0\n3,800,000\n>\n\/\n\\\ni \\\n3,700,000\n\\\n\\\n\\\ni\ni\n\\\nI \\\n3,600,000\n\\\n\/\n\\\n'\n\u25a0J.SOO.OOO\nii\nK\n\\\n3,400,000\nI\ni\n,\n\\\ny\nS-l\n3,300,000\n\\\n1\n11\n11\n\/\n1\n\/\nol\n3,200,000\n1\nj t\n\/ >\ni\nl\n1\n3\no:\n3,100,000\nI\ni i\n1 !\nr\ni\n\\ \/\nI\ni\n1\n3,000,000\nI \\\n\\C<\n>\u201e\ni\ny\n1\n1\n2,900,000\nI \\\nSV\nl\ni\nA'\nfci\nI\nj ,'\ni\n\u2022\nj^nrijnm\ni\ni !\n<\\\ni\ni\nX\n$\n\/\n\u2022\n2,700,000\n\/\n\t\n\u25a0\n1\n\u00bb\ni i\nO\nOf\ni\ny\\\n\u25a0V\ni\n2,600,000\ni <\nt\ni\n\/ I\n\/\nV\ni\n2,500,000\n\u00a3\ni\ni \/\n\/ \/\nj\n\\\n\u2022\n-\ni\ni.\n,\n' 1\n' \/\n\/\n<\\\ni\n\n\/\n\/\ni\n'7'\n!\n\\\nI **\u2022*\n1,900,000\ni!\n1\nP\n\\\n=?.'\n\/\/\ni\ni\n\/i\n' I\n1\n<\ny\n\u00a3\n1\n1\n\/\nV\n\\\n\/\n\u00bb;\n\/\/\n*\n11\n\\\n\\\n'7\nS\ni \\\n1,700,000\ni\n\\\n\/\ni\n\\\no\nii\n\/\n\u00bb\n*\n\/\n\/\nV\ni\ni\nA\n-\nif\n\/\ni \/\n\\\n'' i\nV\ni\n\\\n1\n\/\n*\n\\\ni\n\\x<\n\u25a0\n,nf\n1\n\/\n\u00b0!\n^\\ 1,400,000\ni\ni\n<\n\\\ny\n\/\n\/\nr|\nki\nf\\\nV\ni\n\\\n5 i\ni\n\/\nl|\"\"\"*\u00ab.\n~ii\n*N-\n\\\na\n.' \/\n\/J\nV\n\\\n.\/;,\n\\\nr_.\n\u00b0;\n' \/\n5\/\nk \/1\n11\nN\n'\u00bb\n\u25a0-\n\/\/\n\/\nX 1 R\n'* I\ns__\n>-\u2022\nv %\\\n\/\/\nN\no\/'\n\/\nf ' 1\n,vv\ni\nA~*\u00bb\n\\\n&>\nt\/<\n\/ J\ny\nN\n'C^\n*\n?7 y\nf\n\/\n S\n\\\n1\n>rt\n,^'\n\/\n* *\n,r\n\\\n*\u00a3. 500,000\nf\\\\\n^A\n?*<\nl\nW;\n7\n\\,\u00ab-\n\t\nc\u00a3\n\"n\n\u2022\u2022\"ZZZ\n-~:\nu-\n\/\n^\/\n#\/\\\ni\n*\u00a3\n\u2022\n$>'\n ^\n*'\ns\n7 c\n&\ny\n100,000\n\\\u2014\n\u2014 \u25a0\u2014 ~\n.'\n000,000 1 Geo. 5\nProgress of Mining.\nK 15\nPROGRESS OF MINING.\nThe value of the mineral products of the Province for the year 1910 amounts to\n$26,377,066, which is considerably greater than that of any previous year.\nThe tonnage of ore mined in the lode mines of the Province during the year 1910 was\n2,216,428 tons, an increase over the preceding year of 158,715 tons, or 7.7 %.\nThis total tonnage was produced by the various districts in the following proportions:\nBoundary, 76.75 %; Rossland, 11.35 %; Fort Steele, 5.22 %; Coast District, 1.90 %; all\nother districts, 4.7 %.\nThe number of mines from which shipments were made in 1910 was 83, and of these only\n50 shipped more than 100 tons each during the year, while but 32 shipped in excess of 1,000\ntons each. Of these latter, 8 were in the Nelson Mining Division, 8 in the Boundary District,\n3 in the Ainsworth Division, 4 in the Slocan District, 3 in the Coast District, 3 in the Trail\nCreek (Rossland) Division, 2 in the Fort Steele Division, and 1 in the Trout Lake Division.\nThe following table shows the number of mines which shipped ore during the year 1910;\nthe districts in which they are situated, and the tonnage produced in each district, together\nwith the number of men employed, both above ground and underground :\u2014\nTable showing Distribution of Shipping Mines in 1910.\nTons of\nOre\nshipped.\nNo. of\nMines\nshipping.\nNo. of\nMines\nshipping\nover 100\nTons in\n1910.\nMen employed i>r these Mines.\nBelow.\nAbove.\nTotal.\nCassias, :\nAtlin, Skeena & Queen Charlotte\nEast Kootenay :\nFort Steele\t\n4\n115,762\n53\n21,850\n44,466\n36,203\n253,471\n971\n1,701,113\n12\n1\n5\n1\n11\n20\n14\n9\n1\n13\n1\n4\n229\n6\n66\n220\n178\n492\n40\n781\n6\n4\n84\n4\n39\n79\n77\n149\n12\n374\n3\n8\n3\n313\n10\nWest Kootenay :\n5\n11\n10\n5\n1\n10\n105\n299\n255\nTrail Creek\t\n641\nOther Divisions\t\nBoundary:\nGrand Forks, Greenwood, and\n52\n1,155\nAshcroft-Kamloops\t\n9\nLillooet \t\n443\n42,080\n3\n4\n2\n3\n9\n143\n4\n104\n13\n247\nTotal\t\n2,216,428\n83\n50\n2,174\n933\n3,107\n] i explanation of the table it should be said that, in its preparation, a mine employing\ntwelve n en for four months is credited in the table with four men for twelve months, so that\nthe total given is less than the actual number of individuals who worked in the mines during\nthe year. K 16\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nThe \" labour employed to the ton of ore mined \" forms some criterion of the total cost of\nmining in a camp, since the cost of labour is in a more or less constant proportion to such total\ncost. In this respect it is interesting to note in the various districts the number of tons of\nore mined to each man employed.\nAn analysis of the above table shows, approximately, that, taking the Province as a whole,\nthere were 713 tons of ore mined a year for each man employed about the mines. In this\nrespect, however, the districts vary very materially, since, in the Slocan, the figures show 148\ntons mined to the man in a year; in the Nelson District, 142 tons ; in Trail Creek District,\n395 tons; and in the Boundary, 1,472 tons mined to the man employed.\nSuch generalisation, of course, does not apply exactly to any one mine, but only to the\ndistrict, and in the first two districts mentioned the mines vary in character so greatly, some\nhaving high-grade shipping ores and others low-grade concentrating ores, that care must be\ntaken not to carry these average figures too far.\nTable showing Non-shipping Mines and Men employed.\nNumber of Mines.\nMen\nEMPLOYED.\nDistrict.\nWorking.\nIdle.\nTotal.\nAbove.\nBelow.\nTotal.\n23\n1\n7\n11\n7\n11\n3\n13\n32\n10\n5\n5\n18\n97\n34\n4\n20\n43\n17\n5\n6\n24\n178\n5\n16\n12\n54\n160\n22\n32\n29\n338\n5\n38\n44\n83\n1\n6\n5\n34\n12\n43\n298\n17\n77\nTotal\t\n56\n153\n304\n602\nSTATISTICAL TABLES.\nReferring to the preceding tables of the mineral production of the Province, the following\nis a summary of their contents :\u2014\nTable I. shows the total gross value of each mineral product mined in the Province up\nto the end of 1910, aggregating $374,197,650. From this table it will be seen that coalmining has produced more than any other separate class of mining, a total of $114,012,596 ;\nfollowed next in importance by placer gold at $71,213,103, and third by lode gold at\n$60,811,067.\nThe metal gold, obtained from both placer and lode mining, amounts to a value of\n$132,024,170, the greatest amount derived from any one mineral, the next important being\ncoal, the total gross value of which, combined with that of coke, is $114,012,596, followed by\ncopper at $60,743,405, silver at $31,095,602, and lead at $24,645,605.\nTable II. shows the value of the total production of the mines of the Province for each\nyear from 1890 to 1910 (inclusive), during which period the output has increased about\ntenfold, and has now reached a production, for the past year, valued at $26,377,066, or more\nthan double what it was in 1899. The value of the total products of the mines of the Province\nup to the end of 1910 is $374,197,650.\nTable III. presents in graphic form the facts shown in figures in the tables, and demonstrates, to the eye, the rapid growth of lode mining in the Province, and also the fluctuations\nto which it has been subject. 1 Geo. 5 Progress of Mining. K 17\nIt will be seen that, although coal-mining has been a constantly increasing industry\nduring this whole period of twenty years, lode-mining did not begin, practically, until 1894,\nsince when it has risen with remarkable rapidity, though not without interruption, until it\nreached, in 1906, the $17,000,000 line, and the total production has reached the $26,000,000\nline.\nTable IV. gives the quantities in the customary units of measure, and the values, of the\nvarious metals or minerals which go to make up the grand total of the mineral production of\nthe Province, and also, for the purposes of comparison, similar data for the two preceding years.\nThe table shows that there has been this year an increase in the production of placer gold\nof some $63,000, and at the same time an increase in the output of lode gold of $609,290,\nmaking a total increase of $672,290 in the production of the metal.\nThe amount of silver produced this year was 2,450,241 ounces, having a gross value of\n$1,245,016, a decrease in the number of ounces pioduced of 82,501, due to a greatly decreased\nproduction in the Fort Steele and Nelson Mining Divisions, and only partly compensated for\nby an increase in the Slocan District. The gross value of the product, however, this year\nshows an increase over that of last year of $5,746, which is accounted for by a slightly higher\nmarket price of silver during this last year.\nThe table shows an output of lead in 1910 amounting to 34,658,746 pounds, valued at\n$1,386,350, which is a decrease from the production of the preceding year of 9,737,600 pounds\nof lead.\nThe production of copper this year was 38,243,934 pounds, valued at $4,871,512, a\ndecrease in amount of 7,353,311 pounds, or about 16.1 per cent. The value of the product\nwas less than that of the preceding year by $1,047,010\u2014a decrease of 17.6 per cent.\nTable V. shows the proportions of the total mineral productions made in each of the\nvarious districts into which the Province is divided.\nIt will be noted that this year, for the first time in many years, the Coast District has\nthe honour of first place on the list, followed, in order of importance, by the Boundary\nand East Kootenay Districts, while West Kootenay\u2014for many years our greatest producer\u2014\nis relegated to fourth place on the list. The Coast and East Kootenay Districts owe a\nconsiderable percentage of their output to the coal-mine's situated within their limits, whereas,\nin the other districts, the production is almost entirely from metal mining.\nIn this table, this year, the values of zinc and building materials have been distributed to\nthe districts producing them, which has occasioned some changes in the 1908 and 1909\ncolumns, thus making them differ from these columns- in previous reports.\nTable VI. gives the statistical record of the placer mines of the Province from 1858 to\n1910, and shows a total production of $71,213,103. The output for 1910 was $540,000, an\nincrease, as compared with the previous year, of about 13.2 per cent.\nTable VII. relates entirely to the lode mines of the Province, and shows the quantities\nand values of the various metals produced each year since the beginning, in 1887, of such\nmining in the Province. The gross value of the product of these mines to date is $177,295,679,\nor, including the zinc production of 1910, valued at $192,473, $177,488,152. The production\nof 1910, including zinc, was $13,228,731, a decrease from the previous year of $562,410, or\nabout 4.0 per cent.\nTable VIIL contains the statistics of production of the coal-mines of the Province. The\ntotal amount of coal mined to the end of 1910 is 32,429,071 tons (of 2,240 lbs.), worth\n$101,810,957. Of this, there was produced in 1910 some 2,800,046 tons, valued at $9,800,161,\nan increase of 793,570 tons in quantity and of $2,777,495 in value over the preceding year.\n2 K 18 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nIn these figures of coal production, the coal used in making coke is not included, as such coal\nis accounted for in the figures of output of coke. The amount of coal used in making coke in\n1910 was 339,189 tons, from which was made 218,029 tons of coke, having a value of $1,308,174,\na decrease from the preceding year of 40,674 tons, or 15.7 per cent., with a decrease in value\nof $244,044. While only 218,029 tons of coke were actually made, 222,004 were actually sold ;\n4,054 tons being taken from the stocks at the mines, and 79 tons were used under the company's,\nboilers. The total value of the output of the collieries of the Province in 1910 was $11,108,335.\nThe average selling prices taken this year in the calculation of value of product are the\nsame as those used last year; that for coal being $3.50 and for coke $6 per ton of 2,240 lbs.\nThe prices used in calculations prior to 1907 were $3 and $5, respectively.\nMore detailed statistics as to the coal production of the Province and of the separate\ndistricts are given elsewhere in this Report.\nTable IX. gives the details of production of the mines of the Province (excepting coal\nmines) for the years 1907, 1908, 1909, and 1910, and the districts in which such productions-\nwere made, showing the tonnage of ore mined in each district, with its metallic contents and\nits market value.\nThe total tonnage of ore mined in the Province during the year 1910 was 2,216,408 tons,\nhaving a gross value, including building materials, of $15,268,731.\nThe following table shows the percentages of such tonnage and values derived from the\nvarious districts of the Province :\u2014\nBoundary District 76.75 per cent, of tonnage.\nTrail Creek M. D 11.36\nFort Steele M. D 5.23\nSlocan District 2.06\nNelson 1.63\nCoast District 1.92\nOther Divisions 1.05\n100\nTable X. compares graphically the output of certain mineral products in British Columbia\nwith that of similar products in all the other Provinces of the Dominion, and shows that in\n1910 British Columbia produced, in the minerals shown, an amount equal to over 64.0 per\ncent, of all the other Canadian Provinces combined.\nCOAL.\nThe production of coal made by the B. C. collieries during the year 1910 was the greatest\nin the history of coal-mining in the Province, amounting to 3,139,235 tons (2,240 lb.).\nThe coal production of British Columbia in 1910 was chiefly mined by three companies\u2014\nthe Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir), Ltd., and the Western Fuel Co. on Vancouver Island, and\nthe Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co. in Ea,st Kootenay\u2014these companies producing about 79.3 per\ncent of the total coal mined.\nOf the smaller collieries of the Coast District, the Pacific Coast Coal Mines, at South\nWellington and Suquash, V. I., mined 174,810 tons of coal, and the Nicola Valley C. & C. Co-\n141,487 tons, while the Vancouver-Nanaimo produced about 29,442 tons, and the Diamond\nVale Co. about 2,431 tons.\nIn the East Kootenay field, the Hosmer Collieries produced 158,123 tons, and the Corbin\nCollieries 126,851 tons of coal during the year; neither of these collieries is as yet in full\noperation.\nThe colliery opened at Princeton, in the Similkameen Mining Division, by the Princeton\nCoal & Land Co., during the year shipped 11,868 tons of lignitic coal. 1 Geo. 5\nProgress of Mining.\nK 19\nThe Coal Hill Syndicate has opened a colliery near Merritt, in the Nicola District, and\nhas this year mined 2,300 tons of coal.\nThe Pacific Coast Coal Co. has operated its colliery at South Wellington, shipping over\nits own railway to its dock and bunkers at Boat harbour.\nThe collieries of the Coast District mined about 56 per cent, of the total output, and about\n61 per cent, of the coal, sold as such, was from this district. These collieries produced only\nabout 1 per cent, of the coke made in the Province this past year.\nThe gross output of the coal mines of the Province for the year 1910 was 3,139,235 tons\n(of 2,240 lbs.), of which 33,360 tons were added to stock, making coal disposed of 3,105,875\ntons. Of this gross amount, 1,238,439 tons were sold for consumption in Canada, 1,114,809\ntons were exported to the United States, and 60,290 tons were exported to other countries,\nmaking the total amount of coal sold 2,413,538 tons.\nIn addition to the coal sold there was used in making coke 339,189 tons of coal, while\n206,871 tons were consumed under colliery boilers, and 146,277 tons were lost in washing-\nFrom the 339,189 tons of coal there was produced 218,029 tons of coke, while 4,054 tons of\ncoke were taken from stock, and 79 tons were used under colliery boilers, making the net coke\nsales 222,004 tons. Of this amount 213,274 tons were sold for consumption in Canada, while\nthe remainder, 8,730 tons, was exported to the United States.\nThe following table indicates the markets in which the coal and coke output of the\nProvince was sold :\u2014\nCoal.\nCoast\nDistrict.\nCrow's Nest\nPass District.\nTotal\nfor Province.\nSold for consumption in Canada (Tons\u20142,240 lbs)\nn export to United States \u00bb\na export to other countries n\n1,055,861\n363,722\n60,290\n182,578\n751,087\n1,238,439\n1,114,809\n60,290\nTotal coal sales\t\nCoke.\nSold for consumption in Canada (Tons\u20142,240 lbs)\nn export to United States n\nn export to other countries ;\/\n1,479,873\n8,327\n933,665\n204,947\n8,730\n2,413,538\n213,274\n8,730\nTotal coke sales\t\n8,327\n213,677\n222,004\nCoast Collieeies.\nThe Coast collieries mined 1,774,116 tons of coal in 1910, of which 29,821 tons were\nadded to stock, making 1,744,295 tons distributed from these collieries in 1910. This amount\nwas distributed thus :\u2014\nSold as coal in Canada 1,055,861 tons.\nUnited States 363,722 \u201e\nii other countries 60,290 >i\nTotal sold as coal 1,479,873 tons.\nUsed under companies' boilers, etc 124,548 n\nUsed in making coke 4,670 n\nLost in washing 135;204 n\n it\n1,744,295 \u201e\nThe total coal sales of the Coast collieries for the year show, as compared with the sales\nof the previous year, an increase of 229,528 tons, equivalent to 18.3 per cent. K 20 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nThe consumption of coal in that portion of British Columbia served by the Coast collieries\nshows in 1910 an increase of 193,773 tons, equal to 22.5 per cent over the preceding year,\nwhile the amount sold for export to countries other than the United States shows a decrease\nof 3,219 tons, equal to 5.0 per cent. Export sales to the United States in 1910 show an\nincrease of 38,974 tons, or 12.0 per cent.\nThe production of coke in the Coast District in 1910 was confined to the one company\nproducing the article, the Canadian Collieries, Ltd., and only 2,333 tons was made, as the\ncompany had a large stock on hand. This company, however, sold 8.327 tons of coke, taking\n5,994 tons from stock. This was entirely disposed of locally in British Columbia, no export\nhaving been made to the United States in 1910, nor in 1909, due to the fact that the smelters\nformerly operating in Alaska have been shut down for the past two years ; these smelters in\n1908 consumed over 3,000 tons of British Columbia coke.\nIn the Coast District, among the newer collieries that are beginning to make an\nappreciable output may be mentioned the Nicola Valley Coal & Coke Co., which mined in\n1910 some 141,487 tons of coal, and this production was limited by the market which the\nC. P. R. freight rates would allow it to reach, rather than by the capacity of the mines.\nAdjoining this colliery is the Diamond Vale Colliery Co.'s property, which, though still in a\nstate of development, mined in 1910 some 2,431 tons of coal; and the Princeton Coal & Land\nCo., of Princeton, mined 11,868 tons of coal in 1910, and the Coal Hill Syndicate, of Nicola,\n2,300 tons.\nOn Vancouver Island, the Pacific Coast Coal Mines, Ltd., mined at South Wellington, a\nfew miles south of Nanaimo and at Suquash, some 174,810 tons of coal. Railway and bunkers\nhave been built at Boat Harbour.\nEast Kootenay Coalfield.\nThe annual returns of the eastern slope, or Alberta side, of the Rocky Mountains are\nmade to the Government of that Province, whence they may be obtained by any one interested. Three companies were operating on the British Columbia side in 1910, viz.: The\nCrow's Nest Pass Coal Co., Hosmer Mines, Ltd., and the Corbin Coal & Coke Co., Ltd. The\ndetails of their several operations are given elsewhere, together with particulars of other\nproperties at present under development. A description of this coalfield, by the Provincial\nMineralogist, was given in the Report of 1909, under the heading of \" Coal Mining.\"\nBy far the greatest proportion of coal is produced by the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co.,\noperating collieries at Michel and Coal Creek (Fernie), the united gross output of which, in\n1910, was 1,080,145 tons. Of this output, 265,566 tons were used in making coke; the\nresulting coke amounting to 173,659 tons. The Hosmer Mines mined 158,123 tons of coal\nand made 42,037 tons of coke. The Corbin Coal Co. produced 126,851 tons of coal and no coke\nThe collieries in the East Kootenay District made in 1910 a gross production of 1,365,119\ntons of coal, of which 3,539 tons were added to stock during the year, leaving the amount of\ncoal distributed 1,361,580 tons. Of this amount 334,519 tons were used for making coke, the\nresulting coke being 215,696 tons.\nThe amount of coke actually produced in 1910 was 215,696 tons; of this 79 tons were\nused under boilers, and 1,940 tons added to stock, making total coke sales for the year\n213,677 tons. \u25a0\nAs compared with the previous year, the coke production of 1910 shows a decrease of\n29,321 tons, or 12 %. Total coke sales show a decrease of 32,192 tons, or 13 %. Coke sales\nin Canada show a decrease of 534 tons. Coke sales to the United States show a decrease of\n31,748 tons, or 78.4%. 1 Gko. 5 Progress of Mining. K 21\nThe following table shows the disposition made of the coal output of this district :\u2014\nSold as coal in Canada 182,578 tons.\nii United States 751,087 n\nTotal sold as coal 933,665\nUsed by the company in making coke 334,519\n\u201e \u201e under boilers 82,323\nLost in washing 11,073\n1,361,580 tons.\nGOLD.\nThe production of placer gold during the past year was about $540,000\nPlacer Gold. as nearly as can be ascertained, which is $63,000 more than was produced\nin 1909, being an increase of 13 %. Placer-mining is entirely dependent\nupon the water-supply, which in turn depends upon the snowfall of the previous winter and\nthe character of the spring weather\u2014variables upon which it is impossible to forecast\u2014and the\nconditions this past season have not been favourable.\nThere is no question but what, in the known placer camps of the Province, most of the\nmore easily available deposits have been worked out, leaving only those the operation of which\ncalls for greater capital and plant, with greater attendant risks and less security of immediate\nprofits.\nThe Atlin District shows this past year a marked increase in the production of placer\ngold\u2014about $75,000\u2014directly due to the installation of facilities for the storage of water, for,\nin a hydraulic camp, the output in gold is in direct proportion to the number of days in which\na full supply of water is available ; hence the necessity of storing the surplus water of the\nearly part of the season for use later.\nOn Pine creek, the North Columbia Gold Mining Company (Ruffner's holdings) has so\nconserved its water-supply by a dam across the outlet of Surprise lake, making a sufficient\nditch-line from the dam to the workings, and has this season reaped the reward, by taking out\nabout $150,000 worth of gold, with a fair expectation of a greater output next season.\nThe Atlin Consolidated Mining Company (Guggenheim Company) did no work in the\ndistrict, but leased its ground to the North Columbia Company, by whom it was worked.\nThe Pittsburg-British Gold Company has control of the whole of McKee creek, and made\na very good \" clean-up.\"\nIndividual mining in this district is now comparatively unimportant.\nIn the Stikine District none of the hydraulic plants were operated, while individuals\nproduced but a small amount of gold.\nIn the Omineca District, the Ingenika and McConnell creek camps failed to produce ; one\npartnership is still working there, though without much encouragement. In the Manson creek\nsection some work was in progress, but the results this year have been small.\nIn the Cariboo District the output this year has been slightly less than in 1910, due to a\nvery light snowfall the previous winter, with a consequent shortage of water during the\nsummer. In the Barkerville section the water shortage was such that in some instances the\nsluices could not be cleaned up at the end of the season, but the gold in them will be recovered\nin 1911 and should considerably augment that year's output. K 22 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nIn the Quesnel Division, while a little individual work is still carried on, hydraulicking\nis the important feature, and at the present time J. B. Hobson is equipping a plant on Spanish\ncreek, which should be operating within a year, and the Quesnelle Hydraulic Gold Mining Co.\n(H. W. DuBois, manager) is completing a very extensive hydraulic plant on Twenty-mile\ncreek, where it flows into Quesnel river ; the plant is expected to be in operation in August;\n1911. So that, although the output for 1910 is comparatively small, there is every probability\nof a large production next season.\nEast and West Kootenay and the Yale District each produce a little placer gold, but the\nquantity seems to diminish each year.\nDredging does not seem to have proved a success, as there has been no plant of this\ndescription at work in the Province.\nThe value of the gold produced from lode-mining in the Province during\nGold from Lode- the year 1910 was $5,533,380, an increase, as compared with the previous\nmining. year, of $609,290, or about 12.3 \u00b0\/o. This increase is due chiefly to the\ngreater production of the Nelson Division, together with an increased\ntonnage of ore in the Boundary and Trail Creek (Rossland) Divisions, in the latter of which\nthe gold tenure of the ore was also slightly higher. The following are the values of the gold\nproduct of the three most important camps : Rossland, $2,465,455 ; Boundary, $2,176,427;\nand Nelson, $761,359. About 76 % of the gold production of the Province is obtained from\nthe smelting of copper-bearing ores, the remainder from stamp-milling.\nThe only large stamp-mill in operation in the Province is at the Nickel Plate mine at\nHedley, in the Osoyoos Mining Division, which, this past year, milled some 47,000 tons of ore\nhaving a value of about $530,000. There are smaller stamp-mills operating at the Poor man,\nQueen, Athabasca, Nugget, and other mines in the Nelson Division, and also a couple of quite\nsmall ones in the Lillooet Mining Division.\nSILVER.\nThe total amount of silver produced in the Province during the year 1910 was 2,450,241\nounces, valued at $1,245,016, a decrease in amount, as compared with the previous year, of\n82,501 ounces ; but, owing to a higher average market price, the value of the gross product\nproduced this year proves to be greater than last year by some $5,746.\nA very large proportion of the silver produced in the Province is found associated with\nlead-bearing ores, chiefly in the Slocan District, where the important mines were forced to\nsuspend work for the best portion of the year, owing to forest fires destroying the Kaslo and\nSlocan railway and, in some instances, the plants of the mines.\nThe St. Eugene mine in East Kootenay, formerly a large producer of silver and lead, has,\ntemporarily at least, run out of the ore-shoot, and made a very much decreased output, which\nwas, however, partly compensated for by the reopening, by the Consolidated Company, of the\nSullivan mines.\nThe Slocan District\u2014including the Ainsworth, Slocan, Slocan City, and Trout Lake\nMining Divisions\u2014produced about 54 % of the total Provincial output of silver this year, and\nthe Fort Steele Mining Division about 20 %, all from argentiferous galena. 1 Geo. 5 Progress of Mining. K 23\nLEAD.\nThe lead production of the Province for the year 1910 was 34,658,746 lbs. of lead, having\na market value of $1,386,350, showing, as compared with the previous year, a decrease in\namount of 9,737,600 lbs. of lead, or 21.9 %, and a decrease in value of $322,909, or 18.8 %.\nThe average market price of this metal for the year 1910 was a little higher than for the\nprevious year.\nThe causes militating against the output of silver even more seriously affected the\nproduction of lead ; but it is expected that this trouble will be largely remedied by next year.\nThe lead production is this year, as usual, derived chiefly from the Fort Steele Mining\nDivision, as is shown in the following table : \u2014\nFort Steele M. D. produced 23,874,562 lbs. lead = 68.88 % of total.\nAinsworth \u201e 2,558,353 n 7.38\nSlocan n ... 6,406,358 \u201e 18.49\nNelson ii 1,245,844 ., 3.59\nTrout Lake \u201e 463,295 ., 1.34\nAll others ,. 110,334 \u201e .32\n34,658,746 100.00\nCOPPER.\nThe amount of copper in ores mined in the Province in 1910, and smelted during the\nyear, was 38,243,934 Bos. fine copper, valued at the average New York market price for copper\nat $4,871,512. These figures do not take into account smelter charges ; but a deduction of\n5 lbs. of copper to the ton of ore has been made, approximately the amount of copper lost in\nslags at smelting.\nAs compared with the preceding year, there is, therefore a decreased production in\namount of 7,353,311 lbs., and in value of $1,047,010. There is a proportionately large increase\nin the Coast District and slighter increases in the Nelson and Trail Creek (Rossland) Divisions,\nwhile the Boundary District shows a decrease.\nThe following table shows the production of the various districts for the years 1908, 1909,\nand 1910: \u2014\n1908.\nBoundary District. .40,181,790 lbs.\nRossland \u201e . . 5,042,244 \u201e\nCoast & Cassiar n . . 1,997,337 m\nYale-Kamloops n \t\nNelson ' .... 53,243 n\nOther Districts\t\n1909.\n1910.\n40,603,042 lbs.\n31,354,985 lbs. =\n= 82.00 %\n3,509,909 \u201e\n3,577,745 \u201e\n9.35 \u201e\n1,297,722 ,i\n3,078,090 \u201e\n1,178 \u201e\n8.05 ii\n186,572 \u201e\n231,936 n\n0.60 \u201e\n47,274,614 \u201e 45,597,245 \u201e 38,243,934 \u201e 100.00 \u201e\nThe average assays of the copper ores of the various camps, based upon the copper\nrecovered, were as follows :\u2014\nBoundary, 0.995 % ; Coast, 3.67 % ; and Rossland, 0.705 %. K 24 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nZINC.\nThe total quantity of zinc produced in 1910 was 4,184,192 pounds, valued at $192,473,\nthe New York price, less 15 per cent., being taken as the basis of valuation.\nThe expectation that the output of zinc in 1910 would be greatly in excess of the preceding\nyear has not been realised, but, on the contrary, the output this year is only about half of that\nmade in 1909. This is not due to failure of the mines, but is chiefly caused by forest fires,\noccurring in July of 1910, which destroyed bridges and trestles along the Kaslo and Slocan\nRailway, so that the road has not since been operated, and as the most important zinc-\nproducing properties are tributary to this railway, shipments from these mines have for the\ntime ceased.\nThe same fires completely destroyed the plants of the Lucky Jim and the Whitewater\nconcentrator, both large producers of zinc. The largest producers of zinc were the Whitewater\nand Whitewater Deep mines, the Van Roi and the Lucky Jim.\nThe total zinc output is from the Ainsworth and Slocan Divisions; there has been no\nproduction made by the claims near Arrow lake nor by those in East Kootenay.\nOTHER MINERALS.\nThere has been no iron-ore mined in the Province this past year, other\nIron-ore. than that necessarily mined in development work, and none of this has been\nshipped, the reason being that there is no iron blast-furnace in operation\nwithin the district, and, consequently, no market for iron-ore.\nThere appears to be in the Coast District a large amount of magnetite iron-ore, but, so far\nthere has not been discovered any sufficient quantity of hematite or other ore of iron, which\nfact, coupled with the price of coke of from $7 to $8 a ton on the Coast, as compared with from\n$1.50 to $2 a ton in Pennsylvania, does not seem to justify the expectation of an iron-smelting\nindustry here until these conditions are altered.\nWhile platinum is found in many of the alluvial gold-workings, where\nPlatinum. it can be saved as a by-product, the saving of it, in a small way, is attended\nwith so much trouble that it has been practically neglected and no\nappreciable production made.\nEKcellent building-stone of various sorts is found in abundance in almost\nBuilding-stone. every part of the Province, but the fact of its widespread distribution has,\nhowever, been somewhat against the establishment of large quarrying\nindustries, as a sufficient local supply could always be obtained, and, except within reach of\nthe larger cities, few regularly equipped quarries have been opened.\nOn the Coast, chiefly between Vancouver Island and the Mainland, there are several well-\nequipped quarries taking out granite, sandstone, and andesite, all of excellent quality. These\nquarries supply the stone building material of the Coast cities, and also export to the United\nStates.\nA detailed description of the more important quarries was given in a previous report of\nthis Bureau.\nIn the interior of the Province, the Canadian Marble & Granite\nMarble. Company opened a marble quarry on the line of the Lardo-Trout Lake\nRailway, about eight miles from Lardo, and took during 1909 block marble\nwhich, when sawn into slabs, amounted to some $30,000 in value. This company has, so far,\nshipped only the rough blocks of the marble which were elsewhere sawn into slabs, etc., but 1 Geo. 5 Progress of Mining. K 25\nduring the past year the company has been busily engaged in erecting at the quarries large\nand well-equipped dressing-works, which are not yet in running order, so that during this\nperiod of construction the product shipped from the quarry has been comparatively small.\nA coarsely crystalline whitish marble, not suitable for cutting into slabs, has been quarried\non the shore of Kootenay lake, and used for building purposes in Nelson, the new Courthouse being built of this stone.\nThe Nootka Marble Quarries, on Nootka sound, on the west coast of Vancouver Island,\nthat were opened up in 1908, have not made any important shipments. Information, as\npresented by the Report of Directors in 1909, indicated that some $3,000 worth of marble was\non hand at the quarry, but did not show that any sales had been made. The mine and quarry\nhave not been operated since July, 1909.\nThe demand for brick is rapidly increasing with the growth of cities,\nRed Brick. in which fire-proof building construction is demanded, but the manufacture\ndoes not seem to have kept pace with the demand, as large importations of\nbrick have been made from Puget sound points. A special report by the Provincial Assayer,\npublished in the 1908 Report, shows that there are unlimited clay deposits available, but that\nthe brick-yards of the Province are, for the most part, worked on rather primitive lines, and\nthat the price of even the cheapest class of red brick is such as to invite serious competition\nfrom concrete in building operations. The actual figures of production cannot be obtained\nfrom the manufacturers for publication, but, as nearly as can be estimated, the number of red\nbrick produced in the Province during the past year was about 40,000 M.\nThe fire-brick plant at Comox has not been in operation. The Vancouver\nFire-brick and Fire-clay Company's plant at Clayburn has been somewhat remodelled, and\nFire-clay. is now producing a brick of much higher class and of more uniform grade.\nThe deposits consist of clays of various qualities\u2014described in Report of\n1908\u2014and the product varies from a superior quality of common or building brick up to a\ngood quality fire-brick and fire-tile. The Clayburn Company manufactured last year over\n$35,000 worth of fire-brick, and over $105,000 worth of pressed front brick, as well as other\nproducts.\nThe B. C. Pottery Co. at Victoria West derives its supply of fire-\nPottery and clay chiefly from the coal-mines of the Canadian Collieries Co., and\nDrain Pipe, manufactures drain- and sewer-pipe, chimney-tiles, etc., the sales for the\nyear being chiefly of drain-pipe, and amounting to over $125,000. The\ncompany has recently opened up a shale quarry on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, the\nproduct of which can be and is used in the manufacture of sewer-pipe.\nThe manufacture of lime is conducted in a small way at a large\nLime. number of points in the Province, but only on the Coast has any attempt\nbeen made at more extensive operations. In the neighbourhood of Victoria,\non Esquimalt harbour, Raymond & Sons have three kilns in operation, and there are kilns\non Saanich arm. On Texada island\u2014in addition to the old plant at Marble bay\u2014a new\nand extensive plant has been erected at Blubber bay. The limestone being used is of\nexceptional purity, but in some instances the limestone beds are cut by igneous dykes which\nhave to be rejected and this somewhat increases the costs of quarrying.\nThe only company manufacturing cement in the Province is the\nPortland Cement. Vancouver Portland Cement Co., with works at Tod inlet, on the Saanich\narm, about twelve miles from Victoria. The capacity of these works at\npresent is about 300,000 barrels a year, and this past year the company manufactured over\n260,000 barrels of cement, valued in the neighbourhood of $395,000. The raw materials) K 26 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nlimestone and clay, are quarried on the company's property adjoining the works. The\ncompany is at present doubling the capacity of the plant, installing electric power to take the\nplace of, or supplement, the steam plant, and introducing many labour-saving appliances.\nIn the Flathead valley of East Kootenay, where seepages of oil occur\nPetroleum and and where a great number of oil claims have been taken up, no serious\nOil Shales. attempt has as yet been made to prove the value of the claims, and the\ndistrict is in this respect no further advanced than it was four years ago.\nIn the vicinity of Sooke. Vancouver Island, some oil locations have been made, but have\nyet to be proved of value ; drilling is now in progress.\nA deposit of oil-shales has been found on the North Thompson river, which carries a\nfair percentage of oil, and it is probable that serious attempts will be made to prove the value\nof the deposits from a commercial point of view, as soon as the Canadian Northern Railway,\nup the valley, is in operation.\nConcrete construction has become so extensive on the Coast that\nCrushed Rock companies have been formed to supply suitable material for such work.\nand Gravel. Near Vancouver harbour four companies have opened up quarries in a\ngranite rock, and have erected crushing and sizing plants and bins for the\nmanufacture of crushed rock for concrete-making and for road-making in Vancouver. The\noutput of these stone quarrying and crushing plants, in the vicinity of Vancouver alone,\namounted last year to about 130,000 cubic yards of stone, valued at $175,000.\nNear Vancouver and Victoria, companies have been formed for supplying washed sand\nand gravel, properly screened to size ; at least some of those companies have installed a system\nof mining the gravel by hydraulic streams and the carrying of the product to the screens by\nthe water used. 1 Geo. 5 Bureau of Mines. K 27\nBUREAU OF MINES.\n. Work op the Year.\nThe work of the Bureau of Mines increases, of necessity, year by year, and this growing\nactivity is due to the following causes : the extension of the mining area of the Province,\nwith the proportional increase in the number of mines; the increasing desire of the outside\npublic for the free information which the Bureau supplies with regard to the various mining\ndistricts and camps, and the appreciation by the prospector of the fact that he may obtain,\ngratis, a determination of any rock or mineral which he may send to the Bureau.\nThe routine work of the office, and the preparation and publication of the Report for the\nyear just ended, followed by the examination in the field of as many of the mines and mining\ndistricts as the season would permit, together with the work of the Laboratory and instruction\nof students, fully occupied the staff for the year. The staff of the Bureau consists of the\nProvincial Mineralogist, the Provincial Assayer, and a junior assistant in the Laboratory,\nwith a clerk as temporary assistant during the publication of the Report.\nAfter the Report for the preceding year had been issued, the Provin-\nProvincial cial Mineralogist, with assistants, held an examination at Victoria of\nMineralogist. candidates for Certificates of Competency as Assayers, which lasted a week,\nafter which he was fully occupied with necessary office work until the\nseason was sufficiently advanced for field-work.\nIn May, 1910, the Provincial Mineralogist made a trip to the Boundary, attending a\nmeeting, at Grand Forks, of the Western Branch of the Canadian Mining Institute, of which\nhe is chairman, and afterwards proceeded to Midway to make an examination into a reported\nseam of coal which was being there opened up by a local syndicate. An examination was\nmade of this property, a number of samples being taken, and, after returning to Victoria, a\nreport on the property was made and submitted to the Government.\nIn June a short trip was made to Mayne island to examine a deposit of volcanic scorise,\nor crude pumice, occurring there. This had been located by prospectors, who thought it was\n\" fossil coke,\" or coke produced from the burning-over of a coal out-cropping by forest fires ;\nthe idea of trying whether it would burn not having occurred to them.\nThe first long trip of the season, to Tatlayoko lake, the headwaters of the Homathko\nriver, which flows into Bute inlet, was made at the special request of the Government, to\ndetermine what the immediate requirements of the district were as regards a direct waggon-\nroad to the Coast, for the transportation of ore and mining supplies.\nThe investigation was extended to embrace a preliminary survey as to the mineral\nprobabilities of the district, the notes of which will be found under the heading of the Nanaimo\nMining Division, in which district the territory is included.\nThe trip was started on July 11th, the date set by the owners of the claims for the\nexamination of the mineral claims there, and as early as it was probable the snow would be\noff the claims, which are at a considerable altitude.\nIt was intended that this trip should be extended from Chilko lake, south-east, along the\nline of the contact of the Coast granites with the interior sedimentary rocks, to the Lillooet K 28 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nDistrict; but this was found to be impossible at that season of the year, as the rivers were in\nhighest flood. Consequently, a return had to be made via Chilcotin and the Cariboo waggon-\nroad, the Provincial Mineralogist returning to Victoria to make his report, while his assistant,\nMr. Nation, with the baggage, proceeded to Lillooet.\nOn August 24th the Provincial Mineralogist left Victoria for Lillooet, arriving there on\nthe 27th. Mr. Nation had a pack-train arranged, so that a start was made from Lillooet on\nMonday, August 29th. The various mineral claims on Bridge river and its tributaries were\nexamined, after which, from Cadwallader creek, the summit was crossed over to McGillvray\ncreek, when the mines on that creek were visited ; then proceeding westward, vid Anderson\nlake and Pemberton meadows, the Squamish trail was followed to tide-water, a stop being\nmade to look over a group of claims near Green lake, and a return was made to Victoria on\nSeptember 20th. The notes of this trip will be found under the heading of the Lillooet\nMining Division.\nLeaving Victoria on September 27th, the Provincial Mineralogist, accompanied by Mr-\nNation, proceeded to the Portland Canal Mining Division, arriving there on October 3rd,\nand subsequently making an examination of the more developed properties on Bear river,\nreturning to Victoria on October 22nd, after which the report of the Portland canal trip was\nprepared and published as Bulletin No. 2, 1910, and is included in this Report under the\nheading of the Portland Canal Mining Division.\nIn December, together with the Provincial Assayer and Assistant Assayer, the Provincial\nMineralogist held a second examination for assayers in the Government Laboratory.\nASSAY OFFICE.\nThe following is a summary of the work of the Assay Office of the Bureau for the year\n1910, as reported by the Provincial Assayer, Mr. Herbert Carmichael :\u2014\nDuring the year 1910 there were made by the staff in the Government Assay Office 1,941\nassays or quantitative determinations, which is slightly in excess of the number made during\nthe previous year; of these, a number were for the Bureau of Mines, or for the Department,\nfor which no fees were received. The fees collected by the office were as follows :\u2014\nFees from assays $ 673 00\nii melting and assaying gold dust and bullion 126 00\nii assayers' examinations 275 00\nTotal cash receipts $1,074 00\nDeterminations and examinations made for other Government\nDepartments for which no fees were collected 500 00\nValue of assaying done $1,574 00\nThe value of gold melted during the year was $15,163, in 39 lots, as against $22,860 in\n63 lots in 1909.\nIn addition to the above quantitative work, a large number of qualita-\nFree tive determinations, or tests, were made in connection with the identification\nDeterminations, and classification of rocks or minerals sent to the Bureau for a report; of\nthese no count was kept, nor were any fees charged, as it is the established\ncustom of the Bureau to examine and test qualitatively, without charge, samples of minerals\nsent in from any part of the Province, and to give a report on the same. This has been done\nfor the purpose of encouraging the search for new or rare minerals and ores, and to assist\nprospectors and others in the discovery of new mining districts, by enabling them to have\ndetermined, free of cost, the nature and probable value of any rock they may find. In 1 Geo. 5 Bureau of Mines. K 29\nmaking these free determinations, the Bureau asks that the locality from which the sample\nwas obtained be given by the sender, so that the distribution of mineral over the Province\nmay be put on record.\nA considerable number of clays were tested during the year; all were found to be of\nclays of the Glacial age.\nA number of tests were made for the Departments of the Government of certain sands,\nfrom various parts of the Province, as to their suitability for use in the making of concrete.\nEXAMINATIONS FOR ASSAYERS.\nReport of Herbert Carmichael, Secretary of Board of Examiners.\nI have the honour, as Secretary, to submit the Annual Report of the Board of Examiners\nfor Certificates of Competency and Licence to Practise Assaying in British Columbia, as\nestablished under the \" Bureau of Mines Act Amendment Act, 1899.\"\nThe Act requires that at least two examinations shall be held each year, and such have\nduly taken place.\nBoth these examinations were held in the Government Laboratory at Victoria, each\noccupying a week ; the first examination began on May 13th, and the second on December\n12th, 1910.\nAt the first examination the Board consisted of the Provincial Mineralogist, Mr. D. E.\nWhittaker, Assistant Assayer, and Mr. Robert R. Hedley. At this examination two candidates came up for examination, but both failed to pass the required examination. At the\nDecember examination, the Board consisted of the Provincial Mineralogist, the Provincial\nAssayer, and Mr. D. E. Whittaker, the Assistant Assayer, at which three candidates stood for\nexamination and all successfully passed.\nIn addition to the three candidates, mentioned above, who successfully passed the\nexaminations, the Board recommended, during the year, the granting of six certificates by\nexemption, under subsection (2) of section 2 of the Act. In accordance with these recommendations, all these nine certificates have been duly issued by the Honourable the Minister of Mines-\nThe following is a list, up to December 31st, 1910, of those to whom Certificates of\nCompetency have been issued :\u2014\nList of Assayers holding Provincial Certificates of Efficiency under the\n\"Bureau of Mines Act Amendment Act, 1899.\"\n(Only the holders of such certificates may practise assaying in British Columbia.)\nUnder section 2, subsection (1).\nAustin, 3 ohn W Prince Rupert. Dunn, G. W Rossland.\nBaker, C. S. H Greenwood. Farquhar, J. B Vancouver.\nBarke, A. C Greenwood. Fingland, John J Sandon.\nBelt, Sam'l Erwin Greenwood. Grosvenor, F. E Riondel.\nBernard, Pierre.: Monte Christo, Wash. Hannay, W. H Rossland.\nBishop, Walter Grand Forks. Hart, P. E\t\nBuchanan, James Trail. Hawkins, Francis Vancouver.\nCampbell, Colin New Denver. Hawes, F. B Ladysmith.\nCarmichael, Norman Clifton, Arizona. Hook, A. Harry Greenwood.\nChurch, George B Hurter, C. S\t\nCobeldick, VV. M Scotland. Irwin, Geo. E Vancouver.\nCollinson, H Stewart. John, D Haileybury, Ont.\nComrie, George H Vancouver. Kiddie, Geo. R Observatory Inlet.\nCrerar, George King, R Greenwood.\nCruickshank, G Moyie. Kitto, Geoffrey B Ladysmith.\nDay, Athelstan Dawson. Lang, J. G\t\nDedolph, Ed Kaslo. Langley, A. S Crofton.\nDockrill, Walter R Chemainus. Ley, Richard N\t K 30\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nUnder section 3, subsection (1)\u2014Concluded.\nLindsay, W. W Rossland.\nLougworth, F. J Greenwood.\nMartin, S. J Prince Rupert.\nMarsh, Richard Spokane, Wash.\nMarshall, H. Jukes Vancouver.\nMarshall, William S Ladysmith.\nMiles, Arthur D\t\nMitchell, Charles T Grand Forks.\nMcCormick, Alan F Ruth, Nevada.\nMacDonald, Alex. C Vancouver.\nNicholls, Frank Norway.\nO'Sullivan, John Vancouver.\nParker, Robt. H Rossland.\nParsenow, W. L Victoria.\nPerkins, Walter G Basin, Montana.\nPiekard, T. D\t\nRichmond, Leigh Duncan, B. C.\nRobertson, T. R\t\nRodgers, Ch. B Vancouver.\nRombauer, A. B Butte, Mont.\nSchroeder, Curt. A\t\nSegsworth, Walter Toronto, Ont.\nSharpe, Bert N. \t\nSim, Charles John England.\nSnyder, Blanchard M\t\nSteven, Wm. Gordon\t\nStewart, James W Portland Canal.\nStimmel, B. A Trail.\nSundberg, Gustave Mexico City.\nTally, Robert E Spokane, Wash.\nThomas, Percival W\t\nTretheway, John H\t\nTurner, H. A\t\nVance, John F. 0. B Vancouver.\nVan Agnew, Frank Siberia.\nVaughan-Williams, V. L... .California.\nWrales, Koland T\t\nWatson, Wm. J Ladysmith.\nWelch, J. Cuthbcit Butte, Mont.\nWells, Ben T Ladysmith.\nWest, Geo. G Vancouver.\nWhittaker, Delbert F Victoria.\nWiddowson, E. Walter Nelson.\nWilliams, W. A Grand Forks.\nWilliams, Eliot H Nelson.\nWimberly, S. H Nevada, U. S. A.\nUnder section 2, subsection (2J.\nArcher, Allan\t\nBrennan, Charles Victor ... .Nova Scotia.\nBrowne, D. J Rossland.\nBryant, Cecil M Vancouver.\nBla3'lock, Selwyn G Trail.\nBurwash, N. A\t\nCartwright, Cosmo T\t\nCavers, Thomas W Rossland.\nClothier, George A Stewart.\nCole, Arthur A Cobalt, Ont.\nCole, G. E Rossland.\nCole, L. Heber Ottawa, Ont.\nConway, E. J\t\nCoulthard, R. W Bellevue, Alta.\nCowans, Frederick\t\nDawson, V. E Trail.\nDixon. Howard A Toronto, Ont.\nGalbraith, M. T\t\nGilman, Ellis P Vancouver.\nGreen, J. T. Raoul Blairmore, Alta.\nGuess, George A Trail.\nGwillim, J. C Kingston, Ontario.\nHeal, John H\t\nHilliary, G. M Idaho, U. S. A.\nHotdich, Augustus H England.\nJohnston, William Steele.. . .Lachine, Que.\nKaye, Alexander Vancouver.\nKendall, George Vancouver.\nKilburn, Geo. H\t\nLathe, Frank E Grand Forks.\nLay, Douglas\t\nLewis, Francis B South Africa.\nMerrit, Charles P\t\nMurphy, C J\t\nMusgrave, William N Mexico City.\nMussen, Horace VV Siberia.\nMcArthur, Reginald E \t\nMcDiarmid, S. S\t\nMcGinnis, Wm. C Queen Charlotte Islands\nMcLellan, John m n\nUnder section 2, subsection (2). \u2014Concluded.\nMoMurtry, Gordon 0\t\nMcNab, J. A. Trail.\nMePhee, W. B\t\nMcVicar, John Edmonton, Alta.\nMaclennan, F. W Rossland.\nOuthett, Christopher Kamloops.\nPemberton, W. P. D Victoria.\nReid, J. A Greenwood.\nRitchie, A. B\t\nRose, J. H\t\nScott, Oswald Norman\t\nShannon, S\t\nSharpe, G. P Midland, Ont.\nSloan, David Three Forks.\nStevens, F. G Mexico.\nSullivan, Michael H Trail.\nSutherland, T. Fraser\t\nSwinney, Leslie A. E\t\nThomson, H. Nellis Anaconda, Montana.\nThomson, Robt, W\t\nWatson, A. A Olalla.\nWatson, Henry\t\nWorkman, Ch. W\t\nWright, Richard Rossland.\nWynne, Lewellyn C\t\nYuill, H. H Silverton.\nUnder section 2, subsection (3).\nCarmichael, Herbert Victoria.\n(Provincial Assayer.)\nHarris, Henry ,. .. Australia.\nHedley, Robt. R Vancouver.\nKiddie, Thos Vancouver.\nSutton, W. J Victoria.\nPreviously issued under the\nPinder, W. J Dawson, _Y. T.\nMoKillop, Alexander Vancouver.\nPellew-Harvey, Wm London, England.\nRobertson, Wm. F Victoria.\n(Provincial Mineralogist.)\nMarshall, Dr. T. R London, England.\nBureau of Mines Act, 1897,\" section 12.\nThompson, James B Vancouver. 1 Geo. 5 Bureau of Mines. K 31\nEXAMINATIONS FOR COAL-MINE OFFICIALS.\nThe \" Coal-mines Regulation Act,\" as now consolidated and amended, provides that all\nofficers of a coal-mining company having any direct charge of work underground shall hold\nGovernment Certificates of Competency, which are to be obtained only after passing an examination before a duly qualified Board, appointed for the purpose of holding such examinations, and known as the Managers' Board.\nThe certificates granted on the recommendation of such Board and the requirements shall\nbe as follows :\u2014\n\" In no case shall a certificate of competency be granted to any candidate until he shall\nsatisfy the Board of Examiners\u2014\n\" (a.) If a candidate for a manager, that he is a British subject and has had at least\nfive years' experience in and about the practical workings of a coal-mine, and is\nat least twenty-five years of age; or, if he has taken a degree in scientific and\nmining training, including a course in coal-mining at a university or mining\nschool approved by the Minister of Mines, that he has had at least four years'\nexperience in and about the practical working of a coal-mine :\n\" (6.) If a candidate for overman, that he has had at least five years' experience in\nand about the practical working of a coal-mine, and is at least twenty-three\nyears of age :\n\" (c.) If a candidate for shiftboss, fireboss, or shotlighter, that he has had at least three\nyears' experience in and about the practical working of a coal-mine, is the\nholder of a certificate of competency as a coal-miner, and is at least twenty-\nthree years of age :\n\" (d.) A candidate for a certificate of competency as manager, overman, shiftboss,\nfireboss, or shotlighter shall produce a certificate from a duly qualified medical\npractitioner or St. John's or other recognised ambulance society, showing that he\nhas taken a course in ambulance work fitting him, the said candidate, to give\nfirst aid to men injured in coal-mining operations.\n\" For the purposes of this section the experience demanded by such section shall be of\nsuch character as the Board shall consider of practical value in qualifying the candidate for\nthe position to which such class of certificate applies.\n\" Experience had in a mine outside of the Province may be accepted should the Board\nconsider such of equal value.\"\nAny certificate is considered as including that of any lower class.\nEXAMINATION FOR MINERS.\nIn addition to the examinations and certificates already specified as coming under the\nManagers' Board, the Act further provides that every coal-miner shall be the holder of a\ncertificate of competency as such. By \"miner\" is meant ': a person employed underground\nin any coal-mine to cut, shear, break, or loosen coal from the solid, whether by hand or\nmachinery.\"\nExaminations for a miner's certificate are held each month at each colliery by a Board of\nExaminers, known as the Miners' Board, and consisting of an examiner appointed by the\nowners, an examiner elected by the miners of that colliery, and an examiner appointed by the\nGovernment. K 32\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nBOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR COAL-MINE OFFICIALS.\nFirst-, Second-, and Third-class Certificates.\nReport of Secretary of Board, Francis H. Shepherd.\nI beg to submit the Annual Report covering the transactions of the above Board for the\nyear ending December 31st, 1910.\nThe Board of Appointment of Examiners consists of Messrs. Andrew Bryden, of Merritt,\nChairman ; Tully Boyce, of Nanaimo, Vice-Chairman ; Thomas R. Stockett, George Williams,\nand Francis H. Shepherd, of Nanaimo; David Wilson, of Hosmer; and John John,of Wellington.\nThe meetings are held in the office of the Chief Inspector of Mines at Nanaimo.\nExaminations were held for First-, Second-, and Third-class Certificates at Nanaimo,\nFernie, Cumberland, and Merritt, on August 16th, 17th, and 18th, 1910.\nThe total number of candidates was as follows : For first-class, 20 (10 failed); for second-\nclass, 20 (3 failed); for third-class, 38 (8 failed); total, 78.\nThe above total was as large as at any previous examination, which would emphasize the\nfact that examinations must be held sufficiently frequent to meet the evidently increasing\ndemand for coal-mine officials. With this fact in view, the Board has appointed May 9th,\n10th, and 11th, 1911, as the date of the next examinations, to be held at Nanaimo, Fernie,\nCumberland, and Merritt, for First-, Second-, and Third-class Certificates. The fullest\n^formation is afforded the intending candidates as to the standard of efficiency required, and\ncopies of previous questions mav be had in printed form by applying to the Secretary at Nanaimo.\nOur present standard seems to be all that is required to bring out the necessary\nqualifications, and it may be stated that the general result has been that our certificated\nofficials have given good satisfaction where they have been employed.\nThe present-day facilities for obtaining technical education are greater than they were a\nfew years ago. Local technical classes have at various times been started at the large mines,\nbut generally failed for lack of financial support, and it would be pertinent to suggest that the\nGovernment might subsidise these classes in the interest of greater efficiency, and consequently\nincreased safety.\nThe correspondence schools, with their excellent text-books, have done much good as a\npreparatory course to our examinations, but this method must be accompanied by faithful and\nconscientious application, and it would seem that a combination of these two methods would\nbe preferable.\nI append hereto a list of the candidates who successfully passed the examinations in the\nvarious classes.\nList of Successful Candidates. Examinations held August 16th, 17th, and 18th, 1910.\nFirst-class Candidates.\nName.\nDate.\nNo.\nSeptember 10th, 1910.\nII\nII\nil\nII\nII\nII\nII\nJ. McCulloch\t\nB. L. Thorne\t\n* F. D. Alderson\t\nT. J. Shenton\t\nJ. H. McMillan\t\nR. T. Stewart \t\nJ. Wallbank\t\nJ. D. Thomas\t 1 Geo. 5\nBureau of Mines.\nK 33\nList of Successful Candidates. Examinations held August 16th, 17th,\nand 18th, 1910. \u2014 Concluded.\nSecond-class Candidates.\nName.\nDate.\nNo.\nHarry E. Miard ,\nSeptember 10th, 1910.\nB107\nB108\nJohn Cobden Hughes. , \t\nB109\nB110\nBill\nB112\nB113\nB 114\nB1I5\nBUG\nB117\nB118\nB 119\nB120\nB 121\nB 122\nB 123\nThird-class Candidates.\nName.\nD. McMillan\nJames Brown....\nThos. Thomas ...\nHenry Mitchell ..\nA. E. Smith\t\nWm. R. Puckey .\nAlex. Dewar\t\nGeo. L. Oswald .\nWalter Price\nDavid Shanks\nRobert Heaps . .\nAlex. Ewart\t\nJos. Calverly\nR. G. Hilton. .. .\nRichard Garbett .\nGeo. Harvie\t\nThos. Bullen\t\nJ. T. Sharpies. ..\nLeroy Taylor ....\nM. Stafford \t\nRobert Reid.\nFred Harwood...\nJ. Wm. Makin . .\nBenj. J. Lewis ..\nRobt. McNeill...\nPeter Millar\t\nM. D. McLean ..\nJohn Jenkins\nPeter Judge\t\nJohn Brown\t\nDate.\nSeptember 10th, 1910.\nNo.\nC363\nC364\nC365\nC366\nC367\nC368\nC369\nC370\nC371\nC372\nC373\nC374\nC375\nC376\nC377\nC378\nC379\nC380\nC381\nC382\nC383\nC 384\nC 385\nC3S6\nC387\nC388\nC 389\nC390\nC391\nC392 K 34\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nRegistered List of Holders of Certificates of Competency as\nCoal-mine Officials.\nFirst-class Certificates.\u2014Service Certificates issued under Section 39,\nMines Regulation Act, 1877.\"\n; Coal\nJohn Bryden, Victoria.\nEdward G. Prior.\nThomas A. Buckley.\nArchibald Dick, Government Inspector of Mines.\nJames Dunsmuir, Victoria.\nJames Cairns, Comox, Farmer.\nFirst-class Certificates of Competency issued under \" Coal Mines\nRegulation Act, 1897.\"\nName.\nShepherd, Francis H. ...\nHonobin, William\t\nLittle, Francis D\t\nMartell, Joshua\t\nChandler, William\t\nPriest, Elijah\t\nMcGregor, James\t\nRandle, Joseph\t\nMatthews, John\t\nNorton, Richard Henry\nBryden, Andrew\t\nRussell, Thomas\t\nSharp, Alexander\t\nKesley, John\t\nWall, William H\t\nMorgan, Thomas\t\nWilson, David\t\nSmith, Frank B\t\nBradshaw, George B . ..\nSimpson, William G. .. .\nHargreaves, James\t\nDrinnan, Robert G\t\nBrowitt, Benjamin\t\nStockett, Thomas, Jr ..\nPearson, Robert\t\nCunliffe, John\t\nEvans, Daniel\t\nMcBvoy, James\t\nWilson, A. R\t\nSimister, Charles\t\nBudge, Thomas\t\nMills, Thomas\t\nFaulds, Alexander\t\nRichards, James A. ...\nMcLean, Donald \t\nWilkinson, Geo\t\nWright, H. B\t\nCoulthard, R. W \t\nRoaf, J. Richardson . ..\nJohn, John\t\nMauley, H. L\t\nDate.\nMarch\n5th,\n1881\nMay\n1st,\n1882\na\n1st,\n1st,\nII\nDecember\n21st,\n21st,\n1883\nJanuary\n18th,\n18th,\n1888\na\n8th,\n1889\nAugust\n26th,\nII\nDecember\n30th,\nIt\nApril\n20th,\n1891\nOctober\n27th,\na\nMarch\n4th,\n1892\nMay\n30th,\n1896\n\u201e\n30th,\nII\n\u201e\n30th,\nII\na\n30th,\n\u201e\nJune\n12th,\n12th,\n1899\na\nFebruary\n5th,\n1901\n.\/\noth,\nII\nAugust\n3rd,\n3rd,\n\"\n.\/\n3rd,\nIt\na\n3rd,\n3rd,\n\"\nOctober\n17th,\n1902\na\n17th,\nII\nit\n17th,\nIt\n,1\n17th,\nII\na\n17th,\nIt\na\n17th,\n17th,\nIt\nJanuary\n21st,\n1905\n\/\/\n21st,\nft\n\/;\n21st,\nII\n\/\/\n21st,\nIt\nn\n21st,\nIt\nn\n21st,\n21st,\nIt 1 Geo. 5\nBureau of Mines.\nK 35\nFirst-class Certificates issued under \"Coal Mines Regulation Act Further\nAmendment Act, 1904.\"\n*Alderson, F. D\t\nBiggs, J. G\t\nBridge, Edward\t\nCaufield, B\t\nDarbyshire, James..\nDavidson, W. A....\nDevlin, Henry\t\nEliiott, Daniel\t\nEmmerson, Joseph..\nEvans, Evan\t\nFrance, Thos\t\nFraser, Norman\nFreeman, H. N\t\nGalloway, C. F. J. ..\nGraham, Charles....\nGraham, Thomas . ..\nGray, James\t\nHeathcote, Elijah. ..\nHenderson, Robert..\nHolden, James\t\nJackson, Thos. R . ..\nJames, William.\nKeith, Thomas\t\nKinsman, A. D\t\nKnox, T. K\t\nLancaster, W\t\nLockhart, Wm\t\nMcCulloch, J\t\nMcGuickie, Thomas.\nMcMillan, J. H\t\nMcVicar, Samuel ...\nMillar, John K\t\nMontgomery, J. S...\nMordy, Thomas\t\nNewton, John \t\nSaville, Luther\t\nShanks, John \t\nShaw, Alex\t\nShenton, T. J\t\nShone, Samuel\t\nSloan, Hugh\t\nSmith, Joseph\t\nSpruston, T. A\t\nStevens, L. C\t\nStewart, R. T\t\nStrachan, Robert ...\nThomas, J. D\t\nThome, B. L\t\nWallbank, J\t\nWilliams, Thos. H..\nWylie, John\t\nSeptember 10th,\n1910\nJuly 22nd,\n1908\n22nd,\n\u201e\nMay 1st,\n1909\nNovember 9th,\n1907\nMay 1st,\n1909\n\/\/ 1st,\n\u201e\nNovember 9th,\n1907\n9th,\nn\n9th,\n\u201e\n\u201e 22nd,\n1906\nMarch 4th,\n1905\nMay 1st,\n1909\nJuly 22nd,\n1908\nNovember 14th,\n1905\ni, 9th,\n1907\n27th,\n1909\nMarch 4th,\n1905\nNovember 27 th,\n1909\nMay 1st,\n\u201e\nNovember 9th,\n1907\nJuly 22nd,\n1908\nNovember 9th,\n1907\nSeptember 10th,\n1910\nJuly 27th,\n1909\nJuly 22nd,\n1908\nMay 1 st,\n1909'\nSeptember 10th,\n1910\nTuly 22nd,\nSeptember 10th,\n1908\n1910\"\nMay 1st,\n1909\nNovember 22nd,\n1906\nMay 1st,\n1909\nSeptember 10th,\n1910'\nJuly 22nd,\n1908\n22nd,\nII\nMay 1st,\n1909\nNovember 14th,\n1905-\nSeptember 10th,\n1910\nMay 1st,\n1909-\nNovember 27th,\n,i\nJuly 22nd,\n1908\nNovember 7th,\n1909\n27th,\n\u201e\nSeptember 10th,\n1910\nMarch 4th,\n1905\nSeptember 10th,\n1910\nKith,\n1910\n10th,\n1910\nNovember 22nd,\n1906\nJuly 22nd,\n1908\nKilled, Bellevue Mine, Alberta. K 36\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nFirst-class Certificates issued under \"Coal Mines Regulation Act Further\nAmendment Act, 1904.\"\u2014Concluded.\nSecond-class Certificates of Service.\nName.\nCorkhill, Thomas \t\nMorton, T. R\t\nLoe, John S \t\nMillar, J. K\t\nMcCliment, John '.\t\nMartin, David\t\nHunt, John ...\nWalker, David \t\nShort, Richard \t\nPowell, William Baden\t\nSharp, James \t\nBryden, Alexander\t\nSecond-class Certificates of Competency issued under \"Coal Mines Regulation\nAct Further Amendment Act, 1904.\"\nCer. No.\nB 7\nB 8\nB 9\nBIO\nB 11\nB 12\nB 13\nB 14\nB 15\nB Hi\nB 17\nB IS\nAdamson, Robert..\nAlderson, F. D\t\nAnderson, Robert..\nRarelay, Andrew ..\nBastian, John\t\nBevis, Nathaniel...\nBiggs, J\t\nBiggs, John G\t\nBrace, Thomas\t\nBridge, Edward . ..\nBrown, David\t\nBrown, John C ... .\nBushell, J. P\t\n\u2022Carroll, Henry ....\nCaufield, Bernard .\nCawthorne, L\t\n\u2022Churchill, James. ..\nCommons, Wm\nCook, Joseph\t\n\u25a0Crawford, David...\nCunliffe, T\t\nDaniels, David\t\nDarbyahire, James.\nDavies, Stephen...\nDevlin, Henry\t\nDunsmuir, John . ..\nDykes, J. W\t\nEccleston, Wm ....\nEvans, Evan\t\nFairfoyll, R\t\nFinlayson, James .\nFoster, W. R\t\nFrance, Thos\t\nFrancis, Enoch .. .\nFrancis, James ....\nFreeman, Henry N.\n\u2022Gardner, John\t\nGillespie, Hugh....\n\u2022Gillespie, John ....\nGraham, Chas\t\nGray, David. \t\nHenderson, Robert.\nHowells, N\t\nHudson, George . ..\nHughes, John C.. .\nName.\nSeptember\nNovember\nSeptember\nJuly\nNovember\nSeptember\nMay\nNovember\nOctober\nSeptem ber\nOctober\nMay\nJuly\nOctober\nMay\nJuly\nSeptember\nJuly\nMay\nit\nNovember\nOctober\nSeptember\nNovember\n\/\/\nMay\nMarch\nMay\nJuly\nNovember\nMay\nJuly\nNovember\nJuly\nOctober\nMarch\nMay\nJuly\nNovember\nSeptember\n10th\n29th\n10th.\n29th\n2nd.\n10th\n1st\n2nd\n27th\n23rd\n10th\n23rd\n1st\n22nd\n23rd\n1st\n22nd\n10th\n22nd\n1st\n1st\n2nd\n23rd\n10th\n2nd\n14th\n1st\n1st\nnth\n1st\n29th\n27th\n14th\n1st\n22nd\n2nd\n22nd\n29th\n23rd\n4th\n1st\n22nd\n27th\n10th\n10th.\n1910\n1909\n1910\n1905\n1907\n1910\n1909\n190'\n1909\n1906\n1910\n1906\n1909\n1908\n1906\n1909\n1908\n1910\n1908\n1909\n1907\n1906\n1910\n1907\n1905\n1909\n1905\n1909\n1905\n1909\n1905\n1909\n1908\n1907\n1908\n1905\n1906\n1905\n1909\n1908\n1909\n1910\nNo.\nB 120\nB 100\nB 119\nB25\nB42\nB 123\nB94\nB40\nB96\nB33\nB 108\nB39\nB81\nB62\n15 30\nB93\nB65\nB 115\nB 64\nB88\nB78\nB53\nB32\nB 113\nB44\nB26\nB77\nB87\nB 2\nB83\nB21\nB 102\nB27\nB86\nB63\nB45\nB68\nB24\nB36\nB 1\nB76\nB60\nB97\nB 121\nB 109 1 Geo. 5\nBureau of Mines.\nK37\nSecond-class Certificates of Competency issued under \" Coal Mines Regulation\nAct Further Amendment Act, 1904.\"\u2014Concluded.\nName.\nJackson, Thos. R\t\nJames, David\t\nJarrett, Fred\t\nJaynes, Frank\t\nJohn, Howell\t\nJohnson, Moses\t\nJones, William\t\nJones, William T\t\nJordon, Thos\t\nLancaster, William ...\nLee, Robert John\t\nLockhart, William. ...\nMassey, H\t\nMatusky, A\t\nMazay, W.J\t\nMerryfield, William...\nMiard, Hy. E\t\nMiddleton, Robert. ...\nMonks, James\t\nMorgan, John\t\nMorris, John\t\nMorton, B.obert W. ...\nMusgrove, J\t\nMcFegan, W\t\nMcGuckie, Thomas M .\nMcKelvie, J\t\nMcKendrick, And\t\nMcKinnell, David\t\nMcPherson, James E.\nNellist, David\t\nNewton, John\t\nNewton, Wm\t\nO'Brien, George\t\nOvington, John\t\nParkinson, T \t\nParnham, Charles\t\nRankin, Geo\t\nReid, Thomas\t\nRichards, Thomas... .\nRigby, John\t\nRoberts, Ebenezer\nRobinson, William. ..\nRogers, George\t\nRussell, Daniel\t\nRussell, John\t\nSaville, Luther\t\nShaw, Alex\t\nSomerville, Alex\t\nSpruston, Thos. A\t\nStewart, J. M\t\nStockwell, William .. .\nThomas, J. B\t\nThomas, Joseph D\nThompson, Joseph\nTonge, Thomas\t\nVanhulle, Peter\t\nVirgo, J\t\nWatson, Adam G ....\nWebber, John Frank .\nWesnedge, W \t\nWhite, John \t\nWilliams, Watkin\t\nWilson, Thomas\t\nWilson, W\t\nWorthington, Joseph .\nWyllie, John B\t\nMarch\nNovember\nMay\nSeptember\nMay\nJuly\nNovember\nSeptember\nOctober\nNovember\niVIay\nNovember\nJuly\nSeptember\nJuly\nNovember\nn\nJuly\nMay\nNovember\nOctober\nMay\nSeptember\nOctober\nJuly\nMarch\nOctober\nSeptember\nMay\nNovember\nMay\nNovember\na\nJuly\nNovember\nJuly\nSeptember\nJuly\nMay\nNovember\nJuly\nMarch\nNovember\nMay\nNovember\nOctober\nSeptember\nJuly\nNovember\nMay\nNovember\nMarch\nNovember\n\/\/\nSeptember\nJuly\nIt\nMay\nJuly\n4th\n2nd\n1st\n10th\n10th\n1st\n29th\n22nd\n27th\n2nd\n10th.\n23rd\n27th\n1st\n27 th\n22nd\n10th\n22nd\n2nd\n2nd\n22nd\n22nd\n1st\n27th\n23rd\n1st\n10th\n23rd\n22nd\n4th\n23rd\n10th\n1st\n2nd.\n1st\n2nd\n27th\n29th\n2nd\n29th\n10th,\n22nd\n1st.\n2nd.\n2nd\n2nd\n29th\n4th\n2nd\n1st.\n2nd\n27th\n23rd\n10th\n22nd\n2nd\n1st\n14th\n4th\n27th\n2nd\n10th\n22nd\n22nd\n1st\n29th.\n1905\n1907\n1909\n1910\n1909\n1905\n1908\n1909\n1907\n1910\n1906\n1909\n1908\n1910\n1908\n1907\n1908\n1909\n1906\n1909\n1910\n1906\n1908\n1905\n1906\n1910\n1909\n1907\n1909\n1907\n1909\n1905\n1907\n1905\n1910\n1908\n1909\n1907\n1905\n1907\n1909\n1907\n1909\n1906\n1910\n1908\n1907\n1909\n1905\n1909\n1907\n1910\n1908\nnt\n1909\n1908\nCer. No.\nB 5\nB58\nB84\nB 111\nB 122\nB75\nB20\nB66\nB 104\nB50\nB 110\nB34\nB99\nB91\nB 101\nB61\nB 107\nB72\nB55\nB43\nB67\nB59\nB90\nB 106\nB35\nB92\nB 112\nB37\nB73\nB 6\nB31\nB 116\nB82\nB52\nB80\nB49\nB 103\nB23\nB57\nB29\nB 117\nB69\nB79\nB41\nB47\nB51\nB 19\nB 4\nB46\nB95\nB56\nB 105\nB38\nB114\nB71\nB54\nB89\nB28\nB 3\nB98\nB48\nB US\nB74\nB70\nB85\nB22 K 38\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nThird-class Certificates issued under \" Coal Mines Regulation Act Further\nAmendment Act, 1904.\"\nAdamson, R\t\nAlmond, Alex\t\nAlmond, W\t\nBaggaley, J\t\nBarlow, B. R\t\nBarnes, B. J\t\nBeeton, D. H\t\nBiggs, John\t\nBirchell, Richard .\nBlewett, Ernest...\nBradley, William .\nBridge, Edward . .\nBriscoe, F\t\nBrown, David\t\nBrown, James . . .\nBrown, John\t\nBrown, Thomas\nBrownrigg, J. H. .\nBullen, Thomas...\nBushell, Jas. P .. ..\nCalverly, Joseph. .\nCatchpole, Charles\nCaufield, J\t\nCheetham, Ben....\nClifford, William .\n\u2022Commons, William\nCooke, Joseph\t\nCrawford, David. .\nCunningham, G. F\nCunliffe, Thos\t\nDavis, William ...\nDewar, Alex\t\nDevlin, Edward . .\nDoherty, J.J\t\nDollemore, F. J. G.\nDoney, John\t\nDouglas, D. B\t\nDykes, Joseph W.\nEvans, D\t\nEwart, Alex\t\nFrancis, James ....\nFreeman, H. G ....\nFrew, A\t\nFrodsham, Vincent\nGarbett, Richard..\nGraham, John\t\nHallinan, W\t\nHalsall, J\t\nHarwood, Fred ...\nHarvie, George....\nHayes, Edward....\nHeaps, Robert....\nHilley, Fred\t\nHilton, R G\t\nHodson, R. H . ...\nHorrocks, A. G...\nHorwood, S\t\nHowells, Nathaniel\nHutchison, Ben ...\nHutchison, F\t\nJarrett, Fred. J ...\nJaynes, Frank\t\nJemson, J. W\t\nJenkins, John\t\nJohn, Howel\t\nJohnson, Moses....\nMay\nOctober\nJuly\nII\nMay\nMarch\nOctober\nJuly\nNovember\nSeptember\nJuly\nSeptember\nOctober\nSeptember\nJuly\nMay\nJuly\nMarch\n\/\/\nNovember\nOctober\nMay\nSeptember\nOctober\nI May\nMarch\nOctober\n\/\/\nJuly\nSeptember\nOctober\nNovember\na\nJuly\nSeptember\nJuly\nMay\nJuly\nSeptember\n\/\/\nMay\nSeptember\nJuly\nSeptember\nMarch\nMay\nJuly\nMay\nNovember\na\nOctober\nJuly\nMarch\nSeptember\nJuly\nOctober\n1st.\n1st.\n22nd\n22nd\n1st\n1st\n1st,\n4th\n1st\n22nd\n22nd\n29th\n22nd.\n1st.\n10th\n10th\n22nd\n22nd\n10th\n1st,\n10th\n29th\n1st,\n22nd\n22nd\n22nd\n4th\n4th\n11th\n1st\n1st\n10th\n23rd\n1st.\n1st.\n4th\n23rd\n1st\n22nd\n10th\n1st\n14th\n27 th\n52nd\n10th\n22nd;\n1st.\n22nd\n10th\n10th\n1st\n10th\n22nd\n10th\n4th\n1st\n22nd.\n1st,\n14th\n27th\n1st\n22nd\n4th.\n10th\n22nd\n1st.\n1909\n1907\n1908\n1909\n1905\n1907\n1908\n1905\n1908\n1909\n1910\n1908\n1910\n1907\n1910\n1905\n1909\n1908\n1907\n1909\n1910\n1905\n1909\n'I\n1905\n1906\n1907\n1908\n1910\n1907\n1905\n1909\n1908\n1910\n1908\n1909\n1908\n1910\n1909\n1910\n1908\n1910\n1905\n1909\n1908\n1909\n1905\n1909\n1907\n1908\n1905\n1910\n1908\n1907\nC 323\nC 252\nC286\nC300\nC 337\nC346\nC 338\nC210\nC266\nC298\nC291\nC 223\nC309\nC348\nC364\nC392\nC278\nC276\nC379\nC264\n\u2022C 375\nC227\nC321\nC311\nC313\nC304\nC209\nC 208\nC229\nC265\nC339\nC369\nC241\nG340\nC328\nC2J)\nC235\nC24\nC28\nC374\nC25\nC230\nC360\nC282\nC377\nC292\nC343\nC307\nC384\nC378\nC320\nC373\nC290\nC376\nC216\nC324\nC312\nC316\nC232\nC3.38\nC256\nC277\nC205\nC390\nC 305\nC258 1 Geo. 5\nBureau of Mines.\nK 39\nThird-class Certificates issued under \" Coal Mines Regulation Act Further\nAmendment Act, 1904.\"\u2014Continued.\nJones, W. T\t\nJoyce, W\t\nJudge, Peter\t\nKirkeberg, H. S\t\nLancaster, William .\nLane, Joseph\t\nLeeman, T\t\nLewis, Benj. J\t\nLiddie, John\t\nMakin, J. Wm\t\nMalone, Patrick\t\nMansfield, A\t\nManson, T. H\t\nMarsh, John\t\nMason, J\t\nMassey, Henry\t\nMather. Thomas\t\nMattishaw, Samuel K .\nMatusky, Andrew....\nMawson, J. T\t\nMerrifield, George ....\nMerrifield, William ...\nMillar, Peter\t\nMitchell, C\t\nMitchell, Henry\t\nMonks, James\t\nMoore, George\t\nMoore, J\t\nMoreland, Thomas....\nMorgan, John\t\nMe Alpine, John\t\nMcBroom, Al\t\nMcCulloch, James\nMcFegan, VV\t\nMcGarry, M\t\nMcGuckie, Thomas...\nMcKelvie, J\t\nMcLean, M. D\t\nMcLellan, William ...\nMcLeod, James\t\nMcMillan, D\t\nMcNay, Carmichael..\nMcNeill, Adam T.. .\nMcNeill, Robert\t\nNeen, Joseph\t\nNelson, Horatio\t\nO'Brien, Charles\t\nOswald, Geo. L\t\nOwen, T\t\nParker, L\t\nParkinson, T\t\nPerry, James\t\nPhilips, T\t\nPickup, A\t\nPicton, W\t\nPlank, Samuel\t\nPrice, Walter\t\nPuckey, Wm. R\t\nRallison, R\t\nRankin, George \t\nRatcliffe, Thomas ....\nRaynor, Fred\t\nReid, Robert\t\nReilty, Thomas\t\nRermy, Jas\t\nRichards. James\t\nMarch 4th\nNovember 27th\nSeptember 10th\nNovember 27tl\nOctober 23rd\n1st\nMay 1st\nSeptember 10th\nJuly 29th\nSeptember 10th\nOctober 1st.\nMay 1st\nJuly 22nd\nOctober 1st\nJuly 22nd\nMay 1st.\nJuly 22nd.\nOctober 23rd\n1st\nNovember 27th\nOctober 23rd\n23rd\nSeptember 10th\nMay 1st\nSeptember 10th\nNovember 14th\nOctober 23rd\nMay\nJuly\nMarch\nJuly\nMay\nJuly\n1st,\n22nd\n29th\n4th\n2nd\n1st,\n1st\n1st\n29th\n22nd\nSeptember 10th\nMarch 4th\nJuly 22nd\nSeptember 10th\nJuly 22nd\n22nd\nSeptember 10th\nNovember 27th\nOctober 1st\nNovember 27th\nSeptember 10th\nMay 1st,\n1st.\nJuly 22nd\nMarch 4th\nNovember 27th\nJuly 22nd\nMay 1st\nNovember 14th\nSeptember 10th\n10th\nJuly 22nd\n22nd\nOctober 1st\n;; 1st\nSeptember 10th\nJuly 22nd,\nNovember 27th\n\/\/ 1st\n1905\n1909\n1910\n1909\n1906\n1907\n1909\n1910\n1905\n1910\n1907\n1909\n1908\n1907\n1908\n1909\n1908\n1906\n1907\n1909\n1906\n1910\n1909\n1910\n1905\n1906\n1909\n1908\n1905\n1908\n1909\n1905\n1908\n1910\n1905\n1908\n1910\n1908\n1910\n1909\n1907\n1909\n1910\n1909\n1908\n1905\n1909\n1908\n1909\n1905\n1910\n1908\n1907\n1910\n1908\n1909\n1907\nC221\nC361\nC391\nC350\nC243\nC254\nC345\nC386\nC 228\nC385\nC247\nC336\nC280\nC270\nC297\nC317\nC293\nC237\nC259\nC359\nC239\nC236\nC388\nC322\nC366\nC234\nC242\nC335\nC299\nC224\nC217\nC287\nC315\nC319\nC326\nC226\nC285\nC389\nC219\nC296\nC 363\nC306\nC281\nC387\nC352\nC263\nC349\nC370\nC347\nC341\nC289\nC215\nC356\nC310\nC 333\nC 233\nC371\nC368\nC279\nC275\n0 253\nC257\nC 383\nC303\nC354\nC249 K 40\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nThird-class Certificates issued under \"Coal Mines Regulation Act Further\nAmendment Act, 1904.\"\u2014Concluded.\nName.\nRichards, Samuel\t\nRigby, John\t\nRoberts, E\t\nRobinson, M\t\nRoper, William\t\nRussell, Robert\t\nRutledge, Edwin\t\nSaville, E. 0\t\nScott, Henry\t\nShanks, David \t\nSharp, James\t\nSharpies, J. T\t\nShearer, L\t\nShenfield, W\t\nShooter, Joseph\t\nShortman, J\t\nSimister, J. H\t\nSimister, W . \t\nSkelton, Thos\t\nSmith, A. E\t\nSmith, Joseph\t\nSmith, Thos. J \t\nSparks, Edward (C 314 issued in lieu of C 255 destroyed by Fernie fire)\nSpencer, G\t\nSprusten, R. L \t\nSpruston, Thomas A \t\nStafford, M\t\nStewart, James M\t\nStockwell, William\t\nSuik, George\t\nTaylor, Charles M\t\nTaylor, Leroy . \t\nThomas, Thomas\t\nThomas, John B\t\nThomas, Joseph \t\nThomas, Warriett ...\nThompson, Thomas\t\nThompson, Joseph\t\nThomson, Duncan \t\nWallace, Fred \t\nWatson, Adam G\t\nWatson, George\t\nWatson, William\t\nWeeks, John\t\nWhite, John .. \t\nWilcock, J \t\nWilliams, Watkin\t\nWilson, Thomas\t\nWilson, William\t\nWinstanley, H\t\nWintle, Thomas A\t\nWorthington, J\t\nDate.\nOctober\nJuly\nMay\nJuly\nNovember\nJuly\nOctober\nJuly\nSeptember\nMay\nSeptember\nMay\nNovember\nOctober\nMay\nNovember\nMay\nSeptember\nMarch\nOctober\nMay\nNovember\nMarch\nSeptember\nOctober\nMay\nMarch\nSeptember\nNovember\nMarch\nOctober\nMarch\nOctober\nMarch\nJuly\nOctober\nMarch\nOctober\nJuly\nOctober\nJuly\n23rd\n29th\n1st,\n1st\n22nd\n27 th\n22nd\n1st\n22nd\n10th\n1st.\n10th\n1st,\n27tb\n1st\n1st.\n27th\n1st\n1st.\n10th\n4th\n1st\n1st\n1st.\n27th,\n4th\n10th\n23rd\n23rd\n1st,\n4th\n10th\n10th\n14th\n4th\n1st\n1st\n1st,\n4th\n1st\n4th\n22nd\n22nd\n4th\n22nd\n22nd\n22nd,\n1st,\n1st\n22nd\n29 th\n22nd\n1900\n1905\n1909\n1908\n1909\n1908\n1907\n1908\n1910\n1909\n1910\n1909\n1907\n1909\n1910\n1905\n1907\n1909\n1905\n1910\n1900\n1909\n1905\n1910\n1905\n1907\n1905\n1907\n1905\n1908\n1906\n1905\n1906\n1908\n1907\n1908\n1905\n1908\nCer. No.\nC244\nC225\nC327\nC332\nC274\nC351\nC302\nC251\nC294\nC372\nC325\n0 380\nC330\nC357\nC261\nC331\nC353\nC334\nC344\n0 367\nC207\nC 271\nC255\n0 329\nC 355\nC 206\nC 382\nC240\nC238\nC318\nC213\nC381\nC 365\nC231\nC220\nC273\nC267\nC269\nC218\nC260\nC212\nC288\nC246\nC214\nC245\nC308\nC301\nC272\nC262\nC283\nC222\nC295 1 Geo. 5\nBureau of Mines.\nK 41\nCOAL-MINES OFFICIALS.\nThird-class Certificates issued under \"Coal Mines Regulation Act Further Amendment Act,\n1904,\" sec. 38, subsec. (2), in exchange for Certificates issued under the \"Coal Mines\nRegulation Act Amendment Act, 1901.\"\nName.\nAdam, Robert\t\nAddison, Thos\t\nAitken, James\t\nAlexander, Wm ...\nAllsop, Harry\t\nAshman, Jabez ....\nAughinvole, Alex..\nBarclay, Andrew ..\nBarclay, James. ...\nBarclay, John\t\nBerry, James\t\nBickle, Thos\t\nBiggs, Henry\t\nBlack, John S\t\nBowie, James\t\nBriscoe, Edward. ..\nCampbell, Dan ....\nCarr, Jos. E\t\nCarroll, Harry\t\nClarkson, Alexande\nCollishaw, John ...\nComb, John\t\nCosier, Wm\t\nCourtney, A. W...\nCrawford, Frank . .\nDaniels, David ....\nDavidson, David...\nDavidson, John ...\nDevlin, Henry\t\nDobbie, John\t\nDudley, James ....\nDuncan, Thomas...\nDunlap, Henry ....\nDunn, Geo\t\nDunsmuir, John ...\nEccleston, Wm ....\nEvans, Evan\t\nEvans, W. H\t\nFagan, David \t\nFarmer, Bernard . .\nFarquharson, John.\nFindlayson, James .\nFulton, Hugh T ...\nGibson, Edward ...\nGilchrist, WTm\nGillespie, Hugh ...\nGillespie, John\nGould, Alfred\t\nGreen, Francis\nHandlen, Jas\t\nHarmison, Wm. ...\nHa worth, Geo\t\nHescott, John\t\nHutchison, Archie .\nJohn, David\t\nJohnson, Geo \t\nJohnson, Wm. R . .\nKerr, Wm\t\nLander, Frank\nLandfear, Herbert.\nLewis, Thos\t\nLockhart, Wm . . .\nDate.\nOct.\nDec.\nOct.\nFeb.\nOct.\nFeb.\nMarch\nApril\nApril\nApril\nFeb.\nOct.\nApril\nApril\nMay\nOct.\nMarch\nOct.\nMarch\nApril\nFeb.\nMarch\nMarch\nNov.\nApril\nApril\nApril\nMarch\nOct.\nNov.\nMarch\nAug.\nNov.\nDec.\nMarch\nMarch\nMarch\nMarch\nApril\nJan.\nApril\nJune\nApril\nMay\nMarch\nApril\nApril\nApril\nOct.\nJune\nFeb.\nMarch\nJan.\nSept.\nNov.\nMay\nMarch\nMarch\nJan.\nJan.\nOct.\nJan.\n1904\n1904\n1904\n1905\n1904\n1907\n1905\n1904\n1904\n1905\n1905\n1904\n1905\n1905\n1905\n1906\n1905\n1904\n1905\n1904\n1905\n1904\n1905\n1904\n1904\n1904\n1905\n1905\n1904\n1905\n1905\n1906\n1904\n1904\n1905\n1905\n1905\n1905\n1905\n1905\n1904\n1904\n1905\n1905\n1905\n1904\n1904\n1906\n1904\n1904\n1905\n1905\n1905\n1905\n1904\n1904\n1905\n1905\n1905\n1905\n1904\n1905\nCertificate No.\n42\n52\n44\n72\n34\nC 131\nC 89\nC 19\nC 20\ncm\nC '70\nC 37\nC 110\nC 108\nC 116\n0 129\nC 93\n30\n98\n18\n6S\n2\n86\n45\n7\n12\nC 106\nC 87\n(3 41\nC 126\nC 114\nC 128\nC 51\n56\n90\n80\n78\n79\nC 109\nC 64\nC 17\nC 25\nC 105\nC 118\nC 85\nC 8\nC 5\nC 112\nC 38\nC 122\nC 65\nO 88\nC 62\nC 123\nC 49\nC 124\nC\n0\nC\n(0\n91\n61\n63\n35\n60\nName.\nMalpass, James\t\nMarsden, John\t\nMarshall, Howard ....\nMatthews, Chas\t\nMiard, Harry E\t\nMiddleton, Robt\t\nMiles, Thos\t\nMiller, Thos. K\t\nMcKenzie, John R....\nMcKinnell, David ....\nMcKinnon, Arch'd. ...\nMcMillan, Peter\t\nMcMurtrie, John\t\nMoore, Wm. H\t\nMorris, John\t\nMyles, Walter\t\nNash, Isaac\t\nNeave, Wm\t\nNellist, David \t\nNelson, James\t\nNewton, John\t\nNimmo, Jas. P\t\nO'Brien, Geo\t\nPengelly, Richard ....\nPerrie, Jas\t\nPerry, James\t\nPounder, Geo\t\nPrice, Jas \t\nRafter, Wm\t\nReid, Thos \t\nReid, James\t\nReid, Wm\t\nRichards, Thos\t\nRoss, John\t\nRoughead, George ....\nRyan, John\t\nSanders, John W\t\nShenton, Thos. J\t\nShepherd, Henry\t\nSmith, Ralph\t\nSmith, Geo\t\nSomerville, Alex\t\nStauss, Chas. F\t\nSteele, Jas\t\nStewart, Duncan H. ..\nStewart, John\t\nStewart, Daniel W. ...\nStoddart, Jacob ....\nStraehan, Robt\t\nStrang, James \t\nThomas, John \t\nTunstall, James\t\nVass, Robt\t\nVater, Charles\t\nWalkem, Thos\t\nWebber, Chas\t\nWebber, Charles F....\nWhiting, Geo\t\nWilson, Austin. \t\nWilson, Thos\t\nWoodburn, Moses\nYarrow, Geo\t\nDate.\nNov.\nMay\nDec.\nApril\nMarch\nFeb.\nAug.\nFeb.\nOct.\nMarch\nApril\nMarch\nMarch\nJune\nDec.\nApril\nJune\nOct.\nApril\nApril\nOct.\nApril\nFeb.\nDec.\nMarch\nJune\nOct,\nNov.\nMarch\nNov.\nMarch\nDee.\nApril\nApril\nJan.\nDec.\nApril\nJuly\nJune\nMarch\nM arch\nMarch\nFeb.\nMarch\nMarch\nApril\nMay\nFeb.\nApril\nApril\nMarch\nJune\nDec.\nApril\nDec.\nSept.\nSept.\nMay\nFeb.\nApril\nMarch\nNov.\nCertificate No.\n1904\n1904\n1905\n1904\n1905\n1905\n1904\n1905\n1904\n1905\n1905\n1905\n1905\n1905\n1904\n1005\n1904\n1904\n1904\n1904\n1904\n1905\n1905\n1904\n1905\n1904\n1905\n1904\n1905\n1904\n1904\n1901\n1904\n1905\n1907\n1904\n1905\n1904\n1904\n1905\n1905\n1904\n1905\n1905\n1904\n1904\n1904\n1905\n1904\n1904\n1905\n1904\n1904\n1904\n1904\n1904\n1904\n1905\n1905\n1904\n1905\n1904\nC 113\nC 21\n0 127\nC 9\nC 76\nC 71\nC 31\nC 74\nC 40\nC 99\nC 102\nC 94\nC 96\nC 119\nC 57\nC 100\nC 120\nC 43\nC 13\nC 16\nC 39\nC 103\nC 66\nC 58\nC 81\nC 27\nC 125\nC 50\nC 95\nC 47\nC 1\nC 54\nC 14\nC 101\nC 130\nC 59\nC 107\nC 30\nC 26\nC 77\nC 84\nC 3\nC 69\nC 92\nC 4\nC 104\n23\n73\n15\n10\nC 97\nC121\nC 53\n66\n55\n32\nC 33\nC 117\nC 67\nC 11\nC 83\nC 46 K 42 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nCARIBOO DISTRICT.\nCARIBOO AND QUESNEL MINING DIVISIONS.\nReport by George Walker, Gold Commissioner.\nI have the honour to submit herewith my report on the progress of the mining industry\nin the Cariboo Mining Division for the year ending 31st December, 1910.\nTHE CARIBOO MINING DIVISION.\nI regret to report that the output of the division has fallen slightly below that of 1909.\nHowever, this is not owing to lack of interest or activity, but, the operations carried on at\npresent being almost exclusively hydraulic, is due rather to the light snowfall experienced\nduring the winter, followed by a consequent scarcity of water, and, therefore, a short season\nof piping.\nThere are in good standing in this division at the present time 306 placer-mining leases.\nOf this number, about thirty-five were in active operation during the mining season, which,\nwith about twenty-three placer claims actively operated, employed in the neighbourhood of\n450 men, and produced approximately $200,000 in gold. In addition to this, there was\nconsiderable individual placer-mining done, concerning which little or no information is\navailable.\nConstruction has progressed on the properties of the Lightning Creek Gold Gravels and\nDrainage Co., Ltd.; the Lightning Creek (British Columbia) Hydraulic Mining Co., Ltd. ; the\nWest Canadian Deep Leads, Ltd. ; and several other companies who are installing large and\nexpensive plants, and it may be expected that, in the near future, a number of new and\nimportant producers will be added to the list.\nDuring the yean fifty-seven mineral claims were recorded, which make a total of about\n110, held in good standing. Ore carrying galena and gold values was obtained from some of\nthese prospects. However, under present conditions, with transportation charges at the rate\nof $160 a ton to Ashcroft (the nearest railway point), the operation of these properties is\nimpracticable. With railway transportation, however, these properties, as well as considerable\nplacer ground which would not pay under prevailing conditions, might be profitably worked.\nWilliams Creek and Tributaries.\nThe Mucho Oro hydraulic mine on Stouts gulch, operated by Mr. John Hopp, was worked\nwith the same equipment as in previous.years, but the shortness of the water season greatly\nlessened the amount of gravel moved.\nOn the Forest Rose hydraulic mine, situated on the east bank of Williams creek, near\nBarkerville, and also operated by Mr. Hopp, the same plant, and approximately the same\nnumber of men, were employed as last year; but with the decreased water-supply, the output\nsuffered a proportionate decrease.\nAnother of Mr. Hopp's properties, the Lowhee hydraulic mine, situated on Lowhee creek,\nwas operated during the season with the new plant installed last fall (a description of which\nwas given in last report), resulting in the moving of approximately 200,000 cubic yards of 1 Geo. 5 Cariboo District. K 43\ngravel. On this property, during the year, the main ditch was extended from the penstock to\nWatson gulch, a distance of three-fifths of a mile; and a dam was constructed on Lowhee\ncreek, below the gulch mentioned, 320 feet in length by 20 feet high, to make a storage\nreservoir. A ditch two miles long and 3^ feet wide at bottom was constructed from Jack of\nClubs creek to the Ella lake reservoir, and the Ella lake dam was built up to a total height of\n41 feet. Another ditch 1,250 feet long and 3 feet wide at the bottom was built from Lightning\ncreek to the Ella lake summit, with the object of taking the water from this creek and storing\nit also in the Ella lake reservoir. A new double-compartment sluice, with 3-foot and 4-foot\ncompartments, 1,860 feet in length, has been constructed ready for next season's operations.\nThe new plant installed last year on the Mosquito Creek hydraulic mine, also operated by\nMr. Hopp, proved very satisfactory. During the season's run. approximately 50,000 cubic\nyards of gravel was moved. The new sluice-flume was extended to Willow river, and now has\na total length of 1,700 feet.\nI am informed by Mr. Hopp that the result of the season's operations on his various\nproperties was most satisfactory, considering the short hydraulic season, and that the outlook\nfor future operations is most encouraging.\nLightning Creek and Tributaries.\nOn the property of the Lightning Creek Gold Gravels and Drainage Co., Ltd., at Wingdam,\non Lightning creek, which is already equipped with water-power, as well as an auxiliary steam\nplant, air-compressors, Keystone drills, centrifugal and Cornish pumps, electric lights, etc., the\ncompany has added 140 horse-power to its boiler capacity and has installed a three-stage\nturbine pump with a daily capacity of 2,000,000 gallons, which is considered ample to handle\nthe heaviest water likely to be encountered. This company is sinking shafts with the object\nof working out the bed-rock gravel, which, in the early days, was found to be very rich.\nIt employed about twenty men during the year.\nThe Lightning Creek (British Columbia) Hydraulic Mining Co., Ltd., is running an 8 by\n8-foot flume-tunnel from Spruce canyon through a rock spur to Amador flat, a distance of some\n600 feet. A shaft will be sunk to connect with the upper end of this tunnel and a hydraulic\npit opened, in which hydraulic elevators will be placed, the object being to work as a hydraulic\nmine some 5,500 feet of the bed of Lightning creek. A ditch, with a.capacity of 2,000 miners'\ninches, has been completed, giving a head of about 300 feet.\nWork of a prospecting nature, consisting of 220 feet of tunnelling, a 10-foot shaft, and\n100 feet of ground-sluicing, was done on Lease No. 1,258, Dunbar flat, owned by W. M. Ogden.\nDuring the year the Venture Mining Co., operating on Peters creek, sunk a line of boreholes cross-sectioning the channel and thereby determining the depth and location of the deep\nrun. This cross-section proved the bed-rock tunnel, which was run out from the shaft last\nyear, to be several feet too deep. An upraise was therefore made from this tunnel into the\ngravel, where a \" prospect\" was obtained, which would indicate about 5 oz. to the set. The\ndrive was then continued for several sets, rising up on the left-hand rim, then turning to the\nright and following the left-hand rim down-stream for about 40 feet. The company was then\npreparing to crosscut the channel from this point, when, owing to an accident to the wheel,\noperations had to be temporarily suspended; work will be resumed in the early spring.\nThe property of the Wormwold Creek Mining Co., Ltd., consists of four creek leases on\nWormwold creek and one on the west branch of the creek. The works of the company are\nlocated about one mile from the mouth of Wormwold creek, and are reached by waggon-road\nfrom Beaver pass, a distance of about three miles. An overshot water-wheel 21 feet by 4 feet\nfurnishes power to operate the hoist, as well as a 12-|--inch Cornish pump. Shaft No. 1 was K 44 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nsunk to a depth of 85 feet and then abandoned, owing to the large quantity of slum and\nwater encountered. Shaft No. 2 has been sunk 135 feet to bed-rock with several drives, run\nfor short distances therefrom, but the deep ground was not reached. A tunnel is now being\nrun into the west branch of Wormwold creek to tap this ground. Two hundred and ninety\nfeet have been driven to date, and it is estimated 150 feet more will reach the objective\npoint. This work will not only prospect the west branch, but will also drain off a portion of\nthe underground water, thus aiding work in the shafts. Upwards of $40,000 has been\nexpended on this property to date.\nThe Four Leaf Clover Hydraulic Mining Co. has acquired four creek leases on Perkins\ngulch, and has built a ditch, about one-quarter of a mile long, 3 feet wide on bottom, with a\none-to-one slope of bank, and also a small reservoir. A hydraulic head of 150 feet is secured,\nand it is expected that piping and a No. 1 monitor will be installed in the early spring.\nThe Kwong Lung Kee placer claim on Last Chance creek has been acquired by H. H.\nJones, who has constructed about three miles of ditch, thus bringing water from Poorman\nand Van Winkle creeks, and securing a pressure-head of 235 feet. Six hundred feet of sluice\nwas built and a No. 3 hydraulic plant installed. Mr. Jones also acquired the Strand property\non Donovan creek ; in connection with which a 2f-mile ditch has been run during the year,\ntapping Anderson and intermediate creeks. About 500 feet of 30-inch sluice was also built\nand considerable additional pipe installed.\nStewart Creek.\nOn Lease No. 317, situated on Stewart creek, and owned by W. J. Southam, a ditch\nabout one mile long, with a 4-foot bottom and one-to-one slope, has been run ; a 40-inch sluice\nbuilt; and a No. 5 hydraulic plant, with a 220-foot pressure-head, installed.\nLittle Valley Creek.\nThe work of the West Canadian Deep Leads, Ltd., on Little Valley creek, has progressed\nsteadily during the year. This company is sinking a three-compartment shaft to reach bedrock at a depth of 260 feet\u2014the position, depth, and gradient of a presumed channel having\nbeen established by means of Keystone drill cross-sections. The shaft, which contains two\nhoisting compartments, each 4 feet 4 inches by 6 feet, and one pumping compartment, 7 feet\n6 inches by 6 feet in the clear, has attained a depth of 120 feet. A great deal of water was\nencountered in the surface gravels ; but at a depth of 110 feet an impervious stratum of hard-\npan was struck, below which no great water difficulty was experienced, Cameron sinking-pumps\nbeing employed throughout. However, owing to the steam-extravagance of the sinking-pumps,\nit was decided to put in a permanent plant; for this purpose a cross-compound Corliss\npumping-engine, operating two 18-inch Cornish pumps, was obtained, and is now being\ninstalled. Sinking will be resumed about the first of the new year, employing approximately\nthirty men.\nThe usual hydraulic operations were continued during the season on the properties of the\nChina Creek Hydraulic, the Nugget Gulch, the Waverley, and several other companies, with\nsatisfactory results, considering the short season of water; no development work was done on\nthese properties or new plant added, neither being required. it ! I Geo. 5 Cariboo District. K 45\nOffice Statistics\u2014Cariboo Mining Division.\nFree miner's certificates issued to individuals 367\nii ii ii companies 8\nMineral claims recorded 57\nPlacer n h 9\nii M re-recorded 35\nMiner's leave of absence 25\nCertificates of work issued 18\nii improvements issued 2\nPlacer-mining leases issued 26\nWater licences issued 1\nConveyances and other documents of title recorded 68\nGeneral Revenue Receipts.\nFree miner's certificates $ 2,875 75\nMining receipts, general 18,500 22\nLeaves of absence 62 50\nLand sales 660,728 85\nLand revenue 1,060 00\nRevenue tax 3,594 00\nReal-property tax 3,930 13\nPersonal-property tax 2,297 45\nWild-land tax 33,961 33\nIncome-tax 123 79\nLicence, spirits 3,342 50\ntrades 760 00\nii game 150 00\nJ. P. Court fines 607 50\nMiscellaneous 5,285 62\nTotal $737,279 64\nQUESNEL MINING DIVISION.\nReport by 0. W. Grain, Mining Recorder.\nI have the honour to submit herewith my report on mining operations in the Quesnel\nMining Division of the Cariboo District for the year ending December 31st, 1910. The past\nyear has been much the same as the year before as regards revenue; as regards actual mining,\nrather less work has been carried on than was the case last year. The principal work earned\non in the district this year was construction or preparatory work\u2014that is, dams, ditches, and\nfluming and work connected therewith.\nIn the Quesnel Forks District, which in former years provided the main revenue of the\ndivision, I regret to report that actual mining work was practically at a standstill. No work\nwas done on the properties of the Cariboo Gold Mining Company, situated on the South fork\nof the Quesnel river; the company in former years employed a large staff of men.\nSpanish Creek.\nOn this creek, J. B. Hobson, who for many years has operated in this division, started\nwork on his properties on Spanish and Black Bear creeks. He informs me that this summer\nhe put in a clam below the mouth of Black Bear creek at a cost of between $5,000 and $6,000,\nand constructed over 1,000 feet of flume, to bring water on to the properties owned by him K 46 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nin that vicinity. Next year he intends putting in 4,000 feet more flume and pipe, which will\nenable him to work his ground, which fronts on to the North fork of the Quesnel river, west\nof Spanish creek.\nSnow-shoe Creek.\nThe Luce hydraulic operated as usual, employing a force of ten men. Mr. Graham, part\nowner of this mine, informs me \" that the water season was the shortest for many years.\nWith two weeks' piping we cleaned up about 100 oz. We are putting in this fall a small dam\nto conserve the water-supply; if this expenditure yields satisfactory results, we contemplate\ninstalling next year a comprehensive system of water-storage.\" There were no other hydraulic\nplants operated in this district this year, but there was some desultory prospecting both for\nquartz and gravel going on.\nKeithley Creek.\nIhis creek in former years generally made a good showing, but this year practically\nnothing was done, partly owing to the shortage of water and partly to the difficulty in getting\nin supplies\u2014drawbacks which tend to discourage prospectors\u2014so that practically' the only\nreal mining work done was that done in a desultory way by the Chinamen.\nAt and near Twenty-mile creek, on the Quesnel river, H. W. DuBois, manager of\nthe Quesnelle Hydraulic Gold Mining Company, continued his construction work, consisting of\ndams, ditches, flumes, and pipe-lines, which, in fact, was the chief mining work done in this\ndistrict this year. This company has had a large staff' of men employed in construction work\nfor the last year or more ; but as yet they have done very little as regards real mining, all their\nenergies being expended in getting in shape for the coming season. I have not entered into\ndetails regarding the work of this company, as Mr. DuBois, their engineer, informed me that\nhe was handing in a report to Mr. Walker, Gold Commissioner, which I presume will appear\nin Mr. Walker's report.\nIn the Horsefly river country a small local company took hold of the property formerly\nworked by the Horsefly Gold Mining Company, and, employing a staff of twelve men, started\nin by repairing twenty-six miles of ditch connected with the property and six miles of the old\nWard ditch to act as an auxiliary, also relaying considerable of the old pipe-line. E. I. West,,\nwho was in charge of the work, informs me \" that we worked two No. 6 monitors, put in\n500 feet of flume, moved about 15,000 yards of gravel, and opened up a new pit; by so doing\nwe gained 25 feet more grade and still retained the same height of dump. In opening up\nthe new pit, and generally cleaning up, we recovered about $3,000.\" Mr. West also informs\nme that they are now in good shape for next season, feeling very well satisfied with the present\nseason's work and very hopeful for the result of the coming season.\nLode-mining.\nAs regards lode-mining, eighty-four mineral claims were staked in the vicinity of the\nQuesnel river ; these properties are mostly copper-bearing properties. I have seen good specimens from some of the claims, and I understand that some very favourable assays have been\nmade; but, as practically no work has yet been done on these claims, it is too early to say anything definite concerning them.\nIn the Clearwater country a good deposit of mica has been discovered and eleven claims\nstaked, but I have been unable to obtain any very definite information concerning these.\nIn conclusion, I may say that, although, as regards revenue and work done, this season\nshows very little improvement over last season, yet the outlook for the season of 1911 is far\nbrighter, and more interest is being taken in this part of the country by outside parties. I\nthink that when railroads get into this country, with cheaper transportation, this division will\nshow that it is by no means worked out, either as regards placer or mineral mines. 1 Geo. 5 Cariboo District. K 47\nQUESNEL MINING DIVISION.\nNotes by the Provincial Mineralogist.\nThe Quesnelle Hydraulic Gold Mining Company's installation, just being completed at\nHydraulic, on Twenty-mile creek, where it flows into the Quesnel river, is one of the most\nextensive to be installed in British Columbia, and as such is deserving of special notice. The\nfollowing description of the enterprise, prepared from notes and data kindly furnished by Mr.\nHoward W. DuBois, the general manager, has been written by Mr. E. Jacobs :\u2014\nThe Quesnelle Hydraulic Gold Mining Company, which is financed by\nQ. H. G. M. Co.'s Philadelphia and New York capitalists, has in hand one of the most\nEnterprise. important hydraulic gold-mining enterprises yet undertaken with the\nobject of working the auriferous gravels occurring in the Cariboo District.\nIt owes its inception primarily to Mr. Howard W. DuBois (of the firm of DuBois & Mixer,\nmining engineers, Philadelphia, Pa.), who, while making investigations relative to the\noccurrence of platinum in Quesnel Mining Division of Cariboo District, \"discovered\" a source\nof water-supply on upper Swift river that seemingly had been overlooked by others, and\nascertained that it would be practicable to bring this water on to deposits of gravel on the\nQuesnel river slope, since acquired underlease from the Provincial Government by the company\nnow energetically engaged in preparing to recover gold therefrom. The company has been\norganized under the laws of the State of Delaware, U. S. A.; ib has a paid-up capital of\n$1,750,000, and its head office is in the City of Dover, Delaware.\nThe chief problem was not to find gold, but water, and this has been done. The widespread occurrence of gold in the gravel-deposits of Quesnel Mining Division had long been\nknown, but the difficulty of getting sufficient water for hydraulicking these gravels on a large\nscale had also been recognised. Mr. DuBois found, though, when on one of his exploratory trips,\nthat the quantity of water flowing in the upper part of Swift river, where it had escaped the\nnotice of others interested in hydraulic mining in the district, is much larger than lower down\nthe river, in the vicinity of ground suitable for hydraulic placer-mining. The explanation of\nthe circumstance that heretofore this stream had always been regarded as too small to be taken\ninto consideration as a source of supply adequate for large operations in gravel-washing, lies\nin the fact that when the water reaches the gravel country most of it sinks into the giavel,\nthe stream consequently becoming comparatively insignificant. It was found, on the other\nhand, that before the water reaches the gravel country the stream has a flow varying from\n10,000 to 30,000 miners' inches, with an average through the season of fully 15,000 miners'\ninches. Gauging, with a current meter, during three seasons indicated that the minimum flow\nof water is considerably in excess of the quantity required to be diverted for hydraulic-mining\npurposes. The great advantage that would result from using water from this source for\nhydraulicking the big gravel-beds bordering Quesnel river was realised, and upon taking levels\nit was found that physical conditions were favourable to this water being brought over the\ndivide and utilised at a cost that, although large, could hardly be considered prohibitive.\nThe requisite financial arrangements having first been made, about three years were\noccupied in prospecting the gravels about Twenty-mile creek and surveying the country between\nQuesnel and Swift rivers. Eventually the larger enterprise was launched, and the work now\napproaching completion was undertaken. There were many preliminary difficulties to be\novercome, and prominent among these were\u2014(1) the long distance the scene of the enterprise\nis from a railway (more than 200 miles by waggon-road), and (2) the entire lack of waggon-\nroads in that part of the district. The magnitude of this latter obstacle to speedy progress\nwill be made evident when it is stated that about forty miles of waggon-road has been K 48 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nconstructed by the company, at a cost of nearly $60,000, in order to make different parts of\nits property and works accessible from the Government road system established in other parts\nof the district. Apart from the prospective importance of this enterprise to the company, the\nexploratory and development work done, together with the extensive road-construction undertaken, is of much value to the district as a whole.\nMr. DuBois, who is the company's general manager and engineer, is quite confident that\nthe enterprise will be successful. He maintains that it possesses the four chief features\nessential to profitable hydraulic mining, namely\u2014(1) an abundance of water under adequate\nhead; (2) extensive dumping facilities; (3) ample grade for sluicing; and (4) gold in the\ngravel in payable quantity. With only a very moderate supply of water, Mr. John B. Hobson\nhas demonstrated what can be done in hydraulicking the low-grade gravels of this district, so\nthere is little room for doubt that, with an abundant supply of water available, such as is\npossessed by the Quesnelle Hydraulic Gold Mining Company, success seems assured. By the\ntime this company's water system shall have been completed, there will have been expended\non the whole undertaking nearly $1,000,000, which comparatively large expenditure would\nnot have been justified had it not been for the favourable results obtained from the outlay of\na large sum of money in preliminary investigations and tests previous to the construction\nwork being commenced.\nBetween the upper part of Swift river and Quesnel river there is\nPhysical Features elevated, country, forming a divide, previously taken for granted as being\nof Country. an obstacle to bringing water from Swift river to the Quesnel slope. Swift\nriver flows north-west into Cottonwood river, and the latter stream, continuing in a similar general direction, enters the Fraser some distance above Quesnel, the town\nat the junction of Quesnel river with the Fraser. Quesnel Forks is approximately fifty miles\nsouth-east of Quesnel, at the confluence of the north and south branches of Quesnel river.\nThe placer-gold mines of the old Consolidated Cariboo Hydraulic Mining Company (of which\nMr. Hobson was for years general manager), subsequently acquired by the \" Guggenheims,\"\nare at Bullion, in the vicinity of Quesnel Forks, and the sources of their main water-supply\nare east and south-east of the Forks, within a radius of about fifteen miles. Twenty-mile\ncreek, along which are situated the gravel-deposits of the Quesnelle Hydraulic Gold Mining\nCompany, joins Quesnel river about twenty-five miles below Bullion, the centre of the Consolidated Cariboo Company's operations.\nThe company's ten hydraulic leases cover approximately 800 acres of gravel-beds situated\nabout the lower part of Twenty-mile creek to its junction with Quesnel river, and thence down\nthe river. In places the gravel-banks are 500 feet high ; an excellent photograph of one part,\nwhere about 100 feet of gravel is exposed, is reproduced herewith. It is estimated that there\nis, along a well-defined old river-channel, a body of auriferous gravel approximating 100,000,000\ncubic yards in quantity ; detailed testing of the gravel was restricted to only a part of the\nproperty, estimated at 30,000,000 cubic yards in extent. This part was found to contain value\nconsidered sufficient to justify the expense of the works and equipment now being provided\nfor operating by the hydraulic process.\nThe flow of water was found to be so much in excess of actual requirements for the purposes of hydraulic mining that it was not thought necessary to make provision for storing\nwater, so the dam on Swift river, which is 600 feet long and 35 feet high, was constructed\nonly for the purpose of diverting it. An accompanying view shows the dam, waste weir, and\nintake at Swift river.\nThe catchment-area above the point of diversion is more than 200 square miles in extent;\nit is well wooded, and the snow does not disappear until late in the season, its gradual melting e\no\nei\n=\nfc\nS\nP I Geo. 5 Cariboo District. K 49\nthus maintaining an abundant supply of water during even the driest years. In its application\nto the Government for the right to use the water, the company petitioned for permission to\ndivert 250 cubic feet of water per second.\nThe ditch-line is approximately nineteen miles in length ; it is being constructed across\npublic lands, and the difference in altitude between the point of diversion and that at which\nthe water will be returned is about 1,000 feet. From Swift river to Pass lake, at the head of\nTwenty-mile creek, the distance is 17^ miles. Construction of about thirteen miles of the\nwater system had been completed by the beginning of last winter, and water has been run\nthrough this length. During the winter months much material was prepared, ready for a\nresumption of construction work in the spring, when the weather would be suitable for it.\nConditions for both construction and maintenance of the ditch are generally most favourable. First, the country through which it passes is nearly level, except at several depressions\nwhere inverted syphons had to be provided, and at one place, a summit, where a tunnel had\nto be driven 550 feet in hardpan and clay; next, the ground is, for the most part, compact, at\nleast half the ditch being in hardpan, which, while costing more to excavate, insures an\nimportant saving in maintenance, beside rendering the loss of water from seepage unusually\nsmall.\nSome of the accompanying illustrations will serve to convey a good idea of the pipes, or\n\" inverted syphons,\" used to cross depressions in the ground. In all, about 10,000 feet of\nwood-stave pipe, 60 inches in diameter, has been used. This pipe has been constructed from\nspruce-wood cut in the neighbourhood and made into staves on the spot. The staves are bound\ntogether by J-inch steel bands, suitably spaced according to the pressure to be provided\nagainst. About 200 tons of steel has been used in the bands on these syphons. The longest\nsyphon is 5,635 feet, and is used to pass over a depression having a maximum depth\nof 110 feet. Another length of pipe is 2,290 feet, crossing uneven ground, the lowest\npart of which is about 80 feet below the grade-line. A third syphon is 1,050 feet long, and\nits maximum depth below standard grade is 30 feet. There is but little flume-work between\nSwift river and Pass lake, though there is more than a third of a mile beyond the lake, as\nstated below.\nFrom Pass lake Twenty-mile creek channel is to be used for three miles and a half to a\nflume intake, the water-line being continued thence by, first, a flume 5 feet wide by 4 feet high\nand 2,000 feet in length ; then a ditch for about 4,000 feet; and finally from the penstock by\n6,500 feet of steel pipe to the gravel pits. This pipe will be 30 inches in diameter where it\nleaves the penstock, and of sections of lessened sizes down to 16 inches at the mine, where,\nunder a 300-foot effective head, two No. 6 monitors of the Hendy-Bouery type will be used.\nThe water system is designed to deliver 3,500 miners' inches of water per diem, and it is\ncalculated that from 12,000 to 15,000 cubic yards of gravel will be moved daily.\nBelow the pits there will be a double sluiceway, about 600 feet in length, on a 5-per-cent.\ngrade, and with each sluice 6 by 4 feet. Having two sluices will permit of operations being\ncarried on without the delays usually occurring where there is only a single sluiceway. The\nupper parts of the sluices will be paved with cottonwood blocks (which in Cariboo District\nhave been found to wear well) and the lower parts with stone. It is intended next season to\nput in high-percentage carbon-steel plates, which wear well and increase the capacity of the\nsluices. In Atlin District, also in British Columbia, sluices lined with such steel have been\nfound effective. The short length of the sluices is a favourable feature; they are much shorter\nthan some that have had to be used in the district, which will be a factor in diminishing\n4 K 50\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nupkeep charges. Conditions as regards dump are stated to be unusually advantageous, for\nQuesnel river, into which the tailing will be discharged, is a strong-flowing stream, so that it is\nexpected it will rapidly carry away the debris.\nThe length of the season for hydraulicking will, it is thought, be at least 200 twenty-four-\nhour days, the open season in this part of Cariboo District being much longer than in the\nnorthern portion, and the ditch has been constructed along a route that will allow the water to\nrun both earlier and later in the season than is usual in most parts of this region. Construction\nwork at the lower end will not be completed, however, until the middle of the ensuing summer,\nso there is not reasonable probability of the run of gravel-washing lasting longer than 100 days\nof the 1911 season. When in full working order about thirty men, in all, including those\nattending to the water-supply system, will suffice to carry on mining operations under ordinary\nconditions.\nThe company's headquarters in British Columbia are at Hydraulic, a town in embryo,\nsituated near the junction of Twenty-mile creek with Quesnel river. This is reached from\n150-Mile House, on the main road from Ashcroft to Quesnel; also by a newly constructed road\nthat branches off from the main road at a point about thirteen miles south of Quesnel. Ashcroft\nis 203 miles distant from the City of Vancouver, on the main transcontinental line of the\nCanadian Pacific Railway Company. When the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, now in course\nof construction, shall be completed, the nearest railway-station northwards will be less than\nhalf the distance from Hydraulic that Ashcroft is southwards. There are at the settlement\ntelegraph-station and post-office, both named Hydraulic ; the Dominion Government telegraph\nsystem established in Cariboo affords telegraphic communication with outside places. The\ncompany has its own telephone system, connecting with all parts of its property. The aggregate\nlength of telegraph and telephone lines is about forty miles. It has been decided to equip the\nproperty throughout with facilities for lighting with acetylene, which is considered for local\nrequirements both cheaper and more effective than electric light.\nAs already mentioned, Mr. Howard W. DuBois is general manager of the company. The\nengineering work was commenced under the supervision of Mr. H. B. Fergusson, of Vancouver,\nB. C, but who has been succeeded by Mr. W. W. Edwards as chief engineer. 1 Geo. 5 Cassiar District. K 51\nCASSIAR DISTRICT.\nATLIN MINING DIVISION.\nReport of J. A. Fraser, Gold Commissioner.\nI have the honour to submit my report on mining operations in the Atlin Mining\nDivision of Cassiar District for the year ending December 31st, 1910.\nThere were fewer men engaged in mining this season than in any previous year, and of\nthose who were so engaged a larger proportion than usual was employed in prospecting new\nground or installing hydraulic plants, so that the number who were actually producing was\nvery small indeed. Notwithstanding this, the output and revenue derived therefrom was\ngreater than for several seasons past, and the per capita production the best we have had.\nThe scarcity of water is still the great drawback to more successful operations in this\ndistrict, and it will doubtless so continue until some better methods are adopted for conserving\nand controlling the available supply, the bulk of which too often escapes in the turbulent rush\nof the (so-called) \" high-water \" period, causing loss and damage to the unready and creating\na water famine for the balance of the season. Various schemes, however, are under\nconsideration by different companies, and it may be that material relief will be afforded on\nsome of the creeks, at least, by the diversion of some of the outlying streams at an early date.\nOutput.\nAs usual, the operators who recovered only small quantities of gold did not consider it\nnecessary to report what they secured, so that, while the reported output is noticeably greater\nthan that of the two preceding years, it would doubtless be considerably larger if we could\nsecure proper returns.\nThe lode-quartz deposits of the district are gradually, but slowly, attracting more attention,\nand, almost invariably, with gratifying results wherever intelligent investigation has been\nundertaken.\nThe existence of coal in the district is now an assured fact, although no development or\nexploration worth mentioning has yet been reported.\nIn the matter of revenue there has been a slight falling-off from last year, but that is\naccounted for by one item (lease rentals), under which head an unusual amount was collected\nin 1909.\nOn the whole, I consider that the year just closed has shown satisfactory progress and\nresults, and offers a more hopeful outlook for the future than did the year before.\nMcKee Creek.\nOn this creek the Pittsburg-British Gold Company commenced operations about 1st March,\nunder the management of Clarence M. Hamshaw, and closed down on October 22nd. A force\nvarying from five to twenty-four men\u2014an average of seventeen\u2014was employed throughout the\nseason, with very gratifying success while the water-supply held good, and the early returns\ngave promise of a banner yield\u2014in fact, one \" clean-up \" realised nearly $25,000 ; but the\nwater-supply failed about midsummer, and during the latter portion of the season they had\nonly sufficient water to permit of about two hours' piping per day. K 52 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nA very regrettable accident occurred about midsummer, through which the then manager,\nC. M. Hamshaw, was so seriously injured as to be absolutely incapacitated for the time being,\nand Fletcher T. Hamshaw had to assume the management for the balance of the season.\nNotwithstanding all those drawbacks, over 400,000 cubic yards of gravel were moved and\nvery nearly as much gold recovered as in the previous season; sufficient, in any event, to\nprovide a handsome profit for the season's operations.\nIncidentally, the operations disclosed the existence, to the south of the present creek\nchannel, of what, so far as investigated, appears to be a deeper channel carrying richer gravel\nthan any hitherto discovered on the creek, and the results of further exploration in that\ndirection are eagerly awaited. This company has the whole creek to itself.\nPine Creek.\nOn Pine creek the North Columbia Gold Mining Company, under the management of\nJ. M. Ruffner, had a very successful season. A considerable force of men (from twenty-five\nto forty) was employed during the season, which lasted for more than six months, and from\neight to fourteen monitors were kept pretty constantly employed tearing down the gravel and\nstacking up the \"tailings,\" with the result that the gold won was nearly $100,000 in excess\nof what had been recovered by them in any previous season. This company also worked the\nground of the Atlin Consolidated Mining Company (Guggenheims), situated on the north bank\nof Pine creek, and incidentally demonstrated what may be done with a good supply of water;\nof which they had a fair amount, but still not as much as they claim they need and could use.\nA few individual miners operated on this creek during the season, principally working\nover old \" tailings,\" but with indifferent results.\nOn the upper part of Gold Run L. B. Harris continued prospecting with his Keystone\ndriller, but has not as yet located the rich \"pay-streak\" for which he has been searching; lie\nwill probably continue next season. There are seven men mining on Gold Run this winter.\nSpruce Creek.\nAbout seventy men were engaged in mining on Spruce creek, of whom from forty to sixty\nwere operating by individual methods, viz. : drifting, sluicing, etc., with water-wheels for\npumping and hoisting.\nOn the Gladstone lease McCloskey and Foley carried on drifting operations, and in this\nway mined and sluiced a considerable quantity of gravel, which yielded an average of nearly $4\nto the cubic yard, which proved very satisfactory to all concerned. They employed an average\nof eighteen men from May 1st to October 22nd, when they closed down the sluicing operations.\nThey have a force of four men during this winter prospecting the ground and preparing for\nthe resumption of sluicing operations on a much larger scale next season. Mr. Foley\nunfortunately met with a serious accident, which necessitated his going \" outside \" for medical\ntreatment before the close of the season, and this to some extent embarrassed the operations,\nand, with the scarcity of water, caused them to close down earlier than they would otherwise\nhave done.\nThe Spruce Creek Power Company, Limited, under the superintendence of W7. C. Hall,\nwith a force of from ten to twenty-five men\u2014an average of fifteen\u2014commenced operations on\nthe 1st day of May and continued until the 12th day of October, when work was closed down,\nprincipally for want of water. This company operated chiefly by hydraulic methods, but also\ncarried on some drift-mining, principally for prospecting purposes. A landslide which occurred\nin July carried away a considerable portion of the flume and cut off the water-supply for some\ndays, in consequence of which, coupled with the general scarcity of water, they were reduced Quesnelle Hyd. Mug. Co.'s Wood-stave Pipe Siphon.\nQuesnelle Hyd. Mng. Co.'s Wood-stave Pipe Line. 1 Geo. 5 Cassiar District. K 53\nto the use of ordinary (individual miners') sluice-boxes during the latter portion of the season,\nwhich materially reduced the expected output. Notwithstanding these embarrassments, they\nmoved about 160,000 cubic yards of gravel and won more gold therefrom than in any previous\nseason. It is regrettable that this company has not yet been able to secure a sufficient supply\nof water to demonstrate what the gravels of Spruce creek will yield when mined with water\nunder pressure. It is assumed that the results would be very gratifying, and it is to be hoped\nthat the supply may be secured and the company amply rewarded for its tenacity in continuing\noperations under adverse conditions.\nOn the portions of Spruce creek a little higher up, between twenty and thirty men were\nengaged in prospecting various properties, with more or less encouraging results; but long\nstretches farther up still remain practically untouched, although known to be rich in parts.\nBirch Creek.\nOn this creek from twelve to fifteen men were engaged throughout the season, and with\nvery gratifying results, for, although a lesser number of men was employed, the output\nexceeded that of last year by about 25 per cent. The spring freshet caused some damage and\ndelay by carrying away some of the flumes, but, nevertheless, the results were as above stated\nand would doubtless have been much better but for said damages and loss of time. Scarcity\nof water during the latter part of the season was again an embarrassing factor. Two men\nare wintering on the creek.\nBoulder Creek.\nAbout eighteen men operated on this creek during the summer, and, as usual, with very\nsatisfactory results. On the Societe Miniere de la Colombie Britannique Co.'s ground an\nelaborate system of drainage has been put in, at heavy expense, with a view to working the\ndeep ground immediately below the scene of the recent hydraulic operations. When\ncompleted, a rather ingenious system of underground placer-mining will have been installed'\nwhich will permit of the much more economical operation of the deep gravels than any\nhitherto attempted here, and should repay the cost of the enterprise, if the ground carries\nvalues equal to what was found some years ago in the ground immediately above and adjacent-\nFrom fifteen to eighteen men operated on the creek last winter, and from twelve to fifteen\nare there this winter again.\nRuby Creek.\nOn this creek the Placer Gold Mines Co., under the superintendence of T. M. Daulton,\ncontinued prosecuting the \"dead-work\" commenced last season, using water under pressure\nto work down to \" bed-rock.\" A force of from eight to twenty men\u2014an average of seventeen\u2014\nwas employed throughout the season, and a large amount of permanent development work was\nperformed, without, however, reaching bed-rock with the open-cuts. It is expected they will\nbe properly on bed-rock at an early date next season, after which larger \" clean-ups \" may be\nexpected, for the ground is believed to be rich.\nWright Creek.\nThe results of the season's operations on this creek were very satisfactory indeed, the\noutput being over 50 per cent, greater than in 1909, although a smaller force was employed.\nNot more than six men were engaged in placer-mining on this creek during the season.\nOtter Creek.\nOn the upper portion of this creek the Otter Creek Development Co., under the superintendence of J. E. Moran, operated from the 28th of April until October 17th with a force of\nfour men, and during that period moved about 30,000 cubic yards of gravel and uncovered\nabout 1,000 square yards of bed-rock. The results were rather disappointing, the expectations\nexpressed at the close of the previous season not being realised. K 54 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nOn the lower part of Otter creek the Maluin Syndicate, with a force of from eight to\neighteen men\u2014an average of fourteen\u2014under the superintendence of W. H. Brethour,\ncontinued the search for bed-rock, in the prosecution of which a large amount of overburden\n(over 250,000 cubic yards) was moved, but, owing to a succession of unfortunate accidents, the\nhydraulic operations were suspended about the 1st of August and the desired goal was not\nreached. This outfit commenced operations on the 8th of May and things were going along\nsatisfactorily until June 29th, when a reservoir dam, situated about three miles up-stream,\ncollapsed, and the consequent rush of water destroyed the intake and a portion of the supply\nditch, carrying away about 600 feet (lineal) of the lower end of the sluice-boxes and filling the\npits with debris many feet deep. About the end of July another reservoir dam, located about\nfive miles up-stream, gave way, and with it all the reserve water was lost, and so hydraulic\noperations were compelled to cease. For the balance of the season all energies and resources\nwere directed to repairing and rebuilding the ditch, dams, and flumes, digging other ditches,\nsinking and driving prospecting shafts and tunnels, etc., until, finally, they were compelled to\nclose down because the pumps used in the prospecting shaft were unable to control and dispose\nof the inflow of water. Operations are expected to commence very early next season, with the\nhope of reaching bed-rock and washing considerable pay-gravel before the close of the season.\nWilson Creek.\nAbout six, possibly eight, men spent the open season on this creek, but, with the exception\nof two men on Discovery claim, do not appear to have recovered much gold; in any event,\nthey did not report their winnings. On Discovery claim Andrew Greer and another man\nworked from April 20th to October 22nd with fair success. There are three men wintering\non the creek.\nO'Donnell River.\nNo work was done on this stream during the summer, but there are three men prospecting\nthere this winter. A steam-boiler has already been hauled over there as an evidence of the\nbond-fide intentions of some Eastern capitalists who propose bringing in a pumping plant, over\nthe ice, with a view to undertaking systematic prospecting work as soon as the departure of\nsnow and frost will permit.\nLincoln Creek.\nA group of ten leases was located on this creek early in the season, and some prospecting\nwas done during the latter part of the summer, the results of which were very encouraging.\nAlthough bed-rock was not struck at a depth of 36 feet, coarse gold was recovered at the\nbottom of the shaft and the wash-gravel there found was very promising. The creek is\ndescribed as carrying nearly as much water as Pine creek, but has a much steeper grade; the\nbanks are high and there is excellent timber and dump. If sufficient gold is found, there\nappears to be everything else necessary for a first-class hydraulic proposition. Further\ndevelopment will be undertaken as early as climatic conditions will permit.\nSome prospecting work\u2014but of a desultory nature\u2014was performed on Consolation,\nDavenport, Horse, and Hemlock creeks during the season, but evidently with indifferent\nsuccess, for no results were reported, although I have learned indirectly that the parties\ninterested contemplate the installation of a hydraulic plant on Horse creek next season.\nNew Discoveries.\u2014No new discoveries have been reported, except upon some tributaries\nof the Taku river, near the southern end of this Mining Division. Certain prospectors from\nJuneau, Alaska, who went up the Taku river, claimed to have discovered \" pay \" on some of\nthe bars on the Inklin river and recorded some claims thereon. They also located some placer\nclaims upon a tributary of the same, which they named Canyon creek and which enters the\nInklin from the south, running parallel to and not far from the Sheslay river, but to the west 1 Geo. 5 Cassiar District. K 55\nof it. The ground appears to be deep, and in endeavouring to sink shafts they encountered the\ninevitable \" seepage \" which seems ever present in deep diggings, and they were compelled to\nsuspend operations and go \" outside \" for pumping apparatus with which to continue work. I\nam informed that they have again gone up the river with more complete outfits and appliances,\ndetermined to thoroughly explore the ground which, from the prospects already secured,\nthey believe to be well worth operating. There is a large area of similar ground in that\nvicinity, and, if these men demonstrate the existence of \"pay\" where they are located, it will\ndoubtless lead to many locations being made in that part of the district. For the accommodation\nof any prospectors who may wish to investigate the mineral resources of that locality, the\nGovernment has been pleased to appoint a Deputy Mining Recorder who makes his headquarters at Nahlin station, on the Government telegraph-line, which is within twenty-five\nmiles of the locations above referred to and easily accessible from every direction.\nMineral Claims.\nNot much development has been performed upon quartz properties throughout this portion\nof the district, beyond the assessment work necessary to protect the title, except upon the\nproperty known as the Engineer group, on Taku arm (of Tagish lake), and on certain properties\nlocated near the head of the Big Horn creek. Both properties have been examined, and, the\nEngineer group in particular, reported upon during the past summer by the Provincial Assayer\nand by the Dominion Geological Survey. I will say, with reference to the properties on the\nBig Horn, that as development progressed the holders became more enthusiastic and sanguine\nas to the value of their respective holdings; and with reference to the Engineer group, whilst\nshipments made to the smelter gave returns running upwards of $6,000 to the ton, and the\nfirst lot of 800 B>. of ore milled on the ground yielded about $3,000, the season's run of all\nclasses of rock, milled for all purposes, was approximately 140 tons, and yielded about $8,000.\nThis of course included much very low-grade rock milled for prospecting purposes. Those\nresults were obtained from a small two-stamp mill which the owners had erected on the\nproperty early last spring, and which was operated at intervals throughout the season as they\nhad rock ready for milling.\nSome quartz properties located between Bennett lake and the head of Tutchi lake were\nbeing developed throughout the summer, and, I expect, will be throughout the winter also, the\nintention of the owners being to prospect for that period and then install such plant as the\nresults of the development suggest or warrant. High assays had been obtained from the ore\nand the operators were sanguine when last heard from.\nKlehini\u2014Rainy Hollow.\nIn this section of the district development was not prosecuted as actively as was\nanticipated, but what was done simply increased the confidence of the owners in the value of\ntheir respective properties.\nOn the Fairfield mineral claim, which adjoins the State of Montana, development work\nwas prosecuted during the summer, by the interests represented by Capt. Brown and R. C.\nTurner, with very satisfactory results. On other properties not much more than assessment\nwork was performed.\nIn my last report I mentioned the discovery of high-grade ore about five miles to the east\nor south-east of the principal properties in Rainy Hollow, and that several claims have been\nlocated thereon. Those were at the base of what is locally known as the Three Guardsmen\nmountain-and were so near the International Boundary that the locators were in doubt as to\nwhether some of the properties were in British Columbia or Alaska. I am pleased to say that\nall the locations are now found to be in British Columbia, and development has disclosed\ndeposits of high-grade ore. As soon as railway transportation to tide-water is assured there K 56 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nis encouragement to hope for the establishment of a copper camp at this point, as all those\nproperties, as well as a large number of the older properties to the westward, have been\nbonded to parties who are promoting the railway from Haines to the Interior.\nA number of quartz properties on Taku arm and near Atlin have been bonded to\nAmerican capitalists within the last few months, and some development work is being\nperformed under such bonds this winter.\nCoal.\nThe existence of coal at different points within the Atlin Mining Division is now an\nassured fact, though the extent of the deposits has not been ascertained at any of those points.\nThe prospecting work expended upon the deposit near Sloko lake, at the south end of Atlin\nlake, was disappointing in its meagreness; still, sufficient has been done to disclose the\nexistence of coal \" in place,\" but from its location it can be properly and economically\nprospected only with a diamond drill. A fine sample of coal was brought to this office\nlast summer from a deposit located near the Inklin river, and development, so far as\nprosecuted, indicated the existence of a large deposit. Near the northern boundary of the\ndistrict and Province and a few miles to the east of Rainy Hollow a new discovery was\nreported, and a number of locations (about forty, I believe) staked on it, but for some reason,\nunknown to me, they have not been advertised. The various samples shown and the reports\nof the locators, however, indicate the presence of coal there in some quantity, and should\ndevelopment prove its existence in commercial quantities it will enhance the value of the ore-\ndeposits already mentioned as lying a little farther westward.\nI regret to say that the deposits of hydro-magnesite which lie within and adjacent to\nAtlin townsite are still untouched from the development standpoint, the chief reason appearing\nto be the inability of the present owners and certain would-be purchasers to agree upon a price.\nThe quality is admittedly excellent, the quantity considerable, the uses to which it could be\nput are apparent, but it is still lying in an undeveloped condition.\nFollowing is a statistical report of revenue collected for the year 1910, etc., all of which\nis respectfully submitted :\u2014\nOffice Statistics, 1910\u2014Atlin Mining Division.\nFree miner's certificates (individual) , 477\nn n (companies) 9\nPlacer records 60\nn re-records (300) representing claims 318\nLeaves of absence (51) n n 174\nGroupings 9\nPermissions 4\nBills of sale, placer 67\nii hydraulic 42\nii mineral 55\nMineral records 182\nCertificates of work 155\nFilings 19\nCertificates of improvements 8\nCrown grants issued 22\nCertificates of improvements (advertised but not issued) 14\nGold reported (individuals)\u20142,642 oz. Value $ 41,920 00\nn (companies) 13,503 n \u201e 210,255 00\nTotals 16,143 \u201e $252,175 00\nRoyalty paid (individuals) 577 70\nn (companies) 3,915 60\nTotal $ 4,493 30 1 Geo. 5 Cassiar District. K 57\nRevenue collected during 1910.\nLand sales $ 91 70\nii revenue ... . 2 00\nTimber royalty , 184 40\nFree miner's certificates (individual) 2,184 00\nii ii (companies) , , 800 00\nMining receipts (lease rentals) 7,380 00\n( \u201e deposits) 620 00\nn (water records and rentals) 1,995 90\nii (other sources) 3,580 80\nLeaves of absence 435 00\nLicences (spirit) , 1,775 00\n(trade) 205 00\n(game) 100 00\nFines and forfeitures 112 70\nRegistry fees 14 00\nProbate fees 1 90\nLaw stamps 42 10\nRevenue tax 849 00\nAssessment Act\u2014real-property tax 3,403 75\nn personal-property tax 175 35\nn wild-land tax 25 55\nii income tax 30 35\nii mineral tax 4,493 30\n,i Crown-granted mineral-claim tax 540 75\nii interest 12 25\nTax sales, Crown-granted mineral claims 28 50\nMiscellaneous receipts 80 50\nTotal $ 29,163 80\nATLIN MINING DIVISION.\nNotes by the Provincial Assayer.\nThis property is better known by its old name of the \" Engineer group \";\nNorthern the claims now included in the group are : Engineer No. 1, Northern Partner-\nPartnership ship No. 1, Northern Partnership No. 2, Northern Partnership No. 3,\nGroup. Haddon, Big Engineer Fraction, Little Engineer Fraction, Plato, and Mickey.\nThe owners are the Northern Partnership Syndicate, with head office at Atlin,\nB. C. The mines are situated on the east side of Taku arm of Tagish lake, ten miles farther up\nthe lake than Golden Gate, in Atlin District. This property, then known as the \" Engineer\ngroup,\" was reported on by the Provincial Mineralogist in 1904; since then it has changed\nhands, having been purchased by the present owners in 1907. The country-rock on this group\nof claims is slate, cut by igneous dykes and traversed by numerous quartz veins, some mere\nstringers and others up to 30 feet wide. A very considerable amount of surface prospecting\nand development of these veins has been done, consisting of numerous open-cuts and shots\nput in at different points; in all cases this work has shown up clearly defined quartz veins,\ntraversing the slate formation, cutting through both the country-rock and the dykes before\nreferred to. The general strike of the country-rock is N. 65\u00b0 W., with a dip of 35\u00b0 to the\nnorth-east; the majority of the dykes seem to have a strike 15\u00b0 farther north, and to have a\nmuch greater dip, being 80\u00b0 to the south-west. These dykes are clearly marked, as, owing to\ntheir harder nature, they have been left standing, while the softer slate-rock has been eroded K 58 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\naway. The main quartz veins seem to have a general strike of about N. 10\u00b0 W., and a dip of\n70\u00b0 to the east, but there are numerous cross-veins whose dip and strike vary considerably.\nThe actual mining done by the present owners has been confined to the smaller quartz veins,\nfrom 6 inches to 2 feet wide, the ore from these veins yielding high values in free gold and\ntellurides. According to the statement of the owners, 800 3b. of the selected ore yielded\n240 oz. of gold, and from the appearance of this ore, which is in places crusted with free gold,\nthere does not seem any reason to doubt the statement.\nThe larger veins are being opened up by shots and open-cuts, and are said to give values\nfrom $20 to $100 to the ton, but as none of this ore has yet been run through the mill, and\nuntil such test has been made, it is impossible to form any safe idea of their value. The\nquartz looks good, the veins are clearly defined and have been traced for considerable distances,\nand they can be easily worked, so there is a fair prospect that they will yield fair, if not high,\nreturns.\nFrom the shore of the lake the ground rises abruptly to a bench some 500 feet above the\nlake; this bench extends back some distance, when the mountains rise to snow-capped peaks 4,500\nfeet high. At 300 feet above the lake a quartz vein has been worked by two open-cuts, one a\nlittle below the other, and having a total length of 170 feet; in these cuts the vein is clearly\ndefined, and has an average width of about 2 feet 6 inches; the quartz carries a considerable\namount of calcite and shows free gold in both the quartz and the calcite, with specks of\ntellurides through the former. The ore is generally quartz with calcite, but in places it is a\nslate breccia which, from the thin intersecting seams, has yielded high values. The ore from\nthese open-cuts is being carefully sacked and hauled to the stamp-mill on the shore of the lake,\nand forms the base of the present ore-supply.\nA short distance to the north-west a small cross-vein, running towards the vein just\nmentioned, is being worked by an open-cut, and similar ore has been taken out. About 1,000\nfeet south of the large open-cuts, and at 100 feet lower altitude, is what is locally known as\nthe \" South Vein.\" This is a brecciated quartz vein 6 feet wide with well-defined walls, but\nas yet, no work has been done on it. A small cross-vein runs from this vein to the lake, and\nfrom the lake-shore a tunnel is being started which will follow the strike of the vein, which,\nat this point, is some 18 inches wide, and carries a very large proportion of calcite with free\ngold crusted on the calcite. Work was commenced on this vein as it showed high values, was\nclose to the stamp-mill, and easy to work.\nOn the Big Fraction claim, 2,000 feet north of the large open-cuts and 500 feet above the\nlake, what may be called the main vein has been uncovered by a few shots. This is a quartz\nvein with a north-and-south strike, and includes an amount of slate breccia; the width of this\nvein is still undetermined, but may be taken as at least 30 feet, while it has been prospected\nby an open-cut 1,000 feet farther north and traced still farther through several claims. It is\nproposed to run a few tons of this ore through the mill to ascertain its value, which is at\npresent unknown.\nAbout 100 feet back from the shore-line and 100 feet above the lake is a quartz vein of\nundetermined width, but probably 8 to 10 feet wide, to crosscut which the former owners ran\na tunnel in 150 feet and did some 150 feet of drifting. They did not get in far enough to\ncut the ledge seen above, but cut a number of small stringers, which they drifted on, in one\nplace cutting through about 10 feet of quartz-slate breccia. The present owners intend\npushing the tunnel till the vein is reached.\nA short distance to the south, where this vein outcrops on the lake-shore, the former\nowners sunk a shaft, said to be down 70 feet, but it is now full of water, and no data was\nobtainable from it. Close to this shaft on the lake-shore a two-stamp mill was set up in March 1 Geo. 5 Cassiar District. K 59\nof this year, and commenced running in June on the rich ore from the open-cuts, yielding, it is\nstated, 240 oz. of gold from 800 3b. of ore treated; 3ower-grade quartz was being run through\non August 5th, and was said to be yielding $100 to the ton.\nThe plant consists of two heavy stamps and a double-discharge battery, discharging over\ntwo amalgamated plates; a vanner is being set up to save the concentrates, which, at the\npresent time, are going into the lake. Power is furnished by a small engine and boiler, but,\nwhen a larger plant is installed, ample water-power is to be had from a stream near the mill.\nThe property contains a number of small quartz veins carrying high\nSummary. values in free gold, which give good returns under the present primitive\nmethod of working. There are larger veins, whieh, with a well-equipped\nplant and economical methods, would probably yield a large tonnage of low-grade quartz\nwhich might pay for treatment; these veins should first, however, be prospected and carefully\nsampled.\nSTIKINE AND HARD MINING DIVISIONS.\nFrom Report of James Porter, Gold Commissioner.\nI have the honour to submit the annual report on mining operations in the Stikine\nand Liard Mining Divisions of Cassiar District for the year ending December 31st,\n1910.\nThere has been practically no change for the last couple of years. There has been very\nlittle mining done, and I have nothing new, of importance, to report regarding placer-mining.\nThe Thibert Creek Mining Company, Limited, has ceased all operations for the present, but\nintends to start up again next spring. It is, however, encouraging to note that applications\nfor six hydraulic leases on McDame creek have recently been granted.\nThe total yield of gold, so far as I have ascertained, is $6,500.\nA certain amount of prospecting has been done on the group of nine mineral claims on the\nIskut river, with promising results. The holders of these claims have recorded other claims\non an adjacent ledge, which should, at least, signify their faith in the locality. Nothing\nbeyond assessment work was recorded on other mineral claims.\nIn spite of the fact that the production of gold in the divisions for the past two seasons\nhas been unsatisfactory, this is undoubtedly attributable only to temporary conditions, and it\nis believed that the district will again retrieve its reputation under more favourable conditions.\nAs previously stated, it must be understood that, under present conditions, the whole of\nthis interior country will have to remain undeveloped, as the short season, high prices, slow\nand excessive transportation rates, all tend to retard its growth.\nThe receipts of the office will be greatly augmented in the succeeding years from land\nsales alone, .which up to the present have, practically speaking, been nothing.\nOffice Statistics\u2014Stikine and Liard Mining Divisions.\nRevenue collected from free miner's certificates $ 474 00\nii n mining receipts, general 1,618 30\nii ii other sources.....' 2,657 41\nTotal $ 4,749 71 K 60 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nSKEENA DISTRICT.\n-:o:-\nSKEENA MINING DIVISION.\nReport by J. McMullin, Gold Commissioner.\nI have the honour to submit herewith annual report as Gold Commissioner for the Skeena\nand Portland Canal Mining Divisions. These two divisions were included in the Skeena\nDivision up to August the 1st last, when Portland Canal was made a separate Mining Division\nand a Mining Recorder's Office established at Stewart.*\nIn reference to the Portland Canal Mining Division, I beg to forward you herewith a full\nreport from John Conway, Mining Recorder at Stewart.\nIn the Skeena Division a number of new locations were made on Alice arm during the\npast summer, and this district promises well.\nOffice Statistics\u2014Skeena Mining Division.\nFree miner's certificates 1,872\nMineral claims recorded 543\nCertificates of work issued 219\nBills of sale recorded 134\nCertificates of improvements 21\nRevenue.\nFree miner's certificates $9,510 00\nMining receipts 9,303 00\nTotal $18,813 00\nPORTLAND CANAL MINING DIVISION, f\nReport by John Conway, Mining Recorder.\nI have the honour to submit herewith my annual report for the Portland Canal Mining\nDivision for the year ending December 31st, 1910.\nDuring the past year, 1,427 mineral claims have been recorded, and, according to the\nreports of prospectors, many valuable discoveries have been made, especially on the Marmot\nand Georgia rivers, which flow into Portland canal, respectively three and fifteen miles south\nof Stewart. Development work has been actively carried on during the season on a large\nnumber of properties, and the results, on the whole, have been very satisfactory.\nThe following statement shows the actual work recorded on the principal properties in\nthe district:\u2014\n* The Portland Canal Mining Division came into legal existence by Order in Council on August 1st,\n1910, with the Mining Recorder's Office in the town of Stewart, at th3 head of Portland eanal. The notice\nappearing in the Official Gazette of July 21st, 1910, gives the official description of the boundaries of the\nnew division, which may, however, be summarised as \"the drainage-area of all streams, in British\nColumbia, flowing into the Portland canal.\"\nt See also Report of Provincial Mineralogist, page 66 B. C. Government Mining Recorder's Oilice and Court House\u2014Stewart,\nLooking: up Bear River from bridge near Stewart. 1 Geo. 5 Skeena District. K 61\nMaple Bay.\nPrincess group\u2014Series of open-cuts. Comstock\u2014Open-cut in rock, 75 x 6 x 2 feet.\nCopper King Fraction and Hope Fraction\u2014Two open-cuts, 38 x 11x4 feet and 50 x 8 x 3\nfeet. Star Fraction and Star Fraction No. 1\u2014Open-cuts, 15x8x2 feet, 36 x 12 x 4 feet,\nand 40 x 10x5 feet. Above properties are owned by Messrs. Collison and Noble.\nBlue Point Group.\u2014This property consists of two claims\u2014Black Knight and Black Knight\nNo. 1\u2014situated about twenty miles from Stewart and one mile and a half from saltwater, and\nis owned by the Blue Point Mines, Limited. During the past season development work was\nenergetically pursued, with the result that 275 feet of underground work and a large number\nof open-cuts, prospect-shafts, etc., were completed. The vein is said to be 52 inches wide,\ncarrying galena, blende, and iron-pyrite, and running from $16 to $50 per ton in silver and\nlead. In the lower tunnel the zinc-blende shows a tendency to disappear, being replaced by\nchalcopyrite. In addition to rock-work, the company built a good camp, blacksmith's shop,\netc., and is now prepared for a good campaign during 1911.\nBear River.\nCopper Cliff Mines, Ltd.\u2014This property consists of three mineral claims\u2014viz., Copper\nCliff, Copper Cliff No. 1, and Copper Cliff No. 2\u2014and is situated directly opposite the town\nof Stewart, on the east side of Bear river, about half a mile from its mouth and tide-water.\nThe following report was furnished by Geo. A. Clothier, the engineer in charge:\u2014\n\" Four years' assessment work has been recorded on the claims; surveys will be made as\nsoon as practicable in the spring and Crown grants applied for. The croppings show a well-\ndefined vein of from 1 to 4 feet in width and traceable for 500 or 600 feet; the vein is crossed\nby several intruding granite dykes which run nearly parallel with the river. These intrusions\nare of later period than the vein-fillings, and do not appear to have had any effect on the vein\nitself in so far as can be seen on the surface. The work done on the property during the past\nseason consists of a tunnel, at an elevation of approximately 200 feet above Bear river, with\na crosscut from its end into the hanging-wall. This tunnel was run 35 feet on the vein, which\nis shown to average from 1 to 2 feet in width of ore on the foot-wall side, which will assay from\n$4 to $24 in gold, silver, and copper; the balance of the width of the tunnel is mineralised\nthroughout, but of low values. A crosscut was then run to the right or hanging-wall side a\ndistance of 25 feet, cutting several small stringers of copper, but nothing of sufficient size to be\nof value. Work was again started on the face of the tunnel to extend it under the best surface\nshowing, but operations had to be abandoned on account of unfavourable snow conditions.\nThe tunnel will be extended as soon as work can be commenced in the spring.\"\nFranklin Consolidated Mines, Ltd.\u2014This property consists of seven claims\u2014viz., Franklin,\nAlice, Granite, Surprise, Contact No. 1, Contact No. 2, Franklin Fract., and Surprise Fract.\u2014\nsituated on east side of Bear river. Work done, 42 feet of tunnel, 18 feet crosscut tunnel,\nand two open-cuts.\nLittle Cave Group.\u2014This property consists of the Little Cave, Gordon, and Lucknow\nFract. claims, situated on west side of Bear river; owned by Vy vyan and Chalmers. Work\ndone, 30 feet of tunnel and a series of open-cuts.\nPortland Dreadnought Mining Co., Ltd.\u2014This property consists of the Magnet, Astrid,\nand Dreadnought claims, situated on Mosquito creek, Bear river. Work done, 53 feet of tunnel\nand an open-cut 20 x 4 x 5 feet.\nPortland Star Mining Co., Ltd.\u2014This property consists of the Abitibi, Temagami, and\nNippissing claims, situate on east side of Bear river. Work done, 30 feet of tunnel. K 62 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nPortland Bear River Mining Co., Ltd.\u2014This property consists of the Bear River and\nBear River Nos. 1, 2, and 3, situated on east side of Bear river. Work done, a series of\nopen-cuts.\nInternational Mining Co., Ltd.\u2014This property consists of the Dundee, Algonquin.\nMammoth, Erie, Tecumseh, Ben Lomond, Wentworth, and Penetang, situated on the west side\nof Bear river. Work recorded, 30 feet of tunnel and two open-cuts, 20 x 15 x 10 feet and\n15 x 20 x 25 feet. The company is continuing work during the winter.\nRed Cliff Mining Co., Ltd.\u2014(See Report of Provincial Mineralogist.) Since then the\nmain tunnel was continued to 1,300 feet, when the mineral zone was struck; the tunnel is\nnow in 1,450 feet and shows a well-defined ledge. The company at the present time has about\nforty men working on the property.\nRed Cliff Extension Mining Co., Ltd.\u2014This property consists of the Red Cliff Extension,\nCopper Hill No. 1, and Combination Fraction claims, situated on the west side of Bear river,\nat the forks of American creek and Bear river. Work done, a series of open-cuts and\ntrenches.\nBear River Mining Co., Ltd.\u2014This property consists of the New York, London,\nChicago, Elgin, Chicago Kid, Kensington, Paris, and Boston claims, situated on east side of\nBear river. Work done, 104 feet of tunnel and open-cuts, 20 x 6 x 6, 21 x 14 x 18 inches,\n40 x 5 x 20 inches, 35 x 8 x 4 feet and 42 x 42 x 18 inches.\nPortland Bear River Mining Co., Ltd.\u2014This property consists of the Ruby Fract. No. 1,\nRuby Fract. No. 2, Signal, Sicker, Eureka, Harrold, Snowslide, and Rock Creek, situated on\nthe east side of Bear River, above the forks of American creek. Work done, 57 feet of tunnel\nand open-cuts, 25 x 15 x 5 feet and 30 x 10 x 8 feet.\nBear River Canyon Mining Co., Ltd.\u2014This property consists of the Victor No. 1, Victor\nNo. 2, Pasco, Independence, Kenniwick, and Provident claims, situated on the east side of Bear\nriver, above the forks of American creek. Work done, 40 feet of tunnel and a series of open-\ncuts.\nSuperior Group.\u2014This property consists of the Superior No. 1, Superior, Red Top, Red\nTop No. 1, Red Top No. 3 Fract., and Hector No. 1 claims, situated on east side of Bear river,\nabove forks of American Creek, and is owned by Erickson and McNeil. Work done, 14 feet\nof tunnel and a series of open-cuts.\nCopper Queen Group.\u2014This property consists of the Copper Queen, Copper King, and Blue\nRock claims, situated on the west side of Bear river, ten miles from Stewart, and is owned by\nHarold Jardine. Work done, a series of fourteen open-cuts in solid rock.\nRed Reef Group.\u2014This property consists of the Red Reef Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4, and Red\nReef Fract., situated on the east side of Bear river, opposite the town of Stewart, and is owned\nby H. E. Newton. Work done, 20 feet of tunnel and various open-cuts. This property has\nbeen surveyed and application made for certificates of improvement.\nMain Reef Mining Co., Ltd.\u2014(Report furnished by T. J. Vaughan-Rhys, engineer in\ncharge.) The property consists of the Main Reef Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 and three fractions,\nsituated about six miles and a half north of Stewart, on the east side of Bear river, at an\nelevation of 1,500 feet above Bear river. During the past year the underground development\nconsisted of about 700 feet of tunnels, a winze 45 feet, and numerous open-cuts and crosscuts.\nMost of the underground work was done on the main vein, which has now been followed\nunderground for over 400 feet, and from which ore averaging $50 has been taken. In the\nwinze which was sunk on this vein the ore averaged over $70 in gold, silver, and lead, the 1 Geo. 5 Skeena District. K 63\ngold values being on the average ^ oz. In addition to the main vein, two other veins have\nbeen proved; one of them averaging 5 feet in width and carrying $15 in gold and silver, the\nother, 12 feet wide, with $4 in gold and silver. The Main Reef is one of the properties upon\nwhich work can be carried on steadily, the workings being situated in good timber and free\nfrom snowslides.\nGlacier Creek.\nPortland Canal Mining Co., Ltd.\u2014(See Report of the Provincial Mineralogist.) The total\namount of development for the past year represents 650 feet of drifting and crosscutting; 500\ntons of concentrates are ready for shipping. Shipment will commence before spring.\nStewart Mining and Development Co., Ltd.\u2014The company continued working throughout\nthe year, over 1,000 feet of underground work having been driven, with a force of twelve men\nduring the summer and eight men in the winter. The main work consists of drifting on the\nfour parallel veins traversing the company's property. A winze is now being sunk on the\nore-shoot on the No. 4 vein, the ore averaging 3 feet in thickness.\nGlacier Creek Mining Co., Ltd.\u2014This property consists of the Lulu, Nellie V., Riverside,\nLucky Boy, and Last Chance claims. The company commenced work in the beginning of\nJune with a force of ten men; a substantial bunk-house and a mess-house were erected, and\nwork begun on the crosscut tunnel, 35 feet of which had already been done by the former\nowners. In October, when the work was closed down for the season, the face of the tunnel\nwas in 160 feet. It is expected that in a few feet farther the No. 3 vein of the Stewart\nproperty adjoining should be struck. The property has been surveyed for Crown grants.\nRush-Portland Mining Co., Ltd.\u2014This property consists of the Katherine, Elsie, Ne Plus\nUltra, Empress Fract., and Kcenig Fract. claims, situated at the head of Glacier creek, at an\nelevation of 3,500 feet above sea-level. Work on the property was commenced on the 15th\nJune, 1910, since when a tunnel has been driven on the Katherine for a distance of 110 feet,\nand a considerable number of open-cuts have been made on the Ne Plus Ultra. The vein on\nthe Katherine, carrying galena, runs from 15 inches to 5 feet in width in lenses. Some 2 tons\nof high-grade silver-lead ore is sacked, awaiting shipment. The company has also built two\nmiles of horse-trail to connect with the trail on the south fork of Glacier creek.\nLordigordy Mines, Ltd.\u2014(Report furnished by H. B. Williams, manager for the\ncompany.) This property consists of the Evening Sun, Columbia, and Lallapalooser claims,\nsituated at the head of Glacier Creek, at an elevation of 2,400 feet above sea-level. Work\nwas commenced by th\u00ab company on the 1st July, 1910; boarding and bunk houses to\naccommodate twenty men have been built, as well as foreman's cabin, stable, etc. The\ndevelopment work done consists of three tunnels on the Evening Sun, 80, 85, and 20 feet\nrespectively, and a tunnel on the Columbia, 45 feet. The ledge matter on the main vein is a\nquartz gangue, with considerable siderite; some stibnite, arsenopyrite, and iron-pyrites. The\ngrey copper is associated mainly with the siderite. A pay-streak from 2 to 12 inches in\nwidth, consisting of galena carrying grey copper, with silver values. A trial shipment in\nSeptember of 4 tons of hand-picked ore, sent to the Tacoma smelter, gave returns as follows :\nGold, 0.02 oz. ; silver, 375 oz.; lead, 23 per cent.; copper, 1.68 per cent. ; total gross value,\n$202 per ton. A good pack-trail has been built by the company for a distance of three miles\nand a half from the railroad grade, at a point three miles and a half up Bear river from\nStewart. It is the intention to rawhide ore from the mine to the railroad during the winter.\nPortland Wonder Mining Co., Ltd.\u2014This property consists of the Little Wonder, Mint,\nCopper Queen No. 1, Copper Queen No. 2, and Big Four Fract. claims. Work recorded, 150\nfeet of tunnel; development work was continued until the early part of December with a\nforce of ten men. It is the intention of the company to resume development work shortly. K 64 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nBen Bolt Group.\u2014This property consists of the Ben Bolt, Jumbo, Rex, and Ajax claims,\nand is at present under bond to the Pacific Coast Exploration Co., Ltd. About forty men are\nat work ; the development work to the end of the year consisted of 467 feet of tunnel and 25\nfeet of sinking.\n0. K. Fract.\u2014The Little Joe Mining Co., Ltd., have driven 150 feet of tunnel on the\nproperty, but closed down the latter end of the summer.\nNorthern Consolidated Mining & Development Co., Ltd.\u2014This company had a bond on\nthe Grandview, Jean T, Valley Creek, Tyee, and Portland claims. The work recorded is as\nfollows: Shaft, 27 x 6 x 8 feet; open-cuts, 10x12x8 feet, 8 x 10 x 10 feet, 12x4x5 feet,\n5 x 5 x 15 feet, and 30 x 5 x 3 feet, all in solid rock. The bond has since been allowed\nto lapse.\nBitter Creek.\nWashington Group.\u2014This property consists of the Washington, Washington No. 1,\nWashington No. 2, and Washington No. 3 claims, and is held by the Olga Mines, Ltd. Work\ndone, 24 feet of tunnel.\nOlga Group.\u2014This property, also held by the Olga Mines, Ltd., consists of the Olga,\nOlga No. 1, Star, Lome, Rupert City, Skyline, and Skyline No. 1. Work done, 60 feet of\ntunnel.\nSwede American Group.\u2014This property, owned by the Crown Mining Co., Ltd., consists\nof the Swede American Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, and 13, and White Goat. Work done, 89 feet of\ntunnel and a series of open-cuts.\nMaggie Group.\u2014This property, held by the Crown Mining Co., Ltd., consists of the\nMaggie, Happy Jack, Grizzly Bear Nos. 1 and 2, and Standby. Work done, 55 feet of\ntunnel and open-cut 20 x 8 x 3 feet.\nWhite Mike Group.\u2014This property, held by the Bitter Creek Mining Co., Ltd., consists\nof the White Mike, Swede American Nos. 5, 6, and 14, and High Line. Work done, 170 feet\nof tunnel and 14 feet shaft, 8x8 feet.\nCuprum Group.\u2014This property, held by the Bitter Creek Mining Co., Ltd., consists of\nthe Cuprum, Cuprum No. 1, Waterloo, Northern Crown, I. X. L., and Swede American Nos.\n3, 4, and 11. Work done, 395 feet of tunnel, and shaft, 10 x 8 x 8 feet.\nOld Chum Group.\u2014This property consists of the Old Chum Nos. 1, 2, and 3, and Arrowhead claims, owned by Lydden, Hartley, and Lade. Work done, 8 feet of tunnel and a series\nof open-cuts and strippings.\nUnion Jack Group.\u2014This property consists of the Union Jack, Famous, Skylark, Sunshine,\nPtarmigan, Red Mountain, and Forget-me-not claims. Work done, 30 feet of tunnel and a\nseries of open-cuts and strippings. Owned by Lydden, Hartley, and Lade.\nGood Enough Group.\u2014This property consists of the Good Enough, Big Boulder, Gold\nBar, Blue Bell, and Blue Bell No. 1 claims. Work done, 40 feet of tunnel. Owned by A. E.\nCrosset and associates.\nAmerican Creek.\nBonanza Group.\u2014This property consists of the Bonanza Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 claims,\nsituated on the north side of American creek. During the past season the development work\nconsisted of two shafts and considerable surface-stripping. The results of this work were the\nproving of the vein to be at least 250 feet in length, and the existence of a pay-streak\n10 inches wide, carrying silver and lead with small gold values. Bitter Creek at junction of Bear River\u2014from Mt. Dolly.\nFoot of Glacier\u2014the source of Bitter Creek. 1 Geo. 5 Skeena District. K 65\nKansas Group.\u2014This property consists of the Stop and Rest, Sunshine, and Ketchum\nclaims, situated on the north side of American creek. Work done, 18 feet of tunnel and\nopen-cut in rock, 8x4x6 feet.\nBig Casino Mining Co., Ltd.\u2014This property consists of the Big Casino, Little Casino,\nOuray, Jack of Clubs, and Lookout Frac. claims, situated above the forks of Bear river and\nAmerican ereek, on the west side. Work done, 20 feet of tunnel and rock-cut, 22 x 16 x 7 feet.\nMountain Boy Mining Co., Ltd.\u2014(See Report of the Provincial Mineralogist.) The total\namount of work done for the season is 195 feet of tunnel, and a winze 52J feet.\nAmerican Creek Mining Co., Ltd.\u2014This property consists of the Bandolier, Rangoon,\nMay Bee, and Louise claims, and two fractional claims, Top Notch and Lower Notch. Annual\nassessment work only has been done on the property, as the company decided not to commence\noperations on a larger scale until arrangements had been made whereby desirable additional\nclaims were absorbed. The negotiations are now completed, and work will be commenced in\nthe early spring.\nSalmon River.\nHercules Mines, Ltd. (until recently known as the Salmon River Glacier Mining Co.,\nLtd.). (Report furnished by H. B. Williams, manager of the company.) This property\nconsists of the Glacier, Martha Ellen, Cornelius, Empire, and Leckie Frac. claims, situated\nsixteen miles from the mouth of Salmon river and a total of eighteen miles from Stewart.\nWork was commenced by the company on the 1st July, 1910. The elevation of the outcrops\nis 3,500 feet above sea-level; the main ore-bearing formation consists of a green schistose\nrock cut by igneous dykes. Ore-bodies occur in a zone opened up on the surface by a series\nof open-cuts over 1,700 feet along the outcrops. Seven open-cuts across the ore show widths\nof payable ore to be from 5 to 30 feet. Values are carried by galena with considerable\nchalcopyrite having gold and silver values. The development work done consists of some 400\nfeet of open-cutting, trenching, and shaft-sinking, while two crosscut tunnels to cut the\nore-bodies at a depth of 100 feet vertically have been commenced. Considerable ore of shipping\ngrade lies on the dumps awaiting completion of transportation facilities. Nine men have been\nemployed during the season, and a good pack-trail will be constructed in the spring.\nDickens and Dawson Claims.\u2014This property is under bond to the Pacific Coast\nExploration Co., Ltd. The work done consists of 25 feet of tunnel and a series of open-cuts.\nGolden Crown Group.\u2014This property, consisting of fourteen claims, is also under bond\nto the above company. The work done consists of 113 feet of tunnel, 17 feet shaft, and a\nseries of open-cuts and trenches.\nPortland Nos. 1 and 2.\u2014This property is owned by Denomie and Guzman. The work\ndone eonsists of 42 feet of tunnel and a series of open-cuts.\nIn addition to the above list, annual assessment has been done on a large number of\nclaims owned by individuals in the district, the total number of certificates of work issued\nbeing 595.\nOffice Statistics\u2014Portland Canal Mining Division.\n(From 1st August to 31st December, 1910.)\nFree miner's certificates (individual) 108\nii ii (company) 2\nMineral claims recorded 356\nCertificates of work issued 485\nBills of sale, etc 141\nFilings . . . . \u25a0 62\n5 Revenue.\nFree miner's certificates $ 544 50\nMining receipts, general 4,168 85\nOther sources 1,179 50\nTotal $5,892 85\nPORTLAND CANAL MINING DIVISION.\nPreliminary Report by Wm. Fleet Robertson, Provincial Mineralogist.\nThe large number of mining claims staked and the amount of development and prospecting\ntaking place in the district comprising the drainage area of the Portland canal influenced the\nProvincial Government in making this area into a separate mining division, subtracting it\nfrom the area formerly contained and included in the Skeena Mining Division.\nThe Portland Canal Mining Division came into legal existence by Order in Council on\nAugust 1st, 1910, with the Mining Recorder's office in the town of Stewart, at the head of\nPortland canal. The notice appearing in the Official Gazette of July 21st, 1910, gives the\nofficial description of the boundaries of the new division, which may, however, be summarised as \" the drainage area of all streams, in British Columbia, flowing into the Portland\ncanal.\"\nWhile the history of mining in the district only began this fall, prospecting has been\ngoing on steadily and quietly for ten or twelve years, and the district has been twice visited\nby the Provincial Assayer, whose reports have been published by this Department\u2014the last\nin 1909\u2014so that the writer confined his attention this season to seeing what had been done\non the more developed claims and on those which report credited with more nearly approaching\nthe production stage. The time available for the inspection was limited, and the season at\nwhich it had to be made\u2014in October\u2014was so late in the year that many of the claims at\nhigher altitudes were covered with snow, while on others work had been temporarily\nabandoned for the winter, so that, but comparatively few of the many claims recorded and\npartially developed could be inspected; consequently this preliminary report must be taken,\nnot as a complete review of the camp, but as an impression gained from a short visit\nand the inspection of a few claims.\nThe Portland Canal camp cannot, as yet, be taken as proven, for, although some\nprospecting has been going on for years, the great majority of the claims have been staked\nwithin the past couple of years, and consequently have not and could not have had sufficient\ndevelopment done on them to prove their value. Only two or three of the older claims have\ndone serious development, and of these, at least one property has shown by such that ore is\npresent in quantity and quality sufficient to justify its being called a mine, and to guarantee\nextraction from present development for at least two years. On other properties where the\nactual development is slight, the work done by Nature has exposed such an amount of mineral\nas to give considerable hope for future development.\nThe camp contains a large number of properties from the prospect workings of which\nexceptionally high assays have been obtained, giving rise to unwarranted hopes and\nstatements which cannot be borne out on a strict examination. The camp justifies reasonable\nexpectations, for the development done, without exaggeration by well-intending though\ninjudicious friends whose wild statements nearly \"killed with kindness\" the best endeavours\nof legitimate workers. I Geo. 5 Skeena District. K 67\nThe reports circulated in the newspapers of a \" mountain of gold \" were of course unjustified and did the whole camp much harm, but apparently did not originate with the\nprospectors. There was, however, some small foundation for the reports; a very large\nledge of quartz had been located, containing small gold values\u2014the ledge is large and\nthe values obtained justify further prospecting\u2014that is all that is claimed for it by the\nlocators.\nPortland inlet and its inner extension, known as Portland canal, form a great continuous\nfiord or arm of the sea, extending from the Pacific ocean, at Dixon entrance, in a northerly\ndirection for about 110 miles, and so almost penetrating the Coast range of mountains\u2014a\ngranite range which follows the entire coast-line of British Columbia, and extends northwards\ninto Alaska. This is the only arm of the sea so cutting the mountain range, although the\nrange is cut elsewhere by certain rivers flowing westward from the interior, notably the\nStikine, Skeena, and Fraser rivers, the latter two having already been utilised as railway\nlocations.\nThe Portland canal for its entire length forms the International boundary\u2014the land to\nthe westward belonging to Alaska, while that to the east is in British Columbia. From\nthe head of the canal this boundary-line follows northerly along the summit of the range of\nmountains between the Bear and Salmon rivers for a distance of about ten miles, to Mount\nDolly; thence striking in a north-westerly direction, crosses the Salmon river some fourteen\nmiles from its mouth, leaving the watershed of Bear river and of the headwaters of Salmon\nriver in British Columbia, while the lower part of Salmon river is in Alaska.\nThe importance of this arm, from a mining point of view, is that it gives deep seawater\nnavigation to, and so renders easily accessible, a district in which the granites of the Coast\nrange came in contact with the sedimentary formations lying to the eastward and farther\ninland. This region of contact extends for the whole length of the Coast range and, from its\ngeological features, forms a zone of jwobable mineralisation, as has been repeatedly pointed out\nin these reports and is here again emphasized.\nThat this conclusion\u2014which is sometimes considered by the prospector as academic, but\nis really based upon the wide observations of geologists\u2014is borne out by facts, is demonstrated\non this eastern border of the Coast range by the mineral discoveries at White Horse and\nvicinity, in the Yukon, on Unuk river, as noted in reports of United States geologists ; at\nPortland Canal camp ; on the Telkwa and the Zymoetz (Copper river) rivers and vicinity of\nHazelton ; at Tatlayoko lake, and, possibly, farther south in the Similkameen District and\nSteamboat mountain. None of these localities have been thoroughly prospected, all of them\nhave shown good mineral prospects, many promise exceedingly well for the amount of\ndevelopment done, and a few have developed mines already.\nThe zone of contact on the western side of the Coast range is marked as mineralised by\nthe Britannia Mine, at Howe sound; probably on Texada island and other islands between\nVancouver Island and the mainland, but in the more northerly stretch of the British\nColumbia coast it is, for the most part, submerged in the ocean.\nA second zone of contact, probably with another, although similar, and parallel granitic\nuplift, accounts for the mineralisation found on Vancouver Island and in the Queen Charlotte\nislands.\nThe steep-sided depression occupied by the Portland canal and its northerly extension of\nsome twenty miles, the valley of Bear river, represents a tremendous earth-cleft, of which the\nCanal is to-day the submerged portion, while the Bear river valley has been recently, K 68 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\ngeologically speaking, filled in to its present level by the detritus from the numerous glaciers,\nformerly undoubtedly of enormous extent, but to-day represented by comparatively small\nremnants which head every creek and crown the surrounding hills.\nThe receding and diminishing of these ice-fields and glaciers, while traceable in many\nparts of the Province, is particularly noticeable in the Portland Canal district, possibly\nbecause more recent. The grinding effect of the ice-fields is in evidence over the whole\ndistrict, and, with the help of other agencies of Nature, has so worn down the mountains that\nto-day but a remnant of the original uplift is left; and the present surface, with its veins and\ndvkes, was not the surface at the time of formation, but represents a deep-seated irregular\nsection of the rock formations\u2014how deep below the original surface is a matter of conjecture;\nbut certain it is that the present manifestation of vein formation represents only the deep-\nseated roots of the old veins, and that this cutting-down action has been so recent and\ncontinuous as to leave no surface zone of oxidation\u2014a fact it would be well for prospectors,\netc., from the South and Interior to note\u2014although there may be a surface enrichment,\nparticularly in gold, in some of the more porous veins or fissures of mineralisation.\nThe geology of the Bear River district may be generalised as follows, subject to certain\nexceptions and variations which will be fully demonstrated in the detailed map and report of\nMr. R. G. McConnell, of the Geological Survey, who, with a party, spent the summer of 1910\nin making a detailed geological study of the field.\nThe earth-cleft referred to as forming the valley of Bear river was probably accompanied\nby considerable movement, and, although the line of the cleft is covered by the valley filling,\nits effect is noted in the contrasting geological formation of the east and west sides of the\nvalley7.\nThe west side of the valley is essentially and fundamentally of plutonic and volcanic\norigin, granites on the lower part of the valley, changing to a dark igneous rock\u2014probably a\ndiabase\u2014farther up the river and showing in the wash from the higher elevations, not\nvisited, fragments of volcanic agglomerates.\nThis igneous mass has been but little cut by dykes, but the diabase is seamed in all\ndirections by small stringers of white quartz, very sparsely mineralised, while at intervals\nmore important east and west cross-fissurings occur, frequently quartz-filled, and sometimes\nimportant lenses or shoots of ore occur, as is demonstrated in several partially developed\nproperties.\nThe geological formation of the east side of the valley is essentially and fundamentally\nan argillite, a sedimentary deposit, cut by intrusions of greenstone, and numerous dykes, both\nbasic and acidic, are in evidence, the former being the larger and more plentiful, and\nseemingly the older, the latter the more recent\u2014apparently in places cutting the older dykes,\nand also the vein-fissures; these latter are probably connected in some way with an underlying granitic batholith, and seemingly are associated with the silicification which is\napparently responsible for the mineralisation found. The dyke systems and lines of Assuring\non the east side of the valley seem to nearly conform to the bedding planes of the argillite,\nand have a course approximately north and south, or roughly parallel with Bear river valley.\nThis generalisation applies to the valley of the Bear river below American creek, whether\nit will be found applicable to the country back of the first range of hills and surrounding the\nheads of the smaller tributary streams, at altitudes of from 3,000 to 4,000 feet, cannot be\nstated from personal observation. Looking down American Creek\u2014from llonntain Boy Claim.\nMain tunnel and camp of Red Cliff Mine. 1 Geo. 5 Skeena District. K 69\nOn this eastern slope the, at present, more important properties, such as that of the Portland\nCanal Mining Company, the Stewart, Main Reef Jumbo, and many others, lying south of\nBitter creek, seem to be all located upon the one general zone of Assuring, which is continuous\nfor at least four or five miles, and in this the veins are found. Sometimes the vein formation\nis represented by a single quartz vein, while farther along it presents four or more veins;\nthe transition from one to more veins is not shown by the work done, nor yet is it exposed\nby the valley of Glacier creek, which cuts across and into the formation to a depth of some\n1,500 feet, although the latter does demonstrate the veins to continue to that depth. At the\npresent stage of prospecting and development this one main zone of Assuring seems to contain\nall the more important ore showings, although it is premature to conclude that it is the only\nzone on this hillside.\nWhile this general fissure continues, as stated, for such a great distance, and the vein\nformation in it is at least seemingly nearly continuous, as far as demonstrated, the veins being\nmore or less mineralised throughout, still it does not follow that for all this distance the\nmineralisation is sufficiently intense to form profitable ore; such could not be expected and\ndoes not occur, but there are parts in these veins in which the amount of mineral in the vein\noccurs in sufficient quantity to render it workable ore. It is as yet too early in the development to say whether the ore occurs in shoots, chimneys, or some other form, but the tunnel\nworkings of the Portland Canal Mining Company have demonstrated that the \" pay-ore,\" first\nproved on the surface, extends downward along a defined \"pitch \" which would seem to mark\nthe northern end of an ore-shoot, while the tunnels have not as yet at their faces reached the\nlimit of the body of \"pay-ore\" to the south. By the term \"ore-shoot\" it is not intended to\nimply a body of solid ore, but a portion of the length of the vein sufficiently heavily\nmineralised to be profitably workable.\nThe chances are that mineralisation, generally similar in character, although varying as\nto quantity, occurs throughout this main fissure. The character of this mineralisation is best\ndemonstrated by the actual extraction of the only producing mine\u2014the Portland Canal\nMining Company's\u2014described later, and may be summarised briefly as iron-sulphides carrying\ngold and silver, galena carrying silver and some gold,, and a small quantity of zinc-blende\ncarrying small silver and still smaller gold values. These are essentially the ores upon which\nthe values of the properties will probably be based, although, particularly in the upper or\nsurface workings, specimens of exceedingly rich silver-sulphides and oxides, with also native\nsilver and possibly gold, have been found.\nIn the opinion of the writer, this portion of the camp will be comparatively low-grade\nconcentrating propositions, from $10 to $20 ore, the high-grade minerals being difficult to\nconcentrate and not sufficient in quantity to dispense with this process.\nShipping Facilities.\nSeldom in British Columbia has the truth been so clearly demonstrated as at Stewart,\nthat the value of an ore-body is dependent upon the facility of getting its contents to market,\nand still more seldom have the facilities been so quickly obtained. Portland canal affords a\nland-locked waterway by which any vessel may approach the town of Stewart, where the\ntidal mud-flats offer proper holding-ground for pile wharves; this has been taken advantage\nof, and a pile wharf, with a pile approach from the shore, a mile long, is now nearing\ncompletion ; while a local railway company has built a splendid railway dock and approach,\nover a mile long, and has equipped it with standard-gauge tracks. The same company has\nabout completed a railway-grade up the valley of Bear river to the mouth of American creek\u2014 K 70 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\na distance of approximately fifteen miles\u2014and could, should it desire to push matters, easily\nhave the rails laid over this length before snow falls. A locomotive and a number of cars are\nnow on the ground ready for use, and rails have been laid from the landing as far as the\nrailway-station.\nThe valley of Bear river on the flat will average about half a mile wide, being rather\nmore than this near its mouth ; its course is nearly straight, and it rises at an almost uniform\ngrade\u2014about 500 feet in fifteen miles. The valley bottom is gravel, permitting of cheap\nrailway construction, while the first nine miles of the railway-grade contains one tangent of\nfour and a half miles in length and many shorter ones. The hills rise abruptly from the\nvalley, affording the best of opportunities for aerial tramways, with ample room on the flat\nfor requisite mill-sites.\nThe tributary streams are all too steep to admit of railway construction up them; an\nexception to this rule is, however, presented in Bitter creek, up which a railway might easily\nbe built for a distance of from six to seven miles, or possibly to the foot of the glacier, with\naerial tributaries from the side creeks. Bitter creek valley is really a branch extension of the\nriver valley, and is similarly filled with detritus from the glacier. The Provincial Government has built a waggon-road, with necessary bridges, from Stewart up the river valley, as far\nas and across Bitter creek, over which two stages travel daily each way. A further extension\nof this road as far up as American creek, including a bridge across Bear river, was under\nconstruction this autumn and promised to be completed before snow falls.\nSteamer service is maintained from Seattle, Victoria, Vancouver, and Prince Rupert\ntwice a week by the G. T P. Railway, their fine boats having gone right through to Stewart\nduring the summer months, but in the winter a transfer of passengers and freight is made at\nPrince Rupert to a small steamer, which serves as a tender to the larger ones. The Union S.S.\nCo. runs its steamer \" Camosun \" from Vancouver through to Stewart direct without transfer,\nmaking a round trip each week. Beside these regular steamers, several coasting and freight\nboats make Stewart a place of call but at irregular intervals.\nTown of Stewart.\nThe townsite of Stewart occupies the middle portion of the gravel flat at the head of the\nCanal, and is platted to cover a considerable portion of the tidal flats which it is thought\nmight eventually be filled in. The town contains three good hotels\u2014much better than one\nwould expect to find in so new a town\u2014and innumerable boarding-houses; there are several\nexceedingly well-equipped and stocked stores supplying all the necessities and many of the\nluxuries of life and requisites for mining or prospecting. There are a number of office buildings occupied by brokers, real-estate agents, etc. The town has its own newspaper, two\ncompetent assayers, two doctors, and a well-equipped hospital. There are several good private\nhouses and many temporary structures; but the population is, as yet, essentially composed of\nmen who board out.\nOf public buildings, there is the Provincial Government Mining Recorder's office, a Land\nRegistry office, Court-house and lock-up. The Dominion Government maintains a post-office,\nand the town hopes soon to be connected with the outside world by telegraph, the Government\nnow having a construction gang at work building a branch line of wire in from the Yukon\nline between Hazelton and Telegraph Creek.\nIn addition to the Stewart townsite, the railway company has platted a townsite adjoining\nit on the east, where are located its depot and freight-sheds, etc.; the lots of this other townsite\nhave not yet been placed on the market. 1 Geo. 5 Skeena District. K 71\nInterest in the Portland Canal camp at present naturally centres in\nPortland Canal the operations of the Portland Canal Mining Company, N.P.L., since the\nMining Co. development of this company's property is the furthest advanced and it is\nthe only company as yet in a position to make shipments. The company\nis a local organization, with head office at Duncan, V. I., the president being Mr. C. H.\nDickey, of Duncan. The capital of the company is $1,000,000, divided into shares of a par\nvalue of 25 cents. The operations of the company at the property are in charge of Mr.\nW. J. Elmendorf as engineer and general manager, with Mr. N. C. Sheridan as mine\nsuperintendent, while Mr. Otto Abeling has been responsible for the construction and\nequipment of the concentrator. The company owns some twelve claims and fractions, viz.:\nGipsy, Extension, Herbert, Mayflower, Mosquito, Richard II., Barney, Sadie, Eclipse, Little\nJoe, Little Joe Fraction, and Lucky Seven, all adjoining and situated on the hill forming the\neastern slope of Bear river and the southern slope of Glacier creek valleys. Serious development work has as yet been confined to the Lucky Seven and Little Joe mineral claims.\nAs has already been noted, the mineralisation on these claims is along the line of a great\nfractured zone which runs in a general north and south direction, about parallel with Bear\nriver, not only for the length of this group of claims, but continues, both to the north and\nsouth, through a number of other claims. This zone is of variable and not clearly defined\nwidth, but is in places several hundred feet across, and runs through an argillite formation,\nconforming, at least very nearly, to both the strike and dip of the argillite. Within this\nzone the argillite has been more or less crushed, and presents, when cemented together by the\nquartz-vein matter, a brecciated mass. Within this zone there are a number of comparatively\nsmall felsitic dykes, running with the fissure, apparently injections after the formation of the\nfissure, and these dykes seem to be present wherever important mineralisation has taken place.\nThrough this general zone of crushing, siliceous infiltration has taken place, the solution\nnaturally following certain channels which the crushing had rendered more open\u2014lines of\nleast resistance to the flow of the solution\u2014and these channels of silicification now form the\nquartz veins in which the mineral is found.\nOn the Lucky Seven and Little Joe the silicification seems to be confined to one main vein,\nas far as present development shows. In the earlier stages there were supposed to be two\nveins, but the management now considers the second vein as merely an offshoot of the main vein.\nMine.\u2014The mine workings are at au elevation of about 2,400 feet above sea-level, and\nconsist of three tunnels with connecting raises, as shown on accompanying plan.\nThe lowest, or No. 3 tunnel, is the working tunnel, the tramway therefrom going directly\nto the bunkers at the upper terminal of the aerial tramway. This tunnel, in October,\n1910, was in about 500 feet, and follows in on the vein, which is mineralised all the way;\nbut what is considered pay-ore was only struck at about 100 feet in, from which point it\napparently continues to the face, although the tunnel in a couple of places seems, in the\ndriving, to have run away from the ore. From this level a raise has been put up to\nthe No. 2 tunnel, and this acts as an ore-chute from the upper levels.\nThe No. 2 tunnel is about 55 feet vertically higher than No. 3, the vein dipping at an\nangle of about 30 degrees, and was in about 200 feet, with a raise being put up to the No. 1\ntunnel, and which, in October, was almost through. At about 25 feet in from the portal\nthe tunnel entered on pay-ore, in which it has continued to the face.\nThe No. 1 tunnel is about 40 feet higher than No. 2, and has been driven about 180 feet\nand developing pay-ore for its entire length, the face being in such ore. At one point in the\ndriving the tunnel was deflected to the right and ran out of the ore-shoot, but, upon being\nbrought back to the original course, picked up the ore again. 1\n,;\nr\n.\u25a0\u25a0:-\u25a0\u25a0 , *\ni\n:'iii#,,'#4\np\nC B'ii: \u00abS\nU0\u00ab IJ\nConcentrator\u2014Portland Canal Mining Co. 1 Geo. 5 Skeena District. . K 73\nAbove the No. 1 tunnel several open-cuts, sunk on the outcrop, have disclosed pay-ore,\nindicating that this ore-shoot continues for at least 350 feet to the south of the portal of No.\n1 tunnel. The development work on this ore-shoot, as stated, would seem to indicate an ore-\nshoot at least 350 feet long, developed below the outcrops, along the plane of the vein for a\ndistance of about 400 feet; the thickness of the pay-ore has been estimated by the management as averaging about 5 feet; this figure being, in the opinion of the writer, under the\nmark, rather than over it. Should the ore-shoot prove to be as long in the tunnels as the open-\ncuts directly above them seem to indicate, this would argue an amount of ore, from present\ndevelopment, sufficient to keep the present mill busy for three years. The faces of all the\ntunnels were found to be in ore which was apparently richer than the average of the ore-shoot.\nThe monthly average assay for September of the face of No. 2 tunnel is reported as being :\nGold, $5.20 ; silver, 61 oz.; lead, 2.5 per cent.; and of face of No. 3 tunnel, about, gold, $4 ;\nsilver, 15 oz.; lead, 4 per cent. These values vary from month to month, and are quoted\nmerely as an indication of the grade of ore met with.\nThe ore mined and milled consists of iron-sulphides and galena, both carrying gold and\nsilver, with a small quantity of zinc-blende and occasionally some copper-pyrites, all contained\nin a quartz gangue and mixed with fragments of argillite.\nSpecimens of the higher sulphides and oxides of silver and of metallic silver are frequently\nseen in the vein in all the levels, and, though of interest, are not taken into account by the\nmanagement, nor is any special attempt made to save them. The mine depends entirely on the\niron-sulphides and galena for its ore values, which are stated to be in the neighbourhood of\n$12 a ton of ore. The ore is conveyed from the mine to the mill by an aerial tramway\nof the Bleichart system.\nAll mining has as yet been hand drilling, but the company was engaged in laying, and\nhad nearly completed, a pipe-line from the mill to the mine for the conveyance of compressed\nair, and when this is completed an equipment of power-drills will be installed in the mine.\nThe compressor was on the ground all ready to be set up at the mill, where it will be driven\nby water-power.\nThe mine is provided with good and substantial cook- and bunk-houses and other buildings, including a house for the mine superintendent.\nThe development accomplished by the mine workings covers but a small part of the main\nfissure contained within the company's property, in other portions of which important surface\nshowings of ore have been found, but these have, for the time being, been left dormant, pending\nthe development in the mine workings.\nOf these minor developments, one, however, deserves special mention; it is located some\ndistance, about 1,000 feet, to the north of the mine workings and on the same vein, but,\nowing to the contour of the hill, at a considerable lower elevation, and is so situated that ore\nmined there could, with slight expense, be delivered to the present tramway for transmission\nto the mill. At this point the main vein outcrops strongly and is heavily mineralised; it is\nfurther developed by a short tunnel in which the mineralisation of the vein is satisfactory.\nThis development would seem to indicate another ore-shoot, easy of exploitation, but requires\nfurther development to show its extent and ultimate value; it, however, gives ground for the\nbelief that between this point and the mine other ore-shoots will eventually be developed.\nMill.\u2014The company had, in October, just about completed a concentrating-mill for the\ntreatment of the ores from the mine ; this mill is situated in the Bear river valley, at the\nmouth of Glacier creek, the lower terminal of the aerial tramway being some 2,200 feet lower\nthan the upper terminal. The mill building is a substantially framed structure, sheathed\nwith double boarding with paper between, built on the lowest slope of the hill. The mill K 74 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nconsists of a receiving-chute capable of holding 75 tons of ore and a bin holding 175 tons.\nFrom this latter the ore is fed through a Challenge gate to a 6-inch by 16-inch Sturtevant\ncrusher, which reduces the ore to 1 inch size. The crusher discharges on to a rubber belt-\nconveyor, set with a slight fall, which conveys the ore to another bin holding 175 tons of\ncrushed ore. From the crushed-ore bin the ore is fed by an Allis-Chalmers roll-feed automatic\nfeeder to a set of slow-running Allis-Chalmers 12-inch by 24-inch rolls, from which it passes to\nNo. 1 elevator, is thus raised to the top of the mill, and is discharged into a revolving trommel,\nwith 5 mm. screen. The oversize from the trommel is returned by a chute to the second rolls,\nthe discharge going to a second trommel which is fitted with two panels of 2 mm. screen and\none panel of 3 mm. The oversize from this trommel goes direct to 5 mm. jig, and the 3 mm.\nscreenings to the 3 mm. jig. The 2 mm. screenings go to a classifier, which separates out\nthe 2 mm. and 1 mm. sizes, which go respectively to the 2 mm. and 1 mm. jigs, while the\noverflow passes on to four suspended iron conical settlers, which in turn distribute their\nproduct, the first to a Wilfley table, the second to an Overstrom table, and the third and\nfourth each to a Frue vanner. The overflow from these settlers passes on to a series of large\nsettling-tanks on a lower floor. The middlings from the 5 and 3 mm. jigs go to the second, a\nfiner, set of rolls ; thence to the second elevator. The middlings from 1 and 2 mm. jigs go to\na 10-foot Lane mill, and after recrushing, pass on to No. 2 elevator.\nAll these recrushed middlings are then elevated to the top of the mill and discharged into\na third trommel, the oversize from which is returned for recrushing, and the screenings go to\nthe classifier, so entering the process again. The tailings from all the jigs and tables, being\nsufficiently clean, go to the tailings-dump. The concentrates from the jigs and tables discharge\nby gravity into receiving-bins on the lower floor.\nThe capacity of the crushing, screening, and elevating part of the mill is 100 tons of ore\na day; the installation of jigs and tables now in place is for 50 tons only, but provision has\nbeen made for doubling this as soon as it is required, so that, while now the mill as a whole\nhas a nominal capacity of 50 tons, this could be doubled at a comparatively small expense.\nIn the construction of the mill the very best and most efficient construction has been employed,\nand the machines are of the most modern type.\nTo accompany this report a flow sheet has been prepared to show graphically the process\nof concentration employed.\nAn electric-light dynamo to be driven by water-power was being installed, which would\nlight the mill and other surrounding buildings.\nConcentration effected.\u2014The concentrating plant was only started about October 1st, and\nwhen visited by the writer, some ten days later, was only being \" tuned up \" on a low-grade\nfeed, so that no definite final results as to the ultimate percentage of saving, the average assay\nof tailings, or the rate of concentration could be obtained. The work being done, therefore,\nrepresents only the \" first try,\" and, as this was good, better results may be expected after\nadjustment.*\nThe rate of concentration will be approximately from 3 to 3Jr tons of ore into 1 ton of\nconcentrates; these concentrates consist of iron-sulphides and galena, collected separately, in\nwhat proportion is not yet definitely demonstrated, but a very clean separation between the\ntwo was being effected.\n*A letter from the general manager to the president of the company, dated Nov. 22nd, received as\nthis goes to press, places the mill feed at that time as about: Gold, $3.00; silver, 14 oz. to the ton ; lead,\n3.7%\u2014about $13.00 ore. \"Our extraction at this time is about 80%, but with the Lane mill in operation and\nseveral small changes, now completed, we will raise this to 85%, and I think ultimately to 87%.\"\nLater.\u2014After running the mill for some time, it was decided to increase the jig capacity of the plant\nand to provide a proportionately larger table equipment. The plant was shut down most of the winter\nwhile such alterations were being made, but the mine development has been kept on continuously. 1 Geo. 5 Skeena District. K 75\nThe tailings from each of the machines contained but small values in gold and silver, even\nwith the incomplete adjustment, showing that the process was satisfactory, the separation of\nthe mineral from the gangue being easily and very completely effected.\nThe separation on the Wilfley table was very nearly theoretically perfect, the lines of\ngalena, iron-sulphides, zinc-blende, and tailings on the table being the most clearly defined that\nthe writer has ever seen.\nThe concentrates being made, from the class of ore being experimented with, ran about as\nfollows : Iron concentrates\u2014gold, from $8 to $10; silver, 15 to 20 oz. per ton. Lead concentrates\u2014gold, from $8 to $10; silver, from 35 to 45 oz. per ton ; lead, from 65 to 75 per cent.\nNo zinc concentrates are saved, as they were found by actual test to contain but low assay\nvalues in silver\u2014about 1| oz. to the ton.\nThe slime-tanks were not at that time in operation, so that it is not as yet known whether\nany saving will be made of the small quantities of higher silver-sulphides and oxides which are\nvisible occasionally in the ore and which, from their nature, would slime.\nPower Plant.\u2014The company owns a water record on Glacier creek which has been\ndeveloped to supply all the power necessary for the mine and the mill. The water is taken\nout of the creek in a rocky canyon at the .head of a fall, the intake being well protected by\nprojecting rock from any drift-wood or drift-ice. The intake is for the first few feet in solid\nrock, when the water enters a flume 3 feet deep by 4 feet wide, built of 2-inch plank with\nbattens, laid on a grade of 1-inch fall in 4 rods. From the intake to the pressure-box the flume\nis 1,100 feet long ; it follows down the north side of the creek for some distance, when it crosses\nover to the south side on a trestle 100 feet above the creek-bed. The pressure-box is 105 feet\nabove the Pelton wheels, to which the water is conveyed in a wrought-iron penstock 24 inches\nin diameter and 150 feet long, with suitable branches and valves. The power is developed by\ntwo 6-foot and one 3-foot Pelton wheels. One 6-foot wheel drives the main counter-shaft from\nwhich is belted the crusher, rolls, Lane mill, and conveyors ; the other 6-foot wheel was being\nheld for the compressor. The 3-foot wheel was used exclusively for the jigs and tables, thereby\nobtaining a steady and constant motion for these machines.\nOther Buildings.\u2014The company has erected near the mill a large and very complete\nboarding-house, kitchen, dining-room, sitting-rooms, and bedrooms for the men; there is\nalso a well-equipped laboratory building with rooms for the assayers. The office contains\npublic and private office rooms and living quarters for the manager. Stable, blacksmith, and\ncarpenter shops have been planned out and will be erected at an early date.\nTransportation.\u2014The Portland Canal Short Line Railway has laid out a spur from its\nmain line to directly in front of the concentrator building, so that ore will eventually be loaded\ndirect from the mill into the cars.\nIn addition to this, there is from the mill a good Government waggon-road to the town of\nStewart, distant about three miles and a half; this road is practically level and has a good\nhard gravel bottom.\nAll supplies for the mine are received at the mill and taken up on the aerial tramway.\nThe mine office and various mill offices are connected by telephone and also with an office\nin Stewart.\nThe Stewart Mining & Development Company has eight or nine\nStewart Mining & claims on the north side of Glacier creek at an altitude of about 1,000\nDevelopment Co. feet. The company has been at work for the past three years steadily\ndeveloping its property by means of tunnels, etc. There has been\na great deal of surface work done as well, but this becomes of secondary importance since K 76 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nthe veins have been cut by the tunnel workings. There is little doubt but that the same\ngeneral zone of crushing or fissure upon which the Portland Canal mine ore-body is located\npasses northward, through the intervening properties, into and through the Stewart claims.\nIn such a crushed zone the mineral-bearing solutions would follow the lines of least resistance,\nand while in the Portland Canal property these solutions appear to have been confined to one\nchannel, producing one vein, in the Stewart they appear to have produced four veins, all\nparallel as to strike, though not as to dip, and all contained within the zone of fracture, which\nhere has a width of about 400 feet.\nFrom Glacier creek northward, following the fracture zone, there are a couple of deep\nand precipitous-sided gulches extending up as far as the cabins of the Stewart Mining\nCompany. In the sides of these gulches Nature has caused exposures of the veins, so\nthat but little work had to be done to prove their general conditions. From the bottom\nof the deepest of these gulches, on the George E. claim, the company has driven a crosscut tunnel to the east, into the bank, for a distance of about 300 feet, and in so doing\nhas crosscut three veins, known locally, in order of sequence, as No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3\nveins\u2014the last being also called the \" Green Vein \" or \" East Vein.\" The No. 1 vein\nwas struck at 50 feet in, and on this a drift was run to the right for 60 feet, but does\nnot determine the full size of the fissure or vein, which, however, is more fully exposed\nin a series of cuts higher up the very steep hillside, and there seems to be a well-defined\nquartz vein, 2 feet to 4 feet wide, and dipping to the west at an angle of about 55\ndegrees. The vein contains some heavy sulphides of iron, carrying gold values, but no\nlarge body of ore has been encountered.\nAt 100 feet in from the portal of the tunnel the No. 2 vein was cut, and has been\ndrifted upon for 60 feet on either side of the tunnel. The fissure of this No. 2 vein is from\n6 to 7 feet wide, and shows a quartz infiltration and replacement of the fractured argillite\ncarrying more or less mineral.\nAt 300 feet in from the portal, and 150 feet from No. 2 vein, the No. 3 vein was cut,\nand its general Bssure is about 25 to 30 feet wide, while the dip is nearly vertical. On this\nvein a drift had been made to the right for 50 feet, while to the left one had been driven for\n200 feet, and was still being pushed forward, receiving the greater part of the attention of\nthe management ; several crosscuts had been put off from the drift at various points to test\nthe width of the fissure. This vein is similar in general character to .the others, but in\naddition to the quartz-gangue matter there was apparent a considerable quantity of calcite.\nThere were some heavy sulphides visible in the vein-matter, but no commercial body had as\nyet been struck. There were, however, numerous showings of native silver and of the higher\nsilver-sulphides, which, although they gave great encouragement to the management, were\nnot sufficiently plentiful to constitute ore.\nOn the west side of the gulch, directly opposite to the mouth of the crosscut tunnel\nalready mentioned, No. 4 vein has been opened up by a tunnel driven in along the vein for\nsome 200 feet. This is a large strong vein and seems to carry a greater percentage of heavy\niron-sulphides than was then visible in any of the other veins. This vein dips to the west at\na flatter angle than the other veins, and the mineralisation more nearly approaches in\ncharacter that found on the Portland Company's property, giving rise to the belief\nthat this vein is the continuation of the Portland vein. This belief, however, lacks definite\nconfirmation, and it is not at all improbable but that all the veins are equally continuations\nof the Portland vein. 1 Geo. 5 Skeena District. K 77\nThe Little Wonder mineral claim, being developed by the Portland\nPortland Wonder. Wonder Mining Company, is situated to the south of the eastern portion\nof the George E. claim of the Stewart Mining Company, and contains\nwithin its borders a continuation of the No. 3 vein of the Stewart, which here also is found\ndipping nearly vertical and is easily traced from the Stewart down Lucky gulch to the Little\nWonder workings. These workings are only a short distance up the gulch from Glacier creek\nand at an altitude of 700 feet above sea-level; the No. 2 tunnel has been driven in for about\n360 feet, of which the first 150 feet is through slide material. Practically all the work is now\nbeing done in this tunnel, from which a raise has been put up to the old workings on No. 1\ntunnel.\nThe vein here is very similar to the same vein on the Stewart, but seems to have been\nsubjected to a severe disturbance and crushing, subsequent to the formation and deposition of\nthe ore in the vein, since small masses and lenses of solid iron-sulphide are encountered\nshowing straight parallel strise, which have been crushed by movement into small lenses covered\nwith \" slicken-siding \" and occurring in a mass of broken and polished graphitic argillite. This\nlatter movement would appear to be local in character and has so disturbed the vein in the\npresent workings that little can be definitely said about it, beyond the fact that the amount of\nsolid sulphide present in the crushed vein-matter gives reasonable hope that when the\ncrushed portion of the vein has been passed, a more than usual amount of sulphide ore may\nbe looked for.\nThe development was being carried on by a force of eight men, with Mr. McCrimmon as\nforeman. Comfortable cabins had been erected, which would enable work to be carried on\nduring the winter. On the dump at the mouth of the tunnel there was a pile containing a\nnumber of tons of solid sulphides of iron and lead, from which a rough sample was taken\nwhich assayed : Gold, $16.80; silver, 19.4 oz. to ton; lead, 36.5 per cent.\nThe Lulu mineral claim lies south of the western portion of the\nLulu Mineral George E. claim, and undoubtedly contains within its borders some of the\nClaim. veins developed on the Stewart property, but the development has not as\nyet proceeded far enough to demonstrate what they may there contain. A\ncrosscut tunnel is being driven in from a small gulch, with the intention of erosscutting the\nledges, and had proceeded some 180 feet.\nBitter Creek.\nHartley gulch enters Bitter creek some eight or nine miles from its\nOld Chum Group, mouth and about a mile above the foot of the glacier, over which it is\nL. L. & H. Group, necessary to pass to reach the mouth of the gulch. On this gulch, about a\nmile up from the glacier, James Lydden and partners have staked a couple\nof groups of claims, the Old Chum group on the east side, and the L. L. & H. group on the\nwest side of the gulch.\nAs yet very little work has been done on the properties, and they are only prospects\nwith undetermined futures, but are of interest as indicating promising mineralisation in\nthat vicinity ; the great \" gold reefs,\" of which so much has been written this past year, lie\non the opposite side of Bitter creek, about two miles farther up. The country-rock here is\nan argillite, somewhat altered and broken up, through which run, in a general east and west\ndirection, crushed zones usually accompanied by dykes and quartz veins, dipping to the south\nat high angles and carrying varying quantities of white iron-sulphide, galena, and copper-\npyrites. On the Old Chum group, at an altitude of 3,300 feet, a tunnel has been driven in\nfor about 15 feet in an easterly direction on a crushed zone in the argillite, in which occurs a K 78 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nquartz vein about 4 feet wide, with a heavy gouge on either side, carrying white iron sulphides,\ngalena, and some copper-pyrites. A sample taken completely across this 4 feet of vein\nexposed, merely as an indication of the surface prospect, gave, upon assay : Gold, $1 ;\nsilver, 6.6 oz.\nSome 120 feet higher than the tunnel and 150 feet to the south an open-cut has been\nmade across a crushed zone, here from 8 to 10 feet wide, and showing a general mineralisation\nas described, with possibly a larger percentage of copper-pyrites and less galena. From this\ncut the owners report fair values in gold and copper, with a little silver. The examination of\nother surface exposures was prevented by a fall of snow which had just set in.\nOn the opposite side of the gulch, and adjoining, is the L. L. & H. group, the principal work\non which could not at the time be reached, as a light fall of snow on the ground rendered the\nfoothold dangerous on the very steep hillside; enough, however, could be seen from near the\ngulch to show that several strong quartz ledges, running in an east and west direction, cut\nthrough the hillside, and that the outcrops exposed on the surface were in places quite heavily\nmineralised. The owners report from the more advanced workings average assays of over\n$20 in gold. A rough sample taken from an outcrop near the gulch, as an indication, gave :\nGold, $6.80; silver, 1 oz.\nThe Roosevelt mineral claim is one of the oldest recorded claims in the\nRoosevelt Mineral camp, and is being developed by a company of which Mr. J. Clew, of\nClaim. Vancouver, is said to be president, and Mr. Baldwin manager. In\nOctober the property was not being worked, but was found in charge of\na watchman. The property is situated on the North fork of Bitter creek, about a mile up\nfrom the main creek and at an altitude of about 1,200 feet. The country-rock is an argillite,\ncut by east and west dykes, parallel with which is a crushed zone from 5 to 10 feet wide,\nmore or less cemented with quartz and containing lenses of iron-sulphides carrying gold values,\nalso a little galena and copper-pyrites. The fissure is regular and apparently continuous\nwhere developed, and is filled with crushed country-rock, with variable quantities of quartz\nand mineral. The development consists of a main tunnel driven into the hillside, at a height\nof 20 feet above the creek-bed, for a distance of about 75 feet; this tunnel was almost blocked\nup by the waste from higher prospecting workings and slide and does not as yet exhibit any\ncommercial ore-body.\nAbout 40 feet higher up the steep bank an open-cut has been made, from which a tunnel\nhas been started into the hillside on the fissured zone, in all about 20 feet.\nSome very good values in gold are reported from the face, but these are uneven and\ndepend on the amount of sulphide in the sample. A rough general sample from the lower\ntunnel gave : Gold, $8 ; silver, 10.4 oz. ; copper, 6.6 per cent. About 200 yards down the creek\nfrom the tunnel and on the same side of the creek is what is called the \"new strike.\" This is\na similar crushed zone in the argillite country-rock cemented with quartz, striking east and\nwest, about 10 feet wide and flanked on either side by porphyrite dykes, approximately 20 feet\nwide, which follow the fissure in as far as could be seen. In the crushed zone the broken\ncountry-rock predominates, but there occurs near the foot-wall side two streaks, one 12 inches\nand the other 6 inches wide, of rather strong mineralisation, which were sampled and assayed,\ngiving: Gold, 80 cents; silver, 13.4 oz. per ton. There has been practically no work done on\nthis showing and it has only recently been \"faced up\" by the couple of men left in charge\nwhen the working force was withdrawn, and although the showing at the surface is somewhat\nindefinite, it is possible a little work might show a considerable improvement. 1 Geo. 5 Skeena District. K 79\nThe Olga mineral claim, being developed by James McNeill and two\nOlga Mineral men, is situated about three miles and a half up Bitter creek, on the north\nClaim. bank of the creek. The country-rock is argillite and is here very much\naltered and disturbed, striking north and south and dipping nearly vertical.\nAt an elevation of 400 to 500 feet above the creek, and back from the creek about 1,500 feet\na tunnel has been driven into a crushed and mineralised zone for some 81 feet in a N. 45\u00b0 W.\ndirection, with, at 45 feet in, a crosscut to the right of 25 feet and at the face a drift of\n10 feet in a northerly direction. The main Assuring appears to be in a general north and\nsouth direction with the strike of the strata, which the tunnel about half crosscuts in its\ncourse. In the tunnel, on the left side, a number of stringers of mineral seem to be coming out\nof the wall, which the work done does not fully develop. The mineralisation consists of bands\nof quartz carrying stringers and bunches of iron and copper pyrites, but to what extent these\noccur in the zone of crushing is not fully shown by the method of development adopted. A\nrough general sample taken from the couple of tons of sorted ore at the tunnel mouth gave,\nupon assay: Gold, $8.80; silver, 1.8 oz. per ton; copper, 10.1 per cent.\nAmerican Creek.\nThe Red Cliff group consists of seven mineral claims\u2014the Last Chance,\nRed Cliff Group. Red, Cliff, Mt. Lyell, Little Pat, Montrose, and Waterloo, Mac Fct. and Dot\nFraction\u2014situated on the west slope of Bear River valley, a short distance\nbelow American creek. A small creek (Lydden creek) follows the base of the main mountain\nand is separated from the river by a small hill some 300 or 400 feet in height. The claims\nand mineral exposures are on the mountain side sloping up from Lydden creek, and have been\nproperly so described, but this mountain is really the western boundary of the Bear river\nvalley at the mouth of American creek. The property is owned by the Red Cliff Mining\nCompany, Ltd., a Vancouver company, with a capital of $1,500,000, of which, however,\naccording to the company's annual report, $350,000 of capital stock still remains in the\ntreasury. The president and general manager of the company is A. Erskine Smith, of\nVancouver, while E. B. Webster is the superintendent of the mine.\nThere are several exposures of mineral on the various claims, but the principal development has been upon the Red Cliff, and here the company has centred all its energies for the\ntime being, and it is this work which commands present attention. The surface showing, the\ncause of the present development, was found some 200 feet vertically up the very steep hillside\nto the west of Lydden creek, where, exposed in a bluff, there is an outcropping vein carrying\niron and copper pyrites in a gangue of quartz. Into this exposure a tunnel has been driven,\ndirectly into the hillside, in a general south-west direction for from 60 to 70 feet, when a sharp\nturn was made to the right\u2014a crosscut\u2014for 35 feet. In the tunnel near the portal a winze\nhas been sunk about 10 feet below the tunnel level. This winze and crosscut would appear\nto be work done since Mr. Carmichaei examined the property in 1909. The tunnel and winze\nare both in ore, but the crosscut is not\u2014the ore-body being apparently to the left and in the\nline of the main tunnel. The total width of the mineralisation is not disclosed, as it has not\nbeen cut through on the left side of the tunnel, but is at least from 12 to 15 feet wide where\ndeveloped. This same mineralisation can be seen for a long distance up the hillside in a general\nS. 30\u00b0 W. direction, where it has been exposed by open-cuts and shots put into the bluff. The\nmineralisation consists of iron and copper pyrites, occurring in layers in a quartz gangue,\ncarrying gold and silver values.\nFrom the tunnel workings, including a chamber 8 by 10 feet in size at the inner end of\nthe tunnel, a quantity of ore has been placed on the dump, estimated at about 200 tons and\nrunning in copper about 5 per cent. A ton and a half of ore from the workings, that had been K 80\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\npreviously taken down to the company's Vancouver office, was shipped this fall to the Tyee\nsmelter and there sampled, yielding, according to the company's annual report: Copper, 8.25\nper cent, (dry); silver, 2.44 oz.; and gold, $5 to ton. It is believed that, as the iron-pyrites\ncarry more than a proportionate amount of the gold present, the ore on the dump will carry\nhigher values in gold than the copper tenure of this sample shipment would argue.\nApprox imate\nSection of Workings\nRzoGurr Mining Company\nPortland Canal. M D.\nSc\u00abl*'\n0 . . iftff\nzoo\n\u25a0*\u00ab\u00ab\n\nA-0 miles\nPORTLAND CANAL\nGovernment YSaqaon road.\nCompiled and drawn by h.TJiafion,\nbureau of oMines^Victorict, B.C. AeHal \\r&rr\\\nfrom fhe mine\nFlume from Glacier cr.\nJ>4' Sec!\"., Hooft. lon^\nHYDRAULIC HEAD\nIOJ Ft\nDriving:\nDriving\nJtQ3\nTfcble*\nCrusher\nRolls\nE.lev*Tor*\n>\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0 J;',:\nValley of Chilcotin River\u2014near Anahim Reserve.\nV '. : .\nValley of Chilcotin River\u2014near Alexis Creek. 1 Geo. 5 Skeena District. K 81\nThe lower tunnel was in, on October 6th, 1,013 feet, and at the rate of progress being\nmade, between 40 and 50 feet a week, should be vertically below the upper workings about\nthe middle of November ; one power drill was being used on three shifts.* The country-rock\npassed through by the tunnel seems to be similar to the rock exposed around the upper\nshowings and was a dark-coloured igneous rock, probably a diabase, plentifully seamed by small\ncross-fissurings filled with quartz, but not carrying mineral values.\nThe company has available in Lydden creek a very fine water-power which could be\ncheaply utilised, and so dispense with the cutting of cordwood for boiler fires ; it is understood\nthat plans to this end have already been prepared.\nOn the Montrose claim, in the canyon of Lydden creek\u2014a spot very difficult to get at for\nintitial development\u2014there is an outcropping very similar in mode of occurrence to that on the\nRed Cliff, but differing, in that it has a smaller percentage of copper and a greater of iron\npyrites, with correspondingly higher gold values. This showing is extensively exposed by\nNature, but very little work has been done on it beyond a few shots in the face of the almost\nperpendicular side of the canyon. This showing and others exposed at other points on the\nclaims awaits the issue of the development on the Red Cliff.\nThe Mountain Boy Mining Company owns a group of claims which\nMountain Boy includes the Mountain Boy, Hard Nut, Northern Belle, and others, situated\nMining Company, on the south side of American creek, some four miles from the mouth of\nthe creek, at an altitude of about 2,200 feet. The property is at present\nunder bond to the Pacific Coast Exploration Company and is being developed by a force of\nsixteen men, under the management of Mr. Stanley as foreman. Some development has been\ndone on each of these claims, but at present the work is confined to the Mountain Boy claim.\nThe showing being developed is on the face of a bare hill, swept clear by snowslides, between\n800 and 900 feet vertical above the small subsidiary valley which runs parallel with American\ncreek and is separated therefrom by a small rolling hill, similarly as at the Red Cliff. The\ncabins are situated on the American creek slope of the small hill, in a bunch of timber, in order\nto be free from the snowslides, which, in winter, fill the subsidiary valley with snow many feet\ndeep.\nFrom the cabins a trail leads over the small hill into the small valley, from which a\nswitch-back trail runs up the face of the slide for 800 feet vertical to the tunnel on the\nMountain Boy claim. Prospecting cannot be carried on here safely after snow comes, and any\npermanent workings would have to be put in from the vicinity of the cabin, similarly as has\nbeen done at the Red Cliff, but would, however, require a much larger tunnel.\nThe upper tunnel is in about 150 feet with a crosscut of 25 feet and a 10-foot winze.\nThe tunnel was started into the hill in a westerly direction and soon ran through the\nmineralised zone; it was then swung around nearly 90\u00b0 to a S. 15\u00b0 E. direction and continued\nfor about 60 feet, with a crosscut of 25 feet to the east in the mineralised zone. The country-\nrock is a dark, igneous rock, and the ore is found in a crushed zone, partly filled with quartz,\nin which galena is found in kidneys, in lenses, and in streaks, but at that time had not\nproved very abundant.\nA sample of the galena from the vein gave, upon assay : Gold, trace; silver, 1.2 oz. per\nton ; lead, 72 per cent.\n*It is unofficially reported that before the end of the year this lower tunnel had been driven to, and\npast, the point vertically under the upper workings, and that at about this point copper-ore, somewhat\nsimilar to that in the upper workings, was found in the turniel. It is understood that this lower showing\nof ore is being developed and an upraise made.\n6 K 82\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nOn the Hard Nut a tunnel had been driven in about 70 feet on a zone of mineralisation\nabout 11 feet 6 inches wide and somewhat similar in character to the Mountain Boy.\nOn the Northern Belle in No. 1 tunnel the mineralised body of quartz with galena is\nabout 18 feet wide, and the tunnel and drifts measure about 32 feet. A sample of the galena\nore from this tunnel assayed : Gold, trace ; silver, 2.8 oz. to ton; lead, 52.5 per cent.\nThe No. 2 showing on the property has only been \"faced up,\" and seemingly is on a zone of\nmineralisation and silicification about 35 feet wide, but is reported by the management as low-\ngrade, giving on an average sample about $3 a ton.\nThe Bear River Canyon Mining Co. is developing a group of claims\nBear River Canyon situated in the valley about two miles above the mouth of American creek ;\nMining Co. the group consists of eight claims, including the Independence, Pascoe,\nKennewich, and others. The development work seen had been done on\nthe Independence claim, where a tunnel had been driven, from slightly above creek-level, into\nthe eastern bank of the river, for a distance of 140 feet in a S. 40\u00b0 E. direction, starting in\non an outcropping of zinc-blende and galena which occurred on the contact of a porphyrite\ndyke with the argillite country rock. This particular showing of mineral had been mined out\nin the tunnel, and by a small shaft sunk at the mouth of the tunnel, and is described by the\nmanager, Mr. Falls, as having been a lens of ore tapering in all directions and having a\nmaximum height of 15 feet, a length of 20 feet, and a thickness of 10 inches. In the roof\nof the tunnel, at 42 feet in, another lens of ore had been cut and proved to be about 15 feet\nlong by about 4 to 8 inches wide in the middle, tapering away at each end. At 105 feet in\non the tunnel, a crosscut had been made to the left for 5 feet. The crushed zone of Assuring\ncontinued to the face of the tunnel, but did not exhibit further mineral. From these workings a few tons of mineral had been extracted and was on the dump, consisting of about two-\nthirds of zinc-blende and one-third galena. A general sample taken of the ore on the dump\ngave, upon assay : Gold, trace ; silver, 17 oz. per ton; lead, 44 per cent.; zinc, 22.6 per cent.\nOn the same strike as the fissure in the tunnel, but on the opposite side of the creek, there are\nthree outcroppings of mineral of similar character, but these have not been developed nor\nprospected. All work on the claim had been stopped some time in September. 1 Geo. 5 Skeena District. K 83\nBELLA COOLA MINING DIVISION.\nNotes by Provincial Assayer.\nBurke channel is an inlet of the sea, running eighty miles north-easterly into the mainland\ncoast; at the head of this inlet is Bella Coola, in the centre of the district of that name. The\nmouth of Burke channel is on the main waterway between southern British Columbia and\nAlaska, and is 300 miles north of Vancouver. Many of the steamships call at the mouth of\nthe inlet on their way north and south, the stopping points being either Bella Bella or Namu,\nwhere accommodation can be had, and Bella Coola reached by either launch or sailing-boat.\nA direct service is, however, maintained by the Boscowitz Steamship Co., the company running\na steamer every two weeks from Victoria and Vancouver direct to Bella Coola. A good trail\nruns from Bella Coola into the interior plateau.\nThe original country-rock of the district seems to be a quartz porphyry, which has been\nlargely changed to a gneiss, flow structure being plainly seen.\nThese claims were formerly owned by the North Coast Copper Company,\nSure Copper of Spokane ; the title of this company has, however, been allowed to lapse,\nMountain Group, and all claims have expired. The principal work has been done on the\nO'ga claim, half a mile north of the Nectlessonnay river. Some 850 feet\nabove the river, on the west bank, there was a slight Assuring movement in the hornblende-\ndiorite country-rock ; this fissure showed a little iron and copper strain, and on this a tunnel\nwas run 74 feet into the mountain, but no mineral of value was found, work being entirely\nin country-rock. About 300 feet below the upper tunnel another tunnel was run in 120 feet\nto tap the showing above, but this tunnel also is run in country-rock all the way, with no ore\nshowing.\nTime did not permit a visit to what is believed to be one of the best claims at present\nknown in the district, and the following information was obtained from one of the owners :\u2014\nThis group of claims is situated ten miles up on the left bank of the\nBella Coola Sallumt river, a tributary of the Bella Coola, joining the latter river twelve\nChief Group. miles from salt-water. Here two tunnels\u2014one 75 feet and the other 25\nfeet long\u2014have been run into the hillside on a granite and limestone\ncontact which shows a brecciated copper-ore said-to give the following values : Gold, 0.25 oz.;\nsilver, 5 oz.; copper, 9 per cent. The tunnels have been started on the same level, but run in\na north-easterly and south-easterly direction. The manager is O. T. Kellog, of Bella Coola.\nSeveral new locations have been made this summer at elevations of about 3,000 feet; no\nwork has yet been done on these claims.\nQUEEN CHARLOTTE MINING DIVISION.\nReport op E. M. Sandilands, Gold Commissioner.\nI have the honour to submit the annual report on mining operations in the Queen\nCharlotte Mining Division for the year 1910.\nMining generally on the islands the past year, I regret to say, has been rather at a\nstandstill, and not as much prospecting has been done as in previous years. The cause,\npossibly, of this was that the mining community, with its capital, was drawn towards the\nPortland Canal section. The deep snow of the previous winter and the lack of demand for\nproperties discouraged much new prospecting. It is, however, encouraging to be able to say that the assessments which have been done this year have shown up well. The number of\nclaims and assessment work recorded is, however, very little short of last year, while the\ngeneral revenue of this office exceeded that of last year.\nCollison Bay.\nOn the Meal Ticket group, while doing the annual assessment work, a fine showing of\nchalcopyrite ore, 8 feet in width, was uncovered, which assays very well. The Moresby Island\nMines, Ltd., now owning the group, proposes to do considerable work this coming year.\nOn the Wireless and Telephone, owned by Daykin and Metcalfe, a fine showing of ore was\nuncovered, carrying considerable bornite and yellow copper; these claims are very close to\nthe water and easy for shipping. Some claims higher up than these, called the Toben and Copper\nCoin Fraction, owned by same parties, have a large surface showing of copper-ore, carrying\ngood gold values. Considerable work has been done.\nOscar Laran on his property has done considerable work and exposed some very rich ore\nIkeda Bay.\nThe Vancouver people who had the Ikeda, mines under option commenced operations\nabout the 1st of April, and continued work to about the 1st August, when the mine was closed\ndown pending incorporation, etc. During that period twenty diamond-drill holes were put\ndown, aggregating in all 2,520 feet; 217 feet of drifting; 77 feet of crosscutting ; and 20 feet\nof raise. The diamond-drilling accomplished has satisfactorily proven the depth and continuity\nof the main vein, also the value of the ore at depth. Apart from the above, a large amount of\nassessment was done, also some outside improvements. At the time of writing, a small force\nof men is at work at the mine getting things in shape to start up work on a larger scale.\nHarriet Harbour.\nOn the Copper Queen group of claims, owned by J. S. McMillan, no work of any\nimportance has been done. Most of the claims are now Crown-granted.\nOn the Copper islands, in Skincuttle inlet, W. Campbell and others have a fine showing of\ngood-grade ore on George island, one of the group. A fair amount of work has been done.\nHuston Inlet.\nOn the Hercules group and Morning, owned by McEachern and McMillan, only the\nordinary assessment work has been done, but with very encouraging results, nice showings have\nbeen uncovered.\nOn the Ivan group the annual assessment work has been done by Thompson and\nMcKinnon.\nThe Government commenced this year a cut-off trail from Jedway to hf>ad of the Collison\nbay and Huston inlet divides, which will be a great convenience.\nGold or Mitchell Harbour (West Coast).\nOn the Early Bird group, owned by J. McLellan and others, was erected this summer a\nthree-stamp, experimental mill (Fraser & Chalmers) with stamps of 250 lb. each, driven by a\nPelton wheel. The mill was only run for a short period on account of the dry season, but in\nordinary years there should be enough water for seven months' run. The results of ore milled\nthis summer averaged over f 50 to the ton. In consequence of this, the owners have decided\nto install a small power-hoist and continue development at depth, and also, should occasion\nwarrant it, secure more water-power. 1 Geo. 5 Skeena District. K 85\nLockeport.\nOn the Morgan group very little work has been done this summer. The property was\nexamined by S. S. Fowler last fall and plans for extensive work are now in hand.\nThe Hawks Nest, group, on Tal-un-kwan island, has been Crown-granted.\nOn the Last Chance group, owned by McEachern, Jones, and Wintermute, considerable\nwork has been done, and the last work, 700 feet higher up the mountain, exposed a new vein\ncarrying very fair values in copper.\nAt the Apex group some work has been done and a cabin built.\nThe Bird and Bismarck groups, consisting of some thirteen claims and owned by the\nPioneer Queen Charlotte Mining Co., have had some considerable work done on them, working\nfrom five to six men all summer. A tunnel 65 feet long has been driven in copper-ore all\nthe way. The property is handy to water transportation. New cabin and trails were built\nthis year.\nTassoo Harbour.\nOn the Warwick group, owned by Elliott, Corlett, and others, no work has been done\nsince last July, when it was under bond to some Winnipeg people. Apart from the Ikeda\nmines, more work has been done on this property than any other on the islands. A crosscut\ntunnel some 300 feet long has been driven, showing ore all the distance, with the exception of\na few \" horses \" of lime. A winze has also been sunk on the vein about 80 feet, showing that\nthe ore goes down.\nOn the Contact group, owned by Messrs. Cannon and others, some work has been done>\nbut, owing to the heavy fall of snow the previous winter, work in the upper workings could\nnot be started until late in the fall\nCumshewa Inlet.\nThe Ilomestake group, purchased from Topping and Johnson by an English syndicate,\nnow called the Queen Charlotte Mining and Prospecting Co., has been worked continously by\nsix to eight men. There are two tunnels on the property ; No. 1 is in 100 feet on a 5-foot\nvein, and No. 2 is now in 300 feet, and will have to be driven 40 feet more to tap shaft sunk\non the vein. The ore is galena and zinc-blende, carrying gold values. The company has\nerected buildings, and proposes to build a tramway and ship ore shortly.\nGraham Island (Skidegate).\nThe South Easter group, situated about two miles from Skidegate, near the Indian village,\nis owned by McLellan, Gordon, and others. There is a vein on this property varying from\n2 feet to 21 feet, which has been uncovered on the surface for a distance of 1,800 feet. There\nis also a shaft sunk 20 feet on the vein showing 18 inches of very high-grade ore. The ore is\ncomposed of galena, zinc, and copper. The principal values are gold associated with the\ngalena. This is a very promising prospect and is very easy of access, being close to water\ntransportation.\nGraham Island.\nHydraulic Placer Leases.\u2014The Sandhurst Gold Mines, formed by Arthur Pearson, who\nowns some thirteen placer leases on the east side of Graham island, has recently purchased,\nin California, some machinery for the saving of the gold in the black sand. At the time of\nwriting, this company is trying to land and install the machinery, but the recent stormy\nweather has retarded the work. South of this, Mr. Garde and associates have some eight\nplacer leases. K 86 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nOffice Statistics\u2014Queen Charlotte Mining Division.\nClaims recorded (quartz) . , 204\nii (placer) 9\nCertificates of improvements 5\nwork 299\nBills of sale, etc 119\nFree miner's certificates 222\nHydraulic placer leases 8\nRevenue.\nMining recipts $5,909 90\nFree miner's certificates 979 75\nOther sources 791 25\n7,680 90\nOMINEOA MINING DIVISION.\nReport by W. Allison, Gold Commissioner. (Office at Hazelton.)\nI have the honour, as Gold Commissioner, to submit the annual report for the Omineca\nMining Division, for the year ending December 31st, 1910.\nThe year 1910 has been marked by considerable progress, and the development work done\nhas brought a number of prospects nearer to a stage when they may safely be designated as\nclaims with every indication of developing into paying mines.\nSome few small sample shipments have been made during the year for test purposes, the\nlargest being 20 tons of lead-ore from the Silver Cup mine on Nine-mile mountain, near\nHazelton, and 5 tons from the Lead King, an adjoining property.\nConsiderable ore was sacked on the Sunrise claim, another property on Nine-mile\nmountain, but an early fall of snow on the summit blocked the trail for pack-trains, and this\nore could not be got out.\nFor the winter of 1910-11, there are six properties under development, five of which are\nsituate on Nine-mile mountain and one on Four-mile mountain. Veins are from a few inches\nin width up to several feet, and in one case there is reported to be a shoot of ore uncovered by\nsurface stripping, 10 feet in width at a maximum, and total length of nearly 300 feet.\nNumerous transactions are reported during the year and several properties have changed\nhands, either by bond or purchase. Assays show about 2| oz. of silver to each unit of lead in\nthe ores, and in some cases there is a small quantity of grey copper present, which carries very\nhigh silver values; there are also some of the high-grade silver minerals. Gold values are, on\nthe average, slightly less than a $1 a ton for galena-ores.\nSome six to ten miles to the south of Hazelton about twenty claims were staked during\nthe year, but only a small amount of development has been done. Some fair specimens of\ncopper-ore, and also galena, have been brought from Rocher de Boule (Awillgate) mountain,\non which the claims are situate, and, as two of the groups are under bond at present, spring\nwill see the worth of the proposition put to the test.\nIn the Babine mountains, lying between Bulkley valley and Babine lake, considerable\ninterest has been aroused among the prospectors during the last three or four }Tears, the\nprincipal property, so far, being the Bonanza claim, owned by a corporation formed by James 1 Geo. 5 Skeena District. K 87\nCronin and associates. Nearly 400 feet of tunnelling and sinking has been done thereon; the\nore is galena, carrying fair silver values. No detailed statement of the ore-bodies opened up\nhas ever been given out by the management, although Mr. Cronin states that with the\ncompletion of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in the Bulkley valley he will resume work\nto put the property on a basis to work at a profit. Numerous locations have been made all\nalong the range for a distance of sixty or seventy miles, and there are still large areas that\nhave not as yet been penetrated by the prospector. The values are chiefly in silver, but\ntowards the northern end of Babine mountains several claims with arsenical iron-ore have\nshown gold values of from $6 to $25 to the ton. At the south end of the Babine lake a\ndiscovery of free-gold ore and telluride was reported during the summer, but is not well\nenough substantiated to be considered authentic. Some small specimens of quartz carrying\nnative silver from small veins were, however, brought from that part at different times.\nWest of the Bulkley river, closely bordering the valley, is the Hudson Bay mountain\ndistrict and the immense district drained by the Telkwa river and its tributaries, in which\nmany different kinds of ores are found, in varying degrees of richness; several properties have\ndumps with an amount of shipping ore piled up awaiting transportation facilities. So far as\nthe area being opened up by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway is concerned, all that seems to\nbe lacking is available transportation, and the country will soon take on all the activities of\nearnest development.\nNine-mile Mountain.\nMuch interest has been centred on Nine-mile mountain during the past year, and about\nninety new locations have been recorded ; active development, to a greater or less extent, has\nbeen proceeded with on many of the claims, with promising results. The principal properties\noperating in this section are the Sunrise group, Silver Cup group, Barber Bill group, Brown\ngroup, Stewart group, Silver Pick group, Silver Queen group, American Boy group, and\nMcBean group. The ore is chiefly silver-bearing galena.\nCariboo Mountain.\nConsiderable prospecting has been done during the past year on Cariboo mountain, which\nis situate immediately to the north of Nine-mile mountain, and a number of locations have\nbeen made thereon. The mineral encountered is silver-lead ore, similar in character to that\nof Nine-mile mountain.\nGlen Mountain.\nThis is a new district opened up this season, which is situate on the Skeena, about five\nmiles to the north of Hazelton. Some forty-four locations were made during the year; the\nore encountered being silver-lead, and also similar in character to that found on Nine-mile\nmountain.\nFour-mile Mountain.\nConsiderable activity has taken place on Four-mile mountain during the past season, and\nnew locations to the number of fifty-six were recorded. On some of the claims more or less\ndevelopment work has been carried on, the most important in this respect being the Erie\ngroup, owned by E. L. Kinman, of Vancouver ; a shaft has been sunk to the depth of 75 feet,\nand open-cuts run on the outcrop of the vein, exposing it for a length of 300 feet. The vein\nhas been proved to have an average width of 14 feet, and to carry an ore-shoot for that\ndistance with a width of from 18 inches to 4J feet, while in depth it has been proved up to\nthe bottom of the shaft. A few men have been employed continuously on development work,\nand it is understood that, with the opening of navigation, the force will be largely increased\nwith a view of thoroughly exploiting the property. K 88 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nRocher de Boule (Awillgate) Mountain.\nA number of claims were staked during the past season on Rocher de Boule mountain,\nand some sixty claims were recorded, since when no important work has taken place.\nHudson Bay Mountain.\nAssessment work on the old locations has been well kept up, and a number of new-\nlocations have been made; bonds have been acquired on many of the properties.\nTelkwa District.\nA number of new locations have been made during the year, and several claims have been\nbonded.\nKitsalas Canyon and Zymoetz River.\nAbout 200 new locations have been made in the vicinity of Kitsalas canyon and Zymoetz\nriver, and considerable work has been done on several of the old locations, but I am not in\npossession of authentic information as to how the properties are proving up with development.\nMining in this Northern Interior is still in the prospecting stage, and progress in this\ndirection has hitherto been naturally slow, from lack of transportation facilities ; but with the\nadvent of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, this phase of the situation will undergo a rapid\nchange, and it is anticipated that next season will witness considerable activity in mining\noperations throughout the whole of this district.\nCoal.\nDuring the year several coal-mining syndicates have been conducting operations on a\nfairly large scale, and good reports are being received from time to time; work, however, has\nin no case progressed to a stage where a definite statement can be made, but claims on the\nZymoetz river and the Bulkley river and its tributaries give promise of producing mines with\nthe necessary development.\nThe anthracite district around the headwaters of the Skeena continues to attract attention,\nand more claims are yearly being added to the number in private ownership.\nPlacer-mining.\nPlacer-mining in the eastern part of the Division, which has been undergoing a steady\ndecline in the value of annual output, seems to be about to take on a new lease of life,\nnumerous leases of ground have been taken up, and tests are being made to determine their\nvalue. So far the holders express satisfaction with the results.\nOffice Statistics\u2014Omineca Mining Division.\nMineral claims recorded 690\nPlacer .. 29\nCertificates of work 382\nAgreements and transfers. 194\nFree miner's certificates (individual) 861\nH ii (special) 3\nn u (company) 1\nMining receipts issued 990\nPlacer-mining leases 20\nRevenue.\nFree miner's certificates $ 3,664 00\nMining receipts 7,553 15\nTotal $11,217 15 OftoOSitO.;-\nWSM\n''ifi'J?.-f?::.3fi' '\"\"\" H?4-';\n'\u2022\u25a0\nsi\n|l\u00bb\"\n' ,f> \u25a0 Si i, =*#*--3|\n\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'. i..., *^ \u25a0 \u25a0\nM\np\n'\u25a0\u2022. -\\ *.'\";\\'!1\"^;-\" :\".i-\"-U\"--'\"'J' \" ' '' \u2022 ' >; '' '\n\u25a0BHHI\n~\n\u25a0 \\ : \u2022 30o.O'3:v\nChilcotin Valley\u2014at Ball Pasture.\nChoelquoit .Lake\u2014looking west. K 90\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nSOUTH-EAST KOOTENAY DISTRICT.\nFORT STEELE MINING DIVISION.\nReport by J. F. Armstrong, Gold Commissioner.\nI have the honour to submit a report on the progress of mining in the Fort Steele Mining\nDivision for the year 1910.\nThe following table shows approximately the number of mineral claims held during each\nyear since 1899 :\u2014\nYear.\nHeld under Crown\nGrant or Certificate of Improvement.\nCertificate\nof Work.\nNew\nLocations.\n1899\t\n1900\t\n37\n71\n104\n117\n142\n167\n189\n241\n254\n264\n280\n294\n718\n704\n642\n451\n335\n260\n193\n235\n160\n150\n154\n161\n729\n470\n1901\t\n455\n1902 \t\n1903\t\n253\n200\n1904\t\n1905\t\n1906\t\n169\n181\n160\n1907\t\n115\n1908\t\n100\n1909\t\n1910\t\n116\n179\nMineral Claims.\nNorth Star Group (south-west side of Mark creek).\u2014This property was shut down during\n1910, but will probably resume development this spring.\nSullivan Group (north-east side of Mark creek).\u2014This property was taken over by the\nConsolidated Mining & Smelting Company of Canada in 1910. The company has purchased\nseveral adjoining claims and has done much development work, and has shipped 23,000 tons\nof ore.\nSt. Eugene Group (east side of Moyie lake).\u2014The Consolidated Mining & Smelting\nCompany of Canada has reduced its working force during the year, and the output diminished\nto 78,000 tons.\nAurora Group (west side of Moyie lake).\u2014This group made a trial shipment with\nencouraging results, and it is hoped that shipments will be continued in 1911.\nSociety Girl Group (east side of Moyie lake).\u2014This group also made a trial shipment with\ngood results.\nOn Tracy creek the Estella group has been bonded for $175,000, and the Swan and St.\nLawrence have been purchased by a Spokane syndicate. The portion of the Kootenay Central\nRailway now being built will come within six miles of these properties, and means of transport\nthus furnished is sure to increase the work in this camp.\nIn the St. Mary's country increased interest is being manifested and two groups are now\nunder bond. 1 Geo. 5\nSkeena District.\nK 89\nPEACE RIVER MINING DIVISION.\nReport by Thos. Jamieson, Gold Commissioner.\nI have the honour to submit herewith a brief report on mining conditions in the Peace\nRiver Mining Division for the year ending December 31st, 1910.\nI regret to state that I am unable to report any change in the conditions which existed\nduring the year 1909. With the exception of the issuing of a very few free miner's certificates,\nI have not been called upon to transact any business in the way of mining.\nA few prospectors were engaged during the summer months prospecting on the many\nbars of the Peace river, and although they found considerable gold, it was not in sufficient\nquantity to offer any great inducement to the individual miner. However, they are of the\nopinion that it is well worth considering as a dredging proposition.\nThere has also been a few prospectors working on the south Pine river, above the\nmiddle forks, but with what success I am at present unable to say. 1 Geo. 5 South-East Kootenay District. K 91\nThe year 1909 saw the turn of the tide in prospecting, and the year just past shows a\ncontinued increase and mining matters are now much brighter.\nOffice Statistics\u2014Fort Steele Mining Division.\nMineral claims recorded ., 179\nPlacer claims recorded or re-recorded 9\nCertificates of work 161\nCertificates of improvements issued 16\nConveyances and other documents of title. . 26\nPartnership agreements 4\nGold Commissioner's permits 4\nDocuments filed ' 15\nAffidavits filed 279\nRecords of water grants and permits .... 4\nMining leases issued 5\nMining leases in force 45\nFree miner's certificates- (ordinary) 331\nii ii (company) 4\nii n (special) 1\nCrown grants issued 10\nRevenue.\nFree miner's certificates $1,721 50\nMining receipts. 4,382 01 K 92 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nNORTH-EAST KOOTENAY DISTRICT.\n :o:\t\nGOLDEN MINING DIVISION.\nReport of E. J. Scovil, Gold Commissioner.\nI beg to submit the annual report for the Golden Mining Division of North-East Kootenay\nfor the year 1910.\nDuring the past season, mining has been at a standstill and, with the exception of a\ncertain amount of prospecting, restaking, and the usual statutory assessment work, little has\nbeen accomplished ; the properties are awaiting improved transportation facilities.\nThe different silver-lead and copper properties have been referred to so often in the\nMineral Report that it is unnecessary for me to repeat.\nOffice Statistics\u2014Golden Mining Division.\nFree miner's certificates (110 and 3 special) $877 25\nMineral claims recorded (24) 60 00\nPlacer claim re-recorded 2 50\nLease rents collected . .'. 150 00\nAssessments recorded (35) 497 50\nPowers of attorney (placer), (6) 15 00\nBills of sale (8) 20 00\nWater rental , 13 00\nAbstracts, etc 6 25\nAcreage tax collected 541 25\n$2,182 75\nNotes by the Provincial Mineralogist.\nThe following information, not given by the Gold Commissioner, is submitted :\u2014\nThe Monarch mine, near Field, in this Mining Division, owned by the\nMonarch. Mt. Stephen Mining Syndicate, of Vancouver, and described by the\nProvincial Mineralogist in the Report of last year, page 98, this year\nshipped some 53 tons of ore running about 50 oz. silver and 62 per cent. lead.\nIt is learned that the tunnel, then mentioned as having been started 580 feet above the\nrailway-tracks, has been driven into the hill horizontally for some 335 feet, from the end of\nwhich a double-compartment raise was put up, at an angle of 65 degrees, for a distance of 475\nfeet. This raise was apparently miscalculated, for it came out at the top on the steep cliff or\nslide, which will necessitate a further tunnel and raise.\nSeveral hundred feet of crosscuts were driven in the old workings, which is said to have\ndeveloped a large body of ore, which will, however, require to be concentrated, to which end\nthe company has sent away several parcels of ore on which separate tests have been made,\nboth in Europe and in United States, and the results seem to show that a proper concentration\nand separation of the lead and zinc can be made.\nThe Giant mine, situated about seven miles from Spillimacheen, has\nGiant. not been operated this year, but it understood that further experiments will\nbe made with the process of \" dry concentration \" which was described in\nlast year's report. The property is held by the Golden Giant Mines, Ltd., of Golden, B. C. 1 Geo. 5 North-East Kootenay District. K 93\nThe Labourers' Co-operative Company, which owns the Shining Beauty claim, on which\na large amount of development work was done, some 1,000 feet of tunnelling, has not been in\noperation for several seasons, but the renewed activity in the sale of stock in the East would\nargue that further development work was contemplated.\nWINDERMERE MINING DIVISION.\nReport of Geo. F. Stalker, Mining Recorder.\nI have the honour to submit the annual report on mining operations in the Windermere\nMining Division for the year ending December 31st, 1910.\nThe mining operations in this district show a very slight improvement over last year;\nthere were more locations recorded this year than in 1909, but the development work done\nduring the year was limited to a few properties, and, with two or three exceptions, amounted\nonly to the usual assessment work.\nOffice Statistics\u2014Windermere Mining Division.\nFree miner's certificates issued 52\nLocations recorded 32\nCertificates of work recorded 42\nCertificates of improvement recorded 7\nMoney paid in lieu of work 1\nBills of sale recorded . 7\nRevenue $3,213.10 K 94 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nNORTH-WEST KOOTENAY DISTRICT.\nReport of Robert Gordon, Gold Commissioner.\nI have the honour to submit herewith the annual report on the progress of mining within\nthe Revelstoke and Lardeau Mining Divisions for the year ending December 31st, 1910.\nMining throughout the entire district has been practically at a standstill during the past\nyear, and the hopes entertained a year ago of a revival in this industry have not been realised.\nDevelopment work on the mica claims in the Big Bend district has been prosecuted\nduring the past summer, work having been done on the Thistle, Maple Leaf, and Shamrock\nclaims. The Big Bend Mica Mines, Limited, is the only company doing any real development work in the Big Bend, having employed about twenty men throughout the summer\nstripping and prospecting, and bringing out about a ton of very high-grade mica at the\nclose of the season as samples. This company intends to prosecute its development work\nduring the coming season, and, if possible to arrange transportation, will make regular\nshipments.\nIn the Lardeau Division nothing was done in mining until late in the fall, but the\nBeatrice Mines, Limited, has had from twelve to twenty men at work at the Beatrice during\nthe last three months of the year, and they are still working, intending to increase the staff\nat an early date.\nIn placer-mining, practically nothing is being done in this district. A few hydraulic\nproperties in the vicinity of Coldstream have been worked in a half-hearted manner, hut no\nreal work has been done, and the outlook for the coming year is not very bright. I trust that\nour report for 1911 will show an improvement, and that work will be undertaken with a\ndetermination to make a success of the various enterprises in which time and money have\nbeen invested.\nREVELSTOKE DIVISION.\nReport of W. C. McLauchlin, Mining Recorder.\nI have the honour to submit herewith a brief report of mining operations in the\nRevelstoke Mining Division for the year 1910.\nLittle change has taken place since 1909, development work has been carried on more or\nless upon most of the leading properties, and the necessary annual assessment work on others.\nThis Division has an immense stretch of really good prospecting ground in the Big Bend\ndistrict which, with the advent of railway communication, which is practically assured in the\nnear future, will receive due attention from the prospector.\nOffice Statistics\u2014Revelstoke Mining Division.\nFree miner's certificates issued 145\nMineral claims recorded 15\nCertificates of work recorded 17\nBills of sale recorded (mineral) 4\nMoney paid in lieu of assessment work 8 1 Geo. 5 North-West Kootenay District. K 95\nLARDEAU MINING DIVISION.\nReport by B. E. Drew, Mining Recorder.\nI have the honour to submit herewith a brief report of mining operations in the Lardeau\nMining Division during the year 1910.\nWhile there has not been any marked improvement, so far as office statistics are\nconcerned, during the past year, the development work done on several properties has been\nvery satisfactory and is worthy of note.\nThe Beatrice Mines, Ltd., after a period of inactivity, has resumed operations, and it is\nthe intention of the owners to mine and ship 500 tons of ore, which is in sight, during the\npresent rawhiding season.\nThe Eva Gold Mines, Ltd., has given an option on its property.\nThe Del Rey and Colorado groups of claims have been surveyed and are about to be\nCrown-granted. Samples taken from the present workings appear to have been so satisfactory\nto the owners that they have expressed their determination of proceeding to develop their\nproperties next season, and to install the necessary machinery to treat the ore on the ground.\nThe Burniere and Nelson groups have shown up well with the year's assessment work ;\nthe free-gold ore appears to improve with depth, although the values obtained on the surface\nwere far from being low grade.\nThe Mallet and Spider claims, with the past year's work, have exceeded expectations ;\n18 inches of clean galena ore has been exposed. A tunnel, being driven 100 feet to catch the\nore-body at an equal depth, is already in 50 feet.\nThe Excise and Duty claims, nearly adjoining the last-mentioned property, have shown\nup, on being prospected on surface, ore running from $50 per ton. A tunnel at present is\nbeing driven to catch the lead at approximately 80 feet in depth.\nThe Lucky Jack group, with free-milling gold ore, is at present under option, and it is\nexpected the property's mill will be again in operation early in the coming year.\nOffice Statistics\u2014Lardeau Mining Division.\nFree miner's certificates issued 36\nii ii ii (special) 2\nCertificates of work issued ....'.... 80\nPayments in lieu of work . 2\nClaims recorded 22\nBills of sale recorded 9 K 96 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nSLOCAN DISTRICT.\nAINSWORTH, SLOCAN, AND SLOCAN CITY MINING DIVISIONS.\nReport by E. E. Chipman, Gold Commissioner.\nI beg to submit the annual report for the Ainsworth, Slocan, Slocan City, and Trout\nLake Mining Divisions for the year 1910.\nThe several mines operating in the different mining divisions during the past year can be\nsaid to have fully borne out the expectations at the end of 1909, as, wherever any continuous or\nextended work on any of them has been carried on, there has been almost invariably a marked\nimprovement in conditions. The destructive forest fires of July, 1910, which destroyed\ntramways, concentrators, compressors, and other mining buildings, practically put the largest\nproducing mines, on the line of the Kaslo & Slocan Railway, out of business. The railway-\nline being, in a great measure, destroyed at the same time, the mines were only able to procure\nsupplies at a greatly increased expense, and the enhanced cost of transportation made the\nshipment of ore almost prohibitive. Notwithstanding these drawbacks, there was a larger\nincrease in the tonnage of ore shipped from the Slocan District, 44,335 tons having been\nreturned, upon which 2 per cent, tax has been paid.\nAINSWORTH MINING DIVISION.\nBluebell Mine.\u2014Operations at this mine were suspended at the end of March last,\npending the completion of the reconstruction of the owning company. The object of such\nreconstruction is the provision of the funds and plant necessary to continue mining at a depth\nand the treatment of 300 tons of ore per day, instead of about 160 as formerly. It would\nappear that, notwithstanding the fact that former owners had extracted the greater part of\nthe comparatively high-grade lead-ore from above the adit level, the result of the extraction \u2022\nand treatment of some 90,000 tons from the same areas has been such as to fully justify the\nanticipated expenditure. The importance to the community of the continuance of active work\nat such a property as the Bluebell is well shown by the fact that during 1909 some sixty-three\nmen were constantly employed, whilst in 1910 the average number was but fifteen.\nHighland Mines (Kootenay, B. C).\u2014Under a New York company the mine closed down\nin financial difficulties in January, 1910, but was reopened again in July under a new company,\nthe Kootenay Silver Lead Mines, Ltd., of Vancouver. An average of about fifteen men was\nemployed in the mill and mine until November, since which time six men have been employed\nat the mine in development work only. From August to December the mill averaged about\n140 tons of mill-feed per day, and shipped 110 tons of concentrates to the Trail smelter, running\n28 oz. silver and 65J per cent. lead.\nNo. 1.\u2014Three men working on this mine since October have made 150 feet of drifts and\nupraises, and expect to work continuously during the coming year. Fifteen tons of high-grade\nore are now ready for shipment.\nMaestro.\u2014Three men have been working continuously; 300 feet of drifts and upraises\nhave been accomplished, and 32 tons of ore have been shipped. Valley of CUllko River\u2014looking north.\nValley of Cliilko River\u2014looking soutli. 1 Geo. 5 Slocan District. K 97\nTiger.\u2014This mine, on Cedar creek, employing four men, has driven several hundred feet\nof crosscut tunnel. No ore was shipped, but a fine body of silver-lead ore was encountered in\nthe December work.\nStar and Sunlight Mines.\u2014Three hundred feet of crosscut has been driven during the\nyear. The tunnel is now in 750 feet. Several small veins have been encountered, but no\ndrifting has been done. The owners expect to cut the main ledge about 50 feet in. All work\nhas been done by contract.\nWoodbury Creek.\nThe Jessie-Blue Bird worked three men in the early part of the year, and shipped 35\ntons of ore, but has been shut down during the summer and fall.\nThe King Solomon Mining Co. has done considerable development upon some of the\nhigh-up claims, and reports having considerable ore ready for shipment, but so far no ore has\nbeen marketed.\nSouth Fork of Kaslo Creek.\nCork Mine.\u2014No work has been done at the Cork mine during 1910. Some development\nwill be made in the spring of 1911, and the long crosscut tunnel driven to the main vein ; there\nare about 350 feet still to be driven to reach the vein.\nWest Kootenay Mining Corporation, Ltd.\u2014This company, not registered in British\nColumbia, was created in the beginning of 1910 by a syndicate of French financiers, who\nredeemed the claims formerly the property of the Kaslo-Slocan Company. This property is\nsituated at the head of the South fork of Kaslo creek, in the neighbourhood of the Joker group.\nThe works undertaken during the month of July consisted of surface and installation works.\nThe work done on the various veins crossing the property indicate that they are gold-bearing.\nSeveral assays made on ore taken from the main vein have revealed values varying from \\ to\n1 \\ oz. of gold per ton and a considerable amount of silver. A Pelton wheel of 500 horse-power\nwith a compressor plant, delivered by the firm of Allis Chalmers, will be installed next spring\na,nd the work pushed on actively.\nKaslo Creek.\nThe Whitewater and Whitewater Deep mines worked about sixty men up to the time of\nthe fire in July, when they lost their concentrator, compressor, and mine buildings. The latter\nhave largely been replaced, and about eighteen men have been employed on development work\nin the mines.\nThe Utica group, on Paddy's Peak mountain, changed hands during the year. The property\nis developed by five tunnels, all showing ore; the lower tunnel has a vertical depth of 1,300\nfeet under the apex, where a large body of high-grade ore is exposed. One hundred and forty-\nsix tons of ore were shipped during the year, principally from the lower tunnel. The company\nproposes building a mill and tramway the coming season, for the more convenient handling\nof ore.\nPanama.\u2014This mine worked three men continuously during the year and accomplished\n400 feet of work, consisting of crosscut tunnels, drifting, and upraising, and 60 tons of very\nhigh-grade silver-ore were shipped. The owners intend working the property steadily the\ncoming year.\nOnly assessment work was done on the mines on the Duncan river and its tributaries, and\nno new discoveries of note have been reported.\n7 K 98 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nOffice Statistics\u2014Ainsworth Mining Division.\nFree miner's certificates (personal) 204\nii n (company) 2\nii ii (special) 7\nNew claims recorded 70\nTransfers 30\nCertificates of work 248\nPre-emptions 5\nCertificates of purchase 45\nCertificates of improvements (land 4, mines 91) 95\nSLOCAN MINING DIVISION.\nReport by Angus McInnes, Mining Recorder.\nI have the honour to submit herewith the annual report on the mining operations in the\nSlocan Mining Division for the year ending December 31st, 1910.\nThe great forest fire that swept the north-eastern section of this division during the dry\nseason greatly retarded some of the big mines in that section, and destroyed much valuable\nproperty, the Rambler-Cariboo mine being one of those to suffer most, having its compressor\nand other buildings destroyed, and the means of transportation cut off, which for a time forced\nthe management to reduce the fores of the mine, and, consequently, the ore shipments have\nbeen greatly reduced. But the Government came to the rescue by building a good waggon-\nroad to connect the mines of McGuigan basin with the C. P. li. at Three Forks, and now the\nmines in that section are shipping the ores vid Three Forks.\nRambler-Cariboo.\u2014This mine is situated in McGuigan basin, just above McGuigan, a town\non the Kaslo and Slocan Railway. The property is under the management of W. E. Zwicky.\nThe compressor plant and other buildings needful to enable the mine to again resume operations\nhave been finished. Work at the mine has been pushed forward with greater vigour than ever;\na chute has been built at Three Porks whereby the ore can be dropped into the cars from the\nsledge, which carries from 7 to 10 tons at a load. The ore is now being shipped in bulk, which\nmakes it very much cheaper to handle. Mr. Zwicky informs me that the mine never looked\nbetter nor the prospects for increased output brighter.\nWashington Mines.\u2014This property is situated in the Washington basin, having the same\noutlet as the Rambler at McGuigan. It is operated by John L. Retallack, who has, since the\nfire, resumed operations with much vigour, having run tunnels to the length of 1,200 feet and\n150 feet of raising. Preparations are being now made for shipping large quantities of ore.\nRichmond-Eureka.\u2014Operations on this property have been carried on all the year. A\nlarge quantity of ore has been discovered in No. 6 workings, and development work has been\nkept well ahead. This property was one of the biggest shippers in the Sandon camp during\nthe year, shipping over 4,100 tons of ore, employing an average force of twenty men.\nSlocan Star.\u2014The management has confined operations during the year to development\nwork, only about 170 tons having been extracted in the course of development, no stoping\nhaving been done. Some of the ore-shoots opened in the adjoining ground, the Richmond-\nEureka property, have been found to continue into the Star ground. The work done during\nthe year was mostly drifting and crosscutting, about 1,700 feet in all. It is expected that the\nyear on which we have entered will see great activity at this property. The owner is the\nByron N. White Co. (foreign). 1 Geo. 5 Slocan District. K 99\nRuth and Hope Mines, Ltd.\u2014These properties are situated near Sandon, and have been\ncontinuously operated during the year with a force of fifteen men. Between tunnelling and\ndrifting 1,900 feet of development work has been done. A large tonnage of ore has been shipped,\nand the conditions are very favourable for still larger shipments being made during the\nyear 1911.\nNoble Five Group.\u2014This property, owned and operated by the Hon. James Dunsmuir,\nwith T. L. McAllister as manager, is situated near Cody, and has a fine large concentrator in\nconnection with it. The work done during the year consists of tunnelling, crosscutting, and\ndrifting, as follows: Drifting, 887 feet; raising, 225 feet; crosscutting, 125 feet; sinking,\n110 feet. There are large reserves of ore blocked out ready to stope; the ore is very high\ngrade, running 140 oz. in silver and 67 per cent. lead. The management has had several new\nand comfortable buildings erected this year.\nSurprise Mine.\u2014The work done during the year consists of a tunnel and a raise; the\nraise was put up from the continuation of the Last Chance No. 3 tunnel for 440 feet, with\nabout 300 feet yet to reach the old workings above. The vertical depth from the Surprise\noutcrop is 1,100 feet, but the old workings are down to the 300-foot level, which leaves 800 feet\ndown to the tunnel below. It is expected connections will be made through to the old workings by about the middle of next April; so far, 170 feet of the raise has been in ore of good\ngrade\u2014silver and lead. The property is owned by Wm. Kemp, of Chicago, and Alexander\nSmith, of New Denver.\nMolly Hughes.\u2014This property is situated on the shore of Slocan lake, near New Denver.\nAn average of twelve men has been employed; 220 feet of drifting and 125 feet of uprise\nwas done during the year. The ore shipped was 375 tons, which contained 66 oz. gold\n26,000 oz. in silver, and 3,000 lt>. lead. The vein runs from 12 to 18 inches in width, and it\nis considered a \" dry ore.\" Development work has been kept well ahead of the stoping.\nNorth Fork of Carpenter Creek.\nThere has been a considerable amount of work done in this section. The properties\nworked to any extent ars the Jo Jo, McAllister, Milton group, and Evening Star.\nVan-Roi Mine.\u2014The work for the last five months has been confined to development\nwork, blocking out large bodies of ore, mostly concentrating. On the 1st of September it\nbecame necessary to reduce the force at the mine, as all the ore-houses and other available\nspace had been filled with ore, waiting to be run through the new mill, which is now nearly\nfinished, and which will be one of the finest mills in the Slocan, fitted up with all the latest\nmachinery, and capable of handling a large quantity of ore.\nHewitt Mines.\u2014This property is situated on Four-mile creek, and is operated by Monty\nM. Davies, with a crew of ten men, and is shipping regularly.\nStandard Mine.\u2014This mine is now considered by mining men to be a very rich silver-lead\nmine; it has now as fine showing as any mine that has yet been opened up in this Province.\nThis showing is in the No. 5 tunnel, which is in solid ore for a distance of 160 feet, with a\n22-foot solid face of ore, and the end is not yet. They are now running a No. 6 tunnel to tap\nthe ore-body at a further depth of 400 feet; and if the body of ore they are now boring\nthrough reaches down to that level, and there is every indication that it will, then the\nStandard will be a big high-grade silver-lead mine. A tram-line from the mine and a large mill\nwill be built on the shore of Slocan lake, about one mile north of Silverton, for which water\nrights have been applied for and a mill-site purchased. K 100 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nOffice Statistics\u2014Slocan Mining Division.\nFree miner's certificates (ordinary) . 120\nii ii (company) 4\nNew locations recorded 29\nCertificates of work recorded . 1 29\nConveyances recorded 14\nCertificates of improvements recorded 10\nPermits filed 20\nTraders' licences issued 32\nRevenue from all sources $3,308.15\nSLOCAN CITY MINING DIVISION.\nReport of Howard Parker, Mining Recorder.\nI have the honour to submit my report for the Slocan City Mining Division for the year\nending December 31st, 1910.\nThe Eastmont group, situated on Ten-mile creek, six miles from Slocan lake, has done a\nconsiderable quantity of development work during the year, a force of about twenty men being\nengaged continuously. The development work consists of a further 500 feet of crosscut on\nNo. 4 and about 150 feet on No. 3 tunnel, as well as an upraise of about 200 feet to connect\nNo. 3 with No. 2 tunnel. No. 3 tunnel exposes ore continously for 200 feet or more, of an\naverage width of 18 inches. Upwards of 677 tons of ore was shipped during the year,\naveraging 190 oz. of silver per ton. This is far in excess of the previous year, when only\n200 tons were shipped. The property is owned by the Ellis Silver Mining Company, Limited,\nand E. A. Griffith is superintendent.\nThe Combination group is situated on Springer creek, within one mile and a half of\nSlocan City. The owners have driven 200 feet of tunnel, and there is every indication of the\nproperty proving a big shipper in the near future. The vein is one of the largest in this\ndistrict; the surface showings indicate high-class bodies of silver-lead ore, besides small values\nin gold.\nThe Ottawa shipped 20 tons of high-grade silver-ore during the year.\nThe Enterprise shipped about 65 tons of similar ore.\nThe Meteor has been leased to Barber, Law, and Wafer, and the lessees have now a car\nof ore ready for shipment.\nThe Bessie group of seven claims, situated near the Kilo, was sold in November last to an\nEnglish mining company, who purpose opening up the property next spring.\nOffice Statistics\u2014Slocan City Mining Division.\nFree miner's certificates (ordinary) , 92\nii ii (company) 2\nii ii (special) 1\nCertificates of work recorded 123\nLocations recorded 99\nConveyances recorded 20\nCertificates of improvement recorded 12\nCash paid in lieu of work $500 1 Geo. 5\nSlocan District.\nK 101\nTROUT LAKE MINING DIVISION.\nReport of F. Mummery, Mining Recorder.\nI have the honour to submit herewith my report of the progress of the mining industry\nin the Trout Lake Division for the year 1910.\nIn the number of claims located, certificates of work issued, etc., the office statistics will\nshow but little change from that of the previous year, but the number of men employed and\ntonnage produced was only about one-half the total for 1909. No. new companies have started,\nnor have any of the old ones resumed operations during the year, and, with the exception of\nlight shipments made by the Ethel Co., production was limited to one mine, the Silver Cup.\nSilver Cup.\u2014This mine, owned by the Ferguson Mines, Ltd., was worked steadily, making\nthis the sixteenth year that the mine has been continuously operated. An average of thirty-five\nmen was employed, and development to the extent of 1,551 feet done, consisting of the shaft\nsunk an additional 230 feet; drifts and crosscuts, 1,231 feet; raises, 90 feet. Shipments,\nconsisting of high-grade silver-lead ore, amounted to 271 tons.\nThe Ethel Silver Mining Co., of Spokane, Wash., the owners of the Frances and Noel\nmineral claims, situated on Ethel Mt., employed, during the earlier months of the year, four\nor five men, under the direction of J. S. Lampiere, and about two cars of ore were shipped, up\nto the time operations were suspended in April. I have written Mr. Lamphere for statement\nof development, etc., but, having received no reply, I am unable to give any additional details\nin reference to this property.\nSwede Group.\u2014On this group of claims, situated at Poplar, some work has been done\nduring the past summer under W. F. Anderson, representing a syndicate of Scotch capitalists,\nwho have an option on the property. The work done, I understand, consisted chiefly of\nsurface-prospecting the various claims of the group, but I have been unable to learn with what\nresult, or whether likely to lead to a more comprehensive plan of development during the\npresent year.\nCanadian Boy.\u2014On this claim, situated at Seven-mile, on the South fork of Lardeau\ncreek, and located in 1896, owned by Kirkpatrick, Thompson, and Daney, a very promising\nbody of ore has been exposed. The vein, between 7 and 8 feet of quartz, cutting the formation\nat right angles, besides carrying small streaks of clean carbonates, is heavily mineralised\nthroughout its entire width. A shaft has been sunk 10 feet, a substantial and commodious\nshaft-house erected, and it is the intention of the owners during the present year to thoroughly\ndetermine the possibilities of this property by active development.\nOffice Statistics\u2014Trout Lake Mining Division.\nFree miner's certificates issued to individuals 109\nii ii companies '. 5\nMineral claims recorded 63\nCertificates of work issued 225\nBills of sale, agreements, etc., recorded 46\nCertificates of improvements recorded 15\nGrouping notices filed 41 K 102 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nNELSON DISTRICT.\nNELSON MINING DIVISION.\nReport of W. F. Teetzel, Gold Commissioner.\nI have the honour to submit the annual report on the Nelson Mining Division for the\nyear ending December 31st, 1910.\nGeneral Remarks.\nIn all respects the year 1910 was a banner year in the Nelson Mining Division, both in\nnumber of major properties operating, in tonnage produced, and in general mining activity,\nincluding unusually comprehensive prospecting, directed impartially to all the principal\nmineral showings of the Division. All the camps shared in the increased activity, but\nparticularly those of Nelson and Sheep Creek, while the Bayonne, as a new and rising gold\ncamp, is entitled to especial notice; the Erie and Ymir camps maintained their tonnage.\nOnly one or two mines of importance closed during the year, and these gaps in the list of\nshipping properties were far more than compensated for by properties coming under operation.\nThree stamp-mills were in continuous operation during the year, that of the Granite-\nPoorman of the Nelson camp, and those of the Queen and the Nugget of the Sheep Creek camp.\nThe Athabasca and Fern mills of the Nelson camp, the Wilcox of the Ymir camp, and the\nSecond Relief of the Erie camp were operated periodically, when needed. With these\nexceptions, practically all the ore produced was shipped, in its crude state, to Trail, for treatment at the smelter of the Consolidated Mining & Smelting Company of Canada. A certain\ntonnage, no substantial amount, went to the Granby smelter at Grand Forks. Some of the\nlargest operating properties did not ship at all, but concentrated their energies on development\nwork, the results of which will be seen in increased tonnage for the Division in the early future.\nNo serious losses occurred in 1910, outside of the snowslides in the Ymir and Sheep Creek\ncamps, the Ymir and Wilcox, of the former camp, and the Kootenay Belle of the latter, losing\nsome buildings.\nThe prospects for 1911 are of the brightest. Sheep Creek camp starts the winter with\nmore operating properties than ever previously, all of which should continue in operation\nthroughout the year, while several bonds were taken in the fall which should result, in the\nspring, in new mines being brought under development; and in addition to this, the Mother\nLode will erect a stamp-mill. The Nelson camp will see the Toad mountain consolidation bear\nfruit in large mining operations, and the Division will be the gainer from the Molly Gibson\ntaking the prominence of earlier years as a shipper. There is ground for the persistent belief\nthat the Ymir mine, that formerly made the Ymir camp, may resume active work. At least\none promising property of the Erie camp, the Big Bump, expects to introduce new capital the\ncoming year. Moneyed interests have also become identified with ledges that do not fall into\nany recognised camp, and it is possible before 1911 is out that some new locality\u2014Nine-mile\ncreek, for instance\u2014may be claiming recognition. Mining operations have been carried on\non La France creek, and extensive prospecting on Midge and Cultus creeks and on the lower\nportion of Summit creek, all flowing into the southern link of Kootenay lake, while near\nKitchener and Creston local attention is being directed to the mining possibilities. I Geo. 5 Nelson District. K 103\nExperimentation with Zinc-ores.\nA development of the past year was the special attention directed toward the problem of\nproviding a commercially satisfactory process for the reduction of the refractory zinc-ores\nof the Kootenay, which, in the event of a successful solution being found, will mean to the\nKootenay the opening-up of an almost entirely new field of mining. On the representations\nof the various boards of trade and the silver-lead mine operators, the Dominion Government\nappropriated $50,000 for experimental work in this department, and the Provincial Government\nco-operated by granting the use of the Snyder zinc-smelter at Nelson. The appropriation is\nbeing used at present for research work at McGill University, conducted with characteristic\nKootenay ores, the department being supplied with 500 lb. each of the zincky ores of the\nRuth, Whitewater, Blue Bell, Sullivan, and St. Eugene silver-lead mines, and 1,000 lb. of the\nore of the Lucky Jim zinc-mine. Dr. Eugene Haanel, Director, Mines Branch of the\nDominion Department of Mines, in November announced that, if the preliminary research-\nwork indicated an electric process, the smelter built at Nelson by the Canada Zinc Company\nfor the Snyder electro-thermic process would almost certainly be used to complete the work ;\nwhile, if some other process were indicated, the smelter would probably be located at Nelson\nin any event, for convenience to power and the ores.\nIn September, A. Gordon French, metallurgical chemist, announced that he, too, would\nattack this problem. The City of Nelson co-operated by lending gratis its original power\nplant on Cottonwood creek, partly standing, and Mr. French organized at the coast the French\nComplex Ore Reduction Company. A considerable plant has been put together, and the\nexperiments are now in progress at Nelson.\nA third investigation on this immensely important line has been conducted in the\nneighbouring Division of Ainsworth by the private enterprise of the operators of the Blue Bell\nmine, at Riondel. The experimentation was under the direction of S. S. Fowler, manager\nand consulting engineer of that property. No results have been given out.\nNelson Camp.\nThe Nelson camp has experienced a most substantial extension of mining operations,\nnotwithstanding the closing, after June, of one of its leading mines, the Silver King, and this\nwill be gathered from the development recorded below for individual properties. A feature\nwas the reopening of the Queen Victoria copper-mine at Beasley, under the new control of the\nConsolidated M. and S. Company, for a period sufficiently long to demonstrate the shipping\nworth of this property when the price of copper recovers. The Granite-Poor man and the\nAthabasca were operated full force, the former providing the chief tonnage for the camp. The\nEureka and the Fern were extensively developed, and their ore given adequate smelter tests.\nNew capital became available for the Silver King and the Granite-Poorman, the former\nbecoming the king-pin of the Toad mountain consolidation, while the latter is expected to\nincrease both plant and output. Numerous smaller mines have operated, which, under\nfavouring circumstances, are in line for tonnage. Indications are for still broader mining\nactivity the coming year. The ore of the camp is prevailingly free-milling gold and gold-\ncopper ; on some properties, as the Eureka and the Queen Victoria, the copper being the chief\nvalue. Nelson, Hall, Granite, and Beasley are the shipping points.\nToad Mountain\u2014Morning Mountain\u2014Cottonwood Creek.\nThe Silver King mine, on Toad mountain, was operated by the\nSilver King. Kootenay Development Syndicate, under a lease from the Hall Mining &\nSmelting Company, Limited, for the first six months of the year, continuing\nto ship to Trail, its output being 1,589 tons of copper-ore. Lack of capital caused the\nshutting-down of the mine. In the autumn a merger of nearly all the properties on Toad K 104 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nmountain was effected through the instrumentality of R. S. Lennie, an exceptionally strong\ngroup of Pacific Coast capitalists acquiring the assets of the Hall Mining & Smelting Company,\nLimited ; the Dandy and Ollie Consolidated Mines, Limited; the Starlight Mines, Limited ;\nthe Kootenay Development Syndicate; and the properties owned by A. H. Kelly, A. E.\nRand, A. H. Buchanan, and R. S. Lennie. The merger covers forty mineral claims, the Hall\nMines smelter, and other equipment. The intention of the new syndicate is to bring under\ndevelopment the large bodies of low-grade ore known, and believed, to exist at depth, both on\nthe developed properties and in virgin ground. The first step will be the driving of a long\ncrosscut tunnel to drain the Silver King workings and gain depth on that particular vein.\nOperations, it is understood, will commence in the spring, the fall work having been confined\nto a thorough examination of the property. A new process of reduction, the Elmore-Murex,\nis in view, if proven successful.\nAnother Toad mountain shipping mine is the California, owned by\nCalifornia. Mackenzie & Mann. In January, under the lease of Marks Brothers, it\nshipped 36 tons of gold-copper ore to Trail. The option lapsed, and in\nthe latter part of the year J. P. Bell and William Hudson obtained a lease and bond on the\ngroup. Iri December the mine force was increased to thirteen men, and at the close of the\nyear the lessees made shipments to Trail. It is their expectation to ship regularly the ensuing\nyear to the Granby smelter, where the process is said to especially suit the ores of this\nproperty.\nThe Athabasca property, on Morning mountain, employed an average\nAthabasca. of thirty men throughout 1910, being operated continuously by the\nreorganized Athabasca Syndicate. Considerable work was done on the ledge\nwhich at the opening of the year had been recovered beyond the fault that caused the suspension\nof work in 1909, and some work was also done on a ledge that was picked up lower down.\nAbout 300 feet of crosscut was also driven, to intercept a parallel vein which shows on the\nsurface, this work being still in progress. Altogether there was 1,100 feet of development\nwork, consisting of raise, drift, and crosscut, in a general extension of the old workings. The\n10-stamp mill was operated, when required, to crush 3,000 tons of gold-ore, 84 tons of\nconcentrates being shipped to the Trail smelter.\nOn Cottonwood creek, the Perrier group, owned by R. W. Hinton,\nPerrier Group. A. Crossley, C. Crossley, Ralph Young, W. Heron, and T. Turner, shipped\n9 tons of ore to Trail in March, the season's work consisting of 40 feet of\nshaft on the lead and a quantity of open-cut work. At the end of the year a single-drill\nvertical compressor and a Huntingdon mill of 12 tons capacity were installed. The ore on\nthis property and the adjoining one, the iS^. Elmo group, carries free-milling gold. The latter,\nowned by W. Maher and T. J. Scanlan, which previously had 300 feet of tunnel-work, and\nhad also shipped, was further developed by a large open-cut on the ore-shoot.\nOn Hall creek, the Fern property, owned by the Fern Gold Mines, Limited, and worked\nunder lease by J. C. Moen and Henry Skoning, sent 14 tons of ore to the Trail smelter, and\nput 70 tons of ore through the 10-stamp mill of the property. The entire year's work was on\nthe new lead, and consisted of 200 feet of drift and 80 feet of upraise, the new lead being\nreached from No. 2 level of the old workings. The property is two miles and a half from\nHall Siding.\nSandy Creek\u2014Eagle Creek.\nOn Sandy creek, on the divide from Eagle creek, the Alma N. group,\nAlma N. Group, owned by J. J. Malone, John Ostin, W. Gosnell, George Matthews, and Nels\nLowenring, was developed by 248 feet of crosscut tunnel, which is expected\nto catch the lead in 310 feet more, and give a depth of 98 feet. Previous development ff;-f.f..\n\u25a0. -.;> ;.;':Vo..;\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0:\u25a0'\nValley at south end of Tatlayoko Lake\u2014showing outlet of Homathko River.\nI\":-::.:i::.;:;-;\"::\u25a0:r-:^f::'\\f:,):::..: \/:: :.;.v.:'. \u25a0::'\u25a0 ;v:;;::-:.:':.\\ .;^;:;;U:\/Bli^ -:\"\u25a0w.; ;j;^i-0i;:.':;;^l'\u25a0\"' '\nft..\u25a0\u25a0IV .:V : *\u25a0 :: io * o ! \" =\n-^.:^^;l>.:;4'^v^:-:fc.: \u25a0 ::. \u25a0: \u25a0\u25a0\nft-ftftftft \u25a0i:3ioV--3!ir%S^i-:3:.i?.;?.l:!':-^ ^\u25a0\u25a0-?j---:: \u25a0: ft^ftft\/7 ft \u25a0.-\", ftftiftftftoftftft.\n::\u25a0-:: : ft L ^ - ^ : : V: \u2022 ;\n^\u00bb^Mi:W;^ :\u25a0\u25a0- : \u25a0 ^.\nTatlayoko Lake\u2014source of Uoimithko River-\u2014looking south, 1 Geo. 5 Nelson District. K 105\nconsisted of a 46-foot shaft on the lead, to the bottom of which was driven a crosscut tunnel\n60 feet long. The ore is free-milling gold and some native copper.\nThe Granite-Poorman property, on Eagle creek, was the banner\nGranite-Poorman. producer of the camp, a total of 7,701 tons of gold-ore being put through\nthe 20-stamp mill, while 368 tons of concentrates was shipped to Trail. A\nshortage of water considerably restricted the tonnage milled\u2014and mined\u2014but this is provided\nagainst for the future, a 100 horse-power motor being installed at the mill, and connected by\n2,000 feet of pole-line with the City of Nelson's power-transmission line from Bonnington falls.\nAnother improvement was the addition of a surface tram at the Granite mine, connecting the\nmine and aerial tram, and a new ore-bin and a sorting-pocket. The feature of the year's work\nwas the opening-up of the Greenhorn vein at depth and the tapping of high-grade ore-shoots\nin it, in addition to which the development of both the Granite and the Poorman was continued.\nIn all there was 834 feet of crosscutting on the Greenhorn and Granite, 1,270 feet of raising\non the Greenhorn and Poorman, and 632 feet of drifting on the Greenhorn and upper Granite,\nthe latter containing the Beelzebub vein. In the latter part of the year the Kootenay Gold\nMines, Limited, with $250,000 capital stock, chiefly underwritten at the Coast, was organized\nto acquire the property from Thomas Gough, E. E. Guille, and J. P. Swedberg, the partners,\nhowever, retaining a strong interest. Mill capacity for a much larger tonnage and a cyanide\nplant to increase the recoveries are among the objects in view. In the four years preceding\n1910 the net returns of the property were $167,000.\nThe Eureka property, on Eagle creek, owned by the Eureka Copper\nEureka. Mines, Limited, shipped to Trail in October and November 342 tons of ore,\nwhich ran about $18 a ton, being in the nature of test shipments from five\nor six ore-shoots the company has been developing for some time past. The present development was started in 1907, and has steadily proceeded, with the result that several good\nore-shoots have been opened up at various depths, and a large amount of copper-gold ore\nblocked out. The past year's work consisted of 700 feet of crosscut and 1,000 feet of drift.\nThe Central property, owned by Joseph Legault, Harry Niven, and Joseph Dumont, made\nshipments to Trail in February aggregating 80 tons. The workings consist of a 100-foot shaft\non the lead, with drifts at the 50-foot and 100-foot levels, each 60 feet long. The season's\nwork was principally stoping from both levels. The ore is gold-copper, chiefly copper,\nThe Pingree property, at the head of the creek, owned by the Pingree Gold Mines,\nLimited, a Victoria company, was developed in two portions. The Mayflower tunnel was\ncontinued 60 feet and reached ore. The Pingree tunnel was continued about 140 feet,\nencountering an ore-shoot, on which a little winze was sunk. The ore is gold-copper, largely\nsulphides.\nThe Royal Irish group, owned by Michael Egan, was developed only by assessment work,\nthough shipping two years ago.\nBird Creek\u2014Forty-nine Creek.\nOn Bird creek, on the King George V. group, owned by John Smallwood, 26 feet of a\ncrosscut tunnel was driven and a long open-cut made. The tunnel reached the ore-shoot about\nthe end of the year, showing shipping gold-ore similar to that in the open-cut. This property\nis adjoined by the Ophir, owned by John Baxter. Present work on the latter is driving a\ncrosscut, which is in 67 feet, and which should reach the lead in 24 feet more, giving a depth\nof 90 feet. The ore lead crosses both properties.\nOn Forty-nine creek, the Gold Hill group, owned by Alex. McDonald, carried its 650-foot\ndrift another 50 feet, giving a depth on the lead in the face of the drift of 300 feet. Considerable\nmoney has been laid out on this property in the past. The ore carries gold. K 106\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nThe Reliance property, two miles below, of which the claims are Crown-granted, is owned\nin Pittsburg. The property, which is equipped with a Chilian mill, was extensively sampled\nlast season, but no work was done. The ore is gold-copper.\nBear Creek.\nThe Queen Victoria copper-mine at Beasley, which was taken over by the Consolidated\nMining and Smelting Company about the beginning of the year under a long-term option, was\nbrought under active operation early, and in May began to ship to the company's smelter,\nshipping continuously to the end of August, when the property was closed down, the company\nhaving demonstrated what it had in view\u2014the availability of the property's large low-grade\nore-bodies in the event of a raise in copper values, copper being the mine's principal valuable\nconstituent. The shipments aggregated 3,073 tons. The ore is a very desirable one from a\nsmelting standpoint. The property is equipped with a complete plant.\nYmir Camp.\nThe Ymir camp includes the mineralised territory of Wild Horse creek and its tributaries,\nPorcupine, Hidden, Boulder, and other creeks, adjacent to the town of Ymir. Three\nproperties of the camp underwent major development during the year, of which two produced\nore for market, and two other properties were successful in enlisting capital necessary for their\nadequate development. The Ymir mine, formerly a large producer, is understood to have\nextensive diamond drilling in view for the coming spring, with a view to disclosing new ore-\nbodies at depth which would justify the resumption of operations. Various other properties\nhave been developed to a less extent, some of which are likely to have command of capital the\ncoming season. An increase in tonnage this year is certain, with probably, also, a greater\nbreadth of mining operations. The ore of the camp is free-milling gold, with occasional\ngalena.\nThe Yankee Girl property, owned by the Yankee Girl Gold Mines,\nYankee Girl. Limited, of New York capital principally, was the steady producer of the\ncamp the past year, between January and November shipping to Trail\n4,738 tons of gold-ore. At the end of November the company was reorganized, making\navailable new capital. The last month of the year the mine was closed, during the installation\nof a seven-drill compressor. The Great Northern Railway has promised a new rate, which\nwill materially encourage shipment. It is understood the property may ship largely to the\nGranby smelter, while also sending ore to the Consolidated. Four ore-shoots have been\ndeveloped on the first level, two of shipping and two of concentrating ore. Development will\nproceed at an accelerated rate the eoming year.\nThe Dundee property, on Dundee mountain, has done a year's steady\nDundee. development, which, since June, has taken the form of driving a long\ncrosscut tunnel expected to catch the ledge aimed at at 1,800 to 2,200 feet,\nand give 1,000 feet depth. At 450 feet distance on this tunnel a blind vein was encountered,\nand at 500 feet the main ledge was caught, showing a width of over 15 feet, both these\nevents occurring in December. It is probable that a drift will follow in the lead to a point\nvertically under the shaft of the upper workings, this to be followed by a raise. The Dundee\nSyndicate represents chiefly Vancouver capital. With a small compressor installed as the year\nclosed, the property will prosecute development work actively, and will very probably join\nthe list of shipping mines. A bunk-house was added to the buildings, and power development\nfor 150 horse-power.\nThe Wilcox property, operated by A. H. Tuttle, was also steadily\ndeveloped throughout the year, with very satisfactory results. The work\nhas been directed toward opening up the big ore-shoot at depth, and some\n240 feet has been drifted. At a point 158 feet in from the beginning of ore, a raise was\nWilcox. 1 Geo. 5 Nelson District. K 107\nstarted toward the old stope, 205 feet above. Both in the drift and the raise the shoot has\nshown a uniform width of 5 feet of ore, and also maintained its gold values. One of the points\nthat has been demonstrated is that the black dyke that intersects the formation does not cut\noff the ore, as the shoot has been picked up beyond the barrier, carrying the same values.\nThe stamp-mill was started up in September, and by the end of the year crushed about 800\ntons of ore, while 22 tons of concentrates was shipped to Trail. A new bunk-house was built\nto replace the one partly carried away last winter, being located at the upper workings, and\nserved by tram from the lower workings. Development will be actively pushed.\nThe Ymir mine, as already intimated, has a new development portended, the English\ncapital being ready if the existence of more ore at depth is shown. The local faith in this\nproperty is unshakable. It has an 80-stamp mill, the largest in the Division.\nThe Sterling group, on WTild Horse creek, was bonded late in the fall to Philip White, of\nVancouver. The group has good surface showings. Mr. White let a contract for 100 feet of\ntunnel, and has erected cabins. The property, it is understood, will be actively developed.\nIn December the C. P. R. group was bonded to a Vancouver syndicate by the Ymir and\nNelson owners, the life of the bond being two years, and requiring, among other things;\nsubstantial development work during the present winter. The group comprises ten claims,\nand is crossed by five parallel veins; the showings are chiefly of milling ore, though some high\nassays have been obtained.\nOn the Commodore group of six claims, owned by D. E. Grobe and Ymir associates,\nconsiderable tunnelling and open-cut work has been done, and ore is exposed, some of which\ncontains ruby silver.\nThe Bimetallic has steadily pressed forward the long crosscut tunnel to tap its lead, which\nis believed to be a continuation of the Ymir lead, a distance of 95 feet being reached at the\nend of the year.\nThe Lucky Boy made a shipment of 3 tons of ore to Trail in January.\nThe Mint group, also owned in Ymir, has been under development. Four veins have\nbeen opened up, and some high-grade galena has been exposed.\nThe Ymir Belle, owned by M. Tait, J. G. Dewar, A. McDougall, and H. L. Jackson, has\nbeen developed by surface work, tunnelling, and two shafts. The 100-foot shaft is nearly\nall in ore.\nThe Black Cock group has been idle, but it is understood negotiations are in progress to\ninclude it in the Sterling bond, which group it adjoins. If this eventuates, this group, which\nshipped considerable ore ten years ago, may again produce. It is owned by McMillan\nBrothers.\nAmong other properties that have done minor development are the Evening Star, the\nLittle George, and the Lucky Girl.\nErie Camp.\nThe Erie camp is another of the old gold camps of the Kootenay that seems destined to\nagain come to the front. It takes in the territory of the North fork of the Salmon river, as\nwell as small adjacent creeks. In addition to its operating properties, development work was\nclone on an extensive scale, as well as extensive prospecting. The camp has had its share of\nnew discoveries, and will very probably enjoy new capital the coming year.\nThe Arlington mine, three miles from Erie, owned by the Hastings\nArlington. (B. C.) Exploration Syndicate, Limited, was in continuous operation,\nemploying an average of twenty-eight men. This property has been\noperated by the same operators for over nine years, without a day's shut-down. Crude ore to K 108\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nthe extent of 1,133 tons was shipped to the smelter of the Granby Consolidated Mining,\nSmelting & Power Company, the gross returns amounting to $60,905.63. The total work\namounted to 1,400 feet, consisting of 901 feet of drift, 374 feet of raise, and 125 feet of winze.\nThe Second Relief mine was taken over in the spring by a syndicate of\nSecond Relief. Eastern capitalists represented by A. D. WTestby, having previously been\noperated by the Second Relief Mining Company. Various shipments from\nMarch to December aggregated 189 tons, to the Trail smelter, the 10-stamp mill being operated\nfor the last five months of the year. The power is obtained from the North fork by a flume\ntwo miles long. When the year closed fourteen men were employed, and it was the intention\nto actively develop throughout the winter the three veins of the property. Two of these were\ndiscovered under the present management, while the third is the famous Second Relief vein,\nfrom which such a tonnage has been taken in the past.\nThe Big Bump mine, an adjoining property, though not shipping, did\nBig Bump. a large quantity of work, continuing the development of the property and\nthe blocking-out of ore. In the fall the Big Bump Mining Company,\nrepresenting Edmonton and Calgary capital, placed an issue of stock on the market, with good\nresults. In December an arrangement was concluded with A. D. Westby, under which ore\nfrom this property should be crushed at the Second Relief mill, with the expectation that a\nlarge tonnage would be put through the present winter.\nAnother property on which considerable development is recorded is the Keystone, operated\nby W. J. Wilson. A shipment of 17 tons was made to the Trail smelter in July.\nNumerous minor properties have been developed by more than assessment work, the\nnumber including the Henry Clay, owned by Andrew Sostad, for which an extension of the\nArlington lead is claimed.\nSheep Creek Camp.\nThe Sheep Creek camp continues to hold its important position, and another year of\npaying production has further justified the confidence felt in this young gold camp. While the\nyear 1909 was a record year, both in tonnage and in the breadth of operations, 1910 has far\nexceeded it, and, so far as can be seen, the advance has been sound. It is the particular\nclaim of Sheep creek that its mines pay their way, and nothing has occurred the past year to\ndamage that claim. The twelve months witnessed the final payments on the four leading\nproperties of the camp; a considerably larger number of properties are under development\nthan the year before, and strikes innumerable have been made. Depth continues to be found\non the various veins, with values maintained, and there is at present not a property, with the\nexception of the old Yellowstone and the Columbia, whose lowest working on a lead is not in\nore. As in some cases this depth is 500 feet, the substantial basis for the general confidence\nin the camp can be seen. Though producing without intermission for twelve years or more, it\ntook the camp three-quarters of that time to be discovered, but since that stage progress has\nbeen steady. Various properties have been bonded, which will come under development the\ncoming year, so already a broader distribution of activity for the coming season is assured.\nIn addition, it is inevitable that some of the properties heretofore developing will become\nshippers. The number will include the Mother Lode, which is preparing to erect a stamp-mill\nwith the opening of spring. Salmo, on the Nelson & Fort Sheppard branch of the Great\nNorthern Railway, ten miles distant, is the camp's shipping point. Fissure veins in a quartzite\nformation, varied with numerous associated formations, including limestone, characterize the\ncamp, the ore occurring in lenses, except in the few cases of contact veins. The ore is\nprevailingly free-milling, the percentage of free gold decreasing with depth and the sulphides 1 Geo. 5 Nelson District. K 109\nincreasing. On the outskirts of the camp are traces of galena, and down the creek a few\nmiles there is a pronounced silver-lead area, exemplified by the Emerald mine and numerous\nprospects.\nDominion Mountain.\nOverlapping the summit of Nugget or Dominion mountain is the\nNugget. Nugget property, owned by the Nugget Gold Mines, Limited, which\ncompleted its title in the spring. Of the seven veins cutting the summit,\ntwo of which were discovered during the year, the main vein, and veins 1, 2, and 3 north, are\nall developed by a network of tunnels, the third drift on the main vein going in from both\nsides of the mountain. In the main vein is a large ore-shoot, found in all four drifts, the\nlowest being in ore for 500 feet. The third and fourth drifts are connected by a winze and\nraise, and midway a chamber of 18 feet cube has been stoped out. There are some remarkable\nvalues in the veins of this property. About thirty-five men were employed throughout the\nyear, a 4-stamp mill, operated by steam, continuously crushing ore. Besides the bullion\nproduced, the property shipped 127 tons of concentrates to Trail.\nThe Mother Lode, on the Sheep creek slope, after another year's\nMother Lode, development, closed in December with, it is claimed, sufficient ore blocked\nout to run a mill of average capacity for three years, this event being\ncoincident with the completion of the title by John McMartin, of New York. Tests of the\nore were made on a large scale in San Francisco, the mill-site has been cleared, lumber hauled,\nand a mill of the latest type will be erected in the spring. Mr. McMartin has since formed a\ncompany of $1,250,000 capital stock to operate the property. About forty men were employed,\nand development, in the latter part of the year, took the form of a long crosscut to give\nfurther depth on the main vein, and also a crosscut from farther up the creek, coming in on\nthe vein at an angle under the oldest workings, both crosscuts exposing the ore-bodies sought.\nUnder a bond secured last winter, the Clyde-Belt group came under active development\nin the spring by the Britannia Mining and Smelting Company, and a large force of men has\nbeen employed in development work. The main vein has been tapped on two levels, and since\nthe summer a long crosscut has been steadily pressed, which is expected to give 500 feet depth\non the land. Mine buildings were also erected.\nThe Golden Belle property, owned by the Amalgamated Sheep Creek Gold Mines, Limited,\nand comprising the largest gmup of claims in the camp, has been actively developed since\nJuly, when a large force was placed at work. In the summer a new ledge was struck, which\nhas shown up well with development, and on this ledge work is now proceeding.\nThe Golden Fawn was operated the first part of the year by the Salmo owners, a Vancouver syndicate bonding it in June, since which time development has actively proceeded.\nThe property has rich surface showings, and the syndicate is drifting to catch the values at a\nlittle depth.\nThe Devlin Lode, the Columbia, and the Searchlight are other groups on Dominion\nmountain. The first named was bonded in the summer, and some development work has been\ndone and a quantity of ore sacked. The second, as one of the earlier producers, is certainly in\nline for development, though at present quiescent. The third has the Nugget veins, but has\nnot yet been touched by development, and would, offhand, be considered one of the good\npropositions of the camp. Adjoining that property, and under pretty nearly the same control,\nit may either be absorbed or embark on a destiny of its own.\nThe Sno Sio group, owned by Gus Schwinke, has some surface development, and a new-\nlead was discovered in the summer. K 110 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nWolf Creek\u2014Yellowstone Mountain\u2014Cariboo Creek.\nOn Wolf creek, at the forks with Sheep creek, lies the Queen property, the mother of the\ncamp, its tunnels 150 feet below the bed of Wolf creek, and also attacking the slopes on either\nside. The Queen Mine, Incorporated, a group of Wisconsin capitalists, completed the bond\nand took title in December. The year's work was nearly all under the creek, the ore-shoot\nencountered in the fifth level in February being followed for some hundreds of feet, at times\nto a width of 20 feet. This is now being stoped, while a tunnel into the slope of Yellowstone\nmountain has picked it up at a little height above the creek. The other veins of the property\nhave not been touched the past year, with the exception of the Alexandra, which, since the\ninstallation of a larger air-line, is to come in for a thorough test. The 20-stamp mill, supplied\nwith water from both creeks, has operated continuously, though at times having difficulty for\nwater, and 773 tons of concentrates was shipped to Trail. About forty-five men are employed\nand five drills have been used, but the improvements in the air-line will permit of immediate\nincrease in the number of drills.\nThe Bonanza property, farther up the creek, shipped 19 tons of ore in February. A very\ngood amount of development work was done by the Sheep Creek Bonanza Mining Company,\nLimited, principally in the shape of drifting on the lead, until, in the early fall, the property\nreverted, for financial reasons, to the Salmo owners, who have since operated it.\nHigher up on Wolf creek are two promising prospects, the Rainy Day group and the\nGordon group, both owned in Nelson. The former has a wide ledge with rich surface showings, and an endeavour is being made to enlist capital on the lines of a local company. The\nlatter also has a promising ledge. Both are new locations.\nOn Yellowstone mountain, the Kootenay Belle mine was formerly a producer, but, reaching\nthe stage when new depth was required, was developed by a crosscut tunnel driven to give\nthat depth, part being driven by the operators, the Rogers Syndicate, and part by contract.\nIn December the new tunnel, which represented a year's work, reached the smaller and richer\nof the two ledges of the upper workings. Since that event development has proceeded actively\non a good scale, consisting both of drifting on the present lead, with a view of raising to the\nshaft above, and of pushing on the crosscut to catch the larger lead, which should be cut in\nabout 90 feet farther. A shipment of development ore has been made to the Trail smelter.\nThe upper workings are connected by tram with the 14-stamp mill owned by A. H. Tuttle,\nwhich in the past has crushed ore for three different surrounding properties. The Rogers\nSyndicate made its final payment on the property about the end of the year. An active policy\nof development will be followed the ensuing year.\nHigher up the mountain is the Vancouver property, which shipped in the spring 57 tons\nof high-grade ore, being operated by J. J. Malone under lease from Frank Unfried and G. H.\nFisher. The lease was not renewed, but about the end of the year a lease was given to Max\nLomprey, who is proceeding with the drift from which the ore referred to was taken. Messrs.\nUnfried and Fisher also have a group of claims higher up, with independent showings, and\nthis will in future be grouped with the property just described.\nThe Eureka property, on Cariboo creek, which has seven veins in all, was bonded in the\nspring by William Kennedy and the late William Claffy to the Van Houten-Heymann\nSyndicate, of Vancouver. The summer's work was chiefly road and cabin building, after\nwhich the main vein came under further development, a drift being driven .in ore. A full\nwinter's work is being put in on this drift. There was considerable earlier development of this\nproperty by the bonders. A. full year's development is anticipated, with good possibilities of\nshipping. Across the creek, the ledge of the Bluestone, owned by Gus Schwinke, has a tunnel\nin ore. 1 Geo. 5 Nelson District. K 111\nOn the upper fringe of the camp are two promising groups that were the subject of deals\nwhich will bring them under development. A consolidation of two large properties in the\nsummer resulted in the Davenport group, which was bonded to a Vancouver syndicate. Various\nleads are partially developed, and extensive development in the early future is looked for. The\nTreadwell group, in the same locality, has lately been bonded, also in Vancouver.\nMount Vernon.\nThe Summit property, on Mt. Vernon, has had a year of important development, including\nthe smaller veins from which some extraordinary values have been obtained, and also the \"big\nledge.\" On this property occurs a contact between limestone and quartzite formations, and\nthis contact vein has been crosscut for depth. In the winter and spring 195 tons of high-grade\nore went to Trail, and considerable sacked ore has also gone the present rawhide season. The\nVancouver Financial Corporation has throughout the year operated this property, which is\none of great promise.\nAdjoining is the Ore Hill property, which operated years ago, and which contains the\nsame big ledge referred to. The early operators spent a good deal of money in a series of\ncrosscuts for a rich ledge that outcrops, and which crosses Coon creek, all of which stopped\ntoo short. It is now controlled by St. Paul financial interests represented by A. D. Westby,\nthe title being clear, and sooner or later this property should be slated for real development.\nOn this point, however, the owners are keeping their own counsel.\nOn the farther side of the mountain is the Pipe Dream group, owned by Al. Garvin and\nJames Van Hook, who for two years have worked at their big ledge. Late in the year the\ncrosscut f or depth caught the ledge, which was found to maintain both size and values. A\ndrift fro'^i the point of intersection has disclosed good milling ore. WTork is suspended for the\nwinter. An adjoining claim, the Nelson, owned by A. McDougall and James Westby, supposed\nto contain the same ledge, has been developed by assessment work.\nFawn Creek.\nThe Skookum group, in the lime belt of Fawn creek, owned by H. T. Aitkin, has two\nledges under development, principally by surface work.\nThe Black Cat group, farther up, has had assessment work done on its showings. The\nsame description applies to the Oma group, on the crest of the mountain. All these have\ntraces of silver.\nAcross the creek, on the slope of Dominion mountain, Napoleon Gagnon has continued\ndevelopment on the Joint group, recent work being in the shaft. Assessment work has been\ndone on other claims in this locality.\nIron Mountain.\nOn Sheep creek, but not of the Sheep Creek camp, strictly speaking, is the galena and irou\nterritory, its chief exponent being the Emerald silver-lead mine, owned by the Iron Mountain,\nLimited, of which John Waldbeser is the active head. The mine is about six miles from\nSalmo, well south of the creek, and has been worked steadily for years. The past year it\nemployed a considerable force, and shipped to Trail 1,679 tons of ore. There are quite a\nnumber of properties on Iron mountain, in a more or less developed state, staked for galena.\nOn the creek itself, not far from the Emerald trail, is situated the Lucky Boy group,\nowned by Frank McCaslin and Gus Schwinke, which has several leads, from one of which there\nis some shipping ore on the dump. The best lead was discovered in the autumn. K 112 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nBayonne Camp.\nDuring 1910 the Bayonne gold camp, on the North fork of Summit creek, came into some\nprominence, probably 100 prospectors visiting the locality in the course of the summer, while\nthe first general development in the history of the camp was recorded. The Bayonne camp is\nalmost due east from the Sheep Creek camp, and may be reached from it by a trail over the\ndivide. The other entry is by the Government trail above Kootenay Landing, the Bayonne\ntrail leaving the road at the forks of Summit creek. The Bayonne camp is located on the same\nmineralised belt that is in evidence in the Erie and Sheep Creek camps, but its formation has\nits own peculiarities, the gold occurring in quartz fissure veins in a granite formation. There\nis prevailingly a very deep wash, which makes the tracing of leads difficult, and sluicing\u2014\nwhile the creek contains water\u2014is one of the methods employed in surface development. The\nores generally resemble the characteristic ores of Sheep Creek, there being the same free-milling\ngold, sulphides, and oxides, and a similar range in values. The prospects for the coming year\nare excellent. At the present time only two properties can be said to command an adequate\ncapital. With the acquisition of capital and the construction of a waggon-road to give access,\nthe Bayonne camp, towards which some outside attention is now being directed, must\nultimately be heard from.\nThe Bayonne property, the premier property of the camp, staked some ten years ago, and\nowned by the Bayonne Mining & Milling Company, comprising Butte capital, was not itself\noperated during the year. The claims of this group are all Crown-granted, and existing\ndevelopment consists of two drifts, respectively 550 and 800 feet long, both tapping the ore-\nshoot, and a crosscut tunnel 275 feet long which has not yet reached the lead. A considerable\nquantity of ore is on the dump. Messrs. Hickey and Wagener, heads of the company, had\nmeasurements taken in the summer for a drift below the crosscut, figuring on taking all the\nore out by that channel. Including the price originally paid for the property, $200,000 has\nbeeen invested in this group, and the company undoubtedly intends to stay with its investment.\nThe Echo-Sunrise group, consisting of twenty-two claims, full and fractional, was the\nresult of a consolidation in the winter, which, under various bonds, transferred the property\nto the Echo-Sunrise Syndicate, formed with Vancouver capital. Work was carried on on two\nportions of the lead, 170 feet of drift being driven from the intersection of the previously\nexisting crosscut, which gave 54 feet depth on the showing; while at another point 236 feet\nof tunnel, the face at 80 feet depth, was driven to catch a smaller intersecting vein, which has\nnot yet been caught. A short drift, lower down, previously existing, was carried a little\nfarther. A combined bunk-house and kitchen was built.\nThe Montana group, owned by Frank Aitken and Philip Casey, reached ore on the Maggie\nAitken lead, in the last 10 feet of a 70-foot drift, of which 25 feet was driven the past season.\nThe Montana lead was stripped by a number of open-cuts.\nThe Bluebird group, owned by W. Gosnell and Thomas Moran, drove 25 feet of a crosscut\ntunnel, which is expected to reach the vein in another 40 feet.\nThe Old Mike group, owned by H. Ginsberg, was developed by ground-sluicing, some\nopen-cuts on the lead, and a certain amount of tunnel-work.\nTwelve other properties >vere developed by surface work exclusively, as follows : On the\nBig Jackpot group, owned by James Grant and L. E. Borden, three open-cuts were made on the\nlead, which is now stripped for 200 feet. On the Gold Nugget group, owned by Alex. Stewart,\nthe lead was stripped for 30 feet. On the Josephine group, owned by M. C. Monaghan and\nJames McKiernen, 400 feet of ground-sluicing was done, in one place uncovering the lead,\nwhich is supposed to be a continuation of the north Bayonne lead. On the Monitor group, s\ne\nM\no\nv.\ni\n\\\na\ns\n-\na\ne\na\na\n9\nX\ns\n0\nte\no\nM\ne\nh\nK\nci 1 Geo. 5\nNelson District.\nK 113\nowned by Michael Burns and James Hickey, the lead was stripped by three open-cuts. On\nthe Ray group, owned by James Grant, L. E. Borden, Alex. Fyfe, Charles Burke, and William\nWalmsley, ground-sluicing was clone, a ditch 200 feet long being constructed. On the Red\nRock group, under the same ownership as the last, 225 feet of ground-sluicing was done and\na little stripping. On the Diamond Dick group, owned by Angus Curry and Joseph Campbell,\nthe lead was crosscut on the surface at various points, the ore-shoot being traced for 400 feet.\nOn the Smuggler group, owned by Alex. Stewart and J. J. Malone, seven open-cuts were\nmade, and the lead was stripped for 250 feet. On the Iola group, owned in Vancouver,\nassessment work was devoted to stripping the lead and open-cut work. On the Ochico group,\nowned by Joseph Campbell, stripping was done, with eight or nine open-cuts. On the Alaska\ngroup, owned by Alex. Stewart, M. R. McQuarrie, James Grant, Charles Burke, and William\nHolland, stripping was done on the lead, and six cuts were made, all on ore. On the Deleware\nclaim, owned by Fred Conway and Alex. Stewart, two open-cuts were made on the lead, in\nore.\nMiscellaneous.\nThe Molly Gibson silver-lead mine, on Kokanee creek, which empties into the West arm\nten miles above Nelson, was acquired by the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company for\nits large reserves of ore, which are desired for the Trail smelter, this deal being one of the\nmost significant of the year for the Nelson Mining Division. A large force of men was placed\nat work, putting the property in shape for operation. The mine is ten miles from the water,\nand in the past the concentrates were hauled eight miles and a half from the mill, which was\nconnected with the workings by one mile and a half of tram. The Consolidated Company\ncompleted, with the close of the year, a second atrial tram four miles long\u2014which contains one\nsingle span but 300 feet short of a mile\u2014and a terminal, thus reducing the haul to four miles.\nPrior to 1910 there was underground development to the extent of 5,277 feet of narrow work,\nthe two lowest of the five drifts being each about 2,000 feet long. A vast amount of stoping\nremains to be done in the present workings before further development at depth is actually\nnecessary. The first-grade ore will be shipped direct to the smelter, shipment, in fact, being\nnow in progress. The company's intentions with respect to the mill have not been stated.\nThis property will be one of the heavy producers of the Kootenay the current year.\nThe quartzite belt of Granite or Nine-mile creek, on the opposite site of the arm, was the\nscene of active locating, a syndicate of principally Eastern capital being organized by P. J.\nGleazer to exploit and develop certain of the promising gold leads, some of which were first\nstaked ten years ago. On the White Deer group, which has galena-ore carrying gold, 40 feet\nof tunnel was driven. The Big Ledge group, consisting of a row of eight claims on a gold-\nbearing ledge, was developed by open-cuts. Thirteen miles of trail up the creek was opened.\nOn La France creek, on the east side of Kootenay lake, the La France Creek Mining\nCompany prosecuted a summer's work on its property, the La France group, the ore being\nsilver-lead and grey copper. Also on the upper portion is the Snowstorm group, owned by\nThomas Wall, on which some work was done. There was also some desultory work by various\npersons holding claims lower down the creek.\nIn the territory tributary to Creston there has been a certain amount of attention\nbestowed on mining. On Corn creek, J ohn McPeak and F. Burns located four claims on a\nledge, naming the group the Big Chief, and stripping the ledge 40 feet. Relying on assays,\nthey propose development. Another silver-lead property was staked in 1909 by James\nCrawford on Duck lake, under the name of the Blue Bird, preliminary development work\nbeing done on it the past season. The Alice property at Alice Siding was idle, but a deal was\nmade by the Aurora silver-lead property at Moyie to send ore to the Alice mill for\nconcentration, but failure of the water made this unsuccessful. K 114 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nGoat creek and Granite creek, on the east side of Kootenay lake, Midge creek, Cultus\ncreek, and Summit creek, on the west side, and Goat river, on the south, were all extensively\nprospected the past summer, and much minor development work was done that can have no\nmention here. On Midge, Summit, and Cultus creeks various claims were staked for gold,\nwhile the last-named creek also revealed some good silver showings.\nOffice Statistics\u2014Nelson Mining Division.\nFree miner's certificates (ordinary) 655\nii ti (company) 9\nNew locations 605\nCertificates of work 635\nBills of sale and documents of title 146\nCertificates of improvement 14\nRevenue.\nFree miner's certificates $4,336 75\nMining receipts 4,968 05\n$9,304 80\nARROW LAKE MINING DIVISION.\nReport of Walter Scott, Mining Recorder.\nI have the honour to submit the annual report on the Arrow Lake Mining Division for\nthe year ending December 31st, 1910.\nOn the Big Ledge, situated on Bald mountain, Pingston creek, a tunnel 200 feet was\ndriven on the Sunshine mineral claim, showing up a large deposit of zinc-ore. Upon this vein\nthere is a large showing of zinc-ore ; values, 12 to 45 per cent, zinc per ton.\nOn the Millie Mack group, situated in the vicinity of Burton, development work has been\ncarried on all summer, showing a large quantity of high-grade ore; assay values, gold 2.17 oz.,\nsilver 31.3 oz., and lead 9.5 oz. per ton.\nOffice Statistics\u2014Arrow Lake Mining Division.\nFree miner's certificates 44\nCertificates of work recorded 26\nMineral claims recorded 15\nBills of sale, etc., recorded 7\nCash paid in lieu of work $700.00 1 Geo. 5\nRossland District.\nK 115\nROSSLAND DISTRICT.\nTRAIL CREEK MINING DIVISION.\nReport of J. Kirkup, Gold Commissioner.\nI have the honour to submit the report of mining operations in the Trail Creek Mining\nDivision during the year 1910.\nDuring the past year the mining operations in this district were confined almost exclusively\nto the companies operating on Red mountain, viz.: The Consolidated Mining and Smelting\nCompany of Canada, Limited ; the Le Roi Mining Company, Limited ; and the Le Roi No. 2,\nLimited. In addition to the foregoing, a number of other small properties were worked to\nsome extent under lease during some portion of the year.\nThe shipments of ore were somewhat greater than those of the previous year, although\nsuch were curtailed to quite a large extent through the partial closing of the Le Roi mine, the\noutput being 253,471 tons, of an approximate value of $2,966,096, as compared with an\noutput of 237,656 tons, valued at $2,875,084, for the previous year.\nThe average number of men employed during the year was 655, as compared with 736\nduring the previous year.\nThis group of mines, the property of the Consolidated Mining and\nCentre Star Smelting Company of Canada, Limited, consisting of the Centre Star, War\nGroup. Eagle, Iron Mask, Idaho, Mugwump, and other mineral claims, has been\nworked continuously during the past year, the work being generally\ndistributed over the group, the shipments of ore being as follows : Centre Star, 83,809 tons ;\nWar Eagle, 52,979 tons; Iron Mask, 39,061 tons ; Idaho et al., 15,769 tons ; making a total\nof 191,618 tons, which is slightly in excess of that of the previous year; and, although the\nwhole of these properties are fairly productive, the work of the past year has disclosed some\nfine bodies of high-grade ore in some of the deeper workings of the War Eagle, in close\nproximity to the Pilgrim and Mugwump, adjoining properties of this company.\nDevelopment work during the year consisted of the following: Driving, 7,195 feet;\nraising, 1,852.8 feet; crosscutting, 2,238.5 feet; winzing, 81 feet; together with 26,499.2\nfeet of diamond drilling. The average number of men employed during the year was 430.\nThese, the properties of the Le Roi Mining Company, Limited, are\nLe Roi, situate on the south slope of Red mountain, the Le Roi lying west of and\nBlack Bear. adjoining the Centre Star, and south of and adjoining the Josie, one of the\nproperties of the Le Roi No. 2, Limited. Mining was carried on by this\ncompany until the 10th September, at which date the mine was closed (the company having\ngone into voluntary liquidation), and remained closed until the 1st November, when work\nwas resumed with a much decreased force of men. The shipments during the year were 13,997\ntons, being 2,415 tons in excess of the previous year.\nDevelopment work during the year consisted of crosscutting, 617.5 feet; raising, 95 feet;\ntogether with 4,118.5 feet of diamond drilling. The average number of men employed during\nthe year was sixty-one. K 116 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nThe Josie, Annie, Annie Fraction, Poorman, and No. 1 are adjoining\nLe Roi No. 2 properties, situate on the west slope of Red mountain (adjoining the\nGroup. properties of the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada,\nLimited, and those of the Le Roi Mining Company, Limited), owned and\noperated by the Le Roi No. 2, Limited. During the year they produced 46,922 tons of ore,\n16,861 tons of which was milled on the premises of the company, producing 1,431 tons of\nconcentrates.\nDevelopment work during the year consisted of driving, 2,640.2 feet; raising, 106.6 feet;\ncrosscutting, 2,185 feet; winzing, 111.5 feet; diamond drilling, 12,823 feet; together with\n765 feet of driving and 11 feet of crosscutting done under contract by the Consolidated\nMining and Smelting Company of Canada, Limited, from the deeper workings of the War\nEagle in ground of the Josie mine. These properties are looking remarkably well, some fine\nbodies of ore having been opened up during the past year. The average number of men\nemployed during the year was 125.\nThis property is situated on Sophie mountain, close to the International\nVelvet. boundary-line, at a distance of probably nine miles from Velvet Siding, on\nthe line of the Red Mountain Railway, and connected therewith by a good\nwaggon-road. The property is equipped with a complete plant, consisting of engine, boilers,\nhoist, stamp-mill, concentrator, and all necessary buildings, all of which are in good condition,\nthe initial cost of which was upwards of $70,000.\nDuring a portion of the past year this property was worked under lease, some five or six\nmen being employed. The shipments amounted to 664 tons of ore of a good grade, but the\ncost of transportation, including the long haul to the railway, was so great that the property\ncould not be profitably worked.\nThis property, situate immediately south of and distant about half a\nBlue Bird. mile from the City of Rossland, is a very promising one, and was worked\nduring the early portion of the year under lease, but finally taken over by\nthe owners and by them worked in a limited manner during the past three months, three men\nonly being employed. During the year some 30 or 40 feet of a tunnel was run and a shaft\nwas sunk 46 feet on the ledge, the vein at that depth being 2.5 feet wide, of high-grade galena\nwith some signs of copper. The shipments of ore during the year consisted of 40 tons.\nThis property, situate on Grenville mountain, in the extreme western\nInland Empire, portion of the district, is equipped with all the necessary appliances required\nfor the working of the property, and was worked during a portion of the\nyear by the owners thereof, the Inland Empire Mining & Milling Company, Limited (foreign),\nbut was closed down ostensibly for the purpose of reorganization, and has remained closed.\nThese properties, situate on Red mountain, to the north of and adjoining\nCliff and Con. those of the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada,\nSt. Elmo. Limited, have recently been acquired by the Granby M. S. & P. Co., Ltd.,\nunder bond, and development work has been carried on during the past\nthree or four months with a force of between fifteen and twenty men, but no shipments of ore\nwere made up to the end of the year.\nThe following properties were worked under lease during portions of the year, with\nshipments of ore as follows: Nickle Plate, 855 tons; \/. X. L., 108 tons; Olla Podrida, 63\ntons; Lily May, 16 tons; Mountain Trail, 64 tons; and Great Western, 10 tons. Four of\nthese properties are being worked at the present time with fair success. 1 Geo. 5\nRossland District.\nK117\nIn addition to the foregoing, little or no work was done, other than the annual assessment\nwork on a small number of claims, as shown by the accompanying office statistics.\nOffice Statistics\u2014Trail Creek Mining Division.\nMineral claims recorded 29\nCertificates of work 45\nCertificates of improvement 0\nBills of sale, etc., recorded 5\nFree miner's certificates (company) 8\nii ii (individual) 148\nii ii (special) 1 K 118\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nBOUNDARY DISTRICT.\nGREENWOOD MINING DIVISION.\nReport of W. G. McMynn, Gold Commissioner.\nI have the honour to submit the annual report on mining operations in the Greenwood\nMining Division during the year 1910.\nThe year has been a good one for copper-mining and smelting in the Boundary country.\nThe additional increase in the capacity of the smelters now makes it possible to treat about\n2,500,000 tons of ore annually, with a further material reduction in cost. The quantity of ore\nmined during 1910 was 1,661,261 tons, compared with 1,594,000 tons in 1909. The price of\ncopper averaged 12.86 cents per pound, against 13.05 cents per pound in 1909 ; but, despite\nthe low grade of the ore, the processes are now so improved that the companies did fairly well.\nThe tonnage returns for 1910 were:\u2014\nTons.\nGranby Company's mines , 1,074,864\nMother Lode Company's mines 364,650\nSnowshoe mine 146,845\nRawhide\nJack Pot\nOro Denoro\nNumber Seven\nGolden Eagle\nSally\n47,350\n16,783\n9,339\n1,778\n120\n32\nBritish Columbia\nCopper Co., Ltd.\nTotal 1,661,261\nThe British Columbia Copper Company, Limited, has increased its holdings of New\nDominion Copper Company's shares to 155,000, which is 64 per cent, of the whole. Mr. J. E.\nMcAllister is the general manager of both these companies, and the information now given\nregarding them has been authenticated by him.\nThe net earnings of the above company for its fiscal year ending\nNovember 30th, 1910, were approximately $275,000, as compared with\n$204,973, which latter was the balance of profit and loss for the fiscal year\nto November 30th, 1909. Cost of production, refining, and marketing per\npound of fine copper, after crediting expenditure with the value of the silver and gold recovered\nfrom the ore, was estimated at 9.624 cents per pound of fine copper, as compared with 9.829\ncents for the year 1909 and 9.996 cents for 1908 fiscal year. The total output of copper was\n6,908,7801b., as compared with 6,325,000 H). in 1909. Gold and silver production is estimated\nat about 25,000 oz. of gold and 86,000 oz. of silver.\nDuring 1910 the company increased the total blast-furnace capacity of its smelter by\none-third, thereby bringing its maximum treatment capacity up to about 2,600 tons per day.\nThis was done by increasing the hearth-area of two of the three furnaces by 50 per cent.\nPreviously all three furnaces were 48 by 240 inches at the tuyeres, and their approximate\naverage ordinary total capacity had been about 1,800 tons daily, with a maximum of nearly\n2,000 tons. Now they will average between 2,400 and 2,500 tons per day. 1 Geo. 5 Boundary District. K 119\nThe increase in smelting capacity has necessitated a corresponding increase in the plant\nfor feeding the furnaces and taking away the molten slag; also an extension of the crane run\nat one end of the converter building. For slag-hauling, a large locomotive, capable of hauling\ntwo 25-ton slag-cars at a time, has been put in. Heretofore there have been in use two 15-ton\nBaldwin-Westinghouse electric locomotives for slag-hauling and three 7|-ton locomotives for\nfurnace-charging. An additional charging-locomotive has lately been put in to meet the\nincreased capacity. The 25-ton slag-cars are side-dumping, and are equipped with an electric\nmotor having worm gear for tilting the car to dump its contents. This company was the\npioneer in using this style of car for slag-dumping. The design has since been adopted by\nmany other companies.\nIn the copper-converting department of the works there are two converter-stands with\n84 by 126-inch horizontal shells. These take matte of 45 to 55 per cent, copper tenure and\nproduce blister copper of 99.3 per cent., also containing 20 to 50 oz. silver and 5 to 15 oz. of\ngold per ton. This product is sent to New Jersey for refining. The stands are tilted by\nhydraulic accumulators, and the shells handled by a 40-ton, 4-motor travelling crane. Two\nmore converter-shells have recently been added, making a total equipment of seven.\nElectric power, transmitted from Bonnington falls, eighty miles away, is used in the works,\nin which there are installed motors having a total capacity of about 2,000 horse-power.\nAmong the motors are three of 300 horse-power, each belted to one of the three large Conners-\nville blowers, which supply the blast to the furnaces.\nThe company obtains the greater part of its ore-supply from its own mines and those of\nthe New Dominion Copper Company (which it controls). Provision is being made for increasing the ore-supply from the company's mines, and thus render the smelter independent of the\ncustom ores, if these be not obtainable to advantage.\nThe Rawhide output is to be increased to 30,000 tons a month, while 3,000 tons will be\nobtained monthly from the Lone Star, situated just south of the International boundary-line,\nand eight miles from the smelter. The Lone Star mine is being connected with the Canadian\nPacific Railway at Boundary Falls by an aerial tramway five miles and a half in length. It\nhas available reserve of 300,000 tons of gold-copper ore and is a good matte-maker.\nCoke is obtained from south-west Alberta, the railway distance between the colliery and\nsmelter being 370 miles. With three blast-furnaces running, the consumption of coke is 8,000\nto 9,000 tons a month. A reserve of 10,000 to 12,000 tons is kept as an emergency supply in\ncase of interruption in the regular receipts of coke from the colliery.\nThe approximate figures of production during 1910 are as follows: Material smelted,\n456,000 tons. Contents: Gold, 25,640 oz.; silver, 85,000 oz.; copper, 7,351,000 lb. The gross\namount of the pay-rolls of the two companies, including that of the British Columbia Copper\nCompany's Napoleon and Lone Star mines, is from $62,000 to $65,000 per month. The\nnumber of men employed is from 500 to 540, of which total, 118 is the normal force at the\nsmelter.\nIn New York last week the directors of the company declared an annual dividend at the\nrate of 10 per cent, on the outstanding stock of the company, to be paid quarterly, commencing with 2J per cent. ($62,875) on the 1st February, 1911. The par value of the stock is\n$5 per share, and 503,000 shares of the capital stock of the company have been issued. K 120 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nIn August, 1910, fire destroyed the surface equipment at the No. 3\nGranby Consoli- tunnel outlet, thereby checking production to some extent. Until new\ndated M. S. & P. buildings could be erected and plant put in, it was necessary to equip the\nCompany. 200-foot level for shipment of ore. By means of a raise, connection was\nmade between No. 3 and the 200-foot level, along which ore was conveyed\nto the Victoria shaft.\nIn place of the buildings destroyed by fire, the following were erected : Machine-shop\u2014\nBrick walls, cement floor, corrugated-iron roof, size 40 x 120 feet. Generator-house\u2014Brick\nwalls, cement floor, corrugated-iron roof, size 24 x 36 feet. Car-repair shop\u2014Corrugated-iron\nroof and walls, size 25 x 60 feet. Mine foreman's office\u2014Corrugated-iron roof, frame walls,\ncement floor, size 20 x 60 feet. New machinery installed\u2014One 28-inch engine-lathe, 20-foot\nbed; one 30-inch planer, 8-inch bed; one 24-inch shaper; one 5-inch radial drill; one 2-inch\nAcme pipe and bolt machine; one 18-inch engine-lathe, 4-foot bed ; two 85 K. W. generators ;\ntwo 100 horse-power electric motors; six 50 K. W. transformers; one 6-ton single-end\nmine locomotive.\nDevelopment\u2014Drifting, raising, and sinking, 11,271 feet; diamond drilling, 7,094 feet.\nOutput\u2014The output of copper for 1910 is stated at 20,018,048 ft.\nThe No. 7 mine, which is owned by the Consolidated Mining and\nConsolidated Smelting Company of Canada, Limited, commenced shipping in October,\nM. & S. Co. of 1910, and has shipped 1,178 tons of ore to the company's smelter at Trail\nCanada. for treatment. This 1,178 tons aggregated a gross value of: Gold, 306 oz ;\nsilver, 15,090 oz.; lead, 30,256 ft.; representing a gross coin value of $13,712.\nDuring 1910 about 720 feet of underground development work was done, together with\nconstruction work, to the amount of about $75,000. This construction work includes the new\ncompressor plant and building, surface tram at the mine, new assay office, new blacksmith-\nshop, and other mine buildings; also the aerial tram from the mine to Boundary Falls and the\nrailway spur at Boundary Falls. The number of men employed averages about sixty.\nAt the Jewel mine, in Long Lake camp, the 7-drill compressor, with\nJewel Syndicate, 125-horse-power motor, also an electric hoist of 50 horse-power and skip,\nLimited. have been installed and a suitable building erected over same. An assay\noffice with laboratory attached has been built. A new head-gear, with\nore-bin and track to the bin at the head of the horse-tram, has been completed.\nIn the mine the main shaft has been raised on for 100 feet, straightened out, and\nretimbered. New tracks have been laid in the levels and raises put up for ore-shoots.\nStations with ore-pockets at each level have been cut and general preparation made for\nshipping ore.\nAt the mill the erection of the machinery has been completed, including electric motors,\nwith sub-station and transformers, transforming the power, supplied by the South Kootenay\nWater Power Company, from Bonnington falls. The mill was started in August, but it was\nfound that the slimes plant was of insufficient capacity to treat the tonnage required. Thus\nthe mill has only been run intermittently, treating a few tons of ore, in all about 500 tons.\nNo shipment of concentrates or bullion from the zinc precipitation has yet been made.\nAdditional machinery to meet the requirements of the slimes plant has been ordered, and will\nbe installed during the next few months. About seventeen men were employed during the\nyear, the average monthly pay-roll during the year being $1,462.60.\nThe Greenwood-Phoenix Tramway Company.\u2014The tunnel of this company has been\ncontinued during the year, and is now in a distance of 1,250 feet. -. .. . ..\n:...\u25a0\u2022 . > t --\ni. - ' - \u2022\u2022-\n\u2022\u25a0'' -...ft . . \u25a0' H .-.',\u25a0\n;;. ,.-, :;,,?\u25a0 <\u25a0:;,\u25a0\u2022\u2022.:\"\u25a0.;.;;.,:\u25a0\u25a0\nTatlayoko Lake Gold Mug. Co.\u2014Dyke Structure at.\nTatlayoko Lake Gold Alng, Co.'s Cabin. 1 Geo. 5\nBoundary District.\nK 121\nThe Argo Tunnel da Mining Company.\u2014The Argo tunnel, also referred to in my last\nannual report, has been driven to a distance of 450 feet.\nOffice Statistics\u2014Greenwood Mining Division.\nFree miner's certificates issued 348\nClaims recorded 97\nAssessments recorded 294\nTransfers, etc., recorded 84\nPlacer claims recorded 4\nGRAND FORKS MINING DIVISION.\nReport of S. R. Almond, Gold Commissioner.\nI have the honour to submit the annual report on mining in the Grand Forks Mining\nDivision for the year 1910.\nThe returns of the different companies working mines in the Grand Forks Division\u2014viz.,\nthe Granby, the B. C. Copper Co., the Consolidated M. & S. Co. of Canada, and the New\nDominion Copper Co.\u2014show that, even with the drawbacks occasioned last summer by fires,\nan increase in production was obtained over the previous year of 1909. The Boundary\ncountry is the heaviest ore-producing district in British Columbia, the output for the past\nyear being 1,680,000 tons, of which over 1,000,000 tons was mined at Phoenix and smelted at\nGrand Forks by the Granby Company. The B. C. Copper Company mined over 380,000 tons\nof the above output, principally around Phoenix, and smelted the same at its smelter at\nGreenwood ; the Consolidated M. & S. Company, also working principally around Phoenix,\nmined over 140,000 tons, which was shipped to Trail and smelted at its works there. The\nNew Dominion Copper Company, working the Rawhide mine near Phoenix, shipped over\n50,000 tons of ore to the B. C. Copper Company's smelter at Greenwood; these two companies\napparently work as one.\nI give an extract from the review of the mining industry by Mr. E. Jacobs :\u2014\n\" Some Noteworthy Occurrences.\u2014Reviewing the year just closed, the noteworthy occurrences\nincluded the following: The Granby Co. completed the enlargement of the smelting and\nconverting capacity of its big copper-smelting works at Grand Forks; the British Columbia\nCopper Co. increased the blast capacity of its works at Greenwood by one-third\u2014from 2,000\ntons of ore a day to a maximum of 2,600 tons; the Rawhide and No. 7 mines were reopened,\nthe latter after having been inoperative six or seven years; the 15-stamp mill at Long lake\nfor the Jewel mine was completed ; aerial tramways were constructed, one from the No. 7\nmine to the railway at Boundary falls, and the other from the Lone Star and Washington\nmine to the C. P. R., also near Boundary falls ; the Wellington group mine became a regular\nshipper, following its having been developed in 1909 ; the driving of two exploratory tunnels\nwas proceeded with in the Boundary creek valley, near Greenwood; arrangements were made\nto go on with railway construction from Midway up the West fork of the Kettle river, and\nthence to the Okanagan country.\"\nDiamond drilling as prospecting work seems to be utilised to a great extent by the above\ncompanies.\nThe B, C. Copper Company works two mines, the Lone Star and Napoleon, in the State\nof Washington ; and one mine, the No. 7, close to the boundary-line in Central camp, is\nworked by the Consolidated M. & S. Co. Mines worked by the foregoing companies and\nsituate in this division are :\u2014 K 122 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nThe Gold Drop, Curlew, and Monarch claims by the Granby Co. The Gold Drop handles\nthe ore from the Curlew and Monarch, it having a full equipment as a working mine, and the\nlatter two claims being adjoining ground. There was 2,484 feet of development work done\non these claims during the year just past, and the output has been on an average of about 600\ntons per day for each day in the year. The work has been steady, and the production was\nover 212,000 tons.\nThe Oro Denoro, Jack Pot, and Rawhide mines, worked by the B. C. Copper Co. The\nOro Denoro was only worked for a small portion of the past year, but during that time it\nshipped over 11,000 tons of ore. The Jack Pot sent out between 19,000 and 20,000 tons of\nore to the Greenwood smelter, and latterly has been shipping at the rate of 100 tons a day.\nIt is expected that the Athalstan, adjoining the Jack Pot, will be again on the shipping list in\nthis year 1911. The Rawhide mine has been, since it commenced work again, a steady\nshipper, the average of its output being about 600 tons per day, and the total tonnage, for th.:\ntime the mine was worked, amounted to over^54,000 tons. It is expected that the tonnage\nfor the present year will average 1,000 tons per diem. The earnings of the B. C. Copper\nCo. are said to be in the neighbourhood of $275,000 for their last year's work.\nThe Snowshoe mine, worked by the Consolidated M. & S. Co. of Canada, operated\ncontinuously during the year under a lease from the owners, the Snowshoe Gold and Copper\nMines, Limited, and produced 143,000 tons of ore, aggregating a gross value of: Gold, 9,245\noz.; silver, 34,305 oz.; copper, 3,143,000 ft.; a gross coin value of: Gold, $184,900; silver,\n$18,675 ; copper, $410,955; total, $614,530. The ore produced was treated by the company's\nsmelter at Trail. About 150 feet of underground development was done, together with about\n800 feet of diamond drilling; all the diamond drilling was done from the surface downwards.\nThe mine employed on an average about eighty men during the year. No new construction\nwork was carried on.\n\" Phoenix Amalgamated Mines.\u2014No underground work has been done on these properties.\nThe construction work on ore-bunkers, surface tramway, as well as mine buildings, was\nfinished towards the end of the year, and the mine is now in a position to commence daily\nshipments to the Trail smelter. The additional construction amounted to about $10,000.\nFor the last two months in the year about twenty men were employed on the surface, finishing\nup the construction work. No shipments were made from these properties.\"\nVery little prospecting was done during 1910 in this district, but a considerable amount\nof prospect work was carried on on claims already located, especially in the camps up the\nNorth fork of Kettle river.\nOn the Fife group of mines, situated near Fife, on Christina lake, development work\nwas carried on through the year. The group is owned by the Fife Mines Co., Ltd., and Mr.\nChas. Dempster, of Rossland, appears to be at the helm. The main tunnel, driven on the vein,\nis now in 630 feet; side drifts and crosscuts, 300 feet; shafting and winze, 285 feet; stations,\n50 feet; shaft from surface to first crosscut, 75 feet; drift at this point, 35 feet; tunnel No.\n1, 70 feet. Only one small stope has been made, from which has been extracted some 200\ntons of ore, which is now in the bins. This extraction is but a small part of the ore in sight\nin these workings, but it has been the policy of the company not to extract more ore than\nnecessary in the actual development work, as it desires to have that development a year or\ntwo ahead of actual mining. Several ore-shoots have been encountered showing ore of good\ngrade, the average of their shipping product, so far, being 4 per cent, copper and from $3 to\n$6 in gold and silver. The best values in gold have been obtained from the deepest workings,\nwhere at times it has run as high as $12 per ton. The company purchased the surface rights\nto a large portion of the property, and this has been all cleared and planted in vegetables 1 Geo. 5\nBoundary District.\nK 123\ngarden, etc. A seven-drill Rand compressor plant is in operation, being housed in substantial,\nbuilding with iron corrugated roofing, etc. The requisite machinery for an electric plant has\nalso been installed. Two powder-houses capable of holding a large amount of explosives have\nbeen built. An up-to-date boarding-house, with kitchen, etc., and bunk-houses to accommodate the men, have been built. There is also the office-building and assay office. The company\nhas been employing on an average some twenty men, but these are laid off at present, as\nthe company is now engaged in diamond drilling with the usual force. This work is expected\nto fully demonstrate the value of the property. The property consists of five claims, which\nare surveyed and ready to be Crown-granted. Arrangements are in progress for a trial shipment of 100 tons or so, but shipment in earnest will not be commenced until the future plan\nof operations and point of shipment is fully determined.\nGranby Consolidated Mining, Smelting & Power Co., Ltd.\u2014The smelting and converting\nplant is at Grand Forks, the present equipment of smelter being eight copper blast-furnaces,\n42 x 266Jr inches, with a maximum capacity of 4,500 tons of ore for twenty-four hours, and\nthree converter-stands, 84 x 126 inches, with a maximum capacity of 40,000,000 ft. of copper\nper year. The plant was operated continuously during the year, but operations were somewhat restricted owing to the very low price of metals, the average New York price of electrolytic copper for the year being a little under 12| cents per pound. A fire which occurred at\nthe mines in August destroyed a part of the shipping equipment, which put the mines and\nsmelter at half capacity during the months of August and September. There was treated at\nthe smelter during the year 1,100,000 tons of Granby ore from the company's mines at Phoenix,\nand 22,000 tons of ore from other mines not owned by the company, making an average for\neach day of the year of 3,100 tons, or a daily average per furnace of 517 tons. There was\nshipped to the New York refineries 11,250 tons of blister copper. The average number of\nmen employed was 300. There was no new construction or new machinery added during the\nyear, other than was necessary to keep the plant in its present state of efficiency. Costs of\noperating were materially reduced during the year, and new methods are now contemplated\nwhich will further reduce costs of operation.\nOffice Statistics\u2014Grand Forks Mining Division.\nLocations 90\nCertificates of work 279\nTransfers 46\nAgreements 2\nAbandonments 1\nPermission to relocate 1\nFilings 35\nCertificates of improvement 45\nCrown grants 32\nFree miner's certificates 183\nii ii (company) 1\nOSOYOOS MINING DIVISION.\nReport of Jas. R. Brown, Gold Commissioner, Fairview, B. C.\nI have the honour to submit herewith the annual report of the mining operations in the\nOsoyoos Mining Division for the year 1910.\nKeremeos Creek Valley.\nIn the various camps in upper Keremeos valley there was nothing done beyond the annual\nassessment work, and no new strikes of any value were made. The Apex group was surveyed K 124\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nand is being Crown-granted. In the lower valley some sinking was done on the Black Hawk\nledge, and last year's discovery on the Mount Zion was further investigated.\nAt Olalla, the Bullion shipped 10 tons of ore that was expected to assay at least $50 per\nton; the ore was sent from Keremeos, four miles from the mine, to the Granby smelter at\nGrand Forks, but the returns have not yet been received.\nThe Dolphin group has been surveyed, and is being Crown-granted. Considerable work\nwas done on the Golconda to intersect the Copper King ledge at a depth of nearly 200 feet,\nwith the expectation that the ledge is something less than 50 feet ahead. On the Copper King\nitself only the assessment work was done.\nCamp Hedley.\nThe report of progress in mining in Camp Hedley during 1910 is almost wholly that of\noperations on the Nickel Plate and other properties of the group, for an unfortunate\ncombination of circumstances prevented the Kingston and other properties of the camp, which\nformerly contributed their share, from figuring in the work of development to any marked\nextent; but to make up for this, the year has been a banner one in the case of the Nickel\nPlate, and goes to show that the expectations of those who looked for a better order of things\nwith the new company are being realised.\nThe development work done during the year, apart altogether from what work was done\nin the way of ore-extraction, totalled, for all the properties of the group, 905 feet of drifting,\n520 feet of sinking, and 280 feet of upraises. Other exploratory work, while not exactly\nregarded as development, was the diamond drilling, of which 3,137 feet was done.\nThe tonnage milled during the year was 46,828 tons of ore, and in addition there were\nseveral thousand tons more broken, that are now lying in the stopes ready to be sent down\nthe tramways to the mill. For the greater part of the year the monthly ore tonnage milled\nwas over 4,000 tons, but during three or four months it fell far below that, because of a partial\ndismantling of the old plant to permit of installation of new equipment. The highest\ntonnage ever milled in any previous year was 44,568 tons.\nSo far as the improvement of the mine is concerned, as the result of exploration and\nactual development, there are many new ore-bodies now opened up that were not known to\nexist a year ago. In No. 4 tunnel, for instance, driven early in 1906 by M. K. Rodgers, there\nis now being taken out two train-loads of ore per day, and from that tunnel new ore-bodies\nare opened up, both above and for 120 feet below it. The most significant item of the\ndevelopment operations was that of 520 feet of sinking. This is a feature which was hitherto\npractically unknown in the mine, the previous workings being confined to tunnels and adits.\nIt now shows that the mine will respond to development in depth, and, so far, the results\nhave borne out the belief that the ore-bodies encountered in sinking would keep up the values\nand show no tendency to become leaner as depth is attained. In addition to the development\ndone on the Nickel Plate, Sunnysides, and Woodland, the past year has seen the resumption\nof work on the Bulldog, which had been practically untouched for a period of four years\nunder the former management, and the results obtained from drifting and from boreholes\nindicate that this claim will also furnish its quota of ore for the mill.\nOutside Work.\u2014Neither was improvement confined to the mine and the reduction plant,\nbut the year witnessed general improvement to outside work as well. Perhaps first in\nimportance was the new electric tramway to No. 4 tunnel, some 3,000 feet in length, which\nhad to be graded and the track laid and wired. Then there were extensive improvements and\nrepairs to the gravity-tram by way of strengthening and in some cases renewing the trestles. 1 Geo. 5\nBoundary District.\nK 125\nThe flume also, which is 15,000 feet in length, received considerable attention in overhauling,\nrepairing, and renewing in part. Other outside work was the laying of about 7,000 feet of\nwater-pipe to supply water for the boilers, condensers, and mill. In the power-house the most\nradical changes of all took place. Here the old water-driven plant, of altogether inadequate\ncapacity, has been superseded by one of the most complete and economical plants obtainable,\nand one especially adapted to the circumstances, in that it is interchangeable for either steam\nor water, or may be run by both. To install such a plant necessitated the addition of three\n150-horse-power return-tubular boilers, together with pumps, pipes, feed-water, etc., making\navailable, with what was before in place, something over 750 horse-power by steam.\nThe company's annual statement shows the bullion recovery for the year to have been\n$519,356.46, from which the net profits were $271,767.67; and this does not include the sands\nand slimes impounded for retreatment, which have an estimated gold-content of $84,000.\nNote by Provincial Mineralogist.\u2014The following notes are taken from the Engineering\nand Mining Journal of April 1st, 1911 : \"During the year ended December 31st, 1910, the\nHedley Gold Mining Company, operating the Nickel Plate and Sunnyside mines in the\nBoundary District of British Columbia, paid dividends amounting to $168,000, or 14 per cent,\non the outstanding stock. There were milled 46,828 tons of ore that yielded $519,356, or\n$11.09 per ton; the expenses were $255,370. In the mine 16,000 tons of ore, averaging $13,\nwas broken in excess of the ore milled,.and sand was impounded for future further treatment,\nhaving an estimated gold-content of $84,000. The undivided profits after paying dividends\nwere, on January 1st, 1911, $182,809, a sum considerably in excess of the expenditures from\ncapital for additions to and changes of plant, which amounted to $127,294 during the year.\"\nThe Kingston was not worked during the year, but for no fault of the property, and the\nsame may be said of the Golden Zone. On the Pollock group and the Oregon a limited\namount of development work was done, with satisfactory results.\nKruger Mountain.\nThe Dividend group have done some little work in development, and have erected more\nbuildings, but beyond that no work has been done on the mountain.\nCamp Fairview.\nNo work has been done in this camp. As a whole, mining in the district has not gone\nahead.\nOffice Statistics\u2014Osoyoos Mining Division.\nCertificates of work issued 112\nLocation records 108\nFree miner's certificates 166\nCertificates of improvements 15\nConveyances, etc . 29\nVERNON MINING DIVISION\nReport of L. Norris, Gold Commissioner.\nI beg to say that my report for the year 1910 on the mining industry in the Vernon\nMining Division may be disposed of in a very few words. Nothing of importance transpired\nand very little development work was done, the claim-owners having contented themselves with\ndoing the annual assessment work only. In fact, the mining business never was so quiet, a\nfact that is borne out by the appended office statistics. K 126\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nOffice Statistics\u2014Vernon Mining Division.\nFree miner's certificates , 140\nAssessments recorded .' 18\nMineral claims recorded 24\nTransfers 4\nCertificates of improvements 4\nCrown grants issued 4 1 Geo. 5 Yale District. K 127\nYALE DISTRICT.\nKAMLOOPS MINING DIVISION.\nReport of E. T. W. Pearse, Gold Commissioner.\nBeyond the keeping-up of the yearly assessment work on all promising claims, very little\nhas been done in this Division during the year 1910. The work which has been done, however,\nhas given encouraging results. The establishment of a smelter is the great need in the\nKamloops camp, as the ore, although apparently in immense bodies, is of too low a grade to\nstand shipment.\nThe Iron Mask mine, which has for the past two years been practically at a standstill, is,\nunder the new management, showing signs of again being brought into activity, as I am able\nto report by the courtesy of Mr. E. G. Wallinder, whose statement will be found below.\nThe report from the Wheal Tamar, also given herein, is very satisfactory, and I hope,\nbefore another season is over, that this property will have come to the front. Other properties\nin the Kamloops camp from which reports are included help to indicate that some day a large\ncopper camp may be established in the vicinity of Kamloops.\nThe owners of locations at the head of Seymour arm feel well rewarded for such work as\nthey have done, but the present inaccessibility of these properties renders extended work\nalmost impossible.\nThe copper locations on the north shore of Kamloops lake are giving promise of good\nresults, especially those of C. B. Fredericks, the Maxine group, on which is apparently a very\nlarge ore-body, having the advantage of being close to the water-front, and very handy for\nshipment.\nNicola and Ashcroft Divisions have been practically inactive, but the report of Mr. Dodd,\nMining Recorder for Yale Division, tells a different tale.\nA fact worthy of mention is the energy displayed by the Canadian Northern Coal and\nCoke Company in prospecting for coal on the North Thompson river, a short report on which\nhas been given by the courtesy of the secretary-treasurer, Mr. H. G. Ashby.\nKamloops Camp.\nPython.\u2014(From W. F. Wood.) Considerable work has been done on this property through\nthe year, in renewing timbers, new open-cuts, and extending the tunnel across the ore-body\nanother 30 feet, which shows increased values, and also increased width with depth. There\nare now 1,075 feet in length of underground work, and fifteen open-cuts on the surface.\nLake View, etc.\u2014(From W. II. Fowler.) During the year 1910 development of the\ndifferent ore zones has produced very favourable results. While most of the work has been on\nthe surface, the size of the ore-bodies has been proved. In most cases this work has been done\nby the help of horses, ploughs, and scrapers.\nCommencing at the east end of the camp, on the Lake View, a cut 140 x 10 x 3 feet\nuncovered a lode over 100 feet in width, with much commercial ore at the grass-roots. This\nis a new property. K 128 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nOn the Irene group a shaft was sunk some 50 feet by the owners, T. Bulman and James\nBeckwith. The ore is heavy iron-pyrites, magnetite, and copper-pyrites.\nOn the Laura group one cut, 100 x 5 x 5 feet, showed ore all the way, of the same character\nas above. A shaft is now started on the foot and the work is being rushed.\nAjax.\u2014A tunnel has been started to cut an ore-body of some 200 feet in width, and work\nwill continue through the winter.\nGiant Copper.\u2014One surface cut, 250 x 12 x 5 feet, exposed an enormous iron cap for the\nfull length of the cut.\nMaxim.\u2014One surface cut, 500 x 10 x 3 feet, all in mineralised zone.\nHecla.\u2014Assessment work.\nCommoner.\u2014Assessment work with fine showing.\nBar Sinister.\u2014One cut, 198 x 5 x 5 feet, all in ore; one cut, 25 x 7 x 5 feet, in cap and\ngood ore.\nBig Four.\u2014One cut, 30 x 8 x 6 feet, low-grade ore; shaft and cut, 10x6x5 feet,\nfeldspar and copper.\nWheal Tamar.\u2014(From O. S. Batchelor.) The Wheal Tamar tunnel was advanced some\ndistance early in the year, when, on account of the low price of copper, it was deemed advisable\nto do some prospecting for gold on other properties under same ownership; in this the results\nwere most encouraging.\nThe first work was done lower down the hill on the Gordon group, eleven miles east of\nKamloops, where a deposit of honey-combed quartz was found. A large block of this sent to\nVancouver proved to contain gold to the value of 5.7 oz., valued at $113.60 per ton; and the\nwhole 7 feet, carefully sampled by a qualified engineer, assayed $15 in gold per ton. On the\nstrength of this, a half-interest in the claim was bonded to a party to drive a tunnel a distance\nof 100 feet under the outcrop. This tunnel is now in 70 feet.\nSome work has been done on the Hill Top, the vein continuing down very strong.\nIron Mask.\u2014(From E. G. Wallinder.) In 1908 E. G. Wallinder purchased from\nKamloops Mines, Limited, its entire property located in the Kamloops Division, and ever\nsince then has been arranging and equipping for production through the Iron Mask shaft.\nDuring the 1910 season the shaft was straightened and retimbered ; a new cable and automatic\nskips to work in counterbalance were installed. A five-cell Foust jig was erected and a\n100-gallon Aldrich vertical triplex pump purchased. Charles J. Stone, of Butte, Montana, is\nconsulting engineer; John F. Stewart is in charge at the mine. About thirty men are\nemployed. Shipments to smelters are expected early in 1911, at which time it is intended to\norganize a corporation.\nSeymour Arm Camp.\n(From F. A. McLeod.) A report of work done on Camp McLeod and Steeple Jack group\nof claims, Seymour arm.\nWe drove 16 feet on tunnel, with ore improving as work advanced, and the face of the\ntunnel is in ore\u2014galena, copper-pyrites, and zinc\u2014very hard to break, and is improving with\nevery round of shots. We stripped vein 50 feet and crosscut the vein 12 feet, and went\nthrough 8 feet of ore, lead carbonates and copper-pyrites, which looks very good for near the\nsurface. We have showed up the ledge for 3,000 feet, ranging from 3 to 14 feet of ore, the\ncapping running with a lime-dyke. The dykes are very strong and can be traced for miles.\nThere are three parallel veins in the district and traceable for a long distance. We cut out Tatlayoko Lake\u2014looking south.\nSummit of Potato Mt.\u2014east of Tatlayoko Lake. 1 Geo. 5 Yale District. K 129\none mile and a quarter of trail to make connections with the trail cut out by the Government\nlast fall. The trail is a big benefit to the district, as it will give claim-owners a chance to get\nin and out in spring much earlier, and permit horses being taken to the claims.\nCotton Belt Group.\u2014(From A. J. McMullen.) Our group of seven claims was surveyed\nthis summer, at a cost of $1,225, for Crown grant, which we will apply for shortly. Some of\nthese interests are being bought up and work will be pushed on this property next season.\nCopper Creek Camp.\n(From S. Macartney.) There is very little to report in the way of development on the\nmines on the north side of Kamloops lake for the past year, all the companies operating there\nbeing closed down. The Kamloops Lake Cinnabar Mining Co. contemplates opening up again\nin the spring, some changes having been made in the management. The Hardie Cinnabar\nMining Co. has now got its large holdings Crown-granted, and it is to be hoped that this\ncompany will see its way to install a furnace in the near future, as this property is now beyond\nthe prospect stage.\nThe Tenderfoot has been closed down for two years, and it is not likely that anything\nwill be done before cheaper transportation can be obtained. The average ore is too low a\ngrade to ship any distance.\nG. F. Monckton is opening up the El Progresso, the property adjoining the Tenderfoot.\nThe tunnel is now in good ore; average assay, 5 per cent, copper, $8 gold, and $1.50 silver\nto the ton.\nMaxine No. 2 Group.\u2014(From C. B. Frederick.) This group consists of six claims which\nare situated on the north shore of Kamloops lake, and are very easy of access, the main\nworkings being about 2,500 feet from the lake, and also close to the proposed main line of the\nC. N. R., which runs through three of the claims. The development work has been mainly\nperformed on Maxine No. 2, The surface along the outcrop has been uncovered for a distance\nof about 200 feet, showing a well-defined vein of from 8 to 12 inches of ore carrying high\nvalues in copper; a crosscut has also been driven, cutting the vein at a depth of 30 feet. At\nthe intersection of the crosscut the ore has increased to 2 feet, with a width of 5 feet\nbetween walls; another crosscut is now being driven which will tap the vein at a depth of\n100 feet from the surface outcrop. This property is owned by Chas. B. Frederick, Cherry\ncreek.\nBerenice No. 2 of this group, also owned by Mr. Frederick, has a shaft sunk to 14 feet,\nthe ore vein, though not so wide as Maxine No. 2, carries higher values.\nTwo claims of this group are owned by Wm. Philip, Kamloops, and one by Herbert\nDarroch, Kamloops.\nCoal Prospecting on the North Thompson River.\n(From H. G. Ashby, Secretary, Canadian Northern Coal & Coke Co., Ltd.)\nI cannot give you very much information regarding our operations at Mosquito flat,\nexcept to say that we have a Cyclone core drill working there which will drill down to 1,000 feet.\nCost of same landed at Mosquito flats about $5,500. The first hole was taken down 178 feet,\nbut had to be abandoned pending the arrival of larger casing. The present hole we are now\ndrilling is down about 278 feet in sandstone, and will be continued until we strike coal.\nThis is about all the information I am at liberty to give you at the present time.\n9 K 130 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nOffice Statistics\u2014Kamloops Mining Division.\nFree miner's certificates 300\nCertificates of work 142\nRecords 150\nBills of sale 21\nCertificates of improvement 5\nTotal receipts $2,886.45\nASHCROFT MINING DIVISION.\nReport of H. P. Christie, Mining Recorder.\nI have the honour to submit the annual mining report for the Ashcroft Division during\nthe year 1910, and the office statistics.\nThere has been very little change since the previous year ; no ore has been shipped, and\nthe situation practically remains unchanged. The assessment work is, on the whole, well\nkept up, and the owners of claims appear satisfied, although very little actual development\nwork has been done.\nOffice Statistics\u2014Ashcroft Mining Division.\nClaims recorded 67\nFree miner's certificates issued 74\nCertificates of work 40\nBills of sale recorded 21\nNICOLA MINING DIVISION.\nReport of W. N. Rolfe, Mining Recorder.\nI have the honour to state that, with the exception of assessment work, I am not aware\nof any extended operations having taken place on any of the metalliferous mines in this\ndistrict.\nYALE MINING DIVISION.\nReport of Wm. Dodd, Mining Recorder.\nI have the honour to submit herewith the annual report and statistics for the year ending\nDecember 31st, 1910.\nPlacer-mining.\nWith the exception of a placer lease on Siwash creek, which was operated by Thomas\nand Muller during the past season, there has been no activity. Placer-mining as formerly\nconducted hereabouts may be said to be non-existent. So far as I am aware, the output of\nplacer gold may be said to be nil.\nMineral Claims.\nAs was to be expected, the surveying of three different lines of railway in the Yale\nDivision and impending construction has led to marked activity in prospecting for lodes.\nThe increased interest in mining taken throughout the Province of late has fostered the\noperations of prospectors, and this Mining Division, covering as it does a great area of 1 Geo. 5 Yale District. K 131\npractically virgin ground unprospected in so far as quartz goes, and presenting throughout its\nextent no inconsiderable difficulties due to the mountainous topography and the dense\nvegetation of the lower slopes, is at last beginning to receive a fair measure of long-retarded\nattention.\nBearing in mind its proximity to Vancouver, its accessibility by the Canadian Pacific, its\nintersection by the Fraser River, navigable as far as Yale, the existence of the old trail from\nHope to Nicola and the Dewdney trail to the Similkameen, with construction in progress of\nthe Canadian Northern Railway skirting the south side of the Fraser, and the approaching\nconstruction of the V. V. & E. Railway, the district will be ultimately well served with\nchannels of transportation; and eventually the completion of the contemplated trunk motor-\nroad, joining the Hope End of the Yale road with the Similkameen system, will greatly\nfacilitate access and haulage of supplies to the Skagit valley.\nAlthough a rush of several hundred prospectors took place in the winter of 1879-80\nthrough Hope to placer diggings on Ruby creek, a feeder of the Skagit river, which it joins\nin northern Washington, no systematic quartz prospecting has hitherto been followed on the\nwatershed of the Skagit on our side of the line. However, during the past summer, Greenwall\nand Stevens, two American miners from Nevada, in consequence of information received of\nthe presence of colours in certain creeks, proceeded to prospect, and, tracing these colours to\ntheir source, were rewarded by finding the claims now known as the \" Steamboat group \"\n(July, 1910).\nAs a consequence, an influx of prospectors has taken place, and some 500 locations have\nbeen made throughout the Skagit district. This number includes other localities such as\nLightning creek, to the south-east of Steamboat mountain; at the Red mountain, two miles\nremoved; at the Twenty-three-mile post on the main trail; at the Lake House and in the\nvicinity of Gibson Bros.' galena locations on the west side of the Skagit, close to the International boundary.\nThe original Steamboat claims have been incorporated by Greenwall and Stevens as the\nSteamboat Mining Co., Ltd., of Vancouver, and as soon as cabins had been erected and transportation of supplies arranged for, work on the first and upper level was pushed. Shortly\nafter, a longer lower drift was opened, and at present some ten men are at work under the\npersonal direction of Mr. Stevens. As everything is in order for continuous work during the\nremaining months of winter, the owners hope to have sufficiently developed their ground by\nsummer to warrant the erection of a stamp-mill.\nIn the absence of authoritative technical information as to the nature of the deposits up\nto this time, I am only able to say that the owners report that the gold is found in a free\nstate in a porphyritic dyke, which is from 4 to 8 feet in width, and traceable for a long\ndistance owing to the erosion of its surface.\nFrom the reports of prospectors, it appears that the country, as a whole, is intersected by\ndykes, and it is mainly on these that locations have been staked. The geological nature,\ndimensions, and values of these ore-shoots, if present, remain for the coming working season\nto determine.\nStanley Thompson and associates have let a contract for underground work on their\ngroup in the immediate vicinity of the Steamboat group, but the lateness of the season, when\nmost of the locations were made, and the scarcity of pack-horses available, which were all\nengaged by the Steamboat Mining Co. for the remainder of the open months, has prevented\nthe forwarding of supplies for owners who would otherwise have erected winter camps. K 132 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nI might add that Hope Station is eighty-nine miles from Vancouver by C. P. R., and\nHope is fifteen minutes' journey beyond by power-ferry and stage. From Hope to Steamboat\nmountain is twenty-three miles by the Dewdney trail (Similkameen), and then thirteen miles\ndown the Skagit river to the base of the mountain, or in all thirty-six miles from Hope; so\nthat in summer, given suitable train and saddle connections, it would be possible to leave\nVancouver in the morning and camp at Steamboat the same night. Roadhouses are in course\nof erection along the route, and ample hotel accommodation offers at Hope, where there are\nalso two general stores.\nDuring the last months of 1910 there have been some eighty mineral locations made on\nthe upper portion of Siwash creek, which flows into the Fraser some two miles above Yale ;\nthe locations themselves are five miles from the village. Specimens showing free gold have\nbeen brought in. The ore is quartz, from both dykes and smaller veins intersecting the slates.\nAs the lower portions of this creek have produced coarse gold in the past, and always been\nfavourite hydraulic grounds, the country higher up is well worth prospecting.\nOn the whole, the mining outlook for the Yale Mining Division is good; there will in all\nprobability be hundreds of prospectors at work during the season of 1911, and important\ndiscoveries may be looked for.\nOffice Statistics\u2014Yale Mining Division.\nFree miner's certificates 115\nMineral and placer claims 629\nLeases issued 5\nCertificates of work 23\nPowers of attorney 2\nFree miner's certificates (company) 1\nAssignments and agreements, etc 59\nSIMILKAMEEN MINING DIVISION.\nReport of Hugh Hunter, Mining Recorder.\nI have the honour to forward the annual mining report.on the Similkameen Mining\nDivision for the year 1910.\nThere has been little change in lode and placer mining in this section since my last report.\nAssessment work has been generally performed on claims not Crown-granted. The prospects\nfor the year 1911 are exceedingly bright for this section. A deal is pending on Copper\nmountain of copper properties situated in Voigt's camp, which, when consummated, will add to\nthe prosperity of the whole country.\nA cement plant having a capacity of 500 barrels daily is to be erected on One-mile creek,\na short distance from Princeton. Their expert reports an abundance of suitable material\nclose at hand.\nThe United Empire Mining Company is working on its coal property in the same vicinity,\nand expects to ship coal early in the year.\nThe Princeton Coal and Land Company is developing its coal-mine, and shipping a few\ncars of coal weekly. It is the company's intention to enlarge its plant, so as to be able to fill\nincreasing orders. The B. C. Coal and Coke Company has a large area of coal lands in the vicinity of Granite\ncreek and Tulameen, and has installed a compressor plant and started a tunnel to tap the\ncoal.\nOffice Statistics\u2014Similkameen Mining Division.\nFree miner's certificates issued 161\nLocation records , 140\nCertificates of work 270\nConveyances 32\nCertificate of improvements 1 K 134 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nLILLOOET DISTRICT.\nLILLOOET MINING DIVISION.\nReport by Wm. Fleet Robertson, Provincial Mineralogist.\nLillooet is one of the oldest towns in the interior of British Columbia, and was, in the\nearliest days of the Cariboo gold-rush, the starting-point of the great waggon-road into the\ngoldfields, and, although to-day, on account of the railway connection, the traffic starts from\nAshcroft, all the nomenclature of the main road, such as the 83-mile, the 100-mile, and the\n150-mile house, refers to the distance from Lillooet when that town was the starting-point.\nThe old route from the coast to Lillooet, used by the Hudson's Bay Company and later\nfollowed by the gold-seekers, was vid the Fraser and Harrison rivers and Harrison lake to its\nhead ; here the waterway was abandoned, and a waggon-road twenty-nine miles long, known\nas the \" Long Portage,\" was followed to the lower end of Lillooet lake, as the river between\nthe two lakes was too rapid for navigation.\nFrom the head of Lillooet lake a waggon-road ran eastward over a low divide to the west\nend of Anderson lake, a distance of about twenty-four miles; Anderson lake was traversed in\nbatteaux or canoes, although there was a trail along the north shore of the lake and also of\nthe adjoining lake, Seton lake; between Anderson and Seton lakes was a portage of about\nfour miles, on which in the early days a short tramway was operated.\nThe eastern end of Seton lake\u2014its outlet\u2014is within about three miles of the Fraser\nriver, and the town of Lillooet is situated on the bench, overlooking the Fraser river where\nthe creek from Seton lake enters the river.\nSince the advent of the Canadian Pacific Railway this old route has been abandoned, and\nis of interest chiefly as a monument of the early pioneer days of the interior, for, in British\nColumbia, the fifty or sixty years since, has passed it into the early history of the Province.\nWithin the past year, however, interest has been renewed in the route as the most probable\nroute for a railway from the upper Fraser valley to the Coast.\nThe town of Lillooet is still the only place of any importance in this district, and is to-day\nreached by stage either from Lytton, a distance of forty miles, or from Ashcroft, both stations\non the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway.\nThe town is not now what it was in \"Cariboo days,\" but still supports a couple of good\nstores, two good hotels, two churches, a printing-office, and also a post-office and telegraph-\noffice, and is each fall the starting-point for a large number of hunting parties. Formerly, the\nbenches of the Fraser river near the town were extensively worked for placer gold, but this\nwork has been abandoned now for several years. The river bars and bottom were also worked\nin past years by steam dredging plants, but, although there is seemingly sufficient gold in the\nriver bottom, dredging has not, as yet, here been made a commercial success.\nNear Lillooet a number of quartz ledges have been proven to carry gold, and in parts\nthese were found to be very rich, but, so far, the pay-shoots have not been found large enough\nfor successful company operations.\nOn Cayoosh creek several promising properties were opened up by companies, notably the\nGolden Cache, which, after doing a large amount of mining-work and installing a great amount\nof machinery, finally suspended operations, presumably for lack of ore. 1 Geo. 5 Lillooet District. K IQ':\nWhile the company flotations and operations in the vicinity do not appear to have been\nsuccessful, there have been a number of smaller properties in the Bridge river section which\nhave managed to do development and pay expenses, even when run practically without initial\ncapital and with the most primitive appliances ; these were opened up by working partnerships, and the plants consisted of home-made arrastras.\nThese properties have for some years past been producing gold, and with a view of forming\nsome estimate of the probable future of the camp, the writer visited the camp in September.\nBridge river flows into the Fraser river about five miles above the town of Lillooet, and\na good trail, which might be made into a waggon-road, runs from Lillooet up the valley of\nBridge river for about twenty-five miles, or to the mouth of the North fork ; the trail follows\nup this fork to its headwaters, continuing northward.\nAbove the junction of the North fork, the main Bridge river is in canyon for some ten\nor twelve miles, and the valley is impassable for foot-passengers, much less for pack-horses,\nso that no practical connection exists between the upper and the lower Bridge river valleys,\nexcept over the summit of Tyaughton mountain, a rise of nearly 8,000 feet. This lower valley\nhas been the scene of a number of hydraulic-placer enterprises, but none were found in\noperation in 1910.\nThe gravel-deposits in this valley are very thick and the stream has cut into them deeply,\nleaving steep-sided gravel-benches which, in places, carry considerable gold.\nVarious attempts have been made to work these, but the results have never been\nsatisfactory, partly because of the small amount of water used, few serious attempts having\nyet been made to bring in an adequate water-supply.\nThe one notable exception to this is the Brown hydraulic mine,\nBrown Hydraulic situated at the junction of North fork and main Bridge river, from which\nMine. the water, obtained from a small tributary creek, was brought for five miles\ndown the west bank of the North fork, on the upper bench. This property\nwas extensively opened up and operated in 1900, but has since been closed down, as not\nsufficient gold was obtained to make it profitable.\nThe trail, which follows the lower Bridge river up to the canyon, continues up the North\nfork to its source, and so into the district to the north; this trail is much used by hunting\nparties in the fall.\nThe writer followed the North fork trail for three or four miles, when, at Birch's ranch,\na trail leading up the mountains to the west was taken, and, after crossing over a couple of\nsubordinate summits over 7,000 feet in height, Holbrook gulch, a branch of Big creek, a creek\nflowing to the north and entering the North fork ten miles above its mouth, was reached on the\nevening of the 31st of August.\nThe Spokane group, owned by Dr. Christie, of Lillooet, and others, is\nSpokane Group, situated on the headwaters of Holbrook gulch; the mine cabin is at an\naltitude of 6,520 feet and the upper tunnel at 7,050 feet. This upper tunnel\nhas been driven in 20 feet, disclosing a quartz vein about 30 inches wide, cutting through a\ndiabase country-rock with a strike of N. 70\u00b0 W. and a nearly vertical dip.\nThe quartz is, in parts, quite heavily mineralised with white and yellow iron-pyrites and\nsome copper-pyrites carrying values in gold and silver. A sample taken of one of the well-\nmineralised portions of the vein gave, upon assay : Gold, $7.20 ; silver, 0.7 oz. to the ton; and\n\u2022copper, 2.3 per cent. K 136 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nA lower crosscut tunnel has. been started to cut the vein at depth, and had been driven\nin about 160 feet, but required to be driven farther before the vein might be expected.\nA system of later basic dykes was noted as following up the course of the gulch, forming\na small subordinate ridge, on which, near the mine cabin, a small shaft had been sunk to a\ndepth of about 15 feet on a crushed zone in the diabase, about 3 feet wide, which showed\nsome copper-stain, and from which a sample was taken for assay, which did not, however,\ndisclose any values.\nThe mine cabin is at the entrance of the upper limit of timber-growth and the mine is\nabove timber-line, so that all mine timber has to be hauled nearly a mile.\nThe proper entry into this section is by following up Big creek, and this would be the\nroute used should more extensive mining operations be undertaken.\nThe headwaters of Holbrook gulch are only separated from the valley of Bridge river by\na range of precipitous mountains, the distance being not more than four or five miles, but this\nroute is so steep it can only be followed by experienced prospectors unencumbered by horses\nor baggage.\nFrom Holbrook gulch a route was taken across a ridge to the westward and down over\na snowslide to the great basin on the summit of the Tyaughton range of mountains. On the\nwest side of this basin the main Tyaughton trail was found ; this is a trail much used by the\nChilcotin Indians when travelling to Bridge river during the hunting season, and follows\nAlexander creek down to its junction with Bridge river, some eight or ten miles above the\ncanyon on that river.\nThe whole summit of Tyaughton mountain and its slopes\u2014in fact, all the upper Bridge\nriver district\u2014was found to be covered on the surface with a deposit of powdered pumice-stone,\nsometimes in pieces an inch or two in diameter, evidently thrown out in recent times by some\nvolcano.\nThe Tyaughton trail was found to be almost obliterated by fallen trees, so much so that,\nalthough the start from Holbrook gulch was made at 8 a.m., it was 5.15 p.m. before the first\nopen flat on Alexander creek was reached, a small opening and meadow at an altitude of 3,500\nfeet, taken up some years ago by Oliver Brett, but later abandoned owing to the continued\nsummer frosts due to the elevation.\nOn September 2nd the trail was followed down Alexander creek, and at about half a mile\nfrom its mouth the Babb hydraulic plant was found.\nThe Babb hydraulic plant is situated on Alexander creek about half\nBabb Hydraulic a mile from its mouth, and is held by a syndicate or unincorporated corn-\nMine. Pany- The property was operated in a small way in 1909, but not during\nthe year 1910, being in charge of a watchman only. The gravel-bank that\nhad been worked is on the left side of the creek and is quite extensive; the bed-rock is slate,\nsomewhat irregular as to dip, rising slightly into the bill.\nThe fall of the creek for 2,000 feet below the mine is so flat that the tailings have to be\ncarried in a block-lined sluiceway, but at the end of the flume a good dump is found at a fall\nin the creek. The irregularity of the bed-rock has caused the excavations to assume very\nirregular form, not conducive to economical working.\nThe plant consists of a good water-supply under a head of 340 feet, taken from Alexander\ncreek about two miles farther up, brought down the right-hand side of the creek by flume.\nThe penstock is 16 inches in diameter, of iron. The water was used through two 7-inch giants\nassisted by a by-wash from another small creek. 1 Geo. 5\nLillooet District.\nK 137\nThe company has erected suitable mine buildings and a small sawmill, sufficient for its\nneeds, driven by water. Although not at present working, it is understood that, although\nthe plant is, as yet, only a prospecting one and has not been commercially successful, it has\ngiven sufficient encouragement to induce the company to continue operations in 1911.\nAn interesting deposit of carbonaceous shale with coal was visited on\nJones Coal September 2nd; this is located directly above Jones' Ranch, on the steep\nClaim. hillside to the north of Bridge river valley, and about two miles down\nstream from the mouth of Alexander creek. The river valley here has an\nelevation above sea-level of about 2,300 feet, and the so-called coal-cropping is at an altitude\nof 4,175 feet; a horse-trail extends up the mountain to an elevation of 4,000 feet.\nThe upper portion of this mountain is capped with more or less horizontal beds of volcanic\ndeposition, consisting of scoriae, breccias, overlying a whitish volcanic crystalline flow, and\noverlain by beds of volcanic mud and gravel in which are beds of sandstone of irregular\nthickness.\nInterbedded with the intermediate series mentioned are one or two beds of a black\ncarbonaceous shale from 1 to 2 feet in thickness, in which occur lenses of coal, these sometimes\noccupying the entire bed, but always retaining the lens shape.\nThis coal, while not developed in quantity, gave the following remarkably good analysis\non a small sample of clean coal: Moisture, 8.1 per cent.; ash, 5.6 per cent. ; volatile matter,\n33.6 per cent.; fixed carbon, 52.7 per cent. ; total 100 per cent.\nThe Summit group, owned by W. W. Jones, Babb, and others,\nSummit Group, consisting of three claims\u2014the Summit, South Side, a,nd North Pole\u2014is\nsituated at an altitude of 5,000 feet on the north slope of Bridge river, a\ncouple of miles above the mouth of Alexander creek and directly across the valley from the\nmouth of Thomas Green creek. On the mountain-top and forming the edge of the bluff facing\nthe river, there outcrops a very large basic dyke running in a north and south direction ;\ncutting through this in a general N. 40\u00b0 E. direction are a number of quartz veins carrying\niron, zinc, and lead sulphides, with appreciable gold and silver values.\nThere are a number of exposures of the veins on the bluff hillside, slightly developed by\nopen-cuts and pits. About 50 feet below one of these outcrops a tunnel has been driven in\nfor some 40 feet, disclosing a somewhat irregular quartz vein carrying a small quantity of the\nminerals described. Some 400 feet to the east of this first tunnel, at an altitude of 5,175\nfeet, a small upper tunnel has been run in for a short distance.\nThe main tunnel was started in at the outcrop of a vein striking N. 40\u00b0 E., but the\ntunnel was driven in a due east direction for 50 feet, leaving the vein on the left-hand side;\nat this point the tunnel was swung around to the left and continued for 27 feet in a N. 40\u00b0\nE. direction, when the tunnel was again turned to the left in a N. 50\u00b0 W. direction and\ncontinued for 10 feet. The tunnel has thus run away from the vein, and by calculations would\nhave to be driven 28 feet farther in the last direction before it would cut the line of the vein.\nA sample taken of the ore as it could be hand-sorted assayed : Gold, $8; silver, 2.2 oz. ;\nlead, 10 per cent.\nOn the main Bridge river valley, just above the mouth of Gun creek\nand opposite the ranch formerly occupied by Arch. Trevarge, the hills are\ngenerally low and rolling, although rocky and precipitous in places, rising\nabove the valley to a height of 400 to 500 feet\u2014the mountains being about\na mile farther back.\nNorth Star and\nUniversity. K 138 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nThe rock-exposures on these hills are chiefly volcanic, agglomerates, etc., which have been\ncut by numerous basic and porphyrite dykes, very much weathered and decomposed on the\nexposures. Accompanying these dykes are lenses of quartz, scarcely sufficiently continuous to\nbe styled veins, but sometimes of considerable length and reaching a thickness of 2 or 3 feet.\nThese quartz lenses carry in places considerable quantities of galena and stibnite, lead and\nantimony sulphides, which contain small values in gold and silver.\nA general sample of such mineralisation gave, upon assay : Gold, 40 cents ; silver, 0.6 oz.;\nthe sample was not assayed for lead or antimony.\nOn this series of quartz-croppings the North Star and University mineral claims have been\nstaked by W. W. Jones, Christie and Smith, and a small amount of work done in the way of\nopen-cuts, etc. On the former, in an open-cut 10 feet long, quartz of about 4 feet wide is\nexposed carrying lenses of stibnite from 3 to 4 inches wide; on the latter several open-cuts\nhave exposed a vein showing extensive mineralisation for a width up to 8 inches, but not\naveraging more than 3 inches. These quartz lenses, while not continuous, seem to be more or\nless in line, as though following some definite Assuring which has a strike of N. 40\u00b0 E. and\ndips at an angle of 45 degrees to the south-east.\nThe Wayside mine is located on the north side of Bridge river valley,\nWayside Mine, about three miles above the mouth of Gun creek and opposite the mouth\nof the South fork. The property was staked by John Patterson, and is\nnow held by H. M. Babb et al, of Lillooet.\nHere the country-rock changes from the prevailing character of the lower valley to a\ndiorite, a large body of which is found on the east side of Cadwallader creek, extending down\ninto the valley of Bridge river at this point. Through this diorite country-rock is a regular\nfissure, with a strike of N. 30\u00b0 W. (mag.) and a dip of 38 degrees to the south-west, cutting\ninto the hillside nearly at right angles and so outcropping down the face of the hill, which\nhas a slope of about 20 degrees.\nRunning in from the outcrop on the vein are three adit tunnels, Nos. 1, 2, and 3. No. 3\ntunnel is the highest, at an elevation of 2,950 feet, and has been driven in about 25 feet,\ndisclosing in the general fissure a quartz vein about 20 inches in width and of considerable\nregularity. This tunnel was the first prospecting workings driven by the discoverer, and the\nvein here is seemingly at its best, having clearly defined walls, and being well mineralised with\niron-sulphides carrying appreciable values in gold, samples of hand-sorted ore running as high\nas $30 to the ton in gold. No. 2 tunnel has been driven in from a vein outcrop for 135 feet,\nstarting at a point some 270 feet lower down the hill than No. 3, and at an elevation of 2,680\nfeet, on what was supposed to be the same vein ; but, as the intermediate outcrop between\nthe two tunnels has not been uncovered, and the dip in the upper tunnel would appear to\nstrike to one side of No. 2 tunnel, this is by no means certain, and it may prove to be a\nparallel vein. The quartz vein at the portal of this No. 2 tunnel is about 12 inches wide, and\ncontinues in for some distance of this width, pinching out, however, at 90 feet in, to almost\nnothing, but again widening out farther in. Still farther in, the vein splits into three\nstringers, and so appears in the face at the inner end of the tunnel.\nOn the dump just outside of the tunnel there is a pile of about 15 tons of ore\u2014quartz\nheavily mineralised with iron-sulphides, expected to carry good values in gold. A sample\nshipment of ore from this dump was taken out by pack-train in September, 1910, but no\ninformation has been obtained as to its assay value. Occasionally a little free gold, visible to\nthe eye, is seen in the ore, but it does not occur in quantity, and the values are chiefly in the\nsulphides. 1 Geo. 5 Lillooet District. K 139\nNo. 1 tunnel, at an elevation of 2,590 feet, or 90 feet lower than No. 2, has been driven\nin for about 150 feet; the fissure or crushed zone is here distinct and the walls perfect; the\nquartz vein, however, is of variable width, frequently pinching out, and not nearly as strong\nhere as in the upper levels.\nThe property is equipped with suitable buildings, etc., but was not worked during the\npast season.\nCadwallader Creek.\nCadwallader creek heads in the mountains to the north of Anderson lake, and from this\nsummit flows north-westerly into Bridge river. For many years placer-mining on a small scale\nhas been going on along the bars and benches of the creek, and individual operators still take\nout small quantities of gold.\nThe hillside on the east of the creek slopes gradually for about three-quarters of a mile\nto the mountains, which rise abruptly ; this hillside was, a number of years ago, completely\ncovered by mineral locations, of which a number are still alive to-day, and a few actually\nproducing gold.\nGeologically, this hillside differs essentially from the valley of Bridge river, and,\napparently, from the rest of the district, these being composed of sedimentary rocks, while\nthe rock formation of this part of Cadwallader creek is a light igneous rock, seemingly a\ndiorite. This mass of diorite is found from the Wayside mine, on Bridge river, along the east\nside of the Cadwallader creek valley to above the Pioneer mine, a distance of fifteen miles, and\nin width extends from the creek nearly, but not quite, to the base of the mountains about\nhalf a mile.\nIt is reported that either a branch of this body of diorite or a similar body extends along\nthe east side of the South fork, but this section was not visited and, as far as can be learned,\nhas been little prospected.\nSo far, all the claims which have shown values are in the belt of diorite, and while the\nveins continue into the sedimentaries, they are not there mineral-bearing. This fact would\nlead to the supposition that the profitable field for prospecting, or mining, in the vicinity was\nwithin the boundaries of this diorite outcropping, in which case the probable extent of the\ncamp, as a camp, is limited to the area as described.\nThe creek flows in a north-west direction, and along its eastern hillside two distinct series\nof veins have been shown up by the prospecting and mining work done ; the main series of\nveins runs nearly east and west, while the second series strikes nearly north-east and southwest ; these veins cut each other sharply, and apparently the Assuring through which they\nwere formed occurred at the same time. The veins are from 10 inches to 5 feet in width, and\nare remarkably regular as to strike, dip, and continuity.\nFor the most part, they carry free gold and iron-sulphides containing gold, but the amount\nof sulphide is small. Free gold, visible to the eye, can be found in most of the veins, while\nin some of the veins it is very plentiful, and in places produces bonanza and beautiful\nspecimens.\nThe development and mining work done on the various properties has been so intermittent\nand disjointed, owing to separate ownerships and other causes, that no clear idea could be\nobtained as to the regularity, or otherwise, of the gold-tenure of the veins, or whether it\noccurs in shoots, although this latter seems probable. K 140 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nThe Lome Amalgamated Mining Company, of which Mr. William\nLome. Sloan, of Nanaimo, is president, has obtained control of the Lome and\nWoodchuck mineral claims and four others which are now being worked\nunder one company management. The first of these claims was for a number of years worked\nby individual owners, who did considerable mining, treating the ore mined in a home-made\narrastra driven by an overshot water-wheel, and managing to better than pay expenses with\nthe rather primitive appliances available.\nFollowing the formation of the Amalgamated Company, a 5-stamp mill was erected, a\ntramway built connecting the tunnels with the mill, and a serious attempt is being made to so\nconnect the various separate working tunnels as to chute the ore underground to the lowest\nlevel, from which it will be taken to the mill by the tram. While this attempt at more\neconomically handling the ore is well under way, all arrangements have not been completed.\nNo. 1 Tunnel, Woodchuck.\u2014This tunnel follows in from the outcrop for 90 feet, a vein\nhaving a strike N. 45\u00b0 E. and a dip of 30 degrees to the north-west. At this distance, one of the\nmain veins of the east and west series was cut, which has a dip of 65 degrees to the north,\nand this main vein was followed for 120 feet in an easterly direction. The crushed zone of\nthis fissure is from 6 to 7 feet wide, in which there is a quartz vein varying in width from 10\nto 55 inches, while the remainder of the fissured material is connected together with quartz.\nNo. 2 Tunnel, Woodchuck.\u2014This is a crosscut tunnel for 120 feet, where one of the noith-\neast and south-west veins was struck and followed for about 80 feet in a N. 45\u00b0 E. direction.\nThis is a different vein from that in the No. 1 tunnel, and is dipping at an angle of about 60\ndegrees to the north-west. The quartz vein here exposed is narrow, being only from 8 to 24\ninches in width, although the gold values contained are reported higher than the average.\nNo. 1 Tunnel, Lome or King Claims.\u2014This is an adit tunnel driven in from the outcrop\nfor 250 feet in a N. 45\u00b0 E. direction on one of the north-east and south-west veins, having a\ndip of 70 degrees to the north-west. The fissure for the length of the tunnel appears to be\nremarkably regular and well defined, the quartz vein therein being from 12 to 24 inches in\nwidth, and the gold values are said by the management to be satisfactory. From near the\nface of this No. 1 tunnel a raise has been put up to No. 2 tunnel, Lome.\nThere are several other smaller openings disclosing continuations of these veins or other\nparallel ones ; the openings mentioned are, however, the principal workings.\nIt is not possible, even if it were desirable, to hand-sample veins of this character, so\nno statement can be made as to the average value of the quartz; that gold is present in\nconsiderable quantities in parts of the vein is apparent to the eye, while the fact that the\nproperties were worked for years at at least a small profit by a home-made arrastra would\nargue that the gold-tenure is sufficient for profitable working by a stamp-mill.\nArrastra.\u2014The old arrastra formerly used on the property is still standing beside a pile\nof tailings of from 500 to 800 tons. Samples from this old dump were taken for assay, and\nthe assayer reports only a trace of gold remaining in them, which speaks well for the efficiency\nof the home-made plant. This old plant consists of an overshot water-wheel 28 feet in\ndiameter, with a 2-foot breast, hung on a large timber axle supported by four bearings. On\neither side of the water-wheel is a driving-pulley, each of which was connected by a crossed\nbelt with vertical shaft of an arrastra, 12 feet in diameter. The crushing-capacity of these\ntwo arrastras is said to have been from 3,000 to 4,000 lb. of ore a day. A photographic reproduction of the old plant accompanies this report. 1 Geo. 5 Lillooet District. K 141\nStamp-mill.\u2014The stamp-mill erected by the new company is a 5-stamp battery, built by\nthe Union Iron Works of San Francisco, and has stamps weighing 750 ft. dropping from 7 to\n7\\ inches, at the rate of 85 drops to the minute, and having a crushing-capacity of from 2 to\n2 J tons to the stamp a day. The ore from the tramway is deposited into a bin, from which it\nis fed to a Blake crusher, and thence into the crushed-ore bin, from which the stamp-mill is fed\nby an automatic feed. There is a single battery-plate, without any subsequent mercury-trap\nor any appliance to save concentrates. The amount of water being used in the battery and\nover the plate was excessive, and it is more than probable unnecessary losses were being made.\nThe power plant consists of an 18-inch Pelton wheel driving the crusher, and a 48-inch\nPelton wheel driving the stamp-mill, both under a head of 270 feet.\nThe Blackbird mineral claim is situated about half a mile to the south-\nBlackbird, east from the Lome workings, and was being developed under a working\nbond by Messrs. Ferguson, Holten, et al., who were having a tunnel driven\non contract by Leach and Williams. In September, 1910, this tunnel had been driven in 37\nfeet in an easterly direction along a quartz vein. At the portal of the tunnel the quartz was\n4 feet wide, diminishing as the tunnel proceeded, until at the face it was 8 inches. The\nquartz carried small values in gold. Later in the year the bonders reported having stopped\nwork, as the vein had continued to get smaller.\nThe Ben d'Or group of five claims, owned by the Ben d'Or Mining\nBen d'Or. Company, an incorporated company, has been taken over by the bondholders, and was being worked under lease and bond by A. F. Noel, assisted\nby three men ; the work being done, however, is, by the lease, limited to development workings.\nThe property is on the east bank of the Cadwallader creek, about a mile and a half up the\ncreek from the Lome workings.\nThe east and west series of quartz veins, already described as being developed farther\ndown the creek, is here again seen, and appears to be very regular in both strike and dip.\nThere are probably a number of veins on the property, but the present workings are all on\nthe same vein, which, as exposed on the surface, has a width of about 6 feet. These workings\nconsist of four adit tunnels, connected by raises, as follows :\u2014\nNo. 1 Tunnel.\u2014The highest, or No. 1, tunnel was found to be caved and could not be\nentered, but was said to be stoped out pretty well to the surface.\nNo. 2 Tunnel.\u2014This tunnel is 100 feet lower than No. 1, and follows in the quartz vein\nin a nearly easterly direction for from 500 to 600 feet. The vein in the tunnel appears to be\nvery regular and permanent, with good walls, and having an average width of between 3 and\n4 feet.\nNo. 3 Tunnel.\u2014This tunnel is 100 feet lower than No. 2. At this level the vein did not\noutcrop conveniently, and, consequently, was reached by a crosscut tunnel, driven through a\ndiorite country-rock for a distance of 270 feet, at which distance the vein was cut and drifts\nmade along it, both to the east and west. In the east drift the vein waa continuous to the\nface, maintaining its width, but dipping nearly vertically. In the west drift the vein\nmaintains its width for 225 feet, but becomes thinner for the further length of the tunnel,\nsome 150 feet.\nNo. 4 Tunnel.\u2014This tunnel, 210 feet lower than No. 3, is a crosscut driven for about 480\nfeet, but had not been continued far enough to cut the ledge, the lessee claiming that a survey\nshowed it had still 30 feet to go before the ledge might be expected. The vein varies from 3\nto 4 feet in width, and the ore from each of the tunnels shows visible free gold in considerable\nquantities. K 142 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nThe workings on No. 2 and No. 3 tunnels were practically all development workings, and\nall were found in exceptionally good condition as regards timbering, etc.\nThe average gold-tenure of the vein could not be learned\u2014it was not to the interest of\nthe lessee to make it known\u2014but ore in the mill-bins, some 75 tons, said to be taken in about\nequal quantities from each level, was certainly quite rich in free gold, and also carried some\niron-sulphides containing gold.\nMill.\u2014The Ben d'Or mill is erected in the flat at the edge of Cadwallader creek, about\n1,000 feet from the portal of No. 3 tunnel, with which it is connected by*a back-balance\ntramway, an incline built on a high trestle, of somewhat temporary construction, as it is\nexpected, as soon as the connection is made underground, that a more permanent tram would\nbe laid from No. 4 tunnel, a much shorter distance and on a more moderate incline.\nThe ore from the tramway dumps into receiving-bins capable of holding from 50 to 75\ntons of ore; from there it is fed over a grizzly with a 2-inch opening to a 10 x 12-inch jaw-\ncrusher, the crushed ore and screenings passing into a crushed-ore bin. The crushed ore is\nfed automatically to two 5-stamp batteries made by the Hamilton Manufacturing Company,.\nPeterborough, Ont. The stamps weigh 850 ft. and drop 7-3r inches at 102 drops to the minute,\ncrushing the ore to pass a 35-mesh screen.\nThe amalgamating-plates are 4 feet wide by 8J feet long, set on a 7|-degree slope, and\nare provided at the end with mercury-traps. The tailings are passed over crude tables covered\nwith blanket, where some attempt was being made to save sulphides. A quantity of these\nconcentrates has thus been saved and was lying sacked in the mill, from which a general\nsample was taken which assayed $180 in gold to the ton.\nPower is generated by a large turbine water-wheel working under a head of 30 feet, the\nwater-supply for which is taken from Cadwallader creek about 200 yards above the mill, and\nbrought in by a wooden flume. There is a large surplus of water at most seasons.*\nThe Countless mineral claim adjoins the property of the Ben d'Or\nCountless. Company, higher up the hillside away from the creek, and has suffered from\nlack of water-power, although unlimited water might have been brought in\nby a ditch-line from the main creek. The property was reported as being owned by William\nManson et al., of Lillooet, and has not been worked for some years.\nThe only workings that could be found on the property was an open pit some 60 feet\nlong by 20 feet deep, on a quartz vein about 4 feet wide, as exposed. The strike of this vein,\nS. 65\u00b0 E., was different from any other vein worked in the camp, and the dip was nearly\nvertical. The quartz from this opening was treated in a crude arrastra, and is said to have\ncarried a fair amount of gold.\nThe old arrastra was a tub 9 feet in diameter, in the centre of which was a vertical shaft\ndriven by a horizontal water-wheel attached to it by radial arms; to the outer rim or edge of\nthe water-wheel were affixed buckets into which impinged a stream of water from a nozzle,\nunder a small head.\nThe reason given for the non-working of the property was an insufficiency of water.\nThe Pioneer mine, consisting of one Crown-granted mineral claim, is\nPioneer. situated about half a mile up the creek from the Ben d'Or, and almost at\nthe creek-level. At this point the creek valley has become narrower, and\nbeing farther up-stream, the creek level is much higher, so that, although the quartz veins\n*Notb.\u2014About the last of the year, and since the above was written, the Ben d'Or group and the\nCountless and the Exchange Fraction mineral claims have been acquired by the Coronation Mining Company,\nLimited, a Victoria company\u2014with a capital stock of $500,000\u2014of which H. B. Thomson is president, and\nthe properties are to be fully worked next season. I Geo. 5 Lillooet District. K 143\nare about the same elevation as those previously mentioned, they here outcrop only slightly\nabove water-level in the creek. The country-rock here is the same as noted in the other\nclaims, and the quartz veins are found to be very regular, and with a constant strike of nearly\neast and west. Two distinct veins have been opened up, and surface development would seem\nto indicate others.\nThe development of the property is not great, but the conditions under which it is being\noperated are peculiar and worthy of special note. It is a \" one-man mine,\" being owned and\noperated entirely by one man, F. H. Kinder, who is not a miner by trade, but who, single-\nhanded, has successfully mined and milled enough ore eaeh year to make a comfortable living.\nThe main No. 1 tunnel was started some 4 feet above high water in the creek, and has\nbeen driven in for 100 feet as a crosscut tunnel, cutting at 70 feet in from the portal No. 1\nledge, a quartz vein averaging about 18 inches in width, on which drifting has been done to\nthe west for 30 feet and to the east for 10 feet. At 100 feet in the tunnel cuts the No. 2\nledge, a quartz vein from 24 to 30 inches wide, and on this a drift has been made to the left\n(west) for 20 feet, from which a raise is up 16 feet; a similar drift has been made to the east\nfor 55 feet.\nThere are other small tunnels and openings on the property, which, while not extensive,\nprove the quartz veins to be more than ordinarily regular and persistent, and to carry good\ngold values.\nFor reasons which will be understood when the methods and conditions of working the\nproperty are considered, ore carrying less than from $20 to $25 could not be worked, and,\nconsequently, the workings have had to follow the richer ore-shoots.\nThe owner has apparently done all the development and mining single-handed and alone;\nthe ore has been mined, filled into sacks, and, where necessary, hoisted by hand and carried,\neither in a wheelbarrow or by the owner on his back, to a home-made arrastra\u2014described\nlater\u2014capable of treating from 400 to 500 ft. of ore a day. If wages can be made, and\napparently they are, by such primitive methods and the total absence of capital, its speaks\nwell for the gold-tenure of the quartz mined.\nThe arrastra is 8 feet in diameter inside ; the vertical shaft supporting the arms is driven\nby a belt connected to the horizontal shaft of an undershot current water-wheel placed in the\ncreek. The property has considerable merit, as a small mine, but does not promise to develop\ninto a large one ; the present output as it is being run would not exceed $600 during the\nseason.\nFrom the Cadwallader Creek camp the creek valley was followed up for about ten miles\nover a rough, and little used, trail, following the creek and on an easy gradient, where camp\nwas made for the night, near creek-level, at an altitude of 4,100 feet. The next morning,\nSeptember 11th, the summit was crossed, the ground being covered with snow.\nThe trail out of the Cadwallader creek valley zigzags up a steep, burned-over ridge, rising\nin about three miles in a direct line to an elevation of 6,800 feet. The summit is devoid of\ntrees or scrub, and in summer is grass-clad, providing excellent grazing. Several quartz ledges\nhave been staked on the summit, but the recent snow had covered up all traces of work and\nthe showings could not be found.\nProceeding southward from the summit, a descent was gradually made into the valley at\nthe headwaters of McGillvray creek. The upper portion of the valley is on the edge of the\ntimber-line, and consists of a series of grass-covered basins dotted over with clumps of balsam\nand spruce trees, a most beautiful place in summer, but indicating heavy snowfall in winter K 144\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nwith an open season of only three or four months in the year. The trail down this valley is an\nold Indian hunting-trail, not inviting for travel, and frequently takes to the side-hills and\ntimber to avoid the canyons which characterize the valley throughout.\nOne day's hard travel brought the party to the forks of McGillvray creek, about five\nmiles from its mouth and from Anderson lake. Here camp was made on the evening of\nSeptember 11th, at an elevation of 3,900 feet, good feed for horses being found where forest\nfires had many years ago removed the timber ; this was the only grazing-place seen on the\nlower ten miles of the creek.\nOn September 12th the main trail down the valley was followed for\nMcGillvray Creek about four miles, when a branch trail leading off to the east and up the\nMines. side-hill was taken, that in about half a mile led to the mine and mill of\nthe Anderson Lake Mining and Milling Co., Ltd., of which J. Dunlop, of\nLillooet, is president. The property was at that time under lease and bond to H. M. Babb, et\nal., of Lillooet, who had during the summer done some work on the property, having mined and\nmilled about 300 tons of quartz-ore. At this date, however, the work had been stopped\nand no one was found on the property.\nMine.\u2014The lower, or No. 1, tunnel is at an altitude of 3,300 feet, and has been driven\nin for about 150 feet. The country-rock is a schistose slate much fissured in all directions,\nthe fissures being frequently filled with quartz. This tunnel has been run in on, and develops,\na quartz vein from 6 to 8 feet wide, striking N. 25\u00b0 W. into the hill, and dipping 60 degrees to\nthe north-east. The vein is clearly defined, with marked gouge on the walls, and seems inclined\nto send off strong spurs to the west. This lower tunnel has been partly stoped to a height of\nfour sets of timber, and was making a large amount of water.\nThe upper, or No. 2, tunnel is 150 feet higher, at an altitude of 3,450 feet, and has been\ndriven in about 500 feet in a general N. 25\u00b0 W. direction, following in the quartz vein, which\nhas a width of from 6 to 8 feet of quartz. About 150 feet in, the tunnel swings to the left,\nthus leaving the vein, but, after running a short distance on a \" spur,\" the tunnel was swung\nback again to the right and again picked up the main vein, which is here very wide, and at\nthis point considerable stoping had been done.\nThe main vein appears to continue in a N. 25\u00b0 W. direction, but for some reason it was\nnot followed, and the tunnel had been again deflected to the left, following a \" spur\" in a\nN. 45\u00b0 W. direction. The tunnel follows in this direction for about 250 feet, but towards the\nface the vein disappears gradually, until, at the face, it is represented by merely a few stringers\nof quartz.\nWhile the ore \"peters out \" in the tunnel, it is the writer's opinion that it is only on a\nspur from the main fissure, and it seems probable that the main vein continues, and might be\npicked up again from the point where the tunnel was deflected. At points along the level,\nstoping has been carried up for from three to five sets of timber.\nThe vein quartz is very white and clean, especially on the hanging-wall side, but in the\nportion next the foot-wall there is visible considerable decomposed iron-sulphides, with which\nit is suspected the gold values are chiefly associated. The amount of quartz developed is very\nconsiderable, but the gold value found in the quartz by the mill tests is admittedly low\u2014\nbelow $5 to the ton.\nMessrs. Babb et al., after mining some 300 tons of quartz through the mill, dropped the\nlease, without, it would appear, doing any development or prospecting work other than in\nextracting the quartz from the stopes. 1 Geo. 5\nLillooet District.\nK 145\nTramway.\u2014A back-balanced surface tramway some 750 feet long, laid at an angle of\n30 degrees, connects the upper tunnel with the mill, and is equipped with two 1-ton iron skips\nrunning on 30-ft. rails. The bins at the upper terminal have a capacity of about 50 tons, and\nat the level of the lower tunnel, about half-way up the tramway, there is a way-station and\nsmall bunker.\nMill.\u2014The mill building is of logs and is only partly roofed over, with sufficient room for\nfour 5-stamp batteries, of which only two have been erected. The plant, built by the Wm.\nHamilton Mfg. Co., Peterborough, Ont., consists of an 8 by 10-inch cast-iron frame Blake\ncrusher; a stamp-mill of two 5-stamp batteries with 750-ft. stamps, dropping 8 inches; each\nbattery is provided with double 8-foot amalgamating-plates, and suitable mercury-traps and\nriffles; in all, a very complete little plant. Power is provided by a 4-foot Pelton wheel under\na head of 300 feet, the water being brought in from a small creek by ditch and flume to the\nhead of the tramway, from which it is conveyed to the mill in an iron penstock.\nThe lower part of the McGillvray creek is in canyon, the rocky banks rising precipitously from the creek, while, about half a mile from the mouth, there is a perpendicular fall of\nabout 50 feet, providing a water-power of great size that could be cheaply utilised.\nThe trail from the Anderson Lake Mining and Milling Co.'s property keeps high above\nthe creek-bed on the east bank, and coming down gradually by a series of easy grades to the\nlake-level at the mouth of the creek.\nAt the lake there is a very good scow-landing and warehouse, to which point ail the\nmachinery and supplies are brought by water. From the landing a trail runs eastward along\nthe north shore of Anderson and Seton lakes to Lillooet, and another westward to Pemberton\nMeadows; these trails formed part of the old route from Harrison lake into the Cariboo\ngoldfields, in use in the earlier days of that excitement.\nOn September 12th the day's journey by pack-train included the last five miles of\nMcGillvray creek\u2014with a stop of about four hours at the Anderson Lake mines\u2014and was\ncontinued westward for another four miles, when camp was made on the high bench along\nwhich the trail runs, near a meadow, invisible from the trail, where feed for the horses was\nfound. This is said to be about the only place north of Anderson lake and west of McGillvray\ncreek where horse-feed can be obtained, the test of the country being heavilv timbered. The\ncountry to the north-west of Anderson lake is composed of highly altered sedimentary rocks,\ncut by many igneous intrusions, a district which might be suspected of being mineral-bearing,\nbut which, as yet, has not developed any mineral locations of promise.\nSeptember 13th. The trail to the north-west of Anderson lake was followed westward to\nthe head of that lake a distance of six miles, which was reached by about 10.30 a.m. The\nshore of the lake, in most places, rises steep and precipitous, so that it was impossible for the\ntrail to follow near the shore; therefore it has been run along a high bench some 800 feet\nhigher than the lake-level and at the base of the higher hills, only descending to the lake at\nits western end.\nFrom the south-west end of Anderson lake the old Cariboo waggon-road extends south,\nwestward to the north end of Lillooet lake and to Pemberton Meadows. This interesting old\nroad was originally very well built, and is still kept in a fair state of repair, as supplies for\nthe Lillooet lake and Pemberton Meadows are, at present, brought in vid Lillooet.\nThe depression in which Anderson lake lies continues in a general south-westerly direction\nof about nine miles, gradually rising ; the valley, which was nearly a mile wide at Anderson\nlake, narrowing almost to a gorge.\n10 K 146 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nAt the head of this watershed is Summit lake, at an elevation of abeut 1,375 feet, being\n475 feet higher than Anderson lake. Summit lake is surrounded by mountains which rise to\nheights of 3,000 to 4,000 feet.\nAbout two miles to the south-west of Summit lake the road crosses over the divide and on\nto the headwater* of Poole creek, a small creek flowing south-we\u00bbt into the Birkenhead river\nand so into Lillooet lake. On the meadows at the head of this creek in Ronald Currie's ranch,\nand here camp was made on the evening of September 13th after a journey of about eighteen\nmiles.\nAt the head of Anderson lake there is a quantity of good land occupied by a dilapidated\nIndian settlement; in the valley between Anderson and Summit lakes there are several\nstretches of valley bottom suitable for agriculture.\nAbout four miles and a half from Anderson lake an old-timer, named Place, has erected\na cabin and store and cleared some land on which he was growing hay, and some fine\nvegetables, such as potatoes, beets, carrots, cabbages, etc., as well as small fruits, all of which\nshowed that the climate and soil were admirably suited for such produce.\nCurrie's ranch is situated on the height of land between the watersheds of Anderson and\nLillooet lakes, at an altitude of about 1,500 feet, and is quite an old settlement, dating from\nthe time when the old waggon-road was a thoroughfare. The valley here is over half a mile\nwide, the bottom land containing some fine pasture land.\nThe snowfall here in winter is reported as being heavy, but it was evident from the\nluxuriant growth that both climate and soil are admirably suited for mixed farming or fruitgrowing.\nSeptember 14th. The road was followed to the south-west down the valley of Poole\ncreek\u2014a valley containing much fine arable land\u2014to the Birkenhead river, which was crossed\non a good bridge. The Dominion Government Salmon Hatchery was passed at about noon,\nand here additional supplies were obtained at a small store kept at Pemberton Portage P. O.\nby Mr. Spetch.\nThe Pemberton Portage road continues down to the end of Lillooet lake, where it joins a\nnewly built Government road leading up the Lillooet river.\nAbout six miles up from the lake this road crosses from the east bank of the river to the\nwest bank over a substantially built bridge; after crossing this bridge, camp was made on the\nflats of Pemberton Meadows; about fourteen miles having been travelled since morning.\nThe valley of the Lillooet river is about a mile and a half wide; the bottom land is flat\nmeadow land composed of river-silt deposited by the slow-flowing river. The valley is flanked\non either side by rocky forest-clad hills, and continues to the northward for from twenty-five\nto thirty miles, containing some of the finest bottom-land meadows to be found in the Province,\nknown, generally, as the \" Pemberton Meadows,\" and which lie at an elevation of about 875\nfeet above sea-level. Most of the land has been taken up by settlers or speculators, and a\ngood waggon-road runs for twenty-six miles up the valley.\nThere has been little done as yet to make use of these wonderfully fine agricultural\nopportunities, since transportation facilities with the outside world do not exist; it is expected\nthat this difficulty will soon be removed, as a railway-line has been surveyed through from\nSquamish, on Howe sound, and some preliminary construction already begun.\nA certain amount of prospecting is being carried on in the mountains to the west of\nPemberton Meadows and a number of claims located; these properties were not sufficiently\ndeveloped to justify an inspection, but samples were obtained from the prospectors, the best\nof which showed a fair percentage of copper, but none gave values in gold or silver. 1 Geo. 5 Lillooet District. K 147\nSeptember 15th. The trail from Pemberton Meadows to Squamish was started upon in\nthe morning; this leads westward from the waggon-road at the bridge, across the meadows,\nand after winding around some swampy ground, follows up the valley of Green river. Green\nriver is a large stream flowing from the we\u00bbt into Lillooet river, practically at the lake; it\nrises in Green lake, on the summit between the watershed of the Squamish and Lillooet rivers.\nThis river is about eighteen miles long, and falls about 1,500 feet in this distance; much\nof this drop is in a series of falls and rapids, a couple of miles up from Pemberton Meadows,\nproducing a great water-power which could be utilised at a very small initial expenditure.\nThe valley of the river is for the first few miles in a deep ravine, with steep sides, along which\nthe trail has been cut out often on ledges overhanging the boiling stream, producing one of\nthe most beautiful trails that it has been the writer's good fortune to see.\nThis trail, while wonderfully picturesque, is anything but desirable for the purpose for\nwhich it was intended\u2014driving cattle over to salt-water\u2014and is, also, singularly devoid of\nfeed for horses or cattle, a difficulty frequently met with in the mountain trails on the Coast,\nbut fortunately uncommon in the mountains of the Interior.\nHorse-feed can only be had on the trail at three points\u2014the first, some meadows about\neight miles west of Pemberton Meadows ; the next, at the west end of Green lake at the\n20-mile post; and the third, at Crystal lake, or Stony creek, which are nearly adjoining.\nThe feed is not good or plentiful in any place, and this seriously interferes with the use of the\ntrail.\nCamp was made on the evening of September 15th at the east end, or outlet, of Green\nlake, at the 18-mile post, at an altitude of 2,300 feet, where a little grass on the margin of the\nlake afforded scant feed for the small pack-train.\nGreen lake is a beautiful sheet of water surrounded by well-wooded hills, and abounds in\ntrout, which will make it a popular summer resort as soon as the railway is constructed.\nSeptember 16th. Camp was moved at 9 a.m., the trail passing to the north of Green\nlake.\nIron-ore.\u2014About twenty-two miles from Pemberton Meadows, on the side of the trail\nbetween the Meadows and Squamish, immediately north of Green lake, and in the Lillooet\nMining Division, several mineral claims have been staked on a deposit of bog iron-ore ; one\nof these is the Iron Mask, but the other claim-names could not be distinguished on the\nposts. This deposit extends over a considerable area, and has been slightly prospected on\nthe surface by a number of open-cuts, the largest of wdiich is about 20 feet long, and has\ndeveloped ore to a depth of from 2 to 3 feet. A sample taken of the ore exposed in the cut\ngave, upon assay : Iron, 48 per cent. ; silica, 2.2 per cent. ; sulphur, 0.2 per cent.; phosphorus,\n0.1 per cent.\nThe area over which iron is found is considerable, but the work done is insufficient to\ndemonstrate the depth of the deposit and, consequently, its size. The deposit is at present\ncommercially inaccessible, but it is directly on the surveyed line of a proposed railway between\nSquamish and Pemberton Meadows.\nA short distance to the wTest of Green lake and above the 23-mile post\nGreen Lake from Pemberton Meadows, a trail was found leading off to the south from\nMines. the main trail; this leads up to the Green Lake Mining & Milling Company's\nproperty.\nThe pack-train was sent on to a camp about a mile ahead, on the shore of a small lake,\nwhile the writer and Mr. Nation followed up the mine-trail on horseback ; after proceeding several miles it was considered advisable to send the saddle-horses back with a returning\npacker who was met on the trail, and the rest of the journey and the return, after dark, was\nperformed on foot.\nThe side-trail from the main trail to the mine proved to be about seven miles long, the\nfirst part wandering over and among huge boulders and rocks slid down from the mountain.\nThe trail gradual!}' worked around to the south side of Green lake, and finally followed up\nFitzsimmons creek, which flows into the lake, until, at an elevation of 3,450 feet, the\ntemporary camp of the mine, consisting of a collection of tents, was found, and here the\nhorse-trail ended. The mine workings are some 700 feet higher than the camp, at an elevation\nof 4,150 feet.\nThe property, consisting of several claims, is owned by the Green Lake Mining & Milling\nCompany\u2014V. Lloyd-Owen, secretary-treasurer, Vancouver\u2014and the mining operations were\nin charge of Mr. Collyer, as foreman.\nThe development work done was not sufficient to be conclusive ; there appeared to be a\ngreat crushed zone extending in an east and west direction for a long distance, cutting\ndiagonally down the mountain-face, and dipping into the hill at an angle of about 40 degrees\nin a schistose country-rock.\nThis crushed zone appears to be about 500 feet wide, and at places on the outcrop and in\nseveral small tunnels small lenses of chalcopyrite are found ; to prospect this zone at a depth,\na crosscut tunnel has been driven into the hillside\u2014here as steep as 45 degrees\u2014for a distance\nof over 400 feet, and was at that distance still in the crushed zone. At various points in the\ntunnel small lenses of yellow copper were visible, but in no place in sufficient quantity to\nsuggest profitable ore.\nAccording to the statement of the management, its prospecting indicated that the\ngreatest prevalency of these lenses was on the hanging-wall side of the zone, and, as the\ntunnel had not then been driven far enough to cut the hanging-wall, it was still being driven\nahead.\nSubsequent reports received indicate that since September the hanging-wall has been\nreached without passing through any sufficient concentration of mineral to constitute ore.\nThere is undoubtedly a large amount of copper-ore disseminated throughout this crushed zone,\nbut so sparsely as to be quite unworkable in any part of it as yet discovered.\nLILLOOET MINING DIVISION.\nReport of C, Phair, Gold Commissioner.\nI have the honour to submit the annual report on the progress of mining in Lillooet\nMining Division during the year 1910.\nIn this Division there is very little change from the previous year.\nPlacer-mining.\nNo work was done on any of the placer leases except on the Jesperson leases on Cayoosh\ncreek, and on these only to the amount of the required assessment work. These leases are\nnow held under bond by J. T. Mellott, of Seattle, who informed me that it is his intention to 1 Geo. 5 Lillooet District. . K 149\nwork the ground on an extensive scale, and to drive a tunnel, in solid rock, on the north side\nof the falls, so that the stream may be turned into it for the purpose of carrying off the surface\nmaterial, which was mined several years ago by Chinese.\nColonel T. L. Eggleston, who owns eighteen leases on Cadwallader creek and Bridge river,\nhad the ground examined by a mining engineer, but I have not heard whether his report was\nfavourable or otherwise.\nThere were six placer claims worked by individual miners, some of whom informed me that\nthey did not make more than fair wages.\nMineral Claims.\nThe Anderson Lake mines, on McGillivray creek, were worked by H. M. Babb, who held\nthe claims under an option; he milled 300 tons of ore.\nPioneer.\u2014Mr. F. II. Kinder, unaided, crushed with an arrastra 8 tons of ore from the\nPioneer claim, which yielded $400.\nLome and Woodchuck Group.\u2014The Lome Amalgamated Mines Company has acquired\nthe Lome and Woodchuck groups, consisting of six claims. The 5-stamp mill on the Woodchuck\nclaim, partly erected some years ago, was completed and operated during part of the season,\ncrushing 315 tons, which yielded $4,476. Mr. Daniel Hurley is the manager.\nBen d'Or Mines.\u2014The Ben d'Or mines were again operated by Mr. A. F. Noel, under\nlease, who milled 135 tons. He has not made a return of the yield as yet, but he told me he\nstruck very rich ore. He extended the tunnel 60 feet and did some stoping.\nThe Royal Edward, Iron Hat, Tonapah, Iron Wedge, London, Albany,\nGreen Lake Eldorado, Hard Cash, Ophir, and Midget claims, at Green lake, are bonded\nGroup. to Mr. A. McEvoy, of Vancouver, for $30,000. These mines are being\noperated by the Green Lake Mining and Milling Company, Limited, and\nI am indebted to Mr. V. Lloyd-Owen, the secretary-treasurer of the company, for the following\ninformation :\u2014\nAn exploratory tunnel, 6x4 feet, driven to crosscut the formation, was started on the\nLondon claim, and last November, when work was discontinued for the winter, it was\ndriven 527 feet. For practically the whole distance the tunnel went through low-grade\nore, showing values in gold, silver, and copper.\nFrom surveys made during the summer, it appears that the best of the ore is to be\nexpected at about 570 feet from the mouth of the tunnel.\nIn addition to driving the tunnel, considerable exploratory and development work was\ncarried on\u2014such as open-cuts, aggregating several hundred feet in length, cutting and stripping\nthe ore-body.\nAt present there is no machinery on the ground, but water rights have been acquired on\nLondon and Fitzsimmons creeks, insuring ample power for mining and other purposes.\nThe Howe Sound and Northern Railway is being pushed forward from Newport, some\ntwelve miles of steel having been laid, and efforts will be made to have these mines in a position\nto ship ore by the time the railway reaches the property.\nThe new Government waggon-road from the Mission on Seton lake to Bridge river, which\nwas begun this year, will greatly help in the development of that camp. The high prices paid\nin the past for packing supplies over a trail retarded development. K 150\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nOffice Statistics\u2014Lillooet Mining Division.\nMineral claims recorded 123\nPlacer claims recorded 11\nCertificates of work recorded 79\nConveyances recorded 93\nMining and dredging leases in force 38\nFree miner's certificates issued 125\nRevenue.\nFree miner's certificates $ 640 00\nMining receipts, general 3,546 45\nTax\u2014Crown-granted mineral claims 488 25\nMineral-tax 64 32\n$4,739 02\nCLINTON MINING DIVISION.\nReport of F. Soues, Gold Commissioner.\nI have the honour to submit the annual report for the Clinton Mining Division of\nLillooet District for the year ending December 31st, 1910.\nI regret that there has been no improvement in mining in this Division in the past year ;\nas a matter of fact, the industry, once flourishing, may now be said to be dead. A few mineral\nclaims have been recorded, but that does not constitute mining. I am not aware that any\nattempt at development has been done on any of them.\nThe various dredging leases on the Fraser river have been amalgamated in one company\u2014\nThe Canada Dredging Co., Ltd.\u2014but there has not been any work done by the company up to\nthe end of the past year.\nOffice Statistics\u2014Clinton Mining Division.\nMineral claims recorded 16\nCertificates of work 15\nMining leases in force 11\nDredging n , 13\nConveyances recorded .... 16\nRevenue.\nFree miner's certificates $ 204 50\nMining receipts, general 139 60\n$ 344 10 1 Geo. 5 Alberni District. K 151\nVANCOUVER ISLAND AND COAST.\nALBERNI DISTRICT.\nALBERNI MINING DIVISION.\nH. C. Rayson, Gold Commissioner.\nI have the honour to submit the annual report on mining in the Alberni Mining Division\nduring the year ending December 31st, 1910.\nWith the exception of smelter tests, there have been no actual shipments of ore from this\ndistrict, yet work of a development nature has been going on on many properties, with a\ncreditable amount of briskness, such work further convincing the respective owners that\ncontinued development will expose leads that will warrant a larger outlay of capital.\nIn instance of a few of the most active properties, there is the Raven group of Ward &\nRochester, within sight of Alberni, where a 6-inch lead of copper-ore is being followed up.\nOn the Thunderbolt group, T. H. Knight-Bayne has carried his tunnelling along one of the\nmany rich stringers to within striking distance of the main body, besides showing up large\nexposures of iron-capping with frequent indications of copper. J. Wilkinson has done steady\nwork this summer on the .large iron-exposure on the Black Prince, this being one of the many\ngood surface showings met with in Uchucklesat harbour and Snug basin. The Mercury Mines\nCo., Ltd., having acquired the cinnabar properties situate at Sechart, pushed the workings\nenergetically this summer, with very encouraging results; work will be again resumed with\nincreased activity during 1911.\nThe placer leases on Wreck bay, having lapsed through want of the required development\nwork, were eagerly re-leased by parties said to be actively engaged in dredging operations atNome.\nThere was a considerable excitement and stampede for leases and placer claims on China\ncreek during the spring, but nothing was attempted in the way of washing or hydraulicking\u2014\nindeed, the boom was the work of the company-promotor, who thought he saw easy money in\nthe gentlemen from Nome.\nThere has been a good deal of locating done in the neighbourhood of the Big Interior\ngroup and work to cover improvements for the year. R. W. Lindsay's claims on Sproat lake and\nTaylor river were bonded to Vancouver parties, and have been further developed in consequence.\nApplications for coal-prospecting licences continue, the ground covered being along the\ncoast at Nitinat, Hesquot, Quatsino sound, and the West arm, also in the townsite of Alberni,\nwhere some very promising-looking strata were exposed recently.\nOffice Statistics\u2014Alberni Mining Division.\nFree miner's certificates issued \\ . . 116\nMineral claims recorded 39\nCertificates of work recorded 42\nTransfers . . . . 14\nCertificates of improvements issued 8\nPowers of attorney 2\nCrown-granted mineral claims on roll 209\nRevenue.\nFree miner's certificates $ 465 70\nMining receipts, general 425 90\nAcreage tax on unworked Crown-granted mineral claims 1,411 00\nTotal $2,302 60 CLAYOQUOT MINING DIVISION.\nReport of W. T. Dawley, Mining Recorder.\nI have the honour to submit the annual report on mining operations in the Clayoquot\nMining Division for the year ending December 31st, 1910.\nDuring the past year more prospecting \"was done than in previous years, and the number\nof claims staked shows a marked increase. There has been an important discovery of\nlimestone in the district, which, with the clay which is located near it, should prove valuable\nfor the manufacture of cement.\nThe following work was done during the year:\u2014\nNo. 36, situated at Catface mountain, owned by H. H. Rhodes\u2014stripping and removing\nslide and retimbering tunnel, to cover annual assessment work.\nCopper King No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3, situate at Ahousat, owned by S. Watson and P.\nSullivan\u2014large cut, 12 by 5 by 6 feet; also extended main tunnel 2 feet; 80 feet stripping,\n6 feet wide.\nBrown Jug No. 3 and Golden Cache, situate at Hesquot lake, owned by A. Norris and\nA. E. Waterhouse\u2014tunnel extended 10 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 6 feet high.\nMamie, Maggie, Sadie, and Rose, situate at Elk river, a group owned by C. Dawley\nand A. Watson\u2014tunnelling 22 feet 9 inches long, 4 feet wide by 7 feet high; open-cut at\nmouth of tunnel, 30 feet long, 10 feet high, 4 feet wide.\nRoosevelt, situate at Elk river, owned by Paul Wollan\u2014open-cut, 15 feet long, 4 feet\n4 inches wide, 6 feet 8 inches deep.\nPrince Alfred, situated at Clayoquot river, owned by P. and A. Wollan\u2014tunnel, 9 feet\nlong, 4 feet 8 inches wide by 6 feet 10 inches.\nPete and Iron King, situate at Ahousat, owned by W. Wilson and J. Irving\u2014$200 cash\npaid to cover annual assessment work.\nIsland Belle No. 1 and Island Belle No. 2, situate at Elk river, owned by Wilson, Irving,\nand Lindsay\u2014$200 cash was paid.\nDouble Standard and Ivanhoe, situate at Nootka sound, owned by W. Wilson\u2014$200 cash\nwas paid.\nLilly May, Jay Gould, Rothschilds, Hetty Green, and Great Western, situate at Deer\ncreek, owned by James Thompson and partners\u201450 feet tunnelling, 6 feet and 4 feet.\n0 K. No. 3, situated at Kennedy lake, owned by T. G. Norgar\u2014extended tunnel 4 by 6\nby 7 feet, and stripped on the lead 24 feet long by 15 feet wide, and 4 feet deep.\nLeora, situate at Elk river, owned by D. W. Hanbury and C. Bowes\u2014sunk shaft 30 feet\nby 8 feet square; built 1,500 feet tramway from mouth of tunnel to east bank of Elk river, for\nthe shipment of ore, at a cost of $1,000, to cover assessment work for four years.\nOffice Statistics\u2014Clayoquot Mining Division.\nFree miner's certificates issued 17\nMineral claims recorded 37\nCertificates of work recorded 25\nTransfers, sales, etc., recorded 7\nRevenue.\nFree miner's'certificates $ 76 75\nMining receipts, general 801 75\n$ 878 50 \u25a0-o -oft--^;; ft- ft 'ft-i ' : o :ft:: ::ft^ ::-ft ft.ft \\::. -: v-ft;-:;o:;: -ft^ftft.ft^ft ft::- ::.:::.:1: :ft ft:.?'?:::- ^^ifthli-ft^ivh;'\n\u2022-\nifenfr- i\nW$> - ' i, \u2022 *\nu\n:\n.o-.^V;..:. ^mfHRm*^^^^^^^^*^^^..\n<-\" IL\nJU jA\n>'\u2022'.' _....--\nx'\\ '* ' \u2022 '\u2022\n\"1\n! -? :\n%\u25a0 ft-'ft: IKft\n:\u2022* \"' .;.'.-.\"'\u2022'\";\" '..V.ftJ'*^- , \u00ab... \u2022'*' 8 ' f > .! ' ft\n. - ' \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0. , ... '\nfe-Afc- .\n*'* I i \u25a0 -1-':' .'ft\"' olj\n. .. . - \u201e,^\n,\nISNo\n\u25a0\n::-.c.-^; \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\n\u25a0 ft%- \u25a0\n.\n\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0. \u25a0 ^'['<;-,ff\n.*\nOld Arrastra\u2014Lorne Mine\u2014Cadwallader Creek.\nArrastra\u2014Pioneer Mine\u2014Cadwallader Creek, 1 Geo. 5 Alberni District. K 153\nQUATSINO MINING DIVISION.\nReport of O. A. Sherberg, Mining Recorder.\nI have the honour to submit the annual report on the mining operations in the Quatsino\nMining Division for the year ending December 31st, 1910.\nThere has been more interest taken in development work, especially towards the end of\nthis year, than during the preceding year, both in mineral claims and coal leases.\nOn the Rupert mineral claim, situate at Rupert arm of Quatsino sound, work has been\ncarried on since May, when that property was bonded by the Canadian American Exploration\nCompany. The work done consists of about 400 feet underground work in shaft, tunnel, and\ncrosscut; also open-cuts. At the depth of 80 feet they struck four stringers of copper-glance\nore lying close together, on which they are now sinking a shaft. Although the ore appears in\nvery small quantity, the indications are quite favourable to keep on with the work.\nA group of three mineral claims situate at Teeta river, south-east arm of Quatsino sound,\nhas recently been bonded from Chris. Nordstrom and G. Sorenson. A few men have been at\nwork building a camp and a float for landing supplies ; rock-work will be commenced in a few\ndays.\nConsiderable work had already been done by the former owners of this property in\nstripping, open-cuts, and a tunnel started on a 4-foot quartz vein, and I understand that it is\nthe intention of the new party to go ahead with the tunnel. Sample assays have been taken\nfrom this quartz that carried considerable gold.\nDevelopment work has been carried on continuously during the past year by Thomas\nPearson, of Vancouver, on the coal property, situate on the west arm of Quatsino sound,\nowned by the Quatsino Coal Syndicate. The underground work has been extended about\n600 feet.\nIn the latter part of September a diamond drill was brought here and work started on a\ncoal property consisting of twenty claims situate on the north side of the main channel of\nQuatsino sound, opposite Limestone island.\nThe Manhattan Coal Co., which owns a few coal claims on the south side, will be ready in\nabout a week to start work with a diamond drill on its property near Monkey creek.\nOffice Statistics\u2014Quatsino Mining Division.\nFree miner's certificates 40\nMineral claims recorded 58\nCertificates of work recorded 25\nCertificates of improvements recorded 26\nBills of sale, etc., recorded 10\nRevenue.\nFree miner's certificates $184 75\nMining receipts, general 452 20\nTotal $636 95 K 154 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nNANAIMO DISTRICT.\nNANAIMO MINING DIVISION.\nReport by Wm. Fleet Robertson, Provincial Mineralogist.\nTatlayoko Lake District.\nIn July, 1910, the Provincial Mineralogist made a trip into the country at the headwaters\nof the Homathko river, in the vicinity of Tatlayoko lake, where some prospecting had been\ngoing on. This district is of interest, as it is about on the contact of the Coast Range granites\nwith the sedimentary rocks of the Interior. That this contact is the most likely section near\nthe Coast for prospecting, and will probably be found mineral-bearing at various points, has\nbeen pointed out in these reports, and is particularly noticed on page 67 of this Report, on\nPortland Canal Mining Division. In this particular section of the contact mentioned, few\nprospectors have been in the field; it is, so far, virgin ground, and is well worth examination.\nAt the present time there are no transportation facilities for the shipping of ores, unless\nof exceptionally high value, nor does it seem probable that such transportation will be provided\nin the near future; there is, however, no great difficulty in getting supplies or machinery into\nthe district. For this reason it may be advisable for the prospector to give more particular\nattention to gold-ores, which may be treated on the ground, until such time as sufficiently large\nand numerous deposits of the base metals have been proven to justify the construction of a\nrailway.\nThe following report on the district was made by the Provincial Mineralogist to the\nHonourable the Minister of Mines in August, 1910 :\u2014\nDepartment of Mines,\nVictoria, August 18th, 1910.\nSir,\u2014With regard to the country in the vicinity of Tatlayoko lake, the headwaters of\nthe Homathko river, on which, at the request of the Honourable the Minister of Works, you\ninstructed me to report, and to advise you whether the mineral probabilities justified the\nbuilding of a waggon-road into the district.\nI have just returned from an inspection of the properties held by Mr. A. H. Sheppard and\nassociates on Tatlayoko lake, and find that they have some eleven or twelve mineral claims,\ndivided into two groups which they call the Copper Camp and the Gold Camp.\nThese groups adjoin and are situated on the eastern side of the valley in which Tatlayoko\nlake lies, some two miles south of the southern end of the lake and directly opposite the pass\nby which the Homathko river\u2014the outlet of the lake\u2014breaks to the westward through the\nCoast range of mountains and flows to the south-west into the head of Bute inlet, a distance\nof from fifty to seventy-five miles.\nTatlayoko lake is at an elevation of about 2,700 feet above sea-level, and the mineral\nclaims referred to are at an altitude of 5,900 feet, or 3,200 feet higher than the lake.\nThe property is in the Nanaimo Mining Division, being in the Coast watershed, but at\npresent is only to be reached through the Clinton Mining Division\u2014from Ashcroft by waggon-\nroad, via the 150-Mile House, thence, vid Williams lake, crossing the Fraser river by the 1 Geo. 5 Nanaimo District. K 155\nChimney Creek bridge to Chilcotin, Hanceville, and Alexis Creek. The distance by waggon\nor stage road from Ashcroft to Alexis Creek is about 225 miles, to which point there is a\nregular bi-weekly stage and mail service, over good roads.\nAn alternative route leaves the Cariboo stage-road either at Clinton or at 59-Mile House,\ncrossing the Fraser river by the Government ferry at Churn creek, thence vid the \"Gang Ranch''\nto Hanceville ; this latter route is shorter and is preferred by freighters, but, as these roads are\nin poor condition and there are no stopping-houses, the former route is taken for passenger\nservice.\nFrom Alexis Creek a fairly good waggon-road continues westward for some fifty miles to\nTatla lake, and is much used by the settlers of the district.\nFrom the end of the established waggon-road, Mr. Sheppard has had no special difficulty\nin continuing to the northern end of Tatlayoko lake, an estimated further distance of some\nfifty miles (I went a short cut by pack-train, so did not see this part of route), using an\nordinary Studebaker waggon with two horses\u2014taking in a fair load of freight, with, to my\nknowledge, in one instance, a woman seated on top of the freight. This would indicate to me\nthat the unbuilt waggon-road is through easy country, and that comparatively little and\ninexpensive work would render the road quite serviceable to the north end of Tatlayoko lake.\nThese Chilcotin waggon-roads have been in use for twenty or thirty years and are quite good\nenough for the service required ; an automobile has passed over all of them.\nIn passing from the watershed of the Chilcotin river over to the watershed of the\nHomathko, the divide is so low (about 3,000 feet) and gradual as to be imperceptible, and, to\nquote Dr. G. M. Dawson, in Geological Survey Report, 1875, on the point, \"but without\nattention it would hardly be known that so important a feature in the hydrography of the\ncountry existed here.\"\nFrom inquiry I learn that the usual freight rate from Ashcroft to Alexis Creek by team\nhas been from 2Jr to 3 cents a pound, but this last season, due to the rush on the Cariboo\nroad, the rate went up to 4 cents a pound. I should estimate that 2 cents a pound would\ntake freight from Alexis creek to the north end of Tatlayoko lake. The time occupied by a\nfreight team between Ashcroft and the lake would be from two to three weeks.\nTatlayoko lake is from fifteen to twenty miles long, running north and south in a narrow\nvalley flanked on the west by high mountains rising abruptly from the water's edge; on the\neast side the mountains do not rise so abruptly, the slope being more or less terraced, but\nthese terraces are broken in continuity by granite or other plutonic masses of rock, which would\nrender it difficult and expensive to construct a waggon-road along this shore.\nOn this point, however, I might say that on the eastern shore of the lake the location\nstakes of the original route laid out for the Canadian Pacific Railway are still visible, the plans\nand sections for which, from Bute inlet vid Tatlayoko lake to Tatla lake, etc., are still available.\nFurther, if I am correctly informed, it was by this route that Waddington attempted to\nfind a route for the first waggon-road into the Cariboo country, and his reports thereon should\nalso be available.\nThere is a trail along the eastern side of Taklayoko lake which might easily be made a\nvery good one, but is now sadly in need of attention and relocation in places.\nMr. Sheppard takes his waggon only to the head of the lake, and transports his freight\ndown the lake in a boat; from the foot of the lake the trail starts up to the claims, a climb\nof 3,200 feet, and this calls for pack-horses, a condition which would not be altered, however\nmuch the transportation facilities into the district might be improved. K 156 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nI met Mr. Sheppard at Ashcroft\u2014his partner, Mr. Thomas Morris, was at the mines, in\ncharge of the work.\nThe Copper group (Copper Dyke, Copper Dyke Ext. mineral claims, etc.)\nThe Copper is the most northerly of the Sheppard claims, and on this from 480 to 500\nCamp Group. feet of tunnelling has been done. At an altitude of about 6,200 feet, on\na bare, rocky peak, a certain amount of copper-carbonate and copper-stain\nled to the belief that there was a copper vein below, and at an altitude of 5,900 feet a tunnel\nwas driven in (S. 45\u00b0 E.) for 300 feet. This tunnel is driven in on a basic dyke, about 4 feet\nwide, with a seam of calcite, about half an inch wide, on either side of it.\nI could not see even an indication of mineral in the tunnel, except a little copper-stain in\nthe |-inch calcite seam, so there was nothing to sample.\nI told Mr. Morris my opinion, and asked him to break me a sample of what he considered\n\" the very best rock in the tunnel.\" This he did in my presence, and I have brought the sample\ndown and have had it assayed; it does not contain more than a trace of copper, gold, or silver.\nSome 400 feet lower than the upper tunnel a crosscut tunnel has been started and driven\nfor 180 feet, but, as Mr. Morris explained, \"it had still to be driven 250 feet farther before\nthey expected to cut the lead.\"\nMr. Morris quotes Mr. Sheppard as authority for the statement that the rock from the\nupper tunnel \"averaged 2.12 per cent, copper, and some assays gave as high as 16 per cent,\ncopper.\"\nThe fact is, there never was any ore in the tunnel that assayed in copper, and the 500\nfeet of drifting done never had any justification. Why money was thus expended I am\nunable to say ; no work has been done on this group this past year.\nThe Gold group, of which the principal claim is the Tyee mineral\nTatlayoko Lake claim, lies to the south of the Copper Gamp, at an altitude of 5,900 feet\nGold Mining Co. and above timber-line. The country-rock here is a network of dykes,\nmostly basic, frequently cut by more recent acid dykes ; these dykes are so\nnumerous as to completely obliterate most signs of the original sedimentary formation.\nCutting through this network of dykes there was seen, outcropping on the surface, a\nquartz vein, having a strike of about S. 20\u00b0 E., and dipping to the east, into the hill, at an\nangle of 37 degrees\u2014very persistent in its course, but of variable width, varying from a few\ninches to several feet. I took a rough sample of this outcrop, at one of the wide parts where\nit seemed to be most heavily mineralised, and find it to assay: Gold, 3.50 oz.; silver, $26 to\nton, being ore worth about $85 to the ton.\nAssociated with this quartz vein, apparently in lenses lying alongside the vein, were\nconsiderable quantities of stibnite\u2014sulphide of antimony\u2014mixed with quartz. These lenses\nassayed about the same in gold as did the main vein, and such experiments as I have been\nable to make did not indicate any increased gold values with an increasing percentage of\nantimony, from which I argue that the gold value is not associated with the stibnite, although\nit seems probable that the silver values are so carried.\nTo strike this outcrop at a depth, a crosscut tunnel had been run, S. 55\u00b0 E., for 60 feet\nwithout cutting the vein ; a raise was then put up from the tunnel for 18 feet, and the vein\nwas found, being here about 12 inches wide. I sampled it at this point, and found it to carry :\nGold, 0.28 oz.; silver, 2.60 oz.; about $7 ore. The raise indicated that the tunnel was too far\nto the right, so a deflection was made to the left for 30 feet, when the vein was struck at the\ntunnel level, and subsequently this vein has been drifted on for 20 feet, but the last 12 feet\nonly of the tunnel might be considered as in commercial ore. 1 Geo. 5 Nanaimo District. K 157\nAt the face of the tunnel the whole drift was in ore, and apparently had not disclosed\nthe full width of the ore-body. What was considered the '' hanging-wall\" was quartz, which\nI had sampled, and it assayed : Gold, $8 ; silver, 16 oz. to the ton ; below this the vein was\nexposed for a width of 90 inches, which I sampled, in three parts of 30 inches each, and\nassayed, as follows :-\n30 inches, next hanging-wall.\n30 inches, middle of vein.. ..\n30 inches, bottom of vein.. ..\nGold, oz.\nTrace.\n0.14\n0.20\nSilver, oz.\n0.4\n1.0\n30.4\nThe lower 30 inches of the exposure in the face of the tunnel contains a considerable\npercentage of sulphide of antimony ; this part of the vein continued into the floor of the\ntunnel, for a depth not determined, so that the 30 inches sampled does not represent the full\nthickness of this grade of ore.\nThese samples were certainly encouraging, but not as yet commercial ore in this locality,\nand not nearly up to the indications of the surface outcrops.\nAt an elevation some 100 feet lower than the upper tunnel, a lower tunnel has been\ndriven in on another quartz vein, which vein is from 6 to 12 inches in width, having a strike\nof about S. 55\u00b0 E. (mag.), and a dip to the north-east of 35 degrees. This vein was followed\nin by the tunnel for 105 feet, when another vein, having a strike S. 32\u00b0 E., and a flatter dip,\nwas encountered, and the tunnel was deflected to the left along this for 54 feet, when a further\ndeflection was made to the left\u2014to S. 32\u00b0 W.\u2014and the tunnel continued for 90 feet; in\nwhich latter portion it could not be seen that any vein was followed or cut. The quartz in\nthis lower vein was sampled and assayed, and contained : Gold, 2.90 oz., and silver, $1.50\na ton, equivalent to about $59 to the ton.\nThe property stands as a prospect upon which they have driven 12 feet on a body of ore,\nas indicating by assays, of increasing and as yet undetermined size.\nAs to the geology of the district, the granite and other plutonic rocks forming the Coast\nRange mountains extend eastward as far as Tatlayoko lake ; on the east side of this lake are\nthe sedimentary rocks of the Interior, and along this contact there is a strong probability\nthat productive mineral deposits occur, particularly where the dykes from the main Coast\nupheaval have struck off into the sedimentaries. It is on this contact that the mineral\nlocations of Portland canal, the Telkwa, and of Lillooet are found.\nWhile the Sheppard locations are merely prospects, and in no way justify the expenditure\nof any serious amount of money by the Government for better transportation, still the district\nin general is so promising that, in my opinion, it is highly desirable that a trail be put through\nfrom the Coast (Bute inlet) into the district, but I do not think there is any present need for\na waggon-road.\nI am, Sir,\nYours truly,\nW. F. Robertson,\nProvincial Mineralogist. K 158 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nNANAIMO MINING DIVISION.\nNotes by Provincial Assayer.\nValdes Island.\nThe name Valdes has for many years been applied to what was supposed to be one island,\nlying between Vancouver Island and the Mainland, opposite the mouth of Bute inlet, and\nseparated from Vancouver Island by Seymour narrows. This island was first charted bj'\nCaptain George Vancouver in 1792, but subsequent, in fact recent, explorations and surveys\nhave shown that, instead of being only one island, it was really a group of three or four islands,\nseparated, in a most remarkable manner, by narrow salt-water passages, through which the\nspring tides rush with great violence. The name \" Valdes Island,\" however, still is applied to\nthe group, which is distant some 140 miles from Vancouver City, with which point, and also\nwith Vancouver Island ports, frequent steamboat communication is maintained. This group\nof islands has for many years yielded an immense quantity of beautiful fir and cedar timber,\nand is traversed in many directions by old logging-roads.\nFrom Open bay, on the east coast of the most southerly island of the Valdes group, a belt\nof limestone extends in a north-westerly direction towards Granite bay, on the north-west\ncoast; associated with which, and at certain points penetrating it, is a dark igneous rock\nhaving in places a porphyritic structure, while, on either side of the limestone, the country-\nrock is granite. Along the belt referred to a series of ore outcroppings have been found and\nclaims located.\nThese properties have been consolidated as two groups, the Lucky Jim\nGreat Granite and Great Granite, owned by the Great Granite Development Syndicate,\nMines. Limited, of Vancouver; Crown grants are being applied for. These\nproperties were examined for the writer in 1908, and since then most of\nthe development work has been done on the Lucky Jim; this claim is situated close to the\nHastings Sawmill Company's railroad-track, about two miles and three-quarters from deep\nwater at Granite bay.\nOn the Lucky Jim the shaft has been continued to a depth of 110 feet, and follows the\nvein at an angle of 80 degrees. At the time the property was visited a change was being made\nfrom hand-drilling to machine work, and an eight-drill Rand compressor and hoist were being\ninstalled. While this was being done the shaft had been allowed to become half filled with\nwater and it could not be examined.\nThe management stated that there was good ore for the entire depth of the shaft, and\nthat 184 tons, taken from about 75 feet down, gave $22 in gold, 8 per cent, copper, and 3J\noz. of silver per ton, and at the bottom of the shaft the ore was even of a higher grade; an\nexamination of the ore on the dump would seem to confirm the above statement.\nThe ore-zone runs in a south-easterly direction ; about 300 feet south-east of the shaft, a\nprospect tunnel has been run in 150 feet and has cut across the ore-body diagonallv; while\nthis has not developed up any large ore-body, yet the ore is amply proved to extend in this\ndirection and to be of the same nature and quality as that obtained from the shaft. The\ntunnel is 55 feet lower than the collar of the shaft.\nTo the north the country-rock is a great granite batholith, while to the south a crystalline\nlimestone extends for miles. The ore in these claims seems to have been formed alongside\ndiabase dykes of considerable size, but the ore-bearing solutions appear to have come up at a\nlater date, during a second period of movement along old fracture planes. The gangue matter 1 Geo. 5 Nanaimo District. K 159\nis a crystalline limestone in which the ore occurs as bands and masses. There is very little\nevidence of calcite or quartz, the main ore-body being in solid crystalline limestone, the latter\nenclosing large fragments of the original diabase dyke.\nIn an open-cut in the Lucky Jim a cross-dyke of still later date is seen, cutting the ore-\nbody and also the larger diabase dyke. This smaller dyke is more porphyritic in character\nand the appearance of tellurides in quartz may be associated with the latter dyke.\nTwo parallel zones of mineralisation occur 300 feet to the north and 300 feet to the south\nof the Lucky Jim shaft. It is intended to crosscut these zones when the shaft has been sunk\nto a depth of 200 feet.\nThe main ore-zone has been prospected for a distance of 1,500 feet by open-cuts and gives\nindications of ore at all points; the general outlook for the property is encouraging.\nThe equipment consists of a small boiler and hoist, a large boiler and eight-drill Rand\ncompressor and pumps, the whole being installed in a very substantial manner.\nSince the above was written information has been received that the shaft has been pumped\nout and the new compressor plant started up ; east and west drifts have been started in the\nshaft from the 100-foot level, the east drift being in 25 feet and the west 15 feet, showing up\ngood ore, with copper and gold-telluride mineralisation.\nThe group consists of seven claims, viz. : Granite, Little Copper, Great\nGreat Gold Gold, Boulder, and Little Silver, owned by the Great Gold Development\nGroup. Syndicate, with head office in the Winch Building, Vancouver. The\nprincipal work has been done on the Great Gold claim, on which a large\nprospect-hole 8x10 feet has been sunk to a depth of 8 feet. There is a good showing of ore\nin this hole, on a granite and limestone contact; the mineralisation on the surface is mostly\npyrrhotite, but gives place to copper-pyrites in the bottom, the gangue matter being a dark,\nfine-grained rock having a considerable amount of lime in its composition. Very little quartz\nwas seen here, limestone being noted to the north and granite to the south.\nA general shipment of ore from this prospect-hole is said to have run 6 per cent, copper,\n$1 to $2 in gold, and 3 to 5 oz. of silver to the ton. This appears to be a fair average of the\nore.\nThis property is situated near the Hastings Sawmill Company's\nWhite Swan railroad-track, some four miles from Granite bay, at a slightly higher\nGroup. elevation than the Lucky Jim claim. The group consists of the White\nSwan, Sunrise, and Mystic Cave, and is owned by the Canadian-American\nExploration Company, Limited, of Vancouver.\nA number of prospect-holes and open-cuts have been made, principally in a diabase rock\nnear a limestone contact. This surface work shows a slight mineralisation, consisting largely\nof pyrrhotite with pyrite, a little chalcopyrite and arsenical iron, the latter, however, not\nyielding the high gold values elsewhere associated with this mineral. A large shaft, 11 x 8-J\nfeet, has been sunk vertically 50 feet in diabase rock; from the bottom of the shaft a drift\nhas been run N. 50\u00b0 W., and another drift also starts from the shaft running S. 50\u00b0 E. for 30\nfeet, then turning sharply to S. 45\u00b0 W. and continuing for 50 feet farther. Work at the end\nof this drift has been discontinued, but is being pushed from the turn in a direction S. 50\u00b0 E.\nThe drifting has been done with the object of cutting the lime-diabase contact, where it\nis hoped ore may be found. All the underground work is in a rather tight diabase rock, very\nsparsely mineralised with pyrrhotite and a little copper-pyrite, but at no point has commercial K 160 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nore yet been struck. The mineralisation is of a different character to that found in the Great\nGranite Mines, the gangue matter being quartz instead of limestone; the contact and strike\nof the mineral zone is also more obscure.\nThe equipment consists of a small steam-hoist and boiler.\nLasqueti Island.\nThis is a small, rocky island some fifteen miles long, situated towards the southern end of\nTexada island, in Nanaimo Mining Division, and easily reached from either Nanaimo or\nVancouver.\nThis group of claims is situate on Section 21, on the north shore of\nSt. Joseph Lasqueti island, a short distance west of West point, and is owned by the\nGroup. Lasqueti Mining Company, of Vancouver ; Percy Williams, engineer. The\ngeneral country-rock around Tucker bay and West point, on the north\nshore, is diabase, fissured in places and cut by occasional dykes of the same rock. A fissured\nzone occurs on the St. Joseph claim, running directly into the island, with a north and south\nstrike and dipping 70 degrees to the north ; the fissure, which is about 6 feet wide, is filled\nwith crushed diabasic rock, showing much slickensiding and movement, but is very tight; this\nrock appears quite similar to the country-rock, and may have been derived from it or from a\nlater dyke which had been subsequently crushed up.\nA tunnel was started about 30 feet above high water, the bank at this point rising\nabruptly, and has been run in 93 feet approximately on the strike of the fissured zone. At\n16 feet from the mouth, a crosscut has been run to the left for 20 feet; this has cut through\nthe zone referred to and is in the solid country-rock.\nHigher up the bank, and 38 feet vertically above the tunnel, an inclined shaft has been\nsunk to a depth of 100 feet, at an angle of 70 degrees ; this follows the fissure for 80 feet, when\nthe latter dips at a slightly greater angle. It is proposed to make a station at the 100-foot\nlevel and run a crosscut west through the fissured zone.\nThe ore occurs in small seams and stringers in the fissure, and consists of marcasite and\nchalcopyrite. The mineralisation throughout is very sparse, the fissure apparently having\nbeen too tightly filled with rock, at the time the mineralised solutions attempted to penetrate\nit, to allow of the formation of any considerable body of ore.\nNANAIMO MINING DIVISION.\nReport of George Thomson, Gold Commissioner.\nI have the honour to submit herewith the annual report on the mining operations in\nthe Nanaimo Mining Division for the year ending the 31st December, 1910.\nThe mining situation in this Division remains practically unchanged since my report of\nlast year.\nOffice Statistics\u2014Nanaimo Mining Division.\nFree miner's certificates (individual) 402\nii n (company) 3\nii ii (special) 1\nMineral claims recorded 260\nCertificates of work recorded 287\nPaid in lieu of work 12\nCertificates of improvements 3\nTransfers and agreements recorded 33 1 Geo. 5\nVictoria District.\nK 161\nVICTORIA DISTRICT.\nVICTORIA MINING DIVISION.\nReport of Granville Cuppage, Mining Recorder.\nI have the honour to submit the mining report for the Victoria Mining Division for\nthe year 1910.\nThe office statistics show an increase of revenue of $2,640.36 over those of the preceding\nyear. The mining situation has remained practically unchanged, and the increase of revenue,\nespecially in free miner's certificates, may be accounted for by prospectors, etc., obtaining\ntheir licences here on their way through to the Portland Canal district.\nThe mining receipts show an increase in revenue of $853.40, largely due to claim-owners\nabsent from the district, who preferred to pay their money in lieu of doing the annual\nassessment work.\nOffice Statistics\u2014Victoria Mining Division.\nFree miner's certificates 693\nii ii (special) 7\nMineral claims recorded 53\nCertificates of work recorded 58\nCertificates of improvements recorded 4\nConveyances recorded 17\nPlacer leases issued 6\nRevenue.\nFree miner's certificates $6,201 54\nMining receipts, general 1,717 95\nTotal $7,919 49\nNotes by Provincial Mineralogist.\nProbably the most extensive hydraulic placer-mining enterprise that has yet been undertaken on Vancouver Island was started over a year ago on the southern shore of Vancouver\nIsland, about forty-five miles from Victoria, at a point where the Sombrio and Lost rivers\nempty into the Straits of Juan de Fuca. The enterprise has been undertaken by the Sombrio\nMining Partnership, composed of D. H. Hanbury and associates, of Victoria : the work is\nbeing done under the superintendence of R. S. Gallop. The property consists of some 286\nacres of Crown-granted land\u2014five hydraulic and four creek mining leases.\nThe ground covered by the leases consists of a large deposit of gravel formed at the\nmouth of the Sombrio river, at which point it is probable the old channel of Lost river also\ncame out, although now it finds its way into the sea through a new channel, two miles to the\neastward, cut through the rim-rock of the older channel.\nFrom the report of George Jamme, mining engineer, of Seattle, who examined the\nproperty, the amount of gold-bearing gravel here available is very large. Immediately back\nof this gravel delta the hills rise rapidly; the hills being composed of schists, greenstones,\n11 K 162 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nconglomerate, sandstones, and shales, with heavy deposits of gravel, that filled, at one time,\nthe river valleys, which were evidently gouged out by glacial action. Into these gravel-beds\nthe present streams have cut deeply, depositing their detritus\u2014and probably the gold\u2014in the\ndelta covered by the leases.\nThe water-supply is furnished by the Sombrio and Lost rivers, the former estimated as\nhaving a flow of 400 cubic feet a second, and the latter 700 cubic feet a second, which has\nbeen brought on to the ground, at present in a small flume, under a head of 200 feet. A good\ntailings-dump, into the sea, is available for all time.\nMr. Jamme's estimate of the gold-tenure of the gravels is \"about 15 cents per cubic\nyard.\"\nThe company has already installed a plant consisting of 1,400 feet of 24-inch steel\nriveted pipe, 1,000 feet of 22-inch, 1,000 feet of 20-inch, 1,000 feet of 16-inch, and 500 feet\nof 9-inch pipe, with two 4-ineh giants, together with 300 feet of flume and suitable head-gates.\nThe water is taken out of Sombrio river, a tunnel having been cut through a rocky spur,\ninto which the water is deflected by a wing-dam.\nIn addition to this, a large cabin, cook-house, blacksmith-shop, stable, and office have been\nerected\u2014accommodation for twenty men ; the plant, etc., represents an outlay of about\n$35,000.\nThe partnership has made an attempt at hydraulicking, but, as the deposits were\ncovered by a heavy growth of timber and underbrush, these caused unexpected obstacles to\nthe work, which was eventually suspended until additional capital could be obtained to provide\nmeans for the removal of the forest-growth.\nNEW WESTMINSTER MINING DIVISION.\nReport of J. Mahony, Mining Recorder.\nI have the honour to submit the following report of mining operations in the New\nWestminster Mining Division for the year 1910 :\u2014\nThe mineral claims recorded during the year were distributed as follows :\u2014\nBritannia, Howe sound, and vicinity 29\nBowen island . 6\nGambier island 6\nBurrard inlet, Indian river, and vicinity 16\nCapilano river 7\nLynn creek 6\nSeymour creek 19\nPorpoise bay 7\nWelcome pass \u2022 1\nJervis inlet and vicinity 29\nPitt lake and vicinity 23\nStave lake and vicinity 22\nHarrison lake and vicinity 45\nHarrison river and vicinity 9\nChilliwhack and vicinity 20\nAbbotsford 1\nSquamish and vicinity 38\nPemberton trail and vicinity 30\n314 1 Geo. 5\nVictoria District.\nK 163\nThere has been a considerable increase in the number of free miner's certificates issued\nand also the number of mineral claims and certificates of work recorded during the year. A\nnumber of new claims have been recorded in the vicinity of Seymour creek, and a lot of\nassessment work recorded, but no ore has been shipped from the claims during the year. More\nattention is being paid to quartz-mining throughout the different parts of the district than\nduring the last two years, and, while the operations have been confined to doing assessment\nwork only on the claims, it is expected that during the year 1911 several claims will be in a\nposition to ship ore.\nOffice Statistics\u2014New Westminster Mining Division.\nFree miner's certificates issued 2,469\nQuartz claims recorded 314\nCertificates of work recorded 262\nCertificates of improvements recorded 9\nConveyances recorded 51\nPlacer claims recorded 12\nRevenue.\nFree miner's certificates $15,505 20\nMining receipts 3,905 55\n$19,410 75 K 164 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nINSPECTION OF METALLIFEROUS MINES.\nSince the beginning of the year 1909 a change has been made in the system of mine\ninspection, by the appointment of a Chief Inspector of Mines, Mr. Francis H. Shepherd, with\nheadquarters at Nanaimo, who has direct charge and control over the District Inspectors,\nwho report to him direct.\nWEST KOOTENAY AND BOUNDARY DISTRICTS.\nReport of James McGregor, Inspector.\nI have the honour to submit the annual report for the year 1910, with respect to the\ncondition of the metalliferous mines in my Inspection District.\nRossland District.\nThe number of shipping mines in this camp has increased during the past year, the South\nbelt receiving a great deal of attention, with very encouraging results. Upon inspection, I\nhave always noticed an inclination by the management to observe the rules prescribed in the\nAct. In the larger mines of this district development is carried on extensively. I have always\nfound the machinery and safety devices in good condition.\nNelson District.\nThe number of shipping mines in this district has increased during the year, with every\nindication of a further increase. The Sheep Creek section of this district has received much\nattention during the year, with most encouraging and satisfactory results. Prospecting, and\ndeveloping especially, have been very active. Upon inspection of the mines, I found them\ncomplying with the requirements of the Act.\nLardeau District.\nThere is no increase in the number of shipping mines in this district, though a considerable\namount of prospecting and development has been in progress throughout the year. Upon\ninspection, I found the mines in a safe condition.\nKamloops District.\nThe principal work in this district consisted of developing and prospecting.\nSimilkameen District.\nIn this district the number of shipping mines remain the same as last year. Active\ndeveloping has been vigorously followed, with encouraging results. A great amount of\nprospecting still continues in the district.\nSlocan District.\nThere has been much greater activity in this district during the year than had previously\nbeen, both in mining and developing. Upon careful inspection, I have found the mines in a\nsafe condition.\nBoundary District.\nIn this district the number of shipping mines has greatly increased during the year, and\nalso the output, with every indication of a still greater increase during the present year. The\ndeveloping of the several mines is being pushed forward with great persistency and effect.\nI have found upon inspection a desire to conform with the provisions of the Act. 1 Geo. 5 Inspection of Metalliferous Mines. K 165\nEAST KOOTENAY DISTRICT.\nReport of Evan Evans, Inspector.\nI have the honour, as Inspector of Metalliferous Mines for the East Kootenay District,\nto submit my annual report for the year 1910.\nThe following mines worked continuously during the year: St. Eugene, Aurora, and\nSociety Girl at Moyie, and the Sullivan mine at Kimberly.\nUpon inspection of the mines which come under the Act, I have always found them to be\nwell timbered and well ventilated by natural or artificial ventilation, and the requirements of\nthe \" Inspection of Metalliferous Mines Act\" carried out as nearly as reasonably possible.\nI have one accident to report for the year.\nCOAST INSPECTION DISTRICT.\nReport of John Newton, Inspector.\nI have the honour to submit as Inspector, the report of the metalliferous mines for the\nCoast District for the year ending 1910.\nDuring the present year I have visited all the mines in my district.\nPortland Canal Mining Division.\nStewart Mining & Development Co.\u2014This company's property is situated about four\nmiles from the town of Stewart, at an altitude of 1,100 feet. The mine has two tunnels\ndriven in the mountain, one to the north and one to the south of the lead; the one to the\nnorth is in a distance of 350 feet, and the one to the south is in a distance of 100 feet. No\nmachinery had been installed when I visited the mine.\nPortland Canal Mining Go.\u2014This mine is situated about three miles south of the\nStewart property, at an altitude of 2,500 feet. This mine has four tunnels driven in the\nmountain, all connected with one another by overhead stoping. The ventilation is good in\nthis mine.\nNo. 1 level, driven 400 feet ; No. 2 level, driven 450 feet; No. 3 level, driven 200 feet;\nNo. 4 level, driven 50 feet.\nThis mine has an aerial tramline from the foot of the mountain, a distance of four miles,\nbut it was not in operation when I visited the mine; also a concentrator, which was ready\nto start work. Number of men employed, 16.\nThe Red Cliff.\u2014This mine has two tunnels driven into the mountain. The No. 1 tunnel\nis in a distance of 80 feet; the No. 2 tunnel is 300 feet down the mountain, and is going to\nconnect with the other tunnel by a 300-foot raise, to tap the ore in the tunnel above ; this\ntunnel was at that time driven a distance of 500 feet. Thirty-two men were employed at the\nmine.\nMachinery installed \u2014Two 60-horse-power vertical boilers; 250-light Westinghouse\ngenerator, and all buildings wired for lights, by a 25-horse-power engine; one 11.00 cubic feet\nCanadian Rand compressor, which can be driven by steam or water-power.\nQueen Charlotte Mining Division.\nIkeda Mines.\u2014This mine has three tunnels, one in a distance of 700 feet. The ventilation\nwas only fair when I visited it; a fully equipped set of machinery is installed. This mine had\nshut down the day before I got there. K 166 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nValdes Island.\nLucky Jim Mine.\u2014This mine has a shaft down 120 feet, with two tunnels, running north\nand south; the south level is in a distance of 126 feet, and the one to the north is in a\ndistance of 80 feet. Only prospecting work is going on.\nMachinery installed\u2014One 7-drill Canadian Rand compressor; one 36-horse-power tubular\nboiler; one small hoist.\nWhite Swan.\u2014This mine was full of water when I visited it; all the buildings around\nthe mine had been burned down by the fire that raged through the island in the summer.\nNew Westminster Mining Division.\nBritannia Mine.\u2014This mine is situated up Howe sound. I examined all parts of this\nmine, and found the conditions good ; the ventilation is good; a good supply of fresh air is\npassing through this mine; a good intake and return airway is maintained, on account of all\nthe stopes being connected one with another. The man ways are well protected and in good shape.\nThis mine has six levels running : No. 1, 1,300 feet; No. 2, 1,700 feet; No. 3, 100 feet;\nNo. 4, 250 feet; No. 5, 200 feet; No. 6, 500 feet.\nMachinery installed\u2014One Canadian Rand two-stage compressor, 2,400 cubic feet capacity,\ndriven by Pelton wheel; two 200 Kw. A. C. generators, 6,600 volts, driven by Pelton water-\nwheel ; two No. 6 Champion crushers, conveyor-belt, etc., driven by electric motor; one\n6 by 8 double-cylinder hoists, operated by compressed air; five 5 by 5 double-cylinder hoists,\noperated by compressed air; one continuous-cable haulage system, driven by electric motor;\none timber elevator, 6 inches by 8 inches, double cylinder; also an 8 by 8 air-line conveying\nthe compressed air a distance of four miles up the mountain from the beach.\nTexada Island.\nMarble Bay Mine.\u2014This mine has a shaft down 1,100 feet, with a level running to the\nnorth of the vein. The ventilation of this mine is good, by reason of all the stopes being\nconnected. Overhead stoping is in operation, and seems well adapted for this deposit. Only\none shift of men was working when last I visited the mine, but another shift was going to\nstart on the Monday after I left. The mine is fully equipped on the surface.\nMachinery installed\u2014Two tubular boilers, one 100 horse-power, one 85 horse-power; one\nCanadian Rand compressor, 10-drill; two Lidgerwood hoists on surface; three Lidgerwood\nhoists below; one electric dynamo, 7 Kw.\nCornell Mine.\u2014This mine has a shaft down 600 feet, but only the 450-foot level is working ;\nventilation good. This mine has lately changed hands, and only prospecting work is being pushed.\nMachinery installed\u2014One return-tubular boiler, 31 horse-power; one locomotive boiler,\n32 horse-power; one 5-drill Canadian Rand compressor; one small hoist.\nLittle Billy Mine.\u2014This mine was shut down the last time I visited the island.\nCopper Queen Mine.\u2014This mine is also shut down ; only two men are employed to pump\nthe water out.\nRaven Mine.\u2014This mine is situated about four miles from the Cornell mine, to the south;\nonly three men were working on the property. There are two tunnels driven a distance of\n300 feet and 80 feet. No machinery is installed.\nMalaspina Mine.\u2014This mine is situated about one mile to the south of the Raven, and\nabout five miles from the Cornell. Only three men are employed on this property, as only\nprospecting work is being done; they have a tunnel in a distance of 525 feet, and expect to\ntap the ore in about 500 feet more.\nMachinery installed\u2014One 5-drill Canadian Rand compressor ; one tubular boiler, 32 h.-p.\nRose and Bell Mine.\u2014This mine is situated about one mile to the west of the Cornell;\nonly four men were employed. There is a shaft down 80 feet, with a gasoline hoisting-engine. 1 Geo. 5\nInspection of Metalliferous Mines.\nK 167\nLIST OF ACCIDENTS IN METALLIFEROUS MINES, 1910.\nReported by James McGregor and Evan Evans, Inspectors, East and West\nKootenay and Boundary Districts.\nNo.\nMine.\nDate.\nName.\nOccupation.\nDetails.\n1\n9,\nAxel Carlson. .\nMiner\t\nFell into ore-shute and was killed.\n2\nCentre Star, Rossland..\n12\nHamilton\n[Anderson\nCar-loader ..\nLeg broken on C. P. Ry. track ; died\nin hospital during amputation.\n3\nn it ..\na\n21\nMike Cule\nMiner\t\nHe was barring down some rock and\nit fell upon him, killing him.\n4\nWashington, Slocan.. ..\nMar.\n5\nLouis Maston..\nTrammer.. ..\nKilled by a snowslide at mouth of\ntunnel.\n5\nGranby, Phcenix\t\n\u00bb\n8\nJ. 0. Mullin.. .\nMiner\t\nDrilled into powder in missed hole\nand was killed.\n6\n\"\n8\nArchie Boyd . .\nDrilled into powder in missed hole\nand was killed.\n7\nSunny side, Hedley\t\nApr.\n14\nPeter Stone ...\n\u00ab \t\nFell off ear and injured his knee-cap.\n8\nMother Lode, Deadwood\nMay\n15\nWm. Dobrusa..\nFell down ore-chute and broke left\narm and bruised head.\n9\n10\nn a\nSurprise No. 2, Sandon.\nII\nJune\n28\n19\nG. C. McKit-\n[trick\nVit. Ganattore\nKilled by a rock he was barring down.\nEyes injured by picking into un-\nexploded powder in muck.\n11\nMother Lode, Deadwood\na\n23\nMike Miller. ..\nA rock falling from chute crushed his\nright foot.\n12\nit it\nJuly\n27\nNils Hang\t\nCrusherman.\nKilled by falling down shaft.\n13\nAug.\n17\nB. Hanniman. .\nMiner\t\nKilled by roekslide in quarry.\n14\nOct.\n17\n5\nMike Bauer ..\nJoseph Pearson\n15\nArlington\t\nA spark from his pick destroyed one\neye-\n16\nRawhide\t\nn\n28\nKosta Wiznink\nShoveller . . .\nKilled by electricity.\n17\nNov.\n27\nGeorge Gill. . .\nMiner\t\nSeverely injured by premature explosion of charged hole.\n18\nDec.\n27\n19\nJoe Christian..\nWm. Lakeland\n\/\/ \t\n19\nGreenwood, Phcenix . ..\nArm injured between car and tunnel.\n20\nSt. Eugene, E. Kootenay\nFeb.\n28\nEred. Ege\nTimberman..\nWhile building a chute, a piece of\nrock fell, breaking his arm. K 168\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nReported by John Newton, Inspector, Coast District.\nNo.\nMine.\nDate.\nName.\nOccupation.\nDetails.\n21\nLittle Billy, Texada I.\nMay 1\nJ. Raper\t\nMiner\t\nFingers caught between two cars and\nbruised.\n22\n\/\/ It\n17\nG. Faulds ,\n\/\/ \t\nA machine-clamp fell upon him,\nbreaking some ribs.\n23\nBritannia, Howe sound.\nOct. 11\nP. Collins\nInjured in face and hands, and lost\none finger by premature explosion.\n24\n\/\/ tt\nNov. 17\nW. Doblet ....\nPiece of steel fell on his head, bruising\nhim.\n25\n\u201e\n17\nDr. H. B. Mar-\n[chant\nPhysician. ..\nKilled by being caught between tramway bucket and tower.\n26\nft II\n19\n0. Yanada....\nLabourer.. ..\nCaught between a car and the crusher\nbuilding.\n27\nII II\nDec. 10\nP. Anstot\nStruck in the eye by a piece of rock.\n28\nII If\n11\nPhil Ryan\t\nMiner\t\nA machine slipped and bruised him\nabout the head.\n29\nII It\n11\nFred. Shopland\nCarpenter. ..\nFell with a piece of timber, spraining\nhis back.\n30\nII II\n13\nWm. Mason. ..\nLabourer....\nFell on a piece of iron and cut his\nhand.\n31\nit II\n13\nGeo. Strath . ..\nMucker\t\nToe was bruised by a piece of falling\nrook.\n32\nII II\n13\nH. Hauser ....\nHoistman .. .\nBruised on the head by a piece of rock\nwhich fell from a timber.\n33\nII II\n21\nStruck in the eye by a piece of rock.\n34\nH n\n22\nA. Gustapon ..\na \t\nSlipped and strained his back.\n35\nif II\n23\nStanley Roper.\nTeamster . ..\nSlipped and struck his head.\n36\nII li\n17\nRobert Samis. .\nMiner\t\nFell off a pile of rock in stope, and was\ninjured about ribs.\n37\n,,\n2S\nJohn Wilkund.\nMucker\t\nStruck in the eye by a piece of rock.\n38\nFeb. 11\nEmil Johnson..\nMiner\t\nploded, killing him. \"XMiilieiiii\nCadwallader Creek\u2014looking- down,\nBridge River\u2014looking uj> from Jones Ranche. 1 Geo. 5\nInspection of Metalliferous Mines.\nK 169\nTabulated List of Accidents in Metalliferous Mines, 1910.\nA\nB\nC\nD\nE\nE\nG\nH\nI\nJ\nK\nL\nM\nCause of Accident.\nBlasting\t\nDefective powder\t\nDrilling into old holes containing powder ..\nPowder in muck\t\nShafts and cages, accidents connected with.\nFalling down shafts or winzes\t\nFalling down chutes\t\nMine-cars\t\nRock falling in stopes, levels, etc\t\nRock falling down chutes or openings\t\nTimbering\t\nMiscellaneous, underground\t\nMiscellaneous, surface\t\nTotals \t\nExtent of Injury.\nFatal.\nSerious.\nSlight.\n0\n2\n1\n0\n0\n0\n3\n0\n0\n0\n0\n1\n0\n0\n0\n1\n0\n0\n1\n1\n1\n0\n0\n3\n2\n0\n2\n0\n0\n1\n0\n0\n0\n1\n0\n9\n5\n0\n4\n13\n3\n22\nTotal.\n3\n0\n3\n1\n0\n1\n3\n3\n4\n1\n0\n10\n9\n38\nAccidents for each 100,000 tons ore mined.\nAccidents for each 1,000 men employed ...\n0.58\n4.19\n0.13\n0.96\n1.00\n7.08\n1.71\n12.23 K 170\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nCOAL-MINING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.\nBy W. F. Robertson, Provincial Mineralogist.\nThe coal-mines of the Province, already developed and working, have for many years\nproduced not only enough coal for domestic consumption, but also to supply a large demand\nfrom the Pacific Coast States and North-western States of the American Union.\nThis demand for export coal, particularly on the seaboard, has been so constant and the\nprice obtainable so satisfactory to the shippers that it has permitted of the domestic price\nbeing kept at a figure so high as to admit of the importation from California of fuel-oil as a\ncompetitive fuel, where conditions permitted of its use, and, as a result, a large number of the\ncoastwise steamers are now equipped with oil-burning boilers, while it is currently reported\nthat at least one large railway will soon equip locomotives for the use of this liquid fuel.\nThe maintenance of the present high price of coal on the seaboard, in the face of the\ndirect competition of fuel-oil both in British Columbia and Pacific Coast of the United States,\nand the fact that the British Columbia collieries have greatly increased their output, would\nseem to indicate that the market is growing faster than the collieries are being developed, and\nthat the present price of coal is likely to be maintained, a consoling thought to the mine-\nowners, if not to the consumer.\nThe East Kootenay collieries, owing to their distance from the seaboard, are protected by\nthe cost of transportation from competition of the coastwise fuels, both solid and liquid ; but\nthe same factor also limits the field of the market for East Kootenay fuel to the Interior of\nBritish Columbia and to the States immediately to the south.\nThe coal reserves of the East Kootenay or Rocky Mountain coalfield were fully described\nin the Report of last year, and it is sufficient here to state that they are practically\ninexhaustible.\nThe following table shows, for the past four years, the output and the per capita production\nof the various districts :\u2014\nYear.\nDistrict.\nGross Tons of\nCoal mined.\nTotal No.\nof Employees\nat Colliery.\nTons of Coal\nmined per\nEmployee.\nNumber of Men\nemployed\nUnderground.\nTons of Coal\nmined per\nUnderground\nEmployee.\n1907 \\\nEast Kootenay District\n876,731\n1,342,877\n2,219,608\n883,205\n1,226,182\n2,109,387\n923,865\n1,476,735\n2,400,600\n1,365,119\n1,774,116\n3,139,235\n2,290\n3,769\n6,059\n2,524\n3,549\n6,073\n2,427\n3,991\n6,418\n3,111\n4,647\n7,758\n383\n356\n366\n350\n345\n347\n380\n370\n374\n439\n382\n404\n1,527\n2,862\n4,389\n1,746\n2,686\n4,432\n1,737\n2,976\n4,713\n2,374\n3,529\n5,903\n574\n469\n1908 \\\nWhole Province\t\nEast Kootenay District\n506\n506\n456\n1909 J\nWhole Province\t\nEast Kootenay District\n476\n532\n496\n1910 J\nWhole Province\t\nEast Kootenay District\n509\n575\n502\nWhole Province\t\n532 1 Geo. 5\nCoal Mining.\nK 171\nIn the East Kootenay field the competition of the various collieries in British Columbia\nand immediately across the line in Alberta has kept the price obtainable for coal between\n$2.25 and $2.50 a ton, with little probability of a material increase, owing to the facility with\nwhich new collieries can be opened up in that district.\nWhile no figures can be given as to the cost of production in the various fields, the per\ncapita production of these fields is of interest, as having a bearing upon the working costs\nand indicating the mining facilities existing, and the improvement made in these conditions\nfrom year to year, resulting in the greater effectiveness of the employee.\nIt will be seen from the above that the production \" per employee\" has materially\nincreased, particularly in this last year. This increased effectiveness of the labour employed\nis largely due to better methods, better equipment, and greater volume of output.\nDuring the year 1910 there were 404 (2,240 lb.) tons of coal mined per employee, or 532\ntons for each underground employee. According to the Report of the Inspector of Coal-mines\nfor the State of Washington, it appears that in the mines in that State there was mined in\n1909 some 3,205,900 long tons (2,240 lb.) of coal (3,590,639 tons of 2,000 lb.), with a per\ncapita production of employee equal to 560 long tons per annum; while in 1910 each\nemployee represented 590 long tons production, or an output of 3,553,200 tons (2,240 lb.).\nProm this it appears that the effectiveness of the employee is greater in Washington than\nin British Columbia\u2014whether due to the nature and occurrence of the coal-seams, equipment,\nor other causes is not known.\nIt is, however, to be noted that this increased per capita production has been obtained\nat a greater list of accidents than in British Columbia mines, as in Washington there was\n92,548 tons (2,000 lb.), or 82,632 tons of 2,240 lb., while in British Columbia there was mined\nsome 112,116 tons (2,240 lb.) for each life lost.\nThe output made by the collieries of the Province during the year is the greatest yearly\nproduct that they have ever made. The gross output for the year was 3,139,235 tons (2,240 1>.),\nwhich represents an increase over that of the year 1908 of about 48.8 per cent., and over 1909\u2014\nformerly the \"banner year\"\u2014of about 30.7 per cent.\nOf this gross tonnage of coal mined, some 2,800,046 tons was used as coal, valued at\n$9,800,161, while 339,189 tons were utilised in making coke, of which there was produced\nsome 218,029 tons (2,240 ft.), of a value of $1,308,174. The total value of the product of the\ncollieries of the Province for the year 1910 was $11,108,335, an increase over the highest\nprevious record\u2014that of 1909\u2014of $2,533,451, or nearly 30 per cent.\nAs in former years, the greater proportion of this product was made by three larger\ncompanies\u2014the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co., with two collieries in East Kootenay, and by the\nWestern Fuel Co., of Nanaimo, and the Canadian Collieries, Ltd. (formerly the Wellington\nColliery Co.), these last two operating on Vancouver Island.\nIn addition to these larger shippers, very appreciable shipments have been mad\u00ab by the\nHosmer Mines, Ltd., and the Corbin Coal & Coke Co., in East Kootenay; by the Nicola\nYalley Coal & Coke Co., the Diamond Vale Collieries, and the Coal Hill Syndicate, all of the\nNicola valley; by the Princeton Coal & Land Co., of Princeton; and by the Pacific Coast\nCoal Mines, Ltd., and Vancouver & Nanaimo Coal Mining Co., both operating on Vancouver\nIsland, near Nanaimo.\nThe details of the shipments made by each of these companies will be found in reports of\nthe Inspectors of the various districts. K 172\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nDuring the year 1910 about 51.3 per cent, of the coal, sold as such, by the collieries of\nthe Province was consumed in British Columbia; about 46.2 per cent, was exported to the\nUnited States, including Alaska; and 2.5 per cent, was exported to other countries, chiefly to\nMexico. Of the coke sold, about 96 per cent, was consumed in British Columbia, and the\nremainder was exported to the United States.\nThe distribution of this output of coal and coke is shown in the following table :\u2014\nCoal and Coke produced, exported, etc., by Province during Year 1910.\nBy-products\u2014Clay, 4,535 tons.\nNumber op Hands employed, Daily Wages paid, etc.\nSales and Ocjtput foe Year.\nCoal.\nCoke.\n(Tons of 2,240 1b.)\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\nSold for consumption in Canada\t\n1,238,439\n1,114,809\n60,290\n213,274\n8,730\n2,413,538\n222,004\nUsed in making coke\t\n339,189\n206,871\n146,277\n79\n692,337\n79\n36,290\n69,650\n3,105,875\n222,083\nStock on hand first of year\t\n17,109\n13,055\n*33,360\nt4,054\n\\ttaken from\/ 6J \t\n3,139,235\n218,029\nUnderground.\nAbove Ground.\nTotals.\nCharacter op Labour.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\n133\n3,003\n619\n1,085\n798\n143\n24\n95\n3\n97\n230\n3,003\n619\n1,566\n1,424\n206\n49\n643\n18\nWhites\u2014Miners\t\n481\n626\n63\n25\n548\n15\nMechanics and skilled labour ....\nTotals \t\n5,903\n1,855\n7,758 1 Geo. 5\nCoal Mining.\nK 173\nCOLLIERIES OF THE COAST DISTRICT.\nThe gross output of the Coast collieries, including the Nicola valley, for the year 1910\nwas 1,774,116 tons (of 2,240 ft.) of coal actually mined, while some 29,821 tons were added\nto \"stock,\" making the actual consumption of coal 1,744,295 tons.\nOf this gross consumption, 1,479,S73 tons were sold as coal, 124,548 tons were consumed\nby the producing companies as fuel, 135,204 tons were lost in washing, while 4,670 tons were\nused in making coke, of which there was produced some 2,333 tons (2,240 ft.), and 5,994 tons\nwere taken from stock, making the total sales 8,327 tons.\nFormerly, in 1902, the Coast collieries exported to the United States 75 per cent, of their\ncoal; in 1910 they exported there only 24.5 per cent, of their product, 71.3 per cent, of the\noutput being consumed in Canada.\nThe following table gives an aggregate summary of the output of the Coast collieries for\nthe year 1910, and shows the dispositions made of such product:\u2014\nSales and Output por Year.\n(Tons of 2,240 lb.\nSold for consumption in Canada ...\na export to United States ..\nit a other countries .\nTotal sales\nUsed in making coke\t\nUsed under colliery boilers\nLost in washing\t\nTotal for colliery use.\nStocks on hand first of year\t\nit last of year \t\nt^.\u2122. f *added to 1 . , ,\nDifference -j .. , c >stock during year .\nOutput of collieries for year\t\nCoal.\nTons.\n1,055,861\n363,722\n60,290\n4,670\n124,548\n135,204\n34,752\n64,573\nTons.\n1,479,873\n264,422\n1,744,295\n*29,821\n1,774,116\nCoke.\nTons.\n8,327\n16,480\n10,846\nTons.\n,327\n15,994\n2,333\nBy-products\u2014Fire-clay, 4,535 tons.\nNumber op Hands employed, Daily Wages paid, etc.\nCharacter or Labour.\nSupervision and clerical assistance . ..\nWhites\u2014Miners\t\nMiners' helpers\t\nLabourers\t\nMechanics and skilled labour\nJapanese\nChinese\t\nIndians \t\nTotals\nUnderground.\nAbove Ground.\nTotals.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\n61\n1,861\n366\n831\n169\n119\n24\n95\n3\n56\n117\n1,861\n366\n969\n453\n171\n49\n643\n18\n138\n284\n52\n25\n548\n15\n3,529\n1,118\n4,647 K 174\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nCOLLIERIES OF THE EAST KOOTENAY DISTRICT.\nThe gross output of the collieries of the East Kootenay District for the year 1910 was\n1,365,119 tons (2,240 ft.) of coal actually mined, of which 3,539 tons were put into stock,\nmaking the actual consumption of coal 1,361,580 tons. Of this gross consumption of coal,\n933,665 tons were sold as coal, 82,323 tons were consumed as fuel by the producing companies,\n11,073 tons were lost in washing, while 334,519 tons were converted into coke, of which there\nwas produced 215,696 tons, while 1,940 tons of coke were added to stock, and 79 tons were\nused under company's boilers, making the coke sales for the year 213,677 tons.\nThe East Kootenay collieries exported to the United States about 80 per cent, of the\ncoal they sold and about 4 per cent, of the coke.\nThe following table gives an aggregate summary of the output of the East Kootenay\ncollieries for the year 1910, and shows the dispositions made of such product:\u2014\nSales and Output for Year.\nCoal.\nCoke.\n(Tons of 2,240 1b.)\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\n182,578\n751,087\n204,947\n8,730\n933,665\n213,677\n334,519\n82,323\n11,073\n79\n427,915\n1,538\n5,077\n269\n2,209\n1,361,580\n3,539\n1,940\nOutput of collieries for year\t\n1,365,119\n215,696\nNumber op Hands employed, Daily Wages paid, etc.\nUnderground.\nAbove Ground.\nTotals.\nCharacter op Labour.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nSupervision and clerical assistance\t\n72\n1,142\n253\n254\n629\n24\n41\n113\n1,142\n253\n597\n971\n35\n343\n342\n11\nBoys\t\n2,374\n3,111\nTotals\t\n737 1 Geo. 5\nCoal Mining.\nK 175\nCOAL POTENTIALITIES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.\nIn addition to the coal-mines actually producing and whose outputs are included in the\nforegoing tables, there are a number of important fields which have not as yet reached the\nproducing stage\u2014some of these partly developed and equipped, and others only prospected.\nThat these fields contain a large reserve of coal there is absolutely no doubt, and many\nof them will be developed and producing as soon as the market demands it and the\ntransportation facilities can be provided.\nThe great undeveloped coal-seams of the Rocky Mountain coalfield were fully described\nby the writer in last year's Report, and further need not now be said.\nIn the Similkameen valley, near Granite creek, very large beds of good coal are now\nbeing opened up, and will be productive in a few years. Mr. Camsell, of the Geological\nSurvey, estimates this basin to have an area of about five square miles, with a minimum\nthickness of coal of 20 feet, giving a \" minable content of 64,000,000 tons.\"\nNear Princeton, one colliery has been already opened and has made small shipments ;\nbut the area of this field is great\u2014probably nearly fifty square miles\u2014so that there appears a\ncertainty that several other mines will eventually be opened up.\nIn the Nicola valley the area of the coal-bearing basin is smaller\u2014about ten square miles\n\u2014but it has been estimated by the Geological Survey as probably containing 30,000,000 tons\nof coal.\nThe Telkwa area, to the east of Hazelton, is expected to be about as extensive as the\nNicola field.\nOn Vancouver Island, in addition to the areas actually being worked, there is in the\nQuatsino Mining Division on Quatsino sound a cretaceous coalfield now being developed by\nMr. Thos. Pearson and associates, which gives promise of containing extensive beds of workable\ncoal; prospecting workings have been in progress here for four or five years, with considerable\nsuccess.\nThe Suquash area is now being opened up by actual mining by the Pacific Coast Coal\nMines, Ltd., and has already made small shipments, and it is expected that the output will be\nincreased rapidly.\nOn Graham island coal has been known for forty years. Exploratory workings on coal\noutcrops have been carried on at Camps Robertson and Wilson ; at present arrangements are\ncompleted for a systematic boring of the measures to the dip to accurately define the beds ;\nwhen this is done a railway will be built to convey the coal to tide-water\u2014probably on\nSkidegate inlet.\nTo the north of these camps areas have been located and considerable boring done, with\nresults which show the field to continue nearly to Masset. The eastern extension of the field\nhas not, as yet, been satisfactorily established.\nNear the headwaters of the Skeena river an area of sixteen square miles has been located\nand partly developed, and shown to contain extensive beds of coal approaching anthracite in\ncharacter. This area is more than 100 miles north of Hazelton, the nearest point on a railway\nnow under construction, so that it may be some time before serious development is undertaken.\nIn the Peace river valley extensive coalfields are located and partly prospected, but these\nalso are, as yet, far from transportation.\nIn a paper read by D. W. Dowling, of Geological Survey, before the Canadian Mining\nInstitute at the Quebec meeting in March, 1911, he gave the following estimate of the probable\ncoal-content of the various known coal-areas in British Columbia :\u2014 K 176\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nSummary for British Columbia.\nAnthracite.\nBituminous.\nLignite.\nMillion Tons.\nMillion Tons.\nMillion Tons.\n5 square\n10\n300\n350\n9\n60\n100\n230 ,\n..140 \/\n. 12\n52 ,\n5\n10\n..2 ,\n9\n19\n1,152\n1,344\n23\n307\nSuquash\t\n3 ,, \t\n6 \u201e \t\n6 \u00bb \t\n4 a\t\n8 a \t\n4 n \t\n256\n100 it \t\n22,600\n14,000\n30\n100 \/\/ \t\nNicola\t\n4 \u201e \t\n5 a \t\n166\n20 \u201e \t\n64\n30\nTelkwa\t\n50 \/\/ .\n68\n16\nrer 50 \/\n. 1,351 square m\n6 \u201e \t\n3 a \t\n61\n96\niles\t\nTotal\t\n61\n39,674\n490\nCOAL-PROSPECTING ON DENMAN ISLAND.\nCoal-prospecting has been in progress during the past year on Denman island, an island\nlying off the east coast of Vancouver Island, near Comox, and a borehole was sunk there to a\ndepth of 1,342 feet without, however, striking coal.\nThrough the courtesy of Mr. H. W. R. Moore, of Victoria, the record of the borehole\nhas been obtained and is here recorded, since the information obtained, although negative, may\nbe of future value in other prospecting ventures : \u2014\nDepth, Feet.\nCharacter of Strata.\nThickness.\n0\nFt. in.\n10 0\n10\nBlue shale \t\n210 0\n220\n0 9\n221\nBlue shale \t\n28 0\n249\n4-inch red sandstone\t\n0 4\n249\nBlue shale\t\n82 0\n331\n0 4\n331\n43 0\n374\n374\n2-inch light-eoloured shale\t\nBlue shale\t\n0 2\n51 0\n425\n436\nShale streaked with sandstone\t\nBlue shale\t\n11 0\n102 0\n538\n1 2\n540\n111 0\n651\n1 0\n652\n382 0\n1,034\n1,035\n1,114 to 1,342\n1 0\n79 0\n228 0 - 'HrloSr \u2022\u2022 ^\n.\n\"*\u25a0 *\u2022' .,,-.: %**f MI*#S\nBJH H^It't R*^i\u2122\nJohn Currie Mountains from Pemberton Meadows.\nGreen Lake\u2014on Pemberton Meadow*\u2014Squamish Trail. 1 Geo. 5\nCoal Mining.\nK 177\nINSPECTION OF COAL AND METALLIFEROUS MINES.\nReport of Francis H. Shepherd, Chief Inspector op Mines.\nI have the honour to submit my Second Annual Report as Chief Inspector of Coal and\nMetalliferous Mines.\nThe reports of the District Inspectors, covering the production of coal and coke, the\nnumber of employees,- and list of accidents, and a brief sketch of the mines under their several\ninspectorates, are hereto attached.\nThe following subjects, being of special importance, are submitted as pertaining more to\ngeneral principles than to detailed information :\u2014\nAccidents in Coal-mines.\nThis subject is the most important pertaining to the Inspectors duties, and therefore\nshould receive commensurate attention. The primary reason for the existence of the office of\nInspector of Mines is to endeavour to prevent accidents by enforcing statutory legislation\ngoverning mining operations, but the fact remains that accidents do happen, and probably\nalways will; but when they do occur, the necessary investigation as to cause should at least\noffer some suggestion as to the prevention of similar accidents in the future, and with this end\nin view the following comments and analyses are submitted :\u2014\nFalls of Roof and Coal (Thirteen Fatal Accidents).\u2014Palls of roof and coal are generally\nconceded in all coal-mining countries to be the most prolific source of accidents in coal-mines,\nboth fatal and otherwise. In the ordinary course of mining, the superincumbent strata must\ninevitably fall, but it is not the main or major breaks which cause the most fatal accidents,\nbut small falls in comparatively protected working-places, and generally due to unforeseen\nslips which give no warning, and very often in places which would be considered apparently\nwell timbered.\nThe only remedy to this class of accidents is increased vigilance, ample timbering, and\nfrequent visits of the mine officials, whose senses are turned more keenly to danger, while the\nminer may grow accustomed to environment and be prone to over-confidence in the security of\nhis surroundings. But even with all the human care and foresight which may be bestowed in\nthis connection, accidents from this source cannot be avoided.\nMine Cars and Horses (Eleven Fatal Accidents).\u2014This source of accident has unfortunately\noccupied a prominent place in the history of coal-mining in British Columbia, and this is much\nto be regretted, because the systems employed and the materials used are entirely under human\ncontrol, and should therefore be accompanied by a reasonable degree of safety.\nIn ascribing a reason for these accidents, it would appear that the number of fatal\naccidents from this cause bears a direct ratio to rapidly increased outputs. This is noticeably\nthe case in the East Kootenay, where seven of the eleven deaths from this cause occurred at the\nmines of one company, which has, as suggested, been rapidly increasing its output.\nThese accidents are avoidable, and while many of them are due to the carelessness of the\nunfortunate victims themselves, much can be done by the mine officials in keeping the tackle\nand material in good order, maintaining ample clearances, and installing the several safety\ndevices provided for in the new \" Coal-mines Regulation Act.\"\n12 K 178 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nThe four remaining accidents are miscellaneous, and it would appear, therefore, that our\nchief sources of fatal accidents are from the two causes set forth, and a material reduction in\nthe number of such accidents will occur in direct proportion to the amount of vigilance and\ncare bestowed by all concerned, especially in the latter class\u2014viz., mine cars and horses.\nThe Proportion of Deaths per each 1,000 Persons employed.\u2014Owing to several serious\ncatastrophes in the early years of the previous ten, our ratio of lives lost makes an unenviable\nrecord. This for the years 1901 to 1910, inclusive, is 7.56 nearly. The ratio for 1910 is 3.6.\nFor the six years ending 1910 the ratio is 4.52, which includes thirty-two persons lost in the\nExtension explosion in 1909. The lowest years are : 1905, 2.72 ; 1906, 3.11 ; 1908, 2.95.\nWhile it is generally conceded that the coal-mines of British Columbia may, in the main\nbe classed as dangerous, still the hope is expressed that, with the installation of the increased\ninspection system, the enforcement of the new \"Coal-mines Regulation Act,\" and the\nco-operation of the mine officials, the loss of life may in the future be materially reduced, and\nthat we may attain a place among the safe coal-mining communities, notwithstanding the fact\nthat they may possess safer mining conditions.\nMine-rescue Work.\u2014It is very gratifying to be able to report that the several companies\nthroughout the Province have responded very thoroughly to the statutory requirements of the\nAct as to mine-rescue appliances. The training of employees is progressing satisfactorily,\nthough some difficulty is experienced in procuring a ready and economical supply of oxygen.\nThe Hon. the Minister of Mines has caused inquiries to be made with a view of establishing\nan oxygen manufacturing and compressing plant within the Province, with a view of supplying\nthe oxygen readily and cheaply. This would seem to be absolutely necessary to efficiency\nand success.\nIn addition to the colliery installations, the Hon. the Minister of Mines has established\ngeneral installations of the rescue apparatus at Nanaimo, Cumberland, Middlesboro, and\nHosmer. The District Inspectors have each graduated at a course taken at the United States\nMine-rescue Station at Seattle, and are able to use or direct the use of the apparatus in an\nemergency.\nThe unfortunate catastrophe at Bellevue, Alberta, on December 9th, strongly emphasized\nthe need of mine-rescue apparatus, and it fell to the lot of our inspectors, managers, and\nvolunteers to render our first aid of this kind to a neighbouring Province, and it is to be\nregretted that in this noble attempt to save the lives of their fellow-men, one noble life was\nsacrificed from among the rescuers.\nFred. D. Alderson, of Hosmer, B. 0., holder of a British Columbia First-class Certificate\nof Competency, was one among the first to rush to the rescue of the entombed miners at\nBellevue, and after saving life succumbed to the deadly gases himself. .\nThe following disinterested account in a letter to Mines and Minerals, from the pen of\nJames Ashworth, Esq., M.E., general manager of the operating department of the Crow's\nNest Pass Coal Co., who directed one of the rescue parties, and which, without the aid of\noxygen helmets, made a noble attempt to rescue the men in the inner reaches of the level:\u2014\n\" The first rescue party under Mr. John Powell, the superintendent of the mine, who had\ntaken charge only eight days previously, found a few men on the road alive, and also twenty-\none dead, all in one bunch arranged around a high-pressure air locomotive charging station,\nnear No. 84 chute. About this time the rescue party, with oxygen apparatus, arrived on the\nscene and commenced work. Inspector Strachan and Mr. Alderson first went in with a full\ntwo-hour helmet outfit, and after going inbye about 500 feet had to return, as Alderson said 1 Geo. 5 Coal Mining. K 179\nsomething was wrong with the helmet. On the second try they found a group of men arranged\naround the inside high-pressure air charging station at No. 124 chute. The problem now was\nhow to bring these men out from No. 124 chute to No. 84 chute, a distance of about 2,000\nfeet. It was agreed that Strachan should go out and take one man with him by the aid of\nAlderson's Draeger outfit, and thus Alderson was left inside, with the men without any rescue\napparatus. Mr.- Strachan then started in again with his two-hour apparatus and carried\nanother complete apparatus for Alderson. Alderson then put on the apparatus, and Mr.\nStrachan stripped off his own and put it on another man, whom Mr. Alderson then took out\nto No. 84. Alderson again started in in his outfit, and carrying another full suit for Mr\nStrachan's use ; the load was, however, too much for him, and he dropped it on the way. On\nreaching Mr. Strachan he had his chin-valve open, and said he thought his potash cartridge was\nplayed out, and consequently he was himself very exhausted. He then took off his apparatus\nand remained inside with the men to be rescued, and who were still in good form, having the\nhigh-pressure air to keep them alive. Mr. Strachan then put on the apparatus and came out\nwithout experiencing any difficulty. This appears to show that Alderson must have hurried\nin, and made a greater demand on the apparatus for air than it was capable of supplying.\nThe Draeger men had in the meantime sent out of the mine to bring in two sets of half-hour\napparatus, and Messrs. Evans and Huby also went out for a further supply of two-hour oxygen\ncylinders and potash cartridges. About this time Birmingham had returned with two half-\nhour apparatuses, and another Draeger man, Matusky, put on a two-hour apparatus, and went\nin carrying a half-hour apparatus in his hand. When he arrived at the place where the men\nwere grouped together, he was alarmed to find that all of them had collapsed, from some reason\nthat was not apparent to him. One man, the fireboss, was standing, and was just able to\nspeak, but was incapable of assisting Matusky in putting the half-hour apparatus on him.\nMatusky then left the half-hour apparatus with the man, and hastened out to report the serious\nstate of affairs. A messenger was then despatched to the outside to bring in additional help,\nand a conference was held to determine what should be done to save the men at No. 124 chute.\nIt was decided to make a dash and pull out the men without waiting for the extra oxygen or\nfor a rope, which had also been sent for. This ' forlorn hope ' party then formed themselves\ninto a string of about 10 feet apart. Mr. Spruston led the way, and carefully tested the air\nas he advanced, and the only gas he detected on his lamp was about a -| to J-inch cap of firedamp before he reached the unconscious men. None of this party appear to have perceived\nthe effect of any gas until they commenced to exert themselves, and hence the whole of them\nwere affected at about the same moment. It then became a sauve qui peut, some reaching No.\n84 chute dizzy and almost unconscious, and others falling by the way. Another messenger\nthen rushed out of the mine and announced that every one of the rescue party was lost, and\nthe Draeger men in particular. Doctor McKenzie, who formed one of the ' forlorn hope,' in\nhis eagerness to be of service, carried in the pulmotor apparatus, and probably fell at the same\ntime at No. 114 chute. Messrs. Evans and Huby and others who arrived on the scene about\nthis time were the means of bringing out and reviving by artificial respiration the whole of\nthe men found at No. 124, excepting only Alderson Und another man, who were found much\nlater side by side, and too late to revive them. The last man to be rescued alive was the\ndoctor, who along with two others was pulled out by men attached to a rope which had been\nbrought in by the fresh band of rescuers. At least ten men of the ' forlorn hope ' party were\nrendered helpless by a mixture of fire-damp and carbon-monoxide gas. That it was this latter\ninsidious gas which rendered the work of this party so dangerous is clearly proved by the\ncertificate of the doctor, who certified that the two men taken out dead had died from poisoning\nby this gas.\" K 180 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nThe lesson learned, both at Bellevue and at an underground fire which occurred at the\nWestern Fuel Company's mine at Nanaimo, is that the helmet must not be put on in vitiated\natmosphere. The inhalation taken before the helmet is closed must be of pure air, and in\norder to extend its sphere of action the writer suggests that an auxiliary cylinder of compressed\nair could be attached to the apparatus, so that in the event of the admission of impure air or\ndeleterious gases the helmet could be purified by the admission of a supply of pure air. This\nwould seem to be necessary in rescue-work, for it seldom occurs that the rescued are found in\nan entire!}' pure atmosphere, or, if so, they may have to traverse, as at Bellevue, a dangerous\nzone.\nIt is gratifying to know that the widow of the late Mr. Alderson has received substantial\nassistance from the miners, the general public, and the Governments of Alberta and British\nColumbia.\nConsolidation and Amendment of the \" Coal-mines Regulation Act.\"\nA Bill for this purpose was introduced in the Legislative Assembly at its session of 1910\nby the Hon. the Minister of Mines, but the subject being of such paramount importance, and\nin order to obtain the opinion and suggestions of both operators and employees, so that the\nvery best legislation should ensue, the Bill was withdrawn, with the assurance of the Hon.\nthe Minister of Mines that a trial Bill should be drafted and submitted to those concerned\nand a complete Bill introduced to the Legislative Assembly at its session of 1911.\nIn accordance, therefore, with the instructions of the Hon. the Minister of Mines,\na Bill was drafted by the Deputy Attorney-General, the Deputy Minister of Mines, and the\nChief Inspector of Mines. The various mining centres were visited by the Deputy Minister\nand the Chief Inspector of Mines, who held conferences with both the operators and the\nemployees or their representatives, and received many valuable suggestions, many of which\nwere embodied in the completed Bill. The main intent and purpose of the Bill was to\nimprove the old Act and to introduce new measures for safety.\nMany valuable suggestions from the Report of the Royal Commission on Mines (Great\nBritain), 1906-1909, were embodied in the Bill, and upon all questions where any doubt\nexisted the opinion of the Royal Commissioners was accepted as conclusive.\nThe following is a brief resume of the changes introduced :\u2014\nEmployment of Women, Girls, and Boys (Sec. 3).\u2014Women and girls of any age are\nprohibited from working in any mine or about any mine except in the performance of clerical\nwork, etc., and no boy under the age of fifteen years shall be employed underground, or, under\nfourteen years, above ground.\nAs to Employment of Persons about Engines (Sec. 4)-\u2014The age of persons having charge\nof hoisting machinery, lowering or raising persons, has been raised from eighteen to twenty-two\nyears, and a medical examination every six months is imposed; and n\u00a9 person having charge\nof hoisting machinery, not used for the lowering or raising of persons, shall be under the age\nof sixteen.\nTime Persons may be employed Underground (Sec. 18).\u2014The eight-hour clause has been\namended to make it more workable and easier of enforcement. Certain special extensions\nhave been introduced to enable engineers, onsetters, pumpmen, stablemen, etc., where more\nthan two shifts are worked, to change shifts at the place of duty, but in no case to exceed\neight hours and thirty minutes. A penalty is also provided for any person who pays or\nreceives payment in excess of eight hours, other than such specially exempted work.\nVentilation where Two or More Shafts are required (Sec. 20).\u2014Where two shafts are necessary, no mine shall be ventilated by a mid wall or any other subdivision in any shaft, but shall\nbe ventilated by separate shafts separated by not less than 75 feet of natural strata. ;:ft-:ftft'..-- \u25a0;\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0\u2022ft'; \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0:.-\u25a0:\n\u2014 \u25a0* .11 !\u25a0\u25a0 fcMII^\nM a\n\u00a71\n\u25a0- '-\nft CQ\nS \u00ab\na g\nS \u00ab\no =\n. a\n* J1 K 182\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nof marsh-gas. All air-courses, stoppings, overcasts, sealings, and abandoned workings, where\naccessible, must be examined once a week by a competent person or persons. This person is\nthe equivalent to the \" master wasteman \" under British custom.\nLamps and Lights (Rules 9 and 10).\u2014No person to carry a key or other contrivance\nwhereby he may be enabled to open a safety-lamp except at a duly appointed lamp-station.\nThe right to search a person or persons for matches, etc., is read into the Act, and provides\npenalties for refusing to be searched.\nNo single-gauze safety-lamp shall be used. Safety-lamps shall be tested in an explosive\nmixture of gas and air at least once a week, or as often as any part of the lamp may have\nbeen renewed. Every safety-lamp shall be submitted to a mechanical air-test whenever\nassembled after being taken apart.\nExplosives and Blasting (Rule 11).\u2014Permission may be granted by the Inspector to\nallow a sufficient number of cases or canisters of explosive containing not more than 4 lb. each\nto be taken into a mine to serve one round of shots in rock-work or rock tunnels. Clay shall\nbe provided for tamping. Minister of Mines to issue a permitted list of explosives which may\nbe used in any mine.\nRule 12. Shot-igniter to be approved by the Minister of Mines. Precautions laid down\ncovering shots which have missed fire. Detonators to be kept under the control of some\nperson appointed in writing by the manager, except in a case where an electric igniter is used,\nin which case miners may carry their own detonators, but the shotlighter only shall have\ncharge of the igniter. It is made unlawful for a person to open a case of detonators within\nstated distances of a naked light. All haulage or other roads that are dry and dusty shall be\nwatered for a distance of 40 yards from the place of firing.\nWater and Boreholes (Rule 14).\u2014In approaching dangerous accumulations of water, the\nChief Inspector of Mines may grant a greater width of the drivage approaching such dangerous\naccumulation than 8 feet. This is to allow ample space for track and brattice.\nManholes (Rule 15).\u2014Manholes are defined as to size. Safety appliances are required on\nunderground plane, inclines, and slopes.\nMaximum Number of Persons allowed to enter Cage (Ride 23).\u2014The Inspector to decide\nthe number to enter the cage.\nSignalling (Rule 25).\u2014Signalling and guides to apply to all shafts irrespective of depth.\nSinking shafts may be exempted by the Chief Inspector of Mines, in so far as guides are\nconcerned.\nInspection of Mines on behalf of Workmen (Rule 37).\u2014Provides that when the miners do\nnot avail themselves of this rule, the Chief Inspector shall select, in alphabetical order, two\nof the miners to make the inspection, and the owner, agent, or manager may withhold from\nthe wages of the underground employees a sufficient sum pro rata to remunerate the persons\nmaking such examination.\nSanitary Arrangements (Rule 41)-\u2014Sanitary arrangements are to be provided and\nmaintained in a sanitary condition.\nIn the metalliferous mines there is a reduction of lives lost from fifteen in 1909 to\nthirteen in 1910, and a corresponding decrease in the ratio of lives lost per 1,000 men\nemployed from 4.90 to 4.19. Drilling into old holes containing unexploded powder claims\nthree lives, notwithstanding the fact that records of shots responding are kept. Fatal\naccidents on the surface show an increase, and five lives were lost through various causes.\nFalls of rock are to a great extent unavoidable, but it would seem that many of the other\naccidents reported could be avoided, and greater vigilance is required in the metalliferous\nmines, in an endeavour to reduce the loss of life. 1 Geo. 5\nCoal Mining.\nK 181\nMining Submarine Areas (Sec. 25).\u2014This section is new and is based upon the recommendations of T. E. Foster, M.E., of Newcastle-on-Tyne, to the Government of Nova Scotia\nwho is considered an able authority upon this question. The minimum cover of solid strata\nunder which general mining operations may be carried on is placed at 180 feet, but the plan\nof the method to be employed must have the approval of the Chief Inspector of Mines.\nCertificated Managers and other Officials (Sec. 28, Subsec. 3).\u2014Provides that where more\nthan fifty persons are employed at one time, the manager and overman must be separate persons.\nQualification of Candidates for Certificates of Competency (Sec. 23). \u2014 Qualifying\nexperience for manager's certificate must not be less than five years, except in the case of a\ngraduate of a recognised mining college, when it must not be less than four years. For\noverman the experience must not be less than five years, and that he must not be less than\ntwenty-three years of age. For shiftboss, fireboss, or shotlighter, that he shall have had not\nless than three years' experience and shall be at least twenty-three years of age. St. John's\nor other recognised ambulance certificate is required.\nCertificated Coal-miners (Sec. 49).\u2014The District Inspector is made (ex officio) a member of\nany Board within his inspectorate.\nReturns and Notices (Sec. 59).\u2014Notice of accident, where loss of life has occurred, must\nbe reported to the Inspector by telephone, telegraph, or messenger. In section 62 certain\nnotices of abandonment or opening are required to be reported without unnecessary delay,\ninstead of two months as heretofore. The place of any fatal accident must remain undisturbed\nfor a period of three days or until examined by the Inspector, or where such stoppage would\nseriously interfere with the general operation of the mine, then only until the place of accident\nhas been examined by a coal-miner or a member of the miners' or gas committee.\nPlans of Abandoned Mines (Sec. 65).\u2014For the protection of life and property, the\ninformation contained on any deposited plan is made available to the Inspector in the\ndischarge of his duties.\nInspectors (Sections 68, 69, and 75).\u2014The Chief Inspector is read into the Act. The\nMinister of Mines is empowered to appoint any mining engineer or person of scientific or\npractical experience to make a special investigation and report upon matters relating to the\nsafety of life and property. In cases of danger the Inspector is empowered to order the\nclosing of any mine unconditionally.\nPlans of Mines (Sees. 80 and 82).\u2014This section has been brought up to date as to scale,\netc. In addition to plans being posted up at or near the entrance to the mine, all roads used\nas a means of egress shall be conspicuously marked in the mine.\nInquests (Sec. 86, Subsec. 7).\u2014Prohibits an official of a miners' union from serving on a\njury. Subsection (8) required the Inspector to post a notice at the mine stating the time and\nplace of inquest.\nGeneral Rules.\nVentilation (Rule 2).\u2014Requires 300 cubic feet of air for each animal, instead of 100\ncubic feet as heretofore. Rule 1 requires that the ventilation apparatus when on the surface\nshall be placed in such a position as will render it safe from the effect of an explosion. This\ndoes not prevent the installation of auxiliary ventilating apparatus underground.\nRule 2 also requires that where naked lights or electricity is used, or where blasting is\ndone, that the brattice-cloth shall be fireproof.\nRule 4 requires the fireman to post a notice of his examination on a blackboard at the\nfireman's station, in addition to the regular report in a book kept for the purpose. Firemen\nmust also be provided with some approved pattern of gas-tester to determine low percentages 1 Geo. 5\nCoal Mining.\nK 183\nINSPECTION OF COAL-MINES, 1910.\n-:o:-\nVANCOUVER ISLAND AND COAST INSPECTION DISTRICT.\nThe collieries operating during the year in this Inspection District, including the new\nmines that have been started, were :\u2014\nNanaimo : The Western Fuel Company\u2014No. 1 shaft, Protection shaft, and No. 4 shaft,\nNorthfield mine.\nPacific Coast Coal Mines, Limited\u2014Fiddick Colliery, South Wellington, Cranberry\nDistrict, Nos. 1 and 2 slopes.\nVancouver-Nanaimo Coal Mining Company, Limited\u2014New East Wellington Colliery,\nMountain District, Nanaimo, No. 1 slope.\nExtension: The Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir), Limited (formerly the Wellington Colliery\nCompany)\u2014Nos. 1, 2, and 3 mines, all worked from \"what is known as the No. 1 tunnel, and\nNo. 4 mine, worked by a shaft.\nCumberland : The Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir), Limited\u2014Nos. 4 and 7 slopes, and\nNos. 5 and 6 shafts.\nNicola Valley : The Middlesboro Colliery of the Nicola Valley Coal and Coke\nCompany\u2014Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 mines.\nDiamond Vale Colliery Company\u2014No. 3 mine.\nPacific Coast Colliery Company\u2014No. 1 slope and No. 1 shaft, adjoining the Middlesboro\nColliery.\nCoal Hill Syndicate\u2014One shaft and slopes.\nPrinceton : Princeton Coal and Land Company's Princeton Colliery.\nReport of Thomas Morgan, Inspector.\nSir,\u2014I have the honour to herewith submit my annual report for the collieries in my\nInspection District for the year ending 31st December, 1910, together with a list of all\naccidents and the colliery returns.\nThe \"Western Fuel Company.\nHead Office\u2014San Francisco, Cal.\nOfficers.\nJohn L. Howard, President or Chairman,\nJas. B. Smith, Vice-President or Vice-Chairman,\nD. C. Norcross, Secretary,\nJoseph L. Schmidt, Treasurer,\nThomas R. Stockett, General Manager,\nThomas Graham, Superintendent,\nAddress.\nSan Franeisco, Cal.\nSan Francisco, Cal.\nSan Francisco, Cal.\nSan Francisco, Cal.\nNanaimo, B. C.\nNanaimo, B. C. K 184\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nCapital of the Company, $1,500,000.\nThe above company has operated the following collieries at Nanaimo during the past\nyear, viz. : No. 1 or Esplanade shaft, Nanaimo, Protection Island mine; No. 4 Northfield\nmine.\nThe following returns show the combined output of the company's mines for the past\nyear :-\nReturns from Western Fuel Co.'s Mines for Year 1910.\nSales and Output for Year.\nCoal.\nCoke.\n(Tons of 2,240 B.)\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\nSold for consumption in Canada \t\n223,958\n211,136\n17,118\n452,212\n59,934\n59,934\n10,932\n11,656\n512,146\n724\n512,870\nNumber op hands employed, Daily Wages paid, etc.\nUnderground.\nAbove Ground.\nTotals.\nCharacter of Labour.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nSupervision and clerical assistance\t\n23\n383\n35\n412\n87\n51\n20\n43\n383\n35\n430\n158\n79\n' i26~\n3\nMiners' helpers\t\nLabourers\t\n18\n71\n28\nMechanics and skilled labour ....\nBoys\t\n126\n3\n994\nTotals\t\n263\n1,257 a\ns\n3\no\nO\na\n3\no\nv.\nii 1 Geo. 5 Coal Mining. K 185\nNo. 1 Shaft, Esplanade, Nanaimo.\nThomas McGuckie, Manager ; John Hunt, Overman.\nDuring the past year I have examined all the accessible parts of this mine every month\nsince the 1st of February.\nNo. 1 shaft and Protection Island shaft are one mine; they are opened from one to the\nother in different places, ventilated by the same fans and by the same ventilation system. All\nthe men working in No. 1 North level, and a few working in Protection getting coal for the\nboilers, are taken over to Protection island and are lowered down the shaft. From there they\ngo to the different places into No. 1 North level of No. 1 shaft. The workings of this mine\nare very extensive; from the face of the workings, down the Diagonal slope off the* Main\nslope to the face of the workings in the back of No. 1 North level, is from five to six miles.\nThere are two seams of coal being worked in this mine, known as the Upper and Lower seams ;\nthe Upper seam is separated from the Lower by from 30 to 60 feet of hard sandstone rock and\nconglomerate. The coal in the Lower seam varies in thickness from 20 to 45 inches, and is\ngood hard coal of excellent quality, and will stand handling well; the seam is worked on the\n\" long-wall method,\" to which it is well adapted. The coal is nearly all worked or mined by\ncompressed-air, the coal-mining machine being extensively used with good success with regard\nto cost, and quantity of production and a large percentage of lump coal produced. The\nmethod of mining this coal is undercutting with a compressed-air cutting-machine. There is\na large volume of compressed air for these air cutting-machines, and a lot of this air is used\nat times to assist the ventilation. As this is all long-wall work, sometimes the coal will not\nstand to be mined with the mining-machine, and is dug out with picks ; there is greater\npercentage of lump coal when it is mined with the mining-machine.\nThere are three slopes down from No. 1 North level in the Upper seam, through the\nstrata, to the Lower seam. No. 2 and No. 3 slopes are connected on the north side of No. 2\nslope, and the south side of No. 3 and No. 2 slopes is also connected with the long-wall of\nProtection shaft workings in the Lower seam. The coal from these slopes is hoisted up to\nNo. 1 North level, on the Upper seam, and then hauled by electric motors to the foot of No. 1\nshaft. The ventilation in this slope was good ; for the use of ten men and one mule there\nwas 21,000 cubic feet of air a minute circulating through the district.\nVentilation in No. 2 slope in No. 1 North level, on the north side of the slope, for the\nuse of fifty men and ten mules, was 13,000 cubic feet a minute; for the use of fifty men and\nten mules on the south side, there was 14,700 cubic feet a minute; air taken in No. 3 slope\nin No. 1 North level, for the use of thirty-five men and five mules, was 13,200 cubic feet a\nminute.\nLamb's Incline, in the Upper Seam in No. 1 North Level.\u2014This is \" pillar and stall \"\nwork and the extraction of pillars. For the use of thirty men and five horses, there was\n12,000 cubic feet of air a minute going through the district. Total air coming down\nProtection shaft was 92,000 cubic feet a minute, made by the fan at the top of Protection\nThe fan is 20 feet diameter by 8 feet, and it makes seventy-five revolutions a minute, with a\nwater-gauge 1.5 inches. There is 13,000 cubic feet of air a minute going out by the way of\nNo. 3 level, to keep the old workings clear, and also up No. 1 air-shaft, on the north side of\nthe shaft. There was 33,000 cubic feet going out by way of Newcastle shaft after ventilating\nLamb's incline workings and part of Nos. 3 and 2 slopes on the north side. The balance of\nthe air after ventilating the south side of No. 2 and No. 1 slope workings, and also the old\nworkings, was 56 cubic feet of air a minute, going out by way of No. 1 level to No. 1\nshaft fan. K 186\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nNo. 1 Slope.\u2014This slope branches off No. 1 North level towards the east, about 70 or 80\nyards north of the shaft, and is down 6,513 feet. At 5,055 feet down, No. 7 East level\nbranches off the slope, and this forms the deepest workings in this mine, not including the\nbottom of the slope. No. 7 level is 1,200 feet vertically below the mud-flats of Nanaimo\nriver, and has been working the biggest part of the year. It is now finished, and is the\nreturn airway for the air coming down the Diagonal slope workings. For the use of\ntwenty-four men and five horses, there was 15,000 cubic feet of air a minute going through\nNo. 7 level.\nAt a point about 1,000 yards down No. 1 slope, the Diagonal slope branches off to the\neast. The coal from these workings is raised from No. 1 slope, and then taken to No. 1\nshaft, where it is raised to the surface. The coal is hauled to the Diagonal along the rock\ntunnel by a tail-rope haulage, and is then hauled up to the Diagonal slope by a first-motion\nengine, stationed at the bottom of No. 1 shaft, to the top of the Diagonal slope, and then is\nhauled up the Main slope by endless-rope haulage. The workings in Diagonal slope are nearly\nall \"pillar and stall \" works. I visited this mine every month since the 1st of February, and\nfound the workings in good order, well timbered, and the ventilation fairly good. For the\nuse of 115 men and nineteen horses, there was 36,000 cubic feet of air a minute going\nthrough two districts very evenly divided. Total air going down No. 7 level and the Diagonal\nslope was 51,000 cubic feet a minute. Total air at the fan-shaft on the south side was 84,600,\nminus 51,000, equals 33,600 cubic feet a minute for leakage for doors and stoppings, and old\nworkings and the stables.\nThe following are the official returns from the No. 1 shaft and Protection Island mines\nfor the year 1910 :\u2014\nSales and Output for Year.\nCoal.\nCoke.\n(Tons of 2,240 ft.)\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\n187,923\n133,360\n10,583\n331,866\n31,439\n31,439\n8,327\n9,711\n363,305\n1,384\n364,689 1 Geo. 5\nCoal Mining.\nK 187\nNumber op Hands employed, Daily Wages paid, ptc.\nUnderground.\nAbove Ground.\nTotals.\nCharacter of Labour.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\n15\n229\n22\n274\n67\n36\n$\n3.30 - 7.00\n2.86\n2.86 - 3.30\n2.86 - 3.57\n1.10 - 2.45\n13\n$\n28\n229\n22\n287\n119\n54\nLabourers\t\n13\n52\n18\n2.75\n3.00 - 4.50\n.50 - 1.65\nBoys\t\n88\n1.50 - 1.75\n88\n3\n3\n2.86\n646\n184\n830\nMine worked 291 days during the year.\nNorthpield Mine, Nanaimo Colliery.\nJ. W. Montgomery, Manager.\nThis mine is working all the time, and is an important mine to produce coal, as is shown\nby the returns. The workings are all on the Lower seam, and the coal is of the best quality,\nhard, and stands handling well. The shaft for this mine is down 60 feet to the coal, and from\nthe bottom of this shaft a slope is driven to the dip in the coal, a distance of about one mile.\nLevels are turned off right and left of this slope, as required to bring the coal out on to the\nslope. The coal is hauled up the slope, by an endless-rope haulage, to the bottom of the shaft.\nIt is then raised up the shaft to the pit-head, and is conveyed to the wharf, to the ships or\nsteamers. The shaft and slope are lit up all the way to the bottom with electric lights, and\none can walk from the top to the bottom without a light. There is a telephone at every\nstation down the slope. There is also a travelling-road parallel to the slope from the surface,\nfor the men to travel down the mine to their work ; this road is also lit up by electricity. This\nis the same seam of coal that is worked in the Lower seam in No. 1 shaft. The ventilation in\nthis mine is very good.\nSplit 1, No. 2J and 3 Left, for thirty-five men and seven mules, was 7,500 cubic feet;\nNo. 4 Left, for thirty men and one mule, was 6,000 cubic feet; air taken for No. 5 Left, for\ntwenty-five men and three mules, was 5,300 cubic feet; air taken for No. 6 Left and No. 4\nRight, for fifty-five men and six mules, was 12,000 cubic feet; air taken for No. 2 Right, for\nfour men and one mule, was 6,000 cubic feet. Total air at fan-drift was 64,000 cubic feet,\nleaving 26,600 cubic feet of air for leakage through doors and stoppings and old workings.\nYou will observe that the Western Fuel Co. is well supplied with fans, in case of breakdown. K 188\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nThe following are the official returns of the Northfield Colliery for the year ending the\n31st December, 1910:-\u2014\nSales and Output for Year.\nCoal.\nCoke.\n(Tons of 2,240 1b.)\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\n36,035\n77,776\n6,535\n120,346\n28,495\n28,495\n2,605\n1,945\n148,841\n660\n148,181\nNumber of Hands\nemployed, Daily\nWages\nPAID, ETC\nUnderground.\nAbove Ground.\nTotals.\nCharacter of Labour.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nSupervision and clerical assistance\t\n8\n154\n13\n138\n20\n15\n$\n7\n$\n15\n154\n13\n143\n39\n25\n3.30 - 5.50\n2.86\n2.86 - 3.30\n2.86 - 3.57\n1.10 - 2.20\n5\n19\n10\n2.75\n3.00 - 4.00\n1.00 - 2.25\nBoys\t\n38\n1.50 - 1.75\n38\n79\n427\nTotals\t\n348\nMine worked 297 days during the year.\nCanadian Collieries (Dunsmuir), Ltd.\nHead Office\u2014Victoria, B. C.\nCapital, $15,000,000.\nOfficers. Address.\nSir William Mackenzie, President, Toronto, Ont.\nA. D. McRae, Vice-President, Toronto, Ont.\nR. P. Ormsby, Secretary, Toronto, Ont.\nA. J. Mitchell, Treasurer, Toronto, Ont.\nC. F. Compton, Asst. Secretary, Victoria, B. C.\nW. L. Coulson, General Manager, Victoria, B. C. 1 Geo. 5\nCoal Mining.\nK 189\nThe Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir), Ltd., during the year 1910 acquired all the holdings\nof the Wellington Collieries Company, Ltd., and has been operating the following mines\nduring the last half of the year under the general management of Mr. W. L. Coulson :\u2014\nThe Extension Colliery, in the Cranberry District (Extension); Thomas Russell, manager.\nThe Union Colliery, in Comox District; John Matthews and James Gray, managers at\nthe several mines.\nNote.\u2014This latter colliery is in the inspection district of Inspector Newton, in whose\nreport will be found a description of the property and the details of production.\nThe following table shows the combined output of all this company's collieries during the\npast year :\u2014\nReturns prom Canadian Collieries Mines for Year 1910.\nSales and Output for Year.\nCoal.\nCoke.\n(Tons of 2,240 lb.)\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\n559,474\n121,543\n25,873\n8,327\n706,890\n8,327\n4,670\n49,822\n123,602\nn under colliery boilers, etc\t\nLost in washing\t\n178,094\n8,892\n22,816\n16,480\n10,846\nw last of year\t\n884,984\n*13,924\nt5,994\n\\t taken from \/ bJ \t\n898,908\n2,333\nBy-products\u2014Eire-clay, 4,535 tons.\nNumber of Hands employed, Daily Wages paid, Etc.\nUnderground.\nAbove Ground.\nTotals.\nCharacter of Labour.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily Wage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nSupervision and clerical assistance .\n13\n1,049\n291\n308\n69\n60\n24\n95\n23\n36\n1,049\n291\n351\n223\n77\n49\n443\n43\n154\n17\n25\n348\nBoys\t\nTotals \t\n1,909\n610\n2,519 K 190 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nEXTENSION COLLIERY.\nThomas Russell, Manager.\nThe general supervision of all the mines of this colliery is intrusted to Mr. Thomas\nRussell, who has an overman in charge of each separate mine.\nNo. 1 or Tunnel Mine.\nWilliam Jones, Overman.\nNearly all the mining done at this colliery is \"pillar and stall,\" and some extraction of\npillars. The coal is taken up a slope, and taken out of the tunnel by an electric motor. I\nhave examined this mine every month since the 1st of February last, and found all the\nworkings in good order and the ventilation going all through the mine, and have never found\nany gas in the mine. For the use of fifty-six men and six horses, there was 22,800 cubic feet\nof air a miuute circulating through the mine; the total air at the fan-shaft was 33,800 cubic\nfeet a minute, leaving 11,000 cubic feet a minute to ventilate the old workings, leaking\nthrough the doors and stoppings. A Murphy fan, size 8 by 2 feet, double, speed 102\nrevolutions a minute, with a |-inch water-gauge, creates the ventilating-current.\nNo. 2 Mine.\nThomas Jackson, Overman.\nThis mine is entered by the rock tunnel about a mile long. There are two slopes in this\nmine, sunk from a motor-road by which the coal is gathered together to make up a trip for the\nmotor to take out of the tunnel to the tipple. The old No. 2 slope came out on the hill above\nthe tunnel, and the men and horses can go out that way if necessary; the ventilating-fan is\non the hill near the slope over this airway. No. 2 slope goes down past the inside end of the\ntunnel to the basin, from which the coal is being taken out. The mining is done on the\n\"pillar and stall \" system. A great amount of the coal has to be left in this mine to act as the\nroof, as there is so mugh bad roof above the coal; most of the work in this district now is the\nextraction of pillars. The ventilation was fairly good. For the use of thirty men and three\nmules, there were 36,000 cubic feet of air a minute for No. 1 district in the old slope. For\nthe use of sixty-five men and ten mules, there were 14,000 cubic feet of air a minute in No. 2\ndistrict in the old slope.\nNos. 3 and 4 Districts in the Slant Slope, and the No. 4 Level.\u2014This slope starts down to\nthe dip about 250 yards east of the inner end of the main tunnel. The workings off this slope\nare all to the dip of No. 4 level. The workings are \"pillar and stall\" and the extraction of\npillars. In places in this slope the roof is good; the roof is good hard sandstone in some\nplaces, and in others it has to be timbered with stringers to keep it up. The coal is hauled\nup the slope with an electric motor or hoist, and is then taken away with the electric motor to\nthe tipple. I found all of this mine very clear; I got just a cap of gas over the timbers on\ntwo or three occasions. For the use of forty men and five mules in No. 3 district, there was\n8,000 cubic feet of air a minute going through the district; for the use of sixty-five men and\nten mules in No. 4 district, there was 14,000 cubic feet of air a minute going through that\ndistrict. The total air at the fan-shaft was 73,000 cubic feet of air a minute, leaving a leakage\nof 31,000 cubic feet a minute for old workings, doors, and stoppings.\nThomas Jackson, overman; Hugh Fulton, Davidson, William Bradley, William Cosier,\nA. Smith, Harry Mitchell, William James, James Nimmo, Donald McLean, Sam Mottishaw,\nIssac Nash, William Kerr, firemen and shotlighters. 1 Geo. 5\nCoal Mining.\nK 191\nNo. 3 Mine, Extension.\nWilliam Simpson, Overman.\nThis mine is the continuation of No. 4 West level from the rock tunnel. The method of\nmining in this mine is \"pillar and stall\" and the extraction of pillars ; all to the raise of No.\n4 level is the extraction of pillars. There is quite a lot of pillar coal in this district, and the\ncoal varies in thickness from 5 to 12 feet. There are two connections upward from this mine\nto the surface. From No. 4 North level, the old slope goes right through to the surface, and\nthe airway to the fan. The ventilation was good all through this district; for the use of\nforty men and four mules, there was 18,000 cubic feet of air a minute going through the\ndistrict. All the coal from No. 3 mine, on the west side of the tunnel, goes out along No. 4\nlevel, and out of the tunnel, as does the coal from No. 2 mine.\nNo. 3 Mine, Slope District.\nThis district is nearly all \" pillar and stall \" work at the present, where they found the\ncoal after going through a big fault uphill. The ventilation was good, and the mine was\nwell timbered. I only found gas in this district on two occasions, on top of a cave in No. 12\nstall, off Gregson's level, and this was cleared out by driving a crosscut through from the\nupper side of the stall. For the use of forty-six men and five mules, there was 12,000 cubic\nfeet of air a minute going through the district. The total air at the fan-shaft was 64,000\ncubic feet of air a minute, leaving for leakage 34,000 cubic feet a minute to keep the old\nworkings ventilated, and for the leakage through doors and stoppings.\nFiremen are: George Smith, Evan John, James Nelson, Dan Fagan, Dan Campbell, Pat\nMalone, John Ross, and John Barclay.\nNo. 4 Mine, Extension.\nThis shaft is 290 feet deep ; the size is 8 by 16 feet; one part is used for an upcast, with a\nmud wall all the way down the centre of the shaft. The other is used as a downcast. This\nmine is about one mile and a half from the Extension tunnel to the south. There is not much\ndone in this mine as yet; the levels are only in a short distance, and there is a slope down\nabout 200 yards from the North level. The ventilation was good and the mine all well\ntimbered. I never found any gas in this mine. For the use of twenty men, there was 30,000\neubic feet of air a minute going through the workings.\nThomas Mills, overman; John McMurtrie and James Perry, firemen.\nThe following are the official returns of the Extension Colliery for the year ending the\n31st December, 1910 :\u2014\nSales and Output for Year.\nCoal.\nCoke.\n(Tons of 2,240 \u00bb.)\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\nSold for consumption in Canada\t\n\/\/ export to United States\t\n251,208\n72,920\n324,128\n\/\/ under colliery boilers, etc\t\nLost in washing\t\n12,467\n431,812\n56,279\nTotal for colliery use\t\n1,906\n1,981\n380,407\n\/\/ last of year\t\nDifference added to stock during year\t\n75\n\t\n380,482\nBy-products\u2014Clay, 65 tons. K 192\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nNumber of Hands employed, Daily Wages paid, etc.\nUnderground.\nAbove Ground.\nTotals.\nCharacter of Labour.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nSupervision and clerical assistance\t\n4\n395\n273\n$\n3.50 - 5.00\n2.75 - 3.30\n14\n$\n18\n395\n273\n7\n71\n47\n6\n114\n$\n3.50 - 5.00\nMiners' helpers\t\n7\n56\n5\n6\n106\n2.75 - 3.02\n2.75 - 4.40\n1.10 - 2.20\n1.50\n1.35 - 1.75\n2.75 - 3.30\n2.75 - 3.02\nMechanics and skilled labour ..\n15\n42\n2.75 - 3.02\n1.10 - 2.20\n2.75 - 4.40\n1.10 - 2.20\n1.50\n8\n1.50 - 1.65\n1.35 - 1.75\n737\n194\n931\nPacific Coast Coal Mines, Limited.\nHead Office\u2014Victoria, B. C.\nCapital, $3,000,000.\nOfficers. Address.\nJohn Arbuthnot, President, Victoria, B. C.\nLuther D. Wishart, Vice-President, New York.\nS. H. Reynolds, Managing Director, Victoria.\nJas. Savage, Secretary-Treasurer, Victoria.\nGeorge Wilkinson, Superintendent, Nanaimo, B. C.\nValue of plant, $424,226.\nThis is a recently organized company and includes in its holdings the Fiddick Colliery of\nthe former South Wellington Mines, Ltd., and certain property at Suquash,* on the east coast\nof Vancouver Island, near Malcolm island, where the company has, within the past year,\nopened up a new colliery, which is now producing coal. The output of coal made by the\ncompany from these two collieries combined is shown in the following table :\u2014\nSales and Output for Year.\nCoal.\nCoke.\n(Tons of 2,240 Id.)\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\n93,467\n27,473\n17,299\n138,239\n11,602\n11,305\n22,907\n161,146\n14,288\n27,952\n13,664\n174,810 1 Geo. 5\nCoal Mining.\nK 193\nNumber op Hands employed, Daily Wages paid, etc.\nUnderground.\nAbove Ground.\nTotals.\nCharacter of Labour.\nNo. em-\nployed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nSupervision and clerical assistance\t\n11\n192\n5\n16\n192\n13\n11\n8\n24\n17\n4\n37\n28\n12\nBoys\t\n64\n15\n129\n64\n15\n364\n235\nTotals\t\n*Note.\u2014The details as to the Suquash Colliery will be found in Inspector Newton's report.\nFIDDICK COLLIERY, SOUTH WELLINGTON.\nGeorge Wilkinson, Manager. Harry Devlin, Overman.\nThis mine is called the Fiddick Colliery, of the former South Wellington Mines, Ltd. It\nis worked from two slopes, No. 1 or Ficldick and No. 2 Richardson slope. The slopes have\nnot been extended during the year, or since I started on the 1st February, 1910. This mine\nhas been very successful in the output. They are putting out about 900 tons of coal a day,\nand if they were not curtailed by the boundary on both sides of them, they would have put\nout much more coal.\nNo. 1. Slope.\u2014I have made an inspection of this slope every month since the 1st of\nFebruary, 1910, and never saw any gas in the mine. This mine is well timbered, and has\ngood ventilation, and is a wet mine. For the use of forty men and three horses, there was\n14,000 cubic feet of air a minute going through the west side of the slope; for the use of\nforty-five men and five horses, on the east side of the slope, there was 15,000 cubic feet of air\na minute going through the mine.\nNo. 2 Slope Workings.\u2014On my last visit to this mine I found there was 22,800 cubic\nfeet of air a minute circulating through the mine, for the use of forty-eight men and six horses.\nThe total air at the fan-drift was 63,650 cubic feet a minute, leaving 11,600 cubic feet a\nminute for leakage through doors and stoppings and the old workings. In all my inspections\nof the two slopes I never found gas in the mine.\nGeorge Wilkinson, manager; Harry Devlin, overman ; John Ovington, Alexander Bryden,\nAlbert Manifold, Richard Rallison, George Roughead, and Thomas Jones, firemen and shot-\nlighters.\n13 K 194\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nThe following are the official returns for the Fiddick Colliery for the year 1910 :\u2014\nSales and Output for Year.\nCoal.\nCoke.\n(Tons of 2,240 \u00bb.)\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\nSold for consumption in Canada\t\n92,701\n27,473\n17,299\n137,473\n11,602\n10,305\nUsed under colliery boilers, etc\t\n21,907\n13,238\n25,829\n159,380\nStocks on hand first of year\t\n\u00bb last of year \t\n12,591\n171,971\nNumber op Hands employed, Daily Wages paid, etc.\nUnderground.\nAbove Ground.\nTotals.\nCharacter of Labour.\nNo. employed.\nAverage.\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nSupervision and clerical assistance\t\n10\n185\n$\n-5\n$\n5.00\n15\n185\n$\n3.30 - 5.00\n11\n11\n8\n2.85\n3.30\n1.35\n23\n15\n4\n2.75-3.00\n3.25\n1.25\n34\n26\n12\n2 83\nMechanics and skilled labour ....\nBoys\t\n3.30\n1.30\n60\n15\n122\n1.50\n1.65\n60\n15\n1.50\n1.65\nTotals\t\n225\n347\nName of seams or pits\u2014Upper Douglas seam ; No. 1 slope (Fiddick); No. 2 slope (Richardson).\nDescription of seams, tunnels, levels, shafts, etc., and number of same\u2014Two slopes and one\nadit level; one air-shaft, 10 x 12 feet. In No. 1 slope there are working at the present\ntime Nos. 2, 3, and 4 East levels, and Nos. 2 and 3 West levels; seam averaging from 3\nto 26 feet in thickness. In No. 2 slope there are working Nos. 4, 5, and 6 Right levels;\nseam averages from 3 to 28 feet in thickness.\nDescription and length of tramway, plant, etc.\u2014Seven miles of standard-gauge railway and\nsidings. Two locomotives and thirty Hart-Otis dump-cars with a capacity of 40 tons each.\nBunkers with a capacity of 4,000 tons, with loading conveyor and wharf. Washing\nconsists of one Jeffrey-Robinson washer, capacity of 400 tons per day of nine hours;\nand attachments for load-washed product either on loading conveyor or by elevators on to\nrailroad-cars. Power plant consists of two boilers, return-tubular type, 120 horse-power 1 Geo. 5 Coal Mining. K 195\neach; one dynamo and engine for lighting purposes. At mine the power-house contains\ntwo return-tubular boilers, 100 horse-power each; one Ingersoll air-compressor; one\nCanadian Rand air-compressor; one dynamo and engine for lighting purposes; one\nthoroughly equipped machine-shop, also blacksmith-shop and carpenter-shop; one\nthoroughly equipped tipple, capacity 1,500 tons per nine hours, containing Phillips\ncrossover dump and car hauls and all other modern arrangements; one double-drum,\ngeared, friction hoisting-engine, 200 horse-power; one Sheldon fan-engine (9 x 12),\nrunning 160 revolutions per minute, size of fan-wheel 9 feet, producing 82,000 cubic feet\nof air per minute, with a water-gauge of ^ inch ; one Sullivan diamond drill, Class C;\nwinches for underground haulage, two 6|- x 8, one 5x8, two 5x7, one 9x11; pumps,\ntwo Camerons No. 5, capacity 50 gallons each, one duplex 4J x 2| x 4, one 5J x 3J x 5,\ntwo 7x5x7, one 3x2x3, two 4x6. One hundred and sixty mine-cars and approximately eight miles of narrow-gauge track in mine.\nThe Vancouver-Nanaimo Coal Mining Co., Ltd.\nHead Office\u2014Vancouver, B. C.\nCapita], $250,000.\nAlvo. V. Alvensleben, President, 405 Hastings Street, Vancouver, B. C.\nH. W. Maynard, Vice-President, 98 Powell Street, Vancouver, B. C.\nWillebald Tinhoff, Secretary-Treasurer, 405 Hastings Street, Vancouver, B. C.\nJ. J. Grant, Managing Director, Nanaimo, B. C.\nValue of plant, $30,000.\nNEW EAST WELLINGTON COLLIERY.\nHarry Freeman, Manager.\nThis mine is opened from one or two slopes from the surface at the dip. At a distance\nof about 1,200 feet down the slope, pitching about 27 degrees, coal was struck. There is also\na counter-slope from the surface to the bottom of the mine, and this is the return airway ; one\nbeing the haulage slope, and the other the airway, connected with the fan-shaft. The main\nhaulage level branches off at the bottom of the slope at an angle of 65 degrees, with two\ncounter-levels running parallel with the main level. The main levels are 1,500 feet from the\nbottom of the slope. From the bottom of the slope, running off the counter-level to the southeast, are the long-wall workings. This mine is ventilated by a triple-entry system, one to\nthe rise and one to the dip, with two currents of air. The ventilating-fan is a 9-foot Sheldon,\ndirect-driven by a 10 x 12-inch engine, with a capacity of 80,000 cubic feet a minute. The\nhaulage-road is narrow-gauge and direct, about one-quarter mile in length ; the average grade\nof the slope is 27 degrees. The seam varies in thickness from 5 to 6 feet, and is a very hard\ncoal. There is a stable underground to accommodate fourteen horses, size 30x50x6.5 feet.\nThe trips are hauled up to the slope by a 10 x 12 Washington hoisting-engine, hauling eight\nto ten coal-cars per trip. On landing at the surface they are run over a tippler of the Head-\nWrightson patent; capacity is 400 tons in eight hours. Tippler and screen are belt-driven\nfrom a 9-horse-power engine. The plant is operated by 68-horse-power return. There are\ntwo Snow pumps underground, 7x4 feet, and two air-compressors on top, one 9x12 inches, K 196\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nand one 8x12 inches. There is a railway connection with the E. and N. Railway at Newcastle\nSiding. I have been out to this mine and examined the workings every month since the 1st\nof February, 1910, and I never found any gas in the slope working during that time. On my\nlast visit there was 28,000 cubic feet of air a minute going through the mine, for the use of\nfive men and nine horses. Total air at the fan-shaft was 50,000 cubic feet a minute, leaving\n22,000 cubic feet a minute for leakage for doors, curtains, and old workings, to keep them\nclear. It was well timbered and had good ventilation. Firemen are : Joseph Dykes, Joseph\nThompson, and William Moore.\nThe following are the official returns from the New East Wellington Colliery for the\nyear 1910 :\u2014\nSales and Output for Year.\nCoal.\nCoke.\n(Tons of 2,240 K.)\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\n29,542\n29,542\n\t\nStocks on hand first of year \t\na last of year \t\n200\n100\n100\n29,442\nNumber op Hands employed, Daily Wages paid, etc.\nUnderground.\nAbove Ground.\nTotals.\nCharacter of Labour.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\n1\n40\n$\n2\n$\n3\n40\n3.30- 7.00\n1.75-3.30\n2.86 - 3.30\nMiners' helpers\t\n35\n2\n2\n8\n2.50\n3.00 -3.50\n37\n10\nMechanics and skilled labour....\n10\n1.75\n10\nIndians\t\n78\n22\nTotal\t\n100\nName of seams or pits\u2014New East Wellington mine ; Mountain district; Wellington seam.\nDescription of seams, tunnels, levels, shafts, etc., and number of same\u2014The mine is connected\nwith the surface by two slopes, one being the haulage slope, length 1,150 feet, the other\na counter-slope connected with the fan-shaft and adit level. The main haulage level 1 Geo. 5 Coal Mining. K 197\nbranches off at the bottom of slope at an angle of 65 degrees, with two counter-levels\nrunning parallel with main level; the main levels are in 1,500 feet from bottom of slope.\nFrom bottom of slope running off the counter-level to the south-east are the long-wall\nworkings. The mine is ventilated by the triple-entry system, one to the rise and one to\nthe dip, with two splits. The ventilating-fan is a 9-foot Sheldon, direct-driven by a 10 x\n12-inch engine, with a capacity of 80,000 cubic feet per minute. The haulage is narrow-\ngauge and direct, about one-quarter mile in length ; average grade of slope, 27 degrees.\nThe seam varies from 5 to 6 feet in height, of a very hard coal. There is a stable\nunderground to accommodate fourteen horses ; size, 30 x 50 x 6 feet 5 inches.\nDescription and length of tramway, plant, etc.\u2014The trips are hauled up the slope by a 10 x 12\nWashington hoisting-engine, hauling eight to ten coal-cars per trip. On landing at the\nsurface are run over a tippler of the Head-Wrightson patent, capacity 400 tons in eight\nhours. Tippler and screen are belt-driven from a 9-horse-power engine. The plant is\noperated by 68-horse-power return-tubular boiler. There are two 7x4 Snow pumps\nunderground ; two air-compressors on top, one 9x12, one 8x12. There is railway\nconnection with the E. and N. Ry. at Newcastle Siding.\nNicola Valley Coal & Coke Co., Ltd.\nHead Office\u2014Vancouver, B. C.\nCapital, $1,107,700.\nOfficers. Address.\nJohn Hendry, President, Vancouver, B. C.\nAlexander McLaren, Vice-President, Vancouver, B. C.\nW. H. Armstrong, Managing Director and General Manager, Vancouver, B. C.\nJ. J. Plommer, Secretary-Treasurer, Vancouver, B. C.\nCharles Graham, Mine Manager, Middlesboro, B. C.\nValue of plant, $170,000.\nMIDDLESBORO COLLIERY.\nCharles Graham, Manager.\nNo. 1 Mine.\nRobert Fairfould, Overman.\nThis mine has worked more or less since my inspection from the month of February, 1910.\nThis mine is operated by a tunnel driven with the measures, and nearly all the coal is worked\nto the rise of this tunnel. There is a Main slope down, and two slant slopes are started off\neach side of the Main slope. There is nothing else going on at the present time. There is\nalso No. 1 slope; this slope and counter are down about 300 feet. The coal in this mine is\n.of good quality. The seam is about 18 feet in thickness, and pitches about 20 degrees, only\nworking about 8 feet of the coal. I have examined this mine nearly every month since I\nhave been here, and found a little gas on one or two occasions in potholes in the roof, where K 198 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nthe roof was rotten and broken down. The mine had taken a swing by having too much coal\ntaken out of the pillars. It caused the mine to cave in, and blocked the roads and airways.\nMost of the mine had to be retimbered ; some places two or three times ; and the roads and\nairways had to be opened out. For the use of fifty men and one horse, there was 12,000\ncubic feet of air a minute going through the working-places. The total air at the fan-shaft at\nthe mouth of the old slope, at Coal gulley, was 24,750 cubic feet per minute, leaving 12,750\ncubic feet a minute for leakage for stoppings, doors, and old workings. The fan is 2 x 5 feet,\nmaking 350 revolutions a minute. Firemen are : Andrew McKendrick and George Hudson.\nNo. 4 Mine, Middlesboro.\nThis mine is up the hill about 300 feet above the opening of No. 1 mine. The seam of\ncoal is about 9 feet thick, and of good hard quality, pitching about 20 degrees. I have\nexamined this mine every month since I started down here, and found it in good order all the\ntime; well timbered and good ventilation, For the use of eighteen men, there was 9,500\ncubic feet of air a minute going through the mine, with a fan 38 x 18 inches. Nathaniel\nBevis, overman ; David Crawford and Alexander Ewart, firemen.\nNo. 5 Mine, Middlesboro Colliery.\nThis mine, opening level with No. 1 mine, overlies No. 1 seam. About 150 yards to the\nsouth of No. 1 mine the thickness of the seam is about 5 feet. The dip varies from 20 to 30\ndegrees. In my visit to this mine I found it always clear and in good order; well timbered\nand good ventilation. For the use of seventeen men and one horse, there was 8,400 cubic\nfeet of air a minute going through the mine. This mine has a tunnel level into the coal for\na haulage-road, and there is also a counter-tunnel for an airway. The fan is 38 x 18 inches.\nNathaniel Bevis, overman; David Crawford and Alexander Ewart, firemen.\nNo. 2 Mine, Middlesboro.\nHugh Gillespie, Overman.\nThis mine is half a mile to the south of No. 1 mine, and is worked by a slope and levels\nturned to right and left off the slope; this slope is down about 1,150 feet. The seam pitches\nabout 20 degrees, and is about 5 feet thick; the coal is good quality. This mine is worked\nby \"pillar and stall\" system. Up the pitch, the chutes in the middle of the stalls and the\nsides are filled up with rock and dirt to keep the roof up, as the stalls are 40 feet wide ; the\nroof is good hard sandstone. The ventilation was good. For the use of thirty-five men and\none mule, there was 20,000 cubic feet of air a minute going through the mine. Firemen are :\nStephen Davis and William Halliman.\nNo. ?. Mine.\nThere was a tunnel driven through the strata from No. 1 level in No. 2 mine to the coal\nin No. 3 mine, and the air came down this shaft, ventilated the workings, and returned\nthrough the tunnel into No. 1 level in No. 2 mine, and to the same fan that ventilates\nNo. 2. For the use of twenty men and one horse, there was 10,000 cubic feet of air a\nminute going through the mine. The roof is of hard sandstone, but the coal is only\nabout 2.5 feet thick. Total air at the fan-shaft was 30,000 cubic feet a minute. Hugh\nGillespie, overman ; Stephen Davis and William Halliman, firemen. 1 Geo. 5\nCoal Mining.\nK 199\nThe following are the official returns from Middlesboro Colliery for the year 1910 :\u2014\nSales and Output for Year.\nCoal.\nCoke.\n(Tons of 2,240 lbs.)\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\n138,681\n138,681\n2,987\n2,987\n141,668\nStocks on hand first of year\t\nn last of year\t\n440\n259\n181\n141,487\nNumber op Hands employed, Daily Wages paid, etc.\nUnderground.\nAbove Ground.\nTotals.\nCharacter of Labour.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nSupervision and clerical assistance\t\n10\n170\n40\n58\n1\n4\n$\n14\n170\n40\n96\n29\n3\n3.30 - 5.66\n3.00\n2.75 - 3.30\nMiners' helpers\t\n38\n29\n3\n2.75 - 3.00\n3.25\n1.00 - 2.00\nBoys\t\nTotals \t\n278\n74\n352\nNo. 1 mine, Jewel seam, 18J feet thick\u2014Main tunnel is in a distance of 1,740 feet from portal,\nforming main haulage and intake airway. Main dip is down 575 feet in excellent coal;\noutside dip is down 475 feet. Ordinary rooms, including crosscuts and counter-levels,\nare about 14,000 feet into the workings. The mine worked 280 days during the year.\nNo. 2 mine, Ells seam,' 5 feet thick\u2014Main tunnel is in a distance of 1,650 feet from portal,\nforming haulage-way and main return airway. The main slope to low side of tunnel is\ndown 1,191 feet. This forms the main intake airway, and is connected to the main\ntunnel. Ordinary chute-ways, including crosscuts and counter-levels, are about 14,100\nfeet into the working-places. The mine worked 279 days during the year.\nNo. 3 mine, Gem seam, 2 feet 6 inches thick\u2014This seam was started during the year. It is\nunder No. 2 seam, and was tapped by a rock tunnel 328 feet long, starting at No. 4 chute\nin main level, No. 2 mine. The seam is small, but the coal is of very good quality. K 200\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nUpon striking the seam, levels were driven right and left, which are in 350 feet and 650\nfeet respectively. Ordinary rooms and crosscuts are about 880 feet into the working-\nplaces. The mine worked ninety days during the year.\nNo. 4 mine, Major seam, 14 feet thick\u2014Main tunnel is in 450 feet, forming return airway.\nMain slope to left of main tunnel is down 640 feet, forming main haulage and intake\nairway. Ordinary rooms and crosscuts are about 7,240 feet into the working-places.\nThe mine worked 261 days during the year.\nNo. 5 mine, Ells seam, 5 feet thick\u2014Main tunnel is in 1,600 feet from portal, forming intake\nairway and main-haulage road. No. 1 dip is down 164 feet ; No. 2 dip 60 feet. Ordinary\nrooms, including crosscuts and counter-levels, are about 5,190 feet into the working-places.\nMine worked 274 days during year.\nDescription of plant\u2014Haulage : Horses are used on all main levels ; hoisting from the dips is\ndone by hoists run by compressed air furnished by a Canadian Rand compressor, capacity\n2,215 cubic feet per minute. The compressor also furnishes power to run the fans at\nNos. 1, 4, and 5 mines, and the mining machinery in No. 5 mine. No important addition\nhas been made to tipple or machinery during the year.\nDiamond Vale Collieries, Limited.\nHead Office\u2014Vancouver, B. C.\nCapital, $3,000,000.\nOfficers. Address.\nT. J. Smith, President, 414 Seymour street, Vancouver, B. C.\nJ. H. Sanderson, Vice-President, Vancouver, B. C.\nJ. F. Faulkner, Secretary, Vancouver, B. C.\nF. J. Lumsden, Treasurer, Vancouver, B. C.\nBenj. Browitt, Mine Manager, Merritt, B. C.\nValue of Plant, $50,000.\nDIAMOND VALE COLLIERY.\nBenjamin Browitt, Manager.\nThis company's property lies immediately to the south of the Middlesboro Colliery, the\nColdwater river being the boundary between them. The two shafts mentioned in the previous\nreports are not being continued, and the machinery has been removed.\nNo. 3 Mine.\nThis mine is about one mile and a half east of Merritt, and about two miles from the two\nshafts that the company sunk on their property to the east. This is a slope driven to the\ndip of the coal about 500 feet. There is one level to the left and one to the right of the slope.\nNearly all the coal comes from the level on the left of the slope. This mine has a good hard\nsandstone roof all through, and the coal is of good quality, averaging about 4 feet in thickness,\nand pitching about 37 degrees. For the use of ten men, there was 6,300 cubic feet of air a\nminute going through the mine. The fan was 22 x 46 inches. J. H. Grimes is fireman. 1 Geo. 5\nCoal Mining.\nK 201\nThe following are the official returns from the Diamond Vale Colliery for year 1910 :\u2014\nSales and Output for Year.\nCoal.\nCoke.\n(Tons of 2,2401b.)\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\n2,261\n2,261\n100\n100\n2,361\n\/; last of year\t\n70\n70\n2,431\nOutput of colliery for year\t\n2,431\nNumber op Hands employed, Daily Wages paid, etc.\nUnderground.\nAbove Ground.\nTotals.\nCharacter of Labour.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nSupervision and clerical assistance *.\n1\n10\n$\n3.50\n3.75\n$\n1\n10\n$\n3.50\n3.75\n1\n3.00\n2\n1\n2.87\n3.50\n3\n1\n2.92\n3.50\nTotals\t\n12\n3\n15\n3.55\nName of seams or pits\u2014No. 3 slope.\nDescription of seams, tunnels, levels, shafts, etc., and number of same\u2014Seam averages 4 feet\n6 inches in thickness, separated by two continuous bands of rock, each averaging 4 inches\nin thickness. Three slopes driven : Main slope, 10 x 6 feet, down 450 feet; average dip,\n35 degrees; direction, 5\u00b0 30' S.E.; dip, 10\u00b0 30' S.W. (magnetic); counter-slopes, 12x5,\nor thickness of seam. Levels turned off east and west. East level in a distance of 500\nfeet; west level, 250 feet. Rooms, 72-foot centres, driven up the pitch on the East level\nand parallel to slope in the West. Rooms, 36 feet wide, with chutes on each side; pillars,\n36 feet wide. Roof, hard shale for three feet, then sandstone; floor, hard shale. Centre\nof rooms packed tight with rock from partings, thus keeping fresh current of air always\nalong the faces. K 202\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nDescription and length of tramway, plant, etc.\u2014Tramway, none. Boiler, 24 horse-power,\nlocomotive type. Small hoist, double-acting; cylinders, 8 x 12 inches; drum, 2 feet 6\ninches diameter, geared 4 to 1.\nCoal Hill Syndicate.\nHead Office\u2014Merritt, B. C.\nOfficers.\nW. L. Nicol, President,\nJoseph Graham, Vice-Pres. and Gen. Man.,\nAndrew Bryden, Mine Manager,\nAddress.\n1200 Comox Street, Vancouver, B. C.\nMerritt, B. C.\nMerritt, B. C.\nValue of plant, $3,000.\nThis is a new company that has just started in to develop a new colliery, and has not\nbeen at work a year as yet.\nThis property is up on the hill above the Middlesboro property. There are three slopes.\nNo. 1 slope is down 300 feet, No. 2 is down 600 feet, and No. 3 is down 200 feet. The seam\nof coal is 10 feet thick, and the roof is good hard sandstone. The coal is hauled down the\nhill to the Middlesboro mines and is loaded into the railroad-cars. Only Nos. 2 and 3 slopes\nwere working at the time. For the use of four men, there was 7,200 cubic feet of air a minute\ngoing through the workings. There is natural ventilation. The air goes down one slope and\naround the workings up the other slope.\nThe following are the official returns of Coal Hill Colliery for the year 1910 : \u2014\nSales and Output for Year.\nCoal.\nCoke.\n(Tods of 2,240 K>.)\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\n2,200\n2,200\n100\n100\n2,300 1 Geo. 5\nCoal Mining.\nK 203\nNumber op Hands employed, Daily Wages paid, etc.\nUnderground.\nAbove Ground.\nTotals.\nCharacter of Labour.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nSupervision and clerical assistance\t\n1\n3\n$\n5.00\n3.50\n1\n$\n5.00\n2\n3\nf\n5.00\n3.50\nLabourers\t\n2\n1\n3.00\n3.50\n2\n1\n3.00\nMechanics and skilled labour ....\n3.50\nIndians\t\n4\n~\"8_\nTotals\t\n4\nName of seams or pits\u2014No. 1 seam, 3 feet thick; No. 2 seam, 8 feet thick; No. 3 or Wilson\nseam, 12 feet thick; No. 4 or Nicol seam, 14 feet thick.\nDescription of seams, tunnels, levels, shafts, etc., and number of same\u2014Shaft, 7x5, cuts the\nNo. 1 seam at 30 feet deep, and continues to the 100-foot and cuts the No. 2 seam. A\nslope was driven from the surface on the No. 1 for 300 feet. A slope was driven from\nthe surface on No. 2, 500 feet. No. 1 : A slope was driven from the surface on the No. 3,\n100 feet, and a level run east 80 feet and west 200 feet, and then the slope was sunk\nanother 100 feet. No. 2 : Hoisting slope was sunk 300 feet, intersecting the West level\nfrom No. 1 slope, and the level continued 300 feet west. Two levels were started east\nand two west.\nDescription and length of tramway, plant, etc.\u2014Consists of 24-horse-power boiler and engine,\none steam-pump, duplex, 4x6.\nPacific Coast Colliery Co. of 13. C.\nHead Office\u2014Minneapolis, Minn.\nOfficers. Address.\nJas. C. Andrews, President, Minneapolis.\nJ. S. Sherril, Secretary-Treasurer, Minneapolis.\nW. E. Duncan, Consulting Engineer, Merritt.\nThis company's property is situated in the Nicola valley, and adjoins the Middlesboro\nCollieries to the north. Development work was started in the early part of the year, the\nwork being confined to the lower measures, which indicates a large amount of coal on the\nproperty.\nNo. 1 Slope.\nHowell John, Overman.\nThis slope is being driven east of north 50 degrees to the dip of the coal at 30 degrees,\nthe entry being 8 by 10 feet, and the distance from the portal to the working-face is 300\nfeet. The coal-measures passed through have been somewhat disturbed, but this appears to\nbe running out, the coal at the face being about 5 feet. K 204\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nNo. 2 Shaft.\nHowell John, Overman.\nThis shaft is being sunk close to the south line of the property. The coal has been struck\nat a depth of 115 feet. A main entry has been driven 35 degrees east of north, to a distance\nof 85 feet, showing about 10 feet of coal at the face. A level has been turned off 30\u00b0 west of\nnorth, intended for driving, so as to connect with No. 1 slope. Steam-hoists are installed at\nboth mines, and ventilation is conducted at No. 2 shaft by a small steam-driven fan, giving\ngood air throughout the workings. A tipple is built at No. 2 shaft alongside of the spur of\nthe C. P. R. running in from the Middlesboro mines.\nNo. 1 slope working one shift, working two mines. No. 2 shaft working two shifts, three\nmines in the shifts.\nPrinceton Coal and Land Company, Ltd.\nHead Office\u201415 Great St. Helens, London, E. C.\nOfficers.\nSheffield Neave, Chairman,\nAlex. Crerar, Director,\nArthur Hicklin, Director,\nOswald J. Bambridge, Director,\nE. S. Neave, Secretary,\nErnest Waterman, Local Director,\nJas. Holden, Mine Manager,\nAddress.\nLondon, Eng.\nLondon, Eng.\nLondon, Eng.\nLondon, Eng.\nLondon, Eng.\nPrinceton, B. C.\nPrinceton, B. C.\nThis company only began operations in December, 1909, and was formerly the Vermilion\nForks Mining and Development Company.\nThe following are the official returns from the Princeton Colliery for the year 1910 :\u2014\nSales and Output for Year.\nCoal.\nCoke.\n(Tons of 2,240 lb.)\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\n6,278\n3,570\n9,848\n300\n300\nTotal for collierv use\t\n10,148\n1,720\nt-..\u00ab. f taken froml , ,\nOutput of collierv for Year\t\n11,868 1 Geo. 5\nCoal Mining.\nK 20E\nNumber op Hands employed, Daily Wages paid, etc.\nUnderground.\nAbove Ground.\nTotals.\nCharacter of Labour.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nSupervision and clerical assistance\t\n1\n14\n$\n3.75\nContract.\n1\n$\n2\n14\n4\n3.00\n9\n3\n2.75\n4.00\n13\n3\nTotals\t\n19\n13\n32\nName of seams or pits\u2014ISo. 1.\nDescription of seams, tunnels, levels, shafts, etc., and number of same\u2014Thickness of seam,\n24 feet, top 8 feet being mined. Main slope on dip of seam, 11 per cent. 650 feet, 12x7\nfeet; counter-slope down 600 feet, 12x7 feet; counter-level driven east 305 feet; main\nlevel driven east 285 feet. Air-shaft 8x8 feet, timbered, 64 feet deep down.\nDescription and length of tramway, plant, etc.\u2014Length of tramway from end of tipple to\nmouth of slope, 200 feet; 50-horse-power hoist; 50-horse-power boiler ; fan.\nNORTHERN DISTRICT OF VANCOUVER ISLAND.\nReport op John Newton, Inspector.\nI beg to submit my report as Inspector of Mines for the Northern District of Vancouver\nIsland for the year 1910.\nCanadian Collieries (Dunsmuir), Ltd.*\nThese mines were operated by the Wellington Colliery Company, but were taken over by\nthe Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir), Ltd., in the middle of 1910.\nUNION COLLIERY.\nNo. 4 Mine.\nJohn Matthew?, Manager ; David Nellist, Overman, with a staff of nine Firemen.\nThis mine consists of No. 1 and No. 2 slope. No. 1 slope has not been advanced during\nthe year. Nos. 14 and 15 West levels, down the No. 1 Diagonal slope, are still advancing.\nNos. 16 and 17 East and West levels, down the No. 2 Diagonal slope, are still advancing. In\nNo 13 East the pillars are being extracted. Nos. 14 and 15 West levels, off No. 1 Diagonal\n* See also page 188. K 206\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nslope, are in a distance of 4,800 feet from the foot of the slope, and are still advancing. All\nof these levels are in good coal, and worked on the \" pillar and stall\" plan. The No. 2\nDiagonal is turned off the No. 16 West level at a distance of 500 feet from the foot of the\nNo. 1 Diagonal, running in a southerly direction; Nos. 16 and 17 East and West levels are\nturned off this slope. The levels are in a distance of 700 feet, and in good coal, ranging in\nthickness from 4 to 5 feet, with a band of rock running through it, varying from 1 foot to 18\ninches. All of these levels are in good coal, and worked on the \" pillar and stall \" system.\nIn No. 13 on the East level and No. 11 West level the pillars are being extracted. I\nfound 44,000 cubic feet of air a minute passing into this section of the mine, divided into\ntwo splits.\nNo. 1 Split (East Side).\u2014I found 25,000 .cubic feet of air a minute passing into this\nsection, for the use of sixty men and nine mules, or an average of 363 cubic feet to the unit.\nNo explosive gas was found ; the timbering and roadways were in good condition.\nHygrometer Readings.\nPlace.\nDry Bulb.\nWet Bulb.\nMoisture.\nNo. 16 East level\t\n60\n61\n60\n60\n58\n57\n56\n58\n87%\n76 a\n76 \u201e\n88 -i\nNo. 2 Split (West Side).\u2014I found 13,000 cubic feet of air a minute passing into this\nsection of the mine, for the use of twenty-one men and three mules, or an average of 533 cubic\nfeet to the unit. No explosive gas was found. I examined all the return airways in this\nslope, and did not find any trace of explosive gas; timbering and roadways were in good\ncondition.\nHygrometer Reading.\nPlace.\nDry Bulb.\nWet Bulb.\nMoisture.\nNo. 9 stall\t\n58\n58\n58\n56\n56\n56\n87%\n87 a\n\/, 15 stall\t\n87 \u201e\nNo. 2 Slope.\nThis slope branches off the No. 1 slope to the right, a short distance from the entrance of\nthe mine, and forms the deepest workings of this No. 4 mine. The face of this slope has not\nadvanced much during the present year, on account of water.\nThe levels are turned off on the east and west of this slope. Nos. 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, and\n18 levels are working on the west of this slope, and Nos. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18 levels\nare working on the east side. The pillars are being extracted in No. 12 on the west side ; all\nthe other levels are in good coal, ranging from 5 to 6 feet in thickness, with a band of rock\nrunning through the centre of it, varying from 4 to 6 inches. All the levels are worked on\nthe \"pillar and stall\" system. Nos. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18 levels are worked on the\neast side of this slope. Nos. 12, 13, and 14 levels are all extracting pillars. The other levels\nare in good coal, especially Nos. 17 and 18 levels, the coal ranging from 5 to 7 feet of clean\ncoal. All of this slope is worked on the \" pillar and stall \" system. 1 Geo. 5\nCoal Mining.\nK 207\nThe overlying strata is fire-clay, and is a dangerous element to the miners, as 60 per cent.\nof the accidents occurring are caused by this overlying strata.\nI examined all parts of this section of the mine, both intake and return airways, and\nfound the following conditions : I found 41,000 cubic feet of air a minute passing into this\nmine, divided into two splits.\nWest Side Split.\u2014I found explosive gas given off in No. 12 pillars, showing a cap on the\nflame of a safety-lamp ; no shooting is being done there and only the Wolf safety-lamps are\nbeing used; all the other places clear of gas. I found 10,000 cubic feet of air a minute\npassing into this section, for the use of fifty-four men and six mules, or an average of 166\ncubic feet to the unit; the timbering and roadways were in good condition. I examined all\nthe return airways in this slope, and did not find any trace of explosive gas. All the\nexaminations were made with a Wolf safety-lamp.\nHygrometer Readings.\nPlace.\nDry Bulb.\nWet Bulb.\nMoisture.\n62\n56\n58\n58\n58\n62\n56\n56\n56\n58\n100 \u00b0\/\n100 \/,\n87 a\n\u00bb 28 stall\t\n87 n\n\u201e 18 a\t\n100 a\nEast Side Split.\u2014I examined all parts of this section, both intake and return airways,\nand found the following conditions : I found explosive gas given off in Nos. 12, 13, and 14\npillars, showing a cap on the flame of a safety-lamp ; no shooting is being done, and only locked\nWolf safety-lamps are being used. I also found a little explosive gas in No. 12 stall, No. 15\nlevel, and in No. 4 stall, No. 17 level; all the other places clear of gas. I found 11,000 cubic\nfeet of air a minute passing into this section of the mine, for the use of fifty-five men and\neight mules, or an average of 174 cubic feet to the unit. I examined all the return airways\nof this section, and did not find any trace of explosive gas. I found 85,000 cubic feet of air\na minute passing into this mine, divided between the two slopes. I found going into No. 1\nslope, 44,000 cubic feet a minute ; I found going into No. 2 slope, 41,000 cubic feet; total,\n85,000 cubic feet. Main return: East side return, 39,000 cubic feet a minute; West side\nreturn, 80,000 cubic feet a minute ; total, 119,000 cubic feet a minute ; leaving a loss to be\naccounted for of 34,000 cubic feet.\nHygrometer Readings.\nPlace.\nDry Bulb.\nWet Bulb.\nMoisture.\n62\n56\n58\n58\n56\n58\n58\n60\n54\n56\n56\n54\n58\n58\n88 %\n87 n\n\u201e 16 a a \t\n87 \u201e\n87 a\n\u201e 4 stall \t\n87 \u201e\n100 n\n100 \u201e K 208\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nNo. 5. Mine.\nJohn Kesley, Manager; John Gillespie, Overman ; and staff of five Firemen.\nMining has been done in the Upper seam only. The coal is of a very tough nature,\nmaking it very hard to shoot; nothing but giant powder is used in this mine on account of\nthe hardness of the coal. This mine is connected with No. 6 mine by a good travelling-road,\nhaving double doors, allowing separate intake and return airways. This mine has Nos. 1\nand 2 inclines working. The No. 1 incline has a slope and two levels going ; all of these are\nin good coal, although it is full of impurities, making it very hard to keep clean coal. No. 2\nincline has no solid work going; all the places are splitting the pillars. The main levels\nhave been standing for some time, but have started up again and only prospecting work is\nbeing carried on.\nI examined all parts of this mine, both intake and return airways, and found the following\nconditions : I found 30,000 cubic feet of air a minute passing into this mine, divided into two\nsplits. No explosive gas was found in this district.\nNo. 1 Split.\u2014I found 12,000 cubic feet of air a minute passing into this split, for the\nuse of twenty men and six mules, or an average of 461 cubic feet of air to the unit; the\ntimbering and roadways were in good condition.\nHygrometer Readings.\nPlace.\nDry Bulb.\nWet Bulb.\nMoisture.\nNo. 2 stall\t\n54\n52\n52\n54\n51\n50\n100%\n93 \/,\n\u201e 5 n \t\n86 a\nNo. 2 Split.\u2014I examined all parts of this section of the mine, and found the following\nconditions : I found explosive gas in No. 10 stall, up the No. 1 incline ; all the other places were\nclear of gas. I found 13,000 cubic feet of air a minute passing into this section of the mine,\nfor the use of forty-six men and five mules, or an average of 254 cubic feet to the unit; the\ntimbering and roadways were in good condition. I examined all the return airways in this\nmine, and did not find any trace of explosive gas.\nHygrometer Readings.\nPlace.\nNo. 1 incline (face'\nPace of level\t\nNo. 5 stall\t\nUpcast shaft\t\nDry Bulb.\nWet Bulb.\nMoisture.\n54\n52\n86 %\n52\n50\n86 \u201e\n54\n52\n86 ,,\n53\n52\n93 ,,\nI found entering this mine, 30,600 cubic feet of air a minute; going up the upcast shaft,\n42,200 cubic feet of air a minute; making a total loss of 11,600 cubic feet to be accounted\nfor. I made all my examinations with a Wolf safety-lamp.\nNo, 6 Mine.\nJohn Kesley, Manager, and six Firemen.\nThis mine is practically the same seam as No. 5 shaft; both mines are working the same\nseam, only being divided by double doors, but both have a separate intake and return shafts.\nThis coal is of a very tough nature, and is hard to shoot; nothing but giant powder is used in I Geo. 5\nCoal Mining.\nK 209\nthis mine. Owing to the hardness of the coal and the fact that this seam is full of impurities,\nit is very hard to keep clean coal. The east side of the shaft has very little solid work going ;\nall the places are splitting the pillars ; only the two main levels are in solid work, and only\njust been started up again after standing for a considerable time. Owing to the faulty nature\nof the ground, only prospecting work is carried on in this side of the mine. The west side is\nthe same as No. 5 mine.\nI examined all parts of this mine, both intake and return airways, and found the following\nconditions : I found 18,000 cubic feet of air a minute passing into this mine, divided into two\nsplits. I found no explosive gas in this mine.\nNo. 1 Split.\u2014I examined all parts of this section, both intake and return airways,\nand found the following conditions : I found 7,500 cubic feet of air a minute passing into this\nsection of the mine, for the use of twenty men and four mules, or an average of 312 cubic feet\nof air to the unit; the timbering and roadways were in good condition.\nHygrometer Readings.\nPlace.\nDry Bulb.\nWxet Bulb.\nMoisture.\n51\n52\n52\n50\n48\n50\n93 %\nNo. 9 stall\t\n74 \u201e\n93 \u201e\nNo. 2 Split.\u2014I examined all parts of this section, both intake and return airways, and\nfound the following conditions: I found 9,000 cubic feet of air a minute passing into this\nsection of the mine, for the use of forty men and four mules, or an average of 304 cubic feet\nto the unit; the timbering and roadways were in good condition.\nHygrometer Readings.\nPlace.\nMain level ..\n.'\/ incline\nNo. 3 stall .\n\u201e 5 ,i .\nUpcast shaft\nDry Bulb.\nWet Bulb.\nMoisture.\n52\n50\n86%\n56\n55\n93 \u201e\n52\n51\n93 ,,\n54\n52\n86 \u201e\n54\n54\n100 \/\/\nI found entering the mine, 18,000 cubic feet of air a minute; passing up the upcast shaft,\n24,000 cubic feet of air a minute; making a loss of 6,000 cubic feet of air a minute. I\nexamined all the return airways in this mine, and could not find any trace of explosive gas.\nI made all my examinations with a Wolf safety-lamp.\nNo. 7 Mine.\nJames Gray, Manager (vice William H. Wall, resigned); Fred. Jarritt, Overman;\nand a staff of nine Firemen.\nThis mine is situated two miles in a direct line from No. 4 mine, and about five miles\nfrom town, lying in a northerly direction. This slope is down a distance of 5,000 feet, and in\ngood coal, of a very hard nature; the prospects of this mine are very bright. This mine is\nwell adapted for a long-wall system; the coal averages 3\\ feet in thickness, with roek in the\n14 K 210\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\ncentre, making ideal conditions for machine mining\u2014in fact, it is the only way to work this\nseam. This mine will turn out to be one of the best mines in this district. A tunnel is being\ndriven about 800 feet, to make a uniform grade; when completed will make one of the best\nslopes in this district. Nos. 3, 5, 6, 7, and 8 levels on the West side, and Nos. 5, 6, 7, and 8\non the East side, are all in good coal, of a very hard nature.\nI examined all parts of this mine, both intake and return airways, and found the\nfollowing conditions : I found 48,000 cubic feet of air a minute passing into this mine, divided\ninto two splits. I found explosive gas in No. 7 East level; all the other places were clear\nof gas.\nNo. 1 Split.\u2014I found 18,000 cubic feet of air a minute passing into this section of the\nmine, for the use of forty men and four mules, or an average of 409 cubic feet to the unit;\nthe timbering and roadways were in good condition.\nHygrometer Readings.\nPlace.\nDry Bulb.\nWet Bulb.\nMoisture.\n52\n52\n54\n52\n50\n50\n100%\nNo. 16 stall\t\n86 a\n73 a\nNo. 2 Split.\u2014I examined all parts of this section, both intake and return airways, and\nfound the following conditions : I found 20,000 cubic feet of air a minute passing into this\nsection of the mine, for the use of forty-seven men and four mules, or an average of 425 cubic\nfeet to the unit; the timbering and roadways were in good condition.\nHygrometer Readings.\nPlace.\nDry Bulb.\nWet Bulb.\nMoisture.\nNo. 3 level, 10 stall\t\n50\n50\n52\n52\n48\n48\n48\n50\n50\n48\n86%\n86 \/\/\n\u201e 3 ,, 14 ,\/\t\n86 a\nNo. 9 stall\t\n86 it\n100 a\nI examined all the return airways, and could not find any trace of explosive gas. All\nthe examinations were made with a Wolf safety-lamp.\nI found entering the mine, Main intake, 48,000 cubic feet of air a minute ; at the Main\nupcast shaft, 55,000 cubic feet of air a minute ; a total loss of 7,000 cubic feet of air a minute. 1 Geo. 5\nCoal Mining.\nK 211\nThe following are the official returns from the Union Colliery for the year 1910 :\u2014\nSales and Output foe, Year.\nCoal.\nCoke.\n(Tons of 2,2401b.)\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\n308,266\n48,623\n25,873\n8,327\n382,762\n382,762\n4,670\n37,355\n79,790\n8,327\n121,815\n6,986\n20,835\n16,480\n10,846\n*13,849\ntv\/v. f added to* \"\\ , , 1\nDifference | takeQ from+ jstock during year\t\n+5,994\n518,426\n2,333\nBy-products\u2014Clay, 4,470 tons.\nNumber or Hands employed, Daily Wages paid, etc.\nUnderground.\nAbove Ground.\nTotals.\nCharacter of Labour.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nSupervision and clerical assistance\t\n9\n481\n173\n18\n308\n54\n18\n24\n87\n12.00-6.00\n4.50-3.30 \\\n3.00-2-60 \/\n2 75\n3.00'- 2.50\n3.25 - 3.00\n1.25 - 2.25\n1.60\n1.60 - 1.45\n9\n%\n6.00 - 3.00\n18\n654\n18\n344\n152\n30\n43\n329\n36\n98\n12\n19\n242\n2.75 - 2.50\n3.25 - 2.75\n2.00 - 1.00\n1.50 - 1.40\n1.75 - 1.40\n1,172\nTotals\t\n416\n1,588\nPacific Coast Coal Mines, Limited.*\nSUQUASH COLLIERY.\nJohn White, Overman.\nThis colliery is owned by the Pacific Coast Coal Mines, Ltd., and is situated on the northeastern part of Vancouver Island.\n*See also page 192. K 212\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nA shaft 6 by 10 feet in the clear is down 170 feet. Levels are turned off each side of the\nshaft, running N. 45\u00b0 W. and S. 45\u00b0 E. respectively; the North-west level is in a distance of\n500 feet, but is not working at present. The South-east level is in a distance of 11,000 feet,\nand is still advancing. At a distance of 600 feet from the shaft on the South-east level, a\npair of slopes are turned away, running in N. 45\u00b0 E., and are down a distance of 1,200 feet,\nand are still advancing. These levels and slopes are in good coal, ranging from 4 to 5 feet in\nthickness, with small bands of rock running through it; this seam is well adapted for long-\nwall mining, worked by machines.\nOnly development work is being carried on; all the coal is dumped on the ground; a few\nshipments have been made to passing steamers.\nI found 7,000 cubic feet of air a minute passing into this mine, for the use of ten men\nand two horses, or an average of 583 cubic feet to the unit. No explosive gas found; the\ntimbering and roadways were in good condition.\nThe following are the official returns from the Suquash Colliery for the year 1910 :\u2014\nSales and Output for Year.\nCoal.\nCoke.\n(Tons of 2,2401b.)\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\n766\n\t\n766\n1,000\n1,000\na last of year :. \t\n1,050\n2,123\n1,073\n2,839\nNumber of Hands employed, Daily Wages paid, etc.\nUnderground.\nAbove Ground.\nTotals.\nCharacter of Labour.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\n1\n7\n$\n5.00\n4.00-5.00\n$\n1\n7\n9\n\u00a3 00\n4.00-5.00\nLabourers \t\n2\n3.00\n1\n2\n3\n2\n3 00\n3.50\n3 50\n4\n1.50\n4\n1.50\n10\nTotals\t\n3.00- 5.00\n7\n1.50 -3.50\n17\n1.50-5.00 1 Geo. 5 Coal Mining. K 213\nName of seams or pits\u2014Suquash, No. 1 shaft.\nDescription of seams, tunnels, levels, shafts, etc., and number of same\u2014One shaft, 6x10 feet,\nwith midwall one side for hoisting and the other for veutilation. Seam about 6 feet in\nthickness and of good quality.\nDescription and length of tramway, plant, etc.\u2014One donkey-engine for hoisting, and one\npump and one fan for ventilation, producing about 10,000 cubic feet per minute. One\nvertical boiler supplies the steam-power.\nEAST KOOTENAY DISTRICT.\nUntil within the year 1909 there was only one company actually producing coal in the\nEast Kootenay District\u2014that is, the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co., although this company\noperated three separate collieries; but during that year two new companies began to produce\u2014\nnamely, the Hosmer Mines, Limited, at Hosmer, and the Corbin Coal and Coke Co., at\nCorbin. These new companies only began to ship coal towards the latter part of 1908, and,\nconsequently, their outputs have not been large, but they have extensive and fully equipped\ncollieries, and in the future will be important factors in the production of the district.\nThe district is divided into two separate inspection districts. The Southern East\nKootenay District, under Inspector Evan Evans, with headquarters at Cranbrook, includes\nthe Coal Creek Collieries and the Carbonado Collieries of the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co.,\nalthough this latter colliery has not been worked this past year. The Northern East Kootenay\nDistrict, under Inspector Robert Strachan, with headquarters at Hosmer, includes the Hosmer\nColliery of the Hosmer Mines, Limited, the Michel Collieries of the Crow's Nest Pass Coal\nCo., and the Corbin Colliery of the Corbin Coal and Coke Co.\nSOUTHERN EAST KOOTENAY INSPECTION DISTRICT.\nReport of Evan Evans, Inspector.\nI bave the honour, as Inspector of Coal-mines for the Southern East Kootenay District, to\nsubmit my annual report for the year 1910.\nCrow's Nest Pass Coal Co., Ltd.\nOfficers. Address.\nElias Rogers, President, Toronto, Ont.\nE. C. Whitney, Yice-President, Ottawa, Ont.\nR. M. Young, Secretary, Fernie, B. C.\nElias Rogers, Treasurer, Toronto, Ont.\nJas. Ashworth, General Manager, Operating Department, Eernie, B. C.\nCapital of the Company, $3,500,000.\nThe above company is now operating the following extensive collieries on the western\nslope of the Rocky mountains in the East Kootenay District, viz. :\u2014\nCoal Creek Collieries, situated on Coal creek, about five miles from the town of Fernie,\non a branch railway to the mines, connecting at Fernie with the tracks of the Canadian\nPacific Railway and also those of the Great Northern Railway. K 214\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nCarbonado Collieries, situated on Morrissey creek and connected by a branch railway\nwith the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Great Northern Railway at Morrissey. The\ncolliery is about fourteen miles from Fernie by rail, in a south-easterly direction. This\ncolliery has been shut down for more than a year.\nMichel Collieries, situated on both sides of Michel creek, on the line of the Canadian\nPacific Railway, being twenty-three miles in a north-easterly direction from Fernie. This\nlast colliery is in the Northern Inspection District.\nThe total gross output of the company's collieries for the past year was 1,080,145 tons.\nOf this 265,566 tons were used in the manufacture of coke, yielding 173,659 tons, of which\n1,382 tons of coke were added to stock, making the amount of the coke sales 172,198 tons, of\nwhich 163,468 tons were sold for consumption in Canada, and 8,730 tons were exported to the\nUnited States. The coal exported to the United States amounted to 636,297 tons, while\n118,400 tons were sold for consumption in Canada.\nThe amount and disposition of this combined output of the company's collieries is more\nfully shown in the following table :\u2014\nSales and Output eor Year.\nCoal.\nCoke.\n(Tons of 2,240 1b.)\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\n118,400\n636,297\n163,468\n8,730\n754,697\n172,198\n265,566\n58,256\n79\n323,822\n180\n1,562\n79\n63\n1,689\n1,088,519\n1,626\n1,382\n1,080,145\n173,659\nNumber of Hands employed, Daily Wages paid, etc.\nUnderground.\nAbove Ground.\nTotals.\nCharacter of Labour.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\n57\n929\n12\n80\n929\n200\n593\n24\n223\n303\n2\n423\n896\n26\nMechanics and skilled labour ....\nTotals \t\n1,803\n515\n2,354 1 Geo. 5 Coal Mining. K 215\nCARBONADO COLLIERY.\nThe Carbonado Colliery was not operated during the year 1910.\nCOAL CREEK COLLIERY.\nJohn Shanks, Manager.\nThe colliery is five miles east of Fernie. Transportation is afforded by a branch railway\nmaking connection with both the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Great Northern Railway\nat Fernie.\nI regret to state that the number of accidents in and about the mines is large; most of\nthe accidents are attributed to haulage.\nThe colliery operated continuously during the year ; the production of the mines for the\nyear exceeded any previous year's output by nearly 100,000 tons. With the view of keeping\nup the output and be in position to meet any further increased demand, the management is\nincreasing the development work, and a considerable amount of work is also being accomplished\non the surface.\nThe Draeger rescue apparatus, including the reviving apparatus, has been installed at the\ncolliery; at present the installation is new and being perfected. I expect that early in the\nyear the station will be completed and brought to efficiency.\nIn connection with the colliery, a number of persons have taken the advantage of\nambulance classes in connection with the Canadian Ambulance Association ; after examination\nfifteen of the candidates were successful in obtaining certificates of proficiency. In addition,\nthere are employed at the colliery a large number of persons qualified to render first aid.\nThe following mines have been in operation during the year : No. 1 North, No. 5,\nNo. 9, and Old No. 1 mine, on the north side of the valley ; No. 1 South, Nos. 2 and 3 mines,\non the south side of the valley. The general strike of the seams is approximately north and\nsouth, the seams dipping towards the east at an average angle of from 14 to 18 degrees. The\ncoal from the various mines is conveyed to the same tipple, a steel structure 840 feet in length,\nextending across the valley of Coal creek.\nNo. 5 Mine.\nD. Martin, Overman; J. Stewart, H. Miard, W. McFegan, John McAlpin,\nJoseph Lane, and Thos. Wakelam, Firemen.\nThis mine is opened by means of three adit tunnels north-west of the tipple. The main\ntunnel is practically on the same elevation as and 3,800 feet from the tipple; this tunnel is\nabout 4,200 feet in length, driven on the strike of the seam. The 1st and 2nd slopes are driven\nto the dip, from points 1,550 feet and 2,450 feet respectively from the entrance of the tunnel.\nA second tunnel continued to the upper workings serves both for ventilation and a separate\ntravelling-way.\nNo. 4 South tunnel is at about 350 feet higher elevation and is about 2,300 feet in length ;\nNo. 19 incline and No. 21 incline are driven to the rise from this tunnel, about 1,040 feet\nand 1,700 feet respectively from its entrance.\nThe coal from the inclines and from No. 47 district is conveyed through this tunnel to\nthe surface and lowered over a gravity-plane about one mile from the tipple. The gravity-plane\nis 1,100 feet in length. K 216 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nThe seam is from 8 to 16 feet thick ; the mode of working is principally pillar and room.\nThe levels off the inclines and slopes are 250 feet apart; rooms 14 feet wide are driven up the\npitch from the levels; where the seam is 8 feet thick the pillars are 50 feet wide, and where\nthe seam is 16 feet thick they are 70 feet wide. The cars are lowered from the rooms with\nsmall jigs, and are hoisted and lowered over the slopes and inclines by the tail-rope and direct\nsystem of haulage, being there conveyed through the tunnels by compressed-air motors; the\noutput of the mine is about 1,000 tons of coal a day. The cars are hauled to the tipple by\nsteam locos, on a side-hill tram-line of 3J-foot gauge.\nDuring my inspection on the Sth and 9th of December I found in No. 19 incline district\n28,400 cubic feet of air a minute, for fifty men and five horses. In No. 47 district and No. 2\nslope the quantity of air is 29,000 cubic feet a minute, for fifty men and six horses. In No. 1\nslope district the air-current is 30,000 cubic feet a minute, for fifty-one men and four horses.\nThe total ventilation at the fan-drift is 129,000 cubic feet a minute; the ventilation is\nproduced by a Chandler fan, 16 feet diameter by 4 feet 8 inches wide, running 140 revolutions\na minute, belted 4 to 7, driven by 16 x 18-inch engine.\nI found the mine clear of gas and the workings well timbered. Safety-lamps are\nexclusively used throughout the mine. Shot-firing is not allowed, except in a few places\ndriving to the surface off No. 1 slope. Shots are fired with battery, and only permitted\nexplosive is used. Barometer, 25.6 inches.\nNew No. 1 Mine, North.\nW. Wilson, Overman ; Jas. Baggley, John Mawson, Walter Joyce, and C. McNay,\nFiremen; Wm. Wesnadge and Wm. Shenfield, Shotlighters.\nThis mine is located on the north side of the Coal creek valley; the entrance is by means\nof an adit tunnel about 300 feet vertically above the tipple. A second tunnel is driven part\nof the distance for ventilation. The coal from the tunnel is lowered over a gravity-plane\nabout 3,000 feet from the tipple. The seam is from 7 to 12 feet thick ; the main tunnel is\n1,800 feet in length; two pair of inclines 1,000 feet apart have been driven up the pitch.\nIn the 1st and 2nd inclines the mode of working is pillar and stall. In Nos. 5 and 6 inclines\nor Main level district the method of working is long-wall; the practice consists in setting cogs\n8 feet apart, parallel with the face; the mine-track is laid parallel with the face and moved\nforward as the face advances towards the rise; the seam is 7 feet thick and of good quality.\nThe cars from the face to the inclines are conveyed by horse-haulage, and are lowered down\nthe inclines by the tail-rope system actuated by compressed-air hoists.\nOn December 20th, when I made my last inspection, I obtained in the Main level district\n18,000 cubic feet of air a minute, for fifty-five men and five horses. In the 1st and 2nd incline\ndistricts I obtained 23,000 cubic feet of air a minute, for fifty-five men and five horses. The\nsize of the fan is 5 feet diameter by 2 feet wide, running 250 revolutions a minute, belted\nand driven with a 25-horse-power electric motor.\nDuring my inspection I found gas above the timbers in the face of the counter-level and\nin No. 8 room in Main level district. The ventilation is good throughout the mine and the\nworkings well timbered. Wolf safety-lamps are used throughout the mine; shot-firing is not\nallowed, except in No. 1 incline workings. The output of the mine is about 750 tons a day.\nNo. 9 Mine.\nB. Caufield, Overman; J. Caufield, Ben Barnes, and Adam Watson, Firemen.\nEntrance to this mine is by two adit tunnels; the main tunnel, 14J by 7 feet, is used for\nhaulage, and the second tunnel, 12 feet by 7 feet, serves for ventilation. The main tunnel is 1 Geo. 5 Coal Mining. K 217\n3,350 feet in length and driven on the strike of the seam. At present only the extraction of\npillars is being done in the 2nd incline district. From the foot of this incline the coal is\nconveyed to the tipple by compressed-air motor; the entrance of the tunnel is about 400 feet\nfrom the tipple. \u2022\nDuring my inspection on December 19th, I found the working-places clear of gas and the\nventilation good. I obtained 27,000 cubic feet of air a minute, for thirty men and one horse.\nThe total quantity of air at the fan is 103,500 cubic feet a minute for both No. 9 mine and\nOld No. 1 mine. The size of the fan, 16 feet diameter by 8 feet wide, running 114 revolutions\na minute, water-gauge 2 inches ; the fan is driven by 16 x 18-inch engine, belted, at the ratio\n4 to 7. The fan is arranged so that, if necessary, the current can be reversed in a few minutes.\nWolf safety-lamps are exclusively used; shot-firing is not allowed, except in rock-work, and\nthese are fired during the night.\nOld No. 1, North.\nBernard Caufield, Overman; Jas. McPherson, Robt. Adamson, and Wm. Commons, Firemen.\nThis mine is operated on the pillar-and-stall system, and the operations are in the lower\nportion of the Old No. 1 seam. The entrance is by an adit tunnel through which the coal is\nconveyed to the tipple by a compressed-air motor. The ventilation entering th* mine is\n29,250 cubic feet of air a minute, for fifty men and three horses; the mine is ventilated by\nNo. 9 mine-fan, a roadway having been constructed to No. 9 return airway.\nOn December 16th I inspected this mine. I found gas in the face of No. 2 incline; the\nplace was standing until a crosscut was through from the adjacent place. The working-places\nare well timbered, although there is a good deal of crushing of timbers in the roadways.\nWolf safety-lamps are exclusively used throughout the mine ; shot-firing is prohibited.\nNo. 2 Mine.\nW. Lancaster, Overman; Frank Landers, J. Bushnell, and H. Landfear, Firemen.\nThis mine is located on the south side of the valley; entrance is by an adit tunnel, in\nline with the tipple; operation is inside of the rock tunnel, 1,400 feet from the entrance.\nAn incline has been driven up the pitch of the seam. On the south side of the incline the seam\nis 8 to 25 feet thick and worked on the pillar system. On the north side of the incline the\nseam is 7 to 8 feet thick, worked on the long-wall method; the system consists in setting\ncogs parallel with the faee; the mine-track is laid parallel with the face and moved forward\nas the face advances ; the roadways are from 250 to 300 feet apart; with this arrangement\nfew roads are required for a given length of face. The coal is lowered over the incline by\ndirect haulage, and from the foot of the incline to the tipple the coal is conveyed by\ncompressed-air motor.\nFor the district I obtained 23,520 cubic feet of air a minute, for sixty-three men and six\nhorses. Safety-lamps are used exclusively, and shot-firing is not allowed.\nOn December 14th, when I made my inspection, I found gas in the crosscut off the 1st\nleft level, also an undue percentage of gas in the air in the return airway from the south side ;\nthe coal makes gas freely ; the workings are well timbered.\nRecently connection has been made, by 14 x 7 feet tunnel, from the surface to the\nNorth level in No. 2 mine; near the entrance the management is erecting a new and separate\nfan for improving the ventilation in No. 2 and 3 mines. The fan is 16 feet diameter by 8 feet\nwide, capable of making 125,000 cubic feet a minute; I expect this will be completed and\nrunning early in the coming year. K 218 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nNo. 3 Mine.\nGeorge Obrien, Overman; John Biggs and Thos. Radcliff, Firemen; D. Shanks, Shotlighter.\nThis mine is located about 100 feet east of No. 2 mine tunnel; the entrance is by means\nof a slope 2,250 feet in length, driven on the pitch of the seam. At a point about 1,450 feet\nfrom the entrance, a level about 1,950 feet in length has been driven towards the south. Two\nslopes have been driven from the level. The coal is 4 feet thick and of good quality. The\nmode of working is long-wall. Stall-roads are turned off the slopes 50 feet apart; cogs are set\n6 feet apart on each side of the roads, and packed with \" brushings \" from the floor of the\nroadways. The coal is hoisted to the level with air-hoists, and conveyed to the slope by horse-\nhaulage, whence it is raised to the surface by an electric hoist erected on the surface.\nOn my inspection on December 14th, I obtained 20,800 cubic feet of air a minute, for\nfifty men and one horse. The ventilation is good in the Main slope workings; I detected a\nsmall percentage of gas in the return air from the 2nd and 3rd slopes; I also found gas from\nthe roof in the return road from 2nd slope. Both the workings and roadways are well\ntimbered. Wolf safety-lamps are exclusively used. Shot-firing in coal is only allowed in the\nMain slope workings ; a little shot-firing is allowed in rock in the lower workings in 2nd slope\nwhen the men are out of the mine. Parallel with the Main slope a separate roadway has been\nconstructed for the men to travel.\nTotal ventilation at the fan-drift, which ventilates both No. 2 and No. 3 mines, is 90,000\ncubic feet of air a minute, the fan running 128 revolutions a minute. Water-gauge, 2 inches.\nSize of fan, 16 feet diameter by 8 feet wide (Wilson's), driven by 16 x 18-inch engine,\nratio 4 to 7.\nNo. 1 East Mine. (Same Officials as No. 3 Mine.)\nThis is a new mine; the seam is 20 to 40 feet thick. At a point 550 feet from the\nentrance in No. 2 mine a rock tunnel, rising 1 in 4, was driven to intersect the seam ; at\npresent a roadway is being driven to make a second opening to the surface. When this\nopening is through the management will continue developments.\nNo. 1 Mine, South.\nW. J. Mazey, Overman; John Worthington, Wm. Stockwell, Chas. O'Brien, Firemen.\nThis mine is located 2,500 feet south-west of the tipple and 250 feet vertically above\nthe main tram-line. The entrance is by means of two adit tunnels, about 1,800 feet in length,\ndriven on the strike of the seam. The seam is 25 feet thick; the upper portion of the seam\nis of a harder nature than the lower portion. The mode of working has been pillar and stall\nin the lower portion of the seam, but in future the management has decided to work the\nupper portion on the long-wall system. The coal is conveyed to the entrance by horse-haulage\nand lowered over a gravity-plane to the main tram-line, whence it is hauled to the tipple by\nan electric motor.\nIn December, when I made my last inspection, I found gas in the face of No. 18 room\nand back incline; the remaining working-places were well ventilated and the timbering\nin good condition. Total quantity of air in the fan-drift is 21,280 cubic feet a minute, for\ntwelve men and one horse. The mode of ventilation is \"plenum,\" a mode of forcing air into\nthe mine. Size of fan, 5 feet diameter by 2 feet wide, running 200 revolutions a minute,\nbelted to and driven by a 25-horse-power motor. Wolf safety-lamps are exclusively used;\nshot-firing is prohibited.\nA plan of the mine and the general and special rules are posted up at each\" mine. The\npermanent power plant consists of sixteen boilers of different types, aggregating 2,400 horsepower. A four-stage compressor (Canadian Rand), compressing to 1,000 ffi>.; capacity, 1,350 1 Geo. 5\nCoal Mining.\nK 219\ncubic feet of free air a minute; high-pressure cylinder, 17 x 36; low-pressure cylinder, 34x 36.\nA Walker compressor, 100 lb. to the square inch ; capacity, 3,500 cubic feet free air a minute.\nA duplex compressor to 100 tt>. ; capacity, 1,700 cubic feet of free air a minute. Four Eddy's\ngenerators, 100 K. W. each, driven with Robb-Armstrong engines; simple side-crank,\n20 x 20 inches.\nThe following are the official returns for the Coal Creek collieries for the year 1910 :\u2014\nSales and Output for Year.\nCoal.\nCoke.\n(Tons of 2,2401b.)\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\n41,110\n431,772\n69,150\n8,692\n472,882\n77,842\n118,432\n29,756\n148,188\n36\n1,530\n180\n758\nStocks on hand first of year \t\n621,070\n1,494\n578\n622,564\n78,420\nNumber of Hands employed, Daily Wages paid, etc., including Fernie Coke-ovens.\nUnderground.\nAbove Ground.\nTotals.\nCharacter of Labour.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\n34\n525\n11\n45\n525\n115\n329\n24\n122\n172\no\n237\n501\n26\n1,334\nTotals\t\n1,027\n307\n*Note.\u2014Mechanics and skilled labour include: Underground\u2014Drivers, motormen, rope-riders,\nhoistmen, trackmen, bratticemen, timbermeq, pumpmen, fanmen, and carpenters. Above ground\u2014\nLampmen, weighmaster, tipplemen, firemen, machinists, carpenters, blacksmiths, engineers, and electric-\nplant firemen.\nName of seams or pits\u2014The following mines are working : Old No. 1, No. 1 North, No. 1\nSouth, No. 1 East, No. 2, No. 5 North, No. 9. No. 0 South and No. 5 South are not\nworking. K 220\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nDescription of seams, tunnels, levels, shafts, etc., and number of same\u2014The same as last year,\nwith the addition of No. 1 East. This mine has been opened by a rock tunnel driven\nfrom a point about 550 feet from the mouth of No. 2 mine. The main roads are being\ndriven in an easterly direction. The coal is from 20 to 40 feet thick.\nDescription and length of tramway, plant, etc.\u2014The same as last year. The new permanent\nslack-bins which were erected at the Fernie Coke-ovens, and placed in operation about\nJune 1st, 1910, were burned on October 6th, 1910. It is expected that these bins will\nbe reconstructed and ready for operation early in the spring.\nNORTHERN EAST KOOTENAY INSPECTION DISTRICT.\nReport of Robert Strachan, Inspector.\nI have the honour to submit my first annual report as Inspector of Coal-mines for the\nNorthern East Kootenay Inspection District.\nThis district, which was created a separate division with headquarters at Hosmer,\nincludes all the mines from Hosmer to the eastern boundary of British Columbia.\nThe mines at present being operated are as follows : Hosmer Colliery, by the Hosmer\nMines, Ltd.; Michel Colliery, by the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co., Ltd.; and Corbin Colliery,\nby the Corbin Coal & Coke Co., Ltd.\nHosmer Mines, Ltd.\nHead Office\u2014Montreal.\nOfficers.\nW. D. Matthews, President,\nA. R. G. Howard, Secretary,\nB. T. Coon, Treasurer,\nLewis Stockett, General Manager,\nDavid G. Wilson, Mine Manager,\nCapital of Company, $1,500,000.\nYalue of plant, $1,000,000.\nToronto, Ont.\nMontreal.\nBankhead, Alta.\nHasmer, B. C.\nHosmer, B. C.\nHOSMER COLLIERY.\nDavid G. Wilson, Manager; John Musgrave, Overman.\nAll the coal-seams at Hosmer are reached by two crosscut adit tunnels, which, entering\nin the Fernie shales, underneath the coal-measures, crosscut the ten principal coal-seams of\nthe coalfield. The seams at present being operated are Nos. 2, 6, 9, and 10.\nNo. 2 Seam'.\nThis seam, which is struck at about 1,600 feet from the mouth of main tunnel, is 12 feet\nthick, and is at an inclination of 62 degrees. Method of work is pillar and stall; raises in\nthe outer portion being driven at an angle, inside they are driven up fall pitch; breasts are\nbroken off at right angles. 1 Geo. 5 Coal Mining. K 221\nThis seam is ventilated by two splits, being respectively : Inside split, 8,640 cubic feet of\nair a minute ; Outside split, 17,800 cubic feet a minute ; a total of 26,440 cubic feet a minute\nfor the use of eighty-five men.\nAt my last inspection I found gas in three places in this mine; with this exception, all\nthe places, roads, and airways were in good condition.\nNo. 6 Seam.\nThis seam, which is struck at 3,338 feet from entrance to tunnel, is 8 feet thick, and is\nworked by the same method as No. 2 seam.\nUnfortunately, during the year, owing to heating of the coal, it was found necessary to\nabandon the South side and build air-tight stoppings to prevent any further spread of the fire.\nOn the North side all the work at present is development. This seam is ventilated by two\nseparate splits: North side split, 14,600 cubic feet a minute; South side split, 9,900 cubic\nfeet a minute.\nThere are only sixteen men employed in this seam, and, at the time of my inspection, I\nfound all the places clear of gas, well ventilated, and the timbering in good condition.\nNo. 9 Seam.\nThis seam is struck at 4,232 feet from the main tunnel entrance, and averages 5 feet\nthick; it is worked by pillar and stall method; the pitch at this point of the tunnel is\nabout 10 degrees.\nAt the time of my last inspection I found no trace of explosive gas ; the roads, places\nand airways were all in good condition, well timbered, and the ventilation good.\nThis mine is also ventilated by two separate splits: South side split, 26,400 cubic feet of\nair, for the use of twenty-eight men, allowing an average of 942 cubic feet for each unit\nemployed; North side split, 2,860 cubic feet of air a minute. This side, owing to some\ntroubled ground, has at present been abandoned.\nNo. 10 Seam.\nThis seam, which is at the inside of the main tunnel, or about 4,820 feet from the\nentrance, averages about 40 feet thick, of which only the top 10 feet is being worked. The\ninclination of this seam is similar to No. 9 seam, and it has been found necessary in both\nthese seams to use compressed-air hoists to haul the empty car up and lower the loads down.\nThis seam is also ventilated by two splits: South side, 47,140 cubic feet a minute, for\nthe use of forty-two men and one horse, allowing an average of 1,047 cubic feet a minute for\neach unit employed ; North side has an average of about 15,000 cubic feet a minute, there\nbeing no men employed owing to this side having been abandoned.\nThe haulage from the various seams to the tipple is done in three separate stages: First,\nfrom foot of chutes or inclines to top of outside incline by compressed-air locomotives; a pair\nof 28 x 44-inch first-motion engines, with 8-foot drum, lower the loaded trips down to foot of\nincline, where they are hauled to tipple by compressed-air locomotives.\nThe ventilation is produced by a Walker type fan, 20 x 1\\ feet, running as an exhaust-\nfan, but can be reversed, if neeessary, producing 175,000 cubic feet of air a minute, with a\nwater-gauge of 2 inches. Speed of fan, 102 revolutions a minute, driven by a pair of\n38 x 46-inch engines, with a continuous-rope drive. Ratio of speed of engine to fan, 1 to 1.5.\nThe lamps in use at Hosmer are the Wolf safety-lamps, which are cleaned, tested as\nrequired by General Rule 8a, and examined by the fireboss at the lamp-room, situated near\nthe entrance of the mine.\nThere is no blasting done in the coal at this mine; blasting in rock is done with\n\" Monobel,\" and fuse fired by means of Bickford's patent fuse-igniters. K 222\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nIn addition to the above seams, another level is being made along the outcrop of the\ncoal-seams about 500 feet higher than the main tunnel. This level is reached by an incline\non the mountain-side, and at present Nos. 2, 6, and 9 seams have been reached. The tipple,\nwhich consists of Philipps' crossover dump, jigging-screens, and picking-tables, has been\nimproved during the year by the addition of a Jeffery-Robinson washer, capable of washing\n500 tons of slack per day. The remainder of this plant is described in the Hon. the Minister\nof Mines' Report for 1909.\nIn accordance with the \" Coal-mines Regulation Act Amending Act, 1910,\" a rescue-\nstation has been installed at the Hosmer mines, and at present consists of two two-hour\nDraeger apparatus, helmet type, with a suitable supply of spare oxygen cylinders and potash\ncartridges for same, pulmotor, recharging-pump, Draeger electric hand-lamps, and four large\ntanks of oxygen, and I understand that this outfit is being improved by the addition of some\nmore inhalation apparatus. Practice with the use of the apparatus is engaged in almost\nweekly in the mine, while the pulmotor is being used in connection with the ambulance class\nwhich is being taught by Dr. Higgins.\nThe following are the official returns of the Hosmer Colliery for the year ending 31st\nDecember, 1910:\u2014\nSales and Output for Year.\nCoal.\nCoke.\n(Tons of 2,2401b.)\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\n54,098\n41,479\n\t\n54,098\n41,479\n41,479\n68,953\n22,086\n11,073\n102,112\n156,210\n1,475\n3,388\nStocks on hand first of year\t\na last of year\t\n89\n647\n1,913\n158,123\nDifference added to stock during year\t\n558\n558\n42,037\nNomber of Hands employed, Daily Wages paid, etc.\nUnderground.\nAbove Ground.\nTotals.\nCharacter of Labour.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nSupervision and clerical assistance ....\n9\n115\n187\n52\n31\n%\n6.00- 3.50\n3.50- 3.00\n2.50\n2.50\n2.75-3.50\n10\n%\n10.00 - 3.00\n19\n115\n187\n147\n62\n9\nMiners' helpers\t\n95\n31\n9\n2.25-2.75\n3.00-3.67J\nMechanics and skilled labour.\n394\n145\n539 1 Geo. 5 Coal Mining. K 223\nName of seams or pits\u2014A level, Nos. 2, 6, 9, and 10; B level, Nos. 2, 6, 8, and 9.\nDescription of seams, tunnels, levels, shafts, etc., and number of same\u2014A level, main tunnel;\nB level, tramway, 500 feet above main tunnel.\nDescription and length of tramway, plant, etc.\u2014Washer for nut coal, 500 tons daily capacity,\nhas been added to former description.\nCrow's Nest Pass Coal Company*\nMICHEL COLLIERY.\nNorman Fraser, Manager.\nThis colliery, operated by the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co., Ltd., is situated on both sides\nof the Michel creek, and comprises Nos. 3, 4, 5, and 3 East on the south side of the creek,\nand Nos. 7 and 8 on the north side.\nNo. 8 Mine.\nW. Robinson, Overman; John Moore, A. Kirkleberg, W. Thomas, A. McTuskey, H. Massey,\nA. Almond, B. Cheetham, and T. Phillips, Firebosses.\nNo. 8 mine is won by adit level; the seam averages about 12 feet thick, and is worked by\nthe pillar-and-stall method. Stalls are driven up about 15 feet wide, leaving pillars about 50\nfeet thick; about 350 men are employed. The haulage from the face is by means of cars\nhauled by horse or small balance arrangement to top of inclines, where they are lowered\ndown by compressed-air hoists, which haul up the empty cars from the foot of incline; cars\nare taken to the tipple by compressed-air locomotives.\nThe ventilation is by three separates splits, with the following quantities: Slope district,\n28,800 cubic feet of air a minute, for the use of fifty-four men and four horses; No. 17 chute\ndistrict, 14,400 cubic feet a minute, for the use of sixty men and six horses; No. 3 incline\ndistrict, 15,000 cubic feet a minute, for the use of fifty-eight men and four horses.\nYentilation is produced by a Walker type fan, 20 x 1\\ feet, driven by a 13 x 23 x 30-inch\ntandem compound condensing-engine; both engine and fan being built by Messrs. Walker\nBros., Wigan, England. The engine is connected to the fan by a rope-drive, the ratio of speed\nof engine to fan being 1 to 1.5. Quantity of air produced, 180,000 cubic feet a minute ;\nwater-gauge, 4 inches; speed of fan, 138 revolutions a minute. This fan ventilates both Nos.\n7 and 8 mines, providing for 450 men and eighteen horses, allowing an average of 345 cubic\nfeet a minute for each unit employed.\nThe use of explosives in coal is confined to the west side of No. 3 incline ; this district,\nwhich is near the outcrop of the coal, is very damp and gas is very seldom seen. Explosive\nused is \" Monobel,\" with electric detonators, shots being fired at night only.\nIn my last inspection of No. 8 mine, I found small quantities of explosive gas in No. 4\nEast slope, No. 4 West level, and No. 7 room in No. 7 East level. I also found about 3 per\ncent, of gas in East slope and in No. 27 Dip level; all the other places were clear, well\ntimbered, and in good condition.\nf See also page 213. K 224 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nNo. 7 Mine.\nWm. Robinson, Overman; Jas. Berry, Y. Frodsham, and Jos. Summers, Firemen.\nThis seam, which is reached by a crosscut tunnel off No. 8 mine at a point about 2,000\nfeet inside the mouth of No. 8, averages 7 feet thick, and is mined by the single-stall method.\nLevels are driven east and west on the strike of the seam; inclines are then driven up full\npitch, the stalls or rooms being driven at right angles to the inclines or parallel with the levels.\nPillars are left about 30 feet thick ; when the stall has reached its distance (500 feet), the pillar\nis then withdrawn, allowing the roof to settle down. In this operation about 50 per cent, of\nthe timber used is withdrawn and can be used again. Method of withdrawing timber is by\nSylvester chain and lever.\nThe haulage in this seam is exactly similar to that of No. 8 mine. The ventilation is\nproduced by same fan as is used for No. 8 mine, and is divided into two splits : East side\nsplit, 10,400 cubic feet a minute, for the use of thirty-five men and two horses; West side\nsplit, 7,000 cubic feet a minute, for the use of thirty-two men and two horses.\nBlasting in the coal is confined to the West side and the New slope on the East side;\nin this seam also \" Monobel\" is the explosive used,.with electric detonator.\nAt the time of my last inspection of this mine I found a small quantity of explosive gas\nin the face of East level and parallel to same. I also found a slight trace, about 1^ per cent.,\nof gas in the air in the New East slope ; all the other places were clear, roads and airways all\nwell timbered, and ventilation good.\nNo. 3 Mine.\nThos. Spruston, Overman; Thos. Cunliffe, A. Frew, and Wm. Davies, Firemen.\nIn this mine, which is the last seam at present reached by the crosscut tunnel driven\nacross the measures on the south side of Michel creek, the coal is about 6 feet thick.\nPreviously this seam was worked on the pillar-and-stall system, but has recently been changed\nto long-wall, and looks as if it will be a great improvement on the old system, both as to the\neasier production of coal and as to the quantity of round coal produced.\nAs the coal-seams in Michel all dip at an angle of about 15 degrees to the south, all the\ncoal on this side of the creek has to be hauled up by hoist. The coal is taken from the face\nto foot of the slopes by horse, and in the same way from the top of the slope to the foot of\nincline leading to tipple. Arrangements are at present under way to install an endless-rope\nsystem to take the place of the horse at the top of slopes. There is no blasting done in the\ncoal in No. 3 mine.\nAt the time of my last inspection I found a small quantity of explosive gas in No. 6\nEast, No. 2 slope, also in No. 2 room (long-wall), No. 3 slope. I found about 3 per cent, of\ngas in the air in Dip level, West side No. 3 slope. All the other places were clear and in\ngood condition.\nNo. 4 Mine.\nThos. Spruston, Overman; Jas. McLeod, R. Spruston, and Wm. Davie, Firebosses.\nIn this seam, which is the second struck by the crosscut tunnel, the coal averages about\n12 feet thick, and is worked by the pillar-and-stall method. The haulage is similar to No. 3\nmine, and there is no shooting in coal in this seam.\nThe ventilation of both Nos. 3 and 4 is effected by a fan situated at an outlet of No-\n4 mine. This fan is of the Guibal type, 16 by 8 feet, driven by an Erie City engine, 16 by 24\ninches, at a speed of 132 revolutions a minute. Total quantity of air, 117,000 cubic feet a 1 Geo. 5 Coal Mining. K 225\nminute, with a water-gauge 2.5 inches; this total is divided into three splits, two of which\nventilate No. 3 mine and one No. 4 mine. The quantities are as follows : East side split, No.\n3 mine, 41,600 cubic feet a minute, for the use of thirty-four men and five horses ; West side\nsplit, No. 3 mine, 37,200 cubic feet a minute, for the use of twenty-eight men and four horses ;\nNo. 4 mine split, 35,000 cubic feet a minute, for the use of eighteen men and one horse.\nAt my last inspection I found a large cap of gas off No. 1 level, from No. 6 room to face ;\nall the other places were clear of gas, well timbered, and in good condition.\nNo. 5 Mine.\nThos. Spruston, Overman; Joe. Mason, Jas. Simister, and Ed. Hayes, Firebosses.\nIn this seam, which is the first reached by the tunnel, the coal averages 8 feet thick, and\nis worked by the pillar-and-stall method, similar to No. 4. The system of haulage is practically\nthe same as in both Nos. 3 and 4. There is some blasting done on the 1st West level in this\nseam, with \" Monobel,\" using electric detonators.\nDuring my inspections I have never found any gas in this level, and it is very wet. At\nthe time of my last inspection I found some explosive gas in the top crosscut off No. 8 room,\nNo. 4 West level, and in the slant off No. 3 East. I also found about 3 per cent, of gas in\nthe air from No. 19 room, No. 3 East, extending right through into return airway.\nThe ventilation is by two splits: West side split, 23,000 cubic feet of air a minute, for\nthe use of fifteen men and two horses; East side split, 42,600 cubic feet a minute, for the\nuse of thirty men and four horses. This ventilation is produced by a small 10 x 4-foot fan,\nwith a water-gauge of ^ inch ; speed, 160 revolutions a minute. This fan is being replaced\nby a larger fan.\nNo. 3 East Mine.\nThos. Spruston, Overman; Jas. McLeod, R. Spruston, and Wm. Davies, Firebosses.\nThis mine, which is situated on the south bank of Michel creek, has been reopened this\nsummer after having been shut down for seven or eight years. The tunnel, about 10 x 12\nfeet, is driven in on the coal-seam ; the coal at present is 12 feet thick, and is worked on the\npillar-and-stall system. Haulage is at present by horse, although, as the seam is inclined to\ndip, a hoist is being installed. Ventilation is by means of a small 2 x 4-foot fan, driven by a\nsmall steam-engine at a speed of 120 revolutions a minute.\nAt the time of my inspection I found 10,800 cubic feet of air a minute, for the use of\neighteen men and one horse, allowing an average of 514 cubic feet for each unit employed.\nI found no trace of gas, the places were all well timbered, and the ventilation good. Some\nblasting is done in this seam in the coal; the explosive used being \" Monobel,\" with electric\ndetonators.\nIn all the Michel mines the Wolf safefy-lamp is in use; these lamps are all cleaned and\ntested, as required by General Rule 8a, in the lamp-room, then examined by the firebosses\nprevious to being taken into the mines.\nThe coal from the various mines is brought to a common tipple; this tipple, which is of\nstructural steel, is 664 feet long and 14 feet wide. The cars are taken by one of Green's\nself-dumping car-hauls on each side on to the tipple and dumped, the empties returning to\ntheir own side, on the South side, by an overhead track, and on the North side by a track\nunderneath the loads. The tipple is fully equipped with shaking screens, picking-tables, and\n15 226 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1911\nbelt-conveyors to take the slack to the coke-oven bins. The coal is loaded into open cars, or\ninto box cars if required, for which purpose two Smith's gravity box-car loaders are provided.\nAll the machinery about the tipple is driven by electricity.\nAir is provided for the compressed-air locomotives by a Canadian Rand compressor having\na capacity of 1,450 cubic feet free air, compressed to 1,200 B). to the square inch. Power for\nhoists, pumps, etc., is provided by a Walker compressor and a low-pressure Rand, the Walker\ncapacity being 3,500 cubic feet of free air to 100 lb. to the square inch, Rand capacity being\n4,500 cubic feet free air to 100 ffi). to the square inch. The electric power is provided by\na Ridgeway generator of 250 kilowatts; another unit of similar capacity is being installed\nat present. Steam is provided by eleven high-pressure boilers, each of 105-horse-power\ncapacity; three low-pressure, each 130-horse-power capacity, B. C. rating. In addition to\nabove, there are the required workshops, offices, machine-shops, etc., and a large wash and\nchange room for the workmen.\nAs required by the \"Coal-mines Regulation Act Amendment Act, 1910,\" rescue apparatus\nhas been installed at Michel, and at present equipment consists of three half-hour capacity\nDraeger rescue apparatus, with a suitable supply of spare potash cartridges for same. I am\ninformed that three more of this type are also on the way, also an extra supply of spare\ncylinders to allow of the cylinders being recharged at Coal Creek pumping-station; a pulmotor\nis also on the way. I am glad to say that Michel possesses one of the finest ambulance classes,\nhaving about seventy-five students, under the instruction of Drs. Weldon and Shaw.\nThe following are the official returns from the Michel Colliery for the year 1910:\u2014\nSales and Output for Year.\nCoal.\nCoke.\n(Tons of 2,2401b.)\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\n77,290\n204,525\n94,318\n38\n\t\n281,815\n79\n94,356\n147,134\n28,500\n175,634\n79\n27\n159\n457,449\n804\n132\n804\n457,581\n95,239 1 Geo. 5\nCoal Mining.\nK 227\nNumber of Hands employed, Daily Wages paid, etc., including Coke-ovens.\nUnderground.\nAbove Ground.\nTotals.\nCharacter of Labour.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\n23\n401\n12\n35\n404\n85\n264\n101\n131\n186\n395\n776\nTotal..\n244\n1,020\n*Note.\u2014Mechanics and skilled labour include: Underground\u2014Drivers, motormen, rope-riders,\nhoistmen, trackmen, bratticemen, timbermen, pumpmen, fanmen, and carpenters. Above ground\u2014\nLampmen, weighmaster tipplemen, firemen, machinists, carpenters, blacksmiths, engineers, and electric-\nplant firemen.\nName of seams or pits\u2014No. 3 East, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, No. 7, and No. 8 mines working.\nDescription of seams, tunnels, levels, shafts, etc., and number of same\u2014Same as last year_\nNo. 3 East is being opened by a tunnel on the level. The coal is being mined both to\nthe dip and rise, mostly to the dip. The coal is 12 feet in thickness.\nDescription and length of tramway, plant, etc. \u2014 Same as last year.\nCorbin Coal & Coke Company, Limited.\nHead Office\u2014Spokane, Wash.\nOfficers.\nD. C. Corbin, President,\nAustin Corbin, 2nd Vice-President,\nA. T. Herrick, Secretary-Treasurer,\nE. J. Roberts, Superintendent,\nT. H. Williams, Mine Manager,\nCapita] of Companj, $2,000,000.\nValue of Plant, $293,803.\nAddress.\nSpokane, Wash.\nNew York, N. Y.\nSpokane, Wash.\nSpokane, Wash.\nCorbin, B. C.\nCORBIN COLLIERY.\nT. H. Williams, Manager; J. B. Thomas, Overman; Jas. McCulloch, N. Howells,\nand S. Richards, Firemen.\nThis colliery, which is situated on the East fork of the south branch of Michel creek, is\nreached by a spur, called the British Columbia Eastern Railway, connecting at McGillvray\nwith the Canadian Pacific Railway's Crow's Nest Pass branch line. At cresent only one mine K 228\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nis in operation, the coal varying in thickness from 10 feet to about 250 feet. The main\ntunnel is 14 x 8J feet, driven in on the coal for a distance of almost 2,000 feet. The method\nof work is pillar and stall, and some of the pillars on the outcrop are already in the process\nof extraction.\nHaulage is by compressed-air locomotives of compound type. Power for the locomotives\nis generated by a four-stage Rand compressor driven by steam ; boiler plant consists of two\nreturn-tubular boilers, 105 horse-power each, with two 45-horse-power locomotive boilers in\nThis mine is ventilated by four splits, with the following quantities: A split, 18,000\ncubic feet a minute; A Prim, split, 15,000 cubic feet a minute; D split, 11,000 cubic feet a\nminute; E split, 7,000 cubic feet a minute. At the time of my inspection I found all the\nplaces, roads, and airways clear of gas, well ventilated, and in good condition; there were only\nabout eighteen men working.\nSome blasting is done in this mine with \"Monobel,\" fuse and Bickford's patent fuse-\nigniter being used. The ventilation is produced by a small fan, 4x12 feet, connected direct\nto 8 x 12-inch steam-engine, the fan producing 54,000 cubic feet of air a minute, against a\nwater-gauge of ^L inch; speed, 86 revolutions a minute. The lamp in use in this mine is\nthe Wolf safety-lamp, which is cleaned and tested, as required by General Rule 8a, in the\nlamp-room, then examined by the fireboss previous to being taken into the mine.\nIn compliance with the \"Coal-mines Regulation Act Amending Act, 1910,\" rescue\napparatus has been installed at Corbin, and at present the equipment consists of two two-hour\ncapacity Draeger apparatus, one half-hour Draeger apparatus, a recharging-pump, and a suitable\nsupply of spare potash cartridges and oxygen. An ambulance class has been started under the\ninstruction of Dr. J. S. Gladwin.\nThe following are the official returns from the Corbin Colliery for the year 1910:\u2014\nSale and Output for Year.\nCoal.\nCoke.\n(Tons of 2,240 lb.)\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\n10,080\n114,790\n124,870\n1,981\n1,981\n126,851 1 Geo. 5\nCoal Mining.\nK 229\nNumber op Hands employed, Daily Wages paid, etc.\nUnderground.\nAbove Ground.\nTotals.\nCharacter of Labour.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nSupervision and clerical assistance\t\n6\n98\n66\n2\n5\n$\n4.80\n3.75\n2.75\n2.75\n3.15\n8\n$\n4.07\n14\n98\n66\n27\n13\n$\n4.27\n3.75\n2.75\n25\n8\n2.60\n3.90\n2.61\nMechanics and skilled labour ....\n3.59\nTotals \t\n177\n$3.38\n41\n$3.14\n218\n$3.33\nName of seams or pits\u2014 \" A \" and Al.\"\nDescription of seams, tunnels, levels, shafts, etc., and number of same\u2014Strike of seam is\nS. 18\u00b0 W., and dip 70 degrees east to vertical. Outcrop along crest of ridge running\nsouth; width 4 to 150 feet. There are four main tunnels, A, B, D, and E. A is the\nlower and main haulage tunnel, 9x14 feet in the clear, and 2,200 feet long ; B, D, and E\nare 9 x 10J feet in the clear. There are five levels, about 40 feet apart, between B and D\ntunnels; and three levels, 40 feet apart, above E tunnel. There are no shafts, the\ntunnels and levels being connected by 6 x 10-foot raises.\nDescription and length of tramway, plant, etc.\u2014Tramway is 950 feet long; 360 feet of this\non trestle leading to coal-bins, having 1,000 tons capacity. Power plant\u2014Two 50-horse-\npower boilers, locomotive type; two 120-horse-power boilers, tubular type ; one 80-horse-\npower engine and dynamo; one Rand high-pressure ' air-compressor ; two Porter\nair-locomotives; one fan-engine and 4 x 12-foot ventilating-fan.\nThe Draeger rescue station established by the Department of Mines at Hosmer is, at\npresent, in temporary quarters ; the outfit, which consists of four two-hour Draeger apparatus,\ntwo half-hour Draeger apparatus, a pulmotor, Draeger electric lamps, with a good libera]\nsupply of spare oxygen cylinders and spare potash cartridges, is in good condition. I am\nglad that we have not had any calls on it, so far as this Province is concerned, the explosion\nat Bellevue being the only occasion that it has been in use, a report of which I have sent to\nyou. The Bellevue accident brought very forcibly to our notice the disadvantage we laboured\nunder through not having sufficient trained men, not only as to using the apparatus, but to\nhelp with supplies and in the use of the pulmotor. The amount of the time lost in changing\nfrom one train to another showed the necessity of having, if possible, a railroad-coach to keep\nthe station in, so as to be ready for a call at a distance. 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M\n'l^tf\nh-l\no\no\nUS\nbe\nTtfns\n: : *rH : : : ' ; : i171 :\nWj . \u2022 \u25a0 .\n\" 1 2\nCO\n\u2022snouag\n\u25a0* : ; ;~ :\n1 IO\n\u25a0pEjt.j\n1\u20141\n0\nO\n'3\nD\n\"Vl*HS\n iH \u25a0 \u25a0 CO\n:\"* : : :\n\u25a0 \u25a0 .\"M \u25a0 \u25a0\n\u25a0^ :\nH : :\nrt 1 2\n00\n00\npq\n3\n\u25a0snouag\n \u00a93 \u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0 O \u2022\no \u25a0 ...\n: 1 5\nTOM\n -N \u2022 \u2022 -N \u00ab \u2022\n: : i1-1 :\n\u25a0 j iQ\nn\n-P o\nH\n\u2022ifflJBSIS\n: :H : : : : : * : ; :\n;Cq . . .\nrt . .\n\u2022 I Ttl\nCO\nOl\n\u25a0snouag\n: : : : : :*\u25a0* : : : : :\n\u25a0- : : : :\n: :^ : : :^ : [^\no\n*1^\u00ablS\n. . . . . . . . . r-, . . \u25a0 CM \u2022 \u25a0 ...\n\u25a0 1 CO\n02\no 6\n'W^!IS\n-\u2022\u2022i-H \u25a0 \u2022 \u2022 CM \u25a0\u2022\u25a0CO\n\u2022 '. :\n* ' '.\n1 : a\n3 tec 5\n5\n\u25a0 a \u2022\n; s \u2022?\n! H15j\nP fct-S\no\nfc\nd \u25a0\na \u2022\np ;\n& \u25a0\nu\n-a :\n. P :\n: t ;\n: 3 :\ni a j51\n\u25a0 \u25a0 B \u2022\n' ' m \\\n: : I :\n' : 1 :\n5 O . ci\nj a a cs a\nS\n; \"3\no\n: eh\na\no\n\"E\nS\n4*\nC\nCD\nO\nu\na\nS\np\nSzi K 232\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nANALYSES OF ACCIDENTS DURING YEAR 1910.\nNo. of Accidents per 1,000 Men\nEMPLOYKD.\nTons of Coal mined per Accident.\nFatal.\nSerious.\nSlight.\nTotal.\nFatal.\nSerious.\nSlight.\nTotal.\n6.46\n2.36\n16.76\n9.89\n6.78\n10.32\n27.00\n22.69\n80,301\n161,283\n27,860\n38,668\n75,840\n36,961\n16,251\n36,896\n3.61\n12.24\n8.61\n24.36\n112,116\n33,044\n47,564\n16,610\nPER CAPITA PRODUCTION OF COLLIERIES.\nGross tons of\ncoal mined\nin 1910.\nTotal number of\nmen employed\nby colliery.\nTons of coal mined\nper man employed\nat colliery.\nNumber of men\nemployed underground in collieries.\nTons of coal mined\nper man employed\nunderground.\n1,365,119\n1,774,116\n3,1U\n4,647\n439\n382\n2,374\n3,529\n5,903\n575\n502\n3,139,235\n7,758\n404\n532 1 Geo. 5\nCoal Mining.\nK 233\nDETAILED STATEMENT OF ACCIDENTS IN B. C. COLLIERIES DURING 1910.\nCOAST COLLIERIES.\nReported by Thomas Morgan, Inspector.\nNo.\n9\n10\n11\n12\n13\n14\n15\n16\nColliery.\nMidlesboro.\nNo. 1 Nanaimo.\nit a\nNorthfield\nNo. 1 Nanaimo.\nExtension.\nNo. 3 Extension..\nEast Wellington.\nUnion\t\nS. Wellington. .\nNo. 1 Nanaimo.\nExtension\nUnion\t\nNo. 4 Union ...\nDate.\n1909.\nDec. 31\n1910.\nJan. 4\n11\n\/\/ 10\nName.\nRobert Baxter ....\nJas. McKam\t\nMark Flemming...\nA. Partray\t\nJos. Stroma.\nn 15 Geo. Salmon\n\u00ab 17\nn 19\nIt\n21\nIt\n24\nft\n24\n\"\n27\nFeb.\n1\nII\n5\nII\n7\nit\n8\nJno. Campbell.\nJas. Perry\t\nOccupation.\nMiner\nDriver.\nMachine-\nPusher\nDriver.\nMiner .\nDriver.\nJno. Calverley ....\nMartin McLaughlin\nHamaoki\t\nAugust Guelette...\nMarshall Taylor....\nEugene Lowe\t\nFuji\t\nDavid Roberts\nRope-rider\nPusher & driver\nMiner .\nPusher\nDriver.\nMiner ,\nDetails.\nLying on right side mining in No. 1\nlevel, new slope No. 2 mine; piece of\ncoal fell and broke left collar-bone.\nKicked on head by mule; slightly\nbruised.\nWhen cleaning out drill-hole with air\nhe blew some gas into his open light;\nslightly burnt.\nWas about to move his machine ; in\nsetting up a prop, he loosened some\nstone, which in falling knocked\ndown another prop, which hit him\non the head, injuring it severely.\nFall of rock bruised his back.\nWas coupling cars when the mule\nstarted ; he was caught between the\ncars and sustained a dislocated\nshoulder.\nWas timbering; hitch gave way;\nstringer fell on him, bruising his\nbody.\nWas riding a car which jumped the\ntrack, thereby jamming his leg\nagainst the rib, breaking a small\nbone.\nFell while pushing a car and was\nbruised.\nJammed between his trip of cars and\na standing car; sustained fractured\npelvis.\nFall of coal caused broken leg and\nstrained back.\nWent to stop a horse another man was\ndriving ; got between a car and post\nand was slightly squeezed.\nMule started up, when his thumb was\ncaught in tail-chain of the car and\nwas injured.\nWas prying down piece of coal; bar\nslipped and he fell under the coal;\nwas crushed about the hips.\nCrushed by fall of top coal; died two\ndays later.\nFall of coal caused broken bones in\nnose and face, bruised arm and\nchest. K 234\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nAccidents in Coast Collieries.\u2014Continued.\nNo.\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\n26\n27\n28\n29\n30\n31\n32\n33\n34\nColliery.\nS. Wellington...\nNo. 2 Extension\nUnion\nPrinceton .\nNo. 4 Union ...\nS. Wellington..\nExtension\nNanaimo\t\nMiddlesboro ...\nNo. 1 Nanaimo.\nS. Wellington. .\nDate.\nNanaimo\t\nUnion\t\nNo. 4\t\nNo. 1 Nanaimo.\nMiddlesboro ...\nNo. 4 Union ...\nFeb. 9\nn 10\n\u201e 12\n,, 14\n\u00ab 16\n\u201e 17\na 17\n,, 22\n\u201e 22\nMarch 8\nName.\nDexter Taylor.\nOtto Metsa.\nChung.\nGeo. Bennie.\nJas. Baird ..\nIsaac Scott.\nIt\n11\nIt\n16\nIf\n18\nIf\n22\n\"\n22\n\u00ab\n24\nApril\n9\nit\n25\nJoe. Young\nMike Henderson...\nWm. Cumberland. .\nGeo. Chapman ....\nGeo. Martin\t\nJno. Ovington\t\nGeo. Edwards\t\nJno. Harvey\t\nPeter Dorn\t\nD. H. Beaton\t\nJas. Williamson. ..\nGeo. Nettleton\t\nOccupation.\nMachinist \t\nRunner.\nMiner .\nMule-driver.\nMiner ,\nLabourer\nMiner ...\nPusher\t\nShotlighter.. .\nWinch-driver.\nRope-rider...\nMiner .\nPusher.\nDetails.\nMule-driver.\nBlow-off pipe of surface boiler broke,\nand Taylor was burned about face\nand neck by the fire being blown\nfrom the furnace. The pipe had\nbeen renewed only three days\nprevious.\nA disarranged curtain allowed a slight\naccumulation of gas, which Metsa\nlighted with open light, and sustained slight burning of face.\nFall of rock broke finger.\nTripped and fell while walking down\nmain slope and broke two ribs.\nA mule moved a car that Baird was\nlifting on to the track, and Baird\nwas strained in the back.\nWas putting post under some rock,\nwhen the rock broke, bruising his\nhead slightly and laming his back.\nA pile of lumber on the surface fell\non him and caused a broken leg.\nFalling coal caused broken ankle.\nIgnited some gas and was slightly\nburned about face and arms.\nWas pulling down some coal, which\nfell on him, breaking his ankle.\nA car he was pushing jumped the track\nand a wheel bruised his foot.\nHe lighted two shots, thinking both\nhad gone off. Ovington approached\nthe place when the second went off,\ncausing a face and scalp wound.\nPassing between two moving cars and\nhad his arm broken.\nRiding on car up slope and was crushed\nagainst roof, sustaining crushed\nback and chest.\nStruck by moving trip of cars on main\nslope, which he attempted to board\nand had his leg broken.\nFall of coal in his place caused bruised\nback and legs.\nHe jumped on passing trip of ears,\nbut fell off and was crushed between\nstoop-side and the car, sustaining\ninternal injuries, from which he died\nApril 16th.\nCar jumped the track and he was\ncaught between cars, getting ribs\nbroken and arm crushed. 1 Geo. 5\nCoal Mining.\nK 235\nAccidents in Coast Collieries.\u2014Continued.\nNo.\nColliery.\nDate.\nName.\nOccupation.\nDetails.\n35\nNo. 2 Extension.\nApril 28\nJohn Clarke\t\nLabourer \t\nCaught between cars, he got his right\nthigh fractured.\n36\nNo. 1 Nanaimo..\nMay 5\nJas. Doherty\t\nMiner\t\nKilled by fall of rock.\n37\nUnion\t\n\" 7\nWong Dick\t\n\u00bb \t\nKilled by fall of rock.\n38\nMiddlesboro ....\n\u201e 12\nAlex. Pollock\t\nRope-rider....\nTrip ran off track ; he jumped to ring\nsignal and was run over by a car,\nsustaining compound fracture right\nleg.\n39\nNo. 1 Nanaimo .\n\u201e 25\nHenry Allsopp ....\nShotlighter....\nSmall bone of right hand broken by a\nshot. Holes were placed in No. 6\nstall, No. 5 S. heading, Diagonal\nslope. The bottom hole was fixed\nand he was on his way back to fix the\nsecond hole, when he noticed a blaze\nbehind the coal. He called on Green\nand Newberry to help him put out\nthe fire, and was busy at it when\nthe top shot went off.\n40\nNanaimo\t\n,, 25\nPat Corcoran\t\nHorse scared by prop, and he was run\nover by car, bone in knee broken.\n41\nS. Wellington. ..\nJune 3\nJos. Wilkinson....\nKnee-cap broken by piece of rock\nthrown by a shot he had fired.\n42\nMiddlesboro ....\n\u201e 14\nJno. Loftus\t\n\t\nFall of rock in his place caused injury\nto back and spine.\n43\nS. Wellington. ..\n\u201e 15\nRope-rider\t\nCrushed between rib and moving\ncar ; collar-bone broken and chest\ncrushed.\n44\nit a ...\nJuly 6\nJas. 0. Drojier....\nPusher\t\nContusions and scalp-wounds as the\nresult of being struck by runaway\ncars on incline.\n45\nMiddlesboro ....\n25\nWm. Halliman ....\nFireboss . .\nKnocked down and bruised by a moving car.\n46\nExtension\t\nAug. 7\nCornelius Bowater.\nRope-rider ....\nKilled ; was riding on loaded car ; his\nhead struck stringers and he fell off;\nback broken by being crushed between car and rib.\n47\nMiddlesboro ....\n\u201e 18\nEdward Thomas...\nBox-car loader.\nFell off coal-bunker on surface, and\ndislocated left elbow.\n48\nS. Wellington.. .\n,, 18\nTony Tork\t\nCaught between a car and rib; leg\nbroken.\n49\nNorthfield\t\n\u201e 24\nAlex. Watson\t\nMachine-helper\nWhile working on a machine, a bit of\nsteel penetrated his right eye,\ndestroying it.\n50\nNo. 2 Extension.\n\u201e 27\nJno. Lapsansky . ..\nRunner\t\nFell and fractured knee-cap.\n51\nE. Wellington. ..\nSept. 6\nDavid Richards . ..\nFall of rock caused broken ankle.\n52\nNo. 1 Nanaimo. .\n6\nM ike Dydo\t\nBrusher\t\nFall of rock broke arm.\n53\nD. Terry \t\nKilled by car on incline.\nFall of rock caused scalp-wounds.\n54\nNanaimo\t\n,\/ 13\nHerman Hill\t\nj Mucker \t K 236\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nAccidents in Coast Collieries.\u2014Continued.\nNo.\nColliery.\nDate.\nName.\nOccupation.\nDetails.\n55\nNo. 1 Nanaimo..\nSept. 16\nFred. Killeen\nCar left track at a switch; arm broken\nbetween car and prop.\n56\n\u201e ..\n,i 16\nFrancis Green\t\nShotlighter ...\nFall of coal crushed right foot.\n57\nMiddlesboro\t\n\u201e 17\nGeo. Cassidy\t\nKilled ; a timber in his room broke,\nletting down a heavy fall of coal,\nwhich buried him.\n58\nE. Wellington . .\n-, 23\nHerbert Heimer. ..\nFell off surface bunker and bruised\nface.\n59\nNanaimo\t\nn 30\nDan Lewis\t\nSlightly bruised in Diamond slant by\npiece of rock falling.\n60\nS. Wellington...\nOct. 15\nHarry McKenzie. ..\n* \t\nFall of rock caused bruised heel.\n61\nit a ...\n\u201e 17\nJames Odwier\t\nPusher\t\nHorse started and crushed his fingers\nin couplings of cars.\n62\nMiddlesboro ....\n\u201e 22\nThomas Archibald.\nBurned on arms and neck by gas which\naccumulated during fifteen minutes'\nabsence from the level.\n63\nit ....\n\/, 22\nWm. Archibald ...\nSlightly burned in same accident.\n64\na ....\n\u201e 25\nWm. Kinnear\t\n\" \t\nFall of rock caused broken leg and\nflesh-wounds.\n65\nS. (Wellington.. .\n,\/ 26\nTong Chong\t\nChuteman ....\nCaught between car and post; pelvis\nfractured.\n66\n\/\/ \/\/ ...\nNov. 18 Leslie Duckie\t\nj\nSlightly burned by gas in main\nentrance, No. 2 shaft.\n67\nNo. 1 Nanaimo. .\n19 David Todd\t\nMachine-helper\nFall of coal fractured thigh-bone.\n68\nE. Wellington...\nn 19 Jno. C. Leaman . . .\nFall of rock bruised right side.\n69\n\/\/ a ...\nn 22 Angelo Sevanti....\nbroken.\n70\nMiddlesboro ....\n\u201e 23\nBratticeman . .\nStringers knocked out by car fell on\nhim, breaking left leg and small\nbone in right leg.\n71\nNo. 2 Extension.\n\u201e 26\nD. J. Gordon\t\nMiner\t\nHand injured between locomotive and\na post.\n72\nNo. 1 Nanaimo..\n\u201e 29\nJ. Hatelio\t\nRun over by his car; thigh-bone\nfractured.\n73\nS. Wellington...\nDec. 5\nHand crushed between car and post.\n74\n'\/ (\/ ...\n5\nJ. W. Gregory ....\nMiner\t\nJammed between car and post; contusion of pelvis.\n75\nMiddlesboro ....\n\u201e 14\nJoe Farmer\t\nJammed between car and rib ; right\ncollar-bone dislocated and bruised\nabout body.\n76\n77\nNo. 1 Nanaimo .\nE. Wellington...\n\u201e 20\n\u201e 21\nWalter Spencer . ..\nW. Griffith\t\nLabourer\t\nDriver\t\nFall of rock broke leg and caused\n[bruises.\nKicked on knee by horse.\n78\nit a ...\n\u201e 21\nWm. Moore\t\nShotlighter ...\nFall of coal bruised and cut him.\n79\nNo 3 Extension.\n\u201e 28\nThos. Brown\t\nFall of rock killed him. 1 Geo. 5\nCoal Mining.\nK 237\nAccidents in Coast Collieries.\u2014Concluded. Reported by John Newton, Inspector.\nNo.\nColliery.\nDate.\nName.\nOccupation.\nDetails.\n80\nNo. 7 Cumberland\nJune 7\nEdward Potter\t\nDriver\t\nCaught by a runaway car and sustained\na broken arm.\n81\nNo. 4\na 24\nA. Meacham\t\nMiner\t\nBruised on knee by fall of rock.\n82\nNo. 5\na 28\nW. Thompson\t\nRibs broken by fall of coal.\n83\nNo. 4\nJuly 7\nA. Rowan\t\nRope-rider....\nRun over by a loaded trip and lost a\nfoot.\n84\nNo. 5\n7\nCage descended upon and bruised him\nabout the ribs.\n85\nNo. 4\nAug. 5\nD. Nillist\t\nHoisting-\nengine helper.\nTwo fingers cut off in the reversing\ngear of engine.\nS6\nNo. 7\n6\nJos. Bardoni\t\nMiner\t\nWent back to a shot and was fatally\ninjured.\n87\nNo. 5\n9\nThos. Meeson\t\nFell in front of a loaded trip and was\nbruised about spine and abdomen.\n88\nNo. 5\nn 10\nJos. Williams\t\nCrushed between cars; sustained\nbroken leg.\n89\nNo. 7\n,i 25\nWm. Malpass\t\nMiner\t\nCrushed between cars; sustained a\nbroken pelvis.\n90\nNo. 6\n\u201e 26\nLeg broken by fall of rock.\n91\nNo. 4\nSept. 13\nRalph Simpson....\nDriver\t\nCrushed between cars ; sustained\nbroken pelvis.\n92\nNo. 4 ,,\nn 15\nWong Chung ....\nMiner\t\nKilled by fall of rock.\n93\nNo. 4\n\u00bb 19\nA. Beattie\t\nBack strained by a falling stringer.\n94\nNo. 6\n\u201e 20\nThos. Blakley....\nInjured about head and back by fall\nof rock.\n95\nNo. 4\n\u201e 26\nWm. McLean ....\nDriver-boss ...\nFoot run over by a loaded car.\n96\nNo. 6\n\u201e 28\nFall of rock injured his spine.\n97\n98\nNo. 6\nNo. 4\n\u201e 29\nOct. 4\nY. Obora\t\nJohn Prince\t\nFall of rock broke ribs and injured\n[spine.\nKilled by fall of coal.\n99\nNo. 7\nNov. 11\nJas. Battistana....\nRunner\t\nCaught by rope and bruised about\nneck and ribs.\n100\nNo. 4 a\nii 16\nMike Manecova . ..\nMiner\t\nA stringer fell on him, causing dislocation of hip.\n101\nNo. 7\n\u201e 21\nA. McQueen\t\n\" \t\nWent back on shot and was bruised\nabout legs.\n102\nNo. 4\nDec. 19\nRibs broken and crushed about chest\nand head by fall of fire-clay.\n103\nNo. 7\n\u201e 23\n\" \t\nBack, spine, and head injured by fall\nof rook.\n104\nNo. 4 a\n\u201e 27\nWong Man\t\nRunner\t\nLeg broken when knocked down by a\nmule.\n105\nNo. 6\n\u201e 29\nJammed between car and landing and\ngot a sprained leg. K 238\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nEAST KOOTENAY COLLIERIES.\nReported by Evan Evans and Robert Strachan, Inspectors.\nNo.\nColliery.\nDate.\nName.\nOccupation.\nDetails.\n1\nNo. 2 Hosmer...\nJan.\n6\nbroken arm and injured head.\n2\nNo. 2 Coal creek\na\n7\nOliver Winstanley.\nRope-rider....\nWhile riding on car he jumped off and\nslipped on ice and broke arm.\n3\nNo. 1\na\n12\nJoseph Ceitica\t\nsustained broken clavicle.\n4\nNo. 1\n\u00bb\n24\nJohn Kepsek\t\na \t\nFall of rock killed him.\n5\nNo. 1\nFeb.\n1\nChas. Carravetta...\nDragged under cars by cable and got\nthree ribs broken and a cut head.\n6\nNo. 8 Michel\t\n\"\n14\nJoe Compon\t\nDriver\t\nKicked by horse and run over by car ;\nbroken leg.\n7\nNo. 4 Michel\t\n\"\n18\nP. Buskovich\t\nPusher\t\nKilled ; run over by ear which he\ndrove down a slant, contrary to\norders.\n8\nNo. 5\nIf\n22\nMiner \t\nKilled by a cave, caused by knocking\nout a timber.\n9\nNo. 6 Hosmer.. .\nft\n28\nB. Petro\t\nFall of rock broke two fingers.\nAnkle caught under car and sprained.\nStruck by jig-rope ; urethra fractured.\n10\nMar.\n1\nH. Kobak\t\n11\nNo. 8 Michel\t\nn\n3\nChas. Dedys\t\n12\nNo. 5 Coal creek\na\n5\nJames Steele\t\nDriver-boss . ..\nKicked by a horse ; broken nose.\n13\nNo. 5\nrt\n15\nRun over by a horse and two ears ;\ndislocated hip and crushed pelvis.\n14\nHosmer tunnel ..\nit\n15\nS. Holowachuck. ..\nSwitchman\t\nLeg crushed between motor and post.\n15\nit\nt!\n17\n18\nFr. Westwood\t\nMotorman ....\nHoistman\t\nFoot crushed by motor on surface.\nBroke tibia by hitting it against a ear.\n16\nNo. 5 Coal creek\n17\nNo. 3 Michel....\nft\n19\nJ. Suchadolnik ....\nFall of coal broke leg.\n18\nNo. 8 n ....\nNo. 2 Coal creek\nIf\n22\n30\nW. Werenka \t\nThomas Kynaston.\nFall of coal broke left leg.\nFall of rock killed him.\n19\n20\nNo. 2\nApr.\n6\nThomas Savage....\nCrushed between horse and post; forearm broken.\n21\nNo. 5 Michel\t\n7\nG. Pozzi \t\nCave on slope buried and killed him.\nRiding on car ; leg fractured.\n22\nNo. 8 \u201e ....\ntt\n6\nC. Pokoring\t\nSwitchman ....\n23\nNo. 5 n ....\nit\n12\nWm. Pugh\t\nCrushed between car and post; leg\nbroken.\n24\nNo. 8 -,...,\n\u00bb\n13\nG. Masura\t\nTimberman.. ..\nFall of rock broke leg.\n25\nNo. 5 Hosmer...\n\"\n14\nH. Masenko\t\nFoot bruised by moving car.\n26\nNo. 9 \u201e ....\ntt\n16\nF. Ranssank\t\nMiner\t\nFall of rock cut his neck.\n27\nNo. 5 ri ....\nit\n18\nP. Daneluk\t\nCrushed between car and post; chest\nand hips crushed. 1 Geo. 5\nCoal Mining.\nK 239\nAccidents in East Kootenay Collieries.\u2014Continued.\nNo.\nColliery.\n28\nHosmer tunnel. .\n29\nNo. 6 Hosmer. ..\n30\n31\nNo. 8 Michel....\n32\nNo. 1 Coal creek.\n33\nNo. 8 Michel....\n34\nNo. 2 Coal creek.\n35\nNo. 2 \u201e ....\n36\nNo. 8 Michel....\n37\nNo. 2 Hosmer.. .\n38\n39\n40\nNo. 5 Coal creek.\n41\n42\nNo. 6 Hosmer...\n43\nNo. 6 a \t\n44\nNo. 6 \u201e ....\n45\n46\nNo. 2 Coal creek.\n47\n48\n49\nCoal creek\t\n50\n51\n52\nNo. 9 Hosmer...\n53\nNo. 6 n ....\nDate.\nApr. 18\n\u201e 20\nn 22\n,i 25\nMay 7\n\u201e 11\n\/\/ 13\n\u201e 13\n\u201e 19\n\/, 19\n\u201e 23\n,, 27\nn 29\nJune 3\nName.\n\/\/ 11\n11\nJuly 4\n10\n11\n22\n23\n25\n27\n28\nF. Patterson ...\nG. Kupchaek. .\nR. Patterson.. .\nG. Nakirmak...\nDominic Viani .\nG. Rossai\t\nWm. Price\t\nJ. H. James ...\nA. Farano \t\nL. Cusandro ...\nB. Swanton....\nT. Climovik ...\nAlfred Clare ..\nG. Pittaro \t\nD. Maskevich..\nB. Kozllowski..\nM. Danus\t\nJohn Ciddio ...\nChris. Dingsdale\nWm. Pavier. ...\nM. Ragan\nLouis F. Metul.\nGeo. Millar\t\nM. Bitango ....\nI. Hawaczszku .\nJohn Joy\t\nOccupation.\nMotorman\nTrackman .\t\nLamp-boy\t\nMiner\t\nPusher\t\nDriver\t\nPusher\t\nTracklayer....\nDriver .......\nMiner\t\nEngineer\t\nLabourer\t\nRope-rider ....\nBrakeman ....\nLabourer\t\nMiner\t\nBack-hand ....\nMotorman....\nMiner\t\nit \t\nMotorman\t\nMiner\t\nLabourer\t\nRope-rider....\nMiner\t\nDetails.\nInjured face by knocking against\nmotor.\nCut foot with axe.\nFingers injured by detonator while\nplaying round motor-house.\nFall of coal injured back.\nTwo cars broke away from McGinty,\ncaught Viani and broke arm, leg,\nand three ribs.\nRun over by car and killed.\nA runaway trip of cars on incline\ncrushed him between cars and rib ;\ninjured chest and scalp-wound.\nSame as last case ; same result.\nCrushed between car and rib ; killed.\nFinger lacerated between car and\nchute.\nFoot jammed between two cars.\nFell while carrying timber, and injured\nback.\nRiding on car, struck head on a\ntimber ; fracture of vertebra.\nTimber rolled off trip and broke his leg.\nStruck by a timber falling down chute,\nand internally injured.\nRun of coal suffocated him.\nRun of coal suffocated him.\nFell down unfenced chute and was\nkilled.\nThe motor dislodged a rock, which\nknocked him under motor, which\npassed over him, killing him.\nFalling coal broke arm.\nProp fell on him and broke hip.\nMotor ran over him and killed him.\nFall of coal broke collar-bone and\ncrushed hips.\nPart of arm taken off by conveyor on\ntipple.\nFoot cut between car and post.\nHand cut by timber. K 240\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nAccidents in East Kootenay Collieries.\u2014Continued.\nNo\nColliery.\nDate.\nName.\nOccupation.\nDetails.\n54\n55\nNo. 1 Coal creek\nNo. 2 Hosmer...\nJuly 30\nAug. 3\nW. D. Williams.. .\nTimberman's\n[helper\nCrushed between cars and leg broken.\nEye destroyed, accidentally struck by\na pick.\n56\nNo. 1 Coal creek\n5\nMike Stinek\t\nCrushed between car and shafts, due to\nharness breaking ; left arm broken,\nribs broken, cut head.\n57\n58\n8\n9\nG. Bratti\t\nCoke-puller . ..\nRope-rider\t\nNo. 2 Coal creek\nJames Roby\t\nStruck in the back by runaway trip ;\ndied of broken back three weeks\nlater.\n59\nNo. 2\n,, 9A\nEdw. Hamer\t\nWhile timbering, a timber fell and\nbroke his ankle.\n60\nNo. 5\n\u201e 31\nRunaway trip struck him and caused\nbroken ribs and bruised head.\n61\nNo. 5\nn 31\nHarry McGimsey. .\nDriver-boss....\nCrushed between cars on McGinty\nand killed.\n62\nNo. 10 Hosmer..\nSept. 6\nThumb broken by haulage-rope.\n63\nNo. 5 Michel...\n7\nJohn Bozal\t\nFall of coal fractured knee.\n64\nNo. 1 Coal creek\n\u201e 20\nRoco. Catenaro....\nJumped off trip and right leg was\njammed and broken.\n65\nCoal creek\t\n,i 22\nJos. W. Buchanan.\nLoco, engineer.\nLocomotive jumped a switch on surface railway and went over a bank\n200 feet; Buchanan sustained broken\nleft leg and arm.\n66\nNo. 1 Coal creek\nOct. 7\nThos. Stewart\t\nDriver-boss.. . .\nWas driving air-motor, did not notice\na door, ran into it, crushing his leg\nso it had to be amputated.\n67\n8\nD. McLellan\t\nBroke right arm while mounting a\ntrip in motion.\n68\nNo. 2 Coal creek\n\u201e 12\nF. G. Westwood ..\nHis horse knocked out a post and a\ntimber fell and broke Westwood's\nclavicle.\n69\nNo. 8 Michel...\n\u201e 13\nStruck by car ; broken leg.\n70\nNo. 9 it ...\n\u201e 22\nJohn Toth\t\nFinger cut by coal-cutting machine.\n71\nNo. 9 n ...\na 25\nFall of rock broke a toe.\n72\nNo. 9 n ...\nNov. 3\nFinger injured between rope and\npulley.\n73\nNo. 9 ,, ...\n8\nE. Kostinuk\t\nFalling coal broke collar-bone.\n74\nNo. 3 ,, ...\n9\nJ. Suchodolnik\t\nFalling coal broke small bone of right\nleg.\n75\nNo. 2 Coal creek\nii 18\nFrank Zeman\t\nFalling rock broke ribs, bruised back\nand shoulder.\n76\nNo. 5 Coal creek\nNov. 18\nFrancis Scarpino.. .\nRope-driver...\nCrushed between moving car and post;\ninternal injuries.\n77\nNo. 9 Hosmer...\na 19\nJ. Uynnycyk\t\nStruck by car ; injuries fatal. 1 Geo. 5\nCoal Mining.\nK 241\nAccidents in East Kootenay Mixes.\u2014Concluded.\nNo.\n78\n79\n80\n81\n82\n83\n84\nColliery.\nNo. 9 Hosmer. ..\nNo. 3 Michel\t\nNo. 5 Coal creek\nNo. 9 Coal creek\nMichel\t\nNo. 8 Michel\t\nNo. 4 a ....\nDate.\nDec.\n7\nit\n7\na\n8\na\n9\na\n20\nn\n27\nn\n31\nName.\nM. Romanuk\nFra. Payk...\nDom Sarchesi\nSam Heaney\nRobt. Clare .\nJohn Lord ..\nJohn Balver.\nOccupation.\nRope-rider\nMiner ....\nOiler\t\nDriver ....\nMiner\t\nDetails.\nCrushed between car and post; arm\nbroken and side bruised.\nFalling coal broke both legs.\nFalling rock broke tibia.\nFalling rock broke ankle.\nArm crushed in machinery.\nThrown off a ear which jumped the\ntrack, and collar-bone broken.\nFalling coal broke small bone in leg.\n16 K 242\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nPROSECUTIONS UNDER \"COAL MINES\nREGULATION ACT.\"\nAs is incumbent upon the Inspector, he has been obliged to lay information before the\nlocal Magistrates in a large number of cases for infractions, by the workmen in the mines, of\nthe general and special rules, which are provided solely for their own protection. These\nregulations are for the general safety of all the underground employees, and the carelessness\nof one man endangers all his fellow workmen, whose lives are practically in the hands of such\nfoolishly careless or criminal person.\nIt will be noticed that the number of prosecutions this year is greater than formerly, due\nto the increase of the industry and to the greater number of Inspectors, permitting of a\ncloser supervision of the work.\nThe following prosecutions and convictions have been obtained during the year for the\noffences noted :\u2014\nOffence committed.\nIn Violation of\nProvisions of \"C.\nM. R. Act, 1888.\"\nNo. of\nProsecutions.\nNo. of\nConvictions.\nPenalties inflicted.\nIntimidating firemen from perform-\nSection 42\t\nGeneral Rule 8..\nSpecial Rule 54. .\nGen. Rule 9, ss. (c)\nSpec. Rules 50&51\nGeneral Rule 8...\nSpecial Rule 63..\nSpecial Rule 43..\nGeneral Rule 3..\nSection 23b\t\nGen. Rule 9, ss. (6)\n1\n17\n1\n2\n3\n1\n3\n1\n1\n4\n1\n1\n17\n1\n2\n3\n1\n2\n1\n1\n4\nCancellation of certificate\nHaving tobacco or matches in possession in a mine where safety-lamps\nare required\t\nGoing through '' danger\" fence in\nStoring powder in mine\t\nDamaging safety-lamp\t\nRiding on cars in mine\t\nFailing to place sprag in place\t\nFailing to make true report as official\nViolation of \"eight-hour law \"\t\nTaking more than 4 lb. of powder into\nFined $10 and costs ; in one\ninstance convicted to 7\ndays' imprisonment. . .\nSeven days' imprisonment..\nFined \u00a710 and costs.\nThirty days' imprisonment.\nFined $10 and costs.\n\/\/ \/\/\n(Fireboss); fined $10&costs.\nFined\u2014manager, $10; workmen, $2.\nFled the country. 1 Geo. 5\nMetalliferous Mines Shipping in 1910.\nK 243\nMETALLIFEROUS MINES SHIPPING IN 1910.\n:o:\nCASSIAR.\nPORTLAND CANAL MINING DIVISION.\nMine or Group,\nLocality.\nOwner or Agent.\nAddress.\nCharacter of Ore.\nLordigordv.\t\nEAST KOOTENAY.\nFORT STEELE MINING DIVISION.\nCon. M. & S. Co. of Canada\t\nJ. P. Farrell\t\nNorth Star\t\nCon. M. & S. Co. of Canada\t\nGOLDEN AND WINDERMERE MINING\nDIVISIONS.\nField\t\nWEST KOOTENAY.\nNELSON MINING DIVISION.\nArlington\t\nAthabasca\t\nEmerald\t\nEureka\t\nGranite-Poo rman\nHope\t\nKeystone\t\nMother Lode\t\nNugget\t\nQueen\t\nQueen Victoria...\nSilver King\t\nSummit\t\n\"Wilcox\t\nErie\t\nNelson\t\nSalmo\t\nEagle Creek ..\nGranite\t\nSalmo \t\nErie \t\nSheep Creek .\nNelson\t\nbeasley Siding\nNelson\t\nSheep Creek..\nYmir\t\nLeslie Hill\t\nA. W. Constans\t\nJ. Waldbeser\t\nL. B. Reynolds\t\nThos. Go'ugh\t\nW. A. Talbot\t\nW. J. Wilson\t\nW. Watson\t\nW. C. Bayley\t\nE. V. Buckley\t\nOon. M. &S. Co\t\nKootenay Development Syndicate\nSheep Creek Summit Gold Mines,\nA. H. Tuttle [Ltd.\nNelson\t\nSalmo\t\nNelson\t\nWilliams Sidin,\nSalmo\t\nErie \t\nNew York\t\nNelson .......\nSheep Creek..\nTrail\t\nNelson\t\nVancouver ...\nYmir\t\nGold, silver.\nGold, silver, lead.\nSilver, lead.\nGold, silver, copper.\nGold, silver.\nGold, silver, lead.\nGold, silver.\nGold, silver, lead.\nGold, silver.\nGold and silver.\nGold, silver, copper.\nSilver, copper.\nGold, silver.\nAINSWORTH MINING DIVISION.\nBismark ,\t\nBluebell\t\nS. F. Kaslo Creek\t\nNeil McKay\t\nS. S. Fowler\t\nV. Anderson\t\nE. Johnson\t\nC. F. Caldwell\t\nW. G. Robb\t\nRiondel\t\nSilver, lead.\nSilver, lead, zinc.\nHighland\t\nAinsworth . \t\nKaslo\t\n|(\nM\nWhitewater\t\n..\nWhitewater Deep...\n,\nSLOCAN AND SLOCAN CITY MINING DIVISIONS.\nS. S. Fowler\t\nNew Denver\t\nEastmont\t\nTen-mile Creek\t\nSilver, lead, gold.\nG. Stilwell \t\nLone Bachelor\t\nThree Forks \t\nGold, silver, lead. K 244\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nSLOCAN AND SLOCAN CITY MINING DIVISIONS.\u2014Concluded.\nMine or Group.\nLucky Jim\t\nMajestic\t\nMollie Hughes\t\nMcAllister\t\nNoonday\t\nOttawa\t\nPayne \t\nRambler-Cariboo..\nReco\t\nRichmond-Eureka\nRuth and Hope.,.\nSlocan Star\t\nStandard\t\nVan Roi\t\nLocality.\nBear Lake..\nSandon\t\nSlocan\t\nThree Forks\nSilverton...\nSlocan\t\nSandon\t\nMcGuigan..\nSandon\t\nSilverton\t\nOwner or Agent\nA. W. Allen\t\nG. H. Wrisrht\t\nJulius Wolff\t\nW. G. Clark\t\nT. J* Lloyd\t\nMcPhee & McVicar.\nO. V. White\t\nW E. Zwicky\t\nJ. M. Harris\t\nCon. M. & S. Co\nJ. Anderson \t\n0. V. White\t\nG. H. Aylard\t\nLe Roi Nil -2\t\nKaslo \t\nSandon\t\nNew Denver .\nSandon\t\nSilverton ...\nSlocan \t\nSandon\t\nKaslo\t\nSandon\t\nTrail\t\nKaslo\t\nSandon\t\nNew Denver.\nRossland\t\nCharacter of Ore.\nLead,\nzinc.\nSilver\nlead.\nGold,\nsilver.\nSilver\nlead.\nSilver\nlead,\nzinc.\nSilver\nSilver\nlead.\nTROUT LAKE MINING DIVISION.\nTRAIL CREEK MINING DIVISION.\nBlue Bird\t\nCentre Star....\nI. X. L\t\nLe Roi\t\nLe Roi No. 2...\nLilly May\t\nMayflower\t\nMountain Trail\nVelvet\t\nRossland .\nLyman Carter, Pres.\nM. E. Purcell\t\nR. T. Evans\t\nA.J. McMillan \t\nErnest Levy \t\nJohnston & Finney ..\nNels Hanson\t\nC. C. Knutson\t\nRossland .\nNorthport, Wash .\nSilver, lead, gold.\nGold, silver, copper.\nGold, silver.\nGold, silver, copper.\nGold, silver, lead.\nGold, silver, copper.\nBOUNDARY.\nGRAND FORKS MINING DIVISION.\nKettle River\t\nBrown's Camp\t\nJohn A. Thomson\t\nVancouver\t\nGold, silver, copper.\nGold, silver.\nGold, silver, copper.\nGREENWOOD MINING DIVISION.\nBounty Fr\t\nMother Lode ..\nMountain Rose\nOro Denoro. ...\nRawhide\t\nSally\t\nWellington\t\nBeaverdell\t\nDeadwood Camp.\nSummit Camp ..\nPhcenix\t\nKettle River\t\nWellington Camp.\nT. T. Henderson \t\nB. C. Copper Co\t\nNew Dom. Copper Co..\nB. C. Copper Co\t\nNew7 Dom. Copper Co..\nR. Wood\t\nB. C. Copper Co\t\nGreenwood .\nSilver, lead.\nGold, silver, copper.\nSilver, copper.\nGold, silver, copper.\nSilver, lead.\nGold, silver, copper.\nOSOYOOS MINING DIVISION.\nNickel Plate\t\nHedley\t\nGold, silver.\nASHCROFT MINING DIVISION.\nCoutlee P. 0\t\nCopper. 1 Geo. 5\nMetalliferous Mines Shipping in 1910.\nK 245\nBOUN DARY.\u2014Concluded.\nLILLOOET MINING DIVISION.\nMine or Group.\nAnderson Lake M. &\nBend'Or. .. [M. Co.\nPioneer :\t\nLocality.\nOwner or Agent.\nAddress.\nCharacter of Ore.\nH. M. Babb\t\nSeattle\t\nGold.\nCOAST.\nNEW WESTMINSTER MINING DIVISION.\nR. H. Leach\t\nBritannia Beach\t\nGold, silver, copper.\nNANAIMO MINING DIVISION.\nVan Anda \t\nCopper, gold, silver.\nGold, silver, copper.\nCLAYOQUOT MINING DIVISION.\nElk River\t\nD. W. Hanbury. .. \t\nGold, silver. K 246\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nLIST OF CROWN-GRANTED MINERAL CLAIMS.\nCROWN GRANTS ISSUED IN 1910.\nCASSIAR.\nClaim.\nAtlin\t\nChilcat\t\nElise\t\nFairfield\t\nGilrov Fractional....\nHartford\t\nLawrence \t\nHorrible\t\nMaid oi Erin \t\nNorthern Partnership\nNo. 1\t\nNova Seotia\t\nQueen Bess\t\nSonora \t\nSpokane \t\nSugar Quart Fract.. .\nTogo\t\nUtica\t\nVictoria \t\nWar Eagle \t\nWindsor\t\nWonderfull \t\nMoresby Island\t\nPine Log\t\nAloha\t\nBellingham\t\nBlue Bell\t\nBen Hur\t\nBen Hur Fractional .\nCopper Queen ,\t\nCopper Cliff \t\nDot Fractional\t\nGeorge E\t\nLittle Pat Fractional.\nMiller \t\nMontrose \t\nMount Lyell\t\nMac Fract\t\nNorthern Bell\t\nPontiac \t\nRoosevelt No. 2\t\nRoosevelt No. 1\t\nRubv\t\nRed Cliff\t\nSunbeam \t\nSilver Bow No. 1\t\nSilver Bow No. 2\t\nSilver Bow No. 3\t\nSilver Bow No. 4\t\nTyee\t\nViking\t\nWhite Bear\t\nWatterloo\t\nWashington No. 1\t\nContention\t\nKeystone Fractional ..\nStandard\t\nDawson \t\nMabel \t\nQueen Charlotte\nSkeena \t\nRichard Kennedy\nJohn Wm. Burnham.\nMichael Cassin\t\nMartin Conway\t\nJohn Wm. Burnham.\nMichael Cassin \t\nRichard Kennedy ,\t\nJohn Dunham, James Alexander, Konrad Warwecka and\nBenjamin Green-Nicoll\t\nDavid Fraser\t\nHenry Nicholson \t\nJohn William Burnham\t\nMartin Conway, Sam. Martin Fraser\t\nJohn Mitchell Turnbull\t\nHenry Nicholson\t\nMichael Cassin\t\nJohn William Burnham\t\nRichard Kennedy \t\nJ ohn Wm. Burnham\t\nRichard Kennedy.\t\nJohn S. McMillan\t\nGribble Island Copper Co.\nStewart Mining & Development Co., Ltd\nGribble Island Copper Co\t\nRed Cliff Mining Co., Ltd. (N. P. L.)\t\nStewart Mining & Development Co., Ltd. (N. P. L.).\nRed Cliff Mining Co., Ltd. (N. P. L.)\t\nGraham Chambers, David James Rainey\t\nRed Cliff Mining Co., Ltd. (N. P. L.) \t\nGraham Chambers, David James Rainey .\nWilliam Noble\t\nRed Cliff Mining Co , Ltd. (N. P. L.)\t\nStewart Mining & Development Co., Ltd.\nMyron Knox Rodgers\t\nGribble Island Copper Co.\nRed Cliff Mining Co., Ltd (N. P. L.)\t\nMyron Knox Rodgers\t\nJohn Joseph Campbell, Charles II. Schepster, Henry Edward\nMacdonell, Robert Scott Lennie\t\nJohn Joseph Campbell, Charles H. Schepster, Henry Edward\nMacdonell, Robert Scott Lennie\t\nJam es Joseph Campbell, Charles H. Schepster, Henry Edward\nMacdonell, R. S. Lennie .. \t\nWilliam Charles Fry, John Stevenson, Charles E. Rollins,\nJr., AnguslMePherson, Wm. Bromfield Brough, Roxelina\nCadwell-Johnston, administratrix of the estate of Wm.\nAlbert Johnston, deceased, intestate\t\nWilliam Charles Fry, John Stevenson, Charles E. Rollins,\nJr., Angus McPherson, Wm. BromfieldiBrough, Roxelina Cadwell-Johnston, administratrix of the estate of\nWin. Albert Johnston, deceased, intestate.... \t\nLot No.\n904 G. 1\n728 G. 1\n902 G. 1\n921 G. 1\n730 G. 1\n801 G. 1\n95S G. 1\n810 G. 1\n722 G. 1\n918 G. 1\n900 G. 1\n911 G..1\n727 G. 1\n807 G. 1\n908 G. 1\n910 G. 1\n957 G. 1\n903 G. 1\n901 G. I\n804 G. 1\n726 G. 1\n78\n88\n608 Rg 4\n601 Rg4\n603 Rg 4\n870 G. 1\n871 G. 1\n604 Rg 4\n605 Rg 4\n87 G. 1\n872 G. 1\n78 G. 1\n893 G. 1\n76 G. 1\n77 G. 1\n86 G. 1\n897 G. 1\n894 G. 1\n895 G. 1\n896 G. 1\n887 G. 1\n75\n869 G. 1\n466 G. 1\n457 G. 1\n458 G. 1\n459 G. 1\n602 Rg 4\n607 Rg 4\n606 Rg 4\n79 G. 1\n867 G. 1\n1829Rg5\n1830Rg5\n1828Rg5\n365 G 1.\n366 G. 1\n51.65\n49.91\n43.83\n43.51\n33.11\n44.4\n51.65\n46.62\n50.17\n46.46\n51.61\n48.23\n30.13\n36.79\n30.3\n48.91\n51.65\n50.19\n51.65\n44.76\n29.52\n45.79\n32-43\n51.6\n51.6\n49.25\n51.65\n10.64\n50\n50.7\n3.72\n49.23\n46.82\n51.65\n50.90\n46.69\n5.8\n51.65\n61.65\n43.26\n45.01\n51.65\n51.65\n44.45\n51.65\n61.65\n39.22\n51.65\n46\n51.6\n47.9\n51.65\n50.32\n37.35\n14.72\n39. m\nMar. 9\nMar. 9\nMar. 9\nOct. 6\nMar. 9\nMar. 9\nOct. 6\nOct. 6\nMar. 9\nAug. 31\nMar. 9\nNov. 10\nMar. 9\nMar. 9\nJune 12\nNov. 10\nOct. 6\nMar. 9\nMar. 9\nMar. 9\nMar. 9\nJuly 20\nJuly 19\nJune 29\nJune 29\nJune 29\nAug. 16\nAug. 16\nJune 29\nJune 29\nOct. 4\nAug. 16\nOct. 4\nFeb. 28\nOct. 4\nOct. 4\nOct. 4\nFeb. 28\nFeb. 28\nFeb. 28\nFeb. 28\nAug. 20\nSept. 30\nAug. 16\nAug. 22\nAug. 22\nAug. 22\nAug. 22\nJune 29\nJune 29\nJune 29\nOct. 4\nOct. 11\nMar. 10\nMar. 10\nMar. 10\nOct. 24 1 Geo. 5\nCrown Grants.\nK 247\nEAST KOOTENAY.\nClaim.\nDivision.\nMaple\t\nGrantee.\nJames A. Harvey, John Z. Cams\t\nJames A. Harvey, John Z. Cams, Frank Guindon\nM II 11\n11 II II\nWilliam Tarrant, James Angus\t\nJames A. Harvey, John Z. Cams, Frank Guindon\nLot. No.\nAcres.\nDate.\n2167G.l\n43.05\nSept.\n29\n2331G. 1\n29.6\nSept.\n29\n2169 G. 1\n46.47\nSept.\n27\n2330 G.l\n37.07\nSept.\n29\n8955\n43.35\nJan.\n3\n2168 G. 1\n32\nSept.\n27\nWEST KOOTENAY.\nAlexander\t\nAtlin\t\nAtlin Fraction No. 2...\nBullion\t\nClarendon \t\nClarendon Fractional ..\nEdward VII\t\nHide Away\t\nPlacer Fract\t\nPasadena\t\nSultana\t\nBlutcher \t\nCastick\t\nCopper Head\t\nEvening Star\t\nHecla\t\nIvanhoe\t\nJack Rabbit\t\nMountain Con\t\nOttawa\t\nPilot \t\nSurprise Fractional.\nSummit\t\nAirdrie Frac ,\t\nCarbajal\t\nEmporium\t\nHester\t\nJane No. 2\t\nKilo\t\nKilo No. 2\t\nMoonraker\t\nNumber three\t\nNumber four\t\nNumber five Fractional\nRanger\t\nSkylark\t\nViolet No. 3\t\nWedge Fractional\t\nAnnie E\t\nA. E. Fractional\t\nBosun\t\nB. S. Fractional\t\nEarly Bird\t\nFidelity\t\nF. D. Fractional\t\nGalilleo\t\nJ. W. Fractional\t\nLost Chord \t\nLast Chance \t\nMohecan\t\nNipissing\t\nPathfinder\t\nPluto\t\nSpokane\t\nWe Two\t\nNelson\nSlocan City\nSlocan\nTrout Lake\nCharles Lewiston.\nWilliam Coffey...\nWilliam Waldie\t\nClarence Chipman Ladd -\t\nCharles Lewiston \t\nWm. Waldie\t\nCharles Lewiston \t\nAgnes Billings\t\nFrederick P. Drummond \t\nWm. Anderson Allan\t\nWm. M. Bennett \t\nAlfred Joseph Watson\t\nWilliam Anderson Allan ,\nElon Ezra Chipman, Angus Campbell, Wm. Houston, Neil\nFranklin Mackay . \t\nWm. Anderson Allan\t\nAlfred Joseph Watson\t\nWm. M. Bennett\t\nWilliam Anderson Allan\t\nAlfred Joseph Watson\t\nFrancis Algernon Devereux ,\t\nElon Ezra Chipman, Angus Campbell, William Houston\nNeil Franklin McKay \t\nThomas Larance McAllister and Carson A. Bigney\t\nConsolidated Mining & Smelting Co. of Canada\t\nWilliam Hoover Yawkey, John D. Farrell, Augusta Lydia\nYawkey, Cyrus Carpenter Y'awkey, as the executor\nof the estate of William Olyman Yawkey, deceased...\nThomas Larance McAllister\t\nNoah F. McNaught, James McNaught.\nThomas McNeish, Conway Edward Cartwright, John F.\nHelliwell, John Elliott, Alexander MacDonald, William\nJohn Wilson, Francis M. Black \t\nJohn Morgan Harris\t\nFred. Texas Kelly \t\nJohn Alexander Whittier\t\nNoah McNaught, James McNaught, Robert Wetmore\nHannington\t\nNoah F. McNaught, James McNaught, Robert Wetmore\nHannington . . .'.\t\nNoah F. McNaught, James McNaught\t\nClara Grace Westfall, administratrix of the estate of John\nWesley Westfall, deceased, intestate\t\nClara Grace Westfall, administratrix of the estate of John\nWestley Westfall, deceased, intestate\t\nClara Grace Westfall, administratrix of the estate of John\nWesley Westfall, deceased, intestate\t\nClara Grace Westfall, adminis'ratrix of the estate of John\nWesley Westfall, deceased, intestate \t\nCharles Manson Oliver \t\nClara Grace Westfall, administratrix of the estate of John\nWesley Westfall, deceased, intestate\t\nClara Grace Westfall, administratrix of the estate of John\nWesley Westfall, deceased, intestate\t\nEdward Baillie\t\nClara Grace Westfall, administratrix of the estate of John\nWesley Westfall, deceased, intestate \t\nHenry W. Schloss \t\nII M\t\nCharles Manson Oliver , \t\nClara Grace Westfall, administratrix of the estate of John\nWesley Westfall, deceased, intestate\t\nCharles Manson Oliver\t\nEdward Baillie\t\nClara Grace Westfall, administratrix of the estate of John\nWesley Westfall, deceased, intestate . ... \t\nClara Grace Westfall, administra'rix of the estate of John\nWesley Westfall, deceased, intestate\t\n9078 G.l\n51.37\n4800 G. 1\n27.37\n9336G.l\n20.79\n8325 G. 1\n50.74\n5142G.l\n33.30\n5143G.l\n34.80\n9077 G. 1\n18.22\n5625 G. 1\n28.07\n9079 G. 1\n7.73\n9185 G. 1\n49.85\n9186G.l\n25.39\n8633\n48.10\n9840 G. 1\n47.93\n3635 G. 1\n49\n6497G.l\n61.65\n7379G.l\n61.65\n1195 G.l\n42.67\n8639G.l\n47.80\n9841G.l\n49.07\n1196G.l\n51.65\n3640G.l\n48.30\n6336 G. 1\n8.5\n7380G.l\n51.65\n9831G.l\n15.77\n6532 G. 1\n0.8\n2109 G.l\n45.16\n9831G. 1\n25.65\n9830 G.l\n42.09\n9328 G. 1\n60.06\n9330 G.1\n37.14\n8939 G. 1\n32.51\n5916G.l\n30.84\n5917 G. 1\n36.84\n5918 G.l\n20.46\n9332 G. 1\n41.39\n9333G. 1\n47.36\n9829 G.1\n23.12\n9331G. 1\n47.05\n7268 G. 1\n51.65\n7276G.l\n2\n7271G. 1\n51.56\n7275G.l\n2.65\n8708 G. 1\n61.52\n7269G, 1\n51.39\n7274 G. 1\n2.20\n8659G.l\n28.43\n7432 G. 1\n4.90\n8664 G. 1\n61.65\n8665 G. 1\n51.34\n8706 G. 1\n61.65\n7270 G. 1\n51.65\n8707 G. 1\n51.23\n8658G.l\n32.43\n7272G. 1\n47.20\n7273 G.l\n51.65\nAug. 26\nOct. 13\nOct. 13\nAug. 26\nFeb. 15\nFeb. 15\nAug. 26\nAug. 26\nAug. 26\nDec. 8\nDec. 8\nSept. 27\nJune 22\nAug. 12\nSept. 27\nAug. 12\nSept. 27\nAug. 12\nJune 22\nSept. 27\nAug. 12\nAug. 12\nAug. 12\nApril 21\nJan. 11\nOct. 21\nApril 12\nApril 12\nAug. 19\nAug. 19\nJuly 18\nAug. 5\nAug. 5\nAug. 5\nAug. 20\nAug. 20\nAug. 19\nAug'. 20\nNov. 24\nNov. 14\nNov. 24\nNov. 14\nFeb. 15\nNov. 14\nOct. 6\nNov. 14\nJune 24\nJune 24\nFeb. 18\nNov. 24\nFeb. 15\nSept. 30\nNov. 24\nNov. 24 K 248\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nWEST KOOTENAY.\u2014 Concluded.\nClaim.\nDivision.\nGrantee.\nLot No.\n9124 G.l\n9125 G. 1\n9121 G.1\n9122 G.l\n9123 G. 1\nAcres.\nDate.\nCharles Walsh, Edward Adair, Samuel McMurty, Walter\nWalsh, Frank G. Walsh, Gilbert Wilson, Robert P.\n49.5\n51.2\n41.75\n39.8\n26.36\nJune 21\nCharles Walsh, Edward Adair, Samuel McMurty, Walter\nWalsh, Frank G. Walsh, Gilbert Wilson, Robert F.\nJune 21\nFlora Bell.. \t\nCharles Walsh, Edward Adair, Samuel McMurty, Walter\nWalsh, Frank G. Walsh, Gilbert Wilson, and Robert F.\nJune 21\nCharles Walsh, Edward Adair, Samuel McMurty, Walter\nWalsh, Frank G. Walsh, Gilbert Wilson, Robert P.\nCharles Walsh, Edward Adair, Samuel McMurty, Walter\nWalsh, Frank G. Walsh, Gilbert Wilson, and Robert F.\nJune 21\nJune 21\nBOUNDARY.\nAjax\t\nBanner Fractional\t\nBvstander\t\nBuffalo \t\nBay Horse\t\nBurlington Fractional.\nColumbia\t\nConnection\t\nCressant\t\nEarly Dawn Fractional\nFlorence \t\nGolden Age\t\nG. H. Fractional\t\nHennakinn\t\nHomestake Fractional\nI. X. L\t\nKate Frac. No. 2\t\nLucky Jack\t\nLucky Shot Fractional\nNakusp\t\nOttawa\t\nRossland\t\nShirley Fractional\t\nStandard \t\nShelby\t\nTriplicate Fractional..\nTiger Fractional\t\nVerde\t\nViolet Fractional ... .\nWhite Bear\t\nWoodburn \t\nWoodburn Fractional.\nAetna Fractional . ...\nBoston Bay Fractional\nBounty \t\nBullion Fractional ....\nB. C\t\nCalifornia Fractional..\nConnection Fractional\nCrescent No. 2\t\nEholt \t\nFlorence\t\nMonte Grande\t\nMorning Star\t\nMcKinley\t\nPaymaster Fractional.\nS. I. B. A\t\nTamarack Fractional..\nTanglefoot\t\nWellington \t\nApex \t\nJohnny Bull\t\nKendall\t\nV. V. E\t\nBlackbird ,\nDuke\t\nLeroy\t\nGrand Forks\nGreenwood\nOsoyoos\nSylvia Rice Covert, Bernard Lequime, David Whiteside,\nForbes M. Kerby\t\nFred. W. Heid, Albert L. Whiteside \t\nJacob M. Paulson\t\nJames McDonald\t\nJohn Mulligan and Eric E. Jackson \t\nArchie Chisholm\t\nLake D. Wolford, Forbes M. Kerby\nJohn Mulligan, Eric E. Jackson \t\nB. C. Copper Co., Ltd\t\nArchie Chisholm, Patrick McGinnis, Donald Wm. Matheson ..\t\nHerbert Charles Kerman\t\nThomas Newby, Leander Merson, Frank Loehr, Howard E.\nGarnett\t\nBasil Wm. Garrison\t\nLake D Wolford, Forbes M. Kerby\t\nJames McArdle, Frank McFarlane. John McLaren, Peter\nWolf, Albert L. Whiteside\t\nLake D. Wolford \t\nHerbert Charles Kerman, Maggie M. Kerman, Henry\nWatkin, David Shannon\t\nJulius Carson .\t\nJames West and Archie Chisholm\t\nJames Sutherland, Chisholm Fraser\t\nElsie L. Clement\t\nJacob N. Paulson\t\nArchie Chisholm\t\nJohn Mulligan, James F. Cunningham...\nJohn Mulligan, Eric E. Jackson \t\nWm. Henry Otter, Charles N. Mardon..,\nBasil William Garrison\t\nHerbert Charles Kerman, Maggie M.\nWatkin, David Shannon\t\nJulius Carson\t\nKerman, Henry\nGranby Mining, Smelting, & Power Co., Ltd\t\nJohn Thomas Beattie, John Wm. Nelson, Donald A.\nCameron, Wm. Wellington Craig- ,\nSydney Mimmings Johnson and Philip D. S. Stanhope\t\nJohn Mulligan ,\t\nMarion Atwood and Thomas M. Graves\t\nJohn Mulligan\t\nArtemus L. White\t\nHarry H. Shallenberger\t\nFred Moser, John Zurfluh\t\nNeil H. Lamont, Edwin Foyle Smith\t\nJohn Mulligan \t\nEdward G. Smith\t\nAlexander A. Mcintosh\t\nGeorge Radcliffe Naden\t\nWm. Edward McArthur\t\nRobert Duncan Kerr and Emile Etchcpore\t\nJohn Zurfluh and Fred. Moser \t\nThomas Hemmerke, James H. McNeil, Ralph W. Smailes,\nJames Napier Paton.. \t\nEclipse Mining & Milling Co ,\t\nRichard H. Parkinson \t\nEusebius Shultz Peters and John Fisher May.\nMark Robert Eagleson .' ,\n1029 S.\n32.3\n1012 S.\n1.88\n1028 S.\n26\n920 S.\n42.25\n755 S.\n61.24\n757 S.\n35.9\n958 S.\n44.26\n954 S.\n38.55\n3383\n41.44\n758 S.\n47.5\n1187 S.\n32.93\n956 S.\n26.25\n967 S.\n26.9\n932 S.\n14.6\n439 S.\n42.2\n3167\n88.33\n1030 S.\n48.45\n961 S.\n8.74\n1026 S.\n44.28\n566 S.\n45.65\n960 S.\n31.65\n957 S.\n33.67\n965 S.\n51.65\n1013 S.\n2.86\n1027 S.\n41.4\n959 S.\n41.39\n593 S.\n14.4\n756 S.\n31.16\n1011 S.\n40.97\n588 S.\n27.5\n1025 S.\n51.65\n887 S.\n46.75\n888 S.\n10.78\n1024 S.\n0.11\n794 S.\n11.6\n2348\n51.65\n3238\n2.06\n725 S.\n48.42\n761 S.\n20.5\n3131\n21.26\n1257 S.\n41.02\n823 S.\n42.49\n880 S.\n34.47\n152 S.\n21.9\n1201 S.\n51.65\n168 S.\n44.40\n892 S.\n28.63\n2881\n51.65\n798 S.\n35.14\n1215 S.\n50.82\n2621\n51.65\n1038 S.\n37.6\n544\n22.46\n548 S.\n51.65\n646|S.\n40.84\n1176 G. 1\n37.7\n1222 G. 1\n19\n1225 G. 1\n39.3\nAug. 17\nJan. 12\nApril 28\nJune 24\nNov. 14\nNov. 14\nNov. 16\nNov. 16\nNov. 30\nNov. 14\nFeb. 9\nNov. 15\nFeb. 14\nJuly 18\nNov. 15\nNov. 30\nJune 27\nSept. 21\nFeb. 14\nSept. 30\nNov. 16\nNov. 16\nJune 27\nFeb. 17\nApril 28\nNov. 16\nJune 17\nNov. 14\nApril 4\nNov. 15\nFeb. 14\nSept. 30\nSept. 30\nAug. 26\nJuly 26\nAug. 16\nAug. 26\nSept. 27\nSept. 21\nNov. 2\nNov. 21\nNov. 15\nFeb. 28\nSept. 21\nNov. 15\nSept. 27\nJuly 14\nMay 2\nFeb. 15\nNov. 15\nJune 27\nMar. 15\nOct. 12\nOct. 12\nOct. 12\nJan. 31\nMar. 8\nMar. 8 1 Geo. 5\nCrown Grants.\nK 249\nBOUND AET.\u2014Concluded.\nClaim.\nDivision.\nGrantee.\nLot.\nAcres.\nDate.\nMaud S. Fractional\t\nNellie\t\nLillooet\t\nSimilkameen ...\nThomas Pearson Reid, Samuel Gibbs. Harvey Anson\n1226G.l\n1179G.l\n1224G.l\n1221G. 1\n3693 G. 1\n3694 G. 1\n806 S.\n30.5\n39.5\n23.7\n44\n51.65\n51.65\n61.66\nFeb. 3\nFeb. 15\nMar. 8\nWhip-poor-Will \t\nFeb. 15\nJuly 26\nWhite Bear \t\nJuly 26\nKnob Hill\t\nEllen Josephine Barrow and George Edgar Winkler \t\nJuly 28\nVANCOUVER ISLAND AND COAST.\nFirst Chance\t\nKeiser\t\nCougar\t\nGeorgina Fractional\t\nNecessity Frac\t\nOrmond No. 2\t\nOrmond No. 2 Fractional\nOrmond \t\nOrmond No. 3 \t\nEureka No. 1\t\nEureka No. 2\t\nEagle No. 1\t\nEagle No. 2 \t\nEagle No. 3\t\nEagle No. 4\t\nEagle No. 5\t\nEagle No. 6\t\nEagle No. 7..\t\nEagle No. 8\t\nF. H. C. No. 1\t\nF. H. C. No. 2\t\nLast Chance\t\nRed Cross No. 1\t\nKed Cross No. 2\t\nRed Cross No. 3\t\nRed Cross No. 4\t\nRed Diamond No. 1\t\nRed Diamond No. 2\t\nRed Bug No. 1\t\nRed Bug No. 2\t\nSunrise\t\nSeattle No. 1\t\nSeattle \t\nVictoria \t\nAlpha\t\nBeta\t\nTaboga\t\nAlberni .\nN. Westminster.\nClayoquot.\nQuatsino\nJames A. Moore \t\nJames Dunsmuir\t\nBritannia Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.\nJohn H. Tilsley\t\nJames Beck, Thomas Thornton Gardhouse\nClifford Terrian\nHenry Marsh\n285\n51.65\n417\n40\n2347 G. 1\n29.58\n2411G.l\n47\n2611G. 1\n26.02\n354\n28.1\n355\n16.34\n352\n45.91\n353\n34.35\n233\n41.8\n234\n41.8\n274\n47.65\n275\n46.3\n277\n36.07\n278\n37.16\n279\n60.4\n280\n51.65\n297\n30.8\n298\n29.08\n272\n49.31\n273\n40.75\n286\n51.65\n235\n46.02\n236\n45.62\n237\n61.65\n268\n51.65\nf.69\n51.65\n270\n51.66\n301\n41.00\n302\n47.4\n271\n51.65\n287\n51.65\n300\n51.66\n276\n51.65\n1 G.\n27.05\n2 G.\n21.0\n3 G.\n38.05\nOct. 12\nJan. 31\nJune 23\nJuly 2\nOct. 22\nApr. 21\nApr. 21\nApr. 21\nApr. 21\nJune 30\nJune 30\nJune 30\nJuly 6\nJuly 6\nJuly 6\nJuly 7\nJuly 7\nOct. 12\nOct. 12\nJune 30\nJune 30\nOct. 12\nJune 30\nJune 30\nJune 30\nJune 30\nJune SO\nJune 30\nJuly 7\nJulv 7\nJuly 6\nOct. 12\nOct. 12\nJuly 6\nAug. 6\nAug. 6\nAug. 6 K 250\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nDEPARTMENT OF MINES.\nVICTORIA, B. C.\nHon. Richard McBride,\nR. F. ToivMiE,\nWm. Fleet Robertson,\nHerbert Carmichaei.,\nD. E. Whittaker,\nF. H. Shepherd,\nThomas Morgan,\nJohn Newton,\nEvan Evans,\nRobert Strachan,\nJames McGregor,\nMinister of Mines.\nDeputy Minister of Mines.\nProvincial Mineralogist.\nProvincial Assayer.\nAssistant Assayer.\nChief Inspector of Mines, Nanaimo.\nDistrict ,, \"\n,, ,, Cumberland.\n,, ,, Cranbrook.\n,, ,, Hosmer.\n,, ,, Nelson.\nGOLD COMMISSIONERS AND MINING RECORDERS.\nMining Divisions.\nAtlin Mining Division.\nSub-office\t\nStikine Mining Division .\nSub-office\t\nLiard Minidg Division . .\nKauai .s\nSkeena Mining Division.\nSub-office\t\nPortland Canal M. D.\nBella Coola Mining Div..\nSub-office\t\nQueen'Charlotte Min'g D.\nSub-office\t\nOmineca Mining Division.\nSub-office\t\nLocation of\nOffice.\nAtlin\t\nDiscovery City ..\nTelegraph Creek.\nSummit Station.\nWynnton\t\nPleasant Camp . .\nHaines (U. S.)...\nNahlin \t\nTelegraph Creek,\nBoundary\t\nTelegraph Creek.\nPrince Rupert...\nKitimat\t\nPort Simpson ...\nEssington\t\nStewart (Portland\nUnuk River...\nHartley Bay....\nStewart\t\nPrince Rupert..\nBella Coola ....\nJedway...\nSkidegate.\nMasset ...\nLockeport\nHazelton .\nFort Grahame..\nFort St. James .\nManson Creek.\nCopper City\nAldermere\t\nLome Creek\nKitsalas\t\nFort St. John ..\nGold Commissioner.\nJ. A. Fr\nJas. Porter\t\nJas. Porter\t\nJ. H. McMulIin.\nCanal).\nJ. H. McMulIin .\nJ. H. McMulIin.\nE. M. Sandilands.\nWilliam Allison\nMining Recorder.\nJohn Cartmel.\n(Com. for taking\nAffidavits)\nJas. Porter\nJasr Porter\t\nJ. H. McMulIin\nJohn Conway.. .\nJ. H. McMulIin\nE. M. Sandilands..\nJas. E. Kirby .\nSub-Recorder.\nR. Webster.\nJas. Porter.\nGeoffrey Butler.\nW. H. Simpson.\nRisdon M. Odell.\nJ. F. Pilling.\nC. A. Tervo.\nGeo. L. Anderson.\nJ. R. C. Deane.\nA. Forsythe.\nJohn Conway.\nBurt E. Daily.\nEd. McCoskrie.\nChris. Carlson.\nW. Prescott.\nA. J. Gordon.\nC. Harrison.\nH. L. Beresford.\nWm. Fox.\nAlex. C. Murray.\nEzra Evans.\nP. R. Skinner.\nR. Gale.\nF. E. Holt.\nJ. H. Patterson.\nF. W. Beatton. 1 Geo. 5\nOfficers of Department of Mines.\nK 251\nGOLD COMMISSIONERS AND MINING RECORDERS.\u2014Continued.\nMining Divisions.\nPeace River Mining Div..\nCariboo Mining Division..\nSub-office\t\nSub-office\t\nQuesnel Mining Division..\nSub-office\t\nClinton Mining Division..\nLillooet n\nKamloops Mining Division\nAshcroft a\nNicola a\nYale a\nSub-Office\t\nSimilkameen \u00bb\nSub-office\t\nVernon Mining Division..\nGreenwood Mining Div...\nSub-office\t\nit \t\nit \t\nGrand Forks Min. Div\t\nOsoyoos Mining Division..\nSub-office\t\nii \t\nGolden Mining Division..\nWindermere n\nFort Steele Mining Div. . .\nSub-office\t\nn \t\na \t\nAinsworth Mining Div ...\nSub-office\t\nit \t\nSlocan Mining Division. . .\nSub-office\t\nSlocan City Mining Div...\nTrout Lake Mining Div..\nNelson Mining Division ..\nSub-office\t\na \t\nArrow Lake Min. Division\nSub-office\t\nRevelstoke Mining Div...\nLardeau Mining Division.\nTrail Creek Mining Div...\nLocation of\nOffice.\nFort St. John ...\nBarkerville \t\nQuesnel\t\nFort St. George..\n150-Mile House..\nQuesnel\t\nClinton .\nLillooet.\nNicola.\nYale .\nHope ..\nPrinceton .\nHedley ...\nVernon .\nGreenwood..\nVernon\t\nRock Creek.\nBeaverdell ..\nGrand Forks ..\nFairview\t\nOlalla\t\nHedley\t\nGolden ..\nWilmer..\nCranbrook .\nSteele\t\nFernie\t\nMoyie\t\nMarysville .\nKaslo\t\nHowser....\nTrout Lake\nGold Commissioner.\nThos. Jamieson..\nC. W. Grain\nKamloops\t\nAshcroft\t\nNew Denver\nSandon \t\nSlocan City\t\nTrout Lake\t\nNelson .\nCreston.\nYmir...\nNakusp.\nVernon.\nRevelstoke.\nCamborne..\nRossland ..\nC. W. Grain\t\n(at Barkerville)\nF. Soues... .\nCaspar Phair.\nE. T. W. Pearse\n\u00bb (at Kamloops)\nE. Fisher\t\nHugh Hunter .\nL. Norris\t\nW. G McMynn . .\nH. F. Wilmot\nGeo. Cunningham.\nS. R. Almond .\nJ. R. Brown .\nE. J. Scovil\t\nJ. F. Armstrong.\nE. E. Chipman .\nE.E. Chipman (at\n\u00bb Kaslo)\nE. E. Chipman..\nW. F. Teetzel...\n Nelson)\nW. F. Teetzel (at\nRobt. Gordon\t\nrt (at Revelstoke)\nJohn Kirkup .....\nMining Recorder.\nThos. Jamieson..\nR. S. C. Randall\nE. C. Lunn.\nF. Soues\t\nCaspar Phair.\nE. Fisher\t\nH. P. Christie.\nW. N. Rolfe ..\nL. A. Dodd ...\nHugh Hunter\nS. R. Almond ...\nRonald Hewat ..\nF. H. Bacon .\nG. F. Stalker\nN. A. Wallenger..\nR. J. Stenson\nAngus Mclnnes ..\nHoward Parker.\nF. Mummery. ..\nS. H. Hoskins.\nWalter Scott .\nH. F. Wilmot.\nYV. E. McLauchlin.\nB. E. Drew\t\nJ. E. Hooson\t\nSub-Record?\nF. W. Beatton.\nDavid H. Anderson.\nGeo. J. Walker.\nDavid H. Anderson.\nA. H. Gravener.\nF. M. Gillespie.\nH. F. Wilmot.\nH. Nicholson\nE. F. Ketchum.\nR. W. Northey.\nF. M. Gillespie.\nJoseph Walsh.\nJ. S. T. Alexander.\nFred. J. Smyth.\nWm. J. Green.\nW. Simpson.\nF. Mummery.\nW. J. Parham.\nGuy Loewenberg.\nJ. A. Fraser.\nEdward Edwards. K 252\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nGOLD COMMISSIONERS AND MINING RECORDERS.\u2014 Concluded.\nMining Division.\nLocation of\nOffice.\nGold Commissioner.\nMining Recorder.\nSub-Recorder.\nNanaimo Mining Division\nNanaimo \t\nGeorge Thomson. ..\nGeorge Thomson...\nAlert Bay\t\nVan Anda\t\nEdward Conway.\nW. H. Lines.\nAlberni Mining Division. .\nClayoquot n\nQuatsino \u00bb\nVictoria Mining Division..\nNew Westminster Min. D.\nAlberni\t\nClayoquot \t\nQuatsino\t\nVictoria\t\nNew Westminster.\nH. C. Rayson\t\nn (at Alberni)\na it\nR. A. Ren wick....\nS. A. \u25a0 Fletcher\nH. C. Rayson\t\nW. T. Dawley ....\n0. A. Sherberg....\nG. V. Cuppage ....\nJohn Mahony\t\nGeo. D. McKay.\nL. A. Agassiz.\nJ. Pelly. 1 Geo. 5\nTable of Contents.\nK 253\nTABLE OF CONTENTS.\nSubject.\nMineral Production\t\nStatistical Tables\t\nProgress of Mining during Year\t\nBureau of Mines\u2014Work of Year\t\nAssay Office Report\t\nExamination for Assayers\t\nList of Licensed Assayers\t\nExaminations of Coal-mine Officials\t\nBoard of Examiners\u2014Report of Secretary\t\nLists of Licensed Coal-mine Officials\t\nCariboo District\u2014Report on\t\nCariboo Mining Division\u2014Report on\t\nQuesnel \/\/ ,i u \t\n\u00ab n a Notes on\t\nCassiar District\u2014Report on Atlin Mining Division ..\nAtlin Mining Division\u2014Report on\t\nStikine and Liard Mining Divisions\u2014Report on.\nSkeena Mining Division \t\nPortland Canal\u2014Bulletin on\t\nBella Coola Mining Division\t\nQueen Charlotte Mining Division\t\nOmineca Mining Division\t\nPeace River Mining Division\t\nSouth-East Kootenay District\t\nFort Steele Mining Division\t\nNorth-East Kootenay District\t\nGolden Mining Division\t\nWindermere Mining Division\t\nNorth-West Kootenay District\t\nRevelstoke Mining Division\t\nLardeau \/\/ n \t\nSlocan District\t\nAinsworth Mining Division\t\nSlocan n a \t\nSlocan City n n \t\nTrout Lake \/\/ n \t\nNelson District\t\nNelson Mining Division\t\nArrow Lake Mining Division\t\nRossland District\t\nTrail Creek Mining Division\t\nBoundary District\t\nGreenwood Mining Division\t\nGrand Forks n tt \t\nOsoyoos '\/ n \t\nVernon n n \t\nYale District\t\nKamloops Mining Division\t\nAshcroft \/\/ a \t\nNicola \/\/ a \t\nYale a a \t\nSimilkameen \/\/ n \t\nLillooet District \u00ab \/\/ \t\nLillooet \u00bb \/; Report on\t\nClinton \u00bb \/\/\nVancouver Island and Coast\nAlberni Mining Division\nClayoquot n n\nQuatsino n\nNanaimo \u00bb .\nTatlayoko Lake District.\nValdes Island\t\nReport on\t\nSubmitted by\nProvincial Mineralogist\nAssayer.\na Mineralogist.\nF. H. Shepherd\t\nProvincial Mineralogist .\nGold Commissioner\t\nMining Recorder ......\nProvincial Mineralogist\nGold Commissioner ....\nProvincial Assayer\t\nGold Commissioner ...\nProvincial Mimeralogist\n\/\/ Assayer\nGold Commissioner\t\nMining Recorder ...\nGold Commissioner ,\nMining Recorder . .\nGold Commissioner\nMining Recorder ...\nGold Commissioner .\n\/\/ it .\nMining Recorder ...\nGold Commissioner\nGold Commissioner\nMining Recorder\nProvincial Mineralogist\nGold Commissioner\t\nGold Commissioner .\nMining Recorder ...\nProvincial Mineralogist .\nn Assayer ....\nGold Commissioner ....\nPage.\n7\n7 to 14\n15\n27\n28\n29\n29\n31\n32\n34\n42\n42\n45\n47\n51\n57\n59\n60\n66\n83\n83\n86\n89\n90\n90\n92\n92\n93\n94\n94\n95\n96\n96\n98\n100\n101\n102\n102\n114\n115\n115\n118\n118\n121\n123\n125\n127\n127\n130\n130\n130\n132\n134\n134\n148\n150\n151\n151\n152\n153\n154\n158\n160 K 254\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1911\nTABLE OF CONTENTS.\u2014 Concluded.\nSubject.\nSubmitted by\nPage.\nVancouver Island and Coast Districts. \u2014 Concluded.\n161\n161\nInspection of Metalliferous Mines :\nWest Kootenay and Boundary Districts\t\nMining Recorder\t\n162\n164\n165\n165\n167\n\u00bb a a it Tabulated. . .\n169\n170\n171\na of the Coast Inspection District\t\n\/\/ a East Kootenay Inspection District..\n\u00ab\n173\n174\n175\n176\nInspection of Coal and Metalliferous Mines\u2014Report of..\nChief Inspector of Mines\t\n177\nVancouver Island and Coast Inspection District\t\nAccidents in British Columbia Collieries, 1901-1910..\n183\n213\nProvincial Mineralogist\t\n230\n1910 \t\n231\nDetailed Statement of Accidents, Coast District\t\n233\n\u00bb n \/; East Kootenay Dist.\n238\nProvincial Mineralogist\t\n242\n243\nGold Commissioners and Mining Recorders\u2014List of\t\nn\n246\nit a\n250\n253\n255\n269\n271 Index.\nK 255\nINDEX.\n-:o:\nA.\nAbbotsford 162\nAbeling, Otto 71\nAbitibi 61\nAccidents in coal-mines 232\nAnalyses of 1910 232\nDetailed statement 232\nIn B. C. Collieries, 1910 231\nSummary, ten years 230\nReport by Chief Inspector 177\nAccidents in metalliferous mines 167\nAcetylene 50\nAgriculture 146\nAhousat 152\nAinsworth Mining Division 96\nAjax (Portland canal) 64\n\u201e (Kamloops), 128\nAlaska 113\nAlbany 149\nAlberni District 151\nAlberni 151\nAlberni Mining Division 151\nAlberta, coke from ; 119\nAlderson, Fred. D 178\nAshworth, James 213\nAlexander creek 136\nAlexandra 110\nAlexis creek 155\nAlgonquin 62\nAlice (Portland canal) 61\n\u201e (Nelson) 113\nAlice arm 60\nAlice Siding 113\nAlma N 104\nAmalgamated Sheep Creek Gold Mines, Ltd 109\nAmerican Boy .... 87\nAmerican creek 62, 64, 81, 79\nGeology on 68\nAmerican Creek Mining Co 65\nPage.\nAnderson creek (Cariboo) 44\nAnderson lake (Lillooet) .28, 134, 139, 144\nAnderson Lake 149\nAnderson Lake Mining & Milling Co 144\nAndesite (building stone) 24\nAnnie 116\nAnnie Fract 116\nAnthracite coal 88\nApex (Queen Charlotte) 85\n\u00ab (Osoyoos) 123\nArgo Tunnel & Mining Co 121\nArlington (Erie) 107\nArrastra, Bridge river 135\nLome Mine 140\nArrowhead 64\nArrow Lake Mining Division 114\nAssay examinations 28, 29\nAssay office 28\nAssayers, list of 29\nAshcroft 42, 134, 154\nAshcroft Mining Division 127, 130\nAstrid 61\nAthalstan 122\nAthabasca 22, 102, 104\nAthabasca Syndicate 104\nAtlin (town) 56\nAtlin:\nMineral claims of 55\nGold in 21\nLode mines 51\nSteel sluice plates 49\nAtlin Consolidated Mining Co 21, 52\nAtlin Mining Division 51\nCoal in 56\nNotes by Provincial Assayer 57\nAurora 90, 113, 165\nAwillgate 86\nAwillgate mountain 88\nB.\nBabb Hydraulic mine 136\nBabine lake 86\nBabine mountains 86\nBald mountain 114\nBandolier 65\nBarber Bill 87\nBarkerville 21, 42\nBarney 71\nBar Sinister 128\nBear river (Portland Canal M. D) 28, 61, 67\nBear River No. 1 62\nBear River No. 2 62\nBear River No. 3 62\n.62,\n62\n82\n62\n70\n106\nBeatrice 94\nBear River\t\nBear River Canyon Mining Co., Ltd.\nBear River Mining Co., Ltd\t\nBear River valley\t\nBeasley 103,\nBeatrice Mines, Ltd 94\nBeaver pass 43\nBeelzebub , 105\nBella Bella 83\nBella Coola 83\nBella Coola chief 83\nBella Coola Mining Division 83\nBella Coola river 83\nBellevue 178, 229\nBen Bolt 64\nBend'Or 149\nBend'Or Mining Co 141\nBen Lomond 62\nBennett lake 55\nBerenice No. 2 129\n 100\nBig Bend 94\nBig Bend Mica Mines, Ltd 94\nBig Boulder 64 K 256\nIndex.\nBig Bump 102,\nBig Bump Mining Co\t\nBig Casino\t\nBig Casino Mining Co., Ltd \t\nBig Chief\t\nBig creek\t\nBig Engineer Fraction\t\nBig Four\t\nBig Four Frac\t\nBig Horn creek\t\nBig Interior\t\nBig Jackpot \t\nBig Ledge (Arrow Lake M. D.) \t\nBig Ledge (Nelson)\t\nBimetallic\t\nBird\t\nBirch creek\t\nBird creek\t\nBirkenhead river\t\nBismark\t\nBitter creek (Portland canal) 64,\nBitter creek (North fork)\t\nBitter Creek Mining Co., Ltd\t\nBitter creek valley\t\nBlack Bear creek\t\nBlackbird \t\nBlack Gat\t\nBlack Cock\t\nBlack Hatch\t\nBlack Knight\t\nBlack Knight No. 1\t\nBlack Prince\t\nBlack sand\t\nBlubber bay \t\nBluebell (Ainsworth)\t\nZinc at\t\nBlue Bell (Bitter creek)\t\nBlue Bell No. 1 (Bitter creek)\t\nBluebird (Nelson)\t\nBluebird (Duck lake)\t\nBluebird (Trail creek) \t\nBlue Point\t\nBlue Point Mines, Ltd\t\nBlue Rock\t\nBluestone\t\nBoard of Examiners for Coal-mine Officials\t\nBonanza No. 1\t\nBonanza No. 2\t\nBonanza No. S\t\nBonanza No. 4 \t\nBonanza (Nelson)\t\nBonanza (Omineca)\t\nBonnington falls\t\nPage.\n108\n108\n65\n65\n113\n135\n57\n128\n63\n55\n151\n112\n114\n113\n107\n85\n53\n105\n146\n85\n77\n78\n64\n70\n45\n141\n111\n107\n124\n61\n61\n151\n85\n96\n103\n64\n64\n112\n113\n116\n61\n61\n62\n110\n32\n64\n64\n64\n64\n110\n86\n105\nPage:\nBonnington falls, electric power from 119\nBore-hole for coal 176\nLog of (Denman island) 176\nBoscowitz Steamship Co 83\nBoston 62\nBoulder creek (Atlin) 53\n(Nelson) 106\nBoulder 159\nBoundary creek .... 121\nBoundary District 118\nAnnual report 118\nLode-gold of # 22\nInspector's report 164\nBoundary Falls 119\nBowen island 162\nBayonne camp Ill, 112\nBayonne 102, 112\nBayonne Mining and Milling Co 112\nBrick 25\nBridge river 28\nReference to 135\nPumice stone on 136\nCoal on 137, 149\nBridge river (North fork) 135\nGeology of 136\nBritannia 67, 166\nBritannia Beach 162\nBritannia Mining and Smelting Co 109\nBritish Columbia Coal and Coke Co 133\nBritish Columbia Copper Co 118, 121\nBritish Columbia Eastern Ry 227\nBritish Columbia Pottery Co 25\nBrown (Lillooet) 135\n,\/ (Omineca) 87\nBrown Jug No. S 152\nBuilding stone 24\nBulkley valley 86\nBulldog 124\nBullion 48\nBullion (Osoyoos) 124\nBureau of Mines 27\nwork of year 27\nBureau of Mines Act Amendment Act, reference\nto 29\nBurke channel 83\nBurniere 95\nBurrard inlet 162\nBurton , 114\nBute inlet 27\n 154\n 158\nByron N. White Co 98\nc.\nCadwallader creek 28\nReference to geology on 139, 149\nCalifornia 104\nCamosun (steamer) 70\nCamp Hedley 124\nCamp McLeod 128\nCamp Robertson 175\nCamp Wilson 175\nCamsell, Charles 175\nCanada Dredging Co., Ltd 150\nCanada Zinc Co 103\nCanadian Ambulance Association 215\nCanadian-American Exploration Co 153, 159\nCanadian Boy 101\nCanadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd 183, 188, 205\nFireclay from 25\nCanadian Marble & Granite Co 24\nCanadian Mining Institute 175\nCanadian Northern Railway 26, 129\nCanadian Northern Coal & Coke Co., Ltd,.. 127, 129\nCanadian Pacific Railway 119, 131, 134, 213\n\u201e a (Slocan) 98\nCanyon creek 54\nCapilano river 162\nCarbonado Colliery 215\nCariboo Mining Division :\nOffice statistics 45\nMineral claims in 42\nPlacer gold, 1910 21\nCopper in 46\nCariboo creek 110\n\u201e Gold Mining Co 45\nit gold rush 134\na mountain 87 Page.\nCariboo road, reference to 28\nCarpenter creek 99\nCassiar District 51\nCatface mountain 152\nCayoosh creek 134, 148\nCedar creek : 97\nCement \u2022 25\nIn Similkameen 132\nCentral Camp 121\nCentral 105\nCentre Star 115\nChannel 52\nCherry creek 129\nChicago 62\nChicago Kid 62\nChilcotin P. 0 155\n\/\/ reference to 28\nit Indians 136\nChilian mill 106\nChilko lake 27\nChimney Creek bridge 155\nChimn\u00bby-tiles 25\nChina creek (Alberni) 151\nChina Creek Hydraulic Co 44\nChinamen 46\n\/\/ Miners 149\nChilliwhack 162\nChristina lake 122\nChurn creek 155\nCinnabar 151\nClay-deposits 25\nOf glacial age 29\nAt Clayoquot 152\nClayburn 25\nClayoquot Mining Division :\nReport of Mining Recorder 152\nClayoquot river. ... 152\nClearw*ter river 46\nCliff 116\nClinton 155\nClinton Mining Diyision :\nReport of Gold Commissioner 150\nClyde-Belt 109\nCoal:\nAtlin 56\nBridge river 137\nGraham Island 175\nMidway 27\nNorth Thompson river 127\nOmineca 88\nPotentialities of B. C, byProv. Mineralogist. 175\nPrinceton 175\nProduction per capita 232\nProspecting Denman island 176\nw on North Thompson river 129\nQuatsino 153, 175\nQueen Charlotte islands 175\nSloko lake, Inklin river, Rainy Hollow 56\nSuquash 175\nTable of probable contents of B. C. fields 176\nCoal and coke production to date 11\nCoal creek 213\nCoal Creek Collieries 215\nCoalfields of Rocky mountains 175\nCoal Hill Syndicate 183, 202\nCoal-mines ;\nAccidents in 177\nInspection of 183\nCoal-mine officials :\nExaminations for 31\nList of successful candidates 32\n\/; certificate-holders 34\n17\nPage.\nCoal Mines Regulation Act, consolidation of . .. 180\nReference to 31\nCoal-mining in B. C. :\nNotes and statistics by Provincial Mineralogist 170\nCoal prospecting 151\nCoal statistics 18\nCoast coal-mines, inspection of 183\nCoast Inspection District ;\nReport of Inspector 165\nCollieries of 173\nCopper of 23\nCody 99\nCoke 119\nColdwater river 200\nColorado 95\nColumbia (Nelson) 108, 109\n\/\/ (Portland canal) .. ., 63\nCollieries :\nProduction per capita 232\nCoast District 173\nEast Kootenay District 174\nCollison bay 84\nCombination Fraction 62\nCombination 100\nCommodore 107\nCommoner 128\nComox, boring for coal near 25, 176\nComstock 61\nConcrete, competing with brick 25\nConsolidated Cariboo Hydraulic Mining Co 48\nConsolidated Mining, Smelting and Power Co. of\nCanada .. .22, 90, 102, 103, 106, 113, 115, 120, 121\nConsolidation, \" Coal Mines Regulation Aet \"... 180\nConsolation creek 54\nContact 85\nContact No. 1 61\nNo. 2 61\nCon. St. Elmo 116\nContact, coast granites and sedimentaries... .27, 67\nCoon creek Ill\nCopper:\nProduction 23\nIn Cariboo 46\nQueen Charlotte islands 85\nBlister sent to New Jersey 119\n\u201e New York 123\nIn Alberni 151\nNative (Alma N. mine) 105\nCopper Cliff . . 61\n\u201e No. 1 61\n\u201e No. 2 61\nCopper Cliff Mines, Ltd 61\nCopper Coin Fraction .. 84\nCopper Creek camp 129\nCopper Dyke 156\nCopper Dyke Ext 156\nCopper Hill No. 1 62\nCopper islands 84\nCopper King (Osoyoos) 124\na (Bear river) 62\n\u00bb\/ Fract (Portland canal) 61\na No. 1 152\nNo. 2 152\nNo. 3 152\nCopper mountain 132\nCopper Queen (Nanaimo) 166\n\u00bb (Portland canal) 62\na No. 1 (Portland canal) 63\nNo. S( \u201e \u201e ) 63\nii (Queen Charlotte islands) 84\nCorbin, Draeger apparatus at 228\nCorbin Coal and Coke Co 227 K 258\nIndex.\nPage.\nCork 97\nCorliss engine 44\nCorn creek 113\nCornelius 65\nCornell 166\nCornish pump 43\nCoronation Mining Co 142\nCotton Belt 129\nCottonwood creek 103\nCottonwood river (Quesnel) 48\nCountless 142\nC. P. R 107\nCreston (town) 102, 113\nCrown-granted claims 246\nD\nDandy and Ollie Consolidated Mines 104\nDavenport Ill\nDavenport creek 54\nDawson, G. M., Dr 155\nDawson 65\nDeer creek 152\nDelnoare 113\nDel Rey 95\nDenman island, coal prospecting on 176\nDepartment of Mines 250\nDeputy Mining Recorder, Nahlin 55\nDeterminations in Government Laboratory 28\nDevlin Lode 109\nDewdney trail 131\nDiamond Dick 113\nDiamond drilling 121, 124\nAt Quatsino 153\nDiamond Vale Colliery Co 183, 200\nDickens. 65\nDiscovery 54\nDividend 125\nDixon entrance 67\nDolphin 124\nDominion mountain 109, 111\nDonovan creek 44\nPage.\nCrown Mining Co., Ltd 64\nCrow's Nest Pass Coal Co 178, 213, 223\nCrushed rock (for building) 26\nCrystal lake 147\nCultus creek 102, 114\nCumberland :\nExaminers for Coal-mine officials 32\nRescue apparatus at town of 178, 183\nCumshewa inlet ... , 85\nCuprum, 64\n\u201e No. 1 64\nCurlew 122\nCyanide plant. . . 105\nCyclone core-drill 129\nDot Fraction 79\nDouble Standard 152\nDowling, D. W 175\nDraeger apparatus :\nat Corbin 228\nHosmer 222, 229\nMichel 226\nCoal creek 215\nUsed at Bellevue, Alberta 179\nDrain-pipe 25\nDreadnought 61\nDredging:\nSuggested on Peace river. 89\ngold, 1910 22\nLeases, Clinton 150\n\" Dry concentration \" 92\nDuck lake 113\nDunbar flat (Cariboo) 43\nDuncan river 97\nDundee mountain (Nelson) 106\nDundee (Nelson) 106\nit (Portland canal) 62\nDundee Syndicate 106\nDuty 95\nE.\nEagle creek 104\nEarly Bird 84\nEastmont 100\nEast Kootenay District 165\nCollieries of 174\nOil in 26\nReport of Inspector of Coal-mines 213\nEast Kootenay 22\nEcho-Sunrise 112\nEcho-Sunrise Syndicate 112\nEclipse 71\nEighty-mile House 134\nEldorado 149\nElectric-power, West Kootenay 119\nElectro-thermic process for zinc 103\nElgin 62\nElk river (Clayoquot) 152\nElla lake 43\nEllis Silver Mining Co 100\nEl Progresso 129\nElsie 63\nEmerald 109, 111\nEmpire 65\nEmpress Fract 63\nEngineer (Atlin) 55, 5'\nAo. 1 (Atlin) 5'\nEnterprise 10\"\nErie (Portland canal) 6^\nErie (Omineca) 8?\nErie camp 102, IO?\nEsplanade mine 18^\nEsquimalt 25\nEstella 90\nEthel mountain 101\nEthel Silver Mining Co 101\nEureka (Portland canal) 62\n\/; (Nelson, Eagle creek) 103, 105\n\/\/ (Nelson, Cariboo creek) 110\nEureka Copper Mines, Ltd 105\nEva Gold Mines, Ltd 95\nEvening Star (Nelson) 107\n(Slocan) 99\nEvening Sun 63\nExchange Frac 142\nExcise 95\nExtension (place) 183\n\/\/ collieries 190\nExtension 71 Fairfield \t\nFairview\t\nFalls of coal\t\nFamous\t\nFawn Creek\t\nFerguson Mines, Ltd\t\nFern (Nelson)\t\nFern Gold Mines, Ltd\t\nFernie \t\n\/\/ examinations for coal-mine officials\na shales \t\nFiddick colliery \t\nField (place)\t\nFife (place)\t\nFife (Grand Forks)\t\nmif a Mines Co., Ltd\t\nL-ifty-nine mde house\t\n-niire at Granby\t\n.102,\n.183.\nF!\nire-brick\n-pire-clay \t\n-pire-damp, explosion at Bellevue.\n-pires in (Slocan)\t\nPage.\n55\n. 123\n. 177\n. 64\n. Ill\n. 101\n104\n104\n213\n32\n220\n193\n92\n122\n122\n122\n155\n120\n25\n25\n179\n98\nPage.\nFitzsimmons creek 148, 149\nFlathead valley, oil of 26\nForest fires 96\nIn Slocan 22\nForest Rose 42\nForget-me-not 64\nFort Steele Mining Division:\nReport of Gold Commissioner 90\nSilver in 22\nForty-nine creek 105\n\" Fossil coke,\" supposed on Mayne island 27\nFour Leaf Clover Hydraulic Mining Co 44\nFour-mile creek 99\nFour-mile mountain. 86\nFrance\" 101\nFranklin 61\nFranklin Consolidated Mines, Ltd 61\nFranklin Fraction 61\nFraser river 48, 131, 134, 154\nDredging on 150\nFrench Complex Ore Reduction Co 103\nFrosts (Bridge river) 136\nG.\nGalena :\nCariboo\t\nLillooet\t\nOmenica\t\nQueen Charlotte islands\t\nYale \t\nGambier island \t\nGeological survey\t\nG'orge E\t\nGeorge island\t\nGeorgia river ....\nGiant\t\nGiant Copper\t\nGipsy\t\nGlacial wash\t\nGlacier \t\nGlaciers, diminishing of\t\nGlacier creek\t\nGlacier Creek Mining Co., Ltd.\nGladstone\t\nGlen mountain\t\nGoat creek\t\nGoat river\t\nGolconda\t\nGold, free, Atlin\t\nFree, Babine lake\t\ntt Cadwallader creek\t\n\/\/ Nelson\t\n\u201e Yale\t\n42\n138\n86\n85\n131\n162\n68\n76\n84\n60\n92\n128\n71\n112\n65\nLode\t\nit in Cariboo\t\n\/; exaggerated report on.\nPlacer :\na production to date .\n.63, 69\n.... 63\n. ... 52\n.... 87\n.... 114\n.... 114\n.... 124\n.... 58\n... 87\n.... 138\n.104-108\n.... 132\n.... 21\n.... 42\n.22, 77\nn in Omineca\t\nGold Bar\t\nGold Commissioners\t\nGold Drop\t\nGold Harbour\t\nGold Hill\t\nGold Nugget\t\nGold Run\t\nGolden (place)\t\nGolden Belle\t\nGolden Cache (Clayoquot).\nit (Lillooet)..\n10\n21\n88\n64\n250\n122\n84\n105\n112\n52\n92\n109\n152\n134\nGolden Crown 65\nGolden Eagle 118\nGolden Fawn 109\nGolden Giant Mines, Ltd 92\nGolden Mining Division 92\nGolden Zone 125\nGoldstream (place) 94\nGood Enough 64\nGordon (Kamloops) 128\nGordon (Nelson) 110\nGordon (Portland Canal) 61\nGraham island 85\nHydraulic mines 85\nCoal on 175\nGranby M. S. & P. Co 116-118\nFire at 120-121\nGranby Smelter :\nShipments from Nelson 102\n 104-106-108\nGrandview 64\nGrand Forks (town) 102, 121\nGrand Forks Mining Division 121\nGrand Trunk Pacific Railway 50, 87\nGranite (place) 103\nn (quarries)...\" 24\nGranite (Portland canal) 61\nit (Nanaimo) 159\nGranite bay 158\na creek( Kootenay lake, Nelson) .... 113-114\nit creek (Similkameen) 133\ncoalfields of 175\nGranite Poorman 102, 105\nGravel 26\nGreat Gold 159\nGreat Granite 158\nGreat Granite Development Syndicate 158\nGreat Northern Railway 106, 108, 213\nGreat Western (Trail creek) 116\n\/\/ (Clayoquot) 152\nGreenhorn 105\nGreen lake (Lillooet M. D.) 28, 147, 149\nMining & Milling Co 147, 149\nGreen river 147\nGreen's patent car-hauls .... 225\nGreenwood Mining Division 118\nGreenwood-Phoenix Tramway Co 120\nGreenwood Smelter 122 K 260\nIndex.\nGrenville mountain 116\nGrizzley Bear No. 1 64\nNo. 2 64\n\" Guggenheims \" 48\nPage.\nGuggenheims (Atlin) 52\nGuggenheim (Gold mine) 21\nGun creek 137\nH.\nHaanel, Dr. Eugene\t\nJiaddon \t\nHaines\t\nHall (place)\t\nHall creek\t\nHall mines smelter\t\nHall Mining and Smelting Co\t\nHanceville (place)\t\nHappy Jack\t\nHard Cash\t\nHard Nut\t\nHardie Cinnabar Mining Co ....\nHarriet harbour \t\nHarrison lake 134, 145,\nHarrison river\t\nHarrold\t\nHartley gulch \t\nHastings (B. C.) Exploration Syndicate\t\nHastings Sawmill Co\t\nHatchery\t\nHawks Nest \t\nHazelton 67, 86,\nHecla\t\nHector No. 1\t\nHedley Gold Mining Co\t\nHematite\t\nHeml- ck creek\t\nHenry Clay\t\nHerbert \t\nHercules Mines, Ltd\t\nHercules\t\nHesquot\t\nHesquot lake\t\nHetty Green\t\n103\n57\n56\n103\n104\n104\n103\n155\n64\n149\n81\n129\n84\n162\n162\n62\n77\n107\n158\n146\n85\n175\n128\n62\n125\n24\n54\n108\n71\n65\n84\n151\n152\n152\nHewitt $\nHidden creek 10\u201e\nHighland 9\nHigh Line 6\nHill Top 12?\nHolbrook gulch 13^\nHomathko river 27, 15\nHomestaku 8\nHope 9y\nHope Fraction 61\nHope station .. 132\nHorse creek 54\nHorsefly Gold Mining Co 46\nHorsefly river 46\nHosmer, rescue apparatus at 178, 229\nHosmer Mines 220\nHowe Sound 67\nHowe Sound and Northern Ry 149\nHudson Bay Co 134\nHudson Bay mountain 87\nHundred and fifty-mile House 50, 134, 154\nHuston inlet 84\nHydraulic (town) 50\nHydraulic mines :\nAlberni 151\nBridge river 135\nCariboo 42\nGraham island 85\nLardeau 94\nVictoria 161\nHydraulicking .. 22\nHydro-magnesite .... 56\nHygrometer readings 206\nI.\n84,\n62,\nIdaho \t\nIkeda\t\nIkeda bay\t\nIndependence\t\nIngenika river\t\nInklin river (Atlin)\t\nCoal at\t\nInland Empire\t\nInland Empire Mining & Milling Co., Ltd... .\nInternational boundary 67\nInternational Mining Co., Ltd\t\nInspection of metalliferous mines\t\n\" Inspection of Metalliferous Mines Act\"\t\nIota\t\nIrene \t\nIron\t\nIron ore \t\n115\n165\n84\n82\n21\n54\n56\n116\n116\n131\n62\n164\n165\n113\n128\n24\n24\nat Green lake 147\nIron Hat 149\nIron King 152\nIron Mask (Lillooet) 147\nit (Kamloops) 127. 128\n(Trail creek) 115\nIron mountain Ill\nIron Mountain, Ltd Ill\nIron Wedge 149\nIskut river 59\nIsland Belle No. 1 152\nNo. 2 152\nIvan 84\nIvanlioe 152\n\/. X. L. (Portland canal) 64\n,\/ (Trail creek) 116\nJ.\nJack of flubs 65\nJack of Clubs creek 43\nJack Pot 118, 122\nJay Gould 152\nJean T. 64\nJedway (place) 84\nJervis inlet 162\nJespe.rson 148\nJessie-Blue Bird 97\nJewell 120\nJewell Syndicate 120\nJoint Ill\nJo-Jo 99\nJoker 97\nJosephine . . , .... 112\nJosie 115\nJumbo 64, 69\nJuneau (Alaska) 54 Index.\nK 261\nK.\nKa.nloops camp 127\nlake 129\nit Lake Cinnabar Mining Co , 129\nMines, Ltd 128\nKamloops Mining Division 127\nKansas 65\nKaslo creek 97\nKaslo-Slocan Mining Co 97\nKaslo & Slocan Railway 22,96, 98\nKatherine 63\nKeithley creek 46\nKennedy lake 152\nKenniwick 62, 82\nKensington 62\nKeremeos 124\nn creek 123\nKetchum 65\nKettle river 121\nKeystone 108\nKilo 100\nKing 140\nKing George V. 105\nKing Solomon Mining Co 97\nKingston 124\nKitchener 102\nKitsalas canyon 88\nKlehini river 55\nKcenig Fract 63\nKokanee creek 113\nKootenay Belle 102\nSnowslides at 110\nKootenay Central Railway 90\nDevelopment Syndicate. 103\nGold Mines, Ltd 105\nlake 102\nMarble on 25\nLanding 112\n(North-east District) 92\n(North-west District) 94\nSilver-lead Mines, Ltd 96\nKruger mountain 125\nKwong Lung Kee 44\nL.\nLabourers' Co-operative Co\t\nLa France\t\nLa France creek , 102,\nLa France Creek Mining Co\t\nLake House\t\nLallapalooser \t\nLake View\t\nLardeau creek \t\nLardeau Mining Division 94, 95,\nLardo\t\nLardo-Trout Lake Railway\t\nLasqueti island\t\nLasqueti Mining Co\t\nLast Chance (Queen Charlotte islands)\t\nn (Slocan) \t\n.\/ (Portland canal) 63,\nLast Chance creek\t\nLaura\t\nLead King\t\nLead production\t\nLeckie Fraction\t\nLeora\t\nLe Roi\t\nii No. 2\t\nLe Roi No. 2, Ltd\t\nLe Roi Mining Co\t\nLiard Mining Division\t\nLightning creek \t\nLightning Creek Gold Gravels & Drainage Co...\nLightning Creek (B. C.) Hydraulic Mining Co.. .\nLily May\t\nLittle George\t\nLillooet 28, 134,\nLillooet District 27,\nLillooet lake 134,\nLillooet Mining Livision 134,\nLillooet river\t\nLilly May .,\t\nLime\t\nLimestone\t\nLimestone island\t\nLincoln creek\t\nLittle Billy\t\nLittle Casino\t\n93\n113\n113\n113\n131\n63\n127\n101\n164\n24\n24\n160\n160\n85\n99\n79\n44\n128\n86\n23\n65\n152\n115\n115\n116\n115\n59\n43\n42\n42\n116\n107\n157\n134\n145\n148\n146\n152\n25\n152\n153\n54\n106\n65\n.63,\n119,\nLittle Cave group\t\nLittle Copper\t\nLittle Engineer Fraction\t\nLittle Joe \t\nLittle Joe Fraction\t\nLittle Joe Mining Co., Ltd\t\nLittle Pat\t\nLittle Silver\t\nLittle Valley creek\t\nLittle Wonder\t\nL. L. & H\t\nLockport (place)\t\nLode mines, Atlin\t\n\/\/ Cariboo\t\nLondon (Lillooet)\t\n\u00ab (Portland canal)\t\nLondon creek\t\nLone Star\t\nLong Lake camp\t\n'' Long Portage \"\t\nLongwall coal-mining 185,\nLookout Frac\t\nLordigordy Mines, Ltd\t\nLome\t\nLome Amalgamated Mining Co 140,\nLost river\t\nLouise\t\nLower Notch\u2122.... \t\nLowhee creek\t\nLowhee\t\nLuce\t\nLucknoio Fract\t\nLucky Boy (Nelson) 107,\nn (Portland canal)\t\nLucky Girl\t\nLucky gulch\t\nLucky Jack (Lardeau)\t\nLucky Jim (Slocan) 24,\na (Nanaimo) 158,\nLucky Seven\t\nLulu 63,\nLydden creek 79,\nLynn creek\t\nLytton\t\n61\n159\n57\n71\n71\n64\n79\n159\n44\n76\n77\n85\n51\n46\n149\n62\n149\n121\n120\n134\n224\n65\n63\n64\n149\n161\n65\n65\n42\n42\n46\n61\n111\n63\n107\n77\n95\n103\n166\n71\n77\n81\n162\n134 M.\nPage.\nMac Fraction 79\nMaestro 96\nMaggie (Portland canal) 64\n\u00bb (Clayoquot) 152\nMaggie Aitken 112\nMagnesite 56\nMagnetite 24\nMagnet 61\nMain Reef 69\nMain Reef No. 1 62\nNo. 2 62\nNo. 3 62\nNo. 4 62\nMain Reef Mining Co., Ltd 62\nMalaspina 166\nMallet 95\nMaluin Syndicate 54\nMamie 152\nMammoth. ... 62\nManhattan Coal Co 153\nManson creek 21\nMaple bay 61\nMaple Leaf. 94\nMarble 24\nMarble bay, lime kilns at 25\nMarble bay 166\nMark creek 90\nMarmot river 60\nMartha Ellen 65\nMasset 175\nMaxim 128\nMaxine 127\nMaxine No. 2 129\nMay Bee 65\nMayflower (Portland canal) 71\n(Nelson) 105\nMayne island, pumice found on 27\nMercury Mines Co., Ltd 151\nMerritt 32\nExaminations for coal-mines officials, reference\nto 200\nMeteor 100\nMetalliferous mines, inspection of 164\ntt tt accidents in 167\nMica 46\nIn Revelstoke Mining Division 94\nMichel Colliery 223\nDraeger apparatus at 226\nMichel creek 225\nMickey 57\nMiddlesboro Colliery 183, 197\nRescue apparatus at 178\nSeams of 199\nMidgecreek 102,114\nMidget 149\nMidway 121\nCoal seam reported on by Prov. Mineralogist.. 27\nN\nNahlin 55\nNamu 83\nNanaimo 154, 160\nExaminations for Coal-mine Officials 32\nNotes on by Provincial Assayer 158\nRescue apparatus at 178\nNapoleon 119, 121\nNectlessonnay river 83\nNellie V 63\nNelson (Nelson) Ill\na (Lardeau) 95\nPage.\nMillie Mack 114\nMilton 99\nMine cars 177\nMineral claims of Atlin 55\nMines and Minerals 178\nMine-rescue station 178\nMine-rescue work 178\nMiners, examinations for 31\nMiners' Board 31\nMinister of Mines 154\nMinister of Works 154\nMini (Portland canal) 63\n\u201e (Nelson) 107\nMission, on Seton lake 149\nMitchell harbour 84\nMolly Gibson 102, 113\nMolly Hughes 99\nMonarch (Golden M. D.) 92\n(Grand Forks) 122\nMonitor 112\nM onkey creek 153\nMontana 112\nMontrote 79, 81\nMoresby Island Mines, Ltd 84\nMorgan 85\nMorning 84\nMorning mountain 1>I3\nMorrissey creek 214\nMosquito creek (Cariboo) 43\na (Portland canal) 61\nMosquito flat 129\nMosquito 71\nMother Lode 102, 108, 109\nMother Lode Co 118\nMountain Boy 81\nMountain Boy Mining Co. '. 65, 81\nApproximate section of 82\nMountain Trail 116\nMount Dolly 67\nMount Lyell 79\nMount Stephen Mining Syndicate . 92\nMount Vernon Ill\nMount Zion 124\nMoyie 113\n\u201e lake 90\nMucho Oro . 42\nMugwump *. 115\nMystic Cave. . 159\nMcAllister 99\nMcBean 87\nMcDame creek 59\nMcGill University 103\nMcGillivray 227\nMcGillvray creek 28, 143, 149\nMcGuigan (town) 98\nMcGuigan basin 98\nMcKee cree'.', gold on 21, 51\nNelson & Fort Sheppard 108\nNelson district 164\nNelson Mining Division :\nLode gold 22\nReport of Gold Commissioner 102\nNe Plus Ultra'. 63\nNew Denver 99\nNew Dominion Copper Co 118, 121\nNew East Wellington Colliery 183, 195\nNewport 149\nNew Westminster Mining Division 162, 166 Index.\nK 263\nNew York 62\nNickel Plate (Osoyoos) 22, 124\nNickle Plate (Trail creek) 116\nNicola Mining Division 127\nAnnual Report Mining Recorder 130\nNicola valley 183\nCoal fields of 175\nNicola Valley Coal & Coke 183, 197\nNine-mile creek 102, 113\n>\/ mountain 86\nNippissing 61\nNitinat 151\nNiven, Harry 105\nNoble Five 99\nNoel 101\nNootka Marble Quarries, Ltd 25\nNootka Sound 152\nMarble on 25\nNorthern Belle 81\nNorthern Consolidated Mining & Dev. Co 64\nPage.\nNorthern Crown 64\nNorthern Partnership Syndicate 57\nNorthern Partnership No. 1 57\nNo. 2 57\nNo. 3 57\nNorthfield mine 187\nNorth Coast Copper Co 83\nNorth Columbia Gold Mining Co 21, 52\nNorth Pole 137\nNorth Star (Fort Steele) 90\n\u201e (Lillooet) 138\nNorth Thompson river 129\nCoal prospecting on 129\nNugget 102, 109\nNugget Gold Mines, Ltd 109\nNugget mountain 109\nNo. 1 (Ainsworth) 96\n,, (Trail Creek) 116\nNumber Seven 118, 120\no.\nOehico 113\nO'Donnell river 54\nOil shales 26\nOkanagan 121\nO. K. Fract. (Portland canal) 64\n0. K. No. 3 (Clayoquot) 152\nOlalla (place) 124\nOld Chum 64, 77\nOld Mike 112\nOlga (Bella Coola) 83\nn (Portland canal) 64\na No 1 (Portland canal) 79\nOlga Mines, Ltd 64\nOlla, Podrida 116\nOma Ill\nOmineca, placer gold 21\nOmineca, report of Gold Commissioner 86\nPlacer mining 88\nCoal in 88\nOne-mile creek .... 132\nOpen bay 158\nOphir (Lillooet) 149\nit (Nelson) 105\nOregon 125\nOre Hill Ill\nOro Denoro 118, 122\nOsoyoos Mining Division :\nReport of Gold Commissioner 123\nOttawa 100\nOtter creek 53\nOtter Creek Development Co 53\nOuray 65\nP.\nPacific Coast Coal Mines 183, 175, 192,\nPacific Coast Colliery Co , 183,\nPacific Coast Exploration Co 64, 65,\nPaddy's Peak\t\nPanama\t\nParis\t\nPas,'0\t\n.62,\nPass lake\t\nPeace river\t\nPeace River Mining Division.\nPeace river valley, coal of ...\nPemberton meadows\t\nPemberton portage\t\nPemberton portage P. 0\t\nPemberton trail\t\nPenetang\t\nPerkins gulch \t\nPerrier\t\nPete ,\t\n28,\nPeters creek\t\nPetroleum\t\nPhcenix\t\nPhcenix Amalgamated Mines\t\nPilgrim \t\nPillar and stall\t\na a at Hosmer\t\nPine creek 21, 52.\nPine river (south)\t\nPingston creek \t\nPingree \t\nPingree Gold Mines, Ltd\t\n211\n203\n81\n97\n97\n62\n82\n49\n89\n89\n175\n145\n146\n146\n162\n62\n44\n104\n152\n43\n26\n121\n122\n115\n185\n220\n54\n89\n114\n105\n105\nPioneer 139, 142, 149\nPioneer Queen Charlotte Mining Co 85\nPipe Dream Ill\nPittsburg-British Gold Co 21, 51\nPitt lake 162\nPlacer Gold Mines Co 53\nPlacer (individital, Cariboo) 42\nLillooet 148\nMining 21\nAlberni 151\nCadwallader creek 139\nLardeau 94\nOmenica 88\nYale 130\nPlatinum \u25a0 24\nPlato 57\nPollock 125\nPoole creek 146\nPoorman (Trail creek) 116\n(Nelson) 22\nPoorman creek 44\nPorcupine creek 106\nPortland No. 1 64, 65\nNo. 2 64, 65\nPortland Bear River Mining Co., Ltd 62\nPortland canal 60, 67\nPortland Canal Mining Co 71\nPlan of workings 72, 63, 69, 165\nPortland Canal Mining Division 165\nEstablishment of 60\nGeology of 67, 154 K 264\nIndex.\nPage.\nPortland Canal Mining Division.\u2014Concluded.\nReport by Provincial Mineralogist 66\nBulletin No. 2, 1910 28\nPortland Canal Short Line Railway 69, 75\nPortland cement 25\nPortland Dreadnought Mining Co., Ltd 61\nPortland inlet 67\nPortland Star Mining Co 61\nPortland Wonder Mining Co., Ltd 63, 77\nPorpoise bay 162\nPottery 25\nPrince Alfred 152\nPrincess 61\nPrinceton 132, 183\nCoal at 175\nPrinceton Colliery 204\nPrinceton Coal & Land Co 132, 183, 204\nProduction of Province 7\nQ\nQuatsino Coal Syndicate\t\nQuatsino Mining Division :\nReport of Mining Recorder\t\nQuatsino sound\t\nCoal on\t\nQuartz mines, Lillooet\t\nQuartzite belt at Nelson\t\nQueen\t\nQueen Victoria\t\nQueen Charlotte islands\t\nQueen Charlotte Mining & Prospecting Co.\n22,\n102,\n103,\n153\n153\n151\n175\n134\n113\n110\n106\n67\n85\nR\nRailways through coast range 67\nRailway, Howe sound 146\nRainy Day 110\nRainy Hollow 55\n;\/ Coal in 56\nRambler-Cariboo 98\nRangoon 65\nRaven (Alberni) 151\n\/\/ (Nanaimo) 166\nRawhide 118, 119, 121\nRay 113\nRed brick 25\nRed Cliff 79, 165\nRed Cliff Mining Co., Ltd 62, 79, 80\nRed Cliff Extension 62\nRed Cliff Extension Mining Co 62\nRed Mountain 64\nRed mountain (Trail creek) 115\n(Yale) 131\n.\/ Railway 116\nRed Reef No. 1 62\nNo. 2 62\nNo. 3 62\nNo. 4 62\nn Fraction 62\nRed Rock 113\nRed Top 62\nNo. 1 62\nn No. 3 Fraction 62\nReliance 106\nRescue apparatus established at mines 178\nRevelstoke Mining Division 94\nS.\nSaanich arm, lime-kiln at 25\nSadie (Clayoquot) 152\nn (Portland canal 71\nSt. Elmo (Trail creek) 116\n(Nelson) 104\nPage.\nProgress of mining 15\nProsecutions under \" Coal Mines Reg. Act\".... 242\nProtection island 183\nProvider t 62\nProvincial Assayer 83\nReport on Bella Coola M. D 83\nNotes on Nanaimo M. D 158\nProvincial Mineralogist 27, 92\nNotes on Golden M. D 92\n\u00bb Tatlayoko lake 154\n\/, Lillooet M. D 134\n\u201e Victoria M. D 161\nPtarmigan 64\nPumice 27\n\u00ab Mayne island , 27\n\/, Lillooet 136\nPython 127\nQueen Charlotte Mining Division 83\nReport of Mining Recorder 165\nQueen Mine, Incorporated 110\nQuesnel (town) 48\nQuesnel Division 22\nPlacer gold 45\nQuesnel Forks District 45, 48\nQuesnelle Hydraulic Gold Mining Co.......22, 47\nNotes by Provincial Mineralogist 46\nQuesnel river 22, 45, 46\npex 6^\nRichard II.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'..'.''.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 7 J\nRichmond-Eureka 9\nRiondel 10*\nRiverside 6\nRoads 48\nGovernment in Cariboo 4\u00b0\nRocher de Boule (see Awillgate) 8^\nRock Greek 62\nRogers Syndicate 110\nRoosevelt (Clayoquot) 152\nn (Portland canal) 78\nRose 152\nRose and Bell 166\nRossland 116\nRossland District :\nReport of Gold Commissioner 115\n\/\/ Inspector 164\nRothschilds 152\nRoyal Commission on Mines (extracts from).... 180\nRoyal Edward 149\nRoyal Irish 105\nRuby creek 53, 131\nRuby Fract. No. 1 62\nNo. 2 62\nRuffner's holdings 21\nRupert 153\nRupert arm 153\nRupert City 64\nRush-Portland Mining Co., Ltd , 63\nRuth 99\nZinc in 103\nSt. Eugene 22, 90, 103, 165\nSt. Joseph 160\nSt. Lawrence 90\nSt. Mary's District 90\nSallumt river 83 Index.\nK 265\nPage.\nSally 118\nSalmo (town) 108, 109\nSalmon river (Nelson) 107\na (Portland canal) 65, 67\nSalmon River Glacier Mining Co., Ltd 65\nSandhurst Gold Mines 85\nSandon (place) 98\nSands tested in Assay Office 29\nSandstone (building) 24\nSandy creek 104\nSearchlight 109\nSechart 151\nSecond Relief 102, 108\nSecond Relief Mining Co 108\nSeepage in deep placer diggings 55\nSeton lake 134, 145, 149\nSeven-mile (place) 101\nSewer-pipe 25\nSeymour arm 127, 128\nSeymour creek 162\nSeymour narrows 158\nShale quarry 25\nShamrock 94\nSheep ereek 102\nSheep Creek Bonanza Mining Co 110\nSheep Creek camp 108\nSheep Creek District :\nReport of Inspector 164\nSheslay river , 54\nShining Beauty 93\nShipping mine 15, 243\nSicker , 62\nSignal 62\nSilver 22\nSilver, native 76\nBabine lake 87\nSilver Cup (Omineca) 86\n(Trout lake) 101\nSilver King 103\nSilver Pick 87\nSilver Queen 87\nSilverton 99\nSimilkameen 67\nTrail to 131\nAnnual Report Mining Recorder 132\nAnnual Report Inspector 164\nCoal fields of 175\nSiwash creek 130\nSkagit river 131\nSkeena Mining Division :\nReport of Gold Commissioner 60\nSkeena river 87\nCoal on 175\nSkidegate 85\nSkidegate inlet 175\nSkincuttle inlet 84\nSkookum Ill\nSkylark 64\nSkyline 64\nNo. 1 64\nSlocan District 96\nReport of Inspector 164\nSlocan Mining Division 96, 98\nSilver production .' 22\nSlocan City 100\nSlocan City Mining Division 96, 100\nSlocan lake 99\nSlocan Star ... 98\nSloko lake, coal at 56\nSluice blocks 49\nn plates, steel 49\nSmelter, Greenwood \u2022 \u2022 \u25a0 \u2022. J22\nSmuggler 113\nSno-sio 109\nSnowshoe 118 122\nSnowshoe creek 46\na Gold & Copper Mines, Limited 122\nSnownlide 62\nSnowslides 102\nSnowstorm 113\nSnug basin 151\nSnyder zinc smelter 103\nSoci4t6 Miniere de la Colombie Britannique Co .. 53\nSociety Girl 90, 165\nSombrio Mining Partnership 161\nn river 161\nSooke, oil at 26\nSophie mountain 116\nSouth Easter 85\nSouth-East Kootenay District 90\nSouth Kootenay Water-Power Co 120\nSouth Side 137\nSouth Wellington Colliery 183, 193\nSpanish creek 22, 45\nSpider 95\nSpillimacheen 92\nSpokane 135\nSpringer creek 100\nSproat lake 151\nSpruce creek 52\nSpruce Creek Power Co 52\nSquamish 162\ntrail 28, 146\nStamp-mill 140\nStandard 99\nStandby 64\nStar (Ainsworth) 97\nn (Olga mines, Portland canal) 64\nStar Fraction 61\nNo. 1 61\nStarlight Mines, Ltd 104\nState of Montana 55\nStatistical tables 16\nStatistics re coal 171\nStave lake 162\nSteamboat 131\nSteamboat Mining Co., Ltd. ., 131\nSteamboat mountain 67, 131\nSteel sluice-plates 49\nSteeple Jack 128\nSterling 107\nStewart (Portland canal) 63, 69\nii (Omineca)..... 87\nStewart (town) 70\nMining Recorder established 60\nStewart creek 44\n\u00bb Mining & Development Co 63, 75, 165\nStibnite (Lillooet) 138\nt, (Tatlayoko lake) 157\nStikine Mining Division :\nReport of Gold Commissioner 59\nPlacer gold in 21\nStony creek 147\nStop and Rest 65\nStouts gulch 42\nStraits of Juan de Fuca 161\nStrand 44\nSullivan 22, 90, 1Q5\nZinc in 103\nSummit (Lillooet) 137\n(Nelson) Ill\nSummit lake 146\nSummit creek 102, 112, 114\nSunlight 97\nSunnysides 124\n(Nanaimo) 159 K 266\nIndex.\nPage.\nSunrise (Omineca) 86\nSunshine 65\n(Bitter creek, Portland canal) 64\n(Arrow lake) 114\n\u2022ior 62\nNo. 1 62\nSuquash area 175\n\/\/ colliery 211\nSure Copper mountain 83\nSurprise (Portland canal) 61\na (Slocan) 99\nSurprise Fraction 61\nSurprise lake 21\nSioan 90\nSwede 101\nSwede American No.\nNo.\nNo. 12\nNo. 13\nSwede American No. 5\nNo. 6\nNo. 14\nSwede American No. 3\nTable, showing mineral production\t\nTable of Contents\t\nTagish arm\t\nTagish lake\t\nTaku arm 55, 56,\nTaku river\t\nTassoo harbour\t\nTatla lake\t\nTatlayoko lake 27,\nTatlayoko lake district\t\nTatlayoko Lake Gold Mining Co\t\nTaylor river\t\nTecumseh\t\nTeeta river\t\nTelegraph in Cariboo\t\nTo be run into Stewart\t\nTelephone\t\nTelkwa 67,\nTelkwa area, coal\t\nTelkwa river\t\nTellurides\t\nReported, Babine lake\t\nTemagami\t\nTenderfoot\t\nTen-mile creek\t\nTexada island 67,\nLime kilns on\t\nThibert Creek Mining Co\t\nThistle\t\nThomas Green creek \t\nThompson river (north), oil shales of\t\nCoal on\t\n253\n55\n57\n57\n54\n85\n155\n67\n154\n156\n151\n62\n153\n50\n70\n84\n157\n175\n87\n58\n87\n61\n129\n100\n166\n25\n59\n94\n137\n26\n127\nPage.\n. 64\n. 64\nNo. 9 64\nNo. 10 64\n64\n64\n64\n64\n64\n(Cuprum group) 64\n(Bitter Creek M. Co.)\n\" No. 4 a 64\n\/\/ No. 11 a 64\nSwift river 4_\nSyphons 4r\nIn hydraulic mines 4\nT.\nThree Forks (Slocan) 98\nThree Guardsmen mountains 55\nThunderbolt 151\nTiger 97\nToad mountain 102\nToken 84\nTod inlet, cement works 25\nTonapah 149\nTop Notch 65\nTracy creek 90\nTrail, recommended by Provincial Mineralogist\nfor Bute inlet 157\nHope to Nicola 131\nTrail Creek Mining Division :\nLode gold 22\nReport of Gold Commissioner 115\nTrail smelter 96\nShipments of ore to 102, 110\nTreadwell Ill\nTrout Lake Mining Division 96\nReport of Mining Recorder 101\nTucker bay 160\nTutchi lake 55\nTulameen river 133\nTunnel, exploratory at Greenwood 120\nTwenty-mile creek (Cariboo) 46\n\u00ab n (Quesnelle) 22\nTwenty-three mile post (Yale) 131\nTyaughton mountain 135\nTyee (Nanaimo M. D.) 156\n\u201e (Portland Canal M. D.) 64\nTyee smelter 80\nu.\nUchucklesat harbour 151\nUnion Colliery 189, 205\n\/\/ Iron Works 141\nUnion Jack 64\nUnited Empire Mining Co 132\nUniversity 138\nUnuk river 67\nUtica group 79\nV.\nValdes island 158, 166\nValley Creek 64\nVancouver 110\nVancouver (city) 131\n\u2022 \/\/ gravel-pits 26\nVancouver Island and Coast 151\nit coal on 175\n\/\/ geology of 67\nu Report of Insp. of Coal Mines 183\n11 Report of Inspector 205\nVancouver Financial Corporation Ill\nVancouver Fire-clay Co 25\nVancouver-Nanaimo Coal-mining Co 183, 195\nVancouver-Portland Cement Co 25\nVan Houten-Heymann Syndicate 110\nVan Roi 24, 99\nZinc of 24\nVan Winkle creek 44\nVaughan-Rhys, T. J 62\nVelvet 116\nVelvet siding 116\nVenture Mining Co 43\nVermilion Forks Mining & Development Co 204\nVernon Mining Division 125 Index.\nK 267\nVictoria lime-kilns 25\nVictoria Mining Division :\nNotes by Provincial Mineralogist 161\nReport of Mining Recorder 161\nVictoria, Vancouver & Eastern Railway 131\nVictoria West, Pottery Works at.\nVictor No. 1\t\n\/, No. 2\t\nVoight's camp\t\nVolcanic scoria\t\nPage.\n. . 25\n.. 62\n.. 62\n.. 132\n.. 27\nw.\nWaddington, road to Tatlayoko lake.\t\nWaggon road :\nBear river, Portland canal\t\nOld Cariboo\t\nHomathko river\t\nBridge river\t\nWard\t\nWar Eagle\t\nWarwick\t\nWash, glacial\t\nWashington (Grand Forks)\t\na (Slocan)\t\nWashington No. 1 \t\n,,' No. 2\t\nNo. 3\t\nWashington (state)\t\n\/\/ basin\t\nWater season for mining\t\nWaterloo 64,\nWatershed of Chilcotin and Homathko rivers. . .\nWatson gulch\t\nWaverley Mining Co\t\nWayside \t\nWelcome pass\t\nWellington\t\nWellington Colliery Co. (see Canadian Collieries\n(Dunsmuir), Ltd.) 183,\nWentworth \t\nWest arm, Quatsino Sound\t\nWest Canadian Deep Leads, Ltd 42,\nWestern Fuel Co 180,\nWest Kootenay Mining Corporation, Ltd\t\n155\n70\n134\n154\n149\n46\n115\n85\n112\n121\n98\n64\n64\n64\n131\n98\n46\n79\n155\n43\n44\n138\n162\n121\n205\n62\n151\n44\n183\n97\nWest Kootenay District :\nReport of Inspector\t\nPlacer gold of \t\nWest point\t\nWheal Tamar\t\nWhite Deer \t\nWhite Goat\t\nWhite Horse\t\nWhite Mike \t\nWhite Swan\t\nWhitewater (Ainsworth)\t\nZinc ore of\t\nLoss by forest fire\t\nWhitewater Deep\t\nZinc of\t\nWilcox\t\nWild Horse creek\t\nW illiams creek\t\nWilliams lake\t\nWillow river\t\nWilson creek\t\nWindermere Mining Division .\nWingdam (place)\t\nWireless\t\nWolf creek\t\nWoodbury creek\t\nWoodchuck \t\nWoodland\t\nWormwald creek\t\nWormwald Creek Mining Co....\nWreck bay\t\nWright creek\t\n 164\n 22\n 160\n 127\n 113\n 64\n 67\n 64\n 166\n..24, 97\n 103\n 24\n..24, 97\n 24\n.102, 106\n 106\n 42\n 154\n 43\n 54\n 93\n 43\n 84\n 110\n 97\n 140\n 124\n 43\n.... 43\n 151\n 53\nY.\nYale (town) 131\nYale District :\nReport of Gold Commissioners 127\nYale Mining Division :\nAnnual report of Mining Recorder 130\nPlacer mining 130\n\u201e gold 22\nYankee Girl\t\nYankee Girl Gold Mines.\nYellowstone \t\nYellowstone mountain. .\nYmir\t\nYmir Belle\t\nYmir camp\t\n106\n106\n108\n110\n106\n107\n106\nz.\nZinc :\nProductisn 24\nAppropriation by Dominion Government 103\nExperiments at Nelson 103\nArrow lake 24, 114\nEast Kootenay 24\nGolden 92\nZinc.\u2014Concluded.\nJewell mine\nPortland canal .\nZinc-blende\t\nPortland canal .\nZymoetz river ...\n.... 120\n.... 82\n.69, 85\n.... 61\n.67, 88 Illustrations. K 269\nLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.\nMcGillvray Creek\u2014looking down from Summit Frontispiece.\nF. D. Alderson\u2014a B. C. Certificated Coal Mine Manager. (Sacrificed his life in rescue party\nafter explosion at Bellvue, Alberta Facing p. 180\nAmerican Creek\u2014looking down\u2014from Mountain Boy Claim .. \u00bb 68\nBitter Creek\u2014foot of Glacier\u2014the source of n 64\nii at junction of Bear River\u2014from Mount Dolly \/\/ 64\nBridge River\u2014looking up from Jones Ranche n 168\na looking from Jones Ranche down to Canyon n 144\n\/\/ north fork of n 136\nCadwallader Creek\u2014looking down \/. 168\nn a Lillooet Mining Division\u2014Ben d'Or Mine n 160\nit a Arrastra at\u2014Pioneer Mine \u00bb 152\n\/; w Old Arrastra at\u2014Lome Mine \u00bb 152\nChilcotin RiTer\u2014Valley of\u2014near Alexis Creek \u00bb 80\nn \/\/ near Anahim Reserve n 80\n\u201e at Bull Pasture n 88\nChilko River\u2014Valley of\u2014looking south n 96\n\/\/ \u00ab looking north \/\/ 96\nChoelquoit Lake\u2014looking west \u00bb 88\nDraeger Oxygen Apparatus\u2014Miners with \/\/ 180\nGreen Lake\u2014on Pemberton Meadows\u2014Squamish Trail \u00bb 176\nHomathko River\u2014Valley of\u2014from Tatlayoko Mine Trail \/\/ 112\nMountain Boy\u2014section of workings Page 82\nPemberton Meadows\u2014John Currie Mountains from Facing p. 176\nPortland Canal Mining Co.\u2014Concentrator u 72\n\/, it Flow Sheet \/\/ 72\n\/\/ i, Plan of workings Page 72\nQuesnelle Hyd. Mng. Co.'s Dam\u2014Swift River Facing p. 48\nQuesnelle Hyd. Mng. Co.'s Camp\u201420-Mile Creek and Quesnel River n 44\nQuesnelle Hyd. Mng. Co.'s Wood-stave Pipe Line \" 52\nQuesnelle Hyd. Mng. Co.'s Wood-stave Pipe Siphon \u00bb 52\nRed Cliff Mine\u2014Main tunnel and camp of \/\/ 68\nRed Cliff Mining Co.\u2014section of workings Page 81\nRescue and Training Station\u2014Western Fuel Co.\u2014Nanaimo Facing p. 184\nStewart\u2014B. C. Government Mining Recorder's Office and Court House n 60\nn looking up Bear River from bridge near n 60\nTatlayoko Lake\u2014Summit of Potato Mt.\u2014east of i> 128\n\u201e source of Homathko River\u2014looking south n 104\n\/. looking south \" 128\n,t valley at south end of\u2014showing outlet of Homathko River \u00bb 104\nTatlayoko Lake Gold Mng. Co.'s No. 1 Tunnel \/\/ 112\nTatlayoko Lake Gold Mng. Co.'s Cabin n 120\nTatlayoko Lake Gold Mng. Co.\u2014dyke structure at \u00bb 120\nVICTORIA, B. 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