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Legislative Assembly","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/issued":[{"value":"2014-12-10","type":"literal","lang":"en"},{"value":"[1906]","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/www.europeana.eu\/schemas\/edm\/aggregatedCHO":[{"value":"https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/collections\/bcsessional\/items\/1.0064466\/source.json","type":"literal","lang":"en"}],"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/extent":[{"value":"Foldout table: TABLE SHOWING MINERAL PRODUCTION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. -- p. J14A; Foldout: HEDLEY, B.C. DALY REDUCTION COMPANY LTD. 40 STAMP MILLAND CYANIDE PLANT CROSS SECTION -- p. J192A; Foldout Diagram: No description. -- p. J192B.","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\nOP THE\nMINISTER OF MINES\nFOR THE\nYEAR ENDING Slst DECEMBER,\n1905,\nBEING AN ACCOUNT OP\nMINING OPERATIONS FOR GOLD, COAL, ETC.,\nIN THE\nPROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.\nTHE GOVERNMENT OF\nTHE PRO VINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA\nPRINTED BY\nAUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.\nVICTORIA, B. C.\nPrinted by Richard Wolfenden, V.D., I.S.O., Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.\n1906. 6 Ed. 7 Report of the Minister of Mines. J 3\nREPORT\nOF THE\nMINISTER OF MINES,\n1905.\nTo His Honour the Honourable Sir Henri Gustave Joly de Lotbiniere, K. C. M. G.,\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 1905 is herewith respectfully submitted.\nRICHARD McBRIDE,\nMinister of Mines.\nMinister of Mines' Office,\nFebruary, 1906, CANYON OF BULKLEY FROM BRIDGE AT AHWILLGATE 6 Ed. 7 Report of the Minister of Mines. J 5\nREPORT OF BUREAU OF MINES.\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, 1905.\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,\nFebruary, 1906. 6 Ed. 7 Report of the Minister of Mines. J 7\nMINERAL PRODUCTION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.\nMETHOD OP 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, consquently, 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 included 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 values of the products, the average price for the year\nin the New York Metal Market has been used as a basis. For silver 95 per cent., and for lead\n90 per cent., of such market price has been taken. Treatment and other charges have not\nbeen deducted.\nTABLE I.\u2014Total Production for all Years up to and including 1905.\nGold, placer $67,772,703\nGold, lode 36,385,058\nSilver *.... 23,688,688\nLead 14,958,161\nCopper 27,258,013\nCoal and Coke 73,786,754\nBuilding stone, bricks, etc 4,560,800\nOther metals. . , 252,999\nTotal $248,663,176\nTABLE II.\u2014Production for each Year from 1890 to 1905 (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\nTotal $248,663,176 J 8 Report of the Minister of Mines.\n1906\nTABLE\nSHOWING MINERAL PRODUCTION\nOF\nBRITISH COLUMBIA.\n1886\n1887\n1888\n1889\n1890\n1891\n1892\n1893\n1894\n1B95\n1896\n1897\n1898\n1899\n1900\n1901\n1902\n1903\n1904\n1905\n$23,000,000\n22,500,000\n22,000,000\n21,500,000\n21,000,000\n20,500,000\n20,000,000\n19,500,000\n19,000,000\n18,500,000\n18,000,000\n17,500,000\n17,000,000\n16,500,000\n16,000,000\n15,500,000\n15,000,000\n14,500,000\n14,000,000\n13,500,000\n13,000,000\n12,500,000\n12,000,000\n11,500,000\n11,000,000\n10,500,000\n10,000,000\n9,500,000\n9,000,000\n8,500,000\n8,000,000\n7,500,000\n7,000,000\n6,500,000\n6,000,000\n5,500,000\n5,000,000\n4,500,000\n4,000,000\n3,500,000\n3,000,000\n2,500,000\n2,000,000\n1,500,000\n1,000,000\n500,000\n000.000\n,\n\/\n\/\n\/\n\/\n\\\n\/\n\/\n\\\n\\\n\/\n\\\n\/\n\/\n\\\n\/\n\\\n\/\n\/\n\\\n\/\nh\n\/?\/\n\/\n?\/\n1\nf\n\/\nj\n%\n\/\n1\n1\nK\n\/\n\/\n1\n\\\nj\n\/\n\/\n\\\n1\n\/\n\\\ny\nj\n\/\n\\\n'\nts\n\/\n\/\n\/\n\/\nV \/\nhi\nm\ni\nV\na\n\/\n(V\nV\n\/\nJ\n*..\n^,\n\/\n$\n81\n\u2122!\n,\u2022'\ni\nJ\n\u00bb..\nts\n}\nC$\n1\n,\n\/c.\n\n\/--.\n\t\nf\n,\n\\\n1\n_.,\n*\"'\ni\ns\n\u25a0\u00bb-\"*\"\n!\n*\ns'\n^\n\t\n\u2014-..\n-_._,\n\u2014 \u2014 .\n^.-^\n\t\n'' 6 Ed. 7\nMineral Production.\nJ 9\nTable IV. gives a statement in detail of the amount and value of the different mineral\nproducts for the years 1903, 1904 and 1905. As it has been impossible as yet to collect\naccurate statistics regarding building stone, lime, bricks, tiles, etc., these are estimated.\nTABLE IV.\nAmount and Value of Mineral Products for 1903, 1904 and 1905.\nCustomary\nMeasure.\n1903.\n1904.\n1905.\nQuantity.\nValue.\nQuantity.\nValue.\nQuantity.\nValue.\nGold, placer\t\nSilver\t\nOunces\t\nPounds \t\nTons, 2,240ffis\n53,021\n232,831\n2,996,204\n18,089,283\n34,359,921\n1,168,194\n165,543\n$ 1,060,420\n4,812,616\n1,521,472\n689,744\n4,547,535\n3,504,582\n827,715\n531,870\n55,765\n222,042\n3,222,481\n36,646,244\n35,710,128\n1,253,628\n238,428\n$ 1,115,300\n4,589,608\n1,719,516\n1,421,874\n4,578,037\n3,760,884\n1,192,140\n600,000\n48,465\n238,660\n3,439,417\n56,580,703\n37,692,251\n1,384,312\n271,785\n$ 969,300\n4,933,102\n1,971,818\n2,399,022\nCopper \t\nCoal\t\nCoke\t\n5,876,222\n4,152,936\n1,358,925\n800,000\n\u00a717,495,954\n$18,977,359\n$22,461,325\nTABLE V.\nProduction of Mineral by Districts and Divisions.\nName.\nDivisions.\nDistricts.\n1903.\n1904.\n1905.\n1903.\n1904.\n1905.\n$ 475,200\n$ 474,600\n$ 406,000\n$ 314,400\n132,000\n28,800\n$ 313,000\n150,000\n11,600\n$ 300,000\n96,000\n10,000\n480,368\n1,951,128\n6,603,981\n558,573\n3,210,573\n5,806,070\n504,372\n5,339,154\n5,421,859\nKootenay, East, District \t\nKootenay, West, District\t\n219,818\n653,457\n1,126,986\n4,308,458\n295,262\n168,023\n466,683\n1,236,858\n3,760,866\n173,640\n100,273\n532,564\n970,544\n3,672,828\n145,650\nTrail Creek n \t\nOther parts\t\nLillocet District\t\n31,283\n3,714,422\n34,583\n4,190,281\n32,584\n6,483,504\nYale District\t\nOsoyoos, Grand Forks & Green-\n3,654,234\n2,000\n58,188\n4,110,366\n2,500\n77,415\n6,356,410\n1,533\n125,561\nYale a \t\nCoast Districts (Nanaimo, Alberni, W. Coast V. I., Victoria)..\n4,239,572\n4,702,679\n4,273,852\n$17,495,954\n$18,977,359\n$22,461,325 J 10\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1906\nPLACER GOLD.\nTable VI. contains the yearly production of placer gold to date, as determined by the\nreturns, sent in by the banks and express companies, of gold transmitted by them to the mints,\nand from returns sent in by the Gold Commissioners and Mining Recorders. To these yearly\namounts one-third was added up to the year 1878, from then to 1895 and from 1898 to 1905,\none-fifth, which proportions are considered to represent, approximately, the amount of gold\nsold of which there is no record. This placer gold contains from 10 to 25 per cent, silver, but\nthe silver value has not been separated from the totals, as it would be insignificant.\nTABLE VI.\u2014Yield of Placer Gold per Year to Date.\n1858..\n1859..\nI860..\n1861..\n1862..\n1863..\n1864..\n1865..\n1866..\n1867..\n1868..\n1869..\n1870..\n1871..\n1872..\n1873..\n705,000\n1,615,070\n2,228,543\n2,666,118\n2,656,903\n3,913,563\n3,735,850\n3,491,205\n2,662,106\n2,480,868\n3,372,972\n1,774,978\n1,336,956\n1,799,440\n1,610,972\n1,305,749\n1874..\n1875..\n1876..\n1877..\n1878..\n1879..\n1880..\n1881..\n1882..\n1883\/.\n1884..\n1885..\n1886..\n1887'..\n1888..\n1889..\n1,844,618\n2,474,004\n1,786,648\n1,608,182\n1,275,204\n1,290,058\n1,013,827\n1,046,737\n954,085\n794,252\n736,165\n713,738\n903,651\n693,709\n616,731\n588,923\n1890..\n1891..\n1892..\n1893..\n1894..\n1895..\n1896..\n1897..\n1898..\n1899..\n1900..\n1901..\n1902..\n1903..\n1904..\n1905..\nTotal.\n490,435\n429,811\n399,526\n356,131\n405,516\n481,683\n544,026\n513,520\n643,346\n1,344,900\n1,278,724\n970,100\n1,073,140\n1,060,420\n1,115,300\n969,300\n57,772,703\nTABLE VII.\u2014Production of Lode Mines.7\nP3\nGold.\nSilver.\nLead.\nCopper.\nTotal\nOz.\nValue.\nOz.\nValue.\nPounds.\nValue.\nPounds.\nValue.\nValues.\n1887\n$\n17,690\n79,780\n53,192\n70,427\n4,500\n77,160\n227,000\n746,379\n1,496,522\n3,135,343\n5,472,971\n4,292,401\n2,939,413\n3,958,175\n5,151,333\n3,917,917\n2,996,204\n3,222,481\n3,439,417\n41,298,305\n$\n17,331\n75,000\n47,873\n73,948\n4,000\n66,935\n195,000\n470,219\n977,229\n2,100,689\n3,272,836\n2,375,841\n1,663,708\n2,309,200\n2,884,745\n1,941,328\n1,521,472\n1,719,516\n1,971,818\n204,800\n674,500\n165,100\nNil.\nNil.\n808,420\n2,135,023\n5,662,523\n16,475,464\n24,199,977\n38,841,135\n31,693,559\n21,862,436\n63,358,621\n51,582,906\n22,536,381\n18,089,283\n36,646,244\n56,580,703\n391,517,075\n$\n9,216\n29,813\n\u2022 6,498\nNil.\nNil.\n33,064\n7S,996\n169,875\n532,255\n721,384\n1,390,517\n1,077,581\n878,870\n2,691,887\n2,002,733\n824,832\n689,744\n1,421,874\n2,399,022\n$\n$\n26,547\n1888\n104,813\n1889\n54,371\n1890\n73,948\n1891\n4,000\n1892\n99,999\n1893\n1,170\n6,252\n39,264\n62.259\n106,141\n110,001\n138,315\n167,153\n210,384\n236,491\n232,831\n222,042\n238,660\n23,404\n125,014\n785,271\n1,244,180\n2,122,820\n2,201,217\n2,857,573\n3,453,381\n4,34S,603\n4,888,269\n4,812,616\n4,589,608\n4,933,102\n297,400\n1894\n1895\n1896\n1897\n1898\n1899\n1900\n1901\n1902\n1903\n1904\n1905\n324,680\n952,840\n3,818,556\n5,325,180\n7,271,678\n7,722,591\n9,997,080\n27,603,746\n29,636,057\n34,359,921\n35,710,128\n37,692,251\n16,234\n47,642\n190,926\n266,258\n874,781\n1,351,453\n1,615,289\n4,446,963\n3,446,673\n4,547,535\n4,578,037\n5,876,222\n781,342\n2,342,397\n4,257,179\n7,052,431\n6,529,420\n6,751,604\n10,069,757\n13,683,044\n11,101,102\n11,571,367\n12,309,035\n15,180,164\nTo'l\n1,771,023\n36,385,058\n23,688,688\n14,958,161\n200,414,780\n27,258,013\n102,289,920\n* Not included in above is 9,413 tons of zinc ore\u2014worth $139,200.\n*The information as to production in the earlier years is obtained from the \"Mineral Statistics and Mines\" for 1896, Geological\nSurvey of Canada. TABLE VIII.\u2014Coal and Coke Production per Year to Date.\nCoal.\nYears. Tons (2,240 lbs). Value.\n1836-64 133,500 $ 535,012\n1865 32,819 131,276\n1866 25,115 100,460\n1867 31,239 124,956\n1868 44,005 176,020\n1869 35,802 143,208\n1870 29,843 119,372\n1871-2-3 148,549 493,836\n1874 81,547 244,641\n1875 110,145 330,435\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\nTotal 22,627,330 tons. $68,263,514\nCoke.\n1895-6 1,565 $ 7,825\n1897 17,831 89,155\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\nTotal 1,104,648 tons. $5,523,240 J 12\nEeport of the Minister of Mines.\n1906\nTABLE IX.\u2014Production in Detail of the\nYear\nToss.\nGold\n\u2014Placer.\nGoli\n\u2014Lode.\nSilver.\nLead.\nOunces\nValue.\nOunces.\nValue.\nOunces.\nValue.\nPounds.\nValue.\nS\n$\ns\nS\n1902\n1903\n1904\n1905\n1902\n1903\n1904\n1905\n1902\n1903\n1904\n1905\n21\n17,000\n15,720\n15,650\n15,000\n8,000\n6,600\n7,500\n4,800\n2,000\n1,440\n680\n500\n340,000\n314,400\n313,000\n300,000\n160,000\n132,000\n150,000\n96,000\n40,000\n28,800\n11,600\n10,000\n19\n393\n4\n2\nQuesnel t, \t\n1902\n1903\n1904\n1905\n1902\n1903\n1904\n1905\n100\n67\n303\n143\n20,000\n22,000\n26,500\n23,750\n800\n1,750\n675\n1,250\n400,000\n440,000\n530,000\n475,000\n16,000\n35,000\n11,500\n25,000\n474\n244\n766\n187\n9,797\n5,043\n15,333\n3,865\n224\n53\n185\n477\n111\n27\n99\n274\n5,500\n233\n1902\n1903\n1904\n1905\n1902\n1903\n1904\n1905\n3,621\n938\n76,895\n170,073\n260\n808\n365\n226\n1,660\n1,000\n1,000\n708\n33,000\n20,000\n20,000\n14,160\n114,506\n28,537\n590,186\n1,137,872\n27,918\n59,006\n20,964\n16,880\n66,738\n14,491\n314,923\n652,342\n13,833\n29,963\n11,186\n9,677\n3,017,756\n717,479\n21,071,236\n48,248,828\n204,652\n951,296\n401,022\n149,584\n110,450\n27,357\n817,564\n16\n17\n2,045,750\n7 490\n331\n352\n36,273\n50\n50\n1,000\n1,000\n15,559\n14\n289\n6,342\n1902\n1903\n1904\n1905\n1902\n1903\n1904\n1905\n1902\n1903\n1904\n1905\n1902\n1903\n1904\n1905\n1902\n1903\n1904\n1905\n4,939\n24,332\n14,569\n3,331\n77.S10\n76,923\n74,442\n50,090\n21,153\n12,412\n70,296\n88,279\n329,534\n360,786\n312,991\n330,618\n1,692\n5,430\n26,494\n22,302\n5\n33\n2\n28\n25,116\n20,114\n14,100\n17,667\n353\n257\n160\n134\n162,146\n145,353\n133,095\n129,843\n652\n2,417\n3,615\n2,707\n103\n682\n41\n579\n519,148\n415,756\n291,447\n365,177\n7,297\n5,312\n3,807\n2,770\n3,351,558\n3,004,446\n2,751,074\n2,683,855\n13,477\n49,959\n74,722\n55,954\n320,719\n108,678\n90,004\n99,781\n273,870\n190,003\n198,795\n116,729\n2,223,810\n1,466,931\n1,640,170\n1,045,948\n373,101\n209,537\n181,830\n147,753\n241,584\n392,354\n148,201\n121,551\n158,916\n55,187\n48,026\n57,204\n135,703\n96,483\n106,077\n66,921\n1,101,898\n744,908\n821,835\n599,642\n184,871\n106,403\n97,024\n84,707\n119,705\n199,237\n79,080\n69,685\n3,083,039\n4,299,727\n3,091,648\n1,002,114\n1,680,948\n1,072,542\n976,570\n1,368,388\n13,651,144\n9,880,469\n10,611,227\n5,399,330\n112,839\n163,949\n119,956\n42,490\n61,523\n40,896\n37,891\n58,020\n499,632\nSlocan & Slocan City.\n100\n150\n150\n2,000\n3,000\n3,000\n228,932\nTrail Creek ,,\nAll other Divisions ..\n(Revelstoke, Trout\nLake, Lardeau.)\n100\n100\n50\n280\n2,000\n2,000\n1,000\n5,600\n885,734\n1,144,239\n485,620\n339,883\n82,418\n43,630\n18,838\n14,411\n1902\n1903\n1904\n1905\n1902\n1903\n1904\n1905\n1902\n1903\n1904\n1S05\n1902\n1903\n1904\n1905\n2,882\n3,652\n40\n133\n1,372\n1,291\n1,725\n1,500\n27,440\n25,820\n34,500\n30,000\n193\n264\n4\n125\n3,989\n5,457\n83\n2,584\n12\n6\n13,108\n23,531\n9,021\n67,076\n(Grand Forks, Greenwood and Osoyoos\nDivisions.)\nSirnilkameen Div'n..\n521,402\n697,284\n801,925\n965,628\n88\n3,783\n22\n1,906\n14,642\n250\n150\n160\n90\n135\n100\n126\nt 57\n2,350\n2,520\n1,560\n230\n5,000\n3,000\n3,000\n1,800\n2,700\n2,000\n2,500\n1,140\n47,000\n50,400\n31,200\n4,600\n42,745\n50,358\n66,505\n78,689\n883,539\n1,040,900\n1,147,288\n1,626,501\n219,798\n320,749\n245,155\n630,407\n108,910\n162,876\n130,815\n361,412\n480\n897\n350\n2,844\n(Vernon.)\n19\n6\n3\n183\n610\n393\n124\n62\n3,783\n12,608\n542\n15\n625\n3,863\n269\n8\n334\n2,215\n(Ashcroft, Kaml'ps.)\nCoast & other Dis\ntricts (Nanaimo, Al\n1902\n1903\n1904\n1905\n31,802\n103,524\n81,383\n61,126\n4,766\n13,771\n14,612\n8,637\n98 513\n284,347\n302,030\n178,527\n121,841\n220,329\n206,366\n118,156\n60,372\n111,883\n110,117\n67,739\nberni, W. Coast V. I.,\n250\n160\n100\n5,000\n3,000\n2,000\nVictoria).\n(other metals, build\n1902\n1903\n1904\n1905\ning stone, brick, etc.)\nTotals\t\n1902\n1903\n1904\n1805\n998,999\n1,286,176\n1,461,609\n1,706,679\n53,657\n53,021\n55,765\n48,465\n1,078,140\n1,060,420\n1,115,300\n1969,300\n236,491\n232,831\n222,042\n238,660\n4,888,269\n4,812,616\n4,589,608\n$4,933,102\n3,917,917\n2,996,204\n3,222,481\n3,439,417\n1,941,328\n1,521,472\n1,719,516\n$1,971,818\n22,536,381\n18,089,283\n36,646,244\n56,580,703\n824,832\n689,744\n1,421,874\n$2,399,022\nt Includes $500 Platinum. } Including 9,413 tons Zinc ore, valued at $139,200. 6 Ed. 7\nProduction of Metalliferous Mines.\nJ 13\nMetalliferous Mines for 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1905.\nCopper.\nTotals for Divisions.\nTotals for Districts.\nPounds.\nValue.\n1902.\n1903.\n1904.\n1905.\n1902.\n1903.\n1904.\n1906.\n$\n$\n$\n$\n$\n$\n540,395\n$\n475,200\n$\n474,600\n8\n406,000\n340,395\n314,400\n313,000\n300,000\n160,000\n132,000\n150,000\n96,000\n40,000\n28,800\n11,600\n10,000\n426,636\n480,368\n558,573\n504,372\n400,000\n440,000\n530,000\n475,000\n6,258\n728\n298\n1,141\n26,636\n40,368\n2,249\n8,900\n28,573\n29,372\n222,778\n128,797\n1,180,933\n2,731,214\n200,188\n61,848\n1,152,487\n\"2,712,252\n8,048\n936\n361\n701\n1,654\n1,109\n22,590\n2,730\n5,472\n10,608\n66,949\n28,446\n18,962\n9,637\n272,967\n7,716,399\n6,498,981\n5,806,070\n5,257,659\n219,818\n168,023\n]00,273\n491,144\n346,218\n57,120\n45,822\n28,268\n14,446\n773,494\n600,957\n220,500\n92,663\n466,683\n507,564\n1,608,827\n181\n24\n1,126,986\n1,236,858\n831,344\n11,667,807\n8,652,127\n7,119,876\n5,800,294\n1,000\n3,294\n1,356,966\n1,145,109\n912,768\n904,266\n116\n136\n4,893,395\n4,255,958\n3,760,866\n3,672.828\n167,716\n295,262\n173,640\n145,650\n81,429\n31,283\n34,583\n32,584\n31,429\n31,283\n34,583\n32,584\n2,787,356\n3,707,552\n4,190,281\n6,433,504\n14,955,582\n18,485,542\n22,066,407\n27,670,644\n1,739,334\n2,446,561\n2,828,913\n4,313,853\n2,737,263\n3,654,234\n4,110,366\n6,308,410\n2,700\n2,000\n2,500\n1,533\n47,393\n6,409\n328,380\n848\n42,098\n106,138\n51,318\n680,808\n125,561\n449,249\n1,309,606\n1,179,295\n784,131\n2,496,681\n290,364\n908,076\n764,148\n535,865\n449,249\n6,861,171\n1,309,606\n5,960,593\n1,179,295\n3,437,236\n784,131\n480,051\n531,870\n600,000\n800,000\n480,051\n531,870\n600,000\n800,000\n29,636,057\n3,446,673\n4,547,535\n4,578,037\n$5,876,222\n$12,654,293\n$ 12,654,293\n$13,163,657\n34,359,921\n35,710,128\n13,163,657\n$14,024,336\n$14,024,335\n37,692 251\n$16,949,464\n$ 16,949,464 J 14\nEeport of the Minister of Mines.\n1906\no\nrH oo ea CTS CD\nUS\n*#\n'3\nCC l> C4 l> \ncc\"\nI-H?\np\n+-\nr\u00ab\nCD\nfi\n+3\n\u25a0+H\nft\no\no\nrH\no\nm\n\u00ab\no\nPI\na\no\n0)\na.\ns\no\n1\no\n35\nm\nIs\nu\n\u25a0z,\n>\n&\np\nc4\n3\nu\no\na\nCD\nM\n^\nPw\nos\no\nO\n.a\nO\nr\u2014 H\nW\n\na\ni-H\np\njo\nii\nPh\no\n\ns\n1\u00a9\n^jS\n>\nCC CTS IO Ol l> IO *\u00a9\n1\nE\nobh\nA\nCD* CC l> oT rH I> l>\na\n\/\" N\no\nD\nbo\na\nr-i\naS\n1\ne\no\nra\nts\nTJ\n? A. . 40\nc\nJ4 -H\na\nOl\n\"o\nor~J\u00a9\u00ab2fr*\u00a9\u00a9\nCS\no\ncc\no\nhH\n.\u2014\nz;\n\u00a9\n\u00a9 SHOWING MINEBAL PKODUCTION\nov\nBEITI8H COLUMBIA\n1866\n1868\n1880\n1861\n1862\n1863\n1864\n1865\n(866\n1867\n1868 18\n69 1870\n187!\n1872\n1873\n1874\n1875\n1876\n1877\n1878\n1879\n188C\n1881\n1882\n1883\n1884\n1885\n1886\n1887\n1888\n1889\n1890\n1891\n1892\n1893\n1894\n1895\n1896\n1897\n1898\n1899\n1900\n1901 1902 1903\n1904\n1905\n6\u00bbooo,ooo\n5,900,000\n5,800,000\n5,700,000\n5,600,000\n5,500,000\n5,400,000\n5,300,000\n5,200,000\n5,100,000\n5,000,000\n4,900,000\n4,800,000\n4,700,000\n4,600,000\n4,500,000\n4,400,000\n4,300,000\n4,200,000\n4,100,000\n4,000,000\n3,900,000\n3,800,000\n3,700,000\n3,600,000\n3,500,000\n3,400,000\n3,300,000\n3,200,000\n3,100,000\n3,000,000\n2,900,000\n2,800,000\n2,700,000\n2,600,000\n2,c;oo,ooo\n2,400,000\n2,300,000\n2,200,000\n2,100,000\n2,000,000\n1,900,000\n1,800,000\n1,700,000\n1,600,000\n1,500,000\n1,400,000\n1,300,000\n1,200,000\n1,100,000\n1,000,000\n900,000\n800,000\n700,000\n600,000\n500,000\n400,000\n300,000\n200,000\n100,000\n000,000\nl\\.\n\/\n\/ s\n\\\n\/\n\\ZJ\nr1\nf\n\/\n\/\n\/\ns\nf\nft\n1\n8\/\n1\nwf\n\/\nt\ni 9>\nC\nUS\n1\n\/\"\"^\nvro\n\/c?\nV\"F\nr\nTT\nK&\ni\/;\n,Q\/\nj\n\\f\n\/\/\n4\/\/\n1\ni\n\u2014y\nSI\n\/\n1\/,\n1\u2014ffS,\n,- -i\n0\no\n* \/\n(v\n\\ \/\n\/ \\\nu\n\/\n\/ ^\nV\n>\u2022\/\ni\nf\n\/ '\ni I\n>\/\n\\\n\\\n\/\n1 1\n\\ '\\\nL\n^\n\\\n>\n\/\n\\ \/ \\\n\/\n\\\n;\n\u00ab' \\\n\/\ni\n(\n\\\n\/\n\\f \\\n\/\n\/.\nfed\n\\\n\\\n\/\n\/\n\\\n; i\ni \u00bb\n\u00bb \/\n\/\nr\\l\nS\n\u00bb\n\/ \u00bb\ni \\ 1\n1\n?]\n\\\n\/ \u00bb\ni\ni\n\\ \/\n\/ i\n?\/.\n\\\n\/ i\nj\nv?<\nIt\nf\n\/\n\\\n1 ',\nJ\n\\<\ni\n\/\\ \/ 4\/\n^\n1 .'!\n\\\n* *\na\ni\nt\n\/\/\no\/\n\u2022'\\\ni\n\"^,\n1\ni 1\n8\/\ni\ni\n7\\\n\u2022Jl\nJ\/ \\\ni\nN\nJ l\n\/\ni\ni\n\/ \\\n1\nc\ni\n\/\n\/ \/\nJ\n\/I\n*N\n\/\ni\n,\n\/\n\/\n\/\nfi\\\no\nt\n\/\n$\n\\ 11\n\/\n\/\nA(\nII\nIf\nj\\\ni\ni\nt\nt\n\\{\n(\nf \/\nS\n\\\n|\\\nLi'\ni\ni\n\">\nCCi\n\/j\n\\\n\u00ab 1\nSi\nt \t\n\\\npi\nhf1\n>!\n\/\/\n\\\n\\\nis\nIt\n| \\\n*\n1\n\/ \/\nV\n\\\n\\\ndi\n\/\/\n1\ni I\ni I\n1 I\n\\\nU\n1\n1\n\/\n\/\n\\\n<\/><\n\/\/\nvl 1\n$\n\/\n\\\n\/\n;\nr\\\n\/y\n\/\n\\\n&'\nt\ni\n\\\n\/\n\/\nV\n\\\nA\ni\ni\n\\%\nN>\/\n1\/\n\/\ni\n1 '\n\\V f\ni\ni\n\\\n\\\n\/\nr'\nA\nV<\n$\n\/\nni\n$\n\\\nt\nt\n\\\n0\/\n\/\nl ,\n'1\ni\n*\n\u00ab.-*\"\"\"\"'\n\\\n\u2022v y\nf y\n\/\nft\/I\n!\n\\\n^\n\/ \/\na!\nli\n\\\nS\n-J\/ ,\n\u00b0 \\\n' \/\n,?\/\n* 1\nw \/ 1\n\\\nI\u2014\nK\u00bb\nr\n\/.\njC*\n'---\n\\\n^\\\nj j\nj *\nX\n\\\n9\n\/\ni\ni\nIf N.\nf\/*\n\\\nA\/\nii\n\/ J\nI\n\/\n1\n^\nl\u00b0*A\nfit\n1: i\n\/\n1\nkO^\n*\n\\rs.\n*.\n\/\nr\n*d\n\u00a3x\n?*>t\ni\n<\n?4\n***\n7\n5y\n*>\n-*=n\n*tt.:\n^\n\/\n\u00a3\/\n\/\n\/\n-m.t\ni\u00ab^\nry\n *\u25a0\n7 c\n*P\n\u2014^\n!rrd\nv\u2014\n>***,\u00bb*.\n*\"\n^ 6 Ed. 7\nProgress of Mining.\nJ 15\nPROGRESS OF MINING.\nThe gross value of the mineral production of the Province during the year 1905 was\n$22,461,325, the largest output ever made by the mines of the Province, and an increase over\nthe preceding year of $3,483,966, or 18.4%, while it is an increase over the year 1903 of over\n28 \u00b0f. An analysis of the returns shows, however, that this increase has been confined to\ncertain districts, South-East Kootenay, the Boundary District, Nelson Mining Division and\nYale Mining Division, the remaining districts showing a more or less marked decrease. The\ngreater part of the increase is in the two former of these districts. In South-East Kootenay\nthe tonnage of ore mined increased 121 % and the value of the product 135% over the preceding\nyear, while in the Boundary the tonnage has increased 20% and the value of the output 53.6%.\nThe Slocan District shows the most marked decrease this year, its output being little\nbetter i ;.n half of what it was in the preceding year.\nThe Rossland camp just about held its own this past year. The tonnage of ore mined\nincreas -bout 5%, but the values per ton diminished somewhat on the average, owing to the\nworkinL of ,ow grade ores by concentration methods.\nThe tonnage of ore mined in the whole Province, exclusive of coal, was this past year\n\\Jz*>\" ns, some 245,070 tons, or 16%, greater than in 1901, and 85% greater than was\nN X)l.\n'ber of mines from which shipments of ore were made in 1905 was 146, and of\nthese on^ i y p operties shipped over 100 tons during the year, practically no change from the\npreceding year. Some 38 mines each shipped in excess of 1,000 tons, of which seven were\nin the Nelson Division, four in the Slocan, seven in Trail (Rossland), and eleven in the\nBounda ry.\nTho following table shows the number of metalliferous mines which shipped ore during\nthe past year, together with the location of these mines and the number of men employed\nboth above and below ground :\u2014\nTable Showing Distribution of Shipping Mines in 1905.\nCassiar :\nSkeena \t\nEast Kootenay :\nFort Steele\t\nWindermere \t\nWest Kootenay :\nAinsworth\t\nNelson\t\nSlocan\t\nTrail \t\nOther Divisions\t\nLillooet\t\nYale :\nBoundary\t\nAshcroft-Kamloops..\nSimilkameen-Vernon\nCoast\t\nTotal 1,706,679\nTons of\nOre\nShipped.\n143\n170,073\n226\n3,331\n50,090\n88,279\n330,618\n22,302\n133\n965,628\n14,642\n88\n61,126\nNo. of\nMines\nShipping.\n3\n6\n13\n21\n52\n8\n20\n3\n1\n146\nNo. of\nMines\nShipping\nover 100\ntons in\n1905.\n3\n0\n7\n15\n20\n16\n1\n0\n4\n79\nMen Employed in these Mines.\nBelow.\n250\n31\n67\n250\n352\n582\n89\n2\n595\n52\n7\n109\n2,394\nAbove.\n11\n67\n13\n39\n142\n105\n251\n26\n2\n421\n25\n7\n93\n1,202\nTotal.\n19\n317\n44\n106\n392\n457\n833\n115\n4\n1,016\n77\n14\n202\n3,596 J 16\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1906\nIn explanation of the table, it should be said that in its preparation, a mine employing\n12 men for four months is credited in the table with four men for 12 months, so that the total\ngiven is less than the actual number of individuals who worked in mines during the year.\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\ntotal cost. In this respect it is interesting to note in the various districts the number of tons\nof ore mined to each man employed. An analysis of the above table shows, approximately,\nthat, taking the Province as a whole, there were 474 tons of ore mined for each man employed\nabout the mines. In this respect, however, the districts vary very materially, since in the\nSlocan District the figures show 193 tons mined to the man in the year, in the Nelson District\n127 tons, in the Trail Creek (Rossland) District 396 tons, and in the Boundary 950 tons.\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 Number of Men Employed, 1905.\nDistrict.\nNumber\nof\nMines.\nMen\nemployed\nunderground.\nMen\nemployed\nabove ground.\nTotal.\nAlnsworth\t\n1\n4\n3\n3\n1\n9\n2\n1\n2\n15\n12\n6\n4\n23\n8\n6\n0\n7\n6\n3\n8\n9\n3\n2\n2\nBoundary (Od. Forks, Kettle R., Osoyoos)\n22\n18\n9\nNelson\t\n12\nSlocan (Slocan, Slocan City)\t\nEast Kootenay (Ft. Steele & Windermere)\nTrail Creek\t\n32\n11\n8\nTotal\t\n24\n76\n38\n114\nSTATISTICAL TABLES.\nReferring to the preceding Statistical Tables of the mineral production of the Province,\nthe following is a summary of their contents :\u2014\nTable I. shows the total gross value of each mineral product that has been mined in the\nProvince up to the end of 1905. From this it will be seen that coal mining has produced more\nthan any separate class of mining\u2014a total of $73,786,754\u2014followed next in importance by\nplacer gold at $67,772,703, and third by lode gold at $36,385,058.\nThe metal gold, derived from both placer and lode mining, amounts to $104,157,761, the\ngreatest amount derived from any one metal or mineral, the next most important being copper,\nof a total gross value of $27,258,013, followed by silver at $23,688,688, and lead at $14,958,161.\nTable II. shows the values of the total production of the mines of the Province for each\nyear from 1890 to 1905, during which period the output has increased nearly ten-fold, and has\nnow reached a production for the past year valued at $22,461,325, or more than double what\nit was in 1898.\nTable III. presents in graphical form the facts shown by figures in the tables, and\ndemonstrates to the eye the rapid growth of lode mining in the Province and also the fluctuations to which it has been subject. 6 Ed. 7 Progress of Mining. J 17\nIt will be seen that although coal has been a constantly increasing industry during this\nwhole period of 20 years, lode mining did not really begin until 1894, since when it has risen\nwith remarkable rapidity, though not without interruption, until now it has reached higher\nthan the $15,000,000 line.\nTable IV. gives the amounts, 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 purposes of comparison, similar data for the two preceding years.\nThe table shows that there has been a decrease in the production of placer gold of some\n$146,000, but at the same time an increase in the output of lode gold of $343,494, thus leaving\nfor this metal a balance on the right side of nearly $200,000.\nThe amount of silver produced this past year was 3,439,417 ounces, having a gross value\nof $1,971,818, an increase over the preceding year of $252,302, due to the greatly increased\noutput of the Boundary and East Kootenay Districts.\nThe table shows an output of lead amounting to 56,580,703 lbs., valued at $2,399,022, the\ngreatest production of lead ever made by the Province except in the phenomenal year 1900,\nand is in quantity an increase over the preceding year of 19,934,459 lbs., or 54 %, which is due\nunquestionably to the effect of the Dominion Government's lead bounty upon two large mines\nin East Kootenay, which are very low-grade in both lead and silver.\nThe bounty has, however, apparently had no stimulating effect upon the production of lead\nin the Slocan District, as the amount of lead produced by this district in 1905 is only about\nhalf that produced in 1904 and one-quarter that produced in 1900.\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, the Boundary District has wrested from\nWest Kootenay the honour of first place on the list, and leads in the value of its production by\nover a million dollars, followed in order of output by the West Kootenay, East Kootenay and\nCoast Districts. The latter two districts owe more than half their output to the coal mines\nsituated within their limits, whereas the production of the two former is entirely from lode\nmiming. The Boundary produces over 42 % of the total output of the Province derived from\nlode mining.\nTable VI. gives the statistical record of the placer mines of the Province from 1858 to\n1905, and shows a total production of $67,772,703. The output for 1905 was $969,300\u2014a\ndecrease of about 10 % as compared with the previous year, and due to a dry season with a\nshortage of water for hydraulic mining.\nTable VII. relates entirely to the lode mines of the Province, and shows the amounts and\nvalues of the various metals produced each year since 1887\u2014the beginning of such mining in\nthe Province. The gross value of the product of these mines to date is $102,289,920. The\nproduction in 1905 was $15,180,164, an increase over the preceding year of $2,871,129, or\nabout 23 %.\nTable VIII. contains the statistics of production of the coal mines of the Province. The\ntotal amount of coal mined to the end of 1905 is 22,627,330 tons (2,240 lbs), worth $68,263,514.\nOf this there was produced in 1905 some 1,384,312 tons, valued at $4,152,936, a larger amount\nthan has been produced in any year since 1902.\nIn these figures of coal production is not included the coal used in making coke, as such\ncoal is accounted for in figures of output of coke. The making of coke began only in 1895-6,\nand in the ten years since this period the output has increased from 1,565 tons to 271,785 tons J 18 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\n(2,240 Bos.), of a value of $1,358,925 produced in 1905, an increase over the preceding year of\n33,357 tons, or 14 %. The total output of coke to the end of 1905 was 1,104,648 tons, valued\nat $5,523,240.\nMore detailed statistics of the coal production of the Province and of the separate\ndistricts for the year 1905 are given under the chapter on \"Coal,\" near the end of this report.\nTable IX. gives the details of productions of the mines of the Province (excepting coal\nmines) for the years 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1905, and the districts in which such productions\nwere made, showing the tonnage of ore mined in each district, with its metallic contents, and\nmarket value.\nThe total tonnage of ore mined in the Province during the past year was 1,706,679\ntons, having a gross value of $16,949,464.\nThe following table shows the percentages of such tonnage and values derived from the\nvarious districts of the Province :\u2014\nBoundary District, 56.8 % of tonnage and 37.2 % of values.\nTrail Creek Mining Division,\nFort Steele n\nSlocan District,\nCoast ii\nMiscellaneous and other districts,\n56.8 %\nof tonnage and 37.2\n19.5\nit\n21.7\n10.0\nit\n16.0\n5.2\nii\n4.9\n3.6\ntt\n4.6\n4.9\nii\n15.6\n100.0 100.0\nTable X. compares graphically the output of mineral products in British Columbia with\nthat of similar products in all the other Provinces of the Dominion, and shows that in 1905\nBritish Columbia produced of the metals and coal an amount nearly as great as did all the\nother Canadian Provinces combined.\nCOAL.\nThe collieries actually producing coal in the Province during this past year are the same\nas in the previous year, and are located either on the eastern side of Vancouver Island or on\nthe western slope of the Rockies, near the Crowsnest pass, in the south-eastern portion of\nthe Province.\nThe Vancouver Island Colleries are operated by two companies, the Western Fuel Co.,\nat Nanaimo, and the Wellington Colliery Co., at Ladysmith and Comox; while the collieries\nin South-East Kootenay, at present some three in number, at Michel, Fernie and Carbonado,\nare all owned and operated by the same company\u2014the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co.\nThe gross output of the coal mines of the Province for the year was 1,825,832 tons\n(2,240 flos.), which, with 314 tons taken from stock, makes a total production of 1,826,146 tons.\nOf this total amount, 1,202,971 tons were sold as coal, 441,520 tons were used in making coke,\nand 181,655 tons were consumed under the companies' boilers and sold locally.\nThe coke produced amounted to 271,785 tons, of which some 268,091 tons were sold and\n3,694 tons were added to stock. 6 Ed. 7\nProgress of Mining.\nJ 19\nThe following table indicates the markets in which the coal and coke output of the\nProvince was sold :\u2014\nCoal.\nCoast.\nCrow's Nest\nPass.\nTotal.\nSold for consumption in Canada (Tons\u20142,240 fts)\n380,332\n427,698\n148,939\n246,002\n529,271\n673,700\nCoke.\n808,030\n5,410\n4,300\n394,941\n145,044\n113,337\n1,202,971\n150,454\n117,637\n9,710\n258,381\n268,091\nThe Vancouver Island Collieries mined in 1905 some 993,899 tons of coal, which, with\n314 tons taken from stock piles, makes the total of coal disposed of 994,213 tons, distributed\nas follows :\u2014\nSold as coal in Canada , 380,332 tons.\nii United States 427,698 \u201e\n 808,030\nUsed under companies' boilers, etc. 142,491\nn in making coke 43,692\n994,213\nThe amount of coke produced was 15,661 tons, of which 5,410 tons were sold in Canada\nand 4,300 in the United States (including Alaska), while some 5,950 tons were added to\nstock.\nThe coal sales of the Coast collieries show this year an increase of about 24,000 tons, or\nabout 3 % over the preceding year. The coal sales to the United States this year amount to\n53 % of the total, exactly the same as in 1904, most of which coal was disposed of in the\nCalifornia market, the remainder going to Alaska, where the recent developments in metalliferous\nmining seem destined to produce a constantly increasing market for the product of our Coast\ncollieries.\nThe local consumption of coal on the coast of British Columbia also shows an increase\nthis year of 11,568 tons, being 380,332 tons, as against 368,764 tons in 1904.\nThe coke production this year was some 3,710 tons less than in 1904, and the coke sales\nalso are lower by 3,214 tons, the production being still much greater than the demand, as is\nevidenced by the fact that in 1904 some 6,647 tons of coke were added to stock, followed\nin 1905 by a further addition of 5,950 tons, a total of 12,597 tons in two years.\nThe local coke consumption has dropped from 10,333 tons in 1904 to 5,410 tons in 1905,\ndue to the decreased amount of copper smelting being done on the Coast, while the distance\nfrom the Coast to the smelters in the interior of the Province is so great as to prevent that\nmarket being available.\nThe resumption of smelting operations at Crofton about the beginning of 1906 will better\nmaterially the local market this coming year.\nThe coke sold in the United States this past year by the Coast collieries amounted to\n4,300 tons, an increase of 1,709 tons, occasioned by the \"blowing in\" of two smelting plants\non Prince of Wales island, in Alaska, which increase promises to continue. J 20 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nThe Nanaimo collieries were closed down for a number of months during the year, on\naccount of labour disputes; but whether this decreased the coal sales, or whether the market\nwas kept fully supplied by the other colliery company it is impossible to say, as the two companies have \" pooled \" their California sales under one selling agent.\nThe Crow's Nest Pass collieries at Michel, Coal Creek (Fernie) and Carbonado (Morrissey)\u2014three in number\u2014operated by the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co., mined, during the year\n1905, 831,933 tons of coal, an increase over the preceding year of 169,248 tons, or 25^ %.\nThe following table shows the disposition made of the combined output of the company's\ncollieries :\u2014\nSold as coal in Canada 148,939 tons.\n,, United States 246,002 \u201e\n 394,941\nUsed in making coke by company 397,828\nit under company's boilers, etc 35,843\nSold at retail, locally 3,321\n831,933\nThe amount of coke produced from the coal noted above was 256,125 tons, and with\n2,256 tons taken from stock, makes the total coke sales 258,381 tons, of which 145,044 tons\nwere sold for consumption in Canada (British Columbia), and 113,337 tons were exported to\nthe United States.\nThe coal sales of the Crow's Nest Pass Co. increased this past year 107,773 tons, or 37\u00a3%,\ndue entirely to the increased exportation of coal to the United States, for the consumption of\nCrow's Nest coal in British Columbia this past year decreased this 20,041 tons, or 12 %, as\ncompared with 1904, while the exportation of coal to the LTnited States increased by 127,814\ntons, or about 108 %.\nThe sales of coke from Crow's Nest collieries were increased this year by 41,687 tons, or\n19.2 %, the increase being due to consumption both in British Columbia and in the United\nStates, the former increasing some 26,040 tons, or 13J %, and the latter 15,647 tons, or 16 %.\nThe increased consumption in British Columbia was due to the constantly increasing demand\nfor coke in the Boundary District to smelt the increased tonnage of ore there mined.\nGOLD.\nThe production of placer gold this past year is valued at $969,300,\nPlacer Gold. a decrease of some $146,000, or 13 %, as compared with that of 1904, and\nis the smallest output made any year since 1901. This falling off in pro\nduction is attributable to a very dry summer, preceded by a winter with little snow, with a\nresulting decreased supply of water for hydraulicing, in which class of mining the output\nseems to be in direct proportion to the water available for use, since the deposits of gravel\nappear to be fairly regular in their tenure of gold, and the output is measured by the amount\nof gravel washed.\nIn the Atlin District the output this past year was about $475,000, considerably less\nthan in 1904, but still in excess of any year previous to that.\nIn this district the drought was not so severely felt, as about 40 % of the gold is mined\nby \" individual\" methods, in which a large amount of water is not necessary.\nIn the Dease lake section of Cassiar, mining is carried on largely by hydraulic methods,\nand between the dryness of the season and the obstacles presented in getting plant in over a\nlong pack trail, the season was not successful. 6 Ed. 7 Progress of Mining. J 21\nThe Cariboo Mining Division of the Cariboo District about held its own this past season,\nbut the production of the Quesnel Division was some 40 % less, owing to the very short run\nmade by the largest producing property \u2014 the Consolidated Cariboo\u2014due to an unprece-\ndentedly low water supply, a trouble which the Company has set about remedying by bringing\nin water from another water-shed to supplement the present supply, at the expenditure of a\nlarge amount of money.\nIn the Fraser river district the dry season should not have had so much effect, but\nindividual mining on the bars appears to have been replaced by dredging, and the dredges\nhave not met the expectations of the operators, for the reason, it is claimed, that the dredges\nbuilt have proved to be of too weak construction, and were so constantly under repair as to\nreduce the actual working time below the margin of profit.\nSteam shovels have not as yet been fully proven, and the one formerly operated in South-\nEast Kootenay has been, at least temporarily, abandoned.\nThe Atlin shovel apparently worked very well, but the appliances for handling the tailings\nand for washing the gravel proved quite inadequate, so much so that the capacitv of the shovel\nwas never fully demonstrated. Enough was learned, however, to indicate that for our conditions in the North the steam shovel is apt to prove much more effective than the dredge.\nThe value of the output of gold of this Province from lode mining for\nGold from Lode the year 1905 was $4,933,102, an increase over the preceding year of some\nMining. $343,494, or about 1\\ %, due entirely to the increased tonnage of gold-\nbearing copper ore smelted in the Boundary district.\nThe greater part of the lode gold produced is found in combination with copper; in fact,\nonly 11 % of the total gold is produced from* stamp-mills, and even in these mills about half\nthe values are obtained in concentrates, which are afterwards smelted.\nSILVER.\nAbout 70 % of the silver produced in the Province was found associated with lead, in\nargentiferous galena, the remainder being chiefly in conjunction with copper ores.\nThe total silver production was 3,439,417 ounces, valued at $1,971,818, the largest\noutput the Pi'ovince has made since 1901, despite the fact of a decrease in the Slocan of\n494,000 ounces.\nThe increase is due primarily to the extensive working this year of the galenas, low\ngrade in silver, of the Fort Steele district, which district shows an increased production of\nnearly 550,000 ounces; and, secondly, to the increased tonnage of the large copper mines in\nthe Boundary and the working of certain smaller but higher grade properties in that district,\nresulting in an increased silver production in the Boundary of about 385,000 ounces.\nLEAD.\nThere has been produced in the Province in 1905 some 56,580,703 lbs. of lead, valued at\n$2,399,022, an increase over the preceding year of 19,934,459 lbs., or about 54 %. This year's\nlead production, with the exception of that made in 1900, is the greatest ever made by the\nProvince.\nIt is noticeable that almost our entire output of lead is now from the Fort Steele district,\nwhile the production of the Slocan is only about half what it was the previous year, and one-\nthird of the amount produced in 1901. J 22 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nThe following table shows the percentage of the total output obtained in the various\ndistricts :\u2014\nFort Steele Mining Division 86.1 %\nSlocan \u201e 9.2\nNelson n 2 5\nAinsworth n 1.8\nOther Divisions 4\n100.0\nThe bounty on lead offered by the Dominion Government is certainly responsible for the\nproduction of lead in East Kootenay, for, as was pointed out in last year's report, these\nmines could scarcely be operated without its aid, but the bounty has apparently had no effect\nin stimulating greater production in the Slocan District.\nCOPPER.\nThere is again this year a material increase in the output of copper, the production being\n37,692,251 lbs., valued at $5,876,222, an increase over the preceding year of 1,982,123 lbs., or\nabout 5J %, while the increase in value is $1,298,182. This is the greatest output of copper\never made by the Province. The increase is due entirely to the increased tonnage of the\nBoundary District, as all the other important districts show a falling off in production.\nThe following table shows the production of the various districts for the years 1904 and\n1905 :\u2014\n1904. 1905.\nBoundary District 22,066,407 lbs. 27,670,644 lbs.\nRossland \u201e , 7,119,876 \u201e 5,800,294\nCoast \u201e 5,960,593 \u201e 3,437,236\nYale-Kamloops \u201e 328,380 \u201e 680,808\nNelson \u201e 220,500 \u201e 92,663\nVarious Districts 14,372 n 10,606\n35,710,128 i, 37,692,251 \u201e\nThe average assays of the copper ores of the various camps, based upon copper recovered,\nwere as follows :\u2014Boundary, 1.52 % copper; Rossland, .90 %, and Coast District, 2.81 %.\nOTHER MINERALS.\nThere has been no iron ore mined in the Province this past year,\nIron Ore. since there is no market as yet available. For the small quantity formerly\nused as a flux in lead smelting, an impure iron ore, carrying values in the\nprecious metals, has been substituted.\nThis year, for the first time, have any important sales of zinc ore to be\nZinc Ore. recorded. Plants for the \"enrichment\" of zinc ores have been started at\nKaslo, Rosebery and Pilot Bay. These plants are merely concentrators,\nin which ores, or ordinary zinc concentrates, are more carefully separated, with the elimination\nof minerals undesirable in the smelting of zinc ore, such as iron pyrite or carbonate, galena\nand gangue matter.\nThe resulting \" enriched \" zinc concentrates, thus rendered saleable, have found a ready\nmarket, at prices varying according to the zinc contents and freedom from impurities, from\nabout $25 a ton for 53% zinc in a pure ore, to about $10 a ton for a 40% zinc ore not so free\nfrom impurities. 6 Ed. 7 Progress of Mining. J 23\nApproximately 9,413 tons of zinc ore or zinc concentrates were sold this past year, having\na value at point of shipment of about $139,200.\nAlmost all of this zinc ore comes from the Slocan district, but has not been all mined this\npast year, as the sales include zinc concentrates which had accumulated and for which only\nthis year has a market been found.\nAs yet, most of the zinc ore sold has gone to the United States, but a zinc smelting plant\nhaving been this year erected at Frank, in Alberta, just east of the British Columbia\nboundary, in all probability the larger part of the British Columbia output will in future be\ntreated there.\nA Commission appointed by the Dominion Government, and including Mr. W. R. Ingall,\nof New York, and Mr. Philip Argall, of Colorado, spent the season of 1905 in investigating\nthe possibilities of zinc ore mining in British Columbia and methods of treating the ore.\nThe report of this Commission has not as yet been published.\nPractical demonstrations of smelting zinc-lead ores by electricity were upon two occasions\nattempted at Vancouver, to witness which the Provincial Government was invited to send a\nrepresentative. Mr. Carmichael, the Provincial Assayer, who was present, reports that the\ndemonstrations did not succeed, for reasons which, he hopes, may yet be overcome.\nOf the undeveloped properties carrying strictly zinc ore, those on Pingston creek, in\nthe Arrow Lake Mining Division, present the greatest surface showing.\nThe actual production of platinum is very small, although its occur-\nPlatinum. rence in the placer gravels is so widespread throughout the Province.\nAbout $500 worth was obtained from gravels near Granite creek, Similka-\nmeen, while the Consolidated Cariboo Hydraulic Mining Co., of Cariboo, and the Berry Creek\nMining Co., of Thibert creek, Cassiar, each recovered small quantities in an experimental\nway, as mentioned in the reports on these districts.\nA number of finds of platinum \"in place\" have been reported. Some of these were\nassayed by Baker & Sons, platinum refiners, of Newark, N. J., who reported finding considerable amounts of platinum, but upon close examination by this Bureau, confirmed by the\nLaboratory of the Canadian Geological Survey, of the identical ore assayed by Baker & Sons,\nno platinum could be found. As this has happened two or three times before, the conclusion\nis forced that assays made in a platinum refinery are apt to get contaminated by the dust\nproduced by processes of manufacture.\nAttention is drawn to the mention in the report of the Provincial Assayer of the finding\nof appreciable quantities of platinum in a number of samples of Yukon and Cassiar gold, the\nplatinum being actually in the gold, and not as a separate mineral associated therewith.\nThe quarrying of building stone as an industry is as yet confined to\nBuilding Stone, the Coast, such stone as is used in the Interior being obtained from some of\nthe numerous rock exposures to be found in almost all parts of the Province.\nOn the Coast, the cities of Vancouver and Victoria, particularly the former, have used an\nincreased amount, in building, of granite, andesite and sandstone.\nWhile no exact statistics are available, it is estimated by a leading architect that four\ntimes as much brick and stone were used in Vancouver in 1905 as during the preceding year.\nVictoria brick-yards turned out in 1905 some seven and a half million\nBrick. brick, while about the same quantity was made in the vicinity of\nVancouver. Grand Forks made two and a half million, while a number of\nsmaller yards scattered over the Province, together contributed some ten million more. J 24 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nThe manufacture of drain pipe at Victoria by the B. C. Pottery Co. amounted in value\nto between $80,000 and $90,000.\nThe product of the Vancouver Portland Cement Co., at Tod inlet,\nCement. during the past year, is estimated at $150,000, which production will be\nabout doubled next year, by the increased capacity of the plant.\nIndications of oil have been found in various parts of the Province in\nOil and Oilshales. the form of oil seepages or of shales carrying oil, but to date no oil in commercial quantity has actually been struck. In the Flathead District, on the\noil seepages of which a report has already been made by the Provincial Mineralogist, some\nfurther prospecting has been done, and it is reported that a boring plant has been brought in\nfrom just across the U. S. boundary, where it has been lying for some years, but, from the\nbest information obtainable, no drilling to any depth has yet been done.\nAs mentioned in last year's report, black carbonaceous shales carrying a small percentage\nof oil have been known to exist in the Beaver valley, Cariboo, and this past year these shales\nhave been taken up by a company which proposes next season to put down bore holes to test\nthe existence of oil under the shales.\nNothing has as yet been done on the Queen Charlotte islands towards testing for oil in the\nvicinity of the seepages which exist there.\nThe bore hole put down at Steveston, near Vancouver, has been, at least temporarily,\nabandoned, no oil having been struck.\nDEVELOPMENTS OF THE YEAR.\nIt cannot be said that the year 1905 has witnessed any new departures or developments\nin mining in the Province.\nThe increased production in metalliferous mining is due entirely to the increased tonnage\nof low grade ores treated in the East Kootenay and Boundary Districts, while the other\ndistricts\u2014Slocan, Nelson, Rossland and the Coast\u2014each shows this year a decreased production.\nIn the Fort Steele Mining Division of East Kootenay the St. Eugene mine has this year\nmore than doubled its output of the previous year, despite the fact that several months were\nlost at its most important opening, through the head works being completely destroyed by\nfire. The property is a large low grade concentrating proposition, galena, low in silver, in a\nsilicious gangue. This year's output was nearly 150,000 tons of ore, producing about 900,000\nounces of silver and 36,500,000 lbs. of lead, the largest lead production of any property in\nBritish Columbia, and about 65% of the total production of the Province. The North Star,\nwhich has been for many years one of our largest and steadiest producers of silver-lead ore,\nhas been worked out and practically abandoned, as development on an extensive scale failed\nto disclose further ore bodies, and the small shipments made this year are only the results of\nthe cleaning out of the old workings.\nWith the passing of the North Star, an adjacent property, the Sullivan, has taken its\nplace, and is to-day the second largest lead producer in the Province, producing nearly\n11,500,000 lbs. of lead, or 20% of the production of the Province.\nFort Steele District this year produced over 86% of the total lead production, 33% of the\nsilver and 50% of the coal and coke sold by the Province, but no copper nor lode gold. BRIDGE ACROSS BULKLEY RIVER AT AHWILLGATE.\n(Constructed by Indians of round poles and telegraph wire.)\nINDIAN HOUSES AT AHWILLGATE. BULKLEY RIVER. 6 Ed. 7 Progress of Mining. J 25\nIn the Nelson Division the tonnage of ore mined has decreased about 33% as compared\nwith the previous year, but the gold produced has decreased only some 12%, indicating that\nthere is a proportionately larger amount of higher grade gold ore being mined.\nThe copper production of the Division has decreased more than 50%, a result of the\ninactivity of the Silver King mine, but the lead output has increased 50%, owing to the\nresumption of work at the Mollie Gibson (La Plata Mines) and the operating of the Alice\nnear Creston.\nAt the Ymir mine, although the tonnage of ore treated is less, the amount of gold produced is greater than in 1904. Some of the smaller mines in the district have done\nexceedingly well in a small way.\nThe plant erected at the May and Jennie has been found upon trial to require some\nadjustment and enlargement, and has in consequence not as yet accomplished the results\nwhich were expected, and which will, in all probability, be eventually accomplished.\nIn the Slocan District there was a greater number of mines shipping this past year than\nin 1904, but the production of lead has decreased 50% and of silver 30%, due to the shutting\ndown of some of the larger mines, such as the Payne and Ivanhoe, and the decreased production of other large properties, such as the Rambler, Slocan Star, Idaho, Wakefield and others.\nMany of the mines formerly operated under company management are now worked in a\nsmaller way under lease or \" tribute.\"\nThe market obtained for zinc ore or concentrates has been of some assistance, some 9,413\ntons having brought $139,200.\nThe \" Lead Bounty \" does not seem to have had the same stimulating effect upon the\nlead output of the Slocan that it has had upon that of East Kootenay.\nIn the Rossland Camp there has been about 5 % more ore mined this year than last, and\nwhile there has been but a slight depreciation in the gold and silver contents, there has been.\na very considerable falling off in the copper contents of the ore.\nThe average assay of the ores of the camp were this past year: Gold, 0.39 oz.; silver,\n0.44 oz.; copper, 0.9%.\nIn the Boundary District the tonnage of ore mined has increased about 20% over the\npreceding year, and now amounts to 965,628 tons, being over 56% of the total tonnage of the\nProvince.\nThis increase is due to the constantly increasing operations of the Granby Co., the other\nlarge companies about holding their own. The number of smaller high grade properties being\noperated, while not contributing any appreciable percentage to the tonnage, have helped to\nkeep up the average grade of the ores.\nThe costs of mining and smelting have been gradually reduced in this section, thanks to\nas fine equipments as money could buy, in the hands of intelligent and scientific men, until\nthey are now reported to be about the lowest in the world. To quote from a recent editorial\nin the leading American scientific journal:\u2014\n\"Ten years ago the idea of smelting for a dollar a ton and mining for $1.10 a ton would\nhave been scouted as impossible. Yet this has been done at the Granby mines, with an\nexceptionally favorable ore and exceptionally well applied skill. In Tennessee, with low\npriced labour and fuel, they smelt a copper bearing pyrrhotite for $1.30 per ton.\"\nOn Texada island the Marble Bay mine has sustained regular shipments, but the Copper\nQueen and Van Anda properties have only been prospected for further ore bodies, with little\nshipping. The iron mines have not been operated. J 26 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nIn the New Westminster District the only property working to any extent is the Britannia, at Howe Sound. This company, reported on last year, has finished equipping its tramway and concentrating plant, and in December, 1905, began the shipping of crude ore and\nconcentrates to the company's smelter at Crofton, formerly owned and built by the Northwestern Smelting Co., This plant is being remodelled, under the superintendency of Mr.\nThos. Kiddie, to meet the requirements of the mine.\nIn the Atlin District the placer mines held their own exceedingly well, considering the\ndryness of the seasan. No lode mines have as yet developed in this district, although on\nWindy Arm, just north of the boundary and in the Yukon Territory, several most promising\nprospects have developed, the details of which are contained in a special report herewith.\nFrom the location of these discoveries it seems probable that the mineral belt will be found\nto extend south into British Columbia.\nOf the northern districts, the vicinity of the Portland Canal seems to promise the greatest\nlikelihood of becoming a producing camp in the immediate future, as it is near deep water\ntransportation.\nThere have been a number of discoveries in the vicinity of the Telkwa river of mineral\ndeposits, which, if transportation was provided, might have considerable promise, but which\nat present, and until such facilities are provided, must remain unworked.\nOn the Queen Charlotte islands a little prospecting has been done, and an examination\nmade of the coal fields by the Dominion Geological Survey, which, it is reported, is to be\nfollowed by active exploration of the properties by a private syndicate, but as yet no definite\nwork has been attempted.\nMining on the West Coast of Vancouver Island has been at a standstill; a little prospecting has been going on, but little more. The only two properties shipping were the Hetty\nGreen, about 200 tons of 7 % copper ore, and the Cascade, 30 tons of 15 % copper ore.\nIn the Mount Sicker District of the Victoria Mining Division the Tyee mine has\nmaintained average monthly shipments of between 2,500 to 3,000 tons of ore, which has\nbeen smelted with some custom ores in the company's smelter at Ladysmith. The development of this property has been carried to a depth of over 1,000 feet, but has as yet not proved\nup any commercial body of ore below the 300-foot level, although, since the close of the year,\nan exposure of ore was made on the 1,000-foot level carrying a high percentage of barytes,\nthe gangue of the upper ore bodies, which gave much encouragement, but which there has not\nas yet been time to develop.\nSome development has been carried on, on other properties in the neighbourhood of the\nTyee, but as yet no ore bodies have been encountered.\nThe King Solomon mine, at Kokasilah, has made a small shipment of 40 tons of 8 % copper\nore, and some other properties in the vicinity are being prospected.\nAt Hedley, in the Osoyoos Mining Division, the Nichel Plate mine, owned by the Yale\nMining Co., has been successfully operated, and there has been treated in the mill of an allied\ncompany, The Daly Reduction Co., over 30,000 tons of ore, which yielded between $12 and\n$14 to the ton, chiefly in gold.\nIn the Nicola District active prospecting operations have been carried on in the coal areas,\nwith, it is reported, gratifying results. 6 Ed. 7 Bureau of Mines. J 27\nBUREAU OF MINES.\nWork op the Yeab.\nThe work of the Bureau of Mines increases, of necessity, year by year, and this growing\nactivity is due to the following causes :\u2014The 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\nfor the year just ended, followed by the examination in the field of as many of the mines\nand mining districts as the season would permit, together with the work of the Laboratory and instruction of students, fully occupied the staff for the year. The staff of the\nBureau consists of the Provincial Mineralogist, the Provincial Assayer, and a junior assistant\nin the Laboratory, with a clerk as temporary assistant during the publication of the\nReport. In connection with inquiries for information and the collection of statistics, about\n1,700 letters were sent out, with, approximately, the same number received.\nThe Provincial Mineralogist began his summer field work on June 1st,\nProvincial by a trip up the mainland coast to Princess Royal and Gribbell islands,\nMineralogist. returning to Victoria on the 13th June to make preparations for the reception of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, it having been previously arranged that the Institute should hold its annual meeting in Victoria, to be followed\nby an excursion to Alaska and the Yukon.\nOn June 24th the Provincial Mineralogist, acting under instructions from the Hon. the\nMinister of Mines, and on his behalf, proceeded to Spokane to meet the members of the\nInstitute, to accompany them to Nelson, Rossland, Trail and the Boundary, and finally to\nVictoria, to welcome them officially to the Province, and to offer such facilities and information as was possible.\nThe visiting members of the Institute and guests, numbering about 100, arrived at Nelson\non June 27th, visited the power plant at Bonnington Falls and other points of interest, including an excursion on Kootenay lake in the steamer \" Kaslo,\" all provided by the citizens of\nNelson.\nFrom Nelson the party proceeded via Northport to Rossland, arriving there at 9:45 A. M.\non June 28th, and was received by the local committee. The War Eagle, Centre Star and\nLeRoi mines and the LeRoi No. 2 oil concentrating plant were visited in the forenoon, and\nafter lunch at the War Eagle Hotel, a special train conducted the party to the Canadian Smelting Co.'s plant at Trail, where the copper and lead smelting plants and the electrolytic lead-\nrefining plants were inspected, after which, on returning to Rossland, a banquet was given in\nthe evening at the Hotel Allan by the local committee.\nDuring the night the party, travelling in its own special train, moved to Grand Forks,\nthe \" international boundary \" having been repeatedly crossed, and through the courtesy of the\nrespective governments all custom formalities were dispensed with.\nOn June 29th the smelting works of the Granby Consol. M. S. & P. Co., at Grand Forks,\nwas visited. This is the largest establishment of its kind in, Canada, the plant having smelted\nsome 660,000 tons of ore this past year. J 28 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nIn the afternoon the special train over the Great Northern Railway conveyed the party\nto the Granby mines at Phoenix, where the extensive underground works and \" glory holes,\"'\ntogether with all the magnificent plant, were duly inspected.\nVictoria was reached at 7 A. m. on July 1st, Dominion Day and Canada's national holiday. The first regular session of the Institute was held in the Ministers' room in the Parliament Buildings, provided for the purpose by the Government, at 3 p.m. on Saturday, July\n1st, and was presided over by Past President Robert W. Hunt. His Honour the Lieutenant-\nGovernor and the Hon. Richard McBride, Premier and Minister of Mines, were introduced,\nand in brief and appropriate terms welcomed the visiting members of the Institute and guests\nto the City and Province. On Saturday evening a public reception was given by the Government to the Institute in the Legislative chamber.\nOn Monday, July 3rd, a steamer excursion among the islands of the Gulf of Georgia was\ngiven by the Victoria Board of Trade.\nOn Tuesday, July 4th, the Tyee Copper Co., through the courtesy of its General Manager(\nMr. Clermont Livingston, provided a special train over the E. & N. Railway to Mt. Sicker and\nLadysmith, where the Company's mine and smelter were visited.\nOn July 5th a business session of the Institute was held in the morning, and in the afternoon a reception was given by His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor at Government House.\nThe Institute and guests left Victoria the same evening, spending the next day, July 6th;\nin Vancouver as guests of the Board of Trade and the Provincial Mining Association, leaving\nthat evening for the North by the C. P. R. Co. steamer \" Princess May.\"\nThe opportunity thus given of showing to the representative men of the most influential\nbody of mining engineers on the continent the material and mining development and possibilities of the Province was taken advantage of as fully as the limited time permitted, and it is\nfelt that the visit of the Institute will result in much good to the Province.\nOn July 12th the Provincial Mineralogist left Victoria for a trip through the northern\ninterior of the Province, along the proposed route of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, proceeding to Ashcroft by Canadian Pacific Railway, thence by stage to the 150-Mile House, on\nthe Cariboo road, and from this point by saddle-horse and pack-train, via Quesnel, across\ncountry to Hazelton, on the Skeena River, thence by steamer to Victoria, arriving there on\nOctober 10th.\nThe approximate distances travelled were: by railway, 200 miles; by stage, 150; 720 by\npack-train and canoe ; and 800 by steamer ; total, 1,870.\nFrom October 10th to 16th the Provincial Mineralogist was at his office in Victoria,\nleaving again on the latter date for the north to examine the recent mineral discoveries on\nWindy Arm, on the boundary between the Atlin District of British Columbia and the Yukon\nTerritory, and returning to Victoria and office November 2nd, 1905, having travelled 2,000\nmiles on this trip. With the exception of a week between trips, preparing for the next, the\nProvincial Mineralogist was travelling from June 1st until November 2nd, covering in that\ntime about 6,500 miles.\nIn December a meeting of the Board of Examiners for Assayers' Certificates of Competency, composed of the Provincial Mineralogist, the Provincial Assayer and Mr. Thos. Kiddie,\nof Crofton, was held in the Government Laboratory.\nThe remainder of the year was occupied in the preparation for publication of the notes\ntaken in the field, the collection and preparation of statistics for the year, and the regular\nroutine work of the office. \u20ac Ed. 7 Bureau of Mines. J 29\nASSAY OFFICE.\nThe following is a summary of the work of the Assay Office of the Bureau for the year\n1905, as reported by the Provincial Assayer, Mr. Herbert Carmichael:\u2014\nDuring the year 1905 there were made by the staff in the Government Assay Office\n1,176 assays or quantitative determinations, which is an increase over 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 and chemical determinations $ 340 00\nii melting and assaying gold dust and bullion 752 00\nit assayers' examinations 520 00\nTotal cash receipts $1,612 00\nDeterminations and examinations made for other Government\nDepartments for which no fees were collected $ 300 00\nValue of assaying done $1,912 00\nThe amount of gold melted during the year was $99,631, in 142 lots, as against $103,693,\nin 171 lots in 1904.\nIn addition to the above quantitative work, a large number of quali-\nFree tative determinations or tests were made in connection with the identifica-\nDeterminations. tion and classification of rocks or minerals sent to the Bureau for a report.\nOf these no count was kept, nor were fees charged therefor, as it is the\nestablished custom of the Bureau to examine and test qualitatively without charge samples of\nmineral sent in from any part of the Province, and to give a report on the same. This has\nbeen done for the purpose of encouraging the search for new or rare minerals and ores, and to\nassist prospectors and others in the discovering of new mining districts, by enabling them to\nhave determined, free of cost, the nature and probable value of any rock they may find.\nIn making 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.\nIn addition to the ordinary work of the office, a large amount of analytical work was\ndone during the year, including complete analyses of coals and soils from the northern interior\nof British Columbia, and of samples of clay, marble and magnesia.\nA large number of water analyses were made, especially of samples sent from the\nBoundary District. These were of material aid in locating the source of the typhoid which\nhad been epidemic in that district.\nAnalyses of spraying materials were made for the Fruit Inspector.\nDuring the past year the Mineral Museum has been renovated and re-arranged and considerable additions of ore and rock samples have been received, notably from Portland Canal,\nSkeena and Revelstoke Districts.\nExhibits of mineral were sent to the Portland and New Westminster exhibitions, the\n\u2022exhibit at the Dominion Exhibition at New Westminster being a large and representative one.\nIn addition to his usual duties, the Provincial Assayer visited the Big Bend District, in\nRevelstoke Mining Division, and also arranged the mineral exhibit at the Dominion Fair.\nIn the Report of this Bureau for 1903 (p. 23) mention was made of the finding of an\n.appreciable amount of the metals of the platinum group in a sample of gold from near Dawson, J 30\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1906\nin the Yukon. Since that time a number of samples of gold from different localities in\nthe Yukon and Cassiar have been refined in this laboratory, and in almost every case platinum\nand allied metals have been separated, to an amount which has a commercial significance.\nThis platinum appears to be directly combined with the gold and is not visible as a\nseparate mineral in the gold dust, and for this reason, in the ordinary melting down and\nrefining of such gold dust at the mint, is apt to have been overlooked.\nFurther experiments are being made in this connection, but it is considered advisable to\ndraw the attention of the public to the matter, that other assay offices also may further\ninvestigate the subject.\nEXAMINATIONS FOR ASSAYERS.\nReport of H. Carmichael, Secretary of Board op 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. The first took place at Nelson, in the laboratory of the Hall Mining and\nSmelting Co., kindly loaned for the purpose, beginning on May 1st, 1905, at which eight\ncandidates presented themselves for examination, of which number five succeeded in passing\nthe required examination, and it was duly recommended to the Minister of Mines that Certificates be issued to them.\nThe Board met for an examination in Victoria, in the Government Laboratory, on\nDecember 4th, 1905, but no candidates presented themselves for examination.\nIn addition to the five above mentioned, the Board, during the year, recommended the\ngranting of three certificates under section 2, sub-section 2, of the Act, all of which Certificates\nhave been duly issued by the Minister of Mines in accordance with such recommendation.\nThe following is a list, up to December 31st, 1905, of those to whom Certificates of\nCompetency have been issued :\u2014\nList of Assayers holding Provincial Certificates op Efpiciency 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, sub-section (1).\nAustin, John W Britannia.\nBaker, C. S. H\t\nBarke, A. C\t\nBishop, Walter Grand Forks.\nBuchanan, James Trail.\nCampbell, Colin New Denver.\nCarmichael, Norman Arizona.\nChurch, George B \t\nCobeldick, W. M Scotland.\nComrie, George H Atlin.\nCollinson, H Ladysmith.\nCrerar, George Boundary Falls.\nCruickshank, G Bossland.\nDay, Athelstan Dawson.\nDedolph, Ed\t\nDockrill, Walter R Chemainus.\nFarquhar, J. B Vancouver.\nGrosvenor, F. G Montreal.\nHannay, W. H Rossland.\nHart, P. E\t\nHawkins, Francis Sandon.\nHurter, C. S\t\nJohn, D\t\nKitto, Geoffrey B Ladysmith.\nLang, J. G Victoria.\nLey, Richard N Nelson.\nMarsh, Richard Spokane, Wash.\nMarshall, William S Ladysmith.\nMitchell, Charles T Grand Forks.\nMcCormick, Alan F Ruth, Nevada.\nMcFarlane, James A Ferguson.\nNicholls, Frank Nelson.\nO'Sullivan, John Vancouver.\nParker, Robt. H Rossland.\nParsenow, W. L\t\nPerkins, Walter G Basin, Montana.\nRobertson, T. R\t\nRombauer, A. B Butte, Montana. 6 Ed. 7\nBureau of Mines.\nJ 31\nList of Assayers Holding Certificates of Efficiency.\u2014Concluded.\nSegsworth, Walter\t\nSharpe, Bert N \t\nSim, Charles John England.\nSnyder, Blanchard M Greenwood.\nSteven, Wm. Gordon\nVans Agnew, Frank Siberia.\nWales, Roland T ... \t\nWatson, William J Ladysmith.\nWelch, J. Cuthbert Alaska.\nWells, Ben T Grand Forks.\nSundberg, Gustave Prince of Wales Island. Whittaker, Delbert E Victoria.\nTally, Robert E Spokane, Wash. Widdowson, E. Walter Nelson.\nThomas, Percival W Alaska. Williams, W. A Grand Forks.\nTretheway, John H Williams, Eliot H Trail.\nTurner, H. A Wimberly, S. H Grand Forks.\nVance, John F C. B Kamloops.\nUnder section 2, sub-section (2).\nArcher, Allan\t\nBrowne, D. J Rossland.\nBryant, Cecil M Vancouver.\nBlaylock, Selwyn G Trail.\nCartwright, Cosmo T Vancouver.\nCavers, Thomas W Trail.\nClothier, George A Moyie.\nCole, Arthur A Rossland.\nCoulthard, R. W Fernie.\nCowans, Frederick\t\nDixon, Howard A Toronto, Ontario.\nGalbraith, M. T\t\nGilman, Ellis P Vancouver.\nGreen, J. T. Raoul Blairmore.\nGuess, George A Trail.\nGwillim, J. C Kingston, Ontario.\nHeal, John H \t\nmiliary, G. M Idaho, U. S.\nHoldich, Augustus H England.\nJohnston, William Steele\t\nKaye, Alexander Rossland.\nLay, Douglas Nelson.\nLewis, Francis B\t\nMerrit, Charles P \t\nMusgrave, William N\t\nMussen, Horace W Siberia.\nMcArthur, Reginald E\t\nMcLellan, John Port Simpson.\nMcMurtry, Gordon 0\t\nMcNab, J. A Trail.\nMcVicar, John\t\nMaclennan, F. W. .... Rossland.\nNoble, David T Trail.\nOuthett, Christopher Kamloops.\nPemberton, W. P. D\t\nReid, J. A Greenwood.\nScott, Oswald Norman\t\nShannon, S \t\nSharpe, G. P Midland, Ontario.\nStevens, F. G Mexico.\nSullivan, Michael H Trail.\nSutherland, T. Fraser\t\nSwinney, Leslie A. E\t\nThomson, H. Nellis Anaconda, Montana.\nTwinning, Leslie A. C Ferguson.\nWatson, A. A Olalla.\nWatson, Henry\t\nWorkman, Ch. W\t\nWright, Richard Rossland.\nWynne, Lewellyn C Rossland.\nUnder section 2, sub-section\nCarmichael, Herbert Victoria.\n(Provincial Assayer.)\nHarris, Henry Nelson.\n(Asst. Supt. Smelter.)\nKiddie, T. (Supt. Smelter). . .Ladysmith.\nSutton, W. J Victoria.\nPreviously issued under the\nPinder, W. J Dawson, Y. T.\nMcKillop, Alexander Nelson.\nPellew-Harvey, Wm London, England.\nRobertson, Wm. F Victoria.\n(Provincial Mineralogist.)\nMarshall, Dr. T. R London, England.\n; Bureau op Mines Act, 1897,\" section 12.\nThompson, J ames B Vancouver.\nEXAMINATIONS FOR COAL MINE OFFICIALS.\nDuring the year 1904, under the \" Coal Mines Regulation Act Further Amendment Act,\n1904,\" the regulations regarding the qualifications and examinations of officials employed in\ncoal mines have been completely revised and at the same time made much more stringent and\nthorough.\nThe \" Coal Mines Regulation Act,\" as now amended, provides that all the officers of a\ncoal mining company having any direct charge of work underground, shall hold Government\nCertificates of Competency, which are to be obtained only after passing an examination before\na duly qualified Board, appointed for the purpose of holding such examinations, and known as\nthe Managers' Board. The certificates granted on the recommendation of such Board, and the\nrequirements for same, are as follows :\u2014 J 32 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nFirst Class Certificate (or Manager's Certificate).\nSuch a certificate must be held by every manager or \" chief officer having the control and\ndaily supervision of any coal mine \" in British Columbia. The statutory requirements for this\ncertificate, in addition to such examination and qualifications as may be imposed by the Board\nof Examiners are, that the candidate for examination shall be at least 25 years of age, a British\nsubject, and have had at least five years' experience in or about the practical working of a\ncoal mine.\nSecond Class Certificate (or Overman's Certificate).\nSuch certificate must be held by any person \" who has the daily charge of the underground\nworkings of a coal mine under the control and daily supervision of the manager, and next in\ncharge under such manager.\"\nAside from the requirements of the Board of Examiners, a candidate for such certificate\nmust have had \" at least five years' experience in or about the practical working of a coal\nmine.\"\nThird Class Certificate.\nThis certificate must be held by every shiftboss, fireboss, or shotlighter in a coal mine in\nBritish Columbia, and besides the examination by the Board, calls for three years' practical\nexperience.\nExperience in a coal mine outside of the Province may be accepted by the Board. Any\ncertificate is considered to include that of any lower class.\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 in\nany coal mine to cut, sheer, break or loosen coal from the solid, whether by hand or machinery.\"\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 official appointed by the owners,\nan examiner elected by the miners of that colliery, and an examiner appointed by the Government.\nExaminations were held by the Managers' Board simultaneously at Fernie and Nanaimo, on\nJanuary 19th to 21st, 1904, under the former regulations, and an examination under the present\nregulations was held simultaneously at Fernie, Nanaimo and Cumberland on February 14th,\n15th and 16th, 1905. Examinations for second and third classes only were held simultaneously\nat Fernie, Nanaimo and Cumberland, July 19th and 20th, 1905. Examinations for first,\nsecond and third classes were held simultaneously at Fernie, Nanaimo and Cumberland\nNovember 14th, 15th and 16th, 1905.\nBOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR COAL MINE OFFICIALS.\nFirst, Second and Third Class Certificates.\nReport of Secretary of Board, Francis H. Shepherd.\nI beg to report that, under the \" Coal Mines Regulation Act Further Amendment Act,\n1904,\" examinations were held under your instructions by the above Board at Fernie, Nanaimo\nand Cumberland, as follows :\u2014\nFor first, second and third class certificates\u2014February 14th, 15th and 16th, 1905.\nFor second and third class certificates only\u2014July 19th and 20th, 1905.\nFor first, second and third class certificates\u2014November 14th, 15th and 16th, 1905. in\nK\nW\n>\n\u25baJ\nJ\n<\nH\nCO\n0\nW\nP\nz\n<\n<\nz\nW\nW\nco\nu,\n0\nCO\nX\nH\n3\n0\n2\n0\nz\n0\nX\nin\nI\n0\nz\nX\nw\nCD\n\u25baJ\n2\n0\ncc\nu.\nZ\n0\nH\nO\nCO\nCO\nw\nH\nPC\n0\nPh 6 Ed. 7 Bureau of Mines. J 33\nThe experience of the Board since the \" Coal Mines Regulation Act Further Amendment\nAct, 1904,\" came into operation is that two full examinations a year are necessary to meet\nthe growing requirements of the coal mining industry of the Province. It was found necessary\nto hold an interim examination for candidates for the second and third class certificates on\nJuly 19th and 20th, 1905, but the experience of the Board upon that occasion was that it is\nadvisable to hold examinations for the three classes simultaneous!}7.\nThe Board of Appointment of Examiners, generally referred to as the Manager's Board,\nin contradistinction to the Miner's Board of Examiners, consists of Mr. Andrew Bryden,\nChairman, Ladysmith; Mr. Tully Boyce, Vice-Chairman, Nanaimo; Mr. Thomas Stockett,\nJr., Nanaimo; Mr. George Williams, Nanaimo; Mr. Robert G. Drinnan, Fernie; Mr. John\nJohn, Fernie; Mr. Archibald Dick, Inspector of Mines, Nanaimo; F. H. Shepherd, Secretary\nto the Board.\nThe meetings of the Board are held in the office of the Inspector of Mines at Nanaimo.\nThe scope and aim of the Board is to subject the candidate to an examination in keeping with\nthe requirements, responsibilities and conditions prevailing in the coal fields of the Province\nand thus to qualify statutory officials of ability and experience, with a view of reducing the\nnumber of accidents and the loss of life attendant upon the coal mining industry of the\nProvince.\nThe academical feature of the examination, as at present submitted to the candidate, is,\nan the opinion of the Board, sufficient to elicit the necessary educational qualifications of the\ncandidate, but it is the intention of the Board to require ample evidence from the candidate\nas to his practical qualifications and experience, and to this end the Board has under consideration the advisability of apportioning a certain percentage of marks for personal qualifications\nand experience to be awarded arbitrarily by the whole Board in session. Under the present\nsystem of awarding earned percentages, a candidate thoroughly experienced and capable may be\ndefeated upon a mere technicality; therefore, future candidates will be advised that original\ntestimonials presented to the Board, and containing indisputable evidence as to experience and\nability, will be given due appraisement.\nAnother feature contemplated by the Board, and a feature which should be early made\nknown to intending candidates, is that a practical sight-test for the detection of low percentages of fire-damp will be submitted to candidates, whose duties are to examine a mine\nofficially for the presence or otherwise of this and other gases met with in coal mines, and\nthe passing of this test will be considered an essential qualification.\nBy the passage of the \" Coal Mines Amendment Act \" during the present Session of the\nProvincial Legislature, the Board is relieved of the ambulance feature of the examination,\nbeyond requiring the necessary medical certificate certifying that the candidate has passed a\ncourse in ambulance work.\nQuestions relative to the installation of electricity for power or lighting in mines will be\nsubmitted to the candidate in future, and more particularly appertaining to the wiring and\nsafe transmission of the current.\nThe Board is often asked for a copy of previous questions or syllabus of the examination,\nand respectfully request that a copy of the questions of the last examination be embodied in\nyour report, together with copies of the regulations governing candidates sitting for examination.\nThe appointed examiners, other than members of the Board, must each hold a first-class\ncertificate issued under the provisions of the \"Coal Mines Regulation Act\" of British Columbia,\nbut the presence of members of the Board as assistant examiners at the examinations (and J 34 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nprovided for in the \" C. M. R. Act\") is to be commended, especially during the oral examination as provided for in the by-laws of the Board, the object of which is to bring out more particularly the practical qualifications of the candidate.\nThe examiners who presided at the last examination were :\u2014\nFernie\u2014Messrs. John John, Robt. G. Drinnan and Thomas Morgan, Inspector of Mines.\nNanaimo\u2014Messrs. E. Priest, George Williams and F. H. Shepherd.\nCumberland\u2014Archibald Dick, Inspector of Mines, and Thomas Budge.\nCoal Mines Regulation Act.\nRegulations Governing the Examination of Candidates for First Class Certificates.\n(a.) The candidate must satisfy the Board of Examiners that he is a British subject, and\nhas had at least five years' experience in or about the practical working of a coal mine, and is\nat least twenty-five years of age, and must produce evidence as to his sobriety and general\ngood conduct:\n(b.) The subjects to be submitted to Candidates for examination shall be as follows :\u2014\n\" Coal Mines Regulation Act\" and Special Rules ;\nMine Gases;\nVentilation;\nGeneral Work;\nMining Machinery;\nSurveying.\nAnd the percentage necessary to pass shall be as follows :\u2014\nSeventy per cent, on \" Coal Mines Regulation Act\" and Special Rules, Mine Gases\nand Ventilation ; and 50 per cent, on General Work, Mining Machinery and Surveying; and\nthe general average percentage on the whole, required to pass, shall not be less than seventy\nper cent.\nRegulations Governing the Examination of Candidates for Second Class Certificates.\n(a.) The candidate must satisfy the Board that he has had at least five years' experience\nin or about the practical working of a coal mine, and must produce evidence as to his sobriety\nand general good conduct:\n(b.) The subjects to be submitted to Candidates for examination shall be as follows:\u2014\n\" Coal Mines Regulation Act\" and Special Rules;\nMine Gases;\nVentilation;\nGeneral Work.\nAnd, in addition, shall submit to such oral examination as the Board may from time to\ntime designate, and the percentage necessary to pass shall be as follows :\u2014\nSeventy per cent, on \" Coal Mines Regulation Act\" and Special Rules, Mine Gases and\nVentilation, and fifty per cent, on General Work, and the general percentage required on the\nwhole to pass shall be not less than sixty-five per cent.\nRegulations Governing the Examination of Candidates for Third Class Certificates.\n(a.) The candidate must satisfy the Board that he has had at least three years' experience\nin or about the practical working of a coal mine, and must produce evidence as to his sobriety\nand general good conduct: 6 Ed. 7 Bureau of Mines. J 35\n(6.) The subjects to be submitted to candidates for examination shall be as follows :\n\"Coal Mines Regulation Act\" and Special Rules; Mine Gases and General Work; and, in\naddition, the candidate shall submit to such oral examination as the Board may from time to\ntime designate, and the general average percentage on the whole, necessary to pass, shall not\nbe less than sixty-five per cent., and not less than fifty per cent, on any paper:\n(e.) Candidates will be supplied with paper, pens, ink and pencils, and the paper furnished\nmust be used by all candidates in answering questions. Candidates must furnish the necessary\ndraughting tools. Trigonometrical and logarithmic tables will be allowed, but such tables must\nbe approved of by the Examiner. Candidates found having in their possession or using a copy\nof the \" Coal Mines Regulation Act\" or Special Rules, or any written or printed formula?, will\nbe disqualified :\n(d.) Immediately prior to the first session of the examination, candidates will each draw\na number, which number so drawn shall be their identification mark throughout the examination, and such number, with the candidate's name, shall be placed in an envelope, sealed\nand handed to the Examiner :\n(e.) Answers must be written on one side of the paper supplied, and the answers must be\nnumbered to correspond with the question. The candidate may answer any question in the\norder he may prefer. Each sheet must be marked with the candidate's number, and the\nquestion papers must be enclosed with the respective answers and handed to the Examiner\nbefore the candidate retires :\n(f) The candidates are not allowed to take from the examination room a copy of the\nquestions, or any of them :\n(g.) Candidates shall answer the questions within the time limit designated by the Board :\n(A.) Candidates are forbidden during any session to hold any communication whatever\nwith each other, or with any person other than the Examiner, nor shall he leave the room\nwithout the consent of the Examiner :\n(i.) No disqualification shall result owing to erasures or corrections on answers submitted :\n(j.) No person or persons, other than the Honourable the Minister of Mines, the Deputy\nMinister of Mines, the Provincial Mineralogist, Members of the Board, Inspectors of Mines,\nand Examiners will be allowed in the examination room during session.\nQuestions asked at Mine Managers' Examination.\nMining Act and Rules.\nFirst Class Candidates. ^November 14-th, 1905. Time, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 70\u00b0\/a required.\n1. What are the duties of the Manager, as provided in the Act? 10.\n2. What does the Act stipulate as to the employment of women, young persons and\nchildren ? 10.\n3. What does the Act stipulate in regard to the payment of wages, also payment by\nweight? 10.\n4. What are the exceptions provided for in the Act in regard to the use of single\nshafts? 10.\n5. What does the Act say in reference to the division of the mine into parts ? 10.\n6. Fill out the accident form given. Suppose that a serious accident has occurred at the\nface. Give rough sketch as requested in the form ? 10.\n7. What are the provisions of the Act in regard to Arbitration ? 10. J 36 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\n8. What does the Act stipulate in reference to ventilation- being supplied at too high a\nvelocity? 10.\n9. What does the Act specify in regard to machinery and boilers? 10.\n10. Fill out Schedule, form 4. 10.\nMine Gases.\nFirst Class Candidates. November IJ\/th, 1905. Time, 2 p. m. to 5:30 p. m. 70 % required.\n1. Give the names, symbols, properties, atomic weights, specific gravities and general\ncharacteristics of the explosive gases found in coal mines, where they are found, how generated\nand how they can be removed and rendered harmless? 15.\n2. How would you overcome the dangers which arise from the presence of coal dust in a\ncoal mine that is giving off inflammable gases. What percentage of gas in the general mine\natmosphere would you consider dangerous in this case? 10.\n3. Sketch in section a Wolf, or any other permitted safety lamp, showing that you really\nunderstand the construction ? 10.\n4. Give the natural laws which regulate the behaviour of all gases. 10.\n5. Select one gas, elementary or compound, and tell all you know about it, mentioning\nexperiments in making, testing, etc., of the gas selected. 10.\n6. What proportion of moisture can the atmosphere contain under ordinary circumstances. What effect has this moisture upon the ventilation. Describe any instruments used\nin measuring the proportion of moisture present. 15.\n7. A sample of fire-damp taken from the mine is found to have a specific gravity of .9.\nWhat are the proportions of the mixture? Please show method of working. 10.\n8. What principles are involved in the construction of a safety lamp which would render\none lamp more sensitive in the detection of gas than another? 10.\n9. A pair of headings rising one in four, with the usual cross-cuts, are full of firedamp. The ventilating pressure is low. Give the various methods which may be used to\nrestore the ventilation. 10.\n10. After an explosion the quantity of inflammable gas given off is usually greater for some\ntime. Give the various reasons for this increase. 15.\nVentilation.\nFirst Class Candidates. November 15th, 1905. Time, 9 a.m. to 2:80p.m. 70 % required.\n1. What principles should be observed in the construction of a mine fan so as to obtain\na maximum of efficiency in working? 10.\n2. The weight of air in a down-cast shaft of 325 feet in depth is 1,950 pounds, the\ntemperature is 60 degrees F. Barometer 30 inches, and the difference of the weight of air in\nthe two shafts is 294 pounds. What is the length of the motive column, and what is the area\nof the down-cast shaft in square feet? 15.\n3. If with 95,000 cubic feet of air per minute the water gauge reads 1.5 inches, how\nmuch air would be required to increase the water gauge to 2 inches, and what would be the\nhorse power required to produce the increased quantity? 10.\n4. Suppose that with a given power 75,000 cubic feet of air per minute circulates\nthrough an airway and it is decided to split the current into three splits as follows:\u2014\nFirst split\u20146 feet x 6 feet in section, 5,000 feet long.\nSecond split\u20146 feet x 7 feet in section, 4,000 feet long. -L_J\nn\n\u2022\n3 >\n-ML--r\n^QLACa\nJl 1\nII\nX\n-l#iik\nfin\nn_pj\nM *-{ i \u00ab r^ PI n r\nt h \u00ab.\u00abn n [p ru\n\\w \\w 1 UP\nAAl\\1c\n\t\nr ~jq\nC\n)\n\/\nn\n1\np-1 n I\n1\ni\n1\n\u25a0\n\u2014\n\u2014i\n1 \\ \\r\\ \\w \\w\nIqAq\nsi\n\u2022i\nn zic dc\nn c\nJ\nJl II ' II 1\nnc\nnu ~Y11 i\n'77777\n2\n\u25a1\nP Iff\nS 111 en 1\na t S\ns & P \u00a3\n\u00ab\u00ab M 3\nOS u H ,\nIII iff |j=i -i\n2 n\ni\ns n\nULi(J|J [\nJ\n1\u2014'\n58 J M\n'R '\u2014i \u2014 '\t\nLT C\n1 .? > c\n1\n1\n1 I\nsu y\n\/L\/ \/[\/\nU\npi\ni\u2014i J 38 Report of Minister of Mines. 1906\nThird split\u20146 feet x 5 feet in section, 4,500 feet long.\nWhat quantity will pass through each split, the power remaining the same ? 20.\n5. Describe carefully how you would measure the air current in a mine. 10.\n6. Describe with sketches how you would construct a self-acting door or doors on a main\nlevel. 10.\n7. What is the relation between the quantity of air required in a fiery mine and\u2014\n(a.) The number of men employed ?\n(6.) The output of coal ?\n(c.) The quantity of gas given off?\nWould you consider it necessary to increase the quantity of air in a mine if it was worked\ndouble shift and putting out double the quantity of coal than if working one shift only? 15.\n8. A certain district in a mine is being extended into a new part of a coal field. The air\nis divided into two (2) splits and it is proposed to make a third split. State the various\nchanges you would expect. 10.\n9. In a remote district where the air is split to its fullest extent and you cannot increase\nthe power, state how you would increase the ventilation. 10.\n10. Ventilate the plan given without doors on the haulage roads. Use the conventional\nsign shown and give quantity of air required for an output of 800 tons per shift. 20.\nGeneral Work.\nFvrst Glass Candidates. Nov. 15th, 1905. Time, 2 p. m. to 5:30 p. m. 50 % required.\n1. In the following section of a coal seam where the coal is firm and the roof tender,\nsketch and explain how you would work and timber the seam so as to ensure safety and\nobtain the greatest percentage of the pillars . 15.\nShale roof (tender) :\u2014\nCoal 6.0\nMining 4\nCoal 5.6\nMining 3\nCoal , 9.0\u2014Total, 21.1\nSandstone floor.\n2. Give a complete list of the apparatus and material which should be on hand at a large\ncolliery in case of general accidents, fire and explosions. 15.\n3. Explain with sketches a method of timbering a shaft bottom where the output may\nreach 1,000 tons per shift, the coal pitching one in six, and workings on both sides of the\nshaft. 15.\n4. Give a short description of the geology of any coal field with which you are acquainted,\nmentioning some of its peculiar features. 10.\n5. Give a short description of any branch of mining or any special feature connected\nwith mining of which you have made a special study and which you think is of special or\nimportant interest to the industry. The subject may be either practical or theoretical, but\nthe work must show special study. 10.\n6. A coal seam 6 feet 6 inches in thickness, including 1 foot 6 inches of dirt bands, has\nbeen worked into pillars with rooms 14 feet wide and 15% of coal taken out in the first working ; 300 feet above is a seam of coal lying drowned out, and intervening between these two\nseams are some beds of soft shale and fireclay. Show how you would extract the pillars\nwithout bringing the water down from the top seam. 15. 6 Ed. 7 Bureau of Mines. J 39\n7. A gravity plane has an inclination of 7 degrees and is 1,800 feet long, and the rope\nweighs 3,800 pounds. A loaded car weighs 2,800 pounds and an empty car weighs 1,500\npounds. What number of cars must be in the trip to start it? 15.\n8. Sketch what you consider a good long wall plan, making your own section of seam,\nroof and floor. Give cross-section of road showing packs and brushing. Show dip of seam\nand main return air course. 20.\n9. How would you fix trolley wire along a main haulage road in a mine. Show cross-\nsection of road at curve with wire in position. 10.\n10. Explain the different systems of mine haulage and state under what conditions each\nof these systems might be advantageously applied. 15.\nMining Machinery.\nFirst Class Candidates. Nov. 16th, 1905. Time, 9 a. m. to 12:30 p. m. 50 % required.\n(1.) Describe the mountings of colliery boilers. 10.\n(2.) Explain the principle of the injector. Explain how it is that water at atmospheric\npressure and steam at 80 pounds pressure may be forced into a boiler carrying the same pressure\nwithout interposing mechanical movement. 15.\n(3.) Give a longitudinal section of any self-contained mine pump you may choose. (Water\nend only). 15.\n(4.) A beam of uniform size is 18 feet long between supports and weighs 250 pounds.\nThere is a lode of 2,800 pounds at 7 feet from one end. Find the pressure on each support. 10.\n(5.) Find the size of pump required to pump 200 imperial gallons per minute from a depth\nof 600 feet. Steam pressure available 55 pounds. 15.\n(6.) The power supplied to an electric motor is 30 K. W., the pressure is 220 volts. Find\nthe current in amperes, also the H. P. 10.\n(7.) What system of bringing the output to the surface would you adopt in a slope 6,000\nfeet long and dipping one in six, and with a view of extending the slope ? Output, 1,500 tons\nper shift. 15.\nSurveying.\nFirst Class Candidates. Nov. 16th, 1905. Time, 2 p. m. to 5:80 p. m. 50 % required.\n(1.) What are the various inaccuracies to be found in an ordinary compass or miner's dial,\nand how would you test for them ? 10.\n(2.) The following bearings are magnetic :\u2014\nNorth 72\u00b0 20' East.\nSouth 82\u00b0 15' East.\nReduce these to true or astronomical bearings. Variation 25\u00b0 10' East. 10.\n(3.) Give field-notes of an imaginary survey of an underground level of three courses and\nshow stalls and cross-cuts. 15.\n(4.) In the following survey\u2014\nAtoB, N. 22\u00b0 12' W. 217 feet.\nB to C, N. 17\u00b0 48' E. 389 \u201e\nC to D, N. 12\u00b0 23' W. 192 \u201e\nD to E, N. 16\u00b0 37' W. 284 \u201e\nWhat is the bearing from A to E, and what is the distance ? This question must be answered\nby computation only, accompanied by the traverse sheet. 20. J 40 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\n(5.) Plot the following survey at a scale of one chain to one inch. Find the closing course\nand distance and take out the acreage in acres and decimals :\u2014\nS. 45\u00b0 W. 180 links.\nS. 38\u00b0 E. 252 \u201e\nN. 61\u00b0 E. 208 \u201e\nS. 17\u00b0 W. 112 \u201e\nN. 76\u00b0 E. 295 \u201e\nN. 28\u00b0 W. 130 \u201e\n(6.) From the following level readings, plot a profile to a horizontal scale of fifty feet to\none inch and a vertical scale of five feet to one inch :\u2014\nStation. Distance. Back-sight. Fore-sight.\n1 0 feet 2.94 3.40\n2 100\n3 200'\n4 300 ii 9.21 8.30\n5 400 \u201e 2.20 0.40\n6 . 500 ,, 3.10 0.56\n4.60 8.20\n7.21 8.40\nTotal distance 500 feet.\nAssume your own datum and give elevations. 20.\n(7.) Of what value are contours on a mine plan and what general method would you adopt\nto obtain them? 15.\n(8.) Explain carefully one method of a survey carrying line down a shaft other than by a\nmagnetic bearing. 10.\nMining Acts and Rules.\nSecond Class Candidates. Nov, 14th, 1905. Time, 9:30 a. m. to 1 p. m. 70 \u00b0\/0 required.\n(1.) What are the duties of the Overman as specified in the Act? 10.\n(2.) What supplies are necessary to be on hand at the mine for the safe and economical\noperation of the same, and what does the Act require in this respect? 10.\n(3.) What does the Act require relative to the mine officials examining the working places\nof the mine, and what should be the nature of such examination? 10.\n(4.) What do the general rules require as to ventilation ? 10.\n(5.) What does the Act specify as to the hours of employment underground? 10.\n(6.) What are the duties of the pit-head man? 10.\n(7.) What do the special rules require as to Runners and Drivers? 10.\n(8.) What are the requirements of the Act in regard to blasting where inflammable gas\nissues so freely as to show a blue cap on the flame on a safety lamp? 10.\n(9.) When and where is it necessary to install a barometer and thermometer ? 10.\n(10.) What are the Overman's special duties respecting the inspection and examination\nof machinery? 10.\nMine Gases.\nSecond Class Candidates. Nov. 14-th, 1905. Time, 3 p. m. to 5 80 p. m. 70 % required.\n(1.) Name the various dangerous gases met with in coal mines. Describe their various\nproperties and give specific gravities and symbols. 20.\n(2.) What is meant by the diffusion of gases ? 10. <\nz\nw\nw\n01\n%\n0\n2;\no\nh\n<\n0\n>\nz,\n0\nQ\nw\nX\nI\nz;\no\nH\n-I\nU\nN\n\nthe ton.\nNo. 2.\u2014The vein quartz well mineralised\u2014Gold, $7.60 ; silver, 113 ounces to the ton.\nNo. 3.\u2014The \"fines\" broken in sorting the ore from both portions of vein\u2014Gold, $17.60 ;,\nsilver, 163 ounces to the ton.\nOn the strike of the vein as indicated by the Montana workings, a tunnel was driven\nin on the Mountain Hero, the adjoining claim, through wash for 80 feet, when the solid\nformation was struck, in which a 50-foot raise was made, when the vein was found containing\nsimilar quartz ore, seemingly proving the vein and ore body for 1,800 feet along its strike.\nThe management reports the vein as distinctly traced through at least seven claims by float\nand occasional croppings, upon which some work has been done.\nThe Company has a Riblet aerial tramway, 3| miles long, almost completed from the\nMontana Group to the shore of Windy Arm at Conrad City, and has constructed at the\nmine a stone bunk and cook-house for the workmen, and will, consequently, be able to continue\ndevelopment work all winter with a small force of men.\nAn allied syndicate, the J. H. Conrad Bonanza, has done considerable development in\nthe way of open cuts on the Venits vein, which lies about half a mile south of the\nMontana. The country here is cut by the deep canyon of Pooley creek, apparently a fault\nline, which has enabled the vein to be prospected at a depth of over 1,000 feet. The strike of\nthis vein appears to be about south-west, with a dip to the west. In the same vicinity this\nsyndicate is also developing a parallel vein on the Uranus claims, on which it is reported\nsome 600 feet of work has been done, developing good ore.\nFrom both of these properties tram lines have been surveyed and the right of way cleared\ndown to Windy Arm, at a point some 2J- miles to the south of Conrad City.\nThere are probably 100 more claims located on this slope, on which, as yet, only slight\nsurface development has been done, but in many instances most encouraging results are\nreported. 6 Ed. 7 Cassiar District. J 63\nFrom the plans seen of the various properties, it would appear that there are at least two\nmain series of veins, an east and west series and a north and south series, which latter series,\nto the north of Pooley Canyon, bears to the north-west, and south of the canyon to the southwest. It could not be learned that as yet any development had been done on any claims on\nthe west side of Windy Arm south of the 60th parallel. On the east side of the Arm, on\nConrad mountain, which is cut by the 60th parallel, a large number of claims were staked\nlate this past summer, but these have not yet received much development, being difficult\nof access and at an elevation high above the lake.\nThese locations, however, indicate that the mineralised belt will be found to pass into\nBritish Columbia, and that on such extension there is a promising field for the prospector.\nThe shore of the Arm was followed down to its southern end and the ridge to the west\nwas found to continue unbroken, save where cut into by a couple of creeks.\nThe geological conditions existing in the vicinity of the Montana claim, appeared to\ncontinue to the southward into British Columbia territory and past the southern end of the\nArm. The only exception to this was that within half a mile of the south end of the Arm, a\nbed of hard, dark slate cropped out on the west shore, its contact with the overlying igneous\nrocks being masked by the surface soil.\nA prospector reported that this same slate is cut at an elevation of several hundred feet\nabove the lake by Boundary creek, a creek that flows into the Arm from the west almost\nexactly on the 60th parallel. This contact, when traced out, should prove a profitable field\nfor prospecting and is worthy of serious investigation.\nOn the east side of the Arm the mountains are even more precipitous than on the west,\nand seem to consist for the most part of the same class of igneous rocks seen on the west side\nof the Arm.\nIn the vicinity of the British Columbia boundary, about a mile to the east of Windy\nArm, a mass of limestone was noted on the mountain side, and from float seen near by, it is\nprobable that a band of slate will also be found on this side of the Arm, although its location\nhas not been fixed. The contact of these sedimentaries with the igneous rocks, so prominent\nin the district, must be looked upon as likely to contain mineral, and is a section well worthy\nthe attention of the prospector.\nOn the west side of Windy Arm, just south of the British Columbia-Yukon boundary, a\ntownsite has been laid out on a gravelly point formed in the Arm by Boundary creek.\nShould the railway branch be built in from Log Cabin, it would pass through or near the\ntownsite.\nAccompanying this report is a map of the Atlin district, upon which is shown in red, as\naccurately as possible, the location of the claims and points herein referred to. J 64 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nRecent Mineral Discoveries on Windy Arm of Tagish Lake.\nBy R. G. McConnell, B. A.\u2014Geological Survey of Canada.\nSituation and Communications.\nThe principal ore deposits so far discovered occur on the west side of Windy Arm, a\nsoutherly branch of Lake Tagish. Tagish lake forms part of a chain of long narrow lakes\nincluding, in order from north to south, Lakes Lindeman, Bennett, Nares, Tagish and Marsh,\nwhich commence well within the Coast Range of mountains and extend northward and eastward for a distance of nearly seventy miles. The general direction of these lakes is north\nand south, with the exception of Lake Nares and the upper part of Tagish lake, which have\nan east and west alignment. Windy Arm joins Tagish lake near its head and extends south\nfor a distance of twelve miles. Its course is nearly parallel to that of Bennett lake and the\ntwo sheets of water inclose an area of high mountainous country about eight miles in width,\nthe scene of the principal recent discoveries.\nThe White Pass and Yukon Railway affords easy communication to the new mining\ndistrict. This line, after crossing the Coast Range, follows the east shore of Bennett lake to\nCaribou Crossing, at the foot of the lake, from which point steamers run to Conrad City, on\nWindy Arm, the shipping point of the mines. The total distance from tide water at Skagway, to Conrad City, is 79 miles, of which 67.5 miles is made at present by rail, and\n11.5 miles by water. A railway can easily be built from Caribou Crossing along the\nshores of Lake Nares, Tagish lake and Windy Arm to Conrad City, and surveys for one\nhave already been made by the engineers of the White Pass and Yukon Railway. A second\nroute from Log Cabin station, on the main line of the White Pass and Yukon Railway, above\nBennett lake, by way of Tutshi lake to Windy Arm, has also been proposed. The distance to\ntide water would be reduced considerably by this route, but the mileage of new line necessary\nwould be greater.\nCharacter of Country.\nThe country bordering the north-eastern slope of the Coast Range, including the Windy\nArm mining district, may be characterised generally as consisting of a system of wide valleys,\noften interlocking in a peculiar manner, separated by mountain groups and ridges rising from\n4,000 to 5,000 feet above the valley flats. Most of the valleys are bottomed at intervals with\nlong, narrow, deep lakes, due to the blocking of the channel at various points with glacial\ndrift. The uplands are usually fairly regular in outline, but in places are exceedingly rugged\nand are often deeply incised by the numerous small streams which flow down their sides.\nThe forest growth is sparse and is confined to the valley flats and lower slopes of the\nmountains. At an elevation of 2,000 feet above the valley bottoms the forest practically\nceases. The principal trees in the district are the white and black spruces, the aspen, the\nbalsam poplar, the balsam fir and the black pine. The supply of rough lumber within easy\ndistance of the camp suitable for ordinary mining purposes is ample for some years at least.\nGeology.\nThe mineralised area on Windy Arm is situated a few miles north of the great granite\narea of the Coast Range. The rocks outcropping along the lower part of Windy Arm consist\nof a wide band of crystalline limestone, followed, going south, by hard slates and shales,\npassing in places into feldspathic quartzites and associated with dark and gray cherts and red .. >. ffff\u00bb\u00ab\u00bb\u00aby\nSWIMMING HORSES ACROSS NECHACO RIVER. AT STONY CREEK.\nLOOKING UP NECHACO RIVER FROM MOUTH OF STONY CREEK. 6 Ed. 7 Cassiar District. J 65\njaspers. This clastic series is cut off and replaced about five miles above the mouth of the\narm by an eruptive rock of a porphyritic character, exposures of which outcrop along the\nshores of the arm for a distance of about five miles. The porphyrite is followed, going southward, by strongly cleaved dark argillites and fine-grained tufaceous sandstones alternating\nwith bands of conglomerates and limestone. These rocks are less altered than the slates and\nassociated rocks north of the porphyrite area, but no data sufficient to determine the age were\nobtained. They are cut off a few miles south of Windy Arm by the great granite mass of the\nCoast Range.\nThe porphyritic rock separating the two series of clastic rocks constitutes the principal\nmetalliferous formation of the district. It crosses from Windy Arm to Bennett lake in a band\nabout four miles in width and also extends some distance east of Windy Arm. It has not\nbeen studied in detail, but is evidently somewhat complex in character. A fine-grained,\nsomewhat altered specimen collected near the Montana vein has the character of a porphyrite,\nwhile one from Red Deer mountain proved to be a gabbro. The two types may represent\nportions of the same magma cooled at different depths. The principal structural feature of\nthe porphyrite-gabbro area is the system or systems of strong jointage planes that intersect it\neverywhere. The joints, like the veins, show little parallelism in either dip or strike in\ndifferent parts of the area. The porphyrite in many places is heavily charged with iron and\nweathers to a rusty colour.\nA granite area about three miles in width occurs on Lake Bennett north of the\nporphyrites and associated rocks. The granite is separated from the latter on the lake shore\nby a narrow band of slates and limestones, but, further inland, comes in contact with them.\nIt is a medium grained, gray rock similar to the Coast Range granites and probably belonging\nto the same period of igneous activity.\nGeneral Character of Veins.\nThe largest and most persistent veins so far discovered occur in the porphyrite area.\nThey are not, however, confined to this formation, a few occurring in the granite and some,\nalso, in the slates. The veins occupy typical clean-cut fissures with regular walls often\nslickensided and grooved. They are comparatively narrow, but as a rule exhibit remarkable\npersistency in strike. The Uranus vein, with a width of from one to four feet, has been\ntraced by small openings and surface showings for a distance of about 1,500 feet and may\nextend much farther, while the Montana vein, with a maximum width of five feet in the\nportion explored, has apparently been cut at a distance of 1,600 feet from the main workings\nand may also of course be very much longer. The Venus No. 2 lead (the largest seen by the\nwriter) has a width of nine feet at two openings about 400 feet apart, and must extend for\nlong distances in both directions. Numerous other veins such as the M. and M., the Joe\nPetty and Venus No. 1 are traceable by surface outcrops for several hundred feet. Portions\nof all these veins are concealed by slide rocks and their full length was not ascertained.\nThe dip and strike of the veins are exceedingly irregular. The Montana vein strikes N.\n43 W., while the direction of Venus No. 2 is about N. 42 E. The M. and M. strikes nearly\nnorth and south. The dips are nearly all to the south and west and vary in steepness from\n12\u00b0 in the Montana to 50\u00b0 in Venus No. 1.\nThe gangue in all the veins is mainly quartz. Single and multiple lines of interlocking\nquartz crystals is a constant feature. In a few instances, portions of the vein-filling consist\nof alternating layers of quartz and country rook. The latter, in such cases, is always heavily\nmineralised, usually with iron, and weathers to a rusty colour. J 66 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nThe list of metallic minerals contained in the veins as identified in the field, and in the\nlaboratory of the Survey from specimens brought back by the writer includes the, following:\u2014\nNative Silver.\u2014Occurs in small spangles and in wire form in the Montana and Uranus\nveins.\nArgentite.\u2014Is found in some of the veins but is not abundant.\nStephanite.\u2014Occurs in several of the veins and is an important source of silver.\nFreibergite.\u2014A dark, highly argentiferous mineral occurring in some abundance in the\nJoe Petty, Montana, and some of the other claims, has been referred tentatively to this species.\nA partial analysis by Mr. Connor showed it to contain copper, silver, zinc, arsenic, iron,\nsulphur and antimony, the constituents of freibergite. The copper percentage in the specimen\nexamined amounted to 9 per cent, and the silver to 37 per cent.\nPyrargyrite (Ruby Silver).\u2014This rich silver mineral occurs in most of the veins, sometimes in considerable quantity.\nGalena.\u2014This mineral occurs in all the veins and is usually highly argentiferous.\nTetrahedrite.\u2014Argentiferous tetrahedrite occurs in small quantities in the Montana, M.\nand M., and probably in other claims.\nChalcopyrite.\u2014Occurs in the Silver Cliff\" and other claims east of Windy Arm.\nNative Copper.\u2014Occurs in the Millet, Fedora and other claims east of Windy Arm.\nMalachite and Azurite.\u2014Green and blue incrustations and stains referable to the copper\ncarbonates and due to the leaching out of the copper in the tetrahedrite and freibergite occur\nin most of the veins.\nSpecimens of a green mineral, stated to be a silver chloride, proved on examination to be\na copper carbonate. It is possible that such a chloride is present in some of the veins but it\ncould not be detected in the specimens examined.\nIron Pyrite.\u2014Common in all the veins.\nArsenopyrite.\u2014Occurs in a number of the veins but is usually subordinate in quantity to\nthe iron pyrite.\nPyrrhotite.\u2014Occurs in the Big Thing Group.\nSphalerite.\u2014Zinc-blende occurs sparingly in most of the veins examined.\nMining Development.\nMontana.\u2014This important vein is situated on a bleak hillside, about 3,700 feet above\nWindy Arm and 5,860 feet above the sea. An aerial tramway, four miles in length, connecting\nit with Conrad City, on the lake shore, was nearly completed at the time of my visit. At\npresent, all supplies and materials for the mine, including firewood, are packed on horses.\nThe principal workings consist of a drift 180 feet in length. The drift pierces 50 feet of\nslide rock, then meets and follows the vein. A small fault, with a displacement of seven feet,\nwas encountered at one point. The strike of the vein is N. 43 W., and the dip 10 to 12 to the\nS. W. The width of the vein increases from about two feet near the mouth of the drift to\nnearly five feet at the face. Some stoping has been done and a considerable quantity of ore\nhas been shipped.\nThe ore minerals include native silver, pyrargyrite, argentite, freibergite (?), tetrahedrite,\ngalena, and iron and arsenical pyrites. The distribution of the minerals through the quartz\ngangue is somewhat irregular. In places, especially near the walls, the vein matter is so\nthoroughly impregnated with silver-bearing minerals that it is rich enough to ship without\nmuch sorting\u2014that is, it contains values of $80 per ton and over. The leaner portion of the\nvein will require concentration. 6 Ed. 7 Cassiar District. J 67\nThe principal values in the vein are in silver. The ferruginous portion of the vein is\nstated to also carry some values in gold.\nAt the time of my visit a second drift, intended to cut the Montana vein at a distance of\n1,600 feet in a north-westerly direction from the main workings, was being driven, mostly\nthrough slide rock. The two workings are connected by a line of float ore and in places where\nthe surface is bare by outcroppings ; the management were confident that the vein extended at\nleast that far. Since leaving the camp the vein (or a vein stated to resemble the Montana vein\nin general character) is reported to have been struck.\nUranus.\u2014The Uranus vein is situated just above the forks of Pooley creek, a small stream\ntributary to Windy Arm. It is distant from the Montana vein about a mile, in a southerly\ndirection, and from the lake about a mile and a half. The elevation above the lake is approximately 2,000 feet. The Uranus vein is traceable by numerous surface outcrops in a direction\na few degrees east of south from the north to the south branch of Pooley creek, a distance of\nabout 1,500 feet. The vein crosses a high ridge separating the two creeks, and is thus exposed\nnaturally in depth for some hundreds of feet. A tunnel starting at the south fork has been\ndriven 180 feet along the vein, which dips to the west at an angle of about 40\u00b0 and varies in\nwidth from a few inches to three or four feet. It carries considerable quantities of highly\nargentiferous galena and also some native silver, ruby silver and iron and arsenic sulphides.\nA few tons of sorted ore have been shipped.\nOther important veins in the vicinity of Pooley creek and its branches are the Joe Petty\nand the M and M. The Joe Petty is a very strong vein. A shaft following the lead has been\nsunk at one point to a depth of about fifty feet, showing a vein fully six feet in width. The\nvein material consists of alternating bands of quartz and silicified and mineralised country rock\ncarrying layers and scattered grains and crystals of the rich silver and silver-bearing minerals\nof the district. The M and M is a much narrower vein, seldom exceeding twelve to fifteen\ninches in thickness, but is very persistent in strike. It is traceable on the surface for several\nhundred feet at least. This vein is especially rich in places in high-grade silver minerals, such\nas pyrargyrite, stephanite and the sulph-antimonite referred to as freibergite.\nAnother important group of claims is situated south of Pooley creek and about half a mile\nwest of Windy Arm. This group includes, among others, Venus No. 1, Venus No. 2 and Ruby\nSilver. No work was being done on them at the time of my visit. Venus No. 2 is an exceedingly strong vein. The only work done on it consists of two shallow openings about 400 feet\napart. These show a vein fully nine feet in width. The vein-filling consists of three and nine\ninches of quartz along the footwall, followed by alternating bands of quartz and decomposed\nand mineralised country rock. The ore is principally argentiferous galena. Good assays in\ngold are stated to have been obtained from this vein. Venus No. 1 is a smaller vein. A shaft\nfollowing the vein has been sunk on it to a depth of fifty-two feet. This shows a quartz vein\nincreasing in width from ten inches at the surface to about thirty inches at the foot of the\nshaft, bordered by several feet of decomposed and mineralised country rock, fissured parallel to\nthe vein. Fifteen tons of ore obtained in sinking the shaft and shipped to outside smelters are\nstated to have averaged $65 per ton in silver. Ritby Silver is a narrow siliceous vein, spotted\nin places with the mineral from which it takes its name. Very little development work has\nbeen done on it.\nSouth of the Venus Group, and apparently in the same zone of fracturing, are the Red\nDeer and Humper claims. The Humper vein, as shown in a couple of small openings, has a\nwidth of about two feet. The quartz is bordered above and below by about a foot of decomposed iron-stained country rock, which might be considered part of the lead. A shaft, twelve J 68 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nfeet in depth, has been sunk on the Humper Extension, an adjoining claim on the east. The\nvein followed has a width of about fifteen inches. The ore on the dumps showed galena, ruby-\nsilver, stephanite and green copper carbonate, probably derived from tetrahedrite.\nAbout a mile north of the Montana is the Big Thing Group. The conditions here are\ndifferent, as the country rock is granite. A considerable body of loose ore, principally argentiferous galena, evidently derived from a strong vein, occurs on one of the claims. The vein\nhad not been determined at the time of my visit. A number of other veins are reported to\ncross the various claims, but were not examined.\nThe claims, briefly described above, comprise only a small proportion of those staked in\nthe district, but on most of the remainder little or no development work has so far been done,\nand the time at my disposal did not permit me to make a systematic examination of them.\nThe general outlook for the camp is considered exceedingly promising, and its opening up\nmarks an important event in the mining history of the country.\nThe mining conditions are not unfavourable. Most of the veins are situated at distances\nof from half a mile to four miles from the lake and at elevations of from twelve hundred feet\nto three thousand six hundred feet above it. Aerial tramways can therefore easily be constructed for the carriage of the ores to the lake shore for concentration, and can also be used to\ntake supplies to the mines. Miners' wages during the past season amounted to $3.50 per day\nfor eight hours' work, and ordinary labourers obtained the same amount for ten hours' work.\nThe cost of supplies, considering the short distance to the seaboard and the almost continuous\nrail connection, ought to be moderate. The climate, while severe during a portion of the year,\nwill have little effect on mining operations.\nATLIN MINING DIVISION.*\nReport of J. A. Fraser, Gold Commissioner.\nI have the honour to submit herewith my annual report on mining operations in the Atlin\nMining Division, Cassiar District, which now includes what were formerly the Bennett and\nChilkat Mining Divisions, for the year ending 31st December, 1905.\nI might repeat the language of last year's report with reference to unfulfilled promises\nand unrealised development, disappointed hopes and expectations, and also state that, notwithstanding all these, the results on the whole should be considered satisfactory and successful,\nfor, with a smaller force engaged in mining than in any previous season (the most regrettable\nfeature), the actual output has been almost equal to that of last year.\nThe comparatively light snowfall last winter and the warm dry summer, particularly in\nthe early part, rendered the water supply the scantiest since the opening of the camp; in\nconsequence of which and other local causes, a smaller force than last year (or ever before) was\nactually engaged in mining, there being at no time more than 450 men engaged in placer\nmining, as against 550 to 600 in 1904 and 800 to 900 in 1903; but the results per capita\nwere, I think, quite as good as in any previous year and better than in most.\nThe drifting operations of last winter were, on the whole, satisfactory, but I regret to\nsay that there are not as many drifting this winter as last, there being only about 190, as\nagainst 250 last winter.\n*Note.\u2014By an Order in Council, approved on 26th January, 1906, the boundaries of the Atlin Mining\nDivision will, from the first day of May, 1906, be extended to include all the territory now included within\nthe boundaries of the Teslin Mining Division. Mr. James Porter, Gold Commissioner at Telegraph Creek,\nwill act as Deputy Mining Recorder of the Atlin Mining Division, for that portion of such division as was\nformerly included in the Teslin Mining Division. 6 Ed. 7 Cassiar District. J 69\nDrifting operations are being carried on this winter on Spruce, Pine, Gold Run, Boulder,\nMcKee, Birch, Otter, Ruby and O'Donnell, and many are sluicing, to which operation the\nvery mild weather which has so far predominated this winter is peculiarly favourable.\nMcKee Creek.\nNearly all the ground on this creek is owned by companies and only from 10 to 15 individual miners operated on it during the summer, but those were rewarded by good returns.\nThe scarcity of water and the uncomfortably close quarters into which Ginaca & Co., and\nthe McKee Consolidated Hydraulic, Limited, had worked themselves in 1904 induced the\nlatter company to suspend operations for this season, so as to enable the said Ginaca & Co. to\nwork past the point of conflict and interference, which they did with satisfactory results.\nThey operated on the Old Englctnd and Winnemucca leases, and with five men and the use of\nthe hydraulic plant and water of the above-mentioned McKee Creek Consolidated Hydraulic,\nLimited, uncovered about 5,500 square yards of bed-rock and moved about 27,500 cubic yards\nof gravel, with satisfactory results.\nThe Amalgamated McKee Creek Mining Company, under the management of Mr. S. H.\nPlumbe, operated further down stream on the Beta and Gamma leases, with a force of from 8\nto 12 men and an expenditure of about $15,000, and uncovered about 4,700 square yards of\nbed-rock, and as the banks were very high (about 130 feet), moved a considerable quantity of\nmaterial, which averaged about $4.70 per square yard of bed-rock exposed, and gave a handsome net profit for the season's operations, notwithstanding the shortage of water, which,\nunfortunately, permitted of the use of two monitors for a few weeks only, and towards the\nend of the season of one monitor only for a few hours a day.\nPine Creek.\nA smaller force of individual miners operated on Pine creek and Gold Run this season\nthan ever before, the number varying from 30 to 50 for both creeks. Results were, as usual,\napparently satisfactory to the operators, except for the delay and difficulty in procuring water,\nas already indicated.\nOf the companies, the Pine Creek Power Company, Ltd., and the North Columbia Gold\nMining Company, under the management of Mr. J. M. Ruffner, President and General\nManager of both, had a very successful season and moved a large quantity of gravel with very\nsatisfactory financial results.\nThese companies ranked first this season in the amount of output, aggregating over\n$50,000, but as the manager, who left the district sooner than he expected to, neglected to\nfurnish me with the usual report of his season's operations, I am unable to supply details. I\nmay say, however, that their expectations as to the continuity and richness of the gold-bearing\n\"yellow deposit,\" mentioned in former reports, have not been disappointed, and the methods\nof operation reported or suggested in last year's report, of the running in of powder drifts\ndischarged by battery, and the introduction of a new style of elevator for the disposition of\ntailings, Jed the management to believe that they had obtained the best possible results from\nthe means and water available.\nOn the Stephendyke group of leases, which is also under Mr. Ruffner's management,\nnothing worth mentioning, as far as I know, was done this season.\nThe Atlin and Willow Creek Gold Mining Company, Ltd., under the management of\nMessrs. F. H. Brackett and W. H. Hale, continued where it left off last year on the \" D''\nlease and recovered about $14,000 by its sluicing operations, at a satisfactory profit. There\nwere from 7 to 10 men employed. I have had no report from these managers either. J 70 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nThe British American Dredging Company, Ltd., under the management of Mr. O. T.\nSwitzer, continued to operate its dredge on Gold Run, but with indifferent success, for, notwithstanding the use of the \" Keystone drill\" and dynamite, which certainly assisted very\nmaterially, the cemented material with which the dredge had to cope proved too hard for that\nstyle and weight of boat and machinery, and did not meet the expectations of the management in the amount of material moved, although very fair returns were realised from this\nmaterial. An average of about 10 men was employed. The manager of this company also\nfailed to make the customary report as to his season's operations, which renders me unable to\nsupply details.\nFrom 120 to 135 men were engaged on Pine creek and Gold Run during the season.\nI have reason to believe that a steam shovel will be installed on Tar Flats next season,\nand that a much larger quantity of water will be made available for use, as the necessary\nsteps are being taken for the diversion of the same from Surprise lake.\nSpruce Creek.\nOn this creek about 200 men were employed during a portion of the season, including\nthose employed by the companies, and again does the output from the individual operation on\nthis creek exceed that on any other, being over $95,000 as reported, and well over $110,000\nif proper returns were made. Scarcity of water and of dump-room were again keenly felt and\nseriously embarrassed the operators, although not to the same extent as last year. Between\n90 and 100 men are drifting on this creek this winter.\nOf the companies, the Spruce Creek Power Company, Limited, under the management of\nMr. W. C. Hall, with a force of from 10 to 15 men, did some ground-sluicing and prospecting\nupon the Duchess lease and Woodbine group of placer claims, besides changing a portion of its\npipe-line, enlarging and repairing its ditch-line, etc. While piping, it used a No. 6 and two\nNo. 4 monitors, but the scarcity of water precluded their use beyond a few weeks. The\nexpenditure for the season's operations was about $13,000 and the amount of gold recovered\ndid not exceed one-third of that amount. The company reports that prospect work is being\ndone this winter on the Plumas lease by means of tunnels. It may be expected to make a\nmuch better showing next season.\nSome prospecting was done on the Gorgon lease, preparatory to piping next season.\nOn the Tobacco Box lease the work is all done by \"drifting,\" and over $10,000 has been\nexpended thereon during the last two years, with results very gratifying to the operators.\nThe owners of the Gladstone lease expended about $4,500 in mining and $1,000 upon the\nditch, under water record No. 37, which is appurtenant thereto. Owing to scarcity of water\nand of room for dumping purposes, they have confined themselves to ordinary \" individual\"\nmethods of operation, i. \nthe river at the ford was about 200 feet wide, with a maximum depth of about three feet and\na current which would permit of a loaded pack-horse crossing. The flow of water in the spring\nmust be very great, as there is evidence of the water having reached the floor of the bridge at\nthe Canyon, which is 25 to 30 feet vertical above summer water level.\nThe valley of the Blackwater has formed from time immemorial a part of the direct route'\nof travel by the Indians between the interior and the Pacific Coast, as it is mentioned by Sir\nAlex. Mackenzie as being, at the time of his visit, 1793, \" a well-beaten trail leading to Salmon\nHouse,\" on Salmon river, which flows into Dean channel. As was the practice of the camp\nonce each week, a \"day of rest\" was taken here for horses and men, the \"day of rest\" on\nthe trail being a \" moveable feast\" regulated by the arriving at good feed for the horses. J 96 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nThe second telegraph cabin stands near the north-west side of the Canyon, and the lineman\nstationed here was found to have made some attempt at gardening. This year the summer\nfrosts had killed his potatoes, but beets and summer vegetables were found to be growing.\nJuly 26th\u2014Camp at the Blackwater was left at 8 a. m. The trail follows up the low\nbench to the north of the river for some three miles, then mounts the benches until the level\nof the plateau, about 500 feet above the river, is gained. The trail continues in a northwesterly direction for some 10 miles, over a slightly undulating plateau, densely wooded with\nsmall black pine and occasional clumps of poplar. The soil was similar to that on the plateau\nto the south of the Blackwater, except that for the last three miles it became decidedly more\ngravelly. The trail here begins to descend to the valley of a small and unnamed creek, which\nwas reached at 2 p. m. after 14 miles' travel from the bridge, and was the first water encountered in that distance. The weather during the day was very hot, and the lack of water proved\nvery trying to the horses. At night the thermometer registered from 45\u00b0 to 50\u00b0. Camp\nwas made at this creek, although the horse feed was anything but the best.\nJuly 27th\u2014The party was on the trail again by 7 a. m., moving in a N. W. direction.\nFor the first two miles the country is flat, and timbered with small black pine. A change\nhere takes place and the surface of the plateau is more broken by rounded hills, while to the\nright of the trail lay a lake about 1 \\ miles long by \\ mile wide and with considerable marsh\nland at its N. W. end.\nAt 8:30 a. m.\u2014after four miles travel\u2014the trail descends to the valley and crosses the\nChilako river by a single span bridge. The valley of the Chilako at this point is wide and\nswampy, at an altitude of about 2,025 feet above the sea, and is covered with willow bushes,\namong which very fair horse feed is found.\nAbout half a mile from the bridge and just out of the low land the third telegraph cabin\nis located, a refuge cabin only, no operator or lineman being stationed here.\nAfter leaving the Chilako, the trail rises to the general plateau level, about 2,900 feet,\nwhich at first is found to be a series of rounded hills, but these soon give place to more level\ncountry. At about noon a splendid meadow, known as Butcher flats, was reached, where\ncamp was made for the night, after travelling 12 miles.\nButcher flats are about 3 to 3| miles long by about 2 miles wide, with a good creek\nflowing through it. The flats are nearly level, with bunches of willow dotted over the surface,\nand support a most luxuriant growth of wild grass and peavine, while along the trail, where\nseed has been dropped from passing pack trains, timothy is found to grow most luxuriantly.\nAlong the borders of the creek there is a growth of very large cottonwood trees and some\nlarge spruce. The soil is good, and is underlain at a depth of some 3 to 5 feet by a gravel\ncontaining some clay. The drought of the season, which had affected much of the country\npassed through, had here left little mark, probably owing to subsoil irrigation.\nJudging from the formation of the surrounding country, as viewed from elevations on the\ntrail, there should be in this plateau a number of just such flats, at an altitude not exceeding\n3,000 feet, and although in this latitude this is rather high for general farming, the locality\nseems admirably adapted for cattle-raising, summer grazing being plentiful, while hay for\nwinter feeding can easily be grown. Winters here are severe, and stock would probably have\nto be fed for about four months.\nJuly 28th\u2014Moved from Butcher flats to the west end of Naltesby lake, a distance of 14\nmiles by trail, making camp for the night near the telegraph station. From Butcher flats to\nNaltesby lake there is a wide, flat depression which may be regarded as a continuation of the\nNaltesby lake depression. In this there are a couple of small lakes on the creek which flows o\n00\n0\nw\nX\ntfl\nJ\nw\n<\nh\ntS)\nw\n<\nh\nPC\n,\nO^nC*\/-\/*!.\/\nNo. 1 Gut was found about 100 feet from the creek and about 50 feet higher than the\ncreek bed. Here the clay surf ace-wash had been removed for a width of some 10 feet, exposing\nthe face of a seam of coal which, as far as could be determined from the exposure, had a\nthickness of some 15 feet, and appeared to be dipping into the hill (up the creek) in a N. 30\u00b0 E.\ndirection at a very slight angle, probably not exceeding 5\u00b0 to 10\u00b0.\nThe roof and pavement of this seam, as exposed, were clay, which, it is suspected, is the\nsurface disintegration of a shale, to which it will probably alter as depth is gained. As is\nalways the case even with the best of coal, the croppings are very much broken up and the\ninterstices filled with clay, and here the coal has not been cut into more than a couple of feeti\nso that no very flattering idea of the probable quality of the coal is obtained. The most that\ncan be said is that there is a seam as described, and that it appears to lie regularly and\nundisturbed. No sample was taken of this exposure, as such would not have done justice to\nthe probable ultimate quality of the seam.\nNo. 2 Cut.\u2014Some 150 feet higher up the hill, and about 75 feet further to the north, is\nNo. 2 Cut, which is much more satisfactory, in that it presents a better exposure of seams, in\nall probability quite distinct from that seen in No. 1. This No. 2 Cut exposes, in ascending\nseries :\nAn underlying clay or clay shale;\nCoal, 2 feet thick, of fair quality;\nClay shale, 2 feet thick, containing \"iron stones\" (Fe S2);\nCoal, 14 feet thick, which was sampled down the whole face; the analysis of which is\ngiven herewith; 6 Ed. 7 The Northern Interior Plateau. J 119\nClay shale, 2 feet thick ;\nCoal, 1 \\ feet thick ;\nClay shale, overlying, and only partly exposed.\nThese measures dip N. 30\u00b0 E. and the same direction as in No. 1 Cut, but at an angle of\nfrom 20\u00b0 to 25\u00b0.\nA short distance above these exposures and above the \" first crossing,\" Goat creek has cut\nthe edge of the hill in which the coal measures occur, so as to produce an almost perpendicular\nbluff extending from the creek bed up to a height of 300 feet. About half-way up the face of\nthis bluff, and quite inaccessible without constructing apparatus, was seen a longitudinal\nexposure of a coal seam, which from its position and size appeared to be the same seam seen in\nthe No. 2 Cut, just described. This exposure is about a quarter of a mile from No. 2 Cut and\nshows that extent of the seam. In the bluff the seam is nearly horizontal, the dip of 20\u00b0 noted\nin No. 2 Cut having flattened out as it got under cover.\nA further description of these exposures is given later in this Report (pages 122, 123),\nin an extract from a report thereon by Mr. F. H. Shepherd, of Nanaimo.\nThe following is the analysis of the sample of the 14-foot seam taken only about six to\neight feet in from the absolute outcrop, and represents the average of the seam as at present\nexposed. If a sample could have been obtained from a greater depth and freer from surface\ninfluences, it would probably show a materially better analysis.\nAnalysis from 14-foot Seam of Coal on Cassiar Coal Co., No. 2 cut, on Goat Creek,\nTelkwa river basin.\nMoisture 6.6 per cent.\nVolatile matter 29.0 n\nFixed carbon \u2022 , 56.9 n\nAsh 7.5 ..\n(Non-coking.) 100.0 per cent.\nThis analysis indicates the coal to be a fair quality of bituminous coal, with a percentage\nof ash in this surface sample higher than it should be, while the percentage of volatile matter\nis lower, and the percentage of fixed carbon higher than is usually found in a bituminous coal.\nThis coal-bearing formation is probably of Tertiary age, and under normal conditions should\nstill be evidenced a lignite, but as to what the unusual conditions were which produced the\nchange evidenced in the coal as found, the easiest and most probable explanation lies in the fact\nthat the immediately adjacent higher mountains are found to be composed almost exclusively\nof volcanic overflow rocks, basalts, tuffs, etc., which represent a later period in geological\nhistory than do these coal measures. This volcanic overflow we have found to have at one time\ncovered the whole of the interior plateau, and its absence in any particular place is probably\nthe result of erosion and disintegration of the deposit. In the surrounding mountains the\nvolcanic rocks are found little disturbed, often only slightly tilted, although frequently\nfaulted, while the valleys, basins and gulches are the effect of erosion. It is possible, therefore, that the entire coal formation, as it may exist here, was covered by this molten overflow,\nand that the exposures found have been rendered \" get-at-able\" by the removal of the\noverlying formations by erosion.\nIf such was the case, as is supposed, the superincumbent weight and heat of this molten\nmass would undoubtedly have changed a lignite into coal of the character found. Not only\nwould such geological conditions have had this marked beneficial effect upon the coal, but they\nwould have a much more important bearing upon the value of the field from a practical point,\ninasmuch as, in the old wide valley of the Telkwa, the greater part of the coal known is found J 120 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nat an elevation superior to that of the larger area of the valley; hence, except for possible\naction of faulting, the greater part of the coal originally deposited over this area would appear\nto have been removed by subsequent erosion.\nIf, however, the supposition as to the volcanic rocks overlying the coal is correct, then\nthe coal might be expected to be found underlying many of the remaining hills, which, as\nexposed on the surface, are undoubtedly of volcanic origin; in which case there is no visible\nlimit to the extent of the field, and the chances are that underlying the solid formation the\ncoal would be found better and under more easily workable conditions than under the clays of\nthe present valley.\nIf, on the other hand, as has been reported by certain engineers who have examined the\ndistrict, these igneous mountain masses surrounding the exposed coal field are igneous bosses\nthrown up directly from below, and not a volcanic overflow, then these volcanic rocks must be\nthe absolute and final boundary of the coal field. In such case, which is not assumed to be\nproven, the area of the field would be very limited, since the coal, at least here, is found near\nthe border of the valley and is dipping towards and, it is hoped, under these surrounding\nvolcanic rocks. A volcanic flow must, of course, have had points of issue, remaining to-day\nas \"stems\" (perhaps of great size, practically volcanic bosses or upheavals), and whether these\nmay be underlying these particular hills is a question which can be determined only by\nextensive works, or by explorations in detail.\nCoal exposures were later noted in the valley of the Bulkley, at an altitude of some\n1,800 to 2,000 feet, also in the main Telkwa, at an altitude of about 2,400 feet. There will\nbe described later exposures on the locations of the Transcontinental Development Company,\nsituated some four to five miles higher up Goat creek, at the junction of 4-Mile creek, at an\naltitude of 3,400 feet, while over the water-shed, on the Copper river slope, coal exposures\nhave been carefully surveyed which lie at an elevation of about 4,000 feet. These latter are\nin a district bordering on the main Coast range, and this has probably been elevated by the\nsame upheaval, and is, therefore, not connected with the basin at present under consideration.\n(The chronological order in which this Report has been carried out will here be temporarily departed from, in order to keep together the descriptions of the coal deposits visited.)\nThe coal exposures next seen (September 9th) were those of the Transcontinental\nDevelopment Syndicate, situated on Goat creek, about two miles above the \"Second Crossing,\"\nat the junction of 4-Mile Creek with Goat, and are reached by a short trail branching off to\nthe left from the main Goat creek trail leading to Hunter basin.\nPreliminary surveys and development of these areas had been carried on during the\nsummer (i905), under the direction of Mr. Arthur Webster, who had been seen at the mouth\nof the Telkwa on his way \" out,\" and from whose description and sketches the locations were\nfound. Mr. Webster's work had been confined to a short season with a small force of men,\nand, as much of the time had been occupied in the construction of a log cabin for the workmen\nand in preliminary surveys, the amount of actual development work done was slight and was\nconfined to the stripping of coal outcrops where cut by the creek. The location and extent of\nthe outcrops seen can best be indicated by the accompanying sketches.\nThe valley of Goat creek at this point is about 2,000 feet across, to the base of the high\nbanks, the bottom land being from 20 to 40 feet above the creek. The coal measures are\nhere, at least locally, so very much contorted, faulted and eroded, that it was found impossible\nto correlate the various exposures found, or to form any idea as to the probable extent of the\ndeposits; so that, consequently, description will be confined to the individual exposures.\nWhere 4-Mile creek flows into Goat creek, on the west side, it cuts through a coal\noutcropping which is found dipping S. 70\u00b0 W., at about 30\u00b0 angle. The underlying seam is COAL SEAM OUTCROPPINO ON GOAT CREEK. TELKWA.\nCOAL OUTCROP, K1TIMAT COAL Co.-TELKWA RIVER. 6 Ed. 7\nThe Northern Interior Plateau.\nJ 121\nJ >JVorJA\nO eoj\". a. Lory a A3\nO e c U. alo-niQ E F\nabout six feet thick, and consists of narrow bands of good coal, interstratified with bands of\nshale in about equal proportions. Above this, and separated by about 15 feet of clay shale,\nis a bed four and a half feet thick of coal, also mixed with clay partings. No attempt had\nbeen made to trace these seams under cover.\nOn the east side of Goat creek, at this point, a narrow seam of coal was noted in the\ncreek bottom, on which no stripping had been done, and which appeared to be dipping to the\nnorth-east.\nA short distance down stream, on the west side, a four-foot seam of coal, impure with\nshale partings, has been exposed by the creek for a distance of over 150 feet. These measures\nare found to be so faulted and contorted as to render it uncertain as to whether or not they\nare in place.\nSome 150 feet down the creek from the last exposure, and on the east side, a 28-inch\nseam of coal was seen, dipping at a fairly steep angle. The coal in this seam is almost free\nfrom shale partings and is of very good quality, as the following analysis by the Provincial\nGovernment Assayer indicates :\u2014\nMoisture 0.8 per cent.\nVolatile matter 8.2 n\nFixed carbon 81.6 n\nAsh 9.4\n(Non-coking). 100.0 per cent. J 122\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1906\nNear certain fault planes, samples of the coal so affected approach in character to an\nanthracite, but the quantity of such is unimportant.\nOn September 14th the coal areas of the Kitimat Development Syndicate were visited.\nOn these the exposures were reported to be chiefly on the main Telkwa river, above the junction of Goat creek. The trail was followed up the south bank of the river for from 2J to 3\nmiles above the mouth of Goat creek, where coal measures were found outcropping on the trail,\nwith evidences of an old tunnel, long since caved in, so that no measurements as to the thickness of the seam could be obtained. The tunnel appeared to have dipped to the south into a\nclay-shale hill. The dump was carefully examined, and from its evidence it appeared that the\ncoal in the seam was so very much mixed with clay-shale partings as to be of no commercial\nvalue.\nOn the north bank of the river, about a quarter of a mile below this, in a bluff about 30\nfeet high, formed by the river cutting into a lower foot-hill, there was seen a splendid exposure\nof coal. It was found impossible to cross the river to the bluff, as the bridge was gone, so a\nphotograph, which accompanies this Report, was taken from the south bank, a distance of some\n50 to 60 feet. Here is exposed, in a perpendicular face from the water up, a coal seam judged\nto be from 18 to 20 feet thick, dipping N. 25\u00b0 E. at an angle of about 15\u00b0. There were visible\ncertain shale partings and bands, but there appeared to be bands of coal of workable thickness.\nSince the seam could not be actually measured by the writer, the following extract is\ngiven, taken from a report made in 1900 by Frank H. Shepherd, M. E., for Mr. Samuel\nRobins, of Nanaimo, and others:\u2014\n\" The first outcrop encountered and hereafter referred to as the ' lower location' is on the\nnorth bank of the Telkwa, the seam forming a perpendicular bluff of about 30 feet and ending\nin the swift waters of the river. It was necessary to be lowered by a rope to obtain a complete section of the seam, which, notwithstanding the difficulty of the position, was carefully\ntaken as follows :\u2014\nOhal . . \t\n 2 f <\nShale\t\nfinal\t\n 7\nShale\t\nCoal \t\n 4\nShale\t\n 1\nCoal \t\n 4\n 1\nfinal . . . \t\n2\nfinal : . \t\nTotal\t\n 24\n 20\n 3\n 24\nfeet 3\n2\n3\n2\n6\n0\n3\n9\n2\n1\n5\n10\n2\n0\ninches.\nThe total coal, above the 1 foot 9 inches of shale, is 18 feet 3 inches, which would be considered the workable portion of the seam. Strike of seam, 292\u00b0 (mag. variation, 25\u00b0 E.); angle\nof dip, 16\u00b0 3()'; course of dip, 22\u00b0. This is a splendid outcrop and sufficiently hard to have\nwithstood the torrents of the Telkwa for an \" evidently long period.\" 6 Ed. 7\nThe Northern Interior Plateau.\nJ 123\nCharacter of the Coal.\n\" This is an altered coal possessing a high percentage of fixed carbon, due to its contiguity\nwith the igneous rocks which underlie the whole of the field. The result has been to raise the\nfixed carbon and to reduce correspondingly the volatile hydro-carbons, and appears to have\nbeen fairly uniform in its action.\"\nContinuing, Mr. Shepherd gives the actual section of what he calls the \" upper location,\"\nand which is probably identical with the exposure described as on the claims of the Cassiar\nCoal Co. on Goat creek.\nThe \"lower\" and \"upper\" locations are about three-quarters of a mile apart, and the\nground is covered with heavy vegetation, rendering a rapid exploration impossible. (The\nProvincial Mineralogist makes this distance nearer three miles.)\n\"The upper location is shown on a steep precipitous bluff and is inaccessible, but is again\nexposed on a small creek (Goat creek) a little to the east, where the following section was\ntaken :\u2014\n\" Roof , sandstone.\nCoal \t\n 4\nfeet\nShale\t\nCoal \t\n 3\nii\nCoal \t\nBony shale\t\n 1\nii\nCoal \t\nBlack sandy shale.\t\nCoal \t\n 1\nBone\t\nCoal \t\n 1\nBony coal\t\nCoal \t\n 1\nShale\t\n 1\nCoal \t\n 1\nTotal seam \t\nTotal coal . ,\t\n 16\n 14\nii\nii shale\t\n2\n 13\ninches.\n5\n5\n1\n7\n3\n4\nH\n0\nn\n0\n2\n10\n4\n1\n10\n4\n6\n2\nOn the Bulkley, just where the Telkwa flows in, there is an exposed\nBoring for Coal, bluff of a fine-grained, light-coloured rock, which extends underneath the\nsurface gravels and wash for some distance up the valley of the Telkwa.\nThis rock formation has been popularly described as a \" sandstone,\" and has been supposed to\nbe a member of the local coal measures, probably from its general appearance and the fact that\nsandstones are associated with the carboniferous coal measures of England and the eastern\nportion of America.\nMessrs. Limin and Davis, who were among the original holders of coal locations on the\nTelkwa, brought in a hand-power diamond drill and with this put down bore-holes at a number\nof points. Of these no definite information is obtainable, but it is reported by the workmen\nthat in none of the holes was coal found. One of these holes was put down in the rock exposure\nat the junction of Bulkley and Telkwa, erroneously supposed to be a sandstone, while other\nholes were put down farther up the Telkwa valley, a pit having been sunk through the gravel\nto bedrock.\nThe fact that this formation is not a sandstone became evident upon closer examination,\na,nd some five samples were taken from different points, one (3,784e) being part of the diamond drill core obtained at a considerable depth. These samples were sent to Professor Dresser, of\nMontreal, for microscopic examination, who classes them, one and all, as of volcanic and not of\nsedimentary origin. The exact text of Prof. Dresser's report is appended as a foot-note.*\nAs a matter of fact, the Provincial Mineralogist was unable to find any rock associated\nwith the coal formation on the Telkwa which could properly be classed as a sandstone, such\nsedimentaries as were seen being all argillites, usually of fine texture.\nSeptember 8th\u2014Camp remained at the \"Second Crossing,\" the Provincial Mineralogist\nand three others proceeding on foot up a small creek which here joins Goat creek from the\nsouth, into what is locally known as Boring's Basin, where Mr. Loring, Indian Agent at\nHazelton, the Hankin Bros, and Forrest have for some years been prospecting, and have done\nconsiderable work. An old Indian hunting trail was followed up for about four miles to\nBoring's cabin in the creek bottom, at the lower end of the basin, at an altitude of 3,900 feet,\nsome 700 feet higher than the \" Second Crossing.\"\nFrom the cabin a foot-trail was found leading up the mountain,\nLoring's Basin, following which, up to an altitude of 4,400 feet, a tunnel was found which\nGoat Creek. had been driven in 60 feet in a N. 70\u00b0 E. direction. For the first 20 feet\nthis tunnel was driven through a dark-coloured, fine-grained volcanic rock,\nprobably a basalt, devoid of mineralisation. For the remaining 40 feet the tunnel is in a light-\ncoloured, soft, igneous dyke, felsitic in character, containing a considerable amount of iron\npyrites disseminated throughout it in small, fine crystals. A sample of this dyke matter was\ntaken for assay and was found to contain about 1 oz. of silver to the ton, with no appreciable\namount of gold or copper. In the bluff above the tunnel the same light-coloured felsitic rock\nwas found to outcrop, but on this outcrop no work had been done.\nFollowing a very indistinct trail over slide rock still farther up the mountain to an altitude\nof 5,100 feet, some fresh workings were found, on which about one assessment had been done.\nNo vein could be seen, but there was a copper stain in the fissures of the volcanic country rock,\nnot presenting commercial values.\nThese were all the openings which could be found by tracing up trails, and were the only\nworkings the guide knew of, and, consequently, were the only workings formally inspected. It\nwas, however, learned from Mr. J. H. Scott, an English mining engineer, who visited the\nproperty later with Mr. Hankin, one of the owners, that there were various other workings.\nThere are three groups of claims, all owned by the Loring-Hankin-Forrest Syndicate.\nConsists of eight or nine claims adjoining and running in a general\nForrest Group, north-east and south-west direction along the hillside, at an elevation of\nabout 5,000 feet. They are the Eldorado, Naiad, Oread, Discovery, Mont-\neagle, Montcalm and Montchief'in a line with the Telkwa and Daisy, adjoining the Oread and\nDiscovery on the north-east. The general country rock of the vicinity is altered volcanic, the\n* 3,784a, 3,784d, 3,784e.\u2014Bulkley river, mouth of the Telkwa.\nThese three rocks are microscopically indistinguishable from one another. They are composed of angular\ngrains of feldspar, quartz, and microcrystalline aggregates resembling fragments from the groundmass of a\nquartz-porphyry, with oxidised iron ore and shreds of mica.\nThey are evidently pyroclastic rocks, that is, they were formed by the consolidation of the fragmental\nmaterial\"of a volcanic eruption, and may be classed as volcanic agglomerates, or altered tufas.\n3,784b, 3,784c\u2014 The same locality.\nThese are volcanic rocks. The former has a fine microcrystalline groundmass, consisting of an aggregate\nof quartz and feldspar flecked with minute green crystals of some bisilicate. In this groundmass are set\nnumerous phenocrysts, i. e., porphyritic crystals, of orthoclase, plagioclase, biotite, hornblende and quartz,\nwith scattered grains of pyrite. The hornblende is green in colour, and the greatest angle of extinction\nobserved in the zone of the clinopinacoid was 14 degrees.\nThe rock is a quartz-porphyry.\nSpecimen 3,784c is essentially similar in composition, but is in a more advanced stage of crystallization.\nIt might be better classed as a granite-porphyry. 6 Ed. 7 The Northern Interior Plateau. J 125\nupper members of the series being basalts and a part of the general volcanic capping of the\ndistrict, which in these hills can be seen lying in such regular, clearly-defined layers, approaching the horizontal in position, as to have led the prospector to assume that they were of\nsedimentary origin, which theory is, however, disproved by a microscopic examination of the\nsamples, which one and all prove to be highly-altered volcanics, and are apparently a part of\nthe general volcanic eruption which covered the whole interior plateau. In the Forrest Group\nthere are one or more large felsitic dykes, lighter in colour than the country rock, on the borders\nof which the mineralisation seems to have occurred. The following work is reported on the\nvarious claims, by Mr. Scott :\u2014\n\\a\"v: Eldorado\u2014A 15-foot open cut with 8 feet of tunnel therefrom; a 41-foot adit tunnel, 22\nfeet of which is mineralised ; a 6-foot open cut with 15-foot tunnel.\nNaiad\u2014A 32-foot tunnel and an 8-foot open cut.\nDiscovery\u2014A 78-foot adit.\nMonteagle\u2014An 8-foot adit and a 25-foot adit.\nTelkwa\u2014Open cut 20 feet long, 8 feet wide; 7-foot open cut, with 22-foot adit, and a\n7-foot open cut.\nDaisy\u2014A 20-foot open cut, a shaft 14 feet, and an 18-foot open out, with a 10-foot adit.\nMr. Scott further adds in a memorandum written to the Provincial Mineralogist: \" At\nseveral places on the Eldorado, Naiad and Telkwa there are good shewings of ore from 4 to 22\nfeet, easily traceable through the three claims.\"\nAs indicating the character of the ore, there are given the following assays made by this\nBureau on specimens obtained from Mr. Hankin :\u2014\nCopper,\nGold, Oz. Silver, Oz. Per Cent.\nEldorado\u201420-foot tunnel .06 1.0 4.5\n48-foot ii 02 0.4 5.5\nNaiad\u201430-loot tunnel 04 4.6 3.1\n15-foot ,i 02 0.4 0.5\nTelkwa\u201432-foot tunnel 28 2.0 6.3\nAbout half a mile to the south-east from the Forrest Group and farther up Hankin basin\nis the Tremont Group, consisting of three claims, the Loring, Hankin and Forrest, held by the\nsame owners.\nStill farther up the basin is the Stevenson Group, upon which, however, very little work\nhas as yet been done.\nSeptember 9th\u2014The party left the \" Second Crossing\" of Goat creek at 10 a.m., following\nup the bench on the south-west side of Goat creek. About one mile out a trail was found\nbranching off to the left, which led down to the Webster coal locations already described.\nThe following is the report of the microscopic examination of samples obtained in this vicinity :\u2014\nNo. 3,733.\u2014Country rock from 60-foot tunnel, Forrest Group, Goat creek, Telkwa valley.\nThis is a dark gray rock, having a very fine texture, and carrying specks of iron and copper pyrites.\nIn the thin section it shows small phenocrysts of feldspar and skeleton-like crystals of hornblende,\nlargely filled by particles of iron ore. These are embodied in a groundmass which has a finely microcrystalline\nor a cryptocrystalline structure, and is probably a devitrified glass. The rock is an altered volcanic, and\nwas originally a very fine porphyrite.\nNo. 3,734a.\u2014Dyke from same locality.\nA dull gray fine-textured rock, which shows in the hand specimen lighter gray and greenish porphyritic\ncrystals, or phenocrysts.\nThe groundmass, which was originally fine-grained, is wholly altered to a mass of decomposition products,\nan important part of which seems to be kaolin.\nOrthoclase, plagioclase, and basaltic hornblende form the phenocrysts.\nA few larger crystals of quartz are also present. The rock is of volcanic origin, and the structure\nindicates that it forms a dyke, or is a marginal phase of an intrusion. It may be classed as a hornblende\nporphyrite. J 126 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nFor about two miles from the Second Crossing the trail is over bench land and low hills,\nwhen it drops into the valley of 4-Mile creek, which creek it follows up to its source in\nHunter basin. The distance from the Second Crossing to Hunter basin is about five miles, in\nwhich distance the trail rises some 2,300 feet, on to an altitude of 5,500 feet. This portion of\nthe trail is a trail in name only. It is poorly laid out, scarcely cut out, is steep and has no\n\"bottom,\" no foothold for horses, and is quite incapable of standing traffic of any amount.\nHunter Basin.\nHunter basin lies at the head of 4-Mile creek, at an altitude of some 5,500 feet, and is an\namphitheatre surrounded by hills rising precipitously for from 1,000 to 1,500 feet higher.\nTimber-line was found to be at an altitude of about 4,500 to 5,000 feet, there being no timber\nin the basin save a few scrub spruce found in a little draw. The hills to the east and south\npresent perpendicular faces to the valley, while those to the north and west, as is usual in\nnorthern latitudes, have a more gradual slope and are covered by sufficient soil to permit of\ngrass taking root, which affords very fair feed for horses. These perpendicular exposures show\nthe rock formation to be entirely of volcanic origin, chiefly basalt and allied rocks, stratified\nin layers of considerable thickness, with a dip to the east; the perpendicular faces to the\nwest giving the impression that the whole has been subjected to a series of step-faults running north and south, the major faults occasioning the basins and the drains through which\nthe creeks flow. No d3rkes could be seen cutting the formations and measures were not much\ndisturbed, save by the faults mentioned. The entire basin and the sides, to a height of 1,500\nfeet, is covered with broken slide-rock from the surrounding cliffs, completely masking the solid\nformation.\nCamp for the night was made in the lower part of the basin, difficulty being found in\ngetting a pole suitable to hold up the tent.\nSeptember 10th\u2014The weather was clear, the temperature having dropped the previous\nnight to below freezing. Camp was not moved, the day being spent examining claims staked\nin the vicinity.\nIn the basin there are two small cabins belonging respectively to Wm. Hunter and the\nCarr Bros., prospectors, who have claims staked on the cliffs some 1,000 to 1,500 higher up.\nFrom these cabins a trail, fit for foot passengers only, on its upper reaches, winds through a\ndraw to the south. The claims in the vicinity had, for the most part, been only recently\nstaked, and very little development work was found on any of them.\nThe working season here for out-of-door work, must be very short, and the difficulty and\nexpense of carrying on work under such conditions so great as to deter all efforts at development until railway transportation is assured and supplies much diminished in cost.\nThe King mineral claim was among the first staked in the basin, the\nKing. location being made in 1903 by Wm. Hunter, after whom the basin was\nnamed. This claim is in a draw or break in the cliffs to the south of the\nbasin, at an altitude of some 6,500 feet, or some 1,000 feet above the cabin. Here a prospecting shaft had been sunk to a depth of from 16 to 18 feet and roughly timbered with\npoles packed up from below the cabins. The work done showed a fissure in the country rock,\nhaving a strike S. 45\u00b0 W., and which, where the shaft was put down, had a width of about\ntwo feet, but which on the surface, as traced for a few feet in either direction, pinched down\nto as many inches in width, and no further widenings had been developed, nor did the ore\nbody quite hold its own with the depth of the shaft. This ore body, though small, contained\nsome very pretty ore, copper sulphides, chiefly bornite, with yellow copper towards the ends of\nthe lens. Specimens of the ore brought away assayed 63.42 % copper, with 81.6 oz. silver,\nand .04 oz. gold to the ton. 6 Ed. 7 The Northern Interior Plateau. J 127\nTo the right of the trail up to the King claim, at about 300 feet above\nWaresco. the cabins, there were found the stakes of the Waresco claim, located by\nL. H. Bishop in 1904, and on which not more than one assessment had\nbeen done, this consisting of an open cut. In a crushed zone, some six to seven feet wide,\nand cutting the country rock nearly vertically in a N. 45\u00b0 E. direction, is a vein of rather\nundefined width containing copper ore\u2014copper glance, bornite and pyrite\u2014of which it was\nestimated about half a ton had been taken out and was on the dump. The development as\nyet is too slight to show what quantity of ore is likely to be found, but the quality of the ore\nis all that could be desired. Selected ore taken from the dump assayed :\u2014Copper, 51 % ;\nsilver, 180 oz.; gold, 0.16 oz. to the ton.\nTo the left of Hunter's trail the stakes of a claim were found, on which the name of the\nclaim was illegible, but the locator was M. S. Carr. This location had apparently been allowed\nto lapse and was re-staked in 1905. A small amount of stripping had been done, but no\nmineral, other than a little copper stain, could be seen, nor was there any defined fissure or\nvein visible.\nTo the north of the King claim and at about the same elevation on a\nRainbow. bluff overhanging the basin, and separated from the main mountain behind,\nseveral places were noticed where work had been recently done. It was,\nhowever, found impossible to determine definitely as to what claim these belonged, but, as\nbest could be made out, they were mostly on the Rainbow mineral claim, located by Wm.\nHunter.\nThe country rock is a red basalt, resembling a jasper. The whole mass of this detached\nbluff appears to have been faulted or slid down from the higher mountain to the south,\ncausing many small fissures.\nNear the No. 2 stake was found a fissure, which was traceable on the surface for some\ndistance, with a width of from one-half to six inches, and contained a micaceous variety of\nspecular iron with a small amount of sulphide, of which mineral some half-ton lay on the\ndump at this point.\nIn an open cut on the very edge of the bluff is another fissure of greater width, the\nextension of which could not be seen, however, and from which some four tons of this\nmicaceous iron had been collected and laid aside on canvas sheets.\nNear the No. 1 and discovery stakes is a small pit some four feet deep, sunk on a crushed\nzone in the country rock, along one wall of which was found a small vein of yellow copper\nore one or two inches thick, but lacking in continuity.\nThis micaceous iron, as here found, is a rather unusual variety, and has been taken by\nmany of the prospectors for galena, silver glance or copper glance, but proves on analysis to\nbe iron oxide in this peculiar form, and in the foliations of which there must be some copper-\nsilver sulphides or oxides not entirely visible, as will be seen from the following assays of two\ndistinct samples from different localities :\u2014\nSamples from Rainbow mineral claim:\u2014No. 1.\u2014Specular iron with a little copper\ncarbonate, assayed\u2014copper, 7.6%; silver, 36.8 oz.; gold, 0.08 oz.\nSample No. 2.\u2014Copper, 6.6 %; silver, 58 oz.; gold, 1.68 oz. to ton.\nAnother sample of this specular iron, found at Webster's cabin, locality unknown,\nassayed :\u2014Copper, 22.5 \u00b0\/o ; silver, 5.6 oz.; gold, trace.\nIn a number of other spots small amounts of work were observed, for which no location\nposts could be found, but in none of these was there seen any defined vein or indication of\nmineral in quantity. J 128 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nOn the north side of the basin there are a number of locations on which no work has\nbeen done, and which appear to have been staked on float rather than on rock in place, as the\nsurface is covered with loose material.\nSeptember 11th\u2014Camp in Hunter basin was left at 10 a. m., the trail leading through\nthe upper basin to the most southerly end, where, by a \" switch-back \" trail, it climbs the\nwestern hillside, reaching an elevated grassy plateau (altitude about 6,500 feet), which during\nthe short summer season provides excellent grazing. Standing at this elevation the plateau is\nseen to have a general slope to the east, and the basin appears to be \" scooped \" right out of\nit. The trail circles eastward along the south end of the basin, then turning south and west\ncrosses over a glacier some 2,000 feet across, leads around the head of Mud or Tenas creek, and\nfinally drops down a steep gully, overgrown with stunted spruce, balsam and juniper bushes,\ninto the narrow valley of Glacier creek, about a mile below the basin in which it heads. The\ndistance travelled was only about five miles, but it represents a good day's work for a pack-\ntrain. The altitude of this creek-bottom is about 5,500 feet, the same as Hunter basin, and\nthis seems to be about the altitude of most of the basins in the district.\nGlacier creek and Sunrise creek, a parallel stream about two miles farther to the south,\nflow nearly due west, and empty directly into the headwaters of the Telkwa river, which\nflows north.\nCamp was made in the bottom of the creek valley, in a clump of spruce and balsam, good\nfeed for the horses being found in adjoining marshes.\nSeptember 12th\u2014Camp was not moved, the day being spent in the examination of claims\non the high ridge separating Glacier and Sunrise creeks.\nThe first claim visited was the Sunrise, owned and located by P. R.\nSunrise. White, who was acting as guide to the party. This is located on the south\nend of Sunrise mountain, as this high ridge between the creeks is called\nlocally, at an altitude of 7,700 feet and within some 500 feet of the summit. The hillside\nhere slopes at an average angle of about 30\u00b0 to the creek-bottom, 2,500 feet below, and is\ncovered with large angular masses of basalt showing porphyritic structure, usually red in\ncolour, but frequently dark or light gray, so that but few exposures of rock in place were to\nbe seen.\nBut one assessment had been done on the property, and owing to the natural difficulties\nof the location, some 2,000 feet higher than any possible camping place, but little work had\nbeen accomplished. There was exposed in a peak of solid formation, not covered by slide\nrock, a vein having a strike S. 55\u00b0 W., with a dip of about 30\u00b0 to the north-west.\nThe whole neighbourhood is much cracked along the cleavage planes of the basalt, and\nthe vein seems to follow one of these planes, but from the very nature of the rock in which it\noccurs, it is not very clearly defined in its length.\n3,757a.\u2014Sunrise mine. Country rock in vicinity of.\nThis is a rather fine-grained rock of even texture and has a bright colour. It has the general aspect\nof an impure jasper.\nIn the thin section occasional well-defined crystals of feldspar appear, indicating the igneous origin of\nthe rock. These crystals are enclosed in a field composed of minute grains of quartz, and probably also of\nfeldspar, scattered through a base of red iron oxide.\n3,757b.\u2014Sunrise mine. Country rock.\nIn the hand specimen this dark green, massive rock shows irregular masses of epidote. No other\nmineral is distinguishable in it.\nIn the slide it is found to be a greatlv altered greenstone. Chlorite and epidote are practically the only\nminerals that can be recognised. As these are both secondary minerals, it is really impossible to say what\nthis rock originally was, more nearly than that it was a very basic eruptive. o\n0)\nX\nh\nO\nh\ncfl\nD\n0\n3\nI\nU\n<\nj\nE\nW\nto\n<\nE\nU.\nE\nW\n(0\n<\ncc\nIi.\nh\nE\n0\nu.\nCO\"\nh\n<;\n0\nw\n0.\nu.\n0\np\nJ\nCO\n6\no 6 Ed. 7 The Northern Interior Plateau. J 129\nThe vein matter, silicified crushed material, is about 24 inches wide where a small open\ncut has exposed it, and contains specular iron with a little copper, and from samples taken is\nfound to carry less than one per cent, copper, with no gold or silver.\nAs was pointed out to the owner at the time, a rusty outcropping of silicious rock, either\na bed or a vein, to which no attention had been paid, and on which no work was done, seemed\nto offer much greater possibilities. A sample of this rusty quartz was taken, on which the\nProvincial Assayer gives returns of copper, 0.4 per cent; silver, 1.4 oz.; gold, $4.\nOn the way up to the Sunrise, the stakes of the Fox mineral claim were passed, on which\nno work has been done. The formation here is a series of small step-faults and slides from the\nmountain. On the surface a quantity of very pretty azurite was seen in the float, but it could\nnot be traced to the parent body.\nImmediately below the Sunrise claim and probably adjoining it, at an\nSunset. altitude of 6,500 feet, is the Sunset mineral claim, located by Wm.\nMcCullough in 1905. The formation is the same as in the preceding\nclaim, and, in fact, appears to be a slide from the upper part of the mountain. The work done\nconsists of a small side-hill cut, and exposes on a slip fissure a few stringers of calcite and\nmicaceous iron, not giving any promise of valuable mineral.\nStill further down the hillside from the last claim were found the stakes of the Morning\nmineral claim, staked by F. M. Dockerill on June 6th, 1905. The formation is the same, and\nthere was no sign of any work having been done, nor could any evidence of mineralisation be\nseen on the location.\nSamples of the rock formation in this vicinity were taken and sent to Professor Dresser,\nof Montreal, for microscopic examination, and the text of his report thereon is given in a footnote appended hereto.\nSeptember 13th\u2014It was the intention to proceed from Glacier creek down to its junction\nwith the Telkwa, and thence up that stream to its source, to inspect a number of locations\nmade there this past summer by Huston, Topping, and others, but it was found that the guide\nhad no definite knowledge of the trails or the location of the claims, and as all the prospectors\nwere out of the country, it was like \" hunting for a needle in a hay-stack \"; so, when in the\nearly morning of the 13th it began to snow heavily, and we were at least two days' journey\nfrom the Bulkley, with \" grub \" almost gone, it was decided, with regret, to abandon further\nexplorations in that direction, and to strike back for the Bulkley.\nThere is no trail down Glacier creek, and the creek valley is little better than a muskeg,\nbut with some difficulty the horses were led down the creek valley for some three or four\nmiles, keeping to the hillside on the north side of the creek. We then struck off to the north\nover a comparatively open muskeg country for about three miles, into the valley of a small\ncreek flowing south into Glacier creek. This small creek heads in a marshy divide, from\nwhich Red creek flows north into Goat creek and so into the lower Telkwa. Following the\nwest side of Red creek from the Telkwa there is an old Indian hunting trail, known as\n\" Moose-skin Johnnie's trail,\" used in the fall and winter by the Indians to reach their hunting\ngrounds at the head of the Telkwa. This trail is about as bad as it is possible to be, and\nclimbs away up on the hillside, presumably to get more solid bottom for the trail, but is not\nproperly cut out, and simply served the Indians to pass over twice a year.\n3,760.\u2014Sunset mine. Rock in vicinity of.\nThis rock is in most respects similar to 3,757b. In the thin section, however, it shows a considerable\namount of calcite in addition to epidote and chlorite. A few crystals of feldspar are also seen. They are\nvery turbid from decomposition, but are the only original minerals left in these two rocks.\nThis rock is a much altered porphyritic, basic eruptive, probably a diabase, or gabbro. Camp was finally made on Red creek, about four miles above its junction with Goat creek,\nwhere a small opening afforded scant pasturage for horses.\nSeptember 14th\u2014The trail follows Red creek down to Goat creek, a distance of four\nmiles, and crosses the latter by a ford below the j unction of Red creek. There is also a log\nfoot-bridge across the creek. From this ford there is a trail leading over to and up the\nTelkwa to the coal locations of the Kitimat Coal Company, which were then visited and which\nhave already been described.\nAfter crossing the ford the trail mounts the gravel benches of the Telkwa, and in about\ntwo miles joins the Goat creek trail, already described, some four miles out from the Bulkley\nriver. The camp outfit was taken across the Bulkley in a canoe, the horses being left on the\nsouth side, and camp was again made on the previous camp ground on the north-east side of\nthe Bulkley, opposite the mouth of the Telkwa.\nSeptember 15th was spent in camp. The horses were swum over at the lower crossing, a\nvery awkward place with a precipitous \"take-off\" into very deep, swift water, but with an\neddy and gravel beach on the north bank affording a good landing.\nSupplies for the remainder of the trip were obtained from the Aldermere store. The\nguide and the packer were here paid off, and a pack-horse sold to a party going through to\nBella Coola.\nSeptember 16th\u2014Camp was moved down the valley of the Bulkley, a distance of 12\nmiles, to the Hudson Bay Company's ranche near Driftwood creek.\nFrom the mouth of the Telkwa the trail at once mounts the bench land, which, near the\nriver, is very dry and inclined to be sandy, with scant vegetation; but as the rolling foot-hills\nnear Tyee lake are reached, the soil becomes a fine loam, well suited for cultivation. The\ntelegraph trail was again picked up at the south end of Tyee lake, at which point there is an\noffice and an operator.\nTo the north of Tyee lake the ground slopes gradually to the higher hills, and along this\nside-hill there are a number of ranches, some of them fenced, on which comfortable cabins\nhave been built and large stacks of hay put up, cut from the wild hay growing on the yet\nuncultivated hillside. These ranchers, besides wintering their own stock, are wintering a\nnumber of horses for prospectors and surveyors, at from $12 to $15 a head. They expect to\nhave to feed hay for from three to four months, but provide no shelter for the stock. The\nland is well watered, and such small areas as were under cultivation yielded good crops of\npotatoes and other vegetables.\nThe country passed over between Tyee lake and Hudson Bay ranche is of a similar naturei\na large proportion of it open country, while some of it is covered with poplar and willow, with\noccasional spruce. The wild grasses, pea-vine and fire-weed cover the open portions, producing\na crop well worth cutting for hay.\nThe Hudson Bay ranche is provided with extensive sheds and stables for stock, with two\nor three houses for employees. The property is at present leased to a Frenchman, who\npurports to keep a \" hotel,\" at which the guests cook their own meals and provide their own\nblankets and bedding.\nAbout three miles east of the Hudson Bay ranche, on Canyon creek, there was noted, in\nthe bed of the creek, a very nice exposure of the local coal measures, consisting of shales and\nsandstones, the latter well ripple-marked, with small seams of coal. No workable coal is\nexposed here, and the occurrence of the measures is noted only to show the possibility of coal\nbeing found underlying a considerable portion of the valley of the Bulkley. 6 Ed. 7 The Northern Interior Plateau. J 131\nSeptember 17th\u2014All baggage and supplies, except enough for a trip of one week, were\nstored in one of the ranche buildings, and P. McPhee, a local prospector, was engaged as a\nguide for a trip into the Babine range, where a number of prospects had recently been staked,\nbetween the headwaters of Canyon and Driftwood creeks.\nBabine Range.\nThe trail up to these claims leaves the telegraph trail about half a mile west of Driftwood\ncreek, and cutting across the rolling hills through pea-vine and fire-weed higher than the horses'\nbacks, crosses Driftwood creek about two miles up from the trail. At this point the coal\nmeasures, similar to those on Canyon creek, are exposed in the bank of the creek. The trail\nfollows the east bank of Driftwood up for a couple of miles farther, through heavy spruce\nwoods, when it begins to climb the main mountain side by a steep and poorly cut-out trail,\nthrough the small jack-pine and balsam timber.\nAfter travelling for about eight miles and climbing to an altitude of about 5,500 feet,\nwhich occupied some five hours' time, camp was pitched above timber line, with only a few\nstunted balsams in sight, on the open hillside, on which grew in patches sufficient bunch-grass\nfor the horses. It snowed all afternoon and most of the night, and blew so hard it was next\nto impossible to keep a tent up\u2014a night long to be remembered.\nSeptember 18th\u2014It blew so hard all day that it was with difficulty the wind could be\nfaced, and when it did not snow it rained.\nWithin a short distance of camp was seen the Eldorado mineral\nEldorado claim, owned by P. A. McPhee. The claim lies at an altitude of 5,500\nfeet on the open face of the hill, in which a number of open cuts and\ntrenches have exposed a number of somewhat ill-defined quartz veins, having a general strike\nS. 15\u00b0 E. and a dip apparently to the north. The veins are from 2 to 6 feet in width, though\noften including a portion of the country rock, which appears to be a chloritic schist. A sample\nwas taken of the vein where best exposed, which assayed about an ounce in silver with but a\ntrace of gold and no appreciable amount of copper.\nTo the south of the Eldorado, Henry Finch has a claim staked, the kill mineral\nclaim (name illegible).\nTo the north, Lem. Broughton has staked an extension, the Silvertip.\nAbout a mile to the N.W. from the Eldorado, on a canyon leading\nPack-Train down to the upper part of Driftwood creek, C. G. Harvey has staked for\nGroup. himself, Chas. Barrett and Jno. Charleston, a group of three claims known\nas the Pack-train Group. The country rock appears to be similar to that\nof the upper Telkwa country, but very much broken and disturbed, pitching at high angles,\nwith numerous small quartz veins. In an open cut about 5 feet deep there is a showing of\nmineral about 27 inches wide, from which a selected sample assayed 19% copper, 106 oz. silver,\nand 0.03 oz. gold.\nA little farther up the canyon there is another open cut about 5 feet long, in which about\n24 inches of mineralised quartz appears. At this point the containing measures dip to the\nN.E. and are overlain by a flow of amygdaloidal trap, dipping to the south.\nAbout half a mile to the N.W. of the last claims, on the brow of a\nLast Chance. steep bluff overlooking the Driftwood, was found the Last Chance mineral\nclaim, staked by Thos. Gagne and Thomas Joseph Roberts, as agents for J.\nD. Mcintosh and Geo. Duhamel. After considerable search a side-hill cut was found in which\nwas showing a vein some 15 inches, filled with quartz and barytes carrying iron sulphides. J 132 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nThe fissure seemed to be of irregular width, sometimes pinching up and again widening out\ninto lenses of quartz, which, wherever seen, was \" frozen \" to the country rock. A sample of\nthe clean ore taken for assay gave 17% copper, 63 oz. silver and 0.12 oz. gold.\nSeptember 19 th\u2014Further exploration into the range was found to be impossible, on\naccount of snowstorms, so a return was made to the Hudson Bay ranche. It was learned that\nthere had been some prospecting done on the head of the north fork of Canyon creek, and\nsome claims staked there during the summer and fall of 1905. These, however, could not be\nvisited, on account of the early snowfall.\nPat McPhee reports that he staked there the Commodore, in an igneous country rock in\nwhich there is exposed a good streak of ore for a length of 5 feet. From a sample provided\nby him, an assay of 30% copper, 3 oz. silver and trace of gold was obtained at Government\nLaboratory.\nOn the same hill McPhee staked the Blue Bell, on which he reports from 1 inch to 5 inches\nof solid ore, which from the sample also provided by McPhee assayed 27% copper, 30 oz. silver\nand trace of gold.\nThe Melvinia mineral claim, an extension of the Commodore, was staked by Lem. Broughton,\nand is said to have an 18-inch lead, from which a selected sample of copper carbonates was\nobtained which assayed 9.5 % copper, 2.4 oz. silver, with a trace of gold.\nSeptember 20th\u2014Camp was moved from the Hudson Bay ranche westward down the\nvalley of the Bulkley for a distance of about 14 miles, to the bank of a large creek flowing\nfrom the north, across the trail into the Bulkley. Other creeks of fair size flowing in the same\nway were crossed at 6 miles, 7 miles and 11J miles from the ranche. The creek at 7 miles out\nis a very rapid stream, spanned by a log bridge which is quite unsafe for horses, so a crossing\nhad to be made which at high water would be exceedingly dangerous.\nThe first half of the day's travel was through open country with few trees, and hillsides\ncovered with upland hay. The soil is light, but very fertile and free from stones. A sample\nof this lighter soil was taken for analysis, the Government Assayer's report upon which will be\nfound in the Addenda as sample No. 6. This is the lighter soil of the uplands, that of the\nlower lands containing more clay and decomposing vegetable matter.\nThe last half of the day's travel was through country much more covered with poplar\nwoods, the soil more clayey and darker, really a much stronger and better soil, but requiring\nsome draining and clearing of timber. The trail all the day was excellent, although a little\nmuddy in places.\nSeptember 21st\u2014Horses astray delayed departure until about 10 a. m., when travel was\ncontinued along the old telegraph trail for about three miles, when a branch trail was taken\nleading to the bridge across the Bulkley at Moricetown, distant one mile.\nThe telegraph line and trail follows the north side of the Bulkley from here to Hazelton,\nnot crossing the river. This trail is, however, some 10 miles longer than that which crosses\nthe Bulkley at Moricetown and keeps to the south side of the river as far as Ahwillgate, an\nIndian village some four miles from Hazelton, where it crosses the Bulkley again. This latter\ntrail is the one universally used, despite the fact that the two bridges of Indian construction\nare considered unsafe. This latter objection has, however, now been removed, as the Provincial\nGovernment has this fall put in two substantial pack-trail bridges over the river at these points.\nAfter crossing the Bulkley at Moricetown, the main trail was left and a trail taken leading\neastward up the south bank of the river. This trail, an old Indian hunting trail, leads in\nthrough a pass to the south of Hudson Bay mountain, a large bold mountain peak on the south\nside of the Bulkley directly opposite the Hudson Bay Co. ranche, already mentioned, and from\nwhich it derives its name. 6 Ed. 7 The Northern Interior Plateau. J 133\nThe drainage of the south slope of this mountain is into the Zymoetz or Copper river,\nwhich flows into the Skeena below the canyon\u2014practically into the Pacific ocean. This\nmountain is an outlying peak of the main Coast range, in which respect it differs from the\nmountains heretofore met with.\nOn the south slope of this mountain, and the range of which it forms a part, a number of\nclaims had been staked, from which very fine samples of ore, both copper and lead, have been\nbrought out, and it was to inspect these claims on the headwaters of the Copper river that the\nexcursion was taken south from Moricetown.\nAfter leaving Moricetown the trail follows up the south bank of the river for about three\nmiles, when it turns south, mounting to an open plateau of easily rolling hills, similar to that\non the north side of the Bulkley, which forms a wide draw to the west of Hudson Bay\nmountain, extending southward for about five miles from the river. This plateau is about the\nsame elevation as that to the north of the Bulkley, and the soil and vegetation are similar; in\nfact, they were in all probability a part of the same lake-bed before it was cut in two by the\npresent Bulkley river.\nCamp was made at the head of this draw, at the foot of the hill over which the trail leads\non to the headwaters of the Copper river, and about 10 miles out from Moricetown.\nSeptember 22nd\u2014The previous day had been mild and clear, as had been the evening,\nyet in the morning we woke up to find about four inches of snow all over the plateau at the\ncamp, and we afterwards found that this represented over 24 inches on the summit over which\nthe trail passed. The day was spent in camp. In the afternoon the sun melted the snow\ncompletely away on the plateau, and it was thought it would have melted it on the hills also.\nSeptember 23rd\u2014One of the Hankin brothers, whose claims were to be inspected, having\ncome into camp with us the day before, an attempt was made to get over the summit, with\nMr. Hankin for guide, in the hope that the snow would by that time be off the Copper river\nvalley. We left camp at 9:30, taking only a tent, blankets, and a few provisions, with a few\nof the strongest horses, leaving the rest in camp in charge of a man. In about two miles\ndistance began the ascent, and as soon as we left the level of the plateau we were in snow which\nrapidly increased until it was over two feet deep on the summit of the pass, at an altitude of\n5,000 feet, so that it was necessary for two men to precede the horses to break trail. After\ncrossing the summit the trail zig-zags down the steep hillside through dense spruce woods for\nabout two miles, where the valley of a small tributary of Copper river was reached, at an\naltitude of about 3,000 feet.\nIn this valley bottom the trail branches, the fork to the left proceeding up the creek to\nwhat are known as the \" Hankins' claims,\" while the main trail continues down the valley to\nwhat is known as the \"galena property,\" owned by Fleming et al., from which a small sample\nshipment of ore was made during the summer, and which is reported to be about 10 miles\ndown the valley.\nThe trail was taken up the creek towards the Hankin claims, which were supposed to be\nabout five to seven miles away. Even in the low valley bottom on this side of the divide the\nsnow lay on the ground to such a depth as to prevent horses getting any feed, but it was\nreported that within a mile of the Hankin claims there was a lake with marsh grass, so an\nattempt was made to reach this point. The party pushed on up the creek through the snow\nuntil 5 p. m. when darkness came on at timber line, at an altitude of 5,500 feet, while ahead\nit was seen that there was a bald summit to cross some 1,000 feet higher, on which the snow,\ndriven by a fierce gale, lay in drifts four and five feet deep, rendering further progress\nimpossible. J 134 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nThe tent was consequently pitched among the last of the scrub balsam trees on two feet\nof snow, and the horses tied up to the trees without food and about played out, until morning,\nwhen it became evident that if they were to be got out alive a prompt start would have to be\nmade to return to the Bulkley, and any further attempt to see the claims abandoned.\nSeptember 24th\u2014Consequently, at 8 a. m. the party was on the return trail, leading the\nhorses, and arrived at the camp on the plateau of the Bulkley at 2 p. m., with horses about\nexhausted. Very indifferent feed awaited them even here, as pea-vine, once the snow comes,\ngoes to the ground a wet soggy mass, leaving only the fire-weed and scanty wild grass for feed.\nAlthough, as will have been seen, the writer was not able personally to inspect the various\nclaims on the Copper river slope, the following is a description of the location of the claims:\u2014\nOn a fork of Copper river just over the divide and about two miles from the camp of\nSeptember 23rd-24th, at an altitude of about 6,000 feet, between what have been called Silver\nand Red creeks, which flow into the Copper river fork from the east, there have been located,\nin a general northerly direction from Silver creek, the following adjoining claims :\u2014\nReliance, Tower Hill, Silver Top, Highland Chief, Mayflower, and Blue Bell, with, to the\neast of the Highland Chief, the Enterprise and to the west the Bonanza. These claims have\nall been staked by Loring and Hankin Bros., of Hazelton.\nSeptember 25th\u2014The snow on the hills showing no indications of melting, the back-trail\nwas taken to Moricetown, and from Moricetown the main trail down the Bulkley was followed\nfor some two miles, when camp was made on a large open prairie just to the west of a large\ncreek flowing into the Bulkley, the prairie being reported as within the Indian reserve.\nSeptember 26th\u2014Starting at 9 a. m., a farther distance of 12 miles was travelled westward down the river valley, and camp was made on the upper end of \" Mosquito flat.\"\nFrom Moricetown westward the main valley of the Bulkley becomes narrower by the\ngradual approaching of the Babine mountains to those of the Coast range, until at \"Mosquito\nflat\" it is not over a mile wide, including the foothills.\nWest of Moricetown, while there are a number of small patches of exceedingly good and\nrich land, there is no considerable area of land fitted for agriculture until the main valley of\nthe Skeena is reached.\nAbout 12 miles west of Moricetown cedars, soft maples, and firs were noted for the first\ntime on the trip, indicating an approach to the coast vegetation and climate.\nThe trail on the south side of the Bulkley, between the two crossings of that river, is\nbest described as one continuous mud-hole, with mud from six to twelve inches deep, but with\na good, firm, stony bottom. The trail on the north side of the river is reported to be equally\nmuddy, but with no bottom, and horses are apt to be mired.\nSeptember 27th\u2014The pack-train left \"Mosquito flats\" at 10:45, reaching Ahwillgate, the\nlower crossing of the Bulkley, at 4 p. m., a distance of, say, ten miles, and Hazelton, some\nthree or four miles farther, at 5:45 p. m.\nAbout three miles from \" Mosquito flats \" the trail crosses Mud creek, where it mounts a\nhigh gravel bank, which it follows for some five or six miles, when it enters a wet, dense forest\nof fine cedar timber, through which it passes for a couple of miles. About a mile out from\nAhwillgate the trail leads for half a mile over a muskeg, over which a round pole corduroy\nhad at one time been laid, and where horses getting off the sticks and brush will sink to their\nbellies.\nAhwillgate is an Indian village, located at a deep gorge of the Bulkley, where the river\nhas cut its way through a ridge of basaltic rocks, forming a canyon some 200 feet deep with\nperpendicular sides, across which a bridge has been built by the Indians. This bridge, of 6 Ed. 7 The Northern Interior Plateau. J 135\nwhich a cut accompanies this Report, is a wonderfully daring piece of bridge construction to\nbe attempted by Indians with the material they had at command, and is worthy of special\nnotice. The bridge is 200 feet above a roaring torrent; the span is 150 feet in the clear; the\ntwo shore members are each 63-foot trusses supported by inclined struts from below, and\nacting as cantilevers, which are joined by a connecting truss 24 feet long, the whole being\nsupplemented by a double system of suspension cables, made of telegraph wire, anchored to\neither bank.\nThe timbers are all round poles tied together with telegraph wire, which is twisted round\nthem. The wire is a remnant of the \"Collins Overland Telegraph Line,\" abandoned in 1866,\nand already referred to in this Report. The structure is a \"fearsome\" one to cross, and the\nwriter's party led one horse at a time across in fear and trembling; but it was afterwards\nlearned that a \"tenderfoot\" from Washington had, the previous day, run four loaded horses\nacross at the same time, and lives to tell the tale.\nSeptember 28th, 29th and 30th were spent in Hazelton, the head of navigation on the\nSkeena. The town is situated on the east bank of the river, just above the mouth of the\nBulkley, and is an old Hudson's Bay Co.'s post of some importance, from which the interior\nposts of Omineca, Stuart lake and elsewhere are supplied. Besides the Hudson's Bay Co.'s\nstore, there are three or four other good stores, two hotels, post office, telegraph station, and\nan Episcopal church and school.\nThe town occupies a limited area of a few acres, surrounded by an Indian reserve on the\nriver bank, but a new townsite, or an addition, has been plotted on a higher level bench\nabout a mile from the steamer landing, and on this addition there is a well equipped hospital\nwith a full staff of nurses, presided over by a most efficient suregeon and doctor, Dr. Wrinch.\nThis institution has proved a great boon to the district.\nOctober 1st\u2014The Hudson's Bay Co.'s steamer \" Mount Royal\" on its last trip of the\nseason was taken for Port Essington, at the mouth of the Skeena, a distance of 180 miles, at\nwhich point the party arrived on the following day. At Port Essington the party was\nobliged to wait until October 6th for a steamer southward bound, when the Union Steamship\nCo.'s steamer \"Camosun\" arrived, the party reaching Vancouver on the morning of October\n9th, and Victoria the same evening.\nSummary.\nThe following is a brief summary of the information gathered respecting the district\ntraversed during the trip :\u2014\nAgricultural Possibilities.\nThe country from Quesnel to the headwaters of the Bulkley is a\nArea available, gradually rising plateau, having an altitude above the sea-level of from\n2,500 to 3,500 feet, and lying between 53\u00b0 to 54\u00b0 30' north latitude. This\nplateau has been at one time covered, except in a few places where the solid rock formation\nrose above it, by a deposit of the glacial age, composed of clay and of sand and gravel mixed\nwith clay. The erosive action of water and ice has cut into this general plateau depressions\nnow occupied by lake and river beds. Some of these lakes and rivers were primarily of very\nconsiderable size, and as only a portion of their original area is occupied by the beds of the\nmodern lakes and rivers, there are to-day along these later water-courses benches and terraces\nrepresenting the unoccupied portion of those ancient lake and river beds. It may be said,\ntherefore, that the area of arable land consists of strips along the present water-courses, and\nrepresents the old river or lake beds. This area, while but a very small proportion of the\nwhole, includes an acreage capable of supporting a large, though scattered, population. J 136 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nVery soon after the passing from the interior drainage area to that of the Skeena river\nand Coast, the rolling hills and plateaux give way to more sharply defined mountain ranges ;\nthe smaller streams become mountain torrents, and only in the main valleys, along the larger\nstreams, is there any land available.\nThe valley of the Bulkley\u2014that is, of the old stream\u2014is 4 to 6 miles wide, much of which,\nfor a distance of 50 miles, is suited for farming. This valley is also lower than the level of the\ninterior plateau, lying between 1,800 and 2,500 feet above sea-level, while that of the\nSkeena, even above Hazelton, is still lower, and contains a large amount of good land, although\nit is but a small percentage of the area of the district.\nThe soil found on the plateau proper is poor and usually gravelly, save\nSoil. in small recent depressions which have been filled by local washings from\nthe surrounding ground. The benches and terraces which flank the watercourses, and which formed the beds of the ancient lakes and streams, are covered with a silt\ndeposited by these old bodies of water, assisted, no doubt, by washings from the higher land,\nand this soil, while light, is remarkably free from boulders or stones and is very fertile, being\nformed from what were originally volcanic rocks, very easily disintegrated by atmospheric\naction. The amount of humus or leaf-mould is very slight, probably due to the evidently dry\nclimate and to forest fires, which have repeatedly swept over the district and burned up all\nsurface carbonaceous soil.\nAs far as the quality of the soil can be gauged by chemical analyses, the bench-land and\nterrace soils appear to be unusually good, and are so classed by Dr. Frank Shutt, Chief Chemist\nof the Dominion Experimental Farms, whose letter on the subject, together with the analyses\nof the soils, is included in the Addenda to this Report.\nThe quality of the soil may be judged also by the growth which it did, or does, support\nThis criterion would, of course, be influenced adversely by the climate in an unfavourable year\nand, consequently, to use the plant-life as an indicator of the soil, a favourable year, climatically,\nmust be taken. In such years we find the growth of almost anything planted to be unusually\nprolific. All the grains and all the vegetables found in the most favoured Provinces of the\nDominion grow well, as do such of the small fruits that have as yet been tried. As to the\ngrasses, the writer, who is familiar with all the southern portion of the Province and with much\nof the Dominion, has never before seen such prolific growth.\nMost of the luxuriant summer growth met with in the district, such as pea-vine, etc.,\nprovides splendid green feed for stock, and makes good hay if properly cured ; but most of such\nfeed grows annually from seed, and if cut or eaten off before the seed is dropped will not oome\nup again. This fact, taken in conjunction with the climatic conditions, warrants the assertion\nthat the district is not a cattle-ranging district; that it is splendid for summer grazing, but\nthat feed for winter feeding of stock must be put up, and that such winter feeding will have\nto be kept up for from three to four months.\nThe summer growth, in a latitude as far north as 53\u00b0, is such as would\nClimate. astonish one not familiar with the length of the summer days and the\nnumber of hours of absolute sunlight that a day in this northern latitude\ncontains, sometimes about 20 hours out of the 24, at least three hours more than farther south-\nAs vegetation grows only in the sunlit hours, this additional sunlight means just so much\nmore growing time, and the crops grow and ripen in just a proportionately fewer number of\ndays. In considering the season here available for agriculture, the southern agriculturist must\ntake this fact into serious consideration. h\nCO\nW\n0\nz\ns\no\n0\nw\n<\n<\nH\nh\nJ\nto\nw\nX\no 6 Ed. 7 The Northern Interior Plateau. J 137\nThe climate of the interior is dry, though there appears to be usually a sufficient rainfall,\nand the summers are not very warm, while the winters are sometimes very cold, the thermometer\ndropping to from 30\u00b0 to 40\u00b0 below zero. The only absolute statistics available are those of the\nmeteorological observer at Stuart lake given on pages 102-104 of this Report.\nSummer frosts are unquestionably at present prevalent, but that these will disappear as\nsoon as any appreciable area of the soil is cultivated, there is every reason to expect, from the\nexperience of the northern part of Washington State and the Canadian North-West.\nThe climate of the valley of the Bulkley is undoubtedly much moderated by the influence\nof the warm winds from the Pacific Coast in spring and summer, although the coast vegetation\ndoes not show itself until within a few miles of Hazelton, the air being robbed of its moisture\nat this distance from the coast, although it still carries its warmth. The lower altitude of\nthis valley has a marked influence on its climate, as compared with that of the rest of the\ninterior, although summer frosts are even here prevalent at present.\nThere are evidences scattered over the district indicating that at one\nForest Growth, time this whole district was covered with a heavy growth of very large fir.\nIn many places an occasional charred stump, or a large root imbedded in\na muddy bank, proves this conclusively. This heavy growth was removed by fire, presumably\nin prehistoric times, and was replaced by a second growth of inferior timber, such as jack-pine\nand small spruce on the higher and drier levels, with poplar on the benches, and Cottonwood\nand willow on the low lands. The low lands and terraces are easily cleared and can soon be\nbrought under cultivation. The uplands will supply an amount of rather inferior timber\nsufficient for home consumption if the country was all settled up, but with little suitable for\nexport out of the district.\nTransportation.\nAt present the district is absolutely devoid of transportation of any kind, and there is\nneither waggon nor waggon road between Hazelton and Quesnel. A trail there is, of a kind,\nwhich served in the past, but which cannot be accounted as a factor in the future economic\ndevelopment of the district. This lack of transportation (indeed of ordinary means of travel),\nrenders the land in this part of the Province practically valueless, notwithstanding its\nundoubted possibilities. The farmer has no market, and no means of getting his produce\nthere, if he had one, and if he drives his stock over the trail to Hazelton or Quesnel, he is met\nat the former place with a prohibitory steamer freight and at the latter by a further \"drive\"\nof 200 miles, through a competitive stock countiy, to the nearest railway.\nBefore, therefore, any attempt can be made at development, waggon roads are an absolute\nnecessity, and must connect the agricultural sections with the distributing points of the\ndistrict, and should, furthermore be used to connect the system of natural waterways. This\nonly by way of beginning, however, for the country will not begin its real growth until the\nadvent of a railway.\nMineral Probabilities.\nIt is much more difficult to summarise the mineral probabilities of the district than the\nagricultural, since the mineral-bearing formation is usually covered, and even where it is\nexposed and is of such character as elsewhere carries valuable mineral, there is no guarantee\nthat such formation is here similarly mineralised ; while, on the other hand, a formation which\nin one district may be barren may in a second district carry valuable mineral. The most that\ncan be done is to judge the rock formation seen by the experience gained elsewhere with\nsimilar formations, aided by the few slight developments which have been made on such claims\nas have been located. J 138 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nFrom Quesnel westward to the Bulkley at the Telkwa, as has been already described, the\ncountry is, as a rule, so covered with glacial wash as to hide whatever solid formation may lie\nunderneath, effectively blocking all prospecting for lode deposits. Such peaks of the formation as appear above the glacial drift are practically all of comparatively recent geological age,\nand are of volcanic origin, belonging to the Tertiary age, and were so classed by Dawson in\n1875.\nAside from the theoretical consideration that such recent volcanic rocks are very unlikely\nto contain fissure veins of any importance, the actual experience of mining does not indicate\nthat such formations elsewhere have been found to contain valuable mineral deposits. These\nrocks undoubtedly do contain small percentages of various economic minerals, disseminated\nthroughout them, which through the solvent action of water have in places been leached out\nand re-deposited in small fissures, but such action requires much time and pressure to produce\ndeposits of commercial importance. These conditions are here lacking, as the rocks are younger\nthan even the lignite formations. With the older rocks effectively covered, as far as could be\nobserved, and only the recent rocks exposed in a few places, the chances of successful lode\nprospecting in the section under consideration seems slight.\nAt various points coal or lignite formation was noted, and although no seams of commercial size or quality have as yet been found, there is always the possibility of such being-\ndiscovered at one of many points in this district.\nAs the interior plateau approaches, on its western boundary, the Coast range of mountains\nthe conditions change; the upheaval which formed this range carried up with it on its eastern\nflank the adjoining rocks of older formations and sent off into these older rocks spurs and\ntongues as dykes or larger intrusions. Along the contacts thus formed there appears to be\nevery likelihood of mineral deposits being discovered.\nThe rocks of the Vancouver Island series are supposed to have been formed at the same\ntime as were those of the Coast range, and these have been shown to be mineral-bearing along\ntheir contact with the older rocks.\nSpeaking generally and from a geological standpoint, it is considered that the Coast\nrange and its eastern foothills is the only portion of the district which offers any very hopeful field for lode-mine prospecting, but this section is well worth such investigation. The\nheadwaters of the Telkwa is about the eastern boundary of the area probably influenced by\nthe Coast range. Here it will doubtless be found that the deposits will be smaller, though\nprobably higher grade than nearer the main range.\nThe present mineral development is too recent and too slight to permit of even an\napproximate estimate being formed of the district; the claims seen have been described,\nand they seem to indicate possibilities of very considerable mineral being eventually discovered\nin this vicinity.\nUntil adequate transportation facilities are provided, even the best of the claims seen are\nof little value, as none of the ores are free milling, nor are they of a grade sufficiently high to\nstand pack-train transportation to Hazelton.\nThe Coast range is exceedingly rugged, and the ultimate location of the railway to the\nCoast, whether by one pass or another, will have a material influence on the respective camps;\nand whichever route may be ultimately selected, it will be necessary to build from it branch\nlines to tap one or other of the new mining camps. 6 Ed. 7\nThe Northern Interior Plateau.\nJ 139\nAddenda.\nAnalyses of Soils Jrom Northern Interior of B. C.\nSample No.\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n5.5\n23.0\n61.0\n4.2\n4.3\n1.1\n2.1\n4.4\n83.8\n4.5\n4.3\n0.6\n6.2\n13.4\n59.7\n8.7\n10.7\n0.3\n3.7\n11.5\n72.8\n4.7\n4.5\n1.2\n4.1\n10.9\n75.9\n3.5\n4.2\n0.4\n6.1\n20.5\n60.2\n5.5\n4.2\n1.7\n0.31\n0.25\n0.96\nNone\n0.23\n0.22\n0.15\nNone\n0.76\n0.12\n0.33\nNone\n0.52\n0.87\n0.59\nNone\n0.35\n0.12\n0.50\nNone\n1.20\n0.60\n1.0\nAlkali\t\nNo. 1.\u2014Soil from prairie near Noolki lake ; a rather fine, dark gray soil; no stones.\nNo. 2.\u2014Soil from Section 24, Township 4, Range 5, Neohaco District; a fine, light brown soil, inclined\nto clay.\nNo. 3.\u2014Soil from plateau south of east end Stuart lake ; a light brown soil, inclined to clay; no stones.\nNo. 4.\u2014Soil from barley field, H. B. Co., Fort Fraser ; a light brown soil, inclined to clay; no stones.\nNo. 5.\u2014Soil from six miles south of Francais lake ; a dark brown soil containing gravel; no clay.\nNo. 6.\u2014Soil from Hudson Bay Co.'s ranche, Bulkley valley ; a fine dark soil, with little gravel.\nA copy of the preceding analyses was sent to Frank T. Shutt, Chief Chemist of the\nDominion Experimental Farms, at Ottawa, with a request for his opinion as to value of such\nsoils for agricultural purposes. The following is Mr. Shutt's reply :\u2014\n\" Reporting upon a soil merely from the analytical data can only be regarded as partially\nsatisfactory, and especially is this the case when the results are in a sense incomplete. In.\nthe present instance the chief difficulty, however, lies in the fact that the writer has no\npersonal knowledge of the physical condition of the soils, a matter of the greatest importance\nwhen considering a soil's probable productiveness. The case is somewhat similar to that of a\nphysician who endeavors to correctly diagnose a complicated case from a statement of certain\nsymptoms. It will be possible for me only, therefore, to consider the submitted data in the\nlight of certain provisional standards, and to ask that my judgment be regarded as in a\nmeasure tentative and open to revision, should I deem such necessary when in possession of\nfurther information relating to the soils.\n\" Nos. 1 and 6 are probably the two most fertile soils of the series. Their nitrogen-content\nis considerably above the average, and in this respect, and in the proportion of vegetable\nmatter they possess, they are very similar to much of the rich prairie soil of the North-Western\nProvinces. In both potash and phosphoric acid, No. 6 is very well supplied, making it, from\nthe standpoint of plant food, an exceptionally good soil. No. 1, though not so rich in these\nmineral constituents, might be considered as quite equal to many Canadian soils that we have\nclassified as of excellent quality, and which are to-day producing remunerative yields. The\npercentage of lime, a matter of considerable importance, would appear to be highly satisfactory\nin both these soils.\n\" Nos. 4 and 5, with No. 4 as the better of the two, constitute the second class of the\nseries. Everything considered, I judge them to be soils of sterling worth, highly productive\nunder favourable climatic conditions and probably suitable to the growth of most farm crops.\nFrom the data of No. 4, one might predict great possibilities as to productiveness.\n\" No. 3 is probably a fair soil, though somewhat low in lime and phosphoric acid. It is\nby no means deficient, however, in humus and nitrogen, and its percentage of potash is\nconsiderably above the average.\n\"No. 2.\u2014From the analytical data I should suppose this to be the poorest of the series,\nand I should hesitate to state definitely how it would prove on cultivation. I should add,\nhowever, that there are ample data to show that many soils in Canada of apparently similar\ncharacter are being worked to-day and giving profitable returns.\" J 140 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nSOUTH-EAST KOOTENAY DISTRICT.\nFORT STEELE MINING DIVISION.\nReport of J. F. Armstrong, Gold\nSir,\u2014I have the honour to submit a report on the pi\nMining Division for the year 1905.\nThe following table shows approximately the number\nyear since 1899 :\u2014\nCommissioner.\nogress of mining in the Fort Steele\nof mineral claims held during each\nHeld under Crown\nGrant or Certificate of Improv't.\nCertificate\nof Work.\nNew\nLocations.\n1899\t\n1900\t\n1901\t\n1902\t\n1903\t\n1904\t\n37\n71\n104\n117\n142\n167\n189\n718\n704\n642\n451\n335\n260\n193\n729\n470\n455\n253\n200\n169\n181\n1905\t\nThe assessment work done on mineral claims shows a continual decrease, but for the first\ntime in eight years the number of new locations is larger than in the previous year.\nThe shipping mines have been the St. Eugene Group, the Sullivan Group and the North\nStar Group. The St. Eugene mine was shipping during the whole year, with the exception of\na couple of months, during which it was closed on account of damage done to the machinery\nby a fire. The Sullivan Group has been shipping for six months and is smelting its product at\nMarysville, where the company has erected a smelter which is expected soon to be in a position\nto treat the ore of other mines in the St. Mary's District. The North Star ceased shipping\nearly in the year, but development has been continued on a neighbouring claim, the Stem-\nwinder, where good ore has been struck at a depth of a thousand feet or more below the level\nof the North Star workings, with the best of indications.\nThe Aurora Group, on the west side of Moyie lake, has been developing, and a lead has\nbeen struck which is considered to be a continuation of the St. Eugene lead on the east side\nof the lake. It is expected that some shipping will be done during 1906.\nA syndicate has secured rights to prospect under Moyie lake, between the St. Eugene and\nAurora Groups, with the object of locating the lead on which these two groups are working.\nThey propose commencing work early in 1906. 6 Ed. 7 South-East Kootenay District. J 141\nSome development work has been done on claims on White Fish and Alki creeks. Ore\nfrom these localities could be transported to the smelter at Marysville, at rates which would\nnot be prohibitive.\nThe situation at the end of the year shows a large increase in shipments. Development\nwork on a large scale would be justified on many properties, even with the present means of\ntransportation. Capital is wanted everywhere, and better means of transportation are\nnecessary in some sections.\nPlacer Mining.\nOn Wild Horse creek, the usual output has been made by Chinamen. One white company is installing a plant on a lease and work is being continued during the winter, with the\nexpectation of being ready for sluicing as soon as the frost leaves the ground.\nOn Perry creek, one hydraulic company has been working all summer, with a large plant,\nthe leases covering two and a half miles of the creek-bed and the adjoining benches. The\noutput has been satisfactory. The company operating on the same creek with a steam shovel\nhas not done any work during the year. A mining lease below the hydraulic company is\nbeing worked by sinking and drifting below the bed of the creek; the work is being carried\non on a small scale, but with remunerative results.\nThe company operating on Bull river has not done any work during the past summer.\nCoal Mining.\nThe Provincial Mineralogist will probably report on the work done by the Crow's Nest\nPass Coal Company. I cannot do so, as no returns are made through my office.\nThe Imperial Coal Company holds 89 coal licences on Fording river. During the year\ntrails have been built, surveys made and prospecting has been carried on. Several valuable\nseams of coal have been uncovered.\nA syndicate which has been holding 45 coal licences on Elk river, north of and adjoining\nBlock 4,588, having discovered coal thereon, has applied for coal leases over 41 of the claims.\nDuring this year they have had their claims surveyed.\nThe Elk River Coal and Oil Company has renewed 22 coal licences, having prospected\nthese, built trails and surveyed certain of the claims. They have applied for 16 additional\nlicences.\nThe Western Coal and Oil Company, which held petroleum claims on the west side of\nElk river, near Morrissey and Fernie, has allowed them to lapse. The lands have since been\nstaked in other names.\nA syndicate holding 16 coal licences at the northern end of Block 4,593 has successfully\nprospected its claims and having had them surveyed, obtained coal leases of the same ground.\nOf the coal and petroleum licences issued over land in Block 4,593, 23 have been renewed\nthrough my office, proof of prospecting having been filed. Nineteen of these claims have\n\"been surveyed. The surveys show many cases of overlapping.\nDuring the year there have been published in the British Columbia Gazette notices of\napplication for 219 coal and petroleum licences over ground in South-East Kootenay, and 64\napplications have been filed in my office. J 142 Report of Minister of Mines. 1906\nOffice Statistics\u2014Fort Steele Mining Division.\nMineral claims recorded 181\nPlacer claims recorded or re-recorded 5\nPartnership placer claims recorded or re-recorded 0\nCertificates of work 193\nPayments in lieu of assessment work 1\nCertificates of improvement recorded 29\nConveyances or other documents of title recorded 42\nPartnership agreements 4\nGold Commissioner's permits recorded 15\nDocuments filed 27\nAffidavits filed , 325\nRecords of water grants and permits 0\nMining leases issued 4\nMining leases in force 33\nFree miners' certificates, ordinary, issued , 383\nii companies n 6\nii special, individual 6\nCrown grants issued 22\nRecords of abandonment 4\nCoal and oil licence applications 64\nii renewals and leases 203\nRevenue.\nFree miners' certificates .. $2,246 25\nMining receipts 3,703 25 6 Ed. 7 North-East Kootenay District. J 143\nNORTH-EAST KOOTENAY DISTRICT.\nGOLDEN MINING DIVISION.\nReport of J. E. Griffiths, Gold Commissioner.\nI have the honour to submit my annual mining report for the District of North-East\nKootenay for the year 1905 :\u2014While the tonnage of ore mined has not been as great as in\n1904, more development has been done on different claims and small quantities of very rich\nore shipped, the main reason for the shortage in tonnage being the closing down of the\nPtarmigan and the reduction of the force on the Paradise. Surveys for the Kootenay\nCentral railway have been completed and work, in a small way, commenced, to be under way\nall winter. What with the mineral showings, and the possibilities of agriculture and fruitgrowing, there should be sufficient encouragement to build the road without delay, and the\nfact that all available land is being taken up so rapidly should be conclusive proof that\noutsiders have faith in the ultimate outcome.\nTotal Revenue of the District from Mineral Resources during 1905.\nFree miners' certificates $1,262 50\nRent of placer leases 155 00\nRent of water leases 19 00\nMining receipts, general 1,040 70\nRoyalty on mines 105 00\nAcreage tax on Crown grants 573 00\n$3,155 20\nGOLDEN MINING DIVISION,\nThe Giant mineral claim is situated on Spillimacheen mountain, about\nGiant. six and a half miles from the steamboat landing near Spillimacheen, on\nthe Columbia river. Although this claim was located several years ago,\nbut little work had been done on it until late this fall, which development work has shown up\na much larger body of ore than could be expected from the surface showing, the main feature\nbeing an unexpected body of zinc ore, which occurs in a soft black slate, forming the hanging\nwall of a galena ledge, about 25 feet wide, and well mineralised for about 400 feet on the\nsurface. The upper tunnel was driven about 50 feet, and the lower tunnel, about 70 feet\nlower, is in 400 feet. A winze is now being sunk to connect the two, and at a depth of 12\nfeet had 30 inches of zinc ore. The face of the lower tunnel did not show much sign of zinc,\nalthough at the part which is under the winze there is a considerable showing, but as it had\nnot been cross-cut no definite estimate of the width at that point can be given.\nThis company is still working on some of its numerous claims. A full\nThe Labourers' acccount of the smelter was given in last year's Report. It was built\nCo-operative mainly to treat the Good Luck ore, but work has been stopped on this\nMining Company, group for the winter, the intention being, according to the report of their\nengineer, to start work next spring at another point which would be more\nadvantageous. J 144 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nThe Shining Beauty Group, upon which the company has about a dozen men working\nthis winter, is situated on Ice river, a distance of about 16 miles from Leanchoil station,\non the Canadian Pacific railway. About lO-J miles of waggon road has been built, with a\ngood pack-trail from there on. There is a very strong vein traceable for many thousand feet,\nshowing signs of mineral all along, and, from the last reports, the ore in the tunnel was coming\nin much better than anticipated.\nWith the exception of the above, the season has been a quiet one.\nOffice Statistics\u2014Golden Mining Division.\nFree miners' certificates 90\nCompany certificates 4\nMineral claims recorded . 35\nPlacer claims recorded 1\nCertificates of work 32\nCertificates of improvement 14\nConveyances 14\nPowers of attorney , 3\nCrown-granted claims in the district 90\nMining leases 3\nRevenue.\nFree miners' certificates $ 828 25\nRent of placer leases 155 00\nRent of water leases , 19 00\nMining receipts, general 461 10\nRoyalty on claims 105 00\nAcreage tax 573 00\n$2,141 35\nWINDERMERE MINING DIVISION.\nReport of E. J. Scovil, Mining Recorder.\nThis well-known group, situated on Spring creek, a tributary of Toby,\nParadise Group, is too well known, through being the heaviest shipper from the district, to\nrequire any description, having been described in previous reports. The\nforce was considerably reduced this season, the management having decided to wait until railway transportation is forthcoming. Development work has shown up a very large body of\nore, the total amount of underground workings amounting to 5,242 feet, of which the following\nwas done this seasen :\u2014\nNo. 2 level, drift, 68 feet; No. 3 level, drift, 59 feet; No. 4 level, drift, 277 feet; No. 4\nlevel, upraise, 12 feet; No. 4 level, cross-cut, 93 feet. Total, 509 feet.\nDevelopment work on this group consists of several shafts and open\nSilver Belt Group, work. The last shipment went 218 ounces in silver, and it is fully expected\nthat work will be carried on again next season.\nThe Potlach, adjoining the Royal Stag, has a fair showing of ore uncovered by a series of\nopen cuts, running well in silver and lead.\nThe Shamrock, adjoining the Paradise, has made application for a Crown grant. Development work consists of open cuts and general surface work.\nThe Outcrop Group is situated on the north fork of Toby creek, and is in a formation of\nlime and slate. Two veins, about 1,400 feet apart, have been discovered on the property which en\nP\nw\nn\n\u00ab)\nD\n0\nO\nJ\nM\ntL\n0\na\no\ncc\n0\nh\nD\n0\n0\nc\nu.\nm\nW\n>\n<\nca\na\nw\n%\ncc\n0\ntt.\na.\n<\/)\n0\nz\no\nX\nto\ni\nh\ntn\nW\n0\nz\nX\n0\n0\nJ\nI\nId\n<\n(0\nh\n0\n0 6 Ed. 7 North-East Kootenay District. J 145\nparallel each other in a northerly and southerly direction, pitching easterly. The ore consists\nof galena, iron and a little copper, and some very high assays have been obtained. Development work consists of open cuts and tunnels. The open cuts indicate ore for a distance of 400\nfeet. On the Outcrop claim a tunnel has been started 300 feet below the surface showing, and\nafter driving through 8 feet of solid blue lime, a lead 5 feet wide of oxidised iron was struck.\nIt is the intention to drive this tunnel under the surface showing.\nThe B. C. and Tilbury are in a formation of lime schist, and carry from 4 to 15 inches of\nclean ore. A shipment of 22 tons averaged $65 per ton, 22 tons being in transit. This\nproperty is being worked under a lease.\nOn the Blackfoot mineral claim the ledge is two feet wide, carrying a paystreak traceable\nfor over 400 feet, averaging well in lead and silver.\nDevelopment work on the Hot Punch Group, during the past season, consisted of general\nsurface work and 10 open cuts, showing from 6 to 9 inches of ore.\nThe Delphine has been worked under a lease for the past two years, about 63 tons being\nshipped, averaging 85 oz. silver, 30 per cent, lead, and from 2 to 3 per cent, copper.\nRegarding the Hope, no details of development work are known, but it is said to assay\nwell in galena and copper.\nThe Sultana Group is situated on Michelson creek, a tributary of Toby creek, in a limestone formation. The ledge is 3 feet wide, carrying a paystreak which averages 10 inches\nwide, assaying well in silver, copper and lead. Development work consists of a 70-foot tunnel\nshowing 1 foot of carbonate, an open cut with 15 inches of ore, and a shaft in ore.\nOn the Sylina Group, in a formation of limestone, the paystreak averages 2 feet, carrying\nsilver, lead and copper.\nOn the Lucky Seventh Group, a fissure lead in a quartzite formation is four feet wide,\ncarrying a paystreak of 6 inches, assaying well in silver, lead and gold.\nThe Mineral King, situated on Toby creek, has a very good surface showing of argentiferous\ngalena, upon which considerable work has been done.\nThe Samson is on the Mineral King lead and carries about the same values.\nThe Bullion and Diamond R., in a schist formation, carry a paystreak of 3 feet. Development work consists of shafts and open cuts, showing ore assaying well in silver, lead and gold.\nOn the Black Diamond Group, in a formation of quartzite and slate, is a ledge 4 feet wide,\ncarrying a paystreak of 12 inches, assaying in silver, lead and some zinc. Development consists of No. 1 tunnel 107 feet, tapping the lead, earring 10 inches of galena, at a depth of 80\nfeet; No. 2 tunnel is in 148 feet, with a cross-cut 12 feet, and by continuing another 300 feet\nit is expected to tap the main body at a depth of 500 feet; No. 3 tunnel is in 70 feet and\nshows 15 inches of ore.\nThe Lottie M. Group, in a formation of slate and alternate lime, was located this year.\nWork commenced at once and is still being continued, the ledge averaging 3 feet in width,\ncarrying a paystreak of 11 inches of ore. Development work consists of tracing the lead for\n800 feet by numerous open cuts, No. 1 tunnel, 120 feet, tapping the ledge at a depth of about\n75 feet. A trial lot assayed 150 oz. silver, 40 per cent, lead, 4 per cent, copper and $8.65 in\ngold.\nThe Lucky Boy Group is situated on Monroe creek, a tributary of Toby, in a formation of\nlimestone and slate; ledge about 16 feet wide and about a foot of ore, assaying well in silver\nand lead. Development work consists of cross-cut tunnel 120 feet, with a drift south 14 feet,\nand numerous open cuts. Work is to be continued throughout the winter. J 146 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nThe High Grade Group, in a formation of limestone and slate, carries several ledges with\npaystreak assaying well in gray copper and galena. Development work consists of No. 1\ntunnel, 30 feet; No. 2 tunnel, 40 feet, and open cuts.\nThe Charlemont Group is in a formation of lime-schist, slate and quartzite. The ledge is\n8 feet wide, carrying a paystreak of about 30 inches. Development work : No. 1 tunnel, 130\nfeet; No. 2 tunnel, 60 feet, and open cuts.\nOn the Silver Tip, in a formation of limestone and slate, the ledge is 25 feet wide and the\npaystreak about 30 inches, uncovered on surface for 300 feet, the ore being gray copper and\nargentiferous galena. Development work : No. 1 cross-cut tunnel, 140 feet; drift east, 50 feet;\ndrift west, 65 feet; No. 2 cross-cut tunnel, 200 feet, which ran into about 30 inches of\ncarbonates when in 70 feet, and at 190 feet ran into a layer of quartz, averaging six inches of\nclean ore.\nThe Tecumseh Group, situated on Iron Cap and Horse Thief creeks, has a ledge about\n7 feet wide, carrying a paystreak 18 inches wide. Development work on the Tecumseh:\nNo. 1 tunnel on lead 95 feet, which gives a depth of 75 feet, showing 18 inches of clean ore\nall the way; four carloads of ore have been shipped from this tunnel. No. 2 tunnel, 10 feet,\nshowing 18 inches of ore. No. 3 tunnel, 30 feet, showing 18 inches of ore. A shipment of\n53,675 pounds sent to the Trail smelter this fall averaged 83 oz. silver and 56.60 per cent. lead.\nThe Ptarmigan mines, a well-known property, situated on McDonald creek, has been\nclosed down, pending railroad construction.\nOn the Lead Queen Group, situated on No. 3 creek, in a quartzite, slate and schist formation, the ledge averages 10 feet in width, carrying a paystreak of 3 feet, which assays in\nsilver and lead. Development work on the Lead Queen : Cross-cut tunnel 264 feet, which\ntapped the lead at a depth of 150 feet; south drift on lead 100 feet, showing 30 inches of\nclean ore and 6 inches of carbonates. Big Chief: Considerable surface work was done this\nsummer with encouraging results; cross-cut tunnel 25 feet, to be continued 175 feet more this\nwinter, to tap the lead at a depth of over 200 feet. First Effort: Tunnel 150 feet, driven on\nlead showing ore all the way. This claim assays higher in silver and lower in lead than the\nLead Queen claim, besides carrying considerable zinc. Development work will continue all\nwinter by the owners.\nThe Steele Group is situated on Williamson creek, on the same lead as the Lead Queen\nGroup, and carries ore of practically the same values. Development work : One cross-cut\ntunnel 50 feet, which tapped the lead at a depth of 50 feet; drift 25 feet, showing 30 inches\nof ore and 6 inches of carbonates all the way.\nThe McLean Group is situated on McLean creek, in a formation of quartzite, slate and\nschist from 1 to 3 feet wide, and carrying a paystreak of from 6 to 12 inches of clean ore.\nDevelopment work on Evelyn is a tunnel 30 feet in ore, assaying well in silver and lead.\nThe Queen Esther Group is situated on No. 2 creek, in a formation of quartzite and slate,\nwith a ledge about 3 feet wide, assaying in copper and gold.\nOn Boulder creek there are many promising claims, but nothing but assessment work\nwas done this year.\nOn the south fork of Horse Thief creek five new locations were recorded this year,\nwhich are said to be very promising.\nThe Bunyon Group consists of four claims on the west side of Windermere lake, carrying\na paystreak of 3| feet in width. Development work consists of a series of tunnels and\ncross-cuts. 6 Ed. 7 North-East Kootenay District. J 147\nThe Duchess Group is situated on Copper creek, a tributary of Dutch creek, in a shale\nformation. The ledge averages 4 feet, carrying a paystreak. Development work : Cross-cut\ntunnel 35 feet, tapping the lead at a depth of 30 feet.\nOffice Statistics\u2014Windermere Mining Division.\nFree miners' certificates 80\nMineral claims recorded 35\nCertificates of work 149\nConveyances 29\nCertificates of improvement 1\nRevenue.\nFree miners' certificates. , $ 434 25\nMining receipts, general 579 60\n$1,013 85 NORTH-WEST KOOTENAY DISTRICT.\nReport By Fred. Fraser, Gold Commissioner.\nI have the honour to submit herewith the annual report of the progress made in mining\nduring the year ending December 31st, 1905, within the Revelstoke, Illecillewaet, Lardeau\nand Trout Lake Mining Divisions of West Kootenay District; and while the year has not\nrecorded any discoveries of importance, nevertheless development has been going steadily\nonward.\nThe Prince Mining and Development Company has continued work on its properties\nthroughout the year, employing 12 to 14 men. These properties are situate in Standard\nBasin, Big Bend, and were visited byT Mr. Carmichael during the summer.\nPlacer mining during the year has been carried on principally by the Revelstoke and\nMcCulloch Creek Company, American and Buffalo Mining Companies on French creek, the\nCamp Creek Mining Company on Camp creek, and the Dusquene Mining Company on Smith\ncreek. All are satisfied with the season's work.\nREVELSTOKE DIVISION.\nReport of W. E. McLauchlin, Mining Recorder.\nI have the honour to submit my annual report of mining operations in the Revelstoke\nMining Division for the year ending December 31st, 1905.\nDuring the past year but little development work has been done on the mines in this\ndivision, other than the necessary annual assessment work, except by the Prince Mining and\nDevelopment Company, Limited, of Revelstoke, B.C., at the headwaters of Downie creek, who\nhave kept a force of men on all season.\nThe J. & L. Group, owned by E. McBean, J. P. Kelley and L. T. George, and the\nKeystone group of claims, A. W. Mcintosh, manager, and a number of others, have had some\nwork done on them. Some new discoveries have been made, one group which was staked on\nthe west side of the Columbia river, about 10 miles below Revelstoke, giving good assays.\nOffice Statistics, Revelstoke Mining Division.\nBills of sale recorded, mineral 17\nii ii placer 8\nPowers of attorney recorded , 1\nMineral claims recorded 67\nCertificates of work issued 87\nMoney paid in lieu of assessment work 8\nPlacer leases issued 10\nFree miners' certificates issued, individual 215\nii ii companies 5\nii ii special 2 6 Ed. 7 North-West Kootenay District. J 149\nBIG BEND DISTRICT.\nReport by H. Carmichael, Provincial Assayer.\nBig Bend District is that portion of British Columbia north of the Canadian Pacific\nRailway and enclosed by the Big Bend of the Columbia river, having an area of approximately\n2,300 square miles. Crossing the C. P. R. at Beaver Mouth, the Columbia river flows in a\nnorth-westerly direction for 60 miles, when it makes a sharp turn to the left and flows south,\nagain crossing the railway at Revelstoke, 76 miles south of the Bend. With the exception of\na few rapids, the river is navigable for boats or canoes for the entire distance, and the only bar\nto steamer navigation is at La Porte, 40 miles above Revelstoke, to which point a stern-wheel\nsteamer now ascends twice a week from Revelstoke, the return journey being made in one day.\nIn the spring of 1865 four boat-loads of prospectors left Marcus, in\nHistorical. Washington Territory, to prospect the Columbia river. They were headed\nby five men who, in some form or other, have left their mark upon the\ncountry, a creek, a basin, or a mountain peak being named after them. These men were Wm.\nDownie, Hy. Cairns, Nelson De Mars, Louis Lee and Steve Liberty.\nAscending the Columbia through the Arrow lakes, prospecting as they went, they first\nstruck gold on Cairns creek, 20 miles above the present town of Revelstoke. Washing here\nproved so successful that the party decided to send some of their number back to Marcus for\nmore supplies, while the remainder whip-sawed lumber and put in sluice-boxes. While the\nreturn party was at Marcus some of the others prospected the creeks further up the Columbia,\nstriking gold on a number of them, the best, however, being McCulloch and French creeks.\nThe news of the discovery of gold in this region travelled down to Marcus and through\nthe west, with the result that in the following year (1866) there was a rush to this section, the\npopulation becoming between 8,000 and 10,000 people. A steamer was built at Marcus, called\n\"The 49,\" and during the one season (1866) made 37 trips from Marcus to La Porte, where a\nrapid blocks further continuous navigation. In the same year the Government appointed the\nlate Hon. Peter O'Reilly as Gold Commissioner at French creek.\nQuite recently a pair of old English handcuffs and part of a billiard table were unearthed,\nreminders of these early days. It has been estimated that some $3,000,000 of gold were taken\nout in 1865-6, a $375 nugget being found on French creek.\nTravel was not entirely confined to the Columbia river, as parties came in from Kamloops\nwith pack-trains, following down Smith creek to the Columbia opposite Gold creek. This\nplacer excitement died down, many of the miners going to Perry creek, in East Kootenay,\nothers pushing northward until they struck the Peace and Finlay rivers, bringing the placer\ncamp of Omineca into existence.\nFrom this time the Big Bend district took a long rest, comparatively little mining being\ndone, and that confined to placer and hydraulic claims, no lode mining being prosecuted. In\n1896 prospecting for quartz was commenced in this region, but, unfortunately, had barely begun\nbefore the wave of mining development over the whole of the North-West showed signs of\nslackening; the prospector, not seeing a buyer for his claims, turned his attention elsewhere,\nand Big Bend district continued to slumber a little longer.\nThe entire region is rugged, the mountains rising rapidly from the\nFormation. Columbia river. The lower hills and benches are covered with a heavy\ngrowth of timber, consisting of Douglas fir, cedar and white pine; timber\nline being reached at an altitude of 6,000 feet above the river or 7,500 feet above sea level. J 150 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nOn the divides between the creeks, at an elevation of 7,500 feet, there is a considerable\narea of what might be called a rolling plateau or parkland, from which peaks rise from 1,000\nto 2,000 feet still higher. In summer these grassy slopes furnish excellent food for pack\nanimals; the rocky portions are easily seen, and prospecting does not present the difficulties\nencountered in the thick underbrush of the lower altitudes. An easy grade to these plateau\nregions is obtained by following up the numerous creeks flowing into the Columbia river.\nFor instance, the divide above Standard basin is reached by following up Five-Mile creek on a\ngradual grade of about 600 feet to the mile. Some of the creeks, however, are much steeper.\nFrom personal observation and information obtained, the country rock of the Big Bend\ndistrict seems to be schist, a typical sample of which was sent to Dr. Dresser, who gives the\nfollowing report:\u2014\n\"Big Bend District, Country Rock.\n\"Hand Specimen.\u2014A greenish grey rock, apparently consisting of dark, schistose serpentine and containing small layers of calcite along the cleavage lines. The latter mineral is so\npure as to effervesce readily with cold hydrochloric acid.\n\" Thin Microscopic Section.\u2014The rock is found to be composed of serpentine, quartz,\nfeldspar, and remnants, or alteration products, of some ferro-magnesian mineral. The feldspar\nis by far the most abundant mineral, and, with the calcite and quartz, makes up the essential\npart of the rock.\n\"The alteration of the original rock is so complete that few, if any, parts of the\nprimary minerals remain. It is an impure serpentine, evidently derived by alteration from a\nrock whose original composition was between that of a gabbro, or diabase, and a peridotite.\"\nThe country rock, where seen, did not show much local contortion, and the open ground\non the divides makes it easy to see the strata and to prospect. So far as examined, mineralization seems to have taken place along zones of movement in the schist and parallel with the\nstrike. No veins were observed crossing the formation. The vein filling differs in different\nproperties and in different parts of the same vein. In places it is quartz showing a remarkably\nbanded structure; in others, copper and iron pyrites or zinc blend have been deposited in the\noriginal schist and are minutely interbanded.\nProspecting in the region above timber line is easy, compared with the densely wooded\nportions of the Province. Communication will undoubtedly be better in the future, so that\nthis section appears to offer a favourable field for the prospector and, after him, the mining\nengineer.\nThe J. and L. Group is situated on Goat mountain, at the head of the\nJ. and L. Group, east fork of Cairns creek. The group consists of five claims\u2014the Eli and\nJ. and L., owned by L. T. George and J. P. Kelly; the Badger, owned\nby J. P. Kelly, and the Annie M., owned by E. McBean and J. P. Kelly. The foot of Goat\nmountain is reached by a trail from Cairns creek to the forks; thence following up the east\nfork to the mine cabin at the base of the mountain, where it is 1,050 feet above the Columbia\nriver, the length of the trail being nine miles. The exposures of country rock on the trail\nwere all schist, interbedded here and there with limestone. Goat mountain consists entirely of\nschist, and cutting diagonally across a shoulder is a mineralised zone in the schist, having the\nsame strike as the schist and dipping with it into the hill at an angle of about 30\u00b0.\nThe southern slope of Goat mountain is very steep, rising at an angle of 40\u00b0. The vein\nor mineralised zone was first struck in the creek at the base of the mountain, but little work\nwas done at this point. The highest workings are 1,200 feet above the mine cabin, and an\nexamination was commenced at that point, gradually descending and at the same time going\naround the mountain to the east. 6 Ed. 7 North-West Kootenay District. J 151\nAt 1,200 feet altitude a tunnel was driven in through a schist formation a little below the\noutcrop of the vein, and when 90 feet in it cuts the vein diagonally where it is about 8 feet wide,\ndipping with the schist into the hill at an angle of 30\u00b0, and having a strike of N. 65 W.\nFrom the end of the cross-cut a drift was run to the right 60 feet on the vein, which is\nsoft and entirely decomposed, no doubt largely due to the decomposition of arsenical iron in\nvein matter so close to the surface, this mineral being noted at other points in the deposit.\nThe hanging-wall is schist and the foot-wall limestone, and both are well marked with several\ninches of red gouge on each.\nSome 50 feet below this upper tunnel and about 750 feet horizontally round the hill is an\nopen cut, which shows the ore-body to have the same characteristics as noted above, and to be\nabout 3 feet wide. At 275 feet below the upper tunnel, and still further round the hill, an\nincline was sunk on the vein to a depth of 50 feet. On the surface the characteristics were\nmuch the same as noted above, the ore-body being 4 feet wide, with schist hanging-wall and\nlime foot-wall, with 10 inches of red gouge on the latter.\nOn descending the incline and a few feet from the surface the vein loses its decomposed\nnature and becomes very distinctly banded in character, quartz and schist being interbanded\nwith arsenical pyrites, the latter being in bands of one to two inches wide. Assays from the\nincline gave the following results:\u2014Gold, .6 oz.; silver, 4.4 oz.; copper, none.\nStill further round the mountain and 600 feet under the upper tunnel a cross-cut through\nthe schist was made below an outcrop of the vein, and at 90 feet in the ore-body was cross-cut\ndiagonally, having a slightly steeper dip than noted above, being here 45\u00b0. A drift on the\nvein was then run to the right, a distance of 117 feet, a bend here causing the tunnel to slightly\nchange its direction.\nThe ore-body is here from 1 to 4 feet wide, zinc blend showing however more largely, in\none place being 2 feet 9 inches wide. Assays from the long tunnel gave gold, .28 ozs.; silver,\n4.2 oz.; copper, trace; lead, none; zinc, 30.75 %.\nA small open cut, midway between this tunnel and the incline above, clearly shows the\nore-body some 2 feet 6 inches wide, with a dip of 49\u00b0, the mineralisation being zinc blend,\narsenical iron and galena. The values of a sample taken from this open cut gave as follows :\u2014\nGold, .62 oz.; silver, .4oz. ; copper, trace; zinc, 5.25 %.\nThe work done on this property shows that there is a vein or impregnated zone in the\nschist country rock and along a contact with limestone extending from high up the mountain\nto the creek below, varying in width and mineralisation, but showing great permanence. In\nplaces the ore is solid, carrying good values; in others, concentration would be required. The\nwork which has been already done amply justifies further development.\nAssays obtained by the owners from different parts of the vein gave the following\nresults:\u2014\nGold. Silver. Copper. Lead.\n.33 16.4 6 27.2\n.63 2.6 2 3.5\n.11 13.8 3.8 \t\n.24 26.52 1.9\t\nThe Standard Group embraces eleven claims, and is owned by the\nStandard Group. Prince Mining and Development Co., of Revelstoke, B. C. The property\nis situated on a small divide between two forks at the head-waters of one\nof the south-east branches of Downie creek, flowing into the Columbia river. The claims are\nreached from the Columbia river by a trail 12 miles long, following up Five-Mile creek and J 152 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\ncrossing over the divide into Downie creek. The altitude of the divide is 6,000 feet above the\nColumbia, about 7,500 feet above sea level and is just above timber line. The summit is\npractically clear of timber, although a few hundred feet lower there is a large extent of fine\npark-like country, with clumps of trees and the best of feed for cattle or horses during the\nsummer months.\nThe country rock over this whole neighbourhood is a well-marked schist, interbanded vith\nlimestone and outcrops of quartz, often carrying minerals, are numerous. Nearly on the crest\nof the divide a mineralised zone in the schist occurs, which has been traced for over a mile\nalong the ridge by outcrops and open cuts in the direction of the approximate strike of the\nschist country rock.\nTo prove the value of this deposit, a series of tunnels was run in to the hillside, cross-\ncutting the formation, at the point where the mineralisation showed strongest. These tunnels\nare three in number, and have been run as follows :\u2014\nThe lowest tunnel cross-cuts the formation and was run 315 feet. At 275 feet a mineralised zone was struck and was estimated to be about 45 feet thick. Drifts were run on this\nzone N. 40\u00b0 W. and S. 40\u00b0 E., a total distance of 140 feet. This zone was found to have a\ndip of 24\u00b0 N.E. and a strike of S. 40\u00b0 E., in conformity with the schist country rock on the\nhillside.\nA second tunnel, run at an elevation of 184 feet above the lower tunnel, struck the zone\nreferred to at 140 feet, when drifts were run, parallel with those below, a total distance of\n166 feet.\nAt a further elevation of 120 feet above this a third tunnel was driven, cutting this zone\nat 150 feet, when drifts of 70 feet were run north and south. The last two levels have been\nconnected by an upraise driven on the zone, drifts 70 feet long being run from the upraise\nmidway between the two levels.\nBesides this main work, there are' other tunnels and open-cuts on other portions of the\nproperty. The work done goes to prove that there exists in the very dark talcose schist a\nmineralised zone, having a width of about 40 feet in the tunnels and traceable for a very\nconsiderable distance. A close examination of the vein-matter would indicate that there has\nbeen considerable movement, the black schist being slicken-sided to a marked degree, but it\nwould appear that the mineral-bearing solution had not penetrated the zone until after this\nmovement had ceased, as the mineral is found to be between the foliation of the schist and not\nin any solid masses of the schist itself. Payable mineralisation does not extend across the\nentire zone, as in places the black schist occurs without any mineralisation whatever, but there\nare cavities in the schist which have been entirely filled with ore-bearing solutions, and represent solid lenses of ore 4 to 8 feet thick.\nThe mineralisation consists largely of arsenical iron and copper pyrites, with a little\nbornite. Assays of selected samples gave gold, .32 oz.; silver, 1.4 oz., and copper, 15%.\nWhile quartz was noted as a portion of the vein filling, it is not nearly so prominent as might\nbe expected from the number of quartz outcrops seen at different points on the surface.\nDifficulties of transportation at present militate against the claims, but there is good\nground for hoping that further work will prove up a property which, by offering a large\ntonnage of ore, will overcome this difficulty.\nAn effort was made to find the Keystone Group of claims, on which a considerable amount\nof work has been done, but this property was missed, owing to the entire obliteration of the\ntrail on the Keystone divide. w\n0\nh\ncfl.\nJ\nW\n>\nu\na\ni\nId\nw\n(E\n0\nId\n0\nh\nto\nJ\nu\n>\nw\nto\n<;\nm\nQ\n<\nQ\nz\n<<\nH\nto\nId\n>\n0\nffi\n-\nb;\nh\nZ\na\no\no 6 Ed. 7 Nelson District. J 169\nOperations at the Queen mine were carried on throughout the year by\nQueen. William Waldie, in the course of which he completed payment for the\nproperty. The tonnage for the year was 6,100, of which 124 tons were\nshipped crude and the remainder treated in the Yellowstone mill, producing 405 tons of\nconcentrates. The total return from this ore was $64,000, of which $43,000 was in bullion,\n$16,000 in concentrates, and the balance representing the crude ore. Development work,\nconsisting of 600 feet of drifting and cross-cutting, and 290 feet of sinking and raising, was\nperformed during the year. Employment was furnished for a crew of 40 men during the\nsummer, which was reduced to 25 men during the winter. In a winze sunk from the No. 4\nlevel Mr. Waldie claims to have ore all the way for 100 feet, the width of which is 15 feet,\nand from which he estimates he will be able to extract 7,000 tons of ore, which will yield in\nbullion and concentrates $90,000. This he estimates will be the output for the ensuing year.\nIn addition to this ore, there are large quantities of a baser ore exposed in the mine which will\nrequire cyaniding to recover the values, and the erection of a plant of this nature will receive\nthe attention of the owner during the year.\nThis property was under bond to Patrick Clark during the first half\nKootenay Bell of the year, a 200-foot cross-cut being run to tap a very fine surface show-\nMine, ing. The work furnished employment for a crew of 20 men, but when the\nledge was struck in the cross-cut the appearance of the same did not\nwarrant the taking up of the bond. From the workings on the property, during the life of\nthe bond, 83 tons of ore were shipped, the net smelter returns from which were $4,625.81.\nUpon the expiry of the Clark bond a lease was taken on the property by the Bell brothers\nand small shipments were made.\nThe Alice Broughton Mining Company continued operations on this\nAlice Mine. property throughout the year. The mine output was put through the\ncompany's concentrator, producing 450 tons of concentrates, containing\napproximately 70 % lead and from 20 to 25 ounces silver.\nDevelopment work was carried on at this' property throughout the\nBayonne Mine. year. As the property is situate on the Summit creek slope, about 25-\nmiles back from Kootenay lake, with no means of communication except a\ntrail, the owners have no immediate prospect of shipping, but are putting into effect an\nextensive programme of development, and are credited with having met with very gratifying\nresults.\nOffice Statistics.\nFree miners' certificates, ordinary 725\nii ii company 11\nii ii special 1\nCertificates of work 573\nMoney in lieu of work 1\nLocations, mineral 264\nn placer 9\nPlacer leases 8\nTransfers, etc 113\nCertificates of improvement , 38\nCrown-granted mineral claims 791 J 170 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nARROW LAKE MINING DIVISION.\nReport of Walter Scott, Mining Recorder.\nI have the honour to submit my annual report on the Arrow Lake Mining Division for\nthe year ending December 31st, 1905 :\u2014\nThis group is situated on Big Ledge, Pingston creek, and comprises\nMonarch Group, the Monarch, Empress, Delenger, Anna S., Maple Leaf, Ontario, Forest Chief\nand White Heather mineral claims. The width of the vein is 316 feet.\nOn the Monarch there is an open cross-cut, all in zinc ore, assaying 30 % zinc, and there is\nanother band of zinc ore 24 feet wide. In Anna S. gulch and Delenger gulch there are\nexposures of 40 feet each of zinc ore. On the Empress, on the west side of Empress gulch,\nthe vein is exposed for 550 feet, showing 40 feet in width of zinc ore, and four feet of concentrating galena. The zinc ore assays 47 % zinc. The owners of the Monarch Group have\nconstructed this season six miles of waggon road from Arrow lake towards the mine, and have\nexpended some $4,000 on the works, and it is hoped that next year the Government will\nassist in the completion of the road.\nThis group also is on the Big Ledge, and consists of the Adventurer,\nAdventurer Sunshine, Outlook, Watchman and Iron Duke. The property is under\nGroup. bond, and development work, in the form of a tunnel run on the lead, will\nbe carried on all winter.\nThis claim has had a force of men at work on it all summer, and the\nMillie Mack. following development has been done:\u2014Tunnel, 160 feet; cross-cut, 20\nfeet; and an upraise and drift, 60 feet. Ore will be shipped to the Trail\nSmelter as soon as the trail is in condition for raw-hiding.\nOffice Statistics\u2014Arrow Lake Mining Division.\nFree miners' certificates 60\nMining claims recorded 18\nCertificates of work 45\nConveyances, etc., recorded 23\nCertificates of improvement 9 6 Ed. 7 Rossland District. J 171\nROSSLAND DISTRICT.\n :o:\t\nTRAIL CREEK MINING DIVISION.\nReport of J. Kirkup, Gold Commissioner.\nI have the honour to submit my report of mining operations in the Trail Creek Mining\nDivision during the year 1905 :\u2014\nThe shipments of ore from this division for the past year are considerably in excess of\nthose of the previous year, although the average value of such is somewhat less, the output\nbeing approximately 321,464 tons, of the approximate value of $3,545,132. The depreciation\nin the average value is largely accounted for by the including of several thousands of tons of\nlow-grade ore, which was treated by the different concentrators, three of which were in active\noperation during a portion of the year, viz.:\u2014The White Bear, Le Roi and Le Roi No. 2, the\nlatter being in operation during the whole year, during which time 11,350 tons of low-grade\nore was treated. The development work done has been far in advance of that of any previous\nyear (the War Eagle and Centre Star mines alone having done something over two miles of\nunderground work), a large portion of such work consisting of sinking to the deeper levels,\nwhere very satisfactory results are being obtained.\nThe development of the lower levels of the Le Roi is being prosecuted as rapidly as\npossible, sinking from the 1,450 to the 1,750 foot level being now carried on under contract.\nShipments of ore are being made generally from the different levels throughout the mine to the\n1,350 foot level, the ore being of a good average grade. During the past year the Le Roi\nCompany erected a small concentrating plant, at a cost of $30,000, which was operated for a\nshort time only, during which time 2,856 tons of ore was treated.\nThe Centre Star mine has been operated continuously during the year and a large amount\nof development work has been done, consisting in part of deepening the main working shaft (9\nfeet by 18 feet) by 280 feet. A station has also been cut at the 11th level and sinking is being\ncontinued. The ore taken from the deeper levels is of the average value of that taken from\nother levels throughout the mine.\nDuring the year the head works of this mine were re-modelled, a new blacksmith's shop\nwas built and an electric haulage system installed, the cost of such improvements being $25,000.\nThe War Eagle mine has been working steadily, ore being taken from all levels to the\n11th, the average value being about the same as last year. Some 4,000 feet of diamond drilling\nhas been done on the lower levels, and indications are that large bodies of ore are being discovered. In addition to the large amount of drifting, etc., which has been done in this\nproperty during the year, a great deal of work has been done in cutting stations and pockets\nand timbering and repairing the main shaft.\nThe Le Roi No. 2 has been worked steadily during the year, and although the output is\nmuch less than that of some of the other properties, the values are very much higher. The\nlowest workings of this property are 900 feet below the surface, but at the present time a\ncross-cut is being run from the 1,350-foot level of the Le Roi mine to tap the ledge of this\nproperty at that depth.\nThe White Bear mine was closed down in the latter part of May, for the purpose of\nenlarging the power plant, which has been completed by the addition of a new motor of 400\nh.-p., at a cost of $8,000, and three transformers of 100 K. each, costing some $2,500. During J 172 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nthe interval in which the mine was closed the company was re-organised, with sufficient capital\nto meet any future requirements, and the mine is expected to be in full, operation within the\nnext few weeks.\nThe Jumbo mine has been worked steadily during the year with a small force of men, and\nhas kept up a regular shipment of ore of a paying value.\nThe Spitzee mine was operated during only a portion of the year, being compelled to shut\ndown through lack of funds, but it is expected that work will shortly be resumed under new\nmanagement and with ample means to put the property on a paying basis.\nThe Crown Point was operated under lease during three months of the year, closing down\nabout the 15th September. The Gopher, Homestake and Lily May were also operated under\nlease during a portion of the year, during which time some small shipments of ore were made,\nwhich were evidently not of sufficient value to make it profitable, as these properties were all\nshut down early in the fall.\nThe Cascade-Bonanza mine, which is situated on Iron creek, between Grenville and St.\nThomas mountains, and is connected with the Columbia and Western Railway by a good\nwaggon road, was operated for a few weeks during the past year, during which time about 125\ntons of ore was shipped. This property is owned by Philadelphia parties, and it is generally\nsupposed that it will be operated quite extensively during the coming season.\nThe Inland Empire mineral claim, which is also situated on St. Thomas mountain and in\nclose proximity to the waggon road leading from the C. & W. Railway to the Cascade-Bonanza\nmine (commonly known as the Norway mountain waggon road), is under bond to some eastern\ncapitalists and is being steadily operated by a small force of men, under the supervision of Mr.\nS. F. Griswold, who is one of the owners of the property. The indications are very promising\nin respect of this property.\nThe Velvet mine, which is situated on Sophie mountain on the east side of Big Sheep creek\nand close to the International Boundary Line, and is connected with the Red Mountain\nRailway by a good waggon road, has not been operated during the year, with the exception of\na three days' run, for experimental purposes, of the small concentrating plant with which the\nproperty is equipped.\nWith the exception of the foregoing, no work other than some assessments was done during\nthe year, and as practically all of the properties of any value in this Division are Crown-\ngranted, the assessment work has diminished very materially.\nThe ore shipments from the different mines during the year 1905 were approximately as\nfollows :\u2014\nLe Roi 109,765 tons.\nLe Roi concentrated 2,856\nCentre Star 101,908\nWar Eagle 60,860\nLeRoi No. 2 11,690\nLe Roi No. 2 concentrated 11,350\nJumbo 11,188\nSpitzee 4,700\nWhite Bear 1,100\nWhite Bear concentrated 5,188\nCrown Point 420\nCascade-Bonanza 125\nGopher \\ 2jg\nHomestake \/\nMiscellaneous 100\n321,463 tons. 6 Ed. 7 Rossland District. J 173\nDetailed Statement.\nLe Roi Mining Company, Limited\u2014Le Roi Mine.\nTons of ore shipped (dry) 109,765\nTons of concentrates shipped 491\nAverage number of men employed 225\nDevelopment:\nDrives , 2,984 feet.\nRaises 396 n\nCross-cuts , 1,541 n\nWinzes , 200 \u201e\nDiamond drilling 1,367 n\nThe Centre Star Mining Company, Limited\u2014Centre Star Mine.\nTons of ore shipped (dry) 101,908\nAverage number of men employed 250\nDevelopment:\nDrives and cross-cuts 5,384 feet.\nRaises 659 n\nMain shaft 280 .,\nWinzes \u2022 185 n\nDiamond drilling 3,755 n\nThe War Eagle Consolidated M. and D. Co., Limited\u2014War Eagle Mine.\nTons of ore shipped (dry) 60,860\nAverage number of men employed 145\nDevelopment:\nDrives 5,809 feet.\nRaises 636 n\nWinzes 208 \u201e\nDiamond Drilling 4,082 i;\nLe Roi No. 2 Limited\u2014Josie, etc., Mines.\nTons of ore shipped (dry) 11,690\nTons of concentrates 524\nAverage number of men employed 85\nDevelopment:\nDrives 2,274 feet.\nRaises 252 m\nCross-cuts 944 h\nWinzes 24 n\nDiamond drilling 3,131 n\nAdditions to plant during year, approximate value, $7,000\nJumbo Gold Mining Co., Limited\u2014Jumbo Mine.\nTons of ore shipped (dry) 11,188\nAverage number of men employed 16\nDevelopment:\nCross-cuts 460 feet.\nDiamond drilling 550 m\nNo additions to plant during year. J 174 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nSpitzee Mines, Limited, Spitzee Mine.\nTons of ore shipped (dry) 4,700\nAverage number of men employed 16\nDevelopment:\nDrives 100 feet.\nRaises 350 n\nCross-cuts 150 n\nWinzes 40 n\nNo addition to plant during year.\nConsolidated White Bear Gold Mining Company, Limited\u2014 White Bear Mine.\nTons of ore shipped (dry) 1,100\nTons of concentrates 421\nAverage number of men employed 40\nDevelopment:\nDrives , 70 feet.\nRaises 80 n\nAdditions to plant during year, approximate value, $10,500.\nOffice Statistics.\u2014Trail Creek Mining Division.\nMineral claims recorded 30\nPlacer claims recorded 1\nCertificates of work 70\nPayments in lieu of work 2\nCertificates of improvement 12\nBills of sale, etc., recorded 15\nWater grants issued 2\nFree miners' certificates :\nCompanies 7\nPersonal 276\nSpecial 8 6 Ed. 7 Boundary District. J 175\nBOUNDARY DISTRICT.\nGREENWOOD MINING DIVISION.\nReport of W. G. McMynn, Gold Commissioner.\nI have the honour to submit my annual report of mining operations in the Greenwood\nMining Division during the year 1905.\nFor the matter contained in this report I am largely indebted to Mr. E. Jacobs, of the\n\" B. C. Mining Record,\" who is noted for his reliability and accuracy in all matters relating to\nmining in this Province.\nAs with last year, 1904, the principal features are the steady increase in the output of ore\nfrom the larger copper-producing properties and the sustained success of the smaller but richer\nhigh-grade ones.\nWhile the expected output of 1,000,000 tons during 1905 was not reached, yet an aggregate of about 930,000 tons in the Boundary District is one that all interested in the advancement of the Province may well feel proud of, more particularly since the increase witnessed\nthis year gives excellent promise of proving a permanent one, and but a step in the march of\nprogress towards greater results yet to be achieved. For the total increase of about 100,000\ntons in the quantity of ore produced in 1905, as compared with 1904, the Granby Co.'s mines\nwere largely responsible, their output having increased by about that amount. The mines of\nthe Dominion Copper Co., which a year ago were being operated by the Montreal & Boston\nCopper Co., also show a substantial increase\u2014about 43,000 tons\u2014but against their gain must\nbe placed a reduction in output of the Emma mine by about 29,000 tons, and the Oro Denoro\nof 13,000 tons. It is also noteworthy that the high-grade mines produced an aggregate of\nabout 2,550 tons in 1905, as compared with about 3,200 tons in the two previous years, 1903-\n1904.\nThe following table will serve to show the approximate tonnage of the larger mines, and\nthe total of the smaller ones for 1905 :\u2014\nGranby Co.'s mines 645,000 tons.\nt, n n n , . fMotherLode 180,000\nB. U. Copper Co. s mines . -[ -,-, \u201e'\u201e\u201e\u201e\nrr ^llimma 9,000\n 189,000 \u201e\nDominion Copper Co.'s mines 88,000 n\nOro Denoro 3,000 \u201e\nSundry small shippers 5,000 n\nTotal 930,000 n\nIn the following notes of individual mines prominence has been given to the chief\nproducers :\u2014\nGranby Consolidated Mining, Smelting & Power Company, Ltd.\nThis Company is the largest and most important mining and smelting company in British\nColumbia. It is capitalised at $15,000,000, of which $13,500,000 is issued stock, and the\nbalance of $1,500,000 is in the treasury. Much of the issued stock is held in the United\nStates, and among its directors are men prominently connected with the copper industry of that country and others of high financial standing in New York. It owns a large and valuable\ngroup of mineral claims in Phoenix Camp and the biggest copper-smelting works in Canada,\nthe latter being situated at Grand Forks, and distant from the mines about 20 miles by rail.\nThe aggregate of all shipments to date is about 2,200,000 tons, of which some 645,000 tons\nrepresent the production during the calendar year 1905. It may be mentioned that, after he\nhad visited and examined the company's mines, Mr. John Stanton, of New York, who had\nbeen designated the \"father of the copper industry,\" was reported in the public press to have\nsaid :\u2014\n\" The Granby ore body is the largest sulphide ore deposit I have ever examined, and my\nmining experience has extended to every variety of copper ore. It is analagous to the famous\nRio Tinto, of Spain. The Granby ore is lower in copper, but it carries larger values in gold\nand silver. It is larger than the famous Tennessee deposit. Hitherto sulphide ore bodies from\n40 to 80 feet wide have been considered large, but this one at Phoenix eclipses anything else I\never inspected. I don't know of its equal on the continent. The millions of tons of ore in\nsight, and the vast stopes, proved a veritable revelation to me. I believe the Granby can\noperate at a profit, no matter to what figure copper might fall. With the advantage of gold\nand silver in its ores, it can produce copper at a price that would put less favourable mines out\nof existence.\"\nThe development work done in this company's mines during eleven months of this year\n(to November 30th) totalled 5,339 lineal feet, consisting of 1,878 feet of sinking and raising,\nand 3,461 feet of cross-cutting and drifting. The total development for all years is 32,183 feet\n\u2022\u2014more than six miles of underground work. This leaves out of account the large area of\nstoping and quarrying. Additional prospecting was done by means of the diamond drill. The\ntonnage of ore shipped during eleven months was 575,788 tons; the estimated production for\nDecember, 70,000 tons; a total for the year of 645,788 tons. Ore is being mined from the\nquarries or \" glory holes \" and from several levels down to 400 feet in depth.\nAdditions to plant and equipment were made in 1905, as follows :\u2014A mammoth crusher\nof the Farrel-Bacon style, B pattern, made and supplied by the Jencks Machine Co., Ltd., of\nSherbrooke, Quebec. This crusher is a duplicate of one previously obtained from the same manufacturers. Its receiving opening is 42 by 30 inches, and its capacity per day of 10 hours is\n1,400 tons of ore broken to not larger than 8-inch cube. The heaviest single piece of this\nmachine is 75,000 lbs. in weight, and its total weight is 120,000 lbs. New electric machinery,\n\u00abfec, was purchased from the Canadian Westinghouse Company, of Hamilton, Ontario, including one 75 horse-power locomotive, one 75 horse-power generator to operate locomotive, and\nthree 75 horse-power induction motors. About 1,000 feet more of tramways were constructed,\nand another crusher building and more ore bins were erected.\nFurther enlargement of plant is intended, the Jencks Machine Company having been given\nan order for a 150 horse-power double drum electric hoist. The drums are to be conical in\nshape ; dimensions, 7 feet in diameter at the larger end, 5 feet in diameter at the smaller end,\nand 5 feet long. By means of friction clutches each drum will be operated independently of\nthe other, and both will be controlled by powerful brakes. The capacity of the hoist will be a\nload of 10,000 lbs., raised at a rate of 700 feet a minute. Its shipping weight will be more\nthan 50,000 lbs.\nDuring the year the company materially increased its mining holdings at Phoenix by\nacquiring the Monarch Group, the Marshall Group, the Missing Link and the Gold Drop\nGroup\u2014all adjoining the properties previously held. These acquisitions will facilitate the\nworking of the. mines heretofore operated by the company, and, with the large ore reserves on\nhand, will, for a long time to oome, provide for meeting the demands of the company's smelter\nfor an increasingly large supply of ore. 6 Ed. 7 Boundary District. J 177\nAt an extraordinary meeting of shareholders the company recently decided to make\napplication in the proper quarter for power to change the number and par value of the shares\nfrom 1,500,000 shares at $10 to 150,000 shares at $100. A dividend of three per cent, on the\ncapital stock, payable on 15th January, 1906, was declared, the total being $405,000. This\nwill be the second dividend paid by the Granby Co., the first having been one of one per cent.,\namounting to $133,630 declared in December, 1903.\nThe British Columbia Copper Company, Limited.\nThe British Columbia Copper Co., Ltd., owns the Mother Lode Group\nMother Lode of six mineral claims in Deadwood Camp, and the smelter at Greenwood.\nMine. The company is a New York organisation, having a capital of $2,000,000.\nIt acquired the Mother Lode mine early in 1898, and has since operated it\nalmost without intermission. The mine is situated about three miles from the smelter, with\nwhich it is connected by a railway, the C. P. R. having constructed a branch to the mine from\nits Columbia & Western Railway at Greenwood.\nThe ore bodies here are large. The main lode has a surface width varying from 80 to 160\nfeet. Its continuity has been proved by surface trenches along a distance of 1,100 feet north\nfrom the main shaft, while a big surface exposure about 700 feet in an opposite direction\nindicates the extension of ore-bearing rocks to the south as well. The main shaft is down 350\nfeet, and is being deepened. Long levels have been run at 200 and 300 feet depth, respectively,\nand a level will be opened at 400 feet as early in 1906 as shall be found practicable. The ore\nbody, as mined at the 200-foot level, had a width of 100 to 125 feet, and the mine workings\nnow show it to extend to fully 90 feet north from the shaft. At the 300-foot level the workings are not so long, but the diamond drill has lately proved the occurrence of a chute of ore at\nleast 125 feet in length, commencing from a point in the bore-hole 17 feet beyond the end of\nthe present level. As far as extended, the workings on the 300-foot level have shown the ore\nbody to be quite as wide as on the 200-foot level. The diamond drill has also shown that the\nore goes down, a hole dipping at an angle of 75 degrees having been in ore of higher than\nordinary grade for 100 feet before it passed into the country rock.\nThe total output of the Mother Lode mine for five years, 1901-05, has been 754,000 tons,\nof which about 180,000 tons were produced in 1905. Practically all this ore was smelted at\nthe company's smelter.\nThe present output capacity of the Mother Lode mine is about 600 tons per diem, but\nenlargement is being provided for. Extensions of development and additions to power equipment made in 1905 consisted in part of driving a new tunnel to intersect the shaft, while a\nsecond crusher was installed near the shaft and two 4 to 5-ton self-dumping skips were substituted for the cages previously in the shaft. Briefly described, the new arrangements are\nas follows : all ore from every part of the mine, whether from open quarries or underground\nstopes, is centered at the shaft, where it is delivered into the large pockets which discharge\nautomatically into the big skips that hoist it to the crushing plant bins. After passing\nthrough the crushers the ore falls on a belt conveyor which takes it to the railway bins, about\n160 feet away.\nOther improvements in connection with plant and buildings include the removal of two\n60 horse-power steam boilers to a position near the big double-cylinder hoisting engine, where\nthey will ultimately come into service when the work underground shall have increased to such\nan extent that the 32-drill air-eompressor will not be able to supply air for hoisting purposes J 178 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nas well as for underground operations. Carpenter shop, saw-mill, diamond-drill shop, new\npowder magazine, several small dwelling-houses, storage cellar for food supplies, and other\nconveniences have been provided. The ore-bins have been covered and sheathed and steam\npipes placed between the sheathing and the inner walls of bins, to prevent the freezing of ore\nin extreme cold weather.\nFor prospecting uses a diamond drill plant was purchased early in the year, since when\ndrilling has been steadily carried on. Besides accomplishing much useful work in indicating\nwhere ore does not occur, the drill proved the presence of a number of valuable bodies of ore,\nthe existence of some of which was not even suspected previously. The most effective work\ndone was at the 300-foot level, from which several holes have, as above-mentioned, disclosed\nthe presence of large bodies of ore of excellent quality, and which may be expected to continue with depth. One of the large chutes of ore was found to be high in sulphides\u2014a very\ndesirable ore for controlling the matte in smelting, besides carrying good metal values.\nThe year's development work was as follows :\u2014The main shaft was enlarged, by the\naddition of a third compartment, from the tunnel entrance on the 60-foot level down to the\n300-foot level, this being used for ladders and pipes. The shaft has been deepened from 325\nto 350 feet, and sinking is to be continued. From the 300-foot level downwards the shaft has\nbeen made large enough for four compartments\u2014two for the skips, one for men and timbers,\nin which there is an ordinary cage, and one for ladder-way and pipes. Most of the ore mined\nis still from the big open quarries, but an increasing quantity is being extracted from underground stopes.\nAlthough the output of ore from the Mother Lode has not been much larger in 1905 than\nin 1904 (owing to the quantity of custom ores received at the company's smelter), the development work done, and the additions made to the plant and general equipment, have added\nmaterially to the producing capabilities of the mine.\nEmma Mine.\nThe Emma mine, in Summit camp, a three-fourths interest in which was last year\nacquired by the B. C. Copper Co.\u2014the other fourth having been previously purchased by the\nHall Mining and Smelting Co., of Nelson, B. C.\u2014shipped in 1905 less than one-fourth of the\ntonnage of ore that it sent out in 1904. The cause of this much reduced output was that the\nshipment of ore from open quarries was discontinued, and the development of the mine along\nlines making for permanent working was entered upon. Early last spring the sinking of a\ntwo-compartment inclined shaft was commenced. This shaft is now down 185 feet. On the\n150-foot level a cross-cut was driven north 60 feet. At that distance it entered the ore-body,\nalong which a drift was run about 70 feet. The ore was found to be of exceptionally good\ngrade, as compared with that taken from the open workings, and the vein to maintain its\nnormal width of 18 to 20 feet. Everywhere, so far explored, the vein has well-defined walls\nand presents the appearance of being an ore-body \"living\" down to great depths. The intention is to drift as far north in the mine as the ore shall be found to continue, and stopes will\nbe carried up until connection shall be made with the quarries overhead. A well-built gallows\nframe, 58 feet high, was raised over the new shaft and a small hoist removed to it from the\nold workings. Hoist-house, ore-bins, and store-rooms were built, and other necessary surface\nimprovements made. Air for operating the hoist and machine drills is obtained from the\nsteam-driven compressor of the Oro Denoro mine, which adjoins the Emma property. During\nfour years, 1902-05, the Emma has shipped nearly 80,000 tons of ore to the B. C. Copper Co.'s\nsmelter at Greenwood, and the Hall M. & S. Co.'s smelter at Nelson. The ore possesses con- 6 Ed. 7 Boundary District. J 179\nstituents that make it useful for fluxing silicious ores and it is consequently in demand at the\nsmelters. Included in the Emma Group are the adjoining Jumbo and Minnie Moore claims,\nbut although ore has been found in prospect holes, no development work has yet been done on\nthem by the present owners.\nDominion Copper Company, Limited.\nThe Dominion Copper Company, Limited, of New York, is a reorganisation of the Canadian company of the same name which owned the Brooklyn, Stemwinder, Idaho Group, and\nthe Rawhide, properties at or near Phoenix on which development work had been done and\nfrom which ore had been shipped by the Montreal and Boston Consolidated Mining and\nSmelting Company, Limited, after it had obtained possession of them under agreement of\npurchase from the original Dominion Copper Co. Besides the old Dominion Copper Company's\nproperties, the Montreal and Boston Co. had the following Boundary properties: Athelstane\nand Jackpot Fraction in Wellington camp, Sunset Group and Morrison in Deadwood camp,\nand a three-fourths interest in the Mountain Rose in Summit camp. The aggregate of all\nshipments to date from the several properties acquired by the reorganised Dominion Copper\nCo. is 163,000 tons. About 9,000 tons is the output of the Brooklyn, Stemwinder, Rawhide\nand Sunset since the present owning company commenced shipping a few weeks ago. At the\nBrooklyn the power plant consists of the low pressure half of a 20-drill air compressor, 60\nh.-p. hoist, No. 8 Cameron sinking pump, etc. The compressor supplies air for the Stem-\nwinder as well. The latter mine has a 40 h.-p. hoist. Between them these two mines\nhave twelve machine-drills. Since work was resumed, the Brooklyn shaft has been deepened\n80 feet, being now 430 feet in depth; development has been commenced on the 350-foot level,\nand stoping has been in progress at the 250-foot level, with a daily output of about 250 tons.\nAt the extreme south end of the Brooklyn 250-foot level, in Idaho ground, a raise met ore at\n30 feet up\u2014chalcopyrite in an irony gangue. A tunnel has been started on the Idaho from a\npoint about 35 feet above the Great Northern Railway. No development work is being done\non the Stemwinder, but ore is being stoped at the 114-foot level and an output of about 50 tons\na day is being made. More open quarries have been started at the Sunset, where about 60\ntons of ore are being mined daily. No work is being done underground at this mine.\nDenoro Mining Company.\nThe Oro Denoro shipped about 2,900 tons of ore in 1905, bringing the aggregate up to\nnearly 35,000 tons. The mine has a large tonnage of ore available.\nThe High Grade Mines.\nWhat are known as the high-grade mines of the Boundary District include from twenty\nto thirty properties, most of them within a short distance of the town of Greenwood.\nTogether they have provided employment for about 150 men, and during rather more than\ntwo years have produced an aggregate of nearly 5,800 tons of ore, much of it ranging in value\nfrom $50 to $100 per ton, and in cases even higher. The most important of these, with regard\nto production, are the Providence, Elkhorn, Last Chance, Skylark, E. P. U, Crescent, Helen\nand Prince Henry. Others may yet come into prominence as they shall be developed.\nMuch development work was done by this Company during the year\nProvidence Mining long drifts have been run, both north and south; at the 400-foot level the\nCompany, Ltd. inclined shaft was deepened to 500 feet, and a level opened at the latter\ndepth. Several new chutes of ore were found, and the vein at the 500-foot\nlevel proved to be as strong and to carry as good values as at the 400-foot. During the J 180 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nyear there was a temporary suspension of operations, resulting from litigation between some\nof the large shareholders, but when the legal troubles were disposed of work was resumed,\nwith better results than at any previous time. The ore reserves are now larger, as is shown\nby the fact that shipments for December totalled about 150 tons. A new power plant,\nincluding a large steam boiler and a ten-drill air compressor, were installed in 1905, and\nsubstantial building improvements were also made. The aggregate of all ore shipments made\nby the Providence mine to date is about 2,500 tons.\nDuring the year a local company was organised to acquire the Elkhorn,\nElkhorn Mining upon which operations had been suspended owing to the lack of capital for\nCompany. development work, which had not been kept ahead of stoping. Development is now being pushed, the ore chute has been picked up again, a small\nelectrically driven plant put in, and matters generally are in a condition promising profitable\nreturns. To date the Elkhorn has shipped 870 tons of ore, of which about 150 tons were\nproduced in 1905.\nThe Last Chance mine, owned by a Spokane company, was the largest\nLast Chance. shipper in 1905, among the high grade properties, its total having been 690\ntons. Operations were resumed last year after a period of idleness, and\nmuch development work has since been done. Lengthy cross-cuts and drifts at the 100-foot\nlevel have opened up bodies of ore up to 10 feet in width, with about two feet of galena\nrunning well in silver. The mine is equipped with a steam power plant, and is being\nenergetically developed under the direction of Mr. D. W. McVicar.\nThis property was acquired last year by a Phcenix syndicate, who\nSkylark. have done well out of it, having, it is stated, paid out of returns from ore\nshipped all operating expenses, and as well the instalments due on account\nof purchase of the property. The shaft is down 150 feet, and some 600 feet of drifts have\nbeen run. Production this year totalled about 470 tons.\nStoping has overtaken development work on the E. P. U. which during the months it was\nworked produced 254 tons of ore, making its aggregate 722 tons.\nA shaft was sunk 130 feet on the Crescent and 150 feet of drifting was done at this\ndepth. The vein averages 20 inches of solid ore, of which about 90 tons were shipped.\nSeveral prospect shafts have been put down on other veins.\nThe Helen Mining Company, of Chicago, did 276 lineal feet of sinking\nHelen. and raising, and more than 400 feet of cross-cutting and drifting. Some\n60 tons of ore were shipped, an air compressor and steam hoist installed,\nshaft-house and ore-bins built, and other improvements made. Drifting north and south is in\nprogress, the shaft is down 210 feet, and ore is being blocked out, but no stopes are being\nopened yet. The ore body is five feet wide, with a paystreak of about 22 inches.\nThe Prince Henry-Abercraig M. & D. Syndicate has sunk a shaft 112\nPrince Henry. feet and drifted 67 feet, erected several mining buildings, and made a test\nshipment of 30 tons of ore. The ore is rich, running high in gold and\nsilver. It is about 18 inches in thickness.\nThe Preston Mining Company, of Chicago, has sunk a shaft 115 feet,\nPreston. and run drifts and cross-cuts 265 feet, besides having done a lot of surface\nstripping. A small electric hoist has been put in, shaft-house and blacksmith's shop built, a road built to the mine, and a trial shipment of 22 tons of ore sent out. 6 Ed. 7 Boundary District. J 181\nAmong the number of other properties on which development work\nOther Properties, has been done are the Bay, Dom Pedro, Mavis, Bonnie Bell, Goldfinch, Gold\nBug, Strathmore, Dynamo, Meadow Lark, Silver Cloud, Hope No. 2, Capital\nPrize, Dandy, and Highland Chief.\nWest Fork of the Kettle River.\nThe west fork of Kettle river had more work done in 1905 in its mining camps than for\nseveral years. Between Rock creek and the confluence of the west fork with the main Kettle\nriver are two camps\u2014the Riverside and the Crown Point. The former is about four miles\nabove Rock creek; development work has been proceeding in it on a small scale, and\noccasional shipments of ore have been made. Smelter returns have been about $40 per ton,\nwith values in gold and silver. Most of the claims in Crown Point camp are low-grade\nproperties, and but little has been done on them in late years.\nUp the main river, above the west fork, only the annual assessment work was done,\nexcept on the Silver Dollar and Mogul, which were further developed, and on the Lottie F,\nGroup, on which the bond was taken up and a large amount of work was done.\nIn Boomerang camp, about 10 miles up the West Fork from its mouth, the only development work, other than assessments, done during the year was on the Enterprise and S. M.\nclaims. This is a gold-bearing camp and values are good.\nAbout three miles farther up, on the west side of the stream, opposite Bull creek, the\nMonte Carlo Group has been worked. A shaft was sunk 50 feet and drifts were run. The\nsurface showings here are five to ten feet wide and the ore carries good values in gold and\ncopper. Thence, up to Dry creek, there was little work done, but between Dry creek and\nCurry creek there was activity on several properties, principally on the Rambler, Sally Group\nand Curry Group. The few men employed on the Rambler have been stoping ore, of which\nthere has been sacked four carloads that is estimated to average at least $150 a ton, the silver\nvalues being high.\nThe Sally has had an average of 15 men at work the year through. Three miles of\nwaggon road have been constructed from Beaverdell up the hillside to the camp, the grade\nbeing ten per cent.; and a two-storey boarding and lodging house, 32 by 32 feet, and a kitchen\n15 by 20 feet, have been built. The year's development work has included a drift 620 lineal\nfeet on No. 1 lead, one 75-foot on No. 2 lead, and one 64-foot on No. 3 lead. Returns from\nnine carloads of ore shipped have, it is claimed, met the expenditures, even after paying $16\nper ton hauling charges from the mine to the railway at Midway. This was sorted ore, the\nsecond and third class grade having been stored for concentration later. The Vancouver &\nBoundary Creek Development & Mining Co., which owns this group, has a water-power at the\nfoot of the hill sufficient to operate a mill whenever one shall be put in. A number of slips\nand jogs and crushes met with in the long tunnel have caused the superintendent, Mr. Clement\nVacher, much difficulty in development work. Driving south to catch the vein in solid ground\nis in progress; this may pass the big slip and be away from the ground that has been so difficult to work. Notwithstanding the obstacles thus far met with, the management is\nencouraged by the results achieved, and is confident that the mine will pay its way and\neventually provide sufficient funds for power equipment, and thereafter yield the shareholders\ndividends. J 182 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nOn the Curry Group of five claims, last summer a tunnel was driven 100 feet on a vein\ncarrying $24 a ton in an iron gangue. Work was also done on the Atlantic Cable-Comstock\nclaims. A little work was also done on several claims on Cranberry creek, on the west side of\nthe West Fork.\nIn Carmi camp very little work was done.\nSmelters.\nBritish Columbia Copper Company's Smelter at Greenwood.\u2014These works were operated\nsteadily throughout the year and smelted about 180,000 tons of ore from the company's\nMother Lode mine, and some 25,000 tons from other mines. The principal addition to the\nsmelter in 1905 was a briquetting plant, which was put in operation last May, since when a\nlarge portion of the dump of flue dust, which had been accumulating ever since the smelting\nof ore was commenced here in 1901, has been disposed of.\nThe company has made public its intention to enlarge its smelter to an extent that\npractically means reconstruction and re-equipment along the latest and most approved lines.\nThe new plant is to include three blast furnaces of a capacity and size\u2014approximately, 600\ntons per day each\u2014larger than any copper furnaces now in Canada. The hearth area of each\nfurnace is given as 48 by 120 inches. Furnace charging will be from side-dumping cars\nhauled by trolley motors. Molten slag will be hauled to the dump in 25-ton cars by electric\nmotors. The slag cars will each have an electric motor for tilting the car. There will be\nthree large Root blowers, each driven by a 300 h. p. induction motor. A 100 kw. motor\ngenerator and several smaller motors will also be installed. Five trolley locomotives will be\nused for hauling oro to the furnaces and slag to the dump. Ore-bins are to be enlarged, coke-\nbins to be constructed, railway trestles raised, a larger railway scale put in, a machine shop\nwith full equipment of power tools provided, together with all accessories necessary to make\nthe smelting plant modern and complete. The new furnace building will be of steel, and\ngenerally buildings and plant will be such as to make the works second to none in regard to\ncompleteness of equipment and in provision for economy of operation. Contracts for\nmachinery were made four months ago. The improvements will cost about $300,000. The\nmines and smelter together will then employ from 300 to 500 men.\nDominion Copper Company's Smelter at Boundary Falls.\u2014The Dominion Copper Company's smelter was idle the greater part of the year. It was operated by the Montreal &\nBoston Copper Co. until May 20th, when it was shut down and remained idle until, at the end\nof November, one furnace was blown in, the Dominion Copper Co. having meanwhile acquired\npossession of the works. Altogether, between 150,000 and 200,000 tons of ore were melted\nhere in 1905.\nOffice Statistics\u2014Greenwood Mining Division.\nFree miners' certificates issued 624\nLocation records issued 263\nCertificates of works recorded 597\nBills of sale recorded 109\nCertificates of improvement recorded 44\nWater grant issued 1\nPlacer claims recorded 3 6 Ed. 7\nBoundary District.\nJ 183\nOre Shipments of Boundary Mines, 1900-1905.\nThe following table gives the approximate ore shipments of Boundary mines for 1900, 1901,\n1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, as reported in the \"Phoenix Pioneer,\" and will be of interest:\u2014\nMine.\nCamp.\n1900.\n1901.\n1902.\n1903.\n1904.\n1905.\n64,553\n297\n5,340\n231,762\n1,731\n99,034\n309,858\n20,800\n141,326\n393,718\n71,212\n138,079\n549,703\n652,651\nB. C. Copper Company :\nMother Lode \t\n174,298\n174,560\n20\nDominion Copper Company :\nBrooklyn-Stemwinder ....\n32,350\n3,070\n3,250\n1,759\n4,586\n52,821\n25,108\n3,056\n4,747\nSunset\t\nDeaclwood \t\n802\n7,455\n15,731\nAthelstan-Jackpot \t\nWellington\t\n1,200\n550\n150\n14,811\n560\n8,530\n5,646\n3,339\n19,365\nB. C. Mine ..\n19,494\n47,405\nR. Bell\n650\n22,937\n15,537\n363\n37,960\n16,400\n3,450\n222\n364\n33\n9,035\n3,007\n1,833\nBrey Eogle\t\nNo. 37 \t\nSulphur King\t\n33\nWellington .\t\n1,076\n2,250\n1,040\n875\n665\n2,000\n350\n785\n625\n2,435\n150\nNo. 7 Mine\n482\nWhite's\t\nLong Lake\t\n160\n2,060\n890\n219\n30\n993\n400\n726\n325\n770\nElkhorn . ..\n150\n20\nSkylark ....\nSkylark\t\n52\n50\n300\n588\n689\nE. P. U. Mine .\n167\n255\nBay \t\n73\n20\n40\n90\n80\nRuby\t\nRepublic\t\nBoundary Ealls\n80\n60\n750\n829,808\n20\n3,230\n96,600\n3,456\n325\n500\n390,800\n508,876\n690,419\n928,352\nOre Treated at Boundary Smelters, 1900-1905.\nSmelter Treatment.\n1900.\n1901.\n1902.\n1903.\n1904.\n1905.\nGranhy Con. M. S. & P. Co\t\n62,387\n230,828\n117,611\n312,340\n148,600\n401,921\n162,913\n132,570\n596,252\n210,484\n30,930\n837,666\n665,097\n194,056\n82 664\n62,387\n348,439\nTotal Ore Smelted\t\n460,940\n696,404\n941,817 J 184 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nGRAND FORKS MINING DIVISION.\nReport of S. R. Almond, Gold Commissioner.\nI have the honour to submit my report of the mining industry in the Grand Forks Mining\nDivision for the year 1905 :\u2014\nThrough the courtesy of Mr. Burrell, editor of the \" Grand Forks Gazette,\" who has\ncovered almost all the ground in this Division, I am enabled to furnish the greater part of the\nfollowing report :\u2014\nWellington Camp, on Hardy Mountain.\nThe valuable and practical results in the smelting of low-grade ores by the Granby\ncompany necessarily stimulates development work on all properties in the district, and in the\nBetts & Hesperus Group, situated on the south-west of Hardy mountain and only three miles\nfrom the city of Grand Forks, we find a property which is fast coming to the shipping stage.\nThe Betts & Hesperus was originally located in 1896 by E. E. Alexander, of Spokane, then\npassed into the hands of Campbell and Finch of the same place, and was finally acquired by\nthe present owners, who organised the Betts & Hesperus Mining Co. in February, 1903.\nThe Betts & Hesperus is a sulphide copper ore somewhat similar in character to the\nbig low-grade bodies of the Phoenix district. Previous to the time when the present company\ntook hold of the property, about $5,000 of development work had been done, and during the\npast three years something like $50,000 has been expended in further exploration of the\nore-bodies. For the first two seasons a large amount of surface work was done, first by an\nopen cut 100 feet long, and subsequently by other systematic efforts to prove the extent and\ndirection of the ore-body. The results were sufficiently satisfactory to induce Supt. Rea to\nadvise the directors to authorise the driving of a tunnel to tap the ore at depth. This was\ncommenced last February, and at the present time is in 825 feet, an amount of work which\nhas been done at an exceedingly economical figure. This gives a depth of 375 feet below the\nsurface showings, and the latter stages of the work have been evidently in the main ore-body.\nWhen 575 feet in on the tunnel, cross-cutting was commenced into a fine chute of pyrrhotite\nore, which is evidently a big body. So good a showing is it that a contract of a favourable\ncharacter is now pending with the Granby Co. for all the ore taken out of this particular chute.\nThe management is so well satisfied with the results obtained that the step has been taken\nof contracting with the Spokane Diamond Drill Co. to do at least 1,000 feet of work in further\ntesting the capacity of the property. The drill will be in shape to commence operations early\nnext month.\nIt is gratifying to know that the directors are thoroughly satisfied with the nature of\ntheir property and with the results of the work already accomplished. President Magee, who\nwas out for his third visit this summer, spoke enthusiastically of the propects, not only of the\nBetts & Hesperus but of the whole district, and we shall see with immense pleasure this\nproperty join in the list of shipping mines, and swell not only the pockets of the company, but\nthe prosperity of the immediate district.\nThe Wolfard, not far from the Betts & Hesperus mineral claims, in Wellington camp\nhas had 120 feet of tunnelling and 1,000 feet of diamond drill work done upon it during the\nyear 1905. A cook-house, 16 by 30 feet, and a bunk-house, 16 by 20 feet, have been built on\nthe claim in the same period. The tunnel is all in ore, the general values ranging about $5.\nThere are about 3,000 tons of ore on the dump. The diamond drill cut through 384 feet of\nore, 44 feet of which showed an average value of $8 and the balance ranging from $5 to f6,\nBesides the above there is a tunnel 55 feet long, one shaft 54 feet and another 28 feet deep,\nbesides considerable work in prospecting cuts. 6 Ed. 7 Boundary District. J 185\nThe Kate, adjoining the Wolfard and owned by the same parties, has a shaft 15 feet deep\nin ore and an open cut 50 feet long by 10 feet deep and 6 feet wide, to show for the year's work.\nThese properties at present are owned by A. L. Rogers, of Grand Forks, and Vert A.\nWolfard, of Spokane, but in the near future will be under the management of a company, said\nto be now forming to take over the group.\nFormerly owned by McGregor and Spraggett, the group of properties\nYankee Boy and comprising the Yankee Boy, Yankee Girl and the Belle, is also situated on\nYankee Girl. Hardy mountain, and within one mile of the city limits of Grand Forks.\nIn 1899 the owners bonded and sold the property to Major Leckie, and it\nis at present owned by Montreal men. It is a quartz, carrying gold and silver, ranging as high\nas $220 to the ton. Considerable development work has been done, and several profitable\nshipments were made prior to 1900, since which time the property has been idle.\nUp the North Fork.\nThe north fork of the Kettle river is the district to which eyes have been turned as\nlikely to provide the biggest camp in southern British Columbia.\nThe first mineral properties of any note are struck about eight miles up on the east side\nof the river, viz., the French and English Group of seven or eight claims. This property is\nowned by a company, of which Hay and McCallum are the principal holders. The ore is a\ngalena and about 100 feet of development work by tunnel and shaft has been done.\nNext comes a group of four claims, all ready to be Crown-granted, and owned by Captain\nBentley, of Grand Forks. These are situated between Volcanic mountain and the river. On\nthe northerly claim is a quartz, carrying free gold. The greater part of the properties exhibit a\nlime and iron capping, and, where stripped in three different places to a depth of 25 feet, expose\nan excellent quality of iron ore, sulphide in character, and freely studded with chalcopyrite.\nOf the assays taken, the average sample goes $15 to the ton.\nOn the Golden Eagle, about twelve miles up, we have a property which\nGolden Eagle, has had a lot of development work done, and which only awaits the advent\nof transportation to be further developed. This is owned by the Royal\nVictoria Mining Co., John Fox having been the manager. The ore of the Golden Eagle is a\ncalcite, carrying copper and gold. Over 200 feet of shafting has been done, and on the 60-foot\nlevel a drift of 75 feet, and a further drift of 120 feet on the 150-foot level. One shipment\nto the Trail smelter returned $40 to the ton, and it is only a question of a short time when\nthis valuable property will be exploited on a large scale.\nThe Earthquake, closely adjoining the Golden Eagle, is another property which has been\nmuch talked of, and which may yet prove a winner. The Sears estate still holds a considerable interest in the property, on which 500 feet of tunnel and shafting have been accomplished.\nThe ore varies in value, different samples going from $3 to $32 per ton. About 350 tons of\nore are on the dump, the values being in gold and copper.\nOf the well-known Volcanic property, owned by R. A. Brown, little\nVolcanic. need be said. Anyone who has heard of the Boundary country has\nheard of \"Volcanic\" Brown. This great hill of iron, a pyrrhotite carrying\nsome values in copper and gold near the surface, and promising all sorts of good things lower\ndown, has become historic. Brown's famous tunnel is 800 feet into the bowels of the mountain, though he has not struck the \"real thing\" yet.\nOn the west side of the river, from 10 to 12 miles up, there are three\nThe Seattle. claims worthy of notice, viz., the Strawberry, the Humming Bird and the\nSeattle. The two former are meritorious properties with considerable\ndevelopment work done and good values, the lack of transportation being the cause of cessation J 186 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nof further work. The Seattle is another mineral claim which has merits. The proposition is\na copper-gold one with large bodies of magnetic iron. A 30-foot tunnel was driven as far\nback as 1896. Later a bond was taken by the Canadian Smelting Co., at Trail, which did\n270 feet of drifting and raising, and then threw up the bond. In 1905, W. T. Hunter and\nMr. Pemberton, of Greenwood, took a bond on the Seattle at a high figure, and after 130 feet\nof tunnelling ceased work.\nCrossing again to the east side of the river, we have a mine which has\nPathfinder. had more development work than any property in the north fork country.\nLocated by Parkinson and Pfeifer in 1895, this property lies on Pathfinder\nmountain, 14 miles from the City of Grand Forks, and at an elevation of 3,100 feet. There\nare four distinct veins, running parallel, and from 8 to 21 feet in width. The ore is the typical\nsulphide, viz., pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite and a small amount of quartz gangue. The analysis\nof shipping ore shows, iron, 25 to 47 per cent.; sulphur, 20 to 40; silica, 5 to 24; lime, 1 to 8;\ncopper, 2J to 4 per cent., and gold ranging from $2 to $40 per ton.\nPrevious to the organisation of the Pathfinder Mine Co. in 1901, of which John Rogers\nis still the president, about $45,000 had been spent on the property. There are now from\n500 to 600 tons of ore on the dump, though work has been suspended until transportation\ncomes. The railway survey goes just below the mine, and shipping facilities will be of the\nvery best.\nThe buildings include bunk-houses, storehouses, blacksmith shop, powder magazine, etc.,\nand the machinery consists of a 50 h. p. boiler, a 20 h. p. hoist, a 7.drill Rand compressor, a\nSnow duplex pump and a feed pump.\nThree hundred and thirty-seven feet of shaft work and 800 feet of tunnelling have been\ndone, there being three shafts with cross-cutting and drifts at various levels.\nThe only claim which need be noticed between the Pathfinder and the\nLittle Bertha. Franklin camp district is the Little Bertha, owned by A. T. Kendrick and\nSlosson. This is a gold and silver proposition, and in 1901, when the last\nshipments were made to the Granby smelter, results showing from $45 to $77 to the ton were\nobtained. A 40-foot shaft is sunk on the claim and something like 250 feet of tunnelling\ndone. Two hundred tons of ore have been shipped.\nFranklin Camp.\nThe district known as Franklin camp is situated about 45 miles up the north fork and\nmay be locally subdivided into McKinley camp, then Franklin to the north and a little farther\nnorth on Gloucester creek, Gloucester camp. Located about 12 miles due west of Arrow\nlakes, the camp covers the area of older rocks in the basin of the east branch of the north\nfork. The past year has witnessed the staking of nearly all the ground in the mineral belt\nwhich extends for a width of some three or four miles, and a length of six or eight, and more\ndevelopment work has been done than in any time in the history of the camp. Prof. Brock\ndealt with the general geological features of the district in his report of 1900 in a most favourable way, though at this time, with the exception of the Banner, nothing had been shown up.\nThis year matters have assumed a different phase. Broadly speaking the claims so far developed show ore carrying copper, gold and silver values, and the immense showings of iron,\nparticularly in Gloucester camp, lend additional interest and value to the whole section.\nThis valuable property on which a large amount of development work\nMcKinley, has been done this year has been described before, and space will not permit a detailed description now. The ore consists of chalcopyrite and iron\npyrite in a lime gangue mixed with some quartzite, and covered with an iron cap of no great 6 Ed. 7 Boundary District. J 187\ndepth. The work carried on energetically by former managing director, Geo. McLeod, and\nunder the able superintendence of A. D. McPhee, was first in the shape of a number of large\nopen cuts, all in splendid ore carrying good values, and demonstrating surface showings of\ntremendous extent. Later a tunnel was driven in 216 feet to tap the ore body at depth, and\nits latter workings are all in ore. One hundred feet in the tunnel the ore-body was cross-cut\nfor 112 feet, all in vein matter of the same character as that on the surface, and verifying the\nmost sanguine hopes of the management, and justifying the class of work done by Superintendent McPhee.\nThe company has lately taken a bond on behalf of eastern capital for \u00a7200,000 for two\nyears, and it is the intention, directly spring opens, to install two, and perhaps three, diamond\ndrills and thoroughly explore the property. The president is B. Lequime ; vice-president,\nH. W. Warrington; secretary, A. B. Mackenzie, of Rossland; and managing director, C. R.\nHamilton, of Rossland. The enthusiasm shown by all those who have examined the McKinley\nsince development work was done this summer is based on some of the best showings of copper\nore ever seen in the Boundary country, and mining men throughout the district are awaiting\nthe further explorations with extraordinary interest.\nThis property was located in 1896 by Frank McFarlane, and several\nThe Banner. local men are now interested in it. The ore carries gold, silver and copper\nin a lime-quartz gangue. The first working resulted in finding a vein which\ncarried gold and silver values varying from $20 to $60. A cross-cut tunnel of 230 feet has\nmore recently struck into a vein 32 feet in width, averaging over $7 to the ton, and everything\npoints to the existence of large bodies with continuous and heavy showings of chalcopyrite.\nThis camp is situated on Gloucester creek and contains many valuable\nGloucester Camp, claims, chief of which at present are the Gloucester, owned by Thos.\nNewby, D. Garnett and Lee Mercier, and the G. H. On the Gloucester a\nshaft at 55 feet proved at depth to be in magnificent chalcopyrite carrying from 10 to 13 per\ncent, copper. A tunnel is being driven and is now in 200 feet. If the ore body is struck at\ndepth and proves to be of the same character as that in the shaft, this should be one of the\nrichest properties in the country. On the G. H. is a vein of solid magnetite iron fully 40 feet\nwide and traceable for hundreds of feet, and carrying values in copper and gold.\nThe Mineral Hill, lying to the north-west of the G. H, and owned by Hill and W.\nMinion, is another property of great promise. The surface showings reveal an iron ore with\nquartz and chalcopyrite, and the owners have now done 100 feet of tunnelling and are hopeful\nof striking the ore body at depth shortly.\nDuring the year a large amount of prospecting has been done throughout the whole\nmineral belt of the upper north fork. It is entirely tributary to the city of Grand Forks, the\nhigh divide between it and the Arrow lakes prohibiting any easy access from that direction.\nOffice Statistics\u2014Grand Forks Mining Division.\nCertificates of work issued 364\nLocations 207\nConveyances, etc ' 129\nCertificates of improvement 25\nAbandonments 2\nFilings 49\nWater rights 3\nFree miners' certificates 290\nCompanies' certificates I\nSpecial certificates 3 J 188 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nOSOYOOS MINING DIVISION.\nReport of C. A. R. Lambly, Gold Commissioner, Fairview, B.C.\nI have the honour to submit herewith my annual report of the mining operations in the\nOsoyoos Mining Division for the year 1905.\nCamp Fairview.\nVery little mining work has been carried on in this camp during the past year, the work\nbeing confined chiefly to the necessary assessments to keep the claims in good standing. The\nStemwinder has been shut down during the year, but it is now reported that funds are being\nraised to continue the development work at an early date.\nOlalla Camp.\nDevelopment work has been extensively carried on in this camp and vicinity during the\nyear, but I regret to say that I have not been able to obtain particulars in detail of the wTork\naccomplished. The great need in this, as well as all other mining camps in this district, is\ntransportation facilities. This difficulty will, however, soon be solved as far as the southern\nportion of this district is concerned, owing to the rapid construction of the Great Northern\nRailway through the Similkameen valley.\nCamp Hedley.\nThe following work was done on the properties of the Daly Reduction Company, situated\nin the above camp, during this year :\u2014\nOn the Nickel Plate, 1,500 feet of tunnelling and 50 feet of raising was done. On the\nSunnyside mineral claim, 500 feet of drifting, 120 feet of raising, and 2,000 feet of diamond\ndrilling was done on the Nickel Plate, Sunnyside and Bulldog claims. Stoping was carried\nout in the Nickel Plate during the year, and open-cut work was carried out on both the Nickel\nPlate and Sunnyside properties. Prospecting was done on all other properties owned by the\ncompany. A new ore-storage pile and track were provided at the ore-bins. The amount of\nore mined and milled during the year was:\u2014Nickel Plate, 17,437 tons; Sunnyside, 14,994\ntons; total, 32,431 tons.\nNote by Provincial Mineralogist.\u2014The Yale Mining Company, operating the Nickel\nPlate mine, and the Daly Reduction Company, operating the mill in conjunction therewith,\nhave proved to be among the most successful organisations operating in the Boundary District,\nand practically the only one operating with a stamp-mill, concentration and cyanide plant\ncombined. The enterprise is considered to be of sufficient importance to justify the reproductions of the plan and section of the mill at Hedley which accompany this Report. The\nProvincial Mineralogist is indebted to a mining engineer, familiar with the district, for the\nfollowing description of the mine and plant:\u2014\n\" The Yale Mining Company operates the mines, and the Daly Reduction Company the mill,\nwater-power, electric railway, and incline tramway, telephones, etc.\n\" The Mines.\n\" The ore occurs as a crushed or brecciated zone of quartzite between andesite eruptives in\nthe Nickel Plate claim, and at the south end of the zone the ore is clearly a limestone altered to a\nvery silicious ore. Ore-chutes have been opened up along this ore zone for a distance of over 4,000\nfeet, and the ore averages 50 feet in width. The gold occurs native in the brecciated quartzite\nand in the arsenical pyrite in grains from the size of a pea down to microscopic particles.\nThere appears to be more native or free gold in the quartzite ore than in the altered limestone\nore, though it is probable the gold is in much finer particles in the latter. Gold also occurs 6 Ed. 7\nBoundary District.\nJ 189\nas a telluride, while andesite, which is the main eruptive rock of the district, appears to be\nresponsible for the ore-bodies. Narrow quartz porphyry dykes, usually vertical or nearly so,\noccur in the ore-bodies, cutting the quartzite and andesite, and may have played an important\npart in the mineralisation.\n\" The ore is mined by the open-cut or 'glory hole' method and stopes, is loaded directly into\ntwo-ton cars and hauled by electric locomotives to the head of the gravity tramway, where it is\nlowered in six-ton skips to the mill. This incline or gravity tramway is about 10,000 feet in\nlength, and drops nearly 4,000 feet between terminals, requiring four men to operate it.\n\" The Reduction Plant.\n\"There are two Farrel-type jaw-crushers, one 10 by 20 inches, and one 6 by 20 inches,\ndischarging by belt conveyor into an ore-bin holding 1,500 tons, then by Challenge suspended\nfeeders to the stamps. The stamps weigh 1,050 pounds, and drop 100 times a minute in narrow\n' Homestake ' pattern mortars weighing about 8,000 pounds, set on concrete blocks, and crush\napproximately three tons per stamp, with 30-mesh screen, working 24 hours. This low duty is\naccounted for by the ore being very hard and tough, and not crushing as freely as straight\nquartz ore. This duty can be brought up to four tons per stamp by crushing finer with the\nrock breakers.\n\" Free gold ranging from 25 to 50% of the assay value is caught on plates 54 inches wide\nby 16 feet long, and from the plates the pulp goes over Frue vanners (eight vanners have been\nadded since drawing was made), recovering about 30% of the gold contents in concentrates, and\nthe balance goes to the cyanide plant, consisting of twelve settling and leaching tanks 34 feet\ndiameter by six feet deep, four conical-bottom slime tanks, with 10-foot staves and 30 feet\ndiameter, with bottom sloping 20\u00b0 from horizontal, two gold and two sump tanks 30 feet\ndiameter by 10 feet deep, and the usual zinc precipitating room and cleanup. The original\nestimate of the ore was based on a gold assay value of $12 per ton, but the extraction has\nexceeded this amount. The concentrates range from two ounces to 16 ounces per ton. Owing\nto the isolation of the plant from transportation, it was designed with a view of adding\nre-grinders, and completing the cyanide plant, after operating the mill the first year.\n\" The extraction averaged about 89% of the assay value of the ore up to the latter part\nof 1905.\n\" With a view of introducing tube mills for re-grinding the tailings from the vanners\nbefore cyyaniding, the following tests were made by Mr. Brown, the mill superintendent at\nHedley, from March to July, 1905 :\u2014\n\"Slimes treated by Cyanide.\nTons of\nSlimes.\nAssay value\nper ton.\nOzs., au.\nGold\nrecovered.\nOzs., au.\nTailings\nvalue.\nOzs., au.\nExtraction\nper cent.\nLot No. 1\t\n\u201e 2 \t\n100\n100\n100\n100\n100\n25\n100\n0.18\n0.30\n0.17\n0.24\n0.30\n0.25\n0.371\n16.00\n25.30\n13.00\n21.50\n27.00\n5.13\n47.05\n0.020\n0.047\n0.040\n0.035\n0.030\n0.045\n0.040\n88.88\n84 33\n\u201e 3\t\n76.47\n\u201e 4\t\n89 58\n\u201e 5\t\n90.00\n\u201e 6\t\n82.00\n7\t\n89.31\nTotal\t\n667\n0.2587\n$5.17\n154.98\n$3,099.60\n0.0334\n$0,668\n87 10 J 190 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\n\"The normal capacity of the mill, with 30-mesh screens, is 3,000 tons per month, and by\nusing 20 or 25-mesh the capacity could be increased to 4,000 tons, and the extraction with\nre-grinders could be brought up to 95%. As no filter press was available decantation only\nwas used, which gave lower results than could have been obtained with them.\n\" Power Plant.\n\"This consists of a four by four-foot flume, three miles long, with a grade of 1-10 of one\nper cent., or 5.28 feet per mile, giving a head of 400 feet at power-house.\n\"There is a Rand compound air-compressor with air cylinders 17 by 28 inches in\ndiameter by three feet stroke, direct connected to water-wheel, 16 feet diameter.\n\"There is four miles of 6^ inches diameter pipe-line, carrying the compressed air at 100\npounds pressure to the mine.\n\"There is one 100 K.W. A.C. generator, 2,200 volts, three-phase transmission, direct\nconnected to water-wheel, which furnishes power for lights and for the electric railway, where\na 50 h.p. motor generator furnishes a 500 D.C. for the road.\"\nOn other properties adjoining, owned by private individuals, considerable work has been\naccomplished, as follows :\u2014\nWar Cloud.\u2014Development work during the past year on this property consists of 75 feet\nof tunnel work and 40 feet of upraising. The results have been very satisfactory.\nSilversides.\u2014Development work on this property has been actively prosecuted.\nHumming Bird Group.\u2014On this fine group of claims, owned by J. J. Marks and associates\nwork has been performed consisting of an 80-foot tunnel and 40-foot open cut, with 20-foot\nface; one shaft of 42 feet and another of 30 feet. The ore encountered is of high value, carrying copper and gold.\nSnowflake.\u2014On this claim considerable work has been accomplished, consisting of 220\nfeet of tunnelling and considerable open-cut work.\nGolden Zone Group.\u2014This group consists of several claims, on which the values are very\nsatisfactory. The work done during the past year by the owners is as follows:\u2014Shaft, 50\nfeet; tunnel, 75 feet; open cut, 30 feet, besides considerable surface work.\nWindfall Group.\u2014Sixty feet of tunnelling and a large amount of surface work.\nStemwinder.\u2014Two inclined shafts, 20 feet each, and considerable surface work.\nGolden Lilly.\u2014On this property a 40-foot tunnel has been driven.\nOn the Cottonwood, Granite and Camp Rest claims, owned by private individuals, $1,200\nof surface work has been done during the past year. This is a fine group of claims.\nOn the El Dorado Group $800 of surface work has been done this year.\nThe Two Brothers claim is situated at 16-Mile creek. Eighty feet of tunnelling has been\ndone on this property during the last year.\nOn the Empire, situated on Ashnola creek, 150 feet of tunnelling has been done during\nthe past year.\nOn the Boston a 60-foot shaft has been sunk and $500 of surface work done.\nGreenwood Group.\u2014On this important group of claims considerable work has been carried\non during the past year, with gratifying results.\nOn the Oregon Group 40 feet of tunnelling and $1,000 of surface work has been done\nduring the past year. The values so far encountered have been very satisfactory. 6 Ed. 7 Boundary District. J 191\nThe Kingston Group of claims is owned by the Kingston Mining Co. A large amount of\ndevelopment work has been carefully performed during the past year.\nOn the Rollo claim 25-foot tunnel and $2,000 surface work has been accomplished during\nthe past year.\nThree shafts of 25 feet each have been sunk on the Horsefly.\nThe Fairy Queen and Victoria are owned by J. Gladden and associates ; $1,000 of surface\nwork was done during the past year, exposing the outcrop of the vein, and the value so far\nencountered has been very encouraging.\nOffice Statistics\u2014Osoyoos Mining Division.\nFree miners' certificates $1,864 75\nMining receipts, general 2,230 80\nTotal $4,095 55\nNumber of locations.. . 222\nii certificates of work 358\nii transfers 67\nii certificates of improvements 43 J 192 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nVERNON DISTRICT.\nVERNON MINING DIVISION.\nReport of L. Norris, Gold Commissioner.\nI beg to submit the following report on the mining industry in this Division during the\npast year :\u2014\nThe British Empire Group consists of the British Empire, Royal Standard and Dominion\nFraction claims, situated about 4J miles south-west from Vernon. Across the three claims\nrun parallel ledges of 12 inches, 18 inches and 24 inches, distant from each other 90 feet and\n200 feet, respectively. Considerable work was done on these claims in 1903, but want of\ncapital caused the work to be suspended, and the mill was shut down. These claims are now\nbeing worked by Mr. D. R. Young under bond from the owners, H. Seydel, G. Muller and J.\nHighman. Since the 1st of September last, some 90 feet of tunnel has been driven, 60 tons\nof ore crushed, and the whole property has been put in first-class shape for proper and\neconomical working. A run of 20 tons taken as a test across the face of the tunnel on the\n24-in. ledge showed the quartz to run about $22 per ton of gold on the plates and the gangue\n$6. The concentrates, I understand, run about $50 per ton. Since the last run in the mill\nMr. Young has taken out some very rich ore. These recent finds and the indications on some\nof the adjoining claims on which work has been done, would seem to verify the opinion\nexpressed by Mr. Carlyle years ago, viz., that the whole hill will probably be found to be well\nmineralised, and well warrants thorough and systematic prospecting. Mr. Young has 12 men\nat work on the property. The mill will resume crushing on the 23rd December.\nOn an adjoining claim, the Rex, Mr. H. Seydel is running a 300-foot tunnel to tap the\nledge at 135 feet. There is on the ledge a shaft of 73 feet, with a drift of 20 feet. The\nprincipal values are in gold and copper, and some very rich ore has been obtained, but no shipments have been made. These claims are on the shore of Okanagan lake and are easy of access\nfrom Vernon.\nOn the large body of low-grade copper ore on the west side of Okanagan lake, embraced\nby the Rossland, Violet, Gale and Granvillo claims, but little more than the necessary assessment work was done last year. This property, owned by J. Hamilton and A. Birnie, is now\nin pretty good shape for inspection. About $4,000 has been expended and the work has been\ndone to advantage, the ledge stripped of drift, timber cut out, and the propert)\"\" shown up as\nwell as it can be done without the expenditure of a sufficient sum in sinking shafts, etc., to\nprove the property. These claims are also on the lake shore and are easy of access by a waggon\nroad.\nLast August, F. Williamson and G. Doyle took a working lease on the old Hidden\nTreasitre claim on Cherry creek, a silver-lead proposition owned by G. Corbould and others, of\nNew Westminster. This claim is situated among the old placer claims. They stripped tht\nledge for 50 feet on the north-east side and found indications of good ore, and on the south,\neast side they ran a tunnel for 50 feet on the ledge. The ore taken out was very rich, but not\nsufficiently so to warrant them in shipping, as they have a 40-mile haul over a very indifferent\nwaggon road to contend with. They had in the end to desist, through lack of capital. HEDIiKT, B.\n_ spcH w>ctfB-J-^a'^r\"!,f\nDALY REDUCTION COMPANY LTD.\n40 STAMP JVILLI-^CYAJSriDE PI, ANT\n CR.RSS Section\t jr.\nTjrdf\n\u2022 m m J 1\ngmm^\n* rjj\ni itf\n-^^=jj\n^Jlil,\n<>\ns.), an increase over the preceding year of 140,134 tons. A portion of this coal was\nmanufactured into coke, of which there was some 271,785 tons produced.\nThe distribution of this output of coal and coke is shown in the following table:\u2014\nCoal and Coke Produced, Exported, etc., by Province, 1905.\nSales and Output fob Year.\nCoal.\nCoke.\n(Tons of 2,240 Bs.)\nTons.\ncwt.\nTons.\ncwt.\nTons.\ncwt.\nTons.\n268,091\n3,694\ncwt.\n529,271\n673,700\n150,454\n117,637\n1,202,971\n619,854\n3,321\nUsed in making Coke\t\n441,520\n178,334\n9,534\n13,228\nadded to\n3,528\n3,214\na last of year\t\n1,826,146\n314\nDifference taken from stock during year\n1,825,832\n271,785 h\ntt,\nW\nJ\nz\no\ntfl\n<;\nn\nyj\nz\n5\n<;\nh\nX\n0\n(0\n<\n(0\nCO\nw\nh\nZ,\nD\nDC\nI\nI\nH\nD\n0\n(fl\n0\nz\n3\n0\n0\nJ 6 Ed. 7\nCoal Mining.\nJ 225\nNumber of Hands Employed, Daily Wages Paid, &c.\nUnderground.\nAbove Ground.\nTotals.\nCharacter of Labour.\nNo. Employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. Employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nNo. Employed.\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\n83\n1,445\n507\n624\n75\n140\n102\n151\n$7 62\n4 70\n2 25\n2 75\n2 87\n1 50\n1 37\n1 37\n57\n|4 50\n140\n1,445\n507\n992\n386\n193\n120\n624\n$6 06\n4 70\nMiners' helpers\t\nLabourers\t\nMechanics and skilled labour ....\nBoys\t\n2 25\n368\n311\n53\n18\n473\n2 60\n3 60\n1 40\n1 12\n1 60\n2 67\n3 23\n1 45\n1 24\n1 48\nTotals\t\n3,127\n1,280\n4,407\nOf the coal fields under development and awaiting the advent of railway connections, the\nNicola coal field has received the most attention and development, probably due largely to the\nfact that the railway from Spence's Bridge into the coal field\u2014a branch of the Canadian\nPacific Railway\u2014is almost an accomplished fact. This coal field was examined by Dr. R. W.\nElls, of the Canadian Geological Survey, who has for many years been entrusted with the\ninvestigation of coal formations for the survey. Dr. Ells' report was published in the Summary Report of the Geological Survey for 1904, from which report copious extracts are\nreprinted in this Report on pages 196 et seq.\nThe Princeton coal deposits, which are more lignitic in character, have received some\ninvestigation, but no material development.\nNo further development has been heard of in the coal fields of the Upper Thompson river\nor that in the vicinity of Kamloops.\nIn the Flathead District of South-East Kootenay prospecting for both coal and coal-oil\nhas been carried on, but with what success is not known.\nOn the Elk river, above Michel creek, and on the tributaries of the former, extensive coal\nfields, with excellent coal, have been proved, and have this past year been further explored,\nbut as yet no steps have been taken for the commercial opening up of these fields, chiefly for\nthe reason that there exists, nearer present lines of communication, such abundant supplies of\ncoal as to supply all present demands.\nThe Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co. about the end of the year discontinued mining operations\nat its Carbonado colliery, considering it more profitable to confine its work to the mines at\nCoal Creek and Michel.\nThe coal exposures on the Telkwa, a tributary of the Bulkley, some 70 miles east of\nHazelton, on the Skeena river, will be found described by the Provincial Mineralogist on pages\n117 et seq. of this Report.\nThe coal fields of the Upper Skeena, about 150 miles above Hazelton were surveyed this\npast season, but no development was accomplished. This coal is reported by Mr. McEvoy,\nlate of the Geological Survey and now with the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co., as being semi-\nanthracite, existing in large horizontal beds.\nThe coal areas known to exist in the valley of the Peace river to the east of the Rockies,\nbut in British Columbia, are still covered by a \" reserve \" existing since Confederation, and\nthis is a bar to any prospecting or development of the field. J 226\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1906\nVANCOUVER ISLAND COLLIERIES.\nThe gross output of the Vancouver Island Collieries for the year 1905 was 993,899 tons\nof coal mined and 314 tons taken from stock, making in all 994,213 tons (2,240 tt>s.). Of this\ngross amount, 880,030 tons were sold as coal, 142,491 tons were used under Co.'s boilers, etc.,\nwhile 43,692 tons were used for making coke, of which there was produced 15,660 tons (2,2401bs.).\nOf this coke produced, 9,710 tons were sold and 5,950 tons were added to stock. While the\ngross output of coal is this year some 29,114 tons less than it was in 1904, the amount of coal\nsold in 1905 is 23,861 tons greater than in the preceding year. The California market still\nabsorbs over 50 \u00b0\/0 of the coal output of our Coast Collieries, while the establishment of copper-\nsmelting works in Alaska has opened up a new market for the coke product.\nThe following table gives an aggregate summary of the output, etc., for the Vancouver\nIsland and Coast Inspection District, as is permitted by section 3 of \" Coal Mines Regulation\nAct.\" The returns for the individual mines, however, cannot be given without the permission\nof the individual, as such is prohibited by the same section, and this permission has been\nrefused by both the producing companies.\nAggregate Summary of Returns from Vancouver Island Collieries for the Year 1905.\nCoal.\nCoke.\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\nTons.\na export to United States\t\n380,332\n427,698\n5,410\n4,300\n808,030\n186,183\n9,710\n43,692\n142,491\n7,278\n13,228\n3,528\n3,214\n994,213\n314\nadded to\n5,950\n993,899\n15,660\nNumber of Hands Employed, Daily Wages Paid, etc., Vancouver Island.\nCharacter of Labour.\nSupervision and Clerical Assistance . .\nWhites\u2014Miners\t\nMiners' helpers\t\nLabourers \t\nMechanics and skilled labour\nBoys\t\nJapanese \t\nChinese\t\nIndians\t\nTotals\t\nUnderground.\nNo. Employed.\n46\n910\n349\n411\n24\n119\n102\n151\n1\n2,113\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\n62\n70\n25\n75\n87\n50\n37\n37\nAbove Ground.\nNo. Employed.\n39\n67\n188\n40\n18\n453\n805\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\nU 50\n2 60\n3 60\n1 40\n1 12\n1 60\nTotals.\nNo. Employed.\n85\n910\n349\n478\n212\n159\n120\n604\n1\n2,918\nAverage\nDaily\nWage.\n06\n70\n25\n67\n23\n45\n1 24\n1 48 6 Ed. 7 Coal Mining.\nJ 227\nINSPECTION OF COAL MINES, 1905.\nVANCOUVER ISLAND AND COAST INSPECTION DISTRICT.\nReport of Arch. Dick, Inspector.\nThe collieries operating during the year were :\u2014\nNanaimo : Western Fuel Company\u2014No. 1 shaft, Protection Island shaft, No. 4 North-\nfield mine.\nExtension : Wellington Colliery Company\u2014Nos. 1, 2 and 3 mines, all worked from what\nis known as the No. 1 tunnel.\nCumberland : Nos. 4 and 7 slopes and Nos. 5 and 6 shafts.\n\"Western Fuel Company.\n(This Company has refused permission to publish its Official Returns.)\nThe Western Fuel Company has been working the following mines during the year,\nduring the first half of the year, under the superintendency of Mr. Thomas Russell, and\nduring the latter half under that of Mr. Thos. R. Stockett as general manager and Mr. Thos.\nGraham as superintendent.\nNo. 1 Shaft, Esplanade, Nanaimo.\nMr. Thomas Mills, Manager.\nThe most productive district in this mine is known as No. 1 North Level. Work is mostly\nconfined to the extraction of pillars from the upper sections of what is known as Kileen,\nSpear's and Lamb's inclines. The 0 and No. 2 inclines districts are worked on the pillar and\nstall system. To the south of the main slope, known as the Diagonal slope, and No. 7 South\nLevel, no coal has been mined since the 30th June. This was a district which gave employment to a great number of men and produced a large output of coal. The manager is working\na large number of men in this division, putting it in good shape, and it will soon be in order\nto take out coal. In connection with the above No. 1 North Level there is a rock tunnel into\nthe lower seam, which is 60 feet lower than the seam in the level above referred to. The\ncoal in this lower seam is very hard and of very good quality, but is somewhat thinner than\nthe company would like it to have been. This is being worked on the long-wall system.\nProtection Island Mine.\nMr. Thomas Mills, Manager; Mr. Charles Graham, Overman.\nThis is now a continuation of No. 1 Mine, all the coal going out at No. 1 shaft, but since\nthe 1st October all the men working in what is known as Protection are let down and hoisted\nup Protection shaft.\nThe operations here are confined to the extraction of pillars in the upper seam. The\nlower seam is being very extensively opened out on the long-wall system, for which it seems\nto be well adapted. This district is connected by a rock tunnel from No. 3 level, which is the J 228 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nhighest point of the working, and also by a rock tunnel from No. 5 Level. The air going\ndown the slope in the upper seam to No. 5 Level goes in here and passes up through all the\nworking face of the long-wall. This seam produces splendid coal of very superior quality.\nNo. 4 Northfield Mine (Nanaimo Colliery).\nManager, Mr. George Wilkinson.\nReference has been made to this mine in a previous report, and as it is a new mine, and\nlikely to be very productive, I think it will not be out of place to give a full account of what\nhas been done here.\nThe mine is opened out by two slopes driven parallel to each other, the one being the\ntravelling road, where all the workmen and animals go in and come out, and the other, known\nas the main slope, being where all the coal comes up. At the top of this slope there is a shaft\n60 feet deep from the surface, at the bottom of which there is a very extensive landing for the\ncars coming up the slope, where they are put on to the cages and hoisted to the surface. This\nslope is now down 1,400 yards from the shaft bottom, with six levels or landings, three to\neach side. The first turns off to the right, 2,000 feet down. In this district there are twelve\nplaces 36 feet wide, all of which are worked on one straight face, long-wall. The 2nd level to\nthe right turns off 2,500 feet from the shaft. Here there are six places working 36 feet wide.\nThis also is a straight long-wall face. No. 3, to the right, is turned off from the slope 3,000\nfeet from the shaft, this being the bottom, where the endless rope turns. In this division\nthere are eleven places 36 feet wide, all of which are on one face, worked on the long-wall\nsystem. On the left side the works are similar to those described on the right of the slope,\nwith sidings at each landing for holding cars for the operation of the endless rope. This slope\nis 1,000 feet in length from the shaft to the bull-wheel, and is laid with two tracks, three feet\ngauge with three feet between the tracks, and rails of 40 lbs. to the yard. The cars are\nattached to the rope about 70 feet apart by Smallman patent grips, loaded cars going up when the\nempty cars are coming down. Safety blocks are on the \"full\" track 30 feet apart, but where the\ngrade gets somewhat heavy they have been put in 10 feet apart. The \"empty\" track is fitted\nwith a runaway switch 50 feet from the top, so that if the gripper misses the grip on the car\nthe man on top pulls the lever, which prevents the car from going down the slope. This slope\nis well timbered, and in places where there would not be sufficient height by putting in timber\nheavy steel rails are used.\nThis shaft bottom is lighted up by eighteen 16-candle-power electric lights. Taking the\nslope as a whole there is a 16-candle-power light every 30 feet, with six extra lights on every\nlanding.\nThe ventilation is good. The motive power is a \" Murphy\" fan 12 inches in diameter,\nrunning about 125 revolutions a minute, and passing on an average 36,000 cubic feet of air a\nminute. The return airway is the travelling road, which is also lighted for a long distance\nwith electricity.\nThe coal mined here is very good, hard and bright, similar to that mentioned as the\nlower seam in No. 1 Shaft and Protection mines. It varies in thickness from 2 to 3| feet,\nand is worked on the long-wall system.\nThe coal is here nearly all undermined by coal cutting machines, of which there are 11 in\nall, 2 \" Rigg-Meiklejohn \" circular disc machines, and 9 \" Champion \" coal cutters, operated by\ncompressed air. The circular machines have a cutting capacity of about 600 square feet a day\nof 8 hours. The coal cutters have each a capacity of about 200 square feet a day of 8 hours. 6 Ed. 7 Coal Mining. J 229\nThis mine is now connected with the old Fitzwilliam slope, and has been cleaned and\ntimbered, making another excellent way of exit. Here, in the upper seam, they have only\nrecently struck fine coal, and a series of bores put down on Newcastle island showed good\nprospects.\nOn the surface there is an excellent up-to-date plant. The pithead is about 70 feet high,\nand after the coal is hoisted to the surface it leaves the cage and runs on a 1 per cent, grade\nto the tipple building, where there is a large 3-car tipple. After being dumped it runs on a\n2 per cent, grade to a back switch, and then runs to an elevator which hoists it to a point\nwhere the track has a grade down to the cage of 1 per cent. Once the car is liberated it runs\nback to the cage. Practically speaking, the car is taken off the cage, dumped, and returned\nagain to the cage without manual labour, with the exception of the man at the shaft top and\nthe one at the tipple.\nThe coal, after being dumped, passes on to a shaking screen, which screens out the\nsmaller size, and thence to a travelling table where rock and other impurities are picked out.\nFrom the tables the coal is carried up by a system of conveyors to the bunkers, which have a\ncapacity of 3,000 tons each. There are two conveyors running to the loading wharf, one\nfrom the tipple and another from the end of the bunkers, so that ships may be loaded in the\nleast possible time and to avoid breakage of the coal by handling.\nThere is a large coal-washing plant with a capacity of 40 tons of small coal an hour.\nPower for the coal-cutting machines and pumps is furnished by two double air-compressors.\nAll this machinery is worked by three sets of twin engines, with four large boilers, and\nwas supplied by the Chicago Link Belt Company. There are also in operation hoisting\nmachinery, endless rope, and electric plant.\nWellington Colliery Company, Limited.\n(This Company has refused authority to publish its Official Returns.)\nThe Wellington Colliery Company, Limited, has been operating the following mines\nduring the year 1905, under the general management of F. D. Little, M. E. :\u2014\nThe Wellington Colliery, in Cranberry District (Extension); Andrew Bryden, Manager.\nThe Wellington Colliery, in Comox District; John Matthews, Manager.\nExtension. ,\nNo. 1 or Tunnel Mine.\nMr. William Jones, Overman.\nThe developing drivages in this mine have, during the past year, been confined to the\nslope and to the dip of the east level or motor road, with two levels to the east off this slope.\nThe new motor mentioned in a previous report is not yet complete, as there were\nunexpected obstacles which had to be overcome. In the original working of this mine, only\nabout one-third of the coal was taken out, two-thirds being left in pillars and top coal (except\nin the long wall). Now they are extracting those pillars, with a regular system, so that none\nof the coal may be lost. In connection with this mine there are four openings out to the\nsurface, three of which are used every day, and by which men and mules go in and out, as\nwell as all the coal. The fourth opening is the fan shaft or return airway. J 230 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nNo. 2 Mine.\nMr. Alexander Shaw, Overman.\nThis mine is now being worked to the dip of No. 4 level by what is known as the slope,\nand in the east side by what is known as the new slope. Both of the above sections are\ndeveloping new ground, which has every prospect of being a very extensive coal district. At\none time this district gave off considerable inflammable gas, but now there is very little seen,\nalthough the same precautions are used as before. This mine has also got four direct ways\nout, three of which are used all the time, both for coming in and going out of the mine. The\nfourth is the fan shaft.\nNo. 3 Mine.\nMr. James Sharp, Overman.\nThis is the most westerly mine of the Wellington Colliery Company, and is very extensive. The winning drivages are confined at present to the No. 1 level, and levels off No. 3\nslope. Both stall-work and extraction or pillars are in operation. This mine has also four\nroadways to the outside, three of which are always open for both men and mules to go in and\ncome out. By one of the above roads much of the timber used in the upper workings is\nbrought in. The fourth outlet is the fan shaft\nThe above three mines are all connected, and the coal all comes out at the same outlet,\nknown as No. 1 tunnel. Below the level, however, or to the dip of the above tunnel, all the\nmines are worked separately, with a large barrier between them, so that in case of a fire, and\nthe mines having to be filled with water, only the one division or mine would be affected. The\nthree mines, collectively, are under the supervision of Mr. Andrew Bryden, the certificated\nmanager, and all are well ventilated and timbered.\nUnion.\nNo. 4 Mine, No. 1 Slope.\nRichard Short, Overman, (and later) David Nellist, Overman.\nThis slope is down 2,500 yards, with drivage into new ground to both the east and west\nsides. To the east side of this slope there is what is known as the Diagonal slope. During\nthe past year much of the work has been extracting pillars from the 11, 12 and 13 east levels.\nIn this slope they have now got the water pumped out and are working at the face of the 15\neast level, and in all the working stalls off the same.\nOn the west side of this slope the most of the mining is off No. 11 west level, with No.\n9 level the return airway and travelling road. In addition to the above, they have now got\nto work in the No. 15 west level, and from all appearances, 12 and 13 west levels will soon be\nin working order.\nThe ventilation is good. On the return airway, air velocity, 750 x 50 = 37,500 cubic feet\nof air, in which current of air no trace of gas can be detected, and gas has not been reported\nin the above district during the past year.\nNo. 2. Slope.\nThis slope turns off No. 1 a short distance down, after it goes under cover, and is, at the\nface, the lowest workings in No. 4 mine. It is badly caved and there is still much water to\npump. The caved rock interferes with the getting in of timber, and the water renders difficult\nthe handling of the rock, so that between the two it is hard to make headway. 6 Ed. 7 Coal Mining. J 231\nFrom the east side of this slope they are working in 8, 9, 10 and 11 levels, most of which\nwork is at pillars. On the west side a few men are working in 8, 9 and 10 levels; all of them\nare extracting pillars. Ventilation very good.\nNo. 8. Slope.\nThere has been very little mining done here during the past year, but there is a large\ndistrict of pillars yet to be extracted from No. 6 level up. This work is being reserved for\nsome other time.\nVentilation of this mine is summed up as follows :\u2014\nIntake, main slope, velocity, 850x84 = 71,400 cubic feet.\nii travelling road, n 850x50 = 42,500 u\nTotal 113,500 \u201e\nAirway return from both sides\u2014\nEast side; air velocity, 700 x 90 = 63,000 cubic feet.\nWest side; \u201e 750x50 = 37,500 \u201e\nTotal 100,500 n\nNo. 5 Shaft.\nJohn Kesley, Overman.\nThe working of this mine has been on the long-wall system. It has been found impossible,\non account of \"faults,\" to keep the working faces in line, and there is thick rock between two\nlayers of coal. Much of the rock and debris has to be sent out, as it was in such quantity as\nto make it impossible to \" gob\" it in all the old works. The districts in this shaft, lower\nseam, are known as No. 1 and No. 2 inclines. There is here a long slope to the dip, to prospect\nfor more regular coal.\nThe ventilation is very good\u2014\nEast side; air velocity 390 x 50 = 19,500 cubic feet.\nWest side ; \u201e 260 x 65 = 16,900 \u201e\nThere are only 40 men employed here.\nNo. 5 Shaft, Upper Seam.\nThis seam is about 240 feet from the surface and 350 from the bottom of the shaft, and is\nworked on the pillar and stall system. The workings are fully 6 feet between the roof and\nfloor, and the coal is mixed with considerable rock. The roof is a very hard sandstone. The\nventilation is very good. Air velocity, 190 x 50 = 9,500 cubic feet a minute. There are only\n18 men employed here, as the number is restricted to 20 under section 28 of the \" Coal Mines\nRegulation Act.\"\nNo. 6 Shaft, Uppjer Seam.\nThis shaft is about one mile from No. 5 in a southerly direction. All the mining here is\non the pillar and stall system. This is the continuation of the same seam as the upper seam\nin No. 5. The coal is very hard and has almost all to be blasted without being undermined.\nHere, as in some parts of Nanaimo Colliery, mining machines have been used with satisfactory\nresults; making more lump coal and less slack, while less powder is required, and I am told\nthat the cost of mining is reduced. Ventilation is very good. Air velocity at regulator\n950 x 27 = 25,650 cubic feet a minute. In this mine there were 19 men and 3 mules. This\nmine is also restricted by section 28 of the \" Coal Mines Regulation Act.\" The mine is connected by pipes with the Cumberland Water Company's system, and the water is used at any\ntime that it is thought necessary to damp the mine. J 232 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nThis upper seam is worked from an open shaft, the coal being 352 feet from the bottom,\nbut there are a high iron gate, safety-bar and safety-catch, which, if properly used, render\naccidents impossible. In addition to the above, there is a good road from the one side of the\nshaft to the other, so that when passing to and fro it is not necessary to go near the shaft.\nNo. 6, Lower Seam.\nThere was some work done here in the early part of the year, but nothing is now being\ndone except pumping the water and keeping the roadway between Nos. 5 and 6 shafts in good\norder.\nNo. 7 Slope.\nDavid Walker, Overman.\nThis mine is about four miles in a north-westerly direction from No. 1 shaft and about\ntwo miles from No. 4 mine. A standard gauge side-track from the company's railway system\npasses a short distance north of No. 5 mine. This slope is now down 800 yards on a gentle\nincline. Anthracite coal was reported to have been found here. The coal is of very good\nquality and almost free from impurities. The faulting of the seams has proved an obstacle,\nand at present the output of coal is not large, considering the depth of the workings. On\nboth sides of the slope, however, work is being extensively pushed, and a greater output may\nbe confidently expected in the future.\n\"Ventilation is very good. Air velocity, 240x84 = 20,160 cubic feet a minute, for an\naverage number of 31 men and 2 mules.\nNo 2 slope is only a short distance from No. 1, and leaves at an angle which widens out\nas it goes down. There has as yet been no coal taken out here.\nBetween the two slopes there is an upcast shaft where a foundation is now being put in\nfor a large ventilating fan. From prospects obtained from three bore-holes put down lately in\nthis district, a large output for this mine is predicted.\nHere the company has put in a tippling plant and picking table, so that any rock in the\ncoal can be taken out.\nProsecutions.\nI have to report that on the 5th day of April I had the following cases tried at Ladysmith by George Thomson, Esq., Magistrate, viz. :\u2014\nAndrew Bryden, manager of Extension mines of the Wellington Colliery Company, for\nthe violation of section 31, sub-section (2), of the \"Coal Mines Regulation Act,\" in that he\ndid employ one William Jones as overman, who acted in the above official capacity, not having\na certificate as called for under the above Act. The case was proven, when Mr. Bryden was\nfined.\nWilliam Jones, for working and acting as overman, not having a certificate as required\nby the above sections of the \" Coal Mines Regulation Act,\" was also fined.\nOn June 7th Andrew Bryden, manager of Extension mine, of the Wellington Colliery\nCompany, was up before Robert Allan and Murdoch Matheson, J. P.'s., at Ladysmith, in that\nhe did violate section 23b of the \" Coal Mines Regulation Act,\" by allowing Harry Carrol to\nremain underground in the Extension tunnel of the Wellington Colliery for a period of longer\nthan eight hours, thereby violating the aforesaid section 23b of the \" Coal Mines Regulation\nAct.\" H. Carrol was also brought up for being longer in the Extension tunnel than eight\nhours, being a violation of section 23b. Both cases were dismissed, the Court not having\njurisdiction. 6 Ed. 7 Coal Mining. J 233\nOn October 24th I gave information before James Abrams, Stipendiary Magistrate at\nCumberland, against Thomas Bickle, John Zanini, and Anthon Micola, in that the above three\nmen did violate section 23b of the \" Coal Mines Regulation Act,\" by remaining underground\nfor a longer period than eight hours in one day in the No. 4 mine, Union, of the Wellington\nColliery Company. Information was sworn against John Matthew in each of the above cases,\nin that he, being manager, did allow the above men to be in No. 4 mine as above for a longer\nperiod than eight hours, being a violation of section 23b of the \" Coal Mines Regulation Act.\"\nThe cases against Bickle and Micola, and the corresponding case against J. Matthews, were\ndismissed. The case against John Zanini and the case against J. Matthews were sustained,\nand both were fined.\nEAST KOOTENAY INSPECTION DISTRICT.\nReport of Thomas Morgan, Inspector.\nI have the honour, as Inspector of Coal Mines for the East Kootenay District, to submit\nmy annual report for the year 1905. The only company actually producing coal in this\ndistrict, as yet, is the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co., Ltd., but this company is operating three\nseparate and distinct collieries.\nCrow's Nest Pass Coal Co., Ltd.\nOfficers. Address.\nHon. Geo. A. Cox, President, Toronto, Ont.\nRobert Jaffray, Vice-President, n\nG. G. S. Lindsey, Secretary and Managing Director, ii\nE. R. Wood, Treasurer, n\nR. G. Drinnan, General Superintendent, Fernie, 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, on\na branch railway to the mines.\nMichel Collieries, situated on both sides of Michel creek, on the line of the C. P. Railway,\nbeing 23 miles in a north-easterly direction from Fernie.\nCarbonado Collieries, situated on Morrissey creek and connected with the C. P. Railway\nand the Great Northern Railway at Morrissey. The colliery is about 14 miles from Fernie,\nby rail, in a south-easterly direction.\nThe total output of the Company's collieries for the past year was 831,933 tons. Of this\n397,828 tons were used in the manufacture of coke, yielding 256,125 tons, and with 2,256\ntons taken from stock, makes the total coke sales 258,381 tons, of which 145,044 tons were\nsold for consumption in Canada, and 113,337 tons were exported to the United States.\nThe coal exported to the United States amounted to 246,002 tons, while 148,939 tons\nwere sold for consumption in Canada. J 234\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1906\nThe amount and disposition of this combined output is more fully shown in the following\ntable :\u2014\nReturns from Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company's Collieries.\nSales and Output tor Year.\nCoal.\nCoke.\n(Tons of 2,240 lbs.)\nTons.\ncwt.\nTons.\ncwt.\nTons.\ncwt.\nTons.\ncwt.\n148,939\n246,002\n145,044\n113,337\n258,381\n2,256\n394,941\n433,671\n3,321\nTotal Sales\t\n397,828\n35,843\n2,256\nNil.\nDifference taken from Stock during year\n\u2014\nOutput of Colliery for Year.\n831,933\n256,125\nNumber of Men Employed in Crow's Nest Pass Company's Collieries.\nCharacter of Labour.\nNumber Employed.\nTotal\nNumber\nUnderground.\nSurface.\nEmployed.\n37\n535\n158\n213\n51\n21\n18\n55\n535\n158\nLabourers\t\n301\n123\n13\n514\n174\nBoys \t\n34\n20\n20\nTotal\t\n1,015\n475\n1,490\nCoal Creek Colliery.\nAndrew Colville, Manager.\nThis colliery is situated about five miles in an easterly direction from Fernie, where No.\n1, No. .9 and No. 5 tunnels, on the north side of Coal creek, and No. 2 on the south side, have\nbeen working.\nNo. 1 Mine.\nDavid Martin, Overman.\nSituated on the north side of Coal creek; worked by pillar and stall system. Slope\ndistrict alone working, as it is too expensive to keep it open, owing to the roads heaving and\nthe roof and sides squeezing and breaking the timbers all over the incline district. On my 6 Ed. 7 Coal Mining. J 235\ninspection of the Slope district, December 7th, 1 found a little gas over the timbers in No. 3\nstall on the south side of the slope. All the balance of the mine was clear and the, mine well\ntimbered all through. In making a test of the ventilation I found 36,000 cubic feet of air\nper minute passing through this district for the use of 70 men and 6 horses. Size of fan,\n4 feet 10 inches by 14 feet, with a speed of 140 revolutions a minute, and 2-inch water gauge.\nFiremen\u2014Harry Dunlap, Andrew Bartley and George Holmes.\nNo. 2 Mine.\nJohn McClimont, Overman.\nSituated on the south side of Coal creek. This mine is worked by pillar and stall, with\nextraction of pillars. On making my inspection of this mine, December Sth and 9th, I found\na little gas in No. 2 stall in the right counter to main entry, over the timbers, where the air\ncould not get to it to drive it out. Balance of mine in good order, well timbered and free of\ngas. In making a test of the ventilation, in what is called No. 2 district, I found, for the use\nof 75 men, 33,000 cubic feet of air a minute going through to keep it pure and wholesome for\nthose employed. There are two splits of air in this district.\nIn No. 3 district, for the use of 85 men, in two splits of air, there was 54,250 cubic feet\na minute. There were 12,000 cubic feet a minute going up the No. 1 incline district to keep\nclear the old workings, in which no one works at present. Also 4,500 cubic feet per minute\ngoing into No. 3 mine to keep it clear. This mine has not worked since the pit-head was\nburned down in March last. Total air at fan shaft was 150,000 cubic feet a minute, leaving\n46,250 cubic feet a minute for leakage for doors and old workings. Found by making a test\nin the return air course one-half of one per cent. gas.\nFiremen\u2014Robert Pengelly, Evan John, Harry H. Miard and Thos. H. William.\nNo. 5 Mine.\nJohn Hunt, Overman.\nSituated on the north side of Coal creek; worked by pillar and stall and extraction of\npillars. Inspected December 5th, and found the mine clear of gas and well ventilated and\nwell timbered. Ventilation test showed 22,500 cubic feet a minute for the use of 61 men\nand six horses. This mine is worked exclusively with locked safety lamps and very little\nblasting is done. Percentage of gas in the main return, taken by the Pelier gas-testing lamp,\nwas one-eighth of one per cent. Size of fan, 3 feet by 10 feet. The level is in 2,500 feet.\nFiremen\u2014John Dobie, A. W. Courtenay and David James.\nNo. 9 Mine.\nDavid Martin, Overman.\nThis mine is on the north side of Coal creek, and is worked on the long-wall system. On\nmy inspection, December 6th, I found this mine in the best of order, and through the stalls\nand roads all well timbered and cogged. Ventilation good; in the slope district, 21,100 cubic\nfeet a minute for the use of 28 men and four horses. This air returns to the fan of No. 1\nmine.\nFiremen\u2014Daniel Elliot, Geo. O'Brien, Jas. Finlayson and Adam Watson.\nIn the Incline district I found, for the use of 50 men and seven horses, 27,600 cubic feet\na minute. This air goes to the fan erected for No. 9 mine. Total air at the mouth of tunnel\nwas 50,000 cubic feet a minute, leaving a balance for leakage of 1,280 cubic feet a minute for\ndoors and stoppings. This fan is of the Guibal pattern; size, 3 feet by 10 feet. The per\ncentage of gas in the main return was one-eighth of one per cent. J 236\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1906\nThe following are the official returns of the Coal Creek Colliery for the year ending 31st\nDecember, 1905:\u2014\nSales and Output for Year.\nCoal.\nCoke.\n(Tons of 2,240 lbs.)\nTons.\ncwt.\n10\nTons.\newt.\nTons.\ncwt.\nTons.\ncwt.\nSold for consumption in Canada\t\n\/; export to U. S\t\n38,068\n177,860\n46,047\n78,282\n03\n16\n124,329\n737\nTotal Sales\t\n215,928\n208,282\n1,282\n10\n10\n03\n19\nUsed in making Coke\t\n\/\/ under Colliery Boilers, &c\t\n189,016\n19,266\n01\n09\n737\nDifference taken from stock during year\n737\nOutput of Colliery for year .\n425,493\n03\n123,592\n19\nNumber of Hands Employed, Daily Wages Paid, &c.\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 ..\n20\n377\n93\n23\n17\n8\n28\n377\n223\n88\n24\n130\n65\n7\nBoys\t\nTotals.\n530\n210\n740\nDescription and length of tramway, plant, etc.\u2014On March 11th, 1905, the tipple at this\ncolliery was completely destroyed by fire. It has been replaced by a steel structure\n840 feet long and 35 feet high, having all the latest machinery for the dumping,\nscreening, sorting and loading of coal.\nWe have also installed three Erie City return tubular boilers during the year 1905.\nA new office and warehouse building was also erected at this colliery. This structure\nis built of hollow concrete blocks and is thoroughly fire-proof in every detail.\nThe Minister of Mines is hereby authorised to publish these Returns.\nRobert G. Drinnan.\nMichel Colliery.\nArthur R. Wilson, Manager.\nThis colliery is situated 24 miles in an easterly direction from Fernie, where No. 6 and\nNo. 8 mines are working at the present time. 6 Ed. 7\nCoal Mining.\nJ 237\nNo. 8 Mine.\nThomas Corkill, Overman.\nThis tunnel is in about 2,000 yards and is an extensive mine. The work is pillar and\nstall and extraction of pillars. On inspecting this mine December 12th and 13th, I found a\nlittle gas in Nos. 13, 14, 15 and 19 stalls, over the timbers, in the main east level district,\nwhere the air could not get to it to sweep it out. There is no blasting done in this district.\nSafety lamps only are used. The balance of the mine was clear of gas and well timbered, in\ngood order and well ventilated. I may say that there is some blasting done in No. 2 incline\ndistrict, and in the main incline, but it is done at night, after the shift is over. The powder\nused is manufactured by the Roburite Explosive Company, Ltd., Gathurst, Wigan\u2014\"negro\"\npowder\u2014and is a \"permitted explosive' which makes no flame.\nIn making a test of the air, I found in the main east level district, for the use of 54 men\nand 3 horses, 33,600 cubic feet a minute going through this district to keep the places clear and\nwholesome for the men employed therein. For No. 2 incline district, 33,000 cubic feet a\nminute for the use of 45 men and 5 horses. For the main incline district, 28,800 cubic feet a\nminute, for the use of 42 men and 3 horses. Total air at fan shaft was 120,000 cubic feet a\nminute, leaving 25,200 cubic feet a minute for leakage through doors and stoppings and also\nfor the old workings.\nFiremen\u2014Robert Middleton, William Eccleston and William Austin. Shot-lighter\u2014\nJoseph Thomas.\nNo. 6 Mine.\nWilliam Powell, Overman.\nThis mine is situated on the south-west side of Michel creek. It is worked by pillar and\nstall and extraction of pillars. On my inspection I found this mine clear of gas, well timbered\nall through and well ventilated. For the use of 35 men and 1 horse there were 18,000 cubic\nfeet of air a minute going through the workings, to keep the mine clear and healthy for those\nemployed. Fan, 3 feet x 10 feet, and of Guibal pattern.\nFireman and shot-lighter for this mine is Evan Evans.\nThe following are the official returns of the Michel Colliery for the year ending December\n31st, 1905:\u2014\nSales and Output for Year.\nCoal.\nCoke.\n(Tons of 2,240 lbs.)\nTons.\ncwt.\n3\n10\nTons.\ncwt.\n13\n15\n7\nTons.\ncwt.\n19\n11\nTons.\ncwt.\nSold for consumption in Canada \t\na export to U. S \t\n102,973\n1,334\n98,376\n27,847\n126,224\n1,519\n104,307\n203,574\n1,623\n00\nTotal Sales\t\n10\n194,463\n9,110\n16\n19\n1,519\n00\nDifference taken from stock during year\n1,519\n00\nOutput of Colliery for Year.\n309,505\n15\n124,705\n10 J 238\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1906\nNumber of 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.\n8\n100\n100\n85\n22\n4\n7\n15\n100\n100\n227\n62\n6\n20\n142\n40\n2\n20\n319\n211\n530\nDescription and length of tramway, plant, etc.\u2014The company installed this year a Rand high-\nstage air compressor and two compressed air locomotives for hauling coal out of No. 8\nmine.\nThe Minister of Mines is hereby authorised to publish these returns.\nRobert G. Drinnan.\nCarbonado Colliery.\nCharles Simister, Manager.\nThis colliery is situated on Morrissey creek about 13 miles from Fernie, and during the\npast year Nos. 0, 3 and 6 mines have been working.\nNo. 3 Mine.\nElijah Heathcote, Overman.\nSituated on the north side of Morrissey creek, worked by pillar and stall and extraction\nof pillars. On my last inspection, December 2nd, I found.it clear of explosive gas, well\ntimbered all through and the ventilation good, 36,000 cubic feet of air a minute going through\nthe mine for the use of 45 men and 1 horse. The \" Wolf \" safety lamp only is used and the\nblasting is done after the shift is over, and nothing but \" Giant\" powder is used in this mine\nas in all the other mines in Carbonado. Size of fan, 8 feet by 16 feet, with 1^-inch water\ngauge.\nFiremen\u2014James Derbyshire, Frank Aspinall and Edward Bridge.\nNo. 6 Mine.\nNorman Fraser, Overman.\nSituated on the north side of Morrissey creek. Inspected December 2nd. Worked by\npillar and stall system, and was only in about 100 yards when inspected. I found the mine\nin good order and the roof of the best kind. \"Wolf\" safety lamps alone are used, and are\ncleaned and filled by the lamp-man before they are allowed to leave the lamp station, and are\nagain tested by the firemen before they are allowed to enter the mine. Test of air showed\n12,000 cubic feet a minute going through this mine for the use of 35 men, with a fan 8 feet by\n16 feet, making 25 revolutions a minute.\nFiremen\u2014John Cunliffe, Chas. Simister, and Chas. Oatchpole. 6 Ed. 7\nCoal Mining.\nJ 239\nNo. 0 Mine.\nNorman Fraser, Overman.\nSituated on the north side of Morrissey creek. Inspected December 2nd. This mine is\nworked on the long-wall system. On my inspection on above date I found this mine in good\norder, well timbered and cogged. Ventilation good, 20,000 cubic feet per minute for the use\nof 20 men when the mine was working. The mine was idle on this day. Size of fan, 3 feet\nby 10 feet, going at 90 revolutions a minute. This mine is worked by safety lamps exclusively\nand all the blasting is done after the shift is over.\nFiremen\u2014John Cunliffe, Chas. Simister, and Chas. Catchpole.\nThe following are the official returns of the Carbonado Colliery for the year ending 31st\nDecember, 1905:\u2014\nCoal and Coke Produced, Exported, etc.\nSales and Output for Year.\nCoal.\nCoke.\n(Tons of 2,240 lbs.)\nTons.\ncwt.\n17\n16\nTons.\ncwt.\nTons.\newt.\n11\n05\nTons.\ncwt.\nSold for consumption in Canada\t\n7,896\n66,807\n619\n7,207\n7,826\n13\n06\n03\n74,704\n16\n14,348\n7,466\n04\n02\nTotal for Colliery use\t\n21,814\n415\n96,934\n02\nDifference taken from stock during year\n02\nOutput of Colliery for year .\n96,934\n7,826\n16\nNumber of Hands Employed, Daily Wages Paid, &c.\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 .......\nWhites\u2014Miners\t\n9\n58\n58\n35\n6\n3\n12\n58\n58\n64\n24\n4\n29\n18\n4\nMechanics and Skilled Labour ...\nTotals, Mines and Ovens \t\n166\n54\n220 J 240 Report of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nDescription of seams, tunnels, levels, shafts, etc., and number of same\u2014No. 6 is a new mine\nopened in September, 1905. Coal 3 feet 6 inches thick. Description of other seams,\nsame as last year.\nThe Minister of Mines is hereby authorised to publish these Returns.\nRobert G. Drinnan.\nProsecutions under \"Coal.Mines Regulation Act.\"\nMay 2nd\u2014George O'Brian, a fireman in No. 9 mine, Coal creek, for having matches in the\nmine, was fined $10.\nJuly 3rd\u2014John Bertas, for having matches in his possession in the mine, was fined $10 or 15\ndays' imprisonment. This man worked in No. 3 mine, Carbonado. 6 Ed. 7\nCoal Mining.\nJ 241\nACCIDENTS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA COLLIERIES DURING 1905.\nName of Colliery.\nTotal for\nCauses of Accident and Nature\nof Injury.\nNanaimo.\nUnion.\nExtension.\nCrow's\nNest.\n1905.\nrce\n\"5\nto\nCO\n3\nCD\nen\n43\nr.\n43\nto\n03\nP\n0\nCQ\n53\nto\no\nCD\nCQ\n*5\nBO\n03\n\"3\n43\nci\nto\noo\nP\no\nCD\nCQ\n43\n53\n\"cS\n4^\nw\na\nCD\nCC\n-p\n60\n53\n\"3\n43\no\nEH\n9\n2\n3\n4\n9\n13\n1\n2\ni\n1\n2\n2\n2\n2\n2\n8\n3\nn\n3\n1\n1\n1\n2\n4\n2\ni\n6\n1\nSlight\t\n\"0\n3\n1\n2\ni\n4\n3\n2\n*7\n9\n\"s\nSlight\t\nm\nFatal \t\n1\n1\n1\n1\n3\nSlight\t\n1\n2\ni\nFatal \t\nSlight\t\n1\n1\ns\nFatal \t\n1\n1\n2\n2\nSlight\t\nMiscellaneous\u2014Underground\t\ns\nFatal \t\n1\n1\n2\n1\nSlight\t\n1\nMiscellaneous\u2014Surface ,\t\ns\nFatal\t\n1\n1\n2\n2\nSlight\t\nTotal\t\n0\n9\n14\n8\n4\n4\n1\n9\n4\n3\n8\n4\n12\n30\n26\n68 J 242\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1906\nCC ICO\nCO CM\n\nCM rH\nH \u25a0*\nt^ rH ,-t CC\nCO 1-\nOJ\n\u25a0w^ns\n1 \u2022 CO\nX rH\nlO \u25a0 r-\n1 CM tO\nrH rH r\u00ab\n1 0\n^O\nt\/2 O\nCD CO\nCM\nO\nrH CM\nCO\nrt\nIS\nC3\n43\no\nH\n1 \u25a0 CM\nr~ \u00bbo\nGi O\n< CO OJ\nrH CM CO\n1 0\nr-H\nCO\nCO\nCO c~\nt- r-l rH i\u20141\nrt\n1 o>\nCO\nCO t~\nCC CO\n0\n1 \u2022 rH rH CO\nrH \u2022 rH Gi CM\n\u2022pw\nO CO\nCM\nCM rH\nrT\n1\n: rt F\"\n00\nCO\nlO\no\nOS\nCM\nCO\nJ \u00b0\u00b0\n5 CM\n\u25a0* \u00b09.\n\"TO<>X\nOS\nCO rH\nZ\n3 CO r-\n1\n0\nCO CO\nX\ni CO\nic\nc\na\no\nr*\n\u2022II^IS\nCS\nCO -H\nsx\n: \u2022 - rH CO\n. rt\n1 \u25a0 \u25a0 \u2022 \u2022 rH\n~\n12\nCQ\nP3\n<\nto\nto\n\u2022snouag\nCM 1-r\ni:\nI \u25a0 CM CM\nCO\n1.3\n\u2022tom\nrH t^\nlO rH\np\n9 \u25a0 \u2022 \u2022 \u2022 rH\nCO\nIts\nr\u2014\nrH O\n-i\nCO\n2\nCO\n; \u00b0i\n5 r-.\n5 00\n1 441\n\u25a0*\nco\nrjT\n'TO\u00b0X\nCO\n^ CM\n0\n\u2022iqgns\nCO\nCM -t\nO\n1 \u25a0 \u2022 rH \u2022\n^\n1 CD\n01\ni\u2014i\n\u2022snouag\niO 00\ni.\nCM rj\nlO\nOJ\n1??\n'TOM\nCM\n-* 00\nif\n>\n\"\nCM\nIS?\nCQ\nto OS\nCO to\n-i\nCM CN\n-*\nEl\no\nc\nc\nCD\nOl\no\n-*\n\u2022TO\u00b0I\nCM\nP\u20141\n1 r-\nhH\nHI\n'wgns\n00\nOl\nn*\n1 \u25a0 - \u2022 rH\nrt\nI oo\n1 tX\nI CO\n\u25a0snouag\nrH CO\n-\n> \u2022 \u2022 CM \u2022\nCO\nIS\n1-5\n\u2022a -h\nrH r^\nc\n) \u25a0 CM\nI OS\no\no\n\u2022TOM\nCM\n1 CO\nrH CD\nr^ oo\na\nCM C*\nO\nCO O\nI J:~-\no\nc\nc\nlO\nio\nJC~\nOS\ncc\"\n'TOox\nCO rH\nrH rH\nM\n! ^p\nm\n\u2022wSns\nCM\nCM rH\nIf\nCO\nCM\nIS\nfc\n> 5>\nCO\n\u2022snouag\nCM\nC3S 00\nif\nCM CM\nrH\nCM\n1 \u25a0*\n1 CO\nrH CM\nCO CO\nV\n\u2022\nCM O\nOl\no\n'TOM\nCD\n0\nfc\n-TO\u00b0X\nOl rH\n-\nCM r-\nt^\nCr\n-*\nCO\n03\ns\nc\nOS\n\u00a9\nIO\n00\nrjT\nCM\no.\n1 OS\n\"Iug.IS\nCM\nCM\nCO CO\n'.r\n) \u2022 rH\nCO\ncr\nIS\np\no\n\u2022snouag\nCM\nrH LO\nL-\nCO\n-1\n19\no\no\n\u2022TOM\nCM CO\n\u25a0^\n\u2022\nrt\nCO\nIS\nCQ\nEH\na\na\nOC\n1 \u25a0*\nCM\nCO\nCO\no\ncc\nt-r\nco\"\n-TO0X\nO\nCO\n00 0)\n-\u00a3\n\u2022\nCO\nrt\n18\n\u25a0I\"8ng\n00\nCO rH\nTj\n-\nrt\n1 \u00b0\n1 CO\n\u2022snouag\nos\nr)\nlO\n0\n\u2022\nCM\n1 Ol\n01\nO\no\n\u00ab4\n'TOM\nCO\nCO\nc\nr*\n1 \"\na\n\u00bbo\nCD\n00\nlO\nCO\nGO\n00\n-TO\u00b0I\nen\nt^ OS\ney\nCM\nr(i\nCM\n,0\nti\ng\nM\nEl\n\u2022m%s\nCO\nm\ne<*\n\u25a0\nrt\n12\na\ncm\"\n\u2022snouag\nrH\nrj\nlO\ncr\nCM\nCO\nCM\nIS\n\u25a0-1\n\u2022Tom\nCM\nCO rH\nI1-\nw\nr~\nIO\nCO\nCO\nrf\nof\n\u25a0TO\u00b0I\nrH\nCO rH\nt-\nrH ft.\nCM\n\u25a0\n1 CO\n1 CO\nto\n\u2022*Hgns\nCM\nC\nIN\n|CO\na\nCM\nCO\n00\n\u2022snouag\nCM\nc\nt^\nTj\nrH Os\nCM\nIS\n\u00ab1\n\u25a0TOM\nOl\nc\n-\n|CO\n1\n5?l\nCM\nCM\n\"TO\u00b0X\nCM\nOC\no\ncr\nCM\nM\nrt\nCM\nCM\n145\nP3\n:c\nCO\n\u2022^igns\n00\n-\nl\u00ab\n0\ncc\nCI\n00\ncm\"\n\u2022snouag\nCO\nr*\n00\nOC\nCM\nrt\n-\nO\n1 OS\n1 CM\n\u2022p^M\n-H\n\u00ab\ntM\n\u00ab\n,0=\nP\nCQ\nn\no\n-a\nv>\no\n+2\n5h\na '.\nCD\na\n\"0\n\"Ph\nCD\nO\n03\nf-\n1\ng\nPh\na\nCD\nCQ\nrH\no\n<\nw\nC3 GQ\ncd P\nCD 0\nrM\n' u\nm\nCD\nP\nO\nCD\nH h\nCD\n1\nr-t\na >\nS\n>\n> \"3\na\no\no\n0\n=43\n9-rT _2\n0\nc\no\nu\nEC\n\u00a3 r-\n3 \u00a3\nbj\nJ8\nc; 0 0 oC S\na\no\nft\no\nrl\nCD\nPh\n0\n3\n-P\nCS\nCD\nCQ\ncS\nO\n'a\nC\n\"r\n> rH\nI8\nc\nr-\nC\nCC\nc\np '43\n.2\nOC\n'c\nM\nCD\nr=\nO\nto\n+3\n0\nrCl\n61\nr\nCD\nc\np\nc\na\n0\n\u00b0 H\n\u00b0^.r\nIs 6 Ed. 7\nCoal Mining.\nJ 243\nDETAILED STATEMENT OF ACCIDENTS IN B. C. COLLIERIES DURING 1905.\n :o:\t\nVANCOUVER ISLAND COLLIERIES.\nReported by Archibald Dick, Inspector.\nNo.\nColliery.\nDate.\nName-.\nOccupation.\nDetails.\n1\nJan.\n9\nWalter Carter.\nMiner\t\nLeg fractured and ankle dislocated by fall\nof rock in No. 1 Mine.\n2\nNanaimo\t\nFeb.\n13\nFrank Green ..\nHand badly cut with an axe, No. 1 Shaft.\n3\nIt\n18\nF. Brambley. ...\nCompound fracture of the leg, caused by\nfall of coal in Protection Mine.\n4\nIF\n23\nA. Clarkson...\nFireboss \t\nKilled in shaft in No. 6 Pit. Cager pushed\nloaded car into shaft thinking cage was\nthere. Clarkson was descending in cage,\nand was struck by falling car, with above\nresult.\n5\nII\n27\nA. Mygren....\nRun over by loaded cars, and had three\nribs fractured in No. Slope.\n6\nExtension....\nMarch\n4\nM. Ingham....\nSpine injured. He had a shot lighted, and\nthinking some one coming, ran to warn\nthem, when shot went oft injuring him\nas above. No. 3 Mine.\n7\nNanaimo\t\ntt\n6\nJ. Metcalfe. ..\nJaw broken and compound fracture of nose\nby fall of rock in No. 1 Shaft.\n8\nIF\n6\nCoon Sing\t\nn \t\nLeg broken by fall of rook in No. 5 Pit.\n9\nNanaimo\t\nIF\n11\nThos. Burns...\nMule driver...\nMiddle finger of left hand taked off while\nuncoupling cars in Protection Mine.\n10\n17\nThos. Mills....\nColliery Mg'r..\nSlightly burned about hands and face by\ngas in a cross-cut off No. 7 South Level.\nKnowing there was gas Mr. Mills had\nsafety lamp, but man came in with naked\nlight which kindled the gas.\n11\n\"\n17\nHenry Devlin .\nFireboss\t\nSame accident; same circumstances; same\ninjuries.\n12\nft\n27\nGeo. Hall\nCar pusher\t\nFinger cut off while uncoupling a ear in\nProtection Mine.\n13\nft\n18\nL. Giacomo ...\nMiner's helper.\nLegs broken byfallof stringer which he was\nhelping to lift.\n14\nNanaimo\t\nApril\n24\nC. Eileen.....\nKnee twisted by fall of coal in No. 1 Shaft.\n15\nMay\n2\nGeo. Harrison.\nHand cut by fall of coal in No. 1 Shaft.\n16\na\n2\nJames Brunt . .\nArm bruised. Riding on empty car, which\nleft the track, crushing his arm against\nthe \" rib.\"\n17\nrt\n6\nJames Watson.\nKilled by fall of rock in No. 4 Mine.\n18\ntt\n6\nYun Gwan Lun\nMiner's helper.\nFatally injured iu same accident as above.\nDied May 11th. J 244\nReport of the Minister of Mines. 1906\nDetailed Statement of Accidents in V. I. Collieries during 1905\u2014Continued.\nNo.\nColliery.\nDate.\nName.\nOccupation.\nDetails.\n19\nMay\n9\nThos Neilson..\nInstantly killed in No. 6 Shaft, upper\nseam. Neilson pushed loaded car into\nshaft, not knowing cage was away, and\nfell 352 feet, with above result.\n20\nit\nn\nMah Way\nMiner's helper.\nKilled by fall of rock in No. 4 Mine.\n21\nNanaimo\t\nit\nn\nJos. Thompson\nCompound fracture of leg, caused by fall\nof rock in No. 1 Shaft.\n22\nExtension\t\n\"\nn\nThos. Hunter..\nBurned about the hands and neck by the\nexplosion of a small quantity of gas in\nthe roof of No. 2 Mine.\n23\n\t\nft\n18\nJohn Alton ...\nFatally injured internally by fall of shale\nand coal in No. 2 Slope. Died seven\nhours after.\n24\nNanaimo\t\nft\n27\nW. McMillan..\nit \t\nArm injured by coal flying after discharge\nof shot in Protection Mine.\n25\nUnion\t\nTune\n12\nStamima (Jap.)\nFatally injured by premature blast in No.\n5 Pit. Lived only a few minutes.\n26\nit\n16\nArthur Warren\nSlightly injured in back by fall of coal in\nNo. 4 Mine.\n27\nJuly\n10\nSale Saimjo . ..\nBack and leg broken by fall of coal in No.\n3 Mine.\n28\nUnion\t\ntt\n18\nJ. Jamieson...\nSlightly burned on neck, face and hands\nby explosion of gas and powder in No.\n6 Pit. He was charging a shot, when\nhis lamp ignited gas, apparently from\nthe hole ; this exploded the powder, but\nJamieson had time to escape serious\ninjury.\n29\na\n28\nJohn Gordon..\nFractured skull. Car coming up incline\nstruck prop holding the pulley. The\nprop struck Gordon on the head with\nabove result.\n30\nSept.\n1\nWong Chong..\nMiner's helper.\nFatally injured by being run over by cars\nwhile crossing the slope in No. 4 Mine.\nDied in hospital two hours later.\n31\n\" \t\nif\n9\nMiner\t\nFound lying dead in his \" stall\" under\nlarge piece of coal, which had fallen on\nhim.\n32\nOct.\n24\nJ. H. Piper ...\nMule driver...\nFingers badly crushed under car wheels in\nProtection Mine.\n33\nExtension\t\n\"\n21\nJas. Woodell..\nit ...\nLeg fractured by mule falling on him in\nNo. 2 Mine.\n34\n35\nOct.\nIf\n31\n31\nRobt. Simpson\nD. Thomas\t\nBoth burned about face and hands by\nexplosion of gas in No. 2 Mine. There\nwas a small \" feeder \" of gas coming out\nof the roof above the roadway. A curtain had been put up to carry away the\ngas, but had got disarranged. The boys\nwent up with a naked light, although\nsupplied with safety lamps, and ignited\nthe gas, with results as above. 6 Ed. 7\nCoal Mining.\nJ 245\nDetailed Statement op Accidents in V. I. Collieries during 1905\u2014Concluded.\nNo.\nColliery.\nDate.\nName.\nOccupation.\nDetails.\n36\nNov. 2\nM. Woodburn.\nRibs broken by mine car, which upset and\nrolled on him, in No. 3 Mine.\n37\nti ....\n6\nChas. McKie..\nLeg fractured by fall of coal in No. 3 Mine.\n38\nNanaimo\t\n7\nWm. Richards.\nBack slightly injured by fall of rock in\nNorthfield Mine.\n39\n9\nThos. Piper ...\nCollar-bone broken and head bruised by\nfalling in front of a car in No. 1 Shaft.\n40\n,t 10\nJ. D. Smith...\nWrist sprained by being jammed between\na mine car and a prop in Northfield Mine.\n41\nUnion\t\n13\nSamuel Jones..\nMule driver...\nHead and side bruised by fall of prop,\nround which was a rope by which a mine\ncar was being lowered.\n42\n\" \t\nn 21\nEnrico Pauz.. .\nArm broken and shoulder and leg bruised\nby fall of loose coal in No. 4 Mine.\n43\nNanaimo\t\nDee. 2\nS. Wilcock....\nBack bruised by fall of coal, jamming him\nagainst a prop in Protection Mine.\n44\n,i 6\nGeo. Peacock..\nTwo ribs fractured and side bruised by\nfall of coal while taking down his drilling machine in No. 6 Shaft.\n45\n6\nHi Yung\t\nStruck on elbow by a car, breaking the\narm. Was working on tipple at No. 1\nShaft.\n46\n14\nJames Bell\t\nLeg fractured by being struck by endless\nrope while pulling cars out of a siding\nin Northfield Mine.\n47\n14\nJas. Bingham.\nMachine-man. .\nFoot caught in wheel of coal mining\nmachine. Small bone fractured and foot\notherwise injured in Northfield Mine.\n48\n15\nQuong Wan. .\nMiner's helper.\nFace and hand slightly burned. He was\ngetting ready to blast, when by some\nmeans the powder in his bottle exploded\nwith results as above.\n49\nNanaimo \t\na 16\nL. Williams...\nRope-rider.\t\nCompound fracture of the leg. Was struck\nby runaway cars on the Protection Slope,\nlower seam.\n50\n\u00ab \t\n19\nW. Livingston.\nMule driver. ..\nLittle finger of right hand taken off by a\npiece of coal falling off a car which he\nwas pushing.\n51\n28\nPeter Gourley.\nBox-pusher ...\nAnkle bruised and sprained between drawbars of two empty cars, the front one of\nwhich went off the track.\n52\n29\nDavid Eddy...\nMiner\t\nCollar bone broken by fall of stringer in\nNo. 2 Mine.\n53\nn 30\nAlex. Kerr\t\nMule driver. ..\nSmall bone of leg broken by car which\nmule suddenly switched into a by-way. J 246\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1906\nCROW'S nest collieries.\nReported by Thomas Morgan, Inspector.\nNo.\nColliery.\nDate.\nName.\nOccupation.\nDetails.\n1\nCoal Creek\t\nFeb.\n22\nRich. Nimmo .\nLeft leg broken by a fall of coal while\nworking in his \" place\" in No. 5 Mine.\n2\nii ....\nApril\n15\nSam Gatoni ...\nBox car loader..\nFatally injured on the railroad at Coal\nCreek by being jammed between two\nbox-cars. He was crossing the track,\nand was caught between the car under\nthe chute and the empty cars that were\nbeing lowered down.\n3\n4\nApril\n20\nJohn Cottle ...\nThos. Perrins. .\n[-Miners ... <\nSlightly burned by gas in No. 8 Mine,\nMichel.\n5\nMay\n26\nMartin Rapp..\nMiner\t\nSlightly burned by gas.\n6\nCoal Creek\t\nJune\n16\nDavid Patton..\nFell in front of moving ear in No. 2 Mine,\nand had his left leg broken, necessitating\namputation.\n7\nCarbonado \t\nit\n24\nM. Parentheon.\nRight leg broken by fall of rock, No. 3\nMine.\n8\nCoal Creek\t\nJuly\n22\nT. Chabra ....\nDriver \t\nCaught between cars in No. 9 Mine and\nhad his left leg broken in two plaees.\n9\nCarbonado ....\na\n23\nC. Kibbert....\nLeft leg broken by fall of rock in No. 3\nMine.\n10\nCoal Creek\t\nMay\n30\nPeter Farrell..\nBridge stick into crosscut swung out, letting down four cross-bars, allowing\n\"place\" to cave in, pinning Farrell,\nwho was killed by a second cave before\nhe could be extricated. No. 5 Mine.\n11\n\/\/ ....\nAug.\n17\nJean Santoni..\nLeg broken by fall of coal in No. 5 Mine.\n12\na ....\nSept.\n21\nWm. Rippley..\nLeg broken by being jammed between two\ncars in No. 1 Mine.\n13\nCarbonado\t\n\"\n24\nJoseph Cooke..\nShot-lighter...\nSlightly burned by fire damp in No. 6 Mine.\n14\nMichel \t\nNov.\n16\nAlfred Davis ..\nFatally injured by fall of rock in No. 8\nMine.\n15\nCoal Creek\t\nDec.\n8\nBen. Skyes\t\nLeft leg broken and right shoulder smashed\nby being run over by cars in No. 2 Mine. 6 Ed. 7\nCoal Mining.\nJ 247\nCOAL MINE OFFICIALS.\nThird class certificates issued under \" Coal Mines Regulation Act Further Amendment Act,\n1904,\" sec. 38, s.-s. 2, in exchange for certificates issued under the \"Coal Mines Regulation Act Amendment Act, 1901.\"\nName.\nAdam, Robert\t\nAddison, Thos\t\nAitken, James\t\nAlexander, Wm\t\nAllsop, Harry\t\nAughinvole, Alex...\nBarclay, Andrew . ..\nBarclay, James\t\nBarclay, John\t\nBerry, Jas\t\nBickle, Thos\t\nBiggs, Henry\t\nBlack, John S\t\nBowie, James\t\nCampbell, Dan .\nCarr, Jos. E\t\nCarroll, Harry\t\nClarkson, Alexander\nCollishaw, John\t\nComb, John\t\nCosier, Wm\t\nCourtney, A. W .\nCrawford, Frank ...\nDaniels, David\t\nDavidson, David\t\nDavidson, John\t\nDevlin, Henry\t\nDobbie, John\t\nDudley, James\t\nDunlap, Henry\t\nDunn, Geo\t\nDunsmuir, John ...\nEccleston, Wm\t\nEvans, Evan\t\nEvans, W. H \t\nFagan, David\t\nFarmer, Bernard ...\nFarquharson, John..\nFindlayson, James..\nFulton, Hugh T ....\nGibson, Edward\t\nGilchrist, Wm\t\nGillespie, Hugh\nGillespie, John\t\nGould, Alfred\t\nGreen, Francis\t\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\t\nLandfear, Herbert..\nLewis, Thos\t\nLockhart, Wm\t\nMalpass, James ....\nMarsden, John\t\nDate.\nOct.\n12,\nDec'r.\n10,\nOct.\n24,\nFeb.\n17,\nOct.\n11,\nMar.\n29,\nApril\n27,\nApril\n27,\nApril\n17,\nFeb.\n11,\nOct.\n11,\nApril\n10,\nApril\n3,\nMay\n13,\nMar.\n29,\nOct.\n11,\nMar.\n29,\nApril\n27,\nFeb.\n7,\nMar.\n23,\nMar.\n29,\nNov.\n2,\nApril\n6,\nApril\n27,\nApril\n3,\nMar.\n29,\nOct.\n12,\nNov.\n27,\nMar.\n22,\nNov.\n21,\nDec'r.\n19,\nMar.\n29,\nMar.\n15,\nMar.\n13,\nMar.\n14,\nApril\n6,\nJan.\n31,\nApril\n27,\nJune\n6,\nApril\n3,\nMay\n30,\nMar.\n29,\nApril\n6,\nApril\n6,\nApril\n17,\nOct.\n11,\nJune\n16,\nFeb.\n3,\nMar.\n29,\nJan.\n16,\nSept.\n8,\nNov.\n8,\nMay\n9,\nMar.\n1,\nMar.\n29,\nJan.\n9,\nJan.\n27,\nOct.\n11,\nJan.\n6,\nNov.\n7,\nMay\n3,\n1904\n1904\n1904\n1905\n1904\n1905\n1904\n1904\n1905\n1905\n1904\n1905\n1905\n1905\n1905\n1904\n1905\n1904\n1905\n1904\n1905\n1904\n1904\n1904\n1905\n1905\n1904\n1905\n1905\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\n1904\n1904\nCertifi\ncate No.\nC 42\nC 52\nC 44\nC 72\nC 34\nC 89\nC 19\nC 20\ncm\nC 70\nC 37\nC110\nC108\nC116\nC 93\nC 36\nC 98\nC 18\nC 68\nC 2\nC 86\nC 45\nC 7\nC 12\nC106\nC 87\nC 41\nC126\nC114\nC 51\nC 56\nC 90\nC 80\nC 78\nC 79\nC109\nC 64\nC 17\nC 25\nC105\nC118\nC 85\nC 8\nC 5\nC112\nC 38\nC122\nC 65\nC 88\nC 62\nC123\nC 49\nC124\nC 75\nC 91\nC 61\nC 63\nC 35\nC 60\nC113\nC 21\nName.\nMarshall, Howard .\nMatthews, Chas ...\nMiard, Harry E ...\nMiddleton, Robt...\nMiles, Thos\t\nMiller, Thos. K\t\nMcKenzie, John R.\nMcKinnell, David .\nMcKinnon, Arch'd.\nMcMillan, Peter ..\nMcMillan, Henry. .\nMcMurtrie, John ..\nMoore, Wm. H.\nMorris, John\t\nMyles, Walter\nNash, Isaac\t\nNeave, Wm\t\nNellist, David\t\nNelson, James\t\nNewton, John\t\nNimmo, Jas. P . ...\nO'Brien, Geo\t\nPengelly, Richard .\nPerrie, Jas\t\nPerry, James\t\nPounder, Geo\t\nPrice, Jas\t\nReid, Thos\t\nRafter, Wm\t\nReid, James\t\nRichards, Thos. ...\nReid, Wm\t\nRoss, John\t\nRyan, John \t\nSanders, John W ..\nShenton, Thos. J . .\nShepherd, Henry ..\nSmith, Ralph \t\nSmith, Geo \t\nSomerville, Alex ..\nStauss, Chas. F\t\nSteele, Jas\t\nStewart, Duncan H\nStewart, John\t\nStewart, Daniel W.\nStobbart, Jacob ...\nStrachan, Robt....\nStrang, James\t\nThomas, John\t\nTunstall, James ..\nVass, Robt\t\nVater, Charles ....\nWalkem, Thos ....\nWebber, Chas\t\nWebber, Chas. F . .\nWhiting, Geo\t\nWilson, Austin. ...\nWilson, Thos \t\nWoodburn, Moses .\nYarrow, Geo\t\nDate.\nCertificate No.\nDec'r. 6\nApril 27\nMar. 3\nFeb. 11\nAug. 10.\nFeb. 21\nOct. 12\nMar. 29\nApril 3\nMar. 29\nMay 13\nMar. 29\nJune 17\nDec'r. 27\nApril\nJune\nOct. 12\nApril 27\nApril 27\nOct. 12\nApril 3\nFeb. 6\nDec'r. 27\nMar. 15\nJune 13\nOct. 16\nNov.\nNov. 3\nMar. 29\nMar. 23\nApril 27\nDec'r. 15\nApril 3\nDec'r. 28\nApril 3\nJuly 25\nJune 13\nMar. 7\nMar. 29\nMar. 24\nFeb. 9\nMar. 29.\nMar. 28\nApril 3\nMay 16\nFeb. 21\nApril 27\nApril 27\nMar. 29\nJune 15\nDec'r. 12^\nApril 6\nDec'r. 16\nSept. 13\nSept. 13\nMay 29\nFeb.\nApril 27\nMar. 29\nNov.\n1905\n1904\n1905\n1905\n1904\n1905\n1904\n1905\n1905\n1905\n1905\n1905\n1905\n1904\n1905\n1904\n1904\n1904\n1904\n1904\n1905\n1905\n1904\n1905\n1904\n1905\n1904\n1904\n1905\n1904\n1904\n1904\n1905\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\nCI 27\nC 9\nC 76\nC 71\nC 31\nC 74\nC 40\nC 99\nC102\nC 94\nC115\nC 96\nC119\nC 57\nC100\nC120\nC 43\nC 13\nC 16\nC 39\nC103\nC 66\nC 58\nC 81\nC 27\nC125\nC 50\nC 47\nC 95\nC 1\nC 14\nC 54\nC101\nC 59\nC107\nC 30\nC 26\nC 77\nC 84\nC 3\nC 69\nC 92\nC 4\nC104\nC 23\nC 73\nC 15\nC 10\nC. 97\nC121\nC 53\nC 66\nC 55\nC 32\nC 33\nC117\nC 67\nC 11\nC 83\nC 46 J 248\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1906\nLIST OF CROWN-GRANTED MINERAL CLAIMS.\n\u2022:o:-\nCROWN GRANTS ISSUED IN 1905.\nCariboo.\nClaim.\nDivision.\nGrantee.\nLot No.\nAcres.\nDate.\n507\n508\n51.65\n50.77\nJune 26\n\/\/ 26\nCassiar.\nGood Hope\t\nKelp\t\nQueen Charlotte\nAtlin. .\nSkeena\nAtlin..\nGeorge Pollay and John Kirkland\nJohn Stinson\t\nHenry Nicholson\t\n335\n48.83\n305, r. 5\n33.00\n256\n45.32\nNov. 20\nJune 20\nJuly 25\nEast Kootenay.\nAlice\t\nAlioth Fract ...\nAlpha Fract . ..\nAlpha No. 2 ...\nArena\t\nArena Fract ...\nCanby\t\nCashier\t\nCriffel\t\nDog Star\t\nEastern Star ...\nEstella\t\nFisher River ...\nFour O'clock ...\nGolden Crown .\nHighland Chief.\nIron \t\nJennings\t\nJew Fract\t\nMac\t\nMorning\t\nMorning Star ..\nPretoria\t\nProvidence\t\nRamshorn\t\nRover\t\nSkylark \t\nSenter Star ....\nSovereign \t\nStandard\t\nViolet Fract ...\nWestern Star . .\nFort Steele\nit\nGolden . ..\nFort Steele\nAlexander Poison etal\t\nT. T. McVittie, Hy. Eller and D. K. Newell\nThe Beaver Canyon Min. Co., Ltd., N. P. L.\nNorth Star Min. Co., Ltd., N. P. L., etal..\nPeter Jensen et al ,\t\nAlex. Poison et al\t\nThe Kootenay (Perry Ck.) Gold Mines, Ltd.\nAlex. Poison et al\t\nJohn Y. Kesler\t\nAlex. Poison et al\t\nPeter Jensen et al\t\nJohn Y. Kesler\t\nThe Kootenay (Perry Ck.) Gold Mines, Ltd.\nJohn Y. Kesler\t\nPeter Jensen et al\t\nWm. J. Whines and C. W. Burdsal\t\nit n \t\nAlex. Poison et al\t\nJohn Y. Kesler\t\nJohn P. Bailey\t\nO. F. Desaulniers\t\nWm. Carlin\t\nAlex. Poison\t\na et al\t\nJohn Y. Kesler\t\nThe Kootenay (Perry Ck.) Gold Mines, Ltd.\nThe North Star Min. Co., Ltd., N. P. L. et al\nWm. J. Whines and Chas. W. Burdsal..\nJohn Y. Kesler\t\n* Issued 1906.\n6409\n46.14\n6192\n6.32\n5106\n10.68\n5113\n51.65\n3536\n49.00\n3537\n14.18\n2338\n51.65\n6411\n33.14\n6404\n38.76\n6856\n9.49\n6862\n24.68\n6412\n36.26\n2339\n40.20\n6858\n34.45\n6406\n18.71\n6405\n41.73\n6860\n31.39\n2337\n45.24\n2409\n41.00\n6189\n40.60\n6853\n47.06\n6861\n51.65\n6324\n46.17\n6670\n35.58\n6353\n39.54\n6413\n51.65\n6579\n49.00\n6859\n28.80\n6403\n28.84\n3538\n51.65\n2410\n23.30\n6857\n37.82\nMay 31\nJan. 18\nOct. 30\nOct. 30\nFeb. 15\nFeb. 15\nMar. 6\nMay 31\nFeb. 21\nMay 31\nApril 14\nMay 31\nMar 6\nApril 14\nFeb. 21\n21\n14\nMar. 6\nMay 17\n17\n31\nApril 14\nJuly 24\nMay 19\nFeb. 22\nMay 31\n31\nApril 14\nFeb. 21\n15\nMay 17\nApril 14 6 Ed. 7\nCrown Grants.\nJ 249\nVancouver Island and Coast.\nClaim.\nAcme \t\nAlaska\t\nArcadian\t\nBluebell\t\nBrooklyn .\u25a0\t\nC. L. Fract ....\nConqueror\t\nCopper Mint ...\nCyrus\t\nDaisy \t\nDaniel\t\nDewey\t\nDiamond\t\nDixie Fract ....\nDonagan\t\nEnterprise\t\nErick \t\nEstelle\t\nFern\t\nFern No. 1\t\nFlame\t\nGold Bug\t\nGolden Rod....\nIndian Jack....\nIron King No. 1\nIron King No. 2\nIron King No. 3\nIvan\t\nJumbo\t\nKing\t\nKlondyke King\nLincoln \t\nLola\t\nM. A. L. Fract.\nMargie\t\nMoline Fract...\nMollie\t\nMollie Fract ...\nNellena\t\nNero Fract\t\nNewcastle\t\nOhio\t\nOregon \t\nRose\t\nSea Lion\t\nSophia\t\nDivision.\nVictoria\nn\nNanaimo\nVictoria\nAlberni\nNanaimo\nNew West'\nVictoria .\nAlberni .\nNew West'r\nVictoria\nNew West'r.\nVictoria\nNew West'r.\nVictoria\nNanaimo ...\nNew West'r.\nVictoria\nGrantee.\nThe Vancouver Is. Min. and Dev. Co., Ltd.\na a it\nHarry Whitney Treat\t\nThe Vancouver Is. Min. and Dev. Co., Ltd.\nJohn Bentley, J. W. McGregor, Thos. Par-\nsell, Henry Cathcart and Alfred Wood.\nThe Vancouver Is. Min. and Dev. Co., Ltd.\nJohn Bentley, J. W. McGregor, Thos. Par-\nsell, Henry Cathcart and Alfred Wood.\nP. J. Pearson, T. D. Conway and A. St. G.\nHamersley\t\nJohn Bentley, J. W. McGregor, Thos. Par-\nsell, Henry Cathcart and Alfred Wood.\nThe Vancouver Is. Min. and Dev. Co., Ltd.\nLaurence Manson\t\nHarry Whitney Treat\t\nD. T. Lay, Brock Reid and Wm. T. Jones. .\nThe Vancouver Is. Min. and Dev. Co., Ltd.\nWm. Harrison and Sarah M. McDonell\t\nD. E. McKenzie\t\nD. E. McKenzie, W. A. McAdam and H. H.\nLogan\t\nFanny Alice Huff .. \t\nThe Vancouver Is. Min. and Dev. Co., Ltd.\nD. T. Lay, Brock Reed and Wm. T. Jones..\nP. J. Pearson, T. D. Conway, A. St. G.\nHamersley \t\nThe Vancouver Is. Min. and Dev. Co., Ltd.\nD. T. Lay, Brock Reed and Wm. T. Jones..\nThe Vancouver Is. Min. and Dev. Co., Ltd.\nMaurice Gintzburger\t\nAnnie Austin\t\nThe Vancouver Is. Min. and Dev. Co., Ltd.\nit tt n\nP. J. Pearson, T. D. Conway and A. St. G.\nHamersley\t\nThe Vancouver Is. Min. and Dev. Co., Ltd.\nMalcolm Young, Alex. Young & John Young\nLot No.\nAcres.\nDate.\n4g\n136g\n142\n44.23\n10.91\n51.10\nOct.\nft\n18\n21\n12\n5lG\n55g\n27.15\n42.34\nFt\nII\n21\n18\n57g\n15.50\nft\n21\n172\n49g\n30.78\n51.50\nIf\nII\n12\n21\n171\n25.94\nIF\n12\n24g\n48.50\nJune\n21\n173\n52g\n61g\n2lG\n18g\n30.17\n47.53\n50.27\n2.50\n51.44\nOct.\ntt\n12\n18\n21\n18\n18\n48g\n8g\n53g\n39.80\n29.45\n32.83\ntt\nFt\nft\n21\n18\n21\n332\n334\n48.52\n39.60\nNov.\n20\n20\n143\n44.23\nOct.\n12\n188\n44g\n13.87\n45.15\nJune\nOct.\n20\n21\n297\n2039\n44.56\n50.22\nFeb.\nMay\n22\n30\n2040\n2041\n9g\n30.68\n43.38\n48.50\nMay\nit\nOct.\n30\n30\n18\n187\n39.40\nJune\n20\n25g\n137g\n51.65\n50.80\nit\nOct.\n21\n21\n186\n53g\n51.65\n36.22\nJune\nOct.\n20\n18\n58g\n5g\n50g\n6g\n7g\n35.50\n51.30\n21.19\n50.73\n8.00\nft\nIt\n21\n18\n21\n18\n18\n47g\n329r.i.\n1936\n51.30\n2.00\n29.26\nII\nMay\n21\n9\n9\n51g\n54g\n42.16\n51.65\nOct.\n18\n18\n23g\n62g\n100\n45.80\n48.20\n51.65\nJune\nOct.\nJan.\n21\n21\n30 J 250\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1906\nVancouver Island and Coast.\u2014Concluded.\nClaim.\nStar\t\nSuccess\t\nSunset\t\nSunshine\t\nSunshine No. 1..\nSunshine No. 2..\nSunshine No. 3..\nSunshine No. 4..\nSunshine No. 5..\nTip Top\t\nVictoria\t\nWasp \t\nWestholme ....\nWestholme Fract\nW. G. Fract ....\nDivision.\nVictoria\nAlberni\nN. Westm'r\nVictoria ...\nAlberni ...\nVictoria ...\nGrantee.\nMalcolm Young, Alex. Young & John Young\na a a\na a a\nLaurence Manson\t\n\/\/ \t\na \t\nit \t\nJohn J. McPhee\t\nThe Mount Sicker & Brenton Mines, Ltd.,\nN. P. L\t\nLaurence Manson \t\nThe Vancouver Is. Min. and Dev. Co., Ltd.\nLot No.\nAcres.\n192\n51.28\n99\n51.65\n98\n34.80\n366\n25.10\n337\n36.84\n338\n26.50\n339\n28.92\n368\n38.50\n367\n49.80\n1951\n51.65\n90 G.\n12.50\n333\n51.65\n54 G.\n51.65\n59 G.\n1.50\n56 G.\n20.42\nDate.\nJan. 30\n30\n30\nNov. 20\n20\n20\n20\n20\n20\nOct. 12\nJune 21\nNov. 20\nOct. 21\n21\n18\nWest Kootenay.\nClaim.\nA. B. C. Fract .\nAlexandre\t\nAlhambra Fract\nAlma .\nAlma B\t\nAlpha\t\nAlpine\t\nAlva\t\nAnna\t\nAnnie G\t\nAricle\t\nAricle Fract . ..\nArk\t\nAshcroft\t\nAthens\t\nAthol \t\nAugust Fract . .\nBasin Fract\nBeaver Fract...\nBig Four\t\nBig Sheep\t\nBiloxie\t\nBiloxie Fract...\nBlack Prince...\nBlade\t\nBlake\t\nBlind Canyon . .\nBlue Jay\t\nBradford\t\nBroken Hill\nButterfly\t\nByronodale\nCarbenet No. 2.\nDivision.\nSlocan City\nNelson\t\nW. Kooten'y\nSlocan City .\nAinsworth ..\nTrout Lake .\nW. Kooten'y\nTrout Lake .\nNelson\t\nSlocan City .\nNelson\t\nLardeau ....\nAinsworth ..\nW. Kooten'y\nAinsworth ..\nTrail Creek .\nNelson\t\nTrail Creek .\nSlocan City .\nSlocan\t\nNelson ....\n\/\/ ....\nTrout Lake\nNelson\nTrout Lake\nAinsworth .\nTrout Lake\nAinsworth .\nGrantee.\nArchie B. Coleman\t\nChas. R. Hamilton\t\nJ. P. Swedberg\t\nKing Solomon's Mining Co\t\nArchie B. Coleman\t\nThe Beaver Canyon Mining Co., Ltd.,N.P.L.\nA. Milloy, R. H. Munroe & O. B. N. Wilkie\nKing Solomon's Mining Co \t\nChas. W. McCrossan\t\nJ. A. Gibson, H. Sutherland, H. H. Nell&C.\nR. Holmes\t\nArchie B. Coleman\t\nArchie B. Coleman\t\nWalter M. Fee\t\nPercy Ernest Doolittle\t\nAbraham N. Gray\t\nW. J. Twiss, Annie Keown, Walter Stead\nand Thos. Farquhar\t\nKing Solomon's Mining Co\t\nAlfred R. Fingland and Charles Brand.\nJoshua E. Mills and Cecil P. Newman .\nHugh Sutherland\t\nJoseph Kloman and Godfrey Wys\t\nArchie B. Coleman\t\nErnest Harrop and Robt. C. Andrews .\nJohn Hopkin Wolverton\t\nJas. L. Stamford, Angus G. Shaw\nWalter John Beale\t\nJames S. C. Fraser\t\nJohn J. McGlone \t\nLeonard M. Merrifield\t\nCutler T. Porter\t\nEdward Dedolph\t\nAdolph P. Johnson \t\nand\nW. E. Gomm, H. D. Thompson, F. J.\nDonaldson and Geo. E. Martin\t\n* Issued 1906.\nLot No.\nAcres.\n6930\n6.58\n5729\n49.50\n4651\n4.53\n6284\n42.78\n6922\n35.16\n6875\n51.65\n6468\n51.65\n6283\n42.31\n5336\n32.54\n6339\n41.87\n6459\n19.47\n6923\n.36\n3449\n36.88\n4303\n40.78\n4816\n51.54\n5896\n34.28\n6287\n.76\n6910\n20.97\n5858\n21.08\n3836\n50.80\n6905\n26.75\n6929\n27.08\n6926\n8.38\n5758\n34.02\n4519\n22.16\n6293\n40.39\n3771\n29.60\n4744\n21.47\n6445\n45.46\n7042\n42 97\n5992\n38.41\n7090\n18.00\n6811\n51.65\nDate.\nNov. 6\nFeb. 27\n*Jan. 23\nJune 15\nNov. 6\nOct. 11\nNov. 23\nJune 15\nSept. 11\nNov. 15\nJan. 28\nMar. 22\nOct. 24\nJune 15\nNov. 27\nMay 10\nNov. 13\nMay 19\nNov. 6\n6\nJan. 30\nNov. 13\n*Jan. 23\nMar. 23\nSept. 16\nOct. 12\nNov. 6\n27\n21\nDec. 6 Ed. 7\nCrown Grants.\nJ 251\nWest Kootenay.\u2014Continued.\nClaim.\nCD\t\nCentre Star\t\nC. H\t\nClearwater\t\nClinton\t\nClipper\t\nColby\t\nCopper King\t\nCopper Queen\t\nCopper Wonder Fr.\nCrowfoot\t\nDazy\t\nDoubtful \t\nDumas\t\nDum-Dum Fract...\nDunragen\t\nDuplex\t\nEagle Fract\t\nElectric \t\nEmpire\t\nEnterprise\t\nEvening\t\nEvening Star No. 9\nExchange [Fr\nFredericton Fract.\nFree Milling\t\nFrisco\t\nFlyette \t\nGem \t\nGeorgia Fract ....\nGertrude\t\nGolden King\t\nGold Hill\t\nGoldsmith\t\nGoodenough ..\nGoodenough No. 1\nGoodenough No. 2\nGrace Fract\t\nGrand Fract\t\nGrey Bird\t\nGringo\t\nHarland\t\nHanky Panky Fr.\nHandy No. 2\t\nHoffman \t\nH. G. N \t\nHelene Fract\t\nHub\t\nInterprise\t\nIsland Boy\t\nI Wonder........\nI. X. L\t\nI. X. L. Fract....\nJ. A. Fr. Fractional Nelson\nDivision.\nTrout Lake\nNelson ....\nTrout Lake\nAinsworth .\nNelson ....\nSlocan City\nNelson ....\nAinsworth .\nTrail Creek .\nNelson\t\nAinsworth .\nTrout Lake\nNelson\t\nSlocan\t\nAinsworth .\nNelson\nAinsworth .\nSlocan\t\nTrail Creek\nTrout Lake\nSlocan City\nNelson ....\nAinsworth .\nSlocan... .\nSlocan City\nNelson\nTrail Creek\nAinsworth .\nNelson ....\nTrout Lake\nNelson\nAinsworth .\nNelson ....\nTrout Lake\nLardeau ...\nNelson ....\nAinsworth .\nNelson ...\nAinsworth .\nSlocan City\nTrout Lake\nJas. J. McGlone\t\nJ. 6. C. Fraser et al\t\nJas. J. McGlone\t\nW. E. Gomm, H. D. Thompson,\nDonaldson and Geo. E. Martin.\nPercy Ernest Doolittle\t\nErnest Harrop and R. C. Andrews .\nHugh Sutherland\t\nGrantee.\nF. J.\nThe Trusts and Guarantee Co., Ltd.\nWm. A. Spilker\t\nJ. S. C. Fraser et al\t\nEdward Dedolph\t\nJohn J. McGlone\t\nChas. R. Hamilton\t\nGeo. F. Ransom and Robert T. Twigg\t\nWm. J. Twiss, Annie Keown, Walter Stead\nand Thos. Farquhar\t\nHugh Sutherland\t\nHighlander Mill and Mining Co\t\nRobert Williams and W. S. Drewry\t\nS. McKee, J. Anderson and F. A. Williamson\nAndrew Ferguson\t\nRichard T. Dilworth\t\nDuncan Graham and David Saulter\t\nThe Pilot (Ymir) Gold M'g. & Milling Co.,\nLtd.,N. P. L\t\nPercy Ernest Doolittle\t\nThe Trusts and Guarantee Co., Ltd\t\nEvan F. Lloyd\t\nArchie B. Coleman\t\nJohn A. Gibson, Hugh Sutherland, Henry\nH. Nell and Chas. R. Holmes\t\nAlbert H. McNeill and Louis L. Bertonneau\nThe Trusts and Guarantee Co., Ltd\t\nJohn A. Gibson, Hugh Sutherland, Henry\nH. Nell and Chas. R. Holmes\t\nWm. B. Pool\t\nJohn J. Ross .\nJas. A. M. Aikins .\t\nHall M. & S. Co\t\nThos. Farquhar\t\nJames Harvy, Wm. Jas. Twiss i\nA. B. Morris\nA. R. Fingland and Charles Brand ....\nHarry McLeod\t\nWm. N.Brayton\t\nAbraham N. Gray\t\nJ. L. Stamford, Angus G. Shaw & W. J Beale\nDavid P. Hatch\t\nLouis Martin, R. F. Green, A. Thisted, P.\nMcCue and J. C. Ryan\t\nWalter M. Fee\t\nWm. J. Twiss, Annie Keown, Walter Stead\nand Thos. Farquhar\t\nArchie B. Coleman\t\nWm. N. Brayton \t\nJohn McLatchie and Edw. H. Stanley .\n* Issued 1906.\nLot No.\nAcres.\n4743\n36.55\n3766\n41.70\n4741\n41.91\n6812\n34.49\n4302\n37.32\n5759\n34.65\n6340\n51.65\n3835\n51.65\n6807\n44.20\n5854\n1.25\n3770\n51.65\n5993\n37.60\n4745\n36.12\n5727\n49.93\n5073\n32.72\n5890\n51.18\n3632\n51.65\n2367\n7.57\n3738\n51.65\n6986\n39.16\n5682\n49.92\n7228\n34.80\n7058\n8.77\n3451\n32.47\n4306\n26.16\n6808\n50.92\n4879\n46.05\n6921\n51.08\n3631\n40.60\n4668\n1.30\n6804\n34.97\n3624\n51.65\n4739\n28.98\n4738\n44.40\n7202\n40.02\n7203\n38.96\n7204\n40.80\n2640\n.16\n2113\n30.47\n5888\n49.04\n6813\n21.00\n6911\n45.43\n4808\n15.59\n1371\n51.20\n4817\n51.13\n6292\n37.82\n5529\n45.05\n6816\n47.24\n3450\n37.37\n5893\n45.51\n6928\n36.94\n4727\n50.10\n6469\n49.98\n4222\n13.89\nDate.\nSept. 16\nMar. 23\nSept. 16\nDec. 2\nMar. 22\nJan. 30\nNov. 13\n13\nJune 23\nFeb. 27\nMar. 23\nNov. 27\nSept. 16\nFeb. 27\n28\nOct. 24\nNov. 13\nFeb. 20\nNov. 16\n23\nFeb. 1\nNov. 21\nMay 19\nJan. 30\nMar. 22\nJune 23\nOct. 12\nNov. 6\ni, 15\nMar. 13\nJune 23\nNov. 15\nJan. 18\n\u201e 18\nAug. 18\n\u201e 18\n\u201e 18\nSept. 16\nMar. 22\nNov. 13\nSept. 16\nNov. 27\n,, 14\nMay 9\nMar. 7\n*Jan. 23\nNov. 27\nDec. 11\nJan. 28\nOct. 24\nNov. 6\nMar. 21\n,\/ 21\nFeb. 20 J 252\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1906\nWest Kootenay.\u2014Continued.\nClaim.\nJane\t\nJeanie\t\nJoe Joe\t\nJonny \t\nJoseph\t\nJumbo\t\nKamloops\t\nKamloops Fract...\nKipling Fract\t\nKootenay\t\nLake View\t\nL. B\t\nL. H\t\nLilly\t\nLittle Bell Fract...\nLittle Jack Fract..\nLost Cup\t\nLouisville\t\nLow Fract\t\nLucky Jack\t\nLucky Jack Fract .\nLucky Three\t\nLydia A\t\nMamoth\t\nMarie Fract\t\nMariposa\t\nMars\t\nMartilde\t\nMaud\t\nMayflower\t\nMayeta\t\nMayeta Fract\t\nMeadow\t\nMeadow Queen\t\nMeadow View No. 2\nMentor Fract\t\nMollie\t\nMorning\t\nMountain M\t\nMountain Trail....\nNellie Fract\t\nNina\t\nNowell\t\nOmega \t\nOmega No. 2\t\nOronogo \t\nOuray\t\nOuray Fract\t\nPaladora\t\nPalmita\t\nPhyllis\t\nPialot Fract\t\nDivision.\nAinsworth .\nSlocan\t\nTrail Creek\nNelson ....\nTrout Lake\nLardeau ...\nTrout Lake\nNelson ....\nSlocan\t\nTrout Lake\nAinsworth .\nNelson ....\nAinsworth .\nTrail Creek\nLardeau ...\nSlocan City\nTrout Lake\nAinsworth ..\nNelson\t\nSlocan \t\nNelson\t\n\/\/ \t\n\/\/ \t\nTrout Lake..\nNelson\t\nSlocan City..\nArrow Lake.\nSlocan.\nTrout Lake..\nArrow Lake.\nTrail Creek .\nSlocan \t\nLardeau\nNelson\nAinsworth ..\nNelson\t\nSlocan \t\nArrow Lake\nSlocan\t\nLardeau\nNelson\nGrantee.\nThe Trusts and Guarantee Co,, Ltd\t\nEd. Hunt, D. D. MacDonald and Daniel J\nMatheson . . .. \t\nJoseph Kloman and Godfrey Wys\t\nJ. S. C. Fraser et al\t\nChas. W. McCrossan\t\nAbraham E. Kincaid\t\nAndrew Ferguson\t\n\/\/ \/\/ \t\nHarry McLeod\t\nJohn L. G. Abbott, Harry Abbott and Ernest\nL. Heatley\t\nE. Hunt, D. D. MacDonald, & D. J. Matheson\nJohn J. McGlone\t\nAlfred R. Fingland and Charles Brand\t\nPercy Ernest Doolittle\t\nLouis Martin, R. F. Green, Andrew Thisted,\nPatrick McCue and James C. Ryan\t\nWar Eagle Consolidated M'g & Dev. Co....\nH. N. Baird, T. A. Crane, Eliza E. McCly-\nmont, R. H. Jameson & Jane B. S. Major\nArchie B. Coleman \u25a0\t\nWm. N. Brayton\t\nThe Great Northern Mines, Ltd\t\n\/\/ it \t\n\/\/ \/\/ \t\nWm. J. Twiss, Annie Keown, Walter Stead\nand Thos. Farquhar\t\nHugh Sutherland\t\nJacob Kelsen\t\nHarry McLeod\t\nJohn McLatchie and Edw. H. Stanley .\nA. C. Sutton, administrator of estate of\nHerman Lenker\t\nCharles W. McCrossan\t\nJ. L. Stamford, A. G. Shaw and W. J.\nBeale\t\nArchie B. Coleman\t\nFredk. R. Blochberger\t\nSmith Curtis \t\nJohnB. Old\t\nQueen-Dominion M'g. Co., Ltd., N.P.L\t\nJohn M. Harris and James F. Armstrong..\nRichard T. Dil worth\t\nSmith Curtis \t\nChristian C. Knutson\t\nMonitor and Ajax Fract. Ltd\t\nH. N. Baird, T. A. Crane, Eliza E. Mc-\nClymont and Jane B. S. Major\t\nJohn A. Gibson, Hugh Sutherland, Henry\nH. Nell and Chas. R. Holmes\t\nThe Beaver Canyon Mining Co., Ltd., N. P. L.\n\/\/ \/; \/\/\nDuncan McArthur and Christian L. Behnsen\nMonitor and Ajax Fract\t\n\/\/ \/\/ \t\nA. H. Old and Wm. H. Page\t\nAlfred Robinson\t\nHugh N. Baird, Thos. A. Crane, Eliza E.\nMcClymont and Jane B. S. Major\t\nThe Pilot (Ymir) Gold Mining and Milling\nCo., Ltd., N.P.L\t\n* Issued 1906.\nLot No.\nAcres.\n6806\n46.93\n3629\n34.90\n6904\n24.37\n3768\n40.50\n5337\n30.45\n6938\n38.79\n4952\n34.14\n5684\n5.56\n4810\n5.45\n3798\n51.05\n3630\n48.80\n5425\n27.25\n5738\n46.86\n4304\n32.50\n6817\n3.23\n1080\n2.89\n1870\n51.23\n6461\n38.45\n1372\n8.00\n4731\n22.13\n4734\n4.35\n4732\n20.56\n5892\n49.86\n3837\n51.65\n6870\n21.45\n4809\n40.82\n3675\n51.62\n3871\n51.38\n5338\n35.52\n3684\n51.18\n6460\n50.63\n6933\n24.81\n3793\n50.09\n3605\n45.06\n2152\n51.65\n3180\n3.51\n621a\n16.01\n7227\n47.30\n3604\n40.74\n5078\n50.90\n3108\n14.85\n4239\n51.00\n3838\n49.35\n6786\n51.65\n6787\n51.63\n5572\n40.18\n3109\n50.62\n1017\n8.06\n2153\n51.16\n4880\n31.02\n3755\n51.60\n3452\n9.86\nDate.\nJune 23\n\u201e 27\nMay 19\nMar. 23\nSept. 11\nJune 28\nFeb. 1\n1\nNov. 14\nFeb. 22\nJune 27\nSept. 16\nNov. 27\nMar. 22\nDec. 11\nNov. 16\n\" 23\n6\nMay 9\nJune 16\n\u201e 16\n\u201e 16\nOct. 24\nNov. 13\n*Jan. 23\nNov. 14\nFeb. 20\nJune 28\nSept. 11\n*Jan. 23\nNov. 6\n6\n\u201e 20\nMay 9\nNov. 27\nJune 5\nMay 9\nNov. 21\nMay 9\nOct. 24\nApril 17\nNov. 23\n,r is\nOct.'\" 11\nII 11\nFeb. 27\nMar. 17\na 17\nNov. 27\nMar. 23\nNov. 23\nJan. 30 6 Ed. 7\nCrown Grants.\nJ 253\nWest Kootenay.\u2014 Continued.\nClaim.\nPingree\t\nPrincess Fract...\nQueen Fract\t\nRecluse\t\nRedman\t\nResurgam\t\nRevenge\t\nRevenue\t\nRobber King....\nRoyal Five \t\nSchmulka\t\nSecond Extension\nShakespeare... .\nShareholder\t\nSilver Bell ..\t\nSilver Chief\t\nSilver Plume ....\nSilver Six.......\nSilver Star Fract\nSilver Tip\t\nSilver Tip Fract.\nSilver Tip Fract.\nS. J. M\t\nSkylark \t\nSlocan Prince\nSloper Fract\nSpruce \t\nSt. Joe\t\nSt. Joe\t\nStockholm\t\nStorm King\t\nSummerset\t\nSummit\t\nSunset . \t\nSunset\t\nSurvey Fract\t\nTamarack\t\nTriune\t\nTwilight \t\nUmatilla Fract ...\nVancouver\t\nVictoria\t\nWhistler\t\nWooloomooloo ...\nX. Y. Z\t\nDivision.\nNelson\t\na \t\nSlocan \t\nNelson\na \t\nAinsworth .\nTrout Lake.\nTrail Creek.\nNelson\t\nSlocan \t\nNelson\t\nSlocan \t\nArrow Lake.\nSlocan \t\nAinsworth . ,\nTrout Lake..\nAinsworth ..\nSlocan \t\nNelson ....\nSlocan \t\n'\/ \t\nNelson ....\nArrow Lake\nSlocan ....\nAinsworth .\nRevelstoke.\nAinsworth .\nLardeau . . .\nNelson ....\nGrantee.\nJ. L. Stamford, A. G. Shaw and W. J. Shaw\nGeo. Brine\t\nArrow Lake\nAinsworth . .\nTrail Creek.\nTrout Lake..\nSlocan City..\nNelson\nTrout Lake..\nNelson\t\nTrail Creek..\nNelson\t\nTrail Creek..\nTrout Lake..\nNelson\t\nTrout Lake .\nQueen-Dominion Mining Co., Ltd., N.P.L.\nEdward C. Arthur\t\nJ. S. C. Fraser, et al \t\nW. J. Twiss, Annie Keown, Walter Stead\nand Thos. Farquhar\t\nAndrew Ferguson\t\nSam'l McKee, John Anderson and Francis\nA. Williamson \t\nJ. A. Gibson, Hugh Sutherland, H. H. Nell\nand Chas. B. Holmes\t\nEdw. Hunt, D. D. MacDonald and D. J.\nMatheson\t\nA. C. Sutton, administrator of the estate of\nHerman Lenker, deceased\t\nQueen-Dominion Mining Co., Ltd., N.P.L.\nFredk. R. Blochberger\t\nWm. S. Drewry, Oliver T. Stone, John F.\nMcintosh and Robert Williams\t\nLouis Martin, R. F. Green, Andrew Thisted,\nPatrick McCue and James C. Ryan..\nAndrew Ferguson\t\nWm. J. Twiss, Annie Keown, Walter Stead\nand Thos. Farquhar\t\nWm. J. Twiss, Annie Keown, Walter Stead\nand Thos. Farquhar\t\nThe Byron N. White Company\t\nHugh Sutherland\t\nWm. G. Clark and Wm. Donald\t\nThe Erl Synd., Ltd\t\nD. McArthur\t\nFredk. R. Blochberger\t\nJohn Elliot et al\t\nThe Erl Synd., Ltd\t\nThe Trusts and Guarantee Co., Ltd\t\nWm. J. Butler\t\nA. R. Fingland and Charles Brand\t\nWm. J. Bonza and Peter Larsen\t\nJohn A. Gibson, Hugh Sutherland, Henry\nH. Nell and Chas. R. Holmes\t\nArthur H. Old and Wm. H. Page\t\nA. R. Fingland and Charles Brand\t\nWm. Frank Case\t\nChas. W. McCrossan\t\nArchie B. Coleman\t\nLot No.\nJohn A. Gibson, Hugh Sutherland, Henry\nH. Nell and Chas. R. Holmes\t\nAndrew Ferguson\t\nJ. S. C. Fraser, et al\t\nFredk. R. Blochberger .\nJ. L. G. Abbott, Harry Abbott and Ernest\nHeatley\t\nFredk. R. Blochberger\t\nHy. H. Johnstone, Geo. D. Morton, E. W.\nGustin and Alex'r Dobson\t\nWm. G. Sivyer\t\nJas. J. McGlone\t\n* Issued 1906.\n3685\n5667\n3179\n4228\n3769\n5889\n5685\n6985\n3626\n3628\n3871\n6803\n5720\n3736\n6815\n5683\n5895\n5894\n4878\n3840\n4881\n5824\n5573\n5719\n582\n5990\n6805\n5675\n6908\n6934\n3625\n2154\n6909\n6563\n5339\n6931\n6338\n5681\n3767\n2720\n3797\n5218\n7433\n897\n4742\nAcres.\nDate.\n51.65\n51.50\n22.50\n48.77\n50.00\n49.55\n20.25\n48.03\n50.40\n51.65\n51.65\n41.00\n48.94\n49.36\n51.65\n36.25\n36.83\n5.90\n12.36\n51.65\n42.65\n6.85\n38.11\n20.80\n50.59\n5.20\n51.65\n23.23\n51.65\n32.37\n51.65\n51.59\n49.53\n51.60\n43.46\n22.89\n50.61\n50.81\n48.30\n16.03\n51.65\n51.65\n51.25\n51.59\n14.45\n*Jan. 23\nJan. 21\nJune 5\nFeb. 27\nMar. 23\nOct. 24\nNov. 13\n\u201e 23\n\/\/ 15\nJune 27\nn 28\n5\nNov. 20\n-\/ 16\nDec. 11\nFeb. 1\nOct. 24\n\u2022\/ 24\nNov. 13\n\/ 13\n\/ 13\nSept. 16\nFeb. 27\nNov. 20\nFeb. 21\nJune 29\n; 23\nSept. 11\nNov. 27\nOct. 11\nNov. 15\n\u25a0i 27\ni 27\nFeb. 27\nSept. 11\nNov. 6\n\u201e 15\nFeb. 1\nMar. 23\nNov. 24\nFeb. 22\nNov. 24\n*Jan. 23\nNov. 24\nSept. 16 J 254\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1906\nWest Kootenay.\u2014Concluded.\nClaim.\nDivision.\nGrantee.\nLot No.\nAcres.\nDate.\nAinsworth ..\nTrout Lake .\nWm. J. Twiss, Annie Keown, Walter Stead\n5891\n2396\n7089\n49.18\n12.90\n49.20\nOct. 24\nYoung Dominion Fr\nQueen Dominion Mg. Co., Ltd., L. P. L\t\nJune 5\nNov. 21\nYale.\nAdmiral\t\nAfrican Farm\t\nAldie\t\nAlice\t\nAlma\t\nAlpha\t\nAlpine\t\nAmerican Eagle...\nAzurite\t\nBanner \t\nBarnato\t\nBarnato Fraction. .\nBay Horse Fract...\nBay Fract\t\nBerlin Fract\t\nBilly Goat\t\nBlackbird \t\nBoston \t\nBoston\t\nBoundary Fract ...\nBryan \t\nBuller\t\nBullion\t\nBullion No. 1\t\nBuna Vista Fract..\nBunker Hill\t\nCallao\t\nCanadian Belle ....\nCharter Oak\t\nCity of Paris\t\nColdspring\t\nCourment \t\nConstitutional\t\nCon Verdant\t\nCopper Glance\t\nCopper Head No. 1\nCopper Jack .....\nCopper Kettle No. 1\nCopper Wonder Fra\nCoronation \t\nCousin Jack\t\nDeer Trail\t\nDiamond \t\nDiamond Dot\t\nDumphy\t\nGreenwood..\nGrand Forks\nGreenwood. .\nGrand Forks\nSimilkameen\nGreenwood..\nSimilkameen\nOsoyoos\t\nGreenwood..\nGrand Forks\nGreenwood. .\nSimilkameen\nOsoyoos \t\nSimilkameen\nGreenwood. .\nOsoyoos ....\nGrand Forks\nOsoyoos \t\nGreenwood. .\nGrand Forks\nGreenwood..\nOsoyoos\nGreenwood. .\nOsoyoos\nSimilkameen\nKamloops. ..\nSimilkameen\nOsoyoos\nSimilkameen\nOsoyoos \t\nGreenwood..\nSimilkameen\nGreenwood. .\nSimilkameen\nGrand Forks\nThomas Hemmerle and Hugh McKee\t\nHugh S. Cayley\t\nLeonard Vaughan\t\nD. McBride, J. G. McMynn and Mary T.\nMcMynn\t\nPhilip B. S. Stanhope\t\nH. A. McLaren\t\nJohn R. MoRae and Hugh McRae\t\nJohn B. Desrosiers.\t\nJohn R. McRae and Hugh McRae\t\nJosiah Graham and John E. Stevens\t\nVictor R. Swanson and Samuel T. Larsen..\nVictor R. Swanson and Samuel T. Larsen..\nJohn F. Farrell\t\nDavid Manchester, Henry V. Fuller, and\nFredk. K. Hall\t\nThe Boulder Mining Co., Ltd., N. P. L\t\nRobert Gaede and John Riordan\t\nThe Boulder Mining Co., Ltd., N. P. L\t\nJohn N. Greden\t\nW. M. Cameron, administrator of the estate\nof G. M. Stump, deceased\t\nThe Vancouver & Boundary Creek Development & Manufacturing Co., Ltd\t\nLeonard Vaughan\t\nEdmund J. Tett\t\nMary Turner McMynn and Donald McLaran\nRobert Gaede\t\nForbes M. Kerby\t\nNeil McCallnm and Ella Clark.. \u25a0\t\nElizabeth Galloway\t\nHoratio J. Duffy and Thos. D. Pickard\t\nMyron K. Rodgers and Geo. H. Cahill\t\nIsaac H. Hallett and John P. McLeod\t\nG. H. Cahill, Wm. B. Hine, & D. Braithwaite\nC. J. Wilson and W. J. Wilson\t\nAlbert Klockmann\t\nThe British Columbia Trust Co., Ltd\t\nJohn R. McRae and Hugh McRae \t\nRobert Gaede . \t\nJ. S. C. Fraser, H. E. Poulinier & E. E. Wells\nRobt. Gaede and James Riordan\t\nHoratio J. Duffy and Thos. D. Pickard\t\nT. H. Paterson, administrator of the estate\nof Adolphus Ferguson, deceased intestate, Henry V. Fuller, and H. Bunting.\nThe Boulder Mining Co., N. P. L\t\nJane Russell, Wellington Elson and Evan\nParry\t\nWm. Claude Fox\t\nHerbert H. Thomas\t\nOtto Gruno\t\n* Issued 1906.\n2379\n30.80\nJan.\n12\n1095\n45.69\nJuly\n24\n3239\n27.75\nNov.\n21\n2791\n51.61\na\n21\n2660\n46.43\nMar.\n7\n1204\n36.75\nNov.\n13\n3269\n21.69\nMar.\n21\n1289\n50.75\nJune\n27\n3268\n42.75\nMar.\n21\n2819\n26.00\nApril\n14\n2848\n51.11\nSept.\n16\n2865\n7.77\n\u201e\n16\n1573\n1.82\nJuly\n24\n3285\n46.00\nFeb.\n20\n269\n30.00\nMay\n17\n3122\n34.62\nApril\n14\n268\n41.50\nMay\n17\n2854\n51.65\nMar.\n13\n3112\n39.23\nSept.\n16\n2613\n14.69\nJuly\n24\n3241\n43.69\nNov.\n21\n3242\n51.65\nDec.\n21\n1200\n47.00\nNov.\n20\n3116\n38.54\nMar.\n3\n1553\n22.70\nDec.\n11\n1609\n51.65\nJuly\n24\n1017\n46.30\nJan.\n20\n3038\n51.65\nJuly\n25\n3466\n41.50\nNov.\n6\n2948\n44.36\n\u201e\n6\n723\n48.00\nMay\n23\n278\n44.65\nNov.\n6\n282\n44.20\n*Jan.\n23\n1341\n51.42\nNov.\n15\n3267\n51.65\nMar.\n21\n3115\n18.76\nMar.\n3\n1189\n46.45\nJan.\n20\n3445\n35.45\nOct.\n12\n695\n22.80\nJuly\n25\n3365\n30.24\nOct.\n24\n263\n46.00\nMay\n17\n1526\n36.00\nMar.\n6\n1455\n21.48\nJan.\n24\n3265\n51.60\nDec.\n6\n3018\n35.26\nJan.\n18 6 Ed. 7\nCrown Grants.\nJ 255\nYale.\u2014Continued.\nClaim.\nEarnscliffe Fract ..\nEdward VII\t\nEl Rio\t\nEmma Fract\t\nE Pluribus Unum..\nE. P. U. Fract....\nFirst Chance \t\nFlagstaff ....\nFlorence \t\nFreddy Burn.\nGipsy \t\nGlobe \t\nGolden Dollar Fract\nGolden Gate\t\nGolden Nugget...\nGold Standard ...\nGum Boot Frac...\nGypsey Fract \t\nHappy Jack\t\nHattie\t\nHawthorne\t\nHoneysuckle\t\nHoyland Fract....\nHumming Bird...\nInternational.\nInvincible ...\nI. X. L\t\nJerry\t\nJim\t\nJim Hill\t\nJumbo Fract ...\nJumbo Fraction .\nJuniper \t\nJuniper\t\nKinlough Fract..\nKlondyke\t\nLancashire Fract.\nLancaster \t\nLillie James\nLion's Paw\t\nLittle Lottie ....\nLorenia\t\nLucky Boy\t\nMay Day\t\nMayflower\t\nMayflower\t\nMessina\t\nMidnight Sun.\nMolly Gibson..\nMontezuma . ..\nMorning ......\nMount Adams.\nMyrtle Fract..\nNelly No. 1.\nNelly Fract.\nDivision.\nKamloops ..\nGreenwood. .\nGrand Forks\nGreenwood..\nGrand Forks\nOsoyoos\nGrand Forks\nSimilkameen\nGreenwood..\nSimilkameen\nGreenwood..\n,\/\nGrand Forks\nOsoyoos ....\nSimilkameen\nKamloops ..\nSimilkameen\nGreenwood..\nSimilkameen\nGreenwood. .\nGrand Forks\n\/\/\nGreenwood..\nGrand Forks\nKamloops ..\nOsoyoos \t\nKamloops ..\nVernon\t\nGrantee.\nGreenwood. .\nGrand Forks\nGreenwood..\nOsoyoos\nSimilkameen\nOsoyoos\nGreenwood..\nGreenwood. .\nGrand Forks\nGreenwood. .\nOsoyoos ....\nKamloops ..\nGrand Forks\nSimilkameen\nOsoyoos ....\nGrand Forks\nOsoyoos\t\nThe British Columbia Trust Co., Ltd .\nG. M. Bennett and Henry J. Homann\nThe British Columbia Trust Co., Ltd .\nJames F. Cunningham\t\nWm. T. Hunter\t\nChas. E. Hamilton, Frank N. Maas and\nF. Dielher\t\nRobert Gaede and James Riordan\t\nR. B. Thomas and Gust. Holmes\t\nChas. J. Wilson and William J. Wilson...\nJohn Mulligan \t\nWm. M. Law and John Gray\t\nAlex. Waddell, Eugene Sullivan and Mary\nT. McMynn \\\t\nA. R. Carrington\t\nSydney M. Johnson ....\nW. M. Low, Albert Piper and R. Mathison\nSigmund Dilsheimer\t\nA. T. Broderick and Geo. Frederick . ...\nA. E. Howse, E. P. Lowe and Jas. Brown..\nJ. S. C. Fraser, H. E. Poulinier, E. E. Wells\nMichael Snee\t\nThos. M. Day and Francis W. Groves . ..\nJohn A. Tuzo and Wilfred Cookson \t\nIsaac Skidmore\t\nAlbert Klockmann\t\nWm. Knight and Thos. H. Reed\t\nH. H. Thomas, W. H. Thomas and Susan\nL. Allison\t\nJewel Gold Mines, Ltd\t\nGeorge Cook and Mary T. McMynn\t\nC. E. Hamilton, F. N. Mans and C. Diether\nJohn A. Crawford et al\t\nJames H. Plummer\t\nArchibald Irwin\t\nC. DeB. Green and E. Bullock-Webster ..\nThomas D. Guest\t\nThe Vane. & Bdy. Ck. Dev. & Mg. Co., Ltd\nWm. T. Hunter\t\nChas. J. McGee\t\nChas. H. Tye\t\nHoratio J. Duffy and Thomas D. Pickard...\nAlbert E. Howse, E. P. Lowe, and J. Brown\nHoratio J. Duffy and T. D. Pickard\t\nSydney M. Johnson et al\t\nJane Russell, W. Elson, and Evan Parry ..\nC. H. Henning, P. Hickey, & D. Mcintosh.\nJas. A. Macdonald\t\nAlfred Cameron, E. Tennessen and C. Stooke\nHoratio J. Duffy and Thos. D. Pickard\t\nAndrew Noble\t\nHugh S. Cayley \t\nThe Boulder Mining Co., Ltd., N. P. L\t\nHenry W. Yates\t\nOtto Gruno\t\nRobert Gaede\nLot No.\n1301\n3499\n1231\n2143\n3253\n3254\n3414\n3444\n3010\n270\n1811\n2294\n2844\n1332\n3142\n2980\n3304\n3106\n1187\n1188\n834\n3263\n2936\n3337\n283\n278\n2047\n2882\n2905\n3416\n3128\n2401\n1230\n1604\n838\n1188\n3254\n3076\n1724\n642\n1190\n694\n2331\n1525\n1773\n1734\n2951\n2825\n833\n2812\n265\n1445\n3019\n3117\n3121\nAcres.\n1.67\n51.57\n29.40\n1.38\n42.00\n3.44\n50.34\n50.22\n51.65\n51.65\n32.14\n33.42\n13.00\n47.97\n21.47\n21.89\n3.52\n30.51\n51.65\n51.65\n51.65\n51.65\n19.32\n19.76\n46.45\n46.25\n51.65\n41.04\n50.10\n42.75\n6 40\n2.45\n51.65\n46.69\n16.92\n44.40\n8.23\n29.78\n36.14\n50.41\n51.58\n29.08\n27.53\n43.00\n35.34\n27. W\nil.57\n39.75\n51.65\n48.75\n28.70\n19.00\n19.59\n22.14\n32.47\nDate.\nNov. 15\n\u201e 27\nMar. 11\n\u201e 13\nSept. 11\n\u201e 11\nMay 9\nOct. 12\nMar. 13\nNov. 6\n-\/ 13\nSept. 11\nNov. 21\nMar. 21\nSept. 11\nMay 23\nNov. 27\nJune 21\nOct. 12\nJan. 24\nJune 19\nSept. 11\nMay 19\nNov. 20\n*Jan. 23\n* \u201e 23\nJune 28\nJan. 14\nNov. 20\nMay 9\nMar. 6\nNov. 6\nSept. 11\nApril 17\nJune 19\nOct, 11\nSept. 11\nOct. 11\nn 12\nJuly 25\nOct. 12\nJuly 25\nJune 14\nMar. 6\n,i 7\nJuly 24\nNov. 20\nJuly 25\nApril 20\nNov. 20\nMay 17\n9\nJan. 18\nMar.\n* Issued 1906. J 256\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1906\nYale.\u2014Continued.\nClaim.\nNelson\t\nNew York\t\nNo. 1\t\nNo. 14 ,\nNo. 19\t\nNo. 21\t\nNo. 23 \t\nNo. 33\t\nNo. 35\t\nNo. 37 Fraction . ..\nNo. 39\t\nNo. 41 Fraction . ..\nNo. 47 Fractiou . ..\nNo. 48 Fraction . ..\nNo. 49 Fraction . . .\nNo. XII. Fraction.\nNoonday \t\nNorma\t\nNorth Seattle Frac\nOregon\t\nOshkosh\t\nOwl\t\nPaymaster\t\nPeer \t\nPeerless Fract\t\nPenstowe Fraction.\nPhoebe\t\nPilot\t\nPittsburg\t\nPrincess\t\nPrinceton\t\nPride of the West\nFraction\t\nR. S\t\nS. & W. Fraction..\nSailor Jack\t\nSaturday\t\nSefch\t\nShamrock \t\nSilverside \t\nSmelter\t\nSolomon Fract ....\nSt. Elmo\t\nSt. George\t\nSt. Helen\t\nSt. Lawrence\t\nSt. Louis\t\nStrathmore\t\nSummit No. 1\t\nSuperior\t\nTelephone\t\nThunder Hill\t\nTinhorn Fract\t\nThunder Hill\t\nToronto \t\nTorpedo Fract\t\nUndine\t\nUte Fract\t\nGreenwood. .\nSimilkameen\nDivision.\nGreenwood. .\nKamloops ..\n\/\/\nGrand Forks\nSimilkameen\nGreenwood..\nGreenwood. .\nGrand Forks\nSimilkameen\nKamloops ..\nGreenwood. .\nit\nOsoyoos ....\nKamloops ..\nSimilkameen\nGrand Forks\nSimilkameen\nSimilkameen\n\/\/\nOsoyoos ....\nGreenwood. .\nOsoyoos ...\nSimilkameen\nGrand Forks\nSimilkameen\nGreenwood..\nOsoyoos \t\nGreenwood..\nLillooet \t\nGreenwood. .\nSimilkameen\nGrand Forks\nGreenwood..\nVernon\t\nGrand Forks\nGreenwood..\nGrantee.\nElizabeth Galloway .\nMary Agnes Voight.\nMelvin D. Schenck\t\nArchibald Irwin\t\nThe British Columbia Trust Co.\nElla Clark and Charles Hay ...\nLtd.\nMary Agnes Voight\t\nThe Boulder Mining Co., Ltd., N. P. L.\nJohn N. Greden et al\t\nRobert Wood\t\nR. E. Crawford, Fred. Lange and J. Shaw.\nAlbert Edward Irwin\t\nFredk. J. Fulton\t\nDavid McBride, J. G. McMynn and Mary\nT. McMynn\t\nThomas Roderick and Jas. Marshall\t\nW. F. Cameron and L. W. Shatford\t\nCecil W. Ward and Jas. 0. Grahame\t\nThe Vermilion Forks Min. & Dev. Co, Ltd..\nWalter Sterling ^\t\nMary A. Voight and John W. Cook\nCharles J. Wilson\t\nJohn B.Wood\t\nHenry A'. Whillans\t\nJewel Gold Mines, Ltd\t\nRobert Gaede and James Riordan\t\nJ. F. Campbell, H. W. Yates & S. M. Johnson\nMary Agnes Voight\t\nJohn Rogers and Geo. T. Nye\t\nJessie R. Hunter\t\nW. H. Armstrong and Chas. F. Law\t\nJohn N. Greden\nElizabeth Galloway\nRobert Gaede\t\nJohn Gray\t\nLeslie Hill, E. J. Taylor and Lee G. Burns.\nSydney M. Johnson\t\nEdgar E. Burr \t\nC. E. Hamilton, F. N. Maas, C. F. Diether\nJohn N. Greden\t\nThe Vancouver and Boundary Creek Devel\nopment and Mining Co., Ltd\t\nJ. S. C. Fraser and James Foulds\t\nJohn Moran\t\n\u00bb Issued 1906.\nLot No.\nAcres.\n2293\n50.27\n3574\n51.65\n3349\n51.39\n3289\n51.65\n3358\n40.91\n3571\n42.58\n3346\n48.89\n3359\n23.71\n3363\n49.72\n3348\n14.53\n3570\n42.33\n3569\n51.63\n3575\n51.42\n3580\n44.10\n3581\n50.07\n2280\n1.07\n1231\n50 90\n1302\n51.20\n3017\n8.80\n3572\n48.99\n266\n36.20\n2395\n37.80\n2800\n51.65\n3045\n51.65\n250\n20.10\n1201\n10.03\n2790\n49.58\n3297\n44.00\n3113\n49.99\n832\n51.65\n153\n26.28\n1947\n50.83\n3357\n25.53\n271\n30.40\n273\n47.40\n2043\n37.40\n2883\n46.08\n3123\n10.54\n718\n47.00\n3573\n48.39\n2999\n8.07\n3266\n23.16\n259\n46.31\n261\n36.67\n258\n44.67\n2355\n41.92\n1018\n37.80\n3118\n32.78\n2786\n51.65\n670\n28.70\n3143\n49.17\n3026\n00.61\n3413\n49.79\n2856\n29.65\n1189\n42.18\n2138\n38 70\n2611\n4.71\nDate.\nNov. 6\n15\nOct. 30\nNov. 15\nOct. 30\nNov. 15\nOct. 30\nNov. 15\n15\n15\n15\n15\n15\n15\n15\nMay 19\nSept. 11\nNov. 15\n23\n15\nMay 26\nMar. 7\nSept. 11\nJan. 18\nNov. 6\nJune 19\nNov. 21\nSept. 11\n16\nJune 8\nSept. 11\nMar. 11\nOct. 30\nNov. 6\n6\nJan. 23\nJan. 14\nApril 14\nJuly 15\nNov. 15\nJan. 20\nJan. 23\nJan. 3\n3\n3\nMar. 13\nJan. 20\nMar. 3\nSept. 11\nOct. 11\nSept. 11\nNov. 6\nMay 9\nMar. 13\nOct. 11\nDec. 6\nSept. 11 6 Ed. 7\nCrown Grants.\nJ 257\nYale.\u2014Concluded.\nClaim.\nViceroy Fract\t\nVictor\t\nWest Fork\t\nWinibago\t\nWoodchuck\t\nWood Duck\t\nYellow Jacket ....\nYellow Jacket No. 1\nYellow Jacket No.\n1 Fract\t\nYmir \t\nDivision.\nGreenwood. .\nKamloops ..\nGrand Forks\nSimilkameen\nLillooet ...\nLillooet ...\nSimilkameen\nOsoyoos ....\nSimilkameen!\nGrantee.\nSydney M. Johnson etal\t\nThe British Columbia Trust Co., Ltd \t\nChas. E. Hamilton, Frank N. Maas, and\nChas. F. Diether\t\nThe Boulder Mining Co., Ltd., N. P.L\t\nLeslie Hill, E. J. Taylor, and L. G. Burns ..\nMary Agnes Voight\t\nRobert Gaede\t\nThe Boulder Mining Co'.,' Ltd., N. p! L.'.'..\nLot No.\n1722\n1340\n3415\n267\n579\n671\n3356\n3119\n3120\n264\nAcres.\nDate.\n25.07\n40.81\n51.65\n33.50\n38.20\n24.58\n38.45\n46.19\n19.20\n33.10\nMar.\nNov.\nMay 9\n., 26\nOct. 11\n,i 11\nMar.\n30\n3\n3\nMay 17 J 258\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1906\nGOLD COMMISSIONERS AND MINING RECORDERS.\nMining Districts and\nDivisions.\nLocation of\nOffice.\nGold Commissioner.\nMining Recorder.\nSub-Recorder.\nAtlin\t\nAtlin Mining Division..\nHerbert Young....\n-\n.\nW. H. Vickers.\nPort Simpson ....\nSkeena Mining Division\nJohn Flewin\t\nH. C. Flewin.\nMasset, Q. C. I. .\nSkidegate, \/\/ ...\nW. H. Dempster.\nJas. L. Steele.\nJohn Conway.\nBurt E. Daily.\nEd. McCoskrie.\nVictoria\t\nNeil F. Mackay . . .\nNeil F. Mackay . ..\ni\nBella Coola\t\nChris. Carlson.\nOmineca Mining Divisi'n\nAlex. C. Murray.\nF. W. Beatton.\nFort St. John\t\nEzra Evans.\nBarkerville \t\n\" ....\nF. E. Holt.\nCariboo Mining Division\nQuesnel' n\nGeo. Walker\t\nW. Stephenson....\nClinton Mining Division\nC. Phair\t\nF. Soues\t\nC. Phair\t\nKamloops District\t\nKamloops Mining Div . .\nG. C. Tunstall ...\nE. T. W. Pearse. . .\nGeo. Murray.\nAshcroft Mining Div.. .\nH. P. Christie\nHugh Hunter\t\nSub-office\t\nHedley\t\nNicola\t\nYale \t\nF. M. Gillespie.\nGeo. Murray.\nYale Mining Division . .\nWm. Dodd\t\nVernon Mining Division\nGreenwood Mining Div.\nGreenwood\t\nW. G. McMynn . . .\nGeo. Cunningham..\nH. F. Wilmot.\nH. Nicholson.\nF. F. Ketchum.\nGrand Forks\t\nFairview\t\nOlalla\t\nS. R. Almond\t\nC. A. R. Lambly . .\nS. R. Almond\nJ. R. Brown\t\nOsoyoos Mining Division\nJohn McDonald.\nF. M. Gillespie.\nGolden ,\t\nJ. E. Griffith \t\nGolden Mining Division\nWindermere \/\/\nF. C. Lang\t\nE. J. Scovil\t\nColin Cameron. 6 Ed. 7 Gold Commissioners and Mining Recorders.\nJ 259\nMining Districts and\nDivisions.\nLocation of\nOffice.\nGold Commissioner.\nMining Recorder.\nSub-Recorder.\nFort Steele District ....\nFort Steele Mining Div.\nCranbrook .\t\nJoseph Walsh.\nA. Soyce.\nM. Phillipps.\nFred. J. Smyth.\nSlocan District\t\nAinsworth Mining Div .\nElk mouth\t\nE. E. Chipman\t\nR. J. Stenson \t\nW. Simpson.\nJ. Simpson.\nF. C. Campbell.\nSlocan Mining Division.\nAngus Mclnnes ...\nE. M. Sandilands.\nSlocan City Mining Div.\nNelson District\t\nNelson Mining Division\nSub-office\t\nSub-office\t\nRevelstoke District\t\nRevelstoke Mining Div.\nIllecillewaet\t\nTrout Lake\t\nC. D. Blackwood ..\nNelson\t\nK. A. Renwick ....\nW. Scott . .\nH. F. Wilmot.\nW. E. McLauchlin.\n\/\/\nG. Sumner\t\nF. C. Campbell....\nTrout Lake \t\nJ. Simpson.\nRossland District\t\nTrail Creek Mining Div.\nNanaimo District\t\nNanaimo Mining Div ..\nMarshal Bray\t\nAlert Bay\t\nW. Woollacott.\nAlberni Mining Division\nClayoquot \t\nQuatsino\t\nVictoria District\t\nVictoria Mining Division\nA. L. Smith\t\nA. L. Smith\t\nW. T. Dawley ....\nB. W. Leeson ,\nNeil F. Mackay . . .\nNew Westminster.\nG. V. Cuppage ....\nC. C. Fisher\nL. A. Agassiz.\nJ. Pelly.\n'\n< 6 Ed. 7\nTable of Contents.\nJ 261\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 of Assayers\t\n\" Coal Mine Officials\t\nCaribou District\u2014 Report on\t\nQuesnel Mining Division, \/\/ \t\nCariboo n n \t\nQuesnel \/\/ \u00bb \t\nCassiar District:\nAtlin District\u2014Report on Windy Arm\t\n\/\/ a a \t\n\/\/ \/\/ \t\nTeslin, Liard and Stikine Mining Divisions\t\nn Notes on\t\nSkeena Mining Division\u2014Report on\t\na tt Notes on\t\nNorthern Interior Plateau\t\nEast Kootenay District:\nFort Steele Mining Division\u2014Report on\t\nGolden tt n \t\nWindermere \u00bb \/; \t\nWest Kootenay District:\nNorth-West Kootenay\u2014Report on\t\nRevelstoke Mining Division n \t\nn n n Big Bend District\nTrout Lake n n .\u00bb\t\nLardeau \/\/ \u00bb \t\nSlocan District it n \t\nAinsworth \/; \/; \t\nSlocan a it \t\nn City n n \t\nNelson \u00bb \u00bb \t\nArrow Lake \u00ab n \t\nTrail Creek \u00bb \u201e (Rossland)\t\nBoundary District:\nGreenwood Mining Division\u2014Report on\t\nGrand Forks it it \t\nOsoyoos a i, \t\nVernon District:\nVernon Mining Division\u2014Report on\t\nYale District:\nKamloops Mining Division\u2014Report on\t\nNicola Coal Basin, Extracts from Report on\t\nAspen Grove and Aberdeen Camp, Copper Claims of\nAshcroft Mining Division\u2014Report on\t\nYale \u00ab \u00bb\t\nSimilkameen \/\/ \/\/ \t\nLillooet District:\nLillooet Mining Division\u2014Report on\t\nClinton t, n \t\nCoast District:\nAlberni Mining Division\u2014Report on\t\nClayoquot \/\/ \u00bb \t\nQuatsino n \u00bb \t\nNanaimo \/; n \t\nVictoria n ti \t\nNew Westminster \/\/ \/; \t\nInspection of Metalliferous Mines \t\nList of Accidents\t\nSubmitted by\nProvincial Mineralogist\t\ntt a \t\na a\t\nti a \t\na Assayer\t\nii a \t\n\/; Mineralogist\t\nGold Commissioner\t\na \t\nn \t\nMining Recorder \t\nProvincial Mineralogist\t\nR. G. McConnell\u2014Geological Survey\nGold Commissioner\t\na \t\nProvincial Mineralogist\t\nGold Commissioner\t\nProvincial Mineralogist\t\nn n \t\nGold Commissioner\t\nit \t\nMining Recorder\t\nGold Commissioner\t\nMining Recorder\t\nProvincial Assayer\t\n\/\/ a \t\nn it ....\nGold Commissioner\t\nit \t\nMining Recorder\t\nii \t\nGold Commissioner\t\nMining Recorder\t\nGold Commissioner\t\nGold Commissioner\t\n\/\/ \t\nn \t\nGold Commissioner\t\nGold Commissioner\t\nDr. R. W. Ells\u2014Geological Survey..\nR. A. A. Johnston, n\nMining Recorder\t\nn \t\nGold Commissioner\t\nI! \t\nGold Commissioner\t\nMining Recorder\t\nGold Commissioner\t\nit \t\nMining Recorder \t\nInspector's Reports\t\nPage.\n7\n7 to 14\n15\n27\n29\n30\n31\n48\n48\n51\n58\n60\n64\n68\n76\n76\n79\n85\n89\n141\n143\n144\n148\n148\n149\n153\n155\n157\n157\n159\n161\n164\n170\n171\n175\n184\n188\n192\n194\n196\n201\n205\n205\n207\n208\n209\n211\n212\n212\n214\n216\n217\n218\n222 J 262\nReport of the Minister of Mines.\n1906\nSubject.\nSubmitted by\nPage.\n224\n227\n227\n233\n241\n\u201e from 1896 to 1905\u2014Tabulated\t\n242\n243\n246\nCrown Grants for Mineral Claims issued in 1905\t\nList of Gold Commissioners and Mining Recorders of\nFrom Lands and Works Records\t\nProvincial Mineralogist\t\n248\n258\n261\n263\n273\n275 Index.\nJ 263\nINDEX.\nA.\nAberdeen camp, copper claims 201\nReport of Mr. A. Johnston, Geol. Survey .... 204\nAberdeen 204\nAccidents in B. C. Collieries, 1905, table of .... 241\nDetailed statement of 243\nB. C. Collieries in ten years, table of 242\nAdventurer Group 170\nAh Quay hydraulic claim ; 53\nAhwillgate, Indian bridge at 134\nAinsworth Mining Division 157\nReport of Gold Commissioner 157\nAjax (Kamloops) 194\nAlabama hydraulic claim 54\nAlamo. See Idaho-Alamo.\nAlberni District :\nAlberni Mining Division 211\nReport of Gold Commissioner 211\nA Idebaran 81\nAldermere 116\nAlice 25, 169\nAlice Broughton Mining Co 169\nAlice No. 2 153\nAlki creek 141\nAmalgamated McKee Creek Mining Co 69\nAmerican Boy. 160\nAmerican Mining Co. (Revelstoke) . 148\nAmerican Girl Group 79\nAm. Inst. Mining Engineers, visit of 27\nAnalyses of soils from Northern Interior 139\nAnalytical work, Government Assay Office 29\nAnloine 160\nArgenta Mines Co 159\nArizona 167\nArlington (Erie) 164, 168\nArlington (Slocan City) 162\nArrow Lake Mining Division :\nReport of Mining Recorder 170\nAshcroft Mining Division :\nReport of Mining Recorder 205\nAspen Grove camp, copper claims :\nReport of Mr. A. Johnston, Geol. Survey .... 201\nAssayers, examinations for 30\nList of, licensed to practise in B. C 30, 31\nAssay Office, Provincial, work of 29\nA thelslan-Jackpot 179\nAtlin District 26\nAtlin Mining Division 60\nReport of Gold Commissioner .... 68\nExtension of boundaries of 68\nGold recovered in, during year 75\nAtlin and Willow Creek Gold Mining Co 69\nAtlin Lake Company 72\nAurora Group 140\nB.\nBabine range 116,\nBaltimore\t\nBanner\t\nBannockburn\t\nBarkerville Mining Division\t\nHarnett\t\nBarrett's ranche \t\nBay \t\nBayonne\t\nBay View Group\t\nB. O. and Tilbury\t\nBear Hydraulic Company\t\nBeatrice\t\nBeaver pass\t\nBeaver river\t\nBell\t\nBelle \t\nBerry Creek Mining Co\t\nReport of Manager ,\t\nBeta and Gamma hydraulic leases\t\nBetts and Hesperus Group\t\nBig Bend District (Revelstoke) :\nReport of Prov. Assayer\t\nCountry rock, report of Prof. Dresser on.\nBig Bend trail \t\nBig Chief\t\nBig Interior Group\t\nBig Kid\t\nBig Thing Group\t\nBig Sioux\t\nBill Nye\t\nBimetallic\t\n131\n158\n187\n163\n51\n163\n115\n181\n169\n82\n145\n56\n156\n53\n56\n159\n185\n76\n76\n69\n184\n149\n150\n195\n146\n211\n202\n68\n203\n195\n82\nBirch creek 71\nBismarck 159\nBlack Bear 81\nBlack Cloud 163\nBlack Diamond Group 145\nBlackfoot 145\nBlackhawk 163\nBlack Prince Group 80\nBlackwater river 94\nBlue Bell (Ainsworth) 158\nBlue Bell (Babine) 132\nBlue Bell (Skeena) 80\nBlue Bell (Telkwa) 84\nBlue Bird 160\nBlue Grouse 154\nBob creek 114\nBob Fraction 161\nBonanza (Copper river) 144\nBonanza (Skeena) 80\nBonanza (Trout Lake) 154\nBonanza (Yale) 206\nBonnie Bell 181\nBonus 79\nBoomerang Camp 181\nBoston 190\nBosun 160\nBoulder creek (Atlin) 72\nBoulder Mining Co 207\nBoundary District 25\nn v high-grade mines in 179\n\/\/ smelters 182\na i, ore treated at, 1900-1905 183 J 264\nIndex.\nPage.\nBoundary mines, ore shipments from in 1905. .. 175\n1900-1905. 183\nBoundary District :\nGreenwood Mining Division\u2014Report of Gold\nCommissioner 175\nGrand Forks Mining Division\u2014Report of Gold\nCommissioner 184\nOsoyoos Mining Division\u2014Report of Gold\nCommissioner 188\nBrick, production of 23\nBridge river 208\nBridge River and Lillooet Gold Mining Co 209\nBritannia 26\nBritish America Dredging Co., Ltd 70\nBritish Columbia Copper Co 177\nBritish Columbia Dredging Co 71\nBritish Columbia Milling and Mining Co 57\nBritish Empire Group 192\nBroadview 154\nBroken Hill Mining and Milling Co 167\nBrooklyn . 179\nBrown-Alaska Smelting Co 80\nBuckhorn 203\nBuck river 113\nBuena Vista 79\nBuffalo 161\nBuffalo Mining Co 148\nBuilding stone 23\nBulkley valley\u2014origin of name 91\n\u201e 113\nn river 114\nBidl Dog 188\nBullion 82\nBullion (Windermere) 145\nBull river 141\nBunyon Group 146\nBureau of Mines\u2014work of year 27\nButcher flats 96\nByron N. White Co 159\nc.\nCalifornia 161\nCalumet and Hecla (Trout lake) 155\nCalumet and Hecla (Slocan City M. D.) 162\nCamp Creek Mining Co 148\nCamp Fairview 188\nCamp Hedley 188\nCamp Rest 190\nCanadian-American Mining Co 82, 85, 86\nCanadian Creek Co 55\nCanadian Group 161\nCanadian Metal Co 158\nCanyon creek (Bulkley valley), exposure of coal\nshales on 130\nCapital Prize 181\nConsolidated Cariboo Hydraulic Mining Co 59\nReport of manager 48\nCarcross 60\nCariboo Consolidated Company 52\nCariboo District :\nCariboo Mining Division, Report of Gold Com'r 48\nQuesnel \u00ab \u00bb n 48\n\u201e \u201e \/\/ Mining R. 58\nCaribou Crossing 60\nCarmi Camp 182\nCascade 26\nCascade-Bonanza 172\nCassiar District 60\nAtlin Mining Division 68\nReport of Gold Commissioner 68\nNorthern portion of, Teslin, Liard and Stikine\nMining Divisions 76\nReport of Gold Commissioner 76\nSkeena Mining Division 79\nReport of Gold Commissioner 79\nCassiar Coal Co 117\nCassie 82\nCayoosh creek 208\nCement, production of 24\nCentre Star 171\nChapleau 163\nCharlemont Group 146\nCherry Creek Gold Mining Co 193\nCheslatta lake 107\nChestnut Hill Mining Co 154\nChilako river 96\nChilkat Mining Division 74\nChina creek 55\nChina Creek Hydraulic Mining Co 55\nCincinnati 203\nCinderella 161\nClayoquot Mining Division 212\nReport of Mining Recorder 212\nClearwater river 78\nClinton Mining Division 209\nReport of Gold Commissioner 209\nClucultz lake 97\nCoal at Nicola 196\na at Quilchena 200\n\/\/ in Vernon Mining Division 193\na on Telkwa river 117\n.\/ at Quatsino 213\n\/; boring for, Telkwa river 123\na croppings on Fraser lake 105\nCoal exposures, Kitimat Dev. Syndicate (Telkwa) 122\nTranscontinental Dev. Syndicate 122\nAnalysis of 121\nCassiar Coal Co (Telkwa)\u2014section 118\nAnalysis of 119\nReport by F. H. Shepherd, M. E 122\nCoal fields, new, development of\u2014\nPrinceton 225\nFlathead district .... 225\nElk river (upper) 225\nTelkwa river .... 225\nSkeena river (upper) 225\nPeace river 225\nCoal and coke\u2014Table showing production and\ndistribution of total output 224\nCoal output for year, statistics & comment, 18, 19, 20\nCoal Mine Officials, examinations for 31\nBoard of Examiners for 32\nQuestions asked at examinations for 35\nList of 45, 247\nCoal Mines, inspection of\u2014\nVancouver Island and Coast District, report of\nInspector 227\nEast Kooten ay District, report of Inspector.. 233\nCoal Mines Regulation Act\u2014\nCertificates issued under 45, 247\nProsecutions under 232, 240\nCertificates under \"Amendment Act, 1905\". . 247\nCoal mining in Fort Steele M. D 141\nCoal prospecting in ,i 141\nCoal mining in B. C.\u2014Summary 224\nCoal Hill (Kamloops) 194\nCoffee Creek (Kootenay) Air Supply 158\nCoke\u2014Statistics, distribution of output, etc.\nSee tables for coal. Colorado 162\nColumbia Hydraulic Company 70\nColumbia 80\nCommodore 132\nComstock .. 160\nConrad City 60\nConrad Consolidated Mines 61\nConsolation creek 78\nCopper production of Province 22\nCopper bay (Q. C. I.) 81\nCopper Canyon . 216\nCopper Chief (Aspen Grove) 202\nCopper Chief (Trout lake) 154\nCopper King (Telkwa) 83\nCopper King (Portland Canal) 80\nCopper Queen (Texada Island) .. .. 25, 214\nCopper Queen (Telkwa) 83\nCopper Queen (Copper River) 84\nCopper river 84, 133\nCopper river, claims on 134\nCopper Standard (Aspen Grove) 202\nCordillero Group 214\nCork 158\nCornell 214\nCoronado Group 84\nCotton Belt 195\nCotton Belt Mining Co 195\nCottonwood (Osoyoos) 190\nCottonwood (Telkwa) 84\nCousin Jack 207\nCoutlee Coal and Iron Co 201\nCracker Jack 83\nCrescent 179, 180\nCrofton Smelter 26\nCrown Point (Trail creek) 172\nCrown Point (Kettle river) 181\nCumberland 83\nCunningham creek 56\nCunningham hydraulic claim 57\nCurry Group 181\nD.\nDaisy 124\nDakota 194\nDaly Reduction Co 26, 188\nDandy , 181\nDanube 80\nDayton * . 162\nDease lake 76\nDelphine 145\nDelphi Group 215\nDenoro Mining Co 179\nDevelopments of the year 24\nDiamond R 145\nDiamond Vale Coal & Iron Mines, Ltd 201\nDiscovery (Telkwa) 124\nDominion Copper Co 179\nDom Pedro 182\nDownie creek 148\nDredging for gold in Atlin 70, 71\nn a Cariboo 57\n\/\/ n Yale Mining Division 206\n\/\/ it Fraser river 209\nDresser, Prof., report of on rock samples from\nTelkwa river 124\nFrom Goat Creek (Telwa) 125\nFrom Sunrise mountain (Telkwa)... 128\nOn country rock from Big Bend District 150\nDriftwood creek (Bulkley valley) 84, 130\nDry Hill Hydraulic Mining Co 82\nDuchess Group 147\nDuchess hydraulic lease 70\nDundee 167\nDunsmuir District 215\nDuquesne Mining Co. 148\nDynamo 181\nE.\nEarthquake 185\nEight-mile lake 55\nEldorado (Telkwa) 124\nEl Dorado Group (Osoyoos) 190\nEldorado (Babine mountains) 131\nEleven of England hydraulic claim 52\nElk Horn (Slocan) 161\nElkhorn (Boundary) 179\nElkhorn Mining Co 180\nElk river 141\nElk River Coal & Oil Co 141\nElsie 82\nEmily Edith 160\nEmma Group 164, 178\nEmpire 190\nEmpress (Slocan) 161\nEmpress (Whitewater) 159\nEnderby Coal Mining Co 193\nEnglish Counties Hydraulic Syndicate 72\nEnterprise (Copper river) 84, 134\nEnterprise (Slocan) 163\nEnterprise (Kettle river) 181\nE. P. U. 179, 180\nEulatazella lake 97\nEureka Group 166\nEva 156\nEvening 83\nEvening Star 195\nExaminations for coal mines officials 31\na assayers 30\nF.\nFairy Queen 191\nPear Not 155\nFerguson Mines, Ltd 153\nFirst Effort .. 146\nFirst of May 52\nFisher Maiden 160\nFive-Mile Reduction Works 153\nF. L. H. Group 161\nFlint . 159\nFording river 141\nForest Rose Hydraulic Co 51\nForlorn 194\nForrest Group 83, 124\nFort Fraser 98\nn Indian Reserve 105\nFort St. James 101\n\/\/ Meteorological observations at. . 102\n\" Phenological report 104\nFort Steele District 24\nFort Steele Mining Division 140\nReport of Gold Commissioner 140\nPlacer mining in 141\nCoal mining in 141\nCoal and oil prospecting in 141 J 266\nIndex.\nFountain creek .\nFox \t\nFrancais lake ..\nFranklin camp .\n57\n129\n105\n186\nPage.\nFraser lake\u2014agriculture at 106\nFraser River Gold Dredging Co 205\nFree Coinage 153\nFrench and English Group 185\nG.\nGale \t\nGeorgia Creek\t\nG. II\t\nGiant (Aspen Grove)\t\nGiant \t\nGlacier creek (Skeena)\t\n(Telkwa)\t\nGladstone hydraulic lease\t\nGladys \t\nGladys lake\t\nGlittering Blade \t\nGloucester camp\t\nGloucester \t\nGoat creek (Telkwa)\t\n\u00ab assays of ore from ...\nGold production of Province :\nStatistics and comment\t\nPlacer \t\nLode\t\nGold\u2014free milling\t\nGild Bug\t\nGold Drop Group \t\nGolden Chest No. 2\t\nGolden Crown Group\t\nGolden Eagle \t\nGolden Gate\t\nGolden Lilly .... \t\nGolden Mining Division\t\nReport of Gold Commissioner.\nGolden. Zone Group \t\nGold Fields Co\t\nGoldfinch (Boundary)\t\nGold Finch Mines, Ltd\t\nGold Hill\t\nGold Park\t\nGold Run\t\n192\n80\n187\n202\n143\n80\n129\n70\n211\n78\n80\n187\n187\n117\n125\n.20, 21\n.... 20\n.., . 21\n.... 21\n.... 181\n.... 176\n.... 155\n.... 82\n.... 185\n.... 81\n.... 190\n. .. 143\n.. . 143\n.... 190\n.... 51\n.... 181\n.... 156\n.... 83\n.... 155\n.69, 71\nGoodenough \t\nGood Hope Group\t\nGood Luck\t\nGoose creek\t\nGoose lake\t\nGopher\t\nGorgon hydraulic lease\t\nGovernment Assay Office, work of\t\nGovernment ranche (Bulkley)\t\nGrace mountain .. \t\nGraham creek\t\nGraham island\t\nGranby Consolidated Mining, Smelting & Power\nCo., Ltd\t\nEconomical smelting by\t\nGrand Forks Mining Division\t\nReport of Gold Commissioner. \t\nGrand Solo \t\nGranite (Skeena)\t\nGranite (Osoyoos) \t\nGranville (Telkwa)\t\nGranvillo\t\nGraphic\t\nGrave Post creek\t\nGraveyard lake\t\nGreat West\t\nGreenhorn \t\nGreenwood Group\t\nGribbell island\t\n\/\/ Island Copper Co\t\na island\u2014Notes on by Mr. W. M. Brewer\nn \/; Geology of\t\n\/\/ it Ore bodies on\t\na Island Mining Co\t\nGrizzly\t\nGrouse creek\t\n160\n212\n143\n59\n94\n172\n70\n29\n115\n195\n73\n81\n175\n25\n184\n184\n155\n82\n190\n83\n192\n162\n113\n97\n82\n166\n190\n82\n82\n85\n85\n84\n55\nH.\nHall Mining & Smelting Co \t\nHamill creek\t\nHallett lake\t\nHampton\t\nHappy John Group\t\nHappy John No. 2\t\nHappy Medium\t\nHard Up hydraulic claim\t\nHardy mountain\t\nHarper's camp\t\nHartney\t\nHastings (B. C.) Exploration Co.\nHattie\t\nHayward hydraulic claim\t\nHazelton\t\nHelen\t\nHelen Mining Co\t\nHelga Gold & Copper Co \t\nHematite iron at Quatsino\t\nHenderson Fraction\t\nHendryx electro-cyanide process.\nHeron lead... \t\nHeron Company ...\nHetty Green Group\t\nHewitt \t\n164\n159\n107\n162\n211\n211\n163\n55\n184\n59\n.... 161\n... 168\n.... 80\n.... 51\n.... 135\n.... 179\n 180\n.... 212\n.... 212\n.... 84\n.164, 166\n 55\n.... 55\n..26, 212\n.... 160\nHidden Creek Group 80\nHidden Treasure 192\nHighland (Ainsworth) 158\nHighlander (Ainsworth) 158\nHighland Chief (Telkwa) 84, 134\nHighland Chief (Boundary) 181\nHigh Grade Group 146\nHill Top 195\nHogsback, The 97\nHomestake (Trail Creek) 172\nHomestake (Trout Lake) 154\nHomestake Group (Portland Canal) 80\nHomestake Group (Princess Royal Island) ...... 82\nHope 145\nHope No 2 181\nHorsefly (Osoyoos) 191\nHorsefly river 59\nHorseshoe (Trout Lake) 154\nHot Punch Group 145\nHudson Bay mountain , 132\nHumming Bird 185\nHumming Bird Group (Osoyoos) 190\nHumper 67\nHunter basin 126\nHunter V 168 Index.\nJ 267\nIbex 82\nIce river 144\nIdaho (Telkwa) 84\nIdaho-Alamo 25, 160\nIdaho Group (Boundary) 179\nIllecillewaet Mining Div.\u2014See N. W. Kootenay.\nImperial Coal Co 141\nIndependence 82\nIndependence Fraction 82\nIndex 159\nInland Empire 172\nInspection of Metalliferous Mines :\nReport of Inspectors :\nWest Kootenay and Boundary Districts 218\nEast Kootenay District 219\nCoast District 220\nInspection of Coal Mines :\nVancouver Island and Coast District:\nWestern Fuel Co ,. 227\nPage.\nInspection of Coal Mines\u2014Concluded.\nVancouver Island and Coast District\u2014Concluded.\nWellington Colliery Co 229\nEast Kootenay District:\nCrow's Nest Pass Coal Co 233\nSales and output for year 234\nInternational 163\nInternational Gold Mining Co 206\nInvincible 80\nIron deposits at Quatsino 212\nIron Chink 213\nIron Mask (Kamloops) 195\nIron mountain-Aspen Grove 205\nIron ore 22\nIvanhoe 25\ni\". X. L. (Slocan City) 162\n\/. X. L. (Aberdeen Camp) 204\n\/. X. L. (Trout Lake) 153\nJack 162 Joe Petty\nJack of Clubs creek 57\nJackson mines 159\nJesperson lease 208\nJ. & L. Group 148, 150\nAssays of ore from 151\nJoe Joe 161\n67\nJubilee Group 215\nJumbo 172, 173\nJune (Skeena) 80\nJune Group (Quatsino) 213\nJupiter 194\nK.\nKamloops 83\nKaslo creek, south fork 158\nKate 185\nKeithley creek 51, 59\nKetchum 80\nKettle river, north fork of 185\nn west \/\/ 181\nKeystone Group 148\nKilo 163\nKimberley Group 162\nKing (Telkwa) 83, 126\nKing Solomon 26, 216\nKing Solomon (Aberdeen camp) 204\nKing Solomon Mines Co 158\nKingston Group 191\nKitimat arm 82\nKitimat Development Syndicate (Telkwa) 122\nKitsilas canyon 82\nKokanee creek 166\nKoksilah river 216\nKootenay Bell 169\nKootenay Central Railway 143\nKrao mine 158\nL.\nLabour employed in mines\u2014ratio of, to tonnage 16\nLabourers' Co-operative Mining Co 143\nLaclede Mining Co., Ltd 155\nLa Fontaine 52\nLakeview 162\nLake View Group 84\nLanax 154\nLa Plata Mines Co., Ltd 25, 166\nLardeau Mining Division :\nReport of Mining Recorder 155\nLast Chance (Slocan) 160\nLast Chance (Babine) 131\nLait Chance (Boundary) 179, 180\nLast Chance Hydraulic Co 209\nLead bounty 17\na in Slocan District 25\nLead production of Province\u2014statistics and\ncomment 21\nLead Queen Group 146\nLease system in Slocan 25\nLe Croix ranche 116\nLemon creek 163\nLeRoi ,171, 173\nit concentrator 171\nLe Roi No. 2 171, 173\nn No. 2 concentrator 171\nLightning Creek Gold Gravels & Draining Co. . . 53\nLightning Creek and tributaries 52\nLignite\u2014outcrop of, near Quesnel 93\nLillooet District :\nLillooet Mining Division 208\nReport of Gold Commissioner 208\nLillooet hydraulic lease 209\nLily May (Trail creek) 172\nLinson View 154\nLittle Bertha , 186\nLittle Daisy Group 161\nLittle Joe 80\nLittle Spruce Creek 71\nLive Yank hydraulic 51\nLode Mines\u2014production of 10\nLone Bachelor 161\nLoring-Hankin-Forrest Syndicate 124\nLoring basin 124\nLome creek 82\nLome Creek Hydraulic Co 82\nLome 208\nLottie F. Group 181 J 268\nIndex.\nLottie M. Group 145\nLouise 79\nLowhee hydraulic claim 52\nLoyal Lease Co 215\nLoyal Group 215\nLuce hydraulic claim 51\nLucky Boy Group (Windermere) 154\nPage.\nLucky Boy (Trout Lake) 154\nLucky Jim (Kitsilas) 82\nLucky Jim (Slocan) 161\nLucky Jim (Telkwa river) 83\nLucky Seven 80\nLucky Seventh Group 145\nM.\nMabou\t\nMagqie\t\nMaitland lake\t\nMajestic\t\nMammoth \t\nMaple Bay\t\nMarble Bay 25,\nMarion\t\nMarshall Group\t\nMarj'sville smelter\t\nMaud\t\nMavis\t\nMay \t\nMay Bee\t\nMayflower (Copper river) 84,\nMay and Jennie 25,\nMcDame creek \t\nMcKee creek\t\nMcKee Consolidated Hydraulic, Ltd \t\nMcKinley\t\nMc Lean Group\t\nMcPhail Group\t\nMeadow Lark\t\nMelvviia\t\nMercury \t\nMetalliferous Mines, inspection of. See Inspection :\nList of accidents in 1905\t\nTabulated\t\nMeteor\t\nMetropolitan Gold and Silver Mining Co\t\nMicroscopic examination of rock samples from\nTelkwa \t\nMidnight\t\nMildred\t\nMillie Mack\t\nMineral Hill\t\nMineral King\t\nMineral Production oe British Columbia :\nStatistical tables\u2014\nTable I.\u2014Total production for all years up to\nand including 1905\t\nTable II.\u2014Production for each year from 1890\nto 1905 \t\nTable III.\u2014Diagram showing total production,\nalso production of lode and coal mines\t\nTable IV.\u2014Amount and value of mineral products for 1903, 1904, 1905\t\nTable V.\u2014Production of mineral by Districts\nand Divisions \t\nTable VI.\u2014Yield of placer gold per year to\ndate \t\n163\n203\n109\n161\n156\n80\n214\n161\n176\n141\n80\n181\n163\n79\n134\n165\n78\n69\n69\n186\n146\n193\n181\n132\n161\n222\n223\n162\n153\n124\n204\n81\n170\n187\n145\n10\nN\nNaiad 124\nNaltesby lake 96\nNanaimo District :\nNanaimo Mining Division 214\nReport of Gold Commissioner 214\nNanaimo Jubilee Mining Co 215\nNanette 82\nNechaco district 98\nMineral Production of British Columbia\u2014\nConcluded.\nStatistical tables\u2014Concluded.\nTable VII.\u2014Production of lode mines 10\nTable VIII.\u2014Coal and coke production per\nyear to date 11\nTable IX.\u2014Production in detail of the metalliferous mines for 1902, 1903, 1904 and\n1905 12, 13\nTable X.\u2014Graphic table showing comparative\nmineral production for 1905, of B. C. and\nother Provinces of the Dominion 14\nMines, lode, production of. See Lode Mines.\nShipping, 1905, table of 15\nNon-shipping, men employed in 16\nMining, progress of, review of year 15\nMissing Link 176\nM. and 31. 67\nMogul 181\nMohawk 84\nMohecan 153\nMollie Hughes 161\nMolly Gibson Group 25, 166\nMonarch Group (Arrow lake) 170\nMonarch Group (Boundary) 176\nMonitor 160\nMonitor and Ajax Fraction Co 160\nMontana 61, 66\nMontcalm 124\nMontchief 124\nMonteagle 124\nMonte Carlo Group (Boundary) 181\nMonte Carlo (Kamloops) 194\nMontgomery hydraulic claim 52\nMoresby island . .. 81\nMorice river 84\nMoricetown 116\nMorning Star 79\nMorning (Telkwa) 83, 129\nMorrison 179\nMosquito creek 54\nMother Lode (Boundary) 177\nMother Lode (Trout lake) 155\nMountain Con 160\nMountain Goat 159\nMountain Hero 62\nMountain Rose 179\nMount Baker and Yale Mining Co 206\nMount Sicker .26, 216\nMucho Oro 52\nMud, or Tenas creek 128\nMyrtle Group 162\nNechaco river 98, 104\nflats 99\nNeepawa 163\nNelson District :\nNelson Mining Division 25, 164\nReport of Gold Commissioner 164\nNew Westminster Mining Division 26\nReport of Mining Recorder 217 Index.\nJ 269\nPage.\nNickel Plate 26, 188\nNicola District 26\nNicola Coal-basin :\nExtract from Report of Dr. Ells, Geol. Survey. 196\nNicola Coal Co 201\nNicola Coal and Iron Co 201\nNicola, Kamloops and Similkameen Coal and\nRailway Co 201\nNight Hawk 195\nNine-Mile creek 56\nNo. 1 158\nNob Hill 83\nNoble Five (Skeena) 82\nNoble Four 153\nNon- Union hydraulic lease 72\nNoolki lake 98\nNora 82\nNorth Columbia Gold Mining Co 69\nPage.\nNorth-East Kootenay District :\nReport of Gold Commissioner 143\nNorthern Bell Groxip 80\nNorthern Interior Plateau :\nReport of Provincial Mineralogist 89\nSummary of trip through 135\nAgricultural possibilities of 135\nSoil of 135\nAnalysis of soil from 139\nForest growth in 137\nTransportation in 137\nMineral probabilities of 137\nNorthern Mines Limited 71\nNorthland 82\nNorth Star Group 24, 140\nNorth-West Kootenay District :\nReport of Gold Commissioner , 148\nNorth-West Pacific Company 206\no.\nObservatory Inlet 80\nO'Donnel river 73\nOffice Statistics:\nAinsworth Mining Division 159\nAlberni ,, 211\nArrow Lake \/\/ 170\nAshcroft a 205\nAtlin it 74\nCariboo District \/\/ 58\nClayoquot \/\/ 212\nClinton n 210\nFort Steele \u201e 142\nGolden \/\/ 144\nGrand Forks n 187\nGreenwood n 182\nKamloops \u00bb 196\nLardeau n 156\nLillooet it 209\nNanaimo \/\/ 215\nNelson n 169\nNew Westminster n 217\nNorthern Cassiar \/\/ 79\nOsoyoos it 191\nQuatsino \/\/ 213\nRevelstoke n 148\nSimilkameen n 207\nSkeena u 84\nSlocan a 161\nOffice Statistics-\nSlocan City\nTrail Creek\nTrout Lake\nVernon\nVictoria\nWindermere\nYale\n-Concluded.\n163\n174\n155\n193\n217\n147\n206\nOil and oil shales 24\nOlalla camp . . 188\nOld England hydraulic lease 69\nOlga..'. 80\nOnward 51\nOotsa lake 110\nOread 124\nOregon Group 190\nOro Denoro 179\nOsoyoos Mining Division 26\nReport of Gold Commissioner 188\nOttawa 161, 162\nOtter creek 73\nOtter Hydraulic Co 73\nOutcrop Group 144, 145\nOutput of minerals\u2014percentage of, from various\ndistricts , 22\nOyster-Criterion 156\nOyster District (Nanaimo) 215\nP.\nPack Train Group 131\nParadise Group 143, 144\nPathfinder 186\nPayne 25, 160\nPelican lake 94\nPerry creek 141\nPeters creek 53\nPilot Bay\u2014zinc enriching plant at 158\nPine creek .. , 69\nPine Creek Power Co 69\nPingston creek 170\nPioneer (Lillooet) 208\nPlacer gold production to date\u2014table showing.. 10\nPlacer mining in Fort Steele M. D 141\nit on Fraser river 209\nin Lillooet M. D 208\n\u201e in Yale M. D 205\nPlatinum\u2014occurrence of 23\nPleasant valley 113\nPlumas hydraulic lease 70\nPoint hydraulic claim 52\nPooley canyon 63\nPoorman-Granite Group 166\nPoplar 155\nPortland canal, mineral locations near ... 26, 79, 80\nPortland Group (Aspen Grove) 203\nPorto Rico 168\nPotlach 144\nPreston 180\nPreston Mining Co 180\nPrince 83\nPrince Mining and Development Co 148\nPrince of Copper 83\nPrince Henry ... 179\nPrince Henry-Abercraig M. & D. Syndicate 180\nPrincess of Copper 83\nPrincess Royal Island 81\nPrincess Royal Group 81\nProduction\u2014Total :\nFor all years up to 1905 7\nFor each year from 1890 to 1905 7\nDiagram showing, of lode and coal mines 8 J 270\nIndex.\nPage.\nProduction\u2014Total\u2014Concluded.\nOf mineral by Districts and Divisions . 9\nOf placer gold per annum to date 10\nOf lode mines 10\nOf coal and coke per annum to date 11\nProvidence 179\nQ\nQuartz Mining in Atlin M. D 74\nTeslin M. D 78\nn Cariboo 57\nQuatsino Mining Division :\nReport of Mining Recorder 212\nQueen 169\nQueen Bess 161\nQueen Charlotte islands 26, 81\nR.\nRabbit creek (Nechaco) 100\nRainbow (Telkwa) 83, 127\n\/; n assay of ore from 127\nRainy Hollow 74\nRambler (Slocan) 25, 160\nRambler (Skeena) 79\nRambler (Trout lake) 153\nRambler (Kettle river) 181\nRawhide 179\nReco 160\nRed creek 129\nRed Deer 67\nRed Deer mountain 65\nRed Fox 160\nRed Hill 154\nRed Rover 211\nReindeer 82\nRenfrew District 216\nRevelstoke Mining Division :\nReport of Mining Recorder 148\nRevelstoke & McCulloch Creek Co 148\nRevenue 159\nReward Mining Co., Ltd 153\nRex 192\nR. E. Lee 161\nReliance (Copper river) 134\nRichard III 216\ns.\nSally Group 181\nSamson 145\nSon Diego 84\nSan Juan district 216\nSan Juan Mining and Manufacturing Co 21\nSeattle 185\nSeattle Prospecting and Development Co 78\nSecond Relief 164, 168\nSeymour arm, Shuswap lake, Big Bend district . 195\nShamrock 144\nShining Beauty Group 144\nShutt, Professor, report of, on soils from Northern Interior 139\nSilver Bell 161\nSilver Belt Group (Windermere) 144\nSilver Bow Group 80\nSilver Cloud 181\nSilver Cup (Skeena) 80\nSilver Cup and Nettie L. (Trout lake) 153\nSilver Dollar (Lardeau) 156\nSilver Dollar (Kettle river) 181\nSilver Glance (Ainsworth) 159\nSilver Glance (Slocan) 160\nPage.\nProvidence Mining Co 179\nProvince 158\nProvincial Mineralogist, work of 27\nPtarmigan 143, 146\nPuget Sound Iron Co 215\nQueen Esther Group 146\nQuesnel Mining Division :\nReport of Mining Recorder 58\n\/\/ Gold Commissioner 48\nQuesnel river\u2014north fork 59\n\u201e south fork 59\nQuilchena coal basin 200\nRising Sun 194\nRiverside (Slocan) 163\nRiverside (Kettle river) 181\nRollo 191\nRoosevelt Group 80\nRose 82\nRosella Hydraulic Mining & Development Co. .. 78\nRossland District :\nTrail Creek Mining Division 171\nReport of Gold Commissioner 171\nRossland Camp 25\nRossland mines\u2014ore shipments from 172\n\/\/ detailed statement of ore shipments from 173\nRossland (Vernon) 192\nRound lake 116\nRowse Fraction 161\nRoyal Stag 144\nRuby (Kitsilas canyon) 82\nRuby (Skeena) 79\nRuby creek 72\nRuby Creek Mining Partnership 72\nRuby Silver (Trout lake) 155\nRuby Silver (Windy Arm) 67\nRussell 83\nRuth 160\nSilver King Group 25, 164, 165\nSilver Lake Group 79\nSilver Plate 154\nSilver production of Province :\nStatistics and comment 21\nSilversides 190\nSilverlip (Babine) 131\nSilver Tip (Windermere) 146\nSilver Top 134\nSimilkameen Mining Division :\nReport of Mining Recorder 207\nSiwash creek 206\nSkeena Mining Division :\nReport of Gold Commissioner 79\nSkincuttle Entrance 81\nSkylark 179, 180\nSlocan District 25\nReport of Gold Commissioner 157\nSlocan Mining Division:\nReport of Mining Recorder 159\nSlocan City Mining Division:\nReport of Mining Recorder 161\nSlocan Boy 161 Index.\nJ 271\nSlocan Prince 162\nSlocan Star 25, 159\nSlough creek .. 54\nSlough Creek Gold Gravels, Ltd 54\nS. M 181\nSmelters, Boundary District 182\nSmelter, Britannia, at Crofton, V. 1 214\nSmelter, Tyee Co.'s 214\nSnowflake 190\nSnowshoe creek 51, 59\nSociete Miniere de la Colombie Britannique 72\nSouth-East Kootenay District 140\nSouth Yale Mining Co 207\nSovereign (Aspen Grove) 202\nSpillimacheen mountain 143\nSpitzee 172, 174\nSpokane Company 208\nSpokane Falls Placer Mining Co 155\nSpring creek 144\nSpringer creek 162\nSpruce creek 70\nSpruce Creek Power Co 70\nStamp mills, percentage of gold recovered by\nmeans of 21\nStandard (Slocan) 161\nStandard (Skeena) 82\nStandard Basin (Big Bend district) 148\nStandard Group (Big Bend district) 151\nStatistical Tables, I., II., III., IV., V., VI., VII.,\nVIII.,IX,. X. and XI., explanation of, 16,17, 18\nSee also Mineral Production.\nSteam-shovel mining, in Atlin 71\nPage.\nSteele Group 146\nStellako river 105\nSt. Elmo 154\nStemwinder (Osoyoos) 188, 190\nStemwinder (Boundary) 179\nStemwinder (North Star hill) 140\nStephendyke hydraulic leases 69\nSt. Eugene Group 24, 140\nStevenson Group 125\nStony creek (Nechaco district) 98\nStop and Rest 80\nStouts Gulch 52\nStrathmore 181\nStraioberry 185\nStuart river 101\nStuart lake\u2014Meteorological observations at 102\nPhenological report 104\nSullivan Group 24, 140\nSultana Group 145\nSunbeam 80\nSundown 83\nSunnyside 188\nSunrise (Telkwa) 128, 129\nSunrise mountain 128\nSunset Group (Boundary) 179\nSunset (Slocan) 1601\nSunset (Telkwa) 83, 129\nReport of Prof. Dresser on rock from vicinity of 129\nSunshine 80'\nSurprise lake 70, 74\nSwift river 57\nSylina Group 145\nT.\nTables\u2014Statistical. See Mineral Production.\nTachic lake 98\nTacoma Steel Co 214\nTagish lake 60\nTamarac (Nelson) 168\nTamarack (Slocan) 162\nTar flats 70\nTatalaska lake 112\nTecumseh Group 146\nTelegraph Line\u2014Collins' Overland 90\nTelhva 124\nTelkwa river 26, 82, 117\nTenas or Mud creek 128\nTen-Mile creek 163\nTerminus 82\nTeslin Mining Division 76, 78\nTeta river (Quatsino), claims on 213\nTexada island 25, 214\nThistle 82\nThistle Company 55\nTonnage\u2014total of ore mined in 1905 18\nTobacco Box hydraulic lease 70\nToby creek 144\nTopography of British Columbia 89\nTower Hill 134\nTransvaal Group 205\nTremont Group 84, 125\nTribute system in Slocan 25\nTriune 153, 162\nTrout Lake Mining Division\u2014Report of Mining Recorder 153\nTrustees Dredging Company 209\nTruth Group 194\nTsinkut creek 98\nTutshi lake 60\nTwelve-Mile creek 162\nTwo Brothers 190\nTyee lake 117, 130\nTyee 26, 216\nTyee Co.'s smelter 214\nu.\nUnited 158\nUnited Empire Co 207\nUnited Mining Co 55\nUnuk river and tributaries\nUnuk River M. S. & T. Co\nUranus \t\n.62,\n81\n81\n67\nV.\nVan Anda 25, 214\nVancouver (Aspen Grove) 203\nVancouver (Skeena) 84\nVancouver and Boundary Creek Dev. & Min. Co 181\nVancouver Island Collieries, summary of Returns 226\nVancouver Island Exploration & Develop't Co. . 215\nVancouver Island and Coast District 211\nVancouver Island Mining and Development Co . 216\nVelvet 172\nVenus 62, 67\nRep't of Gold Commissioner 192\n 191\nVernon District :\nVernon Min. Div.\nVictoria (Osoyoos) .\nVictoria District :\nVictoria Min. Div., Rep't of Gold Commissioner 216\nViolet 192\nVirginian Queen 83\nVolcanic creek 73\nVolcanic 185\nVulture 161 J 272\nIndex.\nW.\nWakefield\t\nWar Cloud\t\nWard Horsefly Hydraulic Co....\nWar Eagle Group (Skeena)\t\nWar Eagle (Trail creek)\t\nWaresco\t\nWaverly hydraulic claim\t\nWellington camp\t\nWest Coast of Vancouver Island\nWestern Coal & Oil Co\t\nWestminster\t\nWeslmont\t\nWheal Tamar\t\nWhite Bear\t\nWhite Bear concentrator\t\nWhite Fish creek\t\nWhitewater\t\nWhitewater Deep\t\nWilcox\t\nWild Horse creek (Fort Steele)..\nWilliams creek and tributaries..\nWilliams hydraulic claim\t\nWillow river and tributaries\t\nPage.\n..25, 160\n.... 190\n.... 50\n.... 82\n.171, 173\n. 83, 127\n... 55\n.... 184\n.... 26\n... 141\n.... 203\n.... 163\n 195\n.171, 174\n.... 171\n.... 141\n.... 159\n 159\n.... 167\n.... 141\n 51\n.... 54\n 54\nWillow River Mining Co 54\nWillow Grouse 154\nWindermere Mining Division :\nReport of Mining Recorder 144\nWindfall Group 190\nWindy Arm 26\nMineral Locations, Notes on by Provincial\nMineralogist 60\nMineral Discoveries, Report on, by R. G.\nMcConnell, B. A , 64\nGeology of mineralised area of 64\nMineral Development , 61, 66\nAssays of ore from 62\nList of metallic minerals on 66\nWinnemucca hydraulic lease 69\nWolfard 184\nWonder 83\nWonderful 161\nWoodbine hydraulic lease 70\nWoodbury creek 158\nWright creek 72\nWyoming Co 52\nY.\nYakima\t\nYale District :\nKamloops Mining Division\t\nReport of Gold Commissioner.\nYale Mining Division \t\nReport of Mining Recorder..\nYale Hydraulic Mining Co ,\nZinc ore, production of.\nSmelting plant\t\nEnriching plant\t\n161\n194\n194\n205\n205\n205\nYale Mining Co 26\nDescription of mine and plant 188\nYankee Boy 185\nYankee Girl (Boundary) 185\nYankee Girl (Nelson) 167\nYmir 25, 164, 167\nz.\n22\n23\n22\nZinc at Quatsino 213\nZinc enriching plant, Pilot Bay 158\nZymoetz river (See Copper river). Illustrations.\nJ 273\nLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.\nCanyon of Bulkley from bridge at Ahwillgate Fron\nBulkley River, Bridge across at Moricetown Faci\na looking up canyon from bridge at Moricetown\t\nBulkley Valley, Hay fields at Government Ranche\t\n\u00ab Prairie at Pleasant Valley\t\n\/\/ Silverthorne's Cabin, Pleasant Valley\t\nCoal outcroppings, Cassiar Coal Co., Telkwa River\t\nCoal outcrop on Goat Creek, Telkwa\t\nn Kitimat Coal Co., Telkwa River\t\nCoal outcroppings, Transcontinental Development Syndicate, Telkwa River\nCheslatta Lake, looking west\t\nDaly Reduction Co.'s Mill, Hedley, Similkameen Valley\t\n\/\/ n Plan and section of\t\nDownie Creek, Revelstoke M. D\t\nFort Fraser, H. B. Co.'s Post and barley field\t\n\u00ab field of ripe oats at \t\nFort St. James, H. B. Co.'s Post, established 1807\t\na Stuart Lake, Chief Factor's house\t\nGoat Creek, Telkwa, looking up to basin\t\n\u201e a looking south to Hunter's and Hankin's basins\t\nHazelton, head of navigation on Skeena\t\nIndian Bridge across Bulkley at Ahwillgate \t\nIndian houses at Ahwillgate \t\nPort Essington, showing mouths of Skeena and Ecstall Rivers\t\nSlough Creek deep placer workings, plan of\t\nStandard Basin, Revelstoke M. D., on summit above\t\nStuart Lake, looking west from Fort St. James , ...\nNechaco District\u2014Pea-vine and fire-weed higher than horse's back\t\n\/\/ Prairie north of Stony Creek crossing\t\nNechaco River at Stony Creek, swimming horses across\t\n\/\/ looking up from mouth of Stony Creek\t\nOotsa Lake, country north of \t\n\/\/ meadows north of\t\nw showing spit formed by waves\t\ntispiece.\ngp. 48\n48\n88\n88\n80\n80\n118\n120\n120\n121\n136\n184\n192\n152\n112\n128\n96\n104\n208\n216\n40\n24\n24\n32\n56\n152\n104\n72\n72\n64\n64\n168\n160\n144\nVICTORIA B. C:\nPrinted by Richard Wolfenden, V.D., I.S.O., Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.\n1906. LIBRARY CATALOGUE SLIPS,\n[Take this leaf out and paste the separated titles upon three of your catalogue\ncards. The first and second titles need no addition ; over the third write\nthat subject under which you would place the book in your library.]\nBritish Columbia. Bureau of Mines.\nAnnual Report of the Minister of Mines for the year ending\n31st December, 1905, being an account of mining operations\nfor gold, coal, etc., in the Province. William Fleet Robertson,\nProvincial Mineralogist. 273 p., plates, maps, 1905.\nVictoria, Government Printing Office, 1906.\n5,\nRobertson, William Fleet. (Provincial Mineralogist.)\nAnnual Report of the Minister of Mines of British Columbia\nfor the year ending 31st December, 1905, being an account of\nmining operations for gold, coal, etc., in the Province. (British\nColumbia. Bureau of Mines.) 273 p., plates, maps, 1905.\nVictoria, Government Printing Office, 1906.\nAnnual Report of the Minister of Mines of British Columbia\nfor the year ending 31st December, 1905, being an account of\nmining operations for gold, coal, etc., in the Province. William\nFleet Robertson, Provincial Mineralogist. 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