"5d534ef4-2096-4a91-bd56-9b77c21d7680"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940."@en . "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1198198"@en . "Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia"@en . "British Columbia. Legislative Assembly"@en . "2016"@en . "[1941-1942]"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcsessional/items/1.0314201/source.json"@en . "Foldout Map: FATAL ACCIDENT OF EUGINO GAVA, CHRISTOPHER MILLS AND JAMES WARING NO. 4 HEADING OF NO. 10 MINE CANADIAN COLLIERIES (D) LTD. SOUTH WELLINGTON B.C."@en . "application/pdf"@en . " ANNUAL EEPOET\nMINISTER OF MINES\nOF THE PROVINCE OF\nBRITISH COLUMBIA\nFOR THE\nYEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER\n1940\nPRINTED BY\nAUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.\nVICTORIA, B.C. :\nPrinted by Charles F. Banfield, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.\n1941. BRITISH COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES.\nVICTORIA, B.C.\nHon. W. J. Asselstine, Minister.\nJohn F. Walker, Deputy Minister.\nJames Dickson, Chief Inspector of Mines.\nG. Cave-Browne-Cave, Chief Analyst and Assayer.\nP. B. Freeland, Chief Mining Engineer.\nR. J. Steenson, Chief Gold Commissioner. To His Honour Eric Werge Hamber,\nLieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia.\nMay it please Your Honour :\nThe Annual Report of the Mining Industry of the Province for the year 1940 is\nherewith respectfully submitted.\nW. J. ASSELSTINE,\nMinister of Mines.\nMinister of Mines' Office,\nMay, 1941. THE MINING INDUSTRY.\nBY\nJohn F. Walker.\nThe value of mine production in 1940 was $75,352,730, an increase of $9,761,183\nover 1939. This figure of $75,352,730 is somewhat below the actual figure because the\nvalue for copper is based on the London price, whereas British Columbia copper is sold\nat the New York price. The London price is used so that value figures in the tables\nwill correspond closely with Provincial figures published by the Dominion Bureau of\nStatistics. The Dominion Bureau uses the London price because most of Canada's\ncopper is sold through London.\nThe customary summary and the usual tables reviewing and showing detailed mine\nproduction are not being given at the present time, as authorities at Ottawa do not\nconsider it in the best interests of the country to divulge certain detailed information.\nDEPARTMENTAL WORK.\nMlNERALOGICAL BRANCH.\nDouglas Lay continued his investigation of the drainage history of the Fraser\nRiver in connection with placer-mining in the Cariboo area. A report supplementing\nBulletin No. 3, 1940, is in course of preparation.\nB. T. O'Grady, besides working with the Superintendent of Brokers, carried out a\nnumber of investigations in connection with transportation to mining properties\nthroughout the central part of the Province.\nJ. T. Mandy carried out investigational work along the main line of the Canadian\nNational Railway between Prince Rupert and Prince George, and also in the Portland\nCanal area, in connection with Sampling Plant work at Prince Rupert. He also carried\nout investigational work and made recommendations in regard to transportation in\nconnection with mining properties in the northern part of the Province.\nH. Sargent continued geological mapping in the Bedwell River-Drinkwater Creek\narea of Vancouver Island and did investigational work in the vicinity of Pender Harbour. A report supplementing Bulletin No. 8, 1940, is in course of preparation.\nM. S. Hedley, attached to a topographic party surveying in connection with the\nproposed Alaska Highway, made a geological reconnaissance in the area of the headwaters of the Kechika River. The result of. this work has been published in Bulletin\nNo. 12, 1941, under the joint authorship of M. S. Hedley and S. S. Holland.\nJ. S. Stevenson continued the study, commenced four years ago, of the minor metals\nsuch as tungsten, chromite, manganese, and molybdenum. The results of this work\nhave appeared in Bulletins Nos. 5 and 10,1940, and bulletins on manganese and chromite\nare in course of preparation.\nJ. M. Cummings continued investigational work in connection with industrial\nminerals. As much of the field-work has been completed in past seasons, Mr. Cummings, for the next year, will be confining his attention chiefly to laboratory-work in\nconnection with these studies. This work includes a study of bentonites, diatomites,\nroofing granules, fillers, and beneficiation of sands.\nR. J. Maconachie carried out investigational work in connection with transportation facilities in the south-eastern part of the Province.\nS. S. Holland, attached to a topographic party surveying in connection with the\nproposed Alaska Highway, carried out a geological reconnaissance in the vicinity of\nthe lower reaches of the Kechika River and westerly up Turnagain River. A report\non this work has been published in Bulletin No. 12, 1941, under the joint authorship\nof M. S. Hedley and S. S. Holland.\nRETIREMENTS.\nJ. B. Adams, Chief Analyst and Assayer, retired on superannuation at the end of\nMarch, 1941, after twenty-three and one-half years' service with the Department.\nBefore coming to the Department Mr. Adams served as assayer to the Canadian Bank\nof Commerce in the Yukon and was there during the gold-rush. A 6 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nJ. G. Biggs, Inspector of Mines at Princeton, retires on superannuation on May\n31st, 1941, after twenty-one years' service with the Department. Prior to joining the\nDepartment Mr. Biggs was engaged in coal-mining for many years on Vancouver Island\nand obtained his First-class Coal-mine Manager's Certificate in 1908.\nThe services of Messrs. Adams and Biggs with the Department are appreciated and\nthe Department wishes them many pleasant years in which to enjoy their leisure.\nSAMPLING PLANT, PRINCE RUPERT.\nIn 1937 a sampling plant was built on the waterfront at Prince Rupert and put into\noperation on August 20th. The object in erecting a sampling plant at this point was\nchiefly for the purpose of stimulating prospecting and development of properties along\nthe Prince Rupert branch of the Canadian National Railway. The sampling plant was\nerected on the Coast so that full advantage could be taken of special freight rates\narranged especially for shipments of ore to the plant.\nThe sampling plant is, as its name implies, only a sampling plant and not a concentrator. Ores containing sufficient value to ship direct to the smelter are purchased\nand assembled at the plant until sufficient tonnage is accumulated to warrant shipment\nto the smelter. By mixing lots at the plant it is possible also to reduce smelter penalties\non individual shipments and so give the prospector the benefit of a mixed lot.\nThe plant may also be used by those developing properties for the purpose of\nbulk-sampling.\nFor the calendar year 1940, 40 lots for shipment, 117 lots for testing, and 27\nsamples for assaying were received at the plant. These lots aggregated 170 tons.\nDuring the year $15,637.17 was paid to shippers.\nGOLD PURCHASING.\nLate in 1935 the Department of Finance, co-operating with the Department of\nMines, undertook to purchase small lots of placer gold under 2 oz. in weight from the\nindividual placer-miner. The Gold Commissioners throughout the Province are paying\na cash price of $29 per ounce for clean placer gold and are purchasing dirty placer gold\nand amalgam on a deferred-payment basis. Purchases in 1940 amounted to 1,336 lots,\nvalued at approximately $31,600. The total price paid has been almost exactly the\nsame as that received from the Royal Canadian Mint, except for the Mint's handling\ncharge of 1 per cent.\nGEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA.\nBy an arrangement made at the time the Province of British Columbia entered\nConfederation, all geological investigations and mapping in the Province were to be\ncarried on by the Geological Survey of Canada; this agreement has been fully adhered\nto by the Dominion of Canada and has proved of great benefit to the mining industry\nof the Province. Each year several geological parties are kept in the field and in the\naggregate a vast amount of information is made available to the prospector and the\nmining engineer in the many excellent reports and maps covering British Columbia\nwhich have been issued by the Geological Survey of Canada.\nFor some years a branch office of the Geological Survey has been maintained in\nVancouver, where copies of maps and reports on British Columbia can be obtained.\nThe officer in charge of the British Columbia office is W. E. Cockfield, and the address is\n305 Federal Building, Vancouver, B.C.\nIn 1936 a reorganization of several departments in the Federal Government was\neffected, and the Department of Mines and Resources created. One of the main\nbranches of this Department is that of Mines and Geology, with sub-branches known\nas the Bureau of Geology and Topography and the Bureau of Mines. The Geological\nSurvey of Canada and the Topographical Survey are now a part of the Bureau of\nGeology and Topography. During the season of 1940 the Bureau of Geology and Topography had the following officers employed on field-work in British Columbia:\u00E2\u0080\u0094 THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 7\nGeological Parties.\n1. A. H. Lang: Manson River, east half. Longitude 124\u00C2\u00B0 to 125\u00C2\u00B0, latitude 55\u00C2\u00B0\nto 56\u00C2\u00B0. This is 4-mile work and is less than half completed.\n2. J. E. Armstrong: Manson River, west half. Longitude 125\u00C2\u00B0 to 126\u00C2\u00B0, latitude\n55\u00C2\u00B0 to 56\u00C2\u00B0. This is 4-mile work and is less than half completed.\n3. W. E. Cockfield: Ashcroft, east half. Longitude 120\u00C2\u00B0 to 121\u00C2\u00B0, latitude 50\u00C2\u00B0 to\n51\u00C2\u00B0. This is 4-mile work and is nearing completion.\n4. H. M. A. Rice: Examination of deposits of manganese, antimony, mercury, and\ntungsten in British Columbia.\nTopographical Parties.\nNo topographical parties operated in British Columbia during 1940.\nMETHOD OF COMPUTING PRODUCTION.\nThe total mine output of the Province consists of the outputs of metalliferous\nminerals, coal, structural materials, and miscellaneous metals, minerals, and materials,\nvalued at standard recognized prices in Canadian funds.\nIn the Annual Report for 1925 some changes were made in the methods used in\nprevious years in computing and valuing the products of the industry, but in order to\nfacilitate comparisons with former years the same general style of tables was adhered\nto. The methods used in the 1925 Annual Report have been followed in subsequent\nAnnual Reports, with the addition of new tables.\nThe following notes explain the methods used:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n(1.) From the certified returns of lode mines of ore and concentrate shipments\nmade during the full calendar year by the producers the net recovered metal contents\nhave been determined by deducting from the \" assay value content\" necessary corrections for smelting and refining losses.\nIn making comparisons of production figures with previous years, it should be\nremembered that prior to 1925 in the Annual Reports the total metal production, with\nthe exception of copper, was determined by taking the assay value content of all ores\nshipped; deductions for slag losses were made by taking varying percentages of the\nmetal prices.\n(2.) Gold-placer returns are received from operators giving production in crude\nounces recovered; these are converted to fine-gold ounces by dividing the crude-ounce\nvalue by the old standard price of gold. The fine-gold content is then valued at the\nyearly average price of gold, which in 1940 was $38.50 per ounce. On this basis the\naverage crude-gold value per ounce was $31.66 on Provincial placer-gold production.\n(3.) The prices used in valuing the different metals are: For gold, the average\nprice for the year; for silver, the average New York metal-market price for the year;\nfor lead, the average London metal-market price for the year; and for zinc, the average\nLondon metal-market price for the year. Copper in 1940 is valued at the average\nLondon metal-market price. (See foot-note to Table I.) Prior to 1932 copper was\nvalued at the average New York price. The change was made because very little\ncopper was being marketed in the United States on account of high tariff charges\nagainst importations from foreign countries. The bulk of the lead and zinc production\nof the Province is sold on the basis of the London prices of these metals and they are\ntherefore used. The New York, St. Louis, and Montreal lead- and zinc-market prices\ndiffer materially from the London prices of these metals and are not properly applicable\nto the valuing of the British Columbia production.\nBy agreement with the Dominion Bureau of Statistics and the Provincial Statistical Bureaus, the following procedure of taking care of the exchange fluctuations\nhas been agreed upon:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n(a.) Silver to be valued at the average New York price, adjusted to Canadian\nfunds at the average exchange rate.\n(&.) Lead, zinc, and copper to be valued at London prices, adjusted to Canadian funds at the average exchange rate. A 8 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\n(4.) In 1926 a change was made in computing coal and coke statistics. The practice in former years had been to list coal and coke production (in part) as primary\nmineral production. Only the coke made in bee-hive ovens was so credited; that made\nin by-product ovens was not listed as coke, but the coal used in making this coke was\ncredited as coal production. The result was that the coke-production figures were\nincomplete. Starting with the 1926 Annual Report, the standard practice of the\nBureau of Statistics, Ottawa, has been adopted. This consists of crediting all coal\nproduced, including that used in making coke, as primary mine production. Coke-\nmaking is considered a manufacturing industry. As it is, however, of interest to the\nmining industry, a table included in the report shows the total coke produced in the\nProvince, together with by-products, and the values given by the producers. This\nvaluation of coke is not, of course, included in the total gross mine production of the\nProvince.\nFrom 1918 to 1930 coal production was valued at $5 per long ton. In 1931 the\nprice used was $4.50, and from 1932 on the price used has been $4.25 per long ton. In\nmaking comparisons with former years the decline in dollar value is accentuated by\nthis lowered price.\nTABLES.\nThe collection and compilation of mining statistics and the preparation of statistical\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0tables for this report is in charge of the Bureau of Economics and Statistics, Department of Trade and Industry.\nPROGRESS NOTES.\nThe Progress Notes on the mining industry are compiled from information supplied\nby the Inspectors of Mines and the Bureau of Economics and Statistics, through the\ncourtesy of the property-owners and also from information obtained by the officers of\nthe Mineralogical Staff in the course of their field-work. The Registrar of Companies\nand Superintendent of Brokers have also supplied information through their respective\noffices. THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 9\nINDEX TO TABLES.*\nTitle. Page.\nTable I.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Production; all Metals, Structural, and Miscellaneous\u00E2\u0080\u00941939 and 1940\ncompared - 10\nTable II.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Metal Prices; Average Prices used in valuing Production, 1901 to 1940,\ninclusive 11\nTable III.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Total Production for all Years up to and including 1940 12\nTable IV.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Production for each Year from 1852 to 1940, inclusive 12\nTable V.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Quantities and Value of Mine Products for 1937, 1938, 1939, and 1940 12\nTable VI.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Production of Lode Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, and Zinc, 1887-1940,\ninclusive 13\nTable VII.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Value of Gold Production to Date\u00E2\u0080\u0094Lode Gold and Placer Gold 15\nTable XIV.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Coal Production per Year to Date 16\nTable XV.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Coke Production from Bee-hive Ovens in British Columbia from 1895\nto 1925 16\nTable XVI.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Coke and By-products Production of British Columbia, 1939 and 1940.. 16\nTable XVIL\u00E2\u0080\u0094Dividends paid by Mining Companies, 1897-1940 17\nTable XVIII.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Capital employed, Salaries and Wages, Fuel and Electricity, and\nProcess Supplies, 1940 . 20\nTable XIX.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Tonnage, Number of Mines, Net and Gross Value of Lode Minerals,\n1901-1940 21\nTable XX.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Men employed in the Mining Industry, 1901-1940 22\nTable XXI.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Metalliferous Mines shipping in 1940 23\n* Certain detail tables of mine production have been omitted. The numbers of those retained correspond to\ntheir number in previous Annual Reports. A 10\nREPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nTABLE I.\u00E2\u0080\u0094British Columbia Mine Production, 1939 and 1940.\nQuantity,\n1939.\nQuantity,\n1940.\nValue, 1939.\nValue, 1940.\nMbtallics.\nGold, lode* _. \t\n oz.\n587,180\n49,746\n574,366\n39,067\n$\n21,221,272\n1,478,492\n32,300,826\n1,189,608\n$\n22,113,091\n1,236,928\n39,498,623\ntungsten\n1,714,770\nTotals \t\n |\n56,190,198\n64,563,412\n tons\nFuel.\nCoal (2,240 lb.) _- \t\n1,477,872\n1,667,827\n6,280,956\n7,088,265\nNON-METALLICS.\n35,144\n1,233,362\n23,090\n99,703\n9,504\n12,300\n1,002,317\n31,262\n120,043\nFlux\u00E2\u0080\u0094limestone __\t\n tons\n69,420\nIron oxides, slate and rock granules, talc -+\t\nSodium carbonate, magnesium sulphate \t\n tons\n tons\n815\n850\n850\n220\n10,831\n1,760\nTotals.\t\n1,377,959\n1,166,213\nKIALS.\n -No.\n No.\nClay Products and other Structural Mate\n,, . , Clay Prodzicts.\nBrick\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nCommon .\t\nFace, paving, sewer brick \t\n5,914,812\n789,222\n8,655,120\n987,161\n84,563\n29,223\n112,079\n8,324\n29,095\n88,649\n11,360\n8,873\n132,434\n38,328\n140,727\n8,294\n592\n609\n47,543\nDrain-tile, sewer-pipe \t\nNo.\n1,084,408\n1,119,455\n130,842\n11,321\n10,094\nTotals. \t\n372,166\n519,583\n.\nOther Structural Materials.\n1,079,096\n190,751\n74,159\n116,262\n1,413,189\n294,682\n58,672\n4,550\n140,514\n123,461\n1,559\n287,042\n55,347\n252,039\nRubble, riprap, crushed rock \t\n tons\nTotals \t\n1\n1,460,268\n2,015,257\n1 \t\nTotal value in Canadian funds \t\n65,681,547\n75,352,730\n1\nNote.\u00E2\u0080\u0094In accordance with the Dominion of Canada \" War Measures Act \" and Foreign Exchange Control Regulations, it is not possible to set forth Provincial production figures in as detailed a manner as was done heretofore.\nDominion production of copper is evaluated at the average price on the London market and British Columbia\nproduction in the above table is likewise so valued, in order that Dominion and Provincial compilations agree. It is\nto be noted that British Columbia copper is contracted and paid for in U.S. funds, and if such had been used, an\nappreciable amount could be added to the above Provincial value for 1940.\n* Canadian funds. THE MINING INDUSTRY.\nA 11\nTABLE II.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Average Metal Prices used in compiling Value of Provincial\nProduction op Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, and Zinc.\nYear.\nGold,\nFine Ounce.\nSilver,\nFine Ounce.\nCopper,\nLb.\nLead,\nLb.\nZinc,\nLb.\n1901...... ..\nS\n20.67\nCents.\n56.002 N.Y.\n49.55 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n50.78\n53.36 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n51.33 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n63.45 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n62.06 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n50.22 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n48.93 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n50.812 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n50.64 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n57.79 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n56.80 ,,\n52.10\n47.20 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n62.38\n77.35\n91.93\n105.57\n95.80 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n59.52\n64.14 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n61.63 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n63.442 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n69.065 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n62.107 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n56.37 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n58.176 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n52.993 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n38.154 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n28.700 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n31.671 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n37.832 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n47.461 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n64.790 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n45.127 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n44.881 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n43.477 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n40.488 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n38.249 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\nCents.\n16.11 N.Y.\n11.70 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n13.24 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n12.82 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n15.59\n19.28\n20.00 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n13.20 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n12.98 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n12.738 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n12.38 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n16.341 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n15.27 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n13.60 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n17.28\n27.202 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n27.18\n24.63 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n18.70\n17.45 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n12.50 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n13.38 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n14.42 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n13.02 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n14.042 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n13.795 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n12.92\n14.570 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n18.107 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n12.982 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n8.116 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n6.380 Lond.\n7.454 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n7.419 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n7.795 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n9.477 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n13.078 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n9.972 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n10.092 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n10.086 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\nCents.\n2.577 N.Y.\n3.66 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n3.81\n3.88 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n4.24 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n4.81 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n4.80 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n3.78 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n3.85 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n4.00\n3.98 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n4.024 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n3.93 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n3.50 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n4.17 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n6.172 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n7.91 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n6.67 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n5.19 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n7.16 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n4.09\n5.16 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n6.54 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n7.287 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n7.848 Lond.\n6.751 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n5.256 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n4.575 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n5.050 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n3.927 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n2.710 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n2.113 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n2.391 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n2.436 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n3.133 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n3.913 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n5.110 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n3.344 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n3.169 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n3.362 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\nCents.\n1902\t\n1903 \t\n1904-\t\n1905\n1906 -\t\n1907 \u00E2\u0080\u0094\t\n1908 \t\n1909 \t\n1910 \t\n\t\n4.60 E. St. L.\n1911 ... . \t\n1912\n4.90 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n5.90 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n1913\n4.80 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n1914 \t\n4.40 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n1915 _\t\n11.25\n1916\n10.88\n1917 \t\n1918 \t\n7.566 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n6.94 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n1919\t\n6.24\n1920\n6.52 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n1921 \t\n\t\n3.95 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n1922\t\n4.86 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n1923\n5.62 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n1924\n5.39 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n1925\n7.892 Lond.\n1926\n7.409 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n1927\n6.194 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n1928 \t\n5.493 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n1929\n5.385 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n1930\n3.599 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n1931 \t\n2.554 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n1932\u00E2\u0080\u0094 ..\u00E2\u0080\u0094 _\t\n1933 \t\n1934 \t\n1935. ...\t\n1936 \t\n1937\u00E2\u0080\u0094 - \t\n1938 \t\n1939 \t\n1940\t\n23.47\n28.60\n34.50\n35.19\n35.03\n34.99\n35.18\n36.141\n38.S0\n2.405 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n3.210 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n3.044 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n3.099 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n3.315 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n4.902 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n3.073 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n3.069 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n3.411 ,,\nAverage 1936-40 (inclusive) \t\n35.968\n42.444 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n10.541 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n3.779 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\n3.554 \u00E2\u0080\u009E\nNote.\u00E2\u0080\u0094In making comparisons with average prices used prior to 1925, it should be remembered that deductions\nwere made from the average prices as a means of adjustment between the \" assay value content\" of ores shipped\ninstead of allowing percentage losses in smelting operations. The price of copper prior to 1925 was taken at \" net \" ;\nsilver, at 95 per cent.; lead, at 90 per cent.; and zinc, at 85 per cent. Subsequent to 1925 (inclusive) prices are\ntrue averages, and adjustments are made on the metal content of ores for loss in smelting and refining. A 12\nREPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nTABLE III.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Total Production for all Years up to and including 1940.\nGold, placer\nGold, lode \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nSilver, copper, lead, zinc\nCoal and coke \t\nStructural materials \t\nMiscellaneous minerals, etc.\nTotal..\n$88,647,379*\n270,884,559*\n907,006,943\n391,447,367\n81,308,412\n20,045,808\n$1,759,340,468\n* Canadian funds.\nTABLE IV.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Production for each\n1852 to 1895 (inclusive).\n1896 \t\n1897 \t\n1898 \t\n1899 \t\n1900 \t\n1901 \t\n1902 \t\n1903 \t\n1904 \t\n1905 \t\n1906 \t\n1907 \t\n1908 \t\n1909 \t\n1910 \t\n1911 \t\n1912 \t\n1913 \t\n1914 \t\n1915 \t\n1916 \t\n1917 \t\n1918 \t\n$94,547,370\n7,507,956\n10,455,268\n10,906,861\n12,393,131\n16,344,751\n20,086,780\n17,486,550\n17,495,954\n18,977,359\n22,461,325\n24,980,546\n25,882,560\n23,851,277\n24,443,025\n26,377,066\n23,499,072\n32,440,800\n30,296,398\n26,388,825\n29,447,508\n42,290,462\n37,010,392\n41,782,474\nYear from 1852 to 1940 (inclusive).\n1919 $33,296,313\n1920 35,543,084\n1921 28,066,641\n1922 35,162,843\n1923 41,304,320\n1924 48,704,604\n1925 61,492,242\n1926 67,188,842\n1927 . ... 60,729,358\n1928 65,372,583\n1929 68,245,443\n1930 55,391,993\n1931 34,883,181\n1932 *28,798,406\n1933 *32,602,672\n1934 *42,305,297\n1935 *48,821,239\n1936 *54,081,967\n1937 *74,475,902\n1938 *64,485,551\n1939 *65,681,547\n1940 *75,352,730\nTotal..\n$1,759,340,468\n* Canadian funds.\nTABLE V.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Quantities and Value of Mine Products for 1938, 1939, and 1940.\nDescription.\n1938.\n1939.\n1940.\nQuantity.\nValue.\nQuantity.\nValue.\nQuantity.\nValue.\n57,759\n557,522\n10,861,578\n65,769,906\n412,979,182\n298,497,295\n1,309,428\n$1,671,015\n19,613,624\n4,722,288\n6,558,575\n13,810,024\n9,172,822\n5,565,069\n1,975,249\n1,396,885\n49,746\n587,180\n10,771,585\n73,254,679\n378,743,763\n278,409,102\n1,477,872\n$1,478,492\n21,221,272\n4,361,199\n7,392,862\n12,002,390\n8,544,375\n6,280,956\n1,832,434\n2,567,567\n39,067\n574,366\n$1,236,928\nGold, lode*\t\n22,113,091\nSilver \t\n1\n1 39,498,623\n lb.\n lb.\n lb.\n1,667,827\n|\nCoal \t\ntons, 2,240 lb.\nand minerals\n7,088,265\n2,534,840\n2,880,983\nTotals\t\n$64,485,551\n$65,681,547\n75,352,730\n* Canadian funds. 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CO\nfflOmtDQMI\u00C2\u00BBCOHM,HCOilH->\neg\nCO\n\u00C2\u00A9\nfe\non\n\u00C2\u00A9\nCM\nto\n\u00C2\u00A9\nus\nirs\nto\neg\nIN\n\u00C2\u00A9\nfc-\nr-1\neo\nrH\nci;\nCO\nCO\nCO\nCM\nCO\nh\nrH\nCO\nrH\nCO\n**\nCO\nUS\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2*\u00C2\u00A3\n\u00C2\u00AB*\nCO\ncc\nCO\nCO\nCO\nn#\nCO\n\u00C2\u00A9\neg\nrH\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0*\n\u00C2\u00A9\n\u00C2\u00A9\nCM\nCM\nCM\n\u00C2\u00A9\nfe-\nCM\neo\nm\nto\nen\nr-\nrH\nr-\nft\non\n\u00C2\u00A9\n^+\nrn\no\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0*f\nCM\nH\nCM\n\u00C2\u00A9\n\u00C2\u00A9\n,_,\nus\n*H\n\u00C2\u00A9\nco\nr-\nto\nCO\n-tf\nr-\nrxi\nCM\non\neo\nto\nCO\nCM\nb-\nl_-\n-*\n\u00C2\u00A9\n\u00C2\u00A9\ncc\nb*\nUS\ny-t\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2^\nb-\nus\nrH\nCO\nUS\nr-\nft\nb-\nft\nrH\nCO\nCO\nID\n\u00C2\u00A9\neo\n^\nCO\nr-\nIfS\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2*f\n\u00C2\u00A9\nfe-\n[\u00E2\u0080\u00A2-\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0X*\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2<*\nt-\n-^\nfe-\nCM\nCM\nCM\nCM\nCO\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0**\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0*<\nUS\nin\nUS\neo\n\u00C2\u00A9\nCMco-**iiotofe-ooft\u00C2\u00A9i-HeMco\"*intot-oo\u00C2\u00A9\u00C2\u00A9\negegegcgegegegcgeococococoeococococo-**\n\u00C2\u00A9\u00C2\u00A9\u00C2\u00A9\u00C2\u00A9\u00C2\u00A9\u00C2\u00A9\u00C2\u00A9\u00C2\u00A9\u00C2\u00A9\u00C2\u00A9\u00C2\u00A9\u00C2\u00A9\u00C2\u00A9\u00C2\u00A9\u00C2\u00A9\u00C2\u00A9\u00C2\u00A9\u00C2\u00A9os THE MINING INDUSTRY.\nA 15\nTABLE VII.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Value of Gold Production to Date.\nYear.\nPlacer.\nLode.\nTotal.\n1858-1862\t\n$9,871,634\n16,283,592\n9,895,318\n9,019,201\n5,579,911\n3,841,515\n2,525,426\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\n948,400\n828,000\n647,000\n477,000\n540,000\n426,000\n555,500\n510,000\n565,000\n770,000\n580,500\n496,000\n320.000\n286,500\n221,600\n233,200\n368,800\n420,000\n420,750\n280,092\n355,503\n156,247\n143,208\n118,711\n152,235\n291,992\n395,542\n562,787\n714,431\n895,058\n1.249,940\n1,558,245\n1,671,015\n1,478,492\n1,236,928\n$9,871,634\n1863-1867\t\n16,283,592\n1868-1872 \t\n9,895,318\n1873-1877-\t\n9,019,201\n1878-1882\t\n5,579,911\n1883-1887.\t\n3,841,515\n1888-1892\t\n2,525,426\n1893.....\t\n$23,404\n125,014\n785,400\n1,244,180\n2,122,820\n2,201,217\n2,857,573\n3,453,381\n4,348,603\n4,888,269\n4,812,616\n4,589,608\n4,933,102\n4,630,639\n4,055,020\n5,282,880\n4,924,090\n5,533,380\n4,725,513\n5,322,442\n5,627,490\n5,109,004\n5,167,934\n4,587,334\n2,367,190\n3,403,812\n3,150,645\n2,481,392\n2,804,154\n4,089,684\n3,704,994\n5,120,535\n4,335,269\n4,163,859\n3,679,601\n3,888,097\n3,004,419\n3,323,576\n3,018,894\n4,261,307\n6,392,929\n10,250,985\n12,852,936\n14,168,654\n16,122,727\n19,613,624\n21,221,272\n22,113,091\n379,535\n1894 \t\n530,530\n1895 \t\n1,267,083\n1896..... \t\n1,788,206\n1897 \t\n2,636,340\n1898\t\n2,844,563\n1899 ...\t\n1900 \t\n4,202,473\n4,732,105\n1901 ...\t\n5,318,703\n1902 \t\n5,961,409\n1903 ... \t\n5,873,036\n1904 \t\n5,704,908\n1905 \t\n5,902,402\n1906 \t\n5,579,039\n1907 \t\n4,883,020\n1908 \t\n5,929,880\n1909 \t\n5,401,090\n1910 \t\n6,073,380\n1911 \t\n5,151,513\n1912 \t\n5,877,942\n1913 \t\n6,137,490\n1914 \t\n5,674,004\n1915 .... ....\t\n5,937,934\n1916 \t\n5,167,834\n1917 \t\n2,863,190\n1918 ....\t\n3,723,812\n1919 \t\n3,437,145\n1920 ..\n2,702.992\n1921\t\n3,037,354\n1922.... \t\n4,458,484\n1923.. \t\n4,124,994\n1924 -\t\n5,541,285\n1925 -\t\n4,615,361\n1926 \t\n4,519,362\n1927 \t\n3,835,848\n1928\t\n4,031,305\n1929 \t\n3,123,130\n1930 .\n1931\t\n3,475,811\n3,310,886\n1932 \t\n4,656,849*\n1933 \t\n6,955,716*\n1934 _\n10,965,416*\n1935 . \t\n13,747,994*\n1936 \t\n15,418,594*\n1937 ...\t\n1938 \t\n1939 \t\n17,680,972*\n21,284,639*\n22,699,764*\n1940 . . \t\n23,350,019*\nTotals \t\n$88,647,379\n$270,884,559\n$359,531,938*\n* Canadian funds. Tons.\n(2,240 1b.)\n 3,029,011\n 326,636\n413,360\n 489,301\n 579,830\n 678,140\n 1,029,097\n 826,335\n 978,294\n 1,012,953\n 939,654\n 896,222\n 882,854\n 1,135,865\n 1,306,324\n1900 1,439,595\nTABLE XIV.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Coal Production per Year to Date.*\nValue.\n1836-1885.\n1886\t\n1887\t\n1888\t\n1889\t\n1890\t\n1891\t\n1892 \t\n1893\t\n1894\t\n1895\t\n1896\t\n1897\t\n1898\t\n1899\t\n1901.\n1902.\n1903.\n1904.\n1905.\n1906\n1907-\n1908.\n. 1,460,331\n 1,397,394\n 1,168,194\n 1,253,628\n 1,384,312\n 1,517,303\n 1,800,067\n.-- 1,677,849\n1909 2,006,476\n1910 2,800,046\n1911 _ 2,193.062\n1912 2.628.804\n1913 2,137,483\n$9,468,557\n979,908\n1,240,080\n1,467,903\n1,739,490\n2,034,420\n3,087,291\n2,479,005\n2,934,882\n3,038,859\n2,818,962\n2,688,666\n2,648,562\n3,407,595\n3,918,972\n4,318,785\n4,380,993\n4,192,182\n3,504,582\n3,760,884\n4,152,936\n4,551,909\n6,300,235\n5,872,472\n7,022,666\n9,800,161\n7,675,717\n9.200.814\n7,481,190\n1914..\n1915-\n1916..\n1917..\n1918..\n1919.\n1920.\nTons.\n(2,240 1b.)\n 1,810,967\n 1,611,129\n 2,084,093\n.. 2,149,975\n 2,302,245\n 2,267,541\n 2,595,125\n1921 2,483,995\n1922 2,511,843\n1923. 2,453,223\n1924 1,939,526\n1925 2,328,522\n1926 2,330,036\n1927 2,453,827\n1928 2,526,702\n1929 2,251,252\n1930 1,887,130\n1931 1,707,590\n1932 1,534,975\n1933 1,264,746\n1934 1,347,090\n1935 1,187,968\n1936 1,346,471\n1937 1,444,687\n1938 1,309,428\n1939 1,477,872\n1940 1,667,827\nTotals - 91,664,205\n* For all years to 1925 (inclusive) figures are net coal production and do not include coal made\nsequent figures are entire coal production, including coal made into coke.\nValue.\n$6,338,385\n5,638,952\n7,294,325\n7,524,913\n11,511,225\n11,337,705\n12,975,625\n12,419,975\n12,559,215\n12,266,115\n9,697,630\n11,642,610\n11,650,180\n12,269,135\n12,633,510\n11,256,260\n9,435,650\n7,684,155\n6,523,644\n5,375,171\n5,725,133\n5,048.864\n5,722,502\n6,139,920\n5,565.069\n6.280.956\n7,088,265\n$365,773,767\ninto coke; sub-\nTABLE XV.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Coke Production from Bee-hive Ovens in British Columbia\nfrom 1895 to 1925.\nTons.\n(2,240 1b.)\n1895-97 - - \t\n 19,396\n1898 (estimated) \t\n 35,000\n1899......\t\n 34,251\n1900\t\n 85,149\n1901\t\n127,081\n1902\t\n. 128,015\n1903 \t\n165,543\n1904\t\n238,428\n1905.\t\n 271,785\n1906 \t\n.. 199,227\n1907\t\n222,913\n1908 \t\n 247,399\n1909\t\n... 258,703\n1910 \t\n218,029\n1911\t\n66,005\n1912 \t\n 264,333\nValue.\n$96,980\n175,000\n171,255\n425,745\n635,405\n640,075\n827,715\n1,192,140\n1,358,925\n996,135\n1,337,478\n1,484,394\n1,552,218\n1,308,174\n396,030\n1,585,998\n1913.\n1914.\nTons.\n(2,240 1b.)\n286,045\n234,577\n1915 245,871\n1916 267,725\n1917 159,905\n1918 _ 188,967\n1919 91,138\n1920 67,792\n1921..\n1922 .\n1923 .\n1924.\n1925.\nTotals..\n.. 59,434\n.. 45,835\n.. 58,919\n30,615\n.. 75,185\n.4,393,255\nValue.\n$1,716,270\n1,407,462\n1,475.226\n1,606,350\n959,430\n1,322,769\n637,966\n474.544\n416,038\n320,845\n412,433\n214,305\n526,295\n$25,673,600\nTABLE XVI.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Coke and By-products Production of British Columbia, 1939 and 1940.\nDescription.\n1939.\n1940.\nQuantity.\nValue.\nQuantity.\nValue.\n152,818\n$569,945\n164,429\n$577,706\n44,787\n6,426\n51.909\n$286,491\n37,015\n325.435\n33,790\n26,004\n54.220\n$220,211\n151,931\n303.421\n103,122\n$648,941\n1,768,977\n44,108\n114,014\n$675,563\n1,810,083\n54,379\n\t\n3,060\nTotal production value of coke industry ... \t\n$2,462,026\n$2,543,085 THE MINING INDUSTRY.\nA 17\nTABLE XVII.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Dividends paid by Mining Companies, 1897-1940.\nLode-gold Mines.*\nCompany or Mine.\nLocality.\nClass.\nAmount\npaid.\nArlington ,\t\nErie\t\nGold \t\nGold\t\nGold.. \t\nGold\t\nGold '...\nGold \t\nGold \t\nGold\t\nGold\t\nGold \t\nGold \t\nGold \t\nGold \t\nGold \t\n$71,676\n25,000\nBralorne \t\nBridge River \t\nPrincess Royal Island\t\nWells \t\nCamp McKinney..\t\nNelson\t\nRossland\u00E2\u0080\u0094 \t\nOliver \t\nNelson \t\nYmir \t\nSheep Creek \t\nHedley.. \t\nWells \t\nRossland\t\n6,598,850\n1,437,500\n1,066,644\n565,588\n37,500\n472,255\n7.922\n15,000\nGoodenough \u00E2\u0080\u0094 \t\nGold Belt Mining Co., Ltd \u00E2\u0080\u0094\t\n13,931\n102,000\n792,444\n577,894\n1 X.L.\nGold\t\n134,033\nGold.\t\nGold. .\n11,751\nKelowna Exploration (Nickel Plate) \t\nHedley.\t\n570,000\nGold \t\nGold....... \t\nGold......\t\n303,840\nRossland\t\nRossland _\t\nBridge River \t\n1,475,000\nLe Roi No. 2\n1,574,640\nGold.\t\nGold\t\nGold \t\nGold..... \t\nGold......\t\n20,450\n110.000\nNickel Plate.. \t\nHedley\t\n3,423,191\n8,108,168\nNelson \t\n25,000\nGold \t\n19,658,075\nGold\t\nGold \t\n981,632\n85,000\nRelief Arlington Mines, Ltd. (Second Relief)\t\nGold\t\nGold..... \t\nGold\t\n155,000\nSheep Creek.....\t\n926,040\n1,256,250\nPremier\t\nZeballos \t\nRossland\t\nSurf Inlet \t\nGold \t\n1,000,000\nSpud Valley Gold Mines, Ltd\t\nGold\t\nGold\t\n84,000\n115,007\nSurf Inlet Consolidated Gold Mines, Ltd \t\nGold.\t\nGold\t\nGold \t\n40,093\n1,245,250\nSheep Creek \t\nYmir \t\nYmir \u00E2\u0080\u0094\n162,500\nYmir Gold \t\nYmir Yankee Girl \t\nGold..... \t\nGold \t\nGold \t\n300,000\n133.501\n23,530\n$53,706,165\n* The gold-copper properties of Rossland are included in this table.\nSilver-lead-zinc Mines.\nRambler \u00E2\u0080\u0094\t\nBeaverdell _._ __\t\nSilver-lead-zinc\t\nSilver-lead-zinc\t\nSiiver-lead-zinc.\t\nSiiver-lead-zinc. \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nSiiver-lead-zinc. .\nSiiver-lead-zinc. .\nSiiver-lead-zinc.... \t\nSiiver-lead-zinc... .\nSilver-lead-zinc .__ .\nSiiver-lead-zinc._\t\nSilver-lead-zinc \u00E2\u0080\u0094_\t\nSilver-lead-zinc\t\nSiiver-lead-zinc. \u00E2\u0080\u0094\n$10,000\n97.200\n476,297\n27,500\n5,500\n93,697,225\n5,203\n50,000\n35,393\n45,668\n8,904\n132,464\n370.0S4\nBeaverdell-Wellington.. - \t\nBell - - \t\nNew Denver. \t\nTrail __.__\t\nPiVM\t\nGoodenough _ __ \t\nH.B. Mining Co- _ _ _\t\nCody _ _ _____\nHall Creek\t\nHighland Lass, Ltd..\t\nHighland Bell, Ltd-- -_\t\nBeaverdell ___ __.\t\nBeaverdell..- \t\nCarried forward __ \t\n$95,670,550 A 18\nREPORT OP THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nTABLE XVII.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Dividends paid by Mining Companies, 1897-1940\u00E2\u0080\u0094Continued.\nSilver-lead-zinc Mines\u00E2\u0080\u0094Continued.\nCompany or Mine.\nLocality.\nClass.\nAmount\npaid.\n$95,670,550\nSimilkameen \t\nSilver-lead-zinc\t\nSilver-lead-zinc\t\nSilver-lead-zinc \u00E2\u0080\u0094\t\nSilver-lead-zinc\t\nSiiver-lead-zinc .\nSilver-lead-zinc\t\nSilver-lead-zinc\t\nSilver-lead-zinc\t\nSilver-lead-zinc .\nSilver-lead-zinc\t\nSilver-lead-zinc \t\nSilver-lead-zinc\t\nSilver-lead-zinc \t\nSilver-lead-zinc\t\nSilver-lead-zinc\nSilver-lead-zinc\t\nSilver-lead-zinc\t\nSilver-lead-zinc -\nSilver-lead-zinc\t\nSilver-lead-zinc\t\nSilver-lead-zinc -\nSiiver-lead-zinc\t\nSilver-lead-zinc\nSilver-lead-zinc \t\nSilver-lead-zinc -\t\nSilver-lead-zinc\nSilver-lead-zinc\nSilver-lead-zinc -\nSiiver-lead-zinc \t\nSilver-lead-zinc\t\nSilver-lead-zinc\nSilver-lead-zinc\nSilver-lead-zinc -\nSilver-lead-zinc\t\n6,000\n400,000\nIron Mountain (Emerald) _\t\nSalmo \u00E2\u0080\u0094\t\nRetallack \t\nThree Forks \t\n20,000\n20,000\n213,109\n50.000\n80,000\n6,000\n10,257\n27,500\nCody \u00E2\u0080\u0094. \t\n71,387\n45,088\nCody \t\n72,859\nNorth Star _ _ _\t\nKimberley... __ \t\n496,901\n6,754\n107,928\n1,438,000\nGreenwood\t\n43,424\n25,000\n575,000\nCody - \t\n332,492\n165,000\nMoyie -\t\nSandon. .\nAlamo \u00E2\u0080\u0094 - \u00E2\u0080\u0094\t\n566,000\nSilversmith* ' \t\nSlocan Silver \t\n725,000\n11,600\n567,500\nSpokane-Trinket. \t\nStandard Silver Lead . \t\nAinsworth - \u00E2\u0080\u0094\t\nSilverton \t\nRetallack \t\n9,564\n2,700,000\n88,000\n64,000\nWallace Mines, Ltd. f Sully). \t\nBeaverdell ,\u00E2\u0080\u009E \t\nRambler Station\t\nRetallack. \t\n135,000\n38,000\nWhitewater ____ _\t\n592,515\n70,237\n$104 741,556\n* These two properties are now amalgamated as Silversmith Mines, Ltd., August, 1939. THE MINING INDUSTRY.\nA 19\nTABLE XVII.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Dividends paid by Mining Companies, 1897-1940\u00E2\u0080\u0094Continued.\nCopper Mines.\nCompany or Mine.\nLocality.\nClass.\nAmount\npaid.\nCopper \u00E2\u0080\u0094 _ ..\nCopper\t\nCopper -\t\nCopper \t\nCopper \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nCopper - -\nCopper _ -\n58,225,140\nCanada Copper Corporation ._._. \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nGreenwood .\n615,399\n8,500\n8,565,754\nTexada Island _._..\nNelson .\n175,000\n233,280\n261,470\n$18,084,543\n* The Howe Sound Company is the holding company for the Britannia mine in British Columbia and other mines\nin Mexico and the State of Washington. Dividends paid by the Howe Sound Company are therefore derived from all\noperations, and in the foregoing table ths dividends credited to the Britannia mine have been paid by the Britannia\nMining and Smelting Company, Limited, none being credited subsequent to 1930, until 1939. In making comparison\nwith yearly totals the amounts credited to the Howe Sound Company have been deducted for the years shown, so the\ntotal in the annual report concerned will show the higher figure. Dividends paid by Premier Gold Mining Company,\nLimited, are derived from operations in British Columbia and other countries, and so cannot now be credited to\nBritish Columbia. Silbak Premier is a subsidiary of Premier Gold Mining Company, and dividends paid by that\ncompany are, of course, included in Provincial totals.\nt The amount shown to the credit of the Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting and Power Company, Limited,\ndoes not include the sum of $6,749,996 paid by the company during 1935 and 1936 as a distribution or repayment of\ncapital, subsequent to the closing-down of its operations at Anyox and the company going into voluntary liquidation.\nOperations ceased at Anyox in August, 1935. The company since that date has revived its business charter and is\nconducting operations at Allenby, B.C.\nThe term \" Miscellaneous \" noted in each class of dividend covers all payments of $5,000 and under, together\n\vith payments made by companies or individuals requesting that the item be not disclosed.\nIn compiling the foregoing table of dividends paid, the Department wishes to acknowledge the kind assistance\ngiven by companies, individuals, and trade journals in giving information on the subject.\nCoal.\nWellington Collieries, Ltd., Nanaimo\t\nCrow's Nest Pass Coal Co., Ltd., Pernie..\nTotal\t\nVarious\nMiscellaneous and Structural.\nAggregate of all Classes.\n$16,000,000\n12,495,310\n$28,495,310\n$1,972,506\nLode-gold mining $53,706,155\nSilver-lead-zinc mining and smelting 104,741,556\nCopper-mining 18,084,543\nCoal-mining 28,495,310\nMiscellaneous and structural 1,972,506\nTotal $207,000,070\nDividends paid Yearly,\nYear. Amount paid.\n1919 $2,494,283\n1920\n1921\n1922\n1923\n1924\n1925\n1926\n1927\n1928\n1,870,296\n736,629\n3,174,756\n2,983,570\n2,977,276\n5,853,419\n8,011,137\n8,816,681\n9,572,536\n1919 to 191)0, inclusive.\nYear.\n1931 \t\n1932 \t\n1933 \t\n1934 \t\n1935 \t\n1936 \t\n1937 \t\n1938 \t\n1939 \t\n1940 \t\n1929 11,263,118\n1930 10,543,500\nAmount paid.\n$4,650,857\n2,786,958\n2,471,735\n4,745,905\n7,386,070\n10,513,705\n15,085,293\n12,068,875\n11,865,698\n14,595,530\nTotal $154,467,827 A 20\nREPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nTABLE XVII.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Dividends paid by Mining Companies, 1897-1940\u00E2\u0080\u0094Continued.\nDividends paid during 1939 and 1940.\nArlington (R. O. Oscarson)\nBralorne Mines, Ltd. \t\nBritannia Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd\t\nCariboo Gold Quartz Mines, Ltd\t\nThe Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co. of\nCanada, Ltd. \t\nCrow's Nest Pass Coal Co., Ltd\t\nFairview Amalgamated Gold Mines\t\nGold Belt Mining Co., Ltd\t\nGranby Consolidated Mining, Smelting and Power\nCo., Ltd. \t\nHedley Mascot Gold Mines, Ltd\t\nHighland Bell, Ltd\t\nIsland Mountain Mines, Ltd\t\nKelowna Exploration (Nickel Plate)\t\nKootenay Belle Gold Mines, Ltd\t\nMount Zeballos Gold Mines, Ltd\t\nPioneer Gold Mines of B.C., Ltd\t\nPrivateer Mine, Ltd. \t\nRelief Arlington Mines, Ltd\t\nReno Gold Mines, Ltd\t\nSheep Creek Gold Mines, Ltd\t\nSilbak Premier Mines, Ltd\t\nSpud Valley Gold Mines, Ltd\t\n1939.\n$11,430\n1,496,400\n206,924-\n266,660\n6,540,672\n186,354\n2,593\nSurf Inlet Consolidated Gold Mines, Ltd...\nOthers \t\n180,097\n249,054\n105,269\n157,607\n210,000\n121,536\n700,700\n539,898\n28,200\n318,750\n400,000\n143,554\nTotals $11,865,698\n1940.\n$4,778\n1,496,400\n1,465,638\n319,994\n7,367,455\n186,354\n102,000\n360,186\n181,130\n105,268\n157,607\n270,000\n81,024\n110,000\n700,700\n441,734\n150,000\n356,250\n400,000\n84,000\n40,093\n214,919\n$14,595,530\nTABLE XVIII.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Capital employed, Salaries and Wages, Fuel and Electricity, and\nProcess Supplies, 1940.\nCla\nCapital\nemployed.\nSalaries\nand Wages.\nFuel and\nElectricity.\nProcess\nSupplies.\n$95,939,423\n3,151,768\n20,609,785\n17,581,710\n2,412,047 '\n$17,116,905\n672,625\n4,015,064\n903,266\n683.470\n$2,703,554\n142.577\n241,338\n231,265\n155,987\n$5,158,254\n35,158\n900,778\n830,549\n37,423\nTotals, 1940\n$139,694,733\n$23,391,330\n$3,474,721\n$6,962,162\nGrand totals, 1939 --. , \u00E2\u0080\u009E\t\nGrand totals, 1938 \t\n$135,473,482\n153,012,848\n145,520,641\n142,663,065\n143,239,953\n$22,357,035\n22,765.711\n21,349,690\n17,887,619\n16,753,367\n124,504,752\n$2,066,203\n3,396,106\n3,066,311\n2,724,144\n2,619,639\n17,347,124\n$6,714,347\n6,544,500\nGrand totals, 1937 \t\n6,845,330\nGrand totals, 1936 \t\nGrand totals, 1935 \t\nGrand totals, 1935-1940 \t\n4,434,501\n4,552,730\n36,053,570\nNote.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The above figures, compiled from returns on the subject made by companies and individuals, illustrate\nthe amount of capital employed in the mining industry, the amount of money distributed in salaries and wages,\nfuel and electricity, and process supplies (explosives, chemicals, drill-steel, lubricants, etc.).\nCapital employed includes: Present cash value of the land (excluding minerals) ; present value of buildings,\nfixtures, machinery, tools, and other equipment; inventory value of materials on hand, ore in process, fuel and\nmiscellaneous supplies on hand; inventory value of finished products on hand; operating capital (cash, bills and\naccounts receivable, prepaid expenses, etc.). THE MINING INDUSTRY.\nA 21\nTABLE XIX.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Tonnage, Number of Mines, Net and Gross Value of Lode Minerals,\n1901-1940.\nYear.\nTonnage.\nNo. of Shipping-mines.\nNo. of Mines\nshipping\nover 100\nTons.\nNet Value\nto Shipper of\nLode Minerals\nproduced.\nGross Value\nof Lode\nMinerals\nproduced.\n1901.. \t\n920,416\n998,999\n1,280,176\n1,401,609\n1,706,679\n1,963,872\n1,804,114\n2,083,606\n2,057,713\n2,210,428\n1,770,755\n2,088,532\n2,663,809\n2,175,071\n2,090,110\n3,188,865\n2,761,579\n2,892,849\n2,112,975\n2,178,187\n1,562,645\n1,573,186\n2,421,839\n3,397,105\n3,849,269\n4,775,073\n5,416,021\n0,241,310\n0,977,681\n6,803,846\n5,549,103\n4,340,158\n4,030,778\n5,087,334\n4,916,149\n4,456,521\n0,145,254\n7,377,091\n7,210,676\n8,026,639\n119\n124\n125\n142\n146\n154\n147\n108\n89\n83\n80\n86\n110\n98\n132\n169\n193\n175\n144\n121\n80\n98\n77\n86\n102\n138\n132\n110\n106\n08\n44\n75\n109\n145\n177\n168\n185\n211\n217\n216\n78\n75\n74\n76\n79\n77\n72\n59\n52\n50\n45\n51\n58\n56\n59\n81\n87\n80\n74\n60\n35\n33\n28\n37\n40\n55\n52\n49\n48\n32\n22\n29\n47\n69\n' 72\n70\n113\n92\n99\n92\n$14,100,282\n11,581,153\n12,103,237\n1904\t\n12,909,035\n1905\t\n15,980,164\n1906.. \t\n18,484,102\n1907\t\n17,316,847\n1908.. . \t\n15,847,411\n15,451,141\n1910.. . \t\n14,728,731\n11,454,063\n1912\t\n17,662,766\n1913... . \t\n17,190,838\n1914.. '..\n15,225,061\n1915\n19,992,149\n1916\t\n31,483,014\n1917. . . i\n26,788,474\n1918\t\n27,590,278\n1919 .\n19,750,498\n1920\t\n19,444,365\n1921\t\n12,920,398\n1922\t\n19,227,857\n1923\t\n25,347,002\n1924... . \t\n35.538,247\n1925.\n46,200,135\n1028\t\n$38,558,013\n27,750,304\n29,070,075\n34,713,887\n21,977,68S\n9,513,931\n7,075,393\n13,970,308\n20,243,278\n25,407,914\n29,975,608\n44,762,880\n35,759,022\n40,711,287\n43,550,732\n51,508,031\n1927\t\n44,977,082\n1928\t\n48,281,825\n1929\t\n51,174,859\n1930\t\n40,915,395\n1931\t\n22,535,573\n1032\t\n1033\t\n19,700,235\n25,007,137\n1934\t\n33,895,930\n1935\t\n40,597,509\n1936\t\n43,060,452\n1937\t\n62,912,783\n1938\t\n53,877,333\n1939\t\n53,522.098\n1940\t\n62,848,642 A 22\nREPORT OF THE MINISTER OP MINES, 1940.\nTABLE XX.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Men employed in the Mining Industry op British Columbia, 1901-1940.\ne\n'3\n1\n_\no\n5\nLode-mining.\no\nej\nu\n43\nC\nQJ\na\na\no\no\na\nm\ns\ns\na\nCoal-mining.\nStructural\nMaterials.\nto\na\no\n_\na\n_\n3\n.-\nS\n>\n<\n\"3\no\nSi\na\n_\n>\no\nA\n<\n3\no\n03\nB\ns\no\n1901\t\n1902\t\n299\n415\n355\n341\n425\n688\n874\n1,134\n1,122\n1,291\n1,124\n1,371\n1,303\n1,252\n1,004\n2,736\n2,219\n1,662\n2,143\n2,470\n2,680\n2,704\n2,567\n2,184\n2,472\n2,435\n2,472\n2,773\n2,741\n2,709\n3,357\n3,290\n2,626\n2,513\n2,074\n1,355\n1,510\n2,102\n2,353\n2,298\n2,606\n2,671\n2,707\n2,926\n2,316\n1,403\n1,355\n1,786\n2,796\n2,740\n2,959\n3,603\n3,849\n3,905\n3,923\n1,212\n1,126\n1,088\n1,163\n1,240\n1,303\n1,239\n1,127\n1,070\n1,237\n1,159\n1,364\n1,505\n1,433\n1,435\n2,036\n2,198\n1,764\n1,746\n1,605\n975\n1,239\n1,516\n1,680\n2,840\n1,735\n1,910\n2,469\n2,052\n1,260\n834\n900\n1,335\n1,729\n1,497\n1,840\n1,818\n2,266\n2,050\n2,104\n3,948\n3,345\n2,750\n3,306\n3,710\n3,983\n3,943\n3,694\n3,254\n3,709\n3,594\n3,837\n4,278\n4,174\n4,144\n5,393\n5,488\n4,390\n4,259\n3,679\n2,330\n2,749\n3,618\n4,033\n5,138\n4,341\n4,587\n5,176\n4,978\n3,576\n2,297\n2,255\n3,121\n4,525\n4,237\n4,799\n5,421\n6,115\n5,955\n6,027\n808\n854\n911\n966\n832\n581\n542\n531\n631\n907\n720\n1,168\n919\n996\n1,048\n2,461\n2,842\n2,748\n2,948\n3,197\n3,157\n2,030\n2,436\n2,890\n2,771\n2,678\n3,027\n3,158\n3,187\n2,944\n3,041\n3,101\n3,137\n3,278\n3,127\n3,415\n2,862\n4,432\n4,713\n5,903\n5,212\n5,275\n4,950\n4,267\n3,708\n3,694\n3,760\n3,658\n4,145\n4,191\n4,722\n4,712\n4,342\n3,894\n3,828\n3,757\n3,646\n3,814\n3,675\n3,389\n2,957\n2,628\n2,241\n2,050\n2,145\n2,015\n2,286\n2,088\n2,167\n2,175\n931\n910\n1,127\n1,175\n1,280\n1,390\n907\n1,041\n1,705\n1,855\n1,661\n1,855\n1,721\n1,465\n1,283\n1,366\n1,410\n1,709\n1,821\n2,158\n2,163\n1,932\n1,807\n1,524\n1,615\n1,565\n1,579\n1,520\n1,353\n1,256\n1,125\n980\n853\n843\n826\n799\n867\n874\n809\n699\n3,974\n4,011\n4,264\n4,453\n4,407\n4,805\n3,769\n6,073\n6,418\n7,758\n6,873\n7,130\n6,671\n5,732\n4,991\n5,060\n5,170\n5,247\n5,906\n6,349\n6,885\n6,644\n6,149\n5,418\n5,443\n5,322\n5,225\n5,334\n5,028\n4,645\n4,082\n3,608\n3,094\n2,893\n2,971\n2,814\n3,153\n2,962\n2,976\n2,874\n......\n493\n647\n412\n492\n843\n460\n536\n376\n377\n536\n931\n724\n900\n652\n827\n324\n138\n368\n544\n344\n526\n329\n269\n187\n270\n288\n327\n295\n311\n334\n124\n122\n120\n268\n170\n380\n344\n408\n360\n754\n825\n938\n369\n561\n647\n7,922\n7.35G\n1903- \t\n7,014\n1904\t\n7,759\n1905\t\n8,117\n1906 \t\n8,788\n1907.. \t\n7,712\n1908\t\n9,767\n1909\t\n9,672\n1910 \t\n11,467\n1011\t\n10,467\n1912\t\n10,967\n1913 \t\n10,949\n1914\t\n9,906\n1915\t\n9,135\n1916\t\n10,453\n1917\t\n10,658\n1918 \t\n9,637\n1919 \t\n10,225\n1920 . \t\n10,028\n1921\t\n1922\t\n9,215\n9,393\n1923 \t\n9,707\n1924\t\n1925\t\n9,451\n10,581\n1926\t\n14,172\n1927 \t\n14,830\n1928\t\n15,424\n1929\t\n15,565\n1930.. \t\n14,032\n1931.. \t\n12,171\n1932 \t\n10,524\n1933\t\n11,369\n1934.. \t\n12,985\n1935\t\n13,737\n1936\t\n14,179\n1937\t\n16,129\n16,021\n1939\t\n15,890\n1940\t\n15,705*\n* The average number of wage-earners was obtained by adding the monthly figures for individual companies and\ndividing by 12 irrespective of the number of months worked, the average number of wage-earners in the industry is\nthe sum of these individual averages. 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THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 29\nSYNOPSIS OF MINING LAWS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.\nMineral Act and Placer-mining Act.\nThe mining laws of British Columbia are very liberal in their nature and compare\nfavourably with those of any other part of the world. The terms under which both\nlode and placer claims and placer leaseholds are held are such that a prospector is\ngreatly encouraged in his work, and the titles, especially for mineral claims and placer-\nmining leaseholds, are perfect. The fees required to be paid are as small as possible,\nconsistent with a proper administration of the mining industry, and are generally lower\nthan those commonly imposed elsewhere. Provision is also made for the formation of\nmining partnerships practically without expense, and a party of miners is enabled to\ntake advantage of these sections of the Acts so that such miners may work their\nclaims jointly.\nPlacer-mining leases are granted for a period of twenty years and are approximately 80 acres in size. On a lode claim of 51 acres the expenditure of $500 in work,\nwhich may be spread over five years, is required to obtain a Crown grant, and surface\nrights are obtainable at a small figure, in no case exceeding $5 per acre.\nThe following synopsis of the mining laws will be found sufficient to enable the\nminer or intending investor to obtain a general knowledge of their scope and requirements; for particulars, however, the reader is referred to the Acts relating to mining,\nwhich may be obtained from any Mining Recorder, or from the Department of Mines\nor the King's Printer, Victoria, B.C.\nFree Miners' Certificates.\nAny person over the age of 18, and any joint-stock company, may obtain a free\nminer's certificate on payment of the required fee.\nThe fee to an individual for a free miner's certificate is $5 for one year. To a\njoint-stock company having a capital of $100,000, or less, the fee for a year is $50; if\ncapitalized beyond this, the fee is $100.\nThe free miners' certificates run from date of issue and expire on the 31st day of\nMay next after its date, or some subsequent 31st day of May (that is to say, a certificate may be taken out a year or more in advance if desired). Certificates may be\nobtained for any part of a year, terminating on May 31st, for a proportionately less fee.\nThe possession of this certificate entitles the holder to enter upon all lands of the\nCrown, and upon any other lands on which the right to so enter is not specially reserved,\nfor the purpose of prospecting for minerals, locating claims, and mining.\nA free miner can hold, by location, during any period of twelve months, eight\nmineral claims within a radius of 10 miles, and may acquire others by purchase. Under\nthe \" Placer-mining Act,\" a free miner may locate, in any period of twelve consecutive\nmonths, one placer claim or leasehold in his own name and one placer claim or leasehold\nfor each of three free miners for whom he acts as agent, on any separate creek, riverbed, bar or dry diggings. Other placer claims or leaseholds may be acquired by purchase.\nIn the event of a free miner allowing his certificate to lapse, his mining property\n(if not Crown-granted) reverts to the Crown (subject to the conditions set out in the\nnext succeeding paragraph), but where other free miners are interested as partners or\nco-owners the interest of the defaulter becomes vested in the continuing co-owners or\npartners pro rata, according to their interests.\nSix months' extension of time within which to revive title in mining property which\nhas been forfeited through the lapse of a free miner's certificate is allowed. This privilege is given only if the holder of the property obtains a special free miner's certificate\nwithin six months after the 31st of May on which his ordinary certificate lapsed. The\nfee for this special certificate in the case of a person is $15 and in that of a company\n$300.\nIt is not necessary for a shareholder, as such, in an incorporated mining company\nto be the holder of a free miner's certificate. A 30 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nMineral Claims.\nMineral claims are located and held under the provisions of the \" Mineral Act.\"\nA mineral claim is a piece of land not exceeding in area fifty-one and sixty-five one-\nhundredths acres. The angles must be right angles unless the boundaries, or one of\nthem, are the same as those of a previously recorded claim.\nNo special privileges are allowed for the discovery of new mineral claims or\ndistricts.\nA mineral claim is located by erecting two \" legal posts,\" which are stakes having\na height of not less than 4 feet above ground and squared 4 inches at least on each face\nfor not less than a foot from the top. A tree-stump so cut and squared also constitutes\na legal post. A cairn of stones not less than 4 feet in height and not less than 1 foot\nin diameter 4 feet above the ground may also be used as a legal post. Upon each of\nthese posts must be written the name of the claim, the name of the locator, and the date\nof location. On No. 1 post, in addition, the following must be written: \" Initial post.\nDirection of Post No. 2 [giving approximate compass-bearing~\ feet of this claim\nlie on the right and feet on the left of the line from No. 1 to No. 2 posts.\"\nNumbered metal identification tags must be attached to both posts at the time of\nstaking.\nThe location-line between Nos. 1 and 2 posts must be distinctly marked\u00E2\u0080\u0094in a timbered locality by blazing trees and cutting underbrush, and in bare country by monuments of earth or rock not less than 2 feet in diameter at the base, and at least 2 feet\nhigh\u00E2\u0080\u0094so that the line can be distinctly seen.\nMineral claims must be recorded in the Mining Recorder's office for the mining\ndivision in which they are situate within fifteen days from the date of location, one day\nextra being allowed for each 10 miles of distance from the recording office after the\nfirst 10 miles. If a claim is not recorded in time it is deemed abandoned and open for\nrelocation, but if the original locator wishes to relocate he can only do so by permission\nof the Gold Commissioner of the district and upon the payment of a fee of $10. This\napplies also to a claim abandoned for any reason whatever.\nMineral claims are, until the Crown grant is issued, held practically on a yearly\nlease, a condition of which is that during such year assessment-work be performed on\nthe same to the value of at least $100, or a payment of such sum be made to the Mining\nRecorder. Such assessments must be recorded before the expiration of the year, or the\nclaim is deemed abandoned. If, however, the required assessment-work has been performed within the year, but not recorded within that time, a free miner may, within\nthirty days thereafter, record such assessment-work upon payment of an additional fee\nof $10. The actual cost of the survey of a mineral claim, to an amount not exceeding\n$100, may also be recorded as assessment-work. If, during any year, work is done to\na greater extent than the required $100, any further sum of $100\u00E2\u0080\u0094but not less\u00E2\u0080\u0094may\nbe recorded and counted as further assessments; such excess work must be recorded\nduring the year in which it is performed. All work done on a mineral claim between\nthe time of its location and recording may be counted as work done during the first\nperiod of one year from the recording. As soon as assessment-work to the extent of\n$500 is recorded and a survey made of the claim, the owner of a mineral claim is\nentitled to a Crown grant on payment of a fee of $25, and giving the necessary notices\nrequired by the Act. Liberal provisions are also made in the Act for obtaining mill-\nsites and other facilities in the way of workings and drains for the better working of\nclaims.\nPlacer Claims.\nPlacer-mining is governed by the \" Placer-mining Act,\" and by the interpretation\nclause its scope is defined as \" the mining of any natural stratum or bed of earth,\ngravel, or cement mined for gold or other precious minerals or stones.\" Placer claims\nare of four classes, as follows:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n\" ' Creek diggings ': any mine in the bed of any stream or ravine:\n\" ' Bar diggings ': any mine between high- and low-water marks on a river, lake,\nor other large body of water: THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 31\n\" ' Dry diggings ': any mine over which water never extends:\n\"'Precious-stone diggings': any deposit of precious stones, whether in veins,\nbeds, or gravel deposits.\"\nThe following provisions as to extent of the various classes of claims are made by\nthe Act:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n\" In ' creek diggings ' a claim shall be two hundred and fifty feet long, measured\nin the direction of the general course of the stream, and shall extend in width\none thousand feet, measured from the general course of the stream five hundred feet on either side of the centre thereof:\n\" In ' bar diggings ' a claim shall be:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n\"(a.) A piece of land not exceeding two hundred and fifty feet square on any\nbar which is covered at high water; or\n\"(&.) A strip of land two hundred and fifty feet long at high-water mark, and\nin width extending from high-water mark to extreme low-water mark.\n\" In ' dry diggings ' a claim shall be two hundred and fifty feet square.\"\nThe following provision is made for new discoveries of placer-mining ground:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n\" If any free miner, or party of free miners, discovers a new locality for the\nprosecution of placer-mining and such discovery be established to the satisfaction of\nthe Gold Commissioner, placer claims of the following sizes shall be allowed to such\ndiscoverers, namely:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n\" To one discoverer, one claim 600 feet in length;\n\" To a party of two discoverers, two claims amounting together\nto 1,000 feet in length;\n\" And to each member of a party beyond two in number, a claim of the ordinary\nsize only.\n\" The width of such claims shall be the same as ordinary placer claims of the same\nclass: Provided that where a discovery claim has been established in any locality no\nfurther discovery shall be allowed within five miles therefrom, measured along the\nwatercourses.\"\nEvery placer claim shall be as nearly as possible rectangular in form, and marked\nby four legal posts at the corners thereof, firmly fixed in the ground. On each of such\nposts shall be written the name of the locator, the number and date of issue of his free\nminer's certificate, the date of the location, and the name given to the claim. In timbered localities boundary-lines of a placer claim shall be blazed so that the posts can be\ndistinctly seen, underbrush cut, and the locator shall also erect legal posts not more\nthan 125 feet apart on all boundary-lines. In localities where there is no timber or\nunderbrush, monuments of earth and rock, not less than 2 feet high and 2 feet in\ndiameter at base, may be erected in lieu of the last-mentioned legal posts, but not in the\ncase of the four legal posts marking the corners of the claim.\nA placer claim must be recorded in the office of the Mining Recorder for the mining\ndivision within which the same is situate, within fifteen days after the location thereof,\nif located within 10 miles of the office of the Mining Recorder by the most direct means\nof travel. One additional day shall be allowed for every 10 miles additional or fraction\nthereof. The number of days shall be counted inclusive of the days upon which such\nlocation was made, but exclusive of the day of application for record. The application\nfor such record shall be under oath and in the form set out in the Schedule to the Act.\nA claim which shall not have been recorded within the prescribed period shall be deemed\nto have been abandoned.\nTo hold a placer claim for more than one year it must be rerecorded before the\nexpiration of the record or rerecord.\nA placer claim must be worked by the owner, or some one on his behalf, continuously, as far as practicable, during working-hours. If work is discontinued for a\nperiod of seven days, except during the close season, lay-over, leave of absence, sickness,\nor for some other reason to the satisfaction of the Gold Commissioner, the claim is\ndeemed abandoned.\nLay-overs are declared by the Gold Commissioner upon proof being given to him\nthat the supply of water is insufficient to work the claim. Under similar circumstances\nhe has also the power to declare a close season, by notice in writing and published in the A 32 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nGazette, for all or any claims in his district. Tunnel and drain licences are also granted\nby him on the person applying giving security for any damage that may arise. Grants\nof right-of-way for the construction of tunnels or drains across other claims are also\ngranted on payment of a fee of $25, the owner of the claims crossed having the right\nfor tolls, etc., on the tunnel or drain which may be constructed. These tolls, however,\nare, so far as the amount goes, under the discretion of the Gold Commissioner.\nCo-owners and Partnerships.\nIn both the \" Mineral \" and \" Placer-mining\" Acts provision is made for the\nformation of mining partnerships, both of a general and limited liability character.\nThese are extensively taken advantage of and have proved very satisfactory in their\nworking. Should a co-owner fail or refuse to contribute his proportion of the expenditure required as assessment-work on a claim he may be \" advertised out,\" and his\ninterest in the claim shall become vested in his co-owners who have made the required\nexpenditure, pro rata according to their former interests.\nIt should not be forgotten that if any co-owner permits his free miner's certificate\nto lapse, the title of his associates is not prejudiced, but his interest reverts to the\nremaining co-owners; provided that said co-owner has not taken advantage of the six\nmonths' period of grace allowed for the taking-out of a special free miner's certificate,\nthus reviving the title to his interest.\nPlacer-mining Leases.\nLeases of unoccupied Crown lands approximately 80 acres in extent may be granted\nby the Gold Commissioner of the district after location has been made by staking along\na \" location-line \" not more than one-half a mile (2,640 feet) in length. In this line\none bend, or change of direction, is permitted. Where a straight line is followed two\nposts only are necessary\u00E2\u0080\u0094namely, an \" initial post\" and a \" final post.\" Where there\nis a change of direction a legal post must be placed to mark the point of the said change.\nThe leasehold is allowed a width not in excess of one-quarter mile (1,320 feet), and the\nlocator, both on his \" initial post\" and in his notice of intention to apply, which is\nposted at the office of the Mining Recorder, is required to state how many feet are included in the location to the right and how many feet to the left of the location-line.\nThat section of the Act dealing with the staking of placer-mining leases follows:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n\" 105. (1.) For the purpose of locating a placer leasehold, a line to be known as the\n' location-line ' shall be marked on the ground by placing a legal post at each end, one\npost to be known as the ' Initial Post' and the other as the ' Final Post.' The direction\nof the location-line may change at not more than one point throughout its length, and\nan intermediate legal post shall be placed at the point at which the direction changes.\nThe total length of the location-line, following its change of direction (if any), shall\nnot exceed two thousand six hundred and forty feet.\n\"(2.) Upon the initial post and the final post shall be written the words ' Initial\nPost' and ' Final Post' respectively, together with the name of the locator and the date\nof the location. On the initial post shall also be written the approximate compass-\nbearing of the final post, and a statement of the number of feet of the leasehold lying\non the right and on the left of the location-line, as viewed from the initial post, not\nexceeding in the aggregate a width of thirteen hundred and twenty feet, thus: ' Direction of Final Post, . feet of this claim lie on the right and feet\non the left of the location-line.' In addition to the foregoing, where there is a change\nof direction in the location-line as marked on the ground, the number ' 1' shall be\nwritten on the initial post; the number ' 2 ' shall be written on the intermediate post;\nand the number ' 3 ' shall be written on the final post. There also shall be affixed to the\ninitial post a notice to the following effect, namely: ' Application will be made under\nthe \" Placer-mining Act\" for a lease of the ground within this location.'\n\"(3.) The location-line shall at the time of location be marked between the legal\nposts throughout its length so that it can be distinctly seen; in a timbered locality, by\nblazing trees and cutting underbrush, and in a locality where there is neither timber\nnor underbrush, by placing legal posts or monuments of earth or stones not less than THE MINING INDUSTRY.\nA 33\ntwo feet high and not less than two feet in diameter at the base, so that the location-line\ncan be distinctly seen.\n\"(4.) Where, from the nature or shape of the surface of the ground, it is impracticable to mark the location-line of a leasehold as provided by this section, the leasehold!\nmay be located by placing legal posts as witness-posts, as near as possible to the\nlocation-line, and writing on each witness-post the distance and compass-bearing of\nsome designated point on the location-line from the witness-post; and the distances\nand compass-bearing so written on the witness-posts shall be set out in the application\nfor the lease and in any lease granted thereon.\n\"(5.) The locator shall, within thirty days after the date of the location, post a\nnotice in Form I in the office of the Mining Recorder, which notice shall set out:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n\"(a.) The name of the intending applicant or each applicant if more than one,\nand the numbers of their free miners' certificates:\n\"(&.) The date of the location:\n\"(c.) The number of feet Tying to the right and left of the location-line, and\nthe approximate area or size of the ground.\nExamples of Various Methods of laying out Placer Leaseholds.\nShowing Areas secured with Location-lines of Various Lengths.\nFinal Post-x ^Final Post\nInitial Post\nPost-'\nInitial PostNo\nFinal Post\n-*00si*^-No.3 A 34 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nThe words written on the initial post and final post shall be set out in full in the notice;\nand as accurate a description as possible of the ground to be acquired shall be given,\nhaving special reference to any prior locations it may join, and the general locality of\nthe ground to be acquired.\"\nAnother provision is that there must be affixed to the \" initial post\" and to the\n\" final post\" a numbered metal identification tag furnished by the Mining Recorder\nwith each free miner's certificate issued. These tags must be attached to the posts or\nplaced in a container within a cairn, at the time of location.\nThe annual rental on a placer-mining lease is $30, and the amount to be expended\nannually on development-work is $250.\nAuthority also has been given for the granting of special placer-mining leases in\nlocations other than has been defined.\nFor more detailed information the reader is referred to the complete \" Placer-\nmining Act,\" which may be obtained from the King's Printer, Victoria, B.C.\nTable of Fees, Mineral Act and Placer-mining Act.\nIndividual free miner's certificate, annual fee $5.00\nCompany free miner's certificate (capital $100,000 or less), annual fee 50.00\nCompany free miner's certificate (capital over $100,000), annual fee 100.00\nRecording mineral or placer claim 2.50\nRecording certificate of work, mineral claim 2.50\nRerecord of placer claim 2.50\nRecording lay-over 2.50\nRecording abandonment, mineral claim 10.00\nRecording abandonment, placer claim 2.50\nRecording any affidavit 2.50\nRecords in \" Records of Conveyances \" 2.50\nFiling documents, \" Mineral Act \" 25\nFiling documents, \" Placer-mining Act \" 1.00\nRecording certificate of work, placer-mining lease 2.50\nFor Crown grant of mineral rights under \" Mineral Act \" 25.00\nFor Crown grant of surface rights of mineral claim under \" Mineral Act\" 10.00\nFor every lease under \" Placer-mining Act \" 5.00\nProvisional Free Miners' Certificates (Placer) Act.\nThis Act provides for the issuance of \" provisional free miners' certificates \" for\nthe locating, recording, representing, and working of placer claims of a size, and\naccording to the terms, and in the manner set out in Parts II. and III. of the \" Placer-\nmining Act.\" Any person over 18 years of age who has resided in the Province continuously for a period of not less than six months prior to date of his application may,\non application accompanied by a statutory declaration or other satisfactory evidence\nas to his age and period of residence in the Province, obtain from any Gold Commissioner or Mining Recorder a provisional free miner's certificate. No fees are payable\nin respect of such certificate, and it abolishes the fees payable in respect of the recording or rerecording of placer claims, but no record or rerecord of a claim shall be\ngranted for a longer period than one year without the payment of fees. It should be\npointed out that the provisional free miner's certificate does not carry the privileges\nof an ordinary free miner's certificate as to the staking and working of placer-mining\nleases or mineral claims.\nThe Act also gives the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, as a means of unemployment relief, power to make provision for the establishment, equipment, maintenance,\nand operation of one or more placer training camps at suitable locations, at which\nunemployed persons who hold provisional free miners' certificates and are British subjects may acquire knowledge and training in the art of placer-mining and may be\nafforded gainful work in the recovery of minerals by placer-mining. Reserves for the\nlocation of such camps shall not exceed one mile in length by one-half mile in width,\nand the right is given to enter into agreements with private holders under the Act for\nthe development of their ground by means of unemployment relief camps. THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 35\nDepartment of Mines Act, 1937.\nThe \" Department of Mines Act\" empowers the Minister of Mines to organize the\nDepartment or to reorganize it from time to time to meet changing conditions in the\nmining industry. It provides for examination and certification of assayers; for the\nconducting of short courses of lectures in practical geology and mineralogy; and for\nthe purchase of ore from the Provincial sampling plants. The said Act also provides\nfor the expenditure of public moneys for the construction, reconstruction, or repair of\ntrails, roads, and bridges to facilitate the exploration of the mineral resources of any\nmining district, or in the operation and development of any mining property.\nIron and Steel Bounties Act, 1929.\nThe Lieutenant-Governor in Council may enter into an agreement with any person\nwhereby the Crown will pay to that person, out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund,\nbounties on pig-iron and steel shapes when manufactured within the Province, as\nfollows:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n(a.) In respect of pig-iron manufactured from ore, on the proportion produced\nfrom ore mined in the Province, a bounty not to exceed three dollars per\nton of two thousand pounds:\n(6.) In respect of pig-iron manufactured from ore, on the proportion produced\nfrom ore mined outside the Province, a bounty not to exceed one dollar\nand fifty cents per ton of two thousand pounds:\n(c.) In respect of steel shapes of commercial utility manufactured in the Province, a bounty not to exceed one dollar per ton of two thousand pounds.\nBounty, as on pig-iron under this Act, may be paid upon the molten iron from ore\nwhich in the electric furnace, Bessemer or other furnace, enters into the manufacture\nof steel by the process employed in such furnace; the weight of such iron to be ascertained from the weight of the steel so manufactured.\nBounty on steel shapes under this Act shall be paid only upon such steel shapes as\nare manufactured in a rolling-mill having a rated productive capacity per annum of at\nleast twenty thousand tons of two thousand pounds per ton.\nMetalliferous Mines Regulation Act.\nThis Act is designed to provide for the safe working of mines by practical regulations which govern the main phases of mining, such as hoisting installations, ropes,\nshaft and cage equipment, mine examination, transportation systems, electrical installations, use of explosives, approaching abandoned workings, and the connection of\nadjacent mines.\nShaft-hoists are required to be equipped with overwind devices and approved\nbraking systems, and all hoistmen in charge must have an annual medical examination\nand certificate testifying their fitness to perform this work. Hoisting-ropes where men\nare hoisted must have a static factor of safety of at least 10 for depths of 1,000 feet,\nwith an allowable decrease of one for each 500 feet additional depth with a minimum\nfactor of safety of 6. The working-life of a hoisting-rope when men are hoisted or\nlowered is limited to two years.\nCages must be provided with safety-catches, properly designed covers, and safety-\ngates where men are hoisted. Safety-catches must be tested at stated intervals.\nThe manager of the mine or some qualified person appointed by him must make a\ndaily examination of all places in the mine where persons are at work and report the\nconditions found in regard to safety in a book kept at the mine for that purpose.\nAll persons handling or using explosives must hold a certificate of competency for\nblasting. This certificate is issued by the district Inspector of Mines to miners who\nshow by an oral examination that they are qualified to use explosives safely. This\ncertificate may be cancelled for cause.\nWhere the workings of any mine are approaching any abandoned workings, whether\nbelonging to that mine or to an adjacent mine, the manager of the present workings\nshall report the circumstance to the Inspector of Mines if the abandoned workings A 36 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\ncannot be examined before the live workings are closer than 300 feet to the abandoned\nworkings, and no work shall be done within this distance until a definite method of\napproach has been submitted to and approved by the Inspector.\nWhere it is considered necessary, the Minister of Mines may order a connection to\nbe made and maintained between adjacent mines, and determine the conditions under\nwhich such a connection must be maintained.\nAll electrical installations must comply with the requirements of the \" Electrical\nEnergy Inspection Act \" of British Columbia.\nIn addition to the Act and General Rules applicable to all mines, each mine which\nemploys fifty or more men must have a code of Special Rules covering the details of\noperation at that mine. These Special Rules are drafted by the mining company and\nits employees and, when approved by the Minister of Mines, have the full force of law.\nThe Inspectors of Mines in the different districts have discretionary authority on a\nnumber of points that may arise in the course of mining operations.\nCoal-mines Regulation Act.\nThis Act, like the \" Metalliferous Mines Regulation Act,\" is designed to provide for\nthe safe working of mines by practical regulations. It is, however, broader in scope\nthan the \" Metalliferous Mines Regulation Act \" in that it provides for the examination\nand licensing of coal-mine officials and miners.\nExplosives.\nUnder the provisions of Dominion Order in Council No. 2903, issued July 4th, 1940,\nno person or company may own or purchase explosives, except under a special permit\nprescribed and issued under this order. Each purchase of explosives requires a\nseparate permit, except in the case of mining and quarrying operations, in which cases\nthe Provincial Inspector of Mines has authority to issue the explosives purchase permit\nfor one calendar year.\nOnly the owner of an explosives factory or a licensed magazine may sell explosives,\nbut an exemption is made in the case of any mining company to the extent that such a\ncompany may be permitted, on applying for the necessary authority, to resell small\nquantities of explosives to properly qualified prospectors in their district. THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 37\nSUMMARY OF ACTS SPECIALLY RELATING TO MINING.\n(The complete Acts may be obtained from the King's Printer, Victoria, B.C.)\nMining Licences under the Coal and Petroleum Act.\nAny person desiring to prospect for coal, petroleum, or natural gas upon any unsur-\nveyed unreserved lands in which these resources are held by the Crown may acquire a\nlicence to do so over a rectangular block of land not exceeding 640 acres, of which the\nboundaries shall run due north and south and east and west, and no side shall exceed\n80 chains (1 mile) in length. Before entering into possession of the said lands he shall\nplace at the corner of such block a legal stake, or initial post, and shall inscribe thereon\nhis name and the angle represented by such post, thus: \"A. B.'s N.E. corner,\" or as\nthe case may be, and shall post in a conspicuous place upon the said land, and also in\nthe Government office of the land recording district, notice of his intention to apply,\nas well as publishing the same in the B.C. Gazette and local newspaper once each week\nfor four consecutive weeks. If the area applied for is surveyed no staking is required,\nbut the same procedure with regard to advertising notice of intention to apply is\nnecessary.\nThe application for said licence shall be in writing, in duplicate, and shall contain\nthe best written description possible, with a diagram of the land sought to be acquired,\nand shall be accompanied with a fee of $100. The application shall be made to the\nCommissioner of Lands for the district, within sixty days from date of first publication\nin B.C. Gazette, and by him forwarded to the Minister of Lands, who will grant such\nlicence\u00E2\u0080\u0094provided no reasons arise to the contrary\u00E2\u0080\u0094for a period not to exceed one year,\nand at the expiration of the first year an extension of such licence may be granted for\na second or third year at a fee of $100.\nWhere coal is discovered during the existence of licence or within thirty days after\nexpiration, the land held under licence, having been surveyed and licence conditions\nfulfilled, may be leased for five years at rental of 15 cents an acre, subject to renewals\nfor five successive periods of three years each, renewal fee being $100 for each lease,\nin addition to annual rental.\nLessees, on showing continuous work has been done and reasonable expenditure\nmade for development, may, after carrying out the provisions of the lease, purchase at\n$20 per acre where surface is available, or $15 per acre for under-surface rights where\nsurface is not available. Lands under the sea may be purchased at $15 per acre. Provided also that, in addition to the rental or purchase price, there shall be paid to the\nGovernment as a royalty 21/_ cents a barrel (35 imperial gallons) of crude petroleum\nraised or gotten from such land. (See chapter 175, R.S.B.C. 1936.)\nTaxation Act.\nA preliminary note is essential to the understanding of this Act. As the law has\nstood, a Crown-granted mineral claim on which taxes were in arrears for a number of\nyears was offered for sale by the Government at a tax sale, with arrears of taxes plus\ninterest and charges and Crown-grant fees as an upset price. If no sale was made the\nproperty remained in the hands of the Assessor until desired by some one, when it could\nonly be purchased by tender. It was not open to location under the \" Mineral Act\"\nand a prospector had no protection, and to relieve the situation an amending Act was\npassed.\nUnder the amended Act such reverted Crown-granted mineral claim may be\nobtained by any person under a lease for one year upon payment of $25, and a renewal\nof such lease may be granted upon payment of further $25 for a further period of one\nyear, but no longer. During the period of such lease the lessee has the right to enter,\nprospect, and mine on such mineral claim, save for coal, petroleum, and natural gas,\nand during such time the lessee has the option to purchase such Crown-granted mineral\nclaim upon payment of all taxes, costs, and interest which remained due and unpaid on\nsuch claim on the date of its forfeiture to the Crown, together with an amount equal\nto all taxes and interest which, except for its forfeiture to the Crown, would have been A 38 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\npayable in respect thereof from the date of the lease to the date of application for a\nCrown grant. If, however, the lessee establishes to the satisfaction of the Gold Commissioner that he has expended upon the claim in mining-development work a sum of\nnot less than $200 a year during the continuance of the lease, then the payment of the\nsum in respect of taxes and penalties from the date of the lease to the date of application for a Crown grant shall not be required. Provision also is made for the grouping\nof adjoining claims, not exceeding eight in number, and the performing on one of such\nclaims mining-development work for all of the claims.\nA person may obtain a lease, or interest in a lease, of eight such claims in the\nsame mining division.\nSuch leases are not transferable and are subject to the rights any person may\nalready hold to any portion of the surface of such Crown-granted mineral claim.\nTaxation of Mines.\nCrown-granted mineral claims are subject to a tax of 25 cents per acre. The tax\nbecomes due on April 1st in each year, and if unpaid on the following June 30th is\ndeemed to be delinquent.\nAll mines, other than coal, are subject to an output tax (payable quarterly) of\n2 per cent, on gross value of mineral, less cost of transportation from mine to reduction-\nworks and the cost of treating same at reduction-works or on the mining premises.\nAny such mine, not realizing on ore shipments a market value of $5,000 in any one\nyear, is entitled to a refund of the output tax paid.\nCoal is subject to a tax of 10 cents per ton of 2,240 lb., except coal shipped to coke-\novens within the Province. Tax payable monthly.\nCoke is subject to a tax of 10 cents per ton of 2,240 lb., except in respect of coke\nproduced from coal upon which this tax has already been paid. Tax payable monthly.\nCoal land from which coal is being mined (Class A) is taxed at 1 per cent, upon\nthe assessed value, in addition to any other tax.\nUnworked coal land, known as \" Coal Land, Class B,\" is subject to a tax of 2 per\ncent, upon the assessed value.\nFor further particulars see the \" Taxation Act,\" also the \" Public Schools Act,\"\nwhich are obtainable from the King's Printer, Victoria, B.C. THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 39\nASSAY OFFICE.\nBY\nJ. B. Adams.\nDuring the year 1940 there were made by the staff in the Department of Mines\nAssay Office 4,761 assays or quantitative determinations and 83 analyses; of these the\nmajority were for the Department or for the other departments, for which no fees\nwere received.\nThe fees collected by the office were as follows:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nFees for analyses $20.00\nFees for assaying 71.50\nFees for assayers' examinations 195.00\n$286.50\nDeterminations and examinations made for other Government departments, for\nwhich no fees were collected:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nAttorney-General's Department $325.00\nAgricultural Department 325.00\nBoard of Health 195.00\nTreasury 1,336.00\nForest Branch 5.00\nLiquor Board 10.00\nPublic Works Department 105.00\n$2,301.00\nOne thousand three hundred and thirty-six lots of gold were received from the Gold\nCommissioners, who are purchasing amounts up to 2 oz. to aid the prospector in disposing of his gold.\nFREE DETERMINATIONS.\nIn addition to the above quantitative work, 157 qualitative determinations, or tests,\nwere made in connection with the identification and classification of rocks or minerals\nsent to the Assay Office for a report; for these no fees were charged, as it is the established custom of the Department to examine and test qualitatively, without charge,\nsamples of minerals sent in from any part of the Province, and to give a report on same.\nThis has been done for the purpose of encouraging the search for new or rare minerals\nand ores, and to assist prospectors and others in the discovery of new mining districts,\nby enabling them to have determined, free of cost, the nature and probable value of any\nrock they may find. In making these free determinations, the Department asks that the\nlocality from which the sample was obtained be given by the sender.\nEXAMINATIONS FOR ASSAYERS.\nThe writer has the honour, as Secretary, to submit the Annual Report for the year\n1940 of the Board of Examiners for Certificates of Competency and Licence to practise\nAssaying in British Columbia, as established under the \" Department of Mines Act.\"\nOne candidate applied for examination on May 6th and passed the examination.\nTwo candidates applied for examination on December 6th and both passed the examination. One candidate applied for exemption under the Act and was granted a certificate. A 40\nREPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nDEPARTMENT OF MINES SAMPLING PLANT,\nPRINCE RUPERT, B.C.\nBY\nJoseph T. Mandy and T. Norton Youngs.\nThe function, objective, and operation of the sampling plant at Prince Rupert are\ndescribed in the Annual Report of the Minister of Mines for the years 1938 and 1939.\nIncreasing use of the plant by prospectors, lessees, small operators, and by some of\nthe larger mining companies developing properties in the Northern district has again\nbeen evident during 1940.\nA total of 184 shipments was received from 52 different properties, distributed\nfrom Vancouver Island in the south to the Portland Canal area in the north.\nDuring the year $15,637.17 was paid by the plant to shippers.\nA number of fairly large shipments of good grade ore from the Stewart area has\nprovided funds and encouragement for further work in that section.\nInformation and results from test shipments from the Duthie mine, Smithers, in\n1939 and 1940, have been an important factor in assisting this property into comparatively steady production of car-load shipments direct to the smelter, with about ten men\nemployed at the mine and the establishment of a community, with school, of about\ntwenty-five people.\nTonnage and test shipments to the plant by the Conwest Exploration Company\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2during its development of the Hunter Basin group near Telkwa have supplied this company with information in its exploratory development-work and furthered direct shipments to the smelter.\nIt is of interest to note that since the inception of this service in August, 1937, the\nsampling plant has handled a total of 543 shipments, for which $33,972.58 has been paid\nto shippers. During the same period, twenty-six shipments have been made by the\nplant to the smelters, for which $33,856.28 has been received.\nThe following is a synopsis of the operating details of the plant for the year 1940\nfrom January 1st to December 31st:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nClass of Shipments.\nNo. of\nShipments.\nNo. of different\nProperties.\nWeight of\nShipments.\n40\n117\n27\n16\n32\n16\nTons.\n144.4676\n26.8489\n0.0288\nTotals \t\n184\n52\n171.3453\nSHIPMENTS FROM SAMPLING PLANT TO SMELTERS.\nNumber of shipments to smelters 12\nDry tons paid for by smelters 196.5187*\nPaid out by plant on Ore Purchasing Account $15,637.17\nReceived from smelters $15,800.21\n\u00E2\u0099\u00A6Difference between this figure and total weight of shipments received during the year (171.3453 dry tons) is\naccounted for by carry-over at end of 1939 and end of 1940.\nThe details of the tonnage, bulk test lots and assay lots, with relative assay and\nanalysis results, follow. 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A 47\nGOLD COMMISSIONERS AND MINING RECORDERS.\nThe following list shows the Gold Commissioners and Mining Recorders of the\nProvince:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nMining Division.\nLocation of Office.\nGold Commissioner.\nMining Recorder.\nSub-recorder.\nAtlin \t\nAtlin\t\nH. F. Glassey,..\nH. F. Glassey\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nJ. G. B. Egdell.\nR. W. Meldram.\nTelegraph Creek \t\nSub-office _\t\nW. J. Nelson.\nJ. V. Rees.\nJohn Brown.\nW. R. Henry.\nF. W. Beatton.\nR. J. Campbell.\nA. J. Lancaster.\nChas. E. Moore.\nL. G. Skinner.\nB. E. Munkley.\nA. Fisher.\nOscar Olander.\nPercy Gadsden.\nGeo. H. HiU.\nC. A. Brynildsen.\nC. N. Ramsay.\nMrs. L. Cummings.\nJ. Copeland.\nC. A. Brynildsen.\nA. MacKinnon.\nNorman Henry.\nW. B. Steele.\nT. J. Thorp.\nGeo. Milburn.\nPercy Gadsden.\nF. W. Beatton.\nJames Ware.\nJohn Thompson.\nB. E. Munkley.\nJ. D. Moore.\nGeo. Ogsdon.\nJ. C. McCubbin.\nL. I. Olson.\nJohn Brown.\nJas. L. Bethurem.\nMrs. Wilhemina\nAiken.\nL. G. Skinner.\nH. J. Engleson.\nG. Milburn.\nA. MacKinnon.\nM. S. Morrell.\nE. C. Lunn.\nGeo. Milburn.\nM. B. McBrayne.\nJ. E. Mclntyre.\nTelegraph Creek \t\nBoundary via Telegraph\nCreek\nR. W. Meldram. .\nR. W. Meldram\t\nSub-office. \t\nSub-office..\t\nFort St. John\t\nDease Lake Townsite\t\nN. A. Watt\t\nN. A. Watt..\t\nSub-office\t\nStewart (Portland Canal)\nKimsquit \t\nBella Coola\nQueen Charlotte \t\nN. A. Watt (at Prince\nRupert)\nA, Fisher\t\nSmithers\t\nH. B. Campbell _\t\nH. B. Campbell \t\nSub-office \u00E2\u0080\u0094 \u00E2\u0080\u0094 -\nBella Coola\t\nTelkwa \t\nSub-office. _\t\nKimsquit \u00E2\u0080\u0094\t\nFort St. John ._ _\t\nWhitewater (Finlay\nRiver) via Fort\nGrahame\nS ub-office\t\n _ \u00C2\u00A7-'< \t\nUsk\nFort St. John \t\nH. B. Campbell (at\nSmithers)\nF. W. Beatton\t\nH. A. Bryant\t\nBarkerville \t\nH. A. Bryant\t\nSub-office\t\nSub-office. -\t\nSub-office\t\nFort McLeod \t\n' A 48\nREPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nGold Commissioners\nand Mining Eecorders\u00E2\u0080\u0094Continued.\nMining Division.\nLocation of Office.\nGold Commissioner.\nMining Recorder.\nSub-recorder.\nL. C. Maclure\t\nL. C. Maclure - -\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nE. C. Lunn.\nA. Morrison.\nH. A. Bryant.\nA. B. Campbell.\nWm. Lowden.\nE. R. Hance.\nL. C. Maclure.\nW. Haylmore.\nE. R. Hance.\nGeorge M. Fennell.\nH. Finley.\nA. P. Suckling.\nH. Elgie.\nJohn M. Deane.\nF. H. C. Wilson.\nC. W. Dickson.\nG. B. Gane.\nT. W. Clarke.\nW. H. Laird.\nE. Harrison.\nL. S. Coleman.\nJohn M. Deane.\nW. H. Laird.\nC. J. Dainard.\nA. A. Robertson.\nD. H. Bruce.\nA. Robb.\nW. E. Graham.\nJ. A. Stewart.\nR. H. Hassard.\nS. Curwen.\nM. C. Donaldson.\nW. H. Cochrane.\nJos. Howe.\nHenry Carter.\nC. C. Thompson.\nH. J. Bull.\nA. G. Freeze.\nGeo. Nicholson.\nW. H. Boothroyd.\nRussell Sneddon.\nSub-office\nQuesnel \u00E2\u0080\u009E\nLikely.\u00E2\u0080\u0094\t\nBarkerville\t\nHorsefly. \t\nSub-office\nR. J. A. Dorrell\t\nClinton \t\nSub-office \t\nClinton \t\nWilliams Lake\t\nHaylmore via Gold Bridge\nR. J. A. Dorrell _\t\nKamloop s \t\nChu Chua\nP. H. McCurrach\nP. H. McCurrach\t\nSub-office -\t\nVavenby \t\nSalmon Arm \t\nAshcroft\t\nLytton\t\nMerritt \t\nPrinceton ___.\nHedley\nW. F. Knowlton-\t\nR. G. Couper\t\nChas. Nichols\t\nAshcroft\nSub-office.\t\nNicola. \u00E2\u0080\u009E\nSimilkameen \t\nSub-office\nP. H. McCurrach (at\nKamloops)\nP. H. McCurrach (at\nKamloops)\nChas. Nichols\t\nR. M. McGusty\t\nR. M. McGusty-\t\nSub-office \t\nL. A. Dodd \t\nL. A. Dodd\t\nSub-office\t\nKettle Valley _ _.\nBeaverdell \t\nSub-office.\t\nW. R. Dewdney\t\nW. R. Dewdney\t\nA. W. Anderson\t\nA. M. Chisholm _.\nW. G. Taylor. \t\nW. M. H. Dunn\t\nSub-office\t\nKeremeos\t\nGolden \t\nGolden \t\nWindermere \t\nFort Steele\t\nWindermere\t\nCranbrook\t\nA. W. Anderson (at\nGolden)\nW. G. Taylor __\t\nSub-office..\t\nClaude MacDonald\nFrank Broughton\t\nClaudeMacDonald (at\nKaslo)\nSlocan - \t\nJ. Cartmel- \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nJ. Cartmel-\t\nCreston \t\nYmi r\t\nSalmo \t\nNakus p \t\nSub-office __ ...\nSub-office\nArrow Lake\t\nJ. Cartmel (at Nelson)\nWynfield Maxwell\nWynfield Maxwell (at\nRevelstoke)\nN. A. Herridge\t\nW. Maxwell\t\nC. A. McElroy....\t\nSub-office\t\nE. L. Hedley\t\nC. L. Monroe\t\nE. L. Hedley \t\nC. L. Monroe\t\nSub-office\t\nSub-office\nShoal Bay, Thurlow P.O.Granite Bay - __\nSub-office\nKnh-nffice\nW. H. Boothroyd -\nW. H. Boothroyd\t THE MINING INDUSTRY.\nA 49\nGold Commissioners and Mining Recorders\u00E2\u0080\u0094Continued.\nMining Division.\nLocation of Office.\nGold Commissioner.\nMining Recorder.\nSub-recorder.\nC layoqu o t \t\nTofino \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \t\nW. H. Boothroyd (at\nAlberni)\nC. W. Sharp\t\nAlberni ' , ,, __\t\nW. H. Boothroyd.\nQuatsino \t\nW. H. Boothroyd (at\nAlberni)\nR. J. Steenson.\t\nA. P. Grant\t\nEd. Evenson ,\t\nP. J. Mulcahy _\nA. B. Gray\t\nA. E. Wilson\u00E2\u0080\u0094..\t\nNew Westminster\t\nNew Westminster \t\nC. N. Tingle.\nH. Elgie.\nA. S. Tyrer-\t\nL. J. Price \t\nJ. P. Scarlett.\nShoal Bay, Thurlow P.O._\nL. J. Price \u00E2\u0080\u0094\t\nG. H. Beley.\nHaylmore via Gold Bridge A 50\nREPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\no\nOS\nCO\nO\nr\u00E2\u0080\u0094I\ntt\nm\ni\u00E2\u0080\u0094t\n<\ntt\nm\nH\no\nt\u00E2\u0080\u0094I\nfa\nfa\no\n-/_>\nfa\nQ\ntf\nO\no\nfa\ntf\no\nHH\n55\nI\u00E2\u0080\u0094.\na\n02\n&\no\nl-H\n03\n03\na\no\no\nQ\nO\nO\n'IBIOUIAOJIjI puB\nUOISIAIQ 3UIUIJ\[\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2jBjaua*)\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2sa^BOifi^jao\n.sjauij^'aa-iji\n'0^.0\n(a[BS jo sn.a\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0sasTJO^i\njo sa^otjpjso\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0pa^.uT.a3\ngasBa^; jbobu\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2papjooaj\nsiuibjq Jao^id\n-siutbjo\n^BJOUipj pa^uBJS\n-uavoj'o pa^JOAay;\njo saseaq;\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2^uauiaAOJCluii\njo sa^BDyx^jao\n M \u00C2\u00BB N O N M a i( M W P Q H ^ CJ L. 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A 51\nPROGRESS NOTES.\nThe Progress Notes on the mining industry are compiled from information supplied\nby the Inspectors of Mines and the Bureau of Economics and Statistics, through the\ncourtesy of the property-owners and also from information obtained by the officers of\nthe Mineralogical Staff in the course of their field-work. The Registrar of Companies\nand Superintendent of Brokers have also supplied information through their respective\noffices.\nLODE-GOLD DEPOSITS.\nTAKU RIVER AREA.\nTULSEQUAH.\nCompany office, 807 Lonsdale Building, Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.A.;\nPolaris-Taku mine office, Tulsequah, B.C.; E. C. Congdon, President; Harvie A.\nMining Co., Ltd. Garver, Secretary; Walter B. Congdon, Treasurer; F. H. McPherson,\nManager; W. F. Gowans, Mine Superintendent. Capital: 10,000 preferred shares, \u00C2\u00A7100 par; 20,000 common shares, $1 par; issued\u00E2\u0080\u009410,000 preferred,\n12,200 common.\nThe property is located on the Tulsequah River, about 6 miles from its junction\nwith the Taku River. The mine is reached by boat and aeroplane in summer and by\naeroplane only in winter. Development during the year consisted of 521 feet of shaft\nsinking, 8,463 feet of crosscutting, 4,650 feet of raising and drifting, 18,533 feet of\ndiamond-drilling, and 714 feet of churn-drilling. Production of 80,364 tons of ore\nyielded 23,000 oz. of gold.\nA three-compartment shaft was sunk from the Polaris level. Levels were driven\nat 150 feet, 300 feet, and 450 feet. Active development is proceeding on each of these\nlevels. An additional Diesel-driven generator, 500 horse-power, was installed in the\npower-house. A set of rolls was installed in the mill. A crew of 154 men was employed.\n[Reference: Annual Report, 1936, Part B.]\nUNUK RIVER AREA.\nMacKay Gold Mines, Ltd.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Nothing was done on this property during the year.\nPORTLAND CANAL AREA.\nSalmon River.\nCompany office, Royal Bank Building, Vancouver, B.C.; mine office,\nSilbak Premier Premier, B.C.; H. A. Guess, President; J. C. Emison, Treasurer;\nMines, Ltd. G. A. Brockington, Secretary; Bert F. Smith, Manager; J. G. Pearcey,\nMine Superintendent. Capital: 3,000,000 shares, $1 par; issued,\n2,500,000. The property of this company is located in the Salmon River valley, about\n14 miles from Stewart. During the past year development consisted of 1,674 feet of\ncrosscutting, 13,445 feet of drifting, 148 feet of winzing, 4,326 feet of raising, and\n49,044 feet of diamond-drilling. Most of the development was concentrated on No. 5\nlevel. The mine worked 313 days and produced 171,504 tons of ore, from which were\nrecovered 37,000 oz. of gold and 612,000 oz. of silver. An average crew of 330 men was\nemployed.\nCompany office, Trail, B.C.; mine office, Stewart, B.C.; M. M. O'Brien,\nBuena Vista President; E. G. Randall, Secretary-Treasurer; D. S. Campbell, Man-\nMining Co., Ltd. ager; E. James, Mine Superintendent. This company owns and operates\nthe Big Missouri mine, located in the Salmon River valley, 18 miles\nfrom Stewart. Development during the year consisted of 434 feet of crosscutting, 954\nfeet of drifting, and 2,823 feet of raising. Most of the development was toward the north section of the mine, where new stopes have been opened. There was a suspension\nof mill operations and curtailment of mining owing to power shortage in the spring.\nAn average crew of 111 men was employed.\nSalmon Gold Mines, Ltd.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Company office, 800 Hall Building, Vancouver, B.C.; E. C.\nMorris, President; A. B. McDonald, Secretary. Capital: 3,000,000 shares, 50 cents\npar; issued, 1,200,000. Nothing was done at this property during the year. The\nConsolidated Mining and Smelting Company have dropped their option.\nTide Lake Gold Group.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This group, owned by Mrs. J. L. Campbell, of Hyder, Alaska,\nis located on the west side of Tide Lake. During the year high-grade ore was mined\nand a small shipment made to the sampling plant. Work was continued on the property\nby two lessees.\n[Reference: Annual Reports, 1927, 1930, 1939.]\nPortland Group.\u00E2\u0080\u0094During the season this property was optioned by Silbak Premier\nMines, Ltd., and some exploratory stripping, open-cutting, and 150 feet of drifting in\nan adit was done. The option was relinquished.\n[Reference: Annual Report, 1934, Part B.]\nBear River.\nCompany office, 603 Central Building, Victoria, B.C. Capital: 3,000,000\nStewart Canal shares, 50 cents par. J. Haathi, Manager. The property is located\nGold Mines, Ltd. opposite the town of Stewart, across the Bear River. This year a small\nGibson mill was installed on the bank of the river and a tram built\nbetween the showing and the mill. Power was furnished by a Pelton wheel located at\nthe mill. Operations were suspended at the end of the year owing to lack of water for\npower.\nRed Cliff Group.\u00E2\u0080\u0094H. D. Haywood has an option on this property. From surface\nopen-cut work, 34 tons of ore was shipped which yielded 82 oz. of gold and 36 oz. of\nsilver.\nIn the early part of the year, J. D. O. Rochfort and A. Bugnello, lessees,\nDunwell Mines, continued mining of shipping-grade ore from the Ben Ali claim. Sev-\nLtd. (Ben Ali eral shipments were made to the sampling plant by these lessees. Later\nClaim). in the year, Samis & Company, Vancouver, entered into an agreement\nwith the Dunwell company for acquisition of the property. The\nRochfort-Bugnello lease was cancelled and two representatives of the Samis company\ntook over the extraction of shipping-grade ore. From this operation only one shipment of 0.5505 ton had been made when work ceased in the autumn.\nMarmot River.\nThis group, about 2 miles from the mouth of Marmot River, is owned\nGold Drop Group, by Joseph Morrin and Albert Casey, of Hyder, Alaska, and Stewart,\nB.C. Work was continued by the owners with a view to extracting\nshipping-grade ore. One shipment of 0.0283 ton was made to the sampling plant.\n[Reference: Annual Report, 1939, Crusader Mines, Ltd.]\nALICE ARM AREA.\nNass River.\nAt the head of Willoughby Creek, a tributary of the White River draining into\nthe Nass River south of Meziadin Lake, prospecting of a mineralized zone carrying\nlow-grade gold values in places was done by Owen McFadden for H. C. Bennet and\npartners, of Stewart.\nThe area is about 14 miles by road and 55 miles by trail from Stewart.\nAnyox.\nThe owner of the claim, James Flynn, of Anyox, carried out cross-\nGold Leaf Claim, cutting for the purpose of intersecting the beach vein. A fault striking north 48 degrees west and dipping 67 degrees south-west intersects\nthe vein at the portal. The crosscut has advanced 75 feet to the face. At the face a PROGRESS NOTES. A 53\nlamprophyre dyke 16 inches in width is intersected and is adjoined on each side by\nveins 4 to 10 inches in width. Assays of samples of these did not return any gold\nvalues.\n[Reference: Annual Report, 1938, Part B.]\nNORTHERN COAST.\nPrincess Royal Island.\nCompany office, 507 Stock Exchange Building, Vancouver, B.C.; mine\nSurf Inlet Con- office, Surf Inlet, B.C.; Robert L. Reed, President; Lindsey Hooper,\nsolidated Gold Treasurer; J. C. Ralston, Secretary; Angus McLeod, Manager.\nMines, Ltd. Capital: 3,000,000 shares, 50 cents par; issued, 2,672,855. The property of this company is comprised of the Pugsley and Surf mines,\nlocated at the head of Surf Inlet. Both mines were operated during the year and\ndevelopment-work totalled 262 feet of crosscutting, 3,906 feet of drifting, 1,151 feet of\nraising, and 13,006 feet of diamond-drilling. The mine worked 365 days. From 39,437\ntons of ore mined and milled there were produced 14,903 oz. of gold and 5,224 oz. of\nsilver. An average crew of ninety-five men was employed.\nKhutze Inlet.\nThe property is located on the north branch of the Khutze River, about\nHunter Group. 13 miles from the beach. Nine men were engaged in sinking an\ninclined shaft. The shaft was sunk 150 feet and 50-foot drifts were\ndriven from each side of it.\nPorcher Island.\nThe Porcher Island Mines, Limited, did not operate during the year.\nTERRACE-HAZELTON AREA.\nTerrace-Kitsumgallum Lake Section.\nThis claim, owned by J. Hamer, Terrace, B.C., is located half a mile\nOakwood Claim, north of the town of Terrace at about altitude 500 feet. The showings\nconsist of small, isolated, and discontinuous areas of pyritized and\nhybridized hornblende-schist inclusions, with some quartz stringers and lenses, in grano-\ndiorite of the Coast Range batholith. Some stripping and open-cutting was done on\nthese, but nothing of importance was uncovered.\nThis claim, owned by Axel Erickson, of Terrace, B.C., is located on the\nGold Bar Claim, west side of Kitsumgallum Lake, about 3 miles from its southerly end.\nThe ground covered by this claim was formerly occupied by the Kalum\nLake Mines, Limited, and was restaked by the present owner in 1938.\nThe continuation of the vein has been stripped for a distance of 60 feet in a southwesterly direction from the lake-shore. Some open-cutting was also done in this\nsection. From this work, 10.4383 tons of selected ore, in five separate lots, was shipped\nto the sampling plant.\nThe property was examined, sampled, and mapped with the objective of determining the possibility of selectively mining shipping ore. A map and assay results covering this examination may be obtained for a small charge upon application to the\nDepartment of Mines, Victoria, B.C.\n[Reference: Annual Reports of the Minister of Mines, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927,\n1928, and 1930. See also Portland: 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, and 1927.]\nZymoetz River.\nCompany office, 785 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver, B.C.; Fred M. Wells,\nOminecaGold President; C. Hansen, Superintendent. The property of this company\nQuartz Mining is located on the north bank of the Zymoetz River, 14 miles from\nCo., Ltd. Copper City. The adit being driven to intersect the veins at depth\nwas continued during the summer. This is now in about 1,400 feet.\nA crew of eleven men was employed. A 54 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nThis group of eight mineral claims is owned by T. Turner, of Terrace,\nZymoetz Group. B.C., and is situated at the base of the southerly slope of Kleanza\n(\" O.K.\") Mountain, between elevation 250 and 600 feet. The claims\nlie along and adjacent to the north side of the Zymoetz River, about 2 miles east of its\nconfluence with the Skeena River. It is reached by a branch motor-road, suitable for\nlight motor-cars, which leaves the Terrace-Usk Highway on the north end of the\nZymoetz River Bridge.\nSome further work was done in the lower adit in which the vein was intersected at\n60 feet from the portal. At this locality, the mineral deposit consists of an irregularly\nreticulated quartz replacement from 1 to 3 feet in width, well mineralized with pyrite\nand sphalerite with some galena and chalcopyrite in altered hornblende-schist.\nIn order to ascertain the possible localization of gold values and the possible occurrence of shipping-grade ore, the following samples were taken:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nA sample from the lower adit of the deposit exposed in the face for a width of\nfrom 1 to 3 feet assayed: Gold, 0.28 oz. per ton; silver, 0.6 oz. per ton; copper, 0.1\nper cent.; lead, nil; zinc, 4.3 per cent.; silica, 60.9 per cent.\nA sample of selected sphalerite and galena mineralization from a small dump at\nthe portal of the lower adit assayed: Gold, trace; silver, 5.2 oz. per ton; lead, 16.6\nper cent.; zinc, 24 per cent.\nA sample of selected pyrite and chalcopyrite mineralization from the small dump\nat the portal of the lower adit assayed: Gold, 0.26 oz. per ton; silver, 0.5 oz. per ton;\ncopper, 0.45 per cent.; silica, 47.4 per cent.\n[Reference: Annual Report, 1938, Part B.]\nThis group of eight claims is owned by Wm. Hagen, of Terrace, B.C.,\nBlack Bull Group, and is situated on the west side of Kleanza Mountain. It is reached\nby trail extending for about l1/, miles south-easterly from the Copper\nRiver Bridge to the cabin at about altitude 3,500 feet.\nDuring the year, work was continued on the Gem No. 1 mineral claim. This consisted of some stripping and open-cutting. The adit was also extended in a northerly\ndirection through the lamprophyre dyke and the vein picked up on the north side of\nthis dyke. The vein was then drifted on to the face of the adit, which at the time of\nthe examination was 106 feet from the portal. The workings were mapped and sampled\nfor the purpose of determining the possibility of sorting and cobbing a shipping-grade\nore. Maps covering the details of the workings on the Gem No. 1 and the Bluebird\nNo. 3 mineral claims and also one covering the trail leading to this property may be\nobtained for a small charge upon application to the Department of Mines, Victoria, B.C.\nDuring the year the owner shipped to the sampling plant thirteen small lots of ore,\ntotalling 2.2888 tons.\nUSK.\nCompany office, 300 Insurance Building, Seattle, Washington; British\nNicholson Creek Columbia office, 602 Hastings Street, Vancouver, B.C.; R. K. Young,\nMining Corpora- President; W. A. Schwalbe, Secretary-Treasurer. Capital: 5,000,000\ntion. shares, 1 cent par. T. J. Shenton, Superintendent. The corporation\nowns a group of claims on the south side of Nicholson Creek, 5 miles\nnorthward from Usk Station on the Canadian National Railways. Additional development-work during the year consisted of 195 feet of drifting, 95 feet of raising, and\n63 feet of crosscutting. A crew of five men was employed.\nThis group of claims covering ground formerly held by the Columario\nVictor Group. Consolidated Gold Mines, Ltd., was staked in 1937 by W. W. Duncan,\nof Usk, and S. C. Cooper, of Terrace. The claims are between 200 and\n4,200 feet elevation on the westerly slope of Kleanza Mountain and are reached by\nmotor-road from Usk for 3.3 miles; thence go-devil trail for 1.7 miles to the Columario\ncamp at 1,700 feet elevation; thence a good pack-horse trail for 2 miles to the main\nshowings at 4,000 feet elevation. Work was continued on this property with the view\nto extracting shipping-grade ore. During the year, one test shipment totalling 0.1230\nton and one assay lot were shipped to the sampling plant at Prince Rupert. PROGRESS NOTES. . A 55\nThis group of twelve claims is owned by J. Bell, A. M. Bethurem,\nGrotto Group. G. Alger, and R. L. Brash, of Usk. It is located in the valley of Hard-\nscrabble Creek, about 2 miles south-westerly from Pitman, on the\nCanadian National Railway.\nDuring the year exploration on the upper and lower showings was continued by\nthe Canadian Explorations, Ltd., Royal Bank Building, Vancouver, B.C., with one man\nemployed. A cut was also taken out on No. 1 vein in front of and 6x/_ feet below the\nfloor of No. 1 adit.\nIn order to ascertain the possibility of shipping-grade ore being uncovered by the\nnew working, the following samples were taken and assayed as follows:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nPoes mineral claim, No. 2 cut. A sample across No. 7 vein, 12 inches wide, well\nmineralized with galena, sphalerite, and chalcopyrite in a quartz gangue, assayed: Gold,\n0.01 oz. per ton; silver, 5.5 oz. per ton; copper, 1.5 per cent.; lead, 15.4 per cent.; zinc,\n8.4 per cent.\nPoes mineral claim, No. 7 vein, No. 4 cut. A sample across a width of 15 inches,\nwell mineralized with sphalerite, galena, and chalcopyrite, assayed: Gold, 0.02 oz. per\nton; silver, 6.1 oz. per ton; copper, 4.5 per cent.; lead, 6.8 per cent.; zinc, 8.6 per cent.\nNo. 1 vein. A sample in face of cut, 61/. feet below the portal of No. 1 adit portal\nacross a width of 3 feet, well mineralized with pyrite in a quartz gangue, assayed:\nGold, 0.06 oz. per ton; silver, 0.9 oz. per ton; copper, 0.05 per cent.\nThe workings on the Poes mineral claim were mapped; a copy is procurable for a\nsmall charge on application to the Department of Mines, Victoria, B.C.\n[Reference: Annual Report, 1937, Part C]\nHAZELTON TO HOUSTON AREA.\nSmithers.\nThis organization is operating the old Duthie mine under lease. The\nSmithers Mines, property is located 9 miles by road from Smithers. Development\nLtd. during the year consisted of 100 feet of drifting. From a stope off a\nsub-level above the 500 level and from surface open-cuts, 242 tons of\nore was mined. This tonnage yielded 52 oz. of gold, 42,592 oz. of silver, as well as lead\nand zinc. A crew of eight men was employed.\nLa Marr Gold Mines, Ltd.\u00E2\u0080\u0094B. F. Messner, owner. The property of this company is at\nthe head of Driftwood Creek. Six hundred feet of trenching and 100 feet of tunnelling\nconstituted development for the year.\nThis property is owned by the estate of Messrs. Cain & King and is\nHyland Basin situated at the head of Cronin Creek in the Babine Mountains. Small\nGroup. shipments of selected ore have been made from time to time during\nformer years, and considerable exploration had been carried out in\nnumerous open-cuts and two adits.\nDuring 1940, the property was optioned by H. W. Agnew and associates, of Vancouver, with the objective of extracting shipping-grade ore. Three men were employed\nin this work. During the season, two lots comprising 2.462 and 1.949 dry tons of\ncarefully sorted and cobbed ore were shipped to the sampling plant.\n[Reference: Annual Reports, 1926 and 1935.]\nTelkwa.\nHead office, c/o W. R. Wilson & Sons, 744 Hastings Street, Vancouver,\nBabine Gold B.C. This is a private company. Authorized capital: 50,000 shares,\nMines, Ltd. (Free $1 par value, all issued. The company holds an option on sixteen\nGold Group), claims, including the Free Gold group, owned by Alex Chisholm, of\nSmithers, and situated on Dome Mountain, about 26 miles easterly by\nmotor-road and winter-road from the town of Telkwa, on the Canadian National\nRailway.\nThe property is reached from Telkwa (altitude 1,677 feet) by motor-road, a\ndistance of 9 miles, from whence a sleigh-road extends for about 17 miles to the camp\nat 4,160 feet altitude. A 56 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nDuring the latter part of the year, some work was carried out with the objective\nof ascertaining the possibility of mining and shipping high-grade ore. From this\nwork, 2.463 dry tons was shipped to the sampling plant at Prince Rupert.\n[Reference: Annual Reports, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1929, 1934,\nand 1938.]\nCARIBOO AREA.\nWells.\nCompany office, 675 Hastings Street West, Vancouver, B.C.; mine office,\nCariboo Gold Wells, B.C.; Dr. W. B. Burnett, President; J. R. V. Dunlop, Secretary-\nQuartz Mining Treasurer; R. R. Rose, Managing Director and Mine Manager; R. E.\nCo., Ltd. Vear, Mine Superintendent. Capital: 2,000,000 shares, $1 par; issued,\n1,333,309. The property is on Cow Mountain, south-east from Jack of\nClubs Lake, 63 miles by road from Quesnel.\nDevelopment-work amounted to 7,987 feet of drifting, 6,818 feet of crosscutting,\n1,814 feet of raising, 64 feet of shaft sinking, and 19,748 feet of diamond-drilling. Ore\nmined and milled amounted to 111,826 dry tons. The 1,500 main level was advanced\n942 feet towards the B.C. vein and the face was reportedly close to this objective at the\nend of the year. On the surface this vein had been stripped by bulldozer over a length\nof 1,700 feet, and the old B.C. shaft had been dewatered for the purpose of gaining\ninformation regarding the vein at shallow depth. The 2,000 level drive was advanced\n3,005 feet, bearing north 17 degrees west, towards the company's holdings on Island\nMountain. As this drive will pass under Willow River about 800 feet from the outlet\nof Jack of Clubs Lake and 440 feet below the surface, precautionary drill-holes are kept\nahead of the drive. In the Butts zone, development and ventilation raises are being\ndriven from the 1,500 main level to the 1,300 and 1,400 levels, and eventually will be\ncompleted through to the 1,100 level. In November, sinking operations were resumed\nin No. 3 shaft and at the end of the year the 1,800 level pocket was being cut. It is\nintended to sink this shaft to the 1,900 level.\nThe mill capacity was increased to 350 tons by additions to the thickening, clarifying, and filtering equipment. Additions to the power plant consisted of a 180-horse-\npower Diesel connected to a 125-watt, 480-volt alternating-current generator; and of a\nvertical two-stage compressor of 500 cubic feet capacity, driven by a 100-horse-power\nsynchronous motor. Other additions to the surface plant consist of a new lamp-house\nand an extension to the dry- The average number of men employed was 361.\n[Reference: Annual Report, 1934, Part C]\nCompany office, 744 Hastings Street West, Vancouver, B.C.; mine\nIsland Mountain office, Wells, B.C.; F. W. Guernsey, President; Fred Searls, Jr., and\nMines Co., Ltd. H. DeWitt Smith, Vice-Presidents; H. E. Dodge, Secretary-Treasurer;\nT. H. Munn, General Superintendent; H. W. Seamon, Mine Superintendent. Capital: 1,100,000 shares, 50 cents par; issued, 1,050,716 shares. The\nproperty is on Island Mountain, on the north-west side of Jack of Clubs Lake, at Wells,\nabout 4 miles west of Barkerville.\nDevelopment-work consisted of 10,593 feet of drifting and crosscutting; 1,478 feet\nof raises, inclusive of shaft pockets; and 34,228 feet of diamond-drilling. Development-work was cari-ied out on all levels below the main 4,000 level, and on the 4,130 level\nand 4,230 level above the main level. Ventilation raises were completed towards the\nextremities of the workings on either side of the shaft between the 3,250 and 3,500\nlevels, thus completing the ventilation system from the surface to the 3,250 level. Shaft\npockets were cut at the 3,125- and 3,000-foot horizons and the corresponding levels were\nopened up. Approximately 4,500 feet of 6-inch air-line was installed between the\npower-house and the bottom of the shaft to replace the smaller lines previously used.\nA 300-horse-power Diesel, directly connected to a 250-k.v.a. alternator, was installed in\nthe power-house. Extensions were made to the machine-shop and a new, well-equipped\ncarpenter-shop was built.\n[Reference: Annual Report, 1934, Part C] PROGRESS NOTES. A 57\nCow Mountain.\nCariboo Rainbow Mines, Incorporated.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This company did some development-work on the\nold Cariboo Central ground, which lies between Stout's Gulch and Lowhee Creek. It is\nreported that a system of small but closely-spaced quartz veins were revealed by this\nwork.\nProserpine Mountain.\nUnder this name the Privateer Mine, Limited, did considerable explora-\nPrivateer Mine, tory work on the holdings of the Proserpine Gold Mines, Limited. The\nLtd. old Warspite tunnel was extended to pass under the bottom of the\nWarspite shaft. Drifting and crosscutting combined amounted to 328\nfeet. About 36,000 feet of stripping was done on the surface; 11,750 feet by hand and\nthe remainder by bulldozer. Five trenches were made, going north-westerly about\nparallel to the formation for the full length of the property, and two were made across\nthese at right angles. Thirty men were employed under the direction of B. G. Campbell.\n[Reference: Annual Report, 1934, Part C]\nCunningham Creek.\nCariboo Hudson Gold Mines, Ltd.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property was not active, but under contract,\nabout 19,000 lineal feet of stripping and trenching was done on the Hudson and Shasta\nclaims.\nCariboo Rainbow Mines, Incorporated.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This company has taken an option on the Cariboo\nThompson ground and did about 600 feet of deep trenching. This was all to the northwest of the underground workings. The same company also did some surface-stripping\non their ground which adjoins the Cariboo Hudson to the south-east.\nSimlock Creek.\nAlladin Group.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Dean Cochrane, of Barkerville, is the owner of this group and did a\nsmall amount of surface-stripping.\nP.D. Group.\u00E2\u0080\u0094P. McDonnel, of Wells, is the owner of this group and employed two\nmen to do some surface-stripping.\nYanks Peak.\nCompany office, Royal Bank Building, Vancouver, B.C.; Howard W.\nAmparo Mining White, President; J. B. Knaebel, Managing Director; W. S. Jordon,\nCo., Ltd. Secretary-Treasurer. Capital: 10,000 shares, $1 par; issued, 1,000\nshares. This company did not work on the Midas group, on Yanks\nPeak, and towards the latter part of the year the machinery and equipment were\nremoved from the property.\n[Reference: Annual Report, 1934, Part C]\nCompany office, 785 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver, B.C.; Fred M. Wells,\nSnowshoe Gold President and Manager; E. T. Gook, Secretary-Treasurer. Capital:\nMines, Ltd. 3,000,000 shares, 50 cents par; issued, 1,656,475. On the Jane group\nat the head of Little Snowshoe Creek, a sub-level was driven 365 feet.\nAfter this development, operations ceased for the year.\n[Reference: Annual Report, 1929.]\nCHILCOTIN AREA.\nPerkins Peak.\nMountain Boss Group.\u00E2\u0080\u0094It is reported that J. Killas, owner of this group, employed\nseveral men to do additional drifting and to mine high-grade ore from some of the old\nworkings.\n[Reference: Annual Report, 1938, Part F.]\nDenain Creek.\nClaims of J. Mossi.\u00E2\u0080\u0094These claims are located on Denain Creek, tributary of Taseko\nRiver. A 25-foot tunnel was driven and, in addition, some open-cut work was done. A 58 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nBRIDGE RIVER AREA.\nCadwallader Creek.\nCompany office, 470 Granville Street, Vancouver, B.C.; mine office,\nPioneer Gold Mines Pioneer Mines P.O., B.C.; Victor Spencer, President; A. E. Bull,\nof B.C., Ltd. Secretary-Treasurer; H. T.James, Managing Director; E.F.Emmons,\nGeneral Superintendent. Capital: 2,500,000 shares, $1 par; issued,\n1,751,750. This company owns the Pioneer mine on Cadwallader Creek, a tributary of\nBridge River, 52 miles by road from Bridge River Station on the P.G.E. Railway. The\nmine is serviced by three shafts: No. 2 shaft extends from the surface to the 2,600\nlevel, No. 3 from the surface to the 1,400 level, and No. 4 from the 2,400 level to the\n2,900 level.\nOperations were resumed on March 8th after a five-month period of inactivity\nwhich resulted from the strike called on October 7th, 1939. It was not possible to bring\nthe mine crew up to normal strength until July, because of necessary repair-work.\nReadily available reserves, however, made it possible to put the mill on a normal production basis almost at once after the strike ended, and a total of 77,585 tons was treated\nduring the ten months of operation. Development-work was largely confined to the\n2,700 and 2,800 levels, where drifts are being advanced westerly on the main vein.\nWork is also being rushed on a system of raises from the lower levels in order to\nimprove ventilation on these levels. Total development-work amounted to 1,423 feet of\ndrifting and 1,439 feet of raising.\nProduction amounted to 88,942 tons mined and 77,585 tons milled, yielding 43,000\noz. of gold and 7,300 oz. of silver. A crew averaging 190 men was employed.\nCompany office, 1403 Dominion Bank Building, Vancouver, B.C.; mine\nHolland Gold office, Pioneer, B.C.; Dr. G. H. Worthington, President; F.W.Holland,\nMines, Ltd. Manager. Capital: 1,000,000 shares, 50 cents par; issued, 422,457.\nThe property of this company is located above the Pioneer mine, on the\nlower slopes of Mount Fergusson. At the beginning of the year a diamond-drill hole\nwas collared at the face of the exploratory adit, then 1,050 feet from the portal. This\nhole was drilled flat for 427 feet, bearing north 31 degrees east, and was terminated in\nbadly-crushed ground. The drift was advanced 230 feet along the line of this hole when\noperations were suspended on June 1st. Since then no further work has been done.\nCompany office, 555 Burrard Street, Vancouver, B.C.; mine office,\nBralorne Mines, Bralorne, B.C.; Austin C. Taylor, President; R. H. Grace, Secretary-\nLtd. Treasurer; D. N. Matheson, Manager; E. J. Chenowith, General\nSuperintendent; G. H. Wilson, Mine Superintendent; C. M. Manning,\nAssistant Mine Superintendent. Capital: 1,250,000 shares, no par value; issued,\n1,247,000.\nDevelopment-work done totalled 17,623 feet of drifting and crosscutting, 1,031 feet\nof raising, 958 feet of shaft sinking, 1,242 feet of shaft transfer raises, and 25,058 feet\nof diamond-drilling. This development-work and underground work generally was\nlargely confined to the Crown and Empire sections of the mine. Considerable development-work was done on the 2,000 level of the Crown mine, where the drive was timed to\nconnect with a similar drive from the Empire side before the new Empire hoist was\nready for operation. Concurrently with the main 2,000 level advance, drifts were\nadvanced along the \" 51,\" \" 73,\" and \" 75 \" veins at this horizon. The shaft pocket was\nalso cut at the 1,800 level horizon. On the Empire side the shaft was completed to the\n2,000 level, this pocket cut, and the connecting drive to the Crown started by the end of\nthe year. Some work was also done in the King and Blackbird mines, but the former\nwas closed before the end of the year. The Coronation mine has not been active for\nfive years.\nA new camp was established below the 300-level portal of the Empire mine. A new\nand much larger entrance has been made to the Empire shaft slightly below the old 300\nportal; and a new station, 26 feet high, has been cut. The majority of the mine\nsupplies will henceforth be taken into the mine through this portal, thus eliminating\nthe long underground haul to the Crown and Empire shafts on the 800 level. The\nincreased depth of the Empire shaft made it necessary to install a much larger hoist. PROGRESS NOTES. A 59\nThe hoist installed is an Ingersoll-Rand, drum size, 60 by 72 inches, powered by a\n350-horse-power slip-ring induction motor. It is completely equipped with safety\ndevices and is housed in a new, well-protected, and spacious hoist-room. Aluminium\ntwo-deck man skips have also been installed. Preparations have been made for the\ninstallation of two large surface fans to exhaust from the Crown and Empire mines.\nThe only other additions to the surface plant are a dry, bunk-house, and mess-house at\nthe Bradian camp.\nTo simplify the problem of supervision the mine has been divided into four sections\nand a foreman appointed to take charge of each section. The average number of men\nemployed was approximately 400.\nDuring the summer of 1940 a geological survey was made both on the\nB.R.X. (1935) surface and underground. About 10,000 cubic feet of stripping was\nConsolidated done on the Gloria and Top and Mexico vein systems. Underground,\nMines, Ltd. No. 2 shaft was dewatered to the 250-foot level and an examination of\nthe vein made at this point. The old California workings, although\nbadly caved in places, were opened for inspection. Considerable retimbering was done\non the main drift. The hoist and hoisting equipment were removed from No. 2 shaft to\nthe north end of the workings.\nGolden Ledge Syndicate.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Company office, 503 Rogers Building, Vancouver, B.C.; J. S.\nHarrison, President. Capital: 5,000 shares, $50 par. This company maintained a\nwatchman at its property but did no mining. At the end of the year, however, preparations were being made to sink a shaft from the bottom level.\nBonanza Basin.\nThis group is owned by the J. G. Mining Company, of which J. G.\nRobson Group. Robson and J. A. Anderson are the principals. It is reached by 25\nmiles of automobile-road from Minto to the junction of Relay Creek\nwith Tyaughton Creek; thence by 10 miles of horse-trail to its location on Bonanza\nCreek, another tributary of Tyaughton Creek. It is located at an elevation of about\n6,000 feet.\nThe Bralorne Mines, Limited, held an examining option for six weeks during 1940.\nIn this time they repaired an old adit 70 feet long and extended it 130 feet; faced a\nsecond adit, which was later advanced 40 feet by Anderson; did considerable open-cut\nwork and completed 700 feet of diamond-drilling. They also completed the trail to the\nproperty, prospected the surface thoroughly, surveyed the original claims, and staked\nothers.\nTommy Creek.\nCompany office, 425 Howe Street, Vancouver, B.C.; W. Spence, Secre-\nBristol Mines, tary; A. E. Stromberg, Managing Director. Capital: 50,000 shares,\nLtd. no par value. The property is on Tommy Creek, about 4 miles south\nof the highway, at a point 12 miles east of Minto. Underground work\nduring the year consisted of 100 feet of drifting, 45 feet of crosscutting, and 20 feet\nof winzing. It was decided that the results of this work merited the installation of\nequipment, so work was commenced on a road over which the equipment could be hauled.\nA bridge was built across Bridge River, and the initial rock-work completed on the\nnorth side of Tommy Creek along the proposed route.\nTyaughton Creek.\nLucky Strike Gold Mines, Ltd.\u00E2\u0080\u0094A small amount of underground work was done at this\nproperty before operations were suspended and the equipment removed.\nEldorado Basin.\nThis property is located in Eldorado Basin, at the headwaters of\nEldorado Property. Eldorado Creek, northern tributary to Gun Creek. Gun Creek is a\ntributary of Bridge River. Eldorado Basin is at an elevation of 6,000\nfeet. The owner, Grant White, has optioned the property to the Britannia Mining and\nSmelting Company, Limited. During the summer months the Britannia Company con- A 60 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nducted exploration work with a crew of twelve men under the supervision of E. C. Roper.\nIn addition to extensive surface cuts, over 300 feet of tunnelling and considerable\ndiamond-drilling were completed.\nLower Bridge River.\nCompany office, 102-6 Pacific Building, 744 Hastings Street West, Van-\nMinto Gold Mines, couver, B.C.; J. Miller, Secretary. Capital: 3,000,000 shares, no par\nLtd. (N.P.L.). value. Messrs. N. Evans and W. Davidson obtained a lease on this\ncompany's mine. In the months of April, May, and June they carried\nout mining and milling operations with a crew of men ranging up to fifty in number.\nThe ore treated was from pillars and from broken material in a few of the upper stopes.\nSome of this broken material had caved from the hanging-wall side of the stopes. It is\nreported that about 4,000 tons of ore was treated. The shaft was also dewatered to the\n600 level, and it was the intention to drive to the vein on the 500 level, but the project\nwas abandoned before this plan could be carried out.\nMessrs. P. Schultz, of Pioneer, and E. Laurentzen, of Minto, obtained\nCongress Mines, an option on part of the holdings of this company lying to the north\nLtd. of the old underground workings. They employed a small crew of men\nand did considerable open-cut work on several showings which were\ndiscovered during the life of the option. They now have made other arrangements with\nthe company.\nLILLOOET AREA.\nGrange Consolidated Mines, Ltd.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Company office, 1351 Broadway West, Vancouver,\nB.C.; mine office, Kelly Lake, B.C. The only work done at the property of this company\nconsisted of underground maintenance-work.\nWatson Bar Creek.\nThese claims are located at the head of the North Fork of Watson Bar\nClaims of Creek, and lie about 10 miles west of the Big Bar ferry crossing on the\nW. Trimble. Fraser River, about 40 miles north of Lillooet. Trimble has been\nsearching for the source of high-grade float since 1914 and has done\nconsiderable tunnelling and other prospect work on the claims, carrying on as usual\nduring the past year.\nASHCROFT-KAMLOOPS AREA.\nCompany office, 404 Pacific Building, Vancouver, B.C.; mine office,\nVidette Gold Savona, B.C.; C. E. Smythe, President; G. F. H. Long, Secretary-\nMines, Ltd. Treasurer; R. Avison, Mine Manager. Capital: 2,000,000 shares, no\npar value; issued, 1,104,568. The company operates the Vidette mine,\n33 miles by road north of the highway. The mine road leaves the highway at a point\n5 miles west of Savona. The drive, started last year to cross under Vidette Lake to the\nDexheimer zone, was completed under the supervision of R. Avison, and a small amount\nof drifting and raising was done on the zone. As further funds were not available and\narrangements could not be made for further financing, this work had to be discontinued.\nThe mine was finally abandoned and the plant and equipment put up for sale.\n[Reference: Annual Report, 1936, Part F.]\nHamilton Creek Gold Mines, Ltd.\u00E2\u0080\u0094It is understood that A. Galloway, of Kamloops, one\nof the principals of this company, had a small amount of surface trenching done on the\ncompany's property near Vidette Lake.\nThis was formerly known as the Telluric mine and is located about 15\nCurtis Mine. miles east of Vidette Lake. D. B. Sterrett, of Kamloops, reported his\nintention to employ about three men to explore for and to mine high-\ngrade ore from this property.\nDouglas B. Sterrett, Superintendent. This property is located close\nIron Cap Mine, to the Kamloops-Ashcroft Highway, 5 miles west of Kamloops. An\ninclined shaft has been sunk for 75 feet on a vein which contains gold-\ncopper mineralization. A gas-engine provides power for hoisting. Operations ceased\nin August. PROGRESS NOTES. A 61\nSIMILKAMEEN RIVER AREA.\nHedley.\nCompany office, Room 2402, 19 Rector Street, New York, N.Y.; mine\nKelowna Explora- office, Hedley, B.C.; W. Adams Kissam, Chairman; Sewell T. Tyng,\ntion Co., Ltd. President; John W. Mercer, Treasurer; 0. P. Ebeling, Secretary;\nW. C. Douglass, Mine Manager. This is a private company, operating\nthe Nickel Plate mine at Hedley. The underground haulage, storage, and loading\nfacilities at the top of the main haulage winze were considerably improved during the\nyear. Development consisted of 4,602 feet of crosscutting and drifting, 60 feet of\nwinzing, and 380 feet of raising. A total of 82,660 tons of ore was milled, yielding\n5,591 tons of concentrates. A crew of 179 men was employed at the mine.\nCompany office, 1132 Marine Building, Vancouver, B.C.; mine office,\nHedley Mascot Hedley, B.C.; Wendell B. Farris, President; V. J. Creeden, Secretary;\nGold Mines, Ltd. W. S. Charlton, Treasurer; C. W. S. Tremaine, General Superintendent.\nCapital: 3,000,000 shares, $1 par; issued, 2,264,130. The property of\nthis company is located 1 mile north of Hedley. A raise has been driven to connect the\n4,300 level with the 4,800 level. From the raise exploratory development-work has been\ndone at intermediate levels. Ore from the 4,300 level is raised by surface aerial tram\nfrom the portal of this level to one portal of the 4,800 level. On the 4,800 level the ore\nis transported to the main portal. At this main portal is located the top terminal of the\nmain surface aerial tramway to the mill.\nDuring the past year a cyanide plant has been installed to operate in conjunction\nwith the flotation-mill. Several buildings have been constructed for use as offices,\nshops, and storage-room.\nDevelopment during the year consisted of 423 feet of crosscutting, 1,330 feet of\ndrifting, 1,788 feet of raising, and 17,070 feet of diamond-drilling. A total of 6,115\ntons of concentrates yielded 22,819 oz. of gold and 2,829 oz. of silver. An average crew\nof 133 men was employed.\nCompany office, 1132 Marine Building, Vancouver, B.C.; mine office,\nCanty Gold Mines Hedley, B.C.; Wendell B. Farris, President; V. J. Creeden, Secretary;\n(Hedley), Ltd. W. S. Charlton, Treasurer; R. H. Stewart, Managing Director; Charles\nBishop, Mine Superintendent. Capital: 3,000,000 shares, $1 par;\nissued, 2,172,788. The property of this company is about 2 miles east of the Nickel\nPlate mine. During the past season the mine was dewatered. Work of exploratory\nnature was confined largely to the No. 1 drift level.\nOre from the Canty was treated in the Mascot mill. To permit haulage by truck\nit was necessary to improve the road from the Canty to a point above the Mascot mine.\nFrom this point the ore was transferred by a short aerial tram to the top terminal of\nthe Mascot tramway.\nTULAMEEN.\nLloyd Kissick, Superintendent. This company operates the property\nGrasshopper Mine, known generally as the \" Rabbitt Group,\" located 8 miles from the town\nof Tulameen, on the west bank of the Tulameen River. The property\nis accessible by good road from Tulameen. The property was located by the Rabbitt\nBros, in 1938. Several truck-loads of selected ore were mined from the surface and\nshipped during that year. The property was optioned and mining machinery was\ninstalled. During 1939 and 1940 two adits were driven on the vein for distances of 110\nand 336 feet respectively. A stope was carried from the upper, No. 1, level to the surface. A raise was driven from No. 2 level. Operations were suspended in November,\n1940.\nDevelopment consisted of 110 feet of crosscutting, 1,150 feet of drifting, and 350\nfeet of raising. A total of 1,361 tons of ore was mined, yielding 924 oz. of gold and\n514 oz. of silver.\nAn average crew of eight men was employed. A 62 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nSTUMP LAKE AREA.\nCompany office, 506 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver, B.C.; mine office,\nConsolidated Nicola Box 759, Kamloops, B.C.; Mathew Sutton, President; C. J. White,\nGoldfields, Ltd. Secretary-Treasurer; R. A. Petter, Mine Superintendent. Capital:\n6,500,000 shares, $1 par. This company operates the Nicola mine,\nlocated 2 miles west of the Kamloops-Nicola Highway, about 30 miles north from\nMerritt.\nDuring the past year exploratory development was confined largely to the Enterprise and King William veins on the 550, 675, 800, and 900 levels. A new crushing plant\nwas installed in the mill. Changes were made in the power plant and to the flotation\nequipment. With these additions and changes completed, the mill was put into operation in May and has been in production intermittently since that date.\nDevelopment included 230 feet of crosscutting, 345 feet of drifting, and 40 feet of\nwinzing.\nA total of 4,759 tons of ore produced 476 tons of concentrates, which yielded 437 oz.\nof gold, 20,750 oz. of silver, as well as lead and zinc.\n[Reference: Annual Report, 1936, Part D.]\nCAMP McKINNEY AREA.\nThis property was operated under lease by George Boag, of Greenwood,\nCariboo Amelia. B.C., and associates. Hand-steel was used during the early part of the\nyear but later a small gasoline-powered compressor was installed.\nOperations were confined to recovering pillars and the remnants of old stopes near the\nsurface.\n[Reference: Bulletin No. 6, 1940.]\nThis property adjoins the Cariboo Amelia. It is under option to the\nWiarton. Highland Bell, Limited, who are carrying on development-work. A\npower plant consisting of a 60-horse-power McCormick Diesel engine\nbelt-connected to a 265-cubic-foot Gardner-Denver single-stage compressor was installed\nfor this work, while the shaft was served by a small Holman air-hoist. Development-\nwork included 60 feet of sinking, 100 feet of drifting, and 120 feet of crosscutting. A\ncrew of five men was employed.\n[Reference: Bulletin No. 6, 1940.]\nKETTLE RIVER AREA.\nThis claim, on the North Fork of the Kettle River, about 24 miles north\nMaybe. of Westbridge, is owned by L. Clery and S. Berglund, of Westbridge\nand Rossland respectively. Early in the year it was optioned by the\nCanadian Exploration, Limited, who employed a crew of three men to do a small amount\nof development-work with hand-steel. At the same time S. Berglund, on a lease from\nthe optionees, mined and shipped to Trail 143 tons of ore which yielded 83 oz. of gold\nand 157 oz. of silver. A small gasoline-driven portable compressor was used for this\nwork. Development-work consisted of 80 feet of drifting.\n[Reference: Annual Report, 1938, Part D.]\nThis property is situated on Horseshoe Mountain, about 24 miles from\nMogul. Westbridge. Leasers using hand-steel shipped 10 tons of ore to Trail\nwhich yielded 10 oz. of gold and 3 oz. of silver. Development-work\nconsisted of 30 feet of drifting.\n[Reference: Annual Report, 1938, Part D.]\nBEAVERDELL AREA.\nThis property is situated at Carmi, B.C. It is under option to John D.\nButcher Boy. and James Kerr and H. S. Nordman, of Beaverdell. A small gasoline-\ndriven hoist is the only mechanical equipment at the mine. Three\nmen were employed underground. PROGRESS NOTES. A 63\nThis property adjoins the Butcher Boy. The underground workings\nCarmi. of the two properties are connected. During the year it was optioned\nby the Highland Bell, Limited, who, in addition to dewatering the mine\nfor sampling and examination, mined and shipped ore from the upper level. A total of\neight men, four underground, were engaged in this operation. The Highland Bell\noption was dropped during the summer and the property operated under lease by J. Kerr\nand three associates, using hand-steel to mine. A total of 603 tons was shipped from\nthis property, yielding 222 oz. of gold and 910 oz. of silver.\nRosemont.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property, situated 9 miles from Beaverdell, is under option to the\nHighland Bell, Limited. Development-work included 30 feet of drifting and 100 feet\nof crosscutting.\nGREENWOOD-GRAND FORKS AREA.\nJewel Lake.\nCompany office, 850 Hastings Street West, Vancouver, B.C.; G. T.\nDentonia Mines, Vaux, Vice-President. Capital: 2,500,000 shares, no par value; issued,\nLtd. 1,645,000. The company owns the Dentonia mine near Jewel Lake.\nThe property is operated under lease by John Halstrom, Eric Schoberg,\nand Robert Lee, of Greenwood. A crew of five men, four of whom worked underground,\nwas employed throughout the year.\n[Reference: Bulletin No. 13, 1941.]\nAmandy.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property, situated on Roderick Dhu Mountain above Jewel Lake, is\nowned by E. C. Henniger, of Grand Forks, and operated under lease by Martin Holm\nand associates, of Grand Forks.\nEthiopia.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property adjoins the Dentonia. It was operated under lease for a\nshort time by P. Russell, Joe Price, and J. Walker, of Greenwood.\nLakeside.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property is situated about half a mile north of the Dentonia. It is\nowned by Mrs. Duhamel, of Greenwood, and is optioned under lease by Nick Ogloff and\nfour partners, of Grand Forks, B.C.\nFranklin Camp.\nThis property is situated in the Franklin Camp, about 48 miles north\nHomestake. of Grand Forks. It is owned by W. E. McArthur and associates, of\nGreenwood, and is operated under lease and bond by Herman Brunner\nand partner. This year 2% miles of road was constructed to connect the property with\nthe main road from Grand Forks to the Union mine.\nThis property, situated 46 miles from Grand Forks, in the Franklin\nUnion. Camp, is owned by the J. F. McCarthy estate, of Wallace, Idaho, and is\noperated under lease and bond by W. E. McArthur, of Greenwood, B.C.\nDevelopment-work done during the year included 30 feet of drifting, 75 feet of raising\nand surface trenching. A crew of six was employed throughout the year. A total of\n4,144 tons of ore shipped to Trail yielded 1,082 oz. of gold and 38,031 oz. of silver.\nBoundary Falls.\nThis property is owned by the Consolidated Mining and Smelting\nNo. 7. Company of Canada, Limited, and is operated under lease by W. E.\nMcArthur, of Greenwood. A crew of three men was employed and a\nportable compressor used for underground work. Development-work included 130 feet\nof drifting and 200 feet of raising. A total of 723 tons of ore shipped to Trail yielded\n185 oz. of gold and 8,855 oz. of silver.\nPAULSON AREA.\nAlbion No. 2.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property, situated about 8 miles from Paulson, is owned and\noperated by Joe Kloman. Four men were mining with hand-steel.\nBerlin and Inland Empire.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property, adjoining the Albion No. 2, is being operated\nunder lease by S. Sinnerud and four partners, of Paulson, B.C. A 64 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nLARDEAU AREA.\nTrout Lake.\nCompany office, 302 Stock Exchange Building, Vancouver, B.C.; A. C.\nWinslow Con- Speirs, Manager. This property is situated on Winslow Creek, about\nsolidated, Ltd. 7 miles by tractor-road from Trout Lake, and is held under option by\n(N.P.L.). the Winslow Consolidated, Limited. W. J. Scorgie is in charge of\noperations at the mine. Milling operations, suspended during the\nwinter of 1939, were resumed in July and continued until about the middle of October.\nA crew of fourteen men was employed.\nOkanagan.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property adjoins the Winslow and is included in that group of\nclaims. It was leased to William Butler and partner of Beaton.\nThis property is situated at the head of Triune Creek, about half a mile\nTriune. north-east of the Okanagan. It was optioned from the Triune Mining\nCompany, 301 Standard Bank Building, Vancouver, B.C., by A. H.Upton,\nD. H. Lougheed, and associates. The 5 miles of old road from Ten Mile on Ferguson\nCreek up Triune Creek to the property were cleaned out and repaired. A new bridge\nwas built across Ferguson Creek. A crew of six men was employed.\nCopper Queen.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property is situated about l1/. miles west of the Winslow. A\nsmall amount of surface work was done by the owner, A. D. Oakey, of Beaton.\nGERRARD AREA.\nSilver Crest.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property, formerly known as Mobbs mine, is situated on Poplar\nCreek. During the season it was under option to a Revelstoke syndicate. Two men,\nusing hand-steel, did a small amount of development-work.\nSLOCAN AREA.\nRetallack.\nCompany office, 535 Georgia Street, Vancouver, B.C.; A. J. Noble,\nHighland Surprise Secretary. Capital: 3,000,000 shares, 50 cents par. The company's\nGold Mines, Ltd. property is situated on Lyle Creek, 31/. miles from Retallack. A crew\nof thirty-five men was employed under the direction of V. J. Southey.\nJohn Vallance was in charge of milling. An extensive programme was undertaken\nduring the summer months. Surface construction included the building of 1,700 feet\nof 2-bueket jig-back aerial tram to connect the No. 4 level with the truck-road. A new\npower-house was constructed near the upper tram terminal. Additional mechanical\nequipment installed included a two-stage Diesel-driven Sullivan compressor of 400 cubic\nfeet capacity. Underground development for the year consisted of 974 feet of drifting\nand crosscutting, 185 feet of raising, 9 feet of sinking, and 1,000 feet of diamond-\ndrilling. The Whitewater mill and hydro-electric power plant were leased by the Highland Surprise Company and the mill was operated, mostly on a one-shift basis, from\nAugust 26th to November 4th. During the operation, about 2,800 tons of ore was\nmined and milled.\n[Reference: Bulletin No. 7, 1940.]\nLemon Creek.\nThis property, situated on Chapleau Creek and owned by the Milton\nChapleau. Gold Mining Company, of Penticton, was operated under lease and bond\nby W. K. Cross and associates. C. A. Ritchie was in charge of mining.\nA crew of seven men was employed during the summer months.\nCrusader.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property, situated on Crusader Creek, was operated under option\nduring the early part of the year by C. A. Ritchie.\nThis property, situated at the head of Gold Creek, is owned and\nHoward Fraction, operated by F. T. Harbour, of Slocan City. During the summer, work\nwas confined chiefly to reopening a low-level adit 1,600 feet long which\nhad been caved for many years. A crew of three men was employed.\n[Reference: Annual Report, 1938, Part E.] PROGRESS NOTES. A 65\nAinsworth.\nCompany office, 404 Title and Trust Building, Portland, Oregon; Brit-\nScranton Consoli- ish Columbia office, Ainsworth, B.C.; Ben W. Scott, President; S. O.\ndated Mining Co. Griffith, Secretary. Capital: 650,000 shares, no par value. The\nScranton property, situated at the head of Woodbury Creek, about 11\nmiles by pack-trail from the Nelson-Kaslo Highway, is owned by the above company.\nR. B. Mahan is in charge of operations. A crew of eight men was employed throughout\nthe year. Development-work consisted of 800 feet of drifting, 260 feet of crosscutting,\nand extensive surface-trenching.\nSilverton and Slocan City.\nSenator (formerly Batchelor).\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property, situated on Memphis Creek, about 5 miles\nfrom Slocan City, is owned by E. Graham and associates, of Slocan City, and operated\nunder lease by Ed Bergstrom and R. H. Kline. Three men were engaged in hand-steel\noperation which yielded 3.5 tons of ore.\nExchange.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property, situated on Dayton Creek, was operated under lease by\nF. T. Harbour. Six tons of ore was shipped.\nBell No. 2.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property is situated on the Republic road, 5 miles from Slocan\nCity. It was operated by E. B. Peterson and partner, of Ymir, B.C., who mined 5 tons\nof ore with hand-steel.\nNELSON AREA.\nThis property, situated near Hall Siding, about 10 miles south of\nEuphrates. Nelson, is now operated by the Gold Silver Tungsten Mining and\nMilling Company of Seattle, Washington. Operations at the mine are\nunder the direction of Sarkis Terzian, Nelson, B.C. A 100-ton flotation-mill, originally\nat the Ottawa mine near Slocan City, has been acquired by the above company and\ninstalled at the Euphrates mine. In addition to this, the tram-line from the mine to the\nrailroad was rebuilt to connect with the head of the mill. At the upper terminal a 200-\nton ore-bin was constructed. A crew of from nine to twenty-two men was engaged in\nthis work during the latter half of the year. Practically no work has been done\nunderground.\n[Reference: Annual Report, 1937, Part E.]\nToad Mountain.\nAthabasca.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property, situated on Morning Mountain, is owned by the Noble\nFive Mines, Limited, and operated under lease by L. Gormley and associates. A small\ncompressor plant has been installed. Some of the ore has a high cadmium content.\nThis property, owned by Mrs. Mary Wilson, of Nelson, was operated\nCalifornia. under option by F. F. Tait, of Alameda, California. A small Diesel-\ndriven compressor was installed and a small amount of development-\nwork done. A crew of three to four men was employed. Eight tons of ore was mined,\nyielding 10 oz. gold and 14 oz. silver.\nGold Leaf.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property is situated about 5 miles south of Nelson. A small\namount of development-work was done with hand-steel by the owner, Herbert Wood,\nof Nelson.\nThese properties, on Morning Mountain, just north of Toad Mountain,\nVenus-Juno. are owned by the R. Heddle estate and operated under lease by several\nsmall groups and individuals; namely, L. Gormley, Bruno Sterna, John\nSandal, and Ed Myers. Hand-steel was used. A total of 183 tons of ore shipped to\nTrail yielded 191 oz. of gold and 450 oz. of silver.\nVictoria-Jessie.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property, situated on Toad Mountain, was operated by Ed\nMathews and R. Sherradan. Hand-steel was used for mining.\nHall Creek.\nBear.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property, situated on Hall Creek adjoining the Fern mine, was operated\nby two leasers, J. Bergquist and Arthur Carlson. Thirty-two tons of ore mined by\nhand-steel yielded 51 oz. of gold and 12 oz. of silver.\n[Reference: Annual Report, 1937, Part E.] A 66 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nThis is an old property with extensive underground workings. It is\nFern. owned by C. E. and L. R. Hawley, of Spokane, Washington. Operation\nduring the year was by two separate groups of leasers. Hand-steel\nwas used. A total of 108 tons of ore shipped to Trail yielded 6'6 oz. of gold and 53 oz.\nof silver.\nThe Canadian Belle property is owned and operated by the Canadian\nCanadian Belle Belle Mining Company, 328 Peyton Building, Spokane, Washington.\nMining Co. Mining was carried on throughout the summer, hand-steel being used\nfor underground work. Development included 12 feet of drifting, 9\nfeet of crosscutting, and 400 feet of surface-trenching. In addition, about 1 mile of\ntruck-road and 800 feet of trail were built to make parts of the property more easily\naccessible. A total of 14 tons of ore mined yielded 17 oz. of gold.\n[Reference: Annual Report, 1937, Part E.]\nCompany office, 521 Central Building, Seattle, Washington; H. R.\nLivingstone Mining Smith, President and Manager; R. W. Hutchison, Secretary. This\nCo., Incorporated, company owns and operates the Granite-Poorman mine on Eagle\nCreek, near Blewett, B.C. Fourteen men were employed throughout\nthe year. In addition, several groups of leasers worked on various parts of the property. Company development included 575 feet of drifting, 120 feet of raising, and\nconsiderable surface-trenching. This latter disclosed a new vein to the east of the\nPoorman vein and on the east bank of Eagle Creek. This vein was stripped for some\n500 feet and found to be parallel in dip and strike to the other veins on the property.\nSome of the ore from the company operations was treated in the customs mill at Granite\nSiding and the concentrates shipped to Trail. The remainder of the ore mined by the\ncompany, and all that mined by the leasers, was shipped direct to the Trail smelter.\nA total of 780 tons of ore yielded 482 oz. of gold and 553 oz. of silver.\nCompany office, Nelson, B.C.; D. H. Norcross, President and Mine\nVenango Gold Manager; J. A. Cullinane, Secretary-Treasurer. The company owns\nMines, Ltd. and operates the Venango mine, on the west side of Eagle Creek, adjoining the Granite-Poorman. A total crew of six men, all of whom\nworked underground, was employed throughout the year. Development-work included\n850 feet of drifting, 115 feet of crosscutting, 100 feet of raising, and 1,750 feet of\ndiamond-drilling. Ore totalling 127 tons was mined and shipped to Trail. This yielded\n48 oz. of gold and 61 oz. of silver. This ore contains some tungsten but no recovery of\nthis has been made to date.\nForty-nine Creek.\nMay and Jenny.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property, situated on Forty-nine Creek, was operated for a\nshort time under lease by C. H. Erickson and A. Olsen, of Nelson, B.C. A small amount\nof work was directed toward reopening the old tunnels.\nSitkum Creek.\nCompany office, 415 Baker Street, Nelson, B.C.; James B. Curtis, Presi-\nAlpine Gold, Ltd. dent; Barbara O'Neil, Secretary. Capital: 500,000 shares, 50 cents\n(N.P.L.). par. The Alpine property, situated at the head of Sitkum Creek, about\n9 miles from the Nelson-Kaslo Highway, is owned and operated by the\nAlpine Gold, Limited (N.P.L.). The work was conducted under the management of\nL. D. Clark. The crew varied from twelve to thirty-five men. Development consisted\nof 600 feet of drifting, 175 feet of crosscutting, and 596 feet of raising. This work was\ncompleted early in November, at which time the mill was started and run continuously\nfor the remainder of the year.\n[Reference: Annual Report, 1938, Part E.]\nYmir.\nThis property, situated on Ymir Creek just above its junction with\nBlackcock. Huckleberry Creek, is owned and operated by Frank W. Henderson, of\nCalgary, Alberta. Operations at the mine are under the direction of\nR. H. Weaver. Eight men were employed during most of the year. A small mining PROGRESS NOTES. A 67\nplant was installed, which consisted of an 80-horse-power Widdop Diesel engine belt-\nconnected to a single stage 12- by 12-inch Jenks compressor.\nThis property, situated about three-quarters of a mile above the Black-\nYmir Wilcox, cock on Ymir Creek, is operated under lease by Aitken Wolfe and\nassociates, of Ymir, B.C. A crew of eight men, all partners in the\nlease, was employed in hand-steel operation. In addition to the ore mined from underground, selected portions of an old tailings dump were found to be of sufficiently good\ngrade to warrant shipping.\nThis property, situated on Ymir Creek at the junction of Huckleberry\nColorado. Creek, is operated by a local syndicate composed of J. D. Ferguson,\nW. Griffiths, A. Holstrom, and S. Curwen, of Ymir, B.C., with J. D.\nFerguson as mine manager. The mine was operated intermittently during the year,\nthree men being employed. Development-work was limited to 100 feet of raising.\nThe Ymir Commodore property, situated on Ymir Creek, is operated\nYmir Commodore by the Ymir Commodore Mines Company, of Spokane, Washington,\nMines Co. with J. D. Ferguson in charge. Development-work, carried out by\nmachinery by a crew of four men, consisted of 500 feet of drifting\nand 150 feet of raising.\nCompany office, 704 Royal Trust Building, Vancouver, B.C.; mine office,\nYmir Consolidated Ymir, B.C.; R. C. McCorkell, President; T. G. Cowan, Secretary-\nGold Mines, Ltd. Treasurer; G. G. Sullivan, Mine Manager. Capital: 1,500,000 preferred shares, no par value; 2,500,000 common shares, no par value.\nIssued, 2,159,453 common shares. The company owns and operates the Goodenough\nmine on Elise Mountain. A development programme was carried on by the company\nunder the direction of G. G. Sullivan until April. The property, including all the\nmechanical equipment except the mill, was then leased to R. Cooper, A. and M. Burgess,\nand associates. A crew of six to eight men was employed by the leasers. Late in the\nyear the mill was taken over by the leasers and operated on a one-shift basis.\nThe Ymir mine adjoins the Goodenough and is owned by the same company. It\nwas operated by two separate groups of leasers working in different parts of the mine.\nThe lower levels were leased by Harold Watson and associates and the upper by Leo\nMadden and partners, a total crew of eight men being engaged.\nCompany office, 525 Seymour Street, Vancouver, B.C.; mine office,\nYmir-Yankee Girl Ymir, B.C.; E. P. Crawford, President; R. B. Lamb, Managing Direc-\nGold Mines, Ltd. tor; W. A. Sutton, Secretary-Treasurer; L. G. Morrell, Mine Manager.\nCapital: 3,000,000 shares, no par value; issued, 2,225,005. The company owns and operates the Yankee Girl mine on Oscar Creek, 3 miles from Ymir. The\nmine and mill were operated continuously throughout the year. During the early part\nof the year an option was taken on the adjoining Dundee property and a crosscut was\ndriven from the 1,235 level to develop this vein. Stoping on this vein and mining of\npillars and remnants of ore in the original Yankee Girl mine has provided the supply for\nthe mill. An average crew of seventy-eight men was employed. Fifty of these were\nemployed in underground work. Development consisted of 397 feet of drifting, 64 feet\nof crosscutting, and 889 feet of raising in the Yankee Girl workings; and 973 feet of\ndrifting, 1,118 feet of crosscutting, 508 feet of raising, and 91 feet of sinking in the\nDundee. Of the 53,527 tons of ore milled, 36,540 came from the Yankee Girl workings\nand the remainder from the Dundee. The production from this ore was 10,205 oz. of\ngold and 55,292 oz. of silver, as well as lead and zinc.\nThis property, situated near Ymir, was leased during the last three\nWesko. months of the year by Oscar Anderson and E. P. Haukendahl, of Ymir,\nB.C. Hand-steel operations were confined to a vein on the No. 3 level.\nA crew of four men was employed.\nSalmo.\nCompany office, 616 Stock Exchange Building, Vancouver, B.C.;\nClubine Comstock Charles F. Hunter, Secretary. Capital: 2,000,000 shares, 50 cents par.\nGold Mines, Ltd. This company owns and operates the Clubine-Comstock mine on Boulder\nCreek, about 4 miles north of Salmo. Mining was carried on for the A 68 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nfirst eight months of the year. Of the seven-man crew, four were employed underground. A low level crosscut was completed and some drifting done on the vein. Total\ndevelopment included 75 feet of drifting, 269 feet of crosscutting, and 176 feet of\nraising.\n[Reference: Annual Report, 1936, Part E.]\nSheep Creek.\nCompany office, 475 Howe Street, Vancouver, B.C.; mine office, Sheep\nKootenay Belle Creek, B.C.; Jonathan Rogers, President; J. A. Clarke, Secretary-\nGold Mines, Ltd. Treasurer; Vere McDowall, Mine Manager. Capital: 750,000 shares,\n50 cents par; issued, 675,200. The property is on Sheep Creek, about\n10 miles by road from Salmo. The mine and mill operated continuously throughout the\nyear, employing an average of 142 men, with 104 underground. The greatest part of\nthe ore recovered in the year's operation was from the area served by the main shaft\nbetween the 6 and 10 levels. The remainder came from the older parts of the mine and\nfrom the Dixie vein on the north side of Sheep Creek. The ground below the 10 level is\nnow being prospected by a winze. Total development included 4,663 feet of drifting,\n1,764 feet of crosscutting, 40 feet of sinking, and 610 feet of diamond-drilling. A total\nof 38,837 tons of ore was mined and treated, and this yielded 12,743 oz. of gold and\n3,507 oz. of silver.\nThis property is situated between the Motherlode and Gold Belt mines.\nGolden Belle. It is being operated under option by the Kootenay Belle Gold Mines,\nLimited. During the summer a complete small mining plant was\ninstalled and camp accommodation provided for sixteen men. A crew of seventeen men,\nwith nine underground, was employed for the last four months of the year. Underground development consisted of 842 feet of drifting. A quarter of a mile of road was\nreconditioned and rebuilt to connect the property with the old Gold Belt-Motherlode\nRoad.\nCompany office, 616 Stock Exchange Building, Vancouver, B.C.; mine\nSheep Creek office, Sheep Creek, B.C.; R. W. Bruhn, President; James Anderson,\nGold Mines, Ltd. Secretary-Treasurer; H. E. Doelle, General Superintendent and Managing Director. Capital: 2.000,000 shares, 50 cents par; issued,\n1,875,000. The company owns and operates the Queen mine on Waldie Creek, a tributary of Sheep Creek, and has options on adjoining properties. On the Queen and\nadjoining properties an average crew of 102 men was employed throughout the year\nwith sixty-seven working underground. Development in the Queen included 4,119 feet\nof drifting, 1,860 feet of crosscutting, 744 feet of raising, and 428 feet of diamond-\ndrilling. On the Ore Hill property, 279 feet of drifting, 1,326 feet of crosscutting, and\n1,145 feet of diamond-drilling were done. The underground work on the Ore Hill\nproperty is an extension of that in the main Queen mine. Development on the adjoining\nMidnight property included 134 feet of raising and 191 feet of diamond-drilling.\nDevelopment on the Bonanza property, held under option from C. Donaldson, of Salmo,\nincluded 813 feet of drifting, 372 feet of crosscutting, and 1,145 feet of diamond-drilling.\nA total of 55,077 tons of ore yielded 26,229 oz. of gold and 8,337 oz. of silver.\nCompany office, 616 Stock Exchange Building, Vancouver, B.C.; mine\nGold Belt Mining office, Sheep Creek, B.C.; A. E. Jukes, President; James Anderson,\nCo., Ltd. Secretary-Treasurer; H. E. Doelle, Mine Manager. Capital: 3,000,000\nshares, 50 cents par; issued, 2,535,000. The property is situated on\nSheep Creek, between the Reno and Kootenay Belle holdings, about 14y2 miles from\nSalmo. An average crew of 126 men, with ninety-two underground, was employed\nthroughout the year. Development-work included 4,736 feet of drifting, 1,799 feet of\ncrosscutting, and 933 feet of raising. A total of 62,366 tons of ore was mined and\ntreated and the bullion yielded 16,948 oz. of gold and 6,875 oz. of silver.\nCompany office, 525 Seymour Street, Vancouver, B.C.; mine office,\nReno Gold Mines, Salmo, B.C.; K. G. Nairn, President; W. A. Sutton, Secretary-\nLtd. Treasurer; W. S. Ellis, General Superintendent. Capital: 2,000,000\nshares, $1 par; issued, 1,880,000. The company owns the Reno,\nMotherlode, Nugget, and Bluestone mines and the Coyote prospect, all of which form a PROGRESS NOTES. A 69\nblock of ground in the Sheep Creek camp which adjoins the Gold Belt and Motherlode on\nthe north. The Reno was inactive during the year. On the others an average crew of\nsixty-eight men, with forty-nine underground, was employed throughout the year. The\nproperty is equipped with two complete mining plants, at the Motherlode and Bluestone\nrespectively, and a 140-ton capacity cyanide mill. The mill was operated continuously\nuntil November 15th when it was closed down for lack of ore, but development was continued on the Motherlode, Nugget, and Coyote. Development on the Motherlode-Nugget\nconsisted of 2,746 feet of drifting, 279 feet of crosscutting, 630 feet of raising, 276 feet\nof sinking, and 74 feet of diamond-drilling. The greatest proportion of the ore milled\nwas recovered from the area in which this work was done. At the Bluestone development consisted of 596 feet of drifting, 132 feet of crosscutting, 41 feet of raising, 190\nfeet of sinking, and 1,360 feet of diamond-drilling. In addition some surface-trenching\nwas done on the Bluestone vein. At the Coyote workings development consisted of 179\nfeet of drifting, 922 feet of crosscutting, and 47 feet of diamond-drilling. Bullion from\na total of 35,978 tons of ore yielded 11,200 oz. of gold and 3,795 oz. of silver.\nThe Nugget mine was operated continuously throughout the year by two leasers\nusing hand-steel. Activities were confined to the older parts of the mine and to the\ntailings dump of the old mill. A total of 1,191 tons of ore was recovered and shipped to\nTrail. This yielded 628 oz. of gold and 426 oz. of silver.\nThis property is situated on Muskrat Creek, a tributary of Sheep\nEureka. Creek. Intermittent hand-steel operation was conducted during the\nyear. The property is equipped with a small water-power grinding\nand amalgamation unit. _, \u00E2\u0080\u009E\nErie Creek.\nCompany office, 626 Pender Street West, Vancouver, B.C.; mine office,\nRelief-Arlington Erie, B.C.; Bert F. Smith, President and Managing Director; D. G.\nMines, Ltd. Marshall, Secretary-Treasurer; S. M. Manning, General Superintendent.\nCapital: 3,000,000 shares, $1 par; issued, 3,000,000. The company is\ncontrolled by Premier Gold Mining Company, Limited, which holds 1,530,000 shares.\nThe company owns and operates the Second Relief mine, situated on Erie Creek, about\n13 miles from Salmo. The mine and mill operated continuously throughout the year,\nemploying an average of 134 men, with eighty-seven underground. The ore from the\nmine is hand-sorted, about 40 per cent, being rejected before treatment in the mill.\nDevelopment-work included 2,125 feet of drifting, 529 feet of crosscutting, and 1,359\nfeet of raising in the main workings. Across Erie Creek, 462 feet of drifting, 24 feet\nof crosscutting, and 70 feet of raising were done on the Rand vein. A total of 31,333\ntons of ore was milled, and the bullion yielded 10,604 oz. of gold and 3,556 oz. of silver.\nThis property, situated on Keystone Mountain, 3 miles north of Erie, is\nArlington. owned by the Relief-Arlington Mines, Limited, and operated under lease\nby R. Oscarson, of Spokane, Washington. Twelve men were employed\nthroughout the year under the supervision of Albert J. Johnson. Hand-steel only was\nused. Development included 218 feet of drifting, 49 feet of crosscutting, and 373 feet\nof raising. A total of 819 tons of ore yielded 1,150 oz. of gold and 2,461 oz. of silver.\nThis property, situated on Keystone Mountain, 3% miles north of Erie,\nKeystone. was operated under option by the Slocan Silver Mines, Limited, who did\n500 feet of surface-trenching. Late in the year it was subleased to\nArthur F. Forsyth and associates who are mining underground with hand-steel. Four\nmen were engaged in this work. No ore was shipped during 1940.\nThis property, owned by E. Ballinger, of Salmo, and leased by S.\nHarriett. Curwen and associates, is situated on Craigtown Creek, about 3 miles\nabove the Second Relief road. Seven men were employed, four of them\nunderground. The property is equipped with a small mining plant. Development-work\nincluded 500 feet of drifting and 50 feet of crosscutting.\n[Reference: Annual Report, 1937, Part E.]\nRoss Spur.\nReliance Group.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property, situated near Ross Spur, about 9 miles south of\nSalmo, is under lease to G. H. Grimwood and associates. A small mining plant was\ninstalled late in the year. a 70 report of the minister of mines, 1940.\nPend-d'Oreille River.\nBunker Hill.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property is owned by the Waneta Gold Mines, Limited, and, for a\nshort time, was operated under lease by A. H. W. Crossley and associates. Hand-steel\nonly was used.\nSOUTH KOOTENAY LAKE AREA.\nCompany office, 308 Pacific Building, Vancouver, B.C.; mine office,\nBayonne Consoli- Bayonne, B.C.; W. C. Ditmars, President; H. T. Wilson, Secretary-\ndated Mines, Ltd. Treasurer; John Broatch, Mine Manager. Capital: 2,500,000 shares,\nno par value; issued, 2,500,000. The company owns and operates the\nBayonne mine, situated on Summit Creek, about 23 miles by road from Tye Siding. An\naverage crew of seventy-four men was employed. The development programme undertaken in 1939 blocked out sufficient ore to keep the mill in operation since April of this\nyear. Exploratory work has exposed commercial ore on the lowest adit level, No. 8\nlevel. Development included 1,818 feet of drifting and 570 feet of crosscutting. Ore\ntotalling 13,083 tons was milled, and the bullion yielded 6,720 oz. of gold and 13,925 oz.\nof silver. During the summer a bush fire destroyed the office, assay office, powder-\nhouse, stable, and several dwellings and outbuildings. These were replaced.\n[Reference: Annual Report, 1937, Part E.]\nThis property, owned and operated by R. M. and K. K. Laib, is situated\nSpokane. on Wall Mountain, 18 miles from Tye Siding. Five men were employed\nduring the summer and autumn months. Hand-steel only was used.\nOre totalling 230 tons from underground and taken from old dumps yielded 133 oz. of\ngold and 1,826 oz. of silver, as well as lead and zinc. Development consisted of 30 feet\nof drifting and 25 feet of raising.\n[Reference: Annual Report, 1937, Part E.]\nThis property is situated on Hughes Creek, a tributary of Midge Creek,\nWisconsin. about 11 miles from Kootenay Lake. It is owned by the Vendors,\nLimited, and was optioned to the Canadian Exploration, Limited. A\ncrew of sixteen men was employed during the summer months under the direction of\nH. L. Batten. The property is equipped with a complete small mining plant. Development-work included 250 feet of drifting and 180 feet of crosscutting, all on the No. 1\nlevel north of the shaft. In addition all the surface-cuts were cleaned out and resampled\nand some additional stripping done on the south end. No ore was shipped.\nThis property, situated about 2 miles from Ginol Landing on Kootenay\nSanca. Lake, is under option to P. D. McTavish, of Vancouver, and associates.\nDuring the latter part of the year eleven men under the direction of\nW. E. Johnson were engaged in building an aerial tram some 3,700 feet long to connect\nthe mine workings with the end of the road. The mine is equipped with a small portable\ncompressor. No work was done underground.\nROSSLAND AREA.\nMount Roberts.\nMidnight.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property is owned and operated by B. A. Lins and associates, of\nRossland, B.C. It is equipped with a small mining plant. A crew of four men was\nemployed. Very little development was done during the year.\nThis property was operated under lease by Chris Jorgensen and Vic\nI.X.L. Larsen. It is equipped with a small mining plant and employs four\nmen, all partners. A small amount of development-work was done.\nThe 38 tons of ore mined yielded 390 oz. of gold and 135 oz. of silver.\nO.K. and Gold Drip.\u00E2\u0080\u0094A small amount of hand-steel work was done on these properties\nby leasers.\nRossland.\nThis property, situated about 1 mile east of Rossland and just off the\nJumbo. main Cascade Highway, is owned by Mrs. Charlotte Finch Smith, of\nCalifornia, and is operated under lease by M. J. Doran and M. Michaley.\nFour men, all partners, were employed, and hand-steel only was used. PROGRESS NOTES. A 71\nSouth Belt.\nThis property is operated under lease and bond to the Mayflower\nMayflower. Mining Syndicate, comprised of Lloyd A. Smith and associates, of Penticton. R. W. Haggen acts as consultant and Frank Brinson as mine\nforeman. The property is equipped with a small mining plant. Five men were employed for the greater part of the year. Development included 210 feet of drifting,\n203 feet of crosscutting, 320 feet of surface-trenching, and 693 feet of diamond-drilling.\nVERNON AREA.\nKalamalka.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property, situated on Brewer Creek, 2 miles from Lavington, is\nleased by S. M. and C. Penny and J. A. Thomasson. Hand-steel only was used. The\nproperty was operated continuously from February 1st.\nThis property is situated on the Vernon-Edgewood Highway, 30 miles\nMonashee. east of Lumby. Late in the year it was leased by G., M. F., and F. H.\nPeterson, S. Flodstrom, and William McLaren. All the milling and\nmining equipment has been removed from this property and the present operation is\nconfined to areas within the mine where the ore, mined by hand-steel, can be taken out\nin wheelbarrows.\nTEXADA ISLAND.\nCompany office, 1604 Royal Bank Building, Vancouver, B.C.; mine\nGem Gold Mines, office, Vananda, B.C.; Ralph A. Logan, President; R. E. Logan, Secre-\nLtd. tary-Treasurer; W. J. Sclater, Mine Manager. Capital: 2,000,000\nshares, $1 par; issued, 1,669,628. This company owns the Gem mine\non Texada Island, 5 miles from Blubber Bay. From the bottom of No. 2 shaft, which\nwas sunk in 1939 to a depth of 250 feet from the surface, a crosscut was driven to the\nNo. 2 vein, a distance of 20 feet from the shaft, and drifting was done on this vein for\na distance of 115 feet in a north-easterly direction. A crosscut was then driven 215\nfeet in a south-easterly direction to connect to No. 1 vein, and drifting on this vein\namounted to 110 feet.\nNo further work has been done underground, but surface work on the outcrops\nwas continued.\nCompany office, 325 Standard Bank Building, Vancouver, B.C.; mine\nSeccondee Mines, office, Vananda, B.C.; John Morgan, Secretary. Capital: 50,000\nLtd. shares, $1 par; company in voluntary liquidation (February, 1940).\nThis company was operating the old Marjorie property, but work was\ndiscontinued in February.\nVANCOUVER ISLAND.\nZeballos.\nCompany office, 602 Stock Exchange Building, Vancouver, B.C.; D. S.\nPrivateer Mine, Tait, President; N. E. McConnell, Manager. Capital: 2,500,000 shares,\nLtd. no par value; issued, 2,454,080. The company operates the Privateer\nmine in Spud Valley, 4 miles by road from Zeballos. The property is\nequipped with a 75- to 90-ton amalgamation and cyanide mill. Most of the stoping in\nthis mine is now on the No. 2 vein. The shaft is sunk to the 1,200 level from the 1,100\nlevel and preparations are being made to continue sinking. Drifting has been carried\non for 300 feet on the No. 2 vein in the 1,200 level. The total amount of drifting for\nthe year amounts to 3,149 feet; crosscutting, 1,309 feet; raising, 708 feet; and diamond-\ndrilling, 10,855 feet. A crew of 115 men was employed. This company also operates\nthe Prident mine. Some work was done there and preparations are being made to\nresume operations.\n[Reference: Lode Gold Deposits, Zeballos Area, 1938.]\nCompany office, 1001 Federal Building, Toronto, Ont.; mine office,\nMount Zeballos Zeballos, B.C.; F. M. Connell, President; A. Cockeram, Secretary-\nGold Mines, Ltd. Treasurer; W. S. Hamilton, Mine Manager. Capital: 1,500,000 shares,\n$1 par; issued, 1,100,000. The company operates the Mount Zeballos A 72 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nmine, on the west side of Spud Creek. Seven levels have been opened up, all from the\nsurface. Stoping is being carried on in the 1,500, 1,600, 1,800, 1,900, and 2,000 levels.\nThe 2,150 level is in 179 feet. Total amount of drifting done was 3,439 feet; cross-\ncutting, 9 feet; raising, 1,450 feet; and diamond-drilling, 815 feet. A crew of eighty-\nfive men was employed.\n[Reference: Annual Report, 1938, Part F.]\nCompany office, 814 Rogers Building, Vancouver, B.C.; mine office,\nWhite Star Mine, Zeballos, B.C.; R. P. Stockton, President; T. D. Pickard, Manager.\nLtd. Capital: 200,000 shares, $1 par. This company operates the White\nStar mine on Spud Creek. Stoping has been carried out on the Nos. 1,\n2, and 3 levels in both Nos. 1 and 2 veins. The total drifting for the year amounted to:\nNo. 1 level, 120 feet; No. 2 level, 315 feet; and No. 3 level, 670 feet. Crosscutting on\nNo. 3 level, 155 feet. About seventeen men are employed.\n[Reference: Lode Gold Deposits, Zeballos Area, 1938.]\nCompany office, 716 Stock Exchange Building, Vancouver, B.C. This\nZeballos Pacific company has started operations on the Gold Peak property. A Gardner-\nMining Co. Denver compressor operated by an International Diesel engine has been\ninstalled, giving 350 cubic feet of free air per minute. Two drifts have\nbeen started, one on the No. 4 vein is in 600 feet and one on the No. 1 vein is in 450 feet.\nSeventeen men are employed.\nCompany office, 703 Royal Bank Building, Vancouver, B.C.; mine office,\nSpud Valley Gold Zeballos, B.C.; A. J. Hendrey, President; N. F. Brookes, Manager.\nMines, Ltd. Capital: 2,500,000 shares, $1 par; issued, 2,100,000. The company\noperates the Spud Valley mine in Spud Valley, 7 miles from Zeballos,\nB.C. The claims extend beyond the ridge between Spud Valley Creek and Gold Valley\nCreek. In all, six tunnels are operating\u00E2\u0080\u0094Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. Stoping is carried\non in all levels in the Goldfield vein and in the Spud vein in No. 4 level. Some drifting\nin the Spud vein has been done in No. 3 level. Total amount of drifting, crosscutting,\nand raising for the year is 4,638 feet. All the tunnels down to No. 5 are driven through\nthe mountain from Spud Valley to Gold Valley. No. 7 tunnel is in 1,660 feet from the\nSpud Valley side. The mill is the amalgamation-flotation type, and handles 60 to 70\ntons per day. A crew of ninety-five men was employed.\nCompany office, 815 Hastings Street West, Vancouver, B.C.; mine office,\nCentral Zeballos Zeballos, B.C.; A. J. Hendrey, President; N. F. Brookes, Manager.\nGold Mines, Ltd. Capital: 2,500,000 shares, $1 par; issued, 1,450,000. Reno Gold Mines,\nLimited, in March, 1939, acquired a 40-per-cent. interest in the company for financing $30,000 development-work. Active development-work has been\ncarried out since.\nAt the present time all the stoping is done above the No. 2 level, mostly on the west\nside. A winze was sunk from the No. 2 level and levels 3, 4, and 5 turned off east\nand west. In No. 3 level 570 feet of drifting has been done and 400 feet in east and\nwest in No. 4 level. An adit has been started just above mill level; this will not intersect the vein at the No. 9 level. Total drifting for the year amounted to 1,603 feet;\nraising, 113 feet; crosscutting, 282 feet; sinking, 218 feet. The mill has a capacity of\n25 to 40 tons. A crew of forty-five men was employed.\n[Reference: Annual Report, 1938, Part F.]\nSituated in Nomash Valley, Zeballos; G. G. Sullivan, Manager. A\nHomeward Mine. 25-ton mill is under construction at this property. Two drifts have\nbeen driven, each over 600 feet. A crew of seventeen men was employed, mostly on mill construction.\n[Reference: Annual Report, 1938, Part F.]\nTagore Mine.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Situated on west side of the Zeballos River, about 2 miles from\nZeballos. The only work being done on this property was sinking a shaft. It had\nreached a depth of 150 feet. Work has been suspended.\n[Reference: Annual Report, 1938, Part F.] PROGRESS NOTES. A 73\nCLAYOQUOT.\nH. T. James, Managing Director; John L. Swanson, Manager. The\nMusketeer Mines, Musketeer mine is owned and operated by Musketeer Mines, Limited,\nLtd. and is situated on Sam Craig Creek, in the Bedwell River district. The\ncompany began operating in this district on December 1st, 1938, with a\ncrew of fourteen men engaged in building 9 miles of pack-horse trail to the Musketeer\nclaims, together with an additional 7 miles of trail to the Corsair-Casino camp. Prior\nto January 1st, 1940, 1,144 feet of drifting and crosscutting was done on the various\nclaims on this property and a further 2,195 feet driven during the present year. The\npower plant consists of a Schramm compressor, model 210, with a capacity of 210 cubic\nfeet a minute, belt-driven by a 60-horse-power Allis-Chalmers 4-cylinder gasoline-\nengine. The ventilation in the main adit is provided by a Sheldon No. 3 fan with a\ncapacity of 1,500 cubic feet of air a minute, belt-driven by a 3-horse-power Fuller-\nJohnson gasoline-motor. An average crew of thirteen men was steadily employed.\n[Reference: Bulletin No. 8, 1940.]\nH. L. Hill, General Manager. This company operates the Buccaneer\nBuccaneer Mines, mine in the Bedwell River district, served by the same road and trails\nLtd. as the Musketeer mine and located approximately 2 miles beyond the\nlatter property. During the latter part of 1939 and early 1940, operations were confined principally to the construction of 2 miles of pack-horse trail from\nthe Musketeer mine to the Buccaneer camp and the cutting of trails from the camp to\nthe different veins on the property. Underground work during the present year consisted of 895 feet of drifting between the lower and upper adits on the main vein and\n473 feet of drifting in the west adit on the west vein. A winze was sunk from the\nlatter adit for a distance of 31 feet on the vein, this being located a short distance from\nthe portal.\n[Reference: Bulletin No. 8, 1940.]\nO. T. Bibb, Manager. This group of claims is owned by the Noble\nNoble \" B \" Mine. Bear River Syndicate and located in the vicinity of the Bedwell River\nRoad, approximately 6 miles from the head of Bedwell Sound. Operations were begun in August on this group with a crew of three men and, up to the end\nof December, had been principally confined to surface-trenching and constructing the\nnecessary camp buildings.\n[Reference: Bulletin No. 8, 1940.]\nNANAIMO.\nR. A. Pitre, Manager. This property is owned by the Crown Gold\nVulcan. Mining Syndicate, of Victoria, and is situated in the Nanaimo Lakes\ndistrict, approximately 25 miles from Nanaimo. According to available information, a shaft was sunk on a showing of gold-bearing ore to a depth of 105\nfeet some thirty-five or forty years ago and two comparatively short drifts were driven,\none from the shaft and the other from the surface, but apparently the values found did\nnot warrant a continuation of operations in those early days. In May R. A. Pitre, of\nVictoria, took an option on the property and contracted to carry on a limited amount\nof prospecting and development-work with a view to proving the extent of the ore body.\nThe shaft was drained to a depth of 100 feet and 78 feet of drifting done. Mr. Pitre's\noption expired at the end of July and the mine remained idle until September, when\nM. Zablosky and associates resumed operations under a lease from the owners, work\nbeing carried on until the middle of November by a crew of three men who drifted on\nthe vein a distance of 15 feet at a point close to the bottom of the shaft.\nA total of 12 tons of ore was sacked and shipped to Tacoma for treatment when the\nmine closed down in November.\nCompany office, Bank of Toronto Building, Victoria, B.C.; R. A. Pitre,\nUnited Prospec- General Manager. Capital: 100,000 shares, no par value. This corn-\ntors, Ltd. pany owns the Thistle mine. It was operated under lease by John\nSeparovich and associates from the beginning of the year until October\n20th, on which date the above lease terminated. During this period an average crew of A 74 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\ntwelve men was engaged and several shipments of ore made to the Tacoma smelter for\ntreatment, all of this tonnage being practically produced from open-cuts on the surface\nand the \" glory-hole \" method of mining.\nCompany office, Room 10, Herald Building, Nanaimo, B.C.; F. A.\nNanoose Bay Gold Whitehouse, Secretary and Manager. Capital: 50,000 shares, $1 par.\nMines, Ltd. The company is developing a gold prospect approximately 20 miles\nnorth of Nanaimo, within a quarter of a mile from the Island Highway.\nFrom May 1st to September 30th two men were engaged in constructing a flume to\ncarry the creek past the shaft and extending the drift an additional distance of 25 feet.\nThe power plant consists of a small Gardner-Denver compressor which is driven by a\nBuick gasoline-engine.\nPhillips Arm.\nThe old Alexandria mine was reopened by the Alex Mining Company\nAlexandria. for the purpose of taking out any ore that was in sight. The shaft\nfrom No. 2 tunnel was dewatered down to the 100-foot level and stoping\ncarried on between this level and No. 2 tunnel. Some stoping was also done in No. 2\ntunnel. A crew of thirty men was employed for a few months and work was discontinued.\nThurlow Island.\nJ. J. Fagan is in charge. This company opened up the old Douglas\nPiedmont Mining Co. Pine property. A 25-ton mill was erected and an aerial tram-line put\nin from the mine to the mill. Two levels were driven in a few hundred\nfeet and a little stoping done. A crew of five men was employed.\nGOLD-COPPER DEPOSITS.\nTELKWA AREA.\nThis group is owned by O. A. Riegle, of Smithers, and is located at\nHunter Basin the head of Cabin Creek, about 17 miles from the town of Telkwa on\nGroup. the Canadian National Railway. It is reached by road from Telkwa\nfor a distance of 17 miles to the camp at altitude 4,900 feet. The\nproperty is optioned by the Conwest Exploration Company, with office at 514 Royal\nBank Building, Vancouver, B.C. F. M. Connell, President.\nWork was carried out on the King claim and consisted of drifting east and west\non the \" King \" vein at the upper adit-level. A crosscut, with the objective of intersecting the possible downward extension of the \" King \" vein at 125 feet lower elevation\nwas also commenced.\nAt the close of the year, a car-load of ore was shipped direct to the smelter. Two\nlots of selected ore, consisting respectively of 3.1565 tons and 3.9799 tons, were also\nshipped to the sampling plant at Prince Rupert.\n[Reference: Annual Reports, 1904, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1925, and\n1929.]\nVANCOUVER ISLAND AREA.\nCompany office, 553 Granville Street, Vancouver, B.C. Capital:\nTyee Consolidated 2,000,000 shares, $1 par. The Sheep Creek Gold Mines, Limited,\nGold Mining Co., operated the Tyee, Lenora, and Richard HI. mines, situated in the\nLtd. Mount Sicker area, which they optioned from the Tyee Consolidated\nGold Mining Company in the early part of December, 1939. At that\ntime a small crew of men was sent in to clean up and repair the main tunnel of the\nLenora mine while the mechanical staff was overhauling the compressor and surface\nmachinery. PROGRESS NOTES. A 75\nUnderground work consisted of 850 feet of crosscutting and drifting, 75 feet of\nraising, 51 feet of sinking, and 3,070 feet of diamond-drilling, which included a number\nof advance and flank holes in the face of the main drift as a safety measure against\ninadvertently contacting the abandoned workings of the Tyee and Richard III. mines.\nSurface work consisted of 905 feet of diamond-drilling, together with a certain\namount of stripping and trenching. During the course of the operations an average\ncrew of ten men was employed steadily, six underground and four on the surface.\nGREENWOOD-GRAND FORKS AREA.\nThis property, situated at Phoenix, is owned by Robert Forshaw and is\nBrooklyn. operated under lease by W. E. McArthur, of Greenwood. The mine\nwas operated until March, 1940, when the lease was given up and all\nequipment owned by the lessees was removed. Up until that time an average crew of\nthirteen men was employed between the mine and the mill. Development-work included\n75 feet of raising. Ore totalling 1,979 tons was mined and treated in the mill at Greenwood. The concentrates were shipped to Tacoma and yielded 619 oz. of gold, 731 oz. of\nsilver, and some copper.\nThis property, situated at Phoenix, is owned and operated by W. E.\nGranby. McArthur, of Greenwood. A complete mining plant, formerly used at\nthe Brooklyn, was moved to this property. Ore was milled at a 50-ton\nplant at Greenwood. The crew employed at mine and mill varied from three men in\nJanuary, when only development was in progress, to a total of eighteen men when this\nproperty was in production. Development included 250 feet of drifting, 180 feet of\ncrosscutting, 90 feet of raising, and 50 feet of sinking. A total of 9,816 tons of ore was\nmined and 9,132 tons milled and the concentrates shipped to Tacoma.\nThis property, situated in the Wellington Camp near Phoenix, is oper-\nAthelstan. ated under lease by W. E. McArthur. A gasoline-driven compressor\nhas been installed. Two men were employed continuously throughout\nthe year. Development included 25 feet of drifting, 225 feet of crosscutting, and 25\nfeet of sinking. Ore totalling 88 tons was mined and yielded 51 oz. of gold and 83 oz.\nof silver.\nWinnipeg.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property, situated in the Wellington Camp, was operated under\nlease by Arthur Cox and Wilfred Tomblay. A small mining plant was installed. Some\nore was mined from shallow workings.\nROSSLAND AREA.\nCompany office, 215 St. James Street West, Montreal, Quebec; mine\nConsolidated Mining office, Trail, B.C.; Sir Edward Beatty, Chairman; S. G. Blaylock,\nand Smelting Co. President and Managing Director; J. E. Riley, Secretary; Jas.\nof Canada, Ltd. Buchanan, General Manager; R. W. Diamond, Assistant General\nManager. Capital: 4,000,000 shares, $5 par; issued, 3,271,669. This\ncompany owns the Centre Star, War Eagle, LeRoi, Josie, Iron Mask, No. 1, Annie, and\nColumbia and Kootenay on Red Mountain at Rossland. These properties were operated\ncontinuously throughout the year by leasers. From fifty to sixty-five men were engaged\nin mining ore from underground and surface on some eighteen to twenty-five separate\nleases. Some of the leasers have installed small, complete mining plants. The work of\nthe leasers was carried on under the supervision of J. K. Cram, of Trail, B.C.\nThis property, situated on the Cascade Highway, 13 miles east of\nVelvet. Rossland, is owned by the Velgo Mining Incorporated of Seattle,\nWashington, and is operated under lease by the Velvet Leasing Syndicate, consisting of Harold S. Elmes, Renaldo Bielli, and Ole Osing, of Rossland, B.C.\nThe property is equipped with a complete mining plant and a 100-ton flotation-mill. It\nwas operated practically continuously throughout the year and employed twenty-eight\nmen, twelve working underground. Development included 265 feet of drifting, 300 feet\nof raising, and 385 feet of diamond-drilling. A total of 7,300 tons of ore was milled\nand the product, a gold-copper concentrate, was shipped to Tacoma. This yielded 2,171\noz. of gold, 1,358 oz. of silver, as well as copper. A 76 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nGOLD-COBALT DEPOSITS.\nHAZELTON AREA.\nThis group is located on the north-west slope of Rocher Deboule Moun-\nHazelton View tain, 4 miles south of South Hazelton and 3 miles east of the railway.\nGroup. A pack-horse trail 3 miles long leads from Comeau's ranch at the\nfoot of the mountain to the mine camp at altitude 4,100 feet. The\nworkings are immediately above the camp, between elevations 5,100 and 6,025 feet.\nThe claims were acquired by the New Hazelton Gold Cobalt Mines, Ltd., in 1916,\nand were developed continuously until 1919. Further -work was done in 1925. During\n1928 the property was operated by the Aurimont Gold Mines, Ltd.\nDuring these former operations, several appreciable shipments of ore were made\nto the smelter and in 1918 a car-load was also shipped to the Ore Testing Laboratories,\nMines Branch, Ottawa.\nDuring 1940 the property was operated by Jack Lee, Hazelton, B.C., under a\nleasing agreement with R. C. McCorkell, 703 Royal Trust Building, Vancouver, B.C.\nFrom this operation, at the latter part of the year, 7.6635 dry tons of ore was shipped\nto the sampling plant at Prince Rupert.\n[Reference: See also New Hazelton Gold Cobalt Co. and Aurimont Gold Mines,\nLtd. Annual Reports, 1916 to 1918, 1925 to 1929.]\nSILVER-GOLD-LEAD DEPOSITS.\nSMITHERS AREA.\nJ. J. Herman and associates continued their option on this property,\nDuthie Mines, which is about 9 miles by road from Smithers. The property was\nLtd. examined for the purpose of ascertaining additional localities from\nwhich shipping-grade ore could be extracted. The following are the\nassay results from samples taken for this purpose:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n\" Womens Cut,\" selected from fine-grained galena: Gold, 0.14 oz. per ton; silver,\n69.8 oz. per ton; copper, 0.2 per cent.; lead, 59.5 per cent.; zinc, 12.5 per cent.;\narsenic, 1.1 per cent.; antimony, 0.4 per cent.\n\" Dome Cut,\" selected yellow-brown decomposed oxidized vein matter: Gold, 1.2\noz. per ton; silver, 42.4 oz. per ton.\n\" Dome Cut,\" average of ore dump to be cobbed and sorted: Gold, 0.08 oz. per ton;\nsilver, 72.6 oz. per ton; copper, 1 per cent.; lead, 60.9 per cent.; zinc, 5 per cent.;\narsenic, 2 per cent.; antimony, 0.4 per cent.\n\"Dome Cut,\" grab of twenty-two sacks of sorted ore: Gold, 0.26 oz. per ton;\nsilver, 59.1 oz. per ton; copper, 0.7 per cent.; lead, 50.7 per cent.; zinc, 9.5 per cent.;\narsenic, 4.6 per cent.; antimony, 0.5 per cent.\nIn order to direct the shipment of ore from the property to the smelter, numerous\ntest samples were shipped to the sampling plant at Prince Rupert.\nDuring the year, several car-loads of ore were shipped direct from the property\nto Trail smelter.\nThis property is located on Hudson Bay Mountain and joins the Mamie,\nCoronado Group. Duthie, and Victory groups. It is owned by the R. J. McDonnell\nestate. It is 16 miles by road from Smithers. The property is under\nlease to Harold Orm and Fred Griffin, of Smithers. These operators carried out\nstripping, open-cutting, and drifting with the objective of locating shipping-grade ore.\nIn order to direct the shipment of ore from the property to the smelter, several\ntest shipments were made to the sampling plant at Prince Rupert. Bulk ore was also\nshipped direct to the Trail smelter.\n[Reference: Annual Reports, 1914 and 1939.] PROGRESS NOTES. A 77\nGREENWOOD AREA.\nThis property, situated about 1 mile north of Greenwood, was operated\nProvidence. continuously throughout the year by W. E. McArthur and associates.\nIt is equipped with a complete small mining plant. A crew of thirteen\nmen, with seven underground, was employed. Development included 500 feet of drifting, 200 feet of raising, and 20 feet of sinking. A total of 1,280 tons of ore was shipped\ncrude to Trail. This yielded 568 oz. of gold, 96,629 oz. of silver, as well as lead and zinc.\nThis property, situated on the Greenwood-Phoenix Road, 3 miles from\nCrescent. Greenwood, was operated under lease during the summer months by\nEric Larsen, Mike Balint, and John Poelzur. Five men were employed\nand a small gasoline-driven compressor and gasoline-hoist were installed.\nThis property is situated half a mile from Greenwood and is owned by\nGold Finch. the Mark F. Madden estate. Toward the end of the year a lease was\nacquired by Eric Larsen, A. D. Broomfield, and J. J. Malone. Five\nmen were employed. A small mining plant was installed.\nGRAND FORKS.\nCompany office, Room 40, Williams Building, Vancouver, B.C.; George L.\nRegal Mines, Ltd. Mclnnis, Secretary. Capital: 5,000,000 shares, no par value. The\ncompany owns the Yankee Boy mine, situated 4 miles from Grand\nForks. It is operated under lease by Norman Cunningham, of Rossland, B.C. A total\nof four men was employed. A small mining plant, sufficient to operate one drill, was\ninstalled. An attempt was also made to ship an old dump after concentrating it by\nwashing and screening.\nSILVER-GOLD DEPOSITS.\nSLOCAN LAKE AREA.\nCompany office, 504 Empire State Building, Spokane, Washington;\nSlocan Silver Percy C. Morey, Secretary- Capital: 500,000 shares, $1 par. This\nMines, Ltd. company owns the McAllister, on London Ridge, near Three Forks. It\nwas operated under two separate leases by Harold Allen and partners\nand J. Vandergrift and sons, all of New Denver. A total of five men was engaged in\nthe two leases. Hand-steel only was used although the property is equipped with a\ncomplete mining plant. Development consisted of 123 feet of drifting and 87 feet of\nsinking. A total of 518 tons of ore was mined and shipped to Trail. This yielded 5 oz.\nof gold and 25,069 oz. of silver.\nThis property, situated near the McAllister, was leased for a short time\nJo Jo. during the summer by E. Battelli and C. Stedile, of New Denver.\nHand-steel was used to mine 9 tons of ore. This was shipped to Trail\nand yielded 1,709 oz. of silver.\nCompany office, 204 Howard Street, Spokane, Washington; John Stan-\nSlocan Idaho Mines ford, Manager. This company operates the Molly Hughes mine, which\nCorporation. is located about a mile north of New Denver. The property is\nequipped with a complete mining plant. Seventeen men, with fifteen\nunderground, were employed until September, when the mine closed. During the last\nfew months, the operation was conducted by leasers who were former employees of the\ncompany. Total development-work included 457 feet of drifting, 226 feet of cross-\ncutting, 249 feet of raising, and 353 feet of diamond-drilling for the year. A total of\n387 tons of ore yielded 107 oz. of gold, 31,339 oz. of silver, and some lead and zinc. A 78 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nSILVER DEPOSITS.\nPORTLAND CANAL AREA.\nThe head office of this company is at 112 St. James Street, Montreal.\nMountain Boy The British Columbia office is at 716 Hall Building, 789 Pender Street\nMining Co., Ltd. West, Vancouver. Armand Derome, Secretary-Treasurer. Capital:\n6,000,000 shares. The property comprises eight claims and three\nfractional claims, situated on the west side of American Creek, about 18 miles from\nthe town of Stewart. It is reached by motor-road from Stewart up the Bear River\nValley for a distance of 14 miles, whence a good trail extends for 4 miles to the property.\nDuring the year a small amount of mining was carried on for the purpose of\nextracting shipping-grade ore. Ore totalling 3.0555 tons was shipped to the sampling\nplant at Prince Rupert.\n[Reference: Annual Reports, 1910, 1919, 1922, 1929, and 1938.]\nALICE ARM AREA.\nThis property consists of seven Crown-granted mineral claims owned\nDolly Varden by the Dolly Varden Properties, Ltd. In 1935 the property was leased\nGroup. by T. W. Falconer, Alice Arm, and in 1936 this lease was renewed for\na five-year term. The property is located in the Upper Kitsault River\nValley, about 18 miles from seaboard at the town of Alice Arm. From this point a\nnarrow-gauge railway extends up the west side of the Kitsault River Valley for 18%\nmiles to Camp 8 at altitude 950 feet, whence a good pack-horse trail extends up the\nmountain-slope for five-eighths of a mile to the working camp at 1,730 feet elevation.\nDuring the period of T. W. Falconer's lease up to the end of 1939, the lessee had\nbeen actively mining and shipping high-grade ore direct to the smelter. During 1940,\n1.3595 tons was shipped to the Government sampling plant at Prince Rupert.\n[Reference: Annual Report, 1936, Part B.]\nSILVER-LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS.\nTOPLEY-BABINE LAKE AREA.\nGolden Eagle Group.\u00E2\u0080\u0094D. Heenan, owner. This property is located about 7 miles by\nroad from Topley. It was operated under lease for a short time during the summer.\nThis group consists of the Neivman, Home, Jim, Jean, and Nord\nNewman Group, mineral claims, owned by E. F. Campbell, 1325 Fifteenth Avenue\nWest, Vancouver, B.C., and associates. It is located on the south side\nof Copper Island, Babine Lake, about 11 miles from Topley Landing.\nDuring the season, at about 30 feet westerly from the lake-shore and 30 feet higher\nelevation, a shaft was sunk to a depth of 35 feet, from which point the zone was\nintersected by crosscutting and explored by some lateral drifting. Details of this work\nare shown on a map which may be obtained for a small charge on application to the\nDepartment of Mines, Victoria, B.C.\n[Reference: Richmond and Robinhood, Annual Reports, 1927 and 1929.]\nBEAVERDELL AREA.\nCompany office, Penticton, B.C.; mine office, Beaverdell, B.C.; F. V.\nHighland Bell, Staples, Managing Director. Capital: 1,500,000 shares, $1 par; issued,\nLtd. 1,315,856. The company owns and operates the Highland Bell, which\nis situated on Wallace Mountain, about 5 miles from Beaverdell. A\ncrew of thirty-nine men was employed throughout the year. Development-work in- PROGRESS NOTES. A 79\neluded 300 feet of drifting, 400 feet of crosscutting, and 125 feet of raising. A total of\n7,752 tons of ore was mined and shipped to Trail. This yielded 236 oz. of gold, 993,803\noz. of silver, as well as lead and zinc.\nCompany office, Penticton, B.C.; mine office, Beaverdell, B.C.; S. J.\nSally Mines, Ltd. Crocker, President; H. B. Morley, Secretary-Treasurer; R. C. Mc-\nLanders, Mine Manager. Capital: 1,000,000 shares, $1 par; issued,\n1,000,000 shares. This company owns and operates the Sally, on Wallace Mountain,\nadjoining the Highland Bell and Wellington. The property is equipped with a complete\nmining plant. Seven men were employed until early autumn when the mine was closed\ndown. The work was confined to a section of ground adjoining the Wellington, access\nbeing obtained through the 5 level of that mine under an agreement with the management of that company. A total of 270 tons of ore was mined and shipped to Trail.\nThis yielded 17 oz. of gold, 51,898 oz. of silver, as well as lead and zinc.\nIn addition to this operation, J. L. Nordman and partner leased a section of the\nsurface on which they worked with hand-steel.\nCompany office, Greenwood, B.C.; mine office, Beaverdell, B.C.; Jas.\nBeaverdell- Kerr, President; G. S. Walters, Secretary-Treasurer; A. J. Morrison,\nWellington Syndi-Manager. Capital: 50,000 shares, $1 par; issued, 50,000. This com-\neate, Ltd. pany owns the Wellington, on Wallace Mountain. The property is\noperated under lease by A. J. Morrison and associates. Three men\nwere employed. The property is equipped with a complete mining plant. Efforts were\ndirected chiefly to recovering remnants of ore in old stopes and to general salvage-work.\nA small amount of development-work was done.\nCompany office, Box 609, Kelowna, B.C.; mine office, Beaverdell, B.C.;\nBeaver Silver R. B. Staples, President; J. C. Ralston, Secretary. Capital: 2,000,000\nMines, Ltd. shares, 50 cents par; issued, 1,600,000. This company owns the\nBeaver claim, adjoining the ground of the Highland Bell. During the\nyear the property was operated by two leasers. Entry to the workings is underground,\nthrough the Highland Bell property. Compressed air was obtained from the Highland\nBell.\nRevenge.\u00E2\u0080\u0094A small amount of development-work was done on this property late in\nthe year under the direction of A. St. Clair Brindle. The property adjoins the Highland\nBell.\nNapanee-Cobalt.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property is situated on Wallace Mountain. A small amount\nof development-work was done by the owner, E. J. Cummings.\nThis property, situated on Wallace Mountain, adjoining the Highland\nHighland Chief. Bell, is owned by Mark Smith, of Beaverdell, B.C. During the year it\nwas operated under lease by Alex. Bell and associates. Four men were\nemployed, using hand-steel. Development-work included 30 feet of drifting, 240 feet\nof crosscutting, and 15 feet of raising. In addition, 140 feet of surface-stripping and\nopen-cutting was done.\nMidnight Group.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property is on the main road, 1% miles south of Beaverdell.\nA small amount of development was done by the owner, William Youngsten.\nLARDEAU AREA.\nTrue Fissure.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property is situated 3V_ miles from Ferguson. J. Van de Haeghe\nand two partners were engaged in cleaning up and shipping zinc concentrates from\nprevious milling operations.\nSLOCAN.\nKaslo-Three Forks.\nLucky Boy.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property is situated at Blaylock, B.C., and is owned and operated\nby C. Lind and sons, of Kaslo.\nThis old property, situated on McGuigan Creek, was operated under\nRambler. lease by S. N. Ross and H. Lazier, of Nelson. Activity was confined to\nreclaiming of the old dump from the upper levels and concentration of\nthis material by washing, screening, and jigging. A total of 116 tons of concentrates\nwas shipped to Trail. A 80 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nThis property, situated at Zincton, B.C., is now owned by the Zincton\nLucky Jim. Mines, Limited, a subsidiary of the Sheep Creek Gold Mines, Limited.\nWork was chiefly confined to reconditioning of underground workings\nand overhauling of the surface plant and mill. From three to fifteen men were employed toward the end of the year. A total of 10% tons of concentrates, cleaned up\naround the mill, was shipped to Trail.\nThis property, located on Paddy's Peak, about 9 miles from the Kaslo-\nUtica. Three Forks Highway, is owned and operated by the Utica (1937)\nMines, Limited, 815 Pender Street, Vancouver, B.C., and was operated\nduring the summer under the direction of D. M. Armstead. The property is equipped\nwith a complete mining plant operated by Diesel and water power. Work was confined\nto driving a raise to connect the low-level crosscut with the old upper workings, but this\nwas not completed. A crew of eight men was employed, five working underground. No\nore was shipped.\nKokanee Chief.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property, situated at the head of Woodbury Creek, was operated for a short time during the summer by the owner, R. G. McLeod. Hand-steel only\nwas used.\nCork Province.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property is situated on Keen Creek. Clean-up around the mill\naccounted for 18 tons of concentrate, which was shipped to Trail.\nCaledonia.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property, situated at Blaylock, B.C., was operated for a short time\nby J. E. McCready, who shipped 6 tons. This yielded 331 oz. of silver and some lead\nand zinc. Development consisted of 20 feet of sinking.\nSandon-Three Forks.\nCompany office, Vancouver Block, Vancouver, B.C.; R. H. Stewart,\nRuth Hope President; R. S. Lennie, Secretary-Treasurer. Capital: 2,500,000\nMining Co., Ltd. shares, $1 par; issued, 1,500,000. This company owns the Ruth Hope\nmine at Sandon. Leases were held by W. C. Stewart and S. Mazoli.\nA total of 38 tons of ore shipped to Trail yielded 1 oz. of gold, 3,356 oz. of silver, as well\nas lead and zinc.\nSilversmith Mines, Ltd.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Company office, 916 American Building, Seattle, Washington;\nB. P. von Anderson, Secretary. This company owns the Silversmith mine at Sandon.\nActivities were confined to cleaning and reconditioning old workings. Five men were\nemployed.\nCompany office, Sandon, B.C.; R.A.Grimes, President; D. D. Townsend,\nSilver Ridge Secretary-Treasurer. Capital: 2,000,000 shares, 50 cents par; issued,\nMining Co., Ltd. 760,000, of which 260,000 pooled. This company owns and operates the\nSunshine group, situated on Silver Ridge, about 4% miles from Sandon.\nThe property is equipped with a small Diesel mining plant. Company operation was\nsuspended on March 1st; during the first four months of the year, development consisted of 146 feet of drifting and 481 feet of crosscutting. A crew of six men was\nemployed. Later in the year a lease was taken by J. Tattrie and partners, who mined\n45 tons of ore.\nThis property, situated about 3 miles from Sandon, is owned by Mrs.\nVictor. D. Petty, of Nelson, and is operated under lease by E. Doney and son.\nA total of 33 tons of ore yielded 3 oz. of gold, 4,912 oz. of silver, as well\nas lead and zinc. Development consisted of 130 feet of drifting, 35 feet of crosscutting,\nand 80 feet of raising.\nMonitor.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property is located at Three Forks. Hans Peterson and partner\noperated under lease and mined 5 tons from shallow workings and surface-cuts.\nNewport.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property is situated on the Three Forks-New Denver Road, near\nAlamo. E. J. Vandergrift and partners mined 2.13 tons near the surface by hand-steel.\nOther properties in the area, operated under lease by hand-steel, made shipments\nas follows:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nCapella, by C. Stedile, 5 tons, which yielded 1 oz. of gold and 914 oz. of silver.\nFreddie Lee, by S. and N. Sibillean, 3 tons, which yielded 227 oz. of silver and some\nlead and zinc. PROGRESS NOTES. A 81\nSilverton-New Denver.\nThis property is situated on Slocan Lake, between New Denver and\nBosun. Silverton. It is owned by Colin J. Campbell, of New Denver, and was\noperated by several small groups of leasers during the year. Hand-\nsteel only was used. A total of 95 tons yielded 2 oz. of gold, 5,856 oz. of silver, as well\nas lead and zinc.\nCompany office, 616 Stock Exchange Building, Vancouver, B.C.; S. W.\nGalena Farm Con-Miller, President; James Anderson, Secretary-Treasurer. Capital:\nsolidated Mines, 2,500,000 shares of no par value; issued, 1,602,203. This company\nLtd. owns the Hewitt mine, about 6 miles from Silverton. Early in the year\nit was leased by Ed. Mathews and R. Sherradan, who mined by hand-\nsteel. Later it was operated under lease for a short time by H. V. Dewis, of Silverton,\nand associates. A small semi-portable compressor plant was installed and four men\nwere employed. A total of 317 tons was mined, which yielded 4 oz. of gold, 8,427 oz. of\nsilver, as well as lead and zinc.\nA. M. Ham, General Superintendent; B. Avison, Mine Superintendent;\nWestern Explora- T. Leask, Mill Superintendent. This company operates the Standard\ntion Co., Ltd. mine, situated on Emily Creek, 2 miles from Silverton. It is equipped\nwith a complete mining plant and a 200-ton selective flotation-mill.\nThe mill was put into operation on September 11th on a rate of about 170 tons a day to\ntreat zinc tailings which had been dumped into Slocan Lake from earlier operations. A\ntotal of 16,197 tons of these tailings was milled. New equipment, installed for recovering tailings, included an electrically-driven double-drum hoist and drag-line scraper,\nwith a bin and belt-conveyer to put the tailings in the fine-ore bin in the mill. Early in\nNovember a small crew started to open up old underground workings and prepare for\nstoping. Some 50 feet of old raise was reconditioned. From underground mining 343\ntons of ore was recovered. The number of men employed varied from twelve when the\nmill alone was operating to a total of thirty-four in both the mine and mill. A total of\n1,884 tons of concentrates was shipped to the U.S. Smelting, Refining, and Mining Company at Salt Lake City, Utah. This yielded 5 oz. of gold, 29,909 oz. of silver, and lead\nand zinc.\nAinsworth.\nThis property is situated on Woodbury Creek, about half a mile from\nAmazon. Kootenay Lake. It is owned by T. E. Levasseur, of Nelson, and was\noperated for a short time under lease by J. Flagel and four partners.\nHand-steel only was used to mine 31.5 tons of ore.\nOther properties in this area from which small amounts of ore were shipped are\nas follows: Highland, 7 tons; Silver Coin, 4 tons; and Silver Cup, 3.5 tons.\nSlocan City.\nThis property is situated on Springer Creek, about 5 miles from Slocan\nOttawa. City. During the year it was operated under lease by W. Hicks and\nassociates, of Slocan City. Four men were employed. Hand-steel only\nwas used for mining, although a mechanical ventilation system was kept in operation.\nA total of 85 tons of ore yielded 1 oz. of gold and 22,392 oz. of silver. Development\nconsisted of 175 feet of raising.\nMeteor.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property is located at the head of Tobin Creek, a tributary of\nSpringer Creek. Messrs. Larsen and Lundstrom, of Slocan City, operating under lease\nwith hand-steel, shipped 7 tons of ore during the year.\nIn addition to the above operations a small amount of work, chiefly development and\nassessment, was done on the following properties in this area: Speculator, Richmond,,\nMyrtle, Jack, and Morning Star.\nNELSON AREA.\nThis property is situated 8 miles from Salmo. Three men, using hand-\nEmerald, steel, were employed throughout the year. Development included 159\nfeet of drifting and 60 feet of crosscutting. This development is A 82 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nentirely separate from the original Emerald workings, some 750 feet distant from them.\nThe recent work has been done in what is known as the Dodger tunnel.\nCRANBROOK AREA.\nCompany office, 215 St. James Street, Montreal, Quebec; mine office,\nConsolidated Mining Trail, B.C.; Sir Edward Beatty, Chairman; S. G. Blaylock, President\nand Smelting Co. and Managing Director; J. E. Riley, Secretary. Sullivan mine office,\nof Canada, Ltd. Kimberley, B.C.; William Lindsay, General Superintendent; J. G.\nGiegerich, Mine Superintendent; H. R. Banks, Mill Superintendent.\nCapital: 4,000,000 shares, $5 par; issued, 3,271,669. The company owns and operates\nthe Sullivan mine at Kimberley.\nThe modified methods of extraction, described in the report for 1939, have been\napplied successfully in the course of 1940 in parts of the mine in which, owing to the\nuncertain nature of the backs or for other reasons, the application of the method of\nmining generally followed presented some difficulty or increased hazard. Considerable\nand conspicuously successful use of long-hole blasting has been made, fan-shaped rounds\nbeing bored from sub-levels, at 2-yard intervals, by means of a small and easily transported type of diamond-drill, the performance of which has been remarkable in this kind\nof work. The filling of worked-out stopes was resumed in the spring and continued\nuntil late in the fall, a total of 245,000 cubic yards, equivalent to 882,000 tons of ore in\nthe solid, being placed in the course of the year. Of the stowing material used in this\nmanner, 200,376 cubic yards or 81.78 per cent, was obtained from the surface, and the\nbalance came from development operations and induced caving.\nAs waste rock alone constitutes a stowing lacking the desired amount of cohesion,\nit is customary to use it for this purpose in only a part of any one stope and to complete\nthe work with finer material obtained from the surface which, eventually, penetrates\nand cements the coarser fill effectively. The proportion of water mixed with the gravel\nand clay, excavated and brought to the raises by bulldozers and a Le Tourneau carry-all,\nhas to be gauged rather closely, as the ultimate quality of the fill and the distance to\nwhich it will run from the foot of the raises depend largely upon it. A very effective\ntechnique has been developed in this respect and the results, wherever observed, left\nvery little to be desired.\nA development of considerable interest and importance is the installation of a tin-\nrecovery plant at the concentrator, work on which was well advanced at the end of the\nyear, this representing the culmination of research carried on locally for some time.\nAs the metal, in the form of cassiterite, is present in the ratio of only about 1 lb. per\nton of tailings, with a comparatively large percentage of it of so-called 1,500-mesh size,\nthe process of concentration is a rather complicated one, but a 50-per-cent. recovery is\nexpected. The plant is expected to be in operation at the beginning of 1941.\nThe total number of persons on the pay-roll at the end of 1940 was 1,223, of which\n623 were employed underground, 309 in various capacities on the surface, and 286 at\nthe concentrator.\nCompany office, 25 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario; W. S. Morlock,\nSt. Eugene Mining President; W. B. Malone, Secretary-Treasurer. Capital: 3,000,000\nCorporation, Ltd. shares, $1 par; issued, 1,589,505. The company acquired the holdings\nat Moyie of the St. Eugene Extension Gold Mines, Limited. All activities were limited to diamond-drilling from the surface on both sides of Moyie Lake.\nThis work was done under contract in the early part of the summer.\nGOLDEN AREA.\nCompany office, 350 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario; mine office, Field,\nBase Metals Mining B.C.; J. H. C. Waite, President; G. C. Ames, Secretary-Treasurer;\nCorporation, Ltd. J. D. Galloway, Manager; H. D. Forman, Mine Superintendent; J. A.\nEdwards, Mill Superintendent. Capital: 3,000,000 shares, no par\nvalue; issued, 2,330,715. The company operates the Monarch mine on Mount Stephen,\n3 miles east of Field. The property is equipped with a 300-ton concentrator. The mill\nwas started on January 15th and production has been maintained since. The major part of the output was supplied by the East Monarch, but it was found\nthat some low-grade ore, abandoned in former years in the western section of the mine,\ncould be mined profitably and that part of the property was re-equipped for production.\nThe development-work done comprised 61 feet of raising, 180 feet of crosscutting, and\n366 feet of long holes drilled for exploratory purposes.\nThe company also owns the Kicking Horse mine on Mount Field, on the north side\nof the Kicking Horse Valley. The property is at approximately the same altitude as the\nMonarch. Operations were resumed in October after having been suspended for nearly\nthree years. It was necessary to complete the construction of the aerial tramway, left\nunfinished in 1937, and to establish connections between the underground upper terminal\nof the tramway and the partly developed ore-bodies above it. The latter part of the\nprogramme involved 170 feet of raising, the straightening of an existing raise over a\nlength of 80 feet, and 17 feet of crosscutting. The entrances to the mine are on the face\nof a very abrupt cliff and are somewhat difficult of access. Production was expected to\nbegin on or about February 1st, 1941. The ore will be transported by trucks from the\nlower terminal of the tramway to the Monarch concentrator.\n[Reference: Annual Reports, 1935 and 1938, Part E.]\nCOPPER DEPOSITS.\nBURNS LAKE AREA.\nThis group consists of the Golden Glory No. 1, Good Luck, Echo No. 1,\nReid Group. and Echo No. 2, with which are associated the Hyland and Echo claims.\nIt is owned by W. Reid, A. Ostrem, and associates, of Burns Lake.\nThe claims are located on the south side of Decker Lake, opposite Decker Lake Station\nand about 1% miles from the lake-shore in the canyon of Reid Creek, around altitude\n1,990 feet (altitude of Decker Lake, 1,800 feet).\nIn one place on the Golden Glory No. 1 claim, a sparse and irregular mineralization\nof galena and sphalerite associated with seams of chalcopyrite in a quartzose gangue\noccurs.\nThis mineral deposit has been known for a number of years and open-cutting and\na small amount of underground exploration has been carried out on it from time to\ntime. Most of the old workings are caved. No appreciable mineralization was observed\nin the workings and outcrops examined.\nIn order to determine the degree of values associated with the mineralization,\nsamples were taken and assayed as follows:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n(1.) Hyland mineral claim, elevation 2,025 feet. Pyritized dioritic rock intrusive\ninto red andesitic breccia: Gold, nil; silver, nil; copper, 0.2 per cent.\n(2.) Golden Glory No. 1, sample of 13 tons of mineralized material in a collapsed\nbin (reported by W. Reid to have been extracted from an adjacent caved shaft) : Gold,\n0.01 oz. per ton; silver, 2.9 oz. per ton; copper, 4.4 per cent.\n[Reference: Annual Reports, 1926, 1927, and 1930.]\nSIMILKAMEEN RIVER AREA.\nPrinceton.\nCompany office, 675 Hastings Street West, Vancouver, B.C.; mine\nGranby Consolidated office, Copper Mountain, B.C.; Julian B. Beaty, President; A. S.\nMining, Smelting & Baillie, General Manager; B. E. Perks, Secretary; A. W. Seaton,\nPower Co., Ltd. Treasurer; W. R. Lindsay, Mine Manager. Capital: 600,000 shares,\n$5 par; issued, 450,260. The company owns and operates the Copper\nMountain mine, 12 miles south of Princeton. During the year a 10,000-k.v.a. unit was\nadded to the steam-electric power plant. The coal-supply for the steam generators is\nfrom the company's own coal-mining operations in the Princeton district. A 84 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nThis year mining development at Copper Mountain was concentrated at the south\nend of the mine. Here the principal effort was directed toward recovery of stope\npillars. Underground ventilation has been improved by the installation of three fan\nunits located on the Nos. 4, 5, and 6 levels. Exploration and development included\n9,376 feet of drifting, 15,847 feet of raising, and 37,504 feet of diamond-drilling. A\ntotal of 69,648 tons of concentrates was produced. An average of 643 men was\nemployed.\nHighland Valley.\nThis group is located about 26 miles south-east of the town of Ashcroft,\nSnowstorm Group, on the eastern side of Highland Valley. Work was done under the\nsupervision of James Rodda. At the time of inspection an old shaft\nhad been dewatered and repaired. The intention was to sink this shaft farther on a\nsmall and irregular bornite vein and, if the results of this work proved satisfactory, to\ndrift on the vein from the bottom of the extended shaft.\nVANCOUVER AREA.\nHowe Sound.\nCompany office, 730 Fifth Avenue, New York City; mine office, Bri-\nBritannia Mining tannia Beach, B.C.; E. B. Sebley, President; C. P. Charlton, Secretary-\nand Smelting Treasurer; C. P. Browning, General Manager; C. V. Brennan, Assistant\nCo., Ltd. General Manager; and George C. Lipsey, Superintendent. The company operates the Britannia mine at Britannia Beach, on Howe Sound.\nThe property is fully equipped with mining and milling plant to handle an output of\n6,000 to 7,000 tons a day.\nIn the Victoria, Fair-view, No. 5, and Bluff mines the regular development-work and\nstoping was carried on throughout the year. In the 4,100 tunnel district two ore-bodies\nare being opened up and an inclined shaft is being sunk. This shaft is now below the\n4,200 level. The 4,100 tunnel is within 2,500 feet of the Victoria shaft. This tunnel,\nwhen it reaches the Victoria shaft, will be about 4 miles in length. The recovery of\nmetals was augmented by the operation of the copper precipitation plant, which continued to treat the copper-bearing portion of the mine-drainage water.\nDevelopment-work totalled 28,677 feet or 5.43 miles, made up as follows: drifting,\n10,895 feet; crosscutting, 3,771 feet; raises and winzes, 11,602 feet; powder-blast\nworking, 2,155 feet; and shafts, 254 feet. A total of 41,977 feet of diamond-drilling\nwas done. Around 1,200 men were employed over the whole operations at this property.\nCOPPER-SILVER DEPOSITS.\nTELKWA.\nHunter Basin.\nCompany office, 86 Richmond Street, Toronto, Ontario; British Colum-\nConwest Explora- bia office, 514 Royal Bank Building, Vancouver, B.C.; F. M. Connell,\ntion Co., Ltd. President; Alan Cockeram, Secretary-Treasurer; Gordon F. Mac-\nDonnell, in charge of B.C. operations; F. C. Tomlinson, Manager.\nCapital: 2,000,000 shares, no par value; issued, 1,250,007 shares. Work was commenced late in 1939 and continued through 1940. A crosscut at 5,804 feet elevation\nwas driven to intersect the vein. Some drifting was done on the vein and high-grade\nore was mined selectively. A second crosscut driven at 5,680 feet elevation also intersected the vein. A road about 9 miles in length was built from the Bulkley Valley\ncoal-mine road. A camp was built and small power plant installed. A tramway was\ninstalled to connect the camp with the portal of the lower tunnel. Camp elevation is\n5,240 feet. Work was continued during the winter. Thirteen men were employed. PROGRESS NOTES. A 85\nDevelopment totalled 150 feet of crosscutting and 300 feet of drifting. About 45 tons\nof ore was mined; 7 tons of this was shipped, yielding 7 oz. of gold, 122 oz. of silver, as\nwell as copper.\nANTIMONY DEPOSITS.\nFORT ST. JAMES AREA.\nThis property, located on the south shore of Stuart Lake, 12 miles west\nStuart Lake of Fort St. James, is under option to Pioneer Gold Mines of B.C.,\nAntimony. Limited. During the past year a shaft, inclined at 45 degrees, was\nsunk 130 feet. At the bottom of the shaft a small amount of lateral\ndevelopment was done. In addition to this development a drift, 150 feet long, was\ndriven on another showing. Sixteen men were employed. Operations were suspended\nfor the winter.\nMANGANESE DEPOSITS.\nFORT FRASER AREA.\nThis claim is owned by Ben Teed, of Fort Fraser. It is reached by\nBig Marcelle motor-road for about 10 miles from Fort Fraser via Stellaco to Fon-\nClaim. deur's ranch, whence a trail extends for 1% miles to the showing. The\nformation in the area consists of cherty quartzite which occupies a\nridge rising to altitude 2,700 feet. At the top of this ridge a shaft has been sunk to a\ndepth of 12 feet on a small discontinuous slip about 2 inches in width, in which leached\nmanganese oxide has been deposited. Towards the bottom of the shaft the slip is\ncomposed of gouge and crushed rock. The fracture planes of the quartzite are also\nstained with a thin coating of black manganese oxide. In the vicinity of the shaft\nsome sections of the quartzite are also superficially stained with a thin coating of\nmanganese oxide. No manganese mineralization of any commercial importance was\nobserved on these showings.\nMERCURY DEPOSITS.\nFORT ST. JAMES AREA.\nPinchi Lake.\nE. Bronlund, Superintendent. The property owned by this company\nConsolidated Mining is located on the north side of Pinchi Lake, north of Fort St. James.\nand Smelting Co. Production commenced during the past summer. At about 110 feet\nof Canada, Ltd. below the surface (710 feet above lake-level), an adit was driven in\nand through the ore-body. Four raises were put up to surface in the\nore and a glory-hole opened around the raises. Ore is drawn off in the tunnel and\ntrammed to a bunker, from which point it is taken by truck to the treatment plant. A\nnew tunnel was started at 300 feet above lake-level, just above the treatment plant,\nwhich will eliminate the truck-haul and permit further underground prospecting.\nChange-house, bunk-house, and other buildings were erected. The plant is powered by\nsteam. A road 11 miles long was built connecting the mine with the Fort St. James-\nOmineca River Highway. A crew of forty-one men was employed.\n[Reference: Bulletin No. 5, 1940.] A 86 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nBRIDGE RIVER AREA.\nCompany office, 2050 Eighteenth Street West, Vancouver, B.C.; mine\nEmpire Mercury office, Minto, B.C.; C. P. Riel, President; S. W. Taylor, Secretary-\nMines, Ltd. Treasurer. Capital: 3,000,000 shares, 50 cents par. Development-\nwork was almost entirely confined to effecting a connection between\nthe No. 2 workings, which had access to the mill, and the No. 3 workings which opened\non to the opposite slope of the hill, and in which several bunches of ore had been previously discovered. A crew of eleven men was employed to do this work.\n[Reference: Bulletin No. 5, 1940.]\nDuring 1940 a syndicate headed by A. E. Jukes spent four months at\nRed Eagle Group, exploratory work on this property. This work, done under the supervision of E. R. Shepherd, consisted of about 200 feet of tunnelling at\nshallow depth and open-cutting along the strike of the mineralization for a distance of\nsome 1,500 feet. Four miles of trail was also made passable for pack-horses.\n[Reference: Bulletin No. 5, 1940.]\nPYRITE DEPOSITS.\nECSTALL RIVER.\nCompany office, 744 Hastings Street West, Vancouver, B.C.; mine office,\nNorthern Pyrites, Port Essington, B.C.; R. H. Stewart, President; Sherwood Lett,\nLtd. Secretary-Treasurer; E. E. Mason, Mine Manager. Capital: 1,100,000\nshares, 50 cents par; issued, 1,050,716. The property is situated on\nthe east side of Ecstall River, about 45 miles from Port Essington, and is reached by\nriver-boat from that point. During the summer the main adit was extended 904 feet.\nFour crosscuts, with total length of 635 feet, were driven into the ore-bodies. A raise\nwas put through to the surface and three stations cut at intermediate levels; 5,964 feet\nof diamond-drilling was done from the underground workings.\nThe total workings underground now comprise the adit tunnel, 2,780 feet in length;\nseven crosscuts totalling 864 feet in length; and a raise at 60 degrees, about 600 feet\nin length.\nTUNGSTEN DEPOSITS.\nATLIN AREA.\nMcLeod White, Manager. This company carried out extensive strip-\nConsolidated Mining ping in deep overburden and some open-cutting on the Tungsten and\nand Smelting Co. Wolframite groups located at the head of Boulder Creek. The min-\nof Canada, Ltd. eral deposit consists of irregular quartz veins in a feldspar porphyry\nphase of phanerocrystalline granodiorite. The quartz is generally\nbarren, but wolframite occurs in very sparse and widely-distributed patches and specks.\nWELLS.\nCompany office, 61 Broadway, New York, N.Y.; F. Hewitt, President;\nColumbia Tung- A. E. Pike, Mine Superintendent. This company owns and operates\nstens Co., Ltd. the Hardscrabble mine on Hardscrabble Creek, 5 miles north of Wells.\nOnly development-work was done at the property of this company.\nThe two-compartment shaft which gives access to the mine was extended 94 feet and\nis now 312 feet deep. The 300 level, as measured from the collar of the shaft, was then\nopened up. On this level a crosscut was driven 65 feet in a westerly direction to the PROGRESS NOTES. A 87\nmajor shear, which strikes north-westerly. Forty feet from the shaft a second crosscut\nwas collared on the north wall of the first crosscut and advanced 573 feet, roughly\nparalleling the major shear. From this long drive several short crosscuts were driven\nto the shear. A quartz vein about 3 feet wide and well mineralized with pyrite was\nintersected at 385 feet from the collar of the long drive, and after the drive was stopped\nthis vein was followed for several rounds. A little scheelite mineralization was detected\nin a fracture, in the right wall of the drive at 170 feet from the collar. This fracture\nwas followed with a drift and a small body of scheelite was exposed. The crew averaged\neleven men. There were no additions to the surface plant and the mill remained\ninactive throughout the year.\n[Reference: Bulletin No. 10, 1941.]\nBRIDGE RIVER.\nThis group is located on both sides of the Manitou Road, on the south\nPhillips Group, side of Tyaughton Creek, and about 2 miles from the Manitou mine.\nIt is owned by E. Phillips, of Minto, who has worked the property\nintermittently and has made several small shipments of tungsten ore.\n[Reference: Bulletin No. 10, 1941.]\nREVELSTOKE AREA.\nThis property, situated on Woolsey Creek, is now controlled by W. S.\nRegal Silver. Campbell, J. F. McMillan, and E. N. Kennedy, 36 Dominion Bank Building, Edmonton, Alberta. The property is equipped with a complete\nmining plant and a mill of 75 to 100 tons capacity, the latter located underground. A\ntotal of twenty-two men, fifteen underground, was employed from August 15th to the\nend of the year, under the direction of A. S. MacCollough. Additions have been made\nto the mill equipment in an attempt to improve the scheelite recovery. The mill is\noperated electrically and a 60-horse-power Fairbanks-Morse Diesel, belt-connected to a\n75-k.v.a. generator, has been installed in the power-house for this purpose. Development included 125 feet of drifting.\n[Reference: Bulletin No. 10, 1941.]\nPLACER-GOLD DEPOSITS.\nATLIN AREA.\nSpruce Creek.*\nNo. 1 shaft: John W. Noland is the owner and operator. During the\nDream Lease, year the Columbia Development, Limited, made an arrangement by\nwhich this company was given a lay on 2,000 feet up-stream from the\nface of the Dream workings, with an option on an additional 1,000 feet.\nThe Columbia Development started sinking operations in the No. 2 shaft and also\nin the drift off No. 1 shaft. Part of the programme of this company consists of completion of a second exit from the underground workings. Soon after work began difficulty developed with the power equipment, and it was necessary to install new machinery.\nThirty-five men were employed.\nCompany office, 615 Credit Foncier Building, 850 Hastings Street West,\nSpruce Creek Vancouver, B.C.; J. G. Wheeling, Manager. Capital: 50,000 shares,\nMining Co., Ltd. $1 par. No. 1 shaft: This is the upper shaft, which is now operated\non a lay by J. Clee and partners. They are working up-stream, close\nto the old workings, in ground not worked previously by the Colpe Mining Company.\nFour men are employed on single shift.\n* Reference: Annual Report, 1936, Part B. A 88 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nNo. 2 shaft: Matson and partners have a lay on this shaft from which there is a\nconnection to No. 1 shaft. All water from both shafts is handled at No. 2. The object\nof the present operation is to reach the China section of the mine where there remain\nsome recoverable pillars. Four men were employed.\nNo. 4 shaft: This shaft is operated by the company. There has been considerable\ndifficulty with water owing to caving which occurred where pillars had been drawn.\nAs a result it has been necessary to build a surface flume to carry across the area disturbed by the caving. Twenty men were employed.\nNo. 5 shaft: A lay has been in effect at this shaft for some time but little has been\ndone on account of the water. The fluming of the creek mentioned above should permit\noperation.\nMcDonald, McKay, and Munro, operators. This lease adjoins No. 4\nClydesdale Lease, shaft of the Spruce Creek Mining Company. Seepage of surface water\nhas delayed operations but, here too, the recent fluming of the creek\nwill be beneficial. Only the laymen were employed.\nWolf Lease.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Vickstrom, Malm, and Johnson, laymen. This is a bench lease. The\nlaymen are employed in drifting up-stream adjacent to No. 4 shaft.\nCroker Lease.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Fred Ohman and partners. This is a bench lease. A drainage-tunnel\nfrom the Poker lease has been completed. A connection was also made through to the\nBrown shaft, and these workings were unwatered.\nPoker Lease (Lower).\u00E2\u0080\u0094Troha and partners. These workings have been idle since the\nflume collapsed on the Olalla lease.\nOtto Miller and sons. These men have been working around old work-\nPeterboro Lease, ings which were damaged by water when the flume collapsed on the\nOlalla lease. A settlement was made between Miller and the Columbia\nDevelopment, Limited, and development of a new opening into the workings is now in\nprogress.\nGladstone Lease.\u00E2\u0080\u0094John Logar and partners. Three men were engaged drifting into\nthe bench and extracting pillars.\nFrom this point down-stream to the lowest working on the creek, the St. Quentin\nlease, most of the ground is being worked by laymen.\nBoulder Creek.\nConsolidated Mining and Smelting Co. of Canada, Ltd. McLeod White, Superintendent.\nThis is a hydraulic operation employing twenty-two men.\nPine Creek.*\nP. Jensen, Superintendent. This organization has only recently corn-\nNorthern menced operations in the district. Options have been acquired on all\nResources, Ltd. of Pine Creek and Gold Run up to Surprise Lake. Drag-line and bulldozers are used to move gravel to a mobile sluice-box. Pine Creek has\nbeen deepened from a point below the Spruce Creek Road in order to give drainage on\nbed-rock farther up-stream. Thirty men were employed.\nOtter Creek.\nCompagnie Francaise des Mines d'Or du Canada.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Walter Sweet, Manager. Underground\noperations have been suspended. Walter Johnson & Company have an option on the\nproperty and have done a considerable amount of prospecting and sampling. Sweet and\nthree partners, working on a lay, opened a small hydraulic pit down-stream from the\nunderground workings.\nBirch Creek.\nSeveral groups of men were engaged in ground-sluicing.\nWright Creek.\nArctic Lease.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Hodges and Moran, laymen. This is a hydraulic operation employing\nfive men. Water is scarce, sufficient only for four to five runs of half-hour duration\ndaily.\nThree other groups of men were engaged ground-sluicing farther up-stream.\n* Reference: Annual Report, 1936, Part B. PROGRESS NOTES. A 89\nRuby Creek.\nSurprise Lake Mining Co., Ltd.\u00E2\u0080\u0094P. Matson and partners, laymen. This is a hydraulic\noperation employing five partners.\nAllen and Cawder Leases.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The Columbia Development, Limited, had an option on these\nleases and did some prospecting. The lease was dropped.\nScott Lease.\u00E2\u0080\u0094J. W. Noland, owner. Three men had a lay on this and were drifting\ninto the bench.\nMcKee Creek.\nConroy Fraction.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Clayton Gibbs and partners, laymen. Three men were engaged\ndrifting into the bench.\nP. Nord is working alone driving drainage-tunnel to his lease. This is now in\nover 300 feet with 150 feet yet to drive.\nWatt, Lindgren, and Swanson.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The partners and three other men were engaged in preparing for a hydraulic operation. A deep drainage-ditch has been cut for 250 feet\nthrough rim rock.\nFourth of July Creek.\nTwo groups of men were engaged prospecting on the creek.\nOscar Nelson and partners. This lease has not worked for a number\nBrown Shaft. of years on account of excess water. When the connection was made\nfrom the Croker lease and the mine drained, operations were commenced by the laymen. Three men were employed.\nWright and Brown, laymen. This property did not work during the\nFriendship Lease, year on account of excess water. The McRae interests have taken an\noption on this lease and other up-stream creek leases as far as the\nsmall canyon below the Spruce Creek Mining Company No. 5 shaft. In this area\nconsiderable drilling was done during the summer.\nRose Claims.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Nelson and Johnson, operators. Five men were employed drifting\nand extracting pillars. Only the upper shaft was used.\nJames H. Eastman, Manager. This company worked on the Olalla\nColumbia Develop- lease. Steam-shovel surface operations were continued. At the start\nment, Ltd. of the season drag-line methods were tried but were discontinued.\nEarly in the season delay was caused by the collapse of the flume which\ncarries the creek around the shovel pit. Twenty men were employed.\nPoker Lease (Upper).\u00E2\u0080\u0094Ivanie and partners. This bench lease adjoins the Olalla and\nRose leases. Four men are employed drifting up-stream and into the bench.\nSQUAW CREEK AREA.\nSquaw Creek is located in the extreme north-westerly corner of the Province and\nflows across the Yukon Boundary to its confluence with the Tatchenshini River. Individual placer-mining has been carried out on this creek for several years by both Indian\nand white miners.\nDuring 1940 twenty-five men were employed at thirteen different operations on\nthis creek, from which 175 oz. of gold is reported to have been produced from the\nhandling of 3,000 cubic yards.\nSTIKINE AREA.\nThis area was not visited during the year.\nMANSON CREEK AREA.*\nLost Creek.\nCompany office, 736 Granville Street, Vancouver, B.C.; Bert McDonald,\nLost Creek Placer Manager. Capital: 100,000 shares, $1 par. This is a hydraulic opera-\nGold, Ltd. tion at the mouth of Lost Creek, using one monitor in the pit and\nanother stacking tailings in Manson Creek. Slightly over 6 miles of\nditch and flume have been built to bring an adequate head of water from Manson Creek.\n* Reference: Annual Report, 1936, Part C. A 90 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nThe pipe-line from the pressure-box to nozzle is 2,900 feet long and has a head of 225\nfeet. Approximately 125,000 cubic yards of gravel was moved. Fourteen men were\nemployed.\nSlate Creek.\nThe Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company did not operate during the year.\nGermansen Creek.\nCompany office, 789 Pender Street West, Vancouver, B.C.; R. C.\nGermansen McCorkell, President; M. A. Manson, Secretary; A. A. McCorkell,\nMines, Ltd. Manager. Capital: 750,000 shares, 50 cents par. This company has\na hydraulic operation on the east bank of Germansen Creek. The\noverburden is heavy and there is a band of glacial clay above the pay-gravels. The\nclay is very resistant to water and usually comes down in large pieces which have to be\nblasted in the pit. Thirty men were employed.\nCompany office, Stanley House, Hardinge Street, Nairobi, Kenya Col-\nVenture Explora- ony; British Columbia office, Prince Rupert, B.C.; A. A. Lawrie,\ntion Co. (East Secretary; W. H. Eassie, Manager. Capital: 3,000 shares, no par\nAfrica), Ltd. value. This company has a hydraulic operation on the west bank of\nGermansen Creek, near its junction with the Omineca River. One pit\nwas in full operation during the past season and another was being prepared. Two\nmonitors were in use in the operating pit, the face of which is over 100 feet high. Over\n1,000,000 cubic yards was moved during the season. Fifty-three men were employed.\nThere are a considerable number of individuals employed on the various small\ncreeks in the district, sniping and prospecting.\nTAKLA LAKE AREA.\nTom Creek.\nCompany office, 510 Hastings Street West, Vancouver, B.C.; T. A.\nTom Creek Kelley, President; Laura L. McGhee, Secretary; J. J. Warren, Man-\nPlacers, Ltd. ager. Capital: 250 shares, $100 par. This is a steam-shovel operation employing fifteen men. A narrow canyon was encountered in the\nchannel and shovel operations were suspended about the end of August.\nProspectors were engaged on Vital, Harrison, Silver, and Quartz Creeks.\nCARIBOO AREA.\nBarkerville-Wells.\nCompany office, Rust Building, Tacoma, Washington; mine office,\nLowhee Mining Barkerville, B.C.; C. W. Lea, President and General Manager; Paul\nCo., Ltd. Barker, Secretary-Treasurer; Henry Lea, Superintendent. Capital:\n750,000 shares, $1 par; issued, 635,156. The company operates an\nhydraulic mine on Lowhee Creek near Barkerville. The hydraulic pit was advanced\n260 feet during the season and about 250,000 cubic yards of material were washed\nthrough the sluice-boxes. Operations started in mid-April and continued to the end\nof October. During high water in the spring about fifteen men were employed on two\ndaylight shifts; after the water dropped in the autumn only one shift was employed.\nThe face of the pit is now only about 150 yards from the dam at the head of the creek.\nCompany office, Royal Trust Building, Vancouver, B.C.; J. A. Wright,\nBarkerville Gold Secretary; C. A. McPherson, Superintendent. Capital: 200,000 shares,\nMines, Ltd. $1 par. This company continued to develop the Waverly Placers at\nGrouse Creek. A search is being made for the outlet of the old Grouse\nCreek channel, known also as the Glasgow channel. Drilling during the year located a\nportion of this channel and also some shallow pay-gravels alongside it. It was decided\nto work these pay-gravels but, in order to establish dumping space and grade for the\nsluice-boxes, it was necessary to pipe out a very narrow and irregular gutter leading\nfrom the old pit to the location of these newly discovered gravels. This work was\ncompleted at the time of inspection, and it is estimated that 86,000 yards of gravel has\nbeen moved. PROGRESS NOTES. A 91\nFrench Creek Placers.\u00E2\u0080\u0094A crew of ten men under the supervision of I. I. Felker was\nemployed at this property during the early part of the 1940 season. At the time of\ninspection a No. 6 monitor was working under a head of 280 feet. It is reported that\n15,000 yards of gravel was hydraulicked.\nThis property was worked during the season by J. J. Gunn, layman.\nRed Gulch Placers. He employed as many as seven men during high water, and was using\na No. 4 monitor. He was engaged in removing remnants of the channel left by other operators, but was unable to reach bed-rock at the mouth of his\nsluice-boxes.\nBlack Jack Cariboo Mines, Ltd.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This company was engaged in small-scale sluicing\noperations on Williams Creek, Grouse Creek, and Canadian Creek.\nLittle Valley Creek.\nLease of A. Fleury.\u00E2\u0080\u0094It is reported that two men sluicing on this creek treated 3,000\nyards of gravel.\nLease of R. Niemeyer.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Sluicing and hydraulicking operations on this lease were\nundertaken on a small scale. About 1,500 yards of material was treated.\nLease of G. Halverson.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Two men hydraulicking on this lease treated 2,500 yards of\nmaterial.\nTwo-bit Creek.\nLease of T. Dunlop.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This lease is located on Two-bit Creek, a tributary of Little\nValley Creek. Three men sluiced about 1,500 yards of gravel during the season.\nMcArthur's Gulch.\nLease of Knut Johannson.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This ground lies beside the Wells-Barkerville Highway,\nmidway between the two towns. Working alone, K. Johannson hydraulicked about\n2,000 yards of material with a small monitor.\nWolfe Creek.\nLease of Thompson and Dowsett.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Wolfe Creek is a tributary of Antler Creek and lies\nabout 7 miles south of Barkerville. It is reported that a test-shaft was sunk and that\nabout 1,200 yards was hydraulicked.\nCunningham Creek.\nThree leases located on Cunningham Creek, about 12 miles south of\nTrehouse Placers. Barkerville, are owned by the Tregillus brothers and J. House, of\nBarkerville. They were worked by W. G. Beamish and associates, laymen. These men used a small monitor and washed about 5,000 yards of gravels from\nthree small pits. They were unable to get to bed-rock, and to do so would require\nconsiderable development-work.\nTest-work was also being done on this creek on behalf of Fraser and Pears, of\nQuesnel.\nCopper Creek.\nTriple Hydraulic Placers.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Development-work was continued at this operation and\nabout 15,000 yards of material was moved with a small monitor.\nShepherd Creek.\nClaim of R. D. Rees.\u00E2\u0080\u0094It is reported that R. D. Rees, working alone, treated about\n1,000 yards of material.\nPine Creek.\nLease of J. P. Roddick.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The lessee and two other men were engaged at this property.\nA No. 2 monitor was in use at the time of inspection. Some test-work was also done.\nWells-Stanley.\nThis property is located beside the Quesnel-Barkerville Road, about 5\nKetch, Ltd. miles west of Wells. Working under the supervision of R. E. McDou-\ngall, of Wells, a maximum of ten men was employed during the season. A 92 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nThe equipment was not changed during the year, but the operation was on a smaller\nscale and there was available only 1,100 hours of water as compared with 1,400 last\nyear. A new pit is being advanced towards the old and is also being used to prospect\nlower benches than formerly worked. About 60,000 yards was hydraulicked in the\nold pit and about 20,000 in the new.\nThis hydraulic operation, owned by Messrs. Peebles and McDougall, is\nDragon Creek located on Dragon Creek, about 5 miles northerly from the Ketch prop-\nPlacers, erty. Advance this season was through ground worked by Chinamen\nin the early days. A No. 2 monitor is used and a hoist and high-line\npermit removal of large boulders. About 35,000 yards of material was removed in an\nadvance of about 500 feet. This advance was to establish grade for the boxes, and is\nheading for virgin ground above the Chinese workings. Some gold was recovered,\nincluding coarse nuggets left behind by the Chinese.\nOwned and operated by William Hong, this property is located about 1\nMontgomery mile south of the Dragon Creek Placers. Development-work was con-\nCreek Placers, tinued during this season. At the time of inspection two men were\nclearing ground and piping from the top of the narrow pit, which was\nabout 60 feet deep. This pit is being advanced on grade up Montgomery Creek from\nthe Willow Creek flats. It has not yet reached bed-rock, and is as yet non-productive.\nSome further drilling to outline the pay-channel was also done.\nThis property is owned and operated by William Hong, of Barkerville.\nSangdang Placers. It is located on Slough Creek benches, about 1 mile north of the Ketch\nproperty. Gravel from an area of approximately 7 acres was removed\nby hydraulicking. This area was south-west of and lower than the location of last\nyear's operation. The amount of water available, the equipment, and height of the\nbanks were all about the same as last year. The scarcity of large boulders reduced the\npowder consumption, but the gold-recovery was low and much of the gold was in the\ncrushed bed-rock. Fifteen men were employed. Three monitors used an average of\n30 second-feet of water.\nCoulter Creek enters Slough Creek directly across from the Sangdang\nCoulter Creek operation. Three laymen were operating in the pit of this property\nPlacers. for two months during the summer. They were using a No. 2 monitor\nworking under a head of 100 feet. Little water was available, which\nfact necessitated the use of a flood-gate.\nJack of Clubs Creek.\nJack of Clubs Lake Mining Syndicate.\u00E2\u0080\u0094It was the intention of this syndicate, headed by\nH. R. Hatch, to drift on ground lying about 5 miles up Jack of Clubs Creek from the\nWells Highway. A good road was made to the property and a camp established; after\nthis, work was discontinued.\nLightning Creek.\nThis operation is located on Grub Gulch, which enters Lightning Creek\nGrub Gulch from the west at Van Winkle. It is owned jointly by William Hong,\nPlacers. Jack Hind, and Frank Freeman, all of Barkerville, and R. H. Harlin,\nof Seattle. During the year two of the partners, with one other man,\ninstalled sluice-boxes and pipe-line and washed about 10,000 yards from two small pits.\nA No. 3 monitor under a 75-foot head used about 18 second-feet of water.\nR. E. McDougall and associates, of Wells, have obtained a working\nBowman Mines, option on the property of this company, which lies along the west side\nLtd. of Lightning Creek above Amador Creek. Development-work was con\nfined to the Eldorado claim, located at the confluence of the two creeks\nabout 2 miles south-east of Stanley. A narrow gutter was piped out in the belief that\nit was the probable outlet of a Tertiary channel in which test-work done some years ago\nhad revealed good values. A large portion of the hillside above Lightning Creek was\ncaused to slide into the creek by hydraulicking down to sloping beds of slum. In all,\nabout 225,000 yards were moved by these means and in the actual piping out of the\ngutter. PROGRESS NOTES. A 93\nThis company is developing an underground placer operation beneath\nStanley Mining Lightning Creek at Stanley. The work is supervised by A. Brown,\nCo., Ltd. of Barkerville. Before actual mining was started considerable drilling\nwas done to prove the ground. A shaft has been sunk 16 feet to clay.\nA head-frame, dry, machine-shop, and warehouse have been erected.\nStanley-Quesnel.\nThis property has been purchased from M. Sunberg by Mr. Graham,\nDonovan Creek of Kamloops, who intends to enlarge the scope of the operation. He\nPlacers. has cleaned the existing ditch and has started another, which eventually will tap Peters Creek. At present this new ditch adds to his\nwater-supply by tapping several springs on the hillside. This has permitted the\ninstallation of a larger pipe-line and monitor.\nCompany office, Saunders Avenue, Wells, B.C.; H. B. King, Secretary;\nLangford Mines, K. K. Langford, Manager. Capital: 100,000 shares, $1 par. This\nLtd. company owns the property known as Langford Placers, located 7 miles\nnorth of the highway at Beaver Pass. During the first part of the\npast season the property was operated by the Coast and Lakes Alluvials, Limited.\nA carry-all and bulldozer were added to the equipment, as described in the Annual\nReport for 1939. This year about 50,000 yards of bench gravels have been washed.\nThe Coast and Lakes Alluvials, Limited, ceased operations in midsummer and the\nproperty reverted to the Langford Mines, Limited. The latter company has installed\na gravity water system for the sluice-boxes and a small steam plant which provides\npower to stack tailings by scraper. A bulldozer will move the gravels to the sluice-\nboxes. Capacity of the sluice-boxes and undercurrents is about 60 yards per hour.\nK. K. Langford is President and Manager of this company. The prop-\n. C.B.A. Mines, Ltd. erty lies midway between the Wells Highway and the Langford Mines,\nLimited. Two monitors are used, and the tailings are stacked by a\nlarge crescent scraper run off a double-drum hoist, powered by a 50-horse-power Diesel\nengine.\nFry's Placer.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This hydraulic operation was operated during 1940 by Thomas Fry\nand two hired men. The slide mentioned in the Annual Report for 1939 made it necessary to open a new pit farther up Larsen's Gulch.\nCarlsen's Placer.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property is located about 1 mile north of Langford Placers\nand is operated by Mr. Carlsen alone. During the year he was engaged in the construction of flume and sluice-boxes.\nSlade Creek Placers.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This operation is located on Slade Creek beside the Langford\nroad about 4 miles north of the Wells Highway. Pipe and sluice-boxes have been\ninstalled and a hydraulic pit started.\nThis operation is located about 3 miles from the Wells Highway at\nPearson's Placers. Beaver Pass, and adjoins the ground of the C.B.A. Placers. D. Pearson, owner of the lease, and E. Dreske, owner of a small monitor and\npipe-line, operated during the year. One other man was employed. Work was concentrated on shallow gravels at the mouth of Kee Khan Creek. Large boulders were\nhoisted out of the pit on a stone-boat which was pulled up an inclined skid-road by\nmeans of a hand-winch and block and tackle.\nHyde Creek Placers.\u00E2\u0080\u0094It is reported that some work was done at this property near\nBeaver Pass Valley, owned by Dr. O. R. Hougen, of Mission City.\nThe operation of this company is located at the mouth of Mosquito\nSlade Placers, Ltd. Creek, which enters Lightning Creek about 2 miles west of Wingdam.\nThe pit opened up last year was enlarged and about 37,500 yards were\ntreated. The plant and crew were the same as the previous year.\nLease of E. J. Norman.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Formerly known as Svenson's Lease. Norman and various\npartners carried out development-work and did considerable prospecting during the\nyear. The ground is located along the Swift River, between Lightning and Sovereign\nCreeks.\nSovereign Creek.\u00E2\u0080\u0094D. D. Fraser and associates, of Quesnel, have done considerable\ntest-work on their ground on Sovereign Creek. A 94 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nQuesnel-Prince George.\nCompany office, 612 Vancouver Block, Vancouver, B.C.; President,\nCottonwood Gold Charles Wm. Neville; Secretary, Rowland John Neville. Capital:\nDredging Co., Ltd. 25,000 preferred shares, $1 par; 100,000 common, no par value. This\n(N.P.L.). company conducted test-work on the holdings of Jones, Burt, and Ayton\non the Cottonwood River, about 7 miles below Cottonwood House.\nSeventeen test-pits were sunk in shallow gravels and about 1,000 yards were treated by\nhand-sluicing methods.\nCompany office, 470 Granville Street, Vancouver, B.C.; J. W. Phillips,\nCariboo Cottonwood Manager. Capital: 250,000 shares, $1 par. The property of this\nPlacers, Ltd. company is located about 7 miles up the Cottonwood River from the\nPrince George-Quesnel Highway, at Cinema, 20 miles north of\nQuesnel. Hydraulicking operations commenced early in the year and continued until\nfreeze-up. It is reported that 460,000 yards were treated. The greater part of this\nconsisted of Cottonwood gravels which overlie the deep Tertiary channel. It is understood that the Tertiary channel proper was entered about the end of the season. At\nthe time of the last inspection eight men were working on three shifts, operating two\nmonitors under a head of 300 feet. The gravels were washed into sluice-boxes which\nwere 5 feet wide, laid with a slope of 7 inches in 12 feet for a total length of 164 feet.\nThe riffles were 40-lb. rails laid longitudinally. At the lower end there were five undercurrent boxes with slopes of 1 and 1% per cent. These are covered with a mat and\nmetal lathing. The main sluice-boxes can be cleaned in eight hours. The undercurrents are cleaned in four hours, one at a time, twice a week. All the material is\nwashed through a Laurentsen gold-saving box, and the gold is not handled until it is\nremoved from this box in the form of a high-grade concentrate. Water-supply is\nadequate and dumping-space entirely satisfactory. Boulders are few and there is no\nheavy timber-growth on the surface.\nDuring the summer a storage-dam and spillways were constructed to provide emergency water-supply at a lake 14 miles from the pit. During the period of construction\nthe crew totalled about twenty-four men. The road to the property was gravelled.\nThis property adjoins that of the Cariboo Cottonwood Placers,\nProperty of A. Bellos Limited. Mr. Bellos worked a 50-foot bench on the north side of the\nand Associates. river at Mile 19, or about l1/. miles above the Cariboo Cottonwood\npit. Using a 4-inch centrifugal pump to raise water from the river\nto operate a No. 1 monitor with a 2-inch nozzle, he was able to treat ordinary gravel\nand sand at the rate of about 25 yards per day.\nKent Dredging Co.\u00E2\u0080\u0094It is understood that test-work conducted on ground at the\nmouth of the Cottonwood River was for the account of this company.\nTabor Creek.\nThis operation is on bench leases located along the Fraser River about\nOperation of Thomas 15 miles south of Prince George. At the time of inspection in June\nRobertson et al. the equipment consisted of a %-yard gas-shovel and two dump-trucks,\neach of 3-yard capacity. The trucks were used to haul gravel from\nthe shovel to a grizzly over the sluice-boxes. Six men were employed, all on one shift.\nThe property of this company is located on the west side of the Fraser\nCormack Mining River, about 20 miles north of Quesnel. It is directly across the river\nCo., Ltd. from the old Tertiary mine, and access is by means of the Tertiary\nmine road. The ground that it is proposed to mine by underground\nmethods is said to be the extension to the south-west of the channel in the Tertiary\nmine workings. Old drift workings are flooded to the river-level, but above this are\nstill accessible. At the time of inspection a frame building had been erected to house\na Denver gold-pan and a small compressor, the latter to operate a jack-hammer. A small\nstorage-bin had been built above the gold-pan and a ramp extended from this to the\nportal of an old adit. Four men were employed. PROGRESS NOTES. A 95\nTertiary Mine.\u00E2\u0080\u0094It is understood that E. J. Reese, of Quesnel, is attempting to recover\nvalues from the old dumps at this mine. Two partners built a small dredge with the\nintention of recovering gold from a sunken bar down-stream from this mine.\nQUESNEL-WILLIAMS LAKE.\nFraser River.\nOperation of A. P. Himmelman.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Himmelman rented the Ainlay bowl plant belonging\nto the Canamco Mining Company, and used it on his bench leases at Alexandria.\nQuesnel River.\nThis operation is conducted on a bench on the north bank of the\nOperations of Quesnel River, down-stream from the mouth of Buxton Creek. At the\nH. Craig, Munn, time of inspection of this property a mobile washing plant was being\nand E. J. Reese, constructed. This consisted of an incline to the top of a wooden tower,\nerected on skids, and with a bin at the top. A bulldozer moves gravel\nto the bottom of the incline where it is dumped into a skip. On its return for more\ngravel the bulldozer hoists the skip to the top of the incline where it dumps automatically into the bin. From the bin the gravels enter the sluice-boxes through a grizzly.\nA Diesel centrifugal pump is used to hoist the water to the boxes. As soon as the\ngravels within economic range have been treated, the entire plant is moved to a new\nlocation along the bench.\nCompany office, 917 Vancouver Block, Vancouver, B.C.; R. F. Sharpe,\nBullion Placers, President and Mine Manager; H. Ray, Secretary-Treasurer. This\nLtd. company owns and operates the Bullion property on the South Fork\nof the Quesnel River. The season started on April 1st and continued\nuntil September, when labour trouble caused the premature suspension of work for the\nyear. It is estimated that the gravel handled amounted to 1,037,000 yards from the\nSouth Fork pit, and 512,000 yards from the Drop pit. In addition, about 150,000 yards\nof solid rock was removed to provide a sluice-channel at the latter pit. During the\nearlier part of the season two monitors were employed, one in each pit. Later, when\nwork was confined to the Drop pit, there was used a specially built monitor with an\nllV_-inch nozzle, which required in excess of 90 second-feet of water under a head of\nabout 400 feet. The crew varied from sixty to seventy-five men, a large number of\nthese being required for maintenance on the waterways leading to the pits.\nBlack Bear Mountain (Vicinity of Likely) .\nL. O. Gostling, Manager. The adit mentioned in the Annual Report\nPerseverance for 1939 had been advanced to a point 650 feet from the portal at the\nGold Mines, Ltd. time of inspection in June. It had passed through one channel, several\nfeet above bed-rock, and was half-way across a second channel when it\nbroke into a small slum-body and had to be discontinued. An up-stream drive was then\nstarted in order to reach bed-rock in the main channel. It is understood that this has\nbeen advanced about 50 feet, and that a ventilation raise has been driven 44 feet.\nKeithley.\nCompany office, 504 Randall Building, Vancouver, B.C.; mine office,\nPlacer Engineers, Keithley Creek, B.C.; George Harrison, President; George V. F. Hud-\nLtd. son, Secretary-Treasurer; E. Lang, Superintendent. Capital: 750,000\nshares, no par value; issued, 541,452. The company is operating an\nhydraulic mine on Keithley Creek, about 4 miles from the town of Keithley. Operations started in the Onward pit this year were planned to prove that the ancient\nKeithley channel extended easterly from this pit. When the desired information was\nobtained work was resumed in the China pit, where a remaining bench was cleaned off.\nAfter this was completed, work was started to reopen the Onward pit, where it will be\nnecessary to cut a rock channel for the sluice-boxes. The channel which it is proposed\nto work is above the old gutter drifted on by Veith and Borland in 1900. A crew of\ntwelve men was employed on three shifts throughout the greater part of the season. A 96 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nThere was ample water until the middle of October. One monitor was used with a\n15-inch intake and 6-inch nozzle. The head of water in the Onward pit was about 240\nfeet; the monitor used about 30 second-feet.\nCompany office, 555 Burrard Street, Vancouver, B.C.; B. Boe, Manager.\nBurrard Placers, Capital: 2,000 shares, $1 par; issued, 2,000 shares. At Pine Creek,\nLtd. 5 miles east of Keithley, this company continued operations with practi\ncally the same crew and equipment as last year. One monitor was\ndestroyed by a bank-slide early in the season. The pit was ringed with a ditch to carry\nsurplus water from the hillside into the supply-flume, and so prevent further slides that\ncould be caused by seepage between the boulder-clay and gravel strata.\nCompany office, 555 Burrard Street, Vancouver, B.C. This property\nHarvey Creek is on Harvey Creek, about 5 miles north-east of Pine Creek. A new\nMines, Ltd. pit was started early in the season, down-stream from previous workings. The overburden was stripped for about 1% miles and the sluice-\nboxes were built and installed. It is understood that piping of the pay-gravels\ncommenced toward the end of the season.\nCLINTON AREA.\nWatson Bar Creek.\nThis lease extends up-stream from the mouth of the North Fork of\nCanyon Lease. Watson Bar Creek, tributary of the Fraser River, about 35 miles north\nof Lillooet. The lessee, J. Ross, and his two sons are drifting to bedrock and have advanced an adit about 150 feet in glacial clay and gravels.\nThis lease lies immediately above the Canyon lease. Messrs. H. McLeod\nSunrise Lease, and J. Ormond, partners, were engaged in ground-sluicing and in sinking a shaft to bed-rock. A lV_-inch pump was used to remove seepage\nfrom the shaft.\nThis lease lies above the Sunrise and is the top lease on the stream.\nHomestake Lease. During the past season M. Daly and J. C. McWhirter have been engaged\nin driving a long open-cut and adit on water-grade to reach bed-rock\nat the lower end of their lease. The open-cut is about 300 feet long. The adit extends\n150 feet from the end of the open-cut. To reach bed-rock an additional advance of 150\nfeet is required in the adit.\nLILLOOET AREA.\nFraser River.\nThis lease extends northward along the east bank of the Fraser River\nLease of from Sallus or 14-Mile Creek. L. D. Leonard, the lessee, is testing an\nL. D. Leonard, old channel which intersects the Fraser at the mouth of Sallus Creek\nand again about 1% miles farther north. He has driven two short\ntunnels along the rim of this channel and has done some open-cutting, all at the downstream exposure.\nMcGillivray Creek.\nLease of Leonie Weeden.\u00E2\u0080\u0094About 2,000 yards of gravel was moved on two leases.\nLarge boulders were handled by blasting and mechanical means.\nCayoosh Creek.\nLease of Clayton D. Waring.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This is located about 5 miles above the mouth of Cayoosh\nCreek. D. Waring, lessee, has done considerable testing on this lease, and at the end\nof the year was engaged in driving a tunnel to divert the creek from the pay-gravels.\nOperation of Frank Johnson and Associates.\u00E2\u0080\u0094These men were attempting to recover gold\nfrom the bed of Cayoosh Creek, about 7 miles above its mouth. A dam was built to\ndeflect the river through a diversion channel. The dam did not hold. PROGRESS NOTES. A 97\nVERNON AREA.\nThis property is situated on Monashee Creek, a tributary of Cherry\nRambler Placers. Creek, about 42 miles from Vernon, B.C. It is owned and operated by\nH. J. Fallow and associates, of Vernon, B.C. The gold-bearing gravel\nis in an old channel just below the present creek-bed and is mined by stripping the\noverlying ground and taking up the pay-dirt by means of a gasoline-operated shovel\nmounted on a truck. The gravel is then hauled by truck up a ramp and dumped\nthrough a grizzly into a standard sluice-box. Water is supplied by a 12- by 24-inch\nwooden flume with the intake some 700 feet up the creek. Boulders on the grizzly are\ncollected in a bin and moved by truck. Some 3,100 feet of new road was built and\nabout the same length of old road reconditioned to give access to the property from\nthe Vernon-Edgewood Highway. Camp buildings were constructed. Six men were\nemployed until November, when the operation ceased.\nRock Creek.\nThis property is situated on Rock Creek, about 3 miles from Camp\nJolly Creek McKinney, and is owned and operated by V. J. Melsted, of Rock\nPlacers. Creek, B.C. An old channel is being mined by drift methods. About\n200 feet of drifting and crosscutting was done during the season. The\npay-dirt is stripped from bed-rock and transported in wheelbarrows to the surface\nwhere the gold is recovered in a standard sluice-box. Four men were employed.\nNELSON AREA.\nNelson Placers, Ltd.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property is situated on Forty-nine Creek, about 8 miles\nfrom Nelson. It was operated under a lease by Herman Hallett and W. Swift. The\ngravel is washed into standard sluice-boxes by monitors.\nHall Creek.\nSeveral small operations were conducted during the summer.\nPend-d' Oreille River.\nSeveral small operations employing one or two men were conducted along the river\nduring the summer months.\nBIG BEND AREA.\nThe only activities in this area during the past season were on Lease No. 202 on\nMcCullough Creek, owned and operated by C. M. Williams and D. M. Fulmore, and on\nthe Hail Columbia lease at 62-Mile, owned and operated by Alex. McCrae and sons.\nCLAY AND SHALE.\nNEW WESTMINSTER AREA.\nCompany office, 850 Hastings Street West, Vancouver, B.C.; W. C.\nClayburn Co., Ltd. Cummings, Secretary-Treasurer; J. W. Ball, Manager. Capital: 4,000\nshares, $100 par. The mines and plant of this company are situated\nabout 50 miles east of Vancouver. The method of operating the fireclay deposits is\nsimilar to the operating methods in the coal mines. The roadways and working-places\nare well timbered and ventilation is good. Thirteen men are employed underground.\nThe production for the year amounted to: Fireclay from Kilgard mine, 14,363 tons;\nNo. 4b mine, 1,485 tons; No. 9 mine, 1,935 tons; and shale, 462 tons.\nSumas Firebrick Co.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This company operates a small fireclay quarry at Kilgard. The\nclay is transported by truck to the plant at New Westminster. Three men are employed.\n7 GABRIOLA ISLAND.\nThomas G. McBride, Manager. This property was formerly operated\nDominion Brick by the Gabriola Shale Products, Limited. Work under the Dominion\nCo. Brick Company was begun in August with a crew of twenty-three men\nsteadily employed until November, when the plant was closed for the\nseason. The quarry operations proper are under the supervision of an experienced\nworkman and all blasting is done by electric cable and battery.\nGYPSUM.\nFALKLAND AREA.\nCompany office, Paris, Ontario; British Columbia office, 804 Richards\nGypsum, Lime, Street, Vancouver, B.C.; R. Haire, President; S. H. Reid, Secretary;\nand Alabastine, Alex. Jessiman, Superintendent. Capital: 100,000 shares, no par value.\nCanada, Ltd. The company operates four quarries situated at Falkland, 40 miles\nsouth of Kamloops, near the Kamloops-Vernon Highway. Shipping\nfacilities are provided by the Canadian National Railway, over which the gypsum is\nshipped to the calcining and board mill at Port Mann, B.C.\nNos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 quarries are operated at an elevation of 500 to 800 feet higher\nthan the railroad bunkers, to which the gypsum is transported by an aerial tram some\n3,500 feet long. The gypsum is mined in open quarries, and during the present year\nwork has been confined to operating the Nos. 2 and 5 quarries. The overburden is thin,\nand with the quarry woi'k advancing into the side of the mountain the walls rise to a\nconsiderable height above the quarry floors, making it necessary to keep the walls at a\nlow angle of inclination for the safety of the employees. The drilling is done by jack-\nhammers. Sixteen men are employed and approximately 3,000 tons of gypsum is\nshipped from these quarries per month.\nLIMESTONE.\nKOEYE RIVER AREA.\nKoeye River Limestone Co.\u00E2\u0080\u0094P. Christensen, operator. The property of this company\ncomprises two small quarries on the Koeye River, about 7 miles south of Namu. Limestone is shipped to the Pacific Mills at Ocean Falls. During the year 19,380 tons were\nproduced. Eight men were employed.\nGRAND FORKS AREA.\nConsolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada, Ltd.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The Company owns and\noperates the Fife limestone quarry, situated at Fife, B.C., above Christina Lake. About\n22,000 tons of limestone was mined and shipped to Trail to be used as a flux. An\n.average of eighteen men was employed.\nTEXADA ISLAND.\nPacific Lime Co.\u00E2\u0080\u0094O. Peele, Manager. Two quarries are operated by this company\nat Blubber Bay. The plant produces quicklime, hydrated lime, and other limestone\nproducts. About thirty-two men have been steadily engaged in the quarries.\nB.C. Cement Co.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This company operates a limestone quarry on the opposite shore of\nBlubber Bay from the Pacific Lime Company. \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 The limestone is shipped to the Bamber-\nton plant. Robert Hamilton is in charge. Ten men are employed.\nVan Anda Quarries.\u00E2\u0080\u0094F. J. Beale, Manager. The quarries and crushing plant are\nsituated at Vananda. Twenty-three men have been steadily employed in producing\nJimestone and products from this operation. PROGRESS NOTES. A 99\nVANCOUVER ISLAND.\nOffice, Belmont Building, Victoria, B.C. Capital: 32,000 shares, $100\nB.C. Cement Co. par. This company operates two limestone quarries\u00E2\u0080\u0094one at Bamber-\nton and one at Texada Island\u00E2\u0080\u0094and a cement plant at Bamberton. The\ntotal crew for the whole operation is around 110 men.\nMICA DEPOSITS.\nBAKER INLET AREA.\nThis property of two claims is located in Baker Inlet, about 20 miles\nBaka-Mica Group, southerly of Prince Rupert. It is owned by P. M. Ray, of Prince\nRupert. The mineral deposit consists of a micaceous zone varying\nfrom a few inches to several feet in width and occurring in altered mica schists of the\nPrince Rupert series.\nThe zone is traced by stripping and natural outcrop for a distance of about 666\nfeet and occurs at about 400 feet elevation and about 600 feet from the shore. In the\ntraced length of 666 feet, about 420 feet is exposed and comprises lengths from 6 to\n100 feet consisting of from 10 to 90 per cent, sericite mica content across widths of\nfrom 2 to 7 feet.\nDuring the year, 80 tons of crude sericite mica were produced and shipped from\nthe Sericite claim to Vancouver for marketing.\n[Reference: Annual Report, 1934, Part B.]\nSTONE, SAND, GRAVEL.\nVANCOUVER AREA.\nBurrard Inlet.\nCoast Quarries, Ltd.\u00E2\u0080\u0094T. Burrows, Superintendent. The quarries are situated at\nGranite Falls, near the head of Burrard Inlet. The stone is used for general construction-work. From seven to ten men are employed.\nNorth Vancouver.\nDeeks Sand and Gravel, Ltd\u00E2\u0080\u0094Company office, 101 First Avenue, Vancouver, B.C.;\nH. S. Armstrong, Secretary; T. O. Burgess, Superintendent. Six men are employed.\nCascade Sand and Gravel Co.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Company office, 470 Granville Street, Vancouver, B.C.;\nW. J. Timlick, Secretary-Treasurer; W. A. McCullum, Manager. Capital: 1,000 shares,\n$100 par. Fifteen men are employed.\nHighland Sand and Gravel Co. (formerly B.C. Sand and Gravel Co.).\u00E2\u0080\u0094This plant is now under\nthe management of the Cascade Sand and Gravel Company. Complete alterations are\nbeing made to the screening plant. Until this is completed, no work is being done at\nthe gravel pit.\nRoad Materials Co.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Company office, 789 Pender Street West, Vancouver, B.C.; A.\nEllis, Secretary and Manager. Capital: 100 shares, $100 par. Part of this plant has\nbeen dismantled. Only two men are employed.\nGilley Bros. Quarry.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The plant and quarry of this company are situated at Silver\nValley, on the Pitt River. From twenty to thirty men are employed. The stone from\nthis quarry is used for general construction purposes.\nMaryhill Sand and Gravel Quarry.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Operated by Gilley Bros. Around sixteen men are\nemployed. The sand and gravel are moved from the face of the quarry by hydraulic\nguns and by power-shovels, and carried by conveyer-belts to the screening plant.\nNelson Island.\nVancouver Granite Co.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This company operates a dimension stone granite quarry on\nNelson Island. Work has been intermittent throughout the year. A 100 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nINSPECTION OF MINES.\nby\nJames Dickson.\nThe Province is divided into six Inspection Districts, as follows:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nInspection District. Mining Divisions in Districts.\nCoast Quatsino, Clayoquot, Alberni, Nanaimo, Victoria, Vancouver, and\nNew Westminster.\nNorthern Interior Lillooet, Ashcroft, Clinton, Quesnel,\nCariboo, and Peace River.\nInterior Similkameen, Osoyoos, Nicola, Vernon,\nand Kamloops.\nEast Kootenay and Boundary Greenwood, Trail Creek, Nelson,\nSlocan, Arrow Lake, Ainsworth,\nLardeau, Revelstoke, Fort Steele,\nWindermere, and Golden.\nNorthern Atlin, Stikine, Portland Canal, Skeena,\nand Omineca.\nThe Inspectors inspect the coal mines, metalliferous mines, and quarries in their\nrespective districts.\nBoard op Examiners for Coal-mine Officials.\nJames Dickson Chairman, Victoria.\nJames Strang Secretary, Victoria.\nH. E. Miard \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Member, Fernie.\nMessrs. Strang and Miard and the Inspector of Mines of the district in which an\nexamination is being held form the Board for granting certificates of competency to\ncoal-miners.\nAn Inspector of Mines is empowered to grant provisional certificates to miners for\na period not exceeding sixty days between regular examinations.\nInstructors, Mine-rescue Stations.\nRichard Nichol Nanaimo Station.\nJames L. Brown Cumberland Station.\nAlfred Gould Princeton Station.\nJohn T. Puckey Fernie Station.\nThe District Inspectors of Mines have their headquarters in the different mining\nareas as follows: John MacDonald, Nanaimo; James Strang, Victoria; Edward R.\nHughes, Cumberland; James A. Mitchell, Lillooet; John G. Biggs, Princeton; Hamilton C.\nHughes, Nelson; H. E. Miard, Fernie; and Charles Graham, Prince Rupert.\nPRODUCTION.\nThe total tonnage produced by the coal mines of the Province for the year ended\nDecember, 1940, was 1,667,827 tons, being an increase of 189,955 tons or 12.8 per cent,\nover production of 1939.\nThe Coast District, which includes Vancouver Island, Nicola-Princeton, and\nNorthern Districts, produced 891,309 tons, a decrease of 24,605 tons or 2.6 per cent,\nfrom 1939.\nVancouver Island collieries produced 732,659 tons, an increase of 15,325 tons or\n2.1 per cent, over 1939.\nThe Northern District produced 5,824 tons, an increase of 1,056 tons over 1939.\nThe Nicola-Princeton District produced 152,786 tons, a decrease of 41,026 tons or\n21.1 per cent, from 1939. INSPECTION OF MINES.\nA 101\nThe East Kootenay District produced 776,518 tons, an increase of 214,560 tons or\n38.1 per cent, over 1939.\nThe following table shows the output and per capita production daily and for the\nyear at the various mines:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nColliery and Mine.\n0)\ncj 0) ft\na o 3\n0*3.8\n*\u00C2\u00AB M\nro a c\noO u\nJi ,\n0\nO n\n. V\nO 0)\n51\n'rt ft\nla\nTons of Coal\nmined per Employee daily.\ni r-4'\nc ffl\n. .\nIS\ng p\nw&\n<*. .\nO oj\no c\nZiD\nTons of Coal\nmined per Underground Employee\ndaily.\nTons of Coal\nmined per Underground Employee\nfor Year.\nComox Colliery (No. 5 mine) \t\n230,449\n126,800\n146,706\n183,162\n3,696\n5,100\n32,818\n298\n1,238\n621\n713\n379\n679\n232\n242\n266\n251\n262\n222\n258\n128\n240\n183\n211\n184\n108\n625\n268\n322\n377\n16\n15\n75\n3\n2\n2\n2\n5\n7\n1.59\n1.95\n1.71\n1.93\n0.88\n1.76\n1.69\n0.77\n2.58\n1.69\n1.68\n0.41\n0.90\n368\n473\n455\n486\n231\n392\n437\n99\n619\n310\n356\n76\n97\n496\n236\n284\n233\n13\n12\n57\n2\n2\n2\n2\n5\n6\n2.00\n2.22\n1.94\n3.13\n1.08\n1.91\n2.23\n1.15\n2.57\n1.69\n1.68\n0.41\n1.04\n464\n537\n516\nSouth Wellington (No. 10 mine) \t\n786\n284\nChambers* mine _ __-_\nBeban mine .\u00E2\u0080\u009E \u00E2\u0080\u009E\nLoudon mine __ \t\n425\n575\n149\n619\nBiggs' mine \t\nLewis' mine \t\n310\n356\n76\nNeville Prospect \u00E2\u0080\u0094 \t\n113\nCoalmont Colliery\t\nMiddlesboro Colliery \t\nGranby Consolidated M.S. & P. Co., Ltd.\nPrinceton Tulameen Coal Co \t\n22,449\n24,618\n81,780\n23,595\n344\n62\n165\n250\n251\n104\n162\n100\n100\n37\n2\n2.22\n1.49\n3.27\n2.54\n1.65\n138\n246\n817\n637\n172\n88\n66\n80\n27\n1\n4.06\n2.26\n4.09\n3.48\n3.30\n252\n373\n1,022\n874\n344\nBulkley Valley Colliery \t\n5,488\n336\n227\n78\n13\n6\n1.86\n0.73\n422\n56\n8\n3\n3.02\n1.43\n686\n123,963\n652,555\n181\n276\n157\n574\n4.36\n4.11\n789\n1,136\n117\n433\n5.85\n5.46\n1,059\n1,507\n40\n20\n4\n0.50\n10\n2\n1.00\nCollieries op Vancouver Island Inspection District.\nThe output of Vancouver Island collieries was 732,659 tons. Of this amount,\n107,492 tons or 14.6 per cent, was lost in preparation for the market; 5,903 tons or\n0.8 per cent, was consumed by producing companies as fuel; and 595,368 tons was sold\nin the competitive market. Of the amount sold in the competitive market, 515,771 tons\nor 86.6 per cent, was sold in Canada; 34,049 tons or 5.7 per cent, was sold in the United\nStates; and 45,548 tons or 7.7 per cent, was sold elsewhere.\nCollieries of the Nicola-Princeton Inspection District.\nOf the gross output of 152,786 tons produced by the collieries of the Nicola-\nPrinceton District, 2,055 tons or 1.4 per cent, was lost in preparation for the market;\n7,345 tons or 4.8 per cent, was consumed by producing companies as fuel; and 143,202\ntons or 93.8 per cent, was sold in the competitive market in Canada.\nCollieries of the East Kootenay Inspection District.\nThe output of the collieries in the East Kootenay District was 776,518 tons. Of\nthis amount, 50,082 tons or 6.4 per cent, was lost in preparation for the market; 14,794\ntons or 1.9 per cent, was used by producing companies as fuel; 88,418 tons or 11.3 per\ncent, was used in making coke; and 623,102 tons was sold in the competitive market.\nOf this amount, 548,412 tons or 88 per cent, was sold in Canada and 74,690 tons or\n12 per cent, was sold in the United States.\n12841) A 102\nREPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nThe following table shows the per capita production of the various districts for the\npast five years. Similar figures for the years prior to 1936 are shown in previous\nAnnual Reports.\nOutput and Per Capita Production in Various Districts.\nYear.\nDistrict.\nGross Tons of\nCoal mined\nduring Year.\nTotal No. of ; Tons of Coal\nEmployees mined per\nat Producing Employee for\nCollieries. Year.\nNo. of Men\nemployed\nUnderground\nin Producing\nCollieries.\nTons of Coal\nmined per\nUnderground\nEmployee\nfor Year.\n1936\n1938\n1940\nEast Kootenay District\nCoast District\t\nWhole Province\t\nEast Kootenay District,\nCoast District\u00E2\u0080\u0094\t\nWhole Province _.\nEast Kootenay District\nCoast District ,\nWhole Province\t\nEast Kootenay District\nCoast District....- -\nWhole Province\t\nEast Kootenay District.\nCoast District\t\nWhole Province\t\n470,606\n875,865\n1,346,741\n459,136\n985,551\n1,444,687\n434,068\n875,360\n1,309,428\n561,958\n915,914\n1,477,872\n776,518\n891,309\n1,667,827\n606\n2,208\n2,814\n628\n2,525\n3,153\n693\n2,269\n2,962\n731\n2,245\n2,976\n731\n2,143\n2,874\n776\n396\n478\n731\n390\n458\n626\n386\n442\n768\n468\n496\n1,062\n462\n580\n459\n1,556\n2,015\n462\n1,824\n2,286\n467\n1,621\n2,088\n538\n1,629\n2,167\n550\n1,625\n2,175\n1,025\n563\n668\n972\n540\n632\n972\n540\n675\n1,044\n662\n682\n1,412\n548\n766\nThe following table shows the production and distribution of coal by the various\ncollieries and districts, compiled from returns furnished by the owners:\u00E2\u0080\u0094 INSPECTION OF MINES.\nA 103\nC.OtCN-OOCOOOOOHMC.0.\n01\nCSQ0O 1/Jt^\nec\nCOU3 \"*\ncoin\nCO\nO C- CO\noo\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0^OOtOO.OHO.MNHI>t-\nUS\nTt< rH co cn Tf\ncc\nCO CO\nto in\nCv\nCO\n00\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 ^ CC t- rH SO rH CO CM CM eO C-CO CO\ntt\n^f ixi t-m co\n[-\ntP CO\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0/-\no in\nin\na\nt-\nl>\n5 CO CM Tf CO CO\nCv\nCsfTlTrH CO*\ne\\nin\nU9\nCO cm\"\nvX\nC)\no\"\nc\nNN CO CM\nir\ncm in\nec\nm\nin\n1-SlSS\nl>\nrH eo\nt-\nCC\n0*w\nCC\nB J\nm ! !\nIT\n!CM\nC- Cl\nCT>\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0go\n03 ,_|\nCv\nT*\nTp\nH\no\nIr\nin eo\neo\n\u00C2\u00A7\nI\nH\n13\nHHO.\n~\nCD\nvT\nrHCM\nCO\nCM !\nCM\nN\n:\nQJ\nw\ncirn eo\n01\nC\neo i-h\nCM\nCM\nC-\nn\n2 6\na\nisia *\ni-<\ntr\nia\nin\nJ*\nfret;\nCO rH\nTf\nrt\n^H\nCO !\nc\nee\nTH\nCM\n**\nCM*\nb\no\nH\nW\nrH '\nC\\n. .\nCv\n0^\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 O ! 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O\no\no\n0\nc\n7.\nq\nc\nV\no\n5\na3\n4-.\nU\nV)\na\nc\na\n>\nfc\n^a\n\"c\nc\n>\na\n>\n>\nS\n4\u00C2\u00A3\n'H\nIS\nj\n5\nc\n0)\n4->\nSi\nc\nin\nO\n>v\na\nc\n> .2\nS \u00C2\u00B0 1\n1 s\n* B.\na\nt\nc\n'>\nc\nu\nPh\nc\n<*-\n<\nT3\na\na\na\ns\n60\nE\nQJ\nT3\nP\no 9aa_go\nffljg|\nCJ J\na\nc\ni\n01\n\u00C2\u00A3\no\na\nc\ni\nc\nK\ng\nPC\na\nc\n1\ne\nc\n*c\np\nc\nhi\na\nc\ni\n\u00C2\u00B1\n*E\n0\nrt\nC\na\n\u00C2\u00AB\n\"os\n6\net\nP\n*\u00C2\u00A3\n1\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0m OJ S3\n>> P. >\nS3 Eh\nif 5\na. 5tiS\u00C2\u00ABh S *\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 P\n.- b 0 _ aj m\nllflP\noSoPhW\no\nZ\n0)\n>\no j\nc\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0ft o\nlS \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00C2\u00AB\neu\ntt\nc\na\n0\n0\no\nO\n\"S\n\u00C2\u00A3\n9\n\"Sub\n* 1\nOJ\nO\neo\n\u00C2\u00AB\no\n-a\npi\nh\na\nII\ng\nO\nlz; LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT.\nDuring 1940, 2,874 persons were employed in and about the coal mines of the\nProvince, a decrease of 102 men from 1939. Taking the average of all the mines in\nVancouver Island District, about 23 per cent, of the working-days was lost through lack\nof trade. In the Nicola-Princeton District, the different collieries worked an average\nof 70 per cent, of the working-days. In the East Kootenay District the average for the\nyear was about 76 per cent.\nThe table on page 104 shows the number of persons ordinarily employed in and\nabout the mines, distinguishing the persons and different classes employed underground\nand above ground, compiled from returns furnished by the owners.\nFUEL-OIL COMPETITION.\nDuring 1940, imports of crude oil for refining in British Columbia totalled\n219,615,000 gallons, and 22,395,000 gallons of fuel-oil was imported as bunker-fuel for\nshipping. The fuel-oil sold in British Columbia consisted of 147,419,000 gallons of\nfuel-oil and 37,053,000 gallons of light fuel-oil. Of this amount the major transportation companies operating in the Province used 66,270,000 gallons.\nCOMPETITION OF COAL PRODUCED OUTSIDE BRITISH COLUMBIA.\nDuring 1940 the importation of coal into British Columbia consisted of 236 tons of\nanthracite, 2,591 tons of bituminous, and 1,419 tons of lignite. In addition, 600 tons of\ncoke and 453 tons of petroleum coke were imported. All imports were from the United\nStates.\nAlberta coal and fuel sold in British Columbia amounted to 311,232 tons. This consisted of 134,840 tons of bituminous coal, 41,055 tons of sub-bituminous coal, 61,747 tons\nof domestic coal, 70,705 tons of coke, and 2,885 tons of briquettes.\nThe following table shows the amount of Alberta coal brought into British Columbia during past years:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nYear. Short Tons. Year. Short Tons.\n1931 193,060 1936 244,928\n1932 136,188 1937 269,023\n1933 119,026 1938 , 238,435\n1934 123,968 1939 239,227\n1935 221,748 1940 311,232\nOf the 1,367,339 tons of British Columbia coal marketed, 147,407 tons was sold for\ndomestic and industrial use in the Provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and\nOntario, and 281,831 tons was sold for railroad use in these Provinces; 8,365 tons was\nsold for railroad use in United States, and 155,504 tons was sold for railroad use in\nBritish Columbia; 100,374 tons was exported to United States and 156,537 tons was\nsold for ships' bunkers; 45,548 tons was sold in other countries. The tonnage of coal\nused in the Province was 471,773 tons of British Columbia coal, 311,232 tons of Alberta\ncoal and briquettes, and 4,246 tons of imported coal.\nACCIDENTS IN AND AROUND COAL MINES.\nDuring 1940, 2,874 persons were employed in and around coal mines. Six fatal\naccidents occurred during the year as compared with two during 1939.\nThe ratio of fatal accidents per 1,000 persons employed was 2.08 as compared with\n0.67 for 1939. In 1938 the ratio was 3.37; in 1937, 3.17; in 1936, 2.84; in 1935, 1.67;\nin 1934, 2.07; in 1933, 0.97; in 1932, 2.21; and in 1931, 1.22. The average for the\nten-year period being 2.\nThe number of fatal accidents per 1,000,000 tons produced during 1940 was 3.65;\nduring 1939 the figure was 1.35; in 1938, 7.63; in 1937, 6.92; in 1936, 5.94; in 1935,\n4.21; in 1934, 4.45; in 1933, 2.37; in 1932, 5.21; and in 1931, 2.81. The average for\nthe ten-year period being 4.41 per 1,000,000 tons of coal mined. A 106\nREPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nThe following table shows the collieries at which the fatal accidents occurred during\n1940 and comparative figures for 1939:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nName of Company.\nName of Colliery.\n1940.\n1939.\n1\n4\n1\n1\nCanadian Collieries (D.), Ltd\t\nNo. 10 mine, South Wellington , \u00E2\u0080\u0094\t\n1\nTotals \t\n6\n2\nThe following table shows the various causes of fatal accidents in 1940 and their\npercentage of the whole, and comparative figures for 1939:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nCause.\n1940.\n1939.\nNo.\nPer Cent.\nNo.\nPer Cent.\n2\n3\n1\n1\n1\n50.00\n33.34\n50.00\n16.66\n50.00\n6\n100.00\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 2\n100.00\nThe following table shows the number of tons of coal mined for each fatal accident\nin their respective classes in the years 1940 and 1939:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n1940.\n1939.\nCause.\nNo. of\nFatal\nAccidents.\nTons of Coal\nmined per\nFatal Accident.\nNo. of\nFatal\nAccidents.\nTons of Coal\nmined per\nFatal Accident.\n2\n3\n1\n1\n1\n1,477,872\n833,913\n555,942\n1,667,827\n1,437,872\n6\n277,971\n2\n738,936\nThe number of tons mined per fatal accident during 1940 was 277,971 tons, compared with 738,936 tons in 1939. The average for the ten-year period was 226,804.\nThe following table shows the fatalities from various causes in coal mines during\nthe year 1940 compared with 1939, according to Inspection Districts:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nNumber of Deaths from Accidents.\nTotals.\nDistrict.\nFalls of\nRoof and\nCoal.\nMine-\ncars and\nHaulage.\nMine\nExplosion.\nFalling\nTimber.\n1940.\n1939.\nVancouver Island , - _ -\t\n....\n1 3\n1\n1\n5\n1\n1\n1\n2\n3\n1\n6\nProvince (1939) - - \u00E2\u0080\u0094\n2 INSPECTION OF MINES.\nA 107\nRatio of Accidents.\nAccident Death-eate.\nDistrict.\nPer 1,000 Persons '. Per 1,000,000 Tons of\nemployed. Coal mined.\n1940.\n1939.\n1940.\n1939.\n2.90\n1.36\n0.55\n2.42\n6.82\n1.29\n1.39\n5.15\nProvince (1940).. \t\nProvince (1939) \t\n2.08\n0.67\n3.65\n1.35\nThe details regarding the occurrences of fatal accidents in coal mines during 1940\nare as follows:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nThe fatal accident which occurred to Thomas Chapman, fireboss, Beban mine,\nNanaimo, on February 27th was due to deceased being crushed between a trip of empty\ncars that was being run into a level parting. Chapman had ordered the rope-rider to\nlower the cars, but meantime a loaded car in the parting had become derailed and while\nrerailing this car he was struck by the empty trip; he died ten hours later.\nThe fatal accident which occurred to Oscar Numella, tracklayer, No. 10 mine, South\nWellington, was due to deceased being struck and crushed by a single car which was\nbeing hoisted on a slope. The car was travelling at a low speed and the slope at this\npoint is 11 feet wide at the floor level. Numella died one hour after the accident.\nThere were no witnesses of this accident, although the miners at the face of the slope\nwere only some 60 feet away.\nThe fatal accident which occurred to Anibale Ius, miner, Michel Colliery, on July\n6th was due to deceased being struck on the head by a post timber which sprang out of\nposition 9 feet from where deceased was standing. There was no evidence of sudden\nweight from the roof to account for this unusual accident.\nThe fatal accident to Christopher Mills, fireboss; James Waring and Eugino Gava,\nminers, in No. 10 mine, South Wellington, on December 22nd was due to an explosion\nof gas. All three men were killed instantly. The details in regard to this explosion\nare given in another part of this report.\nEXPLOSIVES.\nThe following table shows the quantity of explosives used in coal mines during\n1940, together with the number of shots fired, tons of coal produced per pound of\nexplosive used, and the average pounds of explosive per shot fired (these quantities\ninclude all explosives used for breaking coal and for rock-work in coal mines) :\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nVancouver Island District.\nColliery.\nQuantity\nof\nExplosives\nused in\nPounds.\nTonnage\nfor\nMine.\nTotal No.\nof Shots\nfired.\nTons of\nCoal per\nPound of\nExplosive\nused.\nAverage\nPounds of\nExplosive\nper Shot\nfired.\nComox Colliery (No. 5 mine)_\nComox Colliery (No. 8 mine)_\nNorthfield Colliery-\nSouth Wellington (No. 10 mine).\nLantzville Colliery...\t\nChambers' mine \t\nBeban mine. _ \t\nLoudon mine \t\nCassidy mine \t\nBiggs' mine \t\nLewis' mine -\nBig Flame Wellington (Richardson)..\nNeville Prospect \u00E2\u0080\u0094 \t\nTotals for district .\n49,167\n46,600\n68,033\n74,375\n4,000\n1,600\n14,500\n150\n900\n300\n700\n450\n200\n260,975\n230,449\n126,800\n146,706\n183,162\n3,696\n5,100\n32,818\n298\n1,238\n621\n713\n379\n679\n732,659\n68,099\n84,750\n102,781\n85,413\n6,000\n3,700\n23,780\n300\n2,200\n600\n1,200\n900\n170\n379,893\n4.61\n2.72\n2.15\n2.46\n0.92\n3.18\n2.26\n1.98\n1.36\n2.07\n1.01\n0.84\n3.38\n2.80\n0.72\n0.55\n0.66\n0.87\n0.66\n0.43\n0.61\n0.50\n0.41\n0.50\n0.58\n0.50\n1.17\n0.68 A 108\nREPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nNicola-Princeton District.\nColliery.\nQuantity\nof\nExplosives\nused in\nPounds.\nTonnage\nfor\nMine.\nTotal No.\nof Shots\nfired.\nTons of\nCoal per\nPound of\nExplosive\nused.\nAverage\nPounds of\nExplosive\nper Shot\nfired.\n6,000\n6,150\n20,350\n4,000\n200\n22,449\n24,618\n81,780\n23,595\n344\n9,000\n9,075\n34,500\n8,000\n250\n3.74\n4.00\n4.01\n5.89\n1.72\n0.66\n0.67\nGranby Cons. M.S. & P. Co., Ltd _\t\n0.58\n0.50\n0.80\n36,700\n152,786\n60,825\n4.17\n0.60\nNorthern District.\n1,500\n200 j\n1\n5,488 ]\n336 ]\n2,700\n193\n3.66\n1.68\n0.55\n1.03\n1,700 j\n5,824 |\n2,893\n3.42\n0.58\nEast Kootenay District.\nCoal Creek Colliery.\nMichel Colliery\t\nTotals for district -\n2\n54,172\n123,963\n652,555\n4\n67,493\n61,981.50\n12.04 |\n0.50\n0.80\n54,174\n776,518\n67,497\n14.14\nPeace River District.\n200\n40\n400\n0.2\n0.50\n369,049\n1,667,827\n511,505\n4.52\n0.72\nQuantities of Different Explosives used.\nLb.\nMonobel of different grades 319,741\nPermissible rock-powder 49,308\nTotal 369,049\nThe following is a list of explosives permitted for use in coal mines by the Honourable the Minister of Mines, under the provisions of section 101, General Rule 11, clause\n(i), \" Coal-mines Regulation Act \":\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nPolar Monobel No. 4. Polar Monobel No. 14.\nPolar Monobel No. 6. Polar CXL-ite No. 2.\nPolar Monobel No. 7.\nMACHINE-MINED COAL.\nDuring the year 1940, mining-machines produced approximately 890,000 tons or\n53.4 per cent, of the total.\nThe following table gives the district, number of machines, how driven, and type\nof machine used:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nNumber driven by\nType of Machine used.\nDistrict.\nElectricity.\nCompressed\nAir.\nChain Undercutting.\nPuncher\nType.\n-\n28\n25\n31\n20\n3\n8\n25\n28\n84\n23\n61 INSPECTION OF MINES.\nA 109\nSAFETY-LAMPS.\nThere were 2,606 safety-lamps in use in the coal mines of the Province. Of this\nnumber, 225 were flame safety-lamps of the Wolf type and 2,381 were electric lamps of\nvarious makes, as follows: Edison, 2,311; Wolf electric, 70.\nThe following table shows the distribution of lamps by district, method of locking,\nand illuminant used:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nVancouver Island District.\nMethod oi\nLocking.\nIlluminant used.\nColliery and Mine.\nMagnetic\nLock.\nAutomatic\nClip.\nNaphtha\nGasoline.\nElectricity.\n37\n67\n25\n17\n2\n3\n7\n2\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n499\n226\n267\n261\n24\n18\n96\n5\n5\n4\n3\n4\n6\n36\n31\n24\n17\n2\n3\n7\n2\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n500\n262\n268\n261\n24\n18\n96\n5\n5\n4\n3\n4\n6\n165\n1,418\n127\n1,456\nNicola-Princeton District.\n8\n8\n8\n1\n1\n88\n70\n80\n70\n6\n6\n8\n8\n1\n1\n88\nMiddlesboro Colliery \"\t\nGranby Cons. M.S. & P. Co., Ltd. -\t\n70\n80\n70\n6\n24\n314\n24\n314\nNorthern District.\n1\n6\n21\n1\n6\n21\nTotals for district \t\n7\n21\n7\n21\nEast Kootenay District.\n12\n53\n130\n460\n12\n53\n130\n460\n65\n590\n65\n590\nPeace River District.\n2\n2\nTotals for Province \u00E2\u0080\u0094 \t\n263\n2,343\n225\n2,381 A 110 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nApproved Safety-lamps, Electric and Flame.\nA list of the approved safety-lamps, both electric and flame, was published in the\n1930 Annual Report. The following lamps, all electric, are now also approved:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nNo. 8.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The electric lamp manufactured by the Edison Storage Battery Company,\nOrange, New Jersey, U.S.A., under Approval No. 18 of the United States Bureau of\nMines. The only bulb approved for use in this lamp carries the symbol BM-18 and is\nmanufactured by the National Lamp Works of the General Electric Company, Cleveland,\nOhio.\nNo. 9.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The electric lamp manufactured by the Edison Storage Battery Company,\nOrange, New Jersey, U.S.A., under Approval No. 18f of the United States Bureau of\nMines. This model of Edison lamp in reality represents an extension of the lamp\napproval given under Approval No. 18. The only bulb approved for use with this lamp\ncarries the symbol BM-18F and is manufactured by the National Lamp Works of the\nGeneral Electric Company, Cleveland, Ohio.\nNo. 10.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The electric lamp manufactured by the Edison Storage Battery Company,\nOrange, New Jersey, U.S.A., under Approval No. 18H of the United States Bureau of\nMines. This lamp represents an extension of the No. 18 approval of the United States\nBureau of Mines. The only bulb approved for use with this lamp carries the symbol\nBM-18H and is manufactured by the National Lamp Works of the General Electric\nCompany, Cleveland, Ohio.\nNo. 11.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The electric lamp manufactured by the Edison Storage Battery Company,\nOrange, New Jersey, U.S.A., under Approval No. 24 of the United States Bureau of\nMines. The only bulb approved for use with this lamp carries the symbol BM-24 and is\nmanufactured by the National Lamp Works of the General Electric Company, Cleveland,\nOhio. This lamp is known as the Edison Model J lamp.\nNo. 12.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The electric lamp manufactured by the Edison Storage Battery Company,\nOrange, New Jersey, U.S.A., under Approval No. 25 of the United States Bureau of\nMines. The only bulb approved for use with this lamp carries the symbol BM-25 and is\nmanufactured by the National Lamp Works of the General Electric Company, Cleveland,\nOhio. This lamp is known as the Edison Model K lamp.\nNo. 13.\u00E2\u0080\u0094The electric lamp manufactured by the Koehler Manufacturing Company,\nand known as the Super-Wheat Model \" W \" electric safety cap-lamp under Approval\nNo. 20 of the United States Bureau of Mines.\n(Unless otherwise specified, all lamps are cap-lamps.)\nNote.\u00E2\u0080\u0094While the use of flame safety-lamps is permitted, it is the policy of the\nDepartment of Mines to encourage the use of approved electric safety-lamps for all\npersons underground in the coal mines, except such flame-lamps as may be required by\nthe officials of the mines in the carrying-out of their duty and in such cases as it is considered advisable to provide flame safety-lamps in addition to the electric safety-lamps.\nELECTRICITY.\nElectricity is used for various purposes on the surface at ten mines and underground at five.\nThe purpose for which it is used, together with the amount of horse-power in each\ninstance, is shown in the following table:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nNature of its Use. Aggregate H.P.\nAbove ground\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nWinding or hoisting 2,538\nVentilation 1,660\nHaulage 386\nCoal-washing 1,876\nMiscellaneous 6,979\nTotal horse-power 13,439 INSPECTION OF MINES. A 111\nNature of its Use. Aggregate H.P.\nUnderground\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nHaulage 1,295\nPumping 1,320\nCoal-cutting\t\nMiscellaneous 25\nTotal horse-power 2,640\nTotal horse-power above and below ground 16,079\nOf the above amount, approximately 1,178 horse-power was operated as direct\ncurrent and 14,901 horse-power as alternating current.\nVENTILATION.\nThe reports of the District Inspectors give detailed information regarding the\namount of ventilation in the main airways and working splits of the different mines.\nIn a number of instances where the methane content of the air on face-lines or working\nareas tended to indicate abnormal outflows as indicated by the flame safety-lamp or\nother testing devices, the Inspector prohibited the use of explosives until such a condition was remedied, and that part of the mine again examined by him and reported in\nnormal condition.\nIn no instance was this condition due to the ventilation reaching the minimum of\n100 cubic feet per man per minute set out by the \" Coal-mines Regulation Act,\" General\nRule 12.\nMethane Detection.\nThe Burrell Methane Detector and the M.S.A. Methane Detector were in general\nuse throughout the year to detect the presence of methane in percentages less than could\nbe detected by means of the flame safety-lamp.\nThe flame safety-lamp is in general use as the every-day means of testing for the\npresence of methane by the firebosses and mine officials, and during the year intensive\nefforts were made by the Inspectors to train firebosses and miners to estimate closely\nthe percentage of methane indicated by very small \" gas-caps \" on the flame safety-lamp.\nThis work was carried out underground where the gas-caps could be immediately calibrated with the results found at the same time and place by one of the above-mentioned\nmethane detectors.\nWhile practically all workmen underground use the electric safety-lamp, many of\nthe miners were given practical instruction in the use of the flame safety-lamp as a\nmethane detector, and all new men who apply for a coal-miner's certificate of competency\nmust show that they possess this knowledge.\nMine-air Samples.\nSampling of mine-air was maintained throughout the year, this varying in the\nnumber of samples with the conditions anticipated or existing. During the year 230\nsamples were taken, and of this number sixteen were lost or destroyed in transit.\nThe samples are analysed by the Dominion Bureau of Mines, and this service is of\nmuch value to this Department. The results, in addition to their immediate value, form\na record for future mines that may be opened in the vicinity of the presently operated\nINSPECTION COMMITTEES.\nWith the exception of several small operations where only a few men are employed,\nall the mines in the Province had inspection committees appointed by the workmen\nunder General Rule 37, section 101, \" Coal-mines Regulation Act,\" in operation through-\n\u00C2\u00B0Uttheyear\" COAL-DUST.\nSampling of dust as per the Regulations for Precautions against Coal-dust was\nwell maintained during the year and a total of 1,744 samples was taken. Very few\nsamples showed less than the minimum of 50 per cent, incombustible content required A 112\nREPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nby the regulations. This is largely due to the fact that it is the policy of the Inspection\nBranch to maintain the incombustible content of the dust as high above the minimum\nas possible, and this is done by frequent reminders to the managements of the different\nmines when there is a tendency towards a decrease in the incombustible content of\nthe dust.\nDANGEROUS OCCURRENCES.\nOn March 1st while men were being lowered in Northfield shaft, Canadian\nCollieries, a loose lag-screw allowed the upper end of one of the cage-guides to project\nsufficiently far to arrest the cage. The cage safety-catches came into action and the\ncage safely held until the trouble was diagnosed and remedied. The cage and men were\nsuspended as above for fifteen minutes, but no one was injured.\nOn April 29th while coal was being hoisted in No. 8 shaft, Comox Colliery, the main\ncross-beam of the cage broke from the main upright member, causing the cage to tilt\nand jam in the shaft. It was found that faulty or oxidized rivets had failed. No one\nwas injured.\nOn April 29th, and again on May 10th, outbursts of methane occurred from the\nfloor in 2 West section, No. 5 mine, Comox Colliery. Considerable volumes of gas were\ngiven off, accompanied by rumblings in the floor. The men were immediately withdrawn until the gas was cleared off by the ventilation. No one was injured.\nOn June 7th a violent \" bump \" occurred in the 26 West district of No. 1 East mine,\nCoal Creek Colliery. The bump heaved the floor over a considerable area, threw down\na large amount of roof, and blew out several of the ventilating-doors. It occurred on\nnight shift when there were no men at work.\nOn August 4th a 2,200-volt armoured cable on the Main slope of No. 5 mine, Comox\nColliery, heated to redness at a point about 1 mile from the shaft, but this was discovered and the power cut off before an open fire resulted. Investigation showed that\nthe cable had been damaged at some time prior to the occurrence.\nPROSECUTIONS.\nDuring 1940 there were seven prosecutions made for infractions of the \" Coalmines Regulation Act,\" as follows:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nColliery.\nOccupation of\nDefendant.\nOffence charged.\nJudgment.\nApril 22..\nMay 14\t\nMay 20...\nJuly 19-\nOct. 2\nOct. 3\nDec. 21....\nMichel Colliery..\nNorthfield Colliery __\nNo. 5 mine, Comox Colliery\nNo. 5 mine, Comox Colliery\nNorthfield Colliery\t\nNorthfield Colliery\t\nNo. 5 mine, Comox Colliery\nMiner\t\nFireboss\t\nFireboss\t\nHaulageman\nMiner\t\nHaulageman\nTimberman_.\nStored a supply of explosives underground\nFailed to see that all men had taken\nshelter before he fired a shot\nFiring a shot where there was a\nvisible gas-cap on his flame safety-\nlamp\nHad lucifer matches in his possession underground\nQuarrelling and fighting underground\nQuarrelling and fighting underground\nHad lucifer matches in his possession underground\nFined $25 and costs.\nFined $50< and costs.\nFined $25 and costs.\nFined $5 and costs.\nFined $10 and costs.\nFined $10 and costs.\nFined $5 and costs.\nGOVERNMENT RESCUE-STATIONS.\nThe Department of Mines has four fully-equipped mine-rescue stations in charge\nof trained instructors located in the chief coal-mining districts\u00E2\u0080\u0094namely, at Nanaimo,\nCumberland, Princeton, and Fernie. At any of these stations persons engaged in\nmining may be trained without cost, either on their own application or by request from\nany mining company. Where a mine is some distance from the rescue-station the\ninstructor, by arrangement, will take the rescue apparatus to such mine and give the\nnecessary training there, this also without cost. INSPECTION OF MINES.\nA 113\nIn addition to the above stations, a fully-equipped station with apparatus provided\nby the Department is maintained at Middlesboro Collieries, Merritt, under the care of\nthe mine management, and a smaller unit of rescue apparatus is stationed at the\nPremier mine, Stewart. The use of these stations and apparatus is available to any\nmedical practitioner, and during the year many requests for oxygen and apparatus for\nadministering same are received and given immediate response.\nIn the larger mining areas of Nanaimo, Cumberland, and the Crowsnest Pass,\nexperienced mine-rescue teams maintain a regular schedule of training throughout the\nyear and so keep ready for any emergency calls. The rescue-stations also serve as\ncentres for first-aid lectures and training.\nThe preliminary training course consists of twelve two-hour lessons in the actual\nuse of oxygen apparatus and Burrell all-service gas-masks in an irrespirable atmosphere, and instruction on the approved method of dealing with mine fires and recovery-\nwork. The training itself is strenuous work, and all candidates have to undergo a\nspecial physical examination before starting training and must be under 34 years of age.\nDuring the year, in addition to the regular teams in training, thirty-two new men\ntook the full training and were granted certificates of competency:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nCert.\nNo.\nName.\nWhere trained.\nCert.\nNo.\nName.\nWhere trained.\n1070\n10-86\n1071\nJohn David Williams \t\nSouth Wellington.\n1087\nJack Tantrum ,. \t\nCumberland.\n1072\nRalph Maughan \t\nSouth Wellington.\n1088\nFrank Lawson \t\nCumberland.\n1073\nJoseph Addison \t\nSouth Wellington.\n1089\nErskine Scott. \t\nCumberland.\n1074\nEdward McGechie Charles\t\nSouth Wellington.\n1090\nEdward Morrisey __ \t\nCumberland.\n1075\nNorman Tony Laskovitch\t\nSouth Wellington.\n1091\nJack Southern ,,.\nCumberland.\n1076\nWilliam Hunchuck ,\t\nCumberland.\n1002\nAlexander Percy Barnes\t\nBevan.\n1077\n1093\n1078\n1094\n1079\nRobert Weir \t\nCumberland.\n1095\nArthur H. Dockrill ,\t\nCumberland.\n1080\n1096\n1081\nThomas Cochrane\t\nCumberland.\n1097\nEdward Harry Nagle\t\nKimberley.\n1082\nGeorge High\u00E2\u0080\u0094 \t\nCumberland.\n1098\nGeorge William Law ___\t\nKimberley.\n1083\nJoseph Frew _\nCumberland.\n1099\nJohn Robert Carney \t\nKimberley.\n1084\nRobert Hannah\t\nCumberland.\n1100\nJohn Stocks Carter \t\nKimberley.\n1086\nAlex. Somerville \t\nCumberland.\n1101\nHarry Badgley Gilliland\t\nKimberley.\nMINE-RESCUE AND FIRST-AID WORK.\nMine-rescue teams carried on training at the mine-rescue stations at Nanaimo,\nCumberland, Princeton, and Fernie, and the different Mine Safety Associations were\nactive in promoting first-aid and mine-safety work during the year.\nThere are Mine Safety Associations at East Kootenay, Princeton, Vancouver\nIsland, Britannia, Bridge River, Portland Canal, and Zeballos; the membership of these\nMine Safety Associations consists of mine officials and working miners who are particularly interested in safety-work, and the Inspector of Mines for each district takes\nactive steps to assist in every possible way to spread this work. The Mine Safety\nAssociations are assisted financially by the Department of Mines, and at all the different\ncentres competitions in mine-rescue work, safety, and first aid were held and materially\nresulted in an increasing number of miners being interested in working more safely\nthemselves and in spreading safety education generally.\nIt may be added that while this safety and first-aid movement was originally\nstarted for the mining industry, these competitions have attracted men and teams from\nthe logging camps, pulp industry, military units, and several other industries where\nlarge groups of men are employed.\nIn addition to male teams, large numbers of ladies', boys', and girls' first-aid teams\ntake part, and these also help to spread the gospel of \" safety first.\" A 114\nREPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nSUPERVISION OF COAL MINES.\nDuring the year nineteen coal companies operated twenty-four mines, employing\n2,175 men underground. In the supervision of underground employees there were\ntwelve managers, fourteen overmen, 102 firebosses and shotlighters; a total of 128, or\none official for every seventeen persons employed underground.\n\"COAL SALES ACT.\"\nDuring the year very few complaints were recorded under this Act. These complaints were either on the substitution of an inferior grade of coal for a superior grade\nor excessive slack in lump or nut coal.\nIn the Vancouver area, valuable assistance is rendered by the Weights and\nMeasures Inspector for Vancouver City, who keeps a close check on the sale of coal\nin the City.\nList of Registered Names of British Columbia Coals, approved by the Chief\nInspector of Mines, in accordance with the Provisions of the \" Coal Sales\nAct.\"\nRegistered Names of Coal.\nComox.... \t\nOld Wellington \t\nLadysmith-Wellin gton..\nHi-Carbon \t\nLantzville-Wellington..\nFiddick-Douglas _.\nChambers-Extension.\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nWellington Big Flame.. \u00E2\u0080\u009E\nBiggs-Wellington \t\nBerkley Creek-Little Wellington\nNanaimo Jingle Pot \t\nC a ss i dy- Wellin g ton \t\nMiddlesboro ... \t\nCoalmont \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nTulameen Valley Coal, Princeton.\nGranby Tulameen \t\nHat Creek-\nTulameen -\t\nBulkley Valley..\nAveling \t\nCrow's Nest, Coal Creek-\nCrow's Nest, Michel\t\nColliery and District.\nNos. 5 and 8 mines, Comox Colliery (Cumberland).\nNo. 9 mine (Wellington) _. \t\nNo. 10 mine (South Wellington) \t\nMixture of Canadian Collieries' coal and B.C. Electric coke\nLantzville (Lantzville) \t\nFiddick mine (South Wellington).\nChambers' (Extension) _\t\nRichardson mine - _\t\nBiggs' mine (Wellington)\t\nBerkley Creek Colliery (Extension).\nOld East Wellington (Nanaimo)\t\nCassidy mine (Cassidy) \u00E2\u0080\u0094\t\nMiddlesboro (Merritt) \t\nCoalmont (Coalmont) \u00E2\u0080\u0094 \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nTulameen (Princeton) -\t\nGranby (Princeton) \t\nHat Creek (Lillooet)....\nTulameen Collieries (Princeton).\nBulkley Valley (Telkwa) \t\nAveling (Telkwa)\t\nCoal Creek (Coal Creek) \t\nMichel (Michel) -\t\nProducing Company.\nCanadian Collieries (D.), Ltd.\nCanadian Collieries (D.), Ltd.\nCanadian Collieries (D.), Ltd.\nCanadian Collieries (D.), Ltd.\nLantzville Colliery.\nFiddick mine.\nR. H. Chambers.\nA. B. Richardson.\nBiggs' mine.\nHugh McLean Davidson.\nThos. Lewis.\nA. H. Carroll.\nMiddlesboro Collieries, Ltd.\nCoalmont Collieries, Ltd.\nPrinceton Tulameen Coal Co.\nGranby Consolidated M.S. & P.\nCo., Ltd.\nCanada Coal and Development\nCo., Ltd.\nTulameen Collieries.\nBulkley Valley Colliery, Ltd.\nAveling Colliery.\nCrow's Nest Pass Coal Co., Ltd.\nCrow's Nest Pass Coal Co., Ltd. BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR COAL-MINE OFFICIALS. A 115\nBOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR GOAL-MINE OFFICIALS.\nFIRST-, SECOND-, AND THIRD-CLASS CERTIFICATES AND\nMINE-SURVEYORS' CERTIFICATES.\nBY\nJames Strang.\nThe Board of Examiners, which was formed on July 10th, 1919, now consists of\nJames Dickson, Chief Inspector of Mines, Chairman; H. E. Miard, member; and James\nStrang, member and Secretary to the Board.\nThe meetings of the Board are held in the office of the Department of Mines in\nVictoria. The examinations are held in accordance with the amended rules of the\nBoard of Examiners and approved by the Minister of Mines on September 28th, 1929.\nTwo examinations were held in 1940, the first on May 15th, 16th, and 17th, and the\nsecond on November 13th, 14th, and 15th. The total number of candidates at the\nexaminations were as follows: For First-class Certificates, 2 (2 failed) ; for Second-\nclass Certificates, 5 (2 passed, 3 failed) ; for Third-class Certificates, 18 (8 passed,\n10 failed). There were no candidates for Mine-surveyors' Certificates.\nThe following is a list of the candidates who successfully passed in the various\nclasses:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nSecond-class Certificates.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Thomas Eccleston (Jr.) and Stanley J. Lawrence.\nThird-class Certificates.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Sidney Hunt (Jr.), James Cochrane, Primo Cimolini,\nJames Fairley, Reginald O'Brien, John Magielka, John E. Anderson, and Thomas M.\nWynne.\nEXAMINATIONS FOR CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY\nAS COAL-MINERS.\nIn addition to the examinations and certificates already specified as coming under\nthe Board of Examiners, the Act further provides that every coal-miner shall be the\nholder of a certificate of competency as such. By miner is meant any person employed\nunderground in any coal mine to cut, shear, break, or loosen coal from the solid, either\nby hand or machinery.\nExaminations are held regularly in all coal-mining districts.\nNo certificate has been granted in any case where the candidate has failed to\nsatisfy the Board as to his fitness, experience in a coal mine, and a general working\nknowledge of the English language.\nDuring 1940 there were 193 candidates for coal-miners' certificates; of these, 188\npassed and 5 failed to qualify.\nIn addition to the certificates granted above, substitute certificates were issued to\nthose who had lost their original certificates.\nThe Board of Examiners desires to thank the different coal-mining companies for\nthe use of their premises for holding the examinations when necessary.\nThe Inspector of Mines in each district has authority under the \" Coal-mines\nRegulation Act\" to grant, after a satisfactory examination, a provisional certificate as\na coal-miner to applicants, which entitles the holder to follow the occupation of a coal-\nminer for a period not exceeding sixty days or until the date of the next examination\nbefore the Board. A 116 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nGOVERNMENT MINE-RESCUE STATIONS.\nNANAIMO.\nBY\nRichard Nichol.\nThe equipment at this station consists of six sets of the Gibbs two-hour oxygen\napparatus; six sets of the McCaa two-hour oxygen apparatus; twelve sets of the Burrell\nall-service gas-masks; two H.H. inhalators; one Sparklet resuscitator; and seventy\nself-rescuers. A sufficient supply of materials to maintain the above equipment in\nservice is kept at all times.\nThere is an 85-horse-power truck at this station to permit immediate transportation\nof the equipment in a case of emergency.\nTrained teams from the different mines underwent a monthly practice, and six new\nmen took the full training course and obtained certificates of proficiency in this work.\nDuring the year there were twenty calls for oxygen from the Nanaimo and Lady-\nsmith Hospitals. These calls were given immediate attention, as were also calls for\noxygen from the fire and police departments of Victoria and Oak Bay.\nImmediate response was made to the call for the rescue truck and apparatus on the\noccasion of the explosion in No. 10 mine, South Wellington, on December 22nd, where\nthe rescue apparatus was used by a trained crew to explore the part of the mine affected\nand locate the bodies of those killed.\nCUMBERLAND.\nBY\nJames L. Brown.\nThe equipment at this station consists of eleven sets of the McCaa two-hour oxygen\napparatus; twelve sets of the Burrell all-service gas-masks; one Sparklet resuscitator;\none H.H. inhalator; and forty self-rescuers, with sufficient supplies to maintain the\nequipment in service.\nDuring the year four trained teams carried out rescue training, and twenty new\nmen underwent the full training course and obtained certificates.\nEmergency calls for oxygen by the local hospital and medical men were attended to\nat once, 500 cubic feet being supplied in response to the various calls.\nPRINCETON.\nBY\nAlfred Gould.\nThe equipment at this station consists of eleven sets of the McCaa two-hour oxygen\napparatus; eleven sets of the Burrell all-service gas-masks; twenty self-rescuers; one\nH.H. inhalator, with sufficient supplies to maintain the above in service.\nDuring the year the Instructor from this station made visits to various mines to\ntrain men in the use of the rescue apparatus. These men took the full training course\nand obtained certificates of proficiency in this work. In addition to the mine-rescue\nwork, a large number were given training in first aid.\nCalls from the local hospital for oxygen treatment during the year were given\nimmediate attention. GOVERNMENT MINE-RESCUE STATIONS. A 117\nFERNIE.\nBY\nJ. T. PUCKEY.\nThe apparatus at this station consists of six sets of the Gibbs two-hour oxygen\napparatus; eleven sets of the McCaa apparatus; twelve sets of the Burrell all-service\ngas-masks; one H.H. inhalator; and thirty-five self-rescuers, with sufficient supplies to\nmaintain the equipment in service.\nThere were no emergency calls from the mines during the year. In response to\nvarious calls from the Fernie Hospital, 600 cubic feet of oxygen was delivered throughout the year.\nSix men from the Sullivan mine of the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company\nof Canada took the full training course and obtained certificates, and the station was in\nuse throughout the year as the centre for first-aid training and instruction. A 118 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nEXPLOSION AT No. 10 MINE, CANADIAN COLLIERIES (D.), LTD.,\nSOUTH WELLINGTON.\nOn Sunday morning, December 22nd, an explosion occurred in No. 10 mine, South\nWellington, owned and operated by the Canadian Collieries (D.), Ltd.\nThe explosion occurred in a part of the mine known as No. 4 Heading district, consisting of two headings with the necessary crosscuts, which had been driven from the\nmain slope towards the outcrop of the seam, chiefly to provide a new intake airway.\nThe No. 4 heading was provided with a separate ventilating current of fresh air\nwith a volume of 10,000 cubic feet of air per minute which passed up the main heading\nand returned by the counter-heading. These headings had almost reached the\nextremity of the coal; but as the outcrop at this point is covered by a surface deposit\nof gravel, a raise was started in the roof strata of the second crosscut back from the\nheading faces to connect with a 30-foot shaft already sunk through the surface gravels\nto the rock-head. The heading faces were approximately 100 feet past the crosscut\nfrom which the raise was driven.\nThe faces of the headings were bratticed to the face, although the crosscut from\nwhich the raise was started was open except for any raise supplies that were piled\nbetween the raise and the counter-heading. Apparently sufficient air was passed around\nthe heading faces to keep them free from gas.\nThe raise was provided with a manway, midwall, and a \" booster \" fan, and one-half\nof the raise was used as a chute for the debris; the fan was used only at intervals for\nclearing out the smoke and gases due to blasting.\nThe connection between the raise and the shaft was so nearly completed that the\nlast round of shots fired by the shift finishing at 9 p.m. on the night of December 21st\nshattered the rock in the bottom of the shaft but did not make an opening. There were\nalso two drill-holes through from the raise to the shaft.\nThe round of shots on the 21st was fired at the end of the shift and no examination\nof the place was made by the fireboss in charge and he so reported in the fireboss's\nreport-book. On the night shift starting at 11 p.m. on the 21st there was no one in the\nmine except the night-shift fireboss; and as there was usually a considerable amount\nof work involved in reaching the raise face after firing a round of shots, the night-shift\nfireboss did not examine this area, and made a report to this effect.\nOn the morning of the 22nd nine men, including the mine manager and two firebosses, went underground, with Christopher Mills, one of the firebosses, and two men,\nJames Waring and Eugino Gava, being detailed to work at the raise in No. 4 heading.\nFireboss Mills was informed by the night-shift fireboss that no inspection had been\nmade of the No. 4 heading; this in addition to the report made by the night-shift fireboss in the book; and Mills stated that he would attend to this examination at once.\nApparently Mills took the two men with him up No. 4 heading, but his following\ncourse of action is in doubt, as nothing more was known until the explosion which killed\nall three men. This occurred a few minutes before 8 a.m.\nThe other men in the mine were engaged in repair-work and did not feel the shock\nof the explosion, but noticed a disturbance in the air-current, and on investigating\nfound evidence of the explosion at the foot of No. 4 heading and the body of James\nWaring a few feet up the heading beside a trip of two cars of rock which he had brought\ndown the heading. The mine manager arrived a few minutes later and efforts were\nmade to explore the No. 4 heading, but the gases and smoke made this impossible and\nan emergency call was made to the Inspector of Mines for the use of the rescue\napparatus from the Nanaimo Mine-rescue Station, and for more men.\nMeantime efforts were made to restore the ventilation, but it was later found that\nthe No. 4 heading return airway was tightly caved; this necessitated an attempt to\nadvance the ventilation by bratticing the main No. 4 heading. A team using the two-\nhour oxygen apparatus entered the heading and reached the raise crosscut and the\nheading hoist where the bodies of Mills and Gava were found. All men had been killed\ninstantly. , Bluff\nWinch on end\nLamp battery in front of winch >,\nFATAL ACCIDENT\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 OF\nEUGINO GAVA, CHRISTOPHER MILLS and JAMES WARING\nNo. 4 HEADING of No. 10 MINE\nCANADIAN COLLIERIES (D) LTD.\nSOUTH WELLINGTON. B.C. EXPLOSION AT No. 10 MINE, CANADIAN COLLIERIES. A 119\nA large amount of timber was blown out, and there was considerable caving over\nthe whole area, although there was only one impassable cave.\nCAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION.\nThere can be no doubt that this was wholly a gas explosion, and that coal-dust did\nnot enter into the propagation of the explosion in any way. From an appraisal of the\ndamage done and the length of roadways damaged by the explosion, there must have\nbeen a considerable body of gas; and it is difficult to understand why Fireboss Mills\ndid not discover this gas, as an examination to determine the condition of the atmosphere is the main purpose and duty of a fireboss.\nMills was aware that No. 4 heading area had not been examined by the fireboss on\nnight shift, and stated he would make the required examination at once on reaching it.\nA contravention of the \" Coal-mines Regulation Act\" was made when he allowed the\ntwo miners to accompany him, as he ought to have made the required examination and\nreport of conditions before permitting these men to enter the section. Whether this\ncontravention had any bearing on the explosion is doubtful, as Mills apparently failed\nto discover the gas in any case.\nSOURCE OF IGNITION.\nMills' flame safety-lamp was found in good condition and no shots had been fired,\nwhich left the electric signalling system and bell on No. 4 heading as the only other\nprobable source of ignition. After reaching the raise crosscut the men had loaded two\ncars from the chute and lowered them down No. 4 heading with Waring accompanying\nthe cars and Mills operating the hoist. The chute is within speaking distance from the\nhoist and it is probable that no use was made of the electric signalling system until\nWaring signalled from the foot of No. 4 heading to stop the trip there; the explosion\napparently occurred at this moment.\nIt is possible that Mills examined No. 4 heading as far as the raise crosscut and\nstarted the men to work with the intention of later examining the headings and the\nraise. Mills' flame safety-lamp was found beside Gava's body, which may indicate that\nMills at the hoist had sensed the presence of gas and called to Gava to bring the safety-\nlamp immediately prior to the explosion.\nFrom the evidence of the different witnesses at the inquest concluded on January\n6th, no bodies of inflammable or explosive gas had ever been found in this No. 4\nheading operation, and it may be that this immunity had produced a false sense of\nsecurity and belief that this favourable condition would continue. An abandoned mine\nadjacent to No. 10 mine experienced many sudden outbursts of gas and evidence of such\nan outburst in No. 4 heading was carefully sought, but there was definitely no evidence\nof any outburst.\nIt is possible that some derangement of the ventilation, either due to the firing of\nthe round of shots at 9 p.m. on the 21st or to some caving during the eight hours following, permitted the gas to accumulate either in the raise or in the heading faces; in\neither case an ordinary examination should have discovered any such body of gas.\nThe accompanying plan shows the different points in connection with this explosion. A 120 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nINSPECTION OF COAL MINES.\nVANCOUVER ISLAND INSPECTION DISTRICT.\nBY\nJohn MacDonald and E. R. Hughes.\nJ. A. Boyd, President, Montreal, Que.; H. R. Plommer, Vice-President,\nCanadian Collieries Vancouver, B.C.; P. S. Fagan, Secretary-Treasurer, Nanaimo, B.C.;\n(Dunsmuir), Ltd. John Hunt, General Superintendent, Nanaimo, B.C.; H. Baird, Superintendent, Cumberland, B.C.; R. K. Smart, Assistant Superintendent,\nNanaimo, B.C. Mr. Hunt retired from active service with the company at the end\nof May, and was succeeded by Mr. Baird, who has established his headquarters at\nCumberland.\nNorthfield Mine.\u00E2\u0080\u0094A. Newbury, Manager; J. Sutherland, Overman. This mine is\nsituated 4 miles north of Nanaimo and has railway facilities over the Esquimalt &\nNanaimo Railway, which makes connection with the company's private lines to the\nbunkers and wharves at Nanaimo. The colliery operated 266 days during the year and\nproduced 146,706 tons of coal from the Nos. 1, 3, and 4 Wellington seams, the major\nportion of this tonnage coming from low long-wall faces where the coal is mined by\nAnderson-Boyes coal-cutting machines and loaded on to Meco shaker-conveyers for\ntransportation to the loading-points on the various levels. All new development during\nthe year was confined to the Nos. 3 and 4 seams which so far had not been touched in\nthis part of the field. The No. 3 seam, with an average thickness of 20 inches, was\ndeveloped by a heading driven on the full pitch of the seam for a distance of 600 feet\nfrom the main haulage-level at the top of No. 5 Incline. As the seam did not increase\nin thickness, this area was abandoned. The No. 4 seam, which averages from 20 to 22\ninches in thickness, was opened up by a main level driven from the hoisting-shaft at a\npoint 75 feet up from the main shaft-bottom. A temporary landing was made for a\ndistance of 120 feet from the shaft and at the inby end of the landing a main heading\nwas turned off and driven for a distance of 650 feet at the end of the year. As in\nprevious years, a considerable amount of advance drilling has been done in doubtful\nareas to guard against accidental contact with old workings. Working conditions have\nbeen found generally satisfactory in the course of inspection and, except for an occasional emission of black-damp when roadways were being driven through gob areas in\nthe No. 5 Incline district, the ventilation was good throughout the workings and\nmeasured as follows at the last inspection in December:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nNo. 5 Incline split: 16,200 cubic feet of air a minute for the use of forty-seven\nmen and four horses.\nSlope split: 18,000 cubic feet of air a minute for the use of thirty men.\nMain north return: 47,500 cubic feet of air a minute for the use of seventy-seven\nmen and four horses.\nTwenty-one samples of air were taken in the return airways, the analyses showing\nthe methane content to be under 0.5 per cent, travelling in the air in these roadways.\nEighty-three samples of dust were collected in accordance with the requirements of the\nCoal-dust Regulations, all but one of these being well above the minimum standard of\nincombustible content stipulated in the regulations; 42,000 lb. of rock-dust were used\nin treating 18,000 feet of roadways in the maintenance of the above satisfactory\ncondition.\nNo. 10 Mine, South Wellington.\u00E2\u0080\u0094William Frew, Manager; Jos. Wilson, Overman.\nThis mine is situated in the Cranberry District about one-half mile south of the old\nNo. 5 mine, and now ranks as the chief producing mine in the Nanaimo area, operating\n251 days during the year with a total production of 183,162 tons. The rapid development of this mine has entailed a number of changes and additions to the plant, consisting of the installation of a Gardner-Denver compressor with a capacity of 750 feet\nof air a minute; a combined blacksmith and car-repair shop, 20 by 40 feet, was con- INSPECTION OF COAL MINES. A 121\nstructed convenient to the mine portal; a 35-horse-power electric hoist was installed on\nthe rock dump, and a new road built from the main Island Highway to the mine yards.\nThe old tipple was remodelled and extended to take care of the increased output, and a\nnew fire-protection system installed around the surface works.\nDue to the rapid expansion of the workings under limited ventilating facilities,\ntogether with an occasional free outflow of gas from the working-faces, it was found\nnecessary on several occasions to prohibit blasting in certain areas and the management\nadvised that a substantial increase in the quantity of air available was required to keep\nthe methane content in the general body of the air to the lowest possible minimum.\nWith a view to effecting a permanent improvement in the general ventilating system,\ntwo new return airways, one on each side of the Main slope, were driven and connected\nto the fan-shaft while a new intake raise was driven from No. 4 Incline to connect with\na 10- by 10-foot vertical shaft which was sunk to a depth of 38 feet from the surface to\nthe bed-rock. These roads were all connected and in operation at the end of the year,\nproviding two separate intakes and two returns for the mine. New development has\nbeen centred chiefly in the Main slope and No. 2 Diagonal slope; each of these roadways\nwas driven a distance of 1,500 feet during the year with the necessary levels and\nheadings turned off these main arteries to form each district into a separate panel.\nApart from the occasions mentioned when it was found necessary to prohibit blasting,\nthe ventilation was generally good, the quantity passing in each split at the last inspection measuring as follows:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nNo. 1 split: 35,000 cubic feet of air a minute for the use of forty men.\nNo. 2 split: 31,500 cubic feet of air a minute for the use of forty-four men.\nMain return: 93,720 cubic feet of air a minute for the use of eighty-four men.\nTwenty-six samples of air were taken at the testing-stations in the return airways,\nthe resultant analysis showing the methane content to vary from 0.44 per cent, in the\nreturn from No. 1 split to 1.25 per cent, in the return from No. 2 split. One hundred\nand eight samples of dust were collected from the roads in general, all of which were\nabove the standard of incombustible content as stipulated in the Coal-dust Regulations.\nIn this connection, 196,000 lb. of dust was used in treating 30,000 feet of roadways.\nProspect Slope, Extension.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This prospect is situated at Extension on the southerly\nend of the \" Harewood Ridge,\" and is at present operating the Wellington seam. This\nslope was originally opened by the old Vancouver Coal Company in 1899 and driven for\na distance of 650 feet from the surface. A counter-slope was also driven a distance of\n150 feet and connected to the main slope by a small shaft for ventilating purposes. In\nAugust of this year, the Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir), Limited, dewatered the slope\nto a depth of 550 feet and turned off levels to right and left to prove the seam. These\nwere driven a distance of 120 feet and 130 feet respectively before being abandoned on\naccount of low coal and rock in the seam. Two new levels were started at a point 150\nfeet from the portal and had been advanced a distance of 80 feet, with the coal varying\nfrom 4 to 7 feet in height. The surface plant consists of a locomotive-type boiler which\nprovides power to operate a Dobeson hoist on the surface, a small pumping unit underground, and a Capell-type fan located at the return outlet. This fan is driven by a\nsmall vertical engine and has a capacity of 5,000 cubic feet of air a minute.\nF. W. Beban Company, Operators; George Frater, Overman. This\nBeban Mine. mine is situated in the Extension district and operates an isolated\nportion of the Wellington seam which was left in this area by former\noperators. No new development-work was undertaken during the year, all operations\nbeing confined to retreating with extraction of the pillars from the boundary barriers\ntoward the Main slope. Working conditions have been found fairly satisfactory during\nthe course of inspection, although nearly all roadways suffered materially from crushing\nincidental to pillar extraction. The ventilation was found satisfactory at all inspections, with an average of 14,000 cubic feet of air a minute for the use of twenty-four\nmen and two horses. Fourteen samples of air were taken, the analysis of these showed\na very slight percentage of methane in the return air-current.\nNos. 2 and 3 Mines.\u00E2\u0080\u0094R. H. Chambers, Operator; Charles Webber and\nChambers'. Thomas McCann, Firebosses. These mines are located in the Extension district and operated in a small portion of the Wellington seam A 122 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nwhich had been left by former operators. All available coal that could be extracted\nwith safety was finished in the No. 2 mine in April, when this mine was abandoned.\nNo. 3 mine was developed by a slope driven for a distance of 450 feet from the surface,\nbut a succession of faults and rolls retarded further development in the lower section\nof the mine. A small gasoline-driven fan was installed at the upcast shaft, but it was\nseldom found necessary to have it in operation, as a good current of air was available\nby natural means.\nNos. 1 and 2 Mines.\u00E2\u0080\u0094H. N. Freeman, Manager. These mines are\nNeville Prospect, situated on the Extension Ridge and operated in a small portion of the\nWellington seam which had been left as a barrier along the outcrop by\nthe management of the old Extension Colliery. Working conditions were found to be\ngenerally satisfactory at all inspections. No accidents were reported from these mines.\nNos. 2 and 3 Mines.\u00E2\u0080\u0094A. B. Richardson, Operator; N. Mclntyre, Fire-\nBig Flame. boss. These mines are situated in the South Wellington area and were\noperated in small outcrop areas of the Douglas seam. No. 1 mine\nworked 104 days and produced 211 tons before being finally abandoned near the end of\nMay. The No. 2 mine was opened on June 1st, when a slope was started from the\nsurface to reach a few pillars presumably left intact along the outcrop by former\noperators. An average crew of five men was engaged at these mines on a co-operative\nbasis. Working conditions were found to be fairly good and operations were carried\nout free from accidents.\nJ. McKellar and Associates, Operators; James Nimmo, Fireboss. This\nNo. 5 Mine, mine was opened by a slope 300 feet in length, which was driven from\nCassidy. the surface through faulted ground to reach a portion of the Douglas\nseam left in this particular area when Granby Colliery was abandoned.\nThree attempts were made to develop this area by levels off the slope, but in each case\nthe coal was pinched out by rolls and steps. It would appear that the future of this\noperation depends on extending the slope for a distance of approximately 100 feet to\nreach a virgin portion of the seam already located by a bore-hole from the surface.\nThis extension would have to be driven through solid rock and presents an expensive\nproblem to a small operator. The mine is ventilated by natural means and working\nconditions have usually been found satisfactory at all inspections. No accidents were\nreported.\nNo. 1 Mine.\u00E2\u0080\u0094J. A. Challoner and Associates, Operators; J. A. Chal-\nLanrzville Colliery, loner, Overman. This mine is situated on the shore-line of the Strait\nof Georgia, 9 miles north of Nanaimo, and operates in the Wellington\nseam, which is reached by a slope 270 feet in length from the surface. As in former\nyears, operations continue on a co-operative basis with an average crew of fourteen\nmen engaged. Ventilation and working conditions in general were found to be fairly\nsatisfactory during the course of inspection. At the last inspection in December,\n12,000 cubic feet of air a minute was circulating for the use of eleven men. Eleven\nsamples of air were taken at the testing-station in the main return airway, none of\nwhich showed more than a very slight trace of methane in the general body of the air.\nNo accidents were reported.\nJames Biggs, Operator and Fireboss. This mine is located in the\nBiggs' Mine. Wellington area and was operated over a period of 183 days, producing\n621 tons from a small patch of outcrop coal with a crew of three men\nengaged. The ventilation is provided naturally and has always been found ample for\nall requirements; working conditions generally were found fairly satisfactory. No\naccidents were reported during the year.\nW. D. Loudon, Operator; James Rallison, Fireboss. This mine is also\nLoudon's Mine, located in the Wellington area and operates in a small portion of outcrop coal left in the district by former operators. Working conditions\nhave been found satisfactory and sufficient ventilation is provided by natural means for\nall practical purposes. No accidents were reported.\nT. and G. Lewis, Operators; G. Lewis, Fireboss. This mine is situated\nLewis' Mine, in the East Wellington district and comprises a small area of coal left\nin the vicinity of the old Jingle Pot slope. The mine was abandoned in INSPECTION OF COAL MINES. A 123\nthe early part of October as all available coal that could be extracted with safety had\nbeen recovered. Working conditions were found generally good at all inspections.\nJames A. Quinn, Manager; John S. Williams, Overman; A.W.Watson\nNo. 8 Mine, and Daniel Morgan, Shiftbosses; W. Johnstone, M. Frame, J. Queen,\nComox Colliery. T. Shields, E. Surtees, J. W. Smith, A. Maxwell, Frank Woods, Frank\nCoates, and James Weir, Firebosses. The mine is situated in the\nvicinity of the Lake Trail road and 2 miles east of the mine camp at Bevan. The seams\nare reached by two shafts, each 1,000 feet in depth. The No. 2 seam is the only one\nbeing operated at the present time; it lies at a depth of 700 feet. Before opening out\non the long-wall advance method of work, a shaft pillar 1,000 feet in diameter was left\nand only narrow openings driven through it.\nThe mine operated throughout the year and during this period all development has\nbeen on the south side of the shaft. During the early part of the year the main South\nlevel encountered a downthrow fault displacing the seam 27 feet; this fault cutting off\nNo. 1 and No. 2 walls and thus causing coal production to be discontinued in this area.\nA rock tunnel driven to regain contact with the seam encountered the coal after a\ndrivage of 200 feet. A crosscut was then driven to No. 1 Left level to re-establish\nventilation, but no further development was done in this part of the mine. In the No. 1\nIncline section, the face of the incline advanced to a point 2,000 feet from the Main\nlevel intersection, the advance during the year being made by a long-wall triple-entry\nsystem, the incline forming the centre entry and the right and left counters made at the\ntop and bottom of the long-wall face-line. By this method of advance, long-wall conveyer units, of 300 feet in length, have been developed on both sides of the incline. To\ngive the required height, the incline and counter roadways are brushed in the roof and\nthe rock stowed on either side of the roadways. Four long-wall faces of 300 feet in\nlength are developed and working daily, three long-wall faces are developed and ready\nfor operation, and another four long-wall faces are being developed. The total length\nof active face-line is 1,200 feet with an average seam thickness of 3 feet 6 inches, with\nvarying thickness of bone from 1 inch to 15 inches. Airways have been maintained to\nkeep pace with this development. The coal is mined by means of Anderson-Boyes long-\nwall machines and1 solid places driven with post-type punching machines. Meco-type\nconveyers are used to convey the coal down the working-faces and load it into mine-cars.\nRoof conditions are not of the best and require close attention on account of the\nnumerous slips encountered, together with cap-rock or false roof of from 1 inch to\n6 inches, which comes down with the coal.\nThe Keith fan which formerly provided the mine ventilation was found to be inadequate for the needs of this growing mine, and on January 14th was replaced by a\nSullivan fan having a rated capacity of 250,000 cubic feet of air per minute, with a\n7-inch water-gauge. It is becoming increasingly evident that this is a potentially gassy\nmine, and for this reason it is essential that the area on long-wall face-lines be kept as\nlarge as natural conditions will allow. The main air-current of the mine is divided into\nfive splits, and at the time of the last measurements the quantities were found to be as\nfollows:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nNo. 1 split: 8,140 cubic feet per minute. No workmen in this split.\nNo. 2 split: 18,000 cubic feet per minute. No workmen in this split.\nNo. 3 split: 13,320 cubic feet per minute for thirty-five men and one horse.\nNo. 4 split: 68,400 cubic feet per minute for sixty men and two horses.\nNo. 5 split: 12,500 cubic feet per minute for thirty-five men and two horses.\nMain South return: 142,065 cubic feet per minute for ninety-five men and five\nhorses.\nIn addition to the above-measured air-current, ventilation is also provided for the\ninactive North side. Adding the quantities passing in both the north and south sides\nof the mine, the total amount of air passing to the upcast shaft during the last measurement was 227,500 cubic feet per minute; this with a water-gauge of 7 inches.\nThirty-six samples of mine-air were collected during the year, two of which were\nspoiled by leakage. This sampling serves as a check on safety-lamp readings and gives\nadvance information regarding future ventilating requirements. The analysis of the\nair-sample taken in the main South return airway on December 4th showed a methane A 124 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\ncontent of 0.86 per cent., with 142,065 cubic feet of air passing at the time; so that\n1,221.7 cubic feet per minute of methane was being produced from the active South\nside, this being equivalent to 1,759,248 cubic feet of methane per twenty-four hours.\nThe analysis of the mine-air sample taken in January, 1940, showed 1.3 per cent, of\nmethane with 76,230 cubic feet of air, or 1,427,025 cubic feet of methane for the twenty-\nfour-hour period. Thus, a substantial increase in methane emission was noted during\nthe year. A total of 327,040 lb. of rock-dust were used underground during the past\ntwelve months, 110,000 lb. of this being used in tamping shots and the remainder in\ntreating the roadways and face-lines of the mine. As an additional precaution against\nthe coal-dust hazard, all main roadways have an adequate water-supply and the coal is\nsubjected to a spray of water as it is discharged from the conveyer-pans. Two hundred\nand sixteen samples of mine-dust were analysed during the year for the purpose of\nascertaining the percentage of incombustible matter and moisture in the dust collected\nfrom the roof, floor, and sides of the mine roadways.\nThis mine was inspected on thirty-one occasions during the year.\nR. B. Bonar, Manager; John Christie and Irving Morgan, Overmen;\nNo. 5 Mine, William Herd and Thomas Eccleston, Shiftbosses; Thomas Smith,\nComox Colliery. L. Cooper, A. G. Jones, William Devoy, A. Williams, C. Williams, G.\nHarvie, A. Dunsmore, R. Walker, R. O'Brien, Thomas Robertson, A.\nSommerville, J. Vaughan, and R. Littler (Sr.), Firebosses.\nThis mine operates the No. 2 seam, which is reached by a shaft 280 feet in depth.\nAll the workings lie to the dip of the shaft and are accessible by four slopes which are\ndriven from the level of the No. 1 seam. All of the output is produced from long-wall\nfaces and their accompanying development places. At the end of the year there were\neight active long-wall faces, having a total length of 2,060 feet. The average daily\noutput of coal during the month of December was 800 tons, with 470 men employed\nunderground and fifty-seven men on the surface.\nThe long-wall faces are equipped with Meco-type pan-conveyers which carry the\ncoal from the face-lines to loading-points on the levels. In addition to the pan-\nconveyers, two 20-inch gate-end belt-conveyers are used to carry the coal from the pan-\nconveyers to mine-cars in loading roads where roof brushing is done. Where this\nsystem is used the roof brushing is stowed on either side of the roadways. All mining\nis done in the rock-bands, either in the centre of the seam or underneath, by means of\nAnderson-Boyes coal-cutting machines which mine the coal to a depth of 6 feet. In the\ndevelopment places the cutting is also done in the rock-bands by means of Hardiax post-\ntype punching machines. Compressed air is used to operate the coal-cutters and\nconveyers.\nA timbering innovation introduced during the year was the use of telescopic legs\nfor supporting stringers in roadways being driven and maintained close to the\nadvancing long-walls. Previously, these roadways had to be brushed and retimbered\nas many as four times before final settlement took place; this was very costly and\nhindered haulage and ventilation at the time of maximum squeeze. The use of these\ntelescopic legs, together with roof brushing and subsequent rock stowage has done much\nto improve roadway conditions in the vicinity of the working-face. The total length\nof roadways to date using this type of support is approximately 4,000 feet, and while\nresults are so far highly satisfactory, this innovation is yet in the experimental stage.\nDue to the gassy nature of the mine the closest attention is at all times required in\nmaintaining efficient ventilation, and while it has been necessary on several occasions\nduring the past year to temporarily prohibit blasting on some of the long-wall faces and\nlevels, there were no instances of protracted prohibitions being required. At the time of\nthe last inspection the quantities measured in the intake airways were as follows:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nMain slope: 38,940 cubic feet per minute for the use of forty-seven men and one\nhorse.\nNo. 2 West: 48,300 cubic feet per minute for the use of fifty-six men and two\nhorses.\nNo. 4 West: 37,100 cubic feet per minute for the use of thirty-three men and\ntwo horses. INSPECTION OF COAL MINES. A 125\nThe analysis of mine-air samples taken in the returns during December, together\nwith safety-lamp tests in the East return, indicated that approximately 3,500,000 cubic\nfeet of methane is given off from this mine during the 24-hour period.\nTwo hundred and sixty-one tons of rock-dust was used during the year. The dust\nwas distributed by hand on the roadways and long-wall faces of the mine for the purpose of combating the coal-dust hazard, and is also used for the tamping of shots. To\nfurther counteract the danger from coal-dust, the coal coming off the conveyer-pans is\nsprayed with water and all Main slope trips are sprayed with water as they leave the\nvarious partings. Samples of mine-dust are collected each month from the different\nroadways as required, and a total of 563 such samples were analysed, all of which\nexceeded the minimum requirements of the dust regulations.\nA 500-horse-power electric hoist situated at the top of the Main slope, carrying\n5,300 feet of 1%-inch rope, hauls all the coal from the various sections of the mine to\nthe top of the slope. The slope is laid with heavy steel as a precaution against derailment of trips, which of a necessity must travel at a high speed on this long haul. A\nman-trip is run on this slope to bring the workmen out at the end of the shift. Additional man-trips are run in the No. 2 West and Main slope sections.\nThe six underground compressors which formerly supplied the compressed-air\nrequirements of the mine have been replaced by three surface compressors located near\nthe top of the No. 3 intake air drift. The compressed-air pipes are placed in this drift.\nThe total rated capacity of the present installation is 4,996 cubic feet of air per minute.\nTwo electrically heated bath-houses have been erected in the mine-yard for the use\nof twenty-two mine officials. A large bath-house for the accommodation of 512 workmen is being erected and should be ready for use early in 1941. The heating and water\nfor the large bath-house will be furnished by a hot-water boiler situated outside the\nmain building.\nMonthly inspections were made by the miners' \" gas committee,\" and copies of all\nthese reports of inspection were received through the courtesy of the committee members. All report-books required to be kept at the mine were examined regularly and\nwere found to be in order.\nThis mine was inspected on sixty-five occasions during the year.\nNICOLA-PRINCETON INSPECTION DISTRICT.\nBY\nJohn G. Biggs.\nThe following coal companies operated in this district during 1940: The Coalmont\nCollieries, Limited; Middlesboro Collieries, Limited; Princeton Tulameen Coal Company, Limited; Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting, and Power Company, Limited;\nand the Hat Creek Colliery.\nBlake M. Wilson, President, Vancouver, B.C.; W. H. Malkin, Vice-\nCoalmont President, Vancouver, B.C.; R. A. C. Douglas, Secretary, Vancouver,\nCollieries, Ltd. B.C.; D. McLeod, Treasurer, Vancouver, B.C.; George Murray, Superintendent, Blakeburn, B.C. With the abandonment of No. 5 mine\nduring April, the Coalmont Collieries, Limited, at Blakeburn ceased coal production\nafter twenty-four years of operation, during which time over 2,000,000 tons of coal was\nproduced from Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 mines. The mines are all exhausted and abandoned,\nand the equipment at the mines, the aerial tram between the mines, and the preparation\nplant on the Kettle Valley Railroad are being dismantled and sold.\nAs there is no other mine or industry in the vicinity of Blakeburn this small settlement will probably be totally deserted.\nHis Honour E. W. Hamber, President, Vancouver, B.C.; E. McDonald,\nMiddlesboro Secretary, Vancouver, B.C.; Robert Fairfoull, Manager, Merritt, B.C.\nCollieries, Ltd. This colliery is situated 1 mile west of Merritt on a branch line from\nthe Kettle Valley Railway. The power plant and preparation installation are at the railroad, while the No. 2 South and No. 3 North mines, the only mines A 126 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nnow operating, are reached by a surface inclined tramway 3,000 feet long. These mines\nare in steeply inclined seams with the result that chutes are in general use to convey\nthe coal from the working-places to the cars on the different levels. Only compressed\nair is used for power underground and several raises driven to surface openings provide\nadequate natural ventilation. No trace of explosive gas was found during the year.\nBoth mines were developed by the pillar-and-stall method, and as the workings are\nnow retreating all the production is from pillar extraction.\nJulian B. Beaty, President, New York; A. S. Baillie, Vice-President,\nGranby Consoli- Copper Mountain, B.C.; B. E. Perks, Secretary, Vancouver, B.C.;\ndated Mining, A. W. Seaton, Treasurer, Vancouver, B.C.; W. R. Lindsay, Super-\nSmelting & Power intendent, Allenby, B.C.; Thomas M. Wilson, Manager, Princeton, B.C.\nCo., Ltd. This colliery consists of Nos. 1 and 2 mines situated 6 miles west of\nPrinceton, off the Hope-Princeton Highway. Almost all the output\nfrom these mines is used at the company's steam electric power plant near Princeton,\nwhich supplies all the power requirements at the Copper Mountain mining operation,\nthe concentrator at Allenby, and at the coal mines.\nThe coal is transported from the mines by auto trucks to a point near Princeton,\nfrom which it is carried across the Similkameen River by an aerial tram to the power\nplant. During the year the power plant was augmented by the addition of a 10,000-\nk.v.a. steam electric unit with the steam generated by a modern high-pressure boiler\nusing pulverized coal. The total power capacity of the plant is now approximately\n17,000 k.v.a.\nThe seams operated have a pitch of 20 degrees, and mining is carried on by the\npillar-and-stall system, the coal being carried from the working-faces by chutes to the\ndifferent haulage-levels. With the exception of the main underground electric hoist,\nall the underground power is from compressed air.\nNo. 1 mine is divided into two ventilating splits, one on each side of the Main\nslope, and each split is provided with modern electric-driven fan, and at the last inspection in December, 50,000 cubic feet of air per minute was passing into the mine for the\nuse of thirty-eight men.\nNo. 2 mine is in the development stage, and is ventilated by natural means.\nGuy F. Atkinson, President, San Francisco, California; George H.\nPrinceton Atkinson, Vice-President, San Francisco, California; W. D. Seaman,\nTulameen Coal Secretary-Treasurer, Princeton, B.C.; James Taylor, Manager, Prince-\nCo., Ltd. ton, B.C.; Ben Cheetham and Robert Gourley, Firebosses. This mine\nis situated close to the Tulameen River about 1 mile west of Princeton,\nand was developed by a slope on a pitch of 17 degrees, which followed the seam from the\noutcrop for a distance of 1,200 feet. The mine is developed on the pillar-and-stall\nsystem.\nDuring the year the Main slope and counter-slope were advanced under the Tulameen River under restrictions from the Chief Inspector of Mines. These restrictions\nprescribed the size of pillar to be left under the bed of the river and limited the number\nof drivages that may be driven in this supporting pillar; ordinary mining operations\nare being developed beyond this prescribed area.\nThe coal is all mined by percussive air-driven machines of the post-puncher type,\nand ventilation is supplied by an Aerodyne-type fan. During the last inspection in\nDecember, this fan was passing 25,000 cubic feet of air per minute for the use of\ntwenty-two men.\nL. D. Leonard, Superintendent. This property is 34 miles north of\nHat Creek Coal Ashcroft, and is held under lease by L. D. Leonard. The seam worked\nMine. is almost vertical, and the workings to date consist of levels driven in\nthe seam with a raise driven to the surface for ventilation. The faces\nhave reached approximately 500 feet from the portal. The small surface equipment\nconsists of a bunker, bar-screens, and a 5-horse-power gasoline-driven motor.\nPEACE RIVER AREA.\nSome prospecting and development was carried on at two properties in the Peace\nRiver area, one owned by Quentin F. Gething and the other by George A. Packwood. INSPECTION OF COAL MINES. A 127\nAt the Gething mine, situated 1% miles north of the Peace River and 12 miles\nsouth-west of Hudson Hope, an adit was driven in the \" Grant\" seam and a small\ntonnage of coal mined. The seam dips 26 degrees north and a cross-section taken at\nthe face of the adit showed the following structure: Sandy shale roof; 18 inches carbonaceous shale; 4 inches coal; 1% inches bone; 11% inches coal; 18 inches rock\nconcretion; 12 inches coal; 1 inch shale; 24 inches coal; 6 inches \" blacksmith \" coal.\nTotal thickness of coal, 4 feet 9% inches.\nAn analysis of the coal at the face gave the following values:\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Per Cent.\nMoisture 1.70\nVolatile combustible matter 17.40\nFixed carbon 70.00\nAsh 10.90\nSulphur 0.77\nB.T.U.'s, 13,237.\nThe Packwood mine is situated on Butler Ridge, about 22 miles north-west of\nHudson Hope, and consists of an adit driven in a seam 33 inches thick and dipping\n45 degrees. A small tonnage of coal was mined and shipped. An analysis of coal taken\nfrom the face showed the following values:\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Per Cent.\nMoisture 1.1\nVolatile combustible matter 15.4\nFixed carbon 80.2\nAsh 3.3\nSulphur 0.6\nB.T.U.'s, 14,136.\nNORTHERN INSPECTION DISTRICT.\nBY\nCharles Graham.\nF. M. Dockrill, Operator; A. H. Dockrill, Fireboss. The mine is situ-\nBulkley Valley ated on Goat Creek, a tributary of Telkwa River, about 7 miles from\nCollieries. Telkwa, to which point coal is hauled by truck. The market is chiefly\ndomestic and is confined, by transportation costs, to the area between\nPrince Rupert and McBride on the line of the Canadian National Railway.\nNo methane in quantity that could be detected on the flame of a safety-lamp was\nnoted during the year; 4,400 cubic feet of air was passing per minute for the use of\nnine men. An average of twelve men was employed. Production for the year was\n5,960 tons, an increase of 903 tons over 1939. Conditions generally were good.\nJ. M. Wilson, Fireboss. This mine is situated on the north bank of the\nAveling Coal Telkwa River about 6.5 miles from Telkwa, to which point coal is hauled\nCo., Ltd. by truck. The \" Betty \" seam, as it is known locally, shows a fine\nsection of coal as follows: Roof, shale; coal, 2 feet; hard shale, 1.5\ninches; coal (blacksmith), 3 feet 4 inches; parting; coal, 3 feet 5 inches; shale,\n1.5 inches; coal, 3 feet 8 inches; shale, 8 inches; coal, 4 feet; floor, shale.\nThe top 2 inches of coal and the 1% inches of hard shale are left up as a working-\nroof.\nThe next section, 3 feet 4 inches, is very high grade and seems to make an excellent\nblacksmith coal. This is mined separately and sold as blacksmith coal, two car-loads\nhaving been sent to Vancouver. There is a distinct parting between the blacksmith\ncoal and the next section of coal, and the blacksmith coal separates cleanly from it.\nThe centre section, containing 7 feet 1 inch of coal with 1% inches of shale approximately in the middle of the section, is mined as steam or domestic coal. The lower\nsection, 8 inches of shale and 4 feet of coal, is left as a working-floor.\nThe main slope is started on the vein, where it outcrops in the river-bank about\n15 feet above river-level, and has been driven down about 120 feet (due north magnetic) A 128 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\non a pitch of 16 degrees. The river at this point runs N. 22\u00C2\u00B0 E. (magnetic) for about\n500 feet and then turns sharply east. The slope is off true dip, which is about N. 30\u00C2\u00B0 E.\n(magnetic). A crosscut has been turned off the slope to the west, which will be driven\nin about 60 feet and then turned up the pitch to the surface to furnish a second opening.\nA single line aerial tram has been stretched across the river from the mouth of the\nslope to the bunkers on the south side of the river. Two bunkers have been built, the\nblacksmith-coal bunker having a capacity of 80 tons and the domestic bunker 175 tons.\nThese were completed in November.\nNo methane was seen at any time and general conditions were satisfactory. The\ngasoline hoist and the air compressor from the Tatlow property have been installed to\nfurnish the necessary power. Six men were employed. Production for the year was:\nBlacksmith coal, 78 tons; domestic coal, 256 tons.\nLake Kathleen Anthracite.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This property has apparently been abandoned, nothing\nbeing done during the year.\nTATLOW AREA.\nNothing was done on the property near Tatlow during the year. The hoist and\ncompressor equipment has been transferred to the Aveling Coal Company at Telkwa.\nEAST KOOTENAY INSPECTION DISTRICT.\nBY\nH. E. MlARD.\nThe only coal-mining operations active in the Crowsnest district during the year\nwere those of the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company, Limited, at Coal Creek and Michel.\nSomewhat greater activity prevailed there than in the previous twelve months, with a\nnet output of 776,518 long tons for the district and the production of 59,788 tons of coke.\nAccidents entailing personal injuries to 179 employees were investigated in the\ncourse of the year, sixteen having occurred on the surface and 153 underground. In\naddition, four accidents met in the course of the same period by men engaged in timber-\ncutting operations on the company's property were recorded at this office but were not\ninvestigated.\nOne fatal accident occurred at Michel. A prop, apparently displaced by a movement of the coal-bench at a long-wall face, fell and struck a man on the head and\nshoulders, inflicting injuries from which he died on the following day.\nH. P. Wilson, President and General Manager; Thomas Balmer, Seattle,\nCrow's Nest Pass Wash., U.S.A., Vice-President; J. S. Irvine, Fernie, B.C., Secretary;\nCoal Co., Ltd. Jas. H. Marshall, Fernie, B.C., Treasurer; William C. Whittaker,\nColliery Manager, Coal Creek; Bernard Caufield, Colliery Manager,\nMichel. This was the only company operating coal mines in the district during the year.\nCoal Creek Colliery, No. 1 East Mine.\u00E2\u0080\u0094William C. Whittaker, Manager; John\nCaufield, Overman; Carmichael MacNay, Shiftboss. This was the only mine active in\nthe course of the year, although the possibility of extending operations to another seam\nhas been considered. The only addition of some importance made to the plant, in the\nsame period, was the provision of a new wash-house.\nThe chief difficulties against which it is necessary to contend at this operation are\nthe rapid heaving of the pavement in roadways maintained in the immediate vicinity\nof active areas, the so-called \" face \" bumps, and the less frequent but highly destructive\nphenomena known as \" roadway \" bumps, which may entail extensive damage to the\nopenings affected.\nIn the course of the past year, three roadway bumps occurred, on June 22nd and\nOctober 23rd and 24th respectively, and each partially wrecked the part of the mine\naffected.\nNumerous \" face \" bumps occurred in the course of the year, and several miners\nsustained slight injuries, either through being struck by fragments of coal projected INSPECTION OF COAL MINES. A 129\nfrom the face or being thrown off benches. Particularly violent were those occurring\nin headings driven with the object of releasing accumulated stresses, in a large triangular pillar on the south side of No. 26 West incline and immediately above the\n28 West return airway. The preventive measures so far discovered consist in a comparatively slow rate of advance, avoiding rounded corners at the face and keeping the\nfaces of adjoining places on the same line, this paralleling the strike of the seam. In\nother words, provide the greatest possible facility for expansion.\nSamples of air taken in the worked-out area of the 26 West district in the month of\nMay showed the presence of traces of free hydrogen, ethane, and ethylene which, for a\nshort time, induced some anxiety, as these are normal products of the destructive high\ntemperature distillation of hydrocarbons. However, the oxidation quotients remained\nlow, and it was finally decided that the intruding gases had been liberated through the\ncrushing of small pillars abandoned in the waste.\nIn July, signs of heating were discovered in a small section of the 16 East abandoned area, which had remained imperfectly sealed off while the balance of the district\nwas being reopened. There also, hydrogen and ethylene appeared but, despite abundant\ncondensation on the edges of the affected area, the relative humidity remained extraordinarily low within it, ranging between 54 and 56 per cent., while that normally found\nin the working sections of the mine is about 88 per cent. The maximum temperature\nencountered at any point was 94 degrees Fahrenheit, and 90 degrees Fahrenheit was\nnot uncommon, but these came speedily down to 76 degrees Fahrenheit or less when air\nwas admitted to the formerly sealed-off section. This part of the mine was notorious\nfor outbursts of gas and coal at one time, which lends plausibility to the assumption that\nthe chemical activity of the coal there exceeds the normal. Oxygen is seemingly\nabsorbed rapidly, but only in the case of a single one among the samples of air analysed\ndid the oxidation quotient exceed 0.5 by an appreciable margin.\nThe production of coal-dust in the course of mining and transporting operations\nconstitutes a weighty problem, but the nature of the coal and the extraordinarily small\nvolume of percolating water joining to complicate the task of subduing it. In the\ncourse of the year 212,000 lb. of limestone-dust and 40,000 lb. of flue-dust were applied\nto roadways and working-places, the latter material being used only in abandoned areas\nand the approaches thereto. Often, however, a small bump shaking a district renders\na fresh application of inert dust practically worthless.\nThe ventilation was on the whole satisfactory, but preparations were being made\nat the end of the year for a rearrangement intended to increase materially the volume\nof air passing through the abandoned sections of the mine without diminishing materially that supplied to the active areas. At the time of the last inspection, 27,000 cubic\nfeet of air per minute was supplied to the 26 West district for the use of thirty-two men\nand three horses, and 14,000 cubic feet per minute was circulating through the 28 West\nsection for thirty men and three horses.\nMichel Colliery.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Bernard Caufield, Manager; William Chapman, Assistant Manager; William Gregory, James Littler, and Walter McKay, Overmen. This is at\npresent the most important coal-mining operation in the district.\nTwo important additions were made to the plant in the course of the year. A new\nwash-house was completed and ready for occupancy at the end of December, while, at\nthat time, considerable progress had already been made with the installation of a 5- by\n7-foot Keith-Sheldon fan, having a rated capacity of 200,000 cubic feet against a 3-inch\nwater-gauge, at an opening on the outcrop of \" A \" seam. Work had then been started\nalso on another structure intended to be used as a garage and to include, beside, plumber\nand tool-sharpening shops.\nThe new wash-house is a brick and concrete building with flat laminated roof, 154\nfeet long, 66 feet wide, and 16 feet high, containing a 110- by 48-foot changing-room\nwith space for 688 lockers; two shower-rooms with an aggregate floor space of 2,015\nsquare feet and equipped with fifty-one sprays; a lamp-room 42 by 17 feet, with\nseparate work-shop and motor generator set compartment; also separate wash and\nchanging rooms for officials, power-house employees, etc., capable of accommodating\nfifty-eight persons. A 130 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nNeither the installation of the new fan nor the erection of the garage had been\ncompleted at the end of the year. A small but perhaps interesting addition to the byproducts coking plant was the introduction of a naphthalene separator, the primary\nobject of which is not to permit the recovery of the small quantity of the compound that\ncan be scrubbed out, but to avoid the trouble incident to its separation from the gas\nin the pipe-lines.\n\" A \" Seam.\u00E2\u0080\u0094James Littler, Overman. This has now become the most important\nsection of the colliery and is supplying a constantly increasing share of the steam-\ncoal trade.\nThe upper bench of the seam, 8 to 10 feet in thickness, is that worked at present,\nunder a shale roof, moderately strong in some parts of the area opened so far but\ndecidedly weak in others. The general method of extraction is the form of long-wall\nalready successfully applied to the overlying \" B \" seam. Very little, if any, blasting\nis necessary at the faces, and the coal is mined chiefly with the help of compressed-air\npicks and that of a chain machine at one of the long-wall faces. In the long-wall section\ntransportation from the faces is effected by means of a system of shaking conveyers\nand travelling belts, while in development-work this requires a combination of tracks,\nconveyers, and chutes. It is in this seam that the new airways already mentioned are\nbeing driven, and its workings will be those deriving the greatest benefit from the\nintended remodelling of the ventilation. At the time of the December inspection 11,000\ncubic feet of air per minute was supplied to forty-one men and two horses in No. 1 split\n(or West side) and 12,400 cubic feet was circulating through No. 2 split (South side)\nfor the use of fifty-nine men and three horses. In this, as in other sections of the\ncolliery, some fluctuations in the volume of air circulating take place following variations in the ratio existing between surface and mine temperatures.\n\" B \" Seam.\u00E2\u0080\u0094William Gregory and Walter McKay, Overmen. This is an intensively\noperated section of the colliery on account of the high coking qualities of the coal and\nits low intrinsic ash content. The chief difficulty met here is undoubtedly presented\nby the nature of the roof, a more or less laminated shale, containing many of the irregularities commonly known as \" pot-holes \" and requiring careful timbering. The coal\ngives off only a moderate volume of methane but, on the other hand, a considerable\namount of coal-dust is liberated in the course of mining and transporting operations.\nThis condition reaches its most objectionable proportions here as elsewhere at the\ncolliery where chutes are in use, and it is highly desirable that some efforts be made\ntowards improving the design of these appliances in such manner as to minimize the\nemission of dust from coal handled in this manner.\nThe coal is moderately hard and compressed-air picks are resorted to, as an aid to\nmining, only occasionally, and in narrow places under roof too frail to permit the use\nof other mechanical mining equipment. As a rule, the coal is undercut with radial\nmachines in development-work, and chain coal-cutters at the long-wall faces, it having\nto be subsequently blasted in the former case, an operation seldom necessary in the\nlatter, as usually the coal falls of its own accord behind the machine.\nRather low surface temperatures prevailed at the time of the last inspection of this\npart of the colliery, and the \" booster \" fan on the surface passed only 19,000 cubic feet\nof air per minute, this supplying seventy men and six horses in the No. 4 West entry\ndistrict and the East side workings, while 9,000 cubic feet of air per minute was passing\nthrough the south side for the use of twenty men and three horses. An idea of the\neffect of changes of temperature may be gathered from the fact that, in midsummer, the\nsame airways passed 22,000 and 12,000 cubic feet per minute respectively.\nNo. 3 Mine.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Walter McKay, Overman. Final abandonment is approaching apace\nfor this part of the colliery, and all work there has been limited to the extraction of\npillars for a couple of years. However, some blocks of coal of considerable size still\nstanding in a part of the No. 12 Incline district may offer an incentive to continue\noperations in that area for some time to come, should it be found possible to maintain\nsufficiently efficient ventilation. This has been one of the chief difficulties encountered\nthere within the past eighteen months. The return airway from the split passes first\nthrough a fault zone, then enters an area on one side of which the greater part of the pillars has been extracted, which readily explains why its maintenance is becoming\nconstantly more onerous.\nThe seam gives off surprisingly little methane, but oxygen disappears rapidly in\nabandoned and unventilated areas, the resulting black-damp occasionally invading\nadjacent workings when the atmospheric pressure becomes abnormally low. To avoid\na repetition of the trouble experienced on this score in one instance, a small Sirocco fan\nacting as a booster was installed in the district towards the end of the summer and satisfactory conditions have prevailed there ever since. The roof over this seam is probably\nbetter than that found in any other part of the colliery, when first exposed, but it begins\nto lose its cohesion after being uncovered for some time and, in some sections, becomes\nparticularly brittle under the stresses induced by extensive extraction of the seam.\nIn the No. 4 Incline section, which covers a comparatively small area, the extraction\nof pillars is well advanced and the roadways are showing the effects of weight thrown\nupon them to a considerable extent.\nA peculiar feature, for which no satisfactory explanation has yet been found, is\nthat, while extensive areas of abandoned workings remain extraordinarily cool, even\nafter the ventilation has been cut off for some time, a tendency towards heating is\nobserved in similar circumstances within a zone extending for only about 200 feet from\nthe outcrop. Rather high temperatures were observed in the upper section of the old\nNo. 2 Incline towards the end of the year, and this part of the abandoned workings has\nbeen kept under close observation since then.\nThe air measurements taken at the time of the last inspection showed that 8,200\ncubic feet of air per minute was circulating through the live workings of the No. 12\nIncline section for the use of twenty-nine men and two horses, while about 6,000 cubic\nfeet was supplied to No. 4 Incline district for twenty men and three horses, these being\nthe quantities actually reaching the working-places. The mine return air current\namounted to 28,000 cubic feet per minute, at the same time. At no point in any of the\nreturn airways did the percentage of methane carried exceed 0.4.\nNo. 3 East Mine.\u00E2\u0080\u0094This section of the colliery has been sealed off for several years\non account of a fire. Samples of the mixture of gases filling the area affected were\ntaken at regular intervals and their analyses tended to prove that no important modification of existing conditions was taking place there, which can be considered as\nsatisfactory.\nThe total volume of air circulated by the fans, for the entire colliery, amounted to\n113,800 cubic feet per minute, under a water-gauge of 2.9 inches.\nIn the course of the year 540,000 lb. of limestone-dust was applied to working-\nplaces and roadways. The consumption of explosives amounted to 49,155 lb. of Polar\nMonobel No. 4 and 5,017 lb. of Polar CXL-ite No. 2 in 67,493 shots, of which five\nmissed fire. A 132\nREPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nINSPECTION OF METALLIFEROUS MINES.\nBY\nJames Dickson.\nPRODUCTION.\nThe output for metalliferous mines for 1940 was 8,026,639 tons, an increase of\n815,963 tons over the tonnage for 1939. This tonnage was produced from 216 mines,\nof which ninety-two produced 100 tons or more.\nFATAL ACCIDENTS IN METALLIFEROUS MINES (INCLUDING\nUNDERGROUND PLACER-MINING).\nThere were nine fatal accidents in and around metalliferous mines and concentrators in 1940, being a decrease of five from the figures for 1939. In addition to this,\ntwo surface placer-workers lost their lives. One placer-miner at Beggs Gulch was\nfound drowned, a boulder had slid down and pinned him in the water; and one man\nat Bullion Placers was caught by a gravel slide and swept into the sluice. There were\nno fatalities in the quarries of the Province.\nThere were 6,027 persons under and above ground in the metalliferous mines and\n1,048 persons in the concentrators in 1940. The ratio of fatal accidents per 1,000\npersons employed was 1.27 compared with 2.01 in 1939.\nThe tonnage mined per fatal accident during 1940 was 891,848 tons compared with\n515,048 tons in 1939. The tonnage mined per fatal accident during the last ten-year\nperiod was 420,565 tons.\nThe following table shows the mines at which fatal accidents occurred during 1940\nand the comparative figures for 1939:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nMine.\nNo. of Accidents.\nMining Division.\n1940.\n1939.\n1\n1\n2\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\nPrivateer ___ ____ _\n1\n5\nLillooet - -\t\nBralorne ,\nVidette \u00E2\u0080\u009E\t\nColumbia Tungstens _ \t\n1\n1\n1\n1\nNickel Plate \u00E2\u0080\u0094 -- \u00E2\u0080\u0094 \t\nYankee Girl - -\t\n1\nSecond Relief Mine , _ _\t\nOld Granby Mine \u00E2\u0080\u0094._- __\t\n1\n1\nQueen Charlotte Islands. - - -\t\nSurf Inlet Mine - - \t\nSilbak Premier .. -\t\nTotals -\nft\n14 INSPECTION OF METALLIFEROUS MINES.\nA 133\nThe following table shows the causes of, the percentage to the whole of the fatal\naccidents, and comparative figures for 1939:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nCause.\n1940.\n1939.\nNo.\nPercentage.\nNo.\nPercentage.\nBy falling down chutes or shafts..\u00E2\u0080\u0094\t\n3\n2\n2\n2\n33.34\n1\n2\n5\n2\n3\n1\n7.14\n14.29\n22.22\n35.71\n14.29\n21.43\n7.14\n22.22\n22.22\nTotals ' _ -\t\n9\n100.00\n14\n100.00\nFATAL ACCIDENTS IN LODE MINES, PLACER MINES,\nPROSPECTING, AND QUARRYING.\nThere were eleven fatalities during 1940 in all phases of mining. Of these, nine\noccurred at producing metalliferous mines and two at producing placer operations.\nOrdinary care would have averted most of these fatalities, as few were due to\nabnormal or dangerous conditions, but were due to a dangerous method of doing\nroutine-work.\nFollowing are the details of the fatal accidents in lode mines:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nThe fatal accident which occurred to William Scott, mucker, Surf Inlet Consolidated Gold Mines, Limited, on January 28th, was due to a slab falling from the hanging-\nwall of a raise. Deceased had been told by his shiftboss not to go into the raise until\naccompanied by the shiftboss, who would examine the place, as it had not been barred\ndown since the previous blasting. The shiftboss was delayed, and on his arrival found\ndeceased severely injured, death ensuing the following day.\nThe fatal accident which occurred to Raymond M. West, nipper, Copper Mountain\nmine, Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting and Power Company, Limited, on February 5th, was due to his being struck by a falling slab of rock from the back of a stope.\nThe barmen had gone over this ground shortly before the accident.\nThe fatal accident which occurred to Matt Pelto, barman, Sullivan mine, Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company, on February 17th, was due to deceased falling\ndown a raise. He had gone to help another man who had difficulty with large pieces\nof ore he was barring into the raise, and Pelto went on to these rocks to size up conditions, when the rocks rolled from under him and carried him down the raise. He\nwas holding a safety-rope, but had not secured himself to it and was unable to retain\nhis hold.\nThe fatal accident which occurred to Henry Hansen, pluggerman, Nickel Plate\nmine, Kelowna Exploration Company, on March 29th, was apparently due to deceased\ndrilling into a miss-fire charge in a large piece of ore lying on the stope floor. This\nmiss-fire shot had been clearly marked by the preceding shift and should have been\nbulldozed. Deceased died two days later.\nThe fatal accident which occurred to Alex Dykstra, miner, Britannia Mining and\nSmelting Company, on June 27th, was due to blasting. Dykstra and his helper had\nspit two shots and the miner in.an adjacent bulldoze chamber had spit a third hole in\nthe presence of deceased. Dykstra turned on the warning blasting-whistle and when\ntwo reports had been heard he turned off the warning whistle and entered the bulldoze\nchamber just as the third shot went off, killing him instantly. He had evidently\nforgotten the third shot.\nThe fatal accident which occurred to Charles E. Pratt, Diesel operator, Wisconsin\nmine, Canadian Exploration Company, on July 7th, was due to deceased being struck\nby a falling tree while engaged in fighting a bush fire on the Wisconsin Road. He was\nkilled instantly. The fire-fighting, while being voluntarily done, was under the company's supervision. A 134 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1940.\nThe fatal accident which occurred to George D. Kennedy, shiftboss, Relief Arlington mine, on July 21st, was due to deceased being carried down a raise by a slide of\nmuck in which he was buried for several hours. He was unconscious when taken out\nand was apparently making a good recovery in Nelson Hospital, but died suddenly from\ninternal haemorrhage on August 6th.\nThe fatal accident which occurred to Regnar Thillesen, carpenter, Nickel Plate\nmine, Kelowna Exploration Company, on October 21st, was due to deceased falling 25\nfeet into an ore-bin, part of which was being dismantled following a fire. A staging\nof 2- by 12-inch planks had been installed over the bin and deceased was engaged in\nrigging equipment to tear down part of the debris due to the fire, and stepped off the\nstaging on to a 1- by 12-inch board, which broke under his weight. He died in\nPrinceton Hospital the same day.\nThe fatal accident which occurred to Louis Legge, aerial tram operator, Silbak\nPremier mines, was due to deceased being crushed at the Nine-mile angle station on\nthe aerial tram. He had evidently tried to make some adjustment to the running-gear\nwithout stopping the tram. The angle stations and the tram-control station are interconnected by telephone but apparently deceased did not call to have the tram stopped.\nThere were no witnesses to this accident.\nAs this Nine-mile station is in Alaskan territory, the inquest was held there by the\nUnited States authorities.\nFollowing are the details regarding the fatal accidents in placer-mining during\n1940:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nOn May 31st Harry R. Furler, placer-miner, was found drowned in the sluice of\nhis hydraulic operation in Beggs Gulch. Apparently a slide of ground had caught him\nand carried him towards the sluice-boxes where a boulder held him under the water.\nHe worked alone and was discovered only after a search when he failed to return home\nat night.\nThe fatal accident to Rennie A. Blais, jackhammer-driller, Bullion Placers, Limited,\non August 4th, was due to a slide of ground that swept him into the sluice which carried\nhim over 1,000 feet to the tailings dump, where he died within a few minutes after the\nother men reached him. The start of the slide was noticed and a warning shouted to\ndeceased and other men on the floor of the pit. The other men were able to escape to\nthe sides, but Blais had run in the same direction as the slide, which overtook him.\nDANGEROUS OCCURRENCES.\nOn June 17th, at the Proserpine operation of the Privateer Company, a used receptacle 8 feet 3 inches long and 3 feet 3 inches in diameter was being prepared to store\nwater for the drilling-machines. While the receptacle was being blown out by compressed air at 80-lb. pressure one end blew off; the mine foreman, who was near-by,\nwas thrown 30 feet away, but escaped with minor injuries.\nOn August 7th a large slide occurred in the drop-pit side of the Bullion placer mine\n(surface) ; the men employed in the pit had sufficient warning to withdraw to safety,\nbut the tools and equipment were buried.\nOn August 23rd the north carriage on the Hedley Mascot \" quad \" double-track\naerial tram left the track. No one was injured.\nOn September 6th, while the East side cage in No. 2 shaft, Pioneer mine, was being\nplaced on the shaft station chairs for inspection purposes, the hoistman gave out sufficient slack to kink the rope, which had to be cut and shortened.\nOn November 8th, in No. 3 shaft, Cariboo Gold Quartz mine, a new \" non-spun \"\nhoisting rope for sinking purposes \" bird-caged \" badly after only three hours' service\nand had to be removed. Upon investigation it was found that the inner rope and the\nouter strands had the same lay, due to an error of construction.\nOn December 10th, while men were being hoisted in the Island Mountain mine\nshaft, the hoistman took the men up past the main station a distance of 40 feet before\nstopping the cage. The cage was stopped just below the automatic stop, which was\nin good working order. The hoistman was discharged. There were no injuries or\nequipment damage. On December 22nd, while hoisting in the Silbak Premier shaft the hoistman applied\nthe brake too strongly, with the result that while he brought the drum to a sudden\nstop the inertia of the motor forced up and broke the pinion-shaft bearings. The\nskiptender riding the cage was not injured.\nDuring 1940 there were no prosecutions made for infractions of the \" Metalliferous\nMines Regulation Act.\"\nEXPLOSIVES USED IN MINING.\nDuring 1940 the explosives used in mining and quarrying in British Columbia\nconsisted of 10,179,000 lb. of high explosives; 3,400,000 fuse detonators; 528,000\nelectric detonators; 52,000 delay detonators; 13,500 feet Primacord and 24,700,000\nfeet of safety-fuse. While there were several accidents due to the use of explosives,\nthere were no cases due to faulty explosives.\nAt a number of abandoned mining and prospecting operations the Inspectors of\nMines in the respective districts had stocks of explosives disposed of by destruction or\nsale, according to the condition of such explosives. As a safety precaution, no stocks\nof explosives may be left unguarded during the war.\nAIR-SAMPLING.\nAir-sampling was done in a number of mines, where heavy blasting or long, single\ndrifts were carried on, to determine whether carbon monoxide was present and if the\noxygen content of the atmosphere was sufficient. No dangerous conditions were indicated, but in a number of cases augmented ventilation was ordered.\nDUST AND VENTILATION.\nFurther progress in the installation of fans for the general ventilation of mines\nwas made during the year by the installation of fans of fairly large capacity at several\nof the larger mines, these being in addition to the fan installations given in detail in\nthe annual report for 1939. In no instance have any of the fans mentioned previously\nbeen discontinued.\nThe efforts at the different mines to reduce as far as possible the amount of dust\nproduced by the blasting, handling, transportation, and milling of ore have been well\nmaintained, and there is an increasing efficiency in removing as quickly as possible, by\nadequate ventilation, any dust that is unavoidably produced.\nMINE-LIGHTING.\nThe use of the safety electric cap-lamp is standard at all the larger mines with\none exception, and many of the smaller mines have adopted this advance in safety and\nefficiency. In no case where the safety electric cap-lamp has been tried has there been\na return to the carbide lamp formerly in use.\nFIRST-AID AND SAFETY WORK.\nFirst-aid and safety work has been well maintained in all the metalliferous-mining\nareas and, in addition to the work done along this line by the individual mining companies, there are Mine Safety Associations in all the more important districts, such as\nEast Kootenay, Princeton, Britannia, Bridge River, Zeballos, and Portland Canal.\nThese associations draw their membership from the mine officials and miners interested\nin safety in the different areas, and are financially assisted in this work by the\nDepartment of Mines.\nThe value of safety committees at the larger mines is recognized as an important\nfactor in making for general safety and they are well supported by the managements\nof the mines. As the members of these safety committees are selected from different\nparts of a mine and serve for only short periods, this permits a large number of men\nbeing brought directly into contact with this work, so that many of them continue to\npoint out potential dangers to their fellow-employees after their official membership\non the safety committee has ended. These safety committees, with their personal\nknowledge of the mine in which they are employed, are in a position to note and report\nminor defects as they arise and have these matters remedied before they become a\ncontributing factor in an accident. INDEX.\nA 137\nINDEX.\nA.\nPage.\nAccidents in metal mines 132\nLode, placer, prospecting, quarrying 133\nAccidents in coal mines 105\nAdams, John B., resignation of 5\nAnnual report as Assayer 39\nAinsworth 81\nAir-sampling 135\nAlbion No. 2 63\nAlexandria (Vancouver) 74\nAlexandria, placer-mining at 95\nAlex Mining Co. 74\nAlice Arm . 52, 78\nAlladin (Cariboo) 57\nAllen and Cawder leases (Atlin) 89\nAlpine (Nelson) 66\nAlpine Gold, Ltd. 66\nAmandy 63\nAmazon 81\nAmelia, Camp McKinney 62\nAmparo Mining Co. . 57\nAnnie 75\nAntimony 85\nAntler Creek 91\nAnyox 52\nArctic lease 88\nArlington (Nelson) 69\nDividends 20\nAshcroft area 60\nAssay Office, report by Assayer 39\nAthabasca (Nelson), Noble Five Mines at 65\nAthelstan 75\nAtlin, tungsten 86\nAurimont Gold Mines, Ltd. 76\nAveling Coal Co., Ltd 127\nB.\nBabine Gold Mines, Ltd. 55\nSee also Free Gold.\nBaka-Mica 99\nBaker Inlet, mica at 99\nBamberton, lime 98\nBarkerville area 90\nBarkerville Gold Mines, Ltd. 90\nBase Metals Mining Co., Ltd. 82\nBatchelor, later Senator 65\nBayonne Consolidated Mines, Ltd. 70\nBear (Nelson) 65\nBear River (Portland Canal) 52\nBeaver, Beaverdell 79\nBeaverdell 62, 78\nBeaverdell-Wellington Syndicate, Ltd 79\nBeaver Silver Mines, Ltd. 79\nBeban mine 121\nBedwell River 73\nBell No. 2 (Slocan) 65\nBellos leases (Cariboo) 94\nBen Ali (Portland Canal) 52\nBerlin (Trail Creek) 63\nBiggs, J. G., retirement of 6\nBiggs' mine 122\nBig Bend area 97\nBig Flame mine 122\nBig Marcelle (Fort Fraser) 85\nBig Missouri 51\nBirch Creek (Atlin) 88\nBlack Bear Mountain (Quesnel) 95\nBlackbird (Lillooet) 58\nPage.\nBlack Bull, Kleanza Mountain 54\nBlackcock (Ymir) 66\nBlack Jack Cariboo Mines, Ltd. 91\nBlubber Bay, lime at 98\nBluestone (Nelson) 68\nBonanza, Sheep Creek 68\nBonanza Basin, Tyaughton Creek 59\nBonanza Creek, Tyaughton Creek 59\nBosun (Boatswain Fraction) 81\nBoulder Creek (Atlin) 88\n(Salmo) 67\nBoundary Falls 63\nBowman Mines, Ltd. 92\nBralorne Mines, Ltd., dividends 20\nReferences 58, 59\nBrewer Creek (Vernon) 71\nBridge River (Lower) 58, 60\nTungsten 87\nBristol Mines, Ltd. 59\nBritannia Mining and Smelting Co 84\nAt Eldorado (Lillooet) 59\nDividends 20\nB.C. Cement Co., Ltd., at Bamberton ...98, 99\nB.C. Sand and Gravel Co. (later Highland Sand and Gravel Co.) 99\nSee also Cascade Sand and Gravel Co.\nBrown lease (Atlin) 89\nB.R.X. (1935) Consolidated Mines, Ltd.... 59\nBuccaneer, Bedwell River 73\nBuccaneer Mines, Ltd. 73\nBuena Vista Mining Co., Ltd. 51\nBulkley Valley Collieries 127\nBullion Placers, Ltd. 95\nBunker Hill (Nelson) 70\nBurns Lake 83\nBurrard Inlet 99\nBurrard Placers, Ltd. 96\nButcher Boy 62\nBuxton Creek 95\nG.\nCadmium, at Athabasca\nCadwallader Creek _..\nCaledonia\n do\n 58\n 80\nCalifornia (Lillooet) 59\n(Nelson) 65\nCanadian Belle (Nelson) 66\nCanadian Belle Mining Co., Ltd. 66\nCanadian Collieries, inspection 120\nCanadian Creek 91\nCanadian Exploration, Ltd., at Maybe 62\nAt Wisconsin 70\nCanamco Mining Co. 95\nCanty Gold Mining (Hedley), Ltd. _____ 61\nCanyon lease (Clinton) 96\nCapella 80\nCariboo Amelia, Camp McKinney 62\nCariboo area 56, 90\nCariboo Central, Cariboo Rainbow Mines,\nInc. 57\nCariboo-Cottonwood Placers, Ltd. . j 94\nCariboo Gold Quartz Mining Co., Ltd 56\nDividends 20\nCariboo Hudson Gold Mines, Ltd. 57\nCariboo Rainbow Mines, Inc. 57\nCariboo Thompson property 57\nCarlsen lease (Cariboo) 93 A 138\nINDEX.\nPage.\nCarmi, Highland Bell, Ltd., at 63\nCascade Sand and Gravel Co., Ltd. 99\nSee also B.C. Sand and Gravel Co.\nCasino, Bedwell River 73\nCassidy mine 122\nCayoosh Creek, placer at 96\nC.B.A. Mines, Ltd. 93\nCentral Zeballos Gold Mines, Ltd., Reno\nGold Mines, Ltd., at 72\nCentre Star 75\nChambers' mine 121\nChapleau Creek 64\nCherry Creek, Vernon 97\nChilcotin area 57\nClay and shale 97\nClayburn Co., Ltd. 97\nClayoquot 73\nClinton area 96\nClubine Comstock Gold Mines, Ltd. 67\nClydesdale (Atlin) 88\n\" Coal and Petroleum Act \" 37\nCoal-dust 111\nCoal from outside British Columbia 105\n\" Coal-mines Regulation Act \" 36\nCoal-mining, reports by Inspectors.\u00E2\u0080\u0094100, 120\nCoast and Lakes Alluvials, Ltd. 93\nCoast Quarries, Ltd. 99\nColorado 67\nColpe Mining Co. 87\nColumario Consolidated Gold Mines, Ltd. 54\nColumbia (Trail Creek) 75\nColumbia Development, Ltd. 87, 89\nColumbia Tungstens, Ltd. 86\nComox Colliery 123\nCompagnie Francaise des Mines d'Or du\nCanada 88\nCongress Mines, Ltd. 60\nConroy Fraction (Atlin) 89\nConsolidated Mining and Smelting Co. of\nCanada 75, 82\nAt Boulder Creek (Atlin) 88\nFife 98\nNo. 7 63\nPinchi Lake 85\nSalmon Gold Mines 52\nSlate Creek 90\nDividends 20\nConsolidated Nicola Goldfields, Ltd. 62\nConwest Exploration Co. 40, 84\nAt Hunter Basin 74\nCopper Creek (Cariboo) 91\nCopper Island, Babine Lake 78\nCopper Mountain 83\nCopper Queen (Trout Lake) 64\nCork-Province 80\nCormack Mining Co., Ltd. 94\nCoronado 76\nCoronation (Lillooet) 58\nCorsair, Bedwell River 73\nCottonwood Gold Dredging Co., Ltd. 94\nCottonwood River (Cariboo) 94\nCoulter Creek 92\nCow Mountain 57\nCoyote (Nelson) 68\nCraigtown Creek 69\nCranbrook area 82\nCrescent (Greenwood) 77\nCroker lease (Atlin) 88\nCronin Creek 55\nCrown (Lillooet) 58\nCrown Gold Mining Syndicate 73\nCrow's Nest Pass Coal Co., Ltd 128\nDividends 20\nCrusader (Slocan) 64\nCrusader Mines, Ltd. 52\nSee also Gold Drop.\nCummings, J. M. 5\nCunningham Creek (Cariboo) 57, 91\nCurtis (formerly Telluric), Vidette Lake 60\nCyanide at Reno 69\nCyanide mill 61\nD.\nDayton Creek 65\nDeeks Sand and Gravel Co., Ltd. 99\nDenain Creek 57\nDentonia Mines, Ltd. 63\nDividends 17\nDolly Varden, Nass River 78\nDominion Brick Co., Ltd. 98\nDonovan Creek (Cariboo) 93\nDouglas Pine (Vancouver) 74\nSee also Piedmont Mining Co.\nDragon Creek Placers 92\nDream lease (Atlin) 87\nDriftwood Creek (Omineca) 55\nDundee (Nelson) 67\nDunlop lease (Cariboo) 91\nDunwell Mines, Ltd. 52\nDust in mines 135\nDuthie Mines, Ltd., at Smithers 40, 76\nSee also Mamie.\nE.\nEcstall River 86\nEldorado lease (Cariboo) 92\nEldorado (Lillooet) 59\nEldorado Basin (Lillooet) 59\nElectricity in coal mines 110\nEmerald (Nelson) ..._ _. 81\nEmily Creek 81\nEmpire (Lillooet) 58\nEmpire Mercury Mines, Ltd. 86\nEnterprise (Nicola) 62\nErie Creek 69\nEthiopia (Greenwood) 63\nEuphrates (Nelson) 65\nEureka (Nelson) 69\nExamination of Assayers 39\nExchange (Slocan) 65\nExplosion at No. 10 Mine, Wellington 118\nExplosives 36, 107, 135\nFairview Amalgamated Gold Mines, Ltd. 20\nFalkland, gypsum at 98\nFerguson Creek 64\nFern mine (Nelson) 66\nFife, limestone at 1 ._. 98\nFirst aid 135\nFleury lease 91\nFort St. James, antimony at 85\nForty-nine Creek 66, 97\nFourth of July Creek 89\nFranklin camp 63\nFraser, Fort, manganese at 85\nFraser River placers 95\nFreddie Lee (Slocan) 80\nFree Gold (Omineca) 55\nSee also Babine Gold Mines, Ltd. INDEX.\nA 139\nPage.\nFrench Creek (Cariboo) 91\nFriendship lease (Atlin) 89\nFry lease 93\nFuel-oil competition > 105\nG.\nGabriola Island, brick 98\nGalena Farm Consolidated Mines, Ltd 81\nGem, Texada Island 71\nGem Gold Mines, Ltd. j 71\nGeological Survey of Canada 6\nGermansen 90\nGermansen Mines, Ltd. 90\nGerrard 64\nGilley Brothers, quarry 99\nGladstone lease (Atlin) , 88\nGold, lode deposits 51\nGold, placer, Atlin 87\nFraser River 95\nPurchase of 6\nGold Bar, Terrace 53\nSee also Portland.\nGold Belt Mining Co., Ltd 68\nDividends 20\nGold Commissioners and Mining Recorders 47\nGold Creek (Slocan) 64\nGold Drip (Rossland) 70\nGold Drop, Marmot River 52\nSee also Cinnabar Mines, Ltd.\nGold Finch (Greenwood) 77\nGold Leaf (Anyox) 52\n(Nelson) 65\nGold Peak, Zeballos Pacific Mining Co...... 72\nGold Silver Tungsten Mining and Milling\nCo., Ltd. 65\nGolden Belle (Nelson) 68\nGolden Eagle, Topley 78\nGolden Glory, Burns Lake 83\nGolden Ledge Syndicate 59\nGranby Consolidated M.S. and P. Co., Ltd.,\ndividends 20\nAt Princeton 83\nAt Phoenix _ 75\nColliery at Princeton 126\nGrand Forks 77\nGrange Consolidated Mines, Ltd. 60\nGranite (Nelson) 66\nGranite, Coast Quarries, Ltd. 99\nGrasshopper (Similkameen) 61\nOr Rabbitt group.\nGravel 99\nGreenwood area 63\nBrooklyn at 75\nGrotto, Hardscrabble Creek 55\nGrouse Creek (Cariboo) 90\nGrub Gulch (Cariboo) 92\nGypsum, Falkland 98\nGypsum Lime and Alabastine Canada,\nLtd. 98\nH.\nHail Columbia lease\nHall Creek\t\n(Nelson), placer\n 97\n 65\n 97\nHalverson lease 91\nHamilton Creek Gold Mines, Ltd. 60\nHardscrabble, tungsten 86\nHardscrabble Creek (Omineca) 55\n(Cariboo), tungsten on 86\nPage.\nHarriett (Nelson) 69\nHarrison Creek . 90\nHarvey Creek Mines, Ltd. 96\nHat Creek Coal Mines 126\nHazelton 53\nHazelton area 76\nHazelton View 76\nHedley, M. S. , 5\nHedley, town 61\nHedley Mascot Gold Mines, Ltd. 20, 61\nHewitt 81\nHighland (Ainsworth) 81\nHighland Bell, Ltd 78\nWiarton 62\nMaybe 62\nCarmi 63\nRosemont 63\nDividends 20\nHighland Chief (Greenwood) 79\nHighland Surprise Gold Mines, Ltd. 64\nHighland Sand and Gravel Co. (formerly\nB.C. Sand and Gravel Co., Ltd.) 99\nSee also Cascade Sand and Gravel.\nHighland Valley 84\nHimmelmann placers 95\nHolland, S. S. 5\nHolland Gold Mines, Ltd. 58\nHomestake, Franklin Camp 63\nHomestake lease (Clinton) 96\nHomeward, Zeballos 72\nHope (Slocan) 80\nHorseshoe Mountain 62\nHoward Fraction (Slocan) 64\nHowe Sound 84\nHudson (Cariboo) 57\nHughes Creek 70\nHunter, Khutze Inlet 53\nHunter Basin, Conwest Exploration at __ 74\nReferences 40, 84\nHyde Creek leases (Cariboo) 93\nHyland Basin 55\nI.\nInland Empire (Trail Creek) 63\nInspection of Mines 100\nInspector's Report 132\nIron and Steel Bounties Act 35\nIron Cap (Kamloops) 60\nIron Mask (Trail Creek) 75\nIsland Mountain Mines Co., Ltd. 56\nDividends 20\nI.X.L. (Trail Creek) 70\nJ.\nJack (Slocan City) .\nJack of Clubs Creek\n81\n92\n92\nJack of Clubs Lake Mining Syndicate..\nJane, Little Snowshoe Creek 57\nJessie (Nelson) 65\nJewel Lake 63\nJ. G. Mining Co. 59\nJohannson lease 91\nJo Jo (Slocan) 77\nJolly Creek placers 97\nJosie 75\nJumbo (Rossland) 70\nJuno (Nelson) 65 A 140\nINDEX.\nPage.\n71\n53\nK.\nKalamalka \t\nKalum Lake Mines, Ltd.\t\nKathleen Lake coal 128\nKeithley 95\nKelowna Exploration Co., Ltd. 61\nDividends 20\nKent Dredging Co. __ 94\nKetch, Ltd. . 91\nKettle River 62\nKeystone (Nelson), Slocan Silver Mines,\nLtd. 69\nKeystone Mountain 69\nKhutze Inlet 53\nKicking Horse 83\nKilgard brickyards , 97\nKing (Lillooet) 58\nKing, Hunter Basin 74\nKing William (Nicola) 62\nKitsumgallum Lake 53\nKleanza Mountain 54\nKoeye River, limestone 98\nKoeye River Limestone Co. 98\nKokanee Chief 80\nKootenay (Rossland) 75\nKootenay Belle Gold Mines, Ltd. 68\nDividends 20\n63\n55\nLakeside (Greenwood) \t\nLa Marr Gold Mines, Ltd.\t\nLamps 135\nLangford Mines, Ltd. 93\nSee also Coast and Lakes Alluvials, Ltd.\nLantzville Collieries 122\nLardeau area 64, 79\nLarsen Gulch (Cariboo) 93\nLaurentzen gold-saver 94\nLay, Douglas 5\nLemon Creek 64\nLenora (Nicola) 74\nLeonard lease 96\nLe Roi (Trail Creek) 75\nLewis mine 122\nLightning Creek (Cariboo) 92, 93\nLillooet area 96\nLimestone, Koeye, Grand Forks, Texada\nIsland, Fife, Vananda, Vancouver\nIsland 98\nLittle Valley Creek 91\nLivingstone Mining Co., Inc. 66\nLost Creek, Manson Creek 89\nLost Creek Placer Gold, Ltd. 89\nLoudon's mine 122\nLowhee Mining Co. 90\nLucky Boy (Ainsworth) 79\nLucky Jim, Zincton 80\nLucky Strike Gold Mines, Ltd. 59\nLyle Creek 64\nM.\nMandy, J. T., report by 5\nManganese 85\nManson Creek area 89\nMarmot River 52\nMaryhill Sand and Gravel Quarries 99\nMay and Jenny 66\nMaybe, Kettle River, Highland Bell, Ltd.,\nat 62\nMayflower (Trail Creek) 71\nPage.\nMayflower Mining Syndicate 70\nMemphis Creek 65\nMen employed 22\nMercury, Bridge River and Pinchi Lake .. 85\nMetal mines, inspection of 132\nMeteor (Slocan City) 81\nMica 99\nMidas, Yanks Peak 57\nMidge Creek 70\nMidnight (Greenwood) 79\n(Nelson) 68\n(Trail Creek) 70\nMilton Gold Mining Co., Ltd. 64\n\"Mineral Act\" and \"Placer-mining Act\" 29\nMining Industry, The, J. F. Walker 5\nMining laws, synopsis of 29\nMinto Gold Mines, Ltd. 60\nMobbs (later Silver Crest) 64\nMogul (Kettle River) 62\nMolly Hughes (Slocan) 77\nMonarch (Golden) 82\nMonashee (Vernon) 71\nMonashee Creek placer 97\nMonitor (Slocan) 80\nMontgomery Creek placers 92\nMorning Mountain 65\nMorning Star 81\nMosquito Creek (Cariboo) 93\nMossi claims 57\nMotherlode (Nelson) 68\nMountain Boss 57\nMountain Boy (Portland Canal) 78\nMount Zeballos Gold Mines, Ltd. 71\nDividends 20\nMoyie Lake 82\nMusketeer, Bedwell River 73\nMusketeer Mines, Ltd. 73\nMuskrat Creek (Nelson) 69\nMyrtle (Slocan City) 81\nMcAllister (Slocan) 77\nMcArthur Gulch 91\nMcCarthy Estate __ 63\nMcCullough Creek (Revelstoke) 97\nMcGillivray Creek 96\nMacKay Gold Mines, Ltd. 51\nMcKee Creek 89\nMcKinney CamB placers 62, 97\nMaconachie, R. J. 5\nN.\nNanaimo \t\nNanoose Bay Gold Mines, Ltd.\n73\n74\nNapanee (Greenwood) 79\nNass River ... 52\nNelson area, placer 97\nReferences 65, 81\nNelson Island, granite 99\nNelson Placers, Ltd. 97\nNeville mine 122\nNew Hazelton Gold Cobalt Mines, Ltd. .... 76\nNewman, Topley 78\nNewport (Slocan) 80\nNew Westminster, clay and shale at 97\nNicholson Creek Mining Corporation 54\nNickel Plate, Hedley 61\nNiemeyer lease (Cariboo) 91\nNoble '\" B,\" Bedwell River 73\nNoble Bear River Syndicate . 73\nNoble Five Mines, Ltd., at Athabasca 65\nNorman leases 93 INDEX.\nA 141\nPage.\nNorthern Pyrites, Ltd. 86\nNorthern Resources, Ltd. 88\nNugget (Nelson) 68\nNo. 1 (Trail Creek) 75\nNo. 7, Consolidated M. & S. Co. at 63\no.\nOakwood, Terrace 53\nO'Grady, B. T. 5\nO.K. (Rossland) 70\nOkanagan (Lardeau) 64\nOlalla lease (Atlin) . 89\nOmineca Gold Quartz Mining Co., Ltd 53\nOnward placer 95\nOre Hill (Nelson) 68\nOre Testing Laboratories, Ottawa 76\nOscar Creek 67\nOttawa 81\n(Slocan) 65\nOtter Creek (Atlin) 88\nP.\nPacific Lime Co.\n 98\nP.D. (Cariboo) 57\nPeace River coal 126\nPearson lease 93\nPend-d'Oreille River, placer 70, 97\nPerkins Peak 57\nPerseverance Gold Mines, Ltd. 95\nPeterboro lease (Atlin) 88\nPhillips Arm 74\nPhillips Group, tungsten 87\nPiedmont Mining Co., Douglas Pine 74\nPinchi Lake, mercury at 85\nPine Creek (Atlin) 88\n(Cariboo) 91\n(Quesnel) 96\nPioneer 58\nPioneer Gold Mines of B.C., Ltd. 85\nAt Stuart Lake, antimony 85\nReference 58\nDividends 20\nPitt River, gravel 99\nPlacer Engineers, Ltd. 95\nPoes (Omineca) 55\nPoker lease (Atlin) 88, 89\nPolaris-Taku Mining Co., Ltd. 51\nPoorman (Nelson) 66\nPorcher Island 53\nPorcher Island Mines, Ltd. 53\nPortland, Terrace 53\nSee also Gold Bar.\nPortland Group 52\nPortland Canal 51, 78\nPremier Gold Mining Co. at Relief-Arlington 69\nPrident, Zeballos .. 71\nPrince Rupert Sampling Plant 5, 6\nPrincess Royal Island 53\nPrinceton Tulameen Coal Co., Ltd. 126\nPrivateer Mine, Ltd., Proserpine Mountain 57,71\nDividends 20\nProduction, computation of , 7\nProgress notes 51\nProserpine Gold Mines, Ltd. 57\nProserpine Mountain . 57\nProvidence (Greenwood) 77\nPugsley\nPyrite _.\nPage.\n.... 53\n_ 86\nQ.\nQuartz Creek\t\nQueen (Nelson) \t\nQuesnel River placer\n90\n68\n95\nR.\nRabbitt Group or Grasshopper mine 61\nRambler (Ainsworth) 79\nRambler placers 97\nRed Cliff (Portland Canal) 52\nRed Eagle, Bridge River 86\nRed Gulch placers (Cariboo) 91\nRed Mountain, Rossland 75\nRees lease 91\nReese leases 95\nRegal Mines, Ltd., Yankee Boy 77\nRegal Silver 87\nReid Group, Burns Lake 83\nReliance (Nelson) 69\nRelief-Arlington Mines, Ltd. 69\nDividends 20\nReno Gold Mines, Ltd. 68\nAt Central Zeballos 72\nDividends 20\nRescue-stations 115\nRetallack 64\nRevenge 79\nRichard III. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 74\nRichmond (Slocan City) 81\nRoad Materials Co. 99\nRoberts Mountain 70\nRobertson lease, Tabor Creek 94\nRobson Group (Lillooet) 59\nRoche Deboule Mountain 76\nRock Creek placers 97\nRoddick lease (Cariboo) 91\nRoderick Dhu 63\nRose (Atlin) 89\nRosemont, Beaverdell, Highland Bell, Ltd.,\nat 63\nRoss Spur (Nelson) 69\nRossland area 70, 75\nRuth (Slocan) 80\nRuth Hope Mining Co. 80\nSafety-lamps 109\nSallus Creek 96\nSally 79\nSally Mines, Ltd. 79\nSalmon Gold Mines, Ltd., Consolidated\nM. & S. Co. at 52\nSalmon River (Portland Canal) 51\nSam Craig Creek 73\nSamis and Co. 52\nSampling plant at Prince Rupert 40, 76\nMandy's report 5, 6\nSanca 70\nSand 99\nSandon 80\nSangdang placers 92\nSargent, H., report 5\nScott lease (Atlin) 89\nScranton Consolidated Mining Co., Ltd... 65 A 142\nINDEX.\nPage.\nSeccondee Mines, Ltd. (formerly Mar-\njorie)\n71\nSecond Relief (Nelson) 69\nSenator (formerly Batchelor) 65\nShasta (Cariboo) 57\nSheep Creek (Nelson) 68\nSheep Creek Gold Mines, Ltd 68\nAt Lucky Jim 80\nAt Tyee 74\nDividends 20\nShepherd Creek (Cariboo) 91\nShipping mines 21, 23, 24\nSicker Mountain 74\nSilbak Premier Mines, Ltd. 51, 52\nDividends 20\nSilver Coin 81\nSilver Creek 90\nSilver Crest (formerly Mobbs) 64\nSilver Cup (Ainsworth) 81\nSilver Ridge Mining Co., Ltd 80\nSilversmith (Slocan) 80\nSilversmith Mines, Ltd. 80\nSilverton 65, 81\nSilver Valley, gravel 99\nSimilkameen River 61, 83\nS-'mlock Creek 57\nSitkum Creek 66\nSlade Creek placers 93\nSlate Creek, Manson Creek, Consolidated\nM. and S. Co. at 90\nSlocan area 64, 77, 79\nSlocan City 65, 81\nSlocan Idaho Mines Corporation. Molly\nHughes mine . 77\nSlocan Silver Mines, Ltd. 77\nAt Keystone (Nelson) 69\nSlough Creek (Cariboo) 92\nSmithers 55, 76\nSmithers Mines, Ltd., Duthie mine 55\nSnowshoe Gold Mines, Ltd. 57\nSnowstorm, Highland Valley 84\nSovereign Creek (Cariboo) 93\nSpeculator 81\nSpokane (Nelson) 70\nSpruce Creek (Atlin) 87\nSpruce Creek Mining Co., Ltd. 87\nSpud Valley Gold Mines, Ltd. 72\nDividends 20\nSquaw Creek (Atlin) . 89\nSt. Eugene Extension Gold Mines, Ltd..... 82\nSt. Eugene Mining Corporation, Ltd. 82\nSt. Quentin, placer lease 88\nStandard (Slocan) . 81\nStanley Mining Co., Ltd 93\nStevenson, John S. 5\nStewart Canal Gold Mines, Ltd. 52\nStikine area : 89\nStone 99\nStuart Lake, antimony 85\nStump Lake 62\nSumas Firebrick Co. 97\nSunrise lease (Clinton) 96\nSunshine (Slocan) 80\nSurf Inlet Consolidated Mines, Ltd 20, 53\nSurprise Lake Mining Co., Ltd. 89.\nSwift River 93\nTabor Creek 94\nTacoma, ores and concentrates to 75\nPage.\nTagore, Zeballos 72\nTakla Lake 90\nTaku River 51\nTaseko River 57\nTatlow area, coal 128\nTatshenshini River 89\n\" Taxation Act \" 37\nTelkwa 55, 74, 84\nTelkwa River, coal 127\nTelluric, Vidette Lake, later Curtis 60\nTerrace 53\nTertiary mine 95\nTexada Island 71\nLime 98\nThistle (Nanaimo) 73\nThree Forks 80\nThurlow Island 74\nTide Lake, Gold group (Portland Canal) 52\nToad Mountain 65\nTom Creek 90\nTom Creek Placers, Ltd. 90\nTommy Creek 59\nTopley, town 78\nTrehouse placers (Cariboo) 91\nTrimble's claims (Lillooet) 60\nTriple Hydraulic placers 91\nTriune 64\nTriune Mining Co., Ltd. 64\nTrout Lake 64\nTrue Fissure 79\nTulameen River 61\nTulsequah River : 51\nTungsten, Atlin 86\nCariboo 86\nBridge River 86\nRevelstoke 87\nVenango (Nelson) 66\nTungsten (Atlin) 86\nTwo-bit Creek 91\nTyaughton Creek 59\nTyee (Victoria) .... 74\nTyee Consolidated Gold Mining Co., Ltd. 74\nSee also Sheep Creek Gold Mines, Ltd.\nu.\nUnion (Grand Forks) 63\nUnited Prospectors, Ltd. 73\nUnited States Smelting, Refining, and\nMining Co. 81\nUnuk River 51\nUsk, town 54\nUtica (Ainsworth) 80\nUtica (1937) Mines, Ltd 80\nV.\nVananda, lime at 98\nVancouver area 84\nVancouver Granite Co., Ltd. 99\nVancouver Island, lime 99\nReferences 71, 74\nVelgo Mining, Incorporated . 75\nSee also Velvet Leasing Syndicate.\nVelvet (Trail Creek) 75\nVelvet Leasing Syndicate 75\nSee also Velgo Mining, Incorporated.\nVendors, Ltd., at Wisconsin 70\nVenango 66\nVenango Gold Mines, Ltd. 66\nVentilation , . 135 INDEX.\nA 143\nPage.\nVenture Exploration Co. (East Africa).\nLtd. 90\nVenus (Nelson) 65\nVernon, placer at 71, 97\nVictor (Slocan) 80\nVictor, Usk _ 54\nSee also Columario Consolidated Gold\nMines Co.\nVictoria (Nelson) 65\nVidette Gold Mines, Ltd. 60\nVital Creek 90\nVulcan (Nanaimo) 73\nw.\nWalker, John F., The Mining Industry.... 5\nWaneta Gold Mines, Ltd. 70\nWar Eagle (Trail Creek) 75\nWarspite (Cariboo) 57\nWatson Bar Creek 60, 96\nWaverley lease (Cariboo) 90\nWeeden lease (Lillooet) 96\nWellington Camp 75\nWells, tungsten at 56, 86\nWells area 90\nWesko (Nelson) _: 67\nWestern Exploration Co., Ltd. 81\nWhite River (Portland Canal) 52\nWhite Star Mine, Ltd 72\nWhitewater mill 64\nWiarton 62\nPage.\nWilliams Creek (Cariboo) 91\nWilloughby Creek 52\nWinnipeg 75\nWinslow Consolidated, Ltd. 64\nWisconsin (Nelson), Vendors, Ltd., at 70\nCanadian Explorers, Ltd., at 70\nWolf lease (Atlin) 88\nWolfe Creek 91\nWoolsey Creek, tungsten 87\nWoodbury Creek 65, 80, 81\nWright Creek 88\nY.\nYankee Boy 77\nSee also Regal Mines, Ltd.\nYanks Peak 57\nYmir, town 66\nYmir Commodore Mines, Ltd. 67\nYmir Consolidated Gold Mines, Ltd. 67\nYmir Wilcox (Nelson) 67\nYmir-Yankee Girl Gold Mines, Ltd 67\nYoungs, T. Norton 40\nz.\nZeballos 71\nZeballos Pacific Mining Co., Ltd. 72\nSee also Gold Peak.\nZincton Mines, Ltd. 80\nZymoetz Group 54\nZymoetz River 53\nVICTORIA, B.C. :\nPrinted by Charles P. Banfield, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.\n1941.\n2,125-441-2193 "@en . "Legislative proceedings"@en . "J110.L5 S7"@en . "1941_1942_V01_02_A1_A143"@en . "10.14288/1.0314201"@en . "English"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "Victoria, BC : Government Printer"@en . "Images provided for research and reference use only. For permission to publish, copy or otherwise distribute these images please contact the Legislative Library of British Columbia"@en . "Original Format: Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Library. Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia"@en . "ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES OF THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 1940"@en . "Text"@en . ""@en .