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Mining and industrial record
British Columbia mining record
British Columbia Historical Books Collection
Mortimer-Lamb, H. (Harold), 1872-1970
"monthly. Title varies: v. 1-15 (1895-August 1908) as British Columbia mining record; v. 16-17 (August 1910-July 1912) as British Columbia mining and engineering record; v. 18-19, no. 2 (August 1912-October 1913) as Mining and engineering record; v. 19, no. 3-v. 21, no. 4 (October 1913-August 1916) as Mining engineering and electrical record; v. 21, no. 5-v. 29, no. 3 (September/October 1916-March 1926) as Mining and electrical record. Several suspensions in publication. Absorbed Economic and financial record, March 1925 (v. 28, no. 1-2 repeated in numbering). Not indexed." -- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 128. Alternative title from Lowther & Laing (1968).
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BRITISH COLUMBIA Mining Record VOLUME XI. FROM JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1904 PUBLISHED BY THE BRITISH COLUMBIA RECORD, Limited VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA. The Thos. R. Cusaok Press, Victoria, B. C. INDEX British Columbia Mining Record VOLUME XI. A Page. Alaska-Treadwell, Annual Report of 78, 371 Alaskan Tin Production 434 Alberni District, Development in .. 254 Alice Mine, Creston, Concentrator at 402 Alsek Placer District, Large Contemplated Operations in .. .. 437 Alsek Placer District, Description of 158 Alsek Placer Mines, Whitehorse .. 65, no, 146 Appraisal of Value of Coal Lands. 392 American Boy Mines, Slocan, Situation of 20 American Mining Congress at Portland 301 American Mining Engineers, Superiority of 249 American Institute of Mining Engineers, 1904, Meeting of 151, 186 American Institute of Mining Engineers, 87th Meeting of 259 American Institute of Mining Engineers, History of Organization, by Wm. M. Brewer 326 Arlington Mine, Erie 60 Assay Office, Provincial 189 Assayers, British Columbia Institute of 2SI Associated Silver-Lead Mines, Address of President 303 Associated Silver-Lead Mines, Annual Meeting of 326 Athabasca-Venus— Report of ;. . . 147 Financial Position of 408 Mines, Nelson District 59 Ltd., (Editorial Comment on). 117 Atlin, Amalgamation of interests in 145 Atlin, Coal Prospects in 334 Page. Atlin, Gold Dredging in 200, 227 Atlin, Gold Dredging in (By H. W. Ebbs-Canavan) 419 Atlin, Ground held under Lease • 301 Atlin, Pre-glac Auriferous Grav- Atlin District in 1903 61 Atlin District, Mongolian Labour in 406 Atlin District, Progress in 371 B Bad Shot Mine, Lardeau District, Leasing of 364 Banff, C. P. R. Coal Mines at .. .. 120 Bankhead Colliery, C. P. R. Co. .. 354 Barkerville and Vicinity, Genesis of the Gold Deposits of 282 Beatrice Group, Camborne 61 Beaver Lake Valley, Cariboo District, Reported Discovery of Mineral Oil 145 Bell, the Late B. T. A. Betts and Hesperus Mines, Grand Forks District 56 Black Prince Mine, Slocan 21 Capper, First Production in Car of . • 337 Bli Bird Mine, Slocan 21 Bosun Mine, Slocan 21 Boundary District— Freight Rates on 370 In 1903 29 Mining in, by Mr. F. Keffer .. 123 Notes of Mining and Smelting Reduction of Freight Rates Smelters Boundary Falls Smelter Bounty on Lead Ores Books Reviewed— "Across the San Juan M tai: "Ass s," by T. A. Rickard ying," by C. H. Aaron "Copper Handbook" 257 "Dictionary of Altitudes in ihe Dominion of Canada," by Jas. White, F. R. G. S 225 "Geology Applied to Mining," by Josiah Edward Spurr 403 "Modern Workshop Hints" ... 68 "Mystic Spring and Other Tales of Western Life, The," by D. W. Higgins 403 "Notes on Assaying and Metallurgical Laboratory Experiments," by R. W. Lodge .. I "Pitfalls of Mining Finance" .. • "Sampling and Estimation of Ore Rickard . . C. Copper Co- Converter Plai Mine, ' by T. with Proposed Amalg Snowshoe o, : Smeker at Greenwood, Description of ; Favourable Report on B. C. Exploration Syndicate .. .. B. C. London Agency, Work of .. B. C. Mine, Boundary District .... B. C. Mining and Industrial Investment Syndicate, Prospectus of.. B. C. (Rossland & Slocan) Syndicate, Annual Report of B. C. Standard Mining Co., Annual Report of . C. in London, Special Correspondence for March •itish Ameri tion Under , Howe Sound, De- i Corporation, Ac- THE MINING RECORD III. Page. Le Roi 65, i<|j6, 184, 223, 259, 294, 333, 362, 402, 435 LeRoi No 2 64, 146, Lightning Creek Gold Gravels. 147 Paradise Mine 224 Providence, Boundary District. 184, 399 Snowshoe Gold and Copper Mines 64 Sullivan Group Mining Co .... 399 Tamarac Mine's, Limited .. .. 294 Tyee Copper Co 146, 184 224, 258, 294, 333, 362, 403, 435 Velvet-Portland 362 Wellington Colliery Co 400 West Kootenay P. & L. Co 400 Ymir. . . .65, 184, 223, 294, 402, 436 Consolidated Cariboo Hydraulic, Annual Report 5, 107 Consolidated Cariboo Hydraulic, clean-up 263 Concentration of Black Magnetic Sands Containing Platinum.. .. 336 Concentration Ore, the Determination of, by Wm. H. Kritzer . . .. 348 Construction of Mine Bulkheads, Notes on, by William Thompson 196 Converter Plant at Greenwood Smelter 192 Copper King Mine, Kamloops .... 53 Copper Mining, Low Costs of .. .. 228 Copper Outlook, The 434 . Copper Production, Increase from Canada 190 Copper Smelting, Comparative Cost of 359 Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co.— Annual Report of (Editorial) 77, 104 Dividends of and Production of 77, 227 Profits of 305 Cyanide Poisoning, Antidote for .. 433 D Daly Reduction Company, Smelter Site of 40 De Keyser Electric-CyanidingAmal- gamating Process 67 De Keyser Electric-Cyanide Process, Criticism of 96 Determination of Silver in Sulphide Ores and Concentrates in the Slocan, by D. Lay 323 Department of Mines, Proposed Establishment of Canadian 15S Development of Prospects, Activity in 266 Dividends from B. C. Mines .. .. 402 Page. Brooklyn and Stemwinder, Phoenix 32 Bruce Mine, Midway 184 c Calumet and B. C. Gold Mines, Ltd.. 192 Camborne District Mines 430 Camborne-Goldfinch Group, Camborne ; 61 Camp McKinney 30 Camp McKinney, Mining Develop- Canadian Mining Institute 45 Annual Meeting of 116 Western Membership 119 Canadian Ore Concentration Co., Annual Report of 148 Carmi Mine, West Fork Kettle River, Operations at 184 Cariboo Consolidated 263 Cariboo Consolidated, Reconstruction of 373 Cariboo, Deep Gravel Mining in .. 240 Cariboo, Dredging in ..' 435 Cariboo, Hydraulic Mining in .... 131 Cariboo McKinney, Annual Report. 105 Cariboo Mines, Camp McKinney .. 66 Cascade Mine, Alberni District.. .. 363 Cassiar, Description of 408, 422 Cassiar, Hydraulic Mining in .. .. 46 Cement Works,- Establishment of at Saanich Arm 144 Century Belt Conveyor 188 Centre Star Mining Co. vs. Miners' Union, Decision in Case of .. .. 293 'Centre Star Mining Co. vs. Miners' Union, Judgment in 33* Centre Star Mining Co. vs. Rossland Kootenay Mining Co 181 Centre Star Mining Co. vs. Rossland Union 265 Centre Star-War Eagle Mines, Rossland 28 Chinese in South African Mines .. 78 Cholla Group, Camborne 61 Cinnibar-Bearing Rocks of B. C, by G. F. Monckton 284 Classification and Nomenclature of Rock Formations 336 Coal and Coke Output, Value of.. 226 Coal, Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co.'s Output (Editorial) 76 Coal Exportation and Trade, Coal Imported at San Francisco .... 69 Coal in the Yukon 182 ish Workmen 39 Coal'Miners, Regulation Act, Decis- Coal Mining- in Crc ial Features of, b v's Nest, Spec- J. McEvoy .. 1 Mining Notes 1 Mining, Outlook for . 1 Mining on Vancouver 103 1 Shipments from Albert; 1 Trade, East Kootenaj I Cun rado M: rado Ri Signal Code .. )lliery, 1903, Operations Meetings and Reports.- labasc lited 147 B.C.(Rossland & Slocan) Syndicate 64 B. C. Standard Mining Co. .. in Canadian Ore Concentration.. 148 Cariboo McKinney 105 Con. Cariboo Hydraulic .. .. 107 Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co. ... 104 Gold Run Mining & Power Co. 258 Great Northern Mines, Ltd. .. 64 Imperial Coal and Coke Co.. .. 223 Le Roi 102 Le Roi No. 2 109 Lucky Boy, (Erie) 223 Mt. Sicker .and Brenton .. .. 223 North Star 295 Payne Mining Co., Ltd. . . . 258, 289 Rossland-Kootenay 63 Slough Creek, Ltd 185 Tyee Copper Co., Ltd 294 Velv< War Ro< 63 agle '. 109 Company Notes and Cables.— -Alaska Treadwell 362, 402, 435 Arlington, Erie 65, 147, 274, 333, 362, 436 B. C. Copper, Boundary District 147 Boundary Helen 224 Cariboo Consolidated. .185, 294, 400 Cascade, Rossland 147 Eva, Camborne 65 Fe Granby Consolidated M. & S. Page. Dominion Government Assay Office Returns n8 Dominion Superintendent's Report. 139 Dredging on Fraser River 189 Dredging in New Zealand 302 Dumas Gold Mines, Limited, vs. Boultbee et al ^ Duncan United Mines, Nelson District 59 Dundee Gold Mining Co., Proposed Reconstruction of *49 Dundee Mine, Ymir 23 E East Kootenay Coal Industry .. .. 372 East Kootenay Coal Trade, 1903 •• 26 East Kootenay, Mining Activity in. 229 Economic Minerals of Canada, Permanent Exhibition of 267 Electric Firing in Shaft Sinking.. 62 Electric Mining Lamp 325 Electric Power for Mining Pur- Electric Smelting of Iron Ores . . 157 Electrically Operated Mine Hoists .440 Electro-thermic Process of Smelting of Iron 192 Electrolytic Lead from British Columbia 403 Elkhorn, Boundary District 35 Elmore Concentrator at White Bear Mine, Rossland 316 Elmore Oil Concentration at Le Roi Elwood Tin Workers Gold Mining Co. Emma Mine, Boundary District . Enterprise Mine, Slocan E. P. U. Mines, Boundary Distri. Eva Group, Camborne Explosion at Fernie, Cause of—Expert Evidence at Trial 231 Explosives on Passenger Steamers 98 Explosives, Regulation with Regard to Carriage of 39. 63 Exploration of Lower Levels of the Ea Fairview Corporation, Limited (Editorial) 410 Filing Notes and Clippings 356 Flathead Valley, Description of, by D. B. Bogle 385 Flathead Valley, Mineral Oil Occur- THE MINING RECORD. Page. I Flathead Valley Oil Lands, Withdrawal of Reserve on 270 Flumes, Correct Dimensions of Open 196 Foghorn Mine, Ymir 23 Fording River, Coal Areas at .... 6 Franklin Camp 57 G Geology of Kootenays 434 Geological Mapping of Rossland . . 193 Geological Survey of Canada, Section of Mines Annual Report (Edit.) 113 Geological Survey of Canada, Work in B. C 267 Geologists, Training of 151 Giant Mine, Rossland, Rare Metals at 296 Gold Cup Mine, Ymir 23 . Gold Saving on Dredges in New- Zealand 321 Gold Dredging in Atlin District, by H. W. Ebbs-Canavan 419 Granby Mines, Phoenix 31 Granby Smelter 36 Granby Co., Reported Control by Americans 339 Granby Co., Report (Editorial) .. 378 Granite-Poorman Mine 430 Great Northern Mines, Ltd 3 Great Northern Mines, Ltd, by E. Jacobs 118 Great Northern Mines, Annual Report on 64 ! Great Northern Mines, Poplar District 302 Great Northern Railway and Boundary District 267 Great Cariboo Gold Mining Co ..177 Greenwood, Gold and Silver Mines near, by E. Jacobs 127 Greenwood, High-grade Ores near. 335 H Hadfield's Steel Foundry, Sheffield, Eng., a Visit to 327 Hall M. & S. Co., Business Manager's Report 431 Hall M. & S. Co., Chairman's Address 406 Hall Mines Smelter, Returns in 1903 23 Hammer Pulverizer, the Jeffrey .. 440 I Harewood Mine 259 j Hedley Camp 222 ! Hendryx El'ec'.ro-Cyanide Process 148, 244 t Hendryx Process and Poplar Creek Page. Hints to Prospectors 132 Horsefly District of Cariboo, History, Geology, Etc 54 Hot Blast at Tyee Smelter 407 Howe Sound Mining Co 183 Hunter V. Mine, Ymir 21 Hunter V. Mine, Ore Production from 407 Hydraulic Mining in California . . 156 Hydro-Electric Developments in Canada 407 Hydro-fluosylicic Acid, Duty on .. 151 I Idaho-Alamo Mines, Slocan .. 1 20 Idaho State, Mining Association .. 151 Imperial Coal & Coke Co. (Edit) .. 190 Imperial Coal & Coke Co., Prospectus of 304 Indian Chief Mines, Sidney Inlet.. 369 Inspection of Steam Boilers in B.C. Formulae used in Rules for ... . 6 International Coal & Coke Co., Colliery Equipment 186 International Co.'s Coal Mine at Coleman, Alberta 319 Indium 149 Iron Mask Mine, Kamloops.. ..53, no Iron Mask Mine, Rossland, Foreclosure on 184 Iron Resources of Vancouver Island 257 Ivanhoe Mine, Slocan 20 J Judges and Extra Judicial Work.. 43 Juno Mine, Nelson District .. .. 58 K Kamloops Coal Dev. Co 364 Kamloops District, 1903 53 Kamloops Mines, Limited, Flota- Kootenay, S. E., 1903, Conditions in in Kilo Group, Lemon Creek, Sale of. 184 King Edward Mines, Ltd., Fairview 146 King Edward as a Yukon Mine Owner 432 King, the late Clarence, as a Lover of Nature 248 L Labour Saving Devices at Smelter Works 371 Lanark Group, Sale of 65 Lardeau District, 1903 15 Lardeau, Stamp Mills in 153 Lardeau District, Improvement of THE MINING RECORD. V. Last Chance M. Co Am Page. Ma !naiCi Scparatl0„ ..f* Mt B k er, Y 1 M" " Co fg Boy Mining Co., J udgn vent .. .. 66 Ma Ma rquis & Gilbert Group, Poplar Mt Mt Sic Sic <er, E ker f )ev. During 1903 .. .. n Leadbeater vs. Crow s Nes t Co al Co. 293 C reek 18 l. M usgra ve .. .. 408, 418 Lead Corroding Wo Mc ntreal 361 Ma y & Jennie Group, Nelson .. 59, 146 Mo nthlj Nev s Summari Lead, Improved Mar >osit on of 370 Mc Donald's Gold Hill Group, Nel- on District 60 Ain 4, 332, 363, 398 Quebe 339 Lead Ore, Bounty on 182 Lead, Price and Bounty 406 Lead Queen, N- E. Kootenay .. .. 43° Lead Refinery at Trail 112 Lead Statistics 439 Lead and Silver Refinery at Canadian Smelting Works .... 194. 4™ Legislation Affecting Mining Industry, 1904 176 Lenora Mine, Mt. Sicker ........ 14 Lenora Mine, Proposed Sale of. . .. 183, 191, 220, 254 "Le Roi, Annual Report of 102 Le Roi Co., Managing Dir Rept .. 329 "Le Roi Co.'s Smelter at Northport. 378 Le Roi Directorate 264 Le Roi, Faulty Sampling at .... 189 Le Roi and Its Cri ics 375 Le Roi Mine, Rossland, 1903 .... 27 Le Roi Mine, A Statement by Mr. Parrish 306 "Le Roi Mine, Proposed Amalgamation, An Unfair Reflection .. ..307 Le Roi Mining Co., Address of Mang. Director to Shareholders.. 1*6 Le Roi No. 2 28 "Le Roi No. 2, Annual Report of .. 102 Le Roi No. 2, Dividends of 228 "Le Roi-War Eagle Amalgamation. 229 "Lillooet & Bridge River 62 "Lillooet, Dredging at 183 "Lillooet, New Gold Dredge at .... 79 Little Wonder and Hammer Drill. 401 Location and Examination of Magnetic Ore Deposits, Measurements 153 Location of Placer Claims Over Lode Claims (Edit.) 233 London Stock Markets in B. C. .. 234 "London Stock Market Quotations.. 74 "Long Distance Transmission .. .. 441 Lucky Jack Group, Poplar Creek.. 18 Lucky Jack Mining Co. of Seattle, Prospectus of 82 Lytton, Dredging at 65 M Ma* Shi] frc Atlin 369 Mercury Mine, Slocan 21 Mica Mining in Ontario 336 Michel Collieries, Operations at .. 438 Mine Shafts at Ironwood, Mich .. 358 Mine Models in Glass 185 Mineral Act, Decision in Respect to Section 49 157 Mineral Claims, Crown Granting of 264 Mineral Exhibit at Victoria 351 Mineral Museum at Victoria .. 230, 242 Mineral Oil at Steveston 220 Mineral Production 1903, Estimate by Associated Boards of Trade.. 5 Mineral Production in B. C 191 Mineral Production of Canada, 1903 133 Mineral Production in October .... 438 Mining Association and Duties of Executive 42 Mining in B. C, An Unreliable Review, by Arthur Lakes 340 Mining in B. C, Bulletin on .. .. 353 Mining Costs in Cariboo District .. 55 Mining Engineering from an Outsider's Point of View. A. R. Barrow 129 Mining Industry for Ten Months of IQ04 375 Mining Laws and Security of Title 359 Mining Laws in Canada, Suggested Improvements in 117 Mining in B. C, Progress of, from Minister of Mines Report 197 Mining and Metallurgical Patents. 67, 367 Mining Machinery, Imports of 362 Mining Progress in B. C. (Nov. ) 426 Mining Progress in 1903 (Editorial Article Reviewing Conditions) .. 1 Mint, Est. in Ottawa of 371 Monitor Mine, Slocan 21 Montreal & Boston Consolidated Co. , 228, 264 Montreal & Boston M. & S. Co., Circular Issued by 355 Montgomery, S.—A Pioneer Miner, Death of 257 Morison High-Speed Stamp Mill.. 157 I Morrison Mines, Ltd., Boundary.. 146 Mother Lode Mine, Greenwood ... 32 Mountain Lion, Republic Camp, Hendryx Process at 148 Boundary District in, 146 Camp McKinney 144 Cariboo no, 144, 183 E. Kootenay in Kamloops no, 144 Lardeau, 144, 183 Lytton 65, 183 Nelson in, 144 Revelstoke 144 Rossland 144 Slocan in, 144 Slocan City Division .. ..in, 144 Skeena River 65 Whitehorse 65, 144 Yukon 144 N Nelson Division, Mining in 58 Nelson Mining Division, Outlook for 1904 120 Nettie L, Lardeau 17 New Nimrod Co., Ltd., Promotion of no New Imperial Mines, Ltd., Albert Canyon 145 JNickle Plate Mine 334 iNickle Plate Mine and other Claims, Des. by C. E. Winkler 271 Nickle Plate Mine, Hedley, Machinery at 224 Nicola Coal Measures, Report by Dr. Ells 309 Nicola District, Ten Mile Creek, by J. W. Collis 163 Nicola District 264 Nicola District as a Coal Centre, by J. W. Collis 238 Non-Metallic Minerals, Production of 232 North Fork of Kettle River, Mineral Occurrences on 56 . North Star Mine, East Kootenay, S. S. Fowler's Report on 297 North Star Mine, New Ore Discoveries at 366 North Star Mining Co., Winding Up of 264 THE MINING RECORD. Page Power, Relative Costs of 220 Prospects, Bonding of 4°6 Prospectus of Mining Co.'s Misleading Statements in 379 Providence Mine, Greenwood .. 34, T92 Providence Mining Co., Annual Report of 374 Provincial Assay Office, Description of. E. Jacobs 246 Provincial Mining Association, Comments by Mr. L. Hill 4-8 Its Work, a Rejoinder to Mr. Hill, by A. C. Galt 99 And B. C. Government 269 Second' Convention of, Report of Proceedings.. ..39, 44, 83, 96 Editorial Comment 75 Notes by Secretary 253 The Printing of Transactions.. 114 Press Comment on 119, 142 Resolution of Nicola Branches 186 Visit to Mt. Sicker 118 Vancouver Branch 144 Ptarmigan Mine, East Kootenay . . 216 Q Quatsino'Sound, Mining at 248 Quilchena Coal Basin, by Dr. Ells 387 R Rambler-Cariboo Mine 20 Reciprocity and the Coal Trade.... 379 Reco Mine, Slocan 21 Referendum Mine, Nelson 60 Reminiscences of a Pioneer Prospector, An Interview with Mr. J. Moore, Cariboo 136 Removing Metal Splinters from the Eye 435 Report of Minister of Mines, 1903, 190 Revelstoke Mining Division, 1903.. 14 Review of Stock Market Conditions in London, 1903., Fall in B. C. S^res g- Reynolds Corliss Engine 72 Richard III. Dev. Co., Ltd 13 Rose Gulch Mining Co., Cariboo.. 183 Rosendale CM 120 Page Rossland Ore Deposits, by E. B. Kirby l6° Rossland Ores Smelted in the Boundary District "6 Rossland Kootenay (Annual Report on) 63 Ruth Mine, Slocan 21 s Seattle Mine, Grand Forks Div .. 56 Second Relief Mine, Erie 60 Separation of Gold, Silver and'Platinum, by H. Carmichael 274 Sharpless M. & M. Co., Nelson D. 59 Scheelite, Discovery of in Cariboo.. 263 Scheelite in B. C, by E. Jacobs.... 288 Silver Cup Combination Mill 227 Silver Cup Mine, Lardeau 16 Silver Cup Mine. Lardeau, Snow- slide at 175 Silver Dollar Group, Lardeau .. 145, 352 Silver-Lead Mines Association, Memorial of 154 Silver-Lead Mines Association, Resolution With Regard to Bounty on Low Grade Ores 145 Similkameen, Centromino Camp, by D. Black 125 Similkameen, Railways Into 341 Siwash Creek, Yale, Gold Quartz at 255 Slocan City Mining Division.... 50-330 Slocan, Determination of Silver in Sulphide Ores and Concentrates of, by D. Lay 323 Slocan, Dry Ore Belt of, by W. D. McGregor 222 Slocan Mines in 1903 19 Slocan Ores, Values Contained in.. 397 Slocan Star Concentrates 224 Slocan Star, Slocan 20 Slocan Zinc Mining, Developments Slough Creek, Ltd 229 Slough Creek, Failure to Place De- bentures 407 Smelters of B. C, Note on Mr. Verschoyle's Paper 268 Smelting at Ladysmith ffi Smelting at Ladysmith, Results of.. 195 Smelting Costs at Rossland -.. .... 377 Smelting Costs in B. C. and Tennessee 340-372 Smelting in B. C, Mr. Campbell- THE MINING RECORD. St. Eug, Descri Mine, Koc ptic St. Louis Ex., Can. Exhibit at .. . St Louis Ex., B. C. Minerals at . St. Louis Ex., B. C. Ores at .:..: Summer Mining Schools Sunset Mine, Slocan Surveying and Levelling Instri Sullivan Co. :, East Kootei , Poplar Creel T Tanghe vs. Morgan c Mr. Justice Martii , Decision, .. ..156, 178 Tanghe vs. Morgan et al 405 Thibert Creek, Dredging on .... 53 Trail, Lead Pipe Manufacture at 265-298 Trail Smelter, Ore Receipts at .... 29 Transvaal, Mines of 256 Tranquille Creek, Dredging on .... 53 Triune Mine, Lardeau 17 Trout Lake 17 Tyee Copper Co., Ltd 11 Tyee Copper Co., Dividend .. ..152-405 Page Tyee Copper Co., Editorial 269 Tyee Copper Co., Ore Roasting at, by E.Jacobs 343 at (Reports by Mine Superintendent and Smelter Manager) .. 290 Tyee Smelter, Distinctive Features at 337 Two Per Cent. Tax and Le Roi Co. 338-365-371 u Uniformity in Mine Office Systems 397 V Vancouver Island Coal Co 370 Vancouver Island Development Co. 14 Vancouver and Texada Islands, Recent Developments on, W. Brewer 416 Velvet, Mill Des. of, by A. W. Dyer 314 Velvet and Portland Co.'s Amalga- { ^nation of 39 Velvet, Rossland (Annual Report) 63 Vermillion Forks Development Co. 263 Vernon District, Mining Development in 53 Volcanic Mine, Grand Forks Division 56 w War Eagle (Annual Report of) .. 109 Wakefield Mine, Slocan 21 j Water Shortage in Mining Districts 409 ; Waterloo Mining Co., C. McKinney 146 Wetherill Magnetic Separator .... 216 Wellington Colliery Co 24 I West Australia, Gold Mining in .. 62 West Fork of Kettle River, Operations at 35, 153 Western Australia, Gold Mining in 177 Colorado 230 Western Federation of Miners, Status of in B. C 372 Western Fuel Co., Fire at 224 Western Fuel Co., New Arrangement With Miners 362 Wilcox Mine, Ymir & Winnipeg Mine, Boundary District 33 W. Yolen Williams, Retirement of 288 Y Xmir District in 1903 21 Ymir District Minerals 301 Ymir Mine, Ymir 22 Ymir Mine, Mr, Hooper's Report on 152 Yukon Mining Intelligence .. . .360-437 Yukon, Mining in, From Official Reports 138 Yukon, Prehistoric Relics in .. .. 353 Yukon Territory, Official Reports on 120 Yreka Mine, Quatsino 183 z Zinc at Quatsino Sound 302, 323 Zinc Enriching Works at Rosebery, Establishment of 361 Zinc, European Market for 99 Zinc Industry of U. S 408 Zinc, Magnetic Separation of .. ..405 Zinc Mining in B. C, by A. C. Garde 160 Zinc Problem in B. C, Notes by A. C. Garde 312 Zinc Ores, Freight on 66 Zinc Ore Production in Slocan .. .. 37° Zinc Problem 4T Zinc, Proposed Bounty on T5T Zinc Question in B. C, by A. C. Garde 100 This Month: A SUMMARY OF MINING PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT IN 1903. . xiM«iii^K^R -, .■:," .'.i' .a VOL JANUARY, J904. SHI The Hiiton Electric Motors. Blowers. Motors. Fans. Dynamos. Electric Mining Apparatus. VICTORIA, BtC. • LIMITED. 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NEW YORK ^7 -SAN FftANCISCOi^i* mm Steam & Power Pumping [ ^m^M toadg$&K MACHINERY For every possible duty is manufactured by tbe GEO. E. DOW Pumping Engine Co'y SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. We illustrate one of our mine str tion pumps adapted for handling gritty water from deep mines. Send for Catalogue. GOODYEAR RUBBER CO. R. H. PEASE, President. Rubber Belting, Packing and Hose "Crack Proof" and "Snag Proof." Pure Rubber Mining Boots, Rubber Clothing, Mackintoshes, Oil Clothing. 573, 575, 577 & 579 Market Street, 73 & 75 First Street, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. PORTLAND, OREGON- IV. THE MINING RECORD. HYDRAULIC PLANTS, PUMPS, ETC. »Was^ ss* ^^H0^^^^^^^ V 20 Copies a Minute. ALWAYS READY. To copy a letter with the Foyer Cylinder Letter Press you have only to throw on the pressure—one motion—feed your letter into the rolls and turn the handle. The letter comes out copied perfectly. If you wish another copy ofthe same letter put it in again. You can take at least six good ropies of one letter. Perfect copies always. No brush, no blurred letters or copies, no rags. Always readable. For further particulars address MACKENZIE URQUHART, Commercial Stationer, 412 Granville St., VANCOUVER, B.C VANCOUVER ENGINEERING WORKS, Ltd.,---ENGINEERS. Ageuts for Northey Co. Engine Co., Buffalo Forge Co.. Medart Pulley Co. Ltd.. Atlas Engine Works, Laurie J. C. McLaren Belting Co., Goulds Manufacturing i_o. ST©eK IN V»Ne©DYER F©R IMMEOIftTE DELIVERY BOILERS. Vertical Tubular, 100 lbs. Vertical Tubular, 100 lbs. 150 lbs. pres- are worKmg One Locomotive Marine, 175 lbs. pressure ; will steam 14-in. x 72-in. engine. Two 66 x 16 Horizontal Tubular, 120 lbs. pressure. Two 60 x 16 Horizontal Tubular, 115 lbs. pressure. Two 48 x 14 Horizontal Tubular, 120 lbs. pressure. One 42 x 14 Horizontal Tubular, 105 lbs. pressure. One 25-h.p. Vertical Tubular, 100 lbs. pressure. One 15-h.p pressure. T'wo 7-h.p. pressure. One Locomotive Marine, sure, S.H. 150-h.p. 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Hoist grooved for y wire. One 6x8 Double Cylinder S. D. Hendrie & Bolthoff Hoist. Two 5x5 Vertical Hoists. "T" RAILS. 100 tons 12 lb. Rails with Plates. 75 tons 8 lb. Rails with Plates. 3 tons 5-16 x 3 Track Spikes. 4 tohs % x 3 Track Spikes. WATER WHEELS. * 1 pair 8 in. Twin Boss Water Wheels. 1 pair 16 in. Twin Boss Water Wheels. 1 Pelton Wheel 48 in. MINING MACHINERY. 1 Classifier 2ft. x 4ft.—ij4 in. openings. 1 Classifier 6ft. x 20 ft.—ij^in. openings 1 F. & C. Ore Sampler, complete. 1 B. F. Co. No. 9 continuous shears. 1 Dpty No. 5 size A hand-power punch. 1 Champion Upright self feeding drill, No. 7, with pulley and 1 set drills (12) y in. to 1 in. inclusive. 1 Fairbanks No. 2268 R.B. Depot Scale. 1 Howe No. 144 Wheelbarrow. 2 Trommel sizers 3ft x 9m. complete with housings and screens in three sections. 1 Belt-driven Challenge Ore Feeder, complete. Two 3-section Classifiers 66-in x 106-in. complete. 2 sets 24m. x 14 geared rolls complete with manganese steel shells. 1 set 24m. x 14 belt rolls complete with manganese steel shells. 1 set 9in. x 9in. belt rolls with pulley and belt to drive. 1 i6in. F. & C. Copper Coil Heater. 6 Extra Sections covering for Classifiers, No. 18 English standard gauge steel 3-2 m.m. and 3-3 m.m rd. holes rolled burr inside to 36 in. c. 1. Single Comp. Slide Jig "ironwork only, complete with brass screens and gank rods. One 2-in. Comp. Slide Jig, ironwork only, complete with brass screens and gank rods. Eight 4-Comp. Automatic & Hyde Hartz Jigs, ironwork only, complete. We carry a large stock of plate from 16 gauge to y in., boiler tubes from V/2 m. to 4 in., shafting, leather and rubber belting, angle-iron from 1 in. x 1 in. x 3-16 to 4 in. x 4 x y2 in., bar iror* (all sizes), valves, fittings, etc. THE MINING RECORD. GENERATORS AND MOTORS. STANDARD Sinqle and Double Drum Vulcan Geared Hoists With or Without Reversible Link Motion. Cut Steel or Rawhide Pinions. With either Bar or Dial ndicator. Built with either Post or Band Brakes, Hand or Steam Actuated Friction Band Clutch. Write us of your requirements and we will send you complete specifications and prices. The Hendrie & Bolthoff ManPg and Supply Co. Denver, Colo., U. S. A. VI. THE' MINING RECORD. BENNETT'S FUSE CROWN BRAND mines m I THE KING OF FUSES The WHITE COUNTERED GUTTA PERCHA FUSE is the POPULAR FAVORITE in the of British Columbia, Australia, the Transvaal, and the World over. Beware of Spurious Imitations Made to Catch the Unwary. HOLMAN CAMBORNE, | | CORNWALL Manufacturers of Boilers, Air Compressors, Mining Machinery 1 The Holman Fatent Roek Drill Specially Adapted to B. C: Mining. Awarded GoldJMedal Greater Britain Exhibition Awarded Gold Medal Paris 1900 CHARLES CAMMELL &, CO. Ld SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND, J Manufacturers of Drill Steels, Best Refined Cast Steel Files, and Rasps, Steel Axles, Wheels and Cranks. Rails and Fish Plates made to any specification. Steel Plates, etc. Stamp Mill Dies and Shoes. ROWLAND MACHIN . -|. 5 Yates St., VICTORIA, B.C. General Agent for Canada. For all lines excepting Steel Rails of 30 lbs, per yard and upwards, with their relative accessories. THE MINING RECORD. VII. MISCELLANEOUS MACHINERY, ETC. FAIRBANKS Renewable Asbestos Disc Globe Valves made of Best Steam Metal, used by Largest and Most Modern Plants in Canada. | Try one and be convinced. ? Ji>.:. Our stock of Pipe and Fittings is Complete. We quote Low Prices and Ship Promptly. Catalogue upon application. THE FAIRBANKS COMPANY 153 Hastings Street, Vancouver, B. C. eanton Steel Works * The only plant in the United States devoted exclusively to the manufacture of steel for Mining and Railroad construction. Canton Brands are Hammered, not Rolled, and sold under GUARANTEE. Miners Will find the Steel List published by eftNTON STEEL e©*Y, DENVER, COL©., contains much information which will prove o interest. Mailed upon application. McLennan, McFeely & Go., Agents for VftNeOCVER, B. e. See these wires—how they interlock ? Note the smooth surface also ? No displacement of wires in any event. Gives much greater service than any other cables and adds correspondingly to the life or the rolling stock. THE PATENT Locked Coil Track Cable USED ONLY ON THE PATENT BLEICHERT WIRE ROPE TRAMWAY, Superiorboallothersystems Manufactured by THE TRENTON IRON e©., TRENTON, N. J. Manufacturers, Engineeis and Contractors and sole licensees In North America for the BleTehert System. Also, Wire-Rope Equipments for Cable Hoist- Conveyors, Surface and Underground Haulage, Transmission of Power, etc. Illustrated book upon application. vey New York Office—C ooper, Hewitt & Co., 17 Burling Slip. Chicago Office—1114 Monadnock Building VIII. THE MINING RECORD. Si?/ Wu lk£ PUMPING MACHINERY FOR Mines & Waterworks OF ALL KINDS. BELT OR DIRECT DRIVEN BY MOTOR Oft STEAM ENGINE. Hathorn, Davey & Co., Ltd. LEEDS, ENGLAND. PEACOCK BROTHERS, Sole Canadian Representatives, Canada Life Bldg., Montreal. Send for Catalogues and Specifications* Cnnliffe & McMillan, Agents at Rossland YancoiYer Engineering Works, Vancouver, B. 0. s J <\fwhj/f!l or. i)ut* m THE ini flwiw ^|j The Northey Gas and Gasolene Engine; cheap, safe and handy. Send for booklet. 962 King St. Subway. Manufacturers of the Celebrated «| The Brackman & Ker Milling Co., Ltd. Facilities Unequalled for Supplying the West with the Best Quality of f fj Grain, Hay or Mill Feed. ROLLLD OATS. i (Registered.) % Victoria. Nelson. y Vancouver. Rossland. & New Westminster. Strathcona. Unequalled in the World. | $^Jm;~H.«k&*$*<m5m>$*^*^^ The Hall Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. NELSON, B. C. SMELTING DEPARTMENT Purchases COPPER ORE, L.EA.D ORE, DRY ORE. rOK bAJLtL. 27.300 feet of best patent improved crucible steel wire ropev \ in. diameter 6 x 16 Manilla! core Lang lay. This rope was imported under specially] favourable opportunities in a car lot and as it is not now• required, it will be sold at a sacrifice. THE HALL MINING & SMELTING CCXLtdj NELSON.B. C. The Mining Record , VOL. XL JANUARY, 1904. No. J. BRITISH COLUMBIA MINING RECORD Devoted to the {lining Interests ef the Pacific Northwest. PUBLISHED BY THE BRITISH COLUMBIA RECORD, LIMITED H. MORTIilER LAMB, managing Editor. Victoria, B. C, Office, Province Building. Vancouver, P. W. Charleson, Hastings St. London Office: 24 Coleman Street, E. C, Denver, Col.: National Advertising Co. San Francisco: Dake's Agency. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: Canada and the United States, one year - Great Britain and Foreign, one year - - Advertising Rates on Application. |2.00 $2.50 Address all communications to The Managing Editor, B. O. Record, Ltd., P. O. Drawer 645, Victoria, B. 0. 1904. We take this opportunity of wishing the readers of the Mining Record, the number of whom we note with satisfaction, has considerably increased of late, a very prosperous and happy New Year. We begin with this volume (XL) our ninth year of publication, and can therefore lay claim to being as old as metalliferous mining in the Province, whose history and progress we have chronicled accurately, we think, conscientiously, we know, since it first came to be established on an industrial footing. The publishers of the Mining Record aim to keep pace with the progress of the industry with whose interests it is'identified, and whose advancement it humbly endeavours to promote. MINING PROGRESS IN 1903 AND THE FUTURE OUTLOOK. AS we have devoted this month much space to summarizing in detail the work of the year in the. chief productive districts, it is hardly necessary to do more here than take a hasty' survey of recent events with a view to arriving at some idea of the present position of the mining industry in British Columbia and of thus forming a more or less clear idea of the outlook ahead. Those who have in any way kept in touch with industrial developments in 1903, must have been impressed with the extraordinary im provement in the general situation, which took place shortly after mid-summer, and the great revival in mining throughout the Province that has since become manifest. Previous to that time, the conditions appeared almost intolerably inimical to progress; depression over-shadowed nearly every branch of industry; the removal of one difficulty or.obstacle seemed but the signal anticipating trouble in another direction; the relations between capital and labour were strained; strikes threatening the paralyzation of the coal and copper industries in the Kootenays, of the coal industry on Vancouver Island, were declared; the silver- lead industry already badly handicapped felt the effect of the almost unprecedented decline in the market price of these metals; the placer mining districts suffered from a shortage of water; in short, the faith of the most sanguine was shocked, the most confident lost confidence, and for a period it actually seemed that the pessimist who had decried the country and declared that no good could come out of it was right. Quite suddenly, and without warning, the atmosphere cleared, changing entirely the aspect of affairs. Labour troubles were settled on permanent lines. Government aid of a substantial character was accorded the silver-lead industry. Rich and promising new quartz discoveries were made. Mining generally seemed to take on a new lease of energy and life. Heavy • rains in September and October, although arriving too late in the season to immediately benefit the larger Hydraulic undertakings, enabled the smaller mines to resume operations and augment the output, while, too in Cariboo assuring an adequate water supply for next season's workings. In Rossland a method of economically and profitably treating the silicious ores of . that district by oil concentration was successfully introduced and adopted. In the Boundary the value of the high-grade ore bodies in the neighbourhood of Greenwood was demonstrated, and a little later, a proof was afforded of the success attending'the operation of the enormous low-grade mines of that district in the distribution of very substantial profits among the shareholders in one of these large undertakings. In Nelson, in Ymir, in the Lardeau the greatest activity has . prevailed, numerous stamp-mills have been erected, capital has been freely invested, a great addition has been made to the number of productive properties, and by the adoption of the leasehold system or otherwise many mines on which operations have been long suspended, have been rehabilitated and re-launched on a "profit-earning career. The year that opened so inauspiciously has therefore proved the most important in actual achievement since the inception of the industry in British Columbia. In the production of lode gold and copper a great increase has been made, for which the Boundary, the Rossland and the Coast / 1 THE MINING RECORD. mines are proportionately responsible. Despite the miners' strikes at Fernie and on Vancouver Island, the coal output is greater than ever before and in respect only of silver-lead and in a lesser degree, placer gold yield do returns show depreciation. Regarding the outlook for 1904, it is well, in view of past disappointments, that expectations should not be over-sanguine. Nevertheless, it is impossible not to experience a thrill of hope and pleasure at the vastly improved prospect that is now opening out. Not this year, nor perhaps, that following, will progress be sufficiently great to wholly restore that confidence among outside investors, which a long series of failures, the results of ill-directed effort and wild-cat methods, have he'lped to dissipate; but the way has been made clear; conditions are better understood and it has at length become realized that the only road to ultimate success lies in the direction of economy and the application to mining of those principles, a disregard of which in the conduct of any other business would be deemed fatal. At present copper mining is the most important branch of our industry and is the most capable of expansion. The early recognition of British Columbia's claims to industrial pre-eminence, in fact depends, to our mind, on the development of the low-grade gold-copper ore bodies of which the known occurrences are numerous and the deposits generally of generous extent. The only possibility of profitable working in these cases is by concentration of effort, the exercise of great economy and the conduct of operations on a large scale. "Already these are recognized fundamental principles, and the tendency in the Boundary is in the direction of the combination and co-operation of interests. The results so far achieved have been the reduction of production costs to a level that is absolutely remarkable in view of the price labour commands in the West. There is every reason to believe, therefore, that in the Boundary district, at any rate, the future may be faced without fearful anticipation. In the Rossland district the conditions are not entirely similar. Here, too, are large bodies of low-grade ores, divided into two classes, silicious and ferruginous. How to turn these ores to commercial use has long been a problem engaging alike the attention of the engineer and metallurgist. Only quite recently a solution in one direction has been with reasonable certainty found, and the Elmore oil process is about to play a significant part in Rossland's industrial evolution. That metallurgical research and skill will not long be baffled in the attempt to apply a method sufficiently economical to save at a profit the values contained in the ferruginous ores of the district, cannot be doubted, for already success has partially crowned experimental effort. Even under prevailing conditions the district has made wonderful forward strides, but recent progress is of little relative account to what may, and doubtless will, be accomplished in the early future. Copper mining on the Coast is also assuming very important proportions and from developments in 1903 it may be confidently assumed that the industry has been established on a permanent basis. Apart from the high-grade deposits at Mount Sicker and at Texada Island, there are at Howe Sound and in other localities ore bodies advantageously situ ated as regards facilities for marketing, quite equal in size and value to those of the Boundary, and the opening up and operation of which is now but a matter of a short while. In the Big Bend, the Similkameen, the Windermere districts of East Kootenay,, and other, at present, unproductive areas, are also partially developed and most promising deposits of copper ores; but from these localities little may be expected in 1904 or until the means of communication are more adequate than at present provided. We have already referred to the impetus given to the silver-lead industry by the Government grant, in the form of a bounty of fifteen dollars a ton on lead mined and smejted in Canada. The immediate effect of this concession was seen in the resumption of development operations on a large scale at a number of mines at which work had been partially or entirely suspended, but the 1903 output was little if at all affected by the improved conditions. A very marked difference, in this latter respect will, however, appear in 1904, when production from both West and East Kootenay should at least equal the record achievement of 1900, active preparations to this end having been in progress. It was also recently announced that from one mine in East Kootenay which is capable of producing a tonnage equal to the normal aggregate output from the Slocan, shipping operations will be commenced early in March. In conjunction with silver- lead mining an important industry has sprung up, by which galena ores carrying a high percentage of zinc pfeviously considered a serious detriment, have become of value, in 1903 two thousand tons of zinc having been mined and produced at a profit. In consequence of the higher price and increased demand for spelter, attention in the Slocan is being directed to the further development of this industry and this year it is at ' several mines proposed to erect mills and install special machinery for the treatment of this, at one time, waste product. All signs point to an expansion of the Province's coal trade in 1904. In East Kootenay a large addition has been' made to the number of coke ovens in use, while others in course of construction will be completed in the early spring. The Crow's Nest Company has also largely increased the productive capacity of the mines, which have been most thoroughly equipped with machinery and appliances of the most modern design. Already a new and large undertaking is proposed in this field and it is announced that the extensive coal areas at Fording River are to be developed without delay. Prospecting for coal, which has been actively followed in 1903, is not likely to flag, as it is expected that the Government will ere long cancel the reserve on large areas of coal lands. The prospects of railway construction from Spence's Bridge on the main line of the C. P. R. into the Nicola Valley should result in the development of the valuable known coal resources of that region, while in other localities, Princeton in the Similkameen and at Kamloops development operations will be in progress. On the Coast labour conditions are now stable, and 1904 should witness much activity at and a large production from the Vancouver Island collieries—the more so THE MINING RECORD. provided the United States Government allows the present regulations permitting the free entry of coal into that country to remain in force. The new discovery and location of anthracite at Cumberland, is also a matter of much commercial importance, of which ■this year account will be made. The prospects for a successful placer mining season in 1904 are furthermore exceedingly good. In Atlin, in 1903, the equipment was completed of all the important undertakings on the principal creeks—a work commenced in 1900,—and profitable production is expected to commence forthwith. The conditions in Atlin are, too, peculiarly favourable to dredging enterprise, and the first application of this method of gold- recovery will be made this year, a large dredge having been built and placed on the ground in readiness for operation in the spring. Hence Atlin, which in 1903 again occupied the first position in point of productive importance among the placer mining districts of the Province, promises in 1904 to make an exceptionally good showing. In Cariboo much depends on weather conditions and the water supply available when the season opens, but we are informed on very dependable authority that the heavy precipitation in the recent fall practically insures for this year a fair supply of water for mine purposes, whether or not the winter and spring rain and snow falls occasion a large accumulation. It is satisfactory in the meantime to learn that at a recent meeting of shareholders of the largest undertaking in this district or, for that matter in the world, provision was made to render this mine quite independent of weather caprices in the future, "by augmenting the present water system and obtaining a further and constant supply from natural reservoirs some seventeen miles distant from the property. As modern methods are adopted and gold-saving devices of suitable construction introduced and applied dredging on the Fraser and Thompson rivers is coming to be regarded with greater favour and undertakings are meeting with better success. Results in 1903 were by no means discouraging, and new and very powerful dredges are now being built for operation during the season of 1904. It is to be noted that the free milling quartz area of the Province was considerably extended last year, and production from this source increased by the gold yield from both Nelson and Camborne. There is every reason to expect, moreover, that in the next few months stamp mills will be erected in the Poplar district, where in 1903 the most remarkably rich discoveries were made of this class of ore. We begin the new year, therefore, under auspices altogether favourable; with our faith in the future of the mining industry in British Columbia unimpaired and strengthened, and we look forward to mining developments in 1904 with a great deal of hope and confidence. THE GREAT NORTHERN MINES, LTD., AND EXAGGERATED CLAIMS. rHE strictures we thought fit tp utter in last ■^ month's issue of the Mining Record dealing with the grossly exaggerated statements which were quoted and printed anent certain properties owned by the Great Northern Mines, Ltd., with the object apparently of inducing investment in the shares of that company, have, we think, served the purpose for which they were intended, by bringing home to the directors tlie responsibjility they were shouldering in accepting subscriptions from the public upon' the inducements, in large part, over-stated or misleading, contained in the prospectus a"s issued, and at a meeting of the board held at Revelstoke in December it was decided in the circumstances to withdraw the offer to the public and refund such monies as had already been subscribed. We can thoroughly commend the prudence and wisdom of this course, which merely confirms our previous opinion that a majority of the directorate were neither cognizant of nor in any way responsible for, the very foolish attempt to "boom" the company's' property. Lest our attitude last month should be misconstrued we desire to state very emphatically that in criticizing the prospectus, and questioning the reliability of the statements contained therein, it was not our aim to injure the company or to express an opinion unfavourable to its interests. On the contrary, we have a strong belief in the value and prospective value of the properties, and are quite prepared to admit that they are sufficiently meritorious not to require "booming" at all. It is here that the idiocy of the proceeding comes in. Instead of being as might readily have been believed from the clap-trap and rubbishy fairy tales everywhere published, a "wild-cat" of the rankest kind, the Great Northern Mines was and is a perfectly legitimate undertaking and its shares are an exceedingly promising speculation. It was merely necessary to stick to the truth; but the truth good as it was in this instance, was not thought sufficient, and it must needs be garlanded and embellished by the mpst impossible—well; rhetorical imageries and fights, until it was perfectly unrecognizable. Now, if you induce a man to invest in an undertaking in which you are interested by telling him something that is not true, you are obtaining money under false pretenses; and it was that indiscretion of which when we wrote we held the Great Northern Mines guilty. Having, from information since placed at our disposal, absolved the directors of intentional wrong-doing in this regard, we at first experienced some difficulty in attempting to fathom the cause and discover the reason of the extraordinary course pursued, and if possible attach the responsibility where' it belonged, money, that root of most evil, not being, it was shown, at the bottom of this mischief. At length our patient investigations have been rewarded, and our curiosity satisfied. There resides in the Lardeau- a certain gentleman, a citizen of the Great Republic—with whom by-the-way the flowers of language are not infrequently preferably used to common plainness of speech—who is so firmly convinced of the richness of the Lardeau mines and THE MINING RECORD. the great future awaiting that district, that he cannot old saw, that suggests that culinary operations are speak of it without praising it, and unwittingly makes not always facilitated by an unnecessary number of statements, which while they may correctly describe conditions, one, two or three years hence, do not bear close examination in the light of present fact. This gentleman, we very willingly concede, is not aware that this inclination of his is dangerous; he may hardly realize that he gives way to exaggeration; he is responsible more than any man for the development of the Lardeau; he is not a trained mining engineer, but he has a natural instinct for finding ore, and has found it in cases where mining engineers have despairingly failed; he is generous to his friends and mining associates; and we believe he" is strictly honorable in his personal dealings. Yet, at the best, mining is a risky business, and no man, whatever his personal faith may be, whatever his belief in his own luck and his own powers of making his or his friends' fortune, has the right to obtain a backing by means that are subject to rebuke. The Great Northern Mines, Ltd., has, we are informed, sufficient ore in sight to provide all the capital necessary to bring the undertaking to a succesful issue, and now that our reasons for objection are removed we take much pleasure in congratulating Mr. Pool on the good work he. has done in the Lardeau, and wish him and the undertaking with which his name is associated, the Great Northern Mines, Limited, the greatest possible measure of success. Elsewhere we publish an open letter ■ addressed by Mr. Leslie Hill, a member of the Executive Committee of the Provincial Mining Asociation', to Mr. J. B. Hobson, first vice-president of that organization, in which the former suggests certain reasons why, in his opinion, several of the leading mine operators and engineers in the country have stood aloof from the Association and refused as yet to give it the benefit of their advice and support. In the main we believe Mr. Hill is correct in his conclusion that the Executive at its meetings should confine discussion to matters of direct and practical import, instead of, 7 was the case recently at Kamloops, attempting to deai with economic and abstruse questions with which the mining industry has little immediate concern introducing votes of censure he has in mind, have not or in against civil service of- iicials. But Mr. Hill is only right so far as he The gentlemen, whom imagine, been so much influenced by the which the business of the A ducted of late Hill absolutely th .------- „^ „Y?, 11U1U aiJ lullg .^0 as lmmedlatelv the foes, we manner in association has been con- as by other considerations. Were Mr. correct in his assumption, then surelv the objection did not hold so long ago as immediatel after * Mi unmg Convention. Several rather foolish mistakes were made suit of the limited these errors were tn is true, in convention, the re- opportunity for full discussion, but and weigh not at all in the balance against the good work there accomplished No ■ since reasons are required, is it not nearer the truth to say thata certain class of mining men are exceedingly sceptical on the possibility of successfully mixing oil and water. \lso they are mindful of another assistants. They believe, in fact, that labour and capital cannot tread the same paths in company, and they further doubt the wisdom of including in their organization interests not directly in touch with those mainly affected. It is for the Association to overcome by its works these prejudices; and, as Mr. Hill points out, these prejudices are not likely to be overcome by the introduction of foreign matters at Executive meetings. Meanwhile both Mr. Leslie Hill and the Mining Record are strong friends of the Mining Association and both believe that it is capable of serving very useful ends. But, despite the efforts of the President, who has done more for the organization than could possibly have been asked or expected of him, the Association, so far as most of the branch organizations are concerned, is a slack institution and sadly wants rousing into activity. It is an unfortunate admission, but this is the way matters mostly go in British Columbia. Here is a very gently-administered rebuke evidently intended for the Mining Record contained in a leading article recently published in the Lardeau Eagle. Our contemporary referring to another alleged rich strike at Poplar Creek, writes, and surely its remarks are worth quoting: "Another rich strike has been made on the Swede group at Poplar, the ore showing tremendously high values. One piece of ore was picked up weighing four ounces, of which three-fourths were gold. About T50 pounds of rock were brought down, which ran as high as $100,000 to the ton. The value per ton of the whole ledge will not, of course, reach that high figure, but it is estimated that the average will be at least $2,000 per ton.. (The italics are ours.) It seems incredible that, notwithstanding the succession of magnificent strikes of ore in the Lardeau, and of whose genuineness there can be no question, that there are those who persist in ignoring these convincing- as evidences of the riches of the Lardeau country and others who go still further, and endeavour by all the means in their power to discount the importance of these discoveries, and throw suspicion on the of the promoters of this great gold belt, time that common sense prevailed, by futility of the campaign carried on in certain quarters against the Lardeau when week by week fresh evidence of the inexhaustible wealth of this countrv is brought to light." y Well, we know from personal experience how exasperating it is when filled with enthusiasm and a confident belief one holds forth volubly to the man with his tongue m his cheek. Did not the present scribe when editing a weekly newspaper in the Boundary in hair grey? But then he was more careful to deal m generalities and did not discourse of "whole" ledges of an estimated value "of at least $5 e efforts- Surely it is showing the have never wished nc ,000 per ton." We nor attempted to throw cold water on the prospective importance of the rich new SS- THE MINING RECORD. covenes in the Lardeau; indeed, there is every reason to believe that very remarkable developmnts will take place in that district in the next year or so. But stupid exaggeration never yet served any good purpose. Again, although we trust the rule will not hold good in this case, it is well to recall the fact that all the very phenomeinl discoveries of rich gold quartz so far made in British Columbia have never yet amounted to am thing. Just as rich ore was taken from the Golden Cache as has come out of Poplar Creek, and extraordinarily rich gold quartz discoveries of free- milling character have twice been made. on Texada Island. Then what a noise and commotion there was a year or so ago about the wonderful new placer gold diggings on Eureka Creek, in Cariboo. One doesn't hear anything about them now. The Poplar Creek finds are the most promising yet, but before going into rhapsodies and in our excitement cutting all sorts of ridiculous- capers, would it hot be more sensible, not to say dignified, to let the future take care of itself? So far as Poplar is concerned it is quite capable of doing so if but half the reports are true. letter: "If these deposits are as we believe them to be, a report from such a man would induce investments of capital in the development of this neglected source of wealth, which would be sufficient to stimulate into activity the whole district and awaken the transportation companies. to a souse of the situation. I firmly believe that w ith proper attention given to the development of zinc mining in this district, .md with the effect of the lead bounty act in operation, the Kootenays will be the tno'st"active mining camp on this continent." In a letter recently communicated to the ■ Nelson News, Mr, G. Alexander, the general manager • of several important mining undertakings in the Slocan, directs attention to the very great opportunities there afforded for successful zinc mining developments, if the question of marketing the product should be satisfactorily settled. He points out that in all the silver- lead mines, with hardly an exception, the bodies of silver-lead ore are closely associated with large bodies of zinc; that in the development of the silver-lead ore i is inevitable that large bodies of zinc should be encountered ; that if it pays to mine and develop the zinc, this work will almost certainly lead to the exposure of further bodies of lead. But on the other hand, if there is no market for zinc, many of the mines would be compelled to suspend operations when running out of silver-lead ore into zinc. Mr. Alexander therefore suggests that the press should endeavour to impress on the transportation companies the importance to the country and the advantage to themselves of reducing freight charges on this class of ore, the result of which would be a greatly increased production of zinc, exceeding largely in quantity the lead output, and the advancement in general prosperity in the district. Hitherto, it is stated, the railway companies have made no effort to differentiate their rates as between a class of ore which nets the producer $150 per ton on an aggregate tonnage of (say) 20,000 tons per annum, and an ore which would have a net value of perhaps $5 a ton, but on a tonnage five limes as great or over. It is to be hoped, meanwhile, that the Dominion Government, acting on the recommendation of the'Associated Silver-Lead Mines, an organization effectively representating the interests of this industry, that an authority on zinc of the highest standing in the United States will be engaged during the summer months to examine, sample and report upon the zinc ore deposits at present available in the Kootenays. Mr. Alexander' thus "concludes a very sensible The confidence shown by the shareholders of the Consolidated Cariboo Hydraulic in the value of their property and the ability of their manager to make it pay, is truly admirable and, we think, also justifiable. A great deal has been said of the enormous sums of mOney spent in the endeavour to place this undertaking on' a profitable footing, but after all, most of the expenditure so made has not i conle out of the pockets of shareholders. The mine, as a matter of fact, has practically developed itself. That it will ultimately' prove a" successful venture v/e do not doubt for a .mometit, despite the handicap of an absurdly' inflated capital. Those chiefly interested in this enterprise are exceedingly shrewd men of affairs, and hence the decision at the recent meeting of the company to provide for further considerable expenditure of, il is estimated, not less than a quarter of a million dollars, to admit of the extension of the present water system and thus ensure the continuous operation of the mine lndepcml ent of rainfall and favourable weather conditions upon which a reliance has now to be placed, is, as we have said, a very emphatic and practical "Confession of Faith." An attempt has been made by the Associated Boards of Trade of the Interior to estimate the value of the mineral produced from the mining districts of South Kootenay and Yale during the past year. The figures should be very approximately accurate as follows: Gold, 204,147 ozs., value $4,8I9>7*8,49» silver, 3>47Tr 421 ozs., value $i,839>953'i3» copper, 2417866,977 pounds, value $3,382,174.93; lead, to,168 tons, value $489,792.56; or a total value of $9,881,639-io- Tonnage is given as 1,034,830 tons, of which 42,867 tons was shipped to the Hall Mines smelter, 33O1OOO tons tn the Granby smelter; 170,600 tons to the B. C. Copper Co.'s smelter, 134,217 tons to the Montreal & Boston Copper* Company's smelter; 168,000 tons to the Canadian -Smelteing Works; 186,95: to the Northport smelter, and 2,795 tons to smelters in the United States . Assuming the accuracy of these computations, the value of mineral and coal production from British • Columbia in 1903, should fall not very far short of $20,000,000, and the tonnage output from the metalliferous mines alone, exceed considerably a million and a quarter tons. THE MINING RECORD. Negotiations which have been in progress for some. time for the consolidation of the interests of the B. C. Copper Company and the Snowsnoe Gold and Copper Mines Limited, two of the largest mining enterprises in the Boundary district, appear now to be near- iug a successful conclusion, and the former company has, in a circular addressed to shareholders outlined the arrangement which it is now proposed to adopt. This scheme involves the promotion of a new British joint stock company undertaking, capitalized at a million pounds sterling to absorb both interests in question, new stock being issued in the proportion of £615,000 to the B. C. Copper and of £226,000 to Snowshoe shareholders, the balance of £160,000 remaining being set apart for working capital purposes. On the board of the new company for the first year it 7s proposed that the Snowshoe shall be represented by three representatives, the B. C. Company by three lepresentatives, a seventh director being appointed to serve by mutual agreement. Thereafter the election of directors will be at the instance of shareholders. In respect to the advantages likely to result from the arrangement as proposed the circular issued by the B. C. Copper Company contains the following remark : "The consolidation will bring your property up to the maximum of operating efficiency and economy, by providing a greatly increased and certain daily supply of ore and distributing the fixed expenses over this tonnage; it will raise the average value of the ore treated, as the Snowshoe ore is of a higher grade, chiefly in gold, it should thus increase the revenues more than in proportion for the increase of capital; it will distribute and so diminish the risk of stoppage by accident; by its provision for ample working capital it will pay not only for the present improvements, but not using earnings for these purposes, leaving them free for dividends; it will at once afford a wider market for the company's shares, both in London and New York, and the new company should occupy, at once, a commanding position in the copper field of British Columbia." In the interests of the Province, it is to be hoped, meanwhile, that the consolidation will be effected, for it will assist materially in strengthening the position of the B. C. section of the London Stock Market by the listing of the shares of a "company, that will have more than a mere speculative value. But the B. C. Copper and the Snowshoe are thoroughly sound and legitimate undertakings in the promotion and development of which honesty and sound business judgment have played no small part. Crow's Nest Coal Company, which has heretofore enjoyed a monopoly in this field, is likely to be confronted with a formidable competitor. Yet it is a little uifficult to understand how the British Columbian consumer is to gain by the change. The major part of the coal produced at Fernie is exported to the United States, the requirements of the local market being chiefly in the matter of coke which is now supplied to the smelters at a cost that could hardly be reduced. There is no longer, as at one period, any complaint as to the adequacy of this supply, and the largest consumer of coke, the Granby Company, is about to supply its own needs by the operation of coal measures near Blairmore. As a question of increased production, it is a well known fact that market limitations and not any other reasons, prohibit any very considerable extension of the export trade in connection with the operation of the Crow's Nest collieries. It is announced, apparently on good authority, that another large coal company has been organized in Montreal to proceed at once to develop the great coal areas at Fording River, in East Kootenay. It is stated that in this area there are ten known seams of bituminous, coal of workable size, extending north and south for a distance of twenty-five miles, the natural advantage for efficient and economic working being exceptionally good. < Should this report be true the THE FORMULA USED IN *RULES FOR THE INSPECTION OF STEAM BOILERS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.. (By J. A. Crawford, Greenwood, B.C.) THE Board of Inspectors in drawing up these rules have adopted largely the formulae of the British Board of Trade, with some alterations, evidently with the intention of making them more applicable to conditions obtaining in British Columbia. These alterations have not only made the formulae more complicated, but in some cases have made them absolutely unreliable. The factor of safety adopted for steam boilers in these rules is a graduated one. Where the best material is used, and the boiler being well designd and constructed, and open for inspection during the whole period of construction, a factor of safety of 4 may be used, but this may be increased to 5.5 or even more where the workmanship or design is bad or material faulty. Referring to formulae for riveted joints, where p = Pitch of rivets in inches, d = Diameter of rivets in inches. A = Area of rivets in square inches, n == Number of rivets in one pitch. T = Thickness of plate in inches. F = Factor of safety, y — 8 for iron rivets and steel plates, y = 23 for steel rivets and steel plates, y' = 13 for iron rivets and steel plates, y' = 28 for steel rivets and steel plates. (1) (2) (3) 100 x (p-d) = % for iron or steel plates. 100 xAxnxcxF _ 4xpxT for iron plates with iron rivets. % for steel plates with steel or iron rivets. ioo xAxnxyxcxF 4 x y' x p x T The lowest of the values thus found is the percentage strength of the joint to be taken. In formula (2) the shearing strength of iron rivets is assumed to be equal to the tensile strength of iron plate, although the shearing strength is generally taken in practice as 38,000 lbs. to 40,000 lbs. per square inch, and the tensile strength of iron pllate may be any where between 45,000 and 55,000 lbs per square inch. In formula (3) the shearing strength of iron rivets is taken as eight-thirteenths, and of steel rivets as- twenty-three-twenty-eights of the tensile strength of steel plate, which, if the tensile strength of steel is taken as 62,000 lbs. per square inch, gives a shearing strength of 38,000 lbs. per square inch for iron and 50,000 lbs. for steel rivets, which agrees very closely with those generally adopted. In both these two formulae we have the factor of safety introduced, making the strength of a joint proportional to the factor of safety divided by 4. Giving us the extraordinary result, that where first class material and workmanship is used, it does not affect the result, as the factor of safety will be 4 and be divided by 4, but where the workmanship is bad or the material faulty, necessitating the use of a greater factor of safety, will give a greater percentage of strength in the joint. We come to the erroneous conclusion that where we use the worst material and workmanship the stronger will be the joint. The correct formula to use instead of (2) and (3) is (A) 100 x area of rivet hole x No. of rivets in one pitch x shearing strength of rivet. Pitch of rivets x thickness of plate x tensile strength of plate. . = percentage of strength of rivets in joint. The smaller of the two values found by formula (1) and (A) to be used as the percentage of strength of joint. For finding the pitch, or distance of rivets from centre to centre. (4) A x n x c d = p for iron plates and iron rivets. (5) A xn x y x c x F + d = p for steel plates with iron 4 x y' x T or steel rivets. In formula (5) we again have the factor of safety introduced. Why it is necessary to use a factor of safety when designing a riveted joint between steel plates, and is not necessary for iron plates is not explained. It is incorrect to use a factor of safety in any of the preceding formulas. The factor of safety, as the term itself implies, is a number used, to divide the breaking strength of any material or structure by, to give the safe working strength. And to use it m any other manner, as in the formulae (2), (3) and (5) where it is used as a multiplier shows an entire misapprehension of the functions of the factor of safety. It is impossible to give in one formula the best proportions for different kinds of riveted joints in various thicknesses of plate. And although all the formulae given in these rules (4) to (13) inclusive are dependent on the diameter of the rivets used, there is no in- tormation or rule for the diameter of rivet to be used in any given thickness of plate. For the maximum pitches for riveted joints: (14) (CxT) Where C = 1.31 for single riveted lap joints. = 2.62 for double riveted lap joints. = 3.47 for triple riveted lap joints. = 1.75 for single riveted-butt joints (double strap). = 3.50 for double riveted butt joints (double strap). = 4.63 for triple riveted butt joints (double strap). To illustrate these formulae, let us find the pitch for a double riveted lap joint between 3-8 steel plates using 13-16 inch iron rivets driven in 7-8 inch holes. By (14) we get 2.607 inches as the maximum pitch allow- ed,and by(5)we get a pitch of 3.342 m which is nearly 3-4 of an inch greater than the maximum pitch. Ori take a triple riveted, double strapped butt joint, between half-inch steel plates, using 15-16 inch steel rivets driven in one inch holes, the outer row of rivets having half as many rivets as inner rows. (By (14) we get a maximum pitch of 3.94 inches, and by (5) we get a pitch of 7.931 inches, or more than twice the maximum pitch. A very simple rule is given by Prof. Kennedy in the proceedings of the Institute of Mining Engineers, April, 1885, for the proportions of riveted lap joints in steam boilers. T is the thickness of plates in inches. Single riveted joints—Diameter of rivets = T x 2.25. Pitch of rivets. = T x 5. Overlap of plates = T x . Double riveted joints—Diameter of rivets = T x 2 25. Pitch of rivets = T x 8. Space between lines of rivets = T x 4.5. Overlap of plates =Ti 10.5. Kennedy's rules give very good proportions, and may be safely used by engineers having work to do on plates up to 7-16 inch in thickness. For plates half- inch or more in thickness, the proportions must be taken smaller as rivets over one and a quarter inches in diameter are seldom used in boiler work. To understand the effect of these formulae, take a boiler shell 60 inches in diameter, made of 3-8 inch steel plate having a tensile strength of 60,000 lbs., and having longitudinal lap joints double riveted with iron rivets driven in 7-8 holes, the rivet iron having a shearing strength of 40,000 lbs., and using a factor of safety of 5. The pitch of rivets, percentage of strength of joint and working pressure is given in the following table for the different rules: Kennedy's Formula Formula Rule. (5). (14). Pitch in inches 3 3-342 2.607 Tensile strength of plate bet. rivets.. 47,800 55,507 38,745 Shearing strength of rivets 48,104 48,104 48,104 Percentage of strength of joint 70.8 63 9 66 Safe working pressure in lbs 106 96 99 Percentage r)f strength by formula (3) 73-8 Working pressure when using formula 3 no It will be seen that the pitch by formula (5) is too big, as the plate between rivets holes is 7,400 lbs. stronger than rivets, and the pitch by (14) is too small as the plate is 9,300 lbs. weaker than the rivets. Formula (3) is absolutely useless as it gives percentages ~of strength much greater than the actual strength. THE MINING RECORD. In formula (21) for tops of fire-boxes and combustion chambers when supported by rectangular girders, is the same as used by British Board of Trade and Lloyds, with the exception that 30,000 is used as a constant instead of 11,880 used by Lloyds and 11,220 by the Board of Trade, thereby allowing a much greater pressure. I give in full sections relating to convex and concave heads, as. well as the formula. (Sec. 29). Convex and concave heads do not need to be stayed when they are truly hemispherical; provided that the plate is thick enough to make it theoretically equal in strength to that of the cylindrical shell sheets. (Sec. 30). Dished heads must be stayed if they are theoretically equal to the pressure required, when considered as portions of spheres; the stays, however, if 01 iron, and not welded or worked in the fine, may be allowed a stress of 14,000 lbs. per square inch, or 10,000 lbs. when the stays have been welded or worked in the fire. If dished heads are not theoretically equal to the pressure required they must be stayed the same as flat surfaces. The pressure allowable on convex heads, when they are truly hemispherical, may be found by the following formula: (24) (25) ts x r x 4 T DxF = B ts x r x 4 T x .6 DxF B for concave heads. As these formulae only apply to heads made of several pieces of plate and are truly hemispherical, and if (Sec. 30) is to be enforced it will have the effect of declaring nearly all makes of water tube boilers unsafe, as well as the steam drums on horizontal tubular boilers, and air receivers, all of which have bumped, or dished heads and are not stayed except in the large sizes. But bumped or dished heads become as strong as the shell wnen bumped to a radius equal to the diameter of the shell. Providing that the head is made of plate of the same tensile strength as the shell, and after being bumped is of a thickness equal to the shell. The safe working pressure for a convex head is found by the formula ;— 3.0 xr Where t = tensile strength of plate. T= thickneas of plate in inches. r = radius to which head is bumped. P= working pressure. The pressure allowable on concave heads is six- tenths that of convex heads. In making- this criticism of the formulae in these rules, it is not my intention to attack the Boiler Inspection Act, but to point out the inaccuracies in the rules for inspection—some of which may be misprints—so that objections to it may be removed. I have taken a great interest in this law and have already seen many instances of beneficial results from the inspectors pointing out weak places, or advising alterations neces sary for the safety of a steam plant. I think it of great advantage to the.owners of steam machinery, as it not orflv protects them, from incompetent men who claim to be engineers, but ensures them greater economy and safety in their steam plants, and the better care of their boilers and engines, thereby prolonging their usefulness. This law ought to be a protection to the owners, from damage suits arising from any explosion or accident, as by having complied with the law, and employing none but licensed engineers, they have done ail in their power to- keep their plants in a safe condition. The inspections of boilers ought to be made sufficiently often to guard against any violation of the law, and to ensure that the boilers are kept in a clean and safe condition at all times, and not merely fixed up and washed out when the inspector is expected on his annual visit. It is in the interest not only of the own-', ers and engineers, but of the general public who work or live near where steam power is used, to make this law as effective as possible. THE PROVINCIAL MINING. ASSOCIATION AND ITS WORK. MR. LESLIE HILL has addressed the following communication to Mr. J. B. Hobson in the form of an open letter, which he desires us to publish in the Mining Record. We do so all the more readily, as we are quite in accord with many of the conclusions arrived- at by Mr. Hill:— "Nelson, B. C, December 18, 1903. "John B. Hobson, Esq., Vice-President, the Provincial Mining Association, Victoria. "Dear Sir: As you were the originator of the Provincial Mining Association and are so deeply interested in its success, I would like to write to you as to the causes of the present unsatisfactory position of the Association, with a view to the correction of the mistaken course into which we have fallen, and if possible, the adoption of a better course for the future. That the Association is in an unfortunate position you, more than any one else, must recognize; our treasury is empty and we are in debt, our membership is much smaller than it ought to be, our recommendations are neglected or ignored by the Government, and we have not the confidence of the. people. "What has brought-us to this unfortunate position? I venture to suggest the following as the principal factors that have brought about this result: "One of the principal objects of the Association was to obtain the removal of the two-per cent, tax; not because the aggregate sum collected was an unfair burden on the mining industry as a whole, but that by the incidence of the tax it was an unfair burden on those mines that produce low-grade ore. We were asked by the late Government to suggest some alternative tax on mines which would be acceptable to the mining industry. This has been met by our executive by recommending to the Government a tax on land. The Executive Committee has passed many resolutions asking relief from payments in one form or another in addition to the removal of the two-per cent. 'HE MINING RECORD. tax, but not one word as to any. alternative tax on mines that would give the Government the revenue required. You, sir, advocated a fair taxation on all the resources of the Province alike, including mines, but this could not be entertained by the Committee, nothing would do but to shift the whole burden on to some other shoulders, and that by means of an admittedly unfair taxation, the one great recommendation of which that it would not cost votes. "The Executive Committee of the Provincial Mining Association asks for the' removal of an unjust tax on mines, and asks that it be replaced by an unjust tax on lands. The recommendation to the Government to place a fair tax on mines, though advocated by some of the most prominent mining men of the Province, comes from outside sources, and not from the Provincial Mining Association. "Another important question which the Provincial' ..uining Association has taken up is the obtaining of better security for those engaged in placer and hydraulic mining. You have found in your practice in the Cariboo district that in order to give confidence to capital, and to secure the large sums necessary for the development of hydraulic enterprises, it is necessary that greater security of title should be given. The Provincial Mining Association has asked the Government to grant such additional security by giving Crown grants to, instead of leases of, placer and hydraulic claims. On the other hand, the Executive Committee, by a resolution passed at' Rossland, asks the Government not to give Crown grants to coal and petroleum lands, but to give leases. The meaning of this resolution, if it has any practical meaning, is that the title to coal and petroleum lands shall be made less secure; which will increase the difficulty of obtaining the large sums necessary for the development of coal mines. "Again, at the meeting of the Executive Committee resolutions were brought forward, I fear, largely for personal reasons and not wholly in the interests of the mining industry, making personal attacks on gentlemen connected with the Government; which resolutions were not carried owing to your influence. "At the banquet given in Kamloops to the Committee of the Association one member of the Committee is reported to have said:— : 'The universal verdict of mining men is that British Columbia has the finest mineral resources, and the worst mining laws, on the face of the earth.' "Another member of the Executive Committee stated on the same occasion that some years ago there were a large number of prospectors in Rossland, and now tnere were none, and he said that these prospectors were driven away by the bad mining laws. These remarks were made in after-dinner speeches and must therefore receive some allowance, but such statements coming from members of the Executive Committee, which, if correctly reported are so manifestly untrue and absurd as not to merit serious consideration, are calculated to injure the mining industry which we are supposed to assist. "The principal object of the Mining Association is to improve the condition of the mining industry, and to inspire the confidence necessary in order to obtain the capital required, for the development of mines, to enable the prospector to sell his claims, and to provide work for the miner. I submit to you, sir, that the proceedings of the Executive Committee, and the speeches of its members, which are reported in the press and disseminated over. the continent, are calculated not to increase the confidence of capitalists in tne mining industry of this Province, but 'to hold it up to the world as something to be carefully avoided and shunned. "My object in calling attention to these matters is ■ that.mistakes may be corrected, and that the Association may become the powerful body that it ought to be, and do the useful work for the assistance of the mining industry of the Province which it ought to do. Until we - cease to discuss "Socialism," "Herbert Spencer,"' "the unearned increment," to bring forward personal attacks, to pass resolutions on subjects that are not connected, with our business, and confine our discussions to practical business questions affecting the mining industry, we shall remain as we are now, a body without influence, whose resolutions are ignored, and which is treated with good-natured indifference. "I remain, sir, yours faithfully, (Sgd.) "Leslie Hill." REVIEW OF MARKET CONDITIONS IN LONDON DURING 1903. THE HEAVY FALL IN B. C SHARES. (From a Special Correspondent.) LOOKING backward over the course of events during the past year it must be admitted that the British Columbian market has been as dead as a door nail, and that the values of the shares of even the leading companies have steadily declined is but a natural result of such an unsatisfactory conditions of affairs. Having allowed this much it is quite easy to produce evidence in justification of the market position, and the decline in values. This may be but poor comfort to those who have seen their shares crumbling away fraction by fraction month by month, but it is at least comforting to hope that the fall in prices is not due so much to mining developments as to market conditions. These latter have been generally unsatisfactory throughout the year. That there has been an entire absence of public interest in stocks and shares in this country it is, I suppose, quite unnecessary to remind your readers. In previous letters this, apathy of the public has been dealt with, and the causes_ of it explained, but in even a brief review of the mining market it is necessary to refer to these to make the position intelligible to those who may not have read my previous letters. Briefly, then, it may be stated that public securities have been almost entirely unsupported during the past year. The heavy outlay incidental to the prolonged Boer war sapped the resources of the country to their utmost capacity. Enormous sums were raised between the beginning of 1900 and 1903, 10 THE MINING RECORD. and these creations in time quite exceeded the absorbent capacity of the capitalist, so that huge quantities of stock remained undigested. These new issues were not wholly for the Imperial Government; quite a large proportion were on behalf of British municipal autnorities and our colonies. The borrowing fever reached such a height that the leading financial houses were compelled during the early part of the year to apply the most drastic -measures for its reduction. Those in London responsible for the last British Columbia loan are to be congratulated upon having managed to place this so satisfactorily, as they did, for had they waited only a little longer, the success, of the issue would have undoubtedly been imperilled. This glut of gilt-edged investments was, of course, reflected in market quotations, and as you will remember, consols at one time fell to as low as 86%, a price not previously recorded for practically half a century. Colonial issues were correspondingly weak; and the whole market was depressed by this enormous weight of high-class stocks. The railway markets, the foreign government section, the industrial area, all felt the effect of the excessive creation of stocks which in normal times are in well nigh every instance accorded a hearty welcome. The money market has at times occasioned a good deal of anxiety, whilst in regard to politics the chief features were the nervousness caused by the Balkan developments, and the possibility of a conflict between Russia and Japan. Really, of course, there have been no active disturbing factors—nothing in the nature of a financial crisis, simply a tired feeling amongst investors—an entire apathy with regard to markets and securities. What we have been doing is, of course, paying for the war. Probably not since the Crimea has the country been so dejected. Few of us can speak from experience of the condition of trade ' anu finance at that period, but the present financial depression is undoubtedly largely due to the elongated struggle in South Africa. Unfortunately the settlement of the strife was followed by the commencement of the labour question, a problem which is still with us, and will apparently only be ended by the introduction of the much dreaded Asiatic. As you are probably well aware, the South African department is the principal section of the mining market, and when this is depressed other areas are also depressed. There are occasional exceptions to the rule, as when the West Australian department recently managed to separate itself from the general weakness which had off and on characterized the mining market for many months marte'r? °r^ ^ The British C«- market s such a limited one that it is not able to disengage itself from its environment so easily, and it has remaned, as have d rem * *£ it has which has so long obscured it. Unfortunately although Hi freCf0gn;Zed that the minin2 industry is progresS i#Ml iwhoIe;there w beS ™ «&£? exhibiting developments to create any revival of public enthusiasm m British Columbia mining shares as a whole. Even in ordinary times the year's hanL" mgs woU.Id have fa;ied to7t.mukte ^- happn- Columbian Issues ; in a year like that which is now ter minatmg the news that has come to hand has passed unnoticed. It is, of course, most cheering to observe, the rapid strides which are being made by the Boundary district, but the developments in that region have received little or no public recognition, and certainly no market appreciation. Prices for British Columbian mining shares have fallen steadily, and although there was a sensible recovery from the lowest points ' reached during the year, a glance at the table published elsewhere of the monthly quotations of the principal issues, and their extreme variations during the period under review—and for which, by the way, I am indebted to the invaluable mining hand books published by Messrs. Straker Brothers, Limited, the well-known London financial statistical publishers—the losses on the year are serious enough. The Le Roi group have been especially weak.' At one time the $25 share of the Le Roi Company fell to $1.50, and at the close is no higher then $3. Le Roi No. 2 ($25) have fluctuated between $6 and $2.50, whilst Rossland Kootenay once changed hands at 50 cents, and even the shares of such a concern as the B. C. Development Association were reported to have been done at even less than that. The London & B. C. Goldfields group have furnished one of the keenest disappointments, the parent company having been compelled to undergo the mortifying process of reconstruction. This group is quite disregarded by the market owing to the wretched show made by its two creations, the Ymir and the Whitewater. Ymirs are said to have been sold at as low as 25 cents for the $5 share, and Whitewaters at an even lower figure. The New Goldfields of B. C. and its offspring have quite fallen into the rear, and at their worst Velvets were no better than 25 cents, whilst the parent company were marked at the same low figure, these quotations in each case representing about .one-twentieth of the nominal value. Neither the London & B. C. Gold- fields, nor the New Goldfields of B. C. have in any way justified the expectations which were indulged in at their inception. Giants, after having been very fieavy at one time, recovered towards the close, but Hall Mining have shown invariable weakness, and Enterprise, although not at the worst of the year, are now at only one-third of their best quotation. The various Klondike companies which are dealt in in the B. C. market have been entirely discredited by their general failure to fulfil prospectus promises, and one of them, the Alaska Goldfields (nominal value $5) are said to have been quoted as low as 12 cents. One of the most sensational collapses of the year in this market was that of Nimrod Syndicates, which in a few ■ days fell from as many pounds to shillings This however. I dealt with fully at the time, and the facts will be fresh m the minds of your readers; but it is one of the movements which needs reference en passant. The outstanding favourable feature of the vear has undoubtedly been the steady advance in public favour of Tyee Copper shares, which were at one time earned up to over $14 for the $5 share owing to the satisfactory developments reported in connection with this concern, and finish at about $11 with a good tendency. Snowshoes have also been in favour with the public for the greater part of the year at over par out slumped m the last month owing to the latest devS- THE MINING RECORD. 11 opments not apparently being relished by holders of the shares. On the whole it is a cheerless record I have to present, but let us hope that the actual mining conditions are more healthy, and that Mr. Turner's optimistic views, which I have given you in my interview with him, will soon be realized. What the British Columbia market wants to help it are a few more dividends, and those of a sufficiently satisfactory character to convince the public on this side that the investment of capital in the mines of the Province will be eventually productive of good results. Hitherto unfortunately dividends have been conspicuous by their absence. ing machine. The feature of this machine is to take hold of the iron, while the zinc being non-magnetic, is left alone as a fine product. The arrangement of the plant is automatic, and the cost of hand labour is very low. The plant has now been in succesful operation for the last few weeks, and has proved a most valuable addition to the present silver-lead concentrator, being the first one of its kind in Canada and one of the few in the world. We have at the mill from 1,300 to 1,500 tons of zinc ore on hand ready for separation, besides a large tonnage at the mine, which will keep the plant going for a long time." ss§ kruPH sks** Wm A \\ Concentrator Building at Payne Mine, near Sandon. THE NEW ZINC SEPARATOR AT THE PAYNE MINE. 1\ 7j R. A. C. GARDE, general manager of the Payne ^**mine near Sandon, kindly sends us the following brief particulars of the new plant recently installed there for the concentration of the zinc products. He writes: "I will say that the plant is an absolute success, and that we are raising the grade of our 42-43 per cent, zinc to 57-58 per cent, and are making a very desirable product for the spelter market. The system we are following out is briefly this: We charge our 42 per cent, material after it has been concentrated in the wet way into a combination drying and roasting furnace, whereby the spathic (siderite) iron associated with the zinc is changed into a magnetic product. After cooling, the roasted ore is sized in vibrating screens, and passed over a Knowles magnetic separat- THE YEAR'S DEVELOPMENT AT MT. SICKER ■ (By a Special Correspondent.) TYEE Copper Company, Limited.—The capital of this company is £180,000, in 180,000 shares of £1 each. These shares are freely dealt in on the London market, the present price being about £2.5.0. Since the completion of the smelter about one year ago, a large monthly tonnage has been smelted, which has given exceedingly good returns and yielded a handsome profit. The property of the Tyee Copper Company consists of about 250 acres of mineral lands on the run of the lode, (the mineral zone being traceable through over 8,000 feet of ground), 600 acres of timber lands, 60 acres of freehold land at Tyee Station, on the E. & N. Ry., and 45 acres at the smelter site at Ladysmith. About two miles of underground workings have been done at the Tyee mine and the 12 THE MINING RECORD. ore bodies proved to exist right through, a distance of 1,500 feet. There is no doubt now, but that the immense lenses of copper-gold ore are persistent in depth, as a large body has been encountered in upraising from the 300-foot level, and the recent work on the Richard III. claim, which lies on the eastern boundary of the Tyee property, has proved rich ore at a depth of 500 feet from their surface, and at the present time the owners of the property are driving west on this ore, and are now within about 100 feet of the eastern line of the 1 yee. The above remarks only apply to the main ore body, which is situated near the south wall, and in south wall is now being run from the 165 level, to traverse the entire claim. The rise of the hill gives the actual depth of this cross-cut from the surface at about 350 feet. This cross-cut has passed through the main, or south, ore body, showing a width of 30 feet of solid ore. At 150 feet in, the north ore body was intersected, giving four feet of ore, and beyond this again, lode material has been struck, giving values in the precious metals, and with strong indications of other ore bodies still further north. The capacity of the aerial tram, connecting the mine with Tyee Station on the E. & N. Railway, has been doubled, and there wili be no diffi- il II I II T 0 II II II II :lx m ® ■1 -i t r I 1* =*f Plan of Roast Yard, showing arrangement and system of tram tracks at the Tyee Smelter. several of the stopes attains a width of over 40 feet of solid ore. Beyond this to the north, and at about 150 feet from the wall, there is the northern ore body, which is a parallel ledge of great persistency, having been proved by cross-cuts at intervals, extending over many hundreds of feet. This ore body is about four, feet wide and portions of it have given exceedingly high assays. No development work or stoping has been done on this lode, as the amount of ore yielded by the large southern ore bodies, has kept the mine fully employed in stoping, shipping and developing, so the exploration of the north ore body has been left for some future time. A cross-cut north from the culty from now on in shipping continuously from 5,000 to 6,000 tons monthly from the mine. The smelter belonging to the Tyee Copper Company is situated at Ladysmith, and is one of the best and most up-to-date smelters in this Province. Construction work on the Tyee smelter was commenced on April 17th, 1902, a gravity system being arranged from the receiving bins at the roast yard down to the beach at salt water, so the handling of the ore was reduced to a minimum. Much delay was experienced in the delivery of the smelting machinery owing to strikes in the East, but the plant was started up on December 16th, 1902. The site is to the north of the town of Lady- THE MINING RECORD. 13 smith, and contains 45 acres of ground. At the roast yard (which is furthest removed from the town) are the receiving bins, capable of holding 1,600 tons of ore. A spur from the main line of the E. & N. Railway leads to the top of the bins, into which the ore from the mine is dumped from the cars. From the bins the ore is distributed over the roast beds by a series of trestles and travelling bridges where it is roasted before being taken to the smelter. The roast yard consists of 32 roast beds, each capable of roasting 300 tons of ore. The roast yard is connected with the smelter by means of a tramway 2,000 feet in length, with five switches running into the roast beds, each house ample room for future addition or extension. The assay office and plant of the latest designs and contain all the appliances necessary for a plant like the Tyee. The general office has recently been completed, which completes the construction work as originally designed. Since the furnace was blown in on December 16th, 1902, there has been smelted over 50,000 tons of ore, producing 4,700 tons of matte, valued at about $590,000. In addition to the ore of the Tyee mine, the company has several contracts for custom ores, extending over several years. Richard III. Development Co., Ltd.—This mine is being operated by a local company, with the very mod- 777V7VEZX/A/& SPtlOSEZ T.Y£:E oeff**^ <?o £.a&/WT7t1ti IXC. Plan of Moveable Bridge at Roast Yard, Tyee Smelter. 500 feet long. At the smelter building is another set of ore bins, where the roasted ore is dumped on being brought from the roast yard, and from there is taken to the furnace. To the east of the roasted ore bins is' the sampling mill, where all custom ores are sampled before going to the smelter. The furnace is 120 inches by 42 inches, made by the Allis-Chalmers Company of Chicago, and everything is in readiness for the installation of another, 160 inches by 42 inches, whenever the management deem it advisable. The slag is "shotted" as it comes from the furnace and carried off in a flume 250 feet long. In the power house is a No. 7 Connersville blower and a 125-horsepower Allis-Chalmers Corliss engine, "for driving the same and the electric light plant. There is also in the power erate capitalization of $35,000, in 35,000 shares of $1 each. A shaft has been sunk to a depth of 500 feet and numerous drifts and cross-cuts run from the various levels. Altogether about 2,000 feet of development work has been done on this property. The Richard 111 immediately adjoins the Tyee ground on the eastern line of the Tyee, and the same class of ore bodies nas been encountered. At the 500-foot level exceedingly rich ore has recently been discovered and a sample shipment made to the Tyee Company's smelter at Ladysmith, but returns are not yet to hand. Two samples of this ore have assayed as follows: No. 1—copper, 10.20 per cent.; silver, 34.36 ozs.; gold, 1.38 ozs. No. 2—copper, 6.63 per cent.; silver, 121.34 ozs.; gold, .74 ozs. Five dollars is freely bid for the $1 shares «k- 14 THE MINING RECORD. of this company, which bids fair to develop into a valuable mine. Vancouver Island Mining and Development Co., Ltd., with a capital of £50,000, in 50,000 shares of £1 each, has been formed in London to develop the mineral resources of this Island. This company has secured a two years' option on a large group of claims to the east of the Richard III. and work has already been started. A 25-horsepower hoisting engine by Messrs. Joshua Hendy & Co. of San Francisco; a compressor plant by the Ingersoll-Sargeant Co., of three-drill capacity, and 30-horsepower boiler from the Albion Iron Works, of Victoria, have been purchased and will quickly be installed. It is the intention of the company to sink a shaft to a depth of at least 500 feet, and to thoroughly explpre the ground. Lenora Mine.—This mine, which became involved in financial difficulties, has been re-opened and operated in the interests of creditors. The result of recent development work has been very gratifying and shipments to the Crofton smelter have been steadily maintained. REVELSTOKE MINING DIVISION IN 1903. (By E. A. Haggen.) THE past year has seen greater mining activity in this section than for some years, and that activity has extended from the extreme north of the Revelstoke Mining Division to the southern end. Beginning at the north by way of review 'of the year's progress, I shall first deal with recent conditions in Big Bend. big bend. In this section the owners of the mica claims have done a good deal of development work on these prospects with encouraging results and they look for as good results as have been obtained in the Tete Jaune Cache section. The pegmatite deposits in which the mica occurs have been proved to extend south from Tete Jaune Cache to the'northern portion of the Selkirk range. As there is no means of transportation into that country as yet the locators of the mica claims had to carry on their work under the greatest of difficulties. A plan is projected to build a tramway past Death and Priest Rapids on the Columbia River and navigate a steamer between the upper extremity of these .rapids and Canoe River in connection with the steamer Revelstoke which now runs as far as La Porte The owners of the Tete Jaune Cache mica claims are in communication with the Revelstoke Navigation Company with a view to assisting this scheme, as it would enable them to ship mica from their already developed claims at Tete Jaune Cache. There is no doubt about the high quality of the mica and it appears to occur m quantity. The experimental shipments made by Mr. J. F. Smith, of Kamloops, showed that a good market exists for the quality of mica obtained at Tete Jaune Cache. The placer gold fields of the Bend are also receiving considerable attention. Although Mr. E. A Bradley has for the present suspended work on the old channel of Smith Creek, he has put in a first-class winter camp at French Creek and is following up the old channel with encouraging results and has brought in a large quantity of gold, which is of a coarse character. On McCullough Creek the Revelstoke and McCullough Creek Hydraulic Company, organized by Mr. J. D. Sibbald last fafl, an hydraulic plant has been installed, some gold being recovered this year. The company is making arrangements for active operations in the spring by adding another giant, making two in all, extending the pipe line and erecting a derrick for handling the boulders. There is no doubt there is considerable gold in the creek, and profitable working merely depends on the application of economic methods. Camp buildings are meanwhile being erected, a sawmill has been put in, and 60,000 feet of lumber are already cut in readiness for extended operations. An electric light plant is also being purchased and it is intended to operate the plant night and day during the open season. The company paid a dividend of one and a quarter per cent, from the gold taken out during the season. Duluth capital is mainly interested. It is believed that the old channel at Camp Creek, for which Raymond Allen has prospected for some years past, has at length been located and a local syndicate has been formed to exploit the ground. The writer made an examination of the property last spring and found it to run from 10 to 20 cents a yard where the test pits had been put in. This is an ideal property for hydaulicing, having apparently wash averaging 150 to 200 feet in depth and between 600 and 700 feet in width. The wash is of a light character, easily handled and a head of water can be obtained anywhere from 300 to 500 feet. On the old Chicago hydraulic property at the mouth of Smith Creek Mr. Howard has been working steadily and is reported to have obtained fair results. He had two giants running and the gold obtained is coarser than usual, the nuggets running up to $12 in value. In lode mining there has been very little doing in the Bend this season. Mr. J. O. Bradley is reported to have made-a good strike of gold-bearing quartz on Ground Hog Basin. He brought in samples showing free gold and claims to have a lead eight feet wide. An endeavour is being made in Seattle to organize a company to develop the property. Mr. Gus Lund has further developed his gold quartz holdings in Ground Hog Basin and shows certificates of high assays obtained from the Trail smelter on samples of the graphitic schist forming the walls of the leads.' The Downie Creek mineral deposits are being opened tip. These ores are copper and galena, and are more or less associated with auriferous arseno-pyrite The ore bodies are large, but are not sufficiently developed to admit of a fair estimate of their value, being formed with the exception of Standard Basin, where an ore body has been proved to a depth of 80 feet carrying about 7 per cent, copper, with high silver and some gold values. On the north side of the creek the ore bodies occur in the schists between granite and lime and on the south side the ores are found associated with diontic dykes. ' Standard Basin has some of the THE MINING RECORD. 15 finest surface showings of copper ores I have seen in the province and would appear to fully warrant development. The Prince Mining and Development Company reduced their force this spring and have only two or three men at work, on their property following up the proved ore bodies. This company has now spent a large sum of money in developing this section. F. McBean and J. P. Kelly have about ten feet of auriferous arseno-pyritic ore on Carnes Creek and have done further development work this season. LARDEAU DISTRICT IN 1903. (By E. Jacobs.) UE Lardeau district embraces so large an area of ■*■ mineralized country that it would indeed have been disappointing had there not been substantial progress in parts of it during the year under review. In three sections though, a decided advance was made. In the Fish River portion the erection of two stamp mills at Camborne gave an impetus to mining, the fact that the two properties directly affected were by the provision of facilities for the extraction of the precious metal contents of their ores, placed in a-position to earn money to pay the cost of operating rather than to continue to draw upon their respective treasuries, encouraged the development of other properties with a view to their being established on a similarly favourable footing. In the vicinity of Ferguson the further development of the mines of the Great Western and Silver Cup companies, and the extensive provision for the reduction of their ores, and, in smaller degree, the working of the Triune mine, prevented retrogression in this part of the Lardeau; while the discoveries of rich surface showings of gold at Poplar Creek caused an influx of population and a .general prospecting of the surrounding country with results that appear to justify the expectation of permanent mines being developed there. Eva Group.—The Calumet & B. C. Gold Mines, Ltd., continued the development of the Eva group, situate near Camborne, on Lexington Mountain, practically throughout the year, the only intermission having been necessitated by the bad state of the trail from the town to the mine last spring, when for a short time supplies could not be taken up. Even then the working force was retained, the men having been put to work on the site for the stamp mill, near the town, until it was practicable to resume operations at the mine. Altogether some 4,000 feet of work have been done in development of this property, mostly on the veins. The principal work done last year was the driving of No. 7 tunnel, the purpose of which is to tap at a depth of 800 feet the veins constituting the uppermost showings on these claims. This tunnel is about 200 feet vertically below that known as No. 3, which has also had attention, having been extended at least 300 feet during the year. Both these tunnels are for the development of the ore shoots on No. 2 vein, from which supplies for the stamp mill are being drawn. There is now an ore supply equal to the requirements of the mill for a period of five months, and after No. 7 shall have been driven far enough to cut the vein calculated to be about 80 feet ahead there will be at- least a year's supply for the ten stamps available. Developments proposed will, if carried out, make a connection between workings and facilitate the economical extraction of ore from the mine. The mill erected at Camborne last year by this company is a Fraser & Chalmers 10-stamp section of a 40- stamp mill, with stamps weighing 1,050 lbs. each. The mill building is of lumber with a shingle roof. It stands on a graded site with the foundations of the battery frame resting on solid rock. The main building including battery and vanner rooms, is 32 feet by 80 feet, and the height from the lowest floor to peak of tower, in which is situate the lower terminal of the tramway, is 85 feet. The stamp mill is well finished and is equipped with automatic feeders. In the vanner room there are four- 6-foot Frue vanners, one having a corrugated belt. These are fed from a cone sizer. The machinery is driven by three Pelton water motors, one 65-h.p. operating a Comet B rock crusher, one of 135-h.p. driving the stamps, and one of 20-h.p. the vanners and a dynamo for a 200-light electric plant. A 25-h.p. boiler, of locomotive fire-box type, heats the mill building. The Peltons are impulse working under a head of 400 feet. The water is brought from Pool Creek about 4,000 feet to a penstock above the mill in a 24-inch by 36-inch covered flume. A rivetted steel pipe 1,000 feet long, diameter 18 inches and 12 inches, conveys the water from the penstock to the Pelton wheels. The Riblet aerial tramway is 4,200 feet between terminals. It has one span of 1,900 feet and passes over a high ridge before dropping 200 feet at a 45-degree slope to the upper terminal. The fixed cable on the loaded side is 1 inch and on the return side %-inch, whilst the traction rope is %-inch. The capacity of the tramway is 150 tons every ten hours and it has run satisfactorily and proved very serviceable from the time a commencement was made to use it. The stamp mill has been running since October, Durmg a run of forty-eight 24-hour days, to Decern^ ber ist 1,4000 tons of ore were put through it and this yielded 490.8 ozs. fine gold, value $10,146.25; 220.38 ozs. silver, value $110.19, and 16 tons concentrates, value $552; total $10,608.44. This represented a recovery of $7.57 per ton and an extraction of 87 per cent, of all values. One-half of this tonnage came from the dumps. The-December returns promise to give a higher average value, the ore put through hav^ ing been more free from waste than that taken off the dumps. A partial clean-up after a run of a little less than thirteen days gave 320 ozs. bullion of an approximate, value of $5,000. The month's crushing will total about 950 tons and the yield is estimated at between $10,000 and $11,000—an average of say $11 per ton and a total recovery of a little better than 90 per cent, of the battery sample assays. A reduction in all costs as well as a higher extraction of values has been effected. The details of costs per ton of ore mined before this improvement was practicable were as follows: Mining (hand drilling), $3.11; development (hand drilling), $1.13: transportation (aeria'l S4_ 16 THE MINING RECORD. tram), $0.23; milling, $1.04; maintenance, $0.70; office and general expenses, including management, $0.42 total, $6.10. FERGUSON. , The Silver Cup.—The Silver Cup group, previously owned by an English company known as the Sunshine, Limited, consists of nine mineral claims which were acquired by the Silver Cup Mines, Ltd., in the early part of 1902. The property is situate about eight miles southeast from Ferguson and at an elevation above sea level of 6,500 to 7,000 feet. Two parallel systems of lenticular ore deposits occur here. The ore is argentiferous galena, zinc blende and grey copper, average values being gold 0.6 oz., silver 172.76 ozs., and lead 25.9 per cent. The net tonnage of ore shipped from these mines during eleven months of 1903 ended November 30 was 920.537 tons and the net cash received for same, $77,094.52. Shipments during December increased the year's output to about 1,000 tons, but returns for that month's shipments are not yet obtainable. Most of the work on this group has been done on the Silver Cup claim, on which the upper cross-cut tunnel encountered, at 293 feet in, what is called the "blind lead," this not showing on the surface. About 500 feet of drifting has been done on this lead at this level rather more than half to the southward and the remainder in the opposite direction. At 56 feet farther in the cross-cut tapped the Silver Cup lead, which has also been drifted on north and south at this level, in all between 300 and 400 feet. The lower workings are 93 feet below the upper, and these give a depth of 243 feet from the surface. The "blind lead" was cut by the lower cross-cut at 226 feet in, and the Silver Cup lead at 282 feet. A drift runs south 755 feet, part of the way on the blind lead, and another on the Cup lead north and south, together about 300 feet. Nearly all the ore has been stoped out from these lower workings up to the surface. On the Sunshine the upper workings consist of a drift 290 feet in length at a level about 140,feet lower thanth e lower workings of the ' Silver Cup. Another tunnel is being driven at a level 100 feet below- that of the upper Sunshine tunnel. This is now in rather more than 1,400 feet, and it is estimated that about 200 feet more will have to be driven to bring it under the shoots of ore occurring in the Silver Cup workings above. A winze is being sunk on the blind lead from the lower level of the Silver Cup and eventually this will connect with the long tunnel just mentioned. A Riblet aerial tramway, about 8,000 feet in length connects the Silver Cup mine with the waggon road at Eight-Mile, which place is about eight miles from 1 rout Lake City. The difference in elevation between - the upper and lower terminals is about 3,000 feet The tram has been in operation since last July and it has been found very serviceable. During the fall Mr B. C. Riblet had in hand the construction of a short tram from the entrance to the upper workings of the bilver Cup down to the upper terminal to the tram first constructed, and another between the existing tram down to the company's reduction works now being put in at Five-Mile, the distance between these two points being about 17,000 feet. Last summer a 50-h.p. horizontal return tubular boiler, a 14 by 18 McKiernan air compressor, and a 5 by 7 Lidgerwood pneumatic hoist were sent up by the tramway to the mine. The boiler and air compressor were made in sections to admit of their being thus handled. The compressor, which is probably the only one installed in the province at so high an altitude, is nominally a 5-drill engine. At the elevation it is here working its capacity is 350 cubic feet of free air per minute. Other recent improvements include the erection of new buildings for the accommodation of the men employed at the mine. Silver Cup Mill.—At Five-Mile, on the South Fork of Lardo Creek and rather more than a mile above Ferguson, the Silver Cup Company is erecting a 20-stamp combination silver mill, the combination consisting of milling, concentrating, roasting and pan-amalgamating. This mill is intended to treat the ores of both the Silver Cup and Nettie L. mines, and is so designed that these may be put through it simultaneously if required. Separate aerial tramways from mines to mill, grizzlies, crushers, units of ten stamps, buddies, vanners, pulp elevators, furnaces, and all other plant right through to the retorts, are so arranged that the respective products of the two mines may be kept separate from first to last. The main mill building is 68 feet wide by 216 feet 6 inches long, and its total height from the lowest floor up to where the ore is received from the aerial tram buckets is 92 feet. It is of lumber and is roofed with corrugated galvanized iron. Its several terraces are supported by substantial walls. The rock crushers and stamps will be operated by a 75-h.p. induction motor. The battery frame is a 20-stamp frome of a back-knee type, with the stamps arranged in two units of ten 1,000-lb. stamps each, these again being in sections of five stamps. The buddies, vanners, furnaces, etc., will be operated by a 150-h.p. induction motor. The retort room contains a smelting furnace, and the boiler room a 10-h.p. vertical boiler for heating the building. Electric current for power and lighting purposes will be generated in a power house alongside the South Fork of Lardo Creek running close by. The building is of similar construction to that of the mill and its dimensions are,-width 36 feet and length 40 feet. Water is brought from the creek in 4 foot by 2 foot 6 inch lumber flume to a 10 foot by 10 foot by 9 foot penstock, whence it is conveved through 460 feet of 30-inch rivetted steel pipe to'the power house. The power is derived from two water wheel units operating under an effective head of 138 feet Each unit consists of two 48-inch Pelton water wheels governed by a Lombard water pressure governor Two 120-kilowatt alternating-current, two-phase, Westinghouse generators, running 729 r.p.m. under full load and a 562-kilowatt, 125-volt, direct current, multipolar, compound-wound exciter, are'belted direct to the water wheels. The transformer station is a separate' building situate near the mill and in it are four 50- kilowatt oil-cooled transformers for reducing the voltage to that required for the motors and for lighting purposes. The electrical equipment also includes THE MINING RECORD. 17 switchboard, lightning arresters, and other customary apparatus. At the mill camp there are as well a sawmill (with horizontal tubular boiler, io by io engine, 50-inch circular saw, swing saw, planer, etc), blacksmith's shop, bunk houses, boarding house and kitchen, laboratory, assayers residence and other buildings. It is expected that the mill will be running in the spring, by which time the Silver Cup and Nettie L. mines will have plenty of ore to keep it supplied for a long run. Nettie L.—The Nettie L. group is situate on a mountain across the North Fork of Lardo Creek and immediately east from Ferguson. The mine is at an elevation of 2,100 feet above the town, from which it is only about a mile distant in a direct line, but four miles by waggon road. The output of the Nettie L. during 1903 was 1,000.375 tons net, this ore having returned $55>39I-39 net cash from the smelters. The mine was closed down early in the winter pending the completion of the Silver Cup reduction works, to which its ore will be sent hereafter. There are seven mineral claims, some of them fractions, in the group, but the greater part of the total of (approximately) 6,000 lineal feet of work done in underground development has been done on the Nettie L. claim, though latterly the Ajax has had a deal of development done on it. Four levels have been opened on the Nettie L. and three cross-cut tunnels driven on the Ajax, No. 3 on the latter being on the same level as No. 1 on the former. There is a small power plant on the property, consisting of a 60-h.p. steam boiler, 14 by 18 Ingersoll-Sergeant air compressor, machine drills, and a 7 by 9 double-cylinder, single-drum, Lidgerwood hoist. A Riblet aerial tramway, some 8,000 feet in length, connects the mine with the mill at Five-Mile camp. Triune.—The Triune group of six claims is owned by the Metropolitan Gold & Silver Mining Company, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, which company also owns the Metropolitan group, situate about egith miles from Ferguson up the North Fork of Lardo Creek. Lack of road communication prevents the development of the latter, but work has been in progress at the Triune, distant some nine miles southeast from Ferguson, the past year. No response was received to a recent application for information relative to this property, but it is known that it has been shipping ore during the year, and recently a district newspaper published the statement that work would be continued at the mine through the winter. Last summer it was ascertained that the aggregate value of ore shipped to that time was about $110,000 and it was estimated by the resident manager that by the end of the year the total value would reach $140,000. The ore is silver- lead, carrying from $12 to $18 in gold, about 250 Ozs. silver, and 35 per cent, lead, to the ton. It is sent to Trail and that treated during 1902 averaged about $132 per ton after deduction of freight and treatment charges. Other Properties. — The Ophir-Lade Syndicate, Ltd., has for some time past owned a group of seven crown-granted claims upon which, owing to their alti tude and the absence of transportation facilities, little development has latterly been done. These are among the mining properties the Great Northern Mines, Ltd., was organized to acquire. The Badshot group, another well-known property, situate at the head of Gainer Creek, has similarly had to lie idle, chiefly for the reason of its outlying location. The Alpha group, on Great Northern Mountain, in the vicinity of Ferguson, on which in earlier years the Lillooet, Fraser River & Cariboo Goldfields, Ltd., (one of the Horne- Payne organizations) did a deal of work, was a few months since sold by the liquidator of that company to some moneyed men resident in England and the announcement has been made that they intend to work some of the claims this year. In' the Kootenay Consolidated Mining Company, a consolidation of five or six other companies was effected last summer. This company has a capitalization of $5,000,000 and it is stated that it will shortly work some of its claims, most of which are situate on the Duncan slope, put in an electric railway to navigable waters on the Duncan River, and later erect a smelter. trout lake. The most important properties in the neighbourhood or Trout Lake are the Lucky Boy group and the Ethel, which are owned by Philadelphia men. An application for recent information was not responded to, so no particulars of development work done and ore shipped to date can now be given. The latest reliable information obtained is that during last spring and summer some 3,000 sacks of silver ore were shipped from the Lucky Boy group, and it is known that shipments were continued later in the year. The ore contains a deal of tetrahedrite and carbonates, with high' silver values, and the ore shoots vary from a few inches to about four feet in width. The mine is situate at an elevation of 1,700 to 1,800 feet above Trout Lake. The Ethel lies farther southward and at a greater altitude. This property has been under development for some time but no details of work or output are at present available. Few, if any, of the numerous claims on the seven or eight creeks flowing into Trout Lake from either the east or west, had any important development work done on them during the year. A reported rich strike of free gold to the southeast, towards Silver Cup Mountain, caused a deal of excitement in the neighbourhood of the lake for a short time, and many prospectors went out, but nothing was heard of the find after a few weeks had elapsed. South of Trout Lake from Gerrard to Lardo, at the head of Kootenay Lake the country along the Lardeau River received more attention from prospectors during the latter half of the year than at any previous time in its history. All the creeks—Canyon, Tenderfoot, Rapid, Poplar, Cascade, Meadow and Cooper creeks, flowing in from the Lardeau Mountains, on the west, and Healey, Camp, Hope and Lake creeks, from the Duncan Mountains, on the east,—have been more or iess prospected during this period. Good showings had previously been found on several creeks, other than the now widely-known Poplar Creek, notably on 18 THE MINING RECORD. Tenderfoot Creek, where the Lardeau Valley Mines, Ltd., had been developing a group of claims; on the xiandy group, on Healey Creek, sold by H. Magnusson and partners to a syndicate represented by Col. W. M. Bayton, of Kaslo; on Nesbit and Munroe's, Chisholm's and Gordon and Ferguson's respective claims, on Rapid Creek, and on J. Winquist's Spy- glasss claim and Marquis and Gilbert's group, both on Poplar Creek. But it was not until the discovery first of rich gold on Marquis and Gilbert's Gold Park claim and next of extraordinarily rich surface showings of coarse gold on the Lucky Jack claim that Poplar Creek attracted the large numbers of gold-seekers that in the summer and fall flocked to it. The reports of such rich finds were at first received with caution, but when the owners of claims exhibited quantities of quartz specimens with gold so freely distributed througH them as to demonstrate their unusual richness, the rush to Poplar Creek increased until the surrounding country became pretty well alive with prospectors. poplar creek. So much has been published regarding several of the Poplar Creek properties that it is superfluous to gp into any considerable detail here about them. Those in particular upon which rich strikes have been reported are the Marquis and Gilbert," Lucky Jack, Swede group, Walker and Olsen, Pete Kelly, and Winquist properties. Marquis and Gilbert's Group.—The Gold Park group is owned by Frank Marquis and George Gilbert, who have been prospecting off and on in this district each year from 1898 on. In the prospecting season of 1902 they located the Ochre, Ophir, and Gold Park claims, but although they found some good showings of ore on them it was not until last June that they "struck it rich," which they did on the Gold Park. Their first rich find was of course gold in quartz and, near by, of gold showing freely in a decomposed ore described as an oxidized sulphide and known locally as "carbonates." Later they put down a prospecting shaft and then drifted, taking out about seven tons of ore mineralized with galena and showing free gold. This they shipped to Trail during December, but at the time of writing the returns, if received, have not been made public. This was the first ore shipped in bulk from Poplar Creek. From a 20-foot lead lately discovered on their Ophir claim the same owners sent four sacks of ore to the Trail smelter as a test shipment along with their Gold Park ore, but the value of this has not yet been made known. These men have shown their bona fides by declining all overtures for purchase of their claims. They have confidence in their property and before entertaining any offer they are opening it up themselves to prove its value. Lucky Jack Group.—This is the group the surface showings on which caused such a sensation last summer and largely influenced the rush to the camp that took place after its discovery. There are three claims in the group, the Lucky Jack, Lucky Three and Little Phil, together giving an area of about 130 acres. The main lead runs almost north and south and on the abrupt descent of the hillside it stands out distinctly the country rock having been eroded away and the quartz left in place projecting above the rock through which it cuts, and coarse gold showed freely wherever the preliminary prospecting work exposed the vein, which higher up the hill was covered in parts. To prove it, a tunnel is being run on this vein, starting from the lowest level obtainable above ground. This is now in well on towards 300 feet and it is stated that the vein continues to show gold freely, maintaining a high value throughout. The group has been acquired by the Great Northern Mines, Ltd., and the management has announced its intention to pursue a continuous policy of development. It is proposed to put a stamp mill on the property; meanwhile a quantity of rich ore is being shipped to the Oyster-Criterion stamp mill at Camborne. High returns are expected, the ore showing an excellent prospect of gold when crushed and panned. The Lucky Jack group is described as having a network of veins, some of them appearing to cross the main load at right angles. Gold quartz from this property was shown at several exhibitions—at Nelson, Spokane, and on the Coast—and, besides being the most conspicuous gold exhibit among the minerals displayed at these exhibitions, was awarded a first prize at each of them. So rich were the specimens shown that it was not deemed safe to leave them unguarded, so all the time they were on exhibition they were carefully watched to prevent their being stolen. The outcome of the development of this property is being awarded with more than ordinary interest, for if the phenomenal values found on the surface are maintained with depth the property will be exceedingly rich and productive. Swede Group.—The property known as the Swede group consists of the Gold Hill and Goldsmith claims, situate at a higher elevation than that of the Lucky Jack group. These are among the claims the Great Northern Mines, Ltd., has acquired, and is now developing. Before they were sold to that company the original owners stated that there were at least six veins occurring on them*. Surface showings of coarse gold in quartz were rich and late reports from Poplar Creek are to the effect that equally rich quartz has been met with in the course of development. It has also ben claimed that the average value of the ore being taken out of the workings is high. No returns from any appreciable quantity of the ore have yet been obtained, so far as made known to the public, but it is confidently anticipated by the management of the property that they will be unusually satisfactory. Spyglass Group.—This group consists of three daims situate about eleven miles up Poplar Creek from its junction with the Lardeau River. These were located in 1901 by John Winquist, who has been prospecting in this part of the Lardeau for about six years. The ore met with in the course of prospecting up to a recent date was described as quartz mineralized with grey copper, some of it carrying high values in native silver and gold. A few weeks ago a strike of rich gold and silver ore was reported and the property- was placed under option. No particulars have been obtained as to nature and footage of work done lately, but Winquist has been a most persistent believer in the THE MINING RECORD. 19 value of his claims, and he held on to them and pros- The reason for the small output is hard to tell but pected them before public attention was drawn to the presumably the very low price of silver and lead which district, so that he deserves the success he is stated to prevailed the fore part of the year have had a great have lately met with. deal to do with it, coupled with the fact that four of Other Claims.—There are many other claims on the largest shippers have been curtailing their out- or near Poplar Creek. Among those that brief infor- Put on account of lawsuits. The production of zinc mation of has been received are Walker and Olsen's, this year has marked a new industry; it is practically on which ore mineralized with galena and iron and m its infancy, but will most assuredly grow, as large showing free gold has been found; that belonging to deposits have been found, which promise to make it a Pete Kelly, who just before the snow came uncov- verv profitable by-product. This year about 2,000 tons ered some quartz from which he obtained high assays, have been shipped and as many more tons are at the and the Home Run, to acquire which a Rossland com- various mines awaiting treatment and shipment. Mr. pany known as the B. C. Consolidated Gold Mining Garde, manager of the Payne Mine, has the proud Company is being stocked. distinction of building the first "zinc magnetic separ. General View at the Ruth Mine, Star Mountain. Sandon, B. C> Placer Gold.—An attempt was made last fall to atQr and roaster> It handles about twenty tons.per recovci gold from the bed of the Lardeau River, be- day> raising ^ percentage of lhe zinc t0 about fo low Poplar Creek, by means of a portable engine and ^ cent after ^ hag been concentratecL lt is more than suction pump, but it did not appear that the venture i&^ ^ the coming year other plants of like nature succeeded, for operations have been suspended. ^ be erected t0 treat the zinc> now that it has been —*— found that it can be treated profitably. What is need- SLOCAN MINES IN 190^. ecl in the Province is a zinc smelter which would save the freight of $11 per ton now paid into the United (By E. M. Sandilands.) states. The Provincial Government could do worse THE output of the "Silvery Slocan" this year is than to subsidize in some manner a zinc smelter. Con- unfortunately the lowest of any year yet, being siderable interest in the coming exhibition is being about 14,000 tons of galena and 2,000 tons of taken and St. Louis will have some very fine and rich zinc—about 50 per cent, only of its normal shipment, samples of galena from the Slocan. There have been 20 THE MINING RECORD. ail summer about 500 men working in the mines adjacent to Sandon. Considerable leasing in a small way has been done this summer, mostly by men with small capital," but who are chiefly practical working men, and this should result in the finding of new ore bodies. When new capital ceases to come into a camp the lessee comes along and if the system is as successful in this camp as others it should be quite a help to the Slocan. Next year we may look for a great many more leases being taken. The owners of claims are growingj tired of having their property lying idle, waiting for capital, and are only too glad to lease them. What with silver at a fair price, and the chance of it still going higher,' coupled with the lead bounty, next year should see a good season in the district. Below will be found a short description of the doings of the various mines in the Slocan. Rambler Cariboo.—This property has been working an average force of about 65 men and has shipped about 1,500 tons of rich galena ore and concentrates. It is unnecessary to give the values, as everyone knows that its ore is some of the richest in the Slocan. The concentrator has worked steadily all summer, starting in June and closing in the middle of November, when it was closed for the winter for shortage of water. Improvements have been made and .much development has been done this summer. A flume has been built and the compressor moved down the hill which will be run by water power and furnish power and air for the mine, at the same time doing away with the costly hauling of coal. The company have paid no dividends this year, thinking it more advisable to put the money into improvements. The mine is looking very well and recently a new strike of 200-ounce ore, two and a half feet wide was encountered in the 700-foot level. Another very fine showing was also made on the surface which may prove another mine. The mill will start again in the spring to treat the dumps. A long tunnel of 4,000 feet will be started this winter to tap the shoot at depth. Slocan Star.—From this property over 2,000 tons ot ore has been shipped this year and a force of about 35 men have been continuously at work. The mill did not run this year on account of the ore being: hard to treat. In spite of the fact that the ore shipped was taken out almost entirely in the course of development, hardly any stoping being done, the Star still holds the lead among the producing mines. The Silversmith vein has proved in depth to carry large bodies of very rich ore and already several thousand tons have been blocked out. Mr. White contemplates engaging in the zinc business the coming year, and will in all probability erect a plant to treat the large bodies of rich zinc he has in sight. Mr. White, like others, has not crowded his shipments the past year on account of low prices. He could, however employ 150 men when working full handed. In all probability during the coming year large shipments will be made from this property. Payne.—About 75 men have been regularly employed at this property during the past year. It has shipped about 2,000 tons of concentrates and 1,000 tons'of zinc ore. The concentrator has been running steadily all the year, turning out about five tons of lead concentrates and fifteen tons of zinc per day, the latter being treated again in the roaster and magnetic sep- , arator which has been recently built and adjoins the mill. Considerable development work has been done in the No. 8 tunnel, where large bodies of ore have been opened up. A shaft has also been started in No. 8 to test the depth of the ore further. Ruth.—The first six months of the year very little " work save development was done on this property. In June the mill and. mine-was started up with a force of about 35 men. The mill has been running steadily ever since, making about 120 tons concentrates per month and about 100 tons of zinc. On an adjoining claim called the Hope development work has been! progressing steadily. A very fine showing of ore is\now in sight, there being seven feet of rich carbonates. The future of this property is exceedingly promising. The Ruth has shipped about 900 tons the past year. Ivanhoe.—The Minnesota Silver Company owning this property have been doing mostly development work the past year. Towards fall the mill was overhauled and everything in readiness for a steady run, but unfortunately the travelling rope of the tramway broke, which will cause a delay of nearly two months. The mine is in good condition and large bodies of good milling ore blocked out. The company has ship- ed about 1,000 tons of galena and 30O tons of zinc. The average number of men employed has been about 30 and this number will be increased to 75 when the tram is repaired and shipping resumed. Idaho and Alamo.—During the year very little beyond development work has been done, a force of about ten men having been kept constantly at work. The Scottish Colonial Gold Fields, owning the property, have in erection an aerial tramway, of the Riblet type, in two sections, altogether about 9,000 feet long. The company are also repairing and remodelling the concentrator at Alamo and expect to start milling about the middle of January. The Idaho has shipped the past year about 500 tons. When the mill and tram are running the shipments will be large, as the company have large bodies ready for treatment. Heretofore there has been great difficulty and danger in transporting the ore to the railway on account of snow slides, but this will now be overcome by the new aerial tramway. American Boy.—Shipments in the neighbourhood of 900 tons have been made from this property during the year, a force of about 15 men having been employed. The ore during the summer was transported over tne Noble Five tramway to Cody. The mine is looking well and has several cars of ore ready for shipment. The company should soon be in a position to pay a dividend. Last Chance.—During the summer nothing but development was done by this company, most of the time being occupied in sinking a shaft. This shaft is now down about 90 feet and is in ore practically all the way. Three cars of ore have already been THE MINING RECORD. 21 taken out in sinking and stoping will very soon commence. The ore is of high grade, going 170 ounces in silver and 70 per cent. lead. Drifting on ihe Galena vein in the big tunnel is also being carried on. It being such a wet summer on this mountain, both this property and the American Boy were delayed by the surface water, as were also a great many more in the camp. Monitor.—This rich property situate at Three Forks and on the line of the C. P. R., has shipped 800 tons of galena and has worked about 20 men the past year. Considerable development has been done this year and in all probability the company will erect a plant of some description next summer to treat the low-grade and zinc ores. The ore in this property carries $8 per ton in gold besides very rich silver values and heavy lead. The property is owned by an English syndicate and is managed by Mr. M. Gintzburger. Reco.—The Reco has not, since shipping ceased last March, done anything beyond development work, the production being as a rule confined to the winter months. This summer a small force of men was employed on dead work but much trouble with the surface water was experienced. About two months ago tne force was increased and now about 25 men are working and stoping ore. A shipment of about 500 tons will be made, it is expected, this winter, and already about five cars are out and sacked. Mr. Harris has this year started again work on the big parallel vein, nothing having been done on this since 1896. He expects to obtain a considerable amount of ore from these workings. Work is progressing as usual on the Reco-Goodenough vein, from which has been taken at fine specimen for the St. Louis exhibition. Sunset.—On this- property, owned by Mr. G. Hughes and partners, very little work has been done since production ceased in March last. Now about 15 men are employed stoping ore and it is the intention to rawhide 500 tons to Cody this winter. The ore in this property is very rich and uniform in grade. It averages by the car 145 ounces in silver and 78 per cent in lead. The mine has already paid the owners nearly $66,000 in dividends. Wakefield.—Mr. Lane, who has this property under lease and bond, repaired the mill this summer and made a short run. The zinc in the ore caused some trouble, the mill not being in a position to handle it, and this coupled with the poor market for the zinc, was the cause of the mill closing down as early as it aid. Nothing beyond development work will be done tms winter. With a force of 15 men 200 tons of galena and 300 tons of zinc were shipped this fall, the result of about three months' run. Next spring the mill will, be again operated and a good run made with the ore developed this winter. Bosun.—In the neighbourhood of 1,100 tons have been shipped from this property 4h'e past year, mostly, however, zinc. The property is looking well, but the company have practically closed it down until spring, when they will devise some means of treating the zinc on the premises, thereby making it a more marketable product. The claims are situated very favourably for cheap transportation on the banks of Slocan Lake. Blue Bird.—Messrs. Potter and McBroom, both of Spokane, have worked this property for the past 20 months with* a small force of eight men. They have shipped a couple of cars and expect to continue-production this winter. The property is looking well and a nice showing of ore is now in sight. It lies between the Reco and Sunset on the summit of Jackson Basin. Mercury.—About 150 tons of very rich ore have been shipped this year from the property, which is situate on the Payne waggon road, less than two miles from Sandon; it is very easy of transportation. It is owned by Messrs. Twigge, Cunning and David. The ore is reported to have realized $2,600 per car. It is generally believed that this is the Payne vein. Work has been suspended for the winter, but operations are to be resumed in spring. On several of the smaller proporties considerable work was done last summer. In the vicinity of Silverton a small force has been employed at the Comstock by Mr. W. Hunter and about 100 tons of ore are now ready for shipment. \ Also on the Hewitt and Lorna Doone work has been done and ore taken out. In the neighbourhood of Sandon some smaller properties have done a fair amount of work, namely, the Conductor, Democrat, Chicago and Mountain Con., the latter is situate at the head of the South Fork of Carpenter Creek and contains some of the richest ore in the Slocan. The lessees have taken out 50 tons but have had to shut down for the winter, as the property is almost inaccessible in the winter. YMIR DISTRICT IN 1903. (By Percy J. Gleazer.) DURING the year 1903 the mining industry in the Tfmir district has made more substantial progress than in any previous corresponding period. While the actual output does not largely exceed that of 1902, several of the more important mines have now large bodies of high grade ore blocked out, and are making preparations for the early commencement of production on a large scale. Heretofore the product of the Ymir mine has always represented by far the greater portion of the total output of the camp, but preparations for production have now been made on a scale which will increase the camp's output to a figure two or three times that of any previous year. The principal addition to the tonnage shipped will be made by the Hunter.V. mine. During the year a company known as the British Columbia Standard Mining Co. was formed to operate this property with a capital of $200,000. Half of the stock has •been sold at par, while the other half is in the hands of mining and smelter men of the highest repute in this Province. An aerial tramway over 13.000 feet long, with a capacity of 600 tons per diem, is now almost completed, connecting the mine with the new siding on the Nelson & Fort Sheppard Company's line at the mouth of Porcupine Creek. THE MINING RECORD. The formation of the ore deposits on the Hunter V. group is a somewhat unusual one. Positively the whole area of the Hunter V. and Double Standard claims is covered with a calcite formation carrying everywhere a sufficient value in gold and silver to make mining it a profitable operation when conducted on a large scale. In addition to this, whilst there is no regular vein formation on the Hunter V., immense bodies of richer material are found in the lime and can easily be quarried and chambered out at comparatively small expense. A general average of these immense bodies of the better grade of ore would be about twenty ounces in silver and $3 in gold. The lime in which these values are found forms a very valuable smelter flux, and therefore commands, a very cheap crude ore was resumed, and several cars were shipped monthly, each of which netted the company about $1,000 after paving freight and treatment In November last the control of the Broken Hill Cbmpany passed into the hands of American capitalists ^ho are now working on a plan of development which will open up the mine at greater depth than heretofore. The Only dark spot on the record of the Ymir camp for 1903 is made by the Ymir mine. Up to date the workings below the 700-foot level have failed to show up any considerable quantity of pay ore. The truth of the hypothesis which deems that the piyshoot has taken an eastern trend away from the deep workings, is still unproved, and the future history of the mine depends largely upon the results of investigations in Surface Workings on the Hunter V. Mine, Ymir. rate of treatment, whilst the low cost of mining by the quarry method and cheap transportation to the railroad by means of the aerial tramway make the total cost delivered at the smelter remarkably small, leaving a large margin of profit on a practically inexhaustible body of ore. Mr. A. Wheeler, late of the Whitewater mine, who is now in charge of the property, anticipates starting the tramway next month at the rate of 100 tons per day, which will be gradually increased to 400 tons per day by June next.. Outside of the Ymir mine, the most regular producer in 1903 was the Wilcox mine, operated by the Broken Hill Company. This property worked steadily throughout the year, producing in its stamp mill each month, a brick varying in value from $2,500 to $4,000 and concentrates to the value of about $1,000 per month. During the later part of the year the shipment of this direction. At the present time of writing the mine is being closely examined by Mr. E. Hooper, the well known expert, who has travelled from England for that purpose. His report will probably determine whether prospecting for the payshoot is to be continued in the 1,000-foot level, or whether work is to be confined to getting out the ore in sight in the upper levels. Pending the result of his examination the working force has been largely cut down lately. As a set-off to this somewhat dark prospect, comes the news of the re-opening of the Dundee mine after a shut-down lasting over five years. The Dundee mine has a permanent reputation among mining men of the Province, as a property of great possibilities and great things have been repeatedly predicted for it. In September last the Royal Bank of Canada foreclosed on its mortgage over the property, and two months later THE MINING RECORD. 23 turned the mine over to a syndicate headed by A. E. Rand, of New Westminster. This syndicate is understood to have the financial backing of several well- known Eastern Canadian firms, and is in a position to develop the property on- its merits. Mr. A. H. Gracey has been appointed superintendent and is starting work this week. The Dundee at present is developed by a shaft down 265 feet with some 600 feet of drifting both ways on the vein from the 200 and 250-foot levels. The vein averages about eighteen feet in width and principally consists of a heavy iron sulphide ore averaging $6 to $7 per ton. Throughout this concentrating ore, however, are found large seams or payshoots of high-grade galena ore sometimes running as high as $100 per ton, but of a general average of about $40 per ton. During the present winter attention will be confined to mining and shipping this grade of ore. Next spring, however, when the surface is free from snow, the question of opening up the mine at greater depth by means of a tunnel will be considered, as will also the construction of a new concentrating plant to replace the one destroyed by fire three years ago. One of the most important strikes of the year was that made on the Foghorn mine on Wild Horse Creek. Three years. ago the Golden Monarch Company, of Spokane, commenced to run a cross-cut tunnel to tap the Foghorn vein at depth, calculating to strike it after running about 800 feet. In the face of many difficulties and hindrances this tunnel was driven through hard country rock by hand drilling, only, but the expected vein was not reached until November last, and that after running 1,200 feet. At this distance and 900 feet below the outcrop of the vein on the surface, a body of fine ore was encountered three feet wide, eighteen inches of which is very high grade. The highest kind of praise is due the Golden Monarch Company and its indefatigable manager, Mr. Con. Wolfe, for the persistence and untiring faith with which they have stayed with the proposition, and now that they have attained their due reward, not only themselves but the whole district is greatly benefited. The Foghorn is surrounded on all sides by other properties with exactly similar surface showings, and the owners of these have for the most part been avowedly lying back and watching the result of the Golden Monarch company's enterprise. Now that the ore is proved to a great depth, their confidence, and indeed the intrinsic value of their properties, is greatly enhanced. The Golden Monarch company has now a large body of high-grade ore to draw from, besides a width of forty-six feet of concentrating ore passed through at about 700 feet from the tunnel mouth. | A large treating plant is in contemplation for erection next spring. What is undoubtedly the richest strike of ore made during the year was made on the Gold Cup mine. This property is under bond to Messrs. Con. Wolfe and Dawault Brothers, who have erected a small stamp mill on it. A shaft is down 85 feet on a vein which widens in that distance from'four feet to five feet. A tunnel which was being run to get below this shaft encountered five feet of ore at a point 75 Ieet distant from another point 45 feet below the bottom of the shaft. The general average of the ordinary mill stuff in this tunnel is about $20 per ton, but included in it are large bodies and seams of exceptionally rich telluride ore which are of sufficient size to make their presence of more vital importance than the whole of the rest of the vein. Some idea of the value of these bunches of ore may be gathered from the following assays, which were taken from different parts of the vein: $220, $164, $644, and $121, all in gold only. The present mill is only temporary and a larger plant is to be installed next spring together with an aerial tramway to connect the mine and mill. The Porto Rico mine has also been in operation during 1903 after a shut-down of three years. This property, together with its ten-stamp mill, are under lease to Mr. G. H. Barnhardt, late superintendent of the Ymir mine. During the first run of the mill some six hundred tons of ore were crushed at considerable profit to the lessee. Other local shippers during the year were the Atlin, Spotted Horse, Queen, Ore Hill, Arlington, Keystone and Second Relief mines. • In looking forward to 1904 the output of the Ymir camp may confidently be expected to be more than double that of any previous year. The Hunter V. mine alone will, in the course of a few months, be producing at a rate more than equal that of the whole camp hitherto, whilst in addition to the regular shipments of the Ymir, Wilcox, Arlington and Porto Rico tnere will be added those of the Gold Cup and Dundee mines with later on the Foghorn and Pilot mines. In addition to the mining output there are two large sawmills in operation and another one for which logs are already being cut, to be erected next spring. NELSON SMELTER REURNS IN 1903. j^RE receipts at this company's smelter, Nelson, for ^^ the eleven months to November 30th, 1903, we're as follows: From Nelson and Kootenay lake, 3,418 tons; Rossland, 180 tons; Slocan, 4,720 tons; Boundary, 93 tons; East Kootenay, 894 tons; Ymir, 2,619 tons; Lardeau, 173 tons, and Republic (Washington), 5,300 tons; total, 17,406 tons. Of these ores 8,155 tons were dry, and 9,251 tons were lead ores. The metal contents were 762,494 ozs. silver, 7,572 ozs. gold, 2,925 lbs. copper, and 8,629,432 lbs. lead. The foregoing tonnage and metal contents do not include Silver King or Emma (Boundary) ores. Probably total receipts for December from all sources excepting the two mines just mentioned were 1,820 tons. The company shipped to the Selby Smelting & Lead Co., San Francisco, 3,443 tons lead bullion, containing 655,270 ozs. silver, 6,324 ozs. gold, and 6,697,946 lbs. lead, total value $574,387; and to the Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting & Power Co.", Grand Forks, 383 tons copper matte, containing 119,804 ozs. silver, 144 ozs. gold, 372,003 lbs. copper, total value $102,- 054. Probable shipments of bullion during December, 4.00 tons. 24 THE MINING RECORD. The company purchased 4,600 tons Silver King ore, containing 119,885 ozs. silver and 347*333 lbs. copper, and the lessee of the mine, Mr. Davys, estimates that the tonnage for December will be 300 tons. Receipts of ore from the Emma mine totalled 18,681 tons. Lead ores shipped to the United States by the company during the year amounted to 2,946 tons. THE YEAR'S MINING OPERATIONS BY THE WELLINGTON COLLIERY COMPANY AT THE COMOX COLLIERIES AT'CUMBERLAND, B. C. (By John Matthews, M.E.) THIS has been a most eventful year for this mining centre. With the New Year of 1903 was introduced the brightest prospects for the continued development of the mines with a correspondingly sanguine feeling of the people here, whose interests are so" intimately associated with the continued prosperity of the mining operations. Unfortunately, however, for all, a branch of the Western Federation of Miners was •*^*^>^g( Jfe?3i£^SP' The Coke Works at Union Bay. . organized, and almost immediately made certain demands which the management declined to entertain. Work was at once suspended and a strike was declared by the miners on the 2nd day of May. The mines, however, were continued in partial operation during tne strike, about one-half of the ordinary output being maintained. The Royal Commission visited here during the strike for the ostensible purpose of inquiring into its cause, but having the interests of the Province at heart, and being desirous of effecting a settlement gave their good offices to that end, by bringing the contending parties together; but unfortunately their efforts were unavailing and the strike was continued until the men, finding themselves in an impossible position, owing to the want of financial support, on the fifth of August declared the strike off, and what redounds to their credit, there was practically no violence and little of that acrimony of feeling which is incidental and unfortunately inseparable from strikes. The development work in and about the mines was unavoidably delayed while the strike was pending, but immediately on its conclusion was resumed and pushed with all possible vigour. The work of pumping the water out of and repairing No. 4 mine—this mine was flooded two years ago for No. 4 Shaft, Cumberland, B. C. the purpose of extinguishing a mine fire—is progressing apace, but as the mine is very extensive much time is required to complete the work. There are eight electric pumps ranging from 20 to 50-horsepower and' two large steam pumps kept continually working. This is a very extensive mine, and previous to its being flooded over four hundred men were employed within its workings. It will meanwhile take at least another year to pump all the water out and place it in its previous condition. At present, in its many levels, about three hundred and thirty men are employed, and its output will be steadily augmented. Nos. 5 and 6 shafts which are both located near the town of Cumberland, are both in very good condition ; the improvement in the latter during the last few months is particularly noticeable. The former em- No. 6 Shaft, Cumberland, B. C. and the latter ploys about two hundred and thirty hundred men.' one THE MINING RECORD. 25 No. 8 slope (now No. 7) at which as stated in my encountered in the slopes, the driving of which was previous article of a year ago, we had just began the rendered very difficult and their progress as a conse- worn of driving the slopes, has this week "struck" quence much retarded. An air shaft is also being sunk and exposed a fine seam of anthracite coal about four contiguous to the slopes, which is expected to reach Map showing former course of Courtenay River, the extent and nature of the overflow and the large area of coal-bearing measures. feet in thickness, and which assays 82 per cent fixed the coal at a depth of 100 feet in about three weeks' carbon, at a vertical depth of 80 feet. The slopes have time. The placing of this coal on the market, which been driven a distance of 650 feet at a pitch 1 in 8. It will be about New Year, in small quantities, will fill was expected that coal would be reached here last a long felt want on this coast. This coal has been form- Julv, but running sand and gravel with water were ed in a most peculiar manner a-nd is found under un- 26 THE MINING RECORD. usual conditions. It is the same seam as that from which the Comox seam of coal is mined, in fact, the anthracite and the bituminous coals merge, the former having been metamorphosed from the latter by the application of heat. The heating has been effected by an overflow of andisite (a volcanic rock similar to diorite) which has been ejected from the adjacent mountain range during a period of volcanic action, and has covered about one thousand acres of coal measures to an average depth of two hundred feet. There are about ioo feet of coal measures, sandstone and shale, between the coal and the overflow which protected the coal from being consumed by. the intense heat, which must have prevailed during the period of activity. The application of this large body of heated matter to oi coal-bearing measures. The ground lies at an easy angle, and shows little indication of faulting so common to this district, and as the coal usually conforms to the contour of the surface, we can reasonably expect a coal field comparatively free from faults and dislocations, those nightmares of owners and managers, and as the area is so extensive it is quite safe to say that it is the most valuable coal field yet discovered on the Island. The dawn of 1904 will therefore be introduced with every promise of being a most prosperous year for Cumberland. The most cordial feeling exists between the company and the men, and a two years' contract having been signed, prohibits any interruption of work for a long period, and more men will be constantly em- ~^«aE5"Ssfe?.' psassagaa No. 5 Shaft, Looking North, Cumberland. the measures immediately overlying the coal, distilled therefrom the lighter gases, such as oxygen and nitrogen, and converted the underlying coal from a soft to a hard coal. The overflow also, in the writer's opinion, changed the course of the Puntledge or Courtenay River; the river formerly, no doubt, issued from the north end of the lake, followed the outcrop of the coal directly through to Brown's River, and flowed to the sea by that river's present course. The banks of Brown's River are from 100 to 150 feet high, while those of the Courtenay are comparatively shallow. I herewith submit a plan showing what I believe to be the former course of Courtenay River and the extent and nature of the overflow, and the large area ployed developing and mining the new find. Therefore, the business men as well as the miners are looking to the incoming year as being one of great promise. THE EAST KOOTENAY COAL TRADE IN 1903 Not the least important evidence of industrial progress in British Columbia in 1903 is afforded in the remarkable development and growth of coal mining in East Kootenay. Despite the miners' strike early in the year, the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company has been able to increase its output from 442,049 tons of coal and 121,000 tons of coke in 1902, to 650,000 tons of coal and 166,000 tons of coke in 1903, the collieries THE MINING RECORD. 27 responsible for this grand total were Coal Creek whose contribution was 240,000 tons; Michel, 262,000 tons, and Morrissey, 150,000 tons, while at Fernie, 96,000 tons of coke were manufactured and 70,000 tons at the coke ovens at Michel. During the year a sum of approximately two million dollars has been paid out in wages and for supplies, and about one million dollars in improvements and development. At Coal Creek three new mines have been opened this year, and a tramway and other plant installed there, while in addition three high pressure Mumofrd boilers are now being put in place. At Michel two new.mines became productive in 1903, and a third has been prospected. A ventilating fan of a capacity of 200,000 cubic feet per minute was installed at Nos. 8 and 9 mines and 252 coke ovens have been added, there being now 464 ovens at this colliery. At Morrissey four mines have been productive and two are in course of development. Here new slack storage bins having a combined holding capacity of 6,000 tons were built, a waterworks system, and an endless rope haulage system established, 140 coke ovens built and 100 others under construction comprise some of the improvements effected. The outlook for a further increase in the East Kootenay coal trade in 1904 is most promising, and that the output will reach a million tons before the close of this year is a far from unlikely contingency in view of the settled and stable conditions now prevailing. * COAL MINING ON VANCOUVER ISLAND. Production during the year shows a considerable decrease when compared with 1902 returns, this being attributed to suspension or curtailment of mine work, occasioned by labour strikes, at all three collieries in the spring and early summer. Since these disputes were settled in August, operations have been most actively prosecuted. The Western Fuel Company has also carried on much development work, while large additions to plant have been made. The following returns for 1903 have been received: WESTERN FUEL COMPANY'S PRODUCTION. Local, Foreign. Total. January 7,510 20,322, 27,832 February 7,296 5,571 12,867 March 6,835 16,222 23,057 April 8,782 22,902 31,684 May 9,794 \ 15726 25,520 June 9,485 16,803 26,288 July 8,908 12,693 21,601 August 9,256 15,209 24,465 September 9,658 12,323 21,981 October 13,455 10,641 24,096 November 9»997 15>72^ 25,725 December 9,200 14,820 24,020 Total 110,176 178,960 289,136 WELLINGTON COLLIERY COMPANY, LIMITED. Following are the gross totals of coal raised in 1902 from the mines of the Wellington Colliery Company, Limited: Wellington 271,305 tons. Comox 309,708 tons. Total 581,013 tons. ROSSLAND IN 1903. (By E. Jacobs.) ^THOROUGHLY reliable information relative to ■■■ some of the larger mines of the Rossland camp is difficult to obtain. The general managers of the Le Roi, Le Roi No. 2 and the Centre Star and War Eagle companies, respectively, were very courteous when applied to, but stated frankly that, outside of giving the tonnage of ore shipped and a few generalities regarding work in progress, they were not at liberty to make public details connected with work and development in their mines. Whilst, from a newspaper point of view, this is much to be regretted, the position has to be accepted, and there is no course open but to await the publication of reports by the several head offices of the companies directly concerned. The space-filling stuff sometimes published as mining news of this camp, is, like as not, untrustworthy, so may not be depended on for the purposes of this review. Taking first the year's ore output, the tonnage figures are as under: Tons. Le Roi 162,333 Centre Star 82,770 War Eagle 62,130 Le Roi No. 2 21,600 Le Roi No. 2 (milled) 1,700 Kootenay 7>3°3 Jumbo 4.283 Velvet 3,376 I. X. L. (milled) 1,960 White Bear 897 Giant 83a Spitzee 560 Homestake 9° Iron Horse 4° O. K 25 Total 349^97 Note.—The tonnage of the first-named four companies was obtained from their respective offices at Rossland. The other figures have not been verified. Le Roi.—All the information regarding development work in this mine that could be obtained was that contained in the manager's monthly report recently published in London, as follows: "The crosscut has been driven during the past month 123 feet on the 1350-foot level, and we have drifted 123 feet on the south vein. The ground through which we are now driving is somewhat encouraging, being well mineralized, but the grade of the ore is very variable. We have already shipped a few tons of ore from this level." A cable sent by the manager, S. F. Parrish, from Rossland to London on September 9th outlined the plan of work that was afterwards followed out. This cable stated: "Have commenced to drive on the 28 THE MINING RECORD. line of diamond drill hole No. 7 (previously reported as indicating high grade ore) and south 1,350-foot level cross-cut, prospecting for ledge over 100 feet in width. Will occupy at least 60 days' time, so as to prove the value of these ore bodies." The position a few weeks ago was therefore that the workings at the 1,350-foot level were in ore of variable grade, and that some ore from this deep level, the deepest of any lode mine in the Province, had been shipped to the smelter. It is gratifying to have the important information that ore has been met with at (for British Columbia) so great a depth. There were no additions other than necessary renewals made to the mine plant and machinery during the year, The output of ore was 162,333.495 tons (dry weight) which was. all shipped to the Northport smelter. The smelter treated during the year 208,141.514 tons of ore. Custom ores were received at the works from the following Rossland mines: Rossland-Kootenay, Velvet-Rossland, Jumbo and Le Roi No. 2 (the last mentioned from January to August only), and from the Minorca and Le Fleur-Comstock, Republic district, Washington, and the Cracker Jack and Jumbo, Buffalo Hump, Idaho. It was learned from a disinterested source in Rossland that the manager of the smelter, E. J. Wilson, made some important and cost-reducing improvements at the smelter since he assumed charge some months since. Besides effecting material economies in other directions he has been smelting most of the ore raw, thereby largely stopping heap roasting, and, to a considerable extent, avoiding the consequent locking up of a considerable amount of capital that heap roasting necessitates, being unproductive for weeks at a time. Le Roi No. 2.—This company shipped from its mines about 21,600 tons of ore during the year, some 6,700 tons of this quantity going to Greenwood. Whilst it is expected that the Elmore oil concentrating plant installed on this property will eventually treat about 350 tons of ore per week, the quantity put through during the two months it has been running is only between 1,600 and 1,700 tons. Two departures from previously existing conditions were made by the management of this company during the ■ latter part of the year. Both are of much moment, to the Le Roi No. 2 first, and generally to the Rossland camp. The successful inauguration of ore shipping to the Boundary district, in this case for reduction at the B. C. Copper Company's smelter at Greenwood, a distance by rail of more than 120 miles, besides providing Rossland mines with another outlet for their ores, is a testimony to the advantageous smelting conditions obtaining in the Boundary. It as planned to ship about 2,000 tons per month, but first there- were difficulties attendant upon making the necessary new traffic arrangements and these prevented this intention from being fully carried out. The technical success of the Elmore oil concentration process, as demonstrated by the 50-ton plant installed for the Le Roi No. 2 company, is absolutely assured. The commercial aspect can not be fairly gauged by the results from so small a plant, the cost of operating which is undoubtedly higher per ton of w at ore put through than it would be with a big plant. Yet whilst the manager of the Le Roi No. 2 company, Paul Couldrey, was careful not to commit himself respecting the commercial results of the process, it was gathered that they were good and that the prospects were bright for the future of this industry. The fact that two more companies had decided to put in Elmore plants, with others giving the matter serious consideration, must be taken to indicate that commercial success seems to be also assured. Le Roi No. 2 has shipped several carload lots, about 120 tons in all,-of its concentrates, one car each to four smelters, to afford opportunity for testing furnace results with them and so ascertaining their suitability or otherwise for treatment in the Province. As to future operations in its mines, the company has a large undeveloped area to the westward of its present workings which it is proposed to develop during the ensuing year. Centre Star and War Eagle.—The development work done in the Centre Star mine during 1903 consisted of drifting 2,000 feet; raising 350 feet, and sinking, 80 feet; total, 2,430 lineal feet. Ore shipments totalled 82,770 tons (dry), all to the Trail smelter. There were no important additions to plant. In his annual report for the year ended September 30th, the manager, E. B. Kirby, stated that the ore shipped had averaged $10.58 smelter's assay value. The net profit in excess of all expenditures was in round figures $265,000, which covered the indebtedness of the company and left about $70,000 in the treasury. The reserves of smelting ore were at that time not large, and were of such shape that their dimensions could not be accurately estimated. The development work of the year continued to add great masses of ore too low in grade for smelting, but rich enough to return a profit if successfully milled. A satisfactory method of treatment of this ore has, after long continued experimenting, been devised, and a preliminary mill of 200 tons daily capacity, but designed for prompt enlargement to 400 tons, is now being built at Trail by the Rossland Power Company. This will afford an outlet for the milling ores of the Centre Star and War Eagle mines, and it is expected that operations will be commenced in the early spring. It is stated that a 50- ton Elmore oil plant is to be added to the mill equipment. The War Eagle did 1,125 Ieet of drifting and 125 feet of raising during the year and shipped 62,130 tons of ore to the Trail smelter. No recent information as to work done in the mine was received. Other Properties.—Particulars of the operations and output of the Rossland-Kootenay, Velvet, Giant, Giant, White Bear and other mines were not available. The last-named was reported to have been doing important exploratory work at the 1,000-foot level. The Spitzee shipped 560 tons of ore, deepened its shaft to 220 feet, cut a station and commenced drifting at the 200-foot level, did some stoping on a four-foot vein at the ioo-foot-level, and prospected other veins. Old buildings were pulled down and three new ones erected. The power plant on this mine consists of a THE MINING RECORD. 29 five-drill Rand air compressor and an electric hoist operated by two electric motors. trail smelter. The ore receipts at the Canadian Smelting Works, Trail, during ii months ended November 30th last were 157,736 tons, as follows: From Rossland, 135,- 516 tons; Boundary, 6,900 tons; Slocan, 5,178 tons; Lardeau, 2,047 tons; Nelson and Fort Sheppard, 1,515 tons; Republic (Washington), 4,638 tons; Windermere, 806 tons; east Kootenay, 366 tons, and miscellaneous, 770 tons. The approximate tonnage from \ Rossland for December was placed at 12,000 tons, and from all other parts, possibly 1,000 tons. This would give a total of 170,736 tons as the year's receipts. The total tonnage smelted in 1903 was about 175,000 tons, producing 8,500,000 lbs. lead, 2,900,000 lbs. copper, 82,500 ozs. gold, and 1,650,000 ozs. silver. During the year the daily capacity of the refining of lead by electricity was increased from 6V2 tons to 20 tons, and a plant was erected for handling the slimes. The refinery turned out some 150,000" ozs. silver of the fineness of .999, several thousand ounces of mint gold, and a quantity of copper sulphate. The antimony will be recovered later and will be used in making babbit metals. The copper matte from these works was refined at Tacoma, and the lead bullion, other than that refined at Trail, was shipped to San Francisco, California. The lead produced was sold chiefly in Eastern Canada, China and Japan. The silver refined was sold for coinage for the Philippines. The gold went to the United States Government assay office, Seattle, Washington. It is stated that the gold and silver shipped, as above stated, were the first shipments ever made of these precious metals, the product of smelting and refining in Canada. BOUNDARY IN 1903. (By E. Jacobs.) THE mines of the Boundary district showed a considerable increase in ore production in the year 1903. The Granby Company's mines came first with a production of 393,860 tons, this total being an increase of 84,000 tons on that of 1902. The British Columbia Copper Company's Mother Lode mine shipped only a few hundred tons more than jn 1902, yet, leaving out of consideration the two months during which shipments were necessarily suspended whilst the company's smelter was closed down owing to the unfortunate strike of the miners at the Crow's Nest Pass coal mines, this cutting off the supply of coke and coal for the time,, the mine maintained an average monthly output of about 14,000 tons. It is easily capable of producing 25,000 tons per month, but so long as custom ores are available these will be given preference as far as practicable, leaving the ore from the company own mine for later treatment at its smelter. The Snowshoe mine made a substantial gain in output, producing 74,872 tons as against 20,800 tons in 1902. This mine can now main tain an output of 18,000 tons per month," and will steadily increase its producing capacity as it becomes more extensively opened up, so that it may be expected to ship more than twice as much ore during the ensuing year. The Sunset was 8,000 tons higher in 1903 than in 1902, the figures for the two years being 22,681 tons and 13,380 tons, respectively. The B. C. produced, before closing down in the summer nearly 4,000 tons more than in 1902, but the output of both tnese years combined did not nearly reach its production of 47,517 tons in 1901. The total of 22,681 tons from the Emma mine is nearly three times as large as that of the year immediately preceding. The ore this mine shipped during the eleven months ended November 30 was distributed as follows: To Nelson 7,722 tons, Trail 6,245 tons, Grand Forks 2,924 tons, Greenwood, 1.702 tons and Boundary Falls 88 tons, the smelters of these several places finding the ore a desirable one for fluxing purposes. The Oro Denoro made an excellent showing during the latter part of the year, shipping between 13,000 and 14,000 tons of ore from two quarries opened immediately above the Phoenix branch of the Columbia & Western Railway. The Athelstan and Jackpot fraction, both acquired in 1,903 by local men, added well-on towards 5,000 tons of ore to the year's total production, the greater part coming from the former property. The Winnipeg and the Morrison each produced between 2,000 and 3,000 tons, but their financial circumstances were not such as admitted of their continuing operations. The most prominent feature of the year, or rather that attracting most notice, was the profitable results attending the working of several properties situate close to Greenwood and having quartz veins yielding gold and silver. Three in particular did well, viz., the Providence, the Elkhorn and the E. P. U. mines, the last including the Goldfinch claim as well as the E. P. U. group. These properties are dealt with individually in the following review of the mining camps of the district, but in passing it may be remarked that a distinctly beneficial effect has resulted from their demonstrating that quartz veins containing high average values occur in the neighbourhood of Greenwood. Before noticing the operations of the district smelters several past of the district that did not contribute to last year's production will be referred to. In the neighbourhood of Grand Forks the Betts and Hesperus claims had a considerable amount of development work done on them during the latter half of the ear. They were acquired by Chicago men whose intention it is to continue prospecting them until they shall have been thoroughly proved. On the North Fork of Kettle Kiver the Seattle was worked for several months until winter set in, when operations were suspended. The well-known Volcanic property situate on Volcanic Mountain, which is a prominent landmark," is under bond to Michigan men who are prospecting it with a diamond drill. Up the East Fork of the North Fork little was done during the year, transportation.difficulties still being too great to allow of the mineral claims of Franklin camp being developed, so that work in that part of the district was con- nned entirely to the doing of assessments. The lands 3C THE MINING RECORD. up the Main Fork of the North Fork taken up for coal are now practically abandoned, the comparatively small amount of prospecting done on them not having resulted in the discovery of seams of coal of large enough size to attract capital for their opening up. West of the main producing area of the Boundary district there is little improvement in conditions to. chronicle. The West Fork of Kettle River is still without a good waggon road, although the distance to the end of the finished part of the road is not now so great as it was at the beginning of the year. Preparations have been made recently for hauling ore out from two or three properties when the snow shall be deep enough for good sleighing, so there is a prospect of the claim owners concerned obtaining some return for their work, the ore from this locality carrying values ranging between $50 and $100 per ton in carload lots. Camp McKinney lately had a setback in the closing down of the Cariboo-McKinney mines, which for years had been practically the sole support of the camp. The reported reason is that values are now too low to leave a margin of profit above mining and milling costs. It is not unlikely that more attention will now be given to improved gold-saving methods, so that work may be resumed with an assurance of returns being once again payable. The Waterloo mine, in the same camp, has more than justified the confidence placed in it by those who rescued it from the muddle into which it had drifted. Not only has it more than paid its way, but it is being equipped with gold-saving appliances that promise to ensure its having a prosperous future. south of the international boundary line. The production of metals at the Granby Company's works was, approximately, as follows: Copper, 16,932,056 lbs.; gold, 47,500 ozs.; and silver, 356,900 ozs. As this output includes the valuable contents of the copper matte made at the Greenwood and Boundary Falls smelters and converted at Grand Forks, and of 383 tons of copper matte from the Hall Mining Company's smelter at Nelson, it is the total recovery of the district (less, of course, the proportion contributed by the outside places mentioned). Additions to plant, machinery, buildings, etc., during the year were considerable-. These are stated in detail in their proper place in this review. Other features of the year were the application of electricity for power purposes at some of the mines and its more extensive use for driving smelting plant. The Cascade Water Power & Light Corpany is finding an enlarged demand for the electric current it is generating at Cascade. The Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company succeeded, except when not prevented by labour troubles, in generally keeping the district smelters well supplied with coke. Occasionally a shortage of railway cars interfered with the shipment of fuel from the collieries, but on the whole there was little room for similar complaints to those the smelter managers were justified in making at times during 1902. On the whole the year's progress in the Boundary district was satisfactory and encouraging. The value yat New York prices) of the metals extracted from district ores was between $3,000,000 and $3,250,000, which is certainly an appreciably large contribution to Granby Mines Mother Lode •B. O ■ Snowshoe Emma Sunset Oro Denoro Athelstan Group Winnipeg Morrison Golden Crown Jewel City of Paris No. 7 Carmi King Solomon Providence '.. R. Bell Elkhorn E. P. U. Mines Brooklyn Goldfinch Sundry small shipments. 1900, Tons. 64,531 5,564 19,618 297 1901, Tons. 231,762 99,548 47,517 1,731 1,200 1,076 2,241 160 2,000 800 1902, Tons. £109,858 138,997 14,443 20,800 8,530 7,455. 550 977 443 335 665 885 850 785 625 2.060 ' 532 1903, Tons. 393,-860 -j 1 . 139,279 ' 18,002 74,872 22,681 13,380 13,759 4,693 2,144 2,526 111 480 702 Total. 150 1,000 97.837 317 180 142 386,675 43 115 27 192 504,360 686,614 Total Tons. 1,000,011 383,388 99,580 97,700 31,211 21,635 13,759 6,443 4,982 2,969 2,866 2,545 2,000 1,197 885 850 819 480 317 180 150 70 1,449 1,675,486 The smelters of the Boundary district now have a combined treatment capacity of between 3,000 and 3,500 tons of ore per diem. This takes into account .the six furnaces running at the Granby Company's works at Grand Forks, and the two each at the B. C. Copper Company's smelter at Greenwood and that of the Montreal & Boston Copper Company at Boundary Falls. The aggregate tonnage of ore treated in 1903 was nearly 700,000 tons, this including a few thousand tons of ore from the Republic and other mining camps the value of the realized natural wealth of the Province. The outlook for 1904 is favourable to increased production, and as a result, the material progress of the district, which is now not only one of the most important sections of the Province, but is as well the largest copper producing district in Canada. The above table shows the quantity of ore produced by individual mines during the four years over which the aggregate production of 1,675,486 tons has extended. THE MINING RECORD. 31 Note.—As the production of the mines shipping in December had to be estimated, the tonnage for 1903 is subject to revision, but it is unlikely that the total output for that year will be affected to the extent of more than 10,000 tons either way by such revision .after the actual tonnage shall have been ascertained. phoenix camp. Granby Mines.—At the Granby Company's mines Ihe principal development done during the year was the extension of tunnels Nos. 2 and 3, and the driving of No. 4 tunnel. All these tunnels have their portals on Ihe Old Ironsides claim, passing thence into the Knob Hill, on which latter was the big outcrop of the enormous mass of ore that contributed the larger proportion of the one million tons these mines have to date shipped to the smelter. No. 1 tunnel, the first driven on the Knob Hill, is on the level of the big ore quarry now known as No. 3 pit. This tunnel is, approximately, 1,500 feet in length, and where it is immediately under the highest point of the hill is about 325 feet, vertical depth, below the surface. No. 2 tunnel is of a similar length and at a level 100 feet lower. No. 3 tunnel is 1,200 feet long and 525 feet under the top of the hill. No. 4 tunnel is being driven from both ends—that is, from the surface low down the slope of the Old Ironsides hill and from the 300-foot level of that mine. Being run at a level 200 feet lower than that of No. 3, its maximum depth will be 725 feet. When connected this tunnel will be nearly 2,000 feet in length. About 1,300 feet has been driven, so that the distance between the respective headings is now about 700 feet. The total amount of development work done during the year is 4,193 lineal feet; added to that of previous years it makes the grand total 20,868 lineal feet of work done in underground development of this group of mines, and this in addition to the immense amount of work done in the ore ■quarries. The new machinery installed during the year includes two Rand Class D 2 T compound duplex air compressors, electrically driven and connected to motors by rope drives, high-pressure cylinders 16 by 36 inches, low pressure cylinders 28 by 36 inches, rated -capacity together, 8,228 feet of free air per minute, or 60 31/4 inch machine drills; two 700-h.p type C Westinghouse induction motors, to operate compressors; one type No. 1 Thew automatic, single-truck steam shovel, rated capacity 500 to 750 cubic yards in ten "hours; one type No. 3 Thew automatic, single-truck steam shovel, rated capacity 1,000 to 1,500 cubic yards in ten hours, and two 9 by 14 saddle tank locomotives, "built by the Davenport Machine Works, Davenport, Iowa, for handling the mine ore cars. Ore production for the year was about 394,000 tons; shipments to December ist totalled 340,561 tons, and the output of December was estimated at between 53,000 and 54,000 tons. Added to the production of previous years this brings the aggregate ore output of these mines up to about 1,000,000 tons, all treated at the company's smelter at Grand Forks. Recently . shipments have been at the rate of between 60 and 70 -railway cars (each about 30 tons) per day. The mines are, however, now equal to producing more than twice this tonnage daily. The more prominent features of the year in connection with the working of these mines were the considerable extension of the quarrying system; the introduction of steam shovels for more economic handling of the ore in the quarries; the almost entire substitution of electricity for steam power for the operation of the machinery; the effective working of the style B Farrel ore crusher, which has jaws opening 42 inches by 32 inches and a capacity for crushing rock to a size of 7 or eight inches at the rate of 150 tons per hour, and the provision of the adequate power the two 30-drill air compressors supply for mine purposes. The company is steadily working in the direction of obtaining the larger proportion of its ore by quarrying and tramming through the tunnels rather than by hoisting from the lower levels, thus reducing mining costs. At the present time the three steam shovels (a third steam shovel rented from the C. P. R. is also in use in the quarries) are handling about one-half of the ore output, and the question of their use in the underground workings is now under consideration, with a view to determining its practicability to advantage or otherwise. Snowshoe.—The Snowshoe Gold & Copper Mines, Ltd., nearly quadrupled the production of its Snow- shoe mine during 1903 as compared with its output for 1902. The tonnage of ore shipped to the smelters at Greenwood and Boundary Falls during the year under review was 74,872 tons, as against 20,800 tons in 1902, 1731 tons in 1901, and 297 tons in 1900. The total output to date is 97,7000 tons. No ore was shipped last March and April, the smelters having been shut down during those months on account of a strike among the miners at the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company's coal mines, and the consequent shortage of coke. Development work during 1903 included about 700 lineal feet of driving, cross-cutting and raising, and the sinking of the main three-compartment shaft another 50 feet, making its depth 350 feet. The total of development work is now 7,010 lineal feet. A considerable amount of surface stripping was done during the year, and stopes were opened up and timbered on the different levels. Ore was extracted from what is known as the Tunnel or No. 1 level, the 200-foot and 300-foot levels, and from several ore quarries opened from the surface. The mine is now in excellent condition, with numerous ore faces accessible, workings conveniently arranged, power equipment adequate, and ore bins and trackage provided, so that a daily output of 600 tons can be maintained. Some 60 men have been regularly employed at this mine. The improvements and additions to machinery, plant and buildings during the year included the completion of ore bins with a capacity of 2,500 tons, building of head frame and skipways, and the installation of a 150-h.p. double conical-drum electric hoist with motor to operate it, and another steam boiler—a 50- h.p. high pressure. The hoist has been run since last June by electricity, the current having been supplied ' ' 32 THE MINING RECORD. by the Cascade Water Power & Light Company, which also supplies power to the Granby Company's mines. The Snowshoe mine was shut down on December 16th pending the completion of smelting arrangements that will admit of the ore output being enlarged. These were then under consideration and it was expected that negotiations would be completed within a month, and that production would be resumed early in the New Year. Brooklyn and Stemwinder Group.—These mines, owned by the Dominion Copper Company, were idle throughout 1903, but recently men were put to work to complete the railway spurs. It is stated that negotiations with the Montreal & Boston Copper Company, owning the smelter at Boundary Falls, are in progress, but nothing definite is yet known as to the position of affairs. Development work approximating between 3,000 and 4,000 lineal feet has been done on the Brooklyn, which has a shaft 268 feet in depth from which levels have been run at 150 and 250 feet, respectively, whilst the adjoining Stemwinder has a shaft 344 feet in. depth, but only a comparatively small footage of drifting and cross-cutting. -One shoot of ore in the Brooklyn has been proved to be at least 1,000 feet in length and 20 feet in width at the 250- foot level. The Stemwinder has ore of similar character to that of the Brooklyn, but it has not yet been found in such great quantity as on the latter. The Idaho, adjoining the Brooklyn, has had some development work done on it, and the Rawhide, another of th< group, situate near the Snowshoe, has had a shaft sunk 184 feet at which depth it connects with a cross-cut tunnel run between 400 and 500 feet into a high hill. Other Properties.—The Bank of England, a promising claim adjoining the Rawhide, was bonded late in the year, and development work was started afresh. The Nellie Cotton group was also bonded recently. There are numerous other claims in the camp, but little or no work is being done on them. DEADWOOD CAMP. Mother Lode.—The principal work done in the B. C. Copper Company's Mother Lode mine during the year was the enlargement of the ore quarries, of which there are now four, and the extension of the main tunnel, known on the mine as the Mule Tunnel. The four quarries are well defined excavations, but the separating masses of rock are being gradually removed, so that the divisions between them will disappear as the ore is broken down and shipped to the company's smelter at Greenwood. These quarries extend over a length of 807 feet, and have a maximum width of 145 feet, the average width being about no feet. The greatest depth is 140 feet, this being at one of the raises from the Mule Tunnel, and the shallowest is 30 feet from surface slope of hill to floor of quarry. The average depth is between 60 and 75 feet. The Mule Tunnel runs 833 feet into the hill, and several branch tunnels aggregate about 660 feet in length. There has been some deadwork in driving these tunnels, but as a rule they are in ore. There are four large raises from the main tunnel to the quarries above, these widening out at the top, forming big funnels into which the ore is broken down, passing thence through hoppers into the 5,000-lb. cars which convey it to the Farrell crusher for crushing to a size not exceeding five inches. Two other raises are being made, to facilitate the handling of the ore. The output for eleven months ended November 30 , was 126,279 tons. The estimated production for December was 13,000 tons, making the total tonnage for the year 139,279 tons. Added to the output of the three years 1900-2 this makes a grand total of 383,- 388 tons of Mother Lode ore the company has mined and smelted. With about 90 men employed a monthly output of 16,000 to 17,000 tons can be readily maintained. The production of a larger tonnage is simply a question of employing more men, the mine being equal to whatever additional output the company's smelter requires. ■"'; 7*fe There have not been any important additions to plant or machinery during the year, the power equipment, in anticipation of developments since made having been much in advance of the needs of the mine at its earlier stages. Two 80-h.p. steam boilers were removed from a boiler house near the mine surface workings down to a gulch in which the 30-drill compressor, with its complement of boilers had been placed. The main boiler equipment has thus been concentrated, but two 60-h.p. boilers remain in the old boiler house connected up and ready for use in case of emergency. A dam was built across the creek, to provide an ample supply of cold water for the condensing plant. The old coal trestles were removed and a railway spur run to the edge of the gulch, with a gravity tramway connecting with the boiler house. The boiler house was lengthened to make room for the boilers brought down the hill. Half a dozen more 2% ton ore cars, for use in the Mule Tunnel, were made in the mine shops, new machine drills were purchased, and the plant added to generally as occasion demanded. A second 24 inch by 36 inch Farrel ore-crusher has been ordered from the Jenckes Machine Company for delivery early in the new year. In the main this will be of similar construction to the one in use and which has done a deal of heavy work since its installation early in 1902. The new crusher will be placed near the main shaft of the mine. After it shall have been installed the crusher now in use will be removed and set up alongside from its present location at the entrance to the Mule Tunnel, the object being to have both crushers in permanent position for use when mining shall be resumed underground as well as whilst quarrying methods are followed. This will involve the driving of another tunnel and connection of the Mule Tunnel with same, the cutting out of large pockets alongside the shaft, the placing of conveying belts between the crushed-ore hopper and the shipping bins, and other improvements, but there will be a considerable advantage in this concentration of operations, both now and in the future. THE MINING RECORD. Sunset and Crown Silver.—The Montreal & Boston Copper Company did but little development work on its Sunset group during the year. Neither was ore production regularly maintained, the company not drawing on the Sunset mine for ore excepting when custom ore supplies were insufficient to meet the requirements of its smelter at Boundary Falls. Morrison.—'The Morrison Mines, Ltd., made persistent efforts during several months to keep the Morrison mine in operation, but the cost of the wagon haul of the ore from the mine to the railway was greater than ore of the grade there obtained could bear, so the suspension of work until a railway spur shall reach the mine became compulsory. Shipments of ore to the smelter at Greenwood totalled 2,526 tons. In the iSSBHrse of development shoots of nice ore were met with, encouraging the hope that when transportation difficulties shall have been overcome there will be a margin of profit in mining the ore. Other Properties.—Work was done on the Ah There claim and a small shipment of ore made to the smelter. Developments here, too, were encouraging, but the conditions were not favourable for continuous working. Aside from assessment work there was little done on other Deadwood properties, notwithstanding that some of them have promising surface showings. summit camp. Emma.—The Hall Mining & Smelting Company, of Nelson, continued throughout the year working the Emma mine. From the 80-foot-deep face of the incline open cut a drift was run, also on the incline, until at a distance of about 100 feet in from the face of the quarry a connection was made with the surface by a raise, the depth here being about 100 feet. Some 210 feet farther away a shaft has been sunk, and the drift has been continued to connect with this shaft at about 175 feet depth. "The ore taken out of these workings, together^with that from a second quarry on another part of the property, amounted to 18,681 tons during eleven months ended November 30. The estimated output for December was 4,000 tons, so the year's production was about 22,861 tons. The Emma ore is of a character very desirable for fluxing purposes, for which reason it is shipped to the smelters at Greenwood, Grand Forks, Trail and Nelson. A second small power plant was put in during the year, this one for use at the more recent workings opened alongside the railway spur to the B. C. mine. Oro Denoro.—The Denoro Mines, Ltd., having acquired the Oro Denoro from the King Mining Company, commenced early in the summer opening up the ore bodies cropping on the surface. Two quarries of considerable proportions were made in ore and 13,409 tons were shipped to the Boundary Falls smelter, and 350 tons to other smelters, making the total output I3>759 tons. A power plant consisting of an 80-horse- power horizontal return tubular steam boiler, seven- drill air compressor, 10 horsepower steam hoist, and thmachine drills, was obtained, and put in at the mine, where a 30 by 40 foot compressor building was erected. About 120 feet of cross- y.» cutting from the main tunnel was done. Of the two quarries that on what is known as No. 1 vein is about 120 feet wide, 90 feet long, and 30 feet deep at the face, while that on the magnetic vein is 75 -feet wide, 40 feet long, and 40 feet deep at the face. The mine was worked with much vigor until about the middle of December, when the shutting down of the Boundary Falls smelter compelled a suspension of operations until such time as suitable arrangements shall be made for smelting the ore. B. C.—The B. C. Chartered Company's B. C. mine was closed down last summer after having shipped an aggregate of 99,580 tons of ore during the four years it ranked as one of the important producing mines of the Boundary. For eight months during 1902 this mine stopped work on account of the low price of copper, its owners not caring to sell their product at so low a price. The last shut-down, though, was understood to have resulted from the exhaustion of the ore in sight and the unwillingness of the company to. spend a lot of money in prospecting for other ore bodies. The average value of the ore produced by this mine was throughout higher than that of the larger mines of the district. To the end of 1901 the production was 67,135 tons, having an average assay value of .015 oz. gold, 2.45 ozs. silver and 5.8 per cent, copper. In 1902 a considerable reduction in the freight and smelting charges was made, so the sorting of the ore at the mine was discontinued, with the result that the average value of the ore shipped during that year fell to 1.75 oz. silver and 4.1 per cent, copper. No information has been received as to the average value of the 1903 product. The B. C. group consists of eleven adjoining mineral claims, with but little of the total area of 268 acres thoroughly prospected, so that it is quite reasonable to look for new discoveries of ore to result from, systematic and extensive prospect-_ ing whenever this shall be carried out, especially as good showings of ore have been found on neighbouring claims. Other Properties.—As in other Boundary camps, there are in Summit camp numbers of promising claims lying unworked. Ore is being shipped from the Senator to the Granby smelter, but it is yet early to determine whether or not this claim will be found worth development. It is reported that work is to be resumed shortly on one or other of the Rathmullen group. A claim situate near Eholt and having a big surface showing has been having the attention of Mr. Tebo, but a large expenditure will likely be necessary to prove its value. WELLINGTON CAMP. Winnipeg.—Last fall a determined effort was made to get the Winnipeg, owned by the Winnipeg Mines, Ltd., on a paying footing but its inability to discharge a comparatively large old-standing liability as well as provide for current expenses compelled a suspension of operations when the bank took action to enforce payment of its claim. During the short time it was running last year the mine shipped 2,144 tons of ore to the Boundary Falls smelter, and gave promise of justifying the faith shown by Mr. Richard Plewman, 34 THE MINING RECORD. the managing director, in its eventual success had sufficient time been allowed for the working out of his plans. His was one of the pluckiest endeavours to save a mine for the benefit of its shareholders yet seen in the district and it merited a reward that unfortun- nately it did not obtain. The winding up of the company appears to be inevitable, unless financial aid be forthcoming to tide it over its' difficulties. Athelstan and Jackpot Fraction.—These claims shipped 4,173 tons of ore to Boundary Falls and 520 tons to the Greenwood smelter, nearly all from the Athelstan, which mine was re-opened last-summer after having been shut down for two years. Local men have purchased these properties and are energetically trying to surmount the many difficulties attending the transforming of prospects into mines. Other Properties.—No work was done on the oolden Crown last year, this mine having got into financial difficulties some time since. The Hartford has long been idle, and other claims in the vicinity,- where not crown-granted, have only had the necessary assessment work done on them. Several claims in the southern part of the camp attracted a little attention during part of the year, but no important developments took place on any of them. CENTRAL CAMP. This camp was almost entirely neglected during 1903. A caretaker on the No. 7 mine worked single- handed the greater part of the year, but with the exception of the few men engaged in doing assessments he was left pretty much to himself. The cost of hauling the ore from such mines as the No. 7, City of Paris, Lexington and others similarly situated miles from a railway will probably prevent their being worked until the transportation difficulties shall have been overcome. smith's camp. In this camp the Ruby and the Republic company's ■properties had work done on them, but no ore was shipped from either. A local syndicate is continuing development on the former with the object of getting under a shoot of good ore opened on the surface. COPPER CAMP. * Neither the King Solomon nor the Copper Mine the two best-known properties in this camp, were worked in 1903. There is a lot of high-grade copper ore on the latter awaiting shipment, but the waggon haul to the railway involves higher freight charges than the owners are disposed at present to pay This is the only camp in the Boundary in which oxidized copper ore occurs in any considerable quantity. LONG LAKE CAMP. Local men have been working the Roderick Dhu with encouraging results. A lot of high-grade £rold- quartz ore has been taken out ready for shipment? and now.that there is sufficient snow for it to be brought down the mountain it will be sent to the smelter It is expected to return high values, and should it do so development will be pushed still more vigorously No work was done on the Jewel, which is generally regretted, this mine having considerable reserves of ore similar to that shipped in 1902 to the extent of 2,060 tons. The average value of the ore is stated to be between $10 and $12, and it is understood that a fair margin of profit was obtained from that shipped. Late in the year work was resumed on the Ethiopia, this property having been bonded or leased by local men, who are taking out some gold-quartz ore. . GOLD AND SILVER MINES. Providence.—This mine shipped during the year 702 tons of gold-silver-quartz Ore. The first annual statement of the Providence Mining Co., submitted to a general meeeting of shareholders held at Greenwood last October, showed««4^hat during the financial year ended September 30th, 543.3 tons of ore had been mined, this having a net value—that is after deduction of freight and treatment charges—of $54,315.24 or $100 per ton. The cost of mining and incidental charges was $23,122.40, so the clear profit on the year's operations was $31,192.84. Freight and treatment charges were at the rate of $12 per ton on the first grade ore, sent to the Trail smelter, and $5.75 per ton on the second grade ore, sent to Boundary Falls. During the last quarter of 1903 about 250 tons of ore were shipped, but as complete returns for this are not available the exact gold and silver values can not now be given. There were as well 26 tons of first grade ore shipped by Mr.' Wm. Fowler before the Providence Company acquired the property, this shipment making up the balance of the total of 819 tons shown in the foregoing Table of Ore Production as the aggregate output of the mine to the end of 1903. Mr. Fowler's returns were $5,172.13 gross or $4,898.33 after deduction of freight and treatment .charges. It will be seen that this ore averaged nearly $200 per ton, but it was sorted ore. However, this high return was by no means an exceptional one, for the Providence Company had one car of rather less than 22 tons return 5.40 ozs. gold, 288.50 ozs. silver, and 5.45 per cent lead, giving a gross value of $5,323.30; another car of nearly 19 tons returned $4,675.24; another of 2oy2 tons, $4,085.80, and still another, in November of 20 tons that went 2.44 ozs. gold, 327.80 ozs. silver ' and 7.60 per dent, lead, this returning rather better than $220 per ton after deduction of freight and treatment charges. These were all sorted ore, but admit- - ting this, the fact remains that the ore, first and second grades inclusive, has returned on an average about $100 per ton clear of all charges after it left the mine Ihese particulars are given to show that the Boundary has high-grade ores as well as enormous quantities of ores of low grade. When the Providence mine was taken over by the company there were two shafts, No. 1 down 50 feet and No. 2 down 64 feet. Since then No. 1 has been deepened to 180 feet, levels have been run at 50 120 and 175 feet, respectively, and a raise has been made from the 120-foot level to the 50-foot near to the bottom of No 2 shaft. Altogether about 1,098 feet of drifting and cross-cutting have been done on the three levels, besides nearly 100 feet of surface prospecting The mine manager, in his report to the annual meeting, stated, as an over-conservative estimate, that there THE MINING RECORD. 35 were then in sight 750 tons of ore of an average value of $100. Since then a parallel vein showing eight to twelve inches of high grade ore has been cut and the outlook for the mine has improved by other developments. A steam boiler and hoist were installed last year, electric lighting was introduced and new buildings were erected for various mine purposes. The Providence Company enjoys the distinction of being the first company operating in the Boundary Creek district to pay dividends to its shareholders. Elkhorn.—This mine is situate near the Providence and just outside the limits of Greenwood City on the north. It is owned and operated by Messrs. Jas. Sutherland and Phil McDonald, two local men, who have paid for the purchase of the property and are now making profits for themselves out of returns from the mine. The ore is similar in character to that of the Providence, and its average value is much the same. The vein varies in width, the pay shoot ranging from 8 to 18 inches and averaging about 12 inches, as also does that of the Providence. A ' shaft has been sunk about 180 feet on the incline, and levels have been run at 80 feet and 140 feet depth. At the face of the lower drift eastwards a depth from the surface of nearly 300 feet is obtained, the rise of the hill giving this greater depth than at the shaft. Details of workings and ore shipments are not now available, but assurance has been received from a reliable source that the size of vein and value of ore is as stated above. E. P. U. Mines.—This property includes the E Pluribus Unum, Lancashire Fraction and Goldfinch claims, situate about half a mile east of Greenwood. The main shaft of the E. P. U. is down 85 feet and the vein in the bottom is quartz carrying free gold and tellurides, the estimated average value being about $125 per ton. A drift at the 60-foot level has been run south into the hill, and the quartz is solid in the face of the drift. On the surface the vein has been stripped along a distance of about 300 feet north from the shaft. Ore of good quality shows for this distance, and a sample taken from one place where the vein is 18 inches wide assayed 7 ozs. gold. The work done thus far indicates that the shoot of pay ore is at least 350 feet in length, without having run out at either end. About 180 tons of ore have been shipped, this showing a gross value of $105 per ton. A gravity tramway from the E. P. U. workings down to a waggon road below is nearly completed, so that hereafter the ore will be shipped with greater facility and at less cost than has been the case in the past. Some 27 tons of ore -were shipped from the Goldfinch, this having been of like character and value to that the E. P. U. A fine vein of quartz of high grade is being opened up on this claim. The properties of the E. P. U. Mines are among the most promising in the neighbourhood and, now that shipping facilities have been provided, will increase their output and add materially to the gold and silver production of the camp. Other Claims.—Among a number of other quartz claims around Greenwood are the Defiance, Gold Bug, Strathmore and Helen. Both the Defiance and Gold Bug look well, veins of rich gold-silver ore having been met with in the course of prospecting. The Gold Bug recently sent a small shipment of ore to the Greenwood smelter. Both will be thoroughly prospected during 1904, and there is little doubt in the minds of those who have purchased them that they will prove paying properties. A deal of tunnel work was done on the Strathmore in 1903, with the object of cutting a quartz vein on which an incline shaft was sunk several years ago. The vein has not yet been reached, but the property will be further developed in the ensuing year. The Helen, at Anaconda, south of Greenwood, was worked in 1896 and again last year. It has a quartz vein, small shipments of ore from which have given good returns. It is now under bond and promises to become one of the producers of the camp ere long. WEST FORK OF KETTLE RIVER. Going north from Rock Creek, well known as at placer diggings from the '6o's on, no work' of importance was done on any of the numerous mineral i claims located along the main Kettle River and up James Creek except on the Riverside, situate on the east side of the river and about five miles above Rock Creek. There is on this property a promising vein about eight feet in width and carrying values in copper and gold. Some 200 feet of tunneling and a deal of cross-cutting and stripping have been done, and a couple of carloads of quartz ore, mineralized with galena and copper sulphides, taken from a vein about 30 inches in width, have been shipped to the smelter. Recently a parallel vein, from four to six feet in width and giving an average assay value of about $20, was discovered. Preparations are being made to ship ore now that gooH sleighing is obtainable between' the property and the railway at Midway. Above the confluence of the West Fork with the main river the mining camps on the several tributary creeks flowing into the river have had no attention other than that necessary to hold claims by doing the annual assessment work. A similar state of affairs has obtained in the camps on most of the creeks tributary to the West Fork until the town of Beaverdell is reached. Beyond this there are a number of claims upon which a deal of development work has been done, but owing to the non-completion of the waggon road over the last ten to fifteen miles, shipments of ore in quantity has been practically impossible, even last winter the snowfall having been too light to make the sleighing good enough .for heavy hauling. The prospects for this winter are better, for the length of unmade road is shorter than last year and the snow will likely be deep enough for teams to haul heavy loads over it. Among the numerous claims in this part of the country the most prominent are the Standard, Bounty, Rambler, Washington, idaho, Mountain j Chief, Bell, Sally, Carmi, Butcher Boy and several others. Ore has been lying on two or three of these claims, sacked ready for shipment, for two years, but it could not be got out to the railway except by packing, the cost of which was prohibitory. Values in bulk range up to $80 per ton, and even higher, but until transportation facilities shall be provided the district will not be developed. 36 THE MINING RECORD. There is a reasonable prospect of the construction of the projected Midway-Vernon railway being commenced next spring in which case the West Fork mining camps will have much attention paid to their high-grade ores. THE SMELTERS. Grand Forks Smelter.—Extensive additions to plant and buildings were made at the Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting & Power Company's big reduction works at Grand Forks during 1903. Two new water-jacket blast furnaces were put in (bringing the treatment capacity of the smelter, now having six furnaces, up to about 2,000 tons per day) ; three standard Connersville blowers, equal in volume to No. 8, and three 100-h.p. Westinghouse electric motors to operate them; a full complement of receivers and cast steel 5-ton matte ladles; two 12 by 14 Canadian Rand Drill Company's locomotives and fifteen 6-ton Union Iron Works slag cars, for dumping the slag hot instead of granulating it; and some necessary equipment to make the copper converting part of the works equal to converting the copper matte from twelve to fourteen furnaces of the type in general use in Boundary smelters—roughly 70 to 100 tons of matte each 24 hours. A milling machine, for doing intricate small work, was added to the power appliances of the machine shop. The furnace room was extended 108 feet and the blower room about 50 feet, these additions increasing the length of the main building to about 350 feet. Besides generating electric current equal to about 1,100 horsepower at its own power house, situate just below the smelter on the. North Fork of Kettle River, the Granby Company uses electric power supplied by the Cascade Water Power & Light Company, with which it has a contract for up to 1,000 horsepower. A brick sub-station was built at the smelter early in the year and a double-circuit three-phase line was brought in three miles from the main transmission line between Cascade and Phoenix. The electrical equipment placed in the smelter sub-station includes one set of i,ooo-h,p. Canadian General Electric air- cooled step-down transformers with motor and Buffalo blower, one set of 800-h.p. Westinghouse oil- cooled transformers, switchboard, lightning arresters, static interrupters and the customary other apparatus. The voltage is here reduced from 20,000, which is the pressure carried on the transmission lines, to 500 volts. Besides making this provision for extra power, more lighting facilities were added about the works. The tonnage of ore smelted during 1903 to December 13—the date to which exact figures were obtainable—Jwas 365,486 tons; the estimate for the unexpired portion of December was 31,230 tons; total tonnage for the year, 396,716 tons. Besides this there was, of course, a considerable tonnage of matte from other smelters, converter slag and sweepings, flue dust and other materials, the above figures representing the tonnage of ore alone. The production of copper for ten months ended October 31 was 12,988,946 lbs. With that for the months of November and' December estimated Ihe year's production of metals was ap proximately as follows: Copper, 16,932,056 lbs.; silver, 356,900 ozs.; and gold, 47,500 ozs. This includes the product of the matte received from the smelters at Nelson, Greenwood and Boundary Falls for converting into blister copper, as well as that from the nearly 400,000 tons of ore smelted at these works. No information was obtainable from the company's officials as to further extensions of the smelting business here, but it is understood that necessary preliminaries are having attention so as to be prepared for eventualities should it be decided to operate on a still larger scale. There need be no hesitation regarding ore supply, for the company's mines could without difficulty double their output, but there are other important conditions that must be taken into account before the management may prudently commit itself to a policy involving a large increase in outlay on plant and buildings. The coke supply has been a troublesome problem, either labour troubles at the collieries or a shortage of railway cars for transporting the coke during several months of last year having compelled a curtailment of smelting operations. These difficulties were removed-towards the close of the year, so that latterly not only was sufficient coke for all the furnaces received but the supply was large enough to admit of a reserve of between 2,000 and 3,000 tons being acccumu- lated. In this connection it may be mentioned that the International Coal & Coke Company is opening coal mines at Coleman, Alberta, from which the Granby Company expects next summer to obtain part of its supply of coke, and later possibly all its fuel requirements will be met by supplies from this source. It is stated that a colliery equipment for a daily production of 2,000 tons of coal has been ordered, and that the contract has been let for building an initial battery of 104 coke ovens, and a general manager engaged to report for duty on January ist. It has been announced that the company's coal areas were inspected by a leading Pittsburg coal mining engineer and that he estimated the amount of bituminous or coking coal in sight on the company's property and located above the level of tfie Old Man River to exceed 64,000,000 tons. It is claimed that the coal is easily accessible and that there is good reason to believe that within twelve months a daily output of 2,000 tons will be practicable. Greenwood Smelter.—The British Columbia Copper Company's smelter at Greenwood smelted a total of about 170,000 tons of ore during 1903. The values recovered were approximately, $13,700 ozs. gold, 52,000 ozs. silver, and 3,950,000 lbs. copper. A change was made in the management of the works early in the year, Mr. Paul Johnson having retired at the" end of February, to be succeeded two months later by Mr. J. E. McAllister, who had been for some time assistant superintendent at the Tennessee Copper Company's smelter at Copperhill, Tennessee, U.S.A. The works were inoperative during the greater part of March and April, consequent on the failure of the coke supply whilst the Crow's Nest Pass coal miners were on strike. Since April, though, work has been continuous, except for occasional brief stoppages for necessary repairs. 1 THE MINING RECORD. 37 During the latter part of the year a brick smokestack was built, to take the place of the steel plate stack that had been in use since the works were started in February, 1901. The new stack is 122 feet in height from its rock foundation (the level of which is about 80 feeet higher than that of the feed floor of the furnaces) and 12 feet diameter inside measurement. It was built at the top of the dust chamber and connected up without any interruption whatever of the operation of the smelting works. Other building improvements were the erection of a brick sub-station for the Cascade Water Power & Light Company (with which arrangements have been made to supply electric current for power purposes, the intention being to substitute electricity- for steam) ; the excavation of the site for a converter plant and the building of stone retaining walls, heavy masonry foundations for buildings and machinery, brick dust chamber, timber bins for re-lining materials, and other work preliminary to the raising of the steel-framed and iron-covered converter building and the converter power house. The sub-station or transformer house, which will be connected with the Cascade company's sub-station at Phoenix by a transmission pole line five miles in length and having two three-phase circuits of copper wire, is 30 feet by 40 feet and 20 feet high, the north end being closed in with wood so as to admit of ex- tiensibn of the building when required:- -The' electrical equipment will have a capacity of 1,000 h.p. and will consist of oil-cooled Westinghouse step-down transformers to. reduce the voltaee from 20,000 to 2,000 volts, switchboard, .lightning arresters, static inter-. -rupters"- and other" necessary apparatus. The converter power house is 81 feet, long by '40 feet wide, framed with wood and covered with corrugated iron. The machinery to be installed in this building includes a Nordberg blowing engine, arranged for running by either steam or electricity, steam cylinder 18 inches by 42 inches, air cylinder 40 inches by 42 inches, fo deliver at an elevation of 2,500 feet 5,000 cubic feet of air per minute at 12 lbs. pressure through a blast pipe of 20 inches diameter with a branch to each converter; a 300-h.p. Canadian General Electric induction motor of variable speed (having rheostat for external resistance) 300 r.p.m., operating at 2,000 volts and connected to the 18-foot fly wheel of the blowing engine by an endless drive of 1% inch ropes running over a tension sheave (the other induction motors will operate at 550 volts) ; two sets of transformers for the step-down from 2,000 to 550 volts, and one set to reduce from 2,000 to 110 volts for lighting purposes; a 75-k.w. motor generator to convert direct current at 250 volts required for operating electric crane and trolly locomotive; a hydraulic accumulator, for tilting the converters, this having a ram of 24 inches di* ameter and io-foot stroke, working at a pressure of 200 lbs. to the square inch, and fed by a Gould triplex pressure pump run by a 25-h.p. induction motor with automatic control. In the converter room there will be two converter stands, each provided with a 2V2-inch 4-way Critch- low controlling valve. For the present there will be five converter shells, 84 inch diameter and 126 inches long, with cast steel heads, and the upper section furnished with pyramidal-shaped nose and removable cast iron tip. The riding rings are cast solid with the heads. Each shell has 14 tuyeres equipped with Dyblie ball valves. Over each converter is a movable bonnet connected with a steel dust chamber 9 feet by 12 feet by 9 feet and from these chambers a steel flue of 20 square feet cross section conducts the fumes to a brick dust chamber of 285 feet cross section and having a sloping floor, with a series of clean-out doors on the lower side. This directly connects to a steel stack of 6 feet 6 inches diameter and 90 feet height. The converter slag, after being poured in beds to cool and then broken up, is transferred to the blast furnace ore bins to be re-fed through the blast furnace. A 40-ton 4-motor electric travelling crane handles the matte in 5-ton ladles connected by launders with the furnace forehearths. The crane is 40-foot span and has a 10-ton auxiliary hoist. The base of the runway rail is 26 feet above the floor of the converter building. The operator's cage is placed in the centre of the span. The converter buildings are of steel resting on masonry piers and covered with corrugated iron. The main building is 45 feet wide, 90 feet long and 38 feet in clear height or 55 feet to the ridge of the ventilator which runs the full length of the building. An extension at one side is 30 feet wide and 60 feet long. The floor of the main building is closed in on two sides for a height of ten feet by the stone retaining walls. The converter plant is so situated as to provide for a downward movement throughout of all material that has to'pass through it. The silicious gold ores used for re-lining the shells are delivered into the upper ore bins of the smelter, passed down through the sampling mill, trammed directly thence and fed to a 7 by 10 inch- Blake crusher and a set of 24-inch diameter rolls from which it drops into a 250-ton bin having a chute opening into the pan of a 6-foot Carlin mill. The clay for mixing is trammed from the lower ore bins to another bin also connected by a chute to tne pan of the mill, whence it is taken to the shells in cars or barrows running above them. A railroad spur has been constructed at a level 4 feet 6 inches below that of the floor of the converter building, so as to provide for the convenient loading of the blister copper turned out. Smelter supplies will be delivered from this track into a store to be built on the lower side and having its floor on a level with the floor of the railway freight cars. Insufficient room for the granulation of the slag being continued having necessitated the substitution of hot dumping for granulation, a Baldwin steam locomotive and six side-dumping 5-ton slag cars, tilted by worby worm gearing, are now handling the slag. Boundary Falls Smelter.—A progressive policy was also followed during 1903 by the Montreal & Boston Copper Company, operating the smelter at Boundary Falls. At the commencement of the year only one furnace was in blast at these works. In the spring a second was blown in and later a third was obtained but this last has not yet been erected. The furnaces here are 40 inches by 176 inches inside the tuyere line XIV THE MINING RECORD. and each has a nominal capacity of 300 tons every 24 hours. Three Connersville blowers have been installed, two of them in 1903. One No. 7 and one No. 7% have their own direct-connected 75-h.p. Erie steam engines, while the third, a No. 8, is direct-connected to a 125-h.p. Erie engine, this last-mentioned blower being large enough to provide blast for two furnaces. s\ Canadian Rand Drill Company's 7 by 12 locomotive and seven 5-ton Union Iron Works slag cars were also purchased, and rails were laid to provide for dumping the slag hot instead of granulating, this change having been found necessary here as well as at other district smelters. Additions to plant and machinery and to buildings, etc., involved a total outlay of about $70,000. The tonnage of ore treated at this smelter during 1903 was 132,570 tons, of which only 317 tons were dry ores. The 132,253 tons of wet ores produced 3,041,104 lbs. of copper, 52,278.74 ozs. silver and 7,859.005 ozs. gold. The dry ores yielded 20,474.57 ozs. silver and 150.906 ozs. gold. There were 1,661 tons of United States (Republic camp) ores treated, these producing 4,592.69 ozs. silver and 615.122 ozs. gold. The district mines that sent ore to these works were the Sunset, Snowshoe, B. C, Winnipeg, Athelstan, Providence and Elkhorn, the two last-named sending gold-silver-quartz ores. The management of this smelter gave the smaller low-grade mines a smelting rate that enabled them to work to some advantage to themselves, which they could not well have done had the freight and treatment charges been high. LESLIE HILL, MINING ENGINEER REPORTS AND MINE MANAGEMENT. Consulting Engineer to the Hastings (B. C.) ■ Exploration Syndicate. London Office, 161-4 Dashwood House, New Broad Street, E.C. Nelson, B. C. Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co., Ltd. Directors—George A. Cox, President; Robert Jaffray and H. M. Pellatt, Vice-Presidents; E. R. Wood, Treasurer; G. G. S. Lindsey, Secretary; Thos. Walmeley, James Mason, Frederick Nichols, David Morrise, J. D. Ohipinan, J. A. Gemmill, Wm. Fernie. HEAD OFFICES—TORONTO. ONT. BRITISH COLUMBIA OFFICES—FE-rNI <, B. C. Bituminous Coals and Coke. Mines and Ovens at Goal Creek, Michel and Morrissey, B. C. Present capacity of mines 1,000,000 tons of coal per annum. Coke ovens 350,000 tons per annum. We would call attention to the superior quality of our Michel Blacksmith Coal, suitable for large forgings. Can be shipped at reasonable prices to all parts of British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and Manitoba. This Company also owns the Pernie and Morrissey Mines townsites, which offer investments in town lots that cannot fail to prove productive. Having a large amount of development under way, there is always work for coal miners at good wages, and it may be said that there are few places in the world where labor of all kinds can earn more net money under agreeable conditions. THOS. R. STOCKETT, JR. General Superintendent, Fernie, B. C. D. DAVIES, Comptroller, Fernie, B. C. i&mm ?B72? MINING Machinery Our experience in designing: and installing complete plants has extended over a period of many years, and this experience together with the fact that we are in close touch with many eminent metallurgists places us in a position to supply our customers with machineryof the latest and most improved type, and with plans for its installation in accordance with up-to- date and practical methods of handling ore so as to obtain the best commercial as well as metallurgical results. COMPLETE POWER LIGHTING-' HEATING AND PUMPING PLANTS enas. e. moore & e©., ENGINEERS PACIFIC COAST AGENTS FOR The Holthoff Machinery Go., euoaHv, wis. MAIN OFFICE 63 First St San Francisco California. Branches—New York, 1303 Havemeyer Bldg; Seattle, 218 Second Ave. S.; Los Angeles, 321 Trust Bldg.; Baker City, Oregon; Salt Lake City, Utah. Adver. 282. THE MINING RECORD XV A "HENDY" Quadruple Discharge Individual Mortar, 3 STAMP MILL. THESE ARE THE MILLS THAT MODERN MINING METHODS DEMAND in order to crush low grade ore. at a profit, and if you purchase any other you are not ' getting the best. A "HENDY" Triple Discharge Double Mortar, 2 STAMP MILL. Remember we can build complete plants, just as high, just as wide, and paint them just as handsome as any of our competitors; but what is the use of incurring this extra expense, as our machinery is built to occupy a small space and give greater capacity with less power. Send for our catalogues. Capacity 18-30 tons. 8-10 H. Power runs it JOSHUA HENDY MACHINE WORKS Office 38-44 Fremont St. Works, Bay and Kearney Sts., SAN FRARCISCO, CALIFORNIA. Capacity 6*10 Tons. 5-7 H. Power runs it. KHtW-WW B-EEIZSSSSSSa Lobnitz' Gold Dredgers are at work in British North and South America, Africa, Asia, &c. fl^Sj &CO. ... LTD- • Gold P|Bi Ml parts *-* •*■«■■ °*!t1^«s lobn^ & ,'*t8KWi<»*«es«3ws FxDDB CO., ESS Ltd., H «2«£ Telegraphic Address: "Lobnitz, Renfrew." Al Code used. !■:! XVI THE MINING RECORD. \ BRITISH COLUMBIA THE MINERAL PROVINCE OF eHNRDfl. Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Coal, Coke, Oil Iron, Mercury, Platinum, etc. The Mines of British Columbia have produced nearly $180,000,000. Amount and Vai,ue of Minerai, Products for 1900, 1901 and 1902. Customary Mfeasure 1900. 1901. 1902. Quantity. - Value. Quantity. Value. : Quantity. Value. Gold, placer Ounces 63,936 167,153 3,958,175 9.997.080 63,358,621 1,439,595 85,H9 $ 1,278,724 3.453,38i 2,309,200 1,615,289 2,691,887 4,318,785 425,745 251,740 48,505 210,384 5,151,333 27,603,746 51,582,906 1.460.331 127,081 $ 970,100 • 4,348,603 2,884,745 4,446,963 2,002,733 4,380,99? 635,405 417,238 53,657 236,491 29,636,057 22,536,381 1,397,394 128,015 $ 1,073,I40 Gold, lode .. 11 4,888,269 Silver << 1,941,328 Copper Pounds 3,446,673 Lead Tons, 2,240 lbs.... 824,832 Coal 4,192,182 Coke 640,075 480,051 S3 116,344,751 $ 20,086,780 $ 17,486,550 GOLD.—Placer gold mining, which in early days formed the chief minerai industry of the province, and made it famous all the world over, still continues to be important, while improved methods of working the gravel deposits, together with cheaper transportation and cost of mining, have rendered the working of large deposits, long known to exist, now profitable where previously impossible. | • The area of country known to contain placer gold is enormous and has only been touched, leaving still virgin ground well worth the prospecting for this, the only class of "poor man's mine." Recent discoveries of new placer fields in the Atlin district, the Cassiar district, and the large extent of unworked deposits in the Cariboo district, are proof that the field is not yet exhausted, and promise a revival of this important industry. HYDRAULIC MINING plants costing large amounts of money are being installed in Atlin, Cassiar, Omineca and Cariboo, at points widely separated, indicating the extent of the gold deposits. One company recovered $350,000 in gold during 1900. DREDGING FOR GOLD is receiving deserved attention, and dredges are at ."work on the Fraser,'Thompson, Quesnel and other rivers, on' all of which streams good ground may yet be obtained. LODE GOLD MINING is now being prosecuted in various parts of the province, and in certain instances very successfully, notably at Ymir, Cariboo-McKinney and elsewhere. GOLD-COPPER ORES are being extensively worked at Rossland by the Le Roi, War Eagre and associated companies, while other mines in the camp are rapidly becoming important producers. The tonnage of this camp alone in 1902 was 329,534 tons, and there will be an increase this year. SILVER-LEAD—In 1900 the silver production was $2,309,- 200 and the lead production $2,691,887. Since that time the mining of silver-lead ores has been somewhat suspended owing to temporarily unfavourable market prices. COPPER.—Copper is being produced to a limited extent at Rossland, where the chief value of the ore is in gold but the feature of this branch of the industry is the development and mining of a large tonnage of low-grade copper ores in the Boundary district, of which there seems to be an almost unlimited amount. The output of ore from this district alone amounted to 521,402 tons in 1902. •7h\,CoaSt district wi!1 thi? cominff year show a very considerable copper production from the Vancouver Island and Texada Island mines. Prospecting for copper is receiving great attention, and the discoveries made on the Coastpih the Similkameen Valley, etc., give great promise. IRON.—With the great probability of an iron-smelting plant on the Northern Pacific Coast in tne ne|r future, what promise to be extensive bodies of magnetite iron ore have been developed on the Coast, while other deposits of iron ore are now under development in the Goat River and Fort Steele . mining divisions, and still other bodies occur near Kamloops. COAL AND COKE—In 1901 the Vancouver Island collieries made a net output of 1,173,893 tons of coal and 20,178 tons of coke. In 1902 the Crow's Nest collieries made a net output of 223,501 tons of coal, and 107,873 tons of coke. In 1903 this output will be doubled at the least. These mines alone are putting out from 1,000 to 2,000 tons of coal per diem. Of the total output of 1902 776,808 tons of coal and 38,780 tons of coke were exported, chiefly to the United States. The remainder was consumed in local smelters and other in- • dustries. SMELTERS.—In the province there are smelters in active operation at Trail, Nelson, Grand Forks, Greenwood, Boundary Falls, Van Anda, Ladysmith and Crofton; while this coming year will probably see one erected in East Kootenay. Refineries are yet lacking, but the building of at least one is pretty well assured. CAPITAL.—Capital can now find here many excellent opportunities for investment, as the values placed on mines and undeveloped properties has reached a reasonable basis. If proper business care is used, and the experience of competent men utilized, these investments should be as safe as well as profitable. MINERAL LANDS.-Mineral lands are open to location to any person over 18 years of age, who has obtained a free miner's certificate, and perfect title to lode claims can be easily secured after $500 worth of work has been done per claim. A great extent of territory has yet to be prospected For information, reports, bulletins, etc., address The Hon. the Minister of Mines, w P Q . „ VICTORIA/B.C. W. F. Robertson, Provincial Mineralogist, VICTORIA, B. C. THE MINING RECORD. XVII PROFESSIONAL AND BROKERS. s. M. McGregor, b.a. sc. w. d. McGregor, m. e. McGregor & co., MINING and CIVIL ENGINEERS ->., ._ _-. _ _ . _ ' and LAND SURVEYORS. SLOCAN, B.C. Reports on Mines and Prospects. Act as agents in doing"assessment work, applying for Crown grants and in taking general charge of preliminary development work. Ip |\/2 i Zj) is one of the most promising gold camps in IVI ri British Columbia and now offers many capital opportunities for profitable investment. For further particulars write PERCY J. GLEAZER, MINING BROKER AND AGENT, YMIR, B. C. Code—Moreing & Neal's. reliable: assays Gold $ .75 j Gold and Silver... $1.00 Lead • 75 | Gold, Silver, Copper 1.50 SAHPLES BY MAIL RECEIVE PROHPT ATTENTION. Gold and Silver refined and bought 1725 Arapahoe Street, Denver, Colorado. OGDEN ASSAY CO. WILLIAM A. BAUER, Dominion & Provincial Land Surveyor Surveys of Mines, Mineral Claims and Crown Lands. Crown Grants obtained and Assessments managed for absentees. Offices—FERGUSON and VANCOUVER, B.C. PARMELEE & WELD, ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS AND ASSAYERS. Special attention to control and umpire work. Ore testing. General Commercial Analysis. P.O. Box 1421. 1755 Arapahoe St", Denver, Colo. POGSON, PELOUBET & CO. Public Accountants NEW YORK 20 BROAD STREET CHICAGO MARQUETTE BUILDING ST. LOUIS CHEMICAL BUILDING BUTTE HENNESSY BUILDING Audits of Books and Accounts, Systems of Bookkeeping or Costs, Financial Examinations, Etc. W. F. FREMERSDORF A. R. S. M., Etc. METALLURGICAL ENGINEER AND CHEMIST. Cyanide Specialist. Ores Investigated, Treatment Devised, Plants Designed and Started. Ten Years Cyanide Operating. Address-T. O'SULLIVAN, F. C. S., Tel. A1481. Assay Office, Vancouver, B.C. THOS. DRUMMOND, M.E. and C.E. B. A. Sc. McGill University, Montreal, Member Canadian Society of Civil Engineers. Mining Properties reported upon. Information furnished. General Engineering work promptly performed. References furnished. QUESNELLE FORKS, - CARIBOO, B. C. JOHN B. HOBSON, SKU^0011 Consulting Mining Engineer, BULLION, BRITISH COLUMBIA. 28 years' experience in the equipment and operation of large hy draulic, Deep Gravel, Thift and Goto Quartz Mines, in California and British Columbia. Telegraphic and Cable Address "HOBSON" Ashcroft B. C Wfl. M. BREWER, fllNINQ ENGINEER, MEM. N. of ENG. INST. MINING & MECH. ENG. and AM. INST.. M. E. Molsons Bank Building, VANCOUVER, B.C. TEL. 846. T. J. SMITH, IN/IINIING BROKER. P. O. BOX )C Syndicates and Companies formed to develop mining claims Secretary Vancouver Mining Stock Exchange. 611 Hastings Street West, VANCOUVER, B. C A. A. WATSON, B. Sc. PROVINCIAL ASSAYER, VERNON, B. C. Analyst and Mineralogist Honours Graduate in Chemistry, Victoria University, England. Reports made on Mining Properties. Ten years experience in Australia. South America. England and B. C. Assay Charges—Gold, %i; Silver, $i; Copper, $2 ; Lead, $1 ; Gold and Sil ver, $1.50; Gold and Copper, $2,50 ; Gold, Silver and Copper, $3; Gold, Silver Copper and Lead, $3 50; Complete analysis of any ore, $w. ^^■SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SAMPLES BY MAIL"^Sfc Cecil M. Bryant, A.R.S M., A.I.M.M. E. Philip Gilman, A.R.S.M., F.G.S Pellew-Harvey, Bryant & Gilman PROVINCIAL ASSAYERS. The Vancouver Assay Office and Ore Testing Works. Established 1890. MILL, SMELTER, CONCENTRATION AND CYANIDE TESTS. Reliable reports on mining properties. Complete analyses of Ores and Coal Victoria Office : 4 View Street (Opposite Driard Hotel.) CHRIS. OUTHETT, Associate of Royal College of Science, London, England. Inland Assay Office, KAMLOOPS, B.C. Provincial Assayer. Mineral and Coal Analyses a specialty. Reports made on Mining Properties Mail samples receive prompt attention. fl 1 wk XVIII THE MINING RECORD. successor emm THE EDWARD*, ALUS CO., FRASER ft CHALMERS, GATES mOH WORKS, Chicago^ SA- r; 1*2$ : DICKSON MPF'G CO., soyijiTO&JSfefer'- BUILDERS ...OF Water-Jacketed Steel Copper Smelting Furnaces W^ WE ILLUSTRATE HEREWITH A Water-Jacketed Steel Copper Matte F\irnace (42" X 120") WHICH IS OUR LATEST AND MOST APPROVED DESIGN The great majority of copper smelters in America are using our furnaces. We furnish complete equipments for Lead and Copper Smelting plants, including Furnaces, Converters, Hydraulic Machinery, Blowing Engines, Blowers, Slag Cars, Scales and all appliances necessary. SOLE BUILDERS OF Brown, Wethey, Jackling and McDougall Roasting Furnaces BRANCH OFFHTS NEW TORE,-Empire Bldg , B03T0N, Board ol Trade Bldg; PITTSBURG, Prick Building MINNEAPOLIS, Corn Exchange Bldg. DENVER, 1649 Tremont Street SALT LAKE CITY, 209 S.W. TempleSt SPOKANE, Washington GENERAL LONDON, ENG., 533 SaHabnry House OFFICE amNffi^WHtoM. JOHANNESBURG, Sottti Africa BRAUCH OFFICES: SAN FRANCISCO, Bayward Bldg. SEATTLE, Lumber Exchange Bldg. & CHARLOTTE, it-ft, Tniat Bldg. NEW ORLEANS, Heonen Bldg. ATLANTA,1 GA., Eqoltable Bldg. *Pimffi,MOST., 51E. Broadway . THE MINING RECORD. XIX M WMS-CHAMHISX ii THE EDWARD P AiKtS COS WU.WA0KBP WIS. — I SUCCESSOR TfQ-' ->".^'"- ■'■7,'~ DICffiSDjf M'F'G CO., WW*,-*** l^^^i^ste**! Sole Builders of Gates Rock and Ore Breakers Improvements Up-to- Always Reliable Gates Breakers Embody Special Engineering Skill Based on Long Experience in this Particular Line We shall be pleased to submit specifications and prices on up-to-date crushing plants for all purposes WRITE FOR CATALOGUE BRANCH OFFICES NEWTORK, Empire Bldg BOSTON, BoatdWTrade Bldg. fffRtflBPRG, Prick BuildiagW-" ~ WNHEAP0LI8, icftjExAaagc Hdg.f DENVER, 1649 Tremont Street SALT LAKE CHY,209B3r(.1tem>le St. SPOKANE, Washington - . QENBRAI/ OFfilCB i^S? CfflCAfil9,^IlUI.S.A. S^BON, BNG.,,533|^^p^|H«»e .7ffl|l JOHANNESBORG, Sontk 4|!§p BRAHtH OFFICES-.^ BAN FRANCISCO, Hayward Bldg. SEATTLE, Limber Exchange Btog. t CHARLOTTE,». ft, Trust Bldf TNE?? ORLEANS, Bennen Bldg. ^CSABT*, GA., Eqaitahfe Bldg. .WUKWiJrKW B. Broadway? „• XX THE MINING RECORD. Capital of British Columbia, Pacific Ocean Terminus Railway, and the Great Northern The Canadian Gateway to the Orient, the Sandwich Islands, Australia, New Zealand, etc. The starting point of steamship lines to the Yukon, Atlin and Cassiar Gold Fields, and the Canadian port of call for tourists on the lines between San Francisco and Alaska. TEMPERATURE 1902. Highest Lowest - Mean. ' Mean. Victoria 67.6 35.4 London, Eng 68.1 31.5 Torquay, Eng 65.5 . 38.5 RAINFALL 1902. Inches. Victoria 26.45 London, Eng 20.84 Torquay, Eng 30.22 The Province covers a superficial area of 381,000 square miles abounding in minerals, timber, fish and game in endless variety. The opportunities for the profitable investment of capital are practically unlimited, and the markets for the disposal of metals, lumber, fish and agricultural products lie waiting in Russia, Japan, China, India and Australasia. The tourist will find mountain scenery and mountain climbing unequal- of Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian Northern Railway ofthe United States. led in the old world—a new field for exploration—and the sportsman with first class hotels as bases of operation may penetrate a new world in his pursuit of the bear, the panther, the elk or the mountain goat. The City of Victoria is becoming widely noted for the beauty of its situation, its homes and its surroundings ; so that the number of strangers arriving, for short visits and for permanent residence, continue growing annually larger. Of its beauty H.R.H. the Duke of York said: "The most beautiful place we have seen in our journey around the world," and the following may be quoted from the correspondence of Mr. E. P. Knight, of the London Morning Post: "One would fain have stayed longer, for of all the cities that ::ave been visited in the course of this long Royal progress the fair capital of British Columbia seems to me the one which the Englishman would most gladly make his home. * * * Never in the environs of any other city have I seen such a glory of flowers as surrounded each of these lovely homes." Pamphlets containing views of local scenery and information of interest to investors, tourists, hunters and amusement seekers may be obtained by addressing the Clerk of the Municipal Council, Victoria, British Columbia. E. Gr. PRIOR, & CO., SB VICTORIA, B. C. Sole Agents for B. C. for LIMITED LIABILITY. The Celebrated MORTON'S g B. C." DRILL STEEL. ' This Steel is used by the largest mines in British Columbia and Australia after having been severely tested by them against all other makes. Also Wm. Cook & Co's. Wire Ropes for Mining and Logging purposes. Rails, Bar and Plate Iron, Hammers, Handles, &c. Send for Prices. NION IRON WORKS. Mining and Smelting Machinery. Water Jacketed Furnaces, Crushers, Hoists, etc. Smelter Castings a Specialty. Complete Installations. Write us for estimates. UNION IRON WORKS, SPOKANE, Wash THE MINING RECORD. XXI PROFESSIONAL ADVERTISEMENTS. ^fiM#CN<fl«: MAKeRS or Halftones 1 Lime Etchings, Color i Embossing Plates, Letter u Bill Heads, Labels. /Vdvertising v Catalogue Work ; Jr. To The Klondike Gold Fields, via. THE WHITE PASS AND YUKON ROUTE. The Klondike Mining District is now so well known that a detailed description is unnecessary. The output of gold from this district has increased steadily year by year. In i^oo the yield was about twenty million dollars, and in 1901 about thirty million dollars. With the larger areas covered and newer methods adopted by practical miners, the Klondike will prove to be a rich and prosperous camp for many years to come. The great reduction in freight and passenger rates brought about by completion of the railroad from Skagway to White Horse with its connecting line of steamers for all interior Yukon and other points including Stewart River and the Tanana, has enabled the miners to reach and work many claims which previously could not be worked with a profit. For information about routes, rates, tickets, maps or printed matter, address! TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT, White Pass & Yukon Eoute, Vancouver, B.C. Its No Good Advertising In the British Press -Unless you unde rstand how to approach the British public. The best way to do this is to Employ an up-to=date advertising expert Who can advise you and do your business at Lowest Possible Rates. Quoted by newspapers themselves. Let us know what you want and we will be pleased to assist you. C. J. WALKER'S British and Canadian Press Bureau, 24 Coleman St., London, E. C. [■ EXPOR T30W*WSUBl£re-" WJk Is the world's leading mining and metallurgical periodical. Each weefely issue contains interesting and valuable information, is n e vc s y , descriptive, technical and. scientific. The leadingen- gineers , throughout the country read it. Subscription price, $5.00 a year payable in advance. Sample copies sent on request. Broadway, New York HI XXII THE MINING RECORD. BRITISH COLUMBIA WHOLESALE SUPPLY HOUSES, ETC Every Housekeeper §§§j|§§ Columbia Should be in possession of the new catalogue just issued by us. It is a work of art, contains 1568 nice illlustrations of nearly everything required in any home, besides other information that may prove of great value. It will interest you. Write for a copy at once. It is free. As a reminder what to buy for the Holiday Season it will prove of great assistance and save time. No. 318. Arm Chair, $10.00—Buff Willow, seat 20x22 in., height from floor to seat 10 in. WEILER BROS., Complete Furnishers, VICTORIA, B.C. R. Re RITHET & CO. Wholesale Merchants, Shipping & Insurance Agents, Proprietors of Victoria Wharf, Columbia Flouring Mill ; agents for Victoria I/utnber and Manufacturing Company, Cheminus, V.I.; Pacific Coast Steamship Co., San Francisco. WHARF" STREET. VICTORIA, B. C TURNER, BEETON & CO'Y Victoria, Vancouver, and Nelson, B. C. and at H. C. Beeton & Co., 33 Finsbury Circus, London, England. Manufacturers of Clothing, Etc., Etc Wholesale Merchants. Goods indented from all parts ofthe world. Telegraphic Addresses : Dry Goods, Liquors, Cigars, Flour, Etc. 1 TURNER," Victoria; " BEETON," London; " TURBEET," Vancouver and Nelson THE MINING RECORD. XXIII BANKING ESTABLISHMENTS, ETC. established,au. BANK OF MONTREAL. INCO RP 0FA1EP EV OF PARLIAMENT, HEAD OFFICE MONTREAL. CAPITAL all paid up, $13,379,240.00 RESERVE FUND, $9,000,000.00. UNDIVIDED PROFIT, $724,807.75 Board of Directors—Rt. Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, G. C. M. G., President. Hon. G. A. Drummond, Vice-President A. l. Paterson, Esq.; Edward B. Greenshields, Esq.; Sir William C. Macdonald; R. B. Angus,,£sq.; James Ross, Esq.; R. G. Reid, Esq., Hon. Robert Mackay 1 1 CLOUSTON General Manager A, MACNIDER Chief Inspector and Superintendent of Branches il. S. CLOUSTON Inspector of Branch Returns BRANCHES Province or Ontario—Almonte, Belleville, Brantford, Brockville, Chatham, Collingwood, Cornwall, Deseronto, Fort William, Goderich, Guelph Hamilton, Kingaton.Lindsay, London, Ottawa.Perth Peterboro, Picton, Paris Sarnia, Stratford, St. Mary's Toronto,Toronto Yonge St. Branch,Wailaceburg Province op Quebec—Montreal: West End Br., Seigneurs St. Br. Point St. Charles; Quebec. Lower provinces—Chatham, N.B.; Frederickton, N.B.; Moncton N.B. St. John N.B.; Amherst, N.S.; Halifax, N.S.; Sydney, N.S. Glace Bay, Yar- .mouth. Province of Manitoba and Nojkth-West Territories—Winnipeg, Man.; Calgary, Alberta; Lethbridgs, Alberta; Regina, Assiniboia; Raymond, Alta Province or British Columbia—Greenwood, Nelson, New Denver, New Westminster, Rossland, Vancouver, Vernon, Victoria. In Newfoundland—St. John's, Nfld., Bank of Montreal. Birchv Cove, Bay of Islands. F. W- TAYLOR Assistant Inspector JAMES AIRD Secretary Montreal-H. V. MEREDITH Manager IN CANADA: In Great Britain—London, Bank of Montreal, 22 Abchurch Lane, E.C, Alexander Lang, Manager. In the United States New York—R. Y. Hebden'-and J. M. Greata, Agents, 59 Wall" Street ; Chicago—Bank of Montreal. Bankers in Great Britain—London—The Bank of England, the TjDion Bank of London, the London & Westminster Rank the National Prov. Bank of England. Liverpool—The Bank of Liverpool, Ltd. Scotland—Tha British Linen Company Bank and Branches. Bankers in the United States—New York—The National City Bank, The Bank of New York, N.B.A. Bosten—The Merchants' National Bank, J. B. Moors & Co. Buffalo—The Marine Bank, Buffalo. San Francisco—The First National Bank, The Bank of British Columbia, The Anglo-Oalifornian Bank. Portland, Oregon—The Bank of British Columbia. Spokane, Wash. Bankoi Montreal. THB CANADIAN BANK .. I OF COMMERCE. .| With Which is Amalgamated Tlie Bank of British- Colu.rn.bia. HEXA.D OFFICE: TORONTO. Paid Up Capital $ 8,7oo,ooo 'Rest Aggregate Resources Over HON. GEO. A. COX, President. B. E. WALKER, General Manager. 3,000,000 7o,ooo,ooo ALEX. LAIRD, Asst. General Manager. LONDON OFFICE: 60 LOMBARD ST., E. C. The Bank has 105 branches well distributed throughout the Dominion -and elsewhere, including the following in British Columbia and the Yukon ►District: Atlin, Greenwood) Nelson, Vancouver, Cranbrook, Kamloops, New Westminster, Victoria. Dawson Ladysmith White Horse Fernie, Nanaimo, BRANCHES IN THE UNITED STATES. I New York, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle Skagway. Every description of banking business transacted. Letters of credit on all parts of the world. Exceptional facilities for handling gold dust. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received and interest paid at current rates. Victoria B. C. GEO. GILLESPIE, Manager BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ESTABLISHED 1836. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1840. Paid Up Capital, £1,000,000 Sterling. Reserve Fund, $1,898,000 LONDON, ENG., OFFICES, 5 GRACECHURCH STREET, E. C. BRANCHES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA : Victoria, Vancouver, Rossland, Kaslo, Ashcroft, Greenwood* Also at the Gold Fields—DAWSON CITY. A Savings Bank Department Has Been Established n Connection With the Victoria Branch. Highest Price Paid for Gold Dust and Amalgam. W. T. OLIVER, Mgr., Victoria, B. C. M. R. SMITH & COMPANY LIMITED. Established I858. Manufacturers of High Class Biscuits ^ Confectionery Gold Medals awarded at Royal Agricultural Exhibition '95. '961 '97. '9s- Medal and Diploma awarded at Colonial I and Indian Exhibitions. Silver Medals at Provincial Exhibitions, 1886. ©ranch- VICTORIA, B. C. 430 CORDOVA STREET, VANCOUVER R. MAYNARD Importer and dealer in all kinds ot Photographic Supplies Also Amateur Outfits, Kodaks, Hawkeyes, Premos, Pocos,etc, Imperial, Cramer and Hammer ^1 PANDORA St. Plates, Arjsto-Platino, Solio, KIo- 'Victoria B. C ro, Velox and Dekho Papers XXIV THE MINING RECORD. TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES AND HOTELS. The Pleasure ravel Is fully realized in travelling on the Canadian Pacific Railway. By its lines can be reached all Canadian Points, and its arrangement with American Railroads enable its agents to issue tickets to all points in the United States. It operates its own Sleeping and Dining Cars, and has its own Hotels and Steamships. Its magnificent scenery and the excellence of its service has made it the favorite route across the American Continent. Illustrated publications, as to its- route, Banff, Yoho Valley, Glacier, &c. sent on application to any agent. H. H, ABBOTT, Agent, VICTORIA, B. C. Or to E. J. COYLE, Ass't General Passenger Agent, VANCOUVER B. C. Esquimau and Nanaimo Railway. TIME TRBLE NO. 49. Northbound. Daily. Leave. a.m. Victoria 9 :oo Shawnigan Lake 10:20 Duncans 11 :oo P.M. Nanaimo 12:45 Ar. Wellington 1 too Southbound. Arrive. P.M. 12:06 10:46 10:02 8:15 Lv. 8:00 Northbound. Leave Victoria 3 :oo Shawnigan Lake 4:20 Duncans 5 :oo Nanaimo 6:4i Ar Wellington Sat., Sun. and Wed. Southbound. Arrive. P.M. P.M. 7:00 5:40 5:00 3:i5 Lv. 3 :oo 7:03 Through Tickets to Crofton via Westholme, Stage leaves Daily, connecting with North and Sonth bound trains, Double stage service Saturdays Sutrelays'and Wednesdays, connecting with morning and afternoon trains. Fare from Victoria, Single $2, Return $3. *' ■^Through Tickets Victoria to alberni—Stage leaves Wellington Mondays and Thursdays on arrival of train from Victoria. Returning from Alberni' Tuesdays and Fridays. Fare from Victoria, single, $5.20, return $8.65 Excursion rates in effect to all points good from Saturday until Monday. GE©. L. COURTNEY, Traffic Manager. THE HUDSON'S BAY COY -HAVE- GENERAL STORES -AT- Baie de Peres Battleford Calgary Chapleau Dauphin Deloraine Edmonton Fort William Kamloops Langley Lethbridge Lower Fort Garry Macleod Mattawa Morden Nelson Pincher Creek Portage la Prairie Port Simpsottt: Prince Albert Qu'Appelle Quesnelle Rat Portage Riding Mountain Shoal Lake Sudbury Touchwood Hills Vancouver Victoria ispSssi Vernon Whitewood Winnipeg And at other principal points in British Columbia, Manitoba and Northwest Territories. Purchasers will find at these stores the best goods at moderate prices, imported direct from all the principal markets ofthe world. ; ,:JEVERY|BELT ' GrJlUlioAK TANNED ILiTHER BELTING FELrEN&GUILLEAUME,Carlswerk, Actien Gesellschaft.Mulheimon Rhine For Exposed Situations Use * Lancashire I Hair Belting. CATALOGUES AND DISCOUNTS ON APPLICATION. D. K. McLAREN, Montreal, Toronto. MANUFACTURERS OF- ELECTRICAL LEADS AND CABLES *lectrlc Lighting Cables for Coal Pits with arrangement;'^^ avoiding lire damp explosions in case <>f the cable breaking. WIRE ROPES FOR MINING Round and Plat Wire Ropes, "Albert." or so-called ."Lang's'' Lay RopestPatent Lo£$ed Coil Wire Ropes, Patented Flattened Strand Wire Rooes; , IRON, STEEL, COPPER AND BRONZE WIRE Superior qualities. SOLE AGKNTS POK.vCANADA : WATSON|ACK & COMPANY, MONTREAL. - :\. STRAIGHT LINE, DUPLEX AIR COIVI PRESSORS.^SIMPLEorCOMPOUND. ROCK DRILLS." STEAM or AIR THE CANADIAN RAND DRILf COMPANY vanieouvER, b. e. ROSSLHND, B. ©. GREENWOOD, B. &. .-'" / ^.:J,7 ~/>C"i .' '- -- — II /#SDO/f§//?OA/ WORKS ",illi""n" 7'lte.faf^! $A%$i&'L.E : RISDON'S ^^^BBK^^^^-^^g CODES: A.B.C MOREING A NEAU. E^S^^S^^*''Piw^^T^ LIEBERS. WESTERN UNION. ^^^P^^mI wF% hR''"7 II'* 7 ; IIP' 4k77i ^^H^ iiisn«lil W pREDQINQ mm& A^hH HRS* ■ ^Ikl BkcniNERT. jflfcfffi. ■ ■-ji^A . ByBtBff^gffiffra!^-'lfrr^tife£ "•v \'tll| SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.. U. S. A. or. niNcl •WRITE FORt^DUR SPECIAL CATALOGUES. THE: ffYEE COPPER Hi lllMITED. Pufihasers and Smelters of Copper, Gold andpilver (!§jj£i| SMELTING \i#RKP -HT- LADYSM1TJ1 Vancouver Island, 6.©. ■ - . .Pl^iivenient to E. & N^mtailway or the Sea. CLERMONT LIVINGSTON, General Manager. jJ^TPHO^J KIDDIE, Smelter Manager. 10ITHWESTERN smelting mm REFlilNlilii Buyers of Gold, Silver |tnd Copper|Ores, Mattes, Bullion, fttirnace and Cyanide prodl|ct$§f LOCATION OF WORKS ||rM:ont Vancouver|lslandfl»C Published by ihe B. C. Record, Ld. Printed by T. R. Cusack, Victoria. Canada. HIS Month ■ AN INTERVIEW WITH THE AGENT-GENERAL 1 IIIU 1 1U1IL11 ■ SLOCAN CITY MINING DIVISION (Illustrated.) ) ■ >"mr;*-. -i VOL. XI. February, ,4904. No. I THE HlNTONlLECTRfflOMPANY Electric Moto*|i£7 Blowers. Motors. Fans. Dynamos. ^4li«*|tric Mining Apparatus. IvilJTORIA. B. C. • LIMITED. Electricall Construction ^r*ij.and Supplies. 77-7 WWCOUVER, Bfe The CALDWELL BROTHERS CO. SEATTLE. TACOMA. mining Machinery,][■}'■■■■ Complete Mining, Milling, Smelting and Pum^^M Plants. Agents for Rand Drill Co., Risdon Iron Works. Cameron Steam Pump Wo/^rfp Hendrie & Bolthoff Mfg.. Co. The Dominion Wire Rope Co. Jia. MONTREAL, C^NAPA Manufacturers of All Classes and Kinds of #RE ROPES FOR ALL PURPOSES. " LANG'S " PATENT WIRE ROPES P®R COMpERY AND GENERAL MINING PURPOSES. BBANCHEs:-Haljfax, N.S mt. John, N.B.fOttawa, 3&ronto, Rat Portage, Ont.; Winnipeg, Man.; Vancouver, B. C, Nelson and Rossland, B. C '#&IOE 20 CENTS. We Hp|^ Hando^K^ ^ §f» Xarge Asso|&ient of the;^^Sij77 Scotch Wire Ropes f-pNrily Guaranteed.) Everything fou Require For Logging |iirpose s, S a w M^Jind Mining7$lamps. . We Invite Correspondence. M(f.ennan, Mc|eely & Co. Limited WHOLESALE HARDWARE iMlSCOUVER, B. C. DAWSON, Y.p§ Hoisting Ingines. Our catalog No. 700 gives illua,tr^ tions and dimensions 6pthe principal sizes and styles we build,;.^ajad we will be glad to send the catalog to you on request. Branches, GREENWOOD, ROSSLAND, VANCOUVER. THeJ&N6KESMflGHlNLv§0,LKI. 132 LANSDOWNE STREET, SHERBROOKE, QUEBEC. Ip, KruppJAktiengesellschaft Grul|jwerk (Madgeburg-Buckau Germany.) i: hininI riACHlNiiY ^»»CWHi»iM ii «li: U!7 O. ORE CRUSHING: -Stone Breakers of Especially Strong construction. Roller Mills, Chilian Mills, Ball Mills, for dry and wet crushing—more than 1,800 at work, Stamp Batteries—Shoes and Dies of Krupp's Special Steel- AMALGAMATION: Amalgamation Tables and Pans, Las- rio's Gold Amalgamators, Settlers, &c Separation and Concentration Separators, Exhausters, Hydraulic Classifiers, Percussion Tables, Jioaers, Rotating Round Tables. LEACHING PLANT. COMPLETE GOLD ORE DRESSING PLANT (a) For treating by the Wet Method with Stamp Batteries, Amalgamation and Concentration.' (b) For Dry Testing by Ball Mills, Dust Extraction and Leaching. COAL WASHING PLANT—Large Testing Station for Crushing and Dressiaj| Ores at the Works. AtSElMTS : For CANADA—Jas, W. Pyke & Co, 35 St. Francois Xavier Street, Montfeife For the UNITED STATES—Thos^ffosser & Son, 15 Gold Street, New York For MEXICO—Pablo Bergnety;Apartado 549, Mexico ^j$§j ikM For fpTH AFRICA—United Engineering Company, Ltd., P. 0. Box 399, Johannesburg, S. A. R ..tf'J THE MINING RECORD. ELEVATORS AND CONVEYORS. C M. PINCKARD, President. E. L. EYRE, Vice-President. J. M. GRAHAM, Secretary and Manager VULCAN IRONWORKS Link-Belt Machinery Co., Chicago, U.S.A. Wire Rope. Wire Rope- We are Agents for the well-known firm of W. B. BROWN & CO., of Liverpool, Eugland, manufacturers of EVERY DESCRIPTION OF STEEL WIRE ROPES for mining purposes. It will pay you to ask for our prices, from stock and to crder. Also in Stock STEEL RAILS ('new, perfect and relayers), Ore bags, Scotch firebricks, Portland cement, "Valvoline" lubricating oils (specially suitable for mining works), etc, etc. C. F. JACKSON & CO., Limited WHOLESALE IMPORTERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. WHARF—Heatley Ave., Vancouver, B.C. 151 Hastings St. Vancouver, B. C. and Liverpool, England II. THE MINING RECORD. ASSAYERS' SUPPLIES AND ENGINEERING INSTRUMENTS. GELIGNITE—Strongest and Best Explosive in the Market ^at-'b.HVAl^l ■ ■— MANUFACTURED BY jg _^ . ^ f|_ ] HAMILTON POWDER COMPANY (Incorporated 1861. Manufacturers of High Explosives, Blasting, Mining and Sporting Powder, Dealers in Electric Blasting Apparatus, Safety Fuse, Detonators, Etc., Etc. works: NANAkMO BRANCH OFFICE VICTORIA HEAD OFFICE: MONTREAL. LOCAL OFFICES: VANCOUVER, NELSON, ROSSLAND and GREENWOOD ALBION IRON WORKS, CO., LTD. VICTORIA, B.C. I Engineers, Boilermakers, Iron and Brass Founders, Stove Manufacturers. All kinds of Land and Marine Engines. Boilers of all kinds up to 15' diameter. Pumps, Hoists, Ore Cars, Smelter Castings, Logging Engines, Centrifugal Pumps, Air Compressors. Specialists in Screw Pro- pellors, Patent Cannery Retorts. All kinds and sizes of Stoves. The B. C. Assay and Chemical Supply Co., Limited. ENCL'AND> id Direct Importers of Assayers' and Mill Supplies Headquarters for Laboratory Apparatus of all kinds, Bohemian Chemical Glassware, C. P. Acids, Potassium Cyanide and Quicksilver Sole agents in British Columbia for Morgan Crucible Co., Battersea, England; F. W. Braun & Co's Patent Gary Furnaces, Burners, etc.; W. Ainsworth & Sons' Fine Balances Write for our prices ADDRESS 733 Pender St., Vancouver, B. &. Jeffrey Send for catalogue. Address Elevating-Conveying Power, Transmission, Screening, Crushing, Dredging, Rock and Coal Drilling, Coal Cutting, Hauling and washing machinery. The JEFFREY MFG. CO. COLUMBUS, Q-, U.S.A. A* Van Der Naillens' School of Practical, Civil, Mining, Electrical Mechanical Engineering. Surveying, Architecture, Drawing and Assaying, Cyanide, Chlorination, Met> allurgy. Assaying of ores, $25; Bullion and Chlorination Assay, $25; Blow Pipe Assay, $10; Full Course of Assaying, $50. Established 1864. Open all year SEND FOR CIRCULAR. 113 FULTON STREET, One Block West of City Hall, SAN FRANCISCO. THE GIANT POWDER CO., CONSOLIDATED Manufacturers of GELATINE DYNAMlTEj highest and most FUME LESS explosive on the market and ALL HIGH EXPLOSIVES for Mining and Railroading work. Home Office—San Francisco, Cal. Works (Giant, Cal., 'Telegraph Bay, B, C. Kootenay Office Rossland, B. C. Head Office for British Columbia, Metropolitan Building, Victoria, B. C. UNION IRON WORKS. Mining and Smelting Machinery. Water Jacketed Furnaces, Crushers, Hoists, etc. Smelter Castings a Specialty. Complete Installations. Write us for estimates. UNION IRON WORKS, SPOKANE, Wash. THE MINING RECORD. CABLES, PUMPS, ETC. ESTABLISHED 1857. A. LESCHEN & SONS ROPE CO. ST. LOU IS, MO. WIRE ROPE for %0-^y^ "MINES, WI8A ■ QUARRIES, mt§M ELE/ATORS, Mill ^ BRANCH OFFICES i NEW YORK CHICAGO DENVER 3AN FRANCISCO III. Geo. E. mping Engine Co. 179 FIRST STREET, SAN FRANCiSCO, CAL. Manufacturers of Dow's Improved Steam and Power Pumping Machinery for Every Possible Duty. Oil Pumps, operated by steam or electric power. Water Works Pumps, all sizes and types. Marine Pumps, latest improved designs. Power Pumps, operated by any available power and adapted to any condition. Sole agents Pacific Coast for the Schwartz Metal Melting and Refining Furnaces, adapted for melting brass, coppe^'and br©nz«. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. GOODYEAR RUBBER CO. R. H. PEASE, President. Rubber Belting, Packing and Hose "Crack Proof" and "Snag Proof." Pure Rubber Mining Boots, Rubber Clothing, Mackintoshes, Oil Clothing. 573, 575, 577 & 579 Market Street, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL 73 & 75 First Street, PORTLAND, OREGON IV. THE MINING RECORD. HYDRAULIC PLANTS, PUMHS, ETC. I / 20 Copies a Minute- ALWAYS READY. To copy a letter with the Foyer Cylinder Letter Press you have only to throw on the pressure—one motion—feed your letter into the rolls and turn the handle. The letter comes out copied perfectly. If you wish another copy ofthe same letter put it in again. You can take at least six good copies of one letter. Perfect copies always. No brush, no blurred letters or copies, no rags. Always readable. For further particulars address MACKENZIE URQUHART, Commercial Stationer, 412 Granville St., VANCOUVER, B.C VANCOUVER ENGINEERING WORKS, Ltd..---ENGINEERS. Agents for Northey Co., Ltd., Atlas Engine Works, Laurie Engine Co., Buffalo Forge Co.. Medart Pulley Co., J. C. McLaren Belting Co., Goulds Manufacturing Co. STOeK IN YaiweODYER FOR IMMEBiaTE DELIVERY Vertical Tubular, 100 lb.s. Vertical Tubular, 100 lbs. 150 lbs. pres- 6 in. x 6 in., are working BOILERS. One Locomotive Marine, 175 lbs. pressure ;. will steam 14-in. x 72-in. engine. Two 66 x 16 Horizontal Tubular, 120 lbs. pressure. Two 60 x.16 Horizontal Tubular, 115 lbs. pressure. Two 48 x 14 Horizontal Tubulart 120 lbs. pressure. One 42 x 14 Horizontal Tubular, 105 lbs. pressure. One 25-h.p. Vertical Tubular, 100 lbs; pressure. One 15-h.p pressure. Two 7-h.p. pressure. One Locomotive Marine, sure, S.H. 150-h.p. One Scotch Marine 4 ft. 120 lbs. pressure, S.H* All pressures given pressures. ENGINES. One 10-in. x 15-in. Fraser & Chalmers Automatic Slide Valve. One 9-in. x 14-in. Laurie High Speed. - One'8-in." x 12-in. Laurie High Speed. One 7-in. x 10-in. Laurie High Speed. One 8-in. x 8-in. Laurie Rival Horizontal One 7-in-. x 8-in. Laurie Rival Horizontal 0£8*6>fevr3f6-ia,..Laurie Rival Horizontal One 5-in. x 6-in. Laurie Rival Horizontal One 7-in. x 7-in. Nagle Vertical. One set 14 x 72 Stern-Wheel S.H. One set 7 x 36 .Stern-Wheel S.H. HEATERS. One 30--h.p, Laurie. Tv/o 40-lj.p. Laurie. One 50-h.p. One 60-h.p. One 100-h.p One 125-h.p Two 50-h.p. Laurie. Laurie. Laurie. Laurie. Heaters, S.H. ^S. H. means second hand. PUMPS. Two 3x1^x3 Northey Duplex. Six 3x2x3 Northey Duplex. Five 4j4x254x4 Northey Duplex. Seven 5j4x3j4x6 Northey Duplex: Six 6x4x7 Northey Duplex. One 7J4x4J4x6 Northey Duplex! One 7^x5x6 Northey Duplex. One 5J4x4>4x6 Tank Pump Duplex. Three 4^x3^x4 Tank Pump Duplex. One 5J4x3j4x7 O. P. Plunger Pump. Two 4^x4^x6 O. P. Plunger Pump. Two 4x2%x5 O. P. Plunger Pump. One 7x3^x12 Northey Sinking Pump. Two 6-in. Iron Horiztl Gould Centrifgl. Two 5-in. Iron Horiztl Gould, Centrifgl. One 4-in. Iron Horiztl Gould Centrifgl. One 3j4-in. Iron Horiztl Gould Centrifgl One 3-in. Iron Horiztl Gould Centrifgl. One Northey Horiztl Centrifgl No. 5. One Northey Horiztl Centrifugal No. 6. -Two 8-in. Centrifugal Belt Driven, S.H. One 12-in Centrifugal Belt Driven,. S.H. One 18-in. Centriugal Belt Driven,- S:H One 4-in. Centrifugal Direct Connected to 4-in. x 4 in. engine. One 3x2x3 Duplex -Snow, S.H. One 4-in."x 6-in.Knowles Electric Sinking Pump with 15-h.p. 500 volt motor. BUFFALO BLOWERS. 2 No. 1 Blower with affixed countershaft jj 2 N0.2 Blower with affixed countershaft 3 No. 3 Plain with 4% in." outlet. No. 4 Plain with 5% in. outlet. No. 5 Plain with $y2 in. outlet. No. " No. 6 Plain with 6j£ in. outlet. with 754 in. outlet. HOISTS. One 8x10 Double Cylinder S. D. Hoist grooved for 34 wire. One 6x8 Double Cylinder S. D. Hendrie &'Bolthoff Hoist. Two 5x5 Vertical Hoists. "T" RAILS. 100 tons 12 lb. Rails with Plates. 75 tons 8 lb. Rails with Plates. 3 tons 5:i6 x 3 Track Spikes. x 3 Track Spikes. WATER WHEELS. 1 pair 8 in. Twin Boss Water Wheels. 1 pair 16 in. Twin Boss Water Wheels. 1 Pelton Wheel 48 in. MINING MACHINERY. 10 Classifier 2ft. x 4ft.—iJ4 in. openings. 1 Classifier 6ft. x 20 ft.—iJ4in. openings 1 F. & C. Ore Sampler, complete. 1 B. F. Co. No. 9 continuous shears. 1 Dpty No. 5 size A hand-power punch. 1 Champion Upright self feeding drill, No. .7; yrifch pulley and l ] set drills (12) Yi, in. to 1 in. inclusive. 1 Fairbanks No. 2268 R.B. Depot Scale. 1 Howe No. 144 Wheelbarrow. 2 Trommel sizers 3ft x pin-, complete with housings and screens in three sections. 1 Belt-driven Challenge Ore Feeder, complete. Two 3-section Classifiers 66-in x 106-in. complete. 2 sets 24m. x 14 geared rolls complete with manganese steel shells. 1 set 24m. x 14 belt rolls complete with manganese steel shells. 1 set pin. x pin. belt rolls with pulley and belt to drive. 1 i6in. F. & C. Copper Coil Heater. 6 Extra Sections covering for Classifiers, No. 18 English. standard gauge steel 3-2 m.m. and 3-3 m.m rd. holes rolled burr inside to 36 in. c. 1 Single Comp. Slide Jig "ironwork only, complete with brass screens and gank rods. One 2-in, Comp. Slide Jig, ironwork only, complete with brass screens and gank rods. Eight 4-Comp. Automatic & Hyde Hartz Jigs, ironwork only, complete. We carry a large stock of plate from 16 gauge to 54 in., boiler tubes from ij4 in. to 4 in., shafting, leather and rubber belting, angle-iron from 1 in. x 1 in. x 3-16 to 4 in. x 4 x ^ in., bar irorf (all sizes), valves, fittings, etc. THE MINING RECORD. V. GENERATORS AND MOTORS. En THE PIONEER MINING MACHINERY HOUSE OF THE WEST. gpfPSSfff^ffl IMP STEAM ELECTRICAL and.HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING 11 MINEand SMELTER SUPPLIES. Hoisting Machinery To Suit Every Condition. §g| Steam, Electric, Compressed Air, Gas or Gasoline A Scene on Our Testing Floor. This photograph shows six Standard Vulcan Hoists on our testing floor. We never permit an engine to leave'our shops until it is thoroughly tested, the valves properly set and the point carefully tested. SEND FOR OUR SPECIAL HOIST CATALOGUE, VI. THE MINING RECORD. BENNETT'S FUSE CROWN BRAND mines oi I THE KING OF FUSES The WHITE COUNTERED GUTTA PERCHA FUSE is the POPULAR FAVORITE in the- 1 British Columbia, Australia, the Transvaal, and the World over. Beware of Spurious- Imitations Made to Catch the Unwary. HOLMAN BROS. CAMBORNE, CORNWALL Manufacturers of Boilers, Air Compressors, Mining Machinery The Holman Patent Roek Drill Specially Adapted to B. C: Mining. 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For Year Book giving list of graduates and'their occupations apply to Houghton, Michigan. President oi£ Secretary. The Mining Record VOL. XI. FEBRUARY, 1904. No. 2 BRITISH COLUMBIA MINING RECORD Devoted to the /lining Interests ef the Pacific Northwest. PUBLISHED BY THE BRITISH COLUMBIA RECORD, LIMITED H. MORTIflER LAMB, rtanaging Editor. Victoria, B. C, Office, Province Building. Vancouver, P. W. Charleson, Hastings Sc. London Office: 24 Coleman Street, E. C. Denver, Col.: National Advertising Co. San Francisco: Dake's Agency. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: Canada and the United States, one year • Great Britain and Foreign, one year - Advertising; Rates on Application. $2.00 |2.50 Address all communications to The Managing Editor, B. O. Record, Ltd., P. O. Drawer 645, Victoria, B. 0. THE MONTH. The second annual Convention of the Provincial Mining Association is convened for the week commencing Monday, February 22nd, in Victoria. The Association since it was organized a year ago, has accomplished a great deal of useful work, and is capable of doing much more. Enthusiasm, therefore, should not be allowed to flag, and it is to be hoped that the district organizations will realize the importance of being well represented at the forthcoming Convention. We are glad to note that the immigration of coal miners to British Columbia from the North of England continues, and the men find ready employment in the East Kootenay collieries. It will be an excellent thing for the Province if we can man our collieries with intelligent British miners, instead of being obliged to employ ignorant, non-English speaking Huns, Poles and Dagos, representing the sweepings of Europe in work where intelligence is a sine qua non, having regard to the safety of human life. view. Whatever the future of the Le Roi may be, and whether it will again come to be regarded as the premier mine of British Columbia, it is at any rate certain that its management is now in very safe hands, and if the ore is there Mr. Parrish may be depended upon to find and develop it to the best possible advantage. The future of British Columbia depends on the growth and development of the mining industry. Mining is already conceded to be our premier industry, while agriculture takes and must continue to take a very secondary place. Yet year after year the Provincial Government appropriates a considerable sum in the aggregate in support of a Fruit Growers' Association, a Dairymen's Association, a Flockmasters' Association, Agricultural Societies and the British Columbia Agricultural Association. No grant has ever been made to promote or aid a Mining Association of any description. The Provincial Mining Association has already proved its efficiency and usefulness. It is, however, handicapped and hampered for want of funds. It has therefore a strong claim on the Government for financial assistance and encouragement. The shareholders of the Velvet and Portland Companies have acted very wisely in approving of the proposed scheme of amalgamation. From every point of view the plan is a sensible one. The two properties adjoin and can consequently be worked together to advantage; management expenses will be correspondingly reduced; and the plan contemplates a considerable reduction in the issued capital of the Velvet and Portland Companies. Although in the past the development of the Velvet was not always wisely directed, the result of work more recently done was most gratifying. The Portland, too, is a. most promising property. Mines in this section have been heretofore badly handicapped by heavy transportation costs, but the drawback in this respect should be largely overcome by the erection, as proposed, of reduction works on the. spot. There is therefore every prospect under the new regime of the Velvet becoming like one or two other British-administered mining companies operating in the Province whose positions have lately been strengthened or improved, a profitable enterprise. It will doubtless be some little time before the significance of the new discoveries of ore in the 1350-foot level of the Le Roi is fully determined. But the potential importance of recent developments may be to some extent gauged by the published statements of the manager, who is not given to overmuch optimism of In a letter to the Mining Record, Mr. Rowland Machin points out the hardships imposed on prospectors and others by the regulations now in force prohibiting carriage of blasting powder, caps and explosives in general on the steamers plying between the Coast cities and northern mining camps, as well as on vessels navigating Kootenay inland waters. Thus a mine operator (say) at Whitehorse sending an order 40 THE MINING RECORD. for powder or caps to Victoria is often in consequence put to much serious inconvenience by the delay occasioned while arrangements are being made for shipment of his order by special vessel from Seattle. It appears that the C. P. N. Company has applied to the Dominion Government for licenses to carry explosives but that permission has been refused unless the company agree to assume all risks. These risks need not, however be great if proper precautions are taken as Mr. Machin suggests, and it seems rather absurd that explosives can be carried with impunity first across the Atlantic and then by rail across the continent, while they may not be taken in the same way a few additional miles by steamer upon their arrival at a Pacific Coast terminus. A number of the residents of the Similkameen ha-je signed a petition addressed to the "Minister of the Interior, at Ottawa, asking that the Daly Reduction Company be granted a portion of the Indian Reserve near Hedley for smelter purposes in exchange for other and more desirable pasture land, to which arrangement the Indians themselves are most favourably disposed. In the petition the facts of the care are very clearly set out, add are briefly these: Mr. M. K. Rogers, acting on behalf of the Yale Mining Company and Daly Reduction Company, has spent a very large sum of money in this locality in the development of the Nickel Plate and other mines. Among other works which have directly benefited the public he has built over thirty miles of waggon road through the mountains, he has been a large employer of labour, and by his operations has done much to attract the attention of investors and- others to a very promising section of country. On this showing it is submitted, he is entitled to every consideration. The company Mr. Roger represents, is now desirous of establishing smelting works in the neighbourhood, but the only available site in British territory is on Indian Reserve land, which is not and never has been utilized by the Indians, and it is pointed out, if the Department refuses the concession asked, the country will then lose an important industry. Application was first made for this land so long ago as 1899, but to unravel a tangle of red-tape nothing is equal to a strong "pull." In Canada we always place politics before business. The export number of the Engineering and Mining Journal issued -on January 7th is truly a monumental production, and surely marks a period in mining journalism, as it also indicates the remarkable development and gfowth in recent years of the mining industry of North America. This noteworthy weekly issue of a noteworthy publication contains no less than a hundred and forty-two pages of advertisements and sixty-six pages of letter-press matter printed in small type. The issue is given up almost exclusively to reviewing industrial and commercial conditions affecting the mining industry of this continent in 1903, and as such serves a far more useful purpose than the average governmental blue-book, because it is just as reliable, compiled by recognized experts, and strictly "on time." We venture to say, for example, that Mr. S. S. Fowler's excellent summary of last year's mining developments in British Columbia, is a better advertisement for the Province than the Annual Report of the Minister of Mines which may be published any time between next March and next July. Of course, the Minister of Mines' Report may prove more useful for statistical purposes, and be valued accordingly by statisticians and archaeologists; but we need hardly discuss that point. We take the opportunity meanwhile of congratulating Mr. T. A. Rickard and his very able editorial staff not only on this wonderful special issue, but also on the high standard maintained in the ordinary weekly editions of the Engineering and Mining Journal, by which it so easily substantiates its claim to be considered the "world's leading mining and metallurgical periodical." The sensational death of Mr. Whitaker Wright, the mining promoter who took poison immediately after having been sentenced to seven years' penal servitude has special interest for those engaged in mining in this province. Certain of our most important mines were involved in his financial operations, and many of our mines have .been subjected to methods almost equally disastrous by promoters who have either transgressed the law and evaded punishment or have kept their operations within statutory and penal limitations. Mr. Wright was not brought to justice for the main counts in which his promotions transgressed the rules of sound finance and ordinary business morality, but because he failed to keep in view the nice distinction existing between operations technically legal but morally outrageous, and operations in contravention of the criminal law. Had he been indicted for the former he would hardly have stood alone in the dock. That he should be punished for the latter when demand for his punishment was aroused by the effects of the former leads to the reflection that the interests of society would be better protected by measures against a very general financial corruption, than by the occasional punishment of some one of those who plunder society with impunity, who has happened to cross the line of statutory criminality. It may make successors more careful not to cross the line, but it will hardly make them less greedy to participate in the spoils of unwarrantable promotions. We have little to add to what we said in February, 1901, on the subject of the London & Globe and Mr. Whitaker Wright: "He gives the impression more of a daring actor in a saturnalia of corruption than of a mover and instigator of financial debauchery. ... It becomes a difficult matter to apportion personal responsibility and one from which the severest critic may shrink. Under the veil of charity the features of Mr. Whitaker Wright may well be hid." If there was reason then for such language, there is greater ' reason now. He no longer flaunts great wealth in the ' eyesof the world but is dead at his own hand and lies in a dishonored grave. A deputation representing the Executive Committee of the Provincial Mining Association recentlv inter- THE MINING RECORD. 41 viewed the Premier in order to ascertain what action, from the present leasing system. As is well known, if any, the Government proposed taking in respect to we have yet in British Columbia a large extent of the several important recommendations — suggesting country to which access is difficult, but where the op- the introduction of legislation of a remedial character portunities for mining appear sufficiently encouraging —made by this organization during the past year, to warrant exploitation and possibly preliminary work- The deputation was received with courtesy, but be- ing- It might well happen in such a case that after a yond obtaining an assurance that it was the Govern- hydraulic mine had been opened up and equipped, ment's intention to provide an alternative for the two that it was found to yield a very small, if indeed any, per cent, tax, the interview was otherwise apparently margin of profit under the disadvantageous condi- resultless. On the subject of the crown-granting of tions imposed by distance and inaccessibility, while placer claims, however, Mr. J. B. Hobson, one of the with these disabilities removed, as they would be by, chief advocates of this measure who happened to be for example, the building of a railway, the mine could present, replying to an enquiry put by the Minister be made to pay a very fair return on the energy and as to whether he would object to the imposition of capital expended. Under the present leasehold system a condition when title was issue requiring work equiv- the owner of such a mine is either obliged to continue alent to the expenditure of at least a hundred dollars to working year after year at possibly a loss or else be be prosecuted annually on each placer or hydraulic penalised by the forfeiture of his property, others subclaim so granted,' urged the desirability of providing sequently, when conditions are no longer arduous or some safeguard on these lines which would prevent hazardous, grasping the fruit of his toil. Surely then large alluvial areas being acquired and held for purely it should be only just and fair that so long as the llllll MUr Hi liteyiMMiMKWiWfil Th^ LeRoi No. 2 Company's new Concentrator utilizing the Elmore Oil Process. speculative purposes. But to bur mind the suggestion principle of crown grants is admitted, and absolute made by the Premier is absurd to a degree, for a con- titles are granted in the case of farm and mineraS ditional crown grant would not be a crown grant, lands, that the rights of the hydraulic miner, he hav-- while the expenditure of so small a sum as a hundred ing afforded satisfactory proof, of his bona tides by dollars per annum in the development of an hydraulic developing his property, should be also considered and! mine would certainly be of no advantage to anyone, respected. If crown grants to hydraulic ground are Rather it would be a source of continual irritation and issued only after a sufficiently large expenditure has render title to placer ground less secure than at pres- been made to prove their value, there need be no fear ent. If we rigidly understand the' contention raised of advantage being taken of the change of system by by Mr. Hobson and other hydraulic mine operators,^ speculators for their own purposes, the chief objection to the leasing system now in force —*— is that the Act limits the life of a lease to twenty THE ZINC PROBLEM, years, and does not specifically state that upon the expiration of that period renewal shall be obtainable. The establishment of a successful industry in zinc Consequently title is not regarded as sufficiently stable mining is of great importance to British Columbia, to encourage outside capital to invest in this class of Zinc mining would, and to a certain extent already property But there is also, we think, a still stronger does, form a useful auxiliary to silver-lead mining, reason in favour of crown grants or at least a change but its development presents serious, though not in- 42 THE MINING RECORD. superable, difficulties. There are three possible outlets for British Columbia zinc ores. One is the British or Continental market, the second is the United States- market, and the third lies in the formation of a home market, in which the ore would be sold, and from which its contents would be marketed separately. The British market possesses the obvious advantage over the United States market that it allows to some extent for the silver content of the ore. But this advantage is not altogether decisive. The recovery of by-products in European smelters is far more an economy forced upon them by the fact that when foreign ores JgggggM interests are concerned. Although, of reach them they have become costly through freight - - and other charges than a result of superior practice utilization of our resources in zinc ores lies still to some extent in the laboratory of the chemist. But we have no doubt at all that British Columbia will yet achieve another metallurgical triumph in this direction, and that another well-founded and stable industry will eventually enrich the mining industry of the province. Mr. A. C, Garde, the president of the Silver-Lead Miners' Association, has meanwhile written a letter to the press, in support of the resolution recently passed by that organization, urging the Dominion Government to engage the services of a duly qualified expert to report on the whole zinc question so far as British or superior money making ability. It does not payl to transport ore from one end of the world to the other, and then throw aWay anything of any value it contafns, course, the Association did not actually suggest the name of any zinc metallurgist in particular to whom this work should be entrusted, Mr. Garde now mentions the fact that mine-operators in the Slocan had in view the appointment of Professor Ingalls, and he even if complex and expensive processes are necessary points QUt «m not only would the report of to save its by-products. Shippers of zinc ore to undoubted authority be of inestimable value to those Europe have had this impressed upon them by actual now engaged in the mining of zinc ores § ^ country, but also prove of advantage in securing capital for the further development of the industry. returns of a not particularly encouraging character The smelters of the United States are eager to puy high-grade zinc ores. But they purchase them for the zinc and not for any silver they may contain. So far, the Unittd States smelters have not shown any anxiety to establish works which would treat argentiferous zinc ores with the view of saving the silver. Argentiferous zinc ore is uncommon. If sufficient of it were procurable in British Columbia to form -the base of a successful smelting industry in the United States, the zinc produced from this source would unquestionably be subjected to the penalties of an import duty. There is already an attempt being made in the United States to regulate the output of zinc ore. If high-grade argentiferous zinc ore from British Columbia came into competition with lower grade rion- argentiferous zinc ore in the United Statees, who can doubt that, however inconsiderable the competition, the tariff would be adjusted so as to put an end to it. At present the European and United States markets seem to establish an equilibrium so far as our producers are concerned, which leaves them in doubt to which to ship, or whether to ship to either. The third choice, the establishment of a local industry, remains. This would naturally be from all points of view the best solution of the matter if it is at all practicable. Is there enough argentiferous zinc ore available in British Columbia to justify anyone in attacking the problem of treating it locally and saving both the silver and the zinc. It is undeniable that in British Columbia smelting facilities have tended to outstrip the supply of ore except in the Boundary district, where the problem has been reduction in the cost of smelting rather than an adequate supply of ore. Nor has the smelting practice in this province shown any lack of adaptation to new conditions. It is therefore reasonable to suppose that if, or we should say, when the problem of treating our argentiferous zinc ores locally presents itself in a form which demands and admits of successful solution, it will be attacked and solved as other problems not less difficult have been successfully met. To our mind the full and profitable THE MINING ASSOCIATION AND THE DUTIES OF THE EXECUTIVE. The Inland Sentinel, commenting on Mr. Leslie Hill's open letter published in our issue last month, addressed to the Vice-President of the Provincial Mining Association and our reference thereto, remarks: "Both Mr. Mortimer Lamb and Mr. Hill- know perfectly well that in referring to the discussion on taxation by the executive in that strain, they are neither fair nor honest. It is pretty generally known that the Government, when asked to repeal the two per cent, tax, had asked the Association to suggest some alternative method of taxation, and in considering the subject, the executive did neither more nor less than their duty. It is all arrant humbug for Mr. Hill to prate about "socialism," etc. The trouble is that men of set ideas, like Mr. Hill, are not big enough to concede to others greater perspicacity than they themselves possess." This is an important matter and should be fully dealt with. It is not what Mr. Leslie Hill or Mr. Mortimer Lamb think that's important; nobody probably cares. What is important is the point raised by Mr. Hill involving the policy to be pursued in future by the Provincial Mining Association if it, as an institution, is to have any weight or influence with the Government of the country. To have such weight and influence it must have the endorsation of practical mining men. A Mining Association of farmers would have no weight. Practical men wish to consider practical questions immediately and directly affecting the mining industry. They do not consider, for example, that they are called upon to advise the Government to adopt an entirely new system of taxation which would admittedly bear more heavily on other interests than upon themselves. In the case of the resolution introduced by Mr. Kirby at Kamloops, while we may personally be in sympathy with that gentleman's ideas on THE MINING RECORD. 43 economic questions,. the Mining Record is not published to represent the personal views of its editor or the views of Mr. Kirby. It is published in the interest, and endeavours to recognize the requirements of, the mining industry of British Columbia, and to that extent it supports the Provincial Mining Association. But all this is beside the point. In the matter now under discussion, the whole question hinges on the powers vested in the Executive Committee. Whatever those powers may now be we do not thing it either expedient or right, nor was it intended, that seven committeemen, representing a quorum, should be permitted to commit three thousand persons—that or thereabouts being presumably the membership of the Association—to the endorsation of so radical a meas- use as that recommended, for example, by Mr. Kirby a measure, concerning which there had been no general discussion, and of which very probably the Association as a whole might not approve. In the case in point the Government were fully apprised'of the circumstances under which the resolution was passed, and consequently felt disposed to take as much notice of it as was taken of the famous petition said to have been presented on an historic occasion by the three celebrated tailors, who claimed to represent the people of England. That is the principle of the thing; to reply directly to the Inland Sentinel's contention, we submit that Mr. Kirby did not offer an alternative for the two per cent. tax. He proposed an entirely new system of taxation by which other interests would be more seriously affected than mining, and this without their consent or approval. Furthermore, while it is true the Government did ask for alternative proposals, the Convention which appointed the Executive Committee decided almost unanimously that the Association had no wish or intention to assume the prerogatives or duties of the Legislature in these respects. Again if the' Executive is allowed to make attacks on civil servants, it will be easily recognized how dangerous a weapon is placed in the hands of individuals for venting personal spites or for avenging personal wrongs, real or imaginary. It seems to us therefore that if the Provicial Mining Association is to continue to occupy an influential position and accomplish the purposes for which it was organized, a better system or working, or rather the system originally conceived, must be followed out, and somewhat on these lines: A Convention is held once a year at which are present delegates representing not only localities but interests directly and indirectly dependent upon the mining industry. Thus we recognize officially in the Association five distinct classes, namely, miners and prospectors, mine- managers, mine-owners, smelter, business and professional men, and farmers and others. At this Convention, which is a thoroughly representative gathering^ matters affecting the interests of the mining industry of B. C. at large are brought up for discussion, resolutions are passed and an Executive Committee is appointed for the express purpose of bringing to the attention of the proper authorities the requirements and wishes of the mining communities and take the necessary steps to see that they are carried into effect; these wishts and requirements having been very clearly set out by resolution passed in Convention. When the Executive Committee has attended to this duty, it is expected to meet periodically to receive, consider and deal with suggestions and recommendations from branch organizations on matters affecting the interests of individual localities, and not, presumably, those of the whole Province. Should the occasion arise, however, when some question of general interest and importance arises with which it is advisable that the Mining Association should deal, then before taking any decisive action the Executive Committee should certainly take the precaution to ascertain the views and wishes thereon of every branch organization. Of course, under the new system proposed of giving each district better representation on the Executive, and also providing for a larger representation of practical mining men, theoretically, at least, most of the objections to the present system will be removed, but this notwithstanding we still think that most of the important business of the Association should be done in Convention, leaving to the Executive the task merely of endeavouring to render effective the wishes of the Convention. We therefore agree with many of the conclusions arrived at by Mr. Leslie Hill, and expressed by him in his open letter to Mr. Hobson, although possibly we may not argue from precisely the same premises. JUDGES AND EXTRA JUDICIAL WORK. IN last month's Canadian Law Times appears an interesting letter from the pen of Mr. Justice Martin, on the subject of "Judges and Extra-judicial Employment," wherein the learned writer argues with much clearness and force against the practice of appointing judges to sit on commissions, while for the same reasons he would have removed "all temptations in the nature of" railway passes and directorships, the acceptance of which might even unconsciously affect judicial independence of thought and action. Tfeere can be no doubt at all that the view of the matter Mr. Justice Martin takes is a high and, in the main, a right one. So far, at any rate, as directorships of public companies.are concerned, any judge accepting an invitation of the kind would be taking not only a greater personal risk and assuming a heavier responsibility than a private individual would be called upon to carry, but he would also take the more serious risk of bringing a high and dignified office into possible disrepute. That, of course, is the extreme view, for no Canadian judge in his right mind would dream of joining the directorate board of a company engaged in anything resembling a speculative business. Even the most legitimate and conservative of business enterprises, however, may come to grief, possibly under circumstances necessitating legal investigation or action, and consequently if on no other than politic ground, it is certainly inadvisable that judges should allow their names to be associated with any commercial or industrial undertaking of whatever nature. It is a common practice in Canada for judges to be tendered passes by railway and steamship companies. 44 THE MINING RECORD. The transportation companies in this country are, in fact, most liberal in this respect, and not only judges, but members of Parliament, clergymen, not to mention, journalists (who, however, generally render a quid pro quo) are as a rule afforded the opportunity of travelling without charge. We do not suppose for a moment that passes are offered to judges or members of Parliament with the object of influencing their opinions or as inducement to them to extend special favours in return at the expense of strict morality. At the same time to accept a gift- and fail to experience a friendly and cordial feeling towards the donor and a desire to benefit him "would be unnatural, and in view of this, judges and parliamentary representatives being but human, the pass system is not a good system. But we are more concerned with the question: Should judges act as commissioners? Mr. Justice Martin replies in the negative, as "it has directly or indirect^, publicly or domestically, an undesirable effect on the administration of justice and is contrary to the welfare of the State," and his reason for arriving at thfis emphatic conclusion is that the absence of one judge on extra-judicial work throws an unfair burden on his colleagues of the Bench, and is apt to delay litigation. If in practice this argument is found to work out, it is unanswerable. On the other hand there is much to be said in favour of the principle of the appointment of Supreme Court judges on commissions. We were in communication the other day with a number of mine-operators and others who are desirous of bringing about certain changes, which in their opinion would be highly advantageous to the industry, in the mining law of the Province. The made there that what was required to convince the Legislature and the people of the justice of their contentions was a commission to enquire thoroughly into the working of the mining laws and secure evidence bearing specially on the points raised. The reply to this was: "No, commissions are worse than useless. The Government will appoint commissioners to suit themselves, and if they do not desire a change in the ' law, the commission would so manoeuvre as to b#ing in a report adverse to us." Ignoring, we think, advisedly, the debatable point here raised, we can nevertheless safely say that the judiciary in Canada is accorded a measure of respect and confidence that is not extended generally to professional politicians, and consequently the inclusion of a judge on a commission, over which he would probably preside, would lend weight to the findings of that body and be an additional assurance that the matters enquired into would be, at any rate, honestly and impartially considered. Apart from the fact that a judge is peculiarly fitted to act as a commissioner from training and experience in the weighing and sifting of evidence, he has often the further advantage of having made a special study of the subject anent which enquiry may be made. To particularize, no one is so well informed on the mining law and its operation in British Columbia as the author of "Martin's Mining Cases and Statutes of British Columbia," and no one would be better qualified to act on a commission to enquire into the working of our mining law than he. That such a commission, properly constituted, could render most effective service we have no doubt at all, for whether reform is needed or not in the direction indicated by mine-operators or by the Executive of the Provincial Mining Association, it is an ackuowledged fact that the numerous ambiguities and conflicting clauses in the Mineral Act at least, are, and until amended or reconciled, will be, a fruitful source of litigation. So long as commissions can be made to serve a useful purpose, and this means for investigating alleged abuses or grievances continues, so it is absolutely essential that the men sitting as commissioners should be like our judges, independent, impartial, disinterested, beyond the reach of political influence-or taint. If the services of Supreme Court judges are unobtainable for the performance of extra-judicial duties, then surely it would not be altogether impracticable to make permanent appointments, in the same manner as judges, are appointed, of men specially trained and fitted to act on all occasions as presiding officers ot commissioners. Boards of Conciliation or Arbitration. The adoption of such a measure would go far towards popularizing and increasing the usefulness of this system of enquiry and redress. THE PROVINCIAL MINING ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. THE SECOND ANNUAL CONVENTION—THE PRESIDENT'S LETTER OF INVITATION TO DELEGATES. HE campaign of Remedial LegislationNwhich was A commenced by our Associcjtion at its General Convention in February lastlhas been prosecuted with zeal by the Executive Committee ever since. The Legislature was, at the time\ in a state of internal dissension, and unable to giv&its attention to the many pressing needs of the JProvrhce. Nevertheless, we did succeed in obtaining two of^the-reforms recommended by the Association, viz.: (i) The right of redemption of mineral lands sold for taxes; (2) A provision enabling the owner of a group of crown-granted mineral claims to perform all requisite work upon any one of his claims. The Association, as you are aware, is composed of men representing all classes of industry and politics in the Province; but the Association itself is absolutely non-partizan. Our object is to secure relief from numerous artificial burdens which have, from time to time, been imposed upon the mining industry. The welfare of the Province demands reform, and our Association, guided by the wisest counsels it can enlist, is determined to secure it. _ Owing to the shameful mismanagement of our public affairs by successive' legislatures during the. last few years, the Province has been brought to the verge bankruptcy. Is it not time for the people to insist that henceforth wisdom rather than folly, and carefulness rather than recklessness, shall guide the destinies of our country ? THE MINING RECORD. 45 The Association is not yet a year old, yet it has already accomplished much by its constant devotion to the interests of the mining industry. At its first convention it adopted means to successfully settle the Fernie strike, which threatened to close up all the mines in the Kootenays and stop the circulation of upwards of $400,000 disbursed monthly by the affected coal mines and dependent industries. In order to inform you more fully of our labours during 1903, I enclose a brief statement of the remedial measures recommended, after careful deliberation, by the Convention and its Executive Committee. If these measures receive, at the hands of the Legislature, the prompt and favourable consideration which they deserve, we shall soon witness a great and permanent improvement in our mining conditions. Our second convention will be held in Victoria during the week commencing Monday 22nd February, 1904. We occupy a far stronger position to-day than we did at the first convention. We now have the results of nearly a year's deliberations, by those most competent to advise on matters affecting the mining industry; and it is impossible to believe that any government will persist in turning a deaf ear to suggestions so framed. Mining is the paramount industry of our Province. The metalliferous, mineral, and coal mining industries stand by themselves as those which, in their extension, increase individual rewards, not alone of their followers, but the followers of all other industries. They are not competing producers, but, on the contrary, are competing consumers for all the others. The development of the vast mineral resources of our Province is of vital, never-ending importance, and should be encouraged by . every patriotic resident. Every additional ton of gold, silver, copper, lead or other metal or mineral having a commercial value produced by our mines adds new wealth to the Province and sends new money circulating through the channels of trade and commerce. For election of delegates the procedure will be the same as last year, viz.: Meetings to be called and one delegate appointed thereat for each twenty members or fraction of twenty members. Delegates' credentials shall consist of a letter signed by the local president (or chairman) and secretary certifying the number of members in their branch and setting out the full names of those who have been duly elected as delegates. Where branches have not been formed, the procedure is to call a public meeting for the purpose of organizing such a body; elect a president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, executive and other necessary committees for a period of one year. Arrangements have been made with the C. P. R?- for special transportation rates to delegates attending this Convention, and you are requested to see that delegates from your branch are fully informed thereon. In order to profit by these special rates, delegates must purchase within three days of date of Convention, first-class, full rate, one way tickets to Victoria, and obtain certificates to that effect on Standard Certificate forms, which will be supplied by ticket agents upon application. Upon arrival at Victoria, delegates must hand in their certificates to the secretary for indorsement. If fifty delegates hold Standard Certificates, duly indorsed, they will receive free transportation upon presentation of same at ticket office; if fifteen or more, the return fare will be one-third the full one way rate; if fourteen or less, the return fare will be two-thirds the full one way rate. Delegates must not purchase return tickets, as their doing so will interfere with other delegates obtaining the reduction. Do not omit to notify the secretary of the number of delegates appointed from your locality, that this office may be fully posted. Delegates may have their mail addressed care of the Association, P.O. drawer 656, Victoria, B.C. All communications are to be addressed to "The Secretary," at the above adress. By order of the Executive. John Keen, President. Please Note:—No city, town, or village will be entitled to more than twenty delegates. THE CANADIAN MINING INSTITUTE. "THE Secretary announces that the Annual General *• Meeting of the Institute will be held in the King Edward Hotel, City of Toronto, on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 2nd, 3rd and 4th March next. Appended is a preliminary announcement of the syllabus of papers so far arranged at this date: (1) Presidential Address, by Mr. Eugene Coste, E.M., Toronto; (2) Hydraulic Mining in the Yukon: Its Present and Future, by Mr. Lucien J. Robe, C. & M. E., Dawson, Y.T.; (3) The Evolution of Mining Practice in the Yukon, by Mr. A. J. Beaudette, M.E., Dawson, Y.T.; (4) Exhibition of Lantern Slides illustrating Mining Practice in the Yukon and Cariboo Gold Fields, by Mr. B. T. A. Bell, Ottawa; (5) On the Construction of Mine Bulkheads, by Mr. W. Thompson, Rossland, B.C.; (6) On Gold Dredging, by Mr. John E. Hardman, S.B.E.M., Montreal; (7) On Certain Conditions of Coal Mining in the Crow's Nest Pass, British Columbia, by Mr. James McEvoy, M.E., Fernie, B.C.; (8) On the Bornite Ores of British Columbia and the Yukon, by W. M. Brewer, M.E., Victoria, B.C.; (9) On the Nickel Deposits of Norway, by Major R. G. Leckie, M.E., Sudbury, Ont; (10) On the Electric Smelting of Iron Ores, by Dr. Eugene Haanel, Ottawa; (11) The Geological Survey of Canada as an Educational Institution, by Prof. T. L. Walker, Toronto, Ont.; (12) On the Opening up and Development of Mines, by D. G. Kerr, C. & M.E., Cordova, Ont.; (13) The Undeveloped Mineral Sources of Ontario, by W. G. Miller, Provincial Mineralogist, Toronto; (14) On the Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid, by C. A. Messieur, Sydney, C.B.; (15) On the Mines of Ontario (Illustrated by Lantern), by W. E. H. Carter, M.E., Toronto: (16) On the Genesis of the Animikie, Iron Range, by F. Hille, THE MINING RECORD. Port Arthur, Ont.; (17) The Year's Progress of Mining in Ontario, by T. W. Gibson, Director of Mines, Toronto; (18) On Magnetic Separation, by F. G. Snyder, Chicago 111.; (19) On a Water Supply for Hawaiian Sugar Plantations, by I. N. S. Williams, Puunene, H.I.; (20) Subject not yet announced, by Frederic Keffer, M.E., Anaconda, B.C.; (21) The Early History of Mining in the Sudbury District, by J. W. Evans, C.E., Deseronto, Ont.; (22) Subject not announced, by A. C. Garde, M.E., Sandon, B.C.; (23) On the Carboniferous of New Brunswick, by Dr. H. M. Ami, Ottawa; (24) Subject not yet announced, by E. B. Kirby, E.M., Rossland, B.C. The above programme will be kept open for additional papers until 15th February next. HYDRAULIC MINING IN CASSIAR. I INING operations in the Cassiar district durihg *• 1903 were confined entirely to the work done by the Thibert Creek Company, working hy- darulic ground on Thibert Creek, a brief report of whose operations follows:— Number of days (of 24 hours) worked v 98 Water used per day, miners' inches 475 Total water used for season 46,55° Total gravel moved, cu. yds 162,925 Amount of gold recovered $21,000 Total cost of operating for season, including Government fees and licenses, pipe-laying, tools, etc -. $17,400 Profit for season $ 3,600 Cost of recovering gold per $1.00 83c. Value of gravel per cubic yard 13c Cubic yards of gravel washed per miners' inch 3.5 The shortness of the season's run was due to the pipe line not being completed, which delayed the commencement of washing until the 13th of June. Also to the fact that the manager did not wish to incur expense by doing late work from which profits would not be derived until next season. Operations were therefore discontinued earlier than was ntcessary. With pipe lines and plant in readiness for a start, operations could be commenced about the 30th of May and continued until near the end of October; though, in ordinary seasons, the last clean-up should take place not later than the 1st of that month, on account of cold weather setting in and preventing the picking and cleaning of bedrock and cuts. The washing of gravel, however, may be continued until about the 20th of October. Last season's water supply was the smallest ever known in the district and when it was most abundant the company's pipe line and monitors were not in order to be worked. A great deal of water is wasted which could be secured and made available by building dams and diverting some of the smaller creeks into Berry Creek. By using means to secure this water the company would have much more than they could use. The present supply is not adequate for washing banks 150 feet in height; 1,000 inches or more should be available. There are three propositions for securing for the • mine an increased supply of water at a reasonable cost and with a larger supply the cost of washing would, of course, be much less per cubic yard. The wages of high-priced men are as great a tax on a small production as on a large output. The rate of wages paid for pipe men was: Pipe men $6.00; machinists, $6.00; carpenters, $5.00 and sluice men $4.50 per day, would be no more if using a larger supply of water, while the quantity of gravel washed and gold recovered would, of course, be much greater. It may be mentioned that nothing has so far been done to improve the water supply in Berry Creek. A heavier flow of water would also force larger stones through the sluices and save cost of moving on cars. The preliminary prospecting of the mine was not sufficient to establish the lowest portion of the bedrock in the old channel, so that two of the sluices were started too high up to allow of a good grade in the rock cuts. This to some extent increased the cost of working for the season. Next year (1904) the lowest portion of the channel now being established, sluices will be started low enough to give sufficient grade. The cost of removing boulders last season was one half of the working expenditure. This expense will be proportionately reduced when conditions are improved in future seasons. Fully one-third of the stones now handled by cars might be moved by a larger supply of water. Bringing in and taking out the men cost $800. This item remains fixed whether the season be long or short. The cost of laying pipe landr^setting machines also is as great for small as for large installations and increases the cost of working a yard of gravel proportionately. The cost of working per $1 gold produced in the past season was, as above shown, 83 cents, divided as follows : Manager's and foremen's salaries, Government fees and part of travelling expenses, 27 2-30., high priced labor, 13 5-6c, ordinary labor, 41 i-2c.; total, 83 cents. With a season of 150 days and a water supply of 1,500 inches, the total cost of producing $1 worth of gold would be 52 1-2 cents. The amount produced calculating upon the results of last season's operations would be $100,0000, leaving a profit of $47,500. From calculations made the carrying capacity of the miners' inch can be put down at 3.5 cubic yards. According to this the company washed' during the season 162,925 yards, with a value of 13 cents per yard. With the larger supply of water above indicated 787,- 500 cubic yards could be washed in one season of 150 days. The Thibert Company's property consists of seven claims, each 1,500 feet, following the old channel, or 10,500 feet in all, 500 feet of which has been worked. These claims measure on an average 400 feet in width by 100 feet in height, or 14,000,000 yards of gravel in all. THE MINING RECORD. 47 MINING IN ONTARIO. (By J. C. Gwillim.) HE total production of minerals in Canada for A the year 1902 was $64,970,732. A little less than half of this belongs to the non-metallic class, and $35,000,000 of metallic product. Ten years ago, in 1893, the total was $21,100,000, of which $16,- 169,345 was non-metallic and $4,634,381 metallic, 'ine great proportionate increase in the metals is due principally to British Columbia and the Yukon. The lesser but still substantial growth of non-metallics is due principally to the Western coal and the many products of Eastern Canadian mines. The natural growth of the mineral industry in newly developed districts is along the lines of precious or semi-precious metals. As facilities, population and industries increase a host of lesser, often neglected, minerals become commercial quantities. This is very apparent in the older civilized countries and to a considerable extent in the Eastern Provinces and states of this continent. The Report of the Bureau of Mines of Ontario has a list of twenty non-metallic minerals, a product valued at $7,134,135 in the rough. Some of these have hardly begun to be produced in British Columbia and some possibly never will be produced, since so great a variety is rarely found in any one province. Take the following instances: Pyrites—Worth about $3.50 per ton for sulphur. Feldspar—About $1.50 per ton for china clay. Talc—About $1.30 per ton, used chiefly in paper industry. Molybdenite—Six cents per pound as ore, used in steel. Corundum—$74 per ton, used for abrasives (emery). Mica—Five cents (and upwards) per pound, for electrical work. Graphite—About $90 per ton. Iron, nickel, mica, asbestos, oil and salt, are all produced in Eastern Canada,, principally in Ontario, excepting asbestos, which amounts to $1,174,708 in the Province of Quebec. Ontario produced of these six minerals $6,296,781 in 1902. This variety of commercial minerals is found principally in the archaen rocks which lie a little way north of the Great Lakes. They are not produced as museum specimens but in hundreds or thousands of tons, as: Mica, 999 tons; feldspar, 8,766 tons; corundum, 1,140 tons; graphite, 1,923 tons; nickel, 5,950 tons (metallic nickel). Most of these industries appear to be on a paying basis. Some are thoroughly equipped with modern'plants, others evidently paying their way, work with buckets, derricks and horse whims. The cement, mica and corundum industries have come forward greatly of late years. The General Electric Company works its own mica mines,^ and iit this connection it may be said that smaller sizes are now satisfactory, so increasing the outputs. British Columbia has a large belt of mica-bearing country, north and west of the Big Bend of the Columbia, and to a less extent in a few other places. These at present are expensive districts. However, the time will come when this and many other unconsidered minerals will be produced and add to the somewhat slim list now given in the statistics. Impressions of the varied, and sometimes unique minerals of Ontario, have been gathered in trips made in connection with the School of Mining at Queen's . university. To illustrate this, a three-days' trip out and back to Kingston with the senior class in mining in^ eluded the following: Cement works, Marlbank, capacity 1,200 bbls. per day; Belmont gold mine, 30 stamps; Deloro, gold and arsenic, 20 stamps; Atlas, gold and arsenic, 10 stamps; Hellandia lead mine; Jarman pyrites mine; Coe iron mine (haemitite) ; Henderson's talc mine. The gold, silver, copper and lead production altogether amounts to a little less than one million dollars. Recent discoveries of extremely rich native silver, nickel and cobalt arsenides have been made along the line of the new railway in the Temiscamingue district. This opens up a promising field and suggests the spread of the mineral industry along the line of the Grand Trunk Pacific, which will run a little further north. THE WORK OF THE LONDON AGENCY. AN INTERESTING INTERVIEW WITH THE HON. J. H. TURNER. (From Our Special Correspondent.) RECOGNIZING that some details with regard to the useful work which is being done by the London Agency of the British Columbian Government would probably be of interest to your readers especially at this season of the year, I recently called at Salisbury House to have a few minutes' chat with Mr. Turner upon the subject. Upon learning the object of my visit Mr. Turner, although as usual, busily occupied with the affairs of the Province, expressed his willingness to tell me anything he could with regard to his department and its operations which might be of interest to your readers. "It is now nearly two years, Mr. Turner, since you took charge of the London Agency, and it seems to me an opportune moment to ascertain your views as to the results achieved by the Agency since its control passed into your hands." Mr. Turner reflected a moment before replying. ""You see," he explained, "I have recently made my second report, and I hardly know how to deal with your question, because, of course, much of what I can tell you now will be embodied in that official document." I hastened to point out that what would be of interest in the Province would be any data as to the work of the office generally during the past year. .¥ 48 THE MINING RECORD. Mr. Turner continued: "The report I mentioned covers the ten months up to October 31st. Yes, I think the results have been fairly satisfactory, particularly taking into consideration the depressed condition of matters, relating to our principal industry. Let me give you to begin with some particulars relating to our work. From the beginning of the year to the end of October we received 2,750 letters, and despatched 3,000 letters, and approximately 12,000 pamphlets and reports have been distributed. About 1,500 visitors have called at the Agency for information about the Province. In April last I gave a lecture at Leigh, in Lancashire, and spoke- at some length, also the next evening at a dinner which was attended by a large number of employers of labour, and I am glad to find from recent letters received from various quarters, that several settlers have gone out from that district, and that a good many .more are thinking1 of emigrating next year. I have also spoken at many dinners and other public gatherings, and have invariably made use of the opportunities thus afforded of representing the importance of our country, not only on account of its wonderful resources, but also as an admirable field for tourists and on account of its big game and splendid fishing facilities for the British sportsman. I am now endeavouring to get up a representative exhibit of British Columbia trophies of game, fish, furs, etc., for the permanent Canadian exhibit at the Crystal Palace on the occasion of the Motor Car Exhibition in February next, which is expected to be the largest of its kind ever held in England or abroad. Those who take an interest in motoring are necessarily of the wealthy classes, are great travellers, and a large number of them prominent sportsmen, and I think the fact that we shall be able to exhibit there should be productive of excellent results. A great number of photographs and lantern slides have been lent to different towns in various parts of the kingdom for lecture purposes, and half-tone blocks have been supplied to various newspapers. In many cases these latter have been made more interesting by descriptive matter, which has also frequently been inspired from this office. The Agency has been kept well before the public by means of advertisements inserted in a large number of the leading papers, and I think it is of the utmost importance that these advertisements should be continued, and if possible considerably extended. This advertising has proved very effective in attracting enquiries from people not only in Great Britain and Europe generally, but as far away as the Cape, South America, India and many parts of the Empire. The Australasian colonies are well aware of the value of advertising and spend very large sums in keeping their countries well before the public. I am convinced it is money well spent, and valuable in attracting applications for the literature we distribute." "flave you any idea, Mr. Turner, as to how many people have left England for British Columbia since you took over the position of Agent-General?" "Well, we know that at least 250 people have left tnis country during the past ten months with the intention of settling in British Columbia, but owing to the fact that there is no means of checking the stream of emigration as regards the various provinces, when it has once left this country—there being no official report on the subject—it is impossible to give any exact figures." "And the class of emigrants?" "Largely professional men and their families, men having in most cases fixed annual incomes, and a considerable amount of free capital besides; farmers and their families, also with capital; many young men desirous of learning farming or taking up land for fruit growing, dairying, etc., and practically all with some means. We have also, I believe obtained a good number of engineers, miners, farm hands and mechanics, all having money enough to keep them going for some time after their arrival. In all cases those who seek employment have been advised that it is necessary for them to have some means, as competition is keen and work not always to be obtained immediately on reaching the country." "I take it for granted," I said, "that the majority of these emigrants are British?" '"Undoubtedly," replied the Agent-General. "The English and Scotch form the greater majority, but we receive many enquiries from countries as far distant as Brazil, Chili, Argentine, West Indies, Africa, Australia, India, Japan and even Canada and the United States, principally from those desirous of taking up farms. We know that a number of people have gone to British Columbia from several of these countries, and we also know of other instances where emigrants are said to be now on the way to the Province from India, or contemplate starting early next year." "Generally speaking, what do you-^tmnk would be their average capital?" "I think about £500 per head, or An the aggregate approximately £175,000. This is probably under the mark. Of course in addition to this there is the capitalized value to the Province of each settler, and this has been placed in the United States, at as high as $2,500 per head." "I am pleased to see that you have recently installed some interesting products of the Province here. Do you find that this assists you in .your propaganda?" "Undoubtedly," said Mr. Turner, laying emphasis on the word. "Much interest has been taken in these exnibits, as they afford direct evidence that the Province is not as many people have hitherto supposed, a land solely for miners. I might add in connection with the fruits exhibits which arrived from British Columbia in September, that these were at once forwarded to the great Royal Horticultural Society's show, and that they attracted the keenest attention of the many thousands of people who visited Chiswick, in view of the fact that they were the first exhibit of British Columbia fruit in this country. You will no doubt have heard that we secured a silver medal for this exhibit," and as he spoke, Mr. Turner, with conscious pride, produced the award, and handed it to me for my inspection. "I am strongly impressed with the necessity," he went on, "of following this up next year with a first class exhibit of fresh fruit, and hope to arrange this for the 1904 show. As for the specimens we have THE MINING RECORD. 49 here, I certainly think that we shall require larger offices for their effective display, and also owing to the growth of the business of the Agency." "And now," said Mr. Turner, "there is a little matter which I should like to enlarge upon. A great many enquirers are disappointed at not being able to obtain full information as to blocks of land and their character in British Columbia as they can be supplied with in respect to, say, Ontario or Manitoba. It is viery important, I consider, that the plan that was proposed some years ago to legislate in the direction of the small holdings for settlers should be carried out. This measure, from conversations I have had with many agriculturists, would, I am sure, prove very attractive." "You will no doubt have noticed in the advertisements of the Dominion Government that free grants of land are offered to settlers. Is not this a little misleading, Mr. Turner?" "Yes, it is very misleading, as people come here and expect to find that I can offer them farms free of cost. I have, of course, to reply that the nearest thing we can do for them in British Columbia in that direction is to allow them to take up land under the pre-emption clause. I am frequently met with the question 'Can you point out to me on the map any district where land is open to pre-emption?' This, of course, I am unable to do at present." "Apart from agriculture and mining, can you tell me anything about the other great industries of British Columbia?" "Of course there is the important fishing industry; this, however, is firmly established and simply fluctuates with the condition of the fishing season. But a great industry, and probably one of the largest on the West Coast of America is that of lumbering. This is advancing, as I understand here, rapidly at the present time, and no doubt this expansion will be materially augmented by the commencement of the manufacture of paper pulp in the Province, for which product there is undoubtedly a world's market." "And now, Mr. Turner," I said, "I want to call your attention to an important matter connected with the mining industry. As you are aware, practically all the colonies who can be in any way regarded as mining countries issue periodical reports giving the results achieved by the colonies they represent. But British Columbia is now, as it always has been, a laggard in this respect. A cable comes through, I believe monthly, from a news agency giving the Rossland and Boundary outputs, and no doubt this is in a way useful, but it is not like an official report issued from ytfur office. Look at the splendid returns issued monthly by the Rand authorities for many years past. I believe that the completeness of these figures was chiefly responsible for educating this country and the continent as to the vast possibilities of the Transvaal mining industry. People knew there was a Rand— they saw the tables every month for themselves, and were able to follow up developments as closely as their broker in town. As for British Columbia, even now many people think it is identified with the South American republic, and many have not heard much about it beyond the fact that it is somewhere in the region of "Our Lady of the Snows." The short cable I have mentioned does not help very much—it is useful, but not sufficient. It's all a very great pity; surely some- tmng could be sent you every month to circulate to the Press. Can you tell me what is causing the delay in such a valuable development?" "What I have to reply to you upon this point," said Mr. Turner, "is this. The Australian Colonies issued periodical reports through their Agents-General in London giving in a few words the actual output of the particular colony. Unfortunately there is not at present any official report issued by British Columbia ^beyond the yearly document which, excellent in its way, and most valuable for fuller reference to the various districts, mines, and metals and minerals dealt with, is not sufficient for requirements here. What we want is regular infprmation supplied to this office from Government sources, not perhaps so much of the actual values as the total tonnage monthly of each district—if the values, actual or approximate, could be incorporated, all the better, of course. These would be gladly received and published by all the leading papers—free of charge naturally, coming from this office—who in any way identify themselves with mining or financial matters." Knowing well the silent character of the majority of the London-formed B. C. mining companies, and the difficulty experienced in ascertaining their progress or otherwise, and the criticism which has so frequently been launched at the Government of the Province, I only- put the following question to Mr. Turner as a matter of form: "And we may assume that your, have been repeatedly approached on this matter by both: tne general public and the newspapers?" Mr. Turner's reply should convince the British Columbia authorities of the imperative necessity of removing from the London Agency the reproach of" being least informed as to the periodical progress of tne mining districts, it was apparently largely created to assist and foster by giving information that would attract foreign capital. He said: "For the first six months after my arrival many of the leading newspapers sent their representatives to me each month for my report or any statistics I could supply and they were greatly surprised to find that neither the one nor the other could be supplied." "I can well understand that," I ventured to interject. "Yes," continued the Agent-General with a twinkle in his eye, "in some cases these newspaper men even seemed to think that I was purposely withholding this information, as they simply could not understand the opening of such an office unless it were primarily for the dissemination of such reports and statistics." "And the Stock Exchange, and financiers and others -^interested in the progress of the Province were of course " "Oh, I need not say that they are always most anxious to get such information. At the time the last loan was issued this question was raised by Stock Exchange people, and I am constantly approached by mining firms anxious to know if there is any periodical return giving the details in question." >a 50 THE MINING RECORD. "And now, Mr. Turner, I am ashamed at having taken up so much of your valuable time, but should much like to have your views as to the present position oi the mining industry." "Well, after carefully going through all the information that I can obtain from the different districts, I fully believe that the mining industry in British Columbia is on the eve of very great advancement and prosperity. Owing to conditions which I need not recapitulate there have been very great difficulties in connection with mining generally in the Province, but I feel that they are now getting on to a more stable foundation. It is recognized that much of the past trouble is due to the fact that numbers of companies were over-capitalized at the outset. Several mines, would, I fully believe, be paying dividends now if they had been capitalized at their real value." "One final question. I presume that you will agree with me that the period of depression through which the country has been passing has been materially responsible in checking the development of the Province ?" "Oh yes; there is no doubt that financial affairs in London have a most important bearing upon colonial developments. Look at the' British Columbia threes which were issued last November at £92. These have only recently been^sold at as low as £87 or£88. And when you come to remember the enormous sums, amounting in the aggregate to probably over £100,000,000, which have been and are being requisitioned by the Government, British municipalities, railway companies and colonial governments, etc., it is not very surprising to find that similar securities have suffered from the dead weight of these new creations. It is owing to this glut of high class investments, and the general depression which has been such a painful characteristic of the stock markets during the past few years, that there has been little or no real attention paid to industrial or mining investments outside Great Britain. As in the cases of South Africans, West Africans, West Australians, etc., British Columbian mines have suffered from a conjunction of adverse circumstances. These circumstances, I need not tell you, are in no way connected with the mining industry itself, which is not affected by these purely market considerations. The great confidence that I have always felt in the ultimate prosperity of our splendid Province is in no way shaken by recent events. I hold that its intrinsic merits will enable it to finally emerge triumphant from the various hindrances which have checked its more rapid advancement. 1903 IN THE " DRY ORE BELT " OF SLOCAN: (By W. D. McGregor.) T HE first months of the year were marked by general discouragement. Silver was dropping steadily; the Enterprise mine was shut down as "a losing proposition" j the Arlington force was reduced to "development only" conditions; the festive promoter had disappeared entirely from the scene. Under such circumstances, distant fields are sure to brighten and Alaska, Cassiar, East Kootenay and other districts have profited by the little exodus from Slocan in the early spring. However, the successes of leaseholders in one or two cases—the announcement on the part of the Arlington management, that they had solved the treatment problem, as to their low-grade ores and the steady improvement, under development, of most of the working properties, have assisted in improving the general outlook. Now at the close of the year, we find, that more properties are working under lease than ever before, that the existence of comparatively large bodies of low-grade ore, along with the rich shoots, has been proved in several of the big north, and south deposits and that many of the smaller lodes are paying by being worked in a modest way, hand- sorting the richest of the ore and shipping the product to the smelter. Of course this is an extravagant and ■generally unsatisfactory system, but it is better than letting the properties lie idle and much better than having them in incompetent hands. To appreciate the situation, one must understand the main peculiarities of the camp. Physically a country of granites, often broken and twisted, seamed with ledges and' cut by frequent dykes. Bunches of rich ore are to be found in most of the veins and assays of the most spectacular variety are common. In the early days of the camp, the Sandon slate country adjoining was booming and the finding of deposit after deposit of high-grade silver and gold ore, on Ten-Mile and Springer Creek creeks drove prospectors and amateur miners wild "and prices soared skyward. Conservative miners would not meddle with an unproven district on the terms asked, while the speculators bought freely, on rich assays and the general assurance that all beneath was ore. Unfortunately for the camp, most of the properties were expected to pay from the start. (Yes, and to pay dividends on the THE MINING RECORD. 51 stock of a big mine, too.) So they were saddled with all the useless paraphernalia of the big stock company and as a rule, with a treasury fund just about big enough to break by the time they had found out that there was something besides ore in the mountain side. To make matters worse, most of the veins are subject to shallow horizontal faulting, and a very welcome excuse it must have been. The vein, ore and all, had gone and it was all the fault of the country. In some cases considerable development was done. The ore was found to be in irregular shoots, very rich as a rule, but mined with gangue or low-grade ore. What had been looked upon as a bonanza, required care to make it a profit earner. at once makes the question of mechanical concentration a serious one. More than this, most of the ores carry a large percentage of their value in a silver sulphide scattered almost as a dust through the quartz or the ore. This is practically all lost in any water concentration. Suffice to say that development has shown the ledges go down and values are as good as the surface but that present methods are wasteful.- The Arlington and Speculator management, after a prolonged series of experiments, have announced that they will put in a plant including concentration and electro-cyanide treatment. They estimate 40,000 tons of ore too low grade to stand shipping, in the Arlington workings alone were left—after taking out the General View of Arlington Mine from Lillie B. Cabin, Slocan. Hundred dollar ore, should, it would seem, pay well, but if produced by sorting one ton out of twenty, all the expenses of mining and handling the twenty are charged against the solid ore remaining. The sacking, packing, freight and treatment may then easily bring profits to the vanishing point. Nevertheless $100 ore is too good a thing to let pass, and in spite of failures mining development continued. It was soon found that the veins were of two classes: big north and south fissure zones, and a series striking generally northeast marked by the smaller size, cleaner fissure and a persistent quartz paystreak, more or less regularly charged with metallic sulphides, copper, iron, zinc, lead, etc. These again carrying value in gold or silver or both in great variety of combinations, which richer shoots on which they have been working to a depth of some 500 feet. I have followed more'closely the Black Prince one and a-half miles east of the Arlington, opened to the 210-foot level and with something over 1,000 feet of exploratory work done on the vein, which is from 8 fo 30 feet wide. This shows a succession of shoots or lenses of ore of varying quality in compositions, from argentiferous galena to quartz carrying native and sulphide silver. In its earlier stages one body of ore was encountered which sampled 47.07 silver ; as this wortld not stand shipment, some 2,340 cubic feet (180 tons) were stoped. From this, 15 tons were sorted, giving smelter returns of about 1,600 ozs. and a profit, but the balance, containing, say, 6,800 ozs., is still on the dump. This is an extreme case, but will serve as an illustration of the unavoidable waste under present conditions. This property is working under lease and the lessees are well satisfied. They are shipping two carloads now that they expect to average over 200 ozs. to the ton. (Smelter reports first car 211 ozs. per ton.) THE MINING RECORD. snow came last week there were six cars of ore waiting for sleighing. The ore in this vein is naturally concentrated and requires but little sorting. This mine is paying its way, royalty and all, and never looked better. The principal properties now working under lease are the Black Prince, Sapphire, the Belle of the Republic Group, Port Hope,. Dayton, Argentite Fir and Alberta. A number of the owners of prospects are also taking out ore to provide for further development. Among these are the owners of the Happy Medium, the Neepawa and the Cripple Stick. . The shipping list for the year shows eighteen properties shipping and a product of 1,300 tons. Of course this is high grade, worth from $40 up to about $250, averaging $100. The gold producing mines also afford several points of interest. Gold values can be found in most of the smaller series of ledges, from the mouth of Ten-Mile southwest to the headwaters of Lemon Creek, accompanied by silver, various sulphides of which form the View Looking Down Springer Creek, Slocan City Division. main value till we get near the head of the First North Fork of Lemon, where we find the Chapleau, Kilo, Legal, etc., with their value practically "all in gold. Probably in treating the ore from this group of mines the difficulties are less great than elsewhere in the district. Development to the depth of 100 feet and over has been done on several of these mines. They all show surface breaks and all the veins go down. Most of them have made shipments to the smelter and returns run from.$16, $21 and $22 gold from the Sapphire, and $39 gold from the Cripple Stick and from the Dayton. Just across Springer Creek shipments having an average value of over two ounces were made from the Howard Fraction, Alberta, Kilo, Star and Exchange with the record taken by the Chapleau, for gold contents. Practically all of them carry more value in silver than in gold—from 40 ozs. to 512 ozs., this last being the Meteor's record. What of the treatment? This review covers far too wide a range now, but I must add another word or THE MINING RECORD. 53 two. The configuration of the country and variety and the quality of metallic products points to local smelting as the final stage. The similarity of the ores in the different groups of veins, say in the separate valleys of the mountain creek, <?ould probably be best served by carefully designed plants permitting of concentra- .tion in various forms for roasting any part and for the amalgamation or electro-chemical treatment of the residue. It is not half as bad as it sounds, as water powers and satisfactory mill sites are scattered almost as freely as ore throughout the district. Some day we are bound to succeed. In the meantime we are doing fairly well, thank you. KAMLOOPS DISTRICT IN 1903. (By C. Outhett, A.R.C.S.) PHE Kamloops District, which since 1896 has un- ■*■ dergone steady development, is within measurable distance of becoming steadily productive. The foremost property in the district is the Iron Mask. This has been developed under the superi- tendence of Captain Argall with a crew of about 20 men, and is owned by the B. C. Exploring Syndicate. Above the 500-foot level, 4,000 feet of development work has been done; below this level exploration has been carried on by a diamond drill. The vein near the foot wall has a body of solid chalcopyrite, the balance of it being a concentrating ore. The property was recently examined by Mr. William Jones, consulting engineer for the Ashanti Lands, Ltd., and as a result of this examination the property will at once be equipped for raising and treating 200 tons a day. The shaft will be continued to a depth of 700 feet and the mine provided with new head-frame 60 feet high constructed of 14-inch timbers, a ten-drill two stage air compressor, a sawmill and timber framing machinery. • The concentrator, manufactured by Fraser & Chalmers, is of the most modern type, with jigs for coarse concentrating and Wilfley tables for the finer products. Magnetite will be separated from the concentrates by a magnetic separator. The main power house to be built adjoining the concentrator, will contain two 125-h.p. return tubular boilers to carry a pressure of 150 lbs. (to be supplied by the Vancouver Engineering Works) ; a Corliss tandem condensing engine, with reheater between high and low pressure cylinders, capable of developing 250- h.p. and a 300-light electric plant. The present power plant will be retained as an auxiliary mine plant. Contracts for the new plant have been let and grading for the foundations is well under way. The whole of the equipment is expected to be in working order by early spring. The Copper King has throughout the year been under development by Mr. A. N. Gray, of Woodstock, Ontario. The ore body has been proved to a depth of over 300 feet. Connection has been made between the upper workings and the tunnel, through which the ore is taken out. The mine has been equipped with three-rail gravity tramway from tunnel mouth to ore bins situated near the waggon road to Cherry Creek. At Cherry Creek station ore bins have been built in which ore is dumped from waggons for loading on railway cars. Shipments of ore to Crofton commenced early in November. During the last two months of 1903 400 tons were shipped. The bucket dredge on Tranquille Creek has worked steadily throughout the season of 1903, under the direction of the dredgemaster, Mr. Toole, the dre'dge handling up to 1,800 cubic yards of gravel a day. The dredge is worked by six men, in two twelve-hour shifts. The dredging.ground on the creek has an average width of 600 feet and at present is dredged to a depth of 18 feet. The best pay gravel is found above a streak of clay at a depth of 15 feet. The material washed on the tables passed through a revolving screen, the sections of which are one-quarter, three- eights, seven-sixteenths and one-half inch respectively; the coarser gravel and boulders passing to the tailings elevator. The mats on the tables are removed and washed once a day. Richer gravel is met as the dredge works up the creek. The dredge is apparently successful, as it will be thoroughly overhauled and repaired during the winter months. An additional half- mile dredging lease on the creek has been secured by the dredging company, making one mile of dredging ground above the dredge. On the Truth prospecting has been carried on during the last half year, an exploratory tunnel is being driven on the vein to drain and enable further exploration of the old workings. A contract has been let to drive a tunnel on the Lost Chord on which there is a promising surface showing- Mr. J. H. Morrison has by driving a cross-cut tunnel and other workings, shown up a very promising property on the Evening Star. The Kamloops Coal Company, a recently organized syndicate, is to begin at once explorations for a workable seam of coal, near the outcrop of coal measures some two miles south of Kamloops. RECENT MINING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE VERNON DISTRICT. (By A. A. Watson, B. Sc.) THE mining situation during 1902 showed remarkable improvement. In the fall of 1902 the Morgan claim, containing a rich vein of gold quartz, was bonded by Mr. Jim Wardner, whose name has for so long been associated with successful mining promotions. The claim is situated at Monashee, fifty miles east of Vernon, by waggon, road, and the vein is supposed to be an extension of the old Monashee vein. A company called the Cherry Creek Gold Mining Company, was promoted in Nelson, eastern capital was enlisted and work was energetically prosecuted on the property. The McPhail group nearby was also bonded by the company. Much of the stock in this undertaking was sold locally at ten cents per share, but the vein on the McPhail claim proying exceptionally rich the promoters decided to buy back the shares for which they paid twenty-five cents. A stamp mill has now been installed on the claims. THE MINING RECORD. The British Empire claim, four miles from Vernon and situated on Okanagan Lake, was bonded last march to an American syndicate. This claim is under. exceptionally capable and energetic management. A development shaft has been sunk two hundred feet, and several cross-cuts made and drifts run. A working tunnel for getting out ore is also nearing comple- on. A five-stamp mill was installed in November and all the ore that had been taken out in the wajr of development, about 150 tons, was crushed. As the syndicate is a private one, not depending on the pubic for support, no information in respect to the value of the returns obtained is available, though these are believed to have been satisfactory. A compressing plant, with drills, has been installed and since the clean-up mine development has been steadily carried on. This little camp is proving even richer than anticipated. The Sarah claim, above the British Empire, is known to be rich, while two other claims of equal promise were located only the other day. Last June the old Monashee mine was bonded and great deal of work was done thereon by Messrs. Peck and Young, Mr. A. A. McPhail being in charge of operations. The vein, which had faulted was relocated and a rich shoot of ore encountered, said to average two feet and a half in width. Samples supposed to represent average ore assayed about an ounce per ton in gold. This claim- was considerably developed many years ago and a stamp mill was installed, but owing to bad milling, the results of crushing were very unsatisfactory and a sample of the tailings which have lain so long there as to be bedded and to have the appearance of a schist, assayed over ninety dollars per ton in gold and silver. The whole vein is said to average about seven dollars per ton. Work has been prosecuted very steadily on this claim under the auspices of a local company, the Monashee Gold Mines, Limited. THE HORSEFLY DISTRICT OF CARIBOO. YYTE published in the October and November issues " of the Mining Record, articles specially contributed by Miss Rosalind Watson, M.A., on the subject of mining in the Barkerville and Quesnel sections of the Cariboo district. Miss Watson unfortunately had not sufficient time at her disposal to visit the third important mining area—that of Horsefly— but Mr. W. M. Brewer, who recently' visited this section, has prepared a most interesting account of it for the Mining and Scientific Press, of San Francisco. This article we reproduce, thus completing the description to date of conditions in the most important of the Province's alluvial gold areas. Mr. Brewer writes: The Horsefly River, in the south-eastern portion of the Cariboo mining district, B.C., flows for some distance from its source in a westerly direction, thence northerly, and empties into the great Quesnel Lake. The section of country drained by it is a vast plateau, its elevation ranging from 2,000 to 3,000 feet above sea level. To the east, about 50 miles distant, is situated the Selkirk range of mountains, and to the west, about the same distance, is the Fraser River. To the south lie the agricultural lands of the Lac la Hache valley, and the stock ranges contiguous to it, and to the north the Cariboo mountains and the placer mining section. * The history of the Horsefly country is particularly interesting, from the fact that the same party of prospectors who discovered Hill's Bar, the first important discovery of gold on the Fraser River, in 1858, also discovered placer gold on the Horsefly River during the. same year and blazed the trail into the Cariboo mining country proper. During the late fall of 1901 important discoveries of placer gold were reported to have been made in the mountains to the eastward and near the head of the Horsefly River. These reports caused a small stampede; but as no phenomenally rich diggings were found, and the country proved a difficult one to get into, the excitement died out, and that section still remains unexplored. The geology of the Horsefly territory is particularly interesting. To the south lies an extensive area . of basaltic rocks. The rock formations in the area containing the auriferous gravel deposits belong to the Tertiary period, and within that area occur the channels of ancient Miocene rivers of stupendous pro-. portions. Underlying the basalt, in places, occur beds of white quartz, water-worn gravel. At one point on an ancient channel a shaft has been sunk to a depth of 480 fee)^~without reaching bedrock., The rimrock was cut into at) the bottom of this shaft, and the shaft continued down 50 feet into the shale which formed the rimrock. I From that point a tunnel was run under the chatonel and an upraise made into the gravel. There apparently occurred the bedrock, and it was reported that the gravel prospected and showed good pay; but the innux-e£-jwater drove out . the miners and afterwards operations were abandoned. This shaft was sunk through white quartz (water-worn gravel) nearly its entire depth, but as >it is reported that the gravel carried very little values above the bedrock, it would have been necessary to have found phenomenally rich pay on bedrock to have warranted the continuation of mining operations by the drifting system. One peculiar feature about this very deep channel, at the particular point where it was attacked, was the fact that, while the gravel carried such low values, yet the work was done because it was supposed that that portion of the channel was an extension of a channel immediately to the north, where is located the Ward claim, which has yielded very rich pay, over a surface area covering about forty acres. Although the character of the material forming the bedrock at both places is almost identical, yet it is doubtful if the rimrock can be traced from one to the other, and there is considerable difference in the character of the auriferous material; therefore, it appears to be quite possible that the deep workings to the south are located on a separate and distinct channel from that on which the Ward claim is located. Another reason for this conclusion is that in-following up the course of the present river for a distance of five miles above the Ward claim, there occurs apparently the same ancient channel paralleling the present course of the river as is being worked at the Ward claim; the bedrock at both places is of the same character of shale and is encountered at about 150 feet—the same depth below the present surface—and the auriferous material, which carries values from the surface down appears similar and is reported to carry about the same values at bedrock. The course of this ancient channel appears to conform closely to the course of the present river, which in many places has apparently intersected the ancient channel. This condition is shown at the Ward claim, where the owner, in working on the ancient channel, has more than once completely changed the present course of the stream in order to work the channel on the opposite side. The Horsefly portion of the Cariboo district presents a marked difference with regard to the available water supply for carrying on extensive hydraulic workings to the Quesnel Forks portion. Mussel Creek, a tributary of the Horsefly, which has its confluence with that river a short distance south from the Ward claim, will furnish from 4,000 to 6,000 miner's inches of water during the entire season of seven months, and that taken out from the creek within five miles of its mouth. There are two systems of canals constructed from this creek, one having a length of about six miles, the other about twelve miles. The first one carries the water supply for hydraulic operations at Ward's claim, while the second carries the water for hydraulic operations at the Horesefly hydraulic mines, five miles northerly from Ward's. The last-mentioned canal is interrupted in two places by 8,000 feet of 30-inch pipe laid in the form of inverted syphons, to carry the water across two depressions 180 feet in depth. So far as one can judge from the results of operations in both placer and hydraulic mining, it would appear that the area containing auriferous gravel in paying quantities is comparatively limited in extent in this particular portion of the Cariboo district. But there are extensive areas of the ancient river channels which have not been exploited. One of the principal reasons for this is the great depth to the bedrock and another is the lack of dumpage facilities. In consequence of this latter reason the alluvial deposits would have to be attacked, either by, drift mining, as has been done at the Horsefly hydraulic mine, or by a method of elevating the tailings, as is practised at Ward's claim, or by dredge mining, which latter has not yet been introduced into this portion of the Province. The Horsefly hydraulic mine affords an excellent opportunity for studying systematic drift mining. Until the early 90's this property was worked by the hydraulic method and about $150,000 produced. In working by the hydraulic process, as the bedrock was followed towards the south, it was found that the gravel immediately overlying the bedrock had become cemented so hard that it was impossible to successfully attack it with water under pressure: consequently a 10-stamp mill was erected and a system of drift mining introduced. A main tunnel was run from the hydraulic cut towards the south, the mouth of this tunnel being connected with the which was built near the bank of the river, by a covered track. From the main tunnel drifts were run towards the-east and west and the body of cement blocked off into squares. It was found that, in driving the main working tunnel to the south, the bedrock continued at variable angles, and sometimes at almost 45 degrees, indicating that the workings have not reached the bed of the' channel, but are probably on the northern rim of what may be an extensive alluvial deposit belonging to an ancient channel. During the progress of opening up the mine for operations by drifting and milling process, 9901 tons of cemented gravel, bedrock, etc., mined from the various drifts, were run through the company's stamp mill and produced $14,564.21—an average of about $1.46 per ton. The extent of the development is 1,200 feet main tunnel and 3,165 feet of working crosscuts and drifts, which have been driven at right angles to the main tunnel. During the drifting operations on this property it seems, from the manager's report, that about 25 per cent, of the material mined was free gravel, which it was not necessary to run through the mill in order to save its values. At the time of the writer's visit to this property active operations had been suspended and during the past season a sample mill run only had been made. It would appear that the owners of the property would be justified in prosecuting development in order to determine whether the extent of the deposit of cement in this ancient channel is sufficiently large to warrant the erection of a stamp mill of much greater capacity than the present one; because it does not seem as though a 10-stamp mill, being operated on material of such low average grade as this is shown to be, could result in commercial success, even though the duty of each stamp was to crush five and a half tons of this cement per day, which, according to the manager's reports, has been about the average. In accordance with this view, the writer finds that m the last report of Manager Hobson to the shareholders he recommends the expenditure of $200,000 as the total cost of the necessary development work and installation of an 80-stamp mill, which he estimates will place the mine on a dividend-paying basis. The cost for mining and milling he estimates at $1.12 per ton, and the lowest average tests which had been obtained at any time from drifting and milling were $1.12 per ton, and seven tests of selected gravels, the first four of which were made in 1897 and the others in 1898, are reported to have resulted as folr lows:—. Quantity Product Milled. Per Ton. 1897 No. 1 100 tons. $3-42 " No. 2 100 " 4-13 I No. 3 100 " 2.18 " No. 4 .100 " 4-*3 1898 No. 5 '. 5® 5-02 " No. 6 100 " 3.07 No. 7 100 " 4-3i 56 THE MINING RECORD. Some idea of the gravel deposited in this ancient channel can be formed when the extent already exploited is considered. In addition to the area which has been washed over by the hydraulic process, where the bedrock is exposed over an area of four or five acres, the main tunnel, which is really run to crosscut the channel, has been driven 1,200 feet from the northerly rirh and has apparently not yet reached the opposite rimrock, as well as the distance from rimrock to rimrock, is as yet undetermined, as is also the length of the channel. The thickness of the high-grade cement varies from 2 to 6 feet, while the thickness of the entire deposit from the present surface to bedrock averages about 150 feet; this is made up of about 20 feet of boulder clay from the surface down, the remainder being free and cemented gravel, of which the highest grade is the stratum already referred to, which immediately overlays' the bedrock. On the Ward claim, five miles farther up the river, all the work which has been done has been by hydraulic process and elevating the tailings. The material washed is piped from the face of the bank to the foot of the elevator, which is of the suction pattern, elevated 50 feet, discharged on a grizzly and dumped into sluice boxes, the discharge end of which reaches to the tailings dump. Mr. Ward, the manager, informed the writer that about 80 per cent, of the values contained in the gravel were saved before the material was elevated; but of this amount it appears to the writer that a considerable proportion was lost between the face of the cut and the bottom of the elevator, because the material is washed over the gravel floor of the cut, instead of being piped into a flume furnished with riffles. The material in that portion of the channel on which Ward's claim is located, although showing that some cementing process had been at work, has not become as compact and hard as at the Horsefly mine; consequently, drift mining has not been resorted to, the material still being sufficiently free for piping. The writer during his visit witnessed a somewhat unusual condition which characterized a stratum of boulder clay, almost black in colour, which Mr. Ward had previously considered as being barren of values. From motives of curiosity, more than the hope of finding value in this material, he panned some, with the result that it yielded nearly 50 cents to the pan; he then started to prospect the material with sluice boxes, and as a result of two days' work by five men, shovelling into sluice boxes, cleaned up $90, and demonstrated that the pay stratum • averaged between 3 ' and 4 feet in thickness. The depth from the present surface to bedrock varies in this portion of the channel, the maximum being 150 feet; but, owing to the lifting capacity of the elevator, 60 feet is the greatest depth to which work can be carried. This property has been .worked since 1876, and, when conditions are favourable, often yields as high as $1,000 per day, the quantity of water used being about 2,000 miner's inches. This supply is furnished from Mussel Creek, being taken out just above the falls, and about two miles nearer the mouth than the location of the dam constructed by the Horsefly Hydraulic Mining Co. On Mussel Creek, which is a tributary of the Horsefly River, the rock formation changes from shale to basalt, and it is near the falls that the stratum of white quartz gravel underlies the basalt. On the same creek, and about four miles above its mouth, the eruptive rocks contain impregnations of native copper. Particles from the size of the head of a pin to a coffee bean are found disseminated through the basalt with greater or less regularity, probably averaging 1 per cent, or 2 per cent. The extent of the mineralized zone has never been determined, principally for the reason that lack of transportation prohibits the attempt to work any but placer, hydraulic or free-milling gold- bearing rock in this portion of the Province. MINERAL OCCURRENCES ON THE NORTH FORK OF KETTLE RIVER. (By E. Jacobs.) North from Grand Forks lack of a railway also militates against the progress of the mining camps. Three properties tributary to that town had more work done on them last year than for several years. Seattle.—The Seattle, some ten miles up the North. Fork, was worked for several months by the Canadian Smelting Works, of M, but although a lot of ore was uncovered none wasshipped, and operations were suspended before the winter set in. Betts and Hesperus/—-The Betts and Hesperus group, situate on kfcirdy Mountain, within three or four miles of Grand Forks, was acquired by the Hesperus Gold & Copper Mines, of Chicago, which company has been developing<these^Claims since last July, under the management of Mr. T. H. Rea. Surface prospecting consisting of about 200 feet of cross-cutting. Besides this a tunnel was driven in ore on the footwall side of the vein and then for 25 feet across it, when a winze was sunk 75 feet on the dip of the ore shoot which at that depth carried higher values and widened out to between 30 and 40 feet. The ore is iron and calcite with chalcopyrite and a little gold and silver. A smelter test of 2,000 lbs. gave rathefl better than $15 in all values, copper predominating. - The winze is being sunk to 100 feet, at which depth the ore body will be cross-cut to ascertain its width. A parallel vein carrying iron and copper pyrite occurs about 200 feet away from the lead already opened. It is proposed to shortly install a io-drill air compressor and to drive a 700-foot tunnel to cut the ore at about 300 feet depth. Volcanic.—This property, now named the Volcano but best known in the district for many years as the Volcanic, has with a group of surrounding claims been bonded by several mining men of Marquette, in the iron belt of Michigan, U.S.A. They have organized a development company, known as the Volcanic Mining and Smelting Development Company, and; have put in a diamond drill plant with which they are prospecting the Volcanic. This work was commenced THE MINING RECORD. Df about the middle of December and it was expected that about 40 feet would be drilled daily. Ore was struck before the drill was in 50 feet. The ore of the Volcanic is an iron sulphide with a little pyrrhotite, but values at the surface are so low that if they do not increase with depth the bonding company make no secret of their intention to stop work and let their bond lapse. The ore has desirable smelting constituents, running about 29 per cent, iron and 21 per cent, silica. Mr. Alex. Meads, an experienced mining engineer who recently arrived from Marquette, is direct- Coal Lands.—The lands situate some 50 or 60 miles above Grand Forks, taken up two or three years ago for coal prospecting purposes, are now to all intents and purposes abandoned. Last spring a Nelson company sent up a party of men and Mr. W. Blakemore, the well-known coal expert, visited the lands of this company, but little was done beyond cutting a trail and doing some surface prospecting. It seems unlikely that a coal field of any considerable commercial value will be found in this part of the country, and those who acquired the lands appear to The Emma Mine Boundary District in operatio non the property, and Mr. W. A. Har- kin, the well-known journalist of Grand Forks, is the company's business manager. Franklin Camp.—This is another mining section progress in which is almost entirely prevented by lack of transportation facilities. A waggon road from Grand Forks is completed well up towards the camp, but the unmade stretch of twenty miles or more must be made before it will be practicable to haul supplies in and ore out. There are some fine showings in the camp, but very little development work has been done during the last two years, claim owners not being encouraged to do more work than they are compelled to while there is no immediate prospect of transportation facilities being provided. have realized this before they spent much money in profitless examination. RECENT MINE DEVELOPMENT AT CAMP McKINNEY. (By Henry Nicholson.) MINING activity in Camp McKinney during the past year has been below the average, due in a measure to the general depression which has prevailed, more or less, in mining circles throughout the Province, though perhaps more to the need of cheaper transportation than at present exists and on which the future prosperity of the camp so much depends—remote from railway facilities, the bodies of 58 THE MINING RECORD. sulphide ore in the camp and its vicinity are of little value to their present owners, mining investors hesitating to furnish the necessary amount of capital required in the development of this class of properties, under such unfavourable conditions. Though no new properties have been opened up and some of the old ones have been idle, the payrolls of the Cariboo and Waterloo have enabled the merchants to do about the average amount of business for the year. I regret, owing to the temporary absence of the superintendent of the Cariboo, I am unable to send you the particulars of the work done in the old mine, but hope to do so in time for your next issue. The Waterloo, owned by the Waterloo Con. Mining and Milling Co., of Spokane, Denis Clark, managing director, and John Harvey, Superintendent, has made a splendid record during the past year. In the earlier part of the year the mine was in the assessment stage, but since July, when the five stamp mill commenced running, the bullion has been rolling off the plates at the rate of $5,000 a month, and it is already rumored that a dividend is in sight. When it is considered tnat so much has been accomplished in such a short time and with such limited milling power, it speaks volumes for the value of the property and the ability of the management. I am indebted to the courtesy of the superintendent for the following particulars of work done, etc.: The first development commenced in January, with the deepening of the 150-foot working shaft to 250 feet, when from the bottom a drift (117 feet) was run and and upraise made to connect with the 150-foot level, while on the 150-foot level a cross-cut (70 ie%t) was run, west of the shaft, where a winze in the ore was sunk to connect with the upraise from the 250-foot level, the vein averaging three feet and the ore carrying high values. From the bottom of this winze stoping has been carried on for 100 feet in length anci 50 feet in height, for supplying the mill, the richer crude ore being shipped. On the east of the shaft at the 150-foot level a drift about 75 feet was run on the vein, rich ore being obtained. What is known as the free gold stope on the 100-foot level has been opened up some 40 feet in length, the vein averaging three feet. This stope extends up to the 60-foot level, where the vein widens considerably. The recent addition of five stamps and another concentrating table will necessitate extra men in the stopes west of the shaft, where there is a large body of ore, the company's ground extending in that direction some thousand feet. At the same time development work is being carried on east of the shaft, in the direction of the Fontenoy claim, both on the 150- foot and 250-foot levels. The general value of the ore milled gives about $20 on the plates, the concentrates averaging $100 to the ton and the crude sorted ore which has been shipped giving a return of $20 to the ton. On the Dayton claim, some four miles east of the Cariboo, the owners, Messrs. Hamilton and Younkin, are engaged in sacking a carload of sorted ore, some samples of which have given assay values of several hundred dollars to the ton. The Dayton is one of several similarly characteristic claims on the mineral belt between the North and South Forks of Rock Creek and which are but awaiting the advent of the Coast-Kooten.ay Railway to become paying properties. The result of this shipment is naturally being watched in the camp with great interest, its' success meaning increased attention to a section in which rich deposits of ore undoubtedly exist. MINING IN NELSON DIVISION. (By E. Jacobs.) SILVER KING.—The only recent information obtained relative to this mine, which is owned by the Hall Mining & Smelting Company, Limited, is that during eleven months ending November 30 it shipped 4,600 tons of ore to the company's smelter at Nelson, and that the lessee had estimated the output for December at 300 tons. Juno.—The Juno, situate on Morning Mountain, about three miles from Nelson, has been steadily worked for some time past. Since the property was acquired, rather more than three years ago, by the Juno Mines, Ltd., the,plan-of operations then mapped out has been carried forward with little deviation, the regularity of the lead under development having proved remarkable, both as regards size and quality. The managing director, Mr. M. S. Logan, who has been in charge of operations, has developed the property until, after connection shall have been made between the shaft and the lower tunnel, nvwill be capable of becoming a regular shipper. The \Tuno group consists of three full-sized crown-ganted tninendclaims, situate immediately above the Athabasca-Venus, and at the summit of Morning Mountain. The lead averages about four feet in width and the value of the ore is stated to be from $13 to $15 in free gold. Besides these ordinary values, pockets of ore of considerable richness have been encountered from time to time. From eight to fifteen men are employed on the mine, which during last year was worked without interruption. Between 1,500 and 2,000 feet of development work have been done, this consisting of cross-cut tunnels, drifts and shafts. The long tunnel is now in 800 feet and its face is at a depth of about 700 feet below the surface workings. A few months ago arrangements were made with the company owning the neighbouring Venus mine, situate below the Juno, under which the Juno company is extending the upper tunnel of the Venus into the Juno ground. This tunnel is now in more than 200 feet beyond the Venus boundary line. A shaft is being sunk from the upper workings of the Juno to this tunnel, and when completed the ore already mined above will be taken out through these workings to the upper terminal of the tramway connecting with the Athabasca-Venus stamp mill, where it will be treated. This lower tunnel passes below the place where last summer a strike of rich ore was made on the Juno. The development of THE MINING RECORD. 59 -the Juno has been carried out in a business-like manner, and had the stock in the company been held by a large number of local shareholders instead of by a few large holders resident in Montreal, much more would have been heard of the property during the comparatively long period over which its systematic development has extended. Athabasca-Venus.—A full description of this property appeared in the December number of the Mining Record. The work done last year consisted Df about 2,500 feet on the Venus and 325 on the Athabasca. Some 7,700 tons of ore were put through the company's stamp mill, about 860 tons of this coming from the Athabasca and the remainder from the Venus. There were no additions to plant or machinery during the year except that the air pipe line from the •compressor to the Athabasca was extended to the Venus, a distance of between 5,500 and 6,000 feet. Both mines are in good condition for maintaining an •ore output. The company's mill consists of two batteries each of five stamps, and a cyanide plant is also in regular operation. Duncan United Mines.—This company operated ■the Poorman mine continuously from the beginning of the year until the middle of October, during which time about 10,000 tons of ore were mined. The mine is developed by seven tunnels driven from 75 to 150 ft. apart on the vein. Two deeper levels are respectively 150 and 300 feet below the lowest adit or main working tunnel of the mine, and these are worked from a shaft sunk on the vein. Some 600 feet of development was done during the year on three levels, the vein •opened up by this work having varied in width from six inches to three feet. The machines employed in drilling were ten Rand No. o baby drills; these were supplied with air conveyed in a pipe line from a compressor installed at the stamp mill lower down the hill. The quartz was treated at this mill, which is a 20- stamp mill, run by water power obtained from Sandy and Eagle creeks under a head of 700 feet. It is •owned by the company and is situate near Granite Siding, on the C. P. R, Nelson-Robson Railway. The metal production from the 10,000 tons of ore was approximately 2,500 ozs. bullion and 270 tons concentrates, which latter was .shipped to the Hall Mining Company's smelter. Whilst operating the company ■gave steady employment to about 40 men. The neighbouring Granite mine, owned by the same company, was not worked during the year. Sharpless Mining & Milling Co.—Late last summer this Philadelphia company acquired the Star group of four claims situate at the head of Eagle Creek, between Nelson and several properties working on Forty-Nine Creek, and commenced work on them in the latter part of September. There is now a 6 foo£ by 7 foot shaft down more than no feet on a vein fully six feet in width where being sunk on. The ore is quartz, mineralized with gold and copper. At the -60-foot level the north drift is in about 35 feet and the south drift about 40 feet. Drifting is now in progress at the no-foot level. The company has leased for a term of years the Duncan United Mines Company's Poorman-Granite mill and aerial tramway. A commencement was made early in the winter to haul ore to the upper terminal of the tram, but after about 60 tons had been put through the mill and some 70 tons more sent down for a second run, the snow went off and no more hauling could be done until sufficient snow should fall to make the hauling good. The yield from the 60 tons treated was 27% ozs. bullion and some concentrates. It was estimated that by the end of the year there would be between 400 and 500 tons of ore ready to be sent to the mill, which has a daily capacity of about 60 tons. The intention is to put through between 40 and 50 tons per day. Next spring a tram one mile long will be constructed from the mine to the upper end of the existing tram. May and Jennie.—The May and Jennie group is situate on Forty-Nine Creek, at a distance by waggon road of about nine miles from Nelson. There are six claims in the group and the principal development work has been done on the May and Jennie. Altogether 2,987 lineal feet of work has been done in underground development, this including three adits of 120, 375 and 80 feet, respectively, one drift of 575 feet and another of 650 feet, a raise 70 feet from No. 1 level to a 40-foot cross-cut tunnel and another 112 feet from No. 2 to No. 1 level. The remaining 965 feet embrace numerous cross-cuts from the long drifts, and a lot of prospecting work by means of short tunnels, shallow shafts, etc. In so thoroughly developing the property before putting on it a reduction plant that might have afterwards proved unsuitable Mr. A. H. Kelly—who owns a three-fourths interest, the other one-fourth being held by Mr. R. S. Lennie—has been enabled to determine the method of treatment that promises to give best results. Accordingly it is intended to install in the spring a quartz mill of 100 tons daily capacity and a cyanide plant. The main lead on the property consists of a band of schist and quartz about 150 feet in width and having the larger portion of the pay ore on the hanging wall side. The ore is heavily mineralized with iron, in places much oxidized and in others being sulphides in either schist or quartz. The shoots of pay ore near the hanging wall range from seven to thirty feet in width. The greatest depth reached in any of the working is about 240 feet below the surface and the oxidization is found to occur down to-this depth. At a depth of 225 feet the ore shoot shows in a cross-cut a width of 27 feet of which 21 feet is merchantable ore. The numerous assays made of ore from different parts of the mine have shown a value varying from $3 to $9. An average return from milling of about $6 is expected. The values are almost entirely in gold, there being no silver of any importance. The ore is favourable for cyaniding; tests made in Spokane by the Hendryx electro-cyanide process gave very satisfactory results, from both oxides and sulphides. The lead has been opened either in underground workings or by open cuts on the surface along 3 distance north and south of about 2,700 feet, crossing in this known continuous length from the Red Top through the May and Jennie and on to the Gold Bell. It is estimated that there are above No. 2 level fully 60,000 tons of ore that it will pay to put through P 60 THE MINING RECORD. the mill. There are some 1,800 tons now on the dump, this having been taken out in the course of development. No stoping has yet been done, but there is already sufficient ore available to keep regularly supplied for nearly two years a mill of the capacity intended to be put in. It is claimed that there is not another property in the country without a plant on it that has so much ore in sight. A.parallel lead, about 350 feet east of the main lead has been opened on the Red Top. The only work done on this is a shaft down 35 feet and from the bottom a 40-foot cross-cut, practically all in ore. The mine buildings, including cook-house, bunk- house, dining room and other buildings, are of dressed logs. The timber for the mill building has been sawn on the property and it is mostly framed. A 24- inch by 24-inch flume line three-quarters of a mile in length conveys water from Forty-Nine Creek to a penstock, whence it passes through 800 feet of steel pipe, graded from 14 inches to 10 inches, and gives a pressure head at the mill site of 480 feet. The sawmill is run by a Pelton wheel fed by a branch pipe line. It is proposed to construct a tram line, the surveyed route of which covers a distance of 1,605 Ieet from the mouth of No. 2 tunnel down to the mill site, the difference in elevation being about 700 feet. The outlook for the property appears to warrant the confidence that it will prove productive and profitable. Mining costs will be low, the work being nearly all tunnel work. In places two men have been able to run four feet a day and do their own mucking, the ground being favourable to quick driving. McDonald's and Referendum.—McDonald and Olson, of Nelson, have a tunnel in about 700 feet on their property oh the southeast fork of Forty-Nine Creek. They own two claims, the Gold Hill and Silver Crown. They shipped some 20 tons of ore, four to five tons of which was sorted and ran about $80 per ton, the remainder yielding about $25 per ton. There is a five-stamp mill on the Referendum, also on Forty-Nine Creek, and this property is worked intermittently. ERIE. Arlington.—This mine, owned by The Hastings (British Columbia) Exploration Syndicate, Ltd., shipped to the smelter during eleven months ended November 30 a total of 1,287 tons (dry weight) of ore, the gross contents of which were 3,042.3 ozs. gold and 8,041.6 ozs. silver. Of this quantity 730 tons were shipped to the Canadian Smelting Works, Trail, and 557 tons to the Hall Mines smelter, Nelson. In addition to the foregoing, four carloads of ore were sent out in December. No development work outside of that attending the mining of this ore was done during the year. There is sufficient ore in sight to admit of shipments being continued for several months of this year. Second Relief.—The ten-stamp mill on this property was run for three or four months until the suspension of operations, which took place last August. Canadian King.—This property was leased and early in the year it shipped two or three cars of ore. It has more on hand for shipment. Keystone.—The output of this property was not large. Shipments were made both early in the year and towards its close. Placering.—On the North -Fork of the Salmo plac- ering was continued, but the results were not of any considerable importance. LARDEAU DISTRICT IN 1903. (Continued from Last Month.) CAMBORNE. Oyster-Criterion.—The Ophir-Lade Mining Syndicate owns a group of seven claims also situate on Lexington Mountain, above Camborne. Development work was in progress on this property from June, 1902, until April, 1903. During the greater part of last year the construction and equipment of a stamp mill at Camborne had the attention of the company, and work was not resumed at the mine until the mill was about completed, which was late in the year. Since then the opening up of the veins has proceeded and ore has been sent down to the mill. No details of the work done or output of ore have been received. It is expected that the clean-up at the mill will show an excellent recovery of gold. During about ten months, to April, 1903, about 1,500 feet of cross-cutting-and drifting were done and several veins were cufr In aNdescription of the property, published in the MiNiNG/ReECORD last summer, it was stated that a 187-foot /tunnel on the Criterion claim cut one galena Vnd three quartz veins, and a 145-foot cross-cut on the Rossland encountered a continuation of the vein known as the Criterion vein. The galena vein had been followed iQ2_feet to its intersection with the Criterion vein. It was stated to vary in width up to five feet and to carry about $10 in gold besides its silver values. The Criterion vein had been drifted upon about 190 feet and three cross-cuts made, showed its width to range from 16 feet at one end of the drift to 22 feet at the other. On the footwall there is a payshoot about four feet in width assaying up to $90 in gold. Anothej^vein opened up, believed to be the No. 2 vein of the adjoining Eva mine, shows a width of nearly four feet and gives an average assay value of about $20. It was also stated that development work on the Criterion vein alone had proved the occurrence of a pay shoot between 500 and 600 feet in length and about 100 feet in depth down to the tunnel workings. The stamp mill is a Fraser & Chalmers 10-stamp mill with stamps of 1,000 lbs. each. Room has been provided for a second section of ten stamps. The present capacity of the mill is between 30 and 40 tons per diem. The main building is 40 feet by 68 feet and 70 feet high from lowest floor to peak of roof. The compressor and motor room is 24 feet by 52 feet. The building is constructed of lumber covered with corrugated galvanized iron, and it is lighted by electricity. Besides the stamp batteries the plant here in- THE MINING RECORD. eludes a 7 x io Blake rock crusher, three automatic sizers, three Frue vanners (one having a corrugated belt), a 48-inch Pelton wheel, which runs the entire mill—crusher, stamps and tables—and a 60-inch Pel- ton, which supplies power to the first half of a 10- drill duplex Rand air compressor from which an air pipe line runs up to the mine. A 250-light dynamo is direct-connected to its own Pelton wheel. The hydraulic plant is driven by water conveyed in a 3-foot flume from a dam on Pool Creek to a penstock above the mill and thence in 18 and 16-inch steel pipe to the Pelton wheels, giving a pressure head of 270 feet. A Riblet aerial tramway has been constructed between the mine and mill, the distance between terminals being about 3,500 feet, with one span of 1,260 feet. The difference in the elevation is about 1,500 feet. There are ten buckets on the tram and these are loaded and unloaded automatically. The tramway was completed last September and since then has been in use. Cholla Group.—The Cholla group consists of ten claims situate in the vicinity of the Eva and Oyster- Criterion properties. It is owned by the Imperial Development Syndicate, Ltd., of Nelson. No work was done on these claims in the latter part of the year, but earlier half a dozen men were employed on them. Three tunnels have been driven and other development work done, with the result that several shoots of ore of good grade have been opened up. Camborne-Goldfinch Group.—These claims were held for some time by the Northwestern Development Syndicate, Ltd., of Hancock, Michigan, U.S.A., which after a comparatively long period of gross mismanagement came to grief last fall. A large sum of money was spent and there was no check on the extravagance and foolish expenditures at the mine end until too late to prevent the financial wreck of the company. Recently the Goldfinch Mining Company was organized to take over the property, which is now under western management, Mr. J. F. Musselman, of Nelson, having the oversight of its affairs. It is not proposed to do much work on the claims this winter. Some drifting and cross-cutting is in hand. No attempt will be made to resume running the company's 10-stamp mill until after an ample supply of ore shall have been blocked out to ensure continuous operation. Meanwhile a deal of development will have to be done to attain this end. Beatrice Group.—The Beatrice Mines, Ltd., owns a group of three claims situate at the head of Mohawk Creek, a tributary of Pool Creek. This property has had a lot of development work done on it notwithstanding that all supplies have to be packed over a long trail up a steep mountain side. During -the four years 1898-1901 development work was done whenever practicable and a quantity of high-grade ore was raw-.* hided down the mountain and shipped to a smelter. In October of 1902 a commencement was made to run a long adit to tap at a depth of about 630 feet a four- foot lead of galena that earlier workings from the surface had yielded ore containing about $8 in gold, 150 to 280 ozs. silver and 22 per cent. lead. This adit has been driven about 900 feet. A new trail has been made from Camborne to the mine. It is intended to do 500 feet more tunneling and to put in an aerial tram. The property has been worked under considerable disadvantage, but the owners have every confidence that their persistence will be well rewarded, the showing and quality of the ore appearing to warrant their faith. Other Claims.—This part of the Lardeau, known as Fish River Camp, runs north 25 to 30 miles from the head of the Northeast Arm of Arrow Lake to Beaton (Thompson's Landing) and it has an approximate width of 20 miles. Fish River in its southward course to Arrow Lake divides the camp equally, the eastern half being drained by Johnson, Pool, Lexington, Ruby Silver, Boyd, Kellie, Glacier and Battle creeks, and the wetsern portion by Henhinick, Scott, Sable, McRae, Bullard and McDougall creeks. There are numerous mineral claims scattered over this com- partively large area, many of them promising and having had more or less prospecting work done on them, but space limitations will not permit of their being noticed here. The camp is one of great possibilities, both silver-lead and gold ores occurring in many places in it. The rather heavy snowfall in winter makes it a difficult country to get about in during several months of the year, but in this respect it is no worse than other mining camps. There is no doubt that it will eventually become one of the most important mining sections of the Province. ATLIN IN 1903. (From a Correspondent.) THE output in Atlin for the season of 1903 is not as great as for 1902, altogether owing to the lack of water. This affected the companies operating on Boulder, McKee, Birch and Pine creeks. The output, on proportion to the number of yards moved, however, was larger than in the previous year. Considered in relation to efficiency of equipment and effective development the district is now in a much more advantageous position than ever it was, and the outlook is decidedly encouraging. With a sufficient supply of water the McKee Creek, Sunrise, Birch, Boulder, and Deeks Hydraulic companies should all pay large dividends this year. They have practically been installing plants since 1900 and are now in a position to work their claims to the very best advantage. The miners themselves are working in the deep workings and drifting. On Spruce Creek, although drifting as well, they are still working the creek claims. - On Boulder and Spruce creeks they have struck the old channels and are in very good pay gravel. The British American Dredging Company has installed an electric plant capable of operating frwq dredges. One dredge is already completed and ready for operations. Power is obtained from Pine Creek Falls. Surprise Lake, which has an almost unlimited horsepower in reserve, is being dammed at the head of 62 THE MINING RECORD. ■ Pine Creek for power purposes. It will require a lot of money to develop the limit that may be required, but it is available. From a dredging point of view the outlook in that country is very promising. It is expressed in local mining parlance as essentially a dredging "proposition." The values are evenly distributed, and, by the modern devices employed for saving gold gravel as- . saying 20 cents a yard can be made to pay. The country is more or less auriferous over an area, taking Atlin as a centre, having a radius of at least 25 miles. The output of the district as obtained through the banks and express companies for the past season is estimated at $430,000, to which may be fairly added $75,000. Labour conditions are now stable. A strike occurred in the spring, which was, however, of short duration. Labour is fairly plentiful, with prospects of a fair demand for good men in the spring. Miners now receive $3.00 a day of eight hours and board; or $3.50 a day of 10 hours and board. Quartz mining is being developed with good pjros- pects of success. A ten-stamp mill has been installed on the Yellow Jacket, on Pine Creek. The Beavis property near Atlin is also a free milling prospect; also the Imperial group, owned by Seattle men, on Monroe Mountain. All these properties are well spoken of. The White Moose on Taku Arm has afforded rich assays in .silver and copper. The Lava- diere group, a gold-copper property, is situated at the south end of Atlin Lake. It has been bonded for a considerable sum, but on the expiry of the bond the owner refused to extend it. There are many other claims recorded, and there is every reason to believe that the district will be a large quartz, as well as placer producer. GOLD MINING IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA. IN the course of a speech made about three months ago before the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia the Minister for Mines, in moving the second reading of a Bill for the Amendment and Consolidation of the Law of Mining in that State, made the following remarks relative to gold mining in Western Australia: "I want to point out what the great mining industry does for a State such as Western Australia. In 1890 the population of Western Australia was 44,000 people; now it is about 225,000 people. In 1890 the reported gold value was £86,000; in 1902 it was nearly £8,000,000. In 1893 the shipping, in and out, was less than 1,000,000 tons; to-day it is more than 3,500,000 tons. In 1891 dividends were declared to the amount of £1,875 '> in x902 the declared dividends amounted to $1,424,272. Our output of gold up to July of 1903 was 11,408,723 ounces, of the value of more than £42,000,000, and the estimated gold production for 1903 is something like 2,500,000 ounces, of the value of about £9,000,000. We have paid in dividends to date $8,588,977, and for the first seven months of this year we have paid £1,112,115. Taking the nominal capital of all the companies at present working in "Vvestern Australia, which is supposed to be a fraction over £30,000,000, the dividends we are paying this year on all the mining—I refer to the nominal capital of gold mining companies—is 6% per cent, interest. I think that a wonderful record, and it shows that the industry in Western Australia predominates over the same industry in any other part of the world. In 1902 for every man employed above and underground there was produced 117 ounces of gold, of the value of £427 per man, and this year it is estimated that each man will produce 136 ounces, of the value, for every man employed above or underground in the mines of this State, of £490 per man. That is a really wonderful record, and I do not think it can be spoken of too often; because the more we impress outsiders with the enormous resources of the gold-mining industry, the more likely we are to induce foreign investors to expend money in exploiting the industry. Last year, from every acre held under gold-mining lease from the Crown in this State, gold to the value of £234 was taken. I know that in the rich belt of Kalgoorlie the average was larger; but the general average return from the State speaks well for the industry." ELECTRIC FIRING IN SHAFT SINKING. FROM an account of the use of electricity for various purposes at the/SKe^wood colliery, Nottingham, England, the following is taken: The whole of the shot firing required during the sinking operations at this collieW was done by electricity. A shaft-sinking frame was\ employed, suspended from the surface, on which theVompressed air rock drills that were employed were carried. Twenty-two holes were drilled at the same time_in_the-Jbottom of the shaft, vertically downward, six in a circle of four feet radius, and sixteen outside of these, in a circle of nine feet radius, all the holes being six feet deep and two inches in diameter. All the twenty-two shots were fired together, and twenty-four horizontal holes in the side of the shaft were then drilled, in a circle of eleven feet radius. These were all fired together, and it is stated that the blasting left the shaft quite clean, no dressing having to be done afterwards by the pick, 'the total sinking to 1,400 yards only occupied fifty- four weeks, a very creditable performance indeed, and a great advance upon the previous records, due evidently to the intelligent use of the electric shot firing. The shaft bottom was lighted, during the sinking, by six incandescent lamps of thirty-two candle-power each, held in a special fitting, and suspended in the shaft by an armoured cable. LILLOOET AND BRIDGE RIVER. During the season of 1903, placer mining was carried on at the South Fork of Bridge River in a small way. On the North Fork the Bridge River Development Company made a large expenditure last year in the installation of machinery. Quartz mining has> THE MINING RECORD. been confined to development work on a number of claims at Cadwallader Creek and the North Fork of Bridge River. In the latter locality the Maid of England is regarded as exceptionally promising. The Lorne Mines have been further developed, and the ore crushed by means of an arrastra, tho. value of the gold recovered being $3,200. Both the Ben D'or and the Anderson Lake Company's properties have been worked under bond. On Tyanchton Creek an outcropping of cinnabar was located and several claims staked in the locality. UNRESTRICTED COMMERCE. "T^O THE EDITOR:—When some of our friends ■■■ from abroad come here in quest of large game, it is not an uncommon occurrence to find them heading for any one of our large steamers lying at the different wharves of British Columbia, with anywhere from two to half a dozen guns, some of them good enough and large enough to kill even an elephant. Accompanied with these guns will be found any amount of ammunition, caps, powder, etc. Now, it does seem to me, Mr. Editor, that while we have no objection to our friends at home and abroad hunting wild game, that some protection at least might be given to a poor prospector who starts out in quest of mineral in the various points in British Columbia, and that he might a least be allowed equal privileges to equip himself with such material as he requires, but as a matter of fact, according to the present laws he is not permitted to carry even a stick of powder or a box of caps, but may take all the steel he wants or any other equipment, and provision enough to last him a lifetime, but the one essential thing necessary to his progress in prospecting, is by the Dominion Statutes absolutely barred. The consequence is, that we find a man who takes his life in his own hands one hundred times, who is really the jackal of all mining enterprises, resorting to all manner of subterfuges, not allowed to carry the one essential, namely, powder and caps. Now in the name of all that is fair and businesslike, why may not some provision be made on any boat on which these prospectors travel, by having constructed a small magazine visible by all the passengers and marked as such, the key of which might be kept in the hands of the purser whose duty in the case of an alarm or accident it should be to open such magazine and throw the contents into the water, thereby removing any extra hazardous risk in carrying these supplies. When we remember that so much of our own progress is affected by so vital a matter, it is surDrisins: that it should not have received serious attention long ago. It would seem that instead of encouraging the poor prospector, every hindrance is put in his way. The most frequent notice on any one of the boats, is the caution against carrying explosives by any passenger. If it were not so serious a matter, one would be inclined to laugh at the farce of the thing. If we cut the mineral resources out of our consideration in dealing with the other resources of this Province, what have we left ? Surely, Mr. Editor, it is high time that our provincial authorities should appeal strongly to the Dominion Government for relief in this matter in the interest of untrammelled and progressive commerce. Rowland Machin. COMPANY MEETINGS. VELVET (ROSSLAND.) THE annual general meeting of shareholders was held in London last month. It was stated that Mr. Gray, the manager, upon getting to work, soon opened up some rich ground in the fifth level. Similar discoveries of rich ore were also made in the first and second levels, and work was restricted to them. The object of this was to save the expense of pumping, which is necessary to enable ore to be raised from the 5th level, and consequently, as soon as the ore in the upper levels became available, pumping was stopped, and the mine was allowed to fill with water up to the 3rd level, where it is automatically drained by the tunnel. The rich ore, therefore, in the 5th level remains for the future. The operations at the mine between September, 1902, and July, 1903, were carried on without any material financial aid from London, and were only stopped when, to ensure a continuance of the supply of rich ore, further exploratory work became necessary. The recent developments have for some time past shown the ore shoots trending towards the Portland. The opening up of the ist level in the Portland gave excellent results, as did the driving south of the second level in the Velvet, which was extended .into the Portland boundary, and Mr. Gray is of opinion that there are great possibilities of the discovery of fresh shoots of ore to the south on that property. Mr. Sorensen advised that the Velvet and Portland mines should be worked together, and now it has become a necessity for this company to acquire the Portland ground. Mr. Thompson in his report recommends this, and his view of the matter is confirmed by Mr. Maclean, who has recently studied the question on the spot; the key to a successful future for the Velvet, therefore, appears to lie largely in its becoming owner of the Portland. With the object of bringing this about, terms which are regarded as reasonable, and the best this company could arrange, were made with the Portland Company, subject to ratification by the shareholders, who doubtless will confirm what has been done on their behalf. The proposed arrangement ensures a considerable reduction in the amount of capital issued by the Velvet and Portland companies, so that the new company proposed to be formed to take over the Velvet and Portland properties (in which it is hoped that all present, shareholders in both companies, will become interested), may not be handicapped by over capitalization. Under the scheme of amalgamation Portland shareholders will receive fully paid shares in the new Gompany while Velvet shareholders receive shares subject to a liability of 2s. 6d. The reason of this is simple; that the Portland directors (acting with the approval of a shareholder representing three- fourths of the capital of that company, refused to part with their property unless paid for it either in cash or fully paid shares. The Portland claims, being considered essential for the success of the new company, had to be acquired, and hence the agreement made, which is very reasonable. As to the future method of dealing with the ores, it is proposed to erect a comparatively inexpensive smelting plant on the mine, with a view to saving expenses, which upon the 5,590 tons of ore treated amounted t9 $40,000, or £8,000, or about 29s. per ton. By the process in question the sulphur contents of the ore will be made to act mainly as the fuel, and the ore values will be separated at a cost estimated at not more than $2.50 or ios. per ton, or a saving of 19s. per ton, instead of, as at present, at a cost of nearly three times as much. ROSSLAND-KOOTENAY. The annual report of the London directors of the Rossland- Kootenay Mining Company, Ltd., shows a loss during the THE MINING RECORD. year of £6,572, mainly owing to the fact that the directors have decided to charge the profit and loss account with the following items: Proportion of mine development account; depreciation of buildings, plant, machinery, etc.; reserve for contingent expenses and legal charges in re Centre Star Mining Company suit. Owing to the irregular manner in which the values occur in the ore it has been found very difficult to determine the tonnage and value of the ore in reserve, and eventually it was decided that the only efficient way of settling the matter was by shipment of substantial tonnage of ore. Accordingly some 5,000 tons have been shipped and realized at rates showing a profit over the cost of production. Now that the directors possess accurate knowledge as to the positions and values of the various bodies of ore available, the shipment and realization of the latter can be effected with the maximum of benefit to the Company. During the period covered by the accounts shipments have been necessarily limited to three and a-half months, but these will now be pressed forward, and the directors have every' hope that vigorous diamond drill prospecting in the lower levels will materially add to the high-grade ore. On August 15th last it was estimated that the Company possessed ore reserves amounting in all to 35,000 tonsl but of this 16,000 only could possibly be handled at a profit under existing circumstances. The gross assay value was $io.75' The management has turned its attention to some method of concentration, and favours a modification of the cyanide process. In the manager's report he refers to the great difficulty he experienced in making satisfactory contracts with the local smelters. The balance sheet shows that the company has practically used up the working capital which was brought into the amalgamation from the coffers of the Kootenay Company. GREAT NORTHERN MINES, LTD. Meetings of the Ophir-Lade and Great Northern Mining companies were held at Camborne during January. A resolution was passed by the shareholders of the former authorizing the sale of the Oyster-Criterion mine and mill to the Great Northern Mines for 500,000 fully paid up shares in the latter company. At the meeting of the Great Northern Mines, Mr. W. B. Pool was elected president; Mr. F. W. Godsal, vice-president; Mr. I lodge, secretary, and Messrs. F. W. Godsall, W. B. Pool, J. j. Young, W. F. Cochrane, T. Kilpatrick, B. Crilly, and E. M. Morgan, directors. At a meeting of the Ophir-Lade company the returns of the month's run of the Oyster-Criterion mill were presented, and showed $2,344, or about $6 per ton on the ore milled. COMPANY NOTE AND CABLES. B. C. (Rossland and Slocan) Syndicate.—The report of the British Columbia (Rossland and Slocan) Syndicate for l9°3, presented at the meeting on the 23rd ult., states that the Snowshoe mine at Phoenix, owned by the Snowshoe Gold and Copper Mines, Ltd., in which this syndicate is the largest shareholder, has during the year been further extensively developed. Its development has shown up large bodies of ore, and during the year under consideration about 20,000 tons of ore have been shipped to the local smelters. Additional machinery has been installed, and shipments upon an increased scale have since been steadily maintained. The directors have been considering how best to develop some of the other properties owned by the syndicate, or to acquire interests capable of deyelopment in such a manner as to yield substantial profit, and in this connection considerable work has been done in various directions, which it is hoped it may be possible to turn to profitable account, as was done in the case of the Snowshoe. Many business proposals, some industrial and some for railway construction under Government charters, have been put before the directors and investigated and one or two of these are being further looked into on the spot. The profit and loss account shows a balance of £63, after writing off depreciation on furniture, office expenses, directors' and auditors' fees, etc. The reserve fund consists of 79,000 shares in the Snowshoe Gold and Copper Mines, Ltd., valued at £79,000. The nominal capital of the company is £100,000, and of this amount at 31st December last 90,000 shares were issued. Of these 76,648 shares were fully paid, and 13,352 were 12s. 6d. paid, leaving a balance of 100,000 shares unissued. Snowshoe Gold and Copper Mines.—The following circular has been issued by the Company: During the greater part of the current year the directors have been considering certain proposals that have been brought before them by an American company, owning a large mine, together with extensive smelting works and a converter, within a short distance of the Snowshoe Mine, with a view to the amalgamation of the American company with the Snowshoe Company. After preliminary consultation in London with some of the directors of the American company, it was found necessary, in order to bring the negotiations to a satisfactory conclusion, for the deputy-chairman, Mr. G. S. Waterlow, and the managing director, Mr. A. J. McMillan, to make a journey to New York and British Columbia. They have recently returned from this trip, having visited .and examined, in company with some of the directors of the American company, both the mines and the smelting works. The negotiations in connection with the proposal have been somewhat prolonged on account of the technical difficulties in arriving at a common basis of settlement. These difficulties have now been overcome, however, and I am pleased to be able to inform you that the boards of both companies have at length mutually agreed upon terms which they are prepared to recommend for adoption by the shareholders of their respective companies. The American company has undertaken to notify us early in the new year as to whether or not the terms provisionally agreed upon have been approved by their shareholders, and upon receipt^ofthis notification, we shall proceed to submit the schttne in filler detail for your consideration. It is estimated that the amount of ore shown up by development work upon the two mines amounts to considerably over 3,000,000 Vons, which ore can be mined and smelted much more profitably if worked on the large scale proposed under the amalgamation. The advantages to be gained by the shareholders pf this conjpany by consolidating with the American companyvreferred to, would be the immediate ownership of a smelting^«d_£Qnverting plant in successful operation, capable of handling the maximum output from the mines at a minimum of expense. As the scheme provides for our joint ownership of a smelter at an early date the directors consider it unwise, pending the completion of the proposed amalgamation, to continue shipping ore to a smelter in which we have no interest, and which, natur- illy, makes a considerable profit on the transaction. The Board have, therefore, for the present, discontinued active operations at the mine. The scheme of amalgamation provides for the formation of a company in London to take over the smelter and mines of the existing companies, and for the proper representation of the Snowshoe shareholders upon the Board thereof. Le Roi No. 2 (Rossland.)—From the mine manager's report on the operations at the mine for November: Output— 80 cars have been despatched from mine during the month, of an average weight of 26 tons. A copy of the returns will be forwarded as each lot is paid for. Josie Mine:—On the 300 foot level, io feet driven in a northwest direction to pick up ore found in diamond drill hole No. 41. Ore seems fairly solid, and is of shipping grade. It is probably a cross lead. On the 500-foot level, 40 feet driven. The porphyrite dyke having now been left behind to the east, we are in a position to explore, either by crosscut or diamond .drill, for the westerly extension of main ledge. Stringers of ore met with from time to time of exceptionally high grade, but too narrow to attempt to mine for shipping purposes. Diamond drill work done during the month: 300-foot level—A little ore met with at 158. feet, but not of sufficient importance to warrant following same; 500-foot level—Hole No. 43 driven 49 feet in the west end of the mine, to thoroughly explore the country round about porphyrite dyke. The obj.ect of this explora- THE MINING RECORD. 65 tion is to ascertain the direction of westerly extension of the ore body, if possible. Fines dump—Shipment of ore from this dump will now have to be discontinued till snow is gone. Arlington- (Erie).—The manager sends us the following report for December, 1903: Expenses amounted to $4,134.62. Shipments were resumed commencing on December 19th and 90 tons of ore shipped up to the 31st. The returns for these 90 tons will pay the month's expenses, but the payments were not received until January, so will appear in the statement for that month. Eva (Camborne).—The manager in a letter to the Mining Record, dated January 5th, writes: The Eva clean-up just to hand resulted in production of a gold brick valued at $10,400. The concentrates are valued at approximately $600. Ymir (Ymir).—The mine manager reports the following return for November: Fifty stamps ran 30 days and crushed 3,950 tons (2,000 lbs.) of ore, producing 987 ozs. bullion. The estimated realizable value (gross)- of the product is $10,250; 287 tons of concentrates shipped gross "estimated value $8,500; cyanide plant treated, 2,850 tons (2,000 lbs.) of tailings, producing bullion having estimated gross value at $2,250; sundry revenue,. $850—$21,850. Working expenses, $22,000.- Loss, $150. There has been expended during the month on development $3,500. Le Roi (Rossland).—The following report was cabled to London reporting on conditions at the mine in December: "Shipped from the mine to the Northport smelter during the past month 17,256 tons of ore, containing 5,428 ozs. of gold, 6,665 ozs of silver and 407,800 lbs. of copper. Has resulted in an (estimated) loss of $15,500, according to the usual calculations. Development work, 1,350 level—In reference to my cable, dated the 17th, have commenced a stope 30 feet by 20 feet with ore in top, bottom and sides; the grade of the ore varies between $10 and $20—not possible to estimate closely owing to presence of small dyke. Other work 1,350 level encouraging, although have not yet met masses of ore I consider we are justified expenditure involved." (Office note—The above includes not only the costs of mining, smelting and realization of the smelter products, but also $1.48 per ton of ore mined for depreciation and development. Mr. Parish has already been requested in future cables to state separately the cost of development.) NOTES FROM THE MINING CAMPS—A SUMMARY. THE coast. A PROMISING new ore body is reported to have been encountered on the Lenora mine, at Mount Sicker, at a distance of about a hundred feet north of the diorite belt. The ore body is said to be nine feet wide and shipments therefrom have already been made to the Crofton smelter. The C. P. R. has granted an exceptionally low freight rate on ores shipped in carload lots from White Horse to the Ladysmith smelter. The directors of the Princess Royal Gold & Copper Mining Company have decided to resume development operations at the company's copper mine on Princess Royal Island immedir ately. SKEENA RIVER. The Mining Recorder at Port Simpson, in a report to the Dominion Exhibition Commissioner, states that 148 tons of ore recently shipped from Portland Canal gave an average net return of $130 per ton, while another shipment yielded $90 gold, $60 copper and $23 silver per ton. The name of^ the mine is not given. WHITE HORSE. The new Alsek diggings still continue to be considerably "boomed," and it is said that from one claim on Boulder Creek, the gravel yields from twenty to twenty-five cents to the pan at a depth of six feet. In anticipation of a big rush to this field, block houses have been built at intervals over the entire distance from White Horse, and a large supply of provisions are now being taken in. This month 150 tons of ore from the Copper King mine at White Horse was received at the Ladysmith smelter, for test purposes. On a previous test of sampled ore gave a gross return of $90 to the ton. LYTTON. At a recent general annual meeting of the Fraser River Gold Dredging Co. the chairman stated that the cost of the dredge and leases at Lytton had been about $60,000 and the gold produced, in round figures, $4,450. A new powerful specially designed dredge is now being erected having an actual capacity of 60 cubic yards per hour, and it is hoped with this appliance that operations this season will be most profitably conducted. Working with the old dredge the last return was 443 ozs. of gold in 168 hours. KAMLOOPS. Another property, the Lost Chord, is being opened up in this section, a tunnel being now driven 20 feet into the hill in the expectation of striking the vein at a vertical depth of a hundred feet. The surface showing on the property is promising. The British Columbia Mica Co., Ltd., has been incorporated to operate mines in New Brunswick, and the mica deposits at Tete Jaune Cache near Kamloops. REVELSTOKE. The Prince Mining & Development Co., engaged in developing a promising group of claims in this vicinity, contemplates installing an electric plant for working drills and lighting purposes in the spring. There is an excellent water power nearby. Two new companies, the Imperial Mines, Ltd., and the Keystone Mines, Ltd., have recently been incorporated to acquire and develop mines in, respectively Albert Canyon and Keystone Mountain. Work in both cases, it is stated, is to commence in the course of the next month or so. The Lanark group of mines has, it is reported, been sold to a local syndicate for a relatively small sum by the Lillooet, Fraser River & Cariboo Gold Fields, Ltd, LARDEAU. The two principal productive mines, the Silver Cup and Nettie L., shipped in 1903, 2,018.857 tons, valued at $139,- 891.41. The superintendent of the Eva mine at Camborne writes that the December clean-up realized $10,400 in gold, and about $600 in concentrates. Several "deals" have been made in the Lardeau recently, including the sale of the Golden West and Ctpwn King for $25,000 and the Spyglass at Poplar Creek for, it is reported, $50,000. A few tons of ore from the Lucky Jack and Swede group, Poplar Creek claims, were crushed for test purposes at the Oyster-Criterion mill last week, the return being $250 per ton for ten hours in respect to the former and $37. per ton from the latter ore. At an extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders I of the Ophir-Lade Mining Syndicate, Ltd., held in January,, resolutions were passed authorizing and confirming the sale of the Oyster-Criterion group in this camp and the Ophir- Lade group on Gainer Creek to the Great Northern Mines, Limited. It is announced that the Beatrix Company has concluded arrangements for the sale of 48 per cent, of its stock, in order to provide for an adequate working capital. On the Goldfinch a contract has been let for tunnelling. SLOCAN. Activity in this district is becoming more noticeable. At Sandon, the Alamo Concentrator is again in use; the Slocan Star concentrator is being re-modelled, the Ivanhoe mill is being equipped to treat zinc-bearing ores, and the Payne has installed a new electric hoist. Two or three mines have been recently leased, including the Lucky Jim, which at one time produced heavily. On the Ioho eighteen inches of high- grade galena have been encountered in the cross-cut tunnel; work has been resumed on the' Whitewater Deep, and arrangements have been made to drive a long tunnel, for it is estimated, not less than 4,000 feet, on the Rambler-Cariboo, near Kaslo, the Providence Mines, on the South Fork have commenced shipments. 66 THE MINING RECORD. Under the Lead Bounty Act, regulations have been approved governing the payment of the bounty on lead contained in lead-bearing ores mined in Canada. The regula: tions provide, that all producers of lead-bearing ore who desire to avail themselves of the bounty must notify the minister of their intention to make a claim under the act declaring the name of the mine producing the ore, its situation, and the names of the president, secretary and manager, as well as the name of the official authorized to make the claim. All claims must be substantiated on the oath of the manager of\ the mine. The smelting of all lead-bearing ores, on which a claim for bounty is to be made, shall be at all times under the supervision of an officer of the Department of Trade and Commerce, and this officer may at any time demand a floor sample of any ore delivered at the smelter, for smelting purposes. The books of any mining company coming under the act are to be open at all times to the inspection of a supervising officer. The cost of such supervision is to be paid by the claimants and will be deducted pro ratajxova. the bounty according to the quantity smelted during the fiscal year. Shipments of zinc are beginning to assume larger proportions, the Payne having sold 500 tons last week to the Lan- yon Company, while arrangements are also being made by this mine to ship 1,000 tons to Antwerp. The Lanyon Company has also purchased 300 tons of zinc ore from the Ivanhoe. The C. P. R. has recently made a reduction of $3 per ton in freight rates on zinc and crude ores shipped from Kootenay to Antwerp, the charge for which was formerly $16, and it is understood in consequence that the Payne and other mines propose shipping part of their product to Europe. The ore will be shipped via St. John, N.B., during the ; .winter season and wwrvMontreal when navigation opens. The important announcement is made officially that specially designed reduction works utilizing a new process of ore-treatment are to be erected in the immediate future at the Arlington in the Slocan City Mining Division. There are not only at the Arlington but at other properties in the vicinity, large reserves of ore which cannot be profitably extracted under existing conditions. By improved local concen- trative treatment, however, there is no doubt that the low- grade ores of the camp may be handled to advantage. NELSON AND YMIR. Development work is to be at once commenced on the Monarch, a property owned by the Monarch Gold & Copper Mines, Limited, a recent Oregon flotation. At Ymir, development on the Foghorn continues to give satisfactory results, the east drift from the 900-foot level has now been driven about 50 feet in ore. A policy of retrenchment has evidently been decided upon at the Ymir, a number of employees having been discharged and expenses reduced in other directions. Only 20 stamps are in use at the mill. Work on the Dundee, which was recently sold, has commenced, three shifts being now employed pumping out the mine.. The second payment of $3,5°o was recently made on the Gold Cup, the third and final installment of $10,000 being due early in April. At the Arlington mine (Erie) the expenses for the month of December were $4,134.62. Shipments were resumed commencing on December 19th, and 90 tons of ore shipped up to • the 31st. The returns for these 90 tons will pay the month's expenses, but the payments were not received until January, so will appear in the statement for that month. ROSSLAND. Mr. Parrish, manager of the Le Roi, has been induced to make some important admissions . in respect to the recent new discoveries of ore in the 1,350-foot level of that mine. Three hundred feet west of the main shaft at this level a cross-cut has been driven 100 feet along the course of the diamond drilling and since the ore body was encountered drifts have been run fifty feet in one direction and thirty feet in the other in ore, which is of first class grade, averaging from $12 to $30 per ton. Further west in the same level ore of similar grade has been encountered in another crosscut near the shaft, and it is thought that this may possibly be a continuation of the same ore body, in which case it would prove the largest ore shoot found in the LeRoi. To determine meanwhile, the extent of the ore, work is now being prosecuted. Good progress is being made in the building of the Rossland Power Company's new works near Trail, for which a part of of the machinery has already arrived. The initial capacity of the plant will be 200 tons daily, and it is expected operations will commence in April. At the White Bear a new hoist and 150-h.p. motor, arid a 20-drill compressor is being installed. Shipments from Rossland are being maintain at the rate of about 10,000 tons a week. Late important news is that the No. 1 mine has re-entered the producing list. Production from Rossland is now being maintained at a rate of nearly 10,000 tons of ore per week ,and it seems probable from the important developments now taking place that this output will be largely increased in the near future. In I TJanuary the No. I was put again in active operation. The ore from this mine carries high percentages of iron and hence is acceptable to the smelters for fluxing purposes. At the Spitzee, recent development operations have proved most encouraging, and if these results continue satisfactory, it is likely that an Elmore mill will be erected next summer at the mine. Some important machinery installations are being made at the White Bear, which will soon be very completely equipped. While excellent progress is being attained in the erection of the Rossland Power Company's new 200- ton concentrator near Trail. These works will, when completed, be the largest of their kind in Canada, the main building being 360 feet long by 120 feet wide. The proposed method of treatment is something as follows: The ore will --first be crushed and values extracted automatically; this will be followed by water-concentratieHS-the tailings will then be treated with cyanide, the slimes going to an Elmore oil- concentration mill. BOUNDARY ^DISTRICT. The amount of ore treated by £>mrndary smelters in 1903 is officially placed at 697,404 tons, of which 401,021 tons were treated at the Granby works, 162,913 tons at the B. C. Copper Company's smelter, and the balance at .Boundary Falls. The Granby Company produced in 1903, 16,032,356 pounds of copper, 356,900 ounces of silver, and 47,000 ozs. of gold. Intelligence has been received from New York that the shareholders of the B. C. Copper Company have signified their approval of the proposed plan of amalgamation with the Snowshoe. During the month the judge of the County Court at Phoenix has made an order for the sale of the Winnipeg mine to satisfy Bank and other judgments. The final payment of $2,000 was made last week on the Jack Pot in Wellington Camp. The Granby Company, it is announced, has secured control of the output of the Oro Denoro in Summit Camp, and shipments are to be maintained at the rate of 150 tons daily. The company has also bonded two other claims, the Shamrock III. and Reliance in Summit Camp, Recently very rich ore was struck both on the Elkhorn and Don Pedro two high-grade properties in the granite near Greenwood. An important strike is also reported to have been made on the Roderick Dhu, in Long Lake Camp. The work has begun of stringing wire for the five-mile • electric transmission line from Phoenix to Greenwood. camp m'kinney. It is expected that the meeting of the Cariboo-McKinney Company to be held in Toronto early in February will be an interesting one, as one section of shareholders are anxious to wind up the company's affairs, while another favors a continuation of operations until the funds still remaining in the treasury are exhausted. During 1903 about 15,000 tons of ore were milled, values being considerably less than $10. From 68 to 70 per cent, of the values were saved on the plates, with the concentrates the total recovery being 83 to 85 per cent. A small profit is reported on the year's operations, and the company is said to have a cash balance of about $50,000 or sufficient to pay a dividend of 4 per cent, on the issued capital. It is now believed that the Waterloo Company, Camp McKinney will not make a dividend distribution in February as THE MINING RECORD. was anticipated, profits being set aside instead for the purchase of the adjoining Fontenoy claim, for which the company is negotiating. EAST KOOTENAY. It is proposed to install a plant at the St. Eugene, Moyie, to treat the slimes and tailings from the mill, and a new' appliance has been devised for that purpose. It is considered that in the past a loss of values of about one and a half per cent, has been made in the tailings. To overcome this a building 250 x 25 feet has been erected at the lake shore' there being placed in the upper storey a large settling tank' through which will pass all the slimes and tailings fromsthe mill, on to specially designed concentrating tables placed in the lower storey. It is announced that- shipments at the rate of two carloads a day are to be resumed at once from the North Star mine to the Nelson smelter. The manager of the Ptarmigan mine, at Wilmer, has received instructions to suspend operations. The Dominion group of claims near Marysville on the St. Mary's River, have been acquired by a Spokane syndicate. The property has been partially developed and contains two veins, one of galena and the other carrying gold and copper values. Leases have been secured on the old- placer ground at Rider Bar, above the falls on Moyie River, it being proposed to tnoroughly prospect the property this winter by sinking shafts, etc., with a view to installing a suitable hydraulic plant next season. MINING AND METALLURGICAL PATENTS. We are indebted to Mr. Rowland Brittain, patent attorney, of Vancouver, for the following report: Canadian patent No. 83,045. Ore Treatment, issued September 22nd, 1903, to Oscar Daube, Manhattan, New York. Claim 2. In a furnace for treating ore, a coking chamber having tuyeres at the bottom thereof, and two separate openings at the top, each opening having a separate cover, substantially as described. 3. In a furnace for treating ore, a coking chamber having tuyeres at the bottom thereof, and two separate openings at the top, a fire space and means for leading gas from one of said openings to said fire space, substantially as described. 5. A vertical coking chamber, a fire box and flues leading from said box up around said coking chamber and side changing into said chamber below the level of the top of a normal charge, substantially as described. 7. In a furnace for treating ore, a vertical coking chamber and means for introducing air near the bottom thereof, in combination with a gas opening at the top of the chamber, a gas pipe connected therewith, means for opening" and closing communication through said opening, with said pipe, a waste opening also at the top of the chamber, and a separate cover for said opening, substantially as described. 9. In a furnace for treating ore, a vertical- chamber, tuyeres entering near the bottom of said chamber, a fire box and a lining for said box containing an air passage communicating with said tuyeres, substantially as described. 10. The method of treating finely divided ore, which consists in mixing the same with finely divided bituminous fuel, heating this mixture in a single mass away from the air, and finely subjecting the mass so produced to the combined action of high temperature and an air blast, substantially as described. 11. The method of treating finely divided ore, which consists in mixing the same with finely divided bituminous fuel, heating the mixture in a single mass away from the air leading the gases from said mass, burning said gases and finally subjecting the mass to the combined action of heat from said gases and an air blast, substantially as described. 13. The method of treating finely divided ore, which consists in mixing it with finely divided fuel, coking the mixture in one mass, then adding a suitable flux, and finally subjecting the mass and flux to the combined action of high temperature, and an air blast, substantially as described. THE DE KEYSER ELECTRIC-CYANIDE AMALGAMATING PROCESS. A COMPANY, the Pacific Mineral Extraction Co., Ltd., is being promoted in Vancouver, with a capital of $100,000, to acquire the Canadian rights and interests in an amalgamate process of amalgamation, utilizing electricity in conjunction with cyanide, invented by Mr. M. De Keyser. The general principle of this method of ore-treatment appears to be somewhat the same as that applied recently by Dr. Hendryx, but it is to be noted that Mr. De Keyser claims to have patented his process, so long ago as November, 1900. We extract the following from a statement accompanying the prospectus: The process is devised for the recovery of gold and silver by dredging, hydraulicing and milling. Before describing the mechanical and chemical details of this process, it may be stated that gold and silver are found in many states of combination with other elements, such as sulphur, tellurium, arsenic, antimony, etc., and in the metallic state, in nugget form of various sizes down to the impalpable form or condition found in veins or lodes and in alluvial deposits, clean-coated or in a rusty condition; hence it is that the extraction and recovery of these precious metals is attended with many difficulties, arising partly from its many forms of combination, and partly from its variable size and rusty condition. The ordinary cyanide process may be eminently adapted to the treatment of an ore in which the gold and silver exists in a fine, state of division, while entirely unsuited to the treatment of an ore in which the gold and silver exists in a coarse state, owing to the great length of time required for its solution in cyanide. Turning to the other—that combination of gold and silver .with the base metals, such as sulphur, arsenic, antimony, etc. —they are mostly insoluble in a solution of an alkaline cyanide; nor can they be amalgamated with mercury; hence the heavy losses in gold and .silver extraction when either of those processes are used separately. In order, therefore, to treat these ores successfully they must be split up or decomposed, either by physical or chemical means, so that the gold and silver will be rendered soluble and fit for the cyanide electric amalgamation process, each class of ore requiring a somewhat different mode of preliminary treatment. TREATMENT OF QUARTZ, SULPHIDES AND ARSENICAL ORES. In the treatment of these gold and silver ores the ore is first roasted (if found necessary), then crushed to half-inch mesh or finer and fed into a suitable pulverizer and agitator. j 68 THE MINING RECORD. A diluted solution of cyanide of potassium (the strength of which has to be determined in each case) is continually fed from a storage tank through iron pipes, regulated by iron valves. The pulp is reduced to ioo mesh or finer and is discharged with the solution and conducted into a revolving copper silver-plated drum, properly insulated from the other parts of the machine. This electric amalgamator makes ten revolutions per minute, is six feet long and three feet in diameter, and is so constructed that the pulp and solution passes over one hundred square feet of plates before finding a way out, making a perfect deposition of gold and silver on the plates and quicksilver. By this operation practically no values are lost, as the slimes are successfully treated by classifiers and improved electric amalgamating tables, which are six feet wide and twelve feet long, divided into four compartments provided with copper silver-plated plates placed in the form of stepV From the tables the material passes through two or mores traps, collecting all amalgam which escapes during the operation. Finally, the tailings are discharged into filter bags and the sohition extracted by pressure, which is pumped back to the solution tank and used over again. The pulp (or tailings) is then dried and pulverized by rolls and conveyed to an electric magnetic separator, when the oxide of iron is extracted, this being marketable for use in paint, etc. The dynamos used in connection with this process are of special construction to suit the peculiarities of the case. Ameters, voltmeters, etc., are of the latest design, and insure perfect control of the current. The expenses in connection with the running of a mill treating one hundred tons from the bins per diem of twenty- four hours, exclusive of power, will not exceed fifty cents per ton of two thousand pounds, and the highest known percentage in gold and silver is extracted. The operation is continuous and requires no extra labour or expert help, and very little attention, while the clean-up can be made at any time without interfering with the operation of the mill. In order to install the DeKeyser process in any mill using the amalgamating process, very little change is necessary, the crushing and grinding of the, ore being the same in either case, viz.: 50 to 60-mesh (or finer preferred), as may be determined by experiment. The process is adjustable to the treatment of auriferous gravel and sands by dredging, hydraulicing and placer mining in general, but the electric deposition is eliminated. MACHINERY NOTES. A new electric hoist has been installed at the Payne mine, Sandon. The Slocan Star concentrator is .being entirely remodelled, and additional machinery, including six Wilfley tables, installed. The company have also in view the installation of a zinc magnetic separator plant. A 20-h.p. Westinghouse electric motor has been installed at the Granby Company's mines machine shop. The com-* pany has also received another small locomotive for mine haulage work, manufactured by the Davenport Machine Works. An additional motor has been installed at the Le Roi No ' 2 Elmore Mill, by which its capacity will be increased to 60 ton per diem. Work is progressing rapidly, on the improvements at the tacoma smelter. These comprise additions to the lead refining plant, a three-storey brick bag house and a large steel blast furnace. The bag house building, which is 110x60 feet, is practically completed and the apparatus is betas installed m it. It includes 1,000 bags, each 25 feet in length by two m diameter The bags are placed suspended with the open end downward. The smoke is passed into the bag house and forced through the bags, which catch all the valuable mineral otherwise carried off in smoke. It is expected that the bag house will be in use in two months. The new steel blast will make the fourth lead furnace in operation at the plant. Its capacity will be about 200 tons daily. The cost of the furnace is estimated at $10,000, while the bag house will cost about $50,000. These improvements when completed will materially increase the capacity of the smelter. The. new blast furnace will nearly double the capacity of the lead plant. The total capacity of the smelter will be about 300 tons of copper ore and 500 tons of lead ore daily. It is reported that the Cherry Creek Mining Co., operating in the Vernon district, propose installing a ten-stamp mill on its property in the spring. The Fraser & Chalmers two-stamp experimental mill has been in successful operation a month, crushing from eight to ten tons a day. The 1,006-foot gravity tramway at the E. P. U. and Goldfinch mines near Greenwood, has been completed, and will greatly facilitate shipments from these properties. At the Mountain Lion in Republic Camp, Wash., the property of a Canadian company, a Hendryx electro-cyanide plant is now being installed. It is intended to crush the ore to 80 mesh, first reducing it with 20 stamps and then crushing to the required fineness with four Huntington mills. From the latter the pulp will be automatically conveyed to a series ol five storage tanks and thence to the agitator, which will be charged four times every 24 hours, requiring six hours' agitation for an extraction of 80 per cent, of the gold and silver contents of the ore. Each charge will consist of 40 tons of ore, 60 tons of water and I pound of cyanide of potassium. The machinery to be installed at the.Iron Mask mine, Kamloops, will consist of a large double-drum hoist, capable of lifting a four-ton skip 600 feet per^mmute. A tandem Corliss condensing engine capable of developingsabout 250 horsepower with all modern' improvements, such as^bhe super-heating of steam between high andHccmjirgssure cylftiders. A ten-drill two-stage air compressor. A 300-light elefctric light plant. A sawmill and timber framing machinery.' /Two 125-h.p. steam boilers of 150 lbs. working pressure haVe also been ordered from the Vancouver Engineering Works. The concentrating plant will be capable of treating 200 tons per day. It is reported that it is the intention of the Granby Company to increase the capacity of the smelter at Grand Forks by the addition of six additional furnaces, this coming summer. A 20-drill compressor and a 150-h.p. hoist have been installed at the White Bear mine, Rossland. -*- BOOKS RECEIVED. j Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, 1903. Summary Report of the Geological Survey Department of Canada for the year 1902. fPM rAP°rt con,ains much ma«er of interest to the West Mr. R. G. McConnell, assisted by Mr. Joseph Keele, contributes a lengthy and comprehensive description of conditions 1 \rSeftlon °,f country tributary to the MacMillan River in the Yukon, where both an instrumental topographical survey and a geological reconnaisance was made. Mr. Arthur Webster, a former member of the staff, and Professor Ernest -Haycock of Acadia College, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, report ot the rocks and possible economic minerals of the outer or southwestern coast of Vancouver Island;. Dr R A Dalv writes 0f his work commenced in 1001 in connection with the rl \- Sa *v ^ternational Boundary between -British SfwH * ^te °f Washin*ton- Mr- R- W. Brock and Mr W. H. Boyd report on a fifteen-mile area around the town of Greenwood, and Mr. W. W.. Leash describes at length geological conditions in the vicinity of Blair™" Modern Workshop Hints, by Robert Grimshaw, ME London; Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Limited. " This work should be of inestimable use to mechanical .engineers and machinists, containing as it does ™ fund o useful data, describing unusual and rapid ways of doing work THE MINING RECORD. 69 in accordance with the latest and best American and European machine shop practice. The volume contains over, four hundred pages and five hundred illustrations.. Across the San Juan Mountains, by T. A. Rickard: New York and London: The Engineering and Mining Journal 1903, qto. cloth; price $1. Had Mr. Rickard, the talented editor of the Engineering and Mining Journal, chosen he might have attained literary eminence as easily by any other path than that which he has gained it. He has a very wonderful knack of descriptive writing, and the gift, too, of expressing ideas with perfect lucidity and directness—a characteristic, we should imagine, of scientific men who have studied nature from the practical side. "Across the San Juan Mountains" is a delightful account of a journey through what is evidently a most picturesque country, that of Southwestern Colorado; and although, of course, the book deals largely with mining in that territory, it is by no means a technical treatise, being, in fact, devoid of technical terms and phrases and it should therefore appeal equally to both the technical and non-technical public. Papers and Report relating to Minerals and Mining in New Zealand in 1903. Government Printer, Wellington. This report, which is handsomely bound in cloth, comprises the annual statement by the | rinister of Mines; Report on the Goldfields; Report on the Coal Mines and Report on State Coal Mines. COAL MINING NOTES. The development of the new anthracite discovery at Comox is proceeding with great energy, three shifts being now employed at the work. A. branch line of railway has also been built to the- mine, and while as yet the output is necessarily small, it is expected that by the end of February a daily production of between three and four hundred tons will be maintained. The Crow's Nest Coal Co. produced in 1903, 661,118 tons of coal and 167, 739 tons of coke, an increase of 50 and 39 per cent, respectively over the 1902 returns. The Company has now 913 coke ovens in use, and 215 under construction. In 1903, 1,450 men were employed as against 984 in 1902. COAL EXPORTATIONS AND TRADE THE following report has been issued by Mr. J. rison, of San Francisco: "The quantity of ported during the year is 230,044 tons less t as can be ascertained by referring to the figures bell cannot be accepted as the amount of fuel ments, as the quantity of fuel oil which this year has been 60 per cent, in exces w. Har- coal 1m- lan 1002, w. This to fill our require- has been produced of the product of 1902, hence the showing made for the coal consumption cannot be accepted as being a discouraging one for manufacturing interests locally. The early portion of this year labour ' disturbances developed themselves- in the British Columbia collieries; these were not amicably compromised for some considerable time, as the manager of the Wellington Collieries displayed a disposition to maintain his rights rather than make concessions, although at a serious loss to himself; the laborers finally acceded to his demands. . The abrogation of the duty of 67 cents per ton on Australian and British Columbia coals, has proved for the year a marked advantage for their products, and has aided in giving large consumers here a pronounced benefit. ■ The present position is a complicated one, the outlook for low-priced Australian coal is discouraging, partiality because the inducements for carriers to come here are anything but profitable, and partially because outward freights on grain from here are exceedingly low, and grain freights from Australia are fully 50 per cent, higher than from here. The quantity of coal of all grades on hand here at present is small. There are uncertain factors now existing which may create a very generous demand for fuel in the near future; principally the requirements of our government for Panama, and adjacent ports, hence the market is in a very uncertain condition. If the present outward rates of freight on grain from here should show no improvement in the near future, which will minimize colonial imports, thus leaving the control of the local coal market in very few hands, which will assure high figures for 1904. The marked differenece between the prices of domestic grades, and ordinary steam coals is likely to be sustained, asthe output of the former,is concentrated in very few hands. The various sources from which we have derived our coal supplies are as follows:— British Columbia Australia English and Welsh Scotch Eastern (Cumberland and Anthracite) Seattle (Washington) Tacoma (Washington) Mount Diablo, Coos Bay and Tesla .. Japan, and Rocky Mountains by rail.. Total Important coal mining developments are taking place in the vicinity of Blairmore. During the past year a number of properties have been developed from mere prospects into producing mines, and where last yeat there were in the Pass but two mines, there are today eight. In this section French capital in very large amounts has been invested in colliery^ development, with the most promising results, and already a commencement in production activity is being made. Ere long the International Coal Company expect to begin supplying the Granby smelter with an adequate supply of coke, while the Solvey ovens at Little have just been fired. This company has now two engines employed in hauling and delivering coal to the C. P. R., the railway company taking the entire output for locomotive fuel purposes. The Grassy Mountain mines, owned by the same colliery company, are also now becoming productive. 1900. Tons. 766,917 178,563 54,099 none 17,319 250,590 418,052 ' 160,915 42,673 1901. Tons, 710,33° 175,959 52,270 none 27,370 240,574 433,817 I43,3i8 5IJ47 1,889,128 1,834,785 1902. 1903. Tons. Tons. 591,732 289,890 197,328 276,186 9S,62i 61,580 3,600 3,495 24,133 13,262 165,237 127,819 209,358 256,826 111,209 84,277 47,38o 108,219 445,598 1,215,554 To secure a complete statement of the entire coal consumption of California, I have been obliged to include deliveries at Port Los Angeles and San Diego by water, which have been added to the above sources of supply. The total amount received by water at those ports foot up to 69,248 tons. Fuel Oil.—It can be safely computed that the Californian products of oil for 1903 will foot up to between 20 and '21 millions of barrels, as against 13,000,000 for 1902. Deducting the quantity which will be refined, and the amount which will be exported, there will yet remain enough for steam uses_ to be a disturbing factor in the consumption of coal. During the year there has been a marked advance for a further improvement in the price of oil. The railroad companies have absorbed most of the promising properties, the_ output of which will not seek buyers, hence the market price will not be affected. 70 THE MINING RECORD. Coke.—The total deliveries here by water foot up 68,090 tons, as compared with 64,916 tons last year. Fully 57 per cent, of this amount was shipped from England and Germany, the'balance principally from Germany and Australia. Pig Iron.—The total importations by water aggregate 29,845 tons, about half of this being shipped from Great Britain. This would demonstrate an increased manufacturing interests auring the year, as the total amount received in 1901 was 8,478 tons. The general review for the year, for the consumption of fuel and pig iron, will clearly indicate that the year has proved a profitable one in the manufacturing line, and we have reason to believe that there will be no diminution the coming year, in fact, the ear marks indicate that we have promises before us for marked increase over the present year. PERSONALS. Mr. Carlson, a former resident of Oregon, has assumed the management of the Gold Cup mine, at Ymir. Mr. George Clothier has been promoted to the assistant surveyorship at the Le Roi mine, Rossland. Mr, Percy J. Glezier has been appointed Deputy Mining Recorder at Ymir, vice A. B. Buckworth, Jr., resigned. Mr. W. Yolen Williams, superintendent of the Granby Mines, is enjoying a vacation in Los Angeles, California. Mr. Neil Cochrane, formerly of Rossland, is now superintendent of the Mountain Lion mine, Republic, Washington. Mr. R. R. Bruce, manager of the Paradise Mine, Wilmer, has returned to British Columbia after spending a few weeks in Scotland. Mr. R. W. Brock, of the Dominion Geological Survey, is again Professor of Geology, at the Kingston, Ont., School of Mining for the winter term. Mr. G. F. Robbins, recently resigned the position of assayer at the Payne mine, Sandon, and is now employed in the same capacity at the Le Roi. Mr. Donald G. Forbes, manager of the Silver Cup Mines, Ltd., and the Great Western Mining Co., Ltd., at Ferguson, B.C., has resigned that position. Mr. E. B. Kirby, general manager of the Centre Star and War Eagle mines, has returned to Rossland after an absence 'of some weeks in Eastern America. Mr. Swaney, the new manager of the Great Western and Silver Cup Mining Companies, recently arrived from England and entered upon his duties. Mr. R. M. Atwater has resigned the general managership of the Ymir mine, and is succeeded by Mr. G. H. Barnhardt, who previously occupied this position. Mr. Edward Mills, manager of the Morpha Smelting Works, Swansea, Wales, visited the Granby Company's mines at Phoenix, Boundary district, last month. Mr. John C. Scrafford, formerly superintendent of the B. C. Mine, Boundary district, is now in charge of the work recently commenced at the Rathmullen group. Mr. James Rutherford, M.E., manager of the Lardeau Valley Mines, Ltd., has gone to England to endeavour to interest capital in some Poplar Creek mineral claims. Mr. T. R. Stockett, who has for some time past been in the employ of the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co. at Fernie, B.C., nas been recently appointed acting general manager to that company. Mr. W. H. Yawkey, one of the largest shareholders in the Minnesota Silver Company, owning the Ivanhoe mine, near Sandon, and other Slocan mining properties, died last month at Detroit, Mich. A press despatch from Grand Forks states, that Mr. A. B. W. Hodges, superintendent of the Granby smelter, has been summoned to Montreal on business connected with the proposed enlargement of those works. Mr. E. A. Ashcroft, a well-known English metallurgist, and general manager and a director of the Metallurgical Trust Company, England, is visiting his brother, Mr. A. E. Ashcroft, P.L.S., at Greenwood. Mr. Ernest Levy has been appointed' assistant manager at the Le Roi No. 2. Mr. Levy was a student at the Royal School of Mines and has gained a practical mining experience in Colorado and elsewhere. Mr. J. L. Stamford, vice-president of the Northwest Coal & Coke Company, with coal lands in the eastern part of the Crow's Nest Pass coal district, left for England last month. He expected to return before the end of January. Mr. C. Ferland, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, England (consulting engineer for the Monitor Company, Sandon, B.C., is expected to arrive at the mine shortly to determine the advisability of erecting a concentrator and possibly a zinc separating plant. Mr. G. W. Cornish, an Australian mining engineer, for some time in the employ of the Queensland Government, is familiarizing himself with some of the Boundary mining properties especially several of the high-grade quartz mines in the vicinity of Greenwood. Mr. Dudley C. Blackwood, of Nelson, has been gazetted Mining Recorder for the Nelson Mining Division. The duties - of this office had been performed by the Gold Commissioner, Mr. Robt. A. Renwick, «ince the resignation of Mr. Harry Wright, now M.P.P. for Ymir. Mr. G. O. Buchanan, of Kaslo, has been appointed to disburse the lead bounty authorized last fall by the Federal Legislature. He recently made a tour of the mining districts affected by it, in company with Mr. J. G. Parmalee, of the Dominion Department of Trade and Commerce. Mr. Henry B. Smith, P.L^*L of Rossland, last month made a survey of the Lucky Jack mineral claim and the overlapping Shamrock placer claim at Poplar Creek, under an order of the Supreme Court Vsitting at Rossland and taking evidence in support of conflictmg-Claims to the property in question. Mr. W. E. Segsworth, assayer, has/disposed of his assay1 business at Greenwood, to Mr. J. Goupay Lang, late of Vancouver Island, and has gone east with the intention of taking a course in mining engineering/and metallurgy either at McGill University or at the Michigan College of Mines, Houghton, Michigan. Mr. Ernest Hooper, of London, has lately been spending some time, at the Ymir mine, near Ymir, of which Mr. G. H. Barnhardt has been appointed manager in succession to Mr. R. M. Atwater, Jr., who resigned. Mr. Barnhardt was superintendent of the mine through its successful years, and now assumes charge of it with wider powers of administration to endeavour to restore it to a profit-earning basis. Mr. Alex. Meads, M.E., of Marquette, Michigan, is now resident engineer at the Volcanic, on the North Fork of Kettle River, where he is directing the diamond drill operations in progress with the object of prospecting that property at depth. He is a graduate of the Michigan State School of Mines, and has had charge of various copper mines in Onta- nogan County, Michigan. Mr. J. W. Astley, superintendent of the Snowshoe mine, at Phoenix; Mr. C. Bannatyne, the engineer, and Mr. W. Tom-, linson, the company's chief clerk, have taken advantage of the suspension of operations at this property pending the arrangements now in progress for amalgamation with the B.C. Copper Co. by spending a holiday in England. Mr. Astley will probably arrive in London in time to attend the annual meeting of the Snowshoe Company. THE PINDER CONCENTRATOR. THE Pinder Concentrator differs widely from any other class or type of machine yet devised for this purpose. It is distinctly a pan or batea in the form of an involute (practical round), with its outer edge curving inward from the widest part, where is located the feed box, around to the same point, having a jog or offset of fourteen inches directly at right angles from the general circumference or THE MINING RECORD. 71 rim. The pan is eight feet nine inches across at the narrowest part. There is a spiral gradient of one inch in the bottom surface of the pan which extends all around, beginning at the widest part under the feed box. The bottom, or floor, also inclines to the centre, forming a concave surface. - This pan is constructed in such a manner as to render it flexible, the bottom being made of the best reasoned redwood staves three-quarters of an inch thick, and laid lengthwise from the centre. The inner or small end of each stave is bolted to the rim of the centre casting, and the outer or wide end is bolted to a steel rim or band, one-quarter inch by five inches, which forms the base in the construction of the pan. The outer ends of these staves are strengthened and held in position by a reinforce of redwood battons underneath and a substantial rim or edge all round the pan. The staves are laid so that there is one-eighth of an inch interval between each, admitting flexibility, and they are made in such a manner as to prevent warping from moisture. In fact the whole structure is built with a view to great strength and stability. It will not get out of shape in course of time as is the case with some of the most approved types of riffled tables. The bottom surface is covered with a special grade of A steel post or shaft two and a quarter inches in diameter is securely fastened to the under or foundation frame of the machine, and this post acts both as the pivot as well as the centre support of the pan. This post passes through a sleeve in the centre casting of the pan, and the adjusting gear is screwed to the top end. This adjusting device consists of a ball-headed steel-threaded pin, the head of which rests on the end of the post, the threaded end passing through the cap of the sleeve which holds up the pan, and the two hand wheels geared on the upper end. The top wheel, turning from right to left, raises the centre of the pan, causing the incline of the bottom to become flatter; and by turning the opposite way the reverse result is obtained. The lower wheel is practically a jam nut which holds the pan to any adjustment once set. The foundation timber frame is composed of four pieces, six by twelve inches square, and one piece, eight by twelve- inches. There is also a short block, eight by twelve inches square, which is attached to the side of the timber on which the driving gear, is bolted in order to support that mechanism This frame is very solidly bolted together with three-quarter inch tie rods, which run from side to side in both directions. There are six standard supports which act as bearings on which the outer edge of the pan rests. These bearings are brown linoleum, which experience has proven to be the best substance that can be used for the purpose, and on this surface is laid brass or copper tapering riffles, fifty-six in number, and three-quarters of an inch apart, so arranged as to radiate spirally from the direction oi the centre outwardly and around toward the rim, the feather ends terminating in regular sequence nearly in a circle so as to leave a clear smooth space between the terminals and the rim of the pan. The feed box, which distributes the pulp upon the surface of the pan, is bolted securely to the widest point of the pan, the feed being received at the jog end of the box, and passing on to the pan through the feed holes in the bottom of the box. This box is curved so as to conform to the rounded rim of the pan. The wash or clear water is conducted by a pipe three-quarters of an inch in diameter around the outer edge of the pan, and is delivered on the pan through various small holes therein, making jets, which fall behind a rubber water strip tacked and cemented to the bottom and running around the pan, having many small holes through which the water is spread very evenly to all desired parts. The pipe is supported by three standards, which are securely bolted to the timber frame upon which the pan rests. There are two discharges for concentrates, one at the end of the forty-second riffle and the other at the end of the entire system of riffles. so arranged as to evenly distribute the strain between them, and each a nd every wearing part is of the best chilled iron. Attached to each side bearing is a spiral spring which takes up any lost motion and prevents vibration. The driving mechanism is strong, compact, and light. It is of the simplest construction, of the common toggle type, the toggle links being of the best tool steel one-half inch thick rounded at the ends and working in chilled grooves cast in the parts to hold them. All other parts of this gear are also of the best workmanship, and both durable and smooth. A large spiral spring made of five-eighths steel is attached to the steel rim under the edge of the pan on the side holding the feed box, and which is also fastened to spring seats bolted to the frame timbers. This spring is adjusted so as to pull the pan one way while the toggle pulls it the opposite. This spring also takes up any lost motion and prevents pounding or knocking of the bearing parts. A suitable threaded bolt is attached for regulating. The tailings discharge through the centre of the pan where is located a suitable spout which directs the flow to the tailings launder. A small V-shaped trough three inches deep should be placed in the notch of the frame under the table so as to catch the sulphurets from the second discharge hole and conduct them to the box in front. A suitable trough should also be placed to catch the sulphurets from the first discharge. 72 THE MINING RECORD. The box for retaining the concentrates is usually made at the mill; and this should be about six feet long, fourteen to sixteen inches deep and eighteen inches wide. Should it be desired to separate the first concenerates from the second, a partition should be placed in the centre. This box should be made of thick lumber, and very strong and tight. The machine is 9 feet, by 11 feet 6 inches. ALLIS-CHALMERS COMPANY'S NEW STANDARD REYNOLDS CORLISS ENGINE. We illustrate herewith a new Corliss engine which is being brought out by the Allis-Chalmers Company from the designs of Mr. Irving H. Reynolds. The field of Corliss engine design has been so fully worked over in the past, and the accepted designs have become so simple, that no strikingly novel designs are to be expected. The present machine, The regulator is of the high speed weighted type, designed to control the engine within narrow iimits of speed variation. The connecting rod is steel with solid forged ends, fitted with bronze boxes, babbit lined on the crank pin ends, the boxes being adjustable by means of screw actuated wedges. The crank is of plain type, polished on the face and is protected by a planished steel oil guard (not shown in cut). The engines are fitted either with belt fly-wheels, as shown, or with square rim wheels where used with direct-connected electric generators. The crank and crosshead pins and main journals are of a size ordinarily used with heavy duty engines. In brief, the engine is strong, simple and compact, and while nothing has been added for ornamentation,. nothing contributing to economy or durability has been omitted, and the machine should find a large sale among power users who appreciate quality. The Reyuolds-Corliss Engine—New Standard. however, represents the experience 'of twenty-six years in building of Corliss engines, and combines all of the desirable elements of the best designs. I Engines of the type illustrated are' being built in seven sizes, ranging from 50 to 500 horsepower, and are designed for steam pressures up to 150 lbs. They are built of somewhat shorter strokes than have heretofore been customary in Corliss engines, with the idea of economizing in space and making the construction more rigid. The speeds are also somewhat higher than usual, ranging from no to 150 revolutions per minute, although these speed's are not higher than those at which the Reynolds-Corliss engines of older design are frequently operated. The frame is cast in one piece with the slide, the construction being of the box type, resting on the foundation for its entire length. The main bearing shells are bored into the frame, thus insuring a solid bearing and also permitting the easy removal of the shells by rolling them out around the shaft. The slide is of the barrel type with bored guides. The crosshead is fitted with babbit faced shoes with wedge adjustment. The piston rod is screwed into the crosshead and held firmly with a steel lock nut. The cylinder is of the round cornered type, is fitted with double ported steam and exhaust valves, lagged with planished steel. The cylinder is set on a cast iron base plate, which extends under the valve o-ear serving as a drip pan. The valve gear is of the usual Reynolds Corliss type the wrist plate being of skeleton pattern and fitted with a'new type of disconnecting device which, while clamping the hook rod firmly, is very easily detached by hand. The dash pots are of differential pluneer type without leathers or packing of any kind. TRADE NOTES. The Trump Manufacturing Compaiiy, Springfield, Ohio, have issued a new descriptive catalogue of the "Celebrated Trump 'Model' Turbine." The catalogue is profusely illustrated and contains much useful information. The Jeffrey Manufacturing Company, Columbus, Ohio, in Circular No. 77, describe the Jeffrey Grab Buckets which, it is asserted, are the most powerful buckets made. They will work in ore, mine-run coal, broken limestone, gravel and sand. They are absolutely self-filling, and will also excavate in clay, gravel and soft earth of any' nature. Queen & Co., of Philadelphia, Pa., established in 1853, send us an interesting account, published in pamphlet form, of their works where are manufactured all kinds of mathematical and engineering instruments, etc. The Allis-Chalmers Co., Chicago, 111., send us Catalogue No. 100, 5th edition, descriptive of several of their specialties in mining machinery, including the Overstrom concentrator, the Bradley riniinn mill and other appliances. The catalogue before us is printed in Spanish. Another pamphlet issued by this great manufacturing company giving a partial list of foreign users of Corliss and other engines built by Allis-Chalmers demonstrates the world-wide extent of the business done. Thus there is not a mining company on the face of the globe in which the Allis-Chalmers' machinery has riot been1 introduced. The firm of Charles Cammell & Co., Ltd., of Sheffield is now known as "Cammell, Laird & Co.. Ltd." This is in con- THE MINING RECORD. 73 sequence of the acquisition of the Birkenhead Iron Works, lately the property of Messrs. Laird & Co., ship builders and •engineers. Last year also the works at Coventry and Birmingham of the Mulliner-Wigley Co., Ltd., were purchased. In these works gun mountings, etc., are produced,. and the manufacture of field artillery and naval guns is contemplated. The new firm of "Cammell, Laird & Co., Ltd.," is now one •of the largest and strongest in the world, controlling as it does, in addition to these lately acquired, the Cyclops Steel & Iron Works, Sheffield; Derwent Iron & Steel Works, Workington; Yorkshire Steel & Iron Works, Peniston; Grimes- .thorpe Ordnance Steel Tyre & Spring Works; Old and New ■Oaks Collieries, near Barnsley. "We Pull for Leschens" is what you read on the large leather collars of the horses attached to the waggons of A. Leschen & Sons Rope Co./ in St. Louis, New York, Chicago and Denver. These are the waggons in which they deliver their reels and coils of Hercules and Patent Flattened Strand and all other kinds of Wire Rope. A. Leschen & Sons Rope Co. also manufacture and erect Aerial Wire Rope Tramways of every description; likewise underground and surface wire rope haulage plants. Their •engineers in charge of the different departments have had years' experience and are thoroughly competent. 920 to 932 North First St., St. Louis, Mo., is the home address of A. Leschen & Sons Rope Co. MINING RETURNS AND STATISTICS. Returns of British Columbia's mineral and coal production during 1903 are now available, or at least sufficiently so to •enable a fair idea of progress to be gathered therefrom. From the figures, it is reasonably clear that both in respect lo tonnage and values an advance has been made, considerable as touching to the former, and satisfactory enough in the latter case. This increase, is however, almost entirely ■attributable to the development of the copper-gold mines on the Coast and in the Boundary and Rossland districts, while excellent showing made by the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company, in East Kootenay, compensates for the decrease in output from the Vancouver Island collieries occasioned by the prolonged labour troubles in the spring of the year. On the ■other hand, a large falling off is noticeable in silver and lead production and the placer gold yield is also less than that of last year, . In 1903, zinc ore was mined and marketed successfully for the first time on anything like a considerable scale. VANCOUVER ISLAND. Coal production was divided among the three collieries as follows: Western Fuel Co., 289,136 tons, of which 178,960 Ions were exported and 110,176 tons sold in local markets; Wellington, 271,305 tons; Comox, 309,708 tons. In 1902, the Vancouver Island mines produced 1,173,293 tons of coal. Mineral output returns are not yet fully available, but it is •computed that an increase has been made in the year of between 50 and 75 per cent., a consular report estimating the -value of the copper mined at half a million dollars. ATLIN, CASSIAR AND OMINECA. From returns made by the banks and express companies, -the value of the gold recovered during the past season is -given as between $400,000 and $430,000, to which $50,000 may well be added to include gold taken out by individual miners •of which no record was made. In Cassiar but one company was operative, its clean-up realizing about $25,000. Placer gold production from Omineca was most insignificant, and will probably not exceed the valuation of $10,000. CARIBOO. The yield will be in the neighbourhood of $375,000 as against $500,000 in 1902. FORT STEELR DISTRICT. Official returns from the Mining Recorder's office show that 169 claims are held in this district under crown grants or certificates of improvements, 193 claims were recorded in T903, 87 transfers of mineral claims were made and 400 free -miners' certificates were issued. REVELSTOKE. Probably placer gold to the value of $5,000 was taken out during the season. LARDEAU. Shipments of ore from the Lardeau show an advance in I903, but not commensurate with the considerable mine development and improvement instituted during this period, of which the effect, has not yet become manifest. The value of the product, chiefly represented in lead, and silver shipments, is placed at $250,000. SLOGAN, NELSON AND YMIR. The tonnage of galena shipped was in round figures, 14,000 tons, and 2,000 tons of zinc, of a roughly approximate value of $1,000,000. Ore receipts at the Hall Mines' smelter, Nelson, for the eleven months to November 30th, 1003, were as follows: From Nelson and Kootenay Lake, 3,418 tons; Rossland, 180 tons; Slocan, 4,720 tons; Boundary 93 tons; East Kootenay, 894 tons; Ymir, 2,619 tons; Lardeau, 173 tons, and Republic (Washington), 5,399 tons; total, 17,406 tons. Of these ores 2,155 tons were dry, and 9,251 tons were lead ores. The metal contents were 762,494 ozs. silver, 7,572 ozs. gold, 2,925 lbs. copper, and 8,629,432 lbs. lead. The foregoing tonnage and metal contents do not include Silver King or Emma (Boundary) ores. Probable total receipts for December from all sources excepting the two mines just mentioned were 1,820 tons. The company shipped to the Selby Smelting and Lead Co., San Francisco, 3,433 tons lead bullion, containing 655,270 ozs. silver, 6,324 ozs. gold, and 6,697,940 lbs. lead, total value j $574,327; and to the Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting and Power Co., Grand Forks, 383 tons copper matte, containing 119,804 ozs. silver, 144 ozs. gold, and 372,003 lbs. copper, total value $102,054. Probable shipments of bullion during December, 400 tons. The company, purchased 4,600 tons Silver King ore, containing 119,525 ozs. silver and 347,333 lbs. copper, and the lessee of the mine, Mr. Davys, estimates that the tonnage for December will be 300 tons. Receipts of ore from the Emma mine totalled 182,621 tons. Lead ores shipped to United States smelters by the Company during the year amounted to 2,946 tons. ROSSLAND. Rossland is credited with a tonnage output of from 350,000 to 377,000 tons—a considerable advance over the 1902 production of 330,000 tons. The ore receipts at the Canadian Smelting Works, Trail, during n months ended November 30 last were 157,736 tons, as follows: From Rossland, 135,516 tons; Boundary, 6,000; Slocan, 5,178; Lardeau, 2,047; Republic (Washington), 4,638 tons; Windemere, 806 tons; East Kootenay, 366 tons, and miscellaneous, 770 tons. The approximate tonnage from Rossland for December was placed at 12,000 tons, and from all other parts, possibly 1,000 tons. This- would give a total of 170,736 tons as the year's receipts. The total tonnage smelted in 1903 was about 175,000 tons, producing 8,500,000 lbs. lead, 2,900,000 lbs. copper, 82,500 ozs. gold, and 1,850,000 ozs. silver. During the year the daily capacity of the lead refinery was increased from six and a half tons to twenty tons, and a plant •was erected for handling the slimes. The refinery turned out some 150.000 ozs. silver of the fineness of 999, se'veral thousand ounces of mint gold, and a quantity of copper sulphide. The antimony will be recovered later and will be used in making babbit metal. The copper matte from these works was refined at Tacoma, and the lead bullion, other than that refined at Trail, was shipped to San Francisco, California. The lead produced was sold chiefly in Eastern Canada, China and Japan. The silver refined was sold for coinage for the Phillipines. The gold went to the United States Government assay office, Seattle, Washington. It is stated that the gold and silver shipped, as above stated, were the first shipments ever made of these precious metals, the product of smelting and refining in Canada. \ 74 THE MINING RECORD. Meanwhile the Associated Boards of Trade of the Interior estimate the value of the mineral produced from the mines of South Kootenay and Yale as follows: Gold, 204,147 ozs., value $4,219,718.49; silver, 3,471,421 ozs., value $1,839,953.13; copper, 241,266,977 pounds, value $3,382,174.93; lead, 10,168 tons, value $489,792.53; or a total value of $9,221,630.10. Tonnage is given as 1.034,830 tons. BOUNDARY. Shipments during the year aggregate approximately 625,000 tons, as against 520,000 tons in 1902. ROSSLAND. Shipments for the month of January were divided as follows : Le Roi, 20,060 tons; Centre Star, 5,480; War Eagle, 4,630; Le Roi No. 2, 2,000; Kootenay, 1,025) Le Roi No. 2 milled, 1,050; Jumbo, 915; Spitzee, 30. Total tons 35,190. BOUNDARY DISTRICT. Boundary district mines produced the following ore tonnage in January: Granby, 44,520 tons; Mother Lode, 12,- tramway and other plant installed there, while in addition* three high pressure Humsford boilers are now being put ii> place. At Michel two new mines became productive in 1903,- and a third has been prospected. A ventilating fan of a capacity of 200,000 cubic feet per minute was installed at Nos 8 and 9 mines and 252 coke ovens have been added, there being now 464 ovens at this colliery. At Morrissey four mines- have been productive and two are in course of development- Here now slack storage bins having a combined holding- capacity of 6,000 tons were built, a waterworks system and an. endless rope haulage system established, 140 coke ovens built and 100 others under construction comprise some of the improvements effected. The outlook for a further increase- in the East Kootenay coal trade in 1904 is most promising,, and that the output will reach a million tons before the close of this year is a far from unlikely contingency in view of the settled and stable conditions now prevailing. Mineral output was inconsiderable, only one of the big silver-lead mines having been productive in 1903. RANGE OP B. 0. MINInVpRIGES, JANUARY TO DECEMBER, 1903. Prepared by Messrs. Straker, London. The following table was referred to by our London correspondent in his article published in our issue of last month review ing the movement of British Columbia Mining Stocks on the London market in 1903. MINES. I ill Jan.i5|Feb. 12 Mar. 12 April 17 May 14 June 11 July 10 Aug. 13 Sep. 11 LeRoi (£5) 28s 9d Le Roi No. 2 (£5) 18s gd Rossland Kootenay 7s 6d B. C Develop. Association | 5s Enterprise j 5s Hall Mining ... • Alaska Gold Fields Klondyke Bonanza Klondyke Consols L. and B. C. Goldfields Whitewater Ymir 113s 9d New Goldfields of B.C |ios Velvet 8s 9d Snowshoe *I5S Tyee Copper |i6s 3d Giant I 28s cjd 17s 6d is 6d 3S 9d 2s 6d 2s 6d 8s gd 2s 6d 12s 6d ios us 3d f2iS3d 15s 20s 3S 9d 2s 6d 2s 6d us 3d IIS 3d 7s 6d 21s 3d 26s 3d 30s 18s 9d 6s 3d ios 5s is 6d 3S 9d 2s 6d 2s 6d 5S 2s 6d ios j 10s I 7s 6d 21s 3d 27s 6d 17s 6d 27s 6d 26s 3d ios 5S 2s 6d 2S 2s 6d 2s 6d 2S 6d 5S 2s 6d 12s 6d ios 8s gd 21s 3d 41s 3d 15s 22s 6d 23s 9d 8s 9d 7s 6d 2s 6d 2s 6d 2s 6d 2S 6d 2s 6d, 8s 9d 6s 3d 8s 9d 21s 3d 42s 6d 15s 23s 9d 26s 3d I 8s 9d ios 1 2s 6d 1 is 9d I 2s 6d 2s 6d 2S 6d 17s 6d 22s 6d 6s 3d 7s 6tl 2s 6d is 6d 2s 6d 2S 6d 2s 6d 13s 9d 18s 9d I 6s 3d i 7S 6d is xid 2S 60s IS 2s 6d 2s 6d 7s 6d 5S 7s 6d 2 is 3d 40s is 6d 2S 6d ' 6s 3d 6s 3d sis 3d 41s 3d IOS 2s 6d 6s 3d 3s gd 3s gd ,2IS 3d I42S 6d 7s 6d 3S 9d 2s 6d 21s 3d 40s 7s 6d . ,Hig'st&I,ow'st- 12 Dec 10 Prices recorded I Jan. to Dec. 1903 6s 3d 6s 3d 3S 9d 3S 9d 1 25 6d 2S 6d 2IS 3d IOS 42S 6d 41s 3d 5S IOS 16s 3d 15s 15s 22s 6d 56s 3d ' 22s 6d IS 3d IS 3d IS IS 3<* IS 3d IS 3d IOS I2S 6d 3S gd * This was for the 15s. paid up. t This was for the fully paid up share. Except in the case ofthe two Le Roi's all the shares quoted in the above list are ofthe nominal value of £1 ($5-80) The prices quoted are, of course, given in British currency. 114; Emma, 4,014; Oro Denoro, 3,736; Athelstan, 957; Senator, 318. Total tons, 65,659. SLOCAN. The Sandon Mining Standard states that ore shipments from mines in the vicinity of Sandon aggregated over 1,200 tons during the month of January, divided as follows: Silver-. lead—Ruth, 101 tons; Blue Bird 20; Slocan Star, 187; Ivanhoe, i7lA; Reco, 161; Last Chance, 81; Payne, 121; Sunset, 83; Mountain Con., 27; Sovereign, 41; Idaho, 60, Monitor, 20. Total tons 914J4. Zinc—Ivanhoe, 99; Payne, 210. Total tons, 309. Production from the Slocan City division was: Enterprise, 80 tons; Ottawa, 21; Neepawa, 16; Port Hope, 7; Republic, 20. Total tons, 114. EAST KOOTENAY. Despite the miners' strike early in the year, the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company has been able to increase its output from 442,049 tons of coal and 121,000 tons of coke in 1902 to 650,000 tons of coal and 166,000 tons of coke in 1903, the collieries responsible for this grand total were the Coal Creek, whose contribution was 240,000 tons; Michel, 262,000 tons, and Mor- sissey, 150,000 tons, while at Fernie 96,000 tons of coke were manufactured and 70,000 tons at the coke ovens at Michel. During the year a sum of approximately two million dollars has been paid out in wages • and for supplies, and about one million dollars in improvements and development. At Coal Creek three new mines have been opened this year, and a LOCAL STOCK MARKET. Quotations on the Rossland Mining Exchange at of January were as follows:— Aske* American Boy 2% Ben Hur 4 Black Tail 3 Canadian Gold Fields .. .. zVa Cariboo (Camp McKinney) ex. div .. .. 3J4 Centre Star 24 Crows Nest Pass Coal $ 8 Fairview 4 Fisher Maiden 2 Giant 2J4 Granby Consolidated $5.00 Morning Glory iJ/£ Mountain Lion , 16 North Star (East Kootenay) 7 Payne nj4 Quilp 17 Rambler-Cariboo 26 San Poil 2}4 Sullivan 554 Tom Thumb 3 War Ea'gle Consolidated .. 13H Waterloo (Assess, paid) 5 White Bear (Assess, paid) 5 the en<£ Bid. 2Ji 2 "■-i'-'i 22 3 1 4.oo> 1 14 9Ji 24S£ 2}£ 4 2 12 4- THE MINING RECORD THE METAL MARKET. The United States' metal markets during the month have been comparatively quiet, although a good tone has prevailed and quotations remained practically unchanged. Copper has "been somewhat dull in New York; but a heavy export trade . is reported. The latest quotations are Lake, 12% to 1234; •electrolytic in ingots, cakes and wirebars, 12J4 to 12%; cathodes, 12J4 to 12%; casting copper, 12% to 12%. Lead consumption has been good and prices have advanced slightly, New York, 4.45 to 4.50; St. Louis, 4.37^ to 4.42^. .Spanish lead was quoted Jan. 21 at £11 17s. 6d.; English, £11 18s. 9d. to £12. Spelter has been in good demand at 4.65 to 4.67^, St. Louis; 4.87 to 4.87^2, New York. European quotations have ranged from £21 15s. to £22. Silver has declined from above 59 cents to under 57, as the result presumably of the temporary withdrawal of the Indian Government from the market. BERNARD MACDONALD MINING ENGINEER. Examinations, Reports and Negotiations. Designs Modern Economical Methods for Mining and Milling Operations. Office, Empire State Building, SPOKANE, WASH. Cable address—Macleroi Spokane. Codes—Bedford M'Neil; Moreing & Neal. KIRBY, EDMUND B., Consulting Mining Engineer and Metallurgist.' Examination of Mining Investments and Enterprises. ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA. LESLIE HILL, M.NING ENGINEER . REPORTS AND MINE MANAGEMENT. Consulting Engineer to the Hastings (B. C.) Exploration Syndicate. Xondon Office, 161-4 Dashwood House, New Broad Street, E. C. Nelson, B. C HOTEL BADMINTON, jos. w. wallis, Prop. European Plan Rate $1 per day American Plan Rate $2 and $2.50 Situated in the heart of the city. Street cars within one "block, passing continually for all parts of the city. Barber shop in connection. Phone in e^ftry room. Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co., Ltd. Directors—George A. Cox, President; Robert Jaffray and H. M. Pellatt, Vice-Presidents; E. R. Wood, Treasurer; G. Gr. S. Lindsey, Secretary; Thos. Walmsley,' James Mason", Trederick Nichols, David Morrise.f J. D. Chipman, J. A. Gemmill, Wm. Fernie. HEAD OFFICES—TORONTO. ONT. BRITISH COLUMBIA OFFICES—FE«NI F. B. C Bituminous Coals and Coke. Mines and Ovens at Coal Creek, Michel and Morrissey, B. ■O. Present capacity of mines 1,000,000 tons of coal per annum. Coke ovens 350,000 tons per annum. We would call attention to the superior quality of our Michel Blacksmith Coal, suitable for large forgings. Can be. shipped at reasonable prices to all parts of British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and Manitoba. This Company also owns the Fernie and Morrissey Mines -townsites, which offer investments in town lots that cannot dladl to prove productive. Having a large amount of development under way, there is always work for coal miners at good wages, and it may be «aid that there are few places in the world where labor of all kinds can earn more net money under agreeable conditions. THOS. R. STOCKETT, JR. General Superintendent, Fernie, B. C. D. DAVIES, Comptroller Fernie, B. C. XIV THE MINING RECORD. S0ME ©PINIONS Selected from numbers received from Leading Mining Men concerning "The B. @. Mining Record." I would like to express to you my appreciation of the manner in which you have conducted the Mining Record. You have succeeded in producing by far the most reliable mining paper in the Province. The stand you have taken against wild-catting and booming must be of great value to the mining industry of the Province, although your efforts will certainly not have the appreciation of those who profit by these reprehensible practises. "Yours faithfully, "J. D. Kendall, "Late Resident Partner, Bewick, Moering & Co., Vancouver." Vancouver, B.C. "I must congratulate the Mining Record again on the enterprise and business ability shown in the obtaining of reliable and interesting data regarding mining operationsNin this Province. The Province will be largely the gainer, and I trust your publication may also benefit greatly thereby. "Yours truly, (The Late) J. Roderick Robertson. General Manager, The London & British Columbia Gold- fields, Limited. Nelson, B.C. It must be a satisfaction to the mining people of this Province to know that they have in the Record a fearless opponent of fraudulent mining companies, and a firm friend of all legitimate projects for the development of the resources of British Columbia. I, remain, yours truly, W. F. Best. Late Official Analyst Province New Brunswick. Victoria, B.C. I am a constant reader of your journal, and find it an excellent guide to investors, both here and at home. In fact it's one of the best journals of its kind to be found anywhere. I am, dear sir, Yours faithfully, A. H. Haldek, Reuter's Special Correspondent for the American and Canadian Goldfields. Vancouver, B.C. Please inform me when my subscription expires, as I wish to continue taking the Mining Record. In my opinion it is the best and most reliable mining paper in B. C. It is honest, just and fearless. Yours sincerely, • Chas. S. Allmen, Western Mining Co. Tacoma, Wash. You have always had my appreciation of the thorough and careful work you have always shown in editing the Mining Record. You have been fearless in decrying many mining schemes of doubtful repute. I know that you have the confidence of your readers, and can only wish you much wider influence and greater prosperity with your mining paper, which is certainly a great credit to the Province. Yours faithfully, W. A. Carlyle, Late Managing Engineer in charge British America Corporation, Limited, now manager Rio Tinto Mine Soain Rossland, B.C. In renewing my subscription to the Mining Record, of which I have been a regular reader since I first came to British Columbia, I take the opportunity to compliment you on its excellence. The fearless manner in which you attack all wild-cat promotions, and the sincerity which-you display in your efforts to encourage legitimate mining operations throughout the Province should command for you the respect and admiration of all who are interested in the development of the mineral resources of British Columbia. With my best wishes for the success of the Record. Yours faithfully, Wm. M. Brewer, M.N.E.I.M.E. I have watched with much pleasure the improvement in your paper and am glad to note the impartial and fearless stand you have so often taken as to promotions and schemes as such generally. Yours very truly, Samuel S. Fowler, Consulting Engineer, The Whitewater Mines, Limited. The high standard your paper hasTeached for accuracy and truthfulness must be a subject off pleasure to you, as it is to all of us who have the desires of\the country at heart, especially the mineral industry. Yours truly, W. S. Johnson, B.A. Sc. Slocan City, B. -G. Your paper has done a great deal of good in this country. Your criticisms of some of the promotions which have been made have certainly saved investors much trouble, and have served in a great degree to suppress the iniquitous practice of making untrue statements for prospectus purposes with the object of swindling the investing public. Yours faithfully, W. Pellew-Harvey, F.C.S., Representative Messrs. Vivian & Sons, Swansea. Vancouver, B. C. I take this opportunity of expressing my strong apprecia- tion of the Mining Record, more particularly with the efforts you have continually made to keep facts only before the public. Go on in your good way and prosper. Yours faithfully, A. H. Holdich, Analytical Chemist and Assayer Revelstoke, B.C. I take great pleasure in acknowledging the excellent service that your paper is doing the mining industry in this Province, in the matter of giving reliable useful news, and also in the efforts you are making to expose dishonest company schemes, and wild-catters in general; you have my best wishes for success. Yours sincerely, Frederick Keffer, M.E. Manager Boundary Creek Copper Co. of New York. Anaconda, B.C. We consider your paper well worth the price and quite up- to-date. W. H. Sandford, Manager, The Bosun Mines, Limited, New Denver B.C. THE MINING RECORD XV Tnsr A "HENDY" Bail-Bearing, Double Jointed Giant. Do we sell more HYDRAULIC and PLACER MINING nACHINERY than all the other manufacturers combined? Because our Line of ELEVATORS, GIANTS, WATER LIFTERS, SAND and GRAVEL PUflPS is the LARGEST in the WORLD and has been on the market FORTY-FIVE Years. Write for Catalogue No. 3. J0SHUA H SI ii W Works: Bay and Kearney Streets. Office: 38=44 Fremont Street, shn FRftNeise©, eftL. Lobnitz' Gold Dredgers are at work in British North and South America, Africa, Asia, &c. edge 1 "° RENFREW pair; {Z^b^SffiMBr^W Telegraphic Address: "Lobnitz, Renfrew." Al Code used. XVI THE MINING RECORD. CITY OF VICTORIA Capital of British Columbia, Pacific Ocean Terminus of Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian Northern Railway and the Great Northern Railway of the United States. The starting point of steamship lines to the Yukon, Atlin and Cassiar Gold Fields, and the Canadian port of call for tourists on the lines between San Francisco and Alaska. Canadian Gateway to the Orient, Sandwich Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Etc., Etc. Hfe£*a AI . *•--**> Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B. C. The City of Victoria is becoming widely noted for the beauty of its situation, its homes and its surroundings ; so that the number of strangers arriving, for short visits and for permanent residence, continue growing annually larger. Of" its beauty H.R.H. the Duke of York said: "The most beautiful place we have seen in our journey around the world," and the following may he quoted from the correspondence of Mr. E. P. ICnight, of the London Morning Post: "One would ;fain have stayed longer, for of all the cities that lave "been visited in the course of this long Royal progress the fair capital of British Columbia seems to me the one •which the Englishman would most gladly make his Siome. * * * Never in the environs of any other •city have I seen such a glory of flowers as surrounded <each of these lovely homes." The Province covers a superficial area of 381,000 ■square miles abounding in minerals, timber, fish and -game in endless variety. The opportunities for the pro- "fitable investment of capital are practically unlimited, and the markets for the disposal of metals, lumber, fish and agricultural products lie waiting in Russia. "Japan, China. India and Australasia. The tourist will find mountain scenery and mountain climbing unequalled in the old world—a new field for exploration—and the sportsman with first class hotels as bases of operation may penetrate a new world in his pursuit of the bear, the panther, the elk or the mountain goat. TEMPERATURE 1902. Highest Lowest Mean. Mean. Victoria 67.6 35.4 London, Eng 68.1 31.5 Torquay, Eng 65.5 38.5 RAINFALL 1902. Inches. Victoria 26.45 London, Eng 20.84 Torquay, Eng , 30.22 Pamphlets containing views of local scenery and information of interest to investors, tourists, hunters and amusement seekers may be obtained by addressing the Clerk of the Municipal Council, Victoria, British Columbia. THE MINING RECORD. XVII PROFESSIONAL AND BROKERS. S. M. McGregor, b.a. sc. w. d. McGregor, m. e. McGregor & co., MINING and CIVIL ENGINEERS ^. ■—.-«.■«■.. _« ^ and LAND SURVEYORS. SLOCAN, B. C. Reports on Mines and Prosp.acts. Act as agents in doing assessment work, applying for Crown grants and In taking general charge of preliminary development work. is one of the most promising gold camps in British Columbia and now offers many capital opportunities for profitable investment. For further particulars write PERCY J. GLEAZER, MINING BROKER AND AGENT, YMIR, B. C. Code—Moreing & Neal's. YMIR RELIABLE ASSAYS Gold $ .75 I Gold and Silver $1.00 I(ead 75 [ Gold, Silver, Copper 1.50 SAHPLES BY MAIL, RECEIVE PROHPT ATTENTION. Gold and Silver refined and bought 1735 Arapahoe Street. Denver, Colorado. OGDEN ASSAY CO. THOS. DRU MIvlON D, M\E. and C.E. B. A. Sc. McGill University, Mpntreal, Member Canadian Society of Civil Engineers. Mining Properties reported upon. Information furnished. Genr era! Engineering work promptly performed. References furnished. QUESNELLE FORKS, CARIBOO, B. C. JOHN B. HOBSON, MfnTn^°nitCda.ribo°Hyd- Consulting Mining Engineer, BULLION, BRITISH COLUMBIA. WILLIAM A. 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Will advise and report on matters pertaining to mining, milling, plant, construction and operation. cable Address, "Goldfields Nelson. Drawer 1024, Nelson, B. C. 28 years' experience in the equipment and operation of targe hy draulic, Deep Gravel, cDrifi and Goto Quartz Mines, in California and British Columbia. Telegraphic and Cable Address "HOBSON" Ashcroft B. C Wn. M. BREWER, rilNING ENGINEER, MEM. N. of ENG. INST. MINING & MECH. ENG. and AM. INST.. M. E. Molsons Bank Building, VANCOUVER, B.C. T. J. SMITH FINANCIAL AND MINING BROKER. Gold, Silver, Lead and Copper Mines: also Bituminous Coat Lands and Coast Timber Limits for sale. Special Values ill Shares of Good Coal Company. Correspondence solicited. ADDRESS P. 0. BOX 439. OFFICE, 611 HASTINGS STREET, VANCOUVER, B. C. A. A. WATSON, B. 5c. PROVINCIAL ASSAYER, VERNON, B. C. Analyst and Mineralogist Honours'Graduate in Chemistry, Victoria University, England. Reports made on Mining Properties. Ten years experience in Australia. South America. England and B. C. Assay Charges—Gold, $i; Silver. $i; Copper, $2; Lead, $1 ; Gold and Sil ver, $1.50 ; Gold and Copper, $2,50 ; Gold, Silver and Copper, $3 ; Gold, Silver Copper and Lead, $3.50 ; Complete analysis of any ore, $io. £S^-SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SAMPLES BY MAIL""^H Cecil M. Bryant, A.R.S M., A.I.M.M. E. Philip Gilman, A.R.S.M., F.G.S Pellew-Harvey, Bryant & Gilman PROVINCIAL ASSAYERS. The Vancouver Assay Office and Ore Testing Works. Established 1890. MILL, SMELTER, CONCENTRATION AND CYANIDE TESTS, Reliable reports on mining properties. Complete analyses of Ores and Coal yictoria Office : 4 View Street (Opposite Driard Hotel.) CHRIS. OUTHETT, Associate of Royal College of Science, London, England. Inland Assay Office, KAMLOOPS, B.C. Provincial Assayer. Mineral and Coal Analyses a specialty. Reports made on Mining Propertie» Mail samples receive prompt attention. VIII THE MINING RECORD. BRITISH COLUMBIA THE MINERAL PROYINeE eF CANADA. Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Coal-, Coke, Oil Iron, Mercury, Platinum, etc. The Mines of British Columbia have produced nearly $180,000,000. Amount and Value of Mineral Products for 1900, 1901 and 1902. Customary Measure 1900. 1901. 1902. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Gold, placer Gold, lode Ounces 63,936 167,153 3,958,175 9.997.080 6^358,621 1,439,595 85,149 $ 1,278,724 3.453,38i 2,309,200 1,615,289 2,691,887 4,318,785 425,745 251,740 48,505 210,384 5,151,333 27,603,746 51,582,906 1,460.331 127,081 $ 970,100 4,348,603 2,884,745 4,446,963 2.002,733 4.380,993 635,405 417,238 53.657 236,491 3.917,917 2Q.6%6.o«7 $ 1,073,140 4,888,269 1,941,328 x.AA.6.6ni. <( Silver <( Copper Lead Tons, 2,240 lbs 22,536,381 824,832 1,397,394 4,192,182 T2K.OT1; 6/io.rv7e: Coal Coke 480,051 j $16,344,75*' $ 20,086,780 $ 17,486,550 GOLD.—Placer gold mining, which in early days formed the chief mineral industry of the province, and made it famous all the world over, still continues to be important, while improved methods of working tlie gravel deposits, together with cheaper transportation and cost of mining, have rendered the working of large deposits, long known to exist, now profitable where previously impossible. The area of country known to contain placer gold is enormous and has only been touched, leaving still virgin ground well worth the prospecting for this, the only class of "poor man's mine." Recent discoveries of new placer fields in the Atlin district, the Cassiar district, and the large extent of unworked deposits , in the Cariboo district, are proof that the field is not yet exhausted, and promise a revival of this important industry. HYDRAULIC MINING plants costing large amounts of money are being installed in Atlin, Cassiar, Omineca and Cariboo, at points widely separated, indicating the extent of the gold deposits. One company recovered $350,000 in gold during 1900. DREDGING FOR GOLD is receiving deserved attention, and dredges are at work on the Fraser, Thompson, Quesnel and other rivers, on all of which streams good ground may yet be obtained. LODE GOLD MINING is now being prosecuted in various parts of the province, and in certain instances very successfully, notably at Ymir, Cariboo-McKinney and elsewhere. GOLD-COPPER ORES are being extensively worked at Rossland by the Le Roi, War Eagle-and associated companies, while other mines in the camp are rapidly becoming important producers. The tonnage of this camp alone in 1902 was 329,534 tons, and there will be an increase this year.. SILVER-LEAD—In 1900 the silver production was $2,309,- 200 and the lead production $2,691,887. Since that time the mining of silver-lead ores has been somewhat suspended owing to temporarily unfavourable market prices. COPPER.—Copper is being produced to a limited extent at Rossland, where the chief value of the ore is in gold, but the feature of this branch of the industry is the development and mining of a large tonnage of low-grade copper ores in the Boundary district, of which there seems to be an almost unlimited amount. The output of ore from this district alone amounted to 521.402 tons in 10x12. The Coast district will this coming year show a very considerable copper production from the Vancouver Island and Texada Island mines. Prospecting for copper is receiving great attention, and the discoveries made on the Coast, in the Similkameen Valley, etc., give great/promise. IRON.—Willi the great probability of an , iron-smelting plant on the Northern Pacific Coast in tne near future, what promise to be extensiW bodies of magnetite iron ore have been developed on th/ Coast, while other deposits of iron ore are now under development in the Goat River and Fort Steele mining divisions, and still other bodies occur near Kamloops. COAL AND COKE.—In 1901 the Vancouver Island collieries made a net output of 1,173,893 tons of coal and 20,178 tons of coke. In 1902 the Crow's Nest collieries made a net output of 223,501 tons of coal, and 107,873 tons of coke. In 1903 this • output will be doubled at the least. These mines alone are putting out from 1,000 to 2,000 tons of coal per diem. Of the total output of 1902 776,808 tons of coal and 38,780' tons of coke were exported, chiefly to the United States. The remainder was consumed in local smelters and other industries. SMELTERS.—In the province there are smelters in active operation at Trail, Nelson, Grand Forks, Greenwood, Boundary Falls, Van Anda, Ladysmith and Crofton; while this coming year will probably see one erected in East Kootenay Refineries are yet lacking, but the building of at least one is pretty well assured. CAPITAL.—Capital can now find here many excellent opportunities for investment, as the values placed on mines and undeveloped properties has reached a reasonable basis If proper business care is used, and the experience of competent men utilized, these investments should be as safe as well as profitable. MINERAL LANDS.-Mineral lands are open to location to any person over 18 years of age, who has obtained a free miner's certificate, and perfect title to lode claims can be easily secured after $500 worth of work has been done per claim. A great extent of territory has yet to be prospected. For information, reports, bulletins, etc., address The Hon. the Minister of Mines, „, c 0 VICTORIA,'B.C. W. F. Robertson, Prov ncial Minerai - gist, VICTORIA, B. C. THE MINING RECORD. XIX S CHALMERS CO. TEE EDWARD V,M33&Xde ■ tffi.WAUU'E, WIS. ir^?^r#9PSS^ssoR tsis&v eei$^&0i®~r ERASER & ^S&JQKSSS^ ' * GATES"molfWKftRS, DICKSON M*F'G^6| SOLE BUILDERS OF THE No. 3, NEW DESIGN OVERSTROM CONCENTRATOR We present herewith an ilhisTration of our new No. 3, Overftrom Concentrator, which is built throughout of structural sleel, with the exception of table top, feed and water boxes. We are producing a table that is MECHANICALLY PERFECT DURABLE AND NEW AND SUPERIOR DESIGN THE BEST CONCENTRATOR - The design is pronounced by experienced men as tne best yet produced, having THE BEST HEAD MOTION THE BEST TABLE CARRYING MECHANISM THE BEST TABLE ACTION DIAGONAL IN FORM DOUBLE TAPERED RIFFLES Write for full particulars and prices. New Catalogue will be sent upon application - BRA5CE OFFIC^:|ip ilpitoKK, £n$ir{F^i$£% B08TCW, BmitS af Tnt* Bid*. mrSOTSG, Prick BmHise WHiratMOLlS, Com Ezctaag* BM«. XHXnx0m^^tttmmt Stwet eAtTlAEECmv2098.W. Temple St f^NBRAI/. CHICAGO. I^&HDOB, RHG., 333 SdMwry Bo»»e OFFICE iiiuj.sjl JOHAHNESBBRO, South Afcia BRABCH QEFlCBS:7i|| BAN FRAHCISCO, Baywud Bid* SEATTLE, Lmnbm Excbuge BW«. t CHARLOTTE, If. C., Tout Bid*. ISOifasOSLEAHS, Bennett Bid*. '. ATIdkHTA, GA., Equitable BMg. BDWB,H6*P., 51E. BtoK^my >i Capital of British Columbia, Pacific Ocean Terminus Railway, and the Great Northern The Canadian Gateway to the Orient, the Sandwich Islands, Australia, New Zealand, etc. The starting point of steamship lines to the Yukon, Atlin and Cassiar Gold Fields, and the Canadian port of call for tourists on the lines between San Francisco and Alaska. TEMPERATURE 1902. Highest Mean. Victoria .. .... .... .. 67.6 London-, Eng 68.1 Torquay, Eng 65.5 RAINFALL 1902. THE MINING RECORD. \ Lowest Mean. 35-4 3i-5 38.5 Inches. Victoria .. .. * ^6.45 London, Eng 20.84 Torquay, Eng 30.22 The Province covers a superficial area of 381,000 square miles abounding in minerals, timber, fish and game in endless variety. The opportunities for the profitable investment of capital are practically unlimited, and the markets for the disposal of metals, lumber, fish and agricultural products lie waiting in Russia, Japan, China, India and Australasia. The tourist will find mountain scenery and mountain climbing unequal- of Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian Northern Railway ofthe United States. led in the old world—a new field for exploration—and the sportsman with first class hotels as bases of operation may penetrate a new world in his pursuit of the bear, the panther, the elk or the mountain goat The.City of Victoria is becoming widely noted for the beauty of its situation, its homes and its surroundings ; so that the number of strangers arriving, for short visits and for permanent residence, continue growing annually larger. Of its beauty H.R.H. the Duke of York said: "The most beautiful place we have seen in our journey around the world," and the following may be quoted from the correspondence of Mr. E. P. Knight, of the London Morning Post: "One would fain have stayed longer, for of all the cities that liave been visited in the course of this long Royal progress the fair capital of British Columbia seems to me the one which the Englishman would most gladly make his home. * * * Never in the environs of any other city have I seen such a glory of flowers as surrounded each of these lovely homes." Pamphlets containing views of local scenery and information of interest to investors, tourists, hunters and amusement seekers may be obtainecHjy addressing the Clerk of the Municipal Council, Vktoria, British Columbia. t'^r E. G. PRIOR, & CO., VICTORIA, B. C. Sole Agents for B. C. for LIMITED V_yLl ABILITY. The Celebrated MORTON'S "B.C." DRILL STEEL. This Steel is used by the largest mines in British Columbia and Australia after having been severely tested by them against all other makes. Also Wm. Cook & Co's. Wire Ropes for Mining and Logging pur- Rails, Bar and Plate Iron, Hammers, Handles, &c, DE^.Send for Prices. *=agt ETON & Victoria, Vancouver, and Nelson, B. C. and at H. C. Beeton & Co., 33 Finsbury Circus, London, England. "antSS'Vte., Etc. Wholesale Merchants. I DryG?ods'Lirrs'c+ *•*-"• Cigars, Flour, Etc. TBL.EGRA-PHIC Addresses: — Goods indented from all parts of the world. "TURNER," Victoria • EET ON," London; "TURBEET," Vancouver and Nelson THE MINING RECORD. XXI PROFESSIONAL ADVERTISEMENTS. rrlAKeR5 or HALf-TonEs | Lime Etcmimgs, Color 1 Embossing'-Plates, Letters Bill Heads. Labels. Advertising v Catalogue Work OF EVERY KlIiD^ To The Klondike Gold Fields, via. 1 THE WHITE PASS AND YUKON ROUTE. The Klondike Mining District is now so well known that a detailed description is unnecessary. The output of gold from this district has increased steadily year by year. In i^oo the yield was about twenty million dollars, and in 1901 about thirty million dollars. With the larger areas covered and newer methods adopted by practical miners, the Klondike will prove to be a rich and prosperous camp for.many years to come. The great reduction in freight and passenger rates brought about by completion of the railroad from Skagway to White Horse with its connecting line of steamers for all interior Yukon and other points including Stewart River and the Tanana, has enabled the miners to reach and work many claims wlrch previously could not be worked with a profit. r ~"*®e. For information about routes, rates, tickets, maps or prinf-d matter,, address : ,. TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT, White Pass & Yukon Route, Vancouver, B.C. Its No Good Advertising In the British Press Unless youunderstind how "to approach. the British public. The best way to do this is to Employ an up-to-date advertising expert Who can advise you and do your business at Lowest Possible Rates. Quoted by newspapers themselves. Let us know what you want and we will be pleased to assist you. C. J. WALKER'S British and Canadian Press Bureau,- 24 Coleman St., London, E. C. yB^:piES*E<fE©SS®WVBB*S* Ts the world's leading mining aad metallurgical oeriodical. "Eaoh weeklv issue coitains interesting and valuable information, is -n evsy, descriptive, technical and scientific. The leading en- j gineers throughout the country read it, Subscription T>rice, $<;.oo a year payable in advance. Sample -copies sent on request. 2 1 Broal N*i ■' New York XXII THE MINING RECORD. BRITISH COLUMBIA WHOLESALE SUPPLY HOUSES, ETC. Good Resolutions for 1904. You cannot make a better one than to give us a trial order when again in need of House Furnishings. We are satisfied it you once become a customer you will always remain a customer. We have made a life study of the business of furnishing homes, having been in the one line for over forty years, and we will give you the benefit of our knowledge if you will give us a chance. FURNITURE, CARPETS. LINOLEUMS, CH1NAWARB, SILVERWARE, CLTLERV, GLASSWARE, KITCHEN-WARE. HAND' SOME ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND PRICES FREE. WBILER BROS. Complete Furnishers, Victoria, B. C. R. R. RITHET <^CQ Wholesale Merchants, Shipping & Insurance Agents. Proprietors of Victoria Wharf, Columbia Flouring Mill ; agents for Victoria Lumber and Manufacturing Company, Cheminus, V.I.; Pacific Coast Steamship Co., San Francisco. WHARF" STREET. VICTORIA, B. C ia Electric VICTORIA BRANCH. Ld UC** W T ARC LAMPS' NERNST LAMPS, INCANDESCENT LAMPS for Stores, Factories, Offices WS B| I P and Residences. Rates—Lowest on the Pacific Coast. 24 hour service. E^^^YA/I^D For all purposes. Running Machine Shops, Printing Offices, Factories of all kinds, \Y V^ w*V L-e It ™ Wood Sawing, Pumping, Cold Storage Plants, Etc., at rates below the cost of steam or gas V«/ KJ H I *5M! ^5 should visit Esquimalt Naval Station, Beacon Hill Park and Oak Bay. A. T. GOWARD, Local Manager. THE MINING RECORD. XXIII BANKING ESTABLISHMENTS, ETC. ESTABLISHED 1817. BANK OF MONTREAL. INCORP ORATED BY OF PARLIAMENT. HEAD OFFICE: MONTREAL. CAPITAL all paid up, $13,379,240.00. RESERVE FUND, $9,000,000,00. UNDIVIDED PROFIT, $724,807.75 Board of Directors—-Rt. Hon. Lord 9trathcona and Mount Royal, G. C. M. Q., President. Hon. Q. A. Drummond, Vice-President A. i. paterson, Esq..; Edward B. Greenshields, Esq.; Sir William C. Macdonald; R. B. Angus,Esq.; James Ross, Esq.; R. G. Reid, Esq., Hon. Robert Mackay VSU-CLOUSTON General Manager A. MACNIDER Chief Inspector and Superintendent of Branches *• s> CLOUSTON Inspector of Branch Returns F. W- TAYLOR Assistant Inspector JAMES AIRD Secretary Montreal-H. V- MEREDITH Manager Province of Ontario—Almonte, Belleville, Brantford, Brockville, Chatham, Collingwood, Cornwall, Deseronto, Fort William, Goderich, Guelph Hamilton, Kingston.Lindsay, London, Ottawa.Perth Peterboro, Picton Paris Sarma, Stratford, St. Mary's Toronto,Toronto Yonge St. Branch,Wallacebure Province of Qubbec—Montreal: West End Br., Seigneurs St. Br. Point St. Charles; Quebec. Lower Provinces—Chatham, N.B.; Frederickton, N.B.; Moncton N.B St. JohnN.B.; Amherst, N.S.; Halifax, N.S.; Sydney, N.S. Glace Bay. Yarmouth. Province of Manitoba and North-West Territories—Winnipeg, Man.; Calgary, Alberta; Lethbridge. Alberta; Regina, Assiniboia; Raymond, Alta Province of British Columbia—Greenwood, Nelson, New Denver, New Westminster, Rossland, Vancouver, Vernon, Victoria. In Newfoundland—St. John's, Nfid., Bank of Montreal. Birchv Cove, Bay of Islands. BRANCHES IN CANADA: In Great Britain—London, Bank of Montreal, 22 Abchurch Lane, E.C., Alexander Lang, Manager. In the United States New York—R. Y. Hebden and J. M. Great*, Agents, 59 Wall Street; Chicago—Bank of Montreal. Bankers in Great Britain—London—The Bank of England, the Union Bank of London, the London & Westminster Rank the National Prov. Bank of England. Liverpool—The Bank of Liverpool, Ltd. Scotland—The British Linen Company Bank and Branches. Bankers in the United States—New York—The National City Bank, The Bank of New York, N.B.A. Bosten—The Merchants' National Bank, J. B. Moors & Co. Buffalo—The Marine Bank, Buffalo. San Francisco—The First National Bank, The Bank of British Columbia, The Anglo-Califofnian Bank. Portland, Oregon—The Bank of British Columbia. Spokane, Wash, Bank of Montreal. THB CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE, § With Which is Amalgamated Tiie Bank; of British Colu.mbia.. HEXA.D OFFICE: TORONTO. Paid Up Capital $ 8,7oo,ooo Rest Aggregate Resources Exceeding. HON. GEO. A. COX, President. B. E. "WALKER, General Manager. LONDON OFFICE: 60 LOMBARD ST., E. C. The Bank has 108 branches well distributed throughout the Dominion and elsewhere, including the following in British Columbia and the Yukon District: Atlin, Greenwood, Nelson,' Vancouver, Cranbrook, Kamloops, New Westminster, Victoria. Dawson Ladysmith White Horse Fernie, Nanaimo, New York, 3,000)000 83,ooo,ooo ALEX. LAIRD, Asst. General Manager. BRANCHES IN THE UNITED STATES. San Francisco, Portland, Seattle Skagway. Every description of banking business transacted. Letters of credit on all banks of the world. Exceptional facilities for handling gold dust. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received and interest paid at current rates. Victoria Branch, GEO. GILLESPIE, Manager BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ESTABLISHED 1836. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1840. Paid Up Capital, £1,000,000 Sterling. Reserve Fund, $1,898,000 LONDON, ENG., OFFICES, 5 GRACECHURCH STREET, E. C. BRANCHES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA : Victoria, Vancouver, Rossland, Kaslo, Ashcroft, Greenwood. Also at the Gold Fields—DAWSON CITY. A Savings Bank Department Has Been Estab Highest Price Paid for Gold Dust and Amalgam. ished n Connection With the Victoria Branch. W. T. OLIVER, Mgr., Victoria, B. I M. R. SMITH & COMPANY LIMITED. Established I858. Manufacturers of High Class Biscuits and Confectionery Gold Medals awarded at Royal Agricultural Exhibition '95, '96, '97, '98. Medal and Diploma awarded at Colonial and Indian Exhibitions. Silver Medals at Provincial Exhibitions, 1886. BRANCH- VICTORIA, B. C. 430 CORDOVA STREET, VANCOUVER R. MAYNARD Importer and dealer in all kinds of Photographic Supplies Also Amateur Outfits, Kodaks, Hawkeyes, Premos. Pocos.etc, Imperial, Cramer and Hammer ^1 PANDORA St Plates, Aristo-Platino,Solio, KIo- ro, Velox and Dekho Papers Victoria, B. C. The! Pleasure of Travel THE MINING RECORD. transportation Companies and hotels. Is fully realized in travelling on the Canadian Pacific Railway. By its lines can be reached all Canadian Points, and its arrangement with American Railroads enable its agents to issue tickets to all points in the United States. It operates its own Sleeping and Dining Cars, and has its own Hotels and Steamships. Its magnificent scenery and the excellence of its service has made it the favorite route across the'American Continent. Illustrated publications, as to its route, Banff, Yoho Valley, Glacier^ &c. sent on application to any agent. H. H, ABBOTT, Or to E. J. COJLE, Agent, Ass't General Passenger Agent, VICTORIA, B. C. VANCOUVER B.X. Esquimau and Nanaimo Railway. TIME TABLE NO. 49. Northbound. Daily. Leave. a.m. Victoria 9:00 Shawnigan Lake 10120 Duncans 11:00 P.M. \Tanaimo 12145 Ar. Wellington 1:00 Southbound. Arrive. P.M. 12:06 10:46 10:02 8:15 Lv. 8:00 Northbound. Leave p.m. Victoria 3 :oo Shawnigan Lake 4:20 Duncans 5 ;oo Nanaimo 6:4i Ar Wellington 7 *>3 Sat., Sun. and Wed. Southbound. Arrive. P.M. 7:00 5:40 5:00 3:i5 Lv. 3 :oo Through Tickets to Crofton via Westholme, Stage leaves Daily, connecting with North and Sonth bound trains. Double stage serviceTSaturdav9 Stindaysjand Wednesdays, connecting with mornmg and afternoon trains. Fare from Victoria, Single $2, Return $3. " J ' Throuah Tickets Victoria to JUberni—Stage leaves Wellington Mondays and Thursdays on arrival of train from Victoria. Returning from»A1hemi Tuesdays and Fridays. Fare from Victoria, single, $5.20, return $8.65 • s .«u.Sn.iuci«. Excursion rates in effect to all points good from Saturday until Monday. GE©. L. COURTNEY, TrafficgtManager. THEiHUDSON'S BAY GO'Y -HAVE- GENERAL STORES -AT- Baie de Peres *f>§*i |||i*ttleford Calgarj^. Chapleau Dauphin '$0d Deloraine Edmonton Fort William Kamloops Larij*ley Lethbridge Lower Fort Garry Macleod Mattawa Morden Nelson Pincher Creek Portage la Prairie Port Simpson Prince Albert Qu'Appelle Quesnelle £p|| Rat Portage Riding Mountain Shoal Lake Sudbury Touchwood Hills Vancouver Victoria Vernon ^mkJ Whitewood Winnipeg And at other principal points in British Columbia, Manitoba and North^elk^errit^es. Purchasers will find at :$|nese stores the best goj$|s at moderate prices, import^ direct fro^all the principal markets&ff the ^jgjd^ 7 ;a^EV^YlB^^aJ:: : 7 i;WGUipA^^HD Sb §|)in|oak|ai|ed IleatherIeltingI Actien Gesg|schaft,i/lulheimonBine i For Exposed Situatiortjl Use I lmca^^B^ma\r JfBelting. CATALOGUES AND DISCOUNTS OSW- APPLIC ATI QJfiwS 0. K. MciAREN, Montreal, Torfrito. MANUFACTURERS OF p^^RICAL LEADSppf CABLES Electric Lighting Cables for Coal Pits with arrangement for avoiding fire damp exjtosjons in case of the cable breaking. WIRE ROP^^gSllNING ^iBSTind and Flat Wire Ropes, "Albert," or so-called " Lang's" ■-*%£* Vi'wpes, Patent LockedvOpil Wire RopelC iPatenteifpFlattened Strand Wire Ropes. |iffi|l,'.SiJ'EL, COPPER AND BRUIZE WIRE , Superior qualities. SOLE AGENTS FOR CANADA : : wATnl^K &|pMMHHH |o|ftONTREAL. AIRlbOM PRESSORS.- STRAIGHT LINE, DUPLEX mmple or com poKnd. Ri«K>rlBLS.- ^m or AIR. THElSNADIANfRAND BILL COMPANY Vancouver, b. e. ROSSLAND, B. e. GREENWOOD, B. e. ^^^M^^^^^^gijSgjijSii^^^a R/^DON IROIViWORhZB CABLE! RISDON'S CODES: A.B.C. MOREING A NEAL. L.IEBERS, WESTERN UNION. pREDQINQ lM<ilNERY. SAN FRAN&ISCO, CAL.. U. S. A. COHPLETE m ^EQyipnEfifr ~f of niNEli -WRITE FOR OUR SPECIAL CATALOGUES. THE: TYEE COPPER CO. LIMITED. purchasers and Smelters of Copper, Gotd and Silver Oresll SMELTING W0RKS -HT- l|r\DYSMITHt Vancouver Island, 8.6. Convenient to E. & N. Railway or th^Sea;|||^ CLERMONT LIVINGSTON, General Manager, THOS. KIDDIE, Smelter Manager. DRTHWISTERN SMELTING ANDJtEFININGCO. Buyers of Gold, Silver and Coj|peri0res, Mattes, Bullion, l||irri|ice and Cyiiiide |||Wuctsf§ LOCATION OF WORKS Crofton jf Vancouver Island J B. C. Published by tbe B. C. Record, Ld. Printed by T. R. Cusack, Victoria. Canada. This Month ■ NEW GOLD DREDGE AT LILLOOET.-(lllustrated). ■ PROCEEDINGS SECOND ANNUAL MINING CONVENTION. VOL. XL ;l!;,v^j-">^y MARCH, 1904. No. 3. THE HlNTONILECTRItf OMPAE LIMITED. Electric Motors. Blowers. Motors. Fans. Dynamos. Electric Mining Apparatus. VICTORIAJB. c. Electrica|| Construction and Supplies. ^VANCOUVER, BiC The CALDWELL BROTHERS CO. SEATTLE. TACOMA. '.; MINING^mA CHINER Y, 7 [ Complete Mining, MiMing, Smelting and Pumping Plants. Agents for Rand Drill Co., Risdon Iron Works. Cameron Steam Pump Works, Hendrie & Bolthoff Mfg. Co. The Dominion "Wire Rope Co., Ld. MONTREAL, CANADA Manufacturers of All Classes and Kinds of WIRE ROPES FOR ALL PURPOSES. Branches: " I ANG'S " PATENT WIRE ROPES FOR COLLIERY AND GENERAL MINING PURPOSES. :HEs:-HaWflx, N.S.: St. John, N.B.; Ottawa, Toronto, Rat Portage, Ont.; Winnipeg, Man.; Vancouver, B. C Nelson and Rossland, B. C PRICE 20 CENTS. We Have on Hand»:: ■ ;vv A Large Assortment ,pf the Best Scotch Wire Ropes . .(Fully Guaranteed.) Everjflhing You^equire For Logging Purposes, Saw Mills, and Mining Camps. . We Invite Correspondence. pcllnnan, McFeelf A Co, . Limited . 'WHOLESALE HARDWARE VANCOUVER, B. C. DAWSON, pAS Hoisting Engines. Our catalog No. 700 giscgs illustrations and dimensions of the princi- ■ pal sizes and styles we build, and we will be glad to send the catalog to you ga request. Branches, GREENWOOD, ROSSLAND, VANCOUVER. BeJ&NGKESMflGfllI|p,U(L j^2 LANSDOWNE STREET, SHEjfeROOKE, ,M| QUEBEC. Fried. KruppjAktiengesellschaf^Grusonwerk (Madgeburg-Buckau Germany.) « •■ - .vHiSaiNG IHHHHHH! ORE CRUSHING: Stone Breakers of Especially Strong construction''. Roller Mills, Chilian Mills, Ball Mills, for dry and wet crushing—more than 1,800".at work, Stamp Batteries—Shoes and Dies of * Krupp's Special Steef.^ AMALGAMATION: Amalgamation Tables and Pans, Las- rio's Gold Amalgamators, Settlers, &c Separation and Concentration Sepa- . rators, Exhausters, Hydraulic Class-, ifiers, Percussion Tables, Jioaers, Rotating Round Tables. LEACHING PLANT. COMPLETE GOLD ORE DRESSING PLANT ^eSt&ns by I h4icin7au*i atl Milte^Bn^t'Extra'cfipE.an'd.Beaching AGENTS: IPB^tlf 3sc« Ofesvat For CANAT^-rias, ^fv Pyke & Co, 35 St. Francois Xavier Sy^t, Montreal • For the UNITED SfATES—Thos. Prosser &. Son, l&Gold Street, New York For MEXICO-Pablo Bergne|7Apartado 5.411, Mexico For SOUTH AFRICA—United Engineering Company, Ltd., P, 0, Box 399, Johannesburg, S. A. R 1 '.^i-'i '■ ^':vr ,■ ^ •'' f^J&yiV* '.' THE MINING RECORD. I. ELEVATORS AND CONVEYORS. C M. PINCKARD, President. E. L. EYRE, Vice-President. J. M. GRAHAM, Secretary and Manager. VULCAN IRON WORKS Manufacturers of VULCAN DOUBLE-ROPE TRAMWAY. VULCAN ROPEWAY, <8ingle Rope System.) SAW-MILL MACHINERY. MINING AND MILLING MACHINERY. Vulcan Ropeways and Tramways. Office, 505 Mission St., Works, cor. Kearny and Francisco Streets, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.. THE ONLY Dredging Chain with Grit-Proof Articulations Elevator Dredqes for Placer Mining Link-Belt Machinery Co., Chicago, U.S.A. Wire Rope. Wire Rope. We are Agents for the well-known firm of W. B. BROWN & CO., of Liverpool, England, manufacturers of EVERY DESCRIPTION OF STEEL WIRE ROPES for mining purposes. It wilLpay you to ask for our prices, from stock and to .rder. j Also in Stock : STEEL RAILS (new, perfect and relayers), Ore bags, Scotch firebricks, Portland cement, "Valvoline " lubricating oils (specially suitable for mining works), etc, etc. C. F. JACKSON & CO., Limited WHOLESALE IMPORTERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. WHARF—Heatley Ave. Vancouver, B.C. 151 Hastings St. Vancouver, B. C. and Liverpool, England II. THE MINING RECORD. ASSAYERS' SUPPLIES AND ENGINEERING INSTRUMENTS. GEl IGNITE—Strongest and Best Explosive in the Market ^* MANUFACTURED BY _ |7*M« W'^M HAMILTON POWDER COMPANY (Incorporated 1861. Manufacturers of High Explosives, Blasting, Mining and Sporting Powder, Dealers in Electric Blasting Apparatus, Safety Fuse, Detonators, Etc., Etc. BRANCH OFFICE: VICTORIA HEAD OFFICE: MONTREAL. tmcax, offices: VANCOUVER, NELSON, ROSSLAND and GREENWOOD NANAIMO ALBION IRON WORKS, CO., LTD. I fc. VICTORIA, B.C. Engineers, Boilermakers, Iron and Brass Founders, Stove Manufacturers. All kinds of Land and Marine Engines. Boilers of all kinds up to 15 ' diameter. Pumps, Hoists, Ore Cars, Smelter Castings, Logging Engines, Centrifugal Pumps, Air Compressors. Specialists in Screw Pro- pellors, Patent Cannery Retorts. All kinds and sizes of Stoves. The B. C. Assay and Chemical Supply Co., Limited. a Wm m Mmm Directlmporters of Assayers' and Mill Supplies Headquarters for Laboratory Apparatus of- all kinds, Bohemian Chemical GlassWHre, C. P. Acids, Potassium Cyanide and Quids- silver Sole agents in British Columbia for Morgan Crucible Co., Battersea, England; P. W. Braun & Co's Patent Cary Furnaces. Burners, etc.; W. Ainsworth & Sons,' Fine Balances Write for our prices ADDRESS 733 Pender St., Vancouver, 8.6. Jeffrey Send for catalogue. --Address Elevating-Conveying Power, Transmission, Screening, Crushing, Dredging, Rock and Coal Drilling, Coal Cutting, Hauling and washing machinery. The JEFFREY MFG. CO. vCOLUMBUS, O-, U S.A. I Van Der Naillens' _§jetiool of Practical, Civil, Mining, Electrical Mechanical Engineering. Surveying, Architecture, Drawing and Assaying, Cyanide, Chlorination, Metallurgy. Assaying of ores, $25; Bullion and Chlorination Assay, $25; Blow Pipe Assay, $10; Full Course of Assaying, $50. Established 1864. 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THE MINING CONVENTION. w E devote a great deal of space in this month's issue to publishing a somewhat full report of the proceedings of the Second Annual Convention of the Provincial Mining Association. This report should serve as an advertisement not only of the Provincial Mining Association, but of British Columbia as well. It should be clear now that the Mining Association while having the utmost confidence in the future of the mining industry of the country, recognizes that its progress has been and is retarded by quite removable disabilities, and the organization's whole aim and mission is therefore the removal of those disabilities. That the Association has already accomplished much in this direction will, we think, be very willingly and cheerfully conceded, and had it not been for circumstances over which it has had no control its last year's record of work successfully accomplished would have been even more satisfactory. It was hardly to be expected meanwhile that, in a country of great distances such as this is, organization should have been absolutely perfected within the short period of one year, but it can nevertheless be stated that the Association is a thoroughly representative body, so far as classes and interests are concerned, although'it may take some little time before branch organizations are established in some of the more remote mining districts and localities. Referring now to the recent Convention, perhaps its most gratifying feat ures were the harmony that prevailed and the absence of anything like acrimony in the debates. Since the first Convention was held a year ago, the suspicion that certain individuals who had taken a prominent part in promoting the movement were actuated chiefly by selfish motives has ceased to exist, and it is now generally admitted that the remedial legislation recommended by last year's Convention and re-affirmed at the recent meeting would if adopted by the Legislature, assist very materially in improving the conditions of mining in the Province and in stimulating and promoting the investment of capital in this industry. We are unfortunately prohibited by reason of space limitations, from commenting as we should have wished on the business considered and dealt with at the Convention of 1904, but after all, comment here is superfluous, when neither criticism nor objection are its excuse. It is satisfactory to note, however, that the Government has given assurance of a friendly disposition towards the Mining Association and now no longer regards that organization—as without any sufficient reason was the case—with covert distrust and antagonism in the assumption that it was in political opposition to the present administration, and it is to be hoped that it will now be clearly understood that in politics the Mining Association as an organization is absolutely and distinctly non-partisan. In conclusion, we offer the Association our congratulations on securing the services of a thoroughly representative and efficient Executive Committee, including as it does some of the most eminent and influential men now engaged in developing the mineral resources of the Province. In re-electing Mr. John Keen, President of the Association, the delegates showed that they appreciated the work and worth of a disinterested man who has sacrificed both time and money to further their interests. It is not too much to say, in fact, that but for Mr. Keen there would have been no Convention this year, possibly the Association itself would have ceased to exist. He is nominally President, but when it was necessary he combined with that office, and performed the duties, of all others—secretary, treasurer, organizer. The Association has also secured the services of a most capable, energetic and painstaking1 secretarv in Mr. E. Jacobs. THE REHABILITATION OF ROSSLAND. IT is not difficult to prophesy the rapid rehabilitation of the Rossland camp. During the last three or four years Rossland has suffered very- severely. The causes which led to the crippling of Rossland's industry and destruction of its credit have been various, and people in accounting for the hard times there have mostly seized upon the most obvious causes and not \ 76 THE MINING RECORD. always upon the most operative. The first check which Rossland received was due to the melancholy conviction that its productive mining area was very limited. How far that conviction may be justified by eventual development it is impossible to say. But certainly, had shoots of pay ore been discovered in many of tne really enormous ledges round Rossland, it would have been a very remarkable gold and copper camp. It was not to be, however, and Rossland's first and severe check came from the realization that it was not to be. The second check to Rossland's prosperity'came from ruthless stock speculation which left investors as cold and cynical as to any good things in it, as they had previously been enthusiastic that everything was good. This wave of speculation led to the burdening of the mines with excessive capital, and that led to reckless mining in the hope of profit, and that led the mines into debt and difficulty of all kinds. Then came labour troubles which paralyzed the efforts put forward towards recuperation by the sound concerns. But probably the most insidiously operative cause of all Rossland's troubles was that the opinion was gaining ground that average values were not maintained with depth and that the mines had nothing to look forward to save diminishing; profits and eventual abandonment. Every other cause of difficulty would in the course of time work itself out. But the failure of the rock to carry metal in payable quantities struck-at the very roots of Rossland's existence. Some very hopeful circumstances are now visible which require that an unduly pessimistic attitude as to the profit earning capacity of the Rossland mines should be abandoned. Three of the big mines, of Rossland have had a successful year. The Centre Star mine during its past financial year earned a) net. profit of $265,000 out of 88,387 tons of ore, or $3 per ton, which paid off the debt on the property and left a balance to the good of $70,000. The Le Roi and LeRoi No. 2 have also had a successful year, if success is measured by the capabilities of the properties and not by the grotesque amount of capital upon which they were expected to pay dividends. For a few months of last year the Le Roi appeared to make losses. But those losses were more apparent than real. They were due to a large expenditure upon development for which it now appears the shareholders are to be fully reimbursed. Under, its original American management the Le Roi mine was worked for immediate profits and only ore that paid well was sent to the smelter. After it became the property of the present company, the attempt was made to work the vein without any selection at all, because only the enormous gross tonnage thus produced could justify the capital placed upon, we cannot say invested in the mine. After this plan of extracting dividends from country rock was abandoned, the mine has proved itself capable of producing a large tonnage of ore at a profit over all. But the uncomfortable fear remained that all the time this was becoming more difficult and that as the mine went deeper the ore bodies were becoming lower grade. Even upon actual returns of a satisfactory nature this fear remained like a black cloud upon the mine's horizon. So far as returns go the Le Roi No. 2 has pos sibly had the best year of the three mines whose reports are published. It has made £15,471 upon 17,550 tons of ore, a rate'of profit which is exceedingly satisfactory, and out of which a crumb has been thrown to the hitherto unfortunate shareholders. The first feature about Rossland then which increases confidence in the camp is the satisfactory position of three of the most important companies there. The second feature is that the milling problem appears to be in course of successful solution. The Le Roi No. 2 and the Centre Star companies are both convinced that they have adapted the cost of production to meet a range of lower grade ores. If they have they have widened Rossland's productive area, lengthened its life, and greatly enhanced the value of their own properties. Upon the assurances of the directors of both companies that their experiments in the direction of concentration have been completely successful, we may take it for granted that one of the greatest obstacles to Rossland's prosperity has been overcome. Equally important is the matter to which special attention has) been drawn during the last month or so, namely, the discovery of rich ore in the 1350-foot level of the Le Roi mine. Upon (the extent to which this affects the prospects of the Le Roi mine itself is, of course, too early to speculate. But it may be taken even now as evidence that there-is no progressive diminution in the value of the ore as depth is attained, but simplyo-ar-srari- ation in the value of the ore in\ the different strata of the ore body with which distance for the sufta.ee of Red Mountain has nothing whatever to do. \^e<have never been able to understand why mere distance from an arbitrary surface should have any effect one way or the other upon the grade of ore. Grade changes for reasons science has never penetrated. Some mines grow poorer, some grow richer as depth is attained. But we are quite positive that if it were possible to mine up into the air, as well as down into the ground, precisely the same phenomenon would be visible. This, of course, does not affect an accumulation of gold through surface oxidization and subesquent detrition in the gossan of a vein, nor does it affect the existence of ore or its non-existence in an overlying formation. But there is no reason why a sulphide ore occurring in a uniform formation should be any richer or any poorer upon the 1000-foot level of a mine than it was on the surface simply because it is the 1000-foot level and not the surface. The converse is equally true. This discovery of rich ore in the deep levels of the Le Roi must certainly, however, increase confidence in the Rossland camp and may lead to a more vigorous prospecting of mines whose surface croppings happen to approximate more closely to some of the barren levels of the Le Roi than they do to the ore found near the surface in that mine. There can be no doubt that the outlook for Rossland has underdone a wonderful and cheering change during the last six months, a change which will have its effects in increasing confidence in the mining industry all through British Columbia. The gross production of coal from the collieries of the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company, in the Crow's THE MINING RECORD. n Nest district, East Kootenay, has now reached an aggregate of about 2,000,000 tons. Commencing in 1898, when the output was only 8,986 tons, the railroad having only been completed to the Coal Creek mines in August of that year, there was a substantial increase each succeeding year until the total for 1903 of 661,118 tons was reached. The output of 1902 was seriously interfered with by an explosion which wrecked two of the most productive mines at the Coal Creek colliery, and labour troubles stopped all production during two months of 1903. These setbacks not- . withstanding, much progress has been made, until today the combined producing capacity of the three collieries—Coal Creek, Michel, and Morrissey—is about 4,000 tons per diem, with development work proceeding that will provide facilities for adding to the daily production whenever there shall be a demand for it. At Coal Creek the company is working six mines on four separate seams of coal; at Michel, eight mines on as many seams, and at Morrissey, five mines, each on a distinct seam. The larger seams are generally soft coal; some of the smaller are hard. Together the collieries produce superior steam, coking, blacksmith' and domestic coal, the numerous seams between them affording a variety of coals all of generally excellent quality. The mines have been opened and the collieries equipped with plant and machinery on a scale looking to a large and increasing output. All the difficulties attendant upon bringing the collieries to a stage of production far beyond the present requirements of the home market have been overcome and the chief problem now to be solved is that of securing an adequate and thoroughly dependable market for the comparatively large production of these collieries. The outlook is more promising with direct railway communication established between the Morrissey colliery and the transcontinental line of the Great Northern Railway at Jennings, Montana, but the situation is not so satisfactory as regards the Coal Creek and Michel collieries, which are as yet without communication with the Montana market by means of a railroad under one control only. This obstacle will be overcome eventually, when the Crow's Nest Southern Railway shall have been completed via Fernie to Michel, but meanwhile these two collieries will be at a disadvantage as compared with the Morrissey mines. It has been customary to make an outcry against encouraging the export of coal and coke from the Crow's Nest collieries, but now that they are equal to producing a larger quantity than the home market can possibly take, the alternative of restricting production is to secure a market south of the international boundary. Nearly half the 2,000,000 tons mentioned above as the total output of coal to date has been made into coke. The Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company now has. 1,128 coke ovens—984 completed and in use and 144 in course of completion. With all these in operation it will be possible to produce 1,400 to 1,500 tons of coke a day. The six smelters—Nelson, Trail, North- port, Grand Forks, Greenwood and Boundary Falls- treating Kootenay and Boundary ores together do not require much more than half that quantity, and there is the prospect of the largest user of coke (the Granby Company's smelter at Grand Forks, with its six fur- neces) having its own independent supply by the close of the current year. It should be evident that the chief hope of any considerable further development of the immense coal resources of the south-eastern portion of the Province lies in the opening up of dependable markets across the line for large quantities of coal and coke. In this connection a correspondent asks whether under the circumstances it would not be well to look closely into the situation as regards coal lands still unalienated ? Apart from the advanced position reached by the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company in regard to development and equipment of its collieries and the trnsportation facilities it now has to enable it to market its products, there is the fact that already so many coal enterprises have been launched that few men with capital are inclined to put money into more similar ventures in southeast Kootenay or southwest Alberta. The Canadian Pacific Railway Company has for some time past had men at work opening up coal mines in the Crow's Nest Region; the Canadian-American1 Company has been operating a colliery at Frank for several years; the West Canadian Collieries Company has lately consolidated several groups of coal lands, two at least of which have been shipping coal; the International Company is opening up mines and erecting coke ovens, primarily to supply the Granby Company's requirements; the North-West Coal & Coke Company lately announced that it had secured $1,500,- 000 of English money for the purpose of developing its coal holdings; and other ventures have been floated. It would appear that the supply of coal and coke bids fair to greatly exceed the demand for some time to come, and if this be so where is the advantage to the Province in encouraging speculation in coal lands with no reasonable prospect of their being made productive for years. All through some of the mining sections of the Province there are mineral lands lying unworked, in most cases held by men who either have no money or no inclination to work them themselves or to make anything like reasonable terms with others disposed to do so. Is it not likely that a similar situation will follow the turning over to men without means or to speculators large areas of the East Kootenay coal lands? This view of the question is certainly worthy of careful consideration. The Seventh Annual Report of the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company adds another to the series of remarkable reports which serve to show the progress of the mining industry in British Columbia. The business done by the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company is par- ■ ticularly gratifying for the reason that it is an indication of prosperity throughout the metalliferous mining industry. During the year 1903, in spite of a complete suspension of operations from February 11 to April 1, and partial suspensions later, the company produced 661,118 tons of coal. Of this amount 279,334 tons were sent to the coke ovens, producing 167,989 tons of coke, while 381,784 tons were otherwise disposed of as 78 THE MINING RECORD. merchantable coal. The report does not state how much coal and coke was sold in the Province, but we know that the main market for this company's products is among the railways, mines and smelters of the i rovince, so that the company both serves and is supported by home industry, which makes its increasing prosperity an indication of fundamental progress and development. The output for 1903 was larger than that for 1902 by 49.83 per cent., and that the output continues to grow is best illustrated by the fact that the December output exceeded that of the previous January by 58.72 per cent. The net profit made by the company during 1903 was $310,492.28, of which the sum of $303,717.36 was distributed in dividends. This might seem a large distribution out of the amount earned for a coal company to pay, a company subject to serious risks which while they may be minimized, can never be eliminated from the calculations. But there are circumstances in connection with the company's finances which make the distribution of all its profits quite compatible with sound business. During the year the company credited $2,174,530.49 to profit and loss, this including $950,511.96 brought forward from 1902, $913,526.25 portion of premium on new stock issued and the profits on the operations for 1903 as above. The balance now at the credit of profit and loss is $1,870,813.13. Much money has been spent in the development and equipment of the company's property, an aggregate of $5,418,435.51 in actual cash having been expended in development, plant, machinery, buildings, etc. About one million dollars was spent in this direction during 1903. The prospects of the company are exceedingly bright. One of its main difficulties, that of dissatisfaction among its employees, has been overcome under an agreement for three years, which seems to be working satisfactorily. Its market for coal and coke is increasing quite as rapidly as its ability to supply that market. The company has 982 coke ovens now in operation, and when present building contracts shall be completed, will have 1,128 in all. Its mines also are now in excellent condition, the effects of early mismanagement and of the lamentable disaster of 1902 having been overcome. In dealing with the present position of the Crow's Nest Coal Company it is well to make the comparison which it illustrates between the outlook before the Province now as compared with that of a year ago. The mining industry of British Columbia has successfully survived a period of exceptional stress and strain. Conditions as regards labour and production have undoubtedly improved and may be fairly regarded as having reached an equilibrium not to be easily. disturbed. The mining industry is now upon a foundation of production and profits instead of a basis of speculation. This must lead to a restoration of confidence in British Columbia and to that further development which is a necessary condition of prosperity to the people who are living in British Columbia. For some few years it has been customary among certain people to decry the mining industry of the Province, and there has been some apparent justification for a gloomy view of its prospects. But it is now being demonstrated that the failures upon which so much emphasis has been laid, have been a mere pruning and cutting out of rot- ton branches, leaving a sound body of enterprise which is now bearing fruit. We expect to see a greater growth in 1904 than during any previous year, and this expectation is based upon the plentiful evidences of success which it is our pleasant duty to chronicle from month to month. The mining industry of Canada has suffered a serious loss in the sudden and untimely death which occurred in February of Mr. B. T. A. Bell, editor of the Canadian Mining Journal and Secretary of the Canadian Mining Institute. Mr. Bell was essentially a strong man. As a journalist he was fearless, independent, impartial. The Canadian Mining Institute owes its present satisfactory position to his skill as an organizer, and to his executive ability. It is said that every man's place in this world can be filled, nevertheless Mr. Bell's successor will have no easy task in maintaining an equally successful standard. The conditions under which it is proposed Chinese shall be permitted to work in South African mines, namely, a fixed term of service, predetermination of the class of work at which they shall be employed, stipulated hours of labour, a prohibition against Chinese engaging in trade or acquiring land or vfested property, and their compulsory return to China aft the expiration of the term of service^are sufficientfyTardu- ous, but not too arduous if it is desired to guard against evils which other countries have experienced from an unrestricted Chinese coolie immigration. While cheap labour may be necessary for the successful working of the South African mines, the mongolian should be regarded as a machine merely, and in no way be given an opportunity of becoming a social factor. If in Canada some such stringent regulations as those proposed for South Africa had been imposed instead of the head tax alternative of restricting Chinese immigration the former would have proved a far more effective measure. . The annual reports of the Alaska-Treadwell company are invariably interesting. That for 1903 is no exception to the rule, the information therein afforded being most complete. At the Alaska Mexican mine, the value of the ore per ton is placed at $2,969, upon which a profit of $1,095 was realized, cost being divided as follows: Development, 0.647; stoping, $0,658; milling, $0,276; sulphuret expense D.I. $0,014; general expense D.I., $0,029; estimated freight and treatment charges, $0.161; expended on construction account $0,069; estimated London, Paris, San Francisco offices and consulting engineers' expenses, $0,020. At the Ready Bullion mine, the value of the ore per ton is given as $1,665, the year's operations, however, resulting at a loss of $0.0233 per ton, 202,881 tons of ore having been mined. Costs in this case were Development, $0,849; stoping, $0.8702; milling, $0.3803; sulphurets expense D.I., $0.0178; general expense, $0.0242; estimated freight and treatment charges THE MINING RECORD. 79 $0,1528; expended on construction account, $0.0350; office and consulting engineers' expenses, $0.0231; total expenditure, $1.6885 Per ton. THE NEW GOLD DREDGE AT LILLOOET. (Specially Contributed.) A DREDGE, the largest of the kind in Canada, is being built by the Wm. Hamilton Manufacturing Co., of Peterboro, Ont., for the Iowa Lillooet Gold Mining Company to operate on the Fraser Dredge About Completed. Dredge Being Launched. :River at Lillooet. The dredge is a centre bucket type, has been designed to withstand the most severe strain, -all parts are made extra heavy. The hull is 100 feet ?long, 34 feet wide, is built of Douglas fir; the bow Main Power Engine. Line or Warping Engine, is covered with steel plate; the main ladder grating is constructed of steel girders; the ladder is made of 80 THE MINING RECORD. steel, is 72 feet long, weighs 96,000 lbs., and has a continuous chain of buckets, each of which has a capacity of 6 cubic feet of gravel, the speed being 15 of 3,500 gallons per minute, and all fine material passes through the screen to tables. The large material is, however, delivered at the end of the screen to the HHI Showing Frame Work of Dredge. buckets per minute. These buckets are made of homogeneous steel plate, with a lip 1 inch thick, 7 inches wide. The bushings and pins connecting the buckets are of manganese steel. The gravel is discharged Vn9 Heavy Gearing for Operating Buckets. irom the buckets into a revolving screen 5 feet diameter, 24 feet long, made of steel plate perforated with holes. The gravel passes through the screen, is washed, the water being pumped into the screen at the rate Interior of Dredge, Showing Buckets, Main Engine, Warping Engine, Etc. stacker, which discharges it 40 feet from the stern of 5 feet above the water line. the dredge and stacks it 2 Taking out Timber for Dredge at Anderson Dake. The gold-saving tables are designed to make a close saving of the values in the gravel and have a fanning motion. . All material after passing over the table passes through an undercurrent and quicksilver traps. The dredge itself is to be operated by five engines, THE MINING RECORD. 81 steam being supplied by one large marine type internal is directly connected to the pump of 35 I.H.P. The fired boiler, while a main engine operating the buckets, ladder hoist engine is a 30 I.H.P. line engine or wash- yMNMOTWMiiiPWW. I Revolving Screen in Transportation. %;M Boiler in Transportation. screen and gold tables is of the marine type compound ing engine 40 I.H.P., and is also directly connected, condensing 116 I.H.P. centrifugal pump engine and The dynamo engine is of 6 I.H.P. capacity. The main working engine operates four side lines one inch in diameter and two lead line one and one quarter THE MINING RECORD. and holding the dredge in place. The total weight of the rnachinery is 230 tons. The dredge will be in operation by the first of March of this year. All the machinery was hauled by waggon from Ashcroft to the dredge site near Lillooet, a distance of 67 miles, without any accident whatever. We have received a copy of a prospectus of "The Lucky Jack Mining Company, of Seattle, capital stock $1,500,000, incorporated under the laws of the State of Washington." This makes it appear that the company owns valuable mineral claims adjoining the well-known Lucky Jack property, one of which is called the Lucky Jack No. 2; further, that rich float and very promising quartz ledges have been discovered, rich quartz being everywhere in evidence. These statements have been challenged by newspapers published in the Kootenays and resident prospectors claim that the promoters of the Bar Where Dredge Will Operate. Lucky Jack Mining Company have not even a proper title to some of the ground they allege they own. It will therefore be well that those who may be disposed to take shares in this venture first fully satisfy themselves as to the bona fides of the concern and its right to the mineral claims it states it owns. The daily press of Seattle will do a publie service if it directs attention to the nature of this promotion, since it is in Seattle that the promoters appear to be mainly operating in their endeavours to induce people to take up shares. In strong contrast to this questionable attempt to obtain money, supposedly for development work in the Poplar Creek district, is another flotation under the name of the Spy Glass Mining -& Development Company, Ltd., capital $500,000 of which the .greater part is treasury stock, the promoters not exhibiting the greed, so often displayed by men floating mining companies, in the direction of retaining by far the larger proportion of the stock and leaving, an entirely inadequate treasury for development and equipment purposes. The Spy Glass property is one of known merit, as shown by a comparatively large amount of development work done, by the good mineral showings it has, and by its reasonable capitalization and adequate treasury. THE MINING RECORD. 83 ^ .SECOND ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE PROVINCIAL MINING ASSOCIATION. FIRST DAY. ("jN Monday morning, Feb. 22, 1904, the delegates v-/ to the Second Annual Convention of the Provincial Mining Association of British Columbia assembled in the City Hall, Victoria. The chair was taken by the President, who called the meeting to order at 10:30 a.m. Mr. H. Mortimer Lamb acted as honorary secretary. After a brief address of welcome to the visitors had been delivered by the Mayor, a Credential Committee was appointed. A letter addressed to the Secretary of the Victoria Board of Trade from the Assistant Commissioner ofthe Department of Customs stating that the matter of admitting oils for use in the Elmore process of concentration was engaging the attention of the minister. SECOND DAY, FEB. 23, I904. The meeting was called to order at 10:15 a-m- The Credential Committee presented a report by which the following delegates were seated, some of them holding proxies for absent delegates. The committee asked leave to sit again to report others on the way. Atlin—J. H. Brownlee, John Fountain, Chas. Jones and J. Lipscombe. Ashcroft—J. Lehman. Bullion—W. N. Bissett, W. W. Bissett, J. B. Hobson, G. J. Hoffmeister and W. H. Weisler. Chemainus—P. J. Pearson. Clinton—Thos. Barton. Nelson—H. E. Croasdaile, E. Jacobs, L. K. Larsen, G. W. McBride, J. G. Nelson, W. B. Poole and T. G. Proctor. Nicola—Aspen Grove, A. E. Howse and J. E. Bate. Coulter, J. W. Collis. Keithley—J. Hunter. Quesnelle Lake—J. Moore. Rossland—B. Duke, A. C. Galt, J. James, K. Martin, A. McMillan, A Pendray, M. E. Purcell, T. H. Reed, D. Thomas, D. R. Thomas, G. Tippett, H. Seaman and F. R. Blockerger, E. B. Kirby, Smith Curtis- Soda Creek—W. Adams. Stanley—M. Bailey and J. D. Peebles. Trail—N. Binns and D. Moore. Vancouver—A. B. Clabon, J. Findlay, C. F. Jackson, H. T. Lockyer, R. P. McLennan, T. J. Smith, G. Hilliard, J. McAdam, F. Richards and George Walkem. Victoria—A. F. Gwinn, J. R. Beckwith, C. H. Lugrin, J. W. Bolden, A. E. McEachern, J. C. Mapleton, R. Machin, H. C. Newton, A. A. Sparks, A. R. Sherk, A. J. Morley, J. Paterson, D. W. Higgins, Dr. T. J. Jones, Hon. E. Dewdney, F. I. Clarke, H. B. Thompson, F. Higgins, H. C. Bellinger and H. J. Scott. Barkerville—John Hopp. Salt Spring—Clive Phillipps-Wolley. The President then presented his report reviewing the work of the year, as follows :— "Gentlemen,—The policy of the Association has been to endeavour to aid the Government to promote the mining industry, and we recognize it to be our duty to provide them with all data at our disposal, and all information within our reach for the attainment of the best possible conditions for the promotion, encouragement and highest development of the mining industry in the Province, and to assist the members on both sides of the House by transmitting to them copies of the resolutions passed by the last Convention, as amplified by your committee; and we have been at the service of the Government whenever they chose to call upon us. Our first work, as outlined by the Convention, was to do all that we could to ameliorate the industrial conditions which existed at the time we last met in this room; and the first. committee appointed by you for that purpose did their work on those lines in the settlement of the Fernie strike during the entire month of March last. The report of that committee has been laid before you, on page 602 of the Proceedings of the last Convention to which I beg to refer you. As to the amount of remedial legislation we have been able to accomplish, it is only necessary to remind you that no government since we became an association has been in a really strong enough position to do very much in the way of thorough and complete investigation of our suggestions; but we have reason to hope that relief may be obtained at no very distant date. "Two recommendations made at the last Convention, however, were put into effect by the late Government, viz.: "1. The sale of Crown-granted mineral claims for delinquent taxes (which was then about to take place) when the lands would have been sold without the right of redemption, was postponed and the law was so altered as to provide time (eight months) for the unfortunate owners to redeem what they had temporarily lost; and "2. The grouping of the same class of claims for the purpose of work, whereby a man can now spend sixteen hundred dollars, upon one claim and do some telling work, to represent eight claims, instead of spending $200 on each of the eight claims and accomplishing nothing, or practically nothing. "The executive of our association attempted to secure another reform, viz.: The rescinding of the power given to registered attorneys, acting for the numerous foreign companies in this country, to sell and issue stock and transfer property. We regret to say that, although the Companies' Act was amended in other respects, this reform was not carried out. "During the past year we have held four meetings of the Executive; one- meeting was held in Victoria, one at Vancouver, one at Rossland, and one at Kamloops, each of which meetings "occupied the members for periods of from three to eight days. "We sent to each local organization particulars of the meetings which we proposed to hold, together with a list of the subjects which we proposed to take up, and asked for expressions of opinion. m 84 XTHE MINING RECORD. C3 eu - u si ta u M O PM ot M V m Q m3 O P. O u o THE MINING RECORD. 85 "At the Victoria meeting we waited upon the Government of the day, and as a result we got the amendments before referred to. Other reforms might have been taken up, but the members of that government were called to other duties in other spheres of life. "You will notice that we have applied to the Government with suggestions for recouping the depleted provincial treasury and to compensate them for the loss of revenue which might ensue if they modified the two per cent. tax. These you will find on page 6 of the Recommendations, article 19. "The two per cent, tax has been proved to be a brake on the wheels of the mining industry, and as such it is our duty to do what we can for the persons who provide the cash for the development of our mines, and change the form of taxation which has caused such friction. The department at Ottawa wrote to me to aid them in the collection of specimens, and on your behalf I at once took the matter up and obtained for them a magnificent series of samples weighing many tons, of the finest ores ever put on exhibition, each sample weighing about 400 pounds. These were, of course, silver- lead ores. The clerical work of the Association has recently been carried on by Mr. A. M. Jones, who consented to act until the Convention, but owing to certain conditions occurring, he was compelled to resign, and it will, therefore, be the duty of your new executive to fill the position with an able, industrious young man of good, hard-working habits." The Treasurer, Mr. Mortimer-Lamb, has consented to act as our "honorary" treasurer, and will present to you his statement of account, which has been duly audited. "As to our critics, we can only say that when such criticisms are honestly made, and in the true interest of the province, we are always glad to hear them, but when made in any other spirit we simply regard them as ordinary mosquitoes of life and pass them by, as we cannot, in passing through a malarious atmosphere, avoid them. "Your committee, having considered that it was advisable to incorporate this institution, hereby recommend that this be done, and will present to you a resolution thereon. We feel that this will consolidate the institution and preserve it and its usefulness to posterity. We shall then be a responsible body with corporate powers, and shall be able to deal with others, and they will be able to deal with us, as under our present status they could and will not. "In addition to other resolutions that will be presented to you in pamphlet form, I may perhaps be permitted to add that the following viz.: "A resolution to amend section 2 of article 4, by adding a sub-section (a) providing for the formation of a 'general branch,' which can be joined by persons 'who are not residents of any town where an association is in existence, as in many small camps, to admit mining men and others whose duties compel them to travel; this branch to be managed from the head office. "The necessity for such a branch has been felt dur ing the year last past; and, subject to your approval, one is ready to be formed at once. "In conclusion, I would suggest that you thoroughly discuss the question of proxies. "Your executive have considered the question, but prefer that it should take a wider range of discussion, so that the whole of the Province may be represented in the reasonings adduced in support of, and in opposition to, the proposal. It is a matter upon which there is a great deal of feeling in the far-distant regions, where the expense of travelling—without considering the time involved therein—is very considerable indeed ; for it will be clear to you that at the' lowest possible estimate it costs at least $100 for each delegate, or $10,000 per 100 delegates—which number we have in our midst to-day. "All of which is respectfully submitted on behalf of the Executive Committee. (Signed) yJohn Keen, President.' In response to a call from the Convention, Mr. J. B. Hobson, ist vice-president, said:— ; "A year has passed, and we meet again in general conference for mutual consultation and suggestion, that we may the better aid in the development of the mining industry upon which the future prosperity of our Province in a great measure depends. "We are here once more to urge upon the Government and Legislature with enthusiastic energy and cooperative determination the necessity for adopting the remedial legislation asked for by the Provincial Mining Association to relieve the mining industry of many of the unjust and heavy burdens imposed upon it under the existing laws and regulations and to encourage the more rapid development of the vast mineral and placer mining resources of our Province, "The work of the Association on behalf of remedial legislation shows clearly the fact that the chief work of this Association is an educational one, and it demonstrates that when public recognition is accorded to the validity of our position on mining questions success becomes attainable. Persistence and organization, with a good cause, make an invincible combination, and no association could have a nobler cause than ours. We stand for the rapid development of our vast mineral resources; for the converting of our Province into the greatest gold, silver, copper, lead and coal mining country in the world. "No department of government could have a higher purpose than this, and that the Provincial Mining Association will in time prove of inestimable value in the upbuilding of the Province there can be do doubt. "The future of this Association depends upon the co-operative enthusiasm of its members. Working together as to all propositions affecting our mutual interests, the power of this Association will be invincible so long as we ask for that which is right. "I am confident that by united effort we shall succeed, and that the Mining Association cannot fail to have a beneficent influence on the mining industry, and will be an important factor in hastening the development of the vast mineral resources of the Province." Mr. D. W. Higgins, 2nd vice-president, also delivered a brief address. The President's report having been adopted, Mr. Galt, seconded by Mr. Phillipps-Wolley, moved the following resolution:— "Resolved, That the Provincial Mining Association of British Columbia, in general convention assembled, desires to record its deep sorrow at the untimely loss of Captain Livingstone Thompson, one of the most useful and highly valued members of the Association, who met his death at the wreck of the Clallam, while THE MINING RECORD. ing tribute to the deceased and referred to his usefulness as a member of the Association. Mr. Phillipps-Wolley in seconding Mr. Gait's resolution, claimed the dead man as a personal friend and pointed out that the gallantry of our fellow-member's death was almost the only bright spot in the gloom of the Clallam disaster. Like the typical Irishman he was, it had been shown that Captain Livingstone Thompson fought his last fight to a finish, and dying with a smile on his lips, robbed Death of its victory. If the speaker could, as he believed he could, transmit Bi ■■H Mr. John Keen, re-elected President of the Provincial Murine Association. with characteristic courage and energy endeavouring to keep the ship afloat; "And be it further resolved, That this Association extends to the bereaved widow of the late Captain Livingstone Thompson its unanimous sympathy in the irreparable loss she has sustained; "And be it further resolved. That the resolution be spread upon the minutes of this Association, and that a copy thereof be transmitted by the secretary to Mrs. Livingstone Thompson." In speaking to the resolution, Mr. Galt paid a touch- his own message to the place where his friend now stood beyond the bounds of the Known, that message would be one, not of condolence, but of congratulation and envy. On motion of Mr. Lamb, seconded by Mr. Hobson, a similar resolution conveying the sympathy of the Association to the relatives of the late Mr. N. P. Shaw was also passed. Mr. Martin (Rossland), seconded by Mr. Duke (Rossland), moved that the use of proxies be not allowed at the Conventions. THE MINING RECORD. 87 Mr. Higgins, seconded by Mr. Croasdaile, moved in amendment that proxies be and are allowed. The debate was adjourned. AFTERNOON SESSION—SECOND DAY. The Convention was called to order at 2:2o p.m. It was moved by Mr. Croasdaile (Nelson), seconded by Mr. Howse (Nicola) :— "That a committee from this Convention be appointed to wait upon the Government and endeavour to secure from them some assurance of remedial legislation, as recommended by this Association; and also to respectfully request the Government to give to the executive of this Association an opportunity from time to time to discuss with them the particulars of all intended legislation affecting the mining industry of this Province." In moving the adoption of the resolution Mr. Croasdaile said it was necessary to obtain the sympathy of the Government if the Association wished to accomplish anything. If the Association could obtain the views of the Government on many important matters it would very materially assist the Association in arriving at conclusions which would be acceptable to the Government. He thought that the amount paid to the Government was not as much as it ought to be, viz., $78,000. The mining community was quite willing to be taxed providing it was done in a fair and equitable manner. The resolution carried, unanimously. On motion the President nominated the following committee to wait on the Government: The Hon. E. Dewdney (Victoria), Messrs. Brown (Revelstoke), D. W. Moore (Trail), E. Jacobs (Nelson), and H. Seaman (Rossland). It was then moved by Mr. J. W. Collis, seconded by Mr. A. E. Howse, "That whereas at a meeting of the executive of the Provincial Mining Association at Rossland a resolution was passed recommending the Provincial Government to formulate without delay a policy for the opening up and development of all coal lands. "And whereas, the Nicola and Similkameen coal fields are so situated as to be of great value to the smelting industry of Southern British Columbia. "And whereas, by the opening up of the aforesaid coal fields an alternative source of supply of coal and coke would be created. "And whereas, lack of transportation facilities is the sole reason that the said coal areas cannot be utilized for tbe benefit of the Province. "Therefore, be it resolved, That this meeting of the Association respectfully urges upon the Provincial and Dominion Government to aid the construction of a railroad which will assist in the development and utilization of the said coal lands." This motion was carried unanimously. The amendments proposed by the Executive Committee to the Constitution and By-laws were then considered and passed with some further additions. It was moved by Mr. Mortimer-Lamb, seconded by Mr. Croasdaile: "That this Association hereby endorses the resolution recently adopted by the Associated Silver-Lead Mines of British Columbia, asking the Dominion Government to employ a zinc specialist to examine and make a careful study of the zinc resources of the Province as to ores suitable for spelter production and the best methods for their development and utilization together with recommendations as to available markets; and that the secretary be instructed to forward a copy of this resolution to the proper authorities." The resolution was carried unanimously. The following special resolutions of the Executive Committee were adopted as amended:— "Resolved, That the Government and Legislature of British Columbia be respectfully requested to amend and modify the tariff fees chargeable on the incorporation, registration or licensing of companies, and for companies' free miners' certificates, in order to encourage the formation of companies having among their objects the development of the natural products of this Province." "That this Association emphatically condemns the practice now in vogue of permitting appropriations for roads, trails and bridges to be under the patronage of the members of the various districts, and recommends that all such appropriations be submitted to the approval of the Government engineer or road superintendents in the various districts, who will always be subject to criticism in the Legislature." "That whereas under Section 9 of the Mineral Act it is provided, among other things, that 'subject to the proviso thereinafter stated, no person or joint stock company. shall be recognized as having any right or interest in or to any mineral claim or . . water right . . . unless he or it shall have a free miners' certificate, unexpired. And that on the expiration of a free miner's certificate the owner thereof shall absolutely forfeit all his rights and interests in or to any mineral claim . . . and water right which may be held or claimed by such owner of such exj pired free miner's certificate, unless such power shall, on or before the day following the expiration of such certificate, obtain a new free miner's certificate: " 'Provided that this section shall not apply to mineral claims for which a Crown grant has been issued': "And whereas the above proviso fails to clearly protect the owners of water rights on Crown granted mineral claims, without the necessity of keeping up a free miner's certificate, which, in the case of a company, costs $100.00 per year: "And whereas the said proviso ought to be amended so as to protect the said water rights on Crown-granted mineral claims, as well as the mineral claim itself: "Be it resolved by the Executive Committee of the Provinvial Mining Association of British Columbia, assembled at Rossland by special call of the President, that the said proviso in Section 9 of the Mineral Act ought to be amended by adding thereto the words: 'Nor to any water rights or record, mining ditch, drain, tunnel or flume, held or used or intended to be held or used upon or in connection with the development of anv such claim." THE MINING RECORD. "Resolved, That the Government be urged to repeal all of Clause D of Section 127 after the word 'Notices,' in the seventh line of the said section, and all of Clause D in Section 133 after the word 'Notices,' in the seventh line, of the Companies Act, of 1897, Chapter 44; and all of Section 140." "Whereas under the provisions of the Assessment Act Amendment Act, 1903, a tax of 25 cents for every acre and fractional part of an acre of land conveyed by a Crown grant of a mineral claim is directed to be levied, payable on the 30th day of June, immediately after the date of the Crown grant, and thereafter on the 30th day of June in each year. And whereas under the terms of this statute taxes for a whole year at the rate aforesaid are leviable and must be paid, even in Act should be promptly enquired into by the Government, so as to provide full information to be laid before the Legislature at its next session, in accordance with the recommendation of this association at its convention in February, 1903." "Resolved that the executive of the Provincial Mining Association of British Columbia urge such government as may be in power after the pending Provincial elections to formulate without delay a policy for the opening up and development of all coal lands: And further resolved that this executive suggests that, with respect to coal lands in Southeast Kootenay (not affected by any valid existing legal claim or right of any person or company), the Government retain the title to all such lands, and develop the coal measures ^j Mr. J. B. Hobson, re-elected 1st- Vice- President of the Provincial Mining Association. cases where the Crown grant has issued only a day or two before the said 30th of June in any year and without taking into account the assessment work (or fees in lieu thereof) performed or paid. And whereas the said provision inflicts a great hardship upon prospectors and others interested in the development of mineral claims and in obtaining title thereto: Therefore, be it resolved that the said statute ought to be so amended as to make the said tax apportionable, and that no person should be taxed for any period of time prior to the date of the Crown grant." "Resolved that the dissatisfaction experienced by the owners and operators of boilers by reason of the provisions of the Boiler Inspection Act render it highly advisable that the working of the said therein contained by a system of leasing to actual operators; such leases to contain stringent conditions for proper equipment, development and continuous operation and for the full protection of the British Columbia consumers of coal and coke as to supply and price. And further resolved that the policy above suggested be extended to all coal and petroleum lands of the Province." "In view of the embarrassed state of the finances of the Province, and the objections which have been raised upon this ground towards measures for the relief of the mining industry, and the fact that all demands for such relief during the past two years have been met by a counter-demand on the part of the Government then in power for a substitute whereby the THE MINING RECORD. 89 revenues of the Province would not suffer loss. Be it therefore resolved that this Association desires to reassert that it has no wish that the mining industry be relieved at the expense of other industries, but, on the contrary, is now, and has always been, ready to pay its fair and equitable share of the taxation necessary for the economical and businesslike conduct of provincial affairs. In the opinion of this Association, natural resources of the Province, and not industry, should bear the chief burden of taxation. The enormous areas of valuable land now held under a taxation which is practically insignificant should be made to pay its proper share of the burden, and thus relieve industry. This Association therefore respectfully recommends to the Government the advisability of enquiring into and adopting the Australasian or some other equitable and uniform system of taxation on land, including mining lands, that will tend to increase the revenue, foster the settlement of the lands of the Province and encourage the development of its great mineral and other resources. In view of the vast areas of land held in this Province it is believed that the revenues from such a system of taxation will more than meet the annual deficit of the Province, and will materially relieve the mining industry." "That whereas the Water Clauses Consolidation Act, 1897 (R. S. B. C. Chap. 190) has been found to be ambiguous, defective, and inequitable in many respects, and requires amendment speedily in the following particulars: "(a.) To remove the ambiguity created by the definition of 'unrecorded water' in Section 2, when read in connection with Section 18: "(b.) To repeal Section 11, Sub-section 2 (b), when the applicant is the owner of a Crown-granted mineral claim and the water is to be used to develop such claim: "(c.) To require applicants for water to advertise their applications in some local newspaper in addition to posting the notices required by the Act: "(d.) To abolish the existing dual jurisdiction conferred upon gold commissioners and assistant land commissioners, and to vest the sole jurisdiction in the gold commissioner of each district: "(e.) To provide for payment of the costs of the successful party or parties in disputed cases, by the unsuccessful party or parties: "(f.) A provision enabling the prospector, mineral or placer miner to secure the quantity of water required to operate his mineral or placer claim by simply recording the same, instead of being compelled to pay the high rates now charged for water privileges, which charges are entirely beyond his means; and entitling him to hold said water rights." "(g.) To amend the provisions of the Act relating to power companies so as to remove several doubts which exist under the existing provisions of the Art: "Be it therefore resolved by the Executive Committee of the Provincial Mining Association of British Columbia, that the said Water Clauses Consolidation Act, 1897 and amending Acts require careful revision and amendment, and that the said Act ought to be promptly amended in the particulars above set forth." The Convention then adjourned until 10 o'clock on Wednesday morning. THIRD DAY—WEDNESDAY, FEB. 24, I9O4. The Convention was called to order at 10:15 a.m. Mr. Morley, seconded by Mr. Howse, moved as follows in amendment to a previous motion. "That the following by-law be added under the head of 'Proxies.' 'A delegate may appoint a personal proxy being a member of the same branch. He shall . represent one vote only. No other form of proxy shall be admissible.'" After some discussion the amendment carried. Mr. J. Hunter, superintendent of the E. & N Railway, offered to provide .a special train for delegates desiring to visit the Mount Sicker mines. On motion of Mr. Hobson, the offer was accepted and a vote of thanks tendered the railway company by the Convention. A committee of five, consisting of Messrs. Hopp, Croasdaile, Gwin, Duke and Weir, was then nominated by the chair to investigate and report on Resolution No. 20 of the Executive Committee. Mr. McMillan moved and Mr. Smith Curtis seconded the following resolution: "That whereas the customs duties upon crude oils suitable for the concentration of low-grade ores, constitute a serious charge upon industry; "Whereas suitable oils for the said purpose are not produced and cannot be obtained in Canada; "Therefore be it resolved, that this Association respectfully urges the Dominion Government to take immediate steps to allow the free importation of such oils for a period of five years, or until such oils are produced in Canada." The motion was carried. Mr. Kirby then moved, seconded by Mr.-Duke, as follows: "Resolved, that all mining machinery and mine supplies be admitted free of duty in all cases, except where an article of quality equal to the imported article is made and sold in Canada at the same price at which the foreign article is sold to the foreign home consumer." Speaking to the motion, the mover said the duty on mining machinery constituted one of the heaviest burdens imposed on the mining industry of the Province. Mr. Findlay said that the words "of quality equal" were subject to many interpretations, and they might lead to discrimination against Canadian goods. Mr. Phillipps-Wolley enquired whether the phrase "mining supplies" included farm produce. The miner wanted the farmer's support. If he got it he must pay for it by supporting the farmer. The farmer was a little afraid that the miner wanted the taxes taken off his industry without much caring who shouldered them. The farmer already bore a larger share of taxation in proportion to his profits than anyone else, and the speaker objected to any measure which would tend to deprive Canadian producers of their fair share of the markets created by Canadian mining industries. 90 THE MINING RECORD. Mr. Hobson said he found be could get all the supplies he wanted in British Columbia. Mr. Lockyer said there was a provision^ in the Dominion statutes which allowed for the refund of duty paid on mining machinery which could not be, and was not, manufactured in Canada. Mr. Hopp, of Cariboo, stated an instance where he had been unable to secure such a refund. Mr. Donald G. Forbes remarked that a substantial refund-had been made in the case of the Silver Cup mine. Smith Curtis said he did not think it would be a difficult matter for the Government to decide the question of quality. If the Government did err, he thought they woud err on the side of the Canadian manufac- ■i ■■i 7. SSfH Mr. Rowland Machin, elected 2nd Vice-President of the Provincial Mining Association. turer. British Columbia, in addition to importing far more per head than the other parts of Canada, paid a higher tax by 50 per cent. He thought the words "mining supplies" might be changed to "explosives," as there was a monopoly in the powder business in the Province. On motion a committee of three—Messrs. Kirby, Forbes and Hopp—was appointed by the Chair to ascertain and report on the status of the tariff in regard to mining machinery. AFTERNOON SESSION. After re-convening at 2:15 p.m. the committee appointed to interview the Provincial Government presented the following report: "Your committee beg to report having had an inter view with the Hon. the Premier, Hon. R. G. Tatlow and the Hon. R. F. Green, who met them in a most friendly spirit and expressed their interest and cordial sympathy with the work of the Provincial Mining Association. The Government said they would be always willing to give their earnest consideration to all recommendations made to them by the Association. "Realizing the great importance of the question of replacing the 2 per cent, mineral tax and the Crown- granting of placer claims, your committee feel that they are justified in asking that they be made a permanent committee with a view to obtaining full information relative to these matters and to their ascertaining whether it is practicable to submit proposals in this connection that will be acceptable to both the Executive Committee of this Association and the Government, the latter having clearly stated its readiness to carefully consider any alternative to the mineral tax. "The Hon. the Premier desired that this Convention be informed that whilst the Government fully appreciates the kind thoughtfulness shown in inviting them to be present at the meetings -of the Convention, they thought it would be better that they do not attend, so that the Convention may be free to discuss without. reserve .all majjtera coming before it. 1 "E. Dewdney, Chairman." \The report was received, the motion to adopt being defeated. Tne~~Rules having been, on motion, suspended to permit of the election of officers, Mr. Hobson said: "Mr. Chairman and gentlemen: I rise to place in nomination for the office of president of this Association a gentleman whose name is in the thoughts and on the lips of every delegate in this Convention ; a man who will never tell you to swap horses in the middle of the stream; a man who has served you earnestly and faithfully for the past year. His name I give as president of this Association and on your behalf pledge to him your love, your respect, your admiration and your unfaltering support. I place in nomination for the office of president of this Association the name of John Keen, of Kaslo." (Cheers.) Mr. Keen left the chair, requesting Mr. D. W. Higgins to take his place. Nominations for the presidency being declared closed, Mr. Keen was elected amid great applause. Mr. Brownlee nominated Mr. John Hobson for ist vice-president, and Mr. Hobson was elected by acclamation amid great applause. Mr. Rowland Machin was elected 2nd vice-president by acclamation. The following were elected members of the Executive Committee representing electoral districts: Atlin, J. H. Brownlee; Cariboo, John Hopp; Cowichan, P. J. Pearson: Grand Forks, George W. Romberger; Nelson, Leslie Hill; Rossland, E .B. Kirby; Revelstoke, W. M. Brown; Vancouver, R. P. McLennan; Victoria, Hon. Edgar Dewdney; Yale, A. E. Howse, and Ymir, D. W. Moore. The following resolution was then moved by Mr. Smith Curtis, seconded by Mr. A. J. McMillan and carried: THE MINING RECORD. 91 "Resolved, That this Convention is in favour of the Dominion Government appointing to the cabinet a Minister of Mines in view of the fact that the annual mineral output of the Pacific Coast of Canada is now over $30,000,000, and is rapidly increasing, and it respectfully suggests that the Minister of" Mines be a representatiyejrom the Pacific Coast of Canada." Mr. Smith Curtis moved, and Mr. McMillan seconded the following resolution: "Whereas there is general complaint of wholly unnecessary and prolonged delay in the issue of Crown grants for mineral claims after proper application therefor has been made, whereby great inconvenience and often loss are suffered by intending sellers and buyers of mining properties. "Therefore be it resolved, that the Provincial Government be requested to insist upon its officials issuing and forwarding Crown grants for mineral claims within fifteen days after proper applications therefore have been received at Victoria." The resolution carried. It was moved by Mr. Machin and seconded by Mr. Findlay: "That as steamship companies in British Columbia at present are prohibited by law from carrying explosives on passenger steamers; that as on every steamship route in British Columbia there are no exclusive freight carriers, and that as this condition of the law as at present acts as a severe hardship to mine operators and prospectors, who must use explosives in their work; "Resolved, that in the opinion of this Convention the law should be amended so as to allow of the carriage of explosives under reasonable restrictions and that we believe could be done by the provision of a properly safeguarded magazine." This resolution was read bearing a note of the Committee on Resolutions saying: "We advise that this resolution be laid on the table." Mr. Machin spoke in favor of this resolution saying that it was intended to remedy a great hardship to the prospectors. Hunters, sportsmen, etc., were allowed to carry all the explosives they required, but the prospector was prohibited. Mr. Findlay supported the motion. Mr. Sheldon Williams also strongly supported the resolution. The motion was carried. Mr. Smith (Vancouver) moved the rules be suspended and the Convention proceed to name the place for holding the next Convention. Mr. Findlay seconded the resolution. Mr. Hobson, seconded by Mr. Machin, moved that the next Convention be held at Vancouver. Mr. Machin was strongly in accord with the motion. Mr. Murray said the Convention should be held in Victoria for business reasons in order to conveniently meet the members of the Legislature. Mr. Lockyer supported the motion and said he had a very cordial invitation from the Mayor and the Tourist Association of Vancouver promising the Association a hearty reception. Mr. Findlay supported the motion. Mr. PhillippSTWolley opposed the resolution on the ground that it stultified a previous one. It had been resolved that the Convention should meet whilst the House was in session. It was now proposed that the Convention should meet at the time the House sat in a place where the House was not sitting. As the Association's prime object was the transaction of business, this was absurd. Mr. Sheldon Williams supported the motion on the grounds that the Association was an educative one. Vancouver had a population of 35,000 people and he believed 32,000 did not have any idea of the value of the mining industry to the Province. Mr. W. Adams (Soda Creek) moved an amendment that the next Convention be held in Victoria. He had moved an amendment to the Constitution for the Convention to sit during the meeting of the Legislature. Mr. Smith spoke to the motion and said it was purely for business reasons he asked that the next Convention be held in Vancouver. The original motion carried. A motion to hold a mid-summer Convention in Nelson was defeated. FOURTH DAY—FEBRUARY 25, I904. MORNING SESSION. The Secretary read the following letter, which was ordered to be filed and spread on the minutes: "76 Cook Street, "Victoria, Feb. 24th, 1904. "The Hon. Secretary, The Provincial Mining Association of British Columbia. "Dear Sir: Will you kindly convey to the members of the Provincial Mining Association of B. C. my heartfelt thanks for their kind ^message of sympathy. "It is a great comfort to me in my sorrow to know that my dear husband is so universally mourned, especially by the Association in which he had always taken such a keen interest. "He was indeed a brave, good man, and his death was in keeping with his whole life. I' am proud of the privilege of bearing his noble name. "Yours sincerely, "Edith Livingstone Thompson." The committee appointed to report on the status of the tariff in respect to free entry of mining machinery and supplies presented the following report: "The special clause of the tariff affecting mining is 555 was designed to accomplish this end; "Whereas it was the evident intention of the framers of the tariff to specially protect and favour the pioneer and infant industry of mining, and the above par. 555 was designated to accomplish this end; "And since an over rigid construction of this clause by the Department of Customs has nullified this intended relief and thus imposed severe burdens upon the mining industry in British Columbia; 92 THE MINING RECORD. "Therefore the Government at Ottawa is respectfully requested to introduce such changes in the law as will permit the free import of all machinery not obtainable of equal quality in Canada, and imported exclusively for the mining, smelting and reduction of' ores, coals and other mineral products." The chairman of the committee appointed to report on Resolution No. 20 of the Executive Committee reported as follows: "I beg to report on behalf of your committee appointed to report to the Convention concerning the charge of inefficiency made against the Bureau of Mines, that we do not find that the severe condemnation of the Bureau of Mines contained in clause 20 of the special resolutions passed by the Executive Committee is at all justified by any evidence that came before us. "We do find that the Provincial Mineralogist has too large an area to cover to always iecune aTfull and proper investigation of new districts." Mr. Higgins asked the President to ftead the clause 20 referred to. The President read: "Whereas there has long been an increasing dissatisfaction with the relation of the ProvincicU^Bm/eau of Mines to the mining industry, the complaintsnlDst prevalent being to the effect that the conditions and resources of various districts have not been fairly or properly presented, and that all efforts made hitherto by mining men towards the betterment of mining conditions have met with opposition instead of assistance from this office, and that moreover, it is complained that the work of the Bureau has apparently been restricted to the collection of statistics, while the industry has not received that assistance in the way of expert scientific study and reports on mineral districts which was expected from the office, and which was the main object of its creation, as set out in Section 7 of the Bureau of Mines Act, 1897. "And whereas it appears to this Association that the co-operation which should exist between the Bureau and the mining community is now entirely wanting, and that the main object of its creation has been thus defeated. "Be it therefore resolved, that, in the opinion of this Association, a radical change should be effected in the constitution and conduct of the said Bureau." Mr. Croasdaile, seconded by Mr. Hobson, moved the adoption of the report. It was moved in amendment by Mr. Kirby, seconded by Mr. Collis, that the report be merely received. Mr. Kirby, speaking to the amendment, said that he was sorry that this question had come up. It was a disagreeable thing for him to enter into a discussion which might be construed into a personal attack. He was sorry that the friends of the Department of Mines had forced this discussion upon the Association. The report inferred that the committee had fully investigated the whole question. He had, however, been informed that there had been no such investigation. He had never appeared before the committee, as no notice has been given as had been promised. The Execu tive Committee, by the original resolution, simply stated that the Bureau of Mines had failed in the object for which it was created. There was no criticism offered concerning this Government or any other Government. The attention of the Government was called to a widespread dissatisfaction. The men in the scattered mining districts looked to the Association to do this for them. It was an unpleasant duty to have to perform, but in the Executive Committee the matter was carefully considered, or as they say in the churches it was even prayerfully considered. To adopt this report meant that the committee had since yesterday afternoon fully invesigated the matter, and that the Excu- tiv Committee of last year was wrong. Mr. Hobson said that when the matter came before the Executive Committee it came as a personal attack upon the Provincial Mineralogist. He and two other members of the commitee, Messrs. Lamb'and Hill, had opposed it. The Provincial Mineralogist might have made mistakes. He might have pursued the wrong policy, and he did not deny that the wrong policy had been pursued. But the Provincial Mineralogist was responsible to the Minister of Mines. The Provincial Mineralogist should confine his attention entirely to reporting on physical features. He instanced the benefit which would result from this policy as evidenced by Dr. Dawson's reports. Mr. Sheldon Williams said that there was no attack upon personal grounds. He was in favor of recommending the adoption of the system in vogue in California and Ontario. There experts were employed to report on special districts when occasion arose. Mr. Collis said he had gone fully into the matter. He did not speak in any spirit of animosity. He had not met a man who regarded the report of the Provincial Mineralogist as a guide in the field or for information. The mission of the official was to carefully investigate from a scientific standpoint and then record the result. But the present Provincial Mineralogist had gone outside of this and made pessimistic reports which worked to the detriment of various camps. He quoted examples of this regarding the Aspen -Grove camp, Nicola district, and compared them with reports upon mines made by a mining engineer from Butte. M. E. Jacobs thought the resolution was altogether too sweeping. While not an engineer nor a practical mining man, yet he had made a very careful study of the mining industry in the Interior from a news standpoint. He had found Mr. Robertson very obliging in furnishing information. Mr. Jacobs reported instances in which attempts had been made to mislead the Provincial Mineralogist. Mr. Mortimer-Lamb said that the discussion was getting away from the point. The question was whether or not the Bureau of Mines was efficiently conducted. It was certainly not efficiently conducted. Reports which came out six months after they were due were useless. He favoured the system adopted by Mr. Carlyle in issuing bulletins. Mr. Robertson took too much the attitude of a consulting engineer rather than that of a practical geologist. For example, Mr. Carlyle's report upon Trail Creek had done much THE MINING RECORD. 93 to attract capital to that district. The Association was attacking a system and not an individual. Mr. A. B. Clabon thought the discussion had done good, and he suggested that the resolution be amended so as to recommend that the reports in future be altered, and made similar to those of the Dominion. His Honour the Lieut.-Governor here entered, and was received with loud applause on taking a seat on the platform. Frank Weir referred to the fairness of the report of Mr. Robertson on the Atlin district. The miners had looked for some "booming." They did not get it. The report of the Provincial Mineralogist differed a little from that of the Dominion, but the former had more nearly described actual conditions. Mr. Galt went into the history of the matter as brought before the Executive Committee. When it first came up at a meeting in Victoria in April, 1903, the various members referred to the objections. The Executive Committee was then making representations to the Government It was said that the Provincial Mineralogist was spreading the report that these recommendations were absurd and impractical. The Executive Committee waited upon the Premier and the Provincial Mineralogist as the only expert adviser of the Government. They plainly made known that they wished to ascertain Mr. Robertson's attitude on the recommendations. One of the instances given at that time was this reference to Aspen Grove, as given by Mr. Collis. It was pointed out that a sweeping statement as to a district or a few claims examined was unfair. In the early days of Rossland, had Mr. Robertson examined Columbia and Kootenay Mountain only he would have condemned the whole camp. Referring to the fact that later in the report he held out that Nicola district was a good field for prospectors, Mr. Galt pointed out that Mr. Robertson's references to what was in sight did not warrant this inducement being held out. He went into the matter as it came up, afterwards at the meetings of the executive. When the Poplar Creek matter came up the Provincial Mineralogist was commended for his attitude there in not booming it, and in consequence the resolution was considerably modified. He had been assured by prospectors and others that our mining districts always dreaded a visit from the Provincial Mineralogist. Mr. Howse said he was responsible for the recommendation, and the charge that it was a personal attack was erroneous. It was not the man but his methods, and the gentleman who had stated that he was ■opposed to the resolution was the seconder of it. It took over half a day to discuss. There was never a complaint made to the Province on the reports of Mr. Carlyle. He had intended giving his views before the committee, but he had no word when or where they were going to meet. He then referred to the report on a claim on Kennedy Mountain by Mr. Robertson, which was entirely wrong and he spoke of his own personal knowledge. Let the reports be of the elass that will induce people to come to British Columbia and see for themselves. Reforms in the Bureau were absolutely necessary. Mr. Smith Curtis thought the Association should have the courage of its convictions. The Bureau of Mines was organized to promote the mining industry in British Columbia. It was to help the prospector and the mine owner, and should induce capital to come in. He would like to know if one dollar had been brought into the country by the Bureau of Mines. He asked if a single prospector had derived any benefit by reason of the Bureau. In the report of Mr. Miller for Ontario, the prospector was given direct instructions as to where the mineral should be looked for in a formation. There has been no such information given in British Columbia unless it might be in Cariboo. When Atlin was covered the residents objected to the report. The Mineralogist never went into a district and made a careful study geologically of it. - If he could not cover the province the Provincial Mineralogist should do thoroughly the district he did examine. But at present the Mineralogist's services are not in demand in any locality, but rather the various mining communities would prefer that he should stay away. The presence of "ifs" and "buts" in the reports always worked against them. In Rossland camp they needed a thorough examination of the ground. This could be done in the winter, as there were miles of underground work. The speaker referred to the way in which the Ontario Bureau of Mines was worked, where experts were sent into new fields and the facts published broadcast to the world. Why did the Bureau of Mines not investigate the smelting conditions ? Very few miners go to the Provincial Bureau 01 Mines for information. He considered that a new system should be devised. The Bureau of Mines must be reorganized and the staff increased. The reports should come out earlier, The government statistician, Mr. Gosnell, should gather the statistics and thus relieve, the Provincial Mineralogist of that duty. Col. Prior said that as there was no member of the Government present and having been Minister of Mines he might afford some information. He said he agreed with what Mr. Hobson had remarked. Without money the Department of Mines could not render the services required. Mr. Robertson was the right man in the right place. The Minister was responsible for the acts of his subordinates. It was the system which was wrong. When he took office he found Mr. Robertson doing a clerk's work. He had a deputy minister appointed to take this office work off his shoulders and allow Mr. Robertson to go into the field. There should be half a dozen Provincial Mineralogists in the Province. He thought that the Mineralogist should confine his reports to formations and physical conditions. It was nearly impossible to get monthly bulletins issued. There were those who opposed it'also as the returns were so small compared with those of Australia and other countries. He had personally been highly pleased when an Association like this was formed of expert men from whom information could be obtained. Any member of a government would be a fool who would not appreciate the benefit to be derived from this Association. Mr. C. F. Jackson spoke and advised caution. In \J m THE MINING RECORD. his opinion the Bureau of Mines was not established in order to "boom" mines. (Hear, hear.) - Mr. Kirby then moved the following amendment to the resolution, which was seconded by Mr. Hobson: "Resolved, That the Government of British Columbia respectfully be requested to consider the question of improving the efficiency of the Bureau of Mines and bringing it into closer touch with the mining industry, and particularly to so improve the nature of its operations and its reports as to assist the mining industry by scientific and geological information, and to avoid anything which may be misconstrued as affecting the commercial prospects and claims of mining districts." His Honour the Lieut-Governor, who on rising was greeted with cheers, briefly addressed the Convention. He said he had read the reports of the^revious day's proceedings with interest. He was/particularly struck with the kind feeling displayed to the East/of Canada by the Association in this debate on tariff. He considered such conventions were well calculated to educate the Eastern people just as he considered the Western people could learn many useful matters from the East. He hoped the proceedings would be widely read there and do the good they deservebS^feo. He closed by hoping that Providence will bless their work. The Lieut.-Gqvernor's remarks were received with cheers. AFTERNOON SESSION, THURSDAY, FEB. 25TH. The Convention was called to order at 2.30 p.m. The Honorary Treasurer presented his report and the financial statement, as follows:— "Victoria, B.C., 24th February, 1904. "To the Second Convention of the Provincial Mining Association.— "Gentlemen:—Herewith I beg to hand you a statement of your accounts which have passed through my hands since the last Convention. "I have taken the trouble to give them fully in detail, so as to show the direct source from which the cash was received and every channel through which it was disbursed, the vouchers of which have all been passed through the book of your Audit Committee. The vouchers and receipts are all on file in your office. "The books have been balanced and ruled off in conformity with this statement. "You will observe that the large items of expenditure were practically incurred for the benefit of the last Convention and in salaries up to August last, since which time the total cost of carrying on the business of the Association has been under four hundred ($400) dollars, or less than seventy ($70) dollars per month; this including all expenses and the cost of calling you together to this Convention. "I estimate that the cost of conducting your business in future on a sound and satisfactory basis will not exceed one hundred ($100) dollars per month. "All of which is respectfully submitted. "H. Mortimer-Lamb." BALANCE SHEET MADE UP TO 24TH FEBRUARY, I904. RECEIPTS. To loan, Bank of Montreal $1,000 oo Less paid off 150 00 $ 850 00 T. R. Cusack, Bal. Con. Proceedings 358 9* Donations— Brit. Am. Dredging Co $ 100 00 B. C. Warnick & Co 100 00 Provis. Executive, Victoria.. .. 142 35 War Eagle, Rossland 25 00 Centre Star, Rossland .... . . 25 00 Cariboo Hyd., Bullion 100 00 Granby Smelter. 250 00 Aspen Grove Branch 10 00 Coutlee Branch 14 00 Camp McKinney Branch .... 30 00 Stanley Branch 15 00 H. Mortimer-Lamb 100 00 Rossland Branch 174 00 Ashcroft Branch 32 50 Col. Meinecke, Victoria 10 00 Revelstoke Branch, per W. M. Brown 40 00 $1,167 85 Emblem account 14 75 C. P. R. telegrams 116 50 Local Organizations, Annual Dues— Ashcroft $ 6150 Atlin 11 00 Bullion 117 00 Barkerville 16 48 Camp McKinney 20 50 Chemainus 21 00 Fairview 27 50 Golden 40 50 Islands it OO' Ladysmith ro oo- Kaslo 18 50 Nelson 72 50 Nicola—Aspen Grove 26 oo- Nicola—Coutlee T4 00 150-Mile House to 50 Olalla 5 oo- Poplar 9 00 Phoenix 18 00 Quesnel Forks 4 50- Quesnel Lake to 00 Rossland T50 00 Soda Creek 17 oo- Stanley r2 50 Trail 17 50 Trout Lake 26 50^ Vancouver 153 00 Vancouver Clearing House.... 3 50 Vernon 16 50 Victoria 327 50 Gen; membership - 4 00 \—^$1,252 48' Sundry accounts payable 293 55" $4,054 05-. THE MINING RECORD. 95 EXPENDITURE. By officers' bonds $ 30 oo Exchange on cheques 6 75 Distribution of Convention proceedings.. .. 211 03 janitor 80 95 Office expenses 222 33 Printing 236 75 Stenography and typewriting.. • 340 60 Stationery 390 60 Stamps 67 58 Telegrams and messengers . 125 43 Honorarium, H. Mortimer-Lamb, for work, provis. organization 150 00 Salaries— A. L. Belyea, secretary 410 83 R: E. Brett, secretary 216 67 Mostyn Williams, assist, secretary 225 00 A. M. Jones 220 00 H. Mortimer-Lamb, treasurer 150 00 Travelling Expenses—■ A. M .Jones, secretary 9* 50 Cash in Bank of Montreal, Victoria 878 03 * $4,054 05 "Victoria, B.C., Feb. 25th, 1904, "I have examined the above accounts and find them correct. (Signed) Henry B. Thompson, Audit Committee. ASSETS. Office furniture $ 75 00 One new Remington typewriter 120 00 8,000 copies Con. Proceedings at 5c, if they can be dealt with by the Convention .... 400 00 Cash on hand 87803 Balance of liabilities over assets 262 29 $i>735 32 LIABILITIES. Rank of Montreal, loan $ 850 00 Interest accrued (estimated) 100 00 T. R. Cusack, balance Con. Pro 358 92 C. P. R. telegraphs 116 50 Office rent 45 °° Times P. & P. Co 20 00 H. P. McDowell 75 Kamloops Standard 4 00 -A. M. Jones, salary, 5% months at $40.. . . 220 00 A.. M. Jones, office supplies and for notices of Convention 39 95 $i,735 32 distribution of convention proceedings (details). To cost of printing (Cusack) $1,608 92 To express charges ■ .. . . 26 46 To shipping tags 65 To commissions on advtg. (Potts) 30 00 $1,666 03 By sale, 5,000 copies to Prov. Gov $1,250 00 By sale, 50 copies to J. B. Hobson 5 00 By Advertisements:— Granby Conr 25 00 Hamilton Powder Co 50 00 Schaw-Batcher Co 25 00 J. Hendy Machine Works 100 00 Balance, 8,000 copies on hand 211 03 $1,666 03 It was reported that two contributions had been received since the accounts were audited, $50 from Mr. Hobson and $50 from Mr. Kirby. The report was adopted. The resolutions passed by the Convention last year were then re-affirmed with the following amendments: The two per cent, mineral tax—It was moved by Mr. Hobson, seconded by Mr. Sherk: "After the word 'capital,' in the last line, to add the following: 'That the Executive Committee be instructed to consider and recommend to the Government some alternative tax in lieu of the two per cent, tax." It was moved by Mr. Hobson, seconded by Mr. Brown, "That the resolution relating to Crown grants of placer claims be re-affirmed and amended as follows : By striking out the word 'serious' on line 14 and substituting therefor the word 'prompt," and by striking out the words 'above mentioned," on line 15." Mr. James Moore addressed the Convention at some length, as a prospector of nearly fifty years standing and a pioneer miner of the country, on the subject of gold mining in Cariboo. His remarks were attentively listened to and most enthusiastically received, the delegates after giving three cheers for the speaker, singing "For he's a jolly good fellow." The proposed amendments to the Placer Mining Act were then confirmed with one change suggesting that the tax per acre on Crown-granted claims be placed at the rate of 75 cents instead of 50 cents per acre, a remission of one-half being given when work to the equivalent of $500 is shown to have been spent on such claim in any one year. It was moved by Mr. F. I. Clark and seconded by Mr. Machin, that, "Whereas the geological reports of the Department of the Interior include much valuable matter pertaining to the mineral resources of British Columbia; "And whereas said reports are not so generally distributed as their importance would warrant; "Therefore be it resolved, That the Provincial Department of Mines be urged to take such action as may be necessary to place the said reports or a summary of the same at the disposal of the prospectors of British Columbia." The resolution carried. 96 THE MINING RECORD. It was moved by Mr. Clark and seconded by Mr. Machin: "Resolved, That this Convention would respectfully urge upon the Government of the Dominion of Canada the desirability of hastening the establishment of the national mint, an appropriation for which has been made by parliament, in order to further stijmulate and encourage the production of refined gold and silver in Canada. "And be it further resolved, That copies of this resolution be forwarded to the members of the Dominion cabinet and British Columbia representatives in Parliament." Mr. Clark explained that the agitation three years ago for the establishment of a mint began in this province. He thought steps should be taken to establish such an institution now. Mr. Hobson supported the resolution. It was hardly fair that the gold produced in the country should be minted elsewhere. Mr. Sherk thought that the mint should be established in British Columbia. """Mr. Smith Curtis did not care sot much where the mint was so long as the Government made provision that the gold should be taken at its full value where it was refined. The resolution carried. Senator Templeman then addressed the Convention and said he was thoroughly in accord with the idea that Canada should have- a mint. He had said so before the last election, and was one who believed in living up to pre-election promises. The Dominion Government had not changed its policy at all in this matter. There had been some difficulty of obtaining a site in the city of Ottawa. The mint, however, would be built in Ottawa. From a commercial standpoint there was no profit in coining our own gold and silver, but on a broader ground it would pay Canada to have a mint, and have its own $20 gold pieces. With reference to the geological reports mentioned in the former resolution, he had learned from officials that there were many volumes of back numbers at Ottawa. He did not know why these should not be distributed among the people who most needed them. If a compendium was required of these reports, he would relieve the local Government of the task ■ of preparing it. He would assure them that if this was required he would have it done at Ottawa, thus relieving the Province of the Work. A vote of thanks was tendered Senator Templeman, a resolution being also passed requesting him to carry out the undertaking he had made in reference to the geological reports at as early a date as possible and that the Executive Committee prepare a list of documents required and communicate with the department. A resolution was also passed instructing the Executive Committee to take the necessary steps to incorporate the Association. Votes of thanks were tendered the Mayor and Corporation of the City of Victoria and the Executive Committee serving during last year. After the singing of the National Anthem the Convention adjourned sine die. At a meeting on the 26th of February of the members of the Executive Committee representing electoral districts, the following were added to the committee representing classes:— Class I.—Prospectors, Miners and Smelter Workmen.—H. G. Seaman, prospector and miner, Rossland; Jos. Moore, prospector and miner, Cariboo; Kenneth Martin, miner, Rossland; J. W. Collis, prospector, Nicola; H. Heidman, miner, Phoenix. Class II—Mine Managers and Superintendents of Mines.—S. F. Parrish, geenral manager Le Roi mine, Rossland; H. E. Newton, manager Godman Syndicate, West Coast Vancouver Island; C. H. Dickie, manager Richard III. mine, Mount Sicker; C. Livingston, general manager Tyee Copper Co., Mount Sicker; T. J. Smith, Nicola Coal Co., Vancouver. Class III—Mining Engineers and Smelter Managers.—A. C. Flumerfelt, Granby Co., Grand Forks; J. J. Campbell, Hall Mining & Smelting Co., Nelson; F. Keffer, B. C. Copper Co., Greenwood; T. Kiddie, Tyee Copper Co., Ladysmith; H. C. Bellinger, Northwestern Smelting & Refining Co., Crofton. Class IV—Business and Professional Men.—A. C. Galt, barrister, Rossland; Geo. Taylor, bank manager, Victoria; Campbell Sweeny, bank manager, Vancouver; H. B. Thomson, manager Turner Beeton & Co., Victoria; Smith Curtis, barrister, Rossland. Class V.—Farmers and Others. — C. Phillipps- Wolley, North Saanich; the Hon. Sentaor Reid, Barkerville, Cariboo; H. E. Croasdaile, Nelson; C. F. Jackson, Vancouver; Martin Burrill, Grand Forks. Mr. H. Mortimer-Lamb was re-elected honorary treasurer, and Mr. E. Jacobs was elected secretary for the ensuing year. CORRESPONDENCE. (We are not responsible for the views of our correspondents.) T THE DE.KEYSER PROCESS. O THE EDITOR:—Kindly allow me space in your esteemed paper to reply to an article upon electro-cyanide process in your paper, also to refer to prospectus received. Allow me to say that I have had many years' experience in cyanide treatment of battery ores in different countries and understand thoroughly the profession of a cyanide assayer, etc. Some three years ago I was called in by friends in Vancouver to see a model of a machine invented by Mr. DeKeyser to save fine gold. At the very first sight I condemned this machine, as I know by sad experience gravel, etc., cannot be passed through quicksilver. To my surprise I read Mr. DeKeyser had now acknowledged that he had made a failure of that machine, but had invented an electric cyanide process. Well, I did not scoff at this idea until I read from your article in the last Record and also re- THE MINING RECORD. 97 ceived a prospectus. To my surprise in this prospectus I notice that Mr. DeKeyser prints exactly a counterpart of letters received from his other undertaking, and leads innocent people to believe that these gentlemen who gave these testimonials, etc., three years ago for a totally different machine, are really testimonials for a machine that has had as yet no practical test and has only reached the experimental stage as the prospectus says the machine is only now ready to receive supplies of ore. Mr. Editor, are people in Vancouver mad that they cannot see for themselves that testimonials and recommendations received over three years ago cannot possibly have anything to do with the present promotion. How do the directors or Mr. DeKeyser explain this. I am positive in my- assertion that the machine invented by Mr. DeKeyser years ago and which he put upon the dredge at Quesnel had nothing to do with cyanide or the present process. To discuss the present process, in my experience of cyanide as a dissolvent of gold, I learn that cyanide is a slow dissolvent of gold, and especially so when gold is usually associated with sulphides in battery or any other crusher sand. Of course I acknowledge that gold leaf can be dissolved in a testube in a very short time when agitated, but in my experience of years of testing, the least time I ever got perfect exaction by leaching even with agitation and burning was about twenty hours. Electricity does not hasten dissolving of gold but agitation does, owing to the fact that by agitation oxygen is introduced which hastens the action of cyanide upon gold. Now, Mr. DeKeyser wishes us to believe that he can dissolve the gold during the time that the battery would crush it in the mortars and discharge it through his ridiculous cylindrical amalgamation. I say it will not and can prove it by his own machine at any time. Cyanide has been known to be a dissolvent of gold for a century or so, but the difficulty was to find a commercial process of precipitation. The McArthur Forrest Company solved this difficulty by introducing the zinc shaving process. They patented their process all over the world and extracted a io per cent, royalty upon gross output of all plants using the zinc shaving process. Chemists then set to work to overcome this unjust tax and charcoal and electric cyanide precipitation was introduced, neither process ever reaching perfection, and in my opinion, never will. I have met several dismal failures in the cyanide amalgamating process, and you have not got to go far to see it, as the process was tried at the Fern mine near Nelson and proved a dismal failure, and they have had tanks erected to leach the ore and did not try to leach in the short time Mr. DeKeyser would try to make us believe he can extract. Dozens of companies in South Africa, New Zealand, America and Austria tried the plan of adding solutions to battery mortars, but the plan, owing to heavy loss of cyanide, was proved not so effective as adding to tanks after the water from the battery was drawn off. It is a proved fact beyond a doubt that the more cyanide is agitated the more consumption takes place and the fact of the time gained by extraction does not counteract the loss of cyanide. Mr. DeKeyser says that he can crush with his small plant now erected ten ton of quartz per day. If he can allow me to suggest to him that he patent his ball crusher and leave the cyanide alone, because no ball crusher as yet has proved to be superior to a battery. In your article and in the prospectus the cyanide is fed into the pulp and then passes through a cylindrical silver-plated revolving drum, which revolves at the rate of ten revolutions per minute. What a grand scouring machine has been invented. Does it not strike any sensible man that an affair of that description (especially when coated with quicksilver) would be completely scoured out to the copper in less than 6 hours. Do the people of British Columbia remember the Gold King Amalgamator invented in California? I was instructed to erect one of these cylindrical revolving affairs upon ten stamps of a battery. I did so much against my own judgment and in one week we lost 98 pounds of quick and got one ounce of amalgam and if we had run it another week we would have had no copper plates in it. It worked on exactly the same principle as the affair above mentioned. Will not any old woman tell you that sand moved around in any metal vessel will scour that vessel better than any other material that could be added? I unhesitatingly say, without fear of contradiction, that there will not be one ounce of silver left in my ridiculous revolving electro-plated amalgamator. Three years ago, when visiting Mr. DeKeyser, he gave me prospectuses containing similar recommendations that are in this prospectus. Now, I respectfully ask the directors of this proposed electro-cyanide process what that machine has to do with the present proposed company. I will guarantee the machine I saw in February, 1900, had no cyanide about it at all. This latest scheme of Mr. DeKeyser's was not thought of then. I unhesitatingly state that a recommendation about cyanide from the civil engineer of Cape Nome Hydraulic Company is worthless and can only be added thereto to deceive the public. Then we have the letter of J. F. Wardner, who states that he is agreeably surprised at cyanide amalgamation and goes on to state that he is agreeably surprised to find that the process shortens up his sluice boxes and consequently lengthens his dump. This makes me smile. This estimable gentleman then is going to nozzle his cyanide solution into face and sluice it over tables, into sluice boxes and then onto dump. How does this tally with the ridiculous statement of-Mr. DeKeyser that he is going to use filter bags in his treatment? Here we have a man who is going to dissolve the gold whilst sluicing over tables and then dumps his solutions and material over a dump. Mr. Editor and fellow men of this fair Province, does this strike you as the idea of a sane man ? Allow me to say that any man who states that cyanide can be adapted to a dredge or a sluicing proposition is either knave or fool. I myself lost hundreds of dollars trying to apply cyanide to black sand (beach). In five days' treatment I certainly dissolved out three 98 THE MINING RECORD. dollars to the ton (four dollars being assay value), but I failed to precipitate upon zinc shavings owing to the cyanide dissolving and containing iron. My plant failed and I got experience. To gravel and to a dredge I have got more sense than try to apply cyanide. In your article you state that solutions passes through machine and solution is pumped back to crusher to be used over again and that any solution remaining in sand is filtered out through filter bags. Look at the ridiculousness of this. Fancy a battery crushing ioo tons a day or say 50, and all the sand has to be filtered. How much calico wpuld Mr. DeKeyser have to use to this and how much space would be required to hold filter bags, etc. ? Mr. DeKeyser, allow me to suggest to you that you consult someone who knows a little about cyanide-antfifie will tell you that that old filter bag system has been aqne away with six years ago. But Mr. DeKeyser, surely you are not going to ask a cyanider to believe that you could filter ' 50 tons of sand through filtenbags, etc. Now, of course, in ordinary cyaniding of lore we require about five tons of strong solution and five tons of weak and two tons of water to get back our^cyanide. This taking us three to five days to do so, wilSyou explain, Mr. DeKeyser, how are you going to prevent the terrible loss of cyanide which is bound to take place when you do not even use weak solution or even water? Is your electric current in amalgamator going to precipitate the cyanide in the amalgamator or what ? I must acknowledge and do so, that I tried to put cyanide gold on quick but I did not succeed and I very much doubt Mr. DeKeyser being able to do. The assertion that slimes in Mr. DeKeyser's process requires special treatment is another ridiculous affair, because, let me tell anyone interested that the gold in slimes would be the first to be dissolved, because of its fineness and not being allowed to settle, so slime would; need no special treatment. If he put the affair the other way about and told us the slimes would be the easiest treated I might think there was a little in it. In conclusion let me ask all the investing public to carefully look into this affair. Get the unbiased opinion of people who have worked the cyanide process. There are no better cyaniders in the world than some of the Americans, so submit the scheme to them, and if it is proved that Mr. DeKeyser's process is a practical one, then I will humbly apologize and retire into my shell. I make my living and have always done so out of the mining industry and consider with practical management British Columbia has no superior, but in my travels I regret to see too much friendship and little sense connected with it. This will regulate itself in time. Thanking you in anticipation, I am, Yours truly, E. C. Kingswell. Lillooet, B.C. EXPLOSIVES ON PASSENGER STEAMERS. "* I rO THE EDITOR:—I see a paragraph in your * journal for February, also a letter from Mr. Rowland Machin, referring to the non-carriage of explosives on the passenger steamers plying between the Coast cities and Northern mining camps. Both from the tenor of the paragraph and the letter of Mr. Machin, there seems to be a misunderstanding as to the circumstances. Whatever endeavour has been made, up to the present date, to arrange this carriage of explosives on a safe and working basis has been made by myself. I am therefore in a position to place the facts before the readers of your j ournal as they are. For some ten years, at various times, I had correspondence with the Department of Marine at Ottawa, with a view to some arrangements being made in regard to the carriage of explosives. Finally in April, 1901, such definite instructions were given as allowed me to issue "permits" for such explosives to be carried, in properly certified and equipped magazines on board one steamer for each route, viz., the West Coast of Vancouver Island, Skagway route, and B. C. East Coast points. These being steamers of the C. P. R. coast fleet. Permit was also granted to the steamer Boscowitz as an alternative on the B. C. northern coast route, and to the steamer Iroquois for the Gulf Islands. Some months ago, however, special orders came from the head office, Montreal, that none of the C. P. R. steamers were to carry any such explosives or gasoline. But this is no restriction imposed by the Dominion Government, but by the owners of these steamers at their own discretion. This leaves the steamer Boscowitz the only boat on the B. C. northern coast route that is prepared to carry such explosives. She, however, seems to carry all that is offered, as I have her reports, in terms of the permit every voyage, and I know there is not an average of three cases a trip. If Mr. Machin knows of a route where there is no vessel with a permit, and no other means of such explosives being easily carried, it can be arranged for, if the public interest will be served. We had an Indian's hand blown off, just scraping the deck, where the congealed oil that had dropped out of a case of dynamite had fallen, on the steamer Grappler, that used to run on the Northern route. So the question is not so simple as it may appear. One must always, ' especially where the public are carried, be careful of the fool killer. If Mr. Machin had any experience in trying to get pursers and masters of steamers to take proper care of a magazine, he would soon see, that it would not be a feasible proposition, in the interest of human life, that every small steamer that might have a license to carry a few passengers should be permitted to carry explosives. Any tug or freight boat (not being licensed to carry passengers) can carry all the explosives they have a mind to, without leave or hindrance; and as some of that class of boats are frequently going up the Coast, it should not be very difficult to get any quantity taken up. THE MINING RECORD. 99 When Mr. Machin speaks of explosives being carried on trains across the continent, and on steamers across the Atlantic, it must be noted that such are neither passenger trains nor passenger steamboats. I hope that your correspondent will appreciate that this question has received every consideration from the Dominion Government, the convenience of prospectors and others well considered. While the safety of the public has been guarded as much as human foresight can' do without requiring needless restrictions to hamper the prospector, or miner, from providing himself at the remotest part of our sea coast that which is a necessity of his calling. But the Dominion Government can not compel a steamboat to carry any such freight if they decline to do so. J. A. Thompson, Steamboat Inspector, Victoria, B.C. * THE EUROPEAN MARKET FOR ZINC. 'TrO THE EDITOR:—You will no doubt be inter- *■ ested in knowing that this week we have "closed a contract for the zinc output of the Payne Mine up until 1905, with Aron Hirsch & Sohn, of Halberstadt, Germany, through their New York agent, Mr. L. Vogelstein, shipments to commence on March ist at the rate of 200 to 300 tons per month. The shipments will go to Antwerp in bulk via the Can-? adian Pacific, to which point the railway company has recently made a rate of $13 per ton. We have in this way opened a new market for the zinc products of British Columbia, in addition to the present outlet we have to the United States. The European market promises to be of great benefit in view of the fact that Europe is always short of zinc ores, while the demand for spelter is* constantly growing. The closer saving of silver values by the European methods will also benefit British Columbia materially, inasmuch as nearly all the zinc ores carry silver values, and the limit for iron and lead contents is not penalized to the same degree as it is with United States smelters. Before the expiration of this new contract to Antwerp I hope that reduction works will be established in British Columbia that will still offer better advantages to the new zinc industry, and it would seem that with the promising future of large tonnage there should be a splendid field for capital to invest in a reduction plant at home. Nearly all the lead mines of British Columbia carry more or less zinc and in some instances the prospects are remarkable. The London price of spelter has been very encouraging. during the past year and promises well for the future. Alfred C. Garde, Manager Payne Mine, Sandon. Sandon, B.C., February 11, 1904. THE PROVINCIAL MINING ASSOCIATION AND ITS WORK. TO THE EDITOR:—In your issue for January last you publish a letter from Mr. Leslie Hill to Mr. J. B. Hobson, criticizing the Provincial Mining Association and its Executive Committee in respect of several matters transacted during the past year. The Association and its Executive have always welcomed fair and reasonable criticism of their proceedings ; but I am sorry to see a supposed friend and well- wisher of the Association indulging in an unfair and unreasonable attack upon it. As an instance of the unfairness to which Mr. Leslie Hill has lent himself, take the first count of his indictment, relating to the two per cent. tax. Addressing Mr. Hobson, he says: "You, sir, advocated a fair taxation on all the resources of the Province alike, including mines, but this could not be entertained by the committee; nothing would do but to shift the whole burden on to some other shoulders, and that by means of an admittedly unfair taxation, the one great recommendation of which that it would not cost votes." Now look at the resolution which was actually passed by the Executive Committee: "In view of the embarrassed state of the finances of the Province, and the objections which have been raised upon this ground towards measures for the relief of the mining industry, and the fact that all demands for such relief during the past two years have been met by a counter-demand on the part of the Government then in power for a substitute whereby the revenues of the Province would not suffer loss: "Be it therefore resolved that this Association desires to re-assert that it has no wish that the mining industry be relieved at the expense of other industries, but, on the contrary is now, and has always been, ready to pay its fair and equitable share of the taxation necessary for the economical and businesslike conduct of Provincial affairs. "In the opinion of this Association, natural resources of the Province, and not industry, should bear the chief burden of taxation. The enormous areas of valuable land now held under a taxation which is practically insignificant should be made to pay its proper share of the burden, and thus relieve industry. "This Association therefore respectfully recommends to the Government the advisability of enquiring into and adopting the Australasian or some other equitable and uniform system of taxation on land, including mining lands, that will tend to increase the revenue, foster the settlement of the lands of the Province, and encourage the development of its great mineral and other resources. "In view of the vast areas of land held in this Province, it is believed that the revenues from such a system of taxation will more than meet the annual deficit of the Province, and will enable it to materially relieve the mining industry." Mr. Leslie Hill was present when this resolution was passed, and he offered no objection to it. His letter contains other instances of unfair, unjustifiable statements similar to the above, but I deem it needless to enumerate them. If his intention, in publishing such charges, was to "knife" the Association, he could not have selected a more opportune moment, when the apathy of its members and of the Government had THE MINING RECORD. weakened the organization, and when our Annual Convention was about to be held. Fortunately the attack has proved futile, and "the Association has emerged from its Convention stronger and better equipped than before, to carry on its campaign for remedial legislation; and the charge that "we are now a body without influence, whose resolutions are ignored, and which is treated with good natured indifference," has proved to be a boomerang, returning swiftly, after missing its mark, against the individual who flung it. A. C. Galt. Victoria, Feb. 29th, 1904. THE ZINC QUESTION. (By A. C. Garde.) T N regard to a recent resolution passed by the Asso- ■*■ dated Silver-Lead Mines of British Columbia, the intention of that organization was to ask the Dominion Government for financial assistance for the purpose of exploring the fields of British Columbia as to their value in zinc ores. We do not think that this would involve any considerable amount, and in doing so we express the desire of atteast two-thirds of the silver-lead miners of the country. This is not a matter of local interest alone,' but of national import. If we have in Canada large deposits of zinc ores, which we in British Columbia are assured we. have, and knowing as all practical mining men do, the diverse nature of different zinc ores and what treatment is applicable to each class of zinc ores might be totally inapplicable to other trades, the importance to the whole of Canada of a thorough research of the nature, extent, commercial importance, and practicability of treatment of zinc ores, must strike any one who will study the question as one of vital importance. We are asking the Associated Board of Trade to back us in our resolution, and I have no doubt that these bodies will respond heartily as as they always have done in matters of general interest. We admit that the selection of the specialist to examine our zinc resources in British Columbia is one of the essential features, and having therefore suggested Professor Walter Renton Ingalls, of Boston, whom everybody justly considers eminent in his profession. Our idea is thaf he should make a general study of the zinc resources of British Columbia as to the grade of ores for spelter production, etc., and to give his opinion as to the best methods for development of the industry in general. In short, we want a report that includes the commercial features as well, and will be useful in furthering the zinc mining and metallurgical industry of British Columbia. It will not alone aid the new zinc industry, but also the present silver-lead industry. These minerals are so closely associated that there is no distinct line between them, and development of zinc fields will undoubtedly lead to new discoveries of silver-lead ores at the same time. Tt is possible that objections will be raised by Canadians towards employing American talent for the investigation of Canadian resources, and indeed it would )e most fortunate if any of our engineers in Canada could fill the want, but the zinc question is a specialty where an intimate knowledge and study is required, and it would therefore be to the benefit of Canada to employ the very best authority in preference to any one who would be only fairly well familiar with the subject, but not a specialist on same. That the resources of the country as to zinc-bearing ores are very extensive, I have no hesitancy in stating. That the ores as to their physical features in the different districts, vary a great deal, is also beyond question. If we can solve this zinc problem it will undoubtedly add a new field for prosperity and investment, but we realize that we cannot do this alone. Capital will be required for investment, both for developing the zinc mines and for treatment of the ores. British Columbia offers in many respects a most excellent opportunity for reduction works. The demand for spelter on the Coast and in the Orient is growing very rapidly indeed. The question of fuel, labour, freight rates, and many other points that are to be considered in smelting enterprises are favourable. I have gone into the matter quite extensively during the past two years and it would seem to me as a business enterprise it offers an excellent opportunity for capital to invest. w BRITISH COLUMBIA IN LONDON. (From our Special Correspondent.) ITH. the shadow of war hanging over the Stock Markets, it is not surprising that little or no inclination has been shown on the part of the public to extend its interests in mining shares. Throughout 1903 investors displayed absolute apathy with regard to all classes of mining descriptions and so far in 1904 they have had little or no encouragement to exhibit a more lively interest in the Mining Market. The conditions as a whole are satisfactory, but with Russia and Japan ready to fly at one another's throats there is a natural inclination- to adopt the most cautious attitude in view of the grave possibilities which such a conflict might entail. And while, this crisis lasts there is little likelihood of any material recovery in the Mining Market. What would happen if a peaceful settlement of the Far Eastern Question was achieved, it is difficult to say, but it is probable that there would be a very pronounced recovery in prices all down the list, and a material increase in the volume of business. • Undoubtedly the country is still suffering from the after effects of the prolonged South Africa war, and it will be several years before it can fully recover from the strain upon its resources caused by that costly struggle, but the tension during this elongated political crisis has been so acute that its termination would certainly be the signal for a more generous support to all classes of public securities. Mines have been so severely deprecated—often quite unwarrantably—that they would probably show proportionately the greatest resiliency. How far British Columbians would recover from such changed market conditions it is> difficult to say. Certainly they could not well be more disappointing than they have been of T THE MINING RECORD. 101 late. Since I last wrote there has been little in the way of incident to disturb the serene appearance of this section. Now and again the Le Rois feebly flicker on the receipt of information from Rossland, but changes in prices are infrequent, and quotations are often quite nominal. The Snowshoe circular with regard to the proposed amalgamation with the B. C. Copper Co. attracted some attention, as did also a statement that application had been made by the debenture holders of the Kettle River Power Company for the appointment of a receiver, but the doings of the London & B. C. Goldfields group have been so disappointing of late that even this development caused little or no interest outside the very small circle concerned in this concern. The cablegram received by Mr. Turner, giving the salient points contained in the bulletin recently issued by the Government Bureau of Information, was published by all the leading papers and frequently commented upon favourably, and should prove an excellent advertisement for the Province. Your daily contemporaries will of course have dealt fully with the Whitaker Wright trial. The group of companies controlled by Mr. Whitaker Wright was ruthlessly exposed by the prosecuting counsel, and the jury had little difficulty in arriving at a verdict of guilty; but no one was prepared for the sensational denouement which followed the sentence of seven years imprisonment passed upon the manipulator of other people's money. In dealing with the misdeeds of Mr. Whitaker Wright you will remember that I have never hesitated to state that his malpractices had brought him within reach of the law, and that he would be convicted if only he could be brought to trial. Well, it is all over now, and he has even at the end defeated that justice which he has so long defied. Thousands have suffered from his financial legerdemain, and B. C. has only cause for regret that he ever turned his attention to it. The downfall of the British America Corporation, and the disrepute into which the two Le Rois and the rest of the group have fallen have done more to divert attention from the mining possibilities of the Province than anything else that has yet happened in its history. But rehabilitation must come. A country that is able to produce practically $20,000,000 a year from its mines "notwithstanding strikes which paralyzed the industry in the early part of the year," and that will assuredly improve upon these figures in succeeding years, will win on its merits. Hitherto it has been the sport of unscrupulous promoters. Let us hope that it will ere long prove by results its claim to rank amongst the world's greatest producers of both the baser and precious metals. "The Mining Year Book" for 1904, which has just been published by the proprietors, "The Financial Times," Ltd., has been further improved, if that was possible—and now forms one of the most useful reference books dealing with mining companies, their history, personnel and operations. The scope of the book is comprehensive in a superlative degree, and its method of arrangement excellent, in every respect. As a rule books of this kind are sectionized to such an extent that it is often a difficult matter to quickly turn up any particular company. In the Mining Year Book this drawback is obviated by the arrangement of all the companies dealt with in simple alphabetical order, irrespective of their field of operations. The whole aim of the editor has been to enable a rapid reference to any one of the 4,000 odd companies dealt with in the present edition, and from a careful examination of its pages. I am more than- satisfied that Mr. Jackman has thoroughly fulfilled the task he set himself. The book is already accepted as a valuable reference aid to all engaged in mining. Its 1,500 pages (demy 8 vo.) form a complete digest of information concerning every important mining company in the world known to the London market. By a reference to it one is able to see at a glance who are the officials, how its finances stand, where it is operating, what its past history is, and in fact every essential feature is given which is necessary to form a rapid opinion as to its position. By means of the plan adopted in the compilation of the book the salient features of the past year's accounts can be easily contrasted with those of the preceding year, and the same remark applies to the ore reserves, outputs and dividends. Amongst the prefatory matter there is an able article on recent mining developments all over the world from the pen of that well known authority, Mr. J. W. Broomhead. There are directories of directors, secretaries, mining engineers and metallurgists, the last mentioned being a special feature of the work which it is intended to extend in future editions. In addition to the names of mining engineers and metallurgists, their qualifications and the companies for which each firm or individual acts is also given. I am in a position to state that the editor of the Mining Year Book will be pleased to receive the names and addresses and particulars as to business, experience, etc., of those mining engineers and metallurgists, not given in the present issue, for inclusion in subsequent editions. This section is, in my opinion, one of the most valuable in the whole book. If we turn from the general to the particular there is ample to interest those engaged in mining operations in Canada, and of course, British Columbia. Mr. Broomhead has a good word to say for the .Province in his article; in the section devoted to "Sketch Maps and Statistics of the Principal British. Gold-producing Colonies," British Columbia is placed first, one page being given up to the output statistics from 1852 to 1902 and another to a map showing the principal (Southern) mining divisions. . Le Roi and Le Roi No. 2 occupy a page between them, and it will give your readers some idea of the completeness of the book when I add that full information is furnished with regard to all those companies which have been formed since 1896 to exploit British Columbia. In some cases unfortunately this has to be given in the reference list of directors or deceased concerns, for quite a number of the Canadian mining companies have peacefully passed away during the last twelve months. The book is a veritable mine of wealth for reference purposes. From personal experience I can testify as to the labour in connection with a book of this kind, the minute attention to detail that is required, the incessant pegging away at secretaries for 102 THE MINING RECORD. information, and the care necessary in the revision of proofs when all the matter has been collated. To be valuable a reference book must be comprehensive, and absolutely accurate. "The Mining Year Book" fulfils both these requirements, and its editor is to be congratulated upon the attainment of this ideal. COMPANY MEETINGS AND REPORTS. LE ROI. IN their report to shareholders the Directors state: The operations for the year resulted, as shown in the accounts, in a profit of £80,242, arrived at after writing off £32,015 in respect of development, and £19,148 for depreciation of plant, machinery, buildings, etc., at the rhine and smelter. It will be seen from the report that during the year under review, 172,669 dry tons of ore were mined and shipped to the Northport smelter, the gross value amounting to $2,307,- 069 equal to $13.36 per ton. In addition, the ore shipped from the dump to Northport amounted to 7,195 tons, with a gross value of $80,368, equal, to $11.17 per ton. It will be seen by reference to the accounts that the liabilities of the company at the 30th June, 1903, were £202,209, and the liquid assets were £294,830. There was ,rfnisa>sur7 plus of liquid assets over liabilities of £92,621, As compared with a deficiency of £5,512 at 30th June, 1902; showing an improvement of upwards of £98,000 in the comparative ^position of the company during the year. During the year under review a considerable body of gpW ore was found on the 1,050 foot level of the mine, and ex^~ ploration work was carried on in various parts of the property, particularly at the 1,350 foot level, jn the hope of finding other bodies of payable ore. Recently, as the shareholders have already been advised, a large body of ore, running from $10 to $20 per ton, of which the extent is not yet. ascertained, is reported by the General Manager to have been discovered on the 1,350 foot level. Th« Manager has submitted the following:— Review of Mining Operations.—During the business year of the company the work of mining ore was confined almost wholly to what is known as the "middle vein." The condition in which I found the mine at the outset— I mean in regard to its having been stripped of practically all of the high grade ore located up to that time, a circumstance with which Mr. Mackenzie made you familiar by his letters—made it a difficult task for me to obtain ore of a value sufficient to meet our operating expenses. I feel that the work done in search of new and "pay" bodies of ore has in a large measure been justified. On the 1,050 foot level a body of ore has been disclosed which has well repaid the cost entailed in finding it. Below the 1,050 level the extent of the same body is, so far as prospected, somewhat limited. Nothing has'been found upon the 1,200 foot level. On the upper levels we have had variable results in mining ore and in prospecting for it. On the whole, however, the result of the work done has been gopd. The new development work carried on from the 1,350 foot level has been by diamond drilling and cross-cutting. To the north, or towards the hanging wall of the vein, I have found nothing to warrant the expenditure of more money and have discontinued work here 'for the present at least. In drilling to the south, or towards the footwall of the vein, the existence of a highly mineralized zone has been disclosed by seven diamond drill holes. The mineralization has occurred, judging from these holes, at a distance of from 160 feet on the extreme east of the property to 225 feet in the most westerly hole—which is about 200 feet from the westerly boundary of your ground. In view of the foregoing development I have in two instances cross-cut south to the vein matter and in each instance found ore of smelting value which has been shipped. I regret to say, however, that I have not as yet found any solid masses of ore from which a large tonnage could be mined. Ore Reserves.—As I have found that the values in the ore we have mined recently are irregular—the "faces" of the stopes changing materially from day to day—I am not disposed to make an estimate of the quantities and values of the ores in "sight" at the close of our business year. To assume such a task would be foolhardy in view of the fact that masses of ore which to all outward appearances are practically worthless, may really contain high values, and vice versa. Mr. Mackenzie, your former General Manager, estimated the reserves of the mine at June 30th, 1902, as equal to 447,- 358 tons of an average grade of $9.96. In making this estij mate he used Mr. R. J. Frecheville's report dated 4th December, 1901, as a basis, and added the tonnage developed during the seven months immediately following the date mentioned. The valuation was made upon the prices of metals then prevailing, which were:—Gold $20 per oz., silver, 53 cents per oz., and copper 11 1-2 cents per lb. As the metals we have marketed during this year were settled for at the refinery on a basis averaging as follows:—Gold $20 per oz., silver 50.82 cents per oz., and copper 12.54 cents per lb., the estimated value referred to would be thereby increased, approximately 25 cents per ton. Subtracting the tonnage we have mined during the year, which carried average values of $I3-36 per ton, our reserves may be assumed to be 274,689 tons of an average value of $8.22, or 221,396 tons of an average value of $10.21 per ton based upon the quotations last mentioned. Of course, I have not included in these figures the tonnage of ore which has been developed during the year fori the reason that it is difficult to arrive at an approximate estimate concerning it. I believe, however, that the ore "in sight" in the mine on June 30th last was fully as great as ■^he quantity in evidence at the time I assumed charge four months previously. It would, therefore, I think, be fair to add an additional tonnage of 51,120, ol an average value of $11.35, to our reserves of first class ore. Our second class dumps on June 30th, 1902, were supposed to contain about 87,000 tons of ore of an average value of about $7.50 per ton. As we shipped about 7,195 tons during the past year we may assume the tonnage of dump ore on hand at the close of the year to be approximately 80,000 tons. The 1902 estimate of metallic contents of this ore was under conditions which rendered it extremely difficult, if not impossible, to obtain a fair average of the entire dumps. Numerous samples were assayed, and every precaution was taken in an effort to make the estimate as accurate as possible, but I fear it is probable that when the final "clean up" is made the returns will show a shortage both in contents and values. Ore Production, Etc.—The ore mined and shipped to North- port during the year amounted to 172,669.259 dry tons, its metal values averaging: Gold .443 oz., silver .6 oz., copper 1.655 per cent, per ton. Its gross value was $2,307,069.70, equal to $13.36 per ton. The location and area of the ore extracted is shown by heavy black contour lines on the vertical projection of the workings which accompanies this report. Mining operations were carried on continuously during the year—the only stoppages which occurred being on "shift" Sundays and public holidays. The second class ore shipped to Northport during the year amounted to 7,195-69 tons. It contained average metal values of gold .386 ozs., silver .53 ozs., and copper 1.27 per cent, per ton. As the average value of the ore mined during the year was equal to $13.36 per ton, and the entire operating expenses for the same period $11,370 per ton, a profit of $1.99 is shown to have been made on the first class ore, equal to $343,611.82. The gross value of the'second class ore shipped being $11,177 per ton, and the total expense of handling and treating same $6.34 per ton, the profit assumed to have been made on this ore is, therefore, $4,837 per ton, or $34809.30. Working Costs.—The books show that our operating expenses, which embrace mining, freighting of ore, smelting and realization of matte values were equal to $11,370 per ton THE MINING RECORD. 108 during the year. The subjoined table gives the comoarativp nnH -> mnK .„»„,-.* „,..u_j _* . r u . lt Hfte „^^«^ tv,;„ u—j f- it. >.uujjjarauve ana a more accurate method of sampling between the mm« costs under this head for the years 1901, 190a and 1903:- and the smelter is resorted to, it is Per ton, 1901. Su>i>'":^ and loading on railroad.. .$3,487 ■ - Kplorat ion ,423 Depreciation— Mine equipment 080 Surface improvements 050 Mine machinery 106 Pearl and ruby claims & sundries Freight on ore to smelter 510 Smelter expense 4.465 Depreciation of smelter plant er ton, Per to 1902, ioo impossible to estimate our slag losses over a given period with any degree of accuracy. It is probable that our losses under this head were not greater in 1902-3 than during previous years, and that the excess $3-ioo $2,715 amount shown would be "taken up" in the differences in sam- .451 .899 pling and assaying, or even—in a measure at least—by the metals which become scattered throughout the smelter yards. 081' D Kemew of M%nt Expenditwrt.—During the year the gross expenditures for operating and equipping the mine amounted to $618,802.57. .138 .061 .400 4.205 .no Interest and discounting«Bkeftrt5Vd only to a waste oTyour Loadin« sec°nd class or. 004 144 on 367 1 he amount expended on Revenue account segre- 319 gated as below, was :— 208 Stoping ore from mine .. .. . .$468,778 21 CARIBOO HYDRAULIC 2,224 79 $471,003 00 The amount expended on Capital account, segre- The Manager, Mr. J. B. Hobson, reports as follows, review gated as below was:— ing operations during the season of 1903: Surface improvements and buildings $ 290 14 The past season turned out a most disappointing one, f< Furniture 273 90 the reason that the 26 inches of well-settled snow that laid c Mine equipment 7,617 25 the watershed at the end of March, went off mainly by evai Exploration and development 149,601 57 oration under the influence of the cold frosty weather, accon panied by the northerly -winds that prevailed during tl $157,782 86 months of April and May; and afforded barely sufficient wati Less Credit for machinery sold, etc 9>983 29 to operate the mines S3 days and 7 hours, with a quantity <J water varying from 2,000 to 2,500 miner's inches, being 1 $T47.799 57 days and 8 hours short of the time run during the season q 1902, 50 days and 18 hours short of the washing time report The sum charged to "Profit and Loss" distributed ed for season 1901, and 118 days and 6 hours short of th| as follows, was:— washing time reported for season 1900. Stoping ore from mine $468,778 21 ihe season' mining operations were divided into two runl Rossland Miner P. & P. Co 1,425 61 as follows:— Depreciation:— Surface improvements and buildings u.035 5^ Machinery and plant 24,867 38 Mine equipment I4i005 54- Exploration and development 155.274 55 Assay and surveyors' instruments 169 5° Furniture • • • ■ 604 94 Pearl and Ruby claims 1.025 63 $677,186 94 Washing was commenced on the 3rd bench in Pit No. i on the 21st day of April, was continued for a period of 45 day$ and 7 hours, ending July 15th. During the progress of thfl run 111,083 miner's inches of water were used to wash out A slide of indurated volcanic mud, containing about 68,000 cubic yards, that came into the excavation from the north-) west rim on the big bend of the channel north of Dancing Bill Gulch, and 248,000 cubic yards of the rocky deposits 01 the 3rd bench, making a total of 316,000 cubic yards for th< run, from which was recovered 2,11585-100 ounces of gold During the year the sum of $149,601.57 was expended on valued at $36,032.94, an average yield' of 14 53-100 cents P«the development of the mine. The details of the work per- cubic yard for the 248,000 cubic yards of gravel and slid formed and costs, are as follows:— rock washed from the 3rd bench, which was carried up 1j the face of the main bank. About half the washing time was applied to the excav? tion of the rocky cuts required to accommodate the right arj left branches of Sluice No. 1, which were advanced 740 fe(— on the right and 704 feet on the left side of the excavation.] Combination Shaft Work. The second run, commenced on the 21st day of July, » Peyton Shaft eluded a period of 8 days, ending with the exhaustion of tl|tation Cutting water supply on the ist day of August. During the progre\ ^°?j5_ *|'. of the run 16,000 miner's inches were used to wash out aDouKwjuzjn_ ' , 12,000 cubic yards of slide rock that came into the excavatioipro9S.cuttjng from the south-west rim, and 44,000 cubic yards of gravel lifting. from the main bank, making a total of 56,000 cubic yards foTl'rospecting 'the run, from which was recovered 52324-100 ounces of golSOpen Cuts.......■■■■••■• ■ •• • • . Z.J. . -77 . io „Jniamond Drill Station (I,aooj valued at $8,910.76, an average yield of 2025-100 cents, PJKj™ °nd Drill Station (1,350] cubic yard for the 44,000 cubic yards of gravely washed froipeyton Tunnel and Open Cuti the main bank. The right-hand branch of Sluice No. 1 w jpeyton Tunnel Cross Cut. advanced 45 feet, making the advancement of sluices amouj 'diamond Drilling to a total of 1,489 feet for the season. The grade of the deposits of the 3rd bench increased graq ally as the workings were carried up channel towards il main bank, but the immense deposits of slide rock, foul lying next to the north-east rim, on line of left branch j Sluice No. 1, replaced a large area of the pay strata, and call ed a material reduction in the average yield oi the groul worked. The removal of this immense deposit of brokj angular rock retarded the progress of the work, and addj Footage. Cost. go $9,763.57 50 1,517.20 2,766.59 .... 1,639.62 588 %\ 13,874.98 69 2,563.85 2.453 34.5a9'49 3.799 57>°56.07 45.88 135 25 185.31 130.43 4.75344 12 315.90 6,123^ 20,423.99 13,185 $149,601,57 Colt i«-i ft. 108 48 3° 34 23 57 37 15 • I 07 15 01 17 99 3 33 The accompanying plan shows the workings wher- si •ver possible. They can be distinguished by the hatched lines. ' The Northport Smelting Works.—These works are situated at Washington, U. S. A., and are distant seventeen miles from the Le Roi mine with which they are connected by the >okane Falls and Northern Railway, a branch of the Great « * »« 104 THE MINING RECORD. Northern System. The full capacity of the plant provides for the treatment of 1,200 to 1,500 tons of ore daily. It consists of six large water jacket copper matting furnaces, three calcining furnaces, pug mills, briquetting machines, etc. The various mechanical appliances are in a first class condition. Smelter Expenditure.—As already mentioned under the heading of "Working Costs" our expenses at the smelter have been abnormally high owing to the recent strike at Fernie, B.C., which necessitated the closing down of our furnaces for some weeks, and also by reason of the fact that for a long period we were unable to obtain adequate supplies of coke from any sources. The details of the expenditure are given below:— The total working expenses for the year, segregated as follows, amounted to:— Smelting ores $808,46202^ Matte charges \ . . I. .. 101,564 10 The total expenditure on Capital account,/made up as follows, was:— Buildings $72301 Credited with 258 04 Bins, trestles and roast yards Brick chimneys, etc Water and fire protection system Machinery 9,175 64 Credited with 182 67 Tramway and equipment 3,199 24 Credited with 3 88 Sundry items not classified Less Sewage system and Sidewalks— Credited with ' ) 10,026 12 464 97 570 3§_ 99448 4Cf2 21 8,992 97 3.195 36 . . 16 00 $14,636 37 " 178 12 I n $14,458 25 General Remarks.-^-Thz profit made during the year, after making the very liberal allowances previously referred to,1, amounts to $366,309.11. To this should be added the sum of $68,487.01 which represents the amount realized from the •ore stocks and furnace bottoms on hand at June 20, 1902, over ~ and above the valuation placed upon them at that date. The y difference between the sum gained in mining the first class ~ ore and the total profit of the year is made up of the earn- 5 ings of the smelter in the treatment of "custom ores." l The matte shipped during the year was 5,823.362 tons, o'f a L nett value of $2,332,393.11, equal to $400.52 per ton. The ores a smelted amounted to 187,232.64 tons of which 36,115.958 tons * were purchased. The company's holdings in the name of the Northport \ Smelting and Refining Company, Limited, remain the same as on June 30th, 1902. Besides the smelter and the ground/ upon which it is situated, they comprise a half interest in th/ I Northport Water System; 95 acres of land adjoining the £ Northport Townsite; an undivided fourth interest in the plat-td ted Northport Townsite; the quarry from which the excellent \e limestone used at the smelter is obtained; and a group of L mining claims known as the La Fleur-Comstock, situated near,"-i- Repubhc, Ferry County, Washington. Tl chased four years ago for $49,500. Conclusion.—My belief is that the vein which" we are now UI prospecting on the 1,350 foot level is the South or Black Bear se vein. _ Its extent is so great that a cross-cut of over 300 feet )f in vein matter has not yet reached the footwall. The pros- is pecting of a vein of this width with the length of ore occur- ii rence is necessarily an undertaking requiring time, patience U and the expenditure of money—how much, will entirely de- id pend upon the results of the work. I cannot but feel that the to future of your mine depends largely upon this development, fes in saying this, I do not wish to convey the impression that j hese claims were pur- there are not very important values developed and being developed on the upper levels, but the prospecting there has been merely in the large South vein. The question of the best method of handling the ores which will not bear the smelting costs is a matter to which I aim now giving serious attention. As soon as the experiments I am making are completed,I shall be prepared to make a i ^ commendation in the premises. I have made certain changes at the smelter, by means of which our smelting methods have been improved and our working costs reduced. I am endeavouring to build up as large a "custom" business as possible, and to this end am using every effort. I believe that the smelter is one of the company's most valuable assets. Respectfully submitted, ~tEen~pfevamng;—mm ^JS^H&SBiSH, General Manager. cents per oz., and copper 11 1-2 cents per lb. As fHeTirerais we have marketed during this year were settled for at the refinery on a basis averaging as follows:—Gold $20 per oz., silver 50.82 cents per oz., and copper 12.54 cents per lb., the estimated value referred to would be thereby increased, approximately 25 cents per ton. Subtracting the tonnage we have mined during the year, which carried average values of $13-36 per ton, our reserves may be assumed to be 274,689 tons of an average value of $8.22, or 221,396 tons of an average value of $10.21 per ton based upon the quotations last meiitkmed. Of course, I have not included in these figures the tonnage of ore which has been developed during the year for the season that it is difficult to arrive at an approximate estimate/concerning it. I believe, however, that the ore "in \siglrt"/n the mine on June 30th last was fully as great as ra&Tfuantity in evidence at the time I assumed charge four months previously. It would, therefore, I think, be fair to add an additional tonnage of 51,120, of an average value of $11.35, to our reserves of first class ore. Our second class dumps on June 30th, 1902, were supposed to contain about 87,000 tons of ore of an average value of about $7.50 per ton. As we shipped about 7,195 tons during the past year we may assume the tonnage of dump ore on hand at the close of the year to be approximately 80,000 tons. The 1902 estimate of metallic contents of this ore was under conditions which rendered it extremely difficult, if not impossible, to obtain a fair average of the entire dumps. Numerous samples were assayed, and every precaution was taken in an effort to make the estimate as accurate as possible, but I fear it is probable that when the final "clean up" is made the returns will show a shortage both in contents and values. Ore Production, Etc.—The ore mined and shipped to North- port during the year amounted to 172,669.259 dry tons, its metal values averaging: Gold .443 oz., silver .6 oz., copper 1-655 per cent, per ton. Its gross value was $2,307,069.70, equal to $13.36 per ton. The location and area of the ore extracted is shown by heavy black contour lines on the vertical projection of the workings which accompanies this report. Mining operations were carried on continuously during the year—the only stoppages which occurred being on "shift" Sundays and public holidays. The second class ore shipped to Northport during the year amounted to 7,19569 tons. It contained average metal values of gold .386 ozs., silver per ton. •53 ozs., and copper 1.27 per cent. As the average value of the ore mined during the year was equal to $13.36 per ton, and the entire operating expenses for the same period $11,370 per ton, a profit of $1.99 is shown to have been made on the first class ore, equal to $343,611.82. The gross value of the 'second class ore shipped being $11,177 per ton, and the total expense of handling and treating same $6.34 per ton, the profit assumed to have been made on this ore is, therefore, $4,837 per ton, or $34,809.30. Working Costs.—The books show that our operating expenses, which emhrace mining, freighting of ore, smelting and realization of matte Values were equal to $11,370 per ton THE MINING RECORD. 107 were also made with Cosons Bros., who are responsible parties, for the care of the company's property at the mine. Certain ground leases granted to various parties by the company have been cancelled and the documents relating to such cancellations are on file. All accounts owing by the company in connection with the operation of the mine have been paid. An inventory of all the company's property at the mine has been prepared and is on file. Having had charge of the development of the mine from its inception, and having made frequent personal examination of the workings, I am thoroughly familiar with everything pertaining to it. I have carefully reviewed the whole situation in respect to the property and as the development at depth has been so disappointing in its result I am satisfied that further expenditure in the hope of locating new bodies of profitable ore would be likely to lead only to a waste of your money. CARIBOO HYDRAULIC. The Manager, Mr. J. B. Hobson, reports as follows, reviewing operations during the season of 1903: The past season turned out a most disappointing one, for the reason that the 26 inches of well-settled snow that laid on the watershed at the end of March, went off mainly by evaporation under the influence of the cold frosty weather, accompanied by the northerly -winds that prevailed during the months of April and May; and afforded barely sufficient water to operate the mines 53 days and 7 hours, with a quantity of water varying from 2,000 to 2,500 miner's inches, being 12 days and 8 hours short of the time run during the season of 1902, 50 days and 18 hours short of the washing time reported for season 1901, and 118 days and 6 hours short of the washing time reported for season 1900. ihe season' mining operations were divided into two runs as follows:— Washing was commenced on the 3rd bench in Pit No. 1 on the 21st day of April, was continued for a period of 45 days and 7 hours, ending July 15th. During the progress of the run 111,083 miner's inches of water were used to wash out a slide of indurated volcanic mud, containing about 68,000 cubic yards, that came into the excavation from the northwest rim on the big bend of the channel north of Dancing Bill Gulch, and 248,000 cubic yards of the rocky deposits of the 3rd bench, making a total of 316,000 cubic yards for the run, from which was recovered 2,11585-100 ounces of gold, valued at $36,032.94, an average yield' of 14 53-ioo cents per cubic yard for the 248,000 cubic yards of gravel and slide rock washed from the 3rd bench, which was carried up to the face of the main bank. About half the washing time was applied to the excavation of the rocky cuts required to accommodate the right and left branches of Sluice No. 1, which were advanced 740 feet on the right and 704 feet on the left side of the excavation. The second run, commenced on the 21st day of July, included a period of 8 days, ending with the exhaustion of the water supply on the ist day of August. During the progress of the run 16,000 miner's inches were used to wash out about 12,000 cubic yards of slide rock that came into the excavation from the south-west rim, and 44,000 cubic yards of gravel from the main bank, making a total of 56,000 cubic yards for the run, from which was recovered 523 24-100 ounces of gold, valued at $8,910.76, an average yield of 2025-100 cents per cubic yard for the 44,ooo cubic yards of gravel washed from the main bank. The right-hand branch of Sluice No. 1 was advanced 45 feet, making the advancement of sluices amount to a total of 1,489 feet for the season. The grade of the deposits of the 3rd bench increased gradually as the workings were carried up channel towards the main bank, but the immense deposits of slide rock, found lying next to the north-east rim, on line of left branch ot Sluice No. 1, replaced a large area of the pay strata and caused a material reduction in the average yield of the ground worked. The removal of this immense deposit of J>roken, angular rock retarded the progress of the work, and added materially to the cost of mining and the excavation'of cuts required for the advancement of left brench of Sluice No. 1. The results of the second run is encouraging, and indicates a continuation of the high-grade deposits that gave such satisfactory results prior to the season of 1901, when enormous deposits of slide rock from the rims were found replacing large areas of the high-grade strata composing the main body of the fill found between the rims of the ancient river, (see cross and longitudinal sections accompanying reports). The light gold output may be laid to the short water supply, the working time lost in removing large masses of slide rock, encountered while carrying the workings up stream, and excavating cuts for advancement of sluice branches. Summary of the Season's Mining Operations. Total time occupied in washing Pit No. 1 . .53 days, 7 hours Total quantity of water used 127,083 miner's inches Quantity of gravel, clay and rock washed: Gravel from third bench 248,000 cubic yards. Gravel from main bank 44,000 Slides from rims of old workings and indurated volcanic mud 68,000 Bed rock slide 12,000 Total quantity washed 372,000 Average duty of water per miner's inch 292-100 cubic yds. Gold product for season 2,639.09 Troy ounces. Value of gold $44943-70 The receipts and expenditure attending the operation of the company's mines for the season will be found distributed in detail in the following statement:— Mine Operating Expenses for 1003.—Expenditure. Mining Account:— Mining $i8",330 22 Excavation for sluices 8,703 00 -$27,033 22 Explosives:— Mining $ 7,4*8 15 Excavation for sluices 7,I20 00 14538 15 Sluice maintenance and extension 9,449 80 Portable hydraulic plant maintenance 37 33 South Fork Ditch maintenance 2>87o 28 Morehead Ditch maintenance 2,815 84 Camp maintenance I>1°9 59 Mine and camp light maintenance 398 46 Wagons and harness maintenance 144 07 Telephone maintenance 77 57 Prospecting account 729 22 Stationery and printing 283 47 Postage and Telegraph x34 34 Incidental expenses " 4° Land and leases (lease purchases, rentals, etc.)... 5.267 30 License account (free miner's certificates) no 00 Fire insurance ; , 8°3 ™ Travelling expenses (transportation of miners, etc) Mine office expenses Bullion expenses (royalty, insurance, transportation, etc.) x>63324 Management 5.228 i» Stable expenses 6*8 85 Tools and implements—Loss for season 288 70 6,039 87 1,307 00 Horses account Quicksilver account 190 00 242 69 Total operating expenses for season $81,45! 57 Receipts for Season 1903. Gold product for season $44,943 70 Profits on stores sold *1']%: c„ Total receipts for season ?47,ooo 89 Inventory.—There is on hand at the company's stores and mines, as per inventory made August 5th, 1003— 108 THE MINING RECORD. Miscellaneous provision stores, mining supplies, hydraulic Plant, etc $42,783 81 1 Explosives 20,764 59/ . Blacksmith stores 1,724 63 Quicksilver 2,644 60 — —$67,917 63 Horses $1,19200 Wagons, sleighs and harness 2,109 92 Saw logs, lumber, flats, fuel, sluice blocks, etc 7,943 74 Tools and implements 15.55/ 4° j 26,803 06 Total as per inventories $94,720 69 Water Supply.—The quantity of water available for use during season of 1903 was 52,437 miner's inches less than the quantity of water used during season of 1902J 131,167 miner's inches less than the quantity of water used during season of 1901, and 333,795 miner's inches less than/the quantity of water used during the season of 1900. Precipitation for season 1902 23-40/100 inches Precipitation for season 1903 17-48/100 " Less than precipitation for season 1902 5-92/100 /** Quantity.of water available and used / during season of 1902 179,520 miner's / inches Quantity of water available and used / during season of 1903 127,083 " / " The winter snowfall turned out again below the average for the district and fell 26 67-100 inches short of that reported for 1902. The spring and summer rains turned out also below the usual averages and fell 1 41-100 inches short of the precipitation reported for season of 1902. The snow went off during the months of April and May under the most unfavourable weather conditions, i.e., moderately warm days, cold nights accompanied with northerly winds and contributed but a small percentage of its water to the reservoir lakes. The unusual shortage in precipitation, together with the unfavourable weather conditions under which the snow went off, accounts for the shortage in the season's, water supply. SUMMARAY OF MINING OPERATIONS FROM THE TIME OF COMPLETION OF WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM IX 1898. < Precipitation in inches. Water used in Miner's inches. Time Run. Cubic Yards Gravel Washed 1.952,535 Product 1899 28-65/100 353,056 144 days, 8 hours $92,678 93 1900 30-67/100 460,878 171 " 13 " 1,843,938 350,085 77 1901 20-30/100 258,250 104 " 13 " 2,420,288 142,273 41 1902 23-40/100 179,520 65 -" 15 " 690,442 6i,395 19 1903 14-48/100 127,083 53 7 " 373,000 44,943 7° By reference to reports for 1899 it will be noted that the season's operations were confined, mainly, to cleaning out the deposits of boulders and debris left in bottom of old Chinese workings, and the low grade deposits of gravel and volcanic mud lying on the rims north and west of said old workings, which accounts for the light product, in proportion to the quantity of water used.' The precipitation for season 1900 was 3067-100 inches, and made, with the 100,000 inches carried over from 1900 480878 miner's inches of water available for use, a quantity'exceeding the estimated holding capacity of the reservoirs aggregating 470,370 miner's inches, as shown by the following table that accompanied the Hydrographic Map prepared in 1897 1 Ah P-i P CO Pi tt- H I tt O m I _. M 0 a\ 0 5* O « 0 s f~ 0 vo m 0* in ■*? 0 1 . -st I^ IO Z, fg H CI ■* § •* M O VO 0 O vo io i-l £h • CO M IO So O O O < (H O Q Q tO pt) O O O (A rt O 0 Q a OO O 0 fr* < ^r 10 .0 1 1 w to O | 0 a. OQ IOVO 00 to CO H 0 ■* <V co co Ol ta OWO vO *~2. ti < « 41 00 0 < OJ ■ 0 5 0 00 0 O y cd a4 05 00 0 VO O O VO u? O 0 t~- t^ J •* « W Hxaaa <+H <*-! V,-! 00 vo co CO Ov rl* covo co O 10 Q M O CN VO IOCO 10 »o •* ■* (Oh d vo CI IO 01 VO co Ov CO M W IH IO vO IO i-< 00 ^i- O co c^ O ij CO OvOO iohio N CO W U t-» o^ O 1000 10 w 0 M S < <J t-~ COOO co H O CI 00 CO M r^ ^- (N 10 CT\ O 0\ vO IO CO C-~ IO IO r^vo CTv VO o\ • "4 co 1-1 co m -3- to 1 £\ X) K V 0 -fj X n q to ■ o> 0 T3 T3 P4 . 55 C3 ea cd ^ • ^ ^ 1 V OJ OJ OJ 1 is !* - oj CD O 0 I «! • > > i 9 ■ 0 0 *> 0 0 0 -5 <s hI xi xi5 J 0 0 1^ rrt,M 01 < 01 V S3! ey's :jack n dit n dit cing ehea le La {-1 O i-I (-1 <D 0 0 3 '3 § & £ a By reference to Annual Report for 1901, and Section No. 4 on the longitudinal section accompanying this report, it will be noted that the intrusion of an immense deposit of slide rock replaced a large area of high-grade gravel and reduced the average yield of the ground. This condition, together with the light precipitation and short water supply, accounts for the reduced product for the season. The short water supply and inclusion of large deposits of slide rock in the lower bench accounts for the light product for the seasons of 1902 and 1903. The tables indicate that the gold product is dependent mainly, upon copious precipitation and a water supply ample to operate the mine full time with at least 2,500 miner's inches of water during the open season, including a period of about six months, commencing on or before May ist and ending on or about November ist. It is, therefore, evident that the precipitation must return to what it was prior to 1894, as reported by government -agents and old settlers, varying each season, with few exceptions, from 30 to 40 inches annually, or the company's catchment canals must be extended to control a much larger area of watershed, or to some stream affording an abundant and permanent flow of water throughout the open season. Surveys are now under way to determine the possibility and probable cost of extending the company's system to a source that will insure an abundant and permanent water supply that will be ample to carry operations over seasons of light precipitation. The heavy precipitation recorded for September ultimo, THE MINING RECORD. 109 amounted to 624-100 inches, and caused the water in the storage reservoirs to rise as follows:— .Morehead Lake, rise 86 in., being now 13 in. lower than maximum height. Polley's Lake, rise 20 in., being now 3 in. higher than for 1903. Bootjack Lake, rise 15 in., being now 5 in. higher than for 1903. With so large a quantity of water on hand in the storage reservoirs the outlook is certainly favourable for a good water supply for the ensuing season. Condition of the Mine.—To better illustrate the subject I "have prepared, and append hereto a longitudinal section on Tine of workings, and a cross section on line of proposed sluice tunnel site No. 2. By reference to the longitudinal section you will note that all the ground in the third bench, including sections Nos. 5 and 7, has been worked out up to the face of the main bank, leaving a shallow bench of ground between sluice No. 1 and "bed-rock as bench No. 4, extending from the point where sluice No. 1 goes above bed-rock at "A," about 1,110 feet to "the face of the main bank. Sections 1 a, 1 b, and portion of 1 c were worked out by the Chinese, who reported a gold recovery of $900,000. The -Cariboo Hydraulic Mining Companies worked out the remainder of sections 1 a, I b, and I c, and recovered therefrom •$128,000. The Cariboo Hydraulic Mining Company worked section No. 2 and recovered therefrom gold valued at $400,000. The Consolidated Cariboo Hydraulic Mining Company worked section No. 3 during season of 1900 and recovered therefrom $350,085.77. Section No. 4 was worked out in 1901 and produced $142,273.41 Sections Nos. 5 and 6 were worked out ■during the season of 1902. Section No. 5 produced $35,395.19, and section No. 6 produced $26,000.00, a total of $61,395.19. Sections Nos. 7 and 8 were washed during season of 1903. Section No. 7 produced $36,032.94, and section No. 8 produced •$8,910.76, a total of $44,943.70; making the total gold product for the 2,370 feet of channel worked amount to $2,026,698.07 The bed-rock Cut "B," and Sluice Tunnel No. I, at site No. 1 should have been completed during the season of 1900, so that all the ground included in sections Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 and the fourth bench, included in section No. 9, could have "been washed through sluice, cut and tunnel at reduced cost for mining and sluice maintenance, but the delay in the delivery of the power drill plant and electric appliances, until late in 1901, made it impossible to complete either cut or "tunnel as expected. The sluice tunnel must be driven,, from either site No. 2 or •site No. 3,' during the season of 1904 to afford outlet to the -dumps for the ground worked during season of 1905. Since the sluice cut has been lowered and the branches of sluice section No. 1 have been carried up to the main bank, ■and the working face includes a greater depth of high-grade gravel than has been exposed' for washing since the opening •of the property, the mine is in better condition for continuous and profitable operation than it was at the opening of the -season of 1900, when $200,000.00 was netted out of a product ■of $350,085.77- The outlook for the ensuing season's operations is, therefore, very favourable for a large output, at reduced cost, •calculating, of course, on the precipitation being ample to •afford a good season's water supply. LE roi no 2. The Directors report as follows: "The Directors herewith ■submit the audited accounts of the company for the year end- September 30, 1903, stowing a balance to profit and loss account of £6,208 us. 5d-., which with £9,262 9s. 2d. brought forward from last year, gives £15,471 7d. available for distribution. "The Directors recommend that a dividend for the yearof one shilling per share be paid, free of income tax, absorbing -the sum of £6,000 and leaving a balance of £9,47! 7<1- to be icarried forward. "It will be observed that the local auditors have written off £14,870 12s. 3d. as depreciation on development work. The actual expenditure under this heading for the year has been £10,786 5s. 8d. "As the result of the year's working 31,100 tons of ore were raised, of which 17,550 tons were shipped to the smelter of an- average value of $20.69. The cost of realizing upon this amounted to $8,288 per ton, leaving the net returns from the smelter $217,750. "Since tne termination of the contract with the Northport smelter on August 16, 1903, a contract has been made with the British Columbia Copper Company in Greenwood for the treatment of the Josie output on more favourable terms. Shipments commenced on September 9 and returns for the current year up to December 31 show profits from shipments at the rate of slightly over £2,000 per month. "The Elmore oil concentration plant came into operation on November 7 last. So far it has only been considered advisable by the management to put through ore of a very low grade, averaging under $5, so as to enable those in control to gain experience of the working and technical difficulties of the process. It may be stated, however, with confidence that the ratio of concentration is entirely satisfactory, but it is as yet too early to speak with any certainty as to the cost per ton of the treatment of ore or the profits which may be expected to be derived from the sale of the concentrates." In his report Mr. Hill, the company's consulting engineer, says that in the past his attention has been devoted very largely to the Josie mine, but that in future he will direct considerable attention to the No. I mine. He hopes to ship 1,500 tons monthly from the mine and to realize therefrom a profit of at least $1 per ton. The company's profit-earning powers for the ensuing year are estimated as follows: Concentration of ore from dumps, 300 days at 50 tons per day—15,000 tons, at say $1 per ton profit—$15,000. Shipping ore from Josie mine, 12 months at 2,000 tons, 24,000 tons at say $4 per ton profit—$96,000. Shipping ore from No. 1 mine, 11 months at 1,500 tons, 16,000 tons, at say $1 per ton profit—$16,000. Total estimated profits, $127,000. WAR EAGLE. The annual general meeting of the War Eagle Consolidated Mining & Development Company was held in Toronto on February 23rd. The General Manager, Mr. E. B. Kirby, reported as follows:— "Developments to date show that the War Eagle mine has experieneced the same general change in the character of its ore deposits which has occurred in all other productive mines of the Rossland district, and which is the general rule throughout the mining districts of the world. This is the transition from the occurrence of high-grade bonanza ore bodies, capable of profit under the expensive process of smelting to masses of lower grade, requiring a cheaper treatment by milling. "As the bodies of smelting ore in the vein becomes less frequent and their average size diminishes, the proportion of this ore to the increasing quantity of development or dead work required to expose it rapidly lessens to a point where its profit is consumed by the cost of the dead work. The relief to be derived from milling will therefore be not only in the direct saving of cost expected, but also in the increased proportion of pay ore to development work, while the stoping of low-grade blocks will assist the exploration work by disclosing unknown bodies of smelting ore contained within their limits. "The ore sales during the year have been 60,039 tons, averaging $13 full assay value, or $9.87 smelter's gross assay value. The average assay contents were: Gold, 0.418 ounces; silver, 1.02 ounces; copper, 1.45 per cent. As shown by the profit and loss statement, the net profit for the year was $30,340.47, which with the amount charged off for depreciation of plant, etc., $38,171.74, shows an excess of revenue over expenditure of $68,512.21. The present reserves of M'lf' 110 THE MINING RECORD. smelting pay ore are estimated at about $20,000 tons, averaging $10 smelter's gross assay value. "A preliminary mill of 200 tons daily capacity, but designed for prompt enlargement to 400 tons, is now being built by the Rossland Power Company, Limited, and is located upon the the line of the Canadian Pacific near the town of Trail. It is expected to begin operations by early spring, affording the desired outlet for the milling ores of the War Eagle and Centre Star mines. "An examination of the cost sheet will show that the costs per foot for raises and drifts have been brought tp lower figures than hitherto, while the stoping cost has been kept down approximately to the minimum record. The width, shape and distribution of the War Eagle smelting ore bodies are not so favourable for cheap stoping as those of the Centre Star vein, so that even with the same skill and economy the minimum cost figure is necessarily highfer than that of the Centre Star vein. "The mine produced 60,093 tons of ore during 1903 of a real or full assay value of $13 per ton. The smelter net value of this ore f.o.b. cars at the mine was $5.31. The expense of production was $2.82 per ton. Development cost 44 cents per ton of ore shipped. The following charges are made per foot: Drilling, $17.06; winzing, $30.70; raising, $26.29; stoping, $2.90. "Since 1894, during which year the mine shipped 48/tons, the War Eagle has produced 240,465 tons of ore worth $5,- 152,109.11. With milling it is impossible to calculate the value of the ore that remains in the mine, but it is stupendous. "The past development of the mine has shown large bodies of ore too low in grade for smelting, but of sufficient grade to promise a handsome profit to successful milling. Now that the mill of the Rossland Power Company assures an outlet for these ores within a few months, their contents will soon be available. It is impossible to present any reliable estimate of their quantity or precise value, because their limits have not been denned, and until milling begins they cannot be exposed and sampled accurately without excessive expense. They occur in extensive bodies, and exposed very imperfectly by the mine workings, since these have in the past been directed to the exposure of smelting ore bodies only. "The serious obstacle presented to large scale milling by the so-called 2 per cent, tax imposed by the British Columbia Government upon the gross product of mines has not yet been removed. This tax has the peculiar effect of exacting an increasing proportion of the net profits as the grade of ore lowers. For instance, on milling grades of the War Eagle and other Rossland mines is will take anywhere from 10 to 20 per cent of the net profits, which greatly increases the difficulty of securing capital for milling operations. The disastrous effect of this tax in repressing the mining and milling of low-grade ores throughout the province has forced the mining communities to join in active measures for its repeal, and the matter is being steadily pressed by the Provincial Mining Association. It is hoped that the hew Legislature will not longer delay the relief so urgently demandedVlfr popular sentiment. 6 SOME NOTES FROM THE MINING CAMPS. THE COAST. IT is reported that active operations are to be commenced this spring on the Britannia mines, at Howe Sound, instructions having been received by the local Vancouver agents from New York to that effect. Should this report be true the working of the Britannia, which is undoubtedly one of the most remarkable deposits of low-grade copper ore in British Columbia, should appreciably affect this year's copper- gold production of the Coast districts. THE NEW ALSEK PLACERS. Mr. T. A. Dickson, a land surveyor resident at White Horse, affords the following interesting information anent the new Alsek diggings: The district in which these important placers have been found is situated about 160 miles- west of White Horse and 25 miles north, and is connected with White Horse by a fairly good trail. The diggings so- far discovered and partly worked are situated on the watershed of two rivers, Alsek and White. On the former are the two creeks, Fourth of July and Ruby, and on the latter Bullion and Sheep creeks. The White River is an important branch of the Yukon, and. flows to the north, and the Alsek River is an independent river, whicn flows south into the ocean through Alaskan territory. Bullion and Sheep creeks drain into Klaune Lake, a body of water 60 miles long, which is drained again .by the White River. The diggings are situate roughly, 75 miles east of the boundary between Alaska and Yukon Territory. There are sixty miners on Bullion Creek this winter sinking to- bed-rock on their claims. There is any quantity of spruce- fir in the district for lumber for building, fluming, etc., and the probabilities are a sawmill will be established there in the early summer. A number of miners left White Horse on the 25th January- last to sink to bed-rock on Fourth of July and Ruby creeks. The whole camp is controlled from White Horse for supplies^ police and mining recording, and already there is a patrol of Mounted Police in the district. The pioneer discovery partyr --headed by a Mr. Smith, got the discovery claims free, i.e., the^are exempt from the 2 per cent, royalty, and are thus, well repaid for the hardships endured in prospecting this valuable and vast tract of country. On Bullion Creek a hole xforty feetr by six yielded $750, and in short the field, from present report appears to be well worthy the miner's attention. ATLIN. The New Nimrod Company, Limited, has been registered* in England, with a capital of £75,000 in £1 shares, to adopt an agreement with the Nimrod Syndicate Limited, operating" in the Atlin district, to acquire and amalgamate the undertakings of certain companies therein mentioned (but not set forth in the registered documents), to carry on, assist, or participate in any financial, commercial, mercantile, industrial,, manufacturing, mining, and other business. No initial public issue. The number of directors is not to be less tharr three nor more than seven. The signatories are to appoint the first. Qualification, 200 shares. Remuneration, £525 per annum and 5 per cent, of the profits, divisible (such percentage not to exceed £2,000 in any year). CARIBOO. The snowfall this year has been exceptionally heavy, there being now five feet on the level, and consequently an ade- quat water supply for hydraulic mining purposes this season is practically assured. Meanwhile work is in steady progress- at the drift mines on Slough Creek and Willow River. KAMLOOPS. The B. C. Review (London) thus comments on the recent promotion of the Kamloops Mines, Limited: "As the result of a satisfactory report by their engineer,, the Ashanti Lands, Limited, have decided to take up their option with the B. C. Exploration Syndicate, and the result was seen last week in the issue of the prospectus of the Kamloops Mines, Limited. The capital is moderate, being placed at £150,000. The company acquires seven claims in the Kamloops district, the best known of which is the Iron Mask and' five claims in the Coast district of British Columbia, all of which are Crown-granted. The syndicate has actually spent in acquiring and developing these properties, £43,000. On the Iron Mask a shaft has been sunk to a depth of 500 feet, and 62,000 tons of ore are in sight, on which it is estimated a profit of £40,000 will be realized. It is proposed to place a concentrating plant on the property, capable of treating 50,00a tons per annum, from which a net profit of £27,560 per annum is estimated by the company's engineer, Mr. William Jones. The prospectus is a businesslike and straightforward document, there are no founders' shares, and no attempt to unduly water the capital; the vendors are selling their property THE MINING RECORD. Ill ■entirely for shares, and £20,000 is set apart for working capital. The issue last week consisted of 150,000 shares at par, and 300 6 per cent, debentures of £100 each, offered at 50 per ■cent, discount. This appears to us the only matter inviting -criticism, as although, of course, mining debentures are somewhat of a speculative holding, still when the engineer's report shows a net profit of £40,000 from the ore in sight, 12 per cent, seems rather a high price to pay for money. Debentures were only issued, however, on the terms that an ■equal number of ordinary shares had to be subscribed for. The minimum subscription on which the directors went to allotment was 12,500 shares, which were underwritten by two •of the directors for a commission of 5 per cent. The Iron Mask is under good local management, and should, from all .appearances, prove a profitable undertaking." SLOCAN. Several of the big mines near Sandon are now in active operation. The Ivanhoe concentrator is now in full running order and is producing both silver-lead and zinc concentrates. The Slocan Star has increased its force of workmen, and the Reco is employing some 40 men, and shipping at the rate of -ten tons a day. Upon the advice of an eminent Belgium metallurgist the Monitor Company has practically decided to install a special plant for saving the zinc contents of the ore this year. The Queen Bess, it is reported, formerly owned by an English company, has been acquired by Messrs. Potter ■& Zwicky, well known local mine operators, from the Bank of' Montreal. SLOCAN CITY DIVISION. In the Slocan City Mining Division, or the "dry ore belt," •as it is termed, activity since the commencement of the year has been decidedly marked, and there is every likelihood that this district will make in 1904 a far better showing than in 1903. Several of the larger producing properties are now held under leasehold rights and are being worked most successfully. Of these the Enterprise, where a working force of .35 men is now employed, is shipping steadily, while a carload of ore was shipped from the Lorna Doone last week. Shipments have also been made by the Hewitt and Com- -stock, the ore from the former yeilding $27.50 per ton deducting freight and treatment costs, and the latter 20 to 90 •oz. in silver and 50 to 60 per cent, lead to the ton, having an approximate net valuation per carload of a thousand dollars. NELSON. The annual general meeting of the B. C. Standard Mining ■Co., owning the Hunter V. mine at Ymir, was held in Nelson in February. The directors reported that a tramway ■equipped with 30 buckets of 1,000 pounds capacity each has been installed, and also a smaller subsidiary two-bucket system. A 200-ton ore bin has been constructed in addition to hunk and cook houses. The Hunter V. mine has been developed by a number of open cuts, shallow pits and drifts, an incline having since been run. On the Double Standard the shaft has been sunk a further 58 feet and a connection made with, the shaft on the hill. There are also on the Double Standard adits, drifts and open cuts, while ground sluicing exposed bed-rock for about 1,000 feet. Shipments are now being made to the smelters at Nelson, Trail and Northport -at the rate of about 40 tons a day, but this tonnage will ere long be materially increased. The suit of the Star Mining & Milling Co. against the Byron N. White Co. is now being heard at Nelson. The question involved is one of extralateral rights, although the suit is one of trespass. It is alleged by the defendants that they have •entered the ground of the plaintiffs in following the course of the vein downward from the apex, which they claim is on their ground. The plaintiffs claim that the apex of the vein is on their ground and that if the defendants have apex it is that of a different ledge. BOUNDARY DISTRICT. The Canadian Pacific Railway Company is essentially a businesslike organization and its affairs are conducted on strict business principles. Here is a case in point: Copper- gold mining is the backbone of the mining industry in southern British Columbia. The future of the country depends largely, almost entirely in fact, on the successful development and utilization of the copper-gold resources of Kootenay and Yale, the mineral occurring in deposits large as to extent but containing a very low percentage of valuable material per ton of ore. For some years past ore of this character has been mined. It has now been demonstrated that it can be produced at a profit, but in any case the margin of profitable operation per ton is narrow, and consequently it is essential that the strictest economy should be exercised in producing and treating the ore, and further that these operations should be performed on the largest possible scale. In the Boundary district these requirements have long been realized, and mining engineers and metallurgists have been most successful in meeting and conforming with them, so that to-day the costs of mining and smelting, in the Boundary have been reduced to a degree that a few years ago would not have been considered possible. It follows, of course, that as production costs decrease ore of a still lower grade value becomes of commercial account, and the available tonnage is thereby increased. The C. P. R. Co. then recognizing this principle and co-operation with the efforts put forward by mine- operators in the districts has announced the very material reduction of 71-2 cents per ton in freight charges on the carriage of ore from the mines at Phoenix to the smelters at both Grand Forks and Greenwood, the present rate being but 30 cents a ton to those points. As ore is now being shipped at the rate of about 15,000 tons weekly from Phoenix, the saving to mine-owners of $1,125 a week, or about $60,000 a year on this output is a very considerable item, and should undoubtedly exercise a very stimulating effect on production. Again another evidence of the railway company's farsightedness is found in the reduction that has been made in freight rates on zinc ores. Zinc mining is practically a new industry in British Columbia. It has only lately deserved attention or consideration. That it may assume very important proportions is now generally conceded. The zinc producer in British Columbia has had two markets for his product, the United States and Europe. Until a few weeks ago both markets offered about the same opportunities, but in either cases the high freight rates eat very seriously into profits. The action of the C. P. R. in reducing rates from $16 to $13 a ton has, however, greatly improved the outlook for zinc mining, and already producers have taken advantage of the lower rate to ship to Europe. EAST KOOTENAY. The Government agent in South East Kootenay, reporting on 1903 conditions in that section of country states: "All our producing mines are closed at present, though the improvement of our markets leads us to believe that a revival is not far off. The pay-roll of the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company approached $1,800,000 for the year, an average of $150,- 000 per month. The number of men employed are 1,549, De_ sides 287 men employed on construction and in the different offices of the company. The daily output of the mines at present are: Fernie, 1,200 tons; Michel, 1,400 tons; Morrissey, 800 tons. A strike lasting from the middle of February to the first of April seriously reduced the output. At present the relations between the company and its employees is cordial. During the year 100 coal licenses have been in force on Upper Elk River. A syndicate, holding 44 licenses, has expended over $10,000 in prospecting and developed numerous seams of valuable coal. Another syndicate on Fording River has also done valuable development work." From North East Kooteney, the amount of ore shipped during the summer of 1903 was about 900 tons. This does not, however, represent the amount of mining done, the ore having been taken out in the course of development only. The number of miners employed shows an increase. Mr. J. F. Ritchie, P.L.S., of Rossland, spent several days of last month visiting the Coast cities. 112 THE MINING RECORD. MACHINERY NOTES. Mr. F. Fernan, an English metallurgist and consulting engineer now visiting British Columbia on behalf of an English Company, recently expressed his private opinion that in this country we are as far advanced in copper-gold smelting as we are behind in our knowledge of modern methods of handling silver-lead and zinc 5res. As a result of a report made by Mr. Fernan last August, it is stated meanwhile that it it has been definitely decided to erect at once in the Slocan both a zinc enriching mill and a zinc reduction plant. The erection of a lead smelter is under consideration. By the enriching plant it is proposed to take the ordinary zinc concentrates . produced by the Slocan mills and enrich them by magnetic process to a point where they will stand exportation, that is 55 per cent, and upwards. Both this plant and the reduction works will have capacities to start /with of 25 tons daily and will be built on the unit system. The Mount Baker-Yale Mining Company/has just installed a ten-stamp mill on the property on Siwasn Creek, near Yale, and will shortly add another battery of ten, stamps. The ore of which there is a large body, is said to average about $4 to the ton. In an interview the managing director of the Arlington mine, in the Slocan City Division, stated that the propos^ed 50-ton mill for the mine would be in operation before the close of the present year. This mill is to utilize the Parks process. The ore is first crushed in a 20-stamp mill andSs carried by automatic distributors over six Overptrom tables\ The slimes are put through a Klein separator. From labora-^ tory tests it is considered that 90 per cent, of the silver values in the Arlington dump can be saved by this method at a cost of $3.50 per ton, leaving a profit of $7 per ton. on 40,000 tons. Imports of mining machinery into Canada during 1903 were very large, the total value thereof being $1,281,185. Most of the machinery imported was supplied by manufacturers in the United States, the value of the imports from this source "being $1,206,465, while from Great Britain machinery to the value of $61,425 was imported. Great Britain, however, supplied us last year with nearly double the quantity of wire rope as that furnished by the United States. A matter of recent important occurrence is the commencement of lead refining operations at Trail on a commercial scale. It is expected that the refinery, which has a capacity of twenty tons a day, will be henceforward in steady operation, the intention being, it is announced, to produce a sufficient quantity of pig lead to meet the requirement of the Canadian market. As is well known, refining at these works is done by an electrolytic method, which has experimentally given excellent results. After the refinery has been in operation for a time sufficient material will have been accumulated to justify the opening of the slimes plant. This is a secondary process to handle the residue of the lead refinery after the pure lead has been extracted. The slimes carry gold and silver in conjunction with arsenic, antimony and other impurities collected in the refining process. Within the slimes plant the pure gold is taken out to be marketed at the Seattle or San Francisco mints, silver for export to the Orient, copper sulphate, which finds a ready market for pickling grain in the Northwest Territories, and either metallic antimony or ahtimonial lead, which is used largely in Canada in the manufacture of babbits and other alloys. A concentration plant with an intial daily capacity of 150 tons will shortly be installed at the Nickel Plate mine, at Hedley. The aerial tramway, 13,000 feet in" length, connecting the Hunter V. mine with the railway at Ymir having been completed, shipments from this property have been commenced. The 350-horsepower motor to operate the new White Bear electrical air compressor has been shipped from the eastern manufactory where it has been under construction for several months. As soon as the motor is installed the compressor will be put into use. At present the mine is utilizing the old steam-driven comoressor. FEBRUARY DIVIDENDS. Le Roi No. 2 (Rossland).—One shilling per share. Sunset (Slocan).—The tenth dividend of $6,000. Cariboo (McKinney).—At the rate of 4 per cent. PERSONALS. Mr. B. Fallows, M.E., of Rossland, has been appointed engineer for the Monarch Gold and Copper mines property on Hall Creek. Mr. Leslie Hill, C.E., of Nelson, consulting engineer and manager for the Hastings (British Columbia) Exploration Syndicate, Ltd., left Nelson on the 16th ulto. on a business trip to London, England, Mr. A. B. W. Hodges, superintendent of the Granby Company's smelter at Grand Forks, went to Montreal recently to [ confer with the directors of the company on matters connected with their increasing smelter business. Mr. Paul Johnson, E.M., was down from Hadley, S. E. Alaska, last month. Before returning he paid a visit to the B. C. Copper Company's smelter, Greenwood, where extensive additions and improvements to plant are being made. Mr. Donald G. Forbes, late general manager of the Silver Cup Mines, Ltd., and the Great Western Mines, Ltd., with provincial head offices at Ferguson, in the Lardeau district, •vkft for England last week after a short visit to Victoria. stfr. S. Hirsch, representing Mr. L. Vogelstein of New York, agent in America for Aron Hirsch & Sohn, of .Hal- berstkdt,-- Germany, lately visited the Payne Mine, near Sandon,/Slocan, in connection with the making of a contract for vthe^zinc output of the Payne. Mr. C. A. Stoess, C.E.,P.L.S., at one time a resident of New Westminster, but for the last four or five years practising his profession in the Grand Forks district, has returned to the Coast, making Vancouver his headquarters. Mr. R. I. Blomert, for the last three years in Mr. C. M. Fassett's laboratory, Spokane, Washington, and who had charge of the experimental Hendryx process plant working for several months in that establishment, has been appointed l.o supervise the operation of the Hendryx electro-cyaniding plant recently installed at the Mountain Lion mill, Republic. Mr. Horace Mayhew, of Flintshire, Wales, was a visitor to Nelson last month. He is one of the directors of the York and Lancaster Syndicate, which owns the Alice group of mineral claims situate near Creston. This group has been leased by Mr. Mayhew and Captain John Hampson, the latter being in charge of the development work in progress on the property. Mr. Mayhew is also interested in other British Columbia mining properties, being a stockholder in the London & B. C. Goldfields, Ltd., owning the Ymir gold mine, and in the B. C. Standard Mining Company whose Hunter V. group, near Ymir, is considered one of the most promising mining properties in the Nelson Mining Division. He leaves early this month on his return to England, where he is largely interested in coal mining, being a partner with two sons of the late Hon. W. E. Gladstone in opening up coal measures on the Hawarden estates. Mr. Beaudette, the Dominion Government Engineer who visited the Coast cities last month, expressed the opinion that the - country in the vicinity of Dawson would long continue to yield annually a large amount of gold, the difficulty there being not any limitation of auriferous area or the early exhaustion thereof but the scarcity of water. For ordinary placer mining operations only gravel going two dollars a cubic yard or over will pay, but by hydraulic methods ground averaging 25 cents can and is profitably worked. In many cases, however, water could only be obtained from a distance requiring a large expenditure of capital, which is not easily obtainable for this purpose. Mr. Beaudette also stated that the quartz showings in the Yukon were most promising, and the Government is lending some assistance in proving the value of claims already discovered by crushing ore at practically cost and by other ways, but conditions are as yet hardly ripe for the establishment in the Yukon of a quartz mining industry on anything approaching an important scale. THE MINING RECORD. XV JOHN B. HOBSON, Man Mining ^cM*1500 Hyd- Consulting Mining Engineer, BULLION, BRITISH COLUMBIA. 28 years' experience in ihe equipment and operation of targe hy draulic, Deep Gravel, Tfrift and Goto Quartz Mines, bi California and British Columbia. Telegraphic and Cable Address "HOBSON" Ashcroft B. C BERNARD MACDONALD MINING ENGINEER. Examinations, Reports and Negotiations. Designs Modern Economical Methods for Mining and Milling Operations. Office, Empire State Building, SPOKANE, WASH. Cable address—Macleroi Spokane. Codes—Bedford M'Neil; Moreing & Neal. KIRBY, EDMUND B., Consulting Mining Engineer and Metallurgist. Examination of Mining Investments and Enterprises. * ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA. LESLIE HILL, MINING ENGINEER REPORTS AND MINE MANAGEMENT. Consulting Engineer to the Hastings (B. C.) Exploration Syndicate. London Office, 161-4 Dashwood House, New Broad Street, E. C. Nelson, B. C. SAMUELS. FOWLER CONSULTING ENGINEER. Will advise and report on matters pertaining to mining, milling, plant, construction and operation. | | Cable Address, "Goldfields Nelson. Drawer 1024, Nelson, B. C. I CAN QUICKLY SELL FOR CASH, without local * publicity, your Business, Real Estate or Partnership, no matter where located. Send me full particulars, prices, &c.™Address CAAS. E. POWELL, 19 W. Mohawk St., Buffalo, N.Y. READY. Demy 8vo, about 1,500 pages. THE MINING PRICE 15s. NET. BOOK FOR 1904, Edited by A. N.JACKMAN. The information in this indispensable book of reference has been brought right up to date. A complete digest of information concerning more than 4.?°.° companies. Full particulars about officials, finances, dividends, property, output, operations. Maps and statistics, review of the year's mining, directories of directors, secretaries, mining engineers and metallurgists. Reference list giving full particulars of companies liquidated, dissolved or reconstructed, &c. Highest and lowest prices. Post free to British Columbia on receipt of P.O. order for $4.00 to C. T. WALKED 24Coleman St., Loudon, England. MINING jpachinery Our experience in designing: and installing complete plants has extended over a period of many years, and this experience together with the fact that we are in close touch with many- eminent metallurgists places us in a position to supply our customers with machinery of the latest and most improved type, and with plans for its installation in accordance with up-to- date and practical methods of handling ore so as to obtain the best commercial as . well as metallurgical results. COMPLETE POWER] LIGHTING* HEATING AND PUMPING PLANTS eHHS. e. m©ore & ee. ENGINEERS PACIFIC COAST AGENTS FOR The Holthoff Machinery Qo„ CUDSHY, WIS. MAIN OFFICE 63 First St. San Francisco California. Branches—New York, i303Havemeyer Bldg; Seattle, 2i8Second Ave. S.; Los Angeles, 321 Trust Bldg.; Bakfr City, Oregon; Salt Lake City, Utah. Adver. 282. XVI THE MINING RECORD. HENDY" Quadruple Discharge Individual Mortar, 3 STAMP MILL. THESE ARE THE MILLS THAT MODERN MINING METHODS DEMAND in order to crush low grade ore at a profit, and iif you purchase any other you are not getting the best. Remember we can build complete plants, just as high, just as wide, and paint them just as handsome as any of our competitors; but what is the use of incurring this extra expense, as our machinery is built to occupy a small space and give greater ca- pacityjttith less power. / Send for our catalogues. Capacity 18-30 tons. 8-10 H. Power runs it. JOSHUA HENDY MACHINE WORKS Office 38-44 Fremont St. Works, Bay and Kearney Sts., SAN FRARCISCO, CALIFORNIA. A "HENDY" Triple Discharge Double Mortar, 2 STAMP MILL Capacity 6-10 Tons. 5-7 H. Power runs it. Lobnitz' Gold Dredgers are at work in British North and South America, Africa, Asia, &c. VOfBB^j?~~r~ I rMTFtyredgers AU Part8*ade * <*»».. "**.,„„ ADD BESS tOBNVTZ * co- ltd. «■ T T fc. ** Telegraphic Address: "Lobnitz, Renfrew." Al Code used. THE MINING RECORD. XVII PROFESSIONAL AND BROKERS. s. M. McGregor, b.a. sc. w. d. McGregor, m. e. McGregor & co., MINING and CIVIL ENGINEERS _. ____.. _» ' and LAND SURVEYORS. SLOCAN, B. C. Reports on Mines and Prospects. Act as agents in doing>ssessment work, applying for Crown grants and in taking general charge of preliminary development work. ^/ IWI I >3* is 0ne of the most promising gold camps in I WI I II Buitish Columbia and now offers many capital opportunities for profitable investment. For farther particulars write PERCY J. GLEAZER, MINING BROKER AND AGENT, YMIR, B. C. Code—Moreing & Neal's. RELIABLE ASSAYS Gold $ .75 I Gold and Silver $1.00 I,ead 75 I Gold, Silver, Copper 1.50 SAHPLES BY MAIL RECEIVE PROHPT ATTENTION. Gold and Silver refined and bought OGDEN ASSAY CO. M A-^ *^,.«d.. WILLIAM A. BAUER, Dominion & Provincial Land Surveyor Surveys of Mines, Mineral Claims and Crown Lands. Crown Grants obtained and Assessments managed for absentees. Offices-FERGUSON and VANCOUVER, B.C. PARMELEE & WELD, ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS AND ASSAYERS. Special attention to control and umpire work General Commercial Analysis. P.O. Box 1421. Ore testing. 1755 Arapahoe St", Denver, Colo. POGSON, PELOUBET & CO. Public Accountants NEW YORK 42 BROADWAY CHICAGO MARQUETTE: BUILDING ST. LOUIS CHEMICAL BUILDING BUTTE HENNESSY BUILDING Audits of Books and Accounts, Systems of Bookkeeping or Costs, Financial Examinations, Etc. PATENTS, Cayeats, Designs, Copyrights and Trade Marks obtained in Canada and all foreign countries. ROWLAND BRITTAIN, Registered Patent Attorney and Mechanical Engineer. Writeior full information and references. Satisfaction guaranteed. Room 3, Fairfield Block, Granville St., near Post Office. VANCOUVER B. C Wfl. M. BREWER, HININQ ENGINEER, MEM. N. of ENG. fNST. MINING & MECH. ENG. and AM. INST., M. E. Molsons Bank Building, VANCOUVER, B.C, T. J. SMITH FINANCIAL AND MINING BROKER. Gold, Silver, Lead and Copper Mines: also Bituminous Coal Lands and Coast Timber Limits for sale. Special Values in Shares of Good Coal Company. Correspondence solicited. ADDRESS P. 0. BOX 439- OFFICE, 611 HASTINGS STREET, VANCOUVER, B. C. A. A. WATSON, B. Sc. PROVINCIAL ASSAYER, VERNON, B. C. Analyst and Mineralogist Honours Graduate in Chemistry, Victoria University, England. Reports made on Mining Properties. Ten years experience in Australia. South America. England and B. C. Assay Charges—Gold, $1; Silver, $1; Copper, $2 ; Lead, $1 ; Gold and Sil ver, $1.50 ; Gold and Copper, $2,50 ; Gold, Silver and Copper, $3 ; Gold, Silver Copper and Lead, $3.50 ; Complete analysis of any ore, $10. ^T-SPECIAI, ATTENTION TO SAMPLES BY mail- CecilM. Bryant, A.R.S M., A.I.M.M. E. Philip Gilman, A.R.S.M., F.G.S Pellew-Harvey, Bryant & Gilman PROVINCIAL ASSAYERS. The Vancouver Assay Office and Ore Testing Works. Established 1890. MILL, SMELTER, CONCENTRATION AND CYANIDE TESTS. Reliable reports on miningproperties. Complete analyses of Ores and Coal Victoria Office : 4 View Street (Opposite Driard Hotel.) CHRIS. OUTHETT, Associate of Royal College of Science, London, Kngland. Inland Assay Office, KAMLOOPS, B.C. Provincial Assayer. Mineral and Coal Analyses a specialty. Reports made on Mining Properties Mail samples receive promt).*; attention. Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co., Ltd. Directors—George A. Cox, President; Robert Jaffray and H. M. Pellatt, Vice-Presidents; E. R. Wood, Treasurer ; G. G. S. Lindsey, Secretary; Thos. Walmsley, James Mason, Frederick Nichols, David Morrise, J. D. Chipman, J. A. Gemmill, Wm. Fernie. HFAD OFFICES—TORONTO. ONT. BRITISH COLUMBIA OFFICES—FE aNI1 , B. C. Bituminous Coals and Coke. Mines and Ovens at Coal Creek, Michel and Morrissey, B. C. Present capacity of mines 1,000,000 tons of coal per annum. Coke ovens 350,000 tons per annum. We would call attention to the superior quality of our Michel Blacksmith Coal, suitable for large forgings. Can be shipped at reasonable prices to all parts of British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and Manitoba This Company also owns the Fernie and Morrissey Mines townsites, which offer investments in town lots that cannot fail to prove productive. Having a large amount of development under way,, there is always work for coal miners at good wages, and it may be said that there are few places in the world where labor of all kinds can earn more net money under agreeable conditions. THOS. R. STOCKETT, JR. General Superintendent, Fernie, B. C. D. DAVIES, Comptroller, Fernie, B. C. HOTEL BADMINTON, Jus. w. wallis, Prop. European Plan Rate$r per day American Plan Rate $2 and $2.50 Situated in the heart of the city. Street cars within one block, passing continually for all parts of the city. Barber shop in connection. Phone in every room. ■ THE MINING RECORD, i BRITISH COLUMBIA THE MINERHL PROYINeE OF eHNRDft. Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Coal, Coke, Oil Iron, Mercury,- Platinum, etc. The Mines of British Columbia have produced nearly $180,000,000. Amount and Vadue of Minerai, Products for 1900, 1901 ani > 1902. Customary / Measure 1900. 1901. 1902. Quantity. Value. Quantity. - Value. Quantity. Value. Gold, placer Gold, lode 63,936 167,153 3,958,175 9.997.080 63,358,621 1,439,595 85,H9 $ 1,278,724 3.453,38i 2,309,200 1,615,289 2,691,887 4,318,785 425,745 251,740 48,505 210,384 . 5,i5i>333 27,603,746 51,582,906 1,460.331 127,081 $ 970,100 4,348,603 2,884,745 4,446,963 2,002,733 4,380,99? 635,405 4i7,238 53,657 236.4QI $ 1,073,140 11 4,888.260 Silver << 3,917,917 1,941,328 Copper Lead Pounds 29,636,057 3,446,673 Tons, 2,240 lbs.... 22,536,381 824,832 Coal Coke 1,397,394 4,192,182 128,01.5 640,075 480,051 Sa|| | ' 1 $16,344,751' $ 20,086,780 $ 17,486,550 / \ GOLD.—Placer gold mining, which in early days formeikthe chief mineral industry of the province, and made it famous all the world over, still continues to be important, while improved methods of working the gravel deposits, together with cheaper transportation and cost of mining, have rendered the working of large deposits, long known to exist, now profitable where previously impossible. The area of country known to contain placer gold is enormous and has only been touched, leaving still virgin ground well worth the prospecting for this, the only class of "poor man's mine." Recent discoveries of new placer fields in the Atlin district, the Cassiar district, and the large extent of unworked deposits in the Cariboo district, are proof that the field is not yet exhausted, and promise a revival of this important industry. HYDRAULIC MINING plants costing large amounts of money are being installed in Atlin, Cassiar, Omineca and Cariboo, at points widely separated, indicating the extent of the gold deposits. One company recovered $350,000 in gold during 1900. DREDGING FOR GOLD is receiving deserved attention, and dredges are at work on the Fraser, Thompson, Quesnel and other rivers, on all of which streams good ground may yet be obtained. LODE GOLD MINING is now being prosecuted in various parts of the province, and in certain instances very successfully, notably at Ymir, Cariboo-McKinney and elsewhere. GOLD-COPPER ORES are being extensively worked at Rossland by the Le Roi, War Eagle and associated companies, while other mines in the camp are rapidly becoming important producers. The tonnage of this camp alone in 1902 was 329,534 tons, and there will be an increase this year. SILVER-LEAD—In 1900 the silver production was $2,309,- 200 and the lead production $2,691,887. Since that time the mining of silver-lead ores has been somewhat suspended owing to temporarily unfavourable market prices. COPPER.—Copper is being produced to a limited extent at Rossland, where the chief value of the ore is in gold, but the feature of this branch of the industry is the development and mining of a large tonnage of low-grade copper ores in the Boundary district, of which there seems to be an almost unlimited amount. The output of ore from this district alone amounted to 521,402 tons in 1902. The Coast district will this coming year show a very considerable copper production from the Vancouver Island and Texada Island mines. Prospecting for copper is receiving great attention, and the discoveries made on the Coast, in the Similkameen Valley, etc., give great promise. IRON.—With the great probability of an iron-smelting^ plant on the Northern Pacific Coast in tne near future, what promise to be extensive bodies of magnetite iron ore have been developed on the Coast, while other deposits of iron ore are now under development in the Goat River and Fort Steele mining divisions, and still other bodies occur near Kamloops. COAL AND COKE.—In 1901 the Vancouver Island collieries made a net output of 1,173,893 tons of coal and 20,178 tons of coke. In 1902 the Crow's Nest collieries made a net output of 223,501 tons of coal, and 107,873 tons of coke. In 1903 this output will be doubled at the least. These mines alone are putting out from i.ooo to 2,000 tons of coal per diem. Of the total output of 1902 776,808 tons of coal and 38,780 tons of coke were exported, chiefly to the United States. The remainder was consumed in local smelters and other industries. SMELTERS.—In the province there are smelters in active operation at Trail, Nelson, Grand Forks, Greenwood, Boundary Falls, Van Anda, Ladysmith and Crofton; while this coming year will probably see one erected in East Kootenay. Refineries are yet lacking, but the building of at least one is pretty well assured. CAPITAL.—Capital can now find here many excellent opportunities for investment, as the values placed on mines and undeveloped properties has reached a reasonable basis. If proper business care is used, and the experience of competent men utilized, these investments should be as safe as well as profitable. MINERAL LANDS.—Mineral lands are open to location to any person over 18 years of age, who has obtained a free miner's certificate, and perfect title to lode claims can be - easily secured after $500 worth of work has been done per ■. claim. A great extent of territory has yet to be prospected. For information, reports, bulletins, etc., address The Hon. the Minister of Mines, VICTORIA, B.C. W. F. Robertson, Provincial Mineralogist, VICTORIA, B. C. THE MINING RECORD. XIX ALUS CHALMERS Cd THE EDWARD P. AtLIS CO.; g^Kfe- MU.WADl.FE. THO. SUCCESSOR TO X=^_ - =S FRASER 4 CHALMERS, ; GATES TROff WORKS. CHICAGO, ill_ DICKS<af ITF'G CO., SCRAJSW%4Al High- Grade ...BUILDERS OF... Crushing Rolls IN MANY STYLES AND SIZES These rolls represent the most modern and highest grade of construction in crushing machinery of this type, being designed and built on the same grade as an engine or electric generator. They are suitable for either wet or dry crushing and are built in sizes 36" x 15" and 26 x 15 . We also build several other styles and sizes of rolls. Send for special descriptive catalogue. £jui Uders BLAKE and DODGE CRUSHERS pgfcAffCH OFFICES HEWYORK^fcnjlMSiafc" BOSTONiJBaas*^ Trade Bldg. WTTSBUKO, FricfcBnildJa* HMHEAPOLIS, Com Exchange Bldg. DENVER, «« Tremont Street 8ALT LAKE <3TT, aSS.W/temple St. SPOKANE^ WaahmirtoB GBN6RAL OFFICE CHICAfi0^7llLJJ.SJl LONDON, EH9-, S3J^BaSsbors l'f u« |{ JOHANNESBURG, Sonth Africa BRAHCH OFFICES: SAN FRANCISCO, Haywaid Bldg. ' SEATTLE, Lumber Exchange Bldg. i | CHARLOTTE, N. C, Trust Bldg. NEW ORLEANS, Benoen Bldg. ATLANTA, GA, Equitable Bldg. B0TTE, MONT., 51 E, Broadway j. XX THE MTNING RECORD. CITY OFlVICTORIA Capital of British Columbia, Pacific Ocean Terminus of Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian Northern Railway and the Great Northern Railway of the United States. Canadian Gateway to the Orient, Sandwich Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Etc., Etc. Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B. C, The City of Victoria is becoming widely noted for the beauty of its situation, its homes and its surroundings ; so that the number of strangers arriving, for short visits and for permanent residence, continue growing annually larger. Of its beauty H.R.H. the Duke of York said: ''The most beautiful place we have seen in our journey around the world," and the following may be quoted from the correspondence of Mr. E. P. Knight, of the London Morning Post: "One would fain have stayed longer, for of all the cities that 7ave been visited in the course of this long Royal progress the fair capital of British Columbia seems to me the one which the Englishman would most glad.y make his home. * * * Never in the environs of any other city have I seen such a glory of flowers as surrounded each of these lovely homes." The Province covers a superficial area of 381,000 square miles abounding in minerals, timber, fish and game in endless variety. The opportunities for the profitable investment of capital are practically unlimited, and the markets for the disposal of metals, lumber, fish and agricultural products lie waiting in Russia, Japan. China. Tndia and Australasia. The tourist will The starting point of steamship lines to the Yukon, Atlin and Cassiar Gold Fields, and the Canadian port of call for tourists on the lines between San Francisco and Alaska. iind mountain scenery and mountain climbing unequalled in the old world—a new field for exploration—and the sportsman with first class hotels as bases of operation may penetrate a new world in his pursuit of the bear, the panther, the elk or the mountain goat. TEMPERATURE 1902. Highest Lowest Mean. Mean. Victoria 67.6 354 London, Eng 68.1 . 31.5 Torquay, Eng 65.5 38-5 RAINFALL 1902. • Inches. Victoria 26.45 London, Eng 20.84 Torquay, Eng 30.22 Pamphlets containing views of local scenery and information of interest to investors, tourists, hunters and amusement seekers may be obtained by addressing the Clerk of the Municipal Council, Victoria, British Columbia. THE MINING RECORD. XXI PROFESSIONAL ADVERTISEMENTS. IM^CNfflWS MAKeRS or Halftones § Lime Etchings, Colof* u Fmbossimg Plates, Letters' Bill Heads. Labels, Advertising tr Catalogue Work OF EVERY K1MD ■SFJBT TURNER, BEETON & COY Victoria, Vancouver, and Nelson, B. C. and at H. C. Beeton & Co., 33 Finsbury Circus, London, England. Manufacturers of Clothing, Etc., Etc. Wholesale Merchants. Goods indented from all parts ofthe world. Dry Goods, Liquors, Cigars, Flour, Etc. Telegraphic Addresses: TURNER," Victoria " BEETON," London; 1 TURBEET," Vancouver and Nelson. Its No Good Advertising In the British Press Unless youunderstand how to approach the British public. The best way to do this is to Employ an up-to=date advertising expert Who can advise you and do your business at Lowest Possible Rates. Quoted by newspapers themselves. Let us know what you want and we will be pleased to assist you. |C. J. WALKER'S British and Canadian Press Bureau, 24 Coleman St., London, E. C. ;<j£X for Ttffgy CIS** be R ilTCMUMJRftlf. Js the world's leading mining and metallurgical periodical Faoh weeklv issue contains interesting and valuable information, is n e vsy , descriptive, technical and sclen- tif c. The leadingen- gineers throughout the country read it. Subscription price, jtr.ro f) year payable in advance. Patnple copies sent on request. Ficrr'v ?y- New York & XXII THE MINING RECORD. BRITISH COLUMBIA WHOLESALE SUPPLY HOUSES, ETC Good Resolutions for 1904. You cannot make a better one than to give us a trial order when again in need ot House Furnishings. We are satisfied il you once become a customer you will always remain a customer. We have made a life study of Ihe business ot furnishing homes, having been in the one \line\<for over"^ forty years, and we will give you the benefit of our knowledge ifQ you will give us a chance. ^EJIRNITURE, CARPETS, LINOLEUMS, CHINAWARB, SILVER- WARE, CbfLERY, GLASSWARE, KITCHEN-WARE. HAND- SOA^ ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND PRICES FREE. WEILBR BROS. Complete Furnishers, Victoria, B. C. R. R. RITHET & OO. Wholesale Merchants, Shipping & Insurance Agents. Proprietors of Victoria Wharf, Columbia Flouring Mill ; agents for Victoria Lumber and Manufacturing Company, Cheminus, V.I.; Pacific Coast Steamship Co., San Francisco. WHARF STREET. VICTORIA. B. C British Columbia Electric R'y Co., Ld. VICTORIA BRANCH. I^U^T ARC LAMPS, NERNST LAMPS, INCANDESCENT LAMPS for Stores, Factories, Offices L» I \«5i r ■ ™ and Residences. Rates—Lowest on the Pacific Coast. 24 hour service. f3^^1j|/C* O ^or al* Purposes. Running Machine Shops, Printing Offices, Factories of all kinds, V»/ H'W 1m II ™ Wood Sawing, Pumping, Cold Storage Plants, Etc., at rates below the cost of steam or gas TOURISTS should visit Esquimalt Naval Station, Beacon Hill Park and Oak Bay. A. T. GOWARD, Local Manager. THE MINING RECORD. XXIII BANKING ESTABLISHMENTS, ETC. BANK OF MONTREAL. ■ESTABLISHED 1817. INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. CAPITAL all paid up, $13,379,240.00. RESERVE FUND, $9,000,000.00. UNDIVIDED PROFIT, $724,807. 5 Board ef Directors- A.T. Pater -Rt. Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, G. C. M. G , .terson, Esq.; Edward B. Greenshields, Esq.; Bir William President. Hon. G. A. Drummond, ...him C. Macdonald; R. B. Angus,Esq.; James Ross, Esq.; R. G. Reid, Esq., Hon. Robert Mackay Vice-President. t- s' <*0U^T0N General Manager A. MACNIDER Chief Inspector and Superintendent of Branches *• S' CLOUSTON Inspector of Branch Returns BRANCHES Province of Ontario—Almonte, Belleville, Brantford, BrockvUle, Chatham, Collingwood, Cornwall, Deseronto, Fort WilLiam, Goderich, Guelph Hamilton, Kingston.Lindsay, London, Ottawa.Perth Peterboro, Picton Paris Sarnia, Stratford, 8t. Mary's Toronto,Toronto Yonge St. Branch, Wallac'eburg. Province of QtJBBEC—Montreal: "West End Br., Seigneurs St Br. Point 8t. Charles; Quebec. ' Lower Provinces—Chatham, N.B.; Frederickton, N.B.; Moncton, N.B. St. JohnN.B.; Amherst, N.S.; Halifax, N.S.; Sydney, N.S. Glace Bay Yarmouth. Province of Manitoba and Nokth-West Territories—Winnipeg, Man.; Calgary, Alberta; Lethbridge, Alberta; Regina, Assiniboia; Raymond, Alta Province of British Columbia—Greenwood, Nelson, New Denver, New Westminster, Rossland, Vancouver, Vernon, Victoria In NEWForarDLAND-St. John's, Nfld., Bank of Montreal. Birchv Cove, Bay of Islands. F, W. TAYLOR Assistant Inspector JAMES AIRD Secretary Montreal-H, V. MEREDITH Manager N CANADA: In Great Britain—London, Bank of Montreal, 22 Abchurch Lane, E.C, Alexander Lang, Manager. In the United States New York—R. Y. Hebden and J. M. Greata, Agents, 59 Wall Street; Chicago—Bank of Montreal. Bankers in Great Britain—London—The Bank of England, the Union Bank of London, the London <fc Westminster Rank the National Prov. Bank of England. Liverpool—The Bank of Liverpool, Ltd. Scotland—Tha British Linen Company Bank and Branches. Bankers in the United States—New York—The National City Bank, The Bank of New York, N.B.A. Bosten—The Merchants' National Bank, J. B. Moors & Co. Buffalo—The Marine Bank, Buffalo. San Francisco—The First National Bank, The Bank of British Columbia, The Anglo-Callfomian Bank. Portland, Oregon—The Bank of British Columbia. Spokane, Wash. Bankot Montreal. THE) CANADIAN BANK OFCOMMERCB, With Which is Amalgamated Trie Bank: of British. Coru.rn.DiaL. HEAD OFFICE: TORONTO. Paid Up Capital $ 8,7oo,ooo "Rest Aggregate Resources Exceeding HON. GEO. A. COX, President. .000,000 B. E. WALKER, General Manager. LONDON OFFICE: 60 LOMBARD ST., E. C. 83,000,000 ALEX. LAIRD, Asst. General Manager. The Bank has 108 branches well distributed throughout the Dominion And elsewhere, including the following in British Columbia and the Yukon District: Vancouver, Victoria. White Horse. Atlin, Greenwood, Nelson, Cranbrook, Kamloops, New Westminster Dawson Ladysmith Fernie, Nanaimo, BRANCHES IN THE UNITED STATES. New York, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle Skagway. Every description of bankiDg business transacted. Letters of credit on I all banks of the world. Exceptional facilities for handling gold dust. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received and interest paid at current rates. Victoria Branch, GEO. GILLESPIE, Manager To The Klondike Gold Fields, via. THE WHITE PASS AND YUKON ROUTE. The Klondike Mining District is now so well known that a detailed description is unnecessary. The output of gold from this district has increased steadily year by year. In 1900 the yield was about twenty million dollars, and in 1901 about thirty million dollars. With the larger areas covered and newer methods adopted by practical miners, the Klondike will prove to be a rich and prosperous camp for many years to come. The great reduction in freight and passenger rates brought about by completion of the railroad from Skagway to White Horse with its connecting line of steamers for all interior Yukon and other points including Stewart River and the Tanana, has enabled the miners to reach and work many claims which previously could not be worked with -a profit. For information about routes, rates, tickets, maps or printed matter, address : TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT, HSl^ii White Pass & Yukon Route, Vancouver, B.C. NI. R. SMITH & COMPANY LIMITED. Established 1858. Manufacturers of High Class Biscuits ^ Confectionery Gold Medals awarded at Royal Agricultural Exhibition '95. '96, '97, '98. Medal and Diploma awarded at Colonial and Indian Exhibitions. Silver Medals at Provincial Exhibitions, 1886. BRANCH- VICTORIA, B, C. 430 CORDOVA STREET, VANCOUVER R. MAYNARD Importer and dealer in all kinds oi Photographic Supplies Also Amateur Outfits, Kodaks, Hawkeyes, Premos, Pocos.etc, Imperial, Cramer and Hammer ^ irAvi DDtiA. ot. Plates, Aristo-Platino,Solio, Klo- "Victoria. B C ro, Velox and Dekho Papers I XXIV THE MINING RECORD. TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES AND HOTELS. I The Pleasure of Travel Is fully realized in travelling on the Canadian Pacific Railway. By its lines I can be reached all Canadian Points, and its arrangement with American Railroads I enable its agents to issue /feiekets tcr-a.ll points in the United States. It operates its own Sleeping and Dining Cars, and has . its own Hotels and Steamships. Its magnificent scenery and the excellence of its service has made it the favorite route across the American Continent. Illustrated publications, as to its route, Banff, Yoho Valley, Glacier, &c. sent on application to any agent. I H. H, ABBOTT, Agent, VICTORIA, B. C. Or to E. J. COYLE, Ass't General Passenger Agent, VANCOUVER B. C. Esquimau and Nanaimo Railway. TIME TABLE N©. 49. Southbound. Northbound. Daily. Arrive. Leave. a.m. p.m. Victoria 9 :oo 12 :o5 Shawnigan Lake 10:20 10:46 Duncans 11 :oo 10:02 P.M. Nanaimo 12145 8:15 Ar. Wellington 1:00 Lv. 8 :oo Sat., Sun. Northbound. and Wed. Southbound. Arrive. Leave p.m. Victoria 3 :oo Shawnigan Lake 4:20 Duncans 5 :oo Nanaimo 6:4l Ar Wellington 7 :o3 P.M. 7:00 5 40 5:00 3:iS Lv. 3 :oo Throuah Tickets to ©rofton via Westholme, Stage leaves Daily, connecting with North and Son th bound trains, Double stage service'Saturdays, Suodays'and Wednesdays, connecting with morning and afternoon trains. Fare from Victoria, Single $2, Return |3. Throuah Tickets Victoria to alberni—Stage leaves Wellington Mondaysand Thursdays on arrival of train from Victoria. Returning fromTAlberni Tuesdays and Fridays. Fare from Victoria, single, $5.20, return $8.65 Excursion rates in effect to all points good from Saturday until Monday. GEO. L. COURTNEY, Traffic Manager. THE HUDSON'S BAY COY -HAVE- GENERAL STORES -AT- aie de Peres Battleford Calgary Chapleau Dauphin Deloraine Edmonton Fort William Kamloops Langley Lethbridge ., Lower Fort Garry WK-.i Macleod Mattawa Morden Nelson Pincher Creek Portage la Prairie Port Simpson Prince Albert Qu'Appelle Quesnelle Rat Portage Riding Mountain Shoal Lake Sudburjfc,' Touchwood Hills Vancouver Victoria Vernon Whitewood Winnipeg ,nd at other principal points in British Columbia, Manitoba and Northwest Territories. Purchasers will find at these stores the best goods at moderate prices, imported direct from all the principal markets of the world. 7 EVERJjSBlLTfo : " !7^GUAE^Nt|.ED'7, 7 GENUINE ft TANNED IMHH BELTING ||LTEN&GUILLEAUME,Carlswerk, ActienJfiesellschaft, Mulheim on Rhine ForlExposed Situations JUse * Lancashire 1 Hair f Belting. ■^/.?" ffl&Xi CATALOGUES AND DISCOUNTS ON APPLICATION. 0. K. McLAREN, Montreal, Toronto. A N D MANUFACTURERS OF f^ECTRICAL y|ADS AND CABLES Electric Lighting Cables for Coal Pits with arrangement for avoiding Are damp explosions ih case of the cable breaking. WIRE ROPES FOR^i/ilNING Round and Flat Wire Ropes/" Albert," or so-called " Lang's" Lay ^"Rolpes, Pate»t MoMed Coil "Wire. Ropes, Patented Flattened Strand Wire Ropes. ?$H?i IRON, STEEL, COPPER AND BRONZE ^IRE i t\-Superior qualities. 7'vS^LE AGENTS FO R CANADA : WATpHjACK & COMPAlW; MONTREAL. AIR CO IVI PR ESSORSi^SI-WPLE or COMPOUND. ROCK DRILLS.- STEAM or AIR. THE CANADIAN RAND D|lLL|OMPANY VANCOUVER, B. &. ROSSLAND, B. 6. GREENWOOD, B. e. i- ^^^^^^^^^^3 '.'?■• R/SDON §R#A/1 WORKm CABLE .- RISDON-S CODES: A.B.C. MOREING <£ NEAU. LIEBERS, WESTERN UNION. QOLb l&REbQINQi^ n/icniNERT. SAN FRANCISCO. j&ALji U. S. A. <M ^.•---v:?._Vfl COnPLETE | ^QUIFHENT -WRITE FOR OUR SPECIAL CATALOGUES. -THE: ITYEll ffPPEf Cp Purchasers and Smelters l*f Copper, Gold and Silver Ores. SMELTING WORKS -HT- LHDYSIfllTH, Vancouver Island, 6.6. Convenient to E. & N. Railway or the Sea. |l|l ©LERMONT LIVINGSTON, General Manager. §TH©S. KIDDIE, Smelter Manager NORTHWESTERN SMELTINGlAND REFINING CO Buyers of Gold, Silver and Copper Ores, Mattes, Bullion, Furnace and Cyanide products. LOCATION OF WORKS Croftonl Vancouver Island, B$ Sizfe Published by the B. C. Record, Ld. Printed by T. R. Cusack, Victoria. Cm*f4ft Tli.cr Hi/vnl-U . L1S.?.^,TH GRAV»TY HYDRAULIC BOX CAR LOADER.-(lllustrated). MS rlOntn ^LN? IN THE BOUNDARY DISTRICT.-(lllustrated). 1I1IJJ I 1VIII.II_jfk GOLD^ND SILVER MINES NEAR OREENWOOD.-(lllustrated). VOL. XI. APRIL, *904. No. 4. The Hinton Electric Company, Electric Motors. Blowers. J|$ Motors. Fang. Dynamos. Electric Mining Apparatus. VICTORIA. B. C. • • LIMITED. Electrical Construction .-.' iffpH Supplies. VANCOUVER, B. C the CALDWELL BROTHERS CO SEATTLE. STAMP M LLS, CONCENTRATORS. TACOMA. HOISTS, PUMPS,.,-■ ENGINES. SUPPLIES. AGENTS FOR l§ypMi|MB AGENTS FOR HENDRIE & BOLTHOFF MFG. CO. WBB^ RISDON IRON WORIffcj RAND DRILL CO. Cameron Steam Pump CAMERON STEAM PUMP WORKS. The Dominion Wire Rope Co.-lid. MONTREAL, CANADA Manufacturers of All Classes and Kinds of WIRE ROPES FOR ALL PURPOSES. PMLANG'S" PATENT WIRE ROPES FORaCOLLIERY ANDi GENERAL MINING; ^PURPOSES. Branches :-Halifax, N.S.; St. John, N. B.; Ottawa, Toronto, Rat Poft»gfe, Ont.; Winnipeg, ManSr^yancouver, B.C., Nelson ana Rossland, B. C PRICE 20 CEMTS. ■55 I mm m A Ijftrge Assortment of the Be^tT7 Scotch Wire Ropes (Fully Guaranteed.) Everyfting You Require For Logging Purposes, Saw Mills, and Mining Camps. . We Invite Correspondence. |||brfian, McFeely <ypo. WHOLESALE HARDWARE VANCOUVER, B. C. ^bAWSON, m$k Hoisting Engines. Our catalog No. 700 gives illustrations and dimensions pRthe principal sizes and styles we build, and we will be glad to send the. catalog to you on request. Branches, GREENWOOD, ROSSLAND, VANCOUVER. TH6|&IMES MACHINE, 60, Ltd. 132 LANSDOWNE STREET, SHERBROOKE, QUEBEC. |§ed. Krupp A|tie|gesellsch§ft iGrusorfvef! (Magdeburg-Buckau Germany!! BHHHR riACHIilERY ORECRUSHING: Stone Breakers of Especially Strong construction. Roller Mills, Chilian Mills, Ball Mills, for dry and wet crushing—more than 1,800 at work. Stamp Batteries—Shoes and Dies of Krupp's Special Steel. AMALGAMATION: Amalgamation Tables and Pans, Las- rio's Gold Amalgamators, Settlers, &c Separation and Concentration Separators, Exhausters, Hydraulic Classifiers, Percussion Tables, Jioaers, Rotating Round Tables. LEACHING PLANT. mM COMPLETE GOLD ORE DRESSING PLANT (a) Fac-freating by tbe Wet Method with Stamp Batteries, Amalgamation and ■ 5r2' Concenfc&tion, Wm i^m (b) For Dry Testing by Ball Mills, Dxii&J; Extraction and Leaching. COAL WASHING PLANT—Large Testing Station for Crushing and Dressing Ores at the Works. ■ v3wL IPkS AGENTS^ For CANADA—Jas. W. Pyke &. Co, 35'^7Frana^ Xavier Street, Montreal For the UNITED STATES—Thos. Prosser & Son, 15 Gold Street^evv York ./ fflB For MEXICO—Pablo Bergner, Apartado 549, Mexico For SOUTH AFRICA—United Engineering Company, Ltd., P, 0. Box 399, Johannesburg, S. A. R Mil THE MINING RECORD. ELEVATORS AND CONVEYORS. C M. PINCKARD, President. E. L. EYRE, Vice-President. J. M. GRAHAM, Secretary and Manager. VULCAN IRON WORKS Manufacturers of VULCAN DOUBLE-ROPE TRAMWAY. VULCAN ROPEWAY, (Single Rope System.) SAW-MILL machinery. Rmining id milling Office, 505 Mission St., Works, cor. Kearny and Francisco Streets, SAIN FRANCISCO, CAL. THE ONLY Dredging Chain with Grit-Proof Articulations Elevator Dredqes jtfi for Placer Minii Link-Belt Machinery Co., Chicago, U.S.A. Wire Rope. Wire Rope. I We are Agents for the well-known firm of W. B. BROWN & CO., of Liverpool, England, manufacturers of EVERY DESCRIPTION OF STEEL WIRE ROPES for mining purposes. It will pay you to ask for our prices, from stock and to rder. Also in Stock: STEEL RAILS ('new, perfect and relayers), Ore bags, Scotch firebricks, Portland cement, "Valvuline lubricating oils (specially suitable for mining works), etc, etc. C. F. JACKSON & t sted WHOLESALE IMPORTERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. WHARF—Heatley Ave. Vancouver, B.C. 151 Hastings St. Vancouver, B. C. and Liverpool, England L GELIGNITE—Strongest and Best Explosive in the Market ^Wk-IX^I^I ■ 1— MANUFACTURED BY M Ii #Wl HAMILTON POWDER COMPANY (Incorporated 1861. Manufacturers of High Explosives, Blasting, Mining and Sporting Powder, Dealers in Electric Blasting Apparatus, Safety Fuse, Detonators, Etc., Etc. ALBION IRON WORKS, CO., LTD. 1 VICTORIA, B.C. Engineers, Boilermakers, Iron and Brass Founders, StoVe Manufacturers. All kinds of Land and Marine Engines. Boilers of all kinds up to 15 ' diametety Pumps, Hoists, Ore Cars, Smelter Castings, Logging Engines, Centrifugal Pymps, Air^-Compressors. Specialists in Screw Pro- pellors, Patent Cannery Retorts. All kinds and sizes of Stoves. rhe B. C. Assay and Chemical Supply Co., Limited. THE MINING RECORD. ASSAYERS' SUPPLIES AND ENGINEERING INSTRUMENTS. HEAD OFFICE: MONTREAL. LOCaL OFFICES: / VANCOUVER, NELSON, ROSSLAND and GREENWOOD NANAIMO Directlmporters or" Hssayers' and Mill Supplies Headquarters for Laboratory Apparatus of all kinds, Bohemian Chemical Glassware, G. P. Acids, Potassium Cyanide and QuicK- silver Sole agents in British Columbia for Morgan Crucible Co., Battersea, Kngland; F. W. Braun & Co's Patent Cary Furnaces, Burners, etc.; W. AlnBWorth & Sons' Fine Balances Write for our prices ADDRESS 733 Pender St., Vancouver, 8.©. JeTTreu Send for catalogue. Address Elevating-Conveying Power, Transmission, Screening, Crushing, Dredging, Rock and Coal Drilling, Coal Cutting, Hauling and 'washing machinery. The JEFFREY MFG. CO. COLUMBUS, O., U.S.A. A* Van Der Naillens' School of Practical, Civil, Mining, Electrical Mechanical Engineering. Surveying, Architecture, Drawing and Assaying, Cyanide, Chlorination, Met* allurgy. Assaying of ores, $25; Bullion and Chlorination Assay, $25; Blowpipe Assay, $10; Full Course of Assaying, $50. Established 1864. Open all yeifir SEND FOR CIRCULAR.. 113 FULTON STREET, One Block West of City Hall, SAN FRANCISCO. THE GIANT POWDER £0., CONSOLIDATED Manufacturers of GELATINE DYNAMITE* highest and most FUMELESS explosive on the market and ALL HIGH EXPLOSIVES for Mining and Railroading work. (Giant, Cal., 'Telegraph Bay, B> C. Home Office—San Francisco, Cal. Works- ifeTegra^ph Bay, B, C. Kootenay Office Rossland, B.C. Head Office for British Columbia, Metropolitan Building, Victoria, B. C. UNION IRON WORKS. Mining and Smelting Machinery. Water Jacketed Furnaces, Crushers, Hoists, etc. Smelter Castings a Specialty. Complete Installations. Write us for estimates. UNION IRON WORKS, SPOKANE, Wash THE MINING RECORD. III.- CABLES, PUMPS, ETC. SILLS ON ITS .\1EKIFS. TOUGH, STRONG SAFE. DURABLE (Trade Mark Rogisterrd.) ■ NOTE—All genuine HKRCULES has one colored strand co protect consumers against inferior grades. HERCULES WIRE ROPE is the Toughest and Strongest Rope made For Heavy HOISTING and HAULAGE in MINES, QUARRIES, Etc. Inclined, Surface and Underground Wire Rope HAULAGE Outfits. Aerial Wire Rope TRAMWAYS and CABLEWAYS for transporting Ore, Timber, Etc. New York. Chicago. A. LESCHEN & SONS ROPE CO. 920-922 No. First St., ST. LOUIS, Mo. Denver. San Francisco. ! Geo. E. Dow Pumping Engine Co. 179 FIRST STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL Manufacturers of Dow's Improved Steam and Power Pumping Machinery Tor Every Possible Duty. Oil Pumps, operated by steam or electric power. Water Works Pumps, all sizes and types. Marine Pumps, latest improved designs. Power Pumps, operated by any available power and adapted to any condition. Sole agents Pacific Coast for the Schwartz Metal Melting and Refining Furnaces, adapted for melting brass, copper and bronze. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. GOODYEAR RUBBER CO. R. H. PEASE, President. Rubber Belting, Packing and Hose "Crack Proof" and "Snag Proof." Pure Rubber Mining Boots, Rubber Clothing, Mackintoshes, Oil Clothing. 573, 575, 577 & 579 Market Street, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 73 & 75 First Street, PORTLAND, OREGON i?:f IV. THE MINING RECORD. HYDRAULIC PLANTS, PUMPS, ETC. Vancouver Engineering Works, Ltd. WORKS- HEATLEY AVENUE, VANCOUVER, B. C. AGENTS FOR The Northey Manufacturing Co.—Pumping Machinery. Atlas Engine Works.—Boilers and Engines. Laurie Engine Co.—CotHss and Automatic Engines. Buffalo Forge Co.—Blowers and Exhausters. Medart Pulley Co.—Pulleys. J. C. McLaren Belting Co.—Leather and Rubber Belting. Goulds Manufacturing Co.—Centrifugal Pumps. J. Geo. Leyner Engineering Works Co.—Air Compressors. A, Leschen & Sons Rope Co,—Patent Wire Rope. BOILERS IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY. Tubular Boilers, 66 in" nree Horizonta diameter in. tubes; built to pass B.C. inspection for 120 lbs. working pressure; complete with fittings. Three Horizontal Tubular Boilers, 60 in. diameter x 16 ft. long, with 3^ in. or 4 in. tubes; B.C. inspection 115 lbs. ■ working pressure, complete with fittings. Three Horizontal Tubular Boilers, 48 in. diamefr x 14 ft. long, with 3^ in. tubes; B.C inspection 120 lbs. working pressure; complete with fittings. One Locomotive Type Marine Boiler, 56 in. diameter, 12 it. between tube sheets, with 162 2111. tubes; will steam 14 in. x 72 in. stern wheel engines; marine inspection 175 lbs. working piessure. One 30 h.p. Vertical Tubular Boiler, 36 in. diameter x 8 ft. high, with 71 2-in. tubes. 5 ft. long; B. C. inspection 150 lbs. One 12 h.p. Vertical Tubular Boiler, 36 in. diameter x 78 in. high, with 602-in, tubes, 4 ft/, long; B. C. inspection 150 lbs. One Locomotive Portable Boiler, 15 ft. long insideNsmokebox, 4 ft. dia. shell, 4 ft. x 4 ft. fu-ebox; shell in 3 lengths. 95 lbs workingvpressure. One Horizontal Tubular Boiler, 48 in. diameter x 14 ft. long, with 48 3-in. tubes; B. C. inspection 90 lbs. working pressure. Second hand. • One Nagle Locomotive Portable Boiler, with water front and open bottom fire boxes, 36 in. diameter x 8 ft. long between tube sheets, with 34 3-in. tubes; B. C. inspection 100 lbs. working- pressure. Second hand. One Scotch Marine Boiler, 90 in. dia. x 102 in. long, with 2^. in. tubes, single plain furnace; marine inspection 125 lbs. working pressure. Secondhand. One 150 h.p. Locomotive Portable Boiler 60 in. diameter x 13 ft. 9 in. between tube sheets; tubes 2 in. diameter; steam drum 30 in. diameter x 8 tt. long; B. C. inspection 150 lbs. working pressure. One 25 h.p. Return Tubular Portable Boiler, 100 lbs. working pressure. One 30 h.p. Return Tubular Portable Boiler, B.C. inspection 100 lbs. working pressure, 48 in. diameter x 108 in. long, 4 in. tubes, 3 in. return. Six Return Flue Boilers, 60 in. diameter x 29 ft. long; 2 flues, 20 in. diameter; B. C. inspection 65 lbs. working pressure. Four Horizontal Return Flue Boilers, 54 in. dia. x 25 feet long, 2 plain flues 16 in. dia.; B C. inspection 80 lbs. working pressure. One Vertical Boiler 60 in. dia. x 130 in. high, 212 2-in. tubes; 150 lbs. working pressure. Complete with fittings. WRITE US FOR PRICES ON ABOVE BOILERS. mal DO YOU WANT ANY BOLTS OR RIVETS—We have }olts and Rivets. Send us your order for Bolts mg an " Acme " machine over 10 in. lone. specially for IMPORTANT T0 GOLD MINERS AND MANUFACTURERS OP MINING MACHINERY. SILVER PLATED COPPER MINING PLATES for Saving Gold IN QUARTZ. PLACER AND BEACH MINING. The Most Extensive and Successful Manufacturers on the Pacific Coast. Get our reduced rates. Send for circulars. Old plates replaced, also bought. SWftJl Telephone Main 59. DENNISTON'S SAN FRANCISCO PLATING WORKS E. G. DENNISTON, Proprietor. 743 Mission Street, San Francisco, California* 26 Medals Awarded. 35 years in business here. THE MINING RECORD. V. GENERATORS AND MOTORS. V Hoisting Machinery To Suit Every Condition. Steam, Electric, Compressed Air, Gas or Gasoline A Scene on Our Testing Floor. This photograph shows six Standard Vulcan Hoists on our testing floor. We never permit an engine to leave our shops until it is thoroughly tested, the valves properly set and the point carefully tested. SEND FOR OUR SPECIAL HOIST CATALOGUE. VI THE MINING RECORD. BENNETT'S! FUSE CROWN BRAND THE KING OF FUSES The WHITE COUNTERED <;UTTA PERCHA FUSE is the POPULAR FAVORITE in the mines of British Columbia, Australia, the Transvaal, and the World over. Beware of Spurious! Imitations Made to Catch the Unwarv. HOLMAN BROS. i M /5 n P? N 1=" GO R N W A OAMBORNE, OORNWALL MANUFACTURERS -OF Boilers, Air Compressors, Mining Machinery J The Holman Patent Roek Drill! Specially Adapted to B. C: Mining. Awffrded Gold^Medal Greater Britain Exhibition Awarded Gold Medal Paris UXl CAMMELL, LAIRD & CO. Ltd SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND, Manufacturers of Drill Steels, Best Refined Cast Steel Files, and Rasps, Steel Axles, Wheel! and Cranks. Rails and Fish Plates made to any specification. Steel Plates, etc. Shoes, Dies, Stems, Cams and Cam Shaftings for Stamp Mills. ROWLAND MACHIN 5 Yates St., VICTORIA, B. C. General Agent for Canada For all lines excepting Steel Rails of 30 lbs. per yard and upwards, witj their relative accessories. THE MINING RECORD. VII. MISCELLANEOUS MACHINERY, ETC. A HENDY" Bali-Bearing, Double Jointed Giant. Do we sell more HYDRAULIC and PLACER MINING nACHINERY than all the other manufacturers combined ? Because our Line of ELEVATORS, GIANTS, WATER LIFTERS, SAND and GRAVEL PUilPS is the LARGEST in the WORLD and has been on the market FORTY=FIVE Years. Write for Catalogue No. 3. JOSHUA HENDY MACHINE W0RKS, Works: Bay and Kearney Streets. Office: 38=44 Fremont Street, SflN FRHNeiSe©, QAL. Canton Steel I Works The only plant in the United States devoted exclusively to the manufacture of steel for Mining and Railroad construction. Canton Brands are Hammered, not Rolled, and sold under GUARANTEE. mers Will find the Sleel List published by eflNTCN STEEL eO'Y, DENVER, e©L©., contains much information which will prove o interest. Mailed upon application. McLennan, McFeely & Co., Agents for YHiveeoYER, b. e. The Bleichert e 1 ramway More Bleichert Tramways in use than all others. Manufactured by The Trenton Iron Co., TRENTON, N. J. Engineers and Contractorsaud sole licensees in North America for the Bleichert System. Also, Wire Kope Equipments for Cable Hoist-Conveyors, Surlace and Underground Haulage, Etc. Illustrated Book Upon application. New York Office—Cooper, Hewitt & Co., n Burling Silp. Chicago Ofnce~ni4 Monadnock Building VIII. THE MINING RECORD. PUMPING MACHINERY -FOR- ines & Waterworks OF ALL KINDS. BELT OR DIRECT DRIVEN BY MOTOR OR STEAM ENGINE. Hathorn, Davey & Co., Ltd. LEEDS, ENGLAND. PEACOCK BROTHERS, Sole Canadian Representatives, Canada Life Bldg., Montreal. NORTHEY MADE BY CANADA FOUNDRY COMPANY, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE AND WORKS, TORONTO. District Offices—Montreal, Halifax, Ottawa, Winnipeg Vancouver, Rossland. The Brackman &, Ker Milling Co., Ltd. Manufacturers ofthe Celebrated % Facilities Unequalled for Supplying the West with the Best Quality of X 3fi| Grain, Hay or Mill Feed, § £*!!« OATS. (Registered.) Unequalled in the World.) X Victoria. Nelson. § Vancouver. Rossland. % New Westminster. Strathcona. The Hall Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. SMELTING DEPARTMENT NELSON, lPurchi lases copper ore:, D p LEAD ORE, Di ^' DRV ORE. MICHIGAN COLLEGE OF MINES. F. W. McNAIR, President. A State Institution located in and making use of au active mining district. For Year Book giving list of graduates and their occupations apply to Houghton, Michigan. President or Secretary. The Mining Record VOL. XL APRIL, 1904. No. 4 BRITISH COLUMBIA MINING RECORD Devoted to the /lining Interests of the Pacific Northwest. PTJBLISHED BY THE BRITISH COLUMBIA RECORD, LIMITED H. MORTIflER LAMB, managing Editor. Victoria, JB. C, Office, Province Building. Vancouver, P. W. Charleson, Hastings Sc. London Office: 24 Coleman Street, E. C, Denver, Col.: National Advertising Co. San Francisco: Date's Agency. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: Canada and the United States, one year - Great Britain and Foreign, one year - - Advertising Rates on Application. $2.00 $2.50 Address all communications to The Managing Editor, B. O. Record, Ltd., P. O. Drawer 645, Victoria, B. C. THE MONTH. It is the custom of the Provincial Mineralogist to each year prepare for the Annual Report of the Minister of Mines for British Columbia a table showing the comparative mineral production of this and other Provinces of the Dominion. The form in which this table is published exhibits in a striking manner the proportion of the total production of the principal metals, and of coal and coke, respectively, of the Yukon, of British Columbia, and of all the remaining parts of the Dominion combined. In this table it is made clear that the production of gold, silver, copper and lead in this Province is larger year by year than that of all parts of the Dominion east of the Rocky Mountains.. In iron and in nickel the advantage is very decidedly against this Province, but, though coal and coke are also still much in favour of the Eastern Provinces, British Columbia is gradually lessening the disproportion in output of these latter products. We are not yet in possession of the necessary particulars to admit of our making a comparison in detail —these will in due course be published by the Provincial Department of Mines—but we are sufficiently well informed as to last year's mineral production in this Province to allow of our presenting the approximate percentages that appear below. The Summary of the Mineral Production of Canada in 1903, prepared (subject to revision) by the Section of Mines of the Geological Survey Department, places the total value of the metallic minerals at $33,707,403, of non- metallic minerals (including coal and coke, $17,621,- 671) at $29,219,107, and the estimated value of mineral products not returned at $300,000, making a grand total of $63,226,510. The item of $300,000 is left out of account in making the calculations that give the following results: British Columbia produced in metallic minerals 36 per cent, of the Dominion total; in coal and coke 27 per cent., and in all non-metallic minerals (including coal and coke) 18 per cent. Further, if the mineral yield of the Yukon and British Columbia be taken as together representing the production of what may be designated the Pacific slope portion of the Dominion and be compared with that of the Canadian territory east of the Rocky Mountains, it will be found that the former produced 75 per cent, of the year's total metallic product or 47 per cent, of the gross mineral product— metallic and non-metallic combined. We commend these figures to the attention and careful consideration of British Columbia members of the Dominion parliament in the hope that they will find them of service when urging the Right Honourable the Prime Minister to accede to the request preferred by the Provincial Mining Association of British Columbia that a Minister of Mines be appointed to the Cabinet and that such minister be a representative from the Pacific Coast. The Annual Report for 1902 of the Section of Mines of the Geological Survey of Canada came to hand last month. There is much interesting information in this report, which deals fully with the mineral industries of the Dominion. It is unfortunate, though, that so long a delay has taken place before this revised and detailed review has been made available to the public, which now has before it the summary statement fojr the following year (1903). The report appears to have been completed by the end of October last, yet although the information it contained was then ten months old, a further delay of four months took place before the volume was printed and mailed. At the recent Convention of the Provincial Mining Association the Provincial Bureau of Mines was much blamed for delay in getting out its report for 1902, which was printed and submitted to the Legislature before the end of May last. That was late enough in all conscience, but it was nine months ahead ofthe Dominion revised report. We are not suggesting that the Provincial Bureau of Mines deserves especial praise for having been in point of time so far ahead of the Dominion Section of Mines, but are doing the former the bafe justice of directing attention to the fact that other official publications of a like nature a're much longer in being placed at the V 114 THE MINING RECORD. disposal of the public. We note that the Mining Engineer to the Geological Survey suggests that a more prompt response on the part of all applied to for the requisite information would help towards an earlier publication of the report. In a similar connection it may be mentioned that the Provincial Bureau of Mines also has much difficulty in getting prompt replies to its circulars asking for particulars relative to the mining industry, and, strange to say, among the worst delinquents in this respect are some who are most severe in their criticism of the department for a delay to which they themselves contribute by their neglect to promptly make returns. It seems as if some of those whom the law requires to supply certain information relative to their mining operations take advantage of the known reluctance of the Government to prosecute for such neglect, whictrT^ to be deplored. I During a recent public discussion on the Provincial Bureau of Mines and the official reports at issues, several speakers expressed themselves as strongly of the opinion that all references to values of! ores and commercial prospects of mineral clahns^should be omitted from such official repofti] Seemingly there is at least one instance on record where their views in this direction had already been officially anticipated, but whether in the best interests of this Province, which happens to be the one directly concerned, or not, may be left to individual judgment for decision. On pp. 72s and 73s of the Dominion Section of Mines Report for 1902 some information is given relative to "a new discovery of coal in the West Kootenay District." The locality is not in what in this Province is known as West Kootenay, but is in the north-east part of the Boundary District. It is not this inaccuracy in location, though, to which we desire to call attention, but to the misleading character of the information given. Mr. R. W. Brock's report on this alleged coal-field was not quoted in full. We do not take exception to that, though, so much as the omission to take careful note of Col. Linsley's report on this coal discovery as published in the Report for 1901 of the Minister of Mines for British Columbia, pp. 1071-2. In the Section of Mines Report Mr. Linsley is quoted as having reported the discovery of four seams of coal, of which "the upper (seven inches wide) was the largest," but he was not quoted as having given the thickness of the three other seams as 1% inches, 1 inch and y^ inch, respectively. That gentleman regarded the coalfield (!) from a commercial standpoint, and his report to his principals did not encourage them to proceed to develop the property. Last spring, however, months before the date of the Report of the Section of Mines, the property was prospected, with results that led to its abandonment, to all intents and purposes no work having been since done on it. In this case a proper regard to the commercial prospects would have prevented the Geological Survey from officially calling attention to "a new discovery of coal" months after it had been shown to be of no practical value. On March 6th the Rossland Miner published the following :— "The Miner is reliably informed that an attempt was made last year to wantonly abuse the public-spirited- ness of the Provincial Mining Association. It appears that thousands of copies of the British Columbia Mining Record have been sold to the Association for which the Association had no particular use. The parties responsible for this piece of business are open to censure if the facts are as stated. The Association hashad a hard time steering itself clear of the shoals of politics, but to attempt to saddle it with any feature of 'yellow-legism,' and jobbery is nothing short of intolerable." / This is not the first time the Miner, under its present directiion, has either plainly or, as above, by innuendo, done the Mining Record injustice. Heretofore we have not replied to its aspersions, secure in the knowledge that this journal has a reputation for honesty and straightforwardness that cannot be injured by attacks from such a quarter. But since the managing editor of the Record is also treasurer of the Provincial Mining Association, it may be in the interests of the Association to show that there is no justification at all for the above-quoted attempt to imply that either he or the Record has wantonly abused the public-spiritedness of the Association. The facts are that last year's printing committee, of which no one connected with the Record was a member, invited tenders for printing 15,000 copies of the report of the proceedings of the 1903 Convention, For a legitimate reason approved by the committee the tender of Mr. T. R. Cusack, printer, of Victoria, was made through and in the name of Mr. H. Mortimer Lamb. It was the lowest tender received and Mr. Lamb was notified on March 6 that this tender, which was for printing and did not provide for any illustrations, had been accepted. The printing committee had the right to seek advertising and it availed itself of this right to advantage, obtaining advertisements to the total value of two hundred dollars, less thirty dollars commission paid to the canvasser. Mr. Lamb turned over the printing order to Mr. Cusack at the amount of the tender. The Record obtained some additional advertising in accordance with an agreement with the committee, but it supplied two full-page cuts and eighteen smaller ones and had a special ornamental cover prepared all at its own expense. It should be particularly noted that this number was published in April, or about a month after the printing committeee, to whom the Executive had delegated full power to deal with the matter, had, after careful consideration, accepted the lowest tender. The details of receipts and expenditure in connection with that report of the Convention proceedings were printed in the Victoria newspapers a week before the Miner published its innuendo against the Record. The statement of accounts showed that the charge for printing was Mr. Cusack's and his name appeared in the statment of liabilities as a creditor for $358.02 for balance due on Convention proceedings. It was therefore plain to any fair-minded critic that the Association recognized its liability to Mr. Cusack and not to the Mining Record. THE MINING RECORD. 115 Further, the Provincial Government paid $1,250 for 5,000 copies of the proceedings, and this amount was handed to Mr. Cusack by Mr. Lamb without any deduction whatsoever. The unpaid amount shown in the balance sheet was the amount actually owing to Mr. Cusack when the year's accounts were made up, but he has since received, direct from the Association, $200 in reduction of this liability. The Miner is too prone to measure other people's wheat in its own bushel. That we are not alone in this conclusion can be seen by the following editorial comments published last summer by the Boundary Creek Times, Greenwood, in reply to some aspersions made by the Miner: "We find a newspaper whose 'graft' was so notorious that it was recently the subject of stinging condemnation from a Supreme Court judge, who characterized this sheet as a disgrace to Rossland and the Province—this same Rossland Miner is found deprecating the fact that a large portion of the Provincial press is willing to advocate anything or anybody for money. The Rossland Miner is a gross libeller as well as a 'grafter.' Outside the Rossland Miner and its editor, there are few newspapers or newspaper men in this Province who are not innocent of such a serious charge. The Press of British Columbia, outside of a few newspapers like the Rossland Miner which have fallen into the hands of corporations and who are always thanking God that they are not like other newspapers, is as honest and as straightforward and as independent as the Press of any country in the world. The Rossland Miner cannot bring the Press of British Columbia down to its own level by hurling wild charges of venality." We repeat then that we believe the reputation of the Mining Record for honesty and straightforwardness cannot be injured by attacks from such a quarter. Mr. A. F. Rosenberger, of the Mines Exchange, Ltd., has for some time past been successfully endeavoring to interest residents in several Michigan towns in mining properties situate in the vicinity of Camborne, Fish River camp, in the northern part of the Lardeau district. The Calumet & British Columbia Gokf Mines, Ltd., owning and operating the Eva group, and the Northwestern Development Syndicate are two companies organized as an outcome of his efforts. The former is reported to be doing well, the gold recoveries at its stamp mill at Camborne being sufficient to leave a margin of profit above all cost of working. The latter got into financial difficulties, mainly through gross^ mismanage^ rrient on the property, which was in the charge of a manager who was either utterly incompetent or recklessly extravagant, or both. The Gold Finch Mining Company has been formed, and this is to a large extent a reconstruction of the Northwestern. In order to give those interested a better idea of the situation than could be conveyed in either written or spoken descriptions, Mr. Rosenberger has been exhibiting m five or six towns in Michigan a series of stereopticon views of the mining property the new company is taking over from the discredited Northwestern Syn dicate, the scenes thrown on a 15-foot square canvas illustrating both surface and underground conditions at the mining claims, the aerial tramway, water power and plant for generating the electric current for operating the stamp mill, general views on the claims, maps of the locality, etc. His exhibitions have been accompanied by interesting talks, and as he is very familiar with the district and conditions he describes he has done much to restore confidence among those who temporarily felt that they had "had enough"- of mining in British Columbia. He has supplemented these efforts by making good use of opportunities afforded by interviews with representatives of Michigan newspapers. It is not unlikely he has done good work for the Lardeau particularly, but he has not restricted himself to that district alone, for he has also contended that the possibilities of British Columbia as a whole are constantly brightening. Such persistent work must do eventually great benefit to the province. We publish this month some notes on mining and smelting in the Boundary district prepared by Mr. Frederic Keffer, M.E., general manager of the B. C. Copper Co., for the information of members of the Canadian Mining Institute assembled recently in annual meeting. These are supplementary to Mr. Ker- fer's description (published in the Mining Record for April, 1902) of the methods employed in mining the big bodies of low-grade ore occurring in the Mother Lode mine, the development of which from the merest prospect it was in 1896 to the important pro- nual meeting. These are supplementary to Mr. Kef- ' fer during his nearly eight years' continuous close connection with it as manager. The Mother Lode mine commenced shipping ore towards the end of 1900, and its output has now reached an aggregate of about 420,000 tons.. It is evident, therefore, that the conclusions arrived at possess a thoroughly practical value, since they are based upon results obtained over a period of several years' duration, and not upon those of a few intermittent experimental tests. Among the facts brought into prominence in Mr. Keffer's notes are (1) that under the conditions of mining—mainly ore-quarrying—at the Mother Lode it would not pay to sort the ore now that the pits are so large as to permit of immense bodies of ore being blasted down at a time; (2) that further economies are being effected in handling, crushing and shipping the large output of the mine, and (3) that the ore mined on the 300-ft. level has been found to be of generally better grade than that taken from the workings nearer the surface. This last is most important, since it will, if this favourable experience continue, serve to more than offset the small increase in cost of handling the ore that must accompany mining at the deeper levels. Further, at tention is again directed to the importance of having, a sufficiently large percentage of iron in the ores of the district, so that the local smelters may be able to maintain their excellent record for smelting, both as regards expeditious treatment and low costs. THE MINING RECORD. The annual meeting of the Canadian Mining Institute has again drawfa public attention to the importance of such gatherings, especially to parts of the Dominion favoured with large mineral resources. The deliberations of a number of specialists on) subjects connected with the development and utilization of the great natural wealth contained in large \areas of mineral lands of the Dominion should be of far more general public interest than they are at present, and it is gratifying to find that to an increasing degree this is being recognized. The members of the Institute certainly cannot complain of indifference or lack of courtesy on the part of those prominently connected with the Department of Mines of Ontario. The Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Province accepted an invitation to be preseirt--and address the convention. In the course ott his remarks he expressed the pleasure it gave him to meet jsuch a representative body of members of aXprofession with which a branch of his department was so nearly concerned. He acknowledged the value of many of the suggestions and recommendations of the Institute, pointed out wherein he had endeavoured to meet their views, and assured them of"~Kis willingness to give all. possible assistance to the mining interests of the Province. It was evident that his was more than a passive interest, for had he been simply giving those he addressed "the glad hand," with no sincerity behind his professions, it is unlikely that officials of the Mines Department would have been taking the active part they were in promoting the objects of the convention. The Director of the Ontario Bureau of Mines gave the convention much' ractical information, showing the progress of mining and the manufacture of the products of mining1- in the province during 1903, and the Provincial Geologist dealt at considerable length with the undeveloped mineral resources of Ontario. It may be that this good example will yet be followed in British Co- umbia, even at gatherings where those taking part are not all professional men. Let us hope that next year will see in this province a similar display of tactful courtesy and cordial co-operation, prompted by real.recognition of the value of the service-that is being rendered to the mining industry by the Provincial Miningf Association. problems he called attention to, viz., how to get more ore, how to get cheaper coke, and how best to deal with the low grade ores of the Le Roi mine, awaiting solution, but the first and last seem now to be in the way of being solved ere long, whilst the remaining one will in all probability appear less formidable as competing collieries and railways become established and do away with existing practical monopolies. With a thoroughly business-like directorate, an able and conservative general manager, the smelter tinder a skilled modern metallurgist, the office under fully competent supervision, and the mine as good Its, or even better than Mr. McMillan indicated, the Le Roi Company should yet prove a success in very deed. The address of the managing director of the Le Roi Mining Company- (Mr. Anthony J. McMillan, of Rossland,) to the shareholders assembled in general meeting in London a few weeks ago should assist in restoring confidence in the Le Roi. At considerable length he dealt with the affairs of the company's mine and smelter, and at the close of his address,' which was listened to with close attention, he reiterated his belief, first expressed to the shareholders in general meeting nearly two years since, that the Le Roi is a great mine. Further, after showing that profits on ore extracted had freed the property from debt, he gave it as his judgment that the mine is in a better position to-day in every respect than -it has been for years past. True, there are the three great At the same meeting Mr. Geo. S. Water- low said: "I believe it has been stated by those who know very little about British Columbia that very little real values are turned out in that country; but the contents of the matte shipments of your mine alone for the year under review, as per refinery returns, have been absolutely 91,037 oz. gold, 122,447 oz. silyer, and 4,816,155 lb. copper. I think that these figures alone will show that there is something in the Le Roi mine, and, I have hopes, a great deal more yet." This kind of testimony must eventually benefit British Columbia, especially when attention is directed to such facts by one who has expended money freely in mining properties in the Province, and has made repeated visits to the mines in which he is consequently deeply interested. Had the figures been available to him at the time, Mr. Waterlow might have gone farther and told his hearers that the total pro-- duction of metals by the Kootenay and Boundary smelters in 1903 added to that of the Le Roi mine as above was as follows: Gold, 216,614 oz.; silver, 2,866,816 oz.; copper, 24,541,535 lb., and lead, 16,- 779,182 lb. Even these figures, convincing as they should be, do not do the Kootenay and Boundary districts full justice, for there were besides the metal contents of a lot of Rossland ore, not included in the foregoing statement, smelted at Northport, Washington, and silver-lead ores from the Slocan also shipped to United States smelters. Then there was the production of other parts of the Province, including a considerable tonnage of ore smelted at Vancouver Island smelters, so that, comparatively speaking, there was quite a large aggregate production to disprove any such statement as that so opportunelv corrected bv Mr. Waterlow. Had it been suggested two or three years ago that Boundary district smelters, established at points distant 100 to 120 miles by rail from Rossland, would compete with the near-by smelters at Trail and North- port for ores produced by Rossland mines, the suggestion would probably have been -ridiculed. Yet today we find the managing director of the company owning the Northport smelter admitting that this competition has to be met, and that consequently his company is jace to face with new conditions. The THE MINING RECORD. 117 reason the Boundary smelters can successfully compete for the treatment of Rossland custom ores, notwithstanding that they are handicapped by the higher freight charges of the much longer railway haul, is that these ores contain certain constituents that the Boundary ores do not possess in sufficient quantity, so that the loss in transportation charges is offset by the more effective and economical smelting of the much larger tonnage of local ores, made practicable by the admixture of a small proportion of Rossland ores. It is probable that ere long the tables will in some measure be turned; in fact it has already been announced that when the Great Northern Company's railway system shall be extended to Boundary mines the Northport smelter will obtain Boundary ores, the large percentage of lime and silica in which would assist in the more economical smelting of Rossland ores. The Le Roi Company has been notified that the Great Northern Railway Company, which already has a railway running through Grand Forks, expects to commence the construction of a branch thence to Phoenix as soon as the snow goes off the ground this Spring, so that we may expect to see after this year, in both the Rossland and Boundary mining camps, competition between railway and smelting companies that should tend towards a further reduction in transportation and smelting charges, to the advantage of companies mining the immense bodies of low-grade ore characteristic of the Boundary district, and, in smaller degree, to the smelting companies as well. The annual report of Mr. A. H. Gracey, manager of The Athabasca-Venus, Ltd., operating the Athabasca and Venus gold mines, stamp mill and cyanide plant, situate on Morning Mountain, near Nelson, is published elsewhere in this issue. This report shows the good results that have followed careful and economical management by a competent mine manager. Mr. Gracey's policy has been a progressive one. His experiments have enabled him to considerably raise the percentage of extraction of values from the ore, so that during the last seven months of the period under review the recovery averaged 93.3 per cent, of the total values. Milling costs were reduced from $1.32 per ton to 81 cents, and cyaniding costs from 85 cents to 80 cents per ton of ore milled. With certain development wOrk kept well ahead of stoping it is estimated that mining costs could be reduced to $3.85 per ton and that after adding the costs of tramming, milling and cyaniding, management and general expenses, the total cost would be $5.80 per ton of^ ore from the Venus mine. The average returns obtained during the last six months of the year showed a recovered value of $9.55 per ton, so that with ore of similar general grade an average profit of $3-75 could be looked for. From the ore of the Athabasca mine, which is of a generally higher average grade, more than twice as much profit per ton should be made. It is therefore to be hoped that the directors will see their way clear to authorize the doing of the additional development work requisite to the attainment of these indicated better results. In any case it has been demonstrated that these mines can be worked at a profit, which is important to the shareholders directly concerned, and to the Nelson district indirectly. At the annual meeting of the Canadian Mining Institute, held last month in Toronto, the president read a paper on "Some Suggested Improvements in the Mining Laws in Canada." He pointed out that there is an enormous area of Crown-granted mineral lands in Canada lying idle, thereby retarding the development of the mineral resources of the country. He favoured the imposition of assessment work to the value of $5 per acre per annum, with immediate forfeiture to the Crown in case of non-compliance. He pointed out that only about one-half of one per cent, of the mineral lands Crown-granted in Ontario during the past "six years were being worked. He did not give, the figures relative to British Columbia, in which province about 4,600 Crown-grants for mineral claims have been issued during eight years, 1896-1903. The percentage of Crown-granted claims being worked in this province whilst so insignificant as to be a serious detriment to the development of its mineral resources, is certainly not so small as that stated to be the case in Ontario. Whilst the tying-up of mineral lands by Crown-granting without adequate provisions for work or heavy taxation, is a growing evil, and one calling for effective measures to remedy it, what a howl there would have been made had the president at the recent Convention of the Provincial Mining Association, or for that matter the Provincial Government, at a session of the local Legislature, advocated an assessment of $5 an acre, whilst to suggest immediate forfeiture as a penalty for non-compliance, would have called down condemnation on all hands. Yet there are British countries where. such requirements in connection with gold mining lands are met without a murmur and as a matter of course. In a report of the annual meeting of the Rossland Board of Trade published in a local newspaper, it is stated that the report of the retiring president "concluded with a statement of the ore production of the Rossland camp since 1893, and for 1903. His deduction from the figures submitted in this statement and by the Associated Boards' leaflet on the subject of mineral production was that in 1903 the Rossland camp produced about 46 per cent, of the entire mineral' wealth mined in British Columbia." If Mr. A. H. McNeill, the retiring president, was correctly reported, either his source of information or his deduction was unreliable. Assuming that the percentage claimed was intended to be in value, not in tonnage (for in tonnage the Trail Creek Mining Division did not contribute more than one-third of the total output of metallic minerals, leaving out consideration the much larger tonnage of non-metallic minerals), we think that when the official figures shall appear it will be found that the Trail Creek Mining Division, which includes the Rossland camp, did not contribute more 118 THE MINING RECORD. than 25 per cent, in value "of the entire mineral wealth mined in British Columbia" in 1903, nor not more than 33 per cent, of the metallic mineral output. In 1902 that division contributed about 28 per cent, of the former, or about 39 per cent, of the latter^,but it will be found that it did not maintain so high a proportion in 1903. As it is especially necessary that the statements of Boards of Trade shall be as nearly correct as possible, we have no doubt that the Rossland Board of Trade will accept this correction of the local newspaper report in the spirit in which it is made, our mutual purpose being to state facts and facts only. Its annual output of between $4,000,000 and $5,000,000 is so creditable that the Rogslandcamp can well afford to keep well within the (mark rather than go beyond it, which latter in the raise in p<j>int was done, but no doubt quite inadvertently.\ In addition to having contributed much to the enjoyment of those of the up-country delegates_^feo the Provincial Mining Association Convention who availed themselves of his kindness in placing a train at their disposal to enable them to visit the working mines in Mt. Sicker camp, Mr. James Dunsmuir did good service in the interests of metalliferous mining on Vancouver Island. There is an old*saying that "seeing is believing," and there is much truth in it. No matter how many times mining men from the interior may read descriptions of Island mines, they are unlikely to adequately realise the importance of such properties, as several of those now being developed at Mt. Sicker without seeing for themselves the fine showings of mineral of payable grade,, and the extent and generally good class of mining work that is being carried on in the mines there. Probably one of the greatest advantages that can result from the visit to the Island of a number of men from other parts of the Province will be found in the fact that men familiar with the working of producing mines have been shown that there are good metalliferous mines on Vancouver Island, and that they are being operated under the direction of fully qualified mine managers. It is but the merest courtesy to Mr. Dunsmuir to express appreciation in this way of the benefit derived from his generous public-spiritedness on the occasion alluded to, and it is also due to those connected with the several mines visited, to the management of the smelter at Crofton, and to the several Victoria organizations that assisted, to acknowledge the part they all took in contributing to the success and enjoyment of the excursion to Mt. Sicker and Crofton. Jacobs, now secretary of the Provincial Mining Association, who is charged with having taken advantage of his opportunities as a delegate to the recent Mining Convention to make "a savage attack upon the Lardeau district in general, and upon Mr. W. B. Pool and the Great Northern Mines, Ltd., in particular/" in order to air "his private and personal animosities." But had Mr. Jacobs been guilty of the offence with which he is accused, it is somewhat strange that, notwithstanding the "indignation and disgust" of the delegates, as alleged by the Mining Exchange, a most representative executive committee should have subsequently appointed him secretary of the association. But the facts as reported in the B. C. Mining Exchange are certainly not fairly or correctly stated. Mr. Jacobs made no attack on the Lardeau district, though in speakfng to a resolution which charged the Bureau of Mines with inefficiency, he pointed out that the principal traducers lately of the Provincial Mineralogist were Mr. Pool, who thus showed his annoyance that Mr. Robertson had not "boomed" the district in which he (Mr. Pool) was interested, and the representative of a Chicago newspaper, who some time since had served three months in jail in Nelson. Whether Mr. Jacobs' points were wisely taken or not may be a matter of opinion, but at least he was honest .and certainly courageous in the stand he took in this matter. In the last issue of the B. C. Mining Exchange, a rather fierce onslaught is made against Mr. E. It is a matter of some regret that the proposed scheme for amalgamating the B. C. Copper Company and the Snowshoe Gold & Copper Mines, Ltd., in the Boundary district, has failed to materialize, probably on account of the present depression in financial circles, accentuated by the Russo-Japanese war. Although the Snowshoe is a most promising mine in itself, the arrangement as contemplated would undoubtedly have strengthened its position, while we should also have liked to have seen the consolidation added to the list of British Columbia companies whose shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange. However, since the scheme misfired, comfort may be extracted from the thought that instead of, as would have been the case, one big undertaking paying proportionate profits almost immediately, the Boundary may ere long depend on having the two disassociated, but still distinctly important enterprises, in the same fortunate position. Meanwhile another Boundary mine amalgamation is reported the newly organized. Montreal & Boston Consolidated Mining & Smelting Company having arranged to purchase either for cash or in exchange for its own treasury shares, the assets of the Morrison Mines, THE MINING RECORD. 119 Ltd., at a valuation which affords shareholders in the latter undertaking two cents per share. The price is, of course, exceedingly low, but in view of the fact that the Morrison Company is hampered by lack of working capital, the arrangement is perhaps as satisfactory as could be expected under the circumstances. From the annual report of the Dominion Superintendent of Mines we learn that during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1903, 36,295.69 oz. of bullion, valued at $568,888.19, representing 509 deposits, were received and assayed. As the receipts during the corresponding period of the fiscal year 1901-2 were 69,925.67 oz., valued at $1,153,014.50, representing 671 deposits, it is evident that there was during the first-mentioned year a falling off in business done of about one-half. Dr. Haanel narrates several causes to which he attributes this very considerable decrease of business, and adds the following significant comment: "Under these circumstances, the amount of business coming to the Dominion of Canada assay office will continue to be small, and not until a market has been created in Canada for Canadian gold, by the establishment of a mint, will its business be commensurate with the gold output of Canada." Will the British Columbia senators and members of the Houes of Commons, to whom were sent last month copies of the resolution -urging upon the Government the desirability of hastening the establishment of the national mint, for which Parliament has already made an appropriation, please take note of what Dr. Haanel has reported to the Government as his opinion on the subject above referred to. In the report of the directors of the Le Roi No. 2, Ltd., which we published last month, it was confidently stated, regarding the operation of the Elmore oil concentration plant at that company's mine at Rossland, that the ratio of concentration had there been found entirely satisfactory, but that it was yet too early to speak with any certainty as to the cost per ton of the treatment of the ore. We have since received a report of the second ordinary meeting of the Canadian Ore Concentration, Ltd., at which the chairman is stated to have said that, even at such an expensive place as Rossland and with so small a plant, $2 per ton should be the very outside cost of working the experimental plant erected for the Le Roi No. 2. It was contended by one of the inventors, who was present at the meeting, that with a 6 or 8-unit plant, oil, royalty, and all charges should not greatly exceed three shillings (.75 cents) per ton. It would therefore appear that, if a high ratio of concentration, with very small loss of values in the tailings, can be maintained at so low a cost per ton of ore treated as that last above mentioned, the Elmore process certainly should contribute very materially to a much enlarged output from the mines of Rossland and vicinity. We have much pleasure in calling the attention of our readers to the generally favourable Press comment, which we print in another part of this month's Mining Record, on the Second Annual Convention and the good work and prospects of the Provincial Mining Association. From widely separated sections of the Province have come words of appreciation and encouragement. Especially gratifying, in view of the temporary misunderstanding that led to the Association receiving a set-back there for a brief period, are the reports that have appeared in Vancouver newspapers relative to the branch in that city—the largest in the Province. The News-Advertiser recently concluded a report of a meeting of the local executive as follows: "It was very gratifying to the Executive to have it reported that the Association is meeting with enthusiastic support from all classes in the City, and that the branch in Vancouver will shortly be the banner one of the Province, both in membership and financially." If it beat the Rossland branch with its nearly 500 members, it certainly will be a strong branch, which it should be since anything that contributes to the prosperity of the mining industry will also in some measure add to that of the commercial capital of the Province. The President of the Canadian Mining Institute, speaking at the annual meeting held last month in Toronto, said that the membership now tended more and more towards the West. In making that statement he included Ontario's membership as well as what we in this Province know as "the West." A little attention to the numbers of full members in the Dominion, that is excluding student members, will disclose the fact that of the 286 Dominion members 68, or 24 per cent., are from British Columbia. If the Yukon members be added to those of this Province the figures will be 79 out of 286, or nearly 28 per cent. British Columbia's proportion of the total full membership of 357 members is 19 per cent., and that of British Columbia and the Yukon together, 22 per cent. These figures will probably interest some of our readers as showing the considerable share our Western mining men take- in the leading professional riwiv orsfaniza- THE MINING RECORD. tion connected with mining and metallurgy in the Dominion. Another significant fact may be mentioned, viz., that at the recent annual Convention 25 per cent, of the papers contributed dealt with British Columbia subjects. The outlook for the Nelson Mining Division for the current year is distinctly encouraging. The Athabasca-Venus is making profits, announcement has been made that active development is to be continued at the Juno through the season, a local company has been organized to operate the May and Jennie group on which much work has already been done by Messrs. A. H. Kelly and R. S. Lennie with exceljent-results, the Alice group in the vicinity of Creston is being opened up with good prospects ahead, the Hunter] V. has settled down to making regular shipments of payable ore, the Ymir and several other gold mines in/ the same camp are at work under competent management, and several properties at Salmo and Erie are also being operated. Then there is the Silver King sjfeill a producer, and the Nelson smelter contintring~"to treat ores from various parts of the Kootenay. Certainly it appears as if the Nelson Mining Division will make a good showing in 1904. Included in the voluminous Annual Report of the Department of the Interior for 1902-3, which was received recently, are the annual official reports of the Commissioner of the Yukon Territory (Hon. F. T. Congdon) and the Dominion Superintendent of Mines (Dr. Eugene Haanel). Summaries of these reports are printed elsewhere in this issue of the Mining Record. To the former is appended reports from the Assistant Gold Commissioner (Mr. F. X. Gosselin) and the Crown Timber and Land Agent (Mr. H. M. Martin), and to the latter a report by the Government Mining Engineer (Mr. A. J. Beaudette) on the stamp mill and assay office, Dawson, and one by Messrs. R. G. McConnell and R. W. Brock, of the Geological Survey of Canada, on the great landslide which occurred at Frank, Alberta, on April 29 last. The reports are all for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1903, so are somewhat out of date, yet there is probably much in them still of interest to some of our readers. Apropos of the application of the Provincial Mining Association to the Dominion Government to permit the free importation of all machinery not obtain-' able of equal quality in Canada, and imported exclusively for the mining, smelting and reduction of ores, coals and 'other mineral products, the following from the annual report for 1902-3 of the Commissioner of the Yukon Territory will be of interest: "The temporary removal of duties on certain classes of mining machinery has, in my opinion, been amply justified by the importation of several large plants, which, I believe, will next season prove large producers, and more than return to the Government the loss of duties, and will, if successful, create a still larger demand for similar machinery after the remission of duty has ceased to operate." in all the placer mining districts preparations are in/ progress for a very active season's work, the late heavy snow and rainfalls insuring in most cases an ample water supply this year. Recently arrangements were made to send it a consignment of heavy machinery for a mine in Cassiar, which is to be worked for the first time this year. Parties have already left to prepare for the summer's hydraulicing in Omineca, and it is expected that conditions will permit of' the commencement of active work at the big Cariboo hydraulic mines early next month. In East Kootenay placer mining is again becoming an important industry, and recently a number of new applications have been made for leases. . The Mining Department of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company is opening up at Banff what promises to be a very large anthracite coal mine. Tenders have been invited for driving a tunnel about 1,200 feet long, and other preliminary work is either under way or is being arranged for. It is proposed to install compressed air haulage and to include in the colliery equipment a modern anthracite breaker. It is expected that by next winter this mine will be in a position to supply the country from Vancouver to Winnipeg with a superior class of anthracite coal for domestic purposes. The Nelson Daily News is to be commended for its exposure of one Otto M. Rosendale, of Portland, Oregon, who advertised in its columns that he wanted mining property. The advertisement was replied to by a Rossland mining broker, who offered for sale a group of claims, and thereupon Rosendale made a proposition to him which he describes as a "rascally production." Immediately upon being apprised of th^ facts the Daily News obtained and published Rosendale's letter in full and expressed the opinion that it stamped him as "a fakir." Public exposures of this class of men who similarly fraudulently use the mining business for "revenue only," help to rid it of such hurtful parasites. Among the amounts included in the Dominion estimates for the ensuing year are several that will in some measure benefit several of the mining districts of the province. These provide for improvements to waterways, including Columbia River (above Revelstoke, above Golden, below Golden and between Upper and Lower Arrow lakesj respectively), North Thompson River, Duncan River, Skeena River and Anderson and Kennedy Lakes. THE MINING RECORD. 121 THE SMITH GRAVITY HYDRAULIC BOX CAR LOADER. (By E. Jacobs.) ONE of the most interesting features of the equipment of the Crow's Nest Pass Co.'s collieries, East Kootenay, is the Smith Gravity Hydraulic Box Car Loader, illustrations of which, showing a car in three different positions, accompany this description. It would be a decided advantage to many consumers of coal if there were no necessity for the use of anv such contrivance, that is to say, if the companies owning the railways provided sufficient dump cars in which to ship coal instead of using by far the larger proportion of box and gondola cars for this purpose in British Columbia. It will be evident to anv one p-iving- this connection have already been made to the railway company carrying most of the coke used in the interior of the Province, but for the time there are only box cars in use for carrying coke. Similar objections to the use of either gondola or box cars for the shipment of coal hold good, but since the quantity of coal used by mines and smelters is not nearly so large as that of coke the additional cost in unloading does not in the aggregate amount "to anything like so high a sum of money. So long, however, as existing conditions shall be continued there will remain the necessity for the use of an expeditious and economical mechanical car loader, and this being so, the colliery owners will continue to seek the most efficient machine for this purpose. Tbe Smith Box Car Loader is the invention of the 1 No. i.—Smith Gravity Hydraulic Box Car Loader. the matter a little consideration that if it were practicable to use dump cars instead for the shipment of coal and coke from the collieries to the mines and smelters, a considerable saving would thereby be effected in the cost of unloading the fuel at the places to which it is delivered for consumption. In fact one of the serious difficulties the larger smelters are now facing, as they extend their operations and considerably increase their treatment capacity, is the excessive cost, in time as well as in money, of unloading coke from the box cars in which it is shipped, by the pres-' ent very slow and expensive means of shovelling by hand, whereas if it were carried in dump cars the whole carload of 20 tons or thereabouts could be dumped in two or three minutes. Strong representations in patentee. Mr. S. Kedzic Smith, C.E., well known at some of the larger collieries in the State of Washington, and now of -Billings. Montana. Mr. Smith's device for loading box cars is both ingenious and thoroughly effective. It does its work quickly and can be operated by one man. It is singular in comparison with other mechanical loaders in that it provides for placing the car in the machine instead of the machine in the car as other contrivances previously invented do. Tn the operation of this loader the box car is run on to a tilting platform and securely locked thereon. The first of the illustrations shows a car on the platform before being tilted. As will be seen, the rails on the platform constitute a part of the railway track, and the empty cars are pushed on one at a time and passed on, after being loaded, to the continuation of the track beyond. The operation of loading is very simple. After the car is locked on, one end of the platform is tilted down (as illustration No. 2) and the coal is run into the car, by means of a chute from the bunkers above, until the lower half is loaded. The car is then brought back to a horizontal position and, whilst the coal is still running in, it is slowly tilted in the opposite direction. The tilting is continued up to the maximum of about 35 .degrees, at which the car is held (as illu- tration No. 3) until fully loaded. The exercise of care in tilting the second end will prevent much of the coal from running down from the end first loaded when the other end of the car is lowered for filling. THE MINING RECORD. the semi-circular rim at the bottom is a horizontal hydraulic cylinder, which is movable longitudinally and has each end attached to the opposite side of the rim by a wire rope which circumscribes the rim from theNbottom to near the top, where it is attached. By means of a moderately high pressure pump and a four- way cock water is forced into corresponding ends of the cylinders and allowed to escape from the other ends. The cylinders thus travel longitudinally and, py means of the wire rope, cause the sides of the cradle to roll upon the supporting rollers and the platform to tilt. To handle box cars of 80,000 lbs. capacity requires a water pressure of 250 lbs. per square inch, the cvlinders being 13 inches in diameter. The car loader described above is in use at the IP II No. 2.—Smith Gravity Hydraulic Box Car Loader. When the car is loaded it is brought back to the hori- Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company's Morrissey colliery, zontal and moved off the platform, which is then ready where all the equipment of plant and machinery is to receive another empty car. modern and has been provided in the expectation that The loader is substantially constructed, necessarily the development here during the next year or two will so since it has to carry up to 60 or 70 tons weight at a admit of a comparatively large output of coal being time. The platform is supported by vertical sides, regularly maintained. At present the producing ca- each of which is a sector of a circle, the centres being pacity of the five mines, all situate on the north side of eight feet above the track and the arc 150 degrees long. Morrissey Creek, now in operation is from 800 to The combination of platform and sides is called the 1.000 tons per diem. These mines are about five miles cradle. These semi-circular sides have tires or rims up the creek from Morrissey Junction, a station on the of railway T rail and they are supported by cast roll- Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Crow's Nest The rollers, two on each side of the cradle, are branch nine miles lower down the Elk River from spaced 60 degrees apart, 30 degrees each side of the Fernie, at which latter town are the Crow's Nest vertical. On each side of the cradle and tangent to Pass Coal Company's headquarters in British Colum- THE MINING RECORD. 123 bia. The Morrissey colliery is the latest to be made ren or very poor rock by loading it into cars and productive of the three collieries owned by this com- tramming to waste dumps, but as the funnel system pany in the Crow s Nest district. Between 400 and developed it became quite inadvisable to remove any 500 men are employed at this colliery, including those except large bodies of waste, for the cost of removal engaged at the coke ovens, of which 240 have- been had become greater than the cost of smelting. Ex- recently built here. The larger part of the output of perience has shown, however, that the detrimental coal and coke from this colliery is sold in the United effects of these smaller bodies of waste have been States, with which direct railway connection is given more than offset by the improvement in the general by the Crow's Nest Southern Railway to Gateway, on run of the ore body, due to lesser quantities of par- the international boundary, and thence to Jennings, tially leached surface rock being included; so that the on "The Great Northern Railway Company's transcon- average copper contents of the 137,800 tons mined in tinental road, by a branch line operated by the latter 1903 were appreciably higher per ton than those of the company. ^S^oo tons mined in 1902. In places, however, large No. 3.—Smith Gravity Hydraulic Box Car Loader. NG IN THE BOUNDARY DISTRICT. dykes of epidote and alkali porphyry, and occasionally isolated bodies of limestone, occur, which are removed (By Frederic Keffer, M.E.) by blasting into the raises, all the ore having been O years ago the writer contributed a description previously withdrawn. of methods employed in mining low-grade ores The crusher plant located at the entrance .to the at the Mother Lode mine, in the Boundary dis- quarry tunnel has dealt with the quarry ore alone, that It is the purpose of the present paper to briefly from the stopes having been crushed by a Gates ma- evelopments of the system, particularly as re- chine installed at head of shaft. Work is now being ards the quarrying and economical handling of ores, carried forward to consolidate the crushing plants and nd also to touch upon certain features connected with to do away with the Gates machine, which, although a melting operations. No- 5 size, is entirely inadequate to the demands now At the Mother Lode the series of quarries has been made upon it. To this end a tunnel is being driven to xtended and there are at present four raises to the intersect the main shaft on the same level as the quarry uarries from the main tunnel, with a fifth in course tunnel. At the shaft will be placed a very large f driving. As far as is possible, -the tops of, these pocket, and this will discharge the ore into 5-ton skips aises are maintained funnel-shape so as to reduce which will replace the cages now used. The skips -, ~ „• • ..v. u jr . ~f +v,o nw While the nits will empty into a bin at the head of the shaft, ore pass- 3 a minimum the handling ot the ore. vvnue uu. ijh.» w ^ \* l j emained shallow it was an easy matter to remove bar- ing thence to either 01 MINI ^Twc ■"• 0 at trict. note d ne or two Jenckes-Farrel crush- 124 THE MINING RECORD. ers, each crusher having a jaw opening 2 ft. x 3 ft. These crushers will be driven by a pair of 100-h.p. engines so arranged that either engine can drive either crusher, this arrangement to eliminate all chance of stoppages through breakdowns in either engines or crushers—stoppages which past experience has shown to be inevitable as well as costly. The crushed ore will be conveyed by a Robins belt to the main ore bins. All car dumping and opening of bin and pocket gates will be done by means of compressed air. The same skips and crushers will, of course, serve all levels in the mine. Although the ore will have to be hauled further under the new arrangement, crushing costs will be lowered, for .the reason that, aside from stoppages for In the matter of power, the cost of this item at the mine has been greatly reduced through the consolidation of power plant, and the driving of all machinery 'by compressed air. The 100-h.p. crusher engine, formerly steam driven from boilers located near by, now uses compressed air, which is heated to a considerable degree just before entering engine. This expedient has effected a direct saving in labour and fuel to the amount of from 5 to 7 cents per ton of ore crushed. Air is furnished by a cross compound condensing Corliss compressor, capacity 3,200 ft. free air per minute. Two boilers situate near the crushers and hoist will be available to furnish steam on short notice should the compressor machinery break down, thus guarding against stoppages from this cause. Plan and Section of Mother Lode Mine Ore Quarries. repairs to machinery, the provision of capacious pockets and shaft bins insures steady operation of crusher, which machine, if constantly supplied with ore, can crush a furnace day's run in a single shift, instead of this work taking a shift and a half as at present. Jamming of elevator buckets, constant repairs to them, and their clogging with frozen fine ore in winter, all serious drawbacks to rapid work, will be avoided. The short tunnel to shaft will become the general entrance to mine, both for men (whose houses are all on' this level) and for materials from shops and store houses. The main features of this work are shown in the reproduced photograph of map of the mine. From a smelting standpoint, the ores of the larger Boundary properties have, as a rule, grown less basic as the workings have been extended and deepened. That is to say, the proportion of iron oxide ores to the whole ore body has sensibly diminished, there being no great change in the amount of other base. Whether or not this reduced proportion of base to acid ore is to be permanent, it is (at any rate in the case of the Mother Lode mine) impossible to predict. Long experience in mining these deposits has shown that it is not possible to make safe predictions as to occurrence of zones of mineralization, new ore bodies frequently having been found in unexpected places. On the 200- THE MINING RECORD. 125 ft. level of this mine there has been found considerably less oxide of iron ore than in either the quarries or the 300-ft. level. The iron oxides of this latter level are uniformly of higher grade than those of the quarries, carrying more copper and gold, and they do not appear to be directly connected with the upper deposits, although this is not absolutely proven. No exploratory work has yet been done beneath the 300- ft. level, (which is about 500 ft. under the highest outcropping of the ore). A large body of iron oxide ore occurs at the mouth of the main tunnel, but no work has yet been done on it owing to close proximjtv of the crusher plant, which would be damaged by flying rocks were the requisite blasting to be done. The change in the basic character of the ore is illustrated by the following average slag analyses, takenv over corresponding periods of 1901, 1902 and 1903. The small tonnage of foreign ores treated affect the assays somewhat, but not materially: Year Silica Iron Lime Total I9°! 33-2% 28.5% 20.6% 82.3% 1902 40.5 22.2 20.2 82.9 1903 427 204 20.2 83.3 With slags running in silica from 40 to 43 per cent, and with matte at 40 to 45 per cent, copper, it is found that the furnaces can be maintained in good running condition, and slag losses kept within proper limits. To guard against possible scarcity of iron fluxes it has, therefore, become the general practice to conserve the iron ores of the mines, using only sufficient to keep slags within bounds above indicated. * A PROMISING MINING CAMP IN THE SIMILKAMEEN. (By David Black.) TN the interior of British Columbia it is the frequent ■^ complaint of mining men that Coast people know so little of the resources of new districts, not at least until some unusual excitement is aroused, and that as a natural result possible investors at the Coast find that when any such section is opened up, every property of particular value has fallen into the hands of more enterprising and practical mining operators from across the international boundary. Under these circumstances, and as there is little doubt that the past history of the opening up and development .of Southern British Columbia to a great extent justifies such statements, it may interest Coast readers of the Mining Record to ha.ve placed before them information relative to the resources of a camp in the Similkameen district of which little has been heard outside, but which is well known to, the prospector and mining man of that region, and will undoubtedly come into prominence as soon* as transportation facilities of any kind shall be assured. For all practical purposes it will be best known in the future as centromino camp. This camp is situated at the headwaters of Keremeos Creek, on the Nickle-Plate-Penticton wagon road,, twenty miles south of Penticton and eight miles north of the Nickel Plate mine. The region consists of a cluster of mountains, five in number, namely, Green, Dividend, Independence, Riordan and Northey Mountains, on all of which immense ore bodies have been discovered and opened up, these carrying good values in gold-copper, copper, and gold ores. Most of these claims were located in 1899, an(I the camp is being developed so far as the limited resources of prospectors ' will allow. It is remarkable for the unusually large size of the lodes already exposed and the generally good values they contain; also for their apparent great extent, for in every direction for a distance of at least three miles a network of lodes and lenzes of ore has been exposed, running from small veins of arsenical ore to huge deposits of chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite varying from thirty to three hundred feet in width, and practically all of commercial value. As regards mining facilities, they could scarcely be improved, there being an abundance of timber and good water power and tunnel sites, besides which the climate is exceptionally mild, the Keremeos district being noted as the garden spot of the interior. On Green Mountain more than seventy claims have been located. One of the principal properties, the Green Mountain' group, comprising nine claims, three of which have been crown-granted, owned by Black Bros, and the J. B. McArthur estate, has been developed by about four hundred feet of tunnelling, and considerable surface work in the way of stripping the lead and tracing it by open cuts to a distance of seven hundred feet, showing it to have an average width of seventy- five^ feet of solid pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite, sampling from one to ten per cent, copper and from $3.00 to $7.50 in gold. In addition to this, other leads have been exposed, these running in a parallel direction and having the appearance of being similar in character. The Golden Crown group lies north of and immediately adjoining the Green Mountain group. ItMs owned by J. A. Schubert", of Penticton, and J. Brent, of Okanagan Falls, and has been opened up by shafts, open cuts, and stripping exposing a solid body of pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite more than one hundred feet in width and traceable for about a thousand feet. Average assays from this large lode run from one to six per cent, copper and from $2.00 to $6.00 gold per ton. East and north of this lies the Dunvegan group, which is owned by N. McLean and McKinnon Bros., of Okanagan Falls. A thirty-foot shaft is in solid ore similar to that of the properties already mentioned, besides which open cuts and stripping have exposed the lead about twelve hundred feet. Assays of this ore approximate $14.00 in gold, copper and silver values. Another promising group known as the Gold Crown lies north and east of the Dunvegan. The ore so far worked, being free-milling quartz, is of a distinctly different character to that above described. Two shafts, 12 and 16 feet deep, have been sunk on the vein which is three and one-half feet wide on the surface and increases with depth. Assays run from $35 to $75 per ton in gold. The group is owned by J. W. Wirth, of Hedley, and others. On Dividend Mountain in the neighbourhood of one hundred and fiftv claims have been located. The 126 THE MINING RECORD. Dividend group consists of. eight claims, several of which have been opened up by tunnels, surface crosscuts and small shafts, showing up a big body of pyritic ore. This has .been traced fully fifteen hundred feefand it is about three hundred feet in width, in fact in sortie places it is much wider. Average sample assays give $12 in gold and copper. This property is held by the Olalla Copper Mining, and Smelting Co., of New York. Another group on this hill is known as the Maple Leaf group. It adjoins the Dividend on the north and consists of four claims, lately purchased by a syndicate of Sandon miners. It is being continuously I developed by shafts and tunnels. So far the ore body appears to be about forty feet in width. Itis-ejcposed for more than six hundred feet. Values/taken clear across the ledge matter average $12 in gold and copper. The Mountain Rose group which adjoins on the east has also a fine showing of ore which is about/fifty feet in width. Assay values are $10 per ton in gold and copper. This group is owned by Messrs^/Clark and Eastwood and" the Stump estate."^ The Nellie adjoining also has an exceptionally good outcrop, which has been traced by open cuts and surface work the full length of the claim. The ore is pyrrhotite and arsenical iron. The latter mineral contains good gold values, assays as high as $400 having been obtained. Both ores also carry a small percentage of copper. This claim is owned by J. Black, of. Keremeos. - Still another group on this mountain is the Scotia, which adjoins the Nellie on the northeast. It has been opened up by tunnelling and shafting. The lead is about sixty feet in width and it has been stripped on two' claims. The ore is chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite, and it samples about $5 in gold and five per cent, copper. This property is owned by McDonald and Wieden arid is being continuously opened up. On Independence Mountain more than one hundred and fifty claims have been staked. The principal property is the Independence grqup, owned "by H. W. Conkling and Frank Richter, of Keremeos. It consists of four claims and. so far two distinct lodes on them have been partially exploited. The larger, containing solid pyrrhotite, is nearly one hundred feet wide where exposed, and it carries the usual gold and copper values of the camp in that class of ore; the smaller, which strikes in a parallel direction,' has an average width of four feet and runs high in gold. Another group, adjoining, on the same hill, is called the Dominion. A large body of pyritic iron ore has been exposed here. This -fine showing is owned by Lind Bros., of Sandon. East of the Independence is the Teviot group, owned by K. P. Matheson, of Phoenix. Considerable development has been done here showing up a fine body of pyrrhotite and arsenical iron. Assays of the latter run high, $60 having been obtained in some instances. Another series of locations, known as the Standard group, adjoins the Teviot on the north. The owners are the Keremeos-Pontiac Mining Co., of Rossland. On this property a lead of arsenical iron is being opened up, averaging eight feet in width and carrying steady values of $30 per ton in gold. Two other groups on Independence Mountain well worthy of mention are the Beaconsfield and the Gem. The former consists of eight locations, owned by the Keremeos Mining Co., of Rossland. It is being extensively developed by shafts and adits, and four strong leads are being opened up under the capable management of R. W. NOrthey. They carry pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite and the ore averages well. The latter claim adjoins the Beaconsfield on the north; and on it a body of pyrrhotite, evidently of great extent, has been exposed. The owner is Jas. McNulty, of Phoenix. The principal property on RiOrdam Mountain is the Shamrock group, owned by James Riordan, et al. It has been continuously developed for four years by adits and shafts, and an enormous body of high-grade gold-copper ore exposed. This mine will be capable of shipping hundreds of tons daily as soon as transportation facilities shall be available. The Knob Hill group lies southwest of and adjoining the Shamrock. It has a large body of pyritic ore carrying good values. The owners are McKinnon Bros., of Colorado. Another group known as the Summit adjoins on the northeast, where a similarly large deposit has been shown up. The owners are Gladden Bros., of Greenwood. Northey Mountain is the fifth mountain surrounding Centromino. On it there are three principal groups of claims—the Lorna Doone, the Cinnabar, and the Golden Zone. The Lorna Doone group contains six claims owned by R. W. Northey, of Rossland, and others. Large lenzes of pyrrhotite have been exposed on it. Assay values range from one to eight per cent, copper, and from $2 to $14 gold per ton. The Cinnabar group adjoins the Lorna Doone and has a large lead carrying pyrrhotite and arsenical iron. High values are contained in the arsenical ore. This group is tne property of R. B. Venner, of Camp McKinney, and,associates. The Golden Zone group is considered one of the best undeveloped gold properties in the camp and it appears to be a free-milling proposition. The ledge is more than fifty feet wide on the surface, and an average sample gave $10 in gold. The lead has been traced over two claims. The owners are Murphy, Brod- daghan and Marks, of the Nickle Plate. Little development has been done, but the surface showing where the lead has been exposed is a remarkable one. The foregoing is a brief description of the class of property in this section of#the Similkameen, to which practical mining men have been devoting their attention for several years, and which will undoubtedly some day bring it to the front rank as a mining camp. Railway facilities are, however, badly needed, and it is incomprehensible to the ordinary mining man up country why so little attention is being paid by the people of the Coast cities to the opportunities afforded by this the nearest large mining region to them in the interior of British Columbia. THE MINING RECORD. 127 GOLD AND SILVER MINES NEAR GREENWOOD. (By E. Jacobs.) /~\N the side-hills above Boundary Creek near Green- ^-/ wood are a number of mineral claims on which occur gold and silver-rbearing quartz veins. Several of these properties have come into prominence during the past eighteen month's, notably the Providence, Elkhorn, and the E. P. U. group. Their aggregate output since the Providence commenced shipping late in 1902 is between 1,500 and 1,600 tons of a gross value of between $150,000 and $200,000. Their combined tonnage when compared with that of, say, the Mother Lode mine, also tributary to Greenwood, appears small, for it is not as much'as that copper mine sends down to the smelter in three days. There is, though, a marked difference in the value of the ores of these two classes of mining property, that from the small mines being worth nearly twenty times as much per ton as that from the big mine. The Mother Lode mine and the still larger Granby mines, with their enormous bodies of low-grade ore, are the mainstay of the Boundary district, but the much smaller and richer silver-gold mines supplement in no inconsiderable degree the benefit the district derives from the larger properties. And the latter have this distinct advantage over the former, that they do not require the outlay of a large amount of capital to make them reproductive, for they can turn single carloads of their ores into money and have this available for use in further development and production, and so do without the necessity of an initial provision of capital to the extent of hundreds of thousands of dollars before any return may reasonably be looked for, as is the case with the big low-grade mines. Ten years ago a few score tons of rich ore were sent out from Boundary Creek, the Providence, Elkhorn, Defiance, Skylark and American Boy all contributing to these pioneer shipments from the district. Later the D. A. also shipped a few tons to a Puget Sound smelter, and five or six years ago the Gold Bug received nearly $4,000 from'the Trail smelter as the net returns from a couple of cars of quartz ore. But it was the Providence that in recent years led the way as a continuous producer, and then followed the Elkhorn and the E. P. U. Providence.—This mine has shipped in all about 50 cars of ore. including some 20 cars of sorted ore to Trail, 9 cars of second class ore to Boundary Falls, and the remainder unsorted to the Greenwood smelter, sorting having been discontinued latterly and the ore sent to the local smelter just as it came from the mine. The property lies northeast of Greenwood, within half a mile of the northen boundary of the city. When the mine was acquired from ,Mr. Wm. Fowler by the Providence Mining Company, a local organization, in September, 1902. there were two shafts, one down 50 feet and the other 84 feet. The former was afterwards deepened to 180 feet, levels were run at 50 120 and 175 feet, respectively, and a raise was made from the 120-ft. to the 50-ft. to give better ventilation. More recently the work of deepening the shaft to the 300-ft. level was taken in hand and other development work below the 175-ft. level proceeded with. This showed the vein to maintain its general characteristics, ranging in width up to about 30 inches and retaining high values in silver and a, good average in gold. Some of the returns from carload lots of sorted ore shipped to Trail were high. One car of rather less than 22 tons contained 5.40 ozs. gold, 288.50 ozs. silver and 5.45 per cent, lead per ton, with a gross value of $5,323.20 for the lot. Another car of nearly 19 tons returned $4,675.24; another of 20^2 tons, $4,085.80, and still another, of 20 tons, $4,644.51, this last containing gold per ton, 2.44 ozs., silver 327.80 Providence Mine, Greenwood, Boundary District. ozs., and lead 7.60 per cent. The compa'ny*s statement of accounts for the year ended September 30th, 1903, showed that 543.3 tons of ore had been mined and that the net value of this—that is, after deduction of freight and treatment charges—was $54,314.24, or just about $100 per ton. Now that the ore is shipped without sorting the average value is lower, yet it is still high enough to pay well, the gross values contained in four carloads shipped in December and January last having been successively $78.07, $78.55, $84.03 and $75.71 per ton. The Providence has paid two dividends during recent months, each of ten cents per share on the 27,- 600 issued shares, or a total of $5,520. Its low capitalization is in its favour as a remunerative enterprise. The property has been paid for, substantial improvements have been and are being made out of current earnings, and the stockholders are obtaining a return on the money they have put into the company. The mine is under the management of Mr. Duncan Mcintosh, and Mr. W. M. Law 'is secretary to the company. Greenwood people are proud of both the company and the mine and they maintain that there are other properties in the vicinity of the town that offer similar opportunities under like conditions of competent management and low capitalization. 128 THE MINING RECORD. Elkhorn.—The Elkhorn mineral claim adjoins the town of Greenwood on the north. To be literally correct it must be stated that its south-western corner is within the city limits. The claim was staked and the location recorded about ten years ago—two or three years before the enterprise of Mr. Robert Wood led him to start the town. Mr. Wm. Fowler located the Elkhorn, and later sold it to Mr. C. L. Thomet. The latter prospected the claim intermittently, but he was not fortunate enought to do his development work where it afterwards transpired there occurred the lead of high-grade silver-gold ore that has yielded the present owners of the property very profitable returns. Bunches of rich ore had previously been found occasionally in the course of prospecting, but no continuous lead that it would pay to work was discovered until after Messrs. Jas. Sutherland and PhihpMc- Donald had secured the claim under a bona and had sunk deeper than had the several other parties\who had successively taken the property under option and had £s&3&3%S&h&i&&&SSffi Klkhorn Mine, Greenwood, Boundary District. given up work discouraged at the poor results they obtained. The photograph of the Elkhorn reproduced herewith shows the dump at the mouth of the shaft well up the hill. The large building in the foreground is not a mine building, at least not in the sense that it is a part of the property yielding crude ore. It may be a mine, in another sense, to its owners, for there are thirsty people in a mining camp, and this establishment is tbe Elkhorn brewery. The Elkhorn shaft is down just 150 feet on the incline of the vein, the strike of which is about east and west and the dip to the south. Levels have been run at 82 feet and 150 feet depth, respectively. When the mine was visited about the middle of February the east drift at the 82-ft. level was in 204 feet from the centre of the shaft and the west drift 80 feet to where a raise had been made to the surface to improve the ventilation. Owing to the rapid slope of the hill this raise had reached the surface at 35 feet from the level. Since it was made all the ore blocked out above this level between the shaft and raise has been stoped out and shipped to the smelter. As an offset to the loss of depth going west a considerable gain has been made in the opposite direction, the face of the east drift being about 300 feet on the incline below the surface. As only about a third of the ore has been taken out east of the shaft and above this level there /remains a comparatively large tonnage yet to be stoped. At the 150-ft. level the east drift was in about 70 jfeet and that to the west about 75 feet. The latter ■was being extended by two shifts of men, with the ob- j ect of coming out at the surface low down the hill side, so as to provide ventilation for this lower level and at the same time obviate the necessity of hoisting 'all the ore and waste from this level to the mouth of the shaft. The distance from the shaft to where the drift will emerge into daylight is about 270 feet.. The bottom of the level will be eight to ten feet above the wagon road passing through the claim near the foot of the hill. After this connection shall have been made the ore sheds will~be removed from their present position at the mouth of the shaft and be placed alongside the wagon road, and the man, horse and whim now required for hoisting, purposes will no longer be needed. Conditionally that the vein lives through to the boundary line between the Elkhorn and Providence claims there is about 700 feet of drifting ground east of the shaft. With a similar number to the present force—14 men—employed and the monthly output of ore remaining at about 60 tons, there will be three years' work ahead to stope out this ground. About half the ore between the 150-ft. and 82-ft. levels has been stoped for the distance driven east of the shaft at the deeper level. It is not proposed to open up the mine below the 150-ft. level for the present, but it is . planned to cut a station on this level, so that whenever the owners shall be prepared to resume sinking they may install here a steam hoist to facilitate the work of development at a lower level. The Elkhorn ore is quartz mineralized with galena, zinc blende, iron and a little copper, values being principally in silver, of which there is an average of about 160 ozs. to the ton, and $18 to $20 in gold. Lead values are low and now that the ore is being treated at the Greenwood smelter these are not saved. At first the ore was sorted, the higher grade going to the Trail smelter and the second to Boundary Falls, but now all the ore taken out is sent to the local works without being sorted at all. The vein is variable in size, ranging from four inches to eighteen inches. A fault was met with early this year, the ore cutting out quite unexpectedly where the vein was at its widest. It was picked up again about 20 feet away from where thrown out of its course and its width was found to be maintained. Within a few feet of where this fault occurred some of the richest ore yet obtained from the mine was encountered. Some fine specimens of this rich ore, one of them between 100 and 200 lbs. in weight, were to be seen in Greenwood, this showing much native silver and gold. Messrs. Sutherland and McDonald commenced work on this property in December, 1902. Up to March ist, 1904, they had shipped about 460 tons of ore averaging in all values about $100 per ton. They paid THE MINING RECORD. 129 $7,500 for the claim, and at the time they bonded it- this price appeared a good one for the.seller. As it happened, though, it proved to be a low one for so rich a property, but the buyers took the chances, so they deserve the success they have achieved, for it is the outcome of their enterprising outlay and energetic development of a claim that several other parties had in turn failed to prove of particular merit. E. P. U. Mines.—The group of mineral claims known as the E. P. U. Mines is situate on a high hill immediately southeast of the town of Greenwood, the western base of the hill being within the city limits. In 1902, shortly after public attention had been recalled, by the profitable opening up of the Providence mine, to the prospective value of the quartz veins known to occur on several claims in the vicinity of Greenwood, Mr. D. W. McVicar, of Nelson, obtain- E. P. U. Mines Gravity Tramway, near Greenwood. ed for himself and associates an option on the E Pluri- bus Unum and Lancashire fraction, then owned by Mr. Chas. R. Pittock and others. Some good-looking quartz had been found in a 20-ft. prospecting shaft sunk on the Lancashire fraction by Mr. Pittock and co-owners. Mr. McVicar deepened this shaft and ran drifts at the 25-ft. and 60-ft. levels. Later he started a tunnel where the vein outcrops lower down the hill. This tunnel is a drift on the vein and six weeks ago it was in 85 feet, with 150 feet more to be driven to reach the bottom of the shaft. More than half the ore between the shaft and the surface to the north of the shaft and above the tunnel has been taken out and stoping south of the.shaft has also resulted in a lot of ore being produced. Alto gether about 225 tons have been shipped to the smelter, the greater part of it from the Lancashire fraction. There are several known veins on the E. P. U. group, but only one has as yet been developed to any extent. The quartz occurring where the 85-ft. shaft has been sunk carries free gold and tellurides, the estimated average value of the ore in the bottom of thd shaft being about $125 per ton. The drift at the 60- ft. level has been run south into the hill and the quartz is solid in the face of the drive. On the surface the vein has been stripped along a distance of about 300 feet north from the shaft. Ore of good quality shows for this distance, assaying up to 7 ozs. in gold to the ton. The work done thus far indicates that the shoot of pay ore is at least 350 feet in length without having run out at either end. The Marjorie and Goldfinch were later included in the E. P. U. group. The Goldfinch is not so high up tne hill as the Lancashire fraction. The workings here include a tunnel, in 75 feet, with a shaft sunk about 100 feet from the tunnel level. A fine vein of quartz of good grade is also being opened up on this claim, and the ore is of similar character and value to that of the Lancashire fraction. Several carloads of ore have been shipped and the returns have left a good margin of profit. A double-track gravity tramway has been constructed to facilitate shipment of the ore from the E. P. U. group. It is 937 feet in length and the difference in elevation between its upper terminal at the Lancashire fraction workings and its lower terminal on Twin Creek is about 700 feet. The wagon road haul from the foot of the tramway to the railway is about a mile, so the cost of shipping the ore is not great. The property is a promising one and its development is in capable hands, so it may be expected to give an excellent account of itself in the future. ON MINING ENGINEERING FROM AN OUTSIDER'S POINT OF VIEW. (A. R. Barrow, N.M.E.) T\ 7T INING engineering embraces the practice of so ■*■"■*■ many branches of the profession of engineering, that the non-mining engineer, no matter how employed, cannot visit a mine without finding something to interest him. If we qualify the old saying that outsiders see most of the game, by supposing that they see some of it, it is possible that these notes of some impressions may furnish food for thought, even to specialists. In prospects which are being developed, it is not unusual to see a tunnel being made in the side of a hill which, the foreman guesses, will eventually meet a ledge which he sees outcropping on the surface. Having suffered from missing trains and steamboats, owing to the guesses of local experts as to their times of departure, the outsider mildly wonders where the tunnel will arrive at, and goes on his way. In some cases inquiry will elicit the fact that the tunnel has been lined out in some fashion. One was surveyed with a pair of steel spectacles and a compass, the 130 THE MINING/RECORD. needle of which followed its owner like his faithful dog. Although the owners of such prospects are often pressed for money, it would seem to be money well spent, if in properly laying out the workings. Ascending to prospects which are called mines, with | all the dignity of a manager and staff, the plans "will sometimes be found to be on several different scales, undated and unsigned, with no comprehensive view of the entire workings. The surveys, in which they originated, have been made by many different men, usually by anyone who could be spared at the time from more pressing duties. This leads the non-mining pilgrim to speculate as to where the responsibility is placed if reliance on the plans at any time causes the waste of a few thousand dollars. It seems to be by no means a universal practice to show the boundaries of the claims with reference to the underground workings. V Our traveller, if from the older countries of Europe, will not be long in a mining district of British Columbia, before he notices the important part which timber plays in the surface constructions. If, however, he expects to get any information as to working strengths of our native timbers in definite figures^Jie-'Wiil be woefully disappointed. He will probably not have heard of the collapse of any trestles or buildings, even if long resident, and will conclude that the factor of safety or the factor of ignorance, as a recent writer puts it, is very high. In many cases he will be in error, for the constructions have not been designed at all, but the dimensions of a timber have been settled when the last one has been put in place, or have been made to conform to those of a timber which is handy. It is true that this method answers the purpose, but will it continue to do so? The wealth of timber is not inexhaustible; we have no system of forestry or replanting. Would it not be as well to have some reliable data as to the safe working stresses on our native timbers, while there is sufficient timber left to provide the test pieces? Another thing which sometimes strikes^ the unprejudiced observer, on reaching the surface, is that the surface itself seems to be arranged in the interests of the man with the wheelbarrow. Of course gravity is usefully employed even in those mines which appear the most eccentric from an engineering point of.view, but as the mines are usually situated on the sides of hills, on which it is difficult to retain a footing, the most modest gravity could not entirely escape notice. • The non-mining engineer, if of the mechanical variety, will find much to interest him. The abundant sources of water power, the scope of which has been so much increased by electric transmission, have rendered the steam engine, as a prime mover, to some extent, unnecessary in this Province, so that the water- wheel or turbine will attract attention. The miner's inch is then unearthed by the engineer, perhaps for the first time. He will learn, possibly from an article in a back number of this journal, that the miner's inch is, by law, the flow of water under a certain head, through an orifice of certain dimensions, or a certain nurhber of gallons per minute. He thinks that this will repay investigation and finds that the alternative legal quantities of water are by no means the same. After puzzling the matter out for some time he very likely concludes that the alternative legal flow- of water bear somewhat the same relation to each other that the astronomical full moon bears to the Paschal full moon of the English Prayer Book. If there is any one thing on which the engineer, who is not a miner, may congratulate himself, it is that he can claim no part in the possession and use of such an inch as the miner's inch. The flow of water through various orifices and under different heads has been the subject of many careful and costly experiments so that there is no occasion to undertake new ones locally; but it seems to be time to amend the legislation on the subject so that it shall no longer be ridiculous. On arriving at another mine our traveller perhaps finds that it is using steam power. He may have seen on the road an engine being freighted to its destination, destitute of white lead, grease or other preservative for the working- parts. His morbid curiosity shifts to .the source of this steam power and he finds it is to be cordwood. Being accustomed to think in pounds of coal, per horsepower per hour, after inquiring as to the consumption of cordwood, he will ask the weight of a cord of wood. Failing anyone who can solve such a riddle,- he is driven to seek information as to the evaporative efficiency of the cordwood of the neighbourhooa or indeed of any cordwood. If coal is being used, he may in a few cases, get definite figures as to the efficiency of Island or Crow's Nest coal. In some cases, the mine is so situated that both coal and cordwood are available. It is stated that one or the other is cheaper. How, then, is'this knowledge evolved? How useful the process of reasoning would be in other fields of engineering! The sizes and types of the boilers and engines employed are determined in some cases by an accurate knowledge of the work to be done and the good judgment of the superintendent; in some cases by what the manufacturer thinks suitable to the case. There are honest manufacturers, and if the data supplied to them are accurate and sufficient, satisfaction will result, but occasionally the machinery certainly looks as if it were made to sell to mines—to sell only. The most curious cases are where the size and type are determined by what the old mining man "guesses" will fill the bill. The curious visitor will do well not to probe these too deeply. Washing out boilers does not seem to be popular and generally speaking, the stitch in time which saves nine, is left too much to the engine driver or fireman. ■If you can get his private ear yoii will learn that, in former times he has minded boilers for fabulous" periods which were never washed out, had stays renewed or blew up. Regular periodical inspections appear to have commenced with the passage of a recent Steam Boiler Act. The boilers are sometimes grouped to save the wages of a second fireman. -These wages are said to be more than the loss by condension in long stretches of poorly protected steam pipes; but in view of the vague answers to particular inquiries how is this solution of a matter of hard cash arrived at. THE MINING RECORD. 181 The steam-driven air compressor is an object of in- has been greatly improved thereby. It is to them a terest, as being the machine in which, excepting those fascinating subject, but the boiler has been left behind •driven by electric motors, it is easiest and cheapest to in comparison. measure the power consumed and going out. lu much the same way, in the mining districts one Its efficiency, if stated at all, is on the word of the hears much learned talk of geological formations by maker when the compressor was new, but it is hardly inming experts in the sleeping cars and by men in ever determined from a diagram taken with a good the streets who all have samples with them of the fin- indicator. \et how much steam.and air are going un- est thing on tho Pacific Slope or off it. This is, no detected through those leaky valves? doubt, an interesting subject, but in its acquirement ^ The non-mining man, following the source of the and pursuit is there not a danger of neglecting the more air, asks how much is lost in transmission and what vulgar subjects which mining has in common with power a certain drill at the face may be supposed to the broad profession of civil engineering? Tequire under existing conditions, but his guide, be- Finally, might it not be within the scope of the Min- ginning to be alarmed, sidetracks him into the dining ing Association to collect reliable data of the nature room. The outsider finds here hospitality which could indicated above, and possibly to use someof its funds not be exceeded by any branch of the profession and in experimental research? stifles his desire to ask the cost of apple pie per ton —$— of ore raised. _ HYDRAULIC MINING IN CARIBOO. The foregoing reflections lead to the conclusion either that mining engineering is not hampered by the nat- Tn consequence of the pressure on our space last ural laws which restrict engineers generally or else 1 month, the diagrams accompanying the report of that some mining engineers overspecialize. the manager of the Consolidated Cariboo Hydrau- In the field of steam engineering, the engine, as lie mine were unavoidably crowded out. They are now apart from the boiler, has received disproportionate reproduced. Number one represents a cross section attention at the hands of engineers and its economy on the line of the proposed sluice tunnel and Number and fj, has been worked out up to the face of the maiiu bank, leaving a shallow bench of ground between sluice No. I and bed-rock, as bench No. 4, extending from the point where sluice No. 1 goes above bedrock at "A" about 1,110 feet to the face of the main, bknk. The manager has also pointed out that the bedrock cut "B," and sluice tunnel No. 1, at site No. 1, should have been completed during the season of 1900, when all the ground included in sections 4, 5, 6, 7 and' 8L and the fourth bench, included in section No. 9, might have been washed through the cut and sluice- at a reduced cost of mining and sluice maintenance. During the present season it is proposed to drive a, sluice tunnel from either site No. 2 or site No. 3, to- afford an outlet to the dumps for the ground worked in 1905. ground in the third bench, including sections Nos. 5 HINTS TO PROSPECTORS. IN his preliminary report on the Boundary Creek district, published in the recently-issued Summary- Report of the Geological Survey Department.. Mr. R. W. Brock gives some useful hints to prospect ors. Mr. Brock was occupied the greater part of two seasons in field work in the Boundary and these hints are the outcome of his conclusions after close personal observations extending over several months, and numerous enquiries made by him from mine managers, miners and prospectors, more or less familiarized by practical experience with local conditions. He- remarks : "Since there is a great deal of similarity between the geological conditions in the Boundary district and those of other parts of South-eastern British Columbia, so far as they are known, it is quite likely that the experience gained in the Boundary Creek district may be applied in the districts west of it. Some of the results of observations in the Boundary district may be summarized as follows: "Ore may be found in any of the Pre-Tertiary rocks- where conditions for mineralization were favourable. "The chief condition for mineralization appears to- be heavy Tertiary volcanism. Ore occurs (1) near vents through which the volcanic rocks reached the surface; and (2) where the country rock is extensively dyked by the pink or grey alkali-syenite porphyry. Limestone contacts in such areas should be prospected with particular care. "On account of the irregular form which the ore bodies may possess and the complex nature of the rock formations, a careful and detailed study of the surface of the ground in the neighbourhood of the mines would be of practical assistance in the exploitation of the ore bodies. For the same reason development work must always be kept well ahead of the actual mining. Cross-cutting must frequently - be resorted to, to determine the actual limits of the deposits, and to prove the existence or non-existence of parallel ore shoots. The limits of mineralization must be actually proved, and similarly, only that ore can be certainly THE MINING RECORD. • reckoned on which has been actually blocked out. In -ibis connection diamond drilling can be resorted to with advantage. "Prospecting by rneans of magnetic surveys might .sometimes be successful, so far as the magnetitic and jpyrrhotitic ore bodies are concerned. Since much of the surface is drift-covered, and the ore bodies do not as a rule have any oxydizing effect on the soil above, this is often the only way in which any indication of -the spot where a test pit should be sunk can be obtained. It might also be applied in searching for ore .bodies in the mines themselves. It has not yet been .attempted in this district. 'Where the ore occurs at a limestone contact, the limestone wall may often be used for following the ore, it being kept in mind that the ore does not always follow strictly along the contact, and that the lime- .stone may pinch out without causing the ore to likewise disappear. The dykes in some cases may be used 3n the same way. "The pyrrhotite and magnetite should always be assayed, as barren-looking material may contain good values. The minerals in the ore and the conditions where pay values occur should be carefully studied with a view to ascertaining which minerals carry the values, and what were the causes which produced the ■concentration of values. The porphyry dykes themselves, while not mineralized in the same way as the -country rock, may in places prove auriferous. In a specimen from a similar alkali-pOrphyry dyke, from ■the Valkyr mountains, east of Lower Arrow Lake, examined last winter, free gold as a primary constitu- ■ent was plainly visible even with the naked eye. "Since, with the exception of certain deposits in Copper Camp, there is no zone of oxydation and secondary enrichment in the large deposits, while the general conditions remain unchanged, no loss of values is to be expected in depth. "Platinum should be tested for in the copper ores and in the quartz ores. Gravels of streams draining areas of serpentine should be panned for platinum. In places the nuggets are some times brown or lead- •coloured, but become silvery-white when treated withs nitric acid. The serpentines themselves, especially where containing chromite (a magnetite-like material), might be assayed for this metal. "In the oxydized type of copper deposit a zone of enriched sulphides occurs between the oxydized minerals and the pyrites. Below this zone of enrichment the deposit may or may not have sufficient values to pay for working. Sufficient work has not been done to determine the lower limit of the zone of enrichment. "The quartz veins merit more attention than has been given them. "In prospecting it is to be remembered that float- may have been carried a considerable distance, even across valleys, by former glaciers. The general course of the latter was about S. 30 degrees E., but it was influenced, bv the local topography." THE MINERAL PRODUCTION OF CANADA IN 1903. THE recently issued preliminary statement of the ■*■ mineral production of Canada for the year 1903, prepared by the Section of Mines of the Geological Survey, under charge of Mr. Elfric Drew Ingall, is as follows: SUMMARY OF THE MINERAL PRODUCTION OE CANADA. Metallic Copper Lb. Gold Iron ore (exports) Tons Pig iron from Canadian ore.. " Lead Lb. Nickel '' Silver Oz. Zinc Lb. Quantity. 43,281,158 368,233 42,052 18,000,000 12,505,510 3,182,000 900,000 Total Metallic Non-metallic. Actinolite Tons Arsenic " Asbestos " Asbestic " Chromite " Coal " Coke " Corundum " Feldsdar " Fire clay " GraDhite r " Grindstones " Gypsum " Limestone for flux " Manganese ore (exports) " Mica ; " Mineral pigments— Baryta Tons Ochres..'. " Mineral water Moulding sand Tons Natural gas Peat Tons Petroleum Bbl Phosphate Tons Pyrites " Salt " Talc " Tripolite '" Total non-metallic 550 257 31,780 10,548 3,383 7,996,634 544,132 no returns 13,228 2,317 738 5,538 307,489 277,452 135 1,163 6,226 568 1,100 161,336 1,329 33,530 53,537 688 835 Value. ; 5,728.261 18,834,490 922,571 707,838 762,660 5,002,204 1,700,779 48,600 $ 33,707,403 3,108 15,420 891,033 13,819 33,830 I5,957>946 1.663,725 18,066 2,505 23,745 48,302 384,259 259,244 1,889 159,473 3,931 32,440 100,000 7,256 168,900 3,30o 922,672 8,214 126,133 334,o88 2,064 16,700 $ 21,202,062 Structural Materials and Clay Products. natural rock Bbl Portland " Cement, Cement, Granite Pottery Sands and gravels (exports).. Tons Sewer pipe -. Slate Terra Cotta, pressed brick, etc.... Building material, includi'gbricks, building stone, lime, tiles, etc . Total structural materials and clay products Estimated value of mineral products not returned Total, 1903 92,252 627,741 355,792 75,665 1,090,842 150,000 200,000 124,006 317,970 22,040 386,532 5,650,000 $ 8,017,045 300,000 5,226,510 The tons used in this statement are short tons, of 2,000 lbs. The average prices used in computing values of metals are: Silver, 53.45c; copper, 13.235c; nickel, 40c ; lead, 4.237c The coke reported is all oven coke; gas coke is not included. It is to be borne in mind that the only general and SS 134 THE MINING RECORD. definite standard for valuing the varying and various products of the metal mining industries of the country is that herein adopted, viz., the final value of their metallic contents at the average market price for the year. This reduces them to a common datum line for the purposes of this general table, and results in such uniformity of statement that the figures are reasonably comparable from year to year, in illustration of the fluctuation and growth of the different industries. The non-metallic minerals having a tangible use or value as individual minerals are put down at the average spot value for cash. While this plan, of course, results in some discrepancies, it is adopted as the best attainable method for the purposes of this general statement, which is practically an advance presentation of the mineral mdus- try as a whole. The detailed presentation of the particulars of |he various subordinate industries from other standpoints is reserved for the annual reports of the Mines Section. The total production of pig iron in Canada in 1903, from Canadian and imported ores amounted to S97,- 885 tons, valued at $3,742,710, of which it isestimated 42,052 tons, valued at $707,838 should^be attributed to Canadian ore and 255,833 tons, valued at $3,034,872 to the ore imported. The value of the total production reported for 18 years past has been as follows: 1886 $10,221,255 1887 11,321,331 1888 12,518,894 1889 14,013,913 1890 16,763,353 1891 18,976,616 1892 16,628,417 1893 20,035 082 1894 19,931,158 1895 $20,648,964 1896 22,584,513 1897 28,661,430 1898 38,697,021 1899 49,584,027 1900 64,618,268 1901 66,339,158 1902 63.885,999 1903 63,226,510 The remarkable increase in the period from 1898 to 1900, inclusive, was due to the gold discoveries in the Yukon. The main feature presented by the mineral industry of Canada as a whole consists in the decrease in the grand total of production of a little over 1 per cent, in comparison with the figures for 1902. A comparison of the items for the two years shows the reason for this falling off. The shrinkage in the production of the Yukon placer gold-fields accounts for $2,250,000 of the total diminution of over $2,500,000 in the gold output of the country. This is augmented by over $1,000,000 decrease in the values of the output credited to others of the metallic class, pig iron, silver, lead and nickel. To offset this the copper, iron-ore and zinc industries exhibit increases, aggregating nearly $1,500,000, leaving a minus amount of a little over $2,000,000, against the metallic class as a whole, equivalent to nearly 6 per cent. Advances were shown in several of the non-metallic class, notably in coal and coke, limestone, mica, salt, cement, and in some of the clay products. The total growth in all the non-metallics showing increases amounted to nearly $2,000,000, the advance in the coal and coke output accounting for over $1,600,000 of this. As against these non-metallic industries showing- in creases, decreases are exhibited in the values of the production in asbestos, natural gas, petroleum and a number of others, aggregating about $500,000, leaving a net gain-in this class of somewhat under $1,500,000,. or a little over 5 per cent, to offset the above mentioned falling off in the metallic class, the final difference in the grand totals for the two years amounting to nearly $660,000, or a proportional decrease of close on 1 per i cent. Decreases, both in quantities and values, have been the chief characteristic of the leading metallic industries, with the notable exceptions of copper and nickel. In the latter case, however, the considerable increase in the output has been more than offset by the lower valuation which has been given to the metal following the drop in the average market price for the year. The increase in the copper output was, on the other hand, considerably enhanced by the higher average market price of the metal. It is interesting to note also that with regard to pig iron, lead and silver,, higher market prices modified the heavy falling away in these items. The whole of the group classed as metallic, shows a decrease of 5.8 per cent. In the non-metallic class the more important contributors exhibit substantial increases in quantities, but lower prices reversed the effect in the case of asbestos and lessened the advantage gained in the case of coal and cement, coke only showing a slight gain. In the grand totals of the non-metallic class the figures for structural materials and clay products show a slight increase of 1.5 per cent., all other non-metallics being credited with an advance of over 6.6 per cent. The relative importance of the different mineral industries contributing to the grarid total will be apparent from an inspection of the above table, in which the figures account for all but about five per cent, of the aggregate. As usual, gold, together with coal and coke, constitute Canada's most valuable mineral assets, gold forming 29.8 and coal 27.9 per cent, of the value of the whole mineral output of the country. To the metallic class as a whole must be credited 53.31 per cent, of the mineral output, the structural material division contributing 13.15 per cent., and the other non-metallic products a little over one-third, or 33.53 per cent. The per capita value of the total mineral products for 1903 was $11.29,'as compared with $2.23 in 1886, the first year for which figures are available. Gold.—A decrease of $2,500,000 is shown, of which $2,250,000 is to be ascribed to the decreased output from the Yukon district. The Yukon output for the year, $12,500,000, is based on the receipts of Canadian Yukon gold at the United States Mint at San Francisco and other receiving offices. The total from other districts was $6,584,490. The contributors to the total, as formerly, were Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan, the Yukon Territory and British Columbia. Silver.—Silver production, according to present indications, shows a considerable decrease, over a million ounces, compared with last year's output. Over THE MINING RECORD. 135 90 per cent, of the production is obtained from British Columbia. Lead.—The production of lead in 1903 has been estimated at about 9,000 tons. The exports, according to customs returns, were 9,314 tons, valued at $426,^ 466. The production is practically all the output of British Columbia mines, no return having been received from Eastern Canada. Copper.—The copper contained in ore, matte, etc., shipped from Canadian mines in 1903, was about 21,640 tons, an increase of 2,238 tons, or over 11.5 per cent., over the previous year's output. In Ontario and Quebec there was little change, perhaps a slight falling off, the increase being practically all in British Columbia. From the Sudbury district, Ontario, about 13,832 tons of high-grade matte were shipped, containing 3,576 tons of copper. In British Columbia shipments of ore from the Boundary district were approximately 625,000 tons in 1903, and from Rossland about 377,000 tons. For statistical purposes the copper is valued at the average price for the. year of electrolytic copper in New York, viz., 13.235 c per lb. This is an increase on the average price for 1902 of nearly 14 per cent. Nickel.—The following were the results of operations on the nickel-copper deposits in 1903: Tons. Ore mined 136,033 Ore smelted 207,030 Matte shipped 13,832 Matte in stock at end of year 1.246 Copper contents of matte shipped 3,576 Nickel contents of matte shipped 6,258 Value of matte shipped $2,686,469 According to customs returns exports of nickel were as follows: To Great Britain, 1,335,677;United States, 11,363,470; other countries, 80; total, 12,699,227 pounds. Zinc.—About 1,000 tons of zinc ore, worth $10,500 were shipped to Swansea, Wales, from the Long Lake zinc mines in the county of Frontenac,. Ont. No returns have been received of zinc production in British Columbia. Iron.—Exports of iron ore were 368,233 tons, valued at $922,521. About 81,035 tons of iron ore from Canadian mines were charged to blast furnaces in Canada and valued at the furnace at about $247,229. In addition to the above Canadian ore, 485,911 tons of imported ore, valued at $823,147, were used in Canadian furnaces. The total quantity of pig iron manufactured from both Canadian and imported ores was 297,885 tons, of which 19,614 tons were made with charcoal as fuel and 178,271 tons with coke. Arsenic.—The arsenic plant at Deloro, Ont., was worked for three months only, producing 257 tons of white arsenic, valued at $15,420. Exports of arsenic were 198 tons, valued at $10,583. Coal and Coke.—An increased production is reported from all the provinces in which coal mining is being carried on. The Dominion Coal Company, the largest producing company in Nova Scotia, increased its output, notwithstanding the serious check caused by the fire in Dominion No. 1 colliery in March. The Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Company also shows very largely increased output from the Sydney mines. Considerable activity has been displayed in the operation of the mines in the Northwest Territories, especially on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains, in the district about Blairmore. In British Columbia, the output of the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company exceeded that of 1902 by 49.8 per cent., and the company has made substantial progress in the development of its properties. On the coast the Western Fuel Company is actively operating and developing the properties formerly worked by the New Vancouver Coal Mining & Land Company. The Wellington Colliery. Company has been opening up a seam of anthracite coal, from which it is expected shipments will soon be made. Corundum.—Returns have not yet been received of production of corundum, but railway shipments at Barry's Bay are reported at 1,090 tons, which may, however, include corundum ore as well as grain corundum. Asbestos.—The production of asbestos, divided into crude and mill stock, was as follows: Crude, 3,134 tons, valued at $361,867; mill stock, 27,995 tons, valued at $554,021; total, 31,129 tons. Exports of asbestos, according to Customs returns, were 31,780 tons, valued at $891,033. The product was all obtained from the Eastern Tow-nships, Quebec. Cement.—The production of natural rock cement is at present small in comparison with the output of Portland, and the sales in 1903 were less by 35,679 bbl. than in 1902. Detailed statistics for 1903 were as follows, in barrels: Natural. Portland. Cement sold 29,252 627,741 Cement manufactured 96,152 714,136 Stock Jan. 1, 1903 23,000 41,991 Stock Dec. 31. 1903 26,000 128,386 Wages paid .$29,550 $400,000 The imports of Portland cement in 1903 were 135,- 394 tons, valued at $1,060,696. This is equivalent to about 773,678 bbl. of 35b lb. each. Exports.—The following table shows the chief items of minerals exported during the year: Product Quantity Value Arsenic, lb 395.573 $10,583 Asbestos, tons 31,780 891,033 Coal, tons 1,954,629 5,219,860 Gold in all forms 17,566,540 Copper, fine, in ore, etc, lb 37,039,175 3,702,368 Copper, black or coarse, etc; lb 203,701 25,226 Lead in ore. etc, lb 18,624,303 426,466 Nickel in ore, matte, etc., lb 12,699,227 1,116,099 Platinum in ore, con., etc. oz 283 304 Silver in ore, etc, oz 3,360,192 [,989,474 Mica, lb 956,244 196,020 Iron ore, tons 368,233 922,571 Graphite, crude, cwt 8,235 26,230 Pyrites, tons 21,067 59-6o4 The gold exported was chiefly in the form of gold dust, nuggets and the like, or contained in ores. 136 THE MINING RECORD. THE REMINISCENCES OF A PIONEER PROSPECTOR. A PROSPECTOR of fifty years standing. How much is expressed in that brief description! The man who has lived such a life, has lived. To follow the career of a prospector for any lengthy period, one must necessarily be a man. Endurance, perseverance, pluck, self-control, these are the qualities that went to make up that fifty years' record of which Mr. James Moore, the holder, has every reason to be proud—and British Columbia is proud of it, too. As the sole survivors of the party of miner which located the first mine in what was then New Caledonia, and now known as the mainland of British Columbia, in March, 1858. Mr. Moore figures as the pioneer of the pioneers of the country; but to meet our old friend in ordinary every day life, much less after hearing him at the recent Mining Convention, "spout" most effectively for upwards of an hour, it is difficult to realize that he is over seventy years of age, and that -the major part of this long life has been spent at one of the roughest and hardest of callings. But here is his history from his own lips: "Tell you my story," he repeated. 'Well, all right. I'll try, but I'll just begin at the interesting part and cut out the first chapter or so. In '51 I came out to the Pacific Coast from Ireland, this by-the-way. In San Francisco in those early days, if you wanted any excitement, the proper thing to do was to join the Fire Department. Practically every man in the town was a member of the brigade. Mr. James Moore, a pioneer Cariboo prospector. ing worth while, however, until we reached Hill's Bar, but the prospects here repaid us well for the hard /work we had gone through in bucking the swift current of the river, for at the upper end of the bar we made $100 a day per man with rockers, the lower end yielding about an ounce a day and the middle of the bar, $50. Meanwhile we ran out of provisions and some of us therefore went back to Fort Langley to replenish our stock and report our find. But all the grub we could get for love or money was some black flour, and I remember how I missed the sugar. Just about this time a sloop came up the river and anchored off our bar. At first we hoped she was laden with provisions, but instead of good food, her hold was full of bad whiskey, which the captain proceeded to sell to the Indians at the rate of five dollars a bottle, receiving pay in gold dust. This was all very well, but it meant danger to us, and so wishing to be quite fair we proposed to buy the liquor at a fair price, but as our offer was refused, we . proceeded to confiscate the spirits, and promised the trader a hempen neck-tie if he did not make himself scarce within ten minutes. He left in less than ten minutes. The Indians, however, were not at all pleased, and we very nearly had "some trouble with them, especially after one of our party had broken a shovel handle over the head of a particularlv obstreperous buck. But just then the barge of H. M. S. Satellite with Governor Douglas on board hove in sight, and the natives were speedily pacified with a 'blow out.' of molasses and hard-tack. . Oh, yes, the Governor was a great man. meetings, in February, 1858. heard of British Columbia, good quality had been founc was announced to us at that meetim and it was at one ot our to be exact, that I first The news that gold of in the Thompson River )y the purser of the Otter, and I well remember his exclaiming with conviction as he concluded his remarks, 'Boys, you may take my. word for it, the next big rush will be to the Fraser River.' Well, a few days later a company or syndicate was formed in San Francisco, to equip a party to proceed to the new goldfields and ascertain whether they were as rich as report stated. I was a member of that party, and after arriving at Whatcom we took a small boat and rowed from Point Roberts tip the Fraser. prospecting en route. We struck noth- remember he appointed George Perrier first Perrier said he felt he was well qualified to Lagistrate as he 'had read Blackstone.' 'Tut,. Douglas replied, 'exercise a little common never mind Blackstone' at Yale, act as tut, man,' sense and "In April, we gave Billie Ballow, a Californian expressman, a letter to our friends in San Francisco, acquainting them with the news of our discoveries, and then in the fall of '58 a number of us started from Yale with a boat-load of provisions up the Fraser, and the river being at the time at its lowest stage, we had a very hard time indeed in making the ice portages. We ate our first Christmas dinner in British Columbia on Chatman's Bar in company with McArthur, formerly a Hudson's Bay Company's THE MINING RECORD. 137 factor, who was taking his boats up the river. "Was the dinner a good one?" "You bet it was, particularly the plum duff. Well, two days later McArthur started ahead of us, and we followed on the third day. We had not gone very far when we saw a boat bottom up and a man clinging to her keel. We rescued the man, who belonged to Mc- Arthur's party, but it was a close call for the rest of us, as we very, nearly got into a strong riffle; if we had, that would have been the end of my adventures instead of the beginning. At last we reached Lytton, and found that a number of other prospectors had arrived at this point by the overland route. Capt. Frevalaux had been appointed Gold Commissioner, and he was a very strict man. For example he confiscated all the liquor brought to the town by different parties. In the long winter evenings, however, we would go to the Commissioner and give him the hint that he had been made a fool of, so far as those liquors were concerned. They weren't spirituous at all, we would tell him, but just kegs filled with plain water. Then the Gold Commissioner would be quite sure we were misinformed, but to prove it, he'd tap a keg or two and when we'd taken a number of samples, the evening would close by our putting the Commissioner to bed. In the winter of '58 and the spring of '59, I did some prospecting round Lytton, locating a bench above Van Winkle Bar on the Fraser. This paid about $25 a day, and I worked the claim for two months or so, but abandoned it as in those days we were looking only for big values. When the spring of '59 had well set in, several prospecting parties arrived at Lytton from the Coast and a lot of us, myself included, started inland. We found nothing of particular value en route, but we eventually reached Horsefly, and here we discovered the richest claim ever worked in Cariboo, the Blue Lead, now known as the Ward claim, which yielded us (there were twelve men in our party) $100 a day per man working with rockers. Forty years after I re-visited this, our first location in old Cariboo, and Tim Deasy, the foreman, showed me a pan of gravel taken not 200 feet away from where he had worked, and it seemed to me that half the gravel was gold. But what impressed me most was the contrast, the difference of methods employed—between the old days and modern times. There* is a wide difference between winning gold by rockers and by hydraulic elevators, and where we had no other illuminant besides that afforded by our camp fires, now these big companies are not content with less than electric - light. In the fall of '59, Hans Helgesen, Duncan Mc- Martin, Neil Campbell and James Kennedy, members of our party, proceeded to Quesnel River, but I s id others returned for a short time to Victoria. That winter Kennedy, hunting with a party of Indians, snot the first cariboo killed by a white man in the country, and that is how the district came to receive its name. In the meantime Keithley Creek was discovered, George Weaver ending the first prospects on this stream, and his parthers, 'Cap.' Bowen, Fred Black, John Rose and a few others, staked some rich ground at the mouth of the creek. In the fall of '60 'Cap. Bowen, Weaver and 'Black' Martin went on a prospecting trip and presently camped on Antler Creek. Bowen and Weaver here found some big prospects, but they had left Martin in camp and decided not to let him in on the discovery. I had meanwhile got back to Lytton and met Bowen when he came down. He took me aside and with a great air of mystery said that he would want to see me particularly in the spring. Then he went off to Victoria to try and obtain a special concession from the Governor of half-a-mile of ground on Antler. But somehow in the winter the news leaked out and then followed a regular stampede, over Bald Mountain to stake claims on this latest El Dorado. It was a rich creek, too. I remember one case. Helgesen and his partner Hendryx had but a hundred feet of ground between them. In six weeks they rocked out over $9,000. From a crevice they got out as high as $400 to half a pan of gravel, and frequently a bucket of dirt would run six ounces. After they believed the mine to have become exhausted they declared a dividend of $80,000, having recovered altogether $130,000 worth of gold. They subsequently sold the claim to some Italians who got enough money out of the property to take them back to Italy- and set them up as rich men in their own country. In the summer of '61 I went into Antler myself, with a pack train of provisions, chiefly flour and bacon. The former I sold at the rate of a dollar a pound and bacon at $2.50. With my profits I bought a large train of mules, but coming out in the fall, I lost them all in a snow-storm. In the meantime some of my old partners were making from six to nine ounces a day shovelling dirt into sluice boxes. They staked a claim for me on Antler, which was jumped, however. At the time I was sorry to lose it, but after all it didn't make much difference, for this particular claim happened to be a blank and quite valueless. "Williams Creek was discovered in '61 by a party of Germans—Dutch Bill and others. Bill's claim, by- the-way, turned out the poorest on the creek. I was packing at the time, but still I got an interest on Williams and worked it that year, but the results were not satisfactory and so I abandoned my claim. In '62 I tried to re-locate, but the men owning the adjoining ground, which proved very rich, had forestalled me. •Well, I didn't stake any more ground until '66 when I located on Cedar Creek, and for some time worked a claim that paid about an ounce a day and in '68 I discovered a mine on the North Fork of Quesnel, which I worked for about five years, taking- out from two to six ounces to the sett of timbers. After that I went to the C ssiar country. It seemed now that my luck had abandoned me, for I got ill and had to remain at Glenora Lading all summer. My partner told me at the end of the season that our claim had not paid and sooner than pay the assessment I relinquished my interest, on the understanding that the adjoining claim was to be staked for me, but this was never done. I afterwards found out my partner had taken out $6,000 that season and subsequently the claim yielded $20,000. The adjoining claim, which 1 ! SB 138 THE MINING RECORD. was to have been mine, oh McDame's Creek, paid its owners over $40,000. It was three years before I began to recover my health, and after a long spell of idleness in Victoria, I returned to Cariboo in '78 and located a claim on Snowshoe, which yielded me $40 a day for a short time, but the devil was still in the luck, for didn't I just then while working at a claim on Four-Mile, a branch of Keithley, meet with the accident that near put an end to me altogether, and left me blind of one eye ever since. We were driving a tunnel, and the only fuse obtainable was defective. We were anxious to get through with the tunnel and so took chances with the fuse. But that's where I gofj left. It was some time before I was much good for mining after that, so I kept store at Keithley for Veith & Borland for a spell. As soon as I washable, however, out I went prospecting again, and located the ground on Spanish Creek, known as the, Moore claim —a large channel, but requiring to be opened up. The upper part of the gravel averaged about a dollar to the square yard. What I wanted to 40 was jfco prospect the deep ground, but- my partners over-mled me, on obtaining a small prospect alongside the rim, which gave from one to nine ounces to thesettof timbers. They have never crossed the channel nor prospected the deep ground, although they have run over 2,000 feet. However, I threw up my interest atnd located some claims on Bear Creek in 1894, working them until my money gave out. I also located some ground at the mouth of Morehead Creek which I sold to the Consolidated Cariboo Hydraulic Company, and this is supposed to be the best ground now owned by that company. And that brings us up to modern times. I am still mining and expect to make a big stake yet." MINING IN THE YUKON. THE following information relating to mining in the Yukon Territory has been taken from the annual report for the year ended June 30, 1903, of the Commisisoner: "In regard to the gold mining industry in the Yukon, the returns for the last year are satisfactory, and the promises for the future are more so. Preparations have been made for an unusual amount of work during the coming season. Whether the gold output for the present summer shall equal, exceed or fall below last year now depends wholly upon the rainfall. If the season is as wet as last year, or more so, the output will exceed last year's. If there is anything in the nature of a drought the output will decline proportionately with the severity of such drought. "Ihe gold output of the Yukon depends as completely upon the rainfall as do the agricultural crops in other parts of Canada. It depends more now upon the rainfall than it did formerly, when water was used chiefly for supplying the sluice-boxes and enabling the separation of the gold from the pay-dirt therein. This will be apparent from knowledge of the fact that now much dirt is removed from place by hydraulic methods, and for this purpose more water is required than when the dirt was handled entirely by means other than hydraulic up to the time it was placed in the sluice-boxes. I do not, however, anticipate as large an output this year as last, for the reason that last year was an unusually rainy season, and still more because many properties which yielded largely last year, and are still capable of yielding largely, will produce very little, owing to the fact that enormous plants are being installed for working them, and these plants cannot be expected to be more than finished and ready for work before fall. From these operations I expect much in the season of 1904. "The new discoveries have not been worked as largely as expected, although there is little doubt of the great value of some of them. "The Duncan Creek country is certainly good. The shallow diggings on that creek and vicinity show great promise, but the depth to bed-rock on the creek has prevented any large development until machinery was available, and this could not be until a road was constructed. Such road will be constructed this year; some machinery will then go in, and the next season will, I believe, justify the grgat faith of many excellent miners in the richness of Duncan Creek. "A recent strike has been made in the Alsek country, in the vicinity of Lake Dezadeash, and about 100 miles south of Whitehorse, from which the citizens of Whitehorse expect much. It is too soon to speak in regard to this. "That fortunes are still made in the Yukon is shown by an incident of the year's mining operations. The North American Transportation & Trading Company let a 50 per cent, lay to three men on claim No. 28, Upper Bonanza, from which little was expected. They took out during the winter, and washed up in the spring, ground from which was obtained $204,000 net. This sum was the return from 22,000 buckets of dirt, each bucket, therefore averaging over $9. A bucket contains 6 pans, and there are 150 pans in a cubic yard of dirt. The company obtained $102,000 as their share, and the fortunate laymen divided the same amount among themselves. "Some progress is being made in quartz development, and it is hoped that diamond drills willl be provided, which will aid such development, and also enable the copper properties at Whitehorse to be proved. "Quartz in place has been located on what is known as the Violet Hill group off Eldorado Creek. Some territorial assistance has been voted to aid the development of quartz and other mining, and I propose to devote this to proving the Violet Hill group, as this is the most promising presentation of quartz, and proof of its value will stimulate the prospecting and development of quartz mines. I trust, before another year expires, to be able to report at least one well- established quartz mining venture. "The temporary removal of duties on certain classes of mining machinery has, in my opinion, been amply justified by the importation of several large plants, which I believe, will next season prove large producers, and more than return to the Government the loss of duties, and will, if successful, create a still larger demand for similar machinery after the remission of duty has ceased to operate." The report of. the Assistant Gold Commissioner, THE MINING RECORD. 139 after dealing with financial matters, continues as follows: "Duncan Creek district has come to the front considerably, and although it has not produced much gold, still everything tends to indicate that the district will be in the near future a large producer. At present there are about 800 claims recorded. "The Clear Creek district has not proved yet to be a large producer, but I understand from claim owners- interested in that part of the country, that the placer claims on Clear Creek and tributaries may yet become fair producers. "During the last fiscal year the mining district of Forty-mile was divided into two separate districts, namely: one district to be known as the Forty-mile district and the other as the Sixty-mile district. This division was made in order to accommodate the miners on Miller Creek, Glacier, Bedrock and other creeks tributary to Sixty-mile River, near the international boundary line. From information received from the Mining Recorder for Sixty-mile district, everything tends to indicate that the claims which were the first producers of gold in this country in 1894, 1895 and 1896, will be good producers in the future; and a lot of gold has been taken during the last twelve months from claims in that locality which were abandoned at the time of the discovery of gold on Bonanza, Eldorado and Hunker. "Stewart River district has not developed to the extent of the indications of a year ago, still I understand from a number of miners on Henderson Creek that a large number of claims in the locality can pay good wages. "As regards the Pelly, Hootalinqua and Dalton Trail districts, there has been no new development during the last fiscal year, and no new ground was relocated in those districts. "As regards the Whitehorse district, there has been no development of any land during the last fiscal year in placer mining, but there has been a large amount of development work in quartz and copper mining, and several Crown grants have been applied for in connection with mineral claims in that district." The report of the Crown Timber and Land Agent has the following references to coal lands: "Of coal lands 3,640 acres were applied for during the past year by 20 applicants. The status of these is as follows: 6 applications, or a total of 880 acres, approved and portion purchase price paid, 3 applications, or a total of 680 acres cancelled, 5 applications, or a total of 800 acres withdrawn, 6 applications, or a total of 1,280 acres in abeyance. "A considerable amount has been expended by the companies in exploiting coal, and I think that before very long coal will be substituted for wood as fuel in this territory. The Five Fingers Coal Company, the North American Trading and Transportation Company and the Coal' Creek Coal Company will ship coal to Dawson this year, the latter company being now at work constructing a railway from their coal lands to the Yukon River." Summarized, the receipts for the year at the office of the Gold Commissioner were as under: Free miner's certificates $80,134 50 PLACER. Grants Renewals Re-locations Registered documents. Certificates of work... In lieu of assessment.. Abstracts Amended applications. Water grants Inspection of work.... Sundries Advance deposit QUARTZ. Grants Certificates of work Certificates of partnership. Registered documents.... In lieu of assessment Crown grants HYDRAULICS. Total. $27,550 00 78,135 00 28,765 00 18,460 25 11,332 00 14,200 00 • 633 °o 60 00 632 50 217 00 104 14 2,362 08 182,450 97 5,220 00 2,615 °° 225 00 i,553 85 2,100 00 6,111 36 17,825 21 9,114 46 $289,525 14 DOMINION SUPERINTENDENT OF MINES' REPORT. T NCLUDED in the annual report of the Department ■■■ of the Interior is the report of Dr. Eugene Haanel, Dominion Superintendent of Mines, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1903. The following are excerpts therefrom: "During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, 36,295.69 oz. of bullion, valued at $568,888.19, representing 509 deposits, were received and assayed at the Dominion Assay Office, Vancouver. These deposits were derived from the following sources:— Source. Deposits. Weights. Value. No. Oz. $ cts. Yukon 136 12,231.08 194,778 58 British Columbia 345 22,112.46 340,68385 North-west Territories 13 340.65 5,67967 Ontario 8 1,159.32 20,20250 Alaska 7 452.18 7,543 59 "From this table it is seen that comparatively few deposits are obtained from the Yukon, and that most. of the deposits come to us from British Columbia. In comparing the total amount of business done by the assay office during the past fiscal year with that done during the preceding fiscal year, as shown by the following table— Fiscal Year. Deposits. Weights. Value. No. Oz. $ cts. 1901-1902 671 69,925.67 1,153,01450 1902-1903 509 36,295,69 568,888 19 , it will be observed that the business done during the past fiscal year is only about one-half that of the previous year. "This decrease of business is due to several causes: ist. The inducement offered the Yukon miner to deposit his gold in the assay office at Vancouver by giving him a refund of 1 per cent, of the royalty paid by him at Dawson on his gold, has been withdrawn by 140 THE MINING RECORD. an Order in Council dated June 26, 1902, rescinding the Order in Council dated July 26, 1901, which provided for such refund. Although the Order in Council of June 26, 1902, provides for the free assay of the gold deposited by the Yukon miner in person in the assay office at Vancouver, and puts him, therefore, in the same position in which he would be if he deposited his gold in the United States assay office at Seattle, there is no reason for the Yukon miner on his way to the States to stop off in Vancouver to deposit his gold in the Dominion of Canada assay office, which offers him to special advantage over that at Seattle. 2nd. Most of the gold of Yukon origin Is handled by the banks in Dawson, and therefore, only comparatively small amounts of bullion are taken out of the Yukon by individual miners to be personally deposited by them in assay offices, either in theUnrted States or Canada. 3rd. On all deposits, oA whatever source, representing gold on which no royalty has/ been paid to the federal government, the regular assay charge and commission for marketing the gold are exacted as provided by the Order in Council daied June 26, 1902. Under these circumstances, the amount of business coming to the Dominion of/Canada assay office will continue to be small, apdnot until a market has been created in Canada-ifor Canadian gold, by the establishment of a mint, will its business be commensurate with the gold output of Canada. "The Canadian Bank of Commerce at Vancouver, winch is authorized by the Government of Canada to market our deposits, received from the assay office gold bars to the value of $570,444.13, and realized from the same of these bars and clippings $572,- 034.28, showing a difference of $1,590.15 in favour of the Government. In April, 1903, the express companies refused to ship bullion from Vancouver to Seattle at the cut rate of 50 cents per $1,000, and charged the regular rate of $1 per $1,000 bullion. On account of this advance in expressage it became necesary to recoup the bank for the additional expense in marketing our gold bars, and increase the commission 12 cents per $100 allowed them to 17 cents. This additional amount of 5 cents was directed to be added to the assay charges exacted on bullion deposits made in our assay office. "The expenditures during the year amounted to $14,992.53; the earnings, including extra 'assay charges, special assay charges, and value of sweeps, .recovery of grains and residues amounted to $2,504.75 The unexpended balance of the appropriation of $21,- 000 amounts to $6,017.15. The percentage of net expenses to the total deposits is 1.52962 per cent. in accordance with your instructions to have a representative collection of gold dust and nuggets made from the Yukon, British Columbia and the Northwest Territories for exhibition at the World's Fair, to be held in St. Louis, in 1904, and afterward to be kept permanently in the museum, arrangements have been made with the Canadian Bank of Commerce to procure such collection for the Government, the collection to consist of gold.dust of 1 1-16 oz. in weight and of nuegets of moderate size, the specimens to be num bered, their exact locality given and the whole to be sent to the Dominion of Canada Assay Office for assay. The manager of the Dominion of Canada Assay Office has been instructed on receipt of the collection to have the specimens assayed to ascertain the fineness and value per ounce of each specimen, and in the case of the nuggets, to have a cut made to remove just sufficient gold for assay, and to have the number corresponding to the specimen stamped neatly and in small figures on the upper side of the nuggeit when occupying a position of stable equilibrium upon a level surface. "From the report on the quartz mill and assay office, Dawson, Y. T., of Mr. A. J. Beaudette, Government Mining Engineer, it appears that the agreement made between the Government and the contractor, Mr. Matheson, of the Dawson City Water and Power Company, Limited, to erect a two stamp mill, together with a concentrating plant, has not been carried out, but that Mr. Matheson re-modelled and put into operation a stamp mill situated on the Klondike River, formerly' operated by Mr. Munger. This mill, Mr. Beaudette reports, is entirely unsatisfactory, and was on his advice to the Commissioner, on March 20, 1903, closed. /Mr. Beaudette recommends, and I concur in the recommendation, that, unless a modern mill to correspond with the provisions of the original agreement be erected by Mr. Matheson, the contract .be cancelled. The assay office established as an adjunct to the quartz mill is in charge of an officer paid by the Government and under the supervision of the Government Mining Engineer. The assay office is well patronized by the public, 384 assays having been made for fiscal year ended June 30, 1903. These assays were, in accordance with a resolution passed by the Yukon Council, made free to the public, the local government paying Mr. Matheson a set price of $3 per assay. The cost per assay, according to Mr. Beau- dette's calculation, is on the average $1.74. In view of the failure of Mr. Matheson to meet the provisions of the contract, it would be in the interests of the Government to take over the assay office, charging for assays made a price just sufficient to cover expenses and remove the assay office from its present inconvenient 'location to one nearer the administration building. "The separation of the gold from the black sands of the pay-gravel is, on account of the high specific gravity of the black sand, not completed in the sluicebox. Assays made of such black sands 'from the placer diggings of Bonanza and Dominion creeks show that these sands retain gold to the value of from $62.01 to $29349 Per ton of sand. Amalgamation has been resorted to in spme cases to extract the' gold from these sands, but this method of extraction has not been satisfactory, the treated sands still containing a notable percentage of gold, besides being costly on account of the loss of mercury connected with the process. A more promising method would be the employment of electro-magnetic separators which would separate the highly magnetic black sands from the gold. Such a separator might be set up near a source of electricity for custom work, or separators with per- THE MINING RECORD. 141 manent magnets of molybdenum steel might easily be rigged up by proprietors of claims which carry large quantities of black sands. Attention is directed to the occurrence of bornite at Selkirk and Indian River carrying gold values to the amount of $38.72 and $36.52 per ton respectively. A specimen of iron pyrites from Eldorado Creek carried gold to the amount of $938.26 per ton, another specimen from the same creek assayed $37.20 per ton. The assays of auriferous quartz from Montana Creek, Quartz Creek and Chichaco Gulch, as reported, give the high values of $283.79, $268.76 and $907.41 respectively per ton of ore. These values were obtained from five assays of doubtless picked specimens, and therefore, as Mr. Beaudette points out in his report, no conclusion can be' drawn from such assay as to the average contents of the ores. Only a mill-run of sufficient quantities of the ore would furnish a basis for the calculation of the probable average contents. An inspection of the assay returns furnishes convincing proof of the abundance and wide distribution of auriferous quartz and gold bearing minerals, but so far as the occurrences of those giving high assay values have been examined, indications of their developing into mines are still wanting. Mr. Beaudette states in his report that 'the best prospect in the territory is situated on a ridge between Eldorado and Ophir creeks, known as the Violet group.' "Specimens of minerals are constantly brought to Mr. Beaudette for determination by miners from out- • lying districts, and on his journeys of inspection he is often shown specimens, the names and contents of which he is asked to furnish. To enable him to do this expeditiously, Mr. Beaudette has been furnished with a complete set of blowpipe tools and determinative tables. "The following mining districts were established by proclamation of the Honourable the Acting Commissioner :' Forty-mile District—All that portion of the ^ukon Territory lying within the watershed of the Yukon River and its tributaries below a point ten miles above the junction of the Forty-Mile and Yukon Rivers. Sixty-mile District.—All that portion of the Yukon Territory lying between the watershed of the Sixty-mile River and its tributaries above and including Big Gold Creek, and extending westward to the international boundary line between the Yukon Territory and the Territory of Alaska. Clear Creek District.—All that portion of the Yukon Territory within the watershed of the Stewart River from and including Lake Creek, a tributary of said Stewart, River, from its left limit to and including Mayo Creek, a tributary of said Stewart River, from its right limit, excepting thereout that portion of the Yukon Territory within the watershed of McQuesten River above the forks of said creek. Duncan District.—All that portion of the Yukon Territory being within the watershed of the Stewart River above and including Mayo Creek, a tributary of said Stewart River, from its right limit, and also all that portion of the Yukon Territory being within the watershed of McQuesten River above the forks of said river. Dawson District. —All that .part of the Yukon Territory tributary to the Yukon River, from a point ten miles above the junction of the Forty-mile and Yukon Rivers to a point one mile below the mouth of Henderson Creek, except therefrom that portion of the Yukon Territory tributary to the Sixty-mile River, above and. including Gold Creek. Stewart District.—All that portion of the Yukon Territory tributary to the Yukon River, from a point one mile below the mouth of Henderson Creek to a point one mile above the mouth of Selwyn River, excepting thereout that portion of the Yukon Territory tributary to White River, above and including the Nisling River and further, excepting that portion of the Yukon Territory tributary to the Stewart River, above and including Lake Creek. Pelly District.—All that portion of the Yukon Territory tributary to the Yukon River, from a 'point one mile above the mouth of Selwyn River to a point one mile above the mouth of Little Salmon River; also all that portion of the Yu_ kon Territory tributary to White River, above and including Nisling River. Hootalinqua District.—All that portion of the Yukon Territory tributary to Yukon and Lewes rivers, from a point one mile above the mouth of Little Salmon River to the head of Lake Laberge. Whitehorse District.—All that portion of the Yukon Territory tributary to Lewes River above the head of Lake Laberge. Dalton Trail District.—All that portion of the Yukon Territory lying to the south and west of the Pelly and White Horse districts. Statement of Bullion deposited at Dominion of Canada Assay Office, Vancouver, B. C, from July 1, 1902 to June 30, 1903. Weights. Territory. Deposits. ,— Before melt After melt Yukon British Columbia North-west Territories. Ontario Alaska No. 136 345 13 8 7 Oz. 12,231.08 22,112.46 340.65 I.I59-32 452.18 Oz. ii,954-94 21,322.86 310.62 i,i57-3i 415-05 Value. $ cts. 194,778 58 340,683 85 5,679 67 20,202 50 7-543 59 Total 509 36,295.69 35,160.78 568.88819. Oz. Weight before melt 36,295 69 Weight after melt 35,16078 1,134 "9i Loss percentage by melting 3-1268* *This high percentage loss is due to the fact that many of the deposits were amalgam. "Gold bullion to the amount of $12,113,015.34 was exported from the Yukon Territory during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1903. The ports of export and value of bullion corresponding to them are as follows: Dawson ! $12,081,594.84 Whitehorse 24,799.50 Forty-mile 1 . • 6,621.00 $12,113,015.34 "Numerous requests for information relating to mining matters, the occurrence of economic minerals, the mining laws of Canada, and requests for annual reports on the mineral industries of Canada, of the 142 THE MINING RECORD. Bureau of Mines, and on the mines of Canada have been received during the year. No publications corresponding to the annual reports asked for are at present issued by the Federal Government. The report of the Government Mining Engineer, / Mr. A. J. Beaudette, gives much detail relative to the Munger 2-stamp mill and the assay office together with full particulars of the work done in the latter establishment. The following information concerning some of the mining localities is also included in it: "The best prospect in the territory is situated on a ridge between Eldorado and Ophir creeks, known as the Violet group, which might develop into a mine. The development work started last year has_been continued off and on ever since. It consfsted^bf two shafts to a depth of 50 feet each, and \cross-cutting in one shaft, and also an open cut on the\ outcrop of 40 to 50 feet long. The deposit appears to be between two and six feet wide, composed of iron stained quartz of a rose colour (a colour very characteristic of that of the quartz found in a deposit known as/the White Channel), containing free gold and traces of galena. The galena occurs in spots irregularly distributed through the deposit. I sampled ihe open cut on the outcrop, which represents only a small amount of the ore in sight, and which gave an average of $10.33 a ton. This proves that there is gold in the quartz not visible to the naked eye. I did not sample any place else, as the other parts were not accessible, being under water. I think instead of sinking shafts of 40 and 50 feet deep at different places upon the deposit, it would be better to sink one shaft only to ascertain if the ore has any depth and proof of continuity, to cross-cut it, and then to ascertain the length of the outcrop, and then to sample the ore in sight. Thus a decision can be arrived at as to the advisability of erecting a plant thereon. At present, I think there is enough prospect in sight to warrant development, but not enough ore in sight to erect a plant. According to my observation in connection with the gold- bearing quartz in the territory, I find that the gold occurs in the form of crystals, and leaf-like sheets, situated between the wall and vein matter, and very seldom in the vein matter itself. This vein matter being quartz is deposited in the form of large strin- ers meeting each other, forming a network. On the ridge between Bonanza and Eldorado creeks an outcrop occurs two feet above the surface of the ground, out of which I took small crystals of gold in perfect octahedrons and small nuggets adhering to the surface of the quartz, and only in exceptional cases could I find any gold on breaking the quartz. To confirm this, I had an assay made of a piece of quartz, which showed no gold adhering to the surface, and found it to contain but little more than traces of gold. This quartz ^ is white, slightly iron stained. The quartz found in the Violet group appears rose in colour,, although some has a grayish appearance, iron stained and spots of galena irregularly distributed through it. An assay of a specimen which showed no visible gold gave $10.33 per ton. The 'occurrence of the two deposits above mentioned is, I think, in every respect the same, but as to whether it is possible from the general appearance of the quartz to judge of its gold-bearing properties, I am not prepared to say definitely, although as far as my experience goes, all the pure white quartz so far examined contained very little or no gold, whereas quartz of a grayish appearance or of a rose tint, more or less iron stained, always contained upon assay fairly good values. Ip placers the gold occurs, as usual, associated with light quartz wash lying immediately on top of the solid rock, called bed-rock. If the gold is fine it is found as high as three feet above bed-rock. On Eldorado the gold has been found as far down as 55 feet below the present pay streak. I am not prepared to accept the supposition that there is a distinct pay streak at that level, but that this strange occurrence may be explained as follows: The bed-rock is fissured in many places to a considerable depth, the pay gravel lying on top of the bed-rock admits water; to percolate through it, and the gold finds its way down into these fissures." A detailed and illustrated report, by Messrs. R. G. McConnell and R. W. Brock, of the Geological Survey of Canada, of the great landslide that occurred at Frank, Alberta, on April 29, 1903, also accompanies the general report of the Superintendent of Mines, but as a summary of their conclusions was widely published last year interest in that disaster has by now very considerably lessened. PROVINCIAL MINING ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. THE following is an excerpt from an editorial published early last month in the Victoria Colonist: "The Convention of the Provincial Mining Association has called public attention more particularly to the mining industry than is usually the case, and there is a general feeling that it is in a better position now than it has occupied at any previous time in the history of the Province." Shortly after the close of of the recent Annual Convention the Ashcroft Journal published the following news note: "Delegates to the Mining Convention from Ashcroft and Cariboo have for the most part returned to their homes. They speak in satisfactory terms of what has been accomplished and think the Association is now on a solid progressive footing. Messrs. R. Borland (150-Mile House) and W. Adams (Soda Creek) spent a day in Ashcroft this week before leaving for their homes." The Boundary Creek Times (Greenwood) makes the following comment: "If the Provincial Mining Association, does not flourish, it will not be from lack of ability on the part of its officers. lohn Keen has already demonstrated his fitness for the position, and the new secretary, E. Jacobs, is peculiarly fitted for that important office. Careful, painstaking and industrious, and with a wealth of information regarding the miner-al resources of all parts of the Province, the Association is to be congratulated upon having secured his services." The Atlin Claim says: "Despite the- predictions of its detractors, the Provincial Mining Association accomplished a considerable amount of good work at the Convention lately held at Victoria, which closed its labours on the anniversary of its organization. As to the permanency and efficacy of this organization little doubt can reasonably exist, backed up, as it is. by representatives of high standing from every in- THE MINING RECORD. 143 terest, in any branch of industry, directly or indirectly nected with mining, in the Province." The Victoria Colonist recently remarked editorially "A very gratifying feature of the late Convention of mining delegates held in this city is found in the fact that a perfect understanding has been reached between the Government and the Mining Association. The impression that prevailed on one hand that the Association was run on political lines adverse to the Government, and on the other that the policy of the Government was inimical to the objects of the Association, ha-; been dispelled. It has been shown that political issues do not come within the range of the Association's aims, and it has also been established to the satisfaction of all that the Government policy is in accord with the mainspring of the Association, viz.: the advancement of the mineral interests of the Province. " The day before the opening day of the Second Annual Convention the Nelson Daily News .published some criticism of the Provincial Mining Association by "a well known mining man," whom it reported to have said, in part: "I think the forthcoming meeting of the Association will be of benefit to the mining interests. The Association has the faults of nearly all comparatively new organizations, but on the whole I believe it has a career of usefulness before it An effort will be made, however, at the Victoria meeting to prevent a repetition of the mistakes of the past and to run the affairs of the organization in a better manner than heretofore. When this is done I believe that the Provincial Mining Association will have a long career of usefulness to the mining industry before it." An enlarged photograph of Mr. James Moore, of Black Bear Creek, Cariboo, one of the pioneer placer miners of Yale and Cariboo, has been placed in the office in Victoria of the Provincial Mining Association. The photograph is an excellent one, taken and enlarged by Mr. H. Mortimer Lamb. Mr. J. B. Hobson, First Vice-President of the Association, kindly had the picture framed. The Secretary will report to the Executive Committee at its next meeting the receipt of this memento of the early .days of mining in British Columbia, and no doubt that body will at the earliest opportunity duly intimate to the donors its appreciation of the kindly thoughtfulness which has placed, it in possession of so interesting a souvenir. Mr. Moore was a delegate from Quesnel Lake to both the 1903 and 1904 Conventions of the Association, The Rossland Miner observes: "The Kamloops branch of the Provincial Mining Association has been disbanded. It is difficult to understand why the people of such a promising mineral district as that which surrounds Kamloops should allow such a thing to occur, except it is that they do not know enough to foster and protect their own best interests." "It has been very pertinently remarked," says the Rossland Miner, "that the future of British Columbia depends on the growth and development of the mining industry. Mining is already conceded to be our premier industry, while agriculture takes and must continue to take a very secondary place. Yet year after year the Provincial Government appropriates a considerable sum in the aggregate in support of a fruit growers' association, a dairymen's association, a flockmasters' association, agricultural societies and the British Columbia Agricultural Association. The Provincial Mining Association has already proved its efficiency and usefulness. It is, however, handicapped and hampered for want of funds. It has therefore a strong claim on the Government for financial assistance and encouragement." The following is from the news notes of the Nelson Daily News of Sunday, March 6: "H. E. Croasdaile and T. G. Proctor returned on Friday from the Coast, where they went as delegates to the Provincial Mining Association. In speaking yesterday about the Convention Mr. Croasdaile said the first effort of the Nelson delegation was directed to getting in touch with the Government. This, he says, was accc lished in a diplomatic manner, as the Government at time was hostile to the Provincial Mining Association cause it thought that the Association was "endeavouring encroach upon its prerogatives. It was demonstrated to satisfaction of the ministry by the Nelson delegation and hearty co-operation of the other delegations that the only that the Association had in view was the betterment of mining industry and this resulted in a better feeling on part of the ministers toward the Association, which i thought, will lead to good results." np- to the the end the the t is At the annual meeting of members of the Vancouver Board of Trade, held on March I, the retiring president, Mr. H. T. Lockyer, manager of the Hudson's Bay Company's large establishment at Vancouver, in the course of his review of the year then just closed made the following reference to the Provincial Mining Association: "It is gratifying to note the good work being done by the Provincial Mining Association of British Columbia, a body comprising representatives of all sections of this industry. At the Annual Convention, recently held in Victoria, I was fortunately permitted to attend as a delegate from Vancouver ,and was struck with the earnestness of purpose on the part of all members of the Association, which appears to have but one object, and that is to place the general mining industry of our Province on a more equitable and workable basis, and it would seem to me, therefore, that the Association can rightly ask for the support and co-operation of everyone engaged in the mercantile business, as we know how much the latter owes to the development of the mining industry." On March 22 the secretary of the Provincial Mining Association received a letter from the office of the Minister of Customs, as follows :— "Dear Sir: I am directed by the Hon. The Minister of Customs to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 4th instant, conveying to him a resolution adopted by your Association, urging the Dominion Government to allow the free importation of oils for use in the concentration of ores. The Minister desires me to say to you that the subject has received favourable consideration at the hands of the Government, and an Order-in-Council was recently passed in the following terms:— " 'That oil (petroleum) be transferred to the list of goods which may be imported into Canada free of duty, when imported by miners or mining companies or concerns, to be used in the concentration of ores .of metal in their own concentrating establishments, under such regulations as the Minister of Customs may prescribe.'" "Yours truly, "John Bain, "Assistant Commissioner." The following comment is from the Similkameen Star of March 12: "The second Annual Convention of the Provincial Mining Association has gone on record as being most successful and interesting in every respect. No extraneous matters were introduced to mar the object of convening; not a jarring note was sounded nor friction felt throughout. Politics and social questions were strictly tabooed, notwithstanding the prediction of some morbid minds that the Association would develop into a political machine or become the tool of capitalists. If labour has not been as strongly represented numerically as it should have been it is labour's own fault. The Association may now be said to have crossed the Rubicon of its existence and to be fairly set out on the crusade that gave it birth. It is manned and equipped for offensive and defensive work and cannot fail to prove a power 'behind the throne' on all mining matters requiring legislative treatment. Freed from all taint of political animus the deliberations of such an influential body of men must be profitable to all and no man can afford to withhold his support of either membership or contribution. Princeton, by reason of its importance as a mining centre, must have a representative on the executive as well as have delegates to the 144 THE MINING RECORD. general meeting, and no doubt would have done so ere this but for the overtowering interest in railway construction into the Similkameen." VANCOUVER BRANCH. The Vancouver branch of the Provincial Mining Association was put upon a permanent footing at a largely attended meeting held in the Board of Trade rooms, Vancouver, on the evening of March 9. The branch was re-organized at a meeting held just previous to the Provincial Convention, with provisional officers, and on this occasion a permanent board was elected. The meeting was very representative. Mr. Colin F. Jackson, provisional President, was in the chair, 'and in his introductory remarks briefly referred to the recent Convention held in Victoria as demonstrating that the Provincial Mining Association had come to stay and would do a great deal of good work. There were many reasons why the business men of Vancouver should rally^"Fottsd the local branch, and make it the important organization it should be in a city which was the commercial centre of th.e Province. The following officers were then appointed: President—Mr. C. F. Jackson. First Vice-President—Mr. C. W. McMeeken. Second Vice-President—Mr. James Findley. Secretaries—Messrs. George Sheldon-Williams ajnd T. J. Smith. Treasurer—Mr. Campbell Sweeny. Mr. Jackson said he had spoken to Mr. Sw€eny, and that gentleman had said he would give the Association his hearty support. Mr. Sweeny had also stated that the Bankers' Association of Vancouver would probably elect a member to represent it in the Mining Association this year. The Executive Committee, which by the amendment to the constitution will consist of 12 members instead of 25, and representing.all classes of trade, will be as follows: Messrs. H. T. Lockyer, W. H. Malkin, E. P. Gilman, W. D. Haywood, Charles Law, George A. Walkem. R. P. McLennan, J. Y. McAdam, W. D. Ross, E. J. O'Sullivan, F. E. Woodside, and Frank Richards. Mr. James Findley addressed the meeting relative to the mining industry on the Coast. He said that in Victoria much sympathy was shown with mines on the Coast. They had some mines directly tributary to the city, and appreciated the benefit they got from such properties as the Tyee and those on the West Coast of the Island. In Vancouver, the merchants made a bid' for the trade of the whole Province, and yet showed comparatively little interest in these mines. Mr. Lockyer, one of the delegates to the Convention, said that when Mr. Findley spoke of Vancouver people not taking interest in the Coast mines, he was right, and many of the business men of Vancouver were conspicuous by their absence that night. This should not be, as the commercial interests would develop as the. mines progressed. Referring' to the Convention, Mr. Lockyer said he was greatly impressed with the earnestness of those taking part. He had gone there with the idea that the Association was got up by some one with an axe to grind, but he soon saw that it was an earnest co-operation to put the mining industry on a sound basis. The delegates were men from all parts of the Province, who had left their work at their own expense to confer with others as to what was best for the mining industry. He had listened for political talk, but heard none. The officers were energetic and industrious men, and had the interests of the industry so at heart that they would work until conditions were improved. There should be a large membership in Vancouver, and all interested in the. welfare " of the Province should sign the roll. The commercial interests should, he thought, be the most largely represented. Mr. J. H. Brownlee, who for five years has been operating in Atlin, said Vancouver had a wonderful heritage, and the people took more interest in mines than what was thought. When business men will drop everything and go down to the Convention, there's something doing here. Drop all talk of having stock and having been bitten. Mining is a legitimate business, and if rightfully followed is the best going. The situation of Vancouver, he said, was admirable as a commercial centre for the mining industry. He thought the whole community, the Board of Trade, etc.', should take a wholesome interest in the industry. / Mr. C. W. McMeeken said the work of the Association fchould be to so present the industry to the people that they /may see why they should give it moral support. The real /purpose should be to correct any faults which militated against successful operations. While the Association criticized, it should also take upon itself full responsibility of suggesting improvements. Mr. Jackson said that to his mind the mining industry was the same as dealing with any article of trade. In all large operating centres, say of cotton, there were two classes those who buy and dabble in stocks, and those who knew what they were doing. The object of the Provincial Mining Association was firm, and if the members kept the sound principle before them, it would soon be seen that the mining industry was as worthy of support as any other in the Province. There were several other speakers and among the suggestions made with the object of increasing interest in the mining industry were several advising the obtainment, for publication in the press, of information relative to the operation of mines and smelters, and the establishment of a mineral museum. The proceedings closed with the adoption of a hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Jackson, Mr. Lockyer, Mr. T. J. Smith and others, who stood up for the city and were chiefly instrumental in having the largest commercial city represented at the recent Convention. SOME NOTES FROM THE MINING CAMPS. THE COAST. STEADY progress is being made in mining developments on Vancouver Island. At Mount Sicker three mines are now producing regularly, the latest addition to the list of shipping'mines from this locality being the Richard III., which while only making a relatively small output of twenty tons a day, is yet earning profits of over $200 a day. The last monthly returns from the, Tyee showed that $60,000 was realized, after deducting definite charges and" freight on the treatment of 5,392 tons of ore. This month a rich find of ore, assaying over $85 per ton, the values being chiefly in copper, was reported to have been made near Ladysmith. On the west coast of the Island, American capitalists are again interesting themselves in the iron occurrence at Barkley Sound and at other localities. Arrangements are being made for the establishment of a branch of the Owen Sound Cement Works, of Ontario, at .Saanich Arm, Vancouver Island. It is said that cement can be manufactured locally and placed on the market ■ at about half the cost of the imported article. YUKON. It is stated that the amount of gravel on the Klondike . dumps at tne present time far exceeds that taken out up to ' the corresponding date last year, and it is generally believed that the proceeds from the dumps on all the creeks will be much greater when spring opens than was the case when the snow went in 1903. WHITE HORSE. Dr. A. C. Robertson, mine inspector in the Yukon, recently visited Bullion and other creeks within the area of the new White Horse diggings. In the course of an interview he stated that in his opinion the district offered opportunities for summer rather than winter working, for the depth to which the gravel is frozen is limited to a few feet, and directly the miner sinks below the frozen ground he encounters running water. Drain ditches, which are quite feasible, must be employed, therefore to work the diggings successfully. Dr. Robertson furthermore stated that he prospected as thoroughly as possible along Bullion Creek and every pan he washed showed colors, some being coarse gold. THE MINING RECORD. 145 On the whole the opinion of this authority is favourable to the district, although it will be July before really definite information can be gathered to justify an unqualified expression as to future possibilities. ATLIN. In the Atlin district recently some important amalgamations of interests have taken place, and these will result in* work of a larger extent, without the friction which has often militated against successful operations. The consolidation of the hydraulic interests on Spruce Creek has been consummated, and the Spruce Creek Power Company is the name under which the new concern will develop the valuable properties on this creek. The interests on McKee Creek have also been brought together, the Atlin Mining Company selling out to the Hamshaws and their Brooklyn associates. The claims on McKee" Creek have been successfully worked for the past five years. The Deek and Stevendyke interests on Pine Creek have also been consolidated under one management, 'this is the creek on which placer gold was discovered in Atlin, and, strange enough, the first hole was sunk in gravel, than which there has been none richer taken out in the district. CARIBOO. It is reported that very promising indications of the occurrence of mineral oil have been found in the Beaver Lake Valley, on the road to Quesnel Forks in the Cariboo district, and specimens of shale smelling strongly of petroleum as well as samples of crude oil itself have been brought to the Coast for analyses. The inaccessibility of The district, however, considerably discounts any importance attaching to the discovery- even if verified. Meanwhile at Steveston, on the Fraser River near Vancouver, boring operations for oil have been commenced under expert direction. KAMLOOPS. The Ashanti Lands, Ltd., an English company, has decided to exercise its option with the British Columbia Exploration Company, securing an interest in the Iron Mask and other claims at Kamloops and on the Coast. A new company has been successfully floated called the Kamloops Mines, Ltd.. with a capital of $750,000. The original syndicate expended $215,000 in acquiring and developing the properties. REVELSTOKE. The New Imperial Mines, Limited, has just been formed with a capital of $100,000 to acquire the Imperial group of claims on the lllecillewaet River, twenty miles north of Albert Canyon. The claims- have been partially developed and the ore according to smelter tests is of good grade, averaging from $100 to $150 per ton in gold, silver and copper. The silver contents are especially high. LARDEAU. Another ten stamps is to be added to the Oyster-Criterion mill at Camborne. The Great Northern- Mines also propose, it is stated, to install a 40-stamp -mill at the Lucky Jack. The tunnel on the latter claim is now in 320 feet. Several sales of mining property have been made recently in the Lardeau district, the latest being of a group at Poplar Creek—the Crown King and Golden West, adjoining the Swede group. Tt is said the purchase price was $35,000. At last month's run of the Oyster-Criterion mill at Camborne, 1.160 tons of ore were crushed yielding 300 ounces of gold. The cost of mining and milling was $2.40 per ton. The Silver Dollar group of four claims in this district has been sold to the Elwood Tinworkers' Gold Mining Company of Indiana. The property has been largely developed by surface stripping. It is announced also that operations will be resumed early in April at the Nettie L. and Silver Cup mines near Ferguson, the new combination silver mill being now practically completed. Development work is proceeding steadily at several claims in the Poplar Creek section, and last week pumping and other machinery was purchased for the Handy Company's mine. Speaking of the situation in the Slocan, Mr. Buchanan, Government administrator of the lead bounty, recently expressed the opinion that the outlook was most encouraging, nearly every important mine being now in operation. At a meeting in March of the Silver-Lead Miners' Association the following important resolution was unanimously agreed to: "That the Association do endorse the proposal of the low grade miners, whereby the Government is to be requested to extend the benefits of the Bounty Act to a limited amount of ore to be exported and smelted abroad; provided that such extension shall not prejudice the payment of the full bounty on ores smelted in Canada.' Provided, further, that lead ores sold and smelted in Canada during the period of sud proposed extension of bounty, the maximum freight and treatment rate shall not exceed $15 per ton as per scale now in force; that the marketing charge shall not exceed $20 per 2,000 lbs. of lead, as at present; and that the limit on zinc shall not decrease from ten per cent, and the penalty on the excess shall not exceed 50 cents per unit. And that the Executive Council shall be and are hereby authorized to confer with the smelters and aid the producers of low- grade ore in securing their co-operation, with full power to act for the Association as a whole."- At this meeting Mr. Blackstock, of Toronto, representing the St. Eugene mine, pointed out that while he desired to protect and foster the Canadian smelting industry to the greatest extent possible, the best rate offered the St. Eugene by the Trail smelter was $15.50 for freight and treatment and $20 for marketing, and this was only assured for six months, which made the offer prohibitive. Certain European plants had offered to accept these ores at a much lower rate, and unless the bounty regulations were amended to permit of the exportation of these ores the St. Eugene and similar mines must remain closed down. The proposed extension of the bounty to exported ores should, he thought, be limited and only granted from time to time and it should not prevent the home treated ores from earning the bounty. Evidently silver-lead mine owners in the Slocan and East Kootenay are not inclined to take too seriously the assurance made by Mr. Fernan, the Belgian metallurgist, that he is' prepared to build a lead smelter in British Columbia and contract for ore on the basis of $10 for freight and treatment charges—certainly a very low quotation. At any rate at the meeting of the Lead Mines' Association last week no reference was made to Mr. Fernan's proposals, and Mr. Fernan, in a statement published in" a local newspaper resents rather strongly the manner in which he has been ignored, and expresses the opinion that lead ores sent out of the country to foreign smelters should not be entitled to the Government bounty. To quote Mr. Fernan: "The works I propose to establish should be in operation in about six to eight months' time. They will not be on as large a scale as would have been possible had an agreement been reached with the producers whom I approached, and if the lead ores are sent out of the country it would prevent the extension of these and other works and absolutely prohibit the local smelting industry ever becoming an important industry. I have not the slightest doubt that any amount of ore that may be produced in the Kootenays can be reduced on the ground, and feel very strongly that if it is allowed to go out of the country it will do immense harm to the district. So far as I am personally concerned, I cannot understand the silence that has been oDServed concerning my proposals on the part of those to whom they have been made." SLOCAN CITY. Reports from the Slocan City Division are most satisfactory. The necessary money has been secured by the Company owning the Howard Fraction claim to pay off all liabilities and afford a sufficient sum in addition to continue operations. The working force on the Fisher Maiden has been increased; the lessees of the Black Prince have encountered some exceptionally high-grade ore, while excellent returns have been obtained from the Ottawa shipments, the ore from the last carloads sent out averaging 250 ozs. silver per ton. I. u#* ms 146 THE MINING RECORD. NELSON. A company has been floated in Nelson to acquire and operate the May and Jennie mine on Forty-Nine Creek. It is proposed to install a stamp-mill at once, it being estimated that there are 60,000 tons of ore in sight at the mine. At the recent annual meeting of the Juno Mines, Limited, it was- decided to continue active development of the property. The Queen mine on Sheep Creek, in the Ymir district, is to be worked at once, the owners having secured a lease of the Yellowstone mill The Porto Rico mill is also again in operation. ROSSLAND. The latest reports from Rossland are of an eminently encouraging nature, the February profits of the Le Roi, after deducting costs of mining, smelting, realization and depreciation, being estimated at $58,500. The manager furthermore expresses the belief that another fine body of pre hak been opened up on the 700-foot level which may probably connect with the south vein on the 800-foot level. Construction work at the Rossland Power Company's new large concentrating mill is proceeding rapidly, and it is believed that the plant may be ready for operation within two months from this date. Preparations are also being made for the early erection of an Elmore concentrating mill at the White Bear. Meanwhile, in an interview, Mr. Claudet, manager of the Canadian Ore Concentration Company at Rossland, is reported/to have predicted that the cost of concentration by oil in that camp should ere long not exceed $1.25 per ton: BOUNDARY. An important strike is reported to have been made late last month at the Emma mine, in the Boundary district, a shoot of high-grade copper ore having been encountered in the new tunnel recently started near the old workings. Heretofore the Emma has been worked for the iron contained in the ore, which is shipped to the Nelson smelter and used for fluxing purposes. Ore from the Providence, one of the many high- grade mines near Greenwood, is now being sent to the Trail smelter without sorting. During the winter the main shaft has been deepened from the 183-foot level. The Alameda, a claim adjoining the B. C. Copper Company's Mother Lode mine, was recently sold to Minneapolis purchasers. Steps are being taken to incorporate a company to acquire the Athelstan and Jackpot claims in Wellington camp. A company has also been recently formed in Chicago with a capital of $500,000 to acquire and work the Nellie Cotton group of claims in Phoenix camp. The. B. C. Copper Co., last month bonded the Bruce group of five claims near Midway. Work is to be carried on continuously for eighteen months. Mr. J. P. Graves, general manager of the Granby Company, is reported to have stated the other day in an interview that the company was working on plans for increasing the capacity of its smelter plant at Grand Forks from 2,100 tons to 4,800 tons a day. A circular has been issued to shareholders of the Morrison Mines, Limited (Boundary district), announcing the sale of the assets of that company to Mr. Andrew Laidlaw, for the sum of $24,166.76, or at the rate of 2 cents per share, shareholders have the option of selling outright for this sum, or of exchanging stock for stock in the Montreal & Boston Co., in the proportion of thirty Morrison shares to one of Montreal & Boston. camp m'kinney. A good deal of disappointment is felt at the failure of the Waterloo Company operating at Camp McKinney to pay a dividend as promised so long ago as December last; but instead shareholders have received a notice calling upon them to pay an assessment of a mill a share, which seems almost like adding insult to injury. It is unofficially stated that the vein has faulted and that there is not sufficient high-grade ore in sight at present to keep the mill supplied. THE NEW ALSEK DIGGINGS. We extract the following information from a circular recently issued by the Traffic Department of the White Pass- & Yukon Railway Company: "The principal creeks on which important gold strikes have been made in the Alsek district are distant about 200- faiiles from White Horse in a north-westerly direction, and can best be reached via White Horse. A very good trail,, which can be used both summer and winter, has been made j from the latter point to the diggings. "At the present time those who are engaged in hauling passengers from White Horse to the new district are quoting a rate of $100 to Bullion Creek, the centre of the new strike,, and $75 to Ruby Creek. These rafes do not include road- house expenses while en route. The time required to make the trip by • stage from White Horse to Bullion is about seven days. Meals at the various roadhouses along the route are $1.50 each, and beds $1 per night. "Freighters in White Horse are now asking from 25 to 30- cents per pound for the delivery of freight to Bullion and other creeks in the immediate vicinity, and it is fair to presume that the above will be about the average rate charged during the sledding season, which will probably close about April ioth. "During the sledding season, upon reaching Marshall Creek, 125 miles from White Horse, it has been found necessary by freighters to abandon their heavy two and four- horse sleds and ultilize a smaller, single horse sled known as the 'double ender' to complete the trip. About 800 pounds constitutes a load for a 'double ender.' "After the opening of navigation, however, one can best reach the diggings by taking the steamer from White Horse to Mendenhall Landing and proceeding overland from that point, thereby saving some 75 miles of a journey by trail. The boat service to Mendenhall Landing will be established immediately upon the opening of navigation on the Tahkeena River, which will be about June ist, and will be continued until approximately October ist. "The freight and passenger rate in summer time, it is believed, will be about the same as that prevailing in winter."' COMPANY NOTES AND CABLES. Le Roi (Rossland).—The manager cabled the following report for the month of February:' "Shipped from the mine to Northport during the past month 19,244 tons containing: Gold, 8,379 ounces; silver, 9,663 ounces; copper, 490,317 pounds. Estimated profits on this ore after deducting costs of mining, smelting, realization and depreciation, $58,500. Expended on development work during the month $11,000. I have reason to believe we have opened up a fine body of ore on the 700-foot level which may probably connect with the south vein on the 800-foot level. The present appearances are most encouraging on the 900-foot level. The vein matter assays very well indeed. The diamond drill hole between the 900-foot level and 1050-foot level looks most promising. On the 1350-foot level we are now hard at work making airways. Hope to be able to report more valuable discoveries during the present month." Tyee Copper (Mt. Sicker.)—In February the smelter ran 25 days, and treated 5)392 tons of Tyee ore, giving a return after deduction of refining charges and freight of $60,007.00. King Edward (Fairview.))—The latest addition to the list of incorporated mining companies in British Columbia is the King Edward Mines, Limited (non-personal liability), capital $500,000; head office, Fairview, B.C. in the Boundary district. The company's shares are divided into 200,000 vendors' shares, which have been taken up entirely by the original owners of the property in acquiring the mines of the new company, and 3 00 000 treasury stock shares, part of which is now being offered for public subscription at 10 cents per share with the object of enabling the company to start work and build a concentrator at the mines and do some further development work on the property. When the proposed railway through the Similkameen Valley is an accomplished fact, this com- THE MINING RECORD. 147 pany will have unusually good transportation facilities and will be enabled to ship ore or concentrates to the nearest smelter at a very small cost. The company's mines are situated on the West Fork of Suesap Creek one mile above its fork, and about three miles above its confluence with the Similkameen River, in the Similkameen Valley, Osoyoos Mining Division, B.C. They consist of the King Edward Night Hawk, Westmoreland, V. V. & E., Johnny Bull, Tip Top, Woodland, Bank of Fairview and Kendall mineral claims, and are distant about three miles from the route of the proposed railway through this district. Mr. A. A. Watson, mining engineer, etc., of Vernon, has recently visited the mines and makes a very satisfactory report on the property, and the company hopes that, with the natural advantages they possess in the way of ample water power, a plentiful supply of good mining timber, and thg lay of the ground being admirably suited for tunnelling purposes, these mines can be worked at a low rate of expense and with very remunerative results. Kootenay Consolidated (Lardeau.)—Judge Miller, the promoter of the Kootenay Consolidated Mining Company of British Columbia, writing from Minneapolis, says that extensive development work will be started as soon as trails are passable to the different properties now controlled by this undertaking. Le Roi No 2 (Rossland.)—From the mine manager's report on the operations of the mine for January: Output—Tonnage shipped, 1,790. From samples taken at the mine we estimate the ore will average $14 per ton after smelting charges are paid for. The grade of ore for January should be better than for December. Development—On 600-foot level 93 feet were driven. The object of this was to undercut the downward continuation of stope 20. By placing this ore in sight we will be in a good position to start drifting westwards on the 5°°-foot level, but until this is done we do not wish to have too many machines on development work. Thirteen feet were cross-cut to undercut downward continuation of easterly bunch of ore in stope 20. This ore has not yet been reached. On the ioth floor of the old Annie stope 59 feet were driven. Diamond drill work—The following diamond drill work has been done during the month: 700-fpot level— Hole No. 45 was driven 125 feet. Hole No. 46 was driven 167 feet The object of both these holes was to undercut downward continuation of ore body No. 21. Nothing of importance was met with, however. Lightning Creek Gold Gravels.—The Lightning Creek Gold Gravels and Drainage Co. held its annual meeting in Ashcroft last month. The treasurer's report showed that $90,000 had been expended on the property. Senator Reid was elected president, Mr. D. Murphy vice-president, and Mr. C. H. Unverzagt, secretary-treasurer. Mr. Unverzagt intends to have the ground thoroughly tested with a boring machine before more sinking. B. C. Copper (Boundary.)—In reference to the proposed consolidation of the Snowshoe,and B. C. Copper companies operating in the Boundary district, a circular issued by the latter company states that the Snowshoe directors have failed to meet the requirements deemed essential by the directors of th B. C. Copper Company to make the plan an advantageous one in the interests of shareholders but it is added that improved conditions at the property render the failure _ of the consolidation plan of no great consequence. The directors now state that the blast furnaces at the Greenwood smelter are now in full operation, with ample ore supplies; that the earnings are in excess of all expenses, and converting and electrical plants are rapidly approaching completion and will be at work, adding materially to the net earnings. Arlington (Erie.)—During the month of February, 1904, ten carloads of ore were shipped from the Arlington mine, Erie, containing 229 tons, the net smelter returns from which amounted to $10,453.69- The expenses in British Columbia for the month amounted to $3,639-23, leaving a profit on the month's working of $6,814.46. Giant (Rossland.)—Mr. Charles V. Jenkins, of the accounting department of the War Eagle-Centre Star companies, has been appointed provisional liquidator of the Giant Mining Company under the winding-up order granted upon the petition of Mr. Edwin Durant. Cascade (Rossland.)—A judicial order for the sale of the Norway Mountain mine has been granted to satisfy a judgment. COMPANY MEETINGS. AND REPORTS. ATHABASCA-VENUS, LIMITED. The manager has submitted the following report covering a period from November, 1903, to December 31st, 1903: The work on the Venus has been confined to one vein which has been developed by a system of raises and tunnels having a total length of about 4,500 feet. Of this work about 2,100 feet have been driven in 1903 at a cost of $6.50 per foot. When we began drilling in November, 1902, the Venus ore reserves were approximately 5,000 tons; since then 7,325 tons have been mined, producing $62,000, but the years' development has maintained the reserves at about the same figure, that is to say, there is still as much ore in reserve as at the first of the year, but the probable reserves are much greater. About 1,200 feet of driving and 500 feet of upraises, will add on I, 3 and 4 tunnels from 20,000 to 25,000 tons of ore to the reserves. If No. 5 level was driven for 1,300 feet it would add 10,000 tons to the reserves. It is stated that the ore extracted to date which has averaged in width 15 inches, has been from the outer blocks so near the surface as to result in the vein being disturbed mine in a position to produce 30 tons daily, would be: Min- and faulted, with blocky walls, necessitating a large amount of dead work and timbering. These conditions together with the fact that the development was not sufficiently advanced have made the mining costs much heavier than they would otherwise have been. It has averaged for the year $5 per ton, included in which costs is a large amount of dead work. For a certain period during the year when the conditions were advantageous, the cost averaged as low as $3.85 per ton and this condition he says he can maintain when the development is sufficiently advanced. In December the installation of an air-pipe line from the Athabasca to the Venus was completed. One small machine drill is being used in No. 4 tunnel and that another will soon be at work in tunnel No. 3. The contract system for mining the outer stopes has recently been introduced. During the year steady improvement has been made, various costs have been reduced, and the grade of the ore has been increased. The first work undertaken in the spring of 1903 on the Athabasca was the driving of an adit level to tap the No. 2E level, which had been driven east from the old No. 2 shaft. The vein, as exposed along this level for some 300 feet, is quite regular and of an average width of 12 inches. The value is not uniform, but in two shoots, each about 100 feet in length, they average fairly well. A mill run of about equal amounts from each shoot, totalling 145 tons, gave returns of $18 net per ton, which would indicate that the gross value of the ore is about $20 per ton. In regard to available tonnage there is about 1,000 tons in the two shoots mentioned between the tunnel level and the surface, in addition to what has been extracted, 640 tons. All of this except the 145 tons above referred to was milled with the Venus ore and gave returns of about $12 per ton. The lower grade is accounted for by the fact that in starting to stope considerable waste was unavoidably intermixed. As the showing of ore on No. 2E level is very promising the scheme of development is a shaft from that level. There is every reason to expect that this shaft continued for say 400 feet below the No. 2E level, with levels run each .way at every 100 feet, will develop valuable ore bodies and place the mine on a better basis than at any time in its history. As the mine has been lying idle for two years a large amount of repair work was necessary which added materially to the year's expenditures. The old works portion of the mine was let on the tribute basis, and during the season the tributors extracted from the old pillars, etc., throughout the old stopes, 295 tons of ore, 148 THE MINING RECORD. which yielded $9,774, or $33.19 per ton and of this the company received 40 per cent, and $3 per ton for milling. The total tonnage produced by the Athabasca including tributes was 935, producing $18,500. The aerial tram, connecting the Venus with the mill, has worked satisfactorily during the year, and with the exception of one accident in June it has run continuously. Seven thousand five hundred tons were shipped over the tramway at a cost of 19 cents per ton. The three rail gravity tram from the Athabasca has given satisfaction, but it was found necessary to repair it considerably during the summer. The mill has run since it was started in November, 1902, a total of 3755^ days, and crushed 8,260 tons of ore. Of Venus ore alone, the mill could crush 30 tons a day. During the first four or five months in the year experiments were made in treatment both in the mill and cyanide plant in an endeavour to increase the extraction. Up to March 1st the average extraction from Venus ore was less than 8p-p^r cent. In May it reached 88 per cent, while for the /last seven months of 1903 it averaged from both mines 93.3 \per cent. In the cyanide plant there were treated 4,486 tons, of sand, from which was recovered $15,863.60, or $3.50 per ton\ From an average extraction of 62.5 per cent, it has been increased to an average of 92.8 per cent. Milling for the first few months cost $1.32 per ton while for the last half of the year it averaged 81 cents. Cyaniding costs were reduced in the same period from 85 cents per ton to 80 per ton of ore milled. The manager estimates that costs at the Vemis, -\v.ere the ing, $3.85 per ton; tramming, 17 cents; milling and cyaniding, $1.32; management and general expenses, 46 cents; total, $5.80; leaving a profit, as shown by the last six months" average recovery, of $3.75 per ton. From the Athabasca with the $20 grade of ore there could be made a profit of from $8 to $10 per ton, and by milling 600 tons from the Venus and 300 tons from the Athabasca per month, the property could make, an approximate profit of $5,00 per month. These estimates are based on actual results obtained during a certain period last year,' when favourable conditions obtained. Both properties look better than at any period since work was started and development at present is proceeding with such satisfactory results that the company can look forward to a prosperous future. CANADIAN ORE CONCENTRATION. At the second ordinary general meeting of this company, Mr. Stanley Elmore stated that with the permission of Lord Ernest Hamilton, chairman of the Le Roi No. 2, he was able to give the result of the working of the oil concentration plant at that point. The oil loss was 1.03 gallons per ton of ore treated; there was a concentration of sixteen tons into one; the final tailings assay was three-fourths of a dwt. of gold, and less than one quarter of an ounce of "silver per ton, and one-tenth of one per cent, of copper, which must be regarded as being ex'tremely satisfactory. Referring to this experimental mill the chairman said that $2 per ton should be the very outside cost of working, even at such an expensive place as Rossland, and with the present small plant With regard to the oil consumption, although it was originally estimated at one a'nd a half gallons per ton, since the works have started it has been reduced to very slightly over one gallon. To show the advantages which are gained by increasing the plant the inventor stated that with a 6 or 8 unit plant oil, royalty, all charges should not greatly exceed 3s. per ton. The adoption on a large scale of an economical concentrator process such as this in the Rossland mines will so greatly benefit the mining industry generally in that province that the satisfactory statements made at this meeting will be read with great interest in Canada. MACHINERY NOTES. Di. W. A. HENDRYX in a recent interview stated that in treating the ore of the Mountain Lion by his new process he used only .994 of a pound of cyanide of potassium to the ton of ore. The average duration of the treatment was only eight hours. It is claimed with the expense of mining and treatment not exceeding $4 to $6 per ton that Republic and vicinity can produce about 1,000 tons of ore per day. Dr. Hendryx, the inventor of the new electro-cyanide process, is reported to have stated that he has succeeded in treating the ores of the Mountain Lion mine at Republic at a cost of $1.50 per ton.. The general values of the ores of the Republic camp are $10, out of which the process saves $8.33. The cost of milling, $1.50, leaves the mine owner with $6.83 to pay his extraction. The Republic mill and that of the Mountain Lion, erected at a large expense, both failed to settle the problem satisfactorily, and the mines could not pmelt their ore profitably as smelting and transportation took up $6.50, leaving the mine owner with $3.50 to stope and develop his ore bodies. Out of this no profit was possible. Under the new conditions the mines are $3-33 better off and this difference will pay handsomely. Within a year, it is declared, Republic will be altogether a different camp, and the new process will certainly be in use elsewhere. Mr. S. S. Fowler, M.E., has finished the plans for the concentrator for the Alice mine at Creston. It will have a capacity of 100 tons in 24 hours. The work of constructing the concentrator will be commenced as soon as the snow is off the ground. Work on the tramway has already been commenced; that is, the iron is being made up for the various parts of the plant. The Le Roi company, it is stated, is contemplating adding a converter plant to the Northport works, and thereby effect a considerable economy in freight rates on matte shipments. It is reported that Mr. Hobson, manager of the Consolidated Cariboo Hydraulic, proposes installing an hydraulic elevator at the mine to avoid tunnelling the rim to make grade. The lead refinery at Trail is now in regular operation, and shipments of pig-lead and refined silver therefrom to Eastern Canada have already commenced. Messrs. Fernan & Lefevre, lead and zinc specialists representing European capital, have, it is announced, determined to establish a zinc smelter at either Fernie or Frank ^at either of which points an abundance of cheap fuel would of course be available. A zinc enriching works are also to be erected immediately at Roseberry on Slocan Lake, the plans and specifications for the plant having been already prepared. It is reported that the Great Northern Mines, Ltd., propose erecting a forty-stamp mill on the Lucky Jack claim at Poplar Creek, and also doubling the capacity of the Oyster-Criterion mill. The new machinery for the St. Eugene mine, at Moyie, East Kootenay, is being installed, and it is thought mining operations will shortly resume at this property. The British American Mining Company, operating in Atlin, has ordered from a San Francisco firm a second dredge of 5,000 yards daily capacity to be operated by electricity. A large hydraulic plant is to be installed at Bull River this spring. .;. COAL MINING NOTES. THE output of the Nanaimo coal mines is steadily increasing, the monthly tonnage produced now being we1 over 30,000 tons. Machinery for the new pit-head at Departure Bay has been ordered and is now en route. The machinery is designed to enable coal to be taken direct from the mine and loaded in the holds of ships by a system of elevators, and thus provides for handling the mine product most economically. At the new mine Burleigh drills are now in use and rapid progress is being made, water no longer causing trouble. It is reported that an important conditional sale has been made of coal areas in the Nicola, the purchasers being Tacoma people, who propose organizing a company to develop the field. It is possible that a railway connecting with the Canadian Pacific system will be built into this promising new section of country in the not distant future. In the month of January 76,000 tons of coal were mined THE MINING RECORD. "149 at the three collieries of the C. N. P. Coal Co., constituting a record achievement in this regard. In February an output of 71,000 tons was made, heavy snowfalls having somewhat interfered with the work at the mines. Application has been made for four coal claims on the left shore of Lake Lebarge, bituminous coal having been discovered, in this neighbourhood.. The producing coal mines at present in the Yukon are near Forty-Mile and Five Fingers. At the annual general meeting of the shareholders of the International Coal and Coke Company held the other day, the following officers and directorate was elected: President, Mr. A. C. Flumerfelt, of Victoria; vice-president and treasurer, Mr. H. N. Galer, of Grand Forks, and secretary, Mr. Will G. Graves. The directors are: Mr. Flumerfelt, Mr. Galer, Mr. P. A. Paulson, Mr. Daniel Schultz, and Mr. C. S. Fowler, of New York. The company own coal areas 50 miles east of Fernie, which are now being satisfactorily developed. Shipments at present are made at the rate of but 150 tons a day, but it is expected that ere long a production of 2,000 tons a day will be maintained and electrical machinery and plant has been ordered on that basis. The dry walls and cribbing are completed and the brick" work will be put in as soon as the weather permits. It is the intention of the company to erect 300 more ovens this summer. The ovens have a capacity of from a ton to a ton and a half of coke. The grading of the sidings at the mine and the track to the ovens is completed and the steel has arrived. The tracks will be laid as soon as possible. RECENT PUBLICATIONS. The March issue of the Engineering Magazine (New York and London) is a notable production in several respects— in point of size, of workmanship, of the wealth of the information contained therein. The issue is entitled "First Labour-Saving Number," and contains the following articles; The World's Great Labour Savers and Labour Servers; the Effects of Labour-Saving Machinery, the Prime Mover and Its Influence on the World's Progress; What the inventor has done for the Railway Works; Hydraulic Power Appliances in the Engineering Industries; Labour-Saving Machinery in Foundry Operation; the Development of Power-Driven Machinery in the Mine; Mechanical Auxiliaries to the Economy of the Fire-Room; and the Relation of Electrical Inventions to Human Activity. The number is exceptionally well illustrated with very fine reproductions from paintings and photographs. DUNDEE GOLD MINING CO. A CIRCULAR has been sent to shareholders of the Dundee Gold Mining Co., Ltd., whose mining property, situate near Ymir, in the Nelson Mining Division of West Kootenay, passed into the possession of the bank to which the company was indebted, and was last December reported to have been sold to Mr. A. E. Rand, of New Westminster, and others. In this circular shareholders in the Dundee G. M. Co. are informed that arrangements are being made to form a new company to purchase the property formerly held by the old company. It is proposed that the new company shall have an authorized capital of $500,000, divided into 2,000 shares of the par value of 25 cents each. It is proposed to issue 500,000 shares in the new company at six cents per share, payable one-half a cent per share per month, shareholders in the old company to have the right to apply for shares in the proportion of three shares in the new company for every two they hold in the old company. Attention is called to reports of mining engineers, who examined the Dundee mine, in which it is stated that the limited amount of development already done on the property has exposed at least 6,000 tons' of ore roughly estimated as likely to yield a net proht of $20 per ton. In addition there are, it is stated, some 24,000 tons of concentrating ore, which, with proper machinery for treating it, would yield fully $2 per ton net profit. It is further suggested that there are in the mine large bodies of concentrating ore from which profitable returns may be expected. The circular further intimates that "about $20,000 would probably install an air compressor and do the amount of development outlined'by Mr. Bernard MacDonald (one of the mining experts above referred to) and another $30,000 would be required for concentrating machinery. . . .There would be 500,000 shares in the treasury of the new company, which will be available for these purposes, and the shipping ore already exposed could be drawn upon to some extent." It will be noted that it is not quite clear whether there are to be 500,000 shares in the treasury after the sale of the 500,000 first above mentioned, but perhaps it is proposed there shall be. At any rate there remain 1,000,000 shares to be accounted for. If these are to be appropriated by the promoters of the new company it would seem to be advisable for shareholders in the old company to satisfy themselves whether or not the new company is to obtain the property free of encumbrance in return for these shares, or if not, what value, if any, is to be received for them. NEW ISSUES. The following new companies have applied for certificates of incorporation during the month:— CapitaL Bentley Iron Mining Co., Ltd $ 30,000 Cascade Copper Mining Co., Ltd 250,000 Ferguson Mines, Ltd 1,400,000 Golden Copper Mining Co., Ltd 200,000 New Imperial Mines, Ltd 100,000 Reliance Gold Mining & Milling Co., Ltd 600,000 Yale Hydraulic Mining Co 50,000 Spokane Falls Placer Mining Co., Ltd 250,000 Camp Creek Hyd. Mining Co., Ltd 125,000 Kamloops Coal Dev. Co., Ltd 5,000 Queen-Dominion Mining Co., Ltd 500,000 Richard III. Mining Co., Ltd 650,000 Spy-Glass Mining & Dev. Co., Ltd 500,000 Handy Gold Mines Dev. Co., Ltd 1,500,000 T B. C. ORES AT THE ST. LOUIS EXHIBITION. 'HOSE visiting the forthcoming St. Louis Exhibition should have the opportunity of viewing a very representative collection of minerajts and ores from Western Canada, mine-owners and others having given the Exhibition Branch of the Canadian Department of Agriculture their very hearty co-operation in the effort to secure a thoroughly comprehensive collection of specimens. In many cases the ores sent. are in pieces weighing several hundred pounds, while some high-grade specimens of galena from the Slocan have an actual commercial value of perhaps three or four hundred dollars. Some fine specimens of gold-copper ores are also being sent from Rossland, Boundary and the Sir milkameen districts, and samples of British Columbian coal will too be shown in large cubes supplied by both the East Kootenay and Vancouver Island collieries. It is furthermore stated that a collection of ten thousand or more specimens of gold-bearing quartz, nuggets, minerals, crystals, agates and even precious stones from the Yukon is being prepared for the purposes of this exhibition, the whole weighing between ten and twenty tons, and having a value of at least ten thousr and dollars. IRIDIUM. A well known firm of metal refiners writes to the Mining Record stating that a marked increase in the price of iridium, the second in commercial importance of the platinum group of metals, is reported to have taken effect during the past month. This fact is of interest to the electrical, chemical and dental industries, which are extensive consumers of the various alloys of iridium and platinum. Recent reports indicate a very marked shortage in the supply of iridium, while the demand for this metal is rapidly increasing. Mr. N. A. Wallinger has been given charge of the assay office .at the North Star mine, East Kootenay. THE MINING RECORD. TRADE NOTES, CIRCULARS AND CATALOGUES. THE business of the B. C. Assay & Chemical Supply Co., of Vancouver, has in the last year under the direction of Mr. Cave, increased very considerably. Recently the company supplied the large quantity of about seven tons of quicksilver, valued at between $8,000 and $9,000, to the Silver Cup Mines of Trout Lake, and last month another large order was secured for two and a half car-loads of chemicals for use in the new concentrating works now being erected at Trail for the Rossland Power Company. The Westinghouse Companies' publishing department have just issued two circulars, Nos. 1,077 and 1,078. The former/ treats of their "Type L Motor," and the latter of "Westinghouse No. 91 Single-phase Railway Motor and Car Equipment." Both circulars are minutely descriptive, and contain1 many fine engravings and drawings illustrating the advantages in construction and operation claimed for these machines. These circulars may be obtained by writing to "The Westinghouse Companies' Publishing Department, Pittsburg, Pa., U.S.A. f The Chicago House Wrecking Company are sending out a new catalogue of machinery, supplies and miscellaneous merchandise, which should be in the hands of all miiung and commercial men who are looking for bargains. ' The list comprises" mining machinery, wrought iron pipe; light and heavy rails, tanks, pumps, wire rope, tools, builders' hardware, and an endless variety of other articles. Their advertisement will be found in another column and will repay a careful perusal. The following, quoted from their catalogue will give an idea of the extent and variety of their business operations: "We are purchasers arm dismantlers of large institutions, including the World's Fair, Chicago ;rPan American Exposition, Buffalo; Trans-Mississippi Exposition, Omaha; etc., etc. We purchase any manufactured article offered us at low enough prices." The Canadian Westinghouse Co., Hamilton, Ont, proposes opening an office and warehouse in Vancouver under the general direction of Mr. Scribner, of the Seattle office. Bulletin Nos. 4 and 5 from the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company are descriptive of "Storage Battery Industrial Locomotives," and "Electric Coal Mining Plant." These pamphlets are beautifully and profusely illustrated with large photogravures, and the text is devoted to an explanation of the many points of superiority possessed by these machines. The locomotives both for mining and other industrial purposes are of various patterns and weights suitable for any purpose desired. These bulletins may be obtained from The Jeffrey Manufacturing Co., Columbus, Ohio. Tlie merits of the. Lederholm Boiler are set forth in Catalogue No. 54 of the Allis-Chalmers Company. The book is handsomely bound and illustrated. That this boiler has been accepted as "the best" by a company of such magnitude is in itself a guarantee; but for the benefit of those who like to investigate for themselves, a careful perusal of the catalogue will be convincing. Write for Catalogue No. 54 to the Allis- Chalmers Company, Chicago, 111. MINING MEN AND MATTERS. MR. RICHARD H. BATTEY, of Minneapolis, Minn., president of the Metropolitan Gold & Silver Mining Co., Ltd., owning the Triune mine situate about ten miles from Ferguson, Lardeau, is expected to shortly reach Ferguson to make arrangements for an early resumption of work at the Triune. Mr. Dougald Cameron, well known in the Ymir district as mine manager for the Active Gold Mining Company, has been appointed to supervise the construction of a bridge across the Salmon River. Mr. J. McLellan, of Camborne, who has been assayer for the Calumet & B. C. Gold Mines, Ltd., owning the Eva mine, is reported to have left the Fish River camp for Montana to there work a free milling gold property he has taken an interest in. Mr. R. C. Campbell-Johnston recently left Slocan City on a visit to Vancouver. It is stated that he will shortly remove from the Slocan to Kamloops. Mr. Walter G. Perkins, who lately succeeded Mr. J. Cuth- hert Welch as superintendent of the Le Roi smelter at North- port, Washington, under the manager, Mr. E. J. Wilson, has /attained this position as a result of close application to his 'profession. After working for some time in the bucking room at the Trail smelter he was promoted to the post of assistant assayer. Later he went to the Granby Company's smelter at Grand Forks and, after six months' service in a similar capacity, was made chief assayer, which responsible position he held with much credit until his appointment to Northport. Mr. Perkins passed his examination for his certificate of competency and license to practise assaying in British Columbia at Victoria in March, 1901. Mr. S. F. Parrish, general manager of the Le Roi Mining Company, Ltd., Rossland, was seriously ill in Spokane, Washington, last month. Latest advices were to the effect that a considerable improvement had taken place in his condition. Mr. A. H. Kelly, who has long held a three-fourths interest in the May and Jennie group on Forty-Nine Creek, near Nelson, early last month visited Republic Camp, Washington, for the purpose of ascertaining what success was being met with by the Mountain Lion company in using the Hendryx electro-cyanide process for the treatment of the ores of the Mountain Lion mine. Last October Mr. Kelly had some May and Jennie ores treated by this process at Mr. C. M. Fassett's laboratory, Spokane, Wash., and though the experimental results obtained there were satisfactory he wished to see the process in use on a commercial scale, hence his visit to the Mountain Lion. Mr. Bruce R. Warden, M.E., of Vancouver, has been appointed a member of the staff of the Mining and Metallurgical Department of the C. P. R., and expects after the 1st of ■April to make Banff has headquarters. Mr. Mark F. Madden, of Chicago, 111., president of the Providence Mining Company, Ltd., lately arrived in Greenwood on one of his periodical visits to the Providence mine. Mr. H. F. Martin has resigned the position of superintendent of the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company's Morrissey colliery. Mr. J. R. Roaf, of the company's engineering staff at Michel, has been appointed outside superintendent, having the coke ovens and the railway from Morrissey Junction to the mines under his supervision. Mr. Chas. Simister continues to be superintendent of the Morrissey mines in charge of all inside work. Mr. R. Fernau, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, and Mr. Oscar Lefebvre, of Brussells, Belgium, recently paid a visit to the Crow's Nest Pass district, East Kootenay, with the object, so it is stated, of ascertaining what suitable locations there are in that section for a lead smelter and a zinc reducing plant. It is understood that the question of having reduction plants close to the source of the fuel supply rather than near the mines from which the ore supply willl be obtained is engaging the close attention of these gentlemen. A change has been made by the Department of Mines in connection with the inspection of the coal and metalliferous mines of the East Kootenay and Vancouver Island and Coast districts, respectively. Inspector Thomas Morgan has been transferred from the Coast to East Kootenay with headquarters at Cranbrook, and Inspector Archibald Dick from East Kootenay to Vancouver Island with headquarters at Nanaimo. Sir Bevan Edwards, a director of the Cariboo Cansolidated and Slough Creek Mining Companies, operating in the Cariboo, was reported two or three weeks since to be ill at hia home in England with bronchial troubles. Sir Bevan takes a' great interest in the development of the deep leads of the Cariboo, which district he has several tipies visited. Mr. C. B. Gaddis, manager of the Spruce Creek Power Company, is returning to Atlin to prepare for the ensuing season's operations on ground held by his, company. Mr. Ernest Mills, Greenwood, has been elected president of the district association of the Western Federation of Miners. Mr. F. Phillips, of Nelson, is vice-president, and Mr. A. Shilland, of Sandon, is secretary-treasurer. THE MINING RECORD XV It is stated that Mr. Bernard McDonald, for a number of jrears in charge of Rossland mines, has accepted a position as manager of a large mine in Mexico. Miss Rosalind Watson, M.A., several of whose interesting descriptive mining articles have been published in this journal, was married last month to Dr. Young, M.P.P. for Atlin. The ceremony took place at the residence in Victoria of the Premier of British Columbia, Hon. Richard McBride, M.P.P. It is quite possible, judging from official geological reports .and other data, that Northern British Columbia which will ere long be opened up by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, will -prove at least as valuable a mineral country as the Southern portion of the Province. Mr. A. S. Going, a civil engineer, . who recently returned to Victoria from a lengthy tour through the territory to be traversed by the railway, states that while in general the country is wildly mountainous, it is interspersed with broad, fertile valleys, where stock raising -or agriculture could be followed with success. As for scenery there is some of the finest in the Province in those sections, mountain, river, lake and spreading valley. The river and lakes teem with delicious fish. For the sportsman as well as the miner, farmer and stock-raiser, it is a land of great promise. The distance travelled by Mr. Going and his party was over 1,200 miles, and 500 of that was done on snow- shoes. They left Hazelton on October 4th, and went to the Peace River. From that point they passed south to MacLeod Lake, where they arrived on December 24th, leaving again on January 4th. Mr. Philetus W. Gates and Mr. Henry W. Hoyt, respectively general superintendent and second vice-president of Allis-Chalmers Company, are about to retire from active participation in the management of that company. Mr. Gates was president and Mr. Hoyt secretary and general manager of Gates Iron Works for fifteen years prior to the incorporation of Allis-Chalmers Company in 1901. They have been prominently connected with the manufacturing interests of Chicago and have taken an active part in all of the manufacturers' associations. The late P. W. Gates (father of Philetus W. Gates) was the pioneer manufacturer of Chicago and the region west of the Alleghanies, having established his business in 1842. From 1861 to 1871 the Eagle Works Manufacturing Co., of which he was president, employed about one thousand men, and in those days was a -noteworthy industry. In 1871 the Eagle Works Manufacturing Co. went out of existence and from it were organized Gates Iron Works and Fraser & Chalmers, each taking a portion of the business. Both of these companies in turn were taken over by Allis-Chalmers Company in 1901. Messrs. Hoyt and Gates after a well-earned vacation spent in travelling, will re-engage in business in Chicago. J. & J. TAYLOR'S FIRE PROOF SAFES VAULT DOORS. 1 Send for catalogue to JOHN BARNSLEY & CO., Agents, 115 GOVERNMENT ST., VICTORIA, B. C I CAN QUICKLY SELL FOR CASH, without local * publicity, your Business, Real Estate or Partnership, no matter where located. Send me full particulars, prices, &c. Address CHAS. E. POWELL, 19 W. Mohawk St., Buffalo, N.Y. MINING MacAery Our experience in designing and installing complete plants has extended over a period of many years, and this experience together with the fact that we are in close touch with many eminent metallurgists places us in a position to supply our customers with machineryof the latest and most improved type, and with plans for its installation in accordance with up-to- date and practical methods of handling.ore so as to obtain the best commercial as well as metallurgical results. COMPLETE POWER! LIGHTING' HEATING AND PUMPING PLANTS eims. e. mo©re & eo. ENGINEERS PACIFIC COAST AGENTS FOR The Holthoff Machinery Co., eODHHY, WIS. MAIN OFFICE 63 First St. San Francisco California. I Branches—New York, 1303 Havemeyer Bldg; Seattle, 218 Second Ave. S.; U>s Angles, 321 frast Bldg.; Baker City, Oregon; Salt i,ake City, Utah. Adver. 282. XV THE MINING RECORD. Lobnitz' Gold Dredgers are at work in British North and South America, Africa, Asia, &c. OBWITZ&..CI., T/ED. Manufacture Ml nuick Deiwerv Parts «ef«r uET-re*s U0BN»T1 & °9f KDDBESS 1111 SC0TL^1 raphicAddress: "Lobnitz, Renfrew." Al Code used" JOHN B. HOBSON, 5SSfi«cS?,aiw"rib00 Hyd' Consulting Mining Engineer, BULLION, BRITISH COLUMBIA. 28 years' experience in the equipment and operation of large hy draulic, Deep Gravel, TMft and Goto Quartz Mines, in California and British Columbia. Telegraphic and Cable Address "HOBSON" Ashcroft B. C BERNARD MACDONALD MINING ENGINEER. Examinations, Reports and Negotiations, Designs Modern Economical Methods for Mining and' Milling Operations. Office, Empire State Building, SPOKANE, WASH. Cable address—Macleioi Spokane. Codes—Bedford M'Neil; Moreing & Neal. KIRBY; EDMUND B., Consulting Mining Engineer and Metallurgist. Examination of Mining Investments and Enterprises. ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA. LESLIE HILL, MINING ENGINEER REPORTS AND MINE MANAGEMENT. Consulting Engineer to the Hastings (B. C.) Exploration Syndicate. l.o ml on Office, 161-4 Dashwood House, New Broad Street, E. C. Nelson, B. C SAMUEL S- FOWLER CONSULTING ENGINEER. Will advise and report on matters pertaining to mining, milling, plant, construction and operation. Cable Address, "Goldfields Nelson. Drawer 1024, Nelson, B. C. J. CLEVELAND HASS MINING ENGINEER. 640 Hyde Block, Spokane, Wash Greenwood, B.C. MINE DEVELOPMENT. EXAMINATIONS and REPORTS. THE MINING RECORD. XVII PROFESSIONAL AND BROKERS. M. MCGREGOR, B.A. -Sc. w. d. McGregor, m. e. McGregor &. co., ItlNING and CIVIL ENGINEERS ->,, —-^j,-, „. ' and LAND SURVEYOHS. SLOCAN, B. C. Reports on Mines and Prospects. let as agents in doing.assessment work, applying for Crown grants and in taking general charge of preliminary development work. V/IWI D is one of the most promising gold camps in IVI I 11 BhHMi Columbia and now offers many capital opportunities for profitable investment. ■For further pantieulaa-s write PERCY J. GLEAZER, MINING BROKER AND AGENT, YMIR, B. C. 3ode—Moreing & Neal's. RELIABLE ASSAYS Gold $ .75 I Gold and Silver Ji.oo Lead 75 I Gold, Silver, Copper 1.50 SAHPLES BY MAIL RECEIVE PROflPT ATTENTION. Gold and Silver refined and bought OGDEN ASSAY CO. ,725 ArapaDhe°nevfrt:^l0r, ado. WILLIAM A. BAUER, Dominion & ProYincial Land Suryeyor Surveys of Mines, Mineral Claims and Crown Lands. I Crown Grants obtained and Assessments managed for absentees. Offices-FERGUSON and VANCOUVER, B. C. PARMELEE & WELD, ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS AND ASSAYERS. Special attention to control and umpire work. Ore testing. General Commercial Analysis. jP.O. Box 1421. 1755 Arapahoe St", Denver, Colo. POGSON, PELOUBET & CO. Public Accountants ■MEW YORK 42 BROADWAY ■CHICAGO MARQUETTE BUILDING 1ST. LOUIS CHEMICAL BUILDING ■BUTTE HENNESSY BUILDING Audits of Books and Accounts, Systems of Bookkeeping or Costs, Financial Examinations, Etc. PATENTS, Caveats, Designs, Copyrights and Trade Marks obtained in Canada and nil foreign countries. ROWLAND BRITTAIN, Registered Patent Attornev and Mechanical Engineer. Write for full information and referem es. Satisfaction guaranteed. Room 3, Fairfield Block, Granville St., near Host Office. VANCOUVER B.C |Wn. M. BREWER, HINING ENGINEER, MEM. N. of ENG. IN^T. MINING & MECH. ENG. and AM INST.. M.E. jMolsons Bank Building, VANCOUVER, B.C. T. J. SMITH FINANCIAL AND MINING BROKER. Gold, Silver, I^ead and Copper Mines: also Bituminous Coal Lands and Coast Timber Limits for sale. Special Values in Shares of Good Coal Company. Correspondence solicited. ADDRESS P. 0. BOX 439- OFFICE, 611 HASTINGS STREET, VANCOUVER, B. C. A. A. WATSON, B. Sc. PROVINCIAL ASSAYER, VERNON, B. C. Analyst and Mineralogist Honours Graduate in Chemistry, Victoria University, England. Reports made on Mining Properties. Ten years experience in Australia. South America. England and B. C. Assay Charges—Gold, $1; Silver, $1; Copper, $2 ; Lead, $1 ; Gold and Sil ver, $1.50 ; Gold and Copper, $2,50; Gold, Silver and Copper, $3 ; Gold, Silver Copper and Lead, $3.50; Complete analysis of any ore, $10. IPB^SPECIAI, ATTENTION TO SAMPLES BY MAII,- CecilM. Bryant, A.R.S M., A.I.M.M. E. Philip Gilman, A.R.S.M., F.G.S Pellew-Harvey, Bryant & Gilman PROVINCIAL ASSAYERS. The Vancouver Assay Office and Ore Testing Works. Established 1890. MILL, SMELTER, CONCENTRATION AND CYANIDE TESTS. Reliable reports on mining properties. Complete analyses of Ores and Coal Victoria Office : 4 View Street (Opposite Driard Hotel.). CHRIS. OUTHETT, Associate of Royal College of Science, London, Kngland. Inland Assay Office, KAMLOOPS, B.C. Provincial Assayer. Mineral and Coal Analyses a specialty. Reports made on Mining Properties Mail samples receive prompt attention. Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co., Ltd. Directors—George A. Cox, President; Robert Jaffray and H. M. Pellatt, Vice-Presidents; E. R. Wood, Treasurer; G. G. S. Lindsey, Secretary; Tfyos. Walmsley, James Mason, Frederick Nichols, David Morrise, J. D. Chipman, J. A. Gemmill, Wm. Fernie. H*AD OFFICES—TORONTO. ONT. BRITISH COLUMBIA OFFICES—FEaNI' B. C. Bituminous Coals and Coke. Mines and Ovens at Coal Creek, Michel and Morrissey, B. C. Present capacity of mines 1,000,000 tons of coal per annum. Coke ovens 350,000 tons per annum. We would call attention to the superior quality of our Michel Blacksmith Coal, suita'.le for large forgings. Can be shipped at reasonable prices to all parts of British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and Manitoba This Company also owns the Fernie and Morrissey Mines townsites, which offer investments in town lots that cannot fail to prove productive. Having a large amount of development under way, there is always work for coal miners at good wasres, and it may be said that there are few places in the world where labor of all kinds can earn more net money under agreeable conditions. THOS R. STOCKETT, JR. General Superintendent, Fernie, B. C. D. DAVIES, Comptroller, Fernie, B. C. HOTEL BADMINTON, jos. w. wallis, Prop. European Plan Rate $i per day American Plan Rate $2 and $2.50 Situated in the heart of the city. Street cars within one block, passing continually for all parts of the city. Barber shop in connection. Phone in every room. f'l l\\ -x XVIII THE MINING RECORD. SOME ©PINIONS Selected from numbers received from Leading Mining Men concerning "The B. ©. Mining Record." I would like to express to you my appreciation of the manner in which you have conducted the Mining Record. You have succeeded in producing by far the most reliable mining paper in the Province. The stand you have taken against wild-catting and booming must be of great value to the mining industry of the Province, although youi/ efforts will certainly not have the appreciation of those who profit by these reprehensible practises. "Yours faithfully, 'J. D. Kendall, "Late Resident Partner, Bewick, Mo^ringT^ Co., Vancouver.' Vancouver, B.C. "I must congratulate the Mining Record/again on the enterprise and business ability shown in the obtaining of reliable and interesting data regarding mining operations in this Province. The Province will be largely the gainer, and I trust your publication may also benefit greatly thereby. "Yours truly, (The Late)xj- Roderick Robertson. General Manager, The London & British Columbia Gold- fields, Limited. Nelson, B.C. It must be a satisfaction to the mining people of this Province to know that they have in the Record a fearless opponent of fraudulent mining companies, and a firm friend of all legitimate projects for the development of the resources of British Columbia. I, remain, yours truly, W. R Best. Late Official Analyst Province New Brunswick. Victoria, B.C. I am a constant reader of your journal, and find it an excellent guide to investors, both here and at home. In fact it's one of the best journals of its kind to be found anywhere. I am, dear sir, Yours faithfully, A. H. Haldek, Reuter's Special Correspondent for the American and Canadian Goldfields. Vancouver, B.C. Please inform me when my subscription expires, as I wish to continue taking the Mining Record. In my opinion it is the best and most reliable mining paper in B. C. It is honest, just and fearless. Yours sincerely, Chas. S. Allmen, Western Mining Co. Tacoma, Wash. You have always had my appreciation of the thorough and careful work you have always shown in editing the Mining Record. You have been fearless in decrying many mining schemes of doubtful repute. I know that you have the confidence of your readers, and can only wish you much wider influence and greater prosperity with your mining paper, which is certainly a great credit to the Province. Yours faithfully, W. A. Carlyl*e, Late Managing Engineer in charge British America Corporation, Limited, now manager Rio Tinto Mine, Spain Rossland, B.C. In renewing my subscription to the Mining Record, of which I have been a regular reader since I first came to British Columbia. I take the opportunity to compliment you on us excellence. The fearless manner in which you attack all wild-cat promotions, and the sincerity which you display in your efforts to encourage legitimate mining operations throughout the Province should command for you the respect and admiration of all who are interested in the development of. the mineral resources of British Columbia. With my best wishes for the success of the Record. Yours faithfully, Wm. M. Brewer, M.N.E.I.M.E. I have watched with much pleasure the improvement in your paper and am glad to note the impartial and fearless stand you have so often taken as to promotions and schemes as such generally. Yours very truly, Samuel S. Fowler, Consulting Engineer, The Whitewater Mines, Limited. The high standard your paper has reached for accuracy and truthfulness must be a subject of pleasure to you, as it is to all of us who have the desires of the country at heart, especially the mineral industiy. Yours truly, Slocan City, C. W. S. Johnson, B.A. Sc. Your paper has done a great deal of good in this country. Your criticisms of some of the promotions which have been made have certainly saved investors much trouble, and have served in a great degree to suppress the iniquitous practice of making untrue statements for prospectus purposes with the object of swindling the investing public. Yours faithfully, W. Pellew-Harvey, F.C.S., Representative Messrs. Vivian & Sons, Swansea. Vancouver, B. C. I take this opportunity of expressing my strong appreciation of the Mining Record, more particularly with the efforts you have continually made to keep facts only before the public. Go on in your good way and prosper. Yours faithfully, A. H. Holdich, Analytical Chemist and Assayer. Revelstoke, B.C. I take great pleasure in acknowledging the excellent service that your paper is doing the mining industry in this Province, in the matter of giving reliable useful news, and also in the efforts you are making to expose dishonest company schemes, and wild-catters in general; you have my best wishes for success. Yours sincerely, Frederick Keffer, M.E. Manager Boundary Creek Copper Co. of New York. Anaconda, B.C. We consider your paper well worth the price and quite up- to-date. W. H. Sandford, Manager, The Bosun Mines, Limited, New Denver B.C. THE MINING RECORD. XIX \ SOLE BUILDERS OF Reynolds Corl BUILT IN ALL STYLES AND SIZES ESPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MINING PURPOSES REYNOLDS CORLISS TANDEM COMPOUND ENGINE r I^HE Reynolds Corliss Engine, designed and built by Allis-Chalmers Company, is * recognized as one of the most successful examples of steam engineering, there being upwards of 6,000 Reynolds Corliss engines in use in this and foreign countries. It is the policy ofthe Allis-Chalmers Company to make each engine sold, a complete success from an engineering and commercial standpoint, and to this end it has employed the best obtainable talent, that, with unequalled facilities for manufacturing, has made the enviable reputation this engine enjoys. The greater number of mining companies throughout the civilized world are using our engines. Complete steam plants equipped. BRAKCgjOFFICES: BOSTON, Board of Trade Bid*. lOTTSBDKG, Fa^inildJng MOfHEAPOLIS, Corn Exchange Bldg. DEHVER, IMogSSBnont Sfasfill IjjPpAKE CITY, 209 S.W.T*£|p|i| 8POKAHB, ISSahingtOT! GBN6RAL OFFICE {frp^ iONDOtf, SR&, SaafSafalKiry JJoasS ■ , jj ' |Hk»t).mA« JOHAmffiSBUKfi, South ifttet BHAHCE OFFICES JBiS SEASCISCO, Haywari Bldg. SEATTLE, Lumber Exchange Bitot CHARLOTTE, Bf^j Tnut Bldg, - XBW ORLEANS, Hennen BUgs^ ATLANTA GA., Eqoitahle Bldg. BVTm, MXHtt., 51 E. Broadway mm THE MINING RECORD. CITY Capital of British Columbia, Pactfic / Ocean Terminus of Canadian Pacific |SS! Railway, Canadian Northern Railway J,. and the Great Northern Railway of \£ the United States. TORIA Q\ The starting point of steamship lines Wm to the Yukon, Atlin and Cassiar Gold | Fields, and the Canadian port of cah ifMlSlflrt/ for tourists on the lines between San Me^-MifflMiKmfcvJ Francisco and Alaska. Canadian Gateway to the Orient, Sandwich Islands, Australia, ew Zealand, Etc., Etc. . - ,■ 4^^-J>*\ Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B. C. The City of Victoria is becoming widely noted for the beauty of its situation, its homes and its surroundings ; so that the number of strangers arriving, for short visits and for permanent residence, continue growing annually larger. Of its beauty H.R.H. the Duke of York said: "The most beautiful place we have seen in our journey around the world," and the following may be quoted from the correspondence of Mr. E. P. Knight, of the London Morning Post: "One would fain have stayed longer, for of all the cities that 7ave been visited in the course of this long Royal progress the fair capital of British Columbia seems to me the one which the Englishman would most glad;y make his home. * *. * Never in the environs of any other city have I seen such a glory of flowers as surrounded each of these lovely homes." The Province covers a superficial area of 381,000 square miles abounding in minerals, timber, fish and game in endless variety. The opportunities for the profitable investment of capital are practicallv unlimited, and the markets for the disposal of metals, lumber, fish and agricultural products lie waiting in Russia. Tapan. China. Tndia and Australasia. The tourist will and mountain scenery and mountain climbing unequalled in the old world—a new field for exploration—and the sportsman with first class hotels as bases of operation may penetrate a new world in his pursuit of the I bear, the panther, the elk or the mountain goat. TEMPERATURE 1903. Highest Lowest \ Mean. Mean. Victoria 64.5 35-9 London, Eng 69.7 334 Torquay, Eng 64.1 38.2 RAINFALL 1903. Inches. Victoria 35-9 London, Eng 33-4; Torquay, Eng 3^-2 Pamphlets containing views of local scenery and information of interest to investors, tourists, hunters and i amusement seekers may be obtained by addressing the Clerk of the Municipal Council, Victoria, • British Columbia. THE MINING RECORD. XXI yiCTORIAB.C. 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"Eaoh weekly issue contains interesting and valuable information, is newsy, descriptive, technical and scientific. The leading engineers throughout the country read it. Subscription price, $5.00 a year payable in advance. Sample copies sent on request. 21 Broadway, New York & COMPANY LIMITED. Established I858. Manufacturers of High Class Biscuits *nd Confectionery Gold Medals awarded at Ro\ al Agricultural Exhibition '95- '9^1 '97, '98. Medal and Diploma awarded at Colonial and Indian Exhibitions. Silver Medals at Provincial Exhibitions, 1886. branch- VICTORIA, B, C. 430 CORDOVA STREET, VANCOUVER THE MINING RECORD. BRITISH COLUMBIA WHOLESALE SUPPLY HOUSES, ETC Good Resolutions for 1904 You cannot make a better one than to give us a trial order when again in need ot House Furnishings. We are satisfied il you/once become a customer you will always remain a customer. We have made "a life study of the business ot furnishing ^homes, having been in the ]one line •for over forty years, and We will give you the benefit of our knowledge if you will give us a chance. / FURNITURE, CARPETS, LINOLEUMS, CHINAVJ>ARB, SILVER- WARE, CUTLERY, GLASSWARE, KITCHEN-WARE. HAND- SOME ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND PRICES FREE. WBILBR BROS. Complete Furnishers, m Victoria, B. C. OLUMBIA The Mineral Province of Canada. British Columbia has produced to date $64,627,683 of Placer Gold, $22,049,732 of Lode Gold, $18,- 475,852 of Silver, $10,447,521 of Lead, $12,256,219 of Copper, and $58,989,572 of Coal and Coke, or a total of nearly SIQOjOOOjOOO. The Gross Mineral Production for 1902 was $17,486,550 The tonnage of ore mined in 1902 was nearly 1,000,000 tons. The gold production in 1992 was approximately $6,000,000, and the copper output 30,000,000 lbs. Lode mining has only been in progress for about 10 years, and not 20 per cent, of the mineral land has been even prospected; 300,000 square miles of unexplored mineral-bearing land are open for prospecting. "^The Mining Laws of this Province are more liberal and the fees lower than any Province in the Dominion, or than any Colony of the British Empire. Mineral locations are granted to discoverers for nominal fees. Absolute titles are obtained by developing such properties, the security of which is guaranteed by Crown grants. Pull information, together with mining reports and maps, may be obtained by addressing I HON. MINISTER OF MINES, Or WM. FLEET ROBERTSON, Provincial Minerologist, VICTORIA, B. C. THE MINING RECORD. XXIII BANKING ESTABLISHMENTS, ETC. ESTABLISHED 1817. BANK OF MONTREAL. INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. HEAD OFFICE: MONTREAL. CAPITAL all paid up, $13,379,240.00. RESERVE FUND, $9,000,000.00. UNDIVIDED PROFIT, $724,807. 5 Board «f Directors-IU. Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, G. CM. G., President. Hon. G. A. Drummond, Vice-President. a. i. raterson, .Esq., Edward B. Greenshields, Esq.; Sir William C. Macdonald; JR. B. Angus, Esq.; James Ross, Esq.; R. G. Reid, Esq., Hon. Robert Mackay I llilP *nera. Manager A, MACNIDER Chief Inspector snd Superintendent of Branches *• S" CLOUSTON Inspector of Branch Returns BRANCHES Pbotdtcb of ONTAMO-AJLmonte, Belleville, Brantford, Broekville, Chatham, Collingwood, Cornwall, Deseronto, Fort William, Goderich, Guelph, Hamilton, Kingston.Linasay, London, Ottawa.Perth Peterboro, Picton, Paris Sarma, Stratford, St. Mary's Toronto, Toronto Yonge St. Branch, Wallacebure ProvikceofQubbeo—Montreal: West End Br., Seigneurs St. Br. Point St. Charles; Quebec. Lower provinces—Chatham, N.B.; Frederickton, N.B.; Moncton n B St. John N.B.; Amherst, N.S.; Halifax, N.S.; Sydney, N.S. Glace Bay Yarmouth. Province of Makitoba and Nokth-West Territories—Winnipeg, Man.; Calgary, Alberta; Lethbridge, Alberta; Reglna, Assiniboia; Raymond, Alta Province op British Columbia—Greenwood, Nelson, New Denver, New Westminster, Rossland, Vancouver, Vernon, Victoria. In NEWFOUNDLAND-St. John's, Nfld., Bank of Montreal. Birchv Cove, Bay of Islands. F, W. TAYLOR Assistant Inspector JAMES AIRD Secretary Montreal-H, V- MEREDITH Manager N CANADA: In Great Britain—London, Bank of Montreal, 22 Abchurch Lane, B.C., Alexander Lang, Manager. In the United States New York—R. Y. Hebden and J. M. Greata, Agents, 59 Wall Street; Chicago—Bank of Montreal. Bankers in Great Britain—London—The Bank of England, the Union Bank of London, the London & Westminster Rank the National Prov. Bank of England. Liverpool—The. Bank of Liverpool, Ltd. Scotland—The British Linen Company Bank and Branches, Bankers in the United States—New York—The National City Bank, The Bank of New York, N.B.A. Bosten—The Merchants' National Bank, J. B. Moors & Co. Buffalo—The Marine Bank, Buffalo. San Francisco—The First National Bank, The Bank of British Columbia, The Anglo-Californian Bank. Portland, Oregon—The Bank of British Columbia. Spokane, Wash. Bank of Montreal. 7.*->i THB CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE. Paid Up Capital- Rest With Which Is Amalgamated Th.e Bank of British Columbia. HEXA-D OFFICE: TORONTO. $ 8,7oo,ooo 3,ooo,ooo Agg reg ate R esources Exceed ing 8 3,000,000 HON. GEO. A. COX, President. B. E. WALKER, General Manager. ALEX. LAIRD, Asst. General Manager. LONDON OFFICE; 60 LOMBARD ST, E. C. The Bank has 109 branches well distributed throughout the Dominion and elsewhere, including the following in British Columbia and the Yukon District: Atlin, Cranbrook, Dawson Fernie, Greenwood, Kamloops, Ladysmith Nanaimo, Nelson, New Westminster, Vancouver, Victoria. White Horse. New York, BRANCHES IN THE UNITED STATES. San Francisco, Portland, Seattle Skagway. Every description of banking business transacted. Letters of credit on all parts of the world. Exceptional facilities for handling gold dust. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received and interest paid at current rates. Victoria Branch, GEO. GILLESPIE, Manager To The Klondike Gold Fields, via. THE WHITE PASS AND YUKON ROUTE. The Klondike Mining District is now so well known that a detailed description is unnecessary. The output of gold from this district has increased steadily year by year. In 1900 the yield was about twenty 'million dollars, and in ii 01 about thirty million dollars. With the larger areas covered and newer methods adopted by practical miners, the Klondike will prove to be a rich and prosperous camp for many years to come. The great reduction in freight and passenger rates brought about by completion of the railroad from Skagway to White Horse with its connecting line of steamers for all interior Yukon and other points including Stewart River and the Tanana, has enabled the miners to reach and work many claims which previously could not be worked with a profit. For information about routes, rates, tickets, maps or printed matter, address : TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT, White Pass & Yukon Route, Vancouver, B.C. A 11.11 ■> II R. P. RITHET c& Wholesale Merchants, Shipping & Insurance Agents. Proprietors of Victoria Wharf, Columbia Flouring Mill ; agents for Victoria Lumber and Manufacturing Company, Cheminus, V.I.; Pacific Coast Steamship Co., San Francisco. WHARF" STREET. VICTOR/A, B. C XXIV THE MINING RECORD. TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES AND HOTELS. The Pleasure of Travel Is fully realized in travelling on the Canadian Pacific Railway. By its lines can be reached all Canadian Points, and its arrangement with American Railroads enable its agents to issue tickets to all points in the United States. It operates its .own Sleeping and Dining Cars, and has its own Hotels and Steamships. Its magnificent scenery and the excellence of its service has made it the favorite route across the American Continent. Illustrated publications, as to its route, Banff, Yoho Valley, Glacier, &c. sent on application to any agent. H. H, ABBOTT, Agent', VICTORIA, B. C. Or to E. J. COYLE, Ass't General Passenger Agent, VANCOUVER B. C. Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway. TIME TABLE NO. 49. Northbound. Daily. Leave. a.m. Victoria 9 :oo Shawnigan Lake 10:20 Duncans n :oo P.M. Nanaimo 12 45 Ar. Wellington 1:00 Southbound. Arrive. P.M. 12:06 10:46 10:02 8:15 Lv. 8:00 Northbound. Sat., Sun. and Wed. Southbound. Arrive. Leave p.m. Victoria 3 :oo Shawnigan Lake 4:20 Duncans 5:00 Nanaimo 6 :&i Ar Wellington 7'0$ P.M. 7:00 5:4» 5 :oo Lv. 3 :oo Throuqh Tickets to ©rofton vi* Westholme, ^ta^e leaves Daily, connecting with Xorth and Sonth bound trains. Double stage service Satnrdnvs. Bu-idays and Wednesdays, connecting with morning and afternoon trains. Fare from Victoria, Single $2, Return $3. '^ : Throuah Tickets Victoria to alberni— Stage leaves Wellington Mondftysand Thursdays onarrival of train from Victoria Returning-from Alhem* Tuesdays and Fridays. Fare from Victoria, single, $5.20, return $8.65 s ' I Excursion rates in effect to all points good from Saturday until Monday. GEO. L. COURTNEY, Traffic Manager. THE HUDSONlmBrW CCW -HAVE- GENERAL STORES -Af- lie de Peres Battlefbrd Calgary Chapleau Dauphin Deloraine Edmonton Fort William Kamloops Langley Lethbridge Lower Fort Garry Macleod Mattawa . Morden Nelson Pincher Creek Portage la Prairie Port Simpson Prince Albert Qu'Appelle Quesnelle Rat Portage Riding Mountain Shoal Lake Sudbury Touchwood Hills Vancouver Victoria Vernon Whitewood Winnipeg ad at other principal points in British Columbia, Manitoba and Northwest Territories. Purchasers will find at these stores the best goods at moderate prices, imported direct from all the principal markets of the world. 7 ;|EVERY BELT GUARANTEED SENUINE OAK TANNED LEATHER BELTING aim? For Exposed Situations Use 'Lancashire" Hair Belting. ■■■ f':/i'*:\}j -'■ ' I-.'■ CATALOGUES AND DISCOUNTS ON APPLICATION. . K. McLAREN, Montreal, Toronto. FELTEN&GUILLEAUME,Carlswerk, Actien Gesellschaft.Mulheimon Rhine MANUFACTURERS OF ELECTRICAL LEADS AND CABLES Electric Lighting Cables for Coal Pits with arrangement for avoiding fire damp explosions in case of the cable breaking. WIRE ROPES FOR MINING Ronnd and Flat Wire Ropes, " Albert," or so-called " Lang's" Lay Ropes, Patent Locked Coil Wire Ropes, Patented Flattened Strand > ■ Wife Ropes. IRON, STEEL, COPPER AND BRONZE WIRE Superior qualities. SOLE AGENTS FOR CANADA : WATSON JACK & COMPANY, MONTREAL. R A N D AIR COMPRESSORS.- STRAIGHT LINEvDUPt-EX; SIMPLE or COM POUNBy ■ ROCK DRILLS.-steam or AIR. THE CANADIAN RAND -DRILLlCOMPANY VANCOUVER, B. G. ROSSLAND, B. 6. GREENWOOD. B. &. m W^f^^t^^W^Wf^^mm^Bm^m^^^ li\ V •I m R/SDON /RON Wfc)R|CS CABLE: RtSDON'S COOCS.- A.B.C. MOREING & NEAU. LIEBERS, WESTERN UNION. QOLD DREDQINQ fl/ICHINiRT. SANypRXNClSCO, CAL., jU. S. A. COrVPLETEl EillPHENT1 OFHINES. •WRITE^POR OUR SPECIAL CATALOGUES. THE: TYEE COPPER CO. LIMITED. Purchasers and Smelters of Copper, Gold and Silver Ores. SMELTING WORKS -aT- LADYSMITH, Vancouver Island, B. <2. Convenient to E. & N. Railway or the Sea. CLERMONT LIVINGSTON^General Manager. THOS. KIDDIE, Smelter Manager. NORTHWESTERN SMELTING AND REllNING CO. Buyers of Gold, Silver and Copper Ores, Mattes, Bullion, Furnace and Cyanide products. 'i LOCATION OF WORKS & Crofton, Vancouver|lsland, B. C. Published by the B. C. Record, Ld. Printed by T. R. Cusack, Victoria. Canada. ! Tlijc Month ■ ST. EUGENE MINE-^lllustrated). TEN MILE CREEK CAMP OFTHE NICOLA DISTRICT-(lllustrateci). VOL. XI. MAY, 1904. No. 5. The! Hinton Electric Company, Electric Motors. Blowers^/ Motors. Fans. Dynamos. Electric Mining Apparatus. ^VICTORIA, B. C. • LIMITED. Electrical Constructid§| 77/\J|and Suppliesjft'- \mNCOUVERiB|c The Crawford Double Rope Aerial Tramway System, Limited The most complete, efficient and economical system for handling Ore, Timber, Coal or other materials that has yet been put on the market. Wrte for prices and description. Crawford Double Rope Aerial Tram way System Ltd., Nelson, B.Sj R/SDON 1RONWWORKS CABLE: RISDON'S CODES: A.B.C. MOREING A NEAL. LIEBERS, WESTERN UNION. GOLD bREDQINQ TlflCMINERT. ^^^^&^^M ^^^^^ &S3 ^wH tt-W' jut£^$gtm%^f]ujg&tit&0kw^ ^SF * * ,. ' \V\S3rk' TTSsaMK'j PRf J888S ■ "' '..'--- :^^^^^^eV-.'■' ■ ^'ff.My'ipr* '. '/r--feP$k{-3'e~'. 'Llt—H SiA/V FRANCISCO. CAL.. COHPLETE |§ EQWAENT ;:7ln| WRITE FOR OUR SPECIAL CATALOGUES. i PRICE 20 CENTS. 7 1 Wi WefJHave on ^nd^^^p':-., •M. Large Assortment of the Best Scotch Wire Ropes (Fully Guaranteed.) Everything You Require For Logging Purposes, Saw Mills, and Mjning Camps. . We Invite Correspondence. McLerSn, IVipelf'4^ Limited WHOLESALE HARDWARE VANCOUVER, B. C. DAWSON, Y. T. FELTEN&GUILLE§pE,||rls^H Actien Gesellschaft.Miilteroon RhiM MANUFACTURERS OF ELECTRICAL |£ADS AND CABLES Electric Lighting Cables for Coal Pits with arrangement for avoiding fire damp explosions in case of the cable breaking. WIRE ROPES FOR MINING Round and Flat-Wire Ropes, "Albert," or' so-called *'Lang's "jERke -Bopes, Patent Locked Coil Wire Ropes, Patented Flattened Strand Wire Ropes. IRON, STEEL, COPPER^ND BRONZE Wlri|| Superior qualities. SOLE4&.QENTS FOR CANADA «Sit< f WATfPN JACK & COMPANY, : MONTREAL. Fried. KrupplAktienglsellschaflfGru|)nw|rkj (Magdeburg-Buckau Germany.) ,'7 niNINQ HAcilifeRY ORE CRUSHING:^ Stone Breakers of Especially Strong construction. Roller Mills, Chilian Mills, Ball Mills, for dry and wet crushing—more than 1,800 at work, Stamp Batteries—Shoes and Dies of Krupp's Special Steel- AMALGAMATION: Amalgamation Tables and Pans, Las- rio's Gold Amalgamators, Settlers, &c Separation and Concentration - Separators, Exhausters, Hydraulic Classifiers, Percussion Tables, Jioaers, Rotating Round Tables. LEACHING PLANT. *S-""■''■■■■' '7 COMPLETE GOLD ORE DRESSING PLANT (a) For treating by the Wet Method with Stamp Batteries, Amalgamation and Concentration. (b) For Dry Testing by Ball Mills, Dust Extraction and Leaching. COAL WASHING PLANT—Large Testing Station for Crushing and Dressing Ores at the Works. AGENTS: For CANADA—Jas, W. Pyke &. Co, 35 St. Francois Xavier Street, Montreal WM For the UNITED STATES—Thos. Prosser & Son, 15 Gold Street, New York For MEXICO—Pablo Bergner, Apartado 549, Mexico For SOUTH AFRICA—United Engineering Company, Ltd., P. 0. Box 399, Johannesburg, S. A. R THE MINING RECORD. ELEVATORS AND CONVEYORS. C M. PINCKARD, President. F. L. FYRF,, Vice-President. J. M. GRAHAM, Secretary and Manager. VULCAN IRON WORKS Manufacturers of VULCAN DOUBLE-ROPE TRAMWAY. VULCAN ROPEWAY, (Single Rope System.) SAW-MILL MACHINERY. MINING AND MILLING MACHINERY. Vulcan Ropeways and Tramways. iOffice, 505 Mission St., Works, cor. Kearny and Francisco Streets, SAIN FRANCISCO, CAL. ■i>-:^-i.-^fimc mm ELEVATORS 6 LABOR SAVING APPLIANCES Eor Handling Coal, Coke, Stone, Ores, Sand, Gravel, Concen- " trates, Tailings-, etc. Car Hauls, Picking Tables, Screens, Coal Crushers, Victor Box Car Loaders, Coal Tipples, Coal Washeries, etc. ^M^feM^^^Mi^^^CO "-B*H Engineering Co- Philadelphia. CONVEYORS JWire Rope. Wire Rope. IvVc are Agents for the well-known firm of W. B. BROWN & CO., of Liverpool, England, man ifacturers of EVERY DESCRIPTION OF STEEL WIRE ROPES for mining purposes. It will pay you to ask for our prises, from stock and to crder. ■Also in Stock: STEEL RAILS (new, perfect and relayers), Ore bags, Scotch firebricks, Portland cement, "Valvoline" lubricating oils (specially suitable for mining works), etc, etc. I C. F. JACKSON & CO., Limited WHOLESALE IMPORTERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. wm WHARF—Heatley Ave. Vancouver, B.C. 151 Hastings St. Vancouver, B. C. and Liverpool, England 11. THE MINING KECORD. ASSAYERS' SUPPLIES AND ENGINEERING INSTRUMENTS. GELIGNITE—Strongest and Best Explosive in the Market MANUFACTURED BY . __ |l __ "' HAMILTON POWDER COMPANY (Incorporated 1861 . Manufacturers of High Explosives, Blasting, Mining and Sporting Powder, Dealers in Electric Blasting Apparatus, Safety Fuse, Detonators, Etc., Etc. BRANCH OFFICE: V/CTOR/A HEAD OFFICE: MONTREAL. local offices: VANCOUVER, NELSON, ROSSLAND and GREENWOOD NANAIMO ALBION IF^ON WORKS, CO., LTD. VICTORIA, B. C. § -| Engineers, Boilermakers, Iron and Brass Founders, Stove Manufacturers. All kinds of Land and Marine Engines. Boilers of all kinds up to 15' diameter. Pumps, Hoists, Ore Cars, Smelter Castings, Logging Engines, Centrifugal Pumps, Air Compressors. Specialists in Screw Pro- pellors, Patent Cannery Retorts. All kinds and sizes of Stoves. The B. C. Assay and Chemical-Supply Co., Limited. Directlmporters of ftssayers' and Mill Supplies Headquarters for Laboratory Apparatus of all kinds, Bohemian Chemical Glassw»re, C. P. Acids, Potassium Cyanide and Quicksilver Sol e agents in British Columbia for Morgan Crucible Co., Battersea, Y ngland; F. W. Braun & Co's PatentCaty Furnaces, Burners, etc.; W. Ainsworth & Sons' Fine Balances Write for our prices ADDRESS 733 Pender St., Vancouver, B. @. Jeffrey Send for catalogue. Address Elevating-Conveying Power, Transmission, Screening, Crushing, Dredging, Rock and Coal Drilling, Coal Cutting, Hauling and washing machinery. The JEFFREY MFG. CO. COLUMBUS, O., U S.A. A* Van Der Naillens' School of Practical, Civil, Mining, Electrical Mechanical Engineering. Surveying, Architecture, Drawing and Assaying, Cyanide, Chlorination, Metallurgy. Assaying of ores, $25; Bullion and Chlorination Assay, $25; Blow Pipe Assay, $10; Full Course of Assaying, $50. Established 1864. Open allyejfi? SEND FOR CIRCULAR. 113 FULTON STREET, One Block West of City Hall, SAN FRANCISCO. THE GIANT POWDER CO., CONSOLIDATED Manufacturers of GELATINE DYNAMITE/ highest and most FUMELESS explosive on the market and ALL HIGH EXPLOSIVES for Mining and Railroading work. Home Office-San Francisco, Cal. Works~ ^Te^egraph Bay, B, C. Kootenay Office Rossland, B. C. Head Office for British Columbia, Metropolitan Building, Victoria, B. C. UNION IRON WORKS. Mining and Smelting Machinery. Water Jacketed Furnaces, Crushers, Hoists, etc. Smelter Castings a Specialty. Complete Installations. Write us for estimates. UNION IRON WORKS, SPOKANE, Wash. THE MINING RECORD. III. CABLES, PUMPS, ETC. ESTABLISH ED 1857 WIRE ROPE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR MlNFffif«- \ QUARRIES, ELEVATORS, DREDGES, LODGING,- SAW MILLS,ETC AERIALWIREROPE TRAMWAYS SINGLE! & DOUBLE ROPE SYSTEMS. Geo. E. Dow Pumping Engine Co. 179 FIRST STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Manufacturers of Dow's Improved Steam and Power Pumping Machinery for Every Possible Duty. |Oil Pumps, operated by steam or electric power. Water Works Pumps, all sizes and types. Marine Pumps, latest improved designs. Power Pumps, operated by any available power and adapted to any condition. Sole agents Pacific Coast for the Schwartz Metal Melting and Refining Furnaces, adapted for melting brass, [copper and bronze. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. GOODYEAR RUBBER CO. R. H. PEASE, President. Rubber Belting, Packing and Hose "Crack Proof" and "Snag Proof." Pure Rubber Mining Boots, Rubber Clothing, Mackintoshes, Oil Clothing. 573, 575, 577 & 579 Market Street, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 73 & 75 First Street, PORTLAND, OREGON IV. THE MINING RECORD. HYDRAULIC PLANTS, PUMPS, ETC. Vancouver Engineering Works, Ltd. 7f WORKS—HEATLEY AVENUE, VANCOUVER, B. C. t AGENTS FOR The Northey Manufacturing Co.—Pumping Machinery. Atlas Engine Works.—Boilers and Engines. Laurie Engine Co.—Corliss and Aiitomatic Engines. Buffalo Forge Co.—Blowers and Exhausters. Medart Pulley Co.—Pulleys. J. C. McLaren Belting Co.—Leather and Rubber Belting. Goulds Manufacturing Co.—Centrifugal Pumps. J. Geo. Leyner Engineering Works Co.—Air Compressors. A. Leschen & Sons Rope Co..—Patent Wire Rope. BOILERS IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY. hree Horizontal Tubular Boilers, 66 in- diameter x 16 ft. long, with 3)^ in. or4 in. tubes; built to pass B.C. inspection-' for 120 lbs. working pressure-complete with fittings. Three Horizontal Tubular Boilers, 60 in. diameter x 16 ft. long, with 2H ln- or 4 in. tubes; B.C. inspection 115 lbs. working pressure, complete with fittings. Three Horizontal Tubular. Boilers, 48 in. diameter x 14 ft. long, with 3J4 in. tubes; B.C inspection 120 lbs. working pressure; complete with fittings. One Locomotive Type Marine Boiler, 56 in. diameter, 12 ft. between tube sheets, with 162 2-in. tubes; will steam 14 in. x 72 in. stern wheel engines; marine inspection 175 lbs. working pressure. One 30 h.p. Vertical Tubular Boiler, 36 in. diameter x 8 ft. high, with 71 2-in. tubes, 5 ft. long; B. C. inspection 150 bs. /One 12 h.p. Vertical Tubular Boiler, 36 in. diameter x 78 in. high, with 602-in, tubes, 4 ft. long; B. C. inspection 150 lbs. One Locomotive Portable Boiler, 15 ft. long inside smokebox, 4 ft. dia. shell, 4 ft. x 4 ft. fiiebox; shell in 3 lengths. 95 lbs working pressure. One Horizontal Tubular Boiler, 48 in. diameter x 14 ft. long, with 48 3-in. tubes; B. C. inspection 90 lbs. working pressure. Second band. One Nagle Locomotive Portable Boiler, with water front and open bottom fire boxes, 36 in. diameter x 8 ft. long between tube sheets, with 34 3-in. tubes; B. C. inspection 100 lbs. working- pressure. Second hand. One Scotch Marine Boiler, 90 in. dia. x' 102 in. long, with 2)4 in. tubes, single plain furnace; marine inspection 125 lbs. working pressure. Second hand. One 150 h.p. Locomotive Portable Boiler 60 in. diameter x 13 ft. 9 in. between tube sheets; tubes 2 in. diameter; steam drum 30 in. diameter x 8 ft. long; B. C. inspection 150 lbs. working pressure. One 25 h.p. Return Tubular Portable Boiler, 100 lbs. working pressure. One 30 h.p. Return Tubular Portable - Boiler, B.C. inspection 100 lbs. working pressure, 48 in. diameter x 108 in. long, 4 in. tubes, 3 in. return. Six Return Flue Boilers, 60 in. diameter x 29 ft. long; 2 flues, 20 in. diameter; B. C. inspection 65 lbs. working pressure. Four Horizontal Return Flue Boilers, 54 in. dia. x 25 feet long, 2 plain flues 16 in. dia.; B. C. inspection 80 lbs. working pressure. One Vertical Boiler 60 in. dia. x 130 in. high, 212 2-in. tubes; 150 lbs. working pressure. Complete with fittings. WRITE US FOR PRICES ON ABOVE BOILERS. DO YOU WANT ANY BOLTS OR RIVETS—We have an "Acme" machine specially for making Bolts and Rivets, Send us your order for Bolts over 10 in. long. IMPORTANT T@ G©LD MINERS MD MANUFACTURERS OP MINING MACHINERY. SILVER PLATED COPPER MINING PLATES for Saving Gold IN QUARTZ, PLACER AND BEACH MINING. •The Most Extensive and Successful Manufacturers on the Pacific Coast. Get our reduced rates. Send for circulars. Old plates replaced, also bought. DENNISTON'S SAN FRANCISCO PLATING WORKS E. G. DENNISTON, Proprietor. Telephone Main 59. 743 Mission Street, San Francisco, California. 26 Medals Awarded. 35 years in business here. THE MINING RECORD. V. GENERATORS AND MOTORS. STEAM ELECTRICAL and HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING — MINE and SMELTER 5UPPLIES. c§5|li Hoisting Machinery To Suit Every Condition. Steam, Electric, Compressed Air, Gas or Gasoline 7rajj r \ lg il 111 fiiJFlHS isoi ski H IUii A Scene on Our Testing Floor. This photograph shows six Standard Vulcan Hoists on our testing floor. We never permit an engine to leave our shops until it is thoroughly tested, the valves properly set and the point carefully tested. SEND FOR OUR SPECIAL HOIST CATALOGUE. ■ v! VI. THE MINING RECORD. BENNETT'S! FUSE CROWN BRAND THE KING OF FUSES The WHITE COUNTERED GUTTA PERCHA FUSE is the POPULAR FAVORITE in the mines of British Columbia, Australia, the Transvaal, and the World over. Beware of Spurious Io^fitaEions Made to Catch the Unwary. HOLMAN BROS. OA NI BORNE J CORNWALL Manufacturers of Boilers, Air Compressors, Mining Machinery The Holman Patent Roek Drill Specially Adapted to B. C: Mining. Awarded Gold^Medal Greater Britain Exhibition Awarded Gold Medal Paris 1900 CAMMELL, LAIRD &, CO. Ltd. SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND, | 1 .Manufacturers of Drill Steels, Best Refined Cast Steel Files, and Rasps, Steel Axles, Wheels and Cranks. Rails and Fish Plates made to any specification. Steel Plates, etc. Shoes, Dies, Stems, Cams and Cam Shaftings for Stamp Mills. ROWLAND MACHIN 5 Yates St., VICTORIA, B.C. ||7 General Agent for Canada. For all lines excepting Steel Rails of 30 lbs. per yard and upwards, with their relative accessories. a THE MINING RECORD. VII. MISCELLANEOUS MACHINERY, ETC. EVERY BELT GUARANTEED SENUINE OAK TANNED LEATHER BELTING For Exposed Situations Use I Lancashire § Hair Belting. D. K. McLAREN, Montreal, Toronto. :atalogues and discounts on application. IWIRE IROPE DON'T BUY UNTIL YOU HAVE WRITTEN TO US FOR PRICES AND PARTICULARS. lA/ilkin^ A f*rt of London, England, Wire Rope Manufacturers, w«Mr\iii£» « \*V., established 1850, are known throughout the MINING WORLD. The wire used in their rope is made from steel specially prepared to insure absolute reliability. The preferential tariff permits of our quoting low prices on all descriptions of Steel Wire Ropes. A large stock of the principal sizes kept on hand at Victoria and Vancouver for immediate delivery. Our stock includes a full line of Logging Ropes, Shjips Rigging and Hawsers. ROBERT WARD & CO., LIMITED, Agents. Telegraphic address-ROBERTUS. VICTORIA and VANCOUVER, B. C- Canton Steel Works le only plant in the United States devoted exclusively to the manufacture of steel for Mining and Railroad construction. Inton Brands are Hammered, not Rolled, and sold under GUARANTEE. Miners Will find the Steel List published by eaiVTON STEEL e©'Ys DENVER, e©L©., contains much information which will prove o interest. Mailed upon application. McLennan, McFeely & <2>o„ Agents for vflNeeuvER, b. e. ■Bleichert Tramway of thel ■United States Mining Co.,1 Bingham, Utah. The Bleichert Wire ROpe Tramway More Bleichert Tramways in use than all others. Manufactured by The Trenton Iron Co.? TRENTON, N. J. Engineers and Contractors and sole licensees in NorthAmerica for the Bleichert System. Also, Wire Rope Equipments for Cable Hoist-Conveyors, Surface and Underground Haulage, Etc. Illustrated Book Upon application. New York Office—Cooper, Hewitt & Co., 17 Burling Slip. Chicago Office—1114 Mouadnock Building Denver Office—1711 Tremont street. San Francisco Office—34 Fremont street Bii :•;! VIIl. THE MINING RECOllD. PUMPING MACHINERY -FOR- Mines & Waterworks OF ALL KINDS. BELT OR DIRECT DRIVEN BY MOTOR OR STEAM ENGINE. Hathorn, Davey & Co., Ltd. LEEDS, ENGLAND. PEACOCK BROTHERS, Sole Canadian Representatives, Canada Life Bldg., Montreal. NORTHEY MADE BY CANADA FOUNDRY COMPANY, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE AND WORKS, TORONTO. District Offices—Montreal, Halifax, Ottawa, Winnipeg Vancouver* Rossland. The Brackman & Ker Milling Co., Ltd.—.*- I Manufacturers of the Celebrated V Facilities Unequalled for Supplying the West with the Best Quality of n Grain, Hay or Mill Feed. B &K R0LLLD OATS. X Victoria. ^ Vancouver. X New Westminster. Strathcona. (Registered.) Nelson. Rossland. Unequalled in the World.! 1fe+QQ&M*>*)+*yM*>*>*>*>*>*>Q+++^*<"><^ NORTHWESTERN SMELTING AND REFINING CO. Buyers of Gold, Silver and Copper Ores, Mattes, # Bullion, Furnace and Cyanide products. LOCATION OF WORKS Crofton, Vancouver Island, B. C. The Mining Record VOL. XL MAY, 1904. No. 5 BRITISH COLUMBIA MINING RECORD Devoted to the /lining Interests ef the Pacific Northwest. PUBLISHED BY THE BRITISH COLUMBIA RECORD, LIMITED H. MORTIflER LAMB, flanagins Editor. Victoria, B. C, Office, Province Building. Vancouver, P. W. Charleson, Hastings St. London Office: 24 Coleman Street, E. C, Denver, Col.: National Advertising Co. San Francisco: Dake's Agency. . SUBSCRIr' 1 ION TERMS: Canada and the United States, one year • Great Britain and Foreign, one year - Advertising Rates on Application. $2.00 $2.50 Address all communications to The Managing Editor, B. O. Record, Ltd., P. O. Drawer 645, "Victoria, B. C. THE MONTH. Some more rich strikes of gold quartz are reported to have been made during the past month in Poplar, or if this sort of thing continues, Pop(u)lar Creek, as somebodv suggests the district should be re-named. By the decision of the Full Court, to whom the Piovincial Government referred the matter, the recently enacted Coal Mines Regulation Act, prohibiting the employment of Chinese underground in coal mines, is inoperative, it being shown to bfc. ultra vires of the Provincial Legislature to pass legislation of this character. Mr. Justice Martin, however, we note, dissented from this view. Meanwhile the Act has been disallowed by the Federal Government. Elsewhere we print a brief account of the annual meeting for 1904 of the American Institute of Mining Engineers. This was crowded out from our March number and inadvertently omitted last month. We learn that the papers and discussions on iron and steel subjects were particularly interesting and valuable. It is noteworthy that the entire omission of social features from the proceedings is said to have met with general approval, the sessions having consequently been given up to business without anything to distract attention therefrom. Encouraged by the granting of the application to the Dominion Government to remove the duty from oil used in the concentration of ores, an effort is being made by the Rossland Board of Trade to secure a like concession in regard to hydro-fluo- silicic acid, a compound used in refining lead at the Trail smelter. If it be shown that this acid can not be advantageously manufactured in Canada the Government will, no doubt, promptly accede to the request, its policy being to grant relief to deserving industries whenever it can do so without prejudicially affecting any other industry already established in the Dominion. Professor T. L. Walker, of the Toronto University, in a paper read before the Canadian Mining Institute at its recent annual meeting, advocated more co-operation with high schools and colleges in the practical .training of geologists. After the discussion a committee was appointed for the purpose of conferring with the Minister of the Interior and the heads of the Provincial Mining Bureaus regarding the necessity of giving preference to geological students when making up geological survey parties; also to urge that the Dominion and Provincial Governments snould take steps to maintain the efficiency and increase the size of the permanent Geological staffs. The Executive Council of the Associated Boards of Trade of Eastern British Columbia acted wisely in refusing to yield to the urging of the representative of the Rossland Board of Trade that it support an application to the Dominion Government to encourage the production of zinc in British Columbia " by the payment of a bounty or otherwise." Only two Kootenay Boards had endorsed this resolution,, viz., Rossland and P'ort Steele. The Boards of the: localities more directly interested had not done so; in fact, the position their representatives took was that such a request was premature. There was reason and wisdom in the advice tendered by one speaker, who urged that the Council press on the extension of the lead bounty matter and for a report on the zinc resources by a specialist, and this was recognized by the majority, who consequently voted down the proposals of the well-meaning but ill-advised minority. It may interest mining men, whether members or not of the Provincial Mining Association of British Columbia, the objects of which are " to protect, develop and foster the mining industry of British Columbia in all its branches," to learn that in Idaho, U. S. A., the Idaho State Mining Association was recently organized, and that " The purposes of this Associ- 152 THE MINING RECORD. ation are to aid in the development of the mineral resources of the State of Idaho; to assist in promoting the progress of technical and practical knowledge of mining in the State by bringing the mining men of the State into closer relations, better acquaintance and more friendly feeling with each other by personal association and the protection of mutual interests: and to propose and advocate judicious mining legislation by the State Legislature and the National Congress." cities sufficient samples of minerals to make displays that would be comprehensive and a credit to the Province. The Victoria branch of the Mining Association is to be com mended for the excellent example it is setting other branches in its action in this direction Mr. A. C. Garde, of Sandon, resident manager of the Payne Consolidated Mining Company, is doing the mining industry of British Columbia a distinct servicfe in the leading part he is taking in bringing into prominence the extent and v^lue of the zinc resources of the Province, and his iuntirina efforts are being effectively supplemented by\the enterprise and persistent advocacy of the Nelson Daiuy News, the most influential and widely-circulated/of tl«. iniand newspapers of the Province. Mr. Garde possesses an intimate practical knowledge of the subject he is devoting so much attention to, haying to mine, prepare for market and find purchasers for, the particular class of ore, the genefal utilizing of which he is endeavouring to foster. Much of the information he has prepared on the subject has been disseminated by publication in the Daily News, and in this way a large section of the public has had opportunity to become familiar with the importance of the zinc question, which, as Mr. Garde contends, is not only of local interest, but of national importance. Elsewhere we print a synopsis of one of Mr. Garde's carefully prepared statements in support of the development of the zinc industry, and this we commend to the notice of our readers. The outlook for the Ymir mine, judging from Mr. Edward Hooper's report, is by no means brilliant The whole story in brief is that as depth has been attained values have decreased. Therefore the disappointing results attending the operation of the property in recent times are attributable to " natural causes," and are not, as is rather more usual, chargeable to incapacity or mistakes on the part of either the local management or of the London Board. The Directors acted somewhat injudiciously perhaps, before reconstruction, in the matter of the premature distribution of dividends, but apart from this, the company's affairs appear to have been managed on sufficiently businesslike lines, and very few mistakes have been made in the development and working of the mine. On the contrary, the plan of development adopted was undoubtedly very skillfully conceived and carefully followed out, and had the values found in the ore above the third level continued down to the tenth, the Ymir would have been doubtless one ot the best mines un the continent. Mr. Hooper now estimates that the amount of^ore blocked out in the •mine is approximately 45,000 tons, which should yield $7.75 per ton, while operating costs last year were $4.92. The executive of the B. C. Agricultural Association ha~ been notified that the Victoria branch of the Provincial Mining Association has appointed a committee to arrange for a comprehensive min-ral exhibit at the show to be held at Victoria in ti >.e ensuing autumn. Now that it has come to be taksn very mi'ch as a matter of course that the mining mdustry shall be represented at the larger annual exhibitions in the Province, even if it be only by a collection of mineral specimens, it is desirable that the branches of the Mining Association make an effort to have this industry worthily represented. It is much easier for say a dozen branches to each get together ten to twenty samples that would serve to convey a fair impression of the character and variety of the ores of its particular section of the Province, and by such cooperation ensure the exhibit of from one to two hundred representative specimens of minerals, than for a committee of any of the associations arranging these annual fairs to do so. It is probable some understanding could be arrived at with railway companies to provide for the transportation of such exhibits at small cost. At any rate it is well worth the consideration of the Mining Association whether or not its branch organizations could not be induced to undertake to send to each of several of the Coast We congratulate the Tyee Copper Company on having entered upon a dividend-paying career, which from every present indication is likely to be a " long and honourable " one. In April the London directors of this company announced an interim dividend of a shilling per share, and also stated that £22,120 had been placed on deposit as a cash reserve, while a further sum of £15,000 had been spent on capita! account out of earnings. The recent record of the Tyee is that of a mine well and wisely managed, and the success now attending operations is in no small part due to the fact that the actual administration of the company's affairs is in the hands of practical men who understand thoroughly local requirements and conditions. It should be a great satisfaction to the resident managing director, Mr. Clermont Livingston, to know that his belief in the Tyee has been so far so well substantiated. We can add also that had but a fair porportion of the London promoted B. C. mining companies adopted the same methods which in the case of the Tyee have proved so successful, British Columbia would now enjov a very different reputation with the British investing public. The Tyee has run " straight" from the start, and we recollect that even our sometimes captiously inclined contemporary, the Critic, of London, spoke well of the original prospectus. A prospectus to please the Critic must needs be a model one. THE MINING RECORD. 153 Through the courtesy of Mr. Wm. Fleet Robertson, Provincial Mineralogist, we have learned, just before going to press, that the McGill University Summer Mining School will shortly visit British Col- un bia. The party of mining students, with Dr. J. Bonsall Porter, Professor of Mining at McGill, in charge, was to leave Montreal on April 25, to first visit Sudbury, Ontario, proceed thence to Leth- bridge, Alberta, next see the coal mines in the Blair- more-Frank district, and then cross into British Columbia. Several days are to be spent at the collieries of the Crow7s Nest Pass Coal Company—at Michel, Coal Creek and Morrissey, respectively—and after that the journey westward is to be continued, stopping off at Moyie to visit the St. Eugene mine and concentrator and going thence to Nelson, Ymir, Trail, Rossland and the chief mining and smeltingv points in the Boundary district. It is not expected that the party will have time to come on to the Coast. The Summer School of 1901 came to this Province and on that occasion visited Victoria. It may be that this year's School will, after all, be free to extend their journeyings chis far; if so they will find much of interest at the-gold-copper mines of Mount Sicker and the smelters at Crofton and Ladysmith as well as at the Island collieries. Dr. Porter and his School will be cordially welcomed by the mining districts of British Columbia. The outlook for the Lardeau is more promising now, in regard to production and reduction of ore, than at any previous time. With three stamp mills at work on gold ores at Camborne, the Silver Cup 20-stamp combination silvei mill at Ferguson about to treat silver ores, and the erection, as may.be ex pected, of one or two stamp mills at Poplar Creek during the year, the extensive Lardeau District should possess facilities for demonstrating that its mineral resources are both valuable and capable oi being worked at a profit. Then it is to be expecred tha* the Beatrice Company will resume shipping ffold-silver ore from their mine on Mohawk Creek above Camborne ; that the Lucky Boy and other silver properties near Trout Lake will send an appreciably large quantity of rich ore to the smelters; that the Triune will add a fair tonnage to that of the Nettie L., Silver Cup, and other mines in the vicinity of Ferguson; that the properties of the Kootenay Consolidated Company, on the Duncan slope, will also become producers, and that the Handy Company will supplement the production of Rapid, Poplar, Cascade and other creeks flowing into the Lardeau River south of Trout Lake. The season may be a short one by reason of the snow lying deep on the higher mountains, still there should be time and opportunities for the district to show larger results, both as to tonnage of ore produced and total value, than in any previous year. The Dominion Department of the Interior has published a valuable work "On th° Location and Examination of Magnetic Ore Deposits by Magnetome- tric Measurements," of which book Dr. Eugene Haanel, Superintendent of Mines for Canada, is the author. This subject was dealt with by Dr. Haanel in an interesting and erudite address before the members of the Canadian Mining Institute at Montreal in March, 1903. On that occasion several gentlemen prominently associated with technical mining education signified their earnest appreciation of the value of Dr. Haanel's clear and lucid explanation of the principles of magnetic surveys. Dr. Porter, Professor of Mining at McGill University, voiced the opinion of others unable to read the Swedish work on this subject in the original when he testified tb its importance, not only to those who teach, but to many in the field, who would gladly welcome Dr. Haanel's book, which would give them information not accessible to them in connected form in any other work published in English. Whilst the work is, ot course, toe technical for those who have not taken courses to fit themselves for the intelligent study of such a subject, it is so thorough and exhaustive, and so freely illustrated, that it must prove most useful to those for whose benefit in particular it was written. There appears to be good reason to believe that at last the enormous body of ore partly opened up on the Britannia property, Howe Sound, is to be systematically and extensh-ely developed and a comparatively large output of ore maintained. There has been a lengthy delay in turning to practical account the great mineral wealth available here, but it is gratifying- to find that it is at length to be utilized. A double advantage, from a public point of view, will result, for not only will it be made plain th^i there is much ore at this point on the coast, but the associated advantage of providing coast smelters with a sufficiently large supply of ore to admit of their being continuously run, will also be gained. It is stated that the sum of $250,000 has been placed in a bank in British Columbia as working capital, and that the erection of a tramway and other facilities fof handling the ore are now being provided for. With a tramway in working order and the mine adequately developed the Britannia should be easily equal to adding from 150,000 to 200,000 tons of ore per annum to the output of the Province. Further, it should employ fully a hundred men reeularly, and so contribute materially to the business of one or other of the coast cities. Once again district newspapers announce that mining operations are to be carried on up the West Fork of Kettle River. Work is to be resumed at the Carmi, which has been inoperative for between two and three years. Some 885 tons of ore of good grade were shipped from this mine in the winter of tqot-2, but the cost of hauling, the greater part of the way over a rough snow road, about 50 miles to Midway and thence to a Boundary smelter by rail. was too great for ore production to be continued under such unfavourable conditions. Since then road-making has been undertaken at intervals, but notwithstanding that nearly five years have elapsed 154 THE MINING RECORD. since successive Provincial Governments commenced to spend money in constructing the 30 to 35 miles of extension of road necessary to give the promising mining section around Beaverdell and Carmi road connection with the existing road from Midway to a few miles above Rock Creek, the district lemained isolated, for the reason that the roadmaking work was not completed and consequently transportation facilities were not provided. However, it is stated that the road really is to be completed this season, and that as a result several high-grade silver properties, already developed to a shipping point, will be placed in a position that will admit of their sending out sorted ore to the smelter, notwithstanding the heavy cost of the wagon haul. If'tmxbe true those directly interested are to be congratulated, for their patience has been sorely tried by the long waiting they have had to endure. The State of Colorado now has a code of mine- bell signals similar in principle to that adopted by the Legislature of British Columbia in/1901. The Provincial Department of Mines bas€a its code upon that long in satisfactory use in the State jf h Montana, but improving upon or two important particulars it m one and this code the Legislature made the law of the Province. One of the leading features of the British Columbia mine-bell code is the " caution signal "of three bells when men are about to get on the cage or skip. This is simply a caution to the engineer, who has to wait for the following signal to hoist or lower, as the case may be, before doing either the one or the other. It is gratifying to find that the Colorado State Commissioner of Mines has included this caution signal in the bell-code issued by him under the authority vested in him by law. Further, it is especially satisfactory that such a prominent mining State as Colorado has joined the movement towards the adoption of an uniform code of mine-bell signals, since it is equally necessary that there shall be uniformity in mines as in steam vessels, the bell signals of which are the same in all countries using steamers to any considerable extent. Prominent mining journals published in the United States advocate the adoption of a similar code throughout those mining States that are not yet in accord with this movement, especially the Western States, and suggest the desirability of their doing their part towards making the code uniform. Whether their suggestion be adopted or not, British Columbia miners enjoy the protection of a bell-code that is in general, if not universal use in the West, for the codes of Montana, California and Colorado-^ all prominent mining States—are essentially the same in their more important features, which is a distinct advance towards uniformity. In this particular our own Department of Mines is well abreast of the times. voted under the Lead Bounty Act, be distributed until June 30th, 1905, among producers of lead ore, who find it advantageous, under present rather unusual conditions to export their ores for treatment and marketing, has received the endorsement of the Kootenay Boards of Trade, while, too, the local smelters have expresed their approval of the suggestion. At first glance we confess, the proposal did not appear to us to be in the best interests of the country, for certainly the most satisfactory clause in the Bounty Act was that providing for the treatment by local reduction works of the mine products, the result of which would, of course, be the stimulation and upbuilding of the lead smelting industry in British Columbia. There are, however, special reasons , why at this particular juncture the provision in question should not be too rigidly enforced. As the memorial states, the effect of the granting of the bounty on lead has already become very noticeable in the increased mine development and activity which has since taken place; and production is now about to commence on a scale which, with the facilities at present provided, the Canadian smelters would be unable to treat on in economical basis, the local reduction works being, it is claimed, unable to make a sufficiently low charge for treatment and marketing ore concentrates of a certain class produced from a low-grade ore to encourage the development and operation of mines of this character. The suggested arrangement is therefore, merely of a temporary nature to induce and enable mines — notably the St. Eugene, at Moyie—producing the lower grade ores, to become immediately productive, instead of being obliged to wait until the local smelters had improved their facilities for handling the ore. It is hoped meanwhile, before the expiration of the term specified, that the capacity of the Trail refining works will be greatly increased, and that arrangements will have been made for corroding lead in this country, so that there will be a better average market for lead ores in Canada. The memorial addressed to the Minister of Trade and Commerce by the Silver-Lead Mines Association, urging that the surplus, if any, of the appropriation The report has been received from England of the judgment of the presiding judge in a case in the Chancery Division which had relation to the British America Corporation, Ltd., the company that purchased for $3,000,000 the Le Roi mining property at Rossland, and afterwards sold it to the Le Roi Company at a higher price. In this case the plaintiff, Mr. R. M. Stevens, who subscribed for 1,000 shares on the flotation of the British America Corporation, sued Mr. E. A. Hoare, who for a few months was a director of the corporation, to recover damages for having been induced to apply for the shares by reason, as he alleged, of the misrepresentations contained in the prospectus. The action was singular in that it served to show that the defendant was entirely blameless in the matter and that the plaintiff had seemingly been made use of by others in bringing it. In the course of his judgment His Lordship Mr. Justice Joyce, said that this " was not an action of deceit or for fraudulent misrepresentation. No ?ctual fraud or intention to deceive was, or could be, THE MINING RECORD. 155 alleged against the defendant, and there was not the slightest imputation upon his integrity or honour in the matter. No more competent or eligible person could have been selected to have been a director; he acted conscientiously, with ability, and to the best ■of his judgment he performed the duties of director so long as he remained on the Board. * * * * It had been established that no part of the financial failure of the British America Corporation was in any rational sense due to any matter misrepresented in the prospectus. When the failure came, and for a long time afterwards, plaintiff made no complaint of having been deceived, but having been sought out by an association of shareholders, the action was commenced in the plaintiff's name." The action was •dismissed, with costs, including costs of a Commission to British Columbia, against the plaintiff. In this connection it may be well to direct attention to the English law under which the defendant would have had to pay penalty had he been, as .happily he was not, a party to misrepresentation. Under the Directors' Liability Act it is provided that: " Every director or any person who has authorized the issue of a prospectus shall be liable to pay compensation to all persons who shall subscribe for shares on the faith of such prospectus for the loss or damage which they may have sustained by reason of any untrue statement in the prospectus, unless it is proved with respect to every such untrue statement that he had reasonable ground to believe, and did up to the time of allotment believe, that the statement was true." How would those responsible for the issue of certain prospectuses the Mining Record has felt it to be its duty to adversely comment on fare were the penalties of a similar law strictly enforced on this side of the Atlantic? . McGill University, Montreal, has familiarized some of the mining regions of the Dominion with the idea of a Summer Mining School by giving its mining students opportunity to spend several weeks in the summer at prominent mines. At these summer classes the instruction was in practical mining, the working mines visited having illustrated effectually the lessons the professors were teaching. Leading mining schools in the United States have similarly placed their students in the way of benefiting by study of mine work 'and methods in mines where these could be seen to advantage. But even greater facilities for acquiring practical knowledge are to be provided for the students at several prominent mining schools in the States, for it has been announced that in the ensuing summer a new departure is to be made under the joint direction of the School of Mines of Columbia, the Mining Department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Lawrence and Sheffield Scientific Schools of Harvard and Yale Universities, respectively, and possibly the Colorado State School of Mines. The scheme is to lease and operate a mine in the West, probably in the State of Colorado, the plan embracing the employment of skilled miners as instructors in actual mining operations, such as sinking shafts, driving levels, timber ing, etc., the work to be done by the students. In addition, underground surveys will be made, samples taken from the ore bodies, and, in short, all operations will be conducted as in the actual running of a mine. Mines and Minerals, from which the foregoing particulars of the projected new departure have been taken, states that Professor H. S. Munroe, of Columbia, is to act as director: that among the members of the executive committee are two other well- known professors and Mr. John Hays Hammond, and that one gentleman has offered to pay the cost of the school this summer and has given $12,000 for that purpose. Enterprise in the heads of the mining schools and public spiritedness in the generous donor of the money required to finance the scheme will therefore combine to secure to students of the several institutions concerned unusual advantages in connection with the practical work of their course of mining engineering. The Presider t of the Canadian Mining Institute in- fri'med the members assembled in annual meeting that the Dominion Government, through the Honourable the Minister of the Interior, had been working on the lines of a resolution and suggestions of the Institute in the direction of extending the operations ancl enlarging the admitted practical usefulness of the Geological Survey of Canada. The Institute, in the course of important and lengthy discussions that took place on the subject at the 1902 annual meeting of members, had pointed out that the Geological Survey as then organized and conducted was entirely unable to cover all the ground which the national importance of mining, and the many important interests served thereby, needed and demanded in such a large and rapidly-growing tountry as Canada, with its extensive and varied mineral resources and the existing necessity for explorations, surveys and studies of mineral districts to a greater extent than was practicable under the restricted conditions then obtaining. The resolution directed the attention of che Federal Government to the magnitude and importance of the mining industry, which, during recent years, had developed rapidly in the Dominion, and urged an increase of Government aid wherever possible, and the establishment of a strong and practical Department of Mines, or of a Department to be devoted to the interests of the mining and metallurgical industries, and to include the Geological Survey and all other necessary branches. The president indicated the several branches that the discussions of rrfembers had pointed out as necessary, viz; Administrative, Geological Survey, Paleontological and Botanical; Geographical and Topographical; Mining, Geological Survey and Monograph; Statistical, Economic and Commercial Mining; and Chemical and Metallurgical branches. The conclusions arrived at by members of the Institute, after exhaustive study and discussion of the subject of Government Aid to Mining, were that the work of the Department of the Dominion Government particularly devoted to the interests of the mining and metallurgical industries of the country should be specialized in different 156 THE MINING REUOKD. branches, each with as competent a head as it is possible to secure, and all under the direction of a Min- isier of Mines or other cabinet minister. The work of such a Department of the Dominion Government need not interfere with the work of the respective Provincial Governments, nor encroach upon their rights in this connection. Although persistent action in this direction is only what is to be expected of so competent and influential a body as the Canadian Mining Institute, it is none the less gratifying to British Columbia, the 1 Mineral Province," to find .leading members of the Institute keeping well in view and advancing to the best of their ability the interests of the mining and metallurgical industries of the Dominion at large. A contemporary calls attention Ito the fact that the development of the vast mineral resources of Colorado has been very materially aided in many instances by the utilization of the mountain streams of that State for the generation of electricity to furnish power for mining purposes. The intermittent character of the flow of those streams, however, has been the most serious drawback to the extended use of water-power in that part 'ot the Rocky Mountains. For placer mining purposes, though this is not felt to be so great a disadvantage, since this class of mining is chiefly carried on in the summer, at which •season there is usually a good flow of water. The principal uses to which hydro-electric power is applied in placer mining are to drive pumps, operate cranes, and furnish motive power for motors for the machine shop and other purposes. The current is also utilized in lighting pits, buildings, etc. In British Columbia electricity is used but little in placering or hydraulicing, its chief application where generated by small water-driven plants, being at stamp mills at gold mines and at concentrators in silver-lead dis- tricts. The comparatively small flow of water during winter is a decided disadvantage in connection with these branches of mining, particularly the latter, for freight costs are much lower in winter in the chief silver-lead districts of the Province. Several important mines have auxiliary steam plants for use in such an emergency as insufficiency of water. Notwithstanding the drawbacks mentioned, though, water- driven electric plants greatly facilitate mining and ore-reduction operations in British Columbia. That British Columbia has not been alone in having experienced during recent years conditions unfavourable to successful hydraulic mining is evident from published references to other countries on the American continent in which similar operations have been unprofitable, as were the results obtained at some of the larger' hydraulic mines of this Province. Lately the Engineering and Mining Journal, of New York, mentioned editorially that " Several successive dry seasons have worked much hardship to the gravel miners of California, whose water supply has lasted only about half the usual time." It is a poor consolation to know that a like misfortune has been the lot of others, and we take no comfort therefrom. Rather would we suffer loss alone than feel gratification that others were made to experience a similar misfortune. It is quite permissible, though, for us to rejoice with them in 'that the-'season we are just entering upon bids fair to be as busy and successful with them as with our own hydraulic miners. We learn that in California " The streams are all full to the banks, and there is an abundant supply of water for washing gravel in all the counties where such mining is being carried on. In the higher ranges the supply of snow stored by the winter storms is quite satisfactory, and, unless warm weather prevails too soon, the water season this coming summer will last longer than has been the case for several years past." This intelligence is in line with that we have received lately from the Cariboo and Atlin districts, the prospects in which are brighter for hydraulicing, ground-sluicing and placering generally than in any year since 1900. Having this common ground for satisfaction we can, and do, extend to the placer miners of California our hearty congratulations that they too may look for a long working season and, we hope, a corresponding good return. The judgment of the Honourable Mr. Justice Martin in the mining case of Tanghe v. Morgan et. aL, serves to emphasize the point we have so frequently raised in the Mining Record concerning the desira ■ bility of the appointment of a commission to enquire into the working of the mining law with a view to reconciling at least its most glaring inconsistencies and ambiguities. Until this is done either by a ; Legislative committee or preferably by a Board of specialists appointed for the purpose, the industry will be cursed with much unnecessary litigation, and legitimate operations must continue to be at the mercy of \ every scoundrel who takes the pains of ferretting out defects in the law for blackmailing purposes. The ; case of Tanghe v. Morgan is an interesting one. \ Last July the now well-knGwn Lucky Jack claim in the Poplar Creek District, was located as a quartz < claim. The ground was believed to be very rich, the = surface showings being exceptionally promising, and in one spot the quartz outcropping contained a quantity of visible gold. Some two months later Tanghe located the Shamrock placer claim within the boundaries of the Lucky Jack quartz claim. His action occasioned \ general indignation among the miners of the locality at the time, and when the district Gold Commissioner ordered the removal of the Shamrock stakes, "under authority of Section 128, Sub-section G, of the Placer Mining Act," on the grounds "of the annoyance and interruptions to which the owners of the Lucky Jack mineral claim would be put by the Shamrock Placer claim crossing their lead," the mandate was regarded as an eminently just and proper one. By the order, however, Tanghe's loc?- tion was so changed as not to include a square inch of the ground originally applied for, and the Gold Commissioner, of course, as is pointed out, largely exceeded his authority n issuing the instructions he did. According to the judgment Tanghe was in fact entitled to a record of his location, the only question \ remaining being the validity thereof. In this connection the learned judge remarks on the indefinite nature of the affidavit prescribed by the Placer Act which simply requires the locator to swear that he has " reason to believe " that on the claim applied for, "there is therein a deposit of placer gold." In this case there could be no question at all that the Shamrock location was not a placer claim in any sense of the words, and that " in the circumstances iio sensible man could have thought that the claim was placer ground." But, to quote again from the judgment as delivered, " the difficulty is that the belief required is not that of a sensible or an honest man; the insane delusion of a criminal, under the ida~er Act being just as efficacious." Thus by this decision, the locator of a mineral claim, if he would protect himself from molestation at the hands of men of Tanghe's stamp, must necessarily stake the ground twice, as a quartz and again as a placer claim—a vexatious and costly exoedient. An amendment to the Mineral Act by which the locators of mineral lands would be entitled to the surface rights, would undoubtedly be an exceedingly popular measure. Another recent decision, also delivered by Mr. Justice Martin, is of general interest. In this case title to certain mineral claims was claimed through a bill of sale dated February 23rd, 1903, but not recorded until May 22nd, 1903, the plea being that as the" person to whom the interest in the claim was deeded, was in the Yukon at the time, and two thousand miles from the mining recorder's office having jurisdiction over the interest in question, he had 215 days in which to record the instrument on the assumption that the same privilege accorded to a locator of having one day for every ten miles of distance from the Recorder's office in which to make his record, was equally applicable in a case of this kind. The Court, however, ruled thaf Section 49 of the Mineral Act states that conveyances " shall be recorded within the time prescribed for recording mineral claims." Section 19 fixes the time as dependent upon the distance of the claim from the Recorder's office, not of the locator himself therefrom. Press dispatches sent out.from Ottawa last month relative to the return from Europe of a Commission sent by the Federal Government to that country for the purpose of ascertaining whether iron ores can be directly smelted economically by electricity and whether steel can be produced from pig iron and scrap by electrical process, show an enthusiastic ingenuity on the part of their author in anticipating the " great things " that may come to the Dominion as a result of the discoveries made by the Commission. They also indicate a surprising belief- in the cred- ulousness of the people of the "wild and woolly West." It so happens, though, that even in this be nighted (?) section of the Dominion there are men who know something of metallurgy, and who, whilst too appreciative of the wonderful possibilities of electricity to assert that it will never be an active agent in the economic smelting of iron on a commercial scale, naturally ask how it is that the big ironmasters of Great Britain and the United States have been so blind to their own pecuniary interests as to ignore such opportunities for sweeping reductions in the cost of iron-smelting and steel-manufacturing? Surely, if electro-thermic processes, or any of them, are capable of so considerably reducing the cost and, as well, of being applied on a large scale necessary to be a commercial success, such enterprising and thoroughly practical men as those expending enormous sums of money every year in smelting and manufacturing would not have left it to professionals, however learned in theory they may be, to make such an important discovery as that suggested by the irresponsible Press correspondents, who, we fear, are more concerned about getting, "copy" than about the practical feasibility of the suggestions they so lightly scatter broadcast. An English company claims, after prolonged and intimate experience of its capabilities, that its Morison High-Speed Stamp Mill is superior to any other mill. It states that a battery having 1,400-lb. stamps gave such excellent results as to induce it to build one with 1,800-lb. stamps, which latter was sent to South Africa. After working there from April to October of last year under the supervision of the owning company's managing director it was turned over to the staff of the mining company at whose property the test had been made, with the following stated results: " Since October ihe battery has been under the sole control of the Meyer and Charlton staff, and the crushing rate has been increased to fully 10 tons per head per day. The all-important question of reliability, wear and tear, and crushing capacity may be regarded as definitely and satisfactorily settled; so that we may now justly claim to have placed at the disposal of the mining world a gravitation stamp mill far ahead of any other in existence. Our present output of 50 tons per day per five heads is double the output of the average cam stamps on the Rand; but convinced that further economies are to be gained by still heavier stamps, we have decided to increase the standard weight to 1,800 pounds, and this battery will have a crushing capacity fully 100 per cent, greater than the latest cam stamps installed on the Rand. In addition to a reduction in capital expenditure, the high speed mill shows up to great advantage, both as regards cost of labour and also of shoes, dies, and screens. Briefly summarized, the sources of saving labour costs are as follows: (1) Half the number of battery tab1es to be dressed and scraped; (2) half the number of shoes and dies to be dealt with ^ (3) no transference of partially worn shoes to longer iffi- S 158 THE MINING RECORD. heads to equalize weights; (4) half the number of screens to be replaced; (5) half the number of feeders to be attended to; (6) elimination of stem breakages, which take up a considjrable amount of time in a cam mill. The saving of labour would, at a very conservative estimate, amount to fully 30 per cent." The description of the St. Eugene Consolidated Mining Company's, property we publish this month will, we think, be read with interest. Anticipating the probability of work being resumed at this important silver-lead mine under the stimulating influence of the bounty on lead granted by the Dominion, our contributor visited Moyie a short time ago THE NEW ALSEK PLACER DISTRICT. From the somewhat meagre information available there is every reason to believe that the recently discovered placer gold fields at Alsek, distant over 150 miles west of White Horse, will prove to be fairly good " poor men's " diggings; the only official pronouncement yet made discouraging the idea that mining may be carried on except during the summer season. Nevertheless an influx of prospectors and miners this spring and summer is likely to assume quite important proportions, and the two photographs we reproduce herewith should therefore be of interest to many, as showing—though unfortunately v7v¥fe • : V& "^i^-' s«ii ^r^ & *M p \ 1 '"« Wt - 3 1 pPS 1 ".Vi- /yJjd|j^K|l- 771-77 \M ■fill fpfed» tt 1 3ffl Iff 1 US IIP? ".->-"v:.-rt-'j'-7A 7 Wmmw "11 Wm S-j IIP *wj$ iKisfc §gp; j^§?5p|g^ S^^^^^S^^^ Bis", -> ■/&*■■' . *«* J *5v ^ s. J *^ . "--7 ■ -1-- - "^^:--^".-r- ^ - -. -fc. -..- .-^rc ... . Mt. Bratnober, near "Shorty Chambers," on the road to the new diggings. and obtained at the company's office the information now published. It is therefore not only timely but is accurate, which is of especial importance since figures relating to tonnage produced, values recovered and freight and treatment costs are given. The resumption of work at the St. Eugene mine is a matter for sincere congratulation. Aside from the purely local benefit to the town of Moyie there are advantages of considerable moment, among them the ensuring of a sufficient supply of lead ore to keep the lead smelters of the Province running at full capacity, and the addition of an appreciably large sum to the total value of the mineral production of the Province for the year. the views were taken in winter—the character of the country. The only practical route to the diggings is via White Horse, following the Government trail to the steamboat landing at the head of navigation 011 the Takhini river. This stream is easily navigable from this point. From Mendenhall Landing to Champagne Landing, a distance of 24 miles, the country is somewhat heavily timbered, but the trail is level and in good order. Fourteen miles beyond Champagne Landing is Canyon River, which may be regarded as the gateway to the goldfields. In this neighborhood all the creeks are said to be gold- bearing. The trail from Canyon River follows a heavily timbered stretch of bench land, and then THE MINING RECORD. 159 gradually descends for three miles to the Dezadeash River, which it follows for a distance of four miles to Marshall Creek, where some very good surface prospects have been found. The next camping ground is at Bear Creek, at the head of Paradise Valley; and during -the summer, or open season of navigation, it is possible to use small boats, of about two tons burden, between Canyon Creek and the head of the beautiful Paradise Vallev, and a number of claims have been located upon this creek. The grade of the trail from Bear Creek thence is very gradual for eighteen miles, when there really about, cated. River, From From upper Snag River, the dividing line being the centre, where a very deep canyon is lo- From Slim River Landing, going up Slim the distances are as foil ows: Miles. jf rom From The to be -v Slim River Landing to Sheep Creek.. 2 Slim River Landing to Vulcan Creek. . 53-4 Slim River Landing to Bullion Creek. . 6 Andy Harbour to Silver Creek 13 gold obtained from the Alsek creeks is said. ?erv pure—much more so than that found near A View Looking up Sheep Creek in the New Alsek District. is a steep drop for four miles to Koo Lake, from which point a trail leads northward to Ruby and Fourth of July Creeks. The trails to Bullion Creek to the west from either Koo Lake, Andy Harbour or Kluhne Lake, are in excellent condition. By the Andy Harbour route the trail crosses the south end of the lake to Slim River Landing. During the open season boats could be used to better advantage, the load around the shore of the lake being exceedingly rough and teaming difficult. At the mouth of Slim River, one is practically in touch with the entire surrounding district, including Christmas Creek. Snag River and Silver Creek. The latter creek is Dawson—the value per ounce of specimens recently assayed being about $18. As yet, with the exception of the work on Ruby and Bullion Creeks, nothing in the nature of development has as yet been done in the district, and the work there has been largely impeded by an underground flow of water. The 42 ounces which was taken out of a hole on discovery on Bullion last fall has been followed by an encouraging yield of gold throughout the winter. It is not thought meanwhile that much gold can be taken from the district "this season, though it is believed that many propertifes will be in condition to yield well in 1905. run v- \ 160 THE MINING RECORD. ZINC IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. THE zinc question is not simply a matter of local interest, but is of national importance." Such is the deliberate statement oj Mr. Alfred Garde, of Sandon, Slocan District, resident manager of the Payne Consolidated Mining Company, and chairman of The Associated Silver- Lead Mines of British Columbia, the latter an organization of silver-lead mine owners and managers. The zinc question has for months been engaging the earnest attention of prominent mining men and others interested in the fuller utilization of the mineral resources of the Slocan and other parts of the Province where zinc ores are known to occur. Following a decision of the owners^ofHow-grade silver-lead mines, arrived at after very careful consideration of the present situation, the Associated Silver-Lead Mines resolved "to endorse the proposal of the low-grade miners, whereby the Dominion Government is to be requested to extend the benefits of the Lead Bounty Act to a lirmted amount of on- to be exported and smelted abroad ; provided that such extension shall not prjejffdice the payment of the full bounty on ores'Sfnelted in Canada." The bearing this has upon the zinc question is that the lead ores of most of the mines benefited by the lead bounty also contain zinc, so that in assisting the lead- mining industry the opening up of bodies of zinc ores is aided. A second resolution passed by the Associated Silver-Lead Mines instructed its special committee " to memoralize the Dominion Government to engage a high authority on zinc and its treatment (such an one as Walter Renton Ingalls, of Boston, Mass.) to investigate and report on the zinc ores of the Kootenays." These resolutions have been endorsed by the district Boards of Trade, first by each board separately, and next through their respective representatives on the executive council of the Associated Boards of Trade of Eastern British Columbia, sitting in a special meeting called to consider these and other matters. At a meeting of the Nelson Board of Trade, held a short time previously, Mr. Garde submitted for the information of the members who attended a statement outlining the benefits to be derived from fullv investigating the zinc resources of British Columbia as to their extent, value, character, etc., and giving much information relative to the occurrence of zinc in silver-lead mines about Sandon and other parts of the Slocan, and incidentally a brief summary of places elsewhere in the Province at which zinc ores have been found. Mr. Garde's review is too lengthy to print in full here, so only the following synopsis of it can be given: For the past ten years zinc ore deposits have been known to exist, especially in districts where silver- lead mining has been carried on, but only within the past year has attention been paid to their economic aifeatures. The presence of zinc in excess of the g'dflnekers' limit of ten per cent, has involved the ores z^ntistg 'penalized by the smelters at a rate of 50 cents per unit. It was found that in many mines lead in large measure gave place to zinc, or that the two metals were so intermixed that processes for their independent recovery had to be adopted. This led to the opening up of a market for zinc, much of which had previously been run to waste in concentrating the silver-lead ores. Many difficulties confronted the mines; some ores were of a complex nature, some had low values in silver, or there were obstacles in concentrating and in high cost of transportation, so that the establishment of zinc smelting and reduction works in British Columbia was an evident condition to the profitable working of these mines. But capitalists would not expend money in erecting and equipping local reduction works until they were certain that the character and extent of the available zinc ores warranted them in doing so, hence the urgent necessity for a full investigation by a competent authority of the zinc resources and the conditions attending their utilization. That such an investigation would result favourably there was little doubt, it being known that the zinc resources of the Province are extensive. The resultant benefits would not be confined to zinc mining, since in exploring for zinc ores large bodies of lead ores would also be discovered, the two metals occurring here in close association. The varying physical features of the zinc ores of different districts puzzle the miner and metallurgist in one respect—that of the wide difference in their silver values, some ores carrying only about six ounces, while others contain high silver values. \. processes for a close recovery of both the silver and zinc values have not yet been perfected, mines producing zinc ore, also high in silverware subject to a loss of from one-fourth to one-third of the silver value, since the smelters only allow them for two- thirds or, at best, three-fourths of the silver contents of zinc ores. This is one feature requiring particular attention and expert advice. In the Slocan, though, or in that part of it lying within a radius of ten miles of Sandon, the average quantity of silver contained in the zinc ores is estimated at about 25 ounces per ton of 50 per cent. ore. Emphasis is placed upon this point, for the reason that the prevailing opinion is that Slocan ores contain a far higher average in silver and that until such time as the smelters shall be able to pay for more than three-fourths of the silver it would be better to leave in the mines ores running high in silver, looking to the recovery of a higher percentage being eventually made practicable. An important consideration brought out is that, apart from their silver contents, the zinc ores of British Columbia are worth mining for their zinc values only. It is believed that there exists in this Province an unlimited quantity of zinc ores suitable for both spelter and zinc oxide productions. The zinc industry, therefore, should not be hampered by the fact that highly argentiferous zinc ores also occur; these should be regarded as exceptions to the rule and should not be permitted to interfere with the utilization of the large deposits of strictly zinc-bearing ore worthy of consideration for their zinc values alone. One of the main objects in view in persist- entry inviting public attention to the zinc ore deposits of British Columbia is to secure a general realization of their extent and considerable value. Zinc smelter, in both the United States and Europe have already awakened to the potentialities of the zinc industry of the Province, and as a result zinc ores are being exported to foreign colmtries to be manufactured into spelter and zinc oxides. This means that Canada first pays freight on the raw material taken out of the country and afterwards pays freight and duty on the manufactured zinc products it imports. It is estimated that Canada in this way pays more than two cents per pound on all spelter it uses and proportionately on other zinc finished products. Heavy losses have been incurred in the past in the large quantity of zinc, together with the silver in it, run to waste in concentrating lead ores, the tailings from a dozen ioo-ton concentrators assaying from 20 to 30 per cent zinc, and in the penalties paid the smelters for the excess percentage of zinc in the lead ores marketed. But the position is much changed now, for whilst it is developing that to a considerable extent zinc is replacing lead at depth in important mines, methods for the recovery of zinc are being steadily improved and—a very important consideration—spelter commands a far higher price than does lead. Peculiar and extraordinary conditions in British Columbia have heretofore caused the advantages and prospects of the zinc industry to be overlooked, but now, slowly but surely, it is being realized that there is a bright future for zinc in British Columbia, and that it will add a new and distinct branch to the mining industry of the Province. In preparing his summary- of the known deposits of zinc ore in the Province, Mr. Garde commenced with the leading silver-lead mines around Sandon, in nearly all of which is to be found a considerable tonnage of zinc ores blocked out. The following is condensed from that summary: PAYNE (Sandon).—This mine's first zinc shipment of 1,000 tons was made to the Lanyon Zinc Co., of Iola, Kansas, in 1902. The ore averaged about 41 per cent, zinc and contained as well nine oz. silver to the ton. In 1903 the Payne Company put in a magnetic separating plant, which eliminates all but about five per cent, of the iron and reduces the quantity of other impurities, thus making zinc concentrates of a character desirable for spelter manufacture. Concentrates are now being shipped to Antwerp, Belgium, under contract with zinc smelters in Europe, at the rate of between 200 and poo tons pei month. The total quantity of zinc shipped by this mine to March 31 is about 1,800 tons. The estimated output is now at the rate of about 3,000 tons por annum of 52 to 55 per cent, zinc blende concentrates, with a silver content of about 10 oz. per ton. They are known to occur in the Payne mine large quantities of ore containing zinc in association with silver-lead. LUCKY JIM.—This mine is regarded as the most important zinc property in the Slocan District. The vein or deposit is wide and can be mined conveniently. The blende is of high grade, but the silver values are low—about six ounces to the ton. There is also a large tonnage of lead blocked out. In 1899 an experimental shipment of 1,800 tons of zinc blende was made to a zinc smelter near Manchester, England. This averaged 50 per cent, zinc, three per cent lead, and six oz. silver per ton. The death of the promoter of this enterprise necessitated a discontinuance of operations. The property was lately acquired by local men who intend working it this year. SLOCAN STAR AND SILVERSMITH.—These properties, besides having blocked out a large tonnage of high-grade silver-lead ore, contain much zinc blende suitable for concentrating. Some of this zinc ore carries high silver values, but its average, silver content is about 50 oz. to the ton. So far as known no shipments of zinc ore have yet been made from these mines, but some 200 tons running about 40 to 45 per cent, blende and 150 oz. silver have been held o\er awaiting higher prices. The Slocan Star Co n- pany is reconstructing its milling plant so as to be able to produce zinc concentrates as well as the high- grade silver-lead concentrates its mill was originally designed to make. IVANHOE.—This mine shipped about 500 tons of zinc blende concentrates to United States smelters during the first quarter of 1904. The average assay of its product is given as 44 per cent, zinc, 28 to 30 oz. silver, four per cent, lead and six per cent, iron. Present output of zinc ore is about 200 tons monthly, and shipments are made principally to Iola, Kansas. The Ivanhoe concentrator was last year rearranged so as to save the zinc ores as a by-product, to the galena. WASHINGTON—This mine has some 30,000 tons of concentrating ore exposed, part of it being zinc blende sorted out from its high-grade silver-lead ore when that was being prepared for shipment, and part in place in the mine. The ore is similar to that of the Payne, near which mine the Washington is situate. It is stated that the owners of the property will this season erect a concentrating and magnetic separating plant at Kaslo to treat their own ore and custom ores as well. WHITEWATER—This mine is believed' to have a fair tonnage of zinc blende exposed, but heretofore the zinc eliminated from the silver-lead ore in the course of concentrating was run to waste. No zinc has been shipped as such, but the ore on hand appears to be of a desirable character for producing zinc concentrates by wet and magnetic separation. WHITEWATER DEEP.—The conditions here are similar to those at the adjoining Whitewater mine. A considerable tonnage of good concentrating material is available. RUTH.—Quite a large tonnage of zinc blende is available here, and about 700 tons are on hand awaiting disposal. The Ruth mine has its own concentrator, and during the past year a zinc by-product assaying 40 per cent, zinc, 10 oz. silver, two per cent, lead, 16 per cent, iron and. five per cent, silica has been made. 162 THE MINING BECORD. RECO AND GOODENOUGH.—These adjoining properties are worked together. Their silver- lead ores are of high grade. The zinc ore of the Reco is of a desirable character, and it carries high silver values. The tonnage exposed is not large. The Go'odenough has about 800 tons of concentrating ore on the dump, which will average 50 per cent. zinc and nearly iod oz. silver per ton. RAMBLER-CARIBOO (McGuigan Basin.) — Zinc is-associated with high-grade silver ores in this mine. Much of it has been saved when concentrating the silver ores, the intention having been to make a suitable zinc product of it later. It is estimated that there are 30,000 tons on hand, running about 13 per cent, zinc and containing as weH-a considerable percentage of argentiferous galena. This season's mill run will probably add some 20,000 tons more for latei concentration for its zinc values. ANTOINE (McGuiga.n Basin.)—No/shipments of zinc have yet been made from this mine, but it is reported to have a quantity of zinc ore running high in silver. One lot of between 20 ami 30 tons recently sorted out gave an averageaaSay of 40 per cent, zinc.. 75 oz- silver and two-per cent. lead. JACKSON (Jackson Basin.)—This mine has extensive deposits of dnc and galena. The zinc ore is in many respects similar to that of the Ruth mine, mentioned above. The Jackson concentrator is being re-modelled in order to save the zinc by-product. This mine shipped several thousand tons of silver-lead ore and concentrates in past years, and it is expected that it will be re-opened next summer and produce a considerable tonnage of both galena and zinc, concentrates. MONITOR (Three Forks.)—At this mine there are on the dumps approximately 3,000 tons of zi tc blende mixed with galena and iron, which was sorted out when the silver-lead ore was being shipped. The English company owning the property will probably this year erect a concentrating plant with a magnetic separator, to produce a good grade of zinc concentrates. IDA! IO-A.LAMO (Three Forks.)—In forme- years this property produced a large quantity of high-grade silver-lead concentrates. Its old concentrator has been remodelled with the object of producing a zinc by-product. The zinc and lead ores lure require careful treatment to avoid losses bv sliming. MOUNTAIN CHIEF (Slocan Lake.)—This is an old silver-lead producer and croppings of very desirable zinc ore are found on the surface of the prou- eily. BOSUN (Slocan Lake.)—The Bosun vein near the surface was narrow and the ore galena. As depth was made the vein widened and zinc came in and latterly the proportion of zinc was three times that of lead. Zinc shipments to date total 1,440 tons—620 tons each to Antwerp and Iola, Kansas, and 200 tons to the Canadian Smelting Works, Trail, B. C. The average metal contents of this ore were 48.T per cent. zinc, 71.3 oz.| silver, 1.8 per cent, lead and 6.4 per cent iron. The ore averaged as well 13 per cent, silica, three per cent, lime and 20 per cent, sulphur. The mine has also shipped about 2,000 tons of high- gfade silver-lead ore, which went to local smelters. The property was worked under several disadvantages, among them being that the best terms the management was able to make with the zinc smelter included payment for only 75 per cent, of the silver contents of its product, whilst shipments to Antwerp involved payment of a $21 freight rate as compared with the $13 rate now charged. EMILY EDITH.—This mine is situate near the Bosun and its ore is1 of a similar character. No zinc has yet been shipped from it. WAKEFIELD (Silverton.)—This mine is reported to have a large body of ore. The concentrator on the property was designed for treating high-grade silver ores. During a four months' run in 1903 it produced is a by-product 235 tons of zinc concentrates, which averaged 45 per cent, zinc, 44 ounces silver, five per cent, lead and three per cent. iron. The mill feed assayed on an average 14 per cent. zinc. The zinc was shipped to the Lanyon Zinc Company. As the concentrator has been modified to suit the changed conditions, this mine's shipments will probably be much larger this year. HEWETT.—This mine is situate near the Wakefield. Mill tests show- that the ore, of which there i 1 a large body blocked out, is suitable for the production of a desirable grade of zinc concentrates. N ot much ore has yet been shipped, but that sent out for its silver contents contained as well about 12 per cent. zinc. After a mill shall have been erected on the property a considerable tonnage of zinc will be produced. GALENA FARM AND NOONDAY.—These properties are also in the neighborhood of Silverton. They have been idle for several years, and when they were worked it was for their silver-lead ores. The conditions for zinc are considered to be similar to those above mentioned in connection with the Hewett. ENTERPRISE (Ten-Mile Creek.)—During 1903 . about 1,000 tons of silver-lead-zinc ore were mined here and shipped to local smelters. The average assay value was 23.9 per cent, zinc, 157.9 oz- silver and 17. /•o per cent lead. The : mine is now being worked under lease, and the ore is hand-sorted to reduce the zinc as low as possible on account of the penalty for the excess over 10 per cent. Aside from this assorted zinc product on the dumps there is not a large tonnage of :inc ore in sight. BLUE BELL AND SILVER HILL (Kootenay Lake.)—There is known to be a large tonnage of low-grade zinc ore on these properties, but as they have not been workod for years no particulars ire available. SOUT11 FORK OF KASLO CREEK.—The Province, Cork, Florida and Montezuma, among others on this creek, give promise of producing a considerable tonnage of zinc blende. THE MINING RECORD. 163 AINSWORTH—A good showing of zinc is found in this camp. Among others the Highlander, Krao, Galligher, Glengarry, Ayesha, No. 1 and Dillie possess zinc ores that run low in silver and somewhat higher in iron than the ores of the Sandon District mines. These would not stand transportation, but would supply a very desirable product for local zinc reduction works. ST. EUGENE (East Kootenay.)—More or less zinc is stated to occur in this mine, but very closelv disseminated with the lead and iron, so that a marketable product under existing conditions has not been found profitable. OTHER PROPERTIES.—There are extensive surface showings of zinc on the west side of Upper Arrow Lake, opposite Halcyon Hot Springs. Along the Canadian Pacific Railway Co.'s main line zinc has been found at a number of places in the lllecillewaet, Revelstoke and Golden Mining Divisions, but at all these places the ores are, as a rule, heavily mixed with iron or lead or both, with their silver values low. Some of them must be classed with complex ores. The Monarch mine, on Mount Stephen, near Field, some years ago produced some 2.obc tons of lead ore with which was mixed zinc blende. North of Vancouver City, on Lynn Creek, some interesting prospects have been located, and surface samples of zinc blende from these have assayed up to 50 per cent. zinc. On Vancouver Island and farther up the Pacific coast, as far north as Queen Charlotte Islands, finds of zinc blende have been re- poited, but no particulars of these have been obtained. Few, if any, of these scattered' properties, other than the Monarch, have shipped zinc. They are, for the most part, simply prospects, and under present conditions their ores would not stand the high freight rates to either Europe or the United States, so their development will probably be conditional upon zinc reduction works being established at convenient points in British Columbia. THE TEN MILE CREEK CAMP OF THE NICOLA DISTRICT. A PROMISING NEW SECTION OF COUNTRY ONLY REQUIRING ADEQUATE TRANSPORTATION ADVANTAGES TO BECOME IN ALL LIKELIHOOD IMPORTANTLY PRODUCTIVE. (By J. West Collis.) THIS camp is situated on Ten Mile Creek, a tributary of Nicola River and in the Kamloops Mining Division of British Columbia. It is distant about 38 miles from Savona, on the main line of the C. P. R, from which a good wagon road runs to the camp. There is also an alternate route by which it may be reached, viz: Spence's Bridge, over the main Kamloops stage road to Lower Nicola and Coutlee, 41 miles, and thence 15 miles by wagon road. In the neighborhood of the camp and throughout the watersheds of the Nicola River and its tributaries the country is of a low rolling character, moder ately well timbered and has a general elevation of between two and three thousand feet above the level of the sea. The climate is that of the Interior Plateau of British Columbia (generally spoken of as the Dry Belt), which extends from the International Boundary for several hundred miles in a north-westerly direction. The agricultural resources and stock raising possibilities of the Nicola Valley are too well known to require more than a passing mention in an article of this nature. They will, however, prove of great benefit to the development of this and surrounding mining camps, more especially as the ranchers in the vicinity all realize the benefits that will also accrue to themselves, and show the greatest sympathy and desire to help along the mining industry of British Columbia. The Nicola Valley presents a very considerable diversity in its geological structure. At Coutlee and in the neighbourhood of Nicola Lake are sandstones, shales and other sedimentaries which enclose workable coal seams of apparently very considerable extent. This coal possesses good coking qualities. Farther north and along the valley of Ten Mile Creek, eruptive rocks of various types, mainly porphyrite, are encountered, and still farther north comes granite. Beyond this again, and extending as far north as the Canadian Pacific Railway, comes another area of basic igneous rocks, porphyrites, basalts and tuffs of various types, with some smaller intrusions of granite. About two miles west of the camp a cone of rhyolite occurs, but has apparently no connection with the ore bodies. While there is thus exposed a great variety of rocks within a comparatively limited area, the district as a whole seems to form part of a very extensive mineral belt, which includes the Similkameen, Aspen Grove and Kamloops camps, and has a general north-westerly strike. This belt, though seriously handicapped in its development by the lack of adequate transportation facilities, has undoubtedly a future of great promise, and active development is now proceeding on a considerable number of the properties included within its limits. The granite in which the ore bodies of this camp occur has been described by the late Dr. Dawson, of the Geological Survey of Canada, as a medium- grained grey granite, probably intruded at about the close to the Triassic period. It has been extensively fissured in an east and west direction, and dykes of a greenish and more basic rock are occasionally seen. These dykes in several instances carry noticeable quantities of native copper and galena disseminated throughout their mass. While the above description will give a general idea of the structure of the country, it is impossible to make any detailed study of the geology, owing to the thick and widespread covering of glacial wash, which obscures the surface, and makes it difficult to find any actual rock exposures. This wash has also seriously hampered prospecting, and together with the absence of cheap means of transportation, has greatly hindered the camp's development. II 164 THE MINING RECORD. Within this granite Belt a number of prospects are located, all in different stages of development, and many of sufficient merit to justify a great deal of exploration. Work done up to the present cannot be said to have proved anything more than the fact that there is every chance of finding ore bodies sufficient in value and continuity to pay handsome profits. Following up the valley of Ten Mile Creek, near the contact of the granite with 1 Nicola " formation, and about four miles from Lower Nicola, a number of good prospects are located. The Nicola Belle has at present the most work done. About eight miles further along on the right bank of the creek, the main showings of the camp are located.. These showings are so uniform in appearance that a description of a few of the propertied wilPgive a general idea of the whole. \ On the Aberdeen claim a considerable/amount of prospecting work has been done by the/Broomhead Mining Syndicate. Unfortunately owing to the covering . of glacial wash befor/e mentioned, it is impossible to get much /idea of sur- Analysis from Trail smelter: Gold. Silver. Copper. Lead. Iron. Silica. Sulphur. Nil Nil 39.4 p.c. Nil 21.2 p.c. 15 p.c 8.2 p.c. With reasonable transportation facilities regular j shipments would be continued, but under the present conditions it was found impossible to handle the ore at a profit. Another prospect of much promise is the I. X. L., situated about one mile north of Aberdeen. The following is extracted from the report of a mining engineer who examined the property last summer: " The I.X.L.ore body occupies a very wide east and west and nearly vertical fissure in the granite, the filling consisting mainly of much shattered and altered country rock and quartz. The vein, as proved by a series of open cuts across its strike, is at least 150 feet wide, but only one wall has as yet been located, and it is therefore impossible to tell the exact width. The south wall is exposed by an open cut along its strike, and is seen to consist of a reddish colored and much altered granite which, away from Aberdeen Claim, Ten-Mile Greek, Nicola. face conditions. The vein is traceable as a distinct fissure in the granite, in width about 4 1-2 feet and nearly vertical. The vein filling, composed mainly of altered granite and quartz is much decomposed and carbonized on the surface. On this outcrop a tunnel has been run in a distance of no feet, partly following the vein and disclosing some very mossive copper-glance, and upon another and smaller fissure adjoining the tunnel, a shaft sunk to a depth of about 50 feet, with an 18-foot drift at the bottom cutting the main showing and all in ore. A test of about 50 feet, at the bottom cutting the main showing, and all in ore with an 18-foot drift. A test shipment was made to the Tacoma smelter of ore taken from these workings, with the following results. The numbers represent different grades: Gold . Silver. Capper. Oz. Oz. Per PfiT Ton. Per Ton. Cent. No. 1 Trace 3.40 58.74 No. 2 020 3.60 , 31.67 No. 3 020 3.80 22.52 'No- 4 015 2.80 19.01 No. 5 025 3.01 9.50 the vein, gradually shades into the ordinary unaltered grey granite of the district. Immediately north of the wall comes three inches of soft copper-stained talc, and then the pebbly quartz and altered country rock, which forms the filling of the vein. This filling as shown in all the cuts, is much.copper stained, and at places carries a very fair percentage of this metal. The following assay returns will give an idea of the character of the surface croppings: 1.—Quartz and shattered granite next wall, gold, ounces, per ton, nil; silver, ounces per ton, .80; copper, per cent, 9.5. 2.—Cut from wall 10 feet across vein, gold, ounces per ton, nil; silver, ounces, per ton, 1.20; copper, per cent, 4.5. 3.—Surface, all parts of vein, gold, ounces per ton, nil; silver, ounces per ton, .30; copper, per cent, 1.5. On the work done it is impossible to obtain a reliable average of the whole outcrop and the above results are simply from hand samples taken in the various open cuts. At one hundred feet north from wall a shaft 6 feet by 4 feet has been put down in the vein to a drift of 100 feet, while at 90 feet down a THE MINING RECORD. 165 drift has been put in 25 feet to the north-east. While this work has been performed mainly in the thoroughly leached soft talcy material and quartz which forms the vein filling at the surface, and which carries only small values in copper and silver, a considerable quantity of high grade ore in the form of seams and bunches was met with during its progress, notably at depths of 35, 60 and from 80 to 90 feet. A little native copper was found at 35 feet and nearer the surface, but below this the ore assumed the form of massive bornite and copper glance imbedded in the talcy matrix. From 80 to 90 feet down the shaft was entirely in this material, which appeared to be dipping towards the south wall at an angle of 20 degrees, and would average about 7 per cent copper. As depth is attained the amount of quartz in the gangue appears to greatly increase, and in the bottom (where the values are again low) it forms the greater part of the vein-filling. The result of assays of selected samples of the ore from this shaft is given below: 1.—Quartz and native copper, 30 to 35 feet down, gold, trace silver, ounces per; ton, 1.60; copper, per cent, 19.3. It will be seen from the above that this is a property of very great possibilities but with its true value as yet wholly unproved. The parallelism of conditions with those of Butte, Montana, is remarkable. There is a similar series of parallel east and west fissures in granite, a similar shattered granite and quartz vein filling, and the same minerals making their appearance with depth. While the vein filling as yet (with the exception previously mentioned) is low grade in character and has been extensively leached of its copper values, its whole appearance as seen in the various workings and particularly in the last thirty feet of the shaft, is of a most lively and promising description. Taking everything into consideration, I believe there is here one of the best possible mining chances and that the I. X. L. is a prospect which with further development at depth, has great promise of making a very valuable mine." In taking into consideration this camp, a most important point to be considered is the existence of a good coking coal within a distance of twelve miles and surrounded by such natural conditions as would make the establishment of a local smelting: industry Ten Mile Creek Camp, Nicola. 2.—Bornite, copper glance, etc., 85 feet down, gold, trace; silver,ounces per ton, 5.00; copper, per cent., 37.1. Only surface water has yet been met with in this work, but from the general appearance of the ore now being encountered and from the contour of the surface, I should not expect the permanent water level to be at very great depth. The depth of this permanent water level is a most important factor as regards the future of the property, as until it is reached by the workings, the value of the claim one way or another cannot be said to be definitely proved. The vein filling as seen in the existing workings bears every evidence of having been extensively leached of its copper values, which will probably be met with as a secondary enrichment and in a concentrated form at or near the water level. The bunches and stringers of high grade bornite and copper glance, and particularly the very large one encountered between 80 and 90 feet down, are of most encouraging promise as to what may be expected when greater depth is attained. a very simple matter; in fact, given adequate transportation facilities there is every reason to believe the natural conditions in this camp to be such as will in the future render possible the treatment of as low grade copper ores as are handled at any other point in Western America. About 18 miles north-west and in the same extensive belt of'granite lies the Highland Valley Camp. This mineral belt is about five miles in length and two in width. The elevation here is from 5,000 to 7,000 feet above sea level. Amongst the numerous locations in this camp the Transvaal group has probably the largest surface showing. The lode on this property appears to be very wide, and is exposed by numerous open cuts along its strike. From three exposures showing, as they do, a good deal of ore on the surface, one cannot fail to be , impressed with the possibilities of the claim. The general characteristics are much the same as in the preceding descriptions as to occurrence of ore, with the exception of the minerals, which are more 166 THE MINING RECORD. diverse, chrysocolla and cuprite occurring in addition to chalcocite and native copper. Four miles east of Mamette Lake and between Highland Valley and Ten Mile camps, extensive beds oi amygdaloid are found covering a large area. These beds are in most cases nearly horizontal, with but a slight dip. Occurrences of tetrahedrite (grey copper) are met with in these beds, a few of which could be made to pay by quarrying; however, up to A Curious Granite Formation. the present time little work has been done. On one property, the Grey Eagle, the ore was followed down to a depth of 75 feet, from which one shipment was made, but owing to difficulties in transport shipments, were not continued. In this article I have endeavored to show that there exists a very interesting and wide mineral belt in the country to the north of Nicola and commencing but a very short distance from that place. When transportation facilities are afforded it will be found that in the place of promising prospects there will be producing mines. • ST. EUGENE CONSOLIDATED MINING CO., LIMITED. (By E. Jacobs.) THE St. Eugene Consolidated Mining Com- pany resumed work at the St. Eugene mine on April 18, employing 60 men, and it was intended to add to this force about 200 miners during the last week of April and first week of May. Shipment of ore is to commence at once, most of it going to home smelters, only the surplus they are for the time unable to handle being shipped to Antwerp, Belgium. The mining property of this company consists 01 ten mineral claims, comprising three adjoining groups known respectively as the St. Eugene, Moyie and Lake Shore groups, situate on the east side of and contiguous to Moyie Lake, in the Fort Steele Mining Division of East Kootenay. The St. Eugene and Peter claims were located on June 20, 1893, the former by Rev. Father Coccoia, of St Eugene Mission, near Fort Steele, and the latter by Mr. James Cronin, a mining man of many years' piactical experience in mining and mine management in the United States and elsewhere. Later it was ascertained that the lode on which the St. Eugene location was made dipped into the Peter, so an arrangement was mutually agreed upon under which the two locators each held a half interest in the two claims. Sufficient work was done on the claims in 1893 to meet the assessment requirements fov two years. In 1895 they were extensively prospected and a vein of silver-lead ore eight to ten feet in width was opened up. This looked so promising tha+ Mr. John A. Finch, of Spokane, Washington, bought out Father Coccola's interest for $12,000, thereby enabling that devoted priest to carry out the object he had in view when he yielded to the urgings of one of his Indian Mission " boys," who, after discovering the mineral outcrop, gave the Reverend Father no peace until the " chicamon stone " had been located which was to provide money for the erection of a fine church at the Mission after which th^ mine was named I During- the next three vears Messrs. Cronin and Finch expended about $80,000 in developing the property. In 1899 they sold a two-thirds interest to the Gooderham-Blackstock Syndicate, of Toronto. The development and equipment of the mine were thereafter still more vigorously proceeded with, and a further outlay of $150,000 was made. Meanwhile the Moyie and Lake Shore groups, which lay between the St. Eugene and Moyie Lake, were purchased, and then the St. Eugene Consolidated Mining Company was organized to acquire and operate the amalgamated properties. There are altogether more than five miles of underground workings in the St. Eugene mine, which is opened by twelve tunnel levels, a 125-ft. shaft from the lowest tunnel down to 50 feet below the level of the surface of the lake, and-numerous drifts, crosscuts, winzes, raises, etc. Of these tunnels four are on the St. Eugene group, five on the Moyie, and three on the Lake Shore. The depth from the top of the St. Eugene hill and the approximate length of the respective tunnels are as under: On St. Eugene Group:— Tunnel. Length. At 100-foot level 250 feet At 200-foot level . 550 feet At 300-foot level 600 feet At 400-foot level 800 feet On Moyie Group:— , At 600-foot level 600 feet At 800-foot level 1,200 feet At 900-foot level 600 feet At 1,000 foot level 900 feet At 1,100-foot level 750 feet On Lake Shore Group:— At 1,500-foot level 700 feet At t ,700-foot level 900 feet At r,8oo-foot level 2,000feet THE MINING RECORD. 161 From the bottom of the shaft, at 1,925 feet below the summit of the hill and 50 feet lower than the water level of the lake, the main vein has been drifted on for about 900 feet, besides which there are some 600 fee£ in other drifts and cross-cuts. There are two known parallel veins running about east and west the whole length of the property, from the top of the hill, where the St. Eugene group is situate, down the hill through the Moyie and Lake Shore groups, and into ground below the level of the lake. These veins ire at a distance apart, varying bottom of the shaft—but these have not yet been developed. As the mine workings get deeper they appear to .be entering quite a network of veins. So far as opened up the ore has occurred in three large shoots or bodies separated by barren ground. That on the St. Eugene has been developed for a length of about 400 feet and to a depth of 500 feet, and its width found to vary from three feet to twenty feet. Whilst the vein on its east and west course dips to the south at an angle of about 70 degrees, the ore shoot dips to the east. The ore is galena with A General View of the'St. Eugene Mine at Moyie. from 200 feet to 400 feet. They .are called, respectively, the North Vein and the South Vein. Comparatively little work has been done on the latter.. Ou the 1,700-foot level and on the two levels below in three cross veins, occurring at 100 to 200 feet apart, have been developed, and this work has proved them to be connecting links between the North and South veins, which are here about 250 feet apart. These cross veins carry large ore bodies ranging from four to thirty feet in width. In addition to these, three other cross veins were met with in the lowest workings—those opened out from the zinc blende, and it runs generally higher both in silver and lead than that met with lower down the hih\ For instance, the St. Eugene ore produced yielded in bulk 43 to 50 oz. silver and 67 per cent, lead, whilst that taken from the Moyie and Lake Shore sections of the mine averaged about 33 oz. silver and 63 per cent. lead. The ore shoot on the Moyie has been developed along a distance of about 500 feet and to a depth of 400 feet. Its width ranges from two feet to sixteen feet. Its general trend and dip are similar to those of the St. Eugene, but its ore body dips to the west. The shoot occurring at the west end of 1 168 THE MINING RECORD. the Moyie group and the east end of the Lake Shore has been developed to a depth of about 500 feet from its apex and along a length of nearly six hundred feet. Like that of the other big ore shoots, higher up the hill, its width varies considerably, in this case from two feet to thirty feet. This ore shoot rises above the 1,500-foot level into ground as yet undeveloped, except by a raise to the surface. Above the 1,7'00-foot level it has a westerly dip, but below that it turns over and makes to the east, and at the 1,925-foot level is going down strongly under foot. There are found in all three sections of the mine large lenzes of clean ore that will run 65 per cent, lead and 30 to 50 oz. silver. At convenient points, where the work can be done to/advantage, the ore is sorted and the best grade is shipped afc crude ore. The remainder, together with other ore stoped, is conveyed to the company's concentrating mill, either directly by an aerial tramway 0/ by a gravity tramway part of the way, and thence by a mule tram. The length of the selfjoading/aerial tramway which connects the St. Eugene workings with the concentrator is 3,300 feet and the difference in elevation between terminals about 1,400 feet. The stationary cable is 1 1-4-inch on the loaded side and 1 inch, on the return, while the hauling rope is 7-8-inch diameter. The buckets will hold 1,500 lbs. of ore, but ordinarily their load is 1,000 lbs. The capacity of the tramway is about 300 tons in ten hours. A two-bucket gravity tramway conveys the ore from the Moyie or centre workings, down to the L-500-foot tunnel, where it is dumped into an incline shaft following the vein to the 1,800-foot level, whence it is hauled in trains of 20 cars by mules alcng a surface tramway a distance of about 2,060 feet to the mill. Ore from the 1,500, 1,700 and 1.800-foot levels is similarly taken over this tram to the concentrator. The St. Eugene mine, besides having its own concentrating mill, which is operated by water power, has a steam power equipment, including a 20-drill Rand air compressor driven by steam furnished by two 150-h.w. Babcock & Wilcox boilers capable of working at a steam pressure up to 165 lbs. to the square inch. A pipe line 1,700 feet in length conducts steam to the top of the shaft at the 1,500-foot level to operate an 80-h.p. hoisting engine. This steam plant also serves as an auxiliary power to run the mill machinery whenever there is not sufficient water available to drive the Pelton wheels. It is housed in a wood building with iron roof; dimensions too feet long by 50 feet wide. The mill building is of wood throughout. It is 250 feet by 125 feet, and its height from the lowest floor to above the part where the aerial tramway delivers the ore is about 100 feet. Solid masonry walls support the several terraces on which the machinery stands on concrete foundations. The ore crushing in the mill is done by four sets of Cornish rolls and a Huntington mill. The remaining equipment includes 14 Hartz jigs, 10 Wilfley tables and 20 Frue vanners. The mill has a daily capacity of 400 to 500 tons of ore, as shown by its crushing and concentrating operations over a period of about a year. It is built alongside the C. P. R. Company's Crow's Nest railway, so is advantageously placed for shipping the products of the mine. Just" across the railway from the mill is a wood building, 150 feet long by 25 feet wide, containing a plant for the treatment of the slimes from the concentrator. At one end of this building, where the mill tail race passes, there are four big elevators. One of these is fitted with large cups perforated with 1-4-inch holes, through which the water and fine slimes pass, the coarse and barren tailings being taken to the top and discharged into a flume, going thence into the lake. The water and slimes drop into a tank from which the three other elevators, working two at a time, lift them to the top of the building to four parallel tanks, each about 150 feet long, four feet wide and four feet deep, and hoppered into sections. These are for the purpose of settling the slimes. The contents of each tank are drawn off in turn and the slimes fed into slime-saving machines placed on the floor below. The result of this treatment of the slimes is a profitable saving of values that without it would be run into the lake with the coarser tailings and so be lost. The St. Eugene concentrating mill commenced operations in the latter part of April, 1900, and the following month saw a beginning made to ship concentrates to the smelters. Prior to this shipments had been restricted to a total of between 600 and 800 tons of crude ore shipped. During 1900 66,507 tons of ore were milled, this quantity producing 17,201 tons of concentrates, having a gross value (with lead at £18 per ton, and silver 58 to 60 cents per oz.) of 1,100,994.45. The net amount received from the smelters was $627,415, so that nearly one-half of the gross proceeds of the ore went to pay railway and smelter charges. During the first five months- of the year 1901 there were milled 49,159 tons of ore, which produced 12,025 tons of concentrates. While the grade of the ore was similar to that of the previous year, the market prices of silver and lead were so much lower that the gross value (with silver at 58 cents per ounce and lead at £13 to £16 per ton,) was only $616,561 and the net proceeds $272,361.79 If the necessary calculations be made it will be found that owing to lower prices for silver and lead the gross value of the ore produced in 1901 was about $12.54 per ton, as against $16.55 in 1900, and of the concentrates. $51.27, as compared with $64 for the previous year. Freight and treatment charges together averaged $27.53 Per ton of concentrates shipped in 1900, and $28.62 per ton in 1901. The concentrates produced are of a character very desirable for fluxing purposes. Up to July, 1902, this product was shipped to foreign smelters,' most of it going to the United States, the remainder being distributed among buyers from England, Germany and Chile. THE MINING RECORD. 169 THE ORE DEPOSITS OF ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA* (By Edmund B. Kirby, E.M. The Rossland Mining District began active production in 1894. Its total yield up to January ist, 1904, is 1,620,540 tons of smelting ore, containing about $26,000,000 gross value, or $16.00 per ton in gold, silver and copper. GEOLOGICAL POSITION. The elongated oval area of gabbro is surrounded by a-border of varying width of augite and uralite porphyrites and fine-grained green diabases. The transition from the gabbro to the porphyrites is not well defined, and they are both from the same magma. Beyond the above border come alternating series of porphyrites, tuffs and slates, and beyond these are agglomerates. The basic coarse crystalline and plutonic gabbro thus surrounded by borders which become more acidic and finely crystalline, and finally pass into volcanic breccia and tuffs, indicates an ancient volcanic centre. The gabbro area is the main plug or neck of lava crystallized at great depths and exposed by deep erosion. Its great age is indicated by this erosion and by the numerous alterations in the rock stiucture and in the ro^k minerals. The active mining has been carried on not within the gabbro area, but outside of it, and in the porphyrites surrounding its western end. The principal mines are all included in the small group of claims near the edge of the gabbro and located on the flank of Red Mountain above the town of Rossland. The Le Roi, Centre Star, War Eagle, Josie, Number One and Iron Mask mines aggregate some 20 miles of total workings, and the principal depths attained are those of the War Eagle, 1,615 feet measured on the vein; the Le Roi, 1,361 feet, and the Centre Star, 1,289 feet- On the west of these claims there is a belt of finegrained eruptives, probably porphyrites, which are in a schistose condition ; having been so plated by pressure as to frequently resemble shale. COUNTRY ROCK OF MINES. Within the area of the claims the prevailing rock is evidently all from the same magma, but shows innumerable variations in rate of cooling and degree of metamorphism. It is mainly composed of plagioclase feldspars and pyroxene, generally in about equal proportions, but towards the gabbro area, bodies of pure pyroxenite are occasionally encountered. There is usually a small proportion of orthoclase feldspar and sometimes hornblende, and some observers have noted the fact that these appear more frequently towards the west. The rock appears to be holocrystalline and more or less porphyritic. The ciystals may be either microscopic or as large as, say, five mm., while one or two mm. is a common limit. The feldspars are more or less altered to a turbid or porcelain-like appearance, while the pyroxenes are partially transformed to fibrous minerals of *Abstract from a paper presented at the March meeting of the Canadian Mining Institute. the uralite group. In strongly altered places, and especially within the veins, the rock is frequently colored brown from microscopic crystals of secondary biotite. Although varying considerably in different places, specimens of this rock have generally been determine by microscopical observers as augite porphyrite, and it' certainly belongs to the gabbro group, differing from the central area mainly in relative time and rate of cooling. Broadly speaking, the size of crystals tends to increase towards that area, and coarse crystalline masses are more frequently encountered, while in the other direction the structure becomes more fine grained. DIKES. This country rock is cut by innumerable dikes which require detailed comparison and determination by the microscope. Generally speaking, they appear to be either mica traps (perhaps kersantites) or altered basalts (perhaps melaphyre.) The latter are often greatly decomposed. The general direction of the parallel fractures has been north 10 degrees W., with dips which are either vertical or very steep to the east. Their detailed fluctuations in strike and dip and the way in .which they branch, unite and re-branch are clearly shown by the map. As explained hereafter, they, probably belong to at least two periods, one before and the other after the ore deposition. Occasional belts of special crystallization in the country rock indicate dikes of an earlier date, which have since become cemented with the country rock and jointed to correspond with it. THE VEINS. These are shear zone fissures consisting of a series of parallel platings of the rock produced by shearing under high compression In the Centre Star-Le Roi vein, in which the shear zone is most typically developed, this series of platings is 20 to 40 feet wide and dips about 70 degrees to thejiorthwest. The Josie vein is parallel: but the Centre Star north vein, the War Eagle and Iron Mask veins are branches from the Centre Star-Le Roi vein. The ore consists of country rock more or less replaced or impregnated by pyrrhotite, accompanied in places by small proportions of chalcopyrite, pyrite, arsenopyrite and quartz The pyrrhotite, when it occurs by itself even in solid masses, carries but little gold, say, from $0.50. to $3.00 per ton. The chalcopyrite is the principal carrier of gold, and ore of commercial value occurs only in those localities where chalcopyrite, pyrite and arsenopyrite have been deposited with the pyrrhotite. The manner in which these minerals occur within the interstices of the pyrrhotite, and the fact that continuous masses of pyrrhotite ore are impregnated in some places and barren in others, proves the later deposition of these valuable minerals. They have been introduced after mo"5isof the pyrrhotite was in place, although occassional occurrences of chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite in quartz point to the possibility of some contemporan- 1 c 170 THE MINING RECORD. eous deposition. The change from one deposition to another was probably gradual. A small propoiv tion of the gold in the ore is native in the form of small grains and scales. The fact that oxidation extends only a few feet below the surface, while the proportion of metallics seem to average much the same even to ore shipments from the lower levels, sugests original deposition in this form. No data have been collected, however, to indicate whether it was contemporaneous with the pyrrhotite formation. The average proportions of gold, silver, copper and total sulphides in a grade of,, say, $15.00 full assay value are as follows: Average War Eagle Ore, Representing also Ore of Average No. 1, Centre Stair Josie, Ore. Le Roi. Gold (oz.) 0.59 / 0.505 Silver (oz.) ^_^_!_____o:43 1.0 Copper ^per cent.) 1.12 1.78 Sulphide minerals (per cent.).. 25.0 22.5 In various places the pyrrhotite seems to be accompanied by a little nickel and cobalt. Specimen analyses ranging from 0.13 to 0.65 per cent, nickel and from a trace to 0.59 per cent cobalt. FAULTS. These have an average direction which corresponds to the dike system, with dips ranging from vertical to 50 degrees easterly. Out of the great number of fractures studied and surveyed only the principal faults have been plotted, i.e., those fractures which appear to have affected the veins by well defined displacements or by acting as barriers to mineral solutions. The faults are frequently not plainly m irked, having no clay filling and at most only a small thickness •of comminuted material. They frequently consist of a zone or series of cl ~>.se fractures, some of which are better marked than the others, and these fracture planes often interweave in such a manner that local measurements of their strike and dip are deceptive, and these can be determined only by comparison with other workings. As a general rule, the faults appear to have been too tightly, compressed to give access to mineral solutions, and those existing during the deposition period have therefore tended to act as barriers to the flow of these solutions. Since individual faults often cross dikes at sharp angles in strike and in dip, a fault frequently breaks along a dike for considerable distances. Hence in many cases of vein displacement it is impossible to say how much of the total amount has been du^ to the dike fracture, and how much to subsequent fault fractures accompanying it. In most cases where dikes are not accompanied by plainlv marked fracture planes the displacement is so small as to indicate that the fault system and not the dike has probably been responsible for most of the shifting. The sharp angles at which the faults cut the War Eagle vein have tended' to produce overlaps of the vein. The Josie and Centre Star-Le Roi vein, being J crossed more squarely b) the fault system, afford the Ibest indications of its effects., The Josie dike, or more probably an undetermined fault acompanying this dike, have caused a displacement, which is indicated in the Josie and Number One vein to be a north tluow going east. Proceeding east from fault to fault they are found to have the same throw up as the faults at the junction-of the Le Roi-Centre Star territory, after which the steps occur in the other direction, with a throw to the, south. Farther on a north throw is again encountered, and the steps are then south, north, north. DISTRIBUTION OF ORE AND ORE SHOOTS. The pyrrhotite mineralization has been very abundantly distributed through the larger veins, but the secondary disposition of gold and copper-bearing minerals has been more localized, occurring in the more favorable places. The bodies of valuable ore thus found are sometimes lenses, tapering out of the edges, and sometimes blocks terminating against faults or dikes. Thess ore bodies are found distributed within more limited portions of the vein area, which in the practical sense thus constitute the ore shoots, and indicate those portions of the area to which the gold and copper-bearing solutions had the best access. The shoots are upon a large scale and of such irregular form that their shape and limits have been developed very slowly, and the largest and best defined up to the present date are those of the War Eagle, Centre Star and Le Roi mines. The War Eagle shoot has a dimension of 300 to 450 feet along the vein, and an almost perpendicular trend upon its plane. It is so located that its median roughhy coincides with the line of the main shaft. The Centre Star main shoot is located in the space between the shaft and the Le Roi end line, and appears to have a dimension of 300 to 500 feet along the vein, with a steep trend to the east. The Centre Star east ore shoot is several hundred feet east of the shaft, but has not yet been sufficiently dev. loped to determine its length along the vein or its trend, although the latter now appears to be either perpendicular or very steep towards the east. The Le Roi ore shoot on the 350-foot level stands near the east end of the claim, and descends perpendicularly, then assuming a westw-rd trend. At a greater depth it stretches out so as to include the entire distance between the Josie dike and the fault of the Le Roi 700-foot level. The structure of the shoots and of the pay ore bodies within these shoots everywhere points to the conclusion that their location and shape are due entirely to the accidental conditions directing the upward flow of^the mineral-bear ing solutions. The marked differen £e between the proportions of gold, silver and copper in the Centre Star ore shoots and those of the other mines suggests that the solu- THE MINING RECORD. 171 tions in the Centre Star came from a different region than those which furnished the other deposits. The fact that the Centre Star was somewhat nearer to the volcanic centre than Others, and that its ore shoots trend in that direction, may account for this. These shear zone fissures, more or less shattered by repeated movements, have afforded permeable channels for the ascending mineral solutions, which have penetrated and decomposed the country rock, replacing its rock minerals wholly or partially by metallic minerals: In places the entire width of the shear zone has thus been transformed into ore, while in other places the mineralization has been narrow. The solutions have frequently jumped across from one set of plating fissures to another, shifting the pay streak from the hanging to the foot side, or to intermediate positions, as the case may be. In the Centre Star-Le Roi vein the foot-wall fissure is the one which is the most regular and distinct, and is marked by a vein of small interlacing calcite seams, which has been found a very reliable indicator of the position of the vein. As a rule, the heaviest ore deposition has taken place near this foot-wall, and mineralization extends to irregular distances on the hanging side, gradually fading into the country rock. In the War Eagle vein the hanging-wall is generally the most distinct and best mineralized, with irregular extension into the foot-wall side. While many of the dikes and faults merely occasion small displacements, with no effect upon the mineralization, a number of them evidently occurred before this mineralization was begun, or at least before its completion, and acting as partial barriers to the flow have so deflected the solutions as to greatly increase the deposition on one side, although they have not themselves been mineralized. Thus in the War Eagle 6th level solutions rising through the fractured ground, caused by a fork in the vein, have been stopped by a large dike, and been so deflected and accumulated in rising along its under side as to produce exceptionally large and rich ore bodies. In the Josie vein the Tramway dike has in a similar way produced a rich ore shoot in the Annie, and the Josie dike has had the same effect upon the Le Roi and Black Bear veins. The numerous instances of displacements by faults and dikes where the severed portions of the vein on each side are alike, prove that some of the dikes and some of the faulting occurred after the ore forma- . tion. If the dikes Vere studied in detail and classified they would p. ^bably be found to belong to two or more different periods, some of which were later than the deposits. As to faults, the facts observed accord fully with what is known of dynamic action during the long period while volcanic activity is expiring. Shocks and movements occur repeatedly at increasing intervals. Early fractures would afford planes of weakness which would not only be kept open by the repeated movements, but would be multiplied and extended by branches and interlacing fissures. Such action probably continued long after the ore deposition and also after the dike formation, since these are found to be cut by faults. It is very noticeable that the later solutions introducing the gold and copper bearing minerals with quartz have as a rule followed the pyrrhotite deposition, and do not seem to have sought or found new permeable channels in the rock where these minerals might deposit by themselves. On the contrary,- they seem to have been unmistakably restricted to the ground already impregnated with pyrrhotite, and the greatest enrichment has as a rule occurred where the previous pyrrhotite deposition was most extensive. There seems no reason to believe that the pyrrhotite had chemically any more influence on the subsequent deposition than ordinary country rock would have. It may have been that the friable pyrrhotite ere presented such local weaknesses as to become especiall)' shattered by subsequent movements, and thus afforded the mo't permeable channels. What piobably occurred, however, was that there was one continuous flow which gradually changed in chemical contents and conditions of deposition. The altered solutions at the time of the secondary deposition merely followed the channels of flow which were al-' ready established, possibly modified more or less by a refracture or brecciation of the pyrrhotite ore. CONCLUSIONS. The conclusions derived from a study of these deposits are as follows: (i) The pyrrhotite was deposited from aqueous mineral solutions ascending through the more fractured and permeable portions of the shear zone fissures. (2) The gold-bearing chalcopyrite, pyrite and arsenopyrite with quartz were deposited later from the same flow rising within the same channels, but restricted to those portions of the channels which still remained unfilled, or which were re-opened by further fracturing of the friable pyrrhotite ore. (3) The main faults" and some of the dikes existed before the formation of pyrrhotite • began, or at least before its principal deposition. (4) Their intersections with the shear zones made barriers which more or less directed the flow,' accumulated the solutions, and determined the position of the main ore bodies.' (5) After the ore formation more dikes appeared. Faulting was repeated intermittently, continuing probably up to recent times, and the early fractures were kept alive. The writer is well aware that the origin of pyrrhotite is still in dispute by eminent authorities, but believes that a study of "he Rossland deposits must remove any remaining uncertainties as to this question. All observations, from the occurrences of the pyrrhotite as mineral replacements, veinlets and films in the rock to the effect of dikes and fractures in massing its formation, point to deposition from mineral solutions. In these deposits at least, it is impossible to even consider " direct igneous origin " or " magmatic segration," and no evidence has been found to suggest anv difference between their origin and that of ore deposits of pyrites or other minerals whose genesis is now established.) 172 THE MINING RECORD. The evidence does show, however, that the conditions necessary for pyrrhotite deposition prevailed at an earlier time than those required for chalcopyrite, pyrite, arsenopyrite and quartz. It is well under-, stood that during the period while heated waters are ascending in the vicinity of cooling eruptive masses the chemical contents of the solutions slowly change and so do the conditions of deposition. For the same flow to first yield pyrrhotite and then so alter as to produce the other minerals is no more exceptional than the well-known excessive deposition in fault creates a gap or blank in the formation, and to those are added the gaps due to vein displacement. Systematic cross-cutting, aided by diamond drilling, is necessary on account of these displacements, vein- branching, the variations of vein thickness and the shifting of ore from one set of planes to another. If carelessly placed a cross-cut or drill hole encounters- so many of these blanks as to afford no information, or what is worse, indecisive results. It is very difficult to make such work efficient, and it calls for every resource of care and skill. The Big Showing at the Britannia Mine. veins of the more common minerals. It may be that the only difference between their origin and that of pyrrhotite is that die latter requires exceptional depth, heat and pressure. The heat would be greatest during the earlier stages of circulation, and the great erosion noted bv the Geological Survey indicates the prevalence of unusual depth and pressure at the time. The peculiar difficulties presented to exploration work within an ancient volcano are very apparent. Every dike and every rone of fissures constituting a In the War Eagle and Centre Star mines structure details are carefully kept up, and it is endeavored so far as possible, to make cross-cutting effective, to avoid work within belts of dike systems or belts of shattered ground, and to. direct the principal explorations to the main channels of flow. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BRITANNIA MINE. A company Sound Mining which has been named the Howe Company, has been organized for the THE MINING RECORD. 173 . purpose of acquiring the mining property of the Britannia Syndicate. Much was heard several years ago of the Britannia group, situate on Howe Sound, but for some time past the property has not been working. Negotiations have been proceeding, however, for the transfer of the mine to a company strong enough financially to adequately equip and thoroughly develop it, and these have now been brought to a successful conclusion. It is stated that the Howe Sound Company is capitalized at $2,000,000 in 4,000 shares of a par value of $500 each. The company has been incorporated under the laws of the State of Maine, U. S. A. Its directors consists of Hon. Edgar Dewdney, and Messrs. George H. Robinson, Frank M. Leonard, C. H. McMeekin, D. G. Marshall, H. C. Bellinger and J. W. Lee. The officers are: President, Hon. Edgar Dewdney; First Vice-President, Mr. C. H. McMeekin: Second Vice-President and Local Manager, Mr. Frank M. Leonard; Managing Director, Mr. George H. Robinson, and Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. J. W. Lee. The company starts with a cash capital, for development and equipment purposes, of $250,000, which sum has been placed to its credit by Messrs Geo. H. Robinson and Henry Stern, who receive as consideration therefor, stock to the par value of $500,000. Of the remaining shares, 2,000 have been allotted to the holders of the 400 shares in the Britannia Syndicate, this being at the rate of $2,500 worth of stock in the new company for each share in the old. No unnecessary delay in placing the Britannia on a shipping basis is to take place. A contract has been awarded for the erection of a wharf at Howe Sound, and arrangements are being made for the early construction of an aerial tramway, three miles and a half in length, to connect the mine with the shipping wharf. It is announced that a concentrating plant is to be eventually installed. The intention is to, as soon as practicable, bring the mine up to a daily output capacity of at least 500 tons. Until other arrangements shall be made for the reduction of the ore it will be shipped to the Northwestern Smelting & Refining Company's smelter at Crofton. NOTES ON SOME SPECIAL FEATURES OF COAL MINING IN THE CROW'S NEST* (By James McEvoy, Fernie, B. C.) TO ONE familiar with the methods of bituminous coal mining in an Eastern field, the successful management of a colliery in the West is not always an easy task. This is especially the case in the Rocky Mountain coal basins, where he finds himself face to face with conditions requiring •considerable modification of his Eastern methods, if not an entirely different system of their own. A knowledge of the causes giving rise to the new conditions, helps him to meet them with intelligence, and to foresee and provide against any new difficulties which may arise. *Paper presented at the nth annual meeting of tbe Can7 adian Mining Institute. The geological history of the eastern and western coals, when compared, shows similarity if the two factors, " time " and " force " be left out of consideration. The eastern coals are practically all of Carboniferous age. A possible exception to this is in Virginia and Kentucky, where some of the coals may reach as high as the Triassic. Since their deposition they have gradually, at an infinitesimally slow rate of progress, been developed through the various stages from the original peat bed up through the different varieties of lignite to their present bituminous form. It is beyond the knowledge of man to ascertain the length of time which elapsed during this development. There was, generally speaking, little disturbance of the measure i, and the beds are found to-day in altitudes more or less closely approximating their original horizontal position. The Western coals are chiefly of Cretaceous formation and consequently are four geological ages younger than the Eastern ones. They have gone through all the same stages as the Eastern coals, but their development has been accomplished in one-half the time. (It may be stated here parenthetically that it still remains, in our modern times, a characteristic of the West to do things in one-half the time.) After the deposit of the peat beds all those that are preserved to-day in the form of coal were covered by succeeding layers of clay, sand or gravels, which are now seen in the form of shale,, sandstone and conglomerates overlying the coal. The accumulation of a great thickness of these superincumbent strata brought an intense pressure to bear upon the peat beds at the bottom and they were compressed to about one-twelfth of their original thickness. The continuation of this pressure and the consequent heat developed, gradually drove off the excess of moisture and more or less of the volatile constituents. Any movement of the strata resulting from the shrinkage of the earth's crust, naturally increased the pressure and heat and hastened the alteration. It has been due to greater activity in these earth movements that the Western coals have been altered to their present form in so much shorter time. The Rocky Mountain region in most parts was the scene of tremendous movements, and great pressure is evidenced by the crushng, thrusting, folding, faulting and uplifting measures. The, comparatively speaking, newer rocks, such as the Cretaceous, sometimes suffered equally with the older ones of the region, and some large areas which, under quieter conditions, would have produced valuable coal fields, were crushed and broken and eventually swept away by the denudation of succeeding ages. In other parts the movements were less violent, and where the pressure and heat were sufficient to produce the required degree of alteration of thp coal without crushing the main portions of the basins, some of the highest grade bituminous coals. were found in good workable form. The greater the degree of alteration, the more . moisture and volatile matter were driven off, and the higher the percentage of fixed carbon remained. Near the axis of the Rocky Mountains the conditions were most favourable for the development of good 7 : IKfi 174 THE MINING RECORD. coal and the percentage of fixed.carbon is generally between 65 per cent, and 78 per cent. Going eastward from the axis of the Rockies, the pressure gradually diminished and the fixed carbon is found to decrease, while there is a corresponding increase in moisture and volatile matter in the coals. Continuing eastward the coals soon become lignitic in character, and when the great plains are reached they are represented only by lignites proper. The Crow's Nest 'ield, situated just west of the main divide, suffered to some extent like the rest of the region. Its edges were turned up and a wider strip, now- the Elk River Valley, was broken and carried away by erosion, but the makTBody o'f the field was lifted bodily up without any( seriouss distortion. Generally speaking, the measures bf the Crow's Nest field as they stand to-day, are bent upwara all around the western edge of the field. The bending is almost universally gradual and regular, changing the altitude of the coal seams from horizontal to an extreme pitch of 40 degrees in a distance-ef abmil>fh.ree miles. At three places on the western edge of the field, tributaries of the Elk River which run partly or entirely across the field mive cut out deep valleys, thus making the coal seams accessible by level entries at places where the seams are more or less closely approaching the horizontal position. The highest seams in the main group of coal measures are exposed at points farthest up the valleys and, consequently they are lying flatter than the lower ones where the latter are exposed by the same streams lower down and nearer to the edge of the basin, posed by the same streams lower down and nearer to . the edge of the basin. At Morrissey, Fernie and-Michel, situated respectively on the three transverse streams before mentioned, the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co. is carrying on active mining operations. At Coal Creek .(the oldest of these collieries) the upper seams are lying in altitudes varying from horizontal to a dip of 15 degrees. The lower seams on the same creek dip as high as 20 degrees. At Morrissey the dips vary from 8 degrees to 24 degrees, and at Michel, they run from 15 degrees to 35 degrees. It is evident that a system of mining and handling the coal in a flat seam will not apply to all these cases. Where the dips are moderate, the equipment is simple like that for a flat seam, horses drawing the cars from the working places to the main haulage roads. With the steeper dips, incline planes are used' on which gravity does the work of lowering the cars to the main roads. Horses are then only employed on the secondary levels. Ropms are driven up the pitch from the levels and in each room there is a simple self-acting incline, or " McGinty," which is operated by the miners themselves. Where the dip approaches 35 degrees, chutes are used in the rooms and the coal is drawn from these into cars on the levels. To obtain the greatest- economy in handling the coal, the main haulage roads must be carefully laid out to take every advantage of the ground. Incline planes must be so located as to concentrate the work of lowering the cars. For this reason each incline is laid out so that it takes the cars from a set of rooms, 15 to 20 in number, on each side at every successive level. Without a proper system and equipment, the cost of handling the coal in a pitching seam is greater than for a flat one, but these once being installed, the arguments are by no means all in favor of the flat seam. The physical and chemical properties of the coal depend to some extent upon the amount of cover now overlying the seams, but are affected to a greater extent by the pressure which has been exerted by the bending, of the measures and by the manner in which the strata have yielded to the bending movement. Wherethe seams are lying flat, or nearly so, assays like the following one, made from a sample specimen of coal from the face of No. 2 Mine, Coal Creek, are usual: Moisture 0.41 Volatile matter 24.78 Fixed carbon 68.36 Ash 6.45 100. The bodily tilting up of the seams when unaccompanied by bending does not materially affect the constituents, as may be seen from the following assay of an average specimen from the face of the main level of No. 8 Mine, at Michel: Moisture 0.99 Volatile matter 23.64 Fixed carbon 67-99 Ash 7.38 100. The seam on which No. 8 Mine is operated is tilted up to an angle of 30 degrees to 35 degrees without bending. Where the measures are bent even slightly, if it continues for some distance to either side, there is a noticeable increase in fixed carbon and a corresponding decrease of volatile matter. The resulting coal is rather better in quality, having greater heating power. An example of this may be taken from No. 4 Mine at Michel, across the valley from No. 8, where the measures are dipping about 15 degrees and where the altitude of the rocks outside shows that there was a slight bending movement; the assay from No. 4 Mine is as follows: Moisture 0.63 Volatile matter 21.44 Fixed carbon 73-85 Ash 3-23 Sulphur .85 100. A similar example may be taken from No. 1 Mine at Morrissey, where the bending conditions are more pronounced: THE MINING RECORD. 175 Moisture 0-gc Volatile matter 13-48 Fixed carbon 78.88 Ash 6.40 Sulphur 0.59 100. These assays were all made by Mr. R. W. Coult- hard. As regards physical properties of the coal it appears that when the roof and floor have held the coal under intense pressure during the bending movement, the coal remains firm. In some instances, hew ever, this has not been the case and the roof and floor have apparently yielded readily to the induced lateral pressure, allowing the seam to " thicken out." The result is, then, that a certain amount of shearing has taken place and the coal mines freely producing a higher percentage of slack. This is an advantage rather than otherwise, where so much slack coal is needed for-making coke, as it saves the cost of crushing lump coal. - o SNOWSLIDE AT SILVER CUP MINE, LARDEAU. On Friday, April 15, a snowslide did serious damage at the Silver Cup mine, situate in the northeastern part of the Lardeau District. The infor- View of part of Silver Cup property, outside area affected by show-slide. mation received at the time of writing is very brief, all the particulars given being that a slide 1,200 feet in width came down and carried away a short aerial tramway known as the " baby" tram, the blacksmith's shop, ore sheds and a quantity of ore sacked and stored therein, and the upper terminal of the main aerial tramway. The loss is stated to be estimated at about $75,000. Further, a second slide was expected to occur, so that at the time the intelligence of the disaster was sent from Ferguson, the nearest town, it had not been considered safe to commence making the necessary repairs It is particularly unfortunate that this should have occurred at the present juncture, since the 20-stamp combination silver mill, put in at considerable cost by the jointly-managed Silver Cup Mines, Ltd., and The Great Western Mines, Ltd., both English companies, is nearly completed, recent advices having been to the effect that it would be ready by Mav 1 to commence operations. During the winter months the mines of the companies mentioned, viz: the Silver Cup group and the Nettie L. group, were closed down awaiting the completion of the mill, and only recently work was resumed in order to have the mines in position to maintain a sufficient supply of ore to keep the mill going without interruption. Now, after about nine months' work erecting and equipping the mill and its hydro-electric power house, and in constructing aerial tramways to connect ths mines with the mill, this set-back has b.e.i experienced. Not only will the companies' own mines be affected, but it was anticipated that custom ores would also be received at the mill for treatment, so that delay and loss will, to some extent, be temporarily experienced throughout the surrounding district. However, there is little doubt that every efjort will be made to make renewals and effect repairs at the Silver Cup with as little delay as possible; meanwhile it 'may be that the Nettie L. mine, which last year shipped a rather larger net tonnage than did the Silver Cup, will be able to supply the mill with sufficient ore, together with custom ores obtainable from other properties, to warrant its being put in operation without much delay beyond the time previously set for its making a start. The Mining Record of November, 1902, contained one of a series of articles on the Lardeau, in which the mines and mill of the Silver Cup and Great Western Companies, among many others, were described. The Silver Cup group of nine mineral claims is situate about eight miles south-east from Ferguson, and at an elevation above sea level of 6,500 to 7,000 feet. An automatic aerial tramway, constructed during the first half of last year, was in use when the Silver Cup was visited in the summer by a representative of the Alining Record. This tram connects the Silver Cup with the wagon road to Ferguson at Eight-Mile, a camp about foiir miles from Ferguson and eight miles from Trout Lake. The tram is about 8,000 feet in length and the difference in elevation between, its upper and lower terminals is about 3,000 feet This is the first tramway the company had put in and is known as No. 1, as mentioned in the dispatches relating to last month's disaster published in the Provincial Press. During the latter part of last year a tramway of similar construction was built to connect Xo. 1 tram with the mill at Five-Mile. The length of this second tram is about 17,000 feet. The site of the upper terminal of No. 1 tramway was selected with a view to its being out of the way of snowrslides. The mountain rises quite 1,000 feet higher than the Silver Cup surface works It is known that in any year when the fall of snow has been heavy a slide 176 THE MINING RECORD. may occur to the right of the workings shown in the view, but the tramway terminal, the compressor house and, still more recently, the new boarding\ house, were built, as was believed, out of reach of any snowslide. It is now evident that in the case of the terminal and compressor house, past experience was not sufficient to prevent their being reached by the snow in so severe a season as regards snowfall as that now passing. The boarding house, however, is no doubt well beyond the probable track of any slide that can possibly take place on the property. It is to be hoped that the damage to the compressor, hoist and boiler will not proveHx> be very great, since this specially-made machinery had all to betaken up first on wagons eight Wiles from Trout Lake, and next in sections over the tram to the place within the area down which the snow slid from time to time. It is probable the ore will be recovered after the snow shall have melted. The Silver Cup last year shipped to smelters about i,ooo tons of ore. The exact tonnage is not just now obtainable, but during eleven months, to November 30, inclusive, shipments totalled 920 tons, for which the net cash received from the smelter was $77,094.52. The ore is argentiferous galena, zinc blende and grey copper, average values being gold ,062 oz., silver 172.76 oz., and lead 23.9 per cent. I RECENT MINING LEGISLATION. HE legislation affecting the mining industry during the late session of the Legislature was not far reaching nor important. No direct legisla- View in the Selkirk Mountains, in which range the Silver Cup Mine is situated. of its installation. The plant consisted of a 50-h. p. horizontal return tubular steam boiler, a 14x18 air compressor, and a 5x7 pneumatic hoist. The compressor is nominally a 5-drill engine. At the high elevation it was there working its capacity was 350 feet of free air per minute The compressor house and upper terminal were practically one block of buildings. The " baby " tram was about 2,500 feet in length from the upper terminal of No. 1 tram to the upper workings of the Silver Cup mine. About two-thirds of this shorter tram appears to have been carried away by the slide. The ore sheds and blacksmith's shop were near the entrances to the mine and tion in relation to metalliferous mining was attempted. The Mining Committee has of late years set itself strongly against any amendment of the Mineral Act on the ground that its imperfections are more easy to put up with, than inconsistencies introduced and partial changes made by attempts at amendment. This spirit of conservatism may, of course, be carried too far, but on the other hand indiscriminate amendment may likewise be carried too far for the good of the industry. Stability of conditions is a positive good, worth some inconvenience in regard to particular regulations. However, the mining industry in one or other of its branches has been touched upon in several of the statutes passed at the recent Session. The "Coal Mines Regulation Act," the "Steam Boiler Inspection Act," the "Water Clauses Act" and the "Companies Act" have all been subjected to some amendment. There are now quite a number of statutes dealing with the regulation of coal mines. The Act passed this year is rather in the nature of an amplification of the law as it previously existed, than one introducing any change in its principles. It is an attempt to apply the lessons of experience to mitigate the dangers of this most dangerous of all employments. Accidents in coal mines are to a considerable extent preventable just as accidents on railways are to a considerable extent preventable. It is often difficult, in fact impossible, to determine just in what way any particular accident could have been prevented after it has occurred. But the experience of Great Britain has certainly shown that strict regulations along certain lines does reduce the aggregate number of accidents, and the loss of life and destruction of property incident thereto. The general concensus of opinion will be that the continuous efforts of our Legislature to obtain a complete and effective body of regulations to this end, are efforts put forth in the right direction. Such legislation is not, however, to be perfected in a day and this subject is likely to be the almost annual care of the Legislature for some time to come. A clause has been inserted in the "Coal Mines Regulation Act" requiring the manager of a coal mine to be a British subject. It may be a very desirable thing that the managers of coal mines should be British subjects. It might also be desirable to pass legislation requiring that they should be so. But in an Act dealing with the qualifications of experience and efficiency such a test is not germane to the purpose of the Act. It is quite obvious that a man's nationality has nothing whatever to do with his efficiency as a colliery manager any more than his religion. If one class of employment in British Columbia is to be closed to any who are not British subjects, the question is at once raised as to what classes of employment should remain open. Our Legislature once took a bold step in the direction of restriction on national lines and the effects were so disastrous that it hastily repealed its action. It would have been fortunate if it could have repealed the effects as well. In this case the effects are likely to be small, because only a limited number of people are affected. But the principle of a regulation of this kind is one which should be studied before it is put in operation. It is never safe to apply a principle in a particular instance, for a particular purpose, which is incapable of general application without injurious consequences. In the "Water Clauses Act," section 29 which reads: "29. If, after a record of all the water in any stream has been made, for mining purposes, any placer mines are located and bona Me worked below the point of diversion on the stream, the owner of such placer mines shall be entitled to the continuous flow in the stream past the mines of forty inches of water if two hundred inches be diverted, and sixty inches if three hundred inches be diverted, and no more, except upon paying to the holder of the record compensation equal to the amount of damaere sustained by him on account of the allowance to the claim of such extra quantity of water; and, in computing such damage, the cost of the ditch shall be considered. 1897, c. 45, s. 29." Is altered to read as follows:— "29. In any case where all the water in any stream has been recorded for mining purposes and placer mines, either before or after the date of such record, are located and bona Me worked either above or below the point of diversion, the owner or owners of such placer mines -shall be entitled to the continuous flow in said stream past, or to divert into or upon or through, such mine or mines sixty inches if two hundred or less be diverted by such record, and ninety inches if three hundred inches be diverted by such record, but no more; and such owner or owners shall be entitled to the full use of such water for such distance above or below such mine or mines as shall be necessary for the continuous and economical workings of said mine or mines and the carrying away of tailings and debris arising therefrom: Provided, however, that such owner or owners may divert a greater quantity than above specified upon paying to the holder of said record compensation for the damage he may thereby sustain; and in computing such damage the cost of the ditch shall be considered." The effect is to increase the water rights of those. bona fide working placer claims either above or below the point of diversion, under any water record held by others. The amendments to the "Steam Boilers Inspection Act" are largely by way of correcting certain unworkable amendments to the original Act made in 1902 in relation to those holding or entitled to service certificates to act as engineers. It makes no changes in regard to the inspection of steam boilers. We have received the prospectus and copies of circulars issued by a company recently promoted in New York, entitled the Great Cariboo Gold Company, which claims to have acquired a large area of ground on Lightning Creek. The statements regarding the value of the property and on other points, appears to us to be gross exaggerations, but we refrain for the present from further comment pending the result of the enquiries we are now instituting. A conspicuous instance of the quickening power of productive gold mining is afforded by Western Australia, the progress of which colony, now one of the States; of the Australian Commonwealth, has been truly remarkable since gold mining became its most prominent industry. It should be an object lesson to British Columbia, which, though it may not have such rich goldfields, certainly possesses an abundance of mineral wealth awaiting development and utilization In a recently published article, by the Premier of Western Australia, the following occurs: "The discovery of gold at Coolgardie occurred in 1893. It was rapidly followed by more important discoveries in other portions of the State, until to-day the State stands as one of the greatest gold producers upon earth. She" has produced 10,591,387 fine ounces of gold, worth £44,989,354 (nearly $225,000,000), she has paid £9,088,182 ($45,440,910) in dividends from 178 THE MINING RECORD. her gold mines, and her output of gold and dividends paid shows no sign of decrease, as is manifested by her production to the end of October, 1903, of 1,723,- 047 fine ounces for the ten months of the year, and her payment of £1,602,320 in dividends during the same period. She has sixteen State batteries (stamp mills), which have produced £736,016 worth of gold, and which are maintaining hundreds of small mines worked by their owners. She is rapidly dotting her gold fields with these small mines, and offering inducements such as no other State does to the hard-working and adventurous miner. Outside her nineteen declared goldfields, there are known auriferous belts running through hundreds of miles of yet unpros- pected 'country. "Whilst it required sixty-four years to create a population of 65,037, at the end of /the succeeding ten years (to October 31, 1903)) it w-ai 228,306. That population is steadily increasing, and finding employment at rates of wages which are, all round, the highest in the world. Her revenue wa4 £575,822 in 1893; now it is almost £4,000^000 That large amount is mostly expended in the construction of roads, in min-. ing and agricultural development, in public schools and works, and in bringing close to the doors of every inhabitant conveniences of civilization which many other and more populous States reserve for their large centres only." RECENT LEGAL DECISIONS. Tanghe vs. Morgan et al. (Judgment of the Honourable Air. Justice .Martin.) THIS is a mining case raising questions of novelty and importance. On the 9th day of July, 1903, a lode claim called the Lucky Jack, was validly located near Poplar Creek, and is owned in whole or in part by the defendant Morgan. Over two months thereafter, on the 7th of September, in allesred exercise of his free .mine; Act, 1 ocate placer claim cal daries of the existm_ It may be opportune to me which has not infrequently occurred 190.3. the plaintiff, actin miner's rights under the Placer ,\ led the Shamrock, wholly within the boun- lode claim. lention that this is something .1 in this Province, and is contemplated by the Mineral Act and Placer Mining Act, which clearly recognize that -there may be different mining rights on the same ground ; see e.g., sees, rr, 32, 37 and 129 of the Placer Act, and sees. 12 and 26 of the Mineral Act. Several placer claims were in fact located on lode claims in the district in question. Placer and lode miners have frequently mined on the same ground without experiencing any difficulty, but the situation is one in which unless the various owners act reasonably and considerately, ill-feeling an 1 c nfli t may easilv be engendered, and it therefore behooves all concerned to act circumspectly and openly. On the 19th of September the plaintiff, after preparing in due form the documents required by the Placer Mining Act, applied at the proper office for a record of his claim, and at the same time tendered said documents and paid the lawful' fee and got a receipt from an officer of the government then properly in charge, but by direction of the Gold Commissioner of the District, the d f n 'ant. Frederick Fraser, the receipt given was not written on the customary office blank, but was drawn up in an informal manner, being what Fraser described as a " private receipt." whatever that may mean. The plaintiff asked for a record of his claim, but the Gold Commissioner prati:ally refuse 1 to grant it on the ground that, as a result of an examination he had made that morning of the claim with the plaintiff, he, the plaintiff, h'id not proved it to be a bona fide placer location and therefore was not entitled to a record ; and lie stated that he would " hold the application over " and refer it to the Attorney-General's Department, and com municate with the pluntiff la er. In the meantime, he made and left in the recorder's office the following memorandum for that officer's guidance : " Memo, for Mr. Lucas.—This application is a subject of correspondence and is referred to the Attorney-General's Department, you will therefore be good enough to hold same over for final decision from Victoria. " Yours obediently, "FRED. FRASER, , " Gold Commissioner." What fancied statutory authority the Gold Commissioner relied upon in support of this method of procedure it is impossible to say, but none exists. On the contrary, the Act is clear that if the free miner makes application in due form to record his location and furnishes the recorder with the application and affidavit in proper form as required by Sec. rr of the Placer Mining Amendmen Act, rom, and pays the fee as provided by Sec. 27 of the Placer Act, he is, in the language of that Act, " entitled to record the same," and the right to the exclusive possession thereof is immediately vested in him under Se:s. 31 and 32 subject to the observance of those requirements and other sections, such as 37, 38, 128 and r29. It was the clear right, therefore, of the plaintiff at that time to obtain his record as soon as the clerk could record it, and it was likewise the plain duty of the Gold Commissioner not to interfere to prevent its issuance, for he had no inquisitorial powers or discretion in the matter. By this interference the plaintiff has suffered a.wrong in not having had promptly granted to him that record to which he was entitled, and had there been no remedial statute he might have been placed in a very serious position by the error of the Gol 1 Commissioner. But fortunately Sec. ly of the Placer Mining Act Amendment Act, 1901, was enacted to deal with just such cases, and it is as follows : " 19. No free miner shall suffer from any act of omission or commission or delays on the part of any Government Official, it such can be proven." It was argued that this Court could not give effect to this section, but, it may be asked, if this Court cannot give effect to it, what was the object in passing it, and by what tribunal, and when, can it be put into operation ? I have no doubt whatever that the section was enacted for the purpose of enabling this or any other Court 'having jurisdiction in mining cases, to afford relief at the trial, or whenever proper, from the unfortunate consequences of an error of a government official, and I do not hesitate to apply it here, the result being that the plaintiff must be regarded as being in the sanie position as though he \had actually received at the time of his application that record which was his right. And in case it may be argued that the plaintiff did not properly represent his claim up to the beginning of the close season—the rst of November—as required by Sec. 38, he would be excused in this case from the performance of the provisions thereof by the operation of said Sec. 19, because the Gold Commissioner by his illegal orders, prevented him from doing so, as did also the defendant Morgan and his associates. It is not necessary to express an opinion on the point as to whether or no the Gold Commissisoner was right in the circumstances in requiring the pbi"tiff to give security (under Sec. r2 of the Mineral Act or the same section in the Placer Act) for the object and in the manner and to the amount specified, because the demand was complied with and the point was not specifically raised nor argued. Ultimately, and on the 24th of October, the delayed record was finally issued to the plaintiff which, as has been stated, should have been issued on the igth September ; but it was accompanied by the following 'document : 1903. '' Re Shamrock Placer Claim : '* Dear Sir.—In confirmation of my conversation of this morning, and acting under authority of Section r28, subsection G, of the Placer Mining Act, I do now order the posts, marking the easterly boundary line of the above claim, to be moved so as to mark out the westerly boundary line of said claim leaving the now west boundary, the east line of said Shamrock Placer Claim. " 1 might here state for your information that during the visit over this claim, in company, with Messrs. Morgan, " Mining Recor der's Office, " Kaslo, B. C. Oct aber 24th Pangh ?. Esq., Popla r Creek, B. C. THE MINING REOORI LD. 179 A Simpson and yourself, it became so apparent that, of the annoyance an.i interruptions that the Lucky Jack M C owners must undergo owing to the Shamrock Placer Claim crossing their lead and overhanging the Big Showing, as must cause a constant source of danger to the mineral claim employees to such an extent that I have not the slightest hesitation in following up my powers and duties as Gold Commissioner in that protection due the quartz owner from the annoyance of the placer man under the circumstances of the present case. " Obediently yours, " FRED. FRASER, " Gold Commissioner Now, the effect of this "order" was t> change the whole of the plaintiff's location so that, as altered, it did not include one square inch of ground which had been within its former boundaries, in other words, under the guise of moving posts an entirely new location was sought to be created and bestowed upon the plaintiff in substitution for his original claim. It is sufficient to say that, as might be expected, there is nothing in the Act with confers upon a Gold Commissioner or any one else, powers sn c\traor- dinary ; and it is difficult to imagine how that officer, who must be presumed to be a practical mining m.m, was induced to believe he had such an autocratic jurisdiction. 11 is real powers are, in my opinion, quite large enough already. The sub-section here relied upon is a useful one in some cases, particularly under Section 24, wherein il 1 claim owner .removes of his own motion one cti his posts for an unlawful purpose, his claim thereby becomes forfeited, and it is very proper that when it becomes necessary in the course of surveying, mining, or other operation5, to remove posts that the Gold Commissioner shonhl order ii to be done. Bui thai is something radically different from what he purported to do here ; nor was his action justified by sub-Sec. (e), for that relates to extending, not curtailing, the limits of a claim ; nor by sub-Section (f), for this is not a case of disputed boundaries j nor by the general Section 130, becan • <■ what he did was not in any way " necessary or expedient for the carrying out of the provisions of" the Act. The so-called order, therefore, may be disregarded because it was made wholly without jurisdiction, and is absolutely null and void, and the record stands 'freed from any limitations sought to be imposed thereby. The minute of the order indorsed upon the record and entered in the books of the Mining Recorder should be cancelled ; it presumably has been recorded under Sec. 13 of the Placer Mining Act Amendment Act of igor. In tne statement of claim a charge of lack of good faith is brought against the Gold Commissioner (par. 7)1 and it is doubtless on that account that he is made a party defendant to the action, though no specific relief is prayed against him. While this defendant lent a too willing ear to the representations of the owners of the Lucky Jack, identifying himself too closely with their interests, and acted without due discretion and to a certain extent laid himself open to the animadversions of counsel, yet I hardly feel justified in going to the length of finding that he acted in bad faith between the partie \t ihe safne time his course of conduct was undoubtedly such as to place the plaintiff in a very ambiguous and embarrassing position, whereby he was prejudiced and delayed in the exercise of his rights, and was almost forced to make Fraser a party to this action. In such circumstances, while the plaintiff is not successful, and the defendant Fraser is entitled to have the action dismissed against him, which i hereby ordered, yet his conduct, taken as a whole, has been such that I do not feel called upon to make an order for costs in his favour. But though the plaintiff was entitled to have his location recorded as aforesaid, yet the validity thereof is attacked on the ground that in trutli it is not a placer claim at all, though so styled, and that nothing was found on the claim to warrant the statement in the affidavit, par. 2 : That from indications I have observed on the claim applied for, I have reason to believe that there is therein a deposit of placer gold." The first thing that strikes the inquirer into the Placer, Act is the very indefinite nature of the affidavit on which a record is obtained. I his is in marked contrast to the Mineral Act wherein the discovery of mineral in place must be jwrn to (Form S. 6.) and the locator cannot even invoke the remedial and curative Section 16, s. s. (g), unless he can prove that he has " actually discovered mineral in place on said location." Bui in placer claims, all that he is required to pledge his oath to is that " from indications I have observed on the claim applied for, I have reason to believe that there is therein a deposit of placer gold," In the one case the fact of mineral in place must be established- (Manlc\ \ Collom (ioot-j) 1 MM C, 487—biil in the other the existence oi "a reason to believe, however wildly erroneous, is sufficient. This introduces an element of great uncertainty into the record, for the more ignorant and credulous a prospector is the more may he have " reason, to believe" that he has found a placer claim li is well nigh impossible to probe into a man's mind and arrive at a satisfactory conclusion regarding his reason for belief in the " indications " he has observed in his claim ; there is practically no means of weighing or determining such a vague issue : I have been unable to think oi any method, nor have counsel been able to suggest one It is urged that the defend itil has established that this is not a placer claim at all, because there is no placer ground in it, and that any prospector or miner 0 t.ie 1110s. ele 1 e it ry k o vledge could in a very short time satisfy himscl of this fact beyond peraiK enture. \ssimiing all this to b.- the case, we get very little further, for it does not touch the one necessary element, 1 r , 1! e belit 1 It is further argued thai En the circumstances no sensible man could have thought that the claim was placer ground, and therefore it must be assumed that the act of the blaihtlff was Fta lulent, an 1 thai he had not the requisite belief, but simply aimc I at appropriating some rich ground from a lode claim an I blackmailing the owner thereof. But the difficulty is thai the belie! required is not that of a sensible or an honest man : the insane de- lusiou i>i a criminal under the Placer Act is inst as efft* cacious, and it would require very strong evidence, stronger than has been adduced here, 1 1 justify the Comi in coming to the conclusion that the belief was entirely absent, even in the case of a locator who has acted in such ,1 suspicious and dubious manner as his the pliintiff. The fact that under colour of a location which he thought he was entitled to lo some extent, he intended to harrass und obstruct the defendant by setting iip extravagant claims, with the idea of being bought out, would not detract from the effect of his entertaining a beliei tint he had placer rights, however small or valueless, tn a mining sense they might be. That this was the case here I li&ve little doubt. This branch of the case is thus left in a manner far from satisfactory to rrij mind, hut on all the facts I have decided to give the plaintiff the benefit of the doul>i. an:l h ild thai the existence of the statutory belief as sworn td has not been disproved, the onus of doing which i upon the defendant, ami it follows therefore, thai the Shamrock placer claim must be taken to be a valid location. I linn now to ihe claim of the plaintiff ag'insl the de fendant Morgan for the alleged wrongful conversion of gold from the plaintiff's claim It appears that on the Lucky Jack there was at the time of the location of the Shamrock placer claim (Sept. 7th) and within the boundaries of the Shamrock, an exposed free milling whits quari/ ledge, about three feet in width, of remarkable appearance, and running up the steep and rocky mountain side, called the " Big Snowing," and depicted on the photograph, Exhibit I 1 1. and in ihe plan prepared by order of this Court by Henry B. Smith, I' I S, dated December 28th, 1003. On portions of this ledge, when located, gold was exposed prominently and the ore was in places so valuable and easily detachable that it was necessary to keep a guard over it. The plain tt 11 iloes not claim any of such ore tli M was " in place," but when, the Lucky Jack was located (July 9th, 1903) there were also at the side and within a few feet of and below the ledge, and particul.u ly where it is badly faulted ben-- Mb the "Big Showing," (as shown by the blue line on Exhibit T. 12) detached pieces of quartz containing appreciable values in gold to a greater or less degree ; and a number of these pieces also lay on top of the faulted portion which widened out to about 6 feet; they lay, before being disturbed by man m the position where they had been dislodged from the ledge by ihe course of nature, and the configuration of the ground is such that they must be deemed to have fallen from thai ledge and none other. The pi lintiff claim, these loose fragment because he alleges they are " float " and not " rot K in place," and therefore, not the property of the lode owner, but that of the placer owner. In answer to this contention the defendant says : 180 THE MINING RECORD. First—That as a matter of fact, he had already gathered up and appropriated to his own use the said pieces of so- called " float" between the time of the location of his own claim on July 9th, and the plaintiff's location on September 7th, and therefore he cannot be called upon to account tp the plaintiff therefor ; and further, that any detached fragr ments of gold-bearing quartz which were lying on the portion of the claim in question when and after the Shamrock! was located, had been broken or blasted out of the " Big' Showing" by the defendant, and therefore were his own property as coming from his lead. Second—He alternatively contends that if these issuesof! fact be found against him he justifies his action in taking the said fragments, is justifiable, as being in pursuance of/ his legal rights as a lode owner. It, therefore, becomes necessary to first determine the questions of fact, for however interesting the legal question may be, it would be unprofitable and/tnniesirable to go into it if the facts were found to exclude its application to the present case. \ Now assuming- that this float, so-(salled, could have been taken by the placer owner, the onus is on him, the plaintiff, to prove (1) that it was at the time he located his claim within the limits thereof, and (2) that it ,was the defendant who wrongfully converted it to his own/use. The evidence to support such a charge should be precise and clear both as to time, place, and amount, but notyonly was the plaintiff most vague and loose in his statements, but was wholly unsupported by other evidence, or by any measurements whatever, though the importance of them has been repeatedly pointed out by this Court : see Bleeker v. Chisholm (1896) 1 M. M. C, 112 ; Waterhouse v. Liftchild (1897), lb., r53 ; and Dunlop v. Haney (1899), lb. 369. In none of those cases were measurements more necessary than in the present where the plaintiff's lack of knowledge of the position of his own claim as regards the " Big Showing" and the place where the trespass complained of must have occurred, if at all, is so £ tonishing that he actually contended his location excluded all of the " Big Showing" except the top corner (see his sketch in red on Ex. T. 12) whereas the survey directed by the Court shows that it really included the whole of it. So striking an error is so important a point of the case, taken in conjunction with the way in which the plaintiff is flatly contradicted by several other witnesses, renders it impossible for me to place any reliance upon his statements, and even on his own evidence, unsupported, I should hesitate long before giving judgment in his favour for any amount, however small. But the defendant Morgan, contradicts him and says that all the quartz he picked up after the 7th of September—the date of the location of the Shamrock—was what came from his own workings in breaking down and blasting "out the "Big Showing," in the doing of which fragments of quartz were shot out to a considerable distance from and below that point. In the face of this denial I find it impossible to hold that the defendant has taken anything the plaintiff would be entitled to, even if his contention regarding the float were correct, and it therefore becomes unnecessary to ctiscuss the legal point above mentioned, which should it arise again, will doubtless be disposed of to better advantage than in this case where more evidence frem placer miners of experience should have been forthcoming to assist the Court in coming to a proper conclusion. I have not overlooked the fact that the plaintiff also contends that in addition to said float there were boulders of quartz scattered about that undefined portion of the ground which is in dispute near the " Big Showing," and which he claims as carrying gold and as appertaining to his claim. These, he says, the defendant took and prevented him from taking, and he asserts that it was one of these small boulders that he had broken and was breaking up when he was arrested. But the broken rock produced in Court does not answer his description, and he seeks to' meet this discrepancy by alleging that the rock now produced has been fraudulently changed for that which he was taking off his claim. It is sufficient to say that this story is rejected, and it only serves to show what little credence can be placed upon the plaintiff's veracity. In such circumstances it would be idle and profitless to consider further his right to these boulders, for there is nothing to satisfy me that they carry any gold value whatever, or are of any value to miners, placer or lode. Whatever they may be, they do not, on the evidence so far, appertain to the placer claim more than to the lode claim. If it is deemed desir able or worth while to test their ownership, some definite evidence, accompanied by the result of tests, should be offered,- so that the Court could have something certain to found its judgment upon, and not mere vague statements and loose and extravagant assertions which result in nothing except confusion. The plaintiff asks that the defendant Morgan should be restrained from interfering with or preventing his working his claim. This branch of the case is clear, and there is no doubt that the defendant has acted in an illegal manner, and obstructed the plaintiff in the exercise of his lawful rights, in the belief that his location was an invalid one. It may be that there is no placer gold on the plaintiff's claim, and that he is simply wasting his time and money in endeavouring to work it, but since he has a valid claim he is entitled to work it as he pleases, subject to the restrictions imposed by the Act. There will consequently be judgment in the plaintiff's favour on this branch, and an injunction as prayed restraining the defendant Morgan, his servants or agents, from interfering with the plaintiff in the" lawful working of his claim. The plaintiff on the whole case is entitled to the costs of the action against the defendant Morgan, less any extra costs which may have been incurred in defending the issue on which he has been unsuccessful, viz : the wrongful conr version. During the trial the action was dismissed with costs as against the Great Northern Mines, Limited, no case being made out against the company. Finally, I draw attention to the expense and delay that have been caused by the neglect of either party to itake measurements or prepare a plan : in cases of this nature the practice should always be adopted, otherwise the examination of witnesses is rendered difficult and uncertain, and additional expense and delay are incurred by undue prolongation of the trial. April 2nd, 1904. Dumas Gold Mines, Ltd., v. Boultbee et al. (Judgment of the Honourable Mr. Justice Martin.) According to the issue as amended pursuant to the principle laid down in Bryce v. Kinnee (1892), 14 Prac. R., 509, the question to be determined is, does the defendants' execution against Gilbert Pellent prevail against the claim of the plaintiff company, " or of its predecessor in title E, M. Pellent," to the undivided half interest of the said Gilbert Pellent in the mineral claims mentioned in the issue ? The chain of title set up by the company is through a bill of sale (for the consideration of $500), from said Gilbert Pellent of his half interest to E. M. Pellent, the company's predecessor in title, dated 23rd of February, 1903, and it is admitted that this document was not recorded till the- 22nd of_ May, 1903, and that in the meantime the sheriff had seized under the defendants' execution, on the r8th of May, 1903- Gilbert Pellent was in the Yukon Territory, at Dawson, at the time,_ over two thousand miles from the mining recorder's office having jurisdiction over the claims in question, and it is contended that by the operation of Sees. 19 and 49, he or his transferees had some 215 days within which to record the instrument, on the assumption that, like a locator, one who wishes to record an instrument should be allowed one day for every ten miles of distance he who executes it may happen at the time to be from the. recorder's office. This is an ingenious but clearly fallacious argument. Section 49 says that conveyances, etc., " shall be recorded within the time prescribed for recording mineral claims," and that prescribed time is fixed by Section 19 as dependent upon the distance from the claim to the recorder's office, not of the locator himself therefrom. It is a fixed geographical and not a shifting personal distance that is contemplated by the Statute, and it would be unreasonable to hold that the transferee of a bill of sale of a mineral claim would have more time to record that instrument than the free miner would have originally had to record the claim itself. Such being the case, the bill of sale relied upon has not been duly recorded, and is of no effect as against the defendants' intervening execution. It is admitted by Croteau, an unreliable witness, that the company had actual notice of the seizure before it took the bill of sale of May 26th, 1903, from E. M. Pellent ; and in any event I cannot see how it is aided by that document. I further find, if it is material, that Croteau knew of the THE MINING RECORD. 181 judgment recovered in Vancouver setting aside said bill of sale from Gilbert to E. M. Pellent before he recorded that bill of sale. Other points were raised, but it seems unnecessary to go into them. I find that the plaintiff company has failed to establish its title and the issue is hereby determined in favour of the defendants. Victoria, B. C. March 18, 1904. The Centre Star Mining Co., Ltd., v. The Rossland Kootenay Mining Co., Ltd. judgment of the Honourable Mr. Justice Martin.) It is alleged in the statement of claim, first, that the defendant company, the owner of the Nickel Plate and Ore- or-No-Go mineral claims, trespassed upon the Centre Star mineral claim, the property of the plaintiff company, and took certain ore therefrom, or, alternatively, that if the defendant company did not do so, its predecessor in title (The Rossland Great Western Mines, Ltd.) did. The evidence •hows that it was the latter company and not the defendant that took the ore, but it is sought to make the defendant liable for the trespass on the ground that the effect of the agreement made between said Tatter company and Mitchell, dated 2nd May, 1902, before the defendant was in existence, and the confirmatory agreement between it and Mitchell of the one part, and the defendant on the other part, dated 28th May, 1902, is to create a partnership between these two companies under the name of the defendant; and the license issued to the defendant on the 2nd August, 1902, is relied upon in support of this view. On this point it is sufficient to say that after considering the additional authorities cited by leave, I see no reason to alter my opinion formed at the trial, which is, that the license being permissive in its nature cannot be regarded in the same light as an Act of Parliament expressly creating a statutory obligation, and that there is no privity of contract between the plaintiff and defendant companies, nor can they be regarded as partners in the proper sense of that term. It is to be observed that clause 1 of the agreement of the 28th May, says in effect that the prior agreement of the 2nd of May is to be read as though the defendant company had been a party thereto instead of Mitchell. Now even if that agreement had originally been so entered into between these two companies it is apparent, to me at least, that the present plaintiff would have no cause of action against the defendant for torts committed by the Rossland Great Western Mines, Ltd. The case of the Natal Land Co. v. Pauline Colliery Syndicate (1904) As. 120, supports in general the foregoing views. Secondly, it is alleged that in any event the defendant is liable for conversion of the ore, estimated at 2,oir tops, now lying on its property on the Nickel Plate dump, which was admittedly wrongfully taken by its said predecessor from the Centre Star claim. For the present consideration of the point, I shall momentarily accede to the contention of plaintiff's counsel that when the defendant on the 16th August, 1902, took possession of the Nickel Plate and Ore-or-No-Go claims, it became affected with notice of the fact that this ore had secretly come from the Centre Star mine, and was the property of the plaintiff, and that it did not convey that information to the plaintiff till the middle of March, 1903, which was the first knowledge the plaintiff had thereof: since that time the plaintiff has been at liberty to remove the said ore from said dump without any interference by the defendant, but it has not seen fit to do so. It cannot, properly speaking, be said that the defendant wrongfully, if at all, took possession of the property, because it had been where it was long before the defendant began to exist in British Columbia on the 2nd of August (the date it received its licence) nor, as Thompson says, did it begin to do business till the 16th of that month, when it took possession of the claims and plant aforesaid. It did not in any way attempt to deal or interfere with the ore or exercise over it any rights whatever, but simply left it lying where it was. It is, I think, fair to say in the circumstances, that the defendant may be considered to be in a state of innocence as regards this ore till the last-mentioned date at least. Despite these facts, the plaintiff contends that the defendant should be held accountable therefore to the same extent as the original trespasser, but cites no authority in support of such an extreme view. I quite agree that orte who trespasses upon anothers mining ground and clandestinely abstracts ore therefrom, should be held strictly accountable for his fraudulent acts, and everything in doubt should dishonest con - i in any way be ituation is sim- lowing ire the ys and iv. In 1 if so, 1 he is neigh- princl- >e im- be presumed against him as the result oi duct, but I fail to see that the defendant regarded as occupying that position. T liar to a case where a man buys a field from A, that A has left on it some sacks of potatoes, whicl property of B, though unknown to B, and simply does nothing, but lets them lie there till they rot a such circumstances is the purchaser liable to B, . for what, and on what principle ? Tn my opini clearly not liable at all, though it would have been hourly and friendly act to have notified B. And tl pie does not differ because the chattels happen t perishable, like ore, instead of perishable like potatoes. To my mind there is no element of conversion in such a state of affairs, because to constitute this injury there must be some act of the defendant repudiating the owner's right, or some exercise of dominion inconsistent with it, while here there was nothing of the kind, nor was even formal possession ever attempted to be taken. Mere passivity is all that the defendant can be accused of, but there must be more than that before conversion can be established. As was said by Mr. Baron Parke in Simmons v. Lillystone, (1853) 8 Ex., 431 : In order to constitute a conversion there must be an intention of the defendant to take to himself the property in the goods, or to deprive the plaintiff of it." And see also Lethbridge v. Phillips (1819) 2 Stark, 544 ; Thorogood v. Robinson (1845) 6 U.B., 769 ; Fouldes v. Willoughby (1841) 8 M. & W., 540 ; and Hollins v. Fowler (1874) 7 H L,, 757 ; wherein it is also shown that even where there is possession, if of lawful origin, there must be a demand and refusal before an action for conversion will lie, and there has been no demand here, The result of the cases is concisely summed up in Addison on Torts (7th Ed.) 504, as follows : "A man cannot be made a bailee of goods against his will ; and, therefore, if things are left at his house, or upon his land, without any consent or agreement on his part to take charge of them, he is not thereby made a bailee of them ; and if the goods are demanded of him, and he says he will have nothing whatever to .do with the goods, such a declaration, in answer to a demand of the goods, is no evidence of a conversion of them." In arriving at the foregoing conclusion I have also assumed that the property alleged to have .been converted is of any commercial or market value, for if it is not, the defendant's case is not only greatly strengthened a conversion itself, but there would be no damages circumstances as exist here. Now the proper measure of damages, if any, amount of pecuniary loss the plaintiff has sustained by the conversion of the chattel, i.e., what it was worth at the time of the conversion, and if he does not receive it back he is entitled to its full market value. The question then arises what is the fair market value of the ore in question ? According to Thompson it was, simply waste material on the dump, and taken on the average would not run more than $3.00 to the ton, total value. James Cram, a witness for the plaintiff company, places it at $3.60 to $4.60, but though the onus is on the plaintiff to establish the market value, no evidence at all is adduced to show that ore of so low a grade has any market value whatever ; it certainly is not shipping ore. Simply because there is a certain amount of precious metal in ore, that does not mean that it has any market value, because, for example, ore which_ carries $5.00 worth of gold per ton, but requires an expenditure of $6.00 to extract it, is worth just $1.00 less than nothing, and is not only useless to its owners, but an encumbrance about their mine. On the evidence, which is'all I am entitled to consider, I am forced to the conclusion that since the time the plaintiff became aware that the ore was lying as waste on the Nickel Plate dump it knew it was valueless to it or anyone else in that position, and therefore has suffered no damage by any act of the defendant in regard thereto. In.the third place it is alleged that the defendant company unlawfully permitted and permits a large body of water to accumulate in its mine whereby is caused an undue flow of water into the plaintiff's mine. This raises a difficult question of fact which must be determined before the cases cited can properly be considered. The difficulty fa arriving at a satisfactory conclusion is, to the in such is the jii 182 nir. .wiNING RECORD. however, lessened by the view already expressed that the defendant cannot be held responsible for the trespass workings as such, nor has it ever made any use of them. The onus of proving that the maintenance of a column of water in the defendant's shaft caused an increased flow into the plaintiff's mine is upon the plaintiff, but though this should be clearly established I feel bound to say that generally speaking, the evidence in support of the allegation is not of that precise and definite nature which would be expected, and while it is often plausible and theoretical, it is likewise often far from convincing. The evidence of Davis and Jenkins does establish the fact that there was within the dates mentioned an increased flow of water into .the Centre Star mine, but they must go further than that and show that this increased flow came from the defendant's workings. In the face of much that is vague and theoretical regarding real and supposed natural seams and channels, there is this clearly established and striking fact that when the water had ceased flowing into the Centre Star mine on the 24th of June it was perhaps ten, but not/moreShan twenty feet above the Nickel Plate 200-foot leVel, and\some 180 feet below the highest point of the trespass workings from which it is alleged the water escaped into\the Centre Star mine, chiefly at its 400-foot level, which is on/a slightly higher plane than the Nickel Plate corresponding level. On this peculiar fact the defendant's counsel not unnaturally enlarges and contends that unless water can/be proved to flow up hill, his client is clearly not responsible for its presence in the Centre Star, and that it musthave got into that mine through theretofore unsuspected natural seams and fissures from undiscovered sources. This is undoubtedly the salient fact in the case, and it must be grappled with and satisfactorily explained, for in the face of it, it is not sufficient to rely on the mere coincidence, singular though it is, that the Centre Star, theretofore a dry mine, did not become wet till after the Nickel Plate shaft was allowed to fill up. The plaintiff's counsel on the argument at the trial was unable to solve the problem, nor have I been able to do so after a further close consideration of the evidence. Such being the case, I can only find that the basic fact on which this branch of the action must stand or fall has not been established. In case it may be thought material, should the matter go further, and as a matter of precaution, I find that the bulkheads were in every way well and properly constructed to perform the function expected of them. And in regard to the water in the trespass workings, I think it proper to say that I place most reliance on the evidence of Thompson, who has a better knowledge and experience thereof than any other witness. The action must be dismissed with costs. COAL IN THE YUKON. MR. ARTHUR J. COLLIER, who during the summer of 1902 was sent by the United States Geological Survey, to Alaska to make an examination of the coal deposits along tbe Yukon River, paying particular attention to the paleontologic c'ata as regards the age of coal and the problems of stratigraphy in that section, has made his report to his Government, which, in part, follows j Coar of commercial importance is found in two different geologic horizons along the Yukon, namely, in the Upper Cretaceous and in the Kenai series. The Yukon silts contain some impure lignites, but they have no value. It will be shown below that coal seams which have been opened up near Nation River may be of Permian age, but these apepar to be of little future importance. From the standpoint of the coal miner, therefore,^ all of the Yukon coal can be said to be of either Cretaceous or Tertiary age. Coal beds have been opened, or partially opened, by prospectors on two "Coal" creeks in Canadian territory and on American Creek, Wolf Creek and Washington Creek in American territory. Coal is known to occur, but has not been opened to any extent, on Coal Creek, a small tributary of the Yukon sixty miles above Circle; on Bonanza Creek, a tributary of Charlie River; and on a tributary of Seventy-Mile River known as' Washington Creek. Coal has also been reported from the upper Forty-Mile region, from Seventy-Mile, and from the Porcupine, but the information is too vague to make it worthy of inclt^ton in this report. The coals that have been mined in the Yukon basin are high-grade lignites and rather low-grade bituminous coals. With tne exception of that at Nation River all the coals ex- \ amined in the Circle and Rampart provinces are lignitic, those of the Circle province probably being of a little higher grade than those of the Rampart province. All the coals examined in the Nulato province fall within Jhe bituminous grade. \ln the Circle province the best coal by proximate analysis is that mined a few years ago at Nation River. This is a bituminous coal rich in hydrocarbons and having a low percentage of water and ash. Its percentage of sulphur, however, is higher than that of any other coal examined by the writer, and the supply is limited and uncertain. Some rather low- grade bituminous coal, with a high percentage of ash, has been mined at the Five Finger mine, on Lewes River, 200 miles above Dawson, and beyond the limits of the Circle province. The main limits of this province, however, is to be found in the lignite-bearing areas. At Cliff Creek, in Canadian territory, these lignites have been developed and yield good satisfaction for steaming purposes. The limits of this coal field have not been determined, but there are probably between 50 and too square miles of coal land contiguous to this mine, the greater part of which lies some distance from the Yukon. In American territory, on Washington Creek about twelve miles from the Yukon, there is another large field, which will probably yield a considerable supply. This coal is a lignite, and is, so far as the analyses show, of slightly lower grade than that of Cliff Creek. In the Rampart province the coal field of the Drew mine is the only one which has immediate value, and it is of very limited extent, the area of coal-bearing rocks probably not exceeding four square miles. The coal is a lignite, containing higher percentages of water and ash than the standard coals of the Circle province. In the Nulato province coal has been exploited at a number of localities in the coal-bearing rocks which extend along the Yukon for 200 miles. The coal beds are usually rather thin, none of them measuring over four feet, and some of the seams are so crushed by shearing faults of the inclosing strata that systematic mining is difficult. At Williams' mine, 90 miles below Nualto, in this belt, the coal bed is regular and holds a uniform thickness as far as development has gone. The conditions are favourable for producing a large amount of coal. With proper development the mine can probably supply all the coal that will be required on this part of the Yukon for many years. The coal here is bituminous, having a fuel ratio of from r.2 to r.5 and a water content below 7.5 per cent. Coal of a better grade is found at the Pickart mine and at the Blatchford mine, also in this province, but the beds are faulted and the conditions for producing coal are not favorable. At the latter mine the coal is by proximate analysis the best found by the writer on Yukon River, having a fuel ratio of 3.3, water content below 2 per cent., and ash below 3 per cent. The lignites of the Circle and Rampart provinces are contained in sandstones of Eocene age, correlated with the Kenai series. The bituminous (Nation River) coal of the Circle province is probably of Permian age, while the bituminous coals of the Nualto province are contained in a series of sandstones in part Upper Cretaceous and in part Eocene in age, which has not yet been separated on stratigraphic or lithologic grounds. The Pickart and Blatchford coals are Upper Cretaceous, while the Williams coal is Eocene, in age. THE BOUNTY ON LEAD ORES. THE following is the text of the Memorial recently addressed to t>e Hon. the Minister of Trade and Commerce by the Silver-Lead Mines Association, asking j for an extension of benefits under the Lead Bounty Act : Sir,—The following is respectfully submitted for your favourable consi'Wation : r. The bounty granted on lead mined and smelted in Canada has caused the development of many mines which had THE MINING RECORD. 188 been compelled to close by reason of the conditions which existed prior to the granting of said bounty. Other mines have increased their expenditures on development, and have added, or are adding, to their equipment. 2. Many of these mines are now ready to commence production to an extent over and above the present capacity of the Canadian smelters to treat on an economical basis of smelting, refining and marketing of the product. 3. Under these conditions the said smelters are unable to make their treatment and marketing charges on a certain class of concentrates produced from low-grade ore sufficiently low to encourage the development and permanent operation of mines producing such concentrates. In many cases production therefrom is rendered unprofitable. 4. Until the said smelters have so improved their facilities for the smelting, refining and manufacturing of lead as to command the highest price at home and abroad for their product, these low grade concentrates cannot be economically handled in their entirety by said smelters as at present equipped. 5. A limited amount of time is necessary for said smelters to complete such facilities, to an extent as will be consistent with stable production in the future. 6. The rates now available are excessive in comparison with rates at present obtainable from European smelters on concentrated ores of the grade described in the following paragraph. 7. Under present conditions existing in Europe, a market is there available at satisfactory rates, for ores in the form of concentrates of a high grade in lead and low in silver contents, and to an extent capable of absorbing the surplus output referred to in paragraph 2. 8. A restriction of output from such mines as are immediately capable of large production will prevent their economical operation and any interruption of the present development, or restriction of available output, will act as a serious check to the lead mining and smelting industries, and contingent industries, and thus to the general prosperity of the community, thereby neutralizing the beneficient effects of the Lead Bounty Act. 9. The undersigned therefore respectfully request that the government take such action as will permit : (a). The Canadian lead smelters at present operating, to export such surplus ore under the benefits of the. Lead Bounty Act for a period commencing April 1st, 1904, to terminate 30th June, 1905, provided that the amount of lead in ore so exported shall not exceed r4,ooo tons of 2,000 pounds per annum. (b). The producers of said ore to receive the full benefit of the bounty, provided a sufficient amount remains available after the producers of lead ores, both mined and smelted in Canada, have received the bounty to which they are now entitled, at the full rate of $15 per ton ; otherwise at such reduced rate per ton as will absorb the unearned balance. ro. We respectfully submit that great benefit will result from the working of the low grade lead mines, which condition will be brought about by the granting of our request. Expenditures on this class of mines exceed those necessary on the smaller high grade mines now active. More expensive equipment is usually required, more men are employed, the tonnage produced and consequent transportation business created are larger, and resulting therefrom the benefits derived by the community generally are proportionately increased. An immediate and sufficient supply of ore will be obtained to enable our lead smelters to be operated at their fullest capacity and on the most economical basis, and, as the development of the said low grade mines will give the strongest assurance of a continuous and stable supply of ores, the smelters will be better able to take up the question of providing facilities necessary to the economical treatment of Canadian ores on a stable basis of production and manufacture in Canada of lead in various forms produced from such ores. it. The foregoing statement of facts, and deductions therefrom, are f'e result of the most careful consideration of existing conditions, by the undersigned, as representing the lead mining and smelting industries, and in our deliberations we have viewed the subject from a broad standpoint, with a, view not only of conserving and advancing our own interests, but with them the interests of the mining industry in general, ils dependent industries, and of the communities which are dependent wholly or in part on said industries. SOME NOTES FROM THE MINING CAMPS The Coast. ARRANGEMENTS have been completed for the acquisition of the Britannia mines at Howe Sound, by the l-Iowe Sound Mining Company, the shareholders in the original syndicate accepting new stock to the value of $2,500 for each share of the four hundred shares so held. Ihe new company is capitalized at two million dollars arid proposes to proceed immediately with the development of the mine on a large scale. Last month seventy tons of ore was brought down from the Yreka mine, Quatsino Sound, for smelter treatment at Crofton. The mine has lately been obliged to shut down until repairs have been made to the flume, which was damaged some through the heavy fall of snow of the winter months. The unsecured creditors of the Lenora Mine met in Victoria on May 3rd and decided in favour of accepting the offer made through S. M. Matson by capitalists in Loudon, England, for the purchase ofthe property in conjunction with the, Crofton smelter and Lloyd's sawmill and timber lands at Sicker Siding, The sum involved is $1,500,000, which the new company agree to give for all the interests mentioned. I p doing so, the mortgagees and Mr. Bellinger of the Crofton sttfelter are all given preference shares in lieu of their claims. . Mr. Breen, the other partner in the Crofton smelter, accepts a cash payment for his share in the smeller, Mr, Lloyd also takes a cash value of about $10,000 for his mill interests. The unsecured creditors to the amount of about $250,000 are given second preference stock in the concern. Atlin. Mr. J. M. Ruffner recently secured the Deeks' group of leases on the south side of Pine Creek above Discovery. Both above and below the Deeks' group the ground has proved remmn 1 ative to the individual miner. The Pine Creek Pcvr Co., directly adjoining the above mentioned property, took out $35,000 last season, and Mr. Fritz Miller with ordinary pick and shovel methods won about $11,000 during last summer. It is understood that Mr. Ruffner is promoting an amalgamation of the Pine Creek Power Company, Stevendyke Consolidated Gold Fields, Limited, and the Eastern hydraulic leases. It is estimated that a cost of $500,000 cash capital will be required to complete the deal and reinforce the plant. Lillooet. fi is stated that the new dredge owned by the Iowa Lillooet Dredging Co., recently launched 'on the Fraser River, near Lillooet, is already yielding very satisfactory profits, an average of 40 oz. of gold per shift having been maintained during the past fortnight. Cariboo. The Rose Gulch Mining Co., Ltd., has been organized to operate on the South Fork of the Que3nellc River, ii the Cariboo District. The property hns been workel heretofore on a large scale and has yielded fair returns. It is prdposed to build a dam roo feet long by 25 feet high across Rose Gulch, and thus insure a sufficient supply of water for six months in the year. Lardeau. It is stated that the 3ilver group of claims on Mohawk Creek has been sold to the E'wood Tinworkers G .hi Mining Co., of Elwood, Indiana. The property has been developed by surface stripping. The character of the ore is a milling quartz. At Camborne, both the Eva and Oyster-Criterion mills are in steady operation. Last month's clean-up from the former yielding approximately $6*000, and the latter $4>7°0. Ainsworth. The Highland mine is being operated to its full capacity under the supervision of Mr. B. Cortiana, and is producing about 300 tons of concentrates per month. The property is being operated under a lease and is now making a profit for the first time in its history. Slocan. A Helena, Montana, syndicate is reported to have^ > ■ 184 THE MINING RECORD. bought the Kilo group, consisting of 28 mineral claims, sinuate on the North Fork of Lemon Creek, Slocan. The price is given as $75,000, of which $25,000 is said to have: been paid, and the balance is payable shortly. It is stated that in 1900 a half interest in this group was sold to Warner Miller and W. E. Spier, both of New York, for $52,000, and that alter about $40,000 had been expended in development work, Mr. Spier died. Since then the property has been tied up, the Spier Estate not being disposed to do more work. Lately an arrangement was made between the parties interested under which a sale could be made, with the result above stated. There are between 800 and 1,000 tons of high-grade ore on the dump and nearly 20,000 tons of ore have been blocked out in the mine. Several other Slocan properties are attracting attention. A strike of ore running up to 840 oz. silver to the ton is reported to have been made in one of the deep levels of the Payne mine. There is said to be two feet of this good ore in the face of No. 8 tunnel. Threonine lately commenced shipping some of its zinc concentrates under a new contract to send that class of ore to\AntwerpA The Ivanhoe, owned by the Minnesota Silver Company, ofi Minneapolis, Minn., is now working two shifts\in its/concentrating works. This was one of the first mills in/the Slocan to separate the zinc in the form of concentrates, from its silver-lead ores. The total number of men .employed in the mine and mill is now about 125. Slocan/should be fairly well represented at the St. Louis Fair,ya number of the mines of the district having sent_larg«r7specimens of rich silver-lead ore. An important strike is reported to have been made on the Rambler-Cariboo, near McGuigan, the main lead having been encountered in the 800-foot level, with values averaging 67 per cent, lead and 137 oz. silver. Rossland. The Le Roi mine, in April, reduced its working force by about roo men during the time the smelter at Northport -was being overhauled and repaired. The deep levels of the Le Roi are reported to be looking well, and it is condfient- ly expected that the mine will continue to improve its financial position now that it has large bodies of ore of a payable grade available for shipment to the smelter. Mr. D. C. Corbin, qf Spokane, has taken steps to foreclose his mortgage on the Iron Mask, the well-known Rossland mmmg property. Mr. Corbin advanced a considerable sum to the company operating this mine, which gave very good returns, but got into financial difficulties The present suit will bring matters to a head, and, if Mr. Corbin succeeds, an early resumption of work at the property mav be expected. Boundary District. The B. C. Copper Company has commenced development work on the Bruce claim, near Midway, on which a bond was recently secured. Work is to be resumed in the near future at the Carnic mine on the West Fork of Kettle River. The Carmi. on the West Fork of Kettle River, in the Boundary District, is resuming work after having been closed down for more than two years, owing to the absence of transportation facilities. Last year the wagon road was extended to within reach of the mine, so the representative of the English owners of the property has arrived in the district and made arrangements to commence work on a small scale. In Igor 885 tons of silver-gold ore from this property were hauled over the snow about «> miles to Midway and taken thence by rail to the Greenwood smelter. Tins ore is stated to have averaged between $30 and $40 per ton, but the cost of transportation was so high that there was too little profit to encourage the owners to continue putting out ore under such unfavourable conditions, so they shut down the mine. *t,A™nju.nctioJV.has ^ra filed fcy a minority shareholder in the Morrison Mines, Boundary District, to restrain the sale of that property to the Boston & Montreal Consolidated, at the.basis of $24,196, the allegation being that the oroo- erties are worth $150,000. Work at the Oro Denoro has been temporarily suspended while machinery is being installed. COMPANY NOTES AND CABLES. Le Roi No. 2 (Rossland).—Report on the operations at the company's properties for the month of February, 1904 : "Josie Mine : Output, 1,250 tons. The grade of ore should be about the same as for January, viz., $14 per ton, after smelter charges were deducted. After a recital of the- month's work, the report concludes by saying : Altogether the No. 1 mine seems to be a mixture of low-grade heavily mineralized ore, with one shute containing higher values. TKs-slrate, to be worked protafibly, will have to be worked 1 carefully, and, as soon as we are in a position to handle it, a good deal of this latter ore should go to the concentrator. These are the lines on which we propose to work this mine shortly. In the Josie westerly developments will Ibe pushed ahead." Providence (Boundary District).—The manager reports that ore has been encountered on the 300-foot level, the lead having maintained its width and value. Tyee Copper (Mt. Sicker).—The secretary has issued the. following circular letter to shareholders: Dear Sir (or Madain),—I have pleasure in enclosing herewith interim dividend warrant payable on or after 30th inst., being one shilling per share on shares standing in your name in the company's books on 23rd March, 1904. It will interest you to know that the results of the company's operations since the end of the last financial year have been sufficiently profitable to enable the Board to place the sum of £22,125 to a cash deposit, as a reserve, with our bankers in London, in accordance with the resolution passed at the last general meeting. Over and above this amount there has also been put out of earnings, on capital account, a sum amounting to over £15,000. Tyee Copper (Mt. Sicker),—Returns for March were : " Smelter ran 21 days during the month, and smelted—Tyee ore, 4,701 tons ; customs ore, 416 tons—5,ir7 tons. Matte produced from same, 436 tons. Gross value of contents (copper, silver and gold), after deducting costs of refining and purchase of customs ore, $55,565." Sullivan (E. Kootenay).—It is reported from Spokane that Mr. Charles Sweeny, a successful mining operator of the Coeur d'Alene, proposes to acquire the control of this company by taking up the bonds to the value of $r20,ooo— for which he will receive a bonus in shares—and in addition purchasing 1,000,000 shares at 15 cents. Le Roi (Rossland).—The cable to London reporting March returns, reads as follows : * " Shipped from the mine to Northport smelter during the past month, 21,545 tons of ore, containing, according to smelter assay (which is below mine assay), 7,425 ounces of gold, 11,200 ounces of silver, and 548,000 pounds of copper. Cannot estimate March profit with any degree of accuracy, inasmuch as certain rich samples of ore taken by hand from the Peyton vein were not accurately weighed or measured." Fisher Maiden (Slocan).—This company was re-organized late last year, at which time its indebtedness was over $9,000. This liability has since been reduced to the extent of $2,000. In February the company got $517 from the sale of a car of ore, and the car just handled is the second shipped since the re-organization. The company is working r4 men making a raise between tunnels Nos. 5 and 4, to shorten the air circuit, and after it is completed it will continue tunnel No. 5 for about 250 feet to reach the main shoot. The shoot was very rich on top, and car lots ran as high as $4,000 a car. Ymir (Ymir).—The secretary issued the following circular last month :_ " On account of the disappointing results of the operations at the mine, the directors decided in December last to request Mr. Hooper, the consulting engineer, to visit the property and investigate the position. This Mr. Hooper did, and he has furnished a report to the directors, a copy of which, together with the report of the late manager, Mr. R. M. Atwater, dealing with the operations at_ the property for the year ending 31st December, 1903, is issued to shareholders. Before issuing Mr. Hooper's report, it was thought desirable to await the report of Mr. Atwater, which has. only just been received. Any discrepancy between the figures contained in Mr. Hoope?s report and that of the mine manager, is accounted for by the fact that the former was prepared prior to the final figures for December, 1003, being known. Mr. R. M. Atwater has resigned his position as manager, and Mr. G. H. Barnhart has been appointed in his place. The new methods introduced by Mr. Hooper have not yet had time to affect the returns ; but it is hoped that future operations will prove THE MINING RECORD. J 185 •quite satisfactory." Mr. Hooper's report concludes as follows : V The estimated amount of ore blocked out at the -end of 1903 is given in the manager's report as 92,880 tons, having an approximate net value of .$3.50 per ton. Owing, however, to the new method of mining adopted, this amount may be approximately stated as 45,000 tons, which should yield $7.75 per ton. At level No. 3 pay ore has only been found for a distance of about 70 feet east of the Ymir shaft; but the supposed pitching of the ore shoot in depth to the east has been proved by levels Nos. 4 and 5 where payable ore exists more or less continuously for the respective distances of 317 feet and 330 feet east of the shaft Level No. 6 has only been driven 190 feet east of the shaft, -exposing payable ore up to within 15 feet of the face, and the stopes above this level are now producing ore of a higher grade than any other part of the mine. The driving •of level No. 4 was restarted at the end of December with most encouraging results. In conclusion, the ore now exposed can be profitably worked, and there are good ' reasons for believing that the extension of levels Nos. 6 and 7 further to the eastward will prove the continuation of the main ore shoot in that direction." It.is proposed to decrease operations to the basis of 20 or 25 stamps for the present. Cariboo Consolidated.—Cable from the resident manager in British Columbia : "La Fontaine—The tunnel has already been driven a length of 262 feet; dry, compact gravel -struck 4 feet above the roof; present appearances most •encouraging." Ymir.—Returns for February : " Thirty-five stamps ran stj days and crushed 2,750 tons (2,000 lbs.) of ore, producing 716 ozs. bullion. The estimated realizable value (gross) of 'the product is $7,400 ; 250 tons of concentrates shipped, gross estimated value $7,400 ; cyanide plant treated 760 tons (2,000 lbs.) of tailings, producing bullion having estimated gross value of $1,100 ; sundry revenue, $800—$16,700. Working expenses, $16,250. Profit, $450. There has been •expended during month on development $5^5." o MINE MODELS IN GLASS. Messrs. E. R. Faribault and J. A. Robart, of the Canadian Geological Survey, have constructed*-© large plate glass model, for exhibition purposes at the St. Louis Exposition, to illustrate the mode of occurrence of gold in one of the 49 gold mining districts of Nova Scotia, which is of great interest in connection with a bill passed last session by the government of that province to assist in the sinking of shafts from the surface to a vertical depth not exceeding 2,000 feet. The model is improved from one exhibited at the Paris Exhibition of 1900, which won high praise from the British juror in the class of mines and quarries, Professor C. Le Neve Foster, who, after speaking of the collections of the geological surveys of Canada and Western Australia, as the only exhibits worthy of a nation possessing so much mineral wealth and having such vast sums invested in mining undertakings, adds to his report : " Mr. Faribault's ingenious model, explaining what parts •of the Nova Scotia gold veins are likely to prove rich, deserves special mention on account of the geological interest and commercial importance of the problem he has endeavoured to solve." The section represented, one mile long, by 2,000 feet wide and 2,000 feet deep, shows by lines of different colors the veins at the surface and in the workings to a depth of 475 feet, the probable succession of deeper veins, their richest portions on the north and south dips and in the direction that should be followed in deep mining. On the model are given the following explanatory notes : The gold-bearing rocks of Nova Scotia cover an area of some 5,000 square miles along the Atlantic coast. Their total thickness is about 27,000 feet and they are probably of lower cambrian age. Since their deposition_ on a sea floor, they have been folded into a series of anticlines and synclines, roughly parallel with the coast line, the folds having an average distance of three miles apart. This folding was accompanied by a Assuring of the strata along the planes of sedimentation at the summits of the anticlines, and gave rise to a succession of superposed saddle-shaped auriferous veins. Mining operations have so far been confined to the veins outcropping at the surface, and have not reached a greater depth than 600 feet, and, although often conducted in a very unskilful manner, they have been remunerative. The recent study of this region by the geological survey, has proved conclusively, however, that tne auriferous saddle-veins recur one below the other on the anticlinal domes, like the saddle reefs " of Bendigo, Australia, which are mined so extensively to depths reaching 4,000 feet. This succession of saddle veins presents a most Important field of operation for deep and permanent mining. MACHINERY NOTES. MR. L C. Park, of Vancouver, has installed a plant for saving the gold in the tailings at the Oyster- Criterion mine, at Camborne. The White Bear Company, of Rossland, has placed an • order with the Canada General Electric Company for two seventy-five and one thirty horse-power motors. The ma* chines are to be used in the company's Elmore oil concen- trator. The plans for the structure have boon completed and an order is now being placed for the timbers, so that operations will not be hampered once the weather conditions are propitious for construction. The directors of the Velvet and Portland mines (Rossland) have authorized by cable the commencement of operations as previously outlined. It is proposed to erect a concentrator and a small smelting plant to treat the ore on the spot, and thus avoid the heavy expense of the long haul by wagon. Mr. Couldrey, manager of the Le Roi No. 2 Elmore mill at Rossland, is reported to have stated that since the plant has been in operation a fair profit has been made by tho treatment of the mine's second grade ores by oil concentration. The Daly Reduction Company is making steady progress with the construction of its reduction works at Hedley, Similkameen. It is reported that the water for power purposes has beep turned into the big flume and that the stamp mill will probably be in operation in May. It is reported that the contract for the erection of the zinc enriching plant at Rosebery, otl Slocan Lake, was let yesterday. Messrs. Fernau and Lefebvre were out there recently in connection with this scheme, which also includes the erection of a smelter in the neighbourhood of Fernie. It is announced that the ores of the Iron Mask mine, at Rossland, are to be shortly tested to ascertain whether or no they are suitable for treatment by the Elmore process. The B. C. Copper Company has received five of the nine carloads 01 machinery tu be used in the new converter plant. I he work of installing the machinery will be started immediately. The experiments conducted by Mr. Neil Cochrane with the Hendryx process at the Montana Lion mill, in Republic camp, have been brought to a close, and are believed to have proved successful. But it is said that the results of the clean-up cannot be definitely ascertained until the gold and silver bullion recovered is assayed. It seems probable that upon these experiments will be based an order for new crushing machinery for the mill. The Kootenay Engineering Works has added the following equipment to its Nelson plant: A six-foot lathe, boiler-rolls and a large key-seating machine. It is reported that a 100-ton concentrator is to be built at the Alic mine, at Creston. A contract has been let for the construction of a large wharf at Britannia beach, Howe Sound, on which will be built a large ore bin on the northern side of the wharf, a gridiron will be built to receive scows which may rest there for loading or unloading irrespective of the stages of the tides. A concentrator will be also erected at the beach, the ore being brought from the mine by means of an aerial tramway three and a half miles long. The B. C. Standard Mining Company is about to enlarge the carrying capacity of the aerial tramway from its Hunter V. mine, situate near Ymir, so as to admit of the daily output of ore being increased to about 200 tons. COMPANY MEETINGS AND REPORTS. Slough Creek, Limited. An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders was held in London at the end of March, for the purpose of considering and passing upon the following resolution! " That the directors be, and they are hereby authorized to call up the is. per share at present uncalled on the shares of the company, to be payable at such time and place and by such installments as the directors deem advisable." The chairman said that both the consulting and resident «n- 186 THE MINING RECORD. gineers had reported that the steady pumping was having the desired effect of gradually reducing the water. It was stated that the call would supply the necessary funds to work the mine for another eight months. The resolution was carried. COAL MINING AND DEVELOPMENTS. IN an interview, Mr. Elliott, of the firm of Elliott & Baton, consulting coal mining engineers, of Pittsburg, Pa., who designed and are now installing a plant for the International Coal & Coke Company, at Coleman, Alberta, stated that excellent progress is being made in the development of this property. The main gang is now r,ooo feet in No. 2 seam and cross-cutting to four other parallel seams will soon be started. Within a month rooms will be driven off, thus increasing the output very materially. The production now amounts to 150 tons per day, the entire work, pending the installation of the plantH^eing done by hand. The plant is designed to maintain an output of 2,000 tons daily, .and within three months one-half tha\ output will be maintained. A larger tonnage cannot be lhandled until the tipple and remainder of the surrace plant is installed. A considerable portion of the machinery has arrived, and the remainder is in transit. The completion of the first battery of ovens will be undertaken as spon as the frost leaves the ground. Mr. Elliott further stated that the bituminous/coal meas-. ures of the International Coal & Coke Compariy were the largest he had ever seen. In PennsyiVaSiathe largest seam in the famous Connelsville mine is nine feet thick, while one of the seams at Coleman is quite 18 feet in thickness. The Coleman coal is clean, being free from slate and other foreign substances. The output of the International Company, according to the reported statement of this authority, ■ will only be limited by the number of plants the company may choose to build. The measures at Coleman are especially adapted for cheap mining, as there will be no shaft mining for several generations. Unlike the conditions prevailing in Pennsylvania, the coal at Coleman can be mined and extracted by gravity. As the mines will be self-draining no pumping plant need be maintained. The plant will be of the most modern and complete description, compressed air being utilised in haulage of the cars. Electrical machinery will also be utilised very extensively. It is announced that the Alberta Coal & Coke Company has sold 6,400 acres of coal lands at Cowley, on the line of the C. P. R., east of Frank to an English Syndicate for $100,000. o FREE MINER'S CERTIFICATES. Reminder is given to all concerned that all Free Miner's Certificates expire on May 31. inst. o NEW REGISTRATION AND ISSUES. The following companies were incorporated during the month of April : Rose Gulch Hydraulic Mining Co., Limited, capital $50,000 ; Steveston Land & Oil Company, Limited, capital $250,000 in $1 shares ; Vancouver Portland Cement Company, Limited, capital $50,000 in $roo shares, to acquire lands containing 412 acres in South Saanich District, and manufacture Portland and other kinds of cement; New Monashee Mines, Limited, capital $f,ooo,ooo in $1 shares, to purchase and take over certain mineral claims in the Osoyoos Division of Yale District ; V. I. Exploration & Development Co., Ltd, capital $roo,ooo in $r shares ; The Washington Mine, Limited, capital $200,000 in $r shares.. Licenses have been issued to the following Extra Provincial Companies : Imperial Coal & Coke Company, Limited* capital $4,500,000 in $roo shares ; head office, Cran- brook, B. C.; in £r shares ; Kamloops Mines, Limited, office, Kamloops, B. C. o BOOKS REVIEWED. capital, £r5o,ooo devolves upon a mining engineer in active practice, is that of reporting on the value of a mine for prospective purchasers. The selling value of a mine can be determined more or less definitely by careful sampling to ascertain avterage values, and by accurate measurements and calculations therefrom to determine the amount of "ore in sight." That sounds simple enough in theory, but in practice results are unlikely to be satisfactory unless the practitioner knows how to sample thoroughly, and how to estimate! w'th accuracy the value and extent of ore reserves. The volume before us, the contents of which area revised and amplified reprint of numerous admirable articles published not long since in the Engineering and Mining Journal, goes very thoroughly into the whole question. Mr. Rickard's very interesting and comprehensive original article in the Journal being supplemented by the discussion which followed it on the part of some of the most eminent authorities of both Europe and America. The book is well. printed and illustrated with photographs and drawings. The Sampling and Estimation oLOre in a mine : By T. A. Rickard, Editor of The Engineering and Mining Journal, author of " The Stamp-Milling of Gold Ores," etc., first edition, octavo cloth. Price $2.00: New York and London. The Engineering and Mining Journal, 1904. It is hardly necessary to remark that certainly one of the most difficult and at the same time responsible duties which AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS. AT THE annual meeting of the American Institute of Mining Engineers held at Atlantic City, N. J., on February r6, the retiring president, Dr. A. R. Le- doux, delivered an address on The American Engineer of Today. In this it was contended that while the educational training of American engineers had something to do with their prominence in the chief mining fields of the world, it was largely a matter of the environment in'which they found themselves, requiring originality and initiative, and compelling them to cut loose from established customs. During three of the sessions the subjects treated in the- papers submitted and discussed related to iron and steel, and much interesting information connected with the manufacture of these metals was brought out. Other papers included a wide range, for whilst most of them dealt with mining or metallurgical matters of the United States, several went outside, embracing respectively mining or extraction practice in Mexico, Chile, Spain, South Africa, etc. ■ The Committee on the Union Engineering Building in New York City, as propose 1 by Mr. Andrew Carnegie, reported that the Institutes of Electrical, -Mechanical, and Mining Engineers had each agreed to Mr. Carnegie's proposition, and that the decision of the Civil Engineers was being awaited. If the last-named also approved the project it was probable Mr. Carnegie would proceed to carry out his expressed intentions in this direction. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : President, Mr. James Gayley (First Vice-President United States Steel Corporation), New York City ; Vice-Presidents, Mr. Julian Kennedy, Pittsburg, Pa.; Mr. C. D. Wall- cott (Director U. S. Geological Survey), Washington, D. C, and Mr. Geo. W. Maynard, New York City ; Managers, Mr. F. L. Grammer, Baltimore, Md. ; Mr. Chas. H. Snow, New York, and Mr. Joseph Hartshorne, Pottstown, Pa. ; Treasurer, Mr. Frank Lyman (re-elected) ; Secretary, Dr. R. W. Raymond (re-elected.) The Council includes, besides the above-named officers, three Vice-Presi 'ents and six Managers, whose term of office has not yet expired. PROVINCIAL MINING ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. AT a meeting of the Nicola-Aspen Grove and the Lower Nicola-Coutlee branches of the Provincial Mining Association, held jointly at Coutlee on 5th inst, the following resolution was unanimously passed : " Resolved, that whereas the Nicola and Similkameen sections of Southern British Columbia are among the earliest settled portions of the Province, and contain large areas of agricultural and mineral lands, the development of which is greatly retarded by lack of adequate mail and telephone facilities, and "Whereas, for the past thirty-four years the settlers of these valleys have contributed to the revenue of the Dominion nearly one million dollars and received less than fifty thousand dollars in return chiefly in mail service and a telephone line between Kamloops and Lower Nicola, therefore " Be it Resolved, that the Nicola-Aspen Grove and the Lower Nicola-Coutlee branches of the Provincial Mining Association, jointly in session at Coutlee assembled, do THE MINING REOORD. 187 urge upon the Department of Public Works at Ottawa the Examinations for efficiency in the practice of assuying, necessity of constructing immediately a telephone line to « ill be held in Nelson, on May 9th inst., and following days, connect Spence's Bridge with Lower Nicola, and thence via Information may be obtained from Messrs. Alex. McKillop. Aspen Grove, Otter Valley, Granite Creek, Princeton, Hed- B.A., Henry Harris, Nelson, and 11 Carmichael, Victoria, ley and Keremeos to Penticton, and the last-named being secretary to the Board of Examiners, "Be it Further Resolved, that in the opinion of this The annual general meeting 01 the shareholders of the meeting, the construption of this much-needed work would Mount Sicker and Brenton Mines, Ltd., will be held in Vic- be an important factor in developing these great valleys, toria, on Monday, May 9th, at 3 p. m., when officers will be producing a satisfactory revenue, and will be greatly ap elected and general business transacted, predated by the people." Mr. Andrew Laidlaw, of Spokane, who is one of the (Signed) principal promoters of the Imperial Coal & Coke Com r- xi- -1 a- . f-~ a .... pany, which owns 04 square miles of coal lands tn the For Nicola-Aspen drove Association: £. vr L r-.- . . . ..1 . 1 mi v p a tt xjrwxrci? i> ■ i , Crows Nest District, states that work will be started on A. b.. JriUVVoJi, President. r, , ...", , ..^... ~ the companys property, and will oe actively prosecuted A. R. CARRINGTON, Secretary. early in ^ For Lower Nicola-Coutlee Association : Mr \V Blakemore, of Nelson, inspected last month a H. S. GLEASBY, President. free milling gold property at Lillooet, on behalf of a local G. B. ARMSTRONG, Secretary. syndicate. Last week the Secretary mailed the following preliminary Mr. Jas. McEvoy, of Fernie, geologist for the Crow's notice to members of the Executive Committee : Nest Pass Coal Company, Ltd., was in Victoria for a few "A meeting of the Executive Committee is being ar- days early last mouth. ranged for to be held at Nelson, probably during the third Mr. Albert L Goodell, late manager of the Montreal & week in May. As soon as date shall have been fixed and Boston Copper Company's smelter at Boundary Falls, i<t programme of business prepared you will be advised, of mentioned by an exchange as- now being manager of the same. This preliminary notice is sent to you so thaf you Takilma S. Co., operating copper mines near Waldo. Jose- may know what is intended,, in case the time between your phine County, Oregon, U. S. V receipt of more definite notice'and date chosen for meeting Mr. F. W. Valleau, of Manson Creek, gold commissioner be short. and mining recorder for the Omineca District, has returned "Included in the business to be dealt with will be the from a visit to Mary's Island. It is expected he will leave question of endorsing the resolutions re extension of for his post in the Omineca early this month; bounty on lead, to admit of its applying to a limited quan- Mr. H. B. Wright, of Fernie, chief engineer for the tity of lead shipped to foreign smelters, and the employ- Crow's Nest Pass Coal Mining Co., and Ah lleuiv L. ment of an expert to report on the zinc resources of the Manley, also of Fernie, a mining engineer hi the employ of Kootenays, which resolutions have been approved by Koot- the same company, were two of^ seventeen new members ■enay Boards of Trade and others concerned ; also, the elected at the recent annual meeting of the Canadian Mm position ih regard to the location of placer claims over ing Institute. Among the thirty-seven members of the -mineral claims, as shown by the recent Supreme Court de- Engineering Society of the School of Pracl C'a) Science •cision in the case of the Shamrock and Lucky Jack claims who, on the same occasion, were affiliated as Student Mem- at Poplar Creek. Some printed information on these bers of the Institute, were Messrs, P. C. Con tes, of Vic- matters will be mailed to you next week. If you wiU not toria, and G. Galt, of Rossland. be able to attend the meeting of the Executive your written Mr. Frederic Keffer, of Greenwood, recently visited sev- views on these important questions are earnestly desired." eral mining properties in the vicinity of Kanflobpa It is expected that a branch of the association will shortly Mr. E. II Hiruston, representative ol the owners of the be organized at Alberni. Mr. Leonard Frank, who is in- Garmi mine, situate on a tributary creek pi ih • West I'm k teresting himself in the matter is confident thai there will of Kettle River, returned to the Boundary District last be no difficulty in forming a branch, a number of those month, after an absence In Englnn I ol nearly two years, interested in mining in that locality having expressed their Mr. II. P. Dickinson, of Rossland, agent for the Giant sympathy with the objects and work of the Association. Powder Company in the Kootenay and Boundary Districts, 0 was in Victoria during part of last mouih MINING MEN AND MATTERS. . *'' £■ j^w5&ri °LKA'';'"'' "iVr ' £' I'JZt^^lt Mr. Edward King, of Chicago, Illinois, general manager COL WRIGHT of the 43rd Mining & Milling Com- oi the Broken Hill Mining & Milling Company, operating pany which has been working hydraulic claims on the Wilcox mine, near Ymir, in the Nelson Minirig Div- Kildare, Manson and Slate Creeks for several years, isi°n- 1 left the Coast cn his return to Omineca [apt mouth, Mr. F, August lleinze, of Butte, Montana, who built the Mr M S Davys formerly manager of the Hall Mining Trail smelter, and the Trail to Rossland and Trail to Rob- & Smelting"Company's Silver King mine, near Nelson, and son sect ems of the Columbia & Western railway, afterwards now lessee of that property, returned to Nelson last week selling these to the Canadian Parific Railway Company, v, .,> f *' \ri^tr,ri^ visited the Province again recently, ostensibly to ook over after a months visit to victoria. , , , ,, ,, • "»"" . . „ ixr«.j.-« Mr John L Howard, president of the Western Fuel ihe lands the Province gave the Columbia & Western as a Company, owning collieries at Nanaimo, has gone to Eng- subsidy, he still holding a half interest in then, . jl <' . ° Mr, Geo. B, McAulay, of Spokane, managing fiirectcg! of lane on.DMSiness. iA1 _ent for thc Canadian Ore the Cariboo McKinney Mining & Milling Company, is re Concentrationf Ltdgrating die Elmore oil process at ported to be in Scotland rfe left: Spofcne last October Rossland recently visited Victoria and Vancouver. with the stated intention of visiting Bermuda for the benefit ■mv t \\ wwfnll of Trout Lake, is in Philadelphia, of his health, where heYs' tffe? S^?effSive wo/k in directing .Sen- Mr. A. J. G. Swinney who succeeded Mr. Donald, G. it _j.t_ Forbes as general manager ot tne ureal western ivnnes. d Mr. Beaton, at Ltd.. and the Silver Cup Mines, Ltd . with h eadqunrters at ies' mines and tion to the Lardeau Mr, A. C. Murray, at Fort St. James, an_ Fort St. John, have been appointed deputy mining record- Ferguson, Lardem, has lately bee 1 bi ers at those two Hudson Bay Company's posts in the Onu paring fbj Ke season 1 work at tho c< neca country formerly manager of the Venn. " Mr. S.' 11 C \l iuer. of the Eastern Townships. Quebec, Mr John F. Holdw- former y »™!f of the Coronado president of the Granby Consolidated Mining. Smelting & Gold Mining^Ca'T^op ry° If Congress! %&T Power Company, will. & is announced next month pay his AccoSg to private advices from Ottawa it has been annua visit to the company s mines and smelter in th. . . , , . ° 1 tv/t, p ct Mr Conn el of the Dominion Itoumhirv District. decided to send Mr \f fifY0™^^ ££ ~aS011> to Mr. Anthom I McMillan, managing dirreto; of the Lo Geological Survey to the Alsek country tnis Company, and the Snowshoe Gold & Copper mArn^h? g°r" duate'Ti/aptlied science the faculty of Mines Ltd,, left London last month on his return to firff engineer, winning second Carlyle prize and with honors in U^-ft^tfJ^J* TtVZvSl District, •mining and ore-dressing. tt ♦ 188 THE MINING RECORD. Mr. J. W. Astley, superintendent of the Snowshoe mine, at Phoenix, is reported to have benefited in health ffom his visit to England, where he is remaining for a while. East Kootenay newspapers report that Mr. J. L. Parker has resigned as manager of the North Star mine, at Kimberley, to accept an appointment as manager of a mine situate on Prince of Wales Island. Mr. Byron White, president of the Spyglass Mining & Development Company, of Poplar Creek, has returned from a business trip to St. Paul, Duluth, Minneapolis and other cities in the Eastern States. Mr. J. A. Magee, manager of the same company, is still in St. Paul, and Mr. R. G. McLeod, secretary, has lately returned from Seattle. The interests of the Spyglass Company, which owns a promising mining property eleven miles up Poplar Creek, are being actively pushed in the several cities mentioned. Mr. H. N. Galer, assistant manager of the Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting & Power Company, has returned from an extended visit to Montrfeal and other Eastern points. Mr. J. D. Sibbald, of Revelstoke, is back from) a visit to St. Paul. It is understood that whilst in^ the East he was successful in interesting capital in a placer mining property, situate on the Canoe River, a tributary of the Columbia River. Mr. John McRae, of Quesnel Forks, managing director of the recently-organized Rose Gulch Mining Company, after spending several weeks in Vancojiwerr left last month on his return to Cariboo, where he will supervise the working of his company's hydraulic placer claims on the South Fork of Quesnel River. Mr. S. F. Parrish, general manager of the Le Roi Mining Company, Rossland, has been seriously ill at Spokane, Washington. As there seemed to be little probability of his being able to resume his responsible duties for some time, Mr. John H. McKenzie, who was Mr. Parrish's predecessor at the Le Roi, has been appointed acting general manager, and is now directing the operations of the company. Mr. J. M. Ruffner, of Cincinnati, Ohio, who is largely interested in several Atlin mining companies, spent two or three weeks of last month in Victoria and Vancouver, arranging matters connected with the ensuing season's work on the respective properties of those companies. He only lately returned to British Columbia from Cincinnati. Messrs. Geo. H. Robinson, Henry Stern and C. H. McMeekin, are now in the United States in connection with the letting of contracts for plant for the aerial tramway and concentrator of the Howe Sound Company, which has acquired the Britannia mine, Howe Sound. Mr. J. J. Warren, of Toronto, managing director of the White Bear Consolidated Company, of Rossland, visited the. mine in April. Mr. T. R. Stockett, general manager of the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company, visited Butte, Montana, in April, to endeavour to secure an additional market there for the E. Kootenay coal and coke. The company is now shipping about 300 tons of coke per day to the Butte smelters, and there is yet a market available in that quarter for at least 600 tons per day. The collieries production of coal and coke has recently increased to such an extent that the Boundary smelters can no longer handle more than half of it, and hence the necessity for other markets. The ovens are not now running at their full capacity. The Rossland Miner remarks that " several former Ross- landers are doing well in foreign lands in the mining profession. Roscoe R. Leslie, ex-superintendent of the Le Roi. is now superintendent of the Creston-Colorado mines at Torres, Sonoro, Mexico. The company has a big force of greasers at work and operates a sixtv- stamp mill, all of which is under the superintendency of Mr. Leslie. Joe Thorne. former shift boss at the Le Roi, holds a similar post at the Oriental Consolidated Mines, near Chemulpo, Corea, and has two mines under his supervision. Gus Skogland, a well-known and popular ex-employee of the Le Roi. is foreman of the mines under Mr. Leslie's superintendency in Mexico." Mr. W. M. Ogilvie, a son of the Yukon's former Governor, returned recently to Dawson. Mr. Ogilvie is associated with a large dredging enterprise on the Stewart River. Apropos two large gol'1 drpde^s ar° to be taW" into tt>e Yukon this season, one by Mr. Ogilvie's company, and the other by a company owning important concessions on Forty Mile River. "CENTURY" BELT CONVEYOR. > The accompanying illustrations, Nos. 1 and 2, show a "Century" Belt Conveyor for carrying asbestos refuse. I Figure 1 shows the exterior of the tressel with housing in which the belt conveyor travels, which, in this plant is over 500 feet in length. It carries refuse from the mill, discharging it at the far end of the dump. Figure 2 shows the conveyor, which, as can be seen, consists of a "Century" belt running on special troughing idlers. It is known as the "Jeffrey Century" type, which means a specially high grade rubber belt, covered with an extra coat of rubber, which is particularly designed for withstanding wear and tear of the material handled. The belt is carried upon specially troughed, self-oiling idlers, which are supported on suitable wooden structures. In this point the material is discharged at the terminal; special tripping devices are provided where it is necessary to discharge material at intermediate points. This style of carrier is also designed for carrying crushed stone, gravel, etc. Catalogue fully describing same can be had by addressing the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company, Columbus, Ohio. TRADE NOTES. The Jeffrey Mfg. Co. of Columbus, Ohio, send us a copy of circular No. 73, summarizing; the company's manufactures, including elevators, conveyors, dredging machinery, etc. For more detailed information, we refer our readers to the numerous catalogues issued by the Jeffrey Company, which may be had on application. The A. Leshen & Sons Rope Co. of St, Louis, Mo., have presented us with a very useful rope gauge or caliper made in celluloid, which renders the little tool light and sizeable for carrying conveniently either in a note-book or waistcoat pocket. We shall be glad to obtain from Messrs. Leshen simi- THE MINING RECORD. XV lar gauges which we» will forward to any of our readers upon receipt of a post card requesting us to do so. The Nernst Lamp Company have established a branch office auxiliary to the Pittsburg district office, at 537 Scofield building, Cleveland, Ohio, in charge of Mr. J. C. Wright. T&is office will carry a stock of Nernst lamps and renewal parts, insuring prompt attention to all orders in this district. The Nernst lamp is becoming widely introduced in the New .England district. The Company has recently received two large orders—one from the Saco & Pettee Machine Shops, Biddleford, Maine, for 575 three-glower lamps, and one from the Arlington Mills, Lawrence, Mass., for 600 lamps of the 44 watt type. Tne second order comes in the form of a testimonial, as quite a large installation of Nernst lamps had already been made by the latter company. ^J^ Mr. Ervin Dryer has resigned his position in connection with the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., and has accepted an appointment with the Allis-Chalmers Co. Mr. Dryer's connection with the Westinghouse Co. extended over a period of sixteen years. He is one of the most competent salesmen in the electrical and mechanical field, and his wide accquaintance throughout the Western part of the United States will be of great service to the Allis-Chalmers'Co, in the extensive new developments which they have undertaken. Mr. Dryer has already entered upon his new duties with the Allis-Chalmers Co., and his headquarters will be at their offices in the New York Life Building, Chicago. TREASURY STOCK IN The King Edward Mines, Ld NON-PERSONAL LIABILITY. NONA/ FOR SALE The Company Owns a Group of Nine Claims In The Similkameen Valley Through these claims there has been opened np large bodies of ore carrying high values of gold, copper, silver and molybdenite. There is abundance of water and timber for power and mining purposes on the properties. Fob Particulars and Copies of Reports, applt to THE SECRETARY, THE KING EDWARD FAIRVIEW, B. C. INES, Ld., ASSAYER, Licensed To Practise in British Columbia, desires work in Mine or Smelter. J. & J. TAYLOR'S FIRE PROOF SAFES VAULT DOORS. Send for catalogue to JOHN BARNSLEY & CO., Agents, MINING |ilachmery Our experience in designing and installing complete plants has extended over a period of many years, and this experience together with the fact that we are in close touch with many eminent metallurgists places us in a position to supply our customers with machineryofthe latest and most improved type, and with plans for its installation in accordance with up-to- date and practical methods of handling ore so as to obtain the best commercial as well as metallurgical results. COMPLETE POWER? LIGHTING' HEATING AND PUMPING PLANTS eHHs, e. mc ore & eo. ENGINEERS PACIFIC COAST AGENTS FOR The Holthoff Machinery Co., eilOAHY, WIS. 5 GOVERNMENT ST., VICTORIA, B. C MAIN OFFICE 63 First St. San Francisco California. Branches—New York, 1303 Havemeyer Bldg; Sea'tie, 218 second Ave. 3.; Los Jjnfcele", 321 Trust B dg.; Baker City, Oregon; Salt Lane City, Utah. Adver. 282. XV THE MINING RECORD. Lobnitz' Gold Dredgers are at work in British North and South America, Africa, Asia, &c. ltd oB^^^'-r^c Dredgers %* ** i ...-torrt Sixes. GoH . Quick Delivery of standard Sizes. LQBHVTl*> to., t-td-» mm *^i Mgmsm&s mm Telegraphic Address: "Lobnitz, Renfrew." Al Code used. Michigan College of Mines F. W. McNAIR, President. A State Institution located in and making- use oi an active mining district. For Year Book giving list of graduates and their occupations apply to President or Secretary. Houghton, Michigan. The Hall Mining & , li Smelting Co., Ltd. SMELTING DEPARTMENT Purchases COPPER ORE, LEAD ORE, DRY ORE. TH NELSON,B.C. Wrought Iron LIGHT WEIGHT PIPE A chance to save 50e on purchases We are offering for quick acceptance, 1,000,000 feet of good lap -welded, Wrought Iron Pipe, sizes from 2 to 6 inch. It Is in excellent condition —having new threads and new couplings, and is in long lengths. S}4 inch, per foot, 13c. 4 inch, per foot, 17c At this price, WE PAY FREIGHT IN CARLOAD LOTS to all points, where freight rate does not exceed the rate to Pacific coast terminals. We can also furnish this pipe with flanges instead of screwed ends. Our Special Booklet No. 492 quotes low prices on BOILERS BNQINES PUMPS HOISTING APPARATUS WIRE ROPB INCANDESCENT LAMPS ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES HARDWARE PLUMBING MATERIAL MILL SUPPLIES. ETC. Write Us Today €HIC/%BO HOUSE WREGKIHB CO. West 35th and Iron Streets, Chicago The Dominion Wire Hope Co., Ld. MONTREAL, CANADA Manufacturers of All Classes and Kinds of WIRE ROPES FOR ALL PURPOSES. " LANG'S" PATENT WIRE ROPES FOR COLLIERY AND GENERAL MINING PURPOSES. Branches: Halifax, N.S.: St. John, N.H.; Ottawa, Toronto, Rat Portage, Ont.; Winnipeg,, Man.; Vancouver, B. C, Nelson and Rossland, B. C THE MINING RECORD. XVII PROFESSIONAL AND BROKERS. m. McGregor, b.a. sc. w. d. McGregor, m. h. McGregor & co., IMININGand CIVIL ENGINEERS ol ^.^ A ... 0 ^, and LAND SURVEYORS. SLOGAN, B.C. Reports on Mines and Prospects, ct as agents in doing assessment work, applying for Crown grants and in talcing general charge of preliminary development work. %/ IWI I Jj is one of the most promising gold oamps in IVI ri Bnitish Columbia and now offers many capital opportanities for profitable investment. [For farther particulars write PERCY J. GLEAZER, MINING BROKER AND AGENT, YMIR, B. C. Code—Moreing & Neal's. RELIABLE ASSAYS Gold $ .75 I Gold and Silver $1.00 Lead 75 | Gold,Silver, Copper.: 1.50 SAHPLES BY MAIL RECEIVE PROHPT ATTENTION. Gold and Silver refined and bought OGDEN ASSAY CO. "aS Ai^ST «Tgu»d.. WILLIAM A. BAUER, Dominion & Provincial Land Surveyor Surveys of Mines, Mineral Claims and Crown Lands. I Crown Grants obtained and Assessments managed for absentees. Offices FERGUSON and VANCOUVER, B. C. PARMELEE & WELD, ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS AND ASSAYERS.1 Special attention to control and umpire work. Ore testing. General Commercial Analysis. JP.O. Box 1421 1755 Arapahoe St", Denver, Colo. POGSON, PELOUBET & CO. Public Accountants |NEW YORK 42 BROADWAY ICHICAGO MARQUETTE BUILDING st. louis chemical building ibutte hennessy building Audits op Books and Accounts, Systems of Bookkeeping ok. Costs, Financial Examinations, Etc. PATENTS, Caveats, Designs, Copyrights and Trade Marks obtained ln Canada and all foreign ooun tries. ROWLAND BRITTAIN, Registered Patent Attorney and Meobanloal Engineer. Write for full Information and references. Satisfaction guaranteed. I Room 3, Fairfield Block, VANPfll IVFR R P. Granville St., near Post Office. VnlNL»UUVL.n Di L» Wa M. BREWER, fllNINQ ENGINEER, MEM. N. of ENG. IN8T. MINING & MECH, ENG. and AM. INST., M. E. Molsons Bank Building, VANCOUVER, B.C. T. J. SMITH FINANCIAL AND MINING BROKER. Gold, Silver, Lead and Copper Mines: also Bituminous Coal Lands and Coast Timber Limits for sale. Special Values in Shares of Good Coal Coinpauy. Correspondence solicited, ADDRESS P. 0. BOX 439. OFFICE. 611 HASTINGS STREET, VANCOUVER, B. C. A. A. WATSON, B. Sc. PROVINCIAL ASSAYER, VERNON, B. C. Analyst and Mineralogist Honours Graduate in Chemistry) Victoria University, E£ngland< Reports made ou Mining Properties* Ten years experience in Australia, south America* ££ugland and B. d Assay Charges—Gold, $i; Silver, %i; Copper, |a j I*ead, $i*j Gold and Sil ver, $1.50 ; Gold and Copper*. $2,50; Gold. Silver and Copper, $3; Gold. Silver Copper and Lead, $3 50; Complete analysis of any ore, $10. Iisjf-SPIJCIAI* ATTENTION TO SAMPLES BY MAII^Wi Cecil M. Bryant, A.R.S M., A.I.M.M, J$. Philip Gilman, A.R.S.M., F.G.3 Pellew-Harvey, Bryant & Gilman PROVINCIAL ASSAYERS. The Vancouver Assay Office and Ore Testing Works. Established 1890. MILL, SMELTER, CONCENTRATION AND CYANIDE TESTS, Reliable reports ou mining properties. Complete analyses of Ores and Coal Victoria office : 4 View Street (Opposite Driard Hotel.) CHRIS. OUTHET ciate of Royal College oi Science, London, Euj Lssay Office, K AM LOO Provincial Assayer Associate of Royal College oi Science, London, England. Inland Assay Office, KAMLOOPS, B.C. Mineral and Coal Analyses a specialty. Reports made on Mining Properties Mall samples receive prompt attention. Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co., Ltd. 1 )i rectors—George A. Cox, President; Robert .1 a lira y and H. M. Pellatt, Vioe-Presidents; E. R. Wood, Treasurer; G. G. S. Lindsay, Secretary; Thos. Walmsley, James Mason, Frederick Nichols, David Morrise, J. D. Ohipmon, J. A. (ioinmiII, Wm. Pernio. HEAD OFFICES—TORONTO. ONT. BRITISH COLUMBIA OFFICES- FE *Ni , B. C. Bituminous Coals and Coke. Mines and Ovens at GoalOreek, Michel and Morrissey, B, 0. Present oapaoitv of mines 1,000,000 tons of coal per annum. Ooke ovens 850,000 tons per annum. We would oall attention to the superior quality of our Michel Blaoksmith Goal, suitable for large forgihgs. Oan be shipped at reasonable prices to all ports of British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and Manitoba. This Company also owns the Fernie and Morrissey Mines townsites, whion offer investments in town lots that oannot fail to prove productive. Having a large amount of development under way, there is always work for ooal miners at good wages, and it may be said that there are few plaoes in the world where labor 01 all kinds oan earn more net money under agreeable conditions. THOS. R. STOCKETT, JR. General Superintendent, Pernio, B. C D. DAVIES, Comptroller, Fernie, B. O. HOTEL BADMINTON, jos. w. wallis, Prop. Bun Aim- in 1-lun. . . in Plan... ..Ratefi 1 ii-1 1 in . Rate $3 and $a.$ Situated in the heart of the city. Street cars within one block, passing continually for all parts of the city. Barber shop ih connection. Phone in every room. ■ XVIII THE MINING RECORD. British Columbia The Mineral Province of Canada. British Columbia has produced to date $64,627,683 of Placer Gold, $22,049,732 of Lode Gold, $18,- 475,852 of Silver, $10,447,521 of Lead, $12,256,219 of Copper, and $58,989,572 of Coal and Coke, or a total of nearly SlQOjOOOjOOO. The Gross Mineral Production for 1902 was $17,486,550. The tonnage of ore mined in 1902 wAs nearly 1,000,000 tons. The gold production in 1992 was approximately $6,000,000, and the copper output 30,000,000 lbs. Lode mining has only been in progress for about 10 years, and not 20 per cent, of the mineral land has been even prospected; 300,000 squareiailes of unexplored mineral-bearing land are open for prospecting. The Mining Laws of this-ProVihce are more liberal and the fees lower than any Province in the Dominion, or than any Colony of the British Empire. Mineral locations are granted to discoverers for nominal fees. Absolute titles are obtained by developing such properties, the security of which is guaranteed by Crown grants. Full information, together with mining reports and maps, may be obtained by addressing HOI INISTER OF MINES, Or WM. FLEET ROBERTSON, Provincial Mineralogist, VICTORIA, B. C. BERNARD MACDONALD MINING ENGINEER. Examinations, Reports and Negotiations. Designs Modern Economical Methods for Mining and Milling Operations. Office, Empire State Building, SPOKANE, WASH. Cable address—Macleioi Spokane. Codes—Bedford M'Neil; Moreing &'Neal. KIRBY, EDMUND B., Consulting Mining Engineer and Metallurgist. Examination of Mining Investments and Enterprises. ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA. LESLIE HILL, MINING ENGINEER REPORTS AND MINE MANAGEMENT. Consulting Engineer to the Hastings (B. C.) Exploration Syndicate. London Office, l^l ■ q /■» 161-4 Dash wood House, ' I^ClSOn. D. L* . New Broad Street, E. C. * SAMUELS- FOWLER CONSULTING ENGINEER. Will advise and report on matters pertaining to mining, milling, plant construction and operation. Cable Address, "Goldfields Nelson. Drawer 1024, Nelson, B. C. J. CLEVELAND HASS MINING ENGINEER. 640 Hyde Block, Spokane, Wash. Greenwopd, B.C. MINE DEVELOPMENT, EXAMINATIONS and REPORTS. JOHN B. HOBSON, MinfnggercS°,niwrib°0 Hyd' Consulting Mining Engineer, BULLION, BRITISH COLUMBIA. 28 years' experience in ihe equipment and operation of targe hy draulic/ Deep Gravel, cDrift and Gold Quartz Mines, in California and British Columbia. Telegraphic and Cable Address "HOBSON" Ashcroft B. C Correspondence Solicited. Ore Shippers Agent. J. G. LANG, Provincial Assayer, Late Control Assayer for Lenora Mine, Mount Sicker. SPECIALTIES: Checking Smelter Returns, Concentration, Cyanide and Amalgamation Tests. P. O. BOX 283. GREENWOOD, B. C. A. R. BARROW, A.M.I.C.E. PROVINCIAL- LAND SURVEYOR Sea going steamboat, to accommodate 4 persons, suitable for parties wishing to prospect or examine mineral claims on the coasts of Vancouver Island or Mainland. Long Distance Telephone. SIDNEY, B.C. THE MINING RECORD. XIX OUIMHro. THE EDWARD P.''iXUMMM 6 MttWAI m r vns i SUCCESSOR tO FRASER & CHALMERS, ; GATES IRON WORKS, cincACO 3iL : DICKSON M'E'G: CO.,, :r. 8CRAJTt.QJf, .fiA.i Builders of Smelting Machinery Since the introduction in America of the Bessemer Process for refining copper matte the Allis-Chalmers Co. has,- with but few exceptions, furnished all the converters used by the smelters in the UNITED STATES MEXICO AUSTRALIA SOUTH AMERICA AND OTHER FOREIGN COUNTRIES We have designs and patterns for all types from the original Bessemer pattern as used in the first plant established in the United States to the modern Trough Converter, often called the "Bisbee "- Converter, which we illustrate herewith. This style is now considered the standard type, and we are prepared to furnish all sizes from i j4 tons capacity up to 15 tons. Blowing Engines • Hoisting Engines • Air Compressors BRANCH OFFItES: ' KEWTOHK, Empire Bldg BOSTOH, Board of Tfjmtm&g. fmSBmo, Prick Building WSHEAI'OLIB, Com Exchange Bldg; SERVER, iMS:^mmot Street 8ALT LAKE OTi, 209 8.W. Temple St 8P0KAKB, Washington GBNBRAL OFFICE Cffl(^0,WILUJ.S.A LOUDON, ESCB,^?ji8l^i^§35ou«e .Jfj|f| JOHAHKESBTOO, South *0ui$ BRANCH 0WICB8: SAH FHASCI3CO, Hayward Bldg. ., , SEATTLE, Lumber Exchange Bldg. i, CHARLOTTE, H. C, Treat Bldg. HEW ORLEANS, Hennon Bldg. ATLAHTA, OA., Equitable Bldg. B0TTE, MOtfT., BI E. Broadway m\ t XX THE MTNING RECORD. CITY OF VICTORIA Capital of British Columbia, Paci'ic Ocean Terminus of Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian Northern Railway and the Great Northern Railway-et the United States. \ The starting point of steamship lines to the Yukon, Atlin and Cassiar Gold Fields, and the Canadian port of call for tourists on the lines between San Francisco and Alaska. Canadian Gatewayjto the Orient, Sandwich Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Etc., Etc. Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B. C. The City of Victoria is becoming widely noted for the beauty of its situation, its homes and its surroundings ; so that the number of strangers arriving, for short visits and for permanent residence, continue growing annually larger. Of its beauty H.R.H. the Duke of York said: "The most beautiful place we have seen in our journey around the world," and the following may be quoted from the correspondence of Mr. E. P. Knight, of the London Morning Post: "One would fain have stayed longer, for of all the cities that 7ave been visited in the course- of this long Royal progress the fair capital of British Columbia seems to me the one which the Englishman would most gladiy make his home. * * * Never in the environs of any other city have I seen such a rlory of flowers as surrounded each of these lovely hom;s." The Province covers a superficial area of 381,000 -nuare miles abounding in minerals, timber, -fish and Cfame in endless variety. The opportunities for the profitable investment of capital are practicallv unlimited, and the markets for the disposal of metals, lumber. Fish and agricultural products lie waiting in Russia, Japan, China, India and Australasia, The tourist will iind mountain scenery and mountain climbing unequalled in the old world—a new field for exploration—and the sportsman with first class hotels as bases of operation' may penetrate a new world in his pursuit of thr bear, the panther, the elk or the mountain goat. TEMPERATURE 1903. Highest Lowest Mean. Mean. Victoria 64.5 35-9 London, Eng 69.7 33-4 Torquay, Eng 64.1 38-2 RAINFALL 1903. Inches. Victoria 35-9 London, Eng 33-4 Torquay, Eng 3°-2 Pamphlets containing views of local scenery and information of interest to investors, tourists, hunters and amusement seekers may be obtained by addressing the Clerk of the Municipal Council, Victoria, British Columbia, THE MINING RECORD. XXI MAKeRS or Half-Tomes v Lime Etchings, Color v Ci Letters Bill Heads, Labels. Advertising 6'Ca of every kimd^ Its No Good Advertising In the British Press Unless youunderstand how to approach the British public. The best way to do this is to Employ an up-to-date advertising expert Who can advise you and do your business at Lowest Possible Rates. Quoted by newspapers themselves. Let us know what you want and we will be pleased to assist you. C. J. WALKER'S British and Canadian Press Bureau, 24 Coleman fc*t., London, E C R MAYNARD i Importer and dealer in all kindf of Photographic Supplies Also Amateur Outfits, Kodaks, Hawkeyes, I'll-III',';, I'',CO.,'-1' Asent for Imperial, Cramer and Hammer 41 PANDORA St Plates, Ari8to-Platino,Solio, Klo- Victoria, B. C. ro, Velox and Oekho Papers IKT NU/ JCSaL Fining iv mm M. R. SMITH & COMPANY LI M ITED. SSTABMSHM) U5». M a rnu< a< i m< ici"; QV High Class Biscuits »id Confectionery Oold Medals awarded at i'" al Agricultural Exhibition '95' ''/■' ''>'/• ''»H- Medal and Diploma awarded at Colonial and fndfan exhibitions. Silver Medals at Provincial inhibitions, 1886, branch VICTORIA, B. C. 430 CORDOVA STREET. VANCOUVER XXII THE MINING RECORD. SOME ©PINIONS Selected from numbers received from Leading Mining Men concerning "The B. ©. Mining Record." I would like to express to you my appreciation of the manner in which you have conducted the Mining Record. You have succeeded in producing by far the most reliable mining paper in the Province. The stand you have taken against wild-catting and booming must be of great value to the mining industry of the Province, although your efforts will certainly not have the appreciation of those who profit by these reprehensible practises. "Yours faithfully, "J. D. Kendall, "Late Resident Partner, Bewick, Moeringx & Co., /Vancouver." Vancouver, B.C. "I must congratulate the Mining Record again on the enterprise and business ability shown in the obtaining of reliable and interesting data regarding mining operations in this Province. The Province will be—targely'the gainer, and I trust your publication may also benefit greatly thereby. "Yours truly, (The Late) J. Roderick Robertson. General Manager, The London & British Columbia Gold- fields, Limited. Nelson, B.C. It must be a satisfaction to the mining people of this Province to know that they have in the Record a fearless opponent of fraudulent mining companies, and a firm friend of all legitimate projects for the development of the resources of British Columbia. I, remain, yours truly, g W. F. Best. Late Official Analyst Province New Brunswick. Victoria, B.C. I am a constant reader of your journal, and find it an excellent guide to investors, both here and at home. In fact it's one of the best journals of its kind to be found anywhere. I am, dear sir, Yours faithfully, A. H. Halder, Reuter's Special Correspondent for the American and Canadian Goldfields. Vancouver, B.C. Please inform me when my subscription expires, as I wish to continue taking the Mining Record. In my opinion it is the best and most reliable mining paper in B. C. It is honest, just and fearless. Yours sincerely, Chas. S. Allmen, Western Mining Co. Tacoma, Wash. You have always had my appreciation of the thorough and careful work you have always shown in editing the Mining Record. You have been fearless in decrying many mining schemes of doubtful repute. I know that you have the confidence of your readers, and can only wish you much wider influence and greater prosperity with your mining paper, which is certainly a great credit to the Province., Yours faithfully, W. A. Carlyle. Late Managing Engineer in charge British America Corporation, Limited, now manager Rio Tinto Mine, Spain. Rossland, B.C. In renewing my subscription to the Mining Record, of which I have been a regular reader since I first came to British Columbia, I take the opportunity to compliment you on its excellence. The fearless manner in which you attack all wild-cat promotions, and the sincerity which you display in your efforts to encourage legitimate mining operations- throughout the Province should command for you the respect and admiration of all who are interested in the development of the mineral resources of British Columbia. With my best wishes for the success of the Record. Yours faithfully, Wm. M. Brewer, M.N.E.I.M.E. I have watched with much pleasure the improvement in your paper and am glad to note the impartial and fearless stand you have so often taken as to promotions and schemes as such generally. Yours very truly, Samuel S. Fowler, Consulting Engineer, The Whitewater Mines, Limited. The high standard your paper has reached for accuracy and truthfulness must be a subject of pleasure to you, as it is to all of us who have the desires of the country at heart, especially the mineral industiy. Yours truly, W. S. Johnson, B.A. Sc. Slocan City, B. C. Your paper has done a great deal of good in this country. Your criticisms of some of the promotions which have been made have certainly saved investors much trouble, and have served in a great degree to suppress the iniquitous practice of making untrue statements for prospectus purposes with the object of swindling the investing public. Yours faithfully, W. Pellew-Harvey, F.C.S., Representative Messrs. Vivian & Sons, Swansea. Vancouver, B. C. I take this opportunity of expressing my strong apprecia-. tion of the Mining Record, more particularly with the efforts you have continually made to keep facts only before the public. Go on in your good way and prosper. Yours faithfully, A. H. Holdich, Analytical Chemist and Assayer. Revelstoke, B.C. I take great pleasure in acknowledging the excellent service that your paper is doing the mining industry in this Province, in the matter of giving reliable useful news, and also in the efforts you are making to expose dishonest company schemes, and wild-catters in general; you have my best wishes for success. i Yours sincerely, Frederick Keffer, M.E. Manager Boundary Creek Copper Co. of New York. Anaconda, B.C. We consider your paper well worth the price and quite up- to-date. W. H. Sandford, Manager, The Bosun Mines, Limited, New Denver B.C. THE MINING RECORD. XXIII BANKING ESTABLISHMENTS, ETC. ESTABLISHED 1817. BANK OF MONTREAL. INCORPORATED BV ACT OF PARLIAMENT, HEAD OFFICE: - - MONTREAL. CAPITAL all paid up, $13,379,240.00. RESERVE FUND, $9,000,000.00. UNDIVIDED PROFIT, $724,807. 5 Board of Directors—Rt. Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, G. C. M. G., President. Hon. G. A. Drummond, Vice-President. A. J.. Paterson, Esq.; Edward B. Greenshields, Esq.; Sir William C. Macdonald; R. B. Angus, Esq.; James Ross, Esq.; R. G. Reid, Esq., Hon. Robert Mackay t. S. CLOUSTON General Manager A, MACNIDER Chief Inspector and Superintendent of Branches #. S. CLOUSTON Inspector of Branch Returns BRANCHES Pkovince of Ontario—Almonte, Belleville, Bra'ntford, Brockville, Chatham, Collingwood, Cornwall, Deseronto, Fort William, Goderich, Guelph, Hamilton, Kingston.Lindsay, London, Ottawa.Perth Peterboro, Picton, Paris Sarnia, Stratford, St. Mary's Toronto,Toronto Yonge St. Branch, W'ailaceburg Province op Quebec—Montreal: West End Br., Seigneurs St. Br., Point St. Charles; Quebec. Lowee Provinces—Chatham, N.B.; Frederickton, N.B.; Moncton, N.B. St. John N.B.; Amherst, N.S.; Halifax, N.S.; Sydney, N.S. Glace Bay, Yarmouth. Province of Manitoba and North-West Territories—Winnipeg, Man.; Calgary, Alberta; Lethbridge, Alberta; Reglna, Assiniboia; Raymond, Alta Eeovince of British Columbia—Greenwood, Nelson, New Denver, New Westminster, Rowland, Vancouver, Vernon, Victoria. In Newfoundland—St. John's, Nfld., Bank ot Montreal. Birchv Cove, Bay of Islands. F. W- TAYLOR Assistant Inspector JAMES AIRD Secretary Montreal-H, V. MEREDITH Manager N CANADA: In Great Britain—London, Bank of Montreal, 22 Abchurch Lane, E.C, Alexander Lang, Manager. In the United States New York—R. Y. Hebden and J. M. Greata, Agents, 59 Wall Street; Chicago—Bank of Montreal. Bankers in Great Britain-London—The Bank of England, the Union Bank of London, the London & Westminster Rank the National Prov, Bank of England. Liverpool—The Bank of Liverpool, Ltd. Scotland—Ths BritlBh Linen Company Bunk and Branches. Bankers in the United States—New York—The National City Bank, The Bank of New York, N.B.A. Boston—The Merchants' National Bank, J. B. Moors & Co. Buffalo—The Marine Bank, Buffalo. San Francisco—The First National Bank, Th^Bank of British Columbia, The Anglo-Califomian Bank. Portland, Oregon—The Bank of British Columbia. Spokane, Wash. Bankoi Montreal. S\ THE) CANADIAN BANK OK COMMERCE, With Which is Amalgamated TTtie Bank: of British Columbia. HBXA.D OFFICE: TORONTO. Paid Up Capital $ 8,7oo,ooo Rest Aggregate Resources Exceeding- HON. GEO. A. COX, President. B. E. WALKER, General Manager. 3,000(000 83,ooo,ooo ALEX. LAIRD, Asst. General Manager. LONDON OFFICE: 60 LOMBARD ST., E. C. The Bank has 109 branches well distributed throughout the Dominion and elsewhere, including the following in British Columbia and the Yukon District: Vancouver,. Victoria. White Horse. Atlin, Greenwood, Nelson, Cranbrook, Kamloops, New Westminster Dawson Ladysmith Fernie, Nanaimo, New York, BRANCHES IN THE UNITED STATES. San Francisco, Portland, Seattle Skagway. Every description oi banking business transacted. Letters of credit on all parts of the world. Exceptional facilities for handling gold dust. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received and interest paid at current rates. Victoria Branch, GEO. GILLESPIE, Manager To The Klondike Gold Fields, via. THE WHITE PASS AND YUKON ROUTE. The Klondike Mining District is now so well known that a detailed description is unnecessary. The output of gold from this district has increased steadily year by year. In 1900 the yield was-about twenty million dollars, and in igoi about thirty million dollars. With the larger areas covered and newer methods adopted by practical miners, the Klondike will prove to be a rich and prosperous camp for many years to come. The great reduction in freight and passenger rates brought about by completion of the railroad from Skagway to White Horse with its connecting line of steamers for all interior Yukon and other points including Stewart River and the Tanana, has enabled the miners to reach and work many claims which previously could not be worked with a profit. For information about routes, rates, tickets, maps or printed matter, address: TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT, White Pass & Yukon Route, Vancouver, B.C. R. R. RITHET & OO. Wholesale Merchants, Shipping & Insurance Agents. Proprietors of Victoria Wharf, Columbia Flouring Mill ; agents for Victoria Lumber and Manufacturing Company, Cheminus, V.I.; Pacific Coast Steamship Co., San Francisco. WHARF STREET. VIOTORIA, B. O XXIV THE MINING RECORD. TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES AND HOTELS. The Pleasure of Travel Is fully realized in travelling on theX^anadian Pacific Railway. By its lines, can be reached all Canadian Points, and its arrangement with American Railroads enable its agents to issue tickets to all/points in the United States. It operates its own Sleeping and Dining Cars, and has its own Hotels and Steamships. Its magnificent scenery and the excellence of its service has madei it the favorite route across the American Continent. Illustrated publications, as to its route, Banff, Yoho Valley, Glacier, &c. sent od application to any agent. H. H, ABBOTT, Or to E. J. COYLE, Agent, Ass't General Passenger Agent, VICTORIA, B. C. VANCOUVER B. C. Esquimau and Nanaimo Railway. TIME TABLE NO. 50. Northbound. Daily. Leave. a.m. Victoria 9 :oo Shawnigan Lake 10:20 Duncans 11 :oo P.M. Nanaimo 12145 Ar. Wellington 1:00 Southbound. Arrive. P.M. 12 :o6 IO :46 10 :02 s :i5 Lv. 8 :oo Northbound. Leave Victoria Shawnigan Lake Duncans Nanaimo Ar Wellington ., Sat, Sun. and Wed. Southbound. Arrive. P.M. P.M. 4:00 7:55 5:17 6:46 5:55 5:55 7:37 4 = x5 7:52 Lv. 4:00 _. j Tickets to Crofton via Westholme, Stage leaves Daily , connecting with North and South bound trains, Double stage service Saturdays, Sundays and Wednesdays, connecting with morning and afternoon trains. Fare from Victoria, Single $2, Return $3. Throuah Tickets Victoria to Alberni—Stage leaves Wellington Mondays and Thursdays on arrival of train from Victoria. Returning from Alberni Tuesdays and Fridays. Fare from Victoria, single, $5.20, return $8.65 Excursion rates in effect to all points good from Saturday until Monday. GEO. L. COURTNEY, Traffic Manager. THE HUDSON'S BAY CO*Y -HAVkt'M<>Wf£ GENERAL STORES -AT- liede Peres Battlefrrd Calgary Chapleau Dauphin Deloraine Edmonton Fort William Kamloops Langley Lethbridge Lower Fort Garry Maoleod Mattawa Mordcn , j Nelson, Pincher Creek ' Portage Ih Prairie Port Simpson Prince Albert Qu'Appelle Quesnelle Rat Portage Riding Mountain >~ Shoal Lake Sudbury Touchwood Hills Vancouver Victoria Vernon , White wood Winnipeg nd at other principal points in British Columbia, Manitoba and Northwest Territories. Purchasers will find at these stores the best goods at moderate prices, imported direct from all the principal markets of the world. Good Resolutions for 1904. You cannot make a better one than to give us a trial order when again in need ot House burnlshings. We are satisfied it you once become a customer you will always remain a customer. We have made a\Hfe study ot the™, business oi furnishing homes, having been In the one line tor over* forty years, and we will give you the benefit ot our 'knowledge If }you will glva us a chance. PURNITURB, CARPETS, LINOLEUMS. CHINAS ARE, SILVERWARE. CUTLERY, GLASSWARE, K1TQHBN-WARE. HAND SOME ILLUSTRA7BD CATALOGUE AND PRICBS FREE. WEILER BROS. Complete ^Furnishers, Victoria, B. C. R A N D AIR COMPRESSORS.- ROCK DRILLS.-sTJiAMjtAia THE CANADIAN RAND DRILL COMPANY • VANCOUVER, B. &. ROSSLAND, B.C. STRAIGHT LINE, DUPLEX SIMPLE or COMPOUND. I GREENWOOD. B. C. W^stinghouslf Motors Alternating and Direct Current For Driving all kinds of Mine Apparatus Give unequalled ease of control $&.the operation of mining machinery, and impose no restrictions in regard to either the location or character of the driven apparatus. Westinghouse Type C Induotion riotor Driving Krogh Centrifugal Pump. Canadian Westinghouse Co. limited. Lawlor Building, King and Yonge Sts. Toronto. 633 Hastings St., Vancouver. General Offices and Works, Hamilton, Ontario. For particulars address nearest office. Hamilton. Liverpool & London & Globe Bld'g, Montreal. . -, 134 Granville St., Halifax. THE ITYEE COPPER C(| LIMITED. Purchasers and Smelters of Copper, Gold and Silver Ores. SMELTING W©RKS -HT- LADYSMITH, Vancouver Island, B. ©. Convenient to E. & N. Railway or the Sea. CLERMONT LIVINGSTON, General Manager. THOS. KIDDIE, Smelter Manag Published by the B. C. Record, Ld. Printed by T. R. Cusack, Victoria. Canada. ■V1..J '.~'v.:^.S: This Month: THE\NEW ALSEKPLACER DI ST&ICT-( Illustrated). ST. EUGENE ^Nfc^Ullustrated).! TEN M\LE CRE^K C>fcdP OF Thffi NICOLA DISTRICT- (Illustrated) ^ m te</^ SJ VOL. XL ;?MA1gr-1904. No. 5. The Hinton Electric Company, LIMITED. Electric Motors. Blowers. Motors. Fans. Dynamos. Electric Mining Aftiaratus. iVICTORIA, B. C. Electrical Construction and Supplies. * vancouverIb. c The Crawford Double Rope AeriatffTramway System, Limited ■-7.7.7. 7 rltLSON, b. c. ■'■m. . .'■■■ 7; The most complete, efficient and economical system for handling Ore, Timber, Coal or other materials that has yet been put on the market.-. Wr'te for prices and description. Crawford Double Rope Aerial Tramway System Ltd., Nelson, B.C- RISDON IRON WORKS CABLE: RISDON'S CODES; A.B.C. MOREING A NEAU. UIEBERS, WESTERN UNION. Q(|.d|7 7--v:' bREDQINQ rirKilINERY. I SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., U. S. A. COriPLETE EQWHENT OFHINES. WRITE FOR OUR SPECIAL CATALOGUES. PRICE 20 CENTSi A m We Have on Hand p A Large Assortment of the Best Scotch Wire Ropes (Fully Guaranteed.) Everything You Require For Logging Purposes, Saw Mills, and Mining Camps. . *«fev.?iJ* ■\':'''e1W''' We IrWite Correspondence. McLennan, McFeely & Co, Limited WHOLESALE HARDWARE VANCOUVER, B. C. DAWSON, Y. T. FELT^&GUILLBlUME.Carlswerk, Actien Geseilschaft, Mulheim on Rhine MANUFACTURERS OF ELECTRICAL LEADS AND CABLES Electric Lighting Cable* for Coal Pits with arrangemen avoiding fire damp explosions in case of the cable breaking. WIRE ROPES FOR MINING «fAjs-Round and Flat Wire Ropes, "Albert," or so-called "Lang's" Lay Ropes, Patent Locked Coil Wire Ropes, Patented Flattened Strand Wire Ropes. ■ * IRON, STEEL, COPPER AND BRONZE WIRE Superior qualities. SOIJ^A&ENTS FOR CANADA j WATSQi(||iCK & COMPANY, MONTREAL. Fried. Krupp Aktiengesellschaft Grusonwerk (Magdeburg-Buckau Germany.) ■ ■■ §w niNINQ ORE CRUSHING: Stone Breakers of Especially Strong construction. Roller Mills, Chilian Mills, Ball Mills, for -dry and wet crushing—more than 1,800 at work, Stamp Batteries—Shoes and Dies of Krupp's Special Steel. AMALGAMATION: Amalgamation Tables and Pans, Las - rio's Gold Amalgamators, Settlers, &c Separation and Concentration-Separators, Exhausters, Hydraulic Classifiers, Percussion Tables, Jiooers, Rotating Round Tables. LEACHING PLANT. COMPLETE GOLD ORE DRESSING PLANT p Batterie^,^malga:mationy$pj|; (.a) For treating by the Wet Method with 'St: Concentration. (b) For Dry Testing by Ball Mills, Dtast Extraction and teaching. COAL WASHING PLANT—Large Testing Station for'.drhshing and Dressing Ores at the Works. a ■ AGENTS: For CANADA—Jas. W. Pyke & Co, 35 St. Francois Xavier Street, Montreal For the UNITED STATES—Thos. Prosser & Son, 15 Gold Street, New Yc For MEXICO—Pablo Bergner, Apartado 549, Mexico 'Ws$M For SOUTH AFRICA—United Engineering Company, Ltd., P. 0. Box 399, Johannesburg, S. A. R THE MINING RECORD. C M. PINCKARD, President. ELEVATORS AND CONVEYORS. B. L. BYRB, Vice-President. J. M. GRAHAM, Secretary and Manager VULCAN IRONWORKS Manufacturers of VULCAN DOUBLE-ROPE TRAMWAY. VULCAN ROPEWAY, (Single Rope System.) "W^ SAWMILL MACHINERY. mlSmm mining AND MILLING MACHINERY. ^^sfeg; Vulcan Ropeways and Tramways. Office, 505 Mission St., Works, cor. Kearny and Francisco Streets, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL LINK-BELT CAR HAULS of highest efficiency TO SUIT ANY REQUIREMENTS OR CONDITIONS. Our Car Hauls automatically engage the loaded cars at foot of incline, elevate them to the dump and return the empties. Operating continuously, rapidly, and without " attending labor. PICKING TABLES, TAILING STACKERS, CARRIERS' SCREENS, COAL TIPPLES, WASHERIES, ETC. m LINK^BELT IMCHINEKY CO A.E.Lindrooth Shubart i, Co., Aqents. Wire Rope. Wire Rope. We are Agents for the well-known firm of W. B. BROWN & CO., of Liverpool, England, manifacturers of EVERY DESCRIPTION OF STEEL WIRE ROPES for mining purposes. It will pay you to ask for our prices, from stock and to .rder. Also in Stock: STEEL RAILS (new, perfect and relayers), Ore bags, Scotch firebricks, Portland cement, 'Valvoline lubricating oils (specially suitable for mining works), etc, etc. C. F. JACKSON St CO., Limited WHOLESALE IMPORTERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. WHARF—Heatley Ave. Vancouver, B.C. 151 Hastings St. Vancouver, B. C. and Liverpool, England BI/BVATORS-CONVEYORS. CHICAGO II. THE MINING RECORD. ASSAYERS' SUPPLIES AND ENGINEERING INSTRUMENTS. GELIGNITE—Strongest and Best Explosive in the Market MANUFACTURED BV . HAMILTON POWDER COMPANY (Incorporated 1861 . Manufacturers of High Explosives, Blasting, Mining and Sporting Powder, Dealers in Electric Blasting Apparatus, Safety Fuse, Detonators, Etc., Etc. BRA-NCH OFFICE: VIOTOR/A HEAD OFFICE: MONTREAL. LOCaL OFFICES: VANCOUVER, NELSON, ROSSLAND and GREENWOOD NANAIMO ALBION IRON WORKS, CO., LTD. j VICTORIA, B.C. Engineers, Boilermakers, Iron and Brass Founders, Stove Manufacturers. All kinds of Land and Mar ine Engines. Boilers of all kinds up to 15' diameter. Pumps, Hoists, Ore Cars, Smelter Castings, Logging Engines, Centrifugal Pumps, Air Compressors. Specialists in Screw Pro- pellors, Patent Cannery Retorts. All kinds and sizes of Stoves. The B. C. Assay and Chemical Supply Co., Limited. Direct Importers of ftssayers' and Mill Supplies Headquarters for Laboratory Apparatus of all kinds, Bohemian Chemical Glassware, C P. Acids, Potassium Cyanide and Quicksilver Sol e agents in British Columbia for Morgan Crucible Co., Batier- s-ea, Hngland; F. W. Braun & Co's Patent Cary Furnaces. Burners, etc.; W Ainsworth & Sons' Fine Balances Write for our prices ADDRESS 733 Pender St., Vancouver, B. G. JeTTreu Send for catalogue. Address Elevating-Conveying Power, Transmission, Screening, Crushing, Dredging, Rock and Coal Drilling, Coal Cutting, Hauling and washing machinery. The JEFFREY MFG. CO. COLUM BUS, O-, U S.A. A* Van Der Naillens' School of Practical, Civil, Mining, Electrical Mechanical Engineering. Surveying, Architecture, Drawing and Assaying, Cyanide, Chlorination, Me: allurgy. Assaying of ores, $25; Bullion and Chlorination Assay, $25; Blo\j Pipe Assay, $10; Full Course of Assaying, $50. Established 1864. Open ail yea] SEND FOR CIRCULAR. 113 FULTON STREET, One Block West of City Hall, SAN FRANCISCO. THE GIANT POWDER CO., CONSOLIDATED Manufacturers of GELATINE DYNAMITE, highest and most FUME LESS explosive on the markel and ALL HIGH EXPLOSIVES for Mining and Railroading work. . (Giant, Cal., ^Telegraph Bay, B, C. Home Office—San Francisco, Cal. Works- IfeTegraph Bay, B, C. Kootenay Office Rossland, B.Cl Head Office for British Columbia, Metropolitan Building, Victoria, B. (j ON Mining WORKS. I melting Machinery. Water Jacketed Furnaces, Crushers, Hoists, etc. Smelter Castings a Specialty. Complete Installations. Write us for estimates. UNION IRON WORKS, SPOKANE, Wash T~T~v^r;TTr WaWM mm i THE MINING RECORD. WIRE ROPE, BELTING AND PUMPS. 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BOILERS IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY. hree Horizontal Tubular Boilers, 66 in' diameter x 16 ft. long, with 2>% in. or4 in. tubes; built to pass B.C. inspection for 120 lbs. working pressure; complete with fittings. Three Horizontal Tubular Boilers, 60 in. diameter x 16 ft. long, with 3^ in. or 4 in. tubes; B. C. inspection 115 lbs. working pressure, complete with fittings. Three Horizontal Tubular Boilers, 48 in. diametT x 14 ft. long, with 3^ in. tubes; B.C inspection 120 lbs. working pressure; complete with fittings. One Locomotive Type Marine Boiler, 56 in. diameter, 12 ft. between tube sheets, with 162 2-iu. tubes; will steam 14 in. x 72 in. stern wheel engines; marine inspection 175 lbs. working pressure. One 30 h.p. Vertical Tubular Boiler, 36 in. diameter x 8 ft. high, with 71 2-in. tubes, 5 ft. long; B. C. inspection 150 b . One 12 h.p. Vertical Tubular Boiler, 36 in. diameter x 78 in. high, with 60 2-in, tubes, 4 ft. long; B. C. inspection 150 lbs. One Locomotive Portable Boiler, 15 ft. long inside smokebox, 4 ft. dia. shell, 4 ft. x 4 ft. fiiebox; shell in 3 lengths. 95 lbs. working pressure. One Horizontal Tubular Boiler, 48 in. diameter x 14 ft. long, with 48 3-in. tubes; B. C. inspection 90 lbs. working pressure. Second hand. One Nagle Locomotive Portable Boiler, with water front and open bottom fire boxes, 36 in. diameter x 8 ft. long between tube sheets, with 34 3-in. tubes; B. C. inspection 100 lbs. working pressure. Second hand. One Scotch Marine Boiler, 90 in. dia. x 102 in. long, with 2}i in. tubes, single plain furnace; marine inspection 125 lbs. working pressure. Secondhand. One 150 h.p. Locomotive Portable Boiler 60 in. diameter x 13 ft. 9 in. between tube sheets; tubes 2 in. diameter; steam drum 30 in. diameter .x 8 it. long; B. C. inspection 150 lbs. working pressure. One 25 h.p. Return Tubular Portable Boiler, 100 lbs. working pressure. One 30 h.p. Return Tubular Portable Boiler, B.C. inspection 100 lbs. working pressure, 48 in. diameter x 108 in. long, 4 in. tubes, 3 in. return. Six Return Flue Boilers, 60 in. diameter x 29 ft. long; 2 flues, 20 in. diameter; B. C. inspection 65 lbs. working pressure. Four Horizontal Return Flue Boilers, 54 in. dia. x 25 feet long, 2 plain flues 16 in. dia.; B. C. inspection 80 lbs. working pressure. One Vertical Boiler 60 in. dia. x 130 in. high, 212 2-in. tubes; 150 lbs. working pressure. Complete with fittings. WRITE US FOR PRICES ON ABOVE BOILERS. DO YOU WANT ANY BOLTS OR RIVETS—We have an "Acme" machine specially for making Bolts and Rivets. Send us your order for Bolts over 10 in. lon{ »g- IMPORTANT TO GOLD MINERS HND MANUFACTURERS OP MINING MACHINERY. SILVER PLATED COPPER MINING PLATES for Saving Gold IN QUARTZ, PLACER AND BEACH MINING. The Most Extensive and Successful Manufacturers on the Pacific Coast. Get our reduced rates. Send for circulars. Old plates replaced, also bought. DENNISTON'S SAN FRANCISCO PLATING WORKS E. G. DENNISTON, Proprietor. ^<iv.vKC\7te S^j^W cES TelePhone Main 59. 743 Mission Street, San Francisco, California. 26 Medals Awarded. 35 years in business here. ^^lJS- THE MINING RECORD. V. CONCENTRATORS AND SLIMERS THE PIONEER MINING MACHINERY HOUSE OF THE WEST. WfflgP STEAM ELECTRICAL and HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING — MINEand SMELTER 51 When we say we have a COMBINATION OF CONCENTRATORS that cannot be equalled, we mean it and can prove it. "^PITo IXcwe It! NOW LET US HAVE A CHANCE TO PROVE IT TO YOU. The Card Concentrator. The Card Concentrator and the Sperry Slimer make the greatest combination for efficiency and capacity in the world, WRITE US ABOUT IT. --——" <£_. m The Sperry Slimer. The WHITE COUNTERED GUTTA PERCHA FUSE is the POPULAR FAVORITE in the mines of British Columbia, Australia, the Transvaal, and the World over. Beware of Spurious Imitations Made to Catch the Unwary. OAMBORNE , OORNWALL Manufacturers of Boilers, Air Compressors, Mining Machinery TT'S FUSE BRAND OF FUSES AN BROS. The Holman Roek Drill Specially Adapted to B. C: Mining. Awarded Gold Medal Greater Britain Exhibition Awarded Gold Medal Paris 1900 CAIVSMELL, LAIRD &| CO. Ltd. SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND, J Manufacturers of Drill Steels, Best Refined Cast Steel Files, and Rasps, Steel Axles, Wheels and Cranks. Rails and Fish Plates made to any specification. Steel Plates, etc. Shoes, Dies, Stems, Cams and Cam Shaftings for Stamp Mills. ROWLAND MACHIN f 5 Yates St., VICTORIA, B.C. General Agent for Canada. For all lines excepting Steel Rails of 30 lbs, per yard and upwards, with their relative accessories. THE MINING RECORD. VII. WIRE ROPE AND BELTING EVERY BELT GUARANTEED GENUINE OAK TANNED LEATHER BELTING For Exposed Situations Use " Lancashire" Hair Belting. D. K. McLAREN, Montreal, Toronto. CATALOGUES AND DISCOUNTS ON APPLICATION. WIRE ROPE DON'T BUY UNTIL YOU HAVE WRITTEN TO US FOR PRICES AND PARTICULARS. I™ 51 KI SD <S5 Jti I Ol of London, England, Wire Rope Manufacturers, VVIIIMIIC* « \+\J., established 1850, are known throughout the. MINING WORLD. The.wire used in their rope is made from steel specially prepared to insure absolute reliability. The preferential tariff permits of our quoting low prices on all descriptions of Steel Wire Ropes. A large stock of the principal sizes kept oo hand at Victoria and Vancouver for immediate delivery. Our stock includes a full line of Logging Ropes, Ships Rigging and Hawsers. ROBERT WARD & CO., LIMITED, Agents. Telegraphic address—ROBERTUS. VICTORIA and VANCOUVER, B. C- The Dominion Win MONTREAL, CANADA Manufacturers of All Classes and Kinds of WIRE ROPES FOR ALL PURPOSES, " LANG'S " PATENT WIRE ROPES FOR COLLIERY AND GENERAL MINING PURPOSES. Branches:—Halifax, N.S.: St. John, N.R.; Ottawa, Toronto, Rat Portage, Ont.; Winnipeg, Man.; Vancouver, B. C. Nelson and Rossland, B. O- The ramway is unequalled for economy of operation; the truth of which is attested by the fact There are more in use than all others Manufactured by THE TRENTON IRON COMPANY, TRENTON, N.J. Engineers and Contractors and sole licensees in North America for the Bleichert System. Also, Wire Rope Equipments for Cable Hoist-Ccnveyor-, Surface and Underground Haulage, Etc. Illustrated Book Dpon application. Chicago Office—1122 Mouadnock Building Denver Office—1711 Tremont street. San Francisco Office—34 Fremont street NORTHEY THE MINING RECORD. PUMPING MACHINERY -FOR- Mines & Waterworks OF ALL KINDS. BELT OR DIRECT DRIVEN BY MOTOR OR STEAM ENGINE, Hathorn, Davey & Co., Ltd. LEEDS, ENGLAND. PEACOCK BROTHERS, Sole Canadian Representatives, Canada Life Bldg.. Montreal. MADE BY CANADA FOUNDRY COMPANY, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE AND WORKS, TORONTO. District Offices—Montreal, Halifax, Ottawa, Winnipeg Vancouver. Rossland. % t* n n jT-*> - The Brackman &, Ker Milling Co., Ltd. Manufacturers ofthe Celebrated X Facilities Unequalled for Supplying the West with & the Best Quality of Grain, Hay or Mill Feed. B, IT ROLLLD DATS. (Registered.) % Victoria. Nelson. y Vancouver. Rossland. X NewWestminster. Strathcona. .*. * Unequalled in the World. I SMELTING AND REFINING CO. Buyers of Gold, Silver and Copper Ores, Mattes, Bullion, Furnace and Cyanide products. LOCATION OF WORKS Crofton, Vancouver Island, B. C. The Mining Record ^ VOL. XL JUNE, J904. No, 6 BRITISH COLUMBIA MINING RECORD Devoted to the /lining Interests ef the Pacific Northwest. PUBLISHED BY THE BRITISH COLUMBIA RECORD, LIMITED H. MORT1I1ER LAMB, Hanaging Editor. Victoria, B. C, Office, Province Building. Vancouver, F. W. Charleson, Hastings St. London Office: 24 Coleman Street, E. C, Denver, Col.: National Advertising Co. San Francisco: Date's Agency. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: Canada and the United States, one year Great Britain and Foreign, one year - • Advertising Rates on Application. $2.00 $2.50 Address all communications to The Managing Editor, B. O. Recoed, Ltd., P. O. Drawer 646, Victoria, B. 0. THE MONTH. In tbe course of its comments upon the unpleasant surprise that has been sprung upon the shareholders of the Le Roi Mining Company by recent disclosures relative to stated faulty sampling and assaying, the Critic (London) remarks: "The optimistic statements' at the last meeting and the recent efforts to create an interest in the shares by pushing them up require some explaining. Probably an investigation of the register and the recent share transfers would throw some light on the people who have benefited by what appears to be another instance of manipulation of the reports from the mine in the interests of market mongering." Whilst we are not sufficiently acquainted with the other members of the directorate to warrant us in expressing a competent opinion as regards the probability or improbability of there being justification for this suggestion so far as they are concerned, we have no hesitation, from our personal knowledge of Mr. A. J. McMillan, managing director; Mr. Geo. S. Waterlow, another director, and Mr. S. F. Parrish, late general manager, in asserting very positively that we do not believe that either individually or collectively they would knowingly sanction or assist in any irregularity that would improperly benefit themselves at the expense of others. Mistakes may have been made, but deliberate and intentional collusion for the purpose of personal gain is one of the last things we would conceive these gentlemen to be guilty of, and it is but doing them the barest justice at this juncture to frankly state so. There seems now to be a reasonably good chance that gold dredging on the Fraser will develop into an important and profitable industry. At any rate the success that has attended the preliminary operations of the new dredge—built, by the way, largely after the New Zealand pattern—recently launched at Lillooet, is distinctly encouraging, and has resulted not only in the staking of the river as dredging leases for many miles but, according to report, a determination on the part of this and other dredging companies to immediately place other large dredges of the same type on the river between Lillooet and Lytton. The reproductions of photographs appearing in the Minister of Mines Report merit notice. Most of them are of photographs taken by the Provincial Mineralogist, and when it is pointed out that of these the larger ones are from four to seven separate photographs joined together, the care taken in preparing them for the engraver will be evident. The excellent work of Mr. Robert H. Ciarke, pressman in the Government Printing Office, in printing.the illustrations is apparent to all who examine them. A number were printed in black with a sepia tint, the work being done at one printing. This was an experiment at first, but it gave such good results that it was continued until the limited supply of ink on hand was exhausted, and black ink only was used for the remainder of the illustrations. The reproduction, from the Report of the Minister of Mines for New Zealand, of plan, elevation, etc., showing appliances for saving fine gold from dredging, is also good, while the reduction, by the B. C. Photo-Engraving Co., of a large sketch map of a portion of South-East Kootenay deserves mention as well. It is with pleasure we take advantage of this opportunity to acknowledge the excellence of the work done at home. The summary of work done in the Government Assay Office, as reported by the Provincial Assayer, exhibits the usefulness of that section of the Bureau of Mines of British Columbia. From the report it is gathered that the work included the making of 720 assays or quantitative determinations, of numerous qualitative determinations of minerals and rocks for identification and classification, the melting and assaying of 164 lots of gold, analysing of a number of samples of water and of oil, and, in connection with the platinum group of metals, the conducting of a series of experiments in separating gold, silver, platinum and osmiridium, results of which experi- 190 THE MINING RECORD. ments are published in the Report of the Minister of Mines for the information of the assayers of the Province. The care of the Provincial Mineral Museum and the duties of secretary to the Board of Examiners in assaying also devolve upon the Provincial Assayer, whose periodical review of the work of his department will be read with much interest, both in the Province and elsewhere, by many qualified to appreciate its value. and it should prove effective in advertising the mineral resources of the Province. The Annual Report of the Minister of Mines for the year 1903 was issued last month. It contains a large amount of information relative to the mining industry of British Columbia, and constitutes a valuable record of mining and smelting operations, of progress made, and of the condition generally of the industry. The various statistical tables, the preparation of which involves much careful work, are most useful, supplying as they do exhaustive and reliable information, presented in such form as to make quite clear the respective proportions of the several minerals produced, and the fluctuations in production year t>y year. For purposes of comparison, too, figures are given in such manner as to make plainly evident in the production of which particular minerals this Province leads. The comments of the Provincial Mineralogist under the respective headings of "Progress of Mining" and "General Developments of the Year" forcibly direct attention to the leading features of the year's work and the results attained. These comments, made with a fuller knowledge of the actual facts of the situation than can be obtained .by anyone not having similar access to the confidential reports and sworn statements of mine •managers and others, possess an especial value, and since they carry considerable weight it is well that, besides narrating the results attained, as indicated by the statistics, they show that improved methods of mining and ore-treatment have already been or are being adopted, and that, as a consequence, mining and smelting operations may be expected to return more profit than under earlier and less favourable conditions. The special reports of the Provincial Mineralogist on the mining camps and districts he visited last year, particularly the one on the valley of the Flathead River, South-East Kootenay (reproduced in full in this month's Mining Record), will be read by many seeking an unbiassed and competent opinion thereon. The official reports of Gold Commissioners and Mining Recorders appear to be, on the whole, more in keeping with the high standard looked for in the report of an important department; indeed several of them are very creditable, and their value has been much enhanced by the occasional introduction of notes by the Provincial Mineralogist supplying mining or smelting costs, information relative to reduction processes, or other relevant and useful information. The illustrations are unusually good for an official report. The sketch map of the coal and oil district of South-East Kootenay will be of service to many. Altogether, the Report is, in our opinion, the best the Department of Mines has issued, The New York Engineering and Mining Journal, in a recently-published review of the world's copper production, points out that the new sources of copper supply opened in the past two or three years are all in North America, and mentions that the mines of the Boundary district of British Columbia are among the important copper producers lately developed. Commenting on the circular of a well- known London firm, who give yearly a carefully- prepared statement of the copper production of the world, the same journal observes: "The large increases were in North America, where Canada is making nearly three times as much copper as was reported four years ago. The gaih is entirely from British Columbia, chieflv in the Boundary district." Some of the Provincial newspapers occasionally quote the "hot air" statements given out in Spokane, Washington, by certain persons interested in making it appear that the Imperial Coal & Coke Company is a very meritorious and important coal-mining enterprise. For instance, last week a Vancouver newspaper reproduced from the Spokesman-Review, notorious for its unreliability as regards its mining news, a characteristic statement attributed to Mr. O. G. Labaree, one of the promoters of the Imperial Company. Among the assertions included in this emanation are the following: "We have received assurances that the Canadian Pacific Railway Company will build a road 28 miles long, from Michel, B.C., to the .properties of the Imperial Company this summer" : "Mr. John Brown, one of the original locators of the property, is on the ground and will put about 20 men to work developing and preparing to ship": "Our output will be about 10,000 tons of coal a day." Seemingly, nonsense of this sort is not unacceptable to the general run of readers of the Spokane newspaper, but why British Columbia newspaper's should reproduce as news such trash is inexplicable. Does anyone familiar with the businesslike methods of the C.P.R. suppose that its management has so far taken leave of its senses as to contemplate shortly constructing 28 miles of railroad in a mountainous district to a property that will put 20 men to work to prepare to ship coal, of which there is more than enough at collieries their railways already taps to supply all present available markets? And as to an output of 10,000 tons a day,' which means between 3,000,000 and 4,000,000 tons a year— why the total output of the Crow's Nest Pass Company during six years to the end of 1903 was less than 2,000,000 tons from all its many coal mines. We think it probable that Mr. John Brown's bodv, like that of his famous namesake, will "lie mouldering in the srave" long before the Imperial Companv res^i- larlv maintains an outout of to.ooo tons of coal a dav. Meanwhile it would be better for the mininsr industrv of British Columbia if such mis-statements, whether nvide desiernedlv or ignorantlv. were not THE MINING RECORD. 191 given publicity without question by the provincial press. * , In this month's Mining Record will be found much information that has been taken from the Annual Report of the Minister of Mines for the year 1903. We have no doubt numbers of our readers will be glad to have this matter thus reprinted, for the Mining Record is read by many who will not see the official Report. Thanks to the courtesy of the Hon. the Minister of Mine's, we have been enabled to use about half the blocks that served to illustrate his Report. The selected matter and the illustrations being both new to our readers we commend them to their careful attention, feeling assured ithat the result will be a more adequate conception of the enormous extent of the mineral resources of British Columbia and a fuller realization of the growing importance of its mining industry. Although we gave prominence to the subject in the April issue of the Mining Record, its importance to this Province warrants our again directing attention to the value of the mineral production of British Columbia as compared with that of the whole of the Canadian territory situate to the eastward of the Rocky Mountains. The particular purpose of Tables 9 and 10, which have been published for several successive years in the Annual Report of the Minister of Mines, is to exhibit the favourable position this Province occupies in this connection. So that not even a suggestion of a lack of complete fairness to other parts of the Dominion may appear, we have, in the mineral statistics published elsewhere in this issue, shown, first the totals of the production of metallic minerals in British Columbia, the Yukon Territory, and all other Provinces combined, respectively, and then have added the coal and coke production. Those interested in the detailed figures may examine them closely for themselves; we shall only briefly point out here the leading facts of the position. The total production in 1903 of gold, silver, copper and lead in the Dominion was valued at $27,- 026,190. Of this British Columbia's proportion was $12,631,787, the Yukon contributed (all in gold) $12,250,000, and all other parts of the Dominion $2,144,403. This means that the production of the Pacific slope portion of the Dominion of these four minerals was greater, to the amount of $22,737,384, than that of all the remaining portion of Canada combined. The disparity, though still very large, is not sso marked, however, after the production of other metallic minerals—iron, nickel and zinc—has been added, the Pacific slope showing a total production of all metallic minerals of $24,888,657 as against $8,818,746 for the remainder of Canada. Going further and adding the value of the coal and coke production, the Canadian territory east of the Rockies shows to less disadvantage, since it makes a gain of nearly $9,000,000, as compared with- that of British Columbia in its coal production, although the Western Province is a little to the good in coke. Still, with coal and coke added the balance is considerably. in favour of the Pacific slope, the respective totals being $29,220,954 for British Columbia and the Yukon, and $22,108,120 for the remainder of Canada. To give the other provinces their due it will be admitted' that after all the numerous non-metallic mineral products and the structural materials and clay products, these being included in the total mineral production of Canada, have been taken into account the balance is not in favour of the Pacific slope, which has a total value of all mineral products of $29,745,954 as against $33,480,556 for the whole of the other portions of the Dominion. Yet this may be justly claimed, that this Province is distinctly in the lead in value of production of metallic minerals, and that since its iron and zinc resources are now receiving attention it may look to these assisting it in the future to maintain its advantage. Further, with coal and coke production promising a substantial increase, the prospects are that these products, as well as all the metallic minerals, will contribute a substantial increase to production and so aid in making British Columbia the "Mineral Province" of the Dominion to even a greater degree than already obtains. As the option for the sale of the Lenora mine expired on May 20th, without so far as we are aware action being taken thereon, it is to be presumed that the "deal" which was being promoted in London has fallen through. We cannot help expressing the hope that such really is the case, for there are many other mines in British Columbia which in our opinion might be acquired to better advantage by British investors than the Lenora. Unfortunately we have little actual proof of the truth of the reports which have been circulated concerning the representations made by the promoters of the scheme in the en- endeavour to effect a sale, and consequently are unable to comment as we should have wished. We are informed, for example, that it was actually claimed for the Lenora, among other things, that there is now in sight at the mine over a hundred thousand tons of ore of payable grade. If such a statement were made it would be interesting to learn how the estimate was arrived at. The adjoining Tyee mine claims, we understand, only some sixty thousand tons of ore in sight. This mine has been carefully and systematically developed for about the same length of time as the Lenora has been carefully and systematically "gutted." To us the inference is obvious. Again some stress seems to have been laid on the circumstance that the sale of the property was sanctioned by the court. But it should be remembered that all the court was called upon to determine was whether the unsecured creditors would be placed in a worse position should the mine be sold, and as that was impossible, and on that account a majority of the unsecured creditors had voted in favour of the option being granted, the judge gave his approval. At the same time no affidavit was produced in court certifying to the value of the property. If the property is sold to British purchasers who have not the good sense to exercise ordinary business precautions before investing, then, of course, they deserve to suf- 192 THE HIKING RECORD. fer the consequences. All we care to consider is British Columbia's good name, which has been dragged in the mud too often as it is. We have received some extracts from the preliminary report, made to the Hon. Clifford Sifton, of the Commission appointed to investigate the different electro-thermic processes for the smelting of iron ores and the making of steel, stated to be now in operation in Europe. Notes of what the members of the Commission saw at works in Sweden, Italy and France are included in the report, which, by the way, does not appear to us to have warranted the extremely sanguine anticipations of Eastern press correspondents and which we questioned last month. While the Commission saw processes in operation that indicated decided progress in the direction of the application of electricity to the manufacture of steel, its conclusions regarding the electric smelting of ore may be summed up in the words of the following excerpt from the report: "The process of electric smelting must yet be regarded as in the experimental stage, no plant existing at present where iron ore is commercially reduced to pig by the electric process." It is true the report, later, goes on to say; "We may expect that the application of electric energy to the extraction of metals from their ores will .not be long delayed and that- familiarity with handling large currents and experience gained in electric smelting will result in displacing some of the costly and complicated methods by comparatively simple and economic processes," but it is evident that as yet electro-thermic processes are not being applied on the large scale necessary to make them a commercial success. It is unfortunate that the favourable reports of results obtained during the last few months at the Eva mine and stamp mill, Camborne, should be followed so quickly by an announcement that the' Calumet & B. C. Gold Mines, Ltd., having exhausted its treasury, has not been able to exercise its option to purchase the Eva property, and that re-organization is necessary. The position is by no means a new one in connection with mining, the company having, like too many others, discounted its future by assuming financial obligations altogether beyond the capacity of an ordinary small mine to discharge and, as well, pay its working expenses. ■ As a consequence mining in a very promising district gets a bad name, for the second time within a year. Whilst there can not fairly be charged in the case of the Eva similar mismanagement and reckless waste of money to that which last year wrecked the Northwestern Development Syndicate, operating in the same district, the effect upon those who put money into the Eva enterprise will be almost as discouraging. The lesson to be taken to heart is that with only a limited amount of development in a mine and inadequate equipment in a mill, eventual failure may, in most cases, be regarded as a matter of course, if the cash capital be small. The possession of a good mining property is not the only sine qua non—another essential is a treasury reserve of cash or salable stock to meet un- forseen contingencies. Too often, though, chances are taken, with results as disastrous as those the Eva shareholders are now face to face with. It is to be hoped that some way out of the difficulty will be found, so that further development of the mine and the requisite addition to the mill plant may be provided for and work be pushed to the successful issue that appears to be possible. * The directors of the Providence Mining Company, of Greenwood, have decided to pay another dividend of ten cents per share. This will be the third dividend the Providence mine has earned, the first and second, each of ten cents, having been paid last year. The company enjoys several advantages; it owns a mine that has been fully paid for, its operations return all along a profit, and its issued^ stock is limited to comparatively few shares. From its inception the company has been managed on strictly business lines, so that after the output of the mine had provided sufficient money, in excess of current expenses and the cost of necessary plant and building improvements, to pay the balance due on the purchase of the property the surplus profits became available for distribution among the shareholders in the shape of dividends. The Providence mine is not a large one, but it has developed a payable lead of ore down to a depth of 325 feet on the incline and, in order to keep development well ahead of stoping, a contract has been let for sinking 100 feet deeper. Some interesting particulars of the mine and its ore returns were published in the Mining Record for April last. Though the company's operations have not been extensive they have been successful, and so have influenced the opening up of several other silver-gold claims in the neighborhood of Greenwood. The Executive Committee of the Provincial Mining Association held a business meeting at Nelson last month. Among the matters dealt with were the question of the location of placer claims over mineral claims and the endorsement of an application to the Dominion Government for an extension of the benefit under the Lead Bounty Act to mines which are unable to get their lead ore treated in the Province. We print elsewhere a brief account of the proceedings at the meeting. Advices we have received from Greenwood are to the effect that the installation of the converter pla^t at the B. C .Copper Company's smelter there will be completed shortly and that before the end of the current month blister copper will be produced at those works. At present the matte produced at this smelter is sent to Tacoma to be converted into copper, but we expect to next month be warranted in offering our congratulations to the B. C. Copper Company upon its successful accomplishment of this work at its own establishment. The Provincial Mineralogist, himself an experienced metallurgist, characterizes the report of Mr. THE MINING RECORD. 193 Thos. Kiddie, manager of the Tyee Copper Company's smelter, Ladysmith, as exceedingly interesting from a metallurgical standpoint, showing, as it does, the practical results obtained in smelting an ore carrying more than 35 per cent, of barium sulphate. This ore is described as unique in character and its treatment as presenting a problem not met with, so far as could be learned, elsewhere. With no previous experience, either of his own or of others, to guide him in treating this ore, Mr. Kiddie's work was for a time largely experimental. As showing the material improvement he has made in smelting this ore it may be mentioned that Mr. Kiddie succeeded in raising the treatment capacity of the furnace from a daily average of 177 tons during the period covered by the last annual report published by the company to one of 249 tons during six months to the close of April last. On another page we give Mr. Kiddie's absolute average figures of the results of his furnace work during the latter period. 1 of the current year there have been produced 1,616,259 tons of smelting ore of a gross value in gold, copper and silver of $25,436,525, practically all derived from an area of 120 acres on the slope of Red Mountain, whilst private enterprise has mapped out the rock formations, veins, dykes, faults, etc., within this comparatively small area, it cannot similarly cover the remainder of the mineralized region about Rossland, the task being beyond its capacity. It is claimed that there are many outcrops and exposures in prospect workings that would afford geologists much information for use in the preparation of the detailed report asked for, and that the economic results that would follow the making available to mining men the conclusions of expert geologists would be found to more than justify the expense involved in the much-needed examination and report. The members of McGill Summer School of Mining completed their month's outdoor course for this year about May 24th, on which day they reached the end of their arranged programme. The final day was spent at Cascade visiting the power station there, the waters of Kettle River being utilised at that place for the purpose of generating electricity for the motive power for mines and smelters in the Boundary district. Most of the students have arranged to spend some time at practical work in one or other of the mines visited in the Province. Dr. Porter and his assistants have left on their return to McGill University, Montreal. Mutual advantage to British Columbia and the mining students must result from the visit of the school—the Province will benefit by having first-hand information relative to a number of its important mines and smelters disseminated wherever the visitors shall make mention of what they saw of mining in British Columbia, and the students were enabled to witness modern methods in mining, concentrating and smelting and particularly to learn something of the systems and economies that make it possible to turn to profitable account ores that in several instances are of lower grade than it is customary to mine and treat. Thanks are due to mine and smelter managers and all others who cooperated with Dr. Porter to secure the accomplishment of the purpose of the visit of the Summer School. It is pleasing to have assurance that the visitors fully appreciated the attention shown to them. The Rossland Board of Trade recently unanimously endorsed and adopted a proposal made by two prominent local mine managers to the effect that the Dominion Government shall authorise the Geological Survey of Canada to make a detailed structural survey of the mineralized portion of the Rossland district. The memorial prepared for submission to the Government recites that from the time active production was commenced in the district in 1894 to January A recent issue of the B. C. Review (London) contains this amusing editorial paragraph: "We stated in a recent issue that the B. C. Government is reported to be about to sell the extensive coal and petroleum lands in East Kootenay, which they have recently recovered from the Canadian Pacific Railway, to an American syndicate. Latest reports from the Province state that there is much local indignation over the matter, as these lands are known to be extremely valuable, some authorities appraising them at ten million sterling, while the American syndicate will obtain them for a nominal license fee of £4,000. Of course, every kind of epithet is hurled at the Government, who are accused of sacrificing the interests of the Province for private gain, but it is certainly better that these mineral lands should be developed by a financially .strong company rather than be handed over piecemeal to penniless individuals who will hawk their grants all over the country. We trust that the Government will take some steps to ensure a substantial revenue to the Province from whoever obtains these valuable lands." There would be something a great deal harder than "epithets" hurled if the B. C. Government tried or even contemplated any such little game. But we can assure our contemporary that the B. C. Government has not as yet, at least so far as we are aware, removed its official headquarters from the Legislative Buildings, Victoria, to the lunatic asylum, New Westminster. Two months ago we commented on a statement published in a Rossland newspaper asserting that the deduction of the President of the Rossland Board of Trade from his own own annual report of 1903 and from a leaflet published by the Associated Boards of Trade was " that in 1903 Rossland camp produced about 46 per cent, of the entire mineral wealth mined in British Columbia." We then expressed the opinion that when the official figures should be published it would be found that the Trail Creek Mining Division, which includes Rossland camp, did not contribute more than 25 per cent, in value and much less in tonnage of the total mineral wealth mined last year in the Province. The official figures are now avail- 194 THE MINING RECORD. able and we note that the total for the Province was $17,495,954 of which Trail Creek Division's proportion was $4,255,958—a little less than 25 per cent. Lately we received a marked copy of the report of the President of the Rossland Board of Trade, so we assume that it is desired we make some reference to it. We now find the statement of the President in connection with the above-mentioned matter, as printed in the report, to be as follows: "Out of a total metallic production of $9,881,639, for the whole of Southern Kootenay and Southern Yale in 1903, Rossland produced $4,251,463, or more than 43 per cent, of the total." (The italics used above are our own.) It is Rossland's misfortune to have much matter supplied for publication by an individual who is long on conceit and short on accuracy, so that misstatements are frequent. As an instance of this we may mention that when a representative of the Mining Record visited Rossland last December to obtain information for a review of mining in 1903 he found that the tonnage statistics then being supplied to the Press showed the output of local mines to be about 50,000 tons more for the year to date than the actual production had been. The Rossland Board of Trade, therefore, need not be surprised to find journals that regard general accuracy as essential challenge glaringly-inaccurate published statements,' such as those above noted. Reverting to the report—the statistical tables embodied in it supply some interesting and usetul information, showing (1) approximate output of each producing mine during ten years, the total output for that period appearing as 1,617,259 tons having a gross value of $25,436,525; (2) comparative yearly output, giving total tonnage and value for each year from 1894 to 1903, both inclusive; (3) details of output for 1903, including production, and gold, silver and copper contents of ore, respectively, of individual mines working; (4) statement, in lineal feet, ot development work done in each mine during 1903, viz., 31,489 feet, and (5) number of men, which was 1,041, employed in the principal mines. Another table is the Associated Boards of Trade's estimated value of mineral produced in Southern Kootenay and Southern Yale in 1903. As the figures contained in the latter have been widely published it may be of interest to quote them, and as well the official figures, taken from the Minister of Mines' Report. These follow, those in parentheses being the official revised figures: Gold, $4,219,718 ($4,492,448); silver, $1,-. 839>953 ($1,210,311); copper, $3,332,175 ($3,637,- 877) ; lead, $489,793 ($646,114) ; total, $9,881,639 ($9,986,750). It will be observed that whilst there are considerable differences between the values of individual metals, there is only about $105,000 variation between the totals. The Rossland Board of Trade has done the mining industry a service by having printed and distributed a pamphlet containing much statistical information relating to the development and production of mines in the Rossland district. Having an output officially valued at more than four and a quarter millions of dollars, it is well that much publicity be given to that important fact. The cablegram sent by Mr. J. H. Mackenzie, acting General Manager to the London office of the Le Roi Company, making the extraordinary statement that in consequence of faulty sampling and assaying recent shipments of Le Roi ore had been over-valued to the amount of $335,000, has naturally caused much consternation not unmixed with indignation both in England and' in this coutnry. To us it appears incredible that such a serious and inexcusable blunder as that alleged should have been made and remained undetected for so long a period as claimed. Thus if the sampling and assaying at the mine were at fault, and this was known at the company's smelter, it is certainly strange that prompt action was, apparently, not taken to remedy the grave error. Another rather remarkable circumstance is that this is the second occasion on which it has been alleged that Le Roi shipments have been grossly over-valued. Mr. Frecheville, sent out by the London directors some two years ago to report on the mine, attributed, it will be remembered, a similar error to the then general manager, Mr. Bernard McDonald. Mr. Mackenzie, who, by-the-way, was appointed by Mr. Frecheville, and had charge of the mine for several months prior to Mr. Parrish's engagement, now claims to have discovered a like condition of affairs. This is a very damaging allegation in respect to both the financial position of the company and the competence of Mr. Parrish, its manager. Meanwhile the over-valuing, having as alleged, covered a period of several months, it is singular that so wide a discrepancy between the values in the ore as shown by sampling at the mine and those actually recovered at the smelter,—at any rate during the first half of the period referred to, was not detected by the London Board, which presumably receives fully detailed returns from both mine and smelter. Without Mr. Parrish's explanation of the position it is impossible to express an impartial opinion as to whether or not Mr. Mackenzie's statement is the correct one, but the latter gentleman before assuming the heavy responsibility of cabling the information he did to London must assuredly have thoroughly satisfied himself in his own mind that the facts were as set out in his message. It may not be out of place to make reference here to the excellent work done by Mr. Parrish since he undertook the management of the Le Roi. The condition in which he found the mine upon taking charge was not a satisfactory one, for, it is understood, all the higher grade ore in sight, had been removed from the mine by reason of financial exigencies which demanded that such a policy should then be followed. Mr. Parrish was called upon to practically rehabilitate the property, and despite the present disconcerting reports, there can be no doubt that the position and value of the Le Roi has been materially improved during the past twelve months. Since the above was written our Rossland contemporary, the Miner, has published the following: "During the early part of the present year the management of the Le Roi announced substanital profits. The public was thus led to believe that THE MINING RECORD. 195 $108,000 had been earned in sixty days. It now transpires that nothing like this amount was earned; in fact recent developments show that during the first two months of the current year the earnings were next to nothing. The fault does not rest with the mine, nor is the smelter to be blamed. On an output of something like 20,000 tons a month the run of the mine was indiscriminately sent to Northport. Faulty sampling at the mine was the basis of the office estimate that created the reported profit, but the close check of Manager Wilson at the smelter proved it far from correct. The sampling at the mine is nothing short of a scandal, but the work at the smelter is above both reproach and suspicion. It is said that Mr. Wilson is on record in Rossland as well as in London, showing that his assays made on the receipt of the ore tally with the result of the smelter run." But this explanation does not explain the points we have suggested, namely (1) how the discrepancy between the mine and smelter assay values, respectively, was not immediately discovered, (2) how it was that the Directors apparently failed to note the very marked difference between the estimates received from the Rossland office and the values actually recovered at the smelter, and (3) if this difference was noted why the shareholders were permited to remain under th^e impression that comparatively large profits were being earned. It is stated that Mr. Charles Sweeny, a well known Coeur D'Alene miner, has by an arrangement recently concluded, secured a controlling interest in the Sullivan mine, in East Kootenay. The property itself is, we believe, a valuable one, and under tolerably efficient management should be capable of becoming a profit-earning concern. Under Mr. Sweeny's direction—if the reputation he enjoys does not belie him— it is unlikely that the idiotic mismanagement of the past will be repeated. We should not be astonished if, at his instance, the Marysville smelter is reconstructed on something like approved modern lines. It is even possible that the calciner building of "unique and original design" may be demolished or utilized for (say) some homely agricultural purpose. At the meeting in Nelson in May, the executive committee of the Provincial Mining Association passed a resolution endorsing the appeal made to the Dominion Government by the Associated Silver-Lead Mines, •and agreed to by the Canadian smelters, "That the bounty on lead ore be paid for one year on any lead shipped out of Canada after the lead smelters had been supplied with all the ore they require." In this instance the Mining Association has merely followed the line adopted by the Kootenay Associated Boards of Trade by "backing" the request of a body of men who should know better than any outsiders what they require of the Government in order that the industry in which they are engaged should prosper. The mine- owners had previously convinced the home smelters that they would lose nothing by agreeing to the pro posal and as the smelters had raised no objection, it was nobody else's business to oppose a plan which at any rate meant the working of more mines and the employment of a greater number of men in the silver- lead districts of the two Kootenays during the next twelve months. The only opposition of which we have knowledge has come from a Mr. Fernau, who represented himself as ready and able, provided he received sufficient encouragement, to establish a lead smelter at Fernie or other suitable centre, and it is understood that the rate he suggested would be charged for treating both silver-lead and zinc-bearing ores was extremely low. However, Mr. Fernau must certainly have failed to convince Kootenay mine-owners of his bona fides, for none of them appear to have taken him or his proposals seriously. 9 RESULTS OF SMELTING AT LADYSMITH. FHE following absolute average figures of the re- ■*■ suits of work at the Tyee Copper Company's smelter, Ladysmith, during six months to the close of April last, were supplied by the manager, Mr. Thos. Kiddie, for publication in the Annual Report of the Minister of Mines: "During the last six months the furnace was in blast 123 days of 24 hours each, an average of 20 days per month, and smelted 30,703 tons of material, of which 28,290 tons were ore, making a daily average of 249.6 tons of material or 230 tons of ore per day, from which we shipped in the form of matte, 2,275,997 pounds of copper, 72,207.8 ounces of silver, and 4,5*92.18 ounces of gold. A general analysis of the burnt ore used during this period is as follows: Iron 11.45 per cent. Silica I9-36 Zinc 6.97 - Barium sulphate 38.87 Sulphur (in sulphides) .... 6.56 while tbe general analysis of the slags produced during this period, which also includes custom ores, was as follows:— Copper 37 per cent. Gold Trace. Silver .12 oz. per ton. Iron oxide 17.68 per cent. Zinc oxide 6.44 Barium oxide 26.16 Calcium oxide 7-92 Silica 33.34 Alumina 10.75 Magnesia Trace. "The improvement in the slag assays for copper over the previous year is due in part to the increased settling capacity of the receivers at the furnace; in part to a reduction in the specific gravity in the slags by the admixture of suitable fluxing ores, which were not procurable in the earlier stages of our operations; in part to the lesser amount of ZnO in the slags, as a result of the admixture of other ores referred to; 196 THE MINING RECORD. and in part to altered furnace practice, as a result of experiment with such ores. The specific gravity of the mattes was between 4.7 and 5.0, and of the slags between 3.6 and 3.8. "Of the total ore smelted, 62.8 per cent, was burnt ore, 22 per cent, raw sulphide ore and 15.2 per cent, raw custom ore—or 62.8 per cent, burnt ore and 37.2 per cent, raw ore, from which a shipping matte of from 40 to 45 per cent, copper was produced in one smelting operation. Comparing the furnace work of the past six months, as shown above, with the last annual statement, it will be seen that the capacity of the furnace has been raised from 177 tons to 249.6 tons, an increase of 72.6 tons per day." NOTES ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF MINE BULKHEADS. (By William Thompson, Rossland, B.C.*) The writer was recently called upon to design and erect a number of mine bulkheads which required to be absolutely free from danger of collapse and fracture and possibilities of leakage. After consideration of the many classes of material available for this purpose, and various designs of construction, the following general design was decided upon and followed: Materials—Materials chosen for the erection of the bulkheads were hard burned, repressed brick, manufactured from clay found at Clayton, in the State of Washington, U. S. A., Portland cement imported directly through Vancouver agents from White Brothers, of London, England, and clean river sand found locally. Before being used samples of all materials were tested in the laboratories of Dr. J. T.' Donald and McGill University, Montreal, Quebec. Design of Bulkheads—In each case the pressure exerted from the head of water to be retained was in one direction. Bulkheads were, therefore, erected in the form of an arch set against footings cut into the solid rock, footings also being cut into the roof and floor of the workings to remove loose or fractured material and make perfect seal against leakage at point of contact between brick work and walls of drift. The first arch was re-inforced by a second arch of similar design and the space between the intrados and extra- dos of the two arches filled with strong cement concrete. The extrados of the final arch was also sealed by strong cement concrete faced with two-inch cedar plank. The strongest and most perfectly shaped brick were chosen for the construction of the main arches and the mortar used consisted of two parts sand to one cement, freshly mixed as required.' Strength of Materials—Brick—Transverse Test —Distance between centres of support in each case, six inches; specimens tested on flat. Breaking load at centre in pounds, arch brick, 6,500 pounds; breaking load at centre in pounds, face brick, 3,900 pounds. Compression Test—Load in pounds per square inch at initial failure, arch brick, 6,600 pounds; load in pounds per square inch at initial failure, face brick, 2,117 pounds; maximum load in pounds per square inch, arch brick, 8,320 pounds; maximum load in pounds per square inch, face brick, 3,242 pounds. Cement—Tensile strength in pounds per square ' inch: Neat cement 20 per cent, water, at end of 60 days, 699 pounds; one cement and one standard quartz sand, same' period, 540 -pounds; one cement and one sand used, same period, 498 pounds. Plan of Bulkheads—Diagram No. 1 shows vertical section, and Diagram No. 2 plan of bulkhead elected to withstand pressure due to 475 feet of water. A three-inch wrought iron pipe was laid through each bulkhead to carry off water accumulating during construction, this pipe being sealed when water was allowed to accumulate against the face. Bulkheads were maintained free from pressure until material had become thoroughly set. Results—Results obtained proved eminently satisfactory, bulkheads proving watertight, and owing to large factor of safety are free from any danger of collapse or fracture. . *Paper presented at the March meeting of the Canadian Mining Institute. THE CORRECT DIMENSIONS OF OPEN FLUMES. (By Thornhill Cooper, Mine Manager, Westport, New Zealand.) A matter recently came under my notice regarding the correct dimensions of open flumes so as to insure the greatest carrying capacity consistent with using the smallest quantity of material. From personal observation and inquiry I find that this subject receives but little attention, and therefore take the liberty of bringing it before your readers' notice. I find by calculation that by modifying the dimensions of a flume .it is possible to materially increase its capacity without any corresponding increase in the quantity of timber used in its construction. The correct relation of sides to bottom appears to be as 1 is to 2. Taking, for instance, a commonly used flume of 2 feet by 2 feet, and say 12 feet long, we obtain an area of 4 square feet, and a capacity of 48 cubic feet, requiring for its construction 72 square feet of timber. Now, modify the dimensions in accordance with the proportion above laid down, making the sides to be 1 foot 6 inches and bottom 3 feet. We then obtain an area of 4 feet 6 inches, and with the 12 foot box a capacity of 54 feet, still using only the same quantity of timber—72 feet. Other examples work out similarly, e.g.:— Sides. Bottom. Length. 3 ft. x 3 ft. x 12 ft. 2 ft. 3 in. x 4 ft. 6 in.- x 12 ft. 2 ft. x 3 ft. x 12 ft. 1 ft. 9 in. x 3 ft. 6 in. x 12 ft. 3 ft. x 4 ft. x 12 ft. 2 ft. 6 in. x 5 ft. x 12 ft. 4 ft. x 4 it. x 12 ft. 3 ft. x 6 ft. x 12 ft. In these examples I have—in order to simplify calculations—taken no account of the loss of timber entailed at the junction of sides and bottom, but this will not affect capacity results. Area. Capacity. Timber. Sq. Ft. Cub. Ft. Sq Ft. 9 108 108 10-125 I2I-5 108 6 72 84 6-125 73'5 84 12 144 120 12-5 150 120 16 192 144 18 216 144 THE MINING RECORD. 197 PROGRESS OF MINING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA IN 1903. In the 1903 Annual Report of the Minister of Mines for British Columbia the Provincial Mineralogist, Mr. Wm. Fleet Robertson, makes comment on the Progress of Mining in the Province during-the period under notice. In the course of his review he observes: "The statistics of the mineral production of the year 1903, when compared with those of the previous year, do not show that increase of output which had been hoped for, and which there was reason to expect. "The gross value of the mineral products of the Province for the year 1903 was $17,495,954, an increase over the preceding year of $9,404; not a very great sum, but still an increase, and including and overcoming the decrease occurring in both the placer gold and coal mining branches of the industry, for which in both cases there are' special and, fortunately, only temporary causes. "These statistics are only a record of the' amount of mineral actually produced and marketed; as such they are true, but it is felt they are not quite a just measure of the progress actually made in the industry, as they take no cognizance of the improved methods of mining and treatment which have been or are being adopted, and which have so important a bearing on the chief end and object' of mining, viz., the earning of a profit. "It is generally conceded that mining in the Province is gradually assuming a better and more secure position as a business than it formerly held, and is. on a more stable basis than it was a year ago. "This has been secured by the general recognition of the necessity for, and the adoption by many companies of, methods more conducive to success, while others have passed through that initial and expensive experimental stage which seems inherent to mining in a new district. "This viewing of mining from a more strictly business standpoint is gradually tending to the elimination of enterprises which are not based upon substantial merit, and which, therefore, can never succeed, but, by their very existence, cast a shadow of doubt upon legitimate enterprises. "The labour conditions, too, formerly unsettled, appear now to be more stable, experience having apparently taught both employer and employee that strikes and lockouts are expensive luxuries not to be hastily indulged in, entailing not only a present but subsequent loss to both parties. "The following is a brief review of the separate branches of the industry: "With regard to coal mining, the collieries of the Province, taken collectively, did not produce as much coal m 1903 as in the previous year. The Crow's Nest collieries show a substantial increase in the production of both coal and coke, while the Coast collieries show a more than equivalent decrease. The output in both these districts was greatly diminished by strikes which occurred during the earlier part of the year, causing a loss of time which could not be made up, while in the Coast district a change of ownership of one of the large properties led to alteration of plans and plant, which temporarily interfered with, although it will eventually increase, the output. There is also no doubt but that the Coast collieries are feeling the compjetition in California of the fuel oil found there, since in that market a large percentage of the Vancouver Island coal has of late years been sold. "Placer gold mining has, on the whole, about held its own during the past year; there has been a decrease, but only a slight one. The northern districts have made an increased output, but the central districts show a diminished production. Of these latter districts, Cariboo requires a heavy snow and rainfall to insure success, while the valley of the Lower Fraser requires low water in the rivers to expose the bars. Unfortunately, during the past season these conditions were exactly reversed and the output of gold accordingly diminished. "The tonnage of ore mined by the lode mines of the Province in 1903 was 1,286,176 tons, an increase over the preceding year of 287,177 tons, or about 29 per cent. In certain districts, more particularly those producing lead ores, there has been a decrease, but the Boundary, Rossland and Coast districts all show large increases in tonnage of ore mined. In the Boundary district the continually improving methods of mining and smelting have rendered further low grade properties workable. These new methods are gradually widening the margin of profit in the handling of the large but notoriously low-grade ore bodies of that locality. "In the Rossland district the ore mined amounted to 360,786 tons, an increase over the preceding year of 31,252 tons, or about 9% per cent. The metallic contents of the output have scarcely kept pace with the increased tonnage, as the average grade of the ore mined in the camp was lower than ever before. This gradually decreasing assay value of the ore is attributable to two causes, both of which are unquestionably true, although it is difficult to know exactly the relative importance to assign to either. One of these causes is the undoubted fact that cheaper methods of mining and of treatment charges which have followed year by year have rendered possible and advisable the handling of a lower-grade ore than formerly, admitting of the utilization of much material as ore which previously was waste. On the other hand, it is claimed that as the ore is followed to a depth, it is actually of a lower grade, or rather that there is a smaller percentage of high-grade ore in the ore body. • On this point it might not be inappropriate to quote from the last annual report of the Manager of the Centre Star and War Eagle mines (two of the largest mines in the camp), who had ample opportunity to observe the facts. He says: " 'Developments up to date show that the Centre Star mine' (he says the same of the War Eagle) 'has experienced the same general change in the character of its ore deposits which has occurred in all other productive mines in the Rossland district, and which is i-! 198 THE MINING RECORD. the general rule throughout the mining districts of the world. This is the transition from, the occurrence of high grade bonanza ore bodies, capable of profit under the expensive process of smelting, to masses of lower grade requiring a treatment by milling.' "This Centre Star report goes on to say that for the company's fiscal year ending September 30, 1903, the ore sales amounted to 88,387 tons, with average assay contents of gold, 0.50 oz.; silver, 0.40 oz.; copper, 0.99 per cent., in which ore 'the net profit in excess of all expenditures was $228,358.90.' "The report of the War Eagle mine shows that for its fiscal year the ore sales have been 60,039 tons, the average assay contents of which were, gold, 0.418 oz.; silver, 1.02 oz.; copper, 1.45 per cent., having a smelter gross value of $9.87 per ton. The excess of revenue over expenditure was $68,512.21, of which $38,171.74 was charged off to depreciation, leaving $30,340.47 as net profit for the year. "These figures indicate that the ore has certainly not as yet reached a limit in grade so low as to be unworkable by even the present methods, although the manager is possibly right in anticipating the transition to which he refers. "The Coast mines are rapidly assuming an importance as a factor in the production of the Province which they never, before occupied, there having been mined and treated some 103,524 tons of ore—nearly four times as much as formerly, an increase which is due almost entirely to mines in the Mt. Sicker district of Vancouver Island." Among the statistical tables there is one showing the quantity of ore mined and shipped during 1903 in each district in the Province, the number of shipping mines, and the men employed. The totals of this table are as follows: Tons of ore shipped, 1,286,176; number of shipping mines, 125 ; number of mines that shipped more than 100 tons in 1903, 74; men employed in these mines, above ground 1,531, below ground 945, total,. 2,476. By an unfortunate omission of the number of men employed in the mines in the Trail Creek Mining Division, viz., 635 below ground and 192 above, total 827, the last quoted figures are incorrect. It has been ascertained from the Department of Mines that the total should have been shown as 3,303. The Provincial Mineralogist gives as well details relative to the several leading mineral productions of the Province. Briefly summarizing these the following information is obtained: Coal.—There were mined in 1903, 1,450,663 tons of coal, of which total output 1,168,194 tons were sold as coal, and 282,469 tons converted into coke, producing 165,543 tons of the latter. This represents, as compared with the production of 1902, a decrease of about 16 per cent in the quantity of coal sold (and an increase of about 29.3 per cent in the amount of coke produced. Of the coal sold, 546,723 tons were exported to the United States and 2,725 tons to other countries. The Vancouver Island collieries exported (chiefly to California) 403,438 tons and the Crow's Nest Pass collieries (to Montana and Idaho, largelv for railway consumption) 146,010 tons of coal. It is noted that whilst in 1902 the Vancouver Island collieries sold in British Columbia only about 4,000 tons of coke and exported 12,000 tons, the whole of the 1903 production of 15,779 tons was consumed at local smelters, as well as 3,719 tons taken from the stock on hand at the beginning of the year. The Crow's Nest Pass collieries mined in 1903 589,888 tons of coal, of which 340,337 tons were sold as such, and 249,551 tons were sent to the coke ovens, producing 149,764 tons of coke, of which 27,758 tons were exported to the United States (to Northport (Washington) and Montana smelters) and the remainder used at the smelters of the Kootenay and' Boundary districts of British Columbia. The gross output of coal at .these last-mentioned collieries in 1903 showed an increase of nearly 50 per cent over that of 1902, while the increase in the production of coke was 38.8 per cent. Additional ovens have recently been built, increasing the output capacity by at least 25 per cent, so that a larger production of coke is looked for in 1904. Gold.—The placer gold production for 1903 was $1,060,420, a decrease of about $12,720, or 1 per cent, from the year 1902, but showing an increase over 1901 of $90,320. The Atlin and Liard divisions of Cassiar are the only districts that in 1903 gave an increased production of placer gold. In the first-named division the increase was obtained chiefly from the working by improved methods, and on a larger scale, of an old high channel found in the benches of Pine and Spruce Creeks. The productive work in this district is still largely in the hands of individual miners or small partnerships of miners. The increase in the Liard division was due to the successful operations of the Thibert Creek Hydraulic Company. The Cariboo district as a whole, which includes the Cariboo (Barkerville) and Quesnel Mining Divisions, shows a drop in production of about $65,000. In the Cariboo division the production was slightly diminished as compared with 1902, yet it showed a decided increase over that of other recent years. The output here was due almost entirely to small hydraulic concerns held by individuals or partnerships. The large companies, of which there are several, have not as yet arrived at a productive stage. In the Quesnel division individual miners did well, but the hydraulic mining companies had a poor season, owing to the shortage of water caused by the light snowfall during the winter of 1902-3. In the section drained by the Lower Fraser River, where at low water placer, gold mining is carried on the bars and flats, heavy rains in summer and fall kept the streams full, so that there was little or no "low water," and consequently a decreased production of gold. Dredging for gold was continued, but although not with commercial success the dredging companies have confidence that they will yet be able to raise and save the gold they believe to be in the river beds. The production of gold from lode mines was $4,812,616, a decrease of 1*4 per cent as compared with that of 1902. There was a serious falling off in the gold production of the Rossland and THE MINING RECORD. 199 Nelson districts, with a corresponding increase in the Coast, Boundary, Trout Lake and Lardeau districts. In Nelson district the tonnage of ore mined was about the same as in 1902, but the assay value of the ore was materially lower. In Rossland the tonnage increased about gy2 per cent, but the gold production decreased about 10 per cent. In the Boundary the tonnage increased about 34 per cent, and the gold produced nearly 20 per cent, indicating that ores of a lower gold assay value have been treated, which reduction has, however, been more than met by cheaper methods of treatment and mining. The Coast district produced nearly three times as much gold as in the previous year, chiefly due to the output of Mt. Sicker properties. The Trout Lake and Lardeau districts each made an increase in lode gold output. Their total output of lode gold is not yet large, but they appear to be only at the commencement of their productiveness. In the Rossland, Boundary and Coast districts the gold is recovered, chiefly by smelting, from ores associated with copper, while in Nelson, Trout Lake and Lardeau districts it is obtained by stamp milling. The lode gold was derived, approximately as follows: From direct smelting of copper-gold ores $4,327,206 From combined amalgamation and concentration 485,410 $4,812,616 Silver and Lead.—The total output of silver for the year was 2,996,204 ounces, valued at $1,521,472. Of this quantity rather more than 70 per cent—about 2,103,000 ounces—was found associated with lead. The lead production was 18,089,283 pounds, valued at 689,744, the lowest output for seven years. In the Fort Steele Mining Division less than 1,000 tons of lead ore were mined in 1903, as compared with 87,- 000 tons in 1900. In the Slocan division only about half the usual tonnage of ore was produced. Ainsworth division mined much more ore than formerly and produced 30 per cent more lead, the result of the concentration of a very low grade ore of the Highland mine. The Act, passed at the last session of the Dominion Parliament, to provide for the payment of a bounty on lead contained in lead-bearing ores mines and smelted in Canada stimulated development and equipment, but too late to result in a material increase in the production of 1903. Its effects will be seen, in the 1904 production. Copper.—The copper ores being mined in British Columbia are very low grade in copper, but, fortunately, contain values in gold or silver, without which they could not, for the most part, be worked profitably. The total output for the year, and the highest yet made in British Columbia, was 34,359,921 pounds, valued at $4,547,535, which was produced in the following districts: Boundary District 18,485,542 lbs. Rossland District i 8,652,127 lbs. Coast District 6,861,171 lbs. Nelson District 346,218 lbs. Various other Districts 14,863 lbs 34>359>921 lbs. In the Rossland camp the ores average about 1.2 per cent copper, and in the Boundary about 1.5 per cent, while on the Coast they average 3V2 per cent copper. Other Minerals.— Very little iron ore was mined in 1903. Zinc has scarcely, as yet, become a factor in the mineral output of the Province, though at some of the Slocan mines, where it occurs as an impurity in galena ores, it is being separated and marketed as zinc ore. Oil-bearing shales have been discovered ini the vicinity of Harper's camp, in the Cariboo District. From present indications there appears to be a large deposit of these shales, and, as far as can be determined at present, they do not appear to get their oil from any seepage from below. The occurrences of oil in the Fort Steele Mining Division, East Kootenay, were visited last summer by the Provincial Mineralogist, whose "Summary Report on the Valley of the Flathead River," is printed elsewhere in this issue of the Mining Record. General Developments.—Under the head of General Developments of the year the Provincial Mineralogist comments on the progressive features of the period under notice. He characterizes as the most noteworthy feature of the development work of the year the general recognition of the fact that the mar^ gin of profit, as a rule, lies in the large masses of low grade material, and the resulting attempts to overcome the difficulties in the way of mining and treating these low grade ores at a profit. He says: "In the Boundary District matters are most advanced in- this respect. The smelting in that vicinity of very , low grade ores must be considered as merely a 'concentration by a fusion method, which is considered the most applicable to such ores. This has been accomplished with most modern plants, the ore being taken from several mines and, by a judicious admixture of other ores as fluxes, the latter carrying values but not sufficient to be treated -independently, concentration on a large scale has been possible, with a reduction in the costs of smelting greater than had at first been hoped for. With this cheaper cost of fire concentration, less discrimination had to be used in the mining of the great bodies of ore. much of which latter was of an assay value very near the line dividing- profit from loss. As less discrimination had to be used in selecting the portions of the ore bodies tobe mined, cheaper mining resulted, and it became possible to use steam shovels, together with power transportation in and about the mines, and a number of other economies. Tn the Rossland camp, while much has been done towards lessening the costs of smelting, it has been recognized that certain of the constituents of the ore placed a limit upon the economies to be made in that direction, and hence steps have been taken to eliminate these constituents, so that not only might smelting be i k n 200 THE MINING RECORD. done more cheaply, but also on ore in more concentrated form. Among the methods referred to are included a water concentration, or separation of certain portions of the ore, and a separation by oil of certain values more effectually to be recovered by this medium. So far the experiments made—for the plants are only so considered, although on a large scale—have given promise of satisfactory results." Mention is made of experimental tests for the magnetic separation of zinc from lead ores, and the Provincial Mineralogist expresses his conviction of the wonderful possibilities ot the process as applied to a number of British Columbia ores, the concentration of which by any water method is impossible. Reference is made to numerous other developments, but only three of these will here be noted. In the Similkameen District very extensive and satisfactory development on its property by the company owning has been made by the Nickle Plate group, the ore of which is chiefly iron sulphides carrying gold. A milling plant has been erected for the treatmenF of these ores and preparations are in progress for putting in a smelter later. At Mt. Sickler, Vancouver Island, the Tyee Alining Company, which started active operations about the beginning of 1903, during the year produced and sold mineral containing values to more than half a million dollars. The Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company added to its former extensive operations by opening a number of previously undeveloped seams of coal and did a commensurate amount of construction work, which new developments alone are sufficient to constitute a large coal, mining centre. The field work done by the Provincial Mineralogist during the year included visits to mining camps at Windermere, in North-East Kootenay; Perry Creek, Kimberley, and Bull River, and to the Crow's Nest Pass coal and Flathead oil districts, all in East Kootenay ; and to Poplar Creek, Trout Lake, Ferguson and Camborne camps, in the Lardeau district of West Kootenay. The report also contains a summary of the work of assay office, as reported by Mr. Herbert Carmichael, provincial assayer, a description of the Quatsino Sound mining district of Vancouver Island, also by Mr. Carmichael; much interesting information concerning the various mining divisions, supplied by gold commissioners, mining recorders and others, conspicuous among the official reports of the gold commissioners being those of Mr. John Bowron (Cariboo), Mr. John Kirkup (Rossland), and Mr. W. G. McMynn (Greenwood), all of which contain especially useful particulars of mining operations in the respective districts they deal with, and a new departure in the shape • of an appendix giving the petrography of rock samples from British Columbia. The official statistical tables, prepared by the Department of Mines, contain much valuable data relative to the increasingly important mining industry of the Province, and diagrams and maps contribute to the general usefulness of the report. The map showing a portion of the coal lands of South-East Kootenay will be of much service to those interested in that section. The re production from the 1902 report of the minister of mines of New Zealand of illustrations showing a table for saving fine gold from dredging is also timely. The remaining illustrations, most of which, as a matter of course, relate to districts visited by the Provincial Mineralogist during the year, are excellent, well finished and printed and a decided credit to the government printing office. A GOLD DREDGE AT ATLIN. TriE accompanying illustrations (two) of the British-America Dredging Company's gold dredge on Gold Run Creek, Atlin, will serve to convey some idea of the enterprise of this company in undertaking gold dredging operations in that district. In his official report for 1903 on the Atlin Mining Division the Gold Commissioner for the Cassiar District gives the following information relative to the British-America Dredging Company, Ltd., of which Mr. O. T. Switzer is general manager: "This company has acquired a large number of hydraulic leases, comprising a considerable extent of alluvial ground, and is still acquiring more, so that already it controls a very large aggregate area, some portions of which are known to be rich. Among other properties acquired are the leases on Gold Run and Pine creeks known as the Ophir, Earth and Cosmopolitan Groups. "The company brought 'in a Keystone drill, with which it operated for upwards of three months, prospecting its various properties, at an aggregate expenditure of about $20,000, with unqualified success and satisfaction. A Bucyrus dredge and an electrical power plant capable of producing 500 h.p. were also brought in. The dredge was placed upon one of the Ophir Group of leases on Gold Run creek and the power plant a short distance below the Falls on Pine creek. In conjunction with the construction and installation of the dredge and power plant, this company excavated over one and a half miles of ditch, laid 1,800 feet of 30-inch steel pipe, built 400 feet of wooden flume, erected 6 miles of pole line equipped with 5 wires, using over 25 miles of copper wire, built a transformer house near the dredge site, to- 'gether with dams, pressure box and the camp buildings, etc., necessary' for the work and to accommodate its employees, at an aggregate expenditure of about $300,000. "Notwithstanding that the utmost diligence was manifested and a large force of men employed, the delays consequent upon the transportation of the heavy plant and timber, upwards of 700 tons of which had to be imported, in addition to such local timber and lumber as could be utilised, besides other causes, retarded the completion of the dredge and power plant until about the close of the season, and the management had to reluctantly content themselves with having everything ready for commencing operations with the opening of the season of T904. The'progress of this work was watched with unusual interest and its THE MINING RECORD. 201 non-completion in time for operation this season was of the ground, will surely prove remunerative to the disappointing to more than the management, for owners. if its operation prove as successful as similar plants "The company contemplates the construction of sev- I M o O lave done elsewhere, it will mark an epoch in the eral dredges upon its various properties in this district. jistory of mining in this district and in British Co- As many as ioo men were employed by the company, :mbia and with the values known to exist in some the average during the season being 60." practical purposes, as that particular section is destitute of timber or good land, and as far as can be judged from its geological formation, is unlikely to be of mineral value. "•o'SK"-- The western boundary has not been run out on the ground, and as there are no maps of the district based on surveys, but only sketch maps made from the descriptions given by prospectors and others, it is impossible for one examining the distrtict to more than very approximately estimate the position on the ground of this theoretic line. This western bound-'; ary line, after leaving the initial point as described, passes into Alberta, only striking the eastern bound- ; ary of the Province of British Columbia at a point some six miles to the south of the Crow's Nest Pass, so that this point thus becomes the real point of corn- Dredge at Atlin—Showing Details of Gold-Saving Tables. The first of these boundaries, the International' Boundary, is distinctly marked on the ground, the line having been run out this past summer by the joint Canadian and United States Commission, the right of way cleared through the timber for a width of ioo feet, with stone cairns at important and convenient points, while arrangements have been made for the bringing in this winter over the snow and the placing in position of bronze monuments where the line crosses summits or important streams. The boundary between British Columbia and Alberta is a sharply defined mountain range on which the dividing line may be very approximately placed with little or no dispute, quite close enough for all „f^e P^ovincial Mineralogist in Annual Report of Minister of Mines for 1903. mencement of the western boundary of the block in question. The block in question may be practically described as that portion of the drainage area of the North Fork of the Flathead River lying in British Columbia, to which may be added certain parts of the headwaters of the East Fork of Lodgepole Creek, although exactly what portion of this latter cannot be determined witnout an actual survey. In shape the district is an inverted V, having a width along the base, i.e., east and west along the International Boundary, of ap' proximately 35 miles, and a height, viz., north and south, of 35 miles. The Flathead River flows from the northern corner of the district in a general S. E. by S. direction, almost along the centre line of the block, and crosses THE .MINING RECORD. SwifSSS;'. 203 the International Boundary at about 114 degrees 28 minutes west longitude, into the State of Montana. The watershed to the east and north is the main range of the Rocky Mountains, while that to the west is a spur from the main range which branches off, in a nearly south direction, at the head of Flathead, and is known as the Galton range, forming the divide between the Flathead and Wigwam rivers. The upper and northern portion of the drainage area of the Flathead has very little width from east to west, the mountains approaching close to the river and the channels of the tributary streams rising rapidly from the river bed. Above Pass Creek the river valley is from y2 mile to two miles in width, and is chiefly marsh or slough land, occasionally, towards the south, alternating with dry prairie. The elevation of the river bottom is here about 4,600 feet (barometric reading). The valley gradually narrows in as the canyon is approached (some 30 miles north of the boundary), and the limestone mountains almost hang over the channel of the river, forcing the trail to climb high up the side-hill. The elevation of the river just below the canyon is about 4,460 feet, and at the Boundary the elevation is 4,000 feet. (The United States geological survey bench mark is 3,986.) Between these points, a distance of about 30 miles, it is a gradual descent. A few miles below the canyon the mountains to the east retire and the Valley widens out, having evidently been an ancient lake bed which extended to the east and included the present channels of both Sage and Kish-e-neh-na creeks, the various gravel benches representing the different levels of the bottom of the ancient lake. The mountains to the east and north of the river are very rugged, with steep escarpments rising abruptly from low foot-hills. The average height of this range is from 7,000 to 9,000 feet above sea level, while the peaks rise to an elevation of about 12,000 feet. To the west of the river the mountains rise very much more gradually and are preceded by foothills, timbered to the summits with small black pine and spruce. The Flathead River at the Boundary has a width of from 100 to 125 feet, and a depth in spring of from 6 to 8 feet, while in the late summer the average depth at such points will not exceed 2 feet, with an estimated stream velocity of from 4 to 5 miles per hour. The volume of water at the canyon in summer is estimated at about half that at the Boundary. Kish-e-neh-na Creek rises at the Alberta summit, about 4 miles north of the Boundary, and flows a little north of east for 12 miles, thence southerly for 8 miles, where it enters the Flathead River from the N. E., about 4 miles south of the boundary. Sage Creek flows nearly parallel to Kish-e-neh-na, but about 3 miles further north, entering the Flathead about 2 miles south of Boundary. The last 10 miles of its course is through the wide Flathead depression, free from the mountains. About 14 miles up the Flathead River from the Boundary there is an important creek entering from the east, evidently having its source at or near the summit of the Rockies. Pass Creek comes in from the N. E. at the Big Prairie. The river here takes an almost right angle bend, flowing from the west, and above the bend there are' two important creeks flowing in from the north, which, as far as known, are still un-named. The first of these has a length of 12 to 15 miles, and it is reported to have its source near that of the South Fork of Michel Creek, while it is said there is a low pass between the two creeks which might prove of value as a route of access for a railway. Of the creeks flowing ia from the west, Calder Creek has its headwaters within a few miles of the Wigwam, about 6 miles north of the Boundary, and flows in a general easterly direction, entering the Flathead 3 miles north of the Boundary. There is only one' other creek of any importance flowing in from the west below the canyon, and this enters the Flathead about 10 miles north of the Bound- ■ ary. This creek was not examined, as no trail could be found leading up it, and as it enters the river by a series of marshes and swamps, its course could not be easily followed with'horses. Routes of Access.—As already described, the valley of the Flathead, while opening out to the south, is surrounded on all other sides by mountain ranges. To the south of the International Boundary, in Montana, the valley gradually widens in a series of gravel benches rising above the river. Along these benches a fairly good wagon road has been constructed from the town of Belton, Montana, on the line of the Great Northern Railway, right up to the boundary. The distance is reported as being about 40 miles. Access to the district from British Columbia, or from Alberta, may only be had by trails passing over the mountain ranges mentioned. There are two well-known trails crossing through the valley of the Flathead, both connecting the valley of the Kootenay River, in British Columbia, with the plains of Alberta, the one passing through the northern part and the other through the . southern part of the district. These are known as the North Kootenay Pass and the South Kootenay Pass trails and were used, since time unknown by the Indians of Kootenay as a pathway to and. from the great plains, where they frequently went on buffalo hunting expeditions. On both of these trails the old and deeply worn ruts, plainly visible to-day, bear mute evidence of their former importance as highways. The South Kootenay Pass trail followed the valley of the Kootenay for some five or six miles south of the Boundary, to the mouth of Tobacco River or Grave Creek, as it is known locally; thence, following this stream up, it crossed over a summit at an elevation Of 5,280 feet (being here some 15 miles south of the Boundary) on to the headwaters of the Yakinikak Creek, which latter it followed down to its junction with the Flathead, at a point some five miles south of the Boundary. The trail then followed the valley of the Flathead northward to the mouth of the Kish-e- neh-na Creek, up which it led, re-crossing the Boundary about four miles from the mouth of the latter A THE MINING RECORD. 206 of the Boundary, circles south of the headwaters of the Wigwam (the southern tributary of the Lodgepole, having its headwaters some three or four miles south of the Boundary), and in so doing crosses only one summit between the Kootenay and Flathead. The distances by this trail are approximately as follows: From Tobacco Plains to Grave Creek summit, 29 miles; from Grave Creek summit to Flathead River, 13 miles; from Flathead River to Kish-e-neh-na summit, 20 miles; from Kish-e-neh-na summit to plains near Watertown Lake, 15 miles. The trail from Tobacco Plains to the Flathead is reported as being good, but was not travelled over by the writer. From the Flathead up Kish-e-neh-na Creek the trail was found to be good to within about five miles of the summit, where it became wet and muddy, with a good bottom in all places. It was also here somewhat cumbered with fallen timber. This trail was used by both the first and second International Boundary surveys, and the district through which it passes has been described in the reports of these surveys. The North Kootenay Pass trail left the valley of the Kootenay near the present town of Elko, crossed the Elk River on a pack bridge at the Elk River Can- .yon, thence, following up the Lodgepole to the summit between that, river and the Flathead, crossed over the divide at an elevation of 7,100 feet. It then followed the latter river down to Pass Creek, a small stream coming in from the east, and followed this latter over a summit of 6,750 feet elevation to the headwaters of the south fork of Old Man River, which flows easterly into Alberta. Snow remains deep on the North and South Kootenay passes from Alberta through the Rockies into British Columbia from November to July, but these trails have good hard bottoms, and as soon as the snow is gone are passable. The North Pass from the west along the Lodgepole is covered with snow at the summit for about the same length of time. The rise from the basin of the Lodgepole to the summit is very steep, and the trail bottom being clay renders it almost impassable in early summer until somewhat dried out, while from the summit-to within five miles of Pass Creek, on the Flathead, the trail is along a springy side-hill with a clay bottom, and can never be made a practical road, being a succession of bog-holes. It has since been learned that a C. P. Railway prospecting survey cut a trail from Morrissey over a low divide to the basin of Lodgepole Creek, thence following up the East Fork of the Lodgepole across a'low divide into the Flathead Valley -at a point a short distance above Pass Creek, thus avoiding the bog-holes on the old trail. This trail is reported to he feasible, but rather soft in places. The two trails first described are the time-honoured roads leading into and crossing the district. They were located originally by the Indians, and so are presumably the most available, though it must be claimed that, as viewed from a high peak, there appeared to be a much lower pass leading from an east ern tributary of the Wigwam, about half way between the two known passes, and which appeared to admit of a railroad grade being obtained from the Kootenay Valley into that of the Flathead. The writer, wishing to reach the Flathead from Tobacco Plains, on the southern boundary of the Province, by an "all-Canadian route," followed up Phil- lipps Creek, a small stream flowing into the Kootenay Valley from the east at a point about two or three miles north of the Boundary. The trail leaves the main wagon road at Roosville, a small general store and post office situated where Phillipps Creek flows out of the range of hills known as the Galton range, lying between the Kootenay and Wigwam rivers. The trail rises very steeply for about two miles, as the creek enters the Kootenay Valley with a fall of 300 feet in about half a mile; thence, however, the grade to the summit is more gradual. The elevation of the Kootenay Valley is about 2,300 feet, and that of the summit, at the head of Phillipps Creek, 6,150, while the distance is about nine miles. From this summit a small un-named tributary of the Wigwam was followed down to the main stream, a distance of ten miles, the Wigwam at this point having an elevation of 4,600 feet. For this distance the trail was well cut out, having been recently used by a party of United States surveyors engaged in the demarcation of the 'Boundary Line. Both these creeks run nearly parallel' to and about three miles to the north of the Boundary. From the Wigwam on there was no trail, but a blaze was followed which had been made last year by a prospector who had previously attempted to reach the Flathead by this course. It might be said that th# prospector chose to return by another route. Crossing the Wigwam about three miles north of the Boundary, a wide and heavily timbered valley was followed due east for about three miles, whence, following the blaze, the trail was taken by a series of zig-zags up a very steep and rocky range running1) east and west, to the summit (elevation 7,100 feet), where good horse feed was found on the shore of a small snow-fed lake having no visible outlet. The distance from thecrossing of the Wigwam to the summit is about eight miles, and is a good day's travel •for a pack-train. The northern side of this range was here found to be precipitous, limestone and slate bluffs, impossible to descend, and the summit was accordingly followed for about two miles to the east, to a point where descent to the basin on the north side was possible by going down a rock slide. This basin (elevation 6,600 feet) drains into an important creek which flows nearly due east and is about five miles north of the Boundary at this point, xhe stream empties into the Flathead about three miles north of the Boundary and is the first tributary of the river from the west flowing in north of such line. This stream was un-named and has been called Calder Creek. From the summit, at the head of Calder Creek, to the Flathead is estimated at about 30 miles by trail. 206 THE MINING RECORD. but represents three days' hard travelling by pack- train. The total distance by this route from Tobacco Plains to the Flathead River is about 50 miles, and is five days' journey by pack-train with light packs. The route, as at present' laid out, is possible but not practicable as a permanent trail, although it is believed a much easier summit between the Wigwam and Flathead could be obtained about five miles further north, but at the cost of that extra distance. The writer is informed that since he was over the ground the United States Survey party mentioned has continued the trail from Wigwam to the Flathead, following closely the Boundary Line and crossing over two summits between these points. Once the Flathead is reached good trails, or even wagon roads, could be built anywhere up the valley as far as the Canyon, and up the important creeks, at a comparatively small cost. The present trails are Indian hunting trails, used only at low water; they lead in and out of the river, often following the river bars for miles. They would not be feasible in spring until high water is over, about the middle of July. The trail to Sage Creek leaves the main Flathead River trail about two miles north of the Boundary, running thence easterly for about three or four miles over the benches and low hills of the Flathead depression to a crossing of Sage Creek, some six miles from its mouth. After crossing Sage Creek the trail follows up the course of the east creek for about four miles, where it re-crosses and continues up the west side. The distance by this trail from the Flathead to the oil on Sage Creek is about 11 miles. This trail has comparatively easy grades, is hard and in good order, but as the lower part of the Sage Creek Valley has been recently burned over, it is often obscure and hard to follow on the burned-over barrens. A second trail has been recently blazed out, starting at a point on the main river trail some 10 or 11 miles from the Boundary and running due east to the "oil showing," a distance estimated at not exceeding five miles. The Kish-e-neh-na Creek trail has already been described as a part of the old "South Kootenay Pass" trail. Timber.—The valley of the Flathead, including Sage or Qil Creek, appears to have been all burned over about 30 years ago for a distance of possibly 10 to 12 miles from the Boundary, and timber is a second growth, consisting on the lower elevations of small spruce and fir, with some cottonwood and occasional tamarack (larix occidentals), and on the benches of second growth bla.ck pine (P. murrayana). On the hills the timber consists of black pine, tamarack and spruce, and is small, not of a size to have any value for lumber. On Sage Creek there is no good timber, as the second growth extends up to a point .'where the mountains close in, and much of the lower part of the creek district is composed of "barrens," devoid of any vegetation, save small brush. On Kish-e-neh-na Creek, for about four miles above the Boundary and for a width of about one-quarter of a mile, the trees are occasionally of fair size, but there 0. m 0 ft a I >, tS a s o o M S A be 00 is not a great percentage of merchantable timber. In 1 THE MINING RECORD. the Flathead Valley the land is largely sloughs and islands, cut up by moving channels. On these low lands, from 14 miles above the Boundary northward for about 10 miles, there is a strip of timber having' a width of from one-quarter to one mile, say an average of about one-half mile wide, on which there is some very good, large timber, chiefly spruce and tamarack, with some large cottonwood. This timber could be floated down streams in the spring but at considerable initial cost, as there are a number of extensive log-jams occurring in the river, besides many abrupt turns and bars. The trees on the upper reaches of the river are not suitable for lumber, but would serve for mine timbers should they be so required. Soil.—The ancient wide valley of the Flathead, including the present valley and that of its chief tributaries for some 12 to 20 miles above the Boundary, has been previously described as consisting of a series of gravel benches. On this gravel, to a depth of from 6 inches to 12 inches, lies a fine silt and on the lower elevations a dark loam, largely produced from sediment deposited at unusually high water and mixed with a certain amount of vegetable mould. This supports, on many small and larger open prairies, a fine growth of pea-vine, bunch-grass, etc., providing excellent feed for transient horses, etc., but the soil has not a depth to admit of cultivation, lying, as it does, on a bed of loose gravel. The Fathead is a wild stream at high waiter, and is constantly changing its bed in the flat valley through which it runs, forming innumerable islands and back waters; in fact, so changeable is its course that no depth of soil seems to have collected on the sides of the valley. Other than the valley mentioned the district to the west of the river is occupied by high rugged moun-. tain ranges, for the most part bare or covered with stunted vegetation. The hills to the west of the river are more rounded off, and are often covered with small growth to the summits, but they rise so abruptly as to be useless for either grazing or agricultural purposes. As already noted, the elevation of the river at the Boundary, is 4,000 feet above sea level, so that, taking the character of the soil into account, none of the land in this section is deemed fit for agriculture, even at the southern end of the district. There are three large creeks entering from the west, the valleys of these being about half a mile wide to where the hills rise steeply. These valleys contain considerable bog or marsh land, but lie at an elevation of nearly 4,400 feet. Mineral Resources.—The district is so shut off from the remainder of the Province that very little prospecting has been done there for mineral other than coal or oil, particularly by British Columbia prospectors, although a number from Montana have visited the vicinity. As far as could be learned from prospectors and others, no mineral locations - have been recorded in the district, nor has any mineral of economic value been found. It was reported that copper had been found on one of the tributaries of the Flathead flowing in from the east, but nothing has been done to prove this alleged discovery, nor could the report be substantiated. On the Flathead, near the mouth of the first creek above Pass Creek (still un-named) there is evidence that in the 6o's or 70's considerable prospecting had been done for placer gold in the gravel of the creek bed, but as far as can be learned, without success. There is a story, of Indian origin, in circulation among the prospectors, of a "lost creek" in which, in the early days, two men discovered valuable placers, and took out considerable gold. One of these men died at the diggings, and the other, going south to winter among the Indians, died also, and with him all knowledge of the whereabouts of the creek. The Indians claim this creek to have been an eastern tributary of the Flathead, and some of the old-time prospectors are still searching for the lost diggings. No black sand or trace of gold could be observed in the river or any of the creeks, which fact, coupled with the geological formation of the mountains to the eastward, renders the existence of placer gold very improbable. No mineral float, or indication of mineral, was observed at any place in the district. Coal.—To the eastward of the main Flathead River the rock formations forming the mountain ranges appear to be, and have been so classed by the Geological Survey, of an older age than the Cretaceous, which is the coal-bearing formation in this part of British Columbia; consequently, no coal may be expected in this district nor could any trace of such be found. In the southern portion of the district, to the west of the Flathead, the geological formation is more recent than on the east side of the river. From the few rock exposures visible in this heavily wooded section it is impossible to learn much in a hurried trip. The hills along the valley of Calder Creek are rounded off, the flanks being covered by wash which is chiefly dark shale and clay, through which a few outcroppings of light-coloured limestone and sandstone are visible. From the appearance of such formation as was seen, it is probable that it belongs to what has been classed by the Geological Survey as the "Fernie shales," and this section may possibly contain a small outlying basin of the Cretaceous or coal- bearing rocks, although no coal outcroppings are reported as found. This section has not been prospected, there are no trails in it and travelling is difficult. On a small creek flowing from the north into Calder Creek, about 10 or 12 miles from its junction with the Flathead, there were exposed beds of a black carbonaceous shale which contains concretions of clay- stone. These concretions, when freshly broken, give off a strong odor of petroleum, but examination of the creek for some distance up revealed nothing further. This creek is about on the boundary between Lots 4,589 and 4,593; it is impossible, in the absence of a survey, to say in which it is situated. The northern portion of the Flathead Valley has been examined in detail by parties of the Geological Survey and the outcroppings of the coal formations are shown in a "Map of the Crow's Nest Coal Fields" 208 THE MINING RECORD. published by the Survey within this past year. This map is based on actual triangulation and traverse surveys made by the Survey and show the coal measures of the Crow's Nest basin to be almost entirely to the west of the eastern boundary of Lot 4,589 and so, consequently, not within Lot 4,593. The coal basin is also shown as lying north of the east fork of Lodgepole Creek. On the headwaters of the Flathead and of the Lodgepole there are numerous exposures of the eastern edge of the coal measures of the Crow's Nest basin, and these have been prospected by various parties, exposing very promising coal seams. These coal measures certainly lie very close to the boundary between the two blocks mentioned, and as such boundary has not been run out oh the ground, the map of the Geological Survey is undoubtedly the best authority we have, and this places the coal ex- . posures in Lot 4,589. Oil.—Oil seepages have been reported from this section of British Columbia and also from the adjoining Territory of Alberta, certainly as far back as 1889, if not earlier. The late Dr. Selwyn, then Director of the Geological Survey, visited the district in 1891 with Mr. William Fernie, and in his report to the Hon. Edgar Dewdney, then Minister of the Interior, he says :— "I found a decided boom in petroleum claims and a company formed to put down a boring, the site selected being 18 miles south, and a little east, of Pincher Creek." Speaking of the rock formation at the site of this venture, he says: "They were the ordinary varieties of sandstone and sandy shales of the Cretaceous." Further on he tells of collecting a sample of crude oil from seepage through gravel, etc., in the bed of a stream about five miles to the east of the summit. He calls this Cameron Falls Creek, but it is possibly, the south fork of the Kootanie branch of Watertown River, as at this point oil is found seeping to-day and boring is going on at present at a considerable depth. Over the summit, in British Columbia, he speaks of oil on Kish-e-neh-na Creek (he calls it Akamina brook in error) :— "On the edge of a beaver dam pool there were ledges of hard, dark-blue shale. Lifting layers of this at and below the water, a quantity of dark-green, circular patches of oil rose to the surface, and a precisely similar result followed by stirring up the mud in the bottom of the pool." The finding of a trace of oil at this point has been reported to the Provincial Mineralogist by an old prospector who has been in the district for years. On the other hand, the Provincial Mineralogist camped on September 2nd and 9th on the spot described and was unable to detect or locate the seepage referred to. Dr. Dawson made a detailed examination of the geology of this creek in 1885, and must have also camped at this same spot, but he also failed to discover and record any oil seepage on this stream. The probabilities are that the seepage is very slight, or it may only show at certain stages of water. In the same report Dr. Selwyn tells of his visit to Sage Creek and of the finding of two seepages of oil pr that stream. These the Provincial Mineralogist found, and they are described hereafter. As far as could be learned or found on the ground, these are the only seepages in the district known today. It will be seen, therefore, that the discovery of oil is a matter of some standing, and that the close prospecting of later years has not added materially to the early discoveries. Geology of Oil-Bearing District.—Sage and Kish-e-neh-na creek are the only two streams upon which oil has been reported as actually found. These two creeks are parallel and closely adjoining, being only separated in their upper reaches by a spur of the main range. The seepages of oil reported occur on both creeks just where the mountains give way to the ancient wide valley of the Flathead, and it is quite certain that the geological formations are the same in both these creeks. This fact is immediately visible to the eye from the upper benches of the river valley, from whence the view obtained of. the strata exposed on the ends of the mountain ranges show them to . have been at one time continuous. The valleys of these two creeks have been cut out by erosion, there being no evidence in the lower portions of these valleys of any faults, folds or anything more than slight bending of the beds. About three miles above the oil on Sage Creek there is evidence of what appears to be a fault crossing the creek and affecting the strata; the mountains here are sheer and bare, enabling the formation to be seen, while on Kish-e-neh-na Creek the hills are not as steep and are covered with slide material, obscuring the view of the various strata except upon the peaks; but the same fault probably also extends across the valley. As to the rocks comprising this regularly bedded formation, they consist of shales, slates, quartzites, compact magnesia, limestones, sandstones and at certain places interbedded trap-flows. All are close grained, compact, and not capable of absorbing oil. The rocks in the upper beds are very red in colour, chiefly shale and slates, while lower down beds of light-coloured magnesian limestones, containing much silicious matter, occur, bedded with banded sandstones and quartzites. None of these rocks are capable of absorbing oil, nor can they be suspected of being the source of any oil, as they are devoid of any appearance of carbonaceous matter. They have been referred by Dawson, by Selwyn and other geologists, to the Cambrian age, a formation older than the Carboniferous and very much older than the Cretaceous, in which latter the coal of British Columbia and also of Alberta is found. Oil had never been found in rocks of the Cambrian age, and the reported discovery of it rising through such was at first received with much doubt, until thoroughly substantiated by the Director of the Geological Survey, Dr. Selwyn, from personal observation. In the district itself there is no possible clue to the elucidation of even the possibility of such an occurrence, and it was only after the most careful and extended detailed survey of the whole range of THE MINING RECORD. 209 mountains that any explanation was possible. On this point it is best to quote direct from Dr. G. M. Dawson, in the report of the Geological Survey for 1898: "The geological structure of the Rocky Mountain ranges proper, or that part of the western mountain region that lies between the eastern foot-hills and the great Columbia-Kootenay valley on the west, assumes a great practical importance in view of the opening up and working of the coal beds included within its area. On the map accompanying my preliminary report on that portion of the Rocky Mountains between latitudes 490 and 510 30', forming part of Volume I. (1885) of the new series of annual reports of the Geological Survey, the areas of the Cretaceous coal- bearing rocks are represented with approximate accuracy, and in so far as the work carried out up to that date allowed. Several sectional diagrams were also given; but at the time the explorations to which a gently inclined fault-plane for a distance of about seven miles, by pressure acting from the westward. This feature, as demonstrated in the vicinity of the Bow, is clearly shown in the sections accompanying the report cited. "It had heretofore been supposed that a great normal fault, with downthrow to the eastward, defined the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains in this vicinity and separated the rocks of the mountain region from the wholly Cretaceous and Laramie rocks of the foot-hills; but the structural discovery above alluded to at once threw doubt on the earlier supposition, as well as upon several of the sketch sections drawn in conformity with it in other parts of-the mountains. "It further appears to be quite possible that over- thrust of the kind referred to may serve to explain the otherwise somewhat anomalous occurrence of petroleum in the southern portion of the Rocky Mountains, between the Crow's Nest and South Kootenay pass- No. Where Obtained. 1. 'From tubing of bore-hole in Alberta, fivel I miles easto£ summit J 2. iFrom surface seepage at same point Specific Gravity. Degrees Beaume. 3. |From "Big Oil Spring," on Sage Creek,) British Columbia 1 .879 .879 828 4. From bed of Sage creek, near above (Leckie) 0,0 spring) j California Oils .889 to .997 Japan Oils. .82 .98 average { .910 30° 30° 28° to 10° 19° 41 o larke (Dark-coloured heavy oil: commences to distil ( over at 90 c C. 1 *Dark-green oil: commences to distil off al I 90° ('., 90% of oil distilled off below 200° O.. il) " leaving 10% of thick, dark oil containing tar, which latter is estimated at 5 %. I f Light-amber coloured oil: commenced to distil I J off at 90 ° C.; 97.5 % of oil distilled off at below i«-, 0 c !,..,vi,,,r 9. r,% dark, heavy oil con- 185° C, leaving ! I. taining some tar. Commences to distil off at 150 ° C 120 hAppliances were not available for complete or further fractional distillation. this- report relates were made, the existence of extensive 'overthrust faults' as a factor in mountain structure had scarcely been recognized by geologists. At a later date, the importance of such faults was very strikingly demonstrated, particularly in connection with the geology of Scotland, and it was realized that by tangential pressure, acting on the earth's crust, older beds may be bodily thrust forward upon newer formations for distances measured in miles. "The position of the Cretaceous coal-bearing rocks at and within the eastern edge of the mountains on the Bow and Elbow Rivers appeared to indicate the existence of an overthrust of this kind, but it was not until Mr. R. G. McConnell made his detailed examination of the Bow Pass, in 1886, that it was actually possible to state that the Pateozoic rocks had, in that -vicinity, along the eastern point of the mountains, been thrust forward over the Cretaceous beds and up es. Ihe actual existence of small quantities of petroleum in several places in this portion of the mountains was verified, some years ago, by the personal observations of Dr. Selwyn. The petroleum was actually found in parts of the mountain region characterized at the surface by very ancient rocks, probably of Lower Cambrian age. If it may be assumed, however, that these rocks probably overlie, in some places, those of the Cretaceous series, by reason of overthrusts, it is easily conceivable that the petroleum in question may have originated in consequence of heat, at considerable depths in the earth's crust, acting upon the fixed hydrocarbons contained in the rocks of that series." The so-called "Big Oil Spring" on Sage Creek occurs some 12 miles up from the mouth of the creek and about a mile above where the stream leaves the mountains and enters tfte flat depression of the Flat- 210 THE MINING RECORD. head Valley. The rocks of the district were certainly not oil-producing, and so gave no indications as to the probable locality of the seepage, and the oil was only located, after some time, by the odour. The spring was found in the brush, about a quarter of a mile from the trail, at the base of the mountain to the north of the valley and near a small lake and marsh, which lie at an elevation of some 200 feet above the stream and 4,400 feet above the sea. The ground to the north of this lake is marshy and full of springs of water which go to form the lake. About 100 yards from the base of the mountain, on a knoll higher than its immediate surroundings, there is issuing a good-sized spring of water, and besides this spring were found several pools covered with thick, dark-green oil. The oil, being lighter than the water, accumulated nearest the highest point, the water flowing off below. The oil had accumulated here in several pools which covered an area of some 50 feet diameter, but, as far as could be determined, actually rose only within a radius of 6 or 8 feet, the remaining pools being formed by overflows. As the oil spreads itself out over the face of the water, all these pools have the appearance of being entirely oil, but an attempt to skim it off soon revealed the fact that it could not be collected by this means, but only by laying a cloth on the top of the pool and allowing it to soak up the surface oil and water, the cloth then being wrung out into a tin, from which the water was syphoned off from the supernatant oil. Samples of the oil were thus obtained and brought down for analysis. In appearance it is lighter than the crude oil of Pennsylvania, probably containing less tarry matter and being richer in the more volatile constituents. The table on page 209 shows the results of an examination made of these oils by the Provincial Assayer. It will be noted that both samples 3 and 4 are of exceptionally low specific gravity, and that sample 4 consists almost entirely of the lighter constituents of petroleum. The oil rises through black marsh earth covered with charcoal, etc., resulting from the frequent ignition of the oil-soaked vegetable matter on the surface, and it is difficult to tell how much of its colour it owes to this source. This "spring" can only be described as an oil seepage; there is no flow and the quantity of oil therefrom is very small, probably not more than a couple of gallons a day. The flow .of oil here reported is exactly as it was observed in the last week in August, 1903. Conversations had subsequently with prospectors of undoubted reliability, would indicate that the amount of oil issuing varies with the season and with different seasons, probably being influenced by the flow of water in the springs, tne water seeming to bring the oil up with it. As far as could be noted, there are no warm springs in the district, all being very cold and very clear, having no mineral taste or smell. The oil rises with the water, as already said, on a knoll. It is not a question of seepage out of any surface material, but of a spring coming up from the formation underlying the surface deposit and carry ing oil. The immediate locality is surrounded on the surface by gravel wash, and if lateral flow existed it would be to the lowest level, which is the creek bed. The place at which the oil is found is at the top of an anticlinal in the formation, that is to say, at the highest point in the bedding of the rocks, the axis of the anticlinal crossing the creek in a N. W. direction. From this point the beds dip up the creek to the N. E., and also down the creek, to the S. W. The beds can be traced dipping to the N. E. for about three miles, at first at a very flat angle, but gradually increasing until the dip reaches about 350. At this point a fault occurs with, to the east, a different dip to the rocks, while further up the creek this is followed by other faults; hence it may be said that three miles above the "spring" is the limit in that direction of this possible field of accumulation. To the S. W., that is, towards the valley of the Flathead, tne beds dip at a very flat angle, probably not exceeding io°, and apparently flattening out as they are lost to sight under the gravel and surface wash of the Flathead depression. In this depression no sign of solid formation can be seen, with the exception, possibly, of two or three places in the bed of the river (and these being covered with water could not be examined), where there seems to be a bed of yellowish clay shale lying flat, and which appears to be "in place" as a primary deposit. On Kish-e-neh-na Creek, at a point where oil is reported, a similar anticlinal fold occurs, but with the axis running nearly N. E. and S. W., or with the course of the creek, the beds dipping off at an angle to tne N. W. and S. E. into the adjacent mountains. In neither of these anticlinals is there any evidence of a break, and it is quite possible that below the faults referred to overlying beds are unbroken and continuous to the S. W. over the whole area of the Mathead depression, for a distance of 10 or 12 miles north of the Boundary. Directly across the valley of Sage Creek from the "Big Spring" in the direction of the axis of the anticlinal and about half a mile distant, a second seepage of oil occurs in the bed of the creek, just at the base of the mountain to the east of the valley. Here, on the east side of the creek bed, is seen in place, and lying nearly flat, a bed of hard, dark, flinty shale from which issues a spring of clear, water, rising in a small basin, some two feet in diameter, formed in the gravel. With this water there is given off constantly a gas, perfectly colourless, having a strong smell of the more volatile constituents of petroleum, and this gas, when collected in a vessel, burns with a yellowish flame, or, when mixed with air, explodes. The water in this little pool is quite clear and the gas can be seen to issue from the shales, but no oil can be seen here issuing as such. On the surface of the pool, however, a whitish scum collects and a piece of paper touched to the surface of the pool absorbs the scum, which does not discolour the paper any more than would water. The paper so saturated is easily, inflammable. The occurrence seems to be rather a condensation by the cold water at this point of the THE MINING RECORD. 211 lighter and more volatile constituents of petroleum, while the heavier portions may have been arrested below. For some lktle distance around, the shales show oil on their surface, and there is no doubt much more gas and oil exuding through them than this one little spring would indicate. The amount of oil collecting on this and a couple of other similar pools is very small; it took a day of ■careful skimming and syphoning to collect a pint bottle full. In collecting the samples it was noted that, after it was in the bottle, there was a clear portion underneath the whitish-green and more viscous "scum;" this was at first thought to be water, but it was found that paper absorbed it quickly and that it was inflammable. The scum has, on standing in the bottle, become clear amber colour, with the colourless portion below. A careful analysis will have to be made of these two products to determine their character. The two springs described are evidently at the ridge of the same anticlinal fold and are undoubtedly from the same area of accumulation, the one resulting probably from a fractional distillation only. If the oil should have been generated, as Dr. Dawson suggests, ■"in consequence of heat at considerable depth in the earth's crust, acting upon the fixed hydrocarbons contained in the rocks of that series" (Cretaceous coal- bearing rocks), then the oil so generated would rise until it met some impervious barrier of overlying rock formation, and if such rock should be in the form of an inverted basin (an anticlinal), it thus would collect and retain the oil. Assuming the theory advanced as to the origin of the oil to be correct, and that it has been so generated in quantity, then there is a fair probability of there "being underneath this "spring" a body of oil, because the overlying rocks are practically impervious, and the position in which they lie, an unbroken anticlinal' fold, is such as would serve as a trap or reservoir in which it would be retained under pressure. The fact of the seepage being small does not argue against, there being a large body of oil below, for if the seepage was large it would, in the ages past, have drained •off the oil and there would be now no accumulation. ■ As far as the disposition of the surface strata may serve as a guide, they would seem to indicate ideal conditions for such an accumulation, should the oil have been so generated. If, by reason of an overthrust fault, the Cretaceous rocks do underlie at this point the surface formation of Cambrian age, then these Cretaceous rocks must "be at a very great depth, quite beyond all practical reach, so deep as to be affected by the interior heat ■of the earth so as to generate the oil in question. Oil so generated would rise until arrested by the barrier •mentioned, and the question as to how far below the present surface this barrier may be it is impossible to determine, but, judging from the rock exposures seen -to the eastward, the depth must be very considerable. Whether the depth of such oil-retaining barrier is "beyond economical reach only very extensive boring ■operations can determine, although a detailed geo logical survey and sectional plan of the whole forin- ation from this point well into Alberta might serve as a guide. As to whether oil in quantity exists under this inverted basin of rock, there is little data upon which to base an opinion. Oil has been found, however, over a considerable area of country, as it exudes at the two creeks mentioned and to the S. E., some 12 miles more or less, at Kintla Lake, in Montana, while on the same line of strike it has been found in small quantities. In Montana boring has been done to a considerable extent, it is reported to depths of over 1,200 feet, but without finding any quantity of oil. About five miles over the Kish-e-neh-na summit into Alberta oil is found. 'There it occurs seeping through the gravel-wash of the bedrock of the creek, evidently coming out at some point higher up the valley. A few gallons a day have been collected there by washing the gravel in a sluice and collecting the oil from the surface of the water with cloths. Boring has been done here. One bore-hole was put down last year for over 1,200 feet, and it is reported that some oil was found at 1,120 feet down, but the quantity was small, and there is no flow nor has there been any production, although oil was seen standing in .the "tubing" of the well and in the pit around the drill-hole. A second drill-hole was being sunk this last sum mer by a Vancouver syndicate about half a mile further down same creek, and this hole was down over 1,300 feet without getting oil at that depth; this work is still in progress, while two or three additional boreholes are being put in further down the valley, near the foot-hills. These operations in Alberta are being carried on at a point very near the junction of the Cretaceous rocks and the older rocks which occur over the British Columbia summit, that is near the line of the supposed overthrust fault. Economic Values of Oil Discoveries.—As to the economic importance of the oil in this district, it is very difficult at present from the data available to predict. The conditions may be summarized as follows : The geological formation, as exposed in the hills and on the surface, is lying comparatively regular and flat. There is no local evidence of serious disturbance, so that from local observation it might be taken for granted that this great mass of conformably bedded deposit was "in place" in its geological scale. This formation has been classed as of Cambrian age by two successive directors of the Geological Survey of Canada. Oil has never been found produced in a geological formation as old as the Cambrian, nor do the rocks here exposed admit of the probability of their being the source of oil. Under anything but very extraordinary conditions, these surface geological conditions would seem to render it impossible for oil to occur in this section, but the stubborn fact remains that it is found there. It is, as Dr. Dawson very appropriately calls it, a "somewhat anomalous occurrence of petroleum." In accounting for this fact, the explanation given 212 THE MINING RECORD. by Dr. Dawson and already quoted seems the only one, viz., that these older rocks have been, by a gigantic "overthrust fault," slipped eastward over the Cretaceous (coal-bearing) beds of the plains for a number of miles, and that the subterranean heat, acting on these coal-bearing rocks, generated oil which finds its way up through the older but now overlying rocks. If this explanation is the correct one, the "overthrust" must have been very great indeed to bring the Cretaceous beds underneath the present oil seepage, as the Cambrian beds extend eastward from 12 to 15 miles from this point, in fact over the summit into Alberta. The oil might have travelled westward underground for some distance, but this is not probable, as a few miles to the eastward of the point of occurrence of the oil there are several faults which have the appear- ceedingly problematic; that if such body of oil does occur it can only be demonstrated by boring in all probability to a considerable depth and at a consid-^ erable cost. THE SULLIVAN COMPANY'S SMELTER AT MARYSVILLE, EAST KOOTENAY.* The property of the Sullivan Group Mining Company, of Spokane, Washington, was visited by thel Provincial Mineralogist last summer. In the recently'^ issued Report of the Minister of Mines appear some^ information relative to the company's mineral claimsI on Sullivan Hill, Mark Creek, about two miles from-! the town of Kimberley, East Kootenay, and the following account of the company's unfinished lead smelter: -Ji,«' 9\PX§^ W&&* Marysville Smelter, Fort Steele Mining Division—Furnace Shed. ance of being profound, and would, therefore, have allowed the gas and oil to rise to the surface through them, but of this there is no indication. This latter fact does not prove that oil has not been generated, in this faulted region, as it may have travelled eastward along the main fault seam, and it may be that which is found seeping in Alberta. As to whether there is oil in quantity to be obtained by boring, there is little evidence; the seepage at present is trifling, but the geological structure seems suitable for the retention of oil if produced in quantity. If it does so exist it must in all probability be at a very considerable depth, possibly over 3,000 feet. In conclusion, I would report: the actual seeping of oil in three or more places; that the existence of a body of oil underground is quite possible, though ex- Marysvtixe.—The little town of Marysville is situated on Mark Creek, where it crosses the flat plateau or bench of the valley of the St. Mary's River, some five or six miles from the town of Kimberley, near which the North Star and Sullivan mines are located. A spur of the Cranbrook & Kimberley branch railway runs into the town, and recently a large sawmill has been built, giving work to a number of men. Smelter.—Marysville is the site chosen by the Sullivan Mining Co. for the erection of a lead smelting plant for the treatment of ore from its mine, and probably in the expectation also of getting ores from the other mines in the locality. The *The Provincial Mineralogist, in Annual Report of Minister of Mines for 1908. THE MINING RECORD. depressed condition of the lead market and other causes have prevented the completion of the plant, which stands today in a half-finished condition, exposed to the weather and rapidly deteriorating, a fact much to be regretted, as a slight expenditure would protect the plant and machinery in place until such time as the work is completed. The smelter bears evidence of having been constructed on designs of different people, and is, consequently, not entirely consistent. To be completed and rendered economical to work, it would require to be largely remodelled, but this could be done at no great expense, as much of the material and plant are very good, and suitable for the purpose intended. Smelter Site.—The site chosen for the smelter is a large flat or bench, from which the ground to the charging floor of the furnace shed by wire rope aerial tramway, the charge being dumped and mixed on this floor. The fuel and fluxes were to be dumped from railways cars standing on a trestle 8 to 10 feet high into bins on the ground level, and thence taken to the furnace shed by aerial tramline. The plant, as far as completed, was erected under the supervision of Mr. L. S. Austin. Assay Office.—The assay office is a one-story wooden building, clapboarded and with shingle roof, and is divided into a furnace room, in which there, is a brick, muffle furnace for two io-inch muffles, fired with coal from the next room, and the sampling room, off which there is a coal bin. From the furnace room a door opens into the "wet" or analytical room, and from each of these a door opens into a small but com- '-Al Marysville Smelter, Fort Steele Mining Division—Calciner Sheds. drops off on two sides to the river valley some 150 feet lower. The subsoil is gravel, giving an excellent opportunity for cheap but good foundations. The general scheme of the smelter, as apparently intended from the construction partly completed, is as follows: The ore was to come in on railway cars, over a trestle about 4 to 5 feet high, the level of the car floor being that of the receiving floor of the sampling plant. From the sampling plant the ore was to be delivered by buggies to a series of bins slightly elevated, and from these bins it was to be wheeled on the ground level to the calciners standing on the same level, into which it was to be shovelled presumably, as no provision for top charging was noted. The calciners were only equipped for drawing the ore into buggies, and it was afterwards to be sent pact balance room. Off the furnace room there is a supply room for assay supplies. The whole is a small but exceedingly convenient assay office, well designed and well built. Sampling Plant.—The sampling building is about 30 by 40 by 40 feet high, and.is situated on the railway siding as it enters the smelter grounds. At present little of the sampling machinery is in place other than two elevators, each, running the height of the building. The plant is arranged for a very complete system of automatic sampling, and it was reported that all machinery was on the ground for its equipment. Main Furnace Building.—The main furnace building is 96 feet long by 32 feet wide, with a lean-to along one side in front of the furnaces. IL 214 THE MINING RECORD. The constructions is entirely of sawn lumber and is so very light that supplemental trusses and posts were afterwards put in to support the charging floor. The charging floor is 25 feet above ground and the eaves about 14 feet above this. The roof has a very flat pitch, and is covered with tar and gravel roofing. In this are already built two lead blast-furnaces 7 feet by 14 feet outside dimension, and 138 by 40 inches inside of jackets at the bosh. The bottoms of the furnaces are of standard type, cast-iron plates, with suitable attachments, lined with "Carr" Scotch firebrick. Above this are the sectional with full equipment of settling pots, slag pots, moulds, etc., all made by the Union Iron Works, of Spokane. Whatever criticism the general arrangement may be open to, the furnaces, as such, are good and suitable' to fit into any readjustment. In a small shed are two Connersville pressure blowers, in readiness to be put in place, also all necessary blast^pipe, etc. Calciners and Shed.—The calciner building is of rather unique and original design (as shown in engraving), having- a wooden frame covered with cor- rugated iron roof, and of such a form as to make a series of inclined steps, 13 in number and cov- ■PS jackets, of cast-iron, 21 inches wide, and each having a 4-inch tuyere hole. They are provided with the usual and suitable wajter attachments. The upper part of the furnace is brick-work resting on iron girders supported by iron columns and independent of the lower construction. The charging openings are the length of the furnace on one side; they are level with the charging floor, and provided with counter balanced doors of wrought iron. The stacks are vertical continuations of the furnaces and are of brick, iron bound, to above the roof, which is as far as they are built. No provision has been made for dust chambers. The furnaces are modern, well built and are provided ering 6 calciners. The calciners are of the ordinary single hearth hand-worked type, 46 ft. long and 16 ft wide, having 9 rabbling doors on each side and a dou- ble-doored fire box. These furnaces are built'of red brick, with a second quality fire brick inside; they have a brick hearth laid on earth filled in between the walls, and are bound with iron rail buck-stays and 1-. inch tie-rods. The furnaces were built wben there- was frost in the ground and also in the filling under the hearths, which has caused such settling as would 'necessitate the arches and hearths being all rebuilt. Power.—Water sufficient to supply power for all requirements of the smelter is obtained from Mark THE MINING RECORD. 215 Creek, from which it is conducted in a flume 4 feet by 4 feet 6 inches in size and 700 yards long. The flume-conducts the water into the smelter bench, from which it is led to a power-house in the river bottom by iron pipes, giving a head of about 175 feet. The power-house is to be fitted with water wheels, from which power is to be transmitted to the smelter by 3 rope drives, but all of this work is as yet uncompleted. Water Supply.—A water supply for use about the smelter is provided from Mark Creek, the water being conveyed from about half a mile up the creek by an 8-inch pipe-line. working one property and the Perry Creek Hydraulic Mining Company another. In the early days the gold was obtained principally below the Perry Creek Falls, and near the bottom of the canyon which cuts through a bluff of rock. The old channel of the stream apparently passed on one side of this, for on the right bank of the creek there is an old gravel channel on which, from the level of the creek below the Falls, a tunnel was many years ago driven between 1,000 and 2,000 feet. Later prospecting revealed two or three paystreaks in the' bank overlying the tunnel. These do not appear to $ss-'*9^v'iSHl e?i ->?^7>f; vis aRT ^"S^P^K'" **%wmx?&r N^nh > ^-mr/S'm •man?: w/MaWmm p ^mwAWJmk lf^ff^^JhfW'ri'si',wi3' ** ^_ ^^.. • ,,i4 S g^^g^^^^giE ^ieWSErWat,.*-* • ■ ■' Js East Kootenay Placer Mining Co's St« .am Shovel, Perry Creek. PLACER MINING ON PERRY CREEK, EAST KOOTENAY. Reports of renewed activity in placer mining and the installation of two large plants on Perry Creek fin the Fort Steele Mining Division, East Kootenay), which in the early '60s attracted much attention and yielded a lot of placer gold, induced the Provincial Mineralogist to visit that locality last summer. From his account of his visit, which has only just been published, it is learned that the-East Kootenay Placer Mining Company, of Fernie, is be rich enough for drifting on, but, seemingly, it would be worth while to hydraulic the whole bank, for which purpose the Perry Creek Hydraulic Mining Company has been organized. This company has secured water rights on Perry Creek, taking water from the stream about four miles above the Falls, and has under construction a wooden flume, four feet wide by three feet high, of 1%-inch lumber. The construction of the flume was in progress when the property was visited, with every probability of completion during 1903. The flume leads along the right or south hill-side, attaining a height above the creek of about J7 216 THE MINING RECORD. 300 feet. At the lower end a siphon of rivetted iron pipe conveys the water over a narrow draw, 175 feet in depth, and delivers it to a short ditch leading to a pressure box, from which a. pipe line runs down the face of the bank to the mouth of the old tunnel delivering water under a head of about 400 feet. The fall in the creek being insufficient to carry off hydraulic tailings they will have to be sluiced away in boxes for about half a mile below the Falls. This will necessitate the bottom of the hydraulic pit being some 50 or 60 feet above the creek at the mouth of the old tunnel, consequently while the upper part of the bank can be run off by straight sluicing methods, the lower 60 feet will have to be raised by an elevator. The bank representing the face of the old channel has been cleared of timber. It is about 400 feet high and is composed of fine gravel, silt and some clay, and will wash cheaply and quickly. It was expected that hydraulicing operations would commence this spring, and that, with judicious handling, the property has fair prospects of becoming a producing mine this season. The East Kootenay Placer Mining Company has secured leases of about 4% miles of ground above the Falls, and has put in a steam shovel for lifting the gravel into the sluice boxes. At the point selected for operations the creek bed has a grade of two to three per cent. At a depth varying from three to ten feet there occurs a false bedrock, consisting of a sandy clay on and above which gold in considerable quantities has been found. The true bedrock is believed to be at a depth of, approximately, 50 feet, having been struck about that depth in two shafts. The intention when the plant was put in was to work the gravel on and above the false bedrock, and of this a patch 64 yards long, eight yards wide and two yards deep, equal to about 1,000 cubic yards, was taken and dumped into the rough sluice boxes. From this gold to the value of $260 was reported to have been obtained, equivalent to 26 cents per cubic yard. If the results from the ground worked may be taken as an average of the values to be obtained from above the false bedrock there is on the leases a large tonnage of material, which, with certain necessary modifications in the plant to suit local conditions, may be handled at a good profit. Water for sluices is taken out of the creek about half a mile higher up than where the shovel has been placed, and is brought down in a board sluice box 32 inches wide and 15 inches deep. WETHERILL MAGNETIC SEPARATING PROCESS AND PTARMIGAN MINE ORE. IN his summary of the general developments of the year in the Province the Provincial Mineralogist makes the following comments on magnetic concentration: "Experimental tests have been made which lead to the belief that much of the zinc which now is regarded as merely a contamination of the lead ores of the Slocan, may be separated by a magnetic cess and rendered available as an ore of zinc. pro- "An experimental Wetherill Separator has been installed in the Province, with which many ores have THE MINING RECORD. been tested, while other British Columbia ores have been sent East for experimentation. Magnetic concentration is as yet in its infancy, and from experiments which the writer had the pleasure of recently witnessing when in the East, he is convinced of the wonderful possibilities of the process as applied to a number of British Columbia ores, the concentration of which by any water method is impossible. "That certain strongly magnetic minerals are separable by magnetic concentration is a fact so well known as scarcely to need comment, but that many minerals which are not acted upon by an ordinary magnet may be eliminated by higher magnetic powers is not so fully realised and is worthy the serious consideration of mine owners. To quote from In- gall's 'Production and Properties of Zinc' (p. 268) :— 'It has been snown by Farady, Plucker, Wiedeman and others that magnetism is an inherent property of all substances, which are either attracted or repelled by the poles of a magnet, though in most substances the manifestation of this property is exceedingly feeble.' "At the works of the Wetherill Separating Co., at Newark, JN J., the writer saw certain samples of zinc blende magnetically 'picked up' out of a mixture of gangue, galena, pyrite, etc., making a clean separation, while a similar separation of tetrahedrite (gray copper) was made from gangue and pyrite. "Upon inquiry as to what minerals had been found separable by the process, it was said that no rule could be laid down, but that each special ore required to be determined by experiment, since, for example, of two samples of zinc blende, one could be easily attracted by the magnet of high power, while the other sample was so feebly attracted as to preclude any practical separation; similarly with tetrahedrite, although the sample of this mineral experimented upon, an ore from British Columbia, was strongly magnetic. This lack of uniformity is accounted for by the fact that in few ores does the mineral conform strictly to its theoretic composition, but contains usually associated minerals which materially affect the magnetic action. Certain minerals "No reliable data could be obtained as to exactly what the assay on an average sample of this ore body" (on the Red Line claim) "would be, although the ore was admittedly too low grade to stand shipping without concentration. The ore consists of quartz and rock carrying a considerable proportion of iron pyrites, with varying proportions of tetrahedrite (gray copper), and the values seem to be chiefly associated with and contained in this latter mineral. Small shipments of sorted ore have been made which gave smelter returns as follows:—Copper, 4.1 per cent.; silver, 237 oz.. and gold, 0.41 oz. per ton. The silver values of the ore seem to be nearly in proportion to the gray copper contained therein, and concentrates therefrom run as high as 1.000 oz. silver per ton, while the gold values are with the iron pyrites. "A concentration by water of the gray copper from the iron pyrites and quartz was recognised as impossible; consequently, a lot of the ore was sent to New York for a trial of concentration by the Wetherill Separating Co., the results of which have been kindly furnished by the manager of the mine, Mr. Thos. Starbird, and are here given as being of more than local interest. It is perhaps unfortunate that the ore sent was sorted too high to make the test of much practical value to this property, as it in nowise represents the bulk of the ore. As a matter of fact, indeed, the ore sent was so highly sorted as not to require any concentration, but could be well shipped as it was. The following is an analysis of this ore, as reported by the Wetherill Company:— ANALYSIS OF ORE TESTED. Copper (per cent.) 11.09 Zinc trace. Iron (per cent) 22.67 Sulphur (per cent) 3*-38 Antimony (per cent) 10.78 Bismuth (per cent) 0.15 Silica (per cent) 16.32 Gold (oz. per ton) 0.73 Silver (oz. per ton) • . • 4*0.47 EE BY WETHERILL SEPARATING COMPANY. ORIGINAL. POLES 3 & 4, 16 AKPEBB. TOI.ES 5 & 6. 28 AMPERIS. SOS- M A' • S KTIC TAl I>. [Weight Size. Grzng. Copper 8Uver ! Or.. Gold j Oz. 0.4S 0.55 0 52 j 0.50 0 53 | Weight Grmf. 9,675 4,700 ' 2,240 1,070 Copp'r X Sliver Oi. Gold J Ml Wght Grms Copper % SUv'r Gold Ox. Ol. Weight Grms. 28,230 14,170 8.400 6.070 Copper X Silver 0*. Oi. 10 to 20 89,615 20 to 40 20,170 40 to 80 10,880 80 to 200 7,480 - 6.94 283 25 7 05 278.80 6 54 248.97 6.38 241 35 7.03 j 277 60 22.69 23.72 27.28 27.58 858.75 910.40 1,030.80 1.049.30 0.67 0.60 0.60 0.45 1,710 1,300 240 290 9.70 16.60 16.18 16.85 358 70 0 65 580.25 0 76 | 592.40 0.87 ] 982.60) 0.63 1.86 1.16 09 1.55 67.20 42.13 82.75 61.86 0.60 0.49 0.60 0 48 Dust E. 7,000 which naturally are practically non-magnetic may be rendered so by a partial or complete roasting. The tetrahedrite, the treatment of which the Provincial Mineralogist had the opportunity of witnessing, as mentioned above, was from the Ptarmigan mine. In his account of a visit made to that mine last summer that official says: The property now called the Ptarmigan mines was formerly known as the Red Line, or McDonald mines. It is owned by a syndicate of eastern American investors, and includes the following Crown-granted mineral claims: Red Line No. 1, Red Line No. 2, Iron Cap, Iron Crown Fraction, and Con- tenti The mine situate tn a basin 218 THE MINING RECORD. at the head of McDonald Cre.ek, a branch of Horse Thief Creek, at an elevation of 8,500 feet above sea level, and at a distance of about 27 miles from the town of Wilmerj on the Columbia River, in North- East Kootenay. The accompanying illustration gives a typical view of the neighbouring country. PEERLESS CLAIM, QUATSINO SOUND. One of the best of the many blocks illustrating the special reports in the Annual Report of the Minister of Mines for 1903 is that entitled "Open Cut, Peerless Mineral Claim, Quatsino Sound." Printed in a sepia- black tint on plate paper, it makes a far more attractive picture than it is practicable to reproduce here. It Represents one of a number of photographic views taken by Mr. Herbert Carmichael, Provincial As- flows round the north-western base of the mountain from Victoria to Alice Lake. After crossing Link Creek from the June group, and at the eastern end of a slight ridge, open quarry work has exposed an ore body 30 feet wide of nearly solid zinc blende mixed with a little quartz vein matter. The quarry shows a face of from nine to ten feet high. Some prospect holes have been sunk on the ridge 200 feet to the west of the quarry, the mineral at this point being.principally arsenical iron in a quartz, with some blende." MINERAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS. The following statistics relating to the mineral production of British Columbia are taken from the Report of the Minister of Mines ibr 1903: ■*W*te*> ~^*WiL- Vw*^£5*v5i$M ■■'J^r^e Open Cut, Peerless Mineral Claim, Quatsino Sound. sayer, when he visited the Quatsino Sound country Total production for all years up to and including last year, and was used to illustrate his report on 1903— that section. Although the Peerless had not then Gold, placer ... $65688103 been opened up sufficiently to warrant its being Gold, lode ' " rfW^aS classed among the more important mining properties • • • , ,^0 of the district, it appeared to be one of considerable „ $92>55<>A5l promise. It is in the neighbourhood of Teta River, Sllver T9,997»3S4 a small stream flowing into the South-East Arm of Lead 11,137,265 the Sound on its western shore, five miles south-east Copper 1680^7^4. from Yreka. Mr. Carmichael made the following ref- Coal and Coke .. fi,' f ££ erence to it in his report: "The Peerless mineral Building stone, bricks," e'tc'.'.'.'.'. ,1«ooS claim is situated to the east of the June group, on Other metals .. RR ™ Murray Creek, on the western end of the range sep- °a>799 arating Alice Lake from Victoria Lake. Link Creek ~7~ $207,224,492 THE MINING RECORD. Amount and Value of Mineral Products for 1901, 1902 and 1903. Customary Measure. 1901 Gold, placer Ounces Gold, lode Ounces Silver Ounces Copper Pounds Lead Pounds Coal Tons, 2,240 lbs. Coke Other materials Quantity. 48,505 210,384) 5.151,333 27.603,746 51,582,906 1,460,331 137,081 Value. 970,100. 4,348.603 3,884,745] 4,446,963 a-002,733 4.380,993 635.405 417,S38 $30,086,780 1902 Quantity. 53657 236.49' 3.917.917 29,636,057 22,536,381 1,397.394 138,015 Value. $ 1,073.1401 4,888,269 1,941,338 3.446,673 834,83a 4 193,1831 640,075 480,051 $17,486,550, 1903 Quantity. 53.031$ 333,831 2,996,204 34.359.9*' 18,089,283 1,168,194 '65-543 Value 1,060,420 4,812,616 '.531-472 4447,535 689,744 3.5°4.58J 827.7*5 531.870 $'7t495>954 Production of Mineral by Districts and Divisions. Name. Divisions 1901. 1903. 1903. Cariboo District Cariboo Mining Division Quesnel Omineca " Cassiar District .' Kootenay, Bast, District Kootenay West, District Ainsworth Division ' Kelson " Slocan " Trail Creek " Other parts " Lillooet District. Vale District Osoyoos, Grand Porks and Greenwood Div. Similkameen Division Vale " Coast Districts (Nanaimo, Alberni, West Coast V. I., Victoria. 279,600 240,000 19,100 34°.395 160,000 40,000 331,011 1,244,568 1.865.752 4,621,299 97.032 372,967 818,494 1,608 827 4,938.395 167,716 3,250,986 4,680 62.020 3,783,363 2,7001 58,5741 3t4.4oo j 132,000 28,800 219,8181 653.4571 1,126,986 4.380,458 395,363 3-654.234 2,000 58,188 DISTRICT! 1901. 1903. 1903. $ 538,700 $ 540.395 $ 475.300 333,949 2.746,039 8.159.662 436,636 1,477,466 7.806,399 480,368 1,951,138 6,603,981 48,383 3,317,686 31.429 2,843.537 31.283 3,714.422 4.052.561 4,360,688 4.S39..572 $30,086,780 $ 17.486450 $ 17.495.954 Production of Lode Mines for 1901, 1 902 and 1903. Gold. Sil ver. Lead. Copper. Pounds. Value. Total Value*. Year. Oz. Value. Oz. Value. Pounds. Value. 1901 1903 1903 ... 310,384 236.491 333,831 $ 4.348,603 4.888,269 4,813,616 5,I5'-333 3.9«7.9I7 3,996,304 $2^84,745 1,941,328 1.521,472 51,582,906 22.536.381 18,089,283 $2,002,733 834,833 689,744 27.603,746, $ 4,446,963 29.636,057 3,446,673 34.359.931! 4.547.535 $13,683,044 ii,101,103 ».57»i367 679,706 $14,049,488 12,^65,454 $6,347,545 92,208,570 $3,517,309! 9i.599.724 $13,441,171; $36.355.5'3 Note—The total value of the production of the lode mines of the Province for all years to the end of 1903 was $74,800,731. THE MINING RECORD. 1,623.539 5,002,204 48,600 3,818,746 12,453,364 836,010 22,108,120 Total. $18,834,49° I,7°°,779 5,728,261 762,660 27,026,190 1,630,409 5,002,204 48,600 33,707,403 15,957.946 1,663,725 51,329,074 THE RELATIVE COSTS OP POWER. THE most satisfactory way in which to make comparison of the relative cost of various kinds of power is by the cost per horse-power per month. Steam, electricity and water power are the three kinds most generally in use in the mining regions of the West. In some districts there is also power derived from gas, gasoline, distillate and other types of engines. No comparison ofthe relative cost of water, steam and electric power can be given without a complete knowledge of conditions obtaining at the place where the power is to be employed.— Electrical Review. SOME NOTES FROM THE MINING CAMPS. ALBERNI (VANCOUVER ISLAND.) OUR special correspondent writes: A great activity in mining is expected in this district. Besides the Southern Cross mine on Uchuclesit Harbour, which already has made several shipments, two more properties will be in a position to ship ore within a very short time. The latter are the Happy John mine on Alberni canal and the Cascade mine on Uchuclesit harbour. It is understood that both these properties are looking exceedingly well with a great quantity of ore in sight, practically ready for shipment as soon as the roads to the deep water are completed. The Monitor mine is expected to reopen again in a short time, and this will add another to the shipping mines. Assessment work is done on many claims in the district. As far up the coast as Clayoquot and Sidney inlet it is reported that mining this year will be prosecuted with great energy and several properties will be operated. mt. sicker (v.i.) During the month application was made to a Supreme Court judge to sanction the proposed transfer of the Lenora mine, in liquidation, to an English company. Permission was granted, the judge holding that while at present there was absolutely no no prospect of the unsecured creditors getting anything, under the terms of the proposed sale there was a chance that they might realize at least a proportion of the amounts owing them. Without actual proof it is perhaps unwise to condemn the methods that appear to have been employed by the promoters of this scheme to unload the Lenora mine on English capitalists, but there is at any rate some ground for belief that the representations now being made in London concerning the value of the property are misleading to a degree. It is not in the interests of legitimate mining in British Columbia that a badly gutted mine shodld be palmed off on investors as a property having over a hundred thousand tons of ore "in sight." It is possible tuat even the slag produced at the Tyee - Copper Company's smelter at Ladysmith may prove to have a marketable value, the city authorities of Vancouver having decided to test the suitability of this material in making "cinder" paths for cyclists, while too, it is thought the slag may be advantageously used in new cement sidewalks, several miles of which are to be laid in Vancouver this year. mineral oil at steveston. Boring for oil at Steveston is now in steady progress. The plant is designed to drill to a depth ofT^Soo feet if necessary, but it is expected the shale ^will be reached at a thousand feet or less. texada island. We understand that the Tacoma Steel Company, which some time since acquired a bond on the Marble Bay mine, Texada Island, is meeting with considerable success, the profits on ore shipments being sufficient to meet the purchase payments as they fall due. The workings are now down to the 500-foot level and stoping is being done between the 400-foot and 500-foot level, where the richest ore has been encountered. the alsek placers. The miners in the new Alsek diggings have commenced cleaning up. From a claim on Bullion Creek ten cents to the pan being obtained on bedrock, a depth of 14 feet; while the owners of discovery claim are making $14 a day. The new power plant of the British American Dredging Company at Pine Falls has been thoroughly tested, and is now working satisfactorily. This plant supplies power to the dredge built last season on Gold Run, six miles up Pine Creek. The pond in which the dredge is situated is now taking water from Deek's ditch, which has been thoroughly repaired, and the dredge will be running full time early next week. The richness of the dump taken out this winter by Clarke and Martin, indicates that the dredge will have a very prosperous season. A new pole line from the power plant to Upper Spruce Creek is under construction, and vriH I carry power for the second dredge contracted for with the Western Engineering & Construction Co., of San Francisco. Work has now fairly started on all the creeks, piping having already commenced on McKee. The Spruce Power Company, on Spruce Creek, has also completed the installation of a large plant and piping should start before the end of the month. ASHCROFT. A very promising group of copper claims, in the Highland valley, near Ashcroft, has been acquired on bonding terms. The surface indications on this property are said to be exceptionally promising, the deposit being of great size. Steps have been taken to commence the development of the property at once. LARDEAU. Towards the close of May operations were started at the Great Western Company's new combination mill. The machinery worked very smoothly and well. A large force of men is shortly to be employed at the Silver Cup mine, and it is expected the mill will be kept in steady operation hence forward. In the Poplar Creek district some two hundred prospectors are now engaged in assessment work, and several promising new discoveries of ore are reported. One lead on Meadow Creek is said to be 200 feet and well mineralized throughout. The Criterion or No. 2 lead on the Rossland, one of the properties of the Oyster group, owned by the Great Northern Mines, Limited, was encountered last week in the main tunnel in which operations have been conducted during the past two months. The lead, which was struck at a distance of 500 feet from- the mouth of tW6 tunnel, is about three feet in width, and is said to contain good values. CARIBOO. In Canooo district pay gravel Eas been struck at Willow THE MINING RECORD. 221 River, values, it is reported, running forty ounces to the sett of timbers. It is also announced that rich ground has been reached in No. 2 drive, west, at Slough Creek. On the Eleven of England group, on Lightning Creek, a good prospect has also been encountered at the end of the drift recently run. slocan. At the end of March the Kootenay lead mines had earned . $121,000 under the Lead Bounty Act. Recent developments at the Queen Bess mine in the Slocan, lormerly owned by an English company, but now being worked under lease, have afforded most encouraging results, a rich vein of carbonates and galena having been encountered at a distance of 150 feet in No. 5 tunnel. The assay returns show the galena ore to run 109 oz. silver and 75 per cent, lead and the carbonates 54 to 58 oz. silver, and 19 to 24.5 per cent. lead. A dividend of $6,000 was declared by the Sunset mine in May, the "property having thus paid $66,000 in profits to date. The ore produced from this property contains very good values, assaying 140 oz. silver and 80 per cent, lead per ton. Seven carloads of rich ore are now ready for shipment. The Ivanhoe, one of the important silver-lead mines in the Slocan, is now again being operated on" an extensive scale, and a large tonnage of both silver, lead and zinc" concentrates is being produced. The zinc contained in the ore occurs in a very pure state, being almost free from spathic iron, which facilitates concentration very considerably. The mine recently made another contract to ship 500 tons of zinc to Lanyon Works, Kansas. The Donelly Group near Sandon has been leased for two years. The mine is in an advantageous position as regards facilities for transport, having access to two railway systems. A strike of fourteen inches of galena ore is reported to have been made on the Majestic and Unexpected properties on Payne mountain. nelson. At the Hall Mines smelter the second furnace was blown in last month, in order to treat a large tonnage of concentrates from the Highland mine at Ainsworth. The Five Metals Mining Company operating at the head of Haughton and Gray Creeks in the Nelson Mining Division, proposes to commence shipping ore immediately, and a road is now being cut to the property with this object in view. ERIE. Considerable activity is being displayed in the Erie section, and preparations are now in progress for the commencement of work at a number of properties. Thus the Relief stamp mill and concentrator have started crushing, and work, it is expected, will be resumed on the Waffer, Good Hope and Copper Farm very shortly. Shipments from the Arlington are to re-commence directly the condition of the roads permit. TRAIL. The last shipment of silver from the Trail refinery aggregated some 54,000 ounces and was made to Shanghai, China. A shipment of 550 ounces of fine gold was also made at the same time for the same port. Pig lead shipments have been made regularly to Montreal and other Canadian and united States cities, mostly for home consumption. ROSSLAND. A circular has been directed to shareholders of the Spitzee mine, stating that ore stoped from the vein recently crosscut yielded $17.50 per ton. Another vein was encountered west of the shaft, the ore assaying $5 in gold and 9 per cent, copper. The drift in the 200-foot level encountered the vein ten feet to the north of the shaft, and developmnts have proved its strength and continuance. Large bodies of low grade concentrate ore have also been opened up. The ■managing director states that the mine is now in a position to ship several hundred tons of ore a month and maintain ■ development on the second level. The company is now experimenting with the Elmore process. The recent abolition of the duty on oil used in connection with the Elmore process of concentration has resulted in effecting a saving of no less than 12 cents per gallon, the price formerly charged with the duty added having been 41 cents, against the- present price of 29 cents per gallon. An effort is also now being made to induce the railway company to reduce the freight charges, and it is thought that ere long the price on oil delivered at Rossland and other Kootenay points may be reduced to the relatively low figure of about 20 cents per gallon. Meanwhile the White Bear Company at Rossland is already breaking ground for the foundations of a 100-ton plant, which is to be installed forthwith. The operation of this mill at the White Bear will be awaited with particular interest, as likely to afford a more satisfactory demonstration of the commercial possibilities of the process than has been possible with the small Le Roi No. 2 plant. The latter mill is, however, to be started, it "is stated, early this month with a view to continuous operation when its capabilities will be more clearly shown. It is announced also that the ores of the Iron Mask mine in the same camp will shortly be tested to ascertain their amenability to this process, and doubtless other mines will follow suit. It is expected that the Rossland Power Company's new concentrator at Trail will be completed very shortly. This plant is being erected chiefly for the purpose of saving the values in the low grade iron ores from the Centre Star and War Eagle mines, but in addition some custom work will be undertaken. The mill will have an initial capacity of 200 tons per 24 hours, but the arrangement is such that by duplicating certain machines the capacity of the works can be nearly doubled without enlarging the present buildings. The essential feature of the process about to be used is a thorough water concentration, with gradual reduction to prevent the formation of rich slimes, a preliminary course of crushing and concentration permitting of the removal of a considerable percentage of the sulphide contents as a product for smelting. The tailings will then be ground and separated into sands and slimes, each of which will be given a special treatment for the recovery of the remaining values. The location of the works and the arrangement of the plant are such as to afford an almost automatic handling of the material from the time it enters from the railway cars as crude oil until it is discharged into the railway cars as concentrates, the tailings going to the waste dump. The plant is of the "level site" type, as distinguished from the usual side hill type. It is believed that this is the first mill of this type to be built in British Columbia. The water supply, which is necessarily a large one, is from Stoney, Rock and Murphy creeks, whence it is conveyed by flume point on the north side of the first named stream, and thence to the mill by a steel pipe line. The waste water and tailings will be discharged to the large sandy flat opposite the mill. The motive power will be electricity from the system of the West Kootenay Power & Light Company, Limited. The equipment of motors will -be a little less than 500 horse power. The estimated cost of the plant is $150,000. There is now some talk of a concentrator being erected at the Le Roi, and it is certain some method will have to be adopted for treating the silicious ores mined from below the 800-foot level, the smelting of which is necessarily a somewhat extravagant proceeding. Heretofore the Northport smelter has been compelled to purchase iron ores for fluxing purposes. It is now announced that dependence on outside sources may in future be avoided during the recent close down of the. works, experiments having been successfully conducted in mixing ores from the different stopes in the Le Roi mine. BOUNDARY DISTRICT. It is expected that connection will be made shortly in the long No. 4 tunnel of the Granby mines, work on which has been proceeding for some months. The portal of this tunnel will then be about 1,500 feet from the No. 2 shaft of the Old Ironsides mine, the grade being about 5 per cent. 222- THE MINING RECORD. Work is being resumed on many claims that have been idle during the winter. A number of bonds and leases are also being sought on various high grade properties, incited, as the seekers thereof have been by the.results obtained from the Providence, the Elkhorn, the Gold Bug, the E. P. U, the Goldfinch and the Helen. The Volcanic Mining & Development Company of Marquette, Mich., has secured an extension of two-months from May ist to July 1st, on the bond on the Volcanid mine group. A syndicate has acquired a bond from the Bank of Montreal on a group of twelve high grade properties formerly owned by the Boundary Creek Mining and Milling Co., Ltd., near Greenwood. The Providence Mining Company in the Boundary district last month declared a third dividend of ten cents per share. The B. C. Copper Company has acquired a bond on the Roderick Dhu claim in Long Lake camp, and is developing the property. Work is about to commence on the construction of a branch of the Great Northern Railway from Grand Forks to Phoenix. CAMP MCKINNEY. It is announced that the Kamloops, Minnehaha and Sailor Mining Companies, Camp McKinney, have been consolidated. The properties have been closed down for some two or three years. CAMP HEDLEY. The Federal Government lately acceded to the request of the Daly Reduction Company for permission to purchase a smelter site on the Indian reserve, near Hedley in the Similkameen district. The company had threatened to build the proposed smelter in the United States should the Government have refused this application. MOYIE, E. KOOTENAY. Another silver-lead property to resume work, production having been suspended since July, 1901, nearly three years ago, is the St. Eugene, at Moyie, E. Kootenay, where a force of 275 men is now employed. Shipments were begun from this mine last month, when eight carloads of ore were sent to the Trail smelter. Should the St. Eugene, as is anticipated, remain in steady operation, it is reasonably certain that this year's silver-lead production will at least equal the record achievement of 1901. For the present the company has only contracts to ouput 4,000 tons, but should the concession sought by exporters of low grade ore in respect to the extension to them of the Government bounty on lead, the output will be increased to 18,000 tons. NOTES FROM THE DRY ORE BELT OF THE SLOCAN. By W. D. McGregor. AN exceedingly dry spring has let the working prospec- ' tors in the lower section of this camp earlier than usual, and the general success of leaseholders is having a marked effect on the development work planned for the coming season. On Ten Mile Creek the Enterprise continues its satisfactory output. The leasers of the Neepawa have just received returns of $116 per ton for their initial car of ore. Griffith is taking good ore out of the . Westmount. Twelve Mile Creek shows two or three cars of high grade ore in the new work on the Happy Medium, and there has been a sensational strike made on the Cor- onado group, near the head of the creek. Along this line from near the head of Twelve Mile to Springer Creek there is a string of most promising properties that warrant anyone's careful investigation. These include the Myrtle, which shows a vein 30 feet wide carrying streaks of 200 oz. ore (smelter returns) at 80 feet depth. The owners are running a^ 450-foot crosscut tunnel to handle the surface water, which has always been bad and are now in 370 feet below this on Robinson Creek. Work on the Club has de veloped a shute of quite $200.00 ore, including over 1 oz. of gold. Adjoining this is the I. X. L., on which a crosscut is being driven to tap the vein at some depth below the surface ore shutes, and below this and Springer the Cripple Stick group seems to have fallen into unfortunate hands, though the sorted ore gave smelter returns of $90 with over 2 oz. gold. Just west of this the Port Hope has been developed under lease and the leasers are now bucking down and sorting ore that should return them about 200 ozs. silver and 107 oz. or better in gold. All these are working and all are showing a considerable amount of second class ore that would make first class profits if handled to advantage. On Springer Creek proper: The Ottawa should have a paper to itself. This mine has shipped 215 tons of 200 to 500 oz. ore. So far this season's systematic development has shown the main ore shute, say 50 feet on the upper level, 135 feet on No. 3 and 365 at least on No. 4, as the grade of ore has improved; at the same time it can easily be understood that the position is an interesting one for the owners. At present a waggon road from the trunk road on Springer Creek is under construction, also necessary buildings for the enlarged force at the mine. The Black Prince is still in the best of shape at the hands of the leasers, who have still a couple of carloads to get out when the roads permit Lemon Creek promises great things if certain titles can be cleared. The leaseholders on the Chapleau profess themselves satisfied with the outlook and have run some 100 tons through the old mill. The Alberta has a choice shipment waiting the disappearance of the snow. Generally things promise well. PROVINCIAL MINING ASSOCIATION. A MEETING of the Executive Committee of the Provincial Mining Association was held at Nelson on May 18 and 19. Besides disposing of a lot of corres-" pondence and routine business the following important matters were dealt with, as stated:—Re bounty on surplus lead ores shipped to foreign smelters: Resolved: "That the Executive of the Provincial Mining Association heartily endorses the appeal made to the Dominion Government by the Assoicated Silver-Lead Mines, which has been agreed to by the Canadian smelters, and endorsed by the Provincial Boards of Trade, viz., that the bounty on lead ore be paid for one year on any lead ore shipped out of Canada after the lead smelters have been supplied with all the ore they require,' and the Executive respectfully urges the Government to grant the concession, believing that it will greatly stimulate lead mining, which has been in- a most depressed condition for the last three years, and tend to place it on a more permanent and prosperous footing. At the end of the period for which the concession is asked, it is confidently expected that the local smelters will have increased their capacity sufficiently to enable them to treat all lead ores mined in British Columbia, and that a copy hereof be sent to Mr. W. A. Galliher, hon. member for the district, and the Hon. W. S. Fielding, Minister of Finance, Ottawa." Re location of placer claims over lode claims: Resolved: "Whereas the judgment recently rendered by the Hon. Mr. Justice Martin in the case of Tanghe vs. Morgan, decides that whenever a free miner makes the statutory affidavit (Form G) required by the Placer Mining Act, and pays or tenders the requisite fee to the Gold Commissioner, such free miner becomes entitled to a record of his location, notwithstanding the fact that the ground is already occupied as a lode location, and the Gold Commissioner, after personally inspecting the ground, is of the opinion that the application for a placer location is not bona fide, and "Whereas, the said judgment also affirms that in an action brought by the placer locator against the earlier lode locator, the placer locator is entitled to the judgment of the court, notwithstanding the fact that the evidence establishes that the so called placer location, was not a placer claim at all, because there was no placer ground in it, and THE MINING RECORD. 223 "Whereas, in the case of an adverse action between rival claimants of a lode claim, where both parties have filed the statutory affidavit, stating that they had, respectively, each discovered mineral in place, it has also been open to the court to find that one, or both, of the locations is invalid by reason of the fact that no mineral had been in truth discovered; and it is difficult to say why the law should be administered differently in case of placer claims, and "Whereas, if the said judgment be correct, endless confusion will arise by the locating of imaginary or fictitious placer claims over valid existing mineral claims, and the said judgment demonstrates that the provisions of the Act relating to the matters in question, are ambiguous and doubtful. "Therefore be it resolved that the uncertainty and confusion which apparently exist in the Placer Mining Act ought to be promptly removed by an order of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, pursuant to the powers conferred by section 150 of the Act." The president reported that the branches of the association at Bullion and Quesnelle Lake had both passed resolutions deprecating the covering of lode claims with placer . claims. Re surface rights of mineral claims: Resolved: "That the Executive of the Provincial Mining Association is strongly of the opinion that the free miner should be entitled to surface rights of his mineral claims. That under the existing law much litigation has already arisen, and is bound to arise in the future, that a committee consisting of Messrs. Galt, Smith-Curtis and the president be appointed to investigate the matter, and bring in a report on the amendments necessary to the various Acts affecting this most important question at the next meeting." It was decided to make further representations to the Provincial Government regarding delays in the issue of Crown grants. A resolution was passed expressive of sincere regret at the death of Hon. Senator Reid, a member of the Executive, and it was decided to communicate to his widow the earnest sympathy of the members with her in her bereavement. Messrs. Robert R. Hedley and A. H. Kelly, both of Nelson, were appointed members of the Executive. Ymir is in the peculiar position of being about the only mining camp of any importance in British Columbia which has not organized a local branch of the Provincial Mining Association. This is an association which is undoubtedly doing good work in the interest of the mining industries of the Province. It is composed of men of all classes, representative alike of mine owners and men, of mine owning associations and labour organizations; and one of its most useful functions which has already been put to the test, is the suggestion of useful and remedial legislation for the protection and furthering of mining. The local branches have the power of bringing to the notice of the central organization questions of local import on which an official ruling is important, and the central organization is in a position to urge on legislation calculated to .relieve undue pressure on certain lines or protected established right. The Poplar Creek branch, for instance, has taken up with the head association the local case where placer rights and lode locations conflict with one another, and the result will probably be new legislation next session, which will clear away the present ambiguity of the law.—Ymir Herald. COMPANY MEETINGS AND REPORTS. IMPERIAL COAL AND COKE. THE annual meeting of shareholders of the Imperial Coal and Coke Company was held recently in Montreal. Mr. W. Herbert Evans occupied the chair. The following directors were elected: Messrs. O. G. Laberee, Spokane, Andrew Laidlaw, Spokane; W. Herbert Evans, of Evans Brothers, coal merchants, Montreal, Canada; J. W. Pyke, of James Pyke & Company, iron and steel merchants, Montreal; Randolph MacDonald, vice-president of the Sovereign Bank, of Toronto, Canada; C. W. Spencer, general superintendent of transportation, Canadian Pacific railway; Frank Thompson, of Frank Thompson & Company, financial agents, Montreal. At a subsequent meeting of the board, Mr. W. Herbert Evans was elected president, Mr. J. W. Pyke, vice-president, and Mr. Humes Hall, secretary. The company has 96 square miles of coal lands in South-East Kootenay and a capitalisation of $4,500,000. MT. SICKER AND BRENTON. A meeting of the Mount Sicker and Brenton Mining Company was held in Victoria during May. Only routine business was transacted. The accounts for the year ending April 30th, 1904, were passed. The following officers were elected: President, Dr. T. J. Jones; secretary, Mr. R. T. Elliott; directors, Messrs. J. L. Beckwith, R. L. Drury, W. A. Dier, T. J. Jones, H. Dier, T. D. Conway and R. R. Dier; auditor, Mr. C. S. Baxter. LUCKY BOY. The annual meeting of the Lucky Boy Mining Company tooK place in Rossland on Monday last, several shareholders from Northport being in attendance. The election of officers resulted as follows: Mr. S. L. Myers, Northport, president; Mr. J. M. Lauridson, Port Angeles, Wash., vice-president; Mr. H. W. Sterrett, Northport, treasurer; Mr. W. L. McDonald, Rossland, secretary; Mr. S. L. Myers, manager. Directors, Messrs. S. L. Myers, G. M. Lauridson, H. W. Sterrett, M. E. Meyers and W. L. McDonald. The Lucky Boy Company will resume work shortly on the Waffer mine, adjoining the Relief in the Erie district. COMPANY NOTES AND CABLES. Le Roi, No. 2, (Rossland)—The manager reports by cable receipt of $21,200, proceeds of 1,665 tons shipped between February 12th and March 8th, from which remain to be deducted mining and development charges, the estimated tonnage shipped for March being 2,300 tons from the Josie mine and 900 tons from the No. 1 mine. Writing on March 16th, he reports that he is drifting eastward on the 600-foot level in 10 feet of rich, heavily mineralised ore. A cablegram has now been received as follows: "In addition to ore referred to in my letter dated March 16th, have struck downward continuance stope 20. Cannot send dimensions at present, but ore in both places is excellent." Stope 20 is the most westerly point yet opened up in the Annie ore shoot April Returns—Manager reports: "Estimated tonnage shipped for month of April, 1,920 tons. Net receipts from smelter during month amounted $32,520. Proceeds of 1,699 tons Josie ore and 1,103 tons No. 1 ore previously shipped. There remain to be deducted mining and development charges." Le Roi (Rossland)—The following cables have been received from Mr. J. H. Mackenzie, the acting general manager, and Mr. A. J. McMillan, the managing director of the company:—"Shipped from the mine to the Northport smelter during the past month 3,720 tons of ore from all stopes which show the average value of the mine is $8.17 per ton. 430 tons shipped from the 1,350 feet level showed $7-45 per ton. No profit at all has been made for several months. The amount realised from the treatment of the furnace bottoms is $85,000. Owing to faulty sampling and assaying, excessive valuation, $335,000 has been made in the assets. Four furnaces running. We are now shipping 260 tons of picked ore per day.—J. H. Mackenzie." "I have been here only three days, have not had time to thoroughly investigate. After further investigation and seeing S. F. Parrish, who is expected to arrive here towards the end of this week, I shall be able to better advise.—A. J. McMillan.". The Ymir Gold Mines (Ymir)—The mine manager reports the return for the month of March, 1004, by cable, as >a 224 THE MINING RECORD. follows:—45 stamps ran 30 days and crushed 3,300 tons (2,000 lb.) of ore, producing 870 oz. bullion. The estimated realisable value (gross) of the product is $9,000. 270 tons of concentrates, shipped, gross estimated value, $7,78o. Cyanide plant treated 2,280 tons (2,000 lb.) of tailings, producing bullion having estimated -gross value of $1,800. Sundry revenue, $700. Total, $19,280. Working expenses, $18,- 400. Profit, $880. There has been expended during month on development, $800. Ymir (Ymir)—The mine manager reports the return for the month of April, 1904, by cable, as follows:—40 stamps ran 30 days and crushed 3,050 tons (2,000 lb.) of ore, producing 731 oz. bullion. The estimated realisable value (gross) of the product is $7,650; 250 tons of concentrates, shipped, gross estimated value, $6,825 '> cyanide plant treated 2,280 tons (2,090 lbs.) of tailings, producing bullion having estimated gross value of $1,950; sundry revenue, $825—total,1 $17,250; working expenses, $15,800—profit, $1,450. There has been expended during month on development, $1,275. Fern (Hall Siding)—Crushing operations have been resumed at the Fern mill, at Hall Siding, Ymir, a considerable amount of ore having accumulated at the mine. Tyee Copper (Mt. Sicker)—The smelter returns for April were: Smelter ran 30 days, treating 6,715 tons of Tyee ore, which gave a return after deduction of freight and refining charges of $80,373. Boundary Helen (Greenwood)—A meeting of the shareholders of the Boundary Helen Gold Mining Company will be held at Greenwood on June 8 to authorize the sale of the Helen mineral claim to a syndicate which has lately been developing the property. Paradise Mine (Wilmer)—The manager kindly sends us the following returns: From April ist, 1901, to December 31st, 1903, there were shipped from the mine 1,610.49 tons of ore to Trail. The gross value of the metals exclusive of smelter deductions of this ore was $76,910.61. From April ist, 1904, to date, 54 tons have been shipped. MACHINERY NOTES. THE- company owning the Jumbo mine, at Rossland, purchased last month an eight-drill compressor plant formerly in use at the Mascot mine. Machinery for a 75-ton silver-lead concentrator has been ordered for the Alice Broughton mine near Creston. The plant of the Nickel Plate mine, Hedley, is divided into three compartments, the amalgamating, the cyaniding and concentrating rooms, each operated independently of the other. The power used is water, taken from Twenty- Mile Creek. The overflow from this power is utilised to engender- electricity, and the electricity, besides being used for lighting the mill, is held as a reserve power that may be used to run the mill in case of necessity. The tram from the mine to the mill was at first four miles long, but, because of the difficulty encountered in working it has been cut into two sections, which greatly facilitates the handling of the ore from mine to mill. Tne Daly Reduction Company has practically completed the equipment of its immense plant and ore is already being brought from the Nickel Plate mine to the stamp mill at Hedley. The company has already spent, it is said, $1,000,- 000 in equipment and mine development. The sum of $15,000 has been spent in remodelling the Slocan Star concentrator, which is now in running order. The mill is provided with four Frue vanners and four Wilfley tables. Four compartment jigs have also been provided to separate, the zinc from the lead. The mine has large zinc reserves and considerable future profit is anticipated from this asset. Besides the ore in the mine there is 6,000 tons of zinc ore on the dumps. This will be run through the mill •and the zinc separated from the lead and marketed separately. There is a great deal of silver-lead ore too. The force at the mine has been increased from 40 to 80 men. At the Willcox mine at Ymir, a new aerial tramway is in the winter months. These contracts are now expiring, being erected to carry the ore from the upper tunnel to the ore bins near the waggon road. Development is meanwhile being steadily carried on the big vein from which values of from $10 to $15 a ton are obtained. The Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co., of Fernie, have decided, upon installing a thoroughly up-to-date system of fire protection at their collieries at Morrissey, Fernie and Michel. A contract for the supplying of 6,000 feet of 2y2 inch Red Cross and Gutta Percha brands of cotton rubber lined fire--: hose was awarded to the Gutta Percha and Rubber Manufacturing Co., of Toronto, through their British Columbia representative, Mr. A. G. McKenny. Arrangements, it is said, ,have been practically concluded for the establishment of three additional large steel dredges- on the Fraser river near Lillooet. A Chicago syndicate is- also preparing to place a dredge on the river, and there is- likely to be a regular "dredging excitement" this summer. It is stated that a company now operating succeeded in winning 160 oz. of gold in 24 hours run, but that of course was- an exceptional achievement. The Fraser River Gold Dredging Co.'s new dredge at Lytton has been completed, while the old dredge is in operation, producing, it is reported, $400 a day. it is proposed to increase the capacity of the Oyster-Criterion mill at Camborne by adding twenty stamps. It is stated that the machinery for. the zinc enriching plant to be erected at Rosebery has already been ordered} and that the erection of the buildings will be commenced" early in J uly. It is reported that machinery for a 25-ton experimental concentrating plant has been purchased in Spokane for the Velvet-Portland mines on Sophie mountain, near Rossland. Water concentration will be used on gold and copper ores. The company expects to install a small smelting plant thisa fall to reduce sres not amenable to water concentration. ln the Lardeau another stamp mill is to be shortly erected, the Elwood Tinworkers Company, which recently . ac- ired several mine groups in this district, having decided' qu to commence crushing on Silver Dollar ore this summer. COAL EXPORTATION AND TRADE. VANCOUVER Island coal trade conditions this year are decidedly bright and there is every promise of an exceptionally large output, this being due to an increased Alaskan demand and the expansion generally of Northern trade and travel. Preparations are now being made for the survey and exploitation of the Imperial Coal & Coke Company's coal areas- at Fording River, East Kootenay. A very serious fire broke out on Sunday, May 29th, at No. 1 pithead of the Western Fuel Company's colliery, Nanaimor causing a very heavy loss, estimated at not less than $75,000. The engine room, in which were housed the costly hoisting engines, the recently installed washer and conveyors, and several buildings, including the blacksmith shop and lamp room were destroyed. The fire, it is thought, originated either behind the bunker or among the timbers of the pithead, and was started probably by a spark from the yard locomotive. The ventilating fan was fortunately uninjured, and is again working, and a force of men is being employed clearing out the shaft. Meanwhile coal will be hoisted from Protection shaft. Instructions have been received from the San Francisco office to commence the reconstruction of the destroyed works. Operations were to have been resumed at the Morrisey collieries on May 30th. The output of coal and coke will be hauled by the Great Northern as formerly, and the demand will be materially increased when the Columbia Falls "cut off," now nearing completion, is in operation. This new portion of line saves 93 miles to Eastern points, and also does away with the 2,000-foot climb over the Hoskell Pass. Recently the G.N.R. has been overstocked with fuel- from contracts entered into previously with American companies. This condition was aggravated by the falling off of trade I THE MINING RECORD. 225 the traffic is rapidly increasing, and the demand for Morrissey coal, which is admittedly superior to the American product, is expected to be steadily maintatined henceforward. RECENT PUBLICATIONS. ASSAYING, by C. H. Aaron, author of "Testing and Working Silver Ores," "Leaching ,Gold and Silyer Ores." ■ Fifth edition. The Mining & Scientific Press, San Francisco, 1904. We are glad to welcome the fifth edition of this excellent little text book, which in its present form displays careful revision and valuable additions. The work is divided into three parts, the first dealing with gold and silver ores; the second with gold and silver bullion and the third with lead, copper, tin, mercury and other metals. Under each heading the subject is most comprehensively treated, the ■directions given being also couched in remarkably clear and simple language. Dictionary of Altitudes in the Dominion of Canada with 3. relief map of Canada, by James White, F.R.G.S. Geographer, King's Printer, Ottawa. The "Dictionary" is a supplementary to Mr. White's "Altitudes in Canada," and should have formed part of that work, but, its inclusion therewith would have considerably delayed the publication of Part 1, for which there was a considerable demand. Altitudes in Canada is particularly useful to civil engineers, while the present work has a more general utility. The ar- Tangement is alphabetical by provinces and territories. It affords us a great deal of pleasure to congratulate our British Columbian poet, Mr. Phillipps-Wolley,- on the circumstance that his Canadian publishers have found it necessary to issue another edition of the "Songs of an English Esau." Three editions of a volume of verse within one year is surely rather unusual, but very strong evidence ■that the work of the author of "The Kootenay Prospector" is held in high esteem in the land of his adoption. MINING AND METALLURGICAL PATENTS. MR. ROWLAND BRITTAIN, patent attorney, 01 Vancouver, sends us the following report for May: U. S. patent No. 759,670, reduction of copper ores, E. F. Clarke, New York, N.Y, May ioth, 1904. Claim 1. A process for working the mixed ores of copper, consisting in first leaching the ore raw to extract the ■soluble contents, then concentrating the insoluble portion of the copper contents, and rendering this portion soluble hy oxidizing it and then leaching the same, substantially as ■described. 2. Ihe process of obtaining copper from its mixed ores, which consists in first leaching the pulverized ore with a solution of water, sulfuric acid and sulfate of iron to obtain the soluble contents, then seperating the insoluble contents from the remaining- mass, then oxidizing the said insoluble contents and finally leaching the same to obtain the values therein. ' RECENT ISSUES AND NEW REGISTRATIONS. -npHE following companies have been registered during X the month: Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co.,; Ltd., capital, $2,500,000; specially limited under section 56 of the Companies' Act, 1897. Royal Smelting & Refining Co., Ltd.; capital, $1,100,000; specially limited under section 56 of the Companies Act, 1897. South-East Kootenay Coal & Coke Co., Ltd; capital, ■$100,000. Atlin Dredging Co., Ltd.; capital, $25,000. Berry Creek Mining Co., Ltd.; capital, $150,000. Minnie Mining Co., Ltd.; capital, $125,000. g Hawkeye Gold Dredging Co., Ltd.; capital, $500,000. MINING MEN AND MATTERS. TUT R. ROBERT HAMILTON, of the Wm. Hamilton ■"■*■ Manufacturing Co., who is largely interested in dredging on the Fraser River, informs us that there is now every reason to believe that the problem of successful enterprise in this direction has at length been.solved, and that the Fraser may now be made to yield a large amount of gold by dredging methods. At Lillooet the gravel has been dredged to a depth of 46 feet, values being most evenly distributed to this depth, and the ground where the dredge is now working is said to average a dollar a yard. Recently 70 miles of the river from Lillooet has been staked and leases applied for. Mr. Thomas G. Blackstock, vice-president of the War Eagle-Centre Star Companies, is again visiting the West. Among the eminent coal experts who will testify in the C. N. P. C. Co. damage suits now being heard are: Messrs. N. Galloway, of Cardiff, Wales; J. T. Beard, of Scranton, Pa.; and James Ashworth and D. C. Ashworth, of Derby, Eng. Mr. Chas. J. Andrew, for the past two years one of the furnace foremen at the B. C. Copper Company's smelter, Greenwood, will shortly proceed to Hadley, where he will be similarly employed at the Alaska Smelting & Refining Company's smelter under his old manager, Mr. Paul Johnson. Dr. Alfred W. G. Wilson, assistant in the geological department at McGill University, who accompanied the members of the McGill Summer School of Mining on their recent visit to some of the interior mining districts of the Province, came on to the Coast and spent a day with the Provincial Mineralogist. Mr. W. J. Sutton, F.G.S., has returned to Victoria from a trip to England. Mr. Isaac B. Atkinson, M.E., of Victoria, visited the Cascade Copper Company's mine at Uchucklesit Harbour, Alberni Canal, last month. Mr. C. g Hurter, assayer at the Ladysmith smelter, was a visitor to- Victoria last week to attend the annual meeting of the B. C. Assayers' Institute. At the examination for certificates of competency and licence to practise assaying in British Columbia held in Nelson in the early part of last month the following were successful in passing: Messrs. B. N. Sharp, A. F. McCor- mick, J. MacFarlane, Frank Nicholls, Jas. Buchanan and C. T. Mitchell. Mr. S. F. Parrish is stated to have resigned the general managership of the Le Roi Mining Company, Rossland. Mr. J. L. Stanford, of the Northwest Coal & Coke Company, Nelson, has returned to that city from a visit to England and France in the interests of that company, which has arranged for British capital to develop its coal lands in Alberta. Mr. F. Elwell, superintendent of the West Kootenay Power & Light Company's works at Bonnington Falls, has gone to Montreal on a business trip. Mr. J. J. Campbell, manager of the Hall Mining & Smelting Company, Ltd., Nelson, went East about the middle of last month. Mr. G. Attwood, consulting engineer for the Silver Cup Mines, Ltd., and the Great Western Mines. Ltd., both operating in the neighbourhood of Ferguson, Lardeau district, has returned from a visit to England. Mr. E. W. Monk, ■ of Nelson, agent for the Hamilton Powder Company in the Kootenay and Boundary districts, , recently spent two or three weeks on the Coast visiting Vancouver, Victoria, Nanaimo and other points. Mr. J. H. Brownlee has returned from San Francisco, to which city he went on business. Mr. A. J. Beaudette, Dominion Government Mining Engineer in the Yukon Territory, arrived from the East last month and returned to his Northern post. Mr. R. W. Brock, of the Canadian Geological Survey, who spent the field-work season of last year in the Upper 226 THE MINING RECORD. Lardeau, will probably resume his geological work in that district shortly. . ■JsiM Mr. H. B. Munroe, of Greenwood, having been appointed one of the Canadian Commissioners to the St. Louis Exposition, left the Boundary last month to assume his duties at St. Louis. Mr. Munroe has been many years in British Columbia and, prior to settling at Greenwood about eight years ago, did a lot of pioneering in different parts of the province, so is well qualified to speak of life in the British Northwest as it really is. Mr. G. G. S. Lindsey, of Toronto, third vice-president and secretary of the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company, Ltd., has lately been engaged at Nelson in connection with the defence in a number of actions for damages, suit having been brought by relatives of men who lost their lives in an explosion at one of the company's coal mines. Mr. Paul S. Couldrey has retired from the managership of the Le Roi No. 2 mine, at Rossland, and has been succeeded by Mr. Ernest Levy, who had been assistant manager for a few months. It is understood that Mr. Couldrey goes to Australia to take charge of important mining interests held there by English capitalists who are also interested in the Le Roi No. 2. Capt. Mallcott Richardson, secretary to the Minister of Mines, died at his residence, Victoria, on May 10, after a very brief illness. Mr. D. R. Thomas has succeeded Mr. Frank J. Stevens as superintendent at the Le Roi No. 2 mine, Rossland, the latter having accepted a similar appointment with the Guanajuata Consolidated Mining & Milling Co., Mexico. Mr. Jas. A. Baker, the British Columbia member of the Executive Board of the Western Federation of Miners, left Siocan for Denver, Colorado, early last month on business connected with that organisation. Mr. Jay P. Graves, general manager of the Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting & Power Company, recently returned to Spokane from St. Paul, Minn. Mr. J. A. Magee, managing director of the Spyglass Mining and Development Company, has returned from St Paul and other Eastern points, where he has been in the interests of the company. It is understood that he has disposed of the bulk of the underwritten stock of the company. Mr. R. G. Stanley Anthony has returned to Rossland to assume a post in the cyanide department of the Rossland Power Company's concentrator. Mr. Alfred C. Garde, of the Payne mine near Sandon, resident manager of the Payne Consolidated Mining Company, went to Montreal, Quebec, last month to attend an adjourned general meeting of shareholders in the company. TRADE NOTES, CATALOGUES AND CIRCULARS. THE St. Louis Republic makes a lengthy reference to the electrical sign of the A. Leshen & Sons Rope Co., which attracts a great deal of attention. This company has just completed the erection of probably the largest and handsomest wire-rope factory in America on thirty-one acres of ground, which they purchased something over a year ago in the northwestern part of St. Louis. Their plant is equipped with the most modern machinery, and the ropes which they are manufacuring they are selling and shipping at the present time to all parts of the world. The rope is used in the elevators of the largest buildings in every city in the States and wherever anyone travels. It is also tound in use in mines, in quarries, on derricks, in the logging camps throughout the country and on aerial wire-rope tramways, which the A. Leschen & Sons Rope Company are building in very large numbers. The Canadian business of the Allis-Chalmers Company, which recently acquired the Bullock Electric Manufacturing Company, of Cincinnati, will hereafter be conducted by a new organization bearing the name AlHs-Chahners-Bullock, Ltd. The works and principal offices of this important new Canadian company are in Montreal. Mr. H. V. Croll, who has been in charge of the Salt Lake City, Utah, office of the Allis-Chalmers Company, for sev- B II nfs&jt. j'«fp> MINING Machinery Our experience in designing and installing complete plants has extended over a period of many years, and this experience together with the fact that we are in close touch with many eminent metallurgists places us in a position to supply cur customers with machineryof the latest and most improved type, and with plans for its installation in accordance with up-to- date and practical methods of handling ore so as to obtain the best commercial as well as metallurgical results. COMPLETE POWERS LIGHTING* HEATING AND PUMPING PLANTS CHHS. e. MCORE &6S). ENGINEERS IPACIFIC COAST AGENTS FOR The Holthoff Machinery &o., eODHHY, WIS. MAIN OFFICE 63 First St. San Francisco California. Branches—New York, 1303 Havetneyer Bldg; Seattle, 218 Second Ave. S.; Los Angeles, 321 Trust Bldg.; Baker City, Oregon; Salt Lake City, Utah. Adver. 282. THE MINING RECORD. XV Michigan College of Mines) F. W. McNAIR, President. A State Institution located in and making use of an active mining district. New Metallurgical Building and Gymnasium completed in the fall of 1904. For Year Book and Record of Graduates apply to President or Secretary. Houghton, Michigan. The Hall Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd SMELTING DEPARTMENT Purchases COPPER ORE, UEAD ore:, DRY ORE. NELSON, B.C. Wrought iron LIGHT WEICHT PIPE A chance to save 50% on purchases We are offering for quick acceptance, 1,000,000 feet of good lap welded, Wrought Iron Pipe, sizes from 2 to 6 inch. It Is in excellent condition —having new threads and new couplings, and is in long lengths. 'S}4 inch, per foot, 13c. 4 inch, per foot, 17c At this price, WE PAY FREIGHT IN CARLOAD LOTS to all points, where freight rate does not exceed the rate to Pacific coast terminals. We can also furnish this pipe with flanges instead of screwed ends. Our Special Booklet No. 492 quotes low prices on BOILERS ENGINES PUMPS HOISTING APPARATUS WIRE ROPE INCANDESCENT LAMPS ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES HARDWARE PLUMBING MATERIAL MILL SUPPLIES, ETC Write Us Today CHICAGO. HOUSE WRECKING CO. West 35th and Iron Streets, Chicago eral years, and who was before that the representative of the E. P. Allis Company at Spokane, Washington, has been appointed to the charge of the Allis-Chalmers office in San Francisco, as the successor of Mr. Geo. Ames, who has resigned. Mr. Croll's San Francisco office is 623 Hayward building. Mr. James W. Lyons, who has been for many years associated with the Allis-Chalmers Co., in the capacity of engine salesman, has been appointed manager of the newly. created power department of the Allis-Chalmers Co., with headquarters at Chicago, the appointment taking effect May 16th, 1904. The newly created power department will control the sales of: Reciprocating steam engines, steam turbines (entire unite including Turbo-generators), con- densors, gas engines, pumping engines, blowing engines, hoisting engines, air compressors. Mr. Lyons' well deserved promotion will gratify his many business friends throughout the country, for he is very well known, and it is an evidence that the management is determined to preserve the best traditions of the Allis-Chalmers Co. Mr. J. C. McQuiston, until recently secretary, has been appointed superintendent of The Westinghouse Companies' Publishing Department, having charge of matters relating to the publicity of the products of the various Westinghouse interests in the United States and Canada. Electric Haulage Versus Mule Haulage in a Colorado Mine is the title of an interesting pamphlet written by Mr. Frank R. Field, and published by the Jeffery Manufacturing Co., of Columbus, Ohio. At the mine in question one 20-ton Jeffery electric mine locomotive was installed, dispensing with the employment of twenty-one mules and seven drivers, while the output of the mine was doubled. • Fairbanks, Morse & Co., of Chicago, send us a copy of their latest pumping machinery catalogue, No. 48c. This catalogue shows that a marked improvement and advance has taken place in pump design. The F. W. Braun Co., of San Francisco, issue a little brochure describing a portable forge and tempering furnace of their manufacture. The Westinghouse Company have published an excellent map of the St. Louis exposition grounds. The principal Westinghouse exhibits are in the machinery, the transportation, and the electricity and machinery buildings, as shown in red on the map. Exhibit area, excluding service plant, 39,000 square feet. Exhibit area, including service plant, 66,000 square feet A TREASURY STOCK IN The King Edward Mines, Ld NON-PERSONAL LIABILITY. NONA/ FOR SALE The Company Owns a Group of Nine Claims in The Similkameen Valley Through these claims there has been opened np large bodies of ore carrying high values of gold, copper, silver and molybdenite. There is abundance of water and timber for power and mining purposes on the properties. Fob Pakticuulrs and Copies of Reports, apply to THE SECRETARY, THE KING EDWARD MINES, Ld., FAIRVIEW, B. C, J. & J. TAYLOR'S FIRE PROOF SAFES AND VAULT DOORS. Send for catalogue to JOHN BARNSLEY & CO., Agents, 15 GOVERNMENT ST., VICTORIA, B. C XVI THE MINING RECORD. Lobnitz' Gold Dredgers are at work in British North and South America, Africa, Asia, &c. I/ED- Gsa taaa AW Part8 LOBWVTZ * Telegraphic Address: "Lobnitz, Renfrew." Al Code used A "HENDY" Quadruple Discharge Individual Mortar, 3 STAMP MILL- THESE ARE THE MILLS THAT MODERN MINING METHODS DEMAND in order to crush low grade ore at a profit, and if you purchase any other you are not getting the best value. A HENDY" Triple Discharge Double Mortar, 2 STAMP MILL " Remember our three-stamp mill will crush as much as the best five-stamp mill that can be built. We guarantee it. THE HENDY QUADRUPLE DISCHARGE THREE-STAMP HILL is more easily cleaned than a five- stamp, only one stamp is thrown out of commission at a time, two are crushing while one mortar is being cleaned. Send for our catalogues. Capacity 18-30 tons. 8-10 H. Power runs it. JOSHUA HENDY MACHINE WORKS Office 38-44 Fremont St. Works, Bay and Kearney Sts., SAN FRARCISCO, CALIFORNIA Capacity 6-10 Tons. 5-7 H. Power runs it. THE MINING RECORD. XVII PROFESSIONAL BROKERS AND ASSAYERS. S. M. MCGREGOR, B.A. Sc. w. d. McGregor, m. e. McGregor & co., MINING and CIVIL ENGINEERS and LAND SURVEYORS. SLOCAN, B. C. Reports on Mines and Prospects. Act as agents in doing assessment work, applying for Crown grants and in taking general charge of preliminary development work. ^^ |\/| I 3* i-s one 0I *ne most promising gold camps in IVI f\ British Columbia and now offers many capital opportunities for profitable investment. For further particulars write PERCY J. GLEAZER, MINING BROKER AND AGENT, YMIR, B. C. Code—Moreing & Neal's. reliable: assays Gold. Lead. $ .75 I Gold and Silver $1.00 75 f Gold, Silver, Copper 1.50 SAHPLES BY MAIL RECEIVE PR0HPT ATTENTION. Gold and Silver refined and bought OQDEN ASSAY CO. If Ara%he°n^:e&lorado. WILLIAM A. BAUER, Dominion & Provincial Land Surveyor Surveys of Mines, Mineral Claims and Crown Lands. Crown Grants obtained and Assessments managed for absentees. Offices-FERGUSON and VANCOUVER, B.C. PARMELEE & WELD, ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS AND ASSAYERS. Special attention to control and umpire work. Ore testing. General Commercial Analysis. P.O. Box 1421. 1755 Arapahoe Sf, Denver, Colo. POGSON, PELOUBET & CO. Public Accountants NEW YORK 42 BROADWAY CHICAGO MARQUETTE BUILDING ST. LOUIS CHEMICAL BUILDING BUTTE HENNESSY BUILDING Audits of Books and Accounts, Systems of Bookkeeping or Costs, Financial Examinations, Etc. PATENTS, Caveats, Designs, Copyrights and Trade Marks obtained .in Canada and all foreign couniries. ROWLAND BRITTAIN, Registered Patent Attnrnev and Meclmuioal Engineer. . Write for full information and refereu. es. Satisfaction guaranteed. Room 3. Fairfield Block, Granville Si., near Post Office. VANCOUVER B.C WM. M. BREWER, HINING ENGINEER, MEM. N. of ENO. IN" 'T. MINING <t MEC1I. EXG. and AM. INST., M. E. T. J. SMITH FINANCIAL AND MINING BROKER. Gold, Silver, Lead and Copper Mines: also Bituminous Coal Lands and Coast Timber Limits for sale. Special Values in Shares of Good Coal Company. Correspondence solicited. ADDRESS P. 0. BOX 439. OFFICE, 611 HASTINGS STREET, VANCOUVER, B. C. A. A. WATSON, B. Sc. PROVINCIAL ASSAYER, VERNON, B. C. Analyst and Mineralogist Honours Graduate in Chemistry, Victoria University, England. Reports made ou Mining Properties. Ten years experience in Australia. South America. England and B. C Assay Charges—Gold, $i; Silver, $r ; Copper, $2 ; Lead, |i ; Gold and Sil ver, $1.50 ; Gold and Copper, $2,50 ; Gold, Silver and Copper, $3; Gold, Silver Copper and Lead, $3 50 ; Complete analysis of any ore, $10. SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SAMPLES BY MAIL- CecilM. Bryant, A.R.S M., A.I.M.M. E- Philip Gilman, A.R.S.M., F.G.S Pellew-Harvey, Bryant & Gilman PROVINCIAL ASSAYERS. The Vancouver Assay Office and Ore Testing Works. Established 1890. MILL, SMELTER, CONCENTRATION AND CYANIDE TESTS. Reliable reports on mining properties. Complete analyses of Ores and Coal Victoria Office : 4 View Street (Opposite Driard Hotel.) jMolsons Bank Building, VANCOUVER, B.C. CHRIS. OUTHETT, Associate of Royal College ot Science, London, England. Inland Assay Office, KAMLOOPS, B.C. Provincial Assayer. Mineral and Coal Analyses a specialty. Reports made on Mining Properties Mail samples receive promt)— attention. Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co., Ltd. Directors—George A. Cox, President; Kobert Jaffray and H. M. Pellatt, Vice-Presidents; E. R. Wood, Treasurer; 6. G. S. Lindsey, Secretary; Thos. Walmsley, James Mason, Frederick Nichols, David Morrise, J. D. Chipman, J. A. Gemmill, Wm. Fernie. HFAD OFFICES—TORONTO. ONT. BRITISH COLUMBIA OFFICES—FEkNI >, B. C. Bituminous Coals and Coke. Mines and Ovens at Coal Creek, Michel and Morrissey, B. C. Present capacity of mines 1,000,000 tons of coal per annum. Coke, ovens 350,000 tons per annum. We would call attention to the superior quality of our Michel Blacksmith Coal, suitable for large forgings. Can be shipped at reasonable prices to all parts of British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and Manitoba This Company also owns the Fernie and Morrissey Mines townsites, which offer investments in town lots that cannot fail to prove productive. Having a large amount of development under way, there is always work for coal miners at good wages, and it may be said that there are few places in the world where labor of all kinds can earn more net money under agreeable conditions. THOS. R. STOCKETT, JR. General Superintend Fernie. B. C. D. DAVIES, Comptroller, Fernie, B. C ASSAYER, Licensed To Practise in British Columbia, desires work in Mine or Smelter. THE MINING RECORD. BRITISH COLUMBIA The Mineral Province of Canada. British Columbia has produced to date $64,627,683 of Placer Gold, $22,049,732 of Lode Gold, $18,- 475,852 of Silver, $10,447,521 of Lead, $12,256,219 of Copper, and $58,989,572 of Coal and Co,ke, or a total of nearly $190,000,000. The Gross Mineral Production for 1902 was I $17,486,550. The tonnage of ore mined in 1902 was nearly 1,000,000 tons. The gold production in 1992 was ap-, proximately $6,000,000, and the copper output 30,000,000 lbs. Lode mining has only been in progress for about 10 years, and not 20 per cent, of the mineral land has been even prospected; 300,000 square miles of unexplored mineral-bearing land are open for prospecting. The Mining Laws of this Province are more liberal and the fees lower than any Province in the Dominion, or than any Colony of the British Empire. Mineral locations are granted to discoverers for nominal fees. Absolute titles are obtained by developing such properties, the security of which is guaranteed by Crown grants. Full information, together with mining reports and maps, may be obtained by addressing ■Biii' HON. MINISTER OF MINES, Or WM. FLEET ROBERTSON, Provincial Mineralogist, VICTORIA, B. C. J2M1 BERNARD MACDONALD MINING ENGINEER. Examinations, Reports and Negotiations. Designs Modern Economical Methods for Mining and Milling Operations. Office, Empire State Building, SPOKANE, WASH. Cable address—Macleroi Spokane. Codes—Bedford M'Neil; Moreing & Neal. EDMUND B. KIRBY, Consulting Mining Engineer and Metallurgist. Examination of Mining Investments and Enterprises. ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA. LESLIE HILL, MINING ENGINEER REPORTS AND MINE MANAGEMENT. Consulting Engineer to the Hastings (B. C.) Exploration Syndicate. London Office, 161-4 Dasnwood House, New Broad Street, E. O. SAMUELS- FOWLER CONSULTING ENGINEER. Will advise and report on matters pertaining to mining, milling, plant construction and operation. Cable Address, "Goldfields Nelson. Drawer 1024, Nelson B. C JOHN B. HOBSON, Manager Con. Cariboo Hyd. Mining Co., Ltd. Consulting Mining Engineer, BULLION, BRITISH COLUMBIA. 28 years experience in ihe equipment and operation of targe hy draulic, Deep Gravel, IMft and Goto Quartz Mines, in California and British Columbia. Telegraphic and Cable Address "HOBSON" Ashcroft B. C Correspondence Solicited. Nelson, B. C. Ore Shippers Agent, J. CLEVELAND HAAS MINING ENGINEER. 640 Hyde Block, Spokane, Wash. Greenwood, B.C. MINE DEVELOPMENT, EXAMINATIONS and REPORTS. J. G. LANG, Provincial Assayer, Late ControlJLSsayer for Lenora Mine, Mount Sicker. SPECIALTIES: Checking Smelter Returns, Concentration, Cyanide and Amalgamation Tests, P. O. BOX 283. GREENWOOD, B. C. A. R. BARROW, A.M.I.C.E. PROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR Seagoing steamboat, to accommodate 4 persons, suitable Tor parties wishing to prospect or examine mineral claims on the coasts or Vancouver Islaud or Mainlaud. Long Distance Telephone. SIDNEY, B.C. ^T THE MINING RECORD. XIX ALMEfiS CO. THE EDWARB P. j6*|gg|§Gg MILWAUKEE.rl&EfcS^ — SUCCESSOR TO ~ "-—i= FRASER I CHAtitEES, | f-'fiATES IROjf WORKS, DICKSON M'F'G CO., SCRAMTORTitfA :. . %5S SOLE BUILDERS OF Tremain Steam Stamps 5 THE TREMAIN STEAM STAMP Is designed especially for use in development stages or a mine. The mill is compact and has the advantage of being portable, so that it can be easily removed to a new location when necessary. It is of large capacity, generally from 8 to 1 8 tons in 24 hours, depending upon existing conditions. It is well adapted to amalgamation and leaves the pulp also in good condition for concentration, or other subsequent treatment. Send for special descriptive catalogue. 1 We Equip Complete Stamp Mills :: Concentrating Mills Cyanide Plants BRANCH OFFICES: SEW YORK, Empire Bldg, BOSTON, Board of Trade Bldg. BTTSBBJKr, Frick Bonding HIUMEAPOUS, Com Exchange Bids. MSHVER, 1649 Treiwmt Street S*W lAKE an, 209 S. W. Temple St sSPOKAHE, WaaWnzton (PUp GENERAL OFFICE CHICAGO,WILUJ.S.A IX)ND0S,BHG-, 533 SaSsbory House || J0BANMSSBURG-; Sontk-Africa 1 BRANCH OFFICES: SAH FBAHCISCO, HajTrard Bldg. SEATTLE, lumber Exchange BMg.e CHABLOTTE, X. a, Tnurt BM». KEW OHtEAHS, Somen Bldg. ATLAHTA, GA., Equitable Bldg. BOTTE, MONT., 51 E. Broadway THE MTNING RECORD. CITY OF VICTORIA Canadian Gateway to the Orient, Sandwich Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Etc., Etc. The starting point of steamship lines to the Yukon, Atlin and Cassiar Gold Fields, and the Canadian port of call for tourists on the lines between San Francisco and Alaska. The City of Victoria is becoming widely noted for the beauty of its situation, its homes and its surroundings ; so that the number of strangers arriving, for short visits and for permanent residence, continue growing annually larger. Of its beauty H.R.H. the Duke of York said: "The most beautiful place we have seen in our 'journey around the world," and the following may be quoted from the correspondence of Mr. E. P. Knight, of the London Morning Post: "One would fain have stayed longer, for of all the cities that 7ave been visited in the course of this long Royal progress the fair capital of British Columbia seems to me the one which the Englishman would most gladiy make his home. * * * Never in the environs of any other city have I seen such a glory of flowers as surrounded each of these lovely horn^s." The Province covers a superficial area of 381,000 square miles abounding in minerals, timber, fish and game in endless variety. The opportunities for the profitable investment of capital are practically unlimited, and the markets for the disposal of metals, lumber, fish and agricultural products lie waiting in Russia, Japan, China, India and Australasia. The tourist will lind mountain scenery and mountain climbing unequalled in the old world—a new field for exploration—and the sportsman with, first class hotels as bases of operation may penetrate a new world in his pursuit of the bear, the panther, the elk or the mountain goat. TEMPERATURE 1903. Highest Lowest Mean. Mean. Victoria 64.5 35.9 London, Eng 69.7 334 Torquay, Eng 64.1 38.2 RAINFALL 1903. Inches. Victoria 35-9 London, Eng 33-4 Torquay, Eng ; 3^-2 Pamphlets containing views of local scenery and information of interest to investors, tourists, hunters and amusement seekers may be obtained by addressing the Clerk of the Municipal Council, Victoria, British Columbia. THE MINING RECORD. XXI )ic§i«§KwAycR§ Mak6R5 or Half-Tomes 1 Lime Etcmimqs, Color u E-mbossimg Plates, Letter 1 Bill Heads, Labels. Advertising &r Catalogue Work OF EVERY K1MD. Its No Good Advertising In the British Press Unless youunderstand how to approach the British public. The best way to do this is to Employ an up-to=date advertising expert Who can advise you and do jfour business at Lowest Possible Rates. Quoted by newspapers themselves. Let us know what you want and we will be pleased to assist you. C. J. WALKER'S British and Canadian Press Bureau, 24 Coleman St., London, E C. R. MAYNARDf Importer and dealer in all kinds ot Photographic Supplies Also Amateur Outfits, Kodaks, Hawkeyes, Premos, Pocos,etc, Imperial, Crtme""nd firmer 41 PANDORA St. Plates, Aristo-Platino,Solio, Klo- Victoria. B. C. ro, Velox and Dekho Papers EXPORT NUMBER . R. SMITH & COMPANY LIMITED. ESTABLISHED I858. M A N CF ACTURKRS High Class Biscuits aid Confectionery Gold Medals awarded at Roval Agricultural Exhibition '95- '9^i *97i '98- Medal and Diploma awarded at Colonial and Indian Exhibitions. Silver Medals at Provincial Exhibitions, 1886. BRANCH- VICTORIA, B. C. 430 CORDOVA STREET, VANCOUVER la Selected from numbers received from Leading Mining Men concerning "The B. 6. Mining Record." THE MINING RECORD. ©PINIONS I would like to express to you my appreciation of the manner in which you have conducted the Mining Record. You have succeeded in producing by far the most reliable mining paper in the Province. The stand you have taken against wild-catting and booming must be of great value to the mining industry of the Province, although your efforts will certainly not have the appreciation of those who profit by these reprehensible practises. "Yours faithfully, "J. D. Kendall, "Late Resident Partner, Bewick, Moering & Co., Vancouver." Vancouver, B.C. "I must congratulate the Mining Record again on the enterprise and business ability shown in the obtaining of reliable and interesting data regarding mining operations in this Province. The Province will be largely the gainer, and I trust your publication may also benefit greatly thereby. "Yours truly, (The Late) J. Roderick Robertson. ■General Manager, The London & British Columbia Gold- fields, Limited. Nelson, B.C. It must be a satisfaction to the mining people of this Province to know that they have in the Record a fearless ■opponent of fraudulent mining companies, and a firm friend of all legitimate projects for the development of the resources of British Columbia. I, remain, yours truly, W. F. Best. Late Official Analyst Province New Brunswick. Victoria, B.C. I am a constant reader of your journal, and find it an -excellent guide to investors, both here and at home. In fact it's one of the best journals of its kind to be found anywhere. I am, dear sir, Yours faithfully, A. H. Halder, Reuter's Special Correspondent for the American and Canadian Goldfields. Vancouver, B.C. Please inform me when my subscription expires, as I wish to continue taking the Mining Record. In my opinion it is the'best and most reliable mining paper in B. C. It is hon- -est, just and fearless. Yours sincerely, Chas. S. Allmen, Western Mining Co. Tacoma, Wash. You have always had my appreciation of the thorough and careful work you have always shown in editing the Mining Record. You have been fearless in decrying many mining schemes of doubtful repute. I know that you have the confidence of your readers, and can only wish you much wider influence and greater prosperity with 3'our mining paper, which is certainly a great credit to the Province. Yours faithfully, W. A. Carlyle, Late Managing Engineer in charge British America Corporation, Limited, now manager Rio Tinto Mine Spain Rossland, B.C. In renewing my subscription to the Mining Record, of which I have been a regular reader since I first came to British Columbia. I take the opportunity to compliment you on its excellence. The fearless manner in which you attack all wild-cat promotions, and the sincerity which you display in your efforts to encourage legitimate mining operations throughout the Province should command for you the respect and admiration of all who are interested in the development of the mineral resources of British Columbia. With my best wishes for the success of the Record. Yours faithfully, Wm. M. Brewer, M.N.E.I.M.E. I have watched with much pleasure the improvement in your paper and am glad to note the impartial and .fearless stand you have so often taken as to promotions and schemes as such generally. Yours very truly, Samuel S. Fowler, Consulting Engineer, The Whitewater Mines, Limited. The high standard your paper has reached for accuracy and truthfulness must be a subject of pleasure to you, as it is to all of us who have the desires of the country at heart, especially the mineral industiy. Yours truly, W. S. Johnson, B.A. Sc Slocan City, B. C. Your paper has done a great deal of good in this country. Your criticisms of some of the promotions which have been made have certainly saved investors much trouble, and have served in a great degree to suppress the iniquitous practice of making untrue statements for prospectus purposes with the object of swindling the investing public. Yours faithfully, W. Pellew-Harvey, F.C.S., Representative Messrs. Vivian & Sons, Swansea. Vancouver, B. C. I take this opportunity of expressing my strong appreciation of the Mining Record, more particularly with the efforts you have continually made to keep facts only before the public. Go on in your good way and prosper. Yours faithfully, A. H. Holdich, Analytical Chemist and Assayer. Revelstoke, B.C. I take great pleasure in acknowledging the excellent service that your paper is doing the mining industry in this Province, in the matter of giving reliable useful news, and also in the efforts you are making to expose dishonest company schemes, and wild-catters in general; you have my best wishes for success. Yours sincerely, . Frederick Keffer, M.E. Manager "British Columbia Copper Co. of New York. Anaconda, B.C. We consider your paper well worth the price and quite up- to-date. W. H. Sandford, Manager, The Bosun Mines, Limited, New Denver B.C. \ THE MINING RECORD. XXIII BANKING ESTABLISHMENTS, ETC. ESTABLISHED 1817. BANK OF MONTREAL. INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. HEAD OFFICE: - - MONTREAL. CAPITAL all paid up, $13,379,240.00. RESERVE FUND, $9,000,000.00. UNDIVIDED PROFIT, $724,807. 5 Board of Directors—Rt. Hon. Lord Strathconaand Mount Royal, G. CM. G., President. Hon.G. A. Drummond, Vice-President. A. I. Paterson, Esq.; Edward B. Greens.liit-Ids, Esq.; Sir William C. Macdonald; R. B. Angus,Esq.; James Ross, Esq.; R. G. Keid, Esq., Hon. Robert Mackay b. S, CLOUSTON •. General Manager A. MACNIDER Chief Inspector and Superintendent of Branches W. S. CLOUSTON Inspector of Branch Returns BRANCHES Province of Ontario—Almonte, Belleville, Brantiord, Brockvilie, Chatham, Colllnfcwood, Cornwall, Deseronto, Fort William, Goderich, Guelph, Hamilion, Kingston.Lindsay. London, Oitawa.Perth Peierboro, Picton, Paris Barnia, Stratford, 8t. Mary's Toronto, Tot onto Yonge St. Branch, A'allaceburg Province of Qokbeo—Montreal: WestEudBr., Stigneurs ot. Br., Point St. Charles; Quebec. Lower Provinces—Chatham, N.B.; Frederickton, N.B.; Moncton, **.B. 8t. JohnN.B.; Amherst, N.S.; Halifax, N.S.; Sydney, N.S. Glace Bay, Yarmouth. Province of Manitoba and North-West Territories—Winnipeg, Man.; Calgary, Alberta; Lethbridge, Alberta; Regina, Assiniboia; Ravmond, Alta Province o" British Colombia—Greenwood, N.lson, New Denver, New Westminster, Rossland, Vancouver, Vernon, Victoria In NEWFOHNDLANB-St. John's, Nfld., Bank uf Montreal. Birchv Cove, ' Bay of Islands. F. W. TAYLOR Assistant Inspector JAMES AIRD Secretary Montreal-H, V. MEREDITH Manager IN CANADA: In Great Britain—London, Bank of Montreal, 22 Abchnrch Lane, E.C., Alexander Lang, Manager. In the Unit*d States New York—R. Y. Hebden and J. M. Greata, | Agents, 59 Wall Street; Chicago—Bank of Montreal. Bankers in Great Britain—London—The Bank of England, the Union. Bank of London, the London & Westminster Rank the National Prov. Bank of England. Liverpool—The Bank of Liverpool, Ltd. Scotland—Tha British, Linen Company Bunk and Branches. Bankers in the Unitrd States—New York—The National City Bank,. The Bank of New York, N.B.A. Boston—The Merchants' National Bank, J. B. Moors & Co. Buffalo—The Marine Bank, Buffalo. San Francisco—The- First National Bank, The Bank oi British Columbia, The Anglo-t'aliforniau Bank. Portland, Oregon—The Bank of British Columbia. Spokane, Wash-. Bank oi Montreal. THB CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE. Paid Up Capital- Rest With Which is Amalgamated Ttie Bank of British Columbia. HKA.D OFFICE: TORONTO. $ 8,7oo,ooo> 3,ooo,ooo Aggregate Resources Exceeding 83,000,000. HON. GEO. A. COX, President. B. E. WALKER, General Manager. ALEX. LAIRD, Asst. General Manager. LONDON OFFICE: 60 LOMBARD ST., E. C. The Bank has 109 branches well distributed throughout the Dominion and elsewhere, including the following in. British Columbia and the Yukon District: Vancouver, Victoria. White Horse. Atlin, Greenwood, Nelson, Cranbrook, Kamloops, New Westminster Dawson Ladvsmitti Fernie, Nanaimo, New York, BRANCHES IN THE UNITED STATES. San Francisco, Portland, Seattle Skagway.. Every description of banking business transacted. Letters of credit on all parts of the world. Exceptional facilities for handling gold dust. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Deposits or $1.00 and upwards received and interest paid at current rates. Victoria Branch, GEO. GILLESPIE, Manager To The Klondike Gold Fields, via. THE WHITE PASS AND YUKON ROUTE. The Klondike Mining District is now so well known that a detailed description is unnecessary. The output of gold from this district has increased steadily year by year. In 1-^00 the yield was about twenty million dollars, and in iqoi about thirty million dollars. With the larger areas covered and newer methods adopted by practical miners, the Klondike will prove to be a rich and prosperous camp for many years to come. The great reduction in freight and passenger rates brought about by completion of the railroad from Skagway to White Horse with its connecting line of steamers for all interior Yukon and other points including Stewart River and the Tanana, has enabled the miners to reach and work many claims which previously could not be worked with a profit. For information about routes, rates, tickets, maps or printed matter, address : TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT, *£ij£ White Pass & Yukon Route, Vancouver, B.C. R. P. RITHET & OO. (Wholesale Merchants, Shipping & Insurance Agents. Proprietors of Victoria Wharf, Columbia Flouring Mill ; agents for Victoria Lumber and Manufacturing Company, Cheminus, V.I.; Pacific Coast Steamship Co., San Francisco. WHARF STREET. VICTORIA, B. C XXIV THE MINING RECORD. TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES. The Pleasure of Travel Is fully realized in travelling on the Canadian Pacific Railway. By its lines- can be reached all- Canadian Points, and its arrangement with American Railroads enable its agents to issue tickets to all points in the United States. It operates its own Sleeping and Dining Cars, and has its own Hotels and Steamships. Its magnificent scenery and the excellence of its service has made it the favorite route across the American Continent. Illustrated publications, as to its route, Banff, Yoho Valley, Glacier, &c. sent on application to any agent. H. H, ABBOTT, Agent, VICTORIA, B. C. Or to E. J. COYLE, Ass't General Passenger Agent, VANCOUVER* B.C. Bsquimalt and Nanaimo Railway. TIME TABLE NO. 50. Daily. A.M. 9 :oo 10:20 11 :co P.M. Nanaimo 12145 8 :i5 Ar. Wellington 1:00 Lv. 8 :oo Northbound. Leave. Victoria Shawnigan Lake Duncans Southbound. Arrive. P.M. I2:o6 IO46 10:02 Sat., Sun. and Wed. Southbound. Arrive. Leave p.m. p.m. Victoria.. L 4:00 5^7 5:55 7:37 7:52 Northbound. Shawnigan Lake Duncans Nanaimo Ar Wellington 7:55 6:46 5:55 Lv. 4:00 Throuah Tickets to erofton vii Westholme, Stage leaves Daily, except Sunda ys.counectiug with North and Sonth bound trains Double stage service Saturdays and Wednesdays, connecting with-^nornmg and afternoon train?. Fare from Victoria, Single $7.40 Return J".6o. Through Tickets Victoria to alberni—Stage leaves Wellington Mondays and Thursdays on arrival of train from Victoria Returninefrom Alberni Tuesdays aud Fridays. Fare from Victoria, single, $5.20, return $8.65 6 Excursion rates in effect to all points good from Saturday until Monde ay. GE©. L. COURTNEY, Traffic Manager. THE HUDSON'S BAY COY GENERAL STORES Baie de Peres Battleford Calgary Chapleau Dauphin Deloraine Edmonton Fort William Kamloops Langley Lethbridge —AT - - Lower Fort Garry Maclcod Mattawa Morden • Nelson ; Pincher Creek Portage la Prairie Port Simpson Prince Albert Qu'Appelle (.liicsncllc Rat Portage Riding Mountain Shoal Luke Sudbury ■ Touchwood Hills Vancouver Victoria Vernon : Whitcwood Winnipeg And at other principal points in British Columbia, Manitoba and Northwest Territories. Purchasers will find at these stores the best goods at moderate prices, imported direct from all the principal markets of the world. Good Resolutions for 1904. You cannot make a better one than to give us a trial order when again in need ot House Furnishings. We are satisfied it you once become a customer you will always remain a customer. We have made a [life study of the*business ot furnishing homes, having been In the one line for overm forty years, and we will give you the benefit of our 'knowledge if 'you will give as a chance. FURNITURE, CARPETS, LINOLEUMS, CHINAS ARE, SILVERWARE, CUTLERY, GLASSWARE. KITCHEN-WARE. HAND SOME ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND PRICES FREE. WEILER BROS. Complete Furnishers, Victoria, B. C. R N D AIR COM STRAIGHT LINE, DUPLEX 'SI M PLE or COM POL) N D. ROCK DRILLS.-steam.r^ia THE CANADIAN RAND DRILL COMPANY VWieODYBR, b. e. ROSSLAND, B. e. GREENWOOD. B. G. Westinghouse {Motors Alternating and Direct Current For Driving all kinds of Mine Apparatus Give unequalled ease of control in the operation of mining machinery, and impose no restrictions in regard to either the location or character of the driven apparatus. * Westinghouse Type C Induotion Hotor Driving Krogh Centrifugal Pump. Canadian Westinghouse Co. Limited. Lawlor Building, King and Yonge Sts. Toronto. 633 Hastings St., Vancouver. General Offices and Works, Hamilton, Ontario. Por particulars address nearest office. Hamilton. Liverpool & London & GJobe Bld'g, Montreal. 134 Granville St., 'Tail Halifax. :THE: TYEE COPPER CO. LIMITED. Purchasers and Smelters of Copper, Gold and Silver Ores. SMELTING W©RKS -AT- LADYSMITH, Vancouver Island, B.C. Convenient to E. & N. Railway or the Sea. CLERMONT LIVINGSTON, General Manager. THOS. KIDDIE, Smelter Mana<$$ Published by the B. C Record, Ld. Printed by T. R. Cusack, Victoria. Canada. In i Al il CONCENTRATION OF ORES IN ROSSLAND DISTRICT.-(lllustrated). hl<i fflnnril ■ NICOLAS ADVANTAGES AS A COAL FIELD AND SMELTING CENTRE.-dll'd IllkJ 1 iVIILlI ■ DEEP GRAVEL MINING IN CARIBOO.-(lllustrated) STAB LI SHED 1S0S |VOL. XI. JULY, 1904. No. 7 The Hinton Electric Company, Electric Motors. Blowers. Motors. Fans. Dynamos. Electric Mining Apparatus. VICTORIA, B. C. LIMITED. Electrical Construction it and Supplies. * vancouv|r, b. c. The Crawford Double Rope Aerial Tramway System, Limited gl^ NELSON, B.C. I The most complete, efficient and economical system for handling Ore, Timber, Coal or other materials that ' has yet been put on the market. Wrte for prices and description. ICrawford Double Rope Aerial Tramway System Ltd., Nelson, B.C. R/SDON /RON WORKS CABLE i RISDON'S | CODES.- A.S.C. MOREING <* NEAU. LIEBERS, WESTERN UNION. I30LD bREDQINQ n/rcniNERY. m "%yT-' ^mUsw BaSfiiP^ Si ^is.73 K»£^li ft ?Qi J& S "" PPs IIl- <^^H *Fii ^ iM lec. m VVft* SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., U. S. A. COriPLETE EQUIPriENT Igor niNES. WRITE FOR OUR SPECIAL CATALOGUES. $ PRICE 20 CENTS. Wepave on Hand A Large Assortment of the Best Scotch Wire Ropes (Fully Guaranteed.) Everything You Require For Logging Purposes, Saw Mills, and Milling Camps. . :i4*^ ''■--..;. We Invite Correspondence. McLennan, McFeely & Co. Limited WHOLESALE HARDWARE VANCOUVER, B. C. DAWSON, Y. T. ,FELTEN&GUILLE'AUMEfCarlsweffl Actien Gesellschaft, Mulheim on Rhine MANUFACTURERS OF ELECTRICAL LEADS AND CABLES Electric Lighting Cables for Coal Pits with arrangement for avoiding fire damp explosions in case of the cable breaking. WIRE ROPES FOR MINING Round and Flat Wire Ropes, "Albert," or so^alled** Lang's" Lay Ropes, Patent Looked Coil Wire Ropes, Patented Flattened Strand Wire Ropes. IRON, STEEL, COPPER AND BRONZE WIRE Superior qualities. SOLE AGENTkFOR CANADA : WATSON JACK & COMPANY, MONTREAL. Fried. Krupp Aktiengesellschaft Grusonwerk (Magdeburg-Buckau Germany.) fllNING HACHINERY ORE CRUSHING: Stone Breakers of Especially Strong construction. Roller Mills, Chilian Mills, Ball Milts, for dry and wet crushing—more than 1,800 at work. Stamp Batteries—Shoes and Dies of Krupp's Special Steel, i AMALGAMATION: Amalgamation Tables and Pans, Las- rio's Gold Amalgamators, Settlers, &c I Separation and Concentration Separators, Exhausters, Hydraulic Class-1 ifiers, Percussion Tables, Jioaers, Rotating Round Tables. : LEACHING PLANT. 5&88g*i COMPLETE GOLD ORE DRESSING PLANT (a) For treating by the "Wet Method with Stamp Batteries, Amalgamation and Concentration. (b) For Dry Testing by Ball Mills, Dust Extraction and Leaching. COAL WASHING PLANT—Large Testing Statiop for Crashing and Dressing Ore&^jt the Works. f?^>!ij?' AGENTS For CANADA—Jas, W, Pyke & Co, 35 St. Francois Xavier Street, Montreal For the UNITED STATES—Thos. Prosser & Son, 15 Gold Street, New York For MEXICO—Pablo Bergner, Aparjado 549, Mexico For SOUTH AFRICA—United Engineering Company, Ltd., P.^-Box 399, Johannesburg, S. A. R THE MINING RECORD. ELEVATORS AND CONVEYORS. C M. PINCKARD, President. E. L. EYRE, Vice-President. J. M. GRAHAM, Secretary and Manager. VULCAN IRON WORKS Manufacturers of VULCAN DOUBLE-ROPE TRAMWAY. VULCAN ROPEWAY, (Single Rope System.) ■&®6 SAW-MILL MACHINERY. jt MINING AND MILLING MACHINERY. Vulcan Ropeways and Tramways. Office, 505 Mission St.^Works, cor. Kearny and Francisco Streets SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.. i *■»«»>•»• IBELT CONVEYORS Equipped with BALL-BEARING ROLLS Possess greater efficiency, consume less power, and the belts last longer than when any other type of roll is employed. Let us tell you why and submit plans and estimates covering any work you may have in contemplation. g*L "«•>' m£~\ Four Roll Idler ior Wide Beltz. VICTOR BOX OAR LOADERS, COAL TIPPLES, COAL WASHERIES, CAR HAULS, PICKING TABLES, ETC. ELEVATORS, CONVEYORS, CARRIERS. We Design and Install Labor-Saving Appliances for handling Coal, Stone, Ores, Concentrates, Sand, Gravel, Tailings or other material requiring great strength or durability of eqnipment. link-belt Machinery co "1ml. CHICAGO Wire Rope. Wire Rope. |we are Agents for the well-known firm of W. B. BROWN & CO., of Liverpool, England, man ifacturers of EVERY DESCRIPTION OF STEEL WIRE ROPES for mining purposes. It will pay you to ask for our prices, from stock and to .rder. hlso in Stock : STEEL KAILS (new, perfect and relayers), Ore bags, Scotch firebricks, Portland cement, "Valvoline" lubricating oils (specially suitable for mining works), etc, etc. C. F. JACKSON & CO., Limited WHOLESALE IMPORTERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. |VHARF— Heatley Ave. Vancouver, B.C. 151 Hastings St. Vancouver, B. C. and Liverpool, England II. THE MINING EECORD. ASSAYERS' SUPPLIES AND ENGINEERING INSTRUMENTS. C^rZl K^NITF—Strongest and Best Explosive in the Market \J§IL.l-IVJIHe I t. MANUFACTURED BY HAMILTON POWDER COMPANY (Incorporated 1861. Manufacturers of High Explosives, Blasting, Mining and Sporting Powder, Dealers in Electric Blasting Apparatus, Safety Fuse, Detonators, Etc., Etc. BRANCH OFFICE; VICTORIA HEAD OFFICE: MONTREAL. VANCOUVER, NELSON, ROSSLAND and GREENWOOD NANAIMO t\3* ALBION IRON WORKS, GO., LTD. VICTORIA, B.C. Engineers, Boilermakers, Iron and Brass Founders, Stove Manufacturers. All kinds of Land and Marine Engines. Boilers of all kinds up to 15' diameter. Pumps, Hoists, Ore Cars, Smelter Castings, Logging Engines, Centrifugal Pumps, Air Compressors. Specialists in Screw Propellers, Patent Cannery Retorts. All kinds and sizes of Stoves. The B. C. a Assay and Chemical Supply Co., Limited. Direofr-Importers of Assayers' and Mill Supplies Headquarters for Laboratory Apparatus of all kinds, Bohemian Chemical (j hiss ware, 0. P. Acids, Potassium Cyanide and Quicksilver a^dfl me M yp3 Sol e agents in British Columbia for Morgan Crucible Co., Battersea, England; F. W. Braun & Co's PatentCary Furnaces, Burners, etc.; W. Ainsworth & Sons' Fine Balances Write for our prices ADDRESS 733 Pender St., Vancouver, B. ©. Jeffreu Bend for catalogue. Address Elevating-Conveying Power, Transmission, Screening, Crushing, Dredging, Rock and Coal Drilling, Coal Cutting, Hauling and washing machinery. The JEFFREY MFG. CO. COLUMBUS, O-, U S.A., A* Van Der Naillenst School of Practical, Civil, Mining, Electrical Mechanical Engineering. Surveying, Architecture, Drawing and Assaying, Cyanide, Chlorination, Met*1: allurgy. Assaying of ores, $25; Bullion and Chlorination Assay, $25; Blow Pipe Assay, $ro; Full Course of Assaying, $50. Established 1864. Open all year-'' SEND FOR CIRCULAR. 113 FULTON STREET, One Block West of City Hall, SAN FRANCISCO. THE GIANT POWDER CO., CONSOLIDATED Manufacturers of GELATINE DYNAMITE, highest and most FUME LESS explosive on the market and ALL HIGH EXPLOSIVES for Mining and Railroading work. Home Office-San Francisco, Cal. Works- jjefegraphBay. B, C. Kootenay Office Rossland, B.C. Head Office for British Columbia, Metropolitan Building, Victoria, B. C. UNION IRON WORKS. Mining and Smelting Machinery. Water Jacketed Furnaces, Crushers, Hoists, etc. w r I ,Smelter Castings a Specialty. Complete Installations, Write us for estimates. ?* 'Mr? UNION IRON WORKS, SPOKANE, Wash. THE MINING RECORD. WIRE ROPE, BELTING AND PUMPS. HI. <**s> We are ESPECIALLY EQUIPPED to install complete INCLINE, SURFACE and UNDERGROUND WIRE ROPE HAULAGE OUTFITS. V*^/***^****^/*! A.LESCHEN &SONS ROPE CO. ST.lloUIS.MO. £$$§£$ DENVER-SAN FS/WCtSCO. RE ROPE>or MINES, LOGGING, QUARRIES. ELEVATORS, ETC. AERIAL WIRE: SINGLE. & DOUBLE ROPE SYSTEMS. «^vo SEND US YOUR SPECIFICATIONS AND WE WILL FURNISH ESTIMATES. WRITE FOR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. >/v* MINE PUMPS. For Station and Sinking Purposes, operated by Steam, Air or Electricity. Water Works Pumps. For all possible conditions and made from our latest designs. Marine Pumps. Ballast Pumps, Feed Pumps, Air Pumps, and Pumps for all purposes aboard ship. Oil Pumps. For handling all kinds Crude Oil under all possible conditions. Pumps Operated by Steam,.Air or Electricity are manufactured and kept in etock in great variety by GEO. E. DOW PUMPING ENGINE CO., 179-1st St. San Francisco, Cal. GOODYEAR RUBBER CO. R. H. PEASE, President. Rubber Belting, Packing and Hose "Crack Proof" and "Snag Proof." Pure Rubber Mining Boots, Rubber Clothing, Mackintoshes, Oil Clothing. 573, 575, 577 & 579 Market Street, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 73 & 75 First Street, PORTLAND, OREGON THE MINING RECORD. HYDRAULIC PLANTS, PUMPS, ETC. Vancouver Engineering Works, Ltd. WORKS—HEATLEY AVENUE, VANCOUVER, B. C. AGENTS FOR The Northey Manufacturing Co.—Pumping Mach- I J7 C. McLaren Belting Co.—Leather and Rubber mery. Atlas Engine Works.—Boilers and Engines. Laurie Engine Co.—Corliss and Automatic Engines. Buffalo Forge Co.—Blowers and Exhausters. Medart Pulley Co.—Pulleys. Belting. Goulds Manufacturing Co.—Centrifugal Pumps. J. Geo. Leyner Engineering Works Co.—Air Compressors. A. Leschen & Sons Rope Co.—Patent Wire Rope. BOILERS IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY. bree Horizontal Tubular Boilers, 66 in- diameter x 16 ft. long, with 33^ in. or4 in. tubes; built to pass B.C. inspection for 120 lbs. working pressure; complete with fittings. Three Horizontal Tubular Boilers, 60 in. diameter x 16 ft. long, with 2j4 in. or 4 in. tubes; B.C. inspection 115 lbs. working pressure, complete with fittings. Three Horizontal Tubular Boilers, 48 in. diameter x 14 ft. long, with 3^ in. tubes; B.C inspection 120 lbs. working pressure; complete with fittings. One Locomotive Type Marine Boiler, 56 in. diameter, 12 ft. between tube sheets, with 162 2-in. tubes; will steam 14 in. x 72 in. stern wheel engines; marine inspection 175 lbs. working pressure. One 30 h.p. Vertical Tubular Boiler, 36 in. diameter x 8 ft. high, with 71 2-in." tubes, 5 ft. long; B. C. inspection 150 b . One 12 h.p. Vertical Tubular Boiler, 36 in. diameter x 78 in. high, with 60 2-in, tubes, 4 ft. long; B. C. inspection 150 lbs. One Locomotive Portable Boiler, 15 ft. long inside smokebox, 4 ft. dia. shell, 4 ft. x 4 ft. fiiebox; shell in 3 lengths. 95 lbs. working pressure. I One Horizontal Tubular Boiler, 48 in. diameter x 14 ft. long, with 48 3-in. tubes; B. C. inspection 90 lbs. working pressure. Second hand. One Nagle Locomotive Portable Boiler, with water front and open bottom fire boxes, 36 in. diameter x 8 ft. long between tube sheets, with 34 3-in. tubes; B. C. inspection 100 lbs. working pressure. Second hand. One Scotch Marine Boiler, 90 in. dia. x 102 in. long, with 2)£ in. tubes, single plain furnace; marine inspection 125 lbs. working pressure. Second hand. One 150 h.p. Locomotive Portable Boiler 60 in. diameter x 13 ft. 9 in. between tube sheets; tubes 2 in. diameter; steam drum 30 in. diameter x 8 ft. long; B. C. inspection 150 lbs. working pressure. One 25 h.p. Return Tubular Portable Boiler, 100 lbs. working pressure. One 30 h.p. Return Tubular Portable Boiler, B.C. inspection 100 lbs. working pressure, 48 in. diameter x 108 in. long, 4 in. tubes, 3 in. return. Six Return Flue Boilers, 60 in. diameter x 29 ft. long; 2 flues, 20 in. diameter; B. C. inspection 65 lbs. working press-: lire. Four Horizontal Return Flue Boilers, 54 in. dia. x 25 feet long, 2 plain flues 16 in. dia.; B. C. inspection 80 lbs. working pressure. One Vertical Boiler 60 in. dia. x 130 in. high, 212 2-in. tubes; 150 lbs. working pressure. Complete with fittings. WRITE US FOR PRICES ON ABOVE BOILERS. DO YOU WANT ANY BOLTS OR RIVETS—We have an "Acme" machine specially for Send us your order for Bolts over 10 in. long. making Bolts and Rivets. IMPORTANT T0 GOLD MINERS HNO MflNCFHeTCRERS OF MIXING MACHINERY. SILVER PLATED COPPER MINING PLATES for Saving Gold IN QUARTZ, PLACER AND BEACH MINING. Tbe Most Extensive and Successful Manufacturers on the Pacific Coast. Get our reduced rates. Send for circulars. Old plates replated, also bought. DENNISTON'S SAN FRANCISCO PLATING WORKS E. G. DENNISTON, Proprietor. Telephone Main 59. 743 Mission Street, San Francisco, California. 26 Medals Awarded. 35 years in business here. THE MINING RECORD. V. CONCENTRATORS AND SLIMERS When we say we have a COMBINATION OF CONCENTRATORS that cannot be equalled, we mean it and can prove it. We Have It! NOW LET US HAVE A CHANCE TO PROVE IT TO YOU. The Oard Concentrator. The Card Concentrator and the Sperry Slimer make the greatest combination for efficiency and capacity in the world. WRITE US ABOUT IT. The Sperry Slimer. THE MINING RECORD. BENNETT'S FUSE CROWN- BRAND THE KING OF FUSES The WHITE COUNTERED GUTTA PERCHA FUSE is the POPULAR FAVORITE in the ^ mines of British Columbia, Australia, the Transvaal, and the World over. Beware of Spurious Imitations Made to Catch the Unwary. riHOLSVIAN BROS. OAMBORN CORNWALL Manufacturers op Boilers, Air Compressors, Mining Machinery e Holman Patent Roek Drill Specially Adapted to B. C: Mining Awarded Gold Medal Greater Britain Exhibition Awarded Gold Medal Paris 1900 CAMIVIELL, LAIRD & CO. Ltd. H fill SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND, ■ Manufacturers of Drill Steels, Best Refined Cast Steel Files, and Rasps, Steel Axles, Wheels i and Cranks. Rails and. Fish Plates made to any specification. Steel Plates, etc. Shoes, Dies, Stems, Cams and Cam Shaftings for Stamp Mills. |nB ROWLAND MACHIN 5 Yates St., VICTORIA, B.C. General Agent for Canada. For all lines excepting Steel Ralls of 30 lbs. per yard and upwards, with their relative accessories. THE MINING RECORD. WIRE ROPE AND BELTING EVERY BELT GUARANTEED GENUINE OAK TANNED LEATHER BELTING For Exposed Situations Use "Lancashire" Hair Belting. CATALOGUES AND DISCOUNTS ON APPLICATION. D. K. McLAREN, Montreal, Toronto WIRE DON'T BUY UNTIL YOU HAVE WRITTEN TO US FOR- PRICES AND PARTICULARS. VA/ilLflflQ Id I ft of London, England, Wire Rope Manufacturers, VVIIIMIIC « V*VJ.) established 1850, are known throughout the MINING WORLD. The wire used in their rope is made from steel specially prepared to insure absolute reliability. The preferential tariff permits, of our quoting low prices on all descriptions of Steel Wire Ropes. A large stock of the principal sizes kept on hand at Victoria and Vancouver for immediate delivery. Our stock includes a full line of Logging Ropes, Ships Rigging and Hawsers. ROBERT WARD & CO., LIMITED, Agents. Telegraphic address—ROBERTUS. VICTORIA and VANCOUVER, B. C- The Dominion Wire Rope Co., Ld MONTREAL, CANADA Manufacturers of All Classes and Kinds of WIRE ROPES FOR ALL PURPOSES. "LANG'S" PATENT WIRE ROPES FOR COLLIERY AND GENERAL MINING PURPOSES. Branches:—Halifax, N.S.: St. John, N.B.; Ottawa, Toronto, Kat Portage, Ont.; Winnipeg, Man.; Vancouver, B. C, Nelson and Rossland, B. O The Bleichert Wire RopeT is unequalled for economy of operation ; the truth of which is attested by the fact There are more in use than all others 1 Manufactured by THE TRENTON IRON COMPANY, TRENTON, N. J. Engineers and Contractors and sole licensees in North America for the Bleichert System. Also, "Wire Rope Equipments for Cable Hoist-Conveyors, Surface and Underground Haulage, Etc. Illustrated Book Upon Application. Chicago Office—-1122 Mouadnock Building 1 Denver Office—1711 Tremont street. San FfftdcfccC Office—34 Fremont street New York Office —17 Burling Slip. ramway THE MINING RECORD. PUMPING MACHINERY -—FOR Mines & Waterworks OF ALL KINDS. BELT OR DIRECT DRIVEN BY MOTOR OR STEAM ENGINE. Hathorn, Davey & Co., Ltd. LEEDS, ENGLAND. PEACOCK BROTHERS, Sole Canadian Representatives, Canada Life Bldg., Montreal. CANADA FOUNDRY COMPANY, LIMITED, HEAD OFFICE AND WORKS, TORONTO. District Offices—Montreal, Halifax, Ottawa, Winnipeg Vancouver, Rossland. The Brackman & Ker Milling Co., Ltd. Manufacturers ofthe Celebrated £ Facilities Unequalled for Supplying the West with the BfIst Quality of Grain, Hay or Mill Feed. & ROLLLDt . OATS. (Registered.) ,** Victoria. ♦ Vancouver. -*- New Westminster. Strathcona. Nelson. Rossland. Unequalled in the .World. <k^X"XK-:~:~x~XK~HKKKK~H^ SMELTING AND REFINING CO. Buyers of Gold, Silver and Copper Ores, Mattes, H Bullion, Furnace and Cyanide products. LOCATION OF WORKS Crofton, IVancouver Island, B. C. STAB LI SHED 1895 VOL. XL JULY, 1904. BRITISH COLUMBIA MINING RECORD Devoted to the /lining Interests of the Pacific Northwest. PUBLISHED BY THE BRITISH COLUMBIA RECORD, LIMITED H. MORTinER LAMB, managing Editor. Victoria, B. C, Office, Province Building. Vancouver, P. W. Charleson, Hastings Sc. London Office: 24 Coleman Street, E. C, Denver, Col.: National Advertising Co. San Francisco: Cake's Agency. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: Canada and the United States, one year - - Great Britain and Foreign, one year - - - Advertising Rates on Application. $2.00 $2.50 THE MONTH. It is somewhat an event in the Lardeau, that the Silver Cup combination mill, near Ferguson, has commenced crushing operations, the first bar of bullion having been produced therefrom last month. Before the completion of construction work on this mill we were informed by more than one correspondent of the alleged inadequacy of the precautions taken to demonstrate by preliminary experiment, the- suitability of the process to the treatment of the Silver Cup and Nettie L. ores. From what we have since been able to gather there does not appear to have been sufficient foundation for these statements, and the fact that the mill is now seemingly in successful operation substantiates the conclusions at which we had arrived. Last month Atlin witnessed the inauguration of an important enterprise when dredging operations were started by the British America Dredging Company, on Gold Run. According to reports from the district the dredge is working most satisfactorily, handling even, contrary to pre-conceived opinion, boulders with great ease. It is early yet, of course, to speak with any degree of assurance of the possibilities of a successful future for dredging in the Atlin dirtrict; but if in actual practice the results approach those obtained from last season's prospecting, then the outlook for the industry is most promising. Mr. J. H. Christie, a peripatetic prospector not unknown at Rossland, recently furnished a Vancouver news-gatherer with some optimistic information relative to the alleged coal and oil resources of the Wulffshon Bay district. The particulars published made interesting' reading—"an immense carboniferous deposit, almost at the doors of Vancouver City"; "followed the formation fifteen miles" ; "simply a continuation of the carboniferous beds of Vancouver Island"; "we have staked 12 square miles," etc., etc. Now for the "thorough exploration" promised, and then some big collieries at Vancouver's doors— perhaps. The example set by the general manager and mine superintendent of the Tyee Copper Company in offering donations as the nucleus of a sum of $400 for prizes for a miners' rock-drilling contest to take place during Fair week in Victoria at the end of September next, is one that should be followed by others interested in mining on Vancouver Island. If the executive committee succeed in getting together a good display of minerals, and the proposed rock-drillin contest be definitely arranged, they will have some little claim upon the mining districts within easy reach of Victoria to give the Fair the benefit of their recommendation and personal support. In an interview published in a Rossland paper, Mr. Alexander Sharp, acting as consulting engineer for Messrs. P. Burns & Co., is reported to have said after visiting the Poplar Creek district, that no "free-gold camp" of equal importance and promise had in his opinion been discovered in British Columbia. The showings on the more developed properties were, he said, exceptionally fine, the leads in .some instances being as much as fifty feet wide. The only and of course most vital matter yet to determine was whether or not values would continue at depth, but Mr. Sharp considers that geological conditions are not unfavourable to this supposition. There are at present in the district some six hundred prospectors either doing assessment work on tneir claims or prospecting in the hills. The announcement a short time ago of the declaration by the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company • >f its 228 THE MINING RECORD. customary quarterly dividend at the rate of ten per cent, per annum suggests the reminder that this is the fourth consecutive year in which this company has been a steady dividend-payer. Its total disbursements in dividends is now well on towards a million dollars, and this, too, over a period in which there has been continuously a large outlay in connectio'n with the further development and equipment of the company's several collieries. Usually the name of the Crow's Nest Pass Company is omitted, inadvertently of course, by those who make up lists of the dividend-payers among the mining enterprises of British Columbia, yet the fact remains that the company's operations have for several successive years yielded a considerable profit, from which its shareholders have received regular returns at the rate of ten per cent, per annum on the par value of the stock. The action of Mr. John Keen, president of the Provincial Mining Association, in making arrangements with Dr. Hendryx for the treatment at Spokane of mineral-bearing schists from the Poplar Creek camp is worthy of commendation, and it is gratifying to find that these arrangements have already been taken advantage of, several parcels of schist having been forwarded for test purposes by the Hendryx electro-cyanide process. It is stated by men who have some acquaintance with the Black Hills of Dakota that there is much similarity between the schists and quartz ores of that important mining country and those of the Poplar district. In our description of the Poplar Creek camp, published last October, we quoted one prospector as having informed our representative that on one claim "the gold occurs in a sort of laminated schist. This rock is a puzzle to most prospectors, but it carries gold all right." We await with much interest the result of the tests of this mineralized rock. It is matter for satisfaction that one Rossland mine at least, Le Roi No. 2, has been able to declare a dividend this year, amounting to a shilling per share, or at the rate on the present market price of the shares, of about 7 per cent. We had hoped to have been able to announce that the profits had been helped by the institution this year of concentration at the mine, but it appears that so far the commercial success of the Elmore process at the Le Roi No. 2 has not been clearly demonstrated. However, for the nonce, according to a report attributed to the manager, this is of no great moment, as new ore bodies of high grade value have been discovered at the 600- ft. level, and the life of the mine thereby materially increased. It is not likely, however, that the directors will be so short-sighted as to discontinue the effort to find a suitable method of treating the lower grade mine products, for any such policy woutlid be the height of folly. The following extract from a paper read before trie- American Institute of Mining Engineers at its meeting held in New York in February, 1889, is instruct ive, even after a lapse of fifteen years, having in view the claims frequently advanced regarding low-cost mining and smelting in the Boundary district of British Columbia. The paper the excerpt is taken from was contributed by Dr. Franklin R. Carpenter, then Dean of the Dakota School of Mines: "It would seem that a hint might be taken frdHrthe large mines of the Lake Superior region, where, owing to the great quantity in which low-grade copper ores occur, as well as to the ease with which they can be concentrated, enormous dividends have been paid. The Atlantic copper-mine of that section made in 1885, 1886 and 1887, the following extraordinary showing. The rock yielded only 0.743 per cent, of refined copper, and was treated at the following cost: 1885. Mining, selecting, breaking and surface expenses Transportation to mill. Stamping and separating. Freight, smelting, marketing and New York expenses Cents. 78.62 4 80 30 36 25-45 Cents. 80.88 3-43 26 53 24.25 1887. Cents. 8723 3.80 27.31 23.07 Total working expenses 139.23 135.14 141 41 Total expenditures 143.60 138.01 145.22 Net profit 22.05 15.29 30.53 The Trout Lake Topic commenting on the improvement in condition in the Lardeau districts, remarks: "Until recently the cost of handling the ore from the different producing mines ran from $40 to $60 per ton. With present facilities the same can now be handled at about half the figure. In addition to this the reduction works of the Great Western mines will allow of the production and treatment of large bodies of ore which heretofore could not be touched. The building of the C.P.R. to Trout Lake and the erection of aerial trams have effected this big saving and made the installation of reduction works possible. The proposed new placer works will no doubt add materially to the output of the year." It speaks well, meanwhile, for the high grade character of the ore-bodies in this district that despite the difficulties with which mine operators until recently have had to contend that in the last three years shipments of ore have aggregated in value something like half a' million dollars, over rather than under. Lardeau's production last year was nearly double that of 1902, and it is evident that the district is about to become a most important contributor to the Province's annual output not only of silver-lead, but of erold also. In a recent press dispatch from New York the statement was made that the scheme arranged at the instance of the Montreal & Boston Consolidated Mining & Smelting Company, of consolidating therewith the interests of the Morrison & Dominion Copper companies in the Boundary district, was likely to be THE MINING RECORD. successfully consummated, the shares of the new undertaking having been already underwritten. As the new company is to be capitalized at the absurdly high figure of six and a half million dollars, and as neither the Sunset group, owned by the original Montreal & Boston Company, nor the Morrison have been profitably operated in the past, for the reason seemingly that the ore so far treated has not been of payable grade, the outlook for the new concern, excepting always for stock-mongering purposes, is not a particularly promising one. It is true the Dominion Copper Company's Brooklyn group is of value, though the ore-body is relatively small when compared with the deposits in this district, which are now being successfully worked. In any case the possibility of the new company earning profits on its inflated capital is remote to a degree, and this view is evidently shared by that exceptionally astute person, Mr. Jos. Breen, "who insisted on payment in hard cash before relinquishing his interests in the Brooklyn. At a meeting of the shareholders of the Slough Creek, Limited, a resolution was passed providing for the issue of 40,000 cumulative preference shares, carrying interest at the rate of £10 per centum per annum, and also entitling the holder to 40 per cent, of the profits of the Company available for distribution in dividends, after the preferential dividend shall have been paid. It is further stipulated that should the Company be liquidated before the holders' shall have received £3 per share in dividends, they shall be entitled to be repaid the amounts paid up on their shares in priority to the claims of the remaining shareholders. The object of this arrangement is seemingly to provide funds, should it be found necessary, for the continuation of the work now in progress at Slough Creek, of preparing the mine, by steady pumping, for actual mining work in the ancient river channel which has been tapped. The water once removed, it is believed, the venture will pay handsomely. The Company has meanwhile been twice reconstructed, and although funds are not as yet required the directors evidently believe in anticipating the need, and thus avoiding the possibility of delay in the future on that account. If ever an undertaking was deserving of success -it is surely this one, for directors, manager, and shareholders have in the face of much difficulty and discouragement refused to be discouraged, but instead persevered as one man to carry the enterprise to a successful issue. As to the probabilities^ if the water difficulty is once overcome, and recent indications have been most gratifying, the' profits will be reckoned in hundreds rather than in ten per cents. Also it will be a very big thine for the Cariboo district. reasons for the belief that the three large mines might be more advantageously, that is to say more economically worked under one general management, while doubtless the arrangement would in general facilitate milling and smelting operations, particularly if it were possible to include in the consolidation a developed mine in the Boundary district, from which a good supply of ore containing a fairly high percentage of iron might be regularly obtained. Again the Le Roi certainly, possibly the War Eagle and Centre Star, are over-capitalized, and the opportunity of consolidation necessitating of course general reconstruction, would afford an excellent excuse for the reduction of the capital of the consolidated companies to an amount upon which it should be practicable to earn a substantial percentage of profit. The chief difficulty, we have heard it suggested, in the way of rendering effectual any arrangement of the sort, would rest in the determination of the value of the properties and the basis on which consolidation' would be carried out from the point of view of shareholders. But if matters reach that stage it will be possible, of course, to gain a very nearly accurate idea of the value of the properties from the reports thereon by independent engineers who would naturally base their opinions on the extent of the ore actually in sight at the time they made their examinations. Although the probabilities are not in favour of an amalgamation of the Le Roi and War Eagle-Centre Star companies, the suggestion itself, which by the way has now been raised for the third or fourth time, is by no means an impossible one. There are sound The outlook is decidedly promising for much activity in mining matters in East Kootenay this season. Last month we published information relative to lode mining at the Ptarmigan mines, placer mining on Perry Creek, and to the Sullivan Mining Company's smelter at Marysville, the completion of which works is now in hand, and this month we give some particulars of the Paradise mine. In May we described the St. Eugene mine, now employing about 300 men after having been idle for about three years. The Flathead country, in Southeast Kootenay, is attracting much attention, and prospecting for coal and oil will probably be prosecuted with vigor during the summer and return, numbers of men having already gone into that section with that intent. An enlarged market for Morrissey coal is reported, anc the railway controlled by the Great Northern Railway Company is being extended from Morrissey Junction to Fernie, which will also give the Coal Creek colliery unbroken rail connection with Washington and Montana markets for coal and coke. The considerable water power available near Elko, so it has been announced,' is to be utilised shortly. There are numerous other instances in which enterprise is being displayed—in the coal section surrounding the Crow's Nest Coal Company's holdings, in lode-mining in Northeast Kootenay, and in hydraulic and other placer mining on several of the creeks tributary to either the Columbia or the Kootenay River. Then there is an extensive lumbering industry besides, so that the prevailing optimistic tone noticeable in the district press appears to be fully justified. THE MINING RECORD. Labour unionism, as represented by the Western Federation of Miners must necessarily suffer by the recent dastardly outrage committed, it is alleged, by members of that labour institution at Circle City, Colorado, by which a number of non-union workmen were killed by the explosion of dynamite. Although the Western Federation deny any complicity in this atrocious deed and have offered a large reward for the arrest and conviction of the perpetrators, until proof positive is brought forward the public in general will certainly refuse to believe in the innocence of the organization whose past record is marked with deeds of violence and bloodshed. Without going into the question of the rights and wrongs of the dispute now of long standing between mine-owners and the union miners in Colorado, it is very clear that the latter have not had the support of the Colorado public in the struggle that has been in progress. As a general rule the justice of a cause on the one side or the other may be learned by this criterium. In a sense, it is an added matter for regret that a large proportion of our British Columbian miners' unions are affiliated with a body whose motto seems to spell anarchy, although in justice it must be said that so far the influence of the Western Federation in this country has been for good, instead of otherwise, to the prevention and settlement of strikes rather than the encouragement or promotion thereof. The time perhaps is not too far distant when labour will not be required to organize for its own protection. The Western Federation of Miners is, it is said, governed by men who, as avowed socialists, disbelieve in unionism, holding to it merely as a temporary expedient. But moral force nowadays is more powerful than brute force, and socialism, or any other cause, however inherently righteous is not likely to be advanced by the advocacy of murderers and madmen. A telegram despatched from Ottawa early in the month and given wide publicity, stated that the Federal Parliament had acceded to the wishes of the British Columbia lead producers, and extended the benefits conferred by the Lead Bounty Act to permit of the exportation of the lower grade ores. This now appears to have been misleading, the announcement having been, to say the least, premature. Both in the House of Commons and in the Senate there is strong opposition to the suggested change; on the grounds that it would largely defeat one of the principal objects of the Act itself which was to encourage and stimulate the smelting of lead ores at home. At the same time pressure is being brought to bear on Parliament by men who possess strong political influence and hence there is a fair chance that the amendments will be made. The suggested arrangement is after all merely in the nature of a compromise to cover a period only of one year and thus give the local smelters an opportunity of increasing the capacity or otherwise improving the efficiency of their plants to be able to adequately handle the entire British Columbian lead- ore output, while, too, it is merely desired that the surplus of the bounty offered, after mine-owners who have complied with the present requirements of the Act, shall have been paid, be made available to producers of the lower-grade ores, who under the rather exceptional conditions now existing, are unable, without this encouragement, to carry on operations upon a reasonably profitable basis. As the British Columbian smelters have themselves endorsed the petition there would seem to be no economic reason why it should be refused. On the other hand, the extension of bounty privileges would undoubtedly result in a greatly increased silver-lead production this year, the working of a number of mines now idle; the consequent employment of labour, and the stimulation generally of trade and industrial conditions in the Kootenays. The information relative to the Mineral Museum of the Provincial Department of Mines we publish elsewhere in this issue of the Mining Record will, we hope, be widely read and serve to so interest in that institution a large number of our readers as to induce them to make use of its advantages whenever practicable and, by contributing specimens of minerals, rocks, etc., to assist in extending its sphere of usefulness. It is not characteristic of the Department of Mines to blow its own horn, which it might justly do in regard to the practical benefits derived by many from the Mineral Museum as well as from the Provincial Assay Office, both supervised by Mr: Herbert Carmichael, Provincial Assayer. Comparatively few of the general public have any idea of the number of those who make use of the Museum by spending an occasional hour there making themselves familiar with the appearance and general character of rocks and minerals previously strange to them, and thus better fitting themselves' for determining whether or not the specimens they find when travelling or prospecting are likely to be worth giving attention to. Further, as a means of advertising the varied mineral resources of the Province the Mineral Museum is effective. That this is so does not appear to be recognized in some of the mining sections of the Province. Many districts are well represented, among them some of those in which the Provincial Mineralogist has spent a week or two, or in which seme resident has taken the trouble to collect and forward representative specimens. Among those that are either poorly represented, or not at all, are Omineca, Cariboo, Lillooet, Fish River and other parts of the Lardeau, Arrow Lake and Ymir. The absence of a good display from the last-named camp is surprising, since its exhibit at Nelson and Spokane "fairs last year was one of unusual excellence. It is to be hoped that this. reminder will have the effect of securing from the several sections mentioned a representative collection of their respective ores and typical rocks, so that the Museum of the Department of Mines may the better serve its purpose. When the organization of the Bureau of Mines, in accordance with the "Bureau of Mines Act", Chap. THE MINING RECORD. 231 3, 1895, was begun in January, 1896, by Mr. Wm. A. Carlyle, Ma. E., Provincial Mineralogist, and Mr. Herbert Carmichael, Assayer and Chemist, a proposed plan of operations was drawn up. The ground to be covered by that part of the Bureau more particularly in the charge of the latter official was included in the following: "To maintain a laboratory for assay and chemi- " cal analysis, for which will be charged the cus- " tomary fees, and to determine, free of cost, " specimens of rock, mineral or ore that may be sent in, and give all possible information concerning the occurrence or probable commercial " value of such, with hints concerning the best 'methods of treatment, etc., etc. "To maintain student laboratories, for instruc- ' tion in assaying, blow-piping, mineralogy, ' geology, etc. "To assemble and systematically arrange in a " public museum specimens of mineral, ore, I country rock, building and other economical mineral materials from the mines; and also, for comparative study, specimens of the same " from other mining countries, models, maps, 'etc. "To establish and equip a plant for testing, ' metallurgically, the different kinds of ore, " coal, coke, etc., etc." This month we publish two contributions relating to the Assay Laboratories and Mineral Museum, respectively. It is interesting to note that the plan of operations, as stated above, has in the main been faithfully adhered to and successfully carried out, and we take pleasure in directing attention to this fact. It would appear, though, that there is room for more active co-operation on the part of the mining districts of the Province, and we have no doubt that the Department of Mines would cordially welcome such assistance in, and appreciation of, the work of practical usefulness it is endeavouring to carry out in the manner indicated. From several quarters, perhaps not always unprejudiced or disinterested, dissatisfaction has been expressed at the not too favourable views set out by the Provincial Mineralogist in his recently published report on the oil fields of the Flathead Valley; and it is true that compared with the opinions held by the late Dr. Selwyn when head of the Geological Survey of Canada regarding the potentialities of the district in respect to its mineral oil resources, Mr. Robertson's statements appear to err somewhat on the side of over-cautiousness. Thus it is somewhat difficult to understand on what grounds the Provincial Mineralogist based his suggestion that "oil in quantity, if it does exist, must in all probability be at a very considerable depth, possibly over 3,000 feet." Of course if there is actual evidence of this fact it were well that the public should be so informed, as it is questionable whether undertakings could be profitably conducted in this field if boring must be carried on to so great a depth. But if on the other hand a mere theory is advanced, the statement is likely to have a deterrent effect on enterprise, which it is the province of the Department of Mines to encourage. Even the most able of geologists, it must be remembered, are not always infallible, and one has only to instance their mistaken views some years back concerning the gold-occurrences on the Rand, while we have other examples much nearer ttome. Now that the Government has withdrawn the, reserve from these East Kootenay lands, important developments in this new territory may be hopefully looked for. The successful establishment of an oil industry in British Columbia is certainly a desideratum, for it would undoubtedly attract much capital to the Province for investment not only in that but in other industries. Apropos, a correspondent of the Fort Steele Prospector, a Mr. Michael Phillipps writes as follows: The report of the Provincial Mineralogist on the oil fields of the Flathead is in many ways misleading, and because Mr. Robertson, a stranger in a wild country, failed to find more than the oil seepages on the much staked off Kish-e-neh-na and Sage Creeks, he at once concludes that they are the only ones known. He reports too that he failed to find oil in a spot where Professor Selwyn found it. There is one place near this latter point where by hollowing out the shale a basin is formed that at once fills with a clear straw-colored crude oil. The boulders on many of the creeks are saturated with oil, showing how very large must be the entire seepage of oil in the vicinity of these two creeks, and in some other adjacent ridges in the section of the Flathead Valley north of the Boundary. I first visited the oil seepage in 1872. It had been known to the Indians for years before that time. The mistakes Mr. Robertson made in getting into the Flathead Valley show how necessary a guide is. Mr. Robertson describes the route he followed as the blazes of Mr. Ritchie, who knew less of the country than Mr. Robertson. Had Mr. Robertson gone a little to the south he would have reached the Flathead Valley without going over a mountain, in place .of the 7,000-ft. ridge he went over. A low pass is also mentioned and shown on the map where no pass exists. Moose Creek, a large tributary of Wigwam River, about the spot shown, heads in a large basin with high precipitous and impassable mountains to the exit." Some very interesting expert evidence has already been given in the course of the trial now in progress at Nelson arising from the claims for damages on the part of relatives and others of those killed or injured in the explosion at the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company's Fernie colliery, some two years ago. Thus one of the witnesses for the defence, Mr. Ashworth, a well known English coal mining engineer, in refutation of the expert testimony offered by Mr. William Blakemore positively asserted the explosion resulted not from dust as perhaps generally surmised but from the ignition of gas. He stated that at the time of the J* THE MINING RECORD. explosion, according to the evidence previously submitted, the coal was giving off ethane in considerable quantities and that the explosion was capable of being traced thereto. The burning and coking in the old workings, this witness pointed out, might have been caused by the secondary action of the explosion, while the dust in these workings would not be responsible for *any extension of the explosion. Mr. Ashworth also testified that the practice of watering coal mines was no longer regarded from a scientific standpoint as effective, and in recent reports the British mine inspector, Mr. Henry Hall, has stated that attempts to deal systematically with dust in British collieries by watering has been abandoned. Mr. E .M. Atkinson, coal mine inspector for North and South Staffordshire, has also reported the discontinuance of the practice in his district, notwithstanding that the mines there are dry and dusty; and even Mr. Martin, the inventor of the combined water-air system of sprinkling, has now admitted that coal mines should be kept dry. Mr. Ashworth further implied that the watering of mines did more harm than good, as five per cent, of watery vapour, or a condition of dampness generally, is conducive rather than otherwise to a coal dust explosion. In cross-examination the following conclusions arrived at by the British Royal Commission on coal mines' explosions were submitted to the witness, and his opinion thereon sought: 1. The danger of explosion in a mine in which gas exists, even in very small quantities, is greatly increased by the presence of coal dust. 2. A gas explosion in a fiery mine may be intensified, and carried on indefinitely by coal dust raised by the explosion itself. 3. Coal dust alone, without the presence of any gas at all, may raise a dangerous explosion if ignited by a blow-out shot or other violent inflammation. To produce such a result, however, the conditions must be exceptional, and are likely to be produced only on rare occasions. 4. Different dusts are inflammable, and consequently, dangerous in varying degrees; but it cannot be said with absolute certainty that any dust is entirely free from risk. 5. There appears to be no probability that a dangerous explosion of coal dust alone could ever be produced in a mine by a naked light or ordinary flame. Mr. Ashworth replied that under certain conditions No. 2 was true and he concurred in Nos. 1, 3 4 and 5. He added, however, that without absolutely describing the recommendations made by the commission as "slip-shod," he disapproved of the findings as made, on the ground that they were made on insufficient knowledge and evidence. It is customary to include in the annual mineral production returns an estimated sum to represent the value of the building materials produced, these being classed as non-metallic minerals. It is somewhat surprising, though, that, apparently, no systematic and sustained effort is made to direct public attention to the extent, variety and excellence of quality of such structural materials as marbles, granites, freestones, etc., which are among the mineral resources of the Province. Local official publications give but scant attention to them, and private enterprise, seemingly, follows suit. In the Report of the Minister of Mines for 1901 the following lines occur: "On Kootenay Lake a coarsely-crystalline marble quarry is being worked for building purposes. There are on the Coast several first-class granite and sandstone quarries opened and doing a local trade. These quarries are so admirably situated as regards water transportation that there is a fair prospect of their becoming an important export industry." In the 1902 Report these particular building materials are disposed of in less than two lines, while in the 1903 Report the single word "stone" is the only reference to them. We are not finding fault in this particular direction, but are pointing out how little prominence is given in official publications to one of the natural resources of the Province that might, with judicious fostering, become as suggested above, an important export industry. It may be that there are striking exhibits of marbles and building stones so prominently placed in our larger cities as to catch the eye and impress the visitor with the fact that these are samples of the materials used in the more substantial buildings that do credit to our Province, but we have not happened to see them. The Victoria Tourist Association gives wide publicity to the statement that the British Columbia Parliament Building "is acknowledged to be one of the handsomest and most imposing structures on the continent," but it is not in its province to advertise the fact that there is at Haddington Island plenty of the same kind of stone as that used in the erection of that palatial block, available for export or local use. Similarly the Tourist Association directs public attention to the churches and the "stately mansions" to be seen in Victoria, but it is not called upon to state that the stone for that fine pile of buildings, the Metropolitan Methodist Church, came from Saturna Island, or that Koksilah supplied the stone for Mrs. Dunsmuir's imposing residence. And so on all down the line, whether of other prominent stone buildings in our Coast cities or the substantial and comparatively pretentious structures the Dominion Government has erected at Nelson, Rossland, and other Provincial towns. Surely, though, it should be somebody's business to give much publicity to the fact that there is in the Province durable building stone in plenty and variety easily accessible, and it certainly should be the care of either the Provincial Government or, in the event of its continued neglect to do so, of enterprising private individuals, to make provision for an adequate public display of these materials, accompanied by information relative to their sources and good qualities, at any rate in our larger cities, and to direct attention to the fact that the stone used in the erection of the most costly buildings in the Province is a home product. And as the marble, which is well distributed and of several varieties and excellent THE MINING RECORD. 233 quality—it would be a striking object lesson to those directly concerned were they to attend such an Exposition as, say, that held annually in Spokane, where they would see the most made of so favourable an opportunity to advertise the products, both raw and manufactured, of the marble quarries of Northern Washington. At least let there be a good example set at the Mineral Museum of the Department of Mines where, through no fault of the official in charge, the present exhibit of marbles, granites and freestones is distinctly meagre and little calculated to impress visitors with the fact that the Province possesses a valuable asset in its structural materials. LOCATION OF PLACER CLAIMS OVER LODE CLAIMS. HE reply of the Minister of Mines to the repre- ■*■ sentations of the executive committee of the Provincial Mining Association regarding the position developed by the location of a so-called placer claim over the Lucky Jack mineral claim at Poplar Creek is not, in our opinion, calculated to encourage the investment of capital in the opening up of mineral or lode claims on which occurs ore carrying high gold values. These two communications are printed on another page, with other information relating to Provincial Mining Association matters. As the position to which the attention of the Minister of Mines was thus drawn, and a remedy for which was asked, is a very serious one, we think it well to here review the facts. Briefly, these are, that at Poplar Creek a man named Tanghe located a placer claim over the Lucky Jack mineral claim on which had been discovered a quartz ledge containing much free gold. The Gold Commissioner for the district—we quote from the judgment of Mr. Justice Martin—"practically refused to grant a record for this claim on the ground that, as a result of an examination he had made that morning of the claim with the plaintiff, he, the plaintiff, had not proved it to be a bona fide placer location, and was therefore not entitled to a record." The matter was referred by the Gold Commissioner to the Attorney-General. Ultimately, five weeks later, a record was issued, but it was accompanied by an order to remove the posts marking one of the boundary lines of the claim. The effect of this order was to change the whole of the plaintiff's location. Litigation followed and, eventually, a Supreme Court judgment was rendered, placing Tanghe in legal possession of his so-called placer claim, and consequently also in possession of the ground crossed by the reef or ledge of the Lucky Jack mineral or lode claim. This judgment was the logical outcome of a literal interpretation of the law bearing thereon, but the following excerpts from the judgment will show what little protection is afforded the holder of a mineral claim upon which some unprincipled scoundrel or other may have covetous designs. The judgment proceeds: "But though the plaintiff was entitled to have his location recorded as aforesaid, yet the validity thereof is attacked on the ground that in truth it is not a placer claim at all, though so styled, and that nothing was found on the claim to warrant the statement in the affidavit, par. 2: That from indications I have observed on the claim applied for I have reason to believe that there is therein a deposit of placer gold.' . . . It is urged that the defendant has established that this is not a placer claim at all, because there is no placer ground in it, and that any prospector or miner of the most elementary knowledge could in a very short time satisfy himself of this fact beyond peradventure. Assuming all this to be the case, we get very little further, for it does not touch the one necessary element, i.e., the belief. It is further argued that in the circumstances no sensible man could have thought that the claim was placer ground, and therefore it must be ' assumed that the act of the plaintiff was fraudulent, and that he had not the requisite belief, but simply aimed at appropriating some rich ground from a lode claim and blackmailing the owner thereof. But the difficulty is that the belief required is not that of a sensible or an honest man; the insane delusion of a criminal under the Placer Act is just as efficaceous, and it would require very strong evidence, stronger than has been adduced here, to-justify the Court in coming to the conclusion that the belief was entirely absent, even in the case of a locator who has acted in such a suspicious and dubious manner as has the plaintiff." The seriousness of the position thus developed so impressed claim-owners and others interested at Poplar Creek that the local branch of the Provincial Mining Association appointed a special committee to take up the question. This committee recommended that resolutions be adopted as follows: "That in cases where it is of vital importance "to the litigants that the Court should person- " ally examine the disputed claim, arrangements " should be made for the Court to be held in the " near vicinity of the ground, so that the Court, " and jury if any, could go over the ground in " question, see the points for themselves, and a " larger number of witnesses could be more " readily examined on special points, and the " posts examined, which is impossible in the dis- " tant Court-houses. "That the Placer Act should be amended in "the interpretation clause so as to prohibit rec- " tangular pieces of a quartz ledge, eroded by " time or detached by work and lying along- " side thereof, being styled 'placer* and included " in the phrase 'natural stratum or bed of earth, " gravel or cement.' "That Form 'G' of the Placer Act be so al- " tered in these cases as to read that the locator "has actually found placer gold within the lines " of his proposed claim; that it is situated on " land already under record of a mineral claim " or quartz claim, and that he has found placer " gold other than the loose pieces of eroded, or " detached pieces of angular rock, found lying " around on the quartz claim and within its " boundaries." THE MINING RECORD. These resolutions were passed by the local branch and submitted to the executive committee of the Association, which, after careful consideration, passed the following resolution: "Whereas the judgment recently rendered by "the Hon. Mr. Justice Martin in the case of " Tanghe vs. Morgan et al., decides that when- " ever a free miner makes the statutory affidavit I (Form G) required by the Placer Mining Act " and pays or tenders the requisite fee to the " Gold Commissioner, such free miner becomes " entitled to a record of his location notwith- " standing the fact that the ground is already " occupied as a lode location, and the Gold Com- "missioner, after personally inspecting the ■ ground, is of the opinion that the application " for a placer location is not bona fide, and "Whereas the said judgment also affirms that " in an action brought by the placer locator I against the earlier lode locator, the placer loca- "tor is entitled to the judgment of the Court, ■ notwithstanding the fact that the evidence es- | tablishes that the so-called placer claim was " not a placer claim at all, because there was no I placer ground in it, and "Whereas in the case of an adverse action "between rival claimants of a lode claim, where "both parties have filed the statutory affidavit " stating that they had, respectively, each discov- ■ ered mineral in place, it has always been open "to the Court to find that one, or both, of the I locations is invalid by reason of the fact that " no mineral had been in truth discovered; and " it is difficult to say why the law should be ad- " ministered differently in the case of placer " claims; and "Whereas, if the said judgment be correct, in- " tolerable confusion will arise by the locating of " imaginary or fictitious placer claims over valid ■ existing mineral claims, and the said judgment ■ demonstrates that the provisions of the Act, I relating to the matters in question, are ambig- " uous and doubtful., "Therefore be it resolved that the uncertainty "and confusion which apparently exist in the | Placer Mining Act ought to be promptly re- " moved by order of the Lieutenant-Governor in "Council, pursuant to the powers conferred by I Section 150 of the Act, and that a copy of this I resolution together with a copy of the letter " and accompanying report received from the " Poplar Creek Branch of this Association be I sent to the Hon. the Minister of Mines." The reply of the Minister of Mines appears to be particularly unsatisfactory. First, it gives the entirely unnecessary information that "it seems quite clear that a placer claim may be located over a mineral claim," which was not questioned, by the executive committee of the Mining Association, since not only had such location been made, but the locator had been confirmed in his right to make it by the Supreme Court, notwithstanding that the Court recognized "he had acted in a suspicious and dubious manner"; and next, it practically refuses, "on the ground of public policy," to make any attempt to afford the protection asked for, which is in effect to require sharks of the Tanghe ilk to make an affidavit in language admitting of no loop-hole for such ' a subterfuge as that which confirmed Tanghe in possession of mining ground he has neither a moral nor an equitable right to. Meanwhile, if the report be true that the Nickel Plate mineral claim at Twenty- Mile Creek, believed to be one of the most valuable properties in the Similikameen, has1 been similiarly "jumped," the great risk incurred by those who spend money on high-grade lode claims is emphasized, which, however, seemingly will matter very little so long as the time-serving requirements of "public policy" are met. 1} i . RECOVERY ON THE LONDON STOCK MARKETS. (From Our Special Correspondent.) ClNCE March the London Stock Market has dis- *"* played a much more cheerful tone and business has shown a broadening tendency. This is chiefly due to the beneficial influence of cheap money, but is also largely the result of the revival of public interest in stocks and shares generally, which has lately been such a welcome feature. The recovery of public confidence makes slow progress, it is true, but none the less those who are in a position to keep their finger on the pulse of the market give it as their opinion that we have seen the worst of the depression which has for so long overhung the country, and that better times are ahead. As already noted, the sharp decline in the value of money has materially assisted in the improvement, which in all the leading gilt-edge stocks has made considerable headway. Consols, which you will remember in the early days of the year, were at one time dealt in at as low as 84%, are back to 90 again, and have taken other high class stocks with them. Home Railways, and a number of the better class industrial and commercial securities have also been in favour, whilst although the effect of the decision to sanction the use of Chinese labour in the Transvaal has not been so pronounced as had been expected, the Kaffir market has shown a much better tendency, and increasing activity is looked for in this section. Foreign Government securities are largely under the domination of Paris, and Paris does not appreciate the serious reverses to the Russian forces, but even Foreign stocks have been steady apart from Russian securities, which for obvious reasons are not a particularly cheerful market. This week we have had quite a spurt in low-priced West Australian mining shares, and the mining market generally is healthy, and inclined to anticipate better times. In the British Columbia department—which by the way has now assumed very moderate dimensions indeed— the Le Rois slumped heavily on the cable from Rossland reporting the big over-estimate of values and results, Le Rois at one time being offered at under $4. There has been a recovery from the lowest points, but this has been another painful shock to the market, and especially after Sir Henry Tyler's rosy statements at the recent meeting. There is really nothing much to say about British ■ Columbia mining shares; very few of them indeed command a free market. THE MINING CONCENTRATION OF ORES IN ROSSLAND DISTRICT.* DURING the year 1903 some experiments, which have been conducted for the better reduction of Rossland's ores, have been carried to what might be called a successful finish. In consequence of this, several plants, of varying nature, have been completed, or are under way, and the year to come will probably see a revolution in the treatment of the ores of this camp, the initial stages of which have been witnessed during 1903. Of these experiments perhaps the most important, at all events the most advanced, is the "Elmore" process for the concentration of the values in the silicious ores, and while it'would be well to refer to the nical representative of the Canadian OQ Concentration, Ltd., the company holding the Canadian rights to the process.) Elmore Oil Process.—The mill of the Elmore Oil Process plant as worked at the Le Roi Na 2. at Rossland, is so situated that ore from either die Le Roi No. 2 mine or from the dump can be trammed direct into it. The ore is first fed into a Blake crusher, in which it is crushed to about four inches in site. From this it goes to a Gates crusher and is reduced to from one-half inch to three-quarters of an inch, in which size it goes into the ore bin, which holds a sufficient supply to last over night. From the ore bin 'hi- ore is fed by Challenge automatic feeders into two 6-foot Trent mills (Chilian), in which it is pulverised :•; the desired me;>h. Up to the present time Le Roi No. 2 Company's Mill—Elmoic Oil Process—Rowland. whole of these various methods, yet, in a sense, the "Elmore" is a key to all. The Elmore Oil Process is applied chiefly to the reduction of silicious ores of low grade having a greater or smaller percentage of copper and low values in gold. It will also treat lead ores, and is more or less suitable to ores which are not base. The typical mill is that which has been erected upon the property of the Le Roi No. 2 in this camp. It is a combination of the water process and of oil. (Note by the Provincial Mineralogist.—The description of the Elmore Oil Process furnished by the Gold Commissioner has been amplified by information kindly supplied by Mr. H. Hayman Claudet, the tech- •Goll Commissioner forTrsil Creek Mining Division in Ai 011 Report of Minister of Mines for 1903. the mesh used has been No. 40, but to a certain extent this if a matter of experiment as yet, and naturally would vary with different ores. From the Trent mills the pulp passes through automatic samplers and thence on to two Wilfley tables, by which the coarser and cleaner, and therefore the heavier, particles of mineral are separated out. The tailings from the Wilfleys, which consist of the gangue matter, together with particles of mineral not entirely freed from gangue or in too fine a state to have been readily caught by the Wilfleys, then pass on to be treated by the Elmore Process proper. As wfll be seen, the orocess up to this point is the ordinary water concentration, and the oil process is employed simply as an adjunct to this, to treat the tailings from the former method and from them tomak<* 286 THE MINING RECORD. a saving of what would otherwise be a waste product. The tailings from the two Wilfleys, having already passed a 40-mesn screen, are run'on to two units of an "Elmore Oil Plant." (One unit equals an estimated capacity of 25 tons per day.) These "tailings" are fed into "mixing cylinders" with water and oil from the storage tanks. These mixers,, of which there are three, are long iron cylinders, placed horizontally and provided with inside baffle plates, which, as the cylinder is revolved at a low rate of speed by power, thoroughly mix the charge, bringing the oil into contact with every particle of mineral in the tailings. The oil, for some reason not explained, has the faculty of catching up and retaining fine particles of sulphides and of free gold. From the mixers the charge is flushed with water into settling tanks. Here the gangue matter settles to the bottom, while the oil, be- "oil extractor," which is a centrifugal machine, 4 feet in diameter with solid walls, revolving at a speed of 1,000 revolutions a minute, in which any surplus oil is washed out by water and flows over into an oil- settling tank, from which it goes back eventually to the storage tanks on the higher level. After all the surplus oil has been washed out, the water is run off and the "oil cencentrates" are discharged and carried by a worm conveyor to a second extractor at a lower level. This second extractor is a centrifugal with perforated screen side, and here a steam jet is introduced, which renders the oil more fluid and at the same time assists in the removal of a further quantity of it, "drying" the concentrates somewhat. All oil not absorbed by the concentrates is returned to the process to be used over again. The concentrates, both from the Wilfley tables arid the oil Elmore Oil Process—Interior View, Showing Separators. ing lighter than the water, floats on the surface, retaining with it the metallic sulphides, etc. The oil can only carry a limited amount of sulphides to an extent such as will not render the oil-mineral compound heavier than the water. The first settler-tailings (gangue matter, with such sulphides as may have escaped the first mixer j are run with the water into a second mixer, with the addition of more oil, and a second separation is similarly made in a second settler. The second settler tailings are usually fairly clean, but are run through a third mixer and settler. From this last'the tailings go to the dump through an outside settling tank, in which is collected any oil which may have escaped. The mineral-charged oil and any surplus oil is run off from the surface of the various settlers into the first process, are sent to the smelter. Mr. Claudet says: "The cost of installing such a plant will, of course, depend oa th: location to a certain degree, as well as on the style of crushing machinery which is installed. The oil plant itself costs, approximately, $6,000, to which must be added the cost of the building to contain it, and the erection. The power required to drive a so-ton oi'. plant is about 10-h.p. The water required is from six to ten times the amount of ore treated; or, to take ah average for ~very ton of ore about eight tons of water would be required. The consumption of oil varies with the nature ot the ore which is treated, but it may be taken as ranging from one to .one and one-half gallons per ton of ore treated. In the Le Roi No. 2 mill, up to now, they have only treated low-grade THE MINING RECORD. 837 ore, viz. between $4.50 and $5 ore. The ratio of concentration has been on the average about 13 to 1. •From ore of this value they are obtaining concentrates from the Wilfley tables of about $50 and oil •concentrates of about $40, and the tailings will run a little over $1 per ton. By finer crushing, together with one or two modifications, we shall be able to reduce the value in the tailings even lower than this. "The great feature of the oil process is that it saves the finest slimes without any trouble; while very good work is done by the Wilfley tables on the comparatively coarse material, the finest particles of values which escape the tables are readily picked up by the oil. "Witn regard to the applicability of the process, one might say that, with very few exceptions, all sulphides are amenable to the oil treatment; on the other hand, oxides are not. It is also essential for close work that the sulphides should have a fresh surface, as the oil seems to take up any brightened surface better than a tarnished one. "The cost of treatment will depend of course on the size of the plant, as well as on the local conditions; but, for the guidance of anyone in this Province, I think it is near enough to say that for a plant on a large scale, say of 200 or 300 tons capacity per day, the total cost, including loss of oil and the royalty, would come to about $1.25 per ton of ore treated; while for a small plant, say of 50 tons a day, the total cost would probably be in the neighbourhood of $2 per ton. At present the cost of treatment in the Le Roi No 2 plant exceeds this latter figure; but then, it must be remembered that up to now there have been stoppages and delays, due to the large amount of snow we have had, as well as to unavoidable delays in starting up a new plant, which have interfered with the continuous running essential to any mill. "I consider that eventually we shall have a very large field on copper ores, which slime considerably when crushing. There are plenty of these ore bodies in this Province too low grade to smelt and yet impossible to concentrate by water. Also, I believe we shall have a field anywhere where there are already existing water concentrators, which are losing a lot of values in the slime running away in the tailings." These are the main conditions of the process, and it may be stated that the mill is run by electricity, of which there is a cheap supply in the camp. Below the mill described is to be erected another of a larger size by the White Bear Company, and probably a third, below that of the White Bear but within a few hundred yards of the first, will be built by the Spitzee. It may be said that the details of this work have not as yet been thoroughly elaborated, and further orders of similar machinery are but awaiting this being accomplished. In the mines of the Rossland camp, even including those mines which are generally classed as silicious, many kinds of ore are found. It will at once be apparent that heavy pyrrhotite requires different treatment to silicious quartz. Also, as is not gener ally known, there is a variable quantity, 'occurring irregularly, of free-milling gold in the base ledges. As may have been gathered from these remarks, the Elmore process, however eminently suitable to the treatment of the silicious ores of the camp, cannot in the very nature of concentration touch the ferruginous. And yet the ferruginous ores of Rossland are considered to be quite as plentiful as the silicious, and some method of treating these cheaply must be found if the lower grades are to be treated successfully. For the heavy pyrrhotite ore smelting is sufficiently economical, but for the low-grade iron ore, running between four and eight dollars per ton, of which there is plenty in the camp, notably on the north-eastern side of the crater, as well as occurring plentifully in the south belt, smelting is far too expensive. As these ores often run from 40 to 80 per cent, iron, it will be seen that concentration, which only gets rid of the silica in the form of mud, but saves all the metallic particles, is absolutely useless. Pyritic smelting has been suggested and the sublimation process, but according to recent experiments on the Rossland- Kootenay ores, the process which is popularly known as the "Hendryx," but which is really an adaptation of the electro-cyanide, will be adopted some time during the coming year. Hendryx Process.—In detail the Hendryx mill commences its treatment process much as does the Elmore plant at the Le Roi No. 2. There are the ordinary crushers, through which the crushed ore is fed to Chilian mills. Here, instead of water, a weak solution of cyanide is introduced, coming from a storage tank above. The pulp flows into the storage tanks, where the surplus cyanide solution is drawn off and returned above. The pulp is then let into the only part of the plant which can possibly be called "Hendryx" ; this is the agitator, and in this the oxidisation is set up. Before cyanide will act upon the precious metals oxygen must be taken up.- This is supplied by the atmosphere, and usually is introduced by means of compressed air; it takes some considerable time to thoroughly permeate the pulp. Moreover, there is a thermal action set up which tends to separate nitrogen and oxygen in the air, causing the formation of nitrous compounds which give trouble. This agitator, which practically makes the electro-cyanide process available for Rossland ores, acts in a different manner. Inside the agitator is a cylinder, and inside the cylinder are a series of paddles which elevate the pulp in the path of a spiral to the top, where it falls in a thin stream over a flat surface back over the sides of the cylinder to the bottom of the agitator, whence it is again lifted up. The cyanide, during its exposure, absorbs oxygen from the atmosphere; hence the process takes a few hours instead of days, thus making a small mill do the work of a larger one. After the lapse of sufficient time the solution is decanted into a tank below, the pulp squeezed dry by hydraulic pressure, forming the tailings. The cyanide solution contains the whole of the gold and the small proportion of the copper present in the ores. The V THE MINING RECORD. iron and sulphur goes untouched into the tailings, and electrolysis then precipitates the metallic contents upon a silver plate. The cyanide solution is then regenerated by electric power, only 4 per cent, of cyanide being lost, which is added. The Hendryx process does not as yet recover copper, though Dr. Hendryx says he is hopeful of accomplishing this eventually. A third method for reducing the low-grade ores of this camp, namely, pyritic smelting, has been the subject of much investigation during the year. To this investigation attention was recently called, in a general way, at the annual meeting of the Rossland- Kootenay Mines held in London in December. As a result of these experiments, it has been decided by the Chairman of the Velvet-Rossland Mines, Ltd., to erect a small pyritic stack on or near the Velvet property, probably on Big Sheep Creek, at the foot of Sophie mountain. This is to be run in conjunction with a concentrator which will be set up upon the property itself. The concentrator is planned to be of the water type, and is calculated to save about 80 per cent, of the values. The concentrates from the mill will be used in the pyritic smelter in order to bring up the value of the matte. Tne matte will be in the form of a concentrate of about 25 to 1. Rossland Power Co.'s Concentrator.—The plant of this company is now in course of construction at a point about three-quarters of a mile north of Smelter Junction, near Trail, on the line of the Canadian Pacific .Railway from Rossland to Nelson. It is being built primarily for treating the lower grades of ore from the War Eagle and Centre Star mines, but will probably handle more or less custom ore as well, when the capacity has been raised to allow of it without interfering with the output of the two mines mentioned. The initial capacity of the mill will be 200 tons per 24 hours, but it is being so arranged that, by duplicating certain machines, the capacity can be greatly increased—possibly doubled—without adding to the buildings now under construction. The essential feature of the process used is a thorough water concentration, with gradual reduction to prevent the formation of rich slimes, a preliminary coarse crushing and concentration permitting of the removal of a considerable percentage of the sulphide contents as a product for smelting. The tailings will then be ground and separated into sands and slimes, each of which will be given a special treatment for the recovery of the remaining values. The location of the works and the arrangement of the plant are such as to afford an almost automatic handling of the material from the time it enters from the railway cars as crude ore until it is discharged into the railway cars as concentrates, the tailings going to the waste dump. The plant is of the "level site" type, as distinguished from the usual side-hill type. It is believed that this is the first mill of this type of construction to be built in British Columbia. The water supply, which is necessarily a large one, is from Stony, Rock and Murphy creeks, whence it will be conveyed by flume to a point on the north side of the first- named stream, and thence to the mill by a steel pipeline. The waste water and tailings will be discharged to the large sandy flat opposite the mill. The motive power will be electricity from the system of the West Kootenay Power and Light Company, Limited. The equipment of motors will be a little less than 500 h.p. It is expected that the plant will be ready for starting some time during the spring. When operations commence and the mill is running to its full capacity, from 40 to 60 men will probably be employed. The estimated cost of the plant is $150,000. NICOLA'S ADVANTAGES AS A COAL FIELD AND SMELTING CENTRE. (By J. West Collis.) T ENDEAVOURED in the May issue of the Min- ■■■ ing Record to give some idea df a promising new section of country i.e., the Fen-Mile Creek Camp of the Nicola District. In that article I made the assertion that given adequate transportation facilities there it would be possible to treat as low grade copper ores at a profit as are handled at any other point in Western America. I shall now give my reasons for speaking so optimistically of the Nicola as a future smelting point of much promise; reasons which should prove that at no distant date an industry will be established there that will contribute largely to the commercial and industrial prosperity of a large section of the Province. A cheap coke supply being the first desideratum of a profitable smelting industry, it is necessary to prove the existence of a large and easily workable coal field, the coal from which should also possess good coking qualities. From the results of bore-holes put down in the Nicola Valley some years ago and from surface exposures on Coal Gully and on the bank of the Coldwater River there is sufficient evidence to establish the fact that there is such a coal field at Nicola; and the following extract from the report of the late Dr. G. M. Dawson (Geological Survey Report, 1877-78,.pp. 122B-126B), and the report on the Nicola-Coldwater coal fields by Mr. Archibald Dick, Government Inspector of Mines, bear out this contention. Dr. Dawson wrote: "Since the above-mentioned report was made, borings in the vicinity show that the coal seams have an extent of at least several miles beneath the alluvial lands of the wide Nicola Valley. "The best natural general section of the rocks is that found in Coal Valley, facing the Nicola Vallef, and about a mile and a half from the bank of the Coldwater. As given in the report above mentioned it is as follows: Ft. In. 1. Soft, yellowish sandstone in thin beds at the top of the hill 32. o. 2. Coal, laminated, rather soft 15. 4. 3. Sandstone, rather soft, with some shale . 89. 0. 4. Coal 5. 4. THE MINING RECORD. 239 5. Sandstone, with a considerable thick ness of shaly beds at the base 141. o. 6. Coal (about) 3. o. 7. Sandstone, generally in thin beds .... 136. o. 8. Coal (about) 2. 5. 9. Sandstones 424. I "Main seam: Small exposure on the bank of the Coldwater, which shews a thickness of at least 5 feet 3 inches of workable coal of good quality and yielding a coherent coke. "Two test borings made in the Nicola Valley in this vicinity by the Nicola Valley Company in 1891 and 1893. Put down in the flat part of the valley, which is entirely covered by alluvial deposits:— "The first (No. 5) was situated on Lot 125, Township 91; the second (No. 7), on the east side of the northwest quarter of Section 14, both being in the angle between the Nicola and Coldwater rivers. The level of the surface at both places may be considered identical. "In No. 5 the part of the section supposed to represent the main seam is as follows:— Ft. In Coal 3. 8 Sandstone o. 6 Coal 1. 4, Sandstone : o. 8 Coal o. 7 Total cost 5 9. "Depth of base of seam from surface: 196 feet 9 inches. "In No. 7 the corresponding portion of the section is as follows:— Ft. In. Coal o. 8. Shale 1. 1. Coal o. 6. Slate O. 4. Coal 4. 4. Total coal 5. - 6. "Depth of base of seam from surface: 144 feet 5 inches. "N. 5 was carried to a depth of 600 feet, and No. 7 to 563 feet, cutting in each case through several more thin seams not of workable dimensions. £ "The coals obtained in these borings yield a good strong coke. "The two borings are distant from each other about a mile and a half, and although the natural outcrops to the south of the line joining the borings show some stratigraphical complication, the result of these tests is to indicate that a considerable undisturbed and easily workable coal field exists beneath." In his report Mr. Dick made the following statements :— "The strike of this coal is about north 45 degrees west with dip of about 18 degrees to northeast. Upper tunnel in about ten (10) yards. Lower drive in a much greater distance almost level with the bed of the river. Total thickness of this seam between roof and floor is five feet nine inches (5 ft. 9 in.) and of this there are 4 feet 10 inches of what appears to be very good hard coal, and that at the outcrop, viz:—top coal 1 foot 6 inches, dark bone coal or shale 2 in.; coal 1 ft. 8 in., rock 1 in.; coal 4 in., shale 8 in., coal 1 ft. 4 in.—all this is on the west side of Coldwater. Borehole to a depth of 600 ft. This hole is about half a mile to the dip of the tunnels and gives a very encouraging prospect. At the depth of 190 ft. they strike their first coal, 3 ft. 8 in.; rock, 6 in.; coal, 1 ft. 4 in.; rock, 8 in.: coal 7 in., making a good workable coal, 5 ft. 7 in., with 1 ft. 2 in. of rock, total thickness 6 ft. 9 in. At 212 ft. 5 in. coal is again struck, and this is very good coal 1 ft. 5 in. thick; again at 240 ft. from the surface there is 1 ft. 4 in. of good coal; there are four other thin seams of coal mentioned at lower depths, all of which go to show that, good as are the prospects now, they may prove better. Another bore hole depth 199 ft.-, hole close to the crystaline rock, such rock struck at the depth of 195 ft. I have examined the cores out of the above mentioned bore-holes. They are 1 and 5-16 in. in diameter, and they are fine specimens of what the drill has gone through. Tney look so well that no person would wish to find better looking rock where it is expected to find coal. I am of opinion that this valley will yet prove to be a large coal basin extending up to Nicola Lake. "Bore-hole almost in the centre of northwest quarter of Section 14, Township 91, property of Jesus Garcia, and about 30 chains southeast from G. Murray's southeast corner. First coal at the depth of 137 ft. 6 in. from the surface; coal 8 in., shale 1 ft. 1 in., coal 6 in., slate 4 in., coal 4 ft. 4 in., making a good workable vein of coal 5 ft. 6 in. thick, mixed with 1 ft. 5 in. of rock. This coal is somewhat soft, but appears to be very clean. The rock cores shew the pitch to be about 40 degrees; and it is quite probable that there may be some local disturbance in the formation, which has caused the coal to be soft here. In the other places the coal was hard. Further down in the measures at a depth of 166 ft. 6 in., coal of a thickness of 1 ft. 11 in. was found—this also soft. At 219 ft. from the surface 5 in. of coal is found, and again at the depth of 335 ft. they passed through 7 in. of coal, this being the last coal struck in the bore-hole, which was carried down to the depth of 562 ft. and then stopped with prospects of a promising character in this bore-hole, as in the bore-hole put down previously that coal would be found at a further and perhaps not much greater depth. All the measures (or strata) gone through look most favourable, and prove to be productive. The holes and drifts that have been already run into the coal prove that there is a large deposit of coal of a superior quality lying under the Nicola Valley and the work already done shews that the coal beds extend over . 1 v J 240 THE MINING RECORD. several miles. The prospects already obtained are sufficient to justify any parties in commencing to develop the coal fields there without putting down the additional bore that I. suggested near the reserve. "In conclusion, as the prospecting done by the explorers has reasonably established the fact of the existence of a large and practicably workable coal field in Nicola, it may from a coal miner's as well as p capitalist's point of view, be considered safe to start work without further delay." The next point to be considered is water supply, which can also be utilized for generating power. In this respect Nature has given with a lavish hand. The Coldwater and Nicola rivers will give an unlimited supply for smelting purposes, whilst on the former immense power can be obtained. It would be hard to find a more ideal smelter site than the one situated on the Coldwater river a few miles above its junction with the Nicola. The last important consideration, and upon which the future prosperity of the industry depends, is the chance of a permanent and extensive ore output within easy reach of the smelter. From present indications this prospect is most encouraging. The Nicola is so situated that, given the necessary transportation facilities, it is possible to treat the ores of the Ten-Mile Creek and Aspen Grove camps at comparatively low cost for haulage—the distance from any ot the properties included within these limits not being more than twenty miles, and in most cases nearer ten. The ores from these camps will in all probability lend themselves admirably to mechanical concentration, plants for that purpose necessarily being erected near the mines will reduce transportation charges to a minimum. The cost of smelting will also be low, as the following assays will show in the case of Ten-Mile Creek ores: Assay of Ten-Mile Creek Aberdeen ore by Trail Smelting Works: Gold, nil; silver, nil; copper, 39.4 per cent; lead, nil: iron, 21.2 per cent.; silica, 15 per cent.; lime, trace; sulphur, 8.2 per cent.; zinc, nil. Same by Granby Smelter, Grand Forks: Gold, trace; silver, 0.8; copper, 40 per cent.; silica, 9.2; iron, 19.4; lime, 4.5; sulphur, 10.3. In the event of these ores not proving self-fluxing, for at present it would seem that one supplies what the other lacks, the deposits of iron and lime in the vicinity should prove quite sufficient for fluxing purposes. Turning from camps which are not developed up to that stage where a steady output can yet be depended on, to one which has a few properties ready to ship to a smelter were there such within a reasonable distance, and with the necessary railway connections. (I refer to the Kamloops camp, which since 1896 has undergone steady development.) The Iron Mask is at. present busy erecting a concentrator to treat the large body of ore discovered in its workings: this mine is already in a position to afford a steady and in all likelihood a permanent output. The Copper King has been and is still making small shipments to Crofton, hut considering the relative distances as be tween a smelter at Crofton, or for that matter any of the existing smelters, and one situated at Nicola, (which is only a little over sixty miles from Kamloops), there can be no comparison as to cost of transportation. There are a number of other properties in the Kamloops district which could soon be put in condition to supply a local smelter with ore, notably the Stump Lake camp, situated between Nicola and Kamloops, the mines of which are already partly developed with considerable ore on the dump. In looking at the prospects of an ore supply from the Similkameen country to a smelter at Nicola, the fact must be conceded that for economic reasons there will be smelters erected there within the immediate vicinity of the mines. The Daly Reduction Company, owning and operating the Nickel Plate mine at Hedley are contemplating building a smelter near the mine, as also will any company operating on Copper Mountain, near Princeton, in order to make the vejjja- large but low grade ore bodies there yield a profit. But these smelters when in operation will have to draw their coke supply from the coal fields at Nicola, as being the most accessible and the only coal in the vicinity known to possess good coking qualities. It has already been pointed out to the public by the writer of this article the advantages that the Boundary smelters would derive by- the opening up of the Nicola coal fields, seeing that this source of supply is nearer than the present one by about one hundred miles, to say nothing of the incalculable advantages of having an alternative source of supply. This brings me to the conclusion and to the reason why the establishment of a smelting industry in the Nicola and Similkameen districts is not an actual fact — (the want of adequate transportation facilities.) Given these—the completion of a Coast-Kootenay road, or a connecting link from the C.P.R. at Spence's Bridge, following the Nicola Valley and on through the Similkameen to the Boundary—the clog on the wheels of industry in this important section of the Province would be removed, and in place of the stagnation existing at present there would be busy centres of activity from which the whole Province, and particularly the Coast cities would immediately feel the benefit. DEEP GRAVEL MINING IN CARIBOO. THE efforts being made to mine the ancient river 1 channels at Lightning and Slough Creeks and at Willow River are attracting a great deal of attention and interest, for it is realised that the success of these undertakings will open up new mining possi- ' bilities not only in the Cariboo district, but perhaps in other sections of the Province where the same conditions may exist. Mr. Bowron, the Gold Commissioner for the district, reporting on the recent installation of a large plant at La Fontaine, on Lightning Creek, remarks that the equipment is apparently well calculated to meet requirements, and adds: "The total cost of taking out, washing and disposing of the gravel of a io-foot set of timbers under TH1-: MIXING RECORD. ordinary conditions would be from one to two ounces of gold, while with the improved appliances and under the system proposed by this company, it is believed that $10 to the set can be made to yield a profit, and should the company's expectations be verified upon a working test, it will be the means of rendering large areas of ground valuable' which have hitherto been regarded as worthless." The following account of the operations on the Cariboo Consolidated, Limited, at this mine prepared by the manager, Mr. "M. Bailey, was published in the recently issued report of the Minister of Mines: " This company is developing its Lightning Creek property by means of a bedrock shaft and tunnel to •tap the deep gravels. " Early last spring a complete system of bore-holes timbers and excavate well into the rim rock in order to secure foundations for this shaft-house. The building is a frame structure, 40 by 80 feet, with three wings, two 24 by 40 feet, containing the boiler room, machine shop, store room, men's changing room and bath-room, and one wing, 18 by 24 feet, in which is placed the dump boxes and sluice flume approach. A working shaft, consisting of pumping compartments 6 by 8 feet, and two hoisting compartments 4 by 6 feet each, has been sunk to a depth of 175 feet from the shaft-house floor level. The main tunnel breaks out from the shaft at a depth of 165 feet, leaving 10 feet for a sump. The size of this tunnel is feet in width by 8 feet in height. The tops of the sills in the tunnel are 18 inches above the floor level, in order to allow drainage under same. Upon these I,a Fontaine Camp, Lightning Creek—Cariboo Mining Division. L was put down, in order to ascertain the cross-section of Lightning Creek valley at a point about the centre of the West of England claim, one and one-half miles below Stanley. An American Well Works jetting machine was used for this purpose. It was found that the greatest depth to bedrock from the present surface of the creek was 126 feet. Most encouraging, prospects of gold were recovered from the bedrock gravels in putting down these bore-holes, and as soon as reliable data were obtained as to the location and depth of the channel, work was immediately started upon the necessary plant to open up and develop this property. " The main shaft-house has been erected on the south side of the Lightning Creek valley, the floor of which building is about 35 feet above the creek level. It was necessary to construct a large cribwork of sills are placed the rails for the double car track. The total length of this tunnel will be about 325 feet Over 100 feet have now been run and good progress is -being made. " The machinery for operating the plant consists of the following: Two 80-H.P. return tubular boilers; one 30-H.P. locomotive boiler; 8 by 10-inch double- drum Hendrie & Bolthoff hoisting engine; 10 by 10% by 12-inch Hendy air compressor; 36-inch bv 12-ft. air receiver; two 3%-inch Giant air dril high-speed engine; Buffalo exhaust fan, 12-inch discharge; electric lighting plant; 100-H.P. feed water heater; two boiler-feed pumps; Ingles cross-compound Corliss engine; two Cornish pumps; two steel cages with safety clutches. " The shaft house, tunnel and camp buildings will be lighted throughout bv electricity. The dvnamo :5-H.P. 242 THE MINING RECORD. is at present furnishing light for the shaft-house, and the work of wiring the buildings is under way. " All the machinery has been installed with the exception of the pumping plant, which is being put in place. The plant consists of two Cornish pumps of 18-inch diameter each, with an 8-foot stroke running at a maximum of 12 strokes per minute. The pumps are driven by an Ingles 12 by 22 by 30-inch cross compound Corliss engine. This pumping plant was furnished by the Vancouver Engineering Works, of Vancouver, B.C., and reflects great credit upon the makers, both as to design and workmanship. These pumps have a lift of about 140 feet, discharging into " As soon as the first line of bore-holes was completed, the work was immediately commenced of taking another section of borings at a point on Lightning Creek two miles below the present shaft, with a view to putting in another plant to develop the property. Six bore-holes were put down to bedrock, when the work had to be closed down on account of the winter season. The greatest depth to bedrock from the surface so far ascertained in these borings was 205 feet. Good prospects in gold were recovered, and the continuation of the gold lead of Lightning Creek was proved beyond doubt. Active work will be resumed on these borings as soon as the weather Cariboo Consolidated Co.'s Shaft House, La Fontaine—Cariboo M. D. a drain tunnel that intersects the shaft 30 feet below the floor level of the shaft-house. A ditch, 3,600 feet in length,, has been constructed from Lightning and Anderson Creeks, to bring water to the shaft-house for the purpose of washing the gravels when mined. The dump box and sluice flumes are placed immediately in front of the main shaft, so that minimum haulage from the shaft to the dump box is obtained. • "A reservoir 16 by 12 by 4 feet has been excavated in a small water-course on the side-hill at the back of the shaft-house, at an elevation of 140 feet above the shaft-house floor, and from this reservoir a 3-inch pipe-line has been laid to supply water to the boilers, bath-room, for fire protection, etc. All camp buildings are supplied with water brought in pipes from a small ditch constructed on the side-hill on the north side of the valley. permits next spring, and additional cross-sections of the valley will be taken still further down Lightning Creek.'" T MUSEUM OF DEPARTMENT OF MINES. ' (By E. Jacobs.) HE Museum of the British Columbia Depart ment of Mines is in the main hall of the old Legislative Buildings, Victoria, a room 32 feet by 76 feet, surrounded by a gallery and lighted from the sides and top. In it are 28 specially-constructed cases, made from the yellow cedar of the Province, with sloping glass tops and the interior coloured a dull black so as to display the mineral specimens to best advantage. Fifteen of these cases are fitted with drawers for duplicate specimens, these supplying material for ex- THE MINING RECORD changes or for collections sent away for placing on exhibit or for educational purposes. Access to the contents of these drawers is permitted to students and others examining minutely the ores of the Province. The accompanying block, kindly lent to the Mining Record by the Department of Mines, shows the general arrangement of the cases. The central row of cases and those flanking it on right and left, respectively, contain examples of the economic ores of Brit ish Columbia so arranged as to show those of the various mining divisions each in a separate group. Five of the seven central cases contain West Kootenay ores, including specimens from Slocan, Ainsworth, lllecillewaet, Revelstoke, Trout Lake, Nelson and Trail Creek Mining Divisions. The remaining two cases in this centre row represent East Kootenay —Fort Steele, Windermere and Golden. Of the four cases on the immediate right, three contain specimens from Yale District—Greenwood (late sive, but while some divisions make an excellent showing, others are either only fairly or but poorly represented, and a few not at all. Along the wall on the right-hand side of the hall there are six cases containing a general collection of minerals, irrespective of commercial value or whence obtained. This collection is of much practical use, especially in indicating the appearance and character of minerals not generally well-known and so assisting prospectors and others in identifying minerals 244 THE MINING RECORD. found in the mining districts and in giving an idea as to whether or not they are of commercial value. These minerals are arranged in classes and groups, allied minerals being placed together. First are Silica—quartz and varieties—and Silicates—hornblende group (bisilicates), feldspar, mica and scapo- lite groups (unisilicates), tourmaline group (subsili- cates), and talc, serpentine and chlorite groups (hydrous silicates). These fill two cases; a third contains numerous allied minerals; a fourth includes zinc, cadmium, tin, lead, nickel, cobalt and iron; a fifth takes in copper, mffeuiy, siiver, platinum and gold, and in a sixth are hydro carbons—coals and bitumens. The cases along the left-hand wall contain specimens of the typical rocks, in arrangement commencing with sedimentary, working up through metamor- phic to straight igneous, and ending with lavas, tuffs, etc. A collection of British Columbia rocks is being got together. These rocks are being microscopically examined and properly classified, the department having its own petrographical microscope. This work is slow and tedious, so that the making of a thoroughly representative collection of rocks must necessarily take considerable time. In a recess at the back of the hall is a case containing examples of metallurgical products—mattes of copper and nickel, slags, etc. The products of British Columbia smelters are, however, generally conspicuous by their absence, the collection including but few specimens from Provincial reduction works. The building materials of the Province do not make a creditable showing, these being very insufficiently represented. A frame covered with roofing slates from Jervis Inlet, a column of polished light marble from Beaver Cove, a few small blocks of marble and building stone and a single brick, about comprise the surprisingly indifferent display of the Province's extensive and valuable resources in this direction. Among the miscellaneous exhibits are the first pig of lead made in British Columbia (smelted at Revelstoke in 1890 or 1891); the first bucket used in the Le Roi mine, Rossland (an iron-bound, coal-oil barrel) ; a large block of coal from the Wellington Colliery, Vancouver Island; and a pyramid of gilded blocks, reaching almost to the ceiling', each block made to represent the gold yield of the Province for a separate year, ranging from a value of $379,535 in 1893 to $4,73?, log in 1900, and representing a total gold prodae*!^ in those eight years of $18,380,706. There is not room to add more blocks, else larger ones could be made, the maximum value of a single year's gold product having since been increased to $5,895,409. It is intended to shortly add another interesting feature to those already possessed and which attract an increasingly large number of visitors to the museum. Mr. Carmichael, who has charge of this branch of the Mines Department, is preparing a number of large photographic views of mines, smelters, water- powers, and characteristic scenery of the Province. These will be arranged in the lobby or entrance hall. and will serve as an object lesson, in some measure- exhibiting the substantial advancement already made "in the direction of utilizing the mineral resources of the I Province and illustrating the topographical and scenic features of some of the mining and other districts. *THE HENDRYX ELECTRO-CYANIDE PROCESS. (By C. M.. Fassett.) IN Republic, Wash., are three idle cyanide mills, aM built by men of large experience in this branch of metallurgy, and with an outlay in the neighbourhood of $750,000. The mills are models in their design, and the character of the machinery and appliances for thorough and economical work, but they are idle. There are thousands of tons of good milling ore broken and blocked out in the mines along the main belt, yet the mills are idle. The district is paying no dividends. The mine which has shipped the best ore and upon which the most expensive mill has been built is about to be sold, with all its improvements, to satisfy a mortgage loan of less than $100,000. Some of the mines are now shipping ore to the British Columbia smelters, and although they are getting a very low freight and treatment rate, considering the highly silicious character of their ores, it is bard to figure a profit on anything that assays less. than $10 per ton. and the value of the bulk of their ore is less than that figure. No wonder times are dull in Republic. Now comes W. A. Hendryx of Los Angeles, Cal., who says he has a process by which these ores can be worked up to 80 per cent, of their assay value in gold and silver, at a cost not exceeding $1.50 per ton, and with machinery inexpensive to install and well adapted to be added to crushing mills now in existence. After considerable experimenting on charges of 100 to 200 pounds of ore in a small plant installed three months ago in my testing laboratory in Spo- ' kane, the Mountain Lion G. M. Co. ordered the installation of a Hendryx agitator in their mill at Republic, to follow their crushing plant of heavy stamps and Huntington mills. This work is now being done and the plant should be in operation by the time this is published- The owners of Republic mines are watching this, mill with almost breathless intffest. The agitator now going in is 16 feet in diameter, with straight sides 9 feet high and a conical bottom 8 feet deep. The central well is 2 feet internal diameter. Its capacity is about 100 tons per day, on the supposition that three charges can be worked in 24 hours. Whether or not a success is made by this process on the peculiar ores of Republic (and it is rather hard on the process that its first trial in this section should be on these difficult ores), the process is worthy the attention of any progressive mining man. It con- *The Mining and Scientific Press, San Fr THE MINING RECORD. 245 sists of agitation of the crushed ore with a very dilute solution of potassium cyanide, and the deposition of the dissolved gold and silver upon plates by means of an electric current at one operation. The pulp of proper consistency is charged into the agitator, together with enough alkali to overcome its acidity and sufficient cyanide to bring the solution to .05 per cent. This agitator is the essential mechanical feature of the process. It consists of a cylindrical tank having a slope outward. Underneath this apron and outside of the well are supported the anode and cathode plates, supplied with current by a small plating dynamo. The revolution of the shaft carrying the propellers creates . a strong upward current in the shaft, and the result is a rapid and uniform circulation of the whole charge upward through the well and downward among the electrically charged plates. When the assays show that the operation is completed the A f?oe-rt J3rraHer C"-e B>n C /*e^rf^'-» 1 jy Stafi/i BeacKfy I J* AmaiqCLmPia-tea [ J1 At4t.0mo.il cSantWer \ 0 Chilian, Mill Jf Se-c-cl^r-s I /funelr-i/xJlffXtatov \ er 5axtlcr-s ^J JV Su.mfr t z Solution. Z\t?i.\ Plan of Hendryx Mill. conical bottom of 45 ° pitch. In the centre of the tank and extending nearly to the bottom and top, is a cylindrical well in which revolves a vertical shaft, supported and driven from above the tank. On the shaft are secured three screw propellers, and in the centre of the shaft, which is hollow, is the stem of the discharge plug at the bottom of the tank, operated by a hand wheel at the top of the shaft. A circular apron, extends from the top of the well in all directions towards the side of the tank, having a slight plug is drawn up and the pulp discharged into a settler, whence the separated solution is pumped" back to the stock tank and the tailings sluiced out. The claims made for the process by its inventor are: First—That it will extract all the values that any cyanide process can. Second—That it will deposit the precious metals m the form of marketable bullion without the intervention of any troublesome, precipitating and refining process. \J* 246 THE ^MINING RECORD. Third—That it will make the extraction with less cyanide, on account of the perfect aeration and the regenerating action of the electric current. Fourth—That it will do this work at a much less expense for plant and operating costs than the ordinary methods. Fifth—That it is especially adapted to handling tailings and slimes from amalgamation" and concentration plants already equipped and running. Any metallurgist will recognize the fact that there is little novelty about the Hendryx process, but if he has had experience in trying to agitate fifty tons in a vat, or to pass a constant current through a charge of pulp which is not of regular and stable 'consistency, he will appreciate the utility of a machine which will agitate ioo tons as readily and as completely as one, which will keep the pulp in perfectly homogeneous condition, aerate it thoroughly, and which cannot be stalled by a momentary shut down of the power." In the three months I have been experimenting with this process we have treated all classes of ores from many States. When the precious metals in an ore are not soluble in cyanide, the Hendryx agitator will not make them so; when they are soluble or can be liberated by fine grinding, I believe the machine will treat them quicker and cheaper than any other known method. Three years ago I was employed to make a series of cyanide tests for a company operating in Montana. They had a very porous, thoroughly oxidized ore, on which a small cyanide mill was doing very good work. A new mill with a capacity of 200 tons per day was constructed and is now in successful operation on the property. The ore is treated in vats from six to eight days. With the Hendryx agitator we made an extraction of 97.4 per cent, of the gold in this ore, at twelve mesh, in four hours, with a cyanide consumption of less than one-fourth pound per ton of ore. One 16-foot agitator would have a daily capacity of over 200 tons, and the metal would be in the form of bullion instead of a troublesome zinc slime. I know this sounds like the claims of an inventor, but I never invented anything and have no interest in the exploitation of this or any other process. I know the experiments have been carefully conducted under my immediate supervision, and that the results have been as stated. If there is any reason why our experiments will not yield -like results on a larger scale I do not comprehend it. The Hendryx process will not work on every ore, but that it is a very valuable addition to the metallurgy of gold and silver I am fully convinced. THE PROVINCIAL ASSAY OFFICE. (By E. Jacobs.) [ AST month the Mining Record made brief mention of the work of the Provincial Assay Office, which is a Government institution rendering much useful service to the Province, more, indeed than is generally recognized. The Provincial As sayer and Analyst—for Mr. Herbert Carmichael fills this dual position—has varied duties to perform and, ir. carrying these out, he is well seconded by his efficient assistant, Air. D. E. Whittaker. Apart from ordinary custom assaying and gold-melting, the fees received from which in part provide for the current expenses of the establishment, numerous free qualitative determinations are made of minerals and rocks sent in for identification and classification. A twofold benefit is derived from this freej service: First, prospectors and others are encouraged in their search for new minerals or mineral districts, and, next, the department acquires additional information as to the minerals of the Province, their nature and places of occurrence. The latter advantage is greater than appears at first sight. For instance, an enquiry comes from either within or without the Province respecting some one or other mineral—and many such communications reach the department, from near and far—and information can at once be given as to whether or not such mineral is known to occur in the Province, and if so under what conditions as to quantity, accessibility, and other important particulars. Or a prospector finds minerals or rocks that are strange to him and sends samples to the department, and, after careful examination, he is informed whether they contain anything of value, and all other available information is given that will assist him in deciding whether it will be worth his while spending time or money in following up his discovery. Further, data in this,, way obtained from widely-scattered sources that contributes to the knowledge already gathered and enables the department to continue a necessary work it has in hand, viz., the making of an up-to-date annotated list of the minerals known to occur in British Columbia. Besides the required assaying and analysing for the Department of Mines there is much analytical work done here for the Department of Agriculture and that of the Attorney-General; in fact this is the chemical laboratory for all the Provincial Government departments. Then, the laboratory is specially fitted for making umpire assays of sample pulps, being well equipped with electrical apparatus for the determination of copper. Although this fact is well known in some of the mining sections of the Province there are other districts —the Boundary, for example—which, seemingly, are not aware of this, and so have many of their umpire assays made in the United States. Another direction in which useful work is done is, in analysing the waters of hot and mineral springs, numbers of which occur in this Provnice. These are carefully analysed to ascertain whether or not they contain elements of medicinal or commercial value, and their nature, volume, situation, accessibility, etc., recorded. Some have been found to be simply hot water, whilst others possessing valuable properties have been properly classified. In one instance the presence of a new element was discovered and this is being furthe tigated. There are, as well, ample facilities here for prospec- ler inves- THE xMINING RECORD tors and students to learn to do preliminary assay and simple blow-pipe work, and for advanced students to take finishing courses before presenting themselves to the Board of Examiners (of which the Provincia Assayer is a member and secretary-treasurer) for certificates of competency and licence to practise assaying in British Columbia. Pharmaceutical students also take a chemistry course here. The Assay Office is situate in the former Legisla- Government Laboratory—Department of Mines, tive Buildings, which, on the completion and occupation of the new buildings in 1897, were handed over to the Department of Mines for utilization as Assay Laboratories, Mineral Museum, etc. During the first half of 1898 the old buildings were renovated and so altered as to make them suitable for these purposes. The work of fitting up the laboratories was completed in August of that year." In the students' laboratory there is room and equipment for up to twelve students at a time, doing ordinary assay and blow-pipe work. The Provincial Assayer has his own laboratory and and sampling room, under the furnace room, is cement-floored. A large amount of photographic work is also done, numbers of photographs taken by the Provincial Mineralogist and the Provincial Assayer, when in the field, being developed and printed here. Much care and skill is displayed in this work, as is evident from the excellence of those of the photographs printed here used to illustrate the Annual Reports of the Minister of Mines. Examples may be seen in the Report for 1903, in which are blocks made from 248 THE MINING RECORD. r four, five, and, in one instance, seven negatives, respectively. The dark room is well furnished with requisites for doing good work, including apparatus for enlarging. Many large photographs for use at exhibitions have been sent out from this department. For years the Provincial Assayer has spent a part of the field-work season in examining mining sections, afterwards reporting to the Government upon them. His first official work in this direction was done in 1893, in which year he reported on the gold-quajrtz ledges of China Creek, Alberni. The lengthy account of the Iron Ores of the Coast of British Columbia, published in the Mines Report for 1902, was largely his work. Mr. Carmichael studied chemistry at the Royal Academical Institution, Belfast, Ireland, in 1883, winning the first prize that year in that subject. He next took the Arts course at Queen's College, Belfast. .His finishing course in chemistry was taken at Qwens College, Manchester, England, while Sir Henry Roscoe was professor of chemistry at that institution. Ever since then he has given his attention to chemistry, mineralogy and engineering. He came to British Columbia Shout fifteen years ago. After having been in business as an analyst ill Victoria for a time he, in 1892, entered the Provincial Civil Service, so that he has now been a Government official for about twelve years, during whidh period he has visited nearly every part of the Province, particularly the Coast districts with which there are few as familiar, for he knows the Cotist north to the Alaskan boundary, and as well Queen Charlotte Islands and Vancouver Island. THE LATE CLARENCE KING AS A LOVER OF NATURE. IjR LEDOUX in his address on "The American ■*-"' Mining Engineer" to which we have made a somewhat lengthy reference elsewhere, after advising the student of science to "take in as much of the artistic side of life and education" as he can, that his whole career may be broadened and his life happier therefor, refers to the poetic record the late Clarence King made of his feelings upon discovering the rare silurian fossil for which as a geologist he first gained fame. We cannot refrain from quoting from the Transactions the beautiful passage* in full: Ordinarily, solitude is with me only a happy synonym for content; but throughout that ride I was preyed upon by self-reproach, and in an aggravated manner. The paleontologist of our survey, my senior in rank and experience, had just said of me, rather in sorrow than in unkindness, T believe that fellow had rather sit on a peak all day and stare at those snow- mountains than find a fossil in the metamorphic Sierra;' and, in spite of me, all ■ that weary ride his judgment rang in my ear. Can it be? I asked myself; has a student of geology so far forgotten his devotion to science? . . . Later, when evening approached, and our wheels began to rumble over upturned edges of Sierra slate, every jolt seemed aimed at me, every dun sharp outcrop appearea risen up to preach a sermon on my friend's text. "I re-dedicated myself to geology, and was framing a resolution to delve for that greatly important but missing link, of evidence, the fossil which should clear up an old unsolved riddle of upheaval age, when over to eastward a fervid crimson light smote the vapor- peaks. Through this gateway of rolling gold- red cloud the summits seemed infinitely high and far, their stone and snow hung in the sky with lucent delicacy of hue, brilliant as gems, yet soft as air,—a mosaic of amethyst and opal transfigured with passionate light, as gloriously above words as beyond art. Obsolete shell-fishes in the metamorphic were promptly forgotten, and during those lingering moments, while peak after peak flushed and faded back into recesses of the heavens, I forgot what paleonto- logical unworthiness was loading me down. . . . But for many days thereafter I did search and hope, leaving no stone upturned. . : "Picking up my hammer to turn homeward after a fruitless Search, I noticed in the rock an object about the s!5e and shape of a small cigar. Tt was the fossil, the object for "Which science had searched and yearned and despaired! There he reclined comfortably upon his side, half-bedded in luxuriously fine-grained argillaceous material,—-a plump pampered belemnites (ifv it is belemnites), whom the terrible ordeal of meta- "fitorphisin had spared. I knelt and observed the radiating structure, as well as the characteristic central cavity, and assured myself it was beyond doubt he. The age of the gold-belt was discovered. "In ten or fifteen minutes I judged it full time for my joy to begin. Down the perspective of years I could see before me spectacled wise men of some scientific society, and one who pronounced my obituary, ending thus: 'Tn summing up the character and- labors of this fallen follower of science, let it never be forgotten that he discovered the belemnites;' and perhaps, I mused, they will put over me a slab of fossil rain-drops, those eternally embalmed tears of nature. "Once, in after years, I met an aged German pale-, ontologist, fresh from his fatherland, where through three score years and ten his soud had fattened on Solenhofen limestone and effete shells from many and wide-spread strata. We were introduced. 'Ach!' he said, with a kindle of enthusiasm, T have pleasure you to meet, when it is you which the cephalopoda discovered has.' "'Then turning to one who played the role of Ganymede he remarked, 'Zwei lager.'" ♦Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada. MINING AT QUATSINO SOUND. HE accompanying illustration, showing an open ■*■ cut on one of the claims of the June Group, Quatsino Sound, is from a photograph taken by Mr. Herbert Carmichael, Provincial Assayer, when he visited the property last summer. The block was THE MINING RECORD. one of several used to illustrate Mr. Carmichael's report •on Quatsino Sound, published in the last Annual Report of the Minister of Mines. The June Group consists of five mineral claims, owned by the Copper Mountain Mining and Development Co., of Tacoma, Washington. In the centre of the June claim the ground rises in a rounded ridge, at the western end of which an open quarry exposes a face of 48 feet wide by 36 feet high. The mineral- hearing material is a porphyritic hornblende granite, mineralized with copper pyrites and bornite, and -mixed with solid magnetic iron, while copper pyrites and bornite are also finally disseminated through Ihe iron ore." The ore occurs irregularly on the face exposures to be seen, but the mineralization appears tc occur between lime on the north and granite to the south, a comparatively narrow band of felsite or felsitic dyke intervening between the granite and the ore body, the latter probably having been formed at the time of the granitic upheaval. THE AMERICAN MINING ENGINEER. TS the American mining engineer superior in point ■*■ of efficiency to his European confrere? This is a question that has been raised on several occasions during recent years, while the other day it formed the subject of a presidential address at the Atlantic Citv meeting: of the American Institute of Open Cut on June Group—Quatsino Hound. of the bluff, and in places has a brecciated structure, baving streaks of crystalline quartz and calcite through it; in fact the vein matter is more silicious than has been noted in other deposits of a similar general •character on Vancouver Island. While not proven by continuous work, outcrops were seen some 250 feet to the north of the quarry, which would place the probable width of the mineralized zone at 300 feet, though it is likely the mineralization varies considerably in this distance. The mineralized ridge extends to the end of the June claim ■and through the adjoining Helen claim, a total distance of about 3,000 feet. Some twenty cuts and -prospect holes show magnetite, generally impregnated with a little copper pyrites. In this part of the country there are very few rock Mining Engineers. The president, Dr. Ledoux, prefaced his remarks by saying that he had been asked by the chairman of a British Commission appointed to enquire into the educational systems of the United States, "whether the superior efficiency of the American mining engineer is due to superior technical education, and, if so, in what respect American schools of mining differ from those of Great Britain." To which he replied off-hand, that he did not think the alleged American superiority was primarily attributable to special educational advantages, but was the result rather of environment. Dr. Ledoux, however, stated that at the time he did not possess any special knowledge of the comparative merits of American and British schools, and that therefore he was not then in a position to discuss the point raised except THE MINING RECORD. in a general way. But he had since given the subject considerable thought, the conclusions he had arrived at being embodied in the address at the meeting of the Institute to which we have referred. The fact that, speaking generally, American mining engineers are professionally superior to European engineers, seems to have been admitted by more than one British auth- Thus Mr. Herman Jennings in an address before the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy in November last referred to the apparent advantages of American methods of education and in- ferentially conceded some degree of superiority to the average American mining engineer. Again, Mr. J. H. Curie, the author of '"Gold Mines of the World" and other works, in an article contributed not long since to the Engineering and Mining Journal, wrote: "An Englishman as a rule has a less clearly defined idea of the net value of any given mine than an American. We do not seem to rush in and grasp the one great fact—the profit in sight—as do Americans. . . . We try to shift the responsibility of the decision to some one else, and write a report which has no back-bone or individuality. . . . The environment of the English engineer is against him. In America the capitalist who sends a man to value a mine probably intends to buy that mine himself and work it. But the London capitalist does not buy mines to work himself. He is essentially a middleman. . . . The English system of mining is seen at its worst in Australia. The Australian flatly refuses to sample any of his mines. The American miner goes at once to the vital point. He says: 'I want to know the net profit in sight in this mine. Do not bother with details. Just let us go to work to get the sampling through.'" In this connection Dr. Ledoux is impartial and generous enough to say that the faults discovered by Mr. Curie in the reports and work of some English engineers are by no means lacking in America. Still it can not be ignored that the most successful of mining engineers and metal- urgists for many years, whether in the Americas, Africa or Australasia, have been whose education or experience or both were American. (The italics are ours.) Dr. James Douglas, in an address before the School of Mines and Metallurgy of the University of Missouri in 1901, attributed the success of the American miner and metallurgist to the mechanical instinct of the race, the mining engineer, forced to employ machinery on account of the cost and scarcity of labour,- was not content, he showed, with appliances of a former generation, but invented and improved at every step. But Dr. Ledoux asks what are the characteristics of the American mining engineer, and in so far as they are to his advantage, how much is due to education and how much to environment? And to this he replies: "The standing of the American mining engineer is due not exclusively to his initial education, but to the necessity for initiative born of environment; to the mechanical instincts of the race and to the natural buoyancy and self-reliance of our people. In the great West this self-reliance and this buoyant temperament find full opportunity for growth and development.' And it must be confessed that the evidence trom which these conclusions are formed is unquestionable. In the Old World the engineer, however well and thoroughly grounded, is nevertheless trained to the idea of the injudiciousness of attempting to depart from established methods and practice. Thus originality instead of being regarded as a commendable traif^ is nearly always looked upon with suspicion, and its employment invariably discouraged. Again, in America the interchange of ideas and professional co-operation are great assistances towards increasing the general average efficiency of mining engineers and metallurgists of this continent, and last but not least the American engineer as a rule takes his work more seriously. Thus Dr. Ledoux quotes the late Hamilton Smith, of London, who upon being asked what was the most characteristic difference which he had found between the American and the European engineer, replied: "Well, in South Africa the American never lets up. He works from daylight until dark and is thinking about his job in the evening. Our European engineers want to stop at four; the Englishman to play tennis, the Germans for their beer." To give, in conclusion, Dr. Ledoux's remarks local application, the experience of the past ten years in British Columbia contribute most forcibly to the general soundness of his argument. There are unfor-" tunately instances innumerable wnere men sent out direct from England to report on or direct operations at mines have displayed that lack of practicability, adaptability and originality, which by contrast with American methods has appeared all the more glaring and is one of the considerable causes of the non- success of British enterprise in this part of the world. On the other hand, the work of American (which description of course includes Canadian engineers and metallurgists and also British engineers and metallurgists who, by long residence on this continent, have instinctively adopted American methods and habits of mind) has been of a very high character, resulting in the successful solution of many of the abstruse engineering and metallurgical problems with which the industry has been beset, so that to-day our methods of treating low grade ores, of profitably mining ore bodies of large size; but containing extremely low values; our adoption of special concentration methods and the determined and hopeful effort that is being made to reduce costs in every direction and turn to profitable account mine-products which heretofore had been considered valueless, are regarded as eminently satisfactory by the very highest authorities. Notwithstanding the extraordinary disabilities which must necessarily beset almost any description ef industrial effort in a new and unpopulated country, mining in British Columbia, thanks to the high standard of professional efficiency of the engineers and metallurgists connected with industry, is gradually but steadily year by year gaining an importance and character. THE MINING RECORD. 251 THE ESTIMATION OF OIL IN OIL CONCENTRATION PRODUCTS.* (By^. C. Wynne.) ClNCE the Elmore Process may now be said to be *-* established in British Columbia, and is likely to largely increase its scope here in the near future, a few notes on the estimation of oil in oil concentrate products may not at this time be out of place, and may prove of use to the members of this Institute. The products in which an assayer is called on to estimate oil are concentrates and tailings resulting from a mill in which the oil process is used. When operating a concentrator it is an essential to good running that a careful estimation of loss of oil should be made from daily samples. Practically the whole loss of oil incurred in the Elmore Process is due to the oil which is carried away with the tailings and that which is retained in the concentrates. The loss of oil being one of the chief costs of the process, the importance of keeping a careful check 'on it is self- evident. The products to be estimated for oil are usually of a fine mesh, seldom coarser than 30-mesh. As a rule the ore treated in an Elmore mill is either the slimes or tailings from a water concentrator and usually carries a high percentage-of very fine material. In the Le Roi No. 2 concentrator when 40-mesh screens are used on the Trent mills 80 per cent, of the pulp will usually pass through a 100-mesh screen. The percentage of oil to be estimated will vary from a trace in some samples of tailings up to 5 per cent, or 6 per cent, in concentrates. Extreme accuracy should be used in the estimation if the assayer wishes his results to tally up with loss found by actual estimation shown by depreciation of stock, and it has been found that with care the calculated loss and actual loss should check closely. The method which has always been found most satisfactory by those connected with the Elmore Process is washing with benzine or gasoline. The method of burning off the oil is undoubtedly quicker, but is inaccurate. It is extremely difficult to drive off the last traces of oil without burning off some sulphur, especially when oil in concentrates has to be estimated. Then again the oil (being usually a petroleum residuum) will leave a solid hydro-carbon residue when distilled. The process of washing with gasoline or benzine is slow. Considerable time must be allowed for the complete solution of the oil. This process, as used in the Canadian Ore Concentration's laboratory in Rossland, is as follows: 25 grammes of the product to be estimated (less may be taken with oily concentrates, say of 5 per cent, oil or over) are weighed in a beaker of known weight on the chemical balance. A beaker of 200-cc. capacity will be found a convenient size. The beaker is then filled about three-quarters full of filtered benzine or gasoline. Filtering the benzine is advisable in case any solid residue might be present. Commercial naphtha (when filtered) will be found quite good enough for this assay. Stir the contents *A paper to be incorporated in tne p: Columbia Institute of Assayers 1 in the proceedings of the British of the beaker thoroughly, settle and decant the liquid through a filter until the washings, after being in contact with the ore for some time, appear free from oil. The final washings should be hot. It is best to boil at the end at a water-bath temperature for at least half an hour. This is important as the gasoline will not dissolve all the oil in the cold. To estimate the amount of ore carried over on to the filter the paper should be prepared as follows: Take two good quality white filters, fold and cut off the point of one .about one-half inch. Then counterpoise the two accurately on the balance, cutting from the top of the whole paper if necessary. The filter proper is then inserted through the hole in the first paper. It is necessary to filter in this manner as the gasoline dissolves part of the substance of the paper. The paper cannot, of course, be burnt without losing weight through volatilized sulphur, and it is not possible to brush the ore from the paper without a loss. But by this method the two filter, papers are attacked to the same extent and the amount of ore carried over on to the filter can be weighed direct, one filter being placed on either pan of the balance. The increase in weight.will of course be ore. After washing is finished the assay in the beaker is dried carefully at a low temperature to avoid spirting, and weighed; the loss in .weight after adding the weight of ore on the filter to that in the beaker is reported (in per cent. )as loss of oil. At a future time I hope to go fully into some possible sources of error, such as the solubility of different ore in gasoline, losses due to'loss of very fine material in filtering, solid residues left by certain oils, and a few other points. The following is an example of an assay for oil: Weight of beaker 34-365 gms- Weight of beaker and ore 59-365 Weight of beaker and ore (washed) .... 58.783 Weight of ore on filter 0.097 Total 58.880 " Loss 0.485 " (Equal to. 1.94 per cent, of oil.) Bv conducting the whole assay, including weighing, in a beaker all losses through transferring the ore can be avoided. An assay for oil by this method will take several hours, depending, of course, on the number of washes necessary. I had hoped to have included in this paper some notes of experiments on a few points which are of interest in connection with this assay, but as I have not as yet had time to complete my experiments I must hold them over until later. ^ BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF ASSAYERS. THE British Columbia Institute of Assayers is an organization aiming to promote the interests of the' assayers of the Province and to maintain a high standard of efficiency among those practising assaying. The movement was inaugurated in November, 1901, and in March. 1903, the Institute THE MINING RECORD. was incorporated under the Benevolent Societies' Act and Amending Acts. The officers and council for the current year are: President, Mr. Thos. Kiddie, Tyee Copper Company, Ladysmith; vice-presi- Mr. Arthur A. Cole, Secretary-Treasurer B. C. Institute of Assayers. dent, Mr. S. G. Blaycock, Canadian Smelting Works, Trail; 'secretary-treasurer, Mr. Arthur A. Cole, Centre Star Mining Company, Rossland; council, Messrs. Herbert Carmichael, Department of Mines, Victoria; A. L. McKillop, Nelson; W. E. Segsworth, Greenwood, and Douglas Lay, McGuigan. The last general meeting of members was arranged to be held at Victoria a few weeks ago. Several papers were prepared by members for presentation at that meeting. One of these, by Mr. L. C. Wynne, is printed in this month's Mining Record, and another, by Mr. Douglas Lay, on "The Determination of Silver in the Sulphide Ores and Concentrates of the Slocan: A Comparison of Pot and Scorification Assays," will be published next month, it having been crowded out this month. follows: "In endeavouring to interpret the geological occurrence of oil, the geologist is confronted by the fact that science has not yet solved the problem of its origin which lies at the root of the subject. For the present we must consider oil as a material in the rocks, the origin of which is still unexplained." Mr. Hill's contention meanwhile is supported by Messrs. Hayes and Kennedy in Bulletin U. S. Geological Survey, No. 212, containing a report on the Beaumont oil-field. Mr. Coste, in differing from the opinion of these gentlemen, affirms that "geology can to-day most clearly prove the origin of oil to be inorganic and the result of solfataric volcanic emanations," and he describes as fallacious the assumption long held that oil cr bitumen is due to "the decomposition of the organic remains of the sedimentary rocks "whereby the words organic and bituminous have come to be used synonymously, and, accordingly "without attempt.at explanation, the origin of oil is in every case ascribed to some bituminous-shale horizon, more or less full of organic matter." Mr. Coste proceeds to point out that THE VOLCANIC ORIGIN OF OIL. Mr. Thos. Kiddie, President B. C. Institute of Assayers. R. EUGENE COSTE in a communication to the Secretary of the American Institute of the Problem is pre-eminently a geological and not a Mining Engineers takes exception to the open- chemical one. We quote from the paper: ing paragraph of a paper presented by Mr. Robert T. "Chemists can extract hydrocarbons from organic Hill at a joint session of the Mining and Metallurgi- remains and can also produce hydrocarbons from sim- cal section of the Franklin Institute and the Ameri- pie mineral reactions (as in the commercial manufac- can Institute of Mining Engineers, which read as ture of acetylene, for instance), but the question be- THE MINING RECORD. fore us is not, What are all the numerous chemical reactions capable of producing hydrocarbons or bitumens? but only, How does nature do it. What are the geological facts-in this connection? If in chemistry hydrocarbons are generally grouped and classed among the organic compounds, that is not a proof that the natural hydrocarbons have geologically an organic origin, and that, geologically speaking, organic and bituminous are synonymous terms. On the contrary, the geological evidence is clear and strong, disproving the organic origin of bitumens, or hydrocarbons (excepting some marsh gas), found in the earth's strata, and showing plainly that the natural geological process of to-day, and of ages past, in the formation of these products, is a mineral or inorganic Mr, Herbert Carmichael, Government Assayer for British Columbia. process. This geological evidence is so well known and so indisputable that a simple enumeration of it seems to me to be sufficient:— "i. Animal organic remains or bodies are never entombed in the rock-formations, and, therefore, cannot there produce oil or anything else. "2. Vegetable organic remains in the rock-formations always decompose into carbonaceous matter: that is, peat, lignite and coal, with a small production of marsh gas, which, however, either escapes in the atmosphere or remains in the coal, and has evidently nothing whatever to do with the natural gas and oil of the gas arid oil-fields. "3. Further distillation of carbonaceous matter has not taken place in nature, except locally, in very rare instances, as is proved by all the lignite and coal beds of the sedimentary strata. "4. As reviewed elsewhere,* and as able observers have repeatedly recorded, in the volcanic districts of the earth, not only gaseous, liquid and solid hydrocarbons or bitumens are among the most important products of the solfataric volcanic enanations, but also carbonic acid, chlorides (mostly common salt), hydrogen sulphide, sulphur, gypsum, and hot calcareous and siliceous waters are always the remaining conspicuous products of these emanations, and a these associated products together stamp the solfataric volcanic phenomena with a unique and unmistakable seal. "That .this volcanic process is the normal and orderly mode of petroleum-production is to me a most clearly established geological fact for the following reasons, also, which I have discussed at length in the paper already quoted:** "1. It is the only geological process of petroleum- production to be witnessed in active operation today, in nature. "2. In all the oil- and gas-fields or petroleum deposits, the gaseous products are under a strong pressure which is not artesian or hydrostatic, which increases with depth, and which cannot be anything else but a volcanic pressure. "3. In some of the oil- and gas-fields, heated waters, oils and gases are met with. "4. All the oil- and gas-fields bear, imprinted largely through the products associated with the oil and gas, the seal referred to above as the distinct characteristic of solfataric emanations. "5. The oil- and gas-fields are located along the faulted and fissured zones of the crust of the earth, parallel to the great orogenic and volcanic dislocations. "6. Oil, gas and bitumens are never indigenous to the strata in which they are found—they are secondary products impregnating and cutting porous rocks of all ages, exactly as volcanic products alone could do. "7. Oil-and gas are stored products, in great abundance in certain localities, while neighbouring localities often are entirely barren: and many of the strata among which they are found are so impervious that the source of these hydrocarbons must be the volcanic source below, which alone is abundant enough, and alone possesses sufficient energy, to force and accumulate such large quantities of these and associated products in so many spots through such impervious strata. "In support of the hypothesis of volcanic origin, the following facts are adduced: "The. oils, waters and gases under these moun are not under hydrostatic pressure. This is amply demonstrated bv the fact that the once famous gushers of Spindle-Top are already gushing no more, and have now to be pumped. If the pressure there was ?rtesian or hydrostatic they would be gushing yet, the same as at first: and, if the oil had been exhausted •Journal ofthe Canadian Mining Institute, vol. vi., p. 73 •*Op. cit., vol. vi., p. 73. 254 THE MINING RECORD. in some of them, these would be gushing water out of the supposed artesian water-column behind the oil. It is now admitted that, in all the oil- and gas-fields, the rock-pressure of the gas is a stored energy continually decreasing as the gas escapes. Gas itself has to be pumped to-day in many fields where its pressure was too strong at first. Surely, this phenomenon is not a result of artesian or hydrostatic water-pressure. Messrs. Hayes and Kennedy say in their recent report on these oil-fields: '" "It appears highly probable that the pressure in the oil-reservoir is due largely to the expansive force of the associated gas." But the question remains: To what is the expansive force of gas due? This cannot be answered except by reference to its real volcanic source. The one word 'volcanic' explains it all." After discussing' other points raised by Mr. Hill, Mr. Coste thus concludes: "These simple geological considerations lead to the safe conclusion that the so-called sheet-oil is not an indigenous product of the decomposition of organic matter. That it is also, like the so-called pocket-oil, a secondary product of impregnation and replacement, becomes quite clear when we remember that these so-called sheet-oil deposits are found, not only in a few horizons, but in hundreds, from the oldest Paleozic to the alluvial gravels and sands of to-day; and that nowhere do they spread like sheets, but that, on the contrary, they are always found in relatively very small pools in porous reservoir rocks which are barren of oil outside of the little pools (exactly as in the case of the mounds). These pools form only a very small percentage of the area of the numerous rock- strata in which they are only occasionally found. That these accidental pools are only receptacles or reservoirs is admitted to-day by all who have studied the question. That these reservoirs were filled also from the great. volcanic tank below, in a manner exactly similar to the case of the Texas mounds, is plain when all the evidence enumerated above, which geology can bring forward to-day, is considered together. "The above views on the origin of the oil-phenomena, not only of the mounds and salt islands of the Texas-Louisiana district, but of all other oil-deposits, suggest a simple interpretation of the geological occurrence of oil which should be a guide to im portant results in the. practical development of new oil- and gas-fields in the United States, as they have already been such a valuable guide to me in the development of large new gas-fields in Canada*.** These views lead indeed to the following important conclu- ■ sion: "Oil and gas were only supplied along some of the lines of structural weakness or along some of the fractured zones of the crust of the earth, and, therefore, the new fields are to be found only along these zones or belts. "The numerous oil- and gas fields known to-day indicate plainly a considerable number of these.oil- belts; but more remain to be discovered, and new ones are coming rapidly to the front, especially in the United States. That this is the solution of the problem of the geological occurrence of oil and of oil developments and explorations the writer has long been convinced, on the considerations and for the reasons given above. It follows, therefore, that, as far as practical results are concerned, the important point is to accurately trace these fissured zones or belts on good maps and to drill in the localities thus indicated. "I have-been at work ever since 1888, on maps of this character, embracing North America, and hope to be able to publish them before very long, as soon as our present knowledge of these most important structural dislocations is a little more complete." THE RECENT LENORA NEGOTIATIONS. AT a meeting of those interested, held in Victoria on June 23, Mr. J. S. II. Matson, official liquidator of the Lenora Mining Co., made a statement regarding the negotiations lately conducted in London with the object of selling the Lenora mine and other properties intended to be included with it in the proposed sale. .The following are excerpts from the lengthy report of the meeting published in the Colonist:— "Briefly Mr. Matson's contention was that had the unsecured creditors given him the power which he asked for by cable at the opening-of the negotiations, without resorting to securing an order of the Court, the negotiations would ■have been successful. As matters stood, "however, there was still a possibility of the deal being consummated, providing the unsecured creditors would raise the sum of $7,500—one- half of the necessary flotation expenses in London—and rescind the arrangement which made it necessary to pay $10,000 into court." "Air. Matson also said the unsecured creditors, if they had no confidence in the men who were conducting the negotiations, had better say so. He could tell them that Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper and Mr. Bryden were of the opinion that the time was fast approaching when the mine should be sold to the hignest bidder. "Colonel Gregory remarked that if the unsecured creditors could be shown what was the value of the property they would be in a position to proceed understandingly. If the mine, was worth nothing, it should not De sold but abandoned. Its sale otherwise could only serve to give a further black eye to British Columbia in London. "The only definite action at the meeting was the appointment of a committee of five, consisting of Messrs. D. R. Ker, Joseph, Wilson, Lawrence Goodacre, fames Floyd and Otto Weiler, to discuss the matter with Air. Matson and approve or disapprove of his further proposals affecting the property." (Note.—The report of the above-mentioned meeting came too late for us to make' any comment in our editorial columns this month. We cannot, however; refrain from here expressing the opinion that the unsecured creditors will hardly be so foolish as to provide $7,500 towards flotation expenses as suggested.—Editor B. C. Mining Record. ♦Journal ofthe Canadian Mining Institute, vol. iii., p. 68. SOME NOTES" FROM THE Ml a ING CAMPS. YUKON. TELEGRAPHIC advices from Dawson announce that sluicing commenced on May 8th and royalty has been paid on 55,753 ounces of gold. The water supply, it is furthermore stated, is holding out well. ALBERNI. Our Alberni correspondent writes: "Development work has been pushed ahead greatly the last month on the Happy 14 THE MINING RECORD. 255 V John, Cascade and Southern Cross mines, with splendid results. The Happy John and Southern Cross mines are both working day and night shifts. The latter is driving a tunnel from the beach to encounter the lead, which is considered to be distant about 200 feet. Although only about 80 feet has yet been driven, some good ore has been met with in the tunnel. The Happy John mine is driving a tunnel on the vein and many tons of high-grade chalcopyrite ore is on the dump ready for shipment. At the Cascade mine the new boarding houses, etc., have been completed and, I understand, the plans are ready for the proposed wharf, ore bins and tram line. . This property has also a quantity of high- grade ore ready for shipping and many tons of ore are being extracted daily. .The owners expect to be ready for shipping in about three weeks. "News of importance to this district has been received here, with great satisfaction, namely, the reopening of the Nahmint mine, perhaps better known as the Hayes mine, on Alberni Canal. It is understood that active operations will commence abount July ist. Messrs. A. D. McQueen from Portland, Ore., and W. S. Haskins from California, visited the mine last week, wiili the above result. It is hoped that this promising property will be opened up under careful and judicious management, as anyone, acquainted with- the mine must admit that its profit-earning capabilities were not fairly tested by the late management. "Mr. J. Drinkwater and party will leave in the early part of July for the Big Interior. This copper property is located near the headwaters of Bear River, but the easiest way to reach it is via Alberni and Great Central Lake. Mr. Drink- water proposes to thoroughly open up the claim and as there is no underbrush nor surface work to interfere, he also proposes to work by quarrying methods. "Captatin Huff's new steamer Brent is making now regular trips on the Alberni Canal. This service is a great convenience for miners and prospectors, who until now, had. to depend on the cannery tug Albert Lea, owned by the Alberni Packing Co., Ltd. We are all, however, grateful to Mr. C. Ternan and Captain D. H. McDonald, of the above company, for the kindness they have shown miners and prospectors in this district, for the tug has conveye'd miner- passengers and their supplies for over a year past from and to the mines free of charge." THE COAST. Work is now well tinder way at the Britannia mine, where shortly an aerial tramway will be installed to bring down the ore to the water's edge. At Steveston, where boring for oil is still in steady progress, bed-rock has been reached at a depth of over 900 feet, the pressure here being twenty-five pounds to the square inch. It is reported, too, that the indications of shortly striking oil are most promising, as there has risen a great escape of gas. It is reported that a fine seam of coal between two and a-half and three feet wide lias been discovered near tidewater at Wulffsohn Bay, rather more than fifty miiles north of Vancouver on the Mainland coast. A rich strike of free-milling, gold ore is reported to have been made by Indians on Fire Mountain, in the New Westminster mining division. There are said to be two leads, one of which is of some width, but the second, only six inches wide, affords the richer, specimens. Meanwhile the importance of this discovery is discounted by the fact that the result of previous mining in this section proved altogether disappointing. MOUNT SICKER., (v. J.) The Richard TIT. Mining Co. has paid the final instalment of the purchase price of the Richard III. mine. It is stated that the company's has expended about $40,000 in development work, and has placed the mine on a shipping basis. ATLIN. Prospects in Atlin district are said to be exceptionally bright this season, and there is every likelihood that the output will again show an increase. Working by dredging methods is now fairly under way, and if these prove successful one may look for the beginning of a new mining era in the northern field. The Claim reports that the dumps on Spruce Creek are nearly all cleaned up, the results obtained being most satisfactory. . The benches of auriferous gravel on the headwaters of the O Donnel River are meanwhile being prospected by means of a small hydraulic plant by 1;he Bull Creek Hydraulic and Dredging Syndicate. The Gold Commissioner at Atlin has given notice that the bed of Pine Creek from Discovery to Gold Run'being practically worked out, the Government has decided to issue no new records, it being deemed advisable to, keep this portion of the creeks open for the benefit of those operating the benches on either side. By a recent judgment the Societe Miniere obtained an injunction prohibiting miners working on Boulder Creek from depositing tailings in that stream, a practice that had formerly greatly hampered the operation of the Company in question. YALE. The International Gold Company has been incorporated to mine a free-milling gold property on Siwash Creek. The mine is to be actively developed this summer. The company is installing six Marrell stamps with quadruple discharge. There is said to be "in sight" and ready for crushing 10,000 tons of rich ore. ' CARIBOO. At the Consolidated Cariboo Hydraulic mine at Bullion work is now in progress on a new 10 by 12-ft. rock tunnel that is to be driven 1,200 feet. The upraise through the bed-rock will be some 70 or So feet, and will enter the pit about miuway between the veins and near the present face. The tunnel is designed to carry the sluice boxes, which will be paved with blocks. The prospects for a fairly successful season are said to be promising, and it is expected a first clean-up will be made in July. At Wingdam a Keystone boring machine is to be shortly installed wherewith to test the ground formerly owned by the Lightning Creek Gold Gravels & Drainage Co. We suppose the proverb "better late than never," has its application, but it is cold comfort to quote the saying to former shareholders, who, had this method of proving the value of the property been earlier adopted, would have been saved many a dollar. LYTTON. The two gold dredges are for the present idle, additional machinery being awaited for the one, while the other is undergoing repairs. OKANAGAN. Work, it is announced, is to be shortly resumed on the Cherry Creek mines, in the Okanagan district. The managing-director states that ore to the value of $60,000 has been blocked out and development has been' so advanced as to permit of the establishment of additional ore-reserves at' a comparatively low cost. CAMP HEDLEY. Another case of the location of placer claim over a rich quartz location is reported to have occurred, a man named Studd having staked an alleged placer claim within the boundaries of the Nickel Plate mine, owned by the Yale Mining Company at Hedley. The placer claim has been staked in fact over the glory hole, from which the 40-stamp mill commenced crushing a week or so ago, is supplied with ore. There is said to be much valuable float on the property. LARDEAU. Operations have been resumed at the Triune mine, and it is expected that work will be at once started on the con- 256 THE MINING RECORD. struction of the aerial tramway, the contract for which has been let. The Kingston & McMinnville groups of claims, in the Camborne district, have been sold for the large sum of, so it is reported, $200,000, of which a ten per cent, payment has been made. The Kingston, which has a promising showing of free-milling quartz, has been developed by two tunnels driven in on the vein, the average values in which are about $12. SLOCAN. At the Chapleau mine—a property by-the-way which never seems to be out of difficulties—recently acquired on leasing terms, the miners have ceased work and placed a lien on the property, they not having received their pay. This is attributed to differences between the leaseholders. Recently a satisfactory clean-up was made at the mill, and the mine is said to be looking well. Rich ore, has been encountered at a depth of 800 feet on the Rambler-Cariboo near McGuigan. The vein, which varies in width from six inches to over two feet, is found on assay to average 170 ounces silver and 74.6 per cent, lead, while from the north drift the values were 136.3 ounces silver and 63.8 per cent. lead. The mill has resumed operations. In the vicinity of Sandon there are now five concentrators working. NELSON. In the Nelson district the Juno is being satisfactorily developed, an upraise of which 200 feet has beeij run in ore; being now driven by which a fine body of milling ore will be opened up. A drift is also being put in from the 200-ft. level, exposing a fine body of ore. In the Ymir Camp the Star claim, adjoining the May and Jennie, has been bonded to the Canadian Smelting Works for $25,000. The ore, which carries a considerable percentage of iron, is required, it is understood, for fluxing purposes. The Cliff mine on Toad Mountain was bonded for $20,000 on working terms recently to an American syndicate. The ore, which is free-milling, has yielded $24 per ton, from smelter returns. The Hunter V. mine is shipping from 50 to 60 tons per day. One car per day continues to go to the Northport smelter, and one to Nelson with an occasional car to Trail. AINSWORTH. An important strike of high-grade dry ore has been made at a depth of 400 feet on the Pontiac group on Woodbury Creek, in the Ainsworth district. Three assays have been made of the ore, which gave returns of 295, 682 and 1,415 ounces of silver and $6 in gold to the ton. It is the most important dry ore strike, it is said, that has yet been made at depth in that section. TRAIL. The Canadian- Smelting Works' electrolytic lead refinery is now being worked to its full capacity, the resulting lead product being marketed in Eastern Canada, while the fine gold bullion is sent to. the U. S. assay office at Seattle and the silver to China. The works are also manufacturing copper sulphate, which is sent to the North-West Territories, where it is made use of for pickling grain. It is further proposed to make in future at the refinery extra pure lead for special manufacturing purposes. ROSSLAND. A ledge of free-milling ore, between three and four feet wide was reported last month to have been located on the I X L. The Rossland .Miner intimates "that within the next few weeks the Iron Mask, Cliff and Abe Lincoln may re-join the working list of Rossland mines. The extensive sampling of the Iron Mask dumps would seem to indicate a move in this direction, although no official statement can be secured on the point. The plans for the reopening of the Cliff mine are locked up in the bosoms of the men in control of the company, but it is more or less generally known that a move is contemplated in the course of the next week or two. Dr. Brinkerhoff, of the Abe Lincoln company, will be in Rossland in August, and it is expected then . to start work on the property. At the present time a strong appeal is being made to Abe Lincoln shareholders to replenish the company's treasury and it is intimated that a 'satisfactory response has been secured. . BOUNDARY DISTRICT. On one of the high-grade ore bodies, the Helen, near Greenwood, at which work was, recently resumed, a small 10-inch lead has been encountered by drifting, the ore assaying from 6 to 9 ounces in gold, and/54, ounces in silver. At the Granby smelter new ore bins will be built this year, to accommodate the ore shipments that will be made over the V., V. & E. branch of the Great Northern, now in course of construction. A shipment is shortly to be made to the Greenwood smelter from the Roderick Dhu, -which is tinder bond to the B. C. Copper Company. EAST KOOTENAY. In East Kootenay at Bull River, the scene of former extensive placer mining in the old days, the Gold River Mining & Power Co. are about to make a rather unusual and interesting experiment in gravel mining with a moderate outlay of capital. For many years Bull River was noted for its rich gravel, but by inability to control the water, a large portion of the original rich gravel remained undisturbed. This however, is found to contain a workable percentage of gold. In view of the large preliminary outlay, the Gold River Co., decided to dam Bull River. To construct a big flume capable of carrying all the water of the river at its normal stage, thus leaving the original channel free of water, to be mined at small expense. It is the intention of the company to install a large power plant as soon as the dam and flume is built, with a view to furnishing electricity for conversion into power and light in connection with mining operations, and other industries in East Kootenay. Operations have at length been resumed at the Sullivan mine, and it is thought the smelter, which will have an initial capacity of 150 tons a day, will be in readiness to "blow-in" about the first of October next. Under its present management the company may now look forward to the enjoyment of a successful and prosperous career. MINES OF THE TRANSVAAL. THE Statist (London) has just issued a new edition of this valuable publication, and although the information comprised within its covers concerns the Transvaal, it is such a model of what a book of this kind should be—writes our London correspondent—that many Canadian mine managers would probably find it of material assistance. South African mining companies, with few exceptions, have always kept their shareholders well posted with regard to development work, ore stoped, reserves, values and yields per ton, and no doubt Mr. R. R. Mabson, F.S.S., the editor, has derived much assistance from the mass of statistics periodically published by the leading Transvaal mining companies. But this very liberality on the part of managers frequently makes these reports well nigh valueless to the average investor, who reads some handy work of reference which will show him at a glance the salient points about some property he is interested in. And it is here that Mr. Mabson cgmes to his assistance with "Mines of the Transvaal." Ignoring superfluous detail the editor has taken each company, analysed its statistics, and presented them in an intelligible form, so that the reader can instantly gather from the particular record all that he wants to know. The life of the mine is estimated, either from official sources or by the author himself, whilst other information given comprises situation and area of property, character of reefs, number of stamps employed, profits earned, capital, etc., dividends paid thereon, extreme prices of shares over a long period, results from crushings, with yield, expenses and profits per ton. These and other details are set out fully, and yet in such a form that there is no redundant information. This—the third edition—has been very considerably enlarged, new com- panies being added, and the information regarding those hitherto dealt with, materially augmented. One of the most valuable features is the series of maps, the fact that they are without fold increasing their usefulness. Mr. Mabson recently visited South Africa on behalf of the Statist, and whilst there he was able to glean much valuable information for the present edition,—information indeed which largely anticipated a number of official reports which have been issued since the book went to press. It is claimed on behalf of "Mines of the Transvaal" that it is absolutely indispensable to all interested in Transvaal gold mining, and this . claim is well sustained. The book is absolutely up to date, and it deals comprehensively, completely and accurately with a subject of paramount importance to British and continental investors. Those only conversant with the enormous amount of labour involved in the compilation of a statistical work of this kind can fully appreciate its time-saving merits, and the editor is to be congratulated upon such a satisfactory termination to his labours. The book should be on the office desk of every mining man. THE DEATH OF A PIONEER MINER. FEW of the Cariboo pioneers anywhere in British Columbia, remarks the Ashcroft Journal, but will remember Sam Montgomery, who died in the Barkerville hospital on June ist after quite a long illness. He was born at Inniskillen, Ireland, in 1814, and was thus in his 90th year. Coming to Cariboo in 1861, most of his life was spent at sea. In 1858 he joined the rush to the Fraser River, coming from California, where he had mined in the early '50's. He will be remembered long by his Cariboo friends for his honesty and ability to work at his advanced age. Montgomery was a successful miner, having made lots of money and spent it. His early mining in Cariboo was done on Nelson and Lightning Creeks. He never ceased prospecting and when 83 years of age sank a shaft 53 feet and ran a tunnel from the bottom 60 feet, entirely without assistance. Two years ago, when 88 years old, he sank the first 33 feet of the Montgomery shaft alone, and but for a large boulder, too big for him to handle, he would have completed. the work without help. From this claim he had as his share several thousand dollars, some of which he had at his death. Sam Montgomery was a prospector in all that the word implies. Like most men who spend their lives in prospecting for minerals, he had formed certain ideas relating to where best to locate, but unlike many he seemed to have formed on the whole pretty correct ideas. Certainly he made some misses, but he has to his credit many strikes. THE IRON RESOURCES OF THE WEST COAST OF VANCOUVER ISLAND. To the Editor: My attention has been drawn to an article entitled "A Desolate Pacific Region," which appeared in the New York Sun of the 22nd ult, and originally published in the Portland ■Oregonian. There is little doubt the writer of this article is a well informed man, or rather he is possessed of much varied and curious information. Thus he refers to the West Coast to be the most untamed spot west of Mississippi River, and the Indians are described as "red devils." He further states that "the SS. Queen City, under the command of Captain Townsend, has been sailing up the West Coast for the past year and the respectable white traders and missionaries who now lead lonely lives among the Red Indians, having no more timber to work on are about to return to civilization." I venture to think meanwhile that our mine-owners and prospectors have little need of this gentleman's sympathy, nevertheless he offers it. I quote his words: In justice to a scattering few hard working prospectors and" mine owners now trying to discover what ■the West Coast of Vancouver Island was made,for, the above statement should perhaps be qualified. There are numerous mines along the West Coast and several hundred thousand good American dollars have been lost forever in an endeavour to make producers of them. One of the finest ot these Col. Seller's propositions was largely financed by Portland people. It is a copper mine located on one of the numerous offishoots of Barclay Sound. The wharf buildings and bucket tramway are all in excellent condition, but the mine is oreless and the promoter is in the penitentiary." Again our sympathetic friend remarks "that in this untamed spot time has stood still for more than a hundred years, and, owing to the topography of the country there is little likelihood of advancement in the next century. I would like to draw this writer's attention to the fact that it is due to the mismanagement of the Portland company's • mine, to which he refers, that this locality has been kept in the background, and without considering the gold, silver and . copper resources of the West Coast of Vancouver Island; in several localities occur most valuable deposits of high grade bessemer iron ores, and an eminent metallurgist who has spent several years examining the iron ore deposits in British Columbia, Washington and Oregon has emphatically asserted that the West Coast districts are capable of supplying more commercial iron ore than all the other Pacific Coast districts combined. So far as the Port Renfrew, district is concerned I know that the deposits are large and the ore of excellent quality, and these one day will be profitably operated. All we on the West Coast require is a fair field and no favours, and we shall not be afraid of the result. J- B. Atkinson. 1 PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. Report on the Great Landslide at trank, Alta, 1903, by Messrs. R. G. McConnell and R. W. Brock, extract from Port VIII., Annual Report 1903 of the Geological Survey of Canada. ■ The Copper Handbook: A Manual of the Copper Industry of the World; Vol. IV. for the year 7903. Compiled and published by Horace J. Stevens, Houghton, Michigan, 1904. The present edition of this excellent annual is a great improvement on its predecessors. The information is not only more extensive, but the compiler has taken the greatest pains to ensure its reliability. Hence we do not find in the references to our British Columbian copper mines those glaring inaccuracies to which we felt impelled to call attention in our notice of the 1903 edition. The volume is strongly and tastefully bound in cloth, and in its existing form is probably the best work of reference on copper mining, technology and trade, published. PROVINCIAL MINING ASSOCIATION. MR. JOHN KEEN, president of the Provincial Mining Association, last month made arrangements with Dr. W. A. Hendryx, of Spokane, to treat by his electro- cyanide process a few samples of schist containing arsenical iron and carrying gold, so as to determine whether or not these schists can be treated at a profit by that process. Mr. Keen has already sent several lots of schist to Spokane free of cost to the prospectors supplying themr The secretary of the Association has received the following reply from the widow of the late Hon. Senator Reid to the letter he sent conveying to her the resolution of sympathy with her in her recent sad bereavement in the death of her husband, ' passed by the Executive Committee, of which the deceased gentleman was'a member up to the time of his death. Mrs. Reid wrote: "Will you convey my grateful thanks to the Executive Committee of the Provincial Mining Association for their kind sympathy with.-me in my sad loss. The Association has lost a faithful and interested friend. Although not successful in his mining enterprises Mr. Reid never lost faith in the future of British Columbia as a mineral country." The following correspondence is published for the information of all interested: 1 From the secretary of the Association to the Minister of Mines: 258 THE MINING RECORD. II "With this I send for your information copy of a letter' received by this Association from its Poplar Creek branch and an accompanying report upon the case of the location of the Shamrock placer claim over the Lucky Jack lode or mineral claim. This matter having been referred to the Executive Committee of this Association, it was considered at a- meeting of the committee held recently at Nelson. Copy of a resolution hereon, passed by that committee, is also enclosed. "I would add that Mr. J. B. Hobson wrote, for the information of the Executive when it shoum discuss the above- mentioned question as follows: 'The members of the Bullion branch are a unit in favour of such legislation as will prevent a placer mining claim or lease from covering a mineral claim, either in part or as a whole.' The president of the Quesnel Lake branch wrote: 'We are in favour of legislation which will prevent a placer mining claim or lease from covering a mineral claim.' "Your early attention to this, matter is, therefore, respectfully requested." From the Deputy Minister of Mines to the secretary: "I have the honour, by direction of the Honourable the Minister of Mines, to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 8th inst., enclosing a report from the Poplar Creek branch of your Association upon the location of the Shamrock placer claim over the Lucky Jack mineral claim, also a copy of a resolution adopted by your Executive Committee thereon, and also expressing the views of Mr. J. B. Hobson in the matter. "In reply I am directed to say that this Department is advised by the Honourable the Attorney-General's Department that it seems to be quite clear that a placer claim may be located over ground covered by a mineral claim, and that the above mentioned case is not one that can be dealt with under Sec. 150 of the Placer Mining Act, nor Sec. 143 of the Mineral Act. On the ground of public policy it is not deemed desirable to adopt Orders in Council under either of said sections, or to amend the Mining Laws by legislative enactment, to meet isolated mining cases which may be brought before the Courts of the Province." ally increased. With the present prospects for opening up valuable ore bodies in No. 8 tunnel, together with an efficient plant for treating all silver-lead and zinc ores mined, the outlook for the property is considered to be good. GOLD RUN MINING & POWER CO. At a special meeting of shareholders held last month at Canton, S. Dakota, a resolution was passed empowering the board to retire all stock of the above mentioned company and issue in lieu thereof a pro rata amount of stock in the following named companies: the Gold Placer Mining Co., the Bull River Falls Power & Light Co., the Prichard Town- site Co.; and also authorizing the board of directors to transfer therewith all the rights, privileges, powers, etc., belonging to the company. The new companies have been incorporated; the shares of the Gold River Power & Light Co. called in, and stock issued as directed. COMPANY MEETINGS AND REPORTS. PAYNE MINING CO., LTD. THE directors' report, for the year ended March 31, 1904, submitted to a meeting of shareholders held recently, gave reasons why development below the level of No. .8 tunnel had not yet been practicable, mentioned that considerable success had been met with in the discovery of high-grade ore in the mine, stated that the magnetic zinc-separating plant had operated satisfactorily, and acknowledged the benefit derived from the Government bounty on lead. The resident manager's report showed that during the twelve months under review 846 feet of development work—490 ft. tunnelling and drifting and 356 ft. sinking and upraising was done. The principal part of this exploration work was done in tunnel No. 8, which represents the most important section of the mine, owing to recent discoveries in it of particularly high-grade ore. The total length of this tunnel, together with all connecting cross-cuts and drifts, is 2,128 feet and the total distance of pay ore exposed in it about 282 feet. During the year 64,548 tons of ore were milled. Of this quantity 5,086 tons was concentrating ore from levels Nos. 5, 6 and 7, while the balance was from old dumps and fillings. The ratio of concentration was about 25 tons into 1, all products—galena, zinc and iron—totalling 2,568 tons. The average silver and lead contents of the concentrates were 129 oz. silver per ton and 68.8 per cent, lead. The average prices obtained were 565/ cents per oz. for silver and $1.48 per cwt. for lead. A total of 1,106 tons zinc, plus 140 tons of an iron by-product was produced, of a value of $13,470. Besides putting in a zinc separating plant, the power plants at both mine and concentrator were materi- COMPANY NOTES AND CABLES. Tyee Copper Co. (Mt. Sicker).—The smelter returns for May were: Smelter ran 18 days, treating 4,040 tons of Tyee ore affording a return, after deducting freight and refining charges, of $47,028. Le Roi No. 2 (Rossland).—From the mine manager's report for April: Output—81 cars were shipped, of an average weight of 23.4 tons, giving a total of 1,900. The grade of ore was probably higher than that of. the preceding month, owing to the admixture of high-grade ore from the two latest strikes of ore in the 600-ft. level. Development—On the 500-ft. level west drift 101 feet were driven. The country is still fairly well mineralized and broken up by innumerable slips at right angles to. the drift. On the 600-ft level east 28 feet were driven, following a i-ft. streak of well mineralised, but only mediuhi grade ore. On the' 600-ff. level 23 feet were driven on a lean streak. In No. 2 crosscut, 600-ft. level, one round (5 feet) was blasted, but disclosed no ore. On the 700 and 900-ft. levels no development work was done. Diamond drill work—The following diamond drill work was done during the month of April: Hole ■ 19 on 900-ft. level was advanced 142 feet, making a total length of 406 feet, for the purpose of prospecting for cross leads in a southerly direction. Hole 50 on the 900-ft. level was started in a direction north 14 degrees east, thus extending hole 19 northwards; this explored the ground north of its starting point for cross leads for a distance of 109 feet. Neither hole has proved the presence of any ore. A later cable states: "Horizontal bore on 600-ft. level west struck the ore at an angle of, approximately, 30 degrees ; core not sorted; from 36 feet to 53 feet, assays $4.75; 53 feet to 56 feet., $54.50; 56 feet to 64 feet., $5." Office note: "This ore-body, which has been cut on the 600-ft. level, is most probably the continuation of the body being worked in stope 20 on the 500-ft. level, which is still yielding excellent ore. The diamond drill having cut it at an angle, it cannot be assumed that it is 28 feet thick at 600 feet; but the fact that the unsorted ore over 25 feet (without taking into account the few feet of high-grade ore) gives an assay value of about $5 is very satisfactory." The secretary has issued the following circular to shareholders : "The directors having had the advantage of an interview with Mr. Couldrey, your manager in Rossland, who is at present in London, think that the following information may be of interest to the shareholders. Since the report circulated at the time of the last general meeting, announcements have from time to time been made of the discovery of fresh bodies of shipping ore of good value on the 600-ft. level, at which depth no considerable body of such ore had been previously encountered, so adding appreciably to the life of the mine as a shipping proposition. This being so, the question of concentration now becomes of secondary importance, as, so long as the mine continues to ship ore of good grade, only certain low-grade ores resulting from sorting (or otherwise) in producing the shipping ore will be put through THE MINING RECORD. 259 1W the concentrator. It is satisfactory, however, to be able to state that this can be done at a fair margin of profit. Your directors have pleasure in declaring an interim dividend of is. per share, free from income tax, payable on the 9th of June." White Pass & Yukon.—The gross earnings for nine days to April 30th, $34,026, and for seven days to.May 7th, $34,092. Le Roi (Rossland).—Mr. A. J. McMillan, the managing director, last month sent the following lengthy cable to London, explanatory of the conditions at the mine: "As a result of a very careful inquiry since my arrival here ■ on 5th of Afay, I can state the large estimated profit reported by Rossland office during recent months, especially since last December, apparently could not have existed. Faulty assaying and sampling at the mine, with shipments to smelter which included a great deal of ore too poor to "yield a profit, must be held accountable for this. "S. F. Parrish has sent in his resignation, which I accepted. I have made, and am making, changes in management. Sampler and assay office at the mine have been closed. New sampling mill at the Northport smelter is running most satisfactorily. I have appointed temporarily the firm of J. H. Mackenzie and Bradley, of San Francisco, as consulting engineers. Concentrating has been strongly recommended by Mackenzie to treat low-grade ore, shipping high-grade ore and concentrates to Northport smelter. I have secured the services of an expert from Anaconda. He has had considerable experience with concentration tests in a mill we have leased near the mine/ I have had this question under consideration for some time, and hope to be able to- decide the matter shortly. "The lack of suitable fluxing ore resulted in the shut-down of the Northport smelter near the end of March, but we are now getting j about 160 tons daily from the mine and some custom ores. We are now running four furnaces, thus realizing upon some 40,000 tons of ore in the yards. We are also carrying ori the development of the mine. Permanent smelting on a large scale requires large deliveries of custom ores for flux. These are difficult to obtain regularly. I will give every care and attention to this matter. The Great Northern Railway has announced the immediate construction of a railway to the Boundary district. This would greatly benefit us in the present condition of affairs. "The company owed to the Bank of Montreal, Rossland, on 30th April, in excess of assets quickly realizable, about $130,000. Independently of the value of the mine and the Northport smelter, the company has other assets not immediately realizable, including the old dumps, which are largely in excess of the above amount. I have arranged with the Bank of iviontreal, Rossland, for the present. The Northport smelter furnace bottoms sent to Tacoma, estimated by J. H. Mackenzie at about $85,000, realized $100,000. "J. H." Mackenzie states that the mine is looking, well and in good condition, with large ore body in sight, which should yield a good profit by concentration, though too poor to pay to smelt. There is also considerable tonnage of high-grade ! ore suited to smelting which can be easily, and cheaply extracted when handling low-grade ore." Iron Mask (Rossland)—Mr. D. C. Corbin, as trustee for various interests, has foreclosed on the mortgage held by him on this property. Proceedings were- commenced some time ago, but Mr. Corbin signified his intention of protecting shareholders, willing to pay a pro rata of the indebtedness. The ownership of the mine is now vested in Mr. Corbin's name, he act ing as trustee for the other interests concer ned. AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MIXING ENGINEERS. The eighty-seventh meeting of the Institute will be held in the Lake Superior iron and copper regions, beginning at Duluth, Minn., on Wednesday, September 14th- _Ihe congress, arranged by the American Society of Civil Engineers, will be in session at St. Louis from Oct. 3rc MACHINERY NOTES. MACHINERY for the mill being erected by the Reliance Mining Company on Forty-Nine Creek in the Nelson district is now being delivered. It is reported that it is the intention of the Elwood Tin- workers' Mining Co. to.install a compressor plant on the Silver Dollar group, in the Cahborne district this summer. The new Overstrom concentrating table, manufactured by the Allis-Chalmers Company, is giving very great satisfaction at the Fern mill, where now ten stamps are working. Concentration operations were resumed at the Rambler mine, McGuigan, in May, and it is expected that the output in consequence will be considerably augmented. A new ten- drill compressor and two machine drills have been installed at the mine. The Rossland Power Company's new concentrator at Trail is now completed-and operations, it is expected, will be commenced shortly. Satisfactory progress is also being made.in the construction of the White Bear concentrator, which! should be ready for use by about the end of July: An air compressor and other plant has been consigned from Chicago to the Company operating the Betts and Hesperus mine, on Hardy mountain, near Grand Forks. The new classifier recently installed at the Slocan Star concentrator was designed and invented by Mr. Chas. Culver, the mill foreman, who has also been responsible for several important improvements in the mill equipment at this mine. COAL EXPORTATIONS AND TRADE. OPERATIONS at the Harewood mine, which some time ago was re-opened by the Western Fuel Company, at Nanaimo, have been suspended, partly on account of differences with miners, but chiefly for the reason that the property was not a paying one. By this decision a number of men are thrown out of work, while also the recent fire threw others out of employment. It is hoped, however, that ere long production will start at the new mine at Departure Bay. Harrison's last report states that "Coals mined in Australia specially adapted, for steam purposes, are likely to find in San Francisco an unprofitable market for several months to come, as they have come in direct competition with British Columbia and Washington coals, which are being landed there, at prices with , which they cannot possibly compete. Prices remain unchanged, although slight concessions are being made for round lots. The volume of business is extremely light, and complaints thereof are very general. The present rates of freight on grain carriers are exceedingly low with a dismal outlook for any improvement in the near future. This will not prove very seductive to coal carriers from Australia seeking this port for profitable business." The Wellington Colliery Company is endeavouring to find a market for the Vancouver Island coal in Mexico, the San Francisco demand, having in late years decreased in consequence of the introduction of oil for fuel purposes. Work at the Morrissey colliery, East Kootenay, has been resumed after a five weeks' suspension of operations. 8th, and the Institute's programme perr has been arrange Oct. to :r'mit of members attending the congress if they so desire. RECENT INVENTIONS AND NEW REGISTRATIONS. The following companies have been registered during the month : Kootenay Coal Co., Limited, capital $1,000,000 in 25 cent shares. Minnie Mining Co., Limited, capital $125,000, in $1 shares. Palmeta Mining & Development Co., Ld., capital $15,000, in I cent shares. Mt. Meadow Gold Mines, Ltd., capital $90,000, in 3 cent shares. White Channel Gold Hill Hydraulics, Limited, capital $575,000, in $1 shares. Of the said shares there are set apart 75,000 shares as preference shares. The Royal Banner Copper & Gold Mining Co., Ltd., capital THE MINING RECORD. $1,000,000 in $i shares, has been registered as an extra- provincial company. The head office of the company is at Grand Forks, and Mr. G. W. Averill acts as attorney for the company in the province. MINING MEN AND MATTERS. MR. GEORGE L. FRASER, for ten months master mechanic at the Le Roi mine, Rossland, has resigned to accept a similar position with the International Coke Company Company at Coleman, Alberta. Mr. Fraser was presented with a gold watch by the employees of the Le Roi shops in token of the esteem in which he was held by them. Mr. William Turner, for a year past superintendent of the Spitzee mine at Rossland, has resigned that post. Mr. Richard Marsh is reported to have been appointed superintendent of the Spitzee mine, near Rossland, in place of Mr. Wm. Turner. Mr. R. H. Anderson, late superintendent of the Le Roi mine, Rossland, has been presented with a diamond ring by employees of that mine. Air. A. H. Sperry, of Spokane, was engaged for several days during the past month in sampling the dumps at the Iron Mask mine at Rossland. The library of the Canadian Mining Institute has been removed from Ottawa to 80 Stanley Street, Montreal. Mr. F. Cirkel, M.E., being in charge thereof. Mr. Frank Robbins, formerly of the North Star mine, East Kootenay, but now of Los Angeles, has been examining mining properties in San Bernardino County, Cal. Mr. Eugene Coste, of Toronto, will probably spend three months of the ensuing summer and autumn in Alaska. Mr. Coste is president of the Canadian Mining Institute. Mr. Wm. Magenau, mining engineer, of Omaha, Nebraska, has gone to Trail, B.C., says Mines and Minerals', to take charge of cyanide works for the Rossland Power Co. Mr. Herbert Carmichael, Provincial Assayer, will shortly visit Siwash Creek, near Yale, to obtain information for the Department of Mines as to development in that locality. Mr. A. I. Goodell, formerly manager of the Boundary Falls smelter, is now busy installing the plant at the 100-ton smelter he is erecting at Takilma, Oregon, for the Takilma Smelting Company. Mr. C. B. Hitle has returned to Nelson from a visit to the Fire Valley, whence he proceeded to arrange for the commencement of work on the properties then owned by the Lightning Peak Mining Company. Dr. Otto Sussman, an eminent metallurgist, of Frankfort, recently spent some days examining the Granby Company's mines and smelter. Dr. Sussman is connected with the German branch of the American -Metal Company. Mr. H. H. Claudet, the Canadian Ore Concentration Company's manager of Rossland, is at present engaged in making further tests of local low-grade copper-gold ores, and it is said, is obtatining very satisfactory results. Mr. Richard B. Battey, president of the Metropolitan Gold & Silver Mining Co., Ltd., of Minneapolis, Minn., is now in charge of the company's Triune mine, near Ferguson, Lardeau district. Dr. W. A. Hendryx is expected to shortly visit Poplar Creek for the purpose of examining the schists that occur in that locality and are said to carry gold which it is believed can be extracted by the Hendryx electro-cyanide process. The appointment of Mr. G. Harold Grant, M.E., of Victoria, as attorney for the Copper Mountain Mining & Development Company, in place of Mr. W. C. Spicer, has been gazetted. Mr. S. F. Parrish, late general manager of the Le Roi Mining Company, Rossland, has gone to California, haying sufficiently recovered from his recent severe illness to admit of his making this change for the benefit of his health. Mr. E. F. Roberts, of the Federal Mining & Smelting Co., has assumed the management of the Sullivan group, East Kootenay, while Mr. F. D. Weeks has been entrusted with the re-modelling and construction of the Company's smelter. Mr. R. W. Hinton, of Rossland, for nearly two years master mechanic at the Le Roi No. 2, is to supervise the work of construction of the concentrator at_ the Velvet-Portland mines, near Rossland, Mr. A. Larson is superintendent of these mines. Mr. Wm. Fleet Robertson, Provincial Mineralogist, left Victoria on ioth ulto. for the Slocan, in which district he » will remain several weeks. Later he will visit other mining sections, probably winding up the season's out-door work late in the autumn in the Atlin district. Mr. D. C. Johnson has resumed his business connection with the American Smelting & Refining Company, after having for some time acted in the capacity of ore buyer for the Le Roi Company's smelter at Northport. He is making Spokane his headquarters. Mr. J. H. Trevorrow, for several years foreman of the Snowshoe mine, at Phoenix, Boundary district, the practical development of which mine from little more than a prospect to its present producing capacity of about 600 tons of ore_ daily he had charge of, has been appointed general foreman of the Le Roi mine, Rossland, in succession to Mr. R. H. Anderson. Mr. J. Mitchell, who is conducting a series of experiments in connection with the concentration of the Le Roi ores, for that company at the O. K. mill, which was leased for the purpose, proppses to first test the ore by crushing and amalgamation and then endeavour to save the unrecovered values by the employment of jigs and vanners and subsequent cyanidation. The death occurred on May 12th of Mr. Howard C Walters, who for some years past was prominently identified with mining in British Columbia. In 1889 he organized a company to acquire the Providence mine in the Boundary district, which has lately been placed on a dividend-paying basis. He also promoted the local company which subsequently sold the Britannia mine at Howe Sound for a large sum to the present owners. Mr. Walters' more recent ventures in Mexico where not so successful, and it is believed disappointment in this regard hastened his death, Mr. Ernest R. Woakes, A.R.S.M..M.I.M.M., the general manager of Messrs. John Taylor & Sons' lead mines and smelting works in Spain, has been granted the official title of "Mining Engineer" by the Spanish government, thus enabling him to officially direct mines in Spain. The London Mining Journal states that the Council of the Royal School of Mines, London, assisted very materially in his gaining this diploma, which it is believed has not before been granted to a graduate of that school. Mr. Woakes will be remembered as having for some time been connected with the Duncan United Mines, Ltd., Nelson. Those intimately acquainted with the late manager of the Le Roi, Mr. S. F. Parrish, are indignant at the insinuation which has been made by one or two London journals that the illness under which he suffered for several weeks was feigned, the suggestion being that Mr. Parrish was party to a disreputable share-rigging scheme. This story is of course utterly and absolutely unfounded. As to Mr. Parrish it is only fair to add that when he assumed the charge of the Le Roi he found a mine badly gutted, practically worthless. To-day it is in a better condition than ever previously, large new ore bodies have been opened up; the mine has been developed to the 1,350-ft. level and good ore there found. A Toronto correspondent states that on May 30 several members of the Dominion Geological Survey left Ottawa for the season's field-work. Messrs. R. W. Brock and W- H- Boyd are to continue their examination of the Lardeau district ; Dr. R. A. Daly resumes his geological work in connection with the survey of the International boundary line between British Columbia and the State of Washington, while THE MINING RECORD. 261 Mn D. B. Dowling will prosecute researches in the Rocky Mountains, near the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Messrs. R. G. McConnell, F. H. McLaren and Joseph Keele passed through Vancouver last month on their way - north, the last-named to continue work in the vicinity of the Stewart River and the others to make an exhaustive topographical survey of the Alsek country. In response to a letter addressed to Mr. J. P. Graves, general manager of the Granby Company, we have received the following information: "Mr. A. B. W. Hodges, the present superintendent of the Granby smelter, has been appointed general superintendent of the smelter at Grand Forks and the mines at Phoenix. Mr. W. Y. Williams, the former superintendent of mines at Phoenix, has been appointed to fill the position of consulting engineer for the company governing its mining operations. He will probably make his headquarters at Spokane. Mr- Williams has been superintendent of the mines at Phoenix since the latter part of the year '96. His work at Phoenix has been highly appreciated by the Granby Company, and his retention by them in an advisory way in their mining operations is sufficient proof of that appreciation. The success, of the Granby mines is attributed entirely to Air. William's integrity and constant care and attention of our interests, and we will appreciate any mention that the Record makes of his services to this company. Mr. Hodges, who has been appointed general superintendent, has been , with the Granby Company since the commencement of its smelting operations at Grand Forks. Upon him has rested the entire responsibility of the construction and success of the Granby smelter, and his promotion as general superintendent bespeaks the confidence of his work by the Granby Company." Mr. A. C. Garde, manager of the Payne mine, recently took the opportunity of visiting the World's Fair at St. Louis. In an interview published in the Lead and Zinc News he referred as follows to conditions in the silver-lead districts of British Columbia: "Conditions have improved materially since the lead bounty became effective. There has been in excess of $100,000 distributed in this manner and the payments during the remainder of the year will be still heavier, owing to the fact that the production of the district is to be materially increased during the second half of the year. Naturally, the zinc industry is attracting much attention as well. The idea of having a well-known expert on zinc make a careful examination of the zinc resources of the Province is meeting with much favour and it is quite probable that such an examination will be made, during the next few months. No choice has been made for the task, although Mr. Walter Renton Ingalls has been frequently mentioned in connection with the work.. Since the addition of a single dollar in net returns over and above mining and milling costs means so much profit, the interest in zinc possibilities can be better understood. Since the majority of the larger silver-lead mines of the Kootenays and the Slocan carry zinc values, you can readily see why it is that any opportunity to add to the commercial value of a ton of ore is grasped at by men whose properties have not been recently worked at a profit. We in British Columbia are looking forward to an era of prosperity, which we hope to be able to extend beyond the period of bounty payments. It is quite probable that British Columbia will be manufacturing her own lead products before many more months ensue and in that way we propose to foster 'home industry.' . 8 hours and 15 minutes consider them an except running anallv 100 drops >d sh per minute. I id die." TRADE NOTES, CIRCULARS AND CATALOGUES. MR. ROWLAND MACHIN, representing in Canada Holman Bros, and Camell, Laird & Co., Ltd., has received the following letter from Mr. A. G. Street, superintendent of the Great Northern mill at Camborne, speaking in very favourable terms of the quality of the steel used in the shoes and dies manufactured by the last mentioned Sheffield firm: "As you requested me to make a note of the shoes and dies that the company bought of you I will ■say we put them on on the 28th of January and took them off on the 30th of April. During that time we ran 89 days The demand for silver-plated amalgamated plates for saving gold in both quartz and placer mining operations, manufactured by Denniston's San Francisco Plating Works, 743 Mission Street, has, we learn, greatly increased, orders having been received there for from so far south as Australia, while in the far north all the large Alaskan stamps mills are equipped with Denniston plates. Mr. E. G. Denniston, the proprietor of the works has now been engaged in the business for no less than 36 years, during which time he has been the recipient of 25 first awards from exhibitions where his plates have been shown. In the manufacture of the plates only the best Lake Superior copper and refined silver are used. The Canadian Westingnouse Company, Limited, announce (in a very tastefully printed circular by-the-way) that they are erecting a large plant at Hamilton, Ontario, and purpose there manufacturing electrical apparatus of every description. This plant will undoubtedly be an important addition to Canadian industries, being equipped, which goes without saying, with machinery of the most modern improved type, and giving employment, so it is stated, to over a thousand hands. The company announce their intention of employing only Canadian workmen and using nothing but Canadian material. The-Jeffrey Manufacturing Co.'s Bulletin No. 8 deals with Electric Locomotives for Gathering Purposes, the pamphlet being written by Mr. C. E. Wayborn, who enlarges therein on the saving in costs that have followed the employment of electric locomotives in coal mines. The type of locomotive here described is intended to replace mules for gathering work 'and is thus designated the "Electric Alule." It, Mr. Wayborn tells us, has met with extraordinary success and at last the old darkey's exclamation, "Fust dey freed de darkey, now dey freed the mule," has come troe. The Abner Doble Company's (San Francisco) tangential water wheels are very comprehensively, though tersely, described in a catalogue just issued by this enterprising firm. They point out that modern hydro-electric power generation and transmission has led to great improvement in waterwheels, and it is now imperative that these should possess the qualities of large units in highest economy, close regulation and absolute reliability ill service. Hence the tangential water-wheels designed to operate under highheads of water. The catalogue, which is profusely illustrated, very efficiently describes the water-wheel and its special characteristics and advantages. The Canadian Westinghouse Company, Limited, of Hamilton, Canada, have sold to the Northern Electric & Manufacturers of telephone apparatus, a 300-k.w. steam turbine unit, consisting of a Westinghouse-Parsons turbine and a Westinghouse-turbo-alternator. They report numerous inquiries for these units and anticipate a brisk demand for them in Canadian territory. Mr. C. C. Tyler has resigned his position as superintendent of the works of the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. at East Pittsburg, Pa., and has been appointed General Superintendent of all the works of the Allis-Chalmers- Bullock interests in the United States. Mr. Tyler, who will enter upon his new duties on June 15th, will make his headquarters at Milwaukee. His record in the practical management of great machine-shops is one of the best in the country, and it has long been under the appreciative observation of men who understand the value of such ability. Before Mr. Tyler went to Pennsylvania he had made an excellent reputation, and at Pittsburg, where he has been for half, a dozen years, he enhanced this by the results he achieved in increasing the efficiency of the Westinghouse electric works. In the equipment of manufactories, in the design and construction of machine-tools, in the handling of machinery and material, in processes of manufacture, and in fact in all that pertains to the economy of machine-shop administration, Mr. Tyler is recognized as an expert who has no superior in this country. In entering ■ upon his larger field of duty, he is sure to carry with him the congratulations of neering profession. His appointment ii the engi- other evidence THE MINING RECORD. of the care and strength by which the Allis-Chalmers Co. organization (which, it will be remembered, now also controls the Bullock Electric Manufacturing Company) is being wrought together. The directors inform us that the Aletallurgical Company of America has been incorporated under the laws of the State of New Jersey, with a capital of one million dollars. The company intend doing a general metallurgical business. At the St. Louis Exposition, Alachinery Hall, unlike the other buildings, is not closed in the evening, being open until li p.m., and visitors in the evening will find at work there, among other objects of interest, the big 5>ono-H.P. Allis- Chalmers-Bullock engine and generator producing the electric current to keep aglow the 120,000 or more .decorative lights which glitter all over the buildings and grounds. The Jenckes Machine Co. (Sherbrooke, Quebec) have issued a new catalogue described as Series F, Bulletin 616, dealing with Standard Crushing Rolls. They introduce the subject as follows "Crushing rolls, originally brought out in Cornwall, England, have been in use many years as necessary adjuncts to the crusher or breaker. They are generally simple in construction, may be run at comparatively high speed, as their motion is rotary, not reciprocal, and they give a very uniform product. Owing to the nature of their motion, less expensive foundations are needed for a set of rolls than for a crusher of the same weight." The catalogue illustrates the standard types and sizes of crushing rolls now built by the Jenckes Machine Co. We direct attention to an advertisement appearing in this issue of a new rock drill, 'known as the Little Wonder Air Hammer Rock Drill, which has, we learn, already won a high place in the esteem of miners and quarrymen in the United States. The machine weighs but 17 pounds and call be operated successfully with 14 cubic feet of air per minute at a pressure of from 80 to 100 pounds. It is moreover fully guaranteed by the manufacturer and inventor, Air. Alartin Hardsocg, who states that if the drill does not give absolute satisfaction, proving all he claims for it he will refund the price thereof to the purchaser. The drills are now in use in following States in the United States: California Colorado, Arizona, South Dakota, New Mexico, Missouri, Kentucky,- New York, Ohio, Utah, etc., and even in Alaska, South Africa and Japan, the little drilling .machine has been sold on its merits. The Alaska-Treadwell Gold Alining Co., of Douglas Island, Alaska, has accepted the agency for this drilling machine. In a recent issue an Alaskan contemporary published the following in reference to the work of the drill: "A number of mining men visited the Ebner mine yesterday to witness a practical exhibition of the Little Wonder Air Hammer Rock Drill. An average of one inch a minute was made on the hardest rock and the test proved the machine to be one of the best inventions towards the reduction of the cost of breaking down rock. The Treadwell company are using the machines with the most satisfactory results." TREASURY STOCK IN The King Edward Mines, Ld NON-PERSONAL LIABILITY. NOW FOR SALE Tbe Company Owns a Group of Nine Claims In The Similkameen Valley Through these claims there has been opened np large bodies of ore carrying high values of gold, copper, silver and molybdenite. There is abundance of water and timber for power and mining purposes on the properties. . For Particulars and Copies op Reports, apply to THE SECRETARY, THE KING EDWARD MINES, Ld., FAIRVIEW, B. C, ASSAYERS. FOR SALE.—One of the best assaying businesses- in the Kootenays. Complete outfit. Terms reasonable- Good reasons for leaving. For particulars apply to R. MACHIN, 26 Yates Street, Victoria, B. C. YJIRE ROPES For Mining and Logging Purposes Hp'.fP^ E. B. MARVIN & CO., of Victoria, B. C. are the Sole Agents for British Columbia for §R. HOOD HAGGIE &, SON,ILimited, OFWILLINGTON ROPEWORKS, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, ENGLAND, who have been established over 100 years, and have a factory covering six acres, equipped with all the most modern appliances for making Wire Hopes of all descriptions. WRITE FOR PRICES. Stock-carried at Victoria, B.C. Large orders specially manufactured at Newcastle-on-Tyne and forwarded by China-Montreal steamers. i XIII. THE MINING RECORD. ?5S>»&' I ' U I £U ■ U1*&T MO NOTICE. Respecting Coal and Petroleum Lands in South-East Kootenay. NOTICE is hereby given that licenses to prospect for coal and petroleum upon and under lands situated within Blocks 4,593, South-East Kootenay, will be issued forthwith to all persons who have made proper application, in pursuance of the provisions of the "Coal Mines Act" and amendments. The fee for each license will be $100, and all applicants who have not deposited accepted bank cheques to cover that amount are hereby required to do so without further notice. Licenses will be issued in the following form, viz.: "Mixing Licence issued under, the Coal Mines Act and Amendments. "In consideration of one hundred dollars now paid under the said Acts, and subj ect to the provisions thereof, I, W. S. Gore, Deputy Commissioner, acting for the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, license to enter, prospect, search and work for coal and petroleum (but no other metal or mineral) upon, in and under all that piece or parcel of mineral land situate in and forming part of Block 4,593, East Kootenay District, and described as follows:— and not exceeding in the whole six hundred and forty statute acres. ; ■ *;$]J] "Owing to the number of applicant sfor licenses to prospect for coal and petroleum, and the peculiar circumstances surrounding the application for and issuance of these licences, and the well-known fact that the issuance has been unavoidably suspended for so many months, the Government of British Columbia finds it impossible to determine the equitable rights of the numerous applicants. Therefore, for the purpose of enabling all persons to go before the proper tribunal for the determination of their respective rights and priorities, this licence is issued and accepted subject to such prior rights of other persons as may exist by law, and the date of this licence is not to be taken or held as in.any sense determining such priority, and further it shall not be taken or held to waive enquiry by the Courts into the proper performance of all conditions precedent as between adverse claimants; and further, on the understanding that the Government shall not be held responsible for, or in connection with, any conflict which may arise with other claimants of the same ground, and that under no circumstances will licence fees be refunded. "And the holder hereby waives any claim or demand against the Government, and expressly agrees not to take any steps or proceedings, or present any petition, to enforce any alleged claim or demand against the Government of the Province of British Columbia arising out of the issuance of this licence or of any other matter of thing, appertaining thereto. "The land being under reserve from pre-emption and sale this license does not include any right other than the right to prospect for coal and petroleum. "The duration of this license is for one year from the , 190 . "Deputy Commissioner of Lands and Works. "Lands, and Works Department, "I'ictoria, B. C 190 ■" R. F. GREEN, Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works. Lands and Works Department, I'ictoria, B. C, 5th June, 1904. MINING Machinery Our experience in designing and installiftg complete planls has extended over a period of rpany years, and this experiencetogetherwith the fact that we are in close touch with many eminent metallurgists places us in a position to supply our customers with machinery of the latest and most improved type, and with plans for its installation in accordance with up-to- date and practical methods of handling ore so as to obtain tbe best commercial as well as metallurgical results. COMPLETE POWER LIGHTING* HEATING AND PUMPING PLANTS eHfls. e. m©©re & ee. ENGINEERS ^PACIFIC COAST AGENTS FOR The Holthoff Machinery Co., eCD»HY, WIS. MAIN OFFICE 63 First St.-San Francisco California. Branches—New York, i303Havetneyer Bldg; Seattle, 218 Second Ave. S.; Los Angeles, 321 Trust B!dg.; Baker City, Oregon; Salt L,ake City, Utah. Adver. 282. XIV. THE MINING RECORD. Steveston Land & Oil Company, Limited. Mp INCORPORATED 1904. CAPITAL STOCK $250,000. 250,000 SHARES OF $1.00 EACH. Issued Fully Paid and Non-Assessable, Directors—Geo. E. Macdonald, Vancouver, B.C.; Wm. D. Haywood, Vancouver, B.C.; Chas. D. MacKenzie, Vancouver, B.C. OFFICES -VANCOUVER AND STEVESTON, B. C. PROSPECTUS. The STEVESTON LAND & OIL CO., LIMITED, has been organized for the purpose of acquiring and developing oil bearing lands on Lulu Island, British Columbia. Natural gas was discovered at Steveston, Lulu Island, many years ago, and has been used by several of the residents for lighting and heating purposes. . . Keeently an oil expert from the oil fields of Beaumont, Texas, made an examination of the gas and the conditions existing at Steveston, and pronounced it as his decided opinion, that the gas was arising from petroleum deposits, and that the conditions existing were exactly similar to those prevailing at Beaumont, Texas, which is situated on the Neehes River near the Gulf of Mexico. Gas was known to be arising from the earth for many years near Beaumont, and like the Steveston gas was from a sulphur base; while boring for supposed sulphur beds near Beaumont the celebrated Lucas oil gusher was struck. It is believed that the 10-inch oil well now being bored at Steveston will develop the . presence of petroleum in large quantity, which means that the pioneer companies' stock will greatly advance in value, as was the case at Beaumont and elsewhere. Great fortunes have been made from the oil wells of Texas and California during the past few years, and unbounded wealth has been distributed among many of the small investors who became stock-holders in companies for the development of the oil lands. The same thing will repeat itself at Steveston, and the purchaser of shares in the Steveston Land & Oil Co., Limited, will awaken some morning to find himself rewarded a hundredfold on the investment. The market for oil is almost unlimited. The development of fuel oil at Steveston is an important one. It means cheap fuel to the great mining industries of the Province. Heretofore many low-grade ores that have been thrown over the dumps can be worked at a profit by the use of oil, thereby giving employment to thousands of additional men at good wages in the mines. Steveston, situated at the mouth of the Eraser River and the Gulf of Georgia (only 12 miles from Vancouver), is destined to become an important city. Having railroad and water transportation it is independent of any trust to dictate or control the output of oil. The development of oil at Steveston will prove a boon to the manufacturing industries of Vancouver, New Westminster, Victoria, and the cities on Puget Sound. The production of oil at Steveston will mean the investment of millions of dollars in plants and refineries for the manufacture of the by-products contained in crude mineral oils'. Fuel oil is now used almost exclusively on the Southern Pacific railroad systems in California, Arizona and Texas, and also on the Santa Fe railroad system in Texas, New Mexico and California. Undoubtedly the railroads of the Pacific Northwest will become.large consumers of Steveston oil. The "Steveston Land & Oil Co., Limited," has been rea^stered under the laws of British Columbia with a capitalization of $250,000.00, divided into 250,000 shares of the par value of $1.00 each. The "Steveston Land & Oil Co., Limited," have acquired options to purchase the lands in the town of- Steveston and in other parts of Lulu Island that have every indication of proving oil bearing lands, amounting in' all to over 1,100 acres. The moment oil has been demonstrated to exist in quantity, the value of the holdings of this Company will be increased many times over. After paying for the Company's holdings there remains in the treasury 130,000 shares of unissued stock, and 20,000 shares of fully paid bonus stock. 30,000 shares of the treasury stock is now on the market, the funds derived from the sale of which will be expended in the acquisition of oil lands and in developing the same. As an inducement to first purchasers of this stock a bonus of fifty (50) per cent. in. fully paid up shares will be made, so that the purchase of 100 shares at par will entitle the purchaser to 150 shares of stock, FULLY PAID, NON-ASSESSABLE AND CARRYING NO PERSONAL LIABILITY. In case it should be decided to place the remaining 100,000 shares of treasury stock on the market, it will be offered first to the holders of the 30,000 shares of treasury stock now placed on the market. While there is always an element rived from a successful issue are such Limited," a perfectly safe and legitimate of chance in oil arming, is to make the purchase transaction. in every other venture, the profits to be stock 'in the "Steveston Land & Oil de- Co., Applications for stock may be made to THOMAS DAVIS, Official Broker, "Steveston Land & Oil Co., Limited.' STEVESTON LAND & OIL CO., LTD., Vancouver, B.C. Vancouver, B.C. THE MINING RECORD. Michigan College of Mines F. W. McNAIR, President. A State Institution located in and making use oi an active mining district. New Metallurgical Building and Gymnasium completed in the fall of 1904. For Year Book and Record of Graduates apply to President or Secretary. Houghton, Michigan. The Hall Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. SMELTING DEPARTMENT Purchases COPPER ORE, THE MINING RECORD. Lobnitz' Gold Dredgers are at work in British North and South America, Africa, Asia, &c. of Standard Sizes. Wan« facturt AW au\c\c Delivery partsWadetoGauae. | ^^ ADDA ESS LOBNITZ & CO., m Bfr* *^ Telegraphic Address: "Lobnitz, Renfrew." Al Code used If, when writing to manufacturers or others advertising in the MINING RECORD, for catalogues, our friends would be good enough to make reference to this periodical, they would do us a considerable service, at little inconvenience to themselves. We are confident, of course, that as an advertising medium the MINING RECORD gives the best possible results, but it is natural for advertisers to require frequent tangible and direct evidence of this fact. Hence this request, ig s. M. M«i*iioom, it a &c THL MIMMt RfcCORU PR OKI SSIONAL BROKf SS AMD AI «. Oi HcOKKCOX. M K, V \ 1 McGregor 4. co., "SmPuSwdi SLOCAN. B.C. rt *» •«'»» IB <!oin£ .Hnamnl »et)c. appSjrfng far Crtmo £isn:» ar.4 la taking Ecnrm! ctuigc of pi vltmn a rjr develops-.tos work. L* ones of the moKt prumiidng gnUI ramps la Bntinh Columbia and now nnVn ninny capital opfimtutiitic* for profitable iiiTtliiu nl YMIR For further partie PERCY J. GLEAZER, MINING BROKER AND AGENT, YM R B C Code—Moreing & Neal's. WILLIAM A. BAUER^ Dominion 4 ProYincial Land Surveyor Ctown GfBBts obtained and Assessment!; iunn:ii;cd for absentees. Offices FERGUSON and VANCOUVER, B.C HOWARD C. PARMELEE ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS AND ASSAYERS. Special attention to control and umpire work. Ore testing. General Commercial Analysis. T. J. SMITH P.O. 14s ?SS Arapahoe St*. De POGSON, PELOUBET 4. CO. Public Accountants NEW YORK CHICAGO--. ST. LOUIS BUTTE 42 BROADWAY MARQUKTTE BUILDING CHEMICAL BUILDING HENNESSY BUILDING audits op Books and. Accounts, SVSTKMS OF BOOKKKKI'INC. OB COSTS, V I S A NCI A I. KX A M I NATIONS, ETC British Columbia Pottery Co., Ltd. VICTORIA, B. C. Manufacturers of Vitrified Salt Glazed Sewer Pipes. All kinds of FIRE BRICK, FIRE CLAY, ALL KINDS FIRE CLAY GOODS, ASSAYERS' FURNACES, ETC., Made to Order. Stocks alto carti and Koulaad. Nanaimo, Dune FINANCIAL AND MINING BROKER Gold. Stiver. l.e*d and Copper afla&i else MtSHBtnc l-*nd. aed Coeal Timber Limit, fer eele. Hpe<lel Ve Share* of Good Cool Company. OBneapuedreee 1 BeOMM r>. 0. box .00. oimli, oi. mastincs HUll, saacourtB. a c A. A. WATSON, B. Sc. PROVINCIAL ASSAYER, VERNON. B. C Ten ycaf* .few. Cot •ptei* suljr Pellew-Harvey,Bryant & Gilman PROVINCIAL ASSAYERS. The Vancouver Assay Office and Oro Testing Works. ■ILL MUTEt, CO*Cf.KF«AIION AND CYANIDE TtSIS. CHRIS. OUTHETT, Associate ol ttoyst Colics* of Seleses. Loodon, KngUad inland Assay Office, KAMLOOPS B.C Provincial Assayer. asl analjssf s »prci»lly. Krpof w m«vd Mail wimplro rrcrire Diowo—sltarst s»d> oa Mia tss)« Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co., Ltd. Directors—ttsonre A. On, PrrMdaol: Robert JafTrnr and II. .11 rullalt. Tltii T*ietbliiiiin B. R. Wood, Troa*arer;0. O. 8. Lindaer, Oeuetery; Tboa. Walnulvjr. Jemas Mum. Frederick Nichols, David Mumse, f. D. Cbtpmao. J. A. (femniill. Win. Keruie. HFAO OFFICES TORONTO OUT BRITIS H COIU M I ia Of MCtS M - ft i . B C Bituminous Coals and Coke. O. l*n««o»oepeciti num. Coke ovens 3 We woold cell e Mirh.-l Blacksmith ( shipped el rteariiiaU toe Northwest Terri This Com poor ale townsit**. which off fail lo prove prodect Having a Urge an always work forcoa caid that tbt-rs at* fi kind* ran earn mure thos r siocuir, J R GfO'-ni Soprrtnt«^iden Fenrfe. I id Mom T under »gr*r»lAr 0. OaVIU. Wa M. BREWER, ftlNINO EN01NEER. at km . s. *t km. i**r w*mks 4 «ten. no. Molsons Sank Building, VANCOUVER. B C HENDY" Ball-Bearing, Double Jointed Giant. Do we sell more HYDRAULIC and PLACER MINING nACHINERY than all the other manufacturers combined i Because our Line of ELEVATORS, GIANTS, WATER LIFTERS, SAND an J GRAVEL PUHPS is the LARGEST in the WORLD and has been on the markej FORTY-FIVE Years. Write for Catalogue No. 3. THE MINING RECORD. JOSHUA HENDY MACHINE WORKS. Works: Bay and Kearney Streets. Office: 38=44 Fremont Street, shn FRHNeise©, eaL. BERNARD MACDONALD MINING ENGINEER. Examinations, Reports and Negotiations. Designs Modern Economical Methods for Mining and Milling Operations. Office, Empire State Building, SPOKANE, WASH. Cable address—Macleioi Spokane. Codes—Bedford M'Neil; Moreing & Neal. EDMUND B. KIRBY, Consulting Mining Engineer and Metallurgist. Examination of Mining Investments and Enterprises. ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA. LESLIE HILL, MINING ENGINEER REPORTS AND MINE MANAGEMENT. Consulting Engineer to the Hastings (B. C.) Exploration Syndicate. JOHN B. HOBSON, MfnhfgercoonMda,*b00 Hyd- Consulting Mining EngineeJ BULLION, BRITISH COLUMBIA. 28 years' experience in the equipment and operation of large h draulic, Deep Gravel, eDrift and Golo Quartz Mines, in I California and British Columbia. Telegraphic and Cable Address "HOBSON" Ashcroft B. C Nelson, B. C. SAMUEL S. FOWLER CONSULTING ENGINEER. Will advise and report on matters pertaining to mining, milling, plant, construction and operation. Drawer 1024, Nelson, B. C. J. CLEVELAND HAAS MINING ENGINEER. 640 Hyde Block, Spokane, Wash. Greenwood, B.C. MINE DEVELOPMENT, EXAMINATIONS and REPORTS. Correspondence Solicited. Ore Shippers Ager J. G. LANG, Provincial Assayer, Late Control Assayer for Lenora Mine, Mount Sicker.. SPECIALTIES: Checking Smelter Returns, Concentration, Cyanide an] Amalgamation Tests, P. O. BOX 283. GREENWOOD, B. <| A. R. BARROW, A.M.I.C.E. PROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR Sea going steamboat, to accommodate 4 persons, suitable for parties wi I ing to prospect or examine mineral claims on the coasts of Vancouver Islal or Mainland. Long Distance Telephone. SIDNEY, B.CP Capital of British Columbia, Pacific Ocean Terminus of Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian Northern Railway and the Great Northern Railway of the United States. THE MTNING RECORD. CITY OF VICTORIA The starting point of steamship lines UK to the Yukon, Atlin and Cassiar Gold Fields, and the Canadian port of call , for tourists on the lines between San Francisco and Alaska. Canadian Gateway to the Orient, Sandwich Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Etc., Etc. The City of Victoria is becoming widely noted for the beauty of its situation, its homes and its surroundings ; so that the number of strangers arriving, for short visits and for permanent residence, continue growing annually larger. Of its beauty H.R.H. the Duke of York said: "The most beautiful place we have seen in our journey around the world," and the following may be quoted from the correspondence of Mr. E. P. Knight, of the London Morning Post: "One would fain have stayed longer, for of all the cities that :_ave been visited in the course of this long Royal progress the fair capital of British Columbia seems to me the one which the Englishman would most gladly make his home. * * * Never in the environs of any other city have I seen such a glory of flowers as surrounded each of these lovely hom;s." The Province covers a superficial area of 381,000 square miles abounding in minerals, timber, fish and game in endless variety. The opportunities for the profitable investment of capital are practically unlimited, and the markets for the disposal of metals, lumber, fish and agricultural products lie waiting in Russia, Japan, China, India and Australasia. The tourist will find mountain scenery and mountain climbing unequalled in the old world—a new field for exploration—and the sportsman with first class hotels as bases of operation may penetrate a new world in his pursuit of the bear, the panther, the elk or the mountain goat. TEMPERATURE 1903. Highest Lowest Mean. Mean. Victoria 64.5 35-9 London, Eng 69.7 33.4 Torquay, Eng 64.1 38.2 RAINFALL 1903. Inches. Victoria 35-9 London, Eng 33.4 Torquay, Eng 3&2 Pamphlets containing views of local scenery and information of interest to investors, tourists, hunters and amusement seekers may be obtained by addressing the Clerk of the Municipal Council, Victoria, British Columbia. THE MINING RECORD. XXI B. C. PHOTO=ENGRAVING COMPANY, VICTORIA TIHES BUILDING. We make cuts that are "greatly admired." Here's what they say: Vancouver, December 17, 1903. B. C. Photo. Engraving Co., Victoria, B.C. Dear Sirs, At a recent meeting of the Directors of our Association I was instructed to write you and con- . gratulate you upon the excellent work on our half tones, as appearing in our new Tourist Book, issued a month ago. The half-tone of "Suspension Bridge, Capilano Canyon," is considered one of the finest, and has been greatly admired. Yours truly, A. J. BAXTER, Secretary. M NOW READY The Third Edition of "Mines of the Transvaal" By R. R. MABSON, The Handiest and Most Complete Work of its kind. Absolutely Indispensable to all taking an interest in the World's Greatest Goldfield. No other up-to-date work of a like scope in existence. Comprehensive, Compact, Carefully Compiled, Alphabetically arranged, and showing at a glance WHERE THE MINE IS, WHO DIRECTS IT, AND WHAT IT HAS DONE. A Business Book for Busy Men, and a Veritable Encyclopaedia of Information. Colonies and Abroad, 16s. About 770 pages, large crown 8vo. Interleaved for Professional Use : by post, 25s. 9d.; Colonies and Abroad, 26s. 6d. Orders to be addressed to the Publisher of "THE STATIST," 51 Cannon Street, London, England. R. MAYNARD Importer and dealer ia all kinds ol Photographic Supplies Also Amateur Outfits, Kodaks, Hawkeyes, Premos, Pocos.etc, Imperial, CrtmeTTnd Hammer 41 PANDORA St. Plates, Aristo-Platino,Solio, Klo- Victoria, B. C. ; ro, Velox and Dekho Papers' fLX POP T J>fUfVLS iE I-" ^#££3»£| %Nik^l m w Ts the world's leading mining and metallurgical periodical. Ea^.h weeklv issue contains interesting and valuable information, is n e w s v, descriptive, technical and scientific. The leading engineers throughout the country read it. Subscription price, t«;.oo a year payable in advance. Sample copies sent on request 261 Broadway, New York. M. R. SMITH & COMPANY LIMITED. Established I858. Manufacturers of High Class Biscuits a.d Confectionery Gold Medals awarded at Roval Agricultural Exhibition '95< '96, '97, '98. Medal and Diploma awarded at Colonial and Indian Exhibitions. Silver Medals at Provincial Exhibitions, 1886. branch- VICTORIA, B. C. 430 CORDOVA STREET, VANCOUVER 4_ THE MINING RECORD. BRITISH COLUMBIA The Mineral Province of Canada. British Columbia has produced to date $64,627,683 of Placer Gold, 132,049,732 of Lode Gold, $18,- ,852 of Silver, #10,447,521 of Lead, $12,256,219 of Copper, and $58,989,572 of Coal and Coke, or a total of nearly $190,000,000. The Gross Mineral Production for 1902 was I $17,486,550. The tonnage of ore mined in 1902 was nearly 1,000,000 tons. The gold production iu 1992 was approximately $6,000,000, and the copper output 30,000,000 lbs. Lode mining has only been in progress for about 10 years^ and not 20 per cent, of the mineral land has been even prospected; 300,000 square miles of unexplored mineral-bearing land are open for prospecting. The Mining Laws of this Province are more liberal and the fees lower than any Province in the Dominion, or than any Colony of the British Empire. Mineral locations are granted to discoverers for nominal fees. Absolute titles are obtained by developing such properties, the security of which is guaranteed by Crown grants. Full information, together with mining reports and maps, may be obtained by addressing 1 HON. MINISTER OF MINES, OrWM. FLEET ROBERTSON, Provincial Mineralogist, VICTORIA, B. C. Hotel Badminton Corner Dunsmuir and Howe Streets, VANCOUVER, B. e. JOS. W. WALLIS, Prop. ' American Plan Rate $2.00 and $2.50 Situated in the heart ofthe city. Street cars within one block, passing continuously for all parts of the city. Barbershop in connection. 'Phone in every room. Bath room on every floor. BALMORAL HOTEL, VieTORJA M. J. G. WHITE, PROPRIETOR. Most Comfortable Family and Tourist Hotel in town. Best and Quietest House for Ladies. Within five minutes walk of Parliament Buildings, Wharf and Railway Stations. Opposite Theatre. Cars for all points. RATES, $1.50 PER DAY UP. THE MINING RECORD. BANKING ESTABLISHMENTS, ETC. ESTABLISHED 1817. BANK OF MONTREAL. HEAD OFFICE: MONTREAL. CAPITAL all paid up, $13,379,240.00. RESERVE FUND, $9,000,000.00. UNDIVIDED PROFIT, $724,807 Board of Directors—Rt- Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, G. C. M. G., President. Hon. G. A. Drummond A. X. Paterson, Esq.; Edward B. Greenshields, Esq.; Sir William C. Macdonald; R. B. Angus,Esq.; James Ross, Esq.; R. G. Reid, Esq., Hon. Robert Mackay <fc. Si CLOUSTON General Manager A, MACNIDER Chief Inspector and Superintendent of Branches W- S- CLOUSTON Inspector of Branch Returns BRANCHES Province op Ont abio—Almonte, Belleville, Brantford, Brockvilie, Chatham, Collingwood, Cornwall, Deseronto, Fort William, Goderich, Guelph, Hamilton, Kingston,Lindsay, London, Ottawa,Perth Peterboro, Picton, Paris Sarnia, Stratford, St. Mary's Toronto,Toronto Yonge St. Branch,Wallaceburg Province of Qcbbkc—Montreal: West End Br., Seigneurs at. Br., Point St. Charles; Quebec. Lower Provinces—Chatham. N.B.; Frederickton, N.B.; Moncton, N.B. St. JohnN.B.; Amherst, N.S.; Halifax, N.S.; Sydney, N.S. Glace Bay, Yarmouth. Province of Manitoba and North-West Territories—Winnipeg, Man.; Calgary, Alberta; Lethbridge, Alberta; Regina, Assiniboia; Raymond, Alta Province of British Columbia—Greenwood, Nelson, New Denver, New Westminster, Rossland, Vancouver, Vernon, Victoria. In Newfoundland—St. John'B, Nfld., Bank of Montreal. Birchy Cove, Bay of Islands. F. W- TAYLOR Assistant Inspector JAMES AIRD Secretary i Montreal-H. V.MEREDITH Mana, IN CANADA: In Great Bbitain—London, Bank of Montreal, 22 Abchurch Lane, E.C, Alexander Lang, Manager. In the United States——New York—R. Y. Hebden and J. M. Greata, Agents, 59 Wall Street; Chicago—Bank of Montreal. Bankers in Gkeat Britain— London—The Bank of England, the Union Bank of London, the London & Westminster Rank the National Prov. Bank of England. Liverpool—The Bank of Liverpool, Ltd. Scotland—The British Linen Company Bank and Branches, Bankers in the United States—New York—The National City Bank, The Bank of New York, N.B.A. Bosten—The Merchants' National Bank, J.- B. Moors & Co. Buffalo—The Marine Bank, Buffalo. San Francisco—The First National Bank, The Bank of British Columbia, The Anglo-('alifornian Bank. Portland, Oregon—The Bank of British Columbia. Spokane, Wash. Bank of Montreal., THE CANADIAN BANK OF .COMMERCE. Paid Up Capital. Rest With Which is Amalgamated The Bank of British Columbia HEAD OFFIOB: TORONTO. Aggregate Resources Exceeding HON. GEO. A. COX, President. B. E. WAI.KER, General Manager. LONDON OFFICE: 60 LOMBARD ST., E. C. The Bank has 109 branches well distributed throughout the Dominion and elsewhere, including the following in British Columbia and the Yukon District: Vancouver, Victoria. White Horse. Atlin, Greenwood, Nelson, Cranbrook, Kamloops, New Westminster Dawson Ladysmith Fernie, Nanaimo, New York, All the Steamships of the Ocean Lines plying between Vancouver, Seattle, Victoria, Tacoma and Skaguay connect with the daily trains of THE WHITE PASS AND YUKON ROUTE at Skaguay for White Horse at all seasons, maintaining A THROUGH LINE TO DAWSON throughout the entire year. During the open season of navigation the trains connect at Caribou with the Company's lake steamers for all points in the Atlin district. At White Horse with the steamers for Mendenhall, the only route to the new mining camps in the Alsek, Bullion and Ruby Creek districts. The Company's fleet of fine modern river steamers plying between White Horse and Dawson, connect with the Company's daily trains at White Horse for all interior points including Hootalinqua, Big Salmon, Stewart River, White River, Dawson and all other Klondike points, Forty Mile, Circle City, Koyukuk, Rampart and Nome. With the Company's lake and river steamers connecting with the daily trains at Caribou and White Horse, and the excellent steamship service to Skaguay, all the principal points in the Atlin district, the Yukon and Alaska can be reached quickly and with ease, and the tourist is placed in touch with a country of surpassing grandeur. Detailed information concerning rates, etc., furnished on application to the General Freight and Passenger Agent, Mackinnon Building, Vancouver, B.C. R. R. RITHET & OO. Wholesale Merchants, Shipping & Insurance Agents. Proprietors of Victoria Wharf, Columbia Flouring Mill ; agents for Victori; Manufacturing Company, Cheminus,- V.I.; "Pacific Coast Steamship Co., Se WHARF STREET. 83,ooo,ooo ALEX. LAIRD, Asst. General Manager. BRANCHES IN THE UNITED STATES. Ban Francisco, Portland, Seattle Skagway. Every description of hanking business transacted. Letters of credit on all parts of the world. Exceptional facilities for handling gold dust. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received and interest paid at current rates. Victoria Branch, GEO. GIIXESPIB, Manager agents for Victoria Lumber and an Francisco. VICTORIA, B. The Pleasure of Travel THE MINING RECORD. TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES. Is fully realized in travelling on the Canadian Pacific Railway. By its lines can be reached all Canadian Points, and its arrangement with American Railroads enable its agents to issue tickets to all points in the United States. It operates its own Sleeping and Dining Cars, and has its own Hotels and Steamships. Its magnificent scenery and the excellence of its service has made it the favorite route across the American Continent. Illustrated publications, as to its route, Banff, Yoho Valley, Glacier, &c. sent on application to any agent. H. H, ABBOTS Agent, VICTORIA, B. C. Or to E. J. COYLE, Ass't General Passenger Agent, VANCOUVER" B.:C. Esquimau and Nanaimo Railway. TIME TABLE NO. SO. Northbound. Daily. Leave. a.m. Victoria 9 :oo Shawnigan Lake io :20 Duncans 11:00 P.M. Nanaimo 12145 Ar. Wellington 1:00 Southbound. Arrive. P.M. 12:06 10:46 10:02 8:15 Lv. 8:00 Northbound. Sat., Sun. and Wed. Southbound. Arrive. Leave Victoria P.M. 4:00 Shawnigan Lake 5:17 Duncans Nanaimo Ar Wellington 5:55 7:37 7:52 P.M. 7:55 6:46 5:55 4:f§ Lv. 4:00 ""Through Tickets to ©roTton via Westholme, Stage leaves Daily, eicept Suudays.connecting with North and Sonth bound trains. Double stage service Saturdays and Wednesdays, connecting with morning and afternoon trains. Fare from Victoria, Single $2.40 Return S3.60. Through Tickets Victoria to alberni—Stage leaves Wellington Mondaysand Thursdays on arrival of train from Victoria Returnine from Alberni Tuesdays and Fridays. Fare from Victoria, single, $5.20, return $8.65 * Excursion rates in effect to all points good from Saturday until Monday. GEO. L. COURTNEY, Traffic Manager. THE HUDSON'S BAY COY 'HAVE- GENERAL STORES Baie de Peres Battleford Calgary Chapleau Dauphin Deloraine Edmonton Fort William Kamloops Langley Lethbridge Lower Fort Garry Macleod Mattawa Morden Nelson Pincher Creek Portage la Prairie Port Simpson VljPrince Albert Qu'Appelle Quesnelle Rat Portage Riding Mountain Shoal Lake Sudbury Touchwood Hills Vancouver Victoria Vernon Whitewood Winnipeg And at other principal points in British Columbia, Manitoba and Ndrtijrwest Territories. Purchasers will find at these stores the best goods at moderate prices, imported direct from all the principal markets of the world. Mood Resolutions for 1904. You cannot make a betteW^pne than to give us a trial order when again T^ji need ot House furnishings. We are satisfied it you once become a customer [ifou will always remain a customer. We have made a life study of the business ot furnishing homes, having been in the one line for over forty years, and we will give you the benefit ot our knowledge if you will give us a chance. FURNITURE, CARPETS, LINOLEUMS, CHINAS ARE, SILVER- WARE, CpTLERV, GLASSWARE, KITCHEN-WARE. HAND SOME ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND PRICES FREE. WEILER BROS, j Complete Furnishers, Victoria, B. C. R A N D AIR COIVI PRESSORS. "SIMPLE or COMPOUND. ROCK DRILLS. «:STEAM or AIR. THE CANADIAN RAND DRILL COMPANY Rooms 5 and 6 Imperial Bank Building, Montreal, Que. Westinghouse Motors For Mine Work* Westinghouse Type C Induction Motor Driving Enclosed dear Friction Drum Mine Hoist.- Simple to operate. Economical in service. Can be relied upon for severe and continuous duty. Canadian Westinghouse Co. Limited. General Office and Works, Hamilton, Ontario. For particulars address nearest office. Lawlor Building, King and Yonge Sts. Toronto. 633 Hastings St., Vancouver. Hamilton. Liverpool tt London & Globe Bld'g, Montreal. 134 Oranville St., Halifax. THE TYEE COPPER CO. LIMITED. Purchasers and Smelters of Copper, Gold and Silver Ores. SMELTING WORKS -HT- LADYSMITH, Vancouver Island, B.C. Convenient to E. & N. Railway or the Sea. CLERMONT LIVINGSTON, General Manager. THOS. KIDDIE, Smelter Manager Published by the B. C. Record, Ld. Printed by T. R. Cusack, Victoria. I This Month: THE NICKEL PLATE MINE AND OTHER CLAIMS AT CAMP HEDLEY-(Hlustra'd) POPLAR CREEK AND OTHER CAMPS IN THE LARDEAU DISTRlCT-dlliistra'cJ) Wmmtm nwRbp J 7^ ILif -Vr^ PCTAT3 1 T C U TT T~(*-fVi or\<T ^^ * ESTABLISHED 1895 VOL. XI. AUGUST, 1904. P-V^ No. ■ '■ Ss The Hinton Electric Company, LIMITED. m. Electrical Construction and Supplies. llCTORIA, B. C.f * VANCOUVER, B. C. Electric Motors. Blowers. Motors; Fans. Dynamos. Electric Mining Apparatus lie Crawford Double Rope Aerial Tramway System, Limited NELSON, B. C|p .The most complete, efficient and economical system for handling Ore, Timber, Coal or other materials that has yet been put ■.<$£. the market. Wrte for prices and description. Crawford Double Pope Aerial Tram way System Ltd., Nelson, B.C. R/SDON IRON WORKS CABLE! RISDON'S CODES: A.B.C. MOREING <t NEAL. LIEBERS, WESTERN UNION. qo|d JF.-v-.-.v DREDQINQ Hn/KHINERY. 1—!■ ' mri„imrier"'i- ^^9nmW^^^S^ -" ffi^feg^^^fr^ EgJIS**'1*?^^ ^rw*spigaK^ 1 ^5g :4r\:l> 1 I. VA'^atfy -^SpSJ ^ fer-I /^^^^- fl Mi ajPf^ajpin^1 whtt&*S ex- ''iialflh^lfl^ ' *"f| 1 71 \ VnQh* .-".^SmI* •»* .'-'^^ :; "iMbM l^H S/l/V FRANCISCO, CAL.. U. S. A. COHPLETE EGHIIFTIENT f|OF fllNES. WRITE FOR OUR SPECIAL CATALOGUES. { PRICE 20 CENTS. a m Wepavrflp Hand v ,A Large Assortment of the Best f|5cot|,h Wire|Nopes (Fully Guaranteed.) Everything You Require For Logging Purposes, Saw Mills, and Mining Camps. . j7;'^r Oj We Invite Correspondence. ir^m^m.% McLennanJIVlcFeely & Co. TJjH*' Limited . . WHOLESALE HARDWARE VANCOUVER, B. C. DAWSON, Y. T. FELTEN&GUI^UME,Carlswep Actien Geseikchaft, Mwlheim on Rhi$f MANUFACTURERS OF ELECTRICAL LEADS AND CABLES Electric Lighting Cables for Coal Pita with arrangemen.fcijjKj avoiding fire damp explosions in case of the cable breaking. - WIRE ROPES FOR MINING Round and Flat Wire Ropes, "Albert," or so-called "Lang's" Lay Ropes, Patent Locked Coil Wire Ropes, Patented Flattened Strand • Wire Ropes. IRON, STEEL, COPPER AND BRONZE WIRE ee. Superior qualities., J SOLE AGENTS FOR CANADA : WATSON JACK &$0MPANY, i MONTREAL. Fried. Krupp Aktiengesellschaft Grusonwerk (Magdeburg-Buckau Germany.) niNINQ riAfcHINERY ORE CRUSHING: Stone Breakers of Especially Strong construction. Roller Mills, Chilian Mills, Ball Mills, for dry and wet crushing—more than 1,800 at work, AMALGAMATION: Amalgamation Tables and Pans, Las- rio'sGold Amalgamators, Settlers, &c Separation and Concentration Separators, Exhausters, Hydraulic Classifiers, Percussion Tables, Jioaers, Stamp Batteries-Shoes and Dies tn> Rotating Round Tables. Krupp's Special Steel- |LEACH ING ppfl COMPLETE GOLD ORE DRESSING PLANT (a) For treating by the Wet Method with Stamp Batteries,. Amalgamation and Concentration. (h) For Dry Testing by Ball Mills, Dnst Extraction and Leaching. ■' COAL WASHING PUNT—Large Tesfiiig^Statioii for Croshiiig and Dressing Ores at ^8^ffiAgMtwH^'^"*'-a=»^^y-'A%»^ • the Works. AGENTS: For CANADA^rJas, W. Pyke & Co, 35 St, Francois Xavier Street, Montreal ■ FoEjhe UNITED STATES—thos. Prosser k Son, 15 Gold Street, New York For MEXICO—Pablo Bergner, Apartado 549, Mexico For SpTH AFRICA—United Engineering Company, Ltd., P. 0. Box 399, Johannesburg, S. A, R ■H li THE MINING EECORD. ELEVATORS AND CONVEYORS. C M. PINCKARD, President. E. L. EYRE, Vice-President. J. M. GRAHAM, Secretary and Manager VULCAN IRON WORKS Manufacturers of VULCAN DOUBLE-ROPE TRAMWAY. VULCAN ROPEWAY, (Single Rope System.) SAW-MILL MACHINERY. MINING AND MILLING MACHINERY. Vulcan Ropeways and Tramways. Office, 505 Mission St., Works, cor. Kearny and Francisco Streets, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. LINK-BELT CAR HAULS of highest efficiency to suit any requirements or conditions: Our Car Hauls automatically engage the loaded cars at foot of incline, elevate them to the dump and return the empties. Operating continuously, rapidly, and without attending labor. PICKING TABLES, TAILING STACKERS, CARRIERS' SCREENS, COAL TIPPLES, WASHERIES, ETC. IpIK-Bl-LT MACHINERY CO "'" " ' *• ' CHICAGO Wire Rope. Wire Rope. We are Agents for the well-known firm of W. B. BROWN & CO., of Liverpool, England, man ifacturers of EVERY DESCRIPTION OF STEEL WIRE ROPES for mining purposes. It will pay you to ask for our prices, from stock and to . rder. Also in Stock : STEEL RAILS f'new, perfect and relayers), Ore bags, Scotch firebricks, Portland cement, "Valvoline" lubricating oils (specially suitable for mining works), etc, etc. C. F. JACKSON & CO., Limited WHOLESALE IMPORTERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. WHARF—Heatley Ave. Vancouver, B.C. 151 Hastings St. Vancouver, B. C. and Liverpool, England ELEVATORS-CONVEYORS GEL IGNITE—Strongest and Best Explosive in the Market ^^ ■«■■■— MANUFACTURED BY _ _ _^ _ _w I HAMILTON POWDER COMPANY (Incorporated 1861. Manufacturers of High Explosives, Blasting, Mining and Sporting Powder, Dealers in Electric Blasting Apparatus, Safety Fuse, Detonators, Etc., Etc. R. R. RITHET & CO. Wholesale Merchants, Shipping & Insurance Agents. Proprietors of Victoria Wharf, Columbia Flouring Mill ; agents for Victoria Lumber and Manufacturing Company, Cheminus, V.I.; Pacific Coast Steamship Co., San Francisco. WHARF STREET. Assay and Chemical Supply Co., Limited. Directlmporters of Assayers' and Mill Supplies THE MINING RECORD. ASSAYERS' SUPPLIES AND ENGINEERING INSTRUMENTS. HEAD OFFICE: MONTREAL. LOCAL OFFICES: VANCOUVER, NELSON, ROSSLAND and GREENWOOD NANAIMO V/OTOR/A. B. C Headquarters for Laboratory Apparatus of all kinds, Bohemian Chemical Glassw«re, C. P. Acids, Potassium Cyanide and Quicksilver Sole agents in British Columbia for Morgan Crucible Co., Battersea, England; F. W. Braun & Co's PatentCary Furnaces. Burners, etc.; W. Ainsworth & Sons*' Fine Balances Write for our prices ADDRESS 733 Pender St., Vancouver, B.G. Jeffrey Send for catalogue. Address . Elevating-Conveying Power, Transmission, Screening, Crushing, Dredging, Rock and Coal Drilling, Coal Cutting, Hauling and washing machinery. The JEFFREY MFG. CO. COLUMBUS, O-, U S.A. A* Van Der Naillens' School of Practical, Civil, Mining, Electrical Mechanical Engineering. Surveying, Architecture, Drawing and Assaying, Cyanide, Chlorination, Metallurgy. Assaying of ores, $25; Bullion, and Chlorination Assay, $25; Blow Pipe Assay, $10; Full Course of Assaying, $50. Established 1864. Open all year SEND FOR CIRCULAR. 113 FULTON STREET, One Block West of City Hall. SAN FRANCISCO. THE GIANT POWDER CO., CONSOLIDATED) Manufacturers of GELATINE DYNAMITE, highest and most FUME LESS explosive on the market and ALL HIGH EXPLOSIVES for Mining and Railroading work. Home Office-San Francisco, Cal. Works- ^^1'^.^ B> c. Kootenay Office Rossland, B.C. Head Office for British Columbia, Metropolitan Building, Victoria, B. C.| UNION IRON WORKS. Mining and Smelting Machinery. Water Jacketed Furnaces, Crushers, Hoists, etc. Hi Sm©lter Castings a Specialty. Complete Installations. Write us for estimates. UNION IRON WORKS, SPOKANE, Wash, MINE PUMPS. For Station and Sinking Purposes, operated by Steam, Air or Electricity. Water Works Pumps. For ail possible conditions and made from our latest designs. Marine Pumps. Ballast Pumps, Feed Pumps,'Air Pumps, and Pumps for all purposes aboard ship. Oil Pumps. For handling all kinds Crude Oil under all possible conditions. Pumps Operated by Steam, Air or Electricity are manufactured and kept in stock in great variety by GEO. E. DOW PUMPING ENGINE CO., 179 1st St. San Francisco, Cal. GOODYEAR RUBBER CO. R. H. PEASE, President. Rubber Belting, Packing and Hose "Crack Proof" and "Snag Proof." Pure Rubber Mining Boots, Rubber Clothing, Mackintoshes, Oil Clothing. 573, 575, 577 & 579 Market Street. 73 & 75 First Street, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. PORTLAND, OREGON Vancouver Engineering Works, Ltd. -HEATLEY AVENUE, VANCOUVER, B. C. ft AGENTS FOR The Northey Manufacturing Co.—Pumping Mach- I J. C. McLaren Belting Co.—Leather and Rubber inery. * Belting. Atlas Engine Works.—Boilers and Engines. Goulds Manufacturing Co.—Centrifugal Pumps. Laurie Engine Co.—Corliss and Automatic Engines, j. Geo. Leyner Engineering Works Co.—Air Buffalo Forge Co.—Blowers and Exhausters. Compressors. Medart Pulley Co.—Pulleys. I A. Leschen & Sons Rope Co.—Patent Wire Rope. BOILERS IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY. hree Horizontal Tubular Boilers, 66 in* diameter x 16 ft. long, with 3}£ in. or 4 in. tubes; built to pass B.C. inspection for 120 lbs. working pressure; complete with fittings. Three Horizontal Tubular Boilers, 60 in. diameter x 16 ft, long, with 3)4 in. or 4 in. tubes; B.C. inspection 115 lbs. working pressure, complete with fittings. THE MINING RECORD. HYDRAULIC PLANTS, PUMPS, ETC. Three Horizontal Tubular Boilers, 48 in. diameter x 14 ft. long, with 3^ in. tubes; B.C inspection 120 lbs. working pressure; complete with fittings. One Locomotive Type Marine Boiler, 56 in. diameter, 12 ft. between tube sheets, with 162 2-in. tubes; will steam 14 in. x 72 in. stern wheel engines; marine inspection 175 lbs. working pressure. One 30 h.p. Vertical Tubular Boiler, 36 in. diameter x 8 ft. high, with 71 2-in. tubes, s ft. long; B. C. inspection 150 b . One 12 h.p. Vertical Tubular Boiler, 36 in. diameter x 78 in. high, with 602-in, tubes, 4 ft. long; B. C. inspection 150 lbs. One Locomotive Portable Boiler, 15 ft. long inside smokebox, 4 ft. dia. shell, 4 ft. x 4 ft. fiiebox; shell in 3 lengths. 95 lbs. working pressure. 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STABLISHED 13 0S VOL. XL AUGUST, 1904. No. 8 BRITISH COLUMBIA MINING RECORD Devoted to the /lining Interests of the Pacific Northwest. PUBLISHED BY THE BRITISH COLUMBIA RECORD, LIMITED H. MORTiriER LAMB, managing Editor. Victoria, B. C, Office, Province Building. Vancouver, P. \V. Charleson, Hastings, Sc. London Office: 24 Coleman Street, E. C. Denver, Col.: National Advertising Co. , Ban Francisco: Dake's Agency. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS; Canada and the United States, one year - - Great Britain and Foreign, one year - - - Advertising Rates on Application. $2.00 $2.50 THE MONTH. We note the-finding in the Province of scheelite, a rare mineral one of the chief uses of which is in the hardening of steel. The 'specimens containing this mineral were found in the Cariboo district and, he- ing new to the finders, were sent to the Provincial Assayer for identification. We print on another page some particulars relating to this mineral and its oc-. currence elsewhere. Some small specimens have been placed in the Mineral Museum of the Department of Mines, Victoria. A first clean-up at the Consolidated Cariboo Hydraulic Company's mine at Bullion has, it is reported, resulted in the recovery of gold valued at $60,000, an increase of about twenty-five per cent, on last season's aggregate yield. It is possible as the conditions appear to be more than usually favourable, that two more "clean-ups" may be made ere the season closes, and the total recovery for 1904 should then compare to somewhat better advantage with the company's past achievements in this regard, before light rain-falls and adverse weather conditions had so inopportunely restricted operations. * At a meeting of the Vermillion Forks Mining and Development Company held recently in London, the chairman remarked that the Company was probably the most economically worked undertaking .of its class in the city. In support of this contention he stated that during the past fourteen months the total expenditure had been £1,800, of which £716 represented the cost of boring for coal. One seam of coal 28 feet wide had been proved by this means, and the product tested with the most satisfactory results at the Nickel Plate mine. The Vermillion Forks Mining and Development Company is one of many promising undertakings in the Similkameen district, the ultimate success of which is, however, entirely dependent on the establishment of railway connection with market centres. From recent developments there is reason to hope that this great desideratum will not be withheld for a very much longer period. It is to be hoped that the Hon. Senator Templeman will not be unmindful of the promise made by him at the Convention of the Provincial Mining Association in February last, to the effect that the reports relating to British Columbian mining sections and incorporated in the annual summaries issued by the Canadian Geological Survey, would be printed in separate form and arrangements made for their free distribution among prospectors and others in this Province to whom the information contained therein would often prove of incalculable value. The reports of the Department are becoming of more and more value and interest, as while they still naturally continue to stand as records of purely scientific investigation, yet more attention than formerly appears to be now devoted to what might be perhaps described as practical details; hints and suggestions which might well be frequently turned to profitable account by the prospector and claim owner. The announcement by cable despatched by the manager of the Cariboo Consolidated to the London office that bed-rock has been reached in the west drift of La Fontaine, and that the gravel there encountered appears to be very rich, is eminently gratifying. There are few undertakings in British Columbia of greater industrial importance than those upon which effort is now being' directed in Cariboo to demonstrate the auriferous character of the ancient river systems by deep level mining. The difficulties so far encountered have been enormous though, as 264 THE MINING RECORD. we have seen, not insuperable, thanks to the energy and skill brought to bear. But there 7yet remains much to be accomplished ere a start is made in actual profitable working. That end which means so much not only to Cariboo but to other sections of the Province where similar conditions obtain, now, however,' seems to be within measureable distance of consummation. The report of the investigations in the Nicola district of Dr. Ellis, of the Canadian Geological Survey Department will.be awaited with much interest, for it is believed that this section of country will, once it is rendered more accessible by the extension of the railway system thither, contribute very considerably to the productive wealth of the Province, not only in respect to a large output of copper and gold, but of coal also. Dr. Ellis, however, we understand, proposes to confine himself exclusively to the study of coal resources of the district with a view to ascertaining the width of the seams, extent of the measures and quality of the coal. It is needless to say that when conditions permit of the operation of the Similkameen and Nicola copper-gold mfnes, the existence of a good coking coal in the immediate vicinity will assist materially in the cheapening of smelting costs; and it is to be hoped therefore that Dr. Ellis will be sufficiently satisfied with the results of his investigations to report favourably in this regard. nearer eighty than seventy-five years of age. In view of this and the fact that there are younger men available on the directorate possessing undoubted business capacity and standing, and in case of one at any rate, special knowledge in respect to mining conditions in British Columbia, it might be tcrtEe company's interest upon Sir Henry Tyler's resignation at the close of his term of office, to elect in his stead Mr. G. S. Waterlow, who has already done much in the interests of legitimate mining in this country and has himself invested heavily in Kootenay mines. Residents in the Omineca district complain, not without reason, of the inadequacy of the mail service provided for that territory. Thus the present mail contract only affords six mails to Hazelton in the year; two of which deliveries are brought in overland during the winter and limited each to fifty pounds weight of letters. A correspondent writing t© the Colonist on this point remarks that as a result of this arrangement the first steamer delivery this spring amounted to ninteen hundred pounds of mail matter, representing chiefly letters that had been delayed six months in transit. What is therefore required is a full monthly service, necessitating an increase in the present Government appropriation for the service. All Omineca points within a radius of two hundred miles are dependent upon. Hazelton for their mail distribution, and include the mining camps of Man- ' son, Germanson, Vital and Tom's Creek; the Telkna coal and quartz mining camps, and the Bulkley and Kispiax Valley settlements. A financial writer in the London Mining Journal suggests that some attempt is likely to be made to utilize the misfortunes of the Le Roi Company in order to oust the present board and warns shareholders against participating in any. action of the kind on the grounds that there is nothing to be gained by a change, the honesty of the present board being above suspicion. Cela va sans dire. In only one direction might a change, we respectfully sumbit, be advantageously made. It is a well known that the present chairman, Sir Henry Tyler, is a very old man, of The consolidation of interests in the Boundary district by the organization of the new Montreal & Boston Company now appears to have been finally arranged, a first cash payment having been made towards the purchase of the Dominion Copper Company's property while the Athelstane and Jackpot claims have also been acquired by the concern. As we stated last month, the company starts more or less severely handicapped on account of an unduly large capitalization, considering the present known value of the properties secured. It is quite possible, however, that this objection may not appear so formidable should the development operations, which we understand are to be extensively carried out at the mines, result satisfactorily. Although we Were unable to endorse the promotion as promising well from the investor's standpoint, yet since the consolidation is effected and actual work has commenced, we sin-- cerely trust the undertaking will be successful, and that the company has a long and prosperous career before it. The winding-up of the North Star Mining Company is a matter of very considerable regret, for there are relatively few instances in British Columbia where mining operations have been carried on upon equally sound business principles. In consequence so long as there was ore to be mined, the North Star paid very handsome profits, the large sum of $312,000 having been distributed in dividends since the company conmmenced operations. For the past two years or more, however, the attempt to discover fresh ore- bodies, though scientifically pursued, has unfortunately not proved succesful, and upon the recommendation of Mr. S. S. Fowler, the eminent consulting engineer, who recently made an exhaustive examination, the directors have been compelled to advise the abandonment of further effort in this direction, and at a subsequent extraordinary meeting of shareholders a motion authorising the voluntary liquidation of the company was agreed to. By this plan shareholders will receive a final dividend of approximately fifteen per cent, or perhaps more, from a distribution of a substantial. cash balance and the proceeds from the sale of realisable property. Meanwhile an interim dividend of 7 cents per share has1 been declared. emi The Slocan Drill instances a rather curious point in connection with the crown-granting of mineral claims. Thus the owners of a four-seventh interest THE MINING RECORD 26E in a mineral claim in the Lemon Creek section applied for a crown-grant for the property, the application being, however, opposed by those holding the remaining three-sevenths' interest. Upon referring the matter to the Minister of Mines a ruling was obtained to the effect that any person having an interest in a mineral claim may crown-grant that interest. The question then is, as the Drill puts it, who is now responsible for the work required to be done by the partners in the claim whose interests have not been crown-granted, and can the interest or the claim lapse in the event of the minority interest neglecting to fulfil the legal requirements? Of course the answer to these queries would appear simple enough, namely, that the interests to which title has not been secured are alone subject to the regulations governing the holding ' of' un-crown-granted mineral location. But supposing the owners of these interests fail to live up to the requirements, how can a three-sevenths' interest in a claim, a four-sevenths of which is crown'-granted, be re-located or "jumped" ? We publish elsewhere in this issue a valuable paper recently contributed to the Canadian Mining Institute by Prof. R. W. Brock, on the subject of Poplar Creek and other camps of the Lardeau district, which sections the author in the course of official duty visited last summer. The paper, even in its condensed form, for space limitations unfortunately did not permit of its publication- quite in full, might well, we imagine, be accepted as a model for bulletins such as our Provincial Department of Mines might periodically issue and afterwards embody in the Annual Reports of the Minister of Mines. Throughout, the tone Prof. Brock adopts in discussing the mineral potentialities of this district is such as might be expected from an impartial but at the same time a scientifically trained observer. He is neither optimistic nor pessimistic in his point of view, and touches on the commercial side of mining in the briefest possible .manner and then merely in order to more accurately describe existing conditions. We are glad to learn that practically the same, though a fuller description of the Lardeau district is published in the Summary Report of the Geological Survey of Canada for the year 1903; for information of this character is not only of great practical value to prospectors and mine operators, but serves also to advertise the mineral resources of the country and is thus conducive to development and progress. In the interesting case just brougnt fo a close of the Centre Star Mining Co. vs. the Rossland Miners' Union in which the plaintiffs sued for the recovery of $50,000 as damages for loss and injury sustained by the plaintiffs by the action of the defendants in "maliciously conspiring" to bring about a sympathetic strike among the employees of the Centre Star mine in connection with the Rossland strike of some three years ago, the jury brought in a verdict awarding the plaintiffs in the action damages to the amount of $12,500. The amount of damages awarded is, how ever, of minor importance relative to the importance of the precedent established in Canada which agrees with a recent notable decision of the English courts, and though, it is stated, the case will be appealed and may be taken ultimately to the Privy Council, there is little likelihood of a reversal 'of the decision. The verdict in effect makes clear the fact that while the right of the individual worker to go on "strike" is not denied, he has no right to induce or compel a fellow workman who has no actual grievance against his employer to "strike" also. The illegality of this practice thus once for all established, and the knowledge that a labour organization committing the offence renders itself liable to heavy damages, should serve as a wholesome preventative of widespread strike epidemics in the future and induce the professional labour agitator to abandon an employment which now promises to become less remunerative than it has been in the past. Mr. W. M. Brewer contributes to this issue a brief but interesting account of conditions in the northern mining camps of Atlin in British Columbia and of Whitehorse and the Big Salmon in the Yukon territory. The conclusions at which he appears to arrive are that a promising field for dredging enterprise has been developed in the Atlin district, the success of this industry being assured, the only check to be overcome being a slight and easily remediable disability in the mechanical device for handling heavy boulders. The Big Salmon district is, in his opinion, the richest placer field yet explored, though its area is extremely limited. Mr. Brewer anticipates that the gold production therefrom this year will have a valuation of about $125,000, representing the work of some sixty men. He is, however, particularly optimistic in speaking of the future of the Whitehorse "copper belt," the present showings of ore, generally of high grade value, there met with, inducing him to predict that eventually the camp will become one of the largest copper areas in the West. Of course much development work must be undertaken before this can come to pass/ and capital is badly needed for this purpose. The opportunities for the profitable investment of capital appear to be excellent, provided claim-owners show a disposition to treat with capital in a reasonable spirit.- The district is no longer an inaccessible one, and we understand the railway company is prepared to transport ores to the Coast smelters upon most moderate terms, We have received from headquarters confirmation of the intelligence contained in recent press despatches that the Canadian Smelting Works at Trail are about to commence the manufacture of lead pipe with a view to supplying the Canadian market. In addition thereto experiments are being made in the manufacture of sheet lead without the use of rolls. It is yet uncertain whether experiments on these lines will prove successful, but if so the Trail works will be in a position to supply the market with pig lead, sheet lead and lead pipe of any standard size up to four-inch. This 266 THE MINING RECORD. departure marks, we trust, the beginning of a new industrial era in connection with the development of the mining industry of the Province, whereby instead of exporting our raw materials they will be utilized by manufacturers in the country itself, in sufficient quantities at least to meet the requirements of Canadian demand. Such a consummation would go far towards solving the most difficult problems of the day in respect, more especially, to the profitable operation of lead and 'zinc mines in the Kootenays. The Trail works is also at present sending considerable consignments of fine silver to China, fine gold to the United States assay office at Seattle, and copper sulphate in limited quantities to Eastern Canada. It is to be hoped, meanwhile, that the early establishment of a Canadian mint at Ottawa will admit soon of the utilization of the silver and gold produced from our British Columbian mines for the purposes of a Canadian coinage. Heretofore placer gold has held the leading position among the mineral products of British Columbia in regard to aggregate value of production for all years to date. The close of the current year will, however, probably see that chief position taken by the products of the collieries of the Province—coal and coke. At the close of 1903 the aggregate production of placer gold, according to the official statistics of the Department of Mines, was $65,688,103 and of coal and coke $63,321,869. Assuming that the value of this year's production of the two minerals, respectively, will i be similar to that of last year—and in doing this placer gold rather than coal and coke will gain some advantage, since the latter is more likely to show an increase in. value of production than the former—the positions will be reversed, for coal and coke will lead with a total of $67,654,166, as compared with $66,748,523 for placer gold. The relative present value of the two minerals will be more strikingly apparent, though, if the value of their production respectively during the last hve years, 1899-1903, be taken, in that period placer gold has contributed $5,727,824, while coal and coke have added $23,015,709. The former has given an average money value of $3,136 for every individual day of the period mentioned, while coal and ■coke have contributed a daily average of $12,610. It is not generally realized that the coal-mining industry adds thus freely to the realized natural wealth of the Province, but it does, and, what is a gratifying reflection, its average daily quota has been steadily increasing every five-year period of the last 35 years, and is still on the increase. industry perhaps to a greater extent than the heavy investment of capital in some individual undertakings. Both naturally are desirable, but the operation Of the "small investor" is frequently only preliminary to the advent of the capitalist or syndicate. Thus the development and establishment of the Kootenay industry is largely attributable to Spokane business men and others of comparatively small means, who were the first to recognize the mineral possibilities of the Slocan and Rossland. Since 1901 the demand for prospects has steadily decreased and in consequence prospecting has languished and declined. There is no advantage looking for mineral unless there is a market for one's discovery. The re-appearance of the "small investor" is, however, beginning to stimulate prospecting effort, and in such districts as the Lardeau, which appears to present exceptional opportuni-* ties for the profitable investment of capital in small amounts, evidence of a better state of affairs in this regard is already forthcoming. The saying that British Columbia is a mineral area of extraordinary promise, whereof a very small portion has been even scratched on the surface is trite enough, but it is none the less true. The country affords a wonderful field and scope for the prospector, but the vocation at best is a precarious one, in which men will not embark except all the conditions are tolerably favourable. The past six months has witnessed a very consider-. able activity in the transfer of prospects and partially developed claims, which in most cases have been acquired, at prices ranging from five to thirty thousand dollars on "working bond" terms. This indication of reviving interest on the part of the "small investor" in British Columbian mining is significant and gratifying. At this stage of our mining development, numerous "deals" on the part of small investors, are even more to be desired and benefit the The Atlin district has lately- been yisited by Mr." Chester W. Purington who, it is stated, was en route to Alaska, under engagement with the United States Geological Survey, to report on placer mining methods and costs in the Alankan territory. Mr. Purington is a mining engineer of large experience and' acknowledged ability, so considerable importance may be attached to his opinions on mining matters. He is reported to have expressed himself as satisfied that the area at Atlin covered by pre-glacial auriferous gravels is undoubtedly large, and that these will prove a factor of much greater permanency, from a placer- mming standpoint, than the post-glacial or very recent gravels occupying the beds of the present streams. Fortunately several financially strong companies are already operating in the Atlin district with plants and equipments suited to varied local requirements and conditions, so that we may expect to have, in the recovery of much gold this season, undoubted evidence of the richness of the ancient river channels thus far prospected and now being worked. But while this will be satisfactory enough for the present it does not necessarily ensure permanence, although there need be little doubt that those who are expending further large sums of money in prospecting the gravels and providing costly plants to work them have already fully satisfied themselves that there exist extensive gold-bearmg deposits. Yet it is always helpful to have confirmation by a competent authority, and it is especially desirable w*here the district immediately concerned is a large one. There is such an enormous area in Cassiar and the extensive gold-bearing country north and east of it, still little known or prospected, that it is a distinct advantage to have bases like Atlin THE MINING RECORD. and the several larger camps of the Yukon from which prospectors may work. This additional assurance of the probable permanence of the Atlin .gold-fields is, therefore, welcome, for the more men there are permanently employed and the more gold recovered in that section, the more encouragement will there Be for persistent prospecting for other payable fields. The construction of a second railway to connect Boundary district mines and smelters is nOw in progress, much to the satisfaction of mine-owners and others directly concerned in securing a reduction in railway freight charges. That a lower rate on ore will result is taken for granted, and this is an important consideration, since in the utilisation of immense bodies of low-grade ore the saving of every cent per ton possible is imperative. But this is not the only advantage that will accrue to the district,' for both mines and smelters will also be greatly benefitted by the provision of increased facilities for transportation of Rossland ores to the Boundary smelters and Boundary ores to the Northport works, which interchange of ores will secure to the smelters a better smelting mixture with resultant mutual advantage in the direction of the increased tonnage it will be practicable to smelt at reduced cost. Further, the building of a spur from the Great Northern system to the Granby smelter will make it possible for those works to obtain a coke supply over that railway when necessary. The C. P. R. has undoubtedly been the chief factor in the very considerable development that has taken place in the Boundary during the last four or five years, but a monopoly is never a good thing for those who do not possess it, whether in railway or any other business, so the breaking of this monopoly is gladly hailed in the parts of the Boundary affected by it. That the Great Northern will be encouraged to further extend its lines in the- big copper-producing camp of the Dominion is much to be desired. The Director of the Geological Survey calls attention, in the recently-issued Summary Report for 1903, to the fact that by far the largest proportion of the work of the Survey is directed to. investigating and aiding the development of the mineral resources of the country. He claims that results have shown that the various regions for the field of operations of the season 1903 were j udiciously chosen, and that the several portions of work done proved to be those most needed to meet present requirements. Our purpose in here noting this claim is not to question it. Indeed the knowledge that experienced and fully competent members of the Survey were last year engaged in fieldrwork in the comparatively little-known Lardeau country, studying its topography and geology; in the Rocky Mountains, seeking a supply of coal near the main line -of the Canadian Pacific Railway; in the Peace River region, ascertaining the true character of the land and climate of the upper or western portion of that section, now outlying but which may a few years hence be traversed by a transcontinental railway; in the Yukon, seeking information looking to the provision of a better water supply, upon' which depends the maintenance of a large production of gold in that district in years to come, as well as in investigating evidence of the local origin of the ^ of the Klondike area; and in the very necessary work of locating the 49th parallel in the western mountain region between this Province and the State of Washington—this knowledge itself is testimony to the recognition by the Survey Department of the importance of the Pacific slope portion of the Dominion as regards its economic mineral resources. The acknowledgment of this recognition is a pleasing duty and one that we have much gratification in performing. We also acknowledge, with much appreciation, that this season, too, British Columbia and adjacent territory have been allotted a liberal proportion of the members of the Survey, and we look forward to the west benefiting considerably as an eventual result of their arduous labours. In the summary report of the Geological Survey Department of Canada for 1903 appears a suggestion, made to the Minister of the Interior, by Dr. Robert Bell, Acting Deputy Head and Director of the Survey, which is of especial interest to British Columbia. This suggestion proposes a permanent exhibit in New York City of a collection of the ecomomic minerals of Canada. Dr. Bell's recommendation—for it may be regarded as such—is timely and thoroughly practical. It is as follows: "As much of the capital for the development of the mineral wealth of Canada has heretofore come from the City of New York, and as it would be very.desirable to encourage further interest in our mines from this quarter, it may be advisable, considering the small cost that would be incurred, to place a collection of our economic minerals on permanent exhibition in that city. Looking forward to the possibility of this, I conferred with Professor Bickmore of the American Museum of Natural History on the subject, and found that he was very favourably disposed to assist in this proposal. If the matter be followed up, it may result in the establishment of a valuable agency there at very trifling cost. A similar collection is already installed at the Imperial Institute in London under the care of Professor Dunstan, Director, and Mr. Harrison Watson, Canadian Agent. "Already the development of the mineral resources of British Columbia has been materially contributed to by American capital. For instance the most productive copper camp in the Province, and for that matter, in the Dominion,—the Boundary district—owes much "of its development to American capital, for the British Columbia Copper Company, owning the Mother Lode mine and the smelter at Greenwood, is a New York organization, while the big mining and smelting enterprise of the Granby Company has received financial aid trom the United States towards the accomplishment of its later important results. Numerous other instances of the expenditure of American money in British Columbian mining undertakings might be mentioned were it necessary to narrate them, which it is not, since many of them are well known to mining men of the Province. American enterprise appears to generally be more sue- 268 THE MINING RECORD. m cessful in connection with mining in this Province than does British, while at the same time it is not so prejudiced against British Columbia in this connection, so it would seem good policy to encourage in every legitimate way the further investment of American money towards utilizing the enormous mineral wealth this Province undoubtedly possesses. Canada is at the present time obtaining an effective advertisement through the fine mineral display it is making at St. Louis Exposition, and British Columbia will, no doubt share in the substantial benefit that may reasonably be expected to result; but there is no need to rest content with having taken one effective step in the right direction.' If Dr.' Bell's proposal has not yet been acted upon, it is to be hoped that no more time will be lost in carrying it out than is absolutely necessary. We suggest to British Columbian members of the Dominion Parliament that their influence and efforts may well be directed towards inducing the Federal Government to act promptly, if it has not already done so, in the direction suggested by the Director of the Geological Survey, for British Columbia has much to gain and nothing to lose by the adoption of such a course. We have received from the Institution of Mining Engineers, England, a printed copy of a paper, entitled "The Smelters of British Columbia," by Mr. W. Denham Verschoyle, read before the Institution at a general meeting held in London last year. While we are always glad to find publicity being given to the mining and smelting industries of this Province, we cannot think that the permanent usefulness- of the information afforded is determined chiefly by its accuracy. Mr. Verschoyle's paper is sadly lacking in this respect. It appears to be very much an accumulation of selections from matter that has been published from time to time, made without sufficient information as to its reliability or otherwise to ensure even a general correctness. To this has been added some tables of statistics from the report of the Minister of Mines, and some generalisations and not always accurate conclusions. It has not even the merit of consistency. For instance, the introduction opens with the statement that "Mining in British Columbia is at present in a rather unsatisfactory state," etc., while the same paragraph closes with the contradictory statement that "many of the mines are coming to the front, and the value of the mineral-production is expanding every year at a rapid and satisfactory rate." Then follows a table from which the reader gathers this "expansion" took the surprising form of a decrease of $2,600,230 in total value of production in 1902 as compared with that of 1901.' There is no explanation of the fact, well known to us here in British Columbia but not to the great majority of those in Great Britain to whom Mr.. Verschoyle was communicating information supposedly full and intelligible, that though the total market value showed a decrease, the total quantity of mineral produced did the reverse. Other inconsistencies and inaccuracies mar a paper that, in careful hands, might have been a decided benefit to the Province. A few of these will be mentioned. On page 6 the Granby smelter is shown to have six furnaces; on page 7 the statement is made that "The smelter consists of two double- decked, steel-jacketed furnaces." Again, it is stated that the Mother Lode mine, near Greenwood, shipped during the year 1902 45,000 tons of ore, while as a matter of fact it shipped 138,997 tons. But it would be tedious to follow Mr. Verschoyle through his many inaccuracies, so only two more will be pointed out. Said he "The cost of mining (in the Boundary district) has been reduced as low as $1.66 and is a generally difficult problem, on account of the large size of the deposits." Our information has been that the cost of getting out and loading on the railway cars the great bulk of the ore shipped by the Mother Lode and Granby mines has been less than $1. per ton. The other inaccuracy referred to is contained in the following: "It seems not unreasonable to assume that, with competition, coal should be sold at $1.25 and coke at $2.50 per ton." In this Mr. Verschoyle has gone one better than Mr. W. Blakemore, who was radical enough to assert that "effective competition would reduce the charge for coal to $1.50 and for coke to $3. at the ovens, and possible a little lower." Mr. Verschoyle's method was, doubtless, a laudable one in preparing the paper under notice, but, unhesitatingly admitting this, we cannot but think that he had far better not have prepared it than have submitted it without careful verification of his statements. Sometime last March, if we remember aright, the Nelson Daily News published a letter purported to' have been written by a Mr. O. M. Rosendale, describing himself as a consulting Metallurgist and Mining Engineer, of Portland, Oregon, to a Rossland broker. This letter which had to do with the sale of a group of mineral claims, contained certain proposals which could never have emanated from an honorable man of business, and we therefore heartily endorsed the view taken of the matter by the Daily News, who described the letter as a "rascally production" and the author thereof "a fakir." Mr. Rosendale now writes us that having returned to Portland after a lengthy absence, his attention has been called for the first time to the paragraph in respect to him in our April issue, and concerning which he waxes extremely indignant. We quote: "In a few words will say, that my answer to the unwarranted attack upon my person, my integrity, and also my veracity will be forthcoming in the courts of British Columbia. I am sure that in no other instance has there been displayed such disregard for established usages among newspapers as has been shown in these articles, originally appearing in the Nelson paper, and gleefully enlarged upon by your article. Neither you or the Nelson paper have even tried to ascertain whether or not the contention you presume to exist were founded on facts or not. I suppose any old charge -against me, not even murder excluded, would have served your purposes as well. "You in British Columbia are wont to dwell upon the yellow journal methods across the line, yet I assure you, not one respectable or if you please sen- THE MINING RECORD. sational, or yellow journal would have gone to the length of your and the Nelson paper cable tow. I am not dictating, neither advising you as to business methods in connection with running a paper, thinking that you are competent enough to do so, yet, permit me to express my astonishment over the fact that you did not try in the least to ascertain from this side, either direct or through some channel of your own choosing, whether or not these accusations were true; especially when you proceed to destroy a man's honorable standing and all that which is nearest and dearest to any man's heart—outside that portion of beings not confined behind prison walls. "Be assured that I will do all within my power to bring home to you the truth contained in this letter." In reply to Mr. Rosendale's communication we have informed him that we shall of course be very happy to do all in our power to make amends for any injury done him by our comment on the letter of which he is alleged to be the author published in the Nelson Daily News, provided he, Mr. Rosendale, can satisfy us that the conclusions at which we arrived; and the conclusions at which any one after reading the letter in question would arrive, touching the questionable- ness of his methods, are incorrect. To do that it will be necesary for him to prove that he was not the author of the letter to the Rossland broker, and that it was not dispatched at his instance, or with his knowledge and consent. The report of the Tyee Copper Company, Ltd., for the year ending April 30th, 1904, is eminently satisfactory, and the company is again to be congratulated on the success of its efforts. The Tyee is a promising mine; but there have been other good mines in the Province from which equally good results have not been obtained. Even good mines require good business management. During the year it has been demonstrated that the Tyee, instead of having several small ore-bodies, as was at one time supposed, has one large body of ore traversing the entire length. At the Ladysmith smelter 56,050 tons of ore were treated, producing 5,454 tons of copper matte, valued at, less refining charges, $678,836. The company's profits on the year's operations were stated in the summary report of the directors to have been £25,390, out of which the directors recommend the payment of a second 5 per cent, dividend, thus making 10 per cent, paid during tne year. But this statement is extremely misleading, though easily enough explained. Thus in addition to the earnings of £25,390, the large sum of £22,125 was placed to reserve, £9,500 was expended out of revenues upon mine and smelter betterments, £3,990 was written off for depreciation, and these and other items increase the actual earnings of the company during the year to over £65,000 or rather more than 30 per cent, on the issued capital. At the recent annual meeting some of the shareholders present objected to the manner in which the accounts had been set forth, criticizing in particular the large sums written off for depreciation. We can understand the feelings of these gentlemen, who doubtless anticipated that the value of their share holdings would have been appreciated had the directors pursued a less conservative course. But after all the function of a Board of Directors is not to influence stock market quotations, and we have nothing but the highest praise for the business-like and prudent policy that is being followed in the present instance. Shareholders shouk meanwhile not forget that the undertaking in which they are embarked is still young, that the future of the mine, in which there is but a year and a half's supply of ore at present developed, is not assured beyond that period, and they should then recognize that far from there being reason for complaint in the manner in which earnings have been apportioned, those responsible for the financing of the company have displayed commendable judgment. Had the same policy been followed by other mining companies, both British and Canadian, operating in the Province during the past ten years, the industry would now be in a very different position. In a circular letter issued to the members of the Executive Committee of the Provincial Mining Association, the president, Mr. John Keen, makes the following statements: "... The Government are indisposed to aid us in our endeavours to clear the Mining Acts of such ambiguities as have been by the courts declared to exist therein. The Government have gone so far as to declare that it is not their policy to even amend the mining Laws by legislative enactment to meet isolated cases which may be brought before the courts of the Province, thereby showing that legislative errors must be rectified by the courts rather than by the Legislature. In the Kootenays, this Executive action has caused considerable discontent and unrest, and this has, in its turn, caused capital to be indifferent about our resources; for the protection given to those who would develop these resources is of too doubtful a character to encourage the development and exploitation of our mineral wealth and the permanent investment of capital. In other words, the Government say—in effect—'pay your fees for the licences, but go to the courts to obtain the property we licenced you to acquire; and, at the same time, please understand that we do not guarantee quiet enjoyment of the title.'" In some quarters these statements have been stigmatized as "too strong," "to sweeping," or if true, then injudicibus. They are either true or untrue. If true, then the truth should be proclaimed without reservations, or fear or favour. That has always been the policy the Mining Record has endeavoured to follow- at any rate. The evidence on which these charges—for they amount to charges,—is based, is seemingly both direct and indirect. The Government has certainly displayed no disposition to act on the recommendations, good, bad or indifferent, of the Provincial Mining Association. On the contrary, a direct refusal has been given to the request that remedial legislation be introduced to correct a peculiarly pernicious instance of bad law-making. If the mining industry were in a more prosperous condition these relatively small matters woulc 270 THE MINING RECORD. be of little moment. There were bad and unjust mining laws, a thousand times more arduous than our B. C. laws, which merely require a little overhauling to make them good, in force in South Africa before the war, but capital flowed in in a steady stream in spite of bad laws and inequitable taxation. But a very little unfortunately just now is sufficient to keep capital out of British Columbia, and the Tange case may easily enough be cited as an instance of the inadequacy of our law to protect the purchaser of mineral property. It is possible Mr. Keen in the final paragraph quoted, intends some reference to the policy pursued by the Government in the issuance of oil licences in East Kootenay. If so, we do not agree with his conclusions. In issuing these licences, it was impossible for the Government to tell, for reasons that are quite obvious, whether one or more applicants had applied for the same location, and consequently quiet enjoyment of title could not be guaranteed. Here plainly were questions for the courts to decide. Meanwhile the Province would derive great benefit if it were possible for the Mining Association to work with the Government and not seemingly against it. But if there is a lack of sympathy and a spirit of antagonism, the fault, we think, does not lay with the Mining Association. Those who are of opinion that the Provincial Government and Legislature have little practical sympathy with the mining industry and, consequently, show no disposition to assist it, may feel a trifle envious of those engaged in mining in, the State of Victoria, Australia, where, in opening the State Parliament recently the Governor of Victoria, in the course of his address to the Legislature said, "It is intended to provide plant to carry on boring, operations in various parts of the State for prospecting for gold and coal. It is also intended to extend the provisions of the Mines Development Act and to provide loans for the assistance of companies and parties developing auriferous areas." State aid to mining is no new-fangled notion in Australia. For many years Victoria has assisted, by a Government annual ap- proposition, bona tide underground prospecting, such monetary aid having been first recommended by a board or council appointed for that purpose. Not a few times have good results ensued that otherwise would not have been secured; nor was the repayment of the money thus advanced by the Government an unheard-of thing, when the company or parties assisted made a financial success of the venture that had received the timely help to enable it to be carried through to success. In other directions aid is freely given to mining by one or the other of the Australian Governments (we are not referring to the Federal or Commonwealth Government)—State reduction works, schools of mines, mining publications, etc. New Zealand has during 18 years to 1903 expended 36,114 pounds (more than a yearly average of $10,000 over the whole period) in aiding schools of mines, and other like useful expenditures might be cited. What a contrast to the attitude of the British Columbia Legislature generally, and the Provincial Govern ment particularly, towards the mining industry of the 'Mineral Province' of the'Dominion. It is consoling, though, to think that neglect to foster the mining industry cannot be perpetuated indefinitely. The mining sections of the Province are steadily becoming more populous, so that there is little do.ubt the industry will eventually be aided in deserving directions. The withdrawal of the reserve in the case of mineral-oil and coal lands in the Flathead Valley district of East Kootenay, has resulted already in the organization of companies and syndicates to exploit this promising territory. Of these the first, we believe, to incorporate under the laws of the Province, is the Flathead Valley Oil Lands Development .Co., capitalized at $250,000, whose prospectus is now before us. The objects of this company are those of acquiring "prospecting licenses, prospecting for oil, and buying and selling oil lands" in the district in question, arrangements having been made to acquire licenses over 1,280 acres of oil lands on Akamina Creek and over 2,500 acres of lands on Squaw Creek, which enters the Flathead River north of Sage Creek, the locators of these areas having agreed to accept shares in the company in exchange for their rights thereto. The company also contemplates the acquisition of other lands in Sage and Calder Creeks as "well as the securing of at least ten claims, involving "an acreage of 6,400 acres, and by the sale of portions, the promotion of dependent companies, or by the application of its own funds, to vigorously prosecute the development of its holdings. It is for this purpose the above options have been secured, and others are now being negotiated. The prospectus points out .that as the country is developed, the company's resources for the acquisition of valuable property and its profitable exploitation will increase and, provided the territory does not entirely disappoint reasonable and well-grounded hopes, its profits should be increasing every year in a very remarkable degree. However, the first discovery of oil, whether it is found on the lands being acquired by this company or not, will greatly enhance the value of these lands, and will enable the company to dispose of them on advantageous terms, as well as to retain a large interest in the oil industry of British Columbia to be established, it is hoped, through the development of the Flathead Valley. In subscribing for shares in this or any other company formed to exploit the oil resources of the Flathead Valley the investor is manifestly taking large speculative risks. All that at present is known in respect to oil occurrences in East Kootenay, is that the indications are remarkably, we might say pungently, promising, and that an eminent authority, the late Dr. Selw,yn, supported since by other testimony, encourages the supposition that a development of the oil resources of the district may be profitably undertaken. The fact has yet to be established, and the investor in the shares of the development companies now being formed is speculating on that likelihood, and the assurance that if oil is found in commercial quantities his investment will be an extraordinarily remunerative one. In the case of the pres- THE MINING RECORD. 271 ent company, the moderate capitalization, the fact that the directors are men of integrity and good business standing, and that claims in the very centre of the supposed oil lands have already been secured, are factors contributory towards a successful issue. THE NICKEL PLATE MINE AND OTHER PROMISING CLAIMS AT CAMP HEDLEY,. SIMILKAMEEN. (By Geo. E. Winkler.) T T is beginning to dawn on the western mining world ■"■ that there has been "something doing" in the middle Similkameen during the past few years, and mining men are asking questions regarding the new camp on Twenty-Mile Creek in which close on 4*wem .te^asa* *h'~ Tvsp ^m asw ^- lll^!lP*p $& 5*^3 vfilpteii 35 m& m& t,iS?3jji~iki *&»5hti^Ma '"is!?? W'M^^^^^^i for the Marcus Daly estate, alias the Amalgamated Copper Co., alias the Standard Oil Co. The original group of three claims—the Nickel Plate, Bulldog and Sunnyside—were bonded a few months after being located, for the sum of $60,000. Meanwhile the company for which Mr. Rodgers is agent has been steadily acquiring locations during the past five years until it now owns sixteen full claims and fractions, besides interests in other properties still partially owned by their discoverers. The principal development has taken place on the Nickel Plate ground, where approximately 4,000 feet of work has been done, mostly in tunnelling and drifting. The mineral-bearing area of the camp appears to be confined to rocks that probably belong to the Palaeozoic period, consisting of metamorphosed sedi- mentaries (in which limes predominate) much tilted in places and traversed by eruptive dykes or porphyry and andesite. The most valuable ore bodies seem to be in close proximity to the limestones, and as a rule occur in an andesite containing garnets, although quartz veins carry high gold values in a few instances. The gold is almost invariably found in association with arsenical iron pyrites (mispickel) and a considerable proportion of it is usually free. Copper pyrites occur quite frequently, often associated with phyr- roite. Specimens running as high as 10 per cent, in nickel have been found in the Nickel Plate, but the ore does not average enough in this metal to make its extraction important. A little cobalt is also occasionally met with. Except on one or two properties silver values are invariably low. The Nickel Plate vein is about 8 feet wide and dips Stamp Mill, Smelter Flat and portion of Hedley City. two millions of dollars have been unostentatiously spent by one of the richest corporations on the continent in the purchase and exploration of mining properties and the erection of a plant suitable for the treatment of the ores that are being mined. It is to answer this growing spirit of inquiry in a more adequate manner than has yet been attempted, that this article has been written. During the summer of 1898 when Copper and Kennedy Mountains (twelve miles south of Princeton) were attracting attention by reason of the large bodies of copper ores found there, a few of the prospectors passing up he Similkameen Valley were sufficiently interested in the red iron-stained walls of the Twenty- Mile Canyon to turn aside and investigate the mineral possibilities of the mountain above. Some of these were so fortunate as to pan "colors" from the oxidized iron showings they discovered, and a number of locations were made within a few weeks. Brodhagen staked the Red Mountain, Scott the War Cloud and Rollo, Johnson and Jacobson the Copper Cliff and Mound, and Wollaston and Arundel the Nickel Plate group. It is the last mentioned property which has done most to bring the camp into prominence owing to its purchase from the locators by Mr. K. Rodgers, acting Stamp Mill and Tramway. to the northwest at an angle of nearly 40 degrees, the strike of the ore being north and south. This large mineralized zone has been explored by two main tunnels from which numerous drifts have been run in% various directions. It is conservatively estimated to average between $12 and $15 in gold, of which 90 per cent, can be saved on the plates, by cyaniding, and in the concentrate's. The lower tunnel is close to 1,000 feet long and gives a depth from the surface of 300 feet. Through it the ore blocked out in the upper workings will be sent, and Tf THE MINING RECORD. also that which is broken down in the glory hole. The two tunnels and the glory hole are connected by a shaft 105 feet deep. Running in about the same direction, but standing nearly vertical, is a 5-ft. vein which cuts the main ore body and continues down beneath it. This is termed by the miners the "gouge" vein because of its soft nature. It is extremely rich in places and specimens showing free gold are often met with: assays from it frequently run into the thousands when picked samples are tested. Its average grade, is between $60 and $75 to the ton. On the Sunnyside claim, belonging to the Yale Mining Co. (the name under which the owners of the Nickel Plate group have incorporated), two tunnels have been driven on separate veins, one of which was discovered in making a rock cut for the tramway, the graders unknowingly using a rich grade of ore to make the road-bed. The Sunnyside leads are somewhat smaller than the big Nickel Plate vein, -though the ore is said to be slightly richer. The vein filling differs from the Nickel Plate in being of a more calcareous nature. The Copper Cliff and Mound, purchased by the Yale Mining Co. in 1902 for $52,000, have large showings of ore averaging about $10 in gold and copper which have been exposed by open cuts. The possession of these two claims, like the Exchange and Iron Duke fractions adjoining, for which $30,000 was paid, became necessary to the company because of their position. In order to treat the vast quantities of ore which the work of the past few years has placed in sight, the company commenced the construction of a forty-stamp mill and cyanide plant, near the junction of Twenty-Mile Creek with the Similkameen River, during the winter of 1902-3. This plant has recently been completed and is now in operation. It is driven by water taken from Twenty-Mile Creek by a three- mile flume capable of carrying 800 miner's inches. The fall from the penstock to the mill is 260 feet, and to the compressor plant at the creek bottom, 400 feet. The ore is transferred from the mine—about 4,500 feet above the mill—by means of a three-mile gravity and electric tram. At the head of the gravity portion of the line, which is almost half-way between the i/.ine and the .mill, an ore bin capable of holding 700 tons has been built, into which the ore is dumped when hauled from the mine by the electric motor cars. It is then loaded into skips holding five tons each and-sent to a station above the mill. From this point it is run through a chute to the crushers. The first is a 10x20 crusher which crushes to 2 inches, and the second is 6x20 and crushes to half this size. Both' crushers are of the Farrell type and made by the Jenckes Machine Co. The crushed ore is carried by a belt conveyor to a second conveyor running at right angles which distributes the ore along the bin. This bin nolds 1,700 tons. A three-foot Cassel water wheel supplies power for running the conveyors and rock crushers. Through automatic Challenge feeders the ore is fed to the batteries. The pulp runs over 12-ft plates and onto 6-ft. Frue vanners, of which there are 16, the concentrates being delivered to a bin below the vanner floor, while the balance of the tailings go to the cyaniding tanks. A 9-ft. Pelton wheel furnishes power for the batteries and a 24-in. wheel for the vanners. The cyanide plant is the largest in the province, and is under the superintendence ol Mr. A. H. Brown, who has had experience in treating the arsenical ores mined in Hastings County, Ontario. The tanks are 34 feet in diameter, 6 and 10 feet deep. There are 12 leaching tanks, 6 slime tanks, and 3 gold -tanks. One side of a forty-drill compressor is being installed below the mill with which to supply compressed air to the mine, and in the same building an electric dynamo is located. It is a 100-k.w. auternator •with revolving field 'and supplies a 3-phase alternating current at a pressure of 2,200 volts. A sub-station at the head of the gravity tram line contains a motor-generator set which converts a 2,000 alternating 3-phase current into a 550-volt direct current for electric tram use. The tunnels are wired and lighted with electricity, a red light system being used to show when the current is on the trolly wires. There are two telephone lines, one for operating the gravity tram, and the other for private use between the mill offices and the mine. In addition to lighting all its own buildings, the company furnishes the business places of Hedley requir- . ing them, with electric lights at very reasonable rates. Large and comfortable offices have been built near the mill, also warehouses, a blacksmith shop, a carpenter shop, and an assay office. It is reported to be . the intention of the company to shortly enlarge its , mill by adding another 60 stamps and a smelter will probably be erected about the same time. Concentrates will be made at the rate of 15 tons or so a day by the stamps now dropping. The Dominion Government recently arranged to . give the company a long lease on a portion of the Indian reserve between the stamp mill and the Similkameen River containing 145 acres. It is stipulated that this land shall be used only for mill and smelter purposes. The only other company that has operated in Camp Hedley is the Kingston Mining Co., oWning the Kingston claim on the west side of the Nickel Plate Mountain. On this property a tunnel has been driven 100 feet on the hanging wall of a 30-ft. vein whose outcrop can be followed between 300 and 400 feet. It is mineralized with chalcopyrite and arsenical iron which assays between $15 and $20 to the ton. The Kingston Mining Co. have suspended operations for the present owing to lack of funds. Above the Kingston and adjoining it are the Rollo and War Cloud claims belonging to P. Scott and R. Boeing. These claims have similar showings to the Kingston, exposed mainly by open cutting, and carrying about the same values. The Climax and I. X. L. claims are located in the same vicinity and belong to Geo. Cahill, J. F. Campbell and M. K. Rodgers. On the I. X. L. a 3-ft. vein has been stripped for 300 feet which runs $40 in gold. Below the Kingston are the Toronto and Galena claims owned by P. Scott, on which a large body of ore lime dyke. A considerable amount of development work has been done on these claims, and where the greatest depth has been reached by tunnelling, it is noticeable that the copper values decrease while { values increase. The matrix also changes with depth to rock of an andesitic character. Assays taken from the face of the longest tunnel show $18 in gold anc surface showing of ore running from' $2 to $15 which is exposed for between 700 and 800 feet, and is over 50 feet in width. A large number of open cuts have been made in ore of a massive nature, containing phyrrotite, iron pyrites, arsenical iron and chalcopyrite. The property is well situated for economical working as it could be explored entirely by tunnels. 274 THE MINING RECORD. The lead is a conspicuous landmark, appearing at a distance as a big red band across the face of the steep mountain side. Near the Red Mountain the Windfall claim, owned by Geo. Cahill et al, has a large showing of ore on which a tunnel has been driven. Between the Windfall and the Nickel Plate, Jos. McDermott and E. Tennesen have recently uncovered a fair sized vein running $40 in gold on their claim, the Edwin Fractiori. ' Adjoining the Nickel Plate group on the north is the Humming Bird group' of four claims, owned by J. J. Marks. A 25-ft. shaft has been sunk and several open cuts made, close to the Nickel Plate line, exposing a large body of ore giving assays as high as $28 in gold. Sufficient work has not been done as yet to satisfactorily determine either the extent or grade of this promising showing. On the Snowflake group, also belonging to Mr. Marks, a tunnel has been driven 190 feet on a vein of arsenical iron from which good assays are obtained. Probably the most attractive of the undeveloped properties in the camp is the Golden Zone group owned by Marks, Brodhagen and Murphy and situated four and a half miles north of the Nickel Plate mine. The claims in this group were located on a 4-ft. vein of white quartz running $5 to $15 in gold and silver. In tracing this lead by shallow shafts and open cuts the locators discovered what at first appeared to be two separate veins running in the same direction and differing from the white quartz in that they carried great quantities of arsenical iron. . Later work, however, would indicate that the largest of these arsenical showings is in reality a continuation of the white quartz vein, the lead having widened to fully 20 feet and improved greatly in grade. The smaller vein is clearly a parallel one and at its eastern end-assays from $30 to $120 in gold and $1.60 in silver, for a width of 4 feet averaging between $80 and $90. The two veins are within 70 feet of each other. The arsenical showings are over 1,000 feet from the outcrop of the white quartz vein,where first discovered. The arsenical iron in these veins is of an extremely massive fine-grained nature and throws off a peculiar -greenish stain which seems characteristic of this iron where it carries high gold values in Camp Hedley. When decomposed on the surface it is almost blood red in colour, and a small quantity of this oxidized material washed in a gold pan shows a long string of fine colours. A sample of this oxidized ore taken from the 20-ft showing assayed $87 in gold. Work has been confined principally to the surface, the deepest shaft being down 50 feet on ore running $10 to the ton. This sinking was done before the finding of the richer ore further along the vein. There is plenty of water for the operation of a large stamp mill close to the property and the building of a road six or seven miles to connect with the Nickel Plate road from Penticton would render it possible to bring in machinery. Four miles east of the Nickel Plate the Blue Diamond group of four claims has been staked by Jrio. Lodge and W. McDonald on a 2y2-ft. quartz vein in granite and porphyry. The ore shows ozurite, mela- chite and chalcopyrite and is said to run between $60 and $70 in gold and silver. A tunnel has been driven 90 feet on the vein. The property is one of considerable promise and has the advantage of being within a few hundred yards of the Nickel Plate wagon road. Between -the Blue Diamond arid the Nickel Plate are the Boston and Pittsburg claims, owned by he Stumps estate. The Boston has a lead bearing phyr- rotite and arsenical iron which is 150 feet wide and carries $12.50 in gold. This property was bonded in May, 1902 by M. K. Rodgers for $30,000 and about $10,000 was spent on it, but the disappearance of the owner caused some difficulty and the bond was not taken up. A continuation of the Boston vein is found on the Greenwood claim adjoining, which belongs to D. Woods. The Greenwood ore averages $15 in gold. Some distance south of the Boston and east of the Nickel Plate, T. J. Gorman has recently discovered a 40-ft. vein of arsenical iron on the Eldorado group. This ore resembles closely that of the Nickel Plate, native gold being visible in some specimens of it. The group was located some years ago on a showing of phyrrotite carrying a little yellow copper and giving assays as high as $14.30 in gold. The recent find of arsenical pyrites greatly increases value of the property. The Yorkshire Boy adjoining the Eldorado group v;has a 6-ft. vein of phyrrotite and yellow copper assaying from $2 to $52. It is owned by A. Aberdeen. Southwest of the Nickel Plate group the Horsefly claim, owned by Wollaston and1 Arundel, has a 5-ft. vein of arsenical iron assaying $24 in gold which has been exposed mainly by open cutting. This lead pans gold freely on the surface. Up the Similkameen River a few miles from the Nickel Plate Mountain and on the opposite side, H. C. Pollock has located the Maple Leaf group on two white quartz veins carrying gold in arsenical iron. One lead has a 2-ft paystreak running $20 to $30 in gold,, and the other has two paystreaks assaying somewhat higher. Both veins are between 6 and 8 feet wide. A 55-ft. tunnel has been driven with the object of cutting one of the veins at depth. NOTES ON THE SEPARATION OF GOLD, SILVER AND PLATINUM.* (By H. Carmichael, Assayer to the Government of British Columbia.) As I had occasion to examine a number of black sands for the platinum group of metals, I made a careful search amongst the leading text-books on assaying and analysis for methods which would aid me; the records of the different chemical societies were also examined, but the data obtained from these sources were of the most meagre description and not ""'Reprinted from- the Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry, 31 December, 1903. No. 24, Vol. XXII. THE MINING RECORD. very reliable. As an aid to devising some rapid and efficient method of analysis the following experiments were made, which largely speak for themselves:— Osmiridium.—The separation of .the osmiridium group from the noble metals does not present any special difficulty if little silver be present. The ore or black sand is fluxed in a crucible in suitable manner and the, lead button cupelled; the resulting bead is rolled out and boiled with dilute sulphuric acid (i to io), letting the acid gradually grow stronger; then, after washing, by boiling with nitric acid, again washing and dissolving in aqua regia, the osmiridium group alone remains, with perhaps a trace of silver chloride, which may be removed by solution in ammonia. The separation of gold, silver, and platinum presents some difficulty, as the following experiments will show:— Separation of Platinunl from Gold.—Alloys of the composition shown in Table I. were made by wrapping the metals in sheet lead and cupelling. As the experiments gave negative results as far as method of separation was concerned, a series of alloys were made as shown in Table II., gradually decreasing the proportion of platinum to gold. A number of experiments were made with the alloy, with the same result as that given. After finding that platinum would separate out with this low ratio of platinum to gold, a number of experiments were conducted to ascertain how a higher ratio would separate. The result of one of these experiments is given in Table III. With io mgrms. to the same amount of gold some of the platinum was left in the cornet, so that 7 per cent, of platinum to gold seems to be the highest ratio that can be successfully parted. 400 mgrms. of added silver were found to part as successfully as 500 mgrms., and at the same time to give a more compact cornet, not so liable to break up. The action of mass seems to play a part in this separation, as 7 mgrms. of platinum, added to 100 mgrms. of gold, parted successfully, but when double the quantity of both metals was taken, as in the alloy of 14 mgrms. of platinum to 200 mgrms. of gold, the cornet did not part; but by increasing the gold to^ 300 mgrms. it did part. A number of experiments were then made with a view of separating the silver from alloys of gold, platinum, and silver. The results are given in Table V. A series of alloys of silver and platinum without any gold were also parted, both in nitric and sulphuric acids, but no satisfactory results could be obtained. A separation of platinum from a gold and silver alloy was also attempted by precipitation as potassium chloro-platinite. This, however, presents many difficulties ; the alloy is for practical purposes insoluble in aqua regia owing to silver chloride being precipitated on the cornet and preventing further action. This difficulty may to a certain extent be overcome by first parting in sulphuric acid and then taking out the last of the silver with nitric acid, washing, and dissolving in aqua regia. To precipitate platinum with potas sium chloride requires that the solution be fairly concentrated ; in doing this it is difficult to prevent the gold chloride from decomposing and precipitating metallic gold. Potassium chloride is to be preferred to ammonium chloride in precipitating platinum, owing to its being slightly less soluble in alcohol. I desire to express my thanks to Mr. D. E. Whit- taker, Government Assistant Assayer, for his aid in carrying out these experiments. Table I. Alloy. Result. Mgrms. Gold 100 Platinum.. 100 Silver 1,000 Gold 100 Platinum.. 100 Silver 1,200 Gold 100! Platinum.. 100 Silver 1,500 Gold 100 Platinum.. 100 Silver ... .2,000 Gold 100 ' Platinum.. 100 Silver 5>ooo Note.—In the last experiment the platinum had not a! parted out, giving a dull gray colour to the gold cornet; the cornet was also partly broken up and the particles floated as a fine powder on the parting acid. A loss was occasioned in this manner, and also perhaps by the amount of nitrous oxide evolved in the solution of the large amount of silver. Tabj^e II. Alloy. Mgrms Gold iooP Platinum.. 20 Silver 3°° Gold 100 ; Platinum.. 15 Silver 400 Gold 100 j Platinum.. 10 Silver 3°° ' Gold 100 Platinum., io. Silver 500 ■ Gold 100 Platinum.. 5 Silver 5°° / Cupelled, rolled,and boiled in strong HNO, \ Platinum did not part properly. "1 Cupelled, and parted in strong HNO : resulting cornet weighed 113*5 mgrms., j showing I3"5 mgrms. of platinum retained j by cornet. Duplicate, same result. "1 Cupelled, and parted in strong HNO net weighed H3'5, showing 135 mgrms. ofplatinum retained by cornet. Duplicate, same result. Cupelled, and parted in strong HNO, : cornet weighed H2'5 mgrms., showing 12*5 mgrms. of platinum retained by cornet. Duplicate, same result. Cupelled, and parted in strong HNO : cornet weighed 95 mgrms., showing that a loss had occurred. Result. Cupelled and parted first in 21° B. and then in 320 B. HNO : resulting cornet weighed 1027 mgrms., showing2*7 mgrms.ofplatinum left in cornet. Duplicate, same result- Cupelled, and parted twice in 320 B. HNO, ; resulting cornet weighed 101*2 mgrms. Duplicate weighed 100*2 mgrms. Cupelled, and parted first in 21° B.. second in 32° B. HNO : resulting cornet weighed ioo*8mgms. Duplicate weighed 100 *4mgms. Cupelled, and patted in first 21° B., second in 32° B. HNO : resulting cornet weigh'd 100*2 mgrms. Duplicate, same result. Cupelled, and parted first in 210 B., second in 32° B. HNO, *. resulting cornet weigh'd 100 mgrms., showing that the platinum had all been removed, except perhaps an unweighable trace. 276 THE MINING RECORD. Table III. Alloy. Mgrms Gold Platinum.. 7 Silver 400 Result. 100 , Cupelled, and parted first in 210 B., second i\ > in 32' B, HNO, : resulting cornet weighed 100*2 mgrrus. Table IV. Alloy. Mgrms. Result. Gold 200 Platinum . 14 Silver 800 Gold 30o| Platinum.. 14I Silver 900 Gold 200 Platinum . 10 Silver 600 h Cupelled, and parted in 21° B. and 320 B HNO : resulting cornet weighed 200*3 mgrms., showing 0*3 mgrm. of platinum r retained; cornet broke up in parting. Duplicate was parted in 210 B., still more diluted and did not break, and weighed J 200*3 mgrms. "| Cupelled, and parted in 210 B. and 320 B HNO : resulting cornet weighed 300 > mgrms. This would show that as a larger ' quantity of platinum has to be parted J gold must be added in increasing ratio. \ Cupelled,, and parted in 210 B. and 320 B. j" HNO : resulting cornet weighed 200 mgrm. Table V. Alloy. Result. Mgrms. Gold 100! Platinum . 1001 Silver ... 500) Gold ioo1 Platinum . 100! Silver 500 Gold IOO; Platinum.. 5I Silver 300I Gold 100 Platinum.. 5 Silver .... 300 Gold 50 Platinum.. 5 Silver 300 Gold 9 Platinum., 5] Silver 300 Cupelled, and parted in strong li2 SO. : resulting cornet weighed 204*7 mgrms., showing 4*7 mgrms. of silver left behind Duplicate, same result. Cupelled, and parted in strong H2 SO ; then in strong HNO : resulting cornet weighed 204 mgrms. Duplicate weighed 2006 mgrms. Cupelled, and parted in dilute H2 SO. : re- suiting cornet weighed 105*5 mgrms. Duplicate weighed 105*2 mgrms. Cupelled and parted in dilute H2 SO. : resulting cornet weighed 105*4 mgrms. Duplicate weighed 105*4 mgrms. Cupelled, and parted in dilute H, SO. washed and'parted in strong T1N0, : resulting comet weighed 55*3 mgrms. Duplicate weighed 55*2 mgrms. Cupelled and parted in dilute H2 SO. , washed, and parted in strong HNO : resulting cornet weighed 30 3 mgrms. Duplicate cornet weighed same. Note.—This last experiment showed 0.3 mgrm. of silver retained or 0.1 per cent., which was the best result obtainable, while it is not entirely satisfactory; a close assay could probably be made by running through a proof alloy under similar conditions and deducting the surcharge of silver found from the regular assay. POPLAR CREEK AND OTHER CAMPS IN THE LARDEAU DISTRICT* (By Prof. R. W. Brock, Kingston, Ont.) THE term Lardeau District will be used to embrace the strip of country extending southeast- wards from the northeast arm of Upper Arrow Lake and Fish River to the head of Kootenay Lake. A low valley extends through the centre of the district from the northeast arm to the Duncan River and Kootenay Lake, occupied for the greater part of its length by Trout Lake and the Lardeau River. The district lies in one of the most rugged and picturesque portions of the Selkirk Mountains. The altitude of the mountains gradually increases going northward and eastward from the head of Upper Ar- ■ ;w Lake, from about 8,000 feet to perhaps 11,000 north and east of the Duncan River. DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISTRICT. The Lardeau district has been recognized as a mineral district for some time. Claims were located near Comaplix on the Northeast Arm as far back as 1888, and the Lardeau itself was prospected and staked ten years ago. From that time on prospecting has continued and the development and opening up of the district has gone slowly forward. But the district has not received as careful attention from either prospectors or mining men as its mineral indications would warrant. Several causes have contributed to this, the rugged nature of the country, its isolation and consequent distance from smelters have made it impossible to handle anything but the richest ores; prospectors decided that it was a silver-lead district only, and searched for nothing else. The depression in the silver-lead markets had a strong retarding influence on the young undeveloped district. Many claim owners in view of the high assays obtainable and regardless of the great cost of mining and trans-) porting the ore, held their claims at prices that were prohibitive in an undeveloped district where so many natural difficulties had to be overcome. However, the district is now easily accessible and in many parts well opened up with roads and trails which greatly facilitate prospecting. A number of claims are now developed and provided with facilities for handling, and in some cases treating, their ores on the spot. With the successful operation of these, and the recent discoveries of rich gold ores on Poplar Creek this summer, it is to be anticipated that the district writ soon receive more attention from both prospectors and mining men. GEOLOGY OF THE DISTRICT. In the nature of the rocks and the character of the ores, the Lardeau has many points of resemblance to the Slocan District. The statement sometimes made that there are none but sedimentary rocks in the Lardeau is far from being correct, although sedimentary rocks are probably more widespread. *Condensed from a paper contributed to the Canadian Mining Institute by permission of the Acting Director of the Geological Survey of Canada. — THE MINING RECORD. The latter consist of argillites, limestones and sandstones and conglomerates, altered by the mountain building process to phyllites, generally carbonaceous, sericite and chlorite schists, calc-schists, crystalline- limestone and quartzites, or squeezed quartz porphyries. At one or two points volcanic tuff may be recognized and some of the schists may represent altered ash rocks. In these sedimentary rocks, often interbanded but sometimes cutting across them at low angles, are dykes and masses of diorite or gabbro porphyrites and possible augite porphyrites, but these rocks are and in its geological relationship it is clearly seen to be an intrusive rock; microscopic examination points to its having been in all probability a diabase originally, and in this paper it will be referred to as a diabase or diabase schist. Along the south-western border of the district a white acid granite, intrusive in all the other rocks, occurs. In places it is a normal granite, in others a hornblende granite. Aplite and pegmatite dykes are numerous at many points, even at some distance from the granite, outcrops. The granite is very fresh in appearance and has escaped most of the metamorphism that the older Section showing folding and lime dikes on ri dge south-east of Porcupine Creek L usually so altered by dynamic metamorphism ->that their original .nature cannot be determined with precision. They are now usually in the form of green chloritic schists. Intrusive in these preceding rocks) though often interbanded with them, are small dykes of a rock which is now generally a rusty weathering schist consisting of various secondary minerals of which serpentine, quartz, sericite and carbonates are the most prevalent. In an extreme form' of alteration it consists of sericite, carbonates and some limonite; the carbonates may be present in such quantity that the rock effervesces violently with acid, and might thus be mistaken for a limestone. In less altered samples, rocks have suffered from. STRUCTURE OF THE DISTRiCT. Since there are few well-marked horizons, and since the eruptive rocks interfered with the regular sequence of the stratified rocks, it is difficult to make out the structure of the district. Faulting adds to the complexity of the problem. Throughout the greater part of the district the rocks are tightly folded along an axis of approximately 280 degrees.** At many points **The bearings in this paper are magnetic. The local, variation of the compass is about 25° east. That is, for true astronomical bearings add 250 to the reading of the instrument. 278 THE MINING RECORD. m 17 Mm the folds are compound, ■ the anticline consisting of numerous small anticlines or syndines (an(ticlino- mium). The axes of the folds are pitching northward in the northern part of the district. Trout Lake Valley appears to be' on the southwesterly limit of a large, slightly overturned anticline. A conglomerate occurs here which might be used as a key horizon for working out the structure, but it was not noticed elsewhere. At the head of Gainer Creek the structure is revealed by the so-called "Lime Dike." The first (most south-westerly dyke) is formed by the outcropping of a limestone band in the southwest limit of an oppressed anticline. A subordinate anticline or syncline with the arch eroded lies immediately north of this, the basin of the syncline still remaining, forms the second dyke". A few miles to the southeast, on the ridge east of Cariboo Creek, the minor fold is a syncline. A second structural feature of great regularity and importance is the jointing of the rocks at right angles to the strike. This, with the bedding planes, cuts the rocks into rectangular blocks. These two structural features, the north-westerly—southeasterly strike and high dip and the north-easterly—south-westerly jointing planes determine the chief topographical directions to the valleys and ranges conforming to these directions. THE ORE DEPOSITS. Three more or less clearly defined *zones of mineralization may be recognized. First—A south-western belt on the slope to the southwest of the main valley running through the district, bounded on the southwest by the granite mass but with undefined northeastern border. Second—A somewhat sharply defined central belt commencing at Fish River and extending south-eastward across Pool Creek, Beatrice and up Northern Mountain across Lardeau Creek and along Silver Cup Mountain, crossing Lardeau River about Tenderfoot Creek, and running down the southwest bank of the river across Poplar Creek, and thirdly, the lime dike belt, extending from McDougal Creek in Fish River across Boyd, Lexington Creek and the head of Pool Creek, and along the divide between the Lardeau and Duncan River basins. FISH RIVER CAMP. This camp, situated in the lower part of Fish River, was located as a silver-lead camp, but at present the principal development is confined to gold leads. Camborne, the centre of this district, is situated on the central mineral belt. A somewhat narrow band of phyllite cut by the diabase schist, lie here between rather broad bands of the chlorite schists. The green chlorite schists, so far as observed, are without mineralization, but the lime dike belt to the north carries silver ores, mostly galena blende tetrahedrite and a little pyrite and chalcopyrite. Some of these deposits are high-grade, but some, as the Alma on Pool Creek, are largely low-grade. Claims were located on the Central belt for silver lead. In 1900 an inexperienced prospector discovered a quartz vein with some specks of galena on the lower slope of Lexington Mountain, between Pool Creek and .Fish River, which he located for silver lead. Assays revealed a high gold content, and a number of gold claims were staked in this lead. On the Eva claim the main lead has now been traced from Fish River south-eastward for about a mile, and it probably extends to Pool Creek. The lead consists of two veins lying in and along two fault planes which dip about 8o° away from one another, connected by numerous cross veins and stringers. The direction, of the lead is 1200, cutting the formation at a low angle. 'The country rock is a spotted phyllite consisting 01 sericite, calcite, quartz and probably feldspar and iron ore. It is cut by the diabase schist here highly altered. The vein matter is quartz, calcite, feldspar, siderite and sericite, carrying some sulphides and free gold. The sulphides are principally pyrite, sometimes .well crystallized, a little galena blende. Gouge along the faults has confined the vein material between these lines. In places the vein consists purely of vein matter, sometimes banded and with divisional planes parallel to the walls or to the stratification of the country rock. Sometimes the vein holds intrusions of country rock more or less replaced by veinstone; in other places the quartz is deposited in thin bands along the lines of stratification. The rock between the two main veins is often impregnated with vein material, besides being traversed by numerous cross veins. Such rock may assay $2.50 per ton. The quartz will pan almost everywhere but the values are not evenly distributed. Gold visible to the naked eye occurs in solid quartz, in seams in the quartz and along the selvage of the veins, generally in small scales or nuggets which are sometimes dusted through the rock in particles as fine as needle points. It is often concentrated along the walls or around inclusions in the vein. As such points are often carbonaceous, the carbon may have been responsible for the enrichment (acting as a precipitant). The veins are usually higher grade when a cross vein joins the main vein. Zinc blendfe is said to be a good indicator of values. Pyrite is sometimes very rich. Galena may or may not carry gold values. About 2,200 feet of development work has been done. The rocks and ore on the Oyster Criterion group resemble those of the Eva. The replacement of the country rock by vein material is very plainly seen. The veinstone, consisting of quartz, straited or un- straited feldspar, carbonates and sulphides form stringers between the laminas of the phyllite. This vein material then eats into the rock forming cloud-like masses, and the grains of the rock gradually lose their identity; finally they are completely changed to vein matter, sometimes with nuclei of the phyllite remaining. Thus all stages may be met. with in the lead between solid veinstone and reticulating veinlets between blocks of country rock. The gold is often concentrated round these inclusions so that the mottled portions of the veins are often rich. Three main veins are recognized: the Eva gold vein; the Criterion vein, and the galena vein. The dia- Till*: MINING RECORD. gram will show the relationship between these veins: The Eva and Criterion veins, if they maintain their direction, should intersect on the Oyster ground. Reasoning from analogy, when they intersect, increased values may be found, and probably cross veins and other veins be met with. The galena vein, besides the lead sulphide, carries blende and iron or copper pyrite rather heavily developed in a quartz gangue. The veins vary in width from a few inches to a number'of feet. On the Beatrice, near the head of Mohawk Creek, a quartz veim with some sericite and calcite occurs in a highly carbonaceous phyllite. Blende is perhaps the commonest sulphide. It is veined by tetrahedrite. Galena also is found of later formation than the tetrahedrite. Pyrite and chalcopyrite occur intimately mixed, veining the zinc blende, and apparently formed later than the tetrahedrite. FERGUSON CAMP. Ferguson is the mining centre of Lardeau Creek. The central mineral belt from Camborne crosses from the Beatrice to the Lardeau slope, continuing over Great Northern Mountain, the spur of Ferguson Mountain between the forks of Lardeau Creek and up the slope of Silver Cup Mountain to its summit. On this belt a number of claims have been located. A considerable section of the lime dike belt is also tributary to Ferguson, but on account of difficulties of transportation little work is at present in progress on the most promising claims in this belt. The Nettie L. is situated on a spur of Ferguson Mountain, about 5,ioo feet above the sea, or 2,100 feet above the towns. The country rocks are carbonaceous phyllites or slate. Some quartzitic rocks already referred to occur in the neighbourhood together with dykes of the diabase schist. The average strike of the rocks is about 2800 but varies somewhat on account of folding. A synclinal fold seems to be here developed, whose symmetry is disturbed by faulting. The dip and strike at any point will therefore depend on its position in the fold. About 6,000 feet of work have been done in two claims opening up three leads, known as the main, the cross leads and the big quartz vein. These veins are for the most part independent of the strike of the rocks. On the Ajax claim adjoining the Nettie L. to the east, and belong to the same company, the lead opened up appears to follow the bedding of the rocks in seams and reticulating veinlets. The rocks here are folded into a canoe-shaped syncline. The strike changes from easterly with a northerly dip, to northerly with a westerly dip. Successive portions of the ore following the beds turn northward from their original course. The ore consists of quartz heavily mineralized with tetrahedrite, galena blende and some copper and iron pyrites. When weathered, wire silver is occasionally found. Zinc blende has been the first of the sulphides to be found. It is replaced and veined by tetrahedrite. Copper pyrite veins the latter; galena is newer than the copper pyrites. Some quartz and calcite have been developed after the sulphides. Sericite is found sparingly in the quartz gangue. The vein matter may form a solid mass or may occur as numerous reticulating veins or stringers in the rock. Replacement of the country rock by vein material has often occurred. Beside the silver and lead values some gold is obtained from this ore. The Silver Cup mine is also to the south of Lardeau Creek near the crest of the Silver Cup Mountain. About 5,000 feet of work has been done on the property, mostly in the Silver Cup and Sunshine claims. The country rocks consist of carbonaceous slates or phyllites, w ith the usual strike and dip, and dykes of the altered rusty weathering diabase schist, which while almost parallel to the slates, sometimes cuts them. Two main leads occur running almost parallel to the formation. * One of these is "blind." Connecting these parallel leads are numerous cross veins, one of wliii-1; makes a large body of ore. The veins present the same characteristics as the Nettie L. vein. The ore is localized in chutes of lenticular form, some of which are of large size—one slope being 275 feet long. The chutes occur where cross fissures meet the leads. Sometimes some of the numerous slips form apparent walls to the lead, but vein matter is usually found beyond such walls. So far the ore is confined to the slate band between two parallel dykes of the diabase, although the latter rock has been mineralized with pyrite. The character of the ore is similar to that of the Nettie L.; argentiferous tetrahedrite has been taken out in blocks up to 18 inches in diameter. Some of the richest tetrahedrite yet found has been obtained in considerable quantities in the deepest workings, 600 feet below the highest, indicating that the values are not the result of mere superficial alteration and enrichment of the vein. The first grade ore carries $12 per ton in gold in addition to its silver and lead values. Since these Nettie L. and Silver Cup ores have up to the present been shipped to the smelters at Trail or Nelson, the costs of smelting or mining having amounted to about $50 per ton, so that only the richest ore could be handled. Consequently large dumps of second grade ore have accumulated. To treat these and other low-grade ores in the mines the Silver Mill at Five-Mile has been constructed.** The Triune mine is stuated a short distance southeast of the Silver Cup, separated from and a small ridge. The tunnels enter the face ot a cliff under a small glacier. The mode of occurrence and character of the ore is very similar to that of the Silver Cup. Indeed from the course and dip of the Silver Cup lead it is highly probable that the Triune is on the extension of the same leads. There is, however, this difference, the northern vein sometimes traverse the southern diabase dykes, and the southern vein occurs outside this dyke, with the dyke as a sort of hanging wall. In the upper part of the mine, near the bed of the glacier, the ground is frozen throughout the summer. ***A description of this mill was published in the Mining RECORD for November, 1903, p. 857. THE MINING RECORD. On account of this peculiar situation this mine has not been worked in winter, and only the richest ore can be classed as first grade ore. This mineral belt extends over Silver Cup Mountain, the Cromwell and other claims being situated on it. It probably runs along the range past the head of American and Has- kins Creeks, but on account of the snow it was impossible to trace it up. Some quartz claims carrying free gold have been found on this range, some containing feldspar and ^bearing a resemblance to acid facies of pegmatite dykes. The lime dike series of rocks which extend along the headwaters of the tributaries of Lardeau and the west fork of the Duncan River, is also well mineralized. Veins occur both in the slates or phyllites or in the limestone itself. The Badshot, Mohican, Black Prince, Ophir Ludi and numerous other claims occur in this series of rocks. Ores very similar to those of the Central Belt occur in Trout Lake and Lardeau River Vaile)', particularly on the slopes to the south. From the position and number of locations this may he considered as forming a third mineral belt. The claims near the valley enjoy the great advantage of being near transportation facilities, permitting a lower grade ore to be shipped, as the freight and smelting on ore delivered on Trout Lake is from $15 to $18 per ton. The Lucky Boy claim, northwest of Trout Lake City, shipped ore last summer and several other claims, were being developed. THE POPLAR CREEK DISTRICT. The basin of the Lardeau River below Trout Lake is now usually referred to as the Poplar Creek District, since the excitement and rush into the district this summer was caused by discoveries about the mouth of Poplar Creek. The district is not altogether new to prospectors; some of the most highly-prized claims, such as the Goldsmith, were staked ten years ago and abandoned, and some prospectors have been at work ever since. The rocks of this lower part of the Lardeau Basin are similar to those found in the upper, and consist of greenstones and green schists, slates and phyllites with a few limestone bands and dykes of the yellow weathering diabase and the schist formed by its deformation. The veins occur on. a belt of slates and diabase, dykes which crosses the Lardeau River from the northwest, above Tenderfoot Creek, and extends south-westward nearly parallel to the river across Rapid, Poplar and Cascade Creeks. On account of the snow the Silver Cup belt could not be followed southeast across the Silver Cup Mountain, but there is little doubt that the Poplar Creek belt is its southeastern continuation. Thus the lime dike series is seen up Lake Creek showing the rocks to be angling toward the river. In Rapid Creek boulders of a conglomerate similar to that found in Trout Lake, afford pretty good evidence that this band is to be found up Rapid Creek, that is, ft has crossed the valley and is now away to the southwest. The veins are similar in ■ character to those of Fish River and Silver Cup Mountain already described, except that at Poplar Creek * arsenic pyrite is occasionally found. But the introduction of a new mineral at a particular point in a mineral belt is no rare thing. In this part of the belt veins are very numerous. In some places they form a network. | They usually conform to two principals-directions. One set runs about 290 degrees, that is, almost paral- lei to the formation, though its dip may vary from that of the rocks, and the second set cross-cuts the formation running nearly north and south. The claims which have received most attention, up to the time of my visit, were the Lucky Jack, Swede Group (Goldsmith) Gold Park on Poplar Creek; North Star on Rapid Creek, the Maggie May and Handy groups near the railway at Tenderfoot. The Lucky Jack is situated on the west side of the railway about one-quarter of a mile below Poplar Creek crossing. The main vein is exposed in the hillside about 100 yards from the track, standing out like a wall from the more easily weathered country rock. The vein is quartz two to five feet wide standing almost vertical with a strike of 338 degrees. A number of other veins occur on the property, but these have mostly the more westerly strikes. The quartz is milky to water, while carrying a Uttle arsenopyrite which holds free gold, galena and pyrite, with, in places, very coarse free gold liberally splashed through it in bunches, masses, fibres and plates. Gold occurs in the pure quartz, in the sulphides, surrounding the sulphides in inclusions of country rock, or, along the walls, fine gold invisible to the eye is also found. This vein has afforded some magnificent specimens, some of the finest ore found in the Province. The values are not evenly distributed; often no gold is visible though even here the quartz is said to pan. The occurrence of sulphide and inclusions of rock appear to be favourable indications of values. The arseno-pyrite is often rich in free gold. On the Gold Nile and Goldsmith claims, 1,400 feet above the valley and .south of Poplar Creek, are a number of veins varying from a few inches to several feet in width. They are mineralized here and there with spathic iron weathering to limonites, galena and pyrites. From one of these veins on the Goldsmith the richest specimens yet found at Poplar Creek were obtained. One such specimen was estimated to weigh five pounds, of which about half was estimated to be gold. The country rock here consists of slate and diabase schists. In the latter is a vein heavily mineralized with galena and blende, copper and iron pyrite said to carry very high values, mostly in gold. On the Crown King, just to the southeast, decomposed country rock, containing stringers of quartz which I panned, yielded heavily. On the Spy Glass claim about twelve miles up Poplar Creek, the lead occurs in glassy mica schists, Here there is a quartz lead several feet wide, 'with bands of pyrite containing'a paystreak of 6 to 8 inches heavily mineralized with blende, tetrahedrite, galena, copper and iron pyrite. Native silver is quite abund- THE MINING RECORD. 281 ant in it and argentite is probably present. Free gold is reported to have been found. This ore runs high in silver, and, it is said also, in gold. Other claims, such as the Gold Jack group, North Star group, while the first is developed, present no new features and will be passed over. Regarding the degree of success which will attend operations at Poplar Creek it is as yet too early to predict. This discovery of gold is certatinly an important one. The veins are numerous and strong, and apparently persistent with depth. In places some of the veins are of very exceptional richness. As deep as they have been tested the character of the ore remains unchanged. The auriferous ground extends ovei a large area. Small stringers of quartz, such as that on the Crown King, will pan heavily. The galena vein on the Goldsmith has very high values somewhat evenly distributed. A large quantity of what should be good pay ore is already exposed, and some very rich, spots have been found. In many respects the ore reminds one of the Cariboo in Camp McKinney, which yielded good results for years. But information was not available on which to base an estimate of the run of mine. The values are not, and cannot be expected to be, evenly distributed, and the effect the leaner ores will have on the mill run has to be determined by actual test. If gold values should decrease somewhat with depth these deposits would conform to the general rule that free gold is concentrated in veins by surface agencies. The prospects are that some of the veins will yield highly satisfactory results, and the district as a whole merits and will no doubt receive careful exploitation. But the success of mining enterprises depends not ■only on the values and extent of the ore, but on the business management. It is manifestly unfair to ask a mine to pay satisfactory dividends or over capitalization of any kind, and it is to be hoped that mistakes of this mind made in other districts will not be repeated here. SUMMARY. Ores, as we have seen, occur in these belts in the Lardeau, one southwest of the valley, one central from Fish River to Poplar Creek, and one along the Lardeau Duncan divide. Outside of these belts some mineralization occurs but the main deposition, as far as observed, has taken place along these lines. The ores occur largely in the phyllites, to some extent in the limestone, and in places in the rusty weathering diabase schist, but no mineralization of importance was observed in the green schist or the gab- broidal rocks. The mineral zones have the following characters in common: the presence of bands of stratified rocks and the occurrence of dykes of the diabase schist, by which indeed the zones may be recognized. The veins usually occur near, along or within these dykes. The veins have two principal directions nearly -parallel to the general strike of the rocks and nearly at right angles to it. The veins have largely the characters of the composite fissure type, their direction being largely determined by that of fissures in the rock, but replacement of the country rock has been an important process in addition to fissure filling. In places, and to some extent, the bedding planes of the country rock have been utilized by the mineralizers. The veins have been filled by aqueous mineralizing solutions which have brought up their load of mineral matter from below. The character of the ores is not directly dependent upon the nature of the country rock. The relationship between the diabase schist and the ores seem to have been largely physical, determining the direction of circulation of the solutions, although perhaps the carbonates and iron of the dykes might have been reached chemically with these ores bearing solutions. The deposits may possibly have a relationship to the pegmatites, accompanying the granite intrusion. The magma from which these were formed became more and more aqueous and acid as distances from the parent mass was gained and the vein material is often rich in feldspar as well as quartz. According to economic mineral contents the veins may be divided into two groups, the silver-lead vein, rich in metallic sulphides, and the gold vein, poorer in these sulphides, but carrying free and combined gold. Except with respect to relative amounts of sulphides these two groups of veins are very similar. Both are characterized by quartz, carbonates, sericite, feldspar and the same or very similar sulphides. But the relationship between the two classes of veins is not clear. The galena vein in the Criterion at Fish River is later than one of the quartz veins but may be older than the second. The veins are f deepest valley : been made ained by the prospector b< vegetation. The values are ized in chutes >unc tne hav exp the n the highest summits ana in . The largest number of locations >n the summits, but this is to be etter exposures to be found there unnam pered by there. wash or not evenly'distributed, but are local- There is often a concentration of values round carbonaceous inclusions or carbonaceous wall rocks. Zinc blende and tetrahedrite are indicative of good values. Chutes are often found at the intersection of veins. Other indications of values will no doubt be noticed when further development has been done. It is particularly desirable that a criterion for recognizing pay quartz when gold is not visible to the naked eye should be found. There is every indication that the veins are as par- sistent at depth as they are horizontally. So far as developed, the values in the silver veins have not altered in the lower workings. Since tetrahedrite, the rich silver mineral, is one of the earliest formed minerals in the vein, there is some ground for the hope that it will extend to some depth. Free gold is found at the greatest depth yet attained in the quartz claims. WHERE TO PROSPECT. Although all of the ground at Poplar Creek itself is staked, there remains a good deal of territory to be prospected, particularly for gold. The belt from Rapid 282 THE MINING RECORD. and Tenderloin Creek to Silver Mountain is still largely free ground and should be examined, and from Silver Cup Mountain to Camborne it should also be prospected for gold. Free gold was found in the fall in the Winslow Claim across the divide from Silver Cup Mountain. It is not certain that the belt is auriferous throughout, and this point should be settled by actual examination. Whether this belt extends southeastward from Cascade Creek below Poplar is not known. The southwest belt between the valley and the granite contact, in which the Spy Glass occurs, is of some promise, and is mostly open for prospecting. The lime dike series might also be re-examined for gold. Numerous quartz veins similar to those in the gold camps, occur in it under similar conditions, and it is quite probable that some of them are auriferous. Quartz veins and some galena veins occur between Fish River Camp, the Columbia and Revelstoke, but little is known of this district. The quartz veins seen by the writer appeared rather lean, but a closer examination is necesary before this area can be pronounced to be barren, and so far as known, prospecting might be attended with success. From what has been said it is evident that in the Lardeau we have a young district of considerable merit and promise. The initial difficulties attendant upon its isolated position and mountainous character are now largely overcome, and no doubt certain portions of the district are now receiving a careful testing. If the results of this are as satisfactory as they promise to be the rapid development of this district may be predicted. THE GENESIS OF THE GOLD-DEPOSITS OF BARKERVILLE (BRITISH COLUMBIA) AND THE VICINITY.* By Austin J. R. Atkin. HE gold-bearing area of Cariboo (British Co- A lumbia) is roughly confined, within a radius of twenty miles of Barkerville, to the band of varied crystalline rocks known as the Cariboo Schists, generally assigned to 'the Lower Palaeozoic group. The veins follow the strike but not the dip of the rocks, the gangue is similar to that associated with the nuggets in the placers, and the reefs show very little or no oxidised ore. While all the reefs carry gold in greater or less quantities, none have been found rich enough to account for the placer-gold. It is the opinion of the author that the placer-gold has probably been derived from the enriched outcrops of the veins which once existed above water level. Such enrichment is due to two causes—firstly, the leaching- out of pyrites leaving the less soluble gold in lighter, honeycombed quartz; and, secondly, to actual enrichment by precipitation. This may be due to the solubility of gold in solutions of ferric sulphate, derived from the decomposition of the pyrites. While the en riched zone was being formed, the weathering of the surface kept removing the leached outcrop, and constantly exposing fresh surfaces to atmospheric influences. To the weathering of these outcrops the rich placers are attributed. Some of the nuggets in the latter show no signs of attrition, as though they had been carried to their present position enclosed in a soluble matrix which was afterwards removed. The denudation of the reefs and the deposition of gold in the gravels appear to have taken place in Tertiary times. DISCUSSION. Mr. H. W. Monckton asked whether gold had ever been found in a calcite reef. Mr. Bedford McNeill, A.R.S.M., said the paper was a very interesting example of the generally-accepted theory of "secondary enrichment" as applied to a particular ore-occurrence. Naturally, one would have preferred to have visited the locality before discussing the paper. Our present views were mainly the outcome of the comparatively recent work of Posepny and others; but, given low-grade auriferous iron pyrites and given descending oxidising waters, there was no doubt that the chemical changes alluded to did take place. In this connexion, the experiments mentioned by Mr. T. A. Rickard,** as having been commen ced Daintree in 1871 in Dr. Percy's * Abstract: published in the London Mining Journal oi a paper read befot the Geological Society of London. laboratory at the Royal School of Mines, should not be overlooked. A number of small bottles, each containing solution of chloride of gold, were taken, and to each a crystal of the more common metallic sulphides was added, such as pyrites, galena, blende, &c. At the time when Daintree died, a few years later, no results could be discovered; but one of the bottles was removed to Dr. Percy's private laboratory, and there in 1886, or fifteen years after the commencement of the experiment, a cluster of minute crystals of gold was discovered upon the smooth surface of the iron pyrites. In the case of the New Gusters and adjacent mines in Colorado, with which the speaker was connected some twelve years ago, the ore-occur- ence presented at that time many points of great obscurity, but, as since pointed out by Emmons, Rickard, and others, if the theory of a secondary or zonal enrichment were applied, these difficulties largely disappeared. As regarded the New Gusters mine—galena was most abundant from the surface down—say, to 300 feet—the ore carrying 8 to 50 per cent, of lead, 9 to 30 ounces of silver, with a trace of gold. At a depth of about 180 feet copper pyrites with stromey- erite came in, and continued down to about 700 feet, the assays being: Copper 5 to 15 per cent., 25 to 700 ounces of silver, one-tenth to 3 ounces of gold. At about 600 feet solid bodies of iron pyrites were discovered, which continued to the deeper workings, carrying 1 to 3 per cent, of copper, 4 to 20 ounces of silver, and two-tenths of an ounce of gold. Bornite was met with between 700 and 1,200 feet, carrying 18 to 25 per cent, of copper, 60 to 175 ounces of silver and V4, to 1 y-2, ounces of gold. Free gold, which was **Trans. Am. Inst. Min. Eng. Vol. XXII. (1893) p. 313. THE MINING RECORD. never seen above the 700-ft. level or in any other instance, was found associated with the bornite below the 700-ft. level. The workings were suspended at about 1,500 feet. With reference to the previous speaker's remark, it might be stated that calcite was not unknown as a matrix of gold; and A. G. Lock had stated that most of the rich quartz-reefs at Gympie (Queensland) contained abundance of calcite in strong veins and patches, often richly impregnated with gold. A fine specimen from these showed actual veins of fairly-large gold specks, irregularly distributed through white opaque calcite. CONDITIONS IN NORTHERN MINING CAMPS. (By W. M. Brewer.) HO attempt to give a full and detailed description ■*■ of the territory tributary to Atlin and Whitehorse in a brief article is impossible, therefore 1 shall content myself with dealing generally with the conditions in regard to the mining industry in these localities as they at present exist. Activity in the Atlin district at the present time is centered in placer and dredging operations. From a mechanical point of view the dredging plant recently installed is in every detail nearly perfect. The power house situated below the falls on Pine Creek, furnishes ample horsepower to generate electricity sufficient to run several dredges of the same type and is complete in every particular from the concrete foundations upwards. The electrical plant at the dredge is of the most modern design, the voltage transmitted direct from the power house is 22,000, which is reduced by a.series of step-transformers to 1100 volts, that being the power transmitted to the dredge. The machinery on the dredge is operated by four motors, the largest being 100 horsepower which runs the buckets, of which there are ninety-two, each having a capacity of 3% cubic feet. Of the smaller motors one operates the" revolving screen into which the buckets discharge, another the pump which supplies the water for the screen and sluice boxes, and another operates the lighting plant. The total power required is 150 horsepower. Of the gold-saving ability of this plant it is impossible yet to speak definitely because no clean-up has been made and at the time of my visit the dredge was working in a bed of boulders and gravel about four feet above bed-rock and at a depth of about thirty feet below the surface. It may be found necessary in order to handle the boulders successfully, (many of them being of a very large size) to re-arrange the buckets by inserting in place of some of them very strong grab-hooks designed after such a pattern that the teeth can be thrust under a boulder and thereby afford a better purchase than is obtainable by the smooth lips of the buckets as at present designed. It ■ rarely occurs that newly installed machinery works as smoothly as does that of this dredging plant, which had been in operation less than a month at the time of my visit. The pond or pool in which the dredge itself stands is thirty feet deep and supplied with continuously flowing water taken from the Deek's ditch, which is one of the longest on Pine Creek. On Pine, Spruce, McGee, Boulder and several other creeks greater activity has been shown during the past season than at any former period, especially is this the case on Spruce Creek, where a larger number of individual mine-owners are working than is usually- the case in placer diggings which have worked continuously since 1899. The reason for this is that it has been found very profitable to mine the hill claims by drifting. On most of the other creeks, hydraulic companies are operating under very favourable conditions, as the supply of water has been more regular and greater than usual. With regard to quartz properties in this district, there is but little activity at present, the owners of nearly all of them, being also interested in placer claims, are naturally devoting all their energies to taking out gold while the conditions are so favourable. A comparatively new and un-known section of country extending nortrj-westerly from Atlin and a portion of which lies in British Columbia, the remainder being in the Yukon, is receiving considerable at- tenton by quartz miners during the present season. Several well defined and persistent veins of quartz carrying gold, silver, copper and sometimes lead values have been discovered in this mountainous section. Some of the claims located have been bonded to outside syndicates and are being developed. The results so far obtained are very satisfactory and as several of these are located at a comparatively short •distance from navigable water, the district should in the near future prove an attractive one, especially as the grade of the ore so far found has been sufficiently high to warrant the opinion that it can be mined, shipped and treated at a profit. Most of my attention during the past few months has been devoted to the Whitehorse copper belt and the quartz ledges centered in the Big Salmon country which is tributary to the Hootalinqua River, a stream navigable for stern wheel steamers for at least forty or fifty miles above its mouth. This river empties into the Thirty-Mile River about twenty-five miles below the lower end of Lake La Berge, and about eighty miles northerly from Whitehorse, the head of navigation on this series of lakes and rivers which form the Yukon below the mouth of the Pelly. On the Whitehorse copper belt, the development work which has been done up to the present time has demonstrated that the opinion formed by myself of the camp in 1901 and before any serious attempt had been made at its development was a correct one. The ore bodies evidently maintain their continuity to considerable depth and occur under very similar geological conditions to those on Texada Island. Although the greatest depth attained on any of the • Whitehorse properties is only 150 feet following the dip of the ore, yet at that point all the indications show apparent persistence for a much greater depth. The lack of capital to enable property owners''to 284 THE MINING RECORD. .prosecute development rapidly is at present the chief obstacle in the way of progress. That but relatively few sales of properties have been made in this district is to a great extent the fault of the claim-owners themselves, rather than to any lack of promise of the mineral area itself, for I feel perfectly safe in stating that I believe that this district will eventually contribute very considerably to the copper production of Western Canada. The Big Salmon country until the last few months has merely been exploited for placer gold and the present year promises to prove the "banner" season since the discovery of the camp in 1901. The difficulties wjhich presented (themselves in former years with regard to water supply, handling the boulders, and determining 'which portions of the creeks were the richest have been very largely overcome by strenuous efforts put forth by a few claim-owners who had confidence in the richness of the ground and sufficient experienced in placer mining to devise means and methods suited to the conditions with which they have to contend. Some little attention has been given to prospecting for quartz -and as a result some very extensive ledges have been found in the mountains on the divide between the south fork of the Big Salmon and the Hootalinqua Rivers. The ledges to which my attention was called during my recent visit occur in a schist formation and where the width can be estimated along the outcrop it exceeds 100 feet, while the ledge can be traced nearly the entire length of seven i,5oo-ft. claims. The ore carries values in gold, silver and copper with a silicious gangue and ^.as every appearance of being suitable for concentration. At one point nearly four hundred feet of cross-cut tunnelling has been done, about sixty of these being fifty feet below the -outcrop and the balance a hundred feet below the upper tunnel. This lower tunnel has not been run far enough to expose the ore body. Of course remoteness and inaccessibility are the first criticisms that suggest themselves to anyone not familiar with the country, but when it is considered that the section in whch these ledges occur is only about twelve miles from navigable water on the Hootalinqua River and that the grade between the points is an easy one and down hill, also that the transportation company (the White Pass and Yukon) recognize how desirable it is that every reasonably concession be made operators who earnestly attempt to develop the country, these criticisms fail to carry the weight which they otherwise might. CINNABAR-BEARING ROCKS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.* I (By G. F. Monckton.) I 'HE quicksilver-bearing zone of British Columbia *■ may be two miles wide, and has been traced for a length of 30 miles. Its trend is north and south. Isolated occurrences of the metal *are known eight miles east and west of this zone. The quicksilver occurs as sulphide of mercury, generally known as cinnabar. The zone, referred to, crosses Kamloops Lake, three miles above the lower end of it. The region is geologically much disturbed, and the formation of the remarkable rent in which the lake lies is ascribed by the late Dr. G. M. Dawson to faulting, due to volcanic phenomena. It is a difficult matter to arrange the different dikes, beds of ash, and sedimentary deposits in their proper order, and Dr Dawson stated of one of his sections of this area that it was "little more \han diagrammatic and hypothetical."* At this point, where the more important of the quicksilver-bearing rocks should approach the lake, and be visible in the bluffs, their places are taken by intrusive basalt, porphyry and andesite, and it is not until a point is reached, which is some distance back from the lake that the main rock of the hills can be seen. The whole country bears out the comprehensive description of the puzzled miner who said that it was "hove, busted and swung around, and then hoisted and'broke and shook." It was perhaps in compensation for its hard usage, that the authorities have endowed it with one of the finest climates and some of the most magnificent scenery in'the world. The writer has had the advantage of studying this district intimately after some £15,000 had been spent on underground work, and a considerable sum expended on cutting trails round the steep sides of the hills which exposed many rocks hitherto invisible, opportunities which the writer of the Canadian Survey reports had not. The quicksilver-zone begins at the eastern edge of the Nicola rocks, which are of Triassic age. This series is composed of volcanic rocks, with some limestones, conglomerates and argillites, and a limestone (No. i), which lies at a considerable depth in the series, crops out on the eastern side of a synclinal fold on the north side of Kamloops Lake. This bed contains some cinnabar, but it is not yet of importance. Where it crops out on the western side of the same synclinal in an Indian reservation it is also known to contain cinnabar. About half a mile east of the outcrop of No. 1 bed is dolomite (No. H carrying cinnabar. This stratum is 300 feet thick, and appears to underlie No. 1 bed, from which it is separated by intrusive rocks. This is followed by volcanic materials, and the basal conglomerates of the Coldwater or Oligocene series, which are in turn overlaid by a massive bad of dolomite (No. 3) with which are interclated some thin beds of black shale and gray argillites resembling arkose.- This dolomite is about 300 feet wide and is overlaid by sheets of basalt and porphyry and some conglomerates, which latter swell out nigher up the mountain. These are followed by another bed of dolomite (No. 4), and beyond a fault No. 3 reappears and is the principal producer of cinnabar. Beyond this the bed-rock on the line of the section is concealed for half a mile by surface-soil, but judging from outcroppings further south this space is filled by volcanic ash and lava. This brings us to the Tertiary ashbeds at Copper Creek, which limit the cinnabar-bearing zone on the east. The basal *Trans. Institution of Mining Engineers. **Canadian Geological Survey Report, Kamloops, p. 162B. THE MINING RECORD. conglomerates of the Oligocene lie unconformably upon the Nicola series, and dip to the east. They vary greatly in width, as such beds often do. On the south side of the lake, the only difference appears to be that the thickness of the volcanic accumulations between No. 3 and No. 4 beds is not so great, and some tuffs of the Nicola series underlying No. 2 bed come to the surface. Cinnabar is found in all the dolomites, and also in veins of dolomite cutting through decomposed volcanic rocks, also in volcanic ash and conglomerate, and at one point in granite, but only the dolomites have produced workable quantities at present. Judging by pieces of drift which have been found the first two and fourth dolomites will eventually take a prominent place. From his use of the word "zone" in reference to these dolomites, Dr. G. M. Dawson was apparently under the impression that they were not sedimentary deposits, but when he examined the district, they were largely covered by surface-soil, and since that time some 4,000 feet of drifting has been done on No'. 3 bed alone. This and surface prospecting have convinced the writer that these are all ordinary beds of limestone in situ, which have been altered to some extent and faulted. They are traceable to the south j of the lake, 14 miles to the Toonkwa Lake, and northward 10 miles to Criss Creek, where they pass under later flows of basalt, and emerge again six miles fur- • ther north on the Deadman River, where they are again covered up. It is not easy to trace each separate bed for this .distance, as they are frequently traversed, along their side by dikes and overlaid sheets of lava, but the series as a whole can be followed with ease, and further prospecting will render it possible to define them at all points. It is important to note that the cinnabar always occurs in the dolomite near porphyry, thus on the Briar mine (Rosebush of Dr. Dawson) the porphyry is from 10 to 50 feet away. On a claim south of Kamloops Lake, it is on the contact. On the Toonkwa about 30 feet distant. On Sebastian Creek it occurs in a seam of dolomite separated from the main bed by porphyry. At one point on Criss Creek it is only five feet from porphyry; at another on the contact; and in a third case is in a narrow seam of dolomite, between porphyry and conglomerate. This would tend to show that the deposition of the cinnabar was due to the heat generated by volcanic action, at a period subsequent to the deposition of the dolomite. In many cases, notably at Hardie Mountain, the fissures of old hot-springs may be seen. , One may, therefore, gather that the formation of these deposits took place over a long period of cooling, subsequent to the era of volcanic action which resulted in the accumulation of 5.000 feet of strata in the Tertiary period. More work has been done on the property owned by the British Columbia cinnabar mines at the mouth of Copper Creek than on any other. About £10,000 in all has been expended on this mine. The first work resulted in the extraction of about 150 tons from which 114 flasks worth' about £900 were obtained. The management then decided to mine low-grade ore and to treat it on a large scale, and for this purpose a 25-ton Granza coarse ore furnace was built. Several hundred tons were treated in this, but the results not being satisfactory the works were closed down in 1S97. Of this plant it may be said that it consists of a shaft-tumace, in which the ore charged through a vertical shaft, sifted gradually down over a series of inclined shelves. The mercury which is reduced from the ore during its descent is carried off in fumes to the condensers. The pipes through which it passes are-earthenware. The first two condensers are iron, and are succeeded by a brick one, and this by eight earthenware condensers, the lowest of which is wood. The mercury can be drawn off by doors at the bottom of the condensers. Water is kept pouring on the condensers by means of spray-pipes. Various causes are assigned for the failure of this plant. It is usual in furnaces of this kind to provide a fan to draw the fumes through in condensers but this was omitted. It appears that the ore fed was very low-grade, and it was fed too late, some pieces being nearly a foot long. The fuel available was not good, being chiefly pitch-pine, which has a tendency to make a sudden heat instead of an even temperature. The supply of water was not sufficient especially in view of the poor quality of the fuel. The ore previously treated successfully, was passed through a modified Bavarian furnace, in which two cast-iron retorts were built is and arched brick furnace. The ore, being broken small and mixed with charcoal, was placed in iron pans and inserted in the retorts. Tbe quicksilver passed through iron pipes into condensers under water. The charges were withdrawn at intervals and* replaced by others. The labour cost is large on ■ this plant, and the total expense amounted to £1 per ton. This would be a small matter where the ore could be picked to a high grade as this could. It is unfortunate for the district that this plant was dismantled, as it would have enabled prospectors to treat their ores on a workable scale. The ore, at present showing on this mine, consists of three high-grade streaks on the Briar mine, and some lower grade material to the west of it. Most of this has been uncovered since the stoppage in 1897. There are also some less important and untested outcrops. It is a pity that Dr. Dawson's advice to trench across the veins was not adopted as it might have resulted in finding more ore. The cinnabar is contained in quartz-veins and associated with antimonite. Bornite and haematite are occasionally found. The mines of the Hardie Mountain Mines, Limited, were developed in part by a local company and recently by an English company, which spent £4,000. The development was apparently being done with the intention of preparing for work on a large scale later on, and but little of it was done in ore. There is one high-grade streak on this property, which appears promising, but as a rule the ore at this point is low- grade and would need to be handled on a considerable scale. Cinnabar is found in conglomerate and tuff here. No ore from this mine has yet been treated on a working scale. Some work has been done on other claims on this 286 THE MINING RECORD. mountain, and on Criss Creek a good deal of prospecting took place in the bed of the stream where it is crossed by the dolomites. The mineral has also been found on the slopes of the mountain, where the dolomites appear on Deadman River, but not as yet in situ. At the Toonkwa, 19 miles south of Kamloops Lake, cinnabar is found in the dolomite, not in veins of quartz, and it is sometimes accompanied by antimon- ite. Sometimes it occurs at this point in high-grade streaks, but much of it is found in a zone several feet wide through which it is disseminated. Some of the solid streaks, from the Briar and Toonkwa mines, are two inches wide. As a seam of solid cinnabar two inches wide may seem small, the writer may point out that if the ore were to be picked to represent a vein one foot thick, an inch of cinnabar would represent £14 a ton on the vein of 12 inches, taking an average price. This affords a basis for comparing it with other minerals. In this district, the cost of extracting such ore would be £1 4s. per ton and the cost of treatment would vary from 5s. to 15s. per ton according to the size of the furnace. Quicksilver being one of the most difficult metals to follow, a further allowance of, say, £5 should be made for development. In reference to this difficulty in following the ore it may not be amiss to quote Prof. S. B. Christy, who had special facilities for studying the new Almaden, the most famous of Californian quicksilver mines. "The quicksilver deposits of California are characterized by great and persistent irregularity, which makes the mining of these ores much more difficult than that of other metals. The Almaden is a striking example of this irregularity. It has often occurred in the history of this mine that there was no ore or scarcely any in sight. Very frequently large bodies of ore will almost completely run out and there will be visible in the face of the works only a slight colouration of the vein matter which indicates that there is any ore left in that particular place, and by following this little string of ore very carefully it may lead to a large deposit." The new Almaden was £320,000 in debt in 1870, and on the point of being abandoned, but in the following twenty years produced over £3,000,000. Besides the occurrences mentioned, cinnabar has been found in many places in the district, some of which are a little outside the main quicksilver-bearing zone, but these are at present of no importance, although its occurrence in a bed of dolomite north of Cherry Creek, ten miles east of Copper Creek may be said to offer possibilities of other large deposits as this dolomite extends many miles south of Kamloops Lake. The fact that the higher part of the mountains is much covered with lava-flows and deep surface-soil is a stumbling block to the prospector. The liberal conditions of British Columbian mining laws have also militated against the development of this form of mining as they have enabled parties to hold large areas without working them in hopes of selling for high prices. This hope, however, has been falsified and the only holders now are miners who are slowly developing their properties. There is plenty of room in the district for prospectors, both to work abandon ed claims and to search for new croppings of ore. It may be said that the area of the dolomites alone which are exposed is not less than ten square miles, hardly any of which has been tested. The great need of the district at present is a furnace to give working tests. The only alternative is to ship ore to Great Britain which is only practicable with very high-grade ores. For information regarding some parts of the district the writer is indebted to Mr. A. J. Colquhoun, who has made a special study of cinnabar and its occurrence. PARADISE MINE, WINDERMERE DISTRICT, NORTH-EAST KOOTENAY. (By E. Jacobs.) IN last month's Mining Record there appeared a brief note to the effect that between April 1, 1901, and December 31, 1903, there had been shipped to Trail from the Paradise mine 1,610.49 tons of ore of a gross value of $76,910.61. From a descriptive article on this property;, published in the Mining Record for October, 1901, it is learned that the Paradise was located in August, 1899, and was bonded to Messrs. H. C. Hammond, Toronto, and R. Randolph Bruce in June, 1900. What is now known as No. 4 tunnel was driven about 70 feet during the winter of 1899-1900, but systematic development work was not commenced until June, 1900. Other mineral claims were acquired later, the Paradise Group now consisting of some fen claims situate in Paradise Basin, at the head of Spring Creek, a small stream flowing from the north into Toby Creek at about 20 miles from the junction of the latter with the Columbia River. Paradise Basin is at an elevation of about 7,000 feet, and it is connected with Wilmer, on the Columbia, about 80 miles south of Golden, by a wagon road. The Paradise mine was visited last summer by the Provincial Mineralogist, whose report on it was published in the Report of the Minister of Mines for 1903. The formation in the vicinity of the mine is stated to consist of shales, slates, sandstones, etc., with occasional beds of limestone, all very much con-' torted and folded, with numerous small faults, but as a whole not seriously broken. From the basin the mountain rises to the east, at an angle of about 30 degrees, for a height of 800 to 1,000 feet, measured to the lowest part of the divide. At the No. 1 tunnel, about 650 feet above the basin (see page 289), there had been found outcropping a vein or zone filled with red oxides of iron and lead carbonates, with some galena. This lead had been driven on; a tunnel and incline follow the ore, and these are, therefore, somewhat irregular in plan. There are several hundred feet of .workings, including raises and drifts extending above this level. The general width of the lead is estimated at about four feet, underlying which is a layer of clay or gouge, in some places 12 to 18 inches in thickness. This vein was HE MINING traced diagonally down the hillside, and, at 125 feet vertically lower, No. 2 adit tunnel was driven in on the lead for a distance estimated at about 500 feet From this second tunnel level connection was made, in ore, with No. 1 tunnel, and a winze was sunk about 150 feet, also in ore. This winze is now below the No. 3 level, which is to be run "blind," or from the winze and not opening to the surface. When the description quoted- from was written the level had been opened out from the winze and the first crosscuts made. The vein filling at that depth was found to be similarly oxidized to that seen in the upper levels. Some 250 feet vertically lower than No. 2, on the outcrop of the lead, the adit tunnel known as No. 4 had been run in. This followed the lead. The ore in it was not so abundant, but at about 1,000 feet in from the portal, it was not yet under the main ore bodies met with in the upper workings. It was intended to begin systematic cross-cutting on this level during the spring now closing, but no advices have been received as to progress made to date. From the foregoing it will be seen that the lead has been traced in depth to the fourth level, and for a length of about 1,000 feet. The workable ore is proven to the third level, and there is good reason to believe that it will soon be proved to the fourth level also. The lead matter is associated with silicious lime (analysis about 20 per cent, silica, 25 per cent, lead carbonate and 25 to 30 per cent. iron). The lead is either a replacement of a stratum in the shales, originally largely or wholly composed of lime, or the lime has been deposited from adjacent lime beds, in and with the lead matter, in a foliation of the shales. The ore shipped to the smelter averaged, as shown by smelter returns, about 50 oz. silver and 60 per cent, lead. No attempt has been made to mine second class ore, yet there were on the dump, taken out in the course. of development, some 4,000 tons of ore estimated to -run about 35 oz. silver and say 35 to 40 per cent, lead. In the mine workings much ore is actually "in sight," and the occurrence of more is demonstrated almost to a certainty. A rough calculation, made last summer, gave, if not of ore actually "blocked out" certainly of "probable ore," about 50,000 tons, which quantity, there is every reason to expect, has been largely increased by subsequent developments. The owners of the Paradise mine contemplate the erection of a lead smelter at the foot of the mountain, below the basin. A survey for an aerial tramway from the mine to the proposed smelter site has been made, but the construction of this tramway will not be proceeded with until after more work has been done at the fourth level of the mine. It is estimated that with such a means to bring down the ore a saving of at least $1 per ton in cost of transportation would be made. The ore is nearly self-fluxing, so, with so corn- good policy to erect a blast-furnace 288 THE MINING RECORD. A POPULAR MINE SUPERINTENDENT. T N last month's issue of the Mining Record, in ex- ■*■ . pressing regret at the resignation of Mr. W. Yolen Williams from the superintendency of the Granby Company's mines at Phoenix—a position he has filled with distinguished success for over five years—we referred to his popularity, and the high esteem in which he was held by his employers, the miners working under him, and his fellow townsmen. This testimony has since been substantially borne out, for on the departure of Mr. Williams from Phoenix at the end of June he was presented with a valuable diamond ring in feeling testimony of the regard of over four hundred mine employees, together with the following address:— "W. Yolen Williams : "Sir. We, your coworkers and co-employees of the Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting and Power Co., cannot see these associations sundered without expressing sincere regret that that time has come. "Your uniform courtesy, kindness, consideration and manliness, at all times and under all circumstances as our superintendent, has won from us very deep respect and keen regard, which increasing years has but intensified. "In whatever place or kind your future duties lie, our best wishes attend you. We hope you will have good health, a long and useful life, find many new and worthy friends, and that in future years you can look back upon your work with as much pride as surrounds your achievements here in Phoenix, in developing from an almost trackless forest one of the most noted and greatest mines in Canada. "We ask your acceptance of this present as a slight token of regard and as a symbol of an endless chain of friendship. Ws&& "Phoenix, B.C., June, 1904." On the same day a deputation of leading residents of the town, headed by the Mayor, waited on Mr. Williams to bid him farewell on behalf of the citizens who, he added, had subscribed to provide a suite of office furniture for the office Mr. Williams is about to open in Spokane and establish there a practice as a consulting engineer. Mr. W. Yolen Williams, for the past five years Superintendent of the Granby Mines. SCHEELITE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. (By E.Jacobs,) SPECIMENS of scheelite (calcium tungstate) from Cariboo were received some time since at the Provincial Assay Office for determination, and a specimen of it has since been on exhibit in the Mineral Museum of the Department of Mines. This is a comparatively rare mineral and its occurrence has only twice been reported. Mention of the other instance was made, in the Report of the Minister of Mines for 1903 (p. H 138), by the mining recorder for the Slocan City mining division, who, in his note on the Meteor claim, Springer Creek, said: "This property is unique inasmuch" as a mineral named, scheelite was found in small quantities. It occurs in the quartz in lenses varying from two to three inches in width and one foot to three feet long. About 500 pounds were taken out after it was identified. This is the first time this mineral has been met with in this Province, if not in the Dominion." Following the custom of the Mines Department, the Provincial Assayer informed the finders of the Cariboo specimens submitted to him for identification of the nature and uses of the mineral, and it is understood they are now ascertaining whether it occurs in such quantity as will pay to work. Scheelite is technically described as being tetragonal, also massive ; lustre, vitreous; colour, white, pale yellowish, brownish, greenish, reddish; transparent to translucent; hardness, 4.5-5; specific gravity, 5.9-6.1; unlike calcite and other minerals resembling it, in its high specific gravity and non-effervescence with acids. Scheelite is known to occur in New Zealand. At Donaldson's Golden Point mine, Macrae's Flat, Otago District, scheelite has been worked commercially, the output of this mineral having been shipped to England and Hamburg. The mineral is here found associated with the gold-bearing quartz. The Inspector of Mines, Dunedin, N.Z., in his report for 1902 on the Otago District made the following reference to the saving of scheelite at this mine: "Mr. W. Donaldson recently visited England in connection with the THE MINING RECORD. scheelite industry, and brought back with him a new Woodbury shaking-table, which has been installed in place of the Frue vanner formerly in use. The sample of scheelite which comes off this table is of very fair quality, and with slight improvements Messrs. Donaldson expect to obtain good results from it. One advantage is that a larger quantity of material can be treated." In 1902, replying to a New Zealand correspondent, who reported having "a 4-ft. quartz lode that, in addition to about 0.65 gold per ton, carries about 23 to 25 per cent, scheelite. It is possible to grade the ore up to 70 or 75 per cent, of scheelite, which again on assay yields 78 to 81 per cent, of tungstic acid," the New York Engineering and Mining Journal stated that "there is no demand for scheelite in New York as other ores of tungsten are preferred by buyers. In would not pay to ship this ore from New Zealand to the United States, as already there is more tungsten ore there than can be used. There is some demand for scheelite in Great Britain and Germany, so possibly a riiarket could be found there." Later the Tungsten & Rare Metals Company, of London, England, wrote to that journal: "We think it may be of interest to your correspondent to learn that the price paid for scheelite ore, f.o.b. Hamburg or London, has recently been .between six shillings and seven shillings ($1.50 and $i-75) per unit of tungsten trioxide contained in the ore. The ore should contain about 65 to 70 per per cent, tungsten trioxide, and be as free as possible from any injurious constituents, such as sulphur, phosphorous, tin, etc. The makers of Tungsten metal . give the preference to wolfram, and also hubernite, as thes,e two minerals afford advantages in manufacture. On the other hand, a good scheelite can be utilized for the manufacture of sodium tungstate, for which a good demand has sprung up of late. With regard to tungsten, we think we are correct in stating that tungsten for the manufacture of self-hardening tool steel (by far the greatest outlet for the metal) is generally preferred in the metallic state, in the form of a fine uniform powder testing from 95 to 98 per cent. • metallic tungsten. The present price in England is about £160 ($800) per ton." THE PAYNE MINE. manager's report. Brief mention was made in last month's issue of the Mining Record to the annual meeting of the Payne Company. We have since received a copy of the manager's report from which the following information is taken. After referring to the development work of the . year, which resulted most satisfactorily, Mr. Garde in this report makes the following .comparative statements: There were milled last year 64,548 tons of galena or 206 tons per 24 hours, against 40,028 tons, of 161 tons per 24 hours last year, an increase of 45 tons per 24 hours.. Of the above total, 5,086 tons was concentrating ore, while the balance consisted of old dumps and fillings. Last year the concentrates averaged 60 per cent, lead with 103.8 ounces silver, while this year the average has been 68.8 per cent, lead with 129 ounces silver. This is an improvement of considerable importance, when considering that the mill tailings assayed less than I/, of I per cent, lead and one ounce silver. The average price per ounce of silver was 56V2. °r 7V2 cents higher than and 600 tons of this ore together concentrates were sold. The r separation are brought up fo a s carrying from 10 to 12 ounces tract for the entire output up tt * with 256 tons of 43 per cent. aw zinc ores after magnetic shipping grade of 53 per cent, in silver. A favorable con- i) January 1st, 1905, has been 290 THE MINING RECORD. entered into with European smelters, and bulk shipments to Antwerp are being made at a freight rate of $13 per ton. In the course of the. ensuing year it is expected, while the capacity of the works will be increased and costs reduced, a still higher grade of zinc will be produced. London price of spelter, which has remained steady for some time at £22 per ton is favouralle, and generally speaking, the future for zinc is most encouraging. The earning power of the mine has been materially increased by the production of this valuable byproduct. In connection with the zinc plant an iron- by-product is obtained from the magnetic separating machine, for which a market has been found with local lead smelters. This product has all the qualities of an excellent flux. It contains about 7 ounces of silver, beside 50 per cent, of combined iron and manganese. It is being produced at the rate of about two tons per day and nets approximately $3 per ton. The bounty granted for five years to the lead miners by the Dominion Government, which at your present rate of production equals a yearly bonus of $12,000—will offset the low prices of lead. It is, however, to be hoped that the Government will grant still further assistance to the miners by a bonus on the" production of zinc in a similar manner, to offset the high cost of transportation of zinc ores to the markets in foreign countries. With the present prospects for opening up valuable ore bodies in tunnel No. 8 at the Payne mine together with the means now available for handling and treating all silver- lead and zinc ores mined, the outlook for the property is decidedly favourable. A YEAR'S DEVELOPMENT AT THE TYEE MINE. MR. E. C. MUSGRAVE, the mine superintendent, in his annual report to the directors, states that work during the past year was confined to winning ore from the stopes at the 100-ft. and 165-ft. levels, and to ex- -ploration work on the 100-ft., 165-ft. and 300-ft. levels, while a small amount was done on the 400-ft. level. Development Work.—While the development work at the 300-ft. level has not given as satisfactory results as was hoped for, at both the 100 and 165-ft. levels valuable discoveries of ore have been made, and it is expected that during the coming year the work that has baen started at the 400-ft. level, and work which will soon be begun below that level, will result in finding further ore-bodies. The work done during this year has proved that instead of having a-series of detached lenses, as was always supposed to be the case, the mine has in the upper levels one huge ore-body branching out in different directions through the schists, from the 165- ft. level. This ore-body, appears to be distinct from the Lenora body (a portion of which runs into the Tyee ground), and it has now been proved over a length of 1,000 feet for a depth of 160 feet, and widths varying from 5 to 40 fee?. Having proved this to be the case is a very encouraging sign, as the chances for such a large ore-body repeating in depth are much more favourable than if there were a series of detached lenses. 100-ft. Level.—The main drift at this level has been continued for a distance of 259 feet, and 149 feet of cross-cutting has been done from it. The only discovery of ore made on this level was that part of the ore-body on which No. 6 stope has been worked. • 165-ft. Level.—The drift was continued for a distance of 337 feet, and 603 feet of cross-cutting was done from it. Early in the year the drift ran into ore, and on a cross-cut being made, thirty feet of ore was passed through, and from this cross-cut No. 4 stope (i65~ft. level) was broken out. Later in the year a cross-cut was started from the sill floor of this stope and driven for a distance of 350 feet, which brought its face 380 feet from the main south wall. At 140 feet from the wall the north ore-body, was met with, and after passing through this, the cross-cut passed through the ordinary schists of the lode, with two small intrusions of dia base ; when at 300 feet from the wall it passed into diabase, in which it remained to the end. A small amount of work was done on the north ore-body, but although there were small pockets of rich ore in it, the bulk of it, at this point, was found to be too low grade to be of commercial value, so work on it was stopped. Another cross-cut was started 150 feet further east, and although it was carried far beyond the point at which the north ore-body should have been met with, had it lived to the east at this level, no sign of it was met with. This north ore body, besides having been struck in several places in the Tyee ground, has been worked to the western boundary of the Tyee in the Lenora mine, and to the eastern boundary of the Tyee in the Richard III., and as ricns pockets have been found'in it, large enough to yield a large tonnage of ore, both in the Lenora and Richard III., they doubtless occur in the Tyee and will be found m future workings. 300-ft. Level.—The drift at this level was run for a distance of 972 feet, and 440 feet of cross-cutting" was done from it. With the exception of small stringers, no ore was found at this level. The probable reason for this was that the schists throughout were broken and twisted in every direction, by a movement subsequent to the formation of the ore-body, and it will be necessary to get below this line of movement before finding any large body of ore. As the arift passed below the large ore-body of the upper levels, and showed no evidences of ore (the stringers having been found in the cross-cuts) a raise was put through to the 165-ft. level. This raise, after having been carried up to a height of 85 feet, encountered ore, and remained in it, till it holed through. A drift was run from the raise, eastward, from the point at which the ore was first met with, for a distance of 125 feet. This was in ore for the entire distance, and there is 12 feet of ore in the present breast. 400-ft. Level.—Work was started on this level near the end of the year. Stations were cut on the north and south sides) of the shaft, and a drift was run for a short distance to the east, along the main south wall. So little work has been done to date that it is impossible to form a definite opinion as to whether this level is below the line of shattering found at the 300-ft. level or not; but so far the ground does not seenj. nearly so broken, and* the schists are more like those in the upper levels, that is to say they are softer and less silicious- than those in the 300-ft. level. The main south wall i? as.: strong and well defined as ever, and retains much the same' strike and dip as it had at the upper levels. Raises.—During the year 364 feet of this work has been done, but as it has been principally for purposes of ventilation it presents no special features of interest. Stopes 100-ft. Level.—Six stopes have been worked on this level, and from them a total of 15,026% tons of ore has been won. Stopes 165-ft. Level.—From these stopes, and from the drift from the raise between the 300 and 165-ft. levels, 33,597 tons of ore have been won. Intermediate Level (300-165).—This level was run from the raise between the 300 and 165-ft. levels. It is 40 feet below the stopes at the 165-ft. level, and shows a good width of ore throughout its length. As the ore on the sill floor of the stope immediately above this level has been very wid.e, a large tonnage of ore may be expected between the levels.. Ore Reserves.—The difficulty of giving an estimate of the ore reserves is even greater than it was last year. The ore- body makes and pinches so quickly that, under the present conditions, any estimate of tonnage in sight would be guess work. The only thing that can be said is that from experience in the past, and the general appearance of the stopes, it is safe to calculate on having enough ore left in the mine, in the known body, to continue regular shipments for another year, with the probability of there being a great deal more than this. Cost of Work.—The cost of winning the ore, and transporting it to the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company have been $2.21 per ton, which is divided as follows:— THE MINING RECORD. Stoping and raising ore $1-325 Per ton. Proportion for development 485 Transporting to Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company .14 Surface, etc 22 Ore dressing 04 Under the heading oi Surface, in the above costs, are included maintenance and repairs to buildings and plant, pumping from the Chemainus River, odd surface works, and general ■administration at-the mine. The total costs chargeable against the ore are slightly higher than those of last year; this being due to the delays caused by the tramway. The stoppages due to this meant extra expense at the mine, as some of the expenses did not stop while the tram was idle. Also the cost of maintenance and repairs to buildings and plant was higher in proportion to the ore shipped, as the plant used was larger than that used last year, while it could not be worked to its full capacity until the capacity of the tramway was increased. The amount of development work done during the year was: Drifting, 1869 feet. Cross-cutting, 1,251 feet, and raising, 364 feet. The costs have been considerably reduced from those of last year, being: Drifting reduced from $9.15 to $7.15 per foot. Cross-cutting reduced from ^6.77 per foot to $5.19 per foot. Raising reduced from $11.59 per foot to $10.61 per foot. Tonnage Delivered to the Smelter.—The total tonnage delivered to the smelter during the year was 48,623% tons, which was all won from the mine, and the average values of this, from assays received from the smelter during the earlier part of the year, and from assays taken at the mine from the daily mine run during the latter part, have been: Copper 461 per cent., silver 2.77 oz., and gold 0.144 oz. per ton, which would give the gross contents as being about, copper 4,483,000 lbs., silver 134,680 ozs. and gold 7,000 ozs. "X. L." Mineral Claim.—A considerable amount of trenching was done on this claim, and the results have been most satisfactory, as they prove beyond a doubt that the lode runs through this ground. In several of the trenches a good iron capping was found on the direct line of the lode, and the schists are similar to those surrounding the Tyee ore-body. A cross-cut from a trench close to the southern boundary line of the Lenora encountered the main south wall of the lode, and some small stringers of barytic ore were found near it, so that the prospects for finding ore-bodies in this claim are good. Prospects of Ore in Depth.—Now that preparations for developing the lower levels have been completed, it is hoped that during the coming year ore will be found in depth. Although it is possible that some time may elapse before discoveries are made, there is, I think, very little doubt but that ore in large quantities will be found as soon as the workings reach a point below the line of movement found at the 300- ft. level. The indications in the small amount of work done at the 400-ft. level are favourable, and although too little has been done there to prove it, the ground appears less broken than at the 300-ft level. The ore-body in the upper levels, has been proved to be of such a great size, that although it has been cut off temporarily/by the broken ground at the 300-ft. level, it is certain to -make again in depth. Even though no large body was found at the 300-ft. level, stringers of barytic ore were found, and the mineralization was'heavy throughout. The graphitic schists, although in a shattered state, were found there, and they have been found again _ at the. 400-ft. level. No ore has ever yet been found in the mine without there being graphitic schists in the vicinity, and they have undoubtedly had something to do with the deposition of the ore. Where these' graphitic schists occur at the 400-ft. level, they do not show anything like the amount of shattering that they do at the 300-ft. level, and besides them there, is a selvage full- of nodules of quartz containing copper. It is possible that this selvage represents the top.of an ore-body, and if it does, the ore-body should be encountered in the main shaft, between the 400-ft. and 500-ft. levels. .Had some intrusion of foreign rock, such as diabase, cut off the ore at the 300-ft. level, there might be grounds for thinking that the cut-off was permanent; but the only diabase met with at that level was a narrow intrusion lying parallel to the main south wall, and this, when cross-cut, was found to have" graphitic schists to the north of it. From the conditions so far found there is no reason to think that the ore has been permanently cut off; and indeed the very nature and form of the schists would lead one to expect to find the ore in masses, with zones between them showing stringers, as the channels through which the ore passed when in a molten or gaseous state; the large masses forming in the weak places in the schists. In conclusion, I would say that, although as before remarked, the developments at the 300-ft. level have not been as successful as hoped for, I consider the future prospects of the mine very bright. The conditions are favourable for doing fast and cheap exploration work, and the great size of the ore-body in the upper levels gives time for a large amount of exploration work to be done while still keeping up regular shipments of ore, and also gives reasons for believing that the finding of other ore-bodies in depth is only a matter of time. SMELTER MANAGER'S REPORT. Mr. T. Kiddie, the smelter manager, reports as follows: During the year the following additions and extensions to the plant have been made:—A general office, consisting of main office, manager's office, draughting room, vault and cellar was built. In order to provide additional roasting capacity and spread the roast piles over a larger area to facilitate their removal, eight additional roast beds were added during the year, and trestles extended with cuttings between, on the same general plan as those already installed. A brick- making plant, consisting of two one-horse power pug mills and drying shed,- was installed for the making of raw ore fines into brick form. The buildings are 132 feet by 30 feet and 100 feet by 34 feet. The pug mills are the ordinary brickmaking mills, while the drying floor is a bottom heated floor, fired from both ends, with flues of red brick tiling between each fire box, with two separate stacks, one for each set of furnaces, the flues, being covered with clay and rolled, forming the drying floor. ■ This has proved a practical and very economical mode of drying, the capacity of the plant being 8,000 bricks, equal to 28 tons of ore per day. A similar one-mill plant, 58 feet by 30 feet and 30 feet by 30 feet, for the making - of flue dust into brick form, was erected west of the smelter building. The burnt ore tramway between the roast yard and the smelter was doubled in order to handle the increased tonnage of ore for the furnace. The coke track of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company was extended 150 feet and ground graded 150 feet by 30 feet by 5 feet, and floored' with 2-in. plank for the storage of coke against any possible accident or shortage; and on the east side of the burnt ore bins a temporary sampling mill was erected for the sampling of custom ores. The Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company supplied and we installed a 6-in. Duplex steam pump, placed at high-water mark in the lagoon, and connected with our fresh water system. A dam of slag was run across to the "spit," .which gives a large reservoir, of salt water at all stages of the tide for fire or slag-shotting purposes. In addition to the above, we are now laying a 4-in. pipe line to connect with the city water mains. These, with our supply from Rock Creek, put us in a safe position against fire, or possible accident to the Rock Creek flume. During the year a large, amount of finishing work has been done to the plant. Steam pipes covered, boiler feed-water heater put in, additional cast-iron floor plates laid in the smelter shed, and steel plates on the charging plitform; cast iron flume plates for slag shotting; engine and boiler room roof covered with corrupated iron; a machinery shed or storage warehouse, 20 feet by 30 feet erected; electric light system extended; drains dug and the grounds around the smelter and office generally cleared and graded; while the machinery, plant and-buildings have at all times been kept in thorough order and repair. 292 THE MINING RECORD. SMELTING OPERATIONS. Ore Receipts.—The receipts of ore from the Tyee mine for the year ending 30th April, were as follows:— WetWe'ight Moisture. Dry Weight. Tons. Per. Cent. Tons. "Rough" ore 33,320-770 1.284 32,892.933 "Fine" ore 15,302.695 2.649 14,897.317 Total ore. .. 48,623.465 47,790.250 equals 31.17 per cent, of fine ore. Tons. Customs ore "Rough" 2,957.1755 Customs ore, "Fine" 3>278.i755 Custom rough flux ore. 6,235.3510 . 891.1380 tion to the furnace charge of ordinary burnt ore, increasing the furnace capacity at least 25 tons per day. The oxidation of the copper, zinc and iron is remarkably complete, average samples of large piles of burnt bricks giving 1.5 per cent, to 2.5 per cent, sulphur as sulphides, as against 7.00 per eent. in the ordinary burnt ore. . Burnt Ore.—The average analysis of the burnt ore trammed to the smelter during the year is as follows: Iron, 10.50 per cent.; silica, 17.90 per cent.; barium sulphate, 38.90 per cent.; zinc, 7.50 per cent.; magnesia, trace; sulphur as sulphide, 7.09 per cent., a decrease of .64 per cent, zinc, and an increase of 4.82 per cent, barium sulphate compared with the analysis a year ago. Smelting.—During the year the furnace has been in blast 276 days of 24 hours each, and smelted as follows:— Tons. Tyee burnt ore and bricks 34,947.9230 Tyee raw ore 14,490.0410 Custom ore 1 6,611.553° 7,126.489 Total ore receipts, dry weight 54,916-739 Plus—Ore stocks on hand at ist May, 1903.. 4,421.360 59,338.009 Less—Ore stocks on hand at ist May, 1904.. 3,245.837 Total tons of ore smelted 56,092.262 a total of 68 per cent, rough ore and 32 per cent, fine ore; the Tyee ore assaying:— Copper (wet) (Per cent, by electrolytic a«say) 4.56 Silver ozs. 2.87 Gold " 0.14 Iron per cent. 11.94 Zinc " 6.60 Silica 13-50 Alumina " 3.95 Barium Sulphate " 37-3° Lime " 2.20 Magnesia Trace Sulphur as sulphides per cent. 16.62 It will be noted in connection with the analysis for copper that the percentage of copper in the "ore" is figured upon the wet assay, while those of the "matte" and "yield" are figured upon the dry assay upon which the matte is sold; that is, the electrolytic assay, less 1.3 per cent., equals dry copper assay. Roasting.—During the year we have roasted and trammed to the smelter 34,947 tons of ore the roasting operations being carried on without intermission and with satisfactory results. In order to treat the large accumulation of raw ore fines (some of which had previously been smelted, producing a low grade matte—which was slow, troublesome and expensive), experiments were instituted with a view to binding the fine sulphide ore into brick form, which could be roasted in heaps, instead of the orthodox practice of roasting in mechanical furnaces and afterwards briquetting the roasted fines. The final results of these experiments were highly satisfactory, , both as to the oxidation of the copper, zinc, iron, sulphur, etc., and the hardness of the brick produced. After confirming these experiments on a larger scale, and the results being satisfactory, the brick-making and drying plant was erected at the north end of the roast yard, while horizontal oscillating screens were used under the ore bins to screen the mine! fines to %-in. size and less, reducing by 50 per cent, the quantity to be made into bricks, the oversize being sent to the roast heaps direct. The fine ore is trammed direct to the pit of the pug mill, covered with water, shovelled into the pug mill and made into brick form, as in slop brick-making, and then dried on the drying floor, which requires twenty- four hours. From there the bricks are wheeled direct to the roast beds, piled and burnt. The brick produced after burning is hard, compact, a*nd stands rough handling and usage; being sufficiently cintered it forms a porous homogeneous mass, and is a valuable addi- Total ore 56,049.5170 Silica flux 1,132.3985 Iron Flue dust 447-5545 725.0285 Slag and barrings 3,109.4235 Low grade matte 2,751.8665 Total smelted (Tons of 2,000 lbs.) .. 64,215.7885 Coke used (Tons of 2,240 lbs.) 6,790.75 being aft average of 203.077 tons of ore and 232.665 tons of mixture smelted per day, an increase of 52.69 tons of ore and of 55 tons of mixture smelted per day over that of 1903. The ratio of coke to ore was I ton of coke to 8.25 tons of ore, and 1 ton of coke to 9.45 tons of mixture smelted. The concentration was 10.28 tons of ore to I ton of matte. Dividing the above operations into two periods of six months each, we have for the first period an average of 166 tons of ore smelted per day, and for the second an average of 243 tons per day, an increase of 77 tons smelted per day. The smelting operations during the year resulted in a steady increase in the amount of ore smelted per day, a result due to several factors, viz.—experience in handling this class of ore; to experiment; purchase of suitable fluxing ores; changes in the manipulation of the furnace, and the substitution of burnt bricks for raw ore fines in the furnace, making a shipping matte in one operation and using an average of 30 per cent, raw ore. . Slags.—An average sample of the slags for the year, sampled from the slag dump, assayed as follows:— Copper Per cent, by calorometric assay .39 " Per cent, by electrolytic assay .40 Silver Oz. .12 Gold " .004 Iron oxide Per cent. 17.98 Silica " 28.25 Barium oxide " 27.63 Calcium oxide " 7.00 Zinc oxide " 6.95 Alumina " 10.88 Magnesium oxide Trace. Sulphur I Per cent. .88 The betterment in the slag assays being due in part to the addition of the flux ores, which were not available last year, and to doubling the settling capacity at the furnace. Product.—During the year we shipped 5,454.113 tons of copper matte, containing: 4,446.987 lbs. fine copper, 143,303.01 ozs. of fine silver, 8,778.034 ozs. of fine gold. Total value, less refining charges only $678,836.62. An average matte of copper (dry) 40.767 per cent., silver 26.277 ozs. per ton of 2,000 lbs., gold, 1.609 °zs- Per ton of 2,000 lbs., and containing barium sulphide 7.47 per cent., zinc sulphide 12.66 per cent., equivalent to a yield of copper (dry) 3.96 per cent, silver 2.55 ozs., gold 0.156 ozs. J THE MINING RECORD. "Is the life of the mine limited to one year?" In reply to this I should wish you to read carefully Mr. Clermont Livingston's report on this subject In the past he has proved himself to have such an excellent grasp of the facts. Mr. Musgrave refers only to the ore body on which he is at present working. I have no doubt that during the present year our developments will prove large bodies of ore in depth, likewise in our adjoining properties. New machinery 'for sinking a shaft on the X. L. claim has just been ordered. I have much pleasure in giving the results for the month of June, just to hand by cable, a copy of which will be posted as usual: Result—"Smelter ran twenty-four days during the month and smelted: Tyee ore, 5,070 tons; customs ore, 225 tons; total, 5,295 tons; matte produced from same, 467 tons; gross value of contents (copper, silver and gold),1'after deducting costs -of refining and purchase of customs ore, $59,245- N. B.—Main shaft is now down 483 ft. There is a very favourable change in the rock, showing thin seams of copper ore. Appearances are in favor of striking ore body." Mr. C. Livingston also informs us, by cable, in reference to Mr. Musgrave's annual lfeport—which you will find on page 13, under No. 2 stope—as follows: "No. 2 stope—This has been worked on seven floors, which equals about 50 ft. in height, and what has been said of No. 1 stope applies to this ; that is, there is still ore on the upper floors. There is in this stope a heavy seepage of water from the roof of the upper floor, which makes it appear probable that ■ the ore makes again a little higher up. After raising 5 ft. a good body of ore was struck, and a further 15 ft. has been carried, with roof ■ still in ore." He also adds: Mine and stopes look exceedingly well." Before closing my remarks there is one subject that I would like to say a few words upon—that is,-the aerial tramway; that, although we had new ropes intsalled in December last, yet the hauling rope is not wearing so satisfactorily as we could wish; but arrangements are being made for a stronger rope, which may cause slight delay occasionally in. the shipment of ore to smelter. There is a glass model of the mine in the room, showing developments, for your inspection. I have now much pleasure in moving the adoption of the report and accounts. Mr. J. A. D. Hancke seconded the motion. A long discussion-ensued, one or two of" the shareholders taking, exception to the various sums written off for depreciation, and one proprietor moved as an amendment that the final dividend proposed by the board—5 .per cent—should be increased to 10 per cent. This was ruled out of order, and the ?ccounts as presented were finally adopted, several shareholders cordially supporting the cautious policy of the directors. The Chairman in his reply defended the conservative attitude of himself and his co-directors, and said that although they might be blamed for this policy of caution, they hoped that the shareholders would later on see the wisdom of this course, and be able to congratulate themselves on the great success of the company. Cordial votes of thanks' were passed to the board, the local directors and general manager, Mr. Clermont Livingston, and to the staff generally for then- services during the year. • NORTH STAR. At an extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of the company held at the office of the company at Montreal on June 29th, it was resolved: "That the directors are hereby empowered to liquidate the company, also to sell the properties of the company at East Kootenay or elsewhere in such manner as may appear to them advisable and to distribute among the shareholders the proceeds of said sale, together with any other funds in their possession. The above resolution to be put into effect only after consultation and approval of the majority of the board, and a majority of the committee "of shareholders composed of Messrs. John Beattie. R. Reford, H. S. Holt, Alexander Woods and R. C Gillett" It was also resolved: "That a distribution of the cash on hand be made to the shareholders of. record on the 9th day of July, 1904, at the rate of seven cents per share." In accordance with the above resolution the transfer books of the company will be closed at noon of Saturday, the 9th cents per share will be made to sharebold above date, payable on the 15th of July. SOME NOTES FROM THE MININGS YUKON. THE Detroit-Yukon Mining Company is operating extensively on Bear Creek, and recently there were received at the mine machinery weighing aoo tons in the aggregate, including two steam shovels and sluicing plant capable of handling 800 yards a day. The Ogilvie Company's prospecting'dredge on the Stewart river is giving very satisfactory results, making a profit of a big percentage over operating expenses. In consequence large dredges will next season be 'placed on the river. A despatch from Dawson announces that No. 16 claim on Eldorado Creek, which at one time yielded a very large quantity of gold, but worked only in a desultory fashion during the past two seasons, is again about to be operated on an extensive scale, it being believed that by handling the gravel economically, sufficient gold yet remains to pay for recovery. As a means to this end it is proposed to drive a bed-rock tunnel the full length of the claim. ATLIN. First consignments of gold from Atlin are beginning to arrive at Coast ports. Recently the amalgamated McKee Creek Mining Co., made a first and' the largest individual clean-up ever made in the district of over five- hundred ounces. The undertaking was formerly known as the Atlin Mining Co. Mr. W. J Robinson, of the British America Dredging Co., operating on Pine Creek, Atlin, who recently returned from a visit to the district, states that Dixie Creek, situated beyond the boundaries of auriferous area at present being worked, is likely ere long to become importantly productive. The Creek has already been prospected and, it is said, heavy, coarse gold found there. The Company, Mr. Robinson stated, propose installing a dredge on Dixie Creek, there being ample water here for the development of power. The Company also announce their intention of operating two additional dredges on the Atlin leases, at an estimated cost of $500,000; while the British Columbia Dredging Co. is installing a dredg Spruce Creek. COAST. It is reported that arrangements are being made for the reopening of the Hayes Mines on Alberni Canal. LILLOOET. The big dredge is-now in steady and successful operation, although the river being now in flood precludes the obtaining of the,best possible results. CARIBOO. Prospects for a successful season in this district are reported lo be most promising, there being an abundant supply of water for the working of the hydraulic mines in the vicinity of Barkerville. The Waverly, it is said, is likely to pay substantial dividends this year, while good reports come from China and other Creeks. The last report from the manager of the Cariboo Consolidated is most encouraging, bed-rock having been reached in the West drift of La Fontaine, where values have increased to $20 per cubic yard, with every indication that the gravel is exceedingly rich. A first clean-up at the consolidated Cariboo Hydraulic Co's. Bullion mine resulted in the production of three gold bricks valued at $60,000. Rich gravel has been encountered on the Horsefly Gold Mining Company's property. KAMLOOPS. It is reported that a Vancouver Island syndicate has purchased the Copper King mine at Cherry Creek, and propose developing the property on an extensive scale. The new concentrator at the Iron Mask mine is now completed, and the machinery, it is thought, will be put in operation early in August. 296 THE MINING RECORD. SIMILKAMEEN. The Daly Reduction Works at Hedley, in the Similkameen, ire now in partial operation, but the installation of machinery ted that the Olalla Company is securing of additional capital is not yet completed. It is s arranging in the East for th< for development purposes. LARDEAU. A discovery of free milling gold quartz is reported to have been made near Ferguson, and a five-foot vein exposed. Work has been resumed on the Triune mine, where preparations are now being made to install an aerial tramway and at other properties shipping operations are now in full swing. Recently the Great Western Company's new combination silver mill completed a first short run, producing a thousand ounces of bullion. At Poplar Creek a claim known as the Mother Lode has been bonded on working terms. Little development work has yet been done but the assay values of the surface ore are fair. Another lead, eight feet in width yielding $10 in gold, has been opened on the Swede group at Poplar Creek. A rich strike of free milling quartz is reported to have been made in the upper tunnel of the Kingston mine, at Camborne, which was recently bonded to a Portland syndicate for $200,- 000. In the same camp, a fine vein of quartz of considerable widtn has been also encountered on the Nelson group. Values are expected to average from five to eight dollars per ton. SLOCAN. The Rockland group of three claims has been secured by an American Syndicate, who propose proceeding at once with development work. A comprehensive test of free milling gold ore from the Kilo is about to be made, arrangements having been made for the treatment of a parcel of a hundred tons at the Chapleau mill. In the Slocan City division, the Pioneer Mining Co., has purchased the Black Prince fraction, bonded other claims in the vicinity and is negotiating for the Slocan Prince claim, of which an interest has been already secured. The Edison, a high grade property, adjoining the Neepawa has been leased. There is an unauthenticated rumor which may be taken for what it is worth, that a German Syndicate propose establishing a smelting works at a point in the Slocan, this report having arisen from the circumstance that Dr. Sussman has been collecting information in the district. The South Fork of Kaslo Creek is again attracting attention as a result of recently reported rich discoveries of ore discovered as "horn silver and black sulphurets." A number of claims are however showing well under development. Mr. Thomas Jones, ore purchaser for the Lanyon Zinc Co., referring to the present production of zinc in the Slocan states that the Slocan Star is producing 20 tons a day, the Idaho five,. the Wakefield five and the Payne 15. In the 18 months ending July ist, there had been shipped to Kansas Zinc Works 3476 tons of zinc concentrates. Outside of this during the same period other shipments were made to Antwerp. Mr. Jones thinks the- outlook for this industry in Kootenay is most encouraging. According to Mr. Buchanan, inspector of lead bounties, lead production is being made at present at the rate of 30,000 tons per annum. Whether however this rate will be maintained depends on the continuation of production from the St. Eugene. To the end of June $180,000 had been earned under the terms of the Lead Bounty Act. Judgment was delivered this month in the case of the Last Chance vs. the American Boy. The plaintiffs, who won their suit, sued for $8,500, the value of 84 tons of ore taken from their property by the defendant company. The Slocan Star at Sandon is now employing seventy miners and shipping 500 tons of galena and 600 tons of concentrates to the Trail smelter. The company is installing machinery to the value of $15,000 this year. The cable for a 1,900 foot tramway at the Last Chance is now being installed at that mine. NELSON AND YMIR. There is now marked activity in the Nelson district, Forty- nine Creeks in particular coming very rapidly into prominence as a promising free-milling quartz section. One company here, after expending a large sum in development work is now installing a fifty-ton plant, while a San Francisco syndicate has acquired a promising group of six claims, adjoining May and Jennie mine. There are three leads on these claims, the average value of the ore being, it is stated, $17 to the ton. Mr. Wm. Davys who successfully worked the Silver King mine unaer lease and lately the Hweitt at Silverton, has now leased the Poorman-Granite property on Morning Mountain, upon which work has already been commenced. The Hall Mines smelter received last month 1885 tons of lead ore (dry weight). The lead realized aggregated 1072 tons. The Bayonne group of ten claims, situated about 18 miles west of the foot of Kootenay lake was recently bonded for $60,000 to Butte investors, who have made a first payment of $7,000. The claims have good showings of ore carrying fair values in gold. The Mollie Gibson, formerly owned by the Mollie Gibson Mining Co., was sold this month on a judgment held by the Eastern Townships Bank for $23,400. The property which is a valuable one, ore to the net value of $86,000 having been shipped consists of seven claims on Kokanee Creek near Nelson. The mine has also been fairly extensively developed and there are said to be still considerable ore-reserves. The purchasers are a syndicate of Sherbrooke, Port Arthur and Nelson men who propose to thoroughly develop the property. The Tamarac Mines Ltd. have submitted a financial statement for the year, ending March 31st, 1904, showing a small balance in hand of $535.53. During the year $169044 was expended in mine development. At Ymir seven mines are now making regular shipments, and reports from this district are most re-assuring. The last monthly returns from the Ymir place working expenses at $15,000 and the revenue at $16,700. A new company is now in process of incorporation to acquire and operate the Dundee mine. A syndicate was formed last month under the mining partnership section of the Mineral Act to work three hydraulic leases at the mouth of Hall Creek near Ymir, and proposes to install immediately, a 6-inch.centrifugal pump capable of moving from 90a to 1200 cubic yards of gravel in 24 hours. A satisfactory strike is reported to have been made on the Foghorn in the drift east from the long cross-cut tunnel, five feet of ore having been exposed. This drift is some 900 feet below the surface. The Company has under consideration the erection of large mill. ROSSLAND. Mr. Ferdinand Dietzsch consulting engineer of the Giant Mining Co. is reported by the Rossland Miner to have said that the company which has been and is still supposed to be in deep water will now proceed to "discharge its obligations, develop the property vigorously and eventually equip it with reduction works to save the rare metals—-cobalt and molybdenum—provided the report he is making is considered a satisfactory one." Mr. Dietzsch further stated that "arrangements had been made for the funds required, and a decision would be arrived at shortly after his return to England. The Giant ore is complex, containing sulphides of cobalt, arsenic, iron and molybdenum, all carrying gold, which is more or less free, the gangue being silicious. By experiment it has been found the sulphides of arsenic, cobalt, nickel and iron may be separated by magnetic treatment, while the gangue and practically all of the molybdenum are non-magnetic. The ore may be therefore first treated by crushing and subsequently subjected to magnetic separation. The magnetic product, carrying gold, molybdenum and silica would then be calcined and washed for the recovery of the molybdenum, and treated, practically by ordinary cyanide process, for the recovery of gold, the calcination and leaching having altered the character of the material to allow of ordinary cyaniding with the possible addition of amalgamation to save the coarse gold. It is questionable whether sufficient cobalt and nickel exist THE MINING RECORD. 521,292 tons, mine, on June 291I: in the ore to make their recovery of commercial importance. Eventually ore may be encountered carrying higher values in these rare metals, in which event the magnetic residue of the initial crushing will be reduced to an enriched nickel-cobalt speise in a reverberatory or cupola furnace, the resulting speise, which corresponds to smelter matte, being available for sale to cobalt refiners. For the recovery of the gold in the magnetic part of the pulps, calcination will be followed by cyaniding, a large recovery being possible, as indicated by the results of numerous experiments to date. There is meanwhile no reason why the Giant should not with careful management be profitably worked. A despatch from Rossland states--that Mr. F. W. Bradley, one of the members of the firm of consulting engineers to the Le Roi Company, has recommended the directors to proceed with the construction of a concentrator to treat 200 tons daily. The estimated cost of this mill is placed at one hundred thousand dollars. BOUNDARY DISTRICT. During the month the Providence Mining Company paid a fourth dividend of ten cents per share. To the end of June last there had been done during the fiscal year, a total of sinking and raising, 5,098 feet at the Granby mines. The shipments of ore for this period aggregate 521,29 2tons. ments of ore for this period aggregated At the sheriff's sale of the Winnipeg no tender was made for the property. EAST KOOTENAY. Acting upon the advice of Mr. S. S. Fowler, a well-known consulting engineer of Nelson, the directors of the North Star Mining Company, at a recent meeting of shareholders recommended that further exploration work at .this Kimberley mine should cease and provision made for the liquidation of the company. While there can be no doubt of the wisdom of this decision, it is nevertheless a matter for regret that the career of the North Star mine, which at one time paid very substantial profits, dividends aggregating $312,000 having been distributed should now be closed, more especially as the affairs of the company have been judiciously and honestly administered. When some two years ago the main ore body was nearing exhaustion, an energetic effort was made to open up new ground, but though at times the indications appeared promising, and some small bodies of shipping ore were found, no new discoveries of importance rewarded the .search. Recently Mr. Fowler's services were requisitioned and his report, made after a careful examination, sums up the situation as follows: "The main old ore bodies have been worked out excepting a - few remnants. Several thousand feet of development work in all directions have found no new bodies. Careful study of the rocks show that some of the unaltered country rock was probably the original source of the ore. The ore bodies were found to have had altered country rock in relatively large volume on at least one sida The rocks at depth (300 level) to the north, west and east are practically unaltered, and therefor© I judge will not be found to contain ore bodies. To the south of the old ore bodies, the rock has been altered on one or both sides of the main fissures, but mineral found there is insignificant in quantity and of low grade. If valuable ore ever existed in this region, it lay above and has been worn away. For these reasons I cannot see any ther valuable discovery in connection have held ore heretofore. As to the existence of other fissures, there may be no doubt, but their importance and position are both problematical. There appears no probability that they exist in the immediate vicinity of the mine, and to search for them without some tangible evidence of their existence would, I believe, be futile. So far as I can see, their discovery would be a matter of accident rather than of expectation, and I therefore advise against further development expenditure."' reasonable hope of fur- with the fissures which Meanwhile from the funds remaining in the treasury, an interim dividend of 8 cents per share will be paid, while a further distribution may be expected after the company's properties shall have been sold. The recently re-organised Gold River Placer Mining Co., employing a force of fifty men has commenced work at Bull river, where a dam is to be constructed to direct the stream to facilitate the mining of the gravel in the channel. A flume sixteen feet wide and five feet in depth, of which a mile and a quarter is to be built, is meanwhile being constructed. At the close of last month an important discovery was made at the St Eugene mine at Moyie, a fine body of ore, fourteen feet in width, and carrying a higher percentage of silver than any yet mined here, having been encountered in the> No. 1 tunnel, 1600 feet from its portal, and at a vertical depth from the surface of 1000 feet The quantity of realisable ore at this mine Is enormous, and in any other country almost the "average values would be considered satisfactory. The fact remains, however, that after shipping ore to the gross value of $1,100,904 in 1900, and to the value of $616,561 in 1901, it was found necessary subsequently to suspend operations until quite recently owing to unfavorable market, transport and treatment conditions. Thus in 1900 the freight and treatment charges per ton of concentrates averaged $27.53, while in 1901 these were increased to $28.62, at the same time the prices of stiver and lead fell very considerably, and the American market was closed to British Columbia lead products. It is difficult to% say whether the new discovery of ore will prove sufficiently rich to enable the company to continue production should the Federal Government refuse the request that has been made in respect to the amendment of the Lead Bounty Act, but the opening up of an extensive and valuable ore-body at so great a depth in this East Kootenay mine is nevertheless noteworthy in itself. THE WINDERMERE DIST«ICT. The Bunyan mine, three miles from Windemere, has been bonded by Messrs. William Harrison, one of the owners, and William Chamberlain. They have already shipped one carload of ore and are soon to have another car on the way. Last week, while widening the drift, they shot down the wall, exposing two feet of gray copper ore. From this they have taken 200 sacks of ore, which carries good values in gold, silver and copper. A trial shipment ran $90 in all values. THE CANADIAN MINERAL EXHIBIT AT ST. LOUIS. MR. LOUIS LARIVE, Canadian Press Correspondent at St Louis, sends us the following description of the Canadian mineral exhibit: Canada's great t wealth is admirably exemplified by an attractive edubit m the Palace of Mines and Metallurgy at the Worlds Fair. The display is the largest ever made by Canada at any exposition. The exhibit occupies a space of 9,000 •4«Kjf*t near one of the main entrances, adjoining the United States Government section in the Mines building. The exhibit is not confined to show cases, but unique and sinking «n»ss displays are made. As Canada supplies more than one-half of the world's production of nickel and 9S per cent of the world's production of asbestos, these two ores »«*«** prominent place in the exhibit They are *&***>?the form of Urge pyramids. The pyramid of nickel we.ghs 17 tons, while tbe one of asbestos weighs 14 tons. The other ovramids are shown, one of corundum, weighing 15 tons, and another of nfica. These pyramids illustrate the P«>«5S« the ores undergo in the transition from the crude state to the finished product For example, tn the mckel pyram.d tbe ore as turned out of the mine forms the base; above a a section containing the product .•«»»* "",M«^i Above this is a section containmg the copper and nickel matte, and the apex is finished in the refined art.cle. Sor mounting the pyramid is a statue sartptured out of the re fined nickel and typically Canadian in design. A feature of theTexhibit holds a place in the centre of the rear wall of the section and resembles a, mantel in 298 THE MINING RECORD. Ill Three tall columns on either side are joined by a large arch, the top of which is 15 feet from the floor. The columns, and arch are built up in sections composed of representative minerals from every province in the Dominion. In the centre of the arch is a rich exhibit of gold from the Yukon and British Columbia mines. Coal holds a prominent place in the display. Specimens are shown from all fields, from Nova Scotia on the Atlantic to Vancouver Island on the Pacific. Most of the coal used by the Pacific Squadron of the United States Navy comes from the Vancouver Island mines. Gold-copper ores and silver-lead ores ate shown in large quantities, as are also chrome iron and manganese iron ore. Seventy-five table cases contam minerals arranged according to their geographical location. MACHINERY NOTES. THE machinery ordered for the Reliance Mining & Milling Company's mill on Forty-nine is being delivered at the site, and the work of framing the building is now ih progress. The cyaniding plant, installed at a very considerable cost at the Republic mine, Republic, Wash., some years ago, is to be offered for sale by order of the American courts on August 6th. Five small machine drills were installed at the Spitzee mine, Rossland, during the month. The Granby Company are about to make an expenditure of between $75,000 and $100,000 in additional mine equipment, to facilitate extensive production of ore from the Nos. 3 and 4 tunnels. It is stated that the erection of a zinc smelter to cost not less than $100,000 at Fernie has been decided upon by a London syndicate, the Crow's Nest Coal Company having offered favorable terms to provide land for a site and slack coal for fuel purposes. The Brown-Alaska Company's copper smelter at Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, is, it is said, to blow in about August ist. Meanwhile the final installation of machinery is being made, and the smelter and mine are being connected by a Bleichert tramway, capable of carrying 50 tons an hour The capacity of the smelter is 400 tons a day. Arrangements are being made for the installation of electrical machinery at the Providence mine at Boundary district At Siwash Creek, near Yale, the recently incorporated International Gold Company is installing six Marrell sfettnps with quadruple discharge, there being at the mine, it is stated, 10,000 tons of rich ore ready for crushing. Report has it that an electrolytic copper refinery to cost a quarter of a million dollars, is to be added immediately to the Tacoma smelter with a view to the completion of the works early next year. The new plant will be the only one in operation west of Buffalo, with the exception of the one at Great Falls, Mont., and, it is stated, will have a capacity of 9.000 tons of pure copper per year. In addition there is some idea of establishing works either at Tacoma or San Francisco by men more or less' identified with the smelter undertaking, for the manufacture of copper wire at one or other of these places. Electrical power was utilized for the first time in July at the B. C. Copper Company's Greenwood smelter, the power being transmitted a* distance of twenty-five miles .from Cascade, it being there generated at the works of the Kettle River Power Company. ' The Greenwood smelter will require something like 800 horsepower when the furnaces are in full operation, and there is no doubt that electrical power will prove vastly more economical than that formerly afforded by steam. The new copper converters are now in operation, and the matte, which heretofore has been sent to Tacoma and other outside points, will henceforth be locally converted into blister copper. COAL EXPORTATIONS AND TRADE. Coal deliveries at San Francisco during June from the Australasian colonies amounted to 6,778 tons. Australasian coal is now only in demand for domestic purposes. The Western Fuel Company's coal expoitations last month aggregated 11,022 tons. Two seams of bituminous coal of excellent quality, the one eleven and the other six feet wide, have been discovered by a prospector employed by the Wellington Colliery Company, near McKay Lake, not far distant from Ladysmith. These seams are supposed to be continuations of the Wellington measures. At Morrissey, after a "close-down" of eleven weeks, sixty coke ovens are now in use. It is expected that in a few weeks the entire battery of 240 ovens will be working, when an output of 500 tons a day will be made. The construction of a branch railway connecting the Coal Creek mines with the Great Northern system is shortly to be commenced by the Crows' Nest Coal Co., to facilitate coal shipments. The Imperial Coke and Coal Company has acquired control of the Alberta Coal and Coke Company's property of 6,400 acres on the line of the Crow's Nest line. Mr. Justice Martin delivered a judgment in the important test actions brought against the Crow's Nest Coal Company, by relatives and others injured by the colliery explosion of two years ago. His decision, which was adverse to the plaintiffs, was based almost entirely on the evidence of the expert witnesses, who proved that the explosion was the result, not of dust, but of gas. Had the company lost the test actions it would have been mulcted in very heavy damages, claims for $800,000 having been put jn. Notice of appeal has mean- . while been given. DRILLING FOR OIL AT STEVESTON. A correspondent writes: "Cap rock having been struck in the well being drilled at Steveston, it was necessary to order additional machinery, also 1,600 feet of six-inch pipe to drill through the cap rock. The pipe and the machinery is now on the road and expected to reach Vancouver in a few days. "The well at Steveston is down 925 feet, 702 feet being cased with a 10-inch heavy line pipe and 213 feet- with an 8-inch; this pipe is filled with water to within ten feet of the surface, having a yreight of over 300 pounds to the, square inch. The pressure of gas is steadily increasing 'until it now has a pressure of 83 pounds to the square inch. Taking into consideration that the gas has to force its way through 915 feet of water the prospects are remarkably good to develop a sufficient quantity of gas to supply any smelter of factories that may be built at Steveston, also to supply the city of Vancouver with gas for heating and manufacturing purposes. '"The formation of the cap rodk is such as to encourage the belief that oil will be found in paying quantities when the cap rock is drilled through." THE MANUFACTURE OF LEAD PIPE AT TRAIL. The important announcement is made that the Canadian Smelting Works at Trail are about to commence the manufacture of lead pipe and sheet lead in connection with that industry.' Until the present time all the lead pipe used in Canada has come from abroad, notwithstanding that the silver- lead mines of British Columbia produce an excess of the raw' material required to meet the total consumption of manufac-'.; tured lead in Canada. Tt is further stated that arrangements are being made for the establishment of lead corroding works: at Montreal. This step is decidedly in the right direction, and is an excellent indication of the improvement that is gradually being brought about in industrial conditions in. this country. Another rather curious anomaly, meanwhile, is the fact that all the refined silver produced in British Columbia is sent out of the country, only last week 70,000 ozs. having been shipped THE MINING RECORD. to China. On the other hand Canadian silver coin is made from Mexican silver minted in England. For many years an agitation has been maintained for the establishment of a Canadian mint, but for certain more or less obvious reasons, the banking interests have opposed the proposal. It is now, however, understood that the Canadian Government have the matter under advisement and arrangements will doubtless be ere long concluded for the establishment of a mint at Ottawa. MINING MEN AND MATTERS. Mr. S. H. C. Miner arrived in the Boundary last month on his annual visit to the properties of the Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting & Power Company, of which he is president. Mr. Geo. E. Cole, an occasional contributor to the Mining Record, for the past two years employed at the Granby mines, has returned East. After a few months at survey work in the field he will go to McGill University, Montreal, to there complete his course in mining engineering. ASSAYERS. FOR SALE.—Oneof the best assaying businesses in the Kootenays. Complete outfit. Terms reasonable. Good reasons for leaving. For particulars apply to R. MACHIN, 26 Yates Street, Victoria, B. C. d/m&s- THREE AND FOUR YEAR %X^*%^«. Courses in S Mining, Chemical, Civil, K Mechanical and Electrical E: gineering. iijSr Mineralogy end Geology, ""%sSsaS56*' • Biology and Public Health *Write Secretary, Kingston, Ont., for Calendar. Mr. A. H. Holdich, an assayer well known in the Lardeau and other parts of West Kootenay, is reported to have had & legacy left him that will provide him with a competence. Mr. J. C. Haas has returned to the Boundary from a visit to Tonopah, Nevada, whence he went to examine mining properties for clients. The resignation of Mr. E. J. Wilson, smelting mana'ger at Northport, takes effect on August ist. Mr. H. T. Pemberton has been appointed general manager of the recently reorganized Montreal & Boston Company, in Boundary district. Mr. J. Cuthbert Welch has received the appointment of smelter superintendent and Mr. G. H. Collins that of mine superintendent. Mr. Thos. R. Stockett, Jr., who first entered the service of the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company in 1901 as superintendent of the Morrissey Mines, and recently acted as the company's general manager, has resigned that post in order to accept the position of general manager of the Western Fuel Company's collieries at Nanaimo. The duties of general manager at the Crow's Nest collieries are meanwhile being filled by Mr. Drinnam, general superintendent, while Mr. G. L. Pearson, recently of the Republic Iron & Steel Co., Pennsylvania, has been appointed sales agent and superintendent of the coke works. Mr. Alfred McMillan-has joined the staff of the Northport smelter, he being given charge of the automatic sampler. , The services of Mr. Chester W. Purington, of the firm of Doveton & Purington, mining engineers, of Denver, Col. have been temporarily engaged by the United States Geological Survey to report on placer mining methods and costs in the Alaskan territory. Accompanied by an assistant, Mr. Sidney Paige, of Washington, Mr. Purington is making a genera inspection of the placer operations in Alaska during the pres-*! ent season. He recently arrived in Atlin, accompanied by Mr. Sidney Paige of the Geological Survey and has inspected the hydraulic operations in progress on Pine, Boulder, Spruce and McKee Creeks, and the dredging operations on Gold Run. Mr. Purington states that the area covered by pre-glacial auriferous gravels is undoubtedly large and will prove a factor of much greater permanency from a placer mining standpoint than the post-glacial or very recent gravels occupying the beds of the present streams. The Atlin district thus appears to afford a-field for placer operations on a large scale, which will depend for their success largely on a preliminary mapping and prospecting of the ancient river channels. . Mr. Thos. Kiddie, manager of the Tyee Copper Company's smelter, last month paid a visit to Nicola and afterwards to the smelters of the Kootenay and Boundary. Mr. George B. McAulay, for many years actively associated with the company owning the Cariboo gold mine, at Camp McKinney, of late years as managing director, died recently in Scotland, whilst visiting his old home in that country. WI RE ROPES letting Pur Joses Write for prices to E. B. MARVIN & CO., of Victoria, B. C, Sole Agents in British Columbia for R. HOOD HAGGIE & SON, Limited, OF WILLINGTON ROPEWORKS, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, ENGLAND, who have been established over 100 years, and have a factory covering six acres, equipped with all the most modern appliances for making Wire Ropes of all descriptions. WRITE FO*R PRICES Stock carried at Victoria, B.C. Large orders specially manufactured at Newcastle-on-Tyne and-forwarded by China-Mutual steamers. * . XIV. THE MINING RECORD. NOTICE. Respecting Coal and Petroleum Lands in South-East Kootenay. NOTICE is hereby given that licenses to prospect for coal and petroleum upon and under lands situated within Blocks 4593, South-East Kootenay, will be issued forthwith to all persons who have made proper application, in pursuance of the provisions of the "Coal Mines Act" and amendments. The fee for each license will be $100, and all applicants who have not deposited accepted bank cheques to cover that amount are hereby required to do so without further notice. Licenses will be issued in the following form, viz.: "Mining Licence issued under the Coal Mines Act and Amendments. "In consideration of one hundred dollars now paid under the said Acts, and subject to the provisions thereof, I, W. S. Gore, Deputy Commissioner, acting for the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, license to enter, prospect, search and work for coal and petroleum (but no other metal or mineral) upon, in and under all that piece or parcel of mineral land situate in and forming part of Block 4,593, East Kootenay District, and described as follows:— and not exceeding in the whole six hundred and forty statute acres. ■'Owing to the number of applicant sfor licenses to prospect for coal and petroleum, and the peculiar circumstances surrounding the application for and issuance of these licences, and the well-known fact that the issuance has been unavoidably suspended for so many months, the Government of British Columbia finds it impossible to determine. the equitable rights of the numerous applicants. Therefore, for the purpose of enabling all persons to go before the proper tribunal for the determination of their respective rights and priorities, this licence is issued and accepted subject to such prior rights of other persons as may exist by law, and the date of this licence is not to b.e taken or held as in any sense determining such priority, and further it shall not be taken or held to waive enquiry by the Courts into the proper performance of all conditions precedent as between adverse claimants; and further, on the understanding that the Government shall not be held responsible for, or in connection with, any conflict which may arise with other claimants of the same ground, and that under no circumstances will licence fees be refunded. "And the holder hereby waives any claim or demand against the Government, and expressly agrees not to take any steps or proceedings, or present any petition, to enforce any alleged claim or demand against the Government of the Province of British Columbia arising out of the issuance of this licence or of any other matter of thing appertaining thereto. "The land being under reserve from pre-emption and sale this license does not include any right other thaji the right to prospect for coal and petroleum. "The duration of this license is for one year from the , 190 . "Deputy Commissioner of Lands and Works. "Lands and Works Department, "Victoria, B. C. 190 ." R. F. GREEN, Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works. Lands and Works Department, Victoria, B. C, 5th June, 1964. MINING Machinery Our experience in designing and installing complete plains has extended over a period of many years, and this experience together with the fact that we are in close touch with many eminent metallurgists places us in a position to supply our customers with machineryof the latest and most improved type, and with plans for its installation in accordance with up-to- date and practical methods of handling ore so as to obtain the best commercial as well as metallurgical results. COMPLETE POWER LIGHTING* HEATING AND PUMPING PLANTS enas. e. moore & ee. ENGINEERS PACIFIC COAST AGENTS FOR The Holthoff Machinery Qo„ eCDHHY. WIS. A MAIN OFFICE 63 FirstSt. San Francisco California. Branches—New York, 1303 Havemeyer Bldg; Seattle, 218 Second Ave. S.; Los A.11<cles, 321 Trust Bldg.; Baker City, Oregon; Salt Lake City, Utah. Adver. 282.. M ■■HIM' |i THE MINING RECORD. Lobnitz' Gold Dredgers are at work in British North and South America, Africa, Asia, &c. liTTD- ^Dredge*9 All L0Bt*\TZ * CO., Telegraphic Address: "Lobnitz, Renfrew." Al Code used If, when writing to manufacturers or others advertising in the MINING RECORD, for catalogues, our friends would be good enough to make reference to this periodical, they would do us a considerable service, at little inconvenience to themselves. We are confident, of course, that as an advertising medium the MINING RECORD gives the best possible results, but it is natural for advertisers to require frequent tangible and direct evidence of this fact* Hence this request. <m PROFESSIONAL BROKERS AND ASSAYERS. s. m. McGregor, b.a. sc. McGregor & co., MININGand CIVIL ENGINEERS ^,, ^ —. - . , n ^ and LAND SURVEYORS. SLOCAN, B. C Reports on Mines and Prospects. Act as agents in doing assessment work, applying for Crown grants and in taking general charge of preliminary development work. ^X |\/| I O is one of the most promising gold camps in IVI I ^l British Columbia and now ofEers many capital opportunities for profitable investment. For further particulars write PERCY J. GLEAZER, MINING BROKER AND AGENT, YMIR, B. C. Code—Moreing & Neal's. JOHN OGDEN ASSAY CO. Gold, Silver, Copper or I,ead, $1.00 each; any two, $1.50; any three, $2.00. Samples by mail receive prompt ettention. Placer Gold, Retorts and Rich Ores Bought. 1725 ARAPAHOE ST., DENVER, COLO. HOWARD C. PARMELEE ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS AND ASSAYERS. Special attention to control and umpire work. Ore testing. General Commercial Analysis. Pellew-Harvey, Bryant & Gilman PROVINCIAL ASSAYERS. The Vancouver Assay Office and Ore Testing Works. Established 1S90. MILL, SMELTER, CONCENTRATION AND CYANIDE TESTS, Reliable reports on mining properties. Complete analyses of Ores and Coal Victoria Office : 4 View Street (Opposite Driard Hotel.) P.O. Box 1421. POGSON, PELOUBET & CO. Public Accountants NEW YORK 42 BROADWAY CHICAGO MARQUETTE BUILDING ST. LOUIS CHEMICAL BUILDING BUTTE HENNESSY BUILDING Audits of Books and Accounts, Systems of Bookkeeping or Costs, Financial, Examinations, Etc. British Columbia Pottery Co., Ltd. Head Office and Works, VICTORIA, B. C. Manufacturers of Vitrified Salt Glazed Sewer Pipes. All kinds of FIRE BRICK, FIRE CLAY, ALL KINDS FIRE CLAY GOODS, ASSAYERS* FURNACES, ETC., Made to Order. Stocks also carried in Vancouver, Nanaimo, Duncans, Nelson and Rossland. 1755 Arapahoe St*, Denver, Colo. CHRIS. OUTHETT, Associate of Royal College of Science, London, England. Inland Assay Office, Provincial Assayer. Mineral and Coal Analyses a specialty. Reports made on Mining Propertiei Mail samples receive prompt attention. Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co., Ltd. Directors—George A. Cox, President; Robert Jaffray and H. M. Pellatt, Vice-Presidents; E. R. Wood, Treasurer *. G. G. S. Lindsey, Secretary; Thos. Walmsley, James Mason, Frederick Nichols, David Morrise, J. D. Chipman, J. A. Gemmill, Wm. Fernie. HEAD OFFICES—TORONTO. ONT. BRITISH COLUMBIA OFFICES—FERNIE, B. C. Bituminous Coals and Coke. Mines and Ovens at Coal Creek, Michel and Morrissey, B. C. Present capacity of mines 1,000,000 tons of coal per an- nnm. Coke ovens 350,000 tons per annum. We would call attention to the superior quality of onr Michel Blacksmith Coal, suitable for large forgings. Can be shipped at reasonable prices to all parts of British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and Manitoba. This Company also owns the Fernie and Morrissey Mines townsites, which offer investments in town lots that cannot fail to prove productive. Having a large amount of development under way, there is always work for coal miners at good wages, and it may be said that there are few places in the world where labor of all kinds can earn more net money under agreeable conditions. THOS. R. STOCKETT, JR. General Superintendent Fernie, B. DAVIES, Comptroller, WM. M. BREWER CONSULTING MINING ENGINEER. P. O. Box 571. VICTORIA, B. C. THE MINING RECORD. THESE ARE THE MILLS THAT MODERN MINING METHODS DEMAND in order to crush low grade ore at a profit, and if you purchase any other you are not getting the best value. A "HENDY" Triple Discharge TWO STAMP MILL Remember our three-stamp mill will crush as much as the best five-stamp mill that can be built. We guarantee it. THE HENDY QUADRUPLE DISCHARGE THREE-STXMP HILL is more easily cleaned than a five- stamp, only one stamp is thrown out of commission at a time, two are crushing while one mortar is being cleaned. Send for our catalogues. JOSHUA HENDY MACHINE WORKS Office 38-44 Fremont St. Works, Bay and Kearney Sts. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Capacity 6-10 Tons. 5-7 H. Power runs it. BERNARD MACDONALD MINING ENGINEER. Examinations, Reports and Negotiations. Designs Modern Economical Methods for Mining and Milling Operations. Office, Empire State Building, SPOKANE, WASH. Cable address—MaCleroi Spokane. Codes—Bedford M'Neil; Moreing & Neal. EDMUND B. KIRBY, Consulting Mining Engineer and Metallurgist. Examination of Mining Investments and Enterprises. ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA. LESLIE HILL, MINING ENGINEER REPORTS AND MINE MANAGEMENT. Consulting Engineer to the Hastings (B. C.) Exploration Syndicate. London Office, ivi ■ r*** ^**% Nelson, B. C. JOHN B. HOBSON, MfnTnggercooniSiarib00 Hyd- Consulting Mining Engineer, BULLION, BRITISH COLUMBIA. 28 gears' experience in ihe equipment and operation of large hy draxtltc, Deep Gravel, IMft and Goto Quartz Mines, in California and British Colombia,. Telegraphic and Cable Address "HOBSON" Ashcroft B. C 161-4 Dash wood House, New Broad Street, E. O, Correspondence Solicited. Ore Shippers Agent. SAMUEL S. FOWLER CONSULTING ENGINEER. WiU advise and report on matters pertaining to mining, milling plant construction and operation. Cable Address. ''Goldfields Nelson, Drawer 1024, Nelson. B. C. J. CLEVELAND HAAS MINING ENGINEER. 640 Hyde Block, Spokane, Wash. Greenwood, B.C. MINE DEVELOPMENT, EXAMINATIONS and REPORTS. J. G. LANG, Provincial Assayer, Late Control Assayer for Lenora Mine, Mount Sicker. SPECIALTIES: Checking Smelter Returns, Concentration, Cyanide and Amalgamation TestSi P. O. BOX 283. GREENWOOD, B. C. A. R. BARROW, A.M.I.C.E. PROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR Sea going steamboat, to accommodate 4 persons, suitable for parties wishl ing to prospect or examine mineral claims on the coasts of Vancouver Islandl or Mainland. Long Distance Telephone. SIDNEY, B.C. THE MINING RECOED. Steveston Land & Oil Company, Limited. INCORPORATED 1904. CAPITAL STOCK $250,000. 250,000 SHARES OF $1.00 EACH. Issued Fully Paid and Non-Assessable, Directors—Geo. E. Macdonald, Vancouver, B.C.; Wm. D. Haywood, Vancouver, B.C.; Chas. D. MacKenzie, Vancouver, B.C. OFFICES -VANCOUVER AND STEVESTON, B. C. PROSPECTUS. The STEVESTON LAND & OIL CO., LIMITED, has been organized for the purpose of acquiring and developing oil bearing lands on Lulu Island, British Columbia. Natural gas was discovered at Steveston, Lulu Island, many years ago, and has been used by several of the residents for lighting and heating purposes. Beeently an oil expert from the oil fields of Beaumont, Texas, made an examination of the gas and the conditions existing at Steveston, and pronounced it as his decided opinion, that the gas was arising from petroleum deposits, and that the conditions existing were exactly similar to those prevailing a.t Beaumont, Texas, which is situated on the Neches River near the Gulf of Mexico.' Gas was known to be arising from the earth for many years near Beaiumont, and like the Steveston gas was from a sulphur base; while boring for supposed sulphur beds near Beaumont the celebrated Lucas oil gusher was struck. It is believed that the 10-ineh oil well now being bored at Steveston will develop the presence of petroleum in large quantity, which means that the pioneer companies' stock will greatly advance in value, as was the case at Beaumont and elsewhere. Great fortunes have been made from the oil wells of Texas and California during the past few years, and unbounded wealth has been distributed among many of the small investors who became stock-holders in companies for the development of the oil lands. The same thing will repeat itself at Steveston, and the purchaser of shares in the Steveston Land & Oil Co., Limited, will awaken some morning to find himself rewarded a hundredfold on the investment. The market fox oil is almost unlimited. The development of fuel oil at Steveston is an important one. It means cheap fuel to the great mining industries of the. Province. Heretofore many low-grade ores that have been thrown over the dumps can be worked at a profit by the use of oil, thereby giving employment to thousands of additional men at good wages in the mines. Steveston, situated at the mouth of the Fraser River and the Gulf of Georgia (only 12 miles from Vancouver is destined to become an important city. Having railroad and water transportation it is independent of any trust to dictate or control the output of oil. The development of oil at Steveston will prove a boon to the manufacturing industries of Vancouver, New Westminster, Victoria, and the cities on Puget Sound. The production of oil at Steveston will mean the investment of millions of dollars in plants and refineries for the manufacture of the by-products contained in crude mineral oils. Fuel oil is now used almost exclusively on the Southern Pacific railroad systems in California, Arizona and Texas, and also on the Santa Fe railroad system in Texas, New Mexico and California. Undoubtedly the railroads of the Pacific Northwest will become large consumers of Steveston oil. The "Steveston Land & Oil Co., Limited," has been registered under the laws of British Columbia with a capitalization of $250,000.00, divided into 250,000 shares of the par value of $1.00 each. The "Steveston Land & Oil Co., Limited," have acquired options to purchase the lands in the town of Steveston and in other parts of Lulu Island that have every indication of proving oil bearing lands, amounting in . all to over 1,100 acres. The moment oil has been demonstrated to exist in Quantity, the value of the holdings of this Company will be increased many times over. After paying for the Company's holdings there remains in the treasury 130,000 shares of unissued stock, and 20 000 shares of fully paid bonus stock. 30,000 shares of the treasury stock is now on the market, the funds derived from the sale of which will be expended in the acquisition of oil lands and in developing the same. As an inducement to first purchasers of this stock a bonus of fifty (50) per cent, in fully paid up shares will be made so that the purchase of 100 shares at par will entitle the purchaser to 150 shares of stock, FULLY PAID, NON-ASSESSABLE AND CARRYING NO PERSONAL LIABILITY. In ease it should be decided to place the remaining 100,000 shares of treasury stock on the market, it will be offered first to the holders of the 30,000 shares of treasury stoofc now placed on the market. While there is always an element of chance in oil drilling, as in every other venture, the profits_ to_ be de rived from a successful issue are such as to make the purchase Limited," a perfectly safe and legitimate transaction. Applications for stock may be made to THOMAS DAVIS, Official Broker, "Steveston Land & Oil Co., Limited." ■ Vancouver, B.C. stock in "Steveston Land & Oil Co., STEVESTON LAND & OIL CO., LTD., Vancouver, B.C. XX THE MTNING RECORD. CITY ? OF VICTORIA Capital of British Columbia, Pacific Ocean Terminus of Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian Northern Railway and the Great Northern Railway'of the United States. The starting point of steamship lines to the Yukon, Atlin and Cassiar Gold Fields, and the Canadian port of call for tourists on the lines between San Francisco and Alaska.* Canadian Gateway to the Orient, Sandwich Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Etc., Etc. The City of Victoria is becoming widely noted for the beauty of its situation, its homes and its surroundings ; so that the number of strangers arriving, for short visits and for permanent residence, continue growing annually larger. Of its beauty H.R.H. the Duke of York said: "The most beautiful place we have seen in our journey around the world," and the following may be quoted from the correspondence of Mr. E. P. Knight, of the London Morning Post: "One would fain have stayed longer, for of all the cities that lave been visited in the course of this long Royal progress the fair capital of British Columbia seems to me the one which the Englishman would most gladly make his home. * * * Never in the environs of any other city have I seen such a glory of flowers as surrounded each of these lovely homis." The Province covers a superficial area of 381,000 square miles abounding in minerals, timber, fish and game in endless variety. The opportunities for the profitable investment of capital are practically unlimited, and the markets for the disposal of metals, lumber, fish and agricultural products lie waiting* in Russia, Japan, China, India and Australasia. The tourist will lind mountain scenery and mountain climbing unequalled in the old world—a new field for exploration—and the sportsman with first class hotels as bases of operation may penetrate a new world in his pursuit of the bear, the panther, the elk or the mountain goat. TEMPERATURE 1903. Highest Lowest Mean. Mean. Victoria 64.5 35.9 London, Eng 69.7 33.4 Torquay, Eng 64.1 38.2 RAINFALL 1903. Inches. Victoria 35-9 London, Eng 33-4 Torquay, Eng 3^*2 Pamphlets containing views of local scenery and information of interest to investors, tourists, hunters and amusement seekers may be obtained by addressing the Clerk of the Municipal Council, Victoria, British Columbia. THE MINING RECORD. XXI Orders Executed "ON SHORT NOTICE." That's what is said about the B. C. Photo-Engraving Co. Listen ! V Vancouver, November 6, 1903. B. C. Photo. Engraving Co., Victoria, B.C. Dear Sirs, We take great pleasure in bearing testimony to the product of your line cut and half-tone department. We are especially pleased, and so was our customer, with your half-tone of the Burrard Sanitarium of this, city. We are pleased to note your progress and wish you every success. It is well for all parties interested in this class of work to note that you turn out, in our opinion, half-tones equal to Eastern houses and in much shorter time. It has also pleased us to note that you execute orders on such short n.otice. These qualifications certainly place you in a position for wide success in the growing West. THE KEYSTONE PRESS, Limited. J. W. Payne, Managing Director. The address is " Times " Building, Victoria. Mi NONA/ READY The Third Edition of "Mines of the Transvaal" By R. R. MABSON, The Handiest and Most Complete Work of its kind. Absolutely Indispensable to all taking an interest in the World's Greatest Goldfield. No other up-to-date work of a like scope in existence. Comprehensive, Compact, Carefully Compiled, Alphabetically arranged, and showing at a glance WHERE THE MINE IS, WHO DIRECTS IT, AND WHAT IT HAS DONE. A Business Book for Busy Men, and a Veritable Encyclopaedia of Information. Colonies and Abroad, 16s. About 770 pages, large crown 8vo. Interleaved for Professional Use : by post, 25s. 9d.; Colonies and Abroad, 26s. 6d. Orders to be addressed to the Publisher of "THE STATIST," 51 Cannon Street, London, England. R. MAYNARD Importer and dealer in all kinds of Photographic Supplies Also Amateur Outfits, Kodaks, Hawkeyes, Premos, Pocos,etc, mperial, Cramer and Hammer "^1 PANDORA St. Plates, Aristo-Platino, Solio, Klo- ro, Velox and Dekho Papers Victoria. B. C. EXP OTJSEJ! JM OiV\ BE R ^uMWB Ts the world's leadins* raining and metallurgical periodical. Tjaoh weeklv issue contains interesting and valuable information, ts n e wsy, descriptive, technical and scientific. The leading engineers throughout the country read it. Subscription Drice, t*.oo a year payable in advance. Sample copies sent on request M. R. SMITH & COMPANY LIMITED- Established I858. MANTJFACTTJRBB.S OF High Class Biscuits a*id Confectionery Gold Medals awarded at Roval Agricultural Exhibition '95 '96, '97. '9s. Medal aad Diploma aWrded at Colonial and Indian Exhibitions. Silver Medals at Provincial Exhibitions, 1886. I BRANCH- VICTORIA, B. C. 430 CORDOVA STREET, VANCOUVER r XXII THE MINING RECORD. BRITISH COLUMBIA The Mineral Province of Canada. British Columbia has produced to date $64,627,683 of Placer Gold, #32,049,732 of Lode Gold, $18,- 475,852 of Silver, $10,447,521 of Lead, $12,256,219 of Copper, and $58,989,572 of Coal and CokerTor a total of nearly $190,000,000, The Gross Mineral Production for 1902 was I $17,486,550. The tonnage of ore mined in 1902 was nearly 1,000,000 tons. The gold production in 1992 was approximately $6,000,000, and the copper output 30,000,000 lbs. Lode mining has only been in progress for about 10 years, and not 20 per cent, of the mineral land has been even prospected; 300,000 square miles of unexplored mineral-bearing land are open for prospecting. The Mining Laws of this Province are more liberal and the fees lower than any Province in the Do- -minion, or than any Colony of the British Empire. Mineral locations are granted to discoverers for nominal fees. Absolute titles are obtained by developing such properties, the security of which is guaranteed by •Crown grants. Full information, together with mining reports and maps, may be obtained by addressing B^K- -Rill' HON" MINISTER OF MINES, - Or WM. FLEET ROBERTSON, Provincial Mineralogist, VICTORIA, B. C. Hotel Badminton Corner Dunsmuir and Howe Streets, VANCOUVER, B. e. JOS. W. WALLIS, Prop. -Jhl ' ffcj ■ ■■': SiB^kWIi^MUt llflHHfet IRH 'Sr^^SSffm American Plan Rate $2.00 and $2.50 Situated in the heart ofthe city. Street cars within one block, passing continuously for all parts of the city. Barber shop in connection. 'Phone in every room. Bath room on every floor. BALMORAL HOTEL, VieTORIA M. J. G. WHITE3 PROPRIETOR. Most Comfortable Family and Tourist Hotel in town. Best and Quietest House for Ladies. Within five minutes walk of Parliament Buildings, Wharf and Railway Stations. Opposite Theatre. Cars for all points. RATES, $1.50 PER DAY UP. THE MINING RECORD. BANKING ESTABLISHMENTS, ETC. ESTABLISHED 1817. BANK OF MONTREAL HEAD OFFICE: MONTREAL. CAPITAL all paid up, $13,379,240.00. RESERVE FUND, $9,000,000.00. UNDIVIDED PROFIT, $724,807 Board of Directors-rJW. Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, G. C. M. G., President. Hon. G. A. Drummond, Vice-President. A.T. Paterson, Esq.; Edward B. Greenshields, Esq.; Sir William C. Macdonald; R. B. Angus, Esq.; James Ross, Esq.; R. G. Keid, Esq., Hon. Robert Mackay t- S. CLOUSTON General Manager A, MACNIDER Chief Inspector and Superintendent of Branches W- S- CLOUSTON Inspector of Branch Returns BRANCHES Province of Ontario—Almonte, Belleville, Brantford, Brockvilie, Chatham, Collingwood, Cornwall, Deseronto, Fort William, Goderich, Guelph, Hamilton, Eingston.Llndsay. London, Ottawa.Perth Peterboro, Picton, Paris Manila, Stratford, 8t. Mary's Toronto,Toronto Yonge St. Branch, Wallaceburg Province of Qcbbec—Montreal: West End Br., Seigneurs St. Br., Point St. Charles; Quebec. Lower Province—Chatham, N.B.; Frederickton, N.B.; Moncton, n.b. St. JohnN.B.; Amherst, N.S.; Halifax, N.S.; Sydney, N.S. Glace Bay, Yar- . mouth. ' Province of Manitoba and -North-West Territories—Winnipeg, Man.; Calgary, Alberta; Lethbridge, Alberta; Regina, Assiniboia; Raymond, Alta Province or British Columbia—Greenwood, Nelson, New Denver, New Westminster, Rossland, Vancouver, Vernon, Victoria. In Newfoundland—St. John's, Nfld., Bank of Montreal. Birchy Core, Bay of Islands. j F, W- TAYLOR Assistant Inspector I JAMES AIRD Secretary I Montreal-H, V.MEREDITH Manager IN CANADA: | In Great BritAin—London, Bank of Montreal, 22 Abchurch Lane, B.C., Alexander Lang, Manager. In the United States New York—R. Y. Hebden and J. M. Greata, Agents, 59 Wall Street; Chicago—Bank of Montreal. Bankers IN Great Britain—London—The Bank of England, the Union Bank of London, the London & Westminster Rank the National Prov. Bank ; of England. Liverpool—The Bank of Liverpool, Ltd. Scotland—Tho British I Linen Company Bank and Branches, Bankers in the United States—New York—The National City Bank, The Bank of New York^N.B.A. Bosten—The Merchants' National Bank, J. B. Moors & Co. Buffalo—The Marine Bank, Buffalo. San Francisco—The First National Bank, The Bank of British Columbia, The Anglo-Californiau Bank. Portland, Oregon—The Bank of British Columbia. Spokane, Wash. Bank of Montreal. THB CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE.) With Which Is Amalgamated The Bank of British. Columbia. HEXA.D OFFICE: TORONTO. Paid Up Capital. Rest Aggregate Resources Exceeding 83,ooo,ooo HON. GEO. A. COX, President. B. E. WALKER, General Manager. ALEX. LAIRD, Asst. General Manager. LONDON OFFICE: 60 LOMBARD ST., E. C. The Bank has 109 branches well distributed throughout the Dominion and elsewhere, including the following in British Columbia and the Yukon District: , Atlin, Greenwood, Nelson, Vancouver, Cranbrook, Kamloops, New Westminster, Victoria. Dawson Ladysmith White Horse Fernie, Nanaimo, BRANCHES IN THE UNITED STATES. New York, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle Every description of banking business transacted. Letters of credit on all parts of the world. Exceptional facilities for handling gold dust. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received and interest paid at current rates. Victoria Branch, GEO GILLESPIE, Manag-er Michigan College of Mines F. W. McNAIR, President. A State Institution located in and making use of an active mining district. New Metallurgical Building and Gymnasium completed in the fall of 1904. For Year Book and Record of Graduates apply to President or Secretary.. Houghton, Michigan. The Hall Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. SMELTING DEPARTMENT Purchases copper ore, Lead ore, DRY ORE. NELSON, B.C. VOL. IV.—The 1904 International Edition—lists and describes 3,311 copper mines and companies, in all parts of the world, descriptions of the various mines ranging from 2 lines to 12 pages in length, according to importance. There are also 15 miscellaneous chapters, devoted to the History, Uses, Terminology, Geography, Geology, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Metallurgy, Finances and Statistics of Copper, making the volume a veritable cyclopedia on the subject. It Is the World's Standard Reference Book on Copper Every Miner, Prospector, Investor, Banker and Broker needs the book. Price is $5 in buckram binding with gilt top (or $7.50 in Full Library Morocco) and the book will be sent, fully prepaid, on approval, to any address in the world, to be pajdfor if found satisfactory, or may be returned within one week after receipt, and the charge will be cancelled. Address the Author and Publisher, Horace J. Stevens, 47 Post Office Block, Houghton, Mich., U. S. A. XXIV THE MINING RECORD. TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES. The Pleasure of Travel Is fully realized in travelling on the Canadian Pacific Railway. By its lines can be reached all Canadian Points, and its arrangement with American Railroads enable its agents to issue tickets to all points in the United States. It operates its own Sleeping and Dining Cars, and has its own Hotels and Steamships. Its magnificent scenery and the excellence of its service has made it the favorite route across the American Continent. Illustrated publications, as to its route, Banff, Yoho Valley, Glacier, &c. sent on application to any agent. H. H, ABBOTT, Agent, VICTORIA, B. C. Or to E. J. COYLE, Ass't General Passenger Agent, VANCOUVER* B.:C. Esquimau and Nanaimo Railway. Northbound. Daily. Leave. a.m. Victoria 9 :oo Shawnigan Lake io :20 Duncans 11 :oo P.M. NTanaimo 12145. Ar. Wellington 1:00 TIME TABLE NO. 50. Northbound. Southbound. Arrive. P.M. 12 10 10 :o6 •46 . :02 8 Lv. 8 m 00 Sat., Sun. and Wed. Southbound Arrive. P.M. 4:00 Leave Victoria ^. _ Shawnigan Lake 5:I/ Duncans Nanaimo 5:55 7:37 Ar Wellington 7 -5 P.M. 7:55 6:46 5:55 Lv. 4:00 Through Tickets to erotton via Westholme, stage leaves Daily, except Suudays.conuecting with North and Sonth bound trains, Double stage service Saturdays and Wednesdays, connecting with morning and afternoon trains. ■ Fare from Victoria, Single $2.40 Return J3.60. Through Tickets Victoria to Hlberni—Stage leaves Wellington Mondays and Thursdays on arrival of train from Victoria. Returning from Alberni | Tuesdays and Fridays. Fare from Victoria, single, $5.20, return $8.65 Excursion rates in effect to all points good from Saturday until Monday. GE©. L. COURTNEY, Traffic Manager. THE HUDSON'S BAY OO'Y -HAVE- GENERAL STORES -AT- Baie de Peres Battleford Calgary Chapleau Dauphin Deloraine Edmonton Fort William Kamloops Langley Lethbridge Lower Fort Garry?. Macleod Mattawa Morden Nelson , Pincher Creek Portage la Prairie Port Simpson Prince Albert Qu'Appelle Quesnelle. Rat Portage Riding Mountain Shoal Lake Sudbury Touchwood Hills Vancouver Victoria Vernon White wood Winnipeg • And at other principal points in British Columbia, Manitoba and Northwest Territories. Purchasers will find at these stores the best goods at moderate prices, imported direct from aU the principal markets ofthe world. \ Good Resolutions%or 1904. You cannot make t^'petter one than to give us a trial order when again in need qP House furnishings. We are satisfied it you once become a customer you will always remain a customer. We have made a life study of the business ot furnishing homes, having been in the one line for over forty years, and we will give you the benefit of our knowledge if you will give us a chance. FURNITURE, CARPBTS. LINOLEUMS, CJJINAWARB, SILVERWARE, CUTLERY, GLASSWARE, KITCHEN-WARE. HAND SOME ILLUSTRATED CATALO&Ugi&t^ PRICES FREE. , '■■ 7i3*v I ~" i "• $&&§%$*-^PliZmijiSf\.*$$kff:- "* wb§ ''-**1?£*\!PIS• ■ *•$%& * ' ;»& ; WE1LER BROS. Complete Furnishers, Victoria, B. C. R A N ID . AIR GO IVI PRESSORS.""SIMPLE orCOMPOUND. ROCK DRILLS.- STEAM or AIR. THE CANADIAN RAND DRILL COMPANY Rooms 5 and 6 Imperial Bank Building, Montreal, Que. Westinghouse Motors For Mine Work Westinghouse Type C Induction Motor Driving Enclosed Gear Friction Dram Mine Hoist. ■ Simple to operate. Economical in service. Can be relied upon for severe and continuous duty. Canadian Westinghouse Co. Limited. General Office and Works, Hamilton, Ontario. For particulars address nearest office. Hamilton. Liverpool & London & Globe Bld'g, Montreal. ■ 34 Granville St., ■ Halifax. THE: TYEE COPPER CO. LIMITED. Purchasers and Smelters of Copper, Gold and Silver Ores. SMELTING WORKS -aT- LADYSMITH, Vancouver Island, B.C. Convenient to E. & N. Railway or the Sea. CLERMONT LIVINGSTON, General Manager. THOS. KIDDIE, Smelter Manager Printed by T. R. Cusack, Victoria. Canada. This Month B. C. COPPER CO'S BESSEMERIZING PLANT AT GREENWOOD.-Ullustrated) VELVET-PORTLAND CONCENTRATING MILL NEAR ROSSLAND.-(lllustrated) ESTABLISHED IS ©5 VOL. XL SEPTEMBER, im$ No. 9 H&iM Ifcle Company, Sflfctric Motors. ^Mowers. Motors. Fans. jMrnamos. Electricl||Mining. Apparatus. IviMoMiaIb. c. pEjMITED. Elecftical Construction and Supplies. H VANCOUVER, B. C. lie Gilford Double Rope Aeria^ Tramway System, Limited ••^^^BP^^BP^P1 NELSOfB. C. .7;;o;;' -".V-"^%-'V:- The most complete, efficient and economical system for handling Ore, Timber, Coal or other materials that ™**W: has yet been put on the market. Wr;te for prices and description. Crawford Double Rope Aerial Tflamwafiflfstem Ltd., Nelson, B.C- R1SDGN iRO/WWORKS CABLE: RISDON'S COOES.- A.B.C. MOREING <6 NejjBK:3 LIBBERS, WESTERN UNION. 9 pREDQI^i r; n/IQHINER^ §gV?yV FRANCISCO, CAL., U. S. A. qohplete Iequiphent orniNES. WRITE FOR OUR SPECIAL CATALOGUES. PRICE^O CENTS. \*i \&& We Have on Hand A Large Assortment of the Best Scotch Wire Ropes Fully Guaranteed.) Everything You Require For Logging Purposes, Saw Mills, and Mining Camps. . We Invite Correspondence. McLennan, McFeely & Co, WHOLESALE HARDWARE VANCOUVER, B. C. DAWSON, Y. T. FELTEN§GUILLEAUME,Carlswerk, Actien Gesellschaft, Mulheim on Rhine MANUFACTURERS OF ELECTRICAL LEADS AND CABLES ilectrlc Lighting Cable* for Coal Pits with nrranjrement; litffi avoiding Ore damp explosions in case oi the cable broking. ,- WIRE ROPES FOR MINING Round and Flat Wire Ropes, "Albert." or so-called "Lang's" I.sy Ropes, Patent Looked Coil Wire Rnpcs, Patented Flattened Strand Wire Ropes. IRON, STEEL, COPPER AND BRONZE WIRE Superior qualities. Vfmfe SOLE AGENTS FOR CANADA : WATSON JACK & COMPANY, MONTREAL. FriedjKrupp Aktiengesellschaft Grusonwerkjj (Magdeburg-Buckau Germany.) fllNING riACHINERY ORE CRUSHING: Stone Breakers of Especially Strong construction. Roller Mills, Chilian Mills, Ball Mills, for dry and wet crushing—more than 1,800 at work, Stamp. Batteries—Shoes and Dies of Krupp's Special Steel- AMALGAMATION: Amalgamation Tables and Pans, Las- rio'sGold Amalgamators, Settlers, &.c Separation and Concentration Separators, Exhausters, Hydraulic Classifiers, Percussion Tables, Jioaers, Rotating Round Tables. LEACHING PLANT. COMPLETE GOLD ORE DRESSING PLANT ia)* For treating by the Wet Method \vith Stanip Batteries, Amalgamation and , Concentration. (b) For Dry Testing by Ball Mills, Dust Extraction and Leetching. COAL WASHING PLANT—Large Testing Station for Crushing and Dressing Ores at the Works. CANADA—Jas, W, Pyke &. Co, 35 St, Francois Xavier Street, Montreal For the UNITED STATES—Thos. Prosser &. Son, 15 Gold Street, New York For MEXICO—Pablo Bergner, Apartado 549, Mexico For SOUTH AFRICA—United Engineering Company, Ltd., P. 0. Box 399, Johannesburg, S. A, R THE MINING RECORD. I. ELEVATORS AND CONVEYORS. C M. PINCKARD, President. E. L. BYRE, Vice-President. J. M. GRAHAM, Secretary and Manager. VULCAN IRON WORKS Manufacturers of VULCAN DOUBLE-ROPE TRAMWAY. VULCAN ROPEWAY, (Single Rope System.) Office, 505 MissicmSt., Works, cor. Kearny and Francisco Streets, SAW-MILL MACHINERY. MINING AND MILLING MACHINERY. Vulcan Ropeways and Tramways. SAIN FRANCISCO, CAL. ig^WEDyjVBBErllSELT^NyE^gjJ BELT CQNVEYOSS Equipped with BALL-BEARING ROLLS Possess greater efficiency, consume less 1 power, and the belts last longer than when ^ any other type of roll is employed. Let us tell you why and .submit plans and estimates covering any work you may have in contemplation. Four Roll Idler for Wide Belts. We Design and Install Labor-Saving Appliances for handling Coal, Stone, Ores, Concentrates, Sand, Grayel, Tailings or other material requiring great strength or durability of equipment. VICTOR BOX CAR LOADERS, COAL TIPPLES, COAL WASHERIES, CAR HAULS, PICKING TABLES, ETC. ELEVATORS, CONVEYORS, CARRIERS. link-Mlt MACHIN&Y CO A.E.Li'ndrooth Shubart 4 Co., Agents. cmcmm Wire Rope. Wire Rope We are Agents for the well-known firm of we are «&jnLS ™™& co" 0i Liverpool, England, man ifacturers of EVERY DESCRIPTION OF STEEL WIRE ROPES for mining purposes. It will pay yo*i to ask for our prices, from stock and to rder. Also in|^:RA|LSrnewandrelayers)( ORE BAGS, SCOTCH FIRE BRICKS, PORTLAND CEMENT, "VALVOLINE" lubricating oils (suecially suitable for mining works), etc, etc. I C. F. JACKSON & CO., Limited WHOLESALE IMPORTERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. WHARF-Heatley Ave. Vancouver, B.C. 151 Hastings St. Vancouver, B. C. and Liverpool, England M\ VIOTORIA THE MINING RECORD. ASSAYERS' SUPPLIES AND ENGINEERING INSTRUMENTS. GELIGNITE Strongest and Best Explosive in the Market MANUFACTURED BY . 1 _. _^ fjj ,._ , HAMILTON POWDER COMPANY (Incorporated 1861. Manufacturers of High Explosives, Blasting, Mining and Sporting Powder, Dealers in Electric Blasting Apparatus, Safety Fuse, Detonators, Etc., Etc. HEAD OFFICE: MONTREAL. I-OCAL OFFICES: VANCOUVER, NELSON, ROSSLAND and GREENWOOD NANAIMO R. R. RITHET & CO. Wholesale Merchants, Shipping & Insurance Agents. Proprietors of Victoria Wharf, Columbia Flouring Mill ; agents for Victoria Lumber and » Manufacturing Company, Cheminus, V.I.; Pacific Coast Steamship Co., San Francisco. WHARF STREET. VIOTOR/A, B. O The B. C. Assay and Chemical Supply Co., Limited. Direct Importers of Rssayers* and Mill Supplies Headquarters for Laboratory Apparatus of all kinds, Bohemian Chemical Glassware, C. P. Acids, Potassium Cyanide and Quicksilver Sol e agents In British Columbia for Morgan Crucible Co., Batier- sea, Kngland; P. W. Braun & Co's Patent Gary Furnaces. Burners, etc.; W. Ainsworth & Sons/ Fine Balances Write for our prices ADDRESS 733 Pender St., Vancouver, B. ©. Jeffrey Send for catalogue. Address Elevating-Conveying Power, Transmission, Screening, Crushing, Dredging, Rock and Coal Drilling, Coal Cutting, Hauling and washing machinery. The JEFFREY MFG. CO. COLUMBUS, O., U S.A. A* Van Der Naillens' School of Practical, Civil, Mining, Electrical Mechanical Engineering. Surveying, Architecture, Drawing and Assaying, Cyanide, Chlorination, Metallurgy. Assaying of ores, $25; Bullion and Chlorination Assay, $25; Blow Pipe Assay, $10; Full Course of Assaying, $50. Established 1864. Open all year SEND FOR CIRCULAR. 113 FULTON STREET, One Block West of City Hall, SAN FRANCISCO^! THE GIANT POWDER CO., CONSOLIDATED Manufacturers of GELATINE DYNAMITE, highest and most FUMELESS explosive on the market and ALL HIGH EXPLOSIVES for Mining and Railroading work. Home Office—San Francisco, Cal. Works- SGiant, Cal., 'Telegraph Bay, B, C. Kootenay Office Rossland, B. C. Head Office for British Columbia, Metropolitan Building, Victoria, B. C. UNION IRON WORKS. Mining and Smelting Machinery. Water Jacketed Furnaces, Crushers, Hoists, etc. 11 I I Smelter Castings a Specialty. Complete Installations. Write us for estimates. UNION IRON WORKS, SPOKANE, Wash, THE MINING RECORD. WIRE ROPE, BELTING AND PUMPS. III. TOUGH, STRONG SELLS ON ITS MERITS. SAFE, DURABLE (Trade Mark Registered.) NOTE—All genuine HERCULES has one colored strand to protect I consumers against inferior grades. HERCULES WIRE ROPE is the Toughest and Strongest Rope made For Heavy HOISTING and HAULAGE in MINES, QUARRIES, Etc Inclined, Surface and Underground Wire Rope HAULAGE Outfits. Aerial Wire Rope TRAMWAYS and CABLEWAYS for transporting Ore, Timber, Etc. New York. Chicago. A. LESCHEN & SONS ROPE CO. 920-922 No. First St., ST. LOUIS. Mo. Denver. San Francisco. \m MINE PUMPS. For Station and Sinking Purposes, operated by Steam, Air or Electricity. |Water Works Pumps. For ail possible conditions and made from our latest designs. Marine Pumps. Ballast Pumps, Feed Pumps, Air Pumps, and Pumps for all purposes aboard ship. (Oil Pumps. For handling all kinds Crude Oil under all possible conditions. Pumps Operated by Steam, Air or Electricity are manufactured and kept in Btock in great variety by GEO. E. DOW PUMPING ENGINE CO., 179 1st St. San Francisco, Cal. GOODYEAR RUBBER CO. R. H. PEASE, President. Rubber Belting, Packing and Hose "Crack Proof" and "Snag Proof." Pure Rubber Mining Boots, Rubber Clothing, Mackintoshes, Oil Clothing. 573, 575, 577 & 579 Market Street, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 73 & 75 First Street, PORTLAND, OREGON THE MINING RECORD. HYDRAULIC PLANTS, PUMFS, ETC. E*i7ryrf--T*r'Tw>j;,Vuy»'y^ Vancouver Engineering Works, Ltd. I ENGINEERS OUR SPECIALTY IS STRAIGHT SEAM RIVETED STEEL PIPE FOR ALL PURPOSES UP TO 500 LBS. PRESSURE Sole Agents in British Columbia for ATLAS ENGINE WORKS flakers of Engines for Every Duty SAW-MILL AND HIGH SPEED ENGINES CARRIED IN STOCK WORKS: HEATLEY AVENUE VANCOUVER, B. C. IMPORTANT TO GOLD MINERS HND MHNDPHeTDRERS OF MINING MACHINERY. SILVER PLATED COPPER MINING PLATES for Saving Goldi IN QUARTZ, PLACER AND BEACH MINING. Get our reduced .rates. Send for circulars. Old plates replated, also bought. DENNISTON'S SAN FRANCISCO PLATING WORKS E. G. DENNISTON, Proprietor. Telephone Main 5931. 743 Mission Street, San Francisco, California. 26 Medals Awarded. 35 years in business here. THE MINING RECORD. CONCENTRATORS AND SLIMERS RHP |p THE PIONEER MINING^ MACHINERY HOUSE OF THE WEST. ^Jji^^ iSfflllliiH™SUPPLY CO. pllP^fEAM ELECTRICAL and HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING — MlNE^o SMELTER SUPPLIES. lcy&--H When we say we have a COMBINATION OF CONCENTRATORS that cannot be equalled, we mean it and can prove it. I^Te Have Xt! The Oard Concentrator The Card Concentrator and the Sperry Slimer make the greatest combination for efficiency and capacity in the world. WRITE US ABOUT IT. THE MINING RECORD. BENNETT'S FUSE CROWN BRAND THE KING OF FUSES The WHITE COUNTERED GUTTA PERCHA FUSE is the POPULAR FAVORITE in the mines of British Columbia, Australia, the Transvaal, and the World over. Beware of Spurious Imitations Made to Catch the Unwary. 1 HOLMAN BROS. OAMBORNE, OORNWALL Manufacturers of Boilers, Air Compressors, Mining Machinery I The Holman Patent Roek Drill Specially Adapted to B. C: Mining. Awarded Gold Medal Greater Britain Exhibition Awarded Gold Medal Paris 1900 CAMMELL, LAIRDf &, CO. Ltd. .S| SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND, Manufacturers of Drill Steels, Best Refined Cast Steel Files, and Rasps, Steel Axles, Wheels and Cranks. Rails and Fish Plates made to any specification. Steel Plates, etc. Shoes, Dies, Stems, Cams and Cam Shaftings for Stamp Mills. ■■ ROWLAND MACHIN § 5 Yates St., VICTORIA, B. C. General Agent for Canada. For all lines excepting Steel Rails of 30 lbs, per yard and upwards, with their relative accessories. THE MINING RECORD. WIRE ROPE AND BELTING EVERY BELT GUARANTEED GENUINE OAK TANNED LEATHER BELTING For Exposed Situations Use "Lancashire" Hair Belting. D. K. McLAREN, Montreal, Toronto. CATALOGUES AND DISCOUNTS ON APPLICATION. WIRE DON'T BUY UNTIL YOU HAVE WRITTEN TO US FOR PRICES AND PARTICULARS. WILfifIC Jl f*<"> °f London, England, Wire Rope Manufacturers, IIIMII^* fX \+\J.f established 1850, are known throughout the MINING WORLD. The wire used in their rope is made from steel specially prepared to insure absolute reliability. The preferential tariff permits of our quoting low prices on all descriptions of Steel Wire Ropes. A large stock of the principal'sizes kept on hand at Victoria and Vancouver for immediate delivery. Our stock includes a full line of Logging Ropes, Ships Rigging and Hawsers. ROBERT WARD & CO., LIMITED, Agents. Telegraphic address—ROBERTUS. VICTORIA and VANCOUVER, B. C- The Dominion Wire Rope Co., Ld. MONTREAL, CANADA Manufacturers of AN Classes and Kinds of WIRE ROPES FOR ALL PURPOSES. "LANG'S" PATENT WIRE ROPES FOR COLLIERY AND GENERAL MINING PURPOSES. Beanches :—Halifax, N.S.: St. John, N.B.; Ottawa, Toronto, Rat Portage, Ont.; Winnipeg, Man.; Vancouver, B. C, Nelson and Rossland, B. C The Bleichert Wire Rope T ramway is unequalled for economy of operation ; the truth of which is attested by the fact There are more in use than all others Manufactured by THE TRENTON IRON COMPANY, TRENTON, N. J. Engineers and Contractors and sole licensees in North America for the Bleichert System. Also, Wire Rope Equipments for Cable Hoist-Conveyors, Surface and Underground Haulage, Etc. Illustrated Book Upon application. Chicago Office—1122 Monadnock Building Denver Office—1711 Tremont street. ■ San Francisco Office—34 Fremont street New York Office—17 Burling Slip. .. jfi. $g$L THE MINING RECORD. PUMPING MACHINERY rFOR- Mines & Waterworks OF* ALL KINDS. BELT OR DIRECT DRIVEN BY MOTOR OR STEAM ENGINE. Hathorn, Davey &, Co., Ltd. LEEDS, ENGLAND. PEACOCK BROTHERS, Sole Canadian Representative*, Canada Life Bldg., Montreal. Pumping Machinery For Mines, Boiler Feeding, Hydraulic Elevators, Fire Protection, Etc. MINE FUMFS A SFEGIALTY Send for our Catalogue on Pumping Machinery CANADA FOUNDRY COMPANY, Limited HEAD OFFICE AND WORKS, TORONTO, ONT. District Offices—Montreal, Halifax, Ottawa, Winnipeg Vancouver, Rossland and Calgary. ^J^.*J^i~t^J~JW**3HC**t**Z**5w*i**3»*Z*>*I*%**J**.*vv*v t The Brackman &, Ker Milling Co., Ltd. Manufacturers of the Celebrated Facilities Unequalled for Supplying the West With the Best Quality of $H Grain, Hay or Mill Feed. tM ! £ I B. IT ROLLLD _ . ^XV. OATS. (Registered.) x Victoria. Nelson. I v"nNCerw.«m,n,te, RolS£„.. -*—.Unequalled in the World, f NORTHWESTERN SMELTING AND REFINING CO. Buyers of Gold, Silver and Copper Ores, Mattes, Bullion, Furnace and Cyanide products. LOCATION OF WORKS Crofton, Vancouver Island, B. C. VOL. XL STAB LI SHED 1895 SEPTEMBER, 1904. No. 9 BRITISH COLUMBIA MINING RECORD Devoted to the {lining Interests ef the Pacific Northwest. PUBLISHED BY THE BRITISH COLUMBIA RECORD, LIMITED tl. MORTIJ1ER LAMB, managing Editor. Victoria, B. C, Office, Province Building. Vancouver, P. W. Charleson, Hastings Sc. London Office: 24 Coleman Street, E. C, Denver, Col.: National Advertising Co. San Francisco: Dake's Agency. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: Canada and the United States, one year - - Great Britain and Foreign, one year - - - Advertising Rates on Application. $2.00 $2.50 THE MONTH. We appear to have wasted last month a great deal more space on Mr. Otto Rosendale, whose real name is said to be William von Cadow, than that ingenious but hardly ingenuous individual is worth, or rather this is the conclusion at which we have arrived after the perusal of a full and most entertaining account of the career of Mr. Otto Rosendale published some weeks ago in the Pacific Miner of Portland, and for a cooy of which we are indebted to one of our readers. The meetings of the American Mining Congress at Portland, Oregon, were held too late to admit of more than ' passing mention in this issue of the Mining Record. Thanks to the interest taken in the matter of having representation at this important gathering of mining men and others interested in the advancement of the mining industry by Mayor Barnard, for the City of Victoria, and Mr. Rowland Machin, for the Provincial Mining Association of British Columbia, the City and the Association were represented at the Congress by Mr. W. J. Sutton, geologist to the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway Company, a gentleman of known good standing in professional geological and mining circles and a member of both the Canadian and American Mining Institutes. The Ymir Herald calls attention to an innovation likely to attract the notice of mining men travelling on the Nelson and Fort Sheppard Railway to the minerals occurring in the district. In the passenger train running daily between Nelson and Northport has been placed an ore cabinet for the display of samples of ore from the mining camps through which that section of the railway passes. Ymir has been conspicuous in recent years at Nelson and Spokane exhibitions for the excellence and variety of its exhibits of • samples of gold-quartz and other ores from its mining properties. Last year it not only had the largest and best collection of gold-quartz ores then shown at Spokane, but it also won first .prize for the best exhibit of a nugget of gold. Besides its lode and placer gold it has other minerals of interest, prominent among which is the silver-bearing lime found in large quantity on the Hunter V. group, owned by the B. C. Standard Mining Company, of Nelson. Doubtless the travelling exhibit on the railway train 'will be thoroughly representative, even should space limitations necessitate its being a small one, for whatever Ymir has heretofore done in the direction of showing a collection of its typical'minerals has been well done. In their presentment to the Hon. the Chief Justice, on the occasion of his holding a Court of Assize at Atlin last month, the Grand Jury directed attention to the large area of mining ground in that district held under lease and upon much of which no work has been done. They asked that facilities be given the public to ascertain whether the conditions of the leases are being complied with in such cases, and recommended that, in the event of any leases being cancelled the ground they had covered shall not be again leased until after a period of thirty days shall have expired, such ground to meanwhile be open for individual location' in 250-foot placer claims only. Having in mind the great advantage it is to any district where conditions are favourable to effective work to have as large a number of individual miners as possible working their own ground, we would urge upon the Government the desirability of adopting the re-" commendation of the Atlin Grand Jury. On some of the Atlin creeks there are numbers of individual miners working, many of them with fair success, while hut v •» on others—not all, for there are leaseholds being actively worked—there is, as stated, much ground lying unworked. As far as practicable this very undesirable state of affairs should be promptly remedied. With characteristic inaccuracy the Rossland Miner recently made the statement that the Great Northern Mines owns most of the valuable claims in the Poplar Creek district. While certain individuals connected with that company are in the habit of talking at large, as it were, we hardly think it probable they would pay the Poplar Creek district such a left-handed compliment as is contained in that assertion,. seeing that it has been repeatedly stated by others interested in the camp that there are a number of other properties giving promise of deyeloping into valuable mines. If, however, this almost -exclusive claim has been made, local claim-owners may well say "save us from our friends" when professed friends are so reckless as to make and publish such a statement, which surely is not borne out by, facts. We have no good reason for inclining to the belief that the Great Northern Mines holds, in the Lucky Jack and Swede groups, valuable as they are generally believed to be, anything approaching a monopoly of the valuable properties of the Poplar district. Information from disinterested and reliable sources has been made public from time to time that indicates the probabilities of the occurrence of deposits of valuable mineral outside the charmed zone controlled by the Great Northern Mines, and 'tis only fair to the Poplar camp to give wide publicity to this fact. There are, though, essentials to full confidence in the camp becoming wide-spread, and one of these was lately pointed out by the Nelson Daily News in the following timely comment: "Good news continues to come in from the Poplar camp which indicates that the camp is even better than was expected. What is wanted there now is to make a showing in the way of production. With a couple of stamp mills in operation to which the mine owners could bring their ores for reduction the capabilities of the camp could be demonstrated, in a practical way. Once this was done there would be no question of capital to develop the several meritorious properties which are there. It is up to those interested in Poplar to do something in this direction." We are not aware whether or not the attention of the representative of the Lanyon Zinc Company, of Iola, Kansas, who last month returned from a visit to the Quatsino Sound district, on the north-west coast of Vancouver Island, was attracted either directly or indirectly, to the zinc possibilities of that region by the publication in the Report of the Minister of Mines for 1903 of the report of the Provincial Assayer, who mentioned the occurrence on the Peerless mineral claim of "an ore body 30 feet wide of nearly solid zinc blende," but we call attention to the suggestive fact that within three months of the publication of that report the particular property mentioned in con nection with the occurrence of zinc ore in that region has been visited by one whose especial business it is to keep his principals advised as to the zinc resources, of this Province. The exploitation of the zinc ore showings of Quatsino. is stated to be a probable outcome of that visit, and while in any case ,it will be a matter for general congratulation to have such a desirable result achieved, it would doubtless be a source of much satisfaction to the Department of Mines to have definite assurance that it contributed to the bringing about of this result by directing attention to the occurrence of zinc ore in the' district. Whilst there should be little doubt that the official reports published by the Department really do lead to good results from time t6 time, notwithstanding the tendency occasionally displayed to question their usefulness, in the nature of things it is not easy to point out specific instances wherein they have done good service, hence this desire to give credit in one case in which it appears to be merited. colonj iner: We publish this month an abstract from a paper on Gold-Saving on Dredges in New Zealand, which deals with the latest improvements suggested by experience in that country. The article is illustrated by a block, kindly lent by the Department of Mines of this Province, which will serve to give those of our readers who are interested in this subject a general idea of the nature of modern gold-saving appliances used in New Zealand, in which country dredge-mining is an important branch of the mining industry. The Minister of Mines for New Zealand last year in the course of his annual statement to Parliament relative to the growth of the mining industry of that ive the following particulars of dredge-min- ie total number of dredges, according to the returns to the 31st December last, is as follows: Working, 201; standing, 52; building, 23; under removal, 14; wrecked, 2; total, 292. This shows an increase of 18 working dredges as compared with those actually employed at the end of 1901. The industry may be said to have fairly settled down after the excitement of the 'boom' period, and steady returns can reasonably be expected from this branch of mining for a considerable time to come. In some instances dredges were placed on claims which were more suitable to the method of hydraulic mining, and have been superseded by the latter system. In others it was found that much stronger machinery was required to work the tight wash frequently met with than is necessary for the more free gravels, and the experience so gained should be of value in the future design and construction of dredges intended for such wash. The general design of dredges has been fairly well settled by experience, but improvements in the details of working arrangements, and in respect to the methods of saving fine gold continue to be made from time to time." Of the 7,591 alluvial or placer) miners employed in the colony during the year under notice more than one-fifth were employed on dredges, the majority of which require seven or eight men each THE MINING RECORD. 303 to work them, British Columbia dredge-mining is in its infancy, so the Province can learn much from the considerable experience of New Zealand, where much success is being achieved after many failures had taught the best methods to be employed. Convincing testimony to the substantial improvement that has taken place in the condition of the mining industry of the Slocan and other silver-lead producing sections of the Province may be found in the address of the president of the organization known as the Associated Silver-Lead Mines of British Columbia, which held its annual meeting at Sandon, Slocan, last month. The association has for its particular objects the protection and advancement of the silver- lead mining industry of the Province, and its persistent activity in presenting facts and figures showing some of the causes of the depressed condition of the industry prior to the granting of the lead bounty by the Dominion Parliament and indicating the direction in which effective assistance could be rendered to bring about a change for the better, has been mainly instrumental in securing to the Slocan, Ainsworth, East Kootenay and other parts benefitting materially from the resumption of production on a comparatively large scale by the silver-lead mines, the period of prosperity they are now experiencing. The enthusiasm of the president, Mr. Alfred C. Garde, resident manager of the Payne Consolidated Mining Company, in his zealous labours in the interests of both the silver-lead and zinc mining industries—the latter being especially indebted to him for his untiring efforts to make it a commercial success—is such that the association did well, if we may be permitted to say so, in re-electing him as its official head. The prospects for both the industries just mentioned, which from the association of silver, lead and zinc in the ores of many of the mines, are to a considerable extent bound up together, are decidedly encouraging, and we have no doubt the value of the mineral production of these mines will this year be large. Another gratifying result, at least in several instances, will be a resumption of dividend-paying. Already a commencement has been made, for the Slocan Star last month paid a dividend totalling $25,000 and not long ago the Sunset distributed $8,000 among its few fortunate owners. It is not too much to expect that this will be the best year in respect to profit-earning the Slocan has had since its most flourishing days, and we are heartily glad that conditions appear to warrant this anticipation. ore belt pay handsomely with careful management, as note the Ottawa. Thos A. Noble, one of the owners of the mine, states that during the month of July the ore shipped netted $24,533.70 over and above freight and treatment charges. The expenses of the mine average a little over $4,000 a month, leaving a net profit of $20,000. The mine has paid for itself in two years and is rated as being worth $250,000. Where mines in this division are given fair treatment they pay, and pay well." Recently the Ottawa was visited by the representative of a Denver, Colorado machinery firm. That gentleman's impressions were given publicity; he is reported to have remarked "The Ottawa has proved an agreeable surprise to me. Its record of paying for its purchase and development in two years, is as unique as it is remarkable, especially as the value of the mine is now infinitely greater than it could have been at the time of its purchase." When the Denver visitor returns to Colorado his account of what he saw in the Slocan may arouse more than a passing interest in the high-grade silver properties of that district. The Ottawa is owned by two Pittsburg, Pa., men, who are so pleased with it that they are extending their holdings in the "dry ore belt" of the Slocan City mining division. This is not a solitary instance of the effectiveness of the talk of profits. Some time since a Chicago man was induced to put some money into the Providence Company's enterprise at Greenwood. When profits began* to be made, as they soon did, he visited the district looking for other opportunities to acquire promising mining interests, and since then he has brought in friends on a similar errand. And there are others. Truly "profits talk," not so much to newspapers that publish highly-coloured accounts of rich specimens and high assays, as to men ready to spend money in legitimate mining development promising a profitable return. A short but very expressive sentence occasionally heard is contained in the two words "Money Talks." In mining matters it is profits that talk. The Slocan Drill gives an instance of this kind of talk which not only affords much gratification locally but is of the right ring to carry conviction in quarters .where it may do material service in the direction of influencing others to put money into British Columbia mining properties. The Drill says: "The mines of the dry In our June issue we made brief reference to the expected early completion of the converter plant the British Columbia Copper Company was installing at its smelter at Greenwood, in the Boundary district. This plant has since been completed and is now in successful operation, so that the Bessemerizing of the copper matte produced by the blast furnaces of the smelter is effected on the spot and the final product of the works is now a 99 per cent, blister copper instead of, as formerly, a 45 per cent, copper matte. This means that instead of the matte being sent to the! United States for the purpose, it is converted into copper where it is made. The final process of refining, to separate the gold and silver contained in the blister copper from that metal, has still to be done elsewhere, but, in view of the advances made in British Columbia during the last few years, it is not too much to expect that the Province will possess its own refinery in the course of another year or two. When the B. C. Copper Company was erecting its smelter the announcement that it was planned to add Bessemer works in the near future was regarded by many as an optimistic forecast, pleasing but over-sanguine. *m om 304 THE MINING RECORD. Now, however, this almost indispensable accessory to a modern copper smelter is an accomplished fact, and} we take pleasure in offering the company our sincere congratulations on its having made this further important advance. Th6 company's resident head officials are workers rather than talkers, so that the excellent work they have done and are continuing to do has not been and is not given nearly so much publicity as the doings of others whose achievements may possibly be more in the direction of working the public rather than in actual mining and smelting; yet they have faithfully and successfully done their part in demonstrating the practicability of mining and treating the low-grade copper ores of the Boundary at a profit, and we are glad to bear testimony to this fact. The Boundary is fortunate in having two such companies as the Granby and the B. C. Copper Company working along such lines as characterise their operations. Had it been otherwise it is certain that the district would not now hold the prominent positioni of being the largest producer of copper in Canada. May it not only retain this prominence but, by the more extensive development of its enormous mineral resources, make it still more striking. In the July number of the Mining Record we published a brief abstract of a lengthy paper, by Mr. Eugene Coste, E.M., on "The Volcanic Origin of Natural Gas and Petroleum," read at last year's; Annual Meeting of the Canadian Mining Institute and afterwards issued in pamphlet form by that instS-< tution. This month we give an abstract of a chapter —on the "Origin of Oil and Gas, and the Geological Conditions under which they are Found,"—of a bulletin, published by the Geological Survey of Ohio, U.S.A., on "The Occurrence and Exploitation of Petroleum and Natural Gas in Ohio," by Professor J. A. Bownocker, Assistant State Geologist. In his letter of transmittal to the Governor of Ohio last December, Professor Edward Orton, Jr., State Geologist, observed that "This topic has been previously carefully studied by the Ohio Survey and elaborate reports upon it were issued, in 1886, 1888 and 1890, presenting the facts then known. During the next ten years the industry continued to make rapid progress in extent and value of output. No further investigations werej authorized until 1900, when the Legislature again made appropriations for the work of the Geological Survey. This topic was considered as among the most urgent of all those presenting themselves for attention, and it was at once determined to bring the records of the discoveries and production of oil and gas down to date, while the facts were still available. Accordingly, in June, 1900, I appointed Professor John Adams Bownocker, of the Ohio State University, to take up the study of this subject, and he has pursued the same with great energy during the past three years. I submit the results of his labours with confidence that they will not only be found of great economic and. scientific value at present, but also.that their value will become increasingly apparent.as time goes on. There seems good ground for believing that the supply of oil and gas is short-lived. It was discovered but a few decades ago, yet we have already witnessed the rapid exhaustion of many important fields. It becomes doubly important, therefore, that we shall preserve while we can the most complete and detailed records of its discovery and use. It is believed that the present report, in connection with those before issued, will accomplish these ends, with credit to the State." In view of the fact that endeavours are now being made to determine whether or not petroleum occurs in British Columbia, and if so to turn it to practical account, it would appear that there is sufficient general interest in the subject to warrant the reproduction of information bearing upon it. In condensing Professor Bownocker's observations much interesting detail necessarily has had to be omitted, particularly the examples he quotes of Ohio or other oil or gas fields to support the several theories dealt with. However, it is probable the bulletin is obtainable from the Geological Survey of Ohio, and if so, those sufficiently interested can obtain for themselves copies for their fuller information. The Canadian Mining Review criticises at some length the more prominent features of the prospects of the Imperial Coal and Coke Company, Ltd. It will be remembered that in our June issue we called attention to some ridiculous assertions reported to have been made in Spokane by one of those prominently associated with this promotion, which we have yet to be satisfied deserves the confidence of the public as an enterprise that would within a reasonable time prove profit-earning. It is not necesary for us to enumerate the categorically-stated objections of the Mining Review, which on the whole we think well taken, although perhaps incorrect in some particulars. Our contemporary closes with this observation: "The crux of the whole question is in the market, and that is already so glutted that it is a certainty that all the companies now operating cannot continue to do so. To increase the number at present is suicidal." While not prepared to give an unqualified assent to this sweeping conclusion, we recall that last January, when mentioning the announcement, then just made, that a company had been organized in Montreal to develop the Fording River coal areas, we remarked. 'There is no longer, as at one period, any complaint as to the adequacy of the coal and coke supply, and the largest consumer of coke, the Granby Company, is about to supply its own needs by the operation of coal measures near Blairmore. As a question of increased production, it is a well known fact that market limitations and not any other reasons, prohibit any very considerable extension of the export trade in connection with the operation of the Crow's Nest collieries." The position to-day is that the International Coal and Coke Company (organized by prominent Granby Company men), particulars of whose enterprise appear elsewhere in this issue, are now in a position to commence coke-making, while the West Canadian Collieries Company, also operating in the X THE MINING RECORD. 307 incumbent, maintained that the ore did not carry the values represented by the mine sampling. The attention of the company was drawn to this fact several years ago, but no action was taken in the matter until I decided that in the interest of all concerned a method of accurate sampling must be adopted, not only for the protection of the mine itself but to establish a reputation for the smelter as being beyond doubt accurate in its sampling and so assist it in its endeavour to build up a custom business. With this end in view I purchased, in October, 1903, a Vezin sampler, which was to have been delivered at the smelter in 90 days, but owing to unavoidable delays it was not installed until April, 1904. Upon its installation the first accurate sampling of the Le Roi Company's ore in quantity was made possible, and the inaccuracy of the mine sampling proven. "The absence of accurate facilities for this work created annually, as can be understood, a great difference between the values as represented by the mine sampling and the value of the smelter products. A pernicious custom was instituted by the home office of the company of mailing monthly to the shareholders an estimated value of the mine product, which has led, as can be readily seen, to disastrous results to those who, on the strength of such information, speculated • in the company's shares. During the months of Janu-' ary, February and March last, the mine output was increased and the sampling at the mine showed much higher values than the ore contained, and losses to individuals speculating in the company's shares became a serious matter. The intimation that anybody connected with the mine profited by the faulty sampling and the erroneous statements of estimated values, is absolutely without foundation in fact. "The recent sampling of the mine, the result of which was to give $8.15 per ton as the value of the ore in the mine, I do not consider as fair; stope and drift faces vary in value and character from day to day, the values being very unevenly distributed through the ore; the face may be in pay ore to-day and in a few days in ore difficult to handle profitably. "The conditions under which I assumed the management of the mine were such that it was either a question of abandoning it or spending a large sum of money in search of more ore. I took the latter alternative and the mine is still shipping ore and, I am informed, contemplates installing a concentrating plant." Our readers will, we think, with this straightforward explanation before them, unanimously agree that Mr. Parrish has most effectually replied to the cruel and baseless insinuations of the London Financial Times and other newspapers, which suggested that his serious indisposition at the time the more recent errors in estimating the value of the Le Roi . output were made was merely a somewhat "convenient" co-incidence. Meanwhile, it is surely a very extraordinary state of affairs, to which Mr. Parrish ' directs attention, when he intimates that " for several years" the sampling at the mine has been inaccurate, that on different occasions two smelter managers complained of these inaccuracies and that the directors or whoever were responsible, seemingly ignored these representations, although the actual smelter returns must have clearly shown that the smelter manager's complaints were well-founded. But, as Mr. Parrish points out, the result of faulty sampling at the mine would be of relatively small moment, so far as the actual interests of shareholders were concerned, were it not for the injudicious policy adopted by the Board of publishing periodical statements wherein the value of the ore produced each month is '"estimated" by the mine manager. We of course admit that in pursuing this policy the directors were actuated by motives distinctly honourable and well-intentioned; the object being, probably, ,to afford shareholders the latest possible information—directly that information was at all available—concerning the progress of mine operations. But at the best, the practice of issuing monthly returns, which is peculiar to English mining companies, is a foolish, even a dangerous, one and especially so in cases, such as that of the Le Roi, when any attempt is made to give information not absolutely verified. If only the business of mining, by which is meant the actual industry of profitably extracting the precious and base minerals from their* ores, and the business of speculating in the shares of those companies who engage in this industry, could be disassociated; if boards of directors could afford to ignore the stock markets altogether, and would devote their sole energies to the conscientious performance of their duties, it is very certain that mining would soon cease to be regarded by the general public as a sort of gambling game, not so exciting as poker, and rather more risky than backing the favorite for the Derby. AN UNFAIR REFLECTION. FROM the London Critic of August 6 we quote the following: "Apropos of the rumours of a scheme being on foot for the amalgamation of the Le Roi group of companies with certain other Rossland undertakings, which are under the control of the Gooderham-Blackstock Syndicate of Toronto, it is of interest to note that the Rossland correspondent of the New York Tribune asserts that these reports are well- founded, but that the proposed 'merger' will, if adopted, be far from advantageous to the shareholders in the Le Roi group. It is alleged that the Gooderham-Blackstock mines are practically denuded of good ore, and that by joining the proposed amalgamation the Le Roi would risk the opportunity it still has of retrieving its fortunes by a steady adherence to business principles." Before noticing the allegation affecting the Gooderham-Blackstock mines (which are the Centre Star and War Eagle), we must express our sense of gratitude for the above admission that the Le Roi Company actually has an opportunity of retrieving its fortunes, for we might naturally have expected that the correspondent who, as alleged, threw doubt THE MINING RECORD. on the commercial value of the Gooderham-Blackstock mines would have similarly reflected on the Le Roi, seeing that all three mines are in much the same condition as regards the comparative exhaustion of their " good ore" and the possession of the large bodies of lower grade ore they have exposed, with this exception that the Le Roi has opened up important shoots of ore at deeper levels than the other mines have yet reached. Passing by the incorrect reference to the "Le Roi group of companies" we have to remark that the Le Roi Mining Company—not group of companies—has not made any secret of the fact that negotiations have been in progress with a view to amalgamation as suggested. On the same date as the publication by the Critic of the above-quoted paragraph the B. C. Review, also published in London, gave its readers an account of an interview with Mr. A. J. McMillan, managing director of the Le Roi Mining Company, in which it stated that:— "In answer to a question as to the truth of reports of an amalgamation of several of the big mining companies in British Columbia, Mr. McMillan said it was quite true that negotiations were on foot looking to the possible amalgamation of several of the largest companies engaged in mining in that district, all of the mines concerned being well developed and well equipped, and each capable of producing a large daily tonnage of ore. He further expressed the opinion that there would be many advantages in one company owning various mines with a large tonnage of ore of different kinds, and also owning smelters and mills, thus keeping within the company all the profits avail- ble. As nearly all the mines of British Columbia contain much low-grade ore, it is desirable that they should be operated on a large scale, and thus secure all the advantages of economy in management." As regards the ore reserves and producing capabilities of the Centre Star and War ILagle mines there are no mining companies in British Columbia that publish fuller particulars of their operations, costs, and results than do the companies owning these mines, so that even if the first advances in the direction of amalgamation had been made by these companies— which it is understood was not the case—there had been unusual candour shown in making it clear how these mines stood in the matter of development and production. Fjill information taken from the last annual reports of these companies on these points, has already been published in this journal. From these reports it is gathered that "Developments up to date show" that these mines have experienced ,khe same general change in the character of their ore deposits which has occurred in all other productive mines in the Rossland district, and which is the general rule throughout the mining districts of the world. This is the transition from the occurrence of high-grade bonanza ore bodies, capable of profit under the expensive process of smelting to masses of lower grade, requiring a cheaper treatment by milling. "As the bodies of smelting ore in the vein become less frequent and their average size diminishes, the proportion of this ore to the increasing quantity of development or dead work required to expose it rapidly lessens to a point where its profit is consumed by the cost of the dead work. The relief to be derived from milling will, therefore, be not only in the direct saving of cost expected, but also in the increased proportion of pay ore to development work, while the stoping of low-grade blocks will assist the exploration work by disclosing the unknown bodies of smelting ore contained within their limits. "The development work of the year has continued to add to the great masses of ore too low in grade for smelting, but rich enough to afford a profit to successful milling. Now that the mill of the Rossland Power Company assures an outlet for these ores, their contents will soon be available. It is impossible to present any reliable estimate of their quantity or precise value, because their limits have not been defined, and until milling begins they cannot be exposed or sampled accurately without excessive expense. They occur in extensive bodies 15 to 30 feet in width, and exposed very imperfectly by the mine workings, since these have been in the past directed to the exposure of smelting ore bodies only. "The necessity for milling has long been foreseen, but although every effort has been made towards the desired end there has been unexpected delay, owing to unusual difficulties and obstacles. The technical problem presented by the nature ot the ore has been a serious one, and the business arrangements necessary for" success have also taken time." The output of the Centre Star mine last year was 88,387 tons, averaging $10.58 per ton, smelter's gross assay value. The net profit in excess of all expenditures was $228,358.90. The War Eagle's ore sales were 60,039 tons, averaging $13 full assay value, or $9.87 smelter's gross assay value. The excess of revenue over expei iditui $68,512.21. (For stated, War Eagle costs are higher than those of the Centre Star.) At present we are in no sense expressing an opinion as to the desirability or otherwise of the suggested amalgamation, but are endeavouring to show that reflections on the value of the Centre Star and War Eagle mines along the lines that appear to have been adopted in the correspondence commented on by the Critic do not fairly indicate the real position. With the exception of the deeper development of the Le Roi, there is much in common in the situation as it affects the three mines concerned, which are adjoining properties on the same veins or bodies of ore. Further, both the "Gooderham-Blackstock" companies made substantial profits last year, and those in control of them have lately shown in a very practical manner,—viz., by financing the Rossland Power Company's enterprise in erecting the large concentrating works now treating the lower grade ores of the Centre. Star and War Eagle mines—their confidence in their ability to continue to make money out of their mines. When they undertook the large expenditure involved in the establishment of these works there was no suggestion of amalgamation; they honestly believed the value of the ore reserves in their THE MINING RECORD. 309 mines warranted the outlay necessary to make these profitable, so they built and equipped the modern concentrator now in operation at Trail. If they agree to the proposed amalgamation it will be because by operating on a larger scale they would enjoy greater advantages and earn larger profits, not because the condition of their own mines and concentrating* and installed by the present smelter superintendent, Mr. J. E. McAllister. The smelter site adjoins the town of Greenwood. The Canadian Pacific Company's Columbia and Western Railway to Midway, giving rail connection with Rossland, Trail and Nelson, runs just below the works, while the Deadwood branch of the same svs- works by any means makes such a joining of forces tern passes immediately above. Connecting tracks essential to the continued financial success of their have been constructed at three levels—a double track own enterprises. over the upper ore bins, for the delivery of ore to be No. I—General View of B. C. Copper Co.'s Smelting Works. BRITISH COLUMBIA COPPER COMPANY'S SMELTER AT GREENWOOD, BOUNDARY DISTRICT. THE British Columbia Copper Company's smelting works, at Greenwood, Boundary District, were designed and constructed ^1899-1900 by Mr. Paul Johnson, E.M. They were planned with a view to eventual enlargement to a maximum treatment capacity of about 1,800 tons per diem. Their present capacity, with two furnaces running, is between 700 and 800 tons of ore per day. The first furnace was blown in on February 17, 1901; the second was completed in the earlier half of 1902. Recently a Bessem-i erizing plant was added, this having been designed passed through the sample mill; a triple track over the smelter mixture bins and above the fuel yard, and a single track below the converter building, this last for the delivery of stores and the shipment of the copper product. The works may be briefly described as follows:— Starting from the top, the upper ore bins come first. There are six of these, each of 500 tons capacity, built in two parallel rows. An elevated tramway connects these with the sample mill building, which is a three-story frame structure 79 x 65 and 58 feet higji to the eaves. Its full capacity when it shall be supplied with the requisite ore bins, etc.. will be about 3,000 tons, but present arrangements only include provision for a smaller quantity. The building is large enough for three sets of sampling and crushing THE MINING RECORD. plant, but as yet only one set has been put in. This comprises three Gates rock crushers of different sizes, one pair Cornish rolls, one sample grinder, and three automatic samplers. The sample mill has been constructed on the automatic principle with samplers designed to avoid elevating the material before crushing. Under these arrangements only two or four per cent., as desired, has to be elevated, the great bulk going direct to the discard bins. The lowest floor of the sample mill building is two feet higher than the top of the lower or smelter mixture ore bins. There are two sets of these bins, each twelve in number in four parallel rows, the whole shown in illustration No. i), gives an effective draught height of 197 feet 6 in. from the level of the blast furnace charging floor to top of stack. This brick stack was erected last year; replacing the sheet steel stack that previously carried off the fumes from the blast furnaces. The lower part of the blast furnace house is constructed entirely of stone work and steel, and the charging floor is of cast iron plates. The building is 58 feet wide by 45 feet long, and room has been left for extending it sufficiently to accommodate three more furnaces. The furnaces are water-jacketted, stack furnaces 42 in. wide by 150 in. long, inside dim- <o. 2—B. C. Copper Co.'s Smelter—Interior of Converter Building. giving a storage capacity of about 10,000 tons. They are crossed by three parallel railway tracks over which the bulk of the ore from the company's Mother Lode mine, already crushed at the mine and consequently not having to be passed through the smelter sample mill, comes to be dumped direct into the lower bins. The flue dust chamber is 12 feet wide by 14 feet high and its length is about 620 feet. It has thick masonry walls, brick-lined in part and arched over with brick. It rises 76 feet 6 in. to the base of a circular brick stack, 121 feet high, the inside diameter of the shaft being 12 feet. This, together with the height gained by running the flue up the hillside (as ensions at tuyeres of which there are ten on each side 01 3% in. diameter. Owing to the filling of the dumping ground.suitable for that purpose it became necessary to abandon the practice of granulating the slag from the furnaces, so last autumn a movable slag railway was constructed. The slag is now taken from the blast furnaces in a molten state in large side-dumping pots, tilted by a worm and worm-wheel, each pot having a holding capacity of five tons. They are hauled by a steam locomotive with 10x14 cylinders, and four drivers of 31 inches diameter. The engine and blower house, 60 ft. by 45 ft, THE MINING RECORD. 311 contains two No. "j^h Connersville blowers, the high- pressure cylinder of a compound condensing Reynolds-Corliss engine 16 X35 in. rated at 150-h. p. with 100 lbs. steam pressure, and an electric light dynamo with direct-connected engine. In the adjoining 45 ft. x 40 ft. boiler room there are three horizontal return tubular boilers 66 inches x 16 feet, each of 100-h. p. and equal to a steam pressure of 130 lbs. Space was left for housing more boilers, but as electric power, has been substituted for steam power throughout thej works the earlier intention to double the steam power will not now be carried out. A Bessemerizing plant has been installed and the The fumes from the converters are taken off by an independent stack, having first passed through steel boxes at the back of the stands, a suitably-shaped steel flue of twenty square feet cross-section, and finally a brick chamber of 285 square feet cross-section, in order to collect the flue dust, before being conducted into the stack. (The brick chamber and Stack are shown in illustration No. 1, and the boxes and steel flue in illustration No. 2.) The converting plant is housed in a steel building, 46 ft. x 90 ft. with a lean-to of 60 ft. x 30 ft. At one end of this building is located the re-lining machinery. The silicious ore used for the linings passes No. 3—B. C. Copper Co.'s Smelter—Interior of Power House. product now turned out is 99 per cent, blister copper instead of 45 per cent, copper matte as formerly. This plant consists of two converting stands, equipped with five shells of the trough type, 84 in. in diameter and 126 in. long. The converters are tilted by power supplied by a hydraulic accumulator. For the purpose of conveying the molten matte from the blast furnaces to the converters, and for moving the shells from their stands to the re-liningi platform, an electric travelling crane is used. Four motors operate this crane, which is equipped with a main hoist of 40 tons capacity and an auxiliary hoist of ten tons. directly from the sampling mill, through a 7 x 10 inch Blake crusher, and a set of 24 inch rolls, into a bin, from which chutes lead to a 6-ft. Carlin mixing pan. The clay used as a bond for the silicious ore of the lining is delivered by similar means into the J>an which automatically discharges the mixed product, ready for tamping, in front of the converter shell. (Illustration No. 2 shows the shell in the re-lining stand at the left of the picture). The blast for the converters is furnished by a Nordberg blowing engine with cylinder 40 in. diameter and 42 in. stroke (see illustration No. 3) having a capacity of 5,000 cubic feet of air per minute, at THE MINING RECORD. 12 lbs. pressure. This compressor is operated by a rope drive, the fly-wheel being 18 ft. in diameter and power furnished by a 300-h. p. variable speed motor, operating at 2,000 volts. For the transmission of electricity the B. C. Copper Company has built a pole line, with two independent three-phase circuits, to connect with the sub-station of the Cascade Water Power & Light Co. at Phoenix, a distance of four and eight-tenth miles. This line terminates in a brick sub-station (shown at the right of illustration No. 1) containing step-down transformers from 20,000 to 2,000 volts of 1,000-h. p. capacity. From this sub-station the alternating current is transmitted at 2,000 volts to the power house (illustration Xo. 3) in which are located transformers with a further step-down to 55° volts. *A 75-k.w. motor generator furnishes the direct current required for travelling crane and the necessary power for trolly locomotives to be used in the immediate future; a 300-h. p. motor previously referred to, drives the Nordberg compressor; there are two 100-h. p. motors for the two blast furnace rotary blowers and one for the sample mill; a 40-h. p. motor drives the converter lining machinery; a 20-h.p. motor operates the hydraulic accumulator for tilting the converters; a 15-h. p. motor runs elevators connecting the blast furnace tapping and charging floors, and a 5-h. p. motor the sample grinding machinery. The lighting on the plant and premises is provided for by a series of transformers, each having a capacity of 150 lamps. A briquetting plant, of a capacity of 100 tons per day, is to be at once installed to handle flue dust and concentrates. This will consist of a mould briquet- ting press with lime slackers, mixers and conveyor belt, the flue dust being automically fed from a bucket elevator. This plant will be operated by a 40-h. p. induction motor. Prior to the installation of the above described Bessemerizing plant the copper matte produced at this smelter had to be sent elsewhere to be converted into blister copper. Now this Work is done on the spot, and in making provision for it the B. C. Copper Company has advanced another stage in the progressive policy it is steadily pursuing. The total tonnage of ore treated at this smelter during the three years and a half it has been in operation is in excess of 500,000 tons. Mr. McAllister has been in charge since the early part of last year, after having been for some time assistant superintendent at the Tennessee Copper Company's smelter at Copperhill, Tennessee, U. S. A., and his modern and economical metallurgical practice has been the chief factor in making the smelting works a commercial success. The British Columbia Copper Company, Ltd., is a New York organization. It was incorporated in 1898 to acquire the Mother Lode mine, situated in Deadwood camp, which property the organizers of the company purchased in 1896 and developed from a mere prospect. Mr. Frederic Keffer, of Greenwood, the company's general manager, has been in charge of the company's interests ever since its inception; NOTES ON THE BRITISH COLUMBIAN ZINC PROBLEM.* (By Alfred C. Garde.) AFTER wrestling with the zinc problem for more than a year, the Payne Mining Company under my management decided to erect a special zinc dressing plant, and are now in a position to produce from 200 to 300 tons of desirable zinc concentrates per month. Markets for the various products have also successfully been established both ins Europe and the United States, and steady shipments are now being made. Since then the other companies have followed suit and there are a number of zinc shipping mines on the list now. Besides, several of the old mills are now being reconstructed with the vijew of treating their, zinc ores on a commercial scale which points favourably towards an increased production of this useful mineral. - Both the Ainsworth and Slocan districts came into prominence approximately twelve years ago on account of their remarkably high grade ledges of silver- lead ores. Zinc-blende was also found in ledges and in association with galena, but for ten years not the least regard was paid to the economic features of zinc. Only in one instance a certain Mr. Brown, of Manchester, in 1899, undertook to send an experimental shipment of 1800 tons of zinc-blende from the Lucky Jim mines near Sandon to one of the zinc smelters in England. The assays of this shipment average 50 per cent, zinc, 3 per cent lead and 6 ozs: in silver, per short ton. In fortunately, Mr. Brown died in England before the shipment reached its destination, and his well intended project came to grief witl} him. Since then the Lucky Jim mine fell back into obf- scurity; however, it is well worth noting that this property has recently been secured for a large cash consideration, and now promises to become one of the largest producers of zinc-blende in the Slocan. It may possibly be argued that in the upper ore zones extending towards the crest and along the surface of the mountains, only a small percentage of zinc was found to be associated with the galena. This feature, however, can readily be explained as caused through corrosive action of surface water and exposure to the elements whereby the sulphides of zinc (and to quite an extent the sulphides of lead) were changed into carbonate ores. The carbonates with average contents of 80 ounces of silver, 40 per cent, lead and low in zinc, furnished an excellent smelting product on which the smelters did not impose any zinc penalty. In several of the mines familiar to me the carbon-' ates and galena ores free from zinc extended to a depth of 400 to 500 feet below the apex of the moun- *Extract from a paper presented at the Sixth Annual Meeting ofthe Canadian Mining Institute, March, 1904. THE. MINING RECORD. 313 tain, but by degrees a material percentage of zinc- blende made its appearance. In most cases under my observation this transformation took place gradually, although there were numerous instances where the zinc-blende replaced the clean galena and vice versa. The result of the steadily increasing percentage of zinc was that the lead smelters found it necessary to place a penalty of 50 cents per unit on galena containing more than 10 per cent, of zinc. This penalty was accepted by the high-grade mines of Sandon which were in a position to ship a galena product averaging from 80 to 90 ounces in silver, and 45 to 50 per cent lead. As an instance I might quote that during 1900 the Payne mine shipped 10.411 tons of galena averaging 83.79 ounces in silver, 45 per cent, lead, and 15 per cent, zinc, and that the penalty paid on zinc alone during this year amounted $28,203.42, being equal to a deduction of $2.71 per ton of ore • shipped. Other mines had similar experiences and found that the zinc contents, in spite of close hand-sorting, could not be kept within the 10 per cent, limit, and that different means would have to be resorted to in order to keep the galena free from excess of zinc. To overcome this difficulty mechanical concentration by water was eventually applied. Several 100-ton mills generally driven by water power, and nearly all constructed on the same plan, were built in a comparatively short time. Hartz jigs with two, or sometimes three cells, were used in separating the coarse galena from the waste rock as well as the zinc-blende and iron, all of which went through the tail-races. For the finer lead products, buddies and Frue vanners were used. The. system of concentration employed often left much to be desired as to efficiency, but the point of keeping the galena contents within the zinc penalty limit was gained. From the above it will readily be seen that one of the essential features of concentration in the Kootenays vvas to send as much zinc through the tail-races as possible, and it must be admitted that this aim was carried out to a high degree of perfection. The tonnage of zinc thus wasted was immense, and its extent will probably never be known; it can only be roughly estimated from assays of the tail products which would often exceed 30 per cent, zinc and rarely go below 20 per cent. A considerable amount of silver contained in the blende also went into the various creeks with the tailings, but so as not to get myself into hot water, -I prefer not to quote any assays. In summing up the various losses, we have:— 1. Direct loss to the mines due to zinc penalty payments. 2. Loss of zinc values in smelting lead ores high in zinc. 3. Loss of zinc and silver values run to waste, through the tail races of the various concentrators. . 4. Hand sorted zinc ores left on the dumps or in the old mine stopes. Of the above-mentioned losses the fourth item is the only one that can partly be recovered providing the material is present in sufficient quantities to permit of economic handling and concentration. At the Payne, Ruth, Ivanhoe, Wakefield and Alamo concentrators, this is now being done successfully. Furthermore, the Slocan Star, Washington, Jackson, Monitor, Rambler, and several other well known properties are now preparing to alter their present plants or erect new ones whereby they will be able to recover the "zincy" material on hand, as well as all zinc that in the regular course of mining is broken down with the lead ores. In order to give an idea of results that have been obtained, I may state that during the first ten months' run (May 31, 1902, to March 30, 1903) the Payne concentrator handled 33,000 tons of old and 7,000 tons of new stope fillings, from which 1,247 tons of high grade silver-lead concentrates were derived and sold to local smelters. In addition thereto 1,391 tons of 42-43 per cent, zinc- blende concentrates, containing 8 Ozs. in silver per ton, were produced as a by-product at no extra cost. A 1,000 ton lot was disposed of to the Lanyon Zinc Company of Iola, Kansas, and netted the Payne Company, after paying an $11 freight rate, $8 per ton. Encouraged by these results the company at once added a magnetic separating plant, whereby they have been able to, at a cost of from $1.50 to $2.00 per ton, improve the zinc product from 42 per cent, to 55 per cent. In the case of silver-lead-zinc mines situated at altitudes ranging between 1,700 and 4,000 feet, we find that the ratio of silver in the galena is of much lower tenor, or, approximately, one half ounce of silver to one per cent, of lead, while in man}' instances, the lead content is low and the percentage of zinc high. In the Kootenays an ore of this class is termed "low grade," and it will readily be understood that on these the penalty on zinc worked a severe hardship. In addition, the price of silver continued to decline, and when the American Smelting ai^d Refining Company, in January 1900, withdrew from the Canadian lead market and compelled the producer- in Canada to sell his lead at much lower prices in the Continental market in competition with cheap Spanish and Mexican labour, the "low grade" mines were obliged to shut down. To some considerable extent this last feature has been overcome within the past eight months by the liberal bounty of $15 per ton granted by the Dominion Government on all lead mined and smelted in Canada. The bonus has particularly proved of great benefit to the mines in a position to produce a heavy lead ore or lead concentrates, but in order to re-open the low grade lead-zinc mines it will first be necessary for the owners bf the same to make a byproduct of the zinc, which may be disposed of at once if of sufficiently high grade to stand present freight charges, or be stored until such time as zinc smelting* works shall be erected in British Columbia. THE MINING RECORD. THE VELVET MILL. (By Alfred W. Dyer.) I HE Velvet mine, with which has been recently •4 incorporated the adjoining property, the Portland, is one of the hardest problems that have confronted the men who, at Rossland, are trying to determine the best method of treating the low-grade ore bodies found in such wide areas over that district. It is situated upon Sophie Mountain, almost upon the International Boundary Line, between Rossland and Northport. But the railway runs along the valley of Little Sheep Creek on the eastern face of the mountain, whereas the Velvet and most of the other Sophie Mountain properties, overlook Big Sheep Creek on erty, as only its richest ore bodies could pay such expenses. One such period of activity terminated last season when,* to make matters worse, it was reported that the higher-grade ore bodies, found upon the Portland, on which the life of the properties as shipping mines depended, had pinched out at depth. Early last spring the directors of the mine, acting upon a report made last year by Mr. William Thompson of the Kootenay Mines, ordered a resumption of work upon the plan proposed. 1 his plan was to concentrate the silicious ore bodies by water or oil concentration and to attempt pyritic smelting of the higher-grade rock, in which latter material assistance would be given by the concentrates. I m$&$ Velvet-Portland Mill, on Sophie Mountain, near Rossland. its western face. To the south the two creeks unite, but south of the Boundary Line. A waggon road, more than twelve miles long, connects the mine with the branch of the Great Northern known as the Red Mountain Railway. A waggon road which would be entirely within British territory, twenty mile's long, has been proposed and has actually been surveyed between the Velvet and Rossland, but the Provincial Government has so far not been able to attempt more than this survey; hence the cost of all supplies brought to the mine has been enormously increased, owing to these serious difficulties of transport. During the past few years the mine has had several periods of activity and a fair amount of ore has been shipped, but the long haul has told against the prop- Towards the middle of the month of July of this year Manager Thompson had the mill completed and running, and it is claimed that the results exceed all expectations. The mill was largely experimental, being the first in Rossland where classification by water preceded concentration and to this method the management attributes the whole of its success. The plant is by no means a large one as only 50 tons daily can be put through. This was but natural, as the expert-' ment could hardly have justified the expenditure of large capital prior to the event. The success of the mill may, of course, lead to the erection of a larger plant, when other details have been found favourable to this course. Just now the chief interest is in the mill, and a de- \ THE MINING RECORD. 315 sc.ription of the method employed may be interesting reading: The ore enters the highest portion of the mill and immediately passes through a io-inch by 15 inch Dodge crusher and is there reduced to iy2-inch cubes. Thence it passes to a 7-inch by 10-inch Blake crusher, which further reduces it to a %-inch cube. The dry crushing machinery is run by a 12-inch by 14-inch slide valve steam engine; all drives being independent of the mill proper. This feature- is introduced in order to provide a steady driving power for the concentrating tables. After having been reduced to three-quarter inch cubes as described, the ore passes into a 100-ton storage bin and thence is sent through three sets of steam Tremain stamps, each having a capacity of 25 tons to 40 mesh. The ore is fed into these stamps by automatic feeders and there is crushed, in water, to a suitable mesh. That mesh is of course, yet a matter of experiment. It is reported that excellent results have been obtained from a 20-mesh. In these stamps are placed amalgam plates* taking up the free gold which from time to time occurs; also native copper, found occasionally in the ore, drops to the bottom of the mortars. The pulp now flows by gravity to a series of hydro- metrical classifiers where the heavier particles are separated from the lighter. The next step is to send the separated pulp over two Overstrom tables, one of which is especially designed for the higher or coarser particles and the other for the lighter or finer. The concenerates produced by these tables are sampled, dried and stored for further treatment. In order to have a check upon the tailings, a Bart- lett tables is here provided, over which a portion of the tailings may be sent if these "middlings" should occasionally be found to carry values. It will be gathered that the main -features claimed for the mill are a crushing by stamps, which are fed by water having an upward flow, thus carrying off the lighter portions immediately through the screens and reducing the tendency to slime, and the classification by hydraulic means. This latter feature is novel in Rossland and is found to work very successfully, as it enables an adjustment of the concentrating tables suitable to the class of material to be handled. In this particular mill this feature alone is considered to** make all the difference between success and failure. The ore handled thus is of the usual type of Rossland ore as far as the gangue is concerned but differs in the manner in which the values are contained. The concentrates consist chiefly of iron pyrites mixed with small quantities of chalcopyrit.es. A general mixture of concentrates produced is found to assay from 1% to 11| ozs. in gold, 1 to 3 ozs. in silver and from 4 to 6 per cent, copper. The pyrrhotite usually accompanying ores mined immediatelv adjoining Rossland is entirely absent from the ores of this property. Generally speaking they are somewhat easier to concentrate than are the usual run of the Rossland ores, that is to say, so far as they have been experimented with. As yet the mill has not been long enough in operation to tell what will be the average ratio of concentration. This, however, will likely be found to be about 8 to 1. The value of the ore treated is about $7 to $8 and the percentage saved is close upon 80 per cent. In fact the assays thus far show an even greater percentage. As the tailings thus run but little over a dollar and as a portion is soluble copper, irrecoverable by any known process, there is very little room for the Elmore process, which, however, is experimenting. The use of the Bartlett table goes far to preclude any Velvet-Portland Mill—Classifiers. other systematic tailings treatment being found necessary. But as already alluded to the mill result, however successful, is only a portion of the whole scheme. In the development undertaken this spring the vein thought to have pinched out was re-discovered. There are high-grade streaks in the mine which run well over $50 per ton. There is a large body of ore in the mine running about $10 to the ton, which, containing much sulphides, is low in silica. These last classes of ore are not concentrating. The idea is to erect a stack and smelt these various bodies together with the concentrates produced from the silicious bodies, using the sulphur as a fuel and the iron and the little lime contained to produce a ferro-silicate slag. This stack is in course of construction and it is calculated that \te THE MINING RECORD. the final result will be the production of a matte concentrating about 20 to i, meaning that the cost of freighting and smelting i9-20ths of the ore ,will be eliminated from the mine charges. The, percentage of coke to be used will not exceed five and it is intended to produce charcoal upon the ground as it is found that this will be cheaper than bringing in coke by waggon. Lime has not been discovered in a usable condition, but this is got over in the manner above indicated. Water there is in plenty on the hillside for the mill and as far as the reduction plant or stack is concerned the mine is making some 150 gallons per minutes, drained through ment of the White Bear, having duly in mind the returns from the Elmore process as employed upon the Le Roi No. 2, are now completing the erection of a 100-ton plant at the mine. As will be seen from the accompanying cut, the headworks of the property are utilized to run the ore as hoisted into the crushers where it is sufficiently broken to be conveyed to the stamps and go thence over the Wilfley tables through the oil process as described previously in the Mining Record. It is anticipated that the experience gained in the operation of the Elmore mill at the Le Roi No. 2 will be of value, to the management of the new mill. No Elmore Oil Concentrator at White Bear Mine, Rossland. an adit on the 400-ft. level which will more than suffice for all present needs. The whole process is as cheap as it is efficacious and its success will no doubt stir up other properties with facilities that are even better to make a like attempt. It is this, together with the novel treatment. of the mill, which lends interest to the whole scheme of working. Mr. Andrew Larson has been placed in charge of the property. THE NEW ELMORE CONCENTRATOR AT THE WHITE BEAR MINE, ROSSLAND. ESPITE the various experiments that are being made at the Velvet, War Eagle and Le Roi mines as to water concentration the manage- more cost will be entailed for crushing, or but slightly more, in the new plant as against its precedessor, as the capacity will be about the same. Instead of the Trent mills stamps will be employed, but whether in a future mill the stamps will always be employed in- instead of the Trent mills, remains to be determined by experience. The cost of running the 100-ton plant will not be much larger than for the 50-ton plant set up last autumn, but the production of ore will be twice as large. Again, experience will have taught the management that it is advisable to generally have on hand a large store of oil, coal and supplies, so that there shall supervene no such difficulties in winter as occurred last season. These new factors in the equation, together with the reduction of the cost of the oil by nearly one-half THE MINING RECORD. 317 ought to solve the question of whether or not the Elmore process is more than a technical success. If so it is likely that the Le Roi will also adopt this method. * ORIGIN OF OIL OR GAS, AND THE GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THEY ARE FOUND.* T^ EW questions relating to Economic Geology are -*• more generally asked than that of the origin of oil and gas, and few are more difficult to answer. In fact it is impossible to state with certainty at the present time how these fuels have been formed,. Nevertheless, because of the great interest, the subject will be reviewed here. Petroleum and natural gas are intimately associated. Wherever oil is secured there gas is found, and as is well known, it is the expansive force of the gas which produces flowing wells. As the gas escapes, the force weakens and the .well ceases flowing. Generally where natural gas is found in large quantity oil also exists or is near. This is often well illustrated on anticlines, gas being found at or near the summit of the arch and oil farther down the slope. However, oil is not always associated with gas. Thus the great gas fields of Central Ohio are not associated directly or indirectly with oil. Examples might be cited from other parts of Ohio, also from additional States, and so it may be regarded as certain that petroleum is not a necesary accompaniment of natural gas. Considered from the chemical standpoint oil and gas are closely related, and where the oil has an un- • usual composition the gas of the same field is likely to be characterized in a similar manner. An illustration of this is found in the oil and gas of the Trenton Limestone** fields where the sulphur, which is so striking a constituent of the oil, is found in the gas-also. In those fields where sulphur is not found in the oil it has not been reported in the gas. From the intimate association of oil and gas in nature and from their chemical relations it seems certain that both have been derived from the same substances and probably in the same general manner. For these reasons the two will be considered together here. Of the theories propounded that have received serious consideration, two classes may be recognised:— First those which assign to these products an inorganic origin. These maintain that oil and gas have been produced by the reactions of inorganic sub- *Abstract from Chapter V. of Fourth Series, Bulletin No. i, Geological Survey of Ohio, "The Occurrence and Exploration of Petroleum and ilatural Gas in Ohio," by John Adams Bownocker, D.Sc, Professor of Inorganic Geology, Ohio State University, and Assistant State Geologist, **The Trenton Limestone, the first member of the great division known as the Ordovician, is not only the most important source of oil in Ohio, but probably itis not excelled by any single formation in the world. It forms the floor, so to speak, of the entire State, being found wherever the drill penetrates to a sufficient depth. stances. In general it may be stated that this class of theories has been advocated by chemists and at the present time some eminent scholars contend that this is the most reasonable view to take of the subject. This class might be called the chemical. The second class of theories assigns an organic origin. That is, that oil and gas have been formed in some manner from organic matter, either animal or vegetable or both. As to how the changes have been produced, however, there is much difference of opinion. While this class has been advanced by some chemists, it has been most strongly advocated by geologists, and might well be called the geological. THE INORGANIC OR CHEMICAL THEORIES. After quoting a number of theories of distinguished chemists, Professor Bownocker continues: The theories given appear to require one element in common, namely, great heat. Now this can be secured, so far as gas and oil are concerned, in only two ways, (i) by reaching great depths in the earth's interior or (2) by intrusion of molten rock. The great oil fields of this country lie in the Missippi basin, a region that has been singularly free from intrusions of molten material. These remarks apply equally well to the recently-discovered pools along the Gulf of Mexico. It follows naturally from this that the great supplies of petroleum in the United States cannot have been produced through the agency of heat derived from intrusions of highly heated material. The other alternative, namely, that the heat was obtained at great depths, is equally inadmissable. Not that high temperatures do not exist at such places, for all admit that such are" there found. However, the great pools of oil and gas lie near the surface where the temperature is not more than 60 degrees for each 50 or 60 feet of descent. In fact important pools have been found at depths of 100 feet or even less, and it is apparent to all that the temperature at such places must be little in excess of the surface average. The evidence of the absence of heat in the oil or gas-bearing rocks in earlier times is as positive as the present. Heat is one of the principal factors in metamorphism, and if any such temperature as the inorganic theories demand had existed, the rocks themselves would furnish unmistakable evidence. In Ohio alone probably 50,000 wells have been sunk to depths approximating 1,000 feet; many have reached 1,500 feet; a smaller number 2,500 feet, and occasionally a well has exceeded 3,000 feet. Now the drillings from these are a unit in denying any evidence of high temperatures. In fact fragments brought up from the greatest depths show no more evidence of heat than do those 100 feet or less below the surface. From these lines of testimony it is safe to say that the rocks which now contain the oil and never been highly heated. There remains alternative for the advocates of this class of theories, and that is that oil and gas were produced at great depths and have gradually risen from that place to the position which they now occupy. To this there appears to the geologist an insuperable difficulty, for gas have but one 318 THE MINING RECORD. lying between these deep-seated and hence highly- heated rocks and those which now contain oil and gas are, in many places at least, great thicknesses of compact shales and other fine-grained rocks* which are impervious. This is well illustrated in south-western Ohio, where the Berea Grit***, and of course the rocks lying above it, and which contain important quantities of oil or gas, have lying below a great mass of fine-grained shales, ranging in thickness from 805 feet to probably .3,000 feet. If the oil and gas could have risen from below, passing through this great. depth of shales, they would have continued their • ascent and been wasted at the surface long before man appeared. This specific example can be duplicated in some form in every great oil or gas field. Fortunately parts of the geological scale are impervious, for otherwise oil or gas in large quantities could not exist. If the inorganic or chemical theory were true it would be reasonable to expect petroleum and natural gas in. igneous rocks, since they have been highly heated, and hence in a condition favourable for the production of these fuels. Experience, however, has shown that neither oil nor gas is found in rocks of this kind. So far as the writer knows there is no exception to this statement. THE ORGANIC OR GEOLOGICAL THEORIES. ■ These theories have only one point in common; all assign organic matter as the origin of petroleum and natural gas. Some contend that these products have been derived wholly from animal matter, others entirely from vegetable matter, and others still from both. There ie«-likewise no general agreement as to the method' by which the change has been produced. Another point of difference still is the position which the products now have when compared to that which the organic matter once occupied. Some regard them as identical; that is, the petroleum and natural gas now occupy the same rocks that the organic matter from which the fuels in question were formed once occupied, while others contend that the organic matter originally occupied a lower position than the resultant products now do. A third vrew adopts each in part; that is, one theory is correct when applied to some fields but not when applied to others. • If oil and gas have been produced from organic matter then these products or others closely related ought to be secured artificially. Much experimenting has been done along this line and with considerable success; products very closely resembling petroleum have been secured artificially from both animal and vegetable matter. But how have these products been produced in nature from organic matter? This, from the nature of the problem, is not susceptible of proof. However, there is perhaps greater uniformity of opinion than in the inorganic theories. Peckham regards petroleum to have been produced by the distillation ***Berea Grit (Lower Carboniferous) is the most extensive sandstone of the State of Ohio. Its area above and below drainage is about 15,000 square miles, or more than one-third of the area of the State. of animal and plant remains at low temperatures. The great reservoirs in certain States he mentions were, he thought, produced in rocks lying much below those which now contain them. Phillips assigns a vegetable origin to petroleum, claiming that the change has taken place under water, and hence in the absence of air. The first changes were relatively rapid, and the later one, which is directly responsible for the petroleum, much slower, Newberry, in an elaborate theory to explain the origin of oil and gas in the Appalachian field, makes the source the plant remains in the great shales lying in the Lower Carboniferous and Upper Devonian formations, the products rising to the horizon where now found. Dr. Orton****, who has written elaborately on the subject, considered both petroleum and natural ^gas to have been derived from organic matter, animals in some cases, plants in others. Dr..C. B. Morrey, Professor of Bacteriology in the Ohio State University, has furnished a radically different theory, namely, that petroleum of the Pennsylvania type and gas in similar situations were found in the mud of which shales were composed, from the time the mud was first deposited and by the decomposing action of bacteria on the organic matter therein, the decomposition continuing until all the organic matter was broken up into compounds no* longer capable of being attacked—the hydro-carbons among others-^-or until the bacteria were killed by an accumulation of their own products; or the decomposition could also have been stopped by a drying out of the shales, the presence of a certain amount of water being necessary for bacterial growth. But were tbe fuels in question derived from organic matter which was once imbedded in the same rocks that now contain the oil and gas, or were the latter formed from organic matter which was deposited originally in rocks lying beneath those now containing these substances ? There are two different views on (his matter, but the majority seems to favour.the latter one. Dr. Orton regarded the oil and gas in the Trenton Limestone to have been formed from animal matter which was entombed in that formation. However, when the remaining oil and gas rocks are examined, the conclusions reached are not so positive. Thus the great gas wells in the central part of the State are obtained in a thin stratum of sandstone of Clinton age. GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH OIL AND GAS ARE FOUND. There are three conditions which* have been strongly advocated by geologists: 1. A porous rock to contain the oil or gas. 2. An impervious cover. 3. Geological structure of the rocks which will permit the accumulation of oil and gas from relatively large areas into smaller ones. All agree as to the necessity of a reservoir-rock. The one essential of this is porosity. Very fine- ****See Geology of Ohio, Vol. VI., Economic Geology. THE MINING RECORD. grained rocks cannot, therefore, serve this purpose, and for this reason shales are not important oil or gas-containing rocks. In Ohio three types are found ■ —limestones, sandstones and conglomerates. The limestones contain the immense repositories in the north-western part of the State, but are not productive in other fields in Ohio. Analyses show the rocks to be strongly magnesian and much weight has been placed on this feature, since limestones of this type are notably porous when compared with those of the ordinary or calcareous type. Recent developments in Texas, however, show that calcareous limestones may serve as a reservoir for oil. Thus, according to an analysis, the oil rock in the great Beaumont field contains over 97 per cent, carbonate of lime. When it is considered that this rock has yielded by far the greatest wells yet drilled in the United States, it is apparent that ordinary limestone may serve as efficiently as that of the magnesian type. Sandstone is the most common reservoir rock, and perhaps the Berea1 Grit is the best illustration of this. The rock is composed of moderate-sized grains of silica. However, it appears compact, and the quantity of oil which it contains often seems out of pro- • portion to the porosity of the rock. In fact it is hard to believe that this formation ever contained the great volume of oil that has been taken from it in places. This appears all the more remarkable when it is recalled that the so-called pay-streak usually composes a small part only of the rock. Sands of this character do not yield great wells, but their life as a rule is long. These characters are certainly in harmony with the porosity of the rocks. The Berea is the finest-grained of the important oil or gas sands of the State. Sandstones grade imperceptibly into conglomerates, and hence it is not easy to say when one leaves off - and the other begins. Many of the so-called conglomerates of Ohio vary in texture rapidly, changing in a short distance to a sandstone. Some of the sands are conglomeritic in places, but more commonly they 'are coarse sandstones. They make excellent reservoir rocks, and the wells sometimes have large initial productions. The decline, however, is almost invariably more rapid than in the Berea. The production is often long maintained. Shales are not important sources of either oil or gas, though small quantities of both ore often found in them. In the coarser grades of these rocks oil and gas may occupy the spaces between the grains, but in the finer grades the fuels in question probably lie between the layers of the rock rather than between the component particles. The necessity of an impervious cover is apparent. Without it the gas would have risen to the surface and been lost ages ago, and the more volatile parts at least of the oil would have met a similar fate. Not uncommonly the rock is very compact at the top forming the "cap" of the driller. This may serve to retain the oil and gas below. Generally, however, a bed of shales lies above the formation, and serves to prevent the ascent of the fluids. A thin bed of fine clay also would serve admirably to seal in the oil and gas. The third geological condition is structural, and is commonly known as the anticline or terrace. This permits the oil and gas of a relatively large area to accumulate in a much smaller one. This theory is very generally accepted by geologists and equally so by laymen. In many cases important reservoirs have been located by applying the principle—in Eastern Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. In the northwestern part of Ohio the rocks form a broad arch, dipping to the north-west on one side and to the south-east on the other. The arch contains minor irregularities, such as the well-known Findlay break. It was on or near this break that many of the largest gas wells were found, and in general it may be stated that the richest oil territory has been found where the Trenton rock lies highest. It cannot be said that all oil or gas fields in Ohio are associated with anticlines or terraces. Several well-known gas and oil fields have not as yet been demonstrated to lie on these structures. However, the reverse has not been conclusively demonstrated, and the fields in question may still fall in with the anticline or terrace theory. The great reservoir at Beaumont, Texas, also appears to stand in opposition to this theory. INTERNATIONAL COMPANY'S COAL MINE AT COLEMAN, ALBERTA. (By E. Jacobs.) GOOD progress is being made at the International Coal & Coke Company's colliery at Coleman, Alberta, both with the development of the coal mines and the construction of the surface works. The coal lands acquired by this company are those known as Paulson and Newport's, situated between four and five miles west of the town of Blairmore. They extend about seven miles north and south on the strike of the. coal measures, and have a width of one mile. The greater length of these coal lands is south of the railway, which, following the course of the Crow's Nest or Old Man River, runs close to where the coal seams pass under the wash in the valley, or rather have been eroded away, only to re-appear in the hills to the northward. So advantageously are these lands situated that the railway passes within 200 yards of the main entry to the mine now having chief attention as development proceeds. Of the nine seams of coal stated to be known to occur on the company's lands only five have as yet been prospected. Three have been opened near the railway. These seams run in a northerly and southerly direction through the property and are reported as being regular arid consistent, and in good condition wherever tested. They have a westerly dip and, with one exception, are all east of and under that now known as No. 2 and on which for the present most of the development work is being done. No. 1, the THE MINING RECORD. most westerly seam yet opened here, is about 5 feet in thickness; No. 2 is 14 feet; No. 3, which is opened two miles away to the southward, is 17 feet; No. 4 is 11 feet and No. 5 about 7 feet. The main entry is on No. 2 seam, and the heading is now in about 2,000 feet. The entry is 10 feet by 14 feet. About 1,000 feet in, a cross-cut tunnel in rock has been driven 790 feet to the eastward, crossing from one seam to another. The intention is to make this easterly road the main haulage way, and in it ample provision is also made for ventilation. The mine is being opened on the pillar and stall system, with barrier pillars. The workings will be ventilated by a Capell fan 16 feet in diameter. The main system of haulage will be compressed air. Meanwhile horses or mules are being used. The entries on the coal have opened up a larg*e area of around and mining will be commenced 2 contains about 30 per cent, volatile combustible matter, 60 per cent, fixed carbon and 10 per cent. ash. The coking seam is lower in volatile, not mpre than 24 to 25 per cent., with fixed carbon 64 to 70 per cent., only 1 to 2 per cent moisture, and practically no sulphur. It makes a firm coke of generally good quality. The haul-up chains on the incline to the tipple, which is being built alongside the Crow's Nest railway, are arranged to run at 60 feet per minute, raising the cars at the rate of two and a half per minute. If increased to the full capacity of four cars per minute the rate will be 100 feet per minute. The blocks on the chain are 24 feet apart. The storage bins at the tipple have a present holding capacity of about 1,000 tons; enlargement will be made as required. The coal screening and loading apparatus as soon as the fan is in operation. At the middle of August entries on the seams totalled 5,300 feet. The coal being taken out in development is an excellent steam coal, probably the best produced in the district. The output is about 150 tons a day, which is loaded on railway cars, the Canadian Pacific Railway Company taking all the mine produces at present. As soon as the fan is running and mining commenced the output will be at least 400 tons daily, the mine already being in a position to easily produce that quantity. This coal is quite free from impurities, clean coal the whole 12 or 14 feet from roof to floor. No. 5 seam had been opened and the headihg was in 200 feet when the mine was visited by the.writer, but further development was then being deferred mitil coke-making should be commenced, so as to avoid unnecessary handling of the coal. This is the best coking seam, so far as yet determined, the company possesses. Analyses of these coals showed that No. has shaking screens and a horizontal picking belt, the latter for dry cleaning, no washing being needed. There is practically none of the plant yet completed, but all under construction. With the exception of one engine and generator and the compressor, all the machinery has been received at the colliery and is being installed. The installation of the fan and the machinery in the power house is well-forward; the boilers are all set and the boiler house completed. The tipple is about half finished, and the railway tracks are laid. The preliminary construction work included the grading and laying of about four miles of standard-gauge track for shipping facilities for coal and coke, etc., and the erection of coke ovens. Of the first battery of 104 ovens 50 have been completed and fired, and the remaining 54 will be finished this month. It is intended to increase the number of ovens to 400 later. Comfortable bunk and boarding1 houses have been erected, also a commodious building-* THE MINING RECORD. 3*21 for the company's general offices. Residences for the officials have been built as well. Altogether theri are about 250 men employed by the International Company, this number including both those engaged on construction and those working in the mine. Mr. H. N. Galer is vice-president and general manager of the company. Mr. Edward E. Reynolds, C.E. and M.E., who resigned his office of mine inspector of the Seventh District, Pennsylvania, to accept the position of general superintendent for the company, arrived at Coleman early last January, since when the opening up of the mine and the construction of the surface works have proceeded under his direction. No other coal mine in the Blair- more-Frank district has commenced operations under more favourable conditions, so that an excellent beginning has been made, and the fact that the opening of the mine and the general equipment of the colliery have been entrusted to such an experienced and fully competent superintendent augurs well for this enterprise having a prosperous future, these favourable "The Loop," on Crow's Nest Railway, between Michel and Coleman. circumstances being associated with the possession by the company of a property that promises to yield abundantly a product of excellent quality. There are three small towns in the vicinity of the coal mines of the Blairmore-Frank district, viz., Frank, Blairmore and Coleman, the last named platted and established by the International Company. When Coleman was visited by the writer it was seen that the valley .there has a width of from a quarter to half a mile, with bench lands and hills rising from it both north and south of the Crow's Nest railway. The town is just across the railway track from the main entry to the mine, the bottom land south of the railway having all been reserved for colliery purposes. Although not yet twelve months old there are •some 20 places of business completed and occupied and more building. One hotel has 40 odd rooms all told and it is modern in its appointments. Other prominent buildings—company's offices, bank, stores, etc., are commodious and well-finished, and the young town which has a school, a church with resident clergyman, resident surgeon, railway, telegraph and postal facilities, and is a station for the North-West Mounted Police, has a generally flourishing appearance. The other towns are older, but the indications are that the energy and enterprise of the International Coal & Coke Company will make Coleman the most important and populous centre in south-western Alberta. GOLD-SAVING ON DREDGES IN NEW ZEALAND.* TT is interesting to note what improvements have •*■ actually been made in gold-saving appliances. The old-fashioned method of making the screen perforations discharge directly upon the head of a set of inclined tables or strakes covered with matting, on each of which is laid a sheet of expanded metal, still prevails on the Otago goldfields. With few exceptions, no attempt has been made to regulate the quan- tiay of pulp passing over the different divisions in the tables, nor does the quantity of water lifted and utilised for washing the gravels bear any proportional relation to the normal quantity of sand passing through the perforations of the screen. About two-thirds of the dredging ground on the West Coast consists of creek and valley deposits, and the balance of littoral deposits. The gold found in the littoral deposits, both recent and alluvial, is in a fine state of division, and as it occurs with large quantities of magnetite, ilmenite, garnet, and other minerals of high specific gravity, has long exercised the ingenuity of miners and others to obtain a fair extraction when dealt with in quantities. The effect has been a tendency not only to extend the spread of tables, but also to provide distributers and mixing boxes, so that the pulps passing over each foot in width of the tables shall consist approximately of definite proportions of mineral matter and water. The first step in the evolution of the modern table consisted of the addition to the ordinary tables of distributers and mixing-wells, the latter being generally known as "boil-boxes." The latest improvements suggested by experience are embodied in Cowan's Pactolus tables and Phillips's black-sand tables. The former are in use on dredges where only a limited deck-space is available, and give every satisfaction. The tables are superimposed one over the other, thus making a given area provide space for double the spread. The upper spread of tables is fed from one side of the distributing-box, and the lower from the other side.- The method of distributing by fixed partitions in the distributing-box is not so good as with Phillips's doors, which are provided with quadrants and thuinb-screws, and are adjustable. As the deck of a dredge and, consequently, the distributing-box is seldom absolutely level in cross-section for any length of time when the dredge is working, there must always be a slight variation between the quantity of pulp "Vi! *Abstract from a paper in Papers and Reports relating to Minerals and Mining, New Zealand,"by J. P. Smith, M.A., In. M. E., Dunedin, N.Z. THE MINING RECORD. discharged from one side of the box and the other. Phillips's tables are working on a dredge dealing with a littoral deposit of sand and shingle. The gold is very finely divided, and associated with large quan- ities of black iron-sand (magnetite and ilmenite). The sand is saved with the gold, and afterwards separated by amalgamation. If any loss of gold occurs over either Cowan's or Phillips's tables it is not due to any want of efficiency of the tables, but from the failure of the pump to lift the quantity of water required to keep the strakes free from gravel, and this will always be liable to occur so long as a separate engine is not provided to drive the pump alone. As the it, which for a time largely increases the quantity of solid matter passing over the tables. When dredging through ground of this loose nature the tendency is for the face to fall in freely to the buckets, with the result that the whole of the buckets come up full and sometimes piled up. Now, material of this description packs closer in the buckets, and consequently the weight of the ladder is largely increased. On a machine where the engine under normal conditions is working at its maximum efficiency, which is often the case, the additional load at once reduces the speed. The lifting capacity of a centrifugal pump varies with the number of revolutions it makes within certain J?l*\uaft.Qn Otctetf Ovtr&oct7-4. tSanet$o: Ttmov&ci ?='!= fed' l-Jll-J'l-tlJl'lLLir jEneL£Z*voOf€t^on. StaL&s q/Cja^bOt^i removed. jA..sm=$. I llF Tai<c 2k£g,U g-6 otnt net &oor, *t PI. _© Secti°» rhro' jmff of 2?t^Grt,6uCir>p2ox. fH,LLlfS I ,- - - TABLES rOff BLACK SAND— * /w» x^lan . Screen an<£ Scr.ar7ya.rrA: r^mctt^eC dO laj.l.s ««&A ZfaiwuU ..u^.i, 60 Spreoa- yy.il .„ rally *»a* L,nk Gold Dredging in New Zealand.—Table for Saving Fine Gold. quantity of sand passed over the tables is governed by the size of the perforations in the screen, and there are no other means by which it can be regulated, there will always be a varying quantity of solid matter in' the pulp. No two cubic yards of gravel in a working face can be relied upon to contain equal quantities of fine material of less than i-inch in diameter, the size of the largest perforations in' many screens. Where the ground consists of alternate layers of sand and shingle, the quantity of fine material varies with nearly every bucket discharged. In creek beds and flats there are occasional deposits of fine drift resting directly on the auriferous wash and lifted with limits, so that the effect of the reduced speed is a diminished supply of water just at the moment when the largest quantity of solid matter is passing over the tables. If gold is lost over the Pactolus or Phillips tables, it is under these abnormal but frequently occurring conditions, and no tables will ever be designed to prevent this loss until the pump is driven by a separate engine instead of by a belt from the main ■ engine. As the difference in first cost between the old style of tables and those fitted with distributers is merely nominal, the question of expense can never be pleaded as an excuse for shortsighted conservatism. THE MINING RECORD. ZINC AT QUATSINO SOUND. •Thanks to the courtesy of the Provincial Department of Mines the Mining Record was enabled to publish in its June issue an illustration of some sur-' face workings on the Peerless mineral claim, situate in the neighdorhood of Teta River, a small stream flowing into the South-East Arm of Quatsino Sound, on the North-West Coast of Vancouver Island. This claim, which is on the western side of the Arm, a few miles from Yreka, was visited last year by the Provincial Assayer, Mr. H. Carmichael, who in his report on the Quatsino district thus referred to it: "The Peerless mineral claim is situated to the east of the June group, on Murray Creek, on the western end of the range separating Alice Lake from Victoria Lake. Link Creek flows round the north-western base of the mountain from Victoria to Alice Lake. After crossing Link Creek from the June group, and at the eastern end of a slight ridge, open quarry work has exposed an ore body 30 feet wide of nearly solid zinc-blende mixed with a little quartz vein matter. The quarry shows a face of from 9 to 10 feet high. Some prospect holes have been sunk on the ridge 200 feet to the west of the quarry, the mineral at this point being principally arsenical iron in a quartz,* with some blende. From information published last month by the Victoria Times it would appear probable that the zinc resources of the Quatsino Sound district will shortly be exploited. Said the Times:— "That there is an.extensive body of zinc ore in the vicinity of Quatsino Sound, and furthermore that it is* attracting the attention of United States capital, are facts that have come to light through the visit to the northern part of the Island of Mr. Thos. Jones, rep- ■ resentative of the Lanyon Zinc Company of Iola, Kansas. "Mr. Jones has just returned from his visit of inspection, which occupied twenty days, and is preparing a report for headquarters. He found in the Peerless group, which adjoins the June group on the southeast arm of Quatsino Sound, and the Minerva fraction on the other side, some promising properties, with the best showings he has yet seen. He brought down a number of samples, some of which run fifty per cent, or thereabouts in zinc. "He was surprised that they had not been more exclusively developed, and from what he said it is quite likely that his company will exploit the zinc resources there to a considerable degree. "Mr. Jones was quite reticent regarding the plans of his company respecting the Quatsino properties, but his visit to them is fraught with plain significance. He expects to return before very long- and make a more exhaustive examination." THE DETERMINATION OF SILVER IN THE SULPHIDE ORES AND CONCENTRATES OF THE SLOCAN. . A COMPARISON OF POT AND SCORIFICATION ASSAYS.* (By D. Lay.) T may perhaps be stated that the output of the Slocan will consist of ores and concentrates containing on an average upwards of 150 ozs. of silver per ton, and varying in composition from comparatively pure lead sulphide to complex sulphides of lead, zinc, iron, antimony and copper. The question of the best method to adopt, in assaying material of this character for silver, is probably one upon which considerable difference of opinion exists among those most competent to judge. Some will find that they obtain the best results by scorification, while others will have resource to some form of pot assay. Very briefly, the essential factors of success in the process of scorification are:— (1.) An "opening up" stage of very short duration, necessitating a high initial temperature. (.2) A period of oxidation, of comparatively long duration, at a low temperature; it being imperative that the temperature be lowered immediately the charges have /'opened up." (3.) A final raising of temperature after the charges have closed in, to ensure perfect liquidity, and therefore perfect separation of lead and slag. The presence of some elements in the ore under determination may render adherence to the above- stated conditions difficult, and may, therefore, seriously detract from the accuracy of the process. It may be said that the conditions adverse to scorification are:— (1.) The presence of elements in the ore which prolong the "opening up" stage, and therefore cause a loss of silver. (2.) The presence of volatile elements, which promote the -silver loss throughout the process. The products of the Slocan in the majority of cases contain '-these objectionable elements, which tend to render the scorification assay inaccurate; consequently it would seem that the adoption of the pot assay is fully warranted, at any rate in these cases. Moreover, the pot assay presents certain advantages over scorification, apart from the question of accuracy, which should still further enhance the value of its adoption, if it be found to yield reliable results. The following consideration might be urged on the score of the pot assay:— (1.) It occupies less time: (2.) Owing to its being possible to deal with a larger amount of ore in the pot, the silver buttons obtained may be parted for gold, and 'Transactions of the British Columbia Institute of Assayers 324 THE MINING RECORD. fhst^i f thus the determination of the latter may be carried out side by side with that of the silver. (3.) The pot assay does not require so much attention as the scorification and may be successfully accomplished when the material at hand, in the shape of furnaces, etc., is not such as would render a good scorification possible. (4.) The adjustment of the charge, according to the requirements of the ore, can be more exactly accomplished in the pot. (5.) The larger amount of ore taken should yield a * fairer sample. Having, it is hoped, established a hearing for the pot assay, its modus operandi may be proceeded with. The question of a preliminary roasting of ores of this class cannot be considered, as, apart from the time that operation occupies, serious losses of precious metal, both chemical and mechanical, may occur. Neither must desulphurization by metallic iron be attempted, if accuracy be desired. The sulphides must therefore be oxidized by litharge alone, or by litharge used in conjunction with nitre. It will be generally conceded that in the. pot assay of ores of this type, apart from a proper adjustment of the charge with regard to acid and base, the following factors are of the highest importance:— (1.) The purity^ of the collecting medium, i.e., the lead reduced, It is essential that a pure button of lead be obtained. (2.) The weight of the collecting medium. The weight of the lead button should be adequate and not less than 20 grammes. Doubtless differences of opinion will exist as to the term "adequate." (3.) The nature of the slag. (a.) It should contain all the impurities (present in the ore) in a form having no affinity for silver. (b.) It should be free from the peroxides of the heavy metals, (c.) It should tontain no sulphides, (d.) Excess of litharge should be one of its most prominent characteristics. Probably the last is the sine qua non of assaying by pot assay all ores for gold and silver, it being impossible for litharge and a sulphide to co-exist as such at the temperature of the operation. The common practice on the part of the adherents of the pot assay for silver in sulphide ores is to take: Either 1-10 A.T. ore, adding a certain amount of carbon, in the presence of excess of litharge, to produce the requisite size of lead button: Or 2-10 A.T. ore, which amount of sulphides will usually reduce sufficient lead without any addition of carbon. In some cases a small amount of nitre may be necessary. As in the former method, excess of litharge is maintained in the charge. In the experience of the writer, these methods have been found to yield results rather lower than those obtained by scorification. Doubtless there may be others whose experience leads to a different conclusion. The practice followed by the writer is to take V2 A.T. of ore, preventing excessive reduction of lead by addition of (usually) a large amount of nitre, and producing a button weighing from 20 to 25 grammes. This method yields results as high, if not higher, than those obtained by scorification, and, moreover, does not entail a separate fusion, if a gold determination is required. Whatever mode of pot assay be followed, there is involved a knowledge of the reducing power of the ore under examination, necessitating a short preliminary assay and a knowledge of the oxidizing power of the nitre used. These are not serious objections, however, as a preliminary assay occupies but little time, and frequently mere inspection will determine how much nitre (or carbon) is necessary. Many object to the use of nitre on grounds which are not only inadequate, but also at variance with actual facts. The danger of the pot boiling over, and excessive corrosion of the pots, are reasons urged, among others, in deprecation of the use of nitre. That a properly conducted nitre fusion is not open to the foregoing objections, is a conclusion, which will be arrived at by experience. There are certain facts, however, which must be borne in mind when using nitre for oxidation of sulphides. The oxidation of sulphides by nitre and litharge may take place along several lines, and consequently the amount of lead reduced may not be constant in any two determinations on the same ore using the same amount of nitre in each case, sulphur and many of the metals being capable of more than one simple state of oxidation. Thus in a nitre fusion, we may have any of the following reactions taking place, or two or more may proceed simultaneously, according to conditions:— A. Sulphur oxidized to SO2 and the lower oxide of the metal formed, e.g.— . FeS2 +5 PbO = 2 S02 + 5Pb + FeO. This reaction occurs in the absence of sodium carbonate and in the presence of silica. B. Sulphur oxidized to sulphate, and the lower oxide of the metal formed, e.g.— C (i) FeS2 + 7 FbO_+ 2 Na2 C02 = FeO + 7 Pb + 2 1 Na2 SO4 + 2 COs "1 (ii) 10 FeS2 - C03 35 from nitre—02 + 20 Na I FeO x 20 Na2 SO4 + 20 C02 C. Sulphur oxidized to sulphate and the higher oxide of the metal formed, e.g.— f(i) 2FeS2 + 15 PbO + 4Na2 C03 = Fe2 O, + is Pb + I 4 Na2 S04 + 4 C02 j (ii) 4 Fe S2 -j- rs from nitre 02 + 8 Na* C03 = 2 I Fe2 O3 + 8 Na2 SO4 + S C02 The reactions B and C occur in the absence of much silica and in presence of sodium carbonate. Thus it will be seen that the amount of lead reduced is not entirely dependent on the amount of nitre present. It will also be governed by:— (1.) The character of the charge—apart from-the nitre and litharge present—whether acid or base is predominant. (2.) The period of fusion—whether si slow or rapid. THE MINING RECORD. 325 SILVER—OZS. (per ten,*) In other words, operating on the same ore with the same amount of nitre present, we may get different amounts of lead reduced, according as we vary either the character of the charge or the time of fusion. In the presence of a sufficiency of sodium carbonate, sulphur, arsenic and antimony will be oxidized to sulphate, arseniate and antimoniate respectively, which will float as a watery liquid on the surface of the slag. From the foregoing it will be seem that too much reliance must not be placed on the preliminary assay as affording exact evidence upon which to calculate the nitre required in the final fusion. Due allowance must be made for differing conditions. Con- . ditions must be such, during fusion, as to form the lower oxide of the metal which will then combine with the silica or borax added to the charge for this purpose. The practice followed by the writer is to take || A. T. ore and to produce a lead button weighing from 20 to 25 grammes and certainly not less than 20 grammes. Sufficient silica is added to form monosili- cates with bases present in the ore and sufficient bicarbonate of soda to form sulphate with all sulphur present, and also arseniate and antimoniate with any arsenic and antimony present; also some 15 grammes borax glass and 100 grammes litharge, together with the nitre which has been calculated to produce the requisite size of lead button. The charge having been thoroughly mixed a cover of raw borax is added, which melts extremely rapidly and prevents any loss from spitting, when oxidation of the sulphides takes place. The crucibles are placed in the furnace at a "bright red heat, which is maintained only for a few minutes until the covers have thoroughly melted. The temperature is now lowered appreciably in order that the oxidation of the sulphides by the nitre may not be too vigorous. When bubbling has ceased, the temperature is again gradually raised until it approaches that of incipient whiteness at pouring. The total time occupied by fusion should not exceed some 40 minutes. A very slow fusion, at a low temperature, seems to promote the formation of peroxides of the heavy metals, which not only render the slag pasty, but also have an affinity for silver. Too rapid a fusion will likewise be of bad effect. Apart from losses which may occur from spitting, due to too vigorous oxidation of the sulphides by nitre, the sulphides tend to sink before they are thoroughly oxidized, and the button of lead may be sulphury. No undue amount of care is required to obtain by this method most consistent fesults, which will be found to be rather higher than those obtained by scorification. The following table gives a comparison of results •obtained by pot and scorification on different types of sulphides: Type of Approximate Ores. Composition of Fusion with Nitre Fusion Types Carbon. H A- T 1-10 A. T. Ore Ore '1 aken. Taken. TYPE A.— Concentrates A. I08.O ■ 108.2 Pb=iS-25 100.2 100.2 Zn 15-20% 93-5 97-8- i*e 16-20 S 30 109.2 108.6 91.6 90.8 As — 2 Si 02 = 10% TYPE B.— Concentrates B. . H5-4 "5-4 Pb- 3«>-35% 129-5 129 2 Zn=io-i2% 136.0 135-2 Fe=i8% 144.6 145.6 I45.0 S=30% 125.7 125.8 125.6 As=2% 117.6 120.1 119.4 Si02 = 6:8% TYPE C -Ores C. 269.0 268.5 Pb 45*55% Zn—8-10% 324.6 324.2 Fe=9% S—22% 272.5 274.9 274-5 232-5 234-2 234.2 Si02 = 7% TYPE D.—Ores D. IOI.l 103.4 103.1 High grade ga 142.2 I4I-5 lenas contain 144.4 143-3 ing upwards of 80% Pb. With regard to the foregoing table, it may be said that the procedure adopted, in making the various assays, is that which has already been described. The results are not those of individual assays, but have been most carefully checked. In conclusion, it is not for a moment insisted that a nitre fusion, as followed by the writer, is the only good way of assaying sulphide ores of the Slocan type for silver. What is claimed for the method is that it is one good way, and, so far as accuracy goes, it certainly stands - comparison with scorification. A PORTABLE ELECTRIC MINING LAMP. "A PAPER presented recently before the British In- ■* stitution of Mining Engineers described a small portable electric lamp which has been used for some time at the Bruay collieries, Pas-de- Calais. The lamp is known as the Neu-Catrice. It consists of a box of sheet lead containing two accumulator jars made of celluloid or semi-plastic india-rubber. Each jar contains one positive and two negative plates, the two giving a mean voltage of 3.9, sufficient to supply a small incandescent lamp of about one candle-power for fifteen consecutive hours. The lamp is mounted on top of the lead case and is protected by a glass globe, one half of which is coated with a semi-translucent white varnish,. which acts as a reflector and allows a small amount of light to be 3*26 THE MINING RECORD. f diffused backward. The lamp is carried by means of a hook attached to three vertical rods which partially protect the globe. Two sizes of this lamp are made— one weighing three pounds, fourteen ounces, giving 0.8 candle-power for eleven hours, the other weighing five pounds and giving one candle-power for fifteen hours. The dimensions of the smaller lamp are ten inches high and two and three-eighths inches square, and of the larger, ten inches high and three inches square. The lamp takes less than three and one-half watts per candle-power and lasts for 500 hours. It is charged at the rate of one ampere for twelve hours. After being fully charged it is partially discharged through a thirty-two-candle-power lamp, in order that the high initial voltage of the cells may not injure the small lamp. Five hundred and four of these lamps are in daily use at the mine mentioned above. About ninety-seven per cent, are kept in regular use, the others being put aside for minor defects. The cost of maintenance is said to be one cent per day. The lamp is considered absolutely safe in gaseous atmospheres, and is very reliable. ASSOCIATED SILVER-LEAD MINES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. HE Associated Silver-Lead Mines of British Col- ■*• umbia held its annual meeting at Sandon on August 16. From reports of the meeting published in Slocan newspapers it is gathered that there was a good attendance at the meeting, all the leading silver-lead shippers having been represented. Officers and executive committee for the ensuing year were elected as follows: President, Mr. Alfred C. Garde; vice-presidents, Messrs. James Cronin, W. S. Drewry, W. S. Jenkins, William Hunter and George Alexander; executive committee, Messrs. John L. Retallack, Geo. D. Potter, Norman Carmichael, Louis Pratt, W.E. Zwickey, H. Giegerich and N. J. Cavanaugh; treasurer, Mr. Oscar V. White; secretary, Mr. N. J. Cavanaugh. The retiring president made an extended report on what the association had accomplished for the mining industry of the Kootenays, touching on the revival in the lead 'mining industry and, as a consequence, busy silver-lead mines and smelters in British Columbia. He spoke of the amicable arrangement and era of good feeling existing between the smelters and the mines; the appropriation made by the Dominion Government in aid of the zinc mining industry, and other matters of importance, all of which have been accomplished by representations made through the Associated Silver-Lead Mines. THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS. (By Wm. M. Brewer.) j\ LTHOUGH this Institute was organized in 1871 and to-day has a total membership of nearly 3-Soo, yet the general public in British Columbia probably know but comparatively little with re gard to it, its objects and its influence over the mining industry, not only in the United States but throughout the entire continent of North and South America. The fact that among its members, in addition to the mining engineers, geologists, metallurgists and mining operators of the United States, there is included a large proportion of the leading mining engineers, geologists, metallurgists and mining operators of Canada, Newfoundland, Mexico, Central and South America, Cuba, Great Britain and continental countries of Europe, Africa, India, Australasia, the Malay Peninsula, China, Japan and Russian Asia, really makes the organization international in its character and demonstrates the important bearing and influence the Institute exerts over the mining industry of the world. The papers appearing in its transactions, which are published from time to time, are recognized as among the most valuable contributions given to the literature of the mining and metallurgical industries. Many of these papers are from pens of such distinguished men as. Franz Posepny, Rossiter W. Raymond, Clarence King, Richard P. Rothwell, Samuel F. Emmons, Charles R. Van Hise and others whose opinions with re^ gard to mining, geology and metallurgy are recognized by all mining men as being some of the most valuable authorities of the present time. The objects of this Institute are to promote the arts and sciences connected with the economical production of the useful minerals and metals, and the welfare of those employed in these industries, by means of meetings for social intercourse and the reading and discussion of professional papers, and through the medium of publications to circulate among its members and associates the information thus obtained. The phenomenal growth of the Institution demonstrates how thoroughly and persistently the objects for which it was organized have been carried out. The annual excursions made by the members to various regions accessible from the head-quarters in New York City, are considered by mining engineers, metallurgists, geologists and mining operators as being among the most instructive and pleasant meetings they have opportunities to attend, while it has become recognized that an excursion of this Institute is invariably followed by an increased activity in the regions visited in the mining industry and a general era of prosperity. Probably nowhere has this been more apparent than in Old Mexico since the Institute held its memorable meeting in that country in 1901. Capital has been invested there in very large amounts to open up old mines, prospect for new ones, construct railways for lines of communication between mining districts and centres of population, and in a word as direct results of this meeting of the Institute, the mining and metallurgical industries in Old Mexico have taken on new life to such an extent that in many centres which furnish capital for mining operations it is useless to-day to attempt to present a proposition from any other section of the country. THE MINING RECORD. In 1903 arrangements had almost been perfected for an excursion of the Institute through British Columbia and to the British Yukon, but unfortunately at the last moment, although two hundred members had expressed their intention to start from New York on a special train, the Canadian Pacific Railway Company found it impossible to take from their ordinary uses the number of Pullman cars requisite for the accommodation of this large party, which was made up of the leading mining engineers, metallurgists and -mine operators of the world, consequently the excursion had to be abandoned. There is no reason to doubt that results similar to those which followed the excursion into Old Mexico in 1901, would have manifested themselves in this Province had the excursion in 1903 be found practicable. During the current month the Institute will be holding its annual excursion and business meeting in the Lake Superior regions of Michigan, and the writer of this article has good reason to feel assured that if at that meeting the subject is properly approached there will be no difficulty in obtaining the promise of the Institute to make British Columbia and the British Yukon the objective points of the annual excursion during the summer or autumn of 1905. In 1903 the Government of Old Mexico as well as the officials in the different Provinces of that country, fully recognizing the benefits which would be derived from the excursion, put forth every effort to entertain the members and afford each and every one ample opportunity to study the mineral resources and thoroughly investigate the mining industries. The example set by President Diez and those in authority under him, forms an object lesson for other Governments, and such an example may well be followed by our own or any other Government, because of the manifold benefits which must necessarily result therefrom. A VISIT TO A GREAT ENGLISH STEEL FOUNDRY. The Times (London) recently published a. lengthy account of a visit paid by the Yorkshire section of the Institute of Civil Engineers and others, interested in the production or use of steel to Hadfield's steel foundry at Sheffield (represented in this country by Messrs. Peacock Brothers, of Montreal, who kindly forward us the cutting in question.) The visitors were first conducted to the large machine shop of the works, where a number of projectiles made1 by the company were exhibited. Many of these had been fired through armour plates; and the efficiency of the "cap" of mild steel, now so largely used, was well illustrated by the speci- me'ns. A large I2in. shell that had gone . through a 7in. nickel-steel plate appeared none the worse for the tremendous ordeal it had gone through, being only very slightly scored or scratched on its sides. A 6in. shot which had penetrated a 9-in. steel plate also seemed to be in excellent condition. Other capped projectiles which had been fired through plates were also no more than slightly marked whilst broken fragments of like projectiles that had been put to the test- without the cap testified to the advantage of that' addition. Later on the visitors proceeded to inspect the foundries, machine shops, and other departments under the guidance of the chairman and directors and members of the staff. In the course of the inspection a number of tests were made, to exhibit the remarkable properties of some of the steel manufactured by this company. Trials were also made at the proof butts, a couple of rounds being fired against a Hadfield cemented plate. A capped projectile went right through the plate without damage, whilst the uncapped projectile was broken up on the face. The late Mr. Robert Hadfield, the father of the present chairman of the company, held opinions that cast steel could be used not only for common shell but also for armour-piercing shell. This view was opposed to the convictions of the metallurgists and artillery experts of the day; but the Government officials, with an open-minded liberality of opinion—a characteristic for which Government officials do not always get credit—encouraged Mr. Hadfield to proceed, and ultimately the result of tests made showed that the Hadfield cast-steel projectiles were suitable for perforating wrought-iron and compound plates. This was about 15 or 16 years ago, and since that time great advances have been made in the manufacture of armour. The compound system—i. e., a wrought-iron backing with a steel face—has given place, first to Harveyized plates, and, later, to the armour made by the process of chilling chromium steel on the process first introduced by Krupp, of Essen. The greatly superior resisting power of plates of this description naturally set the projectile makers a harder task, and for a time foreign manufacturers held an advantage, their lead being attributed to extensive research guided by superior knowledge in metallurgical science. This was notably the case in regard to the projectiles made by Holtzer. Fortunately for the credit of English industry, Mr. R. A. Hadfield, who succeeded to the control of the Hecla works on the death of his father, had developed the scientific and research side of the establishment to a high degree, and was therefore able to offer to our Government a projectile which was proved to be equal to the remarkable Holtzer projectiles. In the trials of armour plates resistance to a Hadfield projectile was officially allowed to be equivalent, as a test of merit, to resistance to a Holtzer projectile. In the meantime, the increased area ■of ship's side that could be covered with the new armour—which naturally could be made thinner without sacrifice of efficiency—led to naval gunners demanding a projectile capable of piercing a certain thickness of armour and yet having an explosive charge sufficient' to burst the projectile after penetration. The problem set to the steel makers, therefore, was to produce a shell strong enough not to break up on impact, and yet to have ' a cavity sufficiently large to take a bursting charge of from 4 per cent, to 6 per cent, of the total weight. A steel of remarkable and apparently antagonistic qualities was needed. If the metal were too soft it would fail to penetrate the hard cemented face of the armour; if it were too hard it would be brittle and would fly to pieces without piercing the plate. Naturally the chemists or explosive experts had a great deal to do in working out the whole problem, but that is a part of the subject upon which we do not now speak. It is sufficient to say that the Hadfield cast-steel projectiles combined the two features in a remarkable degree, giving a shell that was able to perforate both the Krupp cemented and non-cemented armour, and which, at the same time, carried a charge sufficient to burst the shell after penetration. The success of the Hadfield Company was the more remarkable, as the suggestion to use cast steel in place of forged steel, was looked on as chimerical by the leading metallurgical and artillery experts of the day; and it must be said that this view was fully justified by what was known until Mr. Hadfield produced results' which upset all previous notions on the subject. One of the most annoying defects of steel shells is their liability to spontaneous fracture. Projectiles are to all appearance perfectly sound, and which from the nature and thickness of the metal should have enormous strength, will break up with a loud report for no apparent reason. The cause for this self-destruction—which may take place when the shell has been made a considerable time—is traceable to internal strains set up in the metal by unequal contraction during cooling. Sometimes a shell will last, in apparently perfect condition, until it is fired, but will break up in the gun under the shock of discharge. It was held, and the conclusion was fully warranted by what was formerly known, that cast 828 THE MINING RECORD. En i shells would be especially liable to this defect. The contrary was, however, found to be the case in this particular instance, and experience has proved that the cast shell supplied by the Hadfield Company are free from the suicidal tendency amongst projectiles. We are assured that though the larger part of the total number of shells supplied to the Navy are made by the Hadfield Company, and though many thousands of proof and other rounds have been fired, yet not a single ca.se of spontaneous fracture has been reported from the smallest calibres up to the big 13.5m. shell. The Royal Navy has thus been supplied with a shell which is at once cheaper and superior to the class of projectile formerly in use. Owing to the introduction of Krupp cemented armour of improved description it has been found necessary to introduce a new type of projectile having a somewhat smaller bursting charge than that of the armour-piercing shell to which reference has been made; the charge of the latter shell being from about 2I/2 per cent, to 3 per cent, of the total weight To meet this demand the Hadfield Company have produced what is known as the "Helcon" shell. In testing at their own proof-butts the company have succeeded in sending these shells through plates of a thickness equal to the calibre of the projectile, the latter being in a condition to burst after penetrating the plate. Even better results have been obtained at Shoeburyness, a "Heclon" 6-in. capped projectile having perforated 7 inches of Krupp cemented armour, the shell being recovered in the rear of the plate in a condition for bursting. More recently a further trial of the Hadfield projectile took place before Lord Roberts, when a 12-in. armour-piercing shell, weighing 850 lbs., was successfully fired against a Krupp 9-in. non-cemented plate inclined to an angle of 30 degrees. The velocity was 1,911 foot-seconds, and the striking energy 21,500 foot-tons. This projectile was taken by the Government officials at random from a lot of 4*00, and if it had failed it would have meant the rejection of the whole order to the value of many thousands of pounds. The fact gives an idea of how much depends on the success of a single round, and the large amount the manufacturer stands to lose in the case of failure of any one projectile. The country may rest assured that under such stringent conditions the manufacturers of projectiles will spare no pains to render every unit absolutely trustworthy. The Hadfield Company have given attention to means of defence as well as to attack. They have quite recently produced a shreld for the protection of gun-mountings which has been found to possess somewhat unusual qualities It is like the projectiles, of cast steel, the metal being a special description to which the name of "Era" steel has been given. One of these shields, 6 inches in thickness, was recently attacked by a 4-7-in. armour-piercing shell, fired at a velocity of about 2,100 foot-seconds, and it successfully resisted the projectile A 6-in. common shell was next fired at the same plate with a velocity of 2,035 foot-seconds, the striking energy being abou 2,875 foot-tons. This merely made a slight indentation about an inch deep. A lyddite shell of the same calibre, and with the same velocity and striking energy, was next fired at the shield, the result being similar to that of the last-mentioned round. Finally, the plate was attacked by a 6-in armour piercing shell, fired with a velocity of 2,039 foot-seconds and having 2,880 foot-tons striking energy This effected perforation, though it is believed that the projectile burst on the outside of the plate. Mr. Hadfield states that Hi? *fSt Sted -Plate C8n be yet further ^proved, but as it stands it is superior to the ordinary forged steel, such as 0ernfoLTd ?' gU" SYidS' aS the la«er would have W 2/Z lr IT °! tHe ab°Ve teStS' A KruPP "rented 4-%-m. plate, which, of course, was forged, broke up under ZI of TV0,?1036, ab°Ve giVen" The diffe"rence -" Sk- Thef !? '^ P-T m,USt' h0Wever' not be overlooked. lhese results, especially those obtained with projectiles possess great interest for both civil and military engineers It has long been held that to produce trustworthyTteel articles ay' Bill ^ TcharaI work °" the metal, that is to WMm S1°Uld ht f°rged either under *e hammer, in the hydraulic press, or by rolling. To attempt to produce steel structures that would stand the enormous stresses that the Hadfield projectiles and gun-shield have undergone simply by casting would formerly have appeared the height of folly to the orthodox metallurgist or engineer, although there have been a few who have held more sanguine views in regard to the possibilities of the material. It would, of course, be extremely interesting if we could give the means by which the Hadfield Company have achieved these results, but this we are unable to do. . The money that is sometimes spent— first in laboratory research, and afterwards in experiment on full scale—represent very large sums indeed, many thousands of pounds often being devoted to the working out of a single detail, or perhaps simply to arrive at a negative result. In the conduct of all industries depending on the scientific application of natural laws this feature is rapidly becoming more and more serious as time passes and the processes of manufacture increase in complexity. One can understand, therefore, that the directors of manufacturing establishments, having spent large sums upon gathering Ipiowledge, look on data thus acquired as one of the assets of the business,}; and feel they are no more entitled to make such knowledge public than they would be to give away any part of the plant or machinery of the company. It must therefore suffice to say that the success of the Hadfield cast steel is the result of chemical research into the action of often minute differences in proportions of alloys of iron and of the subsequent special heat-treatment the material receives. In both these fields of research Mr. Hadfield has spent much time and labour, as the numerous contributions he has made to various scientific? and technical societies bear evidence. Abroad manufacturers have been quick to recognize the need for a fully staffed and equipped research department^ and the amounts expended annually for this purpose in some foreign works appear almost incredible. It is only by enterprise of this nature; however, that manufacturers can keep in the van of progress, and, properly directed, this so-called "non-productive" expenditure brings a rich reward. In Great Britain we have been somewhat apt to relegate research work to the laboratories of professors, the manufacturers devoting themselves to what are styled "practical results." This divorce of practice and theory does not lead to industrial success ; and we cannot do better in support of this view than quote from a speech of Sir William White's made at a recent meeting of a technical institution *.— "I do not think it is a wholesome thing to suppose that all research work should be conducted in laboratories separate from works. I have the greatest respect for work done by engineers like Professor Arnold and Mr. Stead in private laboratories, but I hope to see the time when the example of Mr. Hadfield will be more widely followed in this country and when inquiries, both scientific and practical, will be carried out on a very large scale in the works of manufacturers all ever the country." The visitors to the Hecla works were shown other things besides artillery experiments and projectiles, steel castings and forgings of nearly all types being produced. Amongst these the most prominent were the castings for tramway and railway work, both for permanent way and rolling stock. The "Era" manganese steel, the discovery^of which was due to Mr. Hadfield, and was the outcome of a long series of laboratory research extending over some years, lends itself especially well to such "track" work as points and crossings. Manganese steel stands alone in regard to being both hard and tough, so that -it has very great resistance to wear, or attrition, and at the same time is not brittle, as ordinary hard carbon steel is. The advantage thus offered for railway or tramway points and crossings, which are subject to both abrasion and shock to a high degree, will be at once apparent. Unfortunately the hardness of manganese steel prevents its being machined, as no steel tool will cut it, and it can only be used as cast. The works of the Hadfield Company cover in all 80 acres. The seel foundry is said to be the largest in the country, probably in the world. It is 1,020 feet long, and covers six acres. The engineering shops, which are filled with machine _J THE MINING RECORD. tools of the largest size, are also of a most extensive description. The works give employment to over 4,000 men. CANADIAN MINERAL EXHIBIT AT ST. LOUIS. FROM a description of the Canadian mineral exhibit at the St. Louis Exposition published in the Mining World we take the following: "The Canadian exhibit at the exposition occupies sections 54 and 64 at the north end of the Palace of Mines and Metallurgy. The exhibit is made up of the whole Dominion instead of by provinces separately, as at Buffalo and Chicago, which has permitted a great variety of display as well as a very imposing exhibit in the aggregate. While the exhibit is confined largely to minerals it is by no means a "show case" display. There are ample quantities of the displayed minerals and in some instances' large enough pieces to show the inclosing country rock. The whole is very well arranged with plenty of space for examination and each exhibit is plainly labeled. Advantage is taken of the opportunity to advertise Canada by means of some comprehensive legends. Some of these are as follows: 'Canada supplies over 90 per cent, of tiie world's supply of asbestos,' 'Canada is the largest producer of mica in the world,"Canada supplies one^alf of the world's nickel.' 'There are 63,000 square miles of coal in the Northwest Territories,' 'The mineral production of Canada for 1903 was £63,226,510, an increase in ten years of over £43,000,000.' 'Yukon, the land of gold, produced in 1903 $12,250,000,' 'Nova Scotia produced 5,100,000 tons of coal in 1903,' 'British Columbia produced in 1903 1,428,000 tons of coal,' 'Canada produced in 1903 $5,728,000 worth of copper, an increase of 700 per cent, in ten years.' The British Columbia gold, lead and copper ores, Rainy River gold ore and gold quartz from Nova Scotia are fully represented in the exhibits, as also a display of copper ores from Texada Island and zinc ores from Ontario. Among the interesting exhibits is the Sudbury section in which are displayed the pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite, which produce the nickel. "There is an extensive display of coal ores from Nova Scotia and British Columbia, and of Nova Scotia iron ores as well as other Canadian iron ores. The exhibit also includes a display of building stone and slate. A large mass of ferrosilicon from the Electric Reduction Company, Buckingham, Ontario, represents an interesting industry of Canada. The artistic climax of the exhibit is a panoply covered with /various colored minerals, artistically arranged, under which rests a safe in which, exposed to the view of the public, is $40,000 worth of gold nuggets from the Canadian Yukon. "The display is made still more instructive by numerous specially prepared maps and pamphlets describing the exhibits. "The Canadian exhibit is under the general direction of Mr. R. L. Broadbent, of the Canadian Department of Agriculture." LE ROI COMPANY. Managing Director's Report. THE Le Roi Mining Company has issued a report which has been made by Mr. A. J. McMillan, the managing, director of the company, upon his recent investigations in British Columbia. He states:—"I left England for Rossland on April 16th last, arriving there early in May. Returning from Rossland on July 1st last, I visited Montreal and New York on. financial business connected with the affairs of the company, which is now satisfactorily arranged for the present, and also to pay a flying visit to London to confer with you. As my visit to England is one of a few days only, and as I am returning to Rossland almost immediately to continue the work already in hand there, this is in the nature of an interim report and will necessarily be brief. As you are aware, we were notified by cable at this office during the first week in April that the Northport smelter had been closed down, owing, as we were subsequently advised, to the want of suitable fluxing ores. About the same time the illness of Mr. Parrish, the general manager, which had been previously advised, became so acute that he was uhable any longer to attend to business. At this juncture the Rossland manager of the Bank of Montreal, after conferring with our Rossland office, cabled over suggesting that Mr. Mackenzie, of San Francisco, formerly general manager of this company, whose services were at the moment available, be asked to immediately take temporary charge as acting general manager. To meet this emergency the directors accordingly authorised his appointment by cable. "Upon my arrival in! Rossland Mr. Mackenzie told me that he had been looking into matters during the few weeks that he had been there, and the result of his investigations was set out in his cable to London of May 9th, which has already been published, in which he stated that Mr. Parrish had made serious over-estimates of profits during recent months, and that he had generally overvalued the assets of the company. As regards the value of the ore reserves in the mine, there is but little difference between the estimates of Mr. Mackenzie and those of Mr. Parrish as set out in' his annual report, which was laid before the shareholders in February of this year. Upon my arrival in Rossland, in the beginning of May, I commenced a searching investigation into the condition of affairs prevailing there, which very soon convinced me that there had been great carelessness on the part of Mr. Parrish and his subordinates in connection with the monthly estimates of profits, especially during the months of January, February and March last. Mr. Parrish,'who had been ill during a portion of this time, admitted that he could not explain these inaccuracies and resigned his position as general manager. Many other changes have also been made amongst the officials with a view to preventing a recurrence of similar troubles. "A great deal of low-grade ore has been shipped from the mine to the smelter during the period referred to, ore running very high in silica, and which it was difficult to smelt owing to the fact that proper fluxing ores were un/obtainable in sufficient quantity. At the time of my arrival in Rossland, over 40,000 tons of such ore were lying in the smelter yards, and as it was necessary to convert this into money as quickly and as economically as possible, it was decided to take from the mine specially-selected ores of higher grade, carrying the necessary constituents for smelting purposes. By doing this we have been enabled to turn into cash the greater part of the 40,000 tons referred to, thus improving the financial position of the company. Mr. Mackenzie states that the mine is in good condition, and that a very large amount of ore is available. Much of this is high-grade smelting ore, but much of it is of such a grade and character that it can, it is believed, be treated much more cheaply and economically by concentration. In June last we rented a small mill near the mine in which concentration tests are being carried out at the present time under the supervision of Messrs. Bradley and Mackenzie, of San Francisco, who are temporarily acting as consulting engineers to the company. Within a few weeks the result of these tests should be known, and, if they prove satisfactory, it will then be desirable to take steps to treat a large part of our ore by concentration, and by so doing to bring within the scope of profitable treatment a very large tonnage of low-grade ore which will not yield a profit by smelting direct. "Proposals looking to amalgamation of interests have been made to us by companies owning other mines in British Columbia with a very large tonnage of ore developed, and under your directions steps are being taken to look into this matter. Provided a proper basis of agreement can be arrived at, there is much to be said in favour of one company owning various properties in order to ensure a constant supply of various kinds of fluxing ore for the smelter and a large tonnage for the concentrating works which will apparently be necessary to deal with low-grade ores. Such a policy properly carried out should result in many economies. "Since my arrival in Rossland, three months ago, the staff has been largely reorganised and the work re-arranged in such a way as to greatly reduce expenses there. Other changes and improvements in these respects remain still te 530 THE MINING RECORD. j*.«S£*|[ f be made on my return. Our contract with the refiners having run out, a new contract, arranged by Mr. Wilson, the smelter manager, has been entered into for the disposal of our smelter product to greater advantage than hitherto, an arrangement by which we realise upon the output much more quickly than formerly, and also save largely in the matter of bank interest and charges. The Le Roi mine is one of great value., As I stated at the last annual meeting of this company, in order to make the most of its value it is important to obtain a large tonnjage of suitable fluxing ore for smelting purposes, and it is also essential to be able to utilise profitably the enormous tonnage of low-grade ore in the Le Roi mine itself. Hence, I am looking carefully into the question of amalgamation of interests and concentration, believing that, if these can be satisfactorily carried out they will result in placing the Le Roi on a sounder basis. I am returning to British Columbia at once to deal with the various matters referred to in this report." SLOCAN CITY MINING DIVISION.- Some Midsummer Notes By W. D. McGregor. TTE season has been marked by steady improvement in the mines and by distinct depression in commercial circles. This latter is to be accounted for by the fact that too many traders were attracted to the district by the high prices prevailing. The limitation in volume of business necessitated high prices, which turned many customers into other markets, thus still further reducing the local demand However, the signs are that the stringency will soon right itself. As far as the camp proper (the working and developing properties) is concerned things could not well look better. In the triangle between io-Mile and Springer Creeks the Hampton, Enterprise, Ottawa, Club, Colorado, Neepawa and Happy Medium are all taking out ore that sorts to $100 or higher per ton. On the north side of io-Mile the shipment of high-grade ore from the Highland Light and the uncovering of what is almost certainly an extension of the Enterprise lead by Griffith and his partners, seem to be the main items • of' interest. On Lemon Creek the state of the Black Prince and the commencement of work with a large crew by the new owners, the shipments from the Alberta group, and the mill test of 20 tons of Kilo ore which gave $20.50 per ton on the plates, are the principal features. Among the general news items for August the visit of Mr. Thos. A. Noble, of Pittsburg, Pa., principal owner of the Ottawa group, probably ranks first. Mr. Noble expressed freely his satisfaction with the camp, and his mine and its management in particular. This he might well do as he stated that the property had already paid for itself and that the net profit in July was about $20,000. He and his associates have since purchased the adjoining group of nine claims and will proceed to develop them. Mr. W. F. Robertson, Provincial Mineralogist, spent some time in this district and his, remarks may be condensed into three short sentences. The camp has been victimized by humbug mining: there are a number of properties idle that should be at work, and the camp on the whole is distinctly more promising than he expected to find it. This year's ore shipments from the division have already reached 1450 tons ,an increase over the full year's shipments for 1903. There is also a marked increase in the value per ton. RECENT MINING DECISIONS. T\TE are indebted to the Hon. Mr. Justice Martin for the vv following copy of a judgment recently" delivered by him at Nelson in an important case involving the question of extra-lateral rights. LAST CHANCE MINING CO. LTD. VS. AMERICAN BOY MINING CO. LTD. It is admitted that the defendant company, owning the "American Boy" mineral claim, crown granted, has trespassed upon and abstracted ore from the plaintiffs' adjoining mineral claim, t..e "Last Chance" also crown granted; arid the questions to be decided are two. (1) The measure of damages. (2) The amount thereof. As to the first, the plaintiff company contends that the wrongful taking was wilful, deliberate, and without colour of right; while the defendant urges that it was innocent and accidental, and therefore brought within the principle of such a case as Wood v. Morewood (1841) 3 Q. B. 440. Though there is something to be said in support of the graver contention, yet as it is tantamount to a charge of theft (for there is no moral difference between fraudulently taking an ingot of gold out of a mine owner's office above ground, and fraudulently and secretly abstracting valuable gold bearing ore from his claim below ground) a very clear case would have to be made out to support it and the evidence does not warrant that conclusion here. There is however no difficulty in homing that the defendant must be found guilty of negligent abstraction, for with a full appreciation of the close proximity of the plaintiff's boundary line and the risk incurred the work was continued at the place in question in general defiance of those ordinary precautions which ought to be observed under such circumstances: and in particular the contemplated survey should have been made before any more work was done in that locality. It is manifestly of the first importance that owners of adjoining mining claims should define their boundaries, and. especially where extra- lateral rights are known to exist. This rule is so well settled that it is almost unnecessary to cite authority for it, but if any be needed it will be conveniently found in Lindley on Mines (2nd. Ed. 1903) vol. 2 No. 868 pp. 1603-4 where the cases are summarized as follows:— "It is the duty of the owner of a mine on approaching his. "boundaries to make surveys to prevent encroachment on the "adjoining lands, and the least evidence of bad faith on his "part would make every intendment in favour of the injured "party."' The defendant herein being found guilty of negligence the measure of damages is the same as if he were a wilful trespasser. What that measure is has been often considered, but the two cases of Trotter v. MacLean (1879) 13 C. D. 575> and Livingstone v. Rawyards Coal Co. (1880) 5 A. C. 25 set it forth very clearly. It is there laid down that there are two rules for determining the said measure, a milder arid a severer. The former is, that where the taking has been e. g. inadvertent, or under a bona fide belief in title, or by mere mistake, or where the owner has notice but stands by, there will be allowed to the defendant the costs of severance of tbe coal from the realty, as well as of bringing it to bank. The latter is, that where there has been e. g. fraud, or negligence, or wilfulness, only the cost of bringing to bank will be allowed. And in each case the value of the mineral taken is its value at the time it was taken to the person from whom it was. taken. Lord Chancellor Cairns in Livingstone v. Rawyards pp. 31-2 and Lord Blackburn at pp. 39-40. These rules are practically the same in the United States, and are conveniently stated in United Coal Co. v. Canon City Coal Co. (1897) 18 Morr. M. R. 639 thus:— "We are also of the opinion that the district court applied "a correct measure of damages. The defendants being wilful "trespassers, it was proper to allow the full value of the coal "mined, without deduction for their labour and expenses in "mining the same, the rule of damages being the value of "the ore at the time and place it is severed from the realty. "If the court had found that the trespass of the defendants "was innocent in character the rule would have been tne value at the time of the conversion less the amount whicn "the defendants by their labour had added to that value-^ "Omaha R. Co. v. Tabor (1889) 13 Colo. 41, 21 Pac. '925; Woodenware Co. v. U. S. (1882) 106 U. S. 432, 1 Sup. "Ct. 398." And see also 'Si Clair v. Cash Gold Mining Co. (1896) 18 Morr. M. R. 523 and Lindley, supra, wherein it is laid down: I "If the trespass is the result of an honest mistake, the defendant is compelled to pay only the value of the ore as "it was at the mine, and can therefore limit the recovery THE MINING RECORD "first by the value of what is taken; second by the cost of "mining, extraction, hoisting to the surface, or delivering "it at the pit's mouth. "If, on the other hand, the defendant takes out the ore, not "as the result of an honest mistake, or an honest intention "but under circumstances that show that he has knowledge "of the situation, he is entitled to no deduction, and he may "not reduce the recovery by proving the cost of mining." Coming then to the second question, the amount of damages. Now at the outset it is to be remarked that a trespasser finds himself placed in an unenviable position, and has to assume several heavy burdens. First—"He cannot charge the person whose property he "has invaded with the expenses of the exploration incidental "and necessary to finding it {i.e., ore), or reaching the vein "which he spoliates by his trespass."—St. Clair v. Cash Co. supra, p. 529. Second—He must "show what he did and the value of what "he took."—lb. 530. Third—He must "respond in damages to the highest "limit of recovery unless able to satisfy the jury of the hon- "esty of (his) purpose and the goo'd faith with which (he) "did the work."—lb. 532. Fourth—He must, where he has mixed the ore taken by trespass with his own so that the plaintiff is unable to distinguish it, be prepared to do so clearly to the satisfaction of the jury, otherwise the plaintiff may recover the value of all the ore shown to have been taken out, and the plaintiff's recovery is limited only by his own evidence on the subject; nor can the defendant complain if the jury fix a large estimate upon the damages.—lb. 532 Lindley 1605. "And although the evidence of the defendant may have been "entirely uncontradicted, it by no means follows that the jury "would have allowed the totality of the expenses as exhibited "by the proof offered."—lb. 528. These consequences are really but the natural result of the application to mining operations of well known principles long ago enunciated in Armory v. Delamirit (1722) 1 Strange 504 wherein it is laid down: "When the nature of a wrongful act is such that it not "only inflicts an injury, but takes away the means of providing the nature and extent of a loss, the law will aid a "recovery against the wrongdoer and supply the deficiency "of proof caused by his misconduct by making every reasonable intendment against him in favour of the party injured. "A man who wilfully places the property of -others in a sit- "uation where it cannot be recovered, or its true amount or "value ascertained, by mixing it with his own, or in any other, "manner, will consequently be compelled to bear all the incon- "veniences of the uncertainty or confusion which he has pro- "duced, even to the extent of surrendering the whole, if the "parts cannot be discriminated, or responding in damages for "the highest value at which the property can reasonably be "estimated." Applying the foregoing to the case at bar, I find that the defendant has to a greater or less extent mixed its own and the plaintiff's ores, or at least has failed to satisfactorily identify and distinguish between the various shipments, which amounts to the same thing. There is no definite information of the original shape or extent of the confiscated ore body, so the plaintiff has been forced to resort to scientific evidence, and as best it may on the existing meagre evidence of former extent, to reconstruct it, with the assistance of an experienced mining engineer: but in answer to which the defendant submits a counter reconstruction showing a much smaller ore body based on its view of the facts so far as they have been proved. In such circumstances, and because of the defendant's wrong-doing a*nd failure to furnish precise proof of what was done the whole question of extent becomes almost entirely a matter of inference and estimate, and I see no reason, on the facts which I feel justified in giving effect to, why the contention of the plaintiff as to the amount and value should not be accepted, as calculated by the witness Fowler; i. e., eighty-four and one-tenth tons. It would appear to be a safe rule to adopt in such circumstances that where there is no reason to materially discredit a reconstruction made, as here, by a disinterested mining engineer of high standing having special knowledge of the mineral formations of the locality in question, such a reconstruction may be assumed to be substantially correct. As to determining the exact value of the ore taken that may here :be safely arrived at from the smelter returns of the three cars (Nos. 466-8) admittedly taken from the plaintiff's winze, because if the missing ore body were not part of that which was tapped by the winze it was in all probability the nearest lenticular mass of similar nature and may properly be taken for the basis of an estimate in accordance with the rule above cited. Applying therefore the severer rule to this case, the cost of mining, estimated at $3.25 per ton, will be disallowed, but the following deductions should be made from the smelter returns:— Sacking ore per ton $ .30 Raising ore from working f.*-.~; 10 .uriace " .25 From surface to railway, including tramming 1.50 Freight and smelter treatment .... 15.00 Total per ton $17-05 In regard to the claim to increase the value by adding the amount of the Dominion Government lead bonus it is sufficient to say that it was not granted till long after the trespass complained of, and the value, it has been seen, must be taken to be as it was at the time of the trespass. The matter of calculating the exact value of the the above basis, by taking the prices- of silver and lead at the time of the trespass, is referred to the Registrar in case the parties cannot agree on it; and judgment will be entered according to the result of the calculation. In case any difficulty arises before the Registrar the matter may be referred back to the Court. So far as regards judgment being entered against the defendant McGuigan that may be spoken to, for jt was" apparently overlooked by counsl on the argument. Delivered at Nelson, B. C, June 30, 1904. Signed, A. M., J. CENTRE STAR VS. ROSSLAND MINERS UNION. Judgment in the case of the Centre Star vs. the Rossland Miners Union, et al., has been handed down by Mr. Justice Duff. The case was heard in Victoria recently before a special jury, and occupied several days, resulting in a verdict for the plaintiffs, damages being set down at $12,500. A great deal of interest centered in the case as it practically involved the responsibility of the union for the actions of its officers. The judgment is as follows; "I think there was evidence on which the jury could properly find for the plaintiff on all the questions submitted to them. The defendants' application for a nonsuit is therefore dismissed. "The plaintiff company is, on the findings, entitled to judgment against the Western Federation of Miners, Rossland Branch, both under that name and under the name by which the organization was known, viz., The ■ Rossland Miners' Union, No. 38, Western Federation of Miners, for $12,500,' the amount of damages found by the jury; and judgment for this amount should also be entered against all the principal defendants except those joined for conformity only. There will be an injunction against all the defendants as claimed by the plaintiff company at the trial." LYMAN P. DUFF. A temporary injunction was afterwards granted restraining the defendants from transferring any of their property, and Mr. C. V. Jenkins was appointed receiver to take charge of all revenue accruing to defendants. An appeal is to be taken on behalf of the Union against the judgment, as above stated. 332 THE MINING RECORD. i NOTES FROM MINING CaMPS. Work has been resumed on the Homestake and Gold King properties. A shipment of ore is being made from a surface showing on the Homestake to the Trail smelter. The Gold King is south of and adjoining the Jumbo. The concentration tests of ore from the Le Roi mine that have been in progress for several weeks have been completed and now the return to Rossland of the Managing Director is being awaited for an announcement as to the company's future policy in this direction. It is regarded as very probable that the company will shortly proceed with the erection of a concentrator at the mine, the works to have an initial capacity of about ioo tons per day. NELSON. Special efforts have been made to secure a large and representative display of minerals at the Nelson exhibition, to be held during September. Several collections have been promised as competitors for the Challenge Cup to be awarded to the best exhibit, besides which individual mine-owners have arranged for space for the display of ores of different grades from their respective mining properties. YMIR. The Hunter V. mine, Porcupine Creek, is shipping about ioo tons of ore a day to the Hall Mining & Smelting Company's smelter at Nelson. . Mr, E. W. Widdowson is again making a collection of Ymir district ores for exhibition purposes. A challenge cup is to be awarded at the Nelson exhibition, to be held this month, for the best mineral exhibit, and Ymir intends to win it if it can. In the Wilcox mine a five-foot vein has been encountered in one of the tunnels, assaying up to $24 in gold four feet of its width and much higher values for the remaining twelve to fourteen inches. There is enough ore of good grade in sight to keep the mill supplied for a long while. MOYIE.' The St. Eugene mine is working about 300 men and is shipping its ore, which contains a large percentage of lead, to the Nelson and Trail smelters to the extent those works can take, and the surplus is being sent to Antwerp, Belgium. A new hoist has been installed at the St. Eugene. The passing of the Dominion order-in-council authorising the payment of a bounty of $10 per ton on lead mimed in Canada and shipped to Europe (but not to the United States) will benefit the St. Eugene mine, probably more than any other lead mine in the Province. SLOCAN. Mr. Jas. Cronin, manager of the St. Eugene mine, at Moyie, East Kootenay, is reported in the district Press to have stated that he had been assured by the Government that money would be expended to develop zinc mining in the Slocan, but he was not at liberty to say what form the expenditure would take. The purchase of the Mayetta group of nine claims, situated in the neighbornood of the Ottawa, in the Slocan City mining division, has been completed. The buyers are stated to be the owners of the Ottawa. Messrs. D. T. Hodnett and H. P. Shiftell, of Bossburg, Washington, have secured a 'two-years' lease and a bond for $10,000 on the Mountain Goat mineral claim, situate in the Jackson Basin and owned by Mr. A. T. Garland.' of Kaslo. Very little development work has yet been* done on the claim, but there are some fine ore-showings exposed at the surface. A new zinc separator, larger than the one heretofore in use at this mine, has been installed at the Payne, near Sandon, increasing the output of the zinc by-product from the silver- lead concentrator. The Kootenay Ore Company is endeavouring to complete arrangements that will warrant the addition to its works at Kaslo of plant to raise the zinc contents of zinc concentrates to 50 per cent, zinc before shipment to Kansas or Belgium. POPLAR CREEK. The lead lately cut in the lower tunnel of the Spyglass is reported to be gradually widening as development proceeds. The paystreak is about a foot in width and is rich in free gold and native silver. One specimen, about 12 in. by 18 in. shows native silver on all sides and free gold, appears in places. This lead has been proved to a depth of 100 feet. The Swede group continues to show much rich specimen ore, with gold frequently appearing in it. High-grade galena ore has been met with on several properties, among others on the Mother Lode and on the Morning claim, the latter being on Rapid Creek. A few men are making pay at placering on Lardeau River, taking out gold from fine dust to nuggets valued at $2 to $3 each. The results obtained by several are encouraging a renewal of placer operations on this stream, which is alongside the railway. LARDEAU. The company owning the Mohican group, on Gainer Creek, North-east Lardeau, intends driving some 600 to 700 feet during the coming winter to tap the main ore shoot at a depth of 250 to 350 feet. The. surface showing is a contact vein varying in width from 5 to 20 feet. The ore contains galena, copper, zinc and iron pyrites. On the Bonanza group, in the Lucky Jim basin, east of Trout Lake, a tunnel is in 125 feet on a vein of carbonates and galena with grey copper. The paystreak varies from 3 to 12 inches in width. CAMBORNE. The latest news from the mines about Camborne, which were in great danger of having all their surface works destroyed by fire, forest fires having done much damage in the neighborhood lately, is that after a hard fight with the fire for six days and nights rainl came and extinguished it. The aerial tramway and mine buildings of the Oyster-Criterion! properties of the Great Northern Mines Ltd., were saved; the upper terminal and some of the towers of the tramway and the mine buildings of the Eva mine were burned, and the Goldfinfch suffered similar loss. The Eva expects to be in a position to resume work within a fortnight. BOUNDARY. A 14-inch vein of ore was encountered last month in the shaft of Barbara, a claim adjoining the town of Greenwood on the east. The ore is galena, zinc-blende and copper in a quartz gangue. The claim was under bond to several miners last year, but after doing a lot of work without success they gave it up. The main shaft of the Brooklyn, at Phoenix, one of the! mines lately acquired by the Montreal & Boston Consolidated Company, is being enlarged and ore-bins for this mine and the adjoining Stemwinder are being erected alongside the railway. Grading is in progress for three tracks to give shipping facilities for ore from the Granby Companys No 4 tunnel over the Great Northern branch line now in course of construction. Preparations are being made to install a second large Farrel-Bacon ore-crusher at the B. C. Copper Company's Mother Lode mine, near Greenwood. Ore shipments from Boundary mines for the current year now aggregate about 525,000 tons. The total for the whole of last year was 685,272 tons, so this year's increase should be considerable.! SIMILKAMEEN. ( A recent advice from Hedley states that a 10-ft. vein of ore assaying up to $208 per ton in gold has been discovered on a claim on Sterling Creek, which flows into the Similkameen River south of Camp Hedley. YALE. The Mount Baker & Yale Mining Companys 10-stamp mill at Siwash Creek, near Yale, is about completed, and will probably be in operation before the close of this month. The company has a group of eight mineral claims through which THE MINING RECORD. runs a vein that has 'been crosscut in1 four places. This vein is being opened up and the first work the mill will do will be on ore now being taken out in the course of development. CARIBOO. Earlier reports of the favourable outlook for the deep placer and the big hydraulic mines of Cariboo are being confirmed by results. The output of gold from the district for July ,says the Kamloops Inland Sentinal, shows an increase of more than $38,000 as compared with the corresponding month of last year. For July, 1903 the output was $63,198.60 -while the total for July of this year was $101, 280.15. Nearly half this increase was contributed by the Consolidated Cariboo Hydraulic mine, which sent out about $63,000, the result of its first clean-up this season as against $45,453.60 its total output for all last season. Apart from this big mine the general output for this district has already more than doubled last year's production from all other sources in the district. Cariboo will probably have a larger total production this season than for several years past. j ATLIN. A. E. Larson, who is working a lay on the American Mining Company's property, on McKee Creek, is reported to have picked up a nugget of gold weighing 44 ozs. 11 dwts. . THE COAST. The Cascade Copper Mining Company last month shipped about 150 tons of copper ore from its Cascade mine, situated on Uchucklesit Harbour, west coast of Vancouver Island, to the Tacoma smelter. It is stated that the smelter returns were $22.40 per ton after the deduction of smelting charges To facilitate the shipment of ore a gravity tramway has been constructed at the mine, running from the mine workings about 600 feet down to salt water. It is proposed to sink a shaft 100 feet before shipping airy more ore. Ore from the Marble Bay mine, Texada Island, has lately been shipped to the Tyee Copper Company's smelter. Heretofore the whole of the product of this mine, the most important on Texada, has been sent to Tacoma. TRADE NOTES, CIRCULARS AND CATALOGUES. THE Canadian Westinghouse Company ,Limited, of Hamilton, Ontario, recently closed a contract to furnish the Shawnigan Water & Power Company, Shawnigan Falls, Quebec, with a 6600-k.w., two-phase, 2200-volt, 3600 alternations, 180-r.p.e. rotating field, alternator, for direct connections with water wheel. Two 2200-k.w. oil-insulated water cooled transformers, 2200-volt primary, 50,000-volt secondary, are included in the contract. Messrs. Hadfield's Steel Foundry Co., Ltd., Sheffield, England, have received an order for ten of their large gyratory crushers, size "T," having a combined capacity of 750-1000 tons per hour, which are all intended for one plant of the Premier (Transvaal) Diamond Mining Company. . The Jeffrey Mfg. Co., of Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A., have profusely illustrated in their new Catalogue No. 67a their "Century" Rubber Belt Conveyors, which are designed to carry coal as well as ores, broken stone, sand, gravel, etc., and can be furnished to convey material to almost any distance. The sectional conveyors illustrated are manufactured under the Anderson patents, while many of the other devices shown are protected by patents. This company also send us a copy of their instructions for the care and operation of Direct Current Electric Generators of their manufacture. This bulletin (No. 9) should be secured by all those who are in any way responsible for the successful operation of generators. The Kimplen Crusher & Pulverizer Co. of Chicago, U.S.A., after 50 years of experience in manufacturing crushers and pulverizers of nearly all kinds, have endeavoured to design a machine that will meet all requirements, both in strength and capacity, as well as durability. A sample of Wisconsin granite sent us, reduced by one of the Kimplen Ore Crushers, once through, demonstrates what a thoroughly high- grade, up-to-date machine Mr. Kimplen has designed and manufactured. All interested in their machines, may have a reasonable amount of material "worked up," provided the expense of transporting the material to and from the machine is covered by those desiring demonstration. The "Little Wonder" Air Hammer Rock Drill, attention to which has been brought in an advertisement in this issue, has met with great success by the Meramec Quarry Co., St. Louis, Mo., who found it to be the most satisfactory drill they ever operated in hard limestones. Its simplicity commends it strongly and all that is necessary to keep it going is the sharpening of drills. Any boy can work it, and it is not hard or tiresome on the operator. It is known to have drilled eight inches through limestone in four minutes time, but in quartz or granite it could not drill as rapidly. The Wetherill Separating Co., New York, N.Y., have on exhibition at the Universal Exposition, St. Louis, 1904, in the Mines and Metallurgy Building, New York State space (Block 21) : Type "E" No. 3, separating magnetite from horn-blende and apatite; North Carolina Geological Survey space: Type "E" No. ia, separating monazite from garnets and gangue. COMPANY NOTES AND CABLES. LE ROI, (ROSSLAND.) The following are the July returns cabled to the London office of the Company from Rossland: "Shipped from the mine to the Northport smelter during the past month 6,522 tons of specially-selected ore, containing 3,263 oz. of gold, 3,067 oz. of silver, 173,700 lb. of copper. Estimated profit on this ore, after deducting cost of mining, smelting, realisation, and depreciation, $21,500. Expenditure on development work during the month, $5,000; concentration, $2,250." ARLINGTON (ERIE.) The Hastings (British Columbia) Exploration Syndicate, Ltd., sends advice as follows: "During the month of July smelter returns from five carloads of ore were received, amounting to $4110.84. The total expenses for the month, including development, were $3343-45. During the month 143 feet of development work were done." TYEE COPPER CO. (LADYSMITH, V. I.) "During July the smelter ran 17 days, smelting 3,625 tons of Tyee ore, giving a return after deduction of freight and refining charges of $48,878. Shortness of run was due to necessity for repairs to aerial tramway from mine to railway." HALL M. & S. CO. (NELSON.) A statement of lead ore receipts at the Hall Mining & Smelting Company's smelter, Nelson, during twelve months ended June 30, last, has been published. It shows that 16,677 tons were received and that the lead contents totalled 14,042,- 688 lbs. The Highland mine, Ainsworth shipped 3,574 tons . from which 4, 941,075 lbs. of lead were obtained. Other large shippers were: Rambler-Cariboo, (Slocan), 1,913 tons, containing 1,501,202 lbs. of lead; North Star (East Kootenay), 1,154 tons, 931,764 lbs. lead; St. Eugene (East Kootenay), 1,036 tons, with 1,392,220 lbs. lead; Ruth (Slocan). 928 tons, with 998,759 lbs lead, and Reco (Slocan), 576 tons, with 508,- 436 lbs. lead. ■ These ores all contained silver besides. FLATHEAD VALLEY OIL LANDS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY. THE prospectus of this company, which has been formed in Victoria for the purpose of acquiring prospecting licences, prospecting for oil, and buying and selling oil lands in the Flathead River Valley, South-east Kootenay, has been advertised, and it is stated that sufficient stock has already been sold to allow of the company proceeding to carry out the objects for which it has been organized. At a meeting of the directors held in Victoria on August 17 options of six sections each of an area of 640 acres were exercised and the lands transferred to the company. These were acquired on more favourable terms than are now obtainable owing to competition among prospective purchasers, of whom quite a number are from cities south of the Inter- national boundary line. This company proposes to deal extensively in the oil lands of the Flathead country, and Mr. W. F. Teetzel, of Nelson, who is one of the directors, is securing such other options as seem suitable for the purposes of the company. THE MINING RECORD. COAL MINING AND PROSPECTING. MR. R. D. Fetherstonhaugh, who left Atlin on July 4 to examine and report on the coal lands of the Atlin- Tooya Coal Prospecting Syndicate, situate on the xvjoya River, near Telegraph Creek, has returned to Atlin. The Atlin Claim reports him as having stated that this coal showing has not been in any way over-estimated for there is on the property the largest surface outcrop of coal ever known in Canada or, in fact. America. Representatives of the Kootenay Coal Company, a Spokane flotation, recently visited Victoria, where they stated that their company is making arrangements to begin mining operations on its lands on the Flathead River , South-east -Kootenay. ' At the Western Fuel Company's collieries development work is being actively proceeded with, at Northfield No. 4, where a new level is being driven. This is forward enough for more men to be put on making entries to open up this part of the mine. At No. 1 work at the new pithead, in place of that lately destroyed by fire, is making good progress. The Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company, so it has been announced, has entered into an arrangemetit with the American Coal & Coke Company, of Butte, Montana, for the sale of all coal and coke sent to Montana points from the collieries of the former company. It is anticipated that the smelters at Anaconda, Butte, Helena, and Great Falls will be good customers for Crow's Nest coke. THE NICKEL PLATE MINE, SIMILKAMEEN. T N Mr. Geo. E. Winkler's interesting description of the ■*■ Nickel Plate mine, on Twenty-mile Creek, Similkameen, published last month in the Mining Record, it was inadvertently printed that the Nickel Plate vein is about 8 feet wide. The main lead on this valuable property is eighty feet in width. This correction is the more necessary since reference was made in the article to "this large mineralized zone" and to the "glory hole" in which ore was being broken down, which descriptive terms are appropriate when applied to an 80-ft. ore body, though perhaps not warranted in connection with an 8-ft. vein. PATENTS ISSUED TO BRITISH COLUMBIA INVENTORS. Mr. Rowland Brittain, Patent Attorney, of Vancouver, sends the following list of patents recently issued to British Columbia inventors:— Alfred Taylor, of Victoria, has received a Canadian patent on an improvement -in bedstead construction, which has been previously referred to. H. Gilley, of New Westminster, a Canadian patent on an improved self-oiling sheave block. John McLean, of Vancouver, and L. G. McKam, of New Westminster, a Canadian patent on an improvement in saw teeth. TRAGIC DEATH OF OTTO'M. ROSENDALE. A press despatch, published after the first forms of the Mining Record had been printed, gave information of the death by suffocation of Otto M. Rosendale, of Portland, Ore. The news came too late to admit of the withdrawal of the editorial note referring to the deceased which appears in this issue. MINING MEN AND MATTERS. Prof. A. Van der Naillen, of San Francisco, Cal., who for over thirty years conducted a School of Practical Engineering, has just received the honors of being appointed by the Belgian World's Fair Directors, a commissioner, to represent California at Liege, Belgium, from April to November, 1005- The appointment of Mr. Daniel Davies, of Ferine, as attorney for the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company, Ltd., in place of Mr. Wm. Blakemore, has been gazetted. Several matters in which mining companies are interested came before Mr. Justice Martin, sitting in chambers in Victoria on 17th ulto. In the matter of the Noble Five Consolidated Mining Co. vs. Last Chance, an application to postpone trial until the February sittings of Court was granted, by consent. In Last Chance vs. American Boy, fiat for $450 increased counsel fee was granted. Mr. Chas. V. Jenkins, of Rossland, was appointed liquidator of the Giant Mining Company, subject to affidavit of publication of notice; question of security was adjourned. Mr. Paul S. Couldrey, formerly manager for the Le Roi No. 2,- Ltd., is expected to visit Rossland early this month. It is reported that a stampede from Hazelton, at the head of navigation on the Skeena River, has been occasioned by a reported rich strike of free milling gold rock at Hunter's Basin in the Bulkley Valley. Messrs. J. C. Gwillim and Wilson have been looking over C.P.R. coal lands in the vicinity of the Upper Elk and Fording Rivers. Mr.-A. J. Swinney, of Ferguson, manager for the Silver Cup Mines, Ltd., and the Great Western Mines, Ltd., has returned from a trip east whence he is reported to have been for the purpose of purchasing additional plant for the Silver Cup. Rossland friends of Mr. S. F. Parrish, late general manager of the Le Roi Company, have presented him with an engrossed address and a diamond ring. Mr. W. J. Sutton, geologist to the E. & N. Railway Company, of Vancouver Island, attended the American Mining Congress at Portland, Oregon, last month in the capacity of representative of the City of Victoria and of. the Provincial Mining Association of British Columbia. Mr. E. J. Wilson has retired from the management of the Le Roi Company's smelter at Northport, Washington. It is stated that Mr. J. H. Mackenzie will now direct operations at these works. Mr. Thos. Jones, representative of the Lanyon Zinc Company, of .Iola, Kansas, U.S.A., recently visited the Peerless and other mineral claims in the vicinity of Quatsino Sound, on the north-west coast of Vancouver Island, to examine showings of zinc ore reported to occur there. He returned to Sandon late in the month, but is expected to again visit Quatsino shortly. Professor T. L. Walker, of the University of Toronto, has been spending a few days in Ymir camp, where he visited several of the more prominent of the mines. Ymir will hereafter be well representd in the university's collection of min- rals. Mr. H. A. Guess, for the past three years chemist to the Silver Lake mines, Silverton, Colorado, has resigned to accept the position of chief chemist of the Cananea Consolidated Copper Company, Cananea, Mexico. Mr. Guess, in partnership with his brother, formerly had an assay office at Greenwood, and five or six years ago went thence to the Rainy River district, Ontario. In reviewing recent transactions on the London stock market the Mining Journal observed: "Le Roi were carried over at 2d. back to even, but whether they have been realised or sold speculatively does not appear. There is a party working for reconstruction, but it is to be hoped that the board will see their way to resist. If the reconstruction party gets, its way .they should be questioned as to dealings in the shares." Fernie, the largest town and the business centre of the Crow's Nest Pass coal region, has been incorporated, and a mayor and aldermen have been elected. THE MINING RECORD. Mr. T. R. Russell, who recently resigned the position of superintendent of the Western Fuel Company's collieries at Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, was on August 27 the recipient of a handsome marble clock, imported specially from Paris for the purpose, presented at a complimentary banquet tendered him on his retirement from the office he has long and* creditably filled. A gold watch and guard were also presented to Mrs. Russell, both gifts being the spontaneous expression of esteem and regard in which Mr. and Mrs. Russell are held by the employees of the colliery company. Surveyors are in the field selecting a route from Golden, on the C.P.R. main line, to the Crow's Nest Railway, south of Fort Steele. It is proposed that the new line shall run through the valley of the Upper Columbia and Kootenay Rivers, and so open up a fine mining and lumbering section. Mr. F. B. Olmstead, of Butte Montana, has been visiting Nelson. He is stated to be connected with the Standard Oil Company and has been interviewing holders of licences for lands in the Flathead district, South-east Kootenay. Stock Certificates Time Sheets Smelter Reports Prospectuses Mining Stationery »a**J\f m*-**/!/*-—»ffi We are paying pai ticular attentiot Mail Orders number amot customers mc the large mining companies in British Columbia. <-? CT«*-A/b»^M»*V«^»**,V^«*t*'~*A/W^ If >n to [ and j mg our I nost of ? Our plant is the largest and best equipped in Western Canada, which enables us to underbid all competitors and furnish a superior quality of work. A trial solicited The Thos. R. Cusack Press, Victoria ©orner Courtenay and Gordon Streets. PROVINCIAL EXHIBITION AT VICTORIA,B.C. September 27, 28, 29, 30, and October 1st, 1904. Large Premiums and Valuable Special Prizes. One of the Best Markets for stock THREE DAYS HORSE RACING Grand Spectacular Display by the Army and Navy. Field Gun Competition by the Navy. Physical Drill by the Royal Garrison Artillery. Obstacle Race by the Navy. Tug-of-War. T.rap Shooting. Trout Fly Casting Contest. Football, etc. CHEAP EXCURSION RATES. Write for prize list and particulars to ROBT. H. SWINERTON, Secretary. I—* .Sisal XII THE MINING RECORD. The Paterson Shoe Coy's Stores DIRECT IMPORTERS OF Boots and Shoes, Rubber Boots, Etc. Miners' and Lumbermen's Footwear a Specialty. Letter orders receive prompt and careful attention, and satisfaction guaranteed. THE PATERSON SHOE COMPANY, limited. VICTORIA. VANCOUVER. NANAIMO. Fraser & Chalmers, Limited OF ENGLAND. Mining, Milling, Smelting & Concentrating Machinery. Your attention is drawn to the fact that Messrs. Fraser & Chalmers, of England, have appointed a Canadian Agent, who will be glad to supply you with catalogues and information on hearing of your interest in the matter. Sole Agent for Canada, W# STANLEY LECKEY, P. O. BOX 622, MONTREAL. ;_ r^m^ THREE AND FOUR YEAR ffZ@r2£&£%*. Courses in V\S Mining, Chemical, Civil, ■ IM Mechanical and Electrical ^yfly Engineering. Mineralogy and Geology, Biology and Public Health ASSAYERS. ^i&st! Write Secretary, Kingston, Ont., for Calendar FOR SALE.—Oneof tbe best assaying businesses in the Kootenays. Complete outfit. Terms reasonable. Good reasons for leaving. For particulars apply to R. MACHIN, 26 Yates Street, Victoria, B. C WIRE ROPES ForMiningand Write foi r prices Logging Purposes to E. B. MARVIN & CO., of Victoria, B. C, Sole Agents in British Columbia for 1,R. HOOD HAGGlE & SON,| Limited OF WILLINGTON ROPEWORKS, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, ENGLAND who tvceesbLn 2SSPSSS.S53: SLarory covering six acres- e?uipped with'aU the most ^*» || WR'InEdfo?wRar£e5^ Large orders specially manufactured at Newca^tle-on-Tyne NOTICE. Respecting Coal and Petroleum Lands in South-East Kootenay. NOTICE is hereby given that licenses to prospect for coal and petroleum upon and under lands situated within Blocks 4,593, South-East Kootenay, will .be issued forthwith to all persons who have made proper application, in pursuance of the provisions of the "Coal Mines Act" and' amendments. The fee for each license will be $100, and all applicants who have not deposited accepted bank cheques to cover that amount are hereby required to do so without further notice. Licenses will be issued in the following form, viz.: "Mining Licence issued under the Coal Mines Act and Amendments. "Jn consideration of one hundred dollars now paid under the said Acts, and subject to the provisions thereof, I, W. S. Gore, Deputy Commissioner, acting for the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, license to enter, prospect, search and work for coal and petroleum (but no »other metal or mineral) upon, in and under all that piece or parcel of mineral land situate in and forming part of Block 4,593, East Kootenay District, and described as follows:— and not exceeding in the whole six hundred and forty statute I acres. ■'Owing to the number of applicant sfor licenses to prospect for coal and petroleum, and the peculiar circumstances surrounding the application for and issuance of these licences, and the well-known fact that the issuance has been unavoidably suspended for so many months, the Government of British Columbia finds it impossible to determine the equitable rights of the numerous applicants. Therefore, for the purpose of enabling all persons to go before the proper tribunal for the determination of their respective rights and priorities, this licence is issued and accepted subject to such prior rights of other persons as may exist by law, and the date of this licence is not to be taken or held as in any sense determining such priority, and further it shall not be taken or held to waive enquiry by the Courts into the proper performance of all conditions precedent as between adverse claimants; and further, on the understanding that the Government shall not be held responsible for, or in connection with, any conflict which may arise with other claimants of the same ground, and that under no circumstances will licence fees be refunded. "And the holder hereby waives any claim or demand against the Government, and expressly agrees not to take any steps or proceedings, or present any petition, to enforce any alleged iclaim or demand against the Government of the Province of British Columbia arising out of the issuance of this licence or of any other matter of thing appertaining thereto. "The land being under reserve from- pre-emption and sale this license does not include any right other than the right to prospect for coal and petroleum. "The duration of this license is for one year from the , 190 . ■ "Deputy Commissioner of Lands and Works "Lands and Works Department, "Victoria, B. C 190 ." R. F. GREEN, Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, Lands and Works Department, Victoria, B. C, 5th June, 1904. XIV." THE MINING RECORD. I j thsai 1 fm JAMES K. REBBECK CONSULTING ENGINEER- Mechanical Engineer and Naval Architect, Designer of all kinds of Engines, Boilers and Machinery. Preparation of Plans, Specifications, Estimates and Supervision of Contracts, Erection and Installation of Machinery, Special Designs. Patents put in practical form. Reports and Surveys. Propellers Designed and Supplied to Order. Rooms 32-33 Board of Trade Building Victoria, B. C. ROCHUSSEN & COLLIS YATES ST., VICTORIA, B. C. Manufacturers Agents for Mining Machinery and Supplies. Tenders on Engineering Contracts. MINING BROKERS Write us for quotations on all kinds of Machinery. Reliable information with regard to mining properties. Special knowledge ofthe Nicola and Similkameen countries. CHEAPEST POWER 60 per cent. Saving in Fuel. Suction Gas Producers for Gas Engines. 1 lb. of coal per H.P. hour. Costs Y^toY^ cent per horse-power hour. Built for any capacity required. No boiler or gas holder required. Automatic work. Contracts undertaken for complete power plants and results guaranteed. pDR. OSKAR NAGEL, CHEMICAL ENGINEER, 90-96 Wall Street NEW YORK CITY. ■Little ■If Wonder Air Si Hammer Rock Drill THE NEW WAY. By the new way, Eittle Wonder Air Hammer Rock Drill, one man can do four times as much as two men the old way. Weighs only 17 lbs. Requires no post or tripod. Is held in the hand while operating. Write for Prices. MARTIN HARDSOCG, Ottumwa, Iowa THE MINING RECORD. XV Lobnitz' Gold Dredgers are at work in British North and South America, Africa, Asia, &c. rXdDredgers AW ***»**""*..„**• LOBNITZ & £'£ ■■s— Telegraphic Address: "Lobnitz, Renfrew." Al Code used. GOLD ^s^smm Manufacturers of Dredgers of an Descriptions CODES: Be dford McNeil Lieders A. 1. A. B. C. DREDGERS WM. SIMONS & CO., Ltd., Renfrew, Scotland S. F. PARRISH MINING ENGINEER Late of Colorado and British Columbia No. 3340 17th Street, San Francisco, Cal., U.S.A. ORES TESTED In car-load lots or smaller quantities, by any and all metallurgical processes. Best equipped plant in the world. Write for booklet. The Denver Ore Testing & Sampling Co. Office- 527 17th St. Works: Cor. Bryant St. and W. 16th Ave_ DENVER, COLORADO. Bonnevie & Lee, C. A. Holt, Managers. Chemist and Metallurgist XVI THE MINING RECORD. fSsSnt Jr*;) BERNARD MACDONALD MINING ENGINEER. Examinations, Reports and Negotiations. Designs Modern Economical Methods for Mining and Milling Operations. Office, Empire State Building, SPOKANE, WASH. Cable address—Macleroi Spokane. Codes—Bedford M'Neil; Moreing & Neal. EDMUND B. KIRBY, Consulting Mining Engineer and Metallurgist. Examination of Mining Investments and Enterprises. ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA. LESLIE HILL, MINING ENGINEER REPORTS AND MINE MANAGEMENT. Consulting Engineer to the Hastings (B. C.) Exploration Syndicate. London Office, IVl-»I.»-» «» D /"* i 161-4 Dashwood House, l\ S I S O II . D. L*. New Broad Street, E.C. ' SAMUELS. FOWLER CONSULTING ENGINEER. Will advise and report on matters pertaining to mining, milling, plant, construction and operation. Cable Address, "Goldfields Nelson. Drawer 1024, Nelson B. C. JOHN B. HOBSON, MfnTnggecSrwdaribo° Hyd' Consulting Mining Engineer, BULLION, BRITISH COLUMBIA. 28 vears' experience in ihe equipment and operation of large hy draulic, Deep Gravel, ¥>rift and Goto Quartz Mines, in California and British Columbia. Telegraphic and Cable Address "HOBSON" Ashcroft B. C J. CLEVELAND HAAS # MINING ENGINEER. 64c Hyde Bloc k, Spokane, Wash. Greenwood, B C MINE DEVELOPMENT, EXAMINATIONS and REPORTS. Correspondence Solicited. Ore Shippers Agent. J. G. LANG, Provincial Assayer, Late Control Assayer for Lenora Mine, Mount Sicker. SPECIALTIES: Checking Smelter Returns, Concentration, Cyanide and Amalgamation Tests. P. O. BOX 283. GREENWOOD, B. C. A. R. BARROW, A.M.I.C.E. PROVINCIAL l_AND SURVEYOR Sea going steamboat, to accommodate 4 persons, suitable for parties wish ing to prospect or examine mineral claims on the coasts of Vancouver Island or Mainland. Long Distance Telephone. SIDNEY, B.C. If, when writing to manufacturers or others advertising in the MINING RECORD, for catalogues, our friends would be good enough to make reference to this periodical, they would do us a considerable service, at little inconvenience to themselves. We are confident, of course, that as an advertising medium the MINING RECORD gives the best possible results, but it is natural for advertisers to require frequent tangible and direct evidence of this fact. Hence this request. ^ THE MINING RECORD. PROFESSIONAL BROKERS AND ASSAYERS. s. m. McGregor, b.a. sc. W. D. McGRBGOR, M. E. McGregor & co., MINING and. CIVIL ENGINEERS _.. —. —. - . . _ ^s. and LAND SURVEYORS. SLOCANj B. C. Reports on Mines and Prospects. Act as agents in doing assessment work, applying for Crown grants and in taking general charge of preliminary development work. ^^ ^\«i I E? *s on-e °^ *^e mos* promising gold camps in I W a II British Columbia and now offers many capital opportunities for profitable investment. For further particulars write PERCY J. GLEAZER, MINING BROKER AND AGENT, YMIR, B. C. Code—Moreing & Neal's. JOHN OGDEN ASSAY CO. Gold, Silver, Copper or Lead, $1.00 each; any two, $1.50; I any three, $2.00. Samples by mail receive prompt ettention. Placer Gold, Retorts and Rich Ores Bought. 1725 ARAFAHOE ST., DENVER, COLO. HOWARD C. PARMELEE ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS AND ASSAYERS. Special attention to control and umpire work. Ore testing. General Commercial Analysis. P.O. Box 1421. 1755 Arapahoe St', Denver, Colo. POGSOIM, PELOUBET & CO. Public Accountants NEW YORK 42 BROADWAY CHICAGO MARQUETTE BUILDING ST. LOUIS CHEMICAL BUILDING BUTTE HENNESSY BUILDING Audits of Books and Accounts, Systems ot Bookkeeping or Costs, Financial Examinations, Etc. British Columbia Pottery Co., Ltd. Head Office and Works, VICTORIA, B. C. Manufacturers of Vitrified Salt Glazed Sewer Pipes. All kinds of FIRE BRICK, FIRE CLAY, ALL KINDS FIRE CLAY GOODS, ASSAYERS' FURNACES, ETC., Made to Order. T. J. SMITH FINANCIAL AND MINING BROKER. Gold, Silver, Lead and Copper Mines: also Bituminous Coal Lands and Coast Timber Limits for sale. Special Values ia Shares of Good Coal Company. Correspondence solicited. ADDRESS P. 0. BOX 439. OFFICE, 611 HASTINGS STREET, VANCOUVER, B. C. A. A, WATSON, B. 5c. PROVINCIAL ASSAYER, OLLALA, 8. C. Analyst and Mineralogist Honours Graduate in Chemistry, Victoria University, Unglan Reports made on Mining Properties. Ten years experience in Australia. South America. England and B. C. Assay Charges—Gold, $i; Silver, $i; Copper, $2 ; I,ead, $r ; Gold and Sil ver, $1.50 ; Gold and Copper, $2,50 ; Gold, Silver and Copper, $3 ; Gold, Silver Copper and Lead, $3 50; Complete analysis of any ore, $10. £^-SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SAMPLES BY MAIL CecilM. Bryant, A.R.S M., A.I.M.M. E. Philip Gilman, A.R.S.M., F.G.S Pellew-Harvey, Bryant & Gilman PROVINCIAL ASSAYERS. The Vancouver Assay Office and Ore Testing Works. Established 1890. MILL, SMELTER, CONCENTRATION AND CYANIDE TESTS. Reliable reports on mining properties. Complete analyses of Ores and Coal Victoria Office : 4 View Street (Opposite Driard Hotel.) Stocks also carried in Vancouver, Nanaimo, Duncans, Nelson and Rossland. CHRIS. OUTHETT, Associate of Royal College ot Science, London, England. Inland Assay Office, KAMLOOPS, B.C. Provincial Assayer. Mineral and Coal Analyses a specialty. Reports made on Mining Properties Mail samples receive promp+j attention. Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co., Ltd. Directors—George A. Cox, President; Bobert Jaffray and H. II. Pellatt, Vice-Presidents; E. R. Wood, Treasurer; G. G. S. Lindsey, Secretary; Thos. Walmsley, James Mason, Frederick Nichols, David Morrise, J. D. Chipinan, J. A. Gemmill, Wm. Fernie. HEAD OFFICES—TORONTO. ONT. BRITISH COLUMBIA OFFICES— FERNIF, B. C. Bituminous Coals and Coke. Mines and Ovens at Coal Creek, Michel and'Morrissey, B. C. Present capacity of mines 1,000,000 tons of coal per annum. Coke ovens 350,000 tons per annum. We would call attention to the superior quality of our Michel Blacksmith Coal, suitable for large forgings. Can be shipped at reasonable prices to all parts of British .Columbia, the Northwest Territories and Manitoba. This Company also owns the Fernie and Morrissey Mines townsites, which offer investments in town lots that cannot fail to prove productive. Having a large amount of development under way, there is always work for coal miners at good wages, and it may be said that there are few places in the world where labor of all kinds can earn more net money under agreeable conditions. THOS. R. STOCKETT, JR. General Superintendent, Fernie, B. C. WM. M. BREWER CONSULTING MINING ENGINEER, P. O. Box 571. VICTORIA, B. C DAVIES, Comptroller, Fernie, B. C. XVIII THE MINING RECORD. Flathead Valley Oil Lands Develop B ment Company, Ltd. Capital $250,000, Divided into One Million Shares of a Par Value of Twenty-five Cents Each. DIRECTORS. Charles Hayward, Esq.. Victoria, B. C. A. B. Fraser, Sr., Esq., Victoria, B. C. E. Crow Baker, Esq., Victoria, B. 0. Thos. Hooper, Esq., Victoria, B. C, W. F. Teetzel, Esq., Nelson, B. C. D. JDaBau, Esq., M. D., Nelson, B. C. SECRETARY. Mr. W. C. Moresby, Imperial Bank Chambers, Victoria, B. O. REGISTERED OFFICE. Imperial Bank Chambers, Victoria, B. C. This Company has been formed to develop oil wells in a large area of the Ijjjljf Pennsylvania of Canada The Company now owns a large acreage ot the most favorable locations in the Flathead Valley. Some of its property lies within six miles oi flowing oil wells. Two hundred and fifty thousand shares are for sale for development purposes at 25 cents a share. For full information and prospectus apply to the secretary at the office of the Company. TO THE SECRETARY, Flathead Valley Oil Lands Development Company, Ltd., Imperial Bank Chambers, Victoria, B. C. Sir : — I beg to apply for shares in the Flathead Valley Oil Lands Development Company Ltd., and herewith enclose the sum of Dollars in full payment of same. Name... Address. . MH in this application form and address, with remittance, to the Secretary of the Company. Applications will be acceptet for blocks of forty shares and upwards. - THE MINING RECORD. Steveston Land & Oil Company, Limited, INCORPORATED 1904. * CAPITAL STOCK $250,000. 250,000 SHARES OF $1.00 EACH. Issued Fully Paid and Non-Assessable, Directors—Geo. E. Macdonald, Vancouver, B.C.; Wm. D. Haywood, Vancouver, B.C.; Chas. D. MacKenzie, Vancouver, B.C. OFFICES -VANCOUVER AND STEVESTON, B. C. PROSPECTUS. The STEVESTON LAND & OIL CO., LIMITED, has been organized for the purpose of acquiring and developing oil bearing lands on Lulu Island, British Columbia. Natural gas was discovered at Steveston, Lulu Island, many years ago, and has been used by several of the residents for lighting and heating purposes. Recently an oil expert from the oil fields of Beaumont, Texas, made an examination of the gas and the conditions existing at Steveston, and pronounced it as his decided opinion, that the gas was arising from petroleum deposits, and that the conditions existing were exactly similar to those prevailing at Beaumont, Texas, which is situated on the Neches River near the Gulf of Mexico. Gas was known to be arising from the earth for many years near Beaiumont, and like the Steveston gas was from a sulphur base; while boring for supposed sulphur beds near Beaumont the celebrated Lucas oil gusher was struck. It is believed that the 10-inch oil well now being bored at Steveston will develop the presence of petroleum in large quantity, which means that the pioneer companies' stock will greatly advance in value, as was the case at Beaumont and elsewhere. Great fortunes have been made from the oil wells of Texas and California during the past few years, and unbounded wealth has been distributed among many of the small investors who became stock-holders in companies for the development of the oil lands. The same thing will repeat itself at Steveston, and the purchaser of shares in the Steveston Land & Oil Co., Limited, will awaken some morning to find himself rewarded a hundredfold on the investment. The market for oil is almost unlimited. The development of fuel oil at Steveston is an important one. It means cheap fuel to the great mining industries of the Province. Heretofore many low-grade ores that have been thrown over the dumps can be worked at a profit by the use of oil, thereby giving employment to thousands of additional men at good wages in the mines. Steveston, situated at the mouth of the Fraser River and the Gulf of Georgia (only 12 miles from Vancouver), is destined to become an important city. Having railroad and water transportation it is independent of any trust to dictate or control the output of oil. The development of oil at Steveston will prove a boon to the manufacturing industries of Vancouver, New Westminster, Victoria, and the cities on Puget Sound. The production of oil at Steveston will mean the investment of millions of dollars in plants and refineries for the manufacture of the by-products contained in crude mineral oils. Fuel'oil is now used almost exclusively on the Southern Pacific railroad systems in California, Arizona and Texas, and also on the Santa Fe railroad system in Texas, New Mexico and California. Undoubtedly the railroads of the Pacific Northwest will become large consumers of Steveston oil. The "Steveston Land & Oil Co., Limited," has been registered under the laws of British Columbia with a capitalization of $250,000.00, divided into 250,000 shares of the par value of $1.00 each. The "Steveston Land & Oil Co., Limited," have acquired options to purchase the lands in the town of Steveston and in other parts of Lulu Island that have every indication of proving oil bearing lands, amounting in all to over 1,100 acres. The moment oil has been demonstrated to exist in quantity, the value of the holdings of this Company will be increased many times over. After paying for the Company's holdings there remains in the treasury 130,000 shares of unissued stock, and 20,000 shares of fully paid bonus stock. 30,000 shares of the treasury stock is now on the market, the funds derived from the sale of which will be expended in the acquisition of oil lands and in developing the same. As an inducement to first purchasers of this stock a bonus of fifty (50) per cent, in fully paid up shares will he- made so that the purchase of 100 shares at par will entitle the purchaser to 150 shares of stock, FULLY PAID, NON-ASSESSABLE AND CARRYING NO PERSONAL LIABILITY. In case it should be decided to place the remaining 100,000 shares of treasury stock on the market, it will be offered first to the holders of the 30,000 shares of treasury stock now placed on the market. While there is always an element of chance in oil drilling, as in every other venture, the profits to be derived from a successful issue are such as to make the purchase of stock in the "Steveston Land & Oil Co., ■ Limited," a perfectly safe and legitimate transaction. STEVESTON LAND & OIL CO., LTD., Applications for stock may be made to Vancouver, B.C. THOMAS DAVIS, Official Broker, "Steveston Land & Oil Co., Limited." Vancouver, B.C. fsascit xx THE MINING RECORD. CITY OF VICTORIA Capital of British Columbia, Pacific Ocean Terminus of Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian Northern Railway and the Great Northern Railway of the United States. The starting point of steamship lines to the Yukon, Atlin and Cassiar Gold Fields, and the Canadian port of call for tourists on the lines between San Francisco and Alaska. Canadian Gateway to the Orient, Sandwich Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Etc., Etc. L The City of Victoria is becoming widely noted for the beauty of its situation, its homes and its surroundings ; so that the number of strangers arriving, for short visits and for permanent residence, continue growing annually larger. Of its beauty H.R.H. the Duke of York said: "The most beautiful place we have seen in our journey around the world," and the following may be quoted from the correspondence of Mr. E. P. Knight, of the London Morning Post: "One would fain have stayed longer, for of all the cities that Lave been visited in the course of this long Royal progress the fair capital of British Columbia seems to me the one which the Englishman would most gladiy make his home. * * * Never in the environs of any other city have I seen such a glory of flowers as surrounded each of these lovely homis." Tbe Province covers a superficial area of 381,000 square miles abounding in minerals, timber, fish and game in endless variety. The opportunities for the profitable investment of capital are practicallv unlimited, and the markets ,for the disposal of metals, lumber, fish and agricultural products lie waitinsf in Russia. Japan. China. India and Australasia. Tbe tourist will lind mountain scenery and mountain climbing unequalled in the old world—a new field for exploration—and the sportsman with first class hotels as bases of operation may penetrate a new world in his pursuit of the bear, the panther, the elk or the mountain goat. TEMPERATURE 1903. Highest Lowest Mean. Mean. Victoria 64.5 35.9 London, Eng 69.7 33.4 Torquay, Eng 64.1 38.2 ■ RAINFALL 1903. Inches. Victoria 35-9 London, Eng 33-4 Torquay, Eng 38.2 Pamphlets containing views of local scenery and information of interest to investors, tourists, hunters and amusement seekers may be obtained by addressing the Clerk of the Municipal Council, Victoria, British Columbia. THE MINING RECORD. XXI Printers are Pleased. READ WHAT ONE OF THEM SAYS: Nelson, B. C, November 17, 1903. B. C. Photo. Engraving Co., Victoria, B. C. Dear Sirs, Allow me to express my satisfaction with the work you have done for me. It has been mostly line work and in it your artist has shown skill and good conception of JUST WHAT IS REQUIRED to make an effective print. The crest and motto for the Rocky Mountain'Raugers shows both good art and good handicraft and has been much admired here. Your plates I have always found well mounted so there is NO TROUBLE WITH THE MAKE-READY. Yours truly, W. H. JONES, Printer. The address is " Times" Building, Victoria. NOW ADY The Third Kdition of a Mines of the Transvaal" By R. R. MABSON, The Handiest and Most Complete Work of its kind. Absolutely Indispensable to all taking an interest in the World's Greatest Goldfield. No other up-to-date work of a like scope in existence. Comprehensive, Compact, Carefully Compiled, Alphabetically arranged, and showing at a glance WHERE THE MINE IS, WHO DIRECTS IT, AND WHAT IT HAS DONE. A Business Book for Busy Men, and a Veritable Encyclopaedia of Information. Colonies and Abroad, 16s. About 770 pages, large crown 8yo. Interleaved for Professional Use : by post, 25s. 9d.; Colonies and Abroad, 26s. 6d. Orders to be addressed to the Publisher of "THE STATIST," 51 Cannon Street, London, England. R. MAYNARD Importer and dealer in all kinds of Photographic Supplies Also Amateur Outfits, Kodaks, Hawkeyes, Premos, Pocos.etc, |P CrrHnd Hammer 41 PANDORA St. Plates, Aristo-Platino,Solio, Klo- Victoria, B. C. ro, Velox and Dekho Papers EXPORT NUMBER Fining Ts the world's leading mining aad metallurgical periodical. Eaf.h weeklv issue eia.ts.ins int»r<-*«tin.sr and valuable information, is newsy. desctioti ve, technical and scientific. The leadln-sren- sriueers throughout the country read It. Subscript ion orice, te.oo a vear payable in advance. Sample copies sent on request* 261 Broadway, New York M. R. SMITH & COMPANY LIMITED. ESTABLISHED I858. Manufacturers of High Class Biscuits »nd Confectionery Gold Medals awarded at Roval Agricultural Exhibition '95- '961 '97> '98. Medal and Diploma awarded at Colonial and Indian Exhibitions. Silver Medals at Provincial Exhibitions, 1886. branch- VICTORIA, B. C. 430 CORDOVA STREET, VANCOUVER XX11 THE MINING RECORD. JH BRITISH COLUMBIA The Mineral Province of Canada. British Columbia has produced to date $64,627,683 of Placer Gold, $22,049,732 of Lode Gold, $18,- 475,852 of Silver, $10,447,521 of Lead, $12,256,219 of Copper, and $58,989,572 of Coal and Coke, or a total of nearly SI^OjOOOjOOO. The Gross Mineral Production for 1902 was I $17,486,550. - The tonnage of ore mined in 1962 was nearly 1,000,000 tons. The gold production in 1992 was approximately $6,000,000, and the copper output 30,000,000 lbs. Lode mining has only been in progress for about 10 years, and not 20 per cent, of the mineral land has been even prospected; 300,000 square miles of unexplored mineral-bearing land are open for prospecting. The Mining Laws of this Province are more liberal and the fees lower than any Province in the Dominion, or than any Colony of the British Empire. Mineral locations are granted to discoverers for nominal fees. Absolute titles are obtained by developing such properties, the security of which is guaranteed by Crown grants. Pull information, together with mining reports and maps, may be obtained by addressing ilt mm- HON' M|N!STER OF MINES, Or WM. FLEET ROBERTSON, Provincial Mineralogist, VICTORIA, B. C. Hotel Badminton Corner Dunsmuir and Howe Streets, YHNeOCYER, b. e. J0S. W. WALLIS, Prop. American Plan Rate $2.00 and $2.50 Situated in the heart ofthe city. Street cars within one block, passing continuously for all parts of the city. Barber shop in connection. 'Phone in every room. Bath room oh every floor. «HI1I BALMORAL HOTEL, VICTORIA M. J. G. WHITE, PROPRIETOR, Most Comfortable Family and Tourist Hotel in town. Best and Quietest House for Ladies. Within five minutes walk of Parliament Buildings, Wharf and Railway Stations. Opposite Theatre. Cars for all point . RATES, $1.50 PER DAY UP. THE MINING RECORD. XXIII BANKING ESTABLISHMENTS, ETC. ESTABLISHED 1817. BANK OF MONTREAL. INCORPORATED BV ACT OF PARLIAMENT. HEAD OFFICE: MONTREAL. CAPITAL all paid up, $13,379,240.00. RESERVE FUND, $9,000,000.00. UNDIVIDED PROFIT, $724,807. 5 Board of Directors—Rt. Hon. Lord Strathconaand Mount Royal, G. CM. G., President. Hon. G. A. Drummond, Vice-President. A. T. Paterson, Esq.; Edward B. Greenshields, Esq.; Sir William C. Macdonald; R. B. Angus, Esq.; James Ross, Esq.; R. G. Reid, Esq., Hon. Robert Mackay B S. CLOUSTON General rVanager A, MACNiDER Chief Inspector and Superintendent of Branches tf. S- CLOUSTON Inspector of Branch'Returns BRANCHES Province op Ontario—Almonte, Belleville, Brantford, Broekviiie, Chatham, Collingwood, Cornwall, Peseronto, Port William, Goderich, Guelph, Hamilton, Kjngston,Lind8ay, London, Ottawa.Perth Peterboro, Picton, Paris ■ Sarnia, Stratford, St. Mary's Toronto,Toronto Yonge St. Branch, Wallaceburg Province of Quebec—Montreal: West End Br., Seigneurs St. Br., Point St. Charles; Quebec. Lower provinces—Chatham, N.B.; Frederickton, N.B.; Moncton, N.B. St. JohnN.B.; Amherst, N.S.; Halifax, N.8,; Sydney, N.S. Glace Bay, Yarmouth. Province of Manitoba and North-West Territories—Winnipeg, Man.; Calgary, Alberta; Lethbridge, Alberta; Regina, Assiniboia; Raymond, Alta Province op British Columbia—Greenwood, Nelson, New Denver, New Westminster, Rossland, Vancouver, Vernon, Victoria In Newfoundland—St. John's, Nfld., Bank of Montreal. Birchy Cove, Bay of Islands. i F. W- TAYLOR Assistant Inspector JAMES AIRD Secretary j Montreal-H. V.MEREDITH Manager IN CANADA: In Great Britain—London, Bank of Montreal, 22 Abchurch Lane, E.C., Alexander Lang, Manager. IntheUnttfd Stated New York—R. Y. Hebden and J. M. Greata, Agents, 59 Wall Street; Chicago—Bank of Montreal. Bankers in Gkeat Britain London—The Bank of England, the Union. Bank of London, the London & Westminster Rank the National Prov. Bank of England. Liverpool—The Bank of Liverpool, Ltd. Scotland—Tho British Linen Company Bank and Branches. Bankers in the United States—New York—The National City Bank, The Bank of New York, N.B.A. Bosten—The Merchants' National Bank, J. B. Moors & Co. Buffalo—Tht- Marine Bank, Buffalo- San Erancisco—The First National Bank, The Bank of British Columbia, The Anglo-Californian Bank. Portland, Oregon—1 he Bank of British Columbia. Spokane, Wash, Bank of Montreal. THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE. With Which is Amalgamated Paid Up Capital. Rest The Bank of British. Columbia. HEAD OFFICE: TORONTO. .$ 8,7oo,ooo 3,ooo,ooo Aggregate Resources Exceeding 83,ooo,ooo HON. GEO. A. COX, President. B. E. WALKER, General Manager. ALEX. LAIRD, Asst. General Manager. LONDON OFFICE: 60 LOMBARD ST., E. C. The Bank has 109 branches well distributed throughout the Dominion and elsewhere, including the following in British Columbia and the Yukon District: Vancouver, Victoria. White Horse. Atlin, Greenwood, Nelson, Cranbrook, Kamloops, New Westminster, Dawson Ladysmith Fernie, Nanaimo, New York, BRANCHES IN THE UNITED STATES. San Francisco, Portland, Seattle Skagway. Every description of hanking business transacted. Letters of credit on all parts of the world. Exceptional facilities for handling gold dust. • SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received and interest paid at current rates. Victoria Branch, GEO GILLESPIE, Manager Michigan College of Mines F. W. McNAIR, President. A State Institution located in and making use of an :. active mining district. New Metallurgical Building and : Gymnasium completed in tbe fall of 1904. For Year Book and Record of Graduates apply to President or Secretary. Houghton, Michigan. The Hall Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. SMELTING DEPARTMENT Purchases CORPER ORE, l-EAO ORE, DRY ORE. NELSON, B.C. ^COPPER The new edition of the COPPER HANDBOOK lists and describes 3,311 copper mines and copper mining companies, in all parts of the world, covering the globe, these descriptions ranging from two lines to 12 pages each in length, according to importance ofthe mines. The descriptions are not padded, but give facts in the most condensed and get-at-able form. There are also fifteen miscellaneous chapters, devoted to the History, Uses, Terminology/Geography, Geology, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Metallurgy, Finances and Statistics of Copper, rendering the volume a veritable encyclopedia of the subject of Copper and everything pertaining to the metal. It is the World's Standard Reference Book on Copper. Every Miner, Prospector, Investor, Banker and Broker needs the book. Price is $5 in buckram binding with gilt top, or $7.50 in full library morocco, and the book, in either binding, will be sent, fully prepaid, on approval, to any address in the world, to be paid for if found satisfactory, or may be returned within a week oi receipt and the charge will be cancelled. Address the Author and Publisher, HORACE J. STEVENS, 47 Post Office Block, Houghton, Mich., U. S. A. XXIV THE MINING RECORD. TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES. The Pleasure of Travel /£sOI Is fully realized in travelling on the Canadian Pacific Railway. By its lines can be reached all Canadian Points, and its arrangement with American Railroads enable its agents to issue tickets to all points in the United States. It operates its own Sleeping and Dining Cars, and has its own Hotels and Steamships. Its magnificent scenery and the excellence of its service has made it the favorite route across the American Continent. Illustrated publications, as to its route, Banff, Yoho Valley, Glacier, &c. sent on application to any agent. H. H, ABBOTT, Agent, VICTORIA, B. C. Or to E. J. COYLE, Ass't General Passenger Agent, VANCOUVER B. C. Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway. TIME THBLE N©. 50. Southbound. Daily. Arrive. Northbound Leave. a.m. p.m. Victoria 9 :oo 12 :o6 Shawnigan Lake 10:20 10 46 Duncans 11 :oo 10:02 P.M. Nanaimo 12:4s 8:15 Ar. Wellington 1:00 Lv. 8 :oo Throuah Tickets_to_ ©rpfton Northbound* Leave Victoria Shawnigan Lake Duncans Nanaimo Ar Wellington .. Sat., Sun. and Wed. Southbound. Arrive. P.M. 4:00 5:55 7-37 Lv P.M. 7:55 6:46 5:55 4:00 via Westholme, Stage leaves Daily, except Sundays.connecting with North and Sonth bound trains, Double stage service Saturdays and Wednesdays, connecting with morning and afternoon trains. Fare from Victoria, Single $2.40 Return $3.60. Through Tickets Victoria to fllberni—Stage leaves Wellington Mondaysand Thursdays on arrival of train from Victoria. Returning from Alberni Tuesdays and Fridays. Fare from Victoria, single, $5.20, return $8.65 Excursion rates in effect to all points good from Saturday until Monday. 6E0. L. COURTNEY, Traffic Manager. THEtHUDSON'S BAY OO'Y -HAVE- GENERAL STORES -AT- He de Peres Battleford ■ Calgary Chapleau . Dauphin" Deloraine Edmonton Fort William Kamloopn Langley Leth bridge Lower Fort Garry Macleod Mattawa Morden / Kelson Pincber Creek Portage la Prairie Port Simpson Prince Albert Qu'Appelle Quesnelle Rat Portage Riding Mountain Shoal Lake Sudbury Touchwood Hills Vancouver Victoria Vernon White Wood Winnipeg 7 And at other principal points in British Columbia, Manitoba and Northwest Territories. Purchasers will find at these stores the best goods at moderate prices, imported direct-worn all the principal markets ofthe world. Good Resolutions for 1904. You cannot make a better one than to give us a trial order when again in need ot House Furnishings. We are satisfied it you once become a customer you will always remain a customer. We have made a life study of the business ol furnishing homes, having been in the one line for over forty years, and we will give you tbe benefit of our knowledge if you will give us a chance. FURNITURE, CARPETS, LINOLEUMS, CHINAWAR&, SILVERWARE, CUTLERY, GLASSWARE, KITCHEN-WARE. HAND SOME ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND PRICES FREE. MEILER BROS. Complete Furnishers, Victoria, B. C. AIR CO iVI PRESSORS. "SIMPLE or COM POUND. ROCK DRILLS.- STEAM or AIR. THE CANADIAN RAND DRILL COMPANY Rooms 5 and 6 Imperial Bank* Building, Montreal, Que. H i ib •St! We|tin^)u^5Vlo^rs l^ml^&lllig and Direct Current Fd$ Dlraftgrffll'kinds of Mine Apparatus Easy to install Ea^i to control $ JU*. Westinghouse Type C Induction Motor Driving Hoist. Canadian Westinghouse Co., Minuted. Lawler Building, King and Yonge Ma. Toronto. 633 Hastings St. Vancouver. General Office and Works, Hamilton, Ontario. For particulars address nearest office. Hamilton. Liverpool & London & Globe Bld'g, Montreal. 134 Granville St., Halifax. THE TYEE C0PP3R C0§ LIMITED. Purchasers and Smelters of Copper, Gold and Silver Ores. SMELTING WORKS -HT- LADYSMITH, Vancouver Island, B. Q. Convenient to E. & N. Railway or the Sea. CLERMONT LIVINGSTON, General Manager. THOS. KIDDIE, Smelter Manager Published by the B. C. Record, Ld. Printed by T. R. Cusack, Vktortfl. Canito Hr hfc -Month ■ TYEE G0PPESiB's ROAST YARD A^LADVjH^^^.* I .-(I I luxated). lliD I lUIlLll ■ DISCOVERY 3f MASTODOr^:REMAIN^|^T|ife YUKON, ETC.,|eTC. ESTABLISHED 18 95 VOL. XI. OCTOBER, 1904. No. 10 TfiE HlNTON ELElTRIC COMPANY Electric Motors. Blowers. Motors. Fans. Dynamos. Electric Mining Apparatus. IVICTORIA, B. C. 5 LIMITED. Electrical Construction and Supplies. * VANCOUVER, B. C. The Crawford Double Rope Aerial Tramway System, Limited - ;|#: NELSON, B.C. ';/?!"; ' '■ e : - ..-"_ The most complete, efficient and economical system for handling Ore, Timber, Coal or other materials that has yet been put on the market. Wrte for prices and description. Crawford Double Rope Aerial Tram way System Ltd., Nelson, B.C. R/SDON IRON WORKS CABLE : RISDON'S CODES: A.B.C. MOREING) <t NEAL. LIEBERS, WESTERN UNION. !§0LD |f 7 PREDQINQ lln/rcHINERY. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.. U. S. A. QOHFLETE EQUIFAENT OF niNES. | WRITE FOR OUR I SPECIAL CATALOGUES. . PRICE 20 CENTS. We Have (Hand "■..•^K<"v A Large Assortment of the Best §|Sc|itch Wire Ropes (Fully Guaranteed.) Everything You Require For Logging Purposes, Saw Mills, and Mining Camps. . We Invite Correspondence. McLennan, McFeely & Co. . Limited WHOLESALE HARDWARE VANCOUVER, B. C. DAWSON, Y. T. FELTEN&GUl|.EAUIVIE,Carlswe^ Actien Gesellschaft, Mulheim on Rhifl MANUFACTURERS OF ELECTRICAL LEADS AND CABLES Electric Lighting Cables for Coal Pita with arrangement for avoiding fire damp explosions tn case of the cable breaking. WIRE ROPES FOR MINING J|| Round and Flat Wire Ropes, "Albert," or so-called '■ Lang's" Lay Ropes, Patent Looked Coil Wire Ropes, Patented Flattened Strand , Wire Ropes. IRON, STEEL, COPPER AND BRONZE WIRE Superior qualities.' ' SOLE AGENTS, FOR CANADA : WATSON JACK & COMPANY, MONTREAL. Fried. Krupp Aktiengesellschaft Grusonwerk (Magdeburg-Buckau Germany.) niNir>!a riACHiNERY ORE CRUSHING: Stone Breakers of Especially Strong construction. Roller Mills, Chilian Mills, Ball Mills, for dry and wet crushing—mora than 1,800 at work, Stamp Batteries—Shoes and Dies of Krupp's Special Steel- AMALGAMATION: Amalgamation Tables and Pans, Las- rio'sGold Amalgamators, Settlers, &c Separation and Concentration Separators, Exhausters, Hydraulic Classifiers, Percussion Tables, Jioaers, Rotating Round Tables. LEACHING PLANT. COMPLETE GOLD ORE DRESSING PLANT (a) For treating by the Wet Method with Stamp. Batteries,..Aiaalganiatiori and Concentration. (b) For Dry Testing by Ball Mills, Dust Extraction and Leaching. COAL WASHING PLANT—Large Testing Station for Crushing and Dressing Ores at the Works. For CANADA—Jas. W. Pyke it Co* 35 St. Francois Xavier Street, Montreal G£$2 For the UNITED STATES—Thos. Prosser &. Son, 15 Gold Street, New York For MEXICO—Pablo Bergner, Apartado 549, Mexico For SOUTH AFRICA—United Engine^ng Company, Ltd,, P. 0. Box 399, Johannesburg, S. A. R ■^jiijjte;*. THE MINING RECORD. I. ELEVATORS AND CONVEYORS. C M. PINCKARD, President. E. L. EYRE, Vice-President. J. M. GRAHAM, Secretary and Manager. VULCAN IRON WORKS Manufacturers of VULCAN DOUBLE-ROPE TRAMWAY. ■h ssgfo «8&ft£ VULCAN ROPEWAY, (Single Rope System.) Office, 505 MissionSt., Works, cor. Kearny and Francisco Streets, SAW-MILL MACHINERY. MINING AND MILLING MACHINERY. Vulcan Ropeways and Tramways. SAIN FRANCISCO, CAL. We are SOLE AGENTS for B. C. for W. B. BROWN & CO. (Bankhall) Ltd., Engineers, Liverpool, Eng. Manufacturers of High Grade Patent Steel Wire Ropes and Cables For Mines, Railways, Aerial and Traction Tramways, Logging, Suspension Bridges, and all Engineering purposes. They are -conform and always reliable and have the highest reputation all over the world. We carry a large stock in Vancouver and guarantee quick delivery for import orders. WRITE FOR LOWEST PRICES. C F. , \a& & CO., Limited WHOLESALE IMPORTERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. Ore Sack0, Scotch Firebricks, Portland dement, Steel Rails, &c.—Direct Importers. 151 Hastings St. Vancouver, B. C. and Liverpool, England. I II. THE MINING KECORD. k- ,hsa ASSAYERS' SUPPLIES AND ENGINEERING INSTRUMENTS. GEl IGNITE—Strongest and Best Explosive in the Market ^^ V— MANUFACTURED BY m . « - -^ ' - T^. ^ HAMILTON POWDER COMPANY (Incorporated 1861. Manufacturers of High Explosives, Blasting, Mining and Sporting Powder, Dealers in Electric Blasting Apparatus, Safety Fuse, Detonators, Etc., Etc. BRANCH OFFICB: VICTORIA HEAD OFFICE: MONTREAL. LOCAL OFFICES: VANCOUVER, NELSON, ROSSLAND and GREENWOOD NANAIMO R. P. RITHET <& CO. Wholesale Merchants, Shipping & Insurance Agents. Proprietors of Victoria Wharf, Columbia Flouring Mill ; agents for Victoria Lumber and Manufacturing Company, Cheminus, V. I.; Pacific Coast Steamship Co., San Francisco. WHARF STREET. VICTORIA, B. O The B. C. Assay and Chemical Supply Co., Limited. Direct Importers of Hssayers' and Mill Supplies Headquarters for Laboratory Apparatus of all kinds, Bohemian Chemical Glassware, C. P. Acids, Potassium Cyanide and Quicksilver Sole agents In British Columbia for Morgan Crucible Co., Battersea, Kngland ; F. \\7 Braun & Co's Patent Cary Furnaces. Burners, etc.; W. Ainsworth <fc SonV Fine Balances Write for our prices ADDRESS 733 Pender St., Vancouver, B. G. Jeffrey Elevating-Conveying Power, Transmission, Screening, Crushing, Dredging, Rock and Coal Drilling, Coal Cutting, Hauling and washing machinery. The J E FFBEY M FG. CO. COLUMBUS, O-, U S.A. A* Van Der Naiflens' Sohool of Practical, Civil, Mining, Electrical Mechanical Engineering. Surveying. Architecture, Drawing and Assaying, Cyanide, Chlorination, Metallurgy. Assaying of ores, $25; Bullion and Chlorination Assay, $25; Blow Pipe Assay, $10; Full Course ol Assaying, $50. Established 1S64. Open all year SEND FOR CIRCULAR. 113 FULTON STREET, One Block Wtst ol City Hall. SAN FRANCISCO. THE GIANT POWDER CO., CONSOLIDATED Manufacturers of GELATINE DYNAMITE, highest and most FUMELESS explosive on the marketj and ALL HIGH EXPLOSIVES for Mining and Railroading work. Home Office-San Francisco, Cal. Works- j^"^*1 ^ay B> c Kootenay Office Rossland, B.C. Head Office for British Columbia, Metropolitan Building, Victoria, B. C. UNION IRON WORKS. Mining and Smelting Machinery. Water Jacketed Furnaces, Crushers, Hoists, etc. write us forestimate?melter CastinSs a Specialty. Complete Installations. UNION IRON WORKS, SPOKANE, Wash. THE MINING RECORD. WIRE ROPE, BELTING AND PUMBS. III. SELLS ON ITS MERITS. TOUGH, STRONG SAFE, DURABLE HERCULES WIRE ROPE is the Toughest and Strongest Rope made For Heavy HOISTING and HAULAGE in MINES, QUARRIES, Etc. Inclined, Surface and Underground Wire Rope HAULAGE Outfits. Aerial Wire Rope TRAMWAYS and CABI7EWAYS for transporting Ore, Timber, Etc. New York. Chicago. A. LESCHEN & SONS ROPE CO. 920-922 No. First St., ST. LOUIS, Mo. Denver. San Francisco. MINE PUMPS. For Station and Sinking Purposes, operated by Steam, Air or Electricity. iWater Works Pumps. For all possible conditions and made from our latest designs. Marine Pumps. Ballast Pumps, Feed Pumps, Air Pumps, and Pumps for all purposes aboard ship. Oil Pumps. For handling all kinds Crude Oil under all possible conditions. Pumps Operated by Steam, Air or Electricity are manufactured and kept in stock in great variety by GEO. E. DOW PUMPING ENGINE CO., 179 1st St. San Francisco, Cal. GOODYEAR RUBBER CO. R. H. PEASE, President. Rubber Belting, Packing and Hose "Crack Proof" and "Snag Proof." Pure Rubber Mining Boots, Rubber Clothing, Mackintoshes, Oil Clothing. 573, 575, 577 & 579 Market Street, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 73 & 75 First Street, PORTLAND, OREGON IV. THE MINING RECORD. f M >$«! HYDRAULIC PLANTS, PUMI'S, ETC. Vancouver Engineering Works, Ltd. § ENGINEERS OUR SPECIALTY IS fe STRAIGHT SEAM RIVETED STEEL PIPE FOR ALL PURPOSES UP TO 500 LBS. PRESSURE Sole Agents in British Columbia for ATLAS ENGINE WORKS flakers of Engines for Every Duty SAW-MILL AND HIGH SPEED ENGINES CARRIED IN STOCK WORKS: HEATLEY AVENUE VANCOUVER. B. C. IMPORTANT TO GOLD MINERS AND MANUFACTURERS ©F MINING MACHINERY. SILVER PLATED COPPER MINING PLATES for Saving Gold Wg IN QUARTZ, PLACER AND BEACH MINING. Get our reduced rates. Send for circulars. Old plates replated, also bought. DENNISTON'S SAN FRANCISCO PLATING WORKS E. Q. DENNISTON, Proprietor. Telephone Main 5931. 743 Mission Street, San Francisco, California. 26 Medals Awarded. 35 years in business here. THE MINING RECORD. CONCENTRATORS AND SLIMERS llBjI^O THE PIONEER MININO MACHINERY HOUSE OF THE WEST _ Ilf-SIIPLY CO. m STEAM ELECTRICAL and .HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING — MINE*nd SMELTER SUPPUES. W A OREA T PAIR The Card Concentrator. M THE PERRY SLIMER When operated in conjunction with the Card Concentrator, makes the greatest concentrating combination known to mill men-. The Sperry Slimer is a buddle with a circular vanning motion which is far superior to anything on the market for saving slimes. Going to build a new mill or remodel your old one ? If so, specify the Card Concentrator and Sperry Slimer and have the absolute satisfaction of knowing you have** the World's Best. WRITE FOR OUR CATALOGUE. When in the market for concentrators, if you will look for the name on a concentrating table you will be certain of obtaining the best concentrator that brains and money can turn out. The surface of the Card Concentrating Table is composed of a combination of longitudinal, pan-shaped depressions (or channels) and plane surfaces, which surpasses all previous forms for large capacity and close saving. The Sperry Slimer :L- .hmm VI. THE MINING RECORD. BENNETT'S FUSE CROWN BRAND || THE KING OF FUSES The WHITE COUNTERED GUTTA PERCHA FUSE is the POPULAR FAVORITE in the mines of British Columbia, Australia, the Transvaal, and the World over. Beware of Spuriousi Imitations Made to Catch the Unwary. ■ HOLMAN BROS. 1 OAM BOR N CORNWALL Manufacturers of Boilers, Air Compressors, Mining Machinery I The Holman atent Roek Drill Specially Adapted to B. C: Mining. Awarded Gold Medal Greater Britain Exhibition Awarded Gold Medal Paris 190C CAMMELL, LAIRD & ICO. Ltd. I SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND, Manufacturers of Drill Steels, Best Refined Cast Steel Files, and Rasps, Steel Axles, Wheels and Cranks. Rails and Fish Plates made to any specification. Steel Plates, etc. Shoes, Dies, Stems, Cams and Cam Shaftings for Stamp Mills. ■Hh ROWLAND MACHIN 5 Yates St., VICTORIA, B. C. H|B^> General Agent for Canada.! For all lines excepting Steel Rails of 30 lbs, per yard and upwards, with their relative accessories. ™ THE MINING RECORD. VII. WIRE ROPE AND BELTING EVERY BELT GUARANTEED GENUINE OAK TANNED LEATHER BELTING For Exposed Situations Use "Lancashire" Hair Belting. "^H^rc^N0""5 D. K. McLAREN, Montreal, Toronto. WIR ROPE DON'T BUY UNTIL YOU HAVE WRITTEN TO US FOR PRICES AND PARTICULARS. \A/ilLfiriQ SL f*n of London, England, Wire Rope Manufacturers, WW lirvill«> CX \*\J., established 1850, are known throughout the MINING WORLD. The wire used in their rope is made from steel specially prepared to insure absolute reliability. The preferential tariff permits of our quoting low prices on all descriptions of Steel Wire Ropes. A large stock of the principal sizes kept oa hand at Victoria and Vancouver for immediate delivery. Our stock includes a full line of Logging Ropes, Ships Rigging and Hawsers. ROBERT WARD & CO., LIMITED, Agents. .Telegraphic address—ROBERTUS. sa VICTORIA and VANCOUVER, B. C- The Dominion Wire Rope Co., Ld. MONTREAL., CANADA Manufacturers of All Classes and Kinds of WIRE ROPES FOR ALL PURPOSES. | LANG'S " PATENT WIRE ROPES FOR COLLIERY AND GENERAL MINING PURPOSES. Hranohes:—Huliftix, N.S.: St. John, N.B.; Ottawa, Toronto, KatPortage, Ont.; Winnipeg, Man.; Vancouver, B. C,Nelson and Rossland, B. O The Bleichert Wire Rope T ramway is unequalled for economy of operation; the. truth of which is attested by the fact There are more in use than all others Manufactured by THE TRENTON IRON COMPANY, TRENTON, N, J. Engineers and Contractors and sole licensees in North America for the Bleichert System. Also, Wire Rope Equipments for Cable Hoist-Conveyor4*, Suriace and Underground Haulage, Etc. Illustrated Book Upon Application. Chicago Office—1122 Monadnock Building Denver Office—1711 Tremont street. ban Francisco Office—34 Fremont st reel New York Office —17 Burliug Slip. f ^Fl PUMPING MACHINERY -FOR- Mines & Waterworks OF ALL KINDS. BELT OR DIRECT DRIVEN BY MOTOR OR STEAM ENGINE, j Hathorn, Davey & Co., Ltd. LEEDS, ENGLAND. PEACOCK BROTHERS, Sol* Canadian Representatives, Canada Life Bldg., Montreal. 3*3 ^^ggm Pumping1 Machinery ^=-5§|=^Ig: S-^g For Mines, Boiler Feeding, Hydraulic Elevators, Fire Protection, Etc. m MINE RUMRS A SREG/ALTY |# Send for our Catalogue on Pumping Machinery CANADA FOUNDRY COMPANY, Limited HEAD OFFICE AND WORKS, TORONTO, ONT. District Offices—Montreal, Halifax, Ottawa, Winnipeg Vancouver. Rossland and Calgary. . <~ih«m&<~v:~>:~v:»:~v:~>:~:><«:«>:":'0.:-:~:~>>:~:..:~:. |The Brackman & Ker Milling Co., Ltd, y Manufacturers of the Celebrated X Facilities Ui*equalled for Supplying the West With © the Best Quality of I if Grain, Hay or Mill Feed. H . &JY. OATS. (Registered.) I X Victoria. Nelson. •|* Vancouver. Rossland. X New Westminster. Strathcona. X.:~x^k~x~xkk~xk^kkkkkkkk,x-xk"X"X~: Unequalled in the World.! - .*. "X~XKKKKK><K«<K»XK~X^,<«<~XK-^X~X"X~>X~X~X~X«X~X"5' NOR m SMELTING AND REFINING CO. Buyers of Gold, Silver and Copper Ores, Mattes, Bullion, Furnace and Cyanide products. LOCATION OF WORKS Crofton, Vancouver Island, B. C. ESTABLISHED 1895 VOL. XI. OCTOBER, 1904. No. 10 BRITISH COLUMBIA MINING RECORD Devoted to the nining Interests ef the Pacific Northwest. PUBLISHED BY THE BRITISH COLUMBIA RECORD, LIMITED H. WORTHIER LAMB, nanaging Editor. Victoria, B. C, Office, Province Building. Vancouver, P. W. Charleson, Hastings Sc. London Office: 24 Coleman Street, E. G. Denver, Col.: National Advertising Co. San Francisco: Dake's Agency. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: Canada and the United States, one year - - $2.00 Great Britain and Foreign, one year - - - $2.50 Advertising Rates on Application. THE MONTH. The continued success attending the operation of the Providence and other high grade silver-gold properties in the Greenwood "granite belt" has had the very satisfactory effect of inducing the further investment of capital in promising prospects and claims in the neighborhood. During the month a number of transactions are reported to have taken place, by which Boundary properties of this class have been acquired under bond by syndicates proposing to proceed at once with development operations. To the individual investor and to syndicates consisting of men of small means, mining properties of this character are, of course, especially attractive, as they may often be made to yield handsome returns on a minimum expenditure of capital and labour. The Nelson Tribune goes to a'great deal of pains to publish periodically full and accurate monthly returns of Kootenay mine production, and the editor's enterprise in this respect is worthy of every commendation. In no captious spirit, however, we venture to pqint out that the practical utility and value of the compilation might be greatly enhanced at the expenditure of very slight additional pains in the direction of arrangement and classification. Thus in the table recently published by our contemporary giving the returns for the month of August, fifty-one mines are shown to have made consignments to different smelting points, the presumption being that all these properties shipped ore in the crude form. This is misleading in that a very considerable tonnage from the Slocan, East Kootenay and even Ymir was made up of concentrates, which, if not so considered, affects the totals considerably, and at the same time makes it appear that certain mines, the Ymir for example, are making relatively small outputs. To the outside reader, too, seeking information the Tribune's table would be the better appreciated, we imagine, if in each case the class of ore produced by individual mines were given as well as tonnage therefrom. Now that there is a Supreme Court judgeship vacant representations are being made to the Hon. the Minister of Justice, Ottawa, with the object of inducing the Federal Government to require that whoever shall be appointed to the vacancy shall reside permanently in the Kootenay. On behalf of the Provincial Mining Association of British Columbia the president, Mr. John Keen, has submitted reasons in support of such a course being adopted. If the Government accedes to the requests made by the bar of Nelson and Rossland, the Provincial Mining Association, the Press and the public, and makes the stipulation as to residence in the district, it is to be hoped that its choice of a successor to Mr. Justice Drake will be a lawyer especially fitted to deal with mining cases. Some very important matters relating to mines and mining companies have been before the courts held in Nelson and Rossland during the last year or two, and since with the growing importance of the mining districts others may be expected to require careful attention from time to time, it is desirable that this be kept in view in filling the judicial vacancy. Two Alberta coal mines are about to ship their products to British Columbia. Elsewhere we have mentioned that the International Coal & Coke Company will shortly commence to supply the Granby Company with coke for the smelter at Grand Forks. The other company is the C. P. R., which has opened T—* —1 _ .* 336 THE MINING RECORD. up two seams of coal near Banff, and is now seeking markets for its anthracite* east as far as Winnipeg and west to the cities of the Pacific Qoast. For some time similar coal was obtained at Anthracite, situated five miles east of Banff, and at Canmore, ten miles farther east, something like $1,000,000 having been invested in developing and equipping the .anthracite mines at those places. But Bankhead, as the new colliery has been named, promises to be far more important than either of the other places, for at it a dozen seams of coal have been located and much money has been spent in development and equipment of the mines there. Between anthracite from Bank- head and that from Comox there should not be any lack of excellent hard coal for the use of consumers in our coast cities and districts. It has been officially reported that the joint committee of Canadian and United States geologists, appointed for the purpose of endeavouring to arrange for a common classification and nomenclature of rock formations, so as to secure as far as practicable, uniformity in this connection in information given im publications issued by the Geological Surveys of Canada and the United States, respectively, has reached an agreement on many points on which the official geologists of the two countries were not previously in accord. The party, consisting of seven eminent geolo- * gists, made a tour through parts of Ontario and Minnesota along the International Boundary line and during their travels the main purpose of their coming together was carried to a successful issue. If the result of this joint work and mutual agreement be that the Geological Surveys of the two countries in future adopt similar methods and terms in classifying and naming rocks,, chances of confusion will be lessened and geological reports will be more intelligible, at any rate to laymen, who are easily misled by variations in descriptions and names, even though geologists may recognise that the language and terms used are really synonymous. The mica mines of Ontario which until quite recently were worked in the most desultory and haphazard fashion, are now by improved methods of operation beginning to make relatively large annual yields, in fact the mines of Ontario and Quebec are now regarded as perhaps the chief sources of mica supply on the continent. The demand for mica is steadily increasing, its utilization in the manufacture of electrical apparatus being alone very considerable. In Ontario the mica is merely "rough cobbed" as it is taken from the pits, then shipped to trimming works, where it is graded, split and cut for the market. By the increasing manufacture of "micanite" however, by which small and irregular pieces of mica are converted by means of a shellac cement into boards of any requisite dimension and thickness, the disproportion between the value of the larger sheets of mica and smaller sizes is no longer a factor and consequently deposits can now be worked to greater advantage and with less waste. With the proposed transportation facilities provided there is no reason why the mica deposits in the Big Bend and Tete Jaune Cache districts of British Columbia should not ere' long be worked with results equally as satisfactory as those which have attended operations in Ontario, and we trust next year to be able to record the circumstance that a start in this direction has been made. A correspondent writing to the Engineering and Mining Journal of Aug. 18, states that in mining for gold he encountered a deposit of black magnetic sand, which contained a grayish mineral, locally pronounced to be platinum, and asks for information as to methods to be adopted for concentrating the material, to which enquiry our contemporary replies that: Unless the mineral is present in minute grains, it can be determined with approximate certainty as to whether or not it is platinum. The lighter material or silicates, if present, can be removed from the sand by the usual methods of washing, and then the black magnetic mineral can be separated by a magnet. In the concentrate there should remain gold, platinum and other heavy metals of the platinum group. If the gray metal is malleable, but insoluable in ordinary acids—hydrochloric, nitric or sulphuric—it is almost certain to be one of the platinum metals. For concentrating the sand, some form of the magnetic separator of which there are several types of these machines on the market, should be used. In a more recent issue of the Journal Mr. A. Stanley Elmore writing on the subject remarks that trials have been carried out by means of the Elmore process of oil concentration on magnetic sands carrying gold and platinum values, "which are very difficult to recover by any other process, and which get amenable to treatment by the oil concentration method." In view of the occurrences of black sands in the Similkameen, Cariboo and Cassiar districts, which have been found to contain values in platinum and osmiridium, this information should prove of interest to many of our readers. A determined effort is being made in certain directions to influence shareholders in the Le Roi Mining Company to bring pressure to bear upon the management to abandon its present custom of having the Le;Roi ore treated at the company's own smelting works at Northport, Washington, and to secure the erection of concentrating works for the Le Roi at the mine instead of having them placed, as it is stated is contemplated, on a site near the International Boundary line and distant about a dozen miles from Rossland and the mine. The ostensible reasons for this agitation are that Le Roi ore can be treated at less cost in the province, and that if the concentrator be built at the mine there will not only be no freight to pay on the considerable bulk of the ore that will be discharged by the concentrator direct to the waste dump, but the company will have the advantage of competitive 'railway rates on its concentrates when dealing with the question of whence to ship them for THE MINING RECORD. further reduction. Whether the end they have in view will be gained by those behind this agitation remains to be seen, but apart altogether from considerations of benefit that may be derived by any particular town or smelter there is the question of cost of treatment of the ore. If it be true as repeatedly alleged, that the company can get its ore smelted in the province for $1.00 or $1.25 per ton less than it can smelt it at its own works, then shareholders will not be content to go on missing the opportunity of making that much more profit out of the ore. No such • question of sentiment as the one that, being a British organisation, the Le Roi company should not assist in building up an important industry in-.a foreign country, to the detriment of British Columbia, is likely to have much weight with shareholders, but if they be convinced that more money can be made by having the ore smelted in this province it is probable they will eventually insist that the smelting shall be done in British Columbia, but not otherwise. On August 5 last the - Victoria Colonist published some 'estimates of the mineral production of the chief mining districts of the province for the first six months of the current year, which estimates had been prepared by some one employed *by that journal for the purpose. A head-line writer, incorrectly assuming that the figures were prepared in the office of the Department of Mines, included in the heading the words "Departmental Statistics show an Important Increase over last Year/' Outside of a few newspapers to which a correspondent in the Colonist office sent a summary of the estimated mineral production, and two or three others that were honest enough to acknowledge the source of their information, the mistake of the head-line writer in the Colonist office proved a veritable trap for newspapers and mining journals given to "cribbing." A dozen or more Provincial newspapers varied their head-lines and introductory comments, but all made the same mistake of regarding the statistics as departmental, while neither the Provincial Mineralogist nor any one else in the Department of Mines had anything to do with the preparation of the figures, which were the result only of the enterprise of the Colonist. The infection spread to Eastern Canada, the United States, and even Great Britain, the Provincial Mineralogist or the Department of Mines having been credited far and wide with figures that the Colonist alone was responsible and deserved credit for. The incident is not of much importance, but it shows how little value can properly be attached to statements published in numbers of publications purporting to be reliable, but which appropriate the results of the work of others without hesitation or acknowledgment. We publish this month a description of the ore roasting yards and accompanying appliances at the Tyee Copper Company's smelter, at Ladysmith, Vancouver Island, together with an account of the brick- making methods in use at those works preliminary to burning the fine ore in the roast heaps. The distinctive features of the roast yards, viz., permanent trestles, travelling bridges to facilitate the building of the roast piles and at the same time to economise labour, and the practice of burning or roasting the ore in much smaller piles than is customary at other smelters, are of particular interest, for they demonstrate that so long as there is room for the introduction of improvements in plant and methods, the manager of these works is not content to plod along in the old groove. Not only are the plant and methods at the Tyee roast yards distinctive, but they are simple, thoroughly practical, and economical, as, too, are those in connection with the making into bricks and roasting of the fine ore. Mr. Thos. Kiddie, the manager, is of an inventive turn. His efforts in the direction above indicated having proved successful, it may be expected that he will find other means of effecting savings in operating costs. Since every reduction in the cost of treatment enlarges the tonnage available for smelting, by making it practicable to mine and smelt ores of a lower grade at a profit, each economic success achieved is welcomed, not only as tending to increase revenue to the owners of reduction works, but as making it possible to utilise more and more of the mineral resources of the Province. For this reason, as well as from a desire to keep readers of the Mining Record informed of improvements made, we are gratified that our request to have the information contained in the descriptive article alluded .to placed at our disposal for publication has been courteously acceded to. The statement that the first blister copper ever produced in Canada was turned out by a Boundary smelter may have been made in good faith, albeit in ignorance, but it was on a par with other extravagant and erroneous claims made in newspapers relative to mining and smelting in that district, which may well rest content with the assertion that its mining and smelting costs are very low, even though they cannot be shown to be the lowest in the world. A similar mistake appears to have been made by the Montreal Copper Company, an Eastern organization, which the Canadian Manufacturer lately credited with having claimed to have turned out the first refined ingot copper ever produced in Canada. Now, since the ■Orford Copper Company produced much refined ingot copper in the Province of Quebec as long ago as 1880, as, too, did 3 Scottish company operating in the same province, even earlier, it is evident that the claim of the Montreal Copper Company, if made as stated, can not be sustained. Similarly there is little difficulty in showing that much of the boasting done in this province is only "hot air" and it simply results in distracting attention from the fact that really good work is being done here, at an exceptionally low cost, apart altogether from the question of whedier or not we can "lick creation" in our smelting operations. Let us be content to make it widely known that conditions are unusually favourable and costs low, and we shall be far more likely to attract the serious attention of capitalists than if we make assertions they 338 • THE MINING RECORD. Ites b 7' speedily find to be untrue and as a consequence discount other statements that really are true and worthy of their careful consideration. Men with large sums of money at their disposal to use' in enterprises of merit are not deceived by flare heads or the hysterics of irresponsible writers for newspapers, but the un- embellished record of simple facts may lead them to investigate and possibly invest. To have induced a single outside capitalist to put money into the development of the natural resources of the Province is to have accomplished good work, while to only succeed in tickling the fancy or flattering the vanity of a thousand home readers not prepared to find money for a similar purpose is so much waste effort. By the time this shall be published the tonnage of ore produced by Boundary district mines during the current year will have reached a total of about 600,000 tons. With only three months to expire, it is quite evident that the stated ambition of the Boundary to achieve an output of 1,600,000 tons this year cannot possibly be gratified. Indeed it appears doubtful if the year's tonnage will much exceed 800,000 tons, although there is a possibility of its reaching 850,000 if it be found practicable to run all ten furnaces of the three local smelters with little interruption during the whole period of three months. But even if the 800,000 tons mark be not exceeded, this will mean that the gross value of the mineral production of this district will be not less than $4,000,000. The tonnage for 1903 of the Yale district, which includes Greenwood, Grand Forks and Osoyoos mining divisions,, according to the Report of the Minister of Mines, was 697,284 tons valued at $3,654,234 or an average value of rather less than $5.25 per ton. Calculated on the same basis, this year's production in the district should reach a total value of about $4,- 200,000, so that an estimate of $4,000,000 seems to be a reasonable one. Such an estimate allows for the smaller tonnage of high-grade gold and silver ores raising the general average value, without which $5.25 per ton is too high. Of course, the reaching of a total output of $4,000,000 is conditional upon nothing occurring to prevent a maintenance of ore production at not less than the present average weekly tonnage. It is interesting to note that a total output of the value above estimated means a daily output of aboLit $11,000 for every day of the calendar year, Sundays and holidays included. For a district that half a dozen years ago* (leaving the gold production of Camp McKinney and Fairview, in Osoyoos division, out of account) did not contribute that much in the whole year to the mineral production of the Province, it is manifest that it has during the intervening years made great progress or it would not by now have attained to the creditable position of producing about 20 per cent, in value of the total mineral production for the year of the whole' of British Columbia. moters shares in an undertaking called the British Columbia Mining & Industrial Investment Syndicate, Ltd., which, it is said, has acquired the Great Hope and Alma galena claims at Crawford Creek "with the purpose to work them at once." The circular states that a tunnel has been driven into the mountain on the boundary line of the two properties; but there is no mention of the distance driven or of the actual result accomplished by this development work. The reef, however, we are told, is four feet in thickness and "crops out the whole width of both claims a distance of 3,000 feet and numerous cuttings confirm that an enormous quantity of ore waits to be brought out." All of which is surely somewhat vague and indefinite. After stating further' that the ore carries, according to assay and smelter tests, 40 ozs. of silver and 70 per cent, of lead to the ton, "while an unusual amount of carbonates are present," the value of the latter being, it is suggested, sufficient to defray "all expenses in connection with the work" (but whether this means the expenses in connection with the work of promoting the enterprise or of operating the* mine is not quite clear). Mr. Ulrich later on remarks that the ore is not a. very high-class one, but that the great quantity available, the easy method of mining and so on, guarantee the success of the undertaking. There is, it will be noted, a definite statement, or very nearly so, in respect to the values, but absolutely no definite information in respect to the quantity of "ore in sight." Presuming that Mr. Ulrich is interesting himself in a perfectly legitimate scheme, and we have no reason at all to doubt that such is not the case, we would also suggest to him in all friendliness the futility of endeavouring to secure the co-operation of brokers or the assistance of others likely to invest their money in an undertaking of this kind, without furnishing proof, in the shape of (say) references, of his bona ftdes. Mr. Ulrich may perhaps be well known and highly respected in Nelson, but we are not aware if he enjoys a wider repute. Again the circumstances would be very unusual indeed to commend to the mind of the prudent investor Mr. Ulrich's proposal that money subscribed for promoters' shares in the British Columbia Mining & Industrial Investment Syndicate, Ltd., should be entrusted to his sole keeping instead of, as is now customary, to that of a Board of Directors on whom the responsibility of the judicious disposition of the syndicate's funds would devolve. A Mr. C. A. Ulrich, describing himself as a "mining and general agent," of Nelson has issued a circular inviting subscription to an issue of 100,000 pro- The much vexed question of the "two per cent tax" is again brought prominently to the fore by the action of the Provincial Government in taking proceedings before the Court of Revision to recover from the Le Roi Company the sum of $19,637.23, which it is claimed is due, over and above the amounts paid by the company on account of the mineral tax on ore mined by the company for the fiscal years ending June 30th, 1902 and 1903. The Government in claiming this large sum .does so on the grounds that the quarterly returns made by the company to the treasury department during the periods mentioned do not THE MINING RECORD. 339 agree with the returns published in the company's annual reports, and that whereas on the showing of the former returns $17,621.85 was paid in taxes, the Government was actually entitled to $37,259.08 if the latter returns are accurate. In making the returns to the Government the Le Roi Company apparently took advantage of a technicality and, regarding the smelter as a separate undertaking entitled to a reasonable profit on the cost of smelting the ores, calculated accordingly. But in the company's annual report no such distinction could have been made. If we are correct in this assumption, and the profits credited to the smelter were no more than those usually earned by custom reduction works' operating in the Province, blame can hardly attach to the Le Roi Company for adopting this plan to avoid paying a rate of taxation on a higher value per ton than other mining companies not owning and operating reduction works of their own. But this is really one of the principal arguments concerning the alleged inequitable incidence of the two per cent, tax, that mining companies owning- their own smelters are either in a less or in a more advantageous position as regards the payment of the tax according to whether or not the practice adopted by the Le Roi Company is allowable. We observe that the Granby Company also recently entered an appeal against the assessment levied under the two per cent tax. The company is reported,in the press to have made a return showing the gross value of the ore to be $3.75 per ton, and the nett or taxable value $1,26, the deductions being ] smelter treatment $1.76, freight 33 cents and smelter profit 40 cents. In addition to the levy of the two per cent tax the assessor held that income tax should be paid on the smelter profits. This claim, however, was not upheld by the Court of Revision. Among many references, lately published, to the persistent report that Mr. Jas. J. Hill, of the Great Northern Railway, has secured control of a stock- majority of the Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting & Power Company, is one in a Montreal newspaper that purports to be an account of an interview with Mr. S. H. C. Miner, president of the company, which attributes to that gentleman the statement that the report is true. We do not know— apart from the very natural sentiment that British control, whether Canadian or United Kingdom, would be more pleasing to think of—that it matters who has control, so long as the mine and the smelter that treats its ores are in British Columbia. Far better for the province that the moving spirit directing the industrial policy of this comparatively big undertaking be in the United States if an energetic policy of development and expansion be followed, than that it -be in England with such drawbacks to progress as have characterised some of our English- controlled mining enterprises. It is quite unlikely that Mr. Hill, or those holding stock under his influence and direction, will attempt to build up a smelting industry south of the International Boundary line to the detriment of the best interests of British Colum bia, for the Granby Company has already expended large sums of money in establishing and equipping its smelter at Grand Forks. The mine certainly cannot be moved out of the country. Nor is it probable that those seeking business for the Great Northern Railway, whether in the coal mining regions of Southeast Kootenay, the metalliferous mining districts of West Kootenay and the Boundary, or the big undeveloped Similkameen, will deliberately adopt a policy that would eventually arouse much opposition to them and their undertakings in the province. The prospects are that the extension of financial interests in British Columbia industries of men of influence in railway circles will hasten the provision of adequate transportation facilities for districts at present needing them badly, and will supply a healthy competition in other districts now under the domination of one railway. The legislature of the province or that of the Dominion will, if necessary, at any time, be able to devise an effective means of protection against any important movement that works substantial injury to our industrial interests. In a short leader the Nelson Daily News recently referred to the reported resumption of work at the lead mines in Ontario and Quebec, as a result of the bonus on lead provided by the Dominion Government, pointing out that lead mine operators in British Columbia need feel no alarm on the score of Eastern competition, but rather welcome it, as the operation of the Eastern Canadian lead mines and the establishment of lead manufacturing works in Montreal would render it an easier matter to influence Government in the desired direction towards securing tariff modifications both in respect to raw materials and manufactured products. This view, we think, is a sensible one; but in any case the greater proportion of the bounty offered will necessarily continue to be earned by British Columbia producers. The method of stimulating industry by the adoption of the bonus system may be admissable under certain and abnormal conditions, but it should be likened to the administration of a powerful tonic to a person suffering from temporary prostration, the effects of which if not counteracted might result in a chronic disability. To continue indefinitely a course of tonic-taking (to carry on the simile) would be to ultimately weaken or destroy the natural functions of recuperative energy, and not improbably bring about a condition when an abandonment of the practice would have perhaps a fatal termination. In the present case the provision of a bounty on lead has been effectual in improving conditions in our lead producing districts where previously a most pronounced depression obtained, but before the period anticipated in the Bounty Act expires, it is to be hoped that provision will fie made, in better accord with sound economic principles', and along the lines of tariff reform, for the upbuilding and continued prosperity of an industry which is already one of considerable importance to Canada, and whose potentialities in the direction of development and expansion promise so we 11. While 340 THE MINING RECORD. H we are on the subject we may be permitted to advert to a case which came to our notice the other day, when the provision of a Government bounty instead of inducing the establishment of permanent industry was not regarded as an inducement. For some time past, but more particularly in recent months, a great deal of investigation and enquiry has been instituted by capitalists desiring to inform themselves regarding the value and extent of the iron deposits on Texada Island and at Barclay Sound, on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, with a view to their utilisation in supplying the pig-iron requirements of the Puget Sound and other western markets, amounting at present to approximately 20,000 tons annually. The inauguration of this industry although a relatively unimportant one at this time is nevertheless much to be desired; but it is questioned, we have heard, whether it would be wise to establish works for the production of pig-iron in British Columbia, when it would probably be more profitable in three years' time to ship the raw material to the United States and manufacture there. As matters are it would pay better to make pig-iron on the spot, as costs of handling and frieght would be less in this case, and the bounty on pig-iron off-sets the American duty on the manufactured product. But, the investor asks himself, what assurance or likelihood is there of a renewal of the subsidy when the period of the present arrangement expires. And if it is not renewed, with the American duty to meet, it would not pay to manufacture for that market, which is, and is likely to remain for some time to come, the only available market for our British Columbian iron. We publish elsewhere in this issue a letter from Mr. R. C. Campbell-Johnston in reply to comments we last month made on a recent contribution of his to the London Mining Journal. The particular points we raised were (1) whether Mr. Campbell-Johnston's unqualified statement that the cheapest smelting extant is in British Columbia is open to question, and (2) whether he was justified in asserting that the present practice of British Columbia coal companies is to coke the coal in the ovens for only twenty-four hours. Mr. Campbell-Johnston replies to the effect that his advices are that Tennessee costs, to which we referred last month, are 35 cents per ton for roasting ore and $1.15 for smelting, and that the cost of converting to blister copper has to be added, while the best British Columbia costs for the same result, viz., blister copper, are $1.35 per ton of ore treated! Now, our information is that the Tennessee Copper Company now smelts its ore without first roasting it. Further, within the last fortnight there was published in the Nelson Daily News a report of the hearing of the Granby Company's appeal against the assessment made under the Act authorising the levy of the two per cent, mineral tax, from which report we take the following: "The assessment was based upon the affidavits made quarterly of the amount and value of ore shipped from the Granby mines, freight and treatment, and smelter profit. The gross value of the ore was put at $3.75 per ton, less smelter treatment $1.76, freight 33 cents, and smelter profit 40 cents, a total deduction of $2.49." Assuming that the affidavit of those who know the actual cost of the smelting (stated to be $1.76), which probably includes the cost of converting to blister copper, is to be depended on, we see no good reason for accepting Mr. Campbell- Johnston's unsupported statement that blister copper can be produced in British Columbia for $1.35 per ton of ore treated, nor do we suppose the Granby Company's costs are much higher than those at other smelters operating in the Boundary, where, as is generally admitted, smelting costs are, by reason of the exceptionally favourable conditions, lower than at other smelting points in the province. Then, as to the time taken to burn coke—if Mr. Campbell-Johnston is sincere in his expressed willingness to "beg forgiveness" if he has done the coal companies an injustice, he can best demonstrate his sincerity by ascertaining whether the assertion we challenged was correct, and, if not, by giving his acknowledgment of his error as wide publicity, through the London Mining Journal, as he gave to his unjust reflection on the coal companies. Mr. Campbell-Johnston is characteristically inaccurate in his conclusion that we are eager to advertise Tennessee as a cheaper source of copper than British Columbia. What we are eager to do is to state simple facts, and if it can be shown, upon incontrovertable evidence, that the cheapest smelting extant actually is in British Columbia we shall be only too pleased to avail ourselves of every opportunity to make known that fact, both in the columns of the Mining Record and through other influential channels open to us. On the contrary, we strongly deprecate exaggeration, whether in the direction of making claims for results not achieved, or in undeserved reflections on the work or products of companies operating in the province. AN UNRELIABLE REVIEW. rHE Mining Reporter of Denver, Colorado has •*■ lately been favourably noticed in several of the newspapers of the Kootenay as a generally reliable mining journal. Our own observation has led us to conclude that its claim to reliability, so far as the information it publishes relative to British Columbia is concerned, of which we are qualified to judge, is, as. a rule, well-founded. But for once, though, it has leant on a broken reed, and as a consequence published an article on "Mining in British Columbia," written by Arthur Lakes, that is not only most inaccurate, but does hot even do the Province the barest justice in the direction of giving any conception of the comparative importance—for a country so young in lode-mining—of its mines, nor in conveying any idea of the amount and value of its mineral production, In fact, in the latter connection it does the very opposite, and that to an extreme degree. We feel that we have reasonable grounds for complaint that a widely circulated journal of acknowledged good repute should accept from a contributor an article pur- THE MINING RECORD. 341 porting to review an important industry of this country of which he has little personal knowledge. Professor Lakes has- certainly visited British Columbia, or one corner of it, for we know that last year he came north via Nelson to inspect some mining claim or claims in the mountains west of Upper Arrow Lake, and that a few days ago he was reported to have been visiting Ymir, but that he is entirely ' out of touch with mining developments in the Province is very evident, since his article, now under notice is simply a very fragmentary rehash of portions of a mining bulletin published by the Bureau of Provincial Information and now quite out of date. The Professor is a prolific writer, but in the best interests of the mining industry of this Province we would respectfully urge him to turn his attention to other countries when seeking subject matter.for his contributions, unless he will take ordinary care in obtaining data and in bringing his information up to date. The Professor's information is so full of inaccuracies that it would take pages of space to correct them all. but since many of them are of minor moment we shall restrict our criticism to only two or three of those that are of importance. In regard to the mineral production,' practically all the information given is that "Lode mines in 1901 produced $4,348.63 in gold," and that "the Ymir mine produced $340,000 in one year." It does not help British Columbia in the least to suggest that the first-quoted amount is a misprint. The simple fact remains that a writer well known in mining circles in the United States makes the statement, according to the Mining Reporter, that in 1901 our lode 'mines produced $4,348.63 in gold when, as a matter of fact,.their production that year was valued at $13,683,044, in the- following propor- . tions: Gold, $4,348,603 ; silver, $2,884,745 '• lead, $2, 002,733, and copper, $4,446,963. To show the total mineral production of that year, the value of placer gold,- coal and coke, etc., $6,403,736 must be added, the year's gross production having been $20,086,780. If Professor Lakes had taken the Report of the Minister of Mines for 1903, issued last May, and had quoted, from it to the effect that in that year the lode mines produced 232,831 oz. gold, 2,996,204 oz. silver, 18,089,283 lbs. lead and 34,359,921 lbs. copper, there would have been no reasonable grounds for complaint in this particular, even though mention was not made of the fact that the exceptional conditions that made the production of silver and lead in 1903 the lowest for years had since been removed. But in giving only the most meagre information about production, and that grossly mis-representative, infinitely more harm was done than would have been the case had no production figures at all been given. . Another of the series of mis-representations is the ' following: "East Kootenay ores require no concentration or sorting. They occur in parallel depressions or channels with a width of about 75 feet and a maximum depth of 40 feet." What an utter absurdity, when the St. Eugene mine, in the Fort Steele Division of East Kootenay, the biggest lead producer in Canada, which in 1900 contributed a large proportion of the 63,358,621 lbs. of lead produced in British Columbia in that year, concentrates practically all its ore, while its underground workings include twelve tunnels, aggregating more than 10,000 lineal feet of development, the highest at 100 feet vertical depth below the summit of the hill and the lowest at 1,800 feet, with a shaft sunk from the floor of the 1,800-ft. level to a depth of 125 feet and having large bodies of ore opened up by means of drifts and cross-cuts at this 1,925-ft. level. Without further dwelling upon the unfortunate mis-statements the Mining Reporter has, admittedly with the best intentions, been instrumental in spreading abroad, we think we may fairly ask that journal to do British Columbia the justice of directing attention to the untrustworthiness of Professor Lakes' article, and in the future to decline to publish information relative to mining in this Province unless reliably assured that' it comes from a dependable source. RAILWAYS INTO THE SIMILKAMEEN. r\ URING the last year or so there has been pub- ■*-^ lished much speculative comment relative to the intentions of railway companies with regard to building railways into the Similkameen. Lately this subject has again been receiving the attention of provincial newspapers, several of which have been alleging reasons for the presence in the province last month of certain Canadian Pacific and Great Northern railway official's, and have associated with their having been here the recent visits to the Similkameen of representatives of those railway companies and the Granby Consolidated M. S. & P. Company The stories.told respecting the business at the coast and in the Similkameen, respectively, of these officials and advance agents, were plausible enough, even ingenious in their construction. The Great Northern is stated to intend to proceed immediately with the building of a railway from Midway, in the Boundary district, to Princeton, in the Similkameen; the Canadian Pacific is supposed to be preparing to head off that intruder from the United States, while the Granby company has had its "geologist"—by the way, that gentleman when formerly in the same company's employ was its ore buyer, since when he has been engaged in business as a mining broker in Spokane; an astute business man, no doubt, but unlikely to lay claim to being a geologist—"making a general roundup of information concerning the mining prospects of the entire country, the output of which it is planned shall be drained into the Granby works." Certain incidents are regarded as undeniable circumstantial evidence of the correctness of the first above-mentioned assumption, these being that twenty miles of the route of the railway have already been surveyed from Midway westward, and that rails are being sent in from Bellingham, Washington. Now, we well know that no comment we, nor for that matter, that any journal, may make, will affect in the least the action or inaction, whichever it shall 342 THE MINING RECORD. m tbaa transpire is to be their policy, of the railway companies, so that we cannot fairly be charged with "knocking" in making the remarks that follow. We earnestly desire to see the extensive Similkameen country, with its immense possibilities in agricultural, pastoral and mineral resources, opened up by railways, for without adequate transportation facilities those resources must, except to a very limited extent, remain undeveloped, but we require more evidence than that half-a-dozen agents of railway and mining companies have visited the district and afterwards met prominent officials of their companies and reported to them, or that a short length of the proposed railway route has been surveyed and a few rails been shipped from the coast. As a matter of fact the Great Northern or the V. V. & E., which in this connection are regarded as one and the same, nearly two years ago had surveyors on the route west from Midway towards the Okanagan country, which has to be crossed en route to the Similkameen, and they then spent some time in trying to get a suitable grade up Meyers Creek to the top of the divide between the Boundary and Okanagan districts. Probably they renewed their efforts this year. As to rails for that part of the country—the company is sending in steel for its branch to Phoenix, now in course of active construction, and when it shall proceed to complete the 12 to 15 miles of railway it has already had graded between Curlew (Washington), and Midway it will require rails for that length also before it can continue its line westwards. As to the entire output of the Similkameen being drained into the Granby works—well, once get railways into that country and its big mineral showings well developed, half a dozen local smelters as large as that of the Granby Company will find more than enough ore available to tax their treatment capacity to its fullest extent, but that will not be until after development work on a large scale shall have been done, which Will be several years hence. No, the Granby and other smelters may by and bye find it suit them to obtain from the Similkameen, certain special ores for fluxing purposes, but for the great bulk of their ore supplies they will continue to look to their home mines. With the opening up of the Similkameen by railways will come the development of the coal resources of the district as well as its metalliferous mines. The northern Similkameen, which includes promising mining camps on the Tul- ameen and some of its tributaries, and the Nicola country—Aspen Grove, Coutlee, and north to Ten- Mile and other camps—will most likely be reached by a branch railway going in from the C. P. R. main line, starting from Spence's Bridge or some more suitable point, and when transportation shall be thus assured both the coal and ore showings of the Nicola district will be developed, as is suggested by preseat activity in drilling for coal and prospecting mineral claims in that part of the country. That the Similkameen will eventually become one of the most important mining sections of the province is believed by many. Thus far it has not been given much opportunity to demonstrate that it is well worthy the attention of men prepared to put money into the development of its mineral resources. With the single exception of the Nickel Plate, no mining property in the district has had any very considerable amount of money expended on its development. That exception, though, has proved ,and is continuing to be, a splendid advertisement of the capabilities of the country. But men or companies with half a million or a million dollars to expend in mining in this way are but seldom met with. Yet the turn of the Similkameen is assuredly coming. The opening up of the mining districts situated long distances from railways, unless it be those having rich placer gold-fields, is usually slow. The mineral claims that now constitute the larger mines of Rossland camp were located in 1889-90; they were situated only eight or nine miles from a navigable river, with a down-grade all the way from the mines to the water, yet it was not until the year 1896 that railway transportation facilities were provided. The mines in the Boundary now producing on a large scale were 'located in 1891; five years later development commenced in earnest, but they had to wait until the beginning of 1900 for the completion of the railway that enabled them to become shippers. Prospecting work on the coal measures of the Crow's Nest Pass was commenced in 1887, but ten years elapsed before money was obtained for opening up the coal mines, and it was not until the autumn of the year 1898 that the railway reached the mines. It is true the Similkameen has already waited years for the long-talked-of railway construction, and doubtless many interested in its mineral claims have experienced the heart-sickness of hope deferred, yet it would seem that an end to the long waiting is at length within measurable distance, if not close at hand. While it is almost too much to expect that railway construction will be commenced, or if commenced will be carried on vigorously, before next spring, there really does seem to be good reason to think by the autumn of next year construction will be \ in active progress and that thereafter the extensive development of the Similkameen will speedily take place. THE MINING RECORD. 343 ORE-ROASTING AT THE TYEE COPPER COMPANY'S SMELTER ON VANCOUVER ISLAND. (By E. Jacobs.) TN the March, 1903, number of the Mining Record ft there was published an illustrated description of the smelting works of the Tyee Copper Company, situated at Ladysmith, on Oyster Harbour, which is the shipping place of the well-known Wellington collieries of Vancouver Island. This smelter had then been in actual operation only about ten weeks. Since then it has done good work, both in regard to the dent. The Tyee mine at Mount Sicker is about 11 miles north-west of Duncans, while the smelter is about 20 miles north of the latter town and along the line of railway to Nanaimo. While substantial improvements have been made in and about the smelting works, and others are now being effected, it is not intended to notice these in the present article, the purpose of which is to describe the manner of dealing with the bulk of the ore received here before it reaches the furnace, particularly the arrangement, appointments and operating methods of the ore-roasting yard, in connection with which there are several interesting features, notably the appliances The Roast Yard, Showing,Permanent Trestles and Burning Ore Piles. metallurgical practice there in vogue and the financial results shown by the published accounts of the company. The Tyee Copper Company is a British incorporation, registered in England in April, 1900. It was organized to acquire and work a group of copper- gold mineral claims situate on Mount Sicker, Vancouver Island. The head office of the company is in London, and the British Columbia office at Duncans, 40 miles north of Victoria and on the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway. Mr. Clermont Livingston is general manager; Mr. Thos. Kiddie, manager of the smelter, and Mr. E. C. Musgrave, mine superinten- for building the ore piles, the making of the ore- screenings or "fines" into bricks which are roasted with the screened ore or "roughs," and the custom followed of roasting the ore in smaller and shallower piles than is usual at most smelters, which generally build their ore piles much higher or deeper than is done here. The main supply of ore for treatment at this smelter comes from the company's Tyee mine. The ore consists of chalcopyrite, carrying gold, silver and zinc as well as copper, and contained in a matrix of quartz and barytes, with some alumina. The following general average assay and analysis of 48,623 tons (wet 344 THE MINING RECORD. weight) of Tyee ore received from the mine during an average of 177 tons per diem to 249.6 tons, an in- the fiscal year ended April 30, 1904, will serve to show crease of 72.(5 tons. its character and valuable contents: The ore is crushed and passed over a sorting belt Copper (wet) by electrolytic assay 4.56 per cent. at the mine and is conveyed thence by an aerial Silver 2.87 oz. per ton. tramway a distance of 3% miles to the E. & N. l£ail- Gold 0.14 " way at near Somenos, the difference in altitude be- Iron 11.94 per cent. tween upper and lower terminals being about 2,000 Zinc 6.60 " feet. It is hauled to the smelter a distance of 17 Silica I3-50 " " miles in bottom-dumping 30-ton railway cars, the Alumina 3.95 " " proportion to be smelted raw going to receiving bins Barium sulphate 37-3° " " immediately behind the furnace house and that to be Lime 2.20 " " roasted to bins above the roast yard at the highest Magnesia Trace level of the smelter site. A spur from the railway Sulphur (as sulphides) 16.62 " " runs, on a rising grade, to the top. of the roast yard il Wh 1 ii 1 Plan of Roast Yard, Showing Arrangement of Tramway Tracks As the proportion of barium sulphate is 37 to 38 per cent, and the zinc 6.6 per cent., the smelting of this ore, in the absence of any previous experience or recorded results as.a guide, presented a problem, which, however, Mr. Kiddie soon solved, the outcome of his experiments and experience with the ore being that the smelting practice was so materially improved that eventually the furnace work compared very favourably with earlier results, the treatment capacity of the furnace having been increased from receiving bins, of which there are 16, having a total storage capacity of about 1,600 tons of crushed ore. These bins are constructed with hopper bottoms which are high enough to allow ample head room for the men to work under them. The cross section shown on plan of roast yard herewith outlines the bins. The ore falls from the railway cars on to fixed screens placed in the bins. These screens are set at an angle of about 400 and they screen out, to %-inch THE MINING RECORD. size and less, the fine ore, which falls into a separate compartment, built in the centre of each bin. The surface of the screens is so arranged, by bending the sides downwards, that the "roughs" are distributed all about the bins, thus preventing the screened ore from piling up immediately underneath the lower ends of the screens. All bins have bottom-discharge gates, through which the ore is drawn off into ore- cars running on tram tracks, the roughs going to the roast piles and the fines to the brick house to there be made into bricks. The level of the roast yard is about 8 feet below that of the tram tracks under the receiving bins, these tration giving details of bridges) and bridging the spaces between the trestles. They are so constructed as to admit of their being easily moved ove'r and past the ore beds, as required. The bridges carry tram tracks which, by means of adjustable curves, substituted for the turntables at first used, connect with the tracks on the trestles and allow of the side-dumping ore cars being run over them from the part of the trestle nearest to the ore bed on which the pile is to be built up. The arrangement of the tram tracks over the ore beds and their connection with both the receiving bins and the tramways (since double-tracked) to the burnt ore bins, is shown in the accompanying ;H^SB7 ■/-. **»j- _jJamr^Xi T^ =S= T/?ftY£TL.LJN& BRIDGE: Movable Bridge, Showing Details of Construction. tracks being carried lengthwise of the yard on a series of six trestles, built 60 feet apart, measured from centre to centre. These trestles are permanent- structures, the fire from the burning ore in the roast piles not coming into contact with them. At right- angles to the trestles there are six cuttings or trenches each 4 feet deep and 36 or 40 feet (centre to centre) apart, these and the trestles dividing the yard into beds. The row of beds nearest the receiving bins and the two farthest rows are wider than the three central ones, the wider beds having been added after the others had been in use for a time. Between the permanent trestles there are movable bridges, these travelling on wheels (as shown in illus- ' plan of the roast yard, which also gives examples, at ■ two points, of ore piles when built, and shows the position of the travelling bridges in various parts of the roast yard. The ore piles are built 50 feet long, by.24 feet wide and 7 feet high. They contain on an average about '300 tons of ore to the pile. The object in not building them higher is to shorten the time required for roasting and, as well, the period during which the burnt ore shall necessarily be exposed to rain and consequent leaching, this latter being an important consideration where the rainfall is considerable. The ore is piled on a layer of about 12 inches of cordwood, each pile requiring some eight cords of wood. The l/saa m 1 b jFrT! 346 THE MINING RECORD. ore falls from both sides of the cars as they are moved The period ordinarily occupied in burning these piles along the bridges, and it is so uniformly distributed of ore is about three weeks. The bricks of fines are roasted with the screened ore. The process of making the fines into bricks is as simple as that of ordinary brick-making. The plant for this purpose consists of two one-horse power pug mills and a specially constructed drying floor, so arranged as to equalize the heating over the whole floor space. The building housing the former is 60 6y 30 feet and that covering the latter 140 by 30 feet. The pug mills are such as are commonly used in brick- making. The drying floor is bottom-heated. It is fired from both ends, with flues of red brick tiling between each fire box and two separate stacks (one for each set of heating so a a 3 "•? v 35 ho T*J pq .a oa > o a a '% o A cd o Pi bo a =1 m o >d o as to obviate any necessity for shovelli I excepting for the levelling off when the pile is being completed. furnaces) the flues, which are covered- with clay and rolled, forming the drying' floor. This has proved a practical and very economical mode of drying, the capacity of this plant being 8,000 bricks, equal to 28 tons of ore per day. When the fines are trammed from the receiving bins they are dumped into the pit of one of the pug mills where enough water is added to make them into a plastic mass for moulding, the fine ore being sufficiently adhesive without the addition of any binding material. The moulding is done by hand in the ordinary manner, and the bricks are then placed on the drying floor. After they are dry, which is within 24 hours, they are wheeled out to the near-by roast heaps in which they are piled and covered with screened ore, requiring no different treatment in burning to that given the other ore in the piles. The bricks after burning are hard and porous THE MINING RECORD. 347 and are particularly suitable for smelting in the blast any necessity that might otherwise exist for building furnace, the oxidation of the zinc, copper and iron and operating mechanical roasting furnaces and the in the ore being remarkably complete, average samples subsequent briquetting of the roasted material. The L of large piles of burnt bricks giving 1.5 to 2.5 per cent, roasted bricks are also an improvement on the ordi- sulphur as sulphides, as against 7 per cent, in the ordi- nary briquettes, which at best are tender and very -nary burnt ore This process does away entirely with liable to make fines in the furnace, thus retarding its DM 548 THE MINING RECORD. f Or;' £ work. The bricks, on the other hand, stand rough handling and usage and are a valuable addition to the furnace charge of ordinary burnt ore. The roasted ore is shovelled into 2^4-ton ore cars standing on tracks in the cuttings Detween the ore piles. The tops of the cars are on the same level as that of the floor of the ore beds. As half of each pile can be shovelled to the nearest cars, the distance it has to be thus moved is proportionately lessened. Horses draw the ore cars two at a time along a level track to the burnt ore bins, which are distant about 1,500 feet. The loaded cars are run on a trestle over the bins, situated just behind the smelter building. There are 18 of these ore bins, these having a total capacity of 800 tons. They are constructed with central bottom-discharge gates, emptying into charging cars which run on rails over the scales to the charging floor of the furnace. The ore from the Tyee mine has proved to be a compartively free-burning ore and but little trouble has been experienced by its cintering in the roast heaps. As already stated, the average percentage of sulphur in the burnt ore is about 7 per cent., this being exclusive of the sulphur contained in the barium sulphate, which is not oxidized in the process of roasting. A general average analysis of the 34,948 tons of burnt ore smelted during the year ended April 30, 1904, was as follows: Iron 10.50 per cent. Silica !7-90 " " Zinc 7.50 " " Barium sulphate 38.90 " " Magnesia Trace. Sulphur (as sulphide) 7.09 " " The Tyee Copper Company is to be congratulated on having been the first in the province to introduce the above-mentioned improvements. The movable bridges are Mr. Kiddie's own invention ,and the idea of making the ore fines into bricks and the arrangements for drying, are also to be credited to that gentleman. Other proposed improvements about the works are under consideration, repeated experimenting having shown their practicability and cost-saving effect. It is to be hoped that the available supply of ores will soon largely increase, so as to warrant the addition of more furnaces and the eventual installation of a Bessemerizing plant, both of which were included in the original plans of the works. In conclusion it is desired to acknowledge the courtesy of the Provincial Department of Mines in permitting the use of four of the blocks that illustrate this article, which will probably serve to indicate that on Vancouver Island, as well as in the interior of the province, progress is being made in the direction of reducing smelting costs and improving metallurgical practice. THE DETERMINATION OF CONCENTRATING ORE.* (By Wm. H. Kritzer.) OBTAIN samples of the ore from all parts of the mine, using care. Then have complete and reliable assays made, and if the ore has a gross value of several times what the expense is to mine it, proceed as follows to determine the size of particles to which the ore should be crushed for treatment: Crush an average sample to pass through a No. 4 mesh screen onto a No. 8. If the product remaining on the latter screen separates readily by hand panning, there will be no necessity of crushing it finer. If the product does not separate freely, then crush it so that it will pass through a No. 10 and remain on a No. 16, and repeat the panning process. This operation of crushing, panning and screening is to be continued through a No. 16, 24, 30, 40 and 60 mesh, respectively, or until the mineral readily separates from the gangue in the pan, weighing carefully each part which is left remaining on each screen, also the part that also passes the No. 60 mesh screen. This procedure will give you a fair approximation of how the ore will crush, and if it will have many fines or slimes. Note how each lot separates; examine the tailings or waste under a magnifying glass to see if the mineral is released from the rock, for among the different samples one should be found that is clean or free from inclosed mineral. This will be about the size to which the ore should be crushed. Observe if the material that passes through the No. 60 mesh has much float mineral, also if it contains an unusual amount of mineral, for if so it will slime. From the weights you can ascertain about what can be expected in crushing, and if a large amount is secured from the screens it is an indication that the ore will slime more or less. If the material left on a coarse screen is free from mineral and comparatively large, no fine crushing will be required for concentration or separation, and the ore should be easy to work. The percentage of concentrates in ore can be estimated by taking 20 83 ounces of ore (10,000 grains) crushed to pass through a 40 mesh screen and washing it very carefully in a batea or pan, as long as concentrates appear. Dry and weigh. Each grain will represent one-hundredth of 1 per cent. If the concentrates weigh 300 grains, the quartz contains 3 per cent, of values, or, if 60 grains, six-tenths of 1 per cent. If the concentrates are worth $150 per ton, the value of each ton of ore is $4.50, or, if six-tenths of 1 per cent., 90 cents per ton. To find the loss in tailings, take a sample every half hour (if you have no self-sampler) for twelve hours by passing dipper under the discharge, being careful not to allow it to overflow. Settle the material collected by sifting several teaspoonfuls of powdered alum over the surface of the water, allow it to remain quiet until the water becomes clear, then syphon it off and evaporate the residue remaining. * Mining and Scientific Press. THE MINING RECORD. Mix thoroughly when dry and take three samples of 300 grams, or 5,000 grains, each. Place one of these samples in a two-quart vessel and add about a quart of water. Stir thoroughly, and after having allowed it to stand for several minutes pour the wash water into a larger vessel.' Continue doing this until the water from the sample is comparatively clear. To this wash water collected add powdered alum, and after settling remove the clear water and evaporate the material left at the bottom. Then weigh to ascertain the percentage of slimes, and assay. After the sands have been removed from the slimes separate into three sizes by passing them through a 40 and 60-mesh screen. Weigh each to ascertain the percentages of sands, and assay. If the assay shows that the greatest loss occurs in the slimes, then you are crushing too fine; but if the assay of the coarse sands contains the most values, then you are not crushing fine enough. Mills, as a rule, crush too fine. This can be ascertained only by making tests as above, changing the mesh of screens until the loss in the coarse sands and slimes is about equal, remembering that with the coarser screens you increase your crushing capacity. To test tailings, dry and weigh out 17.35 pounds (10,000 grains) and wash as, described above. Dry and' weigh the concentrates. Each grain will represent one-hundredth of 1 per cent, and a loss of 2 cents, if the concentrates are worth $200 per ton. If the 10000 grains in sample contain 4 grains of concentrates, the loss will be 8 cents per ton. If the concentrates are worth $50 per ton, multiply fifty by four, and 2 cents is the value of the concentrates in one ton of tailings. THE OTTAWA MINE, SLOCAN CITY M. D. (By W. D. McGregor.) A PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTY THAT HAS THIS SEASON STEPPED INTO A FIRST PLACE AMONG THE MINES OF THE DRY ORE BELT. LOCATED in the autumn of 1893 on a cropping of rich silver ore that was discovered on the gulch of one of the northern tributaries to Springer Creek. The history of this property is typical of the camp and contains more than one moral. As there was ore in plain sight assaying into the hundreds of ounces the boom of '94 saw the property bonded for a fancy figure to one of the amateur mining syndicates that at that time were overrunning the country. Unfortunately the management was as unpractical as the organization and after spending some time and a good deal of money in proving that the mountain was not all ore, they threw up their bond just at the time when other and similar failures were operating to the discredit of the camp. Failing in the attempt to find a prospective purchaser on their terms the owners made one or two intermittent and abortive efforts to open the mine. Interests changed hands and in '98 the property came into the hands of a couple of local men and one of the original owners, who did considerable work, valuable as to prospect, ing, but a failure as far as finding ore was concerned. The property languished for a time but the next season four practical miners took a lease and bond on the prospect and after driving some 50 or 60 feet, cut into the top of what is now called the big shoot. They found the ore continuous for some 20 feet varying in width up to 20 inches and rich enough to sort easily to 200 or with 'choice* running over 500 oz. to the ton. They were able to ship enough from the drift and the stope above to pay them handsomely and recognizing the fact that to properly open a property such as this appeared to be called for considerable capital, they decided to sell. This was not as easy as it would seem: Several examinations were made. The ore was rich but it might not go down—and it was not until Mr. R. T. McPhee, the present manager of the mine, inspected the proposition for Messrs. Noble & Coleman of Pittsburg, Ohio, who were at the time visiting their property, the Iron Mask, on Ten Mile Creek, that they were able to find any one to tackle the venture. It turned out to be in good hands. Messrs. Noble et. al left the matter in Mr. McPhee's hands two years ago, and according to Mr. Noble's own statement in July. "The mine has paid all expenses, including the price of the property and is now on velvet." The mine is situated about a mile noun of the main Springer Creek wagon road with which the local road connects at a point about 5 miles from the R. R. giving a 7-mile haul to the ore bins at a cost of about $3.00 per ton. As one approaches up the zig-zag road there is nothing to mark the presence of a big mine except the dumps of waste rock at the tunnel mouths and even these are small on the great slope of the mountain side. A cluster of small buildings, includes a comfortable bunk-house and the cook's headquarters. No steam or power plant, no pump, nothing but the series of tunnels boring into the steep side hill and slicing off section after section of the vein inside. The mine occupies a section of one of the typical North and South fissure zones or belts which run through this part of the country, one similar to that on which the Arlington and Speculator (2 miles East) are located as well as the Colorado, Myrtle, I. X. L. and the developing prospects in the section between 10-Mile and Springer Creeks. In connection with most of these the mineralized zone is marked by silicious ore bearing deposits along each side as well as irregular stringers, following fracture planes in the crushed mass between. This gives the appearance of twin parallel quartz veins from fifty to a couple of hundred feet apart with quartz stringers showing, running in any direction. The strike of the belt and therefore of the twin veins is very slightly East of North dipping to the East and it is on the hanging wall side of the East vein that the big ore shoot has been developed. The whole width of the belt has be: 1 cut on the third and fourth levels and both sides will be worked or rather are being worked as good ore is found in both. The series of tunnels driven by the present owneri I 1 [*•: 350 THE MINING RECORD. 2, 3 and 4 including one intermediate, measure about 3,000 feet on the lead. Besides these the development work shows some 500 feet of raise and 575 feet of crosscut-work. The same people have purchased the Mayetta group adjoining the Ottawa group on the North, thus extending the holdings of the vein well up the mountain and giving them a good reserve of much needed mine timber. They have already contracted for considerable preliminary work on this newly acquired portion. The present condition of the mine shows the first ore shoot on the East vein increasing in length and value down to the fourth level where it is approximately 300 feet long, with the face of the drift in ore of a second shoot after passing through some,' 100 feet of barren ground, while the drift at the same level on the West vein shows an ore shoot 60 feet long. Development is being carried on continuously on this level and by a cross cut tunnel which is being driven westerly and is now approaching the East vein at level No. 5. The present ore reserves consist of an estimated 2,000 tons of sorted ore in the stopes above four and about three times as much low grade ore from the second-class dump and left in the stopes when the main pay streak is extracted. The question of treating the second-class ore is not acute but further exploration may at any time show larger bodies of this: in the meantime some experiments are being made in concentrations. The ore is silicious, with ' its values in native silver, argentite and grey copper and exceedingly well concentrated into the pay shoots. These vary in width from a few inches to 5 feet and ore is broken out clear in the stopes, calling for comparatively light timber work. Sorting is done by hand, consisting simply of the removal of the least mineralized portion of the ore which under this treatment run about 200 oz. About 30 men are employed and the monthly expense is between $4,000 and $5,000; while the net profit for the month of July was given in round figures at $20,000. * The total yield has been about 1,500 tons, 975 tons of which are this year's product. OUTLOOK FOR COAL MINING. The outlook for coal mining in the province, judging by reports lately published in the daily newspapers, may be regarded as more satisfactory at present than at any previous time since 1901. The Wellington Colliery Company and the Western Fuel Company, each owning several of the coal mines operating on Vancouver Island, are stated to have entered into an arrangement which provides that the latter company shall* market all the coal sent to San Francisco by the two companies and since that city is the head- quarter's of the Western Fuel Company there need not be any doubt that sales will be actively pushed in California, where the selling company has extensive business connections. Next, there is the recent public announcement that big steamships of the Seattle-Oriental line the Great Northern Railway Company is about to establish, are to be supplied with hard coal from No. 7 Slope of the Wellington Colliery Company's Comox colliery. About 3,000 tons per month will be required when the Minnesota shortly takes up the running on the new line,* and twice that quantity when her sister ship, North Dakota, now being built, shall go into service. Then the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company is reported from Fernie to have made contracts for the delivery at Montana points of large quantities of coal and coke. The export trade in these fuels may therefore be expected to shortly show an appreciably large increase, though considerable improvement may not be experienced in time to favourably affect to any very marked extent the production of the year now hastening to its close. The competition of fuel oil will hardly reduce sales on the Pacific coast much more that it has already done, while the steady increase in local com- sumption, occasioned by the gradual enlargement and extension of home industries throughout'the province, will in part compensate for any loss of trade resulting from the substitution of oil for coal as fuel. The entering into competition with the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company by the International Coal & Coke Company, of Coleman, Alberta, will take from the former company a considerable portion of its Boundary coke trade, since the Granby Company, the largest consumer ,of coke in the Boundary district, will, it is understood, transfer its custom to the latter company whenever it shall be in a position to supply fuel in sufficient quantity, which will be very shortly. That will not however, make much difference, since the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company will probably be able to readily dispose of all the coke it can make, especially when the extension of the Great Northern branch railway from Jennings, Montana, shall be completed to Fernie, as it will be ere long. Altogether THE MINING RECORD. 351 the prospects are that the demand for coal and coke will have the effect of making this year's total production larger than that of last. It may not reach a total that will constitute a record production for any year, but if existing amicable relations between' the colliery owners and their employees continue undisturbed, as they may be expected to do, next year should see the province's present record production of i, 460,331 long tons (exclusive of coke) in 1901 exceeded. land Machin, 2nd vice-president of the Association, by Mr. Aldridge, the manager of the works. This collection consists of samples of crude ore consigned to the smelter from both gold-copper and silver-lead mines, lime and iron rock used for fluxing purposes, copper matte, lead bullion, lead cathodes, lead pipe of various sizes up to two-inch, briquetted matte and flue dust, and last, a bar of silver weighing, 602% oz., and valued at $347. The exhibit should serve as a useful object lesson to residents of the Exhibit at the Victoria Exhibition of Lead and Manufactured Lead from the Canadian Smelting Works, Trail.—Mr. R. Machin, 2nd Vice-President of the P. M. A., who was largely instrumental in securing the exhibit is standing to the right of the picture, while Mr. Patterson, another member of the Mineral Exhibit Committee, is on the left. MINERAL EXHIBIT AT VICTORIA. THANKS to the public-spiritedness ancl energy displayed by the executive committee of the local branch of the Provincial Mining Association, coupled with the responsive cooperation of mine-owners and others,. a remarkably fine exhibitoin of British Columbian ores, minerals and smelter products was placed on view at the Annual Autumn Fair, which was in progress during the last week of September. The chief feature of this exhibit, however, was a most representative and educational collection of products from the Trail smelter, very kindly sent at the request of Mr. Row- Coast cities who will thusbetter realize the important industrial developments now taking place in the Kootenays. The collection of ore and matte from the Tyee Copper Company's smelter is also deserving of commendation. In addition to the smelter exhibits there is also a very fine collection of ores from all sections of the province, the magnificent specimens of bornite and chalcopyrite from the new strike on the Indian Chief, at Sidney Inlet, attracting especial notice, as did too some fine copper ore from the Arctic Chief mine at Whitehorse. In view of the attention now being directed to the development of the iron ore deposits of the West Coast of Vancouver Island, those responsible for the display are to be ■Sil 352 THE MINING RECORD. conglomerated on securing some splendid specimens of magnetite from the Gordon River mines and of brown hematite from Ouatsino Sound. THE SILVER DOLLAR GROUP, IN NORTHERN LARDEAU. ""THE Silver Dollar group, owned by the Elwood ■*■ Tinworkers Gold Mining Company of Elwood, Indiana, is situated on Mohawk Creek, between three and four miles south-east of Camborne, in the Fish River camp of the Lardeau district. The group is in the neighborhood of the Beatrice group, from which a shipment of about 280 tons of ore, sent out some time since, is stated to have yielded a substantial profit, notwithstanding a long haul to the place of shipment. The Silver Dollar is in what is known as the gold belt of the Northern Lardeau, which belt, taking Lexington Mountain, near Camborne, as its centre, apparently extends south-east to the Beatrice group, and north-west to the Nelson group, covering so far as at present known a total distance of about ten miles, in numerous places along which length veins with free ■gold showing in the quartz have been exposed. Little development work of importance has been done, however, excepting on the Eva and Oyster-Criterion groups on Lexington Mountain, which are about in the centre of the belt, and at the Beatrice in one direction and on the Gold Finch and Camborne group in the other. Recent discoveries of ore carrying high values have encouraged owners of other claims to prospect them, so that it may be expected several producing mines, beside those in the immediate vicinity of Camborne, will ere long be opened up. From a description of the Silver Dollar property published last month in the Revelstoke Herald it is learned that the group consists of three full mineral claims and two fractions, namely, the Little Johnny, Iron Dollar, Carbonate Hill, Gilman fraction and Carbonate Hill fraction. The development work consists of three tunnels, open cuts and prospect shafts. Not much prospecting has yet been done on the Little Johnny and Carbonate Hill claims, but the work on the remaining claims is stated to have exposed four separate leads/ each carrying high values in gold and silver. A drift from one of the tunnels showed ore the, whole length of the 100 feet drifted, and assay returns gave from $2.40 to $15 in free gold to the ton. In another part of the group, on the Iron Dollar claim, about 20 inches of high-grade steel galena have been exposed on the foot-wall of one lead, while three feet of quartz show on the hanging side of a parallel lead. The quartz veins occur in schist, some 'of which has been found to be impregnated with free gold. The indications are that other leads opened on adjoining claims will also be found on the Silver Dollar group after more prospecting work shall have been done. A saw mill and air compressor have been purchased and these will be hauled to the property as soon as tHe trail shall be in condition to admit of this being done. Before deciding what kind of reduction plant to put in the company will have a series of tests made so as to determine what method of treatment will be most suitable for the Silver Dollar ore. Mr. J. A. Darragh is in charge of the property, which is considered to be a very promising one. T OIL EXPLOITATION IN ALBERTA. HE Western OH and Coal Company has issued the following supplementary report regarding work done:—No. 1 Well on Section 29, which is generally referred to as the Prospect Well, was drilled down to 1,496 ft. 6 in. The first showing of oil was a soft shale from 130 ft. depth to 139 ft., this oil was a thick heavy oil. The next showing of oil was in a soft shale from 448 ft. depth to 454 ft. The next showing was from 1,043 M depth to 1,073 ft- and in the same formation. There was also a small showing at 1,132 ft. and 1,216 ft. These showings are all confirmed by the log of the well. After 1,216 ft. the formation became much harder and no sign of oil or gas was obtained, except at 1,300 ft., where a considerable volume of gas was struck. For these reasons the Prospect Well was plugged, and a new well started on the same section about 1,000 ft. from No. 1 Well on a gum bed which occurs there. It is thought that it will not be necessary to go deeper than 1,130 ft. for the high grade oil but if it is found by our experience from the No. 2 or No. 3 Wells that it is desirable to go still deeper we can easily go back to the Prospect or No. 1 Well and sink as deep as found desirable. From the evidences we have been able to file with the Department of the Interior, the Dominion Government have agreed to give the company patents to 1,920 acres of land and they are holding 3,840 acres more in reserve for the Company pending our further operations. The ground in the vicinity of No. 1 Well has been surveyed and a plan is now in process of preparation. At the last session of the House of Commons an Act was passed granting a bonus of 52%c per barrel on every barrel of crude oil produced in Canada. No. 2 Well on Section 23 is in charge of Fred. C. Beresford, who has proved himself a competent driller, on August 6th this well was down 580 feet and casing was down 547 feet, the well was free from water and in good condition. No. 3. Well on Section 29 is again running in good shape. There was a great deal of trouble experienced with water at the beginning with this well and at 200 ft. depth the sinker-bar was lost in the well. These misadventures caused over ten weeks' delay, but the' well has been cleaned out, the water shut off and the drilling is again in operation. On the 6th of August the well was down 212 feet. The logs of No. 2 and No. 3 Wells confirm the experiences of the Prospect Well up to date and we believe with proper care they will both be made good producing wells. THE MINING RECORD. 353 THE DISCOVERY OF PREHISTORIC RELICS IN THE YUKON. jPHERE have been recently exhibited in the Brit- •**■ ish Columbian Coast cities some extremely interesting relics of prehistoric times in the shape of the skulls, tusks, molars, thigh and other bones of mastodons, the remains having been discovered by two miners at a depth of some fifty feet, while working their claim on one of the Klondike creeks. The Front View of Mastodon Skull and Tusks. skull of this colossal and erstwhile awe-inspiring beast, weighs alone over nine hundred pounds, whilst a single tusk weighs two hundred and forty pounds, judging from the length of the thigh bone the height of the animal when alive was probably well over twenty feet, with a bulk fully in proportion. The remains after their discoveries were claimed by the Canadian Government, two of our illustrations being reproduced from photographs officially taken at the itself in which the bones were found was not, we understand, rich, but this fortunate discovery, notwithstanding the cost of bringing the skull to the surface, which was considerable, involving as it did, the opening of a wide shaft and other expenses, since incurred, is nevertheless likely to prove a very remunerative one to the owners of the property. We trust, however, that eventually these interesting relics will find a permanent resting-place in the museum of the Geological Society at Ottawa. The mastodon in general form and other characteristics closely resembled the elephants, the two groups being alpne distinguished by the teeth, though even this distinction is largely an artificial and arbitrary one. The tusks differ from those of some species of elephants in that apparently they are never so much curved, whilst lower incisors, never found in true elephants, according to eminent authority, are present throughout life in some species of mastodons. The mastodon is supposed to have existed in the Old World from the middle of the Miocene to the end of the Pliocene, but several species on this continent are believed to have survived to a quite late Pleistocene period. As A view taken by the Canadian Government of Mastodon skull as found in mine. time of the discovery; but subsequently this claim was waived, on the understanding that the Government should have the option of purchase, after the owners had the opportunity of exhibiting their treasure at the St. Louis Exposition. The gravel mine The Yukon Gravel Mine in which the prehistoric relics were found. remains—a single molar tooth, and later a fragment of tusk—both belonging to mastodon have been during the last century discovered in Australia, it is evident that the range of the genus was very extensive, it being known that generally recognized species existed in Europe, India and both North and South America. BULLETIN ON MINING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. THE Bureau of Provincial Information has had prepared another Bulletin on Mining in British Columbia. This bulletin, which is No. 19 of the publications of the Bureau, is more comprehensive than those on the same subject issued in other years. Its information has been drawn largely from official sources and much care has been taken in checking the statistics. The mineral industry is first treated -topically; then come reviews of mining in the various districts of the province, the order usually observed in Table VII of the Minister of Mines Report (Pro- 354 THE MINING RECORD. F duction in Detail of the Metalliferous Mines) being followed; next come a series of special articles by Mr. E. Jacobs, (to whom was entrusted the general work of selection and revision of the subject matter), and finally a chapter on the provincial Department of Mines and a Synopsis of Mining Laws. The Table of Contents contains fairly full information to facilitate the finding of what is written on any given subject or district. The advance sheets were seen by the Mining Record too late in the month to allow of any lengthy comment being made on the contents of the bulletin for this issue. Briefly summarising these contents, it may be mentioned that after an introductory chapter covering the history of mining in the province, British Columbia is shown to be the "Mineral Province*' of Canada; the chapter on "Mineral Production" gives statistics of production; "Placer and Hydraulic Mining" shortly covers that branch; "Lode Mining" * shows the considerable developments and production of recent years; the "Outlook for Zinc Mining" ■ reviews the position in regard to that metal; the "Occurrence of Platinum" and the "Prospects for Cinnabar" give information on these subjects; then follow "Iron Mining" and "Coal Mining," and next comes a short account of "Other Mineral Resources." Some 75 pages are devoted to notes on the mining districts of the province, together with information relative to leading mines and total production of the more important districts. The special articles are on the "Crow's Nest Coal-fields," "Coast Coal-fields," "Smelting and Other Reduction Works" and a short article on "Water Power in Mining Districts." The notice of the Department of Mines shows the lines upon Which the Bureau of Mines, of which the Provincial Mineralogist, Mr. W. F. Robertson is the executive head under the Hon. the Minister of Mines, is conducted, and gives information relative to the Provincial Assay Office and the Mineral Museum. As the bulletin has been prepared chiefly for gratuitous distribution in the United States, whence 10,000 copies are to be sent (to the St. Louis Exposition) the inclusion of a Synopsis of the Mining Laws should prove useful. The- illustrations are limited in number, showing the smelters and coke works of the province. The cover is a striking one, the design having been carried out by the B. C. Photo- Engraving Company, of' Victoria, and the printing in two colours having been done with the excellence of finish for which Mr. W. H. Clarke, foreman pressman at the government printing office, is so well known. It may be mentioned, in conclusion, that although the letter of transmittal, from the late secretary of the Bureau of Provincial Information, Mr. R. E. Gosnell (to whom is due the credit of having got out this timely bulletin) to the Hon. the Provincial Secretary bears date May 1, 1904, the later revision, which is accountable for the delay in having the bulletin printed, brought some of the information in it up to August. C. P. R. CO'S BANKHEAD COLLIERY. . THE Canadian Pacific Railway Company's anthracite coal mines at Banff are already sufficiently developed to admit of markets being sought for their product, which will shortly be delivered in the coast cities. The Calgary Herald recently published some descriptive matter showing the progress that has been made at the Bankhead Colliery, as these coal mines have been named. Operations are under the direction of Mr. W. H. Aldridge, general manager of the Canadian Smelting Works, Trail, who has charge of the development and equipment of the C. P. R. Company's coal mines. From the Herald's description the following is taken: The C. P. R. has leased from the Dominion government about 5,000 acres. The land is all in the National Park. The coal land runs in a strip about six miles long and a little over a mile wide. Over two years ago the company started surveyors, engineers, etc., to locate the coal fields. Their reports were very encouraging. Mr. Aldridge now hopes to see Bankhead coal used all the way from Winnipeg to San Francisco. The C. P. R. pays 30 cents per year per acre for the land leased and the government also gets 10 cents on each ton of coal mined. As yet the output of the mine is only about 150 tons per day, but the capacity will be increased by spring to 1,000 or 1,500 tons per day. As yet no definite estimate of the amount of coal in the mountain can be made, but there is in sight already enough coal to supply more than the Canadian west will require for a period of fifty years or more. The coal itself is of fine quality. In the lower seams it is semi-anthracite, while the top seams seem to be more of the semi-bituminous, being lower in carbon and higher in volatile matter. Several analyses show that in the lower seams there is between 83 and 84 per cent, of fixed carbon, about 10 per cent, of volatile matter, and about 5% per cent. ash. Some samples have assayed as high as 86 per cent of fixed carbon. The coal is excellent for both furnaces and stoves. Experiments show that with the fire draft boxes similar to those used on a number of American railways it will make good fuel for engines. Six grades of coal are being produced now; lump, egg, stove, nut, pea and No. 1 buckwheat. The temporary breaker handles these kinds now, but by spring when the big permanent breaker with its capacity of 3,000 tons per day shall be working, other grades of coal will be placed on the market. A dozen seams of coal have already been located, all. dipping to the west at an angle of 45 degrees. These seams vary from four to sixteen feet in width, and some of them have been traced for almost a dozen miles, showing an enormous body of coal. Only vtw'o seams are at present being worked, and they measure nine feet. Drift openings have been made to these seams and tunnels have been driven 1,600 feet. To supply the air to work these seams parallel levels above the tunnel levels have been made, thus giving a constant supply of fresh air. On the surface both the seams are connected. THE MINING RECORD. 365 So far all the work done is development. Later breasts will be turned from the levels. These breasts it is intended will be constructed off the entries every sixty feet, and will be driven up the pitch to the surface. With these breasts 24 feet in width this will leave a solid pillar of 30 feet, to act as a support. The depth the seams run below the present entries has not yet been determined definitely. One seam has been followed down to a depth of 300 feet, and men are still working on it. General manager Aldridge and superintendent Henrietta are taking every means known to science to make these anthracite mines safe. The airways are so constructed that it will be impossible for any noxious gases to gather. of mining and smelting, $3.05 per ton, with a net profit of $2.57 per ton. Total area. 170 acres, and equipment equal to handling at least 500 tons per day. "The Morrison group is in shape to ship 150 tons per day, with 200,000 tons in sight. Ore can be placed on cars when the spur is built for $1.25 per ton, and on account of containing 20 per cent, sulphur, is especially desirable for fluxing. Average smelter returns show 0.2 ounce gold, from 0.5 to 1 ounce silver and 0.6 per cent, copper. Average value $4.05 per ton. Cost of mining and smelting $2.90 per ton; profit $1.15 per ton. "In the Athelstan-Jackpot there are 100,000 tons in sight, which can be mined at 60 cents per ton, being on the open quarry system. Ores run from 0.2 P5*P5P^5 Montreal & Boston C. M. & S. Co.'s Sunset Mine. THE MONTREAL AND BOSTON CONSOLIDATED MIXING & SMELTING CO. FROM a circular recently issued.under authority of the Montreal & Boston Con. Mining j & .Smelting Co., Ltd., in New York, some interesting details of what is in prospect for this new Boundary corporation are taken*: "Regarding the Brooklyn it is given out that this mine has 350,000 tons of ore practically ready for shipment, which can be placed on the cars at a cost of $1.25 per ton. Average values for smelting returns are given at 2 per cent, copper, 0.1 ounce gold, 0.3 ounce silver, average value $5.62 per ton. Cost to 0.8 ounce in gold- and 0.5 to 0.7 ounce silver, and can be mined and smelted at $3.40 per ton. Ores average $7.50 per ton, leaving profit of $4.50 per ton. This profit will be increased by $1 per ton as soon is the spur to the mine is completed. "The Mountain Rose in Summit camp is much of the same character ore as the Sunset, in Deadwood camp, all owned by the company, and valuable chiefly as fluxes, having large excesses of iron, with some gold, silver and copper values. Both have an immense tonnage of this ore that can be cheaply quarried. "As is well known the company's smelter is located at Boundary Falls, about four miles below Greenwood, and now has a daily capacity of 650 tons daily, 356 THE MINING RECORD. with two furnaces. The third furnace on the ground will make a capacity of 1,000 tons daily, when the smelting costs would be $1.50 per ton. During 1903 this smelter treated 112,226 tons of ore, producing 2,551,142 pounds of refined copper, 7,705 ounces of gold, and 58,728 ounces of silver. This was the result however, of operating one furnace 288 and two furnaces no days. "It is estimated that, in order to obtain the best results from a metallurgical standpoint, with four furnaces in operation, the daily charge would consist approximately of the following: Note.—The foregoing has been taken from the Phoenix Pioneer. As we are not in possession of a copy of trie circular from which it is stated to have been taken, we have not been able to compare it with that document. It will be noted that there is an error in the figures relating to the Athelstan-Jackpot, but we reprint them as they were published by the Pioneer not knowing where the error is. The only comment we have to offer at present on the estimates of values and prospective profits is that we think the latter excessive, and regard the statement as having been made from a stock-selling and somewhat visionary Montreal & Boston C. M. & S. Co.'s Brooklyn Mine. ^^*^% Dominion Copper ore 700 Morrison 150 Athelstan 120 ! Sunset .. .. .. 1 Mountain Rose ( 23° ■tons Total 1,200 tons "Such a charge when everything is in full running order, would, it is claimed, make a profit of $2,511.50 per day or $916,697.50 per annum, being 14 per cent.' on the par value of the stock issued. "All allowance for slag losses, freight and refining charges, etc., have been deducted from the above figures, and no estimate has been made except on ore actually developed and blocked out. The freight charges are estimated at from 15 cents to 30 cents per ton, and that there is enough now ready to last the smelter two years at 1,000 tons per day, the smelter value of which is over $4,000,000. In 60 days the third furnace, now on the ground, can be installed, and in 90 days a fourth furnace can be added." point of view rather than from a basis of known actual experience of well-established mining and smelting companies operating in the Boundary district.—Editor Mining Record. FILING NOTES AND CLIPPINGS. MR. W: G. SWART, of Denver, Colorado, writing to the Engineering and Mining Journal, tells of a system of filing notes and clippings he has used for nearly eight years. As there are probably many -readers of the Mining Record who keep clippings but who, owing to their not having adopted a suitable system of filing, find that those on any particular subject are not readily accessible when wanted, Mr. Swart's description of the system he has found very satisfactory in actual use is here republished. He writes: "In filing clippings I use a manila folder about 6 by 9 in., such as is used in business houses for filing commercial agency reports. Any envelope will answer, but the folders have two THE MINING RECORD. advantages—greater capacity and permitting the clippings to be run over rapidly without removing from the folder. The folders or envelopes should stand on edge alphabetically in a drawer or case, with guide cards or letters, so that they may themselves be run over as rapidly as cards. One of my folders holds from 50 to 80 average clippings. All clippings in one folder bear on the same subject, and that a closely restricted one. This subject is written on the outside of the folder at the top, followed (on the first folder of any set or group) by the letter A. When this folder is filled, a second like it is placed behind it, with the same heading, but marked B, and so on. For instance, under the general subject 'Mining,' my first folder has written across the top 'Mining—Air—A.' The second its proper position. I Will say here that I use a separate card index, but a fair substitute is a list on the outside of the holder of the articles contained therein. My own cards, clippings and pamphlets now weigh considerably more than 150 lb., which in its entirety is anything but portable, yet in five minutes I can produce in compact, portable and convenient form for packing, all the information I have on any given subject. "Pamphlets and catalogues may be filed either in the folders, with them, or in a separate file. I use the latter, because the wide range of most catalogues does not yield itself readily to any system of subdivision, and filing simply by name gives the most satisfactory results. "Inside each folder is a card or sheet of good paper, Montreal & Boston C. M. & S. Co.'s Morrison Mine. folder is marked 'Mining—Air—B.' The third 'Mining—Accounts—A.' The fourth/Mining—Books—A.' The remaining subdivisions under 'Mining' are: 'Coal,' 'Costs,' 'Drilling,' 'Engineering,' 'Examination,' 'Explosives,' 'Finances and Promotion,' 'Haulage,' 'Hoisting,' 'Hydraulic,' 'Law,' 'Light,' 'Management,' 'Miscellaneous,' 'Ore,' 'Pumping,' 'Sampling,' 'Shafts,' 'Signalling,' 'Timbering,' 'Tunnelling,' 'Ventilation.' Other subjects are even more closely subdivided. "The first clipping placed in a folder will have written on its blank margin—preferably the top—say 'Mining—Hoisting—A-i.' The next,'Mining—Hoisting—A-2,' etc., until the A holder is full and it becomes necessary to start the second or B folder. All clippings on any subject are thus together, any one can be reached instantly, and as quickly returned to about 6 by 9 in. On this are written personal notes on the subject covered, reference to note books, catalogues, books, or other specific sources of information. In the case of two articles on one clipping, I file the clipping under the more important head, or the one most likely to be used. Then, in the other folder I place a small slip of paper, giving simply the title of the missing clipping, and where it is to be found; thus: 'Life of Punched Screens—See Cyanide—Refining—B-5—Reverse." If case clippings are loaned, or kept out of the system for any reason, ticklers of this kind should be inserted. "All of this is far simpler and quicker than it sounds. When once in operation, it requires an amount of time so small as to be negligible, yet it puts instantly under my hand all the information I 358 THE MINING RECORD. m p have noted during the past eight years. The working out of this system cost much thought and labour. Much of this might have been saved could I have had some intelligent instruction at the start in the methods and limitations of the system. I believe it would be possible and desirable for the engineering schools to save their graduates a vast amount of such labour by regularly giving to them the elements of a classification system suitable to their future needs, at a cost of neither much time nor money." and the duplex cylinders are 20 by 42 in. This, shaft is now down 1,600 ft. At all the properties visited the development work and the permanent improvements are all of the most substantial character, being evidently designed for heavy duty and long life. This is one of the developments coming from the control of companies having abundant capital and sure of a large product." MINE SHAFTS AT IRONWOOD, MICHIGAN, U. S. A. 1UT EMBERS of the Lake Superior Mining Insti- tute, which held its tenth annual meeting at Iron-wood, Michigan, about six weeks ago, spent one day visiting mines in the vicinity of Iron- wood. A special correspondent sent the Engineering and Mining Journal notes of shafts at some of the mines visited, as under: "The new A shaft at Norrie mine, which has been under way about two years, and is now down in the footwall a trifle more than 1,000 ft., attracted most notice. This shaft is steel lined, 6 by 23 ft. inside timbers, and dips at an angle of 580. The lining . adopted differs slightly from anything of the kind ever before attempted. The shaft contains two skip compartments, each 6 by 6 ft., a cageway of* the same size and a 4 by 6-ft. compartment for ladder, counterweight and pipes. It is lined, except for the upper 20 ft., with steel sets and wood lath. The wall plates are 30-lb. rails and the dividing pieces 3 to 4-in. I beams and channels. Old rails are found more convenient than beams for end-pieces and are cheaper. The various members of the sets are connected by riveted angle bars. Studdles are merely 4-ft. pieces of 16-lb. rails, or scrap of other sizes, with ends slotted for connection. Slots in the studdles fit over flanges in the wall plates so that they cannot be knocked out, except by a pressure that will bend them sharply. To facilitate work, and because the ground is soft, the plates are divided into two pieces. There are about 1,850 lb. steel in each set. Wood lath is found necessary. It has been found that the difference in area in the excavation, because of the thinness of the steel membeVs amounts to a saving of about 21 per cent, over a wood-lined shaft having the same inside area; but the gross cost of sinking is about 13 per cent, greater. "The first shafts sunk in the Ironwood district, in 1884, were all directly on the ore and large bodies of ore had to be left for supports. Later shafts were sunk in the hanging, but all new work is in the quartz- slate foot, about 250 feet from the ore horizon. Most shafts, especially those in mines of the United States Steel Corporation, that are closer than this to the ore, will probably be abandoned. Aside from the A shaft at the Norrie, three others at Ironwood are using steel to a greater or less extent. "At the Newport's K shaft, a hoisting plant capable of hoisting a 10,000-lb. load, unbalanced from 2,000 ft. is going in. The drum has a straight face STATUS OF UNIONISM IN TB STATES. E UNITED A LTHOUGH not an analagous case to that of the ^* Centre Star vs. Rossland Miners' Union that was a few weeks ago decided against the union in the Supreme Court of British Columbia, the Engineering Magasine, of New. York, made editorial reference in its August number to a decision in Illinois that is of much.interest. It observed: "The most sensational development of late relating to the status of unionism is the much discussed decision of Judge Adams of the Illinois Appellate Court. In the casein question the unions attempted to enforce, by strike, certain most outrageous demands, and among them one for the exclusive employment of union men—in other words, they closed the shop. They picketed the works, were enjoined, persisted, and were fined and the ringleaders jailed for* contempt. The case came before Judge Adams on appeal. He holds that a strike to compel an agreement constitutes duress, is unlawful and renders any agreement or contract obtained voidable; further—a much more important point—that the proposed agreement in this case would itself be unlawful because it would:—'if executed, tend to create a monopoly in favour of the members of the different unions to the exclusion of workmen not members of such unions. . . Contracts tend ing to create a monopoly are void.' The decision, naturally has been sharply criticized but it is said that counsel expect it to be sustained in the Illinois Supreme Court. If so,- it will be one of the most important leading cases in the United States." CLASSIFICATION OF PULP. TN the course of a recent contribution on the sub- ■*■ ject of the "Output of British Mines," a correspondent of the Engineering and Mining Journal made the following comment regarding classification in connection with Cornish mining. "Experiments have recently been made on a working basis which show that crushing through a 10-mesh instead of a 30-mesh—the aperture writers will please pardon the expression—7° Per cent, of the pulp contains but little values, and is discarded, thereby increasing the capacity of the machinery 300 per cent., to reduce.the wear and tear, the working costs, the loss in the tailings, and to increase the value of tne concentrates. Mr. Abelspies, of the Polmear mine, has paid great attention to classification, and has applied his system to the complex ores of the mine. Mr. Martin, one of the professors of the Truro Technical School, has THE MINING RECORD. 359 patented a classifier which should, if largely used, do much to revive Cornwall, Now, in the mines the tin is crushed very fine, in some cases so fine as to render it useful on strops to whet razors. It has been said that after crushing to a io or 15-mesh, fully 50 per cent, can be immediately rejected, and that it contains less value than after going through a dozen or more mechanical and manual treatments. The coarser the ore can be concentrated, the better." CORRESPONDENCE. THE MINING LAW AND SECURITY OF TO THE EDITOR:—Sir: In your issue for August you refer to a statement made by Mr. John Keen of Kaslo in a circular letter issued to the members of the Executive Committee of the Provincial Mining Association. I wish to furnish the following facts, which, I believe, will prove that Mr. Keen's statement is absolutely correct. I have for the last ten years followed the business of mining and prospecting in the province of British Columbia and in 1899 I .made some mineral locations on Twenty Mile Creek, or what is known as Camp Hedley. Among the locations made by me are a group of claims situated above and adjoining the Yale Mining Company's millsite at Hedley. This company desired to build a gravity tramway from the Nickel Plate mine down to the mill and Mr. M. K. Rodgers, the manager of the company, proceeded to carry out the work across my group of mineral claims without my consent, and without incorporating a tramway or power company. Knowing that he had no authority to build, I ordered his workmen off my ground, as they were cutting and destroying valuable timber and mining works constructed by myself. Consequently Mr. Rodgers found himself compelled to incorporate a company (known as the Daly Reduction Company) in order to get power to construct and operate tramways and other works. But in complying with section 4 of the Tramway Incorporation Act, he neglected to state over what ground, or to or from what points the said company were intending to build their tramway, and accordingly I could not take advantage of section 5 of the said act. So the Lieutenant- Governor-in-Council granted Sir: Rodgers the right to construct a tramway over my property. Now, as certain sections of the B. C. Railway Act are to apply in regard to tramways, and as the said act amongst other things states that where the road is located over mineral claims, the owner of those claims is not allowed to do surface mining within a distance of one hundred and twenty feet of the centre of .the road, it would mean a strip of ground 240 feet wide, which I am unable to work, except by drifting from some outside point. As far as I can see, there is nothing to prevent Mr. Rodgers' company, ,or any other company that may be incorporated, from building several moire lines or branch Knes over my property, which would leave me no ground whatever to operate. As it is, they have actually cut off all access to one of my mineral claims, there being no crossings constructed on the said tramway anywhere on my property. I have asked the Gold Commissioner for this district as well as the Minister of Mines for assistance, but the answers have been invariably the same, viz., "I would suggest your consulting an attorney in the matter." Besides those claims, I located a mineral claim known as the Alpine (Lot 2672) and in due time applied for and obtained a Crown grant, and as I required the surface I obtained a Crown grant to the surface by paying $5 an acre. The Yale Mining Company found it necessary to construct a flume over the said lot, and after giving security to the Gold Commissioner according to section 24 of the Water Clauses Consolidation Act, they proceeded to construct a grade for the flume as well as to run a tunnel of some two hundred feet in length, dumping several thousand tons of rock and boulders down on valuable ground. To obtain any compensation for damage done in this case, I should be obliged to sue—as the act states—on the security -so given, which will mean the employment of an attorney and the expenses in connection therewith. To'make matters worse, I have not only bought and paid for, but have been paying and am, and as far as I can see, will have to continue to pay, taxes on property, which I am not allowed to use or occupy. It would be interesting for myself as well as for all the prospectors, that are spending their hard-earned money as well as their labour and time in this province, to know what constitutes a free miner's rights. In reading the Mineral Act, the average prospector will think that if he locates and records a mineral claim on vacant Crown land le will have the right to prospect and mine for gold and other mineral anywhere inside of the boundaries of his location. But my experience is that he can only enjoy those rights until such times as a corporation or company may require his ground; then it depends on the amount of money he is willing and able to spend, as well as the ability of his attorney, if he has any rights or not. I am well aware that no one can mine and carry away any ore found on his location, but a mineral claim is of very little use to the owner unless he has the unrestricted use of the surface of the said claim. LOUIS O. HEDLUND. Hedley, B.C., September 15th, 1904. COMPARATIVE COSTS OF COPPER SMELTING. TO THE EDITOR:—Sir: I have read with amusement your criticisms in your September issue of an article of mine that appeared in the Mining Journal of London on "B. C. as a Source of Copper"; and I note your eagerness to advertise Tennessee as a cheaper source of copper than British Columbia. Personally in my profession I luckily have other clients who do not share your unvarnished opinion of my abilities. We know that mrping and metallurgical engineers, who have had the good fortune to gain a theoretical course in a British school of mines, followed by practical experience in metallurgy at Swansea, and practical mining experience under some of the many important British firms of engineers, we know that these have to endure the compliment of being called "only theoretical" in some parts of the world, especially if they are satisfied that a British training is as good as an American one. All this, however, is only personal, and is not to the point in our aim to legis- mately attract capital to British Columbia. You dispute without quoting figures that the cheapest smelting practice is extant in British Columbia and suggest that probably Tennesese has cheaper costs. My advices are that Tennessee costs are thirty-five (35) cents per ton for roasting plus one hundred and fifteen (115) cents for smelting to matte plus costs of converting to blister, whereas the best British Columbia costs for the same result, viz., blister copper, amount to the total of one hundred and thirty-five (135) cents per ton of ore treated. In commerce, costs of the product are what count to enable competition in the world's markets, and if conditions in British Columbia are more favourable from self-fluxing ores, then these cheap costs constitute an inducement to capital to mine in British Columbia. The average mixed costs of mining from opencast and underground works are one dollar per ton and less in the Boundary district. . It is possible to reduce these costs even in the smelting department by feeding the furnace by means of more labour- saving appliances and eliminating more thoroughly the price of labour and' this matter is claiming the attention of many of the smelter managers: also in British Columbia by using hot blast to reduce the only necessary barren flux, viz., coke, at present costing seventy-five (75) cents and more per ton. With these objects accomplished, what is there to cause you mirth in predicting the reduction of smelting costs from $1.35 to (85) eighty-five cents per ton? Keremeos and West Fork can supply when needed later iron ores containing ample, values to make profit on their use as flux, and further reduce refining charges, and Boundary 360 THE MINING RECORD. j.*Ww has valuable lime ores for the upper country to more than pay their' way for mining and smelting as fluxes. A higher recovery of values by obtaining cleaner slags, (point one) .1 per cent of copper being equal to two pounds of copper valued at twenty-five (25) cents per ton of slags, will add to profits and offset costs. If an injustice has been done to the coal companies, the writer will be the first to beg forgiveness; toughness to save waste in handling and transportation is as essential as to bear the weight of furnace charge. For their reputation, let us hope your experience, that the toughness of the coke cannot be improved by decreasing the ash with' washing and by longer and perhaps slower burning, is really a fact, though a misfortune to the smelting industry. Why are so many different patterns of coke ovens being tried at different mines, of experience has already demonstrated the one that will product the toughest coke? RONALD C. CAMPBELL-JOHNSTON. Greenwood, B.C., September 7th, 1904. YUKON MINING INTELLIGENCE. ' I J HE Yukon World recently published some particulars of ■*■ the ■ stampede to Beaver Creek, which has created excitement in the vicinity of Circle and Rampart. Beaver Creek is a tributary of the Yukon River, which it enters near Fort Hamlin, about 300 miles below Circle. It heads in the same range as Birch Creek and in one place approaches within rather close proximity to the older and better-known creek. The discovery was made by a party of miners who spent last winter at the head of the creek, and who state that pans of wash run from ten cents to $1.50 " a pan. Mr. A. N. C. Treadgold, prominent in conection with the Treadgold concession granted by the Dominion Government and .relinquished on account of the' great outcry there has been against it, recently returned to Dawson. In the course of a newspaper interview he expressed surprise at the prevailing pessimistic view taken locally relative to the exodus to the Tanana country that has taken place. He stated it as his opinion that as a means of attracting the attention of capi- ahsts it would be infinitely better if there were half a dozen centres each as well known as Dawson, instead of only one, as is now the case. He thought the Dawson camp neither better nor worse than it was a year ago, but with every promise of its being better in the future. It is reported that there is trouble between the miners and the storekeepers of Tanana as to the price at which gold dust shall be received as trade. The miners demand that they shall be allowed $17 per ounce but the business men decline to allow more than $16. The miners claims that assay returns received from the Selby Smelting Company of San Francisco show the gold to be worth $17.51, but the storekeepers maintain that if they allow more than $16 they are losers in realising on it. _ It is announced that the building of the proposed railroad m the Tanana country is definitelv assured, and that the equipment, including the rolling stock, is already on the way North. The road, as projected, will run to Golden City the settlement on Discovery, Pedro Creek, distant 14 miles from Fairbanks and 26 from Chena. The road-running up Gold stream and thence up Pedro, a tributary, will reach all points where mining is in progress on the northern side of the divide. It is reported that the builders are more favourably disposed towards Chena as a terminal point than Fairbanks, on account of the superior transportation facilities at the former. I In connection with litigation Detween opposing factions holding interests in the Gold Run (Klondike) Mining Company the conflicting interests have agreed upon Lieut. Wm Bradley an Englishman well-known in the Klondike in which he has been interested since 1898, as the inspector who shall have charge of the company's mining operations tinder the order made by Mr. Justice Craig, pending final judgment in the action now being prosecuted, and work on the company's property, which is very valuable, was to be resumed at once. Reports brought to Dawson from Tanana are generally favourable, as regards - gold returns, but the question of transporting supplies to the creeks is at present a serious one to the miners, there being no roads in the country. It costs from 15 cents to 25 cents a pound to pack to the various creeks. One instance is mentioned where $2,200 was paid for hauling a 20-horsepower boiler 12 miles. Clear'y Creek has been attracting most attention at present, probably because the best dirt so far found has been located on that creek. The Yukon World mentions that on 2 below, where Krockla and Diver have a lay, as the result of two and a half days' run, with' four men in the drift and the crudest kind of hoisting apparatus, the clean-up amounted to $700. Man- ley and Boone, on 4 below, working 18 to 20 men, cleaned up for six days' run $16,288. The topography of the Tanana is stated to be similar to that of the Klondike. At the head of Pedro Creek there is a huge dome just as there is at the head of Bonanza, all the gold-bearing creeks radiating from the peak like the spokes of a wheel, as do Bonanza, Hunker, Dominion and Quartz Creeks from the King dome. The N. C. Company has established a new post on the, upper Tanana, about 200 miles above Fairbanks. Ben Bennett, formerly a mail carrier on the Valdos route, is in charge. The site of this post is at the mouth of the Big Delta, a tributary' of the Tanana, 12 miles above the United States telegraph station at Salt Jacket. Some discoveries have recently been made on the Big Delta, but their extent has not yet been learned, none of the prospectors having yet come out. Good reports have been brought out from Shaw Creek, * another tributary of the Tanana. The latter discoveries have been made at about 30 miles from the mouth. Both the Big Delta and Shaw Creek head in the Coast Range, near Mount McKinley. Returns received at the Comptroller's office at Dawson show that the output of gold mined in the immediate vicinity was valued at $1,539,518.40 as compared with $1,300- 250-55 for July- This output is considered unusual for a month in which the rainfall is generally light, but this year ■copious rains fell in August, so that there was no shortage of water. Returns for Forty-mile and Whitehorse have not yet been received, so the above-stated amount does not show the full production of the Yukon Territory for August. It is estimated that the total output for he season will be about $10,000,000, this estimate being based upon the. reports of the Comptroller, to whom the export tax on all gold shipped out of the country is paid. The Government computes the amount of the tax payable on a basis of $15 per ounce, but the general average value of the gold is above $16 per ounce, and it is on this latter valuation that the above estimate of total value of the season's output is based. Advices just received from Ottawa notify the local Government that the hydraulic lease issued September 1, 1901, in favour of the Alaska North-west Exploration Company for a tract of land on Ten-mile Creek, a tributary of Sixty- mile River, will be cancelled on the 19th September, the lessees having neither paid rent nor performed the work necessary to enable them to continue to hold the ground. This concession will be open to staking by free miners on the latter date. As good pay was reported as having been struck last summer on the adjoining concession, held by the Syndicat Lyonnais, the ground now to be thrown open will be promptly staked. It is known as the Bowie concession, having been first granted to Colonel Bowie and by him assigned to the Alaska North-west Exploration Company. Recent reports from the Tanana state that most of those who have gone there without supplies for the winter or money to provide for their wants are likely to suffer much privation before next spring. While the prospects for the future of the camp are considered to be most promising, much of the best ground on the Cleary, the richest creek in the district, is stated to be from 45 to 60 feet deep, so that on most cases it is only after a lengthy period of prospecting that the paystreak is located. High freight rates have been almost prohibitive the past summer, so far as get- THE MINING RECORD. 361 ting in machinery to work the claims is concerned, consequently another season's work must be done before the field will be productive enough to support even those already dependent upon it. The outlook for the fast-approaching ■winter is, therefore,, believed to be a bad one for many in the camp without means and for whom there is no work available. Hans Austin, who has been in Alaska and the Yukon for eleven years without having once left the northern country, has at last made a stake. He spent the summer of 1893 rocking on Stewart River bars, and afterwards joined in all the stampedes to new finds, from the Klondike to Nome. In 1901 he returned to Circle from Nome, and while prospecting on Eagle Creek news came of Pedro's discovery in the Tanana country. Austin remained at work near Circle while his partner made the trip overland on foot to Tanana, where he staked ground on Cleary afterwarus proved to be very rich. Austin joined his partner in 1902 and since then the two have steadily prospected until now they have sold out five interests that will shortly bring them in $100,000 to divide equally. The Yukon World says that "Austin is going outside to spend the winter, to boil some of the tin out of his system, the result of a continuous diet of canned goods for the past eleven years." Rails and other material for Falcon Joslin's Tanana railway have been arriving in Dawson during the latter part of August, and going thence down river to Chena. Those who have been over the proposed route of the road describe it as without engineering difficulties, and having plenty of timber near at hand for ties, bridges, etc. From the lower terminus, which will probably be at Chena, to Golden, on Pedro' Creek, the distance will be about 20 miles. It is proposed to next season continue the road over the divide to Cleary and Fairbanks Creeks. W. W. Tinkham has returned to Dawson from a six- weeks' trip through the Forty-mile country. He visited every creek in ' that section on which gold has been discovered and men are at work. When in the Ketchemstock Hills he was 175 miles distant from the mouth of Forty-mile, yet still in the watershed of that stream. He reports the existence of large areas of bench gravels suitable for hydraulicing, while there are many bars that could be dredged; also, that there is a fine body of quartz in the Ketchemstock Hills over the divide from which head streams tributary to the Tanana. He considers the probable continued productiveness of the Forty-mile country, which it is estimated will this season show a total production'of more than $200,000, general undervalued. Much of the output just mentioned is from the United States side of the boundary line, but the bulk of this gold passes through .the business houses and banks of Dawson. ... Official proclamation has been made ordering a re-division of the mining districts of Sixty-mile and Dawson, by which a section from the latter district, i.e., the territory tributary to the Sixty-mile River, including Boulder Creek and excluding Gold Creek, is added to the former. The re-arrangement will, it is said, greatly convenience miners working on and in the vicinity of Boulder Creek. LEAD CORRODING WORKS AT MONTREAL. INFORMATION comes from Montreal, Quebec, to the effect that the project to establish lead-corrodmg works in that city is to be carried into effect with as little delay as possible. Premises for he industry have been secured ' at Montreal, and arrangements made with the Canadian Pacific Railway Company for a suitable freight rate: on the raw material from British Columbia. It is probable that the chief supply of lead will be obtained from the Canadian Smelting Works, Trail, the management of which a tew weeks ago announced that negotiations were in progress tor the establishment of lead-corroding works in one of the Eastern Canadian cities. The Carter White Lead Company, of Chicago, Illinois, are stated to have in hand this industry which is a new one for Canada. MACHNIERY NOTES. THE Britannia Copper Syndicate, Limited, Howe Sound, Mr. George H. Robinson, Managing Director, are actively engaged in installing their aerial tramway and mining buildings. They are developing a water power and will have available 500 horse power under an effective head of 1000 feet. They have contracted with the Pelton Water Wheel Company of San Francisco, for Pelton type wheels and they have purchased from the Canadian Westinghouse Company three-phase alternating current generators to-be direct connected to the Pelton wheels. This involves two 200 k.w.. 6,600 volt generators and it is worthy of note that they' are the highest voltage machines in the Province. They have a transmission three miles in length to the mines and the machines are wound for this voltage to obviate the necessity of installing raising transformers. They have purchased ten induction motors, the largest of which is 150 horse power to be installed at the mine three miles from the power house, which drives a compressor. The Britannia Syndicate have also purchased a Westinghouse-Baldwin electric locomotive for handling freight and ore, from ore bins^ to the dock. This will be one of the most complete mining plants on the Pacific . Coast. The Hinton Electric Company are the contractors for the erection of the transmission line and machinery. Mr. Wynn Meredith, who is also consulting engineer of the Vancouver Power Company, is retained as electrical consulting engineer. The Canadian Westinghouse Company sold last month to the Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting and Power Company- an electric locomotive to replace the steam locomotive for the haulage of ore from the Ironside mine to the rock breaker. The last generator of the installation of the Vancouver Power Company, on the original contract for three 1,500 k.w. • (2,000 h.p.) has just been delivered and is being placed in position. The three mile tunnel of the Company from Coquitlam River to Trout Lake is nearing completion and the plant will be running in the near future to its full capacity. The Westinghouse Company also secured an'order for a 1.000 k.w. generator from the B. C. Electric Railway Company which is now being installed at the Goldstream power house which supplies Victoria with light and power. Contracts have been let for cutting a right-of-way for a tramway from the Sullivan mine to the railway at Kimberley Operations are to be resumed at the mine, which is stated to have about 300,000 tons of ore in sight, as soon as the roasters at the new smelter, now approaching completion, shall be ready to receive it. A correspondent writing to the Nelson Daily Ntws states that the Kootenay Ore Company has already commenced breaking ground at Kaslo for a building 80x100 feet in addition to their present works, in which will be installed within the next two months the most modern machinery for zinc separation on a large scale. Mr E H Thurston, owner of the Carmi, oh the west fork of the Kettle River, has installed a stamp mill and* concentrator at this mine. The plant is said to be running very smoothly. ,, Forest fires are reported to have destroyed the shafthouse^ boiler and pump at the Golden Eagle mine, on the north fork of the Kettle River, with about $2,500 loss and no insurance. . , ... • Although, owing to a temporary scarcity the new mil installed at the White Bear mine, Rossland, has not been given a fair test, the first returns received are not unsatisfactory. A profit of $500 having been made with 15 stamps 111 Announcement has been made that during the winter a stamp mill will be erected by the Great Northern Mines Company at Poplar Creek to treat the gold ores of the Lucky Tack and Swede group properties. Preliminaries are being arranged for the establishment of zinc-enriching works at Rosebery, on Slocan Lake. A contact has bein let for the erection of the buildings which are to be completed within about four months. Part of the I 362 THE MINING RECORD. r JL h*r?5 machinery has already been ordered from England and the remainder is to be purchased in Canada and the United States, li is stated that a lead stack will ailso be put in. The main supply of ore will come from the Monitor mine, at Three Forks, Slocan, where the plant is to be added to and the working force increased to nearly ioo men. Two compressor plants have been ordered for installation this autumn at mines in the Camborne camp, and the capacity of one of the local stamp mills is to be increased from ten to twenty stamps.' The Elwood Tinworkers Gold Mining Company, owning the Silver Dollar, situated near Camborne, in the Fish River section of the Lardeau, have decided to install a compressor plant on that property. plates, plated or not, machinery for extraction of precious metals by the chlorination or cyanide processes, monitors, giants and elevators for hydraulic mining, amalgam safes, automatic ore samplers, automatic feeders, jigs, classifiers, separators, retorts, buddies, vanners, mercury pumps, pyrometers, bullion furnaces, amalgam cleaners, gold-mining slime tables, blast-furnace blowing engines, wrought iron tubing, butt or lap-welded, threaded or coupled or not, not less than 2VZ inches in diameter, imported for use exclusively in mining, smelting, reducing or refining:— From Great Britain United States .. . Other Countries .. •$ 4,3io 90,280 11,197 COMPANY NOTES AND CABLES. LE ROI NO 2. "The tonnage shipped during the month of August amounted to 1,740 tons. Net receipts from smelter, $47,426, $38,- $!ty being preliminary payment for 1,975 tons shipped, $4,- 628 being deferred payment to 2,260 tons previously shipped, $3>87i be\ng payment for 115 tons concentrates shipped. LE ROI. "Shipped from the mine to the Northport smelter during the past month 8,312 tons of specially selected ore, containing 4,105 ozs. of gold, 3,911 ozs. of silver and 199,000 lbs. of copper. Estimated profit on this ore,' after deducting cost of mining, smelting, realisation and depreciation, $28,500. Expenditure on development work during the month, $5,500." VELVET-PORTLAND. "During the month of August milled 672 tons, yielding 120 tons concentrates; estimate the value at $4,900. Concentrates on hand value $5,950." TYEE COPPER. The official report for August states—"Smelter ran 23 days during the month, and smelted—Tyee ore, 4,587 tons; Customs ore, 538 tons; 5125 tons. Matte produced from same, 512 tons* gross value of contents (copper, silver and gold), after deducting costs of refining and purchase of Customs ore, $59,224. Aerial rope-way continues running satisfactorily." ALASKA-TREAD WELL. "240-stamp mill ran 30')^ days, 300-stamp mill ran 30% days. Crushed 88,046 tons ore; estimated realisable value of the mullion, $09,000. Saved, 1,360 tons sulphurets; estimated realisable value of same $69,063. Working expenses for month, $88,507." ARLINGTON (ERIE), "Smelter returns received during the month of August amounted to $4,266.07. The expenses for the month including development amounted to $3,287.02. During the month 134 feet of development work was done. GREAT NORTHERN MINES, i The annual general meeting of the Great Northern Mines, Ltd., has been postponed to the 24th of October. IMPORTS OF MINING MACHINERY. *P 11E Trade and Navigation returns for July published by the Customs Department, Ottawa, give the following statistics relative to imports of mining machinery entered for consumption during that month; "Mining smelting and reducing machinery, viz.: Coal cutting machines except percussion coal cutters, coal heading machines, coal augers and rotary coal drills, core drills, miners' safety lamps, coal washing machinery, coke-making machinery, ore drying machinery, ore roasting machinery, electric or magnetic machines for separating or concentrating iron ores, blast furnace water jackets, converters for metallurgical processes in iron or copper, briquette making machines,, ball and rock emery grinding machines, copper $105,787 "And appliances of a kind not made in Canada, for use exclusively in alluvial gold mining, until Tuly 1, 1905'■— From Great Britain United States Other Countries 6,917 TRADE NOTES, CIRCULARS AND CATALOGUES. IT is worthy of note that not one dollar's worth of electrical apparatus outside of the manufacturer who has been locally represented a number of years, was in service on Vancouver Island until the Westinghouse interests- established an office in British Columbia. This office is located at 152 Hastings street, west, in the wholesale and machinery district of Vancouver, B.C., and here a complete line of generators, motors, transformers and wattmeters is stocked. The office is in charge of Mr. H. A. Scribner and there is also available an electrical engineer, Mr. J. R. Read, who has had extensive experience in long distance transmission work in California. The office is well equipped to execute electrical orders and contracts of any magnitude. The Canadian Westinghouse Company, Limited, of Hamilton, Canada, have also opened offices in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The offices are located in the Union Bank Building. The representative in charge of the district covered by this office is Mr. W. E. Skinner, who was formerly associated with the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, of Pittsburg, Pa. COAL EXPORTATION AND TRADE. /""*■ OAL and trade conditions in East Kootenay are reported ^*^ to be very satisfactory. Coke and coal sales of the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co. having bem recently increased by special orders from the Great Northern Railway for 850 tons of coal daily. The Free Press states that Mr. Pearson, coke sales agent, has returned from Montana smelting centres and has intimated that the output shows improvement. The output from the mines is meanwhile steadily maintained. The Canadian Pacific Railway Co.'s anthracite coal mine near Banff, Alberta, along the company's transcontinental railway, is now sufficiently developed to allow of the coal being placed on the market for sale. The coal is stated to be smokeless and particularly clean, and more efficient for domestic purposes than any of the soft coals on the local market. Arrangements are being made for the appointment of selling agents in the Coast cities of British Columbia. Operations were resumed at the No. 1 colliery, Nanaimo, on Sept. 26th with the employment of four hundred men. The company has entered into new arrangements with the miners in the following respects: 1. Adoption of th£ single shift system of work. 2. Reduction in price of all supplies to miners of from 15 to 50 per cent. 3. Company will furnish only Wolf safety lamps where these are found to be necessary. 4. No charge for Wolf safety lamps other than breakages. 5. Company to contribute $1,000 annually to Miners' Accident Fund. THE MINING RECORD. 363 6. Underground shift from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. 7. T ripple shift from 7 a. m. to 4 p. m. 8. Men to pay for coal at the rate of $2.50. Coal to be best screened coal. 9. Men to pay for oil used in all lamps except safety lamps. 10. Men to purchase necessary working tools which will be redeemed at a value in proportion to the time they are used in case the miner should leave the employ of the Company. 11. Termination of the allowance of 25 cents per day on safety lamps. This is in view of the fact that the Company agree to supply Wolf lamps exclusively. Intelligence has reached Vancouver that the Western Oil & Coal Company, which recently acquired in addition to its other properties, sixteen claims near the Flathead district, that the Great Northern railway in making a cutting through the property exposed a 20-foot seam of bituminous. The company has already struck oil in one of its wells. RECENT PUBLICATIONS. "Investigate before you invest" This is an admonition so frequently given prospective investors in mining stocks. The perplexed investor asks: "But how shall I investigate?" To answer this question, to thoroughly educate mining investors in the matter of investigating and in that of safeguarding themselves in other directions, Harry J. Newton, a well-known authority and writer on mining and mining finance, has written a book entitled Pitfalls of Mining Finance. The book is written for investors and by reading it they will acquire a thorough knowledge of all the pitfalls likely to beset their path when selecting their mining investments. The author shows a wide and thorough knowledge of his subject. Pitfalls of Mining Finance is written in 12 large chapters which completely cover the ground and serve as a college course in mining finance for the student who will apply himself to its pages. The book is published by the Daily Mining Record of Denver, Colo. STATE VALUATION OF MINING PROPERTIES. The following comment, under the above-quoted heading, of the Mining Journal of London, England, the oldest-established and most influential mining publication in the British Empire, is reproduced for the information of readers of the Mining Record: "The difficulties attendant on the policy which has recently been advocated in regard to Western Australia of the making of official valuations of new discoveries in the public 'interest is illustrated by recent episodes in British Columbia. The Provincial Mineralogist, Mr. W. F. Robertson, whose position appears to correspond to that more commonly denominated in other colonies Commissioner of Mines, has for some time past found himself at variance with different individuals having interests in properties, of the character of which the technical chief of the Bureau of Mines found himself .unable to take the same view as the proprietors. Last year it was in connection with the Lardeau district that his action was particularly criticised. So much interest did the whole question arouse that it was considered by the newly- formed Provincial Mining Association, of which the executive committee reported that in view of the opposition offered by the Bureau of Mines to the efforts made by mining men to improve the condition of the industry, that a radical change should be effected in file constitution and' conduct of the Bureau. This resolution formed the subject of prolonged discussion at the annual convention at the end of February. While it was generally conceded that the staff was unequal to the B-nount of work which they were called upon to do, there was a clear division of opinion on the policy pursued, which focussed itself in attack and defence of the Provincial Mineralogist. The onus of the charges' were that he had exceeded the scientific standpoint, and had made pessimistic reports which worked for the detriment of the various camps. Finally a resolution was passed asking the Government to consider the improvement of the efficiency of the Bureau, and to improve the ijiature of its reports so as to assist the mining industry by scientific. and geological information, and to avoid anything which might be misconstrued as affecting the commercial prospects and chances of mining districts. Since that time Mr. Robertson has apparently come into connict with other schemes in East Kootenay, and has in consequence been violently attacked in the local press. Of the particular merits of the controversy it is, of course, impossible for' us to form any opinion, and it is only as an illustration of general principles we have called attention to them. Mr. Robertson's frankness and independence of judgment have received strong support from our local correspondents, and his valuable report on the industry for last year testified not only ^assiduity but a personal interest in the industry, while the Press attacks which we have seen are so intemperate in tone as necessarily to impress impartial opinion unfavorably. However, the stronger the case for the action of the Department, the better does it illustrate the difficulties inherent in Government action of this kind. The Department believes, no doubt rightly, that in a countiy like British Columbia, where British capital has been exceedingly unfortunate, and which at the present time requires paying propositions and not lucrative promotions, the introduction of foreign capital into unsound ventures would be disastrous. This, however, is a view which the land speculator and concessionaire cannot be expected to share, and the Department which interferes with business is bound to incur general unpopularity. An administration may, we think, do valuable work in giving * facilities for independent examination, but if it goes beyond securing fair play for all parties it enters a domain where experience and common sense tell us the remedy is often worse than the disease." SOME NOTES FROM THE MINING CAMPS. ATLIN. A promising discovery of quartz is reported to have been made at the headquarters of Boulder Creek. The ore carries satisfactory values in both gold and silver, and the surface showing indicates an ore-body approximately seventy feet wide. Exploratory work is now in progress. In the Alsek district coal has been discovered on both Kimberley and Sheep Creeks', the seam at the latter point being said to be fifteen feet wide. Mr. R. Tolmie, Deputy Minister of Mines, who recently returned from Atlin states that the dredge now being operated by the British American Company is giving satisfactory results, although bed-rock has not yet been reached, meanwhile the Western Engineering Company has acquired control of property in the country and the British America Company is about .to install a second dredge. THE COAST. It is reported that steps have been taken for the re-opening of the Alberni Consolidated mine at Alberni, V. I., a syndicate of Spokane investors having recently secured an option on the property with this end in view. In the operation of the mine in the past money was very recklessly wasted as a result largely of bad management, but at the same time geological conditions in the locality are themselves difficult. CASCADE. Advices received from the Cascade mine, Uchucklesit Harbour, Alberni, are to the effect that the 8-ft shaft is still in solid ore. In order to provide drainage for the Winter rains, a tunnel has been started which will strike this large deposit at the shaft some distance below the bottom, and the face of the tunnel is now in three feet of good ore, which ds widening out as distance is attained. This tunnel will be continued along the ledge, and, it is believed, all in ore, for a distance of 180 feet where it will strike another large bunch of ore; as there is a heavy outcrop of ore in the surface above at this point. The ledge has been stripped at various points on the surface and it has proved to continue for several hundred feet. The management believes that the tunnel will 364 THE MINING RECORD. >5av RJ prove a splendid body of ore existing between the tunnel and the surface, sufficient to demonstrate that it has an extensive tonnage of high-grade shipping ore. VANCOUVER ISLAND. The Tyee Copper Company's aerial ropeway from its Tyee mine at Mt. Sicker down to the E. & 1\T. Railway near Somenos, whence the' ore is shipping to the smelter at Ladysmith, has had a new haulage rope put in and-ore shipments to the smelte have been resumed. Owing to the defective condition of the old rope the smelter ran short of or in July, so was only in operation 17 days. CARIBOO. A second clean-up has been made at the Cariboo Hydraulic mine, Bullion, the value of which is estimated at $30,000. LILLOOETT. Dredging on the Fraser at Lillooett is in steady operation, the daily gold recovery averaging between six and seven hundred dollars. KAMLOOPS. A small seam of bituminous coal- was encountered this week at a depth of 260 feet at the property of the Kamloops Coal Development Co., on Coal Hill. An effort is being made to thoroughly exploit the coal measures in this vicinity. Operations are now resumed at the Iron Mask mine, which was recently equipped with concentrating and other machinery. REVELSTOKE. The Carnes Creek Consolidated Mining Company's properties, in the Big Bend district, on the Columbia River above Revelstoke, have lately been visited by Mr. Alex. Sharp, M.E., for the purpose of advising one of the principal share- ; holders as to the advisability of resuming development operations. It is probable that the decision will be favourable to more work being done on the claims. The Prince Mining & Development Company, which owns the Standard group, situated about 33 miles north of Revelstoke and six miles west of the Columbia River, is sending up supplies, its intention being to work the property all next winter. The vein already opened up shows five to six feet of ore, chiefly copper pyrites with gold and silver values as well. LARDEAU. Progress is being made on the Mammoth group, near Camborne. A four-foot lead of galena has been found on the Sirdar claim, while on the Crescent, another of the group, 30 tons of ore have been sacked for shipment. Fifteen men are at work building a trail to this group. The men employed on the Eva and Oyster-Criterion groups have had to live in tents since the destruction by fire of the mine buildings in these two neighbouring camps, but work on new bunk and boarding houses is to be commenced shortly. A second shipment of silver bullion of 21,000 ounces, has been made from the combination silver mill of the Silver Cup Mines, Ltd., Ferguson, to the refinery at the Trail smelter. Owjng to shortness of water there has only been sufficient power available for ten stamps to run, but rain has lately fallen so twice that number is now dropping. It has been decided to continue operations at the Triune mine throughout the winter, instead of as formerly suspending operations at this season of the year. The mine is now shipping a considerable quantity of high-grade /ore to Trail. The Spokane Falls Placer Mining Company has let . a contract for the construction of a dam across Lardo Creek, and 1,000 feet of flume is also to be built, it is anticipated that placering will be in operation on the,company's ground by the middle of October. VICTORIA. The Badshot mine, on Gainer Creek, has been leased by a local syndicate, and already the shipment of ore has been commenced. This property is one of those known as the "Lime Dyke Series," the big "Lime Dyke," being one of the most prominent geological features of this part of the Lardeau country. One vein on the- Badshot, outcropping alongside the dyke, was lately described by Mr. R. W- Brock, of the Canadian Geoogical Survey as being several feet in width of decomposed calcite, quartz, galena and tetrahedrite. A galena vein, 18 inches in width and said to run $5 per ton in gold, 235 oz. in silver and 75 per cent, lead, has also been opened up. The Kootenay Consolidated Mining Company, j of Minneapolis. Minn., has commenced.to have ore packed out from its Old Gold claim, on the Duncan Slope. This company is a consolidation of five or six other companies formerly holding groups of mineral claims on' the divide between the Duncans and Lardeau watersheds, and it plans extensive mining operations in the district when it shall have overcome existing difficulties of transportation. On the Spyglass, at Poplar Creek, additional buildings are being erected so as to provide accommodation for more men, the intention being, now that the property has been purchased outright, to work a larger force the winter through. Developments continue to be satisfactory and the claim is regarded as one of the most promising in the camp. SLOCAN. Thirteen mining properties around Sandon that were idle during the time that the local silver-lead mining industry was under a cloud are now at work under lease. It is reported that a project looking to the amalgamation of the Whitewater and Whitewater Deep properties is under consideration. Mr. Barclay Bonthorne representing the Erl Syndicate, Ltd., a British company, recently visited these mines. Rich ore, containing native silver and free gold has been discovered on the Jo Jo claim, on the North Fork of Carpenter Creek. Similar ore has also been found on the McAllister claim, the vein on which is believed to be an extension of that on the Jo Jo. A contract has been let for connecting by a raise two levels in the Capella mine, near. New Denver. This property holds the record in the Slocan for a shipment of high-grade ore, a lot of 40,600 lbs., sent out sometime since, having returned about 990 ozs. silver per ton and netted $10,101. There is a likelyhood of resumption of operations at the Noble Five, a mine which at one time paid handsomely. With this end in view the property was recently examined by Mr. W. J. Sutton of Victoria, an eminent geologist, retained by Mr. James Dunsmuir to look after his mineral interests. Several car-loads of zinc ore have been shipped recently to Kaslo sampler from the Lucky Jim mine. It is announced that capitalists of Rochester, N. Y., intend erecting a zinc smelter at New Denver, on Slocan Lake. These men are stated to already be largely interested in a smelter in Denver, Colorado, as they own a mining property in the Slocan known as the Hartney which, together with neighbouring mines, will supply the zinc ore to the local smelter. At the Reco mine, which in former years was one of the dividend-payers of the Slocan, new ore sheds and other buildings are to be erected at once and more men are to be employed in the mine, which is reported to be looking well and promising a considerable production through the ensuing winter. On the Last Chance a winze has been sunk from No. 6 tunnel and at about 260 feet depth it encountered a large body of ore assaying 125 ozs. silver per ton and 50 per cent, lead. This ore-body lies at a depth of about 1,700 feet below the apex of the mountain, and its occurrence at that depth is considered to be very inportant to the mine and district. The Ibex, at one time advertised in the Toronto papers as having $2,000,000 worth of ore in sight, is now being advertised for sale to satisfy a judgment of $1,406.25 obtained against it by several Kaslo miners. It is announced that the buildings at the Chapelau mine in the Slocan City Division, which were recently destroyed by1 fire, will be rebuilt at once. The fire destroyed the tramway and some other buildings, the 10-stamp mill and the concentrator being, however, saved. THE MINING RECORD. 365 AINSWORTH. A shoot of rich silver-lead ore has been encountered in No. 2 tunnel of the Bismark mine, on the South Fork of Kaslo Creek, Ainsworth Mining Division. Assays have given 250 ozs. silver and 70 per cent, lead, and it is estimated that there is $17,000 worth of ore already exposed. The lower tunnel is to be extended with the object of tapping the same shoot of ore at a greater depth. Two new veins have been discovered on the Vera group, also on the South Fork of Kaslo Creek: The width of one is given at 20 feet and of the other 18 feet. They are thought to be extensions of leads that have for some time been worked on the Cork and Province, two shipping properties across the creek. NELSON. Mr. C. A. Ulrich, a recent arrival, who is stated to have had a long mining experience in Australia and New Zealand, has arranged for the purchase of the Great Hope and Alma mineral claims, situate on Crowford Creek, near Nelson. The ore on this property is galena, carrying 40 ozs. silver per ton and 70 per cent. lead. An aerial ropeway from the mine to the wagon road is to be put in to facilitate shipment of ore to the smelter. The Mollie Gibson mine is now in steady operation. Mr. C. E. Trethewey having recently been appointed superintendent. An additional 500 feet of tramway has been installed and other preparations made for the early commencement of shipments. Exploration work has been commenced at the Crawford Bay iron mines, with the driving of a tunnel which is designed to encounter the ore at a depth of 1,000 feet. YMIR. Advices from Ymir, in the Nelson district of West Kootenay, state that ore milled in local mills and shipped from Ymir mines, to the smelters now exceeds in quantity 10,000 tons per month. This shows a considerable improvement in the production. With the exception of the Ymir Company's gold mine, which now produces less than half of the . total tonnage, the mines in the district are in their infancy. The new strike of ore lately made in No. 3 tunnel of the Wilcox mine has been proved continuous for more than 150 feet. Raises are now being made and the ore is found to vary from two feet to three feet six inches in width. The depth from the surface is about 200 feet. The Erie Placer Mining Company is preparing to start active operations on its placer ground on the North Fork of Salmon River. The gravel carries good value and the gold is coarse and easily recovered. ROSSLAND. It has been announced that the Government of British Columbia has commenced legal proceedings against the Le Roi Mining Company to recover the sum of $19,637.23 claimed to be due and unpaid on account of the two per cent, mineral tax payable to the Government on ore produced. It is claimed that the company's quarterly returns to the Government, on which the two per cent, tax is usually collected, do not agree with the returns given in the company's annual reports, in which appear certain amounts as the value of the ore and certain other amounts, as the cost of freight and treatment. The contention on behalf of the Government is that the tax should be paid on amount corresponding to the difference between such admitted total value and the acknowledged actual cost of freighting and treating the ore. On the other hand the company claims that the Northport smelter, j at which the ore is treated, is owned by a separate organisation to the Le Roi Company and that consequently the deduction for the cost of smelting the ore, which the Act allows, should be the ordinary rate charged by the smelter for treating custom ores and not simply the bare cost of treating them. The amount alleged to be due is for the fiscal years ended June 30, 1902 and June 30 1903, for which periods the Le Roi Company paid to the Government on Mineral Tax account the sum of $17,021.85 while the Government claims that it should have paid $57,259.02. The difference between these two amounts is what is being sued for. There having recent ly been a change in the personnel of the management of the company, an adjournment to October 15 has been granted, in order to give the new management ample time to become familiar with the position. The question of whether a company owning its own smelter may deduct as cost of smelting the rates it charges for custom ores or whether it may only deduct actual. cost of smelting is an important one. Government officials have long claimed that some such companies have not been paying. as much as the Government is entitled to receive from them. It is noteworthy that the general manager of the Centre Star and War Eagle Companies, of Rossland, which, by the way, do not own their own smelter, although a most persistent and outspoken opponent of the two per cent. Mineral Tax, has all along been most punctilious in paying the Government the full amount it was entitled to under the Act. Ore crushing was commenced at the White Bear mill on August 31. Crushers, thirty1 stamp Wilfley tables, etc., have been installed, but the Elmore oil plant in not yet complete, delivery of some of the machinery having been delayed. Until this shall arrive and be placed in position water concentration only will be practicable. The mill will have a present capacity of 75 to 100 tons per diem, but considerable enlargement is contemplated conditionally upon results with the initial installation warranting the carrying out of the additions in prospect. The Le Roi No. 2 Company has bonded four claims on Red Mountain known as the Evening-Eureka group. The development of which has already commenced. The Rossland Miner states that construction will start immediately on an addition to the Velvet-Portland concentrator to double the crushing capacity of the mill. This is understood to have been the instructions received by cable from London yesterday, and work is to start forthwith. When the present plant was constructed at the Velvet- Portland sufficient ground was blasted to permit of the addition, so that if the increase was adopted later the present building, would not be injured by the blasting necessary for foundations. The company is, therefore, in a position to proceed immediately with the work. As all the machinery, or practically all, is carried in stock by the manufacturers, it is expected that little difficulty will be experienced in getting the increased plant into operation within six weeks or two months. The concentration operations at the Velvet-Portland are described as most satisfactory, a large saving having been achieved by straight water concentration. The company is now reported to have concentrates to the value of $10,000 stored at the mill. This may be shipped as soon as snow flies, rendering transport cheaper. BOUNDARY DISTRICT. An ore train was wrecked on the Phoenix branch of the Columbia & C. P. R. Co.'s Western Railway last month. A Shay engine with 25 cars of ore from the Granby mines and consigned to that company's smelter, left the track, owing to the air-brakes not acting when going down a long steep grade. The engine was badly damaged and nearly all the heavy bottom-dump cars were totally destroyed. Between 700 and 800 tons of ore were scattered about the wreck. The loss is stated at between $40,000 and $50,000. None of the train crew was seriously hurt, for when they found that neither air or hand brakes would hold the train they jumped off before the speed of the runaway got too great to allow of their doing' so with a chance of saving therir. lives. At the annual meeting of the Denoro Mines, Ltd., the President stated that 28,000 tons had been shipped during the year and besides liquidating a liability of $20,000 the company had purchased a seven drill compressor and other plant, done much development work and had a substantial cash balance in hand. A number of important transactions have recently taken place in this district. These include the bonding of the Lancashire Lass in Summit camp and the Sudbury in Deadwood camp by the Montreal & Boston Company; the bonding of 366 THE MINING RECORD. t the E. P. U. group near Greenwood by a Dakota Syndicate; and the bonding of the Strathmore, near Greenwood, by a Rossland syndicate. The Providence mine has meanwhile declared another dividend of io cents per share. It is expected that the furnaces of the Boundary Falls smelter will be blown-in this week, ore shipments thereto Having already commenced. The company -is employing a /oree of 75 men and has purchased the Brooklyn dump from the Dominion Copper Co. >- ' EAST KOOTENAY. About 40 men are employed at construction work at the Sullivan Mining Company's smelter at Marysville, which is being pushed on towards completion. It is stated that an aerial tramway from the Sullivan Group mine to the smelter is to be built shortly. The Provincial Mineralogist visited this mine last year and in his official report he stated that the ore is a galena carrying an unusual amount of iron, the first class ore assaying 40 per cent, lead and 20 ozs. silver per ton, and the second class about 25 per cent, lead and 12 ozs. silver, varying somewhat according as it had been sorted. As the result of development there is a very large quantity of ore that may be classed as "in sight," and which from rough calculations may be put down as from 300,000 to 400,000 tons, assaying, approximately, 30 to 35 per cent, lead and 15 to 18 ozs. silver. The ore is of such a character, being chiefly metallic sulphides, as to preclude any method of water concentration, the only concentration possible being smelting. The Parry Creek Hydraulic Mining Co. has completed the work of installing a very important plant at Perry Creek, by which the stream has been diverted from its course into a flume, 4x4 feet, and carried a distance of about four and half miles with a fall of approximately 600 feet. It is now proposed to work the creek bed which has been systematically prospected. The company has expended over $100,000 on the work to the present time. During August about 1,800 tons of concentrates were shipped from the St. Eugene mine, at Moyie. The shortness of water necessitated the mill being run on a light feed. It is anticipated that it will be practicable to continue operating, though at reduced capacity, until rain shall fall and increase the water supply. It is reported that a new body of ore has been discovered in the North Star mine, at Kimberley, but the report has not been confirmed. Some months ago it was .decided, to wind up the North Star Company as the ore had been exhausted and neither extensive prospecting nor the reports of mining engineers gave encouragement to continue the search "for more ore. The company paid altogether $318,000 in dividends. A statement has been published that the company controlling the Sullivan group of mines will have its smelter completed within three months, and that it intends to establish a refinery and lead-corroding works and to manufacture lead pipe. It is proposed to form a company at Fort Steele to dredge a section of Wild Horse Creek where tailings were deposited from former placer mining operations. In the early 'sixties Wild Horse Creek mined by the crudest methods yielded twenty million dollars. It is supposed that a large percenatge of gold was lost in the tailings, hence the project. MINING MEN AND MATTERS. Mr. Bernard MacDonald, formerly general manager of the Le Roi and other Rossland mines, is now at Guanajuato, Mexico, where he is erecting a cyanide plant We are happy to learn that Mr. Archibald Dick, Inspector of Mines, who was seriously ill for some weeks, has recov- ed sufficiently to resume his duties. Mr. Frank Robbins, of Los Angeles, California, has been examining several of the quicksilver deposits of San Luis Obispo county, California. A party of Japanese mining engineers visited Nanaimo during the month and inspected the Extension mines,taking the opportunity to gain much practical information from the superintendent on methods in force at these collieries. A Mr. Howard Dubois, of Philadelphia, described as a "platinum expert" has spent some weeks in Cariboo district, and recently proceeding to the Similkameen to investigate possible sources of platinum in that territory. Mr. S. C. Holman, superintendent of the Mother Lode mine, who has enjoyed a two months' holiday, during which he visited the Treadwell mine, Alaska, Salt Lake City, Park City, Butte, and the St. Louis Fair, returned to Greenwood last month. Mr. H. A. Guess, formerly in the custom assay business at Greenwood, Boundary district, but now of Silverton, Colorado, contributed a paper on The Commercial Wet Lead-Assay to the meeting of the American Institute of Mining Engineers held in the iron and copper regions of Lake Superior last month. Mr. S. F. Parrish spent part of last month at Salt Lake City, Utah. It was his intention before returning to San Francisco to go into the old Nevada mining country, which is now becoming accessible by the construction of a railway from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles, and, as well, to visit mining properties near the Utah-Nevada line. Mr. Alexander McDermott, of Beaumont, Texas, who recently visited the Flathead Valley, directs" attention to the need of a waggon-road into that section either from Crow's Nest, Morrisey Mines or Gateway. Mr. McDermott states that both the present trails from Gateway and Roosville and form Crow's Nest are practically impassible except for light packing. The Provincial Mineralogist, who has been visiting mines in the Nelson and Slocan mining districts since early in the summer, is expected to shortly return to headquarters in Victoria. The Provincial Assayer has also spent a couple of months visiting mining properties, but he has given his attention to Coast districts. TheiDeputy Minister of Mines has just returned from an official visit to the Atlin gold mining district, in the north-western part of the Province. Mr. G. H. Barnhardt, who has been in sole charge of the Ymir mine since the first of the year, has resigned his position there, and will give his personal attention to the operation of the Porto Rico mine, on which he has a lease. A force of men have been working on the Porto Rico for some weeks past and are opening up new reserves of ore. Mr. Barnhart is succeeded at the Ymir by Mr. S. J. Speak, of London, a mining engineer of wide experience. —Ymir Herald. Mr. G. C. S. Lindsey, K. G, of Toronto, Ontario, who for some time past has taken a very active part in the business affairs of the Crow's N'est Pass Coal Company, has been appointed general manager of the company. . Mr. Lindsey was already third vice-president, managing director and legal counsel to the company. Under the present system of management of the company's business each department has a distinct head. The mine operating department is under R.G. Drinnan, the sales and coke department under Mr. Pearson, and the accounting department under Mr. D. Davies. Mr. Thos. Russell, retiring superintendent of the Western Fuel Company's collieries at Nanaimo, has been banquetted . and presented' with a valuable clock, five feet high, by the company's employees and Nanaimo friends. General regret was expressed at his resignation. Mr. Russell, who has been superintendent for five years, said of the company's collieries : "Departure Bay mine is now past the experimental stage and work is developing it very rapidly, and the mine will shortly be in a position to employ a large number of men. In No. 1 shaft a very extensive field is being opened up in No. 7 levels, in fact a field equal in area to the entire workings of the colliery for the past 50 years." The Government Burean of Provincial Information is getting out a bulletin on Mining in British Columbia. This will be a general review of the industry in the Province, including statistics of mineral production, notes of the more important various mining sections with brief descriptions of THE MINING RECORD. 367 mines, separate chapters on zinc, cinnabar, coal, iron, lode and placer mining, articles on the geology of the coal regions of the Province, on the smelting and other reduction worksj, water powers in mining districts, and other matters connected with mining. This bulletin is now being printed, the issue numbering 15,000, of which 10,000 will be sent to the St. Louis Exposition for gratuitous distribution there. Changes are stated to have been made in connection with the management of the Le Roi, Mr. A. J. McMillan, managing director, is now general manager; Mr. J. W. Astley, C.E., is general superintendent; Mr. Albert I. Goodell, is superintendent of the company's smelter at Northport, Washington; Mr. J. H. Treverrow, is mine superintendent at Rossland, and Mr. W. S. Rugh succeeds Mr. J. S. Wallace as accountant in charge of the company's offices at Rossland. As Messrs. Astley and Treverrow for two or three years filled corresponding positions under Mr. McMillan at the Snowshoe mine, Boundary District, that gentleman knows well the capabilities and zeal of these men. Mr. Goodell was smelter manager last year at the Boundary Falls smelter, where he treated the greater part of the output of the Snow- shoe mine, so that in the past he has had intimate business relations with Messrs. McMillan and Astley. Dr. W. W. Van Baun, of Philadelphia, Pa., has been visiting the Rockland group of copper claims, situated near Silverton, Slocan Lake. Preparations are in progress for •energetic development of this property during the ensuing winter. Dr. Van Baun is also interested in the Granby Company, owning big copper mines in the Boundary District. Mr. Thos. E. Erehart, of Schenectady, N.Y., has assumed charge of the Lucky Boy mine at Trout Lake, and intends shortly resuming work on the property. It is stated that the Lucky Boy produced, during the twelve months it was shipping, 230 tons of ore averaging 250 ozs. silver per ton and 30 per cent, lead, which netted the company about $23,- 000. Among other recent visitors to Victoria was Mr. James F. Callbreath, chairman of the Denver Chamber of Commerce and secretary pro tem of the American Mining Congress. He only spent one day in the capital city, but between the hours spent in seeing the sights found time to have a chat with the secretary of the Provincial Mining Association of British Columbia, relative to the basis and working of that institution. He was enthusiastic over the good prospects for usefulness of the American Mining Congress and was of opinion that Colorado will do itself justice in supporting it. Three teams competed in the miners' drilling contest at the Victoria Exhibition, viz., teams from Mt. Sicker, Van Anda and Greenwood. The first prize ($250) was won by Richard R. Bozzence and William Cullom, Tyee, Mount. Sicker, with down-hole, 24 12-16 inches; upper, 11 8-16 inches. Jas. Foulds and Geo. Foulds, Greenwood were second ($100) - with down-hole, 22 14-16 inches; upper, 8 3-16 inches, and Wm. Leroy and J. Prendergast, Van Anda, third ($50) with down-hole, 16 inches; upper, 8 1-16 inches. MINING AND METALLURGICAL PATENTS. (By Rowland Brittain, Patent Attorney, Vancouver, B.C.) U. S. Patent No. 763,259—Classification of the Metallic 'Constituents of Ores. Granted to Arthur E. Cattermole, London, England, June 21st, 1904. Claims—1. The herein described process of classifying metalliferous minerals agglomerated by oil which consists in successively agitating the agglomerated mineral with emulsifying agents of varying strength progressively to free the several minerals in succession. 2. The herein described process of classifying- metalliferous minerals agglomerated by oil which consists in successively agitating the agglomerated mineral with emulsifying agents of varying strength progressively to free the several minerals in succession separating out each mineral in turn by a separating device and adding oil in the requisite small amounts to keep the granules of proper size and consistency. '3 The herein-described process of classifying metalliferous minerals agglomerated by oil which consists in successively agiiating the agglomerated mineral with solutions of soap and caustic alkali of varying strength progressively to free the several minerals in succession. 4. The herein-described process of classifying metalliferous minerals agglomerated by oil which consists in successively agitating the agglomerated mineral with solutions of soap and caustic alkali of varying strength progressively to free the several minerals in succession and separating out each in turn by an upward current. 5. The herein-described process of classifying metalliferous minerals agglomerated by oil which consists in successively agitating the agglomerated mineral with solutions of soap and caustic alkali of varying strength progressively, to free the several minerals in succession, separating out each mineral in turn by an upward current and adding oil in the requisite small amounts to keep the granules of proper size and consistency. U. S. Patent No. 766,655, Method of Smelting Ores and Cleaning Converter-slag, issued August 2nd, 1904, to Ralph Baggaley, Pittsburg, Pa. Claims: 1.—The method herein described which consists in contributing heat to the charge of a copper-ore-smelting furnace, and recovering values contained in the slag of a copper-converter by pouring molten converter-slag upon the charge in such furnace; substantially as described. 2.—The method herein described which consists in smelt ing sulphide ore pyritically and pouring the molten slag of a Bessemer converter upon the ore while being smelted; substantially as described. 3.—The method herein described which consists in smelting sulphide ore, charging the smelted product directly into a converter, charging also silicious ore into the converter, withdrawing the slag from time to time and pouring the same in molten condition upon the ore while being smelted; substantially as described. 4.—The methoa herein described which consists in contributing heat to the charge of a copper-ore-smelting furnace, and recovering values contained in the slag of a copper-converter, by distributing molten converter-slag upon the charge in the furnace; substantially as described. U. S. Patent No. 769,938, issued September 13th, 1904, to Henry R. Cassel, New York, N.Y., on Process of Extracting Precious Metals, from Ores or Slimes. Claims—1. The process of extracting precious metate from ores, which consists in adding a bromide and a cyanide in solution to the ore, and then passing chlorine gas through the mixture, substantially as specified. 2. The process of extracting precious metals from ores, which consists in adding a bromide and a cyanide in solution to the ore, and then passing chlorine gas through the mixture to convert the bromide into bromine and form solvents for the precious metals, substantially as specified. 3. The process of extracting precious metals from ores, which consists in adding a bromide and a cyanide in solution to the ore, then passing chlorjne gas through the mixture m 368 THE MINING RECORD. to convert the bromide into bromine and form solvents for the precious metals, and re-converting the bromine into bromide, substantially as specified. At^ REPORT ON PATENTS. (Specially Reported for the Mining Record by Dr. Oscar Nagel, New York.) 762,753.—-Apparatus for magnetic separation. Clarence Q.> Payne, Stamford, Conn.—A transversely-laminated separating carrier provided with a plurality of contracting magnetizable laminae whose outer edges are wholly out of contact with those of their adjacent laminae, in combination with two opposing magnetic surfaces both placed external to said carrier and between which said carrier is arranged to travel, and means for feeding the material to be separated. 762,774.-—-Apparatus for the concentration of minerals by means of oil. James W. Van Meter and Martin P. Boss, San Francisco, Cal.—An apparatus comprising a channel through which the oil flows, means for supplying pulp and water to the oil at the head of said channel, means in said channels at intervals for drawing off the settled gangue and water, means at the foot of said channel for separating the relatively upper and lower portions of the oil, and means for returning said separated upper portions of oil to the head of the channel. 762,967.—Ore separator. Henry A. Allen, Chicago, 111.— An apparatus in which is combined a stationary circular closed receptable, an inlet pipe arranged trangentially thereto, discharge openings above and below the level of the inlet openings, and a series of spirally-inclined ledges arranged with the forward end of one ledge above the rear end of the next succeeding ledge, the lower end of one ledge being below the level of the inlet opening, whereby the material fed to the receptable may be directed upwardly upon the inclined ledges while the heavier particles may be free to fall between said ledges. 763,019.-—Ore sizer and concentrator. Ansel H. Phinney, Turner, Mich.-—An ore sizer and concentrator comprising a vat having a discharge element at one end, means at the opposite end to supply material, suspended in liquid, to the vat, a plurality of hoppers below the level of the discharge element and forming a series of water chambers, and a screen forming a false bottom extending over the hoppers,, and having longitudinally-disposed laterally spaced screen elements extending below the water level of the. vat, said screen elements serving to form a series of straight guilding channels opening at the bottom into the hoppers and extending from the feed to the discharge ends of the device. 763,197.—Ore slimer. Ira F. Monell, Boulder, Colo.—An ore slimer comprising a main frame, a belt frame supported in the main frame, rollers at the end of said belt frame, the said rollers being tapered from their centres outward, small rollers arranged between the first named rollers, and tapered from their centres outward, and endless belt movable over the several rollers, and means for distributing stock onto the belt. 762,869.—Apparatus for Treating Ores. Henry A. Allen, Chicago, 111.—An apparatus comprising a continuous closed separating system in which is combined a main circular separating vessel, means for introducing thereto the materials to be separated, a pipe system each having an inlet at or near the bottom and an outlet at or near the top, a pump for inducing a circulation, heating means interposed in said pipe system, and a normally closed outlet at the bottom of said separating vessel, whereby a vertical whirl may be imparted to the material and fluids in said separating vessel while the heated fluid may be used over and over. 763,260.—Separation of the metallic Constituents of ores from gangue. Arthur E. Cattermole, Highgate, London, England.—A process which consists in agitating a mixture of powdered ore and water with oil in emulsion in water containing an alkaline emulsifying agent, so as to agglomerate the oil-coated particles into granules, and subjecting the mixture to classification to remove the small non-coated particles from the granules. 763,533-—Continuous kiln. Peter L. Youngren, Milwaukee, Wis.—The combination of inclosing walls, forming a series of brick-receiving compartments; a gas-producing oven for each compartment, communicating with a distributing flue in the side wall of the compartment; said wall having branch flues leading downwardly from the distributing flue and communicating with the lower portion*of the compartment, and corresponding branch flues leading upwardly to the exterior and provided with suitable removable covers. 763,783.—Concentrating table. Gustave A. Overstrom, Anaconda, Mont.—A concentrating table, in combination with means for imparting a reciprocatory movement thereto, said table having an unobstructed tailings delivery edge said edge being inclined away from the line of reciprocatory movement from the head end of the table toward the opposite end thereof, and riffles arranged in diagonal relation with respect to said table. 763,662.—Apparatus for use in certain processes of extracting sulphides from ores. Guillaume D. Delprat, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, assignor to Broken Hill Proprietary Company, Limited, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, a company registered under the laws of Victoria, Aus- ralia—An apparatus in which the concentrates are floated to the top of a body of liquid, a pan having an inclined imperforate bottom down which the ore slides, means to feed liquid to the pan, a sump at the lower edge of the bottom for tailings, a discharge for concentrates at the liquid-level of the pan, a baffle-plate between the sump and pan extending-from the discharge to near the lower edge of the inclined bottom to maintain a quiescent body of liquid in the sump and at the same time maintatin a flow of liquid from the pan through the discharge. 764,044.—Process of smelting and reducing metals. Christian Diesler, Cablentz, Germany.—A process consisting in mixing the materials to be treated with caroonate of lime and carbon, placing the mixture in an air-tight retort, exhausting the air from the retort, subjecting the mass to the action of an electric current within the retort, and to the action of the gas generated therein in excess of five atmospheres of such gas, and exhausting such resultant gas after it has acted on the materials treated. 764,568.—Dump Car. Alfred Ellis, Passaic, N.J.—A dump car, a truck, a car-body pivotally supported thereby, a sideboard having arms at its opposite ends connected to the car- body, links having each one end supported by a stationary pivot and its other end loosely connected with the corresponding arm, and rigid supporting arms or braces carried by said links adapted to contact with the truck. 764,979.—Ore Concentrator. Samson Beer, Butte, Mont.— An ore-mill ,a pan, a driving shaft extending vertically through the pan, a hub surrounding the shaft a cap on the hub, a screw operating in said cap and engaging the top of the shaft for moving the hub vertically, a cylindrical part attached to the hub and having side openings, cheek-pieces extended outward from the sides of the openings, bearing- boxes mounted to rock in said cheek-pieces, and rollers having their shaft-bearings in said bearing-boxes. 765-013.—Magnetic Ore Separator. Frederick J. King,- Croydon, England.—A magnetic separator comprising a set of magnet-bars for sorting the material, and another set of curved magnet-bars at right angles to the first set and overlapping the lower end of said first set for the purpose of separating the sorted material. 765,042.—Ore Concentrator. Fred N. Rogers, Denver, Colo. —The combination with a plurality of independent classifying concentrating surfaces arranged for progressive concentration, of means for independently shaking the respective concentrating surfaces to impart classifying movement to the pulp particles, and a conveyor adapted to convey and deliver desired portions of the more or less classified pulp in a sheet from one concentrating surface, without substantially intermingling or disturbing the existing classification thereof, to a succeeding concentrating surface, thereby effecting a progressive concentration over the successive concentrating surfaces. THE MINING RECORD. XI. 765,158.—Process of Treating Iron. James W. Arnold, Covington, Ky.—A process which consists in rolling a highly heated charge into a ball and placing the same out of the path of the fresh charge, introducing a fresh charge, without the introduction of a current of air therewith, close to and between the fire and the preceding charge, in such a manner, that while the fresh charge is being heated, the preceding charge is being reduced in temperature by the action and close proximity of the fresh charge. 767,105.—Magnetic Separator. Myron Dings, Milwaukee, Wis.—The combination of a electromagnet having a substantially vertical axis; a cup-shaped lower pole-piece partially inclosing the magnetic winding; an upper pole-piece covering the magnet and projecting marginally therefrom; a non-magnetic ring of less diameter than the upper pole-piece, but connected to the latter and arranged to cover the upper edge of the lower pole-piece; and a conical distributing shield covering the upper pole-piece except at its marginal edges. Stock Certificates Time Sheets Smelter Reports Prospectuses Mining Stationery m WK*>H^/|#«««MM«^ft^» +^J We are paying particular attention to Mail Orders and number amor customers m< the large mining companies in British Columbia. f*$**tfh'*+>*>4*i*^Kti' s»> * "-fli-W^ >ng our f nost of T Our plant is the largest and best equipped in Western Canada, which enables us to underbid all competitors and furnish a superior quality of work. A trial solicited The Thos. R. Cusack Press, Victoria Corner Courtenay and Gordon Streets. L PROVINCIAL EXHIBITION AT VICTORIA,B.C. September 27, 28, 29, 30, and October 1st, 1904. THREE DAYS HORSE RACING WM Grand Spectacular Display by the Army and Navy. Miners' Rock Drilling Contest—One down hole, one upper. 10 minutes each hole, ist prize $250, 2nd $100, 3rd $50. Make entries before Sept. so. 1904. . . .... THE BRETONS—Aerial Bicycle Race down a steep incline at inconceivable speed, the impetus carrying them in mid-air over a yawning chasm to a distant incline, thence in an exciting and thrilling race to the ground. Field Gun Competition by the Navy. Physical Drill by the Royal Garrison Artillery. Obstacle Race by the Navy. Tug-of-War. Trap Shooting. Trout Fly Casting Contest. Football, etc. CHEAP EXCURSION RATES. G. H. BARNARD, President, Mayor. ROBT. H. SWINERTON, Secretary fHaa I XII THE MI-NING RECORD. The Paterson Shoe Coy's Stores DIRECT IMPORTERS OF Boots and Shoes, Rubber Boots, Etc. Miners' and Lumbermen's Footwear a Specialty. Letter orders receive prompt and careful attention, and satisfaction guaranteed. THE PATERSON SHOE COMPANY, limited. VICTORIA. VANCOUVER. NANAIMO. Fraser & Chalmers, Limited OF ENGLAND. ■ THE BEST - fl^ff'' Mining, Milling, Smelting & Concentrating Machinery. CATALOGUES AND FULL INFORMATION FROM THE Sole Agent for Canada, \y# STANLEY LECKY, P. O. BOX 622, MONTREAL t tflfe j0^^^ THREE AND FOUR YEAR N/r&^ZJjJS^ Courses in ^Ya Mining, Chemical, Civil, Jsj Mechanical and Electrical ^«£—"*WEV Engineering, "*j^*(j5r\gjrfp) Mineralogy and Geology, ^aaas^ Biology and Public Health "Write Secretary, Kingston, Ont, for Calendar. ASSAYERS. FOR SALE.—One °f the best assaying businesses in the Kootenays. Complete outfit. Terms reasonable. Good reasons for leaving. For particulars apply to R. MACHIN, 26 Yates Street, Victoria, B. C. WIRE ROPE Write for prices For Mining and Logging Purposes to E. B. MARVIN & CO., of Victoria, B. C, Sole Agents in British Columbia for R. HOOD HAGGIE & SON, f Limited, OFWILLINGTON ROPEWORKS, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, ENGLAND, o have been established over 100 years, and have a factory covering six acres, equipped "with all the most modern appliances for making Wire Ropes of all descriptions. WRITE FOR PRICES.. Stock carried at Victoria, B. C. Large orders specially manufactured at Newcastle-on-Tyne and forwarded by China-Matual steamers.' who 1 THE MINING RECORD. XIII. Respecting Coal NOTICE. Petroleum Lands in South-East Kootenay. . NOTICE is hereby given that licenses to prospect for coal and petroleum upon and under lands situated within Blocks '4593, South-East Kootenay, will be issued forthwith to all persons who have made proper application, in pursuance of the provisions of the "Coal Mines Act" and amendments. The fee for each license will be $100, and all applicants who have not deposited accepted bank cheques to cover that amount are hereby required to do so without further notice. Licenses will be issued in the following form, viz.: "Mining Licence issued under the Coal Mines Act and Amendments. "In consideration of one hundred dollars now paid under the said Acts, and subject to the provisions thereof, I, W. S. Gore, Deputy Commissioner, acting for the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, license to enter, prospect, search and work for coal and petroleum (but no other metal or mineral) upon, in and under all that piece or parcel of mineral land situate in and forming part of Block 4,593, East Kootenay District, and described as follows:— and not exceeding in the whole Six hundred and forty statute acres. ''Owing to the number of applicant sfor licenses to prospect for coal and petroleum, and the peculiar circumstances ' surrounding the application for and issuance of these licences, and the well-known fact that the issuance has been unavoidably suspended for so many months, the Government of British Columbia finds it impossible to determine the equitable rights of the numerous applicants. Therefore, for the purpose of enabling all persons to go before the proper tribunal for the determination of their respective rights and priorities, this licence is issued and accepted subject to such prior rights of other persons as may exist by law, and the date of this licence is not to be taken or held as in any sense determining such priority, and further it shall not be taken or held to waive enquiry by the Courts into the proper performance of all conditions precedent as between adverse claimants; and further, on the understanding that the Government shall not be held responsible for, or in connection with, any conflict which may arise with other claimants of the same ground, and that under no circumstances will licence fees be refunded. "And the holder hereby waives any claim or demand against the Government, and expressly agrees not to take any steps or proceedings, or present any petition, to enforce any alleged claim or demand against the Government of the Province of British Columbia arising out of the issuance of this licence or of any other matter of thing appertaining thereto. "The land being under reserve from pre-emption and sale this license does not include any right other than the right to prospect for coal and petroleum. "The duration of this license is for one year from the , 190 . "Deputy Commissioner of Lands and Works. "Lands and Works Department, "Victoria, B. C. 190 •" R. F. GREEN, Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works. Lands and Works Department, Victoria, B. C, 5th June, 1904. MINING Machinery Our experience in designing: and installing*! complete plants has extended over a period of] many years, and this experience together with the fact that we are in close touch with many eminent metallurgists places us in a position to supply our customers with machineryofthe latest and most improved type, and with plans for its installation in accordance with up-to- date and practical methods of handling ore so as to obtain the best commercial as well as metallurgical results. COMPLETE POWER LIGHTING* HEATING AND PUMPING PLANTS 6HHS. e. MO0RE & 6©. ENGINEERS PACIFIC COAST AGENTS FOR The Holthoff Machinery 6o., eODftHY, WIS. MAIN OFFICE 63 First St. San Francisco California. Branches—New York, l303Havemeyer Bldg; Seattle, 218 Second Ave. S.; Los Angeles, 321 Trust Bldg.; Baker City, Oregon; Salt Lake City, Utah. Adver. 282. XIV. THE MINING RECORD. k i _. JAMES K. REBBECK CONSULTING ENGINEER- Mechanical Engineer and Naval Architect, Designer of all kinds of Engines, Boilers and Machinery, Preparation of Plans, Specifications, Estimates and Supervision of Contracts, Erection and Installation of Machinery, Special Designs. Patents put in practical form. Reports and Surveys. Propellers Designed and Supplied to Order. Rooms 32-33 Board of Trade Building Victoria, B. C. ROCHUSSEN & COLLIS YATES ST., VICTORIA, B.C. Manufacturers Agents for Mining Machinery and Supplies. Tenders on Engineering Contracts. MINING BROKERS Write us for quotations on all kinds of Machinery. Reliable information with regard to mining properties. Special knowledge ofthe Nicola and Similkameen countries* Cheapest Power 60 PER CENT. SAVING IN FUEL. Suction Gas Producers for Gas Engines. 1 lb. of coal per h.p. hour. Costs %■% cent, per h.p. hour. Built for any capacity* required. Automatic work. Contracts undertaken for complete power-plants and results guaranteed. Dr. OSKAR NAEGEL, Metallurgical Engineer. 90 Wall Street, New York. THE Little WONDER Air Hammer Rock Dril 1. Mohawk, Mich., Aug. i6, 1904. Martin Hardsocg, Ottumwa, Iowa. Dear Sir:— We are using four of your Little Wonder Rock Drills and they seem to be giving entire satisfaction. We will mail you draft for same on the 25th inst. Yours truly, Mohawk M'no* Co.' THE NEW WAY. J By the new way, Little Wonder Air Hammer Rock Drill, one man " can do four times as much as two men the old way. Weighs only 17 lbs. Is held in the hand while operating. Write j or Prices. MARTIN HARDSOCG, Ottumwa, Iowa Paten t'applied for THE MINING RECORD. XV Lobnitz' Gold Dredgers are at work in British North and South America, Africa, Asia,- &c. ^"u f>redge*s AU p*.*****— tOBWTZ * C0- *DDBESS WW***. SC0TL*!H ltd., Telegraphic Address: " Lobnitz*, Renfrew." At Code used GOLD Manufacturers of Dredgers of an Descriptions codes : Bedford McNeil Lieders A. I. A. B. C. DREDGERS WM. SIMONS & CO., Ltd., Renfrew, Scotland S. F. PARRISH MINING ENGINEER I/ate of Colorado and British Columbia No. 3340 17th Street, San Francisco, Cal., U.S.A. ORES TESTED In car-load lots or smaller quantities, by any and all metallurgical processes. Best equipped plant in the world. Write for booklet. The Denver Ore Testing & Sampling Co. Office: 527 17th St. Works: Cor. Bryant St. and W. 16th Ave DENVER, COLORADO. Bonnevib & Lbe, C. A. Holt, Managers. Chemist and Metaiiurgis 1 XVI THE MINING RECORD. u I 111 TC= irff BERNARD MACDONALD MINING ENGINEER. Examinations, Reports and Negotiations. Designs Modern Economical Methods for Mining and Milling-Operations. Office, Empire State Building, SPOKANE, WASH. . Cable address—Macleroi Spokane. Codes—Bedford M'Neil; Moreing & Neal. E EDMUND B. KIRBY, Consulting Mining Engineer and Metallurgist. Examination of Mining Investments and Enterprises. ROSSLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA. LESLIE HILL, MINING ENGINEER REPORTS AND MINE MANAGEMENT. Consulting Engineer to the Hastings (B. C.) Exploration Syndicate. London Office, IVI _•__._ r*> /■» 161-4 Dash wood House, IN 6 I SO II ■ O . V> . New Broad Street, E. C. ' SAMUELS. FOWLER CONSULTING ENGINEER. Will advise and report on matters pertaining to mining, milling, plant, construction and operation. Drawer 1024, Nelson, B. C. JOHN B. HOBSON, | MfnTnggerco0,niw.rib00 Hyd' Consulting Mining Engineer, BULLION, BRITISH COLUMBIA. 28 years' experience in the equipment and operation of large hy draulic, Deep Gra<vel, "Drift and Gdla Quartz Mines, in California and British Columbia. Telegraphic and Cable Address "HOBSON" Ashcroft B. C Cable Address, "Goldfields Nelson. J. CLEVELAND HAAS MINING ENGINEER. 640 Hyde Block, Spokane, Wash. Greenwood, B.C. MINE DEVELOPMENT, EXAMINATIONS and REPORTS. Correspondence Solicited. Ore Shippers Agent. J. G. LANG, Provincial Assayer, Late Control Assayer for Lenora Mine, Mount Sicker. SPECIALTIES: Checking Smelter Returns, Concentration, Cyanide and Amalgamation Tests. P. O. BOX 283. GREENWOOD, B. C A. R. BARROW, A.M.I.C.E. PROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR Sea going steamboat, to accommodate 4 persons, suitable for parties wish ing to prospect or examine mineral claims on the coasts of Vancouver Island or Mainland. Long Distance Telephone. SIDNEY, B.C; Co mine managers and Engineers. If, when writing to manufacturers or others advertising in the MINING RECORD, for catalogues, our friends would be good enough to make reference to this periodical, they would do us a considerable service, at little inconvenience to themselves. We are confident, of course, that as an advertising medium the MINING RECORD gives the best possible results, but it is natural for advertisers to require frequent tangible and direct evidence of this fact* Hence this request. ^ THE MINING RECORD. XVII PROFESSIONAL BROKERS AND ASSAYERS. 8. M. McGRBGOR, B.A. Sc. w. d. McGregor, m. re. McGregor & co., MININGand CIVIL ENGINEERS _. __ . .. _ ^s and LAND SURVEYORS. SLOCANjB. C. Reports on Mines and Prospects. Act as agents in doing assessment work, applying for Crown grants and in taking general charge of preliminary development work. \r nil I EC5 is one of the most promising gold camps in I I w I I I 1 British Columbia and now offers many capital opportunities for profitable investment. For further particulars write PERCY J. GLEAZER, MINING BROKER AND AGENT, YMIR, B. C. Code—Moreing & Neal's. JOHN OGDEN ASSAY CO. Gold, Silver, Copper or Lead, $1.00 each; any two, $1.50; any three, $2.00. Samples by mail receive prompt ettention. Placer Gold, Retorts and Rich Ores Bought. 1725 ARAPAHOE ST., DENVER, COLO. HOWARD C. PARMELEE ANALYTICAL CHEMIST AND ASSAYER. Special Equipment for Electrolytic Analysis. Control and Umpire Work. Industrial Chemistry. P.O. Box 1421. 1755 Arapahoe St., Denver, Colo. POGSON, PELOUBET & CO. Public Accountants NEW YORK 42 BROADWAY CHICAGO MARQUETTE BUILDING ST. LOUIS CHEMICAL BUILDING BUTTE HENNESSY BUILDING Audits of Books and Accounts, Systems of Bookkeeping or Costs, Financial Examinations, Etc. British Columbia Pottery Co., Ltd. Head Office and Works, VICTORIA, B. C. Manufacturers of Vitrified Salt Glazed Sewer Pipes. All kinds of FIRE BRICK, FIRE CLAY, ALL KINDS FIRE CLAY GOODS, ASSAYERS' FURNACES, ETC., Made to Order. T. J. SMITH FINANCIAL AND MINING BROKER. Gold, Silver, Jyead and Copper Mines: also Bituminous Coal Lands and Coast Timber Limits for sale. Special Values in Shares of Good Coal Company. Correspondence solicited. ADDRESS P. O. BOX 439. OFFICE, 611 HASTINGS STREET, VANCOUVER, B. C. A. A. WATSON, B. Sc. PROVINCIAL ASSAYER, OLLALA, B. C. Analyst and Mineralogist Honours Graduate in Chemistry, Victoria University, Englan Reports made on Mining Properties. Ten years experience in Australia. South America. England and B. C. Assay Charges—Gold, $1; silver, $1; Copper, $2; Lead, $1 ; Gold and Sil ver, $1.50 ; Gold and Copper, 12,50 ; Gold, Silver and Copper, $3 ; Gold, Silver Copper and Lead, $3 50 ; Complete analysis of any ore, $10. JP****p-SPECIAI, ATTENTION TO SAMPLES BY MAIL" Stocks also carried in Vancouver, Nanaimo, Duncans, Nelson and Rossland. Cecil M. Bryant, A.R.S M., A.I.M.M. E. Philip Gilman, A.R.S.M., F.G.S Pellew-Harvey, Bryant & Gilman PROVINCIAL ASSAYERS. The Vancouver Assay Office and Ore Testing Works. Established 1890. MILL, SMELTER, CONCENTRATION AND CYANIDE TESTS, Reliable reports on miningproperties. Complete analyses of Ores and Coal Victoria Office : 4 View Street (Opposite Driard Hotel.) iiiiiiiJMiifrrfli«n7Ttt-ffllr'raTiTirnrni»tBMi^ra*-^wr*^aw CHRIS. OUTHETT, Associate of Royal College of Science, London, England. Inland Assay Office, KAMLOOPS, B.C. Provincial Assayer. Mineral and Coal Analyses a specialty. Reports made on Mining Properties Mail samples receive promos attention. Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co., Ltd. Directors—George A. Cox, President; Robert Jaffray and H. M. Pellatt, Vice-Presidents; E. R. Wood, Treasurer; G. G. S. Lindsey,' Secretary; Thos. Walmsley, James Mason, Frederick Nichols, David Morrise, J. D. Chipman, J. A. Gemmill, Wm. Fernie. HEAD OFFICES—TORONTO. ONT. BRITISH COLUMBIA OFFICES—FERNIE, B. C. Bituminous Coals and Coke. Mines and Ovods at Coal Creek, Michel and Morrissey, B. C. .Present capacity of mines 1,000,000 tons of coal per annum. Coke ovens 350,000 tons per annum. We would call attention to the superior quality of our Michel Blacksmith Coal, suitable for large forgings. Can be shipped at reasonable prices to all parts of British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and Manitoba. This Company also owns the Fernie and Morrissey Mines townsites, which offer investments in town lots that cannot fail to prove productive. Having a large amount of development under way, there is always work for coal miners at good wages, and it may be said that there are few places in the world where labor of all kinds can earn more net money under agreeable conditions. THOS. R. STOCKETT, JR. General Superintendent, Fernie, B. C. DAVIES, Comptroller, Fernie, B. C. WM. M. BREWER CONSULTING MINING ENGINEER, P. O. Box 571. VICTORIA, B. C. # XII THE MINING RECORD. Flathead Valley Oil Lands Develop* ment Company, Ltd. Capital $250,000, Divided into One Million Shares of a Par Value of Twenty-five Cents Each. DIRECTORS. Charles Hayward. Esq., Victoria, B. C. A. B. Fraser, Sr., Esq , Victoria, B. C. E. Crow Baker, Esq., Victoria, B. 0. W. F. Teetzel, Esq., Nelson, B. C Thos. Hooper, Esq., Victoria, B. C. D. La Bad, Esq., M. D., Nelson, B. C SECRETARY. Mr. W. C. Moresby, Imperial Bank Chambers, Victoria, B. C. REGISTERED OFFICE. Imperial Bank Chambers, Victoria, B. C. This Company has been formed to develop oil wells in a large area of the if Pennsylvania of Canada The Company now owns a large acreage of the most favorable locations i ia the Flathead Valley. Some of its property lies within six miles of flowing oil wells. Two hundred and fifty thousand shares are for sale for development purposes at 25 cents a share. For full information and prospectus apply to the secretary at the office of the Company. TO THE SECRETARY, Flathead Valley Oil Lands Development Company, Ltd., Imperial Bank Chambers, Victoria, B. C. Sir:— I beg to apply for shares in the Flathead Valley Oil Lands Development Company, Ltd., and herewith enclose the sum of Dollars in full payment of same. Name Address Fill in this application form and address, with remittance, to the Secretary of the Company. Applications will be accepted for blocks of forty shares and upwards. irfifi THE MINING RECORD. XIX Steveston Land & Oil Company, Limited. INCORPORATED 1904. CAPITAL STOCK $250,000. 250,000 SHARES OF $1.00 EACH. Issued Fully Paid and Non-Assessable, Directors—Geo. E. Macdonald, Vancouver, B.C.; Wm. D. Haywood, Vancouver, B.C.; Chas. D. MacKenzie, Vancouver, B.C. OFFICES "-VANCOUVER AND STEVESTON, B. C PROSPECTUS. The STEVESTON LAND & OIL CO., LIMITED, has been organized for the purpose of acquiring and developing oil bearing lands on Lulu Island, British Columbia. Natural gas was discovered at Steveston, Lulu Island, many years ago, and has been used by several of the residents for lighting and heating purposes. Recently an oil expert from the oil fields of Beaumont, Texas, made an examination of the gas and the conditions existing at Steveston, and pronounced it as his decided opinion, that the gas was arising from petroleum deposits, and that the conditions existing were exactly similar to those prevailing at Beaumont, Texas, which is situated on the Neches River near the Gulf of Mexico. Gas was known to be arising from the earth for many years near Beaiumont, and like the Steveston gas'was from a sulphur base; while boring for supposed sulphur beds near Beaumont the celebrated Lucas oil gusher was struck. It is believed that the 10-inch oil well now being bored at Steveston _ will develop the presence of petroleum in large" quantity, which means that the pioneer companies' stock will greatly advance in value, as was the case at Beaumont and elsewhere. Great fortunes have been made from the oil wells of Texas and California during the past few years, and unbounded wealth has been distributed among many of the small investors who became stock-holders in companies for the development of the oil lands. The same thing will repeat itself at Steveston, and the purchaser of shares in the Steveston Land & Oil Co., Limited, will awaken some morning to find himself rewarded a hundredfold on the investment. The market for oil is almost unlimited. The development of fuel oil at Steveston is an important one. It means cheap fuel to the great mining industries of the Province. Heretofore many low-grade ores that have been thrown over the dumps can be worked at a profit by the use of oil, thereby giving employment to thousands of additional men at good wages in the mines. . Steveston, situated at the mouth of the Fraser River and the Gulf of Georgia (only 12 miles from Vancouver), is destined to become an important city. Having railroad and water transportation it is independent of any trust to dictate or control the output of oil. The development of oil at Steveston will prove a boon to the manufacturing industries ot Vancouver, JNew Westminster, Victoria, and the cities on Puget Sound. . The production of oil at Steveston will mean the investment of millions of dollars m plants and refineries for the manufacture of the by-products contained in crude mineral oils. Fuel oil is now used almost exclusively oh the Southern Pacific railroad systems in California, Arizona and Texas, and also on the Santa Fe railroad system in Texas, New Mexico and California. Undoubtedly the railroads ' of the Pacific Northwest will become large consumers of Steveston oil. The "Steveston Land & Oil Co., Limited," has been registered under the laws of British Columbia with a capitalization of $250,000.00, divided into 250,000 shares of the par value of $1.00 each. The '■'Steveston Land & Oil Co., Limited," have acquired options to purchase the lands in the town ot Steveston and in other parts of Lulu Island that have every indication of proving oil bearing lands, amounting in all to over 1,100 acres. The moment oil has been demonstrated to exist in quantity, the value of the holdings of this Company will be increased many times over. After paving for the Company's holdings there remains in the treasury 130,000 shares of unissued stock, and 20 000 shares of fully paid bonus stock. 30,000 shares of the treasury stock is now on the market, the funds derived from the sale of which will be expended in the acquisition of oil lands and in developing the same. As an inducement to first purchasers of this stock a bonus of fifty (50) per cent, in ^/f,^"" made so that the purchase of 100 shares at par will entitle the purchaser to 150 shares of stock, FULLY FAID, NON-ASSESSABLE AND CARRYING NO PERSONAL LIABILITY. In case it should be decided to place the remaining 100.000 shares of treasury stock on the market, it will be offered first to the holders of the 30,000 shares of treasury stock now placed on the market. While there is always an element of chance in oil drilling, as in every other venture, the profits to be derived from a successful issue are such as to make the pure-base of stock in the "Steveston Land & Oil Co., Limited," a perfectly safe and legitimate transaction. STEVEST0N LAND & OIL CO., LTD., Applications for stock may be made to Vancouver, B.C. THOMAS DAVIS, Official Broker, "Steveston Land & Oil Co., Limited." Vancouver. B.C 1 Ml xx THE MTNING RECORD. CITY OF VICTORIA Capital of British Columbia, Pacific Ocean Terminus of Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian Northern Railway and the Great Northern Railway of the United States. The starting point of steamship lines to the Yukon, Atlin and Cassiar Gold Fields, and the Canadian port of call for tourists on the lines between San Francisco and Alaska. Canadian Gateway to the Orient, Sandwich Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Etc., Etc. b &1K. The City of Victoria is becoming widely noted for the beauty of its situation, its homes and its surroundings ; so that the number of strangers arriving, for short visits and for permanent residence, continue growing annually larger. Of its beauty H.R.H. the Duke of York said: "The most beautiful place we have seen in our journey around the world," and the following may be quoted from the correspondence of Mr. E. P. Knight, of the London Morning Post: "One would fain have stayed longer, for of all the cities that have been visited in the course of this long Royal progress the fair capital of British Columbia seems to me the one which the Englishman would most gladly make his home. * * * Never in the environs of any other city have I seen such a glory of flowers as surrounded each of these lovely hom«ss." The Province covers a superficial area of 381,000 square miles abounding in minerals, timber, fish and game in endless variety. The opportunities for the profitable investment of capital are practically unlimited, and the markets for the disposal of metals, lumber, fish and agricultural products lie waiting in Russia, Japan, China, India and Australasia. The tourist will hnd mountain scenery and mountain climbing unequalled in the old world—a new field for exploration—and the sportsman with first class hotels as bases of operation may penetrate a new world in his pursuit of the bear, the panther, the elk or the mountain goat. TEMPERATURE 1903. Highest Lowest Mean. Mean. Victoria 64.5 35.9 London, Eng 69.7 33.4 Torquay, Eng 64.1 38.2 RAINFALL 1903. Inches. Victoria 35-9 London, Eng .. 334 Torquay, Eng 38.2 Pamphlets containing views of local scenery and information of interest to investors, tourists, hunters and amusement seekers may be obtained by addressing the Clerk of the Municipal Council, Victoria, British Columbia. THE MINING RECORD. XXI Printers are Pleased. READ WHAT ONE OF THEM SAYS: Nelson, B. C., November 17, 1903. B. C. Photo. Engraving Co., Victoria, B.C. Dear Sirs, Allow me to express my satisfaction with the work you have done for me. It has been mostly line work and in it your artist has shown skill and good conception of JUST WHAT IS REQUIRED to make an effective print. The crest and motto for the Rocky Mountain Rangers shows both good art and good handicraft and has been much admired here. Your plates I have always found well mounted so there is NO TROUBLE WITH THE MAKE-READY. Yours truly, W. H. JONES, Printer. The address is " Times" Building, Victoria. NONA/ ADY The Third Edition of "Mines of the Transvaal" By R. R. MABSON, The Handiest and Most Complete Work of its kind. Absolutely Indispensable to all taking an interest in the World's Greatest Goldfield. No other up-to-date work of a like scope in existence. Comprehensive, Compact, Carefully Compiled, Alphabetically arranged, and showing at a glance WHERE THE MINE IS, WHO DIRECTS IT, AND WHAT IT HAS DONE. A Business Book for Busy Men, and a Veritable Encyclopaedia of Information. Colonies and Abroad, 16s. About 770 pages, large crown 8vo. Interleaved for Professional Use : by post, 25s. 9d.; Colonies and Abroad, 26s. 6d. Orders to be addressed to the Publisher of "THE STATIST," 51 Cannon Street, London, England. R. MAYNARD Importer and dealer in all kinds ot Photographic Supplies Also Amateur Outfits, Kodaks, Hawkeyes, Premos, Pocos.etc, mperia., <W «d Hammer 41 PANDORA St. Plates, Aristo-Platino,Solio, Klo- Victoria, B. C. ro, Velox and Dekho Papers EXPOR'T: NUMBER M. R. SMITH & COMPANY LIMITED- Established I858. Manufacturers of High Class Biscuits ^ Confectionery Gold Medals awarded at Roval Agricultural Exhibition 'OT '9*5, '97, '9s. Medal and Diploma awarded at Colonial and Indian Exhibitions. Silver Medals at Provincial Exhibitions, 1886. BRANCH- VICTORIA, B. C. 430 CORDOVA STREET, VANCOUVER T^ XXII THE MINING RECORD.. BRITISH COLUMBIA The Mineral Province of Canada. British Columbia has produced to date $64,627,683 of Placer Gold, $32,049,732 of Lode Gold, $18,- 475,852 of Silver, #10,447,521 of Lead, $12,256,219 of Copper, and $58,989,572 of Coal and Coke, or a total of nearly 3190,000,000. The Gross Mineral Production for 1902 was 17,486.550. 3 1 The tonnage of ore mined in 1902 was nearly 1,000,000 tons. The gold production in 1992 was approximately $6,000,000, and the copper output 30,000,000 lbs. Lode mining has only been in progress for about 10 years, and not 20 per cent, of the mineral land has been even prospected; 300,000 square miles of unexplored mineral-bearing land are open for prospecting. The Mining Laws of this Province are more liberal and the fees lower than any Province in the Dominion, or than any Colony of the British Empire. Mineral locations are granted to discoverers for nominal fees. Absolute titles are obtained by developing such properties, the security of which is guaranteed by Crown grants. Pull information, together with mining reports and maps, may be obtained by addressing If |§ HON. MINISTER OF MINES, Or WM. FLEET ROBERTSON, Provincial Mineralogist, VICTORIA, B. C. • Hotel Badminton Corner Dunsmuir and Howe Streets, VANCOUVER, B. 6. JOS. W. WflLLIS, Prop. American Plan Rate $2.00 and $2.50 Situated in the heart of the city. Street cars within one block, passing continuously for all parts of the city. Barbershop in connection. 'Phone in every room. Bath room on every floor. BALMORAL HOTEL, YieTORIA M. J. G. WHITE, PROPRIETOR, Most Comfortable Family and Tourist Hotel in town. "Best and Quietest House for Ladies. Within five minutes walk of Parliament Buildings, Wharf and Railway Stations. Opposite Theatre. Cars for all point . RATES, $1.50 PER DAY UP THE MINING RECORD. XXIII BANKING ESTABLISHMENTS, ETC. ESTABLISHED 1817. BANK OF MONTREAL. INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. HEAD OFFICE: MONTREAL. CAPITAL all paid up, $13,379,240.00. RESERVE FUND, $9,000,000.00. UNDIVIDED PROFIT, $724,807. 5 Board of Directors—Rt. Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, G. C. M. G., President. Hon. G. A. Drnmroond, Vice-President. A. T. Paterson, Esq.; Edward B. Greenshields, Esq.; Sir William C. Macdonald; R. B. Angus,Esq.; James Ross, Esq.; R. G. Reid, Esq., Hon. Robert Mackay t. S, CLOUSTON General Vanager A. MACNIDER Chief Inspector and Superintendent of Branches tf. S. CLOUSTON '■ Inspector of Branch Returns BRANCHES Province op Ontario—Almonte, Belleville, Brantford, Brockvllle, Chatham, Collingwood, Cornwall, Deseronto, Fort William, Goderich, Guelph, I Hamilton, Kingston,Lindsay. London, Ottawa.Perth Peterboro, Picton, Paris : Sarnia, Stratford, 8t. JVIary'8 Toronto, Toronto YongeSt. Branch, Wallaceburg Province of Quxbeo—Montreal: West End Br., Seigneurs ot. Br., Point I St. Charles; Quebec. Lower Provinces—Chatham, N.B.; Frederickton, N.B.; Moncton, N.B. St. John N.B.; Amherst, N.S.; Halifax, N.S.; Sydney, JS.S. Glace Bay, Yar- I mouth. Province of Manitoba and North-West Territories—Winnipeg, Man.; Calgary, Alberta; Lethbridge, Alberta; Regina, Assiniboia; Raymond, Alta Province op British Columbia—Greenwood, Nelson, New Denver, New Westminster, Rossland, Vancouver, Vernon, Victoria. INNEWFOUNDLAND-St. John's, Nfid., Bank of Montreal. Birchy Cove, Bay of Islands. [ F, W- TAYLOR Assistant Inspector JAMES AIRD ".Secretary , Montreal-H, V. MEREDITH Manager IN CANADA: In Great Britain—London, Bank of Montreal, 22 Abchurch Lane, E.C, Alexander Lang, Manager. In the Unit,d States New York—R. Y. Hebden and J. if. Greata, Agents,-59 Wall Street; Chicago—Banl of Montreal. Bankers in Great Britain-London—The Bank of England, the Union j Bank of London, the London & Westminster Rank Ihe National Prov. Bank of England. Liverpool—The Bank of Liverpool, Ltd. Scotland—Ths British Linen Company Bank and Branches. Bankers in the United States—New York—The National City Bank, The Bank of New York,.N.B.A. Bosten—The Merchants' National Bank, J. B. Moors & Co. Buffalo—The Marine Bank, Buffalo San Francisco—The First National Bank. The Bank of British Columbia, The Anglo-Californian Bank. Portland, Oregon—Ihe Bank of British Columbia. Spokane, Wash. 1 Bankot Montreal. THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE. With Which is Amalgamated The Bank of British. Columbia. HEXA.D OFFICE: TORONTO. Paid Up Capital $ 8,7oo,ooo Rest 3,ooo»ooo Aggregate Resources Exceeding 83,ooo,ooo HON. GEO. A. COX, President. B. E. WALKER, General Manager. ALEX. LAIRD, Asst. General Manager. LONDON OFFICE: 60 LOMBARD ST., E. C. The Bank has 109 branches well distributed throughout the Dominion and elsewhere, including the following in British Columbia and the Yukon District: Atlin, Cranbrook, Dawson Fernie, Greenwood, Kamloops, Ladysmith Nanaimo, Nelson, New Westminster, Vancouver, Victoria. White Horse. BRANCHES IN THE UNITED STATES. New York, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle Skagway. Every description of banking business transacted. Letters of credit on all parts of the world. Exceptional facilities for handling gold dust. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received and interest paid at current rates. Victoria Branch, GEO GILLESPIE, Manager Michigan College of Mines F. W. McNAIR, President. A State Institution located in and making use of an active mining district. New Metallurgical Building and Gymnasium completed in the fall of 1904. For Year Book and Record of Graduates apply to President or Secretary. Houghton, Michigan. The Hall Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. SMELTING DEPARTMENT Purchases CORRER ORE, LEAD ORE, DRY ORE. NELSON, B.C. COPPER The new edition of the COPPER HANDBOOK lists and describes 3,311 copper mines and copper mining companies, in all parts ofthe world, covering the globe, these descriptions ranging from two lines to 12 pages each in length, according to importance ofthe mines. The descriptions are not padded, but give facts in the most condensed and get-at-able form. There are also fifteen miscellaneous chapters, devoted to the History, Uses, Terminology, Geography, Geology, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Metallurgy, Finances and Statistics of Copper, rendering the volume a veritable encyclopedia of the subject of Copper and everything pertaining to the metal. It is the World's Standard Reference Book on Copper. • Every Miner, Prospector, Investor, Banker and Broker needs tbe book. Price is $5 in buckram binding with gilt top, or $7.50 in full library morccco and the book, in either binding, will be sent fully prepaid, an approval, to any address in the world, to be paid for if found satisfactory,'or may be returned within a week of receipt and the charge will be cancelled. Address the Author aud Publisher, HORACE J. STEVENS, 47 Post Office Block, Houghton, Mich., U. S. A. '■' I XXIV THE MINING RECORD. TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES. The Pleasure of Travel 1 Is fully realized in travelling on the Canadian Pacific Railway. By its lines can be reached all Canadian Points, and its arrangement with American Railroads enable its agents to issue tickets to all points in the United States. It operates its own Sleeping and Dining Cars, and has its . own Hotels and Steamships. Its magnificent scenery and the excellence of its service has made it the favorite route across the American Continent. Illustrated publications, as to its route, Banff, Yoho Valley, Glacier, &c. sent on application to any agent. H. H, ABBOTT, Agent, VICTORIA, B. C. Or to E. J. COYLE, Ass't General Passenger Agent, VANCOUVER B. G. Esquimau and Nanaimo Railway. TIME TABLE NO. 50. Southbound. Daily. Arrive. P.M. A.M. Northbound. Leave. Victoria 9 :oo 12 :o6 Shawnigan Lake 10:20 10 146 Duncans 11 :co 10:02 P.M. Nanaimo 12145 8115 Ar. Wellington 1:00 Lv. 8 :oo Northbound. Leave Victoria Shawnigan Lake 7:I^ Duncans Nanaimo Ar Wellington Sat., Sun. and Wed. Southbound. Arrive. P.M. P.M. 4:oo 7:55 5:55 7:37 7:52 6:46 5*55 4:15 Lv. 4:00 ble stage Throu&h Tickets to Crofton via Westholme, Stage leaves Daily, except Sundays.connecting with North and Sonth bound trains Do,, service Saturdays and Wednesdays, connecting with morning and afternoon trains. Fare from Victoria, Single $2.40 Return $3.60. ' u Through Tickets Victoria to Hlbernl-Stage leaves Wellington Mondays and Thursdays on arrival of train from Victoria Returning frn,„ ah,,.™* Tuesdays and Fridays. Fare from Victoria, single, $5.20, return $8.65 ■""'"<"
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