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REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1934.
Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia
British Columbia. Legislative Assembly
Foldout Map: Gold Commissioners Resident Mining Engineers District Headquarters
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ANNUAL EEPOET OF THE MINISTER OF MINES OF THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA FOR THE Yeae Ended 31st December 1934 PRINTED BY AUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. VICTORIA, B.C. : Printed by Charles F. Banfield, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. 1935. To His Honour J. W. Fordham Johnson, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia. May it please Your Honour : The Annual Report of the Mining Industry of the Province for the year 1934 is herewith respectfully submitted. G. S. PEARSON, Minister of Mines. Minister of Mines' Office, April, 1935. tskshh CONTENTS. The Mining Industry. John P. Walker Part A. Synopsis of Mining Laws of B.C. Robert Dunn Part A. Assay Office. D. E. Whittaker Part A. North-western Mineral Survey District (No. 1). Joseph T. Mandy Part B. North-eastern Mineral Survey District (No. 2). Douglas Lay Part C. Southern and Central Mineral Survey Districts (Nos. 3 and 4). P. B. Preeland Part D. Eastern Mineral Survey District (No. 5). B. T. O'Grady Part E. Western Mineral Survey District (No. 6). A. M. Richmond Part F. Inspection of Mines. James Dickson Part G. Report of Examiners for Coal-mine Officials. James Strang Part G. Government Mine-rescue Stations. J. D. Stewart, John Thomson, Alfred Gould, and John T. Puckey Part G. Inspection of Coal-mines. Geo. O'Brien, John G. Biggs, Thomas R. Jackson, Charles; Graham, and John MacDonald Part G. Inspection of Quarries. James' Strang, Geo. O'Brien, John G. Biggs, and Chas. Graham Part G. Inspection of Metalliferous Mines. James Dickson, Thos. R. Jackson, James Strang, John G. Biggs, Charles Graham, and H. E. Miard Part G. BRITISH COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF MINES. VICTORIA, B.C. Hon. George S. Pearson Minister of Mines. Robert Dunn -------- Deputy Minister. John F. Walker Provincial Mineralogist. D. E. Whittaker - - - - Provincial Assayer and Analyst. James Dickson Chief Inspector of Mines. Resident Mining Engineers. J. T. Mandy, No. 1 District, Prince Rupert. (No. 3 District, Penticton. Douglas Lay, No. 2 District, Hazelton. ' ' )No. 4 District, Penticton. B. T. O'Grady, No. 5 District, Nelson. A. M. Richmond, No. 6 District, Vancouver. District Inspectors. Geo. O'Brien, Nanaimo. John G. Biggs, Princeton. T. R. Jackson, Nanaimo. Chas. Graham, Prince Rupert. John McDonald, Fernie. Jas. Strang, Inspector and Examiner, Victoria. H. E. Miard, Inspector and Examiner, Fernie and Nelson. Mine-rescue Station Instructors. J. D. Stewart, Nanaimo. A. Gould, Princeton. J. L. Brown, Cumberland. J. T. Puckey, Fernie. PART A. THE MINING INDUSTRY. BY John F. Walker. The mining industry during 1934 recovered to an appreciable extent the loss in value sustained between the peak year of 1929 and the low of 1932. The value of mine production declined from $68,245,443 in 1929 to $28,798,406 in 1932, a loss in three years of $39,447,037. During 1933 the value of mine production increased $3,804,266 to $32,602,672, and in 1934 it increased a further $9,702,625 to $42,305,297. The low point apparently was reached in the first six months of 1933, when the estimated value for this period was $12,887,984. Subtracting the estimated value for the first six months from the actual value of mine production for the year, it is found that the production for the last six months of 1933 was about $19,719,688. The estimated production for the first six months of 1934 was $20,697,827, and, subtracting this figure from the final value for the year, it is' found that the production for the last six months was about $21,607,470. It is apparent that the greater part of the recovery to date took place in the latter part of 1933, since when the industry has progressed slowly but steadily. Gold production accounted for by far the greatest increase in value for any one metal or material in 1934, followed in order by lead, silver, zinc, copper, coal, and miscellaneous metals, minerals, and materials,. The output of structural materials showed a s'light decline in value. Gold production established an all-time high in both volume and value. Lead established an all-time high in volume production and zinc fell just short of the all-time high volume production attained in 1930. During the year some of the larger operations brought their production back to capacity, several operations increased their milling capacity, and a number of properties were brought into production. The number of shipping metalliferous mines- increased from 109 in 1933 to 145 in 1934, and those shipping over 100 tons increased from 47 to 69. It is estimated that during the year 12,985 men were employed in all branches of the mining industry. This is an increase of 1,610 over the number employed in 1933. The following list shows the dividends declared by companies engaged in the mining industry in the Province during 1933 and 1934:— Company. 1933. 1034. The Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co. of Canada, Ltd $975,807 $1,952,794 Premier Gold Mining Co.. Ltd 650,985 600,000 Howe Sound Co.* 562,749 1,421,373 Bell 13,800 29,401 Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co., Ltd 12.091 248,472 Pioneer Gold Mines of B.C., Ltd 735,735 1,226,225 Bralorne Mines, Ltd 625,000 Highland Lass, Ltd 21,564 46,208 Others 61,753 17,805 Totals $3,034,484 $6,167,27S Details of production, etc., of the mining industry are set out in Tables Nos. 1 to 17. GENERAL SITUATION. With the close of 1934 it is evident that the mineral industry of the Province is1 approaching more stable conditions and that an increase in 1935 comparable to that of 1934 is not to be expected. The fact that mine production for the past eighteen months has been very steady is * The Howe Sound Company is the holding company for the Britannia mine in British Columbia and the El Potosi and Calera mines in Mexico. Dividends paid by this company are therefore derived from the profits on operation of all three mines, so that only part of the dividends paid, as shown, can be credited to the Britannia mine. PROVINCIAL LIBRARY VICTORIA, B. C. A 8 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1934. sufficient reason for such a statement. However, to forecast future production even for the present year, under existing, rapidly changing world conditions', is a matter of considerable speculation. Such a forecast is considered to be of sufficient importance to merit the attempt which may be best accomplished by treating the major branches of the industry separately. With the bringing into production of a number of old and new gold properties and increased production in some of the established mines, it is reasonable to anticipate increased volume. The present price of gold is slightly higher than the average price for 1934 and there seems every reason to believe that the average price for 1935 will be higher than that for 1934. Therefore, with an increased production for gold and an increase in value, it is anticipated that the value of gold production in 1935 will be appreciably higher than in 1934. In the case of silver it is interesting to note that the past records in volume and also value production have not been due to extremely high prices for the metal and that production was fairly steady from 1896 to 1921 in spite of wide fluctuations in price. The sudden rise in the volume of silver produced came in 1922 with the sudden rise in the production of lead and zinc, and the future of silver volume production will depend largely on the markets for the base metals. However, s'ilver camps such as the Slocan respond to the rise and fall in the price for the metal. It is worthy of note that in the peak years of silver production in the Slocan the value of lead produced was not far below that of silver. Under existing conditions, little or nothing can be obtained for the lead content of these ores, so that for the immediate future production will have to be estimated on the silver content only. Even under such conditions an appreciable increase in silver production may be anticipated. The price of silver at the close of the year is appreciably higher than the average price throughout the year, and it is anticipated that the average price for 1935 will probably be somewhat higher than the price at the close of the year. Copper production in 1935, so far as it can be foreseen, is likely to show a marked decline, due to the announcement that the Granby operation at Anyox will probably be closed down some time during the year. The volume of lead production is likely to remain about the same. The present price of the metal is low beyond reason, and while the price of 1926 may never again be reached, a reasonable appreciation in value should be attained within the next few years. The price of the metal at the close of the year was lower than the average price for the year, and it is anticipated that a slight increase in the price of lead may be realized during 1935. While it is anticipated that the volume of zinc will be maintained, due to a demand for electrolytic zinc, and the position which the British Columbia metal has won in world markets in spite of keen competition, it is not anticipated that any appreciable increase in the price of the metal will be realized. Coal has shown in 1934 an increase of 6.5 per cent, over 1933, and if 1935 shows a slight increase, it seems to be a reasonable estimate. Structural materials should by the end of the year show a marked increase in production. Miscellaneous metals and materials are not expected to show the marked increase in 1935 over 1934 which has been achieved in 1934 as compared with 1933, but a slight increase is considered reasonable. During the last eighteen months there is an apparent increase in production of a million dollars for every six months. If this increase is maintained throughout 1935 the estimated value of the mineral production will be about $44,500,000. It is obvious from the foregoing that several things must be considered in arriving at an estimate of the mineral production for 1935. The closing-down of the Granby operation at Anyox, if effected, may mean a loss to the mining industry of from $2,000,000 to $3,000,000. It is anticipated, however, that this loss will be more than offset by the increased value of gold production, and that therefore the estimate of $44,500,000 for the year would seem to be within reason. METHOD OF COMPUTING PRODUCTION. The total mine production of the Province consists of the outputs of metalliferous minerals, coal, structural materials, and miscellaneous metals, minerals, and materials, valued at standard recognized prices in Canadian funds. In the Annual Report for 1925 some changes were made in the methods used in previous years in computing and valuing the products of the industry, but in order to facilitate com- THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 9 parisons with former years the same general style of tables was adhered to. The methods used in the 1925 Annual Report have been followed in subsequent Annual Reports, with the addition of new tables, the first of which, Table No. I., appeared in the 1933 Annual Report, in order to present additional or more informative data. For the 1934 Annual Report, Table VI., which formerly tabulated the yield of placer gold only, has been drawn up to show both placer- and lode-gold values. This will facilitate a rapid view of the total gold production of the Province. Another new table, No. XVII., includes " Mining Companies employing an Average of Ten or more Men." Incorporated in this table, additional data are presented showing the number of operating clays at mine and mill, and also tonnage mined and milled. A subsection of the table shows operating days and average men employed at non-shipping mines employing ten or more men. Table I. presents in summary form the mine statistics of the Province in a form that permits ready comparisons being made with tables of similar design presented annually by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics and other Provincial Statistical Bureaus. An important change is made in Table I. for 1934, which embodies comparative figures for 1933. In Table I. of the 1933 Annual Report, which also gave comparative figures for 1932. gold production as set forth is valued at the old standard price of $20.671834 per fine ounce, and placer gold value converted to fine ounces at that figure also. In order to show the value of gold in Canadian funds, the calculated so-called " premium" was shown in the table as " Exchange equalization on gold." Commencing with the 1934 Annual Report, all gold will be valued at the yearly average of the current price of gold per fine ounce in Canadian funds. In the 1934 Annual Report all tables in which the value of gold enters and covering production for the years 1932, 1933, and 1934 are shown with production valued at the yearly average price of gold and not the old standard price. The only tables not brought up to date in this regard are Tables VII. and VIII. but these will be corrected in the 1935 Annual Report. The following notes explain the methods used:— (1.) From the certified returns of lode mines of ore and concentrate shipments made during the full calendar year by the producers the net recovered metal contents have been determined by deducting from the "assay value content" necessary corrections for smelting and refining losses. In making comparisons of production figures with previous years, it should be remembered that prior to 1925 in the Annual Reports the total metal production, with the exception of copper, was determined by taking the assay value content of all ores shipped ; deductions for slag losses were made by taking varying percentages off the metal prices. (2.) Gold-placer returns are received from the operators in dollars and the dollar value for the years 1932, 1933. and 1934 were converted to fine ounces at $20.07 ; previously the price of $17 an ounce, which is believed to represent the average value of placer gold throughout the Province, at the old valuation of gold, was used to convert the dollar value to ounces. (3.) The prices used in valuing the different metals are: For gold, the average price for the year ; for silver, the average New York metal-market price for the year; for lead, the average London metal-market price for the year; and for zinc, the average London metal- market price for the year. As in 1933, copper in 1934 is valued at the average London metal- market price. Prior to 1932 copper was valued at the average New York price. The change .was made because very little copper was being marketed in the United States on account of high tariff charges against importations from foreign countries. The bulk of the lead and zinc production of the Province is sold on the basis of the London prices of these metals and they are therefore used. The New York, St. Louis, and Montreal lead- and zinc-market prices differ materially from the London prices of these metals and are not properly applicable to the valuing of the British Columbia production. By agreement with the Dominion Bureau of Statistics and the Provincial Statistical Bureaus, the following procedure of taking care of the exchange fluctuations has been agreed upon :— (a.) Silver to be valued at the average Now York price, adjusted to Canadian funds at the average exchange rate. (6.) Lead, zinc, and copper to be valued at London prices, adjusted to Canadian funds at the average exchange rate. A 10 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1934. The following table shows the average metal-market prices from 1930 to 1934 in Canadian funds:— Average Metal-market Prices for 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, and 1934. Year. Copper. Lead. Zinc. (New York). London. New York. London. New York. London. St. Louis. 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Cents per Oz. * 38.154 * 28.700 * 31.671 * 37.8328 * 47.461 Cents per Lb. * 6.3802 * 7.4548 * 7.419 Cents per Lb. * 12.982 * 8.116 5.555 7.025 7.271 Cents per Lb. * 3.9273 * 2.7101 * 2.1136 * 2.3916 * 2.436 Cents per Lb. 5.517 4.243 3.180 3.869 3.860 Cents per Lb. j Cents per Lb. * 3.5999 * 2.554 * 2.4056 * 3.2105 * 3.044 4.556 3.640 2.876 4.029 4.158 * Prices used in compiling total metal valuations in 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, and 1934 Annual Reports. Gold average price in 1934 was $34.50 ; in 1933, $28.60 ; and in 1932 was $23.47. (4.) In 1926 a change was made in computing coal and coke statistics. The practice in former years had been to list coal and coke production (in part) as primary mineral production. Only the coke made in bee-hive ovens was so credited; that made in by-product ovens was not listed as coke, but the coal used in making this coke was credited as coal production. The result was that the coke-production figures were incomplete. Starting with the 1926 Annual Report, the standard practice of the Bureau of Statistics, Ottawa, has been adopted. This consists of crediting all coal produced, including that used in making coke, as primary mine production. Coke-making is considered a manufacturing industry. As it is, however, of interest to the mining industry, a table included in the Report shows the total coke produced in the Province, together with by-products, and the values given by the producers. This valuation of coke is not, of course, included in the total gross mine production of the Province. From 1918 to 1930 coal production was valued at $5 per long ton. In 1931 the price used was $4.50, and in 1932, 1933, and 1934 the price used has been $4.25 per long ton. In making comparisons with former years the decline in dollar value is accentuated by this lowered price. THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 11 TABLE I.—British Columbia Mine Production, 1933 and 1934. Quantity, 1933. Quantity, 1934. Value, 1933. Value, 1934. Per Cent. Increase (+) or Decrease ( —). Quantity. Value. Metallics. $ 77,796 78,733 3,176,341 6,392,929 562,787 6,495,731 1,400 2,650,720 6,291,416 $ 297,771 91,019 3,567,401 10,250,985 714,431 8,461,859 2,051 4,068,792 7,546,893 + + + + + + + + 282.8 + 15.6 + 12.3 + 60.4 Copper lb. 42,608,002 223,529 23,928 271,606,071 40 7,006,406 195,963,751 48,084.658 297,130 25,181 347,366,967 53 8,572,916 247,926,844 12.9 32.9 5.2 27.9 32.5 22.4 26.5 Lead lb. Silver oz. Zinc lb. + 26.9 + 30.3 + 46.5 + 53.5 + 19.9 Totals 25,727,853 35,001,202 4- 36.4 Fuel. Coal (2,240 lb.) tons 1,264,746 1,347,090 5,375,171 5,725,133 + 6.5 + 6.5 Non-metallics. 410 130,818 46,004 1,485 853 4,670 4,572 3,350 282,078 287 89,732 87,982 1,600 2,045 2,318 7,187 7,281 361,812 - — 30.0 Fluxes—limestone, quartz—.tons 63,954 63,863 0.14 - 31.4 + 91.2 + 7.7 4-139.7 — 50.4 + + + Slate (crushed), talc tons Sodium carbonate, magnesium sulphate tons Sulphurf tons 317 378 30,010 484 506 37,367 52.7 33.9 24.5 4- 57.2 + 117.3 + 28.3 Totals 474,240 560,243 + 18.1 Clay Products and other Structural Materials. Clay Products. Brick— Common No. Face, paving, sewer brick...No. 2,440,380 290,547 2,765,307 180,610 32,866 8,626 69.094 7,993 6,824 41,335 5,680 2,390 35,122 6,815 81,864 7,737 9,549 42,440 7,171 2,512 + 12.9 37.8 + 6.9 - 20.9 + 18.5 - 3.2 + 39.9 Fireclay tons 1,024 513 49.9 Drain-tile, sewer-pipe No. 603,115 569,297 5.6 + 2.7 + 26.3 + 5.1 Totals 174,808 193.224 + 10.5 Other Structural Materials. 225,342 189,116 261,313 38,414 136,415 232,009 195,363 249,129 56,491 92,503 + + + 2.9 + 3.3 — 4.7 Lime and limestone tons 49,787 62,124 30.8 Stone — building, grindstones 2,337 150,086 3,099 100,428 32.6 33.0 + 47.0 - 32.2 Rubble, riprap, crushed rock tons Totals 850.600 825,495 — 2.9 Total value in Canadian 32,602,672 42,305,297 + 29.8 * Canadian funds. t Sulphur content of pyrites shipped and estimated sulphur contained in sulphuric acid made from waste smelter-gases. A 12 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1934. TABLE II.—Total Production for all Years up to and including 1934. Gold, placer $80,553,701* Gold, lode 164,792,126* Silver : '. 113,660,526 Copper 2S1,084,589 Lead 190,096,523 Zinc 111,469,660 Coal and coke 355,601,791 Structural materials 69,832,158 Miscellaneous minerals, etc 8,746,329 Total $1,376,437,403 Canadian funds. TABLE III.—Production for each Year from 1S52 to 1934 (inclusive). 1852 to 1895 (inclusive) $94,547, 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 594,547,241 1916 7,507,956 1917 10,455,268 1918 10,906,861 1919 12,393,131 1920 16,344,751 1921 20,086,780 1922 17,486,550 1923 17,495,954 1924 18,977,359 1925 22,461,325 1926 24,980,546 1927 25,882,560 1928 23,851,277 1929 24,443,025 . 1930 26,377,066 1931 23,499,072 1932 32,440,800 1933 30,296,398 1934 26,388,825 29.447.50S $42,290,462 37,010,392 41,782,474 33,296,313 35,543,084 28,066,641 35,158,843 41,304,320 48,704,604 61,492,242 67,188,842 60,729,358 65,372,583 68,245,443 55,391,993 34,883,181 *28,798,403 *32.602,672 *42.305.297 Total $1,370,437,403 * Canadian funds. TABLE IV.—Quantities and Value of Mine Products for 1932, 1933, and 1934. Description. 1932. Quantity. Value. 1933. Quantity. Value 1934. Quantity. Value Gold, placer* oz. Gold, lode* .'. oz. Silver oz. Copper lb. Lead lb. Zinc lb. Coal tons, 2,240 lb. Structural materials Miscellaneous metals and minerals.... Totals 20,400 181.564 7,130,838 49,841,009 254,488,952 192,120.091 1,534,975 $395,542 4,261,307 2,258,453 3,179,956 5,378,878 4,621,641 6,523,644 1,698,839 480,146 23,928 223,529 7,006,406 42,608,002 271,606,071 195,963,751 1.264,746 $28,798,406 $562,787 6,392,929 2,650,720 3,176.341 6,495,731 6,291,416 5,375,171 1,024,045 633,532 $327602^72 25,181 297,130 8,572.916 48,084,658 347,366,967 247,926,844 1,347,090 $714,431 10,250,985 4,068,792 3,567,401 8,461,859 7,546,893 5,725,133 1,017,141 952,662 $42,305,297 * Canadian funds. THE MINING INDUSTRY. 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TABLE VI.—Value of Gold Production to Date. Year. Placer. Lode. Total. 1858-1862 $9,871,634 16,283,592 9,895,318 9,019,201 5,579,911 3,841,515 2,525,426 356,131 405,516 481,683 544,026 513,520 643,346 1,344,900 1,278,724 970100 1,073,140 1,060,420 1,115,300 969,300 94S,400 828,000 647,000 477,000 540,000 426,000 555,500 510,000 565,000 770,000 580,500 496,000 320,000 286,500 221,600 233,200 364,800 420,000 420,750 280,092 355,503 156,247 143,208 118,711 152,235 291,992 395,542 562,787 714,431 $9,871,634 1863-1867 16,283,592 1868-1872 9,895,318 1873-1877 9,019,201 1878-1882 5,579,911 1883-1887 3,841,515 1888-1892 2,525,426 1893 . .... $23,404 125,014 785,271 1,244,180 2,122,820 2,201,217 2,857,573 3,453,381 4,348,603 4,888,269 4,812.616 4,589,608 4,933,102 4,630,639 4,055,020 5,282,880 4,924,090 5,533,380 4,725,513 5,322,442 5,627,490 5,109,004 5,167,934 4,587,334 2,367,190 3,403,812 3,150,645 2,481,392 2,804,154 4,089,684 3,704,994 5,120,535 4,335,269 4,163,859 3,679,601 3,888,097 3,004,419 3,323,576 3,018,894 4,261,307 6,392,929 10,250,985 379,535 1894 530,530 1895 1896 1,266,954 1,788,206 1897 2,636,340 2,844,563 1898 1899 4,202,473 1900 4,732,105 1901 5,318,703 1902 5,961,409 1903 5,873,036 1904 5,704,908 5,902,402 5,579,039 1905 1906 t 1907 4,883,020 5,929,880 5,401,090 6,073,380 5 151 513 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 5,877,942 6,137,490 5,674,004 5.937,934 5,167,834 2,863,190 3,723,812 3,437,145 1913 1914 : 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 2,702,992 3,037,354 1921 1922 , 4,454,484 4,124,994 5,541,285 4,615,361 4,519,362 3 S35 848 1923 ! 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 4,031,305 3,123,130 3,475,811 3.310,886 4,656,849* 6,955,716* 10,965,416* 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 Totals $80,553,701 $164,792,126 $245,345,827 * Canadian funds. THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 15 TABLE VII.—Output of Mine Products by Districts and Divisions. Names. Divisions. 1932. 1933. 1934. Districts. 1932. 1933. 1934. North-western District (No. 1).. Atlin, Stikine, and Liard Nass River Portland Canal Skeena, Queen Charlotte, and Bella Coola North-eastern District (No. 2)... Cariboo and Quesnel Omineca and Peace River Central District (No. 3) Nicola and Vernon Vale, Ashcroft, and Kamloops.. Clinton* Southern District (No. 4) Grand Forks, Greenwood, and Osoyoos Similkameen Eastern District (No. 5) Fort Steele Windermere and Golden Ainsworth Slocan and Slocan City Nelson and Arrow Lake Trail Creek Revelstoke and Lardeau Western District (No. 6) Nanaimo, Alberni, Clayoquot, Quatsino, and Victoria (Vancouver Island) Vancouver, New Westminster, and Lillooet Tale, Ashcroft, and Clinton (Mainland) Totals 152,944 2,600,927 2,098,713 43,186 147,910 37,685 120,692 156,234 12,158 759,803 757,800 13,834,116 18,323 21,761 9,883 267,132 303,348 32,500 4,015,717 2,850,786 28,241,618 $ 202,003 3,844,067 1,459,119 71,569 307,670 48,739 131,516 06,235 4,475 406,299 632,829 15,951,647 424,635 21,214 30,051 573,854 594,730 12,600 3,042,605 3,818,629 30,674,486 184,510 3,022,821 1,159,406 89,459 421,817 63,916 186,920 294,368 573,470 509,438 20,033,239 1,359,553 47,422 81,258 971,606 1,398,328 6,325 2,959,804 4,415,291 131,229 37,910,180 $ 4,895,770 185,595 289,084 4,570,758 356,409 232,226 1,517,603 I 1,039,128 14,487,063 17,608,731 6,866,503 6,861,234 28,241,618 4,456,196 485,733 481,288 1,082,908 23,897,731 7,506,324 30,674,486 37,910,180f * Yale, Ashcroft, and Clinton Mining Divisions included in No. 6 District (Mainland section) from and including 1934. t Gold production included in totals in above table is valued at old standard price of $20.671834, A 16 REPORT OP THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1934. TABLE VIIL— Production in Detail of Placer Gold, Lode DISTRICTS AND DIVISIONS. TEAR. TONS. GOLD— -PLACER. GOLD- —LODE. silver. Ounces. Value. Ounces. Value. Ounces. Value. 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 1933 1934 $ $ $ 30 1 11,299 10,039 251 376 200 314 192,083 170,663 4,267 6,392 3,400 5,338 103 58 2,129 1,199 64 38 24 18 1,540,187 1,889,748 187,164 158,857 1,629 5,726 400 4,382 4,761 50,089 39,146 1,298 3,693 53 90,584 98,419 1,035,432 809,219 26,832 76,341 1,096 257,854 280,026 1,029,606 687,261 357 1,314 25 97,553 132,903 389,529 326,181 135 624 10 76 62 65 98 2 1,292 1,054 1,105 1,666 34 19,769 30,554 4,897 3,848 2,772 5,358 699 1,365 300 240 83,249 65,416 47,124 91,086 11,883 23,205 5,100 4,080 7,660 11,853 158,346 245,023 823 1,333 311 633 26 2,358 82 547 1,695 11,307 15 4,528 6 2,149 9 6,095 390 3,159 43 11,316 34 777 119 1,183 194 7,819 703 16,062 2,459 24,455 4.010 161,633 1,053 25,182 18 118 63 68 249 155 1,071 1,156 4,233 2,635 56 494 235 3,720 322 3,627 29,808 2,605 8,718 3,144 540 427 4,339 1,799 3,732 04,992 11,163 8,827 89,695 37,189 77,147 3,005 11,691 558,472 631,254 2,695 3,649 5,549 250 162 4,250 2,754 299,599 2 300 346 34 5,100 5,882 1,732 431 3 62 4,896 2,324 1,401,101 1,744,179 052 804 3 5 37 11 32 32 49 11,084 13,668 595 629 187 544 544 833 12 11 248 227 4,921,950 6,375,663 3,025,953 35,612 94,880 53,846 170,239 34,108 47,240 96,431 638 879 48.334 104,395 20,371 80,797 3,358 783 1,905 23 311 44,051 51,865 20 12 37 19 207 23,289 37,849 413 248 765 393 4,279 481,427 782,408 16,188 45,767 9 152 154 7 2 71 88 281 35 50 163 153 2,584 2,618 119 34 1,207 1,496 4,777 595 850 2,771 417 18,286 49,547 5 11,960 43,088 4 9,313 28,033 83 192,517 579,494 380 12,273 40,850 180 4.843 19,388 1 1 2 3 41 62 2 3 1 2 Western District (No. 6) 2 75 4 9 .. . . 25 68 153 425 68 255 323 2 36 41 744 7 122 3 58 40 29 48 4 15 19 116 49 166 2,398 1,013 3,432 23 31 189 11 12 89 Victoria 6 38 407 434 225 247 320 248 105 102 646 6,919 7,378 3,825 4,199 5,440 4,216 1,785 3,264 1,819 3,128 154,242 230,097 108,298 133,716 2,238,718 2,764,155 24,668 32,076 9,333 15,224 Clinton* 3,330 657 7,217 745 330 3,597 15,401 6,822 74,357 945 638 6,880 449 241 3,265 Yale* 140 192 107 184 36 744 7 3 622,718 759,702 12,819 14,103 264,992 291,535 42,702 57,942 3 6,189 27,499 Totals 1933 1934 4,030,778 5,087,334 ..23,928 25,181 400,776 428,077 223.529 297,130 4,020,754 6,142,222 7,006,406 8,572,916 2,650,720 4,068,792 * Previous to 1934 Yale, Ashcroft, and Clinton included in No. 3 (Central) District. THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 17 Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, and Zinc in 1933 and 1934. COPPER. LEAD. ZINC. TOTALS FOR DIVISIONS. TOTALS FOR DISTRICTS Pounds. Value. Pounds. Value. Pounds. Value. 1933. 1934. 1934. $ $ $ $ $ $ 4,404,335 194,236 171,880 4,267 6,392 3,400 5,338 34,416,459 2,565,078 2,750,290 2,218 484 4 22 2,753,815 37,070,906 2,981,612 29,749 731,435 725,164 17,493 17,665 2,400 192,406 77 5,857 1,444,749 6,519 1,159,406 53 28,263 293 78,041 2,211 1,666 34 443,128 241,900 311,072 47,124 91,086 I 13,584 5,556 135 3,089 94 36,890 5,100 4,080 227,141 7,762 178,223 180 4,342 1,200 40,681 39 1,238 1,326 33,594 3,537 25,667 848 63 3,377 8,306 45,525 167,880 524,610 7,215 172 16,498 529 66,830 16,712 381,175 446,652 112 9,116 10,880 3 516,262 540,565 10,575 16,455 250,054 419,383 38,212 460 34 78,947 5,100 44,191 1,077 7,339 223 5,782,645 6,453,280 9,568 20,448,319 260,369,484 322,000,000 6,226,996 7,843,920 180,116,639 212,000,000 13,883,085 17,337,048 595 1 629 8,108,250 19,897,650 193,917 484,707 6,270,700 25,817,204 201,321 785,876 415,790 1,351,924 544 344,068 329,095 724,011 8,382 7,871 17,637 168,718 106,710 401,286 5,136 3,420 12,215 30,952 29,417 76,384 634 294 698,904 1,922,050 7 10,715 46,821 577 987,070 2,438,576 18 31,689 74,230 4,874 550,701 9,001 668 956,292 119 175 486 4 12 140 825 4 27 305 331,514 24,713 86,103 223,119 1,160,568 686,481 4,777 I - 595 46 1 893 2,835 4,167,711 112 955 425 2,477 1,280 3,844 102 646 2,254,970 250 6 2,786,763 3,825 3,644 270 12 566 20,319 158 12,515 7,624 82,404 1,785 4,011 1,819 1,143,171 3,128 7,829,221 583,653 725,587 972,107 1,078,683 23,249 26,276 7,945,435 6,316,263 255,088 192,267 9,780,118 1,263,164[ 42,608,002 3,176,341 3,567,401 271,606,071 347,366,967 6,495,731 8,461,859 195,963,751 247,926,844 6,291,416 7,546,893 23,641,738 I 48,084,658 30,215,244 30,215,244 Gold production in above table is valued at old standard price of $20.671834. 2 A 18 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1934. TABLE IX.—Coal Production per Year to Date.* 0 1836-1885 3, 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1 1892 1893 1894 1 1895 1896 1897 1898 1, 1899 1. 1900 1, 1901 1, 1902 1, 1903 1, 1904 1, 1905 1, 1906 1, 1907 1, 1908 1, 1909 2, 1910 2, Tons ,240 1b.) 029,011 326,636 413,360 489,301 579,830 678,140 029,097 826,335 978,294 012,953 939,654 896,222 882,854 135,865 306,324 439,595 460,331 397,394 168,194 253,628 384,312 517,303 800,067 677,849 006,476 800,046 Value. $9,468,557 979.908 1,240,080 1,467,903 1,739,490 2.034,420 3,087,291 2,479,005 2,934,882 3,038,859 2,818,962 2,688,666 2,648,562 3,407,595 3,918,972 4,318,785 4,380,993 4,192,182 3,504,582 3,760,884 4,152,936 4,551,909 6,300,235 5,872,472 7,022,606 9,800,161 . (2 1911 2, 1912 2, 1913 2, 1914 1. 1915 1, 1916 2, 1917 2, 1918 2, 1919 2, 1920 2, 1921 2 1922 2, 1923 2, 1924 1 1925 2 1926 2 1927.... 2, 1928 2, 1929.. 1930.. 1931- 1932.. 1933- 1934.. Tons 240 1b.) 193,062 628,804 137,483 810,967 611,129 084,093 149,975 302,245 267,541 595,125 483,995 511,843 453,223 939,526 328,522 330,036 453,827 526,702 251,252 887,130 707,590 534,975 264,746 347,090 Totals 83,229,952 Value. $7,675,717 9,200,814 7,481,190 6,338,385 5,638,952 7,294,325 7,524,913 11,511,225 11,337,705 12,975,625 12,419,975 12,559,215 12,266,115 9,697,630 11,642,610 11,650,180 12,269,135 12,633,510 11,256,260 9,435,650 7,684,155 6,523,644 5,375,171 5,725,133 $329,928,191 * For all years to 1925 (inclusive) figures are net coal production and do not include coal made into coke ; subsequent figures are entire coal production, including coal made into coke. TABLE X.—Coke Production from Bee-hive Ovens in British Columbia from 1895 to 1925. Tons Value. (2,2401b.) 1895-97 19,396 $96,980 1898 (estimated) 35,000 175,000 1899 34,251 171,255 1900 85,149 425,745 1901 127,081 635,405 1902 128,015 640,075 1903 165,543 827,715 1904 238,428 1,192,140 1905 271,785 1,358,925 1906 199,227 996,135 1907 222,913 1,337,478 1908 247,399 1,484,394 1909 258,703 1,552,218 1910 218,029 1,308,174 1911 66,005 396,030 1912 264,333 1,585,998 Tons (2,240 1b.) 1913 286,045 1914 234,577 1915 245,871 1916 267,725 1917 ! 159,905 1918 188,967 1919 91,138 1920 67,792 1921.. 1922.. 1923.. 1924.. 1925- 59,434 45,835 58,919 30,615 75,185 Totals 4,393,255 Value. $1,716,270 1,407,462 1,475,226 1,606,350 959,430 1,322,769 637,966 474,544 416,038 320,845 412,433 214,305 526,295 $25,673,600 TABLE XL—Coke and By-products Production of British Columbia, 1933 and 1934. Description. 1933. 1934. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Coal used in making coke, long tons Coke made in bee-hive ovens, long tons Coke made in by-product ovens, long tons Coke made in gas plants, long tons Total coke made, long tons Gas produced Tar produced Other by-products Total production value of coke industry 95,907 $554,152 5,445 21,667 30,802 $44,813 213,750 214,454 57,914 $473,017 1,473,433 11,270 38,006 $1,995,726 126,256 $644,167 22,182 20,996 28,614 $154,182 213,653 197,997 71,792 $565,832 1,439,287 43,266 4,976 $2,053,361 THE MINING INDUSTRY. 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A 21 BRITISH COLUMBIA MINE PRODUCTION, 1894-1934. 10 60 So J J 0 Q 40 II 0 30. 70 .60 A /i / I / f— i / / ' V 1 ii A A j j 0 Q 40 0 JO / / Y t> L_ i 1 c A / i 1 "v7 i\ / \ L- > '' 1 \ c ? 1 \ / I c <t V / j j\ i \ 1 l|\ id z 0 ~~zo < '</ \ / A 1 2 0 zo~ J J fO n N tf \ L *** i 1 N /y / 3 \ j o *' > ? \ / \ ^ S ^ / \ j J J in < V "N \ / > c 0 \ / -~j I \ ( 1 I N s ^ « \ i 7 y> ■" > \ \ / n / / \ 4 / I ;■ oY i i > ■ \ / V / / i \ \ \? r'T t k / ,»** ^ -— . 1 1 F - r ^f yf rij /\ s y s c >) 1 1 L -A ? M Is ^ F >F ?c )t )\ £- S F >L .A C E R < 5 0 _P cn Q Q — — X>r-coOiQ — Oj nn'a-inUDr-coCnc nj nj fieri CT) o- — rg it-) g 2} Production in above graph is valued in Canadian funds. A 22 REPORT OP THE MINISTER OP MINES, 1934. PRODUCTION OP LODE MINES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1912-1934. 320 280 l/l Q 2 ^240 0 o. 200 o 160 to 2 0 ~I20 ~i 80 40 / / / 320 280 10 Q 2 ?40Z) 0 Q. a 200 IX. o /60 10 2 O -j i 80 40 / / r \ \ / / / / LE AC / > / / / / i \ \ _ ^ / / / / / / / i i i \ \ \ / / / / / / 2 :it IC- / / *N. i i s .^' / / / / . «■* • r • / / / / CC >PI 3EF ? __*< >«, , _ - i ••». r i r i ^.. 4 ••rf * m " bj U 10 z 2) 9 0 8 U. 7 O 6 ^0 5 i 2 i a in bj /0 U 2 9 n o a 7 II 0 6 5 tO 2 4 0 *5 2 2 i >IL VE R V s O BOO Q OL D u 2: Q OOO 100 000 /oo 000 njrr)^io^^^CnO~r\jm<*u^U3r-~cocnO^-rurn^r ~- — r\j r\j tri n-, cn cn cn cn cn cn THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 23 TABLE XIV.—Men employed in the Miking Industry of British Columbia, 1934. o> C si Lode-mining. a g c u COAL-MIN IXG. Structural Materials. a) s s .5 o f. a ,v u •Ji Q a 6 o o EH u •a c P o 'ed O CS to art C E 8j o No. 1 No. 2 262 460 60 55 180 105 584 186 62 249 896 819 234 119 41 176 480 679 818 305 103 425 1,376 1,498 115 15 13 54 344 90 350 2,540 9 75 252 551 1,163 2 34 131 203 473 11 109 383 754 1,636 8 22 60 21 36 230 5 3 2 177 12 3 5 9 103 228 1,565 816 No. 3 355 No. 4 950 5,335 No. 6 3,964 Totals— 1934 1,122 1,134 2,796 1,786 1,729 1,335 4,525 3,121 631 531 2,890 2,436 2,050 2,241 843 853 2,893 3,094 377 376 187 269 360 408 12,985 1933 11,369 TABLE XV.—Tonnage, Numbeb of Mines, and Net Value of Lode Minerals, 1934. District. Tonnage. No. of Shipping Mines, 1934. No. of Mines shipping over 100 Tons. Net Value to Shipper of Lode Minerals produced. No. 1 2,054,332 32,912 20,570 39,279 1,939,592 1,000,649 11 5 4 29 78 18 0 3 3 15 34 8 $3,038,306 No. 2 429,250 No. 3 323,378 No. 4 535,218 No. 5 10,300,114 No. 6 5,617,012 Totals 5,087,334 145 69 $20,243,278 A 24 REPORT OP THE MINISTER OP MINES, 1934. CO OS CO H O 0 g 6 2 c O a > — c ■- a C c c 0 us o w f S s o Silver, gold, lead. Gold, silver. Gold. 2 "= O o O 0 2 o 5 > "a c a > '5 o C c c *S a CO "5 O 0 Gold, silver. Gold, silver. Gold, silver. Gold. Gold. Gold. Gold. 09 05 CD o PH d -2 ci u , -fcj 1 G o> CJ a o S a .2 -4-1 S 5 a) 5 r-j Q eg +- a « b c CS f. 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Co.— Hidden Creek Bonanza Granby Point Timmins, Inc., Surf Point Cariboo Gold Quartz Island Mountain Mines Co Columario Cons. Gold Windpass Gold Mine Co Pre Cambrian Gold Mines Nicola Mines & Metals Union Mine Beaver Silver Mines, Ltd Bell Mine Butcher Boy Dentonia Highland Lass, Ltd Superior Gold Mines, Ltd Sally Mines, Ltd Waterloo Gold Mines, Ltd Wellington Grandoro Mines, Ltd Morning Star (Fairview) Twin Lakes Gold Mining Co... Sullivan Monarch Noble Five Mines, Ltd Gold Belt Mining Co Granite-Poorman Kootenay-Belle Ymir Consolidated Goodenough Relief-Arlington. Reno Gold Mines, Ltd Salmo Malartic, Ltd Wilcox Mining Syndicate Yankee Girl Velvet Gold Mining Co .'. Vancouver Island Gold Vidette Gold Mines, Ltd Grange Mines, Ltd Minto Gold Mines, Ltd Bralorne Mines, Ltd Pioneer Gold Mines Wayside Gold Mines, Ltd Hercules Consolidated ... Britannia M. & S. Co., Ltd 334 235 306 306 365 362 362 363 362 340 311 365 365 56 56 365 90 365 364 354 167 334 168 99 164 300 299 352 365 241 310 61 61 308 334 300 365 347 308 254 299 313 342 341 365 365 307 304 29 92 273 305 365 365 365 305 264 193 214 60 276 330 277 365 365 305 34 365 365 365 365 365 54 280 289 165 20 217 33 454 53 15 21 106 41 25 29 S 44 5 10 15 10 28 11 20 21 15 15 26 33 35 547 56 15 17 13 26 30 16 43 85 12 8 34 6 12 40 28 28 125 180 25 28 350 15 26 68 7 11 9 7 5 6 8 16 31 251 24 11 25 6 6 9 14 16 7 159 0,361 154,693 1,744,524 133,476 13,948 7,814 28,447 2,894 2,300 9,005 3,154 0,095 22,610 3,504 5,471 1,764,211 96,200 2.S24 14,614 26,895 3,320 2,400 7,229 3,330 2,878 98,064 130,060 2,381 786,412 4,100 154,693 58 1,742,324 133,476 5,658 27,693 2,894 2,300 11,316 3,100 6,095 18,143* 102 1,823 56 22,464 1,107 3,419 475 59 559 546 2,652 5,471 1,741,742 94,880 164 291 563 1,615 222 4,039 11,663 26,895 18 1,660 13.906 2,553 40 7,217 3,330 1,439 98,664 130,198 513 18 759,697 * Tailing re-treated. A 30 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1934. TABLE XVII.- -Mining Companies employing an Average of Ten or more Men during 1934—Continued. Non-shipping Mines. Name of Mine or Company. Days Operating. Average Number of Men. Tonnage. Mine. Mill. Mine. Mill. Mined. Milled or Shipped. 277 213 225 37 214 291 166 365 173 365 365 225 306 365 300 37 10 17 10 14 10 17 22 52 18 15 23 15 15 17 10 49 44 10 36 10 62 15 Northern Reef Gold Mines Radio Gold Mines, Ltd , Dictator Gold Mines, Ltd Monashee Mines Syndicate, Ltd. Westko Ex. & Dev. Co B R X Gold Mines, Ltd 245 365 | 305 Home Gold Mining Co., Ltd LECTURES TO PROSPECTORS. A series of fourteen lectures on geology and mining was prepared by the Provincial Mineralogist and presented by the Resident Mining Engineers and other instructors at the following centres throughout the Province:— Hazelton. Quesnel. Prince George. Revelstoke. Smithers. Rossland. Lumberton. Victoria.. Moyie. Vernon. North Vancouver. Winfleld. Penticton. Williams Lake. Prince Rupert. Kelowna. Princeton. Ashcroft. Premier. Vancouver. The total average attendance at the lectures was 1,576. This work was carried out in conjunction with the Department of Education. The lectures were also used by the Department of Education in correspondence courses. It is expected that the lectures will be given during the winter of 1935-36, and that the course will be considerably improved by having adequate sets of rocks and minerals for the instructors as well as a number of sets available for those attending the lectures. Athalmer-Invermere. Burnaby. Castlegar. Nelson. Cranbrook. Fort Steele. Skookumchuck. Wardner. Fernie. Michel-Natal. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. By an arrangement made at the time the Province of British Columbia entered Confederation, all geological investigations and mapping in the Province were to be carried on by the Geological Survey of Canada; this agreement has been fully adhered to by the Dominion Government and has proved of great benefit to the mining industry of the Province. Each year several geological parties are kept in the field and in the aggregate a vast amount of information THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 31 is made available to the prospector and the mining engineer in the many excellent reports and maps covering British Columbia which have been issued by the Geological Survey of Canada. For some years a branch office of the Geological Survey has been maintained in Vancouver, where copies of maps and reports on British Columbia can be obtained. The officer in charge of the British Columbia office is W. E. Coekfield and the address is 512 Winch Building, Vancouver, B.C. During the season of 1934 the Geological Survey of Canada had the following officers employed on geological field-work in British Columbia: W. E. Coekfield conducted detailed investigations in the Camp McKinney, Osoyoos, Fairview-Twin Lakes, and Vidette areas, and at the property of B.C. Nickel Mines, Limited; C. E. Cairnes carried out a detailed survey of the Cadwallader Creek area, Bridge River district; George Hanson completed geological mapping of the Willow River area, Cariboo district; F. A. Kerr made a reconnaissance survey along the Prince Rupert branch of the Canadian National Railway east and west of Prince George; J. F. Walker spent part of the season on a reconnaissance survey in the vicinity of Cranbrook. W. Spence carried out detailed topographic mapping of the Cadwallader Creek area, Bridge River district, and R. Bartlett completed topographic mapping of the Willow River area, Cariboo district. A 32 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1934. SYNOPSIS OF MINING LAWS OF B.C. BY Robert Dunn. Mineral Act and Placer-mining Act. The mining laws of British Columbia are very liberal in their nature and compare favourably with those of any other part of the world. The terms under which both lode and placer claims and placer leaseholds are held are such that a prospector is greatly encouraged in his work, and the titles, especially for mineral claims and placer-mining leaseholds, are perfect. The fees required to be paid are as small as possible, consistent with a proper administration of the mining industry, and are generally lower than those commonly imposed elsewhere. Provision is also made for the formation of mining partnerships practically without expense, and a party of miners is enabled to take advantage of these sections of the Acts so that such miners may work their claims jointly. Placer-mining leases are granted for a period of twenty years and are approximately 80 acres in size. On a lode claim of 51 acres the expenditure of $500 in work, which may be spread over five years, is required to obtain a Crown grant, and surface rights are obtainable at a small figure, in no case exceeding $5 per acre. The following synopsis of the mining laws will be found sufficient to enable the miner or intending investor to obtain a general knowledge of their scope and requirements; for particulars, however, the reader is referred to the Acts relating to mining, which may be obtained from any Mining Recorder, or from the Department of Mines or the King's Printer, Victoria, B.C. Free Miners' Certificates. Any person over the age of 18, and any joint-stock company, may obtain a free miner's certificate on payment of the required fee. The fee to an individual for a free miner's certificate is $5 for one year. To a joint-stock company having a capital of $100,000, or less, the fee for a year is $50; if capitalized beyond this, the fee is $100. The free miners' certificates run from date of issue and expire on the 31st of May next after its date, or some subsequent 31st day of May (that is to say, a certificate may be taken out a year or more in advance if desired). Certificates may be obtained for any part of a year, terminating on May 31st, for a proportionately less fee. The possession of this certificate entitles the holder to enter upon all lands of the Crown, and upon any other lands on which the right to so enter is not specially reserved, for the purpose of prospecting for minerals, locating claims, and mining. A free miner can only hold, by location, one mineral claim on the same vein or lode, but may acquire others by purchase. Under the " Placer-mining Act," a free miner may locate one placer claim or leasehold in his own name and one placer claim or leasehold for each of two free miners for whom he acts as agent, on any separate creek, river-bed, bar or dry diggings. Other placer claims or leaseholds may be acquired by purchase. In the event of a free miner allowing his certificate to lapse, his mining property (if not Crown-granted) reverts to the Crown (subject to the conditions set out in the next succeeding paragraph), but where other free miners are interested as partners or co-owners the interest of the defaulter becomes vested in the continuing co-owners or partners pro rata, according to their interests. Six months' extension of time within which to revive title in mining property which has been forfeited through the lapse of a free miner's certificate is allowed. This privilege is given only if the holder of the property obtains a special free miner's certificate within six months after the 31st of May on which his ordinary certificate lapsed. The fee for this special certificate in the case of a person is $15 and in that of a company $300. THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 33 It is not necessary for a shareholder, as such, in an incorporated mining company to be the holder of a free miner's certificate. Mineral Claims. Mineral claims are located and held under the provisions of the " Mineral Act." A mineral claim is a piece of land not exceeding in area fifty-one and sixty-five one- hundredths acres. The angles must be right angles unless the boundaries, or one of them, are the same as those of a previously recorded claim. No special privileges are allowed for the discovery of new mineral claims or districts. A mineral claim is located by erecting three " legal posts," which are stakes having a height of not less than 4 feet above ground and squared 4 inches at least on each face for not less than a foot from the top. A tree-stump so cut and squared also constitutes a legal post. A cairn of stones not less than 4 feet in height and not less than 1 foot in diameter 4 feet above the ground may also be used as a legal post. The " discovery post" is placed at the point where the mineral in place is discovered, Nos. 1 and 2 posts are placed as near as possible on the line of the ledge or vein, shown by the discovery post, and mark the boundaries of the claim. Upon each of these three posts must be written the name of the claim, the name of the locator, and the date of location. On No. 1 post, in addition, the following must be written: " Initial post. Direction of Post No. 2 [giving approximate compass bearing} feet of this claim lie on the right and feet on the left of the line from No. 1 to No. 2 posts." The location-line between Nos. 1 and 2 posts must be distinctly marked—in a timbered locality by blazing trees and cutting underbrush, and in bare country by monuments of earth or rock not less than 2 feet in diameter at the base, and at least 2 feet high—so that the line can be distinctly seen. Mineral claims must be recorded in the Mining Recorder's office for the mining division in which they are situate within fifteen days from the date of location, one day extra being allowed for each 10 miles of distance from the recording office after the first 10 miles. If a claim is not recorded in time it is deemed abandoned and open for relocation, but if the original locator wishes to relocate he can only do so by permission of the Gold Commissioner of the district and upon the payment of a fee of $10. This applies also to a claim abandoned for any reason whatever. « Mineral claims are, until the Crown grant is issued, held practically on a yearly lease, a condition of which is that during such year asssessment-work be performed on the same to the value of at least $100, or a payment of such sum be made to the Mining Recorder. Such assessments must be recorded before the expiration of the year, or the claim is deemed abandoned. If, however, the required assessment-work has been performed within the year, but not recorded within that time, a free miner may, within thirty days thereafter, record such assessment-work upon payment of an additional fee of $10. The actual cost of the survey of a mineral claim, to- an amount not exceeding $100, may also be recorded as assessment-work. If, during any year, work is done to a greater extent than the required $100, any further sum of $100—but not less— may be recorded and counted as further assessments; such excess work must be recorded during the year in which it is performed. All work done on a mineral claim between the time of its location and recording may be counted as work done during the first period of one year from the recording. As soon as assessment-work to the extent of $500 is recorded and a survey made of the claim, the owner of a mineral claim is entitled to a Crown grant on payment of a fee of $25, and giving the necessary notices required by the Act. Liberal provisions are also made in the Act for obtaining mill-sites and other facilities in the way of workings and drains for the- better working of claims. Placer Claims. Placer-mining is governed by the " Placer-mining Act," and by the interpretation clause its scope is defined as " the mining of any natural stratum or bed of earth, gravel, or cement mined for gold or other precious minerals or stones." Placer claims are of four classes, as follows :— " ' Creek diggings': any mine in the bed of any stream or ravine: " ' Bar diggings': any mine between high- and low-water marks on a river, lake, or other large body of water: 3 A 34 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1934. " ' Dry diggings ': any mine over which water never extends: " ' Precious-stone diggings ': any deposit of precious stones, whether in veins, beds, or gravel deposits." The following provisions as to extent of the various classes of claims are made by the Act:— " In ' creek diggings ' a claim shall be two hundred and fifty feet long, measured in the direction of the general course of the stream, and shall extend in width one thousand feet, measured from the general course of the stream five hundred feet on either side of the centre thereof: " In ' bar diggings ' a claim shall be:— "(a.) A piece of land not exceeding two hundred and fifty feet square on any bar which is covered at high water; or "(6.) A strip of land two hundred and fifty feet long at high-water mark, and in width extending from high-water mark to extreme low-water mark: " In ' dry diggings ' a claim shall be two hundred and fifty feet square." The following provision is made for new discoveries of placer-mining ground:— " If any free miner, or party of free miners, discovers a new locality for the prosecution of placer-mining and such discovery be established to the satisfaction of the Gold Commissioner, placer claims of the following sizes shall be allowed to such discoverers, namely:— " To one discoverer, one claim 600 feet in length; " To a party of two discoverers, two claims amounting together to 1,000 feet in length ; " And to each member of a party beyond two in number, a claim of the ordinary size only. " The width of such claims shall be the same as ordinary placer claims of the same class: Provided that where a discovery claim has been established in any locality no further discovery shall be allowed within five miles therefrom, measured along the watercourses." Every placer claim shall be as nearly as possible rectangular in form, and marked by four legal posts at the corners thereof, firmly fixed in the ground. On each of such posts shall be written the name of the locator, the number and date of issue of his free miner's certificate, the date of the location, and the name given to the claim. In timbered localities boundary-lines of a placer claim shall be blazed so that the posts can be distinctly seen, underbrush cut, and the locator shall also erect legal posts not more than 125 feet apart on all boundary-lines. In localities where there is no timber or underbrush, monuments of earth and rock, not less than 2 feet high and 2 feet in diameter at base, may be erected in lieu of the last-mentioned legal posts, but not in the case of the four legal posts marking the corners of the claim. A placer claim must be recorded in the office of the Mining Recorder for the mining division within which the same is situate, within fifteen days after the location thereof, if located within 10 miles of the office of the Mining Recorder by the most direct means of travel. One additional day shall be allowed for every 10 miles additional or fraction thereof. The number of days shall be counted inclusive of the days upon which such location was made, but exclusive of the day of application for record. The application for such record shall be under oath and in the form set out in the Schedule to the Act. A claim which shall not have been recorded within the prescribed period shall be deemed to have been abandoned. To hold a placer claim for more than one year it must be rerecorded before the expiration of the record or rerecord. A placer claim must be worked by the owner, or some one on his behalf, continuously, as far as practicable, during working-hours. If work is discontinued for a period of seventy-two hours, except during the close season, lay-over, leave of absence, sickness, or for some other reason to the satisfaction of the Gold Commissioner, the claim is deemed abandoned. Lay-overs are declared by the Gold Commissioner upon proof being given to him that the supply of water is insufficient to work the claim. Under similar circumstances he has also the power to declare a close season, by notice in writing and published in the Gazette, for all or any claims in his district. Tunnel and drain licences are also granted by him on the person applying giving security for any damage that may arise. Grants of right-of-way for the construction of tunnels or drains across other claims are also granted on payment of a fee of $25, the owner of the claims crossed having the right for tolls, etc., on the tunnel or drain which may be constructed. These tolls, however, are, so far as the amount goes, under the discretion of the Gold Commissioner. J THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 35 Co-owners and Partnerships. In both the "Mineral" and " Placer-mining>" Acts provision is made for the formation of mining partnerships, both of a general and limited liability character. These are extensively taken advantage of and have proved very satisfactory in their working. Should a co-owner fail or refuse to contribute his proportion of the expenditure required as assessment-work on a claim he may be " advertised out," and his interest in the claim shall become vested in his co-owners who have made the required expenditure, pro rata according to their former interests. It should not be forgotten that if any co-owner permit his free miner's certificate to lapse, the title of his associates is not prejudiced, but his interest reverts to the remaining co-owners; provided that said co-owner has not taken advantage of the six months' period of grace allowed for the taking-out of a special free miner's certificate, thus reviving the title to his interest. Placer-mining Leases. Leases of unoccupied Crown lands approximately 80 acres in extent may be granted by the Gold Commissioner of the district after location has been made by staking along a " location- line " not more than one-half a mile (2,640 feet) in length. In this line one bend, or change of direction, is permitted. Where a straight line is followed two posts only are necessary—namely, an " initial post" and a " final post." Where there is a change of direction a legal post must be placed to mark the point of the said change. The leasehold is allowed a width not in excess of one-quarter mile (1,320 feet), and the locator, both on his "initial post" and in his notice of intention to apply, which is posted at the office of the Mining Recorder, is required to state how many feet are included in the location to the right and how many feet to the left of the location-line. That section of the Act dealing with the staking of placer-mining leases follows:— " 105a. (1.) For the purpose of locating a placer leasehold, a line to be known as the 'location-line' shall be marked on the ground by placing a legal, post at each end, one post to be known as the ' Initial Post' and the other as the ' Final Post.' The direction of the location-line may change at not more than one point throughout its length, and an intermediate legal post shall be placed at the point at which the direction changes. The total length of the location-line, following its change of direction (if any), shall not exceed two thousand six hundred and forty feet. "(2.) Upon the initial post and the final post shall be written the words 'Initial Post' and ' Final Post' respectively, together with the name of the locator and the date of the location. On the initial post shall also be written the approximate compass-bearing of the final post, and a statement of the number of feet of the leasehold lying on the right and on the left of the location-line, as viewed from the initial post, not exceeding in the aggregate a width of thirteen hundred and twenty feet, thus: ' Direction of Final Post, . feet of this claim lie on the right and feet on the left of the location-line.' In addition to the fore going, where there is a change of direction in the location-line as marked on the ground, the number ' 1' shall be written on the initial post; the number ' 2' shall be written on the intermediate post; and the number ' 3' shall be written on the final post. There also shall be affixed to the initial post a notice to the following effect, namely: ' Application will be made under the " Placer-mining Act " for a lease of the ground within this location.' "(3.) The location-line shall at the time of location be marked between the legal posts throughout its length so that it can be distinctly seen; in a timbered locality, by blazing trees and cutting underbrush, and in a locality where there is neither timber nor underbrush, by placing legal posts or monuments of earth or stones not less than two feet high and not less than two feet in diameter at the base, so that the location-line can be distinctly seen. "(4.) Where, from the nature or shape of the surface of the ground, it is impracticable to mark the location-line of a leasehold as provided by this section, the leasehold may be located by placing legal posts as witness-posts, as near as possible to the location-line, and writing on each witness-post the distance and compass-bearing of some designated point on the location- line from the witness-post; and the distances and compass-bearing so written on the witness- posts shall be set out in the application for the lease and in any lease granted thereon. "(5.) The locator shall, within thirty days after the date of the location, post a notice in Form 1 in the office of the Mining Recorder, which notice shall set out:— A 36 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1934. "(a.) The name of the intending applicant or each applicant if more than one, and the numbers of their free miners' certificates: " (6.) The date of the location : "(c.) The number of feet lying to the right and left of the location-line, and the approximate area or size of the ground. The words written on the initial post and final post shall be set out in full in the notice; and as accurate a description as possible of the ground to be acquired shall be given, having special reference to any prior locations it may join, and the general locality of the ground to be acquired. Examples of Vakious Methods op laying out Placer Leaseholds. Showing Areas secured ivith Location-lines of Various Lengths. /-Final Post. Final Postx, O O to CVl 400'| 9ZO' OJ | C ' -J ~ o .o 0 ' K> $ Un it I 0 O I _l | 4O0'l 1 ,—o 920' o o lO CM Initial Post Initial Post7 Initial PostN!l Post 'ZOO' N.3 "(6.) The location and area of the placer leasehold shall be determined by establishing its end lines running from or through the initial post and from or through the final post, at right angles to the course of the location-line at those posts, respectively; and by establishing its side-line parallel to the course or courses of the location-line, and distant one thousand three hundred and twenty feet from each other." Another provision is that there must be affixed to the " initial post" and to the " final post " a numbered metal identification tag furnished by the Mining Recorder with each free miner's certificate issued. These tags may be attached to the posts, or placed in a container within a THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 37 cairn, either at the time of location or some time during the succeeding year, but must be so placed before the Mining Recorder will grant the first certificate of work in respect of the leasehold. The annual rental on a placer-mining lease is $30, and the amount to be expended annually on development-work is $250. Dredging leases on rivers for 5 miles below low-water mark are also granted. Section 122 of the Act establishes a definite method of staking such mining ground. Authority also has been given for the granting of placer-mining leases for dredging purposes in locations other than has been defined. For more detailed information the reader is referred to the complete " Placer-mining Act," which may be obtained from the King's Printer, Victoria, B.C. Table of Fees, Mineral Act and Placer-mining Act. Individual free miner's certificate, annual fee $5.00 Company free miner's certificate (capital $100,000 or less), annual fee 50.00 Company free miner's certificate (capital over $100,000), annual fee 100.00 Recording mineral or placer claim 2.50 Recording certificate of work, mineral claim 2.50 Rerecord of placer claim 2.50 Recording lay-over 2.50 Recording abandonment, mineral claim 10.00 Recording abandonment, placer claim 2.50 Recording any affidavit under three folios 2.50 Per folio over three, in addition 30 Records in " Records of Conveyances," same as affidavits. Filing documents, " Mineral Act " 25 Filing documents, " Placer-mining Act " 1.00 Recording certificate of work, placer-mining lease 2.50 For Crown grant of mineral rights under " Mineral Act " 25.00 For Crown grant of surface rights of mineral claim under " Mineral Act" 10.00 For every lease under "Placer-mining Act" 5.00 Provisional Free Miners' Certificates (Placer) Act. This Act was passed at the 1932 session of the Provincial Legislature and provides for the issuance of " provisional free miners' certificates " for the locating, recording, representing, and working of placer claims of a size, and according to the terms, and in the manner set out in Parts II. and III. of the " Placer-mining Act." Any person over 18 years of age who has resided in the Province continuously for a period of not less than six months prior to date of his application may, on application accompanied by a statutory declaration or other satisfactory evidence as to his age and period of residence in the Province, obtain from any Gold Commissioner or Mining Recorder a provisional free miner's certificate. No fees are payable in respect of such certificate, and it abolishes the fees payable in respect of the recording or rerecording of placer claims, but no record or rerecord of a claim shall be granted for a longer period than one year without the payment of fees. It should be pointed out that the provisional free miner's certificate does not carry the privileges of an ordinary free miner's certificate as to the staking and working of placer-mining leases or mineral claims. An amendment passed at the 1933 session of the Legislative Assembly gives the Lieutenant- Governor in Council, as a means of unemployment relief, power to make provision for the establishment, equipment, maintenance, and operation of one or more placer training camps at suitable locations, at which unemployed persons who hold provisional free miners' certificates and are British subjects may acquire knowledge and training in the art of placer-mining and may be afforded gainful work in the recovery of minerals by placer-mining. Reserves for the location of such camps shall not exceed one mile in length by one-half a mile in width, and the right is given to enter into agreements with private holders under the Act for the development of their ground by means of unemployment relief camps. A 38 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1934. Mines Development Act. When it is shown to the satisfaction of the Minister of Mines that ore-bodies exist in quantity and of commercial value sufficient to warrant the expenditure of public moneys, the Minister of Mines may authorize the expenditure of so much of the public money as may be required for the construction, reconstruction, or repair of trails, roads, and bridges to facilitate the operation and development of such mineral or placer claims. Furthermore, the Minister of Mines may authorize the expenditure of public money towards the building or repairing of trails and bridges in or to any mineral district for the purpose of facilitating the exploration of the mineral resources of the district, such expenditure not to exceed 50 per cent, of the cost of the work. If such roads, trails, or bridges have been built by any person or company having mining interests in the district, the Minister of Mines may refund to such person a portion, not exceeding 50 per cent, of the cost of such construction. Mineral Survey and Development Act, 1929. Part I.—Mineral Survey. A mineral survey of the Province has been established, to be carried on continuously and records thereof kept. For this purpose the Province has been divided into Mineral Survey Districts, and there are five Resident Engineers who, with such assistance as is necessary, devote their whole time to carrying out the provisions of this Act, reporting direct to the Minister. Part II.—Aid to Prospectors. The Resident Engineer in each district shall aid prospectors, as far as practicable :— (a.) By giving information as to mineral indications and as to ground open for location as mineral claims or placer claims as a result of knowledge gained during the carrying-out of the mineral survey of his district: (6.) By examining samples and applying such tests as may be possible on the ground or in his office and advising as to the nature of any mineral and as to the best available methods of analysis, sampling, assay, and test: (c.) By forwarding samples to the Minister of Mines for further examination and tests whenever in his opinion such course is necessary or expedient: (,d.) By reporting to the Minister of Mines the location and approximate cost of such roads, trails, and bridges as in his opinion are reasonably necessary in order to render possible the development of any mineral resources; and (e.) Generally, by giving such advice, information, and directions as may be of assistance to miners and prospectors within his district. Part III.—Protection of Wage-earners. 1. Every person giving or making a working bond or a lease, with or without any option for sale, of any mining property shall insert therein a provision that during the currency of the bond or lease all free miners and wage-earners employed on or about the mining property shall be paid their wages semi-monthly, and shall demand and receive a letter, to be procured by the holder of the bond or lease from a Gold Commissioner or Government Agent or Mining Recorder, stating that security for such wages has been given pursuant to this section, otherwise the person giving or making the bond or lease shall be under personal liability to pay all such wages. 2. Every person taking a right or option to work or purchase any mining property shall furnish to the nearest Gold Commissioner, or Government Agent, or Mining Recorder adequate security from time to time for the payment semi-monthly of the wages of all free miners and wage-earners employed on or about the mining property, on the terms that every such security shall be forthwith realized and payment of wages made upon any default; and every Gold Commissioner, Government Agent, and Mining Recorder shall have full power and authority to realize upon the security lodged with him so as to make payment of any wages in default, and shall make payment thereof up to the amount realized. THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 39 Part IV.—Protection op Investors. Each Resident Engineer shall, upon receiving notice of any advertised or solicited sale of shares in any company or in any claim or mine or mineral property whatsoever, upon statements or terms not in accordance with actual facts and conditions, notify the Minister of Mines, who, upon investigation, may, if found necessary, give such notice, either personal or public, as may be necessary to prevent any'injury to investors; and every notice given under this section by the Minister of Mines shall be absolutely privileged. Iron and Steel Bounties Act, 1929. The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may enter into an agreement with any person whereby the Crown will pay to that person, out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, bounties on pig-iron and steel shapes when manufactured within the Province, as follows:— (a.) In respect of pig-iron manufactured from ore, on the proportion produced from ore mined in the Province, a bounty not to exceed three dollars per ton of two thousand pounds: (&.) In respect of pig-iron manufactured from ore, on the proportion produced from ore mined outside the Province, a bounty not to exceed one dollar and fifty cents per ton of two thousand pounds: (c.) In respect of steel shapes of commercial utility manufactured in the Province, a bounty not to exceed one dollar per ton of two thousand pounds. Bounty, as on pig-iron under this Act, may be paid upon the molten iron from ore which in the electric furnace, Bessemer or other furnace, enters into the manufacture of steel by the process employed in such furnace; the weight of such iron to be ascertained from the weight of the steel so manufactured. Bounty on steel shapes under this Act shall be paid only upon such steel shapes as are manufactured in a rolling-mill having a rated productive capacity per annum of at least twenty thousand tons of two thousand pounds per ton. Phosphate-mining Act, 1925. This Act takes the mineral tricalcium phosphate out of the " Mineral Act " for the purpose of administration. This is done to make possible the staking of phosphate claims one mile square in area. Any person desirous of securing a licence to prospect for phosphate is required to stake the land he may wish to acquire and work; and after such staking shall post in the office of the Gold Commissioner for the mining division in which the land is situated a notice of his intention to apply for a licence. Then the applicant is required to make application in writing to such Gold Commissioner for a prospecting licence over the land for any term not exceeding one year. The Gold Commissioner shall forward this application to the Hon. the Minister of Mines, who may grant to the applicant a prospecting licence. Application shall be accompanied by a licence fee of $100. The land to be acquired shall be of a rectangular shape and shall not exceed 640 acres for each licence, measuring 80 chains by 80 chains, and boundary-lines shall be run true north and south and true east and west. A renewal of the licence may be obtained for a second period of one year upon payment of further licence fee of $100, and furnishing proof that he has explored for phosphate and has expended not less than $50 in such exploration-work. An extension of the term for a third period of one year may be granted upon like conditions and terms. Provision is made for the payment of $150 in cash in lieu of exploration-work. The cost of the survey of the land, not being less than $150, can be counted as exploration-work. If during any one year work is done to a greater extent than the required $50—but not less—same may be applied as work for any subsequent year that the licence remains in force. The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may grant a lease of the land covered by a prospecting licence to any licensee who during the existence of his licence, or within thirty days following the expiry of same, gives satisfactory evidence that he has discovered phosphate on such lands. He shall at the same time pay a sum sufficient to cover the first annual rental and also shall have expended not less than $50 per licence in exploration-work during the term of the last renewal licence or tender in lieu thereof the sum of $50 per licence. Such lease shall be granted A 40 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1934. for a term of five years, renewable for three years, and for a further three years after the expiry of the first renewal. A lease shall not be issued until the land has been surveyed by an authorized land surveyor. An annual rental rate of 15 cents per acre shall be payable under said lease. The lease provides for the expenditure of not less than $100 per annum in the development of a mine, or the payment of $100 in lieu of such development-work. Excess work done in any one year may be applied as work to subsequent years. Provision is also made for the purchase of phosphate-mining rights. Metalliferous Mines Regulation Act. At the 1935 session of the Provincial Legislature " An Act to amend and consolidate the Enactments regulating the Working of Metalliferous Mines, Quarries, and Metallurgical Works " was passed. This Act is known as the " Metalliferous Mines Regulation Act," and, in its general tone, its clear purpose is to maintain the highest standard in respect of safety and of healthy conditions, both on the surface and underground in mining operations. The idea is to not only assure, as far as practicable, the protection of workmen against injury, but to establish those conditions best calculated to safeguard the health of the men employed. The Act also provides for the drafting of regulations, if such are found necessary, for the protection of men who are working under conditions which may lead to pulmonary disability. This Act may be divided into six parts, as follows:— (1.) Administration: (2.) Duties of owners, managers, and others: (3.) Special Rules for protection of miners: (4.) General Rules, having reference to: (a) Employees; (6) Ventilation; (c) Explosives and blasting; (d) Fire-protection; (e) Connection between mines; (/) Mine signals; (g) Aid to injured; (ft) Prevention of dust; (i) Handling of water; (/) Sanitation; (7c) Protection of working-places, shafts, winzes, raises, etc.; (I) Ladder-ways; (m) Shaft equipment and operation; (n) Testing of brakes; (o) Haulage; (p) Protection from machinery ; (q) Electrical installations: (5.) General Rules for quarries: (6.) Supplemental. THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 41 SUMMARY OF ACTS SPECIALLY RELATING TO MINING. (The complete Acts may be obtained from- the King's Printer, Victoria, B.C.) Mining Licences under the Coal and Petroleum Act. Any person desiring to prospect for coal, petroleum, or natural gas upon any unsurveyed unreserved lands in which these resources are held by the Crown may acquire a licence to do so over a rectangular block of land not exceeding 640 acres, of which the boundaries shall run due north and south and east and west, and no side shall exceed 80 chains (1 mile) in length. Before entering into possession of the said lands he shall place at the corner of such block a legal stake, or initial post, and shall inscribe thereon his name and the angle represented by such post, thus: " A. B.'s N.E. corner," or as the case may be, and shall post in a conspicuous place upon the said land, and also in the Government office of the land recording district, notice of his intention to apply, as well as publishing the same in the B.C. Gazette and local newspaper once each week for four consecutive weeks. If the area applied for is surveyed no staking is required, but the same procedure with regard to advertising notice of intention to apply is necessary. The application for said licence shall be in writing, in duplicate, and shall contain the best written description possible, with a diagram of the land sought to be acquired, and shall be accompanied with a fee of $100. The application shall be made to the Commissioner of Lands for the district, and by him forwarded to the Minister of Lands, who will grant such licence— provided no reasons arise to the contrary—for a period not to exceed one year, and at the expiration of the first year an extension of s*uch licence may be granted for a second or third year at a fee of $100. Where coal is discovered during the existence of licence or within eighteen months after expiration, the land held under licence, having been surveyed and licence conditions fulfilled, may be leased for five years at rental of 15 cents an acre, subject to renewals for four successive periods of three years each, renewal fee being $100 for each lease, in addition to annual rental. Lessees, on showing continuous work has been done and reasonable expenditure made for development, may, after carrying out the provisions of the lease, purchase at $20 per acre where surface is available, or $15 per acre for under-surface rights where surface is not available. Lands under the sea may be purchased at $15 per acre. Provided also that, in addition to the rental or purchase price, there shall be paid to the Government as a royalty 2% cents a barrel (35 imperial gallons) of crude petroleum raised or gotten from such land. (See chapter 162, R.S.B.C. 1924.) Taxation Act. A preliminary note is essential to the understanding of this Act. As the law has stood, a Crown-granted mineral claim on which taxes were in arrears for a number of years was offered for sale by the Government at a tax sale, with arrears of taxes plus interest and charges and Crown-grant fees as an upset price. If no sale was made the property remained in the hands of the Assessor until desired by some one, when it could only be purchased by tender. It was not open to location under the " Mineral Act" and a prospector had no protection, and to relieve the situation an amending Act was passed. Under the amended Act such reverted Crown-granted mineral claim may be obtained by any person under a lease for one year upon payment of $25, and a renewal of such lease may be granted upon payment of further $25 for a further period of one year, but no longer. During the period of such lease the lessee has the right to enter, prospect, and mine on such mineral claim, save for coal, petroleum, and natural gas, and during such time the lessee has the option to purchase such Crown-granted mineral claim upon payment of all taxes, costs, and interest which remained due and unpaid on such claim on the date of its forfeiture to the Crown, together with an amount equal to all taxes and interest which, except for its forfeiture to the Crown, would have been payable in respect thereof from the date of the lease to the date of application for a Crown grant. If, however, the lessee establishes to the satisfaction of the Gold Commissioner that he has expended upon the claim in mining-development work a sum of not less than $200 a year during the continuance of the lease, then the payment of the sum in respect of taxes and penalties from the date of the lease to the date of application for a Crown A 42 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1934. grant shall not be required. Provision also is made for the grouping of adjoining claims, not exceeding eight in number, and the performing on one of such claims mining-development work for all of the claims. A person may obtain a lease, or interest in a lease, of eight such claims in the same mining division. Such leases are not transferable and are subject to the rights any person may already hold to any portion of the surface of such Crown-granted mineral claim. Taxation of Mines. Crown-granted mineral claims are subject to a tax of 25 cents per acre. The tax becomes due on April 1st in each year, and if unpaid on the following June 30th is deemed to be delinquent. All mines are subject to a tax upon income, subject to the exemptions and allowances given in the " Income Tax Act" ; provided, in the case of those mines paying an output tax, that an income tax is only collected if such tax prove greater than the output tax, and the output tax is then regarded as part payment of the income tax. In addition to the ordinary working expenses, mines are allowed to deduct from their income a charge for:— (1.) Development—being such proportion of this capital expenditure as is ascertained to be chargeable to the year's operation: (2.) Depreciation of buildings and plant: (3.) Depletion—being such proportion of the capital cost of the mine as, being a wasting asset, is ascertained to be chargeable to the year's operation. The above-mentioned charges are allowable at the discretion of the Minister of Finance, subject, however, to an appeal to the Lieutenant-Governor in Council. The rate of income tax varies from 1 per cent, up to a maximum of 10 per cent, on incomes of $19,000 and over. All mines, other than coal, are subject to a tax (payable quarterly) of 2 per cent, on gross value of ore, less cost of transportation from mine to reduction-works and the cost of treating same at reduction-works or on the mining premises. Any such mine, not realizing on ore shipments a market value of $5,000 in any one year, is entitled to a refund of the output tax paid. Coal is subject to a tax of 10 cents per ton of 2,240 lb., except coal shipped to coke-ovens within the Province. Tax payable monthly. Coke is subject to a tax of 10 cents per ton of 2,240 lb., except in respect of coke produced from coal upon which this tax has already been paid. Tax payable monthly. Coal land from which coal is being mined (Class A) is taxed at 1 per cent, upon the assessed value, in addition to any other tax. Unworked coal land, known as " Coal Land, Class B," is subject to a tax of 2 per cent, upon the assessed value. For further particulars; see the " Taxation Act," also the " Public Schools Act," which are obtainable from the King's Printer, Victoria, B.C. THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 43 ASSAY OFFICE. BY D. E. Whittaker. During the year 1934 there were made by the staff in the Government Assay Office 6,989 assays or quantitative determinations and 251 analyses; of these the majority were for the Department of Mines or for the other departments, for which no fees were received. The fees collected by the office were as follows:— Fees for analyses $98.00 Fees for assaying 65.50 Fees for assayers' examinations 495.00 Total cash receipts $658.50 Determinations and examinations made for other Government departments, for which no fees were collected:— Attorney-General's Department $1,002.00 Agricultural Department 1,985.00 Board of Health 750.00 Forest Branch 95.00 Other departments 190.00 $4,022.00 Value of work done outside of Mines Department work $4,680.50 FREE DETERMINATIONS. In addition to the above quantitative work, about 2,650 qualitative determinations, or tests, were made in connection with the identification and classification of rocks or minerals sent to the Assay Office for a report; for these no fees were charged, as it is the established custom of the Department to examine and test qualitatively, without charge, samples of minerals sent in from any part of the Province, and to give a report on the same. This has been done for the purpose of encouraging the search for new or rare minerals and ores, and to assist prospectors and others in the discovery of new mining districts, by enabling them to have determined, free of cost, the nature and probable value of any rock they may find. In making these free determinations, the Department asks that the locality from which the sample was obtained be given by the sender. EXAMINATION FOR ASSAYERS. The writer has the honour, as Secretary, to submit the Annual Report for the year 1934 of the Board of Examiners for Certificates of Competency and Licence to Practise Assaying in British Columbia, as established under the " Department of Mines Act, 1934." A meeting of the Board of. Examiners was held on May 19th and December 3rd, 1934. Two candidates applied for examination on May 19th and both passed the examination. Fourteen candidates applied for examination on December 3rd and all passed the examination. One candidate applied for exemption under section 10, subsection (2), of the Act, on May 19th. During the year several special meetings of the Board of Examiners were held, and eight candidates applied for exemption under section 10, subsection (2), of the Act. The Board recommended that certificates be issued to the above-mentioned twenty-five candidates. In accordance with the recommendations of the Board, certificates have been duly issued by the Honourable the Minister of Mines to the twenty-five successful candidates. The following list of assayers holding Provincial certificates of efficiency include all those known or presumed to be alive. In future, the published list will include only those known to be actively engaged in the practice of assaying in the Province. A 44 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1934. List of Assayers holding Provincial Certificates of Efficiency under the " Department of Mines Act, 1934." (Only the holders of such certificates may practise assaying in British Columbia.) Under section 10, subsection (1). Adams, J. B. Archer, B. G. Armstrong, N. Ayres, D. A. Austin, John W. Backus, Geo. S. Bainbridge, It. Bajus, N. J. Baker, C. S. H. Barke, A. C. Beilby, B. B. Bernard, Pierre. Bishop, Walter. Boulding, J. D. Brachat, Victor A. Brake, D. S. Broughton, P. W. Buchanan, James. Buehman, A. S. Campbell, Colin. Carmichael, Norman. Church, George B. Clarke, B. R. Cobeldick, W. M. Collison, H. Comrie, George H. Cornwall, G. L. Cotton, G. W. Crauf urd, A. J. P. Crerar, George. Crompton, S. V. Crossley, C. E. Cruickshank, G. Davidson, J. R. Day , Athelstan. Dedolph, Ed. DeLespee, H. Dockrill, Walter R. Dolphin, John. Dunn, G. W. Edwards, A. H. Archer, Allan. Blaylock, Selwyn G. Bisset, D. G, Bolton, George E. Brennan, Charles Victor. Browne, R. J. Browne, P. J. Bryant, Cecil M. Bryden, James. Bullen, R. L. Burwash, N. A. Cavers, Thomas W. Clothier, George A. Cole, Arthur A. Cole, G. E. Cole, L. Heber. Collins, H. E. Conway, E. J. Coo, Cecil William. Coulthard, R. W. Cowans, Frederick. Cuttress, G. S. C. Ellison, R. Elmes, Harold. Farquhar, J. B. Pingland, John J. Gardner, C. S. Goedbloed, L. A. Grimwood, G. H. Grosvenor, P. E. Hamilton, Wm. J. Hannay, W. H. Harsant, R. C. C. Hart, P. E. Hawes, P. B. Hawkins, Francis. Hendricks, R. Hodgson, A. R. Hunt, Basil. Hurter, C. S. Irwin, George B. John, D. Kiddie, Geo. R. King, R. Kitto, Geoffrey B. Lang, T. P. Langley, A. G. Laucks, I. P. Lee, Geo. M. Ley, Richard H. Levy, Prank. Lindsay, W. W. Locke, V. P. Longworth, P. J. Mailleue, G. Manning, S. M. Marston, R. W. Martin, C. J. Martin, S. J. Marsh, Richard. Marshall, H. Jukes. Marshall, Wiliam S. Meale, Eric A. Merrifleld, T. T. Miles, Arthur D. Milne, A. S. Mitchell, Charles T. Mitchell, E. A. Mitchell, R. P. McCormick, Alan F. MacDonald, Alec C. MacDonald, J. S. Mcintosh, J. H. McLellan, R. D. Morgan, Richard. Morris, J. Nicholls, Frank. Nicholson, L. T. Okell, S. E. Ortner, G. S. Parker, Robt. H. Parsenow, W. L. Perkins, Walter G. Pirrie, Noble W. Poole, H. W. Prior, C. E. Puder, H. P. H. Raht, K. Richmond, Leigh. Ringwood, J. G. T. Robertson, T. R. Rodgers, Ch. B. Rogers, G. J. Rombauer, A. B. Ross, R. H. LeB. Schoefleld, J. L. Schroeder, Curt A. Segsworth, Walter. Selby, C. C. Shepherd, G. H. Sharp, Bert N. Sharpies, H. Under section 10, subsection (2). Dawson, V. E. Dempster, R. C. Dempster, A. S. Dick, John P. Dixon, Howard A. Eardley-Wilmot, V. L. Edwards, H. C. Ethredge, F. M. Farrar, Ben. K. Fortheringham, D. F. Galbraith, M. T. Gibson, Swanson. Gilman, Ellis P. Gray, Stanley. Green, J. T. Raoul. Guess, George A. Hallam, F. Lloyd. Harding, Wilson M. Heal, John H. Hearn, Roy D, miliary, G. M. Howells, J. 0. Hurley, T. Mason. Johnston, William Steele. Kaye, Alexander. Kendall, George. Kidd, G. L. Kilburn, Geo. H. Lathe, Frank E. Lay, Douglas. Manson, Robert. Mathews, L. G. Mellish, Albert Henry. Merrit, Charles P. Millen, J. Munro, Neil. Murphy, C. J. Musgrave, W. N. McArthur, Reginald E. McBean, K. D. McLeod, Norman A. McDiarmid, S. S. McGinnis, Wm. C. McKay, Robt. B. Shore, J. T. Sim, Chas. John. Sloan, Wm. Snyder, Blanchard M. Stephen, Wm. Gordon. Stimmel, B. A. Stockly, Gait. Sundberg, Gustave. Tally, Robert E. Taylor, E. S. Taylor, H. L. Teed, A. J. Thirkell, V. R. Thomas, Percival W. Thomson, W. G. Trewhella, M. Turner, H. A. Vance, John P. C. B. Van Agnew, Prank. Vaughan-Williams, V. L. Wales, Roland T. Watson, Wm. J. Watson, Thomas. Welsh, J. Cuthbert. Wells, Ben T. Wenerstrom, L. H. West, Geo. G. West, K. C. Wetherup, I. White, E. King. Whittaker, Delbert B. Widdowson, E. Walter. Willemar, Douglas R. Williams, W. A. Williams, Eliot H. Williams, J. R. Williams, R. N. Wilson, Thomas S. Wimberley, S. H. Youngs, T. N. McLellan, John. MeMurtry, Gordon O. McNab, J. A. McPhee, W. B. McVicar, John. Maclennan, P. W. Moran, P. J. Newton, W. E. Nicolle, C. C. Norrie, James P. Oliver, Charles E. Oughtred, S. W. Outhett, Christopher. Owen, Francis J. Pellew-Harvey, Wm. Pemberton, W. P. D. Reid, J. A. Ritchie, A. B. Roaf, J. R. Roscoe, Harold M. Rose, J. H. Rutherford, R. C. THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 45 Under section 10, subsection (3)—Continued. Sampson, E. H. S. Scott, John Mitchell. Scott, Oswald Norman. Shannon, S. Sharpe, G. P. Shorey, P. M. Sloan, David. Stevens, P. G. Stewart, A. G. Stroud, J. E. C. Sullivan, Michael H. Sutherland, T. Fraser. Sutherland, Wm. Swinney, Leslie A. E. Thompson, W. K. Watson, A. A. Watson, Henry. Weir, William. White, E. Grove. Willis, F. S. Winslow, R. H. Wilson, Ridgeway R. Workman, Ch. W. Wright, Richard. Wynne, Llewellyn C. Yuill, H. H. Carmichael, Herbert. Galloway, J. D. Under section 10, subsection (3). Harris, Henry. Hedley, Robt. R. Kiddie, Thos. Marshal, Dr. T. R. McKillop, Alexander. Previously issued under the " Bureau of Mines Act, 1897," Section 12. Thompson, James B. GOLD COMMISSIONERS AND MINING RECORDERS. The following list shows the Gold Commissioners and Mining Recorders of the Province :- Mining Division. Location of Office. Gold Commissioner. Mining Recorder. Deputy Recorder. Atlin Atlin Sub-office | Telegraph Creek- Sub-office ;Haines (U.S.) H. B\ Glassey.. Sub-office j Squaw Cr. via Atlin.. Sub-office Tulsequah Sub-office I Juneau (U.S.) Stikine Sub-office.. Telegraph Creek - Boundary via Telegraph Creek Burns Lake Telegraph Creek McDame Creek J. V. Boys.. Sub-office Liard — Sub-office Sub-office Fort St. John Sub-office Fort Nelson Sub-office Skeena Sub-office. -. Sub-office Sub-office Sub-office Sub-office Sub-office.. Nass River.. Sub-office. Sub-office.- Portland Canal- Bella Coola.. Sub-office.. Sub-office.. Sub-office- Sub-office.. Dease Lake Townsite.. Prince Rupert Kitimat Copper River Terrace Stewart (Portland Canal) Rosswood Kimsquit .... Anyox Alice Arm Stewart Stewart Prince Rupert- Bella Coola Bella Bella Ocean Falls Kimsquit J. V. Boys.. N. A. Watt. -V. N. A. Watt. II. P. Glassey.. J. V. Boys. B. A. Barnett. (Com.for takingAffi- davits) Mrs. F. Muncaster. jH. L. Praser. (Com.for takingAffi- Harold E. Brown. davits) J. V. Boys J. V. Boys.. N. A. Watt. N. A. Watt (at Prince Rupert) N. A. Watt E. Ross Oatman.. H. W. Dodd.. N. A. Watt- Duncan Miller. T. E. Taylor. Thos. A. Perry. P. W. Beatton. J. S. Clark. John Fleming. Chas. E. Moore. L. G. Skinner. O. T. Sundal. H. W. Dodd. Mrs. Alberta Smith. Percy Gadsden. Mrs. L. Cummings. H. W. Dodd. C. A. Brynildsen. Geo. H. Hill. Percy Gadsden. A 46 REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES, 1934. Gold Commissioners and Mining Recorders—Continued. Mining Division. Location of Office. Gold Commissioner. Mining Recorder. Deputy Recorder. Queen Charlotte N. A. Watt G. A. Charter, M.D.... W. T. Reavley. T. D. Brunton. H. B. Campbell H. B. Campbell L. T. Kempple. C. A. Brynildsen. Bella Coola Sub-office W. B. Steele. T. J. Thorp. F. F. Monteith. Fort St. John F. W. Beatton. Whitewater (Finlay River) via Fort Grab, am e J. E. Mclntyre. 0. T. Sundal. T. H. McCubbin. Wm. Grant. T. E. Taylor. Sub-office Sub-office Aiken. Hi K. Henry. Sub-office Fort St. John H. B. Campbell (at Smithers) F. W. Beatton. G. Milburn. Sub-office F. F. Monteith Sub-office M. S. Morrell J. P. Scarlett Miss L. D. Boyd. Sub-office E. C. Lunn. McBride R. McKinlay. L. C. Maclnre L. C. Maclure E. C Lunn Likelv T. P. Scarlett. A. B Campbell R. J. A. Dorrell R. J. A. Dorrell Haylmore, Bridge River P.O. Kamloops Chu Chua E. Fisher E. Fisher H. Finley. A. P. Suckling. Geo. D. Mead Ashcroft Ashcroft E. Fisher (at Kam.) W. C. Adam Merritt - Hope E. Fisher (at Kam.) E. Fisher (at Kam.) Yale H. Beech Sub-office Similkameen Princeton Chas. Nichols R. B. Baxter. F. H. C. Wilson. R. M. McGusty .... R. M. McGusty.. Sub-office THE MINING INDUSTRY. A 47 Gold Commissioners and Mining Recorders—Continued. Mining Division. Location of Office. Gold Commissioner. Mining Recorder. Deputy Recorder. L. A. Dodd L. A. Dodd. . Kettle Valley G B Gane T W Clarke E. Harrison Golden H C Moore A. W. Anderson (at Golden) A. M. Chisholm Fort Steele ... J R Nolan W. M. H. Dunn H. Macpherson. Ronald Hewat (at Kaslo) Frank Broughton : R. H. Hassard. Sub-office Wm. Clark. J Cartmel (at Nel son) Wvnfield Maxwell Wynfield Maxwell (at Revelstoke) W. Maxwell W H Reid W. H. Reid J. A. Knight. Alert Bay Henry Twidle. S. B. Hamilton. W. H. Boothrovd W. H. Boothroyd (at. Alberni) W. H. Boothroyd W. T. Dawlev Sub-office P. McGregor. Ditto Ed. Evenson.. Victoria New Westminster Vancouver Lillooet .. R. J. Steenson A P Grant R. J. Steenson New Westminster Sub-office A. B. Grav A. S. Tvrer R.'A. Burgovne L. J. Price. L. J. Price T. B. Wrilliams. Haylmore, Bridge River P.O. W. Haylmore. 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Portland Canal Area. Tatshenshini River Area^looking South-east towards Talbot Creek from the Divide to Squaw Creek. Hydraulic Operation on Quartz Creek, Tributary of McDaine Creek, Locality of 1934- Lode-gold Discovery. Dease Lake Area. Fourth of July Creek^—looking North-east towards Gladys Lake. Atlin Area. .
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF MINES OF THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 1934
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