Mining Review
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2011-09-02
issued: 1897-10-02
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note: VOL. 1. NO. 17. SANDON, B. C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1897. PRICE FIVE CENTS B... Ill DEPOSITS. _> v.'' ��������� Dr. Dawson Cannot Imagine How Anyone Can Consider Them Hot Permanent. Dr. Dawson, head of the Dominion Geological Survey and nn authority upon all matters connected with the geological formation and mineral deposits of the province, was.inferviewed in Victoria. "I have never heard, nor can I imagine," said he, "any reasons for (he idea which appears to be entertained in some quarters that tho mineral deposits of British Columbia are not of a permanent nature. There has not, it. is true, been sufficient work done upon oven the most promising properties, to prove their extent, and it is of course to be expectf d that amongst the total number of claims recorded there will be the usual percentage of worthless anrl valueless ones. That is the enso in nil mining districts, and does not apply more particularly to British Columbia than it does to other places. As is mentioned in my report of 1885, thc mineral deposits are most likely to occur at thc point'of contact with the granite formation, and prospectors on thc islands of thc Gulf would do well to pay particular attention to that important fact." Turning to thc region which is just now attracting so much attention���������the ' Klond j kc���������and the different routes suggested ns being most feasible, the navigability of thc I-Iootalonqua river was brought.up. And upon this subject Dr. Dawson lins information gathered from various sources which would scorn to answer in the affirmative the quos- , tions which have been propounded ns to the feasibility of the proposed Stic- kecn route. From measurements taken by him at thc mouth of the river, which would indicate that, the Iloo.alonqua is of great volume, and from thc reports fur nished by Indians, it seems to Dr. Dawson more than probable that, beyond the danger of low water being encountered at certain seasons of the year, there would not be any serious hin…
note: Print Run: 1897-1903 Frequency: Weekly
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Sandon (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0183511
language: English
lat: 49.975556
long: -117.227222
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Sandon B.C. : Cliffe and Son
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