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Mining and industrial record
British Columbia mining record
British Columbia Historical Books Collection
Mortimer-Lamb, H. (Harold), 1872-1970
"monthly. Title varies: v. 1-15 (1895-August 1908) as British Columbia mining record; v. 16-17 (August 1910-July 1912) as British Columbia mining and engineering record; v. 18-19, no. 2 (August 1912-October 1913) as Mining and engineering record; v. 19, no. 3-v. 21, no. 4 (October 1913-August 1916) as Mining engineering and electrical record; v. 21, no. 5-v. 29, no. 3 (September/October 1916-March 1926) as Mining and electrical record. Several suspensions in publication. Absorbed Economic and financial record, March 1925 (v. 28, no. 1-2 repeated in numbering). Not indexed." -- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 128. Alternative title from Lowther & Laing (1968).
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BRITISH COLUMBIA Mining Record. VOLUME X. From January to December, 1903. PUBLISHED BY THE BRITISH COLUMBIA RECORD, Limited Head Office : VICTORIA, B. C. Branch Offices: VANCOUVER; KAMLOOPS; NELSON; MONTREAL; SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.; LONDON, ENG The Thomas R. Cusack Pre INDEX. British Columbia Mining Record VOL. X. Abandoned Workings . Mask; Aui (Rossland) in the Lardeau. Coi Alaskzfn Boundary, Settlement of Alaska Smelting & Refining Co., "All-Fire" Method for the Assay of Gold and Silver in Blister Copper Alluvial Gold Mining Machinery, Removal of Duty on Alsek River, Gold Discoveries at.. 1 Institute of Mining Engineers, Postponement of B. C. Meeting American Mining Congress Anglo-Klondike Mining Co Applied Mechanics Arlington Mine, Slocan... 496, 683, Assessment of Mining Property... Athabasca-Venus 682, Athelstan Mine Atlin District in 1902 440, Atlin, Dredging in Atlin Gold M. & M. Co., Ymir.. .. Atlin, Gold and Manganese Mining Atlin Mining District, Description of Atlin Mining Co., Ymir B Bad Shot Mine, Lardeau B. C. Mine, Boundary Divis , De- Beatrice Mines, Fish River I Big Bend District 448, ( Black Sands, Rare Metals in .. Blairmore, New Coal Measures at. ( Blue Bell, Boundary Division, Description of ' Bosun Mine, New Denver, 529, 682, ; Boundary Creek Mining & Milling 663, : ess of Mining 452, 48S, 5°9, Company: ng Syndi Page. British Columbia Standard Mining Co 807, 892 British Columbia Stock Market in London, Si8, 606, 718, 769, 792 Brooklyn & Stemwinder, Boundary Division, Description of 511 Bull River Iron Mines 621 I Bulletin No. 11 of Bureau of Provincial Information 731 Burnt Basin, Platinum in 877 c Camborne District, Development in 877 Camera, As an Aid to the Geologist 696 Camp McKinney, Heridryx Process at . • 907 Camp McKinney, History of .. .. 624 Canadian Geological Survey, Report of . Canadian Mining Institute.. . .519, 722 Canadian Smelting Co.'s Assay Office at Trail 520 Canadian Smelting Works Tonnage for Year 1902 608 Canadian Trade, Increase in 687 Cariboo 720, 813 Cariboo District, Geology and Char- istics of . Cariboo Gold Fields, Limited .. .. 815 Cariboo, Mining • and Operations in 1903 814 Cariboo Mine, Camp McKinney 529, 625 Cariboo, Operations in 1902 .. .. 434 Cassi Cassiar, Hydraulic Mining Cement in British Columbi Centre Star Mine Chambers of Commerce of the Empire, Congress of China Creek, Cariboo China Creek Gold Mining Co. Cholla Group, Fish River City of Paris Mine Coal and Coke Sunnlv in B. C, Fu ture of 652 .867 653 864 Coal 647,' I Cutting by Machinery . ind Tn 745 .465, 498, 530, 609, 685, 720, 762, 795, 833, 871, 908 Advance in Price of Fernie uct 617 and Non-Coking Coals.... 470 ny Meetings and Reports:— C. Copper Co C. Electric Railway 913 C. Exploring Syndicate.. .. 757 lumette & B. C. Gold Mines. 911 riboo Camp McKinney .. . . 528 riboo Consolidated 499 ntre Star Mining Co 903 Page. ; Nest Co; . 606 Dumas Gold Mines, Limited . Granby Consolidated Co 682 Granby Consolidated M. P. & S. Co 868 Hall Mining & Smelting Co.. 910 Hastings Exploration Syndicate 837 Le Roi 528, 611 Le Roi No. 2 681 London & B. C. Gold Fields.. 681, 722, 912 New Vancouver Coal Co.. ..500 North Star 756 Northwestern Developm't Syndicate 869, 912 Payne Mining Company .. .. 678 Providence Mining Co 869 Scottish Colonial Gold Fields.. 912 Snowshoe Mines 500 Tyee Copper Co. (4th Meeting of 7Si War Eaele 526 Winnipeg Mines, Limited.. .. 869 Yreka Copper Company .. .. 678 Comox Collieries in 1902 464 Compulsory Arbitration in New Zealand '. 691 Consolidated Alberni Gold Mining Company, Ltd 603 Consolidated Cariboo Hydraulic 474, 847 Copper, Electrical Smelting of.. .. 900 Copper Mine, Boundarv District, Description of 512 Copper Ores, Treatment when- Low Grade 715 Costs of Concentration of Silver- Lead Ore 665 Costs of Compressed Air, Steam and Electricity 491 Costs of Lead Smelting in the Kootenays 757, 758 Costs of Mining and Smelting at Mount Sicker 750 Cowichan District, Mining in 1902. 490 Crow's Nest Coal Fields,' Output from 805 Cunningham Creek, Cariboo .. ..815 D Dividend Paying Mines in British Columbia 610 Dominion Department of Mines .. 765 Dominion Power and Irrigation Co. 529 Dredging:— At Atlin 908 At Lillooet 908 For Gold 637 In British Columbia.. .. 504, 739 On Quesnelle River 481 On Stewart River .... 626 Drill, an Electric ,q6 THE MINING RECORD. Page. East Kootenay Coal Area Reserves 697 Eldorado, Cariboo 817 Electrical Ignition of Miners' Lamps 791 Electrical Power Transmission in the Boundary 663 Elkhorn Mine, Boundary District.. 834 Elmore Oil Process at Rossland... 468, 477, 528, 727, 879 Elmore Plant at Le Roi No. 2.. .. 640 Enima Mine, Boundary District, Descrintion of 510, 878 Enterprise Mine 496 E. P. U. Mines 834 Eva, Mine, Fish River .... 496, 862 F Fairview Corporation 497 Fairview Corporation, Issue of Preference Shares 772 Fairview, Cyanide Process at .. .. 700 Federal Department of Mines .... 652 Fernie Explosion 473 Fernie, Strike at 521 Fernie Strike, Settlement of .. .. 602 Fernie, Wages Paid at 521 Fish River District, Description of. 860 Fisher Maiden, Slocan 496, 760 Fontenoy Mine, Camp McKinney, Description of 625 Forest Rose, Cariboo 817 Frank, Landslide at 618, 657 French Steel, Unreliability of. . 637, 677 Fuel Supply in Kootenay 727 itish Co- 723 Geological Survey, Report of:... .. 879 Giant Mine 721 . Goat River Mining Division .. .. 482 Goldfinch, Camborne, B.C 683 Goldstream, Victoria Water Power and Electrical Transmission .... 896 Governm't Assay Office, Vancouver 603 Granby Company, Annual Report of 840 Granby Company, Dividend of .. .. 885 Granby Company's Mines, Description of 487 I Granby Company, New Compressoi of . ■ 735 Granby Consolidated 497 Granby Mines, Low Cost of Mining and Smelting at 698 Grand Forks, Town of 786 Great 'Northern Mines, Limited, Promotion of '• • 881 Great Western Mines, Lardeau 760, 856 Greenwood, Town of 783 Greenwood Smelter, New Officials at 635 H Hand Drilling Machine 877 Hastings Exploration Syndicate. . . .807 Hendryx Process..-.. ' 841, 846 Hendryx Process at Rossland .. .. 880 Highland, Ainsworth 646, 9°7 Hobson, Mr. J. B., a Biographical Sketch 47S Page. Honest Mining Promotion, the ... 884 Horsefly Hydraulic Mining Co.. .. 853 Howe Sound, General Characteristics at 790 Hunter V. Mine 809 t Inspection of Steam Boilers 832 International Coal and Coke Co... 908 Iron Ores of the Coast 740 I. X. L. Mine, Rossland, Returns from 878 J Jewel Mine, Description of 604 Josie Mine 497 K Kamloops, Electric Light Plant at. 798 Kamloops-McKinney Gold Mining Co., Camp McKinney, Mineral Claims at 626 Kamloops Mining District 446 King Solomon, Boundary District, Description of 512 Kootenay Consolidated Mines, Lardeau 859 Kootenay, Fuel Supply in 727 L Labour in South African Mines... 618 Labour Organizations in British Columbia 731 Labourers' Co-operative Mining Company 404, 619 Lade Group, Lardeau 855 Lardeau, Chloridization in 760 Lardeau, Description of 821, 854 Lardo Duncan, Mono-line Railway for 841 Lead, Bounty on 647, 758, 899 Lead, Government Bounty on . . . . 619 Lead Mining in ■ Slocan, Conditions of 802 Lead Refining at Trail 525, 776 Lead Refining at Vancouver .. .. 780 Lead Smelters and the Bounty.. ..728 Lead Smelting, in Kootenay . .701, 841 Lead Smelting, Local Smelting Rates on 669 Lead Tariff 525 Lenora Mine, Mount Sicker .. .. 905 Le Roi, Directors of 474 Le Roi Mine 496, 529, 608, 646, 682, 721 Le Roi No. 2 Mine . .504, 646, 682, 720 Le Roi, The Publication of Monthly Cables of 729 Lightning Creek, Cariboo 820 Local Stock- Market .... 500, 530, 855 London, B. C. Mining Market in 1902 in 476 Lowhe Creek, Cariboo 820 Lucky Boy Group, Lardeau 855 Lumbering Industry, the .. ■ 688 Lytton, Dredging at 905 M McCrossan, C. W 603 Measuring Tape and Its Use in Mine Surveying 830. Metal Market . .530, 609, 648, 685, 722, 763, 796, 871 Metropolitan Gold and Silver Mining Company 603 Mine Leasing in B. C 773 Page. Mine Taxation in Idaho 618 Miners' Certificates 638 Mineral Acts, The Permission to Enquire into 801 Mineral Production of Canada .... 606 Mines Department, .Need for Quarterly Bulletin 731 Mining Association 469 Mining Association Convention. .. 501 Mining Association, Leading Article on Convention 531 Mining Association, Meeting of the Executive Committee 613 Mining Association, Proceedings of Convention 534, 602 Mining Assocation, Uses of 649 Mining Courts, Establishing of.. .. 879 Mining Industry in 1902, a Review. 427 Mining Laws, Need for Simplification 619 Mining Machinery, Increased Demand for. 773 Mining. Machinery, Imports of for 1902 j 763, 796 Mining Patents — Desulphurizing Coal 493 Extracting Zinc and Other Sulphides from Ores 795 Gold Recovering Process .. .. 494 Hot Coke Conveyor 719 Method for Treating Silicious Ores 636 Process for Treating Refractory Ores 902 Rutenberg Ore Reduction Process 636 Separating Mercury from Amalgam 493 Sulphide Smelting and Concentrating Process ST9 Treatment of Sulphide Ores .. 866 Mining Reteurns and Statistics 497, 529. 609, 647, 690, 722, 762, 796, 871, 907 Minister of Mines Report for 1902. 652 Minister of Mines Report, some Fig- Minnehaha Mine, Camp McKinney, - Description of 625 Monitor Mine, Sandon 646 Montreal and Boston Company's Smelter, Description of 774 Morrissey, Mines, Equipment of . . 684 Morrison Mine, Boundary District, Description of 488, 529 Mother Lode Mine, Boundary District, Description of 488 Mount Lyall, Half Yearly Report on 474 Mountain Lion, Republic Mine.... 794 Mount Sicker 444 Mount Sicker, Cost of Shaft Sinking at 528 Mount Sicker, Mining and Smelting Costs at 750 N Nelson District 770 Nickel Plate Mine, Hedley. .. 646, 719 Nicola, Coal in 867 No. 7 Mine, Description of .605 Nonsuch Mine, Description of.. .. 605 Northport Smelter 494. 682 . . 80s, 806 0 Okanagan District in 1902 479 Omineca and Peace River Mining Company ■ ■ • ■ 772 Description of 5»> 721 Oyster-Criterion Mines, Fish River 861 P Parrish, Mr. S. F 503 Patent Office Reports 493 Pavne Company, Annual General Meeting of 652 Payne Mine 496 Payne Min, Zinc Separation at.. .. 719 Phoenix Camp, Notes from . . .. 639 Pilot (Gold M. & M. Co.) 720 Placer Mining Act, Proposed Amendments to 495. 641 Poplar Creek, Description of -. . ■ 823 Poplar Creek, Discoveries at . .77*, 802 Poplar Creek, Jumping at 906 Poplar Creek, New Gold Discoveries at ..698 Portland (Aspen Grove) 721 Porto Rico Mine 794, 893 Prince of Wales Island, Mines and Smelters on 831 Prospectors' Association at Nelson 767 Prospectors' Union 729 Providence Mine, Description of... 60S Providence Mining Company, Dividend of 807 Provincial Mineralogist and Poplar Creek 882 Provincial Mineralogist, Criticism of 650 Provincial Mining Association . . . 835 ^logy,™! } . .COn°mlC . C" 684 Conner Hand Book 683 Lead Smelting 467 Metallurgy of Zinc and Cad- • !™ 84S Mining Cases Decided by the Courts in B. C. and Courts of Appeal 683 Ore Deposits 795. Production and Properties of Zmc 529 Refining of Silver in B. C 845 Songs of an English Esau .... 467 Q Quatsino Sound, Iron at 808 Queen Bess Proprietary 760 Quesnelll River^Dridging on '. ] '.'. 481 R R. Bell, Boundary District, Descrip- Rambler-Cariboo Mine...... 496 721 Reco Mine ' 4q6 Rossland, Comparison of Costs of Electricity at .."".I*1.. ,eam and Rossland Concentration at t - THE MINING RECORD. Page. Rowland' District eV£. 494 Rossland, Mining Costs at.. .... 466 Rossland, Mining in 1902 457 Rossland, Mining Progress in . . . . 618 Rossland Ores, Treatment in Bound- ary District 8o3 Rossland, Over Capitalization at.. 804 Rossland Pyrrhotite Deposits .... 782 Rossland Smelting Rates at 808 s Sailor Mine, Camp McKinney, De- scription of 625 Silver Cup Mine, Mill at 846 Silver Cup Mines, Lardeau 856 Silver Industry 468 Silver King Mine • • 474 Silver King Mine, Leasing of .. . . 671 Silver-Lead Bounty, Debate on . . 671 Silver-Lead Miners, Association of.770 Silver-Lead Ore, Costs of Concentration of 665 Silver-Lead Ores, Costs of Local Smelting . 651- Similkameen District, Notes on . . 630 Similkameen, Fire-Clay in 764 Similkameen, Hematite in 732 Slavs as Miners 780 Slocan City Mining Division, 1902, Description of 513, 835, 9°2 Slocan District, 1902, Description of 451 Slough Creek, Cariboo 818 Slough Creek Company 771 Slough Creek Mines 721 Sluice Concentrates, Values in. . .. 701 Smelting Silver-Lead Ores, Costs of 651 Smith's Camp, Boundary District, Mines in 513 Snowshoe Gold and Copper Mines, Ltd 474 Snowshoe Mine, Boundary District, Description of 489 Spitzee Company, Electrical Power at 684 Spokane, Mineral Exhibit at .. ..840 Staking Placer Ground over Quartz 878 Stave Lake Water Power .: . . .. 763 Steam Shovels in Mines 886 Stemwinder Mine at Fairview.. .. 700 Stewart River, Gold Dredge 626 Stock Market, Local .... 763, 796, 871 St. Eugene Mine, and the Lead Technical Schools. Texada Isl md, Iron Ore Depo Thibert Creek Thibert Creek Mining Company . Thornton, J., a Boundary Pioneer. Trail, Lead Refining at Triune Group, Lardeau .. ' Trout Lake Mining Division, . .45 True Blue, Kaslo Tungsten in Slocan Tyee Copper Co.. .. 608, 683, 72 Tyee Copper Co., Editorial Refe • 659 • 438 Tyee Copper Co.'s Smelter, Des Tyee, Mount Sicker Type Registering Beam, the.. . 646 • 636 Van Anda Mine 497 Vancouver, Electrical Transmission at 710 Vancouver Engineering Works-. . . 797 Vancouver Island and Coast Districts, 1902, Description of . . . . 443 Vancouver Island, Iron Ore Depos Van wer Comnanv . . ' Company's Ne • 659 • 763 il Plar ine, Rossland 497. 608. 646, 682, rhrmph w mbia Mir . 880 Wate loo Mine, Ca mp McKii ney Des cnpti fne, 86s West Ins rn F allati uel Comp any, Mach 684 "Wik -Catt ing," Leg slat on Ad /erse v^tO*; 772 721 Wilcc x M ne, Ymir 497. Willi ims Creek, Car iboo 815 Willo w Ri ver, Carit 8t8 Winnipeg & Golden Cro wn, Bo rnid- ary Dist rict, Desc ripti Dn of 5io Y Yale- nay .Tele ?rap 1 Company 689 Ymir Cya nide Plai nd Practice at 841 Ymir Dist prion net, Mini rig 1 n 1902, ../K9, De- 640, 8.3S Ymir Golc Mines.. •759 Ymir Mm )7, 529, 608 646 Ymir Yrek Min 1 Co e, Recons mpany, A true ion of Trar away 504 684 464 Yuko n, M ining in Yuko d ' from 1885 498 8v8 A Summary of Progress of Mining in British Columbia iiM90Z The . HihtwhElectrmUoipam; J^ MITRED. Eled|rical Con^pict^)n e'e; and Supplies.^See'. vic#cSlAiB.HB van|ouver|bb<S Elecifcrc Motors. Blowdrs. Motors! Fans. DynMnos Electric Minin£#Apparatus Ifl5 Jacksorv S&SEATTLE. 17*6-1748 Pacific Ave., TACOMA. BROSJco M\V\ptmG, CANNNG, SAWMILL and HYDRAULIG^H MaeHINERYi MBReHRNTS. Agents for Rind Drill Co.gMendrie & Bolthoff Mfg. Co.; Astoria Ironworks, DeLoach Mill Mfg. Co., A. S. Cameron Sti|m Pump Works; Cassels Automatic Wa^er Motor Co., Etc. 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Randolph Stuart, Travelling Representative. •SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: Canada and the United States, one year ■ Great Britain and Foreign, one year - • Advertising Rates on Application. $2.00 $2.50 Address all communications to The Managing Editor, B. O. Record, Ltd., P. O. Drawer 645, Victoria, B. C. progress and growth as is afforded by the history of our British Columbian industry. That such a comparison can be made at all is in itself creditable. In the United States mining is and has been carried on under the most favourable possible conditions. A protective tariff, .an excellent home market, adequate transportation facilities ■ with low haulage costs, an unlimited supply of skilled labour, ample capital to develop the mines. -These are but a few of the advantages which have contributed of recent years to the phenomenal developments of metalliferous mining in the United States. Canada, on the other hand, with her relatively small population, has been obliged to export, at a great cost, her mine products in crude state and meet competition: in- the world's markets. She has imported the bulk of the machinery required in mining and on this the miner has been compelled to pay a heavy duty. Skilled mine labour has been scarce and expensive. In the West where our most important mineral interests lie, means of transport have been lacking until quite recently, or where railways have been built the systems have been generally owned as monopolies, with the consequent imposition of excessive freight rates. In addition to these econ- :" ■ •- omic drawbacks, the mine owner and manager in THE BRITISH COLUMBIAN British HH| M *"" ™lf "T '0 8 H neenng and metalliferous problems ot an exception- MINING INDUSTRY IN 1902. gj j||| W| In some sections § jg jj§ T N 1887 for the first time, official record was made try the geological disturbances render mining an ex- ■*" of the production in British Columbia, of the tremely hazardous and costly operation. In other metals silver and lead—this, however, to a very districts the ore bodies though easily followed and of inconsiderable aggregate quantity and value. No gold great size, carry such small average values that they was obtained from quartz mining undertakings until can only be mined profitably by the introduction of 1893, and copper production was not commenced special methods and by the exercise of the utmost skill until a twelvemonth later. 1894 may, therefore, be and economy in working and management. Again taken as the year from which the establishment of a further disadvantage has been the lack and the dif- quartz mining in the Province dates. The industry ficuity of obtaining capital in sufficient amounts to as such is consequently about to enter its ninth year carry through undertakings, on which large initial of existence. These facts should not be forgotten outlays were required, while legitimate mining in the when the present position of mining in the Province country has also suffered much at the hands of un- is taken under consideration. Compared with any of scrupulous wild-cat promoters and market manipu- the great mining states of the Union, quartz mining lators, the collapse of whose flotations and schemes in British Columbia is a young industry, and yet a having naturally enough served to discredit the Brit- comparative history of the first eight years of quartz ish Columbian mining industry in the minds of a mining development in California, in Colorado or in large section of the investing public. That in spite Montana does not afford any more than, and in cases of these manifold discouragements and drawbacks the not as satisfactory, evidence of substantial industrial industry has in eight years been placed on a footing 428 THE MINING RECORD. SP important and substantial as that it now occupies, ig a matter for which we have every reason to feel proud, and it is far from our intention that these prefatory remarks should be construed as intended to excuse an unsatisfactory state of affairs, but rather that they should serve to emphasize the fact of the industry's material development and growth. Tn reviewing the operations of the past year, it is gratifying to note an increase over the 1901 production of probably twenty per cent, in the output of the copper-gold producing mines. This large increase is attributable to greatr activity in the Boundary Creek District, and to the continuous operation during the year of the more important British-owned mines in the Rossland District. In the Boundary the capacity none of the Boundary mining companies have yet commenced to pay dividends, we can authoritatively state that profits are being made, and these very properly, re-invested in necessary improvements and mine development. Among other important work accomplished here during the year, may be mentioned the completion, of the installation at Cascade Falls, for the transmission of electric power to the mines, the effect of which will be to further cheapen mine-operating costs. The outlook at Rossland last spring was far from promising. Intentionally or otherwise, gross misrepresentations, it was discovered, had been made in respect to the position of the Le Roi mine. Production was suspended at the War Eagle and Centre Star, The Kettle River at Midway. of both the Granby and Greenwood works has been and all three mines were known to be heavily en- doubled, and such alterations and additions made to cumbered with debt. It is pleasing, therefore, to note the smelter at Boundary Falls as to admit of the treat- that in the interim the situation has vastly changed ment there of a large tonnage. The mines themselves for the better. Since May last the Le Roi is reported have been extensively developed and costs, both of to have earned net profits approximating seventy-five thousand dollars a month, new bodies of high-grade mining and smelting, have been further reduced. As we have previously noted, a significant point in connection with mining in this district this year is that, notwithstanding the decline in the price of copper, representing a difference of nearly twenty-five per cent, in the value of the copper contents of the ore, it was not found necessary or expedient to suspend operations at any of the mines on that account, but on the contrary, production has increased. Although ore have been developed, while in consequence of the satisfactory arrangements effected with the railway company over whose system the ore is carried to Northport, and with the Crow's Nest Coal Company, both the costs of haulage and fuel have been so appreciably lessened as to make a considerable difference in the profit-earning capabilities of the property. The mine, now, too, being under most capable local man- THE MINING RECORD 429 agement, is certainly a more valuable property, and its shares are better worth having than at any time since it passed under British control. The position of the Le Roi No. 2 is likewise moderately encouraging, and there is little likelihood that the mine, at which shipments were recently suspended, will be long allowed to remain unproductive. The resumption of active operations at the Centre Star and War Eagle mines during the late summer was a matter of very considerable congratulation, and at their present rate of output it can be but a question of a short time ere both companies are in a position to fully discharge their liabilities, While the former mine should very shortly be placed on a dividend-earning footing. At the Velvet, important new discoveries are reported to have including the Mainland coast, the islands of the Gulf of Georgia and Vancouver Island. Activity has been confined chiefly during the year to the east coast of Vancouver Island, where two large mines in the Mount Sicker District have been extensively developed with, we understand, the best possible results. The Tyee mine, in particular, has proved to be a very valuable property, in fact the mineral belt in this arda promises exceptionally well. The difficulties in which the Lenora mine has become involved are, however, a regrettable incident, although it is believed that these will shortly be settled. In addition to the two mines mentioned, a new and promising property known as the Copper Canyon is being opened up, and work has also been in progress on several other claims in the Wharves at Union, B. C. been made and it is hoped that with the change of management this property will also be successfully worked. During the year, the problem of profitably treating the lower-grade products of the mines, has engaged the attention of the mining engineers of Rossland, and experiments to that end have been systematically conducted, with, it has been officially affirmed, very promising results. The technical representative of the Elmore process of concentrating by oil is also now, as he tells us, preparing to make extensive tests locally, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the ores of the district are amenable to treatment by this process. When the problem is finally solve(i_and sooner or later it assuredly will be—both the mineral output from this district and the earning capacity of the mines will necessarily be increased at least three to four-fold. Next in importance as a copper-gold producing section of the Province is the Coast and Island Districts, locality. The year has also witnessed the completion of the large smelting works,—and consequently the inauguration of this industry on Vancouver Island— at Osborne Bay and at Ladysmith. At Sooke a promising find of copper ore is reported to have been made. On the west coast of the Island little has been accomplished, beyond prospecting work at San Juan. The Monitor mine was closed down early in the spring and operations at the Hayes mine were suspended for a greater part of the year. At Quatsino Sound, to the extreme north, the Yreka Copper Company has, however, exposed a very large showing of ore of excellent grade. Progress on Texada Island has not been entirely satisfactory, the Van Anda properties after being acquired under bond by an American syndicate were badly "gutted," and then abandoned; but the mines have since passed into more responsible hands. The Marble Bay mine has produced a fair tonnage of ore, and development work has been in pro- 430 THE MINING RECORD. gress at one or two other mines besides. In addition to the development of copper-gold properties the iron mines on Texada have been extensively worked, while the deposits on"Barctay Sound have also been further developed. Production from the Coast this year is probably less than during 1901, and is therefore not indicative of the real progress that has taken place, shipments from the Mount Sicker mines having been held back pending the completion of the. local smelting works. The Britannia mines at Howe Sound have not been operated during- the year. A small tonnage of high-grade copper ore has been shipped from the Copper King and Iron Mask mines at Kamloops, but operations in this district have been mainly of an exploratory character. It is meanwhile in a very large number of the mines of the Slocan District, the ore bodies carry considerable, percentages of this metal, which heretofore was not only unmarketable but an actual disadvantage in complicating the operation of silver-lead recovery, some return of industrial prosperity is looked for. There are also grounds for belief that !the Federal Government may be induced to take such action, either by the institution of tariff reform or by offering a bounty on production, as may stimulate and encourage activity in the lead mining districts of the Province. The Slocan District has been this year the most important productive area, and some fifty mines have shipped ore in larger or smaller quantities. This list is headed by the Rambler-Cariboo-at McGuigan, which has paid regu- ®m -% &i ■*fy? W9" Railway to the Comox Collieries. expected that local smelting works will ere long be erected. Iron ore from the Glen Iron Mines has been sent to the Kootenay smelters for fluxing purposes, the year's output having been over three thousand tons. The season of 1902 has not been favourable to silver-lead mining effort, and a falling off in production is reported. The causes of this depression have been already, on more than one occasion, explained in these columns, and a reiteration is therefore not necessary. It may, however, be' stated that the outlook notwithstanding the continued decline in the price of silver, has of late become decidedly brighter in consequence of a demand which has arisen in the United States for zinc ores and concentrates, and as lar quarterly dividends of two and a half cents per share to its shareholders. The Sunset has also distributed profits. In the 'dry ore" belt of the Slocan City Division, the production is rather below last year's returns. The Arlington mine, however, has produced heavily, and experiments are being conducted at the property to determine the best means of profitably concentrating the lower grade products. Little has been accomplished in the Ainsworth Division, but in consequence of the completion of the branch line of railway from the Arrow Lakes into the Trout Lake District, and also on account of the high- grade character of the ore in this section, production has been on the increase. The showing made by East Kootenay is far from satisfactory. In the spring op- THE MINING RECORD. 431 erations were entirely suspended at the St. Eugene mine—the largest -silver-lead deposit in Canada—and production of any consequence has been confined to operations at one property only—the North Star. Shipments from this mine during the last six months have covered expenses of development, but the known ore bodies have been nearly exhausted. As the company has, however, an efficient plant and sufficient-funds, thorough exploratory work has been determined upon. The company paid in dividends out of reserve capital, this year, $58,500. At Marysville smelter construction work was commenced in the spring, but the enterprise was so disgracefully managed that beyond the expenditure of a large sum of dollars. At Fairview the Stemwinder mill has been enlarged and a cyanide plant installed, a fair amount of gold having been recovered from crushing operations since last spring. Development- work has also been prosecuted at the Dominion Consolidated Company's properties. New mills have been erected in the Nelson Division, at the Second Relief and other mines. The fact, meanwhile, that adequate values have not been found in the lower levels of the Ymir property, necessitating the raising of additional capital by a reconstruction of the company, and the suspension of dividends has proved a great disappointment, another blow to the district being the abandonment of active work by the Hall Mining and Smelting Headworks at Comox Collieries, money little was accomplished. In the Windermere Company at the Silver King. Arrangements were and Golden Districts a good deal of prospecting and reported to have been effected for the consolidation of development work has been in progress, and small the Athabasca and Venus mines/and for the resump- shipments have been made from the Paradise and one tion of operations at these properties, but actual minor two other mines. ing work has not yet re-commenced. ■ The discoveries and developments in the Fish Returns from the placer mining fields will, we an- Creek District have added more than one promising ticipate, remain at about the same figure, or a little mine to the number of free-milling quartz properties below, those of last year. The decrease would have in operation in the country, and from present indica- been considerable but for increased activity m the tions there can be no doubt that this camp has before Atlin District, the value of the yield therefrom being it an important productive future. The Cariboo mine, largely in excess of the 1901 output. Production « in Camp McKiLy, has been steadily operative, and stated, semi-officially, to -present in the neighbour- in Camp mcranney, Mtffoffi distri- hood of six hundred thousand dollars, but bank offi- 432 THE MINING RECORD. dollars worth of gold was produced this year, much of this being, however, not reported to, the Government officials and smuggled out in order to avoid the .royalty tax. In the other districts of the Cassiar country practically no mining was carried on, with the exception of the hydraulicing operations of the Thibert Creek Mining Company. Here probably not more than five or six thousand dollars worth of gold was recovered, a land slide occurring in August, thereby limiting the working season to a few weeks only. The Omineca gold yield was also insignificant. The largest operators, the Arctic Slope Company, after starting the season well enough, ran out of supplies and only worked a portion of the season, barely paying expenses. In Cariboo, production from the River at Lytton, and on the Quesnel River, in Cariboo, are said to have proved moderately successful, but the Thompson River enterprise has so far proved disappointing. The coal mining situation has shown little change. Output has been fairly well maintained at the level of the 1901 production from the Vancouver Island collieries, and large shipments continue to be made to the California market, notwithstanding the competition occasioned by the utilization there of mineral oil as fuel for industrial purposes. An important discovery of a bed of anthracite coal is reported to have been lately made near Comox. The Crow's Nest Coal Company have added to the number of their coke ovens, increased the output and performed a great View in. Quatsino N largest mines was seriously curtailed by a shortage of water supply, attributable to another unusually dry season, the output from the Consolidated Cariboo Hydraulic being considerably less than for some years past. On smaller properties some very rich ground was discovered, and important exploitation work was carried on at Slough Creek, where efforts are being made to recover the gold from the ancient river channel systems at depth. From Wild Horse Creek, in East Kootenay a yield of approximately twenty thousand dollars in value is reported, and placer mining operations on a small scale have also been conducted in the Similkameen, Big Bend,' Nelson and other districts. Gold dredging undertakings on the Fraser arrows, Looking Souih. deal of development work during the year. Operations have been, however, somewhat hindered, by labour disputes, while the regrettable disaster of last May, besides causing a large loss' of life, occasioned much damage to the property. The branch line of the Great Northern Railway is now nearing completion, and this will provide further facilities for the marketing of the product, although at the present time the company experiences some difficulty in keeping pace with the local demand. During the summer exploration parties and individual prospectors have been engaged in exploring the East Kootenay field, with the result that many new discoveries of 'coal seams are reported. Preliminary development work is also be- THE MINING RECORD. 433 ing prosecuted on the Blairmore coal fields in the same area. Much attention has meanwhile been directed to occurrences of coal in the Similkameen and Nicola Districts, and in some localities coal seams ■ of very good quality have been opened up. In brief, the condition of the mining industry at the close of 1902 is better than it was at the close of 1.901, and we can wish our readers a happy and prosperous New Year with every hope and assurance of its fulfillment. The low-grade mines of the Boundary have shown, thanks to the skilled and able engineers and metallurgists of the district, what they are capable of Cyanide Building at the Ymir Mine. doing even with the price of copper lower than it is likely to be again for some time to come. The Rossland mines are now on a business basis. The demand for zinc, and the likelihood of the accordance of Government aid of some form to the lead miner, is removing the depression which has overshadowed the industry in the Slocan and East Kootenay. The rich mines of Camp Hedley in the Similkameen are about to become, productive, and railway advantages can not much longer be denied to the Nicola and Similkameen. Production from the Lardeau and Trout Lake districts is increasing and a number of new properties are undergoing development. An important smelting industry has been established on Vancouver Island and practically, for the first time, mining has been conducted on systematic and scientific lines. The outlook in Atlin and Cariboo has improved and great developments in coal mining are promised. Looking at the other side of the picture it is regrettable to note that the aggregate amount paid this year in dividends has been disappointingly small, and that prospecting has been less in evidence. The low price of metals partly explains .the one; further, in many cases profits have been re-invested in improvements. As regards the other, the first excitement when the speculation fever was at its height, and any piece of ground with four stakes stuck on it, and a fir tree, was saleable, has passed. Not only that, but a re-action has set in, and it is difficult at the present to dispose of even a promising claim or prospect. Prospecting is in itself a speculation, and speculation is not now the fashion. British Columbia, as we have so repeatedly mentioned, has suffered much in the past at the hands of the "wild-catter." She has now reached the convalescent stage, but until our mines commence and maintain the regular distribution of dividends, complete confidence will not be restored, and no considerable investment of capital can be expected. Official returns for the year are not yet available, but several estimates of production, some widely over and some, we should judge, below the actual figures, have been published in the local press. There can be no doubt, however, that, in point of tonnage output an increase has been made this year of between 15 and 20 per cent, while in values a decrease will be shown to have taken place of perhaps 5 to 10 per cent., basing calculations on New York metal market, quotations. In the following tables an attempt tG roughly approximate the year's mineral production is made : Value. Gold (placer) $1,000,000 Gold (lode) 5,000,000 Silver 2,000,000 Lead 500,000 Copper 4,000,000 Coal and coke 6,000,000 Other materials 500,000 Total $19,000,000 IfSflSniHl Quarrying at the Snowshoe Mine, Boundary District. The Explosion of a Blast. TONNAGE, METALLIFEROUS MINES. Grand Forks, Kettle River and • Osoyoos Division 520,000 Rossland 340,000 Nelson 75>°oo Slocan and Ainsworth 29,000 Coast 25,000 East Kootenay 10,000 Other districts 25,000 Total tons 1,014,000 434 THE MINING RECORD. THE CARIBOO SEASON OF 1902 (By Thos. Drummond, B.A.Sc. (McGill) M.C.S.C.E., Kic) * I 'HE following is a summary of mining operations 1 the season of 1902. in Cariboo District during The season as a whole has not.been a favourable one owing to the great scarcity of water for mining purposes. In a placer mining country like Cariboo the gold is obtained almost altogether from the immense alluvial deposits of the district as found in the ancient channel systems, the more modern benches and terraces and in the beds of the present rivers, creeks and gulches. To say that these deposits are immense is no exaggeration. The writer knows of many instances in which the gravel banks are over 400 feet in height and several cases in which they are from 600 to 800 feet. The gold is separated from the gravel by washing with water through flumes, sluices,etc,,and a plentiful supply of water is an absolute necessity. As an instance of this it may be stated that the daily water supply of a town of, say, 40,000 inhabitants would be from 100 to 125 miner's inches of water. Such a supply of water would be sufficient to irrigate a good sized ranch or for supplying a drift mine or small open gravel mine, while a large hydraulic mine m* vjs BPPf^K^x, proportionately case in Cariboo last would take from ten to fifty times as much. When this water supply fails,, the output is decreased, and such was the season. The main source of the water supply is from the annual snowfall, which was unusually light last winter, and this with the long continued warm-, dry weather of last summer, causing an unusual amount of evaporation, and the lack of rain to replenish the supply resulted in a record year for drought. This more especially affected the country along the Ques- nel River, where it practically stopped active mining operations. Barkerville and vicinity being at a higher elevation, did not suffer In Barkerville District the operate with a supply of water lasting about three months, and with this partial supply of water they have an annual Output of from $4,000 to $20,000 or more for each in the -case of hydraulic and much ' higher results in the case of drift mines working _ upon the rich old channel deposits of the country. The Cariboo Gold Fields, Ltd., operating upon Williams Creek just below the town of Barkerville had a fairly successful year. The work was more or less of an' experiment, practically prospecting work to test their ground, which consiste of a top deposit of tailings from Williams Creek underlaid by the older and richer deposits of the creek which have been partially worked by the drift mines of the earlier days. This mine was opened at first by a water elevating plant, which did not work satisfactorily, mainly because of the wear in machinery and the great hoister. They then installed a new plant of the bucket elevator type, which was successfully operated last season. The power is furnished by a 24- inch Pelton wheel with a head of about 460 feet. The chain of buckets is 246 feet in length and carries 82 buckets of two and a half yards capacity each, and it has a capacity of 2,000 cubic yds. in 24 hours. The gravel in the pit, by means of monitors, is washed to a central hopper over a grizzly which screens the large stones, which are hoisted separately w Elevator Pit, Omineca. so severely, majority of the mines to the surface. The finer material is taken to the surface by the elevator, passes over grizzlies, screens, etc., and is treated on tables, etc., to recover the gold. The hoist is about 100 feet. The Mount claim, also on Williams Creek, have this season installed an hydraulic plant which -worked very satisfactorily and the claim is likely to be a good dividend payer in the future. On Stout's Gulch, which is a tributary of Williams Creek, the Butts and Wintrip claims, both hydraulics, worked very successfully during the season and paid good dividends. The Cariboo Consolidated, Limited, operating on Lowhee Creek, have done well thi sure a full supply of water for the s season. To in- whole season this THE MINING RECORD. 435 ■" company has 'completed a large ditch from Jack of Clubs Creek and Lake. This company's claim on Lightning Creek (Ah Quay) is also reported to be a dividend payer: The Dragon Creek Company's claim on Dragon Creek has also paid the owners a large dividend, as usual. It is said to be one of the best claims in the Barkerville District. Heretofore they have been working through old diggings. -Next year they expect to get through these old workings and still better results are anticipated. The Cariboo Exploration Company, of Burns Creek, paid well this season and its future is said to be assured. It is an hydraulic mine. In 1901 the plant was first operated, mainly, however, in opening the mine. This year, being in readiness, more was accomplished, and the results are supposed to have been very satisfactory. in the future as they are now getting into new gravel ahead of the old workings. This mine is well equipped, has a large bank of gravel and has persevered under great difficulties, and deserves success. On Cunningham Creek several companies are at work fitting up in readiness for active operations next spring. The Thompson, McGregor, Ross Company have, I am informed, prospected their property by shafts, tunnels, etc. They have removed obstructions from the creek below the canyon, straightened the creek, built 'flumes, ditches, etc. These properties are generally supposed to be valuable ones. The Slocan Cariboo Hydraulic Company on Canadian Creek have installed an hydraulic plant and done a lot of work in opening up and proving their mine. The bank increases both in height and value as the work progresses and everything indicates that in the near future the property will be a valuable one. Consolidated Cariboo Hydraulic Mining Co.'s Flume. On Mosquito Creek the Flynn Brothers operated two hydraulic mines during the summer, which yielded handsome dividends as heretofore. The water supply is limited, but the gravel is very rich. The Thistle Company's claims at Eight-Mile Creek have proved to be rich, and they pay good dividends yearly. This company has purchased the Coffee Creek mining claims with their water rights, and this insures an abundant supply of water for the future.. The results from the latter mine has also been very satisfactory. At Wolff Creek Lasell & Co.'s claims paid well. It is an hydraulic and it is well equipped, and has a good water supply. The Waverley Hydraulic on Grouse Creek this year paid a fairly good dividend and much is expected They have a large area ahead to work upon. The Slough Creek, Limited, operating upon the deep gravel on this creek by shaft and tunnel, reached the channel some time ago and remarkably good gravel is said to have been found. The shaft is 362I feet deep all in rock and the tunnel to the channel about 1,100 feet. A considerable amount of water was encountered and the channel was tapped in several places to draw off as much as possible, and every precaution is being taken against accident. The mine is equipped with good hoisting and pumping machinery and the gravel will be treated at the surface. The tunnel is a'so provided with an air lock. The deposit has been prospected with a boring machine, and depth, etc., is definitely known. The Willow River Company, operating on the deep 436 THE MINING RECORD. gravel of Willow River, has resumed work. They lost the old workings and now intend sinking a new shaft through the gravel. They are now erecting shaft houses, cutting ditches, etc., and will be at work during the winter. The shaft is to be a 16x12 double compartment shaft and the latest improved machinery is on its way to the ground. On Lower Lightning Creek the Lightning Creek Gold Gravels and Drainage Company tapped the ancient channel, and it is reported that they found a good prospect. They had an unfortunate accident which will suspend operations for the winter. They ounces of gold in six days and 85 ounces from one sett of timbers, 8-foot cap. These two mines are working on the old channel of Lightning Creek which was very rich, and they rival the production of the earlier days. On most of the above camps there are a number of smaller companies mining, many of which do well for the time they work. Also among the Chinese there are quite a number of good claims on Slough Creek benches and on Nelson, Burns and Cunningham Creeks. All of these claims deserve individual mention, but space will not allow it. mm* Chain Bucket Elevator, Cariboo. are to resume work as soon as machinery can be obtained. On Pleasant Valley Creek a New York company have acquired several leases and are busily engaged erecting buildings, etc., and intend working all winter. Mr. Carny, C.E., has been working on Upper Antler Creek and also on Nugget Gulch, but the results are unknown. The Montgomery claim on Lightning Creek (drifting) is still working on good pay and has taken out a large amount of money. It yielded 78 ounces of gold to the sett 8-foot cap. The Point claim adjoining the Montgomery has also struck very rich gravel. They took out 162 The larger number of mines in the Barkerville District are practically unknown except to their owners and to people in the country. In the aggregate they yield a large amount of gold annually. Last year the output was $279,600, and it is probably more this year. This is not a bad showing for a country which is popularly supposed to be worked out, and the output will steadily increase year by year as more prospects are opened up. On Snowshoe and Keithley Creeks the same remarks apply regarding the shortage in the water supply. In spite, however, of the short season, the mines have yielded more than they did last season (1901). The Smith and Anderson Hydraulic on Snowshoe THE MINING RECORD. 437 Creek has yielded a small dividend. This claim is a good dividend payer, but about three years ago, to improve the dump, the company started to bring up a new cut, and though they expected to do so earlier xhey are now only getting back into the good ground. The Hayward Hydraulic on the same creek worked seven men for a season of 68 days and paid a good dividend. The Ah Que Hydraulic has a company of five and cleaned up over $8,000 for the season's work. Keithley Creek, which has been mined continuously for about forty years, also holds its own. Nearly all This hill channel is about 80 feet above the present water level of Keithley Creek and the deep channel there was 120 feet in depth. In running their tunnel the Onward Company took out quite a lot of very rich gravel which prospected remarkably well and gave an average of $5 for twelve pans of dirt. So far as is known this is a part of the old Keithley Creek hill channel in which there were many gaps. Both it and the deep ground yielded very rich gravel, and it is not unlikely that this ground will yield 50 ounces or more to the sett. The owners are therefore to be congratulated, more especially as they, have a long Chain Bucket Elevator, Cariboo. of the Chinese companies working the shallow ground have made money this season; indeed, six of them made sufficient to leave for China. Pearce & Trowman, owners of the gold flat on Keithley Creek, still continue to take out pay. This ground is worked by drifting from a 52-foot shaft. The new discovery of the hill channel of Keithley Creek at the Onward claim has created quite an excitement. Messrs. Veith & Borland, who are the owners, have for many years been prospecting for this channel, and have spent a lot of money in doing so, and they have now been rewarded for their perseverance. The channel was tapped about 500 feet back from the present creek by running a tunnel. piece of the channel to work upon. The flume, dump house, living houses, etc., are about completed and in a few days they will be at work taking out money. Two other companies are at work prospecting for this channel lower down. At Goose Creek Messrs. Helgesen and Poquettt and the McRae, Hunter, Nelson Company are at work and both are on pay. Spanish Creek is also being worked by three companies. I am unable to give results, but I understand they are on pay. Likely Gulch has not been worked this season, I understand, but it has been purchased by Mr. Hobson, who is likely to open out next season. The Pride of the Lake Company own two leases 438 THE MINING RECORD. above the Golden River Quesnel Company's dam and have a good supply of water. The results for the season are supposed to be good and the mine is generally believed to be rich. Roses Gulch was worked this season and as usual with good results considering the limited supply of water. A permanent supply can be obtained from Spanish Lake. The Consolidated Cariboo Hydraulic Mining Company has, as usual, been at work all season. The supply of water has been very scant and in consequence the results are disappointing. The water has been used mainly in carrying up a bed-rock cut to work the lower gravel in the channel. Electric drills were used for this purpose and they worked successfully. The power is furnished by a dynamo operated either by steam or water power. The same power operates searchlights for the pit and ordinary lights for general use. The new camp, with its well appointed dwelling houses, dining hall, offices, etc., is completed and has been in use all summer. The -results have' been disappointing for this season, but it could not be otherwise with the great scarcity of water. The mine, however, looks remarkably well and the company has uncovered about half a mile of bottom pay gravel which will undoubtedly yield a very large amount of £old. The National Hydraulic Mining Company on Quesnel River below the mouth of the Beaver, have been operating during the season. I understand they opened up from the river and uncovered a portion of the rim between the channel and river. The company are now running a tunnel through this rock rim through which the deep ground will be worked. They have a good supply of water and a good plant. I understand the results this season were satisfactory and when the mine is properly opened up it should be a valuable property. Mr. Millar and others are at work upon a low bench below the above company's ground and they are doing, well. Mr. Drummond has been operating a small dipper dredge upon his dredging leases on Quesnel River which extend up stream from the mouth of the Beaver. The dredge is only useful as a prospecting dredge, but I understand that quite a large amount of ground was tested and that the results Were satisfactory. Messrs. Stephenson, Brodie and Drummond were prospecting all season in the Clearwater country, but I understand that the results were not altogether satisfactory. A considerable amount of prospecting has been done this summer, especially upon the creeks running into Quesnel Lake and several very good prospects were obtained,, but nothing absolute is known yet. Ward's Horsefly Hydraulic Mining Company has been working all season. In the early part of the season I believe they were not very successful, but they soon struck good ground and I am informed that the results for the whole season have been very satisfactory. This company has an abundant supply of water under a pressure of about 350 feet and work an hydraulic elevating plant with great success. They have some very rich gravel. In addition to its placer mines Cariboo District has numerous quartz ledges, but they have so far not received so much attention as they deserve. On Snowshoe Mountain Mr. Howison has been prospecting the Hayward ledge and also other reefs. The Playward ledge (gold) has given very good results and I am informed that his company will open out upon this ledge in the spring. Several other ledges are also being prospected and I am in hopes that this is the beginning of a new era in quartz mining and that more attention will be paid to this branch of mining in the future. There is every prospect that there will be a good snowfall this winter as there is already more snow than is usual for this time of the year, and this, :>f course, means renewed activity in gravel mining next vear and a successful season in 1903. HYDRAULIC MINING IN CASSIAR. OPERATIONS of any importance carried on during the year in this district have been confined to the hydraulic working of Thibert Creek by the Thibert Creek Mining Co., Ltd. This company owns on the creek seven leases of 80 acres each, consolidated, and having a total frontage of 10,500 feet. It was decided last spring to install two additional No. 4 monitors, two new 12-inch water-gates, and 600 feet of 12-inch pipe, but notwithstanding that all possible despatch was used in transporting this machinery to the mine, before the installation was made .nearly a month had been lost out of the working season, and washing was not commenced until June 25th. Ground was then blocked out in the different pits by running off the top dirt, the intention being to take; up the bottom later in the season. The block of ground between Nos. 1 and 2 pits gave in 1901- some considerable trouble by sliding. This slipping was caused by a modern side-gulch, which here crosses the old river channel, and thus cut away the top gravels, depositing in their place an accumulation of boulder clay and frozen mud. The management was, of course, aware of the treacherous nature of this portion of the ground, and in mining it, by side-cutting, considerable caution was exercised. Nevertheless it subsequently proved, that an insufficient quantity of the upper surface was not removed, for towards the close of August, the whole of the deposit, containing thousands of tons of boulder clay and mud, slipped down into the mine, completely filling No. 1 and No. 2 pits and covering three monitors, two gate- valves and about 400 feet of pipe, besides taking out the three lower sluice boxes in No. 2 pit. This certainly happened in the most unfortunate time of the season, for, had the slide come earlier, there would still have been time to clean it out and perhaps for a good run on the bottom gravels; or, if later, a big portion of the bottom could have been cleaned up, THE MINING RECORD. 439 instead of as now having to leave this over for another season. As the first work to be done was to remove this debris, extricate machinery and pipe, re-set boxes, etc., only a limited number of men could be thus employed most of the men were, paid off, a sufficient number only being retained for this work and to make preparations for next spring's operations. It was fortunately found that none of the machinery had been destroyed by the slide, and the actual damage was therefore small. But the loss of the season's work was'a great disappointment. The slide, however, was a benefit to this extent, that the top deposit, which slipped, would sooner or later have had to be removed and this therefore disposes effectually for a number of After two years' trial, the under-currents have beer taken out, as they show only i per cent, of the recovery from the sluices, and this will not pay for their making or keeping them in running order. It is safe to say that the first two boxes (24 feet) give 85 per cent to 90 per cent, of the total gold recovered in the sluices, and this is caused by an exceptionally good and heavy quality of gold, making it so easy to save. Although this in hydraulic mining is a very great advantage, this characteristic on the other hand has a tendency to "rob the sluices," so that a very large percentage settles in the rock cuts and in all the crevices on bed-rock, and is not recovered until the latter is picked up and cleaned. The flume, which caused so much trouble last year by settling and con- illiiPlli The Latest Method of Walking in the Atlin District. years of the most difficult portion of the ground to be mined, as nowhere else do the same conditions of boulder clay and mud exist, nor have many places along the whole of the 10,500 feet of channel such a large overlie of debris as the company has had here to contend with. Where the top is gravel, as in pits | and 4, and also now after the removal of the debris from pits 1 and 2, the banks are all that could be desired with a view to economical mining, as they stand up at an almost perpendicular angle. Two new pits, with rock cuts and necessary sluice boxes, have been opened up this year, and two monitors are now placed so that a fifth can easily be opened thus making five different openings from which to wash gravel. sequent leakage, has now found a solid and permanent foundation, and during all summer it has been necessary to turn off the water for only ten hours for repairs. , From the work done this season it is now known that the bottom between Nos. 1 and 2 pits is very good, and as good gravels have been found in pit No. 3 it proves that the rich paystreak found in earlv days in the original old pit continues all the way down the channel. In pit No. 3 a bank 130 feet high,- of top gravels, discovered last year, was worked this season, and although it was impossible to keep this separate from the bottom, a very small portion of the latter was taken up. The returns from this pit show that the top here will at least pay running expenses. 440 THE MINING RECORD. leaving the gravels in the bottom as a profit. With bottom is understood the lower strata of gravels, 12 to 20 feet thick. Of course, until the bottom is taken out not much gold can be recovered—firstly, because most of the pay lies in these gravels, and secondly because the gold in the top gravels settles in the bottom ones when the former are caved and dropped on the latter. It is exceedingly difficult to judge what proportion, exactly, of the bottom was taken out when the slide came and stopped operations, but it is safe to say that only one-sixth of what was laid out for this season was washed out. There was no bedrock or cuts cleaned up, and a great deal of gold was always visible after each day's washing—sometimes almost as much as found its way down into the sluices. Occasionally a small portion of bottom gravel was washed down, but there was no serious attempt to take this out until about the middle of August, the intention being to devote the rest of the season up to October ioth to taking up bottom and cleaning bedrock and. cats. The company had, therefore, been working for only a very short time, say about 10 or 12 days, when it became necessary to close down. Up to this time the result of the season's run was $5,000, without cleaning . cuts or bed-rock. By actual measurements we washed last year 3.57 cubic yards of gravel per miner's inch, which for 69,200 cubic yards returned 11 cents per yard. This year the company used and would have continued using on an average 650 miner's inches of water per day, and woulddiave had 100 days washing. This would have made for the whole season 65,000 miner's inches used, and 3.57 cubic yards per miner's inch, 232,050 cubic yards of gravel washed. It is quite safe to say that this year's gravel is of a better quality than last year's, and that with the larger monitor the efficiency of the miner's inch is greater; so that probably more than 3.57 cubic yards per inch was handled. The season's operations have shown that gravel of a low grade, if economically washed, can here be mined at a good profit. A glance backwards to the time three years ago,- when this enterprise was first started, might here be proper, as it will give an idea how the mine through prospecting has developed in size from what was first expected it would be:— The whole of the leaseholds, 10,500 feet along Thibert Creek, is by the nature of the ground divided into three distinct parcels: The first from the mouth of Berry Creek to Boulder Creek; the second from Boulder Creek to Five-Mile Creek, and the third from Five-Mile Creek to the end of the leases. Roughly speaking, each one of these portions consists of about one-third of the total 10,500 feet. On the first portion a certain amount of prospecting and all the work in the line of development has been carried on. On the second only prospecting work, and on the third portion nothing has as yet been done, When work was first started the width of the old channel was calculated to be .150 feet, whereas the company has already crossed about 250 feet of it and so far have not reached the centre. The channel lies here on a very sloping side-hill, and as a consequence this increased width has given increased height, so that in place of 60 feet as. expected the bank is now 130 feet. This is rather the highest portion of the channel, and towards Boulder it decreases considerably, so that it can be estimated at "100 to 120 feet high and probably 400 to 500 feet wide. The value of this deposit has already been demonstrated. We have, then, here in this block about 7,000,000 cubic yards of gravel at about 12 cents per yard. The second portion of the channel, from Boulder Creek to Five-Mile, is not a side-hill like the first portion, but almost flat and considerably lower, not exceeding, say 66 feet high and between 300 and 400 feet wide. The prospecting here gave better results than the portion where work is now in progress. The returns from 688 cubic yards were $533, or yy\ cents per yard, this being from bed-rock and up for 20 feet, or about one- third of the bank. On the third block no prospecting has been done. The ground here is more in the nature of the first portion and contains certainly as much gravel as this latter. In earlier days drift diggings were carried on both from the Five-Mile end and and from the lower end. In those days, wages were, about $6.00 per day per man, and both places then paid well. Five-Mile, where the pay was especially good, had to be abandoned because the miners were drifting down stream and could of course not get grade for drainage; and at the lower end, after working about five years without any proper appliances for ventilation, the air got foul and necessitated a suspension of work. NOTES FROM THE ATLIN DISTRICT, BRITISH COLUMBIA.* (By W. M. Brook.) I LEFT Atlin,-British Columbia, October 3; navigation closed this year on the lakes and on the Upper Yukon about November 3. The Atlin District produced this past (mining) season over $500,000 in coarse-gold. There have not been more than 800 miners employed. The official statement will be ready for publication possibly by another month. The increased (gold) production this year was due to the hydraulic mines on Boulder, Pine and McKee Creeks. Last year companies operating on these streams were installing their improvements and. opening up their mines. The statement given below from Count E. Janne De Lamare, of Paris, general manager of the Societe Miniere de la Colombia Britannique, De Lamare Syndicate, on- Boulder Creek, Atlin, B.C., was furnished me one year ago, when I visited this valuable property and saw their immense pay streak exposed. "The bed-rock had been struck September 25 last on the hydraulic property of the De Lamare Syndicate, at a depth of 45 feet. The season was too late and the water supply too low to realize on the excel- From the Engineering and Alining Journal. THE MINING RECORD. 441 lent prospects. But there is satisfaction in knowing exactly upon what the company will begin operations next spring. '"The pay on bed-rock from panning goes as high as $5 to the pan, and the gold is very coarse. The bed-rock layer of the pay gravel taken from a shaft of 18 feet deep sunk in a tunnel of 50 feet west of the fHime, and in the supposed centre of the creek channel gave from $40 to $50 to the cubic yard. The 12-foot thickness of pay gravel is therefore estimated to yield not less than $15 to the cubic yard, a figure that promises to place this proposition among the first rank once the point is reached, from which the whole pay streak can be piped into the sluice boxes. I was in Atlin, Mr. Melwin, the superintendent of the aboye-named mine, delivered in Atlin, from his weekly clean-up, gold dust which gave the mine an average of over $1,000 per day. This demonstrated the accuracy of De Lamare's estimates furnished one year ago. Superintendent Melwin tells me that their operations have been greatly retarded by the tailings from individual miners above them. About 150 miners have been engaged in hand-sluicing on Upper Boulder Creek. The Pine Creek Power Company, under the management of F. T. Blunck, of Davenport, Iowa, has made a very good showing this year from their hydraulic mines on Pine. From 30 to 50 men were Hydraulic Mining in Atlin. Photo by Muirhead Bros. "The intention of the company is to sink to bed-rock in the channel some 500 feet lower down stream than the face of the present workings. "From this point of commencement drift will be run to work out the intervening pay, the grade at its disposal not permitting this initial portion of the ground to be otherwise worked. "These operations will commence now and go on all winter. "The season work of this property has been largely of a preparatory nature, the results from which have proved highly satisfactory the successful development of the- proposition along the lines adopted this year tjeing assured." During the month of September, this season, while employed by this company all season. They are using 3,000 miners' inches.of water under 140 to 60 feet of fall for pressure.. There are very few individual miners left on Pine Creek. On Willow and Gold Run, both parallel channels, forming part of the Pine pay streak, there are a number of miners engaged in hand sluicing. On the latter channel it is from-30 to 35 feet to bed-rock. The miners have experienced considerable difficulty in working this ground, because of water leaking into their shafts. Steam hoists and centrifugal pumps are being used successfully, and several more will- be shipped in next vear. J. F. Deeks, of Toronto, has a large tract of rich .442 THE MINING RECORD. placer ground on Pine just above the extensive properties under control-of the Pine Creek Power Company. Mr. Deeks has made some big clean-ups this year. In September he had a large force of men at work constructing a ditch conveying about 1,500 miners' inches of water from Surprise Lake, the source of Pine, along the benches of the stream, which is for the purpose of supplying the Gold Run miners and his own claims. The ditch will be about four miles long. R. D. Featherstonehaugh, general manager of the Nimrod Syndicate, of London, England, in which company'Lord Ernest Hamilton is heavily'interested, has hydraulic mines on McKee Creek. Mr. Brewer has given the Journal a very good description of this mine in a former article. This season's work has yielded the company over $40,000, giving them very good^profits, especially when it is to be considered that the mine was just started last year. Messrs. Christopher & Hawkins have a large area of rich placer ground on McKee Creek, just below and on both sides, joining the property of the Nimrod Syndicate, which will be worked next year. Some, hand sluicing' was done on McKee above and near discovery claim. The. miners have made very:good wages. A half.ounce to two ounces per. day to the man was not an uncommon thing. In speaking of McKee, I find from investigation that the main pay streak where the heaviest gold is found, runs through and under the bench claims, this being shown by prospects in a tLtnnel running in 100 feet under the bench from the creek; and when those benches running parallel with the creek are fully developed and worked an output of gold far in excess of anything produced in the present workings of the creek will be realized. This property .for over three miles is owned by Christopher & Hawkins, who have a plant now on the ground ready to be installed early in the spring, soon enough to catch the first early water, they having already graded their supply flume, which will enable them to make quick work for spring. This will add another valuable producing mine to our district. The most extensive area of rich placer ground in the Atlin District may be found on Spruce Creek. There has been great deal of development work done on this stream during the past season, covering a distance of 12 miles, with Very satisfactory results. The Columbia Hydraulic Mining Company is operating on Spruce above Discovery claim. Their improvements have cost $75,000. This- is a Chicago company. Senator Mason is president and A. A. Johnson general manager. They have completed the installation of a modern hydraulic plant, and the manager reports that the mine is now on a paying basis. Their main pipe line from pressure box is 30-inch heavy steel, with 40-inch intake and 200 feet of fall for pressure. . On this part of the creek referred to where the company began to operate there was a large mass of huge boulders. In order to get a good dump and start the bed-rock flume on sufficient grade the boul ders had to be removed. The Columbia Company has had in operation all season one of the largest derricks in the North. It is manufactured by.Handee, of San Francisco. Capacity, 10 tons. The derrick has given perfect satisfaction; it is operated by a 3- foot hurdy-gurdy waterwheel, using 40 miners' inches of water under pressure. When in use boulders weighing from one to eight tons were moved with a 66-foot boom every three minutes. Below Discovery claim on Spruce the Consolidated Spruce Creek Placers,Ltd., Seattle, Wash., has control of four miles of the creek, where most of the gold from the stream has that far been taken. Charles L. Denny, of Seattle; is president of this corporation, and W. M. Brook is the general manager. This company has been acquiring more rights on the creek this year, and preparations are being made for the construction of a modern hydraulic plant giving the mine a capacity of 3,000 to 4,000 cubic yards per day. The average length of the mining season is-140 days. Mr. J. H. Brownlee has incorporated a company with $100,000 capital to work Otter Creek ground. Some $10,000 worth of mining machinery has been secured,and it is being moved on the property. Next season this new company will have a hydraulic plant in operation, using 12-inch, 14-inch and 16-inch pipe under 200 or more feet of pressure, piping down gravel banks where several thousand in coarse gold has been washed, averaging better than $1 per cubic yard. Air. Switzer, manager of the British American Dredging Company, has formed his company in Philadelphia with $2,000,000 capital with the intention of operating machinery on their Pine Creek Placer ground. Mr. Robinson, representing the Eastern stockholders, was in Atlin this year looking over the property with the engineer. He expressed himself as being highly pleased with their prospects. Considerable attention has been given to the development of quartz claims in our district. On Pine Creek J. M. Ruffner has had under bond this year the Rock of Ages from Dr. H. B. Runnals, of Skagway, Alaska, and associates. Thirty tons milled from a 60- foot shaft on this claim averaged over $12'per ton. Mr. Ruffner and partner, E. N. Banon, are doing development work on the Yellow Jacket claim just above the Rock of Ages, preparatory to the erection of a stamp mill next year. Herbert P. Pearse, late general manager of the Pilbarra Goldfields, Limited, Western Australia, is manager of the Imperial Mines in Atlin on Munro Mountain. I was in their 600 feet of tunnel and crosscuts, and saw veins of free-milling quartz exposed. Mr. Pearse has a five-stamp mill located nearby to prospect the mine. He states that the quartz averages about $io per ton. He seems to be well satisfied that they have a sufficient body of pay quartz to justify the erection of a ten-stamp mill. He will want this ma- chinerv next year. On Engineer group of mines, 20 miles distant from Atlin southwest of Taku Arm, a ten-stamp mill is being put up. W. B. King, assistant auditor White THE MINING RECORD. 443 Pass Railroad, is president; Mr. Gard, secretary. There is a big vein of ore exposed by the tunnels and cross-cuts. I have seen the assay receipts from several tons of ore treated, and from these returns I am satisfied that this is the most valuable quartz property being worked in Atlin. A majority of the stock in this mine has been held by citizens of Skagway, Alaska. Mr. J. A. Fraser, the new Gold Commissioner, is proving himself to be well qualified to fill the position. In order to promote the general welfare of the miners and encourage legitimate mining, protecting the titles of those who have rights granted by the Government, Mr. Fraser is sparing neither time nor energy. In the long run, this policy will insure to the Provincial Government the largest revenue. The White Pass & Yukon Railway has 'given the Atlin miners very good service this year. The fare to Skagway has been reduced to $20, with an occas- locations had been recorded, and only a few had knowledge of the discovery. It is quite possible that Juneaii, Alaska, will profit by this discovery, because the Taku route can compete with the White Pass for the business of the new district. VANCOUVER ISLAND AND COAST DISTRICTS. THIS year very important mining developments have taken place on Vancouver Island, chief among which should be mentioned the completion of the construction of the Crofton ,and Ladysmith smelting works. A description of the former undertaking has already been published in the Min-' ing Record. Actual operations were started at the Ladysmith works last month (December). The ore is brought, from the Tyee mines by means of an aerial Construction work at the Ladysmith Smelter. ..—«---. ..^ *- * • •■■ ional excursion rate of $12. The fare from Seattle to Skagway, Alaska, is $30 first class, including board and stateroom on all the steamship lines. Freight rates on mining machinery from Seattle to Atlin, $60 per ton by weight. There was a scarcity of miners in Atlin this last year. Wages range from $3 to $5 per day and board. Because of sharp competition between the Atiin Lake Lumber Company and Dr. Troughten's mill rough lumber was sold this season for $20 and $25 per thousand. This reduction has been of great service to the miners of the district. "Mr. McGee, discoverer of McKee Creek, has made a new discovery some 40 miles or more distant from Atlin eastward on a stream flowing into the Taku. This creek has been described to me by one of the party as being as large as Pine. Prospects from $3 to $5 to the pan have been already found. Mr. McGee had three tons of provisions moved over halfway to the new strike when I left in October. No tramway, which dumps the ore into the bins at Station's Crossing. There it is loaded directly into the cars on the E. & X. Railway and conveyed to the smelter at Ladysmith. The ore bins lie some little distance north of the townsite of Ladysmith, and are situated on high ground. The roasting bins are splendidly arranged for receiving the ore from this storage bin. Five parallel tramways are elevated six feet above the level of the ground, devoted to the roasting process. These tramways are about 30 or 40 feet apart. Connecting these parallel lines is a bridge which can slide to any place throughout the length of the intervening spaces. The cars are dumped while moving across the bridge. In this way the roast heaps are deposited with a minimum of handling. The methods adopted for transferring the ore after roasting to the smelter bins are also worthy of remark. Trenches about four feet below the level of the bottom of the roast piles are excavated so that the roasted ore is easily 444 THE MINING RECORD. loaded into the cars. The smelter itself is about 300 yards nearer to the town than the roasting bins. It is a very complete plant, capable of handling about 200 tons daily, but has been so planned that the capacity can be readily increased at any time. Mining in the Mount Sicker district has been very active, and considerable installments of machinery have been made at the principal mines. At the Tyee, large ore reserves have been opened up, and the mine is in a very promising condition. Shipments aggregating 275 tons were shipped this year for test purposes to the Tacoma smelter, the returns being 8 per cent, copper, $5 gold and five ounces silver per ton. The Lenora mine during the year shipped to the Tacoma smelter 1,943 tons of No. 1 ore, and to the Crofton smelter 643 tons of No. 1. and 11,915 tons of No. 2 ore. The property has been further considerably developed, the principal work including the sinking of a double compartment shaft to a depth of six ore cars were also purchased, and a large ocean dock was built at Crofton, a townsite having been plotted there, since when a promising little town with several good buildings and a population of several hundreds has sprung into existence. The Copper Canyon group, owned by the Mounts Sicker and Brenton Mining Co., has also been developed with encouraging results, and during the year a five-drill compressor plant, 40-h. p. boiler and hoist were installed at the mines. Another important occurrence was the discovery and development of promising mineral at East Sooke, about 1,000 tons of copper-gold ore having been taken out in the course of development operations. On the West Coast of Vancouver Island conditions have been less favourable. A small shipment of 150 tons of ore was made from the Monitor mine, on the Alberni Canal, in the spring, but since then operations have been suspended. The Hayes mines in the same locality, Tyee Ore Bins, Ladysmith, capacity 1,600 tons. 180 feet, from the'floor of the No. 2 level to a point, about a hundred feet below No. 3 level. At this point the formation showed no change, but a large amount of mineralized rock was passed through, and the showing was such as to warrant the belief that the top of another ore chute has been reached. At the present time there are two chutes of ore that have not been stoped, one of high grade ore between tunnels Nos 2 and 3, and the other between the same levels, a body of' ore of the grade usually found in the Lenora mine. The machinery installed during the year include a five-drill compressor, 16-inch cylinders, manufactured by Holman Bros., of Camborne, Cornwall, and a rubber-belt sorting table, with crusher and elevators. The company also completed five and a half miles of railway and sidings and built a trestle 800 feet long, being part of the system over which ore is carried from the mine to the smelter at Crofton. Another 20-ton locomotive and after shipping 2,000 tons early in the year, were closed down in consequence of differences of opinion among the owners, but recently work has been resumed. The exploratory work on the Golden Eagle has been steadily continued, and important developments are reported to have been made in the Kennedy Lake Camp, where fissure veins of gold bearing quartz to the value of about $30 per ton, were first discovered in 1898. Operations on the Rose Marie were, however, suspended, no further attention being paid to the district until this year, when new discoveries were made, and test shipments of ore sent to the Crofton smelter. Work has also been resumed this year at the New York mine, on Bear River, at the head of Bedwell Sound. The iron occurrences at Gordon River and at Serita and Copper Island on Barclay Sound have attracted further attention and the exploratory work that has been in progress has resulted in the exposure of very considerable ore 446 THE MINING RECORD. bodies, ln the north of the Island, at Quatsino Sound, exceptionally promising deposits of copper ore have been opened up on the Comstock and other groups. An aerial tramway has been installed from the Comstock mine to the beach, and the property has been extensively developed. During the summer two shipments of ore were made, one to Tacoma and one to the Ladysmith smelter and the returns from the ore taken from open cuts were eminently satisfactory. The owners have contracted to supply the smelters with a large tonnage for the coming year. On Texada Island, the Van Anda mines have passed under the control of an English syndicate. The Cornell mine has been thoroughly exploited, the shaft has been continued down to the 360-foot level, and a drift run to the 160-foot level in the old quarry hole, an extensive body of ore having been thus opened up. On the 360-foot level the same ore bodies The iron mines on Texada Island have been in continuous operation during the year, and the ore shipped to the Irondale furnace near Port Townsend, Washington. The pig iron here produced has found a ready market in San Francisco and other manufacturing- centre on the Pacific Coast. THE KAMLOOPS MINING DISTRICT. (By Chris. Outhett, A R.C.Sc. (London.) fHE Kamloops camp is situated to the southwest ■*• of the city. Its principal mines lie in a belt of basic granitic rocks commencing three miles south of Kamloops and crossing the country in a northwesterly direction. The granitic belt is about six miles in length and at its widest part, nearly three miles wide. The granitic rocks are in contact with the Nicola for- Shaft House—Tvee Mine have been encountered as those developed by the former management at the 260-foot level. The present policy is to thoroughly develop the mines and block out ore reserves before production is resumed. The Marble Bay mine here has been in steady operation during the year, having been acquired by the. Tacoma Steel Co. A gravity tramway has been built from the mine to the wharf, and the ore which has been accumulating on the dumps since the mine was first opened has been shipped. Development work has been continued on the Golden Slipper claim—a gold-bearing quartz ore, and work has also been in progress on the Volunteer group. There is a likelihood of a resumption of operations on the Surprise and Silver Tip next spring. On these properties shafts have been sunk to a depth of between two and three hundred feet and test shipments made therefrom some years aero. mation to the south and overlaid by a belt of Tertiary age on the north. The elevation of the area is between 2,000 and 3,500 feet above sea level. The area is for. the most part covered with glacial drift with the exception of two bold escarpments. The outcrops of the igneous rocks are scattered over the area, rendering considerable surface work necessary in following up mineral exposures. Several dykes cut the granitic rocks, one on the east end of the camp starting on the Python group, passing through the Hecla and Kimberley eastwards for over two miles. Thin dyke is kaolinised and of a reddish colour due. to decomposed iron pyrites. In the west end of the camp in the vicinity and northwest of Sugar Loaf Hill, a number of magnetite deposits occur. Some have a width of over twenty- five feet, but little work has been done on them. Eventually it may be found that the veins bear some THE MINING RECORD. 447 relation to these dykes, as most of the veins are in the vicinity of one or other of them. In this district the ore is primarily chalcopyrite, on some properties associated with magnetite, on others with pyrites; more or less calcite occurring in all the veins; quartz is very sparingly distributed. On the Copper King, which is outside the main copper belt, a mile and a half from the Glen Iron mine, the ore is bornite with chalcopyrite and some bands of grey copper in a felsitic gangue. This property carries Falls on the Kootenay River. higher gold values than is general in the district. In a shipment of a car of ore running 20 per cent, of copper, an ounce of gold per ton was returned. Whilst the mines of the copper belt are able to make occasional shipments of high grade ore to the Kootenay smelters, they have large bodies of low-grade ores and the success of the camp depends upon local treatment facilities being provided. At least two companies have this provision under consideration. During the year the shaft on the Iron Mask has been continued to a .depth of 520 feet. In all over 2,100 feet of work has been done on the property. The mine has been opened up with levels 100 feet apart. The year's development work has been satisfactory. Early in the spring a few carloads of ore were shipped to the Granby smelter which returned 12 per cent, of copper. Shipments ceased with the fall in the price of copper. Twenty to thirty men have been employed throughout the year. Sixty to 200 gallons of water, per minute, are raised from the mine by a Northy duplex compound station pump which lifts direct from the 500-foot level. The remaining plant consists of three 50-h.p. boilers, a four-drill air compressor; a gasoline engine is used for hoisting purposes. The Inland Smelting Company was incorporated during February with a capitalization of $7,500,000 to acquire the Python group of claims and the Home- stake group, Adams Lake, a total of sixteen claims. The company has purchased and made two payments upon the mission grounds of 600 acres, upon which it is proposed to build their smelter, also 160 acres one mile south of the mission grounds, and on the border of the granitic area where sampling works and reserve ore bins will be erected. The sampling works will be connected with the smelter by a trolley tram. The Homestake group contains a very large body of low-grade lead ore with some high-grade )ld ana silver ores in a gangue of baryta and quartz. The Chieftain Copper Mines, a Detroit company who last year purchased the Chieftain group at a good figure, failed to renew their free miner's certificate on the 31st day of May, in consequence of which they lost their property. The Pothook, Python and Kimberley Companies' properties were closed down the whole year. Representatives of the Kimberley Company have purchased the Copper King, near Cherry Creek and arrangements are well under way for opening up these properties. The local company owning the Tenderfoot on Copper Creek, have done over 200 feet of work it the 100-foot level on an ore body twenty feet wide.. The ore is bornite in a porphyritic gangue and nearly ninety tons of ore on the dump awaiting local treatment facilities. The Cherry Creek Copper King Mines, Ltd., a local development company, have purchased the O. K. group which is situate midwayjse- tween the Iron Mask and the Python. Operations will be commenced in early spring. For 1902 the output of the Glen Iron Mine has been over 3,300 long tons of magnetite which was shipped to the Nelson.and Trail smelters for fluxing purposes. C. P. R. Bridge Near Nelson. The ore was obtained by stoping above a 20D foot tunnel on the vein on over twenty feet of solid magnetite. The output is the largest in the history of the mine. The property of the Hardie Cinnabar Company, a London company formed during the year, is on Hardie Mountain, four miles north of Kamloops Lake. Joseph Luce, M.E., of Salt Lake City, is in charge of operations. Over 1,000 feet of work has been done in four cross-cut tunnels. No. 1 tunnel is near the foot of the mountain and the others at intervals 448 THE MINING RECORD. of 250 feet. A nominal crew of men is at present employed. Buildings to the value of $2,000 have been put up including a bunk-house with accommodation for twenty men. A shaft 20 feet deep has been sunk, on the Toonkwa, a promising cinnabar prospect, twelve miles south of Savonas. The average across the shaft is between two and a half and three per cent, of mercury. The ore occurs in a dyke 40 feet wide. The bucket dredge on the North Thompson River did not prove the success anticipated, the gold where the dredge was placed being limited to the upper few inches of river sands. The dredge company then secured two dredging leases on Tranquille Creek whether the dredge was moved, a distance of over twenty-five miles by river. The. creek has been well prospected by shafts and panning, the results proving A Glimpse of the Upper Bonnington Falls. satisfactory. The dredge has been closed clown a considerable part of the season for repairs and on account of the shortage of water. Whilst running it may be said to have been successful even when working over shallow auriferous gravels towards their best ground. During one run of a fortnight, over $1,000 in gold was recovered. The Empire Development Company have acquired several leases on the Tertiary areas north of the copper be't, and two to six miles west of the town. The coal formation is partially cut through by a creek two miles south of Kamloops. Several years ago -an at- temot was made at exploration on this exposure, but little was accomplished as nearly all the work was done on the dip of the strata, at this point consisting of thin seams of coal and clay, the thickest seam of coa1 bein-- not more than twelve inches. The Devel opment company propose to bore with a diamond drill near the Thompson River, where the Tertiary area has a greater development. Bore holes in this vicinity will determine if a workable seam of coal here exists. The coal is bituminous, of a good.quality and gives a firm coke. T THE BIG BEND DISTRICT. (Front our own Correspondent.) HE resources of this district are such as are bound before very long to make its name widely known to the mining world. The Big Bend District has not been extensively advertised owing, perhaps, to. the difficulties hitherto existing in the matter of transportation. The city of Revelstoke lies on the Columbia River at the junction of the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway with its Arrowhead branch, and forms the gateway to the vast territory comprised in the name "The Big Bend." Revelstoke has never been subjected to the pernicious influences of a "boom," as a result of which it has certainly never been overrated, and perhaps for this reason has not been as generally brought before the public as other much less substantial towns. During the last few years it has enjoyed prosperity, and steadily progressed until today it is one of the most thriving towns in the interior of the Province. The past summer has seen marked strides in the shape of several new residences, handsome brick buildings, and other improvements. It enjoys a considerable pay roll, owing to the C.P.R. workshops, lumber mills, and mining to a small but' steadily increasing extent. Its citizens have pinned their faith on the Big Bend District, being heavily interested in it, and for some years have been steadily developing its great mineral resources. The Columbia River leaves the main line of the C. P. R. at Beaver Mouth, flowing northerly for a hundred miles or so; it then takes a complete bend to the south (hence the name Big Bend given to the district) and crosses the C. P. R. again at Revelstoke. The district is over one hundred miles in length, indeed, inc'uding the Canoe River, it is two hundred miles in length. In the past transportation has been by means of trail, but efforts made by the citizens of Revelstoke last year were rewarded in having a fine steamboat making regular trips to Laporte all summer, Laporte being some fifty miles north of Revelstoke. At this point navigation is interrupted by Death Rapids, which at present are impassible, but it is hoped that this may be overcome by improvements to the river bed. The Dominion Government are working to this end and have now a crew of men emoloyed on improving the channel. In any event the difficulties of Death Rapids can be overcome by a tramway, and from that point there is continuous nagivation to the mouth of Canoe River, which flows into the Columbia River at the point where it takes bend to the south, and, besides, navigation is good for many miles up Canoe River. It is contemplated that a steamer will be plying on this upper river in the summer of THE MINING RECORD. 49 1903, thus making the country easily accessible for 150 miles north of Revelstoke. It is unnecessary to state that the timber resources alone of such a large tract of territory are of inestimable value. The axe was first applied to these virgin forests in the summer of 1902 when there was considerable activity in this line. The advent of the steamboat rendered it possible to ship up large supplies for the winter, and was taken advantage of by the people of Revelstoke to establish here permanent lumber camps.. There are at present upwards of a hundred men employed in the Big Bend District. While the development of mining properties has necessarily been slow, it has been more or less steady, and some properties of great promise have received considerable attention. These are too numerous to describe in detail in this brief sketch and indeed only a few of the most im- Carnes Creek Consolidated Gold Mines, of Revelstoke. This property is also in a fair stage of development, upwards of $20,000 having been expended upon it and gives great promise. The ore is arsenical iron carrying gold, considerable bodies having been exposed. There is also a small copper vein developed to some extent. The ore has been tested and found capable of treatment by the cyanide process. Situated near the Roseberry group are the Shaw group and the J. & L. group, properties of considerable promise, but on which very little work has been done at present. South again on Laforme Creek some nineteen miles north of Revelstoke, considerable work has been done showing valuable deposits of ore. The chief of these properties are the McCallum group, the Adair group and the properties of the Double Eagle Mining Company. Downie Creek flows into the Columbia River from the East about 45 miles The Columbia River, Revelstoke. portant ones can be named. The most highly developed property is what is known as the Standard group, lying in the Standard basin, some six miles west of the Columbia River. On this property upwards^ of twelve hundred feet of work has been done, exposing large bodies of copper ore at different points.^ The ore has been cross-cut at several places showing in places from five to eight feet in width of copper ore. It is said that five and a half tons of this ore will make a ton of 60 per cent, copper matte. This property is owned by the Prince Mining and Development Company of Revelstoke. It is being worked all winter, a tunnel being now driven to tap the leads at a much greater depth. When this tunnel is completed the property will be in a high state of development.. Lying about five miles southeasterly of the Standard group is the Roseberry group belonging to the north of Revelstoke. On each side of Downie Creek development has been carried on to a'considerable extent. The Keystone group shows large deposits of high-grade galena, as does also the Silver Shield group. Rich gold carbonates have also been discovered on Keystone Mountain. On the north side of Downie Creek a remarkable copper property has been located. Nature has here been generous in assisting in development, the lead over the length of four claims being cut by six slides. Three of these slides in particular show the ledge to be over twenty-five feet wide carrying beautiful ore. The slides have in places disclosed a depth of from 100 to 200 feet on the ore, and show a continuous vein for the length of four claims (6,000 feet) in places exposing valuable copper ore to a remarkable degree. The ore here is similar to that of the Standard group. 450 THE MINING RECORD. Then farther north above Goldstream, flowing into the Columbia from the east, some 60 miles north of Revelstoke, lies the Ground Hog basin. Here as yet but little work has been done, but that performed gives great promise of the existence of large bodies of free milling ore. Lying yet again north large deposits of mica have been discovered. The mica is of the best quality and very large in size, the veins being clearly defined. Considerable prospecting work has been done from time to time with good results. The lack of transportation facilities has been an almost insurmountable drawback, but with a steamer plying above Death Rapids this will be overcome. There are several other properties receiving attention by prospectors and individual miners. For some time past placer mining has been carried on to a considerable extent. A few miners working individually the year round make good pay with poor facilities. The Duquesne Mining Company is carrying on extensive operations on Smith Creek, opposite Goldstream, and have a fully equipped plant. The company employs some twenty men. There are other placer properties on which work is being done, situate on Smith Creek, French Creek, McCullough Creek and Camp Creek, all about sixty miles from Revelstoke, coarse gold being from .time to time brought into town from these properties. The Revelstoke and McCullough Creek Hydraulic Mining Company has recently been incorporated to acquire the Ophir and other adjoining placer leases on McCullough Creek. Work on the Ophir was discontinued owing to litigation for several years, but this now is happily ended. Large quantities of gold have been taken from this ground. The new company intend installing a hydraulic plant in the spring. The lack-of capital and proper transportation facilities has been the great drawback to the development of the vast resources of this district. The steamer has to a large extent solved the transportation problem and it must now be only a question of a very short time when capital on a large scale will discover and take hold of the opportunities offered by this rich district. The Big Bend will then occupy its proper place among the productive mining sections of the Province. TROUT LAKE MINING DIVISION. the year's mining operations. (By A. H. Holdich, R.S.M,) THE Trout Lake Mining Division is a very irregularly shaped tract of country in the Lardeau District of British Columbia, taking its name from the Lake itself, which is, roughly speaking, some twenty miles long and from one to three miles wide, and is so called from the abundance of excellent fish found in it. This lake serves as a reservoir for all the numerous creeks that pour ceaselessly down the mountain sides into it, and m turn it discharges through the Lardeau River into the north end of Kootenay Lake. The formation of the district is chiefly schist in all its various altered conditions, but bands of quartz are frequently met with, and .running from southeast to northwest (acting practically as a boundary) is the well known big lime belt that forms the '"Divide" between Trout Lake and Duncan River. As may be expected, the general character of the country is extremely mountainous, with vast forests of hemlock, fir, and cedar (though not so much of that as one ascends) clothing the sides of the hills and giving an aspect of perpetual verdure, but rendering prospecting for minerals almost impossible. This undoubtedly accounts for the fact that so far all the best prospects which are likely to become mines have been located above or near the timber line and consequently are not very accessible, though of course if the property after development shows itself to be valuable capital can usually be interested to build tramways and erect such other machinery as may be needed. This has occurred at the Nettie L., Silver Cup and Triune mines, all of which are building tramways to facilitate the handling of their ore; and in addition it is very gratifying to report that the Nettie L. has already put in a complete plant for mining by the aid of compressed air, and that the Silver Cup is preparing" to do the same thing. This is the first installation of mining machinery in the district and will undoubtedly exercise an immense influence in opening up our wonderful ore bodies, to the ultimate benefit of the shareholders. It is well wprthy of note that the gold values in most of the properties are increasing as more work is done, and though it is apparently not in free milling condition, yet it adds considerably to the value of the ore and may easily turn a loss into a profit at that much abused (not without reason) institution, the smelter. The small Vulcan smelter erected here last summer has unfortunately not proved a success; at least it has not been in blast since the first trial. Some doubts were expressed at the beginning as to its being adapted to treat our rich silver-lead ores though most probably it is well suited for low-grade copper ore, but that class of mineral is not known to exist in quantity in the district, and any furnace capable of handling the average Lardeau ore economically would do a good business. The only mines that have been shipping any quantity of ore are the Nettie L., Silver Cup, and Triune; the amount of high-grade ore bei'ng about 800 tons from the Nettie L. during the last twelve months and some 300 tons from the Cup in the last four months. Returns from the Triune are not yet available. In addition small sample shipments of a few tons have been made from many of the smaller and less developed prospects that are scattered all over the district, but can hardly be called mines, though in time no doubt some of them will become so. Reference has been made above to smelters, and it is not too much to say that the development of the country is seriously retarded by the excessive charges made for smelting and the continued cutting down THE MINING RECORD. 451 of the values. For instance, ten per cent, of the silver contents is deducted for a start, and this with other fines not infrequently brings the smelting charges up to 33 per cent, of the value of the ore. It can easily be seen from this that it only pays the mine to send out the richest ore, leaving two or three times the quantity of lower grade to be treated by some method that is not so extravagant in its operation, but that method has yet to be found. M THE SLOCAN DISTRICT. (From our" own Correspondent.) INING production during the past year in the Slocan has not shown an increase, owing mainly, and I may say entirely, to the very low prices of both silver and lead, and also to the advanced prices of everything used in mining. The tonnage for the past year for the Slocan and Slocan City Mining Divisions will be approximately 26,000 tons, being about the same as last year. But when you consider that nearly one-third of this tonnage represents the output from the dry-ore mines, the silver-lead mines do not make a creditable showing. Mining in the vicinity of Sandon has been exceedingly dull and at the present time of writing there are less than 300 miners employed in this neighbourhood. We hope, however, to get some relief from the Dominion Government, who has been asked to increase the duties on the importation of lead products into Canada. Furthermore, it is believed that the situation will be improved by the demand that now arises for our. zinc ores. The price of zinc has risen considerably of late, and already several small trial shipments have been sent forward to Iola, Kansas. I do not, however, think that it will help very much, as only those having high-grade zinc can afford to.ship, and to bring it to a paying standard (60 per cent.), it has to be milled and roasted. The Bosun, Payne, Wakefield and Hewett are making test shipments and the Slocan Star and Ivanhoe are contemplating doing the same. During the past year the largest productive mines have been the Arlington, 3,460 tons; American Boy, 1,092 tons; Payne, 1,802 tons; Whitewater, 2,962 tons, Enterprise, 1,960 tons; Rambler-Cariboo, 4,123 tons; Ruth, 825-tons; Bosun, 1,190 tons; Monitor, 1,136 tons. The Ruth, Whitewater, Last Chance and Noble Five are all now practically closed and what few men are working in the camp are doing development work and getting out just enough ore to pay running expenses. The lawsuits pending between the Slocan Star and Star Milling Co. (Rabbit-Paw) and Last Chance v. Noble Five may possibly account for the fact that these properties are not being operated. The Monitor at Three Forks, which carries about $8.00 in gold besides high values in both silver and lead, has done remarkably well during the past year. Excellent ore has been encountered in the lowest level, and when connections are made it will be practicable to load the ore direct into C. P. R. cars. It is doubtful, however, whether the mine will ship this winter with lead at $1.30 and silver 47 cents. A dividend is promised from this property shortly. This group of mines is composed of: Monitor No. 2, 48.74 acres; Hustler Fraction, 28.40 acres; Portland No. 2, 41.17 acres; Friday Fraction, 18.13 acres; Keewatis, 46.63. The owners are the Monitor and Ajax Fraction, Limited, of London, England. They purchased the Monitor and Hustler Fraction in September, 1900, for the price of $125,000. The other claims have been obtained since. When the purchase was made the original owners had already taken out from the Monitor alone 688 tons of ore which netted to them the sum of $68,869.60. This group is situated on the Nakusp & Slocan Railway, a branch Une of the Canadian Pacific Railway, which makes it piobably the best located in the district for economical exploitation. So far development was directed on the Monitor and Hustler Fraction only and since commencement of operations to end of November, 1902, 1,620 tons of ore have been extracted, which produced a total of $116,712.08, the total values in the ore being as follows: Value. Gold, 504.8 ozs $ 9,610 55 Silver, 177,713 ozs 91,856 03 Lead, 1,119,903 lbs 15,245 50 Total $116,71208 It is a very peculiar fact that although none of the mines in the Slocan division produce any gold it will be seen that the ores extracted from these mines contain high values in gold, which occurs in the lead sulphides and in much larger proportion still, in the oxides found nearer to the surface where the ledge had been exposed and the ore decomposed by atmospheric action. These mines are developed by means of adit levels, no machinery of any kind being used, and apparently none will be required for years to come. Large ore reserves have been opened up. and the ore actually blocked out amounts to several thousand tons. Three thousand two hundred and fifty- seven feet of tunnelling and raises have been driven since September, 1900. The management of these properties is in the hands of Mr. Maurice Gintzbur- ger, with Mr. A. R. Finland as superintendent, and to these gentlemen is due to a large extent the success of the company. An interim dividend of 12^ per cent. has just been declared by the company. In McGuigan Basin the Rambler-Cariboo is working about 40 men, having cut down its force about half. The mine is now shipping only about 80 tons per month. They have not enough water during the winter to run the mill, but will begin milling the large and valuable dump they have on hand first thing in the spring. The Surprise, Red Fox, Antoine and Washington all have small forces at work. The Antoine has a fine body of very high-grade ore going over 200 ounces to the ton. They are shipping about 75 tons per month, and working about ten men. The Red 452 THE MINING RECORD. Fox and Washington both have forces of about twelve men and are shipping about 40 tons per month. The Silver Glance, near Bear Lake, is another new shipper. It has a very fine showing of rich sulphurets and carbonate ore. The returns from one car went over $3,200. This property is owned in Nelson and Kaslo. The ore is at the present time exceptionally good, as it carries very little lead and consequently the freight and treatment rates are low. The Hope, an adjoining property to the Ruth, is Working a small development force and shipping about two cars of high-grade carbonates per month. This ore is very acceptable to the smelters. The Ivanhoe, owned by the Minnesota Silver Co., has been developing all summer with a force of about twenty men. The mill has been in operation occasionally. They have of late been making a zinc product and have on hand about 300 tons. Large bodies of concentrating ore are blocked out in the mine, but present prices hardly justify shipment. The American Boy is shipping regularly about 100 tons monthly and employing about twenty men. The mine is looking well and the values of late have increased. The ore is being shipped over the Noble Five tramway and then it is sent out over the K. & S. Ry. The mine has in one place nearly four feet of good ore. The Sunset, situated above Cody, has shipped about 250 tons of ore since the rawhiding season of last year. Mr. G. Hughes, the principal owner, has •decided to suspend shipments and continue development work. The mine is looking very well and has large bodies of high-grade ore blocked out ready for shipment. The ore in carload lots averages in values 135 ounces in silver and about 76 per cent, lead— about two ounces of silver to the one per cent, in lead. An aerial tramway will in all probability be installed at this property in the spring. Within the last eighteen months this property has paid $55,000 in dividends and been largely developed. In addition necessary buildings have been erected and there '.s also a surplus in the treasury. Mr. Hughes, who is the fortunate owner of half of this property, has just sold a quarter interest in the Idaho mines for $75,000. The fact of such a price (cash) being paid for this interest during these times is indicative of the high value of the property. Mr. Hughes has been the manager of this property for over five years, and we sincerely hope he will not now sever his connection with the Slocan, as he will be very greatly missed. It was in a great sense due to his efforts in the pioneer days that the Slocan became the camp it is to-day. The camp is meanwhile anxiously waiting the decision of the Dominion Government as to the steps that will be taken to place lead mining in this countty on a more satisfactory footing. THE HISTORY AND PROGRESS OF MINING IN THE BOUNDARY DISTRICT. (By E. Jacob-.)' THE Boundary District, as the portion of British Columbia here under notice is becoming more generally designated, comprises the southeast part of what is officially known as the Yale District. It is, however, quite distinct from the main section of what is commonly referred to as Yale, as too, is it from the West Kootenay District. Mountain ranges effectually separate it from these two districts, although for political purposes it has heretofore been a part of the one or the other, first of South East Yale, and more recently of Rossland Riding of West Kootenay electoral district. It extends, approximately, from the summit of the divide between the Columbia River and Christina Lake, on the east, to that between the Okanagan and Kettle River valleys, on the west, comprising within these limits the valleys of Christina Lake, north fork of Kettle River, Boundary Creek, main Kettle River, and of all streams tributary to these waters, together with a considerable area of intervening mountainous country. East and west the district extends, in an air line, from 50 to 60 miles, whilst it covers some 40 to 50 miles of country north from the international boundary line. HISTORY. The early history of the Boundary country is associated with placer mining, for outside of a few scattered trappers seeking furs its population, sparse until recent years, excepting during brief periods of placer excitement, consisted chiefly of hardy seekers after the alluring placer gold. The first reports of the existence of gold came from men employed some time in the fifties in connection with the location and survey of the 49th parallel, which had eventually come to be agreed upon as the boundary line between Canada and the United States. Some of these men found gold in the Similkameen River, near where the boundary line crossed that stream. Later, gold was found in Rock Creek, Within a couple of hours' drive ,of what is now the heart of the most prominent copper producing camp in Canada. It is difficult to obtain reliable information as to either the number of miners at work or the quantity of gold produced in those early days. All that is really known is that in the early sixties Rock Creek was worked by numbers of men, many of whom secured comparatively large quantities of gold. Boundary Creek also had some attention along about a mile of its course. Nearly twenty years elapsed though, the "diggings' meanwhile having had only intermittent notice from white men, though Chinese persistently worked it, before the source of the gold was sought. In 1883 an enterprising prospector, named F. W. Goericke, came up from Yakima, Washington, prospecting along the eastern slopes of the Cascade range. He reached the Similkameen, crossed over to the Okanagan, which he forded below where now Fairview camp is located, and headed for Old Baldy, a prominent mountain landmark on the divide between the Okanagan and THE MINING RECORD. 453 the west fork of Kettle River. There were at the time settlers at Osoyoos Lake and lower down the Okanagan River, but Goericke did not know this. The following year, however, he came up again, and this time he happened on some of them. At that time (1884) Hiram F. Smith, known among the old- timers as "Okanagan Smith," kept a store near Osoyoos, on the boundary line, and here- Goericke A Glory Hole at the Snowshoe Mine. met one George Washington Runnels, known as "Tenas George," who told him of the Rock Creek placers. Goericke took little interest in placering; he was looking for gold quartz, so he arranged for Tenas George to take him to the head of the placers on Rock Creek, so that he might seek the lodes from which the placer gold had come. Within a quarter of a mile above the highest placer workings he found some "float" in the creek, and climbing the steep hillside discovered, about 10O feet above the bed of the creek, a decomposed quartz vein. He staked a claim, which he named the Victoria, and Tenas George staked one adjoining, naming it the Washington. (The Victoria was recorded at Kamloops in either the spring or summer of 1884, and was kept on continuous records until it was Crown-granted three years later, so it is the oldest mineral claim on record in the Boundary country. The Washington was allowed to run out, but was re-staked in 1887 by Henry Nicholson, who called it the Old England.) Georicke immediately returned to Osoyoos, where the late Judge Haynes and Mr. C. B. Bash were customs officers for Canada and the United States respectively, and these gentlemen agreed to supply money for the development of the \ ictoria, acquiring an interest in it in return. Mr. Bash is living on the property today, representing the Rock Creek Mines, Ltd., of Victoria, B.C., the present owners, for whom he was manager whilst the company was working the mine. The Cariboo, Amelia, and other Camp McKinney claims, now owned by the Cariboo McKinney Mining & Milling Company, were discovered and located in 1886. It was either in that year or a year or so earlier that Geo. D. Leyson and two' others located the ground now partly covered by the Big Copper, in Copper Camp, six miles west of Greenwood, but this claim was neither worked nor long held in those early days. The Xone Such, near Boundary Falls, was located by W. T. Smith in 1886, and this claim has been on continuous record ever since. In 1893-4 ore from the Elkhorn, Providence, Defiance, D. A., Skylark, the American Boy, all situate near Greenwood, was taken over Boundary Mountain to Grand Prairie on pack horses and hauled thence to Marcus for shipment by rail to the smelter on Puget Sound, and so high did it run in gold and silver that even after paying a freight and treatment rate totalling, including cost of packing, more than $30 per ton, there re- >»!), 111 iiaas H Quarrying at the Mother Lode. mained a satisfactory margin of profit. But the narrow veins yielding this ore were so uncertain in their occurrence, occasionally pinching out, that after a while work on them was discontinued, and it was only lately that attention was once again turned to them. In 1896 the opening up of the big ore bodies on the Mother Lode, Old Ironsides and Knob Hill claims was begun in earnest. The Jewel commenced work 454 THE MINING RECORD. in 1897, as also did the B. C, large quantities of the ore from which latter mine have returned more than twice as high a percentage of copper than those of the other t mines of the district, the King Solomon excepted. The Sunset and Snowshoe came later, and now the Emma gives much promise of becoming a big mine. Among others .the City of Paris, No. 7, Winnipeg, Golden Crown, Athelstan, R. Bell, Brooklyn group, King Solomon, and Carmi opened up their ore deposits and shipped ore, but all of these mines are inoperative at the present time. TOPOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE. Turning now to the physical features of the country j the district is generally mountainous, though few of its mountains exceed 5,000 feet in height. Nearly all district have been receiving the attention of the Canadian Geological Survey during the two years last past. Mr. R. W. Brock, geologist, who was in charge of the party examining the district, in a paper on "The Ore Deposits of the Boundary District, B.C.", read before the Canadian Mining Institute last March and published in the May issue of the British Columbia Mining Record, dealt at some length" with the geology and mineralogy of the district. Space limitations prevent more than short extracts from his observations being here given. He describes the geological structure of the district as being complex. "Eruptive rocks, including granites, greenstones, lavas (and associated tuffs) and various intrusive dykes, have the widest distribution. More or less altered sedimentary rocks (limestones, argillites, me WSSmSmmM — ■H? Ore Dumps and Glory of them are easily accessible to their summits. They are mostly clothed with forest trees, but their western and southern slopes are often open, affording good pasturage. Though not rugged, these hills are not easy to prospect, on account of the covering of drift that conceals the rocks over a considerable portion of the surface. The valleys and some of the foothills are adapted for agricultural and horticultural purposes, though comparatively little of the land has as yet been cultivated. The climate is' excellent, extremes of heat or cold seldom being experienced, with summer and winter seasons usually mild. The snow lies on the ground during only three to four months of the year and the precipitation is light. The official and meteorological records show the mean temperature for the year to be from 46 to 45 degrees, and the rainfall about 13 inches. geology. The topography, geology, and mineralogy' of the Hole at the Snowshoe. quartzites), together with more highly altered metamorphosed rocks, including serpentine, are met with in all parts of the district; but do not, as a rule, have large dimensions in any one place, being usually nothing more than inclusions of older formations, caught up in the inclusive rocks. The oldest recognized in the district are the sedimentary and crystalline rocks. In the south-eastern part of the district some crystalline mica and horneblende schists and crystalline limestones occur, which resemble, li'thogically, the rocks of the Archean series, but they may possibly represent, in a more highly metamorphosed form the argillites and limestones found elsewhere in the district." mineralogy. ' Regarding the mineralogy of the district Mr. Brock remarks: "The ore bodies may for convenience be roughly divided into three classes: (1) The large low-grade copper-bearing sulphide deposits; THE MINING RECORD. 455 (2) the oxidized copper veins, and (3) the small gold and silver-bearing quartz veins. Undoubtedly the most striking characteristic of the deposit of the first class is their enormous size. In structure these deposits belong to the composite-vein type, formed by mineralizing solutions traversing the country rock, principally along fissures or zones of fissures in which they deposit the economic minerals, and from which they replace with their mineral contents, particle by particle, sometimes only partially, sometimes completely, the original material of the country rock.* * * According to the most prominent mineral content, this class of deposits may be subdivided into a pyritic type, in which pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite, with some pyrite, are the chief minerals. Excepting that the pyrrhotite of the one is represented by the magnetite always the case. Away from the chief centres of mineralization, while magnetite and pyrrhotite are still sometimes found, the copper and gold are sparingly present. A striking feature in the deposit is the lack of surface oxidation or alteration. A few feet, at most, below the surface of the ground the ore exhibits the same characters as are found in depth. The soil overlying a deposit is often quite unstained, offering no indication of the presence of the underlying ore, and consequently adding to the difficulties of prospecting. Sometimes the surface of the ore even retains the glacial polishing. The explanation of this feature is probably to be found in the heavy glaciation to which this region has been subjected. In Copper Camp oxidized copper-bearing veins occur, forming . at first sight a totally different type of deposit. This The Knob Hill Glory Hole and Surface Workings. in the other, these two types appear to be identical. Both replace the constituents of the country rock in the same way; both are accompanied by the same accessory and gangue minerals, and the country rock shows the same alterations in both cases. . Rarely do both pyrrhotite and magnetite occur in the same deposit. Besides the metallic minerals already mentioned, some marcasite appears to occasionally be present, and sometimes arsenopyrite, galena, zinc- blende and molybdenite; but these are in all cases subordinate in quantity. Tetrahedrite has been found on the City of Paris claim; specular iron occurs somewhat sparingly, and in one instance bismuthin- ite has been found. * * * The values in the ores are principally in copper and gold, sometimes with accessory silver. Further study is required to formulate the laws governing the distribution of gold values. Generally magnetite and pyrrhotite, when .occurring alone, are almost barren, yet this is not type is probably an oxidized and secondarily enriched form of a sulphide deposit similar to the first-named type of Boundary deposits, and produced by the action of surface waters. The iron of the sulphides has been removed or re-deposited as hematite or limonite ; the copper has been more or less concentrated in the form of various oxidized minerals. At greater depth the unaltered iron and copper sulphides will, presumably, be found, although between the oxidized minerals and the unaltered sulphides it is quite possible that a zone of enriched sulphides will be found. The quartz veins constituting the third type of deposit are found in the neighbourhood of the first type, but seem more abundant on the outskirts of areas of chief mineralization. They are sometimes parallel to the large sulphide bodies, but do not as a rule show the same regularity in their strike. In form they are more regular and they are usually enclosed between well-defined walls. Chalcopyrite, pyrite, 456 THE MINING RECORD. arseno-pyrite, galena and zinc-blende are the chief metallic minerals. Tetrahedrite and some rich, silver minerals are said to have been found in some of these veins. The principal values are in silver and, gold. * * * Some of the practical deductions from an examination of the ore deposits may be summarized as follows: (a) Ores may be found in any of the older rocks where the other conditions for mineralization were favourable, (b) Districts which show evidences of late disturbances, through vulcanism, manifested by intrusions of recent eruptives and heavy dyking, are promising fields for prospecting, (c) Limestone contacts in such areas should in particular be carefully prospected. (d) Since, with the exception of certain deposits in Copper Camp, there is no zone of oxidation, and secondary enrichment, in the main deposits, while the general conditions remain unchanged, no loss of values is to be expected in depth." productive importance. In the introductory paragraph of his paper Mr. Brock made the following reference to the importance of the Boundary as a copper-producing district: "Following upon the construction, a little more than two years ago, of the Columbia & Western Railway, and the installation, a year and a half ago, of smelters at Greenwood and Grand Forks, the district at once took a foremost place in British Columbia lode mining, and it now ranks as one of the most important factors in the production of copper in Canada." The position of the district in this connection will be more adequately understood if a comparison be made of its copper production during the year 1901 with that of the whole Dominion for the same period, taking the official statistics for the purpose. The total for the Dominion, according to the published statement of Mr. Elfric Drew Ingall, head of the Department of Mines of the Geological Survey of Canada, was 40,951,196 lbs. That for the Grand Forks and Kettle River Mining Divisions, which practically constitute the Boundary District, was, according to the published Annual Report of the Minister of Mines for British Columbia for the year 1901, 14,511,787 lbs. These figures show that more than one-third of the copper production of Canada for 1901 came from the comparatively little-known Boundary District of British Columbia. Still more significant is the fact, as indicating that copper production is as yet only in its infancy in the district, that practically the whole of this copper came from three of the district mines, which together contributed more than nine-tenths of the total tonnage of ore the district produced last year. ore tonnage. Durii tne two and a half years over which ore shipments have extended nearly 1,000,000 tons of ore have been produced and shipped to the smelters, and of this large quantity more than one-half was the production of last year. The tonnage for the years 1900, 1901 and 1902, respectively, was as follows: 1900 (six months), 97,837 tons; 1901, 386,675 tons; and 1902, 519,962 tons; total, 994,474 tons. The tonnage shipped during 1902 by no means represents the full shipping capacity of the mines now in operation, for at least 100,000 tons more would have been added to last year's tonnage had it not been that owing to shortage of coke (consequent upon a disastrous explosion wrecking one of the coal mines from which the greater part of the fuel supply had been coming,) and of power (low water restricting the generation of electric power), the larger mines were compelled to keep their output of ore down to the reduced treatment capacity of the smelters, the ordinary capacity of which, with seven furnaces running,.is 2,200 to 2,300 tons per diem. Taking 2,250 tons as the daily average capacity and allowing all the furnaces to be idle three days in every month, or 36 days in the year, there still remains a total treatment capacity of 740,000 tons available under favourable conditions, and that quantity of ore could be supplied by the mines now working in the district, leaving out of account others already opened up to a stage admitting of their maintaining an appreciably large steady output. Shipments of individual mines were as under:— Tons. Granby Con. M. S. & P. Co.'s Old Ironsides and Knob Hill group 310,601 B. C. Copper Co.'s Mother Lode mine. . . . 137,577 Snowshoe Gold & Copper Mines, Ltd.'s Snowshoe mine 20,800 Cariboo-McKinney M. & M. Co.'s Cariboo mine (Camp McKinney) (estimated).. .. 16,000 B. C. Chartered Co.'s B. C. mine 14,627 Montreal & Boston Copper Co.'s Sunset mine 8,010 Dominion Copper Co.'s Emma mine . . .. 7,900 Jewel Gold Mines, Ltd.'s Jewel mine .... 2,175 Winnipeg Mines, Ltd's Winnipeg mine. ... 785 Golden Crown Mines, Ltd's Golden Crown mine 625 No. 7 Mining Co.'s No. 7 mine 532 Providence Mining Co.'s Providence mine.. 172 Sundry small shipments 158 519,962 For purposes of comparison the following figures, showing the ton age of the mines that shipped more than 1,000 tons each during 1901, are given:— 1900. 1901. 1902. Total. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Granby Mines .. 64,531 231,762 310,601 606,894 Mother Lode ... 5.564 99,548 137677 242,689 B. C 19,618 47,517 14,627 81,762 Snowshoe 297 . 1,731 20,800 22,828 Sunset 800 8,010 8,810 Emma ... ... 7,900 7,900 Jewel. 160 325 2,175 2,660 The B. C. did not ship any ore during the first half of 1902. The Snowshoe and Emma did practically all of their shipping during the latter half of the year. The Sunset's output has been restricted to THE MINING RECORD. 451 making up the difference between the quantity of custom ore received at the owners' smelter and the total requirements of the smelter. The Jewel did not send out any ore during the latter half of the year. (To be continued) THE YEAR IN ROSSLAND. (By Alfred W. Dyer.) '"'HE year in Rossland for very many reasons will A be a marked one in the annals of the camp. For the first time in its history the public has obtained an actual knowledge of the conditions. Problems which will greatly affect the future history of Rossland have been successfully attacked. The labour situation has been cleared up. The mines are on a better shipping basis than ever they were before. Both transportation rates and the price of coke have been more or less satisfactorily settled. Beginning with the shipments, Rossland has made another record. The estimated output for the year will certainly not come under 350,000 short tons, which are distributed as follows:— Tons. Le Roi 223,000 Le Roi No. 2 52,500 Centre Star 37>5oo War Eagle 22,000 Giant 3,000 Velvet 1,500 Others 500 . Total 350,000 The total value of this output will be found to be in the neighbourhood of $5,250,000, giving van average of about $15 per ton. It will be seen that not only has the record of Rossland greatly surpassed all other records, the shipments for 1901 being well under 300,000 tons, but that the values amount to one-fifth of the total product of the whole of the province, including the coal output. Thus, Rossland has once more demonstrated the truth of its boast, that it is the.premier mining camp of British Columbia. The difficulties which faced the camp at the beginning of the year, namely, the strike, the drop in copper and stock-jobbing managership, have all been . successfully met with the possible exception of the last named. As to the strike difficulty little need here be said. Operator and operative have come to the very practical conclusion that the conditions prevailing had better remain undisturbed. The drop in copper from 17 cents to 11 cents per pound had a tremendous bearing upon the output of the camp. Ore that.could at the beginning of the year be shipped straight across the vein could no longer be handled. Estimates-made of the probable profits during the early months were found to be largelv in excess of the actual results. So far indeed was this the case that in the premier mine, the Le Roi, the apparent return showed the mine to be working almost at a loss. Now it is well understood that the narrower the margin of profit upon an" ore the larger the incidence of the two per cent, mineral tax. This alone, therefore, was sufficient to largely curtail the output. Further, when it is considered that the transportation rates both for raw ore and for matte were much heavier here than in the mining camps of the Northwestern States of America, and yet further, when the price of coke, $11.00 at Northport, as against $6.00 at Trail, is also taken into account the seriousness of the situation which occurred last April is fully apparent. After long continued negotiations with the transportation companies an arrangement was made which greatly lessened the freight rates. Further, a reduction was made in the cost of coke which will bring it down to something in the neighs bourhood of $7.00 per ton. Other reductions in various directions, outaide the mine, brought these varh ous items together to a total saving of about $1.29 per ton, or the difference between shipping at a profit and shipping at a loss. More than this, Mr. Mackenzie, manager of the Le Roi mine, discovered that it was possible, through the unexpected locations of new high-grade bodies of copper ore, to ship at a pro^ fit without gophering his main stopes. A similar policy has been followed by the Le Roi No. 2 and by the War Eagle and Centre Star mines. It is, therefore, for these reasons that the ore shipped shows an increased average value over last year. It must be understood that nearly all these mines had gone in for heavy expenditures on machinery, justified by the high price of copper, which, however, as a consequence of the strike in 1901, full advantage was not taken of and the mines were therefore left considerably in debt. To clear off this debt the high-grade ore was shipped. At the time of writing these debts- have been so reduced as to remove all doubts concerning the future and there is, moreover, every prospect of dividends being paid during the forthcom-* ing year. But it must not be understood that these high-. grade shipments can be indefinitely continued. On the other hand, it must not be deduced that the mines are being gophered. Future profitable operation de-- pends largely on concentration and pyritic smelting, both of which problems are being successfully attacked. During the year the Le Roi has discovered many new bodies of ore, but where high grade these bodies have been found chiefly in the upper levels. As depth is gained the copper values seem to decrease, the gold values remaining about the same, the silicious percentage in the ore increasing. This has been found to be the case at the War Eagle, the Centre Star and the Le Roi No. 2. With depth the ores have become more silicious and therefore present a difficult problem for the smelters. On the other hand, with depth the ore bodies seem to gain in extent, in permanency and in freedom from faulting. It is for- this reason that concentration is .so urgent a problem. The Le Roi No. 2 has shipped constantly up. to the end of October, the operations being then suspended on what is generally taken to be a mandate- 458 THE MINING RECORD. from London, and which has probably less to do with the mine than with the London Stock Exchange. The War Eagle and Centre Star shipped little until the end of August, but^ since that date, having received favourable rates from the Trail smelter, production has been maintained at the rate of about 3,000 tons- per week, the Centre Star ore averaging about $13.00 and that of the War Eagle nearly $19.00. On the Giant mine but little work has been done; but late in the summer a new body was developed with, so far, satisfactory results. Whatever work has been done has been paid for out of the profits of the mine. The Homestake has again started work. The White Bear has been working continuously but with what results are not accurately known. The Velvet mine, like many others, has undergone a change of managership, but the new engineer, Mr. Gray, has just reported the discovery of two or three courses of $35.00 ore, found in the upper workings. To meet the facts as discovered a new theory is more or less generally accepted in the camp as to the conditions of deposits. It is supposed that there have been two enrichments, the second of which was heavier in copper than the first. The first enrichment was from below the second enrichment from above and does not seem to have percolated more than 500 or 600 feet from the surface. The other theory, which has also found favour with many mining -engineers, is that the low values which are found below are simply due to intrusive matter which will probably be got through at further depth. -Sufficient work has hardly been done to demonstrate either theory. The fact remains that at depth increasingly large bodies of ore are found which under certain conditions can be made to yield a large profit. The ore of this camp can be divided into the silicious and into the ferruginous varieties and it is doubtful which of the two will eventually prove of the.greatest value. Dealing first with the silicious ore it can readily be understood that these will yield to concentration, the silica being practically eliminated by this process. It is estimated at the present time that these silicious ores will concentrate about 10 to r, which will give an enormous profit on $6.00 and $7.00 ore. Further, it will permit of even $5.00 ore, if the two per cent, tax be eliminated, being treated at a fair profit. These silicious ores are found mainly on Red Mountain in the group known as the Le Roi No. 2, the War Eagle, Centre Star and the Le Roi. For many months past the Le Roi No. 2 and the Le Roi have been carrying on experiments in concentration with a special reference to the Elmore process. These have been conducted in England. So far have these experiments been a success that it»is probable that an experimental plant will be erected by the Le Roi during 1903. The War Eagle has been carrying on experiments locally and has decided to erect a concentrating plant, which will probably be at first of small capacity, during the next few months. This should be in operation by next April or May. A host of smaller mines are awaiting the results of these experiments before proceeding to develop with a view to ship. And in this connection it may be observed that the shipment of concentrates to the smelters will much facilitate smelting, inasmuch as less lime, and consequently less coke, will have to be used in the furnace charges. Consequently it will be possible to smelt at a profit ore of less value. It is meanwhile doubtful whether the water necessary to run these concentrators wilf be brought to the camp or whether the concentrators will be taken to water. As the low-grade ore bodies are of vast extent the concentrators will have to aggregate a capacity of hundreds of tons per day. Expensive as the bringing of water to the camp will be it will probably be found far more expensive to ship the ore to concentrators on the Columbia River, a dozen miles away. With regard to the ferruginous ores, the problem is altogether different. These ores are probably of not less extent than the silicious. Indeed the deposits on the Kootenay mine and on the Big Three (Mascot) are larger than in any other mines in camp. An output from the Kootenay alone could be made of 300 to 600 tons daily and as the tunnel work is now well over two miles in extent and the series of adits is connected with raises it is a conservative estimate to say that these ores could be mined for $2.00 per ton. The probable average of the mine would run about $6.00, although, of course, there are rich deposits which would greatly exceed this in value. Now iron ore is a most valuable flux in the reduction of lead and it is for this reason that so much interest has been taken by Rossland in the Slocan lead question. The Trail smelter is reducing about 50 tons of lead ore daily. It could therefore take about 50 tons of iron ore as a flux. If the production of lead could be increased many times the present amount, the solution of the question of shipment from such mines as the Kootenay would be solved. It is for this reason that a bounty was advocated locally to the lead miner. Other influences strongly at work have rendered it probable that a duty and not a bounty on lead will become the ruling policy. The advocates of the duty on lead only pretend that its imposition would increase the home market about 9,000 tons per annum. This being the case, the ferruginous mines had to look for another solution. It was hoped at one time that, the Garretson furnace would fill the requirements. More lately an examination into the chemical constituents of the ores which have been successfully treated pyritically in Mexico and in Keswick, California, have led Rossland mining men to the conclusion that some such system will solve the question for Rossland. It is well known that propositions of this nature have been laid before the London directors of such mines as the Kootenay, but although it seems indubitable that some such process will eventually be established, its present consumation seems to be deferred to the wishes of the London Stock Exchange. Indeed, generally speaking, there has been too much mining for the Stock Exchange and too little for results in the past, and, from all appearances, in the present, for the good of this camp. Apparently all THE MINING RECORD. 459 that is wanted in London is a hole in the ground and not a mine. Still these influences are losing their power and it is more than probable that 1903 will see many changes here, the ground, for which changes has been well laid during 1902. With the successful treatment of both the silicious and the ferruginous ores upon the mines already treated of, will come in a host of others developed and abandoned in the past, such as the Commander, Big Three, North Star, Georgia, Alberta, Iron Colt, Iron Horse, Virginia, City of Spokane, Monte Cristo, Cliff, St. Elmo, Gertrude, Novelty, Coxy, Evening Star, Jumbo, Abe Lincoln, and a host of others upon the southern belt. It is to this future with its brilliant prospects that concentration borrows its great importance. Shortly speaking, the above is a resume of the actual conditions and prospects of this camp and it may easily be gathered that the future will more than make up for any shortcomings in the past. THE YMIR DISTRICT. (By Percy J. Gleazer.) THE year 1902, more than any previous year, has marked a period of progress and improvement in the Ymir District. Not only has the mining industry of the section been established on a more substantial basis than heretofore but commercially and industrially the Ymir District now commands a large share of attention. The mere fact that Ymir has been made the centre of an electoral district is not perhaps a direct indication of growth, but indirectly this indicates that its contributions to provincial revenues have been sufficiently considerable to deserve separate representation. The output tax derived from the Ymir District, whilst of itself a very considerable item is by no means the largest source of Government revenue made. There are few sections in the Province from which a greater revenue is obtained from miners' licenses, recording fees, etc., a fact which, rightly read, indicates an immense future for the district. For out of the many worthy taxable prospects some at least will make mines. If, in fact, only five per cent, of the prospects in the Ymir District which are held on from year to year, eventually become producing mines, there would be work here for all the miners at present in the country, and the output would equal that of the whole Boundary District. The natural situation of the district is a matter greatly in its favour, the facilities for mining developments on a large scale being very good. The district is in direct railroad communication with three large smelters (Northport, Trail and Nelson). Trunk waggon roads have been built up all the chief producing creeks, with branches to each mine. The surrounding mountains are densely covered with timber admirably suited to mining purposes, and water power is available in nearly all instances. The development of the timber resources has become a separate local indus try and two large sawmills have been established on the Salmon River, one in the Ymir town limits and the other in Salmo, eight miles south. The geology of the district is very complex, and an extended discription thereof hardly comes within the scope of this article. The chief rocks found in the district are, however, roughly divisible into four main groups: (1) The granites; (2) the dark eruptives and associated fragmental rocks; (3) a schistose series (of exceptional thickness) including schists, slates, crystalline limestones, dolomites and quartzites; (4) the basal Shuswap series. The oldest eruptive rock is the diorite, after which come the granites and porphyrites, and finally a system of basic dykes which form a regular network over the country, and are found associated with the veins in many developed properties. Usually the dykes occur almost at right angles to the veins cutting through and often dislocating them, but in a few cases they follow the course of the vein. Such dykes are very noticeable in the Ymir, Bluecock and Tamarac mines.. Coming now to the individual mines, the best- known is, of course, the Ymir mine. During the first year the total net profit has been about $75,000 only, as against four times that amount in 1901. During the early part of the year the output was greatly curtailed in consequence of the excess of water in the deep workings. Instead of installing expensive new machinery it was determined to wait until such times as connection should be made between the shaft and the tunnel on the 1,000-foot level when the mine would have a natural drain. Consequently a proportion of the stamp batteries have been idle during the year. Further, a slight diminution in the grade of the ore, together with the general decrease in the price of silver and lead have materially affected the net product. The tunnel on the 1,000-foot level reached the vein at a distance of 2,100 feet from the portal at the mill in April last. At the point in the vein which was there encountered the ore was found to carry no payable values. Acting on the surmise that the ore body had an eastern trend, drifting was continued in that direction. When apprised of this conditions of affairs, the directors sent out Mr. Edward Hooper, the well-known English expert, to make a thorough investigation. In his report Mr. Hooper stated his opinion (in which he concurred with Mr. Fowler, the company's engineer) that the ore chute had a trend towards the east, and further stated that at the easternmost face of the drift on the 1,000-foot level, the average value was $7.50 or were up to the average mill stuff already so profitably handled. Since then developments have chiefly been directed towards making the connection with the upper workings, and when this is accomplished there is every probability that the mine will resume its full rate of output and be as profitable as in 1901. The cyanide plant, which was placed in operation this year, is working satisfactory and is affecting a greater saving than originally estimated. Three miles further up Wild Horse Creek lies the 460 THE MINING RECORD. Wilcox mine, where the new. stamp mill is, at this present time of writing, making its initial run. This property is owned and operated by the Broken Hill Mining and Development Co., a local incorporation, and has been extensively developed during the past three years with the result that large bodies of high- grade ore have been placed in sight. Shipments of crude ore to the smelter from the Fourth of July vein on this property have returned the company as high as $75 per ton. In this vein there is a large chiite of ore which will average $40 per ton, whilst on the Wilcox veins blocks of ore averaging $11 to $13 per ton have been developed. An aerial tramway brings the ore from the Fourth of July tunnels to the mill, which is of the "two-two" triple discharge type, equal in capacity to a ten-stamp single discharge mill. Two miles past the Wilcox lies the Foghorn mine, operated by the Golden Monarch Mining and Milling Company of Spokane. This property has been continuously developed during the past two years. It is traversed by several parallel veins which have been shown up on the surface by prospect shafts. In one of these shafts a magnificent showing of free gold rock was obtained. A tunnel has been driven to cross-cut these veins at depth, and is now in nearly 800 feet. The first vein was encountered in the spring of the year, when a fine body of ore was passed through. The tunnel, however, was pushed ahead to reach the rich vein mentioned above, and it was found that the rock was all more or less mineralized between the two main veins. One section forty-five feet wide was passed through, all of which is a fine concentrating ore, while several smaller sections of richer ore* were also traversed. As this ore is shown up at a depth of about 450 feet below the surface, it . will readily be seen that the Golden Monarch has an immense deposit of ore, capable of quick development, so that at almost any time a considerable rate of output can be commenced and steadily maintained. The plans of the company include the erection of a large concentrating plant next spring. In the Porcupine Creek section the Active Gold Mining Company, of Cincinnati, is operating the Union Jack mine. About 1,000 feet of development has been done and good bodies of ore, principally galena and zinc blende, shown up. The company is putting in a couple of Durham electric drills, the first to be installed in this district. The power is derived from the south fork of Porcupine Creek, whence it is transmitted to the generators by means of a flume and Pelton wheel and sufficient will be generated to run the machinery at the mine, and in addition supply electric light to the town of Ymir should it be deemed advisable later on. The Government finished the construction of a first-class waggon road up Porcupine Creek this summer reaching from the railroad to the power house at the Union Jack mine, a distance of six miles. The Active Company has purchased some 5,000 acres of magnificent timber in the Porcupine Valley and are contemplating erecting a sawmill near the mouth of the creek. The Hunter V. .mine.lies on the divide between Porcupine and Hidden Creeks, and until recently was owned and operated by William Davis, well known to the South African mining coterie. It has now been acquired by a new incorporation of Nelson capitalists known as the Standard Development Syndicate, which is now actively prosecuting development work. The group consists of the Hunter V. and Double Standard claims, on the latter of which a fine strike of native silver ore has just been made. Some 500 tons of rich ore has been got out, and is being sacked and rawhided down to the railroad as fast as possible. This property is greatly handicapped by the want of a waggon road, the lack of which has hitherto prevented shipments except during the winter. Next year this difficulty will probably be removed. A year ago Messrs. Holmes, Cameron, Hopkins and Forin secured a lease on the Queen mine, which adjoins the Yellowstone. The mill at the latter property not being in use, they rented it and constructed a tramway from the Queen workings thereto. Since then, until the present time of writing, the property has been working continuously and has produced a large quantity of ore. The four lessees are reported to have each made a net profit of from $6,000 to $7,000. In the Erie section -of the district lying ten miles south of Ymir the Arlington and Second Relief mills have been running steadily although the latter is now temporarily closed. The Arlington has produced some 8,000 tons of ore with a net profit in the neighbourhood of $25,000. On the north fork of the Salmon River in the same section there has been quite a placer excitement during the year, and two large companies have been formed to prosecute hydraulicing. On some of the claims the owners are reported to have washed out as much as $15 per day per man. From these brief descriptions of the principal mines of the Ymir section, it will be seen that during 1903 at least five mills.may be expected to be in steady operation. These mills have a capacity of over 10,000 tons per month and besides the shipment of crude ore are being made or will be made during the year from the. Wilcox, Foghorn and Hunter V. mines. It may, therefore, be confidently anticipated that the total output during the coming year will not, be less than 100,000 tons of ore, which it must be remembered, is mostly free-milling and of higher grade than that of the Rossland and Boundary camps. Nevertheless it is evident, and has been remarked by many visiting experts, that the present actual number of working mines is but a small fraction of what may be expected to assume that stage later. The mineral wealth of the district has practically only been scratched and it is safe to say that there are many properties now only in the prospect stage, which have as good and better surface showings than the mines now producing. During 1903 many of these will doubtless come to the front and with further exploitation many now potential shippers will become actual producers. With all this potented wealth awaiting exploitation, and m many natural advantages, .the great future THE MINING RECORD. 461 which lies before the Ymir District can hare overestimated. oe THE FUTURE OF THE COAL AND COKE SUPPLY OF THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. (By W. Blakemore, M.E., Fernie, B.C.) r'HE future prosperity of this Province depends A on an abundant supply of the best quality of fuel at a low price. This controlling factor is determined by two conditions—the general low grade value of our ores, and the fact that the geological formation forbids the existence of coal in proximity to the metalliferous deposits, and so involves more or less costly transportation. This governs the conduct of our mining industry absolutely, and, as I shall be able to show further on, is of equal force as applied to other important industries that may be established, the only important consumers of fuel not likely to be handicapped in this respect being the railways, and that because the matter of quality is not so important as in the case of smelting and manufacturing. Steam Fuel.—As there can be no considerable development without railway transportation, it may be well to consider first how our coal deposits will serve existing and prospective railways in British Columbia. The natural surface conditions will probably limit railway construction from east to west to three lines. In the north, the Canadian Northern, from the Yel- lowhead Pass to the Coast. In the centre, the Canadian Pacific, from the Kicking Horse pass to Vancouver, and in the south, the Crow's Nest Pass, with some continuation of the same by way of the Similkameen Valley to Vancouver. The difficulties and the cost of building across the mountain ranges of this Province are sure to militate against more than these. The natural method of serving the interior will be by means of branch lines running north and south between the mountain ranges. In order that transportation may be as cheap as possible, it is necessary that these main lines should pass through or near to large coal deposits of suitable quality for steaming; at any rate this is a present necessity, and will remain so until some day, in the possibly not very distant future, when our-magnificent water powers are harnessed to electric locomotion. The main line of the C. P. R. has hitherto been well served with fuel by the Canmore mines, and it is likely that for at least ten years these will continue to furnish all that may be required. The unworked area, however, is not large, and already it is time to look further afield. On the eastern slope of the Rockies, eight miles west of Calgary, we have exposures of coal seams running north and south which are probably continuations of the large bituminous coal field lying to the south. Little or no development work has .been done at this point, but the exposures are consistent with the theory named, and I have little doubt that a season's work would show up a series of seams of good quality. A line can be gotten as to this by examining the coal at heep Cre which, though inferior to that at Canmore, is still ot tair quality and such as could well be used in the absence of a higher grade. Recent investigations convince me that the coals found in the Blairmore district and as far south as the entrance to North Kootenay Pass continue northwards parallel to the Rockies far beyond the Yellowhead Pass, and, if so, although they are on the Alberta side, they are in an ideal position to furnish steam fuel for the main lines at least half way across the Province of British Columbia. As far as the Canadian Northern is concerned, no portion of this system has yet been constructed, but the route has been surveyed from the Yellowhead Pass to the coast, and at three points, at least, good steam coal has been located in large quantities. Two hundred miles east of the Pass, upon the Saskatchewan River, a high-class lignitic coal has been discovered, yielding on analysis— Fixed carbon ' 52 per cent. Volatile combustible matter. . 35 " Ash '. 12 This is about the same grade as the Lethbridge coal, of which more than 1,000 tons a day is mined in the season for steam and domestic purposes, and which is a far superior coal to that used by the Great Northern south of the International line. At a point 200 miles west of the Yellowhead Pass, outcroppings have been met with by the surveyors, and at the moment these are being traced. They no doubt represent the northern continuation of the cretaceous measures, and, if so, the quality will be that of a high-grade bituminous coal, and the only question will be as to the extent. On the Pacific Coast, 400 miles north of Vancouver, there are extensive coal seams near the route of the proposed railway. The measures run north and south, and the average of several samples recently taken by a reliable expert shows: Fixed carbon 54 per cent. Volatile combustible matter . . 37 Ash 14 This coal, although high in ash, compares favourably with the fuel recently used on American lines in the West. Coming to the Crow's Nest Pass line and prospective continuation to the Coast, we have the highest grade of steam coal known on this continent in the Crow's Nest Pass and its extensions, and it is not necessary that I should say anything about it except that its only limitation as a railway fuel is one of distance. It.will always control the market for this purpose as far west as the Arrow Lakes, but recent discoveries farther west tend to show that, as the Columbia and Kootenay extension is built, it will open up new coal fields, which, by reason of their shorter haul, will secure this trade. On the north fork of Kettle River, outcroppings of high-class bituminous coal have been found and are 462 THE MINING RECORD. being traced. My own analysis of a sample taken from a 4-foot seam gives: Fixed carbon 62.6 per cent. Volatile combustible matter. . 29.6 Ash 7-8 If any considerable quantity of such a fuel as this can be found, it will dominate the steam coal trade from the Okanagan Lakes east to the Arrow Lakes, but it lies nearly 100 miles north of the Boundary District, and out of the route of the proposed railway, although it can only be a question of time until a branch is constructed up the Kettle River. Farther west we have two well-defined coal fields near Prince- ion and Nicola. The former, with Ashnola as its ■centre, is undoubtedly upon the route of any railway from the Boundary District to the Coast, as such a railway must pass up the Similkameen Valley at least as far as Princeton, whatever route it may take thence westwards. Here we have a well-defined coal basin, eight miles from east to west and ten to twelve miles from north to south. Many seams of lignitic coal outcrop, of which a fair average analysis gives: Fixed Carbon 42.0 per cent. Volatile combustible matter. 42.7 Ash 3-0 I In the absence of a better fuel this would be used by the railway from the Boundary District to the Hope Mountains. Only a month ago, however a 9- foo+ seam of good coal was bored through at a depth of 625 feet, which yielded : Fixed carbon 54 per cent. Volatile combustible matter .. 23 Ash 8 This is full of promise for the future and there are, doubtless, other seams of equal if not superior quality. Thus, the supply of an excellent steam coal for the Columbia and Kootenay is assured. At Nicola (near which the projected railway will pass if it joins the main line of the C. P. R. at Spence's Bridge) there is an extensive coal field, probably of the same character as the Princeton basin, which would be easily available. If in connection with these various sources of supply it be borne in mind that we have extensive coal mines in full operation on Vancouver Island, you will see that every part of the Province is well furnished with good steam fuel, and that the first essential for cheap transportation abounds wherever an important railway is likely to be constructed. I estimate that on the Canadian Northern the maximum haul of steam fuel within the Province will not exceed 250 miles; on the main line of the C. P. R., 200; and on the Crow's Nest line, 150. This should give fuel at an actual cost ranging from $2.00 to $3.00 a ton, a figure which would certainly be favourable for the development of the Province on the lines of cheap transportation. These figures take no account of other discoveries which will be made in the near future, as there are abundant evidences that there is a continuity in the coal seams of the Rockies, from Mexico to the Yukon; and there are few valleys of British Columbia in which some traces of these does not exist. Smelting Fuel.—We now have to consider the subject of smelting fuel and probably this will appeal more directly to our members because it "comes home." Without cheap and good smelting fuel the mining industry of British Columbia would come to a standstill. The men who were reviled in 1895 for pronouncing our ores "low grade" have had an ample revenge, and it is now not merely a proven, but an acknowledged fact. Transportation and treatment on Rossland ores have been reduced from $13 to less than $5 a ton, and shipping values from $25 or $30 or $8 or $10. To this result the Crow's Nest coal and coke have contributed not a little, having brought the delivered price of the former down from $12 to $4, and the latter from $17 to $6. During this period we have learnt many things, and some yet remain to be learnt. It must now be admitted that our ores are so low grade that every cent in cost tells and that to develop the industry will require the cheapest fuel that can be obtained. Take for example the great self- fluxing copper district, the Boundary. Is it taking too low an estimate to say that with the exception of a few rich chutes, which may run to $7 or even $8, the vast bodies of ore in that camp will not exceed $4? If this is so, and if, as Dr. Ledoux says, fuel represents 65 per cent, of a total smelting cost of $2, then every dollar saved in fuel would mean about 25 cents on the ton of ore treated, a sum which probably represents the difference between profit and loss, since it is admitted on all hands, and confirmed by the highest experts, that everything has been done in the way of appliances and economic management to reduce the cost of treatment to the lowest possible figure. Let us enquire, then, how the future of smelting in British Columbia is likely to be affected by the fuel question. This practically resolves itself into the enquiry—how can smelting fuel be still further cheapened? There is only one way, by competition. This involves the development of other coal fields and the liberation of some portion of the Government coal lands in the Crow's Nest Pass. First, as to the opening up of other coal fields. At the moment of writing there is, so far as I know, only one place in the interior of Birtish Columbia (outside the Crow's Nest Pass) where coal of a suitable quality for making a first-class smelting coke has been found, viz., on the north fork of the Kettle River. The analysis was given under the heading of "steam fuel." If this deposit should be large enough the quality is all right, and the location being only about 100 miles from the Boundary District, would give it an advantage of at least $1.50 in cost of transportation and would save 40 cents a ton in treating the ore. The same coal would serve any smelters that might be erected further west in the event of no coking coal being found in the Similkameen or Nicola Valleys, where it is certain there are valuable copper ores and at least three promising camps—Twenty-mile Creek, Copper Mountain and Aspen Grove. For any relief in the cost of fuel in East Kootenay THE-MINING RECORD. 463 and the eastern camps of West Kootenay, we have to look to the Crow's Nest Pass coal field. Leaving for later consideration the Blairmore section of this (because it is in Alberta) we are confined to three sections, viz., the coal areas owned and operated by the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co.; those lying to the south beyond the B. C. Southern Reserve in the neighbourhood of Lodgepole Creek, Greenhills and Wigwam River; and the 50,000 acres recently selected by .the Dominion Government. The former are being devel- . oped slowly and having regard to the statement made by the managing director that in addition to tne home market the Great Northern Company require 10,000 tons a day, it is not likely that this demand will be overcome for many years. Tn addition, the liability to accidents like the recent deplorable disaster, and to strikes, renders it extremely undesirable that the fuel supply upon which every industry in the Kootenays depends should* be in the hands of any one firm, however competent and well-meaning. Then there is the impossibility of getting the lowest possible price from a monopoly. At the moment the charge for fuel is $2 and for coke $4 a ton at the ovens. As I shall show, effective competition would reduce these figures to $1.50 and $3 at the ovens, and possibly a little lower. The actual cost of shipping one ton of coal need not exceed $i and will almost certainly be less after allowing for every item of charge. This would give coke at a cost of $2.25 to $2.50 and leave a margin of 5° cents profit on coal and 75 cents on coke, which is at least double the average rate of profit on coal and coke in the Eastern States or in England over the last twenty years. The present British Columbia consumption of Crow's Nest coal is 1,000 tons and of coke 300 tons a day, and a reduction such as the above would mean a saving to the induslrv of the Kootenavs (and mainly to the mining industry) of about $1,000 a day or $300,000 a year. As the country is growing so rapidly this tonnage would be largelv increased in the near future. From what areas could fuel be produced at these figures? Possibly from the sections south and east of the B. C. Southern reserve already referred to. That, however, is at present a matter of speculation, because nothing has been done beyond locating the coals, and until development work has been carried to a much more advanced stage it cannot be stated with certaintv whether the measures are sufficiently continuous and regular to yield a large working area. In any case it will take two vears to prove this and will involve the building of a branch railway nearly thirty mi!ec up Lodgepole Creek. If, however, the Government would liberate say 5.000 acres of their selection adjoining and on the south side of Morrissey, all the conditions exist to bring about the result I have foreshadowed. At this point the coal seams of the basin are exposed and are most accessible. The measures are regular and din under uniform strata to the east for several miles until thev meet the eastern uothrow which terminates the basin. From exploratory working conducted here last season I got samples yielding the following analysis:— No. 1—18-foot seam— Fixed carbon 78.7 per cent. Volatile matter 17.0 " ; Ash 4.3 « No. 2—4-foot seam— Fixed carbon 77-3 Per cent. Volatile matter 18.4 Ash . . . . : 2.8 These figures show that the celebrated coals of the Crow's Nest Pass are at their best on Morrissey Creek, as a comparison with the following samples taken from two other points in the Pass indicates: Fernie—6-foot seam— Fixed carbon 69.14 per cent. Volatile matter 25-45 Ash 3.62 Michel—14-foot seam— Fixed carbon 62.40 per cent. Volatile matter 24.10 Ash 12.05 " This is the only point where coal of equal quality to the. best Fernie coal has been discovered and explored sufficiently to enable me to speak with certainty of its extent, and in this view I am confirmed by Mr. J. McEvoy, former Government Geologist. In the interests of the Province, and especially of the mining and smelting industry, no effort should be spared to induce the Government to place this area on the market. There is no legal impediment or obligation in the way and 1 have little doubt that an unanimous request would attain a result so important to the future of the Kootenays in particular. This brings me to consider another source from which relief may come in any case through the ordinary healthy channels of competition. I refer to the Blairmore coal field. Having done most of the prospecting work that has been done here this year I am able to give you the latest information. Here we have what I believe to be the same series of coal measures as are found in the Pass, only instead of having been uplifted in the form of an elongated basin or trough they are uplifted and fractured in longitudinal lines and exposed in ridges running north and south, or nearly so, parallel with the Rockies. The result is much folding and duplication, but at the same time many more exposures of the same seam, and increased facility of access. These conditions have been proved in extensive properties owned and controlled by Mr. Leslie Hill, Mr. T. C Proctor, Messrs. McVittie and Leitch, Messrs. Davenport and Paine, and others. The coal seams which correspond in thickness and occurrence with those of Fernie and Morrissey have been traced from the entrance to the North Kootenay Pass, where Mr. T. J- Hill has secured 10,000 acres, to a point 20 miles north of Blairmore. Messrs. Frank and Geho have developed a successful mine on the east side of Turtle Mountain, which has already attained an out- nut of 800 tons a dav, the coal being excellent for 464 THE MINING RECORD. steam purposes. My own object in taking up certain bonds in this important coal field was to determine its character for coking purposes and to ascertain how it compared with Fernie coal. The result" you can best judge from the following analyses taken by me from comparatively shallow workings, the ash is certain to be less at greater depth: Fixed Car. Volatile. Ash. No. i 63.4 29.1 7.4 No. 2 64.5 26.5 9.0 No. 3 67.7 25.5 6.8 No. 4 (20 miles north of Blairmore). . .. 58.9 28.5 11.8 No. 5 60.3 31.3 7.4 Samples Nos. 1, 2 and 3 are all first-class coking coals; Nos. 4 and 5 good steam. This coal field is so near to the Province of British Columbia that it will seek its natural market there for coal and coke, especially the latter, and the mode of occurrence of the seams being more favourable for cheap working than in the Pass, there is no reason why the cost of production may not offset the extra transportation, a matter of 30 to 50 miles. At any rate I am convinced that in less than two years from date we shall see coal and coke of satisfactory quality being produced in this district at the figures I have already named, to the enormous benefit of the various industries of Southern British Columbia. PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMOX COLLIERIES DURING THE YEAR. (By John Matthews.) MINING here during 1902 has been marked by a comparative freedom from accidents. The mines have been worked continuously, notwithstanding the keen competition of fuel oil in the California market. The high grade of this coal as a steam fuel insures it a ready market. The output for the year has been above the average and the outlook for the incoming year is better. There has been considerable development work done during the year; a railroad four miles in length has been constructed to connect No. 8 slope to the main line. No. 8 is a new mine and will be opened out by two slopes. It is situated two miles in a northerly direction from No. 4 slope. The ground was examined by the writer early in the spring, and the configuration of the surface was -such that led to the conviction that coal would be found near the surface. A diamond drill was sent to the new prospect, and the work of boring pushed, which resulted in the main seam being discovered at a depth of a hundred feet from the surface. Four holes were put down, the last one which was 1,200 feet from the first hole, in the direction of the dip of the seam, struck the coal at a depth of 188 feet. The seam proved to be of very uniform thickness, averaging four feet and dipping about 1 in 12 to the northeast. The coal was of a compact texture and very clean. Float was found in the creeks to the west and a thorough search was made, and the strike or outcrop of the coab was traced for two miles in a westerly direction to Brown's River, where a seam four feet thick was found, exposed in the bank of the river. This coal was also found to be of an unusually compact nature. A sample of 100 pounds from here and some of the cores of coal from No. 8 were sent to the company's geologist, Mr. Sutton, at Victoria. He, after making an assay of the sample sent, pronounced the coal to be a high-grade anthracite assaying a little over 80 per cent, carbon, while the percentage of ash was very low. Mr. Sutton was up here last month and spent a week exploring the ground and after a careful survey concluded that there was at least a field of one thousand acres of anthracite coal between No. 8 and Brown's River. The strike of the coal extends in a westerly direction from Brown's River, but an opinion cannot be given as to whether or not it is anthracite, as no tests have been made as to its quality. The value of this discovery cannot be over-estimated, as it will fill a want that has been long felt on the Coast. After the discovery of coal at No. 8 the work of developing it was vigorously pushed. A site for a slope was selected and a large gang of men put to work slashing and clearing the ground. A large well- constructed pit-head has been erected and an hoisting engine put up, and the work of driving the slopes is progressing. The slopes dip 1 in 8 and will have to be driven through the surface measures (clay) to a depth of 95 feet before reaching the seam, which will take about four months to accomplish. There is a most sanguine feeling in the town of Cumberland, the centre of the mining district, as a result of this new discovery. The mines are working steadily, the miners are doing well, and business is prosperous. An electric lighting system has been recently installed by a private company. A High School was opened here last September. The townspeople therefore, look forward, and with sufficient reason, to a prosperous future. MINING IN THE YUKON. T N reviewing the mining operations in the Yukon A region for the past year, the Sun, published at Dawson, remarks that activity has been limited to the territory known as the Klondike and Indian River districts, which, however, has already produced gold to the value of a hundred million dollars. Our contemporary proceeds to remark that if this territory, which is but a small part of the known gold-bearing area, is capable of so large a production, it is reasonable to suppose that with the country opening up on a more extensive scale, with dredges, steam shovels and other modern appliances to work the low-grade grounds and with modern machinery to work the richer claims, that the output will be on the increase THE MINING RECORD. 46 i RECENT PUBLICATIONS. ffOONGS of an English Esau" is the title of a very O attractive little volume of verse, published by Messrs. Smith, Elder & Co., London. The author, our friend, Mr. Clive Phillipps-Wolley, hardly needs an introduction to our readers. Few literary men are more widely known throughout the Province than he, and few have done more by their writings to popularize the country and. advertise its resources. Many of the verses in this collection are familiar to us, two or three in fact, "Fooled" and "To Dr. George" have been published in the Minixg Record, but in all, the keynote is the same. It is the voice of the strong singer—not always perhaps the sweet singer—but that of a truculent, forceful man, one nevertheless possessed of deep sympathetic feeling, and a large knowledge of nature. There are two distinct sides to Mr. Wolley's character, and those of us who know and understand him like and admire both. In a curious degree he combines the temperament of the sportsman and of the artist, and that is why he writes such delightful verse. Listen to this: Colonial Esau? wouldst thou change thy pottage For Jacob's birthright, morning air for smoke— Take Jacob's palace for thy backwoods cottage, His fettered feet for thine which know no yoke. His victories won for thy delight in winning, His wedded fortunes for the fate you woo, His work well ended for thy work beginning, Memories of deeds for deeds still left to do? The tender lines "To My Wife" and "Seed Corn" might have been penned by Tennyson, the stirring sentiments in "England's Day" and "The Chain of Empire," "The Blooming of the Rose," and "To Britain's Grand Rounds," "The Sea Queen Wakes," have been uttered by Kipling in his moments of happiest inspiration. In "Failed," "The Worth of the Prize," "The Kootenay Prospector," and "Fooled" the grand lesson is taught, and that lesson is,—in better language than we are capable of clothing the sentiment : You were not meant to win, God chose to pay Your life the price of some position won. " What is it to the soldier, if the day Sets on his duty done. And if there be no crown, is that you lost So priceless, now you see it from the goal? Is that thy won, worth half the work it cost? You may have won your soul. The volume contains possibly a little too many references to colonial patriotism and loyalty. "The pride beyond all speech that seals our lips," to quote one of Mr. Wolley's own lines, aptly describes the attitude of the average Britisher. We don't talk about our love for our country and our flag. There is no need. But when the proper time comes we are not backward as a rule in proving in deeds not by mere words that we are a patriotic nation. You will remember the story in "Stalky & Co." of the disgust and resentment of the school at being compelled to listen to the well-intentioned but vulgar vapourings of an under-bred member of Parliament who made "Patriotism" the subject of a discourse? It is true, perhaps, that when an Englishman leaves his motherland he becomes more demonstratively patriotic, and Mr. Wolley has made the most of that. One other word, the only other that can be said in the way of adverse criticism. To our mind, it would have been better if "An Invitation" had been excluded from the collection. Anybody might have written it. Lead Smelting. The Construction, Equipment and Operation of Lead' Blast Furnaces, and Observations on the Influence of Metallic Elements on Slags and the Scientific Handling of Smoke, by Malvern Wells lies, Ph. D., etc. First edition. New York. John Wiley & Sons, London. Chapman & Hall, Limited, 1902. Price, cloth $2.50. This work, by a man pre-eminent in his profession, will, we feel sure, be greatly appreciated by metallurgists. Dr. lies is one of the pioneers of lead-smelting in the United States. He writes, therefore, with the experience of twenty years' practical work to his credit and possessed of a knowledge and grasp of his subject to an extent of which few men can lay claim. Although several well-known books have been published on smelting gold, silver and lead ores, the majority of these have not dealt with the hard problems which under varying conditions and environment are constantly met with in actual practice. In his present work the author endeavours to render practical assistance in the way of suggesting the best methods of overcoming such difficulties as they may arise. Nearly half the' volume treats on the blast furnace, the chapter being sub-divided into sections, under such headings as "Drawings and Specifications," "Inne- Lines," the "Foundations," "Water Jackets," "Power Plant," "Blowing-in," "Calculation or Charges," etc. And following chapters are occupied with a discussion of the influence of metallic elements, wall accretions, handling of smoke, metallurgical re suits, antimonial lead, roasting furnaces, smoke, the draft factor on lead blasting furnaces, on bag-house on hand roasting .furnaces, on mechanical roastinsr furnaces, and on refinery furnaces. There is also ?. chapter on Fume Experiments and on the Bag- House. What pleases us in particular is that the work contains no useless or unnecessary padding The author plunges at once in medias res; he writes to the point and he manages to make his meaninp- clear and impart very valuable information in the fewest possible -number of words. BOOKS RECEIVED. Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures and condition of the institution for the yea*- ending June 30, 1901. Washington. Government Printing Office, 1902. 468 THE MINING RECORD. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE SILVER-LEAD INDUSTRY. AT a meeting of the Silver-Lead Mine Owners Df East and West Kootenay, held at Sandon, British Columbia, on December ioth, 1902, the following resolution was presented by J. L. Parker, and carried unanimously:— 1. Whereas, The silver-lead industry of British Columbia, notwithstanding the usual richness of the ore, the proved continuity of the veins, and the favourable natural conditions of mining in the Province, is, and for some time has been, in a declining condition, which, if not ameliorated, will end in total stagnation. And 2. Whereas, the" lead-mining camps of the United States, and particularly those in the adjoining state of Idaho, are, and for years have been, enjoying great prosperity, due to a protective tariff conserving the home market. And 3. Whereas, the silver-lead mining industry has been for some years of national importance, and, unless allowed to decline, will speedily attain to a much greater degree of importance, benefitting by its increased expenditures the trade and advancement of both Eastern and Western Canada. And 4. Whereas, our domestic market for the manufactured products of lead is chiefly supplied from the products of ores mined in Mexico and Europe; where the labour cost of production is much lower than in this country; a condition of affairs permitted by the wholly inadequate protection afforded by the existing tariff; while the prices of white lead, lead pipe, sheet lead and shot, in the Dominion of Canada, are approximately equal to the prices charged for the same commodities in the United States, all to the detriment of the producers, consumers, and transporters of lead in this country. And 5. Whereas, under the existing traiff, little or no protection is afforded to the lead producing industries ; whilst adequate protection is afforded" to all other industries of equal importance, known to us. And 6. Whereas, these conditions result in the exportation of a preponderance of our crude ore and bullion, the former to American smelters and the latter to the markets of the world; there to enter into competition with the products of cheap European and Mexican labour, and the surplus product of the protected lead industry of the United States. 7. Therefore, we, the silver-lead miners of the East and West Kootenay Districts of British Columbia in convention assembled do hereby recommend and respectfully urge the enactment of a Tariff Act which will afford ample protection to the producers, manufacturers and transporters of lead, thereby creating and fostering a new and expansive home industry calculated to benefit all classes by the stimulation of national trade and commerce. Having in view the interests of the producers, manufacturers and consumers of lead, we would re commend a duty equal to that imposed by the United States, viz.: On lead in ores, i£ cents per pound. On lead in bullion, pigs, bars, and old lead 2\ cents per pound. On lead in sheets, pipe, shot, etc., z\ cents per pound. On white lead, etc., 2$ cents per pound. On all other products of lead as provided in the Dingley Tariff Act of July, 24, 1897. Provided always that if at any time it shall be proved that a combination has been formed for the purpose of unduly increasing the charges made for smelting lead ores produced in Canada, or for refining or marketing lead bullion, or if the charge for smelting and refining in Canada is proved exorbitant, then the Governor-General-in-Council may at his discretion permit the admission into Canada of lead bullion smelted and refined, or smelted or refined in foreign countries, from Canadian lead ores, upon payment of an ad valorem duty of 15 per cent, upon the cost of such smelting and refining. 8. And the Secretary is hereby instructed to forward copies of the foregoing resolutions to the Senators and Members of the Dominion Parliament, representing British Columbia, with the request that they present the same to the Federal Government as a memorial with their endorsement. LOUIS PRATT, Secretary Silver-Lead Mine Owners Meeting. Held at Sandon, B.C., December ioth, 1902. THE ELMORE OIL PROCESS AT ROSSLAND. TO THE EDITOR:—I beg to acquaint you that I have recently arrived here to represent the Canadian Ore Concentration Ltd., who own the patent rights for the Elmore Oil Process in Canada. I am making Rossland my headquarters and am installing an experimental hand plant at the above address for the purpose of testing any ores submitted to me. It is quite possible to form a very good idea from these small tests not only whether an ore is amenable to the process or not, but also whether the proposition would present a satisfactory result from a commercial standpoint. Further and more extensive tests may no doubt be required before the erection of plants of any considerable size would be considered to be justified, but my object now is to make it generally known that a hand testing plant is in the country and that I am here to find" out the mines whose ores are most suitable and to inform all people concerned about the various particulars in connection with the process, which they may write for. Yours faithfully, H. H. CLOUDET, Assoc. Inst. M. M. Technical Representative of the Canadian Ore Concentration, Ltd. Rossland, B.C. THE MINING RECORD XI. > The Cherry Creek Copper King Mines, Ltd, NON'PERSOIVSL, LI&BILITY. Head ©ffice, Kamloops, B. e. Capital, - = = $500,000 In 5oo,ooo Shares of $1 Each. DIRECTORATE: President—W. J. Roper, Esq., Cherry Creek, B.C. Vice-President—J. R. Hull, Esq., Kamloops, B.C. DIRECTORS: J. A. Mara, Esq., Victoria, B.C. Freeman Harding, Esq., Kamloops, B.C. N. J. Hopkins, Esq., Kamloops, B.C. W. H. Ford, Esq., Kamloops, B.C. F. E. Young, Esq., Kamloops, -B.C. SECRETARY: Frederick E. Young, Esq., Kamloops, B.C. This Company owns and is operating six claims in the Kamloops Copper-Gold Belt which promise exceedingly favourable results. Of the capital there remains in the treasury 225,000 shares, and there'is absolutely no promoters' stock. The - property is FULLY PAID FOR AND UNENCUMBERED, and every dollar realized from the issue of Treasury Stock will be put into development. An issue of 50,000 shares, with interest at TEN PER CENT, per annum GUARANTEED by the BRITISH COLUMBIA TRUST COMPANY, LIMITED, for a period of six years, .is offered for public subscription at par. Six years will give ample time to put the property on a paying basis and your money brings annual returns. NO WAITING FOR DIVIDENDS. For Prospectus and forms of application write— THE SECRETARY, Cherry Creek Copper King Mines, Ltd. Non-personal Liability, Sp?..: Kamloops, B.C. COAL MINES REGULATION ACT. Board of Examiners. j^ OTICE is hereby given that the following constitute the Board of Examiners for the Michel Mine during the year 1903— Appointed by the Owners: (1) A. R. Wilson, (2) John Lee. Alternates: (1) Wm. Powell. (2) Robt. Middleton. Appointed by the Lieut-Governor in Council: -Evan Evans. Elected by the Miners: (1) Edmund Simister, (2) Wm. Almond. Alternates: (1) Chas. Orban, (2) Robt. G. Duggan. Note.—Alternates act as Members of the Board in the absence of those regularly appointed or elected to act thereon. All persons interested may obtain full information by applying to the Secretary to the Board, Mr. Evan Evans, of Michel, B. C. Dated this 22nd day of December, 1902. MALLCOTT RICHARDSON, Secretary Department of Mines. COAL MINES REGULATION ACT. Board of Examiners; 1^^ OTICE is hereby given that the following constitute ■*■ ~ the Board of Examiners for the Morrissey Mine during the year 1903:— Appointed by the Owners: (1) H. F. Martin, (2) Chas. Simister. Alternates: (1) Patrick Murray, (2) Wm. Johnson. Appointed by the Lieut-Governor in Council: J. K. Miller. Elected by the Miners: (1) Philip Christopher, (2) J. E. Bollusky. Alternates: (1) Alex. Hamilton, (2) J. T. Davis. Note.—Alternates act as Members of the Board in the absence of those regularly appointed or elected to act thereon. All persons interested may obtain full information by applying to the Secretary to the Board, Mr. J. K. Miller, of Morrissey, B.C. Dated this 22nd day of December, 1902. MALLCOTT RICHARDSON, Secretary Department of Mines. POGSON, PELOUBET & CO Public Accountants HENNESSY BUILDING, BUTTE. NEW YORK - - - 20 BROAD STREET. XII. THE MINING RECORD. CITY OF VICTORIA. the Metropolis of Western Canada. The terminus of the Vancouver Island railways, and, under agreement, the British Columbia terminus of the Great Northern Railway of the United States, and of the Canadian Northern. The Canadian gateway to the Orient and the South Pacific Islands. The starting point of steamship lines to the Yukon and Caspar gold fields, and their chief source of mercantile supply. The principal Canadian port of call for tourists on the line between San Francisco and Alaska. Only a few hours* sail from Seattle, Tacoma and other Sound cities. CLIMATE—Unexcelled for health and comfort, temperate and bland. Cool in summer and mild in wunter. Flowers the year round. SCENERY—World-renowned. Unparalleled marine v ws. Ideal landscapes. Charming vistas. Splendid pub- | edifices, churches and schools. The magnificent Parlia- t< at Buildings, architecturally perfect. Superb private i:- dences and grounds. Paved streets and sidewalks. Elec- § ic railways and all appurtenances of the most modern city. Drives that excite the admiration of everyone. Incomparable public parks. ENVIRONS—Never-to-be-forgotten scenes of picturesque beauty. See Esquimalt suberb, with its dockyard and ships of war, accessible to visitors; Cordova, Cadboro, Fowl and Oak Bays, Saanich, Goldstream and Sooke—far-famed retreats. SPORTS AND GAMES of all kinds. Driving Parks, Agricultural Grounds, Golf Links. Victoria Arm, five miles long, the most perfect pleasure waterway on the Pacific Coast, always placid and delightful. First-class Hotels and Lodging Houses; livery turnouts at reasonable rates. THE MOST DELIGHTFUL PLACE OF RESIDENCE IN CANADA. Surrounding districts the sportman's paradises- trout, salmon, duck, grouse, deer, bear, moose and elk. The leading centre df the MINING INDUSTRY on the'" Coast, and of the wonderful iron, copper and gold mines and mining properties on Vancouver Island. Three smelters in course of erection witMn a radius of ioo miles from the city. Great lumber entrepot. Sealing fleet headquarters. Centre of iron and other manufactures—some of national reputation All Enquiries Addressed to the Clerk of the Municipal Council, Victoria, B. C. will receive Prompt Attention Wire Rope Bargain T 27,400 feet best patent improved crucible steel wire rope, 1 in. diameter, 6 strand, 16 wire, manilla core, Lang lay, on four reels, for sale in any lengths desired. For terms apply to HALL MINING & SMELTING CO., Ltd., Nelson, B. C. Hew Catalogue ELEVATING-CONVEYING! MACHINERY Now Ready. Send for Copy./ The JEFFREY MFG. CO., COLUMBUS, C, U.S.A. Lobnitz' Gold Dredgers are at work in British North and South America, Africa, Asia, &c. LOBHlTZ&^i^- Gold Dredgers VJU I**. m Istandari Sizes. ttuick Delivery wl Parte «a»e to Gau9e. ADDRESS LOBNITZ & CO., LtdM RENFREW, SCOTLAN^ Telegraphic At .ess: "Lobnitz, Renfrew." AI Code used. THE MINING RECORD. XIII. ANCHOR WIRE FENCE *s~ ii 1 Patented 7 Sept., 1894-No. 46991 IS ■ Strongest, Cheapset, BEST IN THE MARKET To be had only from THE B. C. ANCHOR FENCE CO., Limited, 743 Pender St., VANCOUVER, B. C. SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. The fact.that in a comparatively short time over 11,000 Pelton Wheels hkve been sold and are now in successful operation in all parts of the world, affords substantial evidence that Pelton system of Water Power is the most simple, efficient and reliable that has been devised, and justifies in a practical way all the claims the best of hydraulic engineers have made for it. Intending purchasers need have no fear of possible failure—for every wheel is specially guaranteed. Send for catalogue. Pelton Water Wheel Co., '35 Main St., San Francisco, California. 143 Liberty St., NewYork City \UJ )*«n mm Hi CALCUTTA ORE SACKS 40 in. Hessians, Fire-Bricks, Fire-Clay, Galvanized Sheet Iron. SOLE AGENTS FOR THE DISTRICT FOR THE CELEBRATED "Valvoline" Cylinder and Machine ^^^^^^^^T Steel Rails a Specialty. C. F. JACKSON & CO., Ld., SHIPPING AND COMMISSION AGENTS. WHARF—Heatley Ave., Vancouver. 151 Hastings St., Vancouver, B. C. a19ee3£ 60 Per Gent. Per Annum Guaranteed. THE eaLIF0RMia=IVEYHOa MINING COMPANY Strikes it Rich. A new vein running as high as $10,000 to the ton found in the Old Victor Mine. PresidentMcKelvey states the mines much more valuable than claimed in their prospectus, and feels quite sure they will be able to pay much larger dividends than promised, which is 60 per cent, per annum on the par value of stock when mill is completed, and that will be inside of four months. Present Price 75 CENTS Per Share, Par Value $1.00.- Full paid and non-assessable. "We are allowed a brief extension of time, so that present price holds goo"d for a-short time longer. Dividends i% per cent per month on the investment guaranteed regular until mill is completed. Reader, you should look this up. It is the greatest mining proposition that has been upon the American market in 25 years, if ever before. WRITE F©R PROSPECTUS. W. H. BALDWIN & ee. Brokers and Financial Agents, M'50-5k*i5ba.n/y.I&W Blda" REFERENCE—Bradstreet's and Dun's Agencies; State Bank & Trust Co., 1,0s Angeles Cal.; any mining journal of the State or prominent mining nien^ THE MINING RECOED ^^esiJi^^pg':To m THE EDWAI#^^^P^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^SiATES 1RON WORKS. DICKSON MFG. CO. &S$5 S'crantpn, Pa." i%&vj: MANUFACTURERS OF MINING MACHINERY 1 GATE.S' TUBE MILL | | 7 This cut illustrates the highest type of all modern fine pulverizers, namely, the Gates Tube Mill. As a tube mill it is essentially a fine pulverizer and when used as such is effective and economical, giving large capacity at a very low cost for repairs. The Tube Mill consists of a plate steel shell, made to revolve by means of heavy gearing at about 25 revolutions per minute. The shell is about half filled with hard flint pebbles and material to be pulverized, and the constant rotation and wave-like tumbling action of the pebbles produces an enormous and flexible grinding surface. It is continuous in its operation, being equipped with the Gates Patent Automatic Adjustable Feeder and most approved form of dustless discharge. As the fineness of the discharged product depends upon the quantity of material fed, we have taken special pains to produce an automatic feeder, driven from the mill itself, capable of being adjusted to a nicety, which is not found in any other tube mill. In a modified form this same type of mill can be used for wet pulverizing, and we have furnished a number of the smaller sizes for regrinding jig tailings. We have patterns for and are prepared to manufacture mills qq 42 54 and 60 inches in diameter, and of any practicable length for the respective diameters. BRANCH OFFICES: NEW YORK. BroadExrhangeDldg. PITTSBURG. 1212 Trick Bldg. MINNEAPOLIS. 4»fornExciun$(«kkj. DENVER. !649TromonlSl7 GENERAL £7lVS$ OFFICE:: CIIICAGO^ILL.,U.S.A. HOME INSURANCE BUILDING. BRANCH OFFICES I SALT UliE CITr. Dooly Block. SPOKANE, 312Rrs>Ava SAN FRANCISCO, 62.3Hay*3nll% LONDON. ENG. IcjODaslmwdltoiise Z/> THE MINING KEOUKD IlfiMALMERSfCO. the ^^^^^^^M^^^^m SCCESSriRl \&M^&%^^H OATES,||ON W0RltS|l|P3||§)^oN M FO. CO. ^Chicago, .«t^^^&fe^S; Scranton.Pa. MANUFACTURERS OF Mining Machinery The Presidio Mining Company, of Shafter, Texas, operates a fifty-stamp, wet-crushing silver mill. Careful records of cost of shoes and dies have been kept for twelve years. The Presidio Company has used high-grade Open Hearth and Crucible Steel castings, Chrome Steel, Ferro- Aluminum, Forged Steel, Harveyized Steel, Manganese Steel and Projectile Steel. The best records made by each kind of metal used in the shoes and dies show the following: CHICAGO, U.S.Arf 'GATES'"CHILLED IRON SHOES AND DIES Cost of Castings Purchased per Ton of Ore Crushed Harveyized Steel 1629 Forged Steel 1227 Chrome Steel 1107 Chrome Steel 1057 Chrome Steel 0786 Projectile Steel 1051 Projectile Steel 0538 Manganese Steel 0995 Ferro-Aluminum 0960 Cast Steel 0705 Gates Chilled Iron 0348 Gates Chilled Iron 0285 Gates Chilled Iron .,. .0227 Gates Chilled Iron, dies only 0199 We have perfected a mixture of iron for Stamp Shoes and Dies that is unequaled for wearing qualities. After very severe competitive tests with other brands of iron and steel (see accompanying record of tests made by the Presidio Mining Co.), the Gates Chilled Iron Shoes and Dies have been pronounced by the leading mill men of this country to outlast any other material on the market, price being considered. For the past few years we have been supplying the Homestake Mining Company, Lead, S. D., and several other of the leading mining companies of the United States with their entire supply of Stamp Shoes and Dies made of this special mixture of chilled iron. The Homestake Mining Company has, in the past few years, purchased in the aggregate about 30,000 Stamp Shoes and Dies, and according to their own record, the average life of our chilled iron shoes working on their ores runs from 55 to 65 days each, which includes all breakages and defects in castings. WRITE US FOR PRICES AND FURTHER INFORMATION BRANCH OFF®^^ NEWWRKirlr^^tel!g^d|l ^grsBu rg) J^^S'^5 MlNNEAPOUS.H|(orfltShanjfBldj. DENVEl^^^^^^ GENERAL OFFICE : CHii^;mmiiU.i.A. HOME INSURANCE BUILDING. BRANCH OFFICES •* SALTLAKECITr, Dooly Block. j SPOKANE, 512 First Ava SAN FRANCISCO, 623Haywmll% LONDON. ENG! MtohwoodRouse XVI. THE MINING RECORD. BRITISH COLUMBIA THE MINERAL PROVINCE OF eHNHDH. Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Cool, Coke, Oil Iron, Mercury, Platinum, etc. The Mines of British Columbia have produced over $180,000,000. Amount and Value of Mineral Products for 1899, 1900 and 1901. Gold, placer Gold, .lode Silver Copper Lead Coal Coke Other materials. Customary Measure Ounces Pounds .."...,. Tons, 2,240 lbs. 1899. 1900. Quantity. Value. Quantity. 67,245 138,315 2,936,413 7-722.591 21,862,436 1,306,324 34,251 £1,344,900 2,857,573 1,663,708 1,351,453 878,870 3,918,962 171,255 206,400 63,936 167,153 3,958,175 9,997,080 63,358,621 1,439,595 85,149 $12,393,12li Value. 1901. (Estimated). Quantity. Value. £1,278,724! 3,453,38i| 2,309,200 1,615,289 2,661,887 4,318,785' 425.745 251,740 43,204 227,696 4,685,718 30,736,798; 50,529,260 1,529,210 i34,76o' $i6,344.75i $ 892,500 2,704,2'Ki 2,614,002 4,951,698 1,970,641 4.587,63 •> 673,800 309,030 $ 20,713,501 Production for 1890, $2,608,608; tor 1899, $12,393,131; for 1900 $16,344,751; for 1901, $20,713,201. GOLD.—Placer gold mining, which in early days formed the chief mineral industry of the province, and made it famous all the world over, still continues to be important, while improved methods of working the gravel deposits, together with cheaper transportation and cost of mining, have tenlered the working of large deposits, long known to exist, now profitable where previously impossible. The area of country known to contain placer gold is enormous, and has only been touched, leaving still virgin ground well worth the prospecting for this, the only class of " poot man's mine." Recent discoveries of new placer fields in the Atlin district, the Cassiar district, and the Cariboo district near the Horsefly river, are proof that the field is not yet exhausted, and promise a revival of this important industry. HYDRAULIC MINING plants costing large amounts of money are being installed in Atlin, Cassiar, Omineca and Cariboo at points widely separated, indicating the extent of the gold deposits. One company recovered $350,000 in eold during 1900. DREDGING FOR GOLD is receiving deserved attention, and dredges are at work on the Fraser, Thompson, Quesnel and other rivers, on all of which streams good ground may yet be obtained. LODE GOLD MINING is now being prospected in various parts of the province, and in certain instances very successful, notably at Ymir. Cariboo-McKinnev and elsewhere. GOLD-COPPER ORES are being extensively worked at Rossland by the Le Roi, War Eagle and associated companies, while other mines in the camp are rapidly becoming important producers. The tonnage of this camp alone in 1900 was 217,676 tons, and there will be an increase this year. SILVER-LEAD.—The silver production of the prov'ncc in 1900 showed an increase over 1899 of 39 per cent, while the lead production increased 206 per cent., largely derived from properties in East Kootenay. rendered available by railroad construction. This year the increase will not be as great, but the industry is expected to hold its own. COPPER.—Copper is being produced to a limited extent at Rossland, where the chief value of the ore is in gold, but the feature of this branch of the industry is the development and minting of a large tonnage erf low-grade copper ores in the Boundary district, of which there seems to be an almost un- mited amount. The output of ore from this district alone will amount to from 1,200 to 1,500 tons of ore per diem. this year show the Vancouver a very considerable Island and Texada The Coast district will copper production, from Island mines. Prospecting for copper is receiving great attention, and the discoveries made on the Coast, in the Simlilkaraeen valley, etc., give great promise. IRON.—With the great probability of an iron-smelting plant on the Northern Pacific Coast in the near future, what promise to be extensive bodies of magnetite iron ore have been developed on the Coast, while other deposits of iron ore are now under development in the Goat River and Fort Steele mining divisions, and still other bodies occur near Kamloops. COAL AND COKE.—In 1900 the Vancouver Island collieries made a net output of 1,336,023 tons of coal and 19,234 tons of coke, and in 1901 even this output promises to be exceeded. In 1900 the Crow's Nest collieries made a net output of 103,572 tons of coal, and 69,915 tons of coke. In 1901 this output will be doubled at the least. These mines alone are putting out from 1.500 t© 2,000 tons of coal per diem. Of this, output in 1900, 914,183 tons of coal and 51 757 tons of coke were exported, chiefly to the United States. The remainder was consumed in local smelters and other industries. SMELTERS.—In the province there are smelters in active operation at Trail, Nelson, Grand Forks, Greenwood and Van Anda ; while this coming year will probably see one erected in East Kotenay and two others on the coast. Refineries are yet lacking, but the building of at least one is pretty well assured. CAPITAL.—Capital can now find here many excellent opportunities for investment, as the values placed on mines and undeveloped properties has reached a reasonable basis. If proper business care is used, and the experienoe of competent men utilized, these investments should be safe as well as profitable MINERAL LANDS.—Mineral lands are open to location to any person over 18 years of age, who has obtained a free miners certificate, and perfect title to lode claims can be easily secured after $500 worth of work has been done per claim A great extent of territory has yet to be prospected. For information!, reports, bulletins, etc., address The Hon. the Minister of Mines. W. F Robertson, Provincial Mineralogist, VICTORIA, B. C. VICTORIA, B.C. THE MINING RECORD. XVII BENNETT'S FUSE CROWN BRAND THE KING OF FUSES ft The WHITE COUNTERED GUTTA PERCHA FUSE is the POPULAR FAVORITE in the mines of British Columbia, Australia, the Transvaal, and the World over. Beware of Spurious Imitations Made to Catch the Unwary. HOLMAN BROS. CAMBORNE, MCORNWALL Manufacturers of. Boilers, Air Compressors, Mining Machinery The Holman Patent Roek Drill Specially Adapted to B. C: Mining. Awarded Gold Medal Greater Britain Exhibition Awarded Gold Medal CHARLES CAMMELL & CO. Ld. SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND, Manufacturers of Drill Steels, Best Refined Cast Steel Files, and Rasps, Steel Axles, Wheels and Cranks. Rails and Fish Plates made to any specification. Steel Plates, etc. Stamp Mill Dies and Shoes. ROWLAND MACHIN, 5 Yates St., VICTORIA, B. C. General Agent for Canada. XVIII THE MINING RECORD. PROFESSIONAL AND BROKERS. J. C. GWILLIM, B. Sc Mining Engineer. Late of Geological Survey of Canada, (Atlin District), six years' experience in B. C. mining districts. BAKER STREET, NELSON, B.C. JAMES BRADY, Dominion and Provincial Land Surveyor, Mining Engineer. Properties surveyed, examined and reported on. Agent for procuring Crown grants. GOLDEN, B. C. CHAS. E. OLIVER, M. E. HEDLEY B. C. 9 Properties in the Similkameen carefully sampled and reported on. I have the handling of three ofthe standard properties of Camp Hedley and solicit correspondence from any first-class mining man or corporation regarding same. s. m. McGregor, b.a. sc. w. d. McGregor, m e. McGregor & co., MINING and CIVIL ENGINEERS ^ , ^^ A N. D /-\ and LAND SURVEYORS. OLUUAINj O . O Reports on Mines and Prospects. Act as agents in doing assessmentwork, applying for Crown grants and in taking general charge of preliminary development work. P. 0. Box 453. Telephone 895 A. R. BARROW, amice. Mine Surveyor Mine Surveys instituted-and plans brought up to date at regular intervals. Steam Engines and Air Compressors Indicated and valves Set. PROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR. 4 View Street. Victoria, B.C. '^J7 IVJ1 I :]JJ is one of the most promising gold camps in L! 1 W I O British Columbia and now offers many capital opportunities for profitable investment. For further particulars write PERCY J. GLEAZER, MINING BROKER AND AGENT, YMIR, B. C. Code—Moreing & Neal's. E. W. WIDDOWSON, PROVINCIAL ASSAYER. - - - YMIR, B.C. Late Assayer to : The Hall Mines Smelter, Nelson, B. C. The Winnipeg Mining and Smelting Company.' Late Chemist to: The HollowayChemical Works, London, N. Etc. Mineral Analysis and Working Tests a Specialty. All samples received by mail or express receive prompt attention. Reliable reports on Mining Properties in this District. P.O. Box 11. YMIR, B.C. G. N. Express Company. GEO. A. WALKEM, B. Sc. (Meant). MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL Consulting Engineer Reports made. Plans and Estimates made. Expert evidence given. Inst, of Mech. Eng. of England. ,. Amer. Inst, ofElec. Eng. VatlCOUVer, B.C. Manager Vancouver Engineering Works, Ltd. J. R. GIFFORD, Consu ting Mining Engineer, M.C, Ml. Late Manager The Hall Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd., Nelson, B. C. Room 20, Flood Building. San Francisco, Cal. J. McLELLAN, Associate Royal School oi Mines, London. Mining Engineer and Assayer, TROUT LAKE CITY, B. G RELIABLE ASSAYS Gold $ .75 I Gold and Silver. $1.00 Lead 75 | Gold, Silver, Copper 1.50 SAHPLES BY MAIL RECEIVE PROJ1PT ATTENTION. Gold and Silver refined and bought OGDEN ASSAY CO. "2S ^^f^Wado. THE STUART ROBERTSON CO., Ltd., Successors to A. W. MORE & CO. MINING AND STOCK BROKERS Codes used: Bedford-McNeil's. Moreing & Neals, Clough's, and A.B.C, Fourth Edition. 23 BROAD STREET, VICTORIA, B. C. John Hunner. HUNNER & HARRIS, John Harris. MINES AND MINING INVESTMENTS, Box 818, Spokane, Wash. We have for sale AI properties for capitalists or small investors in B C or N. W. States of America* Being practically interested in mines in various districts we know what we are talking about. Let us know your requirements. American and English references Codes, " Bedford McNeill." " Cloughs." Cable address: "Harris," Spokane. THOS. DRUMMOND, M,E. and C.E. B. A. Sc. McGill University, Montreal, Member Canadian Society of Civil Engineers. Mining Properties reported upon. Information furnished. Gen-' eral Engineering work promptly performed. References furnished. QUESNELLE FORKS, CARIBOO, B. C. JOHN B. HOBSON, Manager Con. Cariboo Hyd Mining Co., Ltd. Consulting Mining Engineer, BULLION, BRITISH COLUMBIA. 28 years' experience in ihe equipment and operation of targe hydraulic, Deep Gravel, "Drift and Gold Quartz Mines, in California and British Columbia. Telegraphic and Cable Address "HOBSON" Ashcroft B. C. THE MINING RECORD. XIX PROFESSIONAL ADVERTISEMENTS. H. E. T. HAULTAIN, C. E. CONSULTING MINING ENGINEER, office: jg&^gj^ Nelson, B.C. J. B. TYRRELL, M. Inst. M. M., M. N. Eng. Inst. M. M. E., F G. S., Mining Engineer, DAWSON, YUKON. CANADA. Cable Adcress: | TYRRELL," Dawson. Code: Bedford McNeil's f. H.GORE. J. H. McGregor. Gore & McGregor, Provincial and Dominion Land Surveyors AND CIVIL ENGINEERS, Five Sisters' Block. VICTORIA and NELSON. WALTER E. SEGSWORTH Licensed Provincial Assayer Control Assays and Supervision of Ore Shipments a Specialty. GREENWOOD, B. C. WILLIAM A. BAUER, Dominion & Provincial Land Surveyor Surveys of Mines, Mineral Claims and Crown Lands. Crown Grants obtained and Assessments managed for absentees. Offices-FERGUSON and VANCOUVER, B.C. M.I. M. M.,M. I. M. E., M. Can. I.M. Cable Address : Phloxes, Nelson A. B. C. Code. R. C. CampbelhJohnston Mining Engineer and Metallurgist. Nelson, B. C. A. A. HOLDICH Analytical Chemist and Metallurgist Royal School of Mines, London. Seven years at Morfa Works, Swansea. Seventeen years chief chemist to Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Late chemist Hall Mines Co., Ltd. Assays and Analyses made on all varieties of mineral and many organic substances. Special experience in Smelting—both Swansea and American process. FERGUSON, B. C. RELIABLE ASSAYS Gold $ .50 Lead 50 Gold and Silver $i-°° Gold, Silver and Copper 1.50 Samples by mail receive prompt attention. Gold and Silver refined and bought. OGDEN ASSAY CO., 1725 Arapahoe St., DENVER, C0J0. POHLE &, PARMELEE ASSAYERS and CHEMISTS, Special Attention to Control and Umpire Work. Ores tested to determine the best method of treatment. Experimental work ou chemical processes or patents. General Commercial analysis. Thirty years experience. Prices and sample sacks free on application. 1627 CHAMPA ST., DENVER, Colo. CHRIS. OUTHETT, Associate of Royal College of Science, London. England. Inland Assay Office, KAMLOOPS, B.C. Provincial Assayer. Mineral and Coal Analysis a specialty. Reports made on Mining Properties Mail samples receive prompt attention. Richard H. Parkinson Provincial Land Surveyor, Hydraulic Engineer. FAIRVIEW,-B. C. Associate Member of the Canadian Society ol Civil Engineers. Water Works, Water-power Plants, Irrigation Projects, Bridges, Roads, Tramways, Estimates <f Construction, Surveys. Cecil M. Bryant, A.K..S M., A.I.M.M. E. Philip Gilman, A.R.S.M., F.G.S. Pellew-Harvey, Bryant & Gilman PROVINCIAL ASSAYERS. The Vancouver Assay Office and Ore Testing Works. Established 1890. MILL, SMELTER, CONCENTRATION AND CYANIDE TESTS. Reliable reports on miningproperties. Complete analyses of Ores and Coal Victoria Office : 4 View Street (Opposite Driard Hotel.) Wn. M. BREWER, HIN1NQ ENGINEER, MEM. N. of ENG. INST. MINING' & MECJH. ENG. and AM. INST.. M. E. Molsons Bank Building, VANCOUVER, B.C. TEL. 846. P. O. BOX 43 T. J. SMITH, MINING BROKER. Syndi: ates and Companies formed to develop mining claims Secretary Vancouver Mining Stock Exchange. 611 Hastings Street West, VANCOUVER, B. C A. A. WATSON, B. 5c. PROVINCIAL ASSAYER, VERNON, B. C. Analyst and Mineralogist Honours Graduate in Chemistry, Victoria University, England. Reports made on Mining Properties. Seven years experience in Australia. South America. England and B. C. Assay Charges—Gold, $i; Silver. $i; Copper, $2 ; Lead, $1 ; Gold and Silver, $1.50 ; Gold and Copper, $2.50; Gold, Silver and Copper, $3 ; Gold, Sliver. Copper and Lead, $3 56; Complete analysis of any ore, $10. ■SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SAMPLES BY MAIL-^a Assay Office and Chemical Laboratory, 28 BROAD ST., VICTORIA, B. C. (Opp. Driard Hotel.) WILLIAM F. BEST, F.C.S. ANALYTICAL CHEMIST AND ASSAYER (Heidelberg and Leipzig.) Personal attention given to all assaying and Chemical Anal«rsi» Rroert evidence before tbe Courts. XX THE MTNING RECORD. MINING PUBLICATIONS, ETC. f RECRCY W. CHARLESON ST06K HND INVESTMENT BROKER. 417 Hastings Street, Vancouver, B. 6. B. C. HINES AND STOCKS A SPECIALTY. Member Vancouver Stock Exchange. Notary Public for British Columbia. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. P. O. BOX 187. Cable Address-CHALCOUVER Codes used A. B. C. 4th Edition, Moering & Neal, Bedford McNeill, Cloughs. NOW READY. The MINERAL INDUSTRY Its Statistics, Technology and Trade in the United States and other countries, to the end of 1900. Edited by Joseph Struthers, Ph. D. Volume X.—Copiously illustrated, containing numerous diagrams and working drawings. Price $5.00, post paid. THE SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING CO., 253 Broadway New York. The Mining Manual for 1902. Published May 12th, 1902. By Walter R. Skinner. Sixteenth Year of Publication. (Established in 1887.; A record ol information concerning MINING COMPANIES (Gold, Diamond. Silver, Copper, Tin, Iron, and other Mines, Collieries, Land and Exploration Concerns, &c.) Followed by lists of MINING COMPANY DIRECTORS AND SECRETARIES and concluding with a DICTIONARY OF MINING TERMS. Over 1700 Pages. THE MINING MANUAL FOR 1902. Over 1700 pages. In demy 8vo, cloth. Price 21 s., post free. London: WALTER R. SKINNER, 11-12, Clements Lane, Lombard St., E. C. Dominion Hotel YieTORia, b. e. NEW AND MODERN. American Plan, $1.25 Up a Day, Telephones connecting rooms with office, Private Baths, Electric Lighted, Return Call Bells, and First-Class service. 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The best evidences of its worth as an advertising medium is the fact that its advertisers remain with it permanently year after year. In banks and business houses it is used as a work of reference. If you desire to reach the money e d class ofthe country, large or small, you should place an advertisement in the National Banker. Any legitimate enterprisee can secure all the money desired by making an announcement in this publication. It is quoted from and referred to more by the press of America than any financial journal in the United States. Subscripiion price $i.oo per year. Advertising rates on application. Sample copies sent free. Address all communications to The National Banker, 84 & 86 La Salle St., Chicago, 111; M. R. SMITH & COMPANY LIMITED. Established I858. Manufacturers of High Class Biscuits and Confectionery Gold Medals awarded at Ro.val Agricultural Exhibition *95« '96) '97, '98. Medal and Diploma awarded at Colonial and Indian Exhibitions. Silver Medals at Provincial Exhibitions, 1886. branch- VICTORIA, B. C. 430 CORDOVA STREET, VANCOUVER. MADE IN VICTORIA. ENGRAVINGS and ETCHINGS. The Cuts used by the Mining Record are made by us. Halftones and Line Etchings executed on short notice. Samples forwarded on application. BRITISH COLUMBIA PHOTO=ENGRAVING COMPANY, 25 BROAD STREET, VICTORIA, B. C. THE MIXING RECORD. XXI BRITISH COLUMBIA WHOLESALE SUPPLY HOUSES, ETC. A New Customer Becomes a regular customer when once started buying of us— WHY? We have the Best Goods and Largest Assortment in the West. We Can Fill Orders Promptly From Our Immense Stock. We manufacture a large quantity of Furniture, and import direct in car lots from the best makers everywhere EVERYTHING TO FURNISH A HOME. Write for illustrated catalogue, free. WEILER BROS., VICTORIA, B. C. ESTABLISHED 1862. Canadian Pacific Navigation Company, Ltd. Steamers leave Victoria and Vancouver as follows: Victoria=Vancouver Route. Leave Victoria daily 1 a.m. Leave Vancouver daily 1.15 p.m. West Coast, Vancouver Island Route. Leave Victoria 11 p.m., ist, ioth and 20th day of month. Northern British Columbia Coast Route. Leave Victoria 11 p.m., ist and 15th day of month. Leave Vancouver 2 p.m., 2nd and 16th day of month. Alaska Route. Steamships leave Victoria 11 p.m. ist and 15th day of month, leave Vancouver 8 p.m. 2nd and 16th day of month for Ketchikan and Skagway connecting with the White Pass and Yukon Route for Atlin, Dawson, and Yukon River Points. J. W. TROUP, Manager. Victoria. E. J. COYLE, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent, Vancouver. TURNER, BEETON & CO'Y Victoria, Vancouver, and Nelson, B. C. and at H. C. Beeton & Co., 33 Finsbury Circus, London, England. Manufacturers .f wholesale Merchants. DryGCsUE'Eto. Clothing, Etc., Etc. Goods indented from all parts ofthe world. Telegraphic Addresses 'TURNER," Victoria; " BEETON," London; " TURBEET," Vancouver and Nelson R. F>. RITHET & CO. Wholesale Merchants, Shipping & Insurance Agents. Proprietors of Victoria Wharf, Columbia Flouring Mill ; agents for VictoriaJL,t^er wd Manufacturing Company, Cheminus, V.L; Pacific Coast Steamship Co., San Francisco. WHARF STREET. VICTORIA, B. C XXII THE MINING RECORD. BANKING ESTABLISHMENTS, ETC. otabushed in?. BANK OF MONTREAL. INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. HEAD OFFICE: CAPITAL all paid up, $12,000,000.00 RESERVE FUND, MONTREAL. $7,000,000.00. UNDIVIDED PROFIT, $427,180.80. Board of Directors-Rt. Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, G. C. M. G., President. Hon. G. A. Drummond, A. T. Paterson, Esq.; Edward B. Greenshields, Esq.; Sir William C. Macdonald; R. B. Angus, Esq.; A. F. Gault, Esq ; James Ross, Esq.; R. G. Reid, Esq. Vice-President. E. S. CLOUSTON General Manager A, MACNIDER Chief Inspector and Superintendent of Branches <N- S. CLOUSTON Inspector of Branch Returns BRANCHES Province of Ontario—Almonte, Belleville, Brantford, Brockville, Chatham, Cornwall, Deseronto, Port William, Goderich, Guelph. Hamilton, Kingston, Lindsay, London, Ottawa, Perth Peterboro, Picton, Sirnia, Stratford, St. Mary's Toronto, Tor onto Yonge St. Branch, Wallaceburg. Province of Quebec—Montreal: West End Br., Stigneurs St. Br., Point St. Charles; Quebec. Lower provinces—Chatham, N.B.; Frederickton, N.B.; Moncton, N.B. St. John N.B.; Amherst, N.S.; Halifax, N.S.; Sydney, N.S. - Province of Manitoba and North-West Territories—Winnipeg, Man.; Calgary, Alberta; Lethbridge, Alberta; Regina, Assiniboia. Province of British Columbia—Greenwood, Nelson, New Denver, New Westminster, Rossland, Vancouver, Vernon, Victoria. In Newfoundland-St. John's, Nfld., Bank of Montreal. 1 F W-TAYLOR Assistant Inspector i JAMES AIRD Secretary I Montreal-H, V- MEREDITH ; Manager IN CANADA: ^ T „ ' In Great Britain—London, Bank of Montreal, 22 Abchurch Lane, E.G., Alexander Lang, Manager. In the United States Nqw York—R. Y. Hebden and J. M. Greata, Agents, 59 Wall Street; Chicago—Bank of Montreal. Bankers in Great Britain London—The Bank of England, the Union Bank of London, the London* Westminster Rank the National Prov^ Bank of England. Liverpool—The Bank of Liverpool, Ltd. Scotland—! ha Bntislj Linen Company Bank and Branches. Bankers in the United States—New York—The National City Bank, The Bank of New York, N.B.A. Bosten—The Merchants' National Bank, J. B. Moors* Co. Buffalo—Th- Marine Bank, Buffalo San Francisco—The First National Bank, The Bank of British Columbia, The Anglo-Californiau Bauk. Portland, Oregon—The Bank of British Columbia. The Canadian Bank of Commerce With Which is Amalgamated Ttie Bank: of British. Columbia. HEAD OFFICE: TORONTO. Paid Up Capital $ 8,ooo,oqq| Reserve Fund 2,652,ooo Aggregate Resources Over 70,000,000 HON. GEO. A. COX, President. B. E. WALKER, General Manager, LONDON OFFICE: 60 LOMBARD ST., E. C. The Bank has 80 branches extending throughout Canada and elsewhere, including the following in British Columbia and Yukon District: Atlin, Greenwood, Nelson, Sandon, Cranbrook, Kamloops, New Westminster, Vancouver, Dawson Nanaimo, Ladysmith Victoria, Fernie, White Horse. New York, BRANCHES IN THE UNITED STATES. San Francisco, Seattle Portland, Skagway. Savings Bank Department. Gold Dust Purchased, and every description of Banking Business transacted. GEO. GILLESPIE, MANAGER. BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ESTABLISHED 1836. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1840. Paid Up Capital, £1,000,000 Sterling. Reserve Fund, $1,776,333 LONDON, ENG., OFFICES, 5 GRACECHURCH STREET, E. C. BRANCHES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA .- Victoria, Vancouver, Rossland, Kaslo, Ashcroft, Greenwood. Also at the Gold Fields—DAWSON CITY. A Savings Bank Department Has Been Established in Connection With the Victoria Branch. Highest Price Paid for Gold Dust and Amalgam. W. T. OLIVERj Mgr., Victoria, B. C. MICHIGAN COLLEGE OF MINES. An Engineering School with unique location, giving it unusual facilities New Mining Engineering and Hydraulic Building, also Chemical and Metal lurgical Building ready for fall term, 1902. For catalogue giving list of graduates and their occupations, address F. W. McNair, President, Houghton, Mich. PATENTS, Caveats, Designs, Copyrights and Trade Marks obtained in Canada and all foreign countries. ROWLAND BRITTAIN, Registered Patent Attorney, Mechanical Engineer and Draughtsman. Write for full information and references. Satisfaction guaranteed. Room 20 Bank of British N orth America VANCOUVER -B, C. The Hall Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd NELSON, B. C. \ SMELTING DEPARTMENT ■ Purchases GORRER ORE, LEAD ORE, DRY ORE. WANTED Position by Provincial Licensed Assayer. Several years experience in B. O. Apply "A" Box 246 Victoria, B 0 r- THE MINING RECORD. xxni VANCOUV,R ISLAND COAL. COAL! COAL! The New Vancouver Coal Mining and Land Co. (LIMITED.) FORMERLY THE VANCOUVER COAL COMPANY. Are the Largest Coal Producers on the Pacific Coast Nanaimo Coal. Used Principally for Gas and Domestic Purposes. Southfield Coal Steam Fuel. Protection Island Coal and New Wellington Coal, (House and Steam Coal), are mined by this Company exclusively. THE NANAIMO COAL gives a large percentage of gas, a high illuminating power, unequalled by any other bituminous coal in the world, and a superior quality of coke. THE SOUTHFIELD COAL is used by all leading steamship lines on the Pacific. THE NEW WELLINGTON COAL which was introduced in 1890, has already become a favorite fuel for domestic purposes. It is a clean, hard coal, makes a bright and cheerful fire, and its lasting qualities make it the most economical fuel in the market. THE PROTECTION ISLAND COAL is similar to the New Wellington Coal. This coal is raised from the sub-marine workings under the Gulf of Georgia and is shipped from wharves both at Protection Island and Nanaimo. The several mines of the Company are connected with their wharves at Nanaimo, Departure Bay and Protection Island, where ships of the largest tonnage are loaded at all stages of the tide. Specia despatch given to mail and ocean steamers. SAflUEL M. ROBINS, Supt., Nanaimo, B. C. XXIV THE MINING RECORD. TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES AND HOTELS. BALMORAL HOTEL & RESTAURANT DOUGLAS STREET, VICTORIA. "European.Plan—-Rooms from 50c. up, meals a la carte. American Plan—$1.25 per day up, CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY SOO-PAC/F/C LINE. THROUGH TRAINS Atlantic to Pacific Without Change, LOWEST RATES, BEST EQUIPMENT. K TO ALL POINTS IN CANADA AND UNITED STATES. For full particulars as to rates, time, and copies of C. P. R. publications, apply to H. H, ABBOTT, Agent, VICTORIA, B. C. Or to E. J. COYLE, Ass't General Passenger Agent, VANCOUVER, B. C. Esquimau and Nanaimo Railway. TIME TRBLE NO. 44. Southbound. Northbound. Daily. Arrive. Leave. a.m. p.m. Victoria 9 too 12 :o6 Shawnigan Lake 10:20 10 46 Duncans 11 :co 10:02 P.M. Nanaimo 12145 8:15 Ar. Wellington 1:00 Lv. 8 :oo Northbound. Leave. Sat., Sun. and Wed. Southbound. Arrive. A.M. Victoria 4125 Shawnigan Lake 5:42 Duncans 6:20 Nanaimo 8 :o2 Ar. Wellington 8:17 P.M. 8:10 7:01 6:05 4:25 Lv. 4:10 Throuah Tickets to ©rofton via Westholme, Stage leaves Daily, connecting with North and South bound trains, Double stage service Saturdays, Sundays and Wednesdays, connecting with morning and afternoon trains. Fare from Victoria, Single $2, Return $3. Throuah Tickets Victoria to HIberni—Stage leaves Wellington Tuesdays and Fridays on arrival of train from Victoria. Returning from Alberni Mondays and Thursdays. Fare from Victoria, single, $5.20, return $8.65 Through Tickets Victoria to Cowichan Lake via Duncans—Stage leaves Duncans Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays. Fare from Victoria $5.00 return. Excursion rates in effect to all points good Saturday and Snnday. GE©. h. COURTNEY, Traffic Manager. pSSfSSR p^? r/fHt-z^ic^/^M^yK)^ -HAVE- GENERAL STORES -AT- (P^-de Peres : Battleford >JmI IMGalgary Chapleau Dauphin Deloraine IgM* Edmonton Iffi'S Spl e* Fort William Spy Kamloops gajlj Langley Lethbridge \.nd at other principal points in British Columbia, Manitoba and Northwest Territories. Purchasers will find a these stores the foest'gbods at moderate prices, imported direct from all the principal markets of the world. Lower Fort Garry Macleod Mattawa Morden Nelson Pincher Creek Portage la Prairie Port Simpson Prince Albert Qu'Appelle Quesnelle Rat Portage Riding Mountain Shoal Lake'^l?7 Sudbury Touchwood Hills Vancouver Victor$j|jt7' 'Vernon White wood Winnipeg M: EVERY BELT . e|f GUARANTEED f| GENUINE OAK TANNED Ieather BELTING '."7777—^TjiiieUiLa FELTEN&GUILLEAUME,Carlswerk, Actien GelellsGhafi, Mulheim on Rhine For Exposed Situations Use pancashire^lHair Belting. '-'■'7: r ■ ' 7'' "- -'■-"■' -, ^7 - :' . r v tyijlgffi, ■ ■ ■,- - ,."-■-,'.'- ■ CATALOGUES AND DISCOUNTS ON APPLICATION. ||K. McLAREN, Montreal, Toronto. MANUFACTURERS OF ELECTRICAL LEADS AND CABLES Electric Lighting Cables fer Coal Pits with arrangement for avoiding fire damp explosions in case of tbe cable breaking. WIRE ROPES FOR MINING Roundundf'lat'JVPlre Ropes, "Albert," or so-called "Lang's" Lay Ropes, Patent Locked Coil Wire Ropes, Patented Flattened Strand Wirtslj^pes. IRON, STEEL, COPPER AND BRONZE WIRE Superior qualities. . SOLE AGENTS FOR CANADA : WATSON JACK & CO., 7 ST. HELEN STREET MONTREAL R A N D AIR CO iVl PRESSORS.-SIMPLE orCOMPOUND. ROCK DRILLS. STEAM or AIR. THE CANADIAN RAND DRILLfOMPANY VANCOUVER, B. ©. ROSSLAND, B. e. GREENWOOD, B. e. 1T-*':1 t'. 'vT& J ' SH WOOD, YftlXSNeE & CO., Hamilton. Toronto Office, Bay Street South. geo. oeiarooD & ee., Winnipeg. WoodlVallaipe MLeggat^imitecl e::; WHOLESALE HARDWARE, YANeOUVER, tf. €§||^:'Y "e'jH (Successors to Tho*. Dun & ©o„ Ltd,) Baimon. Steel Waste Ore Sacks MX^i eORRESPONDEN6E SeLISITEO. tYEE COPPER COJ SMELTING W0RKS -*fl£ IMLWSMITH Pre|^d t^PurcJ^p^Ores as Fronnt|Augtist 1st* ^^ivenient to £♦ & N* oR Sea, CLERliONf LIVINGSTONlMlIger. ! 'X NORTHWESTERN SMELTffiG ■«■■«« e ijfBuyers of Qold, Si^er and|Copper Ores, Mattes Jpl Bullion, FurnacCand Cyanide products. 3 LOCATION OP^/VORKS Crofton, ^ Vancouve^p5land,'v:Bi: <M Published by the B. C. Record, Ld. Printed by T. R. Cusack, Victoria, Canada. TL.« Hi I.L. GOAT RIVER MINING (Illustrated.) IS IMOnTn ! ODOWN THE QUESNELLE RIVER IN A DREDG ■ HIU I IVUUH BOUNDARY DISTRICT IN 1902 (Illustrated.) eye -^— . ■ ^ , e • _ . ;13g^M E (Illustrated.) VOL. X$[ FEBRUARY, J903. No/m TfflWftOK ELECtlCiOMPANi Elecffic Motoi^'*! Blowers. Motors. Farils. Dynamos. ElectricvJoining Apparatus. • • ||SLXMITED. Electricpl Const^^pS v7^^pand Suppltes.ffi^p \#SICOUVE»B» iip.Dpriiiwipsido. 115 Jacksdn St.,„§|ATTLE. 1746-17&8 Pacific^|t^ TACOMA. MINifJG, CANffife, SAWltftfLL a$& J#DRAULI^» fcAOHI^T^|MEBCHAN|si Agents for Rand:.-i>ttll Co.; Hendrie & Bolthoff Mfg. Co.; Astoria Iron Works, DeLoach Mill Mfg. Co.^f^ikCam- erbn Steam Pump Works; Cassels Automatic W0.er Motor Co., etc*^/ WM mm WSffl The most completej<£tock of Hoisting Engine&7Compressors, Drills §nd Portable Saw Mills carried on the Padfic Coast. &Wl &§JP Pacifif Coast Smiting anp RefiringftWoi^? PURCHASERS, SAMPLERS AND SMl||rERS^^OLD, SILVER and ||PPER ORES AND FURNACE PRODUCTS*! ADDRESS: IpEeCOPPER KI|{Gp-IMITf D. OFFICES: Crocker Building, San Francisco, Calj^ornia; Basildon House, 7 to II Moorga|| Street,f|ndon, E.C. IF li ARElBUI^K A jOUSE We Carry in Stock the Largest Assortment in Canada of p»j!| MAMTI CC In Oak, Maple, Cheip, Birph, White and 1B&' PLACJ GJ|te||1 1s^^^ LING F0R HOORS, HEARTHS, BATHROOMS, &c. BrassfpFenders, Fire Sets, Fire Dogs, Brass Coal Scuttles, &c. PAR&lKrE' flooriSg. ■ House Hardware in Latest and Best Designs. 8cLenn|n, §lcF w; (S^p pafili, Limited vlllr? p||fcLE§ALE HARDWARE VANCOUVER, B.|l DAWSON, Y. T. jenfkel Cfpss m With oigr7Jmproved-G|&*g ernor and Safety Device, new patent gab/££bd and hook, and other^special features,-of *^r design of this type of enginJg^will commend themselves to those requiring Durability, Economy & Easy Handling In this principal item of a steam-power plant. Complete Ste^lnJPower^^^iits Designed,built and installed for operat^gn." Our figures, ;jbre at your service, and we think you will find them reasonable. Send for cat- alogu£sbf anything in the Mining Machinery line. Free on request. Thi^jen^^^lacH^^^^ ':'^^HER^^pE, ou^^^^ Rossland, Greenwood, B.C., Toronto^Jjjbntreal, Halifax. pED KRUPP§GRUS§)NWERKJ (Madgeburg-BuOl|a;@^ermany^|/ M^fCRUSHING: Stone Breakers of Especially Strong construction. Roller Mills, Chilian Mills, Ball Mills, for dry and wet cruslljng—more than 1,800 at work. Stamp Batteries—Shoes and Dies of Krupp's Special Steel. AMALGAMATION: Amalgamation Tables and Pans, Las- rio'sGold Amalgamators, Settlers, 4c Separation and Concentration -Separators, Exhausters, Hydraulic Classifiers, Percussion Tables, Jiggers, Rotating Round Tables. Hfii«C HI Nj&>p LA N T. lis* CC^JIpETE GO:tgE^KDRESSING;^^^||| (a) For treating bjphe Wet Method with Stamp Batteries, Amalgamation anil; gN^ncentaij&tion. (b) For Dry Testing by Ball Mills, Dust Extraction and Leaching. ||||0*L WASHING PLANT—Large Testing Station for Crushing and Dressing Ores at the Works. MGENTS: For CANADA—Jas. W. Pyke &. Co, 3$!SJ7 Francois Xavier eet, Montreal For the UNITED STATES—Thos. Prosser & Son, 15 Gold Street, New.York For -lf|XlC0—Pablo Keener, Apartado 549, Mexico For SOU^fAFRIC^^^p^ngineering^^^pny, Ltd., P.O. Box 399, Johannesburg. A. R THE MINING RECORD. [. ELEVATORS AND CONVEYORS. •C. M. PINCKARD, President. E. L. EYRE, Vice-President. J. M. GRAHAM, Secretary and Manager. VULCAN IRON WORKS Manufacturers oi VULCAN DOUBLE-ROPE TRAMWAY. VULCAN ROPEWAY, (Single Rope System.) SAW-MILL MACHINERY. MINING AND MILLING MACHINERY. Vulcan Ropeways and Tramways. Office, 505 Mission St., Works, cor. Kearny and Francisco Streets, SAN RRAISICISCO, CAI Link-Belt ELEVATORS AND CONVEYORS For Handling Ores, Matte, Slae, Crushed Stone, Gravel, Cement, Sand, Water, Etc. . PICKLING TABLES, SHAKING AND REVOLVING SCREENS, COAL WASHING MACHINERY, SHAFTING, ROPE SHEAVES, PULLEYS, CLUTCHES, GEARING, Etc. Send for Catalogue. •'Link-Belt" Coal and Coke Breaker "Link-Beit" Box Water .Elevator. 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VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Manufacturers ofthe Celebrated Facilities Unequalled for Supplying the West with the Best Quality of || Grain, Hay or Mill Feed. B.&K. ROLLLD1 OATS. * (Registered.) ;; Victoria. Nelson. j s Vancouver. Rossland. !', New Westminster. Strathcona. Unequalled in the World. | BOYD, BURNS & e©. Plumbing and Engineering Supplies and Ship Chandlery. Ir n and Brass Pipe and Fittings, Boiler Tubes, Injectors, Oil Cups, Lubricators, Asbestos Board, Sectional Covering and Asbestos Cement, Leather, Rubber and Link Belting, Wire and Manilla Rope, Paints and Oils, Chain, Spikes, Loggers' Supplies, Sheet Iron and Other Metals. 5J-55 Hastings Street and 342 Water 11 VANCOUVER, B.C. The Mining Record VOL. X. FEBRUARY, 1903. No. 2 BRITISH COLUMBIA MINING RECORD Devoted to the dining Interests of the Pacific Northwest. PUBLISHED BY THE BRITISH COLUMBIA RECORD, LIMITED H. MORTIflER LAMB, nanaglng Editor. Victoria, B. C, Office, Province Building. Vancouver, P. W. Charleson, Hastings St. London Office: 24 Coleman Street, E. C, Denver, Col.: National Advertising Co. San Francisco: Dake's Agency. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: Canada and the United States, one year - Great Britain and Foreign^ one year - - Advertising Rates on Application. $2.00 $2.50 Address all communications to The Managing Editor, B. C. Record, Ltd., P. O. Drawer 645, Victoria, B. C. A PROPOSED PROVINCIAL MINING ASSOCIATION. IT is impossible to overestimate the far-reaching importance of the results that may be expected to follow from the inauguration during the past month, of a movement to organize an association on lines so broad and comprehensive as those suggested by the promoters of the plan. The objects for which this association is to be formed are, in brief, the promotion of the welfare of the mining industry, and invitations have been issued to practically every resident of the Province, on the assumption that he must necessarily be either directly or indirectly interested in the development and prosperity of this our principal industry, to become a member of the association and assist in sending delegates to a convention that is to be held in Victoria on the 25th of February next. So far the project has met with a most enthusiastic reception, and the only criticism that has appeared has been on a matter of minor detail and not directed against the principle or general aim of the movement. These are that by the co-operation of all •classes an improvement in conditions may be brought about. It will be for the convention to adopt a line of action and decide upon a plan by which the organization may be made to serve a really useful purpose. But it is clear enough that the opportunities in the direction indicated are boundless. The opening sentence in the circular issued by the provisional executive committee of the new association states that the "conditions surrounding the mining industry of the Province have become so burdensome that capital has ceased to flow into this country." This statement expresses, we fear, something very like the truth. It is strictly true that capital is not being invested in -the mines of the country, except in very limited amounts, and that British capital, at least, has ceased to flow into the country; it is true that the silver-lead mining industry of the Slocan and East Kootenay is in a terribly depressed condition, that the copper mines of the Boundary are operated on a very slender margin of profit; that hydraulic and placer mining effort is badly handicapped, and that in the whole country there is not a single mine on a regular dividend-paying footing. If these are facts, we must either admit that the mineral resources of the country have been grossly over-valued, or that they have not been exploited to the best advantage. But there is not a mine manager or mining engineer in British Columbia to-day who would express the opinion that the present unsatisfactory state of affairs was attributable to any but removable causes, or refuse to share the belief of the late Dr. Dawson and other eminent scientific men who have made a special • study of our mineral deposits, as to the wonderful opportunities for mining operation in so vast and rich a territory. Some months ago we attempted to investigate the causes responsible for the depression that then existed, and which still continues to overshadow the industry, and the following hypothetical reasons were offered: Exaggerated anticipation on the part of investors; extravagance and incompetence on the part of representatives of investors; bad mining laws; unstable relations between labour and capital; over-taxation and injurious incidence of taxation; extensive swindling on the part of company promoters; and abnormally high cost of production from inefficiency of labour. To these may now be added the low price of metals, inadequate marketing advantages and high costs of transport. Of the causes suggested some are merely imaginary and some are real; some have exerted a slight and some a-strenuous influence in retarding development and discouraging the further investment of capital; but if the real and removable evils of which we do agree exist can be remedied, so that legitimate enterprises will have a fair chance to succeed, we shall have made a big stride towards bringing about prosperity to the Prov- ince. It will be the part ofthe Association to ascertain what are real evils and what are imaginary, to suggest remedies, to devise improvements, to reconcile conflicting interests, to advertise the resources of the country and generally to take such a stand in the community as will best serve the great interests we all have at heart. . The work that has been undertaken so far by a provisional executive committee is, of course., of an entirely preliminary character, and the Association will not be a properly constituted body until after the convention in February, when a constitution will be adopted and organization finally effected. It is, therefore, to be hoped that the general value and importance of the movement will be adequately recognized throughout the country, and that all sections and classes will enter into a friendly rivalry to send a large and representative body of delegates to the meeting. The present movement is not an original conception.- Some twenty years ago conditions in the State of California were a great deal worse than they are in British Columbia to-day, and mining, especially- that carried on by hydraulicing methods, was practically at a standstill. In consequence, the California Miners' Association was formed, to whose efforts is directly traceable the prosperity which the mining industry in that State has since uninterruptedly enjoyed. Among the members of the California association are the Governor of the State, judges, professional men, merchants, farmers, teamsters, as well, of course, as mine operators and mine labourers; and that is what we want in British _ Columbia, the earnest co-operation of all classes for a work in which we are all vitally interested. We have magnificent timber resources, the salmon fisheries are' important, there is much land that may be turned to agricultural uses; but none of these industries will ever by themselves make British Columbia great and prosperous. It is to mining we look to do that. Once the mines begin to pay, as under normally favourable conditions they assuredly will, the confidence of capital will be revived, new fields . will be opened up, and we shall have what we require most—settlement and population. Considering the drawbacks and difficulties, the obstacles that have had to be overcome, the engineering and metallurgical problems that have presented themselves at every turn, it is no less wonderful than satisfactory that the mining industry of the Province has progressed so far as it has. Remember that hardly a dozen years ago Kootenay was an unexplored waste, a wilderness of mountains and pine forests; that when the first mines were discovered it was no uncommon thing to pay twenty and thirty dollars a ton transportation charges, and then after railways had been built, came one trouble after another, such as are to be expected in a new country situated as we are, The difficulty of securing efficient labour, the high cost of smelting, the ruinous cost of marketing, injudicious legislation, lack of capital, and last but not least the visitation of the fraudulent promoter. We hope to see the new Association do much both to ameliorate existing conditions and prevent the occurrence of difficulties which should be avoidable. The Association for instance, cannot regulate the prices of metals, but it can assist in removing the burdens imposed on the industry by the Dominion Government in the form of heavy duties on mine supplies; it can bring about a better understanding between employers and employees to the avoidance of strikes; it can by proper suggestion, representing the majority view of those chiefly interested, prevent the introduction of injudicious legislation and see that the mining laws in future are framed in such a manner as to encourage not only the investment of capital in the Province, but to stimulate exploration and prospecting; it can, as the Miners' Association has done in California, compel the Government to increase the efficiency of the Mines Department; it can do much to advertise the great mineral resources of the country, and inspire confidence by discouraging "wild-catting" and dishonest promotion; in short, if now for once prejudice and apathy can be overcome, and capital and labour induced to join, hands for the common good, we confidently assert that the new Association will be the means by which at no distant date British Columbia will become one of the - most productive and most prosperous mineral areas on the American continent. COKING AND NON COKING COALS. rHIS question is of such general interest that a few notes thereon should not be out of place. The districts to which this article refers are, generally speaking, those valleys of the interior plateau of British Columbia where tertiary coal basins exist, such as the Similkameen and Tulameen Basins, Nicola Valley, White Lake, etc. But the following remarks would apply to any further discoveries of a similar class of coal. These small basins are probably all due to similar geological causes and are of approximately similar age, the cause being the filling of pre- tertiary lake basins, or enlarged river valleys, by vegetable debris and the further growth of coal forming plants on the marshy land thus formed. Periods of uplift and depression alternated with, in some cases the addition of beds of volcanic ash, either deposited directly in the lake from adjoining craters or brought down in floods from outlying centres of eruption. THE MINING RECORD. Fossils, both vegetable and insect, abound, and are, generally speaking, of similar type. These have been referred by the Geological Survey of Ottawa to the oligocene period of the tertiary. .It is not proposed here to enter into a lengthy discussion as to how coal is deposited, but as to the actual composition of coal it might be well to clear up some points upon which misconception exists. The general division of coals is made by the amount of carbon shown to exist by a proximate analysis. Coal analyses may be of three kinds, viz : Proximate, which shows the amount of carbon, volatile matter, ash (non-combustible), moisture, sulphur, and sometime phosphorus. Sometimes this analysis is given after the coal is dried, thus increasing the constituents apart from moisture proportionately. 2. Destructive analysis gives the further subdivision of the volatile matter into hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen. 3. Assay of the per cent, of combustible only, vol- atile*and non-volatile matter. The coking analyses show the capacity of the coal for coking and its percentage. In this connection it should be 'noted as important that no estimate as to the coking quality of a coal or the nature of the coke if made can be deduced from its analyses. They do indicate, however, the probable purity of the coke made. It must be remembered that the ash is, in the case of an unwashed coal, made part of the coke, and in the case of a coal making 50 per cent, coke, i.e., two tons of coal making one ton of coke and containing 7.5 per cent, ash, there will be possibly 15 per cent, ash in the coke. For metallurgical purposes it may be said that a coke should be firm, tough and bright, sonorous, of long fibre, and should not contain more than 1 per cent, sulphur or 6 per cent. ash. A dense coke is objectionable by not allowing the air to penetrate and a very porous coke will not probably sustain the weight of the ore in the furnace. All the tests so far made seem to have been made for iron furnaces, where a weight of 50 to 60 feet of iron ofe is supported by the coke. In a copper furnace there is probably never more than 8 feet of ore on the coke and therefore the question of strength may not be so important. . Roughly speaking it may be stated that with less than 20 per cent, volatile matter the coal will not fuse properly and with more than 30 per cent, the strength of the cell walls may be so small that the coke will be non-coherent. This refers mainly to the ordinary coke -made in bee-hive ovens, unwashed. With washed coal and externally fired or narrow ovens these limits may be considerably expanded, and at the same time coals well within these limits will not coke at all. Probably the cause of this may be in proportions of O. H. and N., but this point has never been settled. It is important in looking at a coal analysis to know which of the three styles of analysis has been used, as the following table will show : Ordinary Analysis Per Cent. Proximate of of Analysis. Dry Coal. Combustible. Moisture 10 ..:■... Vol. Matter 30 33.33 37.50 Fixed Carbon 50 55-56 62.50 Ash 10 11.n of moist moisture includ's ash . coal. eliminated, in carbon. The general classes of fossil fuels are : Peat, lignite, bituminous, semi-bituminous, semi-anthracite, anthracite. The following analyses of coals, American and English, are given in order to define the boundaries of the various classes of coals. For the sake of clearness the decimals have been omitted, but the tables are taken from the best authorities. Great misconception exists as to semi-bituminous coals. These occur between the bituminous and the semi-anthracites. Authorities differ somewhat as to the limits of these, but speaking generally it may be said that in a proximate analyses : „/r • . Volatile Fixed . , Moisture. *r .* r* u Ash. Matter. Carbon. Peat *2o to 30 *25 *4o *io and up Lignite *io to 20 *35 to 50 *35 to 45 *5 to 20 Bituminous... 1 to 10 30 to 40 45 to 60 3 to 10 Semi-B 1 to 5 15 to 25 60 to 75 3 to 10 Semi-Anth ... 1 to 3 7 to 10 75 to 85 3 to 6 Anthracite... 2 to 4 3 to 5 80 to 90 . 5 to 10 ♦Physical properties enter larger into tbe classification of these. As an instance of the unreliability of analyses as to coking qualities ef coal the following may be of interest : Montana coal 29 per cent. vol. comb, matter, un- cokeable. Colorado coal 30 per cent. vol. comb, matter, very good coke. Cornellville, Pa., 31 percent, vol. matter, standard coking coal of U. S. Montana coal 32 per cent., uncokeable. British Columbia coal 36 per cent., makes good coke. When the volatile matters are divided up with O. H. and N. the matter becomes more complicated, but within one individual coal field it is possible to establish some limits. It is also doubtful whether the ordinary laboratory test is of much value as to coking qualities, that is to say, a good coking coal may, and possibly will show coke in an analysis, but a poor coal may refuse to do so in a small crucible but might coke in a coke oven under proper technical direction. A good deal may also be done by using some of the later pattern coke ovens and finding which system is suited to the particular coal in question. The ash may be s6 disseminated through the coal as to form a barrier to its fusing properly. This can be eliminated by washing. The 472 THE MINING RECORD; washing of coal is a very easy matter in most cases, and can be done on similar lines as ordinary gold mining, viz : by having long runs of 12 in. x 12 in. sluice boxes, doubled for a portion of the distance so that the water and coal may turn from one race to the other while the dirt and impurities are being shovelled out. This necessarily entails breaking the coal and screening it. Putting through coarse rollers is the simplest method of breaking. The larger dirt can be picked out on sorting belts. In many cases, this- wetting and breaking up the coal increases its value for coking purposes. It must also be remembered that in the coke oven a certain proportion of the volatile matter or hydrocarbons is deposited on the coke in the upward passage of the gases through the fused mass. Thus a coal will sometimes yield a larger percentage of coke than its analysis shows of fixed carbon. This is seen in the coke in the form of globules or films of bright carbon in the cells of the coke and no doubt increases in some degree its heating capacity and its lasting power in the furnace. It is generally assumed that the class known as bituminous coal is the normal condition and that the lower volatile matter and higher carbon is due in part to geological flexure and folding through long ages. It does not seem that speaking generally the actual contact or proximity of a coal bed or field to volcanic or trappean rocks affects it the same as the heat and pressure developed by the stress and strain due to the actual folding of the beds. Undoubtedly age has something to do with it and the coals comparatively low in carbon are seldom found in the same basin and having undergone the same strains as an underlying bed oi anthracite. It has been assumed that a coal field which on its outcrop shows bituminous and lignitic coal may with depth develop into a semi-bituminous or semi-anthracite coal. There is, it would seem, absolutely no authority for such an assumption. Of course the coal at the outcrop will certainly contain more moisture and probably more ash, and as these diminish the percentage of carbon will appear higher and so will the volatile matter, but that anything more than that will happen is improbable, the truth of the matter being that the outcrop in these cases was not a fair test of the coal. Undoubtedly the coal which is non- coking at the surface may develop into a coking coal with depth. There is one point, however, in this matter that appears to have been neglected in assuming that anthracite may have been formed by flexure pressure and heat exerted on bituminous coals, viz., the amount of ash. It is hard to see on the face of it how a bituminous coal carrying, we will say, 8 per cent, of ash, can be converted into an anthracite carrying only 4 by any amount of pressure and heat. Anthracite is as a rule denser and heavier, which would be explained by this local metamorphism. Many of the seams in the small coal basins have been fired by the burning roots of trees, etc., and the influence of this combustion mav extend for long distances, nearly destroying the volatile matter. It would appear as if it would be a fairer way to test a coal by the amount of its volatile matter and not as is usually done, by the percentage of its carbon. It is not probable that the amount of sulphur in coke for copper smelting would affect it in any way or possibly phosphorous through the latter is deadly for iron smelting. If the ash were to any extent lime it would be no deterrent. Whether anthracite coal has ever been tried for copper smelting is not known. At any rate no records have been published of tests. Sulphide of lime is volatilized in coking—sulphate is not. There is a general impression that coke made from beehive ovens is much superior to what is known as. retort oven coke. This would appear to be quite unwarranted ; at any rate, so far as the iron industry is concerned, it has been found that retort oven cpke, whilst not so brilliant in appearance, serves its purpose just as well. Probably so far as B. C. is concerned the by-products of tar, ammoniacal liquor, etc., may not be disposable, but the sulphate of ammonia certainly should have a value to our farmers and market gardeners. Coals which are uncokeable in the ordinary beehive oven owing to small percentage of bituminous matter may be made to return good coke in these byproduct ovens. Coal which is too high in bituminous matter may also be made to yield a fine coke by firing under pressure by mixture with other dry coals or by washing or slacking. The nature of the ash in the coal makes considerable difference in its quality. For blacksmiths' purposes sulphur is objectionable, making the steel or iron " short " in its nature and poor weld; for domestic purposes the amount of ash is the main feature. If the ash is in the form of iron sulphide it is more fusible and increases its tendency to clinker on the bars, which prevents the ingress of air. As a rule a white ash or a light red or yellow is the best providing it be light and pulverulent. Bituminous coals, apart from the question of smoke, make better steam raisers than anthracite. But semi-bituminous are probably the best for this purpose. Probably the fairest system of judging the value of a coal for heating purposes is by the number of B. T. U.'s (British Thermal Units) it contains. A B.T.U. is the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of water 1 degree F. at or near 39 degrees F. Lignites will carry from 6 to 10,000 B.T.U. Bituminous coals from 10 to 14,090 " " Semi-bituminous from, .....,..., 14 to 15,000 " " THE MINING RECORD. Anthracite and semi-anthracite coals do not go any higher. Petroleum has a heating capacity theoretically of 20,000 B.T.U. It may be of interest at this point although outside the question, to compare oil as fuel with coal. It has been found by repeated experiments that 1 lb. of petroleum under the same boilers will equal practically 1% of coal, therefore a gallon of petroleum will equal 12 lbs. of coal. That is that oil at 3c. per gal. equals coal at $4.70 per ton; one ton of average coal should be equivalent in heating value to i*A cords of good dry wood, fir or pine. These calculations depend so largely on the qualities of the coal and wood that they are probably of little value except for the purposes of comparison. THE RARE METALS IN BLACK SANDS. SOME comment has been made in the press lately on a letter addressed by the Provincial Mineralogist to the sender of a sample of black sand from Cariboo. This sample on assay gave a value of $1.42 per ounce of gold and $10.65 for platinum. Osmirid- ium, we believe, is $10.00 per ounce. This would add about $5 in osmiridium to the value, which must have been highly concentrated, as in tests of black sand made from the Tulmeen River over a long period a value of about $1 per lb. only was obtained from the ordinary black sand from sluice boxes. What this would have given on assay is another matter. The Tulameen sand contained little or no osmiridium. One Chinaman working out the gravel under an old cabin obtained 40 ounces of platinum in one day, which had evidently been discarded by earlier gold workers. It must also be remembered that the. price of metal platinum so called as found in these sands varies considerably from pure platinum. The platinum dust as brought in by the miners, even if properly cleaned by them, is only saleable at probably half the finished price of the metal. This is on the principle that although gold is at $20.67 per ounce, placer gold rarely fetches $18.00 and may run as low as $12.50. It usually carries more or less iron and contains other metals of the same group, viz. iridium, osmium, vanadium, ittyrium, etc., etc., either in separate grains or alloyed. If these individual grains could be separated they could be sold at very high values, but this is not practicable under ordinary conditions and they become a deterrent to value. Osmiridium is usually found in small flat scales which seem to bear evidences of having been flat hexagonal table crystals with a more silvery lustre than platinum, which is usually in rounded or irregular grains more or less black according as they approach or recede from the matrix. The question of this matrix is assuming a more interesting aspect every day and it would certainly appear advisable for any prospector owning copper or quartz prospects in locality where placer platinum has been found in any quantity to have one assay made for this metal. The price of platinum approaches very close to gold now and is not unlikely to pass it before long. Native platinum has, so far as we are aware, only been actual! seen in rock on one occasion. Mr. Carmichel, Provincial Assayer, in his report published in 1895 mentions having seen it in a dyke rock from Vancouver Island and that the assay was very high. The actual specimen was unfortunately lost, and the owner states that he spent several hundred dollars on assays made by various parties in the States without having succeeded in getting, not even a trace, in any sample other than the ore mentioned above. It has been reported from Wyoming in corellite, in copper claims in the Similkameen District, Christina Lake, B. C, and sperrylite (an assenide) from Sudbury, Ont., where it is associated with the nickel ores. In placer form it occurs in Colombia, S. A.; Trinity and Shasta Counties, California; Rio Pardo, Brazil; Sonora, Mexico; Yukon, and New South Wales. Russia still continues to ship 90 per cent, of the world's output. It would seem to occur almost unreservedly associated with the heavier basic magnesian rocks, peridotites, pyroxenites, etc., which easily become serpentized, and wherever chrome iron or chromiferous magnetite is found it should be carefully examined for by crushing and panning the rock in as large a quantity as possible. The report of Mr.W. F. Robertson, Provincial Mineralogist, and of Messrs. Faulds and Shepherd, M.E.'s, on the Fernie explosion is now issued. It consists almost entirely of a diary and list of places examined with a resume as to the probable source of the explosion such as was found at the inquest. No speculations of any interest a*e entered into as to this mysterious explosion. There is one thing pretty evident, and that is that instructions should have been sent immediately to the mine officials to stop any work of clearing the mine up, except to save life, until after examination by the Government officials. The question which arose as to McDonald's room having been the source could then have been properly settled. It would not appear that tamping being in a hole is any evidence of a shot not having fired gas, as it might fire from the back, particularly in the case of machines undercutting long faces. The system of working while possibly eminently suitable to the roof and floor in question is certainly an expensive system to ventilate, entailing considerable expenditure in cloth and temporary air stops, etc. The long wall system where the roads are made more or less in the waste, while in some cases difficult to maintain, is one 474 THE MINING RECORD. in which the dust on the roads is largely composed of non-inflammable material, and gas, if it does come off, may rise to the higher parts of old wastes where it is unlikely to be disturbed. In one case with which the writer is acquainted gas fired by a shot-lighter burnt out in the roof of the "goaf" without spreading at all, and gas lit by the spark from a petroleum pump burnt along the roof of the slope (packed goaf) without finding a particle of coal dust to hang on to. The writer spent several months experimenting with various new explosives in gassy mines in England, and out of many thousand shots fired never saw the least sign of a spark. The worst feature of these new nitro-explosives is the fumes, which require good ventilation and all shots to be fired nearly at one time to drive them off. As we go to press an important announcement is made of a rich strike of ore at the Silver King mine, by Mr. M. S. Davis, who last year leased the property from the Hall Mining & Smelting Company. It is said that Mr. Davis has by this discovery, encountered the main lead which was lost in 1897, an(i that the values are very high. We sincerely trust that this report will prove to be true, as under the terms of the lease, the Hall Mining Company can under certain conditions resume operations at the mine, and in consequence may yet have a successful career. Some short time ago a London financial paper made an attack on the company, suggesting fraud, on account of the arrangement with Mr. Davis. We gladly avail ourselves of the opportunity to declare the insinuation to be absolutely foundationless, the company having only ceased to operate the mine upon the advice of two independent mining engineers who were called in to report. lishing its own smelting works; but we gather that this step is now under contemplation. We have, meanwhile, strong reasons for believing that the Government has already decided to abolish the tax in question, or rather suspend taxation on mines until conditions improve. It is reported that the Cariboo Consolidated Company has leased, with the option of purchase, the property and works of the ill-fated Golden River Quesnell, on the Quesnell lake and river. As Mr. Hobson never believed that the latter concern could be successfully undertaken, on the grounds that the river had been thoroughly wing darned and mined both by whites and Chinese in the pioneer days, the idea of the present lease is probably that a utilization may be made by conveying to the Cariboo mine the water from Quesnell Lake, at the foot of which the large dam was constructed. In British Columbia, and in Rossland in particular, the London directorate boards of both Le Roi and Le Roi No. 2 have been suspiciously regarded, the exit of Mr. Whittaker Wright notwithstanding. It has been thought for some time, whether rightly or wrongly, that the mines were being worked with a view more to stock-manipulating purposes rather than with the legitimate object of earning dividends for shareholders, and quite recent events have not tended to better opinion in this regard. We are, therefore, glad to note the election of such men as Mr. G. S. Watertoh and Mr. Anthony J. McMillan to directorate positions on the Le Roi Board. It is some assurance at least that this mine will be managed in the future in an honest and businesslike manner. The shareholders of the Snowshoe Gold & Copper Mines, Limited, have every reason to be satisfied with the position of affairs as explained at the second ordinary general meeting last month. 'Ihe mine is being developed, under a good and careful management, in a very satisfactory manner, and ultimately will without doubt pay handsomely. If all British-owned mines in British Columbia had been administered in the same way as is the Snowshoe, the proportion of successes to failures would have been entirely reversed. The chairman referred in his speech to the "unjust two per cent, tax." This tax bears exceptionally hard on the Snowshoe Company, although the ore is of somewhat higher grade value than most of the other large mines in the Boundary District. The reason for this is, that the Snowshoe has not jet, probably with justifiable caution, followed the example of the other Boundary companies in the matter of estab- The half-yearly report of the Mount Lyall (Tasmania) Coy's Reduction Plant should be worth studying. It appears that economies have been effected as the result of experience admitting of the smelting by two furnaces at No. 2 plant of 1,000 tons per day, entirely without coke; at No. 1 plant one furnace is running without coke, the other will be ere long. A saving has thus been made of atleast $100,000 per annum. Furthermore, by reducing the amount of hot air used in the furnaces the number of men firing hot air stoves has been cut down from 24 to 6, and in a few months it is hoped hot air will not be required at all. The air from six blowers is now concentrated into two. furnaces, instead of four or five. From the condensed report from which the above is taken it would seem as if the company would soon be able to smelt without furnaces. THE MINING RECORD. :/0 MINING MEN OF THE PROVINCE. TITfR. JOHN B. HOBSON is a native of Ireland, A"■*" where his father was for many years engaged as manager of coal mines. In 1848 Mr. Hobson's parents arrived in New York, where he resided until 1857, in which year he accompanied them to California, where he studied metallurgy and mining engineering and became closely identified with many of the large quartz and deep gravel mining enterprises in the central part of that State. In the fall of 1891, Mr. Hobson, associated with the Hon. Jacob H. Neff—the present Lieut.-Governor of California—Mr. D. W. Lubeck, of the Placer County Bank, and other gentlemen, met at Auburn and formulated plans for the organization of the California Miners' Association, which has done so much to place the mining industry there on a prosperous footing. Prior to the organization of the California Miners' Association, Mr. Hobson published in San Francisco the Mining and Industrial Advocate, for the purpose of calling public attention to the necessity for uniting in an effort to secure at the hands of the National and State administration the legislation necessary to improve the conditions of the mining industry and to remove the many disadvantages under which miners were laboring. Immediately upon the organization of the California Association, that body selected Mr. Hobson as one ofthe legislative committee, where he had associated with him the Hon. Niles Searles, ex-Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California; the Hon. J. K. Luttrell and others. They were sent to Washington to draft a bill and urge its adoption by Congress. They did this so effectively that Congressman Caminette introduced the desired measure, which was finally passed and resulted in the complete rehabilitation of an industry which has since produced from ten to fifteen million dollars annually. Mr. J. B. Hobson. In 1892 Mr. Hobson was invited by Sir Wm. Van Home and the directorate of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company to visit British Columbia and explore the vast areas of auriferous deep gravels in the northern districts of the Province and determine their value. As a result of his investigations the Consolidated Cariboo Hydraulic Mining Co. and the Horsefly Hydraulic Mining Co. were formed to take up the large properties here, the equipment and opening of which for production on a very extensive scale has been in progress for the past ten years. Prior to Mr. Hobson's departure for British Columbia he had been associated for many years with the Geological Department ofthe California State Mining Bureau, and the results of his field work may be seen in the annual reports of tnat institution. Shortly after Mr. Hobson commenced mining operations here he encountered many of the difficult and objectionable features of the Mineral, Placer Mining and Water Clauses Acts, and for the past seven years he has been urging on Parliament the necessity for adopting such remedial legislation as would result in throwing the country open for exploration by individual miners, prospectors and investors in such a manner as would encourage the settlement of the province and the development of its mineral resources. We have not seen the report of the Anglo-Klondyke Mining Company, but a notice of a contemporary states that the result of working by drifting 20,000 yards (presumably cubic) gave an average of $13.50 per yard. This seems very rich. Under the hydraulic monitor 29,000 yards were sluiced showing a value of $1.25 per yard. It is stated that 80 per cent, of this ground had been previously drifted, which would imply that the value was in the top gravels. Costs per cubic yard including cost of plant and cleaning bed-rock amounted to 30 cents per yard. Exclusive of plant, which is now paid for, the cost of hydraulicing is estimated at 14 cents per yard. The company have a water supply which was exceptionally good last year. 476 THE MINING RECORD. B. C. MINES IN LONDON IN 1902. THE COURSE OE PRICES. . (From our own Correspundent.) THE course of prices for British Columbian mining shares in London during the past year has been depressing in the extreme, quotations having in. many instances dropped to merely rubbish prices. For instance, Le Rois have been as low as £r, or 80 per cent, discount, while LeRoiNo. 2 were at one time no better than 9-16, or at little more than 10 per cent, of their face value. Then we had the fall in Ymirs, which, after having been as high as £2 5-8 in 1901, have been quoted at one time during 1902 at no better than 2-6. London & B. C. Goldfields also, which it was freely predicted was to take rank as the leading London financial concern connected with B. C. mines, have also fallen from' their high estate, and in the last month of the old year could be bought for a few shillings, after having stood at one time at about £1 7-16. Hall Mines were as low as 6d., whilst the weakest quotation for Enterprise Was 1-16, the same figure representing the lowest point reached by New Goldfields of B. C, a Tupper concern, which was at one time expected to take a high position in the ranks of B.C. companies. Whitewater fell once to 1-16, and are little better now, whilst apparently so little was thought of the prospects of the united Kootenay Mining and Rossland Great Western Companies' shares that they were quoted as low as 5s. Velvets were never regarded by the market as worth more than 8s. and fell once to 2s. 3d. About the sole exceptions to the general rule are furnished by Snowshoe—which has just held a satisfactory meeting—and Tyee Copper; the former have remained remarkably firm at 14s. 6d. to 15s. 6d., the extremes of the year, whilst the Tyee after having been as high as i)| and as low as y?, close firm at 7-8. Otherwise the whole list has shown extreme weakness, -prices have been at the lowest points, I believe, since the mines of British Columbia were first regarded as of sufficient importance to merit the attention of the London Stock Exchange. No doubt the general conditions have been adverse; but they can hardly be said to have been sufficient to .explain the inveterate condition of the B. C. market. The fact of the matter is that British Columbia has been under a cloud the whole year. Ever since the collapse of the London & Globe group the public have looked askance at anything British Columbian. So many people were badly hit over the fall of the B. A. C. that it can hardly be surprising to find them unwilling to run any further risk in this direction at present. There is no fault found with the industry, and generally speaking the London press have shown every desire to give prominence to news about the mines. As an instance of this I may cite the fact that London Financial News (a leading daily newspaper) has published a series of articles week by week from the pen of a well-known special correspondent. But the public, although following the news from the Province carefully, have throughout the year shown a decided disinclination to meddle with British Columbian interests. Even the loan, tempting as it looked, —and in fact was^-was only successfully issued owing to the precautions taken by its sponsor to have it fully underwritten. Certainly the energetic Agent- General and those working, with him deserve every credit for obtaining this loan in London, especially when we remember that Natal, which was a borrower the same week, fared no better than British Columbia. If any of your readers will refer to back numbers of the Record they will find that I have frequently drawn attention in the past to the evil results likely to attend the machinations of the London promoter. We are now suffering for the sins of the wildcatters and promoters of indifferent properties absurdly over capitalized. There are thousands of investors loaded up with B.C. shares who would only be too delighted to have a chance of marketing those shares at 50 per cent, of what they paid for them, and not all shares in English registered companies either. I seem to remember the arrival about five years ago of provincial brokers with bags full of dollar shares of locally registered companies which they left behind them in England, taking back instead British sovereigns. Have any of these local companies ever sent a sixpence over to England in the way of dividends ? Is it a wonder, then, that English investors have in their own minds formed a bad impression of B. C. mining shares, and are only desirious of cutting their loss as soon as possible ? Whether or no they will ever recover their confidence in the Province remains to be seen; but it is a reassuring fact to note that the Government have seen the wisdom of keeping the ehief points of the country before the public; whilst it is also fortunate that they are so efficiently represented in London. Mr. Turner is always accessible, always courteous, and ready to accord information to those who need it. He cannot, of course, be expected to interview every dissatisfied investor, but by means of circular matter, lectures before the members of various societies, and judicious advertising, he can at all events in a .measure counteract the ill effects of the boom of five years ago. So far it is only the promoter who has benefited from that untimely event, but despite the depression of the past year, it is confidently predicted by people whose long acquaintance with the Province entitles their views to respect, that the country is inherently sound—especially in regard to its mines—and it will yet justify those who have pinned their faith to it as a country which will take a front place amongst the producers of both precious and base metals. It is to be sincerely hoped, however, that it will never again suffer from the malevolent attentions of a Whitaker Wright. Every effort has been made to obtain a Government prosecution of those concerned in the management of the London & Globe group of companies, but despite the efforts of Mr. J. Flower and others, the Attorney-General in the last days of the year decided that not enough matter had been produced to him to justify a Government prosecution. It is yet possible that some of the shareholders of the collapsed companies may combine to bring about a reopening of the whole of the matters involved, and effect more than an official censure of the directors responsible for the remarkable financial jugglery which characterized the management of the blobe group—an end most devoutly to be desired. THE MINING RECORD. 477 THE ELMORE PROCESS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. (By H. Hayman Claudet, A.I.M.M.) THE Mining Record of August of last year contained a very interesting article on the concentration of ores by means of oil, written by Mr. H. E. T. Haultain, in which he gave an historical and descriptive account ofthe Elmore Process. As interest on this subject is being keenly revived just now in this country through the Canadian Ore Concentration Limited, who hold the patent rights for the process in Canada, having started a small testing works in Rossland, and as everyone concerned in low grade properties is expecting great things from this process, probably a short account of the experimental plant, together with a few details as to costs of working on the commercial scale may be of use to your readers. In the experimental plant exactly the same operations take place as on the commercial scale, only without some of the appliances which make the latter auto matic, but the method is identical, and if an ore will give good results on the small scale it is practically bound to do so on the large. For convenience the process may be described in three stages : i. The mixing of the pulp with oil during which operation the oil comes in contact with the mineral values and holds them in suspension. 2. The separation of the oil from the mineral in a centrifugal machine with a specially constructed solid basket. 3. The drying of the product from (2) in a second centrifugal machine with a perforated basket. ln the hand plant (1) the mixing is performed in a three-foot drum, shown in the photograph, about one foot deep which revolves vertically and has an opening in the front through which the sample in the form of pulp is poured in. The oil is then added in about the proportion of one-quarter to three-quarters the amount of sample taken, depending on the quantity of mineral therein. "There are small baffle plates inside the drum which cause the mixture to get thoroughly agitated simply by turning the drum slowly a few times by hand. When the oil has picked up enough mineral it is skimmed off the water and the tailings are run out through a plugged hole in the circumference of the drum. The tailings are allowed to settle and then are dried, weighed and assayed. 2. The separation of the oil which has been collected takes place in a small type of centrifugal machine The Canadian Ore Concentration Company's Experimental Plant at Rossland. which has a speed of 2,000 revolutions per minute and is driven by an electric motor. (See photo.) 3. The .drying is accomplished with the same machine by interchanging the solid basket for the perforated one, which has a cloth bag fitting inside and in which the concentrates are dried. These are weighed and assayed, and both the actual recovery of values is obtained and also that by difference between the original sample and the tailings. Having proved in the testing plant that any particular ore is thoroughly suitable to the treatment it must next be considered, before going further, if the local conditions allow of the concern to be a commercial sue-' cess, and it may be well to look into these conditions as they would affect the oil process. It must be expected that the field for the Elmore Process will be greatly on low grade properties, which ■will necessarily mean that everything must be designed and worked on the most economical lines, and while it is possible to treat at a profit certain ores which could not be worked by any other method the margin must not be cut too fine and it should be proved beforehand that there will besuf- " ficient profit to allow for the fluctuations in the metal market and any other contingencies which are likely to crop up. There should be sufficiency of water, a good site for the mill, allowing the pulp to flow from the battery to the oil plant by gravity, also suitable space for depositing tailings and a fairly accessible position for the transportation of stores and oil, and for shipment of the concentrates to smelter If water power is not available electricity should be used, if there is an installation anywhere near, as the power required is very small and a plant capable of handling 100 tons of ore per day could be most economically worked by arranging a few small motors to drive the different machines, and in this way a lot of shafting .and frame work for same could be dispensed with. Let us now view the cost of buying and erecting an oil plant of 100 tons daily capacity, not going into the milling machinery or power: 1. Price of 100 tons plant, which is approximately $10,000. 2. Cost of freight of machinery to mine. 3. Cost of erection, including excavation for foundations, concrete, timbers for buildings, etc. 4. Cost of running and up-keep. The first item to go into in detail is the cost of freight ot machinery. At present this is made in England and the weight of a 100 ton plant is approximately 43 tons, the freight to Rossland being about $48 per ton, including shipping and railway. The cost of erecting will depend on the amount of blasting, if any, required in connection with the excavating on the site of plant, the amount of concrete to be put in, the price of labor and timber, and will vary at different places. The size of building required would be approximately 33 ft. high by 35 ft. long by 40 ft. wide and should be built on the side of a hill in order that the least amount of foundation work will be required to arrange the plant so that the pulp and oil flow by gravity. The last item, namely, cost of running plant, includes labor, supervision, loss of oil and royalty. Three hands per shift should be enough to attend to the 100 ton oil plant, say one man at $3 and two at $2.50 each. Reckoning two shifts of 12 hours a day each the labour per day treating 100 tons of ore may be taken at $16 00 Power, electric 5 00 Loss of oil and royalty 45 00 Adding, for supervision, repairs and depreciation 10 00 Total expenses per day of 24 hours $76 00 This on 100 tons equals $0.76 per ton of ore treated. Although from the above figures the total expenses in connection with the oil process are only 76c. per ton including everything in that department, it should be noted that in many cases it will be even less, as for instance in the event of water power being available, or an existing company having two or three hundred horse power, or more, at their disposal, it would cost very little for an additional thirty horse power to drive the oil plant. Further, the charge against loss of oil and royalty is put high to allow for the heavy freight on the oil, viz., about double the price of the oil itself, and probably this may be considerably reduced when dealing with large quantities. The loss of oil may be taken between 1 to 1% gallons per ton of ore treated. Thirdly, the $10 per day for supervision, etc., is no doubt high, as repairs and depreciation should be very small, and generally the supervision could be shared with that of another department, but the writer considers it better not to minimize costs and to err on the high side, if at all. The royalty is fixed on the capacity of the plant used and in the case of an oil plant installed to treat the tailings of a concentrating mill of a capacity of 100 tons per day it might be that the method of concentration consisted of sizing and jigging and that the final tailings were only one-quarter the amount of the original ore milled. In this case a 25 ton per day oil plant would be installed and the royalty charged on that tonnage. In order to form an idea as to what grade ore may be treated successfully by the process, below is given expenses, but the cost of mining is not included as it is impossible to give a fixed figure when it is so variable, according to each district, the nature of the mine, the width of the lode and many other conditions. But it may be safely said that concentration will invariably tend to reduce mining expenses, as the ore will then be mined as it comes, therefore at a cheaper rate, while in the case of direct smelting the poorer ore either remains in the mine or is dumped on a heap and left to its fate : Per Ton of Ore Treated. Concentrating by oil $ 76 Milling .- 90 Cost per ton of ore, of producing concentrates $1 66 To this would have to be added freight of concen- centrates to smelter, which is, in Rossland, about 75c. per ton; also smelting and realization charges, which can be taken at $6 per ton. Now if we take a case of a concentration of 10 to 1 the charges on these two items would be 1-10 of the above figures when working out the costs on the ton of ore treated, viz.: Freight to smelter per ton of ore treated $ 75 Smelting and realization charges, etc., per ton of ore 6 00 $6 75 Adding this to the cost of producing concentrates we get the total expenses, mining excluded, (on the assumption of the 10 to 1 concentration) to be $2,335 per ton of ore treated, so when treating a dump heap and taking a case of 85 per cent, recovery of contents by process any ore over $2.75 can be treated at a profit. In taking the smelting and realization charges together it must be remembered that the smelting charge is based on the amount of concentrates to be smelted while there are some of the items in the realization charge, such as interest on mining and concentration, freight on matte to refinery, and one or two other small items which will be-just as much when concentrating as when smelting direct, but these will not cut much figure and can be overlooked. It will be readily seen that the larger the ratio of concentration the more favorable it is for the process, not only on account of freight of concentrates but also as regards the loss of oil, as the concentrates contain in their final state a small percentage of oil. The question of a mine concentrating a portion of its output to mix with the rest in the crude state in order to make a more nearly self-fluxing product is worth noticing,1 and it may be quite likely that this will be one of the many cases where the oil process will come in, and in this case it is possible briquetting would not be required. It seems a plausible idea to dump all the ore as it is mined over a series of grizzlies, shipping the coarse to the smelter and treating the fines by the oil process. In this way a preliminary crusher might not be required, the fines going direct to the pulverizer which would be relieved to some extent of its work. In the case of ores that are not self-fluxing economic concentration should be especially adaptable, as it is only natural to expect that smelting a concentrate would be a less lengthy process than smelting the crude ore and in most cases the amounts of ingredients which have to be added to get a suitable flux will be greatly reduced, hence the smelting charges should be very much less. The loss of copper in the slag should not show anything like so high a percentage when dealing with a concentrated product as when smelting the ore direct. . In conclusion the writer intends that the figures supplied are only meant to convey a good idea to those THE MINING RECORD. 479 interested in and likely to patronize the process, and in all cases they appear to be on the high side if anything, especially in the case of milling which under good circumstances with water power available would probably be as low as 6oc. to 70c. per ton. As is the case with most estimates, they must not be taken as exact, and any suggestions or criticism on this article with a view of making things clearer in any way will be appreciated. MINING DEVELOPMENT IN THE OKANAGAN DISTRICT. (By A. A. Watson, B.Sc.) IT is a well known adage that "a man cannot eat his cake and have it too," and a survey of the mining development in the Okanagan District of British Columbia is a forcible reminder of the truth of this saying. Its soil is so rich and its climate so mild and favourable to the growth of all kinds of fruit that the attention of men of means in the district is irresistibly attracted to the possibilities of fortunes to be made out of fruit-growing, with the result that while the prospects for the successful mining of gold and copper are as good in the district as in any other district of British Columbia no serious attempt at mining has ever been attempted. This year, however, several claims have changed hands and in one or two instances energetic efforts at development have disclosed conditions justifying the expenditure of large sums of money for further development. The Okanagan District is bounded on the north by Sicamous Lake, on the east and west by ranges of mountains and extends south into United States territory. Vernon, the chief town of the district, is situated four miles north of Okanagan Landing on Okanagan Arm. The whole valley north of Vernon is adapted to the growth of nearly everything that can be raised in a temperate climate, while at favourable spots on the lake small settlements are continually being made. At Kelowna the climate is so milA that tobacco is successfully grown, while on the west shore of the lake fruit ranches are being planted wherever level land can be found. Geologically the district in the lower valleys consists of clays and shales with exposures of porphyry and granite, while the summits of the mountains for, at any rate, sixty miles east of Vernon, reveal granite H the prevailing country rock with numerous veins of auartz, in some cases carrying gold. The summits of the range west of Vernon show a little granite and a great deal of porphyry with some diabase. The auartz claims are located. I think, without exception, in granite and porphyry formations, while the exposures of copper ore are found in diabase. Takine Vernon as the centre and dealing with the claims in the order of their proximity to the town, the nearest locations are two claims located last October, called the Glenoro and the Tranmere, the locators beinp- respectively Messrs. Milligan and McPhail. Thev are situated on the west shore of Long Lake two and a half miles from Vernon. The ore is a very fine lime conglomerate on the Glenoro and a fine quartz conglomerate on the Tranmere. On the Glenoro the bed of ore is two hundred feet wide and is exposed clear up from the lake shore to the top of the hill. Following the ore up the hill to the top we find it overlaid with clay shale and following the apparent direction of the bed of ore we find ourselves on the edge of an inaccessible cliff. Five hundred feet of the cliff in width consists of quartz conglomerate from a point a hundred feet from the summit of the hill to the bottom of the cliff. The few samples that have as yet been taken have run from. $1.80 to $2.20 per ton, while a five-foot hole- on the lime conglomerate showed quartz conglomerate underneath which assayed $3.20 a ton in gold. It appears that the bed of quartz conglomerate cuts through the hill from the cliff to the lake and is overlaid with lime conglomerate on the lake side of the hill. Work will be actively pursued on both these claims next spring with the object of seeing whether the values diminish or increase inside the ore. The bed of ore is so situated that it could be quarried. No shafts whatever would be required. Two men are already at work on the Glenoro. The next mineral field as regards distance from Vernon is situated on the peninsula at the northern end of Okanagan Lake four miles from Vernon and directly opposite Okanagan Landing. The most important of the claims is the British Empire owned by Messrs. Highman, Miller and Muller. On this claim there are altogether nine veins of free milling gold quartz ranging in width from ten inches to two feet, in value from $8 to $48 per ton and running about north and south. Clay and shale cover the hill largely, but there are numerous exposures of porphyry. On one vein a shaft is now down 68 feet, in all the width of the vein averaging two feet and its value $16 per ton in free milling gold. At a depth of thirty feet a slight fault was encountered and at a depth of sixty feet from the surface a cross-cut was run due east which struck the vein again five feet from the shaft. Eight feet more sinking on the vein showed the richest quartz vet encountered, a piece supposed to be about an aver-' age assaying $168 per ton. The vein is a true fissure, the walls consisting of porphyry, schist and talc and assaying over $2 per ton. The Sarah claim north of the British Empire claim shows the same vein as the one on the British Empire on which the shaft has been sunk and is owned by Messrs. Highman and Seydel. The following extract from the report-of the Provincial Mineralogist for the year 1901 on the British Empire claim is of interest:— "There is here a quartz vein two feet wide having a strike 45 degrees west cutting through schist and slate and apparently associated with an igneous dyke. The development consists of a shaft from 40 to 45 feet deep, from the bottom of which a drift has been run some five feet. The shaft which at the time of inspection was half full of water, was timbered and encased in planks and provided with a good ladder, etc., but it could not be closely examined. The quartz was mineralized with iron sulphides carrying gold values and a certain amount of free gold. While the mineralization is sparse, such as there is must be quite rich, since an assay on a sample showing no visible free gold and containing but a small percentage of mineral in the quartz gave $44 in gold and an ounce in silver per ton." Since the Provincial Mineralogist visited the claim the vein has improved in width and in Value and there is no doubt that the British Empire claim has the making of a first-class mine. There are numerous other locations on the same hill but work has been so unskilfully performed upon them that nothing can be said as to their value. The idea seemingly held by most of the holders is that a vein should be absolutely perpendicular and consequently every shaft is found to have left the vein in the first twenty feet or so and no cross-cuts have been attempted. At Siwash Creek on the west side of Okanagan Lake, due west of Vernon, at an elevation of about 3,000 feet and a distance of four miles from the lake, are some very promising copper prospects. The writer.visited these claims this fall for the first time. They were originally located about four years ago by I Cameron, who held them until last summer, when he abandoned them and went to Dawson. They were re-located by J. Hamilton under the_ names of the Gail, the Dawson, the Bluebell and the Phoenix. The writer visited the group with Mr. Hamilton last September and was able to obtain a very fair idea of the prospects. They lie on top of a hill wooded to its summit and covered over with drift but here and there are outcroppings of oxide of iron carrying copper in diabase rocks. The only claim showing a ledge then was the Dawson, and while the iron capping assayed four per cent, in copper and $2 in gold, the work had been done, however! in such a fashion as to have proved nothing and sufficiently explained the abandonment. The cross-cut had been run on the edge of the caoping and parallel to the ledge instead of acrOss it. Since then two men have been employed in cross-cutting- the same ledge about 300 feet east of this hole j thev state that the cut is now twenty-five feet long and is not yet across the ledge. A sample brought as an average assaved 6.5 per cent, copper. Tt is satisfactory that these claims are now in the hands of men who will work in such a wav as to definitely determine the value of the properties. Work will be continued all winter. Copper properties are held at White Man's Creek, about six miles south of Siwash Creek, but here again the work has been so unskilfullv oerformed as to show nothing, one way or the other. Shafts sunk on little strinsrers and tunnels throiip-h tbe countrv rock never completed aooear to have been the usual mode of procedure in developing nrosoects in this oart of the country. ^out sixteen miles northwest of Arernon is the Peoich claim, held bv Messrs. Clark and MacMullen. Tip's claim is also situated on the'summit of a mountain about ^.ooo feet above the sen and direcflv above thp Armstrong wa^^on road. The work done consist1: of a. cross-cut on the 1ed«"e showing" its width to be siv feet, three feet of which assaved $4 and three feet assayed $19 in gold. The formation is diorite interspersed with calcite and strongly mineralized with sulphide of iron. At a point two hundred feet below the ledge a tunnel has been driven to cross-cut it. The tunnel is now in 220 feet. At a distance of 100 feet from the mouth of the tunnel some iron oxide about a foot wide was encountered which assayed an ounce to the ton and the last hundred feet of the tunnel has been run along a narrow vein assaying $16 per ton in gold, which is at right angles to the ledge and appears to be an offshoot from it. The tunnel is expected to shortly strike the ledge. Work will be continued on this claim all winter. At Trout Creek on the west shore of Okanagan Lake are some outcroppings of coal. As the writer has not seen the properties he cannot do better than quote from the report of Mr. W. - Blakemore, published by the Ashnola Company:— "At a point where an outcrop of coal has been located Trout Creek has cut its way through the tender rocks of this formation to a depth of about 150 feet below the level of the surrounding country. The coal is visible on the west bank of the river at an elevation of nearly 100 feet and is easily, accessible along the banks of the creek. The geological formation is in the upper cretaceous series consisting Of light colored clay, sand stones, shales and rocks. This formation is more or less continuous from Fairview in the south to Kamloops in the north. At a point 100 feet above the level of the creek I found in the bank a good exposure of a workable seam of coal which I measured and judged to be at least four feet in thickness. The coal is bright, strong and of uniform qualitv, being free from interstratifi cations of any kind. At the exposure a tunnel has been driven in a distance of 20 feet, but owing to the disturbed character of the ground it is not of material assistance in determining the position of the seam. I found indications of the seam continuing for at least half a mile along the banks of the creek to the west, the main strike of the coal bein north and south and the dip westerlv. The elevation of the exposure is 600 feet above the level of the lake." So far the onlv productive camp in the Okanagan District is Fairview, and this camp has been so often described that a brief statement of the present prospects of tbe camo should be all that is necessarv. The most prominent feature is the improvement in width and value of the vein in the Stemwinder mine, which nt the third level is now thirtv feet wide and of an average value of $6.'?-? per ton.' Near the surface the width was ten feet with a value of $^.60 per ton. A clean-UD vielded a gold bar worth $20,000. A force of men averaging fortv in number has been emoloved at the mine and a mill of 4.6" starnos has been in operation. Large cvanide vats are to be erected in addition to those alreadv in position. The Dominion Mininc- Comoanv in the same camn have done a great deal of work on their orooertv. which is understood to have the same vein as the Stemwinder with average values of about $0 per ton. THE MINING RECORD. 481 A TRIP DOWN QUESNEL RIVER ON A DREDGE. (By Thos. Drummond, M. E.) DURING the summer the writer took a small dredge down the Quesnel River to make a working test of gravels on dredging leases extending up stream on Quesnel River for a distance of about ten miles from the mouth of the Beaver. It was a novel trip, with'a considerable amount of excitement and some danger, and it may be of interest to your readers. The Quesnel River is one of the principal watercourses of the country; it has a well-defined vallev a soft miocene clay rock which apparently came in as a filling upon the top of the true slate bed-rock which shows in many places along the bank. This soft bedrock is particularly suitable for dredging purposes and there is a strong probability that rich tertiary gravel underlies it. The river has yielded a large amount of gold and many well-known creeks, benches and bars were were passed in going down, prominent among which are Four-Mile, Nine-Mile, Twenty-Mile and China Creeks, all of which have been worked continuously for the last thirty years and are still yielding considerable quantities of gold. In the straight stretches of river the banks as a rule are steep, but at the bends low bars are formed The Drummond Dredge on the Quesnell River. one mile in width gradually dropping from the mountains on either side in benches and terraces to the level of the river. It has two principal branches, the north and south forks, both of which rise in large lakes. They join at the town of Quesnel Forks and then flow onward in one united stream for a distance of about seventy miles to the junction with the Fraser River. The main river is from 400 to 600 feet in width. It is a turbulent stream full of strong rapids and riffles, with awkward rocks, and several sharp "Z" shaped bends. It has a swift current, and in high water runs from 8 to 10 miles an hour, and it is a dangerous river to navigate even with small boats. The rise between low water and high water is from 7 to 8 feet. . The bed-rock is what the author takes to be on the short side of curves, while the stream cuts into the opposite banks. The river, therefore, consists of low benches alternating with cut banks and higher benches. In the upper stretches the soft banks contain a good deal of slum capped with gravel, but below Twenty-Mile Creek the banks are wholly formed of gravel often from 200 to 600 feet in height. These banks are constantly enriching the river and in many places they have yielded a considerable amount of gold as evidenced by the work which has been done upon them. As I have stated above, the river is a rough, turbulent, dangerous stream and it was with some considerable anxiety that I undertook to move the dredge down stream, but under the careful and efficient sup- ervision f Wm. Reeves, of Vancouver, the work was successfully accomplished. Every possible precaution was taken to avoid accidents. The dredge is only a small prospecting dredge with a dipper of one-third yard capacity and a digging capacity of ioo yards per diem. The hull is 55 feet long and 19 feet wide, and it draws about 30 inches of water. In going down rapid streams in a boat steering way can only be obtained by going either considerably faster or slower than the stream. The latter plan was adopted as being safer, and a slow rate of speed was maintained by means of a chain drag on the end of a wire cable and this also acted as steering gear. The arrangement was, as in sketch, the dipper going down stream first. The dipper was fitted with a piece of 12-inch plank passing through it, which served as a rudder and by means of it a threatened obstruction, rocks, etc., could be avoided by swinging the dredge quickly away from it. In the sketch, A, B, C. D, represents the hull of the dredge, C D being the down-stream end and G the dipper. E and F are the working drums of the dredge. The main cable passes from drum E through sheaves and pulleys at the angles along the left-hand side of the dredge to the stern and carries the chain, L, at the end. From the drum, F, passes a shorter rope along the right- hand side of dredge to main cable at stern where it connects with a running pulleys. By manipulating this latter rope the drag could be moved from corner B to corner A and to all intermediate positions. When leading from B the down-stream end of dredge swings to the left and the current moves dredge bodily across towards the right-hand bank; when in the A position it works in the opposite direction to the left-hand bank, and when in the centre the dredge runs straight. The chain drag weighed about 1,700 pounds, and it could be wound up close to boat or dragged from behind, and in this way the speed was regulated. The drag maintained an average speed of one and a half miles an hour, being faster on the rapids and slower on the quiet stretches. The arrangement worked like a charm and the dredge could be steered like a small row boat and put any place in the width of the river in a distance of 200 to 400 feet. The only difficulty occurred in turning verv short bends when the drag was far behind and in such cases the chain sometimes dragged over the point and forced the dredge into the same bank below. It was quite a novel trip and one well worth taking, but I would not care to repeat it with the responsibility of a dredge on my shoulders, for though all possible precautions were adopted there is alwavs danger of possible accidents even under good management, and certain chances have to be taken. It also had its dangers, for in case of accident both dredge and crew would have been lost. The arrangement, however, worked beautifully; the boat moved slowlv over the quiet streteches and danced merrily down the raoids, avoiding the rocks in grand style, and our destination was reached safely without accident. The whole distance travelled was about sixteen miles, and many rapids and bad places were passed. The dredge has been at work for about two months with satisfactory results. THE GOAT RIVER MINING DIVISION. (By W. P. Sloan.) IF the hematite iron ore at Kitchener holds out the future of the Goat River Mining Division is assured. Dating back to the time of discovery and partial exploitation of these great deposits the district has taken on a more hopeful air and further discoveries north and south on the same lead tend to "stiffen" the existent good feeling. On the north of the C. P. R. company's property a vein with from eight to twenty-one feet of solid hematite iron ore is said to have been discovered by R. Laib and partners, and on which a group of claims were located. The claims lying south of Goat River which were found last fall are looking very well. Except for assessment work the Kitchener mines have been idle for the past year. Mr. C. P. Hill states that until the company can secure suitable coal lands on the Crow's Nest line no extensive development Typical Prospector's Camp, Goat Mountain. work would be undertaken at Kitchener. The latest iron finds were made quite recently on Gray Creek, a tributary of Crawford Bay. Some people believe it to be a continuation of the Kitchener deposits, which, if true, is marvellous, the distance between points being thirty miles at least. Be that as it may, many of the best known mining men of Nelson have taken a hand at putting up stakes—Bruce White among the number, which is evidence that something is "in sight." Development is being carried on as far as possible till the snow gets too deep for surface stripping. The Crawford Bay ore goes, I hear, as high as 66 per cent metallic iron. The low price of lead and the other common metals has had a deadening effect on development generally except in cases where gold values only were looked, for. In the immediate vicinity of Creston there is the Alice mine with an excellent showing and a large quantity of ore on the dumps. The workings aggre- THE MINING RECORD. 483 gate 1,500 feet, three-quarters of which was dead work. A waggon road was built by the Government a distance of three miles from the C. P. R. depot at Creston to the mine, over which some ore was hauled and the returns satisfactory, but almost simultane- 'K Hightown Bluff and Slide, Goat Mountain. ously with the completion of the road and making connections with the vein in the lower tunnel came the slump in lead and the mine was shut down. It is a low-grade galena proposition, but with a little better price for lead it could be operated at a profit. It is owned by an English concern—the York and Lancaster Syndicate, of Manchester. On Goat Mountain there is a promising group of claims owned by Creston parties. Ore from the Ibis is galena of good grade carrying up to 168 ounces silver and 80 per cent, lead besides $6 or $7 in gold per ton. The development was going on in the lower tunnel at the time of my visit, and the owners expect to strike an ore body almost any day. The work done on this claim consists of two tunnels, one a hundred feet long when I saw it, another thirty feet long and a number of shafts from ten to forty feet deep all showing ore. The waggon road to this claim has been put in, partly at government expense. In this group two of the claims, the Hightown and Edith, show copper in fair quantities. A peculiarity in the occurrence of ore on this mountain is that the lower dpwn the mountain the higher the gold and the lower silver values become. As an instance of this I might mention the Blenheim group owned by George Alexander, of Kaslo. The ore from the shaft on this claim has from $100 to $180 in gold besides a f; frequently given air amount in copper, while the silver values per ton were small. These assays were from hand samples. Development has been limited here and it is doubtful whether the owner has so far determined what class of ore carries those high values,—but if rumour can be trusted Mr. Alexander intends shortly to go in for extensive exploitation, not only on this property, but also on the Show Down group, where there is a good showing of cobalt bloom or erythrite. The main filling of this vein is a copper sulphide of exceptional density. The erythrite appears to be more or less segregated from the other vein contents, which probably is accounted for by a re-opening of the fissure and further depos- tion of mineral. On a small shaft within 100 feet of the Canadian Pacific Railway there is about one and a half feet of ore, from which I obtained samples and had assays of. 10 and 12 per cent, of cobalt. The copper ore from two open cuts on this claim goes almost uniformly 25 per cent, copper per ton. That from the shaft is not so high grade. Mr. McEvoy, late of the Geological Survey of Canada, sent a sample of erythrite ipmi&fiBf 1* Halcyon Clean-Cut Ledge of Copper Ore, Goat Mountain. from this claim to the museum at Ottawa, mention of which is made in the Geological Survey Report for 1901. Samples from this claim were among those on exhibition at Paris, Glasgow and other Old Country places, and met with much attention and many enquiries from cobalt refiners. Apparently large quantities of it are procurable 484 THE MINING RECORD. from this source, and in the future we may have cobalt added to our resources—likewise nickel. This is a class of ore not usually looked for, yet it exists in the low foot-hills of Goat Mountain, though whether in paying quantities remains to be seen. So little has been done in the way of opening up deposits of almost every class of mineral on this hill that no reliable idea as to its future can yet be arrived at. There are some good showings on the K. V., and Hecla south of the Blenheim, which may really be called the same ore area, while on the Nil Desperan- dum, Stemwinder, Last Hope, and Last Chance the veins appear to be much larger than farther north. The last time I visited this property I measured the by water. Steamboat communication on Kootenay Lake is had all the year round, on Kootenay River for nine months in the year, and is available for the greater part of that time right up to the foot-hills. There are a sufficient number of local smelters for present needs. There is some talk of Pilot Bay smelter being converted into a zinc plant. The inauguration of oil concentrating plants will have the effect of making available deposits of ore never before dreamt of. We have the White Grouse country in this division —virgin soil and a vast extent of rich country. In some instances the ore is high-grade. Copper sulphide, bornite and copper glance form a large. pro- Goat River Valley, Looking Towards Kitchener. lead and it taped 22 ft. wide and no wall in sight. What is true of the other properties is also true of this. Without digging nothing can be ascertained definitely. It is unfortunate for the country that the owners of this group do not go ahead with development, as their showings are exceptionally good and the prospects for this turning out a mine are bright. I am told by one of the owners who is quite reliable that assays of 27 per cent, copper have been obtained and the gold values from $12 to $37.50 per ton—in one instance the returns from test gave $117 in gold per ton. One of the chief features of these low-lying claims is their close proximity to transportation. The C. P. R. and Nelson & Bedlington R. R. traverse the majority of them. There is the alternative of carriage portion. Galena is also met with. Roads have been built by the Government by way of Kitchener via Goat River, a distance of thirty miles, and from Sanca near the head of Kootenay Lake. Large veins seem to be the rule in this camp and were railroad communication once established many prospects could ship ore which, under present conditions, cannot be done profitably. There is a choice of routes for a railroad, any of which could be utilized at comparatively small cost for this class of work. Indeed, it would be no great surprise to see construction of a railroad commenced at an early date to tap this rich, region. Duck Creek, Arrow Creek, Goat Creek and numerous others have" their quota of claims—promising, many of them, which need only capital and development. THE MINING RECORD. 485 On Crawford Creek the Silver Hill is looking well and shipping ore steadily at this writing. It is being worked on the lease system by Italian labour, which arrangement appears to be satisfactory alike to lessee and owners. On other properties work is being systematically carried on, and it is safe to say that Crawford Creek will be quite a factor in mineral production in the course of a year or two. On Summit Creek, which ilows into Kootenav River near the head of Kootenay Lake, the gold excitement held all summer and many new discoveries are recorded. During the last winter and away into the summer Finch and Campbell had a force of men at work on the Bayonne (the banner mine) and drove a long tunnel besides cross-cuts a 40-foot winze, 50- foot upraise and other work, but they failed to take up the property, and it is now shut down. A large dump of free-milling ore is ready to be treated, the estimate being that there is upwards of $50,000 net worth of ore on the dump and "in sight." I visited this property in the latter part of August and it looked well. The only thing in connection with the work that struck me forcibly was that those operating the property might just as well have run their tunnel in on a level 100 to 200 feet deeper. • The cost would not have been greatly in excess of that already contracted. New locations have not much work done on them, •the most promising that I encountered being the Black Watch, Granite, Lone Star and Red Horse. They easily take the first place so far as surface appearances go. I am informed that the owners had assays of the ore of from $28 to $80 per ton in gold. Joe Campbell, of Erie, is one of the lucky owners in this group. v Taken as a whole, the Summit Creek camp has aome excellent ground and there is a vast area as yet unexplored. Time and money usually work wonders.. The "strike" of the season was undoubtedly made on Shaw Creek this year. The property was first discovered in 1897 under romantic circumstances. The original locators did a considerable amount of work for two years and then left for the Yukon, where they evidently perished, as they have dropped completely. out of sight. The claims- did not lapse until the sum-" mer of 1901, when numerous parties of prospectors at once began to search for the lost claims, which were reputed to have the best showing in the district. The search was again taken up with enthusiasm by many parties this season and finally the old workings were discovered and the ground re-located hi July. It is evident that the original owners intended to return and prosecute the development, as their whole outfit of tools, cooking utensils, etc., were left on the ground boarded up in the tunnel nearest water. The country rock is gray granitoid rock traversed by large dyke's of lime and quartzite. The ore occurs in a mineralized zone which can be traced oyer the whole length of the claims. The ledge matter presents two main characteristics, the hanging wall sida being composed mainly of a silicious schist strongly impregnated with iron, and the foot-wall of calcite, the whole ledge carrying, gold values. This peculiarity would appear to indicate two different origins to the mineralization occurring at different times, a view sustained by the two-fold character of the ore bodies themselves. The ore consists of pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite on tlie one hand and gold-bearing quartz on the other, and there is also a series of mineral deposits which apparently connect these two main classes. • The origin of the mineralization has not yet been-, clearly worked out, but it would appear to be due to deposition from solutions contained in thermal waters arising from great depths along the lines of fracturing and fissuring in the mineralized zone. The width of the lead at different surface exposures varies from 100 to 300 feet. Parallel to this lead on the' same ground is a second ledge which averages 150 feet in. width on the surface and which shows similar characteristics. I understand that negotiations are under way for the sale of this property to American capitalists. For the good of the district it is to be hoped that the claims fall into the hands of a strong company, as from surface indications one is warranted in believing that we have here a rival to the great Boundary mines. To sum up, it is quite evident from the above that there are many promising properties in the Goat River Mining Division. Others could be mentioned. as well, but I have only referred to such claims as are* most in evidence at present or to those representative of whole groups. The crying need of the division is for capital, which alone can make possible the necessary development work—and to obtain the money a - spirit of live and let live is absolutely indispensable. The "knocker" flourishes . here exceedingly and - through-his baneful influence many .a promising prospect is lying idle. But to the strong Qf heart the country offers many inducements. Blest with an ideal climate the day is not far distant when a comprehensive scheme of irrigation (as of dyking now under way) will be carried out and the river valleys will "be standing so thick with corn that they shall laugh and sing." Many a mountain has-yet to be trodden by the prospector. For my- own part I feel. confident that another decade will work a marvellous transformation, when the valleys will be full of prosperous farmers, when steel plants will be in full operation at Kitchener or on Lake Kootenay, and when numerous ■mountains which now re-echo but the mournful howl of the co'vote shall be scenes of bustling activity. THE HISTORY AND PROGRESS OF MINING IN THE BOUNDARY DISTRICT. By. E. Jacobs. (Continued from last month.) THE mines mentioned last month, together with a great many mineral claims up©n which but little development work has been done, are situate in one or other of the two raining divisions of the district. The Kettle River Mining Division is the older and larger of the two; the other, the Grand 486 THE MINING RECORD. Forks Mining Division, being but the eastern portion of what formerly was but one large division. The office of the Gold Commissioner and Mining Recorder for the former division is at Greenwood, with sub- recording offices at Beaverdell, Camp McKinney and Vernon. The office of the official holding similar appointments for the Grand Forks division is at Grand Forks. These divisions have within their limits subdivisions known as "camps," but since the dividing line between the divisions is the summit of the mountain range, so that each division takes in all the mineral claims on the watersheds of the several streams flowing through it, it happens that in two or three instances part of a " camp '' is in one division and the remainder in the other. It may be mentioned, by the way, that the location of Greenwood IN KETTLE RIVER MINING DIVISION. Old Ironsides and Knob Hill group (Granby Mines), Greenwood Camp. Brooklyn and Stemwinder group, Greenwood Camp. Mother Lode mine, Deadwood Camp. Sunset and Crown Silver group, Deadwood Camp. Morrison mine, Deadwood Camp. King Solomon mine, Copper Camp. Big Copper mine, Copper Camp. Jewel mine, Long Lake Camp. No. 7 mine, Central Camp. Providence mine, Providence Camp. Sally mine, West Fork of Kettle River. Carmi mine, West Fork of Kettle River. Rambler mine, West Fork of Kettle River. B. C. Copper Co's Smelter, Greenwood, with Mother Lode and Sunset Mines on hills in background. is not, as would naturally be expected, in the vicinity of the town of Greenwood, but has the the more recently established town of Phoenix as its centre. Locally the camp has come to be called Phoenix Camp, but officially it is still Greenwood Camp, which latter was its official name before either town was in existence. Greenwood town was named after the camp and about three years later, following the opening up of neighbouring mines, Phoenix commenced to develop from a little camp of prospectors into a mining town. These matters are mentioned for the reason that reference to Greenwood Camp might otherwise convey a misleading idea as to the exact locality of certain mines. The more important mines of the respective mining divisions are as under:-- Cariboo mine, Camp McKinney. Waterloo mine, Camp McKinney. IN GRAND PORKS MINING DIVISION. Snowshoe mine, Greenwood Camp. Gold Drop mine, Greenwood Camp. Golden Crown mine, Wellington Camp. Winnipeg mine, Wellington Camp. Athelstan mine, Wellington Camp. B. C. mine, Summit Camp. R. Bell mine, Summit Camp. Oro Denoro mine, Summit Camp. Emma mine, Summit Camp. City of Paris and Majestic group, Central Camp. Pathfinder mine, Brown's Camp. Golden Eagle mine, Brown's Camp. Humming Bird mine, Brown's Camp. THE MINJNG RECORD. 487 As indicating the extent of territory covered by the Kettle River Mining Division it may be mentioned that the Cariboo mine, in the south-western part of the division, is distant by waggon road 48 miles from the Jewel, in the north-eastern part of the division. Turning now to the development and equipment of some of the larger mines, the following summary will in a measure indicate their relative importance. GRANBY COMPANY'S'MINES. As having, so far as yet known, the largest ore bodies, truly described as enormous, and as having done more development work and shipped more ore than any other mine or group of mines in the district, the Granby Company's mines come first. The group consists of the Old Ironsides, Knob Hill, Victoria, Fourth of July, Phoenix, iEtna, Grey Eagle, Banner, Tip Top and Triangle fraction, all adjoining claims in or adjacent to the town of Phoenix. These claims Ironsides and Victoria, as the writer can testify from personal.observation, having, when underground in these mines in 1900, walked around three blocks of ore each not less than an acre in area. Nothing short of seeing for themselves suffices to overcome the incredulity of most people as to the immense proportions of the ore bodies occurring here, and exposed both in the underground workings and in the big open quarries. So large are these that no difficulty is experienced in maintaining a minimum daily output of 1,500 tons of ore for treatment at the company's smelter, whilst additions to plant and equipment are being made to provide for an output up to 5,000 tons per diem whenever the available treatment capacity shall have reached that tonnage. The aggregate footage of development work done on the Granby mines to the end of 1902 was 16,359 lineal feet—more than three miles—of which 3,013 SS " ' Ifemasxmasm 3^B*^- ^ll^lS-W3^«H«?iM»sS8MSaS General View of the Snowshow Mine, Boundary District. Co. and Old were acquired from the four companies which were consolidated into the present Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting & Power Company, Ltd., viz., the Old Ironsides Mining Co., Knob Hill Gold Mining Granby Consolidated Mining & Smelting L-o. the Grey Eagle Mining Company. The Ironsides and Knob Hill claims were both located on July 25th, 1891, and they are the oldest mineral locations in Greenwood Camp. But little underground work was done on the Old Ironsides prior to 1897, but in that year development was actively entered upon, and a steam hoisting engine, which much facilitated mining operations, was installed. From that time on the opening up ot the enormous ore bodies occurring on this group 01 claims has steadily proceeded until to-day the showing of ore exposed in the extensive workings ol these mines is simply marvellous. It is a literal fact that "acres of ore "have been blocked out in the Old feet was in sinking and raising and 13,346 feet in cross-cutting and drifting. These figures show the number of feet done in underground development work proper, but leave entirely out of account the numerous large drifts and raises in the huge ore bodies preparatory to opening out the big stopes characteristic of these mines, which are being worked down to the 300-foot level. One shaft on the property is 400 feet in depth, but no levels have yet been run below 300 feet depth. Rising ground on the Knob Hill makes the 300-foot level of the Old Ironsides about 550 feet, vertical depth, below the apex or outcrop of ore on the Knob Hill, with the ore body proved to be continuous from the summit of the mountain on the Knob Hill through the Old Ironsides to other claims beyond, also owned by the Granby Company. The use of the diamond drill has shown that the ore continues down to a depth of at least 1,000 feet. 488 THE MINING RECORD. The system of ore quarrying followed here constitutes one of the most remarkable features of mining seen in the district. On the north side of the hill on which the mines are situate workings have been opened at half a dozen points along a distance of about 1,000 feet in a body of ore known to have a length of fully 3,000 feet on the company's ground. The removal of the surface debris has exposed ore for a width of about 400 feet. Three big open quarries are being worked at different levels. The top one was the first opened and its output of ore consequently has been by far the largest. It has an ore face about 80 feet high, and large raises from the Knob Hill main tunnel below serve as chutes down which the ore is thrown to be trammed thence to ore bins above the main shipping track of this mine. The middle quarry is on the same level as the main tunnel, 84 feet vertical depth below the floor of the top one. The lowest quarry is about 50 feet lower down still, so that when it shall have been carried back far enough to be immediately under the apex of the ore body it will have an ore breast, as proved by tunnel and raise, of more than 200 Hauling Ore at the Mother Lode Mine. feet vertical depth. Railway tracks run into the two lower quarries, so that the ore broken down in them can be loaded direct on to the railway cars and thus obviate further handling until it reaches the smelter. No. 2 tunnel connects with the 100-ft. level—that is 100 feet below the main tunnel—of the Knob Hill, and this provides another outlet for ore from the lowest quarry by means of chutes, whence it is trammed to ore bins placed above the main shipping tracks of the Old Ironsides. A third tunnel, started still lower down the hillside, will eventually be extended to connect with the 100-ft. level ofthe Old Ironsides and the 200-ft. level of the Knob Hill. The machinery and plant installed at these mines some time ago includes 2 80 h.p. steam boilers, 10-drill duplex Rand air compressor, air receivers, etc., on the Knob Hill, and a similar plant on the Old Ironsides. Each of three shafts on the Old Ironsides and Victoria is provided with a steam hoisting engine. A timber- framing machine driven by a 45 h.p. steam engine, an electric light engine and dynamo, steam pumps and much other plant and machinery are also included in the power equipment of these mines. An ore-crusher with jaws opening 42 in. by 32 in. to crush rock to not larger than 7 in. or 8 in. at a rate of 150 tons per hour, and a 100 h.p. electric induction motor to drive same, also a 2,000 ft. gravity tramway from the top quarry to crusher, with 3-wheel brake system head- works, were recently put in and are now in operation. Two tandem compound Rand air compressors, together rated at 60 3% in. machine drills, and two 700h.p. electric induction motors for motive power, are being installed. 'I he equipment of the machine shop on the mines is also being largely added to, so as to provide it with modern improved appliances. Prominent among the mine buildings are large bunk and boarding houses for the accommodation of employes, with a number of comfortable cottages for men having their families with them. The several buildings for housing plant and machinery are roomy and substantially built. Ore bins give storage capacity for a large quantity of ore, and railway trackage about the mines is comparatively extensive. From the time ore shipping was commenced in July, 1900, to the close of 1902, the output of ore aggregated 606,151 tons, of which about 310,000 tons were produced in 1902. All this ore was treated at the company's smelter at Grand Forks. When shipping 1,500 tons a day these mines employ about 425 men. The Mine Superintendent, Mr. Wm. Yolen Williams, has been in charge for nearly six years, during which period he has developed the property from mere prospects "into the most important and productive group of mines in the Boundary District and one of the largest copper-producers in Canada. - THE MOTHER LODE. The Mother Lode, situate in Deadwood camp, about three miles west of the town of Greenwood, was located on May 28, 1891. In 1896 it was bonded by Col. John Weir for himself and several other New York mining men, who in that year formed the Boundary Mines Company to develop the claim. About March of 189S the British Columbia Copper Co., Limited, was organized in New York, to acquire and work the Mother Lode and several adjoining claims. The group now owned by the Company consists of the Mother Fode, Offspring, Primrose, Ten Broeck and Don Julio and Sunflower mineral claims. When Mr. Frederic Keffer, M.E , took charge of the Mother Lode in 1896 there was not a prospect shaft or a tunnel 25 feet in depth or length on the claim. To-day the development work totals between 7,000 and 8,ooo lineal feet, besides which big stopes underground and quarries at the surface represent much productive work. The lode occurring here is large, its surface width varying from 80 to 160 feet. It has been cut in trenches along a distance of about 1,100 feet north from the main shaft to where it disappears under heavy drift, while a big surface exposure, on the Primrose, about 700 feet in an opposite direction, indicates its continuity south as well. The main shaft is down 325 feet, and long .levels have been run at both 200 and 300 ft. depth. The ore body as opened at the 200 ft. level has a width varying from 80 to 100 feet, and cross-cuts show it to be continuous at this level for at least 350 feet. At the 300 ft- level the workings are not yet so large, but as far as they have gone they have proved the ore body to maintain its large proportions. A second shoot of ore, i8|to 20 ft. in width, was met with at the 300 ft. level and followed for 200 ft. without its dipping out of the level. The THE MINING RECORD. 489 "pillar and stope" system of mining the Ore underground, as here adopted in 1901, was fully described and illustrated in the April, 1902, issue of the Mining Record. Most of the exploratory work done underground has been done north of the main shaft, which is situate about the centre ofthe claim, so that little is known of the-conditions as regards the occurrence of ore south of the shaft. Underground work was suspended last spring, the opening up of big surface quarries in ore having made it practicle to maintain a sufficiently large production to supply the company's smelter at Greenwood with plenty of ore to keep its two furnaces running continuously. The main quarry is well up the side of the Mother Lode hill. Two other openings were made at lower levels, big tunnels having been driven under No. 1 quarry and connections made by means of wide raises; these serving as chutes down which the ore is thrown to No. 3, from which a double-track tramway, with three-ton ore cars drawn by mules, conveys the ore to a Farrel rock crusher. During recent months two quarries were opened higher up the hill in ore containing more sulphur, and the ore from these is either shot down more than 200 feet to the mule tunnel or run down a gravity tramway to another crusher above a diffierent set of ore bins. All the ore is crushed at the mine before being shipped to the smelter, a saving being^ thereby effected, the ore going direct into the smelter mixture bins instead of having to be first passed through the smelter sample mill crusher with the attendant expense of this further handling. The mine shipped 5,564 tons of ore in the latter part of 1900; 99,548 tons in 1901, and 136,657 tons in 1902, making an aggregate of 241,769 tons. When there is no shortage of coke or other difficulty in the way of both furnaces being kept in blast at the smelter, the daily output of the mine is about 800 tons. The Mother Lode was the first mine in the district to have a power plant equal to doing much underground work. In 1898 a ten-drill straight line air compressor, two 60-h.p. boilers, hoisting engines, etc., and electric light plant, were hauled in from Marcus, then the nearest railway point, at a cost for hauling alone of about $3,000. In 1901 a 40-drill cross-compound condensing Ingersoll-Sergeant air compressor, with two 100-h.p. boilers; a big double cylinder, first-motion Jenckes hoisting engine, with two 80-h.p. boilers; a Robins ore-sorting and conveying plant; a No. 5 Gates rock crusher, with a 70-h.p. steam engine to run it; a full equipment of tools for a machine shop, and other plant were added. Last year a 24x36 inch Farrel improved crusher, to crush 65 to 80 tons of rock per hour to a size not exceeding five inches; a Jeffrey elevating machine with a chain of 20 inch by 9 inch by 12 inch buckets, to lift the crushed ore to ore bins over the railway track; a plain slide-valve engine, to run crusher and elevator; a 250-light Westitighouse dynamo, with 25-h.p. engine, and other machinery, to bring mine equipment up to the requirements of an increased ore output, were installed. The mine buildings are commodious and those for the accommodation of the men are comfortable. The ore bins have a total holding capacity of about 3,000 tons, and the railway facilities are sufficient for handling much larger quantities of ore than are at present produced. During construction work periods and when underground mining was in progress up to 150 men were on the payroll, but not more than half that number are now regularly employed in getting out ore and incidental work. Mr. Keffer is still in charge of the mine, he being the company's general manager. THE SNOWSHOE. The Snowshoe group, owned by the Snowshoe Gold & Copper Mines, Ltd., of London, England, and situate in Greenwood Camp, comprises the SnOwshoe mine and the Pheasant, Alma Fraction and Fairplay Fraction mineral claims. The Snowshoe was purchased by the British Columbia (Rossland & Slocan) Syndicate, Ltd., in 1899, and after that company had spent about $130,000 in development work and in machinery, plant and buildings, the Snowshoe Company was organized in Eondon in June of 1901 to acquire and operate the group. Development work done to the end of 1902 totals 6,440 lineal feet, nearly 2,000 being sinking and raising and the remainder cross-cutting and drifting. The earlier work was done in the eastern part of the Snowshoe. It consisted of an incline shaft, sunk 200 feet, with levels at 100 and 200 feet depth, respectively. On the former level some 520 feet and on the latter about 740 feet of cross-cutting and drifting were done, and two raises were made from the 100-foot level to the surface. Much of this work was in ore, which dips easterly into the other claims owned by the company. Later workings, in the western part of the claim, have opened up a big body of ore, which is now being mined by quarrying as at the mines above described. The Phoenix branch of the C. P. R. company's Columbia & Western Railway crosses the Snowshoe. Below the railway, in the southern part of the claim, a tunnel, known as No. 1 level, has been run westward 677 feet into the hill, which rises rapidly to the western boundary of the property. For about 300 feet, excepting where a 25-foot dyke of waste crossed it; the tunnel was continuously in ore, apparently a parallel body to that in which the old shaft was sunk. Beyond this the tunnel was run about 477 feet, exploring for other ore bodies. Some 730 feet of crosscuts and drifts, mostly in ore, were run on this level. A raise 150 feet to the surface was also in ore most of the way, and a winze, sunk 100 feet was in ore for 40 feet, and the ore shoot was again encountered in a 250-foot cross-cut from the bottom of the winze, which was in ore for 170 feet before the wall was met with. Altogether 660 feet of cross-cutting and drifting have been done on this No. 2 level, and a raise in ore 140 feet on the incline makes a second connection with No. 1. level. The ground has been explored below No. 2' level with a diamond drill, with eatisfactory results. During 1902 a large main working shaft was sunk 300 feet, connecting with levels Nos. 1 and 2. After removal of the surface debris from a comparatively large area of ground above No. 1 level, quarries were opened and drifts were run under them. Chutes were made at convenient intervals, and through these the ore is drawn and trammed direct to ore bins above the railway. It is calculated that these big open cuts will go back about 120 feet before reaching the western limit of the ore, and that a maximum face of about 60 feet in depth to floor of quarries will be obtained. A railway spur lately put in below the mouth of tunnel on No. 1 level gives shipping facilities that will admit of a much deeper face of ore being cut when quarrying operations shall have been carried down to'that depth. Prior to 1902 only 2,028 tons of ore were shipped, but towards the close of that year the output was materially increased, so that the total 490 THE MINING RECORD. tonnage for the year was 20,800 tons, making the aggregate 22,828 tons. The power plant installed at the mine in 1900-1 included two steam boilers, two air compressors together rated at about twelve drills, machine drills, hoisting engine at the shaft and an auxiliary engine in No. 1 tunnel, steam pumps, etc. Last year the high pressure half of a 30-drill Rand-Corliss air compressor, two 80-h.p. high pressure boilers and an electric lighting plant were added, and a 150-h.p. electric hoist was ordered. This hoist will shortly be in operation. Meanwhile headworks over the main shaft are in course of construction. The mine buildings include bunk and boarding houses, offices, residences for superintendent and foreman, new compressor and boiler buildings, hoist house, etc., and ore bins with a holding capacity of 2,500 tons are about completed. Some 2,000 feet of railway tracks afford accommodation for shipping. The transmission lines of the Cascade Power Company cross the property, so that when electric power for operating the air compressor hoist shall be required it will be right at hand. The average number of men employed is 44, but at times nearly double this number have been on the payrolL Mr. J. W. Astley, C.E., is the company's superintendent, resident on the mine. The Snowshoe has been brought to its present stage of development under his direction. Mr. Anthony J. McMillan is managing director, and Mr. Geo. S. Waterlow, another director, is one of the best friends the district has in England, since he loses no opportunity to express his confidence in the eventual profitableness of legitimate mining in the Boundary. MINING IN THE COWICHAN DISTRICT. D (From our own Correspondent.) EVELOPMENTS in the Mount Sicker last year were of a very extensive character. TYEE MINE. The main shaft is now down to the 4oo-ft- level and crosscutting has been started, to intersect the lode. The main ore body has been opened up along a length of 800 feet, all in ore and is now in fine shape for winning 150 tons of ore per day. The stopes range in width from 15 feet to 40 feet of solid ore and the further the various levels are driven into the mountain, the richer the ore becomes. The following machinery is installed at the mine:— Four boilers, viz.—1 of 60 h.p., 2 each of 50 h.p., 1 of 20 h p. A double drum hoist by Joshua Hendy, of San Francisco, capable of hoisting from a depth of 800 feet, and one smaller hoist by the same firm. Two compressors by the Ingersoll-Sergeant Co., viz.—1 of 5 drills and 1 of 3 drills. A Gates crusher, engine and belt conveyor, for crushing and sorting the ore preparatory to shipping to the smelter. Also a well equipped saw mill. The Ribbet tram, which conveys the ore to the E.' 6 N. Railway at Stratford's Crossing is running very well indeed and has now taken down over 8,000 tons of ore to the Tyee Company's Smelter at Ladysmith. The Tyee Company's Smelter at Ladysmith, which was blown in on the 16th December, is running continuously and smelting at the rate of 4,500 tons of ore per month. Mr. Kiddie, the smelter, manager, has managed every detail with a view to the most economic handling of the product of the mine, and from the time the ore leaves the mine until the matte comes from the furnace, it is only handled twice by hand. The work that the Tyee Company commenced nearly four years ago has thus been brought to a most successful conclusion. With ore reserves to the present developments at the mine sufficient to keep the smelter running continuously for the next three years and with every facility for marketing the product of this ore to the best advantage, this company has the highest prospects before it, of giving the shareholders large returns for the labour and money expended, j which latter amounts to over $400,000 in hard cash. RICHARD III. A two compartment shaft is being sunk on the footwall ofthe lode. This shaft is now down 150 feet and is following a heavy gouge matter, full of bright yellow ore. This is the typical ore ofthe Tyee and Lenora mines and proves beyond a doubt that the ore bearing zone is continuous to the " Richard III." and that a solid ore body is within easy reach. This not only points to the possibility of the '' Richard III," making a good mine, but doubles the values of the ore reserves in the "Tyee." KEY CITY. The shaft is down 300 feet and crosscutting at that level will soon commence. COPPER CANYON A compressor, boiler and hoist have been taken on to the ground and I believe will be put in operation early in the year. The other work done on a large number of claims scattered over Mount Sicker and Monnt Brenton amounts to very little, being just sufficient assessment work to hold the claims. Various reports of strikes etc., have been made from time to time, but the work done has not been of such a character as to prove continuity and values, and the owners of these claims are evidently waiting for "something to turn up," in increased values for properties, resulting from the successful working" of the very few mines really operating on a large scale. At Cowichan Lake and the upper waters of the Chemainus River fairly heavy development work has been done, but in neither case has the presence of ore bodies of commercial value been proved to exist. On Molohat Mountain, near Shawnigan Lake, the usual development work has been done on some twenty claims. The surface ore showings on this Mountain consist of pyrohtite and magnetite and are very large. They occur in a lime contact and carrying as they do some values in copper and occasionally very good gold, they are well worthy of exploitation on a large scale. The work up to the present time is scattered all over the mountain side, which is a pity, as if concentrated it might possibly have opened up a really good mining camp, as the whole country along the line of contact contains large out-crops of ore. Some good samples of iron ore, also quartz and copper pyrites, have been brought in by prospectors from the new trail at Ladysmith. No work however, has as yet been done on these claims. A development company has recently been formed in London, England, for the purpose of opening up mineral claims on this Island and the adjacent coast. THE MINING RECORD. 491 It is called the "Vancouver Island Mining and Development Co., Limited, with a capital of ^50,000 in 50,000 shares of one pound each. The registered offices are at Duncans, Vancouver Island, B. C. and Clermont Livingston is the general manager and local director. COMPARISON OF COSTS OF COMPRESSING AIR WITH STEAM AND ELECTRICITY AT ROSSLAND, B.C.* (By William Thompson, Rossland, B. C.) COMPRESSED air has become so generally used in connection with mining operations, and so well recognized as the most useful and economic power, with its unlimited range of uses, and . special adaptability to underground work, that au introductory to this paper on the subject would be superfluous to mining engineers. The comparative economy of prime movers for air compressing engines is, however, of great interest to all, and a subject on which any engineer can read with interest. This is particularly the case with engineers practising in British Columbia, where a large number of the mining problems include the extraction and reduction of large bodies of low-grade ores and the consequent necessity for a thorough study of economical methods for mechanical handling. The general mobility of compressed air as a power allows a wide range of generators, or prime movers,, but we can, in nearly all cases rely upon having to adopt primarily, one of two sources of power, viz., water or heat. Water, the first of these can, as we know, be used in many ways, each terminating finally at the mine, as compressed air ready for service. The initial water power may come from one or more sources situate either at the mines or many miles distant, and can be used either as a directly 'connected unit of power for the compression of air, or as a prime mover for some intermediary power. British Columbia has been fortunately blessed with magnificent water power, more particularly in the Kootenays. In many cases these water powers are situated close to the mines; in others, as at Rossland, they are several miles away. Distances over which power can be economically transmitted by electricity are yearly becoming greater, until it seems that distance is no longer an obstacle, and it has become simply a question of capital investment to successfully transmit the power generated by water almost any distance. Heat, the second great source of power for the generation of compressed air, has been successfully used as steam for many years, even in places which seemed to be uterly inaccessible either for the erection of the necessary machinery, or the securing ot fuel after the machinery had been installed and made ready for operation. So accustomed have we become, to surmounting difficulties of this kind, that we are apt to look with suspicion upon any suggestion to utilize distant water powers, preferring to resort to steam as being the power we best understand, and one which has been successfully installed and econ omically operated under very adverse circumstances. British Columbia has been abundantly provided with fuel, in fact, we can say the supply of coal is practically unlimited. Enterprising capitalists, year after year, extend railways between the coal fields and the consumers, so that no producing or promis ing mimng district has loner t nig 10 wait for an unlimited managers would otherwise be *From a paper re ad before the Canadian Mining Institute, Nelson meeting. supply of this fuel. The mines at Rossland are exceptionally favoured in this respect, all the leading mines having access to two lines of railways, and through them, the coal fields of both British Columbia and the State of Washington. Rossland is also favoured by having the immense water power at Bonnington. Falls, less than 40 miles distant, immediately available. The enterprise of Sir Charles Ross and associates in the West Kootenay Power and Light Co. have rendered this available for any service at each mine, as a competitor of the steam power, which mine compelled to adopt. The question of the selection of power supply to be made by mine managers at Rossland is almost entirely removed from chance, and may be based on ascertained facts. Railways ■ being at hand for the transportation of any kind of machinery, reasonably cheap fuel in quanities required is assured, and electric power for any size machinery or service is available. Therefore the problem simply resolves itself into "Which of these powers will give the best service in operating the machinery used in connection with mining operations?" The same privilege applies to nearly every other, mining district in Southern British Columbia; therefore, the writer feels that the results obtained in the air compressing plants at Rossland will be of special interest to the members of the British Columbia section of the Canadian Mining Institute, and mining engineers. The steam and electric plants described below were modelled on the design and erected under the personal supervision of Mr. Bernard Macdonald, then general manager of the Le Roi and Nickel Plate mines, assisted by the writer. The steam plant was erected for. the Le Roi Mining Company, Limited, and consists of the following, viz.: Boiler Plants.—Two 250 horse-power Heine safety water tube boilers, arranged to burn coal as fuel. These were intended to generate steam to run the air compressors, and were set so as to work, if desirable, in connection with the nine 125 horse-power steel shell return tubular boilers, designed to operate the haisting and surface plants. These boilers are arranged to be interchangeable to either service. A general description of this plant will be found in volume V, page 309, of the Journal of the Canadian Mining Institute. During the test, the water-tube boilers were used at a gauge pressure of 150 pounds per square inch, using Crow's Nest coal as fuel, which cost, laid down in frOnt of the boilers, $5.50 per ton of 200 pounds. Air Compressing Plant.—The steam driven plant consisted of two compound condensing Corliss valve engines, direct connected to two stage air cylinders, equipped with intermediate cooling devices, each machine having a rated capacity of 4,000 cubic feet of free air per minute, or a combined capacity of 8,000 cubic feet of free air per minute at sea level. 492 THE MINING RECORD. No. i No. | Engine. Engine inches. Inches. 22 22 36 36 22 22 36 38 48 48 A more detailed description of these engines would be as follows: Diameter, high pressure steam cylinder. Diameter, low pressure steam cylinder . Diameter, high pressure air cylinder ... Diameter, low pressure air cylinder ... Length of stroke The Electrically Driven Air Compressing Plant.— This plant was erected by the Rossland Great Western Mines, Limited, and was originaly intended to be operated in connection with the steam plant previously described, the intention being to supply power from a central station to four mines, owned by different companies. The arrangement would have given each mine power at the lowest possible cost, and have ensured continuous operations by reason Of the compressing plant being arranged in separate units. Each company would pay its share of operation, maintenance, of plant, pro rata to its consumption of air. When it was found necessary to erect the third unit to the compressing plant, unforeseen difficulties presented themselves in the shape of shortage of water for condensing and cooling purposes. On examination it was found that a satisfactory supply could not be secured without heavy capital expenditures for erection of flumes, etc., to convey the water to where it was required for use. It was, however, found that a supply of water, barely sufficient for the intercoolers and waterjackets, was available about three-fourths of a mile distant from the steam plant. This supply was so located, located at this distance away from the main steam plant. By conserving this water supply, cooling and re-using, it was decided a sufficient supply of water for the air cylinder jackets and intercoolers could be secured. The results obtained from the steam plant had proven so satisfactory, that it was considered questionable if any electric plant could be installed that could successfully compete with steam, even when running non-condensing, unless very favourable rates for power could be secured. After negotiations with the Power Company, it was decided to erect an electrically driven plant, a short description of -which is as follows: Electrical Equipment.—Three phase, S.K.C., synchronous motor, designed for 2,200 volts, with rated capacity of 660 kilo watts, equivalent' to about 825 horse-power. The motor is provided with a separate starting motor, mounted on the main frame, exciter and Italian marble switch-board, on which all operating switches and instruments are mounted. There is a 50-inch Frisbee clutch set intermediate between the driving pulley and the motor. The motor is of a four bearing type, fitted with self-aligning" and self-oiling sleeves. The entire machine is mounted upon a solid cast iron base set upon massive concrete foundations. The driving pulley is 60 inches in diameter, grooved for 22 1/2 in. ropes, and runs at 270 revolutions per minute. The three compressors were built by the Canadian Rand Drill Company, of Sherbrooke, Quebec, and are especially designed for constant service. The electrical equipment is also entirely of Canadian manufacture, the entire apparatus being manu factured by the Royal Electric Company, of Montreal, who are the Canadian manufacturers of the S.K.C. apparatus. All tests were conducted under the personal supervision of the writer, and extreme care was taken to arrive at actual facts. Indicator diagrams were taken off both the steam and air cylinders every half- hour, and the results tabulated. Coal consumed was weighed, and all other supplies, such as waste, oil, etc., charged as used. Readings were also taken and recorded by means of a delicately adjusted kilo watt metre, connected to the primary mains, of the amount of electric power used. The test extended over a period of thirty days,, without interruption, both plants being run rindes*1. exactly similar conditions as to.air pressure. Each of the plants tested being modern and representative of their respective types, gave an opportunity for a comparative test that rarely falls to the lot of an individual engineer under such favourable conditions, as to work being performed, and for this reason is the more valuable as data for basing calculations as to problems of power. The average results of the thirty days' test is rerecorded in Tables I, II, III, IV, and V following:— TABLE I. Work Performed by Steam Plant. Average indicated horse power at steam cylinders of the combined machines (h- p.) 730 Free air compressed per minute from atmospheric pressure to 95 ft>s. per square inch (cubic ft) 5,432 Free air compressed per hour 325,920 Average horse-power required at steam cylinders to compress 100 cubic feet of air per minute, to gauge pressure (h.p.) 13.4 Pounds of coal consumed during test (ft>s.) 1,038,000 Pounds of coal consumed per dav of 24 hours 36,400 Average pounds of coal consumed per horse-power per hour during test (lbs.) 1.9 TABLE II. Work Performed by Electric Plant. Average horsepower registered at switchboard (h.p.) 540' Free air compressed pec, minute from atmospheric pressure to 95 pounds gauge pressure. . (cubic ft.) 3*319 Free air compressed- per hour 199 140 Average horsepower required at motor to compress 100 cubic feet of free air per minute to 95 lbs. gauge pressure (h.p.) 16.3 TABLE III. Cost of Operating Steam Plant. Total cost of fuel consumed during test . .$2,880 45 wages for employees 710 00 oils, waste, etc 14730 for 30 days, exclusive of maintenance and depreciation $3-737 75 Cost per horse-power per month for fuel.. 3 96 oil, etc. o 20 wages.. o 97 r , u $5 15 Cost per horse-power per annum $61 56 Cost for each 100,000 cu. ft. of free air compressed t 56 Cost per drill shift t 2c Note—80,000 cubic feet taken as the average consumption per shift of one 354 inch drill. THE MINING RECORD. 493 TABLE IV. Cost of Operating Electric Plant. Cost of current for thirty days $1,744 26 employees' wages 270 00 g' oils, waste, etc 73 00 Total cost for 30 days, exclusive of maintenance and depreciation $2,087 86 Average cost per horse-power per month 3 87 Average cost per horse-power per annum 46 44 Cost for each 100,000 cubic feet of air compressed 1 .46 Cost per drill shift 1 17 Note—80,000 cubic feet taken as the average consumption per shift of one zYa inch drill.. TABLE V. Showing Comparative Results between the Two Types ol Compressors, based on each 100,000 • cubic feet of air compressed from Atmospheric Pressure to 95 pounds Receiver Pressure. Cost for each 100,000 cubic ft. of free air compressed by steam plant (see Table III) $1 56 Cost for each 100,000 cubic ft. erf free air compressed by electric plant (see Table IV) : 1 46 Result, saving by electricity over steam 6-4 per cent. The saving shown in Table V would be affected adversely if the electric plant was operated singly and the entire air compressed was not used. For the reason that- electrically driven compressors must be operated at constant speed, and loss of air at safety valve would be considerably increased over the same loss at steam plant, which could be run at the speed required to compress the amount of air actually required. This loss would, however, be slightly offset by the increased cost per horsepower by working the steam compressors on underload. I wish to draw special attention to the noteworthy results obtained from the system of intercooling used on the compressors tested. In Table I, it is shown that the steam plant required 13.4 horse-power to compress 100 cubic feet of air to 85 pounds gauge pressure per minute. The best power factor recorded that has come under the writer's notice, for doing the same amount of work by a two-stage compressor, is 14.5 horse-power, which shows a .saving of 8 per cent, resulting from the use of specially designated intercoolers, for which the manufacturers are entitled to receive the credit. How this result is obtained can be best understood by reproducing the average of a number of tests made on the efficiency of the intercooler during the progress of the power test. The results of the tests are shown in Table VI. TABLE VI. Temperature of cooling water at inlet of intercooler.. 42°F. Temperature of cooling water at outlet of intercooler 50 iH- Rise in temperature of cooling water while passing through intercooler •• • ■ • • " • Temperature of air at outlet of low pressure cylinder and before passing through intercooler .'",'"' I9 Temperature of air at inlet of high pressure cylinder after passing through intercooler • • • 54 »'■ Reduction in temperature of air after passing through intercooler 1^2 In conclusion, permit me to state that this paper has not been prepared with the idea of recording the performance of these two plants, except, .in so far as comparisons can be drawn between the relative efficiency of the two systems, so that engineers, knowing local conditions, can have some record of actual performance before them, PATENT OFFICE REPORT, WE are indebted to Mr. Rowland Brittain, of Vancouver, for the following list of patents issued to British Columbia inventors during the past month ;— F. A. Marshall, Vancouver, a United States patent on his improved jar seal, which has now received a lengthy trial of shipment to the Eastern States, Great Britain and Australia, and in every case his specialty of potted fish and meats has been reported on as having been received and kept in good condition. A Canadian patent has just been issued to G. A. Roedde, the well-known bookbinder of Vancouver, on an improved loose leaf binder, which is designed to be applicable to books of special form or size. Heretofore such have had to be specially made at the factory when required, while Mr. Roedde's securing clasp can be applied by any practical bookbinder. George Cassady, Vancouver, a Canadian patent on a sash lifter designed to overcome the difficulty commonly experienced in opening and closing the top sash of an ordinary window. The device, which is entirely supplementary to the ordinary sash weights, consists of a small reel secured to the centre of the sash frame and having wound on it a cord, the off end of which is secured to the top rail of the upper sash and continued down to afford a means for pulling the upper sash open. The reel is provided with a spring, the tendency of which is to pull the sash shut, and is controlled by a gravity pawl of that class that will only fall into engagement while the reel is at rest or rotating slowly, and will fall out of engagement when the sash is pulled down. H. Condren, Vancouver, a Canadian patent on a body indicating buoy. This consists of an inflated chamber forming part of an ordinary hat or cap, and connected by a light line to the person of the wearer, the line being coiled within the cap. It is intended to be worn by anyone exposed to the risk of drowning, while either boating, bathing or skating and on the person being submerged the cap will float and the line being attached to the body, will afford a ready means of rescue. If help should not be forthcoming and the wearer drowns, the cap indicates the locality of the body and enables it to be quickly recovered. MINING. PATENTS. A Canadian patent on a method of desulphurising coal, granted to Oscar Daube, of New York. Patent No. 78,080. Claim : The method of carbonizing organic material or material of organic origin, which consists in subjecting the material to be carbonized to a preliminary fusing blast, and then to a carbonizing blast as described and for the purpose set forth. This patent is covered by nine claims, which can be obtained by application to the Patent Office. To John Morrisett, Vancouver, on an ingenious improvement on a steam engine piston, whereby the weight of a heavy piston is centrally sustained in the 494 THE MINING RECORD. bore of the cylinder, and undue wear of piston and glands thereby avoided. Apparatus for separating mercury from amalgam, granted to T. H. Hicks, of Fort Wayne, Ind. Claim: In a rotable vessel, a cylindrical chamber and an annular chamber, each adapted to contain mercury and both arranged concentrically to the axis of said vessel 's revolution and connected only by one or more joints so closely fitted as to prevent the passage of mercury therethrough, except under pressure. 5*SiSKSj>l*PS*^fSlis!&sT warn u Gold recovering process.—T. H. Hicks, Fort Wayne. Claim : The process of recovering gold as amalgam from pulverized sulphides (commonly called concentrates) which consists in subjecting such sulphides when dry to the action of heat and of hot mercury vapour as shown in the specification, and then collecting the freed gold whether in particles of amalgam or not by any effective liquid mercury amalgamating or mercury massing apparatus. MINING PROGRESS AT ROSSLAND. (From our own Correepondent.) THE situation in Rossland remains unchanged from last month. The LeRoi is still shipping the usual quantity of ore, but arrangements are being made to bring up the output of 18,000 to 20,000 tons monthly, the increase being rendered possible by the larger amount of coke said to be available at the Northport smelter. The more furnaces that are running the cheaper the ore can be treated and, indeed, the manager, Mr. Mackenzie, is responsible for the statement that with all six furnaces going in the spring, upon the completion of the coke ovens at Morrissey, smelting can be accomplished at $3 per ton, rendering $8 ore profitable. This will mean a large augmentation of output. Mr. Mackenzie is leaving the mine at the end of the current month, and it will in future have no general manager, but one of the directors, Mr. Anthony J. McMillan, who is appointed managing director, will reside here and will conduct the affairs of the mine with a superintendent here and another at Northport. How this experiment will work yet remains to be seen. The present Superintendent, Mr. Roscoe R. Leslie, is said to be a capable mining man though young in years and necessarily so in experience. With smelting as cheap as is anticipated it is unlikely that the mine will immediately go in for concentration until the perfection of the experiments now being carried on in Rossland shows that not too large a percentage of the values is lost in the process. It is also likely that if concentration is carried out later on that the mill will be erected outside of Rossland if proper arrangements can be made with the rail ways. The most likely site to be selected is on Sheep Creek, over the boundary line, on the way to North- port, where below the falls there are some ideal sites where operations can be carried on by gravity. The question of concentration in Rossland itself is rendered difficult by the apparent lack of water, which, by the way, is more apparent than real if the city could be persuaded to undertake the bringing of it in on a large scale. The War Eagle and Centre Star are shipping as usual and as yet no move has been made with regard to the erection of the concentrator. The experiments are perfected and the erection of a plant will - probably come with the settlement of the water suits which are now pending at the Coast before the Supreme Court between the city and these mines. The disposition of the tailings is also another matter which needs some arrangement with the city if the mill be built close at hand. In this connection it may be stated that the Elmore Process Company, which has been conducting a series of experiments on what is practically a laboratory basis, have made up their minds to erect a custom plant in the camp and treat ores given to them on a commercial scale. Most of the big mines on the hill have had samples of their ore treated locally by these people. The mill of the Centre Star and War Eagle is understood to be the usual water concentration type ending up with cyanidization. It is not improbable, however, that the tailings will be treated by the Elmore process. The LeRoi No. 2 is now again on the shipping list after a close down which lasted for over a couple of months. The mine is reported to. be in good shape. It is not likely, however, that the present manage^ ment is anything else but temporary. The Kootenay has commenced shipping in small quantities to Trail, which is inaugurating a series of experiments in treating this heavy iron ore on a pyritic basis and it is likely that the reduction works will be able to take some 300 tons daily and treat the same at about $2.50 per ton, direct charges. If the indirect charges do not amount to much it is probable that the management will not proceed to erect a pyritic smelter of their own, at all events for the immediate present. The general manager of the mine is at present in London conferring with the shareholders as to the best method of putting the property on the active shipping list. He is expected back towards the end of February and it is more than probable that he will start shipping on a much larger scale on his return. The mine is being actively set in order in the preparation of stopes, etc., with a view to this policy. Nothing much is being done upon the Giant. Events are waiting upon the action taken in London by the shareholders, which, if favourable to the further development of this promising property will probably result m the compressor ot the California, an adjacent mine now lying idle, being utilized for more expeditious and economical work than is at present possible with the inadequate machinery at command. The Homestake is working along well and some shipments of ore have been made to the Trail smelter which are reputed to have given favourable results The management is particularly reticent in the dissemination of any information at the present stage of the mine's exploitation. THE MINING RECORD 495 The Velvet is looking in excellent shape and is shipping first-class ore to the Northport works. Mr. Gray, the manager, is jubilant over the result* obtained and is confident of ultimate success, and is entirely warranted by the development work which has been done, especially in the upper levels, where some bodies of high grade ore, previously unsuspected, have been located and shipped at a good profit. Samples running well over $30 in gold and as high as seven per cent, in copper have been obtained. These bodies are not large in extent but there are several within a few feet of each other so they are easily worked. Prospecting done in levels immediately above and below have demonstrated their continuity. There is a concentrator partly finished upon this property, but no work will be done through it for some, little time to come, until a welcome capital account is placed to the credit of the mine through its profits. The management is now contemplating the opening up of the Portland, a contiguous property, also belonging to the Velvet and situated within 300 feet of the present workings at the main shaft. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE PLACER MINING ACT. TO THE EDITOR: A meeting was held on the ioth of January, 1903, by the miners of Black Bear and Spanish Creeks at the Moore Company's cabin on Spanish Creek, to consider the proposed suggested amendments to the Placer Mining Act, suggested by the Placer Mining Committee appointed at the ledger office in Vancouver on December 18, of which James Reid was chairman, to draft proposed amendments to Part VII of the Placer Mining Act. The meeting was unanimous in indorsing Crown Grants for deep placer mines, and suggest the following amendments: Amend Section 2, Chapter 136, Placer Mining Act of 1899, to read as follows: I Placer mines shall be divided into two classes, as follows: '' Shallow placers and deep placers. "Shallow placer mines shall include all claims located on creek diggings, bar diggings, bench diggings, dry, diggings and hill diggings in newly discovered shallow placer mining districts. " Deep placer mines shall include all claims located on deep alluvial or other deposits of earth, gravel and gravel conglomerate, containing gold, platinum, os- mirridium, or other valuable metals or precious stones that shall be worked by the hydraulic, hydraulic elevator, or milling piocess." Part VII of the Placer Mining Act, so far as it refers to leases, shall be repealed and amended to read as follows: "Sec. 1. That practically no changes be made in the present Act from Sec. 1 to Sec. 89, inclusive, except in so far as is necessary to prevent conflict with the changes to be made in Part VII.'' This will protect the individual miner. 1 Sec 2. Every free miner will be entitled to locate and apply for a Crown Mineral Grant for a deep placer mining claim pn any creek, bar, hill, bench, or plateau on any unoccupied and unreserved Crown land, but no more than two claims in the same locality, one of which shall be a creek claim, lie shall be allowed any number of placer mineral claims by purchase, and every free miner may sell, mortgage, or dispose of his claim or part thereof, but in no case shall any free miner be permitted to locate and record a deep placer mining claim in a newly discovered shallow placer mining district without first obtaining the consent of the Gold Commissioner, with the sanction of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council. "Sec. 3. The dimensions of the deep placer mining claim shall be as follows: In creek diggings, one- half mile in length. " Sec. 4. In other deep placer mining ground, 80 acres; but in no case shall any deep placer mining . claim extend along any creek or river more than 500 yards, creek diggings excepted. " Sec. 5. Every deep placer mining 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. One of such posts shall be marked as the initial post, and on that post shall be placed a legible notice in writing, stating the name of the claim, its length and breadth in feet, and a general description of its boundaries, commencing at the the initial post marked No. 1, stating distance and general direction and a line blazed therefrom to each of the other corner posts, which shall be marked No. 2, 3 and 4. " Sec. 6. Any lawful holder of a deep placer claim shall be entitled to a Crown Mineral Grant, for the exclusive right to mine and extract the precious metals and minerals from said mining claim until the same shall have been worked out or abandoned on payment to the Government of British Columbia the sum of one dollar per acre of land conveyed by grant, in lieu of the two per cent, tax on the gross output of placer mines. The intending purchaser of said right to mine shall comply with all the provisions of Sec. 36 of the Mineral Act, and the amendments concerning the application- for Crown Grants, so far as they may be applicable to deep placer mines. "Sec. 7. The holder of a Mineral Grant for a deep placer mining claim, or a consolidation of deep placer mining claims, shall expend annually on each claim or mine containing 80 acres or less at least $200 for exploratory work. Such work shall consist of manual labour, permanent improvements made on the mine, in building roads, shafts, tunnels, machinery, dams, canals, ditches, flumes, pipe line or any mining work necessary for equipment or operation of mine. "Sec. 8. The holder of a Crown Mineral Grant for a deep placer mining claim, or placer mine, or a consolidation of deep placer mining claims or placer mines, shall pay annually the deep placer mining tax of $1 for each and every acre of mining claim or mine so held. "Sec. 9. The failure of the holder or holders of Crown Mineral Grants for deep placer claims or mines . to comply with the provisions of Sections 6, 7, and 8 of this Act, shall be deemed an abandonment, and such mine shall be declared open for re-location by the Gold Commissioner or Mining Recorder in such district, who shall post notices to that effect on the bulletin board of his office. "Sec. 10. It shall be lawful for the Gold Commissioner, with the sanction of the Lieutenant-Governor 496 THE MINING RECORD. in Council, to grant the right to lawful holders of leases of placer mining ground for hydraulic or deep placer mining -purposes to avail themselves of the provisions of this Act without in any way prejudicing the rights or privileges appurtenant thereto. The lawful holder of a lease for placer mining ground and water rights appurtenant thereto shall be entitled to a record for the same dating back to the date of original lease and water grant, so held as appurtenant thereto, but in no case shall the holder of a lease be entitled to such record until he shall have fully paid up all leasehold rents due on said leases." James Moore, Secretary of Meeting. AN ELECTRIC DRILL. AS electric drills have recently been installed in one or two mines in British Columbia, a brief description of the Durkee Lightning Drill, manufactured by the Mine and Smelter Supply Co. of Denver, Colorado, may prove of interest. This drill follows along the lines shown, by experience with the air drill to be most satisfactory. No departure has been made from standard air drill practice except where necessitated by the difference in the power. The standard form of air drill column, arm, clamp, guide shell, feeding devices and chuck for holding the steel are retained. The column rifle .bar, rifle nut, ratchet and pawls are also used, although the arrangement of the parts are changed to meet the requirements of the machine. i«*?iP«?> Hlv. The Durkee Lightning Drill is driven by a small electric motor, provided with speed controlling devices, through ■which the speed of the drill is controlled as readily as by the throttle valve of the air drill. The power of the motor is conveyed to the drill through a short, flexible shaft, which allows the motor to be placed in any convenient position close to the drill. The piston of the drill, through a simple mechanical device, is given a rapid forward stroke and a much slower return. This rapid forward stroke concentrates the power upon the rock, while the comparatively slow return stroke gives a powerful pull to release a drill from a fissured hole. In- regular minting work in bad ground it is found that the Durkee drill runs steadily, while an air drill will make but a few strokes without sticking in the hole. To prevent shocks on the mechanism of the drill, buffer springs are used, through which the power is transmitted to the pdston. An incidental result of .the use of the buffer springs is that as the springs are compressed by the inertia of the piston on the back stroke, and by their expansion add to the work delivered through the piston, the drill is run at such speed as to take full advantage of this action. Comparing the power plant of the electric drill with that of the air drill, it will be noted that the electric drill plant is very small and compact and needs no expensive foundations. The power transmission line of the electric is also lighter and cheaper to put in place and can be removed to other, working places without damage to the wires and with a minimum of labour. With electric power it is also a very simple matter to place a light where required and also to put a small motor-driven fan where it will do the most good with the minimum of power. The electric distribution of power is steadily increasing throughout the world. On account of its economy it is used to drive all classes of machinery. In modern machine shops electricity is especially useful because of the ease with which small units of power can be installed where required. In mining, where large amounts of power are used and where, underground, a large number of small units of power are required, it is being slowly but surely adopted. Electric coal mining machines have been in use for some years, but only during the last year has a successful electrically driven machine been built for drilling hard rock. The Durkee drill is the most satisfactory rock drill in the market on account of its economical electric drive and because of its adherence to the principles developed by alir drills. COMPANY NOTES. RAMBLER-CARIBOO (MCGUIGAN.) THE annual report of the Rambler-Cariboo just issued states that the mine has about 75,000 tons of ore available on the dump and in the present workings, 25 per cent of which is mined and ready to hoist. Since the financial statement issued in June, $20,000 has been expended in new machinery, which, it is estimated, will increase the profits by $20,000 per month. The present work includes sinking a shaft from No. 8 to No. 9 tunnel, and it is expected to open level No. 9 by March ist. Reco (Sandon) : The balance sheet for the year 1902 values • the assets at $^003,933.74, made up as follows: Mines,,etc., $958,200, treasury stock $41,800, cash in bank $3,933.74; and the liabilities : Capital stock, paid up, $1,000,000, accounts payable, $2,293.48, profit and loss $1,640,26. The net proceeds from ore sales, 536 tons were'$6i,077.75. Payne (Sandon) : Two Wilfley tables for the purpose of saving the zinc contents ofthe ore are being installed. The Payne is exporting a considerable tonnage of ore carrying zinc. Values to Iola, Kansas, and the zinc concentrates will be added to these shipments in future. Fisher Maiden (Silverton)—The superintendent reports that sufficient ore has been blocked out, averaging 150 oz. of silver to the ton, to keep the present mine-force engaged for a year. Seven carloads of ore have recently been shipped to the Trail smelter, and production is being maintained at the rate of a carload every four days. Arlington (Slocan)—An experimental plant for treating the lower grade products of the mine is being setup in Spokane. The principle of the system is the making of slimes by sending finely crushed ores over the Wilfley tables or Frue vanners, and subsequent electrical treatment. Enterprise (Slocan)—At the general meeting held in London last month, the chairman reported that last year's operations resulted in a loss of $2,585. New machinery has been installed with a view to economizing costs, but the directors contemplate a temporary suspension of operations until metal market prices and conditions generally improve. Eva (Fish Creek)—A ten stamp mill is to be installed immediately on this property, while a mill of like capacity is being set up on the Oyster-Criterion group at Camborne. LE Roi (Rossland)—At a meeting of the company held in London on January 17th, the announcement was made that the profits of the last eight months amounted to $578,000. Sir Henry Tyler was re-elected chairman, and Mr. Antony J. McMillan was appointed managing director ofthe company. The statement of shipments and profits for the period is given as follows ; THE MINING RECORD. 497 Months" Tons. Profits. £e I3'°47- *66'93253 {"£ TI>475 72,640 24 JAl£ust x4-492 92,898 42 e £ v ^.oog 71,270 53 "ctob" 15,204 84,232 49 November T- ,--<; J-' .i„ 2; t\ 1- ; /• . -,; i5,57° 76,482 63 December (estimated) I3>500 . 45)0oo 00 ' Total $57^548~33 - Velvet (Rossland)—Two baby Rand drills have recently been added to the equiment of this mine. The manager is reported to have stated that he can secure better results with, these one-man machines than with the larger drills. The Velvet now has ten of these machines in use. Josie (Rossland)—It is reported that very satisfactory discoveries of rich ore bodies have been recently made in the lower levels, and it is said that in the present lower workings ofthe Josie, where work has been under way for some weeks, the face is eleven feet in width and the ore assays in the : neighborhood of $100 per ton. Granby Consolidated (Boundary)—A meeting of the shareholders of the Granby Consolidated Mining Company was held on January 15th. The president, Mr. Miner, announced that by the sale of 125,000 shares of Treasury stock at $4 per share, the Company had been practically freed from debt, and unless something out of the ordinary occurs a dividend will be paid during the present year. He furthermore stated that two new furnaces would be established by August, and full equipment by March or April following. The week before last the four furnaces had treated 10,115 tons of ore at a cost, including freight and commission, of $2 65, a figure which he believed in the near future would be reduced to $2.50. The new directors are : Messrs. John Stanton, Copper Statistician; William H. Nicholls, President of the Nicholls Chemical Company; Jacob Lans-eloth, President of the American Metal Company, of New York, and Clement S. Houghton, financial agent, of Boston. YMIR. The Secretary ofthe Company's Board in London, recently sent the following advice to the Press : " The upraise from "he 1,000-foot level has now been connected with the bottom of the shaft. The completion of this important work enables the development of the lower levels to be more vigorously and economically carried on, and also facilitates the driving of No. 10 level eastwards so strongly recommended by Mr. Hooper and Mr. Fowler. It is gratifying to learn by the latest reports "from the mine that developments at No. 5 level in an easterly direction are described by the Mine Superintendent as follows : " The prospects in this direction are certainly very favorable and highly encouraging.' The significance of this cannot fail to be appreciated when it is explained that this development occurs in entirely new ground—considerably further east than auy point at which values have been found in the upper workings. The re-construction scheme has been successfully carried through, and the whole of the new capital taken up." The last returns from the Ymir mine indicate a profit for December of $10,000, which is the highest since last May. The London price of the shares has advanced within the last two months, and lately stood about $3.00. union jack (ymir.) The Manager of the Union Jack Mine, Ymir, states that a good payshoot of galena has been met, 165 feet in on the lower tunnel. He adds that this averages $42 a ton. However, previously to this strike the' vein faulted considerably and ■more remains to be done to prove the permanence and continuity of the deposit. WILCOX (ymir.) The first gold brick from the Wilcox mill at Ymir, has been taken to Nelson by John F. Burne, the Secretary of the Broken Hill Cfompany. This brick, which weighed seven pounds, is, however, only the product of a partial clean-up, after a run of 16 days'. The gold is found to be much freer than was estimated, necessitating a few slight alterations in the plates. Most of the gold is being retained in mortars, from which no clean-up has been made yet. SULLIVAN (E. KOOTENAY.) It is said that arrangements have been made to provide the 'necessary capital to complete the building of the Sullivan smelter at Marysville. It was first estimated that about $50,- 000 should be raised, of which $40,000 would need be spent in construction. It is now planned to raise $100,000 and give a working capital of $60,000. The money will probably be raised on the security of mortgage bonds issued by the company. The plant has a nominal capacity of 100 tons, but its actual capacity is expected to be nearer 150 tons a day. FAIRVIEW CORPORATION (FAIRVIEW.) The Manager writes, January 21st: We now have half of the vats up and are getting into shape to erect the others immediately. During the past month we have been sinking on the vein to the 400 foot level and are now down 80 feet below the 3rd level. We are also breaking down the ore from the other levels in order to have a large quantity stored by the time we get started. The ore is a good average in quality and the quantity is very great so there is no doubt ofthe future. VAN ANDA. The English Syndicate, the past year operating this property, have, it is reported, decided finally to consummate a purchase. MINING RETURNS AND STATISTICS ROSSLAND. SHIPMENTS from the Rossland camp for the three weeks ending January 34th were as follows:— Tons. Le Roi ;.. 11,861 Centre Star ! 5.720 War Eagle 3,425 Giant 170 Velvet 390 Kootenay 225 LeRoi No. 2 400 Homestake '.* 60 Total 21,741 SLOCAN. From January 1st to January 17th, exports from the Slocan were:— Tons American Boy 123 Antoine -. 16 Arlington 40 Blaok Prince 18 Bondholder 1 Enterprise 95 Fisher Maiden 60 Ivanhoe ....- ' 90 Ottawa 20 Payne 246 Rambler 60 Reco ". 20 Slocan Star 21 859 The following table shows the Slocan ore shipments for the year 1902 with average value per ton : Payne Mine, 1,976 tons, average value $100; Ivanhoe, 637 tons, $75; Sunset, 827 tons, $125 ; Reco, 490 tons, $250; American Boy, 1,134 tons, |50 ; Arlington, 3,560 tons, $150; Hewett, 805 tons, $40; Bosun, 2,040 tons, $65 ; Last Chance, 168 tons, $75; Wonderful, 181 tons, $90; Enterprise, 2,220 tons, $50; La- vina., 85 tons, $55 ; Bismark, 62 tons, $40 ; Queen Bess, 180 tons, $75; Silver Glance, 257 tons, $250; Whitewater, 2,962 tons, $40; Ottawa, 48 tons, $150; Oapella, 60 tons, $50; Florence 1 ton, $55 ; Trade Dollar, 20 tons, $125; SlocanJBoy, 158 tons, $80 ; Neepawa, 123 tons, $40; Hartney, 25 tons, $50; Marion, 80 tons, $50; May, 5 tons, $55; Paystreak, 7 tons, $55; Surprise, 22 tons, $55; Monitor, 1,306 tons, $80.; Slocan Star, 714 tons, $90; Duplex, 7 tons. $55: Emily Edith, 20 tons, $55; Wakefield, 220 tons, $50 ; Prescott, 4 tons, $55 ; Rambler, 4,187 tons, $75; Molly Gibson, 2,100 tons, $60; Washington, 187 tons, $80; Folliot, 2 tons, $55; C.O.D , 2 tons, $55; London Hill, 115 tons, $100; Ruth, 846 tons, $100; Antoine, 207 tons, $100 : R.E. Lee, 144 tous, $80; Spectator, 4 tons, $55; Red Fox, 498 THE MINING RECORD. 63 tons, $50; Hampton, 13 tons, $250; Mercury, 21 tons, $200; Dardanelles, 21 tons, $50; Porcupine, 2 tons, $50; Charleston, 11 tons, $250; Pinto, 15 tons, $85; Noble Five, 21 tons, $65; Soho, 64 tons, $55 ; Or in round numbers 28,000 tons. Shipments from the Slocan City Division aggregate 6,529 tons from fourteen mines. BOUNDARY DISTRICT. The Phoenix pioneer publishes the following table of 1902 shipments:—- Tons. Granby Mines, Phoenix 309,858 Snowshoe, " 20,800 Mother Lode, Deadwood -. 141,326 Sunset " 7,455 B. C. Mine, Summit 15,024 Emma, " 8,^30 Winnipeg, Wellington 785 Golden Crown, " 625 Jewel, Long Lake 2,175 Providence, Providence 172 Miscellaneous '. 325 - Total, tons 507,758 Granby Smelter treatment, tons 312,340 LARDEAU. The Nettie L shipped 400 tons of ore in December valued about $40,000 and the Silver Cup shipped 205 tons valued at $25",625. The total shipments for the year 1902 for these two principal mines of the Lardeau is valued at $217,000. The shipments from other properties including the Guinea Gold, Triune and Ethel are expected to increase the value of the district's output for the year, to a quarter of a million dollars. VANCOUVER ISLAND. Last year the Yreka mines at Quatsino, on the west coast, shisped 190 tons of ore. From Alberni canal were sent 400 tons. The Marble Bay mines, Texada, shipped 9,000. From Mount Sicker the Lenora- shipped 3,000 tons to the Crofton and Tacoma smelters, and the Tyee about 3,000 tons. From Princess Island and other places on the coast about 300 tons additional were shipped to the smelters, while about 1,000 tons of iron were sent from Texada Island to the Irondale emelter. COAL EXPORTATIONS AND TRADE. THE output of the Crow's Nest Pass Coal' Company's col- leries for the month of December shows a marked increase over any month since last spring. The following are the figures for the past three months, for the three col- leries : October 42,577 tons November 34,410 tons December ". 43,631 tons November output was curtailed by the Michel strike. The following shows the amount contributed by each camp for the month of December : Coal Creek 19,336 tons Michel 13,927 tons Morrissey 10,369 tons It is expected that the output for 1903 will reach the grand total of 1,000,000 tons Production from the Vancouver Island colleries last year was divided as follows :—New Vancouver Coal Company, Nanaimo, 490,000 tons coal ; Wellington Colliery Company, 800,000 tons of coal and 15,800 tons coke. The mines in the Crow's Nest produced during the year 441,000 tons of coal and 112,000 tons of coke. In these amounts the coke production in each case is included in the coal mined. While therefore 1,731,000 tons of coal were mined in the Province during the year, there was, roughly estimated, about 200,000 tons, making 127,800 tons of this latter product. Last year's total production was 1,703,827 tons coal and 127,- 533 tons coke. TRADE NOTES, CIRCULARS AND CATALOGUES. CRUSHING BOLLS. THE Allis-Chalmers Company send us a copy of a new edition (the seventh) of Catalogue No. 8, which is "devoted exclusively to the description of crushing rolls. The company's standard make of crushing rolls consists of three styles, the Style A, formerly known as the Gates High Grade RoU, Style B, formerly known as the Fraser &Chalm- ers Standard Roll, and Style O, formerly known as Fraser & Chalmers' Old Style Belt Roll. In this catalogue these rolls are fully described and illustrated. Tables of the standard and special sizes are also given. It addition the company manufacture an auxiliary line of crushing rolls. Wire rope tramways. The Trenton Iron Company's new book on Wire Rope Tramways, directs special attention to the merits of the Patent Locked-Coil Track Cable and Webber Patent Compression Grip, with Patent Automatic Attacher, (used only on Bleichert tramways). The little volume contains a vast deal of useful information and contains numerous illustrations of an interesting order. A diagram showing the details of the Bleichert system of wire rope tramways is also included. a Chicago School of assaying. From the pi ospectus of the Chicago School of Assaying we gather that ten different conrses of instruction are here given. These include a prospector's course; a short course in fire assaying, advanced conrses in assaying, and course in geology, practical and theoretical chemistry, qnantative analysis and sanitary and domestic chemistry . THE LESCHEN WIRE ROPE SYSTEM. The A. Leschen & Sons Rope Co. issue a new catalogue, plentifully illustrated and well printed, descriptive of the Leschen automatic system of aerial wire rope tramways as "well as of the Leschen friction grip system, single line tramways, two-bucket tramways, etc, ALLIS-CHALMERS QUARTERLY DIVIDEND. At meeting of Board of Directors of the Allis-Chalmers Company, held January 15th, 1903, regular quarterly dividend on preferred stock was declared. THE CANTON STEEL COMPANY'S NEW OFFK ES. The Canton Steel Company have opened new offices at 1621 to 1639 Seventeenth Street, Denver, Colorado. YUKON OFFICIAL RETURNS. A STATEMENT of the output of gold by the Klondike has been compiled by the Department of the Interior. The figures were obtained from Government records frpni 1897 to the 1st of January, 1903 ; from statements furnished by the Northwest Mounted Police for 1896, and from trading companies from 1885 to 1895, inclusive. Ihe output year by year was as follows: 1885 $ 50,000 1886 50,000 1887 " 70,000 1888 40,000 1889 175,000 1890 175,000 1891 40,000 1892 87,000 1893 176,000 1894 ....:: 125,000 1895 250,000 1896 300,000 1897 2,500,000 1898 10,000,000 1899 16,000,000 1900 22,275,000 1901 16,304,682 1902 11,930,264 Total. FSO.930,956 RECENT PUBLICATIONS. THE Songs of an English Esau, (Printer, Elder & Co., London,) collection of Mr.' Phillips-Wolley's poems including The Kootenay Prospector, The Sea Queen Wakes, The Strathcona Cavaliers, &c. is now on sale. Orders received at the Mining Record Office. Attention is called to the reviews of this work in such papers as The London limes, Scotsman, &c. THE MINING RECORD. 499 COAL EXPORTATIONS. EXPORTATIONS from Vancouver Island collieries during the month of January were as follows : Tons Western Fuel Co., Nanaimo 21 582 Wellington Coal Company _ 25 390 Total. 46,972 The condition of the San Francisco coal market is showing improvement. The,placing of all foreign coals on the free list should induce further shipments of colonial, as the reduced cost to consumers should increase sales. This concession has been granted nominally since January 15 for one year, but the writer believes that coal will never again be on the dutiable list. A further advantage in favour of increased sales of coal, is a marked improvement in the price of oil, with an assurance of its being marked np still higher; hence the values of coal and oil as economic fuels are approximating very closely. The amount of coal from the Crow's Nest Pass fields arriving in the United States through the port of Gateway, over the Great Northern's branch from Jennings, is 300 cars, of 20 tons each, a day, an increase of 50 cars since the repeal of the duty on foreign coals by Congress two weeks ago, says the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All this fuel is for use along the line of the G.N.R. and it is expected, within a short time the imports of this coal will be at least 500 cars per day, or 10,000 tons. At the time the duty was taken off coal, the G, N. was paying a duty of 67 cents a ton. On the amount of coal imported at the present time a saving of $4,020 a day is made, and with the imports increased to 500 cars a day, the saving in duty to the road, by the Act of Congress, will be $6,700 a day. PERSONAL. It is reported that Mr. S. F.'Parrish, of the B.C. mine Eholt has been selected to succeed Mr. John H. MacKenzie as general manager of LeRoi mine and of the Northport smelter. Mr. Parrish is widely known throughout the Western mining States, and in the Kootenays, where he has resided for the past three or four years. The appointment, if made, would be an exceedingly popular one. The Western Fuel Co. have appointed Mr. Thomas Russell to the position of superintendent, vacated after twenty years by Mr. Samuel M. Robins. COMPANY MEETINGS AND REPORTS. CARIBOO CONSOLIDATED. AT the Annual General Meeting the chairman gave the following brief account of the undertaking: The company was brought out in 1899 to work nineteen mining properties in the Cariboo district of British Coluihbia. These properties were of three descriptions, hydraulic, drifting, and dredging, distributed over a considerable area, several of them difficult to get at for want of roads, and to some not even a trail through the forest had been cut. We took in hand and developed three hydraulic properties near Barkerville, viz., Lowhee, San Juan, and Ah Quay on Lightning Creek. The result of working these has not so far been satisfactory. A large amount of development work has been done, but it was found difficult to obtain a sufficient supply of water. One of these properties, the Lowhee is known to be rich, and it has considerable possibilities, and as a larger supply of water will be obtainable next season through an additional ditch which has lately been completed, the board anticipates that next season's working will give much more satisfactory results. It, however, soon became apparent to the board that small hydraulic properties, which can only be worked for a few months in the summer, would not give results sufficient to ensure the success of a company with a considerable capital. There were three other properties near Barkerville—Eureka Gulch, French Creek, and Cariboo Creek—which we did not feel justified in incurring the cost of developing immediately. Eureka Gulch is an hydraulic proposition; has little or no water. French Creek, a drifting claim, would require a large expenditure in boring to locate the old tunnel, and may be left until we have our own boring plant. Cariboo Creek-was prospected by Mr. Thompson with unsatisfactory results. The other properties of the company are the leases on Cunningham Creek, Cariboo Lake, Cayense Creek, Fraser River, and Lightning Creek. The claims on Cunningham Creek are considered to have great possibilities as drifting and hydraulic propositions, but as they are 20 miles from Barkerville, and at present difficult to get at, we would not undertake their development until the roads are completed. At present we could not get machinery there. The different leases about Cariboo Lake are very extensive dredging leases, but here again we did not feel justified in going to the great expense of placing dredges on Cariboo Lake until the country was further opened up. The same may be said of the leases in Cayeuse Creek and Fraser River, which are also dredging leases. Lightning Creek, as many of you doubtless know, is one of the most famous of the Cariboo creeks. It produced in its early history over £2,000,000 of gold from two miles of its channel, a short distance above the Eleven of England claims. In other words, the channel produced gold at the average rate of £200 for each foot in length. This was in the early seventies, but even this year gold is being recovered in large quantities in these old claims, and as recently as last month 56)^ ozs. of gold were taken from a single pan. In 1900 Mr. Thompson put before the board a scheme for working these claims, but as it necessitated the construction of a drainage tunnel, to drain the bottom of the channel—which would have been over three miles in length, and was then estimated by Mr. Thompson to cost £30,000, and take three or four years to construct—the Board did not see its way to embark on such an undertaking. The tunnel, however, would not only have drained our claims but all those in the creek above, which would then have become of considerable value, as they coold have been easily and inexpensively worked by their owners ; and if we wished to acquire any of these leases we should have had to pay a large price for them. It was quite clear that less than % o£ a mile of Lightning Creek would not justify any large expenditure for its development, and that the only course left to the board was to acquire the adjacent claims on Lightning Creek to the Eleven of England so as to enlarge our property to an extent which would not only justify the cost of its development, but give ns satisfactory returns for our outlay. Such a property we have now obtained by the acquisition of eight leases below our present claims, and also several additional leases above them, so that we now own nearly the whole of Lightning Creek from Beaver Creek to the Van Winkle mine, a distance of seven miles. We have decided to abandon the scheme for a tunnel as beyond our resources, to say nothing of the time it would take to carry out, and to proceed with the development of these leases by means of bed-rock shafts and tunnels under the old channel, handling the water by means of adequate pumps. The estimated cost for the first of these is £16,000, and if it should be found necessary to largely increase our pumping power—which, however, is not anticipated by our local manager—the additional Cost will be as nothing compared with the cost of a drainage 500 THE MINING RECORD. tunnel. When the first shaft and tunnel reaches the bottom of the channel, then it is proposed to immediately sink a second shaft. Mr. Bailey's estimate of the time required to sink this shaft and drive the tunnel is as follows :—Under ordinary conditions he says yon should be able to commence making these borings (to locate the best position for the shaft) about the 1st April, 1903, and they should be completed about the 1st July. He estimates it will take three months to construct the shaft- house and. instal the machinery, i.e., to the 1st October. Estimating the depth of the shaft at 200 feet it will take till the 15th January, 1904, to complete and drive the tunnel, which he estimates will be 600 feet long—four months—so that by the 15th May, 1904, we should be into the channel. These are our local engineer's estimates, and we believe he will be able to carry it out. NEW VANCOUVER COAL CO. At a meeting held in London at the end of last month the following resolutions were carried: "That the provisional agreement dated December 15, 1902, made between the New Vancouver Coal Mining and Land Company (Limited) of the one part, and the Western Fuel Company of the other part, which agreement is, or short particulars thereof are, now produced to this meeting, being an agreement for the sale of all the real-and personal property in British Columbia of this company excepting coal stored, balance of purchase money for property heretofore sold, cash on hand and in bank, securities, correspondence, books of record and account, be and it is hereby adopted and confirmed, and that the directors be and they axe hereby authorized to carry the said agreement into effect with modifications, if any, as the directors may in their discretion think necessary." "That the director be and they are hereby authorized to pay to Samuel Matthew Robins, as soon as the property comprised in the agreement of December 15, 1902, adopted by this meeting, shall have been conveyed and transferred according to that agreement, the sum of £10,000 sterling agreed compensation and satisfaction of his claim for, and in respect of, his uncompleted contract as superintendent of this company. "That the .directors be and they are hereby authorized to . enter into an agreement on behalf of the company with Messrs. John Rosenfeld's Sons, of San Francisco, under which this company (a) shall pay .the said Messrs. John Ros- enfeld's Sons the sum of $10,000 (United States currency) in consideration of their subscribing the full $50,000 in the purchasing company in relief of the obligation imposed by that company; (b) shall pay to the said Messrs. John Rosenfeld's Sons a further remuneration in consideration of their guaranteeing the due payment of the promissory notes referred to in Section 2 of the agreement of December 15,1902, adopted by this meeting." The chairman explained that one of the conditions made by the representatives of the purchasing company was that the Vancouver Company should take $50,000 in the new company The directors, however, preferred another course, so Messrs. Rosenfeld undertook to put their own money in to that amount, if the company would pay them $10,000 in consideration of their doing this, and |that was acceded to by the directors. With regard to Section B of the resolution, the extra remuneration would be 8 per cent, on the £30,000 that ran for one year, and 10 per cent, on the £20,000 that ran for two years. This was not 10 per cent, per annum, but was for the whole period. '' That so soon as the property comprised in the agreement of December 15,1902, adopted by this meeting shall have been conveyed and transferred under that agreement the sum of £5000 be paid out of the funds of the company to the directors as compensation for loss of office, and that likewise the sum of £3000 be paid to Joseph Ramsden, secretary of the company, and £1000 to Arthur Billett Mayes, an employee of the company, and that the directors be, and they are hereby authorised to make any such further payments as they may think fit by way of bonus or compensation to other officers or employees of the company." THE SNOWSHOE MINES. The second ordinary general meeting of the Snowshoe Gold and Copper Mines, Limited, was held on December 31 in London, the Earl of Chesterfield, chairman, presiding. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report and accounts, said that development work had been vigorously prosecuted since the formation of the company in June of last year, and large bodies ot' ore had been opened up during development. At the present time the mine was shipping from 200 to 250 tons of ore per day, and when certain equipment, in hand, was completed, it would be able to ship from 500 to 700 ton of ore per day. This ore was being mined very cheaply, a great deal of it being quarried by blasting on and near t±£; surface. At present the ore was being sent to customs smelf- ers in the neighborhood, where it was treated at a comparatively low rate. The Canadian Pacific Railway had put in additional side tracks for the accommodation of the company, and arrangements had been made with an electric company to furnish power and light, The directors had Under consideration the question of erecting their own smelter, as by doing this it would be possible to treat ore at a considerably larger profit. With reference to the two per cent, tax levied on the gross output of the mines, after deducting freight and treat: ment rates, he urged strongly that the British Columbia Government should abolish this tax as it was undoubtedly retarding the investment of capital and the progress of mining. Up to the present the work at the mine had been mainly in connection with development. The Snowshoe was one of the largest mines in British Columbia, and it took long to open up and develop such big properties as this. The fact that they were now shipping between 200 and 250 tons of ore per day showed that they had done remarkably well. They were commencing to put money back into the mine from the proceeds of ore shipments, and the receipts from this source would be considerably increased before long, so much so that-he hoped the time was not far distant when the shareholders would receive a return. The accounts were set out-so clearly .as to require little explanation. Whilst the directors might have claimed to capitalize the whole ofthe first year's expenditure, they thought it better to start with a profit and loss account, so that the shareholders would be better able to follow from the commencement the working expenses ofthe mine. The following cable had'been received that day from Mr. J. W. Astley, the resident superintendent ofthe mine: " Shipments this year to date 20,000 tons; electric hoist arrived; ore bins nearing completion; contract with Cascade Power Company signed; smelter expected to be ready not later than ist February for increased tonnage."' During last autumn three directors had visited the property and come back well pleased. In conclusion, His Lordship said : " I am perfectly well aware thatowing to circumstances which have occurred within the last year or two in connection with certain mines in that country, the confidence of the British mining investor in British Columbia mines has to a great measure been shaken, and I am not surprised. To restore that confidence will be the aim .of your Board. Before long we will- be able to prove to the investing public of this country that by honest, judicious and sound management there are mining enterprises in British Columbia well worthy the attention of the investor, and that there are in that country capabilities hitherto little realised, which must in time on their merits force themselves on the notice ofthe English capitalist." A LARGE AMOUNT OF ORE IN SIGHT. Mr. George S. Waterlow, in seconding the adoption of the report and accounts, said that having spent some time last autumn at the Snowshoe mine, he believed that the methods of mining there and at the adjoining properties were the most economical possible, and possibly the cheapest mining, as well as the cheapest smelting, in the world was at the present time being carried on in that district. He had visited the Snow- shoe mine in 1900, when it was comparatively undeveloped and he could not but notice vast changes since his former visit. The ore was being extracted by blasting in open quarries. Owing to the conservative manner in which the affairs of the Company were managed matters had generally turned out better than anticipated, and the large amount of ore in sight was gratifying. They were shipping 1,200 to 1,500 ton? per week, and it would soon be possible to double or treble that quantity. The ore, of which about 100,000 tons was in sight, contained considerable bodies of gold and copper, the gold values predominating, and in addition there was also a small amount of silver. The next mine to the Snowshoe, which had been in course of development much longer than this Company's property, was shipping 1,500 tons of ore to the smelter, and had erected its own smelting works capable of dealing with this output, to which it was proposed to make early additions. The railway communication afforded by the Canadian Pacific Railway, which crossed the Snowshoe mine, was very good, and on account of the great developmenUn mining it was proposed by other companies to build railways into that part of the country at an early date. With reference to freight rates on ore to the smelters, which had already been considerably reduced, he had received a telegram from Sir Thomas Shaugh- THE MINING RECORD. 499 nessy, President of the Canadian Pacific Railway stating; tha when the ore output was increased further reductions might be expected. He urged the desirability of the Provincial Government paying more attention to the mining industry and would also suggest that the Dominion Government could help matters by reducing or abolishing the duty on mining machinery and explosives. In the Boundary District in the centre of which the Snowshoe mine is situated—mining only commenced on a commercial scale in the year 1900, and during that year less than 100,000 tons were sent to the smelters This year the output was about 500,000 tons, and up to date nearly 1,000,000 tons of ore had been treated, and there was every reason to believe that 1903 would witness a much greater output. The Snowshoe had already sent to the smelters about 20,000 tons of ore, much of which had been in the nature of experimental shipments to test values, and its output in the near future would be much greater. SEVERAL OFFERS RECEIVED FOR THE MINE. As a very large shareholder he was quite satisfied with the position, as stated in the cable he sent from the mine in September. An offer had just been received from certain well known mining men in America, who wished to purchase the Snowshoe mine, and several offers had been received within the last few months. It had'been the practice in connection with this Company for one or more ofthe directors to visit the property every year, and under present conditions of honest and economical management, the mine, which was a very good one, would undoubtedly last for years and turn out a sound and profitable undertaking. Dr. H. Lewis Jones, one of the directors, in supporting the motion, said he spent some weeks in British Columbia during last autumn and lost no opportunity of satisfying himself as to the position of the mine. They had abundance of ore which had been developed in a very economical manner. The great question for them to consider was the best and cheapest means of smelting or otherwise dealing with this ore. In the neighborhood ofthe Snowshoe the cheapest mining and smelting in the world was being done. While there he had looked carefully into the whole question and was satisfied that the Company could make a considerable addition to their profits by owning their own smelter. Owing to the self-fluxing nature of the Snowshoe ore it could be smelted cheaply, and in all probability if they owned their own reduction works they could make an additional profit of 75c. or fit-a ton on their output. It was desirable that any large mine, such as the Snowshoe, should own or control its own smelting works, thus operating the mines and the smelter as a whole, and secure all the profits there were in handling these enormous bodies of ore. The resolution for the adoption of the report and accounts Jjras unanimously carried. Mr. Philip Waterlow moved and Colonel Satterthwaite seconded the re-appointment of the retiring director, the Earl of Chesterfield. The retiring auditor, Mr. John Cooper, was re-appointed, on motion of General Berkeley, seconded by Mr. Lefroy. Mr. C. Guy Pym, M.P., moved a vote of thanks to the chairman. This was seconded by Mr. A. J. McMillan, managing director, who stated that just before he left British Columbia, in November, the Dominion Government had removed the obstacles in the way of the Great Northern Railway building through Southern British Columbia, and officials of that company had assured him of their intention to build to the Snow- shoe mine at an early date. The resolution was carried and the proceedings closed. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. Mr. J. W. Astley, Superintendent of the mine, reported as follows:— Phoenix, B.C., Nov. io, 1902. • Gentlemen:— I herewith beg to submit my report of operations on the Snowsnoe mine from June 30th, 1901, to September 30th, 1902. The number of lineal feet of underground development, composed of drifts, crosscuts, raises and winzes, to the 30th of September, was 5,766 feet, and including the three compartment shaft, 296 feet, brings the total to 6,062 feet. Of this amount 1737 feet have been driven in the fifteen months under consideration. This does not include any of the surface cuts, etc., which extend over a large area. Nine thousand and sixty-six (9,066) tons of ore have been shipped to the smelters, and of this amount 3,237 tons were shipped in September. In September, 1901, a large area of ground was stripped, leaving the ore exposed and ready for extraction. It is from this part that most ofthe ore has been shipped and is being quarried at the present time. In addition to the old buildings, the following have been erected and put into use. Bunkhouse, a two story frame building, well ventilated and fitted with wash and bath tubs; boarding house, with spacious dining room and mess room for staff; superintendent's house, foreman's house, office building, compressor house, boiler house, ore bin. i'he timber has been ordered for the following. Ore bins on new railway spur, with capacity for 2,500 tons; headworks over new shaft, and hoist building. In December last the order was given for the new compressor, but it was not delivered till June, and was installed and put into use on August nth. It is the high pressure half of a Rand Corliss Cross compound, condensing steam and compound air compressor, and is so constructed that it can be operated by either steam or electricity. The half at present in use is driven by steam, and is guaranteed to supply power for ten 3% inch drills at an altitude of 5,000 feet above sea level. A five inch air main was put down from the compressor to a second air receiver, situated at a central point, and from there the air is conveyed through smaller pipes to the different workings. Two 80 h.p. boilers, of the return type, set in brick, were installed with the compressor. These boilers are built of steel plate, having a tensile strength of 60,000 pounds per square inch, and are designed to carry a working pressure of 150 .pounds per square inch. The new shaft is a three compartment shaft, each compartment being 4^ feet by 5 feet in the clear of timbers. Two compartments will be used for hoisting purposes, and the third for air and water pipe lines, manway, etc. The location ofthe - shaft was finally determined upon as being the best position for handling the ore bodies, at present developed, and for exploring below the present workings. The shaft is down 296 feet, and as soon as the necessary pocket arrangements are made for loading the skips, prospecting the ore body below No. 2 level will be resumed. Three sidetracks have been graded and rails laid on the property. The first ore put in was to the present ore bin, and will accomodate eight ore dump cars, and is also used for unloading supplies, such as timbers, machinery, etc. The second is a short siding to the compre&sor for the delivery of fuel. The third is a spur from the main line to the site of the new ore bin; it is graded, and rails laid most of the distance ; it is 1,800 feet long. The small electric light plant, rated at 80 16 c.p. lamps, was at first rented, it being understood that the Cascade Power Co. would furnish us with light. However, the completion of their plant w-s postponed from time to time, and it became necessarv to purchase a small plant sufficient for present re quiremeuts. During the directors' visit here it was decided to operate the hoist for the shaft by electric power, to be supplied by the Cascade Power Co. A 150 h.p. double conical drum electric hoist has been secuted, and will be ready to place in position as soon as the building is sufficiently completed to house it. The concrete foundation is now completed. Skips of two ton capacity each will be used in the shaft and operate in balance. A head frame has been designed for the automatic dumping of these skips, and will be constructed with head room sufficient for a rock crusher if found necessary at any time. The new ore bins and railway spur to them will be situated at a point 52 feet lower in elevation than the present tunnel, (known as the railway tunnel,) If found necessary, a rock crusher can be installed, and all rock crushed before delivery to the ore bins. The low price of copper, together with the closing down of the smelters during part of the summer, on account of the Fernie coal strike, had a very depressing effect on the Boundary district. However, the coke difficulty has been settled. The smelters have all resumed operations and are making active preparations for increasing their output. Freight charges on ore have been reduced, with the probability of a still further reduction when the Great Northern railway system is built into Phoenix. The price of copper has undoubtedly reached the lowest point, and is recovering. In short, everything points to the successful operation of "these large ore deposits of the Boundary district. In conclusion I wish to express my appreciation of the willing assistance I have received from Mr. Trevorrow, Mr. Tomlinson and Mr. Bannantyne. Yours faithfully, J. W A.STLEY, Supt. mk 500 THE MINING RECORD. LOCAL STOCK MARKET FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, 1903. Prepared by the Stuart Robertson Co.,. Ltd., Stock Brokers, Victoria, B.C. Companies. Week Ending Saturday, ioth January. Highest. Cariboo McKin'y, Cariboo Hydra'lic Centre'Star Crow's Nest P. C. Dardanelles Fairview Corp'n. Iron Mask North Star Payne Rambler Slocan Star ; Sullivan War Eagle Waterloo Winnipeg St. Eugene Granby IvOwest. Week Ending Saturday, 17th January. 75 00 35 3 25 Highest. Lowest $ 18 IOO OO 3^ i<%! 3 50 3 20 Week Ending Saturday 24th January. Highest Lowest-. $ t6% 5% M 30 3 20 •3 25 32 m 3 70 Part Week Ending 31st January. Highest. 31 35 Lowest. 17 mm 75 00 THE LOCAL MINING STOCK MARKET. The market this month has been quiet, although in several cases prices have advanced. Thus Granby is now quoted at 4.50 asked, 3.80 bid, as against 3.75, 3.25, and St. Eugene has advanced from 22 to 40. Both North Star and Payne are firmer at higher prices. Centre Star remains stationary at 35 to 36; Cariboo-McKinney at 18 to i8>^, and Waterloo 5% to 6. Fair- view is nominally quoted at 5, but few shares are. obtainable at this figure. On the whole the outlook is decidedly brighter and an improvement all round may be looked for this year. Tr£r5m Sffi COAL MINES REGULATION ACT. Board ov Examiners. NOTICE is hereby given that the following constitute the Board of Examiners for the Nanaimo Mine during the year 1903: Appointed by the Owners—(I) Thomas Budge; (2) John Newton. Alternates—(1) James Malpas; (2) James Dudley. Appointed by the Lieut.-Governor in Council—J. P. Planta. Elected by the Miners—(1) George Johnson: (2) William Neave. Alternates—(1) James Frame; (2) Arthur Spencer. Note—Alternates act as Members of the Board in the absence of those regularly appointed or elected to act thereon. All persons interested may obtain full information by applying to the Secretary to the Board, Mr. J. P. Planta, of Na naimo, B. C. Dated this 14th day of January, 1903. R. F. TOLMIE, Deputy Minister of Mines. New Catalogue ELEVATING-CONVEYING MACHINERY Now Ready, Send for Copy The JEFFREY MFG. CO., COLUMBUS, C, U.S.A. iWlil bsm ~sm COAL MINES REGULATION ACT. N Board of Examiners. OTICE is hereby given that the following constitute the Board of Examiners for the Wellington (Extension) Mine during the year 1903 :— Appointed by the Owners—(1) James Sharp; (2) Alex. Bry- den. Alternates—(1) Alex. Shaw; (2) John John. Appointed by the Lieut.-Governor in Council—William G. Simpson. Elected by the Miners—(1) Benjamin Berto; (2) Samuel K Mottishaw. Alternates—(1) Wm. Anderson; (2) Martin Dunsmuir. Note—Alternates act as Members of the Board in the absence of those regularly appointed or elected to act thereon. All persons interested may obtain full information by applying to the Secretary to the Board, Mr. Wm. G. Simpson, of Ladysmith, B.C. Dated this 14th day of January, 1903. R. F. TOLMIE, Deputy Minister of Mines. Wire Rope Bargain 27,400 feet best patent improved crucible steel wire rope, 1 in. diameter, 6 strand, 16 wire, manilla core, Lang lay, on four reels, for sale in any lengths desired. For terms apply to HALL MINING & SMELTING CO., Ltd., Nelson, B. C. THE MINING RECORD. XT. I The Cherry Creek Copper King Mines, Ltd. N©N=PERSON»L MOBILITY. Head Office, Kamloops, B. e. Capital, = = = $500,000 In 5oo,ooo Shares of $i Each. DIRECTORATE: President—W. J. Roper, Esq., Cherry Creek, B.C. Vice-President—J. R. Hull, Esq., Kamloops, B.C. DIRECTORS: J. A. Mara, Esq., Victoria, B.C. Freeman Harding, Esq., Kamloops, B.C. N. J. Hopkins, Esq., Kamloops, B.C. W. H. Ford, Esq., Kamloops, B.C. F. E. Young, Esq., Kamloops,-B.C. SECRETARY: Frederick E. Young, Esq., Kamloops, B.C. This Company owns and is operating six claims in the Kamloops Copper-Gold Belt which promise exceedingly favourable results. Of the capital there remains in the treasury 225,000 shares, and there is absolutely no promoters' stock. The property is FULLY PAID FOR AND UNENCUMBERED, and every dollar realized from the issue of Treasury Stock will be put into development. An issue of 50,000 shares, with interest at TEN PER CENT, per annum GUARANTEED by the BRITISH COLUMBIA TRUST COMPANY, LIMITED, for a period of six years, is offered for public subscription at par. Six years will give ample time to put the property on a paying basis and your money brings annual returns. NO WAITING FOR DIVIDENDS. For Prospectus and forms of application write— THE SECRETARY, Cherry Creek Copper King Mines, Ltd. Non-personal Liability. Kamloops, B.C. CITY OF VICTORIA. The Metropolis of Western Canada. The terminus of the Vancouver Island railways, and, under agreement, the British Columbia terminus of the Great Northern Railway of the United States, and of the Canadian Northern. The Can- dian gateway to the Orient and the South Pacific Islands. The starting point of steamship lines to the Yukon and Cassiar gold fields, and their chief source of mercantile supply. The principal Canadian port of call for tourists on the line between San Francisco and Alaska. Only a few hours' sail from Seattle, Tacoma and other Sound cities. CLIMATE—Unexcelled for health and comfort, temperate and bland. Cool in summer and mild in winter. Flowers the year round. SCENERY—World-renowned. Unparalleled marine views. Ideal landscapes. Charming vistas. Splendid public edifices, churches and schools. The magnificent Parliament Buildings, architecturally perfect. Superb private residences and grounds. Paved streets and sidewalks. Electric railways and all appurtenances of the most modern city. Drives that excite the admiration of everyone. Incomparable public parks. ENVIRONS—Never-to-be-forgotten scenes of picturesque beauty. See Esquimalt suberb, with its dockyard and ships of war, accessible to visitors; Cordova, Cadboro, Fowl and Oak Bays, Saanich, Goldsteam and Sooke—far-famed retreats. SPORTS AND GAMES of all kinds. Driving Parks, Agricultural Grounds, Golf Links. Victoria Arm, five miles long, the most perfect pleasure waterway on the Pacific Coast, always placid and delightful. First-class Hotels and Lodging Houses; livery turnouts at reasonable rates. THE MOST DELIGHTFUL PLACE OF RESIDENCE IN CANADA. Surrounding districts the sportsman's paradise— trout, salmon, duck, grouse, deer, bear, moose and elk. The leading centre of the MINING INDUSTRY on the Coast, and of the wonderful iron, copper and gold mines and mining properties on Vancouver Island. Three smelters in course of erection within a radius of 100 miles from the city. Great lumber entrepot. Sealing fleet headquarters. Centre of iron and other manufactures—some of national reputation. All Enquiries Addressed to the Clerk of the Municipal Council, Victoria, B. C. will receive Prompt Attention Strongest, Cheapset, IN THE MARK THE B. C. ANCHOR FENCE CO., Limited, 743 Pender St., VANCOUVER, B. C. Jk^^^f^W^^M^^m^^ iiPiJ^JiSf. For continuous service and efficiency this wheel has been the standard for over fifteen years. Send for interesting catalogue giving valuable information about water power. PELTON WATER WHEEL CO., 135 Main St., San Francisco- 156 Liberty St.. New York. Lobnitz' Gold Dredgers are at work in British North and South America, Africa, Asia, &c. VO-BSVS^O.^- Gold Dredgers auick Delivery IIP****1* LETTERs ADDRESS LOBNITZ & CO., "do RENFREW. SCOTIA Telegraphic Address: "Lobnitz, Renfrew." AI Code used. THE MINING RECORD. XIII. Hi $Je \&i3ikk^\ Fire Boss Becomes Mine Foreman | Through the I. C. S. || If The information gained from my Metal Mining Course has been of great practical benefit to me in my position. The instruction papers are so well chosen, and so easy to understand, that any man can complete a Course with a little study and make it a means of future success. The Reference Library which is furnished free, is worth more than the price of the Course. As a result of the knowledge gained through your Schools, I have advanced from fire boss to assistant foreman, and then to mine foreman, with proportionate increases in salary. Henry Parmley, Scofield,. Utah. This is but one of many hundred indorsements proving that our students succeed. Our new free booklet, " 1001 Stories of Success," gives the names, addresses, and progress of over a thousand other students, whom we have placed on the road to progress and prosperity. Every student of the I. C. S. is entitled to the assistance of the Students' Aid Department in secur= ing advancement or a new position. Start TODAY to rise! Fill in and Mail the Coupon NOW! International Correspondence Schools, « ► Box 82<3, Scranton, Pa. * Please explain how I can qualify for the position marked X below. ■ Metal-Mine Supt. Metal-Mine Foreman Metallurgist Milling Engineer Fire Boss Civil Engineer Surveyor Coal-Mine Foreman Mine Surveyor ■ Mechanical Engineer Machine Designer Mechanical Draftsman Foreman Machinist Foreman Toolmaker Foreman Patternmaker Foreman Blacksmith Foreman Molder Refrigeration Engineer Traction Engineer Electrical Engineer Elec. Machine Designer Electrician Flectric-Lighting Supt. E ectric-Railway Supt. Telephone Engineer Wirem&n Dynamo Tender Motorman Steam Engineer Engine Runner Marine Engineer , Hydraulic Engineer , Municipal Engineer , ► Bridge Engineer 4 Railroad Engineer . Cotton-Mill Supt. Woolen-Mill Supt. , Chemist ^ Sheet-Metal Draftsman- . Bookkeeper Stenographer Teacher To Speak French To Speak German > To Speak Spanish . : n, ,m(. Cirv ... * I* St. and No. _Srare_ THE MINING RECORD ALUS CHALMERSH SUCCESSOR TO THE fidllRb R ALLIS IfO.FRASER & CHALMERS. GATES IRON WORKS, DICKSON M FO. CO. MUwaukee.Wis. J|S Chicago. III. Chicago. 111. Scranton.Pa. MANUFACTURERS OF MINING MACHINERY GATE.S' TUBE MILL This cut illustrates the highest type of all modern fine pulverizers, namely, the Gates Tube Mill. As a tube mill it is essentially a fine pulverizer and when used as such is effective and economical, giving large capacity at a very low cost for repairs. The Tube Mill consists of a plate steel shell, made to revolve by means of heavy gearing at about 25 revolutions per minute. The shell is about half filled with hard flint pebbles and material to be pulverized, and the constant rotation and waye-like tumbling action of j the pebbles produces an enormous and flexible grinding surface. It is continuous in its operation, being equipped with the Gates Patent Automatic Adjustable Feeder and most approved form of dustless discharge. As the fineness of the discharged product depends upon the quantity of material fed, we have taken special pains to produce an automatic feeder, driven from the mill itself, capable of being adjusted to a nicety, which is not found in any other tube mill. In a modified form this same type of mill can be used for wet pulverizing, and we have furnished a number of the smaller sizes for regrinding jig tailings. We have patterns for and are prepared to manufacture mills o($ 43 54 and 60 inches in diameter, and of any practicable length for the respective diameters. BRANCH OFFICES: NEW YORK. BroadExchangeBldg. ^^BUR07l212 flick Bldg. MINNEAPOLIS. 416 (brnExclunpeBldg. DENVER. l649TromonlSl. GENERAL OFFICE : CHICAGO^^«|,U.SJl HOME INSURANCE BUILDING.' BRANCH OFFICES: SALT LAKE CITl Dooly Bj^g SPOKANE^ 512 FirslAvftJy SAN FRANCISCO. 623H^n)Hda. LONDON. ENG. l60Daslmofldltouse THE-MINING RECORD XV. ALUS CHALMERSlCa SUCCESSOR TO _... ™E ^I^eR^LUS C°- "'^^HALMERfo^ESiRON WORK* Dld^^^Vo^^ Milwaukee, Wis. Chicago m /-•.■ .. ... i'rtSiJ-'-'sSss ^nicago, m. 1MS| Chicago, 111. Scranton.Pa. ?KS& MANUFACTURERS OF MINING MACHINERY BRADLEY IMPROVED CHILIAN MILL * <*■ 6«Foot Bradley Improved === Chilian Grinding Mill This mill is driven from underneath to avoid oil from the driving gears dropping into the grinding pan. The three solid rollers, each weighing 6,400 lbs., are so rigged to the vertically adjustable driving spider that the centrifugal force of the rollers augments their efficiency for crushing and grinding. .The roller shaft journals are hinged in the spider so as to permit each roller to independently adjust itself to the amount of material on the ring die. A step box fitted with steel wearing rings not only supports the spindle's weight, but also prevents its being lifted by the centrifugal force of the rollers. All bearings are made extra large and adjustable, and special care has been taken to overcome end thrust. The ore and water are fed to the annular launder, placed directly on top of the driving head, and are from it spouted right in" front of each roller. Back of each roller is a scraper to agitate the ore bed and to assist in washing pulp against the screens. The screening surface is extra large, and the ring die and roller tires are made of extra hard and tough rolled steel. Sole "Builder* of Reynolds Corliss Engines for all Power Purposes Riedler Pumps and Air Compressors BRANCH OFFICES: NEW YORK. Broad ExchangeBldg. PITTSBURG, 1212 flick Bldg. MINNEAPOLIS. 416 (nrnExchangeBldg. DENVER, l649TromonlSi. GENERAL OFFICE : CHICAfiO^ILL,U.S.A. HOME INSURANCE BUILDING. BRANCH OFFICES e^ P^lAKE Clipooly Blotk,e SPOKANE, 512 Fol|| SAN FRANCISCO, 623HaywitlBld<j. LONDON. ENG. 160 Dushwoodltousa XVI. THE MINING RECORD. BRITISH COLUMBIA THE MINERHL PROVINCE ©F eftNHDH. Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Cool, Coke, Oil Iron, Mercury, Platinum, etc. The Mines of British Columbia have produced, over If $180,000,000. ' i Amount and Vai,ue of Mineral Products for 1899, 1900 and 1901. Gold, placer Gold, lode Silver Copper Lead Coal Coke Other materials. Customary Measure Ounces Pounds Tons, 2,240 lbs. 1899. Quantity. Value. Quantity 67,245 138,315 2,936,413 7.722.591 21,862,436 1,306,324 34,251 Si,344,9°o 2,857,573 1,663,708 i,35i,453 878,870 3,918,962 171,255 206,400 1900. $12,393,121 63,936 167,153 ' 3,958,175 9,997,080 63,358,621 1,439,595 85,149 Value. $1,278,724 3,453,38i 2,309,200 1,615,289 2,661,887 4,318,785 425,745 251,740 $16,344,751 1901. (Estimated). Quantity. 43,204 227,696 4,685,718 30,736,798 50,529,260 1,529,210 i34,76o Value. $ 892,500 2,704,200 . 2,614,002 4,951,698 1,970,641 4,587,630 673,800 309,030 $ 20,713,501 Production for 1890, $2,608,608 ; for 1899, $i2,393,131; for 1900 $16,344,751; for 1901, $20,713,201. GOLD.—Placer gold mining, which in early days formed the chief mineral industry of the province, and made it famous all the world over, still continues to be important, while improved inethods of working the gravel deposits, together with cheaper transportation and cost of mining, have venlered the working of large deposits, long known to exist, mow profitable where previously impossible. The area of country known to contain placer gold is enormous, and has only been touched, leaving still virgin ground well worth the prospecting for this, the only class of " poor man's mine." Recent discoveries of new placer fields iln the Atlin district, the Cassiar district, and the Cariboo district near the Horsefly river, are proof that the field is not yet exhausted, and promise a revival of this important industry. HYDRAULIC MINING plants costing large amounts of money are being installed in Atlin, Cassiar, Omineca and Cariboo, at points widely separated, indicating the extent of the gold deposits. One company recovered $350,000 in srold during 1900. DREDGING FOR GOLD is receiving deserved attention, and dredges are at work on the Fraser, Thompson, Quesnel and other rivers, on all of which streams good ground may yet be obtained. LODE GOLD MINING is now being prospected in various parts of the provinoe, and in certain instances very successful, notably at Ymir, Cariboo-McKinney and elsewhere. GOLD-COPPER ORES are being extensively worked at Rossland by the Le Roi, War Eagle 8Sid associated companies, while other mfines in the camp are rapidly becoming important producers. The tannage of this camp alone in 1900 was 217,676 tons, and there ^yil! be an increase this year. SILVER-LEAD.—The silver production of the prov'nce in 1900 showed an increase over 1899 of 39 per cent, while the lead production increased 206 per ceafc, largely derived from properties in East Kootenay, rendered available by railroad construction. This year the increase will not be as great, but the industry is expected to hold its own. COPPER.—Copper is being produced to a limited extent at Rossland, where the chief value of the ore is in gold, but the feature of this branch of the industry is the development and mining of a large tonnage of low-grade copper ores in the Boundary district, of -which there seems to be an almost un- mited amount. The output of ore from this district alone will amount to from 1,20a to 1,500 tons of ore per diem. The Coast district will this year show a very considerable copper production, from the Vancouver Island and Texada Island mines. Prospecting for copper is receiving great attention, and the discoveries made on the Coast, in the Similkameen valley, etc., give great promise. IRON.—With the great probability of an iron-smelting plant on the Northern Pacific Coast in the near future, what promise to be extensive, bodies of magnetite iron ore have been developed on the Coast, while other deposits of iron ore are now under development in the Goat River and Fort Steele mining divis- ions, and still other bodies occur near Kamloops. COAL AND COKE.—In 1900 the Vancouver Island collieries made a net output of 1,336,023 tons of coal and 19,234 tons of coke, and in 1901 even this output promises to be exceeded. In 1900 the Crow's Nest collieries made a net output of x03,572 tons of coal, and 69.915 tons of coke. In 1901 this output will be doubled at the least. These mimes alone are putting- out from 1.500 to 2,000 tons of coal per diem. Of this output in 1900, 914,183 tons of coal and 51 757 tons of coke were exported, chiefly to the United States. The remainder was consumed in local smelters and other industries. SMELTERS.—In the province there are smelters in active operation at Trail, Nelson, Grand Forks, Greenwood and Van Anda ; while this coming year will probably see one erected in East Kotenay and two others on the coast. Refineries are yet lacking, but the building of at least one is pretty well asstffed. CAPITAL.—Capital can now find here many excellent opportunities for investment, as the values placed on mines and undeveloped properties has reached a reasonable basEs. If proper business care is used, and the experience of competent men tStaffized, these investments should be safe as well as profitable. MINERAL LANDS.—Mineral lands are open to location to any person over 18 years of age, who has obtained a free miner's certificate, and perfect title to lode claims can be easily secured after $500 worth of work has been done per claim. A great extent of territory has yet to be prospected. For information,, reports, bulletins, etc., address w. The Hon. the Minister of Mines, VICTORIA, B.C. F Robertson, Provincial Mineralogist, VICTORIA, B. C. THE MINING RECORD. XVII BENNETT'S FUSE CROWN BRAND THE KING OF FUSES The WHITE COUNTERED GUTTA PERCHA FUSE is the POPULAR FAVORITE in the mines of British Columbia, Australia, the Transvaal, and the World over. Beware of Spurious Imitations Made to Catch the Unwary. HOLMAN BROS. CAMBORNE,^ ||2 CORNWALL Manufacturers of Boilers, Air Compressors, Mining Machinery The Holman Patent Roek Drill Specially Adapted to B. C: Mining. Awarded Gold Medal Greater Britain Exhibition Awarded Gold Medal CHARLES CAMMELL & CO. Ld. | SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND, Manufacturers of Drill Steels, Best Refined Cast Steel Files, and Rasps, Steel Axles, Wheels and Cranks. Rails and Fish Plates.made to any specification. Steel Plates, etc. Stamp Mill Dies and Shoes. ROWLAND MACHIN, 5 Yates St., VICTORIA, B. C. General Agent for Canada. tm*» XVIII THE MINING RECORD. PROFESSIONAL AND BROKERS. J. C. GWILLIM, B, Sc. Mining Engineer. Late of Geological Survey of Canada, (Atlin District), six years' experience in B. C. mining districts. BAKER STREET, NELSON, B.C. JAMES BRADY, Dominion and Provincial Land Surveyor, Mining Engineer. Properties surveyed, examined and reported on. Agent for procuring Crown grants. GOLDEN, B. C. CHAS. E. OLIVER, M. E. . HEDLEYr B. C. Properties in the Similkameen carefully sampled and reported on. I have the handling of three of the standard properties of Camp Hedley and solicit correspondence from any first-class mining man or corporation regarding same. s. m. McGregor, b.a. Sc. w. d. McGregor, m e. McGregor & co., MINING and CIVIL ENGINEERS -,. , ^. --* A ». D /^ and LAND SURVEYORS. OLUOAIMj D . \s Reports on Mines and Prospects. Act as agents in doing assessment work, applying for Crown grants and in taking general charge of preliminary development work. P. 0. Box 453. Telephone 895 A. R. BARROW, a.m.i.c.e. Mine Surveyor Mine Surveys instituted and plans brought up to date at regular intervals. Steam Engines and Air Compressors Indicated and valves Set. PROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR. 4 View Street, Victoria, B.C. ^^ IY/1 i i!Z) is one of the most promising gold camps in }\ | w| ; ^l British Columbia arid now offers many capital opportunities for profitable investment. For further particulars write PERCY J. GLEAZER, MINING BROKER AND AGENT, YMIR, B. C. Code—Moreing & Neal's. E. W. WIDDOWSON, PROVINCIAL ASSAYER. - - - YMIR, B.C. 1<ate Assayer to: The Hall Mines Smelter, Nelson, B. C. The Winnipeg Mining and Smelting Company. I,ate Chemist to: The Hollow ay Chemical Works, London, N. Etc. Mineral Analysis and Working Tests a Specialty. All samples received by mail or express receive prompt attention. Reliable reports on Mining Properties in this District. P. O. Box 11. YMIR, B.C. G. N. Express Company. GEO. A. WALKEM, B. Sc. (McQM). MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL Consulting Engineer Reports made. Plans and Estimates made. Expert evidence given. Inst, of Mech. Bng. of England. ,, ikgM Amer. Inst. ofBlec. Bng. Vancouver, B.C. Manager Vancouver Engineering Works, I^td. ... . j R. GIFFORD, Consu ting Mining Engineer, M.C, M.L Late Manager The Hall Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd., Nelson, B. C. Room 20, Flood Building. San Francisco, CaL J. McLELLAN, Associate Royal School of Mines, London. Mining Engineer and Assayer, TROUT LAKE CITY, B. G reliable: assays Gold $ .75 I Gold and Silver. $i.oo Lead 75 I Gold, Silver, Copper 1.50 SAHPLES BY MAIL RECEIVE PROflPT ATTENTION. Gold and Silver refined and bought OGDEN ASSAY CO. "25 ArapaDhe°nevfr:ecetoiorado. THE STUART ROBERTSON CO., Ltd., Successors to A. W. MORE & CO. MINING AND STOCK BROKERS Codes used: Bedford-McNeil's, Moreing & Neals, Clough's, and A.B.C, Fourth Edition. 23 BROAD STREET, VICTORIA, B. C. <XK>00<>00<>0<X><>0<X><XXK><X><>0<>00<>000<><XX>000<>000 SMELTER AND MILL DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND DETAILS. Geo. Williams, M. E. P.O. Box 341, LADYSMITH. Converters, Reverberatories, Concentrators. 000<KX>0000<X><X>000<>0^>00<>0000<>0<><>0<>0<>000<>OOOi THOS. DRUMMOND, M.E. and C.E.. B. A. Sc. McGill University, Montreal, Member Canadian Society of Civil Engineers. Mining Properties reported upon. Information furnished. General Engineering work promptly performed. References furnished. QUESNELLE FORKS, CARIBOO, B. C. JOHN B. HOBSON, Manager Con. Cariboo Hyd. Mining Co., I.td. Consulting Mining Engineer, BULLION, BRITISH COLUMBIA. 28 years' experience in the equipment and operation of targe hydraulic, Deep Gravel, cDrift and Gold Quartz Mines, in Califomia and British Columbia. Telegraphic and Cable Address "HOBSON" Ashcroft B. C THE MINING RECORD. XIX PROFESSIONAL ADVERTISEMENTS. H. E. T. HAULTAIN, C. E. CONSULTING MINING ENGINEER, office: jkflg'eU, Nelson, B.C. J.B.TYRRELL, § M. Inst. M. M., M.N. Eng. Inst. M. M. E., F. G. S., Mining Engineer, DAWSON, YUKON, CANADA. Cable Adcress: " TYRRELL," Dawson. Code: Bedford McNeil's T. H.GORE. J. H. McGregor. I Gore & McGregor, Provincial and Dominion Land Surveyors AND CIVIL ENGINEERS, Five Sisters' Block. VICTORIA and NELSON. WALTER E. SEGSWORTH Licensed Provincial Assayer Control Assays and Supervision of Ore Shipments a Specialty. GREENWOOD, B. C. WILLIAM A. BAUER, Dominion & Provincial Land Surveyor Surveys of Mines, Mineral Claims and Crown Lands. ■ Crown Grants obtained and Assessments managed for absentees. Offices-FERGUSON and VANCOUVER, B.C. M. I. M. M., M. I. M. E., II. Can. I. M. Cable Address : Phloxes, Nelson A. B. C. Code. R. C. Campbell=Johnston Mining Engineer and Metallurgist. Nelson, B. C. A. A. HOLDICH Analytical Chemist and Metallurgist Royal School of Mines, London. Seven years at Morfa Works, Swansea. Seventeen years chief chemist to Wigan Coal andiron Co. Late chemist Hall Mines Co., Ltd. Assays and Analyses made on all varieties of mineral and many organic substances. Special experience in Smelting—both Swansea and American process. FERGUSON, B. C. RELIABLE ASSAYS Gold $.50 Gold andSilver $1.00 Lead .'7.7.7 50 Gold, Silver and Copper 1.50 Samples by mail receive prompt attention. Gold and Silver refined and bought. OGDEN ASSAY CO., 1725 Arapahoe St., DENVER, Colo. POHLE &, PARMELEE ASSAYERS and CHEMISTS, Special Attention to Control and Umpire Work. Ores tested to determine the best method of treatment. Experimental work on chemical processes or patents. General Commercial analysis. Thirty years experience. Prices and sample sacks free on application. 1627 CHAMPA ST., DENVER, Colo. CHRIS. OUTHETT, Associate of Royal College of Science, London, England. Inland Assay Office, KAMLOOPS, B.C. Provincial Assayer. Mineral and Coal Analysis a specialty. Reports made on Mining Properties Mail samples receive prompt attention. Richard H* Parkinson Provincial Land Surveyor, Hydraulic Engineer. FAIRVIEW, B. C. Associate Member o£ the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers. Water Works, Water-power Plants, Irrigation Projects, Bridges, Roads, Tramways, Estimates of Construction, Surveys. CecilM. Bryant, A.R.S M., A.I.M.M. E. Philip Gilman, A.R.S.M., F.G.S. Pellew-Harvey, Bryant & Gilman PROVINCIAL ASSAYERS. The Vancouver Assay Office and Ore Testing Works. Established 1890. • MILL, SMELTER, CONCENTRATION AND CYANIDE TESTS. Reliable reports on mining properties. Complete analyses of Ores and Coal Victoria Office : 4 View Street (Opposite Driard Hotel.) Wil. M. BREWER, niNINQ ENGINEER, MEM. N. of ENG. INST. MINING & MECH. ENG. and AM. INST., M. E. Molsons Bank Building, VANCOUVER, B.C. TEL. 846. P. O. BOX 43 T. J. SMITH, MINING BROKER. Syndicates and Companies formed to develop mining claims Secretary Vancouver Mining Stock Exchange. 611 Hastings Street West, VANCOUVER, B. C A. A. WATSON, B. 5c. PROVINCIAL ASSAYER, VERNON, B. C. Analyst and Mineralogist Honours Graduate in Chemistry, Victoria University, England. Reports made on Mining Properties. Seven years experience in Australia. South America. England and B. C. Assay Charges—Gold, $i; Silver. $i; Copper, $2; Lead, $1 ; Gold and Silver, $1.50 ; Gold and Copper, $2.50; Gold, Silver and Copper, $3 ; Gold, Silveri Copper and Lead, $3 50 ; Complete analysis of any ore, $10. •SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SAMPLES BY MAIL""** Assay Office and Chemical Laboratory, 28 BROAD ST., VICTORIA, B. C. (Opp. Driard Hotel.) WILLIAM F. BEST, F.C.S. ANALYTICAL CHEMIST AND ASSAYER (Heidelberg and Leipzig.) Persona} attention given to all assaying and Chemical Anafe-sii R-jroert evidence before the Courts. Ii XX THE MTNING RECORD. MINING PUBLICATIONS, ErC. RERCV W. CHARLESON STOCK AND INVESTMENT BROKER, 417 Hastings Street, Vancouver, B. Q. B. C. fllNES AND STOCKS A SPECIALTY. Member Vancouver Stock Exchange. Notary Public for British Columbia. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. P. O. BOX 187. Cable Address—CHALCOUVER. Codes used A. B. C. 4th Edition, Moering & Neal, Bedford McNeill, Cloughs. NOW READY. The MINERAL INDUSTRY Its Statistics, Technology and Trade in the United States and other countries, to the end of 1900. Edited by Joseph Struthers, Ph. D. Volume X.—Copiously illustrated, containing numerous diagrams and working drawings. Price ?5.00, post paid. THE SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING CO., 253 Broadway New York. The Mining Manual for 1902. Published May 12th, 1902. By Walter R. Skinner. Sixteenth Year of Publication.. (Established in 1887.; A record oi information concerning MINING COMPANIES (Gold, Diamond. Silver, Copper, Tin, Iron, and other Mines, Collieries, Land and Exploration Concerns, &c.) Followed by lists of MINING COMPANY DIRECTORS AND SECRETARIES and concluding with a DICTIONARY OF MINING TERMS. Over 1700 Pages. THE MINING MANUAL FOR 1902. Over 1700 pages. In demy 8vo, cloth. Price 21 s., post free. London: WALTER R. SKINNER, 11-12, Clements Lane, Lombard St., E. C. w *^B dBN rtf> &* m m My Price List for Fall and Spring is the most complete yet issued, containing all the different varieties in Fruit, Shade and Ornamental Trees, Roses, etc., etc. Send for a copy. LARITZ NURSERY, CAREY R0AD, Victoria, B. C. POGSON, PELOUBET &, CO. Public Accountants NEW YORK 20 BROAD STREET CHICAGO MARQUETTE BUILDING ST. LOUIS-' CHEMICAL BUILDING BUTTE HENNESSY BUILDING R. MAYNARD - Importer and dealer in all kinds oi Photographic Supplies Also Amateur Outfits, Kodaks, Hawkeyes, Premos, Pocos,etc, ' Agent for Imperial, Cramer and Hammer Plates, Aristo-Platino, Solio, Klo- ro, Velox and Dekho Papers 41 PANDORA St. Victoria, B. C. THE NATIONAL BANKER, Chicago, Illinois. Is recognized as the leadingfinancial journal ofthe United States. Ih addition to its circulation among banks it reaches the leading business industries ofthe country. It reaches more private invertors and capitalists than any publication in the U.S, It goes to retired merchants, conservative investors and thousands of people with money to invest. The best evidences of its worth as an advertising medium is the fact that its advertisers remain with it permanently year after year. In banks and business houses it is used as a work of reference. If you desire to reach the moneyed class ofthe country, large or small, you should place an advertisement in the National Banker. Any legitimate enterprisee can secure all the money desired by making an announcement in this publi cation. It is quoted from and referred to more by the press of America than any financial j ournal in the United States. Subscripiion price $i.oo per year. Advertising rates on application. Sample copies sent free Address all communications to The National Banker, 84 & 86 La Salle St., Chicago,111. M. R. SMITH & COMPANY LIMITED. Established I858. Manufacturers of High Class Biscuits *nd Confectionery Gold Medals awarded at Royal Agricultural Exhibition '95. '96, '97, '98. Medal and Diploma awarded at Colonial and Indian Exhibitions. Silver Medals at Provincial Exhibitions, 1886. BRANCH- VICTORIA, B. C. 430 CORDOVA STREET, VANCOUVER. THE MINING RECORD. XXI BRITISH COLUMBIA WHOLESALE SUPPLY HOUSES, ETC A New Customer Becomes a regular customer when once started buying of us— WHY ? I We have the Best Goods and Largest Assortment in the West. We Can Fill Orders Promptly From Our Immense Stock. "We manufacture a large quantity of Furniture, and import direct in car lots from the best makers everywhere EVERYTHING TO FURNISH A HOME. Write for illustrated catalogue, free. WEILER BROS., VICTORIA, B. C. ESTABLISHED 1862. Canadian Pacific Navigation Company, Ltd. Steamers leave Victoria and Vancouver as follows: Victoria=Vancouver Route. Xeave Victoria daily 1 a.m. Leave Vancouver daily 1.15 p.m. West Coast, Vancouver Island Route. Xeave Victoria 11 p.m., ist, ioth and 20th day of month. Northern British Columbia Coast Route. Xeave Victoria 11 p.m., ist and 15th day of month. Leave Vancouver 2 p.m., 2nd and 16th day of month. Alaska Route. ;Steamships leave Victoria ii p.m. ist and 15th day of month, leave Vancouver 8 p.m. 2nd and 16th day of month for Ketchikan and Skagway connecting with the White Pass and Yukon Route for Atlin, Dawson, and Yukon River Points. J. W. TROUP, Manager. Victoria. E. J. COYLE, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent, Vancouver. TURNER, BEETON & CO'Y Victoria, Vancouver, and Nelson, B. C. and at H. C. Beeton & Co., 33 Finsbury Circus, London, England. *a„Ufac.«rer8 „f wholesale Merchants. ^X-X"'^. Clothing, Etc., Etc. Goods indented from all parts ofthe world Telegraphic Addresses : 'TURNER." Victoria; " BEET0N7 London; " TURBEET," Vancouver and Nelson R. R. RITHET & CO. Wholesale Merchants, Shipping & Insurance Agents. Proprietors of Victoria Wharf, Columbia Flouring Mill ; agents for Victoria Lumber and Manufacturing Company, Cheminus, V.I.; Pacific Coast Steamship Co., San Francisco. m^HARF STREET. VICTORIA. B. C 1 i XXII THE MINING RECORD. BANKING ESTABLISHMENTS, ETC. established,8,7. BANK OF MONTREAL. INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. HEAD OFFICE: MONTREAL. CAPITAL all paid up, $12,000,000.00 RESERVE FUND, $7,000,000.00. UNDIVIDED PROFIT, $427,180.80. Board of Directors—Bt. Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, G. C. M. G., President. Hon. G. A. Drummond, Vice-President. A. T. Paterson, Ksq.; Edward B. Greenshields, Esq.; Sir William C. Macdonald; it. B. Angus,Esq.; A. F. Gault, Esq ; James Ross, Esq.; R. G. Reid, Esq. ( F. W- TAYLOR Assistant Inspector JAMES A1RD Secretary I Montreal-H. V.MEREDITH Manager IN L S. CLOUSTON General Manager A. MACNIDER Chief Inspector and Superintendent of Branches #- S. CLOUSTON Inspector of Branch Returns BRANCHES Province of Ontabio—Almonte, Belleville, Brantford, Brockville, Chatham, Cornwall, Deseronto, Fort William, Goderich, Guelph. Hamilton, Kingston. Lindsay, London, Otrawa, Perth Pe'erboro, Picton, Scirnia, Stratford, Bt. Mary's Toronto,Toronto Yonge St. Branch, Wallaceburg. Province op Quebec—Montreal: West End Br., Seigneurs St. Br., Point St. Charles; Quebec. Lo-web Provinces—Chatham, N.B.; Frederickton, N.B.; Moncton, N.B. St. John N.B.; Amherst, N.S.; Halifax, N.S.; Sydney, N.S. Province of Manitoba and North-West Territories—Winnipeg, Man.; Calgary, Alberta; Lethbridge, Alberta; Regina, Assiniboia. Province of British Columbia—Greenwood, Nelson, New Denver, New Westminster, Ro&sland, Vancouver, Vernon, Victoria. In Newfoundland—St. John's, Nfld., Bank of Montreal. CANADA: In Great Britain—London, Bank of Montreal, 22 Abchurch Lane, E.C, Alexander Lang, Manager. In the United States New York—R. Y. Hebden and J. M. Greata, Agents, 59 Wall Street; Chicago—Bank of Montreal. Bankers in Great Britain-London—The Bank of England, the Union Bank of London, the London & Westminster Rank the National Prov. Bank of England. Liverpool—The Bank of Liverpool, Ltd. Scotland—Tho British Linen Company Bank and Branches. Bankers in the United States—New York—The National City Bank, The Bank of New York, N.B.A. Bosten—The Merchants' National Bank, J. B. Moors & Co. Buffalo—The Marine Bank, Buffalo. San Francisco—The First National Bank, The Bank of British Columbia, The Anglo-Californian Bank. Portland, Oregon—The Bank of British Columbia. The Canadian Bank of Commerce With Which is Amalgamated The Bank of British Columbia. HEAD OFFICE : TORONTO. Paid Up Capital $ 8,000,000 Rest and Undivided Profits 2,652,ooo Aggregate Resources Over 70,000,000 MON. GEO. A. OOX, President. R.. E. WALKER, General Manager, LONDON OFFICE: 60 LOMBARD ST., E. C. The Bank has 80 branches well distributed throughout the Dominion and elsewhere, including the following in British Columbia and the Yukon District: Atlin, Greenwood, Nelson, Sandon, Cranbrook, Kamloops, New Westminster, Vancouver, Dawson Nanaimo, Ladysmith Victoria, Fernie, White Horse. BRANCHES IN THE UNITED STATES. New York, San Francisco, Seattle Portland, Skagway. Every description of banking business transacted. Letters of credit on: all parts of the world. Exceptional facilities for handling gold dust. Savings Bank Department.—Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received and interest paid at current rates. GEO. GILLESPIE, MANAGER VICTORIA BRANCH BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ESTABLISHED 1836. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1840. Paid Up Capital, £1,000,000 Sterling. Reserve Fund, $1,776,333 LONDON, ENG., OFFICES, 5 GRACECHURCH STREET, E. C. BRANCHES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA : Victoria, Vancouver, Rossland, Kaslo, Ashcroft, Greenwood* Also at the Gold Fields—DAWSON CITY. A Savings Bank Department Has Been Established n Connection With the Victoria Branch. Highest Price Paid for Gold Dust and Amalgam. W. T. OLIVER, Mgr., Victoria, B. C. MICHIGAN COLLEGE OF MINES. An Engineering School with unique location, giving it unusual facilities New Mining Engineering and Hydraulic Building, also Chemical and Metal lurgical Building ready for fall term, 1902. For catalogue giving list of graduates and their occupations, address F. W. McNaik, President, Houghton, Mich. PATENTS, Caveats, Designs, Copyrights and Trade Marks obtained in Canada and all foreign countries. ROWLAND BRITTAIN, Registered Patent Attorney, Mechanical Engineer and Draughtsman. Write for fall information and references. Satisfaction guaranteed. Room 20 Bank of British N orth America VANCOUVER .B. C. The Hall Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. NELSON, B. C. SMELTING DEPARTMENT ■ Purchases GORRER ORE, LEAD ORE, DRY ORE. WANTED Position by Provincial Licensed Assayer. Several years experience in B. C. Apply "A" Box 246 Victoria, B O THE MINING RECORD. XXIII VAN.COUV1R ISLAND COAL. COAL! COAL! The New Vancouver Coal Mining and Land Co, (LIMITED.) FORMERLY THE VANCOUVER COAL COMPANY; Are the Largest Coal Producers on the Pacific Coast Nanaimo Coal. Used Principally for Gas and Domestic Purposes. Southfield Coal Steam Fuel. Protection Island Coal and New Wellington Coal. (House and Steam Coal), are mined by this Company exclusively. THE NANAIMO COAL gives a large percentage of gas, a high illuminating power, unequalled by any other bituminous coal in the world, and a superior quality of coke. THE SOUTHFIELD COAL is used by all leading steamship lines on the Pacific. THE NEW WELLINGTON COAL which was introduced in 1890, has already become a favorite fuel for domestic purposes. It is a clean, hard coal, makes a bright and cheerful fire, and its lasting qualities make it the most economical fuel in the market. THE PROTECTION ISLAND COAL is similar to the New Wellington Coal. This coal is raised from the sub-marine workings under the Gulf of Georgia and is shipped from wharves both at Protection Island and Nanaimo. The several mines of the Company are connected with their wharves at Nanaimo, Departure Bay and Protection Island, where ships of the largest tonnage are loaded at all stages of the tide. Speck despatch given to mail and ocean steamers. SAflUEL M. ROBINS, Supt, Nanaimo, B. C. XXIV THE MINING RECORD. TRANSr-ORTATION COMPANIES AND HOTELS. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY SOO-PACIFIC LINE. THROUGH TRAINS Atlantic to Pacific Without Change LOWEST RATES, BEST EQUIPMENT. TO ALL POINTS IN CANADA AND UNITED STATES. For full'particulars as to rates, time, and copies of C. P. R. publications, apply to H. H, ABBOTT, Agent-, VICTORIA, B. C. Or to E. J. COYLE, Ass't General Passenger Agent, VANCOUVER, B. C. Esquimau and Nanaimo Railway. Northbound. Daily. Leave. a.m. Victoria 9 :oo . Shawnigan Lake 10:20 Duncans 11 :co P.M. Nanaimo 12:4s Ar. Wellington 1:00 TIME TABLE ISIO. 44. Northbound. Leave. outhbound. Arrive. P.M. 12 :o6 10 •46 10 :02 8 :i5 Lv. 8 :oo A.M. Victoria 4125 Shawnigan Lake 5 142 Duncans 6:20 Nanaimo 8:02 Ar. Wellington 8:17 Sat., Sun. and Wed. Southbound. Arrive. P.M. 8:10 7:01 6:05 4:25 Lv. 4:10 »««- v. Tintots tn Grot'ton via Westholme, Stage leaves Daily, connecting with North and Sonth bound trains, Double stage service Saturdays, S^day°s"Sd Wednesdays, connecting with morning and afternoon trains. Fare from Victoria, Single $2, Return $3. Th ah Tickets Victoria to alberni—Stage leaves Wellington Tuesdays and Fridays on arrival of train from Victoria. Returning from Alberni Mondfys and Thursdays. Fare from Victoria, single, $5.20, return $8.65 . Tickets Victoria to ©owichan Lake via Duncans—Stage leaves Duncans Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays. Fare from Victoria $5.00 eturn. Excursion rates in effect to all points good Saturday and Snnday. GE©. L. e©URTNEY, Traffic Manager. theMhudsons bay coy -HAVE- GENERAL STORES -AT- Jaie de Peres Battleford Calgary Chapleau Dauphin Deloraine Edmonton Fort William Kamloops Langley Lethbridge Quesnelle Rat Portage Riding Mountain Shoal Lake Sudbury Touchwood Hills Vancouver Victoria Vernon Whitewood s5r| Winnipeg Ind at other principal points in British Columbia, Manitoba and Northwest Territories. Purchasers will find a these stores the best goods at moderate prices, imported direct from all the principal markets ofthe world. Lower Fort Garry Macleod Mattawa ^fvJMorden Nelson Pincher Creek Portage la Prairie Port Simpson Prince Albert Qu'Appelle |h every belt |BIguaranteed genuine oak tanned SleaIher belting! For Exposed Situations Use 'Lancashire* Hair Belting. CATALOGUES AND DISCOUNTS ON APPLICATION. fji McLAREN, Montreal, T^onto FELTEN&GUILLEAUME.Carlswerk, Actien Gesellschaft, Mulheim on Rhine manufacturers;«g:^ ELECTRICAL LEADS AND CABLES Electric Lighting Cables fer Coal Pits with arrangement for avoiding fife damp explosions in case of the cable breaking. WIRE ROPES FOR MINING Roun^rand Flat Wire Ropes, "Albert," or so-called "Lang's" Lay Ropes, Patent Looked Coil Wire Ropes, Patented Flattened Strand Wire Ropes. IRON, STEEL, COPPER AND BRONZE WIRj|§' Superior qualities. SOLE AGENTS FOR CANADA : WATSON JACK & CO., 7 ST. HELEN STREET MONTREAL STRAIGHT LINE, DUPLEX SIMPLE or COM POUND. Ajft COMPRESSORS.- ROCK DRILLS." STEAM .rAIR R A ||l THE CANADIAN RANDfORILL COMPANY D VANCOUVER, B. $. ROSSLAND, B. 6. GREENWOOD, B. &. V^e .,■--■. -■^^ wood. v»LL»NeE & eo„ Hamilton. Toronto Office, Bay Street South. GEO. d. w©©o & eo., Winnipeg. Wfod, Vailai^S^ Leqqa||Limite| 7 "7 WHOLESflLlf-HHROwaR^yaNeoiJYE^^.e. (Successors to Tbos. Dun & «o., Ltd.) Bar iron! SteelMfa|te|©reiSack^ and all mining scppiAes! e©RRE^PONDEN©E SOLICITED. mksm™™ SMELTING WORKS -AT- LEOTBMI*W Prej|kred tpPurcha^Mft^ as From. August ||st* ^onvenieS to E* & 'MKbr Seaffl C^p/ION'fcVlMST^^^Kgei L'iE< iRTHWESTffll SMELTING AND REFlliNG&O. Buyers of Gold, Silver and Copper Ores, Mattes, Bullion, Furnace and Cyanide products. LOCATION OF WORKS Crofton, Vancouver Island, B§ C§ Published by the B. C. Record, Ld. Printed by T. R. Cusack, Victoria. Canada. B^jijSI^i^elS&jiJls This Month: THE NEW TYEE SMELTER AT LADYSMITH. (Illustrated. trKfmfffcViMMm I VOL. X. No."*U ii IeHinton ElStric Company, Elecific Mjip|§||J Blowefs.7y Motors. Fans. Dynamos. selectS67 Mining Apparatus. M vfCTpRIA, B. C. * H LIMITED. Electrical Construction • T^Rand SuppliesJ|":-:^| VANCOUVERiB. C. iAlDWELIi BROS. (H 115 Jackson St., SEATTLE. 174^174fr#acific Ave., TACOMA. MINING, CANNING, SAWMILL and HYDRAULIC iMACHINERT|MEROHA|TTSi AgenSfdr Rand Drill Co.; Hendrie & Bolthoff Mfg. Co.; Astoria lion Works, DeLoach MilfMfg. Co., A. S. Cam- ^^^^^S^^^^^^M #°"ible s™ MilIS c-"ied 1,he iESaeific Coast. p|cific Coast Smelting and Refining Works. ^^iSERS, SAMPLERS AND SMELTERS OF GOLD, SILVER and COPPER ORES AND FURNACE PRODUCTS. ADDRESS: KhPcOPPER| KING, i-IMITEp #Fl6Ei tTver Building, San Francisco, Califtrniaffliaaildon Honse, 7 t6 II Moor,ate Jreet, Utodon, E.C. m B8*y, IF #U AtJfBUf DIIJilfiOUSE We Catty in Stock the Lar^^JTssdrtmetit in Canada °f *|r^4Sfelij MAMTI CC In Oak, Maple, Cherry, Birch, White and Jill PLACE GRAfES '-ny Style or Finish ING F0R FL00RS> HEARTHS, BATHROOMS, *c. Brass Fenders, Fire Sets, Fire Dogs, Brass Coal Scuttles, &c. PARQUETTE FLOORIN<|§ House Hardware in Latest and Best Designs. M||ennH Mcpel|s<Si|)o. Limited WHOLESALE HARDWARE VAN$GUVER, B. C. DAWSON&|\ T. -THE- Overstrom Diagonal Concentrating Table Cleami Concentration Closed Separation. We are sole licensees forjlhe manufacture of this table in Canada and cw|r exp§r|i§fice wifh it has been so satisfactory th^we are^eprepared to guarantee its superiority over any other concentrator manufactured, FOR PRICES AND CATALOGUE ADDRESS Th^|ncke^lachine Comffany 32-40 Lansdowne St. HIP Sprbrooklf ft|^» Rossland, Greenwood, Toronto, Montreal, Halifax. FRIED KRUPFf GRUSONWERKl (Madgeburg-Buckau Germany.) ■nwQ MbiiNHH ORE CRUSHING: Stone Breakers of Especially Strong construction. Roller Mills, Chilian Mills, Ball Mills, for dry and wet crushing—more than 1,800 at work, Stamp Batteries—Shoes and Dies of Krupp's Special Steel- g&.MALGAMATlON: Amalgamation Tables and Pans, Las - rio'sGold Amalgamators, Settlers, &c Separation and Concentration Separators, Exhausters, Hydraulic Classifiers, Percussion Tables, Jiggers, Rotating Round Tables. LEACHING PLANT. COMPLETE GOLD ORE DRESSING PLANT (a) For treating by the Wet Method with Stamp Batterie^V^Amalgamation and Concentration. ^^p (b) For Dry Testing by Ball Mills, Dust Extraction and Leaching. <0»t WAS HI NORPLANT—Large Testing Station for Crushing and Dressing Ores at the Works. ?Ma? AGENTS: For CANADA—Jas, W. Pyke & Co, 35 St, Francois Xavier eet, NrjoSjtreal For the UNITED STATES—Thos. Prosper k Son, 15 Gold Street, New York || For MEXICO—Pablo Bergner, Apartado 549, Mexico . ■- |||| For SOUTH AFRICA—United Engineering Company, Ltd., P. 0, Box 399, Johannesburg, S. A. R MmmMmmmmikM iiiiiii "-*-"'•' ■"'-:■.''~.%j-: •'"'.. J)_ >_,)■:■",'.m;j.,|i^, m mM THE MINING RECORD. I. ELEVATORS AND CONVEYORS. C. M. PINCKAR.D, President. E. L. EYRE, Vice-President. J. M. GRAHAM, Secretary and Manager. VULCAN IRON WORKS Manufacturers of VULCAN DOUBLE-ROPE TRAMWAY. VULCAN ROPEWAY, (Single Rope System.) SAW-MILL MACHINERY. MINING AND MILLING MACHINERY. Vulcan Ropeways and Tramways. Office, 505 Mission St., Works, cor. Kearny and Francisco Streets, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Link-Belt ELEVATORS AND CONVEYORS For Handling Ores, Matte, Slas, Crashed Stone, Gravel, Cement, Sand, Water, Etc. PICKLING TABLES, SHAKING AND REVOLVING SCREENS, COAL WASHING MACHINERY, SHAFTING, ROPE SHEAVES, PULLEYS, CLUTCHES, GEARING, Etc. Send for Catalogue. ■■Link-Belt" Coal and Coke Breaker 'Link-Beit" Box Water Elevator. Capacity 300 to 10,000 gallons per minute LINK-BELT MACHINERY CO., CHICAGO, U.S.A., Engineers, Founders, Machinists. CALCUTTA ORE SACKS 40 in. Hessians, Fire-Bricks, Fire-Clay, Galvanized Sheet Iron. SOLE AGENTS FOR THE DISTRICT FOR THE CELEBRATED ii Valvoline 1 Cylinder and Machine Oils, Steel Rails a Specialty. The best high-class lubricating oils on the market. C. F. JACKSON & CO-, LCI., COMMISSION AGENTS. WHARF—Heatley Ave., Vancouver. 151 Hastings St., Vancouver, B. C. ■ Brunton's Patent Pocket Transit For Surface or Underground Surveys. (Cut about half size). Write for Catalogue B-4 for full description. For sale by B. O. ASSAY & CHEMICAL SUPPLY CO., Vancouver, B. C; W. F. TEETZEL & CO., Nelson, B. C; C. M. FASSETT, Spokane, Wash.; JOHN TAYLOR & CO., San Francisco, Calif.; F. W. BRAUN & CO., Los Angeles, Calif. The B. C. Assay and Chemical Supply Co., Limited. Direct Importers of Hssayers' and Mill Supplies Headquarters for Laboratory Apparatus of all kinds, Bohemian Chemical Glassware, C. P. Acids, Potassium Cyanide and Quicksilver THE MINING RECORD. ASSAYERS' SUPPLIES AND ENGINEERING INSTRUMENTS. This is the most accurate, compact and reliable Pocket Instrument made for preliminary surveys of every description. The case is of aluminum, 1% in. by 2^ in., by I in.; weight eight ounces. There are nearly 1,000 ofthe Pocket Transits in use by prominent mining en- ineers, mine managers, civil engineers and geologists in all parts of the world. WM. AINSWORTH <& SONS, SOLE MANUFACTURERS, DENVER, COLO., U. S. A. Sol e agents in British Columbia for Morgan Crucible Co., Battersea, England; F. W. Braun & Co's Patent Cary Furnaces. Burners, etc.; W. Ainsworth & Sons' Fine Balances Write for our prices ADDRESS 733 Pender St., Vancouver, B. &. MADE IN VICTORIA. ENGRAVINGS and ETCHINGS. The Cuts used by the Mining Record are made by us. Halftones and Line Etchings executed on short notice. Samples forwarded on application. BRITISH COLUMBIA PHOTO=ENQRAVINQ COMPANY, 26 BROAD STREET, VICTORIA, B. C. Mining and Surveying Instruments Light Mountain Transits and Transit-Theodolites. Scott's Mine Tachymeter. Most Improved Constructions Best Workmanship. Send for List P. & R. WHITSTOCK, Berlin S. 59, GERMANY. A* Van Der Naillens' School of Practical, Civil, Mining, Electrical Mechanical Engineering. Surveying, Architecture, Drawing and Assaying, Cyanide, Chlorination, Metallurgy. Assaying of ores, $25; Bullion and Chlorination Assay, $25; Blow Pipe Assay, $10; Full Course of Assaying, $50. Established 1864. Open all year SEND FOR CIRCULAR. 113 FULTON STREET, One Block West of City Hall. SAN FRANCISCO. THE DENVER FIRE CLAY COMPANY, I742 to I746 CHAMPA ST., DENVER, COLORADO PLATINUM REFINERS New York Office- 121 LIBERTY STREET WE are always in the Market for CRUDE OR NATIVE PLATINUM. BAKER & CO. NEWARK, N. J. THE MINING RECORD. III. CABLES, PUMPS, ETC. ESTABLISHED 1857 MESCHEN 6 SO\\SM<)9^CO. 920-922 N.FIRST ST., ^LOtffe^O. AERIAL WIRE ROPE TRAMWAYS 5INCLE AND DOUBLE ROPE SYSTEMS, AND TWO BUCKET TRAMWAYS. BRANCH OFFICES: 92 CENTRE ST. NEW YORK, N.Y. 137 E.LAKE ST. CHICAGO, ILL. 85FREM0AITST.SAN FRAN CISCO,CAL DOW PUMPS Are manufactured in great variety FOR MINING PURPOSES. Operated by Steam, Air, Electric or Water Power. Vertical Sinking Pumps, Bucket or Double Plunger Pattern Deep Mine Station Pumps. MAKE KNOWN YOUR WANTS TO THE ^_^ T ^ t- ^, -, ■-^ t-^-m -i--* -n i ^, ^-v GEO. E. DOW PUMPING ENGINE CO., SEND FOR CATALOGUE SAN FRANCISCO, CAL IM SMITH-VAILE STEAM PUMPS Are built with special reference to perform the service for which they are Intended with a minimum use of steam. We Build Steam, Power and Electrical PUMPS for Every Possible Duty. Victor Turbine Water Wheels. Air Compressors and Filter Presses. If interested, address THE STILLWELL-BIERCE & SMITH-VAILE CO., 293 Lehman St, DAYTON, OHIO, U.S a. 11 IV. THE MINING RECORD. 1] Si HYDRAULIC PLANTS, PUMPS, ETC. See these wires—how tbey interlock ? Note the smooth surface also ? THE PATENT No displacement of wires in any event. Gives much greater service than any other cables, and adds correspondingly to the life or the rolling stock. Locked Coil Track Cable USED ONLY ON THE PATENT BLEICHERT WIRE ROPE TRAMWAY, Superior to another systems Manufactured by THE TRENTON IRON e©., TRENTON, N. J. Manufacturers, Engineeis and Contractors and sole licensees ln North America for the Bleichert System. Also, Wire-Rope Equipments for Cable Hoist- Conveyors, Surface Hnd Underground Haulage, Transmission of Power, etc. Illustrated book upon application. New York Office—Cooper, Hewitt & Co., 17 Burling Slip. Chicago Office—1119 Monadnock Building Denver Office—R. D. Seymour Manager, 1711-1713 Tremont St. Canton Steel Works The only plant in the United States devoted exclusively to the manufacture of steel for Mining and Railroad construction. Canton Brands are Hammered, not Rolled, and sold under GUARANTEE. Miners Will find the Steel List published by eHNTON STEEL C©% DENVER, e©L0., contains much information which will prove of interest. Mailed upon application. McLennan, McFeely & ©o., Agents for YflweeuvER, b. e. AERIAL WIRE ROPE TRAMWAY SINGLE and DOUBLE ROPE SYSTEM For transporting ore, fuel, earth, sugarcane, etc., by wire rope Simple, Economical, Practical, Durable. Loads Mechanically, Dumps Automatically CABLEWAYS. INCLINE PLANES. LOGGING BY CABLES. TRANSMISSION BY WIRE ROPE. CABLE GRIPS. AUTOMATIC LOADERS. Plowing, Scraping and Transporting by Wire Ropes, Designed, Supplied and Erected. Estimates Furnished. Improved GRIP PULLEY Patents Nos. 483,442; 610,353. Effective, Simple, Automatic. SAVES WEAR on]WIRE ROPE and CABLE. Send for Illustrated Pamphlet. Correspondence Solicited. Hallidie-Painter Tramway Co Successors to CALIFORNIA WIRE WORKS. 46-48 Fremont St., San Francisco, California. Eastern Agents MACOMBER & WAYTE ROPE CO., CHICAGO, ILL. The Dominion Wire Rope Co., Ld MONTREAL, CANADA Manufacturers of All Classes and Kinds of WIRE ROPES FOR ALL PURPOSES. " LANG'S I PATENT WIRE ROPES FOR COLLIERY AND GENERAL MINING PURPOSES. Branches:—Halifax, N.S.: St. John, N.B.; Ottawa, Toronto, Bat Portage, Ont.; Winnipeg, Man.; Vancouver, B. C, Nelson and Rossland, B. C THE MINING RECORD. GENERATORS AND MOTORS. Every Mine Equipment should Include One or More of BOLTHOFFS CELEBRATED v. For Prospecting and Underground Work Can be Operated by Either Steam or Compressed Air. They are built in two sizes, 4x6 in. and 6x8 in. Cylinders. Have machine cut gears and pinions and band brakes. Can be Furnished for Mule Back Transportation if Desired- flost Extensively Used Small Hoist in the World. The Hendrie & Bolthoff Manfg and Supply Co. The Pioneer Mining Machinery House of the West. DENVER, COLO., U. S A. VI. THE MINING RECORD. ELECTRICAL MACHINERY. Electric Power Plants 7 of All Descriptions To Suit Any Conditions. 1 ^0J$bl*t!<^ FORM L GENERATOR, Direct Connected to Simple Engine. ANADIAN I ENERAL pLECTRIC LIMITED. Head Office, TORONTO, ONT. Factories: TORONTO, PETERBORO, MONTREAL. District Offices: MONTREAL, HALIFAX, OTTAWA, WINNIPEG, VANCOUVER, VICTORIA, ROSSLAND THE MINING RECORD. VII. MISCELLANEOUS MACHINERY, ETC. THE FAIRBANKS COMPANY flONTREAL and VANCOUVER. Mine, Mill, Railway, Factory, Engineering and Transmission Supplies. HP22* Agents for Canadian Rand Drill Company. Full supply of parts in stock. 151 to 155 Hastings St., VANCOUVER, B. C. 747 to 749 Craig St., MONTREAL, QUE. P. S.*~HLS© SCALES HND YflLYES. GELIGN I E—Strongest and Best Explosive in the Market. MANUFACTURED BY HAMILTON POWDER COMPANY (Incorporated 1861 Manufacturers of High Explosives, Blasting, Mining and Sporting Powder, Dealers in Electric Blasting Apparatus, Safety Fuse, Detonators, Etc., Etc. BRANCH OFFICE: VICTORIA HEAD OFFICE: MONTREAL. LOCAL OFFICKS: VANCOUVER, NELSON, ROSSLAND and GREENWOOD NANAIMO Vancouver Engineering Works, Ld. ■ ENG-IJSTEERS, I ^■Wl 11IIWWII IIi"iiIII1IHHHHIiIiIiI"iI/ii' ililii'illliJil'I'i^ilhWIIII'I'H— Machinists, Iron Founders, Blacksmiths, Pattern Makers and Sheet Workers. Hydraulic Riveted Steel Pipe, Hydraulic Monitors and Water Gates, Hydraulic Elevators and Hand Derrick, Riffles, Grizzlies, etc. Boilers, Engines, Pumps, Hoists, Heaters, Pressure Blowers, Crushers, Marine Engines and Boilers. 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Send for catalogues and specifications. cunliffe & McMillan, Agents at Kossland. VANCOUVER ENGINEERING WORKS, Agents at Vancouver. 962 King St. Subway THE 1 I" "he Brackman & Ker Milling Co., Ltd. ¥ T TT __,-^—^T . _ T_.-_T ^/MiTimn VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Man ufacturers of the Celebrated .*. Facilities Unequalled for Supplying the West with the Best Quality of Grain, Hay or Mill Feed. • *K. ROLLLD OATS. (Registered.) % Victoria. Nelson. ♦*♦ Vancouver. Rossland. .*. New Westminster. Strathcona 5 Unequalled in the World. | BOYD, BURNS & e©. Plumbing and Engineering Supplies and Ship Chandlery. lr n and Brass Pipe and Fittings, Boiler Tubes, Injectors, Oil Cups, Lubricators, Asbestos Board, Sectional Covering and Asbestos Cement, Leather, Rubber and Link Belting, Wire and Manilla Rope, Paints and Oils, Chain, Spikes, Loggers' Supplies, Sheet Iron and Other Metals 5I"55 HaSttagS ^fwl Street, VANCOUVER, B.C. The Mining Record VOL. X. :; MARCH, 1903. No. 3 BRITISH COLUMBIA MINING RECORD Devoted to the {lining Interests of the Pacific Northwest. PUBLISHED BY THE BRITISH COLUMBIA RECORD, LIMITED H. MORTIHER LAMB, rianaging Editor. Victoria, B. C, Office, Province Building. Vancouver, P. W. Charleson, Hastings St. London Office: 24 Coleman Street, E. C, Denver, Col.: National Advertising Co. San Francisco: Date's Agency. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: Canada and the United States, one year ■ Great Britain and Foreign, one year - ■ Advertising Rates on Application. $2.00 $2.50 Address all communications to The Managing Editor, B. C. Record, Ltd., P. O. Drawer 645, Victoria, B. 0. We have to request the indulgence of our readers for the delay in the appearance of this month's issue of the MINING RECORD. This delay was occasioned by a desire on our part to publish a verbatim report of the Mining Convention proceedings, but at the last moment it was realised that to await transcript of the voluminous notes would mean practically that there would be no March issue at all. The present issue is, therefore, published as usual, but next month we shall print a Convention Number, which will contain a full report of the speeches delivered and the resolutions passed at what was undoubtedly the most important and representative gathering of its kind that has ever been held in British Columbia. THE MINING CONVENTION. (By Clive Phillipps-Wolley.) AS far as one's memory serves, and we admit that it is hazy, there was once a professor named Frankenstein who set himself to make a man, which (not "who," for it was a machine) should live to perform all the ordinary functions of a man, and of course be the slave of its creator. The professor partially succeeded. His man walked, talked, and could do all manner of work, but it would not obey its maker. On the contrary, the Giant Creation took charge of its Creator. That in a nutshell is to our mind the story of the greatest creation of modern times in British Columbia, the story of the Provincial Mining Association. A certain number of extremely energetic and well meaning gentlemen, occupied for the most part in the mining of gold gravels, created this association for the general welfare and their own particular profit, which was reasonable. They even outlined for their creature a mind and intentions which might be announced to the world before its christening. On the faith of these declared intentions, the creature found many sponsors and friends in all classes of the community. Whether the creators quite meant all that they promised may be doubted now in view of the declarations made at the late convention with regard to the admission of labour disputes, the duty of advising the Legislature, etc., etc., but what they meant matters little. They builded better than they knew. The great creature was stronger than its creators and insisted upon every letter of its constitution. The miners, fanners, business men and others directly interested in the mining industry had been told by the parents of the association that its objects would be the general welfare of British Columbia, which would assuredly follow upon the prosperity of mining, and that this prosperity could, only be attained by an abolition of unjust mining laws; the introduction of conditions likely to attract foreign capital; the settling of labour troubles; the education of our legislators in mining maters by specialists in mining, etc. When the associates met to organize, they were nearly 300 strong and not only were all classes and all geographical divisions in British Columbia represented but from the pithiness of the debates it would almost seem as if the brains of the country were also represented. But when the associates had been convened, it seemed for a doubtful day that the matters to be discussed were indeed as represented, but that the onlv urgent matters were the two per cent, tax upon gross output; the granting of Crown grants to hydraulic properties; the endorsement of the silver-lead miners' London resolution and several minor matters, all tending to lessen the burden upon the mine owner. After listening attentively for a day the creature woke and proved that it was intelligent. It said practically "the two per cent, tax is really a small matter. In the gross it only amounts to $84,000 and the amount paid under it by some of the biggest of the grumblers is so small that T will spare their feelings by not calling for figure?. But the incidence 'of this tax is unjust, and it may indeed be a bugbear which keeps out foreign capital and therefore T, because I believe these things and believe that the removal of the two 502 THE MINING RECORD. per cent, tax will cause an increase of mining which will cause an increase of population, and so of revenue (probably in excess of the $84,000 which the Government is asked to forego) therefore, and because of all these things, I will recommend that the gentlemen who make the laws of British Columbia do abolish this tax. Again in discussing the troubles of the silver-lead miners, this association said "This seems a matter which has been well considered by those most interested and best informed upon.the subject. Their demands'appear to be reasonable. They don't want our advice, but they deserve our support. Let them have it." But this creature (the association) added riders to everything and applied the same principle to all questions brought before it. It decided that the laws relative to the silver-lead industry concerned first the silver-lead miners and therefore backed their petition, but when the mine owners wanted the code of signals upon which the lives of their employees depended altered against the wishes Oj. those employees, the association said "No." The men most interested don't want this code altered, therefore hands off and let it alone. When the two per cent, tax was protested the association assented to the protest, but it added this rider which the mining men had to affirm: "That with respect to the resolution passed dealing with the abolition of the two per cent, tax, this convention shall not be understood as being opposed to a fair and equitable taxation of the mining industry." The farmers had good right to fear lest the taxes which were being taken off the miners might light upon their shoulders, but the creature wsminchd to be fai - to the farmer and to deal out impartial justice to all men. When it came to the Crown granting of placer ground, the creature for the first time showed its teeth. It suffers acutely, it would seem, from indigestion, and not being American, refuses to be hurried over its meals. It was not opposed to the principle of Crown granting placer claims, but it did not know much about the matter and wanted to hear more, when therefore a few experts delivered their explanation which were not very explanatory and expected their arguments to "go without saying" and their dose to be swallowed without investigation, the creature, which is still young, did indeed swallow what it was asked to, but became so restless and irritable afterwards that it registered its annoyance and protest against "railroading" measures through its body, by an attempt to re-open the whole question, which was only abandoned on account of the greater importance of settling the Fernie strike. There is a great deal to be said in favour of these Crown grants. On all the showings nothing can shut the country up more than it has already been shut up: every one is agreed that investing capital does seek greater security of tenure and that long column of recommendations which in the report follows the main contention re Crown grants, contains, if you read it, answers to almost all the objections which can be urged against the granting of them, but the creature was not allowed time to read those recommendations or to dis cuss them seriatum as it wanted to do, and had no appetite for mental food ready digested by some one else, or for the pretty poppy-cock about "untold millions and dear old prospectors," wildernesses which would blossom with cities, or even for that picture of Mr. Hobson, its papa, driving droves of shiny American millionaires in crush hats up the Cariboo road. Therefore it demurred but eventually became resigned again, remembering that after all the resolution in question only "urged that the Legislature should give its serious consideration to these recommendations:" But with regard to certain gross.heresies the creature was emphatic. It had been avowedly created to give advice, founded upon experience and special knowledge to legislators who were alleged to be insufficiently informed upon mining matters. The Minister of Mines had attended the creature's birth in all humility and had asked for its advice, and now certain of the creature's parents calmly affirmed that it was no part of the association's business to advise the Government. "Then," replied the creature, "you have no business here at all." But it may be that the parents meant more than this, for one of them brought in a motion which for audacity beats Bannagher. Here it is: A. C. Gait and J. B. Hobson moved as follows: "That having regard to the laxity which has heretofore prevailed in the Legislature of British Columbia in the enactment of laws and amendments to laws affecting the mining industry and the serious difficulties occasioned thereby, and having regard to the widely represented character of the association, and the fact that it includes within its membership many of the most competent authorities in this province to advise upon all matters affecting the mining industry, this association do respectfully urge upon the Government and Legislature of British Columbia the advisability of enacting that no legislation whatever affecting the mineral industry or any branch thereof shall be introduced unless the same has been approved by this association, or unless the association has been given a reasonable period, not less than three weeks, within which to consider and advise upon such intended legislation." This would make of the association an Upper" Chamber, or substitute an irresponsible, unelected body representing one interest only for the duly elected representatives of the whole people. Of course .the creature told its parents to mind their own business: to remember that they were an advisory and not a ruling body: that they had not even as many votes as the farmers, and that they had better lay this fool resolution upon the table. On one other important point, the most important point of all, the creature disagreed with its creator and prevailed. The reasons for its creation were principally the revision of unjust taxes, the advising of insufficiently instructed legislators upon special subjects within the knowledge of the association, and the settlement of labour troubles. We have seen what happened with regard to the two first points. When the third came up for discussion THE MINING RECORD. 503 some of us were paralyzed by the opposition of certain important members to the admission of labour questions into the deliberations of the association, and others of us fairly gave up the conundrum when we seemed to gather from Mr. Hobson that the California association had not admitted the discussion of labour questions and yet had triumphed, especially in the allaying and eradicating of such troubles. At this the creature winked loudly, and a voice we are beginning to know said, "Good old Hobson, but it won't go," and it did not. The creature said that the settlement of labour troubles was its peculiar province : that it was going down to Fernie right away to settle that trouble, and the Minister of Mines patted it on its back saying, "Good old horse, I'll pay your exes," and he did. What, then, is the net outcome of the whole matter ? We think that it is this. Thanks to a very whole-souled friend of British Columbia and of mining generally (Mr. Hobson) who being Irish, is naturally a little florid about his millions, the Mining Association has been born, and because it really is composed of all classes directly and indirectly connected with mining, and is not dependent upon votes which can be bought for its existence, it is wonderfuly representative of the people, fair and level headed, anxious to get at facts for itself, intolerant of gas bags and people who want to do its thinking for it, and being British, suspicious of those who speak lightly of constituted authorities and precedent. Altogether we believe that it has voiced exactly the mind not only of the mining classes but of those other classes whose interests have also to be considered. We have heard what the .miners want and how far the farmers and others consider those wants to be reasonable. We have threshed out these matters before a body in which the mine owners and mine workers and the farmers, have sat side by side, and possibly the two first may have learned that the farmer would make the best possible referee between mine owner and mine worker, because his prosperity depends upon the peace between them and his sympathies are as much with the man as with the manager. He himself is a small capitalist who in this country must do his own work or fail, i. e., he is man and manager. Our success so far amounts to this: We have formed a really representative body of the people who in British Columbia are interested directly or indirectly in mining: in that body we have formed committees giving all classes and all divisions reasonable representation : we have elected a Chairman who has our entire confidence: we have at our first meeting punctured the gas bag eloquent; smiled down the unconsidered accusations of the intemperate employee; sat upon the employer who wanted to run the whole show contrary to the wishes of those more vitally interested than himself; turned a deaf ear to the man who wanted to make party capital on the floor of our house; taught ourselves that what we want is short speeches with merit in them, and that what the public wants is a spirit of level headed, absolute fair play for all. The world has been taught that life is strong in the mining industry of British Columbia: that it is quite brave enough to look its limitations and failures in the face and admit them; quite hopeful enough to believe that the remedy for them is simple and in its own hands, and quite sufficiently experienced and intelligent to form an adequate advisory board for legislators who want to legislate for the country's good. We believe that the Government realizes the value to them of the new instrument if properly used and its danger to them if misused or neglected. Finally, we have one word only of suggestion to our own, association. Would the gentlemen who "have recently been in contact with the vast aggregation of capital," and those who have, many millions of European money behind them, as well as that gentleman who can pour himself several millions into Cariboo, come to stay with the writer and bring certified cheques. Mr. S. F. Parrish, M.E., recently appointed General Manager of the Le Roi mine, at Rossland, is an engineer of wide experience and of great ability. For twenty-four years he was engaged in mining in Colorado, in charge of extensive operations at Leadville and Mr. S. F. Parrish, M.E, elsewhere, filling the positions of superintendent and manager under the Crysolite Silver Mining Co. and the Yak Mining, Milling and Tunnel Company. Prior to his present appointment Mr. Parrish was in charge of the B. C. Chartered Co:'s mine at Eholt. 504 THE MINING RECORD. Our contemporary, Iron Ore, published at Ishpem- ing, Michigan, in a recent issue, very properly denounces a fraudulent undertaking known as the Labourers' Co-operative Gold, Silver and Copper Mining Company of British Columbia. The secretary- treasurer of this concern is a pious individual named Nylin, by trade a Baptist preacher. This person has issued a number of circulars in which in very glowing terms he describes certain prospects the concern has got hold of near Sicamous as mines of great value, at which there are hundreds of thousands of tons ready for shipment, and that the company proposes to erect a smelter without delay to treat this ore, which is also marvellously rich. The circular makes delightfully quaint reading. Here is an extract: "There are some people who would advise others not to make an investment. Such is only envy—'Envy, the rottenness of the bones, as the wise Solomon says (Prov. 14:30.' " And again, "A number of investors in our company are Swedes and most of them Christians, who are going to give their dividends to assist missionary work." That, in fact, is Mr. Nylin's object, he tells us, in turning company promoter, that he may raise enough money to go out and teach the Gospel in comfort. But he has since apparently changed his mind on this point, for we learn he is now living at great ease and splendour in Chicago, having doubtless found a^ sufficient number of the "Lord's servants" to accept his special offer of "a reduction of 10 per cent." or an additional "$2 in shares" for every. $20 subscribed. In .addition to the undeveloped and probably quite worthless mineral claims at Sicamous, the concern has recently transferred its attention to Golden, where it is also proposed to establish a smelter and acquire a number of /claims. A later circular states that "shares have advanced from 5 cents to $50," but that as the company does not sell any of its treasury shares at present "even if $10 were offered,"' Mr. Nylin generously proposes "to give his friends a chance and has decided to sell some of'his own shares at $1 each. He has meanwhile founded a newspaper in his interests at Golden and has actually succeeded in imposing on some people. We have no hesitation in stating on the evidence that the Labourers' Co-operative Gold, Silver and Copper Company is a flagrant wild-cat, and that Nylin, its promoter, is a swindler of a very low and offensive type. There seems to be fairly good proof that under normally favourable conditions gold dredging may be profitably undertaken in British Columbia. Thus from the report of one company engaged in this class of mining on the Fraser we gather that the change from a incompetent to a competent manager resulted in a clean-up representing, instead of a loss on working expenses, a most substantial dividend on the capital invested. Unfortunately too many companies operating in the Province have not realized until too late that failure or unsatisfactory returns are largely attributable to faults of management and that is something no one can tell them. Reverting to dredging, it has now been clearly shown that the bucket dredge is the most suitable type to employ on the Fraser, and mistakes in this regard hereafter should not occur. Meanwhile, at the property leased by the company here referred to some interesting experiments were recently made by the engineer in charge in order to arrive at an idea of the distribution of gold in the river bed. In the place where he made his best hole the water was nine feet in depth; the first two feet below this gave 23 1-2 grains of gold per yard, the next two feet 10 grains per yard, and the next six. had very low gold values, while the last six feet gave no gold at -all, which seems to disprove the theory that the gold has settled down to bedrock. We have always regarded the Ymir as one of the best managed mines in British Columbia. So it is from an engineering point of view. But whether the London management has been quite judicious is another matter. Apparently the company was forced into reconstruction as a result of the policy of applying all profits to dividends. Now that reconstruction has taken place, and a comparatively small sum of $50,000 realized for development purposes, this same policy is to be continued. It is true the mine is in fairly good shape, since the lower tunnel connections were made, but nobody can pretend that the Ymir at present is in a secure position, and apart altogether from the question of advisability, it is open to doubt whether in the case of a mine so situated the occasional distribution of profits, which of course influences the share market, is even reasonably honest. At the recent meeting in London of the Le Roi No. 2 Company the directors placed all the blame for the fiasco which attended last year's operation on the engineers, Messrs. Macdonald and Thompson. On a matter of record we are inclined to think that Messrs. Macdonald and Thompson would make a better showing than most of the gentlemen drawing fat fees as directors of the Le Roi No. 2 and such other concerns in which the movements of the Stock Exchange are more carefully considered than the condition of the mine. THE MINING RECORD. 505 THE TYEE COPPER COMPANY'S SMELTER AT LADYSMITH. THE smelting works of the Tyee Copper Company, Limited, are situated.to the west of the town of Ladysmith and lying between the E. & N. Ry. and Oyster Bay, giving a water frontage of approximately 3,000 feet in length. A lagoon in the bay extending 1,000 feet in length by 500 in breadth, forms an admirable dumpage for slag for years to come, while on the outside of the lagoon there is deep' water for dock purposes. The ground between high water whenever the amount of ore procurable justifies the company taking this step. Two spurs of the E. & N. Ry. enter the property on the east, the lower one to the 37-foot level, for the shipment of matte, and the upper into the 51-foot level for the delivery of coke and coal. At the rear of the smelter buildings, also on the 51-foot level, are the burnt ore bins, of a capacity of 1,000 tons for the storage of burnt ore from the roast piles. The tramway, about 2,000 feet in length, connects the bins with the roast yards lying to the west. The ore is conveyed from the Tyee mine in bottom dumping cars by the E. & N." Ry. Co. and delivered by them into two sets of bins at the roast yards, having Smelting Building and Engine House. mark and the track of the E. & N. Ry. has been laid off interrace form, which gives a gravity system throughout. Although the plant as recently designed and constructed is of 200 tons capacity, the power house, smelting shed and dust chamber have been built for a capacity of 600 tons per day, so that nothing more than the actual machinery will be required to treble the capacity of the works, besides which some 60 feet ot ground lying between the power house and smelting shed have been excavated ready for such extension. Ihe buildings themselves, situated on the 37-foot level, have been placed sufficiently far back into the hill side to admit of the installation of a Bessemering plant a capacity of 1,600 tons. From this point the ore is trammed out over a series of six permanent trestles placed 60 feet apart and running north and south. At right angles to these trestles are six trenches four feet deep and forty feet apart, thus dividing the ground into beds 60x40 feet. The piles are built lengthwise with the cuttings so that half of each pile may be shovelled into the burnt ore cars on either side, thus reducing the distance to a minimum. The spreading of the ore over the ore beds is effected by means of a travelling bridge, placed between and at right angles to the permanent trestles and running on rails. By this means the ore can be dumped from the bridges onto any part of the pile, each series of trestles being provided with Ore cars unloading ore from the mine. are used for running out the ore over the piles, the ter, from the bottom of which bins the charges are bridge forming a circuit between any two sets of tres- drawn as required for the furnace, ties In this manner the piles are built up and the The company have all the machinery on the ground bridge pushed forward to the next ore bed. The ore for the erection of a large sampling plant which has is put up in piles of 250 tons each and require about been designed by Mr. Geo. Williams This plant will THE MINING RECORD. 507 be installed in the near future and will be equipped with Snyder automatic samplers, crushers, rolls, grind- Track Leading to Ore Piles. ers and screens, the fuel being delivered from the ore track on the west side of the sampler. Chalmers Company of Chicago, 111., U.S.A., and provided with fourteen 6-inch Tuyeres and all the latest appliances known in the. profession. In front of the furnace stands a large water jacketed receiver, into which the matte and slag run from the furnace, the slag overflowing into a second settler from which the slag runs into a j et of water under a sufficiently strong head to granulate it and flume it into the lagoon; the matte being tapped from the large settler at intervals and cast into slabs 3x2 feet and 2 inches thick. When cool it is roughly broken and shovelled to one side, ready for shipment. In the smelter shed on the east are two matte bins, each of a capacity of 40 tons, bucket elevator, matte sampler, one 7x10 Blake crusher, sample grinder and hoist elevator. The engine and boiler house on the east of the smelter shed and 60 feet distant, is 70x50 feet. In the rear of the boiler is the coal bunker 20x20, over which a spur from the E. & N. Ry. track runs for the delivery of coal for power purposes. An 80-horsepower boiler of the returned tubular type supplies the power for the Allis-Chalmers (Corliss) engine, which drives A General View of the Smelter. The water supply for the works has been provided by the E. & N. Ry. Co., who have constructed a storage tank on the west side of the track, 60x30x8 feet deep, which is supplied by a flume one mile in length from the head of Rock Creek. This gives an ample supply of water for the furnaces and for the shotting of the slag at the smelter. A six-inch water main connects the water tank with the smelting works. The smelter building is 81 feet in length by 51 feet in breadth. The charging platform covered with steel plates being 14 feet above the furnace floor is carried on cast iron columns with concrete foundations. A ventilator 6x10 feet extends the full length of the building and gives ample ventilation. The building is constructed in a most substantial manner, the framework being of 12-inch squared timber, sided with rustic and provided with windows of ample dimensions. Towards the west end of the building stands the water jacketed furnace, 42x120 inches, built by the Allis- the No. The Assay Office. Connersville blower, crushers and elevators THE MINING RECORD 509 in the smelter shed, the power being transmitted by means of a rope drive. All the machinery and power plant was supplied by the Allis-Chalmers Co. The engine, blower and boiler are set on concrete founda-" tions of ample dimensions. An electric light engine and dynamo furnishes light for the plant,'office and assay office, bins, etc., while a complete system of fire hydrants has been installed in each department. The assay office is located to the east of the smelter haying a frontage of 46 feet, divided into three roomsi while in the rear is the furnace Toom, 20x16 feet. The front building is divided into balance room, assay room and analytical room, each 16 feet deep and heated with hot water. The interior fittings are polished cedar and plastered throughout. The furnishings and chemical apparatus are of the most complete kind, consisting of analytical and bullion balances, scales^ platinum ware for the electrolytic determination of cop- The Manager's House. per and binettes, etc. In the furnace room stands the 30-foot stack divided into four compartments, while on either side are located the muffle furnace of the most improved type and a sand bath with hot air oven; all being fired from one side, while the openings are i'n the assay and analytical rooms respectively. In front of the stack stands a melting furnace, 16 inches square inside, used for experimental purposes. Abundance of light and ventilation are provided in each room, every detail being worked out for convenience of manipulation, making it one of the most complete, if not the largest, in British Columbia. The works were built from the designs of the smelter manager, Mr. Thos. Kiddie, his son, Mr. John Kiddie, C.E., being in charge of the construction, and Mr. Geo. Williams as mechanical engineer. THE HISTORY AND PROGRESS OF MINING IN THE BOUNDARY DISTRICT. (By E. Jacobs.) (Continued from last month.) SUNSET AND CROWN SILVER. THE Sunset group is owned by the Montreal & Boston Copper Co., Ltd., of Montreal, Quebec, which was organized in 1901 to acquire the mining properties and other assets of the Montreal-Boundary Creek Mining Co., Ltd., The group consists of the Sunset, Crown Silver, C. O. D., and the Florence fractional claim, all adjoining and situate in Deadwood camp, about three miles west of Greenwood. The Sunset and Crown Silver were both located on June 2, 1891. They were bonded in 1897 by Mr. W. L. Hogg, of Montreal, who with his associates did a lot of development work on them, and organised the Montreal-Boundary Creek Mining Company to further develop them. The other two claims were acquired later. In the summer of 1899 Captain Harry Johns, who had previously been superintendent at the adjoining Mother Lode mine, assumed charge at the Sunset and ever since has directed operations on the group. The number of lineal feet of work done in development on the Sunset and Crown Silver totals 7,155 feet, of which 1070 feet represent sinking and raising done on the properties and the remaining 6,085 cross-cutting and drifting. The main shaft of the Sunset is 412 feet in depth and levels have been run at 100, 176 and 300 feet depth respectively. The Crown Silver shaft is 265 feet in depth and from this about 880 feet of cross-cutting and drifting have been done. The 300-foot level of the Sunset is a long tunnel driven to cut an ore shoot cf higher grade than the main ore body and with the ultimate object of connecting with the Crown Silver workings. Owing to the rise in the hill the 300-foot kvel of the Sunset will be about 400 feet below the surface by the time it shall be under the Crown Silver shaft. A feature on the Sunset is a knoll of rock, the weathered exterior of which was much copper- stained.- A tunnel driven through this knoll disclosed the occurrence here of a big body of low-grade ore, approximately 300 feet in length by 115 feet in width and estimated to contain above the 100-foot level about 250,000 tons of ore. The method of mining this is by opening underground a large stope or "glory hole" connecting with the 100-foot level by a series of chutes down which the broken ore is shot to be trammed to the. main shaft and hoisted thence to the surface above the ore shipping bins. The power plant installed at the Sunset includes two Soli.p. boilers, half of a 20-drill duplex Ingersoll-Sergeant air compressor, two air receivers, ten Ingersoll-Sergeant 31-4 machine drills, Jenckes double hoisting engine with 14 by 20 inch cylinders, two 510 THE MINING RECORD. mine safety platform cages, dynamo of 125 volts run by a 12-h.p. engine for electric lighting, well-found tool and repair shop, etc. The building improvements consist of ore bins with a capacity of 2,000 tons, comfortable bunk and boarding houses to accom- date about sixty men, men's cottages, villa residence lor superintendent, assay office, boiler and engine houses, substantial head-works, etc. A double spur from the Deadwood branch of the Columbia & West ern Railway affords facilities for shipment of ore, which is sent to the Montreal & Boston Copper Company's smelter at Boundary Falls, distant by rail about eight miles, and to which between 7,000 and 8,000 tons of ore were shipped from the Sunset during the latter part of last year. EMMA. Six or seven years ago a shaft was sunk 100 feet on the Emma claim, in Summit camp, then owned chiefly by Farrell and Midgeon, well-known mining men of Butte, Montana. A big outcrop of copper ore occurs on the property, but the grade is not high, though the constituents of this ore make it very useful for fluxing purposes. After a Crown grant was obtained for the claim no work of importance was done until the Hall Mining & Smelting Company, of Nelson, B.C., a few months since made an arrangement with the present owners (the Dominion Copper Co., Ltd., of Toronto, Ontario), to mine and ship ore from it. Two years ago a quarry was opened alongside the railway, which crosses the claim, and some ore shipped thence to Boundary Falls, but as the smelter did not start work this was dumped alongside the lailway and lies there still. The Hall Company has expended about $4,500 in plant and buildings and shipped 8,530 tons of ore, chiefly to Nelson. This ore was taken from a big cut made in the side of the hill just above the railway, this admitting of mining and shipping costs being kept very low. There appears to be a large quantity of ore available here, so that a much-increased output is anticipated for the current year. Later underground work will probably be done, to determine the extent and value of the ore at depth. The opening up of the Emma claim has encouraged an attempt being made to do similar work on the neighbouring Oro Denoro, owned by the King Mining Company, of Rossland, and on which shoots of ore, of a grade that under present smelting, conditions can be mined and treated at a small margin of profit, have been encountered. THE B. C. MINE. The B. C. mine, situate in Summit camp, within a couple of miles of Eholt, the Boundary divisional point on the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Columbia & Western Railway, is one of a group of mineral claims owned by the B. C. Chartered Co., Ltd., of Montreal, Quebec. The claims comprising the group are: B. C, Truckee, Reveille, Hilda, Vashti, Falcon, J. W., London, Daisy Fraction, B. C. Fraction and Novelty Fraction, together containing an area of 268 acres. The B. C, upon which most of the development has been done, was located in the fall of 1896, and the following summer the work of opening up the mine was. commenced. To the end of 1901 -the footage of work done, in underground development of the mine totalled 5,876 lineal feet, 1,106 feet being sinking and raising and 4,77° feet cross-cutting and drifting. The deepest shaft is down 400 feet. This mine was the first in'the district to ship ore in quantity to a smelter. Commencing in January, 1900 its shipments during the first half of that year totalled 3,959 tons, and by the end of the year the output had been increased to 19,618 tons. Its production during 1901 was 47,517 tons, making an aggregate of 67,135 tons, having an average assay value of .015 oz. gold, 2.45 oz. silver, and 5.8 per cent, copper, wet assay. About four-tenths of this ore was treated at the Canadian Smelting Works, Trail, and practically the whole of the remaining tenth at the B. C. Copper Co.'s smelter, Greenwood. The pace of copper having iallen the mine was closed down during eight months of 1902, but underground work was resumed in September and by the end of that year 14,443 tons of ore were added to the total output of the mine. A considerable reduction having been made in freight and treatment charges the "run of mine" was sent to the smelter, with the result that the average value of the ore shipped fell to 1.75 oz. silver and 4.1 per cent, copper for the 1902 product. A lot of surface trenching to bed rock was done last summer, resulting in some fair showings of copper ore being met with. The power plant at the B. C. includes four boilers, together about 225-h.p.; a straight line 4-drill Pand air compressor; half a Class G Ingersoll-Sergeant air compressor rated at 10 drills; one large and two small hoisting engines; two sinking pumps, an electric light engine and dynamo, and a full complement of accessories. A spur from the Phcenix branch of the Columbia & Western Railway gives the mine railway connection. Mr. S. F. Parrish, M.E., who was recently appointed General Manager of the Le Roi mine at Rossland and the smelter at Northport, Washington, has been in charge of the B. C. mine since the beginning of 1900. WINNIPEG AND GOLDEN CROWN. The Winnipeg and Golden Crown are adjoining mines situate in Wellington camp, about eight miles from Greenwood. Both were among the shipping mines of the Boundary during part of 1902, though their production, respectively, was comparatively small, and both are inoperative at the present time. The Winnipeg was located in the summer of 1895, and 1897 a company named the Winnipeg Mining & Smelting Company was incorporated to acquire and develop the claim. This company did a deal of work and shipped some ore to the smelters. Towards the close of 1900 the Winnipeg Mines, Ltd., was incorporated to acquire the assets of the old company. During 1901 this company shipped 1,040 tons of ore, and whilst operating in 1902 added 785 tons to the total production of the mine, which, including the output of 1900, is 2,901 tons, much of it ore running $13 per ton gross, and consequently of a generally higher grade THE MINING RECORD. 511 than the average ore produced by Boundary mines high assay values could be got from hand samples but the best returns from carload lots were $48 per ton from one car, and $27 per ton from 57 tons, these being the gold returns from two lots from one vein Silver varies from 1 oz. to 6 oz. per ton, and copper runs about 1 1-2 per cent. About 4,500 lineal feet of work have been done in underground development, two-thirds in sinking and raising and the remainder in cross-cutting and drifting. The deepest workings are 400 feet depth. The ore veins are numerous, but most of the work has been done on three of them, these yielding practically all the ore produced. The Winnipeg has an area of about 27 acres. A half-mile spur from Hartford Junction connects the mine with the Phcenix branch of the Columbia & Western Railway. The power plant installed included two steam boilers, two hoisting engines, a 14x22 Rand straight line air compressor, air receiver, steam pumps, machine drills, etc., but fire last summer rendered useless some of this machinery and the mine has not since been worked. Fortunately most of the mine buildings escaped destruction. Efforts are being made to arrange for a resumption of work. Golden Crown.—The Golden Crown has had a somewhat similar experience to that of the Winnipeg, in that it was worked from 1897 to 1900 by one company and in 1901 passed into the possession of a reorganized company. The Brandon & Golden Crown Mining Co., Ltd., did nearly 2,500 feet of underground work, and shipped 2,241 tons of ore of an average good grade, and then it gave place to the Golden Crown Mines, Ltd., which has its head office in Brandon, Manitoba. The new company worked only a few months, during which its output of ore was 625 tons, making the aggregate of ore produced 2,866 tons. No. I shaft is 322 feet in depth, and levels have been run at 50, 100, 150, and 300 feet, the last-mentioned being about 900 feet in length. Work has been done on only three veins, the others crossing the property not yet having been opened up. The mine has railway connection similar to that giving the Winnipeg ore-shipping facilities. The power equipment includes two boilers together 100-h.p., a 12x18 Rand straight line ?dr compressor, air receiver, hoisting engine, steam pumps, machine drills, etc. This mine was the first in the district to put a mine cage in its shaft. OTHER COPPER-GOLD MINES. The mines already dealt with are those that produced and shipped more or less copper-gold ore in 1902. Besides these there are some properties, on which copper ores occur, that were either inactive last year or did not ship any ore. The best known of these will have mention before the quartz mines of the district have notice. In Greenwood camp there are the Brooklyn and Stemwinder group, owned by the Dominion Copper Co., Ltd., of Toronto (above mentioned as owning the Emma mine) and the Gold Drop, belonging to the Gold Drop Mining Co., Ltd., of Montreal, Quebec. The Dominion Copper Company's claims include the Brooklyn, Stemwinder, Idaho, Montezuma and Stand ard, all in or near the town of Phcenix, and the Rawhide, distant about half a mile to the southward. Brooklyn and Stemwinder.—The Brooklyn and Stemwinder are among the oldest locations in Green- wood camp, the latter by Jas. Atwood and J. Schole- field on August 3, 1891, and the former by S. Man- gott and J. M. Taylor on the following day. There is but little official information available relative to these properties. From other reliable sources, though, it has been ascertained that development work approximating between 3,000 and 4,000 lineal feet has been done on the Brooklyn, which has a shaft 268 feet in depth from which levels have been run at 150 and 250 feet respectively, whilst the adjoining Stemwinder has a shaft 344 feet in depth, but only a comparatively small footage of drifting and cross-cutting. It is stated on what is believed to be good authority that cne shoot of ore in the Brooklyn mine has been proved to be at least 1,000 feet in length and 20 feet in width at the 250-foot level. This mine has a considerable quantity of ore on the dump but has made only one shipment of about 150 tons, sent to the smelter in 1900 for a bulk test. The average value of the ore is understood to be about $5.00 in all values, but this statement has not been confirmed by anyone connected with the company. The Stemwinder has ore somewhat similar in character to that occurring on the Brooklyn, but as yet it has not been found in such great quantity on the former. The Idaho, which adjoins the Brooklyn on the south, has had a shaft sunk on it and a cross-cut has been run from this towards the Brooklyn workings, but development here is not yet extensive. The Rawhide shaft connects at 184 feet depth with a crosscut tunnel run about 450 feet into a high hill. This shaft passed through a shoot of nice-looking ore which has not yet been opened out. The Gold Drop.—The Gold Drop adjoins the Snowshoe on the west of the latter. No work has been done on this property since the summer of 1900. Up to then some 1,905 lineal feet of work had been done in underground development, 1,510 feet being cross-cutting and drifting and 395 winzes and raises. These workings disclosed the presence in the mine of large bodies of ore, but so far as known, only a single test carload was shipped to the smelter. It is understood that the owners are not disposed to work the mine at present, waiting rather for lower freight and treatment rates before resuming operations. The small power plant installed here includes a 4-drill air compressor, air receiver, 40-h.p. locomotive boiler, steam pump, machine drills, etc. Oro Denoro.—In Summit camp, near Eholt, the Oro Denoro, R. Beil and Blue Bell each had attention at one time or another between 1897 and 1901. The Oro Denoro was owned until recently by the King Mining Company, Ltd., of Rossland, B.C. Last December the Denoro Mines, Ltd., was incorporated to acquire from the King Mining Company this and other mineral claims. More than 1,100 lineal feet of work have been done on the Oro Denoro, including a shaft 185 feet in depth and three cross-cut tunnels. The 512 THE MINING RECORD. showings of ore on the property are promising, whether outcroppings at the surface or encountered in the tunnels, and it is confidently believed that when work shall be resumed, which it is intended shall be at an early date, the output of ore will, at the lower freight and treatment rates now obtainable, bring in returns more than sufficient to pay operating expenses. There is on the property a small plant Consisting of a 40-h.p. locomotive boiler, a 10x12 air compressor, air receiver, hoisting engine, steam pump, machine drills, etc. The R. Bell shipped 480 tons of ore in 1901, but no work has since been done on this claim. More than 1,000 feet of work have been done, including a vertical shaft 215 feet in depth with levels at 80 and 200 feet, respectively. R Bell. —The grade of the ore obtained was satisfactory but no permanent shoot of pay ore was met with, only bunches here and there, so that there was not sufficient encouragement to continue prospecting under the conditions then existing. The claim will likely receive renewed attention later. A 25-h.p. boiler, 6x8 Bacon hoist, and a 3 1-4 Little Giant machine drill operated by steam, were in use whilst work was being done underground. The Blue Bell.—The Blue Bell, situate in the neighbourhood of the B. C. mine, was for some months under bond to a company formed in Illinois, U.S., but the option to purchase was not availed of. Whilst the agreement was in force a shaft was sunk 133 feet, but at that depth it was in a sheet of porphyry which cut off the ore. As similar conditions were found to exist in the B. C. it is probable the ore occurs below the porphyry, as it does in that mine. However, the owners declined to extend the time for a substantial payment under the bond, so the Eastern men threw it up. Short drifts were run in ore at 50 and 100 feet depth, respectively, whilst work was in progress. The Mountain View, situate between the R. Bell and the Blue Bell; Maple Leaf, one of the Rathmullen group; and the Rambler, prospected by shaft, cross-cuts, and diamond drilling, by the Everett and Spokane Mining Company, are other mineral claims within a couple of miles of Eholt that have been prospected considerably. The Morrison.—The Morrison, in Deadwood camp, is a property that will probably ere long be placed on the list of regular shippers, but for some months this mine has been closed down. For several years the Morrison was operated by the Morrison Gold Mining Company, of Spokane, Washington, until, in January of 1900, the Morrison Mines, Ltd., was organized to take over all the assets of the old company. There are three veins of ore opened on the property, but only one has been explored to any extent. The ore bodies in the main vein upon which work has been done are from 10 to 40 feet in width. Altogether about 3,000 lineal feet of work have been done underground, some 450 feet being sinking and raising and 2,550 feet cross- cutting and drifting. The diamond drill bored 1,011 feet of holes (all on the 300-foot level, and this crosscut several large ore bodies, which have not yet been opened up though trial shipments of ore, 433 tons in all, were made to the Greenwood, Grand Forks and Trail smelters for test purposes, but the mineral content was not published. An announcement was made recently that a contract had been arranged with the Montreal & Boston Copper Company's smelter to take ore and that consequently operations would be resumed at the mine at an early date. The mine is equipped with two boilers together 110-h.p., a 16x24 straight line Rand air compressor, rated at 5 drills, machine drills, air receiver, No. 7 Cameron sinking pump, and, at the 200-foot level station, a 7x9 Lidgerwood hoisting engine. With the plant and equipment now at the mine a daily output of 100 tons of ore is stated to .be practicable. There are about 5,000 tons of ore on the dump. The mine buildings include boiler and engine house, boarding and bunk houses, and all other requisite accommodation. The mine is on Copper Creek, about three miles northwest of Greenwood, with which it has waggon road connection. The Deadwood camp branch of the Columbia & Western Railway, from Greenwood to the Mother Lode and Sunset mines, passes within a mile of the Morrison, to which a survey has been made for a spur, giving about a three per cent, grade on a direct route. King Solomon and Copper Mine.—In Copper camp oxidized copper-bearing veins are met with on the King Solomon and Copper Mine (the later known locally as the Big Copper) mineral claims. It is not unlikely that these also occur on other claims in this camp, but the two properties named are the only ones opened up in that locality. Some interesting observations by Mr. R. W. Brock, geologist, of the Dominion Geological Survey, on these veins were quoted in the first of this series of papers (See Mining Record for January, 1903, page 455). On the King Solomon the oxide zone is found, and on the Copper Mine the richest sulphide zone. A prospect shaft was sunk on the King Solomon several years ago, but the work done last year was the making of a deep open cut into the side of the hill, taking out rich iron and copper oxide. Some 850 tons of this ore were sent to district smelters, but as it had to be.hauled by horse teams about four miles to the railway at Deadwood for shipment thence to the reduction works, freight costs took too large a proportion of the returns to induce the owner of the claim to continue shipping. Work done last year on the Copper Mine claim exposed an ore body 174 feet in length and 82 feet in width. An open cut, averaging 15 feet in width and 26 feet 6 inches in height, was run 93 feet in the ore, of which there is a considerable quantity on the dump ready for shipment whenever market conditions shall be deemed favourable enough. The opening up of this property directed attention anew to Copper camp, and it is likely that it will lead to the claim being sold ere long to a strong company. The Copper Mine is owned by Mr. Geo. B. McAulay, of Spokane, Washington, managing director of the Cariboo McKinney Mining & Milling Co., Ltd., and Mr. John Morand, of Greenwood, Mr. D. C. Corbin, the well-known builder of the Spokane Northern Railway, also of Spokane, owns the King Solomon. THE MINING RECORD. 513 Rubv and Golconda.—There are several promising copper claims in Smith's camp, near Boundary Falls among them the Ruby and the Golconda. In 1901 the Ruby was under bond to men resident in Detroit Michigan, who did a lot of surface work, uncovering several shoots of copper-gold ore of good grade, of which they sent to the smelter 85 tons. They installed a 45-h-P- boiler and worked two machine drills by steam, these facilitating the driving of two tunnels, one about 165 feet and the other of shorter length! Financial difficulties eventually necessitated a cessation of operations and the bond lapsed. The Ruby, which is owned by Messrs. W. G. McMynn and Geo. Cook, is situate within a quarter of a mile of the Boundary Falls smelter, but the Golconda group is in the hills to the west of Boundary Creek and about a couple of miles away. No work was done on the Golconda last year, but men are now doing some further prospecting on the property. A shaft was sunk four or five years ago, and later a cross-cut tunnel was driven 280 feet, the calculation being that the ledge would be encountered at 450 feet in, and would there give a vertical depth of 275 feet, but there remains 175 feet tunnel to be driven before this expectation can be realized. The group comprises the. Golconda, Cleveland, Laocoon, York, Wild Rose and Gold Bed. Hon. Geo. E. Foster is one of the owners, and another 1 C. Haas, now of Spokane, has directed the prospecting work done on the claims. There are numerous other promising copper claims in the several camps of the Boundary. 1902 IN THE SLOCAN DRY BELT. (By W. D. McGregor, ME.) BEFORE giving an outline of the more important developments of the year, it may be as well to notice one or two general matters that have affected our mines. The district has always suffered on account of the extreme richness of the ore—or rather of the rich lenses of ore in many of the ledges. This may seem an unreasonable statement, but it is easily understood that a prospect owner finding a bunch of ore that assays from $50 to $150 per ton, and knowing that $15 per ton will pay shipping and smelting charges, may very likely decide that there is a good thing in it for him, and he consequently starts in to make .his mine open itself. Everything is done in the most expensive way, and after driving his little development tunnel through the rich shoot he finds that the ore sorted from the rock broken in the tunnel is not a very large percentage of the whole, that the little stoping ground available will hardly pay expenses and that he has no funds for further development. The chances are that he not only breaks down the ore from above, but "un- derhands" everything in sight and most fatal of all, sorts rather loosely. Then when his returns come in and he finds that his shipment ran about $50 per ton and it cost him $60 and he has gouged out all the rich ore in sight; the face of his tunnel is in low-grade and the once promising prospect is a "frost," though he may have cut through the top of an extensive ore shoot and others may, and probably do, exist on the same level ahead of his work, making the proportion of ore in the whole vein large enough to pay handsomely if properly and economically developed. If, on the other hand, such a prospect cut into ore in one, two or more places, falls into the hands of a promoter, together with an optimistic report on ore not in sight, he (more or less self deceived) is likely to sell at a vastly increased price to some syndicate which probably unloads, at another killing profit, onto a company. The problem presented the directors is probably only the extracting of $100 ore at a profit. This being the case a. small fund in the treasury is looked on as ample, and this is probably expended on trails, buildings, etc., as development and ore extraction are expected to be synonymous, with dividends after the first month's operation. Of course the end of this is worse ' than the first case. The district is discredited and what ^might have been a good mine is an eyesore and a stumbling block to the whole camp. Now, I do not wish to pose as a "calamity howler" or "knocker," though we have suffered severely from this kind of thing in the past, and I must say I do not know of a good surface prospect in a good locality that has proved worthless under proper development. Also, the past year's development has been quite as satisfactory as that of any previous twelve-month, though of course the drop in silver hits us all hard. In outlining the year's work I cannot pretend to touch all the working properties, so confine myself to types and those I am best acquainted with. Beginning at the extreme north, the most important work of the year has been done on the Fisher Maiden, which produced, several years ago, some very rich ore from a shoot near the centre of the property and was then practically abandoned. Surface prospecting in the fall of 1901 showed rich ore near the south boundary. Two' adit tunnels have proved a more important ore body than the original discovery. No. 1 tunnel shows ore from 4 inches to 6 feet wide and about 75 feet long. The ore is rich, sorting to about 150 ozs., complex, various sulphides in quartz gangue and easily mined. Now shipping steadily. Coming south to Ten-Mile Creek, we find the Enterprise mine with an output of 2,200 tons, chiefly concentrates, just about paying expenses for the season, and at present shut down, owing to the drop in silver and unsatisfactory results from the mill. The Iron Horse, half a mile west of the Enterprise, operated by the Burlington Company, has been doing steady development work since the resumption of work last fall. The Recowilabi Company owning the northern extension of the Arlington mine, under the same management and consisting of largely the same shareholders, has decided on the erection of a large reduction plant as soon as the snow goes. Satisfactory tests are reported from the experimental plant set up in Spokane and it is expected they will handle the low-grade ores, not only from their own vein, but from others THE MINING RECORD. i!5 in the vicinity. As the manager of the Arlington estimates 40,000 tons of low-grade, most of which is on the dump, encountered in mining some 7,000 tons of shipping grade, all of which can be treated at a profit and representing the comparatively small vein area worked as yet, it will be seen that the value of successful treatment on the lines laid down will be very great, not to the Arlington, etc., alone, but to other mines of the same class. It is understood that the method includes table concentration and an electro-cyanide treatment of the tailings, giving a very close saving of values. Of course I believe that the final step in the treatment question will be the smelting at Slocan of the dry ores en masse, giving the necessary flux for the galena from the Upper Slocan. There is not ore enough cut as yet, to warrant the necessary outlay, but we are distinctly nearer the point than a year ago. One of the marked steps toward a big tonnage is the development on the •Black Prince, situated about one and a half miles southeast of the Arlington and near the divide between Springer and Lemon Creeks. This has been developed under option by Mr. Hy. Norman, of Spokane, during the season. The work under the bond includes a crosscut tunnel between 400 and 500 feet in length and some 150 feet drifting and cross-cutting, exploring the vein at this depth. As the vein is opened at the 80-foot level by a cross-cut and some 300 feet of drift a fairly good idea of its value is now available. It is shown to be from 8 to 16 feet wide; gangue, quartzose, banded highly mineralized in shoots. Ore dry, largely sulphides ; large quantities second grade, has yielded five carloads sorted ore showing over 100 ozs. Altogether a most satisfactory showing. On the same ridge one and a half miles west the Meteor claim is being re-opened under lease. The leaseholders have shown the old ore shoot to extend down 60 feet below where it was thought to be worked out. They have driven a cross-cut at this level and are now stoping ore which is concentrated into a quartz "pay streak" a large proportion of which is charged with grey copper, argentite and pyrites, the sorted ore showing in the neighbourhood of 1 oz. gold and 300 ozs. silver. West of the Arlington one and a half miles on the same range and at about the same elevation lies the Ottawa. This is one of the marked successes of the year. It is owned by a Pittsburgh syndicate, having been purchased by them in the latter part of the summer, after developing for some six months under bond. The mine is in charge of Mr. McPhee, who opened the property for the owners and is working a full force on development while shipping about 15 tons of sorted ore weekly. Coming west down Springs Creek, the next point of interest is the Dayton at the mouth of the creek of the same name. This also is being operated under lease and the leaseholders have been working in ore almost from the beginning. The gold values in this would seem to mark a belt a mile or more wide extending from Ten-Mile to Lemon Creek. The Republic group, two and a half miles northeast of Slocan, has been under development all summer. A waggon road has been built and two long cross-cut tunnels run from a gulch to tap the two main veins. This has not yet been accomplished, but since November they have been working a small force taking ore from the old workings where the showing has greatly improved. They' are shipping steadily ore that returns somewhere in the neighbourhood of $1,000 per car. The owners of the Myrtle group, about one mile northeast of the Republic are putting in their second winter developing this, which they have already shown to be one of the big deposits of the camp. They count on defining the walls and getting a working estimate of its value this season. On Lemon Creek probably the most important work is that done on the First North Fork, showing the continuity of the gold content with depth. There is no doubt that a considerable area here is well worthy investigation, as good gold values are shown in many places, and the deepest work on the creek shows satisfactory ore at the bottom, say 200 feet depth. It might be well to note here that exploration so far seems to show that all of the ore-bearing deposits or veins in this vicinity belong to one of three main classes: First—The big veins or shear zones, running across the axis of upheaval, in the granite, sometimes over 100 feet wide, characterized by quartz deposits on each side or wall, which appear two distinct parallel veins and are often so described. On examination, however, the belt between these "veins" is found to be fissured, twisted and more or less altered and mineralized by the passage of hot liquids and vapors. Lenses of ore are common and may occur in any band, though all the more important deposits of high-grade ore seem to be, in or connected with, one of the wall deposits. It would appear, however, that the ore will cross, sometimes in a series of steps, from one wall to the other, sometimes folding back on itself. The mineralizing action, of course, varied constantly; in some parts converting the whole mass into low-grade ore and again concentrated into a single band of varying width, of high-grade sulphides. These form a field for mining on a large scale and development should be provided for, with this end always in view. The second is a simple fissure vein in the granite, running generally at a wide angle with series No. 1, marked by very distinct ore shoots, and with, as a rule, the values so concentrated that outside of the shoots the vein is worthless, and the ore in the shoots very rich and calling for the tenderest handling to prevent loss. A careless shot among dusty sulphides that assays $1,000 to the ton is apt to not only lose a week's wages or more but to so plaster with mineral the barren rock adjoining, that another week's pay is lost by sending worthless granite to the smelter. The third vein is probably the simplest proposition, as it is the gold-bearing, comparatively flat seam, enriched on the surface for the undoing of prospectors and the two optimistic operator, but proved to carry good values to depth and offering no special obstacle to treatment. The Arlington might be cited as an example of No. 1, the Enterprise of No. 2, and the Violet of No. 3. 516 THE MINING RECORD. To summarize: The products of 1902—6,400 tons, from 13 properties with values ranging from $40 to $250 and averaging as" near $90 per ton or $576,000 as need be. Results of season's development, satisfactory. The gold belt calls for more investigation and offers a promising field for experience backed by capital. The existence of low grade ore in large quantities proved by the Arlington, etc., and their determination to put in a plant for the treatment of these ores. Altogether the outlook in spite of low silver and some gross mismanagement is good, or even very good. AN "ALL-FIRE " METHOD FOR THE ASSAY OF GOLD AND SILVER IN BLISTER COPPER.* (By Walter G. Perkins, Grand Forks, P. C.) AS this particular product holds a place by itself, it seems desirable to give a paper dealing especially with it as. a corollary to my paper entitled "The Litharge Process of Assaying Copper- Bearing Ores and Products and the Method of Calculating Charges."* The process is first to convert the metallic copper into matte by the addition of sulphur, allowing the two elements to combine at the bottom of the crucible when heat is applied. The flux then acts on the sulphides, oxidizing some of the copper which goes into the slag, while the gold and silver are collected in the lead-button reduced by the sulphur. These buttons are combined and scorified twice, for the purpose of concentrating the values and eliminating the remaining copper, thus reducing cupal ■ absorption-loss to a minimum. Charge for a 20-gm. Crucible. Sulphur 800.0 mg. Cu (approx.) 0.083 A.T. Na2C03 plus K2CO3 (1-2 & 1-2) 0.5 A.T PbO (free from Ag) 8.0 A.T. Si02 0.5 A.T Salt Cover. Method of Operation. Weigh out 0.25 A.T. of copper borings, divide it approximately into 3 equal parts, and place in 20-gm. crucibles; repeat the operation • until four sets have been weighed out, thus having twelve crucibles in all for one assay. Weigh'800 mg. of pulverized sulphur into each of these, and mix with the copper; then add one charge of flux, but do not mix the copper and sulphur with the flux, as these two elements should remain at the bottom of the crucible, to form matte when heat is applied. Shake down; fill the remaining portion of the crucible with salt (NaCl), and place in a dull-red muffle. Raise the temperature very gradually for thirty or thirty-five minutes, at the end of which time some salt should remain, not quite molten, *Trans. American Institute of M. E. in the centre of the top of the charge; this will melt and become quite fluid in a few minutes. The temperature should then be raised, so that, in forty-five minutes from charging, the muffle will be of a bright red colour, the charge quiet, and perfectly fused. 1 he success of failure of this method, especially the silver result, depends upon the proper regulation of the furnace. Therefore, a detailed description of the manipulation, as practiced'by the writer, is necessary at this point. The muffle used is 17x19x8 1-2 inches, outside dimensions, in which twenty-five crucibles can be placed at a time. Twelve crucibles containing the blister-copper charges should be placed in the front part of the muffle, so that the action can be watched carefully. In the back part of the muffle may be placed ore-assays, etc., the result of which are not so easily affected by temperature. The atmosphere in the muffle must be reducing; otherwise, as the charge fuses, the silver seems to come to the surface, and a-portion of it is apparently oxidized (or volatilized) and lost in the slag, making the result from 0.4 to 1.0 oz. per ton too low. A muffle that has a good draught through it always has an oxidizing atmosphere when fired with coal; therefore, some artificial means must be resorted to in order to bring about the desired result. The practice here is to plug the holes in the back of the muffle with bone-ash. Then distribute five crucibles (which are about three- fourths full of fine coal and covered with 3-in. scori- fiers) amongst the charge, thus: Two in the back row, one in the centre and two in the front row of crucibles, closing the front with a tight-fitting door. This will reduce 1 to 2 gm. of Pb from PbO, if a blank charge is run. In case a gas or gasoline furnace is used, the atmospheric conditions would probably be correct without resorting to artificial means. Pouring, Slags and Buttons.—All conditions being perfect, the charge will pour very fluid. But care must be taken to rotate the crucible quickly, and tap sharply several times, in order to settle any fine shots of lead that may otherwise be held in suspension or adhere to small recesses in the walls or bottom of the crucible. The slag, on cooling, should be a yellow silicate of lead at the outside of the cone, becoming finely crystalline and deep-green immediately inside the outer skin. If more than merely the skin of the slag shows as a silicate, the heat has been too great; and if the entire slag is crystalline, with large coarse crystals pointing towards the centre, the temperature has been too low, and has most probably left some shots' of lead in the crucible. The salt on the top of 'the cone will be of a deep brownish-red, the depth of color lessening when overheated or when the atmosphere of the muffle had an oxidizing effect. The button from each crucible should weigh about 18 gm., and break clean and bright from the slag. Care must be taken that a film of lead is not left on the slag where the button breaks from it, as a gas-bubble that has a thin covering of lead appears to form at the top button, which adheres to the 'slag. THE MINING RECORD. 517 Scorification.—Each set is now represented by three buttons weighing 18 gm. each. These are now scorified, to eliminate more copper and concentrate the value The four sets, each representing 0.25 A.T., are manipulated as follows: Place four 3-in. scorifiers in a hot muffle for ten or fifteen minutes; then, having reduced the temperature in the.muffle to about the right heat to open cupella- tions quickly, place the sets of three each in four scorifiers ; close the door, and the scorifications should open as quickly as cupellations. When properly opened, lower the temperature to a heat that will just permit the operation to be carried on successfully until covered. Raise the temperature until the slag is hot enough to pour freely: decant as much slag as possible without losing any lead; return the scorifiers to the muffle and allow scorification to go on until covered again; close the door to heat up the slag, and then remove the scorifiers and pour. Each resulting button will weigh about 5 or 6 gm., if the temperature has been kept low from the start. Second Scorification.—Four 2-inch scorifiers are now heated as before. The buttons from the first scorification are broken down and the slags scraped free of any lead-films on to a filter-paper. Each 5-gm. button is made up of 25 gm. with CP. test-lead. The filter- paper containing the button and test-lead is folded and put into the already hot scorifier. Conduct the opera- tians at as low a temperature as possible, as these buttons will open easier than the first scorification. Raise the temperature when the buttons are nearly covered with slag, pour, cool, and break down again, watching for small amounts of lead on the slag. These buttons are now ready for cupellation, and represent four assays of 0.25 A.T. each. Carry on this operation to get "feather" PbO on the cupels. This needs careful watching, as the buttons only weigh 5 or 6 gm. Weigh the beads for silver plus gold in 0.25 A.T. Combine two and two, part, and weigh for gold in 0.5 A.T. summary. 1. The litharge must be absolutely free from silver, or, at the most, contain only small traces of silver, in order to avoid the necessity of correcting by difference. The kind used is of Pueblo manufacture. 2. The temperature must be carefully regulated in all operations. Also, have a slightly reducing atmosphere in the crucible operation, otherwise the silver result will be too low. 3. Great care must be exercised in watching for shots and films of lead, especially after the concentration of sets. 4. The cupels should be nicely "feathered," and when cold should be of a very pale greenish-yellow, •denoting the almost entire absence of copper. It is possible to get a good result by leaving more copper in the lead-button, thus doing away with the second scorification. It is best, however, to do as directed, placing beyond doubt the question of the absence of •copper in the silver-beads. 5. The flux can be mixed in large batches and measured by having a cup made that equals one charge, the formula being: Na2C03 plus K2CO3 (1-2 & 1-2 5 lbs. PbO 80 lbs. Si02 5 lbs. 6. The advantages of this method are: That it gives results in gold equal to the "all-scori- fication" method, and in silver equal to the combined wet and fire method. That it does away with the necessity of making separate estimations for gold and silver, thus saving the time and expense of working the combination method for silver. That the time taken is less for each estimation than in the all-fire scorification. In practice it takes from five to six hours to do three determinations of gold and silver. APPLIED MECHANICS (By Geo. Williams, Mecli. Eng., Ladysmith.) THE subject of this article is most especially the application of the science of mechanical engineering to the different methods of turning ore in the ground to as many dollars as possible in the pocket of the mine owner and operator. It is an unfortunate fact that more often than not, the persons who in the first place discover a certain property, have not the necessary money to develop it, so the "prospector"* looks for a capitalist. We may suppose that all goes well, a company perhaps formed,- with a president or general manager at the head, who as is often the case, knows nothing of mining or mining machinery. The mine is then developed in a more or less economical way, depending on the ability of the man in charge on the spot. Then machinery is needed, manufacturers consulted, whose interest is not the welfare of the mine, but to sell and get as large a price as possible. The more ignorant of such things the executive force is, the bigger the bill, as no intelligent check is put upon them. All then going well, the cry is, "We must have a smelter." The manufacturers are again consulted, and advise the installation of whatever they see fit. As the day of "secret processes" is practically at an end, the economy and proper working of the plant depends very considerably on the mechanical arrangement of it, and the steady and economical running of the machinery in it. A good engine well set with a good ordinary boiler furnishes power at a reasonable figure. For instance about 100 pounds of coal will} ~ furnish one horse-power per 24 hours, a non-condensing Corliss engine being used, or about 60 pounds tnrough the medium of a compound condensing one. On the other hand the amount of fuel may reach as high as 300 pounds of coal per horse-power per day, a poor class of engine and boiler being used. 548- THE MINING RECORD. Moreover, good and suitable machinery properly arranged, will run without frequent shut-downs for repairs. What is more annoying or expensive than having frequently to shut down a furnace, on account of shafting being out of line, or a boiler not large) enough? The hoist at a mine being disabled, shuts down the mine, time and money being lost in both cases. To a mine or smelter which is being run on a narrow margin of profit, this means ruin, which might perhaps have been averted, had the machinery been selected and arranged by a competent engineer, or in other words, the principles of mechanics applied as they should be. Another large item of expense, the handling of material, may be reduced to a minimum by the best arrangement of the integral parts of the works in question. BRITISH COLUMBIA IN LONDON. (From our own Correspondent.) ALTHOUGH the tone of the B. C. market has been somewhat firmer recently, it cannot be said that there has been any material expansion in the amount of business transacted in this section. To a very large extent the prices quoted for British Columbian mining shares on the London Stock Exchange are still nominal, and it is only in Le Roi group, Ymirs, Velvets and a few others that there is anything like a free market. As a matter of fact the changes during tlie month of January were few and far between, but it is satisfactory to record that they were mostly in favour of holders. Le Rois fluctuated between i 1-4 and 1 11-16, the best mentioned price being 1-16 only above the final quotation. As a result of the cheerful and straightforward remarks made by Mr. MacMillan Le Roi market was decidedly firmer, whilst Le Roi No. 2 were steady notwithstanding the remarks made at the meeting as to the improbability of any immediate amalgamation of the two concerns. Rossland and Kootenay remain at about 3-8, and although a proportionately large gain is shown by L. & B. C. Gold- fields as a result of better news about the Ymir, the shares of the parent company have never recovered from the blow sustained in connection with the collapse of the Ymir. The shares of the latter have been as good as 3-4, for the reason above given, but are of course still only about a third of the price to which they at one time advanced. This company is a striking instance of the folly of precipitancy in the matter of dividend payments, and it is to be hoped that if ever the concern is again able to enter the dividend list it will have a longer sojourn there than it had before. At present, however, there seems little possibility of the Ymir re-entering the charmed circle. The better news to hand for the mine, was, of course, welcome; good news is welcomed in a market not too plentifullv supplied with cheering statements. One of the most notable features was the sharp advance in New Gold- fields of B. C. in sympathy with the sharp advance in Velvets based on the reported new discoveries on this property. Velvets are about 6s. higher on the month. It will give you some idea, however, of the way in which the London market exaggerates the relative importance of a cable from a property when I point out to you that the advance in New Goldfields of B. C. which followed the publication of the news in question amounted to no less than four hundred per cent. In other words the shares which had been knocking about the market at about 60 cents, were suddenly inflated to $3. Of course the mining department has little or no sense of proportion at the best of times, and here is one of those examples which will prove this very clearly to your readers. Snowshoes are one of the best markets in this section, and are wonderfuly well held. Your description of this property in the January Record has attracted quite a lot of attention, and it is hoped that the property has a good future before it. You will, of course have heard that two .of its board, Mr. G. S. Waterloo, and Mr. MacMillan, have been elected directors of the Le Roi, and it is to be hoped that their accession will prove helpful to the board of what is—through good and evil repute—still regarded as the premier British Columbia mine, despite Mr. Curie, and his pessimistic utterances regarding B. C. mines in recent issues of the Economist (London). I have made a little comparison of the prices of what may be regarded as the representative B. C. mines dealt in on the London Stock Exchange, at the 31st December, and at the end of January, and the following ■ is the result: ADVANCE. DECLINE. UNCHANGED. ConsofdMines selection Hall Mining 3d. 1-16. Le Roi No. 2, 1-16. Le Roi l/z. Nimrod Vs. L. & B. C. Goldfields y&.\ New Goldfields jj|. Velvets-16. B. C Develop Ass'n. Duncan. iEnterprise. jQueen Bess. Rosslane-Kootenay. JSnowshoe.. I Whitewater. lYmir. jGiant, The above will show pretty clearly the drift of the market in London, viz., steady to firm.with a better tendency for certain shares, due to exceptional causes. With anything like a continuance of favourable advices from British Columbia there would probably be an expansion of business in this section; but the British investor has had such a bad time as a result of his connection with B. C. mines that he naturally wants to see some definite prospect of a return on his capital before increasing his interest in the Province. It is satisfactory to be able to note that Mr. Turner's efforts to enlighten the public here as to the attractiveness of the Province as a home for the British emigrant are being ably seconded by the Canadian Pacific Railway. I do not, of course, mean that the C. P. R. have ever been backward in this respect, but rather that they have lately hit upon a happy method of introducing people in this country to the Dorriinion of Canada by means of the bioscope. A few days ago the company gave an exhibition of animated pictures at the Palace Theatre representing Canadian life and scenery. The pictures thrown on the screen illustrated THE MINING RECORD. 519 a journey across the Canadian Continent, and represented in the most realistic manner town, farming and ranching life, lumbering, sport and mountain scenery. The views, which were witnessed by an enthusiastic audience, were a splendid advertisement for the Dominion, and I can only hope that the C. P. R. people will endeavour to give residents in the provinces an opportunity of obtaining such an excellent acquaintance with its industries and beauties. One could have wished perhaps that an effort had been made to give a little more attention to the mining side of Canadian life, but no doubt the C. P. R. officials recognized the necessity of dealing more with the phases of everyday life which attract the man in the street, rather than with a subject which is necessarily extremely technical and not of general public interest. The exhibition was under the patronage of Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, and amongst the crowd of people present I noticed the Duke of Argyle, Lord Mount Stephen, Sir Spencer Walpole, the Hon. J. H. Turner, your hard working Agent General, Messrs. A. Lang, Cameron Alexander, J. G. Colmer, W. T. Preston, and many others. This useful work of education reflects much credit on Mr. Archer Baker, whilst the Warwick Trading Company of this city are to be congratulated upon their excellent photographs, which in their aggregate represented approximately 100,000 pictures. The run through the Rockies, Selkirks, Gold Range and Coast Range of mountains was the largest and one of the most realistic series of animated photographs that has ever been shown in this country. It is to be hoped that when the complete—or approximately complete—returns of mining in 1902 are to hand, the same will at once be cabled over to Mr. Turner, so that he may have them circulated officially from the Agency. It is neither dignified nor in the best interests of the Province that these should be allowed to leak out in an incomplete form, and be so forwarded to London by news agencies. The Minister of Mines will no doubt see to this in future. The output of our mines is too important to be transmitted in a mutilated or inaccurate shape, and we trust that the methods of other Colonies will te adopted, and the information forwarded so soon as it is available without an instant's delay to London. British Columbia needs all the support that can be afforded it in the capital of the Empire at the present juncture, and such a piece of information as the yearly mining output should not be divulged to any one here until it has first been flashed over the cable to the Agent-General. He can be left to arrange for its immediate circulation both on 'Change, and in the press. Private enterprise is all very well, but when it is not always able to ensure accuracy it is liable to be harmful to the state's best interest. THE CANADIAN MINING INSTITUTE. NAMES OF THE OFFICERS AND COUNCIL NOMINATED FOR -I903- THE Nominating Committee of the Canadian Mining Institute has reported the names of the officers and council to be elected at the Annual General Meetings on 4th,. 5th and 6th March next. Mr. Charles Fergie, of the Intercolonial Coal Co., Westville, N.S., who has held the position of president for two years, retires, his place being taken by an Ontario man, Mr. Eugene Coste. Mr. Coste is one of the oldest mining engineers in Canada, having been the first chief of the Division of Mines and Mining Statistics in connection with the Geological Survey. On leaving the Survey, Mr. Coste was successful in locating, opening up and equipping the Welland Natural Gas field. He has contributed several valuable papers to the Geology of Canada, and particularly on the characteristics of the oil and gas fields of Ontario. The complete list is as follows :— President—Mr. Eugene Coste, mining engineer, Provincial Natural Gas and Fuel Co., Toronto. Vice-Presidents—John B. Hobson, mining engineer, Consolidated Cariboo Hydraulic Co., Bullion, B.C.; Dr. F. D. Adams, McGill University, Montreal; Robert E. Chambers, mining engineer, Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Co., Bell Island, Newfoundland; George R. Smith, M.L.A., mining engineer, Bell's Asbestos Co., Thetford Mines, Que. Council—Edmund B. Kirby, mining engineer, Centre Star Mining Co., Rossland, B.C.; S. F. Parrish, mining engineer, B. C. Chartered Co., Eholt, B.C.; J. H. Tonkin, mining engineer, Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co., .fernie, B.C.; Frederick Keffer, mining engineer, B. C.. Copper Co., Anaconda, B.C.; A. P. Turner, Canadian Copper Co., Sudbury, Ont; E. A. Sjoostedt, metallurgist, Consolidated Lake Superior Co., Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.; D. G. Kerr, mining engineer, Cordova Exploration Ltd., Cordova Ont.; Dr. W. L. Goodwin, School of Mining, Kingston, Ont.; Harry J. Williams, mining engineer, New England Canadian Asbestos Co., Thetford Mines, Que.; Dr. J. Bonsall Porter, mining engineer, McGill University, Montreal, Que.; B. Bennett, mine manager, King Bros., Asbestos Co., Thetford Mines, Que.; F. Cirkel, mining engineer, Montreal, Que.; C. Shields, Dominion Coal Co., Glace Bay, C.B.; Dr. E. Gilpin, Jr., mining engineer, Halifax, N.S. > Thomas Cantley, Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Co., New Glasgow, N.S. Treasurer—J. Stevenson Brown, Montreal Que. Secretary—B. T. A. Bell, editor Canadian Mining Review, Ottawa, Ont. RECENT PATENTS OF INTEREST TO MINING MEN. w E are indebted to Mr. Rowland Brittain, Patent Attorney, of Vancouver, for the following report: Sulphide Ore Smelting and Concentrating Process. 520 THE MINING RECORD. Canadian patent No. 78,857, granted December 30th, 1902, to Emil Knudsen, of Sulitjelma, Norway. SmszM gip ml Claims : i. The method of treating ores, which consist in first imparting to the lining of the furnace a high degree of temperature then charging the furnace with ore, then admitting a cold air blast to the charge at a low pressure thereby initiating the smelting of the . charge and subsequently increasing the pressure of the blast causing thus the smelting and concentration of the charge without the addition of carboniferous fuel. 2. The method of sme'fting ores which consists in charging the ores into a furnace having a highly heated lining, introducing a cold air blast at the bottom of the furnace and below the surface of the ore, thus utilizing the sulphur in the melted ore as fuel, emptying the furnace and re-charging the same while the lining retains the heat imparted thereto by a previous smelting operation. 3. The process of smelting pyrites or sulphide ores which consists in charging the same into a furnace having its interior lining previously heated to a sufficiently high degree to fuse the ore, injecting into and through the melted ore a blast of cold air whereby the sulphur in the ore will be oxidized and the resulting heaf utilized to smelt the charge without other fuel, then emptying the furnace and re-charging while the lining retains the heat imparted thereto by the previous smelting operation. THE CANADIAN SMELTING CO.'S ASSAY OFFICE AT TRAIL. TO replace the assay office which was destroyed by fire in July last, the Canadian Smelting Works has completed at Trail, B.C., a new structure, which, in point of modern equipment, equals, if not surpasses, any assay office on the American Continent. The purpose of the management is to keep pace with the progress and needs of the rapidly increasing resources of a new country, and to that end the assay office has been constructed and equipped to permit of the running of all classes of work that might be presented, such as coal and coke, iron and nickel ores, gold, silver, copper and lead ores and other mineral deposits, in addition to any experimental work which might be necessary in connection with the smelter and the new electrolytic lead refinery. In the case of the Canadian Smelting Works, where the ores are so varied, coming as they do from all parts of the province, containing anything from 200 oz. down in gold, and 5,000 ounces down in silver, from 30 per cent, down in copper and 82 per cent, down in lead, in . practically every combination—and such impurities as molybdenite, arsenic, zinc and antimony—the assay office holds even a more important relation to the smelting industry than is generally the case, the great variety of ores making it necessary to analyze nearly every shipment. Such large quantities of zinc and other impurities demand the closest tab on the furnaces, roasters and every part of the works, necessarily increasing the demands on the assay office. The new structure consists of two large brick buildings, the smaller or furnace building being built into and at right angles with the main structure, yet being entirely separated by brick walls. The main building which is 70x35, contains the office, two balance rooms, an electrolytic and parting room, the chemical laboratory, bucking room, store room and basement. In the basement is the motor, which furnishes power for the mills and crushers. Two samples of every shipment of ore are sent to the assay office, where they are placed in electrical dryers. On one the moisture is calculated and the other is pulped. The mills and crushers are all on separate foundations to prevent vibration in the-building. The sample is divided into four parts, one of which goes to the mine, one is sealed and put aside for use of an umpire, the third being stored for reference and the fourth is assayed. In case of dispute, the umpire sample is sent to some assayer agreed upon by both mine and smelter, and his assay is final. All samples are taken to the pulp room, where there is a cabinet capable of holding 10,000 pulps. All the weighing of pulps for chemical, furnace and electrolytic work is done in this pulp room, which is equipped with glass top tables, built from the ground, and carrying four chemical balances. On one side of the pulp room is the chemical la- ' boratory, fitted with every new labour-saving device. The chemical and draft chambers, for the purpose of carrying off all aqid fumes, are brick the full height of the building. The chemical hood has four electric hot plates, each 12x18 inches, for chemical work, with separate adjusting apparatus, so that the chemist may have any degree 'of heat, from 50 degrees centigrade to the melting point of tin, without the slightest inconvenience. The hood has two similar electrical plates, three sulphretted hydrogen and one dionide generator. In the laboratory there are two hot water tanks, one of which is connected with a still for distilled water, heated by electric coils and provided with syphons and rubber tubes for washing precipitates. Amongst other useful equipment are the THE MINING RECORD. 521 vacuum and pressure pumps and the hot and cold water throughout. On another side of the pulp room is the entrance to the furnace building, the walls of which are surmounted by large ventilators and skylights. The furnaces, four in number, have 23x17 1-2 inch muffles, and are constructed to burn Crow's Nest coal. They have a common 40-foot stack. The fire room is also open to the roof, and is divided from the furnace room by a brick wall. The floors are concrete, covered with quarter-inch sheet iron. Two electrolytic plates and a hood for fumes, similar to those in the laboratory, are contained in the electrolytic parting room. The electrical equipment in this compartment also comprises a set,of storage batteries, connected with a dynamo in the basement, which are capable of delivering a continuous current of 20 amperes at 6 volts, the distribution of which is governed by rheostats, capable of cutting the whole down to one- tenth ampere. Larger currents, up to 500 amperes, may be had direct from the dynamo, when required for experimental work. Not the least interesting, however, is the balance room, which contains three gold balances and one analytical balance. To insure greater accuracy, they are mounted on tables and are so delicate as to weigh the ten-millionth part of an ounce. .The building and its arrangement and equipment was planned by S. G. Blaylock, assayer for the Canadian Smelting Works. THE STRIKE AT FERNIE. IT is to be hoped that the Board of Conciliation appointed by the Provincial Mining Association to proceed to Fernie and endeavour to bring about' a satisfactory settlement of the present deplorable strike situation at these collieries will be successful in their efforts. Meanwhile it will interest many of our readers to learn something of the issues at stake, and we therefore extract the following information published by a local contemporary, the Fernie Free Press. To show that the miners are exceptionally well paid as a class, Mr. Tonkin, the General Manager, has made a sworn statement of miners' earnings at the respective mines. These are: MORRISSEY MINE. Miners' Averages for Three Months—November, 1902, to January, 1903. « No. 1 Mine— Highest average net earnings per shift $6 54 Lowest average net eanings per shift 3 14 Average net earnings per shift 4 66 No. 3 Mine— Highest average net earnings per shift 8 38 Lowest average net earnings per shift 2 77 Average net earnings per shift 431 No. 4 Mine— Highest average net earnings per shift 6 96 lowest average net earnings per shift (this party worked only four days) 1 81 Average net earnings per shift 4 72 ALL MINES. Average net earnings per shift 4 64 Miners' average earnings— Per Cent. Exceeding $6 per shift 20 From $5 to $6 per shift 18 From $4 to $5 per shift 28 From $3 to $4 per shift 21 Under $3 per shift 13 Miners whose net earnings exceed $100 per month— November 16 December 20 January 32 Note: During the months of November, December and January, the Morrissey mines were operated under a schedule of wages proposed by the Coal Company. During these months, and while the schedule was under advisement it was current information that the local union had instructed the men not to overexert themselves; that is, to hold themselves dovvn to a certain amount of work daily until the schedule was finally approved. The schedule as approved, with several minor amendments, was finally approved of by a committee of eight men from the several mines, who met with General Manager Tonkin and General Superintendent Stockett at Morrissey in January. The schedule was then printed and posted at the mines. COAL CREEK MINES. Miners' Average for Five Months—September, 1002, to January, 1003. Highest average net earnings per shift $7 29 Lowest average net earnings per shift 3 19 Average net earnings per shift 4 63 Miners average earnings :— Per cent. Exceeding $7 per shift 1 From $6 to $7 per shift 12 From $5 to $6 per shift 16 From $4 to $5 per shift 41 From $3 to $4 per shift 30 Miners whose net earnings exceed $100 per month— September 68 October 66 November . . . 32 December 27 January 31 MICHEL MINES. Miners' Averages for Five Months—^September, 1002, to January, ipoj. Highest average net earnings per shift $6 93 Lowest average net earnings per shift 3 42 Average net earnings per shift 4 87 111 522 THE MINING RECORD. Miners average net earnings— Per cent. Exceeding $6 per shift 14 From $5 to $6 per shift 26 From $4 to $5 per shift 50 From $3 to $4 per shift 10 Miners whose average net earnings exceed $100 per month—j September - 50 October 50 November—only two months account local strike. December . 18 January 46 In an interview Mr. Tonkin is reported to have made the following statement: (1) That only 18 per cent, of his employees had voted for a strike. (2) No notice of a strike had been served on the company. (3) He did not ask for 81-2 hours' work, but that it was agreed that a majority of the men employed must vote for the old system in order to re-introduce it. (4) The statement was incorrect that he was present at the vote. (5) Contract men were not affected by the 81-2 hour regulation and probably not more than 10 per cent, of his employees were directly interested in it. (6) A reduction of wages of 15 and 20 per cent, had not been made at Coal Creek. Five cents a ton was taken off when the new closed lights were intro-. duce'd, and this affected only one mine. (7) The timber question was settled as soon as the landing room could be prepared and the men are having no more trouble with lack of timber. No miners were dismissed on this account, but because it was known that the four men in question were trying to incite a strike. (8) He had never refused to meet a committee from any one mine, or from any local union, and if necessary was willing that the local union should refer their grievances to a higher tribunal, the District Union of the Western Federation of Miners. (9) The objection to the company stores was certainly late in making its appearance. It was well known to every miner that the company was disposing of their stores at the three camps and he felt reasonably assured that the transfer would be made i.v March ist. He was at a loss to understand what was meant by the "buttying" system at Michel, unless 7 referred to the back-hand system by which the contractor generally earned a "rake off" from his helper. This system was employed by all mines and without it no one could become a practical miner as the laws of the province require a contractor to hold a miner's certificate and such a certificate cannot be obtained by any who has not worked in a mine for at least 12 months. (10) As to the question of the net average earnings of the men employed in all the mines, Air. Tonkin offered the books of the company for inspection, in order to prove that the figures represented the'net earnings after back-hand, powder and smithing had been deducted. The case of Mr. P. Christopher was given as an example. In December he earned $133.25; 50 cents were deducted for smithing and $46.25 for back-hand; no powder was used. This left a balance of $86.50, which, divided by twenty shifts worked in the month, leaves a daily average of $4.32 1-2. All the others are worked out on this basis, and are sworn to as being correct. THE MINERS' SIDE. Referring to Mr. Tonkin's table of miners' earnings, the union offer the following criticisms: After an investigation of numerous statements we find that the Coal Company method of book keeping is not infallible,.as a copy of some of the statements will prove. Now we do not make statements we are not prepared to prove and to do this let us look at the following lists of wages :— J. Ballusky worked 18 shifts, earning $173.20. He had the following back-hands:— M. Kovalik, 2j days at $2.50 $67 50 H. Smith,.5 days at $2.50 12 00 G. Erison, 1 day at $2.50 2 50 J. Terman, 7 days at $2.50 17 50 Total for back-hand labour $100 00 Now this man had nothing stopped out of his earnings to pay these men. Had their earnings been deducted from his net earnings there would have been a remainder of $73.20 for his 18 shifts instead of $173.20 as given by the company due bill. Wm Murray worked 20 shifts, earning $143.65. . Now $51.30 of this amount is given as consideration for which nothing is shown. He employed three backhands for 20 days each at $2.50 per-day, making a total for back-hand labour of $150. Take $150 from $143-6-5 and poor Murray is in debt to the back-hands to the amount of $6.35 after working 20 days for nothing. But this would not do to put before the public, so the company generously deduct $33.20 to pay for 60 days' work instead of $150. For what purpose this is done we cannot tell. Phil Christopher worked 16 shifts: To mining 113 tons at 40c. per ton $45 20 To 13 1-2 yards entry at $2 per yard 26 65 To 3 days' company work at $3-. q 00 Total earning $80 85 I The company give a total of $102.85. What is that $22 given tp Christopher for? Again the company deducts $39.00 for back-hand labour instead of $60 Whv was not full back-hand earnings - stopped from Chris- fSeei •$6Vr0m ?8°-85 leaV6S $2°-8S' P^ So cents for smithing leaves $20.35 for 16 shifts, or an average of $1.27 per shift—a magnificent sum for the dan<4- ous occupation of coal miner & John Spok worked 9 days in No. 3.mine, earning *20.40; $22.50 the company deducted for back-hand labour so for the privilege of working for the C N P Coal Company nine days he paid them $2.10. In fact THE MINING RECORD. 523 to pay- these back-hands their proper days' compensation he started on company work in preference to dig- ding coal. & mg? Question: Have the contract men room for kick The men whom the company call pushers are actually engaged in loading coal for miners. They are paid by the company rignt along and have been paid by them ever since the miners have been working under the protested wage list. We know by experience that as soon as the men would accept this scale of 40 cents per ton that they would be required to pay all the pack hands themselves according to the usual custom. There are several reasons why the company have given these miners so much help. It may have been that they wanted to make a big average wage for the miners to get them to accept the wage offered or it may have been to bribe them to work away contented and not to trouble about their less favoured fellows, for they undoubtedly would not leave these men to work as pushers and loaders as soon as the price of 40 cents per ton was established. It has come as a revelation to the miners of this valley that the company are in the business as pnilanthropists; if not why are these men's wages (loaders and pushers) not deducted from the miner's due bill? Why did they not deduct $100 from Ballusky's pay and give it to the back-hands? Why did they not deduct $150 from Murray's $143.65 and leave him $6.35 in the hole? Why did they pay Christopher $22 more than he had earned and why did they deduct $39 for back-hand labour instead of $60 and pay the difference themselves, for Christopher's back-hand statement showed that he received $60. Again, why was the back-hand's wages deducted from J. Spok? In nine days he earned $20.40 and $22.50 was deducted for back-hands. How was it that he was not to enjoy the same privilege as others? Was it because he was not able to put his trouble into good hands or was it because he was not occupying any prominent position in the local union and therefore they did not consider that it was worth the expense to bribe him into quietness ? This question we leave to the public decision. The statements prove conclusively that the net earnings do not show all reasonable deductions since in many cases no back-hand labour is deducted at all. On the point of wages we believe the contract men have just room for "kicking," and we cannot see how we materially; weaken our cause by raising this question. The miners at Morrissey were always likely to earn : high wages under the objectionable rate for the reason shown. No greedy coal miner expects a larger'average than $4.50 for eight hours' work. As long as the management ignore the union and refuse their officers audience misunderstandings will never be cleared up. The secretary of Gladstone Union and also of the District Board has asked time after time for an audience and were invariably refused. The union officials, however, have not been idle for the past week. With much labour the January statements have been collected in the three camps and in order to save space the results have been boiled down. The officials of the union will take an affidavit as to their accuracy before Mr. Tonkin himself. Again you seem to believe that only contract miners are kicking about the wages. This is not the case, but all company men, all outside ,men and all coke oven men as well. The accompanying list of wages show how these men are paid. In many instances the wage would nto be sufficient for a man to live in an Eastern' town, much less in the West. . Taking 73 of the Fernie miners' due bills for January after smithing and blasting expenses are-deducted we find that 11 men earn $100 and over, 22 men under $100 and over $75, 14 earn under $75 and over $60, 25 earn under $60. The following is the list of 130 men employed in the Fernie mines at company work, such as shiftmen, trackmen, rope riders, drivers, brattice men, couplers, switch boys, etc. 1 man earns $3.50 per day. I ' 3-25 7 men 3.00 () - ' 2.75 l5 .-< 2.50 0 " 2 OO 6 i-75 4 " 1.50 ■3 " ' 0 1.00 The following is a list of and number of ovens drawn coke drawers for January and shifts worked: Ovens Per Shifts Cons ider- Total per drawn. Oven. ation. month. 57 75C 19 $42 75 57 75 1 19 42 75 40 75 19 25c 3° 25 57 75 19 50 43 25 57 75 • 19 75 43 5° 57 ' 75 19 $1 25 44 00 57 • 75 19 42 75 445* 75 18 40 50 5° 75 17 I 00 38 50 .">o 75 17 . 39 75 6 75 2 4-50 79 75 75 60 00 57 75 25 43 00 The following are coke loac worked in Tanuarv. tons load ers with number of shifts ed and price per ton. Tons Price Days Total for Loaded. Per Ton. Worked. Mouth. 3J9 17c 30 $54 25 281 17 26 47 75 289 17 49 15 226 17 26 38 40 211 T7 25 36 05 226 17 25 38 40 211 17 25 36 05 24I 17 24 40 95 274 17 46 55 26l 17 44 35 3*9 T7 30 ..54 20 389 17 49 10 524 THE MINING RECORD. These are only Fernie prices and at Morrisey and Michel they are even lower. We regret that we have not been able to get the due bills from these places in time for the Press as it would have shown just how much lower they are than here. However, we are safe in saying that they are below a fair living wage, and that they should be raised to Fernie rates is only just. In the interview with the Press representative Mr. Tonkin states that the timber trouble was settled as soon as landings were made and that the men are having no trouble about lack of timber. We say the timber trouble was not settled and the men did have trouble for lack of timber right up to the time they came out. Those four men spoken of last week were dismissed for trying to get some redress to the timber trouble and for coming out of the mines for want of it. Indeed several other men on different occasions were told by the overman, that if they went out for the want of timber they would be dismissed. Further, Mr. Tonkin states that he was always willing to meet the committee of the local union. Well, the local committee did meet him often, and stated their grievances but could get no redress. So at last to stop further encroachments they had to place the whole of their troubles before the District Board. The trouble with the buttying system is that under that system the company do not pay enough to give the miner a good wage and allow him to pay a helper as he should be paid. It forces the helper to work for a lower wage than the general rate of the country. In all the West the Government price for outside labour is $2.50 and in quartz mines the muckers get $3 per day, yet these men are expected to work in the hazardous calling of coal mining for $2.50 when they are working for a miner, and $2.25 when they are working as helpers for the 'company at Michel. These are the complete facts of the case as taken by the Press Committee after going through all the due bills that could be got, and we think I answers the question "Are the men of the Crow's Nest Valley well paid?" REASONS OF THE STRIKE. The men and boys working in and'around the mines and coke ovens of the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company at Morrissey, Michel and Fernie came out on strike on the morning of February nth. In Fernie the men and boys have been working under protest since August 4, 1902. The public at large are more or less acquainted with their grievances. Just one month and tour days after the big explosion of May 22, 1902 in which 130 men and boys were killed because coal is mined for profit instead of being mined for use Mr John H. Tonkin, who by the way, came direct 'from Pennsylvania after the explosion to fill the position of manager of the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company without consulting his employees, imposed upon them an extra half hour underground, or in other words made it nine hours from bank to bank instead of eight hours, as it had been previous to his coming here and as it is in every other coal mine in British Columbia ihe men were forced to strike or submit to the imposition. F After a six weeks' strike, and on August 4, the Gladstone Miners' Union, No. 76, of the W. F. M., entered into an agreement with Mr. Tonkin on behalf of the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company and clause 5 of that agreement in part reads as follows: "If at the expiration of two months from date of this agreement the union shall signify in writing to the company after a vote by ballot among the employees employed by the company underground, that they are dissatisfied with tne extra time underground, the company hereby agree that this agreement shall be at an end; and thereafter a day's work shall consist of one eight (8) hour shift." The day they signed this agreement Mr. Tonkin told the committee that he intended in the near future to draw up a scale of prices which he wanted the committee to sign on behalf of the union. He assured the committee that he would not cut prices, or in other words, that the prices would remain as they were when he came. The day following the signing of this agreement he submitted his scale of prices to the union, and to the surprise of all concerned there was a general cut. of from five to twenty per cent. Of course the union refused to sign it. But what could they do? They had pledged their word and honour to try the new system for two months. They went to work under protest of prices. At the expiration of two months the union took the vote by ballot, which resulted as .follows: Thirty-three for the new system—who, by tne way, were largely petty bosses of the company— and 129 votes to return to the old system. The union notified Mr. Tonkin in writing that they wished to return to the old system. He wholly ignored their notice. Section 6 of the agreement reads in part as follows: "There shall be no discrimination by the company against any of the miners or working men employed by the company previous to the inauguration of the strike." This the company almost wholly ignored and many a good man left the camp rather than allow the union to get into trouble fighting his case. At Morrissey they have been working under a protested wage scale since the middle of last October, 40 cents per ton for digging coal, and the company^ stores to deal in. If I am correctly informed this is the lowest price ever paid for digging coal on this continent. At Michel where everything is owned by the company except the C. P. R tracks, the union men in order to hold their^neetings have to walk about three miles into the woods to an old logging camp with neither doors or windows. The company have positively refused to rent them a place to hold their meetings. The company stores are at the mines in all the three camps and none others are allowed. Men and boys are killed or crippled almost daily in these mines. It would take a whole column to enumerate all the grievances in the three camps; I merely mention a few So it will be seen that the employees of the Crows Nest Pass Coal Company have not been waiting for an opportunity to strike, but all these months they have been working under protest with the hope that they could adjust their grievances without a strike, and knowing that to win a strike all three camps must strike together, in that way shutting off all the THE MINING RECORD. ozo .coal supply and thereby closing down the smelters of West Kootenay and shutting down all the quartz mines, which will throw thousands of our fellow workmen out of employment and practically stop the wheels of industry. Realizing all this, the employees of the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company have done everything in their power during these months that they have been working under protest to get the company to adjust their grievances without a. strike. The foregoing represents as near as possible the questions in dispute and we think any fair-minded person will conclude that the grievances of the miners are by no means all imaginary. It is, for example, an abominable system where a man may obtain a, favoured position in a mine and so earn a very large wage, while another equally competent can only make a pittance by being obliged to work in a less favoured spot. Meanwhile, the strike at Fernie has demoralized the metal mining industry in the whole of Southern British Columbia, and unless steps are taken to prevent the recurrence of these continual labour troubles, we can never look forward to a period of permanent 'prosperity. The public should be informed at once who is really responsible for the present calamitous state of affairs. CANADIAN LEAD AND LEAD TARIFF. j HE Canadian Smelting Works at Trail have in- A stalled an electrolytic lead refining plant, which is now in successful operation, and as the process has proved to be more economical than the old zinc desil- verisation process universally used in the United States, and to a large extent in Europe, this electrolytic refinery will immediately be enlarged to handle the bullion (lead, silver and gold) output of Canada. Unfortunately the present output of bullion in British Columbia is not sufficient to enable any refinery to earn the full amount of the Government bounty, namely, $5.00 per ton on 20,000 tons of refined lead per year. This bounty cannot strictly be considered in the same light as a protection upon lead, as it was mainly for the purpose of offsetting an indirect bounty upon refining in the United States amounting to something over $3.00 per ton of lead produced. The lead smelting and refining industries now having been established, furnishing competition in the purchase of lead ores, it now remains with the Government to secure for the lead miner the home market for the sale of his lead at prices which will enable him to make a profit upon the large amounts of money expended in lead mining in British Columbia and elsewhere, and also to secure for Canada an industry which may develop into an extremely large and important one, namely the corroding of lead, producing white lead, red lead, litharge orange, etc. The present injustice of the Canadian tariff, so far as the lead miner is concerned, is due to the fact that he pays for practically everything which he purchases on the basis of 25 per cent, to 35 per cent, duty, whereas in the sale of his product, which from his standpoint is a manufactured or finished product, there is but 15 per cent, protection less the differential of one-third, making a net of 10 per cent, or approximately $5.00 per ton of lead. On white lead, which represents the main consumption of pig lead, the protection is but 5 per cent, less a third, making 31-3 per cent, net, or approximately $2.00 per ton, in other words, not only has he far less protection in the sale of his product than he has upon the articles which he_must purchase, but in the case of his purchases the differential duty is not effective, the prices being made practically by the United States, whereas in the sale of his product the differential of one-third is effective and fixes his selling price. It is interesting to compare the protection accorded Idaho miners working under similar conditions and on practically the same general mineral deposits as in British Columbia, and it will be noticed that the British Columbia miner has a protection upon his pig lead of $5.00 per ton, while.the United States miner has a protection of 2 1-8 cents per pound, or $42.50 per ton, a net protection in favour of the United States miner of $37.50. In the case of white lead, which takes the greatest amount of the lead production, the comparison is worse, the United States protection being 2 7-8 cents per pound, or $57.50, while the Canadian protection is only jbout $2.00 per ton, making a net difference in favour of the United States miner of about $55.50 per ton of white lead. The relative du-. ties, therefore, on pig lead between the United States and ( anada, are:— United States $42 50 Canada _.: 5 00 In favour of the United States miner.$37 50 which amounts to $18.00 or $20.00 per ton of lead ore containing from 50 per cent, to 60 per cent, in lead. To be entirely fair to the B. C. producer of lead, as well as others who have invested large amounts in that country in its development, it would be no more than fair to start upon a basis of charging 2 cents per pound duty upon pig lead and 3 cents per pound duty upon white lead, the other lead industries consuming lead or white lead to receive a protection over and above these figures an amount equal to their present protection. Duties of this kind would immediately have the effect of stimulating mining in British Columbia, increasing its smelting and refining industries to a great extent, being the means of establishing an entirely new industry, that of the corroding of lead in Canada, and would otherwise directly and indirectly give employment to a large number of men and the employment of a greatly increased amount of capital. This would be a marked contrast to the present state of affairs, when British Columbia producers of lead have now large quantities of pig lead on hand which they are unable to dispose of at several dollars per ton less than a London price, which is only about $48.00 per short ton, while Mexican bullion, the product of Mexican smelters and Mexican mines, is being refined and corroded in bond in New York and vicinity, being shipped into Canada in the form of white lead. The Canadian producer of pig lead can now dispose of but 3,000 to 4,000 tons of pig lead in Canada, due 526 THE MINING RECORD. to the fact that corroding works -cannot be established under the present tariff regulations, while from 7,000 to 10,000 tons of lead is being annually imported from the United States, Germany and England in tonnages approximately proportional to order named. The British Columbia producer of lead is marketing the balance of his production (over and above the 3,000 or 4,000 tons, which he is enabled to market in Canada) in China, Japan and England. This can only be remedied by making such duties as will encourage and stimulate the mining industry in British- Columbia, will give sufficient protection to those caring to invest in the corroding business. There can be no question but this can be accomplished by duties starting with 2 cents per pound on lead and 3 cents per pound on white lead, or if this is inconsistent with the present general tariff, to make these duties in this proportion not under any circumstances, however, making the duty upon pig lead less than 1 1-2 cents per pound and 2 cents per pound upon white lead. There is, meanwhile, absolute stagnation in all the silver-lead camps; and such properties as the St. Eugene, which are capable of producing large tonnages, are completely closed down. This is due primarily to the very low price of London lead arid silver. In spite of the cheap labour in Mexico, a number of their properties are also closed down. The Broken ' Hills Compan)', of Australia, seems to be making absolutely nothing; and the chances are the only people who make a^'thing at present prices of lead arid silver are the Spaniards. It has been suggested by a few that a bounty paid direct to the lead miners would relieve the Canadian situation, but the Government intimated last year that they would not consider the granting of any additional bounties—but they did admit that where it was shown that the tariff needed revision they would be glad to correct it. A further objection to a bounty is the fact that it is unsatisfactory to the producer, as the Government must of necessity make it for a limited 'period only, and usually at a rapidly decreasing rate per tori of material produced. A still further objection to the bounty in the case of lead ore is that the Government would not under any circumstances be willine to grant an amount of bounty which would to any degree or material extent improve the conditions in British Columbia. The many. reason for a revision of the lead tariff are First, the product of this country—pig lead— which is the result of mining British Columbia lead ores, at a high cost, smelting them, which is also an expensive operation, and refining the resulting bullion, is only protected to the extent of 10 p. c. net, or about $4.50 per ton, whereas mines, smelters and refineries must, purchase articles at prices which are regulated by a duty averaging something over 30 per cent. Second—White lead is only protected to the extent of 5 per cent., less one-third, or 3 1-3 per cent., and consequently is all imported from England, the United States and Germany; England securing but a very small amount of this business. The white lead and other lead coming from the United States is not of United States origin, but is the result of refining and corroding Mexican bullion in bond. At the time the present tariff was framed, white lead was considered as crude material, Canada not being in a position then to produce either pig lead or white lead. There is every reason, therefore, for a revision of this portion of the tariff, making sufficient increase between pig lead and white lead to insure the construction of corroding works in Canad" which will have the effect 01 giving the Canadian miner the benefit of the Canadian market. A third reason for a revision of the tariff is the fact that the United States ,through its duties on lead and lead products, has always discriminated against Canadian lead, and as their mines, particularly those of Idaho, are operated under similar conditions to those in British Columbia, it is very difficult for people owning mines just north of the line to understand why the Canadian Government should not give them the same benefits as are granted by the United States Government to the Idaho mines. It is not a pleasing contrast to find properties like the St. Eugene closed down in Canada while those a few miles to the south are operating on a large scale, employing many men, and paying splendid dividends to their owners. British Columbia mines are open to the smelters of the world; and United States smelters are treating about one-half of the tonnage produced, yet Canadian smelters are limited to their own market, being unable, on account of the United States tariff, to purchase a single pound of lead ore in the United States. Is there any reason why Canadian institutions should be placed at the absolute mercy of the large trusts of the United States, while Canadian institutions are prohibited from competing in the United States with those trusts? In spite of the fact that Canadian institutions are in a position to smelt and refine as cheaply as in the L nited States, Canada seems perfectly satisfied to allow the smelting, refining and manufacturing of the various metal products to go to the United States. Reciprocity with the United States on lead and its products would be most- advantageous to Canada, but this can never be brought about until Canada makes her duties just as prohibitive as has the United States, and so long as that country is securing the cream of tjie Canadian business, as is the case to-day, there will be no inclination upon the part of the United States to grant reciprocity excepting on such items as coal and lumber, which they actually require for the protection of their immense industrial resources. COMPANY MEETINGS AND REPORTS. A WAR EAGLE. T the annual meeting held in Toronto on February 24th, the following statement was presented to shareholders showing gross receipts from sale of ore during the year of $207,393.44. The amount charged to mining in 1902 was $172,096.32, to diamond drill prospecting $24,896.49, to provincial taxes on THE MINING RECORD. rW, gross output of ore $4,144,42, to interest and exchange, legal expenses, municipal taxes, insurance and sundry $77>7I4-55> and to depreciation of plant and equipment $30,57741 • The statement demonstrates that mining was carried on only during the last four months of the year, while •the expenses for development exploration, etc., were continuous during the entire year. These costs could only be met out of the proceeds of the ore sold in September, October, November and December, with the result that the current indebtedness has been increased by something less than $20,000. During the months when shipments were under way the mine shipped 21,455 tons of ore to the Trail smelter. This tonnage had a full assay value of $403,- 193:33 The indirect smelting charges, which means tne difference between New York and Trail metal quotations, were $90,386.95 and the direct charges, including freight from the mine, $105,412.94. - The net value of the ore, f. o. b. cars at the mine, was therefore, $207,393.44. In the same shipment it is shown that the output at the mine has increased from 48 tons in 1894, valued at $2,053.56, to 21,455 tons in 1902, with a value of over $400,000. The total- tonnage shipped since the inception of the mine has been 180,372 tons, having a gross assay value of $4,371,436.91, and a net value on cars at the mine of $2,192,995.63. In the table of mining costs it is shown that the expense of operating in the camp is being steadily reduced. The cost per foot of sinking the 116 feet of main shaft in 1902 was $91.55 per ton; for sinking small shafts the cost was $27.41; for raising $31.98, and for 4,183 feet of drifting $20.86 per foot. The cost of ore extraction was $3.20 per ton. Ari important statement was made anent per ton values. Average values per ton during 1902 were as follows : Gross $18.79 § °- D- cars at mine $9-°7- 'ihe statement of costs since 1897 shows a steady and consistent reduction has been made from year to year. GENERAL' MANAGER'S REPORT. The following is an excerpt from the report of the General Manager, Mr. Kirby: Explanatory Note: The values given are based upon the price of 12 cents for copper instead of 16.25 cents as in previous reports. It is the usual practice of mines in pricing and recording ore to use the "Full Assay Value" instead of the "Smelter's Gross Assay Value," which is less. While this plan is often preferable, it has so far been more convenient at the War Eagle mine to use the latter value which, as shown by the table opposite, has on shipping grades ranged from $4.68 to $5.07 less than the full assay value. "During the past year development work has been steadily pushed and the ore reserves increased1. The heavy decline in the price of copper has been offset by the reduction in smelting rates, while the satisfactory solution of the problem of treating.the low grades by milling now makes it certain that the large bodies of this ore exposed throughout the mine will soon be available. "The third "level has developed on the cross vein an ore body 100 feet in length, 12 feet wide and extending to the second level above with an average grade of $12.00 smelter's gross assay value. "The fourth level has developed on the cross vein three bodies of pay ore. One is 30 feet long, 9 feet wide, averaging $7.80 smelter's gross assay value. The second is 45 feet long and 6 feet wide, averaging $9.64 smelter's gross assay value. The third is 20 feet long and 5 feet wide, averaging $7.63 smelter's gross assay value. "The sixth level has reached the cross vein and drifting has begun upon it. The heading has so far cut a small body of milling grade. A third branch or vein, 120 feet north, has been located by the diamond drill. It is strong and well mineralized, carrying milling ore and a cross-cut to explore it is now in progress. "The seventh level has now developed four branches or veins. The eastward extension of the third vein (which passes north of the shaft) is being explored. The fourth vein, still further north, has been located by diamond drill work and is known to be strong and well mineralized. It will soon be reached and exposed by the workings.. "Cpon the eighth level the work has developed four branches or veins, the most northern of which has been located at several points by the diamond drill. It is a strong vein, heavily mineralized and is now being ex- - plored by the heading. Generally speaking, the work done upon this level has cut several ore bodies, two of which were especially promising. One of these, on the second vein west, was found to have an upward extension. Its downward extension is still untested.. The other pay body on the first or south vein west has so far continued and the stope upon it, 45 feet long and 6 feet wide, is at present averaging ore of $10.50 smelter's gross assay value. "The- ninth level has exposed but one of the vein branches, finding this of no value. Cross-cutting has not yet shown the other veins. 'On the tenth and eleventh levels, the shaft crosscuts fail to disclose any of the veins owing to the broken nature of the ground and the presence of a belt of dikes. The development of these levels was therefore suspended to await further exploration by the diamond drill and the developments in progress on the eighth level. "The ore sales during the year were 2L455 tons, averaging $14.58 smelter's gross assay value. The' average contents were: Gold .66 oz., silver 1.2 oz., and copper 2 per cent. The present reserves of ore payable under the new smelter rates are estimated at about 42,000 tons, averaging $10.95 smelter's gross assay value, (pricing copper at '12 cents instead of 16.25 as in previous reports). "The development of the mine has from the beginning continued to expose large quantities of ore too low in grade for smelting, but rich enough to promise ■ a handsome profit to successful milling. Now that the difficulties of such treatment have been overcome, these low-grade masses will soon be available. It is impossible to present any reliable estimate of their quantity 528 THE MINING RECORD. or precise value, because their limits have not been clearly defined, and, until milling begins, they cannot be accurately sampled without excessive expense. The process of stoping them for the mill will undoubtedly develop much ore of a higher grade which is not now disclosed by the workings. GENERAL REMARKS. "Work after the strike was resumed early in December, 1901. The smelting works were not just then able to receive ore owing to unexpected delays in the completion of their new sampling works. Before shipments could be begun the large and sudden decline in the price of copper seriously reduced the net profit of the estimated ore reserves. In view of the heavy loss this entailed and of the expectation which then prevailed that there would soon be a partial recovery in price, it was decided to postpone shipments temporarily. After it became apparent that relief of this kind would at least be long deferred, the difficulties of the situation which affected both the mining companies and the Canadian Smelting Works led to conferences which resulted on August 4th in a voluntary reduction of smelter rates. This was in view of the fact that the fall in copper reduced the tonnage of pay ores which the War Eagle and Centre Star mines were able to furnish to the smelting works. In order to prevent this reduction and also further increase the tonnage to the amount desired for economical smelting the smelter works reduced the treatment charge from $6 to $5 and made an experimental rate of $4 to reach ore which could not be stoped under the $5 rate. This lower grade is to be shipped in such quantities as the smelter works find it possible to treat with profit. Under the new arrangement ore shipments were commenced August 21st. They are now progressing at the rate of about 200 tons daily. "Much work has been done upon the milling problem and a successful method of treating these ores has been devised. It is expected that a preliminary or trial mill for perfecting the details of the process will be constructed this winter, and that by spring a regular tonnage of War Eagle low-grade ore will be under milling treatment." LE ROI. The third ordinary general meeting was held in London on Jan 30th. The chairman stated that although the accounts showed a debt to profit and loss °i £46,551, the late manager, Mr. Mackenzie, claimed to have made a profit, and gave reasons for saying so. After referring to these in detail, the chairman pointed out the desirability of a local audit to prevent mistakes in the figures in future and said that since the 30th June, they had published month by month the profits made. These had amounted to £90,000, thus entirely changing the position with regard to the Bank of Montreal. They had converted a deficiency of net assets amounting to £40,000 into a surplus of £80,000 and they proposed to ask the Bank for a reduction of interest. Mr. Mackenzie had found more high-grade ore than was anticipated, whilst rates had been further reduced between the mine and the smelter, and the coke had been more freely obtainable. With good, honest, careful management, reduced charges, and improved processes, he looked for a satisfactory change in their prospects. They had a great mine, with large reserves of ore, valued at from $10 to $12. It was expensively equipped, and they intended to devote themselves to its development. The Managing Director, Mr. A. J. McMillan, also spoke in a hopeful strain. CARIBOO (CAMP MCKINNEY). The annual meeting of this company was held in Toronto on February 4th. The mine earned during the year 1902 the sum of $136,000, which represents the net profit on the ore shipped. Of this sum some $60,000 was expended in new development work; $50,000 has been distributed as dividends and the balance, $50,000, deposited to the credit of the company. THE ELMORE PROCESS AT ROSSLAND. TO THE EDITOR :-You will be no doubt interested to hear that the Le Roi No. 2, Ltd., have ordered a two-unit Elmore oil plant, capacity 50 tons per day, the erection of which will be commenced as soon as the weather permits. Being satisfied with the experiments made on their ore, they now intend further proving the process by continuous working on the spot with the above installation, and if the result is what is anticipated they propose erecting a plant of large capacity. Referring to my article which you were good enough to insert in your February number, I beg to draw your attention to a slight error on page 478, second column, viz., Freight and smelting charges should be $o67=t not $6.75. /zy Yours faithfully, t, H. H. Claudet. Rossland, B.C., February 24th, 1903. COSTS OF SHAFT SINKING AT MT. SICKER. nrq THE EDITOR: The Richard III shaft on Mt. i- Sicker was down 250 feet on January 31st, 95 feet of sinking having been done during that month. The shaft is in crystalline schists and diorite two compartment and 4x8 feet in "the clear." The work was well timbered throughout with 5-foot sets of squared timber, which with lagging and blocking, was all taken from "the stump." Ladders and iron shod guides were installed. The total cost was well under $15 per foot. This includes expenses of office salaries and all expense incurred. Engineers, miners and one carpenter were paid $3.50 per day, foreman $5, outside men $2.50 and two Chinese wood cutters $1 each per day W. C. Rannells, late of the Nahmint mine was m charge of-the work, and we consider a record for shaft sinking, with hand steel, in British Columbia has been established. If we are in error will some reader of your estimable journal unde- . ceive us. Director. THE MINING RECORD. 529 MINING RETURNS AND STATISTICS. ROSSLAND. SHIPMENTS from this district for the two months ending Feb. 28 are as follows:— ° Tons. }f Tl-al 32,739 Centre Star V6'm War Eagle Giant 9,035 Velvet 1 391 Kootenay Le Roi No. 2 Homestake 225 2,799 90 T°tal 60,044 SLOGAN. From January 1st to February 21st. _, Tons American Boy 245 Antoine ..77. ~16 Arlington '. 40 Black Prince 35 Bondholder 1 Bosun 140 Blue Bird. Enterprise Dayton Fisher Maiden. Idaho 20 160 2 7777777777 200 21 Ivanhoe 240 Monitor (Jan.) 144 Ottawa 80 Payne 566 Queen Bess 20 Rambler 120 Reco 70 20 ..- 21 146 Republic ... Ruth Slocan Star 2,276 THE LARDEAU. Tn the last two months the Silver Cup and Nettie L. mines have shipped 597 tons of high-grade ore. The Lardeau Eagle publishes the following interesting returns of shipments from these mines:— Silver Cup.—Total for 1902, 555,900 lbs., containing gold 192,496 oz., silver 54798.63 oz., lead 144,770 lbs. Value $31,434-59- Total for 1903 to date, 650,293 lbs., containing gold 212,615 oz., silver 59977.42 oz., lead 156,17s lbs. Value $34,393-89- Nettie L.—Total for 1901,1,755,507 lbs. Value $63,460.95- Total for 1902, 1,057,120 lbs. Value $43,236.83. Total for 1903 to date, 927,033 lbs. Value $36,237.71. COMPANY NOTES. Cariboo (Camp McKinney).-Work is proceeding satisfactorily with a force of between 40 and 50 men employed. At the Waterloo a force of 17 men is at present employed. Bosun.—Cablegram from the manager reports 60 tons galena shipped during the month of January and 50 tons zinc produced. The Ymir—The following are the returns for January: Battery-Number of tons crushed: 4,200 tons crushed-60 heads of stamps running 29 days, yielded 1,711 ounces of bullion. Gross estimated value, $i9,750 (£4,072}-h™eshWpf 265 tons of concentrates-gross estimated value, $8,750 (£1,- 5SA timateinet proceeds, $5,7Sc,(£1,186). Cyanide-Tons treated, 2,550 (20,00 pounds E^^^^^S? $4000 (£825). Total working expenses, $16,250 (*3,350j. ExpTnditure on capital account-Cost of development, $2,500 (£515)- Sundry receipts, $800 (£165). Net profit, $11,550 (£2,380). T 'D0 - Morrison (Boundary.)—It it reported that arrangements are being made for the amalgamation of the Morrison Mines, Limited, owning the Morrison mine in Deadwood camp, and the Athelstan Gold and Copper Mining Co., owning the Athelstan mine, in Wellington camp. A joint meeting of the shareholders of both companies for the purpose of ratifying the terms will be held in Grand Forks on March 28th next. The Athelstan Company will go out of existence, its property passing into the possession of the Morrison company. The latter is incorporated for $150,000, in shares of a par value of 10 cents each, and the Athelstan has a capital stock of $50,000, or 1,000,000 shares of the par value of 5 cents each. According to the terms proposed the shareholders of the Athelstan will receive shares on a certain basis in the consolidated company. The capital stock will remain at $150,000, or one and one half million shares of the par value of 10 cents each. Le Roi.—Shipped to Northport during January 16,377 tons of ore, containing 5,673 ounces of gold, 10,695 ounces silver, 479,183 pounds copper. Estimated profit on this ore, $15,000. Dominion Power and Irrigation Co.—A new company, the Dominion Power and Irrigation Company, Limited, is being formed, with a capital of $250,000, to buy the water rights held by the Dominion Consolidated Mines Co., Limited, and to develop the water power. The necessary capital is subscribed partly in Montreal and partly locally. The company intend to develop the water power of Okanagan Falls to the extent of 1,000 or 1,500-h.p., and the company is asking for tenders for the supply of the necessary turbines, dynamos and motors. R. H. Parkinson, C.E., of Fairview, B.C., is in charge of the construction works. Victory-Triumph.-—A new milling plant is being installed at the Victory-Triumph mine, Rossland, of the high-speed gravitation type, the first of its kind on the continent. The mill is a new design evolved after years of investigation and experimenting by a practical mechanical engineer. A description of the apparatus states that in ordinary practice the best results obtained from the usual cam stamp with a drop of 71-2 inches effective height is about 95 drops per minute, while the weight of each stamp rarely exceeds 1,250 pounds, in the high-speed mill, the mean velocity at which the stamp is raised by the cylinder so far exceeds the limit velocity imposed by the essential features of the cam mechanism that from 132 to 135 drops per minute each of 7 1-2 inches effective height, can be obtained. It is therefore, much more effective and economical. RECENT PUBLICATIONS. PRODCCTION and Properties of Zinc, by Walter Renton Ingalls. The Engineering and Mining Journal, New York and London. 1902. First edition. This is probably the most complete and comprehensive treatise yet published dealing exclusively with the mining and metallurgy and marketing of zinc. In British Columbia at the present time the subject is one of exceptional interest, and Mr. Ingalls' book should have a wide circulation in this- field. The work, which is well illustrated, is divided into twelve chapters dealing with the following matters: ■ \ The History of the Zinc Industry; Present Economic Conditions; Uses of Zinc and Zinc Products; Statistics of Production and Prices; Analysis of Zinc Ores and Products; Properties of Zinc and its Alloys; Chemistry of the Compounds of Zinc; the Ores of Zinc; Occurrences of Zinc Ore in North America; Occurrences of Zinc Ores in Europe, Africa and Australia; Mechanical Concentration of Zinc Ores; and Sampling and Valuation of Ores. We notice that under the heading of the occurrence of Zinc ores in Canada, no reference is made to the British Columbia mines in which zinc in considerable percentages is found. The omission is, however, excusable enough in^hat it is only 530 THE MINING RECORD. LOCAL STOCK MARKET FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, i 903. Prepared by the Stuart Robertson Co., Ltd., Stock Brokers, Victoria, B.C. Week landing Saturday, 7th February. Week Ending Saturday, 14th February. Week Ending Saturday 21st February. Part Week Ending 28th February. Companies. Highest. Lowest. Highest. . Lowest Highest Lowest. Highest. Lowest. oi M i 1 I W •6 CD M < 13 s 1 V M co <! $0 18 5 17 ■d CU M CO -d S •a V M CO 13 • S m cu M CO < •6 V k CO | "2 •d S CO ■d s CU CO < S Cariboo McKin'y,. Cariboo Hydra'lic Crow's Nest P. C. $0 19 $ 17 I 19 $ .... $ 19 $ .... $ 19 ? .... * 19 $ .... ? 19 $ .... $ 19 { ....! 33/£ 33 33 32Ji 33 31% 32% 32 &p 30K 3°K 29 3JK 3°!4 3°}» 29 Fairview Corp'n.. 4l4\ 4 4lA 4 5 4VA 5 4M 4% 4^ 4% 4lA 5% 4% 5K tm North Star II IOj£ 33 3° 11 9% 32 9 28 13 22 32 II 20K 28 ioJs' 20 31 9 17^ 28 10K 22 30 9^ 20 28 10'A 21 30 9% 18 26 12 22 3° 10 19^ 26 11 21 28 9%] 18 1 24 Sullivan 44] 3% 4K 18 5J£ 3- 17 5 4 18 5H *A -7 5 4 18 2 17 4 19 5^ 2^ 18 5 4 18 5X 2^ 17 5 4 3'A 17 5 3 16 n 14 5 4 50 4 5° 4 5° 4 50 3 90 4 5° 4 OO 4 50 4 00 5 50 4 75 5 5° 4 5° 5 50 4 5° 5 50 iif! quite recently that any real attempt has been made to turn the zinc contents of the Slocan ores to commercial account. ''The Investor's Blue Book (1903)" is, as its title indicates, a Blue Book for the Investor. A Blue Book is a publication containing a full summary of evidence collated regarding a specific subject, with opinions based upon such evidence. This principle has been applied to the compilation of this new reference work treating with joint stock undertakings. For many years the investor, and particularly the investor with small capital situated in the provinces, has felt the need of a book which would furnish him immediately with salient facts regarding the chief companies whose shares are actively dealt in.on the Stock Exchange. "The Investor's Blue Book" endeavours to furnish not only the chief facts regarding companies, but also with an indication of their financial position. It also does what no other publication has yet ventured upon, namely, expresses opinions regarding the value of the shares, and whether, at a price stated, they are a good, bad, or indifferent speculative purchase. ■ "The Investor's Blue Book" is edited and compiled by Herbert H.. Bassett, joint editor of "Fenn on the. Funds," and editor of "Men of Note in Finace and Commerce," etc. There is a special section on mining companies. Some leading financial writers in London and New York contribute special practical signed articles upon markets of which they are known to possess intimate knowledge. Other contents include tables showing the highest and lowest prices of stocks and shares over a period of four years; particulars regarding transfer fees, stamps, etc.; an article on trustee stocks; a complete dictionary of technical terms in use upon the Exchange; and much other miscellaneous information of great value to the investor. "The Blue Book" is published by the Investor's Chronicle (Tower Chambers, London Wall, E.C.) at 2s. 6d. net, cloth boards (2s. 8d. post free) ; and is. 6d., linen covers (is. 8d. post free). THE METAL MARKET. A GENERAL improvement appears to have taken place during the month. Copper is strong and has advanced considerably, on the New York market, and in Europe lead is commanding a somewhat higher figure. Silver is also for the time being stronger, but whether the higher prices ruling recently will be maintained is strongly open to doubt. The latest quotations for copper are: Lake, 12 3-4 to 13; electrolytic in ingots, cakes and wirebars, 123-4 to 127-8; cath odes, 12 1-2 to 125-8; casting copper, 12 1-2 to 125-8. Statis-- tics for February show a considerable decrease in visible supplies. Lead is quoted at 3.95 to 4, St. Louis; 4.05 to 4.10 New York, while the London market is more active, Spanish lead being quoted at in 17s. 6d. to £12; English lead, £12 to £12 2S. 6d. Spelter is firm at 4.85 to 4.87 1-2 St. Louis; 5.05 New York. Ingot platinum is quoted at $19 in large lots, and quicksilver at $47 per flask, New York; $45.50 to $46.50, San Francisco. COAL EXPORTATIONS AND TRADE. BUSINESS during February was much demoralized by the strike of coal miners at Nanaimo and at Fernie. In the case of the former the matter at issue was happily adjusted, and it is also hoped that by the intervention of Mr. Mackenzie King, Deputy Minister of Labour, and of a Board of Conciliation appointed by the Provincial Mining Association, the dispute at the latter collieries will be ere long settled. It is announced that R. Dunsmuir & Sons will re-open the Alexandra mines at South Wellington, near Ladysmith. New bunkers will be built. The old bunkers were torn down a year ago when the mine was closed after the labour troubles with the miners arising out of the project to make a federal union of all the Vancouver Island miners. The Wellington Colliery Company has also started boring for coal four and a half miles north of Ladysmith. At Extension the output may be increased by the addition of a third shift, employing 200 extra men. Shipments by the Western Fuel Co. during February aggregated 6,406 tons. NewfCatalogue ELEVATING-CONVEYING MACHINERY Now Ready, Send for Copy The JEFFREY MFG. CO., COLUMBUS, O-, U.S.A. THE MINING RECORD. XJ W^^^KufK^^ no Sta CI Wwbo£ron;Knm"1S f(Vny Sta?dard Process aud tu™ them ^er in perfect working order to our customers after operating them for any specified time. P- M|.'-|S «•■■ Sampling Works Boilers and all kinds of orinatron Mills ^ii„«»r i.,^ r ' .. r ,. „.. Silver-Lead, Copper Heavy Sheet Metal Work V '" ' " and PyriticSmelting Plants. Hoisting Engines Copper Bessemerizing Plants Blowing Engines Mine Equipment. Transmission Machin Concentration and Combination Mills ery COMPLETE POWER, LIGHTING, HEATING AND PUMPING PLANTS CHAS. C. MOORE & CO., Engineers PACIFIC COAST AGENT FOR The Holthoff Machinery Co., >CUDAHY, WIS. 32 FIRST ST NEW YORK, 1303 Havemeyer Bldg. Adver. No. 223. MAIN OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. BRANCHES SEATTLE, 218 Second Ave., So. LOS ANGELES, 321 Trust Building WIRE ROPE DONT BUY i UNTIL YOU HAVE WRITTEN TO US FOR PRICES AND PARTICULARS. Wilkins & Co., of London, England, Wire Rope Manufacturers, Established 1850, are known throughout the MINING WORLD. The wire user) in their rope is made from steel specially prepared to insure absolute reliability. The preferential tariff permits of our quoting low prices on all descriptions of Steel Wire Ropes. A large stock of the principal sizes kept on hand at Victoria and Vancouver for immediate delivery. Our stock includes a full line of Logging Ropes, Ships Rigging and Hawsers. ROBERT WARD & CO., LIMITED, Agents. Telegraphic address—ROBERTUS VICTORIA and VANCOUVER, B. C. ig^S&SSSSSSS^* I Y Y Y 5* Y t t S Y Y Y Y t t I t Hic<i&&*<j**^ Canadian Ore Conc< n, Limited., SALISBURY HOUSE, LONDON, E. C. CONTROLS ELMORE'S CANADIAN PATENTS ft r the Concentration of Ores by Oil its treating pro- The most recent installations comprise six units of plant handling tailings from 50 head of stamps, and 4 un duct of 20 head of stamps, and 2 units treating product of 10 head of stamps. In all cases of difficulty by ordinary methods correspondence is invited. - The mefhodt fully protected by patents and all infringers will be pioceeded against. Full particulars may be obtained on application to H. H. CLAUDET, or F. W. ROLT, Rossland Office, 28 Columbia Ave. Technical Representative. Commercial Representative. I Y Y Y Y t T Y 5 Y V f V Y Y T Y Y T Y 1 ^w«;~>:~M~:~XKKK~KK^^^ Capital of British Columbia, Pacific Ocean Terminus Railway, and the Great Northern The Canadian Gateway to the Orient, the Sandwich Islands, Australia, New Zealand, etc. The starting point of steamship lines to the Yukon, Atlin and Cassiar Gold Fields, and the Canadian port of call for tourists on the lines between San Francisco and Alaska. TEMPERATURE 1902. 354 31.5 38.5 Mean. Victoria . . 67.6 London, Eng 68.1 Torquay, Eng. 65.5 RAINFALL 1902. Inches. Victoria 26.45 London, Eng 20.84 Torquay, Eng 30.22 The Province covers a superficial area of 381,000 square miles abounding in minerals, timber, fish and game in endless variety. The opportunities for the profitable investment of capital are practically unlimited, and the markets for the disposal of metals, lumber, fish and agricultural products lie waiting in Russia, Japan, China, India and Australasia. The tourist will find mountain scenery and mountain climbing unequal- THE MINING RECORD. Highest Lowest Mean. of Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian Northern Railway ofthe United States. led in the old world—a new field for exploration—and the sportsman with first class hotels as bases of operation may penetrate a new world in his pursuit of the" bear, the panther, the elk or the mountain goat. The City of Victoria is becoming widely noted for the beauty of its situation, its homes and its surroundings ; so that the number of strangers arriving, for short visits and for permanent residence, continue growing annually larger. Of its beauty H.R.H. the Duke of York said: "The most beautiful place we have seen in our journey around the world," and the following may be quoted from the correspondence of Mr. E. P. Knight, of the London Morning Post: "One would fain have stayed longer, for of all the cities that have been visited in the course of this long Royal progress the fair capital of British Columbia seems to me the one which the Englishman would most gladly make his home. * * * Never in the environs of any other city have I seen such a glory of flowers as surrounded each of these lovely homes." Pamphlets containing views of local scenery and information of interest to investors, tourists, hunters and amusement seekers may be obtained by addressing the Clerk of the Municipal Council, Victoria, British Columbia. COAL MINES REGULATION ACT. Board of Examiners. TOTICE is hereby given that the following constitute the Board o Examiners for the Comox Mine during the year 1903:— Appointed by the owners—(1) Richard Short, (2) David Walker. Alternates—(1) James Strang, (2) John Kesley. Appointed by the Lieut.-Governor in Council—Wm. Johnston. Elected by the Miners —(1) James Reid, (2) John Comb. Alternates (1) Richard Coe, (2) William McLellan. N ote—Alternates act as Members of the Board in the absence of those regularly appointed or elected to act thereon. All persons interested may obtain full information by applying to the Secretary to the Board, Mr. Wm. Johnston, of Comox, B. C. Dated this 18th day of February, 1903. R. F. TOLMIE, Deputy Minister of Mines, THE INVESTOR'S BLUE B00K FOR 1903. Edited by Herbert H. Bassett, With. Special Contributions by Leading Financial Writers. Complete Digest of Information, Statistical and Critical, regarding all Companies in whose shares there is an active market. " Will appeal to a large constituency."—Financial Times. Cloth, Cr. 8vo., 280 pp., 2s. 8d., post free; limp covers, is. 8d., post free of the " INVESTOR'S CHRONICLE," Tower Chambers, London Wall, London, England. COAL MINES REGULATION ACT. Board of Examiners. N OTICE is hereby given that the following constitute the Board of Examiners for the Coal Creek Mine during the year 1903:— Appointed by the owners—(1) Robt. Drinnan, (2) David Martin. Alternates—(1) John Hunt, (2) John McClimont. Appointed by the Lieut-Governor in Council—Andrew Colville. Elected by the Miners—(1) John Cobus, (2) John Norton. Alternates—(1) Chas. Burrows, (2) John Howbrook. Note—Alternates act as Members ofthe Board in the absence of those regularly appointed or elected to act thereon. All persons interested may obtain full information by applying to the Secretary to the Board, Mr. Andrew Colville, of Fernie, B. C. Dated this 18th day of February, 1903. R. F. TOLMIE, Deputy Minister of Mines UL» KLJ. ^WV ^■■U~J"H-t1 WC.EMJGH RlD. I ANALYTICAL' CONSULTING* H76w.2-*s»g SALT LAKE. CmfL ■-»i*'~*-*\? Wf rf^aw-wui J" u J-liT -Util iffJTl THE MINING RECORD. XIII. Fire Boss Becomes Mine Foreman Through the I. C. S. 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To Speak Spanish t Knmc CitV Ct />nW V/> '-00ti Stnte t mM$ DICKSON 8^i& CO.,. SCKANTuM, I'A- MACHINERY 6=Foot Bradley Improved Chilian== Grinding Mill This mill is driven from underneath to avoid oil from the driving gears dropping into the grinding pan. The three solid rollers, each weighing 6,^)0 lbs., are so rigged to the vertically adjustable driving spider that the centrifugal force of the rollers augments their efficiency for crushing and grinding. The roller shaft journals are hinged in the spider so as to permit each roller to independently adjust itself to the amount of material on the ring die. A step box fitted with steel wearing rings not only supports the spindle's weight, but also prevents its being lifted by the centrifugal force of the rollers. All bearings are made extra large and adjustable, and special care has been taken to overcome end thrust. The ore and water are fed to the annular launder, placed directly on top of the driving head, and are from it spouted right in front of each roller. Back of each roller is a scraper to agitate the ore bed and to assist in washing pulp against the screens. The screening surface is extra large, and the ring die and roller tires are made of extra hard and tough rolled steel. Sole "Builders of Reynolds Corliss Engines for all § Power Purposes Riedler Pumps and Air Compressors GfeNBifAL, CHICAGO, LLJU.nj.A. HOME INSURANCE BUII/DING Skit PEAHCISGO, Saywarf £14$ > :SEATTtE, lombeaien's Ex&<sf0&0i CHARLOTTE, S^-^gB^ISItfJB SEW OStgAiSiSi Heioen BJfe'-J: ATLANTA; GA., Eftmta&JejBSpK? LONDON, ENG., MO DashwoodHoase:. THE MINING RECORD XV. ffflS&IUHHMI THE EDWARD V. ALLIS CO.; I < , MILWAOKI r ■*», SUCCESSOR TO FRASER & CHALMERS, CHICAGO, ILL _ = GATES mOlSSTORKS, DICKSON Jgfe CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Mining Machinery The Presidio Mining Company, of Shafter, Texas, operates a fifty-stamp, wet-crushing silver mill. Careful records of cost of shoes and dies have been kept for twelve years. The Presidio Company has used high-grade Open Hearth and Crucible Steel castings, Chrome Steel, Ferro- Aluminum, Forged Steel, Harveyized Steel, Manganese Steel and Projectile Steel. The best records made by each kind of metal used in the shoes and dies show the following: iLLIS-J^LMERSt CHICAGO, U.S.A. GATES" CHILLED IRON SHOES AND DIES. O Cost of Castings Purchased per Ton of Ore Crushed Harveyized Steel 1629 Forged Steel 1227 Chrome Steel 1107 Chrome Steel 1057 Chrome Steel 0786 Projectile Steel 1051 Projectile Steel 0538 Manganese Steel 0995 Ferro-Aluminum 0960 Cast Steel 0705 Gates Chilled Iron 0348 Gates Chilled Iron 0285 Gates Chilled Iron 0227 Gates*Chilled Iron, dies only 0199 We have perfected a mixture of iron for Stamp Shoes and Dies that is unequaled for wearing qualities. After very severe competitive tests with other brands of iron and steel (see accompanying record of tests made by the Presidio Mining Co.), the Gates Chilled Iron Shoes and Dies have been pronounced by the leading mill men of this country to outlast any other material on the market, price being considered. For the past few years we have been supplying the Homestake Mining Company, Lead, S. D., and several other of the leading mining companies of the United States with their entire supply of Stamp Shoes and Dies made of this special mixture of chilled iron. The Homestake Mining Company has, in the past few years, purchased in the aggregate about 30,000 Stamp Shoes and Dies, and according to their own record, the average life of our chilled iron shoes working on their ores runs from 55 to 65 days each, which includes all breakages and defects in castings. WRITE US FOR PRICES AND FURTHER INFORMATION 7'7 ---ttl&^Mtffi&see Slf^X'OjHKv Broad Exchange Bldg. BOSTON, Board of Trade Bldg. PITTSBURG, Jg|ik Buildup *■$££'. JKBSSme&B&lS, Corn Exchange WiJfei . DENVERj.l649Trtiw>irt Street 4&T£A&£ CITY, Dooly Block =C SPOSASE WadunthK'^r.\ GENERAL oFiircB HOME INSURANCE BUII/JjjlMQ BSAHCEf OgJftCE& ~- SAN FRANCISCO, Haywarf Bltg. SEATTLE, Lumbermen's ExclfgeBliii- CHARLOTTE *fc!ci£jr»at Bldg NEW ORLEANS, Bmmenfitdg ATLANTA, GA irritable Bldg LONDON,I EJ?Gi, afe'JDash« ■ .ud Hoase J0HANNL ^>ilKG, &>alih Afw*. xvi: THE MINING RECORD. BRITISH COLUMBIA THE MINERAL PROVINCE ©F eRNflDA. Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Cool, Coke, Oil Iron, Mercury, Platinum, etc. The Mines of British Columbia have produced over ¥ $180,000,000. : .1 Amount and Vaeue of Mineral Products for 1899, 1900 and 1901. ■ Customary Measure 1899. 1900. 1901. (Estimated). Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Gold, placer Gold, lode Ounces 67,245 138,315 2,936,413 7.722.591 21,862,436 1,306,324 34,251 $1,344,900 2,857,573 1,663,708 i,35i,453 878,870 3,918,962 171,255 206,400 63,936 167,153 3,958,175 9,997,080 63,358,621 i>439,595 85,149 $1,278,724 43,204 3,453,38ii 227,696 2,309,200 4,685,718 t 6tc^8q 5n nfiioS $ 892,500 2,704,200 2,614,002 A OCT fioR 11 Silver a Lead Pounds Tons, 2,240 lbs.... ii ft 2,661,887 4,318,785 425,745 251,740 50,529,260 1,970,641 1,529,210 4,587,63'-' 134,760 673,800 Coal Coke 1 $12,393,121 $16,344,751 $ 20,713,501 Production for 1890, $2,608,608; for 1899, $12,393,131; for 1900 $16,344,751; for 1901, $20,713,201. GOLD.—Placer gold mining, which in early days formed the chief mineral industry of the province, and made it famous all the world over, still continues to be important, while improved methods of working the gravel deposits, together with cheaper transportation and cost of mining, have 'enlered the working of large deposits, long known to exist, now profitable where previously impossible. The area of country known to contain placer gold is enormous, and has only been touched, leaving still virgin ground well worth the prospecting for this, the only class of " poor man's mine." Recent discoveries of new placer fields in the Atlin district, the Cassiar district, and the Cariboo district near the Horsefly ■river, are proof that the field is riot yet exhausted, and promise a revival of this important industry. HYDRAULIC MINING plants costing large amounts of •money are being installed in Atlin, Cassiar, Omineca and Cariboo, at points widely separated, indicating the extent of the gold deposits. One company recovered $350,000 in grold during 1900. DREDGING FOR GOLD is receiving deserved attention, ■.and dredges are at work on the Fraser, Thompson, Quesnel .and other rivers, on all of which streams good ground may yet be obtained. LODE GOLD MINING is now being prospected in various •parts of the province, and in certain instances very successful, notably at Ymir, Cariboo-McKiruney and elsewhere. GOLD-COPPER ORES are being extensively worked at Rossland by tbe Le Roi, War Eagle and associated companies, while other mines in the camp are rapidly becoming important producers. The tonnage of this camp alone in 1900 was 217.676 tons, and -there will be an increase this year. SILVER-LEAD.—The silver production of the prov'ncc -in 1900 showed an increase over 1899 of 39 per cent, while the lead production increased 206 per cent., largely derived from properties in East Kootenay. rendered available by railroad construction. This year the increase will not be as great, but the industry is expected to hold its own. COPPER.—Copper is being produced to a limited extent at Rossland, where the chief value of the ore is in gold, but the feature of thfc branch of the industry is the development and mining of a large tonnage erf low-grade copper ores in the Boundary district, of which there seems to be an almost un- mited amount. The output of ore from this district alone will amount to from 1,200 to 1,500 tons of ore per diem. The Coast district wlill this year show a very considerable copper production, from the Vancouver Island and Texada Island mines. Prospecting for copper is receiving great attention, and the discoveries made on the Coast, in the Similkameen valley, etc., give great promise. IRON.—With the great probability of an iron-smelting plant on the Northern Pacific Coast in the near future, what promise to be extensive bodies of magnetite iron ore have been developed on the Coast, while other deposits of iron ore are now under development in the Goat River and Fort Steele mining divisions, and still other bodies occur near Kamloops. COAL AND COKE.—In 1900 the Vancouver Island collieries made a net output of 1,336,023 tons of coal and 19,234 tons of coke, and in 1901 even this output promises to be exceeded. In 1900 the Crow's Nest collieries made a net output of 103,572 tons of coal, and 69,915 tons of coke. In 1901 this output will be doubled at the least. These mines alone are putting out from 1.500 to 2,000 tons of coal per diem. Of this output in 1900, 914,183 tons of coal and 51757 tons of coke were exported, chiefly to the United States. The remainder was consumed in local smelters and other industries. SMELTERS.—In the province there are smelters in active operation at Trail, Nelson, Grand Forks, Greenwood and Van Anda ; while this coming year will probably see one erected in East Kotenay and two others on the coast. Refineries are yet lacking, but the building of at least one is pretty well assured. CAPITAL.—Capital can now find here many excellent opportunities for investment, as the values placed on mines and undeveloped properties has reached a reasonable basis. If proper business care is used, and the experience of competent men utilized, these investments should be safe as well as profitable MINERAL LANDS.—Mineral lands are open to location to any person over 18 years of age, who has obtained a free miner's certificate, and perfect title to lode claims can be easily secured after $500 worth of work has been done per claim. A great extent of territory has yet to be prospected. For information), reports, bulletins, etc., address The Hon. the Minister of Mines, VICTORIA, B.C. W. F Robertson, Provincial Mineralogist, VICTORIA, B. C. THE MINING RECORD. XVII BENNETT'S FUSE CROWN BRAND THE KING OF FUSES ^ The WHITE COUNTERED GUTTA PERCHA FUSE is the POPULAR FAVORITE in the mines of British Columbia, Australia, the Transvaal, and the World over. BeWare of Spurious Imitations Made to Catch the Unwary. HOLMAN BROS. CAMBORNE, CORNWALL Manufacturers of Boilers, Air Compressors, Mining Machinery The Holman Patent Roek Drill s Specially Adapted to B. C: Mining. Awarded Gold Medal Greater Britain Exhibition Awarded Gold Medal CHARLES I¥fELL & CO. Ld SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND, Manufacturers of Drill Steels, Best Refined Cast Steel Files, and Rasps, -Steel Axles, Wheels and Cranks. Rails and Fish Plates made to any specification. Steel Plates, etc. Stamp Mill Dies and Shoes. ROWLAND MACHIN, 5 Yates St., VICTORIA, B. C. General Agent for Canada. XVIII THE MINING RECORD. PROFESSIONAL AND BROKERS. J. C. GWILLIM, B. Sc. Mining Engineer. Late of Geological Survey of Canada, (Atlin District), six years' experience in B. C. mining districts. BAKER STREET, NELSON, B.C. JAMES BRADY, Dominion and Provincial Land Surveyor, Mining Engineer. Properties surveyed, examined and reported on. Agent for procuring Crown grants. GOLDEN, B. C CHAS. E. OLIVER, M. E. HBDLBYf B. C. Properties in the Similkameen carefully sampled and reported on. I have the handling of three of the standard properties of Camp Hedley and solicit correspondence from any first-class mining man or corporation regarding same. s. m. McGregor, b.a. sc. w. d. McGregor, m. e. McGregor & co., MINING and CIVIL ENGINEERS «. _ _ and LAND SURVEYORS. oLO .O Reports on Mines and Prospects. Act as agents in doing assessment work, applying for Crown grants and in taking general charge of preliminary development work. P. 0. Box 453. A. R. !ARROW,a.w. ine Surveyor Telephone 895 I.C.E. Mine Surveys instituted and plans brought up to date at regular intervals. Steam Engines and Air Compressors Indicated and valves Set. PROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR. 4 View Street, Victoria, B.C. ^X jVtfl j |3 is one of the most promising gold camps in I I V I I n British Columbia and now offers many capital opportunities for profitable investment. For further particulars write PERCY J. GLEAZER, MINING BROKER AND AGENT, YMIR, B. C. Code—Moreing & Neal's. E. W. WIDDOWSON, PROVINCIAL ASSAYER. - - - YMIR, B.C. Late Assayer to: The Hall MrNES Smelter, Nelson Be' The Winnipeg Mining and Smelting Company Late Chemist to: The Hollow ay Chemical Works, London, N. Etc. Mineral Analysis and WorkingTests a Specialty. All samples received bv mail or express receive prompt attention. Reliable reports on Mining Properties in this District. P.O. Box11. YMIR.B.C. G. N. Express Company. J., R GIFFORD, Consu ting Mining Engineer, M.C, M.L Late Manager The Hall Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd., Nelson, B. C. Room 20, Flood Building. San Francisco, Cal. J. McLELLAN, Associate Royal School of Mines, London. Mining Engineer and Assayer, TROUT LAKE CITY, B. C. J. H. BROWNLEE, Provincial and Dominion Land Surveyor Civil and Hydraulic Engineer. Seattle office 528 Broadway ATLIN, B.C. RELIABLE ASSAYS Gold $ .75 I Gold and Silver $1.00 Lead 75 I Gold, Silver, Copper i-5° SAHPLES BY MAIL RECEIVE PROflPT ATTENTION. Gold and Silver refined and bought OGDEN ASSAY CO. ,725 Ara^°nev;£e«!oWado. THE STUART ROBERTSON CO., Ltd., Successors to A. W. MORE & CO. MINING AND STOCK BROKERS Codes used: Bedford-McNeil's, Moreing & Neals, Clough's, and A.B.C, Fourth Edition. VICTORIA, B. C. 23 BROAD STREET, OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SMELTER AND MILL DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND DETAILS. Geo. Williams, M. E. P.O. Box 341, LADYSMITH Converters, Reverberatories, Concentrators, oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo THOS. DRUMMOND, M,E. and C.E. B. A. Sc. McGill University, Montreal, Member Canadian Society of Civil Engineers. Mining Properties reported upon. Information furnished. General Engineering work promptly performed. References furnished. QUESNELLE FORKS, CARIBOO, B. C. JOHN B. HOBSON, Manager Con. Cariboo Hyd. C*\r.e..A*l~.~. lllf»_' I-" » Mining co., Ltd. t^onstiltmg Mining Engineer, BULLION, BRITISH COLUMBIA. 28 years' experience in the equipment and operation of targe hydraulic, Deep Gravel, <Drift and Gold Quartz Mines, in California and British Columbia. Telegraphic and Cable Address "HOBSON" Ashcroft B. C THE MINING RECORD. XIX PROFESSIONAL ADVERTISEMENTS. H. E. T. HAULTAIN, C. E. CONSULTING MINING ENGINEER, QFF1CE: I ifflgl SU, Nelson, B.C. J. B. TYRRELL, | M. Inst. M. M., M. f\L Eng. Inst M. M. E., F. G. S., Mining Engineer, DAWSON. YUKON, CANADA. Cable Adcress: " TYRRELL," Dawson. Code: Bedford McNeil's T. H.Gore. J. H. McGregor. • Gore & McGregor, Provincial and Dominion Land Surveyors AND CIVIL ENGINEERS, Five Sisters' Block. VICTORIA and NELSON. WALTER E. SEQSWORTH Licensed Provincial Assayer Control Assays and Supervision of Ore Shipments a Specialty. GREENWOOD, B. C. WILLIAM A. BAUER, Dominion & Provincial Land Surveyor Surveys of Mines, Mineral Claims and Crown Lands. Crown Grants obtained and Assessments managed for absentees. Offices-FERGUSON and VANCOUVER, B.C. M.I. M. M.,M. I. M. E., M. Can. I.M. Cable Address : Phloxes, Nelson A. B. C. Code. R* C. Campbell=Johnston Mining Engineer and Metallurgist. Nelson, B. C. A. A. HOLDICH Analytical Chemist and Metallurgist Royal School of Mines, London. Seven years at Morfa Works, Swansea. Seventeen years chief chemist to Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Late chemist Hall Mines Co., Ltd. Assays and Analyses made on all varieties of mineral and many organic substances. Special experience in Smelting—both Swansea and American process. FERGUSON, B. C. RELIABLE ASSAYS Gold. Lead. • $ .50 •5° Gold and Silver $i-00 Gold, Silver and Copper 1.50 Samples by mail receive prompt attention. Gold and Silver refined and bought. OGDEN ASSAY CO., 1725 Arapahoe St., DENVER, Colo. POHLE & PARMELEE ASSAYERS and CHEMISTS, Special Attention to Control and Umpire Work. Ores tested to determine the best method of treatment. Experimental work on chemical processes or patents. General Commercial analysis. Thirty years experience. Prices and sample sacks free on application. 1627 CHAMPA ST., DENVER, Cole. CHRIS. OUTHETT, Associate of Royal College of Science, London, England. Inland Assay Office, KAMLOOPS, B.C. Provincial Assayer. Mineral and Coal Analysis a specialty. Reports made on Mining Properties Mail samples receive prompt attention. Richard H. Parkinson Provincial Land Surveyor, Hydraulic Engineer. FAIRVIEW, B. C. Associate Member of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers. Water Works, Water-power Plants, Irrigation Projects, Bridges, Roads, Tramways, Estimates of Construction, Surveys. Cecil M. Bryant, A.R.S M., A.I.M.M. E. Philip Gilman, A.R.S.M., F.G.S. Pellew-Harvey, Bryant & Gilman PROVINCIAL ASSAYERS. The Vancouver Assay Office and Ore Testing Works. Established 1890. MILL, SMELTER, CONCENTRATION AND CYANIDE TESTS, Reliable reports on mining properties. Complete analyses of Ores and Coal Victoria Office : 4 View Street (Opposite Driard Hotel.) fe-'istaa 1111'1 up■——muMUMBHJH 11 n wm^Mraga— Wn. M. BREWER, HININQ ENGINEER, MEM. N. of ENG. INST. MINING & MECH. ENG. and AM. INST.. M. E. Molsons Bank Building, VANCOUVER, B.C. TEL. 846. M T. J. SMITH, INIIMG BROKER. P. O. BOX 43 Syndicates and Companies formed to develop mining claims Secretary Vancouver Mining Stock Exchange. 611 Hastings Street West, VANCOUVER, B. C A. A. WATSON, B. Sc. PROVINCIAL ASSAYER, VERNON, B. C. Analyst and Mineralogist Honours Graduate in Chemistry, Victoria University, England. Reports made on Mining Properties. Seven years experience in Australia. South America. England and B. C. Assay Charges—Gold, $1; Silver. $1; Copper, $2 ; Lead, $1 ; Gold and Silver, $1.50 ; Gold and Copper, $2,50 ; Gold, Silver and Copper, $3 ; Gold, Silver, Copper and Lead, $3 50 ; Complete analysis of any ore, $10. J|f~SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SAMPLES BY MAIL"** Assay Office and Chemical Laboratory, 28 BROAD ST., VICTORIA, B. C. (Opp. Driard Hotel.) WILLIAM F. BEST, F.C.S. ANALYTICAL CHEMIST AND ASSAYER (Heidelberg and Leipzig.) Personal attention given to all assaving and Chemical A11 aWsis Rroert evidence before the Courts. XX THE MTNING RECORD. i 1 MINING PUBLICATIONS, ETC. BUY VANCOUVER eiTY REHL ESTATE You Cannot Make a Safer Investment. WRITE F"OR PARTICULARS. Money Invested for Clients on First Mortgages on Best Business Property to yield 5 per cent, to 6 per cent. PERCY W. CHARLESON INVESTMENT BROKER, 4'7 H«°"9S st vmwomnw. B.e. NOTARY PUBLIC FOR BRITISH ©OLUMBIH. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. References, Dun or Bradstreets Agencies, Canadian Bank of Commerce. P.O. BOX187 NOW KEADY. TheMINERAL INDUSTRY Its Statistics, Technology and Trade in the United States and other countries, to the end of 1900. Edited by Joseph Struthers, Ph. D. Volume X.—Copiously illustrated, containing numerous diagrams and working drawings. Price ?5.00, post paid. THE SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING CO., 253 Broadway New York. IT IS NO GOOD ADVERTISING In the British Press unless you understand how to approach the British public. The best way to do this is to Employ an Up=to=date Advertising Expert Photographic Supplies Who can advise you and do your business at Lowest Possible Rates. Quoted by newspapers themselves. Let us know what you want and we will be pleased to assist you. POGSON, PELOUBET & CO. Public Accountants NEW YORK 20 BROAD STREET CHICAGO MARQUETTE BUILDING ST. LOUIS CHEMICAL BUILDING BUTTE HENNESSY BUILDING R. MAYNARD Inmorter and dealer in all kinds of Also Amateur Outfits, Kodaks, Hawkeyes, Premos, Pocos.etc, C. J. WALKER'S British and Canadian Press Bureau. 24 Coleman St., London, E.C. My Price List for Fall and Spring is the most complete yet issued, containing all the different varieties in Fruit, Shade and Ornamental Trees, Roses, etc., etc. Send for a copy. LARITZ NURSERY, CAREY ROAD, Victoria, B. C. Agent for Imperial, Cramer and Hammer Plates, Aristo-Platino, Solio, Klo- ro, Velox and Dekho Papers 41 PANDORA St. Victoria, B. C. THE NATIONAL BANKER, Chicago, Illinois. Is recognized as the leading financial journal ofthe United States. Ih addition to its circulation ainong banks it reaches the leading'business industries ofthe country. It reaches more private invertors and capitalists than any publication in the U.S, It goes to retired merchants, conservative investors and thousands of people with money to invest. The best evidences of its worth as an advertising medium is the fact that its advertisers remain with it permanently year after year. In banks and business houses it is used as a work of reference. If you desire to reach the moneyed class ofthe country, large or small, you should place an advertisement in the National Banker. Any legitimate enterprisee can secure all the money desired by making an announcement in this publication. It is quoted from and referred to more by the press of America than any financial journal in the United States. Subscripiion price $1.00 per year. Advertising rates on application. Sample copies sent free. Address all communications to The National Banker, 84 & 86 I^a Salle St., Chicago,111. M. R. SMITH & COMPANY LIMITED. Established I85S. Manufacturers of High Class Biscuits w6 Confectionery Gold Medals awarded at Roval Agricultural Exhibition '95. '96, '97, '98. Medal and Diploma awarded at Colonial and Indian Exhibitions. Silver Medals at Provincial Exhibitions. 1886. BRANCH- VICTORIA, B. C. 430 CORDOVA STREET, VANCOUVER. THE MINING RECORD. XXI BRITISH COLUMBIA WHOLESALE SUPPLY HOUSES, ETC. A stonier Becomes a regular customer when once started buying of us— WHY? We have the Best Goods and Largest Assortment in the West. We Can Fill Orders Promptly From Our Immense Stock. We manufacture a large quantity of Furniture, and import direct in car lots from the best makers everywhere EVERYTHING TO FURNISH A HOME. Write for illustrated catalogue, free. WEILER BROS., VICTORIA, B. C. ESTABLISHED 1862, Canadian Pacific Navigation Company, Ltd. Steamers leave Victoria and Vancouver as follows: Victoria=Vancouver Route. Xeave Victoria daily 1 a.m. Leave Vancouver daily 1.15 p.m. West Coast, Vancouver Island Route. Xeave Victoria 11 p.m., ist, ioth and 20th day of month. Northern British Columbia Coast Route. Leave Victoria 11 p.m., ist and 15th day of month. Leave Vancouver 2 p.m., 2nd and 16th day of month. Alaska Route. ■Steamships leave Victoria 11 p.m. ist and 15th day of month, leave Vancouver 8 p.m. 2nd and 16th day of month for Ketchikan and Skagway connecting with the White Pass and Yukon Route for Atlin, Dawson, and Yukon River Points. J. W. TROUP, Manager. Victoria. E. J. COYLE, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent, Vancouver. TURNER, BEETON & CO'Y Victoria, Vancouver, and Nelson, B. C. and at H. C. Beeton & Co., 33 Finsbury Circus, London, England. Man™Bt Etc. Wholesale Merchants. ■■■■ Goods indented from all parts ofthe world. Cigars, Flour, Etc. Telegraphic Addresses : 1 'TURNER," Victoria; " BEETON," London; " TURBEET," Vancouver and Nelson R. R. RITHET & CO. Wholesale Merchants, Shipping & Insurance Agents, Proprietors'of Victoria Wharf, Columbia Flouring Mill ; agents for Victoria Lumber and Manufacturing Company, Cheminus, V.I.; Pacific Coast Steamship Co., San Francisco. WHARF STREET. VICTORIA, B. C INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. HEAD OFFICE: - - MONTREAL. CAPITAL all paid up, $12,000,000.00 RESERVE FUND, $7,000,000.00. UNDIVIDED PROFIT, $427,180.80. Board of Directors-Rt. Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, G. C. M. G., President. Hon. G. A. Drummond, -Vice-President. A. T. Paterson, Esq.; Edward B. GreenshMds, Esq.; Sir William C. Macdonald; R. B. Angus,Esq.; A. F. Gault, Esq ; James Ross, Esq.; R. G. Reid, Esq. F, W. TAYLOR Assistant Inspector JAMES AIRD Secretary Montreal-H. V- MEREDITH Manager E. S. CLOUSTON General Manager A. MACNIDER Chief Inspector and Superintendent of Branches *. S. CLOUSTON Inspector of Branch Returns BRANCHES Province of Ontario—Almonte, Belleville, Brantford, Brockville, Chatham, Cornwall, Deseronto, Fort William, Goderich, Guelph, Hamilton, Kingston, Lindsay, London, Otiawa, Perth Pe'erboro, Pieton, Surma, Stratford, St. Mary's Toronto, Toronto Yonge St. Branch, Wallaceburg. Province of Quebec—Montreal: West End Br., Seigneurs St. Br., Point St. Charles; Quebec. Lower Provinces—Chatham, N.B.; Frederickton, N.B.; Moncton, N.B. Bt. John N.B.; Amherst, N.S.; Halifax, N.S.; Sydney, N.S. Province of Manitoba and North-West Territories—Winnipeg, Man.; Calgary, Alberta; Lethbridge, Alberta; Regina, Assiniboia. Province of British Columbia—Greenwood, Nelson, New Denver, New Westminster, Rossland, Vancouver, Vernon, Victoria. In Newfoundland—St. John's, Nfld., Bank of Montreal. THE MINING RECORD. BANKING ESTABLISHMENTS, ETC. BANK OF MONTREAL. IN CANADA: In Great Britain—London, Bank of Montreal, 22 Abchurch Lane, E.C., Alexander Lang, Manager. IntheUnitkd States New York—R. Y. Hebden and J. M. Greata, Agents, 59 Wall Street; Chicago—Bank of Montreal. Bankers IN Great Britain-London—The Bank of England, the Union Bank of London, the London & Westminster Rank the National Prov. Bank of England. Liverpool—The Bank of Liverpool, Ltd. Scotland—Tha British Linen Company Bank and Branches. Bankers in the United States—New York—The National City Bank, The Bank of New York, N.B.A. Bosten—The Merchants' National Bank, J. B. Moors & Co. Buffalo—Thr Marine Bank, Buffalo. San Francisco—The First National Bank, The Bank of British Columbia, The Anglo-Califomian Bank. Portland, Oregon—The Bank of British Columbia. THB CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE. With Which is Amalgamated The Bank of British Columbia. HEAD OFFICE: TORONTO. Paid Up Capital $ 8,000,000 Rest and Undivided Profits 2,652,ooo Aggregate Resources Over 70,000,000 HON. GEO. A. COX, President. R. E. WALKER, General Manager. ALEX. LAIRD, Asst. General Manager. LONDON OFFICE: 60 LOMBARD ST., E. C. The Bank has 80 branches well distributed throughout the Dominion and elsewhere, including the following in British Columbia and the Yukon District: Greenwood, Kamloops, Ladysmith Nanaimo, Nelson, New Westminster, Sandon, Vancouver, Victoria, White Horse. BRANCHES IN THE UNITED STATES. New York, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle Skagway. Every description of banking business transacted. Letters of credit on all parts of the world. Exceptional facilities for handling gold dust. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received and interest paid at current rates. Victoria B. C, GEO. GILLESPIE, Manager BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ESTABLISHED 183S. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1840. Paid Up Capital, £1,000,000 Sterling. Reserve Fund, $1,776,333 LONDON, ENG., OFFICES, 5 GRACECHURCH STREET, E. C. BRANCHES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA : Victoria, Vancouver, Rossland, Kaslo, Ashcroft, Greenwood* Also at the Gold Fields—DAWSON CITY. A Savings Bank Department Has Been Established n Connection With the Victoria Branch. Highest Price Paid for Gold Dust and Amalgam. W. T. OLIVER^ Mgr., Victoria, B. C. MICHIGAN COLLEGE OF MINES. An Engineering School with unique location, giving it unusual facilities New Mining Engineering and Hydraulic Building, also Chemical and Metal lnrgical Building ready for fall term, 1902. For catalogue giving list of graduates and their occupations, address F. W. McN air, President, Houghton Mich PATENTS, Caveats, Designs, Copyrights and Trade Marks obtained in Canada and all foreign countries. ROWLAND BRITTAirM, Registered Patent Attorney, Mechanical Engineer and Draughtsman Write for full information and references. Satisfaction guaranteed. Room 20 Bank of Hritish North America VANCOUVER -B. C. The Hall Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. NELSON, B. C. SMELTING DEPARTMENT Purchases COPPER ORE, LEAD ORE, DRY ORE. WANTED Position by Provincial Licensed Assayer. Several years experience in B. O. Apply "A" Box 246 Victoria. B 0 THE MINING RECORD. XXIII ANCHOR WIRE FENCE lis: i ai ft: IS Patented 7 Sept., 1894—No- 46991 Strongest, Cheapset, BEST IN THE MARKET To be had only from THE B. C. ANCHOR FENCE-CO., Limited, 743 Pender St., VANCOUVER, B. C. Where water power is used much depends upon the water wheel—Pelton wheels have a reputation backed by fifteen years of continuous use by the best known hydraulic engineers in the world. Every water wheel requirement has been incorporated into themanufacture of these wheels—brains and practical experience have combined to make the Pelton a water wheel of the most efficient type. Send for Catalogue. PELTON WATER WHEEL CO., 156 Liberty St.. New York. wmumsmmamMimimm 'mmbsss; Lobnitz' Gold Dredgers are at work in British North and South America, Africa, Asia, &c. Telegraphic Address: "Lobnitz, Renfrew." AI Code used XXIV THE MINING RECORD. TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES AND HOTELS. The Pleasure of Travel j Is fully realized in travelling on the Canadian Pacific Railway. By its lines can be reached all Canadian Points, and its arrangement with American Railroads enable its agents to issue tickets to all points in the United States. It operates its own Sleeping and Dining Cars, and has its own Hotels and Steamships. Its magnificent scenery and .the excellence of its service has made it the favorite route across tho American Continent. Illustrated publications, as to its route, Banff, Yoho Valley, Glacier, cfec. sent on application to anj7 agent. H. H, ABBOTT, Agent, VICTORIA, B. C. Or to E. J. COYLE, Ass't General Passenger Agent, VANCOUVER, B. C. aZar^ti OllltO. Nanaimo Railway. TIME TABLE NO. 44. • Southbound. Northbound. Daily. Arrive. Leave. a.m. p.m. Victoria 9 :oo 12 :o6 Shawnigan Lake 10120 10:^6- Duncans 11 :co 10 :o2 P.M. Nanaimo 12145 8 :i5 Ar. Wellington 1 :oo Lv. 8 :oo Northbound. Sat., Sun. and Wed. Southbound. Arrive. Leave. a.m. Victoria 4125 Shawnigan Lake 5:42 Duncans 6:20 Nanaimo 8:02 Ar. Wellington 8 :\y p.m. 8:10 7:01 6:05 4:25 Lv. 4:10 Through Tickets to Crofton via Westholme, Stage leaves Daily, connecting with North and Sonth bound trains, Double stage service Saturdays Sundays and Wednesdays, connecting with morning and afternoon trains. Fare from Victoria, Single $2, Return $-. "":*= * OCT 1LC oaiuraaya, Through Tickets Victoria to Hlberhi—Stage leaves Wellington Tuesdays and Fridays on arrival of train from victnHo p,>t,„-„;„,r *v »,v ™i Mondays and Thursdays. Fare from Victoria, single, $5.20, return $8.65 arrival 01 train irom Victoria. Returning from Albert! Through Tickets Victoria to Bowichan Lake via Duncans—Stage leaves Duncans Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays. Fare from Victoria $5.00 Excursion rates in effect to all points good Saturday and Snnday. GEO. L. COURTNEY, Traffic Manager. 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T. ■THE- Overstrom Diagonal Concentrating Table Clean Concentration Close Separation. We are sole licensees for the manufacture of this table in Canada and our experience with it >b§s been so satisfactory that we are prepared to guarantee its superiority over any other concentrator manufactured, FOR PRICES AND CATALOGUE ADDRESS The Jenckes Machine Company 32-40 Lansdowne St. |t Sherbrooke, Que. j| Rossland, Greenwood, Toronto, Montreal, Halifax. |RIED| KRUPP GRUSONWERKf (Madgeburg-Buckau Germany.) niNING mCHltERY ORE CRUSHING: Stone Breakers of Especially Strong construction. Roller Mills, Chilian Mills, Ball Mills, for dry and wet crushing—more than 1,800 at work, Stamp Batteries—Shoes and Dies of Krupp's Special Steel. AMALGAMATION: Amalgamation Tables and Pans, Las- rio'sGold Amalgamators, Settlers, &c Separation and Concentration Separators, Exhausters, Hydraulic Classifiers, Percussion Tables, Jiggers, Rotating Round Tables. LEACHING PLANT. 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H PEASE, President and Manager. Rubber Belting, Packing and Hcse I Crack Proof" and "SnagProof." PURE RUBBER MINING BOOTS, RUBBER CLOTHING, MACKINTOSHES, OIL CLOTHING. 573, 575, 577 & 579 Market Street, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 73 & 75 First Street, PORTLAND, OREGON. Direct Importers of Assayers' and Mill Supplies Headquarters for Laboratory Apparatus of all kinds, Bohemian Chemical Glassware, C. P, Acids, Potassium cyanide and Quicksilver Sole agents in British Columbia for Morgan Crucible Co., Battersea, England; F. W. Braun & Co's Patent Cary Furnaces. Burners, etc.; W. Ainsworth & Sons' Fine Balances Write for our prices ADDRESS 733 Pender St., Vancouver, B. ©. Mining and Surveying Instruments Light Mountain Transits and Transit-Theodolites. Scott's Mine Tachymeter. Most Improved Constructions. Best Workmanship. Send for List P. & R. WHITSTOCK, Berlin S. 59, GERMANY. A* Van Der Naillens' School of Practical, Civil, Mining, Electrical Mechanical Engineering. 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AERIAL WIRE ROPE TRAMWAYS SINGLE AND DOUBLE ROPE SYSTEMS, AND TWO BUCKET TRAMWAYS. BRANCH OFFICES: 92 CENTRE ST. NEW YORK, N.Y. 137 E.LAKE 5T. CHICAGO, ILL. 85 FREMONT ST. SAN FRANCISCO,CAL QlJARRl|g^^||«||Wc. ■A*-v;-.«C:-f-1-,":t ^^p^^^^^^:^^^^3 k^^««k?^?« DOW PUMPS Are manufactured in great variety FOR MINING PURPOSES. Operated by Steam, Air, Electric or Water Power. Vertical Sinking Pumps, Bucket or Double Plunger Pattern Deep Mine Station Pumps. MAKE KNOWN YOUR WANTS TO THE GEO. E SEND F"OR CATALOGUE YOUR WANTS TO THE GEO. E. DOW PUMPING ENGINE CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL 9BH The SMITH-VAILE STEAM PUMPS Are built with special reference to perform the service for which they are Intended with a minimum use of steam, We Build Steam, Power and Electrical PUMPS for Every Possible Duty, jj Victor Turbine Water Wheels. Air Compressors and Filter Presses. If interested, address THE STILLWELL-BIERCE & SMITH-VAILE CO., 293 Lehman St., DAYTON, OHIO, U.SA THE MINING RECORD. HYDRAULIC PLANTS, PUMPS, ETC. THE PATENT Locked Coil Track Cable BLEICHERT WIRE ROPE TRAMWAY, Su"erior t0 allothersystems Manufactured bv THE TRENT0N IRON e©., TRENTON, N. J. Manufacturers, Engineeis and Contractors and sole licensees In North America for the Bleichert System. Also, Wire-Rope Equipments for Cable Hoist- Conveyors, Surface and Underground Haulage, Transmission of Power, etc. Illustrated boot upon application. New York Office—Cooper, Hewitt & Co., 17 Burling Slip. Chicago Office—UI4 Monadnock Building Denver Office—R.' D. Seymour Manager, 1711-1713 Tremont St. Miners Will find the Steel List published by eHNTON STEEL e©'Y, DENVER, e©L©., contains much information which will prove of? interest. Mailed upon application. McLennan, McFeely & Co., Agents for vaiveeuvER, b. e. AERIAL WIRE ROPE TRAMWAY SINGLE and DOUBLE ROPE SYSTEM For trans porting ore, fuel, earth, sugarcane, etc., by wire rope Simple, Economical, Practical, Durable. Loads Mechanically, Dumps Automatically TRANSMISSION BY WIRE ROPE. CABLE GRIPS. AUTOMATIC LOADERS. Plowing, Scraping and Transporting by Wire Ropes, Designed, Supplied and Erected. Estimates Furnished. Improved GRIP PULLEY Patents Nos. 483,442; 610,353. Effective, Simple, Automatic. SAVES WEAR on;wiRE ROPE and CABLE. Send for Illustrated Pamphlet. Correspondence Solicited. Hallidie-Painter Tramway Co. Successors to CALIFORNIA WIRE WORKS. 46-48 Fremont St., San Francisco, California. Eastern Agents MACOMBER & WAYTE ROPE CO., CHICAGO, ILL. The Dominion Wire Rope Co., Ld MONTREAL, CANADA Manufacturers of All Classes and Kinds of WIRE ROPES FOR ALL PURPOSES. LANG'S " PATENT WIRE ROPES FOR COLLIERY AND GENERAL MINING PURPOSES. BBANCHEs:-Halifax,N.S.: St. John, N.B.; Ottawa, Toronto, Rat Portage, Ont.; Winnipeg, Man.; Vancouver, B. C, Nelson and Rossland B.C THE MINING RECORD. GENERATORS AND MOTORS. The Eclipse DRILL SHARPENER Should be in use in every mine where IO or more power drills are in use. A Money, Time and Labor-Saving Device. Shapes, Sharpens and Shanks New Drills, Re-Shapes and Sharpens Used Drills, Makes Excellent Welds. Three drills made in the time formerly required to make one by hand. Makes PERFECT BITS, and they are all uniform in size and clearance. The bit is always made in exact right angles to the shank. Reduces coal consumption. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. 7 '■$,.• The Hendrie & Bolthoff Manfg and Supply Co. DENVER, COLO., U. S A. For Manufacturers, Mines, Canneries, Etc. SEMI-PORTABLE FORGES Are Compact Self-Contained Easily Installed Two sizes Send for Bulletin No. 10. Canada Foundry Company, Ltd. Head Office and Works TORONTO. District Offices: MONTREAL, HALIFAX, OTTAWA, WINNIPEG, VANCOUVER, VICTORIA, ROSSLAND THE MINING RECORD. VII. MISCELLANEOUS MACHINERY, ETC. 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Send for catalogues and specifications. cunliffe& McMillan, Agents at Kossland. VANCOUVER ENGINEERING WORKS, Agents at Vancouver. THE We also manufactur the NORTHY GAS and GASOLINE ENGINE, a handy, convenient and economical little motor that is gaining favor all over Canada, where any one of these characteristics—or all three—are particularly desirable. Send for Booklet. 5|f 962 King St. Subway | The Brackman & Ker Milling Co., Ltd. I VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Manufacturers of the Celebrated T X Facilities Unequalled for Supplying the West with the Best Quality of Grain, Hay or Mill Feed. 122 «H ROLLLD OATS. (Registered.) X X X X X y X x X X Victoria. Nelson. ♦f Vancouver. Rossland. X New Westminster. Strathcona. Unequalled in the World. | 1 BOYD, BURNS & e©. Plumbing and Engineering Supplies and Ship Chandlery. 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THE MINING ASSOCIATION AND ITS FUTURE. THE popular verdict is that the Convention held in Victoria on the 25th of February, which resulted in the organization of the Provincial Mining' Association was a great success. It might easily have, proved a failure. To assemble from all parts of the Province men representing, if not every industry, at least all classes of industries, and invite them to enter into the consideration of such a many-sided interest as mining, might well be regarded as a somewhat hazardous experiment, and it speaks much for the intelligence of the assembly that so many as two hundred and fifty persons, for the most part unknown to each other even by name, representing a great diversity of interests, many of them with strong preconceived ideas—not to say prejudices—in certain directions should have gathered together without leadership or any denned programme or specific object, and yet have so effectively and harmouni- ously worked for the common good. The attitude which some of the newspapers took in respect to the promotion of the undertaking, afforded evidence that in certain quarters, at least, the Convention was considered to be foredoomed to failure; but it was evident, as soon as the delegates assembled, that they were animated by a singleness of purpose, and any doubts that may have existed as to the result of their deliberations were dispelled at the first session. At the outset a disposition was manifested on all sides to approach every question in a broad way, and to permit absolute freedom of discussion. No one man or no delegation controlled or sought to control the Convention. The representatives of capital, the working miner, the merchant and the professional man met on absolutely common ground. It was a thoroughly democratic body, and one in which there was easily seen to be no place for the individual with an axe to grind or a hobby to ride. Practical results for the general welfare became the object of the discussions, and the deliverances of the delegates were unquestionably valuable contributions to the solution of the problems affecting mining in this Province. There was one subject over which the Convention might very easily have come to grief, namely, the labour question, but it was met and dealt with in the happiest possible way, so as, in fact, to demonstrate to the wage earners that the Association is as much their organization as that of any other class. In respect to "labour" representation the Convention was singularly fortunate, the working-men's delegates being of moderate, though pronounced, views and exceptionally fitted to take their part in the proceedings of a deliberative body. If the Constitution of the Association had been so framed that such men would have felt that there was no place for them in the organization, the Convention would have been a failure, for its great claim to be recognized as a complete success rests upon the fact that it is able to appeal to all classes ' of the community for sympathy and support. The first practical step of the Association, the despatching of a renresenta- tive committee to negotiate for the settlement of the coal miners' strike, demonstrated in the most conclusive way the wisdom of the attitude taken towards labour questions, and the success which has crowned the labours of that committee will do more than any other thing to establish the reputation of the Association in public opinion. It is a decided gain to the whole Province to have an organization brought into existence which is able to deal successfully with a peculiarly difficult labour dispute. The settlement of the Fernie strike is full of promise for the future, for it demonstrates that in the Association the Province possesses a body able, by reason of the elasticity of its constitution and the broadly representative character of its membership, to grapple successfully with questions of the gravest practical importance. The discussions at the Convention took a very wide range, or rather they were carried on along broad lines. To this the presence of a considerable number of delegates, not directly concerned in the practical work of mining, very largely contributed. B.efore the Convention assembled there was some criticism on the grounds that many of the delegates had little if any knowledge or experience with actual mining work, but the discussions showed that the presence of such persons was an advantage. They formed a sort of jury to which the practical men addressed their arguments. Absolutely free from any suspicion of being animated by self-interest, their verdict on the several issues presented carried a weight with it that would not attach to recommendations made by interested parties. The value of the Mining Association will depend upon its effect upon public opinion, and at the Convention public opinion was admirably represented in miniature, so that the Government and Legislature have in the conclusions reached, not only a declaration of the requirements of those engaged in mining, but a trustworthy indication of what the public think should be granted them. Requests prepared by an Association composed of persons engaged in any one industry would naturally carry far less weight with them than recommendations emanating from a body a very large proportion of whose members can be said" to have "stood indifferent" and whose decision was reached only after a full discussion. That the attitude o£ the Convention was of this character speaks volumes for the tact and good judgment of those who were chiefly instrumental in promoting it. Had they been less tactful, had they evidenced a disposition to control things, had there been the slightest suspicion of any intention on their part THE MINING RECORD. , |i j a ^ M oi THE MINING RECORD. 533 to work the Convention for personal or particular ends what proved to be a harmonious meeting would almost inevitably have resulted in discord. Instead of taking such a course they, without effacing themselves, left the work of the Convention largely in other hands, thus demonstrating the sincerity of their professions that their only desire in advocating organization was to secure a full, free and representative discussion of matters affecting mining interests. At the outset not a little surprise was manifested at the absence of any cut-and-dried programme or of anything like an attempt at machine control, and when the delegates fully appreciated that the Convention was what it purported to be, namely a gathering in which all the members stood actually as well as nominally upon precisely the same footing, the discussions at once took on a degree of freedom which could not fail to produce the best results. An association organized on the broad lines above indicated has all the elements of permanency and popularity. It can appeal to every community in the Province for cooperation in making it an established -feature of our provincial institutions. To make it the success, which it may become, the en- .thusiasm, with which the suggestion of its organization was received must be kept alive. The burden of doing this will rest for the most part upon the Executive Committee, and it is not too much to say that upon the manner in which that body is able to discharge its functions the whole welfare of the organization will depend. Local associations will be formed; but the constitution of the organization does not appear to contemplate that these bodies shall be much more than the machinery _whereby representatives to the Provincial Association shall be selected and funds shall be collected to meet expenses. This is a wise arrangement for it would be very undesirable to have a large number; ot local bodies endeavouring to deal with questions affecting all parts of the Province alike. Therefore the responsibility of keeping the Association up to the high place in public esteem, which it secured by its first convention, will rest almost wholly upon the Executive Committee, and it is satisfactory to know that the composition of that body is such that this very serious task may be entrusted to it with the fullest degree of confidence. The Association very wisely limited itself to the recommendation of measures affecting mining. The proposal that it should ask the Government to submit tor the approval of the Executive all contemplated changes in the law, though attractive at first sight, was seen to be unsound in principle and unworkable in practice and was accord- ingly abandoned; but this only increases the responsibility Mr. John Keen (Kaslo), President of the Associat of the Executive, which will have no light task before it in endeavouring to secure the crystallization into legislation of views of the Association. Plain sailing must not be expected. Governments are not always easily moved, and legislatures are often jealous of their prerogatives. It must not be expected that the thirty-eight gentlemen constituting the House of Assemuiy will abdicate their functions to any considerable degree in favour of the Mining Association. The Executive Committee has its work cut out for it, and its hands will be greatly strengthened if evidence is forthcoming which will convince the Legislature that the committee is really, as well as nominally, representative of the great body of the public, whose interests are identified \\ ith the welfare of the mining industry. For this reason it seems desnable that the formation of local organizations should proceed forthwith, so that the Legislature will understand that the movement is some- think that must be reckoned with in the future. Therefore, while, as we have said, the success of the Association rests very largely with the Executive Committee and there is not much that local organizations can do to assist directly in that way, very much will be indirectly accomplished by the prompt formation of the subordinate bodies. While there were differences of opinion on nearly every question discussed at the lite Convention, nevertheless, as will be seen from the very full and officially authorized report of the proceedings published in this issue of the Mining Record, nearly all the resolutions were carried by substantial ma j orities, so that it cannot be claimed that the opinions expressed on the I several subjects are not thoroughly representative. This fact should, and doubtless will, carry very great weight with the Government and Legislature. It is not, of course, claimed that these bodies are in any way bound by the conclusions to which the Association came, but those conclusions ought to be valuable guides to future legislation, especially as by reason of the very full report of the proceedings of the Convention here presented, all who so desire can learn the reasons which influenced the delegates in reaching a decision. Meanwhile, we anticipate the most beneficial results from the work of the Association in the future. Let no one suppose that the organization aims at becoming a sort of unofficial legislature to deal with a certain class of subjects, and suggest annually a lot of changes in the laws relating to mining. But the Legislature may nevertheless wisely accept the good offices of so representative a body as the Provincial Mining Association in ascertaining what legis- tion it is believed should be introduced, or in what respect 534 THE MINING RECORD. and manner the existing Acts may be amended,-in order to serve the best interests of the mining industry of British Columbia. It is now nearly six years since we first, suggested in the Mining Record the idea of a Congress of Mining Men. The lists are still in existence—containing some fifteen hundred names—of those who signified a willingness to take part in the promotion of this initial undertaking. The first effort, however, fell through, as in good times such as five and six years ago we enjoyed, did likewise other endeavours started on similar lines. Then other organizations have been formed on exclusive principles—where membership has been restricted to individual classes. But none of these have accomplished much beyond stirring up unnecessary strife and thereby prejudicing their cause with the general public. At length, by reason of urgent necessity an Association, representative, unprejudiced, sympathetic and tolerant, recognizing the need and worth of cooperative work and measures, has been successfully organized. As long as it retains these qualities it will unquestionably exert a powerful influence for good and go far towards restoring prosperity and contentment to the mining districts of the Province. A beginning has already been made in this direction, for it is freely conceded that in the settlement of the Fernie strike the Mining Association has fully justified its existence. IH §11 Mr. John Hobson, of Bullion, First Vice-President. THE PROCEEDINGS. Victoria, B.C., Wednesday, February 25, 1903,11:00 a.m. The Provincial Mining Association assembled for business this morning in the Assembly Room of the Board of Trade Building. The meeting was called to order promptly by Mr. be for tne benefit of all concerned. (Hear, hear.) This is and then you will decide whether you will appoint a Committee on Resolutions, and after that you will decide when you are to meet again, either this afternoon, or this evening. The following nominations for temporary Chairman were' then made:— Moved and seconded that Mr. John Keen act as Chairman. Moved and seconded that Mr. A. L. Belyea act as Chairman. Mr. Belyea declined, the mover and seconder agreeing to the withdrawal. Moved and seconded that Mr. J. B. Hobson act as Chairman. Mr. Hobson declined, the mover and seconder agreeing to the withdrawal. Moved and seconded that Mr. Gait act as Chairman. Mr. Gait declined, the mover and seconder agreeing to the withdrawal. Moved and seconded that Mr. D.' W. Hig- gins, of Victoria, act as Chairman. Mr. John Keen, of Kaslo, and Mr. D. W. Higgins, of Victoria, being the only two names before the Convention for temporary Chairman, it was moved and seconded that the nominations then close. Mr. Keen was duly elected temporary Chairman of the Convention. Mr. Keen, of Kaslo —Gentlemen: I thank you very much on behalf of the members of the Upper Country of this organization in general for putting me in this position, and particularly for my own town of Kaslo, and as for the gentleman whom you have elected as your Chairman, I will undertake to say that he will do the best he can to expedite the proceedings, and do the best he can for you. Now, you all know we are here for business, to do it quickly and then to go about our own business, and I hope that we will all get down to work, and work earnestly, because the situation is rather a unique one. It appears to me if we carried our minds back to fifty years'ago we would almost consider it impossible that the mine owners, the mine workers, tne professional men and all other classes should be moulded into one harmonious whole,, and I hope this Convention will A. L. Belyea, K.C., who, in his opening address, stated as follows: Gentlemen.—This Mining Convention of British Columbia is open for business to-day. The business it has to do is one of importance, and since there are so many here at the opening meeting there is no reason why the work should not go on continuously until you have finished all you have in hand, and I hope you will have the satisfaction of knowing the work is wen done, and if so it will not be without the proper effect upon the principal industry of this country, namely, the mining industry. The first business is the selection of a temporary Chairman and Secretary, and after that I presume the proper thing will be to select a Committee on Credentials one of the most important gatherings I think that Victoria has ever had, and I think Victoria should be congratulated on the splendid response made to her invitation. Now, it is simply the duty of the Chairman to be the voice of the meeting, and not to talk. What I would suggest is that you do nothing more this morning other than to elect the Committee on Credentials'. T would ask you to pick out a bright, energetic committee who will get down to work, and we will meet this afternoon, and then we will be able to select other committees. I think now, gentlemen, it will be necessary for you to select a Committee on Credentials, and it is now in order for you to nominate a Secretary. Mr. H. Mortimer Lamb, of Victoria, was elected Secretary to the Convention. THE MINING RECORD. 53K Mr. D. W. Higgins, of Victoria—There is a matter, Mr Chairman, which might be referred to the Committee on Credentials, with reference to the number of Victoria and Vancouver delegates. Now, I understand according to the general plan adopted that twenty members, or one in so many, should represent the two districts. Victoria adhered to that, and has twenty delegates on the floor of this Convention, and I understand—without being aggressive, or in any way wishing to create any sectional feeling, Vancouver comes down with forty-six delegates. I think that it "is a matter which should be pointed out to the Committee on Credentials, to have the Victoria deficiency made up. Mr. Jos. Hunter, M.P.P.—I am extremely sorry that Mr. Higgins has raised this question. We are, as it appears now, to have the usual scrap between Victoria and Vancouver. From what I can gather from the newspapers I see that there are fifty delegates to the Convention from Vancouver and twenty from Victoria. Of course that is not fair, and I think, sir. if there are 70 delegates to this Convention from Victoria and from Vancouver, taking them together, it is altogether possible that the proceedings of this Convention shall be dominated by these two cities. I am sure, sir, that no one would have any confidence in the deliberations of this committee or of this Convention if such is the case and I would therefore propose, instead of adding to the Victoria delegation it would be a graceful act to withdraw all the delegates except ten from each city, and then, sir, I am satisfied that the mining communities of British Columbia will have far more faith in the deliberations of this committee, and I would ask that they withdraw all the names from Vancouver except ten to that city, and also have Victoria do the same. Mr. D. W. Higgins—Mr. Hunter says he is sorry I have raised this question, and yet almost in the same breath he has approved of it. I merely want to put the two places on an equal representation, and I submit that Victoria is entitled to as large a representation as Vancouver, and if it is intended to reduce the number to ten for both cities I will be one of the ten from Victoria to step out, but I say let each district appoint its delegates upon the system as arranged at first, which is one out of every twenty members, and I want to know whether Vancouver is entitled to this increase in number over Victoria. I claim Victoria is entitled to 40 delegates, and if we should reduce the number of delegates, then we will lose the advice of a number of gentlemen here from Vancouver. I ask you, gentlemen, to let the matter be settled now and forever. We do not want any sectional feeling, or any feeling which will tend to create an inharmonious spirit in this Association. Mr. Hunter has presented to us what he considers to be a cure, but which would prove very shortly to be an evil if it were allowed to be continued. I move, therefore, gentlemen, that this matter be submitted to the Committee on Credentials.. . Mr. Chairman.—I would like to say one word. We are here in response to this circular, which I hold in my hand, and this circular reads as follows: "Each community is entitled to send one delegate for every twenty members, or one delegate in the case of a community of less than twenty members." Now, sir, it is hot in our hands to deal with this question. This is the clause in the invitation on the strength of which all the district branches have sent their delegates, and therefore I ask you all to drop the names Victoria and Vancouver, and to substitute therefor the name of British Columbia. (Applause.) Mr J. B. Hobson—Mr. Chairman, you have expressed my sentiments exactly. The provisions of the call should be complied with. Merchants, business men, professional men and farmers are here in response to the call, to aid the miners in formulating plans that will result in bettering the depressed condition of the mining industry. So I think the committee will admit all presenting credentials without reference to the number of delegates sent from any particular city town ot district of the Province. We fear no one and feel sat^fied every man who is here to-day is here to ^tter the conditions of the mining industry, and therefore he should be admitted It was a great mistake to issue any limitation tothenumber of the delegates who should come to this Convention. Mr. A. C. Hirschfield.—We have only twenty-two members here representing Vancouver. The names that are in the papers were the names submitted to our committee. There were also ten members selected at a special meeting, who are here to-day from the railway delegation, and which are included in those twenty-two, and that is all we have brought over from Vancouver, and we have some alternatives, but 1 may say here that there are only twenty-two of us here today. That is all I have to say to the meeting, and we did try the best we could to keep within that twenty. Mr. D. W. Higgins.—After the explanation from Mr. Hirschfield, I think any further arguments are unnecessary. Moved by Mr. Belyea, seconded by Mr. G D. Rand, That the Convention do now proceed to the appointment of a Committee on Credentials, and that the Chairman select one member from each of the districts represented. Carried. Mr. A. C. Hirschfield moved, seconded by Mr. A. L. Belyea, That when we do adjourn that we stand adjourned until 2:3o this afternoon to transact business, and to receive the report of the Committee on Credentials. Carried. Mr. Chairman.—You have thrown the responsibility upon me to appoint the Committee on Credentials, and I propose to divide that responsibility. I will call out the various constituencies or districts which are represented here, and ask each to name their man and then we will have things harmonious. The following delegates were^then appointed to act as a Committee on Credentials :— Aspen Grove—J. E. Bate. Armstrong—F. C. Wolfenden. Ashcroft—Isaac Lehman. Alberni—H. E. Newton. Barkerville—John Hopp. Bullion—F. W. Alexander. bear River—Chas. Frank. Clinton—F. W. Foster. Cedar Hill—W. F. Loveland. Camp McKinney—N. Nicholson. Cowichan—Clermont Livingstone. Crofton—Hermann Bellinger. Duncans—Harry Smith. Ferguson—Frank Holden. Fairview—L. W. Shatford. West Coast—Chas. Dooley. Windermere—R. S. Gallop. Phcenix—Geo. W. Bumberger. Eholt—G. Arthur Rendell. Trail—R. M. Perdue. Kelowna—J. Dilworth. Trout Lake—J. Longstaff. Vernon—H. G. Muller. Victoria—Hon. D. W. Higgins. Vancouver—C. D. Rand. Van Anda—Alex. Grant. Quesnelle Forks—J. McRae. Quesnelle—Senator Hon. James Reed. Rossland—F. W. Roit. Revelstoke—W. M. Brown. Slocan—A. Yorke. Sidney—T. A. Marshall. Nicola Lake—A. E. Howse. Nicola Valley—J. W. Collis. North Saanich—Clive Phillipps-Wolley. Nelson—S. S. Taylor. Olalla—S. M. Peterkin. 50-Mile—R. Borland. Queen Charlotte Island—W. H. Dempster. Kaslo—W. J. H. Holmes. ^amloops—H. G. Ashby. Lac la Hache—R. O. McClure. Lillooet—D. Herring. New Denver—W. S. Drewry. Fernie—J. H. Tonkin. Marysville—W. H. McMahon. Lytton—H. Graham. • Ladysmith—T. Kiddie. THE MINING RECORD. Fort Steele—H. Pollen. Grand Forks—Geo. Fraser. Greenwood—Ralph Smailes. Hedley—F. H. Wollaston. Golden—O. D. Hoar. Mount Sicker*—W. Fuller. Moved and seconded that H. Mortimer Lamb be added to the Committee on Credentials to act as Secretary. Carried. Victoria, B.C., Wednesday 16th, 1903. 2:30 p.m. (Afternoon Session.) On calling the meeting to order in the afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, the Chairman introduced His Worship Mayor Mc- Candless, who expressed his desire to make a few remarks. Mayor McCandless —Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen. I had no idea when I came down here this afternoon that I would have been asked to address such a gathering as is here present, but I can assure you it affords me a great deal of pleasure to be able to say a few words to such a delegation as we have here to-day. I am sure, without an exception, that this is the -most representative initial delegation that has assembled in British Columbia to represent either the mining industry, or for any other purpose. (Hear, hear.) I told your Chairman at noon that it was the intention of the Victoria delegates to this Convention to extend to you a hearty welcome this evening at the City Hall—a kind of informal reception— but some of the gentlemen here thought that owing to the pressure of business that you would prefer to be here. (Cries of "Hear, hear.") However, that remains with you. If you can spare the time to-night we will be delighted to meet you all at the City Hall and there extend to you in a most cordial manner, on behalf of the citizens of Victoria, a welcome to the Capital of British Columbia. We want, gentlemen, to get you together so that you can become better acquainted, and I might also say so that the citizens of Victoria can express to you their good wishes and their good feeling towards this Convention (Applause.) I think at the present time it is as little as I can do for you. (Laughter.) I can probably repeat it to-night if you come up there, but as Mayor of this City I extend to you a most cordial welcome, and I hope that after your return home you will have no reason to regret your visit to Victoria. Gentlemen, I hope that after this Convention is over, that your deliberations will be such that the cloud which has rested—for it does seem to me that a cloud has rested over the mining industry for the last three or four years—will be removed, and mining will be placed where it belongs, a legitimate enterprise in which people can put their money with a certain amount of guarantee that they will get good returns for it I think, perhaps, that this hall, as far as I can see, is going to be too small, and, gentlemen, if you think best, we offer you the City Hall, which is as large again, and anything we can possibly do for you we are only too willing to do. I thank you, gentlemen, for the privilege of addressing you. and I hope if you can spare time you will come up to the City Hall to-night. If you think the business is of greater importance, then go ahead with the business, and we will see you again. I have been asked to mention that we have a kind of programme arranged if you can see fit to come there to-night, and there will be instrumental music and a few songs, .°1 lowing a short intermission between each piece to go around and make yourselves better acquainted. I might also add that the Pacific Club is thrown open to all members and delegates, to make yourselves at home there, and I want you, gentlemen, if you are invited or not, to go up there and not wait to be introduced. We want every gentleman here to feel that he is at home. Dr. Sinclair (Rossland) —• I would like to say this, as one of the delegates from the Interior. We have come a very long distance, and are necessarily spending some money, and I for one am exceedingly thankful for the very cordial invitation His Worship the Mayor has given to this Association, but we have come here to do business, and much as it is a pleasure for us to go there this evening, I think our first duty is to perform our business. We want to get away from the City of Victoria as soon as possible. (Laughter.) And we want to leave with the Mayor of Victoria and the citizens of Victoria as little money Mr. D. W. Higgins, of Victoria, Second Vice-President. as oossifcle. (Cries of "Oh, oh.") And for that reason, and as we have got homes to return to, and business to attend to, I move an amendment to that motion that we proceed to business to-night, thanking the Mayor and citizens of Victoria for their cordial and kind invitation. There was no seconder to the above amendment Mr. Chairman.—I am afraid my friend the Doctor does not know the hypnotic influences of the citizens of Victoria. I knew perfectly well when we came here that we would not be able to avoid temptation, but I did not assume for one moment that we were all going to succumb so easily; in fact, so soon that the Doctor could not get a seconder to his amendment Your Worship, we shall be on hand this evening. (Applause.) THE MINING RECORD. 537 Mr. Townsend.—I move that the next meeting of this Convention be held at the City Hall at io a.m. Carried. It was then moved and seconded that Mr. M. H. McMahon act as Assistant Secretary. Carried. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS. The report of the Committee on Credentials was then read by Mr. H. Mortimer Lamb, being as follows: Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,—Your committee appointed for the purpose of examining the credentials of delegates to this Convention, beg to report as follows: The committee met at 12:30 p.m., Mr. D. W. Higgins being appointed to the chair. The credentials of the following delegates were presented and duly accredited: Atlin—F. M. Loveridge. J. Kirkland, W. Wallace Grime, C. Dubois Mason, J. W. Taylor, J. Leatherdale. H. P. Pearse, F. M. Dockrell. J. H. Brownlee, O. W. Johnson, Thos. Blair, J. Holt, J. Stables, MP.P., Commander Hawthorne. Aspen Grove—J. E. Bate. Armstrong—T. C. Wolfenden. Ashcroft—J. E. Knight, Isaac Lehman, Jas. B. Leighton, Stuart Henderson. Alberni—H. E. Newton. Barkerville—John Hopp, F. C. Laird, H. E. C. Carry. Bullion—J. B. Hobson. F. W. Alexander, J. K. Barker. Bear River—Chas. Frank. Chemainus—P. J. Pearson. Colwood—A. H. Peatt, James Phair. Clinton—F. W. Foster. M. Gillvray, J. W. Pearson, G. D. Roard. Cedar Hill—W. F. Loveland, J. Shopland, C. E. King. Camp McKinney—Henry Nicholson. . Cowichan—Mr. Livingston, H. Smith, T. A. Wood. Crofton—H. C. Bellinger, E. E. Taylor. Clayoquot—T. A. Marshall. Eholt—R. H. Anderson, G. A. Rendell. Ferguson—F. Holden, D. G Forbes, R. Hodge, J. Sutherland Fairview—L. W. Shatford, Byron Guest. Fort Steele—J. A. Harvey, H. Pollen, J. T. Laidlaw, J. B. Langley. Fernie—J. B. Tonkin, S. Bownell, D. V. Mott, Hugh Dixon. Grand Forks—A. C. Flumerfelt, Martin Burrell, W. M. Spiers, Geo. Fraser, F. M. Kerby, W. K C. Manly, W. A. Dinsmore, J. B. Henderson (alternate), W. F. Thayer. Golden—H. G. Parson, O. D. Hoar. Greenwood—Frederick Keffer, A. J. Godell, Ralph Smailes, M G. Gaunce, Henry Johns, H. P. Dickinson, Sydney Oliver, Wm. Essensa, M. Galbraith. rledley City—F. H. Wollaston, C. H. Arundell, F. Dev- ereux. Horsefly—Joseph Hunter, M.P.P. Kaslo—W J. H. Holmes, W. V. Bradshaw, J. Keen, Mr. McAndrews, Mr. Whatney, W. V. Popwitt, W. A. Davies. Kamloops—H. G. Ashby, M. Delaney, A. N. Gray, T. J. Roadley, A. W. Gray. Kelowna—J. Dillworth. Lac la Hache—R. D. McClure. Lake Bennett—Randolph Whitfield. lillooet—Dan. Harley, W. J. Abercrombie. Ladysmith—T. Kiddie, W. Jones. Lytton—H. Graham. Marysville—W. H. McMahon. New Denver-W. S. Drewry, Geo. H. Dawson. Nicola Valley—J. W. Collis. Nicola Lake—A. E. Howse. North Saanich—T. W. Paterson, M.P.P., Geo. G. Sangster, Uive Philhpps-Wolley, J. Brethour. Wew Westminster—-J. Thompson, H. A. Eastman, J. S. Hall, Wm. Manson, J. J. Campbell. Nelson—R. Hedley, J. M. Hedley, P. Maulin, J. M. Block, Mr. Gigot, S. S. Taylor, F. S. Farrell, R. Robertson, G. McDonald, A. H. Gracey, F. C. O'Reilly, Capt. Duncan, W. Leslie Hill. Olalla—S. M. Peterkin. ISO-Mile—E. A. Carew-Gibson, M. Menton, Robt. Borland, J. Forester, J. P. Murphy. Phoenix—Geo. W. Rumberger, James Punch, J. W. Astley, F. Heselwood, H. Heidman, W. R. Williams, W. J. Porter. Queen Charlotte Island—W. H. Dempster. Quesnelle Forks—J. McRae. Quesnelle—Hon. J. Reid. Quesnelle Lake—James Moore. Rossland—Dr. Sinclair, E. B. Kirby, G. W. McBride, A. C. Gait, K.C., R. A. Hobbes, Britton Duke, Stephen Des- champs, W. B. Townsend, A. S. Goodeve, F. W. Roit, H. G. Seaman, A. G. Moody, Paul Couldry, B. R. Warden, J. W. Paulson, A. McMillan, R. B. Wrightson, R. Marsh, Mayor Dean, K. Martin, Smith Curtis. Revelstoke—J. M. Scott, A. Johnson, W. M. Brown, F. McCarty, E. A. Haggan. Sandon—W. S. Drewry, B. Wilson. Slocan—A. York, J. W. Purvence, W. H. Davidson, W. D. McGregor, F. D. Woodstock. Sydney Inlet (West Coast)—W. James Jones, Dr. Marshall, John Mclnnes. Sechart—W. Pooler. Soda Creek—Wm. Adams, John Hopp. Stanley—H. Jones, Joseph Hunter, M.P.P. Trail—Noble Binns, W. H. Aldridge, D. Moore, R. M. Perdue, C. A. McNally, J. M. Turnbull, A. D. Dickson. Trout Lake—G W. Stead, H. McPherson, J. J. Longstaff, J. C. Murray. Vernon—H. G. Muller (two proxies), A. Watson, J. A. McKelvie, C. B. Lefroy. Victoria—A. L. Belyea, Dr. T. J. Jones, Henry Croft, D. W. Higgins, A. A. Sparks, J. W. Boldon, H. Mortimer Lamb, Capt. L. Thompson, C. Dubois Mason, J. C. Waters, A. B. Fraser, Sr., Roland Machin, H. B. Thompson, H. G. Scott, A. S. Emery, A. Johnson, Julius Meinecke, C. H. Lugrin, C. Hayward, M. McEachern. Vancouver—A. C. Hirschfield, W. D. Haywood, E. P. Gilman, Chris Foley, Jas. Watts, H. W. Vance, Darck McDonald, Peter Land, W. H. Ketchum, F. E. Woodside, John McLaren, F. E. Holt, T. J. Smith, F. H. Lantz, C. D. Rand, . Frank Richards, A. E. Blackburn, J. E. Botterell, R. B. Skinner, J. Bamfield, John Scott, G H. Dawson, Thos. Dunn, P. W. W. King, A. St. Geo. Hamersley, G. Sheldon Williams. Van Anda—Alex. Grant, J. D. Fraser. West Coast—C. Dawley. Windermere—R. S. Gallop, R. R. Bruce, Geo E. Hate. Millstream (Vancouver Island)—W. Lorimer. A discussion arose as to whether the Convention could recognize proxies. A motion to the effect that proxies would not be allowed was, however, lost, and an amendment permitting the employment of proxies carried. On motion of Mr. S. S. Taylor, seconded by Mr. Rand, the committee decided that the only other credentials to be considered by this committee will be those of delegates who will be actually in attendance. Moved and seconded that the report on credentials be adopted. Carried. 538 THE MINING RECORD. 11! = Mr. Chairman—I w ill ask the committee to remain as a committee until to-morrow, as there are several gentlemen coming to-night. We have a telegram stating that delegates have just arrived here—dated from Vancouver—this morning: "Atlin delegates just arrived—Amur; arrive Victoria to-night," so it will be necessary that they be turned over to the hands of the committee, and they will meet with us tomorrow morning. Now, gentlemen, I will make two suggestions to you, and then I will take your opinion about it. I suggest, first, that you appoint a Committee on Constitution and By-laws which will frame a Constitution to guide our paths from pitfalls in the future. I should suggest, also, that you appoint a Committee on Resolutions, each committee to sit here this afternoon and receive suggestions for resolutions. I know that there are a number of gentlemen in this room who have suggestions to make, but they don't care about taking an active part in it themselves. I would therefore suggest that they make these suggestions which they desire to make in writing — not necessarily signed unless they choose to sign them, and then the Committee on Resolutions shall take them up and thresh them out to their dry bones, and let us have the quintessence to-morrow morning. With these suggestions I leave the matter - in your hands. Mr. Higgins—I recommend a Rules Committee somewhat on the same lines, because I recognize the importance of starting busi-. ness with a code of rules of order, they being paramount. They certainly would be a great comfort and assistance to you in guiding this meeting, Mr. Chairman, and therefore I move that a committee of five delegates be appointed to frame a report on rules for the guidance of this body. I place that distinct from the other because it must be considered as an emergency matter— a few very simple rules are^ all that are necessary, and then they can go to the Constitution and By-laws Committee, and they can pass upon them. It will be a guide to you in case an obstreperous person gets up like myself. (Laughter.) I move, therefore, that a committee of ten delegates be appointed to frame rules for the guidance of the deliberations of this body. _ Mr. S. S. Taylor.—Mr. Chairman, you are putting that motion in a hurry. We should have a Constitution and By-laws, which should, of course, embrace that, because I know as a matter of fact a great many want to know upon what basis this organization is to be operated in future. I therefore ask that the gentleman who made the motion ask that it be put again so that we can reconsider it. Mr. A. B. Fraser, Sr., of Victoria, Treasurer. Mr. Higgins.—My one object in making tins motion is that the rules of order are wanted immediately. The Constitution is a matter which requires a great deal of thought, but the rules can be arranged in a very short time. The same committee can act again on the Constitution and By-laws, or another committee can be appointed. I therefore adhere to my resolution. Moved by Mr. S. S. Taylor that the same committee be a committee appointed to prepare the Constitution and By-laws for the guidance of the Mining Association of British Columbia. Mr. Chairman.—The resolution is that a committee of ten delegates be appointed to frame and report on the Rules of Order and the Constitution and By-laws for the government and guidance of members at meetings of this body. Mr. Higgins— Leave out "at meetings of this body." Mr. S. S. Taylor — For the government and guidance of this Association. Mr. Chairman— As amended it will be — "That a committee of ten delegates be appointed to frame and report on the Rules of Order and the Constitution and By-laws for the government and guidance of members of this Association." A Delegate—I move that we call upon the secretary of the preliminary organization, and also the Chairman of the Association, as we would like to hear from both of them as to what they have done, and also what the plans are for tHis Association. It will open up a general discussion, and I think_ it will be easier for you, Mr. Chairman, and more satisfactory to all to have an explanation of what has been done. Mr. J. B. Hobson — For the information of the gentlemen present, and for the particular information of the gentleman who referred to this matter, I would state that there has been nothing done but to call a Convention of miners and those interested in mining to meet here; nothing else. You are free to frame a Constitution and By-laws, a Code of Rules of Order and Order of Business for the Provincial Mining Association of British Columbia. The motion to appoint a Committee on Constitution and By-laws was then carried. A Delegate.—As there are a great many members of this Convention who are very desirous of hearing the views of the organizer of this Association, Mr. Hobson, we would like very much if Mr. Hobson would give us the benefit of his experience in regard to the Association in California. Mr. Hobson.—I have not been feeling very well for the last THE MINING RECORD. 539 ten days, so will confine myself to a brief address that will outline the policy of the Association. You are not here to listen to long speeches, you are here for most important business,— "Gentlemen,—I congratulate you upon the favourable auspices under which you meet here to-day. Your prompt response to the call for a Miners' Convention proves conclusively that you are here to make a united and determined effort to better the conditions surrounding the mining industry, and to encourage the development of the vast mineral resources of the Province. "You are here to-day, gentlemen, for the purpose of organizing a Provincial Mining Association, the object of which will be to encourage and foster the development of the mining industry, which must be considered the paramount industry of the Province. "The Association, as I understand it, will not be a technical one, concerning itself with the science and practice of mining; nor a commercial and financial one, concerning itself with mining properties and investments ; nor should it have anything to do with labour problems, or interfere in any way with labour unions. Most of the mining organizations of the world have been formed for these and similar purposes (with the exception of the California Miners' Association which has attained such wonderful success.) " This Association from its beginning should make united efforts to secure legislation in behalf of the whole mining industry, and otherwise promote and protect the legal rights and privileges of miners, prospectors, mine owners, and mining investors. "In all other matters of general importance, it should represent the whole mining interest, and express its policy, and this will be the second association organized in the world in the general interest of the mining industry. "It should represent the concentrated influence of the population of the Province directly and indirectly interested in he industry of mining. Its influence will be strongly felt m the halls of Parliament and the Provincial Legislature. "Through being composed of men representative of the best ability and character in the British Columbia mining fieId by adopting conservative measures and ^™%™*g% ^ working with energy to secure its ends, it will attract ana maintain the confidence and respect of the people. It will do much to improve the present depressed condition of the m- dustry and restore confidence in the }&^\™?f*£ vestor, who is required to assist in placing the mineral indus- for large and profitable pro- Mr A. L. Belyea, of Victoria, Secretary. try of the Province on the basis duction. "I feel confident, gentlemen, that the Association you will organize to-day will maintain its vitality so long as there is mining done in the Province of British Columbia. "The success of the Association will depend upon the basis upon which it will be organized, so I urge upon you to be careful to organize upon a carefully laid foundation. If this is done, the Association cannot fail to be a grand success, and general prosperity will surely result." (Applause.) Mr. Chairman.—Now, gentlemen, you have authorized a committee to sit on By-laws and Constitution. I think you had better now proceed to name your committee. Moved by Capt. Thompson, and seconded by Mr. Lugrin, that the appointment of the Constitution and By-law Committee rest with the chair. Mr. Chairman—You place the chair in rather a difficult position ; with over two hundred fine men before me it is rather a difficult task. A Voice — That is what we put you there for. (Laughter.) Mr. Chairman— I will appoint Mr. C. D. Rand, D. W. Higgins, J. B. Hobson, Chris Foley, A. C. Gait, Hon. Senator Reid, S. S. Taylor, K.C.. W. S. Drewry, J. Stables, M. P.P., and A. C. Flum- erfelt. Moved by Mr. E. B. Kirby, seconded by Mr. Townsend, that a committee be appointed to prepare resolutions to submit to this Convention at its session tomorrow morning, and that this same committee, since it consists of ten, be appointed to prepare these resolutions. Mr. Dean — I move that that Committee on * Resolutions be formed by a representative from each of the mining «districts. Carried. Mr. Williams — I move that the vote be reconsidered, as otherwise the committee would be too cumber some. Capt. Livingston Thompson.—I beg to move that the Committee on Resolutions consist of ten, and that it shall be appointed by the chair. Mr. A. C. Galt— Of course, we are all very much interested in getting through this as speedily and promptly as possible. Not for the reason that Dr. Sinclair has given us this morning, that he wishes to escape from Victoria and not spend his'money here; but we feel there is a great deal of important business to be brought before the Convention. ^ Now, with regard to the gentlemen appointed on the Committee on Resolutions, it struck me at the time as being a very large number, and I would suggest that the matter be left in the hands of a smaller number, because it will be open for us to 540 THE MINING RECORD. e IN make suggestions to the committee and hand them into the committee for them to consider, and I think a committee of two or five would be quite sufficient. I therefore move that the Chairman of this Convention appoint a committee of five to frame these resolutions. Mr. Williams.—I would like to move an amendment that the Committee on Resolutions should consist of ten. Mr. Chairman.—Five is the motion. Mr Williams.—I would like to move an amendment that it consist of ten. Mr. A. L. Belyea.—I know that in bodies like this-it is very necessary to have committee work promptly done, because if the committee work is delayed it keeps everything back. Now the larger your committee is the longer it is going to take to accomplish any subjects you assign to that committee. I think we might be able to divide the Province up into five districts, and give each one of these districts a representative. I throw this out merely as a suggestion. Take the Kootenay and give them a representative and the same with the Boundary country, Cariboo, Vancouver Island, and the Lower Mainland, and I think you can select a committee of five in that way so it will be fairly representative of the different interests as well as the different districts. A Delegate—What about Yale? Mr. Belyea—That is included in the Boundary district. Mr Dean.—Mr. Chairman, in support of my motion, I would say my chief reason in suggesting a representative should be chosen on that committee from each of the districts is this—that in the first place every district would feel that they had their desires fully ventilated in that committee, and in the next place, when that committee had made its report to this meeting that a large number of the audience would be prepared to support the findings of the committee. I think you will find if you have a very small committee you will miss the proper representation of probably some particular interest. For example, I would just mention now that Mr. Belyea omitted to mention the Slocan district. Capt. Thompson.—Now, as I have accepted the reduction from ten to five, I think it would be well to say that we want men to draw the resolutions who are accustomed to make resolutions, so that those who have resolutions to make will be able to be heard through the Resolution Committee, --erefore, I move that a small committee of five should take up this matter. The amendment was lost. Mr. Rolt, of Rossland.—With regard to this committee, it does not appear to be understood what are to be the functions of this committee. I should like to have it clearly understood. Is it a committee that has the power to weed out, or has it the power to accept any subject of debate which is put before it? Mr. Chairman.—It would be impossible to suppress any | resolutions that they might want to bring forward. The object of the Committee on Resolutions is to lick things into shape and present them to you in the simplest form so that you can handle them. The resolution is handed up by someone, and we may not understand the language or the drift of it, or what the object of it is, but if it goes through the Committee on Resolutions they put the thing in shape. It is for us to either recommend or dispose of it. They put it forward, and the convention can do what it likes with it; it is to shorten labour and save time that this method is adopted. Now, the only point involved in the amendment is the question of number. Mr. Dean moves that the committee be formed from one of the delegates from each of the districts represented. Mr. Thompson moves, seconded by Mr. Skinner, that the Committee on Resolutions consist of five members to be appointed by the Cnairman. A Delegate.—Mr. Chairman, I think we are all beating about the bush. I think the point that sticks in the gizzard is that tnere is the natural fear if a very small committee is appointed, it will tend to take away the main object for which the resolution was brought forward, and I think any man has a right to bring forward any resolution he likes. A Delegate.—Mr. Chairman, allow me to make an observation. It seems to me that it would be safer to have a large- committee. The gentleman who depends on the opportunity which he will have to present a resolution, unless it has gone- favourably through the hands of the committee, will find that he will not have very much of an opportunity to get it passed at this meeting. Mr. Jos. Hunter.—If that is the case, I entirely differ on the appointment of this committee. If I move a resolution, L propose to put it before this meeting in my own words, and I do not propose that my liberty he restricted in that manner,. and if that is the object of the committee, then I say that it is not necessary to have such a committee at all. It would be- simply a means of restraining and restricting the liberty of this Convention. Mr. Galt—All I want to say is that there cannot possibly be any desire on the part of any member here to seek for himself or his little constituency some private advantage. If he intends to do so he will certainly be defeated. It is- open to any and all of us to introduce our resolution in our own words, so that the only effect of appointing a committee- of five, or any other number, is to save the time of this Convention, and its object as far as possible is to sift out those- things which are really material and substantial which are to- be brought before this Convention.. Mr Frank Richards—I move that the Credentials Committee should appoint a body of ten from the body of delegates present. Seconded by Mr. Howse. Mr. Chairman.—Now, I think I have them all, gentlemen. I will put the last one first. Moved that the Committee on Credentials select a committee of ten to pass on resolutions, xnat is the first amendment I shall put to you. The question was then put, and the amendment was carried. Mr D. W. Higgins.—I want to say something which is of importance to yourselves, and to the members of the press. We are brothers here for a common purpose, and ought to know each other, but we don't. Therefore I would ask if the members rising in their seats will kindly mention their names and the districts which they represent; it will greatly accommodate the press, and it will also assist you all. (Hear, hear.) Moved by Mr. Marsh that all resolutions to be laid before- the meeting should be in writing. Motion seconded and carried. Mr McMillan, of Rossland.—There will be a great deal' to come before this meeting, and I would like to make this- suggestion that the speeches take no more than five or seven minutes, or something like that. Victoria, B. G, 27th February, 1903. City Hall, 10:00 a.m. The Convention was called to order shortly after 10 o'clock by the Chairman, Mr. Keen, who announced that arrangements had been made for the delegates to be photographed in a group at the conclusion of the morning session. Mr. Chairman.—The next communication I have to make to you only shows that Victoria is bent on intoxicating this- delegation. I told you their seductive influences were powerful and great. The citizens extend a hearty invitation to the delegates to visit the opera, "The Chinese Fete," to-night or to-morrow. The report has been sent in by the Committee on Constitution and By-laws. REPORT OF CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE. ARTICLE I. Sec. 1. This organization shall be known as the Provincial Mining Association of British Columbia. Carried. Sec. 2. The objects of this Association shall be to protect, develop and foster the mining industry of British Columbia;, in all its branches. Carried. ARTICLE II. Sec. 1. The officers of this organization shall he a President, Vice-President, Secretary, Assistant Secretary. Treasurer, and an Executive Committee consisting of twenty-five THE MINING RECORD. 541 members to be selected to the number of five from each of the following classes, viz: Class One.-Prospectors, mine workers and smelter workers. Class Two.—Mine operators and owners. Class Three.—Smelter owners and managers. Class Four.—Business and professional men. Class Five.—Farmers and ranchers and others. (Carried.) SeCe2' c ^U officers t0 serve for the period of one year or until their successors are elected or appointed. (Carried.) Sec. 3. The President, Vice-President, Secretary and 1 reasurer of the Association shall be ex-officio officers of the Executive Committee. (Carried.) Sec. 4. A General Convention of this Association shall be held annually m Victoria, or such other place as may be selected by the preceding Annual Convention, the date to be fixed by the Executive Committee. (Carried.) ARTICLE III. Sec. 1. The Executive Committee of this Association shall have full power to transact all business of the Association, except such as shall be transacted at any general meeting of the Association. Sec. 2. _ The district organizations shall submit for the consideration of the Executive Committee all questions, matters and resolutions that they may desire to have submitted or brought before the Government or Legislature of the Province, or the Government or Parliament of Canada, and the Executive Committee shall have the sole and exclusive right and power to convey or submit to such Governments, Legislature or Parliament, such questions, matters or resolutions, and may so convey or submit the same as forwarded by the district organizations or as modified or changed by the Executive Committee, or may decline to so convey or submit the same. Sec. 3. No new legislation or amendment of any existing legislation shall be sought by a district organization, except through the medium of the Executive Committee, who shall have power to modify or change any such suggested legislation or to decline to submit the same to either of the Governments aforesaid or to the said Legislature or Parliament. Sec. 4. All meetings of the Executive Committee shall be open to the public, and a full report of all its proceedings must be made to the next Annual Convention. Sec. 5. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Association, and sign all cheques and drafts drawn on the Treasurer; provided, however, that such cheques and drafts have been passed by the Auditing Committee in the manner provided for in the Constitution and By-laws of this Association, and perform such other duties as are herein prescribed, or as usually pertain to that office. In the absence of the President, the Vice-President shall perform all the duties of that office. Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep full and correct minutes of all meetings of this Association and of the Executive Committee, and to render annually to the Association a full report of all the transactions of his office, or to the Executive when requested to do so by the President; receive all moneys of the Association, paying the same to the Treasurer and taking his receipts therefor, and perform such otner duties as may be required of him either by the Association or the Executive Committee thereof. The Secretary shall give bonds in such sum as the Executive Committee may determine, for the faithful performance of his duties, such bond to be approved. Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to receive all moneys of the Association and deposit said money in a bank designated by the Executive Committee, and pay the same only upon orders drawn by the Secretary and passed by the Auditing Committee. He shall render an annual report to the Association, and, upon the request of the President or the executive Committee shall, at any time, furnish to said committee a statement of the condition of the funds of the Association. The Treasurer shall give bonds in such sum as the Executive Committee may determine, for the faithful per formance of his duties, such bond to be approved by the" President Sec. 8. All accounts against the Association must be approved by the Auditing Committee before being paid Sec. 9. All cheques and drafts of this Association must be prepared by the Secretary and signed by the President, or in his absence by the Vice-President and Treasurer. ARTICLE IV. Sec. 1. The headquarters of this Association shall be in the City of Victoria. Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the Executive Committee of this Association to at once proceed to the formation ol district organizations. Such district organizations shall be recognized as branches of the Association; provided however, that no city, town, village or other locality shall have more than one district organization. Sec. 3. All persons friendly to the mining interests are eligible to become members of the various branches of this Association. In the event of there being no district organization in the district where he resides, any person may unite with the Association by forwarding his name to the Secretary thereof and paying an initiation fee of one dollar ($1.00), and he will be furnished by the Secretary with a certificate of membership. District organizations may admit non-resi-. dents as members. Sec. 4. The annual membership dues for all branches of this Association will be as follows, viz.:— Per Annum. Wholesale Mercantile Houses and Financial Concerns. .$10 co Manufacturing Concerns 10 00 Mining Companies 10 00 Hotel Keepers and Saloon Keepers 5 00 Retail Merchants S 00 All other members 1 00 Sec. 5. Any such wholesale mercantile house, manufacturing concern, mining company, hotel or saloon keeper, or retail merchant, paying the fee above provided, shall be entitled to nominate a representative to act as a member of the district organization receiving such fee. Sec. 6. All dues must be collected by the district branches, and fifty (50) per cent, of same paid to the Secretary of The Provincial Mining Association of British Columbia. The remaining fifty (50) per cent, shall be retained by the district branches to pay for the cost of collection of dues and for the maintenance of said branch association, and expenses of delegates to any meeting of the Association.. Sec. 7. The annual dues of this Association shall be paid on or before the first day of January in each year. Sec. 8. Each district organization shall be entitled to one delegate to the Annual Convention for each twenty members, or fraction thereof, in good standing, to be selected as such district organization may determine; provided, however, that no city, town, village or other locality shall be permitted to send more than twenty delegates. Sec. 9. This Association shall be non-political, and shall have nothing whatever to do with labour problems; nor shall it interfere in any way with labour unions. Sec. 10. This Constitution may be amended at any Annual Convention of the Association upon an affirmative vote of two-thirds (2-3) of the delegates present. BY-LAWS. 1 The Executive Committee shall be authorized to appoint from among themselves by vote, or through the President or in his absence by the Vice-President, an Auditing Committee, which shall also serve as a Finance Committee, and such other committees as they or the President or in his absence the Vice-President, shall Seem necessary or proper. The duties of such commmees shall be outlined by the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall fill any vacancy of the officers of the 542 THE MINING RECORD. Ill<!1 Association or members of any committee, and they shall have power to remove any officer of this Association who is derelict in his duty, upon a two-thirds vote of all the members present at such meeting; provided, that no officer shall be removed until he shall have been notified of the intended action of the committee and afforded an opportunity to be heard. 2. All parliamentary questions shall be determined in accordance with Bourinot's Manual of Procedure at public meetings, unless otherwise ordered by the Association, including Rules of Order adopted at the organization of this Association. 3. Unless otherwise ordered, the President shall appoint all committees of this Association. 4. The meetings of the Executive Committee shall be held at such time as they may determine. Special meetings of said committee may be called by the President whenever deemed advisable, and upon the written request of any five members of the Executive Committee the President shall call a meeting thereof. Provided, that the fixing of headquarters does not preclude the holding of Executive Committee meetings elsewhere than in Victoria, as might be necessary or advisable. 5. That at all meetings of the Executive Committee seven members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Each member of the committee shall be notified personally by mail, or telegram, to his last known address, of each intended meeting. 6. The Secretary shall receive such compensation for his services as the Executive Committee may, from time to time, determine. RULES OR ORDER. 1. The President shall preside at all meetings and preserve order. In case of a tie the President shall have the casting vote. In the absence of the President and Vice-President, a member may be selected by the meeting to act as presiding officer. 2. A delegate wishing to speak to any question must rise in his place, uncovered, give his name and the name of the branch he represents, and address the chair. He shall be allowed ten minutes in which to speak and shall not be allowed to speak more than once upon any question unless he be the mover of a substantive resolution, or by way of explanation. 3. Two delegates shall not occupy the floor at the same time. A delegate called to order must at once resume his seat; but he may appeal against the ruling, and the decision of the meeting shall be final. 4. A motion having been passed or negatived may be rescinded or reconsidered or amended or rejected at the same meeting by the vote of a majority of the delegates present. 5. All motions must be in writing and signed by the mover and seconder before being open for discussion. 6. Any of these rules may be amended or suspended by a majority vote of the delegates without notice. James Reid, Chairman. 5. Enquiries and answers thereto. 6. Presentation and consideration of reports of Officers and committees. 7. Motions. 8. Introduction and consideration of By-laws.- 9. Unfinished business. 10. Election of officers and committees. Mr Chairman.—Now, gentlemen, you have heard the interim-report of the committee. What shall we do with it? Moved by Dr. Sinclair, and seconded by Mr. Hirschfield, that the rules of the Committee on Rules and Practice be hereby adopted. Carried. These By-laws may be amended at any Annual Convention of the Association upon an affirmative vote of two-thirds majority of delegates present. 1. 2. 3- 4- ORDER OF BUSINESS. AT MEETINGS OF THIS ASSOCIATION. Reading of notice convening meeting. Reading of minutes. Original communications. Presenting resolutions. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS. Mr. Lamb—I have here the report of the Committee on Resolutions, which I shall read to you:— Mr. Mostyn Williams, Assistant Secretary. Mr. Chairman,—Your committee beg to submit for your consideration the following resolutions:— Resolved, That the collection by the Government of dues in respect of timber and cordwood used by the owner upon mines and mineral claims for mining purposes should be discontinued. Resolved, That the code signals for mine hoisting be repealed. That the Boiler Inspection Act is productive of great hardships, and that the Legislature be urged to amend the same as follows: 1. To reduce the present excessive fees so that the same may conform to those prevailing in other provinces. 2. Conformity with the general practice in the other provinces and to accept the certificate of reputable boiler insurance companies. MINING RECORD. 543 3. The present rules adopted for calculating the strength and safe working pressure of boilers are unusually and unnecessarily severe, and these rules should be altered to conform to general engineering usage in Canada and the United States. —esolved, That it is the opinion of this Convention that the law relating to free miners' certificates should, be amended, so that failure ±0 keep up a free miners' certificate shall not work forfeiture of rights acquired under it. Resolved, That for the purpose of taxation Crown granted mineral claims should be placed in the same position as other mineral claims, and that the exemption from the tax imposed by section 145 of the Mineral Act should be extended to all groups of Crown granted claims, upon any one of which claims the assessment work for the whole group may have been performed. j..xr Belyea—I will not trouble you with reading the long resolutions relating to the silver and lead question. They will be taken up afterwards one by one as you come to consider them. The committee has one or two other resolutions not Mr. Clive Phillipps-Wolley, of Saanich, a member ofthe Executive Committee, representing Farmers. yet completed, and I would ask the members of the committee to come outside to consider when we will meet again. One matter I would like to say is that if any of you have any suggestions to make or resolutions, I would ask that you pass thernTip at once in order that we can get at them, and we will take them up at the first meeting, and send them back to you. This will help us in getting through with our work. Mr Chairman.—There is a further report of the Committee on Credentials. The Secretary.—Mr. Chairman, the Credentials Committee met this morning and added the following names to the list already vouched for:— Atlin—Wm. Loveridge, J. Kirkland, M. W. Grieve, C. Dubois Mason, J. W. Taylor, J. Leatherdale, H. P. Pearse, F. M. Dockrell, O. M. Johnson, Thos. Blair, I. Stoll, J. Stables, M.P.P., C. Haythorne. Armstrong—F. C. Wolfenden. Fernie—Hugh Dixon. Millstream—W. Lorimer. New Westminster—H. A Eastman, T. S. Hall, Wm. Manson. Rossland—John Phillips. Revelstoke—A. A. Haggen. Vancouver—A. St. George Hammersley, G. Sheldon Williams, W. A. Cutler, Thos. Dunn, P. M. King, W. Richardson. C. Dubois Mason was transferred to the Atlin list and H. P. Ben substituted for him on the Victoria delegation. Mr Fullerton—Just one moment, Mr. Chairman. I would like to know the rule in reference to alternatives. I was one of those appointed to take the place of any absentees. .i.^y name is Fullerton, and I would like to know the rule in regard to this. There are two alternatives here, myself and Mr. Mapleton, representing the interests of our delegates. Now, Mr. Walters has resigned, as far as I can understand, and some of our delegates cannot be present. We would h-^e to know what our position is before we take any action whatever in this Convention. Mr. Chairman—Will you answer that, Mr. Higgins? Mr. Higgins—I think, Mr. Chairman, that it is quite proper that Mr. Fullerton should be placed on the regular membership of delegates, and that also Mr. Mapleton should act in the absence of a regular delegate. I therefore move that Mr. Fullerton be placed on the Victoria list of delegates in place of Mr. Walters. Dr. Sinclair—I have no objection to this gentleman taking this position, but he is only an alternate. I want to know if he is here to occupy the other man's position in his.absence. Mr. Higgins—The other man has resigned. Dr Sinclair—Then I have much pleasure in seconding Mr. Higgins' resolution. Carried. Moved by Mr. Lugrin, seconded by Mr. Gaunce, that we now proceed to consider the resolutions.* Mr Fullerton—Is it understood by us that all resolutions shall come up to this body and be dealt with by that committee before1 they are submitted to this meeting? It may be that the subjects which the committee have to report upon are of vital interest to this Convention as affecting the interests of this mining industry. Can a resolution be submitted dealing with the report of the committee to this Convention, or should it to go to that committee first, and then be submitted to this Convention. Mr. Chairman—The matter was discussed yesterday. It was- decided that a committee on resolutions should be appointed in order that they might thresh out the thing, and we should have the quintesence of their labours. If we were to do all the work we would be in difficulty all the time. It is only courtesy that we should hand in all the resolutions to that committee. Mr J. B. Hobson—I have a most important resolution for that committee. It affects the placer mining industry, and is of most vital importance to the development of the placer mining industry of this Province. Mr Chairman—We will hand that to the Committee on Resolutions. You recollect the resolution. It is that the resolutions as recommended by the Resolutions Committee be now taken up. One is in reference to the resolution passed at Sandon, and the other is relating to the abolition of the two per cent. tax. Which one will we take up first? Mr. A. Grant moved, seconded by Richard Marsh, that the resolution dealing with the abolition of the two per cent, tax be taken first. Carried. The Chairman read the resolution. It was a^s follows:. THE TWO PER CFNT TAX. Resolved, That the Government and Legislature of the Province of British Columbia are respectfully urged to abol- itt the so-called two per cent, mineral tax upon the output of mines, because of its injurious effect in restricting and re- 544 THE MINING RECORD. pressing the mining of low-grade ores, and because of its effect in discouraging the investment of outside capital. Mr. W. B. Townsend, Rossland, moved that the resolution be adopted. This was seconded by John Dean, Mayor of Rossland. Mr J. McGregor, of Victoria—I think, before that resolution is put through so briefly as that, we would like to hear from the members of up country what sort of taxation they propose to put on in place of that two per cent tax. Merely to throw it out of existence would be satisfactory to some of the mine owners, but I think the majority of them are prepared to pay a tax of some sort, and I think if they don't propose to put any amendment specifying the reason of the abolition, they should give their reasons, and state what they propose to give in place of it. Mr Galt, of Rossland—We all feel from the Upper Country that this is one of the very most important motions that will come before this Convention. We realize that every man here present in this Convention is anxious and willing to assist in the removal of any grievances which are real grievances to the mining industry, whether it happens to be a delegate who is not shipping any ore at all and is not paying the two per cent, tax, or whether it is the merchants who are not interested directly in the matter, that this tax has a very serious and deterrent influence upon the prosperous working of our mines. Now, in other words, it1 amounts to this: this two per cent, applies principally to the low-grade ores of the Province, and in this manner it is a tax upon the gross value of the ores shipped from every mine, only deducting the cost of freight and treatment at the smelter, and consequently, the mine owner has got to pay two per cent, on a sum which includes all his cost of mining. Now, it is easy for you to see where the difficulty lies. A single instance will show you the injustice of such a tax as that, when you consider the case of a mine owner who wishes to raise the sum of $100,000, say, from the product of his mine. The lower the grade of his ore the greater the amount of the tax which he has to pay to the Government. Somebody might say that this tax is necessary in some cases, but it cannot be considered a just or equitable tax, as it is not only inequitable but very unjust, because as you go down from the higher grades of ore to the lower, you would at last reach a point (and one which concerns the majority of our ores, or the greater bulk of them) where it leaves a very narrow margin between profit and loss. Now the mine owner that develops that kind of a mine is doing the most possible good for this country, and I may say, in low-grade development work he can only do so if he has large bodies of ore to work, and in working these he necessarily employs a great many men, so practically the larger the body of ore is the greater number of men he employs annually, and as a consequence of the employment of these men he does more good to the Province at large. His employees are more numerous, and he builds up a little community around his mine. Every one of the men he employs pays a certain amount of taxes. In Rossland I do not think it is an exaggeration to say that the whole taxation of that town paid by every individual in it is really paid by the miners and those who own the mines. The whole community depends entirely upon the mines in that district, and if the three or more mines now working were closed down for good, of course Rossland would be wiped out absolutely in a few weeks, and of course the Government would lose all that taxation that they are now receiving from the people in that community. I am not an expert on this question—that is, I am not a miner myself, but I have had occasion to make a great many enquiries, and have heard a great many expert opinions expressed on the subject. The result of this taxation for one year on a single mine in Rossland—I think it was the Centre Star—amounted to 12 per cent, of their net profit. Now,_ you can readily see that this is a very high amount of taxation for any mine to carry or for any business to pay, and as the grades of ore lower—it can be demonstrated by more than one- gentleman here—that the taxation at the rate ot 2 per cent, will amount, and in some cases does amount to 15, 20 and even 22 per cent, ol the net profits of the mine alone! I am quite sure that there is no gentleman here who will say that the 2 per cent tax on the mines which are indirectly paying the taxes of all the community they are in, is a fair tax, a tax which compels them to pay 22 per cent, of all the net profits they make from the mine. In regard to the way mining has been operated in the past, I need not go into that because you all thoroughly understand that it is in an exceedingly dangerous and wretched condition, the result of unwise legislation. The law in regard to the silver and lead mining industry has caused great distress; and the silver and lead mine owners are appealing to the Ottawa Government for relief from the burdens under which they are now staggering, and in face of that it is pointed out by the provincial mineralogist, who is prepared to show only the good side of our country, that the output of the mines in British Columbia has been increasing steadily, and last year there was a very large and substantial increase in the output, but neither the mineralogist, nor any member of the Government' who is interested in putting on this tax, ever tries to show the other side of the question, namely what are the profits Mr. C. Foley, of Vancouver, a member of the Executive Committee, representing Labour. from the mines which are producing these immense outputs. And when I tell you, gentlemen, as many of you know, not one of these mines producing this enormous output has been able to pay a dividend during all the time which they have been operated, you will readily understand how much attention an investor would pay to the fact that they are making a tremendous output. The only way that these mines can be run is to operate them on a tremendous scale. The amount of ore shipped last year depended on two or three mines, but none of them are paying a dividend; and they are in a very unsatisfactory condition, and there is no inducement offered to investors to put any more money in the company. I therefore think we ought to have a very strong support from this Convention in asking the Government to repeal this unjust tax. Now, it has been stated that those who desire the repeal of the tax should offer some substitute to the Government to take its place. In the first place, several substitutes have from time to time been offered, and they have all been rejected, but is it after all any part of our duty to direct the Government? It THE MINING RECORD. 545 rseems to me that this is a matter for them to decide what they shall put on m lieu of this taxation They have had many ■joints of evidence brought to their attention as to the unfcur- ^fu °1 a ^Xt and h is open t0 them t0 decide what they shall do. And I say, gentlemen, when they are brought face to face with such a magnificent display of public opinion which we have here to-day, and when we point out a grievance which has injured the mining industry to a very ereat and terrible extent in this Province, it ill befits them to place a substitute in its place for so comparatively small an •amount of money—a tax which has been imposed in-a very reckless and unjust manner. No doubt some of you have not been aware of the extent of this tax, and have failed to grasp the peculiar iniquity of it. We all know that there is not a very large amount of money raised through the two per cent tax, and as a matter of fact $125,000 is about all that is taken ■out of the pockets of the mine owners by that tax, but the trouble is this, it is all taken out of the pockets of'the very iew miners who are holding on by their teeth to their prop- Mr. E. B. Kirby, of Rossland, a member of the Executive Committee, representing Quartz Mining. «rty, and who are doing their utmost and exerting their utmost endeavours to carry on their mine development and pay their accumulated tax, and this tax acts as a prohibitive in taking out the ore from the low-grade ore bodies of which I have spoken. That is where the injustice of the tax comes in. No mine owner is going to attempt to remove the low-grade ■ore bodies of his mines unless he is sure of making some substantial profit. Now, if you get down to a body of ore which will probably return only 25 cents on a ton, and the -mine owners have to employ hundreds of men and incur the risk of the mine ever being a success, is it not an iniquitous thing that he should be called upon to pay 20 to 22 per cent, of any profit he may happen to make to the Government? Is it not an exceedingly unfair and objectionable mode of taxation. That is the position exactly which the mine owners of Rossland and the Boundary and other places where low-grade ore bodies exist to a large extent have to contend against, and that is the position in which we find ourselves. We have to take chances of having an accident, or running across barren streaks, and in the event of all that sort of thing we have to take chances upon the success of the mine, and if after taking all these chances we happen to make a large output the Government steps in and says, hand over to us aa per cent of what little money you have been able to make out of your operations. I will say nothing more as I am not an expert in this matter, but that is just the position of the two per cent tax. (Applause.) Mr W. B. Townsend—I would like to say a few words on this resolution and what I consider should take the place of this two per cent tax. We know from our past experience in Rossland that since the two per cent tax has been put on that the revenue is very much smaller, but we claim that if the two per cent, tax was taken off, our population would increase double to what it is at present, and the revenue from taxation from the increase of the population would more than treble what they now receive from this two per cent tax, and I would therefore urge that the tax be abolished. Mr. E. B. Kirby, of Rossland—There are two questions which are generally asked of us by those who have the two per cent tax at heart. One question is how is this so burdensome? and the other question is, what do you propose as a substitute? The burdensome feature may be illustrated I think, by three separate divisions when you come to analyze them. The first is that the tax, while not large in the aggregate, is paid by only a few mining companies. Only a few mine owners pay it, and it is unequally distributed among them. That is uniformly conceded. The second objection to it is that this tax, more than any other, has an odious reputation in Toronto, Montreal, London and New Yoric—and I may say, the East generally. I do not think that any of you, except those who have been through those centres and have met the financiers who are interested in mining all over the world and in British Columbia can realize the extent to which that tax serves as an irritant, and as an objection, and also as an argument against the investment of capital in British Columbia, and I am strongly of the opinion that its repeal will will do more than any other single step in the power of the Government to make the investors feel that we are making a turn in the right direction, and to show that the power of the Government and of all the people of British Columbia is now directed towards the aid of mining and to the repeal of unwise legislation. The third objection to the tax, and which was so well described by Mr. Gait, is that it has a very peculiar effect in its methods of operation, an effect which is entirely different to that due from any other tax, and that peculiar effect .is that it is a progressive tax, a tax which gradually seizes a larger and larger proportion of the net profits as we go to lower and lower grades of ore. I know of no other tax in existence that has that peculiar effect and it is that fact which restricts the miners of your Province in mining the low-grade ores. I need not say to this mining assembly, representing as it does the brains of British Columbia in this industry, that the very back bone of the industry is the low-grade ore, and we shall have prosperity, and prosperity which will extend to all other districts in British Columbia when we get to mining these low-grade masses, and by this means we will establish an industry—not on the basis of certain bonanzas, but on the basis of a steady and long-time growth. I will just read you a few figures as sent out in a circular by the Rossland Board of Trade, which will illustrate clearly to everyone what is meant by this pro-' gressive increase in the tax: - HIGH-GRADE SMELTING ORE. Assume gross value of $16 00 Cost of freight and smelting 6 00 Amount received by mine 10 00 Cost of mining and development 4 50 Net profit $ 5 50 The two per cent, tax figured on the above $16 is a 20 cent tax which amounts to 3.6 per cent, of the net profit. urn THE MINING RECORD. LOW-GRADE SMELTING ORE. Assume gross value of $12 00 Cost of freight and smelting 6 00 Amount received from mine $600 Cost of mining and development 4 SO Net profit $ 1 50 The two per cent, tax figured on the above $6 is now 12 cents, or 8.0 per cent, of the net profit. HIGH-GRADE MILLING ORE. Assume gross value of $ 8 00 Cost of milling and smelting concentrates with tailings loss 4 00 Amount received by mine $400 Cost of mining and development on larger scale .... 3 So Net profit 50 The two-per cent tax figured on the above $4 is eight cents or 16 per cent, of the net profits. LOW-GRADE MILLING ORE. Assume gross value of $ 6 00 Cost of milling and smelting concentrates, with tailings lost 3 25 Amount received by mine 2 75 Cost of mining on larger scale, ore bodies already developed 2 50 Net profit 25 So you will see as you get down to these low grades which we must sooner or later reach, that the tax exceeds and grows larger and larger, and is taken off the net profits'; and I must say for our own companies, that we have been anxious for a long time to tackle the" development of the low-grade ores in our mines at Rossland, and I know that that is the desire of our neighbourhood, but we have been over-ridden by this tax. Our directors to-day are ready to invest large sums of money in the milling of this low-grade ore, but they say we" dare not do it in view of these facts about the two per cent. tax. We do not wish to invest money by the hundreds of thousands in the present state of affairs when we are compelled to pay 20 to 22 per cent, of our net profits to the Government. I say, gentlemen, if that tax is removed mining w»il go ahead. (Applause.) One other point, and then I have finished. It has been asked why we do not propose a remedy. In the first place, gentlemen, it is not our business to do so. That is what we have a Government for. They are the ones to lay plans and to decide as to how the revenue shall be raised, and, further, gentlemen, I state they should remove it for the practical reason that there is a substantial unanimity of opinion among the mining men of the Province of British Columbia as to the evils of the two per cent. tax. I may say that I understand the Government is not strongly inclined towards reforming its policy in this respect; but the moment we start to propose remedies, then you will find as many different views as to the best substitutes to be had as there are members in this house to-day. However, let us stick to what we can agree upon, and get the Government to see that their duty is to find out how the revenues are to be supplied Mr W. S. Drewry—There is one little change I would like to suggest. Strike out the words "low-grade." We are af- tected just as much as they are in the development of the hi -h grade ores. Our cost of mining is from $3.00 to $8.00 per ton on the cost of production. I would like to see that change made at once. That is the only change I would suggest. Why I ask this is that in the present form it might convey a wrong impression. The high-grade ore cannot bear the tax any more than the low-grade ores. Mr Leslie Hill, of Nelson—With regard to what Mr. Drewry has just said I would like to mention that at present we are engaged in developing low-grade ores, although we have only a small quantity, but we have to-day very extensive development work, which has cost a great deal, and the result of the two per cent, tax is that we are making no profit whatever. We are paying out in this two per cent tax $100 per month, which means we have to pay $100 less in development work. We are making no profits at all, and the tax simply prevents us employing that much more labour, and doing that much more development work, and of course we have that much less money to spend. Mr. A. C. Flumerfelt—It was not my intention to have had anything to say with respect to these matters before the Convention, because as you know I am not a mining man. My business life has been spent in Victoria, but I have the Mr. A. C. Flumerfelt, Grand Forks, member of Executive Committee, representing' Smelting Interests. honour to be connected to a very large extent in the mining industry of this province, and am interested with you all in connection with the development of our country. With regard to this two per cent, tax, I am glad to see that the Convention has approached the subject in a generous and fair spirit.. I am glad to say from my knowledge of the present Government, and conversations I have had with them, and with members of the Opposition, "that they are also in favour of the abolition of this two per cent. tax. I have the assurance of the Premier, and also the Leader of the Opposition, that they are in favour of some rectification of this change, but they also ask what is to be the substitute for this tax? My answer to that is, and the answer of the miners is, and I honestly am of the same opinion, that they should not tax the mining industry, but they should give a bonus towards the development of the industry. I am speaking now for the Granby Company; we have some 670 men employed, and I will just say a few words on this matter. We are going on-as best we can with the development of our mines, and in the "Phcenix'* we have provided for the enlargement of our smelter, and* we THE MINING RECORD. 547 ofetiayi^^he f^nd?-ti0n °f °ne °f the *"*«* enterprises of the kind on the Continent Our directors have already authorized the multiplication of our furnaces, and it is intended that if legislation, transportation and other conditions can be satisfactorily arranged to duplicate our smelter within perhaps the next year. (Applause.) We are at present handling something in the neighbourhood of 200 tons of very low grade ore daily, and we will be in a position to handle from 2,000 to 2,300 tons daily, and if the conditions which I have mentioned can be satisfactorily arranged and adjusted, we expect to handle over 4,000 tons a day. This will mean the employment of 1,200 to 1,500 men—to say nothing of the incidental expenses of using timber and coke, all of which tend to increase the commerce of the Province, and to enrich the whole of the country. I further feel that the tax received from the mining people is not too great a sum for the mines to pay, provided always, that the tax was more equitably adjusted. That is, in my opinion, one of the features that the Government should approach with very great care. If, as Mr. A. E. Howse, of Nicola, a member of the Executive Committee, representing Commercial interests. Mr. Kirby has suggested, we were to go to the Government with a substitute for this tax we would be immediately _ at sea. If, however, the Convention can so frame a resolution which will be satisfactory to the Convention, asking the Government to abolish this tax, and give fair and satisfactory reasons, and we had the assurance of the Government that no other tax will be substituted which will be more difficult to bear in the development of this industry, then, I say, that I am heartily in accord with it. We all know, gentlemen, when this tax was first put upon the statute books, it_ was intended, in fact it was promised to a gathering of mining men that it should only be put in force by proclamation. The Finance Minister told me it was impossible for the Government to continue the development of the country, building roads and trails, etc., for the mining people unless this tax were put in force. They all acknowledge the inequity of it, but are utterly at a loss .to hunt up a substitute. I hope that the one which will be put as a substitute for this, two per cent, tax will not be too injurious to the Government, but one we can all stand by and fight for. Mr Marsh, of Rossland—As a member of the Rossland delegation, and as we are all very much interested in this two per cent, tax, I desire to say a few words regarding the matter. I think there is a general unanimity of opinion that the tax should be abolished, but the question of a substitute seems to be where everybody hangs fire. The mining industry, as is well known, in the Province of British Columbia, is paying a very much larger portion of the revenue to the Government than any other industry in the Province in proportion to the different other industries engaged. With regard to the substitutes, and there have been a number of them proposed, they all remind me very much of the story I heard some time ago. A gentleman owned a large Newfoundland dog, and the dog was somewhat of a nuisance around the house, and his wife wanted him to dispose of it. One day he came home and told his wife, "Mary, I have sold the dog," and she said, "Did you; what did you get for it?" He says, "$1,000," and she said "I did not think that you would get very much for it," and he said, "Oh, well, I had to take the dog out in trade," and so she asked him what he got for it, and he told her that he had got in return two bull pups worth $500 each. (Laughter.) Well, gentlemen, it is needless to say that the substitute was equally as objectionable as the other. As several of the gentlemen here have spoken, and who are in a position to say, that if this tax is removed, they will largely increase their plants at the mine, and they will increase the number of men employed, which will mean that" there will be a large increase in the men employed in all the avocations in British Columbia. The railway companies will have to increase their number of men in order to nrovide for the demand in transportation of this large amount of ore. The merchants will employ more men, and there will be more carpenters employed, and so on, and those employed will be compelled to pay a certain amount of taxes and revenue to the Government, and in that way the Government will get a much larger revenue than they would otherwise receive. In fact, I believe the Government would come out with a much larger revenue if they did not propose any substitute, and be satisfied with what they got in return without a substitute.' These gentlemen who have spoken to us we all know are in a position to give us opinions that are positive and substantial, and if their ideas are followed out the Government will have no reason to complain whatever in regard to the proposition we are discussing, and they will have no reason to complain, because they will be getting a substantial increase in their revenue, and they ought therefore to be satisfied with the complete removal of the two per cent. tax. Mr. Gilman, of Vancouver—Mr. Chairman and gentlemen. With reference to the remarks just stated I have.heard it expressed that if this large increase in the number of men, and the increase in commerce take place, as far as the abolition of the two per cent, tax is concerned, the Government will have a much larger revenue by the increase in population, but I contend, gentlemen, the Government will have a larger expenditure in the way of providing schools and all sorts of things resulting from this additional increase in population. At the present time, as you all know, the Provincial Government has not sufficient funds on hand to carry out the great improvements which it could otherwise do if its treasury was well supplied. There is only one substitute which if we all agreed to put it before our Legislature that could keep them up to the mark. As you are aware, the Government of British Columbia is at present contributing to the revenues of the Dominion a very much larger sum than they get back, and if we all get in line as a Convention and try to induce the Dominion Government to give British Columbia a larger share of our profits, then the Provincial Government would have the necessary funds in hand to supplement the very small amount of money they derive from the imposition of this two per cent, tax, and that fund could also be applied to a great many other purposes which will crop out in this Convention, such as a fund to assist the prospector, and where a body of prospectors agree among themselves that they have found a new mineral belt but have not the necessary funds to get into that belt, the Government would be in a position to appoint a number of thoroughly efficient inspectors to go into " 548 THE MINING RECORD. that district, and find out whether the reports of these prospectors are true, and the necessary appropriation should then be made by the Government to put the trails in good condition, and the funds which the Provincial Government may have in hand—if we can get this increase from the Dominion Government—they could be applied to all sorts of things, and would supply a' substitute for the very small amount now • collected by the two per cent tax. Mr C. H. Lugrin, of Victoria—It seems to me that the discussion is getting away from the resolution. . This Convention is asked to express its opinion in regard to the two- per cent. tax. We have been told that it is an unjust tax, and the injustice of it has been clearly demonstrated. We have been told that it has a discouraging effect upon the investment of money, and that has been demonstrated very clearly not only by what has been said to-day, but what we are perfectly familiar with. Then if that is the case, why should this Convention trouble itself to discover some substitute for a tax which is unjust. If it is a bad tax, and we all think it is, let us get rid of it, and when we have gotten rid of it I think we can then trust to the good sense of the Legislature to discover some substitute; but I do not think that a substitute will be found necessary. I believe that if this tax is removed, and the investment of capital is induced to come to this Province, as we have been told that such would come, then the effect upon the country will be such that the resulting revenue will be very much larger indeed than what is now. raised by the imposition of this tax. This convention should content itself with the strong expression of opinion as to the merits of this tax. Mr J. B. Hobson—Mr. Chairman and members of the Convention: I can add but little to the remarks and opinions presented by the gentlemen who preceded me; but if you will allow me .a few moments I will explain to you how it affects the placer mining industry. We have met objections many times when endeavouring to induce capital to enter the placer mining field, for the simple reason that there is a tax levied upon the gross output of mines. It bears as heavily on the low-grade gravel miner, as it does on the miner of low-grade ores. It is a most objectionable tax, and a most unpopular one to the investor, and I may add it is a most unreasonable one in every respect. To show you what one mine has been taxed in the Cariboo country, I will say that the owners of the placer mine at Bullion expended in its equipment and development work $1,900,000. It has recovered from the ground $1,077,000, and the company has not yet received one cent of remuneration for its investment, and does not expect to for another year. Yet we have been heavily taxed through the imposition of the two per cent, royalty, a very unfair and onerous tax on a company which is expending annually large sums of money in equipment and development work. In the year 1900, the Consolidated Cariboo Company of Bullion paid a royalty or tax amounting to $7,001.70 on a gold product of $350,085.00 in addition to $2,137,00 for leasehold rents, $110.00 for free miners' certificates, $105.00 for hotel and merchandise license, $250.00 for stumpage, $450.00 in poll tax for 150 miners and employees, and $50.00 income tax of manager, making a total of $10,003.70 paid as revenue to the Government in one year by one hydraulic mining company in Cariboo. Now, gentlemen, I will ask you if it is fair to tax the gross output of the mining industry or that of any other industry? I ask you if it is fair to tax the gross product of the farm when, for instance, a farmer produces 1,000 tons of oats, and sells them for so much money? Is it fair to tax his gross receipts on sale of oats without first allowing him to deduct the cost ' of putting in his crop the cost of taking it off and placing it on the market? No, certainly not, gentlemen, and the Government does not tax him thus, but on his net receipts. Then why should the miner—who must ever be considered a public benefactor—be taxed so unfairly? Why should he be cinched instead of encouraged in his efforts to increase the business of others and the mineral wealth of the Province? There is no industry on earth that does more for the public generally than the industry of mining. (Applause.) Let it be iron, coal, lead, copper, gold or any other class of mining, they all contribute to the wealth and prosperity of the country—I claim it is against public policy to prevent the prospector and explorer from entering and opening up the vast mineral wealth of the Province for development and profitable investment. I believe that one of the most important measures brought before this Convention is the removal of the heavy and unfair two per cent, tax on the gross output of mines. Let every other objectionable feature surrounding the mining laws be removed and the Province will soon populate with energetic explorers, prospectors and legitimate investors who will develop the greatest mining industry in the world. (Applause.) When reading the Mining and Scientific Press, I noticed some items that fit our case exactly. They refer to the same system of taxation tried in the State of Colorado. "There is or should be recognition of basic difference between the taxation of mining property and almost any other kind of real or personal property—not to favour the miner for the miner wants no favour—but justly recognizing exist- Mr. W. M. Brown, of Revelstoke, a member of the Executive Committee, representing Placer interests. ing facts. A man has $100,000 worth of goods in his store; another has $100,000 machinery plant on his mine. It is manifest that the same general rule should not apply in both cases. It would be just as fair to tax a merchant or manufacturer on every dollar that passed through his hands in a year as to tax a mine owner on the mine's gross production. "A man has a $50,000 farm, eternally reproductive; another has a $50,000 mine, ephemerically so; the equities are dissimilar. Any system of taxation that tends to limit the number of workable mines is against public policy. "The matter is of importance to all miners. The intent of these fragmentary remarks is to suggest to newly-elected legislators, who propose introducing laws governing mine taxation in their respective commonwealths next winter, that a degree of caution is necessary and proper understanding of the subject absolutely requisite. The prospector should not be discouraged, the miner should not be frozen out, and the investor should not be unduly deterred from aiding devel- THE MINING RECORD. 549 opment The working miner is a good customer for every-. ^hTtt^T/tr-01 no on*He d—* ** *£ These conditions appear to fit our case, so I trust that this Convention will adopt the resolution and urge upon the* Gov ernment the necessity for the abolition of fhe two per 2nt royalty on the gross output of mines. Mr G. Sheldon Williams, of Vancouver-Mr. Chairman and gentlemen: Mr. Kirby and Mr. Gait and a few Z gent emen have stated here that it is none of our business to tell the Government what they should do towards remedying this evil. Now, gentlemen, if we tell the Government not to do one thing, we should tell it what it must do. Our business is rather to guide the Government and tell them what is best to do in the country, and this Convention should make an alternative to the two per cent tax, or suggest to the Government to pass a resolution to take the tax off for from two to five years, and not tax the mines for that length of time- but if we go to the Government and ask them to take the tax Mr. J. Lehman, of Ashcroft, a member ofthe Executive Committee, representing Farmers and others. off and give no alternative we cannot expect that we will receive the satisfaction we desire. Mr. Pollen, of Fort Steele.—I consider that in taking off this two per cent, tax we should in some way show what is going to take its place. I think the amount paid by Mr. Flumerfelt's company as regards this two per cent, tax was something like $300. Mining, in-my opinion, should not _ be taxed directly,; it must be taxed indirectly, and the mining prospector should be encouraged. On the* one hand you do not want to make it bad for the prospector and the Government must have some revenue to make up for the two per cent. tax. Mr. John Dean, of Rossland-I might say there is one point which these gentlemen seem to appreciate, and that is the fact that *in the case of a great deal of the ore raised in many of our mines the tax is levied on ore which does not realize a profit at all. Now, it seems to me that that is a point that should be brought prominently before this Convention. I would also say, in reply to Mr. Gilman, while he has stated that the cost to the Government would be very materially increased, notwithstanding the fact that the population would be increased, I say that the increase of population would mean a large increase of revenue to the Province over and above the cost of trails, schools, etc., that he makes such a tuss about. I would also point out that in the mining industry you cannot increase the price of the product as you can in other industries. No matter what your cost may be tor development work, etc., the cost of the ore still remains the same, and I would specially draw your attention to that point. That is the fact in the initial stage of any mine., the cost of mining is far greater than any revenue you can derive from the sale of your ore. A man may develop a mine by sinking his shaft 200 or 300 feet down, and expend $SO,ooo, and he may find when he gets to the bottom that the wofk he has done does not warrant him in proceeding any further. He may have $20,000 to $25,000 worth of ore, and he will have to pay a loss of $30,000 to $40,000. I think that the repeal of this tax on the production of ore may be looked upon as a special inducement to capital. Whilst we know that we spend vast sums in immigration, I think that by the taking off of this two per cent, tax it might be censidered as an indulgence, or it might be considered as a special inducement offered to capital to come here, just exactly as you would offer special inducements to labour by the immigration of a vast population to come into our midst. It seems to me that we have arrived at that point now when we must offer special invitations, and inducements to capital to come among us. We have the natural facilities, we have the mines, we have the smelters and the coal and gold, and all the natural properties which offer inducements to capital. (Hear, hear.) The only thing is we do not want to pile them down with taxation so as to make it practically impossible to come in anu make money. Mining is one of the most risky ventures. It is one which requires a great deal of coaxing to get capital into, and unless you refer to a small class of diggings it cannot be handled without a considerable amount of capital. i,e in Rossland have been taught a very severe lesson, and that it is perfectly useless for capital to endeavour to develop a quartz mine under the present conditions which prevail as . regards our laws and taxation. Mr. Hirschfield, of Atlin—I wish to state here that I disagree with Mr. Williams. I do not think anyone here would like to see the tax removed for only five years. That is worse than nothing at all. It would take five years to open up a property. What we have come here for to-day is to decide what we are going to do with this two per cent tax. We all want- to get rid of this tax. The tax is unfair, and I am heartily in favour of its removal. The removal of this tax would eventually result in the opening up of a larger amount of properties, the bringing in of increased population, and the revenue received from the increased population would more than make up for any tax which may be derived from the two per cent. tax. That is a hardship on the mining industry. It restricts mining development and confines it to one or two companies which are able to survive the strain. It is the old story of the man who said "A" had to say from "B" to "C" before he got out. Now to get down to facts, it is no good to say that this tax is a bad one, but we must go to work and get rid of it. I think that British Columbia is the only country that taxes a man on what he does not make. Mr. Keffer, of Greenwood—In speaking of the Boundary country in the' last year the Boundary has mined over 100,000 tons of ore, but the average value of that will not exceed $5 a ton. Out of that we must pay mining expenses and transportation expenses to the smelter and labour, etc., and our profit is on an exceedingly narrow margin. I would say for my own company, the B. C. Copper Co., that we have during the past year smelted $150,000 of ore, and our taxes have ranged between 15 and 20 per cent, of the profits, and also our company has expended to date about two-million dollars in smelters and opening out the mine. I for one would be in favour of the repeal of the two per cent, tax with no substitute in its place. I think with the other gentlemen that the 550 THE MINING RECORD. li! 11 building up of the country and the increase in population will far more than offset this two per cent. tax. Mayor Burrell, of Grand Forks—Mr. Chairman. In speaking on this question I speak not strictly as a mining man, but as one interested in mining. Now, gentlemen, I am rep- senting the ranching industry, and one gentleman has stated that the mining industry is the most important industry we have, but I think, gentlemen, the ranching is more important than any other. It is the most important and always will be. You cannot mine unless you are fed, and I recognize, gentlemen,-that the industry of ranching comes first. I also recognize that the ranching industry is inseparably connected with the mining industry, by which we must stand or fall. In the first place, gentlemen, I came here with the opinion that this tax of two per cent, should be altered and not abolished. It is an inequitable tax at the present moment, and I believe, gentlemen, if that two per cent, tax had in the first place been levied on the net profits of the mine there would not have been a word. I do believe, however, and most emphatically believe, that this Convention should propose some substitute. It is all very well for you to say that the mining industry should not bear this tax. You say it is an unjust tax, and that is what you are kicking about, but what Government on the face of the earth will stand your taking off a tax such as this and offering no substitute in return. We are going to them, and say to. them—"Here, abolish this tax, which amounts to something like $125,000, and substitute nothing." Mr. Gait has spoken on this question to this magnificent meeting, and says that we should not give the Govem- fne'nt a little guidance. I say, gentlemen, I think it is our business to give them some guidance in this matter. You go to the Government on one hand and say, "We want money for roads and trails." We have, I say, in the North Forks and around Kettle River, one of the best countries on the face of this earth, and you will go to the Government and say on the one hand, "We want money for roads and trails, etc,." and what will you do on the other side? You will ask them to take off this $125,000. The Government will say to you, "You come here and rob us of $125,000, and on the other hand you want us to give you $30,000 to $45,000 more for the development of your country. I think that pressure should be. brought to bear on the Dominion Government. Let us get more of the money and a larger share of the profits that we contribute to the Dominion Government. It is certainly the only way our Provincial Government can afford to take off this taxation, and these funds should be secured by our Government, and I consider that is the best way of our dealing with this question. Let pressure be brought to bear on the Dominion Government to get a larger share of our profits that we now give to them annually, and that is the best and only way to remedy this evil with which we are dealing, namely, the two per cent tax. Mr. Wolfenden, of Armstrong—I represent also the farming industry, and I think, gentlemen, if we go to the Gov- - ernment and ask them to take off this two per cent, tax we should offer some substitute to the Government. We do not want the Government to put on a tax which is more unfair, and if we go to them as a body representing the mining industry, and show them what is best for the country, I have no doubt that they will meet our wishes if we are prepared to act fairly with them. Capt. Clive Phillipps-Wolley, of Saanich—I am also a farmer, sir, and I would like to point out that I was asked to take some part in this Convention, and I may say that the people in Saanich are composed chiefly of farmers. Now, you asked the farmers to come into your Association and lend you their hand, and they are very willing to do so provided you make it clear to the farmer that the burdensome taxation which you want removed is not going to fall upon the poor farmer's shoulders. They say, perhaps, that you are like the spider who asks you to come into his parlor so that he may suck you dry. Now, gentlemen, that is not what we want, and I have advised my section of the country to come into your association and assist you, but as I say, in the first place they want to see that they are not going to suffer in consequence. It is a matter of self interest with them. You have given as your reason for the removal of this tax that the population of British Columbia will be so largely-increased that revenue will be provided by means of this increased population, and as long as you can prove to us that this tax is not going to be followed by a tax on the farmer we shall be exceedingly anxious to help you by all the means in our power. You say that the mining industry as it stands at.the present time does not pay; but, gentlemen, the mining industry is not the only industry that does not pay, for I do not know of many who are bothered with a farm which pays. I have heard of mines which pay, and have been in mines which pay, for I am as much a miner really as I am a farmer, but I do not know of a farm that pays at the present time, and we could not afford an individual taxation put upon Mr. A. J. Goodell, of Boundary Falls, a member of the Executive Committee, representing Smelting interests. us. I would suggest when you go to the Government and say to them, "Take off this $125,000 tax," you should give them some suggestion as to how this money is to be raised, otherwise they will say, "Well, the miners are kicking like blazes, and they are a very intelligent lot; we must not offend them, but there are the old hay-seeds, they never open their mouths; let us put the tax upon them for they will never say anything about it." Mr Dean—As the mover of the resolution it has been suggested that the words "low grade" should be struck out of the resolution. The resolution as originally moved is this— "That the Government and Legislature of the Province of British Columbia be respectfully urged to abolish the so- called two per cent, mineral tax upon the output of mines because of its injurious effect in depressing the mining of low- grade ores, and because of its effect in discouraging the in- THE MINING RECORD vestment of outside capital." That is the resolution, and it has been moved that the words "low grade" be struck out. Mr. Drewry—I move that the motion be reconsidered, and the words low-grade be struck out. Mr. Gaunce seconded the motion, which was carried. Mr Scott, of Revelstoke—I rise to a point of order. All the resolution should be put in writing. Mr. Hirschfield—The idea of this amendment is that the two per cent, tax shall be taken off of all mining, and it is merely a question of language in the resolution which is very easily arrived at by not referring to low-grade ores or placer mining. Leave that out, and I think we will then all get what we want Mr. Chairman—I will read the resolution as amended: "That the Government and Legislature of the Province of British Columbia be respectfully urged to abolish the so- called two per cent, mineral tax upon the output of mines, don Mr. Robert Borland, of 150 Mile House, a member ofthe Executive Committee, representing Farming. because of its injurious effect in depressing mining, and because of its effect in discouraging the investment of outside capital." Dr. Sinclair—That resolution covers everything. It covers what Mr. Hobson said, and is a complete resolution. The motion was then adopted. Adjourned till 3 :oo p.m. Afternoon Session, 3:00 p.m. the silver-lead question. Mr. Chairman-Oh the slip of unfinished business is another resolution from the Resolutions Committee relating to the silver-lead industry. Perhaps it would be well to read it all. It is as follows: That this Convention assembled at Victoria, _ heartily endorse the resolutions passed by the silver-lead miners at San- uJlff ,Ioth December, 1902, and that a copy of this resolution be telegraphed to the Dominion Ministers at Ottawa. wAt Vmeeting of the silver-lead mine owners of East and West Kootenay, held at Sandon, British Columbia, on December 10, 1902, the following resolution was presented by J. u .Parker, and carried unanimously: RESOLUTION. 1. Whereas, The silver-lead industry of British Columbia, notwithstanding the usual richness of the ore, the proved continuity of the veins, and the favourable natural conditions of mining in the Province, is, and for some time has been, in a declining condition, which, if not ameliorated, will end in total stagnation. And 2. Whereas, The lead-mining camps of the United States, and peculiarly those in the adjoining State of Idaho, are, and for years have been, enjoying great prosperity, due to a protective tariff conserving the home market. And 3. Whereas, The silver-lead mining industry has been for years of national importance, and, unless allowed to decline, will speedily attain to a much greater degree of importance, benefiting by its increasing expenditures the trade and ad-" vancement of both Eastern and Western Canada. And 4. Whereas, Our domestic market for the manufactured products of lead is chiefly supplied from the products of ores mined in Mexico and Europe, where the labour cost of production is much lower than in this country; a condition of affairs permitted by the wholly inadequate protection afforded by the existing tariff; while the prices of white lead, lead pipe, sheet lead, and shot, in the Dominion of Canada, are approximately equal to the prices charged for the same commodities in the United States, all to the detriment of the producers, consumers and transporters of lead in this country. And 5. Whereas, Under the existing tariff, little or no protection is afforded to the lead producing industries; whilst adequate protection is afforded to all other industries of equal importance, known to us. And 6. Whereas, These conditions result in the exportation of a preponderance of our crude ore and bullion, the former to American smelters and the latter to the markets of the world; there to enter into competition with the products of cheap European and Mexican labour, and the surplus product of the protected lead industry of the United States. 7. Therefore, We, the silver-lead miners of the East ana West Kootenay districts of British Columbia in convention assembled, do hereby recommend and respectfully urge the enactment of a Tariff Act which will afford ample protection to the producers, manufacturers and transporters | of lead, thereby creating and fostering a new and expansive home industry calculated to benefit all classes by the stimulation of national trade and commerce. Having in view the interests of the producers, manufacturers and consumers of lead, we would recommend a duty equal to that imposed by the United States, viz.: On lead in ores, V/t. cents per pound. On lead in bullion, pigs, bars, and old lead, 2 1-8 cents per pound. On'lead in sheets, pipe, shot, etc., 2j4 cents per pound. On white lead, etc., 27-8 cents per pound. On all other products of lead as provided in the Dingley Tariff Act of July 24, 1897. Provided always, that if at any time it shall be proved that a combination has been formed for the purpose of unduly increasing the charges made for smelting lead ores produced in Canada or for refining or marketing lead bullion, or if charges'for smelting and refining in Canada are proved exorbitant then the Governor-General in Council may at his discretion permit the admission into Canada of lead bullion smelted and refined, or smelted or refined in foreign countries, 552 THE MINING RECORD. from Canadian lead ores, upon payment of an ad valorem duty of 15 per cent upon the cost of such smelting and refining. 8. And the Secretary is hereby instructed to forward copies of the foregoing resolution to the Senators and Members of the Dominion Parliament, representing British Columbia, with the request that they present the same to the Federal Government as a memorial with their endorsement. Louis Pratt, Secretary Silver-Lead Mine Owners' Meeting held at Sandon, B.C., December ioth, 1902. Mr Chairman—That, gentlemen, is the resolution passed at Sandon, and I am about to ask you whether you concur in the same. Mr. Thos. Dunn, of Vancouver—I have very much pleasure in moving this resolution in connection with the silver- lead mining industry of this country. In moving such I wish" to state that I have had some experience in the upper country in regard to the silver-lead market, although at the present time I am a Mainlander. The matter has been brought up and threshed out by the silver and lead mine owners of the upper country, and I am sure they are a great deal better able to deal with the matter than a great many of us are here. We have heard that the people in Rossland deal ably with the refractory ore question. I am glad to hear that this resolution, dated December ioth, 1902, was passed at Sandon, and I now beg to move that a copy of this resolution be telegraphed to the Dominion Ministry at Ottawa. Mr. Hobson—I second Mr. Dunn's motion. I am a firm believer in protecting the lead or any other industry of this Province. I would go further than the resolution, and would ask that a duty be placed on any manufactured article that contained lead. I would place a duty on the cans that contain fruit, which are soldered with an alloy of lead and tin. I will go to any extent, gentlemen, to protect the mineral industry of this country. I am heartily in accord with the resolution, and hope the resolution will be adopted and wired to the Ministry at Ottawa. Mr Chairman—It has been moved and seconded that a copy of this resolution be telegraphed to the Dominion Ministers at Ottawa. Motion carried. Mr. Chairman—It has also been moved and seconded that the delegates of the quartz and the placer mining industries meet in different rooms and settle among themselves the questions which affect these industries, and to-morrow afternoon they meet in session together and previously selected delegates will present the decisions arrived at. Further, that the business of the Convention will be expedited by this arrangement. Mr. Belyea wishes me to state that the Committee on Resolutions is entirely inadequate to handle all the resolutions. f They have at present forty resolutions to deal with, and he ask that ^all matters relating to placer and also to quartz mining with which they are flooded be handed into these different committees. Mr. Belyea—The committee is a fairly large one, but if this Convention is to wait until this committee sorts out all that data, it will be a long time. I therefore ask that this be divided into a quartz and placer mining committee and let them get together separately, and thresh out all the matters relating to that particular industry, and then come back into a committee of the whole. Mr. Frank Richards, of Vancouver—I have very much pleasure in seconding that resolution. Mr. Fullerton, of Victoria—I would like to ask if they consider that the committees are necessary to do the work of this Convention. In addition to that, Mr. Chairman, I consider there should be some one appointed to look after the capital and labour question. Mr Chairman—What I understand you to mean, Mr. Fullerton, is this—In addition to the committee taking care of the placer mining there should be a distinct committee dealing with capital and labour. Mr. Fullerton—There has been a resolution submitted to the committee dealing with that question, and asking for the committee to go into it. Now, I think a question of that nature should be dealt with in committee. Mr. Chairman—I make this suggestion, that the whole matter can be gotten over if you nominate a committee to take up all matters relating to placer mining. ' Mr Galt—I would move that the Chairman of this Convention nominate a committee of five gentlemen engaged in the placer mining industry to deal with this question. Dr. Sinclair seconded the motion. Mr. Henry Croft, of Victoria, a member of the Executive Committee, representing Quartz interests. Mr. Adams, of Soda Creek—I think it would be much better, Mr. Chairman, if there was a general meeeting of those delegates that have come from placer mining districts, and if they had a meeting first and discussed matters, they would then have something to go on. They would have a general idea of what the placer people want in the different parts of the Province. The question was then put and motion carried. The following gentlemen were appointed to act on the Placer Mining Committee: Messrs. Hobson, Dunn, Hopp, Moore and Loveridge. Mr. Scott, of Revelstoke—I would suggest that as Revelstoke is a placer mining centre, it should not be left out of that committee. A. St. G. Hammersley, of Vancouver—There are a number of gentlemen here representing the placer mining industry and if they appoint a committee, or if they stand by the com- THE MINING RECORD mittee which has been 55i bh p.«er pg issns&'SSi'SrjKr- opinions of that committee. and THE MINING INDUSTRY AND TAXATION. Moved by Mr. S. S. Taylor, and seconded by Capt. Wollev • Resolved, That with respect to the resolution' passed[£s morning dealing with the abolition of the two per cent tax his Convention wi 11 not be opposed to an equitable and fair taxation on the mining industry. Mr. TAYLOR-There is no use, Mr. Chairman, because we happen to be miners and pass a resolution which is gofng to be of benefi to us, that we should think it is going to meet the approval of everyone in British Columbia. I do not believe there is a man here who owns valuable mining pro- Mr. J. J. Campbell, of Nelson, a member ofthe Executive Committee, representing Smelting interests. perty who is not perfectly willing to bear a fair share of the taxation of this Province, and if public money is spent _ in assisting him to carry out the ^development of the mining industry I am sure he will bear''a fair share of the taxation to provide money for that expenditure. It does seem to me to be wholly inconsistent for one man to get up and say, "My mine is worth so many thousand dollars," and then on the other hand to get up and say, "Abolish this legislation dealing with taxes, for we cannot afford to pay taxes. It does seem to me to be so very inconsistent, and if we are- going to bring a proposition like that before the Legislature of British Columbia it means that we are asking something unreasonable, and something which will not be acceded to. (Cries of "No, no.") I would like to ask the gentleman who cries "No, no," to explain, why one particular industry in this Province should not bear a certain amount of taxation. If his mine is worth $500,000, then it is worth something for taxation. I think that is only fair, and I put this resolution forward for the purpose of getting a resolution from this Convention which will appear reasonable to the Legislature when we" go before them, and which will secure the carrying out of our wishes. The resolution which has been passed I heartily concur in. It simply means that the two per cent, tax is unjust, and if we ask to have it removed it is not our business to suggest other modes to be substituted, f>ut at the same time we must leave ourselves in the position of saying there will be no taxation at all. We should make provision in this resolution and say that we will bear a fair and equitable taxation in this Province on our mining industry, and I hope, gentlemen, that this resolution will meet with your support. I have talked with a great many members of this Convention, and they have expressed themselves heartily in favour of it. I make this resolution in order to show clearly that we are not trying to escape fair taxation. We have all heard of the fear of the farmer that this taxation shall be borne by him if taken off our mining industry, and it is •agreed by all sensible men that we must have legislation which will not bear unduly on any other industry. Now, I would like for a moment to call your attention to the resolution passed this morning, and as you will see it simply abolishes the taxes. It says in the Statute that it shall be a substitution for the real estate and personal property tax. Have you not put in its place a tax on machinery and perhaps a real property tax? Gentlemen, you have left it open beyond all question for the Government to put a taxation on machinery and on the personal property of the mine; whereas it might be said at the present time there is no' taxation applying to the mine itself or to the mine owners. I think it should be understood by the Legislature that we as mining men are not attempting to escape a fair^share of the taxation of this Province. Capt. Clive Phillipps-Wolley—I am seconding this resolution,, because I do not wish to see the Association by any neglect misrepresent itself, and it seems to me that if this- resolution is-not adopted we shall be in danger of misrepresenting ourselves to the people, because as I understand the resolution which was adopted this morning, it was one merely against the imposition of an unjust tax, but not against taxation altogether. Now, gentlemen, if you attempt to take all the taxation off the mining industry you will create a privileged class, against which the whole of tbe Province will rebel. There was a doubt in the mind of the farmer when he was asked down to your Convention, as I have stated before, and while they believed you were in earnest and were anxious to give you their support, yet at the same time they felt and were .afraid that the taxation shifted from your shoulders would fall on theirs. The mining proposition of British Columbia is a very great one, but then you are not so large, when compared to the other industries in the community. There is no question but that you represent the wealth—and very largely —of this place, but then look at the farming industry, and see what it represents. Take the district of Saanich alone, and you will find that the majority of that district is composed of farmers. I do not think it will be difficult for you to make the farmers understand that you are working in their interest by protecting your mines and increasing the population, thereby creating a defhand for the products they produce, but at the same time if you want the support of the farmer you want to make it clear to him that you don't want an unjust tax, but that you are prepared to bear with him a fair taxation. Dr. Sinclair—The resolution passed this morning unanimously, and the people^ who are discussing it now should have threshed it out then, and it is utterly unreasonable after the matter has been threshed out and thoroughly understood to bring it up again at this late hour. I am prepared to say that the mining people of this Province, mine owners and everybody, are interested in mines in this Province, and they are sufficiently intelligent and sufficiently generous to do justice to every man in the community, and there is not a farmer in this Province who will be unfairly treated. We are here for the purpose of carrying out a mutually' important duty in connection with the best interests of the Province. There is no reason to be afraid that one class is going to be treated better than another. I am satisfied that this Association is 554 THE MINING RECORD. ml going to last—(Hear, hear)—and if there is any measure brought in by the Government to tax the farmer unfairly then we will at once come down on the Government. We are here for that purpose. Besides that, it is the duty of the Government to aid industries such as the mining industry which is in its infancy. I reiterate that it is the duty of the Government to aid us until we are on our feet. It is the duty of the farmer, of every man who has an interest in the Province to do something for the mining industry. When they are doing that they are doing it for themselves. Mr. Chariman reads: Moved by Mr. S. S. Taylor, seconded by Capt. Clive Phillipps-Wooley—Resolved, That with respect to the resolution passed this morning dealing with the abolition of the two per cent, tax, this Convention shall not be understood as being opposed to an equitable and fair taxation on the mining industry. 'Jfjk r W* Mr. F. Keffer, of Anaconda, a member of the Executive Committee, representing Quartz interests. Mayor Burrell, of Grand Forks—Mr. Chairman, I am heartily in accord with the gentleman who moved that resolution. With all deference to Dr. Sinclair I believe he is in the wrong. I regard it as the most important function that this Convention has to perform, and it is to be shown that we have come here to stay, and for us to do that it to treat all interests alike. I have come here from Grand Forks to represent the mining industry of this Province, and although we may wish to abolish the tax, none of us wish to evade a fair, equitable and just taxation. Mr D. W. Higgins, of Victoria—I felt that in having voted for the resolution this morning I represented what as far I could see was the public opinion of Victoria. I believe it is an admirable resolution, and I believe it is an admirable ob ject to have in view the encouragement of the mining industry of this country. At the same time, gentlemen, I say that there is no man connected v/ith the mining industry of this country who would refuse to bear a fair share of an equitable taxation on the mining industry. In order to meet the demands of this country a great expenditure of money will be necessary, and the whole burden should not be thrown upon the. shoulders of the manufacturers and the farmers of this country, but the mining industry should be willing to contribute its share towards the development of the country, the building of roads, and the furnishing of railway facilities to reach their properties. During all my dealings with mining men on this Coast, for the last fifty years, I have never found them unwilling to contribute towards the public revenue. In fact, gentlemen, I believe they are the best and most cheerful tax payers we have in this country. (Hear, hear.) But, gentlemen, I consider that this resolution this morning required something like this to supplement it. I have had no conversation with Mr. Taylor, but it has been running in my mind ever since that I should suggest to some mining man a resolution on that line, and I am willing to give my support to that, and I may say this, that although I represent the City of Victoria, and am proud to say it, we are fast changing our character and are fast becoming a mining centre. Not only will we be a commercial centre, but we will also be a centre where mining men will come and discuss arrangements for the carrying out of their enterprises. We have right near us some very rich mines, and we are so fortunately situated that the widest part of our Island is not more than forty-five miles, and we can reach the richest deposits of ore without spending millions in building railways. But, gentlemen, that is aside from the question. I say here that the voice of Victoria, as represented by these delegates, will be with you in the expression of a desire to be equitably and justly taxed. If it is only the question of the two per cent, tax upon the industry which has caused investors to shrink from investing in the country, all we have to do is to show those people that they can, by a reasonable expenditure of money, derive an income or profit from their industry, and if they have raised an objection to the two per cent, tax and say it is impossible for them to invest in this country, I say the best way to overcome their scruples is to abolish that tax. I cannot imagine any legislator who will refuse to listen to an association such as this. 'It is only right we should protect all interests, and 1 will give my vote to this resolution and I hope that all the other members of the delegation of Victoria will give theirs also. Mr. Galt, of Rossland—I would just like to say by way of explanation, any gentlemen that I know of as far as the repeal of this tax is concerned, never dreamt for one moment that the mining industry, or any mine owner should be exempt from taxation. The view we have taken, and a fair view of it is, the mining industry returns such a revenue to the Province, far in excess of that of any other industry; even if you repeal this two per cent, tax we are still paying indirectly and directly an enormous taxation to the Province. Now the w?y it comes about is this. It would not perhaps strike one off hand how that works out-,- but I will give you an instance of this in Rossland. There we have a population of 5.000 or 6,000 people". They all pay their taxes, and are entirely dependent upon the mines. They have to be remunerated by three or four mining companies, and they are given enough money in addition to their ordinary wages to pay this tax, so that in reality the few mines in that neighbourhood pay all the taxes of that community—quite apart from .the two per cent, tax altogether, but there is no sort of feeling, I am quite sure, were this tax to be repealed that they would thereby escape from taxation altogether. If anyone would take the trouble to look through the receipts of this Province from the mining industry they will find out what an enormous revenue is received, quite apart from the corh- p^ratively small sum that is recovered under the two per cent. tax. Speaking for my own part, I am quite sure that I am speaking for a great many people who are managing or holding- mines, that while we feel that it is quite right to repeal the two per cent, tax, and it is quite possible for some one THE MINING RECORD. 555 else to introduce some other form of taxation which will not bear upon the mining industry too heavily, still we feel if there is no substitute made for it the mine owners of this Province are paying a very high taxation. They would not be what one gentleman has expressed it—an isolated or a privileged class by any means, because it is by the returns from these mines and the prospectors generally that all the different contributions are made to the revenues of this Province. I just wish merely to say that the miners and mine owners I am acquainted with cannot be placed in any privileged class, and they would not be so placed if this tax was repealed. The question was then put and the motion carried. " Mr. Haggan, of Revelstoke—I beg to propose this resolution: "That it is desirable in view of the great and increasing importance of the mining industry in Canada, that a separate portfolio of mines be established at Ottawa, in order to assist in promoting - the development of the mineral resources of the Dominion, and that copies of this resolution"be forwarded to Sir Wilfrid Laurier and members of the Senate and Commons, representing this Province, with the request that they give their support to this proposal." In support of this proposal, I need hardly remind you that some four or five years ago there was a very strong agitation throughout this Province in this regard, but it has died out completely, and I think that this being one of the most important industries in the country to-day it should be represented at Ottawa. I therefore ask you to support that resolution. Seconded by Mr. Higgins. Mr Lugrin—I move that the consideration of this resolution be deferred until to-morrow afternoon. Mr Smith, of Duncans, seconded and motion carried. Moved by Mr. Smith Curtis, seconded by Mr. F. W. Roit— That in the event of the repeal of the two per cent, mineral tax this Convention suggests and endorses as a proper basis for the taxation of working mines that a fair tax be levied upon the profits or dividends paid to the owners of such mines. Mr Smith Curtis—Mr. Chairman, while I agree with the motion which has been already carried which says we do not object to a fair taxation upon the mines, and while I agree with Mr. Taylor's views on this resolution, yet at the same time I feel sure that the Legislature would like us to indicate what we thought-was a fair way of imposing a tax in substitution of the two per cent. tax. If we do suggest a really fair basis, and the Legislature repeals the two per cent, tax and enacts some other tax in place of it which is not fair or reasonable, they cannot say that they did not get the advice of this Convention, assuming that this proposal of mine is carried. Allow me for a moment to explain why I made that resolution. If you have a tax which is based upon the net profit made upon each and every ton of ore that goes out of the mine, it may be, in the first history of the mine you are really taxing capital. When a profit is made on z. mine, it is distributed in dividends or returned into the mine, but as a rule it is returned into the mine for the purpose of further development, and it is the same as though you borrowed that money in the Old Country and brought it here and put it into the mines. What gentleman would care if we borrowed five or any other per cent, of the capital outside of our Province and put it into our mines? Yet, on the other hand, if a man takes the profit which he makes on his ore and puts it back into the mine, why does he do it? Because he believes that in the future he is going to make more out of the mine, and if he makes more out of it then the Government by putting a tax on the net profits will make moreout of it, and the Government will get more out of the mineral tax that way than they will in any other way. If the miner is going to make more, then the Government is going to make more. Now, gentlemen, I want to point out what I consider to be a proper principle of taxation, not only on mines but other industries. It has been suggested by some of the gentlemen here that if we abolish this two per cent tax the Government will be short of money. Not at all. We have in the southeast area of this Province large deposits of coal and petroleum. This has been in reserve by the Government of British Columbia for the past twelve or thirteen years, but if that reserve was taken off, it is safe to say through the development of the coal and petroleum and the sale of the same this Province would be receiving out of the natural resources Ox this Province—out of the God-given resources of this Province—at least $500,000 a year. Now, we must get back to that principle of taxing the natural resources of this Province. Let us apply that principle to the mine. You have a large number of mines developed, some pay and some don't. Look at those which pay dividends; they don't pay it out of the capital which has gone into the mine, but they pay it out of the rich mineral which is in the. mine, and if they distribute those dividends and profits among themselves you can readily see that they are making these profits out of the earth and out of the ground, and by this method of taxation the Government of this Province reserves to itself the right to have a share of those profits. Now, gentlemen, is not that a correct principle? and while I was scoffed out a minute ago, I have found this way of being heard in this Convention. I thank you, gentlemen, for your attention, and will thank you a thousand times more if you will vote for the principle of that motion. Motion carried. Mr. Chairman—A suggestion has been made that the placer mining committee get to work at once. Any gentleman interested in placer mining is requested to meet the committee and discuss matters with them. Mr. Rolt, of Rossland—When this question was first brought before this meeting I understood a suggestion was made that the labours of the Resolutions Committee should be lightened by having a special sub-committee formed to attend to the placer resolutions, and another committee was to be formed to attend to the quartz industry. We have attended to the first part of that, having formed a special placef sub-committee, but we have not attended to the latter part of it by forming a quartz committee. Mr. Chairman—The Committee on Resolutions said that if the house would appoint a committee to take care of all resolutions relating to placer mining, they would be able to get through very nicely and keep us well employed. Moved by Mr. Bolden and seconded by Mr. Hammersley, That a committee of ten be appointed to consider the best means of settling the disputes between capital and labour and report. Mr. Galt—Before that question comes up I would like to explain to the Chair and to the Convention that it is quite possible and very probable that some questions of that nature will come up for discussion when we are considering the Constitution, and I would suggest therefore that this resolution be handed into the Committee on Constitution and Bylaws, as it may have some bearing on the subject. Motion carried. It was moved and seconded that the Chairman appoint the committee, and it was suggested by one of the delegates that the committee be divided into two sections, a committee of five representing capital, and a committee of the same number representing labour, which suggestion was followed. Mr. Chairman—The names are as follows: For labour— Messrs. Bolden, Brittain, Duke, McAndrews, Chris Foley. For Capital—Messrs. Drewry, Tonkin, Brownlee, Gaunce and Hammersley. I urge upon you, gentlemen, that all those who are interested in your proceedings be invited to co-operate with you, and I would advise you to get together and have a heart-to-heart talk. You will do more to minimize the chances of strikes than all the rest of the men in British Columbia could do. If you do your work well you will go down to posterity as loved men. If you do it badly, the Lord help you. 556 THE MINING RECORD. Mr. Chairman—A resolution has been placed in my hands —it. is this: Moved by Mr. Richards, seconded by Mr. McMillan, that a committee of practical quartz miners be appointed to deal with the questions relating to quartz mining, and to report to this Convention. Motion carried. Mr. Frank Richards—Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen. You have appointed a committee to deal with placer mining, and I think you have only half done your work. I spoke to Mr. Hobscav and he thought there was too much to do for one committee and it was witit his consent that this motion was put. Mr. Smith Curtis—Do I understand that the motion is carried, and that the ten you nominate will be the parties to attend to this committee? Mr. Chairman—Yes. Moved and seconded that the gentlemen to form the quartz committee be nominated by the delegates representing the quartz mining districts. Carried. Mr. Galt—I understood the chairman of the Resolution Committee to state that if a committee were appointed to look after the placer mining part of it the Resolution Committee could take charge of all the rest. Mr. Gaunce—I move that this motion be rescinded, because it is quite possible that every resolution for the quartz miners will be examined by the different committees and we will hear from them to-morrow morning, before forming a new and larger committee, and it will save us the trouble of preparing resolutions. Mr. Taylor seconded and the motion was rescinded. THE CENTRAL CANADA CHAMBER OF MINES. Mr D. W. Higgins—I would like to call your attention to a gentleman who is representing the Winnipeg Chamber of Mines. I would like if the gentleman could be called upon to say a few words. It would be quite an advantage to us to have the pleasure of listening to him. Mr. Malcolm—Although not of yourselves I have come from a very considerable distance, having been for many years assistant secretary to the Chamber of Mines in Johannesburg, South Africa, and for the last two years I was secretary also of the Central Canada Chamber of Mines. I have no doubt you have all heard of that institution. It is one of the most important institutions on this continent, combining as it does a very large number of the most prominent people in Canada. I may tell you that Lord Minto is the president. Nearly all the banks in Canada are members, and many of the merchants in the East, and quite a large number of prominent people. Now, a Chamber of Mines properly organized is a very important institution, and is a great power throughout that district or country wherever it happens to be organized. I may tell you that the institution of the Chamber of Mines of Johannesburg, which was also adopted with certain modifications to suit the case by the Central Chamber of Mines has the confidence of the stock exchanges of London, Paris and the East. The Chamber of Mines has statistical issues not less than monthly, and these statistics give an able account of the minerals and various other matters connected with the Province. It is a matter which requires very careful consideration, and the statistics issued by the Central Canada Chamber of Mines, as well as the Chamber of Mines ill South Africa are received without question by the financial centres of the world, and without some recognized literature of the kind emanating from a responsible source such as this, it is almost impossible to cause a flow of capital and population to the extent that is justified by the mineral resources of British Columbia. In attending this meeting I attended the same as having no local standing, but you have dwelt upon the fact of the two per cent, mining tax. I will give you an illustration of what this tax means. Up to the year 1895 there was no tax levied upon the mineral resources in the South African Republic. In that year a ten per cent, tax was imposed. Up to that time the revenue derived through the mining industry represented so many millions of pounds sterling annually. When the ten per cent, tax was imposed the result was that all the low-grade mines ceased work. Instead of increasing the revenue, while it increased the revenue from the mining industry to about one million-and three- quarter pounds per annum it had the effect of lowering the general revenue of the country by no less than four and a quarter millions per annum, and that had been progressive since the year 1895 up to the outbreak of the war, so you can see that the effect of a tax on the mineral resources of the ctfuntry is to discourage mining, and it also has the effect of causing a decrease in the population of 30,000, and it reduced the population of Johannesburg 60 per cent. It also . had the effect of lowering the revenue from other sources. I do not know, that I will take any more of your time. I have letters from Messrs. Fara & Vite, stating that they would be pleased to devote some attention to the mining industry in this country, but that they did not deem it ad- visible to do so just at present as your organization was not properly organized and until it was properly organized, and recognized as one of the principal institutions, and until your mining laws as on a sound, reasonable footing, they could find plenty of scope in South Africa for investment. Meeting here adjourned till 11 :oo a.m. 27th February, 1903, 11 :oo a.m. Mr. Chairman—I have a resolution in my hand which has been moved by Mr. Hirschfield and seconded by Mr. A. Gaunce, that the Convention meet at 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. for the- remainder of the session in order to expedite the work before the Convention. The question was then put and motion carried. Mr. Chairman—In order to relieve the Chairman of the Resolution Committee I will ask you to accept his report:— Resolved, That the collection by the Government of dues in respect of timber and cordwood used by the owner upon mines and mineral claims for mining purposes should be discontinued. Resolved, That the code signals for mine hoisting be repealed. That the Boiler Inspection Act is productive of great hardships, and that the Legislature be urged to amend the same as follows: 1. To reduce the present excessive fees so that the same' may conform to those prevailing in the other provinces. 2. Conformity with the general practice in other provinces and to accept the certificate of reputable boiler insurance companies. 3. The present rules adopted for calculating the strength and safe working pressures of boilers are unusually and unnecessarily severe, and these rules should be altered to conform to general engineering usage in Canada and the United States. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this convention that the law relating to free miners' certificates should be amended, so their failure to keep up a free miner's certificate shall not work forfeiture of rights acquired under it. Resolved, That for the purpose of taxation Crown granted mineral claims should be placed in the same position as other mineral claims, and that the exemption from the tax imposed by section 145 of the Mineral Act should be extended to all groups of Crown granted claims, upon any one of which claims the assessment work for the whole group may have been performed. What will you do with the report Arjopt the report and t?ke the resolutions up afterwards? THE MINING RECORD. oo< The report was adopted. ADDRESS BY THE PREMIER t Mr- jC?fIEMA,N-The Hon- the Premier is in the room and 1 would like to know if you desire to hear from him (Loud applause.) Hon. Col. Prior—Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: It gives me the very greatest pleasure indeed to be present here to-day and to find such a representative gathering of British Columbia men. I hear that you are not all mining men, but I do not think that a man needs to own a mine or work in a mine to see that he ought as a British Columbian to take an interest in the mining industry. The mining industry, in my opinion, is the industry of British Columbia, and although at the present time we all know there is a certain'degree of depression, still I believe that after this meeting is over, when you gentlemen have brought forward resolutions which you think are for the benefit of the industry, we shall see a tremendous boom in British Columbia. (Loud applause.) Now, gentlemen, I am not going to take up your time; to-day as this is a business meeting, and you do not vfSht to hear very much ' from me, either as Premier of British Columbia or as Minister of Mines, but I may tell you, gentlemen, that myself and colleagues are very glad to see you in Victoria, and to know that such an Association as this is being formed which will put the mining industry on. a better footing. You can well under,- stand that a Minister of Mines or any other officer of the Government sometimes finds it very hard to know whatTjfc'oVv do for the best of any industry, particularly that of the' mining industry, as there is, as you all know, a great diversity of opinion, even among mining men themselves as to what is best to do for you. These many years you have divided On a. great many questions connected with that industry, but I now hope and trust that after this meeting is over you will be able to tell the Government what you wish them to do to put this industry on a proper footing. I must say'I am sorry as a member of the Government that yesterday you saw fit to vote down the resolution which suggested that you would recommend to the Government what you wanted it to do with regard to a substitute for the two per cent. tax. Voice in audience—No, sir. Hon. Col. Prior—I read it that way. Well, gentlemen, you all know those who have been in conversation with me last year on this subject that I have been against the two per cent tax, and I have stated so publicly on all occasions, as I do not think it is a fair tax or an equitable one—(Applause) —but what is the best thing to do in place of it I am not able to tell you at the present moment. Now, some of you say the Government should evolve a scheme which would give satisfaction to all. Well, gentlemen, if you go away without giving us the benefit of your opinion, I feel sure that you will make a big mistake, for we may bring in legislation which may not suit you, and I think you should give the Government some idea on what lines you think that tax should be put on the industry. You all admit you 'have to be taxed some way or other. You do not think that the mining industry should be let off and the farmers and merchants, and carpenters, etc., are to be taxed. And I hope in your wisdom—and in a multitude of counsel such as is gathered here there is wisdom— you will make up your minds as to what way you would like this taxation put upon the industry, and let the Government know what your views are before you leave. If you dont, gentlemen, we will see that a more equitable tax is put on. I thank you, Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, for the privilege of speaking. You do not want any long speech, I know, but I may say here that my Government, my colleagues as well as myself are fully alive to the putting of this mining industry on the best footing possible, and we will be only too glad to have the assistance and advice of such a representative body of men as I see here to-day. Mr. Si«NNER-For the benefit of Col. Prior I ask that the Secretary read the resolution of Mr. Taylor passed yesterday. Mr. CHAiRMAN-"Resolved, That with respect to the resolution passed this morning dealing with the abolition of the two per cent tax, this Convention shall not be understood aa> being, opposed to a fair and equitable taxation of the mineral industry." The other resolution is this: "That in the event of the repeal of the two per cent mineral tax, this Convention suggests and endorses as a proper basis for the taxation of working mines, that a fair tax be levied upon the profits or dividends paid to the owners of such mines." Mr Higgins—Before we settle down to business I would like to announce a couple of changes in the Victoria delegation. N. S. Clarke, of Quatsino has left his proxy in the hands of W. S. Spicer, and Henry Croft's name is proposed for G. H. McGregor's, who left the city last night. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PORTFOLIO OF MINES AT OTTAWA. Mr. Haggan, of Revelstoke—I do not intend taking up the time of the Convention, and will simply submit this resolution to you: Moved by myself and seconded by Mr. D. W. Higgins, That it is desirable in view of the great and increasing importance.of the mining industry in Canada, that a sep- parate portfolio of mines be established at Ottawa, in order to assist in promoting the development of the mineral resources of-the Dominion, and that copies of this resolution be forwarded to Sir Wilfrid Laurier and members of the Senate and Commons, representing this Province, with the request that they give their support to this proposal. , Mr. Lugrin—I asked yesterday for the postponement of this resolution until this morning, not because I was opposed to it, but in common with-a good many others I thought it was entitled to a little consideration, and there should be some expression of opinion before the resolution is adopted. For my' part, I do not think that the mere passage of these resolutions, without an expression of opinion accompanying them, will accomplish very much good. I think it important before a resolution is passed, there should be some expression of opinion on the part of the members of this Convention as to why they consider an important change such as this necessary. I heartily agree with what Mr. Haggan says in his resolution in which it is alleged that the mining industry is growing to be of very great importance, and I may point out the magnitude of this. It is one which extends from Cape Breton to Vancouver Island, and from the most southerly to the most northerly portion of the Dominion. I do not say for one moment, gentlemen, that the mining industry of Canada will ever be greater than the agricultural industry, but important as it-is that Canada should aspire to the position of being a country that feeds the world with her breadstuffs, it is still more important that she should aspire to be in a position where her breadstuffs, with her other foods, will be able to supply the great resources of the country which the world at large will use, and this can be done in no better way than mining. The experience of Canada in the last few years in regard to agriculture shows how much may be done by the Federal department. At the first glance it does not appear to come under the head of Federal matters. It maybe that agriculture is not a subject with which the Dominion Government can deal, and I think the same thing will apply with respect to mining, and I feel if the Dominion Government takes up the question of the mining industry it can find many ways in order that the whole policy of the Dominion shall be devoted as far as possible to warrant the development of this very great industry. If you take the case of the Fisheries Department, it may be known to you that when this department was first initiated in 1867, it was done merely for the sake of giving the Hon. Mr. Mitchell something to^do. Mr. Mitchell proceeded to make that department what it is to-day, one of the most important in Canada, and I believe the Hon. the Minister of Mines at Ottawa could make mining one of the most important departments of the Federal Government. It is also true that in Sir John Macdonald's time, the principle of establishing a mining bureau was discountenanced by him, as he thought the geological survey was doing all the work necessary in the interest of that department. That was quite true at the time Sir John A. Macdonald was supposed to express that opinion, but things have changed 558 THE MINING RECORD. since then. We know that the mining industry qf this country will take a position only second, if second to that great industry of agriculture, and therefore I think that this Convention should send forward to Ottawa its "strongest possible recommendation that such a department should be added to the Federal Government. Dr. Sinclair—We are asking the Government something beyond our jurisdiction. We know that when the B. N. A. Act was framed that the whole of that-was left in the hands of the Province, and that is where our provincial rights come in, and if the Federal Government should come in and tread upon provincial rights now in this Province, I fancy there is no impossible for them to come into the Province and interfere with us. We can ask them to give us aid in the way of money, but they cannot interfere with the legislation of the Province. If we had .a Minister of Mines, with a portfolio at Ottawa, where could he operate? In the Yukon Territories alone where there is no provincial autonomy, and I do not think that the intelligence of this meeting would expect the Government to establish a bureau of mines in the Yukon Territory only. That is the true condition of affairs. I for one do not wish to stand in the position of asking for something wmch is unconstitutional, and I oppose the suggestion that this meeting should approach the Government to ask that it llNI Mr. P. J. Pearson, of Chemainus, a member of the Executive Committee, representing Miners and Prospectors interests. one who would more quickly bring the Government to task than the gentleman who has just spoken. I maintain if you look over the British North America Act we find that the question of royalties on mines is left entirely in the hands of the Government of the Province. It is all very well for us as an intelligent convention such as we are, representatives from all parts of the Province, to ask something of the Dominion Government which is beyond their power to give, and besides, it is not fair for the Dominion to come in and interfere with the Minister of Mines of this Province. All we ask of the Dominion Government is for them to give us their aid in matters of money or legislation. I say it is should establish a portfolio of mines where they have no right to establish this. It is on these grounds that I oppose this resolution.. Mr Haggan—I would like to hand Dr. Sinclair a copy of the B. N. A. Act, and I defy him to find anything that is adverse to my motion. The question was then put and carried. luR. Gaunce—I move that the resolutions contained in the report of the Resolutions Committee be now taken up seriatim. Carried. THE MINING RECORD. 559 TIMBER DUES ON MINERAL CLAIM The first resolution was as follow collection by the G "Resolved, That the overnment of dues in respect of timber and minera? *? ?* ?** ^ °W"er ™fe own mine ana mineral claim for mimn continued." purposes should be dis- move an amendment that Mr. Livingston, of Duncans the word "smelters" be added. Mr Fullerton, of Victoria-Does that apply to the coal think that coal mines on a paying basis should mimn pay some kind of a tax Capt. Livingston-Thompson, of Victoria—With reference to that 1 would like the mover to explain how he is going to get the revenue that arises out of those cordwood dues. We saw what happened yesterday when Mr. McGregor got up at the beginning of the discussion of the two per cent tax, and he asked the question what was to be proposed in lieu thereof, and in the morning we promptly voted the abolition of the two per cent, tax, and in the afternoon we practically amended it. Now, it does not do to pass these resolutions in this way without any explanation by the mover and seconder There is no doubt but that the feeling of this Convention is that the mining industry does. not want to escape taxation where such taxation is just, and under those circumstances there are mines in this Province which are run, and they have to pay for coal to run them. Now, it is only just and fair that the Government should get some reasonable revenue out of the timber resources, or the timber that is to be used, and unless the mover and seconder can show some means whereby the taxes can be levied that arise from this other source, I think this motion should not be put. Dr. Sinclair—As mover of this resolution I take the position that we are asking something from the Government which is only fair. We are approaching the Government for the purpose of having them relieve us from the taxes that are levied upon timber that goes to the development of the mine upon which that timber grows. I do not hold the opinion that it is my duty or the duty of this Convention to formulate a plan by which the Government can make up the taxes some other way. We would be here eternally if we did that. The Government of this Province is wise and strong enough to find a remedy, and it is in their hands that the whole matter rests. I do not think it is fair for us to state what course they shall take, and for that reason I do not care to discuss it, but I hold it is in the mining interests that all matters of this kind, such as taxation upon timbers that go to the development of the mining property, that there should be no taxation in order to help the mining industry. We are here to aid the mining industry, and that is. one way we can do it by framing these resolutions, and so far as making up a plan to help the Government in framing a tax in lieu of the present unjust taxation, it is not our business to do so, but •it is their business to find their remedy. We all know that tne Province is in a bad shape. I have every sympathy with the Government of this Province, for I know they have great' difficulty in finding sufficient resources to meet the expenditures in many directions, yet at the same time, gentlemen, it is our business to ask that we be relieved of a taxation when it tends .to keep back the progress and development of our mining industry. (Hear, hear.) Capt. Clive Phillipps-Wolley, of Saanich—I rise to say but a few words on this resolution. It seems to me that we settled the question yesterday that the mining industry did not wish to be relieved of taxation, and yet the very first thing I hear of again to-day is another tax to be taken off the mining industry. Now, gentlemen, we know that if this tax is going to be taken off, it is going to be put on to somebody else, and speaking for the farmers, that will not go with them. We were invited to come into this meeting and take part because we were told that a body of intelligent men connected with the mining industry were to be present here, and their idea "was to instruct those poor fools of politicians and initiate them into the mysteries of mining; but gentlemen, you don't send mining men to represent the mining industry in the .house, and you have not got mining men in your cabinet, or mining men in the House who understand anything about your requirements. Therefore you say, "Well, we will go down to Victoria and teach them something about it, and every man who has opened his mouth so far has said this: "We will-ask these men to take off our tax, but we will not give them any assistance as to what they are to do, or what they are going to get in return." What is tne use of our saying, "We want you to take off a great deal of our taxes, and diminish the revenue of this Province, yet, you silly old crows, we will not tell you what to do." It is, gentlemen, I say, not fair to them, and it is not what one would expect from such a strong body of mining men as I see before me to-day. Mr. Ga'lt—The suggestion is made that the people interested in mining, through that resolution, are asking to be relieved of something which at present by law is imposed upon them. The very contrary to that is as I understand it. The position which is taken is that the Government has no right, no legal right whatever, to call upon the owners of mineral claims, which are Crown granted, to pay stumpage dues on timber. That is as I understand it. I did not know that the matter was coming up to-day, or I might have been in a position to quote the sections of the Act. But, gentlemen here is the section of the Mineral Act which relates to the matter.—Section 26. (Reads.) It is manifest from that section that the owners of mineral claims and Crown granted claims are not liable to taxation for the timber cut upon their claims at all, and when the Government send their collector round to collect dues for this timber they are simply collecting something to which they have no right whatever. This resolution is formulated merely for the purpose of checking the memory of the Government on the point that they are attempting to collect dues to which they have no right whatever. I do not know that any more can be said on the subject. We all realize the difficulty under which the mine owners are placed. The mine owners read that Act and cut down trees for the purpose of mining, and then the collector comes around and asks for stumpage, and I say, gentlemen, that is a very great injustice, and we are only asking the Government to apply that law which the Legislature in the past has laid down. Mr. Emery, of Victoria—As I understand the last speaker, the only grievance put forward is that these gentlemen should be relieved from paying a tax, which is illegally levied upon them, but that resolution does not put it that way. It asks to be relieved of dues on any timber. I would therefore ask that that resolution be amended. As I understand the resolution it does- not state the timber on those particular claims, and until that is altered I will oppose it, as it is against the interest of the Province that the timber of this Province can be taken off and used for mineral purposes to the extent that that resolution will be allowed to go, but I think it is only practicable and reasonable that any man who owns a mine should be allowed to use the timber on that property. Take the hydraulic miners, for instance. A good deal of that timber will have to be cut down and the timber will lay there and go to waste, and it would be ridiculous to say that that man cannot use it without paying a tax or duty. I say in that case the man should be free of royalty, and in the case of timber on the claim it .is often in the road. I will support that resolution if it is altered, so that it clearly sets out that it only applies to the property owned by the mine owner. Otherwise, T think it is against the interest of this Province altogether. This law applying to the collection of royalty on timber is unfair, not only to the miner but to the farmer. A man can take up land in this Province and eut all his timber down and burn it, and pay no tax, but if he gets a company to come in and clear up his land and cut down the timber and thus assist him to clear his farm, he has to pay duty. Now, gentlemen, I think this is a very practical resolution as amended, but otherwise, it is certainly very much against the best interest of this Province. Mr. Flumerfelt—I would just like to say for the information of Mr. Gait that there is another clause in the old 530 THE MINING RECORD. Land Act which offsets the one which he has just read. Last year I had the pleasure of going into this matter with the Commissioner of Lands and Works with respect to this very matter, and he told me personally he had no authority to abate the tax that was then collected. He demonstrated to my entire satisfaction that according to the law as it stood op the statute books,—the number of the clause I have forgotten—it was imperative that the mine owners using timber on their individual claims were obliged to pay taxes on the cordwood and all the timber cut. You will find this in the same Act. 1 may say for the gentleman' who has just spoken, it applies to timber that is in the way. We cut a great many cords of timber, notwithstanding we were unable to use it, and it would not do to transport it, but notwithstanding this the Hon. the Commissioner of Lands and Works had no option but to force that charge upon us. That bears out that this tax is operative, and the mine owners are entitled to pay it, and if they do not pay it they are not paying the just dues demanded under the Act. I simply illustrate this for the action of the Government in this matter. Mr. Galt—I understand what Mr. Flumerfelt has just stated perfectly, but at the same time the articles that the last speaker has referred to were passed subsequent to the law which has always freed mine owners of this Province from paying any dues on cordwood on their claims. That has been a law which has always- prevailed in this country, and if the Legislature has by mistake or inadvertence, or in any other way, introduced another law while that law remains in force, they should certainly repeal the second clause, because the law as it stands, however equitable to the owners of mines and mineral claims, is certainly extinct, notwithstanding any act— which no doubt would indicate the very act which Mr. Flumerfelt refers to— stating that miners and owners of mines and mineral claims are not to be taxed with any taxation of dues with respect to timber got off their mines. Mr. Hodge, of Ferguson—As I understand this matter, timber dues are collected on Crown granted claims. I cannot see that the Government has any right or title to collect dues on Crown granted claims. It also seems a hardship to gentlemen engaged in mining that they should pay taxes for timber used in their mines, whereas any gentleman can burn up the timber on their property, and in that case they are charged no taxation whatever. They say if we are using the timber arid putting it in the mines we should be relieved of that tax. This resolution seems a very reasonable proposition. Mr McMillan, of Rossland—It seems to me perfectly clear that under the terms of that Mineral Act we are not entitled to the use of that timber in the development of our claims. We do feel, and I know we express the sentiments of a very large number of mining men, that it is a hardship to have to pay stumpage on timber which we are using in the development of our claims. These properties, as you know, gentlemen,, may never return a cent for the work we are putting in on them, and when there is timber on our claims, and we can make use of that timber in the development of these properties in the hope that we may get a return from our claims, then, I think, gentlemen, we ought to be entitled to that timber. If we burn it down we are charged nothing, and yet when we develop those properties and develop the mining resources of this country, we are charged a stumpage on the timber used in the development of the mine. Our farming friends seem to be under a misapprehension, i hey seem to have an idea that the miners and mine owners interested in mining in this Province are kicking against paying reasonable taxes. It has been clearly shown that the mining men of this country are not averse to paying any reasonable taxation, but what we have been opposing is unreasonable and unfair taxation which is hindering the development of the mining resources of this country. I would say with regard to the agriculturists of this Province, and perhaps more especially of the Interior, that if it were not for mining there would be no farming at all, and so with the merchants. If we ask that the mining industry should be ■entirely exempt from charges and taxation for some years to come, I believe it would be in the interest of agriculture, merchants and others. Mr Townsend, of Rossland—A man in order to develop his claim must first Crown grant the same, and in regard to the timber, he will have to pay stumpage dues on the same, or if he has the timber taken off his claim he will have none to work with. Mr J. B. Hobson, of Bullion—The placer miner under the present laws is not allowed to cut timber from his claim for use in prospecting, developing, or working it in any way without paying timber dues. It is impossible for a placer miner to work his claim by sluicing hydraulicking or other process without first clearing.off the timber. There are some 70 acres of timber cut and cleared from the Cariboo Hydraulic mine. To make it possible to carry on washing operations, on the timber thus removed we were not required to pay timber dues, but on timber cut for the purpose of constructing a flume or to make sluice boxes we were charged at the rate of 50 cents a thousand. I think it is unfair, gentlemen, to charge dues on timber cut from mining claims by the owners thereof. We are perfectly willing as placer miners to pay dues on timber cut from land outside our claims. I therefore hope that these dues will be removed. Mr A. L. Belyea, of Victoria—This resolution came to the Committee on Resolutions, and certainly neither the committee nor the gentleman who framed it originally meant otherwise than it should apply only to the timber cut from the mineral claim upon which it was used. I think that no other construction should be put upon it now. This same rule will apply to Capt. Wolley. I presume that Capt. Wolley has a farm, and it is Crown granted, and I will suppose that the wants to get some firewood, and he has considerable timber on his farm. Now how would he like it if the Government charged him 50 cents a cord to be allowed to burn it, or on the other hand if he goes to work and cuts down timber for the purpose of erecting buildings, how would he like the Government to charge him 50 cents a thousand ? If the miner has to pay it, let the farmer pay it, even if he does not do so now. Let us have fair play. Don't let us have an imposition on one class. Mr. Chairman— (Reads resolution) : "That the collection by the Government of dues in respect of timber and cordwood used by the owner upon mines and mineral claims for mining purposes should be discontinued." The amendment is simply the addition of two words which come in as I show you: "That the collection by the Government of dues in respect of timber and cordwood used by the owner upon mines and mineral claims and smelters for mining purposes should be discontinued." The words "and smelters" is the only difference to the resolution as provided by the amendment. Mr Jos. Hunter, M.P.P., of Cariboo—The way I read that resolution is this: that if a man wishes to put up a building on his mineral claim he has to go out upon the public lands and cut timber, and bring it in on to his claim and put up his building, and I do not consider there is any other construction possible to put on it If that is limited to the mineral claim, and if the mine owner is allowed to cut timbers on his mineral claim free of taxes, then most certainly every member of this Convention will agree to it, but as it is now, I hold that a miner can go out on the public lands and cut timber for the purpose of the development of his mines without paying taxes. Mr Chairman—I make one suggestion. That after the word "upon" "his own" should be inserted. \ Mr Hunter—I would suggest another amendment. Put in the words "cut and used." The mover and seconder of the amendment asked leave that the amendment be withdrawn. Leave granted. Mr Chairman—The motion now reads: "That the collection by the Government of dues in respect of timber and cordwood used by the owner upon his own mines and mineral claims for mining purposes should be discontinued" THE MINING RECORD. >61 Mr Heidman, of Phcenix—I move an amendment in this respect: That the wood that is cut and used on Crown granted claims must be used upon the claims upon which the wood is cut - Mr Howse—It seems to me that a suggestion is quite in order. We are making a reduction in the revenue of this Province. Could you not put in a clause giving us a rebate on the taxes collected in the past? (Laughter.) The resolution was adopted. mine hoisting and the signal code. Mr Chairman—The next motion is that the code of signals for mine hoisting be repealed. Dr. Sinclair moved the adoption of this resolution. Mk. Seaman—I wish to state that I am strongly opposed to this resolution We have mines that are working all the time, and there are men continually in the shaft operating those mines. If you go to work and repeal this law every new manager or superintendent can come along and say: "I am going to establish a new code of signals. Under the present signals now in use we have not had a great many accidents, simply because these men have their ears trained to that extent that they know their signals. Now, if you are going to change that code and are going to put those men on their usual shift under the new code, you will find that fifty of these men are apt to make a mistake, and they will get a signal that they have not been used to, and what will be the result? You immediately are confronted with the loss of life. If you are going to bring in a change of signals some unfortunate is going to pay for it with his life. A man who navigates a ship has a code of signals, and if you change his signals what is going to be the result? And the same with a railway. I am asking this for the benefit of the working miner of the Province of British Columbia. I ask you to let this present code stand. What is their object in asking to have this repealed? Here you are, gentlemen, different delegates from different places in the Province, and you know we have had serious accidents. Now if you repeal this code you will have still more. I might be a foreman, and I might say to my men under me: "Here is a new code;" but he has been used to a certain code, and it is going to be very hard for him to adopt himself to this new one. I have seen engineers who have made mistakes in using a new code, and they have never come round any more, and now you want to go to work and substitute this code, and let every Tom, Dick and Harry come along and make new codes without any regard for the men's lives on the shafts. Now, gentlemen, this is the first thing that the working miner has asked for, and I want you gentlemen to act on that, and I say, gentlemen, it would be a most dangerous thing to leave the mines without a general code of signals, and as our present code works all right, what is the use of changing it? Now, gentlemen, let this code stand as it is. I want you, gentlemen, to vote against this resolution if you wish to work in thei interests of the working miner. Mr. Anderson, of Slocan—I am a working miner, and I heartily endorse the sentiments of Mr. Seaman from Rossland. Tne working miner has at all times danger to contend with, even under the most favourable circumstances, and when he has a code of signals, which is understood by every engineer throughout the Province, what reason can you advance for changing it? They have become accustomed to using these signals, and as the previous speaker has just said, if you go to work and change these signal, any Tom, Dick or Harry can come around and say to his engineer, "Here is a new code of signals." This is a mistake, and I cannot understand what object any man can have in bringing in a resolution such as this is, and I am directly opposed to it, and I hope that this Convention will vote it down. Mr. Kirby—I wish to second the resolution, and also to say a few words in favour of the resolution. This present signal code, I would say, is something adopted about two years ago, and it has been a very sore point with mine man agers and engineers, and those who have been responsible for the consequences of mine hoisting. The trouble with the signal code is that h has been a question which has not been properly understood, it is something like the rules and regulations for running a railway. The question you will have to decide is as to whose judgment you will take for operating the best trains on the railway. Will you take the judgment of those who are at the head and are responsible for the administration of those rules, or will you take the judgment of the employees here and there throughout the different parts of the road? You must take either one or the other. It is a technical question, and the trouble is that it has been very much misunderstood. The impression prevails, I know, from the speakers-who have just addressed you, that in opposing the signal code they are opposing something that will mean a great benefit to the poor miner and keep him from being crippled and injured. In the first place, gentlemen, let me assure you that every accident which happens to the poor miner the mining company are more anxious to avoid this accident than perhaps the miner, because it not only means that they do not wish to injure their men, but it means that it takes large sums of money out of their pockets, and I do not know any greater reason than that why our managers should want to operate their shafts in the best possible way. I speak as the manager of the deepest mine in the Province, and I also speak as a mining engineer of many years' standing who has given a special study to mine hoisting. The trouble with the signal code is this, that you cannot get up a code which will apply to all mines, without injuring and endangering the work in some of these mines. In the first place, the question of the signal code might aid the Government. What they have to do with the hoisting is simply based upon the right of adding to the safety of the employees. A government has the right to do that. Now, the idea has prevailed in some way, if we get a uniform code it would increase the safety, and unfortunately the Government has taken this idea.without going'into the figures. The way to get at the facts is to take a list of the mine accidents which are published in all the principal districts of the world. You will find that a very small percentage of accidents in the world are caused by signals. Out of that small percentage I do not know in my long experience as a mining engineer of a single case in which an accident caused by signals would have been prevented by the use of a uniform code. I do not know of one case. I have asked many mine managers and they have been unable to name a single case where the accident would not have been due to that. A very few accidents are ascribed to that cause, and those accidents you will find when the mistake is made occur in another way. It occurs because the bell rope or the electric wires or the belt in some way does not work. It may be that it misses a spoke. The man making the signals has not made a mistake in sounding the number of bells, but the communications have given away, or he has not pressed hard enough, or it may be that the engineer does not hear the bells correctly on account of two signals coming up from the different sides of the shaft or some other reason. The reason that this present code has aroused so much opposition is that it was not prepared in the proper way by consulting with experts responsible for that class of work. In its being prepared it was taken from a very large and complicated signal code, one which more or less was a botch taken from different sources, and one which in our deliberate judgment increased vastly the danger of hoisting. I do not wish to work on' a shift where that code is in operation. If that signal code could have a signal code to lessen these dangers, but as an these mines. What object would I have in our own practice in increasing the danger of the miner? Does it save us a dollar of expense not to have this signal code? It does not save us one dollar. What object have I to kill men or injure them when every accident costs our company thousands of dollars? I trust you will not consider I have any ulterior motive in view when I say that the present signal code increases the danger of mines. There is no doubt but that you could have as ignal code to lessen these dangers, but as an expert I set to work deliberately to see if I could devise one 562 THE MINING RECORD. which would apply uniformly without injuring the men in the mines, and without adding to expense, and I gave it up. What is suited to a large mine is unsuitable to a small one, and what is suitable to a mine under certain conditions is unsuitable to one where you have different means of operating your name, and so I beg of you that whatever your wish about this is, if you do not wish to abolish the code altogether, I advise that it be made more workable. I think it ought to be abolished. I think the Government ought to direct its attention to increasing the safety of mines, and if, gentlemen, you decide to abolish this code altogether I would advise that you ask the Government to reform it by calling in a commission of experts who have made a special study of this subject. Mr. Heidman, of Phcenix—In proposing to resist the resolution which has been offered before this meeting, I do so on behalf of the working miner. We are the men who must stand the results of these mistakes, and we have the right to every consideration before this Convention, and the consideration we are asking for is simply that we have a uniform code of signals used in hoisting throughout this Province where our lives as a matter of fact are held in the hands of that simple code. We are asking nothing unreasonable. We are asking for conditions that impose no extra work or hardship upon these companies, and we ask you to give us your generous support in opposing this resolution. Mr. Seaman—We heard Mr. Kirby from Rossland, and he told you of the hardship of this work, and he told you that this present code was a botch. Now, I ask you if that is the kind of botch you can make for the safety of the working man, the more botches you make the better we shall like you. The only accidents we had up at Rossland were caused by a man who could not run a wheelbarrow on the streets of Victoria, and to-day he 'is an outcast. That is the only accident since Yhis code has been in operation, and that was simply because the man who was placed there was no engineer. Now, gentlemen, I hope that you will let the code signals stand until they can invent something better. I am like the man from Missouri. I want you to show me first whether you can improve it or not. Mr. Townsend—As the mover of the resolution I .want to give you my reason for doing so, and I have it directly from some of the engineers in the Rossland camp that there are points existing in the present code which are unwieldly, and they would like them amended. I would not ask you to take the code out of existence altogether, but to put in one which will work better than this does. Mr F. Richards, of Vancouver—I think that one thing the Convention is for is to hear the views of working miners, and we cannot do anything better than bringing together the working miners, the mine owners and the mining engineers, and let them settle this question, and we will adopt their views. Mr. J. B. Hobson—As a miner of thirty-five years' experience both in deep quartz mines and deep placer mines worked by the drifting process, I claim it is most necessary to have a proper code of signals that will protect the miner from the' danger attending his work in deep mines, and 1 claim if the code in force is not a satisfactory one, which will give greater protection to the miners and less inconvenience to the mine owner, a better one should be adopted. The present code should remain in force until such time as a better one is formulated. Mr. Howse—I was warned by Mr. McBride, the Minister of Mines at the time this code was passed, and who I may say secured the passage of the code, that this question would come up before the Convention. They took the greatest care to go through the different mining camps of the United States, Minnesota, Colorado, and other States, in order to .gather all the available information necessary as a basis of -forming this code,, and then they put into shape. They printed those circulars containing all this information, and sent those copies to every mining camp in British Columbia. There were some 1,30b circulars sent out from the Mining'Department at that time, and the only objection which came to that code was from Mr. Kirby himself, and the suggestion he made was adopted in that code. Mr. Gaunce—This thing resolves itself very simply in my mind, and it is just this—if the men whose lives are involved in this matter are satisfied with the present code, I think it is the least we can do to gratify their wish, and vote that resolution down. Mr. Kirby—I rise, by way of explanation, to explain the statement which has just been made, that this code of signals was framed mainly upon my advice and upon my suggestions. I would say that that was a subject of a public altercation, and the explanation which was made in the newspapers during the controversy was some eighteen months or two years ago. I then showed my views clearly by publishing the entire correspondence, and showed that the signal code had been adopted in the face of our protest and against our arguments, and against every argument we could bring to bear, and against the policy of having such' a signal code. We explained in every way to the Minister, of Mines and the Min-' eralogist that the code was unnecessary, and I might state not only myself but the entire British Columbia Mine Owners' Association at that time joined in protesting against this code, and in our opinion the better judges of that code are those who should have designed it, and those who have to be responsible for the life and safety of the miner are better judges than the men underground who do not have to deal with these technical engineering problems. The shaft is the most delicate part of the mine. Upon it all the safety depends, and we gave it as our united protest that we were against this signal code, and therefore it is not right to give this Convention the .impression that I was in any way responsible for this code as it stands now. I did everything a human being could do at the time to prevent its being enforced. Mr Duke—The great majority of mine managers and mine owners are strictly against any code signals. You will go to any of the large mines in Colorado and Butte where there are all the way from 300 to 350 men working in the mines. In the working of these mines timber is required daily to be moved from place to place on very short notice, and the idea of having a code of signals, in my estimation and in the estimation of every working man, is for the safety of the miner. Now, if there is no code of signals, what are we to do? Their idea in not having a uniform code is simply to get you out of the road to do something else, and to get the work done more quickly. I believe in working expeditiously, but I don't believe in expediting this work at the cost of the very life blood of the working miner. It seems to me to be a very strange problem that. these gentlemen do not want to give us a code of signals. We are satisfied with the code we have at present if they never give us anything better, and you and I who have had to work for years in mines are not supposed to know what we do want. Now, gentlemen, if you had to work on a mining property, wouldn't you want to see a code of signals hung up? If there is no code of signals, how are you to know what bell is given you or anything else; and, gentlemen, just so long as there is a code of signals which is reasonable and just, I believe in leaving it alone. If any of those mine managers can give us anything better, let them do so, but let us have the substitute before we abolish the signal as it stands now. Mr. Smith Curtis—I wish to bring in an amendment which I think will get over the difficulty—"That the .Govt ernment be urged to immediately obtain all necessary informar tion and advice from both miners and mine owners to amend the code of mine signals, so as to make it as perfect and safe as possible." Mr Rolt, of Rossland:—I have much pleasure in seconding that amendment. It is clearly not the wish that the mines of the Province should be allowed to go on without a code of signals. That, I take it. is too monstrous a proposition for any reasonable and humane man to entertain for a minute, and above all things this Association has shown itself to be THE MINING RECORD. 563 composed of reasonable men, and they are all humane There is not one of us who would sleep at night if we thought our deliberations had made any more perilous or dangerous the task of the miner than it is at present; and above all things we wish that the deliberations of this Association should do justice to all interests involved, and it appears to me, as far as I have been able to learn, and so far as this question has been debated, there is considerable dissatisfaction in the minds of the experts on one side and the miners on the other in regard to this matter. The experts to whom I allude are the mine managers. They claim that the code of signals at present m use is imperfect, complicated and unsatisfactory. Now, gentlemen, rather than let that condition of affairs continue, I would ask that this matter be tested and looked into, and therefore I have much pleasure in seconding that amendment. Mr. Townsend—As mover of the original resolution I will withdraw and allow the amendment to take its place. Mr. Kirby—As a seconder I agree to the withdrawal. The question was then put by the Chairman and the original resolution read, as to whether leave should be granted for the withdrawal of the resolution. Leave was granted for the withdrawal of the original motion. Mr. Chairman—It will now read as amended—"That the Government be urged to immediately obtain all necessary information and advice from both miners and mine owners to amend the code of mine signals so as to make it as perfect as it is possible." Now, I would ask all who are in favour of this resolution? The motion was carried. 27th February, 2:30 p.m. At the opening of the afternoon session a presentation of cigars was made to the Convention through the kindness of Joe Tasse, of Montreal. Senator Reid, chairman of the Committee on the Constitution and By-laws, reported. On motion of Mr. Hodge a cordial invitation was extended to the citizens of Victoria to attend the Convention. THE BOILER INSPECTION ACT. Mr. Chairman—The next item on the programme is:— "Resolved, That the Boiler Inspection Act is productive of great hardship, and that the Legislature be urged to amend the same as follows: "1. To reduce the present excessive fees so that the same may conform to those prevailing in the other provinces. "2. Conformity with the general practice in the other provinces to accept the certificate of reputable boiler insurance companies." Dr. Sinclair—I would just say in connection with this matter that. I am entirely ignorant as to the fees here or those prevailing in other provinces. I presume that the majority of the delegates in the Convention are in the same position. Mr. Galt—The particulars are not as yet before the Convention. The resolution was laid on the table. SALE OF CROWN GRANTED CLAIMS FOR NON-PAYMENT OF TAXES. Mr Chairman—The next item proposed is as follows :— "Resolved, That owners of Crown granted mineral j claims sold for taxes should have the same right of redemption for six months as is accorded to all other owners of Crown granted or other lands sold for taxes." Mr Galt—The position is, if anyone owns land throughput this Province, and fails to pay taxes within a reasonable time, those lands are entitled to be offered for sale publicly, and may be purchased by anybody, but the owner has either six months or a year—a year I think it is—after the sale takes place in which to redeem his lands, on paying the taxes and all the expenses incidental to the sale, and I think it is ten per cent, interest on the moneys advanced by the purchaser. It is deemed, I know, to be a reasonable provision, because it has prevailed in Ontario as long as I can recollect, and it prevails here on all lands with the exception of mineral claims, but for some reason or other as regards mineral claims that reasonable provision has been left out, and the result is that within the last two weeks I have seen advertisements offering very valuable mineral properties for sale .owned by perhaps parties at a distance and the party advertising the sale informs the purchaser that it will be absolutely without any right of redemption. It is a harsh matter, it seems to me, and it is unnecessary, and there is jio reason why owners of mineral claims in this respect and in other respects should be placed at a greater disadvantage than other inhabitants or citizens of British Columbia, and therefore I move the adoption of this resolution. Mr. Rumberger seconded. A Delegate—I move that the time be a year instead of six months. Mr. Rumberger—I am very much- opposed to that amendment, and I think that three or six months is long enough. You take mineral claims and they are different from agriculture or any other kind of lands Crown granted. A.s a rule, they lie in an out-of-the-way place, and they are only good for the development of minerals. Unless the minerals are prospected and developed they are good for nothing else, and I think that six months is plenty of time to redeem the property. If you let it run for a year, you have another year's taxes to pay, and whereas the man who bought the property in the first place may have purchased the Crown granted claim merely for the purpose of speculation, and it may be that it is adjacent to some other valuable property, and there is a possibility of them working it, or of it becoming of some value, and perhaps at the end of the year these properties would be sold for taxes again, and pass into the second purchaser's hands. Nobody would buy this land in the first place unless it would be merely for the purpose of holding it over for perhaps another year. If they are sold for taxes again there would be a difficulty to know who should redeem this property, and I think six months is sufficient time to give any man to redeem his own property. I have about 26 or 27 Crown granted mineral claims myself, and I just found out two or three weeks ago that some of them were being advertised for taxes, and I just happened to have partners interested to the same claims, and the tax notice was sent to my partners, and I happened to just see them advertised in a paper, and I think that if you had six months in which to redeem those lands there would be plenty of time to give notice to parties living at a distance. If the intending purchaser wishes to prospect the mineral claim, then it will give him a chance to go ahead and prospect the same; and I think the man who purchases the Crown granted claim should have an opportunity to go on that claim and prospect it as soon a& possible, and six months is a sufficient length of time to give the original owner to redeem this property. Mr Smith—Six months' time is long enough to hold a Crown granted claim after a man has paid the tax, and if he cannot redeem it in six months he should not have the property. The motion was carried. FREE MINERS' CERTIFICATES AND THE FORFEITURE CLAUSES. Mr. Chairman—The next resolution before the Convention is:— "Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Convention that the law relating to free miners' certificates should be amended so that failure to keep up a free miner's certificate shall not work forfeiture of risks acquired under it. 564 THE MINING RECORD. Mr. Lugrin moved the adoption of the resolution. Mr. Skinner, of Atlin—I beg to ask if this motion is carried, what would be the good of having free miners' certificates at all? Why not do away with that altogether? Mr Chairman—In the State of Washington the rule is that if you take out the certificate on the 30th June you pay $10, and if you don't take it out on the 30th June and take it out on the 3rd September, you pay $12.50, and if you take it out on the 31st September you pay $15; on the 30th March it costs you $17.50, and if you don't take it out until the following June you pay $20. That is the way it is done in the State of Washington; it is made a progressive fine. Mr. Frank Richards, of Vancouver-—I beg to second that motion. I think it is in the interest of prospectors that they should not lose their claims, and I know men who have not been able to pay their $5 right at the time, and the Government would not lose anything if they asked $2.50, say, to pay down, and $2.50 a few months afterwards. Mr. Rand, of Vancouver—You are quite right, Mr. Chairman, about the taking" out of the certificates on the 30th June, but there is no progressive fine as you mention if he takes it out the following year. Mr. Chairman—The reason I gave you the information in regard to this is simply because I happened to be the secretary of a company which was incorporated under the laws of the State of Washington, and it was some little time after receiving my notice I, in my innocence, sent on a cheque for $10, and they very politely sent the cheque back to me, on account of my having delayed the payment, and they stated if i sent $15 I would get my free miner's certificate. There is no free miner's certificate, but it is a certificate which serves the same purpose.. Mr. Mortimer Lamb—I will move an amendment to this effect: The penalty clauses in the Mineral Act be so amended that complete forfeiture is not the' punishment for noncompliance with any small technicality. I do not think, speaking to that motion, that as a matter of fact many claims are forfeited by the miner failing to take out his certificate in time, but a great many claims are forfeited, upon which large sums have been spent, by both individuals and companies, for failure to record assessment work within the specified time, and while we want to see the regulations and the requirements of the Act respected, yet it is not right that a man investing in this country in good faith should be subjected to such a penalty as complete forfeiture of his property. There are several cases of mining companies, as many of you know —I can mention several—that have met with that difficulty. They have left their affairs in the hands of agents, who have perhaps neglected the recording of the assessment work, and they would either have to lose their property or they would have to pay large sums to the man who held them up, and I think instead of a complete forfeiture you should insert some clause in the Act. on the system of "cumulative penalties. That is, if a man does not report his assessment work on a certain date he will receive a notification from the Mining Recorder, who should keep a record of the time when the assessment dues should be paid, and he should notify the owner of the claim. Say your assessment was due on a certain day, and you had not paid it, you would be subjected to a fine of $5, and then again, he would notify you that you owed $10 if it was not paid within a later date and so on, until up to the end of six months, and then at the end of the six months if the fine was not paid you would lose your property, and would not deserve to have it. We want to do the square thing for the miner, and I therefore move an amendment to the resolution which covers the whole ground:— That complete forfeiture is not imposed by the non-compliance with the technical requirements of the Act. Mr S. S. Taylor, of Nelson—I support very heartily the motion.that is before the meeting. I may-say many times in my profession have I noticed the evils resulting from forfeiture of mineral claims by not taking out a free miner's license. I could quote you instances where by -mere acci dent men have lost valuable property or valuable interests in property, and it has passed to their co-owners. A gentleman from Vancouver says, "What (protection has the Government if you pass this resolution?" The Government need not allow any man to report any annual work or file any claim until that man has taken out that free miner's license. He has to report his work every year or he loses his claim, and if he does not report it as a free miner he has to take out a free miner's license. But, gentlemen, to say that man loses his whole mineral claim because he happens to be somewhat negligent, or sick, or up in the hills tied up with snow, it is a piece of rank legislation. I do not wish to use these words in an offensive sense, but it is a mistake to have such legislation, and in doing business with miners and prospectors I have found that it bears very unjustly upon this class of people. "Mr. Galt—I not only concur in what my friend, Mr. Taylor, has just said, but I desire to corroborate him, and say that in my experience as a professional man in Rossland, in the days when we did not have so many prospectors as we have now almost every sitting of the court was taken up with quarrels and disputes, which almost wholly depended - upon this very question of free miners' certificates. Now, when you come to think of how that comes about it is very simple. We will say A locates a mineral claim, and he has his free miner's certificate, but after a while he sells that claim perhaps to a friend of his who he supposes has a free miner's certificate, but who by accident or forgetfulness has let it run out a day before. Well, that man sells the land to someone else, and very often that particular mineral claim goes through four, five or six different hands, and eventually reaches a state through the process of development when it becomes a valuable property, and then a man of means or company takes hold of it, and immediately some sort of litigation is started, and that places the existing owner in the position of having to prove his title to that claim, and in proving his title I need not say, Mr. Chairman, that of course he has to go back to the very origin of his title. He has to show that the claim was properly and legally located, and that every transfer down to the time he took possession of the property was • legally carried out, and if there is a single flaw in that chain of title, whether by the absence of a free miner's certificate or ■ recording the work, if he fails in one single particular to prove his title, his title is gone, and a man who perhaps never had any interest in it at all would simply search the books and discover some irregularity like that and he would be let into the possession of that valuable mineral claim. He would be what we call a "jumper," and I do not think there would be any difficulty in the Government, aided as they are by the Attorney-General, who knows all the facts relating to these matters, in framing a Mineral Act both as regards the free miner's certificate and also with regard to this annual assessment, which would be satisfactory to all concerned. The question was put and the motion carried. TAXATION OF MINERAL CLAIMS. Mr Chairman—The next resolution is as follows:— "Resolved, That for the purpose of taxation Crown granted mineral claims should be placed in the same position as other mineral claims and that the exemption from the tax imposed by section 145 of the Mineral Act should be extended to all groups of Crown granted claims, upon any one of which claims the assessment work for the whole group may have been performed." Mr. Belyea—I would like to say that the suggestion for that resolution came in unsigned, and I do not know nor the committee does not know who suggested it. I think the gentleman who suggested it should rise and move it, if only for the purpose of moving the discussion on the resolution. Mr. W. L. Hill, of Nelson—I beg to move the adoption of that resolution. I would like someone to speak to it. It seems to me a little unreasonable that when we -bring before the meeting any question of what we consider injustice that we should be opposed. This is a very simple matter as I understand, and the principle is as set out in that resolution. . It was never intended that when a company was operating a THE MINING RECORD. 565 group of claims they should go to work and put $200 worth of work on each claim. As long as they were doing that amount on one claim, that is all that should be required, and it should count just the same. Dr. Sinclair seconded the resolution. Mr Galt—May I say one word with respect .to this resp- lution, in suport of Mr. Leslie Hill's motion. The clause in question is section 145 of the Mineral Act. That is a perfectly clear enactment, and, as I understand, the objection which Mr. Hill raises to it is this. Supposing a man has three or four Crown granted mineral claims, and does all his work on one of them, and the assessor steps in and says: "We will allow you to be free of taxation because you have spent $200 on that claim, but as regards, those four or five claims which really form part of your group, we are going to collect 25 cents an acre off them." That does seem to be an injustice because if a man owns a group composed of several mineral claims and does more work than $200 worth of work in respect to these several claims on one claim alone, surely the Government requirements have been complied with, and be should not be called upon to pay this other 25 cents an acre on the other claims, as he has already paid that on this one single claim. The question was then put and motion carried. Mr Chairman read the draft Constitution and By-laws of the Association, and after much discussion and several amendments all the clauses to Section 8 were adopted. Mr. Chairman—(Sec. 8.) This Association shall be non- political and shall have nothing whatever to do with labour problems." Mr. Bolden, of Victoria—I ask that this be left open. There is an opinion that it will destroy the work which the -committee has in hand if this is brought up and discussed at the present time. In other words, they will be unable to report on the work you have given them to do, and perhaps there is an amendment to that which will enable them to bring in some report dealing with disputes. I ask, therefore, that this stand over. Mr. Chairman—You had better move that it be laid on the table. Mr. Bolden—I move that this section be laid over. Mr. Emery, of Victoria—I think we should hear from some of the working miners in the Upper Country so that we can get their opinion; also some of the mine managers. This was moved by practically an outsider that this committee was formed in the first place, and if this committee can do anything to settle labour disputes they will be doing a great work, and if it is the wish of this Convention that that clause carry as it is now, I do not see that there is any reason why we should go on with this committee work. Mr Duke, of Rossland—In that clause of the Constitution it says that this Convention is to have nothing to do with labour. According to that, what is the use of this Convention. (Cries of "No, no.") It means that it shall have nothing to do with labour. Mr Chairman—Labour problems. Mr Duke—Now, gentlemen, as a matter of fact what is this Convention called for? You are representing the mining industry, or in other words, what are you representing? Is it not capital ? Has not that been the cry -of the whole meeting, that we shall have something to do, we will revive the mining industry, and bring capital into the country, and just so soon as you take up the clause that you have passed here for this meeting to adopt, you are simply taking the bone and muscle of the mining industry away from it, and you will practically withdraw it from your institution. I have authority to say that you will lose over 3,000 miners, if you state that you have nothing to do with labour problems. You say you want your Association to be non-political. Well, gentlemen, when you go to work, and represent capital, you are in politics to a certain extent and I ask that you delegates give this matter your undivided attention, and have a proper debate on it, and a fair representation from everywhere in the Province. Mr Chris Foley, of Vancouver—I heartily endorse the position taken by Mr. Duke in this matter. I feel that the labour question is so bound up in the mining industry of this country that this body cannot afford to ignore it, and I feel that it is the duty of this body to introduce the measure and have this committee go on with their work and endeavour to send in some report of some means by which these continuous struggles between capital and labour may be averted. Now, you say you don't want to introduce politics into this body. 1 am not in favour of going into political discussions, but you cannot introduce anything into this organization that is not in a sense political, and while I do not favour a Board of Con- pulsory Arbitration, up to two years ago I was an urgent advocate of the Compulsory Arbitration Board, and I have lost all iaith in the government of this country in the enforcement of its laws, yet at the -same time I consider that this body should have a Board of Investigators, and I would urge that such a board be appointed to go into this question. You have letters appearing in the daily papers from Mr. Tonkin, who states that the,miner is deserving of no sympathy, and on the other hand I have a report issued by the miners which contradicts in every particular the. statements made by Mr. Tonkin. Now, questions of this kind are certainly questions which interest this body, and I therefore believe you should support the motion here and permit the committee to formulate some plan by which we may have peace in this country in the future. It does not alone affect the interest of the labour-, ing man and the mine manager, but it also affects the business men, who are as directly interested in this matter as we are, and the business men have been very neglectful of their duty. 1 believe it is their duty, as well as ours, to see that something should be done to find out who is to blame in the premises if we are not in a position to settle those disputes. Mr. Brownlee—We have just had the pleasure of listening to four of the committee appointed on the labour question from the labour point of view, and I am glad indeed to hear them voice their opinions, and I can assure the gentlemen if this question is to be introduced to this committee to make a report, from-the experience we have had of these gentlemen we have nothing to fear whatever. They apparently want to put their grievances forth in a calm, dispassionate and mild way, but on the other hand we feel they afe strong on their side. We do not feel that we are particularly weak, but we have not had a single voice on this side, from the side of capital, in this Province to say whether they wished to back up this question or not. Now. I believe there is only one large employer—a capitalist on the committee on the other side—the manager of the large Fernie mine, and I would like to-day to have an expression of opinion from the large employers of labour's side—Mr. Flumerfelt and others—as to whether they wish this matter taken up. If it is the policy of this Convention not to consider the labour question, let us know now. If we are to take it up we want to take it up earnestly, solemnly and honestly. I am "simply the secretary of the committee, and I am willing to wait over here to-morrow, Sunday, Monday or any length of time to do my duty. Now, I shall ask some of my friends on the side of capital, representatives of employers of labour, to express themselves on this question, and let us know whether they wish this committee to go oh and bring in their report. Mr. Heidman—I j.ust wish while on this subject to call your attention to one particular instance as to whether the question of labour and capital is of material interest to both capital and labour. To-day we are confronted, in the Kootenays and the Boundary country, by the Fernie strike, which atlects the manager, the mine owner and the labourer, and this means that 40,000 or 50,000 people engaged in the mining industry will have to stop work, which will mean a great loss. Now, it shows like this, that the labour question is material to the mining man as well as to the labourers. If such conditions can arise^ as confront us to-day in that country there, that a dispute between labour and capital can close down, our 566 THE MINING RECORD. whole mining industry, should we not take this matter up and determine it at this Convention? Mr Lugrin—I thought one of the objects of the organization of this Mining Association was to bring together not only the mine owners, but the miners, and if we refuse to consider these questions which come home to the miners, how can we ask them reasonably to join us in our deliberations. Heretofore the deliberations of working men have been in their own lodge rooms and behind closed doors where others could not take part—just merely among themselves, and here is a place where they can speak wisely and truly and where their views will have consideration and weight, and I think it would be against the views of this Convention if we refused to discuss the question of labour and capital. I do think that this Association would destroy its usefulness, and weaken its strength throughout the Province, and fail to do all the good it would otherwise accomplish, if we pass this section and refuse to consider labour problems at all. Mr. Seaman—I am glad this motion came up. We came here with the idea that this Association was to be organized for the benefit of the mining community. We have now before us the details of this present Fernie strike. I do not think that the mining community has anything to fear and if this Convention takes this matter up, whatever conclusions they come to, this body of miners, I feel assured, will abide by any decision this Convention may come to. We all know to be up against strikes is radically wrong, and if this Convention sees fit to take this matter up, as an intelligent body of men, it will mean that we will understand each other far better than what Mr. Lugrin says if we go behind closed doors. This thing of striking coal miners at the present time is going to paralyze the whole country and throw thousands of men out of employment, who are directly and indirectly interested in that country, and men who have stores throughout the country does it not affect you when pay day comes round and the boys have nothing to pay their bills with? I would like you, gentlemen 01 this Convention, to take some action in this matter, and whatever conclusion you come to —I believe I can speak for the miners of the Kootenay country, who are sensible men—they will abide by the conclusion of this Convention, and the miners are looking for some resolution to go before this Convention to see if the day is not absolutely past when strikes will *take place Mr. Hugh Dickson, of Fernie—Mr. Chairman and gentlemen : I am a delegate for Fernie. Unfortunately I have not been working there lately, but was there before the explosion took place when 130 men were murdered through the mismanagement of the company. I saw lately a statement in the Colonist showing the rate of wages the men had been getting down there. I can speak nothing of the rate of wages since I left there. I know the rate of wages for tonnage of coal got out of No. 3 before the explosion was 75 cents a ton; No. 2, 65 cents a ton, and No. I, 65 cents a ton. Since the present manager came there he reduced that down to 60 cents a ton. The average monthly wages were $75 a month, but I see that the wages are now $100 a month—a very strange thing that the wages go up when the tonnage comes down. After the 130 men were murdered in these mines this man Tonkin came, and he fetched a strike on, before the men were got out of the mine, trying to make the men work nine hours a day; yes, gentlemen, before all the men were got out—yet that same man he fetched on a strike, and he wanted to force nine hours a day on the men. He got them to go to work, and promised them if they started work they would have a vote on this eight-hour question. The voting took place and there were two ballot boxes. The manager stood at one ballot box, and another of the company stood at the other. There were supposed to be eight hours in that box (indicating) and nine hours in that. The day men, the coal miners or the contractors did not get leave to vote. If they worked six or eight hours that was their lookout. There were some 55 that did not vote, and some 155 that did vote, and there were some 100 odd that voted for the eight hours a day and the manager said that those who voted for the -eight hours would have to work nine. They won't even allow the miners to buy a little hall to hold their meetings in. I understand they have to walk two or three miles to hold their meetings, and yet this man Tonkin comes up and tells you in Victoria he is so good to these poor miners, which are digging coal at Morrissey for 40 cents a ton. Will any miner say he can make $120 a month digging coal at that rate? Mr. Bolden—I would like to make this suggestion. It is the unanimous consent and wish of this Convention that this committee should go ahead, and I would ask anyone who has anything to say on that question to appear before the committee, and I think that is the proper time to discuss it. Mr Taylor—As a member of the committee I want simply to explain our position on this matter. It is not the intention to exclude the consideration of questions affecting labour. We have been considering yesterday and the day before a great many questions affecting both labour and capital, but they are not labour problems. It is the social questions which we desire to exclude, because social problems, like religious questions, are sometimes taken up in the way of prejudice, and all that sort of thing both on the part of labour and on the part of capital, and in order to ensure the success of this organization and to ensure its permanency, that it may treat all the many vital questions in a fair and unprejudiced manner, we thought it wise to exclude all questions of political parties, all questions of religion if you say so, and all questions of social problems. That is what we meant by the framing of this clause. We did not intend to exclude from the consideration of this Convention anything that would affect labour and capital. We did intend to exclude that feature of the question on which evolves social problems. That is our position, and there is some reason why this clause should pass. You can gather from the discussion that has already taken place some argument in defence of the position I mention. Personal attacks have been made. They may be justified and they may not be justified, but I see running through all this argument something which would rend this Association asunder if this thing persisted. I was pleased to see this argument come up because I venture to say if that- clause is struck out of that Constitution, there is sure to be an occasion which will arise in the future when you will wish it has been left there. We are placing ourselves entirely in your hands. We have no determined conviction. That is the way we view it, and looking at the best interests of this Association and being anxious to preserve it and make it a permanent institution, we believe in the clause being left as it is. Mr. Gaunce—As a member of the committee I think it would only be right to say that the Convention should take this matter up and thresh it out. Personally, I want to say that the constituency that sent me here did not send me on any ornamental mission whatever. I do not want to belong to a society which is purely ornamental in any sense of the word, and if there is anything that this meeting can do to better the conditions of the country in which I live, then I claim it is the duty of this committee and of this Convention to do it. I have had the pleasure of meeting with the different members of the committee last evening and this afternoon, and I have been very much pleased at the presentation of the case that has been made on both sides. I have heard the gentlemen who have spoken on the labour questions, and they have spoken calmly and dispassionately, and I cannot understand how the presentation of similar views of similar minds can produce anything but harmony rather than disorder in the Convention. I think we all want to understand each other better than we do and I must say that I was pleased with the statement this gentleman (Mr. Tonkin) put forth, and also of the understanding—perhaps not a full understanding— which seemed to be arrived at between Mr. Tonkin and the labour men on the committee. It seems to me that after he got through with the presentation they did not look upon him as a monster, and Mr. Tonkin could not think but that in our committee there were a large number of fair-min3ed men, and the delegation to which I belong asked us to pledge ourselves to have this question brought up at the Convention. If they were wrong in asking this they certainly had a mistaken idea of the utility of the Convention. I told them I would THE MINING RECORD. 667 do what I could to bring about a discussion on this subject If the condition that prevails in this country is to prevail much longer what good are our mines? What good are the smelters of the Boundary country? I beseech you, gentlemen of the Convention, to approach this subject in a calm, dispassionate and friendly manner, and if there is anything to be done, even at this late juncture .in the affairs, to harmonize capital and labour in this Province, let us do it. (Cheers.) Mr Burrell, Grand Forks—I am speaking to the amendment which I nave seconded. I have this to say about this amendment, that I think it would be wise to let it stand over until to-morrow, because I think the committee will also suggest a revision of this particular section, and I would briefly ask that we have more time to consider this question. We all feel that we should stand together. Now, gentlemen, I am certain of this, if we were to introduce the discussion'of labour problems into this Convention it would be doing a grievous injury to the Convention, and I do not think that either the mine owners or mine workers want to see grievous discussions introduced as to the rights or wrongs of the case. With regard to our own delegation, we had the greatest difficulty in persuading the smelter workers to come to this Convention and the only reason they came was because in the circular sent out asking us to come Mr. Hobson, it was stated in California, had settled labour disputes, and it was for that reason they thought they would come here, and this Convention should endeavour in some way to provide the solution of this ever-burning question and have it settled once and for all. j-.ir Haggan, Revelstoke—This Convention has to consider the fact that the labour organizations of the Kootenay and the Boundary have appointed delegates to come here to this Convention and discuss on the questions affecting capital and labour. If this Convention can do anything to settle what has almost devastated the resources of the country it will do a beneficial act. I think from the statement we had from this gentleman who comes from Rossland, we have had a generous, magnificent presentation of the case from the workers' standpoint, and those who represent capital should accept this in the spirit that these remarks have been made. I think there is a misunderstanding on the part of this meeting as to what the committee wish. The committee wish to exclude labour problems. In other words they wish to exclude politics, but one of the objects of this Convention should be the amicable discussion of all subjects affecting the mining industry. I come from a portion of the country where there has not been a strike in that colony since the enactment of that law which secured to that country peace and prosperity, and if you can achieve these conditions in British Columbia to-day, you have reason to be proud of the result. • Mr. J. B. Hobson, of Bullion—Since you have referred to the experience of the California Mining Association in settling the differences between mining labour, and capital, I will in the way of explanation say that there was no clause in the California constitution that permitted the discussion of social, labour or political problems of any kind; and I claim that the omission of such a clause from the constitution of the California Mining Association ■ aided materially in the success attained by that association. There was nothing in the constitution of the California Association to prevent it from using it good offices in settling differences between miner and mine-owner, and there should be nothing in the constitution to prevent the Provincial Association from doing likewise. The mine owners and mine workers in California are as harmonious as one happy family, and I claim the time is close_ at hand when the same friendly feeling will prevail in British Columbia. If the discussion of social, labour and political problems were permitted at the Conventions of this or any other association of its kind it would not last one year. I don't believe there is a mine owner or mining man or merchant in this Convention who will not use every effort in his power to. broaden the field of labour and to better the condition of the miner and mining industry. The object of this Association is to make an attempt to improve the depressed condition of the mining industry and to secure such remedial legislation as will open the vast mineral fields of the Province to the prospector, miner and legitimate mining investor, and we have asked the individual miner, prospector, merchant and business man to come and join in a united effort to secure the desired betterment of the condition of the prospector and miner, for the field of his labour at good wages will be broadened. I am perfectly willing that the constitution should be returned to the committee and section 8 be so amended as to allow this Association to use its good offices in the settlement of disputes between miner and mine owner, but will not favour the Association's interference in the differences between employer and employee of any other class of labour. Let this plan be tried and if harmony cannot be secured between miner and mine owner, we can-amend the constitution at the meeting of the next Convention. (Applause.) Mr. Seaman—We heard the report that Mr. Hobson made! We have heard of how the association was formed in California, but there is no comparison between the conditions in California and the conditions as they exist in British Columbia. We came down here with the understanding that we were to meet for the well-being of all in British Columbia. we have heard of the two per cent, tax, and what you want to pass there is being passed over by this Convention. We heard Mr. Hobson get up and say what he wanted for the placer mining industry, but we have not heard of one resolution governing strikes in this country. We are not asking for any favour from this Convention. The only thing is if you can frame some legislation to cover this ground, just the same as you have taken up this morning with regard to the quartz and placer mining. If you want to turn this matter down—it is up to this Convention to do so, but you have to realize this. These strikes, they should be regulated. They ought to be a thing of the past, and as a miner standing here I say we are not afraid of this result, and the other parties say they are not afraid of the result. Where is the nigger in the woodpile? With all due respect, gentlemen, I say there never was a case in the history of California where the conditions* surpassed the present conditions as they exist in British Columbia to-day, for the simple reason this is a question which will affect thousands and thousands of men. It will affect all those who are interested to a certain extent in the smelters in the Boundary country, and it is up to everyone that is a resident of this country to try and find a remedy. We are asking only this. If you take this matter up we will have the satisfatcion of knowing you took it up. We came here with the idea that this Convention was for the general welfare of British Columbia. We are not living in California, and it seems to me if you have the -well-being of British Columbia at heart, anything you can do here to amend this evil, the mining community as miners will appreciate your efforts, and it seems to me at this present Convention that we want everything in sight. Now is it fair or honest? I am appealing to you, gentlemen here, and you gentlemen who are merchants and do business through this country where this strike is affected—it is to you I look for something to be done here at this Convention to settle this matter. I do hope that I will live to see the day when these struggles between capital and labour will be a thing of the past. A Delegate—The proposition made by Mr. Hobson is what we are asking for. We do not ask for compulsory arbitration from this body, but we ask that there be a resolution put before this Convention for the purpose of going into these questions. Mr J. B. Hobson—I claim, gentlemen, you who are members of mine workers' unions, if you have grievances pass your resolutions at the meetings of your unions, and present them to us, and we can act upon them through specially appointed committees. Mr. Gaunce—I ask the gentleman if we have an article in our constitution which prohibits the introduction of labour problems, how can such a presentation be made. Mr Hobson—I claim that it can. That article is only introduced for the purpose of preventing just such discussion as you had to-day. I claim that if you urge upon us, or the body of this Association to assist you or relieve you of any existing grievance you will find every man in the Association ready to put his shoulder to the wheel and secure relief for you. 568 THE MINING RECORD. Capt. Wolley, of Saanich—I cannot understand the position which has just been taken by -the gentleman from Cariboo. I agree entirely with the gentleman that if you have these questions brought up you might as well let this clause stand as it was in the first instance. We understood this meeting was to be called for the benefit of the mining industry in British Columbia in ridding it of those things which at the present moment are making it a failure, and there are, I believe, three things which are harped about more than any other. These three things, as I understand them, are the two per cent, taxation, which has been satisfactorily disposed of; another was the question of advising incompetent legislatures as to how they ought to act, which you have refused to do, and the third was the discussion and settlement of the labour problem. Now, if you are going to take up the one thing which is easy and which will benefit you and you are going to burk the two great questions before you, namely, the question of a substitute for this two per cent, tax, and the settlement of these labour troubles, which is at the real bottom of all this trouble connected with the mining industry, then 1 do not think the Association is worth a hill of bean's. You have been telling us that you cannot get capital interested in London to take up the development of the mining industry in this country because of your mining tax. Now, the gentlemen who have spoken about it are not the only ones who have been to London. I have been to London also, and do you know _what the gentlemen whom I have seen and spoken with on the Stock Exchange tell me? They say they don't want anything to do with British Columbia because you have had such unstable governments. Now, gentlemen, if you are going to put the Government in the hole by taking off taxes and you are not going to assist them by finding a substitute for your tax, then you are going to continue having unstable governments'which will hurt you more than any two per cent, tax will do. That is the second thing, and, gentlemen, the next question is the question of labour. You know the best way to deal with any man is to meet him face to face. I know the labour men and have been amongst them, though I am no labour man. Now, gentlemen, I am a British Columbian with a lot of money invested in this country, and I do not see any way of getting a dividend on my investments until the labour question is settled. What I find out is that we do not want to sit on the lid of the teapot until it bursts. If you are going to busy yourself with your own little tax—I am a miner too, and I feel this tax— and are going to burk the two great questions.which are now before you, then you are not going to make this Association . a success. I Mr. Smith Curtis, of Rossland—I think that the discussions we have had have been not only interesting but instructive as well, and I am glad, in a sense, that this discussion has arisen, because it shows that both parties—capital and labour —and other parties, who perhaps otherwise would not be qualified or eligible, are to meet here, and in a friendly way discuss these matters. I think from what has been spoken by various parties here that there is a very great misapprehension as to the meaning of this section, and they all don't take the same meaning out of it. As I understand this section, for instance, it says to begin with, that this body shall be non-political. That is ambiguous. Non-political might mean that it has nothing whatever to do with politics. Every resolution passed here and which has been submitted to this Convention has dealt with politics. Again, non-political may mean as regards this meeting that we are not of any party political; that we are not partisan, and in that way it is usee. in the proper sense. This is not to be a partisan body. That is, we know of no political body, and further than that we should know no particular class. We meet here as a class and our object in so doing is to do the best for the mining industry, which affects a large number of classes, and upon which a large number of classes are dependent. Then to go further; this body is not to deal with labour problems. The gentlemen who have brought that forward desired perhaps that those labour questions which do not affect the mining industry at all shall not be brought into this association and discussed, and that is perfectly right. Now, it has been sug gested that instead of saying labour problems we should say merely "social" problems, and if that is done I see no objection whatever to this clause, but for my own part I would just like to see the whole thing struck out because in the first place you have defined the objects of your association and those objects are supposed to be non-political, not trying to help or aid one party as against another party—I mean political party—but you have shown that it is to forward the development of the mining industry. Here is the position in regard to coke supplied and coal supplied. As has been said here we have urged the Government to take off the two per cent, tax because it was an unjust tax and was a burden upon the mining industry, but then if you are confronted with another situation which closed down your mines what difference does it make whether you have a two per cent, tax or not? After all, the two per cent, tax is a very small question in comparison to the other question, and this question must be dealt with by this association, and if no one else has the courage to bring forward a resolution I am prepared to bring it forward myself—not a resolution in favour of any particular coal. company, but a resolution to bring pressure to bear upon the powers, that are empowered by the people to legislate in the interests of the people, that will have the effect of bringing that intolerable situation to an immediate close, and I say it can be done, and if no one else brings forward a resolution I shall do so myself, and it can be done without our taking any sides whatever either for the labourer or the capitalist. Therefore, I will be prepared to move—That this resolution be amended by striking out the word "labour" and putting in the word "social." Mr Hobson—I second that motion. Mayor Burrill, of Grand Forks—Mr. Chairman and gentlemen: I would like to say that I still adhere to my original position. I think one very gratifying- feature of this Convention has been the fact that it has listened to every discussion that has been brought up with every attention. My objection of this clause was that it excluded from-the face of it the discussion of the labour problem. With all due deference to the gentlemen who proposed that clause I think they have brains enough to put a better one in its place. Mr.' Hobson suggests that in their California constitution they did not touch upon labourat all, yet on the other hand he tells us they accepted grievances from the miners. I feel and still maintain that the committee which dealt with that business is capable of framing a better clause, and it is the right committee to modify or reform that resolution. If they cannot do this then we will bring in a resolution which will be satisfactory. Mr. Williams—I think if Mr. Smith Curtis would put an alteration to his amendment on this resolution, and add the words after the word "problem" "such as directly affect the mining industry" it would be better. Mr Belyea—We have had a very interesting discussion, •and I think that now we might fairly put that clause back to the Committee on By-laws and Constitution. They have heard the views of this Convention, and they will re-model it according to those views, and it can then be considered with the report of the Committee on Labour Questions. Mr. Lugrin—I second that motion. Mr Galt—As one of the members of the Constitution Committee I desire to also place before you the views that occurred to me—in fact almost to all of us at the time. In framing this Constitution we were up against a certain difficulty. This question we would like to see admitted into the Association but we thought it would introduce so many accri- monious disputes that on the whole the better way was to rule out any such matters which would have a tendency to cause this ill-feeling. Now, I think that some of the gentlemen who have spoken on behalf of the mine unions and of the labouring classes have to some extent overlooked the work that has already been done by this Association. They seem to imagine that these resolutions were wholly in the interests of capitalists and mine owners, and that these gentlemen were working against them, and they themselves were THE MINING RECORD. 569 interested m nothing else but defeating the code of signals Now, if these gentlemen will only look at this matter for a moment they will see every resolution concerns the working miner just the same as it does the mine owner. The removal of the two per cent, tax enables the properties to be worked and every other matter which has come before you has affected tne working miner—for instance, the- removal of the objections as regards the titles to mineral claims and placer claims, and assisting the lead miners to develop their claims They are, gentlemen, all of equal benefit to the mine worker as they are- to the mine owner. They all come within the scope of. the object of this Association as already defined. Now, after all, supposing this is a very important question, and owing to any particular circumstance it was thought advisable to cut it out, could it be said by any intelligent men who have watched our proceedings and are impressed by the success we have made; could it be said by any one of them that we have failed in our purpose in accomplishing any useful object which this Association has in view,-simply because we have omitted one question from the discussion. I do not think any gentleman would say it was so. If we have managed to pass some seven or eight important resolutions we have certainly done some good, and our only fear as I committee was that if these labour problems and disputes between individual miners and mine owners were allowed to become a subject of discussion in this Convention our time would be taken up by innumerable disputes coming before us, and no real good would be affected. That was our object in framing this resolution, but we, of course, understood it was open to this Convention to alter anything which they saw fit. Mr Chairman—You have heard the motion: One is that it lay over until we receive the report of the Capital and Labour Committee; the other is that it be referred back- to the committee who drafted it. Mr. Flumerfelt—Mr. Chairman. I might say as a representative of a company employing a> very large number of men that I am in favour of the most free and open discussion. I think we ought to take this matter up in a calm, dispassionate spirit, and if possible arrive at some way of discovering some method of avoiding these troubles between capital and labour. Moved by Mr. Belyea, seconded by Mr. Frank Richards, 1 hat Section 8 of Article 4 be referred back to the Committee and that they be asked to reconsider it with the aid of the Committeemen Capital and Labour, and report to this Convention to-morrow. The question was then put and motion carried. Mr. Chairman—One of the main reasons of your having such a magnificent gathering here to-day is because the people—up in my country at least—believe that out of the work of this association some scheme might be evolved whereby capital and labour might come together without cracking their skulls. Mr. Chairman—Section 8 having been referred back to the committee, we will proceed with Section 9; and that is the last section of the constitution. (Reads.) "Sec. 9. This Constitution may be amended at any Annual Convention of the Association upon an affirmative vote of two thirds (2-3) of delegates present." Carried. Mr Chairman—(Reads motion) : "That Sec. 1 of Article 2 be referred back to the committee with a view of revising Class 1, so as to give the mine workers a class by themselves." Carried. Mr. Chairman—(Reads Order of Procedure) : Shall the Order of Procedure pass? It was moved and seconded that the Order of Procedure be adopted. Motion carried. Adjourned till 8:00 p.m. 27th February, 1903, 8:00 p.m. MINE TAXATION. Mr. Taylor—Yesterday there was a resolution moved by Mr. Smith Curtis and passed in a very hurried manner by this Convention, and I am sure after a further consideration of it you will not object to the slight change I wish to make in that resolution. The resolution reads: "That in the event of the repeal of the .two per cent, mineral tax this Convention suggests and endorses as a proper basis for the taxation of working mines that a fair tax be levied upon net income." I ask to rescind that resolution and to pass this one in lieu thereof: "That in the event of the repeal of the two per cent, tax, this Convention suggests and endorses as a proper basis for the taxation of working mines that a fair tax be levied upon the net annual income resulting from the product of the mine." After a long discussion the motion was carried. APPOINTMENT OF METALLURGICAL EXPERT BY GOVERNMENT. Mr. Chairman—I have to bring before your notice the resolution which was mentioned in the Report of the Committee on Resolutions. (Reads.) "And whereas, It is confidently believed that the refining and manufacture of many British Columbia mineral products can be profitably carried on in Canada, notably in the case of gold, silver, iron, lead and copper; "Therefore be it Resolved, That this Convention strongly urge the Dominion Government to appoint a metallurgical expert of the highest reputation to investigate these matters and any collateral matters of affecting the mineral industry of British Columbia, and to report fully thereon.". Dr. Sinclair—Tlie Minister of the Interior some time ago made it his business to enquire into and search out the best man that could be found for that purpose. He has done so, .and this gentleman is now waiting for instructions from people who require him not only from British Columbia, but all over the Dominion of Canada. He can be secured for the purpose of reporting upon any properties at the expense of the Government. This gentleman who has been chosen is a Canadian, a graduate of McGill, a graduate of Oxford, England, and a post graduate of the best institutions in the United States, and he is regarded as the best man in the whole of North America. He is said to be the best man to be found either in the United States or Canada, so that I think it would be unwise to ask for something that has already been accomplished. What I am telling you is perfectly true as the selection has been made, and I would say this, that this institution here should instruct the officers to communicate with the Department of the Interior in order to secure the services of this expert; that is the better course to pursue. Mr. Townsend—The majority of the parties here knew nothing about this new appointment, but in any case the resolution can do no harm, because if this expert is to come here and he sees that there is a resolution passed by this Convention it may expedite this matter, and not let it lie over from month to month. If he has the whole Dominion to attend to I think if he is to come he should come here at once. Motion carried. FEE FOR CROWN GRANTING MINERAL CLAIMS. Moved by Mr. Curtis, seconded by Mr. Seaman—"Resolved, That in the opinion of this Convention the Government fee for Crown grant of a mineral claim when such grant is applied for by the locator and prospector, should be reduced from $25 to $10." Mr. Curtis—In support of that resolution I wish to offer a few remarks on behalf of the class that are represented here, and for whose special benefit nothing.has heretofore been brought forward. I refer to the chap who finds all the mines, and makes the least out of them—the prospector. Now, some three years ago the Crown grant fee on all mineral claims 570 THE MINING RECORD. was raised from $10 to $25, and it has proven a very great hardship upon the hardy prospector. The prospector, after all, is the pioneer of this country, who with a slab of bacon, and a sack of oatmeal and a sack of flour with which he makes bannocks, traverses the mountains and waste places, stems the mountain torrents, ploughs his paths over fresh trails, and when his grub is done lives on the fowls' and birds of the air, and the fishes of tue sea, and at the end of his trip, it may be weeks and it may be a whole season, he goes to the assayer, and too often his samples average very high in iron and very low in copper, gold and silver, and sometimes too often finds he has only one per cent, copper and occasionally he finds he has only got a trace, from that down to zero, and his hopes go down accordingly, but I am happy to say that the prospector, like every sensible miner, and every sensible mines never gives up—he is full of hope, and so he goes up again the next week or the next month or the next season, and lives the same old story over again—perhaps for a lifetime. We know in the City of Rossland that the biggest gold and copper mine in British Columbia, the Le Roi, was bartered away by the prospector for $12.50 to record the other claims that he found. Now, we should do something for him, I am sure. I had purposely refrained from asking that the Crown grant fee be reduced to the man who buys the prospector's claim. I do not say it ought to be reduced, but I think it ought to be reduced to the prospector, and I think $io is enough. As a matter of fact the man who buys the claim is generally very much better able to pay the Crown grant fee than the prospector. He has hard work to pay his large certificate fee, and occasionally through some slip he has to put up $100 in lieu of his work, and it may be safely said in any event the prospector, even with a $10 fee, pays more per acre to the government for his land than the promoter. The mineral claims will not average more than 25 to 30 acres each, and under this $25 Crown grant fee it means on an average $1 per acre, and so he pays a great deal, and when he comes to pay his certificate dues there are $5 or $10 more, so that the government never gets less than $2 to $3 per acre out of the prospector. However, I ask you here to-night unanimously to say that we have some consideration for the prospector, and ask the government to reduce this fee from $25 to $10. If you do that I have hopes—high hopes—that the legislature of the land will take it into consideration and grant the consideration to the prospector to which he is so justly entitled. the motion was carried. THE PREVENTION OF "wiLD-CATTING." Mr Belyea—This resolution is unsigned, and it is the only resolution, that is in the hands of the committee. If the gentleman is here to-rfiight who sent it in will come forward we •will now consider it. (Reads motion.) "Resolved, That the Government should by prosecution or otherwise, suppress fraudulent statements regarding mining properties in British Columbia, made with a view to inducing the public to buy shares in such properties at outrageously exaggerated prices. Such governmental action will have a beneficial effect upon the legitimate mining and give the investing public much greater confidence in British Columbia mines." Mr A. E. Howse, of Nicola—That is my resolution. I have much pleasure in moving it. Mr. Curtis—I second. Mr. Howse—I would like to explain my reasons in bringing this forward. I have felt since this organization was first started that it was wise and in the interest of the mining industry of this Province we should place ourselves on record as being opposed to any means by which the public might be misled by the statements of fraudulent and treacherous schemers. I have been in the East, Montreal, New York, Toronto and other points in the last few years since the mining operations in British Columbia have reached their present state, and I have been met at every point with the assertion that British Columbians are the biggest mining thieves in the world. Now, I do not believe that this mining Convention • here to-day possesses one man of that stamp, but we have been abused by those who have gone to the people in the East and have succeeded in attracting money into fraudulent mining schemes, and if we can succeed in showing these people that we are honest in our efforts to build up this mining industry and are not a party to that kind of fraudulent scheming with which they have come in contact, it will assist in strengthening our case in Eastern Canada, and it will prove to them that this body is one which despises anything in the way of wild-catting and other questionable practices. (Hear, hear.) Motion carried. LOCATION OF MINERAL CLAIMS IN RAILWAY BELT. Mr. Chairman—It is moved by Mr. Curtis as follows:— Whereas, The Government of British Columbia has found it good progressive policy to make a free gift to the locators of mineral claims on unoccupied provincial lands, not only to the minerals therein, but also the use of the surface for mining purposes. And, Whereas, within the railway belt in British Columbia the Dominion Government charges the locators of mineral claims $5 per acre for its right to locate claims. And, Whereas, for every dollar of revenue derived from provincial sources by the Government of British Columbia, the Dominion Government collects $3 of revenue from the people of British Columbia. And, Whereas, any increase of revenue from British Columbia will come largely from the growth of the mining industry, which requires and deserves fostering care and help of both governments. • Therefore, Be it resolved, that in the opinion of this Convention it is the duty of, and good sound financial policy for the Dominion Government to follow the example of the Provincial Government and grant free to the mineral claim owner, upon his approved application for Crown grant, all the mineral, water, and surface rights vested in the Dominion. Seconded by Mr. Wolfenden. Mr. Curtis—The Provincial Government in 1871 granted to the Dominion Government a belt of twenty miles on each side of the Canadian Pacific Railway from the Coast to the territorial boundary in the east. Now, within that forty- mile belt, known generally as the railway belt, if the miner locates a claim, and does his $5 assessment work, just the same as he would do on provincial Crown lands, he becomes entitled to any mineral rights the Province has in the lands, and the most right the Province can have in the land is the right to the precious metals^-gold and silver. The best measures, gold, copper, etc., together with the surface rights and the timber are all vested in the Dominion Government and there is an arrangement hetween the Dominion Government and the Province that upon the locator of the claim paying $5 to the Provincial Government of which $3 goes to the Dominion Government, he is entitled to his Crown grant from the Province for his right to the precious metals, and the Dominion Government thereby gives up its right to the land. That resolution, when it is sent to the Dominion Government, will impress upon them strong reasons for changing its policy in that respect. I consider that it is unfair that our Provincial Government should only collect about $1 out of the people of British Columbia, whereas the Dominion Government gets $3. You will see what a hardship it is upon the prospector, after he has done all his work, after he has got his right to the mineral and surface rights (where he would get his rights under our provincial law) that he has to hand over to the Dominion Government, which is taking out of this Province enormous sums of money, $5 more an acre. I am sure you will all agree with me that that is a great hardship and drawback to the mineral development of the railway belt. There is in that belt enormous deposits of payable ore, and yet they are hardly touched. And why is it that this railway belt is not opened up? I believe it is largely on account of that $5 per acre charged to the prospector. THE MINING RECORD. 571 After a lengthy discussion the motion was carried. government owned coal areas. Mr. Chairman—There is a resolution which has been handed up. It did not come through any of the committees, but I will read it to you: Moved by Mr. Heidman and seconded by Mr. Hazelwood, of Phcenix— Resolved, That the coal measures now held in reserve by this Province be opened to the public under such conditions that the Province retains supervision and small royalties on the product. Mr Heidman—I might state that the reason for offering this resolution is that not only that the mine owners and mine prospectors are affected by the reserve, but it affects all branches of mining in this country. We have heard statements made by the mine manager of several large companies, who hold the power in their own hands, that they expect to increase the capacity of their smelters to such an extent that it prf require at least two to three times more fuel to operate these smelters than it does at the present time. Yet, we are confronted with this situation. A great amount of these coal lands is held in such a manner that no steps can be taken to furnish this amount of coal to our own smelters. For that reason I have moved the adoption of that resolution. We want the production of coal increased, and the resolutions which have been planned here, we want all these put in operation, and the result will be that not only the business of mining wnl be encouraged by it, but the business of the merchants an^ the labourers will be enriched by it. I think there are thousands of acres held by the E. & N-. Co. under the report of your government mineralogist in which there are valuable deposits of coal that are required to supply this deficiency. If we keep these lands under reserve and do not let anyone get on them' for a number of years it means a great deal of delay in the working of these mines, and before these smelters can be kept going. I think now is the time to ask the Government to throw open these lands as they may see fit and proper and get these furnaces in operation and these coal mines in operation, and let thousands of more laborers have employment in keeping the smelters going. It is an important branch of every mining industry, and this resolution should be passed without one dissenting voice. Mr Belyea—Will the mover of that resolution kindly tell us what coal measures are referred to? Mr Heidman—I particularly refer to the coal measures in the eastern section of British Columbia, particularly the Crow's Nest, and where there is an average thickness of ioo feet- of coal deposits underlying the surface. This is actually known to exist there, and we are dependent upon one system of mines for all our mining and smelting there. Mr Belyea—I understood those coal measures over there outside of the Crow's Nest Company belonged to the Dominion (aovernment With the usual generosity which is characteristic of the governments of British Columbia they have given away all that. The mover now has explained that is the coa) land owned by the Dominion Government. Mr Langley—I think the coal measures which this gentleman has reference to are those in the south-eastern part of the Province. They are held under reserve by the Provincial Government, and have been for about thirteen years, and it starts north along the international boundary. That is what the gentleman refers to, and I would further suggest that in that resolution the oil should be mentioned as well as coal. Mr Barnes, of Slocan—I believe that this is a motion which has been moved in the right direction. The Government has undoubtedly vast coal reserves, and on the other hand we have in the Crow's Nest Coal Company a company operating mines, and which supplies vast quantities of coal to our smelters. The condition which prevails at the present time tends in a great measure to set me thinking as to what is to be the outcome of this condition as it stands at present, ihese men have had the power to paralyze all the industries throughout the lower portion of this Province—the Boundary, Trail and Rossland— and it reaches as far over as Washington, and it seems whenever they feel disposed they can shut down their mines and smelters and thereby throw hundreds of men out of employment, and in that way create a hardship which should not prevail. I have talked with a great number of men throughout the country, and I have heard this thing discussed very strongly, and it was their opinion that the (jovernment should be urged to open up this vast coal reserve. I tell you, my friends, for the information of this Convention, that it would pay the Provincial and Dominion Governments to open up these coal reserves at their own expense and keep them in readiness, even if they never put a fire in them. Then should a strike, such as now prevails at Fernie come about, we can say: "Here, we will have this.thing settled, and right away, or we will start these ovens." In the meantime they could keep the mines working along just enough to pay expenses, and they would lose nothing by it. You will say it is a socialistic movement; and so it is; but if we cannot get just conditions any other way let us have it from socialistic movements, and we will then know that the Government is capable of handling such an extremity, if it is necessary to do so. We have experimental farms, and why not let us have experimental coal mines? (Hear, hear.) Mr. Heidman—Mr. Smith Curtis, who desired to speak upon this resolution, is ill this evening, and in justice to the importance of the measure, I would ask that you adjourn the hearing of it until Mr. Curtis can be heard from. I therefore move that it be laid upon the table until to-morrow morning. Motion carried. The Convention then adjourned till 9:00 a.m. 28th February. 28th February, 1903, 9:00 a.m. Mr. Chairman—I received a telegram from Ottawa last night, gentlemen, which is as follows: "Telegram received endorsing resolution in the interest of silver-lead miners. Keferred to Privy Council." (Sd.) R. W. Scott. The minutes of the preceding day's business were read and adopted. Mr. D. W. Higgins—I would move in place of Mr. Spicer, who was added yeserday to the Victoria delegation, the name of H. G. Scott. Mr. Spicer finds it impossible to be here. Carried. "labour problems." Mr. Chairman—As you will recollect, one of the sections of the constitution was referred back again to the joint committee. Section 8, if you will recollect. It reads as' follows: "This Association shall be non-political and shall have nothing whatever to do with labour problems or interfere in- any way with labour unions." That was referred back to the Committee on Constitution and By-laws with the request that they act jointly with the Capital and Labour Committee. They report as follows:— "Your Joint Committee on Capital and Labour and Constitution and By-laws beg to report. James Reid, Chairman of Constitution and By-laws. Jas W. Bolden, Chairman of Capital and Labour Committee. The recommendations are as follows: Section 1, Article 29—That no change be made except that the word "Treasurer" be added after the word "Assistant Secretary." The recommendation was adopted. 572 THE MINING RECORD. The next section is Article 4, Section 8—"This Association shall be non-political, and shall not permit discussions in any of its Conventions or meetings on social problems; nor shall it interfere in any way with labour unions; Provided, however, that the Association shall be at liberty to use its good offices in adjusting and settling mining labour difficulties." The recommendation was adopted. Mr. Chairman—Shall the Constitution and By-laws pass as a whole? Mr. Haggan—I beg to ask that Section 1, Article 2, be reconsidered. Several of the members think that there should be two vice-presidents. Mr. Bolden seconded. Mr. Chairman—Shall the Constitution and By-laws be adopted as read? Carried. Moved that a vote of thanks be hereby tendered to the Committee on Constitution and By-laws. Carried. Senator Reid—On behalf of the Committee I beg to thank your Committee for your kindness. Mr. C. Dubois Mason, of Atlin—Mr. Chairman: I wish to address this meeting for a few moments. I think we are rushing these matters through, and we are in danger of having the whole thing changed. I represent Atlin. Now, in your Constitution you say that the, subscriptions shall become due on ist January, and you propose to hold your Convention somewhere about this date. Now, between the ist of January and the date of this Convention we hold our meeting in Atlin to appoint our delegates. Now, gentlemen, if you appoint midwinter I would like to know how it will be possible to get delegates sent from Atlin at that time owing to the transportation difficulties, and our English and New York capitalists could not be present at that meeting. If it goes as it stands now this constitution will be unworkable. Mr. Chairman—I think the gentleman is out of order. It was clearly the desire of this room that the Constitution and By-laws be adopted. It is clear to my mind that it has met with uniform approval by every gentleman in this room, and as such I do not think it is open for you to criticize it. Mr Mason—I move that the clause be reconsidered generally. You said it was not necessary to move that, and therefore I had no option to go into it. Moved by Mr. Heidman, seconded by Mr. Hodge, of Ferguson, that this Association hereby ratify all previous acts of the Convention before the Constitution and By-laws wer« adopted. The question was then put and motion carried. legislation and the mining association. Mr Galt—I would like to move a resolution. I might mention while Mr. Hobson is here I would like this to be considered. He is anxious.to go away on other business and he will second the motion:— "That having regard to the laxity which has heretofore prevailed in the Legislature of British Columbia in the enactment of laws affecting the mining industry and the serious difficulties occasioned thereby, and having regard to the widely representative character of the Association, and the fact that it includes within its membership many of the most competent authorities in this Province to advise upon all matters affecting the mining industry. This Association do respectfully urge upon the Government and Legislature of British Columbia the- advisability of enacting that no legislation whatever affecting the mineral industry or any branch thereof shall be introduced unless the same has been approved by this Association, or unless the Association has been given a reasonable period not less than three weeks within which to consider and advise upon such intended legislation." One of the most important features of this Association will be from time to time to make recommendations to the Legis lature with regard to legislation. We all know that in years past, especially during the past two or three years, no end of trouble has been occasioned by the introduction suddenly and without proper consideration of matters affecting the mining industry, and in various branches of it. Statutes have been amended in important particulars without any notice given to any of the parties affected thereby. It is needless to mention any of the acts, because we know there have been several of them. Now, we are undertaking in this Convention to ask the Government to amend and repeal certain existing legislation, and what we want to do in order to continue this good work, and to ensure for this Association the consideration which is desired, we want the Government to pass an Act that they will consider us to that extent that they will not introduce legislation, either amending existing laws, or introducing new laws without first enabling this Association to consider that legislation and criticize it as they may feel disposed. I do not think there is a single man in this Association but would approve of that course. We have amongst us all the mine owners; we have amongst us all the mine workers, and the mercantile community, and the farmers and ranchers, and smelting men, and what possible better body of intelligent men, experts on all questions affecting the mining industry could the Legislature deal with and ask advice of than this Association?? ( Hear, hear,) Mr. Hobson—I second the resolution. Mr. Seaman—Mr. Chairman and fellow delegates: You have heard the resolution just read. As I told you yesterday, we have all come here for the welfare of British Columbia. Now, it is a question—I do not want to get personal—it is a question whether we are here for the benefit and welfare of British Columbia. " We are asked to endorse this resolution, a resolution which says that the Parliament of British Columbia cannot enact any laws affecting the mining industry unless they are recognized by this Mining Association. It does not touch upon the labour question, and it seems to me that the idea of this Convention is to do away with all questions affecting the labouring class or unions, and there is nothing in that resolution that pertains to labour. I am going to ask you if that is fair or just? If this Convention wants to support that I do not think it is a just measure, and for God's saice, gentlemen, let us do away with this tomfoolery, and not keep beating about the bush. We have been here long enough, and I am satisfied we could have transacted all the business that has come before this Convention by this evening. Now, gentlemen, I will not support this resolution as I feel certain it is not for the welfare of British Columbia. I do not. know what your humble opinion is. Some gentleman who is not interested in mining, I would ask that he would make some remark in regard to this resolution. Mr Galt—Mr. Seaman is quite mistaken in the object of that resolution. It is not asking the Legislature to pass legislation affecting any particular law without our approval; it is merely asking that they give this Association a reasonable notice—three weeks' notice—to consider the proposed legislation affecting the mining industry and to criticize it and offer any suggestions that the Association might think necessary. Mr Lugrin—I would ask that this resolution be laid on the table. Mr. Frank Richards—I think that the Legislature of this Province should refer mining questions to this Convention to consider. It is quite impossible for a single individual to go down to the Legislature and represent his views and for the Government to adopt them; but here every one's views can be represented, and I think that is sufficient evidence that this is a very good resolution. Capt. Thompson—I second Mr. Lugrin's motion. Mr. Howse—I notice in the remarks that Mr. Seaman has made he seems to feel legislation in regard to labour questions might affect labour unions. As a disinterested party I would like to say that I feel quite firmly convinced that the labour organizations of this Province are thoroughly protected by THE MINING RECORD. 573 the men whom they select as their executive here. We have fifteen representatives of the labour people, and I may say that the professional men are certainly favourable to the labouring class, and the farmers, merchants and others who form that class of 15 on the executive are certainly an impartial body to pass upon anything that might be brought up before the Legislature and I think if this matter is considered by the labour organizations they will feel that they have the best end of the stick. Mr. Chris Foley.—Being a labour unionist, I must say that I differ somewhat from my colleague here. I believe that the labouring men, as well as the manager, should be prepared to have publicly • discussed every question of this kind. I believe, as Mr. Galt says, that it is not advisable to rush matters of this kind through. I believe that it is necessary these questions should come before this body, and that they should take some action upon it, and give the Government the benefit of their experience and knowledge in these matters. Mr. Marsh—I must confess that on the first reading of this resolution I was a little opposed to it, but from the explanations which have been given by the various people, I must say that I heartily endorse it. We have had, I think, a little too much.legislation put up on the spur of the moment, and any legislation affecting the mining industry coming before the House I think the people directly interested in mining should have a few weeks to consider it. Capt. Livingston Thompson—I think we are absolutely out of order. There is a motion that this resolution be laid on the table. Speaking to that, I wish to point out the great benefit derived last evening by having that clause laid on the table. Mr. Higgins—The gentleman may be fully in order, but I think it is really incumbent upon the mover to give some reason why it should be laid on the table. Mr. Lugrin—I made that motion because I thought it was the sentiment of the Convention not to -discuss it, and it was best to dispose of it in the best possible way, but to come down to the merit of the resolution I may say that I think this is a dangerous resolution, and this is the last body in the world which should set such a precedent as is proposed by this resolution. If this resolution is going to take the position that no legislation shall be introduced relating to mining interests, unless it is passed upon by this Convention, and until it has been discussed by the Association, why not let the grocers meet and pass such a resolution; why should not the labour organizations meet and pass such a resolution? A Voice—So they should. Mr Lugrin—You say, so they should. Then what becomes of our representative institutions? What becomes of government responsibility? Where should the responsibility rest if this should be the case? What we want in this country, and what we have too little of in this country, is responsible government. The great trouble in times past is that the Legislature has not felt the responsibility which has rested upon it as a representative institution of this Province, and the great trouble in the past is that they have not felt the responsibility which rests upon therii under the circumstances. You say to the Legislature, and you say to the Government, "You are not to enact or pass upon any law affecting the mining industry until you ask this body to discuss it and give their opinions on it." That is the principle you initiate in this resolution, and I say, gentlemen, if you put this resolution through it would be the end of responsible government. Emergencies may call for urgent legislation, and what is going to happen if the Government is forced to give this Convention three weeks' notice. It is an unusual resolution. We are now within less-than five weeks of the meeting of the legislature. We expect the Government of this country to prepare mining legislation and we expect to see something done in regard to mining legislation, and yet we are going to ask this Government to give us three weeks' notice in advance for the purpose of considering any questions which may arise calling for legislation, and until this body has had time to meet together and has had three weeks' time in which to consider these questions the Government would be powerless to act. Why, gentlemen, there would be an end of responsible legislation in this country if such a resolution was adopted. The motion was laid on the table. Mr Hunter—I beg to present the petition of working miners. I propose that this be read and put upon the minutes of this Convention. I would like to say in regard to this petition of mine, that I am not aware as to whether there is any machinery put in the By-laws with respect to petitions, and the usual method adopted is that the receiving of petitions is always put first on the Orders of the Day. I ask that this matter be considered. (Reads.) petition presented by JOSEPH hunter, M.P.P. Stanley, B.C., Feb. ioth, 1903. To the Provincial Mining Association, assembled at Victoria, B.C., February 25, 1903. We, the miners of Cariboo, beg to present the following petition by our delegate, Joseph Hunter. Whereas, at a meeting held in Barkerville, February 10, 1903, to elect delegates to your Convention, John Hopp, F. C. Laird, and H. E. C. Carey were elected. Resolved, That said Barkerville delegates do not represent . the miners or their sentiments. Resolved, That contrary to the views of said delegates we are strongly opposed to the granting of Crown grants for placer holdings, we believing that the same would be detrimental to the interests of all miners. Resolved, That a better title be given placer leases by the assurance of a renewal of the lease on expiration, said renewal to be on the terms and conditions of the original, if so desired by the lessee. Resolved, That considering the fact that mineral and placer propositions are usually equally costly to develop, and that it costs as much or more to develop a placer lease as a mineral claim; that therefore they be placed on an equal footing as regards cost of holdings and annual work required and that of development. To all of which we free miners of Cariboo subscribe: (68 names subscribed to the above petition.) 150-MiLE house. That according to the report of a public meeting held at Victoria, B. C, on January 15th last, one of the chief objects to be obtained as an inducement to capitalists to actively enter these fields is the securing of titles or Crown grants for placer leases, we, the members of the 150-Mile House branch as represented by those present at the meeting, do endorse most unanimously such a proposal, providing that due care be taken to ensure substantial qualifications for such title on similar lines or equivalent to the qualifications necessary for obtaining a Certificate of Improvements under the present Land Act in order to guarantee as far as possible the continuous working of leases or Crown grants. As a valuable guarantee of this we would suggest that in every such deed a clause should be inserted providing for heavy taxation in the event of ground so granted being unworked during any portion of the mining season. Tt is also the further unanimous opinion of this meeting that under no condition whatever should titles be issued on the qualifications of one or. more leases of a consolidation for other leases outside or beyond such consolidation, and furthermore that no consolidation should ever be permitted to exceed eight adjoining leases as at present allowed for in the consolidation clause of the Placer Mining Act. Il 574 THE MINING RECORD. ■'. It is also the opinion of this meeting that everything possible in the way of legislation and otherwise should be done to encourage the bona fide prospector. The meeeting then closed. Robert Borland, Chairman. keithley, snowshoe. Resolved, That we, the miners of Keithley, Snowshoe and vicinity, are in favour of placing the acquirement of title to placer mines on the same footing as mineral claims. Resolved, That we are in favour of the repeal or amendment of the Water Clauses Act, so that the prospector, individual placer miner or mineral miner can secure the quantity of water required to operate his claim or claims by simply recording the same and without having to pay the heavy charges now made for securing water privileges. And Be It Further Resolved, That we are in favour of the repeal or abolition of the two per cent, royalty on gross product of either mineral or placer mines, that we are in favour of paying a tax on the net income of either mineral or placer mines, said tax to be levied and collected from the owners of real estate or from the net income of bankers, merchants, manufacturers, individuals, corporations, or capitalists, and we hereby instruct our delegates, or their proxies, to present these resolutions to the Provincial Mining Association and vote for their adoption at the Convention to be held on the 25th February, 1903, Victoria B.C. G. A. Veith, Chairman. KEITHLEY, IQO3. Keithley Branch of the Provincial Association. Resolved, i. That in the opinion of this meeting no change should be made in the present Placer Mining Act from Section 1 to Section 89 inclusive. 2. That the annual rent and amount of money to be expended yearly on the placer mining lease is too high. 3. That $200 expended annually in actual development work and an annual rental of $25 would be ample. 4. That the holder of five or less placer mining leases may consolidate the same and do all the actual development work of such leases on one of them provided the said leases are immediately adjoining. 5. That the holder of such placer mining leases may obtain a Crown grant of same by expending in actual development work yearly and paying an annual rental of $25 for the period of five years in etch lease, or the holder of such leases may oDtain a Crown grant of same in one year by expending the sum of $1,000 in actual development work and paying $125 rent for each lease. 6. That the Crown granting of placer mining leases shall not exempt the holder thereof from the proper working of same or from the payment of an annual rent. 7. That two per cent, on the gross output on mineral and placer mines be abolished, and a tax be put on the net output. 8. That any person doing work in any way connected with the development of mineral and placer mines be compelled to take out a license for same, and said license to be collected only after such person has worked one month at such work. 9. That fractional licenses be granted only to legal holders of mining property in the Province of British Columbia. Whereas, It has been known for over thirty years last past that the districts of Yale, Cariboo, Omineca and Cassiar (now including the Atlin District), include vast areas of high grade auriferous .gravels suitable for profitable operation by the prospector, individual miner or mining investor. That the Placer Mining Acts in force for many years last past have failed to encourage either the prospector, individual miner or investor to enter the great placer mining fields of the Province, and have acted as a bar to the development of a great deep placer mining industry which would ensure the employment of thousands of prospectors and miners, the investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, the increase of the annual gold product by millions of dollars, and the circulation annually of millions of dollars for labour and through the channels of trade and commerce, besides adding new gold to the wealth of the Province and nation. And Whereas the Water Clauses Consolidation Act has proved objectionable and prevents the individual mineral and placer miners from securing the quantity of water required to operate their claims or mines at a cost within their means. And Whereas, the two per cent, royalty on the gross output of the mine has proved most unsatisfactory to the mine operator and to the intending investor. Now, Therefore, Be it Resolved, That claims usually called deep placers, including all forms of deposits excepting veins of quartz or other metalliferous or valuable mineral rock in place, shall be subject to location,, entry and Crown grant under like circumstances and conditions and upon-similar proceedings as are provided by the Mineral Act for vein, lode or mineral claims. That the Water Clauses Consolidation Act be so amended as to enable the prospector, mineral and placer miner to secure the quantity of water required to operate his mineral or placer mine by simply recording the same instead of being compelled to pay the high rates now charged for water privileges, which charges are entirely beyond his means. That the two per cent royalty now charged on the gross output of mineral and placer mines be abolished, and placed upon the net proceeds of said mines. And Be It Further Resolved, That the Executive Committee of this Association be and they are hereby authorized to prepare bills intended to remedy the above defects complained of in the Placer Mining Act, the Water Clauses Consolidation Act, and the Revenue Acts that include the two per cent, royalty clause, and present the same at the next session, and urge upon Parliament the necessity for the adoption of the remedial legislation required to encourage the development of the vast mineral and placer mining resources of the Province. And We Hereby Instruct our delegates to present these resolutions to the Convention to be held at Victoria on the 25th day of February, 1903, and to vote solidly for the adoption of the same. Bullion Branch of the Provincial Mining Association of British Columbia. (Signed) H. B. Fergusson, Secretary. J. B. Hobson, President. Dated Bullion, B.C., Feb. 10th, 1903. Mr. McMillan—I beg to ask that this motion be laid on the table until other matters of the placer mining be brought up for discussion. Mr. Hunter—I may say that that is not the rule governing petitions. It is usually respectfully received and spread on the minutes of the Convention. Mr. Taylor—What possible objection can this gentleman have for the laying of this petition on the table until the other matters are discussed. That is a fair proposition and why should we not support it? The motion to lay on the table was carried. THE MINING RECORD. 575 Mr Hobson—Would it be unfair on behalf of the miners of Cariboo to ask Mr. Hunter to present all the instructions that he received from other parts of the Cariboo district? Stanley only represents a very small section of it. Mr Hunter—I would like to know what Mr. Hobson means; does he want me to answer him ? The Chairman ruled both speakers to be out of order. Mr Hunter—Why have I not the right to reply to Mr. hobson ? Mr Chairman—You are out of order. Mr Belyea—Mr. Chairman. I move that the interim report of the Committee on Resolutions be taken from the table to consider the clause of the resolution relating to boiler inspection, which was laid over yesterday. Mr Godell, of Greenwood, seconded the motion. THE BOILER INSPECTION ACT. Mr. Chairman—The matter which was laid on the table is this:— "3. The present rules adopted for calculating the strength and safe working pressures of boilers are unusually and unnecessarily severe, and these rules should be altered to conform to general engineering usage in Canada and the United States." A Delegate—I think this is a question for experts, and not for us to discuss, and I think it should be eliminated from that resolution. If this question bears unjustly on those interested it should be remedied. It is not for this body to pass upon. A Delegate—We want to know how that act is unjust, and on what grounds they base their statement. Mr. Emery—I move that all of that clause on the expert opinion be struck out, as we are not competent to judge, and that is the reason I express the opinion it should be struck out of that amendment Mr. Chairman—Section 3 is the only one which refers to expert opinions. A Delegate—I move that 2 and 3 be both struck out. Mr Lugrin—One of the points in that resolution was very fully discussed. That is in regard to accepting the certificate of insurance companies. I remember that was very fully brought before the Legislature and the Legislature did not accept that view. Mr Hunter—I think this is a most dangerous proposition. When that bill was under discussion in the Legislature the ciccussion was very full indeed. It occupied a great amount of time, and the Legislature took every opportunity of consulting the best experts in the country to get every information possible before they passed that bill, and the bill was passed solely in the interests of the working miner. I do not think it would be well on the opinion of any one in this Convention to abolish that Act, or to suggest to the Legislature what it should do. The question of insurance by insurance companies was another matter which was very fully discussed in the Legislature, and it was clearly and distinctly shown to adopt the course such as shown in that bi/i would be detrimental to the mining interests in this country and to the best interests of the public generally, and I think it would be well if this Convention voted against that proposition. Ms. Kirby—I would ask as representing one of the mining companies which has suffered severely from the operation of this Act to explain some of the peculiar effects of the Act. I do not know how many of the delegates present are owning and operating boilers. It is probable that those who are owners and operators are doubtless in the.meeting here. Of those who own and operate mines, only a percentage of those probably have had occasion to investigate this Act, and to enquire into its peculiar effects upon our business, and "Upon the capi-: tal we have invested in boiler plants. I will explain what we have found in Rossland as regards the operation of this Act We have investigated it partially, and we find that its provisions are more severe than any which are in use in any of the other provinces, or in the United States. Now, it so happens, as you are well aware, that the boilers in use here, and especially those in use in the mining industry, are brought principally from Canadian or United States manufacturers. They were manufactured under the laws which prevailed at that time for calculating the working strength of boilers, and in their construction were made safe as considered by the present engineering practice in Canada and the United States. These plants were bought in good faith, and are now in operation and form part of the invested capital here in this Province. We now. find that the Legislature has passed an Act in which no large boiler user that I have been able to discover has ever been consulted, or even given an opportunity to express an opinion. If they sought expert opinions we were unaware of it until after the Act was passed, and now we find an Act was passed which contains the most severs articles applying to the boilers which we bought in good faith, and which now destroys the value of those plants. I will illustrate what occurs. I may say in Rossland, speaking of our companies, we have a large plant, a $55,000 plant and some $11,000 worth of boilers to run that plant. These boilers were bought partly in Canada and partly in the United States from leading manufacturers. They have been passed by the leading insurance boiler inspectors on the continent, allowing the full working pressure, which in this caae is 130 pounds. Now, the new rules suddenly come along, and cut down that pressure to 100 pounds. We find that another large mining company in Rossland has had its plant destroyed suddenly by the cutting down of their pressure from 130 to 100 pounds. The inspectors had doubtless done their duty and they were forced to act in accordance with these provisions of unusual severity. Now, as far as our companies are concerned, we had there some $66,000 worth of machinery, which, in order to comply with the new regulations, had to be run at a terrific expense, and we had to use and get such equitable plants as we could borrow or lease, and keep our own plant idle in order to avoid this terrible expense. There are other cases, and I may say that it is unfortunate there can only be a few of these boiler users represented in this assembly. I confess that I fully understand and recognize the fact that in speaking to you about these technical points it is at a disadvantage, as I am taking up the Convention's time on questions which are technical, serious as they are to us. I realize that the Convention is not in proper shape to judge of the specially peculiar features of the Act, even if we get the Act and read it, and only a few of us engineers and users would be competent to judge of its evil. Therefore, while I intend to support the motion that is made?"'and while I am in favour of it, I beg leave to submit an amendment to this motion, and having substituted the following, I take it that it will remove the objections which have been raised to this question in this assembly: "To recommend to the Legislature to enquire and investigate the Act once more with a view to improving its operations, and in doing that invite the opinions of boiler users and owners before doing so." Mr. Rolt—I second the motion. Mr. Chairman—The amendment is :—In view of the fact that there is much dissatisfaction amongst the owners of steam boilers, as to the provisions of the Boiler Inspection Act, which is claimed to cause unnecessary hardship, and since a large number of these boilers are in use at the present time, the Government and Legislature of British Columbia are requested to investigate this Act with a view of improving its operation, and that to this end they invite the views and opinions of those who own and operate boiler plants." Mr. Hazlewood—I believe that the whole objection to.this Act is the safe working pressure of the boilers. I might state that engineers have found this Act to be the same as it is in the United States, and the steam working pressure k 576 THE MINING RECORD. iiil identically the same, and I hope that this Convention will take no action on that resolution, as the boilers are just where they belong. Mayor Dean, of Rossland—I am an agent for the Hartford Insurance Company, and while I have the interest of that company at heart, I have the interest of British Columbia at heart to a far greater extent, after that the interest of the mining industry. (Hear, hear.) And after that the interest of the Hartford Boiler Insurance Company. In that capacity I may be acredited as having a slight knowledge and some idea of the operation of the Boiler Inspector's Act, and I might say that the insurance companies give a far greater anu better protection to the companies by their service than tie province for this reason: The moment they insure the boiler they have a monetary interest in that boiler, and before taking any insurance at all they have a complete and internal inspection of the boiler by experts, the best they can get, and these experts give a certificate of their inspection to the companies. In that way they give a better service than it is possible for the government inspector to do. There is no gainsaying that fact, and I may say this, that the manner in which you can reach the wishes of all concerned, to do it fairly and protect the interests of those working around the boilers, is to have an inspector general for the Province of British Columbia, who would be prepared to ascertain the qualifications of the different insurance companies' inspectors, and give them a certificate, so that they would be regularly authorized inspectors, and report to the Government just the same as they do to the company every quarter, and give a fac simile report as that returned to their company and the mining company, and it would show that all those three reports were in order and exactly alike. Now, the inspector general of the Government could ascertain the condition of every boiler in the Province, and make regular reports to the Government. At the present time it is much more expensive to avail themselves of a government inspector than an inspector for an insurance company, but under this new law this would be remedied by having an inspector general for the Province. I hope I have made it clear as to the advantage of having an inspector for the Government, who would be an inspector over the insurance company's inspector. Mr. Godell—I may say that we have experienced the same difficulty that Mr. Kirby mentions, and that gentleman before me who spoke is the first man who claims to be an engineer that I ever heard say the law was unusually severe. I, for one, am perfectly willing to leave this matter to the engineers and the men who work around the boilers. It has been said here that the miners' lives are in danger. As a rule the miners are a good way from the boilers, and I feel sure that this subject should bej^iken up by the Government, and if they are afraid of passing hasty legislation, let them leave it to the men who do the work about the boiler. Mr. Wolfenden, of Armstrong—I may say that we have boilers up in our country. Our company employs t'nree engineers, and they are all satisfied with the Inspection Act. There have been over thirty boilers inspected in our district, and every one who has anything to do with the working of boilers is perfectly satisfied with the Act, and because a few gentlemen have bought a boiler that won't stand the pressure we cannot help it. Mr. Galt—I am not an expert, but I would like to tell you a little of what I know about the operation of this Act. In the case of the Le Roi mine, the first inspection under this new Act cost that mine as large a sum in fees as would have enabled them to insure their plants for over $50,000. That of itself shows what a very substantial matter we are talking about now. The extra cost put upon that company at the very first inspection of their boilers would have given them an insurance of over $50,000, and, as you understand, the Government inspection gives them absolutely no insurance at all. Now, gentlemen, there is a company in which I have been somewhat interested, and that is the Velvet mine. 1 will tell you what occurred there. The manager came in to me, and he asked me where the inspector of boilers was to be found, and I told him he was at Nelson. He told me that a very trifling imperfection has arisen in his boiler, and that the engineer in charge was a competent man, and quite competent to mend this, and there were plenty of men competent to mend it, but under the Act the boiler could not be mended without the presence of the government inspector. We sent a telegram to Nelson, and a telegram was received that the inspector was to be found at Kamloops; we telegraphed to Kamloops and the answer came back in five or six hours sayn ing he had left for Vernon. We telegraphed to Vernon, and we received work that the inspector had gone out a few miles distant, and he would be back shortly, and after many hours of waiting and telegraphing two or three times, it was found the inspector had come back to Vernon very hurriedly, and not knowing anything about this matter he left for Revelstoke. So we tried again, and we had more than one party endeavouring to find this inspector, but somehow or other we could not get hold of him at Revelstoke, so this mine was closed down—a mine employing 60 or 70 employees—for about a week in order to comply with this Act and have the presence of the inspector or someone appointed by him. Now, will anyone say that an Act of that nature does not require a little touching up? Mr. Gaunce—Just one observation, and that is this: It seems to me there is no hardship to ariyone in that substitute motion of Mr. Kirby's, and if this Act is satisfactory to the working man, and if the Government has been so competent in giving them an Inspection Act so satisfactory to them, surely it can be trusted to look into it further again, and see if it can improve it in any way. It seems to me that we have all got to this point that no further instruction is necessary, and therefore I request that the amendment that all boiler owners should be consulted be now taken up. The amendment was carried. Mr. Pearson, of Chemainus—This is the first time I have got up to speak in this Convention. I believe that the Government had the best expert opinion that they could get on this Inspection Act. We have boilers all through this country. You hardly have a hotel that has not got a boiler in it. Before this Boiler Inspection Act was passed you had boiler explosions, and what have you to-day? You very seldom hear of a boiler explosion, and I believe there are a good many men in this assembly who do not realize what they voted for on that amendment, for the simple reason they cannot realize the meaning of it. There may be a few big mining concerns who have all these inspectors and lawyers to look after fhenv that are not in favour of this Act; but if you stop to consider what this Act means I believe you would reconsider that amendment, and you would vote it down. A Delegate—I ask for a reconsideration of the motion. Mr. Chairman—It is open for this Convention to rescind any motion, but there is no motion before the house. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. A Delegate—Mr. Chairman. I beg to move that this Convention proceed to the nomination and election of officers. Mr. Chairman—It was so understood, but the order that you have adopted in your Constitution and By-laws makes that the last item on the order. Mr. Hirschfield—I move a suspension of the rules to take up the election of officers. Mr. Dean—I think there is one thing that should be done in connection with the election of officers. I move that the whole Province be divided into five sections in order that each of those sections may have a representative of each of the different classes on that Executive Committee, and that those districts be joint sister districts—so to speak—so that the members can get together, and find out who they desire to 'be represented on that executive. THE MINING RECORD. o/ / Mr Chairman—There is a motion before the Convention Moved by Mr. Hirschfield, seconded by Mr. Williams, that the rules be suspended, and that we now proceed to the election of officers. Carried. Mr Haggan—I have much pleasure in moving that Mr. Keen be appointed as President of the Convention. Mr Higgins seconded. Mr. Chairman—I would much prefer to take a more subordinate position, and ask Mr. Hobson. He is the organizer of this Association and Convention, and I think he should have the honour of being its first President; so if you will permit me to take a subordinate position. (Cries of "No, no.") Mr. Galt—I have much pleasure in moving that Mr. J. B. Hobson be appointed our President for the coming year. Those who have had the pleasure and opportunity of knowing Mr. Hobson at this Convention will realize how much we all owe to him. Mr. Hobson was one of those gentlemen who met originally to organize the California Miners' Association; he has ever since been an active member of it, and he has given this Association the benefit of his experience and connection with that association. He has been, as our Chairman has said, the leading spirit in getting up this organization. I need not say that he does not covet any such a position as this at all, and has so stated to many of us repeatedly. , Mr. Taylor—I desire to add to the remarks of Mr. Galt a few words. I was here in Victoria when this institution was first moved, and I say to you, gentlemen, it is due entirely to the recommendation and effort of Mr. J. B. Hobson that we are here to-day, and it would he to my mind a matter of regret if we did not give due honour to him for what he has done for this Province as a whole. The Chairman, Mr. Keen, vacated the chair in favour of Mr. Higgins. Mr Keen—I wish you would reconsider that motion, gentlemen. I will do all I can to help you in any other way, but you would confer a distinct favour and compliment on me if you would give this position to my friend, Mr. Hobson. Mr. Davies, of Kaslo—I wish also to second the nomination of Mr. Hobson. I am from Kaslo, and think the gentlemen here from the big votes - that they have given to Mr. Keen have amply satisfied Mr. Keen's ambition. Mr. Belyea—I would like to say this to this Convention that I have been thinking of this since the opening night. I happened to be the chairman of the original committee, and I know what Mr. Hobson has done for this Association. You all know what Mr. Keen has done. I have known Mr. Keen longer than I have known Mr. Hobson, but I want to say this, that had it not been for the energy of Mr. Hobson in organizing this Association and calling together this Convention, there would not be, this year at least, any such gathering as we have had in Victoria the past week. He has done it absolutely without any ohject except that of bettering the conditions of the mining industry in this country, and in giving him this position, gentlemen, it is no more than he is justly entitled to. So, gentlemen, let us elect him for our President for the ensuing year, and let it be unanimous. Mr. Seaman—With all due respect to Mr. Hobson, and even granting him the privilege of being the father of this Convention, there is one thing in this Convention you seem to have overlooked. Mr. Hobson. came like lots more. He has come here to ask favours. Now, gentlemen, for God's sake, get someone who does not want favours. ' Let us have some impartial chairman who is not working for anything, and then we will get a fair deal all around. I am not questioning Mr. Hobson's sincerity, but at the same time I think it would look better to have some one President of this Association who is not asking the Government for anything. Mr. Smith, of Vancouver—I never met Mr. Keen to him as I have met him ' here. I know Mr. Hobson, and know he is a thoroughly good man, and has the interests of this Association at heart, I know he is most sincere. I believe, gentlemen, the honour is due to Mr. Hobson as the organizer of this Association and this Convention, but, gentlemen, I believe at the same time, in putting someone in who does not represent half as much as Mr. Hobson does, we can do more to make this thing stick, and it will be more satisfactory to everyone interested in this mining business. There is no one who would prefer to see Mr. Hobson act as our President more than myself; but I do not think he can satisfy every man in the mining industry to the same extent ajs Mas Keen. Mr. Haggan, of Revelstoke—As mover of the original motion, I might say a few words on this question. I come from a part of the country where all respect Mr. Hobson. But one of the objections which we have to meet with in the election of Mr. Hobson as President is just this: Mr. Hobson represents one idea-—the idea of Crown granting the placer claims. I believe, therefore, in proposing Mr. Keen that I was doing what was in the interest of the Association in eliminating that objection, and in that way doing something which would put this Association on a permanent and proper basis. Mr. Rolt,. of Rossland—I beg to propose an amendment to that motion, and I ask that Mr. Keen be nominated as President and Mr. Hobson as Vice-President. Mr. Higgins—That is out of order. A Delegate—Mr. Chairman, I appeal against your ruling. Mr. C. Dubois Mason—I beg to move that the Chair be sustained. The question was then put and motion carried to sustain the ruling of the Chair. Mr. Scott, of Revelstoke—I have much pleasure in seconding Mr. Rolt's amendment that Mr. Keen be President and Air. J. B. Hobson, Vice-President. Mr. Higgins—Possibly a second Vice-President will be appointed, because there are duties cast upon the Secretary and Treasurer here which can only be discharged by a Vice-President who is a resident here, so I hope that you will provide for a second Vice-President whose residence will be Victoria. the question was then put in favour of the amendment, which amendment carried in favour of Mr. Keen. Mr Heidman—I move that the election of Mr. John Keen, as President of this Association and Mr. J. B. Hobson as Vice- President be unanimous. Carried. Mr. Keen (Loud applause.)—There is no time to waste, gentlemen. All I have to say is that I amvery sorry that you have not taken my advice, and elected me as your Vice- President ; but inasmuch as you have not taken my advice I will endeavour to do as much for you in the future as I have for my town in the past. Those who know me thoroughly, gentlemen, always know where to find me. Those who don't know me, I don't care about, and in future you will find me precisely the same with each and everyone of you as I have been in the past, and I would ask you to elect an executive in whom you have absolute confidence, and having done that I say leave your affairs in their hands absolutely, and if at the end of the year you are not satisfied with them turn them out in good fashion, and elect others. If you leave an executive who feel when you are gone that they are in touch with you| . and you have full confidence in them, you will get three times more out of them than if you worried them. You must realize the 'full force of that, but I feel sure, gentlemen, before the end of the current year you will realize it. Now, some gentleman has suggested we make an amendment to the Constitution, with a view of providing a second Vice-President. Mayor Dean, of Rossland—I made a motion that the Province be divided into five sections. It is most important that this should be done. I think you will all agree that the different sections should have representation, and it is the only way to arrive at that representation, by dividing the 578 THE MINING RECORD. Province into four or five sections, so that each section can have a representation of each of those classes. Seconded by Mr. Lugrin. Mr Higgins—Don't you think we ought to proceed in the order of business laid down here? We should proceed next to tne appointment of a Secretary. Mr. C. H. Arundell, of Hedley—I move that Mr. Belyea be elected as Secretary. Mr. Wolley—This is a question of nomination, and I have great pleasure in nominating your Provisional Secretary, Mr. Mortimer Lamb, and I will reserve to myself the right of speaking to my suggestion when all the nominations are in. Seconded by Mr. Astley, of Phcenix. Mr. Higgins—I have much pleasure in seconding the nomination of Mr. Belyea, K.C., as Secretary. It was moved and seconded that Geo. Macdonald be nominated as Secretary. Mr Gaunce—I move that the nominations do now close. Carried. Mayor Burrill, of Grand Forks—As there are three nominations before the House, and I think we all would regret to see any wrangling on this fact, I think that we all recognize that the position of Secretary is a most important position, and for fear there would be any clash I would ask that there be applications called for the position. Mr Chairman—I suggest that there being three names they should be balloted for. Mr Clive PHiLLiprs-Wolley—I wish just to say a few words as to why I proposed Mr. Lamb's name as Secretary. In the formation of this Association you appointed provisional officers, and it seems to me that having appointed Mr. Lamb as your Provisional Secretary it would be almost equivalent to a vote of censure now if you appointed anyone else to be Permanent Secretary. The man has been tried, and has done the vast burden of the work which has fallen on the Provisional Secretary during the last month. He has devoted his whole time to it. First of all, as Provisional Secretary he has done the greater part of the hard work which has resulted in this magnificent Convention which you see before you, and I am going to quote your own words. You said that what you wanted as Secretary was one who would be able to devote his whole time to the work, and be able to visit the different districts of the mining constituencies, upon which this Association must depend, and this Mr. Lamb is able to do. Now, gentlemen, Mr. Lamb has one thing in his favour which no one else in this Association has. Perhaps when you have been looking over mining articles and statistics, you never took the trouble to inform yourselves as to who prepared all these. Who do you suppose prepares those statistics and prints those articles? It is Mr. Lamb, anu whenever I want to know anything directly or indirectly affecting the mining industry I always have to go to him, who is always able to supply me with the necessary information. He is the man who is able to publish the best mining paper we have in the Province: recognized by all the leading men of the world, and yet he is not a man who can speak when he gets on the platform. Now, if you appoint another Secretary a gentleman who has not had this training for many years, who has not been Provisional Secretary, the first thing he has got to do is to pick up all those strings which are in Mr. Lamb's hands. Mr.. Lamb is a man with more intimate knowledge of the matters which are of interest to this Association than any other gentleman we can choose. More than that, if you appoint anyone else as a Secretary you have to introduce him to the mining world. You have not got to introduce Mr. Lamb to the people of British Columbia, or to the investors in London. At the present time Mr. Lamb is supported by one of the largest mining investors ki your own country. I do not think I am committing any breach of faith when I tell you that his paper is referred to in London as not only being an accurate but an eminently honest one, and another point in his favour is this, that he is not associated with any political body. Mr. Keffer, of Anaconda, also spoke strongly in favour of Mr. Lamb's candidature. .motion seconded. The votes were then cast by ballot. The gentlemen whose names were before the Convention to act as Secretary were Messrs. Mortimer Lamb, A. L. Belyea, and Geo. B. Macdonald. The result of the ballot being taken was as follows: Mr. Belyea, 66 votes; Mr. Lamb, 64; Mr. Macdonald, 28. It was moved and seconded on an invitation being extended to the Convention to go for a drive this afternoon by the Mayor, that the invitation be accepted. Carried. A Delegate—I ask the ruling on the point as to whether the lowest count does not drop out, and the balloting be continued? (Cries of "No.") Senator Reid—I suggest that the gentleman who obtained the second highest vote should be chosen as Assistant Secretary. Mr. Lamb—I beg to decline the honour, but still if the gentlemen present recognize that I have done good work in the interests of this Association, I would very much like to ask a favour of them. There is here a gentleman who has assisted me in my work as Secretary; he has done excellent work, and I can vouch for him being entirely trustworthy. I do not know that he is known to many of you, but he is known to most of the Atlin delegates at least as a man to be depended on. The gentleman to whom I refer is -Mr. Mostyn Williams, and I would ask that you nominate him as your Assistant Secretary. Mr Chairman—The only nomination that I have heard is Mr. Mostyn Williams. Mr. Belyea—If the gentlemen will excuse me for a moment I do not wish at all to interfere with the selection of this Convention, but Mr. Williams is not decided whether he can accept that position or not. As far as Mr. Williams is concerned I do not want any better helpmate than Mr. Williams, but I think if you had elected Mr. Mortimer Lamb as Secretary of this Association you could not have made any mistake. I have worked with Mr. Lamb for the last few weeks, and I know the work he is capable of doing, and I want to pass this compliment to him, that the Provisional Executive could not have got a better man to do the work than Mr. Lamb. (Hear, hear.) . M. Williams here said he would accept the nomination, and he was unanimously elected Assistant Secretary. Mayor Burrill, of Grand Forks—I would like to move a vote of thanks to Mr. Mortimer Lamb, the Provisional Secretary, for the work which he has done in the last month. Seconded. Mr Belyea—I would like if this Contention had Voted something a little more substantial. Mr. Lamb has done a work which has taken up the greater part of his time for the last five weeks. He has done it well, and I do not think that a vote of thanks is out of place, gentlemen, but I do hope that this Convention will see its way clear to put in the estimates a sum sufficient for the Provisional Secretary. Mr Gaunce—Following the precedent established in the election of President, I move that vote of the Secretary be passed ftnanimous. Carried. Mr. Chairman—It has been moved and seconded that a very hearty vote of thanks be extended to Mr. Mortimer Lamb for his untiring assiduous efforts in the work which he has done, and which has brought to a climax the gathering of this magnificent Convention. Y«u will all realize the amount of time and thought and attention which such a work THE MINING RECORD. 579 requires, and 1 am sure you will vote him a very hearty vote of thanks for the work he has done. Carried. The next nomination—Treasurer. Mr Smith, of Vancouver—I have much pleasure in nominating for the position of Treasurer Mr. Campbell Sweeney, a man who has the confidence of every man in this Convention and outside of the Convention—the gentleman has been called away, but before going he assured us that he would do the best he could to help this matter along. I have much pleasure in nominating Mr. Campbell Sweeney. Moved and seconded that Mr. Mortimer Lamb act as Treasurer. Mr. Lamb declined. Lamb, seconded by Mr. Lugrin, be elected Treasurer. Moved by Mr. Mortimer that Mr. A. B. Fraser, Sr., Mr. Belyea—It might not be out of place to state on behalf of Mr. Fraser that from the inception he took a deep personal interest in securing the necessary funds for the furthering of this organization. A great many of you cannot realize the amount of work which devolved upon the Secretary and quite a few members of the Executive Committee. When I tell you that 35,000 letters went out, and we had a staff of from fifteen to twenty at work for about twenty days, and all the printing and everything of that character had to be looked after, you will be able to form some idea of what the work was, and whenever any money was wanted Mr. Fraser always had it for us, and it was due to his personal efforts alone that we had these funds. Outside of the City of Vancouver, and a few gentlemen who gave very liberally from outside points, the bulk of the funds were subscribed in Victoria. Although the Treasurer is not here for the moment, I may say that the total cost of calling this Convention together is something near $2,000. I think by the time we get all our bills in, it will be very close to $2,000, and of that amount $1,500 was raised in Victoria. That meant the payment of the accounts and keeping everything in first class shape, and all this work fell upon Mr. Fraser, and I am satisfied that as a worker of the Association that you could not have a more trustworthy gentleman than Mr. Fraser. Mr. Higgins—I can endorse every word that Mr. Belyea has said about Mr. Fraser, as to the part he has taken in bringing us together, and forming this Association. I have much pleasure in supporting .the nomination of his position as Treasurer. • Mr. Eraser was elected to the position of Treasurer by a unanimous vote. Mr- A. B. Fraser—Mr. Chairman and gentlemen: I beg to thank you very greatly for what you have just accomplished. I am not a miner, but as a citizen of Victoria I have realized the importance to this Province of the mining industry. When this movement was first started I joined in it with the greatest pleasure and I have contributed my services to the furthering of this work, and it has been' a labour of love. I thank you, gentlemen, for the unanimous way you have appointed me Treasurer, and I will do my best to work in your very best interests for the coming year. Up to the present there has been a great deal of expense attached to the work of organization and getting everything in readiness for this Convention, but we have been very fortunate in securing the necessary funds, and a great deal of them has been distributed in making you feel that you are welcome to this Convention. We all hope that you will go away thoroughly satisfied with the week you have spent in this City of Victoria. I can assure you it has been a great pleasure to have you with us. (Applause.) Mayor Dean—May I ask is that motion which I made some time ago is now in order? Mr Chairman—The next business of the meeting is the selection of the Executive Committee. Mayor Dean—I would ask when my motion will come up which I made some time ago? Mr Taylor—We considered that in committee^. A very difficult thing has arisen. We have gone to the trouble of dividing the committee in classes. The gentleman now wants to divide it again into divisions of the country. Let us now trust to the delegates here to see that we get a representation from the different parts of the country. Mayor Dean—I may say that it would be a very difficult matter indeed to arrive at the representation satisfactorily unless it is divided into sections. If you have a committee formed of President and Secretary of the different delegations to bring in the report as to the division of the Province into sections, for instance, Rossland and the Boundary might form and represent one section, Slocan and Ainsworth another section, the Lower Mainland another section, and the Island and district another section. Mow, what is to interfere with the Boundary delegates getting together, and saying who is the best for their section. A great confusion will arise unless you adopt a system of that kind. Mr Galt—While this resolution is being handed up, might I maKe a suggestion. It is coming very near to the time when we will adjourn to go for a drive this afternoon. It seems to me that we have ample time in the interim to select and discuss those candidates without any formal resolution. The gentlemen from Nelson, Rossland and Boundary are here. We are all in the smelter circle comparatively speaking, and we can meet together, and nominate as far as we can the best gentlemen we can recommend. I am quite sure, having- come to the determination whatever it is—supposing. Nelson and the Boundary select who they wish to represent them, I am quite sure that this will be acceptable to this Association. Mr Taylor—In explaining one of the difficulties I would ask you to take Class 1. Is it right we should dictate to that class that they must elect their representatives from all over the Province of British Columbia? Should they not be permitted to elect their representatives from Vancouver or near the headquarters? Why should we be compelled to take a man from Cariboo who by reason of the very distance and expense would not be able to come here? Mr. Seaman—In the appointment of the committees previously to this, it was left to the chairman of this meeting. If the feeling of this meeting is that you show confidence in our present chairman, I would ask that you leave the appointment of this committee to him. I merely make that suggestion. A Delegate—I think that is too much of an imposition on our chairman. Mr Chairman—If you will allow me to make a suggestion. If each of the delegates here will select one of their number to confer with one selected by all the other delegates, then I will be able to come down to business in very short order. If one individual delegate from each delegation were to assemble together, I think they would have no difficulty in arriving at some conclusion, and I would suggest that you do that in the recess. ,.r. Rolt—I rise to support the suggestion my friend Mr. Galt made just now. The most important part being that the time is getting somewhat brief and this is too important a matter to decide before we meet this afternoon. He suggested that during that time that the delegations from the various parts of the Province would be able to get together and consult together on the plan which they intended to adopt. I think if this was thoroughly agreeable, it would be found more or less acceptable to all of you. Moved by Mr. Dean and seconded by Mr. Lugrin, as follows : That the Province be divided into five sections, for the purpose of getting a fair representation of the different classes, and that the delegates of each section be asked to make their respective selections. Moved and seconded that the meeting stand adjourned till 4:00 p.m. Carried. 580 THE MINING RECORD. Hon. Col. Prior—There are a great many people in Victoria—I have been spoken to by several—who are anxious to do all they can to make the visit of this delegation pleasant, and they have asked me to find out whether you are going to sit this evening. There are several dinners being given for the members of the delegation, and they wanted to find out whether you were going to sit this evening. If the Association is going to sit, then they will make an hour for the dinner at a certain time. Moved by Mr. Gaunce, seconded by Mayor Burrell, That this Association do now resolve itself into five sections consisting of the five classes named in Section i of Article 2 of the Constitution, each section to nominate five men of its class that shall constitute the Executive Committee, and report at five o'clock to this Association for ratification. Mr. Gaunce—Mr. Chairman. I make this motion, as in my mind it is the simplest way of getting a representative body of men on the Executive, and getting every section of the Province adequately represented. The five classes could meet in different parts of the room. They can get acquainted with each other and the various parts of the Province, and the best men to represent to be represented on that Executive and can choose from them. the executive committee. On the meeting called to order the following gentlemen were elected as follows: Class One—Miners and Prospectors. Boundary, Rossland, Similkameen—Mr. Harry Seaman. Slocan, Lardeau, Kamloops—M. McAndrews. Lower Mainland and Coast—Chris Foley. Vancouver Island—B. J. Pearson. Cariboo, Atlin, Omineca—Mr. F. Dockrell. .Class Two—Mine Managers and Mine Owners. Silver-Lead—Leslie Hill, Nelson. Copper—Edmund B. Kirby; Henry Croft, Crofton. ' Placer—William Brown, Revelstoke. Coal—John H. Tonkin, Fernie. Class Three—Smelters. H. C. Bellinger, W. H. Aldridge, A. C. Flumerfelt, A. J. Godell, J. J. Campbell. - Class Four—Business and Professional. S. S. Taylor, Nelson; A. C. Galt, Rossland; A. E. Howse, Nicola; J. C. Sweeney, Vancouver; L. W. Shatford, Fairview. Class Five—Farmers and Others. Clive Phillipps-Wolley; T. Borland, Cariboo; Mr. Del- worth, Okanagan; John McLaren, Vancouver; M. Lehman, Ashcroft and Kamloops. Mr. Machin, of Victoria—Mr. Chairman, in view of the duties that confront us, in the selection by this Convention of tne President and Vice-President, we find that it is barely possible, owing to the fact that our worthy President lives. in Kaslo, and our Vice-President may possibly be in Cariboo, to do without a ^second Vice-President. This present condition of things may seriously hinder the business of the Association, and I therefore move that the rule be suspended, and that you consider the amendment which I have offered to Section 1 of the Constitution, by inserting the words "Second Vice-President," in the second line thereof, after the words "Vice-President." For obvious reasons it must be apparent to every member of this Convention that such a contingency must be provided for, and it will certainly not need any argument On my part to see the wisdom of at once taking this action. Motion seconded by Mr. Curtis and carried. Mr. Machin—I may say that the Second Vice-President's residence should be in Victoria on account of the headquarters 01 this institution being here. Mr. Smith Curtis—I understand that the motion is now carried, and I have very great pleasure in proposing the name of Mr. Ashby, manager of the Scottish Copper Company, as the Second Vice-President. Mr. Foley's name was suggested as Second Vice-President. Mr. Haggan seconded Mr. Curtis' motion for the nomination of Mr. Ashby. Mr King, of Vancouver—I nominate Mr. Hammersley. Mr. Fraser—I nominate Mr. Henry Croft. Mr. Taylor—Mr. Chairman, we all recognize the fact that we can make a great many appropriate nominations and we could have fifty vice-presidents, all of whom would be acceptable to this Convention, but there must be a limit to the nominations. Mr Fullerton—I suggest Mr. Higgins for Second Vice- President. Dr. J. T. Jones seconded the nomination of Mr. Higgins. Mr Chairman—There are two nominations, Mr. Ashby and Mr. Higgins. You know, of course, the main object why this has been done. I, as you know, live in Kaslo, and our Vice-President lives in Cariboo, and therefore it is absolutely necessary that one gentleman with executive power should live in the city of Victoria. Mr. Taylor—I move that we put in these words: "Who shall be chosen from the local organization in Victoria." Mr. Higgins—If the honour falls upon me of being made Second Vice-President I would like it to come from the whole Convention. I could not accept the appointment of a section. The question was then put and Mr. Higgins was unanimously elected Second Vice-President. Mr Higgins—All I can say is that I thank you most sincerely for the splendid compliment you have paid me, and I will add that I will try to do my duty, and when you meet here next year I think you will find I have not been remiss. Mr. Chairman—I have much pleasure in introducing His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor, and I will now call upon him to address you. (Loud and continued applause.) lieutenant-governor's address. His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor (Sir Henri Joly) — Mr. Chairman, Mr. President and Gentlemen,—I have followed in the papers, which were of distinct interest, the work which has been progressing since you have met together. I think nothing is more hopeful for the future of British Columbia than the feeling which has inspired you to meet here together. I think everyone who take6 an interest in the Province must welcome the happy feeling which has collected here together such a splendid representative body of men, upon whom we must rely, more than on any other, to develop the resources of the Province, and to bring about that bright future which every British Columbian has a right to expect for tins Province. I have listened with very great interest to the ideas and opinions of your Association, and I may say, gentlemen, it is the happiest feeling that can come to men who are engaged in the same work to meet together. I hope that the result of this meeting will be what we all most wish for so earnestly. There is a feeling, as it were of sadness, in seeing so much wealth lying, as it were, dormant, so much wealth that Providence has placed in our hands, and remaining there until the heart and hand of man will work together with the view of taking out the treasures that have been placed there for our use and benefit. I hope, gentlemen, that as a result of your deliberations here to-day much good will result. I did not expect to have the honour of addressing you this evening, and.you do not expect a long-speech from me; but I think you expect from me what you have all got alike to expect from me in the position which I have had the honour of being placed in in British Columbia, and that is, gentlemen, my warmest sympathy for your work. I hope you may all join hands together, no matter what different interests you represent, and that the result of this meeting may be the opening of a new era of prosperity for British Columbia.. I do not say, gentlemen, that all such difficulties which must naturally arise where interests are so varied and so different, will be forgotten—quite the reverse—I hope that they will be remembered with the honest purpose of finding means to put an end to those difficulties—(Hear, hear)—and if you all work bravely together and honestly together, I hope that Providence will bless your efforts. I thank you, gentlemen. (Loud and prolonged cheering). Moved and seconded that we receive the report of the Committee on Capital and Labour. The Chairman reads report:—■ THE MINING RECORD 581 report of the "capital and labour" commiittee. Victoria, B.C., Feb. 28, 1903. To the Provincial Mining Association.— Gentlemen.Your committee beg to report that it duly met and organized by the election of Mr. J. W. Bolden as chairman, and Mr. Brownlee as secretary. The committee has had several meetings, and canvassed the subject matter intrusted to it, and unanimously agreed to recommend to this Association its passage of the following: "Resolved, That the Government of British Columbia be and is hereby requested to forthwith appoint a commission of three members, whose duty it shall be to examine "as fully as possible into the existing relations of employer and employee engaged in the mining industry in this Province and to gather data on the question of capital and labour therein employed; said commission to meantime be regarded as a conciliation board in any mining labour troubles that may occur with a view to the settlement and prevention of such trade disturbances." Mr. Gaunce—Mr. Chairman and gentlemen. I have much pleasure in moving the adoption of this report and the resolution therein contained. _ Mr. Bolden, of Victoria—I have much pleasure in seconding that report. Possibly it may not meet with the approval of all the labour delegates who are assembled here at this Convention, yet I heartily believe it is the best that can be done under the circumstances. No doubt some will think tnat we should put in some suggestion about compulsory arbitration. I for one believe in that principle, yet at the same time I do not think that this Mining Association should adopt any such principle at all, nor yet is it desirable. In the last few months this question has been discussed from one end of the Dominion to another. Mr. Mulock has now proposed to bring in a bill dealing with that question with regard to the railway industry, and, as I say, that question has been discussed from one end of the Dominion to the other and I am fully agreed that 75 per cent, of the trade unions of this Dominion have turned it down. They cannot endorse the principle at all as laid down by Mr. Mulock, as they believe that it is class legislation. Now, if we take the same stand, we are simply enacting something which only pertains to one industry. If we wish to have compulsory arbitration it must apply ' to all classes of industries. There are certain clauses about this report which are very good, and there is one objectionable feature, and that is the selection of that commission. We believe—at least, those who have considered the matter, since—that that commission should be a more representative. one, and should be one man picked from the labouring class, and the other from the mine owners, and the third party from those parties who have been selected. I think some amendment to that motion would be well, if some gentleman will move it, and I think it would meet with the approval of the labouring community of this city, at any rate, and I fully believe, with the opinion of the labour delegates' assembled at this Convention. I .think the time has fully arrived when disputes such as we have had in the last couple of year's in this Province will be brought to an end. I believe if this Association takes this matter in hand that the measure will be successful in the Legislature if brought up, and I hope some gentleman will take this matter up and push it to a successful conclusion. Mr. Heidman, of Phcenix—This is indeed a subject of special interest to one of the classes, without which the system of mining tvould stand in no condition to-day. It seems to me that it is a proper subject at this time for this Convention to consider and suggest or reason together to see if there is some method whereby we could overcome the situations that are at present confronting us in British Columbia. It is indeed a sad state of affairs when one institution can by the closing down of their mines affect over 50,000 of the peo ple of British Columbia depending upon that particular industry. It is a question of vital interest to both sides, and now is the opportune time for you, gentlemen, representing all those different classes, to reason together. I do not give this in the spirit of enmity towards the mine owners, the miners, or anyone connected with the mines. Personally I have no grievance, and receive just consideration from my employers, but the case remains before the public and reflects this injury upon the people. Now, can we not reason together, and suggest some means to overcome such a situation. Is it not our duty to do this? It is a question which must be grappled with some time and firmly stamped upon, and can we not assist our government with our opinion, or with our reasoning at least, and show them our ideas as to how we can master such conditions as these, so that we can have them under control. Let this feeling exist uniformly, and let it be said that strikers are no longer to exist in British Columbia. The labouring men don't want strikes, and the mine owners don't want them to strike as a rule, but there are exceptions to the rule, and I do not believe in the innocent carrying the burden of the guilty, and a very few who stand in the position to place this position upon us. The recommendations that have been made by this committee have been in such a way that it really does not solve this problem. This resolution is merely an assumption that the Government can control this by legislation—that the law-making power can control this situation. If they cannot we are in a very sorrowful and pitiful condition indeed, to have a government of the people that cannot control the actions of the people. Every industrv in this country is dependent one upon the other, and to destroy one is to destroy them all. Unity is strength, and why not be united in solving this? I have some idea towards solving this problem. I have great and fond hopes if such questions arise that there is a method of arriving at a just and correct conclusion. -My idea was a board of arbitration that would compel either party where it was necessary to go to arbitration to accept the result of that board of arbitraors. My idea was that such a condition could not exist under such a board, the details of which we do not need to go into at this time; but we can reason among ourselves and see as clearly as possible that those mine owners could be held in abeyance, and the business would not be crushed down during the continuance of these disputes. Now, gentlemen, we are here representing these different branches, and we have this Association to help us. We have been confronted with this condition, of affairs for some time past, and we will have these same things to look after in the future, and we want now if possible to solve this question, and do it in such a way that there will be no friction between capital and labour. If we do that the result will be that the industries of the country will not be stricken down. Gentlemen, I hope you will do something towards solving this question, and I would ask that you make some recommendation if possible. If you do that, gentlemen, I think that this Association will have accomplished at least one of the greatest objects, and one which represents more capital than all these questions which we have already disposed of, and is of more interest to the mining labourer and to the citizens of this country and the business men in general than any other question which you can probably introduce. Let us make a start in this direction and see if this problem cannot be solved. Mr. Gaunce—This matter was entrusted to a committee of ten, which has spent considerable time over it, and this committee was all unanimous in presenting this resolution in the idea that this was the extreme to which we could go at this moment. We are barred, I think, in going any further, by the Constitution, and I therefore hope without very much further discussion that the question will be submitted to vote. The report was adopted. Mr. Foley—I desire to introduce a substantive resolution" that will correct some of the effects pointed out by the first speaker:— Resolved, That the Government be respectfully requested to 582 THE MINING RECORD. constitute said board of conciliation by appointment of the following: (a.) One practical mine manager. (b.) One practical mine worker. (c.) A chairman mutually agreed upon by the other two. This board shall have the power to collect information under oath, and its further duty shall be to make prompt report from time to time to the Minister of Mines, through whom the press and the public may be informed of the situation. Carried. j.ae Convention adjourned till 9:00 p.m. Mr. Smith Curtis—I- propose three cheers for His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor, which were given with enthusiasm. EVENING SESSION. THE fernie strike. Mr Haggan, of Revelstoke—I have a proposition here, which I think is one of the most important which will come before this Convention, and I would like to ask your permission to put it now. As you know, at the present time we have existing one of the most serious conditions possible affecting the mineral industry, and if this Association can do something to right the wrong it will do something which will never be forgotten, and which will do much to make this Association a grand success. I am referring to the Fernie colliery strike. I have reason to believe that if this Convention appoints a delegation to visit this strike, this strike can be settled in a very short time, and the mining industry is going to be placed in a very serious condition unless this striKe is settled. I therefore move:— "That a delegation consisting of the Chairman, Gaunce, Keffer, Flumerfelt, Seaman, McAndrews, Foley be appointed to proceed to Fernie to meet the management and employees of the Crow's Nest Coal Company and endeavour to bring about.a settlement of the strike; and that the expenses of such delegation be paid from the funds of this Association." You will observe, gentlemen, in this proposition I have endeavoured to recognize the two main interests in this Association, the interests of the employer and the interests of the employee. I propose these gentlemen, Messrs. Gaunce, Keffer and Flumerfelt and our chairman, because I have every confidence in them, and those who know them know that they are fair and capable men, and it will be no fault of theirs if an arrangement is not arrived at which will be satisfactory to all of us. Those gentlemen will represent the mine owners or employer. The men representing labour are Messrs. McAndrews, Foley and Seaman. We all know that these gentlemen will look after the labour interests, and will 'do everything in a fair spirit which tends to bring about a settlement. I have therefore much pleasure in moving this resolution, and I hope it will be unanimously supported by this meeting. Mr. Gilman, of Vancouver—I second the motion. Mr. Chairman—It has been moved by Mr. Haggan, seconded by Mr. Gilman, that a delegation consisting of the cnairman and Messrs. Gaunce, Keffer, Flumerfelt, Seaman, McAndrews and Foley, be appointed to proceed to Fernie to meet the management of the Crow's Nest Coal Company and endeavour to bring about a settlement of the strike, and that the expenses of such delegation be paid from the funds of this Association. Mr. Fullerton—I would like to say a few words in reference to this motion. It is apparent to every one of us present that a motion was presented to this meeting by Mr. Foley in order to urge upon the Government the appointment of a commission to enquire into any strike that may arise between capital and labour. It seems to me that that motion can be effectively put in force by the Government. While I probably disagree with some gentlemen on that point, I am not against this motion provided that some result comes from that in reference to bringing it before the Government. I do not think if this committee is appointed to go there that that would be the end of their mission. I believe in the event of the incorporation of the other resolution asking the Government to take this matter up that the other committee should not be disbanded if it fails in its mission. Mr. Emery—As one of the committee that brought in the motion referred to, I think it would be a very good thing, and I think would help things along very considerably. The motion was carried. Mr. Chairman—The resolution is a good one—a very good one; but like most of the resolutions of its character it requires the sinews of war. Mr. Hobson informs me that there are no funds in the treasury, and I suppose if we choose to assess ourselves before we go home we are perfectly at liberty to do so, so if some gentleman will think about it during the next hour or so and he evolves in his brain a method of raising funds, I, for one, will take the responsibility, which is no light one, and will promise to go. Mr Abercrombie, of Lillooet—As one of the delegates of the district of Lillooet I wish to claim your attention for one moment. I have so far refrained at this meeting to speak or even attempt to say anything on the various subjects that have come up for discussion, leaving them to be dealt with by older and wiser heads than mine, but when it comes to a matter affecting the interests of the district to which I belong, I feel that I would be neglecting my duty-in not saying a word in regard to the representation we should have on the executive board. We have in the district of Lillooet rich placer grounds, rich and productive farms, and rich quartz claims that compare favourably with any other part Of British Columbia. At a large and enthusiastic gathering of the people of the district held some time ago for the sending of delegates to this Convention with a view of guarding the interests of the miner, the mine owner, the merchant and the farmer, Mr. D. Hurley and myself were delegated to come down. Mr. Hurley represents the mine owner because he is interested in the same, and the miner because he works in the mine to make her yield up hidden treasure, and also the merchant and farmer because they sent him here. I therefore would like to have an opportunity, if not too late, of having Ml Hurley placed on the executive board as a representative of the mine owners and mine operators. I think we should have some representation from the district of. Lillooet. We have been overlooked entirely, and this is the first time during this Convention the name of Lillooet has been mentioned? Mr. Chairman—What is your motion? Mr Abercrombie—That Mr. D. Hurley, of the district of Lillooet, be placed, if possible, on the executive board representing the mine owners and mine operators of the district of Lillooet. Mr. Chairman—Well, there is no vacancy to fill. What the gentleman wants is representation on the Executive Committee for Lillooet, but there is no vacancy. They have all been filled by the various classes and I do not see that this meeting can help you in any way. Mr. Abercrombie—It depends entirely with the meeting. Mayor Burrell—I think we all as a meeting understand the position of the gentleman from Lillooet, and I think that he should feel that he has the sympathy of all the delegates, but his interests will be carefully guarded notwithstanding the THE MINING RECORD. 583 oversight that has been made. We feel that every district has the warmest sympathy of the Executive Committee. Mr Chairman—I will explain it this way. As I represent no constituency, if that gentleman would kindly write me an official letter from his constituency I would take care it would be looked after. I have a report from the Committee of the Placer Mines, which is as follows: REPORT OF THE PLACER MINING COMMITTEE. "Mr. Chairman.— "Your Committee on Resolutions referring to the placer mining industry, have carefully considered all the resolutions presented for consideration, and most respectfully beg to submit the following substitute therefor and recommend its adoption: "Resolved, That in the opinion of this Association, Sections 90, 9t 92, 93. 94. 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, of Part VII. of the Placer Mining Act, should be repealed, and the Act be so amended, as to read as follows: "1. That claims usually called placers, including all forms of deposit, excepting veins of quartz or other metalliferous or valuable mineral rock in place, shall be subject to location, entry and Crown grant under like circumstances as are provided in a general way by the Mineral Act for lode or mineral claims. "2. That every free miner shall be entitled to locate and record a placer mining claim on any creek, bar, bench, hill or plateau, on any unoccupied and unreserved Crown land, and he shall be allowed to hold any number of placer mining claims by purchase. "3. That placer mining claims on newly discovered creeks shall not exceed the dimensions of 250 feet square, as provided by Sections 16 and 17 of Part II of the Placer Mining Act. "4 That placer mining claims which may be operated by the hydraulic, drift or elevator process shall not exceed an area of 80 acres, but in no case shall such claim include any portion of any mining ground occupied by free miners, unless with the consent in writing of such occupiers, or that such included placer mining ground, shall have been worked our or abandoned. "5. That a free miner shall not be entitled to a record of a placer mining claim until he shall have paid in advance to the Mining Recorder the usual fees for making such record. "6. That any free miner having located and recorded a placer mining claim, shall be entitled to hold the same for a period of one year from the date of recording the same, and thence from year to year without the necessity of re-recording provided, however, that during such year and eaoh succeeding year such free miner shall do or cause to be done, work on the claim to the value at least of $100 and shall satisfy the Gold Commissioner or Mining Recorder _ that such work has been done by an affidavit by the free miner or his agent, setting out in a detailed statement such work, provided, further, that any free miner or company of free miners holding adjoining placer mining claims to be worked under the •general system, shall be allowed to perform on any one or more of such claims all work required to entitle him or them to a certificate for work for each claim so held by him or them. If such work shall not be contained or recorded in each and every year, the claim or claims or consolidation of claims shall be deemed vacant and abandoned and open for re-location. "7. That the owner of a placer mining claim shall be entitled to all surface rights, including the use of all timber thereon for mining and building purposes in connection with the working of such claims for the purpose of developing the minerals thereon, but no longer. 8. That where the physical conditions -surrounding placer mining claims, intended for operation by the hydraulic process, drifting process or elevator process, are such as to make it practically impossible to equip and operate each claim separately, the owner or owners of such claims so situated shall be entitled to form a consolidation of such claims and water rights appurtenant thereto, so that they may be equipped and practically operated on one general system. "9. That any free miner who is the holder of a placer mining claim shall be entitled to a grant from the Gold Commissioner of such quantity of unappropriated water from any stream or lake, together with the right or privilege to construct and maintain dams, gates, canals, ditches, flumes or pipe-lines for the purpose of controlling such water as may be necessary to work said ground effectively; said grant shall continue in force until said placer claim or mine or consolidation of such claims or mines, shall be worked out or abandoned. "10. That the holder of a placer mining claim shall, after he has expended in development work the sum of $500, be entitled to a Crown grant thereof upon payment to the Government of the sum of $5 per acre. "11. That the holder or holders of a consolidation of placer mining claims, after he or they shall have expended in the aggregate at least $1,000 for each claim included in said consolidation, shall be entitled to a Crown grant thereof upon payment to the Government of the sum of $5 per acre. "12. That the holders of leases of placer mining ground obtained under the provisions of Part VII. of the Placer Mining Act shall be entitled to a Crown grant of the land included in said lease or consolidation of said leases, provided they have made the required expenditure in development; but in no case shall the holder of a lease be entitled to a Crown grant until he shall have fully paid up all leasehold rents due on such lease or consolidation of leases, and have paid to the Government the sum of $5 per acre. "And be it further Resolved, That a free miner after a Crown grant for a single placer mining claim, shall pay towards the revenue of the Government a placer mining tax of twenty-five cents per acre, and that the holder or holders of a Crown grant for a consolidation of such placer mining claims shall pay a placer mining tax of fifty cents per acre for each and every acre included in the consolidation so Crown granted. "And be it Further Resolved, That in the opinion of this- Association an amendment should be added to the Placer Mining Act whereby a survey system should be kept so as to prevent two records being made on the same ground or location on newly discovered creeks or placers; said survey to be made by a provincial "land surveyor on each newly discovered creek, placing posts at each 250 feet, to be numbered consecutively 1, 2, 3, and so on, above, and 1, 2, 3, and so on below, discovery; or in case a new creek has been discovered and no provincial land surveyor is within reach, any party of miners may select one of their number to run a base line, the expense of which shall be borne by the Government. "And be it Further Resolved, That in the opinion of this Association the Water Clauses Consolidation Act should be so amended as to enable the prospector, mineral or placer miner, to secure the quantity of water required to operate his mineral or placer claim by simply recording the same instead of being compelled to pay the high rates now charged for water privileges, which charges are entirely beyond his means; and he shall be entitled to hold said water by record. "And be it Further Resolved, That in the opinion of this Association the beds of all rivers, creeks, gulches and ravines draining placer mining districts or mineral mining districts, shall be reserved from Crown grant and held open as a highway as a means of affording easement, outlet and drainage, 584 THE MINING RECORD. and a place of deposit for tailings or waste required for the successful operation of either placer or mineral mines. "And be it Further Resolved, That in the opinion of this Association the Placer Mining Act should be so amended that placer mining claims held within a lease shall become a part of the lease when abandoned or worked out by the placer claimant or purchased from him. "And be it Further Resolved, That in the opinion of this Association, an amendment should be added to the Companies' Act that will effectually prevent two or more companies using such similar names as to create confusion as to which company is intended. "Respectfully submitted. "Thos Dunn, "James Moore, "John Hopper, j "W. M. Loveridge, "J. B. Hobson." Moved by Senator Reid, seconded by Mr. Smith Curtis as follows:— the crown granting of placer claims. "That this Convention favours legislation that will give Crown granted titles to placer claims for which leases are now given and for placer, claims which require grouping and large expenditures to make them productive; provided, however, that no Crown grants shall be obtainable until reasonable expenditures for permanent improvements shall have been made, and provided, also, that among other safeguards, restrictions shall be imposed protecting the shallow placer miner, and provided, also, that additional taxation of Crown granted claims in years in which they are not reasonably worked, shall be imposed, and that in preparing new legislation upon the above lines the Government and Legislature are respectfully requested to give serious consideration to the recommendations contained in the above mentioned report of the Placer Mines Committee." Senator Reid—I regret very much that the placer miner has not been getting fair treatment as regards the Crown granting of placer mining claims. This is a subject ■ which I have thought of considerably and find that the crucial point is that we should have a Crown grant to our placer mines, more especially in those of the character that require a great deal of capital to dSvelop, and in going before monied men for investment they like" to invest in our mines, knowing that they have a good and equitable title in the same. When our prospectors and mine owners go before them everything goes along very nicely and these investors listen very patiently until they tell them that they have not the Crown grants, and that we only have the lease. It is a mistake that we should not have placer claims placed on the same footing as mineral claims, for which Crown grants are given after an expenditure of $500 has been made. They claim our title is not secure enough and they will not put their capital into our mines and develop them. I may say that the shallow diggings are now worked out in Cariboo and large amounts of capital are required to work the deeper diggings, and unless we can obtain this capital the country will stay where it is, and we can look for no progress in the mining industry. (Mr. Reid then read a letter from Quesnelle showing his instructions to take action on the lines of the resolutions which.he proposed.) Mr. Curtis—As seconder of this resolution I wish to say a few words in its support, and as to the reason why I support it. It is that the people who have now what we call hydraulic leases and large areas of aurjferous gravel that cannot be worked except with a large expenditure of money, cannot get the required capital. In the mines that we desire this capital to be invested in there is a certain amount of uncertainty of title. Allow me to give you one instance. There is a company in Cariboo, I forget its name, but Senator Campbell is at the head of it. They have sunk a shaft of 500 feet; they have been working for years on that ground and spending hundreds of thousands of dollars, and if their company should run out of funds or be unable to pay their rental to the Government or be unable to do their work for a single year, the whole of that capital is imperilled, and the Government, if it chooses—perhaps at the instigation of some follower who has a pull—may take this claim away from the man who has put all his capital into it and leave it open for the first comer to come along and stock it and take possession of all the work they have done. There are claims in British Columbia in which $40,000 to $50,000 have been spent; others over one hundred thousand dollars and their leases are to-day in arrears. There are a large number of leases held by people who have expended money, thousands and tens of thousands of dollars, who have, through no fault of theirs except the want of capital, which they could not get on account of conditions which have existed in British Columbia during the recent years, been forced to give up their claims because these leases are in arrears and all the money that they have put in, at a stroke of the pen is struck out. You don't do that with the quartz miner. Perhaps Mr. Hunter will oppose this—that he will tell you that he is utterly opposed to these Crown grants—but every one who is interested in mining quartz lodes must remember that if Mr. Hunter had his way he would never give a Crown grant for one of them, so if you listen to him on this subject you ought to go with him and say you will never give any more Crown grants for any kind of property. Now, I contend that after a company has shown its good faith and not only expended money in development but put money in improvements that they are entitled to have a Crown grant. They ask for that and say in addition to that they will pay taxation every year,' and pay a higher rate of taxation than any other class in this community is asked to do. They say that under their hydraulic provisions they are prepared to pay 50 cents an acre every year, and this motion which I second provides in each and any year in which there is not a reasonable expenditure for work they are to pay additional taxes. Now if they don't pay that taxation their property will eventually be sold for taxes or it will revert to the Crown, and then it will be open for someone to take it up, and while the taxes when they are not worked add considerably to the revenue they are still something that a large company would be able to raise and they would be able to reorganize, and would be able to say to capitalists we can get a Crown grant for our land which will give you security of title. There will be no large expenditure in these immense hydraulic propositions in British Columbia unless you can give them this permanent title. Mr. Hobson will tell you and others acquainted with the question and our Province will know it, and our reports ought to show it, that we have rich mineral deposits and alluvial deposits which require a large amount of capital to develop and which require many millions of dollars to bring water to develop. Water may have to be brought a long distance, and I contend that this Association, made up of mine owners and miners, ranchers, farmers, and business men, if they are to show their good sense, must say to the capitalists that we must have the money and that the capitalists will have a fair show for their money, and that it shall not be at the beck and call of any particular man to cut it off because they are delinquent for the short space of one year. With regard to placer leases I know it has occurred in this Prov- inve that because when one man is in arrears for a year or two years at the most he has had his leases. cancelled although he has spent a large amount of money, and yet another man has had his lease in arrears for years and it is allowed to go on. I have always contended that this law of leases should be changed, but the Legislature in making its changes should take the greatest possible care to safeguard what are called the little placer claims and the man who puts down his stakes for 250 feet and an additional 150 or whatever it is. He is entitled to it as the first discovered. These prospectors THE MINING RECORD. 585 should have a reasonable time to work out those placers and when it comes down to the hydraulic claims the large capitalist comes m, and he has to take up a reasonable amount of the creek and river and is willing to invest millions and hundreds of thousands of dollars whether it is paying or not. I say he should have a fair chance, and I believe in giving a man who puts in $500 the same privilege as you give to a man who develops the quartz claims and put in hundreds of thousands and in some cases even over a million dollars. ' Mr Hunter—You must all admit .that the placer mining industry of British Columbia is one of the most important assets that the Province has to-day; it is almost the sole asset of Cariboo, and there are very few quartz lands there, as you will know. I would just like to make a very few remarks to let this Convention know what is the real condition of the placer industry in Cariboo, and I would like to say that I have felt since I attended this Convention that we have been labouring under a difficulty, sometimes of improper information in connection with the subject with which we have to deal. I can tell you something about the placer mining industry in Cariboo to-day, which information will be of great value to you and will assist you in coming to a practical and just conclusion. In the district of Cariboo there are a very large number of placer claims that are held under lease. Some of these claims are working,- but I believe that the majority of them are not working, and yet they are held under those leases. What is the reason of that? It is simply this: In some cases the Gold Commissioner has failed to cancel these leases as he most surely should have done and so given a chance to other men "to go in and locate that ground. If the Minister of Mines Were on Monday morning to give the Gold Commissioner of Cariboo instructions to cancel those leases in one or two weeks there would be a very large amount of additional placer mining ground in Cariboo open for location and for working. That is the condition under leases. What would be the condition if all that ground was held under Crown grant? Why, it would be just this, the ground would not be worked the same as it is now, but that land would be held and nobody but the man who was holding it and not working it could hold it or work it. What is the position of the placer mining industry of Cariboo? I am sorry to say—I am sorry to say, sir—that not one of those large enterprises of which we have heard so much is on a paying basis to-day and the only paying placer claims in Cariboo are claims which are of modern size and worked under modern conditions. Now sir, I would ask this Convention what different position would those large claims be in if they had Crown grants for their ground? They would just be in the same position as they are to-day—the position of not paying their shareholders a cent of dividend It makes no difference. They have been working all the same as if they were Crown granted and there is no difference. What is a Crown grant? A Crown grant, I conceive, to be a placer mining claim which would be absolute title to that claim without any reserve or any modification whatever. You cannot introduce in the Crown grant conditions which will prevent the holder of a placer mining claim from simply paying his taxes, and let that ground lie forever, and there is no remedy. It is all very well to say you can tax the claim, say 25 cents or 50 cents an acre; but what does that amount to? Every piece of land is subject to the incidence of taxation.and subject to charges in the amount of taxes, and although you may pay 25 or 50 cents tax per acre on the placer mining claim to-day, the Legislature next session may reduce that taxation to 10 cents an acre and the next session it may take the tax off altogether; then where are you? The holder of Crown grants could then snap his fingers at the public. Here you would have a placer mining claim under a Crown grant and warning everyone off the ground.^ I wijl tell you of some of the conditions that I know of in Cariboo. I know of one corporation in Cariboo which has plastered its notices all over the valley of Alexandria eight miles in length, and that corporation, I believe, is just waiting until the Crown grant system is adopted to put a Crown grant on every one of those locations and, according to my estima- ttion and calculation, when that is done it will have sufficient ground to work to occupy it for 250 years, and that company would then be in a position to warn every miner off that ground. What is the state of placer mining to-day? Any placer mining company can very conveniently get two and a half miles of a creek and valley. Is not that enough? If any of you gentlemen have walked two and a half miles on any of these creeks in the mountains on a hot summer day you would naturally believe that a man who could accompany you on all that ground and own it would have a pretty good thing; but they are not satisfied with that. They want to corral the whole country. Then there is another question. I noticed a corporation in London was congratulating its company the other day that it had seven miles of- a creek located under the leasehold system, and it did not know how to praise the mining laws of British Columbia on the system of placer mining because the company could acquire seven miles of a creek. Another company with which I am particularly acquainted has placer mining leases centred over the whole district of Cariboo. I do not_know how many of them. It may have altogether thousands of acres of land across Quesnelle Lake and then on Lightning Creek 40 or 50 miles distant. That company wants Crown grants for all its lands, and more than that, it wants Crown grants on Lightning Creek to be placed, and on another claim which is 40 or 50 miles away, which it will never touch. There is another company which holds its land under several leases; that company to my own personal knowledge has not done a tap of work on that ground for four or five years. It is waiting for a chance to Crown grant that land so that it may continue for all eternity to stand and look at it. These are- some of the instances which I wish to bring before you, and which will show you the conditions of the placer mining industry in Cariboo. I can assure you that as we have been abolishing several of the burdens that inflict the miners we propose to abolish now in this measure and abolish for ever the individual and the small miner from the district of Cariboo. (Cries of "No, no.") It has been said by Mr. Curtis (He has asked the question) why, if we give Crown grants to mineral claims, why should not the same privilege be given to placer claims, and he thinks that is a very knotty question ; but to me it is quite plain. There is a vast difference between a mineral and a placer claim. In the first place a mineral claim is not nearly so large in extent as a placer claim. Now, you take the famous Le Roi, famous in history, and famou.s in every other way, and famous now, I am glad to say, as a dividend payer. What do you think is the area of that claim? What is the length—1,500 feet as against a placer claim of two and a half miles. There is a very great difference indeed in giving a Crown grant over a small piece of land like that instead of giving a Crown grant over two and a half miles, and mineral claims are smaller in extent than placer claims Of course it will be said that the principle is the same. It is only a matter of degree. In answer to that I will say I believe verily that if mineral claims were given under proper restrictions there would not be nearly so many claims in Kootenay and the mineral districts tied up as there are to-day. I heartily agree with the details brought in by the committee on placer mines, and I am perfectly satisfied that if those details in the le'ase and other ameliorations are provided for and those details carried out, that the placer mining industry of Cariboo will be placed in a very good position to-day. I believe that this Convention does not desire or does not wish that any man should support in this Convention what he conscientiously believes to be wrong, no matter whether it is the report of the committee or not, and not only that, I believe that this Convention does not expect me on the floor of the Legislature if this is approved of by this Convention, to suport it even there, and I can tell this Convention even now that I will not support that proposition on the floor of the Legislature, and I will go still further and say if the Legislature approves of it I will with every confidence carry it to the court of highest resort—to the tribunal from which there is no appeal—the people of British Columbia. Mr. Alexander, of Bullion—I would move a resolution: That the resolutions submitted by Mr. Hunter; Mr. Moore 586 THE MINING RECORD. and Mr. Borland, and the resolution handed in by the Atlin branch, be read. I might say in connection with the resolution submitted by Mr. Hunter that on Keithley is one of those small mines which is making a dividend up in the Kootenay country. Motion seconded. Mr. Pollen, of Fort Steele—I have not had an opportunity of speaking, and I belong to the placer country. I come from Fort Steele where we have several miles of creek and the country is capable of producing a very large and profitable industry. I think the people should bear in mind that the Crown grant will bear very hard on those men who have taken out leases for a short time. Those men have worked the rich placer claims and it is through their work that these big placer companies have come in, and in that very country it is certainly. perfectly true that claims have been tied up for a number of years, and I myself wished to have an opportunity of dealing with them. That could only be done by the payment of a large sum of money; the people who held the claims did not work them. Those claims finally went out of the hands of the people who tried to deal with them in the right way and I myself did a certain amount of work upon them. I was able to get a company to start those claims by working them on the hydraulic basis, but the terms of the leases were not attractive, and since that time those claims have gone into other hands. There are two lots together, and in other cases there is a single one, in which the prospector formed a company. Well, if these claims were Crown granted, I do not think that would induce capital to invest money in them more freely. I think those large companies should be assisted in every way to continue their work, but I think at the same time that justice should be done to the poor man. Those placer claims are worked by men who can only do that work, and they can do what nobody else can do. Mr. Carey, of Barkerville—There seems to be a wrong impression that every one has to apply for a Crown grant and I think, also, that one of the reasons why so much of this country is tied up and leases held without being worked is the lack of capital. I have claims and I have spent thousands of dollars on them, and to-day I have not a dollar to pay the rent of them. No doubt I will arrange the rent before it becomes due, but I have not one dollar to go on with the development work. Now, I believe that those claims are valuable and I do not want to lose them. If I had a Crown grant I would have a chance to sell off a part of them, and it has been my experience ever since I have been in Cariboo that the lack of good and stable title is what hinders me from raising capital. I have been more or less of a prospector for the last twenty years and having a little technical knowledge about the matter and a little legal knowledge, I know | whereof I speak. I have been to the Old Country four or five times in the last five years for the special purpose of raising capital and I would not like to tell you of the expressions of capitalists when I mentioned British Columbia and not having Crown grants. I am in favour of Crown grants, and I have come to that conclusion from personal experience that Crown grants should be given to placer claims and thus induce capital to come in and invest in the development of the immense gold alluvial deposits of the Province. Mr Hirschfield, of Atlin—Mr. Hunter has given us his ideas upon Crown granting. I say that none of those leases would have been tied up if the conditions of that resolution had been complied with, that has been put forth to-day. All those leases would have had to have a certain amount of work done on them which benefits the working man. I will explain why. He says there is a creek eight miles long taken up by a company. I ask you how much that company would have to spend to earn a Crown grant under those conditions? They would have to develop that eight mile creek to the extent of its length. No man, if he is sane, will spend his money in developing a property which he does not want. Now, as a working miner, for myself I never staked a lease in Atlin because I could not afford it, but if I had been able to stake a lease there I would have done so. If a man takes up a lease he would be able to do exactly what Mr. Hunter says he would do; that is he would be able to prospect a claim, put his money in it and then he could get a Crown grant if he thought well of it. There is no prospector that will not spend his last dollar if he can get a color. I want to show you the fallacy of the argument. I claim that the Crown grant system is best for the poor man. It protects him and prevents the capitalists striking him down. In our country if a man takes up a lease, what happens him? Some one comes in and stakes around him and he gets frozen out Sometimes he gets something very rich. This legislation is not for companies; this legislation is for -the individual miner. I can go in to-morrow if this bill went through the Legislature—I could go through Atlin and Cariboo and take up placer land and work it part of the time and go to work for Mr. Hobson or any other hydraulic company, and in the winter when it is shut down I could live in that country and work my claim, and I could defy Mr. Hobson's or any other working company to take that claim if I have a Crown grant for it.. The reason why leases are tied up in that country is not what Mr. Hunter says as regards the Gold Commissioner, but it is the want of an order-in-council by the Lieutenant-Governor. I claim that the Gold Commissioner has no jurisdiction; all he can do is to recommend, and by one stroke of the pen there can be an order-in-council that that lease can be cancelled without knowing the conditions of it. I claim we should support this resolution heartily, both in our own interests and the working man. You cannot tell me it is going to work a hardship on you. I know hundreds of men who would own claims, but what causes them not to? That bad law of proxy, which allows people to live in London and take up claims because one man went in there with proxies, but if a Crown grant had been allowed, under its conditions they wouhi have had to do a certain amount of work and every one of those tied up leases would have been worked. Mr. Hunter says the mines don't pay. I say it pays the people of the province if it does not pay a miner. If the company comes here and puts $100,000 in this Province and if they take out $20,000, that goes to enrich the Province and the world and it goes to pay for farmers' produce and wages. It was remarked that the product of gold was no criterion. What becomes of all the gold taken out? It all goes to enrich the working man and the merchant, and the machinery man and the manufacturer, and you are all interested in it, and I claim if we can get Crown grants we can get all the capital we need, and the working man will be benefited by it. The companies will enlarge their plants; they will employ more men, times will get better, the era of prosperity , will arrive, arid to-day the whole placer country is tied up because they are allowed to be held by men who never had any intention to do any work on them whatever, and if that clause is put in, that Crown grants will only be given after that work is done, these companies would have employed an immense amount of labour and spent an immense amount of capital to obtain these Crown grants and the country would have been enriched—I have not figured it up. Mr. Hunter did not speak long enough-—but you can just imagine the immense area tied up by never-worked leases in the Cariboo district. If that whole area was paying 50 cents an acre the revenue of British Columbia would be far greater and we would have lots of money in the treasury. If you don's support that measure I tell you, gentlemen of this Convention, you are going to vote down one of the best measures that was ever brought before any convention. Mr. Chairman—The motion before the Convention is that the resolution submitted by Mr. Hunter be read. Are you.- ready for the question? Mr J. B. Hobson, of Bullion—After having had the resolutions adopted and sent here for your consideration, and backed by instructions from several of the branch associations which, I claim, represent over 70 per cent, of the mining population of the Cariboo District, you will be satisfied that the residents, including the prospector, miner, farmer and business men of Barkerville, Quesnelle, Soda Creek, Bullion, THE MINING RECORD. 58' Quesnelle Forks, Keithley, Quesnelle Lake, Horsefly and One Hundred and Fifty Mile House differ with the stand taken by Mr. Joseph Hunter, M.P.P., and favour the issuance of Crown grants for placer mining claims. It would be impossible for a Crown grant issued on the plan proposed by the resolutions to lock up the deep auriferous alluvial deposits of the Province from exploration and development as tightly as they are now locked up by the leasehold system' in force under the provisions of Part VII. of the Placer Mining Act. On the watershed of the Quesnelle River alone there are about 250 leases covering an area of about 20,000 acres, and out of this number of leases the only ones worked during the season of 1902 were as follows: By the Consolidated Cariboo Hydraulic Mining Company, thirty-four leases, upon which was expended in development $146,000; three at Spanish Creek, expenditure about $4,000; three on north side of South Fork of Quesnelle River, expenditure about $6,000; six leases on main Quesnelle River, exepnditure about $20,000; North Pork of Quesnelle River, two leases, expenditure about $2,000; Keithley Creek, five leases, exepnditure about $15,000; Horsefly and Harpers', ten leases, expenditure for development work about $20,000, making a total of sixty- six leases that had expenditures made upon them for development work done in 1902 out of 250 leases, leaving 184 leases, having an area of about 14,720 acres, that have been held and laid over from year to year by some means unknown to the prospectors and miners of the district without having any expenditure whatever made upon them for development. It is true, as Mr. Hunter claims, that one English company operating at Barkerville and vicinity holds under lease a large number of placer claims in that region, and holds as well a large number of placer leases on Cunningham Creek, more than twenty miles from Barkerville, together with thirty to forty miles of the Cariboo Lake and Swamp River for dredging purposes, and I am safe in saying that not a dollar has been expended for development work on the two last named lots of leases since they were issued several years ago and this stupendous consolidation was authorized, we are told, under the provisions of Section 102 of Part VII. of the Placer Mining Act. Is it not time that something was done to remedy the defects of that act? It must appear plain to every prospector, miner or business man in this Convention that under the provisions of Part VII. of the Placer Mining Act the prospector is barred from securing a prospecting claim and holding it within his means. The legitimate investor is also barred from entering the deep placer mining field, first, by being refused a stable title that will warrant him in feeling safe in- making the large investment required to equip and open large hydraulic or drift mining properties, and secondly, when the investor did enter the field to look for an investment he was held up for outrageous prices running as high as $10,000 per lease by the speculation syndicates who have held the placer mining regions locked up for years and runs him out to seek other and more favourable fields for placer mining investments. The Cariboo country is so bady locked up from the prospector, and has been for the past ten years, that it has depopulated to about 30 per cent, of what the mining population was about six years ago. Men are so scarce that crews for large companies have to be secured at other points and their expenses paid up and down the Cariboo Road to induce them to work in the mines. If the enormous areas of deep placers now unworked and locked up under the provisions of Section VII of the Placer Mining Act are thrown open as proposed the prospectors will rush into the field, take up claims, work for wages during the summer, and prospect his claim during the winter. He becomes a permanent settler, a determined and industrious demonstrator of the millions of wealth that remains to be recovered from the enormous gold alluvial deposits of the Province. The investor, encouraged by the encouraging prospects found by the prospector, backed by a good title under a Crown grant, will rush into the field for investment, and a great deep gravel mining industry will develop, the output of which will outrival that of any known placer mining fields of the world. I hope the resolutions will be adopted as reported by the committtee. Mr. Moore, of Quesnelle Lake—As one of the oldest pioneers in British Columbia, and among the first men that located a claim in this Proivnce, I crave your indulgence for a few minutes. I am not a speaker. I have done all my talking in British Columbia for the last forty-five years with the pick and shovel. (Applause.) I have been sent to this Convention by working miners and prospectors, and I will read to you some of the resolutions, as they will be read to you pretty soon. (Laughter.) I told you before I was not a speaker, and I told you before, or I am going to tell you now, that if you expect I am going to make a speech I will have to disappoint you; but I can tell you, gentlemen, from my own personal knowledge of auriferous ground in this country—I can speak of the Cariboo, the Omineca, and all those districts—there are large areas of auriferous alluvials there; they are locked up from the prospector and the small miner and they cannot touch them under the present law. I am an old prospector and as soon as I have a dollar in my pocket I prospect with it. A few years ago myself and a few more miners started to open up a deep placer mine. We spent all the money we had in hand, some $9,000. It was very little to a big company, but it was considerable to poor miners like we were. Well, we spent the last dollar we had and when we looked for capital to go into it they asked me what title I had. I told them I had a lease, and they would not look at it, but to-day, if I can get a Crown grant I can get capital to open that mine. To-day I have $7,000 or $8,000 worth of machinery resting in that mine, and furthermore I was not able to comply with the terms of my lease; I could not spend my thousand dollars a year on it and $50 lease on it, and I was forced to abandon that ground after all my hard labour. Gentlemen, I thank you for your kind attention. (Cries of "Go on. Go on.") Well, I do not know that I can say much more; but gentlemen, if you give the individual miner and prospector a Crown grant there is not a prospector in Cariboo but will open up those auriferous alluvials that we have now locked up and they will prove the value of those mines, and when he proves the value he can then get capital, and instead of one mine owner being in the Cariboo country to-day, if that law is passed, there will be hundreds more than there are to-day; and further, there will be towns spring up in that country where there is now a wilderness. (Applause.) Mr. Gaunce—Coming from the quartz mining country I 1 am almost entirely ignorant, as I presume a large number of delegates from quartz mining districts are, of placer mining conditions and regulations. I have listened to the speeches on this question with a great deal of interest and I have listened particularly to the last speech with a particular interest, as it appeared to me to be the most convincing speech to my mind, of the evening; but it occurs to me it would throw some light on the subject if that report was taken up section by section and the conditions sought to be changed were briefly explained by the gentlemen "who have the matter in hand. Those long speeches do not give me the information I would like in detail for an intelligent vote to be cast. It seems to me that it would let a whole lot of us out of the dark if these particular changes sought in the placer law were taken up in detail and explained at the time. I merely_ suggest this as a mode of getting enlightenment on this subject. Mr. Adams, of Cariboo1—I was very sorry indeed to hear the expressions of my friend Mr. Hunter, who was in the Legislature with myself for quite a length of time, and I would beg to take exception to quite a number of remarks he has made. He seems to be very well posted on the number of claims held in Cariboo not worked. In going over the Crown grants where the leases were we had quite a picture of Lightning Creek. I am interested in Lightning Creek and as for Beaver Creek I am fairly well interested in that creek also. I know that the mouth of the Keithley Creek is not held by leases and as far as Lightning Creek is concerned there are companies on Lightning Creek which have done an immense amount of work. I will instance one. My friend, Senator Reid, and a few others got quite a lot of capital that was supposed to be enough to finish the work and put 588 THE MINING RECORD. the mine on a business basis, but after expending all the money that the shareholders subscribed they had still to go back to the shareholders for another large amount of money. In the meantime the claim was shut down, taking all the risks that surround the holding of a lease under leasehold. After spending the money which was arrived at by the second request made on the company they were again asked to spend another considerable amount. That company has spent over $200,000 and the ground, as Mr. Curtis said in the early part of the debate, is open for any one who wants to go and take it. I am very sorry indeed that Mr. Hunter made an attack on our Gold Commissioner (who is, I believe, one of the best in the Province) for not cancelling the leases that were held so long unworked. Mr. Moore's lease has been cancelled. I will give you that instance where the lease was cancelled. Mr. Hunter—Five leases of mine were cancelled and I did not complain. Mr. Adams—Now, looking over this system and considering the difficulties the placer miner has had in the past, I think that when a representative body comes from the mining sections, whether placer or mineral, whatever their desires may be, they should have the support of this Convention. This gentleman tells us of a number of leases that have been held in Cariboo and asks why they are held without being worked? Years ago when we thought the lease system—or before the lease system had got into such disrepute—many of us took up leaseholds with the hope of getting capital to work them, and there is none of us but has been trying to get capital into the country for these leaseholds, and I may say that we have paid a great deal of our money out in our efforts to get capital. The measure which is before the Convention which has been read over this evening if passed by the Legislature votes protection to all classes of placer miners. The small miner is guarded by his 250 foot claim in shallow diggings, and the investor has a title that goes behind everything,, and I think that we have approached the matter in a liberal spirit. You will see in the latter section of the resolution that we offered to pay a tax such as we have been doing and the only thing we want an improvement on is the title, and that, I think, ought to be given to us. Mr Marsh, of Rossland—Although I have been engaged in quartz mining for some years I am somewhat familiar with, the placer mining. I only want to say a few words, that these results before the Convention appear to represent the concensus of opinion of the committee who were selected by the placer miners and who were selected to look into all phases of the question. Now, I will say on the cher side, that none of us who own a thirty-foot town lot or a city block would build a building on it of any description, or invest any money, in it, until we first examined its title, and if that is not good we do not want anything to do with it. Any kind of an investment, whether it is a cannery, factory, saw mill, or building a house, the capitalist wants to know what the title is before he puts a dollar in it, and if we ask capital to come here and invest in the mines we want to give them a title and a title which should answer their purpose. Mr. Chairman—The motion is that certain documents be read for your information prior to deciding the question. Shall these documents be read? Motion carried and petition" presented by Mr. Hunter, M. P.P., was read. Mr. Devereux of Hedley City—I followed Mr.. Hunter— at least I tried to follow Mr. Hunter—and I fancy he would have us all believe that that country is to-day a placer mining country, that is for the ordinary class of miners. Now, I think that that class of mining was done in that country a great many years ago. Is it a fact that there is still carried on that class of mining, or are the individual prospectors trying to work hydraulic properties, or what is it? Or are they simply sluicing on the bars of the river? If placer ground in that country is so worked his argument is vainr but if it is hydraulic leases those individual miners will fall in with this Crown granting of their claims. I would like Mr. Hunter to explain. Mr. Hunter—I may tell my friend, Mr. Devereux, that in the district of Cariboo to-day there are lots of claims- worked by individual miners, and these miners have never' heard of a capitalist in their life—never heard of the Standard Oil Co. or of Rothschild who was going to throw so much money into the Cariboo when the Crown grant system, was adopted. Mr. Henderson, of Ashcroft—There is no question about it, the hydraulic mining interest has a grievance, and the hydraulic-mining, as it exists to-day in Cariboo, is on a very poor basis. I may say that the titles granted from the Government are a distinct failure, a delusion and a snare; and those who have had any experience with that branch of the mining industry in British Columbia must know it is impossible to get capital there under the present state of titles. For instance, it is quite possible under the present conditions for a man to take out -a permit on the very ground covered by a lease; it is quite possible for a man to take the Crown grant of an agricultural holding on the very ground covered by the lease, and it is quite possible for a man to stake a townsite on the ground covered by the lease, or for a man to stake a quartz claim, and get a Crown grant on this ground covered by the lease. I know from my own experience where it has occurred, and where it is in existence to-day. One man having the Crown grant can practically take the returns of the holder of a lease. Another thing is this: Under the present system of leases water has to be obtained, and must be obtained in all hydraulic mines. Now, that lease will run out in twenty years, and perhaps three or four years before the lease runs out another nian comes along and he stakes the water for other property, and that under the present existing bad law is allowed to go to the other property, although the leaseholder may be entitled to the water on his land, and there will be as a result of this litigation over the water. I have stated what is largely the defect in regard to the present holdings of the title, but the remedy proposed is what I object to, as it is going to tie up Cariboo in a way it has never been tied up heretofore, and the country will never be prospected to bring capital into it. Just take this question of water. You don't seem to understand that the hydraulic mine means the utter and total destruction of the land over which that lease is if that land is worked, for the effect of hydraulic mining completely destroys the utility of the land for all time to come and grass will never again grow on that ground. You cannot fertilize it under any condition over the place where the water has run, and where the water is got out of a tunnel you have a regular hole, and the land is destroyed. Now these diggings for placer grounds are limited to an exception, practically speaking. They do not go up the sides of mountains. They are in the beds of creeks. It is true we have hill and drifting claims, and light grounds don't apply to them. They work injury and damage and don't meet the conditions which arise in their proper work. Take a deep claim, for instance. Take such a- claim as Mr. Hobson has. He has a shaft in the neighbourhood of 300 feet and a tunnel of 1,100 feet. That is £ quartz claim and worked as a quartz claim, and does not destroy all the surrounding land or everything it touches, like hydraulic mining. These two classes of mines should be separated, and Crown grants should be given to the mines operated the same as the quartz mine. A quartz mine does not destroy the ground the same as an hydraulic mine does, for the hydraulic claim requires a great deal of water pressure to operate it, and once you turn loose that pressure it destroys everything. Why, I have seen trees blown off the bank into the river from the force of that water, and they would go down the river standing upright like that. A Voice—That is a pretty big tree story. (Laughter.) Mr. Henderson—I saw it in North Bend. The tree was blown off the plain into the river, and it went down the THE MINING RECORD. 589 river standing up. As I said before, the ground covered by leases are usually along the beds of creeks. Take a creek of ten miles long. A "man comes along and he gets a Crown grant at the mouth of it. The water necessary to work that comes from that river or that creek, or from a neighbouring creek. Now, all the water necessary to work that creek can be taken up under the conditions set down in the report of this committee by the owner of the Crown grant at the mouth of the creek, and the remaining ten miles of that creek cannot be worked, and the man who has Crown granted his claim at the mouth of the creek locks up those eight or ten placer claims that might otherwise be taken up at the mouth of the creek, by reason of this water monopoly. That condition of affairs in the case of Crown grants would simply block the working of the creek, whereas in case of leases it would not do so. A man would be compelled to work this ground for a certain number of years or else forfeit his lease. The remaining leases on that creek are locked up and in the possession of the owner of these two Crown grants at the mouth of the creek. The other question'in my mind is the cost, the expenditure of $1,000 a year to work it. It is simply outrageous, in order to work a placer claim, that one'should have to pay this amount. A thousand . dollars is by no means a mild figure, and there are very few ■ claims in Cariboo to-day that don't require a milder pitch, and at the same time this amount, is excessive, and it would be a great deal better in the interest of of mining to have it reduced. Another clause in the lease which ought to be changed is that the leaseholder should not touch any agricultural ground. He cannot destroy the property if he keeps agricultural ground. These are the most forcible objections and possible objections which ought to be met and which the • Legislature ought to legislate upon, and remove from the statute book, but it is the remedy which is proposed by this committee, and that remedy alone, that I have any objection to. I do not object to Crown grants if they are made for ten years instead of five, or to leases if they are given for forty years instead of twenty, but this committee, although they have had the matter in hand for four or five days, bring in this matter to-night; but they have left untouched the main point. To my mind it is simply preposterous to ask for a Crown grant "for $500 worth of work. Five hundred dollars' worth of work does not amount to anything unless you have water on the ground. It would not build a dam, and to say that by giving $500, which, as I said, would not build a dam, you can secure a Crown grant to a mineral claim, is simply preposterous to my mind. Mr J. B. Hobson—The question before you to-night is one of the greatest propositions that has come before you here, with the exception of the labour proposition. It affects every man in this Province, be he a miner, a prospector, a merchant, a professional man, or any other class. I am the owner of a large property in Cariboo including 34 leases—34 leases for which we have to pay $50 a year each. We are required to expend by the provisions of Part VII of the Placer Mining Act $34,000. I will tell you, gentlemen, there has not been a year since I have been in charge of the property that we have not expended" from $100,000 to $150,000 annually, and another thing I will tell you right here, I don't come here to seek for a Crown grant for that property. I have no personal motive in moving this proposition. We pay $50 a year for each of the leases, and we have been able to pay it, fortunately, per claim per year. During the progress of our work we have expended $1,000,000. That was distributed fully 70 per cent, to the labourer and the balance between the merchant, the stock man, and the farmer. During the progress of the development of that property we have taken out $1,077,000, all of which was expended in the country besides what we put in ourselves. For myself T have put in $170,000 in the enterprise in which I am interested in British Columbia. I took it out of the mines of California and put it in here—(Hear, hear.)—because there_ are better mines of that class in this country than there are in any part of the world. I have not moved in this proposition backed up by my company. They don't care. They are obliged co pay the charges made upon the leasehold system, and are willing to pay, and it would be cheaper to pay them than to go to the expense of securing Crown grants. This year my associates, including myself, have put up another two hundred thousand dollars to assist in completely developing that property. Two hundred thousand dollars is going in again this next year together with what we may be fortunate enough to take out, and I believe the result of our investment will be to demonstrate to the world that you have the richest and grandest deep alluvial country in the world—(Applause.)— and I know already you have it because I have been over it and examined it from a geological standpoint. It was the losses of such men as James Moore and other prospectors in that country that induced me to move in this proposition. It was in the interest of the individual miner, in the interest of the prospector, and the class that I belong to myself. It is in their interest that I move in this matter and I have moved in it at my own expense. No company backs me in the cost of going over this country and organizing these local organizations. I have done it, 1 say, out of loyalty to this Province. If we cannot develop our resources, what good are they? It has been claimed that companies lock it up. I claim there is not a company that has locked it up at all. It is locked up to-day, not only the placer mining lands, for sixty miles west of me on the Quesnelle River—not by mine owners or companies, but by syndicates of schemers who took up that country after I commenced developing the Cariboo mines, just merely for the purpose of selling it if they had a chance, to some outsider, and there is no country that is locked up as that Cariboo country is to-day. It would be impossible to lock it up tighter. It has been locked up for forty years under the leasehold system, and .where has the development resulted? The company that I represent has paid in the last ten years over $50,000 to the revenue of this Province, more than all the others in that region. We have paid from $9,000 to $12,000 a year towards the revenue of this country, and not one dollar has been paid by the members of those syndicates of schemers in the way of leasehold rent or in development work, and how they lock up the country and how they are allowed to do it I cannot say, unless it is by special favour. I say under the present laws a prospector is barred from entering that placer field. He must first dig up $50 to $55 to secure a lease, and what individual miner is able to spend $1,000 as well in a country like that, where he can only work from seven to eight months in the year? His earnings will not allow him to do it, so his chances are barred and he has left us. They stay until they find they cannot hold prospect claims, and to-day in the district of Cariboo (and I leave it to Mr. Hopp, who is operating a large proposition at Barkerville) that it is hard to get labour by paying a fair rate of wages. The country is deserted practically, and unless something is done to remedy this evil it will be locked up worse, and I claim, gentlemen, that a man like James Moore, who has addressed you here to-night,—it is for men like him that I am moving in his interest and in that of his class to-day, because if the prospector is debarred from entering the field, where do you expect development to come from? He is the man who should be legislated for instead of put-down and discouraged, and should be encouraged to enter all .the districts of all this Province. I am not speaking in the interest of capital, but of course, as you know, capital is necessary to develop this great industry. You cannot develop large hydraulic propositions unless you have a large amount of capital, and to show you what it costs to get water on these propositions, I will say that it has cost my company anywhere from $1,000 to $25,000 per mile to construct thirty-three miles of canal, all constructed by labour, and the money that they earned was distributed in the country. Now, then, so far as Barkerville district being locked up by Crown grants, as stated to you by previous speakers, I will say this: In 1892 I was looking over the country for the purpose of investment, and this ground in the bed of the creeks below Barkerville was offered to me. I found that there were four Crown grants covering these creeks. They 590 THE MINING RECORD. were small Crown grants, and there were four of them. Now I am ready to prove by one of the delegates here, Mr. John Hopp, and other gentlemen (there is Mr. Rogers, a merchant of Barkerville, also) that these Crown granted lands so referred to as being obstructive were entirely worked out. There may be some below Stanley that are not; but those four claims that have been referred to in the Barkerville district have been worked out, so I have been advised by responsible and reliable men. Now, if you bar the prospector, as I stated before, how do you expect to develop this country? If he does not enter the field and get values, how do you expect capital to follow him? The legitimate capitalist wants to prove first the values and next the title. I organized two companies, one in Boston and one in New York three years ago, and Mr. Smith Curtis can advise you that 1 presented a measure here requesting the Government of British Columbia to give me some sort of stable title in order that some millions of dollars could be invested in the Cariboo district, and be distributed to the merchants and others of your cities, but I was barred and sat down upon, principally by my friend, Mr. Hunter. His influence was used against giving any title that would encourage the investment of caiptal in that country. Mr. Hunter—You are wrong there. Mr. Horson—I know I am right and I will leave it to Mr. Smith Curtis. I claim that if you open up this country on a broad gauge plan and let the prospector come into the country and let the miner hold his claim at reasonable terms, like James Moore and others in that country who have pleaded with me to help them many times, if you open up your country on the broad gauge plan, hundreds of millions will come into your fields. I know it will. I can encourage the investment of hundreds of millions of dollars from California. It will come here and your country will settle up and your cities will be more prosperous and your farmers will sell thousands and thousands of dollars' worth of their produce, and I trust, gentlemen, that you will give this matter your serious consideration, because if they are opened up as I propose, by a reasonable Crown grant system, you will soon develop the industry and there will be more money in circulation in this country than is now being produced by the Klondyke. I tell you, gentlemen, the Klondyke is only a fraction compared to what you have in your own Province. (Applause.) True, the shallow placers are all exhausted. In the Cariboo, Omineca and in Cassiar they are practically all exhausted. Capt. Clive Phillipps-Wolley—Not in Cassiar. Mr. Hobson—I mean shallow placer mining. I claim that you should pass this resolution and I plead with you here that by so doing you will do something to better the conditions of your Province and in so doing the country could not be locked up half so tight as by those leases held by syndicates, and there are thousands of inches of water being shut up and held by syndicates who are waiting for some available administration so that they can sell those claims to some investor; but they have tried and tried to sell them for the last ten years, but could not do so on account of the lack of stable title. Mr. Chairman—You have heard the report of the committee. Shall this resolution be adopted? ■The question was then put and motion carried. THE FERNIE STRIKE. Hon. Colonel Prior—Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: A resolution was passed by this Convention a little time ago to the effect that a committee should be appointed to proceed to Fernie to try and settle the labour troubles that are at present taking place there. That was carried, I believe, unanimously. Now I am told, gentlemen, in fact I know, that Mr. Mackenzie King, the Deputy Minister of Labour from Ottawa, is there at present trying to bring about- a settlement of that dispute. Therefore I think it might be an unwise thing just for the present time to interfere with him in his efforts to bring about a settlement. I think, though, that it would be a good idea for me, or the Government, I might say, to send a telegram to Mr. King stating that such a committee has been formed to-day and is willing and ready to offer its services" to assist in bringing about a settlement of the labour question at Fernie if he sees fit to accept its services. I know about a week ago that I telegraphed up to Fernie offering my services or any man the Government might see fit to employ to bring about a settlement, but they stated that Mr. King was on his way there and it might complicate matters. I have just been told by your worthy treasurer, Mr. Fraser, that although this committee has been appointed, it would be impossible to send them because there are no funds with which to pay their expense. Now, if Mr. King fails to bring about a settle- ment I think that this Association should use their very best endeavours to see that that committee goes up and tries to bring about a settlement, for the serious consequences that will result from this disastrous strike are more than any man here can conceive. The whole country, the whole mining country of the Kootenays and the Boundary, may be closed up for an indefinite period unless the miners of Fernie and the owners of those coal mines come to a speedy settlement. Now, as I said, there are no funds in the treasury of this Association. Everybody has done his best to bring this Association together and put it on a firm footing, but we have been told to-day it takes a lot of money to start an association of this kind, but under the circumstances I may say we as a government are willing to provide the funds for that committee to go to Fernie. (Applause.) And I tell you, Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, although there are no funds in the treasury available for that purpose, because there was no vote passed at the last sitting of the House for any such purpose, at the same time we are willing to risk that and supply the necessary funds and to take the risk of the Legislature voting us down. I do not believe, however, that there will be a single member in the House who would refuse his vote in favour of such a sum of money being granted for such a purpose. I say, gentlemen, this is one of the most serious subjects that has been brought up in this assembly, and I feel that we are only doing our duty as a government which has the best interests of British Columbia at heart in offering to assist in this small way—for it can only be a thousand dollars or two thousand—which is insignificant in comparison to the serious consequences which are involv- ' ed. I therefore, on behalf of the Government, wish to make the offer, that if Mr. Mackenzie King does not bring about the settlement speedily we will provide funds for this committee to proceed to Fernie and see what they can' do with the question. A Delegate of Victoria—I would like to ask the Premier this question, if he will telegraph to Mr. Mackenzie King to see if this committee would be acceptable? Hon. Col. Prior—Yes, I would be only too glad, but I think it would be better for your chairman to telegraph and offer the assistance of the committee, but if he does not do that I will be perfectly willing to do it. Mr. Smith Curtis—When this organization drafted that resolution it was intended that this Association was to be non-political, that is non-partisan in every sense, and I think it might come from me as well as any one else, and perhaps it would be a little better for me on this occasion—to move a hearty vote of' thanks to the Hon. Col. Prior, as Premier and Minister of Mines of this Province, for the offer which he has made to this delegation. As he has said, it is not a large sum and we do not look at it in that spirit, but it shows that we have accomplished just what this Convention wished to bring about. I think we are on the eve of a happy departure from the present mining difficulties, and I know THE MINING RECORD. 591 now we have the hearty co-operation of the Government and the interest of the Minister of Mines and the Hon! the Premier of this Province in mining matters, and it is because he has shown this broad spirit and without delay, and without very considerable deliberation has offered right off to help us in this emergency in a matter which requires prompt action, that I am glad to offer our thanks to him. I had a' resolution which I tried to substitute for a report'which was to urge both governments to take an active part in the settlement of this strike. We have Mr. Mackenzie King on the scene and we have now the hearty co-operation of the Provincial Government, so I do not think I will now press that motion, but I do ask that each and every one of us, appreciating as we do Col. Prior's kindness, give a hearty vote of thanks to Col. Prior for what he has done to meet this need. Mr Frank Richards—I beg to second that resolution and I may say that it is one great thing that we have done at this Convention for the representatives of labour, j Motion carried. ■ Mr. Haggan, of Vancouver—I propose that three hearty cheers be tendered to Col. Prior for his kindness in this matter. Three cheers and a tiger were then given for the Premier and the Government, and his offer was unanimously accepted. Mr Haggan—I see His Worship the Mayor in the room, and as a number of us are leaving to-night I think we should take this opportunity while we are all here together to express the hearty appreciation of this Convention to His Worship the Mayor, the aldermen, and the citizens of Victoria for the splendid way in which they have entertained us on this visit to their city. They have given us the use of this magnificent hall, thrown open their clubs to us, and have given us this magnificent drive this afternoon, and I am sure we feel heartily thankful for what they have done to make our visit pleasant and profitable, and I therefore move that this Convention extend their appreciation and thanks to the Mayor and aldermen and the citizens of Victoria. Mayor Burrell—Mr. Chairman, I don't quite understand the drift of this meeting. Is this meeting going to adjourn finally? I would like to know if that motion is in order, because if so I will second that motion of Mr. Haggan's, and I might say that we are very much indebted for the kindness . which has been tendered us, and, gentlemen, if you consider it wise in your opinion to come to Grand Forks next year we will try to do the same for you, in a smaller way. The question was then put and motion carried with loud cheers. Mayor McCandless—Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the Convention: I assure you that I thank you very heartily for the vote of thanks which has just been tendered to the citizens of Victoria and myself as their representative. I was on my way home this evening—in fact I had forgotten all about the Convention—until I saw the light in the window as I was passing and I thought I would come up and see what you were doing. We have done simply what we should to entertain you and what you would do for us, and what you may have the privilege of doing on some future occasion. I hope that this Convention, as I said at the opening, will do a vast amount of good, and as I stated then, it might have the tendency to remove the cloud which has been hanging over the mining industry for the last four years, and from what I have seen of the gentlemen here and the resolutions they have passed, I think they are on a fair way to accomplish that end. I hope, gentlemen, that we shall have the pleasure of seeing many of you back in Victoria again, either as individuals or as members of the Mining Convention and 1 wish the members of this Convention every success. Mr Langstaff—As we are in a sort of a cheering mood— we have cheered the Premier and I think we have cheered the Honourable the Lieutenant-Governor—I think we ought as well cheer the Mayor of Victoria. (Loud cheers.) The motion was seconded and carried, and the meeting then adjourned till 9 ajn. Monday, the 2nd March. MORNING SESSION. 2nd March, 1903. The meeting opened at 9 am. and the minutes of the preceding day's business were read. Mr. Chairman—I am requested by the Commissioner of Lands and Works to say that in view of what has transpired at this Convention he has sent for the Boiler Inspector to come and report at Victoria at once, so that those gentlemen who are not thoroughly satisfied with the Boiler Act may have the opportunity of discussing the matter with the Commissioner of Lands and Works and the difficulties may be discussed and settled. I am going to ask you to take off.your coats and work like beavers this morning. We want to close the Convention if we possibly can by lunch time today. This afternoon we want to get the Executive to work from 2 to 7 o'clock and at 7 o'clock we want to leave on the "Majestic" for Fernie. You know the difficulties in dealing by wire and letter, for you cannot look a man in the eyes when you are writing to him. I have no one here to tell me as to whether the miners' union would accept our offices, but I see Mr. Tonkin here and I would ask him if he would accept the honest mediatorial offices of this committee. Mr. Tonkin—Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: . Unfortunately I was absent from the meeting on Saturday night when this matter was being discussed, but I wish to thank this Convention for the kindly interest they have taken in a matter of such vital importance to me and, I think, to the Province of British Columbia as well. Notnmg would give me greater pleasure than to offer to that committee of conciliation any means in my power to arrive at the direct result of the trouble in Fernie, and I offer them any information from our books which will be thrown open to them or any information they desire in their endeavour to straighten this matter out. I am very much pleased to know that such a commission has been appointed. (Applause.) Mr Seaman—Mr. Chairman, I am glad to hear the remarks of Mr. Tonkin of Fernie. I speak as a miner myself, and I did not know anything about the miners' union there. I am very glad indeed that this opportunity has been presented to this Convention of British Columbia to settle this difficulty. I will go further and state that I do not believe that we will be there more than twenty-five minutes before the strike is settled. I want to see the public informed just where the trouble is and where it belongs to and we will abide by the decision come to. I cannot advise what decisio* we will come to and I thank you again, gentlemen, for the opportunity of placing this thing in the proper light and where it should be placed before the public of British Columbia. We can see that over 20,000 men will be involved in this trouble and I think that this is the time to settle it, and I think it can be settled. Mr. Chairman—A communication has just been received from Stanley. British Columbia, by Mr. Hunter bearing upon the placer industry, and T would suggest you refer it to the Executive rather than take it up just now. It was moved and seconded that the above referred to communication be handed over to the Executive Committee. Carried. employment of geologist by government. Mr. Chairman—I have a resolution moved by Mr. Hirschfield, That the Provincial Government procure the services of a reliable and competent geologist to report during the present season on the geological conditions and mineral resources. 592 THE MINING RECORD. Mr. Hobson—1 ask that this matter be referred to the Executive Committee for the purpose of saving time. Motion seconded and carried. Mr. Curtis—Mr. Chairman, it is seconded by Mr. Heidman and moved by myself that— "Whereas, The coal and coke supply from the Crow's Nest coal mines has proven quite inadequate to meet the requirements of the smelters and miners in British Columbia, whereby the output of the mines, particularly the copper mines of the Boundary and the gold-copper mines of Rossland during the past and the present year, have been and are much curtailed; "Therefore, Be it Resolved, That the Dominion Government be requested to take steps for the immediate opening of coal mines on the part of the 50,000 acres held by it in Southeast Kootenay, under such provisions as will insure a large supply of coal and coke at an early date, and at a reasonable price." I know that the time is short and I cannot be expected to go into this minutely. I would like to see the waste lands in Southeast Kootenay that have been in reserve for the last fourteen years taken up. It is a very considerable area and they are unquestionably the richest mineral lands in British Columbia, not only the richest but the most valuable. There are unquestionably large deposits, in fact, enormous deposits of both coal and petroleum. I have seen prospectors who have been there and they have told me that a very considerable area ,of that land is stocked with petroleum, and many others said they can scoop it up, and I have seen some very rich samples taken from there by different individuals. Now this land was intended originally, I believe, to be held until there was some reasonable chance of development, and then be thrown open. It should, in my opinion, have been thrown open years ago and the Province to-day would have been reaping a direct revenue of half a. million dollars that would . largely increase from year to year. This especially affects the interests of this Province and these great natural resources should be farmed by the Province to the fullest extent to get the largest possible revenue out of them, and if they got the taxes out of these natural resources, the now exorbitant taxes could be taken off the mining industry, and capital would go into that country and open it up which would benefit the farmers, ranchers, and every man in this Province. It is a great mistake for us to suppose because it is a remote piece of land we have no interest in it We have as much interest in it as though we lived within ten miles of it, because we are interested in the proceeds gotten out of it. Now, it so happened in 1806 that this Province gave a grant of land to a railway company which was intended to carry its line to Okanagan Lake. Under that land grant it was provided that the railway company should be entitled to a certain amount of land. In the first instance 10,000 acres per mile, and subsequently increased to 20,000 for a broad gauge road. Now, it so happens tnat the Provincial Government—it is claimed by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company—made out Crown grants to this piece of land I refer to, giving it to the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, and the question was asked in the Local Legislature last session if those Crown grants were given to the C. P. R. and the answer was "No." That those lands were not given to the company, and I know from the ministers—one of the ministers at least—that they did not intend, so it was stated, to give this land to the railway company. The Crown grant therefore being signed and left in the Government vault in some way the Canadian Pacific Railway Company has learned of this and is now taking action in the court to get those lands which, according to the Act they cannot have any real or honest right to, because the lands granted to that railway must be contiguous to that railway and not hundreds of miles away, but if the C.P. R Co. gets these lands we will lose an enormous amount of revenue, and whether we get a royalty under those lands or not I do not know. I think it is quite possible if this Asso ciation will take this matter up that the people will come in and there is no doubt a company could be gotten up within three or four months' time which would give forty or fifty thousand dollars cash for those lands which the C. P. R. is trying to get for nothing. I therefore ask this Association to urge upon the Government, as that resolution says, to resist the attempt of the C. P. R. to take away those great sources of revenue which will inure to the benefit of every one of us in the mining industry, and in the next place, gentlemen, I consider those coal and petroleum lands should be opened up and the settlers allowed to go in there. and take those lands on fair and equal terms, and that being done we would soon have a big revenue and this shortage of coke and coal from which we are now suffering would be overcome. We would have railways built in there and a great development would take place which would mean an enormous benefit to the whole of British Columbia and it would make that part of the Province one of the richest and most progressive and prosperous of British Columbia. Capt. Wolley—I only wish to ask one question of Mr. Curtis. Mr. Curtis has already passed a resolution here, the effect of which might be to put the whole of the Cariboo districts, surface rights and everything else, into the hands of a sub-division of the C. P. R. and now he is coming before us and asking us to take away this land from the C. P. R. I think he is very inconsistent. Mr. Pollen, of Fort Steele—East Kootenay has been given away to different companies in the past. I am not making any reflection on the Government at all, but East Kootenay has been given away to these different companies as a matter of policy and what is now left to the Province is one one- hundredth of the whole country. This piece of land referred to by Mr. Curtis is one of the very small fractions left. Mr. Curtis is a member of the House, and I think we should have the opinion of the country itself to tell us what action to take in the matter. As it so happens I have received a letter from that part of the world protesting very much that this thing should be thrown open. It is injurious that large corporations and monopolies should go in there, and they have been boasting that they are going to get control of this land. I quite agree with Mr. Curtis, if it is to be thrown open and made use of it should be on equal terms to everybody, and not be put in the hands of companies who are boasting they are going to get control of this land. Mr. Curtis—My resolution says on free and equal terms. Mr. Pollen—My idea is that the Government have those things under consideration.. Mr. Curtis—By way of explanation I merely wish to point out that if you safeguard that particular thing it is very important that the land should not be thrown open until the company has had enough time to express their opinion on it, and I am of the opinion that prospectors should get it and not have them thrown into the hands of monopolists.. Mr. Smith—I quite agree with this gentleman in regard to what he says, and that is to provide by way of resolution that the Government is to obtain a reasonable supervision over the control of land granted. We leave it to the Government to fix those safeguards. I quite agree that it should not be gobbled up by any particular company or set of promoters. Mr. Frank Richards—Mr. J. W. Collis, a delegate from Nicola Valley, who is sick, has asked for the indulgence of the meeting that this letter should be read when the question came up. Mr. Chairman—It is a short letter and as the writer is sick I think we should read it. "Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Convention: In speaking to the resolution on this question of throwing open coal land at present held under reserve by the Dominion and Provincial Governments, I wish to express myself as being heartily in accord with the idea of throwing open these lands, THE MINING RECORD. 593 so as to utilize them for the advantage of the smelting industry in the Boundary country. "The future of this industry is of such paramount importance to that part of the country that you will pardon me for making reference to the merits of the particular district I represent. The late Dr. Dawson in his last report on the Nicola coal fields, after two bore tests had been made to a depth of 600 feet and 560 feet respectively, said: 'The coals obtained in three borings yield a good strong coke and the result of these tests is to indicate that a considerable undisturbed and easily workable coal field exists beneath the "valley.' "I submit in reference to this question of the future coke supply for the Boundary smelters that it is to the Nicola coal fields (which are known now to be of a very large extent) •even before Crow's Nest you must look. The distance from Grand Forks to Fernie is 350 miles. The distance from the Nicola coal fields would be a* little over 200 miles, taking an •easily practical route. The present C. P. R. survey from Spence.'s Bridge to Midway; this haul from Midway to the Boundary in fact affords a much easier haul than from Fernie to Grand Forks. It is to the interest to all engaged in mining in this important section of the Province to have these coal fields at present better known on the outside and opened up so that you have an alternative source of supply to the Crow's "Nest, obviating any danger in the future of there being a shortage of coke for smelting purposes. "I do not wish to occupy the attention of this important ' Convention for any length of time, for I feel, with a whole lot •of other delegates, that our time is very valuable. "I will add in conclusion that it is only lack of transportation facilities alone that is preventing us in the Nicola helping the whole Boundary country out in this matter of shortage of coke. We have at different times made strong representations to afford us transport, but up to the present without avail." Mr Galt—With regard to the question now before the Convention I might say that two years ago I was engaged 1>y parties in Spokane and other places, by men of ample means, to endeavour to acquire for them a title to some of these lands which are referred to in the resolution. They had sent down at a very great expense prospectors into that country which were wholly unknown at that time. They were pioneers in the district and they located what they supposed to be very promising and very valuable petroleum and coal fields and were fully under the" belief that there would be no trouble under our British Columbia law in acquiring title to these lands; they knew perfectly well from the situation of them it would be a matter of very great expense to open up those fields because they could only be reached during a •comparatively small part of the summer owing to the amount of snow, but they were quite prepared to put their money in •on the indications which they found there and spend very large sums of money in this Province in .the development of the same. We made repeated efforts to the Government here to obtain title, and for them to be allowed to pay the usual license fee of $50 or something like that; but we were met •continually with the answer that these lands were under reserve. They were not known to anybody else, but after weeks they acquired the right to locate and develop those lands and those gentlemen were met with persistent opposition down here, the main reason being that the lands were under reserve, and in the end they simply decided to throw the whole matter up and to leave their locations to some one •else altogether, and other gentlemen have gone into the same -neighbourhood, and no doubt all those lands which by right and fairness should have belonged to those Spokane gentlemen are now being located by others. I do not know whether those parties have any title to them or . not. I •don't suppose th'ey have; but what I wish to point out isthe extreme hardship that surrounds the prospector and capitalist who wishes to invest in this country. I do not wish to -accuse any member of the Government or of any of the de partments of any actual dishonesty or fraud in connection with the transaction of that thing, but it is easy to see what a very wide, door is open if when an application is made for valuable mineral claims and all information is acquired by their officials that if the original applicants are refused, those parties acquiring that information may either directly or indirectly take such an interest in those lands before any one else comes in there as to make it impossible for anybody else to get in there. Although I do not make any such assertion in this case it is manifest that if half a dozen or a dozen people know of such claims it is very likely that some one favoured party will be informed of that before the general public will find their way into the locality or any one gets into the country. For this reason I thoroughly concur in having those lands thrown open, and while this Province owes a great deal to the C. P. R., still I think, on the other hand, the Canadian Pacific Railway owes a great deal more to this Province. Mr. Howse, of Nicola—I would like to make a suggestion with reference to the reserve in the Southeast Kootenay. This plan has been adopted in the United States in opening up reserves: They advertise for some months in advance the dates oh which those reserves will be thrown open to the public and I do not think that we could adopt a better suggestion than to give the public the opportunity of making one of those grand rushes and give the prospectors and all others an equal chance of getting a little slice in that country. I would ask that public notice be given of the date on which those lands are to be thrown open. Mr. Lugrin—That is unnecessary, because the law now requires three months to be given. Mr. Townsend—Has it not been admitted that this matter is now before the court; therefore is it proper for us to discuss it? Mr. Curtis—I saw in the paper that the Canadian Pacific Railway had made some application to the Government. All we wish to do is to strengthen the hands of the Government. The resolution was carried. UNSCRUPULOUS PROMOTERS OF COMPANIES. Mr. Chairman—A resolution has been submitted by Mr. Gynn, seconded by Mr. Gillman—That in order to protect the interests of British Columbia and to protect them against unscrupulous • stock promoters this Convention recommends the appointment by the Government of an expert mining commission, whose duty it shall be to examine and consider the prospectuses of newly formel mining companies with a view to determining whether the statements therein contained are substantially correct and if necessary to send the Government inspector to view the properties referred to in the prospectus before granting a charter. Carried. MINERAL ON INDIAN RESERVES. Moved by F. H. Wollaston, seconded by C. H. Arundel: "Resolved, That this Convention respectfully urges upon the Dominion and Provincial Governments the desirability of opening Indian reserves in British Columbia for mining purposes and that copies- of this resolution be forwarded to both Governments and the Senators and Members of the Federal Parliament from British Columbia." The question was then put and the motion carried. OPENING OF GOVERNMENT COAL MINES. Moved by Mr. Smith Curtis, seconded by Noble Bins— "Whereas, The coaf and coke supply from the Crow's Nest coal mines, has been proved quite inadequate to meet the 594 THE MINING RECORD. requirements of the smelters and mines in British Columbia whereby the output of the mines, particularly the copper mines of the Boundary and the gold-copper mines of Rossland during the past two years have been and are much curtailed; "Therefore, Be it Resolved, That the Dominion Government be requested to take .steps for the immediate opening of the coal mines on part of the 50,000 acres held by it in the Southeast Kootenay under such provisions as will insure a large supply of coal and coke at an early date and at a reasonable price." Mr. Curtis—The idea I have in moving this resolution is this: The Dominion Government have 50,000 acres of land which they have reserved out of the grant given to the British Columbia Southern Railway Company, now known as the Crow's Nest Pass Railway, and they made provision that coal had to be put out by this company at a reasonable price, at $2.00 per ton, and that company has spent an enormous amount of money, and shown the greatest possible enterprise, and for a time carried on their operations, at a loss. They have, I believe, now started a railway from Crow's Nest Pass into the United States, to connect with the Boundary, as they have a very large market in the United States, and there is no reason I can see why the Dominion Government should not throw open those 50,000 acres. It is easy to see how it might be possible, I do not say how it can be done, but I- believe that in safeguarding our own Canadian company by keeping tip the price of coal and reducing the price of carriage, the Canadian Pacific would be discriminated against, and there should be an independent coal supply from which it can draw its supply, and by which it can in the Boundary country and in Rossland enter into competition with the other railway companies. I have nothing against any of these coal companies, and I have shown to-day I have nothing against this resolution one way or the other. The motion I now move is for the benefit of the Canadian Pacific Railway. I move it on account of the interests of the people, and I therefore am in favour of this motion and I contend that it is entirely for the benefit of the mining industry and in the interest of the people of British Columbia. PUBLICATION OF PROCEEDINGS. Mr. Gilman moved, Frank Richards seconding— 'That all the motions (and discussions thereon) carried by the Convention, together with all the names of all accredited delegates, etc., be printed in pamphlet form and circulated in the right quarters, to be determined by the Executive." Carried. THE COMPANIES' ACT. Moved by W. A. Davis, seconded by Mr. J. B. Hobson:— "That the Government be urged to repeal all of clause D of the Companies' Act after the word "Notice," line 7, in the said section, and all of clause D in section 133, and all of sec- tien 140." Mr. Belyea—This resolution deals entirely with the subject matter of repealing the power of attorney that is required by the law for foreign companies to register in this Province. I do no£ think it is acted upon at all, but the gentleman who moved it had probably good reasons for it. The portion of the section struck out is the power that is inserted in that power of attorney for the issuing of stock to corporations and the sub-sections relate simply to the same thing. It is in favour of the repeal of registering powers of attorney. Mr. Langstaff—I think that we have brought in several motions here, the magnitude of which we do not fully grasp, and I move that this latter resolution be submitted to. the Executive Committee as they are able to pass better upon them than we are and we have not got the time to consider them. The motion was carried. Mr Chairman—It appears that the mover of this resolution did not hear that we were putting the question. Shall he now be heard ? Mr Davies—I would like to say from my personal knowledge that this power of attorney has kept a vast amount of money out of British Columbia. I know of a great deal of money that was prevented, by this power of attorney, from being invested in this country and it has been commented upon by leading papers of New York, Toronto, Montreal and everywhere else and I do not see why a company should be required to give a power of attorney to any one man to sell his property and to issue stock without any restrictions whatever. The part empowering some person therein named in the power of attorney to act as its attorney and to sue and be sued, etc., that part is all right. No investors object to that, but to add "and to transfer stock and to do all acts and to execute all deeds and other instruments," why should a company be required to have a standing attorney to do this ? Now, Mr. Chairman, if you were in New York or London, or any gentlemen here, for instance, and you were asked to invest money under those conditions, I do not think that you would' do so. It appears that there is a certain section that modifies it in a certain measure. It allows to omit the words "To issue- stock." The registrar has wisely over- steped his authority a little and has left those words off the power of attorney, but the words "to execute deeds and other instruments" are still in the power of attorney which he requires. You will readily see that the law requires a foreign corporation to do that which is impossible; the stock certificates are numbered. How can a company keep a stock book in New York and a stock book in British Columbia and have both gentlemen issue stock and keep those numbers in order? It is an impossibility. Therefore it is an impossibility for any foreign company to do business under this power of attorney and I think in the interests of British Columbia, while I am not interested in any foreign company, yet I think it is in the interest of the whole Province that those words be struck off. If the company wishes to add those powers to the attorney or to give a special power to the agent to sell his property there would be nothing to interfere with it. But this says he shall have a standing power to sell the. property. The registrar of titles said when I asked him if he would take the precaution to find out if the accredited agent of the company had authority to make a deed for this property and to register the papers, "No. That power is enough. I would record any instrument they briught to me." Now, is the company to be left to the mercy or to the honestly of any man not to transfer fraudulently the company's property? Under this power of attorney he has the right to sell the property and take the money to go to parts unknown or to mortgage it in any way. Mr. Frank Richards—I want to endorse what Mr. Davies has said. From my own personal knowledge that clause in the power of attorney has prevented a great deal of capital being invested in this country and it would increase the population greatly by having an increase of capital brought into this country* Moved by Mr. Hirschfield, seconded by Mr. Gillman, That the Chairman appoint a committee to secure designs and make arrangements for a badge for the Provincial Mining Association which shall be its emblem and for which funds have been subscribed. Carried. SUB-DIVISION OF MINERAL CLAIMS FOR TOWNSITE PURPOSES. Moved by Ralph Smailes, seconded by G. Gaunce :— "Resolved, That this Association favours amendment to the Mineral Act so that where a mineral claim has been subdivided into townsite lots and plans recorded the mineral rights only without any rights to the surface may be offered THE MINING RECORD. 595 for sale for taxes, and upon such sale being made that the Government have power to vest any surface rights that previously appertained to such mineral claims in the municipality within which it is situate as to streets, lanes and high- Ways, and in the lot owners as to the recorded lots owned by them respectively. Carried. The Chairman read a letter from Frank Moberly which was also referred to the Executive Committee. PROSPECTING IN RAILWAY BELT. Mr. Curtis introduced a resolution amending a resolution on the minutes of a former session praying the Government to reduce prospectors' fees on railway lands in the Province from $5 to $1 per acre. A Delegate of Victoria—I may say that I am not afflicted very much with talking and I rise to call the attention of this Convention to this supplementary idea of our friend, Mr. Curtis. Judging' from the tenor of his remarks I should assume that he is very much in favour of large companies. Now, it so happens that I was born in a coal mining community and it can be said that a very large number of private individuals were able to raise from a nutshell and become prominent members of society and capitalists on their own account. I therefore fear very much that in Mr. Curtis' zeal for companies that he is overlooking the fact that there are a lot of private individuals outside of these companies, and I would ask the Executive Committee to take very good care that in the distribution of these little coal lands that some of us get a chance. Mr. Pearson seconded the motion of Mr. Curtis. A Delegate—I would like to move another amendment, that no question of price be admitted. It is stated there that the Government have full power to set its own price. I think we art taking a good deal upon ourselves to say what price the Government should put on. Amendment seconded. A Delegate—I move that the price be struck out and "a fair price" put in. Mr Curtis—Mr. Gore told me they charged $5 for every mineral claim located, which, I thought, was a great hardship. These gentlemen have forgotten for the time being that it has been changed very recently from $5 to $i and I would ask that the motion stand to ask the Dominion Government to treat locators in the Province the same as the Province does. Captain Thompson, of Victoria—I think there is one point that Mr. Curtis and this meeting don't quite understand. The Dominion Government charges this $i an acre for the surface rights and compels the locator to buy the surface rights, the Crown grant of which they obtain from the Province. The Provincial Government does not compel the locator to buy the surface rights, but if he wishes to. buy the surface rights he has to pay $5 an acre for it under the law of the Province. The same thing applies in the.railway belt on this Island. The locator of a mineral claim inside the railway belt on this Island has to buy the surface rights over and above his mineral right. He is compelled to do it; and so is he if inside the railway belt belonging to the Dominion Government. Mr Galt—I move that the consideration of this matter also be referred to the Executive Committee, to save time. Mr. Curt|s—There is no necessity for doing that, as we have passed the several resolutions. We claim the Dominion Government is charging $5 instead of $i. Mr Gaunce—The gentleman who has just sat down claims in the resolution he has introduced that this contains an error in fact, and I think it is right that this Convention should consider it. Mr. Galt—By way of explanation. It is quite manifest that what Captain Thompson tells us is true and we were all under a mistake of fact when we passed that resolution on Saturday. It is only right that this matter should be threshed out by the Executive Committee. The question was then put and the matter referred to the Executive Committee. THE CROWN GRANTING OF PLACER CLAIMS- PROTEST. Mr. Chairman—I have here a resolution which I hope you won't pass, for the simple reason that it would open the whole question of re-considering all the subject matter which received the careful attention of nearly the whole of the Convention last week, and I do not think it would be wise to bring this matter up again in the face of the fact that a great number of the delegates have gone home. Moved by Captain Wolley, seconded by Mr. Hunter, that this meeting do re-consider the resolution passed on Saturday night in reference to the Placer Act. uaptain Wolley—I think, gentlemen, I have a right to speak to that, although, contrary to all precedent, my judge has begun by prejudicing my case and that is surely not fair, gentlemen. To begin with, I have to face greater odds than most men and I know I have the most difficult and most dangerous motion to make that -has been made ^o far at this meeting. Mr. Galt—A point of order. As I understand parliamentary practice, if any one desires to re-consider that which has been already passed upon by the assembly he must give notice on the day the original motion was passed, and if not he cannot bring it up at the same session thereafter. Captain Wolley—The trouble of the whole thing is this: That we have been asked to consider a large body of matter which we have not had before us. There are a large number of gentlemen present who will tell you that they are opposed to Crown granting. (Cries of "Order.") Are you so afraid —(Cries of "Order.") A Delegrate from Kaslo—I would like to know which side he voted on. Captain Wolley—Against.' A Delegate fr^m Kaslo—I had an idea that those who voted against had no right to re-consider. Captain Wolley—Mr. Chairman, we have chosen you because we considered you fair in all respects. The difficulty which arises here and the thing which we want to meet is that we believe that there is a large minority of this body which believes that we have hurried these matters through and not given them sufficient consideration, and while not necessarily opposed to the system of Crown granting, yet we have been asked to swallow too much and have swallowed it too readily. We will be doing our own case harm by rushing these things through. We had on Saturday what we considered was the report of the committe and we dealt with the main issue which was, "Shall Crown grants be granted?" That was all right. That side was presented most eloquently by Mr. Hobson. We did not hear any member rising to ask or explain why those Crown grants be granted; neither did we hear much on the other side why Crown grants should not be granted. All of us sat still saying nothing, when the whole thing was referred to the Government. There was a sort of recommendation made. That was all that it came to. [Mr. Gaunce here asked whether the Government has any powers to enact laws which do not meet with the approval of this Convention. It means that a resolution has been passed by this Convention, making it an upper chamber, as it 596 THE MINING RECORD. were ,which has to be consulted before the Government can do anything.] Capt. Wolley—Let that question go if you like as' far as Crown grants are concerned, but with the swallowing of Crown grants we had shoved down our throats about half a column of the Colonist and about half the statutory laws on this particular subject. A lot of us having some conscience— I am speaking for ten or twenty men in the room—felt that if we did not do our duty on Saturday night, and were taken up so quickly by those gentlemen who knew thoroughly well what they wanted, we ought to be allowed to speak now. Our conscience is awake now, and we have swallowed a great deal more than we wanted to swallow, and if we cannot reopen this matter, I want this resolution of mine to stand as a protest on behalf of a very considerable minority of this Convention, who have swallowed inadvertently a great deal oi matter which they cannot digest. I come" now to a point which will give this meeting the most pleasure. You have suggested that the re-opening of this matter would entail loss of time. That is the only reason which would frighten me from the floor of this Convention, but this Convention has a bigger and more important task to perform, and that is to go down to Fernie, and I am not such a hog to put my conscience ahead of the public welfare. For this we must give way, and we must not pass upon this question because time is so valuable in the interest of the settlement of the Fernie strike. I have been anxious to speak to this resolution and I beg to record the fact that we do not like the system of introducing large doses of matter to us to be swallowed in a hurry. We want to know these things for ourselves and I hope that -this protest of mine will be properly registered, against being asked to swallow a whole mass of matter which we cannot digest. Mr. Chairman—The point of order was this, and I think it would have been better if Captain Wolley had read the resolution over. Mr. Curtis—We did not adopt the report. . Mr. Chairman—It was simply this, that the Government and Legislature are respectfully requested to give a serious consideration to the recommendations contained in the report of the Placer Mining Committee. Captain Wolley—Therefore it is necessary to record the protest of the minority who don't agree. A Delegate—Mr. Hobson brought in a great deal more than explanations and statements were made as to matters of actual facts and I certainly protest that the thing should be allowed to pass as it was passed the other night on the ground alone that the facts were not expressed. Mr. Chairman—The sentiment of the Convention was emphatic, clear and distinct. There were only two dissensions and those dissensions were Stuart Henderson and my friend, Mr. Hunter. A Delegate—I was in favour and a good deal in favour of Crown grants, but there were other matters besides Crown grants given to that Committee, and I think it is on account of these matters that these objections are brought up. There were serious objections taken to other than Crown grants which questions I would like to see thoroughly explained because that matter is, I -think, at the bottom of this hydraulic question. The water question is at the bottom of the hydraulic question. You can only work one hydraulic proposition on those grounds. I do not know just the law and that is why we want an explanation and this is why the Government should not act hastily. I for one, although while I do not wish to see this matter re-opened, I do say that it was not carried by such a large majority and I believe that if this matter had been taken up thoroughly there would not have been that unanimous vote passed upon it Mayor Burrell—I only want to rise for the purpose of trying to pour.a little oil on .-the troubled waters. I do realize that the gentlemen representing the placer industry have placed this report before the committee, and it has received the large endorsation of this Convention, but I think there is some way Mr. Wolley might possibly re-consider that resolution in which it can be shown that it was not unanimous. I only speak as an outsider, because I think it was a mistake to let that report of the committee go in unanimously, because there is a conflict of opinion on some details. Capt. Wolley—The only way is to make a protest. Mr. Gaunce—I asked Saturday evening that that question be gone into section by section and explained in order that we might vote intelligently on it, and the motion was made that that report be referred and the Executive be invited to enquire carefully into those conditions. As such I voted in favour of it, and as such I am prepared to stand by it now. I am reminded by these colors which are all about us that we have been sitting under the shadow of the battle of Paardeberg, and if our boys at Paardeberg had changed their minds every twenty minutes, there would be no Paardeberg to go down into history. (Applause.) Mr. P. J. Pearson—I sat here and listened to these motions When the argument first started I was convinced that Crown granting of placer claims ought to be voted down. I sat here- and said nothing. 1 watched the proceedings of the meeting and when the old gentleman (Mr. Moore) got up and owing to his speech in favour of Crown grants it seemed to have the effect of an electric current over the audience; the motion was carried. I fully believe that that gentlemen, Mr. Moore, carried that motion, but 1 understood afterwards that Mr. Moore was working for Mr. Hobson. Mr. Hobson-—Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Convention: It is true I give James Moore employment, and I ask you if I should .be condemned for employing old prospectors like James Moore and giving them an opportunity to earn money to enable them to do the assessment work and hold their placer mining leases? I have given old prospectors the preference of work ever since I have been engaged in mining, and will continue to do so as long as 1 remain in the business. James Moore was sent as a delegate to this Convention by the Quesnelle Lake branch, whose members are all prospectors like himself, and. he came here at his own expense to voice their wishes on the floor of this Convention. Mr. Pearson knew James Moore as long and as well as many of the pioneers of British Columbia who are now among the delegates at this Convention. He should not insinuate that James Moore was influenced by me to make an argument in favour of Crown grants for placers. That is all I have to say, gentlemen. (Applause.) The question for a re-consideration was then put and the motion lost. It was moved by P. J. Pearson (Chemainus), seconded by J. V. Purviance (Slocan) That this Convention urge upon the Government of British Columbia the necessity .of expending more money in building trails and roads through the mining districts to give prospectors and miners an opportunity of reaching the interior of Vancouver Island and the Province in general. Moved by Mr. Williams and seconded by Mr. Higgins, that the motion be referred to the Executive Committee. Carried. Mr. Chairman—Moved by Mr. Gallop, seconded by Mr. Stork, That the Government be asked to amend the Companies Act so that it shall be unlawful to sell or offer for sale stock in any mineral claims other than placer unless such claims shall have been Crown granted. Motion lost. THE ALASKAN BOUNDARY COMMISSION. A resolution presented by Frank Richards, of Vancouver,. THE MINING RECORD. '597 urging the Government to seek representation for British Columbia on the Alaskan Boundary Commission was read. Mr. Lugrin—I move that the consideration of this resolution be indefinitely postponed, as it seems to me that this is not the proper place to bring a matter of this kind up. Mr. Richards—I was only going to make a few remarks. I contend that this matter is one that does concern miners, and especially the miners in the Yukon, and Northern British Columbia, and in British Columbia as a whole, and if you knew as much about this matter as I do, you would feel very strongly about the American action. Whenever they have an opportunity of getting into our own country they do so, and I may tell you that m 1898 I had occasion to. go North, and when I got to Saint Michael's I was met by quite a new regiment of customs officials, and before we could get into the British port on the Yukon we had a most terrible time. They made us make a return of every pound of goods we had with us on our expedition and it took us several days, whereas they might easily have allowed us to go through treir portion of the territory without all this extra trouble. This treaty which was signed at Washington in 1903, with three on each side, should have been able to decide a question of this sort, but it is apparently ineffectual, because we know that the Americans will never give way to us one single inch, but it is possible if it was thought to be fair by the British that they might give away, but it would be just a case of heads I win and tails you lose by the Americans. I want you in British Columbia to show you do not approve of this being done to people in this country of ours, and you people who have to go to Skagway would be able to give great testimony in what I am saying. At the time the treaty was signed by Great Britain and Russia, in" 1825, I contend there was very little known about this country. The other treaty which deals with this question was signed between Russia and the United States in 1867, but gentlemen, there are so many subsidiary questions which should be thought out in connection with this matter, I think it is only right that British Columbia should make her voice heard, and especially the mining community, to which this question is of vital interest. A Delegate from Victoria—If you pass this resolution you will pay a distinct compliment to the English, and you will pass a slur on the American public. The Canadians have confidence in the British Empire, and there are people in this country who have no confidence in their own statesmen. I say, gentlemen, it is a slur on the States and on the Canadians to pass such a resolution. Mr. Frank Richard's—From my past experience and knowledge of the British Government I have no fault to find with it, and I do not wish to have it understood that I am casting any reflections on either side. Some of my best friends are in the United States. Possibly the majority of my friends are there. It is a national question, and we must speak for ourselves, and the United States will look after themselves. Mr. Lugrin—Mr. Richards give us as his reason for moving this that he has suffered some inconvenience. Well, as a matter of fact, there are few people who have had more loss, and suffered more loss by reason of the Skagway regulations than-myself, but neither my losses nor Mr. Richards' have anything to do with the great national question, and I do not think that this body should at this late hour and without discussion enter upon and endeavour to pronounce an opinion on this subject, especially as we are asked to cast a reflection on the faith of the British people in the Imperial Government. I think this matter had better be indefinitely postponed and discussed in some other place. A Delegate—I just want to ask if this is a mining subject. We are here to discuss mining subjects alone and this is •purely of a political character. Therefore, I say, let us drop it. The motion was lost. Mr. Lugrin—I have a short formal resolution to move— That the Secretary be instructed to forward the several' resolutions adopted to the proper quarter. That was omitted in the several resolutions that were passed. While I am on my feet, and as it is so near the close of the Convention, I think ,1 can undertake to say that this Convention has far more than exceeded the expectations of the Association when we began to make arrangements for this gathering, and although at, the time it seemed that we were doing a good deal to make this Convention a success, yet what we did sinks into insignificance in comparison with the results that have been achieved, and the people of Victoria would gladly have done ten times what it did to have made this Convention what it has-been. Mr. Higgins—I second the resolution. The motion was carried. fMfM Mr. Chairman—I would like to ask your indulgence for one moment, as there is a gentleman here who has been sent to watch carefully the acts and deeds of this Convention, and he would like to address you. He has been sent here by a party of capitalists in the United States of America, and I think it would be a courtesy to listen to him. I call upon Mr. Robinson.' Mr. Hunter—I hope that we will have a chance to reply to any controversial matter that Mr. Robinson may bring forward. Mr. Chairman—That would be extremely discourteous. THE VIEW'S OF A MINING PROMOTER. Mr Robinson—Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Convention : I became very much interested the beginning of last year in the mining recources of British Columbia. I have been in the bond and banking business for a number of years in close contact with large amount of capital, and having met a gentleman coming from the Atlin District, who came to my office with a letter of introduction from a large responsible firm in the State of Pennsylvania, and being introduced as a reliable man, it was then I heard the story of this wonderful mining camp, and I went to Atlin last year in order to investigate ■ for myself the statements which he made. When the notice of this association's meeting' came to my address in Philadelphia, notwithstanding the fact I am a very busy man, I determined to steal a few. days out of my busy life to cross the continent, and take a- long, arduous trip to keep in touch with and meet the men who,-are interested in the mining development of this great Province. And, gentlemen, I am glad I have come, because it has never been my pleasure to meet a more earnest, ■ sincere and intelligent body of men assembled in a convention. I have been wonderfully impressed with the remarkable fairness of this Convention, with the broad liberality of ideas expressed by the men on this floor, and the small percentage of personal, prejudicial accusations. I have been very much impressed with the sincere and earnest desire of the men to get down to some adequate basis on which they could work for the best interests of the Province, and have been very much impressed with the fact that little personal enmities and little personal gratifications have not been emphasized. In regard to the delib- erations of this body, you, gentlemen, do not adequately appre- cinte what it really means. T have talked to capital in the liast, with which I am in touch, in regard to the mineral resources of British Columbia. These gentlemen all admit you have the most remarkable mineral country in the world, and I have talked with men with millions of dollars to invest, and while they all admit you have the most remarkable mineral deposits, and are most anxious to invest their money under proper conditions, yet at the same time when the subject has been broached to them of investing in your Province, they turn up your Placer Mining Act. They say, "We have no doubt in regard to the mineral wealth of British Columbia,' but it is not for us to put our capital into a country' where the Placer Act is so ambi"uous." ps ihey do 598 THE MINING RECORD. 60 • a a "> o u a a o o > 3 o V H « .a a THE MINING RECORD. 599 not know what security they hive. When I received the notice oi this meeting I said, "The mining men of British Columbia, and the Government of British Columbia are waking up, and I am going to go to the awakening." Now gentlemen, you realize as well as I do that the one thing which is necessary to the development of this great country is capital. You cannot do very much without it, and I know capitalists that have come ito this country, earnest aiid sincere, with the purpose of development and the conditions which have been laid upon them have been so onerous they have had to retire from the field. You gentlemen have no conception of the effect that the deliberations of tins body are having upon the entire East. I am sending out the papers every day to my different correspondents and these men throughout the East are telling the people that the Province of British Columbia are holding out an inducement and opening a gate for the first time to the capital of the world, telling it to "Come over to Macedonia and help us." (Cheers.) The question of the Crown granting of placer leases is one of the most important propositions which you have had before you, and I want to say this, and it is to your credit, that you have deliberated and passed upon that question as you should. You have offered stability of title as a security for the investment of capital, and I concur in it. One of the other ■ important points which has been spoken of by your honourable premier has been the two per cent tax. Gentlemen, I think it is wrong at all times to put a tax on success. There is nothing original in failure, but there is a whole lot of originality in success. It is too bad to say to a man who has worked hard and is able to make a small amount of money over and above the amount of money expended in the development of his claim, that he has to pay a two per cent, tax on his success, while the lazy or unsuccessful man is allowed to go Scot free. Another thing, gentlemen, I want to say, and that is that the two per cent, tax puts a premium upon dishonesty. The Government of this Province received, I believe, $80,000 as the result of the two per cent, tax, the most ridiculous thing which has ever been heard of. I know from my own personal knowledge where men have accumulated through their hard labours and diggings an immense amount of gold in Atlin, and they would boast of the fact in Seattle that they paid no two per cent. tax. I say that the Government under the Crown granting of placer claims will \ receive a larger revenue.than they ever received before by an lowed to go scot free. Another thing, gentlemen, I want to say, gentlemen, that you have made my task very easy, and I believe if the Executive Committee will do the work that you gentlemen have begun, and if the Government of this country, recognizing this great general demand for an amendment to the Placer and Mineral Acts will immediately, speedily and fairly give to the capitalistic class in the United States, or in Canada, the opportunities which they are asking to come in and put their money in your country that you will see in a short time British Columbia at the top of the list as the greatest mineral producing country under the sun to-day. Gentlemen, I am sensible' to the courtesy which you have extended to me in allowing me to speak on this floor this morning, not being a delegate; but I want to say, although I am not a delegate my heart and my soul and my interests are in the mining industry of British Columbia, and I am putting into the Atlin district this year a large amount of machinery, installing a big electrical power plant, and the most modern mining dredge that has ever been put in by any mining company to work the placers of the Atlin district, and I have been asked when I started out here by a number of men who have said to me: "Mr. Robinson, if when you go out there, and find that those fellows are reasonable and want to give the adequate security, why I think we can give you all the capital you want for any honest, legitimate mining proposition." (Hear, hear.) The question which comes before us to-day, and one which we cannot get over is this. Each one of us who have been engaged in mining enterprise know something about the trials and tribulations which we have had. I know in the Atlin camp this year there has been litigation after litigation. The placer mining felt himself aggrieved, and the hydraulic miner had fo stop work because he was interfered with in the development of his claims. Now, the point we want to get at is the absolute unanimity of idea for success, and you may then be assured of a glorious future for British Columbia. I thank you, gentlemen, for this courtesy which you have extended to me. (Applause.) Mr. Chairman—The United States Consul has favoured us with his presence here this morning, and I am requested to ask you if you would like to hear from him. (Applause.) SPEECH OF THE AMERICAN CONSUL. Hon. Abraham E. Smith (American Consul)—Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: I thank you very much for this privilege of addressing the most representative body that I have. ever seen in British Columbia. It has been my fortune to be here over five years now, and I have been present at many gatherings in this city, but none where I have seen gathered so much of the intelligence of the Province. I recognize, as all of you must recognize, that it is as a mining province that British Columbia can expect to assume a leading position. Alining is the great industry of the Province. Your mountains and your valleys are permeated with large deposits, which with proper development will make British Columbia the premier mining province of Canada. You have • in the soil of British Columbia gold equal to the Yukon. You have coal as plentiful as in Pennsylvania. You have copper even as in Montana, and all you want afe men like this gentleman (Mr. Robinson) who has just spoken here to-day to take hold of and develop your country. - Gentlemen, I am rejoiced to see that you are resolved to open wide the doors and let the capital of the world come in and furnish the sinews of war to develop this magnificent Province and reap the grand harvest that is in store for properly directed enterprise. There have been some sad mistakes maae in the past, but "to err is human, to forgive divine.". I know there are capitalists who are looking upon British Columbia as a good place to invest when the regulations are such as to enable them to proceed. The tendency of the world is to bring manufacturing industries to the bases of supply. Thus, if the resources of this Province are developed huge manufacturing plants will spring up. As you see the canneries on the Fraser River; and as you see the manufacture of pulp where the pines are, so you see the smelters where the mines are. If you develop the mines of British Columbia, you will see as the outcome that your Province will "be built up, and you will have large manufacturing centres like Pittsburg where the smelters will come, and you will make British Columbia, instead of being a Province of 100,000 or 170,000 inhabitants, reach us side by side with Quebec and Ontario, and then there will be no more complaints here that men cannot find employment, or that to make money they must go elsewhere. British Columbia has wonderful opportunities, it seem to me. You have besides your minerals the wealth of the fisheries; you have the ocean at your doors, and with proper legislation, and with proper encouragement, you must march on the highway of success. Now, I am not here to give advice, nor am I here to tell you what to do. Such gentlemen as you are know "more than I do; but it seems to me that a very practical plan would be to formulate here what you want, and then to get the Legislature to adopt it. The Premier of the Province is here, and his home and interests are in the Province. Get him to carry in the Legislature what you have done here, and after this legislation is passed, get them to adjourn for two years, and give you a good chance to act upon it. What you want here is what we have got in the United States, and that is to have your Legislature meet only once in two years.. We have suffered here from too much legislation and too- many changes in the laws. . Once get them right, then stand by them. This eternal meddling with laws is a damage to business. We have prosperity now in the United States because we have had a tariff there without any change for nearly six years, for above all things business wants stability in legislation. The great problem of capital and labour. 600 THE MINING RECORD. which you have been trying here to solve is. the greatest of the age, and I hope your efforts in this direction will prove successful. Gentlemen, I thank you for the attention you have given me and for the honour of addressing you. (Loud cheers. Mayor Burrell—I will hurry through the few remarks that. I have to make, and will try to cut them as short as possible. I might say, in response to the circulars issued by the provisional secretary, which reached all parts of this country, I endeavoured to form a local organization, and I was told by some it was a Provincial Mining Association, and was assured by them I was giving advice on a thing that I did not know anything about which was like the advice the darkey gave to the man who was going to New York: "Don't you touch anything that you don't know anything about." I recognized, however, gentlemen, that this movement was to be unanimous, and was as far as possible to be of a colloquial character, and that the great object of this • movement was that it should unite all classes, and therefore they were all requested to join in. We joined in the very large number, and I think those who knew nothing about mining before they came here have done much to save the situation. Some gentlemen, I have no doubt, have come with some axes to grind. That is absolutely necessary, gentlemen. You all know the story of the gallant colonel, who before going away invited his friend up to have a drink with him. They had a drink out of the jug, and then the colonel put it back in his trunk. He put it in the centre and kept wrapping the clothes around it to make it hold solid, and at last it was so solid he could scarcely move it, it was in so fight. He said, "Now, don't you think it-looks safe?" His friend said, "it looks safe enough, but are you not afraid of it spoiling your clothes?" And he said, "Oh, blast the clothes, the whiskey has got to be protected." Now, some people lay stress on the whiskey, and some lay stress on the clothes, but for prosperity it is necessary that we should all work together and lay stress on both. That is one feeling I had in coming here to this Convention, and I may say that I believe the middle class who interested themselves in this matter have done very much to pour oil. on the troubled waters, and to show that the capitalist and labourer alike were all bound up together, and are going to do the best they can to promote the mining industry in every conceivable way. There was one thing which particularly attracted me, and I know it attracted a great many gentlemen, in coming to this Convention, and that was, there was a passionate desire on the part of the people of this country to see some movement encouraged to settle the difference between capital and labour, and it was in response to that appeal many came here, and some assured us it was a ticklish subject, and better left alone, but if we had said that at the outset of the Convention and acted accordingly your Convention would not have been such a success as it has. It is with unbounded pleasure that I have seen the success we have met with, and I feel that it was a wise course to take to have capital and labour meet together, and yet at the same time not to introduce controversial subjects. I consider it is a great thing achieved. Then there is another point, and that was this. We have Col. Prior here to-day, and other members of the Government have been here, and I am sure that the strength and' sincerity of this Convention have impressed the Government in a way they have never been impressed before. What did we achieve, gentlemen? I think all those * capitalists and all those special mining men who have been sent here will grant that we have achieved much in the amending of laws, and in making valuable suggestions to the Government, which, I think, has been an immense gain. There are other ways in which we have gained; but I think our chief gain is to show the world that British Columbia has at last arrived at the determination to promote the interests of our Province. (Applause.) And over and above that—for I believe moral ends to be above material ends— I can say that the finest thing we have achieved is that the lamb and the tiger they can now lie down together in peace, and we have advanced in this Province the Brotherhood of Man. (Applause.) Mr. Chairman—I am requested by His Worship the Mayor to read this letter to you: 'Victoria, B. G, Feb. 28, 1903. "To the President of the Provincial Mining Association, Victoria, B. C. "Sir,—I have much pleasure, as Mayor of the City of Victoria, in extending to the Provincial Mining Association a hearty invitation to hold their next Annual Convention in this city. In doing so I wish to convey to the members of the Association the assurance of the citizens that they feel deeply the importance to British Columbia of the Convention now closing, and of the very great moral effect its deliberations and conclusions must have upon the affairs of the Province. "I desire, also, to express the pleasure it has given us to have you all with us. In fact we appreciate this so much that we hope to have you visit us for the same purpose on many future occasions. "I have the honour to be, sir, "Your obedient servant, "A. G. McCandless." . There is also another invitation from the Tourist Association :—■ "Victoria, B. C, Feb. 28, 1903. "John Keen., Esq., President of the Provincial Mining Association. "Sir,—I must, on behalf of the Tourist Association, express to you the pleasure it has given this Association to see j such a magnificent Convention of the most representative character ever called together in British Columbia meet in this city. "I hrjpe your stay has been a pleasant as well as a profitable one, and desire on behalf of this Association and the citizens generally to extend to you a sincere and hearty invitation to hold your next Convention in Victoria, believing that as the Capital of the Province you will find it the most suitable for your deliberations. "Yours faithfully, "Chas. Hayward, "President Victoria Tourist Association." Mr. Chairman—There is another resolution which has been handed up:— Moved by F. A. Devereaux, of Hedley, and seconded by Captain Livingston Thompson. "Resolved, That in view of the ambiguity of many of the clauses of the Mineral and Placer Acts that the Government be asked to revise and consolidate these Acts and place them in as clear an concise language as possible so as to make them more intelligible, and it is hoped that they will consult with the Executive Committee of this Association on this matter. The motion was carried. Moved by E. P. Gilman, seconded_ by Frank Richards— That all the motions and discussions thereon carried by the Convention together with the names of all accredited delegates, etc., etc., be printed in pamphlet form and circulated in the right quarters to be determined by the Executive. Mr Lugrin—I beg to move that this be referred to the Executive Committee. Carried. THE MINING RECORD. 601 Mr. Chairman—Here is another one referring to the assessment work on Crown granted mineral claims, moved by W. A. Davies, and seconded by Mr. Alexander— "Resolved, That the Government be urged not to require the recording of assessments on un-Crown granted mineral claims, but to tax un-Crown granted mineral claims the sum of $2.50; this tax to be collected in the same manner as Crown granted mineral claims." The motion was lost. Mr. Chairman—Gentlemen, a resolution was passed on Thursday by which the Government were asked to do certain things. That is, on the Board of Conciliation and in the minutes I notice that they have forgotten to provide who were to select a chairman, and I would ask that this be put in: "In the event of failure to agree on a chairman, the selection shall be left in the hands of the Chief Justice of the Province of British Columbia." The motion was carried. Mr Gaunce—I move that the thanks of this Convention be hereby tendered to the Mayor and City Council of Victoria for their very great kindness in giving us the use of this magnificent place to hold our meetings in. Mayor Dean, of Rossland—That motion is not seconded, and I would ask Mr. Gaunce to put it in a different form. We have just received a nice invitation from His Worship the Mayor and the President of the Tourist Association. Now-, gentlemen, I am sure I can express the gratification of everyone in the room, and for myself I have been very much gratified with the kindness extended to us by the citizens of Rossland—(Laughter)—Victoria, I should say, gentlemen. I guess I made the mistake in saying Rossland, for I was thinking if they intended holding their Convention at any other place next.year, that Rossland was the most important point to my mind. I think, however, it would be a very graceful compliment in return for the very courteous treatment we have received here if we adopted Victoria as the meeting place of our next Convention. I say this in the face of a very strong desire on my own part that these gentlemen should visit our camp, which is one of the leading mining camps in British Columbia. Taking it in connection with the City of Victoria as a whole, perhaps we are not quite up to the mark, but as this question is likely to come up I desire to can the attention of the Convention to the fact that it would be a very graceful compliment in return to the Mayor and citizens of Victoria for their kindness to us to adopt this as our next meeting place, if Mr. Gaunce will permit me to make a resolution embodying his own. Mr. Gaunce—Certainly. Mayor Dean—Very well, sir. I make that a resolution— That this Convention, acknowledging as we do the very great courtesy and hospitality which has been extended to us, and dealt out to us by the Mayor and citizens of Victoria, we now adopt this city as our next meeting place for our Annual Convention. Mayor Burrell—Might I be allowed to make one suggestion, and I do not want to be thought out of harmony at all, as I cannot conceive of a more beautiful place in which to hold our meetings, but a great many who have left this Convention may feel differently, as there may be a feeling on the part of a great many of the members that it should be held at sorrie other place so as to show its truly provincial character, and for that reason—not that I do not want it to be held in Victoria—but wouldn't it be better to leave it in the hands of the Executive Committee? I think it would be a graceful concession to the whole of the members throughout the Province. I just leave that as a suggestion. A Delegate—Does not the Constitution provide that we hold these meetings at Victoria? Mr. Higgins—The words of the Constitution—Section 4 of Article 2—are "A General Convention of this Association shall be held annually in Victoria, or such other place as may be selected by the preceding Annual Convention, the date to be fixed by the Executive Committee." So the Convention must fix the place. Mr. Frank Richards—As representing Vancouver I agree with all that has been said. We all resolved that we would do just as the delegates of the Interior wished. We would not ask them to come to Vancouver unless they wished. If they wished to go to Vancouver, or if they wished to go to the Interior it was all the same to us, and personally I do not think Vancouver has any objection to coming to Victoria. Mr. Chairman—The question is that a hearty vote of thanks be tendered to His Worship the Mayor of Victoria for the grand way in which they have taken care of the Convention while visiting in Victoria, and that the next meeting of the Convention be held in the City of Victoria. A Delegate—I beg to second my friend Mayor Burrell's suggestion that the choice of place for our next meeting be left to a vt)te of the Executive Committee. Mayor Burrell—As I read it, that will necessitate an amendment to the Constitution. If that is so I withdraw my amendment. I only proposed it in order to promote harmony, but I do not want to move an amendment to the Constitution. A Delegate—I also withdraw from seconding Mayor Burrell's resolution. The question was then put and the motion carried that Victoria be the next place of the Convention. (Cheers.) Mr Higgins—Let me on behalf of the Victoria delegates and of my fellow citizens return thanks for the remarkable consideration that you have shown this lovely place, and to say that we all appreciate your efforts to place our mining laws upon an equitable and proper basis. We also feel ourselves honoured greatly by the presence of so many bright, intelligent and responsible men who have attended this Con- ■ vention and given their time and attention to improving our mining laws, and who have put their hands in their pockets to make this movement a success. I may say this of the City of Victoria, that when the next Annual Convention is held, and the mountains shall have again spoken to the sea, as it were, we shall be more able and more willing to make it more convenient and pleasant for you, and we will put forward every exertion, to do that. You may go away with the assurance that your attendance in this city has been and will always be greatly appreciated. Mr. J. B. Hobson, of Bullion—Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Convention: Words, however appropriate or carefully selected, would fail to impress upon your minds the sensations that pulsate from the bottom of my heart at this moment. I would be a man of stone were I not enthused over the successful organization of the Provincial Mining Association of British Columbia. By the adoption of a splendid Constitution you have laid a foundation for the Association that is as firm and solid as adamant and which will be the means of keeping the Association alive as long as mines are being worked in British Columbia. In conclusion, I desire to say to you, gentlemen, that it is well known among the gentlemen associated with me in efforts to bring about the organization you have just completed that I had no aspirations for office, and preferred to continue as an earnest worker in the ranks. I therefore regret heartily that my absence on committee work deprived me of the honour of placing in nomination the names of my choice—Mr. John Keen, of Kaslo, for President, and Mr. D. W. Higgins for Vice-President of this Association—both gentlemen who_ are pioneers, widely known and respected throughout British Columbia; and, I must say, the ablest parliamentarians I have ever met. I desire to express my hearty appreciation of the honour you have conferred upon me by electing me your First Vice-President, and let me assure you that my efforts 602 THE MINING RECORD will never slacken in the miner's cause whether I am a private in the ranks or one of the officers in command. Mr. Lugrin—I propose three hearty cheers for Mr. J. B. Hobson, the founder of this Association. Carried, the delegates rising to their feet and cheering with enthusiasm. Mr. Gaunce—We must not overlook the fact when we first came here we were the recipients of the kind hospitality of the local Board of Trade for some time, and I think it is only right that I should move that we express our hearty thanks to the Secretary of the Board of Trade, and also the Tourist Association for their many acts of kindness to us whilst in the city. Carried with cheers. Mr Smith Curtis—I think there is one body which is being entirely overlooked, and that is the Provisional Executive of the Provincial Mining Association. These gentlemen gave their services, as far as we know, freely, the great majority at any rate did, and they have done a great amount of work. When I mention one item I am sure they deserve above all others the thanks of this assembly, because the preliminary work is what has made this Convention so successful. I am informed they sent out 32,000 circulars prior to the calling of this Convention, and the work done by Mr. Hobson and the other gentlemen who belonged to that Executive has made this Convention the most successful, I venture to say, ever seen in Carifornia or any other country, and I therefore move that a hearty vote of thanks be given to the Provisional Executive Committee. Mr. Townsend seconded the motion. Carried amid cheers. Three cheers were then given to Mr. Keen, Chairman of the Convention. It was then moved and seconded that the Convention stand adjourned sine die. Carried, the delegates rising and singing "God Save the King." THE SETTLEMENT OF THE FERNIE STRIKE. T HE following is the report of the Conciliation Committee appointed by the Provincial Mining Association to endeavour to bring about a settlement of the Fernie strike: "Fernie, B. C, "March 24th, 1903. "To the Executive Committee, Provincial Mining Association. "Your committee appointed in convention assembled on February 28th last with instructions to proceed at once to Fernie and inquire into the strike there in progress in the collieries of the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co., Ltd., with a view to effecting a settlement of the same, have the honour to submit the following report. "The commission left Victoria on March 2nd and 3rd and assembled at Fernie on Saturday, 7th of March. It organized for work on Monday morning, March 9th, President Keen, of the Association, acting as chairman, and W. G. Gaunce being elected secretary. The situation was found to be very serious, over 1,300 men being out on strike, and expressing confidence in the justice of their position. The employing company, on the other hand, expressed equal assurance of the tenability of its position, and no thought of concession was anywhere apparent. The gravity of the situation and the effect of the industrial disturbance became daily and hourly more impressed upon the commission by the receipt by telegram and otherwise of its far reaching results. From the mining and smelting industries of Rossland, Nelson, Trail and Boundary districts, came reliable news of distress and injury, mines and smelters being closed and large forces of men thrown out of employment by the cessation of the fuel supply from this point. The commission early recognized the heavy responsibility of the task imposed upon it and settled to work with the conviction-that tact and patient effort alone could relieve the situation and bring about what was highly desirable—a lasting peace founded upon equitable terms. "The coal company afforded the commission every facSity- to get at the facts of the case so far as wages paid was concerned, giving it free access to the company's books; while the local union, represented through their executives and the district union executive, met the commission in a most trustful and becoming spirit, and pledged assistance in the work undertaken. Mr. G. F. Dougherty, president of the district union No. 6, W. F. of M., was present the entire time, advising the committees of the striking miners in their deliberations, and while showing himself the spokesman and champion of organized labour, revealing himself at the same time as the friend of justice to all. His evident devotion to the cause entrusted to him must have made every member of the executive his trusty admirer, even as it made every member of the commission his friend. "The alleged causes of the strike were multiplied and may be summarized briefly as follows: A distrust of the company's management, quite as much that of the company's inferior, as of its superior officers; a failure on the part of the company to recognize the different local and district unions, and to treat with their officers and committees; the disinclination of the company to sell or lease lands of Morrissey and Michel to the unions upon which to erect places of meeting; a system of espionage in the various local and district unions practised by the company;'the system of back-hand labour in vogue and the existence of a defectively arranged wage-scale whereby the men were unable to earn equal wages. Lesser subjects of complaint were wash-house charges, tare of cars and conditions of management which made the earning capacity of the miner ineffective. The eight and a half hour day required of the men in underground work was also a cause of complaint. "The commission held thirty-four sessions of its entire body, had many interviews through sub-committees, with the management on one hand and with the men on the other; made a visit to the Coal Creek mines, and looked into the matters of complaints as to size and weight of cars and rules governing wash-houses and lamps, and examined on request of the district executive committee thirty-one witnesses under oath. "The results of the commission's investigations justified the position taken by the men in some matters but not in others. Your commission believe that in the aggregate good wages are being paid by the company to its miners and employees outside of the coke oven men, and furthermore believes that with amended practices in view and promised by the company the former will be more equitably distributed and the wages of the coke oven men increased. "From time to time during the progress of the work the district executive committee and the mine management were brought together through the medium of this commission, and feature after feature of the causes of irritation were discussed. The entire matter was finally adjusted, and resolved into an agreement between the contending parties. "We have the honour to herewith subscribe ourselves. "John Keen, President. "W. G. Gaunce, Secretary. "C. Foley, "Frederick Keffer, "M. P. McAndrew, "H. G. Seamen, "A. C. Flumerfelt." THE MINING RECORD. 603 The following appreciative letter was addressed by Mr Tonkin, General Manager of the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company, in acknowledgment of the services rendered by the Conciliation Committee of the Provincial Mining Association: "Fernie, B.C., "April 6th, 1903. "John, Keen, Esq., President Provincial Mining Association Kaslo, B.C. ' ' "Dear Sir,—On behalf of the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company I wish to tender my sincere thanks for the splendid work done by your Conciliation Committee during your ■recent visit to Fernie, as I feel that without the aid of the Committee, the coal mines of this company would have been idle for a longer period than they actually were. "The work as performed by the Conciliation Committee was very satisfactory indeed to the company and myself, and I certainly feel that very few committees would have handled the matter with the tact as demonstrated by you, and leave with the good feeling that certainly prevailed during the term of -your visit. - 'Very truly yours, "John H. Tonkin, "General Manager." EDITORIAL NOTES. The Canadian Government have made a move in the right direction in establishing an assay office in Vancouver, but in order to give Canada the full benefit of the gold she is producing, they should take further active steps towards holding this gold in Canada. At the present time the bulk of Canadian gold is refined in Seattle and San Francisco, and the United States Government practically receives the credit for producing this gold and derives all the benefits in connection with its refining and treatment. The Canadian assay office, to be of real value, should be placed in a position to purchase gold brick on exactly the same basis as it is purchased at Seattle and San Francisco, and if this were done, there would we no difficulty about establishing a refinery at Vancouver for the treatment of the twelve odd millions of dollars of gold annually coming from the British Yukon. This would be entirely in accord with the plans of the Government to finally establish a mint at Ottawa for the coining of sovereigns, minted in Canada; and the free circulation of these throughout the British Empire would certainly be as good an advertisement of Canada's resources as could be had, for the amount that it* would cost the Government. It would further have the effect of bringing about, in the very near future, the establishment of a refinery in Canada, with all its direct and indirect benefits. Under present conditions, if a refinery were started at Vancouver, it would be at a disadvantage as compared to Seattle, for the reason that the refinery would be compelled to pay the expressage' from Vancouver to Seattle—that being the nearest and best market for the sale of the fine gold. It has been claimed by those opposed to the establishment of a mint in Canada, that the country is a large exporter of gold, and has no particular use for it in the country itself; but as the Canadian banks carry large reserves of British and American gold, it is difficult to understand why it would not be just as convenient and just as good for them, to carry their gold reserves in the form of British sovereigns coined in Canada. -* Whatever Mr. Kirby's enemies may have to say to his discredit, none of them would deny that he is anything but the most conscientious and conservative of men. He does not, for example, permit exaggerated statements concerning the properties he manages to be published without contradic tion, and it would not be a bad thing altogether if other mine managers followed his lead in this regard. There was recently circulated a somewhat inflated report of a big "strike" at depth in the Centre Star. In an interview published the other day in the Rossland Miner Mr. Kirby made the following statement: "It is true," he remarked, "that the breast of the cross-cut on the sixth level east is moving in pay ore. We do not, however, regard this as extraordinary in view of the fact that the workings on the ore bodies will frequently run into paystreaks and then alternate to milling ore. This occurs often, and it is only seldom that the fact leaks out and assumes the magnitude of a 'strike.' Our policy is not to divulge information of this nature, but we do not wish the report in circulation to attain proportions that may have a serious after affect. Weeks of work will be required before present conditions could be construed as extraordinary, and in the meantime we regard the situation as an ordinary incident in the operation of the Centre Star such as is encountered from time to time. I desire to point this out so that the facts may not There appears now to be some chance that the Metropolitan Gold and Silver Mining Co. operating in the Lardeau,- will be conscientiously managed. According to a recent official report the directors no longer approve of our friend, the "Rev." Chas. W. McCrossan, the Board at a recent meeting unanimously adopting the following resolution: "That Chas. W. McCrossan be, and he is hereby removed and discharged from the office of secretary of the company." Previous to this, however, at what was seemingly a general meeting of shareholders, McCrossan was requested to release a claim he had against the company amounting to $49,714. It is reported that he agreed "to release $39,714 in consideration of a payment of $10,000 to be made in August. Thereupon a unanimous vote of thanks was passed "to Charles W. McCrossan for the generous spirit he has manifested in turning over his present holdings of money and stock to the company so as to advance the interests of the Metropolitan Gold and Silver Mining Company." We confess to sympathizing with Mr. McCrossan. This is truly a degenerate age. To coolly ask a man to make you a present of forty thousand dollars and then after he cofnplies promptly turn round and sack him from office, is surely a piece of shocking ingratitude. While, of course, the chief credit of effecting a settlement of the Fernie strike is due to the Conciliation Committee of the Provincial Mining Association, it is questionable whether the matters in dispute would have been so easily and so satisfactorily arranged had the attitude of the officers of the Western Federation of Miners at Fernie been less fair and reasonable. Many of us, on what we believe to be very proper grounds, strongly disapprove of the Federation as an alien institution whose acts are largely beyond the control of provincial authority; but it must certainly be admitted that as yet the Federation has exerted an influence altogether in the direction of good, by discouraging rather than by encouraging strikes, and by the moderation of its councils, assisting materially in the early adjustment of disputes when they have arisen. In the present instance we have to congratulate the Fernie representative of the W. F. M., Mr. George Dougherty, for the considerable part played by him in bringing to a termination a strike which threatened to paralyze all mining effort in the Interior. The mine and other property of the Consolidated Alberni Gold Mining Company, Limited, are about to be transferred to a new company, capitalized in $10,000, in return for the discharge of a mortgage and other liabilities of the vendor company, not exceeding $6,000, and an agreement by the new company that it will allot to the old one-fourth of any share capital issued in excess of the first capital of $10,000. Twelve thousand dollars have, it is stated, been expended on the mine itself and some $25,000 on a mountain road connection, so 604 THE MINING RECORD. that the transfer—practically a reconstruction of the company—is considered to be effected on good terms. Few mines in British Columbia have been worse manhandled than the Alberni Consolidated, and that is saying a great deal. However, it is hoped that under capable direction the property, which is not an unpromising one, may yet be profitably worked. Writing to the Mining Record in reference to the recently organized Provincial Mining Association the Hon. J. H. Turner, the Province's Agent-General in London, expresses the following opinion: "I have read with much interest the report of the meetings of the Association, and am impressed with the admirable way in which the important business before them was treated. If the same methods are continued they must result in great good to the mining industry and the Province. I have reason to think that the bad feeling here respecting our Province is changing—though financial conditions in London are not such as to promise the investment of much capital in British Columbia or for that matter in any other mining country at present." We observe that the Federal Government has—according to a press despatch—decided to disregard the petition of the silver-lead miners of British Columbia, and no adjustment of tariff in respect to lead and its manufactures is to be made this session. The Liberal Government has at present a satisfactory majority in the House and consequently any requirements of a province that is only entitled to a representation of six may, with safety, be ignored. THE HISTORY AND PROGRESS OF MINING IN THE BOUNDARY DISTRICT. By E. Jacobs. (Concluded from Last Month.) WHILST the prevailing opinion that the Boundary is a low-grade mining district is, under existing conditions, true in the main, it is not improbable that two or three years hence this view will have to be much modified. Leaving out of present account the Cariboo-McKinney 'and other gold mines, situate in the extreme western part of Kettle River Mining Division, as not usually regarded as Boundary District mines, there are other gold, or gold and silver properties, that give promise of eventually adding considerably to the total value of the mineral production of the district. BOUNDARY GOLD AND SILVER PROPERTIES. Among the properties the ores of which are mineralized chiefly with gold, or gold and silver, as their valuable contents, are several that have demonstrated by their output of ore that they can be made to yield a fair return of profit above working costs. Particularly has this been shown in connection with individual mines in four or five widely separated parts of the district. For instance, the Humming Bird and the Golden Eagle, in Brown's camp, North Fork of Kettle River, are about half a dozen miles in an air line from the Jewel, in Long Lake camp. Again, ■ the Republic group—Last Chance, Republic and Non Such— in Smith's camp, near Boundary Falls, and the No. 7 and City of Paris group, in Central camp, are six to ten miles south of Long Lake and Brown's camps. Between Long Lake and Smith's camps, in Providence and Skylark camps, which latter are -adjacent to Greenwood, there are half a dozen high-grade claims now under development, with encouraging results. To the westward, up the West Fork of Kettle River, are the Carmi, Rambler and others, situate 30 to 40 miles west of the Boundary Creek properties just mentioned. These West Fork claims, again, are half a dozen or may be ten miles northeast of Camp McKinney, so that with gold and silver- bearing ores occurring in so many widely separated parts, there appears to be good reason for expecting that later, as above suggested, opinions relative to the general grade of the ores of the district will be modified. Meanwhile the great bulk of the tonnage of the low-grade copper mines necessarily overshadows the comparatively infinitesimal production of gold and silver ores. Before noting in brief detail some of the higher grade claims it may be of interest to have mentioned here that Mr. W. A. Carlyle (now manager of the big Rio Tinto mines in Spain), who in 1897, in his then capacity of Provincial Mineralogist, paid the Boundary an official visit and spent a week or two examining its mining properties, at that time much less developed, expressed a favourable opinion of the possibilities of the narrower quartz veins he saw, whilst Mr. R. W. Brock, geologist in charge of the Dominion Geological Survey party that spent last season in the district, also considers these worthy of the attention of mining men prepared to develop them. Jewel.—It may be that the ores of some of the properties now to be noticed are not quartz ores, but most of them are. Taking first those that have each shipped more than 1,000 tons of ore, the Jewel, City of Paris, Athelstan and No. 7 must have mention. The Jewel is situate in Long Lake camp, about eight miles by waggon road from Greenwood and half that distance from Eholt. It was acquired, with other inter- terests, from local prospectors late in 1896 by the Prospecting Syndicate of British Columbia, Ltd., of Vancouver, B.C., then represented in the Boundary by Mr. Leslie Hill, C.E. In January of 1897 a small steam plant, consisting of a vertical boiler and a hoist—the pioneer power plant to be used in mining in the district—was brought in to Greenwood and hauled thence over a snow road to the Jewel; quite an undertaking in those comparatively early days. A year's work having shown the Jewel to give promise of proving a mine, the Jewel Development Syndicate was organized to acquire and operate the Long Lake properties of the Prospecting Syndicate. After the Jewel Syndicate had spent about $20,000 in further development, the Jewel Gold Mines, Ltd., was organized in England, and this company acquired the following mineral claims: Jewel, Denero Grande (part interest), Gold Drop and Massachusetts, and the Imperial and'Exposition fractions. To date 992 lineal feet of work have been done in sinking and raising and about 2,701 feet in cross- cutting and drifting, chiefly on the Jewel. The ore is described by one mining engineer as "quartz, carrying considerable quantities of galena, zinc blende, iron pyrites and, occasionally and in smaller quantities, ruby silver, tellurium and tellurides of gold and silver, while free gold is of exceedingly rare occurrence." Bulk tests of 160 tons of ore shipped in 1900 to the Silica Works, Rossland, B.C., showed the ore to contain an average recoverable value of rather less than $12 per ton. The ore occurs in a fissure vein running approximately north and south and varying from two feet to eight feet in width, averaging about three feet six inches. An incline shaft has been sunk 348 feet, following the vein on its easterly dip of about 45 degrees. Levels have been run, each north and south, at 50, 120, 230 and 330 feet depth, respectively. These have opened up a shoot of ore about 250 feet in length and have made available, according to one engineer's estimate, fully 20,000 tons of ore above the 330- foot level. Underfoot in the lowest level the vein is strong and has every appearance of continuing down to a much greater depth. A second shaft, 160 feet in depth, has levels run at 100 and 150 feet depth. The company has its own sawmill, also an excellent stamp mill site situate close to and above Long Lake and distant about 2,000 feet from the Jewel main shaft. The grading for a mule tramway to this site, on a 6 per cent, grade, has already been done. The mining equipment, including one 50 and one 25-h.p. boiler, a 4-drill Rand straight line air compressor, air receiver, machine drills, two 5x5 Bacon hoists, station and sinking pumps, etc.. is small, but is equal to present requirements. The putting in of a stamp mill and cyanide plant have been under consideration, and should these be installed it will be practicable to obtain power from the Cascade Water Power & THE MINING RECORD. Light Co., which is supplying power to other companies operating in the district. In 1901 319 tons of ore were shipped, and in 1902 the output was 2,080 tons, making the aggregate output 2,559 tons. Most of this ore was sent to the-Granby Company's smelter. Mr. Wm. Rowe, who is still in charge of the mine, has supervised its development during the last four or five years, but work has been intermittent and at present the mine is inoperative. KSINI City of Paris.—The City of Paris mine has been idle since early in 1901. Prior to that about 2,000 tons of ore were hauled in horse waggons to the Granby Company's smelter, at Grand Forks, distant eight or nine miles from the mine. The City of Paris group, consisting of the City of Paris, Lincoln and No. 4, all adjoining claims, is owned by the City of Paris Mining Co., Ltd., of Spokane, Washington. More than 6,000 lineal feet of work have been done in development of these claims, of which tunnels, drifts and crosscuts represent 5,184 feet, and the remainder is sinking and raising. The property was worked in 1900-1 in connection with the neighbouring group, owned by the Majestic Gold Mining Co., Ltd., comprising the Lexington, City of Denver, City of Montreal, and Oregon fraction claims. The work done on the Maiestjc Company's group totals 1,178 lineal feet. The power plant jointly used by the two companies included two 80-h.p. boilers, a 10-drill Rand duplex air compressor, air receiver, machine drills, 6x8 hoisting engine, steam pumps, etc. The ore on the City of Paris and Lincoln claims is quartz mineralized with grey copper and gold in one vein, whilst another carries galena. The former vein is unusually large in places for quartz in this district, varying up to 16 feet in width, with about half the ore of a profitable grade. The formation on the Lexington, is described as similar to that occurring on the City of Paris. The lack of railway transportation facilities is the chief obstacle to the continuous operation and consequent productiveness of these mines. Athelstan.—The Athelstan, owned by the Athelstan Gold Mining Co., is in Wellington camp, about ten miles south-east of Greenwood. It has been idle for nearly two years, but in 1900 shipped about 1,200 tons of ore, chiefly to the Granby smelter, and in the early part of 1901 sent 550 tons out, much of this going to Boundary Falls to what was then intended to be a pyritic smelter, but which was never operated as such. The total development work done on this property is only about 445 lineal feet, this including two shafts, respectively 60 and 70 feet in depth. The ore is described as arsen- opyrite, an iron ore having here its chief value in gold with a little silver. The vein is stated to be up to 14 feet in width. The mine is alongside the Greenwood-Grand Forks waggon road, about a mile beyond the Winnipeg, with an up-grade haul to the railway at that mine, whence its ore was shipped to the smelters. When work was in progress a 35-h.p. vertical boiler, a 5x5 Bacon hoist, and a Cameron sinking pump, were in use at the mine. No. 7 Mine.—The No. 7 mine, in Central camp, about eight miles from Greenwood, is the property of the No. 7 Mining Co., Ltd., of New York. It was bonded in 1896 by Col. John Weir for himself and associates, about the same time as he took hold of the Mother Lode. During 1896-7 it was opened down to 130 feet depth, with. drifts at 60 feet and no feet. Not much work was done during the two following years, but in 1900 the No. 7 Company having meanwhile been organized, operations were resumed. The shaft was enlarged to a two-compartment working shaft and deepened to about 320 feet. The drifts at the 60 and 120-foot levels were considerably extended and cross-cuts from the shaft cut the ledge at 200 and 300 feet. A drift on the vein at the last mentioned level showed it to maintain its average width of about 30 inches of quartz ore, which is mineralized with gold, silver, lead and zinc, and which in places ranges up to seven feet in width. Several stropes are opened and from these ore, together with that taken out in deye-lopment work, was sent to the smelter at Greenwood, distant six or seven miles. In 1901 665 tons were hauled to a railway siding a couple of miles down Boundary Creek from the smelter, where it was loaded on railway cars, and in 1902 532 tons were shipped, the total tonnage being 1,197 tons. It is not practicable to haul heavy loads over the mountain road from the No. 7 to the railway during more than half the year, rain and melting snow making the ground too soft for hauling. The mine has a power plant consisting of a Class A Ingersoll-Sergeant straight line air compressor rated at five drills, six one-man machine drills, air receiver, 100-h.p. boiler, 25-h.p. hoisting engine, Cameron sinking pump, etc. The No. 7 group consists of the No. 7, Helen, McGregor, Glasgow, Lady of the Lake, Rob Roy and other mineral claims, but the development work, totalling about 2,000 lineal feet, has nearly all been done on the No. 7. It is probable a concentrator will be placed in the neighbourhood of the mine, so as to reduce the bulk of ore to be hauled until such time as the camp- shall be afforded railway transportation facilities. Mr. Frederic Keffer, M.E., has been in charge of this property since 1896. An Experimental Plant.—In the vicinity of Boundary. Falls are half a dozen or more gold-quartz claims having ore veins of a promising nature. Six or seven years ago a two-stamp mill was put in at the Falls, and a small steam engine to operate it, with the object of extracting gold, which seemed to be free near the surface in some of the veins. This experimental plant did not prove a success though. On one claim in particular, now owned by the Boundary Falls Mining Co., Ltd., of Vancouver, B.C., quartz showing gold was obtained. Later, in 1897 the company put down a shaft to a depth of 100 feet and met with ore up to eight feet in width, but the claim was afterwards Crown-granted and no work has since been done on it. The Republic Gold Mining Co., Ltd., of Spokane, Wash, owns four claims in this neighbourhood, viz., the Republic, Last Chance, Non Such and Hidden Treasure. On each of the first named two a shaft has been sunk in ore 100 feet. This ore is quartz with galena and iron pyrites values being in gold and silver. The Non Such ore is also quartz with gold but-containing less silver.. Non Such.—The Non Such was located in 1886, and it is the oldest claim on continuous record in the Boundary Creek section of the district. Two tunnels have been driven on this claim, each about 350 feet. Altogether more than 1,000 lineal feet of work have been done in development of the Republic Company's claims. If capital were available for extensive development it is probable this would prove a profit- earning property. Ten years ago high-grade ore was taken out from several Boundary Creek claims and packed on mules and horses over Boundary Mountain to Grand Prairie, (now Grand Forks) whence it was hauled in waggons to Marcus for shipment to a smelter at Tacoma, Puget Sound. It cost $30 a ton to get it to the railway, yet it returned a good profit to those who .were enterprising enough to send it out. The American Boy, near Boundary Falls, and the Skylark, Elkhorn, Providence and Defiance, all near what is now Greenwood, together contributed this ore. The D. A., owned by D. A. Holbrook, a little later sent out five tons of ore worth about $150 per ton. Soon afterwards the big bodies of copper ore attracted attention and the narrow veins of high-grade ore were almost entirely neglected for years. In 1898 the Gold Bug, situate within half a mile of Greenwood, sent a couple of cars of rich ore to Trail, realizing nearly $4,000 above freight and treatment charges. Providence.—Last year Mr. Wm. Fowler, who had worked on the Providence in the early nineties, secured this property under lease and bond and after two or three months' work was on a vein from which nearly 200 tons of ore returning from $80 to $150 per ton have now been shipped, and which has since been sunk on to a depth of 100 feet, and bids fair to prove a permanent vein workable at a considerable profit, 'ine paystreak varies in width up to about 20 inches, and the outlook, both as regards size of ore shoot and value of ore, is considered most encouraging by the management of the 606 THE MINING RECORD. I Providence Mining Company, which was organized last year to acquire from Mr. Fowler this promising property. Since then other claims have been given attention with the result that the Elkhorn, Strathmore and Gold Bug, all near the Providence, the Goldfinch, Lancashire fraction and Aber- craig, east of Greenwood, and the Helen, half a mile south of the town, are all at work, each in the hands of different men. From the Goldfinch and Lancashire fraction most encouraging returns have been received, whilst both Helen and Elicnorn will shortly ship some fine-looking ore, and the Gold Bug vein is also opening up well. The Skylark and several others should also have notice, but attention must now be directed to outlying camps. BRITISH COLUMBIA IN LONDON. (From our own Correspondent.) BUSINESS in the market for British Columbia mining shares was not particularly active during February and as a matter of fact the movements are mostly adverse on balance, Le Roi having been particularly weak, owing to the discouraging character of recent advices from Rossland, including the reported coal strike. They closed at the end of February at 27s. 6d. or about 6s. down on balance. Le Roi No. 2, after having been up to 20s. reacted to 17s. 6d., whilst Velvets were also conspicuously weak, having fallen back to ios. on the withdrawal of support. The Le Roi No. 2 meeting was one of the features, as was also the statutory gathering of the reconstructed Ymir Company. Owing to the better news from the property and the hopeful statements made by the Chairman the price has remained steady, but I need hardly point out that this company does not now attract so much attention as it did in the days when the price was well over £2. Whether the quotation will ever return to that figure is, to say the least, exceedingly doubtful. London and British Columbia Goldfields (which was the parent of this concern and the Whitewater) after improving to 7s. 6d. reacted to 6s. 3d., and Whitewaters themselves are quoted at the purely nominal figure of about 2s. 6d. or something like 871-2 per cent, discount. New Goldfields have been dull, but Snowshoes, which are now fully paid, have remained steady, and Rossland-Kootenay were also the turn better. Business, however, throughout the month was exceedingly limited and there were few movements of importance outside the fluctuations in the Le Roi issues. Hall Mining & Smelting, which you will remember, were last year as high as 9s., are now back to the exceedingly low level of is. 6d. Those who have been following Whittaker-Wright finance and it developments will have been interested in the parliamentary debate on the question of the prosecution of the London & Globe Finance Corporation director. The Government had to face one of the worst quarter's of an hour they have experienced since they were returned to office, and it is no secret that at one time during the debate it was feared by the whips that the voting would be adverse to the ministry, so strong was public feeling upon the whole matter. The statement of the Attorney-General did not allay this hostility, and had it not been for Mr. Balfour, who came to the rescue of his legal confreres, it is more than possible that the Government would have been in the minority. As it was, they managed to survive only on the distinct promise that steps should be immediately taken to rectify the law dealing with joint stock companies and their directors. It is understood that although the Government refused, even at the peril of being defeated, to undertake the prosecution of the directors of the London & Globe Finance Corporation, that Mr. John Flower and his friends, who are now engaged in raising a fund sufficiently large to effectively undertake proceedings, will attempt on their own behalf what the Government has abstained from doing. I need hardly point out that the attitude of the Government has been severely criticized in city circles and that public opinion has been outraged by the attitude of the law officers. It will lend emphasis to this remark if I state that one of the most pronounced critics of the Government policy was the Times newspaper, an organ which, as your readers will be aware, may be regarded as semiofficial. As a matter of fact, the press of the country has been unanimous in its caustic comments on the attitude of the Government. TROUT LAKE MINING DIVISION. (From our own Correspondent.) A MOST serious accident occurred at the Nettie L. mine last month, resulting in the death of four men and of injury to several more from the gas evolved by blasting. It seems certain that the first man to go on shift on the evening of the accident thought there had been time enough for the bad air to get out, and so descended the winze without turning on the compressed air provided for that purpose and for the machine drills. Finding, however, that he was being overcome with the gas, he called for help, but was unconscious before that help could be rendered, and the same fate befell the three others who went down in turn to attempt a rescue. These four were past all human aid when at last air was turned on, but many more were overcome by the fumes, although all except one man are doing well now. At the inquest, after a most careful enquiry, the jury returned a verdict of accidental death, no blame being attached to any one, but the greatest praise due to those who sacrificed their own lives in attempting to rescue a comrade. Such heroism is not rare in mining camps, but this was the first serious accident here and it has naturally cast a gloom over the town. THE MINERAL PRODUCTION OF CANADA. THE Section of Mines of the Geological Survey of Canada have issued the following preliminary statistical statement of the mineral production of Canada for 1902: Product. Metallic. Copper (b) Lbs Gold, Yukon $14,500,000 Gold, all other 6,241,245 Iron ore (exports) Tons *Pig iron from Canadian ore. . Lead (c) Lbs. Nickel (d) " Silver Oz. Zinc Lbs. Quantity. Value. (a) (a)l 39,168,202 $ 4,553-695 20,741,245 428,901 1,065,019 71,665 1,043,001 23,000,000 935,870 10.693,410 5,025,903 4-373,000 2,280,957 166,700 8,068 . otal metallic Non-Metallic. Actinolite . . Arsenic . . Asbestus . . Asbestic .. Chromite . . Coal Coke (f) .. .. Corundum.. Felspar .. Fire clay .. Graphite . . Grindstones .. Gypsum .. Limestone for Manganese ore Mica 35,653,768 flu> 550 4,400 800 ' 48,000 3t779 1,191,338 8,662 12,114 900 12,400 7,639,255 15,538,611 506,466 1.538,930 768 84,468 7.576 n,375 2,74i 4,283 1,095 28,300 6,159 48,400 332,045 356,317 293,108 218,809 84 2,774 400.000 THE MINING RECORD. 60 Mineral pigments— Baryta " Ochres " Mineral water Moulding sand Tons. Natural gas (g) Peat Tons. Petroleum (h) Brls. Phosphate Tons Pyrites " Salt .' •• Talc " Tripolite Structural Materials and Clay Products Cement, natural rock Brls. Cement, Portland " Granite Pottery Sands and gravels (exports) Tons Sewer pipe Slate Terra cotta, pressed "brick, etc Building material including bricks building stone, lime, tiles, etc.. .. 1,096 4.955 13,352 475 521,485 856 35,6i6 63,056 689 000 124 594 159,793 Total structural materials and clay products Total all other non-metallic Total non-metallic Total metallic Estimated value of mineral products not returned total, 1902 1901, 1 1900 1899 1898 1897 1896 1895 1894 1893 1892 1891 1890 1889 1888 1887 1886 Notw value o total of >tal. 3,957 3<M95 100,000 27,651 195,992 1,663 934,740 4,953 138,939 288,581 1,804 15,800 91,870 1,028,618 170,000 200,000 119,120 294,465 19,200 348,597 5,500,00 7,771,870 21,245,094 29,016,964 35,653,768 300,000 $64,970,732 $66,712,708 64,505,137 49,584,027 38,697,021 '" 28,661,430 22,584,513 " 20,648,964 19,931,158 " 20,035,082 16,628,417 " 18,976,616 1 16,763,353 " 14,013.913 12,518,894 1 11,321,331 10,221,255 REMARKS. ithstanding the most gratifying increase in the total f the production of non-metallic minerals, the grand the value of the production of all the mineral indus- *The total production of pig iron in Canada in 1902, from Canadian and foreign ores amounted to 357,903 tons, valued at $4^43,545, of which it is estimated 71,665 tons, valued at $1,043,011, should be attributed to Canadian ore and 286,238 tons, valued $3,200,534, to the ore imported. (a.) Quantity or value of product marketed. The ton used is that of 2,000 lbs. (b.) Copper contents of ore, matte, etc., at 11.626 cents per lb. (c.) Lead contents of ores, eta, at 4.069 cents per lb. (d) Nickel contents of ore, matte, etc., at 47 cents per lb. (e.) Silver contents of ore at 52.16 cents per oz. (f.) Oven coke, all the production of Nova Scotia and British Columbia. (g.) Gross return from sale of gas. (h.) Includes crude oil sold to refiners and oil sold for fuel and other purposes. tries of Canada, shows a falling off of 2.61 per cent This is due not merely to the decrease in the Yukon output of gold of $3,500,000, but also to a considerable falling off in values of all the remaining metallic minerals other than nickel. But for the large growth of the coal and coke industry, helped by increases in many of the other non-metallic products, the decrease in the grand total, on account of the metallic class would have amounted to nearly 10 per cent The total of the production of the metallic products, shows a falling off of ever 15 per cent, as compared with the equivalent figures for 1901, whilst the non-metallic class shows an increase of over 20 per cent, in a similar comparison. In regard to their relative importance the metallic industries as a group, still occupy the most important place, although not leading to the extent they did in former years. They contributed about 55 per cent, of the whole, the non-metallic following with nearly 33 per cent., and the structural class with nearly 12 per cent. Grouping the metalliferous class with coal and coke, about 81 per cent, of the value is accounted for. The following table gives the relative contributions to the grand total of the different mineral industries in comparison with 1901. 1901. Product. Per cent, of total Production. • - 36.17 • • 17-99 • • 9-14 1 Gold 2 Coal and coke.. . 3 Copper 4 Building Material.. 7.71 5 Nickel 6.89 6 Silver 4.89 7 Lead 3.37 8 Asbestus 1.89 9 Coke 1.84 10 Pig iron (fr. Canadian- ore) .. .. 1.82 uPetroleum 1.51 12 Iron ore (exprtd) 1.14 . 1002. Per cent, of total Product. Produc tion. Gold 31.92 Coal 23.92 Building material.. 8.47 4 Nickel 7.74 5 Copper 7.01 6 Silver 3.51 7 Coke 2.37 8 Asbestus 1.85 9 Cement 1.72 10 Iron ore (exports) 1.64 11 Pig iron (fr. Can adian ore) .. . . I.61 12 Lead 144 13 Petroleum 1.44 14 Mica 0.62 0.55 13 Cement 0.99 14 Gypsum 0.51 15 Natural gas. .. '.. 0.51 It will be noted that copper has fallen from third to fifth place; lead from seventh to twelfth. Iron ore exported has advanced two places, but pig iron from Canadian ore is now eleventh in importance, where last year it ranked tenth. SilTer maintains its position, whilst nickej advanced to fourth. Quantity. Value. Product. Metallic. Copper Gold .. .. Inc. p.c. 3-54 Dec. p.c. Inc. p.c. Dec. p.c. 1.99 4.04 (from Canadian ore Pig iron only) Pig iron (from both home and imported ores) 30.44 Lead Nickel 16.37 Silver Non-Metallic. Arsenic Asbestus and asbestic Coal Coke Corundum 82.88 Cement 59-64 Gypsum 13.02 Petroleum Salt 6.10 In studying the above table, it will be noted that the showing made by the metallic class as a whole is in great contrast with that exhibited by the non-metallic class. In the former 15-27 0-55 22.67 38.56 13-76 20.80 13-95 55-68 9-39 58.39 21.05 15-17 29-43 25.30 59 03 69.76 4-75 3015 3-67 16.21 io.or 7.29 608 THE MINING RECORD. case, although copper, pig iron as a whole and nickel were turned out in larger quantities than last year the beneficial results were modified or even reversed by the lower values obtained. In all the other metallics, the heavy falling off in production is markedly aggravated by the fall in values in these instances also. In the non-metallic class, there is fortunately a more hopeful record. Only in the cases of asbestus, etc., and petroleum do the values snow decreases, whilst for all the other items the proportional growth is very marked. Although in several of the industries there has been a falling off in values, in others on the contrary, the increase has been very marked. It will be noticed that although the output of pig iron from Canadian ore has fallen off the whole iron smelting industry shows notwithstanding marked growth. Taking the values of the coal and coke produced during 1902, together with those in the allied iron smelting industry, an increase of nearly $4,- 500,000 is exhibited, showing a growth in these, the most commercially important industries of the country, more than offsetting the falling off of the $3,500,000 in the necessarily fluctuating product of the placer gold washings of the Yukon Territory. The per capita value of the total mineral products for 1902 was $11.87 as compared with $2.23 in 1886, the first year for which figures are available. THE COAL CREEK RIOT. AT the last regular meeting of Gladstone Union, No. 76, W. F. M., held at Fernie, the following resolution was unanimously adopted: Whereas, certain deeds of violence were perpetrated at Coal Creek mines on 19th of March last; and Whereas, an effort has been made to fasten the responsibility for the said offences on Gladstone Miners' Union, No. 76, and district union No. 7, of the W. F. M. by the arrests and prosecution of the officers and members of the said unions; and, Whereas, a number of men who were charged with the offences in question were negligently allowed to depart from Fernie without trinl; therefore be it Resolved, that this union hereby declare itself to be not in sympathy with the said deeds of violence and strongly disapproves of the same and having endeavoured to assist the authorities in suppressing the same, will continue to do so; and, be it further Resolved, that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the Attorney-General at Victoria, and to the various newspapers. THE CROW'S NEST COAL COMPANY THE sixth annual report of this company, recently issued, shows a net profit for the year ending December 31, 1902, of $171,285.80. It is pointed out, however, that the year was not in any sense a fair test of the company's earning capacity, as the chief mines of the company were closed from May 22 to the end of the year, as a result of the accident which occurred in May. The balance at the credit of profit and loss account brought forward from 1901 amounted to $517,017.41. To this was'added the sum of $171,285.80, the year's net profits, and $512,208.75, representing the premium recovered on calls paid on new stock, the whole making an aggregate to the credit of the profit and loss account of $1,200,511.96. From this amount the directors have paid four dividends of 25^ per cent, each, making 10 per cent, for the year, and amounting to $250,000. This amount deducted from the balance at the credit of profit and loss leaves to be carried forward to 1903 the sum of $950,511.96. The output for the year was 442,049 tons, as compared with 425,257 tons in 1901, showing a slieht increase, notwithstanding the fact that the company's chief mines were closed down fro 22nd of May to the end of the year. The large amount of money required for the development of the company's property necessitated a further issue of capital stock during the year, and it was decided to issue the balance of the company's authorized capital stock, viz., $1,000,000, at a premium of 150 per cent. This stock was offered in the usual way to shareholders pro rata, and was all taken. Between the date of the issue of the stock and the closing of the books on the 31st of December, 1902, the sum of $853,681.25 was paid in by the shareholders, being $341,- 472.50 par value of the stock, and $512,208.75 for premium on same. The balance to be paid in this year amounts to $1,646,- 318.75, and will be received by the company during each of the months from January to October, inclusive. The receipt of this money will place the company in a strong financial • position, the amount to be paid by the' shareholders being sufficient to wipe out all the company's indebtedness, and give it a large amount of money for additional capital expenditure. The company's capital of $3,500,000 is now all issued, and it has been paid up to the extent of $2,841,472.50. xom the COMPANY NOTES AND CABLES. Ymir.—Cablegram to London from the company's representative at Ymir: "Level No. 5 west has been extended 25 feet. The ore in the drift has improved. Assays now average $10 (£2 is. 4d) per ton of 2,000 lbs.; width, 8 feet." Le Roi.—Shipped from mine during month 15,820 tons of ore, containing 4,900 oz. of gold, 12,314 oz. of silver, 526,000 lbs. copper. Impossible to estimate profit, ore to be smelted yet. Velvet Rossland.—March 2: Total net returns from smelters for January: 279 tons first class ore $4,750, equals £3 ios. 4d. per ton; 360 tons fines $2,750, equals £1 us. 6d. per ton. Have shipped during February 660 tons second class ore, 295 tons fines, returns of which are not yet to hand. Tyee Copper.—March 4: Ore smelted February, 3970 tons; January matte smelted, 225 tons; produced 457 tons matte, containing 415,605 lbs. of copper, 14,758 oz. silver, 710 oz. of gold. Value, after making deduction for refining charges, $62,500. Estimated profit for month, less January matte and mining developments and smelting charges $25,134' (£5,182). Office note.—It is necessary to explain that since the smelter was started on December 16, the operations in connection therewith have been largely of an experimental character. The January matte referred to was found to be under the usual commercial grade, owing to the presence of zinc, and has consequently been re-smelted in conjunction with February's ordinary working. Under our smelter manager's able handling the metallurgical difficulty has been entirely overcome, and February is the first month, therefore, during which there has been a clear month's work. In regard to the operations at the mine, developments are proceeding most satisfactorily, and at present the reserve of ore has not been touched, all the ore smelted coming from new developments. These mines were introduced to and taken up by the London market in 1900, having been previously examined and reported on by Mr. Pellew Harvey, F.C.S., M.I.M.M.. now of the firm of Pellew, Harvey & Fell. 31 Wallbrook, E.C. The above results are a most satisfactory confirmation of the opinions then expressed and figures submitted by the engineer referred to. Canadian Smelting Works.—The ore tonnage for 1902 at the Trail Smelting Plant was as follows: 45,000 tons in the copper furnaces. 30,000 tons in the lead furnaces. 75,000 tons ore smelted. There was produced from the above 1,050 tons of copper matte containing gold. 18.219 oz.; silver. 94,300 oz.; copper, 1,101,837 lbs. The lead bullion produced was about 4,200 tons containing: Gold. 12,431 ozs. : silver, 1.123.779 ozs.; lead. 8,314.313 lbs. There were 876 tons of refined lead produced THE MINING RECORD. 609 at the Trail refinery, all of which were sold on the Canadian market. The British Columbia Copper Co., Ltd.—The Directors' report for 1903 states: "In transmitting to you the report of the auditor showing the financial condition of this company at the close of business in November 30th last, the Directors have to advise that you have a mine developed' by over a mile of workings and to a depth of only about 500 feet, which, in the opinion of the company's engineer, discloses'over 3,000,- 000 tons of ore. This ore carries copper, gold and silver, the two latter being in nearly sufficient values to pay the cost of smelting. It can be cheaply mined and delivered to the company's smelting plant and can there be made into a copper matte as cheap or cheaper than at any other reduction works in the country. The company's smelting plant consists of two blast furnaces 42x150 with adequate power and equipment, with a daily capacity of about 800 tons. At the mine there are the necessary hoisting machinery, air compressors and ore crushers. We need immediately a convertor plant, in order that our shipments shall be a 98 per cent, blister copper instead of a 45 per cent matte. The saving to be affected by the installation of this plant will alone make a good dividend on the company's capital. In the judgment of the Board, the blast furnace capacity should be increased as soon as possible to 2,000 tons per day. We have reason to suppose that we shall have additional railway facilities during the coming summer by the completion of the Great Northern Railway into our property. The Board has deemed it wise in the present condition of the company's affairs to charge off as against mining property, mine and smelter buildings, etc., all the profits of the company. COAL EXPORTATIONS AND TRADE. PREPARATIONS have been begun for the gradual opening out of that vast field of coal under Newcastle Island, which it was announced some months ago the Western Fuel Company had determined to work. The first announcement was made that a shaft would be sunk on Newcastle Island and wharves built along the inside channel so , that ships could be loaded direct from the mouth of the pit. This plan is not entirely discarded, but it has been thought advisable to reach the coal from the mainland of Vancouver Island by a slope that will go under the channel and reach the coal on Newcastle Island. This work has been commmenced, the slope starting about 80 or 90 yards back from the water's edge at Pimbury's Point so as to be well underneath the water by the time the channel is reached. The Western Fuel Company shipped in March 17,372 tons of coal. The situation at the Extension mines remains unchanged, while the miners at Cumberland have decided to join the Western Federation, with the consequence that probably these mines will be closed also by the company. At Fernie development operations are being rapidly prosecuted, contracts having already been let for 250 new coke ovens. o MINING RETURNS AND STATISTICS VANCOUVER ISLAND. UR correspondents at Crofton writes: Shipments to Crofton smelter during the month of March' were, in round numbers, as follows:— TONS. Lenora (Mt. Sicker) 2nd grade 2,500 -Comstock (Yreka, Quatsino) 2nd grade 1,550 Trade Dollar (Republic, Wash.) 180 Lone Pine (Republic, Wash) 420 Zillah M. (Republic, Wash.) 16 Valerie (Wigan, White Horse) 1 There is now on the roast heaps over 20,000 tons of ore ready for treatment. The smelter will blow in in a few days now, and both furnaces are being prepared. BOUNDARY DISTRICT. Shipments for the three month's ending March 31st are divided as follows: Tons. Granby 88,814 Mother Lode 16,698 Snowshoe 10 320 B- C 6^810 Emma - 6,756 Sunset 2,733 Providence 364 1 otals 132,495 ROSSLAND. Production to the end of March is as follows: Tons. Le Roi 52,747 Centre Star . 20.152 War Eagle 14,889 Giant _ 300 Velvet 2,311 Kootenay J 70 Le Roi No. 2 6,458 Homestake 80 Total. 105,597 SLOCAN. The New Denver Ledge publishes the following tab! shipments from the Slocan and Slocan City Mining Divi from January ist to March 28th: le of sions American Boy. Antoine Arlington Black Prince... Bondholder.... Bosun Blue Bird Enterprise Davton Fisher Maiden. Idaho Ivanhoe Monitor (Jan.). Ottawa Pavne (jueen Bess.... Rambler Reco Republic Ruth Slocan Star.... Tons . 371 16 40 . 16 1 340 20 . 165 4 . 280 ■21 . 282 . 380 . 100 . 715 124 . 260 . 153 20 . 84 . 587 4,197 THE ASSESSMENT OF MINING PROPERTY. TO THE EDITOR—Sir: There have been many criticisms of che two per cent, tax on the gross product of our mines, but comparatively few suggestions of improved methods. May I submit a possible alternative plan for which T claim very substantial advantages? My plan is that the mine owners assess their property themselves, fixing a sum on which they are either prepared to pay taxes or sell their mines. Should another person or company offer to pay more taxes upon their depositing a sum of money with the Government to insure their acting in good. faith, the present owners have either to pay taxes on the increased value offered or sell the property to the party offering to pay the increased rate of taxation. Thus: If A. owns a mine which he values at $100,000 and supposing the tax w:as fixed at 1 per cent., he would pay $100 per annum. 610 THE MINING RECORD. Should B. think the property worth $150,000 he might place a deposit with the Government of five or ten per cent, and A. would have to pay an additional tax of $500 or sell to B. at $150,000. At the end of the year the then owner would have to re-assess his property, which might have either risen in value or fallen in the varying .fortunes of mining. Among the advantages that I claim for this method of taxation are: 1. The assessment and collection of the tax would involve the least possible expense. si.. There could be no evasion of the tax and no arrears of taxation. 3. The tax would fall equally on all mining properties. 4. It would constitute the Government as the cheapest and best mining broker in the country. 5. It would cause every owner of mining property to look the facts squarely in the face once a year and destroy a vast amount of fictitious values which are a curse to the industry. 6. It would be a check to over-capitalization. 7. It would assist in the elimination of the unfit among the mine owners and would tend to get our mines into the management of those who could make the best use of them. We have seen in every camp valuable properties tied up by the quarrels of their owners. This plan of taxation would tend to make such quarrels expensive. We have seen small fractions held at impossible prices in various groups, not that the owners want to work them (they are content with swearing in doubtful assessments) but because the owners hope tnat the big company will actually buy them out. We want to make this sort of thing expensive. Everywhere is property tied up, held at absurd prices by incompetent persons, and our methods of taxation have made it easy and cheap to do this. We have taxed the worker and made it easy for the idler. Yours very truly, J. C. Harris. New Denver, B.C. CATALOGUES, CIRCULARS AND TRADE NOTICES. THE Allis-Chalmers Co. inform us that they have acquired the sole right of manufacture and sale of the Overstrom Concentrating Table, and can promise prompt delivery on orders. The A. Leschen & Sons Rope Company, of St. Louis, recently opened an office and warehouse at 1717-1725 Arapahoe Street, Denver, Colorado. The firm has consequently now four branches, at respectively New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Denver. The A. Leschen & Sons Rope Company not only manufacture all of the ordinary grades of wire rope, such as are made by other manufacturers, but they are also the sole manufacturers of the Celebrated Hercules Colored Strand Wire Rope, and of Patent Flattened Strand Wire Rope. They also manufacture automatic tramways which load and unload automatically, likewise several types of friction grip tramways, and also single line and two-bucket tramways. We have received from the Hendrie & Bolthoff Mfg. & Supply Co. a little booklet descriptive of the Eclipse Drill Sharpener. This machine is specially designed for the manufacture of drill bits for all power, mining and quarry machine drills; and not only for producing the new bit from the grooved steel, but as well for re-sharpening the bits as they are returned to the blacksmith shop. In fact the Eclipse makes a drill bit complete, doing away with all heavy hand sledging, and when this bit is finished it is far superior to the hand made article. It is uniform in appearance and the full substance of the steel is in the cutting portion. The cutting edges are of equal thickness and are always at right angles with the shank. THE METAL MARKET. THE Engineering and Mining Journal summing up conditions at the end of March, states that the market continues strong, and demand active. Consumption in all quarters continues very large and there is apparently no present tendency to a decrease. The copper market continues strong, but with no further advance in prices. Spot metal remains scarce and producers' supplies are very well taken up for some time to come. Consumers are calling urgently for deliveries, which, in a number of cases, they will not be able to secure. Consumption undoubtedly continues on a. very large scale. In the London market there have been some sharp fluctuations, chiefly speculative, the meaning of which is not altogether clear. It is quite possible that this movement is intended for the purpose of forcing down prices on this side, but conditions here are such that a 'result is hardly practicable. Lead is also showing more strength. While there has been no change in prices, the demand for metal is unusually large, and consumers find difficulty in getting their supplies. in time. Spelter is also strong, both galvanizers and brass makers continuing free buyers; while the supply of spot is small, some concessions are make on futures. Silver has lost nothing but remains about the same. Buying for nldia is reported a little better. The latest quotations are as follows: " Silver 49 to 49%; copper: Lake, i47/8 to 15%, electrolytic, I4?4 to 14%, cathodes 1454 to 14%, casting copper 14^/2 to 14%; lead, 4.52J/2 to 4-5754 St. Louis; 4.60 to 4.65, New York; £12 ios. to £12 12s. 6d, London. Spelter, 5.50 to 5.55, New York. DIVIDEND PAYING MINES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. THE following list has been compiled by Mr. E. M. Sandilands, of Sandon: Mines and District. Capital. Total Pd. Antoine, Slocan N. C. $ 10,000 Bosun, Slocan $ 250,000 12,000 Cariboo, Camp McKinney 800,000 275,000 Centre Star, Rossland 3,500,000 210,000 Fern, Nelson a 200,000 15,000 Goodenough, Slocan 800,000 13,*^ Hall Mines, Nelson 1,250,000 160,000 Idaho Mines, Slocan 5O0;000 400,000 Jackson Mines, Slocan N. C. 20,000 Le Roi, Rossland 5,000,000 1,305,000 Last Chance, Slocan 100,000 213,109 Monitor, Slocan 275,000 27,500 Noble Five, Slocan 12,000 50,000 North Star, East Kootenay .. .. 1,500,000 373,ooo Payne, Slocan 3,000,000 1420,000 Poorman, Nelson 250,000 25,000 Queen Bess, Slocan 600,000 25,000 Rambler Cariboo,Slocan 1,250,000 220,000 Reco, Slocan 1,000,000 287,500 Ruth, Slocan 600,000 125,000 Slocan Star, Slocan 500,000 525,000 Surprise, Slocan N. C, 20,000 Sunset, Slocan N. C. S5,ooo War Eagle, Rossland 1,750,000 545,250 Washington, Slocan 1,000,000 38,000 Whitewater, Slocan 625,000 209 000 St. Eugene, Moyie 3,500,000 - 210,000 Canadian Gold Fields, Rossland .. 600,000 36,000 Ymir, Ymir 288,000 In addition a number of privately owned mines in the Slocan and elsewhere have paid substantial profits. THE MINING. RECORD. COMPANY MEETINGS AND LE KOI. 1PORTS. THE following is the report of the General Manager, Mr. Mackenzie, as presented to the shareholders at the annual meeting recently held in London:— Middle Vein.— this is the main vein, and upon it is located both the old and the new shafts, the latter being the main working shaft through which all mining operations are carried on, the North and South veins being reached by cross-cuts. The Combination Shaft has reached a depth of 1,28454 feet, and extensive exploration work is being carried on in the 9th, 1,050 and 12th levels. As the work on the latter level has only just begun it is impossible to predict whether or not valuable discoveries of ore will be made at this point. On the 1,050 level, at about 125 feet east from the main shaft, a body of ore of fair shipping grade has been developed, the shoot being 62 feet long, with an average width of 10 feet. Between. the 9th and 1,050 levels, west of the main shaft, a body of high-grade ore is being opened up by a winze from the 900. This winze is down 75 feet below the 900, and is in ore the whole distance which will average $18 per ton. By judicious exploration work above the 7th level, I believe a considerable tonnage of high-grade ore can be developed between, and adjoining, the stopes now being worked. In the haste to attain depth and explore the lower levels much virgin territory has been left between the Tregear shoot on the extreme western limits of the known ore body and the Miller shoot which adjoins the Centre Star mine on the eastern boundary. South Vein.—This has been developed by cross-cuts at the 5th and 7th levels, and a large tonnage of ore is blocked out that will realize a profit when operating expenses are reduced to $9 per ton, or the value of copper rises to 15 cents per pound. A raise on this vein from the 7th to the 5th level proves that the ore body is continuous between them, and contains average values of $8 per ton—proper sorting will bring the shipping grade up to $10 per ton. North Vein.—The outcrop of this vein at the western end is very promising, and should be further prospected to determine its value. Although it is small it carries high values in gold and copper. The vein is intersected by cross-cuts on the 4th, 7th and 9th levels, but no exploration work has been done under where the outcrop is most promising. Ore Reserves. Mr. R. J. Frecheville, M-E., in his report to the Directors and Shareholders of your company, dated December 4th, 1901, estimated the ore reserves of shipping grade at that time as 483 tons, valued at $11.75—the basis of values being: Gold at $20 per ounce, silver 60 cents per ounce, and copper' 16 1-2 cents per pound. The present prices of these metals are: Gold $20 per ounce, silver 53 cents per ounce, and copper 11 1-2 cents per pound, which reduces the value of these reserves to $10.37 Per ton- From the date of Mr. Frecheville's report an additional tonnage, amounting to 93>I2i, of an average value of $10.26, has been developed. The extraction during the same period was 129,635 1-2 tons, containing gross values of $1,517,064.66, equal to $11.70 per ton. By making due allowance for the fact that the grade of ore extracted was higher than the average of the mine, I estimate the reserves at the close of the fiscal year at 447,358 tons of an average of $9.96 based on the present values of metals. Ore Production, Etc. . The ore mined and shipped to Northport during the year amounted to 155,765.407 dry tons, its metal values averaging: Gold .373 ounces, silver .709 ounces and copper 1,526 per cent, per ton. The gross value of this ore was $1,821,- 773.05, equal to $11,695 per ton. The location and area of the ore extracted is shown by heavy black contour lines pn the vertical projection of the working which accompanies this report. The mining operations embrace only a period of 263 days, as during the months of July, August and September prac tically no work was carried on owing to the strike existing at your mine and smelter. There were shipped to the smelters at Trail and North- port, during the year, 14,333.101 dry tons of second-class dump ore, which contained average metal values of: Gold .377 oz., silver .485 oz., and copper .827 per cent, per ton. The gross value amounted to $147,517.36, equal to 10.29 per ton. Assuming that the average value of the ore mined during - the year was $11,695 per ton, and deducting the operating expenses for the same period, $10,652 per ton, a profit of $1,043 is shown to have been made on the first-class, ore, equal to $162,460.00. The gross value of the second-class dump ore treated during the year was $10.29 per ton, the total expenses incurred in connection with same was $5.35 per ton, leaving a profit of $4.94 per ton, equal to $70,830.00. The total profits, therefore, amounted to $233,290.00. Working Costs. Messrs. Price, Waterhouse & Co., your auditors, in their report, gave our total operating expenses, which embraced mining, freighting of ore, smelting and realization of matte values, for the year ending June 30th, 1901, as $10,724 per ton. Apparently, they failed to make any allowance for the regular metal losses in slag, as is shown by the subjoined table, which gives the comparative costs under this head for the years 1901 and 1902:— Per Ton. Per Ton. 1901 1902 Stoping and loading on railroad $3-487 $3,100 Exploration 423 -451 Depreciation:— Mine equipment 080 .138 Surface improvements 050 .061 Mine machinery 106 .125 Freight on ore to smelter 510 400 Smelter expense 4-465 4-205 Depreciation of smelter plant 232 .119 Interest and discount on ore in yards and matte in transit 229 .233 Freight oh matter to refiners 536 .404 Sacking and crushing matte 044 .043 Eastern representation, assaying, etc 028 .013 Refiners' tolls and deductions 534 .579 Metal losses in smelting . 781 $10,724 $10,652 Although nearly $53,000 of the exploration costs carried forward in Capital Account from the years 1900 and 1901, have been charged to the present year's cost, and an extremely liberal allowance made for the depreciation of the development performed in 1902, the cost of mining and smelting was reduced 74 cents per ton, in spite of the fact that the tonnage mined was nearly one-fourth less than that treated during the previous year. The metal losses in slag, however, which were not taken into consideration in that period, more than offsets this saving. j. lie working costs of the year do not provide a correct index of what can be done in the future, as I believe that under reasonably favourable conditions the costs can be cut down to $9 per ton. We have been heavily handicapped by labour troubles, besides high freight rates and fuel costs, which I have every reason to believe will be reduced in the near future. Review of Mine Expenditure. During the year the gross expenditures for operating and equipping the mine amounted to $593,896.93. The amount expended on Revenue Account seg- regarded as below was $487,009 77 Stoping ore from mine $482,500 60 Loading second-class ore 4,509 *7 THE MINING RECORD. The amount expended on Capital Account segregated as below was 106,887 I6 Mine machinery and plant .. . .$ 6,453 74 Surface improvements and bldgs. 6,477 75 Furniture 2,205 84 Surveyors' and assayers' instrum'ts 949 55 Mine equipment 6,763 93 Exploration and development .... 84,036 35 Rootage. 167^ Total cost. $17,920 59 2,396 17 6,182 93 3,548 79 18,803 54 7,947 73 25,343 92 1,892 68 Cost $ per t. 106 99 75 591^2 420 1,495 374 47 32 31 79 18 92 16 95 The sum charged to "Profit and Loss, distributed as follows was $605,131 78 Stoping ore from mine $482,500 60 Depreciation:— Exploration and development.. 71,998 20 Mine equipment 21,558 88 Machinery and plant 19,483 22 Surface improvements and bldgs. 9,590 88 During the year the sum of $84,036.35 was expended in the development of the mine. The details of the work accomplished, and costs, are as follows:— Work. Sinking shaft Station cutting Pocket cutting Winzing Raising Cross-cutting Driving .. 1,495 Diamond drilling .. Total I .. 3,123 ft $84,03635 The accompanying plan shows the above workings wherever possible. They can be distinguished by heavy contour lines. The Northport Smelting Works. These works are situated at Northport, Washington, and are owned by your company. They are distant about 17 miles from the Le Roi mine, with which they are connected by the Spokane Falls & Northern Railway, a branch of the Great Northern system. The location is considered to be an excellent one, as the smelter is always assured of an unlimited quantity of lime rock, particularly well suited for fluxing"purposes, at a nominal cost; and a constant and adequate supply of water for the general uses of the plant as well as for carrying off the slag. The transportation facilities of Northport are already good, but an additional advantage will be gained during the present year, as the branch line of the Great Northern Railway which is to be connected with1 the Crow's Nest Pass coal fields will shortly be completed and the smelter enabled to obtain ample supplies of first class coke at a reasonable rate. If good business judgment and economy is exercised, there is no reason why much profit should not accrue to the Company from the treatment of custom ore, as with the many points in our favour we should eventually be in a position to secure much of the ore produced in Washington, Montana, Idaho, Oregon and British Columbia. The full capacity of the plant provides for the treatment of 1,200 to 1,500 tons of ore daily. It consists of six large water-jacket copper matting furnaces, one of which has but recently been erected, three calcining furnaces, pug mills, briquetting machines, etc. The ore is taken from the roast yards to the bins at the back of the furnaces by means of a small locomotive, and the tracks are loaded at the heaps by a steam shovel. The various mechanical appliances are in first-class condition. Smelter Expenditure. The "labour trouble" which has been referred to before in this report, besides retarding the operations of the smelter very materially, did much, both directly and indirectly, to increase the working costs of the year under review. The total working expense for the year, segregated as follows, amounted to $i,T94>567 67 Smelting ores $1,117,66862 'Matte charges 76,899 05 The total expenditure on Capital Account, made up as follows, was 122,281 60 New buildings $35,948 74 Bins, trestles, and roast yard.. 1,055 65 Water and fire protect'n syst'm 14,240 89 Machinery ' 43>786 54 Tramway and equipment .... 17,722 63 Sewage system, etc 4,527 J 5 Purchase of 95 acres of land .. 5,000 00 General Remarks. The matte shipped during the year was 6,779.067 tons of a net value of $2,532,302.67, equal to $373-55 Per ton- The ores smelted amounted to 265,761.078 tons, of which 56,077,695 tons were purchased. No profit accrues to your company as a result of the treatment of the latter, owing to the fact that they were' almost invariably bought on a falling market, and usually on a metallic basis of settlement which left a scant margin in favour of the smelter. It is merely necessary to state by way of illustration that your company's contract with the Le Roi No. 2, Limited, and Rossland Great Western Mines, Limited, provides for the purchase of their ores on a basis of 98 per cent, of the copper extraction, while the actual recovery is much less; and virtually immediate payment at market quotations, while your company's settlement with the refiners, fully 100 days later, has usually been on a lower basis of value. The company's holdings in the . name of the Northport Smelting and Refining Company, Limited, besides the smelter and the ground upon which it is situated, comprise a half interest in the Northport water system; 95 acres of land aujoining the Northport townsite, which cost $5,000; an undivided fourth interest in the platted Northport townsite; a quarry which contains the limestone which is being drawn upon by the smelter; and a group of mining claims, known as the "Le Fleur Comstock," situated near Republic, Ferry County, Washington. These claims were, purchased three years ago for $49,500, but as they are practically undeveloped I can place no value upon them. Conclusion. This report would be incomplete unless some reference were made to the financial condition of the company, which has recently been the subject of much comment, and exercised such a powerful influence over the price of its shares. While the Le Roi Mining Company, Limited, commenced the fiscal year of 1902 with an apparent surplus of assets in its favour, and made a profit of $233,290.00 during the nine months in which its mining operations were conducted, our books show that a deficit in assets existed at the close of the year. This paradoxical state of affairs is attributable to four causes, which are:— 1. Over-estimate of the value of the stock of metals on hand at the smelter on June 30th, 1901. 2. Failure to allow for losses of copper and silver in slag in estimating profits made prior to June 30th, 1901. 3. Fall in the price of metals which has taken place during the year ending June 30th, 1092. 4. Heavy expenditure made on capital account during the year. As I have already submitted a lengthy report touching the over-estimate of the stock on hand and slag losses (see my letter dated May 6th, 1902, addressed to H. J. Hill, Esq., formerly Chairman of the Board), it is merely necessary to state that our assets sustained a reduction of approximately $300,000 under these two heads. The fall in the price of metals has reduced the estimates which have been made concerning our profits very greatly, THE MINING RECORD. XI. We build complete mills for any Standard Process and turn them over in perfect working order to our customers after operating them for any specified time. Stamp Mills Clorination Mills Cyanide Mills Concentration and Combination Mills Sampling Works Silver-Lead, Copper and Pyritic Smelting Plants. Copper Bessemerizing Plants Mine Equipment. Boilers and all kinds of Heavy Sheet Metal Work Hoisting Engines Blowing Engines Transmission Machinery COMPLETE POWER, LIGHTING, HEATING AND PUMPING PLANTS CHAS. C. MOORE &CO., Engineers PACIFIC COAST AGENT FOR The Holthoff Machinery Co., CUDAHY, WIS. MAIN OFFICE 32 FIRST ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. BRANCHES NEWX9RK,i?°3 H,,emeyer Bldg. SEATTLE, 218 Second Ave., So. LOS ANGELES, 321 Tru»t Building Adver. No. 223. possibly to the extent of $80.000—the exact figures are impossible to ascertain. To make this statement clear, I should explain that by reason of tbe fact that the actual market value of our ores cannot be learned until they- reach the hands of -the refiners in the shape of matte it is impossible to estimate our profits over a given period with any degree of accuracy. For the purpose of the monthly reports which are transmitted to the London office, and for the settlements made between the mine and smelter, the practice has been followed of placing a value on the monthly outputs on the metallic basis prevailing during the month in which the ore is mined. This procedure, apparently the only one which could be pursued under the circumstances, operates satisfactorily when copper and silver prices remain comparatively steady; but when fluctuations, such as have taken place several times during the past year, occur, profits are meta: morphosed into ■ actual losses'. According" to the showing made by our ore books, the profit of $233,290 previously referred to has been made on the fir,st-class ore mined and the second-class ore treated, basing our estimates in the manner -indicated -when, as a matter of fact, the matte settlements, made about three months after the receipt of the ore at the smelter, at tbe market prices then prevailing; were approximately $50,000 less. An additional sum of $30,000 may be said to have been lost on the sales of "Custom" ores owing to . the fall in prices. The capital expenditures on the company's smelter shows that over $117,000 have been spent durinp- the year in various ways. The installation of blast furnace No. 6, completion of the calcine furnace, etc., the purchase of the steam shovel, additional boilers and sampling mill machinery are responsible for nearly one half of this sum. while- the balance was expended in the purchase and installation of pumps, etc., used in connecting with the water and fire .protection system, buildings erected at the time of the strike for the accommodation of the employees, installation of a sewage system, etc., and in connection with the electrical machinery for the tramway. The money expended at the mine on machinery and plant and surface improvements was comparatively small, amounting to less than $13,000. Half of the amount was spent in the construction of a flume and in making additional improvements in connection with our water and fire protection system, whilst the remainder of the sum was expended in the erection of or addition to buildings and in tbe purchase of additional machinery. THE INVESTOR'S BLUE B00K FOR 1903. Edited by Herbert h. Bassett, With Special Contributions by Heading Financial Writers. Complete Digest of Information, Statistical and Critical, regarding all Companies in whose shares there is an active market. "Will appeal to a large constituency."— Financial Times. Hoth, Cr. 8vo., 280 pp., 2s. 8d., post free ; limp covers, is 8d., post free of the "INVESTOR'S CHRONICLE," Tower Chambers, London Wall, London. England. 7i»j i-m- uj.^ 4f^j-wu»Ay-aj-y iWCEBAUGH Rd). CMSTi ANALYTICAL' Am CONSULTING i76w.2-s°-sr SALTLAKECmL TTTPT/ "j" ' -»*»-fl IP*""" ' J'Jul Hiilij Ufrtiflff"* New Catalogue ELEVATING-CONVEYING MACHINERY Now Ready. Send for Copy The JEFFREY MFG. CO., COLUMBUS, O-, U.S.A. I * m 1 I XII. THE MINING RECORD. Capital of British Columbia, Pacific Ocean Terminus Railway, and the Great Northern The Canadian Gateway to the Orient, the Sandwich " Islands, Australia, New Zealand, etc. The starting point of steamship lines to the Yukon, Atlin and Cassiar Gold Fields, and the Canadian port of call for tourists On the lines between San Francisco and Alaska.' TEMPERATURE 1902. Highest Lowest Mean. Mean. Victoria 67.6 35.4 London, Eng 68.1 31.5 Torquay, Eng 65.5 38.5 RAINFALL 1902. Inches. , Victoria 26.45 London, Eng 20.84 Torquay, Eng 30.22 The Province covers a superficial area of 381,000 square miles abounding in minerals, timber, fish and game in endless variety. The opportunities for the profitable investment of capital are practically unlimited, and the markets for the disposal of metals, lumber, fish and agricultural products lie waiting in Russia, Japan, China, India and Australasia. The tourist will find mountain scenery and mountain climbing unequal- of Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian Northern Railway ofthe United States. led in the old world—a new field for exploration—and the sportsman with first class hotels as bases of operation may penetrate a new world in his pursuit of the bear, the panther, the elk or the mountain goat. The City of Victoria is becoming widely noted for the beauty of its situation, its homes and its surroundings ; so that the number of strangers arriving, for short visits and for permanent residence, continue growing annually larger. Of its beauty H.R.H. the Duke of York said: "The most beautiful place we have seen in our journey around the world," and the following may be quoted from the correspondence of Mr. E. P. Knight, of the London Morning Post: "One would fain have stayed longer, for of all the cities that have been visited in the course of this long Royal progress the fair capital of British Columbia seems to me the one which the Englishman would most gladly make his home. * * * Never in the environs of any other city have I seen such a glory of flowers as surrounded each of these lovely homes." Pamphlets containing views of local scenery and information of interest to investors, tourists, hunters and - amusement seekers may be obtained by addressing the Clerk of the Municipal Council, Victoria, British Columbia. «-:♦ 5* X i i 1 Canadian Ore Concentration, Limited., SALISBURY HOUSE, LONDON, E. CONTROLS ELMORE'S CANADIAN PATENTS for the Concentration of Ores by Oil X I 1 The most recent installations comprise six units of plant handling tailings from 50 head of stamps, and 4 units treating pro- *i* duct of 20 head of stamps, and 2 units treating product of 10 head of stamps. A In all cases of difficulty by ordinary methods correspondence is invited. ♦|* The method is fully protected by patents and all infringers will be pioceeded against. *t* Full particulars may be obtained on application to I H. H. CLAUD ET, or F. W. ROLT, ♦*♦ Technical Representative. Commercial Representative. ♦ Rossland Office, 28 Columbia Ave. ? ! WIRE ROPE DONT BUY m UNTIL YOU HAVE WRITTEN TO US FOR PRICES AND PARTICULARS. Wilkins & Co., of London, England, Wire Rope Manufacturers, Established 1850, are known throughout the MINING WORLD. The wire used in their rope is made from steel specially prepared to insure absolute reliability. The preferential tariff permits of our quoting low prices on all descriptions of Steel Wire Ropes. A large stock of the principal sizes kept on hand at Victoria and Vancouver for immediate delivery. Our stock includes a full line of Logging Ropes, Ships Rigging and Hawsers. ROBERT WARD & CO., LIMITED, Agents. Telegraphicaddress-RQBERTUS, VICTORIA and VANCOUVER, B. C. THE MINING RECORD. XIII. ANCHOR WIRE FENCE isai itze 1 Patented 7 Sept., 1894-No- 46991 Strongest, Cheapset, IN THE MARKET. To be had only from THE B. C. ANCHOR FENCE^CO., Limited, 743 Pender St., VANCOUVER, B. C. jtmU mi WsOm. We have taken advantage ofthe experience gained from each wheel we install—as every mechanical device is susceptible to improvement. There are over 1,014,000 Pelton Wheels now running, which have given us fifteen years of experience in building water wheels. Send for 88 page catalog on Pelton Wheels and water power in general. PELTON WATER WHEEL CO., 135 Main St. San Francisco 156 Liberty St., New York. ■&3g§sg&j&£&sgra Lobnitz' Gold Dredgers are at work in British North and South America, Africa, Asia, &c. r;rd Dredgers Ml **,** *••**• aU',C\TTe*S DDR ESS tOBNtf Z * co., wm iM s^l Telegraphic Address: "Lobnitz, Renfrew." AI Code used. XIV. THE MINING RECORD ALUS-CHALMERS CO SUCCRSSCgfcBifGjg TBE EDWARD P. Afc&IS 00,$ ItftWA' U P WIS FRASER & CHALMERS, K5&W-': • .caiwxiiKaasi^^" GATESmffiB WORKS, DICKSON JTE^O CO. MANUFACTURERS OF MINING MACHINERY : ,§■--. GATES* TUBE MILL ' f| This cut illustrates the highest type of all modern fine pulverizers, namely, the Gates Tube Mill. As a tube mill it is essentially a fine pulverizer and when used as such is effective and economical, giving large capacity at a very low cost for repairs. The Tube Mill consists of a plate steel shell, made to revolve by means of heavy gearing at about 25 revolutions per minute. The shell is about half filled with hard flint pebbles and material to be pulverized, and the constant rotation and wave-like tumbling action of the pebbles produces an enormous and flexible grinding surface. It is continuous in its operation, being equipped with the Gates Patent Automatic Adjustable Feeder and most approved form of dustless discharge. As the fineness of the discharged product depends upon the quantity of material fed, we have taken special pains to produce an automatic feeder, driven from the mill itself ; capable of being adjusted to a nicety, which is not found in any other tube mill. In a modified form this same type of mill can be used for wet pulverizing, and we have furnished a number of the smaller sizes for regrinding jig tailings We have patterns for and are prepared to manufacture mills 36 42 54 and 60 inches in diameter, and of any practicable length for the respective diameters. - j&iPRAircH. OEEiciSffp 'iJjg'WK'JtftRK,: Broad Exchange Bldg. BOSTON, Board of Trade Bldg. -PITTSBTJHG, FrSckBnHding ,. i MTNtiEAPOLIS, Cora Exchange Bldg. SpppBR, 1649 Tremoitt Street . SALT LAKE CITY, Dooly Block ^SPOKANE, Washington v-V'iV'.s GBNBRAL IHIICE pttCA60>^pL„U.S.A. -' , e,aoMB insurance Buiiiittatee * BRAgg|'o-mci&;-e SAN FRANCISCO) tttywMaflta^gl SEATTLE,LiOThemeaS^^t*Si^ CHARLOTTE, lk^$^&fc.i&iC. NEW ORLEANS, Hawea ISWjgo ' 1 ATLANTA, OA., Eo.uttaS)l*Bttfc, ~ LONDON, ENG., 160 Dash wood Hoase JOHANNESBURG, SonJi Ah** £§i THE MINING RECORD XV iMSHALMERS CO THE EDWARD Rt *]EtlS Cf>:, fefe'K; HttWHWHS #18, ^7* SUCCESSOR TO gig .' ■■■■"" • ;■■' ■' ■■'" . 777.' ' "" ERASER Jfc^fjiT.iffFRS, 7SATES IR6!f WORKS, DICKSON M'F'G'CO.,, caJCACo, nx. cmcMio,u.u scRjmroif,pa, _- MANUFACTURERS OF Mining Machinery The Presidio Mining Company, of Shafter, Texas, operates a fifty-stamp, wet-crushing silver mill. Careful records of cost of shoes and dies have been kept for twelve years. The Presidio Company has used high-grade Open Hearth and Crucible Steel castings, Chrome Steel, Ferro- Aluminum, Forged Steel, Harveyized Steel, Manganese Steel and Projectile Steel. The best records made by each kind of metal used in the shoes and dies show the following; CHICAGO, U»S.A.^£ ^"GATES''chilled iron SHOES AND DIES. Cost of Castings Purchased per Ton of Ore Crushed Harveyized Steel 1629 Forged Steel 1227 Chrome Steel 1107 Chrome Steel '. 1057 Chrome Steel 0786 Projectile Steel 1051 Projectile Steel 0538 Manganese Steel 0995 Ferro-Aluminum 0960 Cast Steel 0705 Gates Chilled Iron 0348 Gates Chilled Iron 0285 Gates Chilled Iron ... .0227 Gates Chilled Iron, dies only 0199 We have perfected a mixture of iron for Stamp Shoes and Dies that is unequaled for wearing qualities. After very severe competitive tests with other brands of iron and steel ( see accompanying record of tests made by the Presidio Mining Co.), the Gates Chilled Iron Shoes and Dies have been pronounced by the leading mill men of this country to outlast any other material on the market, price being considered. For the past few years we have been supplying the Homestake Mining Company, Lead, S. D., and several other of the leading mining companies of the United States with their entire supply of Stamp Shoes and Dies made of this special mixture of chilled iron. The Homestake Mining Company has, in the past few years, purchased in the aggregate about 30,000 Stamp Shoes and Dies, and according to their own record, the average life of our chilled iron shoes working on their ores runs from 55 to 65 days each, which includes all breakages and defects in castings. WRITE US FOR PRICES AND FURTHER INFORMATION m 7,A.jBRAHCg OEFICgfeV: \ .'JJB^PB^'BHMd Exchange Bldg, BOSTOHV BwnS&ttt tTtaHe Bldg. HTT88tJ^,J?rfck Building c.*l JMOMSEAPOLISj <$» Exchange Bldg. 7DE»VE8ilWlife«^8ttei*.V".-' 7S^Tl»AKBCB1fj';l>6oly Block SPOKABSi Washington \ : ' GBNERA1/ O&WtCW effiCAeo,SiiiniJ.sJi. HOMB JJfSUllENCB- BUlt»INaii',;\ S%S FRAKCIS^B*ywart;8fee SEATTLE, Lumbermen's ExdrgeBidg- SSBil&OaTEi Ri|£i Trust BSfe^v NEW ORLEANS, tieaaen BligMifA-. A^XANXA,.(SA EjiutaSfcBldg. ■.■.■■ i&HIMiN,; ESO:. ii50. Dashwood Hoase JOHANNESBURG, SoiithAfricaC % XVI. THE MINING RECORD. I BRITISH COLUMBIA THE MINERAL PROVINCE OF eaNADfl. Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Cool, Coke, Oil Iron, Mercury, Platinum^ eto. ' The Mines of British Columbia have produced over $180,000,000. * 1 I Amount and Vai,ue of Mineral Products for 1899, 1900 and 1901. Customary Measure 1899. 1900. 1901. (Estimated). Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Gold, placer Gol<l lode Ounces 67,245 138,315 2,936,413 7.722.591 21,862,436 1,306,324 34.251 $1,344,900 2,857,573 1,663,708 ' i,35i,453 878,870 3,918,962 171,255 206,400 63,936 167,153 3,958,175 9,997,080 63,358,621 1,439,595 85,149 $1,278,724 A1.2flA <t\ 802.1:00 (t Silver Pounds 2,309,200 4,685,718 1,615,289 30,736,798 * 2.661.887 5o.<;2Q.26o 2,614,002 4,951,698 I.07O.6AI Tons, 2,240 lbs Coal 4.318.78"; i.=;2Q.2io d..i87.6-v.:> Coke 425,745 25T,74o 134,760 673,800 $12,393,121 $16,344 751 $ 20,713,501 Production for 1890, $2,608,608; for 1899, $12,393,131; for 1900 $16,344,751; for 1901', $20,713,201. GOLD.—Placer gold mining, which in early days formed the chief mineral industry of the provdnce, and made it famous all the world over, still continues to be important, while improved methods of working the gravel deposits, together with cheaper transportation and cost of mining, have lenlered the workm? of large deposits, long known to exist, now profitable where previously impossible. The area of country known to contain placer gold is enormous, and has only been touched, leaving still virgin ground well worth the prospecting for this, the only class of " poor man's mine." Recent discoveries of new placer fields iln the Atlin district, the Cassiar district, and the Cariboo district near the Horsefly river, are proof that the field is not yet exhausted, and promise a revival of this important industry. HYDRAULIC MINING plants costing large amounts of money are being installed in Atllin, Cassiar, Omineca and Cariboo at points widely separated, indicating the extent of the gold deposits. One company recovered $350,000 in s-old during 1900. DREDGING FOR GOLD is receiving deserved attention, and dredges are at work on the Fraser, Thompson, Quesnel and other rivers, on all of which streams good ground may yet be obtained. LODE GOLD MINING is now being prospected in various parts of the province, and in certain instances very successful, notably at Ymir. Cariboo-McKinmey and elsewhere. GOLD-COPPER ORES are being extensively workedat Rossland by tbe Le Roi, War Eagle and associated companies, while other mines in the camp are rapidly becoming important producers. The tonnage of this camp alone in 1900 was 217.676 tons, and there will be an increase this year. SILVER-LEAD.—The silver production of the prov'ncc In 1900 showed an increase over 1899 of 39 per cent, while the lead production increased 206 per cent., largely derived from properties in East Kootenay, rendered available by railroad construction. This year the increase will not be as great, but the industry is expected to hold its own. COPPER.—Copper is being produced to a limited extent at Rossland, where the chief value of the ore is in gold, but the feature of this branch of the industry is the development and mining of a large tonnage of low-grade copper ores in the Boundary district, of which there seems to be an almost un- mited amount. The output of ore from this district alone will amount to from 1,200 to 1,500 tons of ore per diem. The Coast district will this year show a very considerable copper production, from the Vancouver Island and Texada Island mines. Prospecting for copper is receiving great attention, and the discoveries made on the Coast, in the. Similkameen valley, etc., give great promise. IRON.—With the great probability of an iron-smelting plant on the Northern Pacific Coast in the near future, what promise to be extensive bodies of magnetite iron ore have been developed on the Coast, while other deposits of iron ore are now under development in the Goat River and Fort Steele mining divisions, and still other bodies occur near Kamloops. COAL AND COKE.—In 1900 the Vancouver Island collieries made a net output of 1,336,023 tons of coal and 19,234 tons of coke, and in 1901 even this output promises to be exceeded. In 1900 the Crow's Nest collieries made a net output of 103,572 tons of coal, and 69.915 tons of coke. In 1901 this output will be doubled at the least. These mines alone are putting out from 1.500 to 2,000 tons of coal per diem. Of this output in 1900, 914.183 tons of coal and 51 757 tons of coke were exported, chiefly to the United States. The remainder was consumed in local smelters and other industries. SMELTERS.—In the province there are smelters in active operation at Trail, Nelson, Grand Forks, Greenwood and Van Anda ; while this coming year will probably see one erected in East Kotenay and two others on the coast. ! Refineries are yet lacking, but the building of at least one is pretty well assured. CAPITAL.—Capital can now find here many excellent opportunities for investment, as the values placed on mines and undeveloped properties has reached a reasonable basis. If proper business care is used, and the experience of competent men utilized, these investments should be safe as well as profitable MINERAL LANDS.—Mineral lands are open to location to any person over 18 years of age, who has obtained a free miner's certificate, and perfect title to lode claims can be easily secured after $500 worth of work has been done per claim. A great extent of territory has yet to be prospected. For information!, reports, bulletins, etc., address The Hon. the Minister of Mines, VICTORIA^B.C. W. F Robertson, Provincial Mineralogist, VICTORIA, B. C. THE MINING RECORD. XVII BENNETT'S FUSE CROWN BRAND THE KING OF FUSES The WHITE COUNTERED GUTTA PERCHA FUSE is the POPULAR FAVORITE in the mines of British Columbia, Australia, the Transvaal, and the World over. Beware of Spurious Imitations Made to Catch the Unwary. HOLMAN BROS. CAMBORNE, CORNWALL Manufacturers of Boilers, Air Compressors, Mining Machinery The Holman Patent Roek Drill Specially Adapted to B. C: Mining. Awarded Gold Medal Greater Britain Exhibition Awarded Gold Medal CHARLES CAMMELL & CO. Ld SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND, Manufacturers of Drill Steels, Best Refined Cast Steel Files, and Rasps, Steel Axles, Wheels and Cranks. Rails and Fish Plates made to any specification. Steel Plates, etc. Stamp Mill Dies and Shoes. ROWLAND MACHIN, 5 Yates St., VICTORIA, B. C. General Agent for Canada. XVIII THE MINING RECORD. PROFESSIONAL AND BROKERS. J. C. GWILLIM, B. Sc. i Mining Engineer. urvey of BAKER STREET, Late of Geological Survey of Canada, (Atlin District), six years' experience in B. C. mining districts. NELSON, B.C. JAMES BRADY, Dominion and Provincial Land Surveyor, Mining Engineer. Properties surveyed, examined and reported on. Agent for procuring Crown grants. GOLDEN, B. C. CHAS. E. OLIVER, M. E. HEDLEY, B. C. Properties in the Similkameen carefully sampled and reported on. I have the handling of three of the standard properties of Camp Hedley and solicit correspondence from any first-class mining man or corporation regarding same. s. m. McGregor, b.a. sc. w. d. McGregor, m e. McGregor & co., MINING and CIVIL ENGINEERS and LAND SURVEYORS. SLOCAN, B. C. Reports on Mines and Prospects. Act as agents in doing assessment work, applying for Crown grants and in taking general charge of preliminary development work. P. 0. Box 453. Telephone 895 A. R. BARROW, amice. Mine Surveyor Mine Surveys instituted and plans brought up to date at regular intervals. Steam Engines and Air Compressors Indicated and valves Set. PROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR. 4 View Street, Victoria, B. C. \A fkjt I E5 is one of the most promising gold camps in ¥ 1 W 1 I I I British Columbia and now offers many capital opportunities for profitable investment. For further particulars write PERCY J. GLEAZER, MINING BROKER AND AGENT, YMIR, B. C. Code—Moreing & Neal's. E. W. WIDDOWSON, PROVINCIAL ASSAYER. - - - YMIR, B C. Late Assayer to : The Hall MrNEs Smelter, Nelson, B C The Winnipeg Mining and Smelting Company Late Chemist to: The HollowayChemical Works, London, N. Etc! Mineral Analysis and WorkingTests a Specialty. All samples received bv mail or express receive prompt attention. Reliable reports on Mining Properties in this District. P. O. Box 11. YMIR, B. C. G.N. Express Company. J. H. BROWNLEE. Provincial and Dominion Land Surveyor Civil and Hydraulic Engineer. Seattle office 528 Broadway. ATLIN, B.C. J. R. GIFFORD, Consu ting Mining Engineer, M.C., Mi. Late Manager The Hall Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd., Nelson, B. C. Room 20, Flood Building. San Francisco, Cal. J. McLELLAN, Associate Royal School of Mines, London. Mining Engineer and Assayer, TROUT LAKE CITY, B. C. reliable: assays Gold $ .75 I Gold and Silver. $1.00 Lead 75 I Gold, Silver, Copper 1.50 SAHPLES BY MAIL RECEIVE PROflPT ATTENTION. Gold and Silver refined and bought OGDEN ASSAY CO. 2| ArapaDhe0nevfrToi„rado. THE STUART ROBERTSON CO., Ltd., Successors to A. W. MORE & CO. MINING AND STOCK BROKERS Codes used: Bedford-McNeil's, Moreing & Neals, Clough's, and A.B.C, Fourth Edition. 23 BROAD STREET, VICTORIA, B. C. 0<X>000000000<>0©<>000<KH>0<K>OOK>OOK>0<>00©000<>00 SMELTER AND MILL DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND DETAILS. Geo. Williams, M. E. P.O. Box 341, LADYSMITH- Converters, Reverberatories, Concentrators. THOS. DRUMMOND, M.E. and C.E. B. A. Sc. McGill University, Montreal, Member Canadian Society of Civil Engineers. Mining Properties reported upon. Information furnished. General Engineering work promptly performed. References furnished. QUESNELLE FORKS, CARIBOO, B. C. JOHN B. HOBSON, Manager Con. Cariboo Hy,d Mining Co., Ltd. Consulting Mining Engineer, BULLION, BRITISH COLUMBIA. 28 years' experience in the equipment and operation of targe hydraulic, Deep Gravel, 'Drift and Gold Quartz Mines, in California and British Columbia. Telegraphic and Cable Address "HOBSON" Ashcroft B. C THE MINING RECORD. XIX PROFESSIONAL ADVERTISEMENTS. H. E. T. HAULTAIN, C. E. CONSULTING MINING ENGINEER, office: j|,^g^ck) Nelson, B.C. J* B. TYRRELL, M. Inst. M.M., M.N. Eng. Inst M. M. E., F. G.S., Mining Engineer, DAWSON. YUKON. CANADA. Cable Adcress: " TYRRELL," Dawson. Code: Bedford McNeil's T. H. Gore. J. H. McGregor. |j Gore & McGregor, Provincial and Dominion Land Surveyors AND CIVIL ENGINEERS, Five Sisters' Block. VICTORIA and NELSON. WALTER E. SEQSWORTH Licensed Provincial Assayer Control Assays and Supervision of Ore Shipments a Specialty. GREENWOOD, B. C. POHLE &, PARMELEE ASSAYERS and CHEMISTS, Special Attention to Control and Umpire Work. Ores tested to determine the best method of treatment. Experimental work on chemical processes or patents. General Commercial analysis. Thirty years experience. Prices and sample sacks free on application. 1627 CHAMPA ST., DENVER, Colo,. CHRIS. OUTHETT, Associate of Royal College of Science, London, England. Inland Assay Office, KAMLOOPS, B.C. Provincial Assayer. Mineral and Coal Analysis a specialty. Reports made on Mining Properties Mail samples receive prompt attention. Richard H. Parkinson Provincial Land Surveyor, Hydraulic Engineer. FAIRVIEW, B. C. Associate Member of the Canadian Society oi Civil Engineers. Water Works, Water-power Plants, Irrigation Projects, Bridges, Roads, Tramways, Estimates of Construction, Surveys. WILLIAM A. BAUER, Dominion & Provincial Land Surveyor Surveys of Mines, Mineral Claims and Crown Lands. Crown Grants obtained and Assessments managed for absentees. Offices-FERGUSON and VANCOUVER, B.C. M. I. M. M.,M. I. M. E. M. Can. I.M. Cable Address : Phloxes, Nelson A. B. C. Code. R. C. CampbelhJohnston Mining Engineer and Metallurgist. Nelson, B. C. A. A. HOLDICH Analytical Chemist and Metallurgist Royal School of Mines, London. Seven years at Morfa Works, Swansea. Seventeen years chief chemist to Wigan Coal andiron Co. Late chemist Hall Mines Co., Ltd. Assays and Analyses made on all varieties of mineral and many organic substances. Special experience in Smelting—both Swansea and American process. FERGUSON, B. C. RELIABLE ASSAYS Gold $ .50 Gold and Silver $1.00 Lead 50 Gold, Silver and Copper 1.50 Samples by mail receive prompt attention. Gold and Silver refined and bought. OGDEN ASSAY CO., 1725 Arapahoe St., DENVER, Colo. Cecil M. Bryant, A.R.S M., A.I.M.M. E. Philip Gilman, A.R.S.M., F.G.S. Pellew-Harvey, Bryant & Gilman PROVINCIAL ASSAYERS. The Vancouver Assay Office and Ore Testing Works. Established 1890. MILL, SMELTER, CONCENTRATION AND CYANIDE TESTS, Reliable reports on mining properties'. Complete analyses of Ores and Coal Victoria Office : 4 View Street (Opposite Driard Hotel.) WI!. M. BREWER, HINING ENGINEER, MEM. N. of ENG. INST. MINING & MECH. ENG. and AM. INST.. M. E. Molsons Bank Building, VANCOUVER, B.C. TEL. 846. P. O. BOX 43 T. J. SMITH, MINING BROKER. Syndioates and Companies formed to develop mining claims Secretary Vancouver Mining Stock Exchange. 611 Hastings Street West, VANCOUVER, B. C A. A. WATSON, B. Sc. PROVINCIAL ASSAYER, VERNON, B. C. Analyst and Mineralogist Honours Graduate in Chemistry, Victoria University, England. ^Reports made on Mining Properties. Seven years experience in Australia. South America. England and B. C. Assay Charges-Gold, $1; Silver, $1; Copper, $2 ; Lead, $1 ; Gold and Silver, $1.50 ; Gold and Copper, $2.50; Gold, Silver and Copper, |3 ; Gold, Silver, Copper and Lead, $3 50; Complete analysis of any ore, $io. ^•y^SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SAMPLES BY MAIL"*W* Assay Office and Chemical Laboratory, 28 BROAD ST., VICTORIA, B. C. (Opp. Driard Hotel.) WILLIAM F. BEST, F.C.S. ANALYTICAL CHEMIST AND ASSAYER (Heidelberg and Leipzig.) Personal attention given to all assaying and Chemical Analrsi* KToert evidence before the Courts. XX THE MTNING RECORD. MINING PUBLICATIONS, ETC. BUY YftNeeCYER CITY REAL ESTATE You Cannot Make a Safer Investment. WRITE F"OR PARTICULARS. Money Invested for Clients on First Mortgages on Best Business Property to yield 5 per cent, to 6 per cent. PERCY W. CHARLESON INVESTMENT 417 Hastings St., VANCOUVER, B.C. NOTARY PUBLIC FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. References, Dun or Bradstreets Agencies, Canadian Bank of Commerce. P.Q. B0X187 NOW READY. 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If you desire to reach the mone3>ed class ofthe country, large or small, you should--, place an advertisement in the National Banker. Any legitimate enterprisee* can secure all the mone\ desired by making an announcement in this publication. It is quoted from and referred to more by the press of America than any financial journal in the United States. Subscription price $1.00 per year. Advertising rates on application. Sample copies sent free. Address all: communications to The National Banker, 84 & 86 L,a Salle St., Chicago, 111.- . R. S1VIITH & COMPANY LIMITED. Established I85S. Manufacturers of High Class Biscuits and Confectionery Gold Medals awarded at Roval Agricultural Exhibition '95< '96j '97, '98. Medal and Diploma awarded at Colonial and Indian Exhibitions. Silver Medals at Provincial Exhibitions, 1886. branch- VICTORIA, B. C. 430 CORDOVA STREET, VANCOUVER. r THE MINING RECORD. XXI BRITISH COLUMBIA WHOLESALE SUPPLY HOUSES, ETC. A New Customer Becomes a regular customer when once started buying of us— WHY ? We have the Best Goods and Largest Assortment in the West. We Fill Orders Promptly From Our Immense Stock. We manufacture a large quantity of Furniture, and import direct in car lots from the best makers everywhere EVERYTHING TO FURNISH A HOME. Write for illustrated catalogue, free. WEILER BROS., VICTORIA, B. C. ESTABLISHED 1862. Canadian Pacific Navigation Company, Ltd. Steamers leave Victoria and Vancouver as follows: Victoria=Vancouver Route. Xeave Victoria daily 1 a.m. Leave Vancouver daily 1.15 p.m. West Coast, Vancouver Island Route. Leave Victoria n p.m., ist, ioth and 20th day of month. Northern British Columbia Coast Route. Leave Victoria 11 p.m., ist and 15th day of month. Leave Vancouver 2 p.m., 2nd and 16th day of month. Alaska Route. Steamships leave Victoria 11 p.m. ist and 15th day of month, leave Vancouver 8 p.m. 2nd and 16th day of month for Ketchikan and Skagway connecting with the White Pass and Yukon Route for Atlin, Dawson, and Yukon River Points. J. W. TROUP, Manager. Victoria. E. J. COYLE, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent, Vancouver. TURNER, BEETON & CO'Y Victoria, Vancouver, and Nelson, B. C. and at H. C. Beeton & Co., 33 Finsbury Circus, London, England. Manufacturers of Wholesale Merchants. DryGc^sUEEto. "Clothing, Etc., Etc. Goods indented from all parts ofthe world. Telegraphic Addresses : ' TURNER," Victoria; " BEETON," London; " TURBEET," Vancouver and Nelson R. R. RITHET & OO* Wholesale Merchants, Shipping & Insurance Agents. Proprietors of Victoria Wharf, Columbia Flouring Mill ; agents for f^^^f Manufacturing Company, Cheminus, V.L; Pacific Coast Steamship Co., San Francisco. WHARF STREET. VICTORIA, B. C XXII THE MINING RECORD. BANKING ESTABLISHMENTS, ETC ESTABLISHED 1817. BANK OF MONTREAL. INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. CAPITAL all paid up, $12,000,000.00 HEAD OFFICE: - - MONTREAL. RESERVE FUND, $7,000,000.00. UNDIVIDED PROFIT, $427,180.80. Board of Directors—Rt. Hon. Lord Stratheonaand Mount Royal, G. CM. G., President. Hon. G. A. Drummond, Vice-President. A. T. Paterson, Esq.; Edward B. Green»hit*lds, Esq.; Sir William C. Macdonald; R. B. Angus,Esq.; A. F. Gault, Esq ; James Ross, Esq.; R. G. Reid, Esq. I F. W- TAYLOR Assistant Inspector JAMES AIRD Secretary | Montreal-H. V- MEREDITH Manager IN E- S. CLOUSTON General Manager A, MACNIDER Chief Inspector and Superintendent of Branches *. S- CLOUSTON Inspector of Branch Returns BRANCHES Province of Ontario—Almonte, Belleville, Brantford, Brockville, Chatham, Cornwall, Deseronto, Port William, Goderieh, Guelph, Hamilton, Kingston, Lindsay, London, Ottawa, Perth Peterboro, Picton, Sarnia, Stratford, St. Mary's Toronto, Toronto Yonge St. Branch, Wallaceburg. 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Bankers in the United States—New York—The National City Bank, The Bank of New York, N.B.A. Bosten—The Merchants' National Bank, J. B. Moors & Co. Buffalo—The Marine Bank, Buffalo. San Francisco—The j First National Bank, The Bank of British Columbia, The Anglo-Califomian I Bank. Portland, Oregon—The Bank of British Columbia. thb canadian bank of commerce:. With Which is Amalgamated Tine Bank of British Columbia. HEXA.D OFFICE: TORONTO. Paid Up Capital Rest and Undivided Profits Aggregate Resources Over HON. GEO. A. COX, President. R. E. WALKER, General Manager. $ 8,000,000 2,652,ooo 7o,ooo ,ooo j ALEX. LAIRD, Asst. General Manager. LONDON OFFICE: 60 LOMBARD ST., E. C. The Bank has 80 branches well distributed throughout the Dominion and elsewhere, including the following in British Columbia and the Yukon District: Atlin, Cranbrook, Dawson Fernie, Greenwood, Kamloops, Ladysmith Nanaimo, Nelson, ■New Westminster, Sandon, Vancouver, Victoria, White Horse. BRANCHES IN THE UNITED STATES. New York, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle Skagway. j Every description of banking business transacted. Letters of credit on all parts of the world. Exceptional facilities for handling gold dust. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received and interest paid at current rates. Victoria B. C, GEO. GILLESPIE, Manager BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ESTABLISHED 1836. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1840. Paid Up Capital, £1,000,000 Sterling. Reserve Fund, $1,898,000 LONDON, ENG., OFFICES, 5 GRACECHURCH STREET, E. C. BRANCHES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA : Victoria, Vancouver, Rossland, Kaslo, Ashcroft, Greenwood, Also at the Gold Fields—DAWSON CITY. A Savings Bank Department Has Been Established n Connection With the Victoria Branch. Highest Price Paid for Gold Dust and Amalgam. W. T. OLIVER, Mgr., Victoria, B. C. MICHIGAN COLLEGE OF MINES. An Engineering School with unique location, giving it unusual facilities New Mining Engineering and Hydraulic Building, also Chemical and Metal lurgical Building ready for fall term, 1902. For catalogue giving list of graduates and their occupations, address F. W. McNair, President, Houghton, Mich. PATENTS, Caveats, Designs, Copyrights and Trade Marks obtained in Canada and all foreign countries. ROWLAND BRITTAIN, Registered Patent Attorney, Mechanical Engineer and Draughtsman. Write for full information and references. Satisfaction guaranteed. Room 20 Bank of Kritish North America VANCOUVER B, C, The Hall Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. NELSON, Wm B. C. 1 SMELTING DEPARTMENT ases COPPER ORI LEAD ORE, DRY ORE. WANTED Position by Provincial Licensed Assayer. Several years experience in B. C. Apply "A" Box 246 Victoria B O THE MINING RECORD. XXIII Fire Boss Mine Foreman M.* \~s* \J* The information gained from my Metal Mining Course has been of great practical benefit to me in my position. 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H, ABBOTT, Agent, VICTORIA, B. C. Or to E. J. COYLE, Ass't General Passenger Agent, VANCOUVER, B.EC. Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway. TIME THBLE NO. 44. Northbound. Daily. Leave. a.m. Victoria 9 :oo Shawnigan Lake 10:20 Duncans 11 :co P.M. Nanaimo 12:4s Ar. Wellington 1:00 Southbound. Arrive. P.M. 12:06 10:46 10:02 8:15 Lv. 8:00 Northbound. Leave. Sat., Sun. and Wed. Southbound. Arrive. A.M. P.M. Victoria 4125 Shawnigan Lake 5142 Duncans 6:20 Nanaimo 8:02 Ar. Wellington 8 :\y 8:10 7:01 6:05 4:25 Lv. 4:10 Through Tickets to Crofton via Westholme, Stage leaves Daily, connecting with North and Sonth bound trains,* Double stage'service Saturdays, Sundays and Wednesdays, connecting with morning and afternoon trains. Fare from Victoria, Single $2, Return $3. Through Tickets Victoria to HIberni—Stage leaves Wellington Tuesdays and Fridays on arrival of train from Victoria. Returning from Alberni Mondays and Thursdays. Fare from Victoria, single, $5.20, return $8.65 Through Tickets Victoria to Cowichan Lake via Duncans—Stage leaves Duncans Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays. Fare from Victoria $5.00 eturn . Excursion rates in effect to all points good Saturday and Snnday. GE0. L. COURTNEY, Traffic Manager. \THE HUDSON'S BAY GO'Y -HAVE- GENERAL STORES -AT- Baie de Peres Battleford Calgary Chapleau Dauphin Deloraine Edmonton Fort William Kamloops Langley Lethbridge Lower Fort Garry Macleod Mattawa Morden Nelson Pincher Creek Portage la Prairie Port Simpson Prince Albert Qu'AppeHe Quesnelle Rat Portage Riding Mountain Shoal Lake Sudbury Touchwood Hills Vancouver Victoria Vernon White wood Winnipeg jlnd at other principal points in British Columbia, Manitoba and Northwest Territories. Purchasers will find at these stores the best goods at moderate prices, imported direct from all the principal markets ofthe world. EVERY BELT GUARANTEED GENUINE OAK TANNED HATrlin BELTING For Exposed Situations Use Lancashire" Hair Belting. CATALOGUES AND DISCOUNTS ON APPLICATION. . K. McLAREN, Montreal, Toronto. FELfEN&GUILLEAUMt,Carls^rk, Actien Geselschaft, Mulheimon Rhine MANUFACTURERS OF ELECTRICAL LEADS AND CABLES Electric Lighting Cables for- Coal Pits with arrangement for avoiding fire damp explosions in case of the cable breaking. WIRE ROPES FOR MINING Round and Flat Wire Hopes, " Albert." or so-called " Lang's " Lay Eopes, Patent Locked Coil Wire Ropes, Patented Flattened Strand Wire Ropes. IRON, STEEL, COPPER AND BRONZE WIRE Superior qualities. j^SOLK AGENTS FOR^ANADA : WATSON JlCK & COMPANY, MONTREAL. AIR COM PRESSORS.-SIMPLE or COMPOUND. ROCK DRILLS.- STEAM or AIR. 1 THE CANADIAN RAND DRILL COMPANY YHNeOCYER, B. 0. R0SSLHND, B. 6. GREENWOOD, B. &. ■■ 'RI&CWNmRONi W&fmKS CABLE .- RISOON'S CODES: A.B.C. MOREING <t NEAU. LIEBERS, WESTERN UNION. P0LD7'fc:-;:; pREDQJllQ; ' Bn^cniNERT. SAN FRAISfpiSCO, OAl%M }'j*%' S. fy&r cor\7|ET^M ' otilurn -WRITEf&OR OUR SPECIAL CATALOGUES.- H^lna SMELTIHG W0RKS -aT- LHOYlMITl CLEI#ONT LWiri^ON, $Unager. IITHWISTM SMELTING AND REFINING CO. Buj?irs of Gold,gSilver and Coppe# Ores, Mattes, Bullion, Furnace and^Cyanide products.^^^^S ||oCATION OF WORKS CrcftonS Vancouver Island! BJc Published by the B. C. Record, Ld. Printed by T. R. Cusack, Victoria, Canada. his Montha THE STEWART RIVER GOLD DREDGE (Illustrated VOL. X, MAY, J 903. No. 5. ^HE HINTOKIELECTRIC COMPANY, Electric Motors. Blb^im^p Motors. Fans. Dynamos. Electric Mining Apparatus. viciroSiAiB. c. • • LIMITED. Electrical Construction S-: Mand Supplies. ; vancouvef#b§c. CALDWELIIBROSiCd tier 115 Jacksori^t., SEATTLE. 1746-1748 Pacific Ave., TACOMA?' ttiN.#G, CANNING, SAWMILL and HYDRAUL® MACHI|TEIIY|MERCHANTM Agentsvfor Rand Drill Co.; Hendrie & Bolthoff Mfg. Co.; Astoria Iron Works,.DeLoach Mill Mfg. 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SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: Canada and the United States, one year - Great Britain and Foreign, one year - - Advertising Rates on Application. $2.00 $2.50 Address all communications to The Managing Editor, B. C. Record, Ltd., • P. O. Drawer 645, Victoria, B. C. THE MONTH. AN important meeting of the Executive Committee of the Provincial Mining Association was held in Victoria during the past month, the chief business being the presentation to the Legislature of the recommendations made by the Association at its first convention in February last with regard to proposed changes in the mining laws and the introduction of new measures with a view to improving' the conditions and promoting the welfare of the industry in the Province. Among the suggestions brought forward were the following: The appointment of a competent geol- | ogist, "who has had experienece in examination and classification of auriferous alluvial deposits" to report during the present season on the geological conditions and mineral resources of the placer mining districts; the amendment and modification of the tariff fees chargeable on the incorporation, registration or licensing of companies; the abolition of the "two per cent, tax,'' and the substitution of a more equitable form of taxation therefor; the discontinuance of the practice of collecting timber dues from mine and mineral claim owners, when the timber is used for mine purposes; the securing of information and advice from both mine owners and miners relative to the working of the mine- signals code, in order that it may be made as perfect as possible-; the granting of six months' grace for the redemption of mineral property sold for taxes; the abolition or amendment of the clause in the Mineral Act imposing the penalty of forfeiture for failure to renew a free miner's certificate; the inclusion, for trie purpose of taxation, of Crown granted mineral claims under section 145 of the Mineral Act, reading "all groups of Crown granted claims upon any one of which claims the assessment work for the whole group may have been performed," thus freeing the unworked claims of the group from taxation; the taxation of mines on the basis of the "net annual income resulting from the product of the mine"; the reduction of the fee charged for the issuance of a Crown grant when applied for by the original locator or discoverer of a claim; the suppression "by prosecution or otherwise," on the part of the Government of "wild-catting"; the institution of an enquiry by the Government concerning the working of the "Boiler Inspection Act" with a view to the removal of existing dissatisfaction; the appointment of a commission to enquire into "existing relations- of employer and employee engaged in the mining industry in this Province," said commission to act in the meantime as a Conciliation Board; the issuance of Crown grants on placer claims; the opening of Indian reserves for mining purposes; the expenditure of larger sums annually on the construction of roads and trails throughout the mining districts; the revision of the Mineral and Placer Mining Acts* in view of the ambiguity of many of the clauses; and the abrogation of the powers of local agents or attorneys under the Companies' Act, for the sale or transfer of stock or property. It would appear almost an impertinence on our part to in any way question—and we do.not propose to do so—the wisdom of any of these recommendations, embodying as they do resolutions which were approved of by a body as representative as it was possible to make it of the mining interests of the Province, but it may very properly be pointed out that during the three days the Mining Convention was in session as many important questions (soni'j of them of a decided controversial character) were introduced and disposed of as would have occupied the attention of the Legislature for at least as many months. Of course this is easily explainable on the grounds that we had at the Convention a body of men who knew exactly what they wanted and consequently had no occasion to waste time in arriving at that point. But at the same time, we submit, that if any errors of judgment have been made, if some of the recommendations made to the Government are found impracticable or after all not quite in the best interests of the public—and we do not suggest at present, that this is the case at all—then such mistakes must certainly be ascribed to the unavoidable haste in which the business before the Convention was completed. ' In the future it will not be necessary for any ! " - 614 THE MINING RECORD. risks to be taken on this account, for it will be a comparatively easy matter to arrange for notice to be given well in advance of any annual meeting of delegates of the more important matters to be debated, so that district organizations may first thoroughly discuss these questions from the local standpoint and instruct their representatives accordingly. Taking the sixteen or seventeen recommendations made to the Government—all of them admirable in their way and some certainly demanding every consideration—we find that quite a large proportion of them suggest that present sources of revenue should be either cut off altogether or considerably reduced, while another large proportion advise a greater expenditure of public funds. The Government in considering such proposals must necessarily be influenced in some measure by the exigencies of the hour. They are told that if certain courses are pursued capital in very largely increased amounts will flow into the country, that new industries will spring into existence, and that as a natural sequence, population and permanent settlement will result. But however much we may believe these statements, it should not be forgotten that the problem confronting Provincial legislators is no easy one; money is required for the administration of the affairs of the country; the greatest difficulty is at present experienced in providing the necessary revenue from present utilized sources to meet that expenditure; our borrowing powers are limited and money can now only be got at an exceedingly dear rate. It is for the Government to carefully consider whether or not the predictions made by those who desire changes in the law, but which meanwhile would have a direct present effect on the revenue of the' Province, are based on any reasonably sure foundation. They are called upon to determine whether they are justified in reducing tlrat revenue and at thja'same time increasing the expenditures on merely an assurance that the Province will enjoy a greater measure of prosperity in the future. Consequently, if the Mining Association finds that the Government does not embrace immediately all the suggestions that have been tendered, we do not think that the Association need feel thereanent that its advice is not valued or that its influence is in any way lightly regarded. We propose now to discuss in brief some of the matters presented to the Government by the Executive Committee of the Association, leaving for the time being the question of revenue on one side. The suggestion that the Government should appoint a geologist to examine and report on the alluvial deposits of the country is a most commendable one. It is quite too much to expect that our Provincial Mineralogist, who, while no doubt having a fair all-round knowledge of mining and metallurgy in its several branches and in more than one branch may be regarded as an expert authority, should be a specialist in all lines, and a really comprehensive report from a recognized authority on the alluvial gold deposits of British Columbia would undoubtedly be of the greatest possible value and interest to prospectors and to the investing public. Prob ably the best report on the Cariboo and other gold fields yet published "was that prepared many years ago for the Geological Survey Department by the late Dr. Dawson in his work on the "Mineral Resources of British Columbia." There is much in this report that might be advantageously included in any new treatise on the subject; in fact, few additions are required beyond the recording of developments since that time, and more extensive reference to the commercial in contradistinction to the scientific side of the matter. We confess to not being in accord with the proposal to reduce the fees for joint-stock company incorporation registration or licensing, or in respect to the reduction of the charge made for companies' "free miners' " certificates. No desirable company, namely, one adequately capitalized and formed for the purpose of mining along legitimate lines would be in any way deterred from operating in British Columbia by reason of the present moderate imposts. On the other hand, to reduce these charges would be to further encourage the generally impecunious wild-cat sharpers, who would thus escape from contributing to the public treasury the sufficiently moderate amounts they are now compelled to pay. For the very purpose of limiting the promotion of over-capitalized and wild-cat concerns the present tariff charges were incorporated in the Act at a time when the evil was at its height some few years ago. The effect was good and to our mind there is on advantage in repealing or modifying a measure which has proved useful merely because the evil at which it aimed is temporarily less in evidence. Of the "two per cent." tax little need be said here, for the Government has already taken this question under advisement, proposing to rectify the injustice complained of, and will no doubt devise a system of taxation which will be more acceptable to the mining community. This change, we understand, contemplates the imposition of a tax on the net annual income of mines. If no difficulties present themselves in the matter of arranging for reasonse to be made upon an approximately equitable basis, the proposed change from a tax on gross output would appear to be well conceived. There can be no two opinions as to the justice of the demand that the Government should discontinue the practice of collecting stumpage dues on timber used by the miner for mining purposes and cut on his own claims. The Act distinctly states that a claim owner is entitled to the timber so obtained and used, and yet the royalty lias been regularly demanded and generally paid, though nearly always under protest. It is to be hoped that the mining district officials will be at once instructed in the proper interpretation of the law as it stands. In convention a strong pressure was brought to bear and resolutions were introduced for the repeal of the code of mine signals embodied in the Metalliferous Mines Inspection Act. and of the clauses relating to the inspection of boilers in the Boiler Inspection Act. THE MINING RECORD. 615 The resolutions as introduced were not, however, permitted to carry, for it was shown that employees in whose interests these regulations had been placed on the statutes were strongly adverse to their removal on the grounds that that they were perfectly workable and had had, since in force, the desired effect of promoting the safety of respectively, miners working underground and of men employed about boilers. The objection, however, to the signal code was that it is "unwieldly" and moreover, it was stated, no code could be devised that would be equally applicable to the working of both large and small mines. The operation of the Boiler Inspection Act, it was also pointed out, involves unnecessary hardships and expense to the mine operator, and on these presentations the Convention offered the very sensible suggestion that the Government should be required to ascertain the views of those affected by the operation of these Acts with a view to remedying, if possible, any objectionable features. It is absurd, as Mr. Kirby has said, that mining companies, realizing their responsibility as regards the lives and safety of their employees, and liable for very Tieavy damages in the case of accidents, should desire for the sake of avoiding comparatively trifling inconvenience or expense, any regulations or laws for the prevention of accidents amended if in consequence the risks of accidents occurring would be increased. At the same time we are assured that in such cases as these the Legislature will consider the wishes of the workmen as paramount, and employers can therefore only impracticable suggestion, is that the Government should take steps "for the suppression of fraudulent statements regarding mining properties in the Province made with a view to inducing the public to buy shares in such properties at outrageously exaggerated prices" ; the steps proposed being "by prosecution or otherwise" of the perpetrators. As we have remarked, it would, for obvious reasons, be very difficult for the Government to act in this matter. We do not pretend to any legal knowledge, but it seems to us that the only grounds upon which the authors of fraudulent statements in connection with mining property could be prosecuted would be on the charge of obtaining money on false pretences. But as a general thing the promoters of wild-cats do not attempt to sell stock to the British Columbia public, and consequently it would not be often that swindlers of this class would come within reach of provincial legal jurisdiction. At the same time our Mines Department might well do a great deal more to warn the public against the more flagrant instances of wild-catting; though as long as the Department continues to issue a Report but once a year such departmental interference must necessarily be largely ineffectual. It may be said here in passing that the State Mineralogist of California has of recent months accomplished much in the way of discouraging fraudulent mine-company promotion in that State. But the duty of warning the public against swindling schemers should perhaps rest not so much with the Government as with the local press, and we venture to say that if expect a modification of the existing regulations after the newspapers of the Province recognize more fully thoroughly satisfying their employees that the changes they suggest are really desirable from their, the workmen's, point of view. Several amendments have been suggested to the law in respect to Crown granted claims, all of which recommendations are on right lines. Thus no one can possibly object to the suggestion that a period of six months should be allowed for the redemption of Crown granted mineral property seized for taxes in arrears, more especially as owners of other classes of property are accorded this privilege. Then it is also a reasonable proposal that a company or syndicate owning a group of Crown granted mineral claims and wishing to concentrate operations on one, should, provided this work is equivalent in the aggregate to what is required to be done by law in the case of individual claims to entitle the owner to exemption from the tax on unworked property, that taxation on the remaining claims of the their responsibility in this regard, there would be little occasion for Government intervention. Meanwhile the resolution as it stands serves an excellent purpose as registering the protest of so representative an organization as the Mining Association, and further as affording an assurance to mining investors on the outside that an endeavour is being put forward by this body to safeguard their interests. The fact that during the present session of the Legislature two important remedial measures have been introduced largely along the lines suggested by the Convention is a further testimony of the useful work the Association has been able to accomplish. It is, as we have stated, the intention of the Government to amend the unfair incidence of the "two pec cent." tax on mines in accordance with a promise made to the Convention by the Premier; but a still more important measure is the Conciliation Bill framed for the pur- group should be remitted. The third proposal that the pose of preventing strikes and lock-outs with the con- sequent general disturbances of industrial conditions resulting therefrom. It is more than probable that the Government in bringing down this Bill were influenced both by the recommendations of the Association, and by the practical demonstration bv the Association's Government should issue Crown grants at a reduced fee to the original locator or discoverer was introduced by the Association with the object of affording additional encouragement to prospectors. It is not, however, a matter of much practical moment. The present fee of twenty-five dollars is not excessive, and we have not heard of a case of a prospector who attached sufficient value to claim to secure a Crown grant of it, raising any objection on the score that the fee charged was exorbitant or beyond his means to pay. Another well intentioned, but, we Conciliation Committee of what conciliation may effect when the matters in dispute requiring adjustment are left in the hands of a board of independent, disinterested and honest men. It is to be hoped, however, that the Bill as introduced will be modified in respect to the penalty, clause 3, before becoming law. There fear somewhat is, at present,-at least no occasion for quite so drastic a 616 THE MINING RECORD. measure as that proposed, and we imagine that both employers and employees will be satisfied if the Legislature contents itself with passing a general Act providing the machinery for the speedy settlement of labour disputes. At the Convention the opinion of the Association was clearly against what is known as "compulsory arbitration," for the reason that such a system is both unnecessary and only questionably workable. We now come to the consideration of perhaps the most important of the recommendations submitted to the Government—the matter of Crown granting placer claims. At the Mining Convention a resolution was practically unanimously carried in favour of this proposal, after the reasons for its adoption had been advanced by the advocates of the measure. A minority at the meeting, however, lodged a protest against the passage of the resolution on the grounds that the effect that such amendments as suggested would have, had not been adequately discussed or considered. The recommendation was subsequently debated at length by the Executive Committee, one member only dissenting to its provisions as finally submitted to the Legislature. We should not have referred to the opposition to the proposal but for the fact that recently a number of placer miners in the Atlin District and also, we understand, at Stanley, have expressed themselves as being opposed to the Crown granting of placer ground or to any of the changes that it is proposed should be made in the Act. At the same time we are obliged to recognize that the present title obtainable for hydraulic and deep level ground is not a satisfactory one; that as long as the title is not secure it serves to discourage the investment of capital in large undertakings of this nature ; and finally that there is nothing revolutionary or novel in the request that has been put forward, for it is merely that the placer,miner should be placed on the same footing as the quartz miner, and that we should accept as a basis for the remodelling of our placer mining laws an Act under which placer and hydraulic mining has been successfully carried on for years in the United States where conditions are precisely - similar. It is, of course, out of the question for the prospector to attempt to hold hydraulic ground under the present system. Some are inclined to doubt whether under any other system mining property of this character could or would be developed by prospectors. But the fact remains that deep alluvial ground has been successfully developed by individual miners in California under favourable conditions of tenure, and if the Crown granting system will afford to this class in British Columbia any further encouragement it is certainly a strong argument in its favour. The objections raised to the recommendations appear to be first that the introduction of the Crown granting system would result in the "tying up" of enormous tracts of territory, and secondly that the country would suffer a serious loss of revenue by the abandonment of the leasehold system. Under the present leasehold system, fifty dollars per annum is paid annually for the right of leasing eighty acres of ground, and further it is obligatory that the work should be continuously prosecuted on the pro perty. The life of a lease is twenty years, and consequently the Government would receive during that period a thousand dollars, and presumably something like twenty thousand dollars would have been expended in development work. The proposed change would only necessitate the expenditure of four hundred dollars payable in cash to the Government and reduce the amount of development work legally required to the equivalent of an expediture of five hundred dollars. A reply to these objections is that in spite of existing regulations large areas are held unworked from year to year, and if this objection proved in actual practice to be really valid, the evil is open to easy regulation by the imposition of a considerable taxation on unworked claims, but that as a matter of fact there is little likelihood of speculation on such lines for hydraulic ground can have no value until it has been thoroughly prospected and tested—in itself requiring a large outlay. On the score of revenue, it is expected, that any deficit in the one direction would be more than compensated for in another by a tax of 50 cents per acre on Crown granted ground and a charge of 5 cents per inch for the water used in mining. This seems to us to be a fair representation of both sides of the case and our readers are therefore in a position to form their own conclusions. If, meanwhile, the proposed changes appear too radical a compromise here suggests itself. We think it is admitted that better title should be granted to operators of hydraulic and deep level mines whose bona fides have been established. As a further precaution then against the holding of property for speculative purposes, absolute title might be withheld in all cases where the equipment of a property was not up to a standard requirement. But in that case the argument in favour of the prospector falls to the ground. It is with very great regret that we learn that the American Institute of Mining Engineers has been compelled to abandon the proposed British Columbia meeting this summer for the reason that the transportation companies being unable to provide return-journey special car accommodation for the party, in consequence of the "unprecedented demand for cars for the regular traffic." The acting secretary of the Institute, Mr. Theodore Dwight, writes meanwhile that "Applications and negotiations in every possible quarter have resulted in the conviction that it is impossible to secure even a special train for the journey to'British Columbia and back." We suppose we. should express gratification at this evidence of Canadian industrial activity and prosperity, but one is inclined to discount the point of the explanation in one's natural feeling of annoyance at the abandonment of an arrangement from which British Columbia was certain to have realized very substantial benefit. THE MINING RECORD. 617 Now that so much more attention is being directed to "Richmond Ky. the gold-dredging possibilities of the Fraser and other "Our commissioner said this morning that British rivers, the news that alluvial gold mining machinery Columbia was the greatest country in North America, not manufactured in Canada—but there's the rub- I suppose he meant in a mining way, as he is an old may be imported free of duty is very welcome. We miner. He is inclined to be erratic and therefore ex- have already heard of a number of new enterprises that travagant in his statements at times. I think he was in are to be undertaken this season, and now that con- ■ one of those moods this morning. Anyway my interest ditions are better understood the proportion of failures is aroused. Please send me a copy of your journal and should not be great. terms " An active season is anticipated this year in the Big The British Columbia Financial Trust which now Bend, one of the most promising of the outlying dis- proposes to go into voluntary liquidation is one of the tricts. Placer mining is being vigorously prosecuted many London promotions which have been of no credit on Smith, Camp, TdcCullough and French Creeks, and to the Province or to themselves. At a recent, meeting large consignments of machinery suitable for deep level of shareholders—a sort of funeral service over the mining have already been sent in. Lode mining is be- corpse of a suicide—it came out that while the company ing extensively carried on at Carnes Creek, Standard was formed in 1897 the shareholders had received no statement of accounts or balance sheet since 1899. The directors, whom, it was shown, had received fees amounting to £3,000 to console them presumably for the loss of £50,000 of other people's money, had entered a further claim for arrears, and were openly accused of questionable conduct, which charge was not denied. Mr. Lj. W. Shatford, of Fairview, a member of the Executive Committee P. M. A., representing Commercial interests. A correspondent, a prospector, writing to the New Denver Ledge, makes the very sensible suggestion that steps should be taken to compel claim holders to fence in, or in the case of abandoned ground, fill in, shafts or prospect holes, which otherwise are a source of danger. He remarks: "The country is getting full of old abandoned prospects whose shafts and upraises are not properly guarded. I think the law should require all such places to be filled, and until they are filled and abandoned, to be kept guarded by clearing the brush and dirt away for at least six feet around the hole, and be fenced in by a railing. This would give a man a chance for his life. I know the danger, as some of the workings I have seen will soon be entirely covered with brush. Upraises are the most dangerous ; there is nothing: but the hole, and it soon grows over." Basin, Downie Creek, Laforme Creek and on Keystone Mountain. Excellent reports have also been received of the development of the mica properties in this region. Much indignation has been expressed at the action of the Crow's Nest Coal Company in advancing the price of coke from $4.25 to $4.50—a difference which it is said, adds in round figures a hundred dollars a day to the expense of operating the large smelters in '*' the Boundary District. Of course even at the advanced Hardly a day passes without the arrival at the office rate the price of Crow's Nest coke is a good deal be- of the Mining Record of a request or requests for low the price of this commodity obtainable elsewhere, Some of these are but that is hardly the point. The Crow's Nest Com- also that it pays them better to sell their one from Richmond, Kentucky, entirely characteristic: specimen copies of the periodical. worded in a more or less picturesque way, but here is pany claim raw product at $2 per ton at the mines than to manufac- 618 THE MINING RECORD. ture coke even at the price now demanded, which may be equally true. But if the Crow's Nest Coal Company had not a monopoly, would the price of coke have been advanced in so arbitrary a fashion? So long as the Crow's Nest Coal Company continue to enjoy a monopoly there can be no certainty of continuous prosperity in the metalliferous mining districts of the Kootenay and Yale. That already has been clearly lemonstrated. There is a good deal of unconscious humour in the following statement of the chairman of a Rand mining company, speaking at a shareholders' meeting on the subj ect of the native labour problem: "He (the chairman) denied the allegations made in the London Press of the mine owners being slave drivers, and he affirmed that the food and pay given to the natives rendered their condition infinitely better than' that of the London poor. He pointed out that the Native Labour Association would prove one of the greatest civilizing agencies in the history of South Africa by opening up new districts and giving the natives a knowledge of work and a taste of luxuries, and thus preparing the way for the trader and the missionary." If the point of the argument is to be found in the last paragraph, it is surely an unsatisfactory one, for while the savages of Africa may require a "knowledge of work" there is certainly no necessity to teach them that a missionary is a luxury. He is not even an acquired "taste." learn that steps are being taken in Idaho to ; ust the validity of the law enacted by the last Legislature of that State, providing that mines shall be required to pay taxes only on their net output. We imagine, however, that it is not the mine owners who in this case are raising objection. Apropos of the subject of mine- taxation, our contemporary, the Mining Reporter (Denver) remarks that "Outside of a nominal acreage assessment which surface real estate would bear, it is difficult to equitably assess that which constitutes actual mine valuation, because its commercial value is not easily established. Shafts, tunnels and levels, run for the purpose of exploration, should not be considered assessable, for of themselves they are non-productive. The ore that is capable of being valued and measured in a mine is the real property; and the conditions and locality always should enter in when it comes to making an assessment based on present commercial value. In strictly mining communities, where mining is the chief industry, the pro rata taxation, as between mine and mine, is usually quite satisfactory, because mining conditions there are more clearly defined. The necessity of raising a certain amount by taxation is recognized and a tolerably equitable basis is generally established. But in countries having a great diversity of industries there naturally arises some friction as to the proportion of public burden each industry shall bear. All of which is much to the point. The catastrophe, which occurred at the close of last month at Frank, Alberta, a small coal mining town on the line of the C. P. R. at the south-eastern borders of British Columbia, was of an unlooked for and appalling character. Without warning huge masses of rock became detached from near the summit of the mountain and sweeping down the hillsides swept wi'h irresistible force into the valley beneath, car r '/ing de.ith and destruction to the village. The loss of life was chiefly among the women and children living in cottages, which were buried under the avalanche of rock, the men who it was first thought had been buried for ever in the mine by the sealing-up of the entrances to the tunnels, managed to dig their way out, without assistance from a rescue party. This was the one gleam of light in this most sad and deplorable affair. The destruction of property arid machinery was also very considerable, and the blow is a very serious one to the coal company operating the Frank mines. British Columbia is not the only country in which the question of mine-taxation is a burning one. Thus we Both the Rossland newspapers publish articles recently commenting favourably on the progress of mining in that district during the .past few years and speaking in most hopeful terms of the outloook for the immediate future. The World points out that the Le Roi in something less than four years has, after paying the expenses of development and working, earned nearly half the amount of its capital—although, of course, this has not gone into the pockets of shareholders in the form of dividends. The reasons for which are well known. The showing, too, of the other big mines is also far from unsatisfactory. Meanwhile the Miner states that this year a great deal more activity is being shown in the development of the "partially developed mines." The Giant, for example, has again resumed operations and is moire than paying its way; a large concentrator is to be set up on the White Bear, which is rapidly becoming an important mine; the Jumbo is to be again operated in a few weeks' time, as also the Novelty; a considerable sum of money is to be expended on the further development of the Spitzee; on the Iron Mask, the I. X. L. and O. K. work has been resumed, and it is said the California will also shortly be worked; in the Centre Star richer ore is re- THE MINING RECORD. 6J9 ported to have been encountered and both this mine and the War Eagle are making extensive shipments; the Great Western is to be unwatered early next month and altogether it would appear that Rossland is about to witness a new era of increased activity and continued prosperity. The price of copper meanwhile is satisfactorily high, smelting costs are reasonably low, the labour conditions are settled, and in the background is the great possibilities awaiting the levelopment of the economic treatment of the lower grade ores by methods of concentration to be shortly introduced. strain contrasting most favourably with the bombastic and absurd utterances of Nylin. On the new Board, . we observe, are five reputable residents of Golden, and we have therefore further reason for believing that the enterprise will be henceforward conducted along legitimate lines. We have on several occasions called attention to the unbusinesslike manner in which the affairs of the Boundary Creek Mining and Milling Company are conducted. We are now mformed that the Bank of Montreal at Rossland holds the deeds of the company's property as collateral security for an advance of eight thousand dollars, and that as the money was not paid when due the property may at any time be seized and sold. The worst of it is that the shareholders seemingly know nothing of the position in which they have been placed. The property is just becoming valuable in consequence of the successful development of adjoining property in the granitic belt, and therefore the sooner the directors are called to account and an explanation demanded the better. The .Labourers' Co-operative Gold, Silver and Cop-. per Mining Co., Ltd., of B. C, to which we referred in a recent "issue, appears, we are glad to note, to have been re-organized on a more business-like basis, although it is to be regretted that our pious friend, Mr. Nylin, still has a seat on the Board and acts in the capacity of Treasurer. At a meeting held in Chicago last month the Directors were authorized to complete the purchase of seventeen mineral claims in the Ice River district previously owned by the Chicago & B. C. M. Co., Ltd., the consideration being 850,000 shares in the Labourers' Co-operative Company. In order to carry out this agreement and to provide-sufficient funds for development purposes the capital stock of the undertaking has been increased to half a million dollars, ln a circular issued recently by the secretary the following paragraph appears: "Under the new directorate, and with ample means to carry out the work, and a capable management, the Directors believe that the company has now entered upon a successful career; and while it is to be hoped that the progress of the company will be such as to put the company on a paying basis within a reasonable time, the shareholders must remember that it takes time and a lot of money to develop and equip a mine under the most favourable conditions." Now that sounds very like an honest and reasonable statement: at any rate, it is written in a The Executive of the Mining Association recently passed and forwarded a resolution to Ottawa suggestive of the form of assistance which the Federal Government should afford the silver-lead mining industry. This recommendation was to the. effect that failing tariff adjustment, a bonus should be granted of $4 a ton in ore, $8 on lead mined and smelted in Canada, and $10 per ton on lead mined, smelted and refined ir Canada. The resolution was drawn up by a special committee, one of whose members was Mr. J. J. Campbell, of Nelson, than whom few are better informed on the subject of the lead mining industry in the Kootenays. It may be also mentioned that before final action was taken in the matter the Executive endeavoured but without success to communicate by telegraph with and ascertain the views of Mr. Retallack, one of the delegates sent by the Silver-Lead Miners' Association to lay the case of the lead mine owners before the Government at Ottawa. It now appears that the recommendation of the Executive does not meet with the approval of Mr. Retallack and the mining interests he represents who desire a direct bonus of $15 a ton on all lead mined. It is unfortunate that there should be any confliction of ideas on so important a matter, as the Government might easily find here an excuse to defer action altogether. The Executive of the Association have recognized such a possibility, and on that account now commend for the consideration of the Government Air. Retallack's suggestion. At the same time, it must be remembered that the Association is working not for one class only, but for the mining industry of British Columbia, and the original recommendation was framed accordingly. An adjustment of the tariff, as proposed, would stimulate not only mining, but local smelting, refining and manufacturing of lead. Aid in that direction, however, has been refused. The next best thing, therefore, is a bonus so granted as to afford adequate encouragement to both miner and smelter. The suggestion of the Executive aims to effect that purpose. The assistance asked for by Mr. Retallack would no doubt greatly benefit the owners of lead mines, but it would have no direct influence in building up smelting or refining industries in the Province. I THE NEED FOR SIMPLIFICATION. (By dive-rhillipps-Wolley.) F we may be allowed to judge, we should say, that the dominant characteristic of the present Provincial Mining Association as a whole, is its plain common sense. • Simple practical laws, in simple words are what the Association is working for. These are what the mining interests of British Columbia at present lack. 620 THE MINING RECORD. No one can help being struck by the contrast between the mining laws of California and those of British Columbia. Broadly speaking, no laws in the known world compare favourably with those of Britain, and we believe that our American neighbours admit this, but a great deal of the superiority of our laws depends upon the fact that we make laws to be administered and administer them, whereas the Americans make laws and laugh at themselves for doing so. The genius of America, Kipling says, bids the American "flout the law he makes, and make the law he flouts." This is one of those wonderful summaries of nat- tional character for which Kipling has become famous, but for all that, the Americans have made some excellent laws and in some cases have administered them with a whole-hearted sincerity of which we see nothing in British Columbia. Speaking only of that which we have known we would instance the laws for the preservation of forests from fire and the preservation of game. Of course it is not fair, as was pointed out in the Convention, to condemn a law as a bad law because it is badly administered. This was the mistake all through the Convention in dealing with the question of the Gold Commissioners' discretionary powers, which if wrongfully exercised, can be controlled by means set out in the Statutes. But apart altogether from the question of administration, whilst it must be admitted that as a whole our own laws are superior to those of the States, it must also be admitted that in our mining laws we might well take example from those who have mined longer and more successfully than we have done. Their laws are, as far as the writer has seen, concise and simple: plain words for plain men to read. It seems to the writer that it is essential to a good law that it should be concise, written, in simple English, understandable by the people, in words which as far as possible can have but one meaning and that the meaning plainly expressed upon the surface. Pace Mr. Galt of Rossland, one of our ablest members, the object of legislatures should be as far as possible to get rid of lawyers who are a source of expense to the people, and of litigation which brings no profit to the State. If the laws were simply worded, a long step would have been taken in the right direction. Men do not need interpreters of a language which they themselves understand, and the day has gone by when all the professions were supposed to be justified in hiding simple things under Latin names, and making mysteries of matters which the common folk could understand for themselves. The writer has himself been through the mill as an English barrister and knows well the arguments in favour of professional language, but he knows, too, that a will drawn in the simple-language of Hodge is more valid often than the most lawyer-like document ever drawn. So may it be with our laws if we will only use ordinary English, carefully employing only those words of which we know the exact meaning. These remarks especially apply to our mining laws, which should be so condensed and so simplified that every poor fellow who lards our lean earth with his sweat in the Kootenay hills or Cassiar willow swamps can read them in half an hour and understand them at the first reading. Let us take a. few special instances to illustrate our general meaning. The British Columbia Water Clauses Act (consolidated) covers 61 pages and is contained in 154 clauses. In Cobb's American Mining Code we find the law relating to the water rights of California set out in four pages and about a dozen clauses. Here is a specimen of the language employed: 1410. "The right to the use of running water flowing in a river or stream or down a canyon or ravine, may be acquired by appropriation." Less than three lines are thus employed to tell a man for what purposes he may appropriate and under what circumstances his title to water so appropriated will cease. Ten lines tell him how to appropriate, to post notices, etc., and there is the pith of the whole matter. Now, take an instance of the vagueness of our own law. I won't hark back to a beautiful amendment to the Game Act which I once saw on its way to the second reading, which had become so involved that it provided not only for the protection of roosting pheasants but also for the protection of such sweet little dears as moose, big-horn and mule-deer "when roosting in trees." But let me instance a clause on the Statute Book to-day. Clause 102, of the Placer Act. Here it is:— 102. "Any free miner or two or more free miners, holding adjoining leases as creek claims, or leases of any other placer mining ground, may consolidate as many as ten leases, " etc., etc. Now, if this is not well and clearly drawn, the purport of it is at least clear. Surely it means that the claims whatever they are which are to be consolidated must adjoin. "Adjoining" is the forerunning word, and ought of course to have been repeated, but as it has -not been we are told that an attorney-general has translated this to mean that a man may consolidate ten claims in ten different parts of the country although such a translation is diametricaally opposed to the general spirit of our mining laws which as a rule stipulate for consolidation only where such consolidation would enable a man to work several claims as one mine. The men who originally drafted our laws, drafted them clearly enough and the spirit of them is plain today, but there has been too much tinkering by unskilled or interested tinkers and the originals have become dim. As a last example. The old law gave a man 80 acres of placer ground under a lease for 20 years because the men of that day thought 80 acres enough for any one man and knew that he could work out 80 acres in 20 years, but they did not provide for blocks of 800 acres. Those could not be worked out in 20 years, but then the old law makers never meant them to be. THE MINING RECORD. 621 I THE BULL RIVER IRON MINES. (By C. Hungerford Pollen, F.G.S., M.A.I.M.E.) T is a matter, not merely of individual,, but of national importance whether pig iron or steel can be profitably produced in British Columbia. There must always be a beginning. The value of a commodity must be governed in the end by the cost of its production. The position in Bull River is a striking one when the estimated costs of production are compared with that of steel produced in the United States. Jfforr/S5< coaf Mines It should be remembered that the costs of transportation are a diminishing item. As railways do more business, improve and extend their lines, and have return freight to haul, they can give cheaper rates. The users of the product too come to the source of supply as an industry increases in magnitude instead of waiting for it to be brought to them. We have already seen in East Kootenay the vindication of the long neglected coal fields. These were considered too far from transportation and for many years hung fire as an enterprise. It was the same too with the great lead mines of the North Star and the St. Eugene, the latter being now proved to be the second largest lead mine on the American Continent. It seems only a matter of time before other commodities, for which the raw material exists in great quantities in East Kootenay, are exploited on a commercial basis. Vast deposits of low-grade material are, like .the coal areas, situated on tributaries of the Kootenay River, hence the point of assembly for fluxes, fuel and raw material is in each case down hill. The building of the Kootenay Central Railway, which seems now a certainty, will give special advantages in the making of a great centre for the reduction and refining of metals. Deposits of various kinds such as manganese that have hitherto been considered of no commercial value whatever seem destined to become great assets to the wealth of the country. The property in question is known as the Bull River Iron Mines and is situated on Fenwick Mountain eighteen miles from Fort Steele. The distances to existing railway points are to Jaffray and Wardner on the C. P. R., nine and five miles respectively; Elko on the Great Northern Railway, twenty miles. Good waggon roads connect with these places at present but the route of the proposed Kootenay Central Railway passes immediately below the claims at the foot of Fenwick Mountain and will be within convenient reach of a tramway. The elevation of the claims is 6,000 feet above sea level and 2,500 above Bull River which encircles two sides of Fenwick Mountain. The extent of the property is about nine hundred acres. The base of the mountain is composed of slates, shales and quartzites of Cambrian Age. Above these and in- P/afs/iemng c/a/mc. Course ofe/epos/Ai and yr-or/r/ncv Bul! Rirtr Iron M/nes East Mbo/~enqy B. C eluding the deposits the formation is Devono-Carbon- iferous. The deposits occur- in a limestone which is in places dolomitic and which has a general strike of northeast and southwest with a north-easterly dip. 622 THE MINING RECORD. The general structure of the deposits is a bedded or banded one. The beds, ranging from two to ten feet, are separated by partings varying from six inches to one foot of barren material. These are sometimes replaced by a low-grade ore carrying 20 per cent, to 45 per cent, of metallic iron. So far developments have Kootenay Valley looking towards Selkirks. disclosed five deposits with a general east and west strike and dipping at various angles. Deposit "A" on the plan dips 50 degrees to the south; the others are nearly horizontal or dip at small angles. The flat appearance of the deposits would sustain the theory that the zone of mineralization fs a replacement of the country rock and that the solution or filling came from a fissure crossing at an angle with the strike of the country rock. For some distance on each side of the fissure the country rock has been impregnated or entirely replaced by haematite, giving the deposits approximately the same dip as the country rock and following the course of the fissure. The ore is exposed by cuts for the distance of $2,200 feet on deposit "B" and for a distance of one and one-quarter miles by natural outcrops. The vertical distance measured from the summit to the lowest workings is 500 feet and from the summit to the lowest outcrop is 900 feet. Assuming the deposits are of a bedded type, the following figures are given from actual measurements. The depth of one of the beds only is taken into the calculation, being considered as continuing the width and length of the deposit. The width is taken at a distance measured at right angles to the course of the deposit. From a series of analysis made on this ore, the phosphorous contents have never been found to exceed the Bessemer limit and the sulphur runs always low. The highest class of ore will run .68 per cent, metallic iron and 3 per cent, silica. This is a massive hard blue haematite. A hard blue haematite of a slightly schistose character will run 60 per cent, iron and II per cent, silica. Softer varieties of ore go higher in iron and carry more alumina and magnesia. The absence of 1 & mk j» 4,,j AgjA*- Jp ^ If 7^U ^^3R Sirf^fe^ *~^*ISSI0 If ^jSt ^-ijSsSii*.''™!; Ei%?iJ*8§&"*--1 ^'^P liffs^^j rTJsP? S^Siv; ifWjLrfsS;- -i;-^P» ' ~*ner^: -'----"Si '-7 e ^TiT^Lgi^ *55t|l|f g?~; ^^^^3^.-' ^^a^^^^jSff^^§^^^^ I^S ^*5a§ri ggijl iSlBisill * ^^^^fell Bull River Canon. phosphorous makes this ore a most desirable one for the manufacture of Bessemer pig. List of AnaH-sis, Bull River Heamatite. Sample ironi r v -05 .a" Otj 0 U « *> rt : j .2 § * -S So Sulphur Phosphorus 0 3 a a 0 Goliath Claim Ajax " Haematite '' 17.00 12.00 8.50 76 20 ' 85.OO 88 00 4" 00 j 2 00 1 1 10 2 55 1-io ■06 1 .02 .04 .03 .08 .04 53 34 59 50 61.50 64.00 61.95 Goliath " 9.08 11.60 3 50 4 00 10.20 9 25 S.64 10.94 8.52 Tempest " Kent " 7.77 "77 Whisper " 65.80 61.70 61.60 58.50 58-99 61.35 Atlantis " Ajax '• .056 1 .0221 .076 .0291 Average from Several Claims 12 50 2.58 1 56 1.10 .062 1 .0282 THE MINING RECORD. 623 j The slope of the hill occupied by the claims is sufficient to allow open cut work to be advantageously carried on. The deposits lie one above the other, so that a number of faces can be worked at the same time. The ore is hard and would require blasting. Figuring all expenses in, the costs of extraction are not likely to exceed $1.00 per ton. In the case of the lower grade Falls of Bull River, showing remains of old bridge. ores a certain amount of mechanical sorting can be done at very slight extra expense since the ore will break out in massive pieces and the remaining waste can be easily shovelled aside. The falls ori Bull River, two and a half miles from the claims, afford a magnificent opportunity for power. The river drops 200 feet within a distance of one mile and has a flow of about 6,000 inches. A good site is available for the instalment of a plant which might be made sufficiently large not only to generate electricity for this mine alone but for use in the surrounding towns. The alteration of .the Great Fall smelter from a lead to an iron furnace, which is now proceeding, should give a market for the ores, but it is interesting to see whether reduction could not be effected as economically on the spot. In the following tables Pittsburg is taken as the centre of the iron smelting industry in the United States and the comparison is made of the cost of assembling the raw materials for reduction. It should be noticed that there is a difference in the price of coke at Fernie of $4.25 per ton as against $2.24 per ton in the United States. Table showing flat costs of making one ton Pig at Pittsburg, U. S., and Bull River, B.C. 03 o S CO a .2 § 5. ■e •£ 0 is QQ O S bo P< *> S^ O fci C3 o <3 Coke: Conijelsville, Pittsburg. 80 2 50 32 1.7 Limb: Tyrone •' .130 50 52 .5 Ore: Lake Superior " .360 2 81 144 1.8 8S 2 .5.5- I S" a G^ ~ A^u "go ° a % *a m -S-S g »>.S gso -go, a fe UP. ti E-i 54 4 25 4 79 26 25 51 2 59 5 05 7 64 ?12 94 Coke Morrissy, Bull River.. .. 30 4 25 12 15 Lime: Bull River, " . 00 50 ... .5 Ore: (i ( ( . 00 2 81 ... 1.8 18 6 37 6 55 25 25 5 05 5 05 J11 85 ?1 09 The above table shows that the flat costs of smelting and manufacturing one ton of pig iron is $1.09 less at Bull River than at Pittsburg. With regard to the W't/fA c/e/oo.,f Crcpo 5ecr/on Long Sec/ton profit on one ton of pig iron on the Pacific Coast and in the Orient the following table is designed to show the comparative rates and prices between Bull River and Pittsburg: 624 THE MINING RECORD. Tab\e Showing 'Freight Rates and Prices of Pig Iron at Bull River and Pittsburg. both in connection with the coal and oil as with the metal mines. . I CO P.O Cost i ton pig o -g iron at «w 1 w a 5I a o . U W m o to" P.„- v S o s •J. >—* 1 profit 1 ton pig at smelt'g points Freight from smelt'g points to Pac, Coast. 0 % 1 § O 0 P.U3 1 1 s s $26 34 19 35 O a b « - 0 "'§ ... «j ^ (X. S ° M U 0 ta b. [L, Freight to Orient from Pacific Coast Cost Orient Pittsbufrg $12.94 II 8; {22.50 $ 956 10 65 $13-4° 7-5° $35-9° $ 9-56 16.55 $10.00 10 00 ?3°-34 29-35 loc 5-9° 6.99 THE MINING CAMPS OF YALE DISTRICT. (By E. Jacobs.) CAMP M KINNEY. I AMP McKINNEY was named after AL McKinney who, in the spring of 1886, discovered and located the Cariboo mineral claim, situate It is unfortunately considered very visionary at on Rice Creek, a tributary of Rock Creek. McKin- present for anybody to take a sanguine view of mining ney, Fred Rice, — Burnham and "Frenchy" LeFeuvre in April of that year came up from Colville, Washington, or from below that town, to look at the Victoria and to prospect in the neighbourhood. Particulars of the discovery of the Victoria in 1884 were given in the first of this series of contributions. (See Mining Record for January, 1903, pages 452_3-) Early History.—Leaving the Victoria during the first week in May,- McKinney and his partners started for the mountain known as "Old Baldy," but the snow hindering them, they were about to turn back when McKinney accidentally happened on an outcrop of quartz in a little draw into which he had gone for water. Examining the quartz he found free gold Scene on Kootenay River near Ffort Steele. in B. C. A fact often overlooked is that although in the initial stages of mining the ruggedness of the country is an enormous drawback on account of the expense of exploitation and of the bringing of supplies and materials up hill, when the balance is turned and it is a question of hauling the product down hill the principles of gravity afford, in the flowing streams, cheap power and easy transport. The natural grades of the mountains themselves facilitate the accumulation of raw materials in the most economical manner. The very snow itself, once so objectionable, acts like a lubricant under the loaded sleigh. In the above description of the Bull River mines I am largely indebted to Mr. Jas. T. Laidlaw, mining engineer of Fort Steele, to whose skill and foresight the exploitation of the property is due. To Mr. Laidlaw must be given the credit of being instrumental in bringing: Steeples Mt., from Kootenay Valley. On the other side of the small creek another cropping of quartz was found, so it was thought that parallel veins running with the formation, occurred here, but with much snow on the ground the the reserves of East Kootenay forward direction of the supposed two veins could not be im- THE MINING RECORD. 625 mediately determined. The Cariboo and Amelia claims were located sideiy side, the law then in force restricting the size of mineral claims to 600 feet by 1,500 feet. Vvnen the snow was gone, however, it was found that the vein cut across the formation and that the locations had been made crosswise. Hearing of Mc- Kinney's discovery, C. B. Bash came up from Osoyoos to try to get a claim on the new strike, and at a place afterwards known as Hoosier's, met Henry Nicholson, John East and — Talleyard, who had come up from Rock Creek on a similar mission. Arrived at McKinney's camp they found that others had got there before them, Chas. Hotter and — Winkler having already located the Okanagan claim, and John Moran and Geo. Young the Kamloops. The new- comes tossed up with a half dollar coin for choice of ground. Bash and East first won against Nicholson and Tallyard and then East won from Bash, securing first choice and taking ground now the Minnehaha claim, situate southwest of the discoverer's claims. Bash took ground to the south, and Nicholson and Talleyard, ill-pleased with their supposed bad luck, had to locate to the west. When the snow disappeared, though, it was found that the last locations, the Alice and the Emma, were in line for the ledge to cross them. Numerous locations were made later, including the Teazer, Vernon, Fontenoy, Maple Leaf, Eureka and many otiiers. For several years there was little work done outside of the assessment work necessary to hold the claims, the district being without roads or other transportation facilities, but in 1889 a beginning was made to interest capital in it. In the fall of 1893 McKinney sold his interests, and the active development of the property was entered upon, with the result that during the winter a fine body of ore was opened up. Among the new owners were Messrs. Jas. Monaghan and Geo. B. McAulay, of Spokane, who with their associates, are stated to have bought the Cariboo and Amelia for $3,000. A ten-stamp mill, obtained from the abandoned Rainbow mine, at Golden in the American Okanagan, was, in February, 1894, hauled 35 miles over the snow to Camp McKinney, and on April 26th following it commenced running. Cariboo-McKinney—In 1898 the Cariboo Mining, Milling & Smelting Co., Ltd., was organized, and in 1898 this company was re-organized, the present company, the Cariboo-McKinney Mining & Milling Co., Ltd., of Toronto, acquiring all its property. The company now owns a group of seven adjoining mineral claims, known as the Cariboo-McKinney mine. These are the Cariboo, Amelia, Okanagan, Alice, Emma, Maple Leaf and Saw Tooth fraction. But little work other than open cuts and test pits has been done on the Alice, Emma and Maple Leaf, the main workings being on the four other claims. These workings extend for nearly 2,000 feet along the main lead, which has been traced on the surface each way beyond this company's claims. This vein varies in width up to 14. feet, but four feet is stated to be about its average width. The quartz is mineralized with iron sulphides, galena, and zinc blende, with free gold scattered throughout and frequently visible. A series of faultings of the vein, which is evidently continuous with depth, have to a considerable extent increased the cost of working the mine. The company's accounts show the total Bullion receipts to the end of 1902 to have been $1,105,- 861.58 and the total dividends paid, $509,337.52. The average value of the ore mined and milled last year was $9.65 per ton, but of this $1,27 per toil was lost in the tailings. The mine is in an excellent condition, with ore reserves opened up well in advance of the stopes. It is developed to a depth of 563 feet and its yearly output of ore is 15,000 to 16,000 tons. Its plant includes two boilers together 110-h.p., a 60-h.p. double geared friction hoist, a 10-drill Rand air compressor, etc., whilst its mill is equipped with four 5-stamo batteries, two boilers, 60-h.p. Corliss engine, two Johnstone vanners, a Wilfley concentrating table, one Blake and one Gates rock crusher, etc. Superintendent J. P. Keane has had many difficulties to contend against, especially during the two years last past, but he has succeeded in restoring the mine to a dividend- paying basis after a prudent suspension of dividends during 1901. Waterloo.—Next in present importance is the Waterloo, owned by the Waterloo Consolidated Mining & Milling Co., Ltd., of Spokane. This is a property full of promise of productiveness in the near future. The vein has been drifted on at the 60-foot and 150-foot levels, and some rich ore has been mined from it. A compact though small plant was installed in 1899. This included a 30-h.p. boiler, hoist, sinking pump, etc., and a 5-stamp mill with a Johnstone vanner, Blake crusher, 50-h.p. boiler and 40-h.p. engine. The company seems to have lacked good management in the past, but a change for the better has been made in its directorate, and the prospects of the mine are now bright. Soon after the recent change of management was made a larger hoist was installed and sinking to the 260-foot level was pushed on, with the object of getting deeper before the melting snow in the spring shall make the water troublesome. A crosscut is now being run at 250 feet depth, to cut the ledge. Sailor and Minnehaha.—The Sailor Consolidated Mining & Milling Co., Ltd., of Toronto, Ontario, is an amalgamation of the Sailor and Minnehaha mining companies, which together owned a group of eleven claims. The Minnehaha company put in a power plant and stamp mill, the machinery including 80-h.p. boiler, 5-drill Ingersoll-Sergeant air compressor, 7x12 double cylinder hoist, two sinking pumps, etc., and at the mill, two batteries each of five stamps, Frue vanner, Wilfley concentrating table, Blake crusher and 35-h.p. boiler and engine. The Sailor company had a 35-h.p. boiler, double cylinder hoist, sinking pump, etc. The Minnehaha put down a shaft about 190 feet and drifted at 40, 90 and 150-feet levels, and the Sailor s.-uik a shaft 173 feet and ran cross-cuts and-drifts at 75 and 150 feet depth, respectively. _ Both properties have been closed down for some time. Fontenoy.—The Fontenoy, owned by the Fontenoy 626 THE MINING RECORD. Gold Mining & Milling Co., Ltd., of Victoria, B.C., is another Camp McKinney property upon which prospecting was done for a .while until financial difficulties necessitated a stoppage of work. Three shafts were sunk, the depth being 129, 65 and 59 feet, respectively. Drifts on the vein have shown it to be quartz mineralized with iron pyrites and galena and assaying np to $65.00 in gold. Its width where opened up is four feet in places. A 30-h.p. locomotive boiler, 6x8 hoist and a sinking pump were installed on the property several years since. Efforts have recently been made to resume work. Kamloops.—The Kamloops is another claim that had attention for a time, the Kamloops-McKinney Gold Mining Co., of Montreal, Quebec, having in 1899-1900 sunk a shaft 100 feet and at that depth drifted on the vein besides prospecting it elsewhere on the claim. The plant put in includes boiler, hoist, pump, machine drill, etc. Eureka and Others.—Among other claims are the Mammoth, Shannon, Dolphin, Wiarton, Teazer, Vernon, Eureka, etc. The last named is stated to be owned by some of the Standard Oil Co. officials. No work has been done on it for years, but it is reported that between $25,000 and $30,000 was spent in prospecting it in the early days of Camp McKinney. Two or three miles east of McKinney are the Lemon group, Victoria, Old England and other claims. Between these and the camp a number of claims are on a mineral- bearing formation of an entirely different character to that occurring where the quartz veins are met with. Tnese latter include the Dayton, Le Roi, War Eagle, Jim Crow, Night Hawk, and many others, in some oi which iron sulphides carrying values in gold and silver have been exposed in deep trenches and prospect holes. Lemon Group.—The Lemon group consists of the Lemon, - Pennsylvania, Last Chance, Gold Standard and Galena,, owned by the Lemon Gold Mining Company, of Omaha, Nebraska. On one of these claims a shaft has been sunk 228 feet on the incline, with drifts run at 125 and 210 feet depth in white quartz mineralized with iron sulphides. The plant here includes a 25-h.p. vertical boiler, hoist, sinking pump and steam drill; also a 5-stamp mill with a 50-h.p. engine to run both the stamp mill and a saw mill put in near by. This property, like most others in the district, has been idle for several years. Victoria Group.—The Victoria group is owned by the Rock Creek Mines, Ltd., of Victoria, B.C. The claims are the Victoria, Queen, California and Astor. About 1,000 feet of development work was done in 1896-7 under the direction of Mr. C. B. Bash, who still resides on the property. This work consisted chiefly of an incline shaft sunk no feet on the vein, two cross-cut tunnels, drifts, etc. It is stated that the returns from 30 tons of ore shipped were: gold $50, silver $2 and lead 2 per cent. The cost of transportation, however, is too high for the property to be worked. The company has money in the treasury and will resume work when a railway shall reach the neighbourhood. THE STEWART RIVER GOLD DREDGE.* (By A. W. Robinson, Montreal.) THIS dredge was built in 1902 from the writer's designs for Mr. William Ogilvie, ex-Governor of the Yukon, for the development of claims on the Stewart River. Yukon. The hull was built and machinery erected by Mr. W. M. Ogilvie, and the machinery was supplied complete by the writer under contract for a lump sum. This dredge is a special . design for exploration purposes, being very light and strong and capable of working to a depth of 25 feet. It nevertheless has sufficient capacity to enable it to do effective work and to handle free material at the rate of 75 cubic yards per hour. In this way*if there is any reasonable amount of gold in the ground to be prospected it can be made to pay although, of course, its earning powers will not be so great as a dredge of larger capacity. For the development of our Northern rivers the writer believes it to be good- policy not to make a very heavy investment at the outset in a large expensive dredge until the paying qualities of the ground have been thoroughly demonstrated. There is undoubtedly a need for a light and strong dredge of this type which will be primarily a prospecting dredge which can be built and placed on the property for a comparatively small amount of money and yet has the strength and capacity to enable it to make money if money exists. The writer believes that the class of machinery that has heretofore been built for work of this kind has been entirely too heavy and cumbersome to send to such remote regions where the cost of freight is so high and the loss from breakdowns is great. This is due to the fact largely that the dredges have been built by manufacturers who naturally put into the machine the class of materials and workmanship which suited them best, and which may not have been in all cases to-the interest of the purchaser and user. The Stewart River dredge is designed and built entirely in the interest of the purchaser and user and it is as light and strong as it can possibly be made. To this end all important parts subject to strain are made of the best quality of steel forgings or castings and as little cast iron used as possible, in fact, almost the only cast iron parts used in the outfit are the engine cylinders and the grate bars. These are of cast iron because no other material will answer the purpose so well. The arrangement of the parts is such that the various movements are accomplised with directness and simplicity and so that all the operations are under the control of one man. For facility.in shipment the parts are sub-divided into convenient size and weights. In carrying out the idea above outlined many radical departures from the usual construction were made ♦Paper read at Annual Meeting Canadian Mining Institute March, 1903. THE MINING RECORD. 627 and a form of construction of the orincioal nnrhlnprv j„ r -^.i. , , ,,,.,.,. . .. . ,. . . , f"»cipai macmnery degree of strength can be secured and the liability was adopted after such consideration and study which to breakage through flaws in the steel castings bbvi gives the greatest simplicity and the smallest num- ited by making it of forged steel. The lip plates of ber ot parts that can possibly be used to acmmnlich i-i,„ i i, , ,- ., , . , ... , , . ., ... u „, . ' u LU.dCCompnsn the buckets are of the highest quality of machinery the desired result. The importance of simnliHtv cl„„i „t :,;;.i ,„ _j ., ° ., .„ , . • . -.--, -. , . ^ ""»«= "i simplicity steel ot such hardness that they will resist abrasion and strength in a machine of this IrinH r-jVi > ^ .• •,, , ., . . , . , & . , c U1 mis Kina can and at the same time will have the requisite tough- only be appreciated by those who have haH tn „„„„ .„ _ • . u 1 t-i • - ?>- TT ,j. ,., \W i • r ■,-- , ,7 W11U Udve naQ to ness to resist breakage. The pins are of Hadfield s struggle in a far-off locality with a marhinp whi^ti * *. „ 1 , 1, ;, && .. , , - w u -. In«cmne wnicn patent manganese steel and all the pin connections are was so complicated that it was difficult to kepn in k,.^i,«j ■-•if' ■* 11 1 1 • r -i , , . , , . . . uiii«.uil uu Keep in bushed with renewable bushings of oil tempered tool order, and with certain parts so weak that they would steel. break down. In a machine of. this kind the presence ti, * • 1 r ^ a 1 1 r 1 •■ ^ 1 ^r ■- c:„„u Aof^-„r« .u ,. ■ , . ,,-r , The material from the buckets is delivered into the of a single defective element is enough to nullify the u„ j 4u u 1 • ™ »^ „ *„,L ~t 11 4.u i-i. 1 , -y hopper and passes through a revolving screen. The advantage of all the rest which may be eood i. -v • , j , , r- • , J: *» coarse tailings are rejected and the- fine material The following is a brief description of the dredge: passes through the screen into the sluice box and is The hull is of wood 85 feet long, 25 feet wide and 4 discharged astern. This dredge therefore is of the Plan of Elevation and End View. feet 6 inches deep and is built of a form specially adapted to work in a rapid running river if required. The main framing is also of wood and consists of three main timbers on each side. These are connected in such a way as to hold the entire head machinery. The head frame timbers are connected by bracket castings of steel which also carry ,the ladder shaft so that no additional attachment is necessary for this purpose. The dredge is fitted with a chain of buckets having a nominal capacity of two and a quarter feet each. These buckets are entirely of forged steel; no steel castings are used in their construction. Cast steel bucket backs are extensively used for elevator dredges and the writer has also used them successfully for gold dredges, but where it is necessary to keep the weight down to the smallest possible limit a higher coarse screen and sluice box type as distinguished from the new Zealand type which possesses a fine screen and in which the gold is saved on tables. The writer prefers this type of dredge wherever it can be used on the score of simplicity and also because large capacity can be reached with a comparatively small screen and the tailings can be discharged astern and distributed without the necessity of employing a tailings elevator. The only objection that can be urged against the sluice box type is that it is not capable of saving the very finest gold or at least will not save as large a percentage of it as the fine screen and table method. This is, therefore, a question of adaptability to the character of the ground and the gold to be saved, and in the particular locality where this dredge is to be used the gold is sufficiently coarse to be saved in the sluice boxes." The action of the gold-saving 628 THE MINING RECORD. ' part of the dredge is therefore precisely the same as in hydraulic mining and as the tailings are discharged astern with a large quantity of water they can.be so distributed as not to interfere with the work of the dredge. In special cases where the ground to be worked stands at a considerable elevation above the water it may be necessary to employ a tailings elevator but the writer has used dredges of this type which excavated their way through dry ground standing io feet to 12 feet above water and disposed of all the material without any tailings elevator. . The movements of the dredge are controlled by wire ropes attached to anchorage or on shore and operated by an independent steam winch. This winch is placed on the main deck and consists of six drums driven by a pair of independent engines. • In the design and construction of this winch the idea of keeping the weight down to the smallest possible amount' has been fully lived up to and at the same time the strength and efficiency or attached to the boat in any way. This in turn greatly simplifies the erection of the dredge. It is only necessary to set the winch on deck and bolt it down When it is ready for work as soon as the steam pipes are connected. It may be incidentally mentioned that the time occupied in the construction and erection of this dredge was very brief considering the difficulties involved, and it is because of the simplicity of the design in little features such as these that the time of erection and completion was much less than ordinarily required. The engines for driving the winch are of the vertical torpedo boat type with a cast steel bed plate and forged and turned steel column frames. The engines are fitted with link motion and are of the highest qual'cy of design and workmanship. They are so small and light that they can be readily picked up and carried by one or two men, and yet they are sufficiently strorg that they can haul the entire dredge up a current of General View of Dredge on Stewart River. has not been sacrificed but rather improved. There is no cast iron in this winch except the engine cylinders. The drums are of rolled steel plate with cast steel heads. The friction housings attached to each drum are of flanged steel plate with turned flanges. All the gears are of best cast steel and even the bearings in which the shafts are carried are steel castings of special and light design lined with babbit metal. The frame of the winch consists of two bars of flat steel to which all the bearings are bolted and which thus connects them all together and preserves the alignment and position of the gears. This bar frame is adapted to be bolted down on top of timbers on the deck. Each drum is fitted with independent clutch and brake. The clutch operating levers are mounted on the winch and project up through the floor of the operating room above so that they can be directly reached and worked by the operator without any shafts, bearings, links or connections being necessary nine or ten miles per hour and can perform all the movements of the winch with ease. With high class machinery of this kind built entirely of steel and of light weight, not only is the cost of transportation reduced but the liability to breakage during handling and erection also. If these parts, such as the drums and flanges of the winch, had been made of cast iron as is ordinarily the case they might easily be broken through handling or falling on the ground or otherwise injured during the vicissitudes of their long journey. With these light steel parts, however, no such risk is involved and if by chance some parts should be injured or sprung out of shape through accident or a heavy blow it can be readily re-shaped and put back again. The revolving screen is 38 inches in diameter by 14 feet.long. It is driven by steel gearing over the intermediate shaft of the head frame. A special method of driving this screen is employed which in- THE MINING RECORD. 629 volves the use of very few parts and takes the power directly from the intermediate shaft. All the working parts are of steel and the screen is carried on four steel rollers. A special feature of this screen is that the perforated plates are built up on a steel frame in such a way that they can be readily replaced or renewed without taking down the frame or interfering with the driving mechanism. The holes in the entire engines are of steel except the cylinders, which are of cast iron. The power is transmitted to the tumbler by means of a belt 14 inches wide and provided with a tightener pulley. The reverse levers and throttle valves of these engines are controlled from the pilot house so that the whole of the operation of the dredge is under the control of one man. J&&&ki Six Drum Wincb. screen are of large size, being ordinarily calculated to permit about 80 per cent, of the material to pass through into the sluice box, only the larger stones being ejected. This practice is essentially different from the New Zealand type in which the boles in the screen are comparatively small so that only the fine material passes over the tables. In the present case the screen with large holes allows the material to disappear quickly and therefore increases the capacity of the screen and it also makes possible the disposition of the tailings without the use of a tailings elevator for the reason that only a small percentage of the material goes over the side and which is not sufficient to obstruct the floating of the hull, and the remainder is washed astern and distributed over a wide area by the combined action of the water and the movement of the boat. The hopper into which the material is discharged by the buckets is also of steel and fitted with renew- Steam is furnished by one semi-portable return tubular boiler. It has a cylindrical shell 54 inches in diameter by 14 feet long and it has a very large fire Revolving Screen and Casing. able lining plates. The bucket ladder is of wood with steel fittings and truss rods. The main engines are of the double high pressure torpedo boat type, having cylinders 8x8 inches. The Main Engines. box arranged under its entire length and adapted to burn inferior wood. The water for sluicing purposes is supplied by one independent centrifugal pump having a 10-inch suction and 8-inch discharge. In many of the New Zealand dredges the pump is driven from the main engines. The writer prefers to have it independent so that the water is under better control. 630 THE MINING RECORD. The hull is designed with ample space at the after end so that gold-saving tables can be added at any future time if desired. The disposition of weight of the machinery upon the hull is such that it floats evenly and the draft of water does not exceed two and a half feet. The work of carrying out this enterprise as well as the erection and installation of the dredge on Stewart River was in charge of Mr. W. M. Ogilvie, and great credit is due to him for its accomplishment in so short a space of time in the face of many and great difficulties. The dredge was completed and put in service on the Stewart River just before the close of last season and could have worked a month if sufficient fuel could have been obtained. The parties, however, who contracted to furnish the fuel failed DISTRICT. Buckets. to fulfill their obligations and as a consequence some time was lost. Sufficient was done, however, to demonstrate to Mr. Ogilvie's satisfaction that the dredge was a success and also that it was well adapted to work the ground under the conditions as they there exist. So many mistakes have been made and so many enterprises of this kind have ended in failure that the public is not yet prepared to believe that this dredge will prove an exception to the rule, but we have here a machine that is carefully designed and well-built and that can perform its functions without continually breaking down, and I am sure that all the members of this Society will unite in wishing Mr. Ogilvie the success he deserves when operations are renewed in the coming spring. T NOTES ON THE SIMILKAMEEN (By Chas. h. Oliver, M.K.) HE Similkameen Valley was in the first instance used by the goldseeker as a high road to the Cariboo diggings. In those days the miners rushed through to get to their northern goal as early as possible, but as the excitement began to wane, some stopped, panning the gravels and sands of streams en route. It was in this manner that Rock Creek, Rock River and Granite Creek diggings were discovered in the,order they appear. In the Similkameen and Rock Rivers and Granite Creek platinum was found with the gold. It was discarded at first as black sand, but was re-panned by later arrivals. The placer claims were gradually worked out, and these gave place to hydraulic mines, which operated up to the last few years. Not much attention was paid to the quartz mining until '98, when a considerable inrush of prospectors went over the country in all directions. The rush was first brought about on the discovery of large croppings of copper ore on Copper Mountain in the Princeton district, and a simultaneous rush was made in the lower Similkameen in the neighbourhood of Bullion Mountain. It was not until later in the year that the Nickel Plate was discovered and the high- grade conditions existing in the middle Similkameen realized. The country as a whole is somewhat different to the Kootenays. The climate is much milder and the mountains much more easy to travel. The heavy brush met off the trails in that country does not occur, here and a saddle horse can be taken through most sections of the' Similkameen and Osoyoos with ease. The lower valley, five miles wide in places, is taken up by the big stock ranches. It is all splendid land for fruit culture and the near future will undoubtedly see the sub-division of the present big holdings into ten-acre lots and small farms and orchards. The ores of the lower Similkameen may be said to be principally pyritiferous carrying values in both copper and gold. At present development is not far enough advanced to show the exact amount and value of these deposits, but according to surface indications they are Undoubtedly big. Development is now proceeding in this section, and in the next few months valuable information ought to be obtained. In the middle Similkameen the arsenical belt, the ore is high grade arsenical pyrites, associated with copper pyrites in some cases but mainly occurring alone or with pyrrhotite. The belt extends from Fifteen-Mile Creek on the south to Stirling Creek on the northwest. There are some rich veins of copper glance carrying high Henry Creek. The Copper Mountain section is a copper proposition, different varieties bornite most important parts. The Aspen Grove district consists glance deposits as before mentioned and this variety of copper ore also occurs in the Ten-Mile Creek sec values in gold on >roposi- and pyrite playing of copper THE MINING RECORD. 631 tion, Nicola. Coal occurs both in the lower and upper Similkameen and at Nicola. It has been mined at Princeton and White Lake and extensive boring operations have been carried on at the former place. The varieties of ore through this country are numerous, as will be seen by the above article. In future correspondence I will discuss ■ in detail each of the sections therein mentioned with their geological peculiarities. In conclusion I may state that the early advent of a railway up this valley will prove it to be one of the richest along the boundary line. JOHN THORNTON—A BOUNDARY PIONEER. (By E.Jacobs.) OLLY Jack is dead." This was the news that in the first week of April passed quickly from town to town and camp to camp throughout the Boundary District. Regret was universal, not that the old man's decease was unexpected, but that his passing away left a gap in the ranks of the old-timers, and set the veterans of the district Pioneer Association thinking- that more than one of the older mem- ■ The Late John Thornton. bets of their fraternity must, in the natural course of events, look for his turn coming to strike camp and hit the lone trail ere very long. Jolly Jack, as John Thornton had for more than half a century been known in the placer mining camps of the Pacific Coast, from California in 1848 to the almost lifeless placer workings of Rock Creek of today, had lived the customary adventurous life of the old-time placer miner. At times flush and spending his hard-earned gold with all the recklessness of one who had an abundance from which to draw supplies, and again "dead broke" and glad of a little timely assistance from others more fortunate for the time being. The closing years of his life were in part provided for by the periodical pension allowance from the United States Government, but between the time when the end of his quarterly remittance was reached and tne receipt of the next supply of cash, there was only the memory of flush days to bring consolation to the 01a pioneer. Not that he ever lacked friendly consideration or occasional hospitality, for it is not in the nature of the old placer miners to forget the comrades who joined with them in many an early-day rush to new goldfields and anticipated fortune. So it was that Jolly Jack had a "good time" whenever he went to town, and many an act of thoughtful consideration resulted in some little creature comfort or another finding its way to the old man's cabin, with the unspoken regard and goodwill of one or another who had rocked on the same "crick," panned the same '"wash" and, likely enough, had similar hard luck in failing to "strike it rich," and in seeing golden dreams and airy castles vanish as morning mists rolled from the valleys in whicn they toiled and too often failed. Jolly Jack died in his snug little 10x12 log cabin situate at the junction of Norwegian Creek with.. Boundary Creek, a couple of miles below - Boundary; Falls, and on a placer claim the old man had held and; worked for many years. He had long lived alone;, Airs. Thornton and children having their home in another cabin a short distance away. For months the old pioneer had been gradually losing his strength, so that his death was not unexpected. He had been cared for since he became unable to care for himself by the Pioneer's Association of Okanagan and South Yale, the official designation of the Boundary pioneers' friendly organization, most of the surviving members of which are still resident in the Boundary District. Last summer this society arranged for the admission of Jolly Jack into the Old Men's Home, at Kamloops,' but it was not until October that the old fellow would consent to leave his cabin for the, to him, uncongenial surroundings of such an institution. He soon tired of life there, not that he lacked anything in comfort or attention, for he had nothing but words of praise for the officials with whom he there came in daily contact, but that to him life was not worth living if he were to be deprived of the satisfaction of being in his own cabin, with the "crick" running within hearing and the life-long familiar sounds of animal and bird life keeping up old associations. So it was that he left tne Home during the winter and returned to Boundary Creek. Before going to his cabin he spent a couple of days with old friends at "Billy" Nelson's Pioneer Hotel, Greenwood, and around the big stove in the cheery bar of that popular resort of old-timers, stories of long ago were dug up afresh, old-time ditties (including the old man's particular favourite, "I'm Tolly Jack, the Rover," which he sang in strong voice and with as much spirit as ever) were sung once again and the hours passed so pleasantly that the old fellow perked up, feeling, as he confided to his old friend "Major" Charlie Collins, "so good, and right glad to be back among the boys once more." But the improvement in his health was not lasting, for ere a month had passed it was found necessary to send a man to stay with and take care of him." During the last few days of his life the old man's memory failed him, so that he did not recognize even some of those 632 THE MINING RECORD. with whom he had been intimate for many years. To tne last, though he knew "Polly," as his wife had long been familiarly spoken of among the old-timers, and she devoted herself most unselfishly to him until the end came, on Wednesday, April ist. The funeral took place on Friday, April 3rd. The afternoon was dull and raw, the early spring weather tins season having been cold and cheerless. A grave had been dug in the "wash" within a stone's throw from the cabin and near to where a small white-railed and picketed enclosure marked the place of burial of two infant children of the Thorntons. The burial service of the Church of England was conducted by Rev. W. A., Robins,MA., rector of St. Jude's Church, Greenwood. The coffin was borne from the cabin to ' the grave by the six pallbearers, Chas. Deitz (a pioneer of the pioneers, he having arrived in the .Boundary country from San Francisco in 1858), Thos. McAuley, Chas. N. Collins, L. M. McCarren, Jas. Kerr and D. A. Holbrook. Among others present were Geo. W. Rumberger (now Mayor of Phoenix) and Thos. Hardy, of Phoenix; A. S. Black, L. Bosshart, Wm. Fowler, R. Greigor,.Thos. M. Gulley, J. P. McLeod, J. W. Nelson, W.. Vaux and Thos. Walsh, of Greenwood ; Dan McLaren and Scott McRae, of Deadwood; Mark Kay, Harry Morgan and Nich. Tholl, of Anaconda; George Cook, — Goodell, Sr., Robert Kerr, Otto Nelson, Thomas Wake and J. S. Way, of Boundary Falls; P. Helstab, John R. Jackson, Ewen Keightley, C. J. Lundy, Jas. McNicol, C. M. Melville, Hugh Murray, C. L. Thomet and Rev. — Thompson, of .Midway; Sam Larsen, of Rock Creek, and many others whose names were not obtained. Conspicuous in the gathering were Mrs. Castleman, of Boundary Falls, and her daughter, Mrs. Robert Kerr, present to show their womanly sympathy with Mrs. 1'nornton and children in their bereavement. The solemn service for the burial of the dead having been finished, there was a general wish that some one would say a few words appropriate to the sad occasion, but the hearts of the hardy pioneers were too full for their thoughts to find expression and no one else volunteered to fill the void. Another cause for regret among the old-timers was that there was no singing at the grave—even "For Auld Lang Syne" would have relieved their pent-up feelings, but the opportunity to say a timely word and sing a comforting line or two was not availed of, so the pioneers slowly dispersed and sadly wended their several ways to their respective homes. In connection with Jolly Jack's lamented death there remains but to add that the members of the Pioneers' Association acquainted with the circumstances and surrroundings of Mrs. Thornton and family desire to see something done to "give the children a chance." There are five or six of them, two or three getting big, and all lacking the ordinary influences of home and education that make for the development of children into good men and women. Particularly is this desired for the sake of the girls, who without such influences can hardly be expected to do well. More cannot here be said of this matter, but it will easily be understood that if anything is to be done it must be done at once if good results are to be attained. If this should reach the eye of any outside old-timers with a kindly recollection Of old Jolly Jack, and disposed to lend a helping hand, J. W. Nelson, of Greenwood; Thos. McAuley, of Midway, or any other of the district pioneers, will gladly indicate in what direction they can assist. The following particulars of Jolly Jack's life may be read with interest: John Thornton was born at Stockton-on-Tees, County of Durham, England, on June 11, 1825, and was cosenquently in his seventy- eighth year. In 1838, sixty-five years ago, he left his home to go as an apprentice on a collier, and to become 1 "Geordie," as those who followed this vocation were then and there called. During six years he voyaged here, there and everywhere, changing from one vessel to another as was the custom among man)' of his class. His experiences during his earlier years at sea were similar to those of many another lad. After having "sailed the Spanish Main" he eventually landed in the United States, and thereafter sailed out of New York, Philadelphia, New Orleans and other Atlantic ports to the West Indias and Venezuela southward and to Bermuda northward. In 1844. he joined the U. S. navy, going on board the steam frigate Princeton, the first vessel in the United States navy to have a propeller. After two years in the navy Jolly Jack was discharged and for a while he was once more, in the merchant service, but only for a short time, for in i8.".6 at Boston he joined the Independent frigate, Commodore Shoebrink. From Boston he went to California, for the Mexican war was in progress, but by the time he reached San Francisco the Stars and Stripes had already been hoisted. Invalided, Jolty Jack went back round the Horn to New York in the frigate Savannah. But once again he shipped and this time was drafted into the southern coast survey service, surveying with pole and lead from Pensacola, Florida, to Texas. After nine months all hands were discharged at Pensacola. Thence he went to New Orleans and there shipped on the packet Robert Burton for Philadelphia, where he once more shipped in the navy, was drafted to the receiving ship Philadelphia at Norfolk, and then to the frigate Rare- ton to cruise during the winter between Capes Delaware and Chesapeake, on the lookout for distressed vessels. From there he went to New York, where he was discharged. At New York he shipped on board the brig Meteor to go round the Horn to Valparaiso, Chili. In 1848 news came to Valparaiso of the discovery of gold in California and the consequent great excitement. Jolly Jack at once joined the Scotch brig Annie Moore of Aberdeen, and sailed for San. Francisco. He remained in that country about nine years. Once during this period he was buried by a fall of earth. He was got out, but was injured so much that he was knocked out for nearly a year. In 1858 the Fraser River excitement broke out and Jolly Jack went there, but his stay on the Fraser was not a very lengthy one, for in the fall of the following THE MINING RECORD. 633 year he went to Boundary Creek by way of the Similkameen country. After a short stay there the Columbia River drew placer miners, and Jolly was one of the crowd. He travelled down Kettle River from Boundary Creek, and thence down the Columbia River to urand Rapids, as one part of it was then called, and i"; was on this river he found the famous bar, afterwards known as "Jolly Jack's", and from which he and his partners took out gold to the value of $20,084 net- In 1864 Jolly went to Wild Horse Creek, in East Kootenay, but did not remain long, going from there to Findlay Creek and later on to the Perry Creek diggings, also in East Kootenay. Then he had a ferry on the Salmon River. Later, in 1867, he went to the coast and after remaining there a year returned to the Boundary country and spent the following year on Boundary Creek, but not making anything he moved to the Pend d'Oreille, going thence in the spring to the Big Bend of the Columbia, where there was a placer excitement at that time. For years afterwards the old man, after the manner of that class of pioneer, prospected, taking provisions for a week or two going into the Slocan, Lardeau, or one or other of the sections of the Kootenay country on both sides of the Boundary line that the wandering placer miner of twenty or thirty years ago used (to intermittently prospect. Eventually he made his home on Boundary Creek with which he was associated up to the time of his death. GOLD DREDGING-* (By Mr. Denhani Verschoyle.) THE author has not observed, in the Transactions, any papers dealing with the modern development of this important branch of mining, and he thinks, therefore, that a few notes on the subject may prove interesting. His experience has been confined to the. Australasian colonies, and he presumes that engineers from California and other parts of the world will be able to add to the information contained in this paper. Gold dredging is important, as providing a practical method of dealing with sundry alluvial deposits, either entirely or economically unworkable by means of hydraulic sluicing, elevating, or other methods. Grab, suction and bucket dredges have been tried; and practice has shown that the two former cannot compete with the latter method, in point of economy and general efficiency, for treating ordinary gravels and boulders. In fine sand containing timber they may, however, occasionally prove useful. In' New Zealand steam dredging for gold began in 1882 with the launching of the Dunedin dredge. Prior to that date, much work had already been done; but looking back now, he could only designate the operations carried on up to that time as experimental, elementary and generally unsuccessful. They were *From a paper read before the Institution of Mining Engineers valuable, however, because they led up to and made possible the dividend paying machine of to-day. The most important innovation introduced by New Zealand engineers is the elevator for stacking away the tailings in the rear of the dredge. The gold- bearing spoil is raised by the buckets, and shot into a long, revolving, perforated and inclined steel cylinder, down the centre of which is a large pipe from which jets of water play on the spoil, as it is slowly revolved by the cylinder. By the time that the spoil has travelled to the end of the cylinder, all the gold- carrying stuff has been washed through the perforations on to the gold-saving tables. Formerly, the coarse gravel and stooes, which could not pass through the perforations, after traversing the cylinder, were dumped overboard at the stern of the dredge. It soon became apparent, however, that the efficiency of a dredge was limited by the depth of the intersection of the faces of the worked and unworked gravel, and as a solution of this difficulty, the elevator was introduced, with most saisfactory results. The elevator, as now developed, varies much in the shape of the buckets and the methods of staying and driving : various patterns being favoured by different engineers, but they must be guided to a certain extent by the class of work to be done. The revolving screens are made of V* to H inch steel plate, with Vi, Va or 1 inch perforations. The diameter is generally about 4 feet, the pitch 1 to i/j inches to the foot, and the length from 15 to 30 feet, 'there is an iron collar at each end, which rests on two small friction wheels, and motion is given positively, or preferably by friction driving from one of the wheels, which is itself belt-driven from the main engine. The main bucket ladder, buckets, and main gearing are very similar to those in use on any ordinary dredge. The winch is a very important part of the dredge, and consequently much ingenuity has been expended on its improvement. The winchman controls the movements of the dredge forward, backward and laterally, and also raises and lowers the bucket .ladder. This is all done by one sixway winch, in which accessibility, compactness and instantaneous action are the main features desired. Close beside the winchman, there is generally a lever for throwing the buckets in or out of action by means of a friction clutch. This appliance is very necessary in ground containing boulders or timber. The hull was formerly built in two separate pontoons, one on each side of the bucket ladder; but modern hulls are, almost universally, built as one pontoon, with a well for the ladder in the centre. In large rivers, where there is a swift current and numerous boulders, it is well to have several watertight partitions. To ensure continuous action as nearly as possible, and a long life to a dredge, the following points require special attention. The top and bottom tumblers of the main bucket train and elevator should be made in as few pieces as possible, and of cast steel. The main gearing should be made of cast steel. The bushes 634 THE MINING RECORD: and connecting pins of the main bucket chain and the elevator should be made of manganese steel, or some other hard steel. The bucket should be provided with interchangeable steel lips. For working in stony ground, at least two buckets should be omitted, and steelshod grabs put in their place. A large supply of water is required for thoroughly washing the spoil, and it is generally supplied by a centrifugal pump belt-driven from the main engine. The power required on a dredge is determined by the depth and quality of the wash and the size of the buckets. A dredge having 7 cubic feet buckets capable of working 50 feet below water level and elevating the tailings to a height of 40 feet, would require a 25 nom'nal horse-power engine, and as supplement- it?? engmes are required for the winch and electric light dynamo, the boiler should be about 40 nominal horse-power. The small pebbles and sand, which pass through the perforations of the revolving screen, fall direct on to the gold-saving tables: these are covered with cocoa- nut matting, expanded metal, and various forms of riffles. The matting is taken off at intervals, and washed in suitable tubs provided for the purpose. There is no doubt that a considerable percentage of gold is lost, and improvements are therefore required in the gold-saving part of the plant. These will probably take the form of a stuffing box, to deliver the spoil more evenly upon the tables and probably, also, where the gold is fine, a system of re-elevation and retreatment of the finer sands- by. gravitation or chemical methods, will be adopted. Almost any ground may be dredged if a constant supply of water be assured, either by a small stream or by dams, and we may therefore divide dredges into two distinct classes, varying as to their design, material, etc., namely, river dredges and dry land dredges. Considered financially, the land dredge can generally be made a safe investment, by judicious prospecting, as its operations are confined to accessible beaches and flats. The river machine is generally more speculative, as prospecting is often out of the question, owing to the large volume of water, the proximity of old workings or gold-bearing terraces alone giving a clue as to the probabilities of payable wash in the bed of the river. Thorough prospecting is of vital importance, where a large outlay on machinery is contemplated. Several important points must be determined by methods which must be adapted to local conditions, namely: (a) The value per cubic yard;-(b) the class of wash; (c) the average depth of ground; (d) the percentage of ordinary sand, surface silt and heavy mineral sand; and (e) the position of the water level with reference to the surface and to the bottom. The importance of (a) is obvious and (b), (c), (d) and (e) will determine the size of buckets, length of ladder and elevator, spread of tables and quantity of water, which will enable the ground to be worked to the best advantage. Shafts should be sunk at various points, and a careful record should be kept of the points previously enumerated. If there is sufficient water taken from the shaft, the excavated material may be run straight through an ordinary sluice box with matting, riffles and expanded metal. With a proper arrangement of screens, the percentage of light sands can be estimated, and the washings from the mats will give an approximation for the heavy sands. If dish prospecting shows that the gravels are rich in fine gold,' they should be treated by gravitation methods. If the loss is found to be great, it should be determined by chemical analysis, and the advisability of providing—for the dredge—concentrators and a potassium-cyanide plant should be considered. If there is a large influx of water to the shaft, a pump will be necessary, in which case a centrifugal pump, 3 or 4 inches in diameter, with a telescopic length of piping and a foot-valve, will be found useful. If the sinking is through loose sand, telescopic cylinders, that can be withdrawn and moved about, will often be found cheaper than timber. If the bottom cannot be reached by a shaft, on account of water, nor the depth calculated from the dip of strata or other means, a bore-hole should be made, as it is very important that the full depth should be known. In fine gravels, a steel rod, or small pipe, can often be hammered or jumped down. Having ascertained the ayerage depth of the ground below water level the length of the bucket ladder will be the square d2 plus d2 where d is the average depth below water level plus the height of the top pin (generally about 15 feet) above water level. This length enables the majority of the work to be done at the best possible angle of inclination; namely, 45 degrees. A field book should be kept in the form shown in Table I. Shafts. Remarks on Strata and Nature of Bottom <*> *j a > & V X q> !* OS g !> oi CO «r 0 O 2 OS a oi M 0 > © be ?s 03 "• H O S Cjo w t* $ P. 0 H a) og < QQ »d too ©<ti i DO 0 © 0 * 6 00 <D O S'S 0 H 0 s r*1 to g« £ e° bo ©>tf ^ fe no H) to 1 * I Ft. Ft. IK S I 4 Ft. 3 4 6 10 23 Clay C F SO 40 60 100 230 Grs 0 8 43 51 m a fppt Ors 11-9 C F * 153 C FC F * t 411 37 Fine wash Coarse wash & boulders, largest two feet in diameter Fine wash Bottom, finely laminated schist, strike north 23 deg. and dip 45 deg. west Fine Coarse shotty Floury from surf, and ■20 ft from .bottom ♦Measured. fCalculated. 1102 mul. 27 div.230=ll-9. § 230—(153 plus 40)=37. || 230:40 plus 37=100:33 If dish prospects show a big loss of fine gold in the light sands, and in the heavy sands after amalgamation, bulk samples should be saved for laboratory treatment by potassium cyanide or other methods. M a large-scale chart is prepared of the area to be THE MINING RECORD. 635 operated, showing the shafts, it together with the field book, will be found very useful, the progressive position of each dredge when working- being marked thereon. From the information obtained in sinking shafts the principal dimensions of the dredge can be fixed. The capacity of the gold-saving apparatus is the first consideration, and the other parts then in proportion. The proportion of sand and water passed over each foot in width of the table, is an important factor in the success, or otherwise, of the dredge; and it is particularly so in old littoral deposits containing a large percentage of titanic iron-sands. In this class of wash, a distributing head-box, a large supply of water, also tables adjustable as to fall, and with strakes that can be cleaned up separately, should be proyided. The proportion of sand to water should be about as i to 20; the minimum flow of water 10,000 cubic inches per minute per foot of table width; and the sand maximum for the same about 2,000 cubic inches. The table-fall should be adjustable between the limits of I to 2 inches per foot, by wedges or screws. Power is, of course, usually derived from coal or fire wood, but in the case of a company operating a" large fleet of old dredges within the radius of a few miles, a large central electric plant utilizing either coal, wood, or water power, may be found suitable and advantageous, from many points of view. The writer will now give an estimate of the cost of treating a cubic yard of gravel with a large, mod-, ern dredging machine, under average conditions. With a bucket capacity of 7 cubic feet, speeded for the delivery of 10 buckets, 0.75 full, per minute, the delivery will be 115 cubic yards per hour, and 14,490 cubic yards per week. The cost of running for a week will be:— Six men at ios. per day for 6 days . . £18 Manager 4 Coal, varies very greatly, say 15 Oil, waste, etc I Repairs 5 - Office expenses, say 10 Total £53 And the cost of treating a cubic yard will be 0.87CL With gold at £3 17s. 6d. per ounce, the profits on working ground worth is. n.osd. or 11.9 grains, as per extract from log given in Table I., would be: (23X>5d. minus o.87d. equals) 22.i8d. per cubic yard; and (14,490 multiplied by 22.18 equals) £i,339 2s. 4d. per week. The cost of a dredge to do this work would be under £10,000 in any manufacturing centre. A member remarked that the figures given in the paper differed somewhat from those published elsewhere. A valuable report by Mr. Jaquet had been published by the New South Wales Government in which the cost of gold dredging in Montana was given as 4zAd. per cubic yard against somewhat less than id. mentioned by the- writer of the paper. That 4lAd. was the cost of using steam; with electricity, which was now largely adopted in Montana, the cost was about 2j4d. per cubic yard, and he believed that about 98 per cent of the gold was saved. Undoubtedly this method was an important advance in working alluvial deposits, and even if the author's figures were a little optimistic, it could be no doubt carried out at a remarkably low cost; in fact, in some of the New Zealand gold dredging operations, a dredge costing from £5,000 to £10,000 had repaid its entire cost within six months. Mr. W. Denman Verschoyle wrote that since writing his paper, he had been travelling through British Columbia. Numerous attempts had been made to dredge the rivers of that colony but up to the present time no successful operations, for any length of time, had been recorded. He thought that the want of success was principally owing to the class of dredges that 'had been built. With few exceptions, they had been of the grab, suction or dipper type. These had all been tried in New Zealand, and had been discarded many years ago, and when the same thing had been done in British Columbia there was every probability that dredging would be successful. NEW OFFICIALS FOR GREENWOOD SMELTER. IT is announced that Mr. J. E; McAllister, C.E..M.E., for some time past assistant superintendent at the Tennessee Copper Company's smelter at Copper- hill, Tennessee, U.S.A., has been appointed superintendent of the British Columbia Copper Company's smelter at Greenwood, B.C., in succession to Mr. Paul Johnson, E.M-> whose official connection with the company came to an end on February 25th last. Mr. McAllister is not an entire stranger at Greenwood, he having visited the Boundary District at times about four years ago, whilst the construction of the Boundary section of the Columbia & Western Railway was in progress. Mr. McAllister graduated as a civil and mining engineer at the Ontario School of Practical Science, Toronto, in 1890. Following this he gave special attention to structural steel, first with the Dominion Bridge Company and afterwards with the New Jersey Steel & Iron Company. Returning to Toronto he took a post graduate course in Applied Sciences at the Toronto University, graduating, in 1895 and receiving his B.A. Sc. degree. In the autumn of 1896 and spring of 1897 he took a special course in mining and metallurgy at the'Michigan College of Mines, Houghton, Mich., soon afterwards joining Mr. Sydney M. Johnson, C.E., (now of Greenwood, B.C.,) the firm practising at Trail. B.C., as civil and mining engineers. In the fall of that year he joined the staff of the Trail smelter under Mr. H. C. Bellinger, then superintendent of Mr. F. August Heinze's smelter known as the works-of the British Columbia Smelting & Refining Co., Ltd. When these works were sold to the Canadian Pacific Railway Company Mr. McAllister became confidential secretary to Mr. Heinze's chief engineer, Mr. W. F. Tye C.E.. who joined the C. P. R. Co.'s staff when 636 THE MINING RECORD. that company acquired the Rossland to Robson section of the Columbia & Western Railway, and continued with Mr. Tye until the completion of the railway through, the Boundary to Midway. Next Mr. McAllister was with the Hamilton Steel Company, with works at Hamilton, Ontario. About 1900 he entered the employ of the Tennessee Copper Company, soon advancing to the position of assistant superintendent, which post he now relinquishes to come to the smelter which, it is claimed, holds the record for copper smelting, both as regards quantity treated per day and low cost of smelting. Mr. McAllister has the reputation of being enterprising, progressive and fully competent to maintain the credit the B. C. Copper Company's works has gained for doing good work. He is a Scottish-Canadian, about 36 years of age, and comes well recommended. mechanism the record is made just under the previous one so that the net weight can be calculated very easily. Only one operation is required for registering either the gross or the tare weight. These beams, we learn, have been used with great success by many of the leading railroads and mines throughout this country, and are one of the many products of the Fairbanks Company. TYPE REGISTERING BEAM. THE above illustration is a cut of the most modern method of recording weights, being the quickest and surest way as the record is indisputable and ineradicable. There is an advanced me- RECENT MINING PATENTS. WE are indebted to Mr. Rowland Brittain, patent attorney of Vancouver, for the following information. Method of Treating Ores, U. S. Patent No. 722,- 809, granted March 17th, 1903, to F. R. Carpenter, Denver, Colorado. Claim: The process of treating dry silicious ore1 containing precious metal which consists in smelting them with sulphur, copper and a basic flux, subjecting the matte produced to an oxidising roast then re- smelting the product with a silicious flux, thereby producing black copper containing the precious metal and a rich slag, adding the rich slag to a subsequent charge of ore, adding to the black copper metallic lead, sub- imBiiHiirnYmrirnrir^ WMMffn 500 100O 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500, I Htlllillllll n ■HlffleVso' III 111 III II 11 1 111 I11"J| ^ISBAN^ § ®0f)O5Si ,TA«%= ehanical product which is to commerce what the printing press is to literature—indispensable. It obviates the necessity of reading from the beam, the weight being mechanically registered on the weigh ticket in printed characters. Rapid weighing is the demand of the present day, to meet which these beams have been designed and constructed. Rapidity of weighing under old methods or devices means multiplicity of errors. The Type Registering Beams are an instantaneous record of the reading of the beam with positive accuracy and evidence. This beam has beveled face graduated and figured so that the weights may be read in the usual manner. In addition to this the beam is provided with an internal mechanism so that when the load has been placed on the scale the ticket is inserted in the slot of the poise and by means of the handle-an impression is made. This impression gives the gross weight of the load. Should the weigher wish to print the tare the ticket ts inserted in the same slot and by a semi-automatic jecting the mixture to heat and an oxidising blast, thereby forming copper litharge and a sulphur bearing material, and other reducing agents, thereby producing metallic lead and matte, and finally smelting the matte, producing metallic described. copper substantially as THE RUTHENBERG ORE REDUCTION PROCESS. At the plant of the Cowles Electric Smelting and Aluminum Works at Lockport, N.Y., there is installed apparatus, the invention of Marcus Ruthenberg, of Philadelphia, which is capable of performing two functions, that of agglomerating or fritting fine ores, concentrates, or flue dust so as to put them into much better condition for charging into the blast furnace, or that of reducing iron oxide to what may be termed a sponge, to be employed as a raw material in the open hearth furnace. The apparatus, say the Iron Age, consists of a horizontal horseshoe magnet hinged so that its poles may THE MINING RECORD. 687 be approached. The poles are surrounded by water- cooled bronze rolls covered with carbon plates, which rotate in opposite directions. Along the lines of closest approach an electric arc is formed, which subjects the material to be operated upon to a high temperature. The material is fed upon one of the rolls, and is thus carried to the active zone dropping out of the reach of its influence as the revolution of the rolls carries the material beyond it. When the ore does not possess magnetic properties to certain degree Mr. Ruthenberg uses cast-iron borings in order to create the arc, the percentage varying with the circumstances. When putting the ore through the machine alone the action is sluggish and the capacity suffers. The result of this operation is a fritted material, which is in much better shape mechanically for charging into the blast furnace than the crude ore. Mr. Ruthenberg makes the important point that during the exposure of the ore to the action of the electric arc a considerable part of any sulphur in the ore is eliminated. A somewhat more interesting operation is the direct reduction of iron ore in the electric arc. The fine ore is mixed with carbon in a suitable form, and if desirable cast iron borings are also added. Exposure of the mixture in the electric light causes a reduction of the iron oxide, and there drops from the rolls a coarse, partly sintered material,* which is largely iron in metallic form. This product is employed in the place of scrap in the open hearth furnace, one charge having been made .with it at a leading steel plant. The rated capacity of the machine is about two and a half to three tons of material per day of twenty hours, but it is the intention to build a larger machine, with rolls three times as long, which, it is expected, will, reach a capacity of ten tons per day. The electric energy required for the machine is about 25 horsepower. 7 RS.—The foregoing is copied from the Mechanical Engineer of March 28th, a Manchester publication, and I forward it to you as I believe it will be of interest to your readers. FRENCH STEEL, SEVERAL mine managers in British Columbia have been victimized in the past few months by the agent of a French steel works, who, on the strength of very excellent samples, has succeeded in obtaining large orders for steel, which upon delivery has proved to be worthless. The same sort of thing has been done in Australasia, and we print the following correspondence and editorial comment published by a Melbourne contemporary on the subject:— To the Editor, The Australasian Hardware and Machinery. Sir: During the past year New Zealand witnessed the advent of a French metallician, who, to prove the merits of his brand of steel, visited the principal engineering shops of the colony, and submitted his material to tests, which were very successful. The persistent exhibitor and salesman did considerable business, but he sold in metric terms, and few, if any, of his customers secured a note of the sizes and lengths ordered in our English measurements. From one end of the colony to the other, it is said, dealers believed they were ordering a couple of feet of each size as samples. The price was fairly high, but as the cutting edge of the steel was first class, the unsuspecting foundrymen were willing to give a fair, or even high rate for good material. In due time, the invoices came to hand, and the steel was landed. Judge the astonishment of the buyers, when they found the bills running to hundreds of pounds, the bars arriving in about 18-foot lengths. Comparing notes, our foundry proprietors found to their mutual chagrin that each was as bad as the other in his careless ordering. One or two of the larger and busier works were disposed to take up their purchases, and did so, only to find that the quality was not as anticipated. Others decided not to touch the shipment, determining to abide by the sample submitted, and the lengths which they understood had been ordered. As far as one can learn, the only person who got his exact order filled to his own requirements was a blacksmith near Christchurch. The engineers of the colonv are uniting to test their position, having generally come to the conclusion that they have had dumped on them an enormous quantity of useless steel. The final act of this little comedy will be awaited with interest. Yours, etc., Auckland. Sir: Adverting to the letter in your current issue, the trouble arising through orders for steel placed in France is not confined to New Zealand by any means. Several Australian founders, were the matter not so painful, could tales unfold. Some of them took 5H5 mum 638 THE MINING RECORD. the bait and were bitten—if you will tolerate the mixed metaphor. In plain English, they were impressed with the properties of Monsieur's vest-pocket samples and gave orders, with the result that they have on their hands to-day bars of inferior metal running to four and five times the quantity expected. The same tactics have been employed in Great Britain, and even the "cute" American has been similarly "had." In the American Machinist of July 24th last, Fenwick Freres & Co., the well known machinery agents, of Paris, exposed the hollowness of the whole business. The editor of that paper, in calling attention to the letter, said: "It will not be difficult to draw conclusions from this report, and anyone who gets caught in this game hereafter will have only himself to blame." Yours, etc., J. Crapaud. Melbourne, November 23, 1902. (Following is the text of Fenwick Freres & Co.'s letter, as printed in the paper named.—Editor.) 'We think it advisable for you to call the attention of your readers to the following: A number of American tool manufacturers that we are representing reported us lately that they had been visited by representatives of French tool steel manufacturers, handing very pretty and attractive visiting cards, and soliciting orders for tool steel giving wonderful results; but they never received the steel ordered, or the quality that they received was very common and altogether different from the samples that they had been shown. Therefore these friends wanted to know if we knew anything about the French steel manufacturers referred to. Upon investigation we found that two of the firms whose addresses were given in this city had simply very small offices, where nobody could give intelligently any information in regard to this surprising steel, or tell us where this steel was manufactured, and name us reliable references. Another, whose representative claimed to be personally acquainted with us, was found to have never existed in the French city named. We leave to the - interested parties among your readers, to draw themselves the conclusion they will like from the above report." EDITORIAL NOTE. Our correspondence column contains another letter on this subject. Last month a New Zealand contributor told of the experiences of foundrymen in that colony who had ordered special tool steel from the repre-] sentative of a French company. The orders were duly filled, but few, if any, were satisfied with the result. More—in some cases much more—than the founders believed was ordered, came to hand, and the quality was anything but equal to the sample. In the present issue another correspondent says Australian iron-users have been similarly victimized, and inquiry shows that he speaks by the card. It is difficult to ascertain the particulars—men do not like to admit that they have been "got at"—but we have learnt something of the who and the what—more than we feel disposed to publish. The traveller who effected the sales carried samples of the metal, which he represented as a high-grade tool steel manufactured by his firm under a special process. Tools made from this steel were capable, he said, of doing better work than anything yet introduced. He was willing to have the matter tested there and then, and this was actually done in some cases, tools being made from his specimens and tried on the spot. Whether tested in this way or in some other, the result was eminently satisfactory. The steel was obviously of very fine quality. Orders for trial quantities followed in many cases, and in due time the invoices came to hand and the steel was delivered. Then the trouble began. In the first place, there was too much of it. One firm who expected £50 worth, received over £200 worth. But worse than this, the quality was poor. "Perfect rubbish" is how one firm describes it, while other descriptions are equally contemptuous, but less parliamentary. A few of the firms concerned took up the drafts, and, rather than have any bother, have closed the unpleasant business. But in most cases, as it would seem, no settlement has been made. In Australia, as in New Zealand, there has been talk of combination to resist any attempt to enforce payment. So far, however, no definite arrangement has been concluded. The company, it is said, are sending out two representatives to adjust, matters, and some of the smarting founders are anxious that any delegates sent should be able to "talk English," meaning, we take it, able to comprehend foundryman's English when heated to a bright red! It should be said that not all the firms approached are in the unpleasant position foreshown. Some of them turned a deaf ear to the charmer, and others, while placing small orders, took the precaution to stipulate that the metal was only to be paid for on proving equal in quality to the sample' submitted. It was the quality rather than the price of the steel that induced the many to give it a trial. For the price was high, according to all accounts, although some seemingly agreed to pay more for it than others. In Britiffe money 2s. and 2s. 6d. per pound are given as the approximate cost, while one provincial firm says it amounted to "about 3s. 6d. per pound, as against 9d. per pound for ordinary steel." The whole business forms a tempting text for an editorial homily, but we forbear. " 'Ware French steel" is one of the lessons, the more needed because there is reason to believe that the parties concerned intend to prosecute their foreign activities under a. different name and from a different address. FREE MINERS' CERTIFICATES. (By Clive Phillipps-Wolley.) THE Association's" recommendation in this matter was entrusted by the Provincial Mining Association to the writer of this article. As far as we can judge from the opinions expressed by all the many politicians interviewed on behalf of this amendment, as well as from the words of the Premier himself this amendment is extremely likely to become law in the immediate future, and if it does, the THE MINING RECORD 639 Association may be congratulated upon the removal from the Statute Book of a condition which seriously prejudiced muring in this Province, frightened foreign investors and complicated the difficulties of lawyers employed in investigating title to mining properties. Under the law as it stands to-day, a man is obliged to take out a miner's license for which he pays $5, before he can acquire or hold a claim, and he must renew this license every year on a certain date. If he neglects to renew this license on the due date, his title to his mining properties become void and although he can within six month of the expiration of his mining license obtain a special free miner's certificate upon payment of a fee of $15, which will entitle him to hold all his properties then in his possession, this special licenese is of no avail against anyone who may have jumped the licensee's property between the expiration of his license and the taking out of the j special license. In other words, he has to pay a fine of $10 for negligence in not taking out his license at the proper date, and is also liable for the same offence to lose absolutely any property however valuable which anyone else chooses to jump during the period in which he has no valid existing miners' license. For instance: Jones, a tourist from England is attracted by the mineral showings in Rock Creek, where he happens to be hunting, and is induced to take out I license, purchase a claim and spend certain moneys in the development of it. He returns to England. In his absence his agent forgets to renew Jones' license. The claim appreciates in value and a professional jumper who "keeps tab" of such matters, observing that Jones has not renewed his license, puts in his stakes and jumps the claim. The innocently negligent tourist loses his claim. He may pay the fine and take out a special license which will entitle him to hold any other claims he may have which were not worth jumping, but the one good claim has been jumped and can not be recovered. We venture to assert that there is no other instance in our law of the punishment of innocent negligence by total confiscation of property and the knowledge that the negligence of an agent, or a man's owri forgetful- ness might subject him to forfeiture of rights honestly earned and paid for has been one of the causes which have made mining in British Columbia unpopular with foreign investors. Clause 5B of the Placer Act reads at present: "In case any person shall allow his free miner's certificate to expire, he may at any time within six months from the date of such expiration, obtain from the proper officer, upon payment of a fee of $15, a special free miner's certificate. Such special certificate so far only as such title depends upon such person having a free miner's certificate, shall have the effect df reviving the title of the person to whom it is issued to all placer claims which such person owned at the time of the lapse of his former certificate, except such as under the provisions of the Placer Mining Act may have become the property of some other person at the time of the issue of such special certificate and shall operate as a free miner's certificate until midnight of the 31st May next after issue. In the case of a joint-stock company the fee for such special certificate shall be $300," etc. Tf^amendment proposes to cut out after "such special certificate" inclusive and from the words "except such" to "special certificate" inclusive, and to alter the fee for a joint-stock company's special certificate from $300 to $150. Under this amendment a man who has neglected to renew his free miner's license will have six months' grace in which to renew: he will have to pay a fine as it were of $10 for not taking his license out at the proper time, but his property will be unjumpable during those six months of grace. It will be a bad blow to the "jumping interest'" but a boon to the foreign investor. As far as we are aware there is no such thing as a miner's license in the States. It would, we are told, be contrary to the Constitution if there were, and in any case it is certainly in the interest of the Government itself and that most important matter, the revenue, to give security of title and to discourage "jumpers" who are merely beasts of prey, a menace to the community, and an incentive to law-breaking. At the meeting between the Cabinet and the Executive of the Provincial Mining Association, Mr. W|olley ventured to go a step beyond his brief and plead that in cases of delinquent taxes the property holder received of his delinquency from the department affected, so in cases of unrenewed miners' licenses, the delinquent licensee should one month from the expiration of his term of grace, receive by registered letter addressed to an address endorsed upon his original certificate, a notice of the fact that his license had not been renewed. If this suggestion is adopted, as the Premier seemed to think that it might be, the holder of mining property would in this particular be put upon the same footing as holders of other property in British Columbia and would have no just cause for complaint if by continued neglect he forfeited his title. Under this amendment Clause 9 of the present Placer Act would be amended by inserting at line 7 after the word "shall" the words "subject to the provisions of Clause 5B as amended," and the the spirit of the amendment is expected to control all miners' licenses whether as regards quartz or placer claims. Before leaving this subject it is only fair to congratulate the Government upon the improvement already effected by making all miners' licenses renewable upon the same date. This was a step in the right direction. Add to this the present amendment and there will be no excuse left for "innocent negligence." NOTES FROM PHOENIX. (From our own Correspondent.) NOW that coke shipments are arriving with some regularity at the smelters, there is again considerable mining activity in Phcenix. Forces at the mines in this district have been somewhat increased, but for a time men were scarce. A considerable amount of work has been done on tbe 100-foot level of the Old Ironsides mine. This level will have its exit to the surface by what is known as No. 3 .tunnel. Shipments for the past six weeks have been cut down to half the former rate. When the full blast of four furnaces is again running at the Granby smelter, however, shipments 640 THE MINING RECORD. from the Old Ironsides and Knob Hill mines will reach 1,500 tons per day. The new 60-drill compressor built by the Canadian Rand Drill Company, of Sherbrooke, for the Granby Company's mines here, has been installed. The two 700-h.p motors which will drive this compressor have arrived from Pitsburgh, Pa., where they were made by the Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Co. These motors are now being erected and as everything else is ready, the compressor will be in working order very shortly. At the Snowshoe mine the main shaft which is now down over three hundred feet, is to be sunk a further 40 feet. The electric hoist for this mine is now in place and the current to be supplied by the Cascade Water, Power and Light Company, may be turned on when required. The Snowshoe is now in a position to increase its output upon resumption of shipments to the Sunset smelter. A tonnage of 500 to 600 tons per day could be easily maintained, but the smelters are not at present able to handle that amount. It is reported that the Mother Lode smelter is to take the ore now on the dumps of the Brooklyn and Stemwinder mines. Tracks are to be laid to reach the dumps and it is expected that between 5,000 and 10,000 tons will be shipped to the Greenwood smelter. Outside of Phcenix work is being performed on the Oro Denoro in Summit Camp; the Blue Jay, some two miles below Phcenix, has two shifts extending the tunnel. The B. C. mine has a small force of men working, and ore is accumulating on the dump. YMIR DISTRICT. (From our own Correspondent.) DURING THE past month the almost impassable state of the roads has greatly hindered active mining developments. The Foghorn and Wilcox mines have both been temporarily obliged to reduce their forces at work in consequence of inability to get in sufficient supplies for a large crew. The Foghorn has a few men at work still, while the Wilcox has resumed operations with a full crew. At the Ymir mine the force has been largely increased of late. On the 1000-foot level where it is nearly half a mile from the face of the east drift to the mouth of the adit tunnel, a number of large cars, holding two or three tons each, and drawn by horses, are being utilized instead of the ordinary mine cars. On this lower level, although no official announcements have been made, it is reported that good pay ore has been encountered in the drift to the east, and that it is well up to the average mill stuff of the mine. The importance of this news can hardly be overestimated, as the existence of pay ore at this depth practically quadrulples the amount of ore demonstrated in the mine. On the fifth level high-grade ore has been encountered in both the east and west drifts. A new theory as to the Ymir vein is that the ore body has split in two at a point near the shaft at the 500-foot level, so that practically two separate ore bodies now trend east and west with a zone of barren ore in between. The eastern ore body, it appears, has been caught on the 1,000-foot level. One of the most enterprising companies operating in this district is the Active Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio, which owns the Union Jack group on Porcupine Creek. Clutoric drills of the latest improved Durkee pattern have been installed and are giving good satisfaction. On the Queen vein the lower tunnel is in some 270 feet in ore nearly all the way. The rich ore in this tunnel is about three feet wide and averages about $20 besides about eight feet of free-milling quartz running about $8 in gold. The tunnel is being run to get below a richer shoot exposed in the upper tunnel 100 feet above, where a quantity of solid galena ore running $40 has been encountered. In addition to the Queen vein the company's property includes a second vein known as the Union Jack, which is crossed at right angles by a third vein. A tunnel has been run 305 feet on the third vein, and will intersect the main vein in the course of another 65 feet. Good ore h'ais been shown up in this tunnel, getting noticeably richer as the point of intersection with the main vein is approached. When this point has been reached and the lower Queen tunnel has reached the rich pay shoot the company will be guided by the results obtained as to the erection of a treating plant. In addition to the promising prospect offered by the mine, the Active Company has an undoubtabed bonanza in its timber limit. It has purchased eight square miles of magnificent timber land lying between the mine and the railroad, and in view of the unlimited demand for B. C. lumber from the Northwest, proposes to turn it to instant account. A large plant including a shingle mill with a daily capacity of 60,000 and a sawmill of 25,000 feet per diem has been ordered and' will be installed as rapidly as possible. By this means the company anticipate sufficient profits to amply provide for the complete development of the mine, and the equipment of a plant to treat the ore. OIL CONCENTRATION AT LE ROI No. 2. THE following is a brief description of the oil concentration plant to be installed shortly at the Le Roi No. 2 mine at Rossland: The cost of the concentrator completed, including buildings, is estimated at $25,000. This provides for a plant of two units, capable of treating fifty tons of ore per day. Further units can be added at a much lower pro rata cost, but it is the company's intention to establish the practicability of the process beyond question on the smaller scale before, making the expenditure on capital account necessary to mill a larger quantity on the start. Briefly, the specifications for the plant are as follows: An estimated capacity of fifty tons per day of twenty-four hours, to consist of two units, each consisting of three mixing cylinders and accessories. The mixing cylinders will be six in number, each three feet in diameter and ten feet six inches long, complete with spiral inside and a pitch of twelve inches. Galvanized hoods and tanks are provided for each cylinder. Four carrier rollers are provided for each cylinder. The cylinders are to be driven through a worm operated by means of a jack Clutch with striking lever suitably arranged. Galvanized launders for conducting the oil and concentrates from the separating tanks to the settling tanks are supplied. One settling tank is furnished, to be five feet in diameter, with coned bottom and steam coil rim. The oil storage tanks are two in number, each seven feet in diameter and ten feet deep. Oil meter pumps are six in number with one and a half inch outlets. The pumps are of a patent rotary type. An oil receiver tank goes with the equipment. It is four feet in diameter. There is a patent belt-driven suspended self-balancing centrifugal extractor with bottom discharge valve, safety outer case and solid basket 48 inches in diameter fitted with vertical vanes and diving ring, together with one trough with conveyor for leading concentrates from preliminary to final extractor. The balance of the apparatus consists of a tank for final separator, a tailings tank, and the shafting, pulleys and belts necessary for the operation of the works. The weight of the machinery is approximately 28 tons. A wide range of experiments have been made with Le Roi No. 2 ores at the Elmore experimental works at Rossland, and the results secured are of an interesting nature. The real problem has been in connection with the extraction of the gold contents of the ore. It has been demonstrated that the percentage of extraction depends in large measure upon the fineness to which the ore is crushed, and the problem therefore resolves itself into a question of the advisability of crushing extra fine to recover a small additional percentage of gold, the copper contents being taken up with a comparatively coarse mesh. The recovery of gold from pulp of thirty mesh has run from 71 per cent, to 80 per cent., the latter being the largest percentage of recovery secured with pulp-of the-mesh specified. Pulp passed through a sixty mesh has been found to return 90 per cent, of the copper contents and 90 per cent, of the gold contents. The difference in favour of the smaller mesh is 10 per cent., and it is a commercial equation whether the additional percentage of gold recovery will justify the extra cost of reducing the pulp to 60 mesh. This can be determined readily when the two unit plant has been in operation for a short time. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO PLACER MINING ACT. AS RECOMMENDED BY THE PROVINCIAL MINING ASSOCIATION. On page i, after section i, add section to read as follows- Claims usually called 'placers,' including all forms of deposit excepting veins of quartz or other metalliferous or valuable mineral rock in place, shall be subject to location entry and Crown grant under like circumstances and conditions and upon similar proceedings as are provided in a general way by the Mineral Act for lode or mineral claims." (The object being to simplify and entourage the working of placers, and to facilitate the final acquisition of a permanent title thereto.) Part I, Sec. 5 B—Strike out on 5th line all after word "certificate" to "shall" on 6th line. All after "certificate" on eighth line to "and" on nth line, and change "three hundred" to "one hundred and fifty" on 13th and 14th lines. And make corresponding changes in form of special certificate following. (The object of this section is to give security to foreign owners against loss by accidental or other omission to take out a free miner's certificate on time by its employees.) Sec. 6—Add words to end, "or satisfactory proof by statutory declaration or otherwise accounting for the non-production thereof. (This is to provide against being handicapped in case, in the upper country, the free miner's certificate should be left behind or lost.) Sec. 9—Insert after "shall" on 7th line the words "subject to the provisions of Clause (b), Sec. 5," as amended. (This amendment is to conform to the alteration in Sec. (b), clause 5.) Add at end of Sec. 9 the words, "or shall hereafter be issued." (These words are added to preclude a doubt as to what should be done in the future.) New Section (15) Every free miner shall be entitled to locate and record and hold only one claim on each separate creek, ravine, hill or bar diggings. He shall be allowed to hold any number of claims by purchase, and shall have the right to work said claims so held under one general system; and every free miner may sell, mortgage or dispose of his claim or claims, or any interest therein. (The object of this is to permit a number of single claim owners to work their claims jointly; or, if acquired and held by one owner, to consolidate them and work under a general system. It is not suggested that the number of claims should be limited, as there is only one outlet, which, if limited, might prejudicially affect or even bar the possibility of the owners of the upper locations from being able to work their claims at all until after the exhaustion of the lower ones, except at prohibitive cost.) Part II, Sec. 17—Add following new sub-section (20) : The Gold Commissioner or Mining Recorder shall, immediately after being advised of the discovery of new creek diggings, have a survey made of same, said survey to be made by a Provincial Land Surveyor on each newly discovered creek, placing monumental posts every 500 feet, to be numbered consecutively I, 2, 3, above, and I, 2, 3, etc., below discovery; and the initial post of every claim shall be tied by survey or description to the nearest monumental post. Maps of such survey shall be kept at the office of the Gold Commissioner or Mining Recorder. (Difficulties arose at Atlin during the rush which took place there in the early history of that camp. Anticipating a similar experience of a large influx of prospectors, it is to define the locations by reference to these posts, and so save the Mining Recorder and other Government officials the difficulty of recording overlapping locations and prospectors from innocently selling locations having no status owing to the difficulty of proper description.) Sec. 18—Strike out. (The object of .this is to enable the ground to be dealt with as abandoned and worked-out ground under Part VII of this Act as proposed to be amended, and denning by statute the time when such claim shall be deemed abandoned, instead of leaving it to chance for years to come.) Sec. 20—On 4th line strike out all after "locator" to "the" on 5th line. (This alteration is simply to conform to Sec. 5 (b).) Sec. 27—Strike out on second line the words "one or more years" and all of last sentence. (The alteration of this section is to conform to the proposed amendment to Sec. 1 of this Act.) Sections 28 and 30 and 31 strike out, and substitute the following (31) : Any free miner having located and recorded a placer mining claim shall be entitled to hold the same for a period of one year from the date of recording the same, and thence from year to year without the necessity of re- recording; provided, however, that during such year and each succeeding year such free miner shall do or cause to be done work on the claim to the value at least of $100, and shall satisfy the Gold Commissioner or Mining Recorder that such work has been done, by an affidavit by the free miner or his agent, setting out in a detailed statement such work; provided, further, that any free miner or company of free miners holding adjoining placer mining claims to be worked under one general system shall be allowed to perform on any one or more of such claims all the work required to entitle him or them to a certificate of work for each claim so held by him or them. If such work shall not be done, or if such certificate shall not be obtained or recorded in each. and every year, the claim or claims on or in respect of which the requisite work has not been done shall be deemed vacant and abandoned, and open for re-location. ('ihis alteration is to conform with the proposed amendment to Sec. 1 of this Act. Sec. 33—Strike out. (This is struck out, as the Judgment of the Supreme Court of Canada in Manley v. Collom held it to be a bad section or bad law.) Sec. 36— Strike out all after "for" in 3rd line to "and" in 4th, and insert in lieu thereof "one year," and strike out the "re-recording" in 5th line. (Sec. 36 is proposed to be amended simply to conform to Sec. 1 hereof. Sec, 37—Strike out all after "have" in 3rd line and insert in lieu thereof "complied with provisions of (new) Sec. 107." (This amendment is to clear up all doubts as to the possession of any vein or lode, and provides a method whereby it can be acquired without doubt.) Sec. 38—Strike out. (The reason of this is that the $100 worth of work expended annually sufficiently saves the locator from being ousted and relieves the Gold Commissioner from work which will not be required if the recommendations contained in this document be adopted. (This will also prevent the continual holding of claims from year to year under such (in many cases) subterfuges as a lay-over, a re-record, a leave of absence, and other reasons galore—which we understand have been taken advantage of to an unlimited extent in the past.) "This will enable bona tide prospectors to hold their claims as against the influences of large leaseholders who propose to force them to sell if possible.) . Sections, 39, 40, 41 and 42—Strike out, except Clause 3 of Sec. 42. 642 THE MINING RECORD (The same remarks apply to this as to the last item.) Sec. 43—Add after "claims" in 3rd line, "and if so recorded shall take effect from the date thereof, as against all persons." (The object of this clause is to describe what effect the record shall have when made after the time proscribed therefor, and to render clear the provision which follows;) Part III, Sec. 48—New section, as follows (44) : Every free miner requiring to run or construct a tunnel, tail-flume or drain in connection with his claim through any occupied or unoccupied lands, whether mineral or not, shall obtain a license from the Gold Commissioner for that purpose, which license shall be granted by the Gold Commissioner whenever it is proven to him that said claim cannot be worked without such tunnel, tail-flume or drain; and shall also give such security for any damage that may be caused by such tunnel, tail-flume or drain as such Gold Commissioner may require. Such license shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the Gold Commissioner shall think fit, and shall be recorded in the record book. (The object of this section is to describe more fully what shall be granted by the Gold Commissioner, subject to such conditions as he may think equitable, without leaving to him the power of discrimination against anyone. Sec. 49—Insert "tail flume" after "tunnel" in ist line. (This is simply to make the language of the Act harmonious, and provide for tail-flumes from hydraulic mines.) Sec. 50—Insert "a tail flume or" after "constructing" in 3rd line. Insert the words "outlet, easement or" between "public" and "drainage." Sections 51 and 53 and 54—Insert the words "tail-flume" before the word "drain" wherever it occurs. (Same reason as 19.) Sec. 60—Strike out. (The object of striking this out is that a new section may be put in to conform with our other recommendations as to re-records.) Sec. 61—Strike out the words "as many as ten of" in 4th line^ (It is proposed to strike out the words "as many as ten" so as to comply with the proposed amendment referred to in our Article 6.) Sec. 63—After "employed" in 3rd line strike out all down to "and" in 4th line. (Same reasons as 22 and 6.) Part V, Sec. 64—Strike out "five" and insert "thirty." (The reason for this is the difficulty of accomplishing the desired end in a sparsely settled country in five days.) Part VI, Sec. 79—Strike out "one hundred and" in 3rd line from end. (We strike out "one hundred and" because the price is considered excessive for the benefits derived therefrom, and is a larger price than should be demanded from a free miner.) Sec. 84—Amend so as to provide for construction of 100 feet of flume each year. (The object of this amendment is. to force continuous work of at least 100 feet of flume annually until the completion of the flume, without permitting the discretion of the Gold Commissioner being exercised in the reduction thereof.) Sec. 88—Add words "if found necessary" to 1st line, and strike out all after "extension" in third line. (The object of this is to obtain the right, if the necessity show.) Sec. 89—Add 89A, as follows: The holder or holders of a placer mining claim held under the provisions of Sections 16 and 17 of Part II of this Act shall, after he or they shall have expended in development work the sum of $300, be entitled to a Crown grant thereof upon paying to the Government the sum of $5 per acre; and the holder or holders of a consolidation of placer mining claims held under the provisions of Sections 16 and 17 of Part II of this Act shall, after he or they shall have expended at least $500 for each daim included in such consolidation, be entitled to a Crown grant thereof upon payment to the Government of the sum of $5 per acre. (The object of this new amendment is to enable the small owner of prospects to acquire a title which he may be able to sell in the future, and which at present there are no buyers for; and to place him in as good a position as the quartz miner.) Part VII, Sec. 90—Strike out Sections 90 to 102, both inclusive, and substitute the following new sections:— 90. Placer claims suitable for operating on a large scale by the hydraulic, hydraulic elevator, drifting or other mining process may be located and recorded as follows, namely:— (1) On worked-out or abandoned creeks, half a mile in length. (2) On worked-out or abandoned dry diggings in newly discovered placer mining districts, or other placer mining districts, eighty acres. (3) Provided, always, that nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect the right of any holder of a placer mining claim held under the provisions of Sections 18 and 19 of Part II of this Apt as amended. (These sections have been struck out and suggested new sections inserted which in our opinion provide a policy which will encourage development on a large scale owing to the better security of tenure and title provided for investors, and for which they are making strong demands.) (It also promises the settling up of the surrounding country for stock raising, truck farmers, and others, to feed the large mining community which will be employed in the development of properties, for which an indefeasible title is proposed to be provided.) (Particular attention might be drawn to the operation of Sec. 102, under the powers conferred by which the holder of a creek claim lease may be included with nine other placer mining grounds in other mining divisions, and the work performed on any one of them for all of them—which is unfair, and contrary to the spirit of the Act and the intention of the Legislature.) 91. Every free miner shall be entitled to locate and record a placer mining claim on any worked-out or abandoned creek, not exceeding one half mile in length. He shall also be entitled to locate and record a placer mining claim not exceeding eighty acres on worked-out or abandoned dry diggings in newly discovered placer mining districts, or on any other placer mining ground, on any unoccupied and unreserved Crown land, but not more than two claims in the same locality, one of which shall be a creek claim. He shall be allowed to hold any number of placer mining claims by purchase, and to work the same under one general system; and every free miner may sell, mortgage or dispose of his claim, or any part thereof; but in no case shall any placer mining claim extend along any creek or river more than 500 yards, creek diggings excepted. 92. Every placer mining 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; one of such posts shall be marked as the initial post, and on that post shall be placed a legible notice in writing, stating the name of the claim, its length and breadth in feet, and a general description of its boundaries, commencing at the initial post, marked No. 1, stating distance and general direction therefrom to each of the other corner posts, which shall be marked Nos. 2, 3 and 4. 93. A placer mining claim shall not include any portion of any mining ground occupied by free miners for mining purposes, unless with the consent in writing of such occupiers of such included placer mining ground shall have been worked out or abandoned. 94. Every free miner locating a placer mining claim shall record the same with the Mining Recorder of the district within which such claim is situated within fifteen days after THE MINING RECORD. 648 the location thereof, if located within io miles of the office of the said Mining Recorder; one additional day shall be allowed for such recor-d for every additional io miles or fraction thereof. Such record shall be made in the regular book of records kept by the Mining Recorder for that purpose, in which shall be inserted the name of the claim, the name of the locator, the number of his free miner's certificate, the locality of the claim, and a general description oi the boundaries thereof. A certified copy of the record shall be given by the Mining Recorder to the free miner or his agent. A placer mining claim which shall not have been recorded within the proscribed period shall be deemed to have been abandoned. 95. A free miner shall not be entitled to a record of a placer mining claim until he shall have furnished the Mining Recorder with all the above particulars, and shall have paid in advance to the Mining Recorder the customary fee for making such record. 96. Any free miner having duly located and recorded a placer mining claim shall be entitled to hold the same for a period of one year from the date of the recording of the same, and thence from year to year, without the necessity of re- recording; provided, however, that during each year and each succeeding year such free miner shall do or cause to be done work on his claim to the value of at least $100, and shall satisfy the Gold Commissioner or Mining Recorder that such work has been done, by an affidavit of the free miner or his agent, setting out a detailed statement of such work having been done; provided, also, that all work done outside of a placer mining claim with intent to work the same shall, if such work have direct relation and be in direct proximity to the claim, be deemed, if to the satisfaction of the Gold Commissioner or Mining Recorder, for the purpose of this section, to Lie work done on the claim; provided, further, that any free miner, or company of free miners holding adjoining placer mining claims to be worked in partnership under the provisions of any Act for the time being in force, shall, subject to filing a notice of their intention with the Gold Commissioner or Mining Recorder, be allowed to perform on any one or more of such claims all the work required to entitle him or them to a certificate for work for each claim so held by him or them. If such work shall not be done, or if such certificate shall not be so obtained or recorded in each and every year, the claim shall be deemed vacant and abandoned and open for re-location, any rule of law or equity to the contrary notwithstanding. 97. The holder of a placer mining claim shall be entitled to all surface rights, including the use of all timber thereon for building and mining purposes in connection with the working of said claim, so long as he holds said claim, for the purpose of developing the minerals contained therein, but no longer. 98. Where the physical conditions surrounding placer mining claims intended for operation by the hydraulic, drifting, elevator or other processes or such as to make it practically impossible to equip and operate each claim separately, the owner or owners of such claims so situated shall be entitled to form a consolidation of such claims and the water rights appurtenant thereto, so that they may be equipped and practically operated on one general system, by recording his or their intention to form such consolidation, together with a schedule of the claims and water rights included in such consolidation. The holder or holders of such consolidation shall be allowed to perform in each and every year on one or more of such claims all the work that is necessary to be performed to hold the whole of such claims- included in such consolidation. 99. Every free miner who is the holder of a placer mining claim or consolidation of such claims shall be entitled to a record of such quantity of unappropriated water from any stream, lake or watershed as may be required to work his claim or consolidation of claims, and he shall have the right to construct and maintain dams, gates, canals, ditches, flumes or pipe-lines for the purpose of controlling such water as may be necessary to work said ground effectively, and shall have the right-of-way through any mining ground or unoccupied Crown lands for the purpose of constructing canals, ditches, flumes or pipe-lines to control and carry said • water to the plaeer mining ground so held Said right to the quantity of water so recorded shall continue in force so long as the holder or holders of such claims shall pay annually to the Gold Commissioner or Mining Recorder the sum of five cents per miner's inch per annum for the quantity of water so recorded, and until said placer mining claim or consolidation of such claims shall be worked out or abandoned; but all dams, canals, ditches, flumes and pipe-lines shall remain the property of such free miner or free miners who may have constructed the same. CROWN GRANT TO PLACER MINING GROUND. 100. (New No.) Every free miner who is the holder of a placer mining claim shall, after he has expended in development work the sum of $500, be entitled to a Crown grant thereof upon paying to the Government the sum of $5 per acre; and the holder or holders of a consolidation of placer mining claims shall, after he or they shall have expended at least $1,000 in development work for each and every claim included in such consolidation, be.entitled to a Crown grant thereof upon paying to the Government the sum of $5 per acre. 10:. (New No.) Every free miner who is the holder of a lease for a creek or placer mining claim, or consolidation of such creek or placer mining claims, shall have the right to record the same under the provisions of this Act. Such record shall include the date of the lease or leases or claims included in such consolidation, together with the date of any water grant held as appurtenant thereto; but in no case shall the holder or holders of a lease of consolidation of leases of creek or placer mining claims be entitled to a record thereof under the provisions of this Act until he or they shall have proved to the satisfaction of the Gold Commissioner or Mining Recorder that there has been made the required expenditure annually for development work on such lease or for each of such leases or placer mining claims included in such consolidation, and shall have paid all rents and taxes due on such lease and each of such leases or placer mining claims included in such consolidation. 102. (New No.) The holder or holders of such lease or consolidation of such leases for creek or placer mining claims shall, after recording the same under the provisions of this Act and proving to the satisfaction of the Gold Commissioner or Mining Recorder that there has been expended at least $2,000 for development work on such leased claim or for each of such claims included in such consolidation, be entitled to a Crown grant thereof upon payment to the Government of the sum of $5 per acre. 103. (New No. The holder or holders of a record for a creek or placer mining claim held under the provisions of this Act shall pay annually to the Government a placer mining tax of 25 cents per acre on each and every creek or placer mining claim so held; said tax shall be paid to the Gold Commissioner or Mining Recorder before such holder or holders of creek or placer mining claims shall be entitled to a certificate for work performed on such claims or consolidation of claims. 104. (New No.) The holder or holders of a Crown grant for a creek or placer mining claim shall pay annually to the Government a placer mining tax of 50 cents per acre on each and every creek or placer mining claim so held. If said tax shall not be paid on or before the 31st day of May in each year, the claim or claims in respect of which the taxes are so in arrear shall be sold under the provisions of the Act in force dealing with the sale of property for delinquent taxes; and if the said claim or claims be not sold, the same shall forthwith revert to the Crown and be declared open for re-location by notice posted at the office of the Gold Commissioner or Mining Recorder for 15 days previous to the date upon which such claim or claims shall be open for re-location. 105. (New No.) The beds of all rivers, creeks and gulches draining placer or mineral mining districts, which, at the time of the passing of this Act, shall be worked out or abandoned, 644 THE MINING RECORD. shall be reserved from Crown grant and held open as a highway for affording outlet, easement, drainage and a place of deposit for tailings or waste from either placer or mineral mines. (In reference to this new section, it is proposed to maintain this highway or outlet for the benefit of all classes of miners on the creeks or gulches which have been worked out or abandoned, so as to afford an outlet, easement or drainage or place of deposit of tailings or waste from placer or mineral claims, and so that no one man or company can control such outlet by the mis-use of any of the powers hereinbefore granted to him.) 106. (New No.) All Crown grants for creek or placer claims issued under the provisions of this Act shall contain a clause reserving the right-of-way for such tunnels, tail-flumes or drains as may be required to afford outlet, easement and drainage for such mines, as provided in Part III of this Act. (This is self-explanatory; its object is so clearly set forth that we ask only that equal rights and privileges shall be granted to all persons alike,'whatever the nature of their interest, to reach a deposit in place, for their waste, tailings, debris or drainage.) (General.—It is suggested that a clause providing that all Acts and parts of Acts conflicting with this Act should be repealed.) PLACER CLAIMS CONTAINING LODES. 107. (New No.) Where a free miner, association of free miners, or corporation is in possession of a placer mining claim and also a vein or lode included within the boundaries thereof, application shall be made for a Crown grant for the placer claim, with the statement that it includes such vein or lode, and in such case the Crown grant shall issue for the placer mining claim subject to the provisions of this Act, including such vein or lode, upon the payment of $10 per acre for such vein or lode claim, and 100 feet of surface on each side thereof; the remainder of the placer claim or any placer claim not embracing any vein or lode claim, shall be paid for at the rate of $5 per acre, together with all costs of proceedings ; and when a vein or lode such as is described in the Mineral Act is known to exist within the boundaries of a placer claim, an application for a Crpwn grant for such placer claim which does not include the application for a vein or lode claim shall be construed as a conclusive declaration that the claimant of the placer claim has no right of possession of the vein or lode claim; but where the existence of a vein or lode in a placer claim is not known, a Crown grant for a placer claim shall convey all valuable mineral and other deposits within the boundaries thereof. Sec. 102A—Strike out in 3rd line the words "not to exceed six hundred and forty acres." (The object of striking out the words "six hundred and forty" is to make the Act harmonious and allow large companies to consolidate and conform to the modern methods of conducting business on a large and comprehensive basis.) Sec. 103—After the word "lease" in nth line insert the following: "and that the lessee shall have his dredge or dredges in actual operation on the ground within two (2) years from the granting of his lease, and shall continue the operation of such dredge or dredges during at least sixty (60) days in each and every year, and in default of compliance with this proviso, or any part thereof, the said lease shall be deemed to be and be void." (The object of this proposed amendment is to compel dredger companies to get to work, carry out the objects of their incorporation, and produce a revenue to the Government, or vacate the ground for others to do so.) Sec 104—Strike out. (The object of striking this out is to make it conform with the provisions of Sec. 103.) Z. The provisions of the Mineral Act relating to certificate of improvement, adverse claims and Crown grants shall apply to placer claims of all kinds, and shall be deemed to be incorporated in this Act. (These provisions, the application of which is suggested to be incorporated in this Act, are to simplify the procedure, hav- . ing in view the fact that there are so many j udgments in existence now declaratory of the meetings which should be attached to the various sections, some of which have been pronounced by the Supreme Court of Canada, and are therefore beyond question.) N.B.—This section is an alternative for proposed Sections 108 to 114, both inclusive, which are practically the same as the Mineral Act provisions. (This, of course, is simply proposed as an alternative for the proposed amendments, being Sections 108 to Section 114, both inclusive, hereinbefore set out.) Part VIII, Sec. 109—Add Sub-section (h), known as the Record of Crown Grants." 'a book to be (The object of this addition is simply to make it comply with the suggestions hereinbefore made, and to keep a complete record of the Crown grants which may have been issued for the information of the public at large without having to send to the nearest Land Registry Office.) Sec. no—Strike out the whole of the second sentence. (This alteration is simply to conform to the former recommendation herein as to re-records.) Sec. in—Strike out the words "lay-over, leave of absence." (The object of striking out these words is because there will be no necessity for thern if the recommendations herein are adopted.) Sec. 113—In first line, after word "record," insert words. "and retain." Strike out in first line the words "by copying out verbatim," and insert after "office" in last line the words "and shall copy the same into the Record of Affidavits." (The object of inserting this is that the affidavit, when made, shall be forever retained in the office, to prevent substitution and alteration, or loss of the original by the owner, except that in case of a deed a notarial copy shall be retained.) (The same remarks apply to the next section—114.) Sec. 114—Insert after "record" in first line the words "and retain." Strike out the words "by copying out verbatim in the Record of Conveyances," and add at end, " and shall copy the same into the proper books kept for such purpose." Part IX, Sec. 128—Strike out sub-clauses (a), (b) and (e), and insert "tail-flume" after "claim" in 4th line, sub-clause (h), and in (j) after word "constructing" in 2nd line. Sec. 128—In clause (1), first line, strike out words "placer mining ground" and insert the words "the beds of streams for dredging purposes." (These clauses are struck out for the reason that they will not be required if the suggestion as to $100 worth of work annually being performed is accepted and acted upon by the Committee. And the insertion of the words "tail-flume," and the leasing of beds of streams for dredging purposes.) Sec 152—Strike out—as it has been amended and inserted in Assessment Act. (It is proposed to strike this out, as all the ground covered thereby is covered by the previous amendments as suggested, and the Assessment Act Amendment Act, 1903.) Forms to be amended to comply with proposed amendments. THE MEN ING RECORD. 645 CATALOGUES, CIRCULARS AND TRADE NOTICES. MESSRS. the Allis-Chalmers Company have moved the company's general offices from the Home Insurance Building to the New York Life Building, corner of La Salle and Monroe Streets, Chicago. This move is only another indication of the progressive spirit which prevails in the management of this strong industrial. The Allis-Chalmers Company has for the past two years been expending enormous sums of money in betterments at their various plants in Milwaukee, Chicago and Scranton, so as to give their customers the best possible service in point of economy and quick deliveries. The new offices of the Allis-Chalmers Company will provide ample space for the various sales departments and gneral business offices which will be inducive of the best possible service to their trade. To give a fair idea of the scope of the business enjoyed by the Allis-Chalmers Company, we will mention that during the past two months, orders for either engines, mining machinery, rock crushing machinery, sawmill machinery or flour mill machinery were booked from every State in the Union, besides the following countries: England, South Africa, Mexico, Canada, Chile, Central America, Brazil, British Columbia, Bolivia, Hawaiian Islands, Peru, Alaska, end of an extended generator shaft; wheels to operate under a 390-inch head and run at a speed of 200 R.P.M. The nozzles are of the improved Pelton combination, deflecting and needle type, hydraulically balanced. The Northern California Power Company, who have recently installed three 1,600-h.p. Pelton wheels to directly connect to Westinghouse generators, have now given the Pelton Company another order for two 3,000-h.p. units to operate under an 1,150' head. By means of flexible leather link coupling, power will be transmitted from both ends of each water wheel shaft to two 1,500 h.p. generators, which will run at a speed of 300 R.P.M. Maximum capacity of plant, 3,000 h.p. 1 he Gwin Mine Development Company, Valley Springs, Cal., are installing a hoist with a capacity of twenty thousand pounds at a speed of 1,200' per minute—power derived from two 9' diameter Pelton wheels having triple nozzles which are fitted with two hydraulic hoist operating valves, one valve to control the three gates on each nozzle. This will excel the capacity of the famous Utica hoist, which consists of two 10' Pelton wheels and lifts 18,500 lbs. from a depth of 2,000' at a speed of 700' per minute. China and the Philippine Islands. Meanwhile, at the last meeting of the Board of Directors of the company held in New York April 15th, the' regular quarterly dividend of 1^4 per cent, was declared on preferred stock. It is also reported that the volume of business on the books of the company to-day far exceeds that of any time since the organization of the company, notwithstanding the fact that the output of the plans has been increased to a large extent. We can see no abatement of prosperity in our various lines of manufacture. There .seems to be an unlimited demand for all kinds of high- grade machinery, which is certainly a good indication that prosperity is enjoyed in all lines of manufacture. During the last four months the Pacific Department of the Pelton Water Wheel Company has received contracts for water wheels for the largest and most important hydro-electric plants west of Niagara. In every instance the wheels must conform with the speed of the generators to permit of direct connection, and as the heads under which they operate are of both extremes, that is, from 65' to 2100', some idea of the adaptability and vast range of the Pelton apparatus in this comparatively new industry may be imagined. These important installations may be briefly described as follows:— Vancouver Power Co., Vancouver, B.C.—To consist of three 3,000-h.p. units; 9,000-h.p. maximum capacity of plant. Each main unit to consist of two wheels, one to be mounted on each Siskiyou Electric Power Company, of Yreka, Cal., are about to install their first 1.000-h.p. unit which consists of one Pel- ton wheel which operates under a 689' head and will directly connect to a 750-k.w. generator by means of a flexible leather link coupling. Contracts for an interesting plant have just been let, by the Pike's Peak Hydro-Electric Co., Colorado Springs, Colo., which when finished will be the highest in the Western Hemisphere, both in altitude and operating head for the wheels— effective head being 2,100' and the plant will consist of three Pelton wheels each to directly connect to one 750-k.w. generator which will run at a speed of 450 R.P.M. The whole construction of these wheels will embrace the highest grade of steel and U. S. Navy standard gun metal. Other contracts netting 2,000-h.p. have either been installed or ordered during the last three months, and may be summarized as follows: Iowa & Mexico Mining & Milling Co., Tepic, Mexico; Gwin Mine Development Co., two 6' wheels for running their rock crusher plant, 300-h.p. 290' head, 217 R.P.M.; Brigham City Electric Light and Power Co., Brigham City, Utah, 800-h.p. 280' head, 300 R.P.M.; Corrigan, McKinney & Co, Concheno, Mexico, 150-h.p., 190' head, 85 R.P.M.; Kerk- hov'en & Mazel, Pasir, Naugka, Java, 800-h.p. 36' head, 76 R. ; P.M.; Oregon Developing Co., Cascades Calumet Manufacturing Co., Castle Rock, Ore., besides many others of smaller capacity requiring standard wheels. mm —i 646 THE MINING RECORD. The Western Engineering & Construction Company, of San Francisco, is about to install, in the territory south of the Yukon District, a power transmission plant for the operation of a gold dredge which will be erected at Atlin, B.C., two miles distant from the power plant. This is a new development in the methods of mining in this region, which is a very important placer district, and much gold that would otherwise be lost will be saved by the use of electrically operated dredges. The work to be done here is similar to that carried on at Oroville, Cal., although the gold is coarser in the AtKn District. We have received an interesting description of the improved Parker Rotary Mill from the manufacturers. This mill apparently differs in no respect from the stamp mill of the ordinary type except that by the introduction of an ingenious device, better results are obtained. This device succeeds, we are told, in securing the advantage of the "grinding, scouring process of the old arastra" and combining with it the "crushing, pulverizing methods of the modern stamp mill." Messrs. F. W. Braun & Co., of Los Angeles, Cal., issue a new catalogue in which a very complete list of assaying appliances and assayers' supplies is given. COMPANY NOTES AND CABLES. Nickel Plate. (Camp Hedley.)—A thirty drill has been ordered for this mine, which it is reported has recently been acquired -by the Yale Mining Company. Tyee, Mt. Sicker.—Official returns issued by the Tyee Mining Company show that the result of twenty-five days' smelting of ore from the Tyee is $52,336. In that time in March, 3,632 tons of ore were smelted, and 370 tons of matte were- produced, the record for 28 days' smelting during the month of February being $47,050. During the months of February and March, therefore, the Tyee produced an aggregate of $99,386, -or over $1,875 for each smelting day. Velvet, Rossland—The following cable, has been received at the London office of the Velvet Mines: "Have received the following returns from smelters: 450 tons second-class ore yielded 364 ozs. gold, 35,400 lbs. copper; net returns from smelters, $7,877, or an average of £2 12s. 6d. per ton." Highland, Ainsworth.—Nearly 500 tons of ore were shipped last month. . Ymir.—Cablegram from the company's representative at Ymir: "Level No. 5 west has been extended 25 feet. The ore in the drift has improved. Assays now average $10 (£2 is. 4d.) per ton of 2,000 lbs., width 8 feet." Le Roi.—Cable from the manager: "Ore has been found 1,050 feet level west of the shaft, probably Mulligan shoot; gold assays average $16 per ton of 2,000 lbs., copper $2.80, small amount silver; extent at present unknown, but present appearances most encouraging." Cabled returns for March: "Shipped from the mine to No'rthport smelter during the past month 17,008 tons of ore, containing 5,417 ozs. gold, 10,511 ozs. silver and 489.300 lbs. copper. Cannot form any reliable estimate as to profits; cost per ton for treatment cannot be determined at present." True Blue (Kaslo).—At a general meeting of the shareholders of the True Blue Mining Company it was decided to give an option of purchase on the property for $75,000 cash. Last February the representative of the purchasers made an examination of the mine and expressed himself as thoroughly satisfied with the showings in the underground workings. He so reported to his principals in New York, who have now secured the option pending an examination to be made of the surface ground when the snow, goes off. The holders of the option will examine the group in June, so as to prove the continuity of the vein. If satisfactory, as is expected, the purchase money will be paid,at once. Monitor (Sandon).—The Monitor mine, Sandon, shipped 150 tons of high-grade ore last month, the largest amount sent out from the property for some time. Shipments are only being made from the stopes between levels 1 and 2 at the present time, and it is only a fraction of what could be mined and shipped, when it is understood that the ore reserves from the third to the fifth levels have practically not been mined. The Monitor is one of the best managed properties from a paying and system point of view in the camp, and the present manager, M. Gintzberger, is keeping the development work far in excess of the actual shipments. Le Roi.—Report for February: "The ore shipped during the month amounted to 15,824 dry tons, containing 4,006 ozs. of gold, 12,314 ozs. of silver, 525,970 lbs. copper; average value per ton, $11.06. The cost of breaking and delivering the ore on the railroad cars was $2.64 per ton, while the cost of development was equal to 54 cents per ton. The east drift, south cross-cut, which is being driven on the 500-foot level, is intended to cut the south vein on the east end of the property, Exploratory work was continued on the 1,350 level, but no discoveries of ore were made. At the end of the month the west drift had been run 593 feet from the main shaft, but the Josie dyke had not been met with. It is thought probable, as this drift has already passed through several small dykes of verying widths, that the Josie dyke may have changed the dip and form it bore on the upper levels, and become 'forked,' and that it has already been passed through. The diamond drill has not revealed the presence of any ore bodies of value. "The expenditure for the month on mine account wai $57,017- Northport smelter—The expenditure for the month was $100,037. The public ores purchased during the month amounted to 2,453 dry tons, containing 2,240 ozs. gold, 4,721 - ozs. silver, 178,294 lbs. copper. The tonnage treated during the month was 7,282, segregated as follows: Roasted ores', 4,994 tons; raw ore, Le Roi, 1,370 tons; raw ore, public, 918 tons. The strike which has taken place at the collieries of the Crow's Nest Coal Company compelled smelting operations to be suspended on 12th February—a circumstance which has already been reported by cable. The smelting costs for the twelve days during which the. furnaces were in operation were equal to $3.88 a ton. Although the smelter force was cut-down to the lowest notch, the company was still under much expense, as, besides the management staff, men had to be retain-' ed to weigh and sample the ores received from the public, and to perform such work as was necessary to keep the plant in condition for starting up at any time. The February smelting costs, if reckoned on- the basis of the entire expenses for the month, would amount to approximately $5 per ton. As to February profits—As, practically, none of the February ore has been smelted, it will be impossible to make an estimate of the profit which may accrue from the month's operations." Le Roi No 2.—The following report of the Le Roi No. 2, Ltd., for the month ended 28th February, has been received from the manager at Rossland: "Output—From 27th January to 16th February 1,434 tons shipped, average value per ton less smelting charges, $21.63. Value .$31,020, from which mining charges have to be deducted. In addition to the above the following ore was shipped and paid for in January: 427 tons, average value per ton, less smelting charges, $16.35. Value $6,980. Exploration and development—Josie mine (1) On 500- foot level west drift, 68 feet were driven in ore. No other development work done except with the diamoiad drill. Number One mine (1)— On the 200-foot level 33 feet were driven by the timbering gang, who filled in odd shifts in this way, the object being to catch the upper continuation of ore in stope (have since met with some ore). Stoping operations—Ore has been raised from the stopes in the following quantities: Josie Mine— Tons_ Totals No. 19 stope, 300-foot level 729 No. 5 stope, 400-foot level No. 20 stope, 500-foot level 479 No. 8 stope, 600-foot level 702 No. 11 stope, 700-foot level 1,850 Number One Mine— No. 2 stope, 200-foot level xc. No. 4 stope, 300-foot level 3g2 h-c Total : El "I^s THE MINING RECORD. 647 As result of drifting in Josie, tons hoisted As result of drifting in Number One, tons hoisted. 368 Grand total. 2,763 (Office Note.—That the new mine manager's system of monthly report may be quite intelligible, to shareholders, it may be explained that only the amount of ore actually paid for during the month is returned, thus' avoiding the confusion caused by the overlapping system hitherto in force. The third column represents the actual amount received from the smelter, from which have to be deducted mining and development charges. If these are taken at $4 a ton the net profit since the recommencement of shipping would be $30,558, or £6,300.) ♦ MINING RETURNS AND STATISTICS. THE COAST. OUR Crofton correspondent writes: Ore shipments to the Crofton smelter during April were as follows:— Tons. Marble Bay (ist class ore) 800 Marble Bay (2nd class ore) 2,400 Lenora, Mt. Sicker (2nd class ore) 3,000 Yreka (Quatsino) 800 Lone Pine (Republic, Wash) 420 Grafter (White Horse) 25 Total • 7,445 ROSSLAND. Shipments to the end of April are: Le Roi 64,363 Centre Star 25,942 War Eagle 19,329 Le Roi No. 2 8,228 Velvet 2,471 Giant , 300 Kootenay z70 White Bear H° Homestake °° O. K 20 Total I2I>°43 BOUNDARY DISTRICT. The following are the returns of ore shipments from the Boundary District for four months ending April 30th: Tons. Granby 112,477 Mother Lode 22>3<58 Snowshoe I0'32° Emma 7,44-6 B.C. 6'8l° Sunset ' 2'733 Providence 3°4 Total l62'478 SLOCAN AND SLOCAN CITY DIVISIONS. Shipments from these districts to date are:— Tons. American Boy „ a . ■ .... 81 Antoine Arlington ! ° . 17 k Black Prince Bondholder Bosun Bluebird •2Ton- '■ •'■ '•'• 185 ?TprAs/-;. 280 risher Maiden Hartney 2I Idaho . ,c T , 446 Ivanhoe ,. Monitor 4 b Meteor .... Ottawa .... Payne Queen Bess. . Rambler. . . . Reco Republic .. . Ruth Rio Red Fox . . . Slocan Star. . Slocan Boy.. Silver Glance Surprise .. .. 12 106 :,o62 144 412 153 20 ij.o 24 806 16 55 5 Total •340 COAL EXPORTATIONS AND TRADE ■" I 'HE situation at Extension and Cumberland remains un- ■*■ changed and a commission has been appointed by the -Dominion Government to enquire into the matter. Tt is reported, meanwhile, that the colliers at Seattle and Tacoma. are reaping a harvest from the light shipments from British Columbia, as they are crowding their products into the market. There is great uncertainty as to the steps that will be taken at the next meeting of Congress as to the retention of coal on the free list. This is one of the principal reasons why importers are shipping so freely from the Colonies just at this time. Shipments by the Western Fuel Company in April to Puget Sound and Alaskan ports aggregated 24,704 tons. Since the settlement of the strike at Fernie shipments have been made at the rate of 700 tons a day. :HE LEAD QUESTION. IN view of the refusal of the Dominion Government to make any changes in the tariff for the relief of lead mine operators in British Columbia, the'Executive Committee of the Provincial.Mining Association has passed the following resolution, copies of which have been forwarded to Ottawa: "Whereas tne Province of British Columbia is subject to very heavy contributions exacted by the Government of the Dominion of Canada, amounting t6 the sum of one million five hundred thousand dollars, or thereabouts, over and above the expenditure of the Dominion in respect of .the said Province; "And whereas the mining industry of British Columbia in general, and of the silver-lead mines in particular, has suffered grievously during the past few years from the depreciation of the value of silver and lead and from other causes; "And whereas many products of lead are imported into Canada, subject to the payment of an insignificant duty and a substantial increase of said duty, would give speedy relief to many mines which cannot under the existing tariff be worked at a profit, and would thereby alleviate the present distress; "And whereas the above_ facts have been fully represented to the Government of the Dominion of Canada by a special delegation from the Kootenay District in the month of January last; "And whereas this Association did by resolution duly communicated to the said Government, respectfully endorse the ' said request of the silver-lead mine owners; "Be it resolved that this Association has learned with dismay that the Hon. the Minister of Finance for Canada has intimated ih his budget speech that it is not proposed to make any changes in the duties on lead during the present session; "That it earnestly hopes that it may yet be found possible to grant during this session the relief so urgently needed, by a readjustment of the lead tariff on the lines of the petition of the silver-lead miners, which request has received the en- dorsation of representative bodies throughout British Columbia and in other parts of the Dominion of Canada; "That this Association now urges, that if for any reason XII. THE MINING RECORD. tin SiHiHMiiHi NO Our experience in designing and installing complete plants has extended over a period of iran3' years, and this experience together with the fact that we are in close touch with many eminent metallurgists places us in a position to supply our customers with machinery of the latest and most improved type, and with plans for its installation in accordance with up-to- date and practical methods of handling ore so as to obtain the best commercial as well as metallurgical tesults. COMPLETE POWER, LIGHTING, HEATING / ND PUMPING PLANTS CHAS. C. MOORE &CO., Engineers t7 PACIFIC COAST AGENTS FOR The Holthoff Machinery Co., CUDAHY, WIS. 32 FIRST ST., Si MAIN OFFICE 5AIM FRANCISCO, CAL. BRANCHES NEW YORK, 1303 Havemeyer Bldp. SEATTLE, ai8 Second Ave., So. LOS ANGELES, 321 Trust Building. Adver. No. 223. BAKER CITY, Oregon. SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. the Government cannot take this action during the present session, assistance be given to the industry pending such readjustment, by means of a bonus of $4 per ton on lead in ore mined in Canada and exported in the ore—a substitute bonus of $8 per ton on lead in ore which has been both mined and smelted in Canada and exported as base bullion—a substitute of $io per ton on lead in ore mined, smelted and refined in Canada, such bonus in each case to be payable to the miner or company producing the ore, supported by such declaration from purchasers, smelters or refiners, or other satisfactory proof as may be considered desirable; it being, how- • ever, emphasized that this is recommended as a measure of temporary relief, to be replaced by the protective duties asked for as soon as possible." THE METAL MARKET. COTHING of particular interest appears to have transpired during the month, with the exception of a slight decline in copper, being, as the Engineering and Mining Journal points out, the natural result of an advance which was possibly too rapid. Sales have not been large in this metal, as producers have refrained from pressing metal on the market in the expectation of a speedy recovery, and consumers also are fairly well supplied. Consumption meanwhile contiues undiminished and the outlook is most favourable. The latest quotations are Lake, 14% to 14%; electrolytic, 14% to 14%; cathodes, 14% to 14%; casting copper, 14 to 14%. The American lead market remains unchanged, the ruling quotations being 4.60 to 4.65 New York, 4.50 to 4.57K St. Louis. The London prices are £12 8s. 9d. to £12 ios. Spelter is stronger, although quotations are somewhat irregular, ranging from 5.35 to 5.45, St. Louis; 5.50 to 5.60, New York. Silver is higher, at 50J4. 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NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that the portion of the Yale District known as the Kettle River Mining Division shall, from the 1st day of May, 1903, be known and designated as the Greenwood Mining Division. EDWD. GAWLER PRIOR, % , -'- Minister of Mines. Department of Mines, Victoria, B.C., 2nd April, 1903. THE MINING RECORD. Everything for an Office.... I deal in nothing but goods required for an office. I don't know of another store on the Coast like this one, and few m the East, that deals in Typewriters, Loose Leaf Systems, Adding Machines, Desks, Chairs and other Office Furniture, other Specialties which will be written about later, and a complete line of Staple Office Stationery, and these lines only. I am at this all the time, and this only, and so the man in the office gets the benefit of specialized attention. If you have a typewriter that needs overhauling, send it to me by express, as I have an experienced typewriter repair man. The express charges will not add to the cost of the repairs more than what the cost would be were the man to make a trip through the Province. If you want a stenographer, male or female, let me know, as I am in touch with them right along. No charge ' o either side for this service. I have wooed this business in yancouver by day for five years and dreamt of it by night, and I know I can give you the service if tunity. Let me send you samples and prices, etc. MACKENZIE URQUHART, Commercial Stationer, 412 Granville St., Vancouver, B.C. inngWijiMprjtw^Mpj Klectric power installations, aggregating 180,000 horse power, are now operated by Pelton Water Wheels (more than have been installed by all other companies combined). These plants are running under a great variety of conditions as to head, speed and power, vet as far as known in every instance they have proven to be efficient and reliable, economical and highly satisfactory. PELTON WATER WHEEL CO., 135 Main St. San Francisco Lobnitz' Gold Dredgers are at work in British North and South America, Africa, Asia, &c. AH parts Wade to 6au9e. Hg' , AOD!Ress u*_oC^ scOTlAHD LOBNtfX & CO., Ltd-» RENFREW Telegraphic Address: "Lobnitz, Renfrew." AI Code used XIV. THE MINING RECORD ll ■llifHliMIRI P. succBssmi&mm THE EDWARD P. ALMS CO., MU-WAOKTE WIS ERASER & CHALMERS, | GATES IROSSSrORKS, CHICAGO, JUL DICKSON M'F'G CO.,. SCRASftOM, PA - SOLE BUILDERS OF Gates Rock and Ore Breakers NEW FEATURES IN Construction OF Great Importance TO CRUSHER USERS Saves 20 Per Cent Complete Crushing Plants Designed and Equipped Our 25 Years' Experience Is at Your Service IraVr-XtPKv Broad Exchange Bldg. 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TWO STAGE RIEDLER AIR COMPRESSOR The above cut illustrates a compressor built for the Anaconda Copper Mining Company, Montana, and the Broken Hill Proprietary Co., Australia, capacity about 7,100 cubic feet free air per minute. We make a specialty of compressors arranged to be driven either by steam or electricity. We also build .three and four stage compressors for unusually high delivery pressure. We are the largest builders in the world of blowing engines for metallurgical purposes, and there are in constant operation to-day more than 200 large blowing engines of our manufacture. li BRANCH OFFltiSSpt S£$^5£0fiB;,;Broad ExchangeBldg. : BOSTOJ^afidbf Trade BOtf. - >:£l3aSBURSf|gftek Building SPPSEASQI.IS; Cora Exchange Bldg. lllliiVEE, l&t9.*remdat Street . SALT LAKE CITY, Dooly Block ■ SPOKASE,-Washington GBNBRAL OFFICE CMCAGO,<|piUJ.S.A. HOME INSUR^tJlJClS BUlI£»INf&; BRANCHfjflgffiaft, 7-•* SEATTLE, Lumbermen's Exch'gilUiS? CHARLOTTE,*©, Trust 8H*. NEW OHLEANSi^Ben Bldg ATLANTA, OA., Equitable Btdjt' - LONDON, ENO., 160 Dash-wood Hol~« JOHANNESBURG, S^ultfVtfnw XVI. THE MINING RECORD. BRITISH COLUMBIA THE MINERAL PROYINeE OF eflNHDH. Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Cool, Coke, Oil Iron, Mercury, Platinum, etc. The Mines of British Columbia have produced over $180,000,000. Amount and Value of Mineral Products for 1899, 1900 and 1901. Customary Measure 1899. 1900. 1901. (Estimated). Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Gold, lode Ounces 67,245 138,315 2,936,413 7.722.591 21,862,436 1,306,324 34,251 Si,344,900 2,857,573 1,663,708 i,35T,453 878,870 3,918,962 171,255 206,400 63»936 167,153 3,958,175 9,997,080 63,358,621 1,439,595 85,H9 $1,278,724 3,453,38i 2,309,200 1,615,289 2,661,887 4,318,785 425,745 251,740 43,204 227,696 4,685,718 30,736,798 50,529,260 1,529,210 134,760 $ 892,500 2,704,2'X) 2,614,002 4,951,698 1,970,641 4,587,63'-5 673,800 309,030 i t Silver <c Pounds Tons, 2,240 lbs Coal Coke Other materials... $12,393,121 $16,344 751 $20,713,501 Production for 1890, $2,608,608; for 1899, $12,393,131; for 1900 $16,344,751; for 1901, $20,713,201. GOLD.—Placer gold mining, which in early days formed the chief mineral industry of the province, and made it famous all' the world over, still continues to be important, while improved methods of working the gravel deposits, together with cheaper transportation and cost of mining, have >enlered tlic working of large deposits, long known to exist, now profitable where previously impossible.' The area of country known to contain placer gold is enormous, and has only been touched, leaving still virgin ground well worth the prospecting for this, the only class of " poor man's mine." Recent discoveries of new placer fields in the Atlin district, the Cassiar district, and the Cariboo district near the Horsefly river, are proof that the field is not yet exhausted, and promise a revival of this important dndustry. HYDRAULIC MINING plants costing large amounts o'f money are being installed in Atlin, Cassiar, Omineca and Cariboo, at paints widely separated, indicating the extent of the gold deposits. One company recovered $350,000 in erold during 1900. DREDGING FOR GOLD is receiving deserved attention, and dredges are at work on the Fraser, Thotnpsbn, Quesnel and other rivers, on all of which streams good ground may yet be obtained. LODE GOLD MINING is now being prospected in various parts of the province, and in certain instances very successful, notably at Ymir. Cariboo-McKinnev and elsewhere. GOLD-COPPER ORES are being extensively worked at Rossland by the Le Roi, War Eagle and associated companies, while other mines in the camp are rapidly becoming important producers. The tonnage of this camp alone in 1900 was 217.676 tons, and there will be an increase this year. SILVER-LEAD.—The silver production of the prov'ncc in 1900 showed an increase over 1899 of 39 per cent, while the lead production increased 206 per cent., largely derived from properties in East Kootenay. rendered available by railroad construction. This year the increase will not be as great, but the industry is expected to hold its own. COPPER.—Copper is being produced to a limited extent at Rossland, where the chief value of the ore is in gold, but the feature of this branch of the industry is the development and mining of a large tonnage of low-grade copper ores in the Boundary district, of which there seems to be an almost un- mited amount. The output of ore from this district alone will amount to from 1,200 to 1,500 tons of ore per diem. considerable and Texada The Coast district will this year show a very copper production, from the Vancouver Island Island mines. Prospecting for copper is receiving great attention, and the discoveries made on the Coast, in the Similkameen valley, etc., giv'e great promise. IRON.—With the great probability of an iron-smelting plant on the Northern Pacific Coast in the near future, what promise to be extensive bodies of magnetite iron ore have been developed on the Coast, while other deposits of iron ore are now under development dn the Goat River and Fort Steele mining divisions, and still other bodies occur near Kamloops. COAL AND COKE.—In 1900 the Vancouver Island collieries made a net output of 1,336,023 tons of coal and 19,234 tons of coke, and in 1901 even this output promises to be exceeded. In 1900 the Crow's Nest collieries made a net output of 103,572 tons of coal, and 69,915 tons of coke. In 1901 this output will be doubled at the least. These mines alone are putting out from 1.500 to 2,000 tons of coal per diem. Of this output in 1900, 914.183 tons of coal and 51 757 tons of coke were exported, chiefly to the United States. The remainder was consumed in local smelters and other industries. SMELTERS.—In the province there are smelters in active operation at Trail, Nelson, Grand Forks, Greenwood and Van Anda ; while this coming year will probably see one erected in East Kotenay and two others on the coast. Refineries are yet lacking, but the building of at least one is pretty well assured. . CAPITAL.—Capital can now find here many excellent opportunities for investment, as the values placed on mines and undeveloped properties has reached a reasonable bas&s. If proper business care is used, and the experience of competent men utilized, these investments should be safe as well as profitable MINERAL LANDS.—Mineral lands are open to location to any person over 18 years of age, who has obtained a free miner's certificate, and perfect title to lode claims can be easily secured after $500 worth of work has been done per claim. A great extent of territory has yet to be prospected. For information, reports, bulletins, etc., address The Hon. the Minister of Mines, ui r o VICTORIA, B.C. W. F Robertson, Provincial Mineralogist, VICTORIA, B. C. THE MINING RECORD. XVII BENNETT'S FUSE CROWN BRAND THE KING OF FUSES The WHITE COUNTERED GUTTA PERCHA FUSE is the POPULAR FAVORITE in the mines of British Columbia, Australia, the Transvaal, and the World over. Beware of Spurious Imitations Made to Catch the Unwary. HOLMAN BROS CAMBORNE, CORNWALL Manufacturers of Boilers, Air Compressors, Mining Machinery The olman Patent Roek Drill Specially Adapted to B. C: Mining. Awarded Gold Medal Greater Britain Exhibition Awarded Gold Medal CHARLES CAMMELL & CO. Ld SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND, Manufacturers'^ Drill Steels, Best Refined Cast Steel Files, and Rasps, Steel Axles, Wheels "and Cranks. Rails and Fish Plates made to any specification. Steel Plates, etc. Stamp Mill Dies and Shoes. ROWLAND MACHIN, 5 Yates St., VICTORIA, B. C. General Agent for Canada. XVIII THE MINING RECORD. PROFESSIONAL AND BROKERS. JAMES BRADY, • Dominion and Provincial Land Surveyor, Mining Engineer. Properties surveyed, examined and reported on. Crown grants. Agent for procuring GOLDEN, B. C. V CHAS. E. OLIVER, M. E. HEDLEY B. C. f Properties in the Similkameen carefully sampled and reported on. I have the handling of three of the standard properties of Camp Hedley and solicit correspondence from any first-class mining man or corporation regarding same. s. m. McGregor, b.a. sc. w. d. McGregor, m. e. McGregors co.^ MINING and CIVIL ENGINEERS f^. -.^am r-% •"* and LAND SURVEYORS. OLUUAIN, D. *-» . Reports on Mines and Prospects. Act as agents in doing assessment work, applying for Crown, grants and in taking general charge of preliminary develajSment work. \X |\^l [J is one of the most promising gold camps in IWi ;^l British Columbia and now offers many capital opportunities for profitableanvestment. For further particulars write PERCY J. GLEAZER, MINING BROKER AND AGENT, YMIR, B. C. Code—Moreing & Neal's. 1/ J. McLELLAN, V Associate Royal School of Mines, London. Mining Engineer and Assayer, TROUT LAKE CITY, B. C. RELIABLE ASSAYS jUI $ .75 I Gold and Silver'; $1.00 :ad 75 I Gold, Silver, Copper 1.50 SAriPLES BY MAIL RECEIVE PROflPT ATTENTION. Gold and Silver refined and bought v OGDEN ASSAY CO. ^5 A«*SS?^SSu™d.. THE STUART ROBERTSON CO., Ltd., Successors to A. "W. MORE & CO. MINING AND STOCK BROKERS v Codes used:* Bedford-McNeil's, Moreing & Neals, Clough's, and A.B.C, Fourth Edition. THOS. DRUMMOND, M.E. and C.E. IB. A.-Sc. McGill University, Montreal, • member Canadian Society of Civil Engineers. 23 BROAD STREET, VICTORIA, B. C. 00<X)000<>0<>C>0<)<KK>0000000<>OOCHX>(>000<H>0<X>0000 SMELTER AND MILL DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND DETAILS. Geo. Williams, M. E. P.O. Box 341, LADYSMITH. 2 Converters, Reverberatories, Concentrators. OOOO0<H>0<K>0<K><>OOO0O0<KH>CKK) OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO joining Properties reported upon. Information furnished, eral Engineering work promptly performed. References furni QUESNELLE FORKS, Gen- shed. CARIBOO, B. C. JOHN m HOBSON, Maiiager Con. Cariboo Hyd. Mining Co., Ltd. .Consulting Mining Engineer, BULLION, BRITISH COLUMBIA. 28 years' experience in the equipment and operation of large hy-\ draulic, Deep Gravel, Th-ift and Gold Quartz Mines, in California and British Columbia. Telegraphic and Cable Address "HOBSON" Ashcroft B. C Wn. M. BREWER, HINING ENGINEER,! MEM. N. of ENS. INST. MINING & MECH. ENG. and AM; INST., M.E. Molsons Bank Building, VANCOUVER, B.C. TEL. 846. J" T. J. SMITH, MINING BROKER. P. O. BOX 43 Syndicates and Companies formed to develop mining claims Secretary Vancouver Mining Stock Exchange. 6II Hastings Street West, VANCOUVER, B. C 1 A. A. WATSON, B. 5c. PROVINCIAL ASSAYER, VERNON, B. C. Analyst and Mineralogist Honours Graduate in Chemistry, Victoria University, England. Reports made on Mining Properties. Seven years experience in Australia. South America. England and B. C. Assay Charges—Gold, $i; Silver, $i; Copper, $2 ; Lead, $1 ; Gold and Sil ver, $1.50 ; Gold and Copper, $2,50; Gold, Silver and Copper, $3 ; Gold; Silver"! Copper and Lead, $3 50 ; Complete analysis of any ore, $10. /fggr-SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SAMPLES BY MAIL-^H Richard H. Parkinson Provincial Land Surveyor, Hydraulic Engineer. FAIRVIEW, B. C. Associate Member ol the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers. Water Works,.Water-power Plants, Irrigation Projects, Bridges Roads, Tramways, Estimates of Construction, Surveys. CecilM. Bryant, A.R.S M., A.I.M.M. E. Philip Gilman, A.R.S.M. F.G.! / Pellew-Harvey, Bryant & Gilman PROVINCIAL ASSAYERS. The Vancouver Assay Office and Ore Testing WorM Established 1890.. MILL, SMELTER, CONCENTRATION AND CYANIDE TESTS. Reliable reports on mining properties. Complete analyses of Ores and Co Victoria Office : 4 View Street (Opposite Driard Hotel.) THE MINING RECORD. XIX PROFESSIONAL ADVERTISEMENTS. OFFICE H. E. T. HAULTAIN, C. E. CONSULTING MINING ENGINEER, Nelson, B.C. X/ \ 8, 9 and io, \ K-W.C. Blocl WALTER E. SEGSWORTH Licensed Provincial Assayer Control Assays and Supervision of Ore Shipments a Specialty GREENWOOD, B. C. WILLIAM A. BAUER, iDominion & Provincial Land Surveyor Surveys of Mines, Mineral Claims and Crown Lands. Crown Grants obtained and Assessments managed for absentees. Offices-FERGUSON and VANCOUVER, B.C. A. A. HOLDICH \^ Analytical Chemist and Metallurgist Royal School of Mines, London. Seven years at Morfa Works, Swansea. Seventeen years chief chemist to Wigan Coal and Iron Co. Late chemist Hall Mines Co., Ltd. I Assays and Analyses made on all varieties of mineral and many organic substances. - Special experience in Smelting—both Swansea and American process. FERGUSON, B. C. RELIABLE ASSAYS Gold. Lead. • $ -5° • -50 Gold and Silver $I0o Gold, Silver . ° Samples by mail receive prompt attention. Gold and^Silver refined and bought. OGDEN ASSAY CO., 1725 Arapahoe St.. DENVER, Colo. POHLE & PARMELEE i^ ASSAYERS and CHEMISTS, Special Attention to Control and Umpire Work. Ores tested to determine the best method of treatment. Experimental work on chemical processes or patents. General Commercial analysis. Thirty years experience. Prices and sample sacks free on application. 1627 CHAMPA ST., DENVER, Colo. CHRIS. OUTHETT, Associate of Royal College of Science, London, England. 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Address all • communications to The National Banker, 84 & 86 La Salle St., Chicago, HI. M. I SMITH & COMPANY LIMITED. Established 1858. Manufacturers of High Class Biscuits and Confectionery Gold Medals awarded at Royal Agricultural Exhibition '95.'96,'97,'98. Medal and Diploma awarded at Colonial and Indian Exhibitions. Silver Medals at Provincial Exhibitions, 1886. BRANCH VICTORIA, B. C. 430 CORDOVA STREET, VANCOUVER. THE MINING RECORD. XXI BRITISH COLUMBIA WHOLESALE SUPPLY HOUSES, ETC Everything to Furnish Homes in Modest or Elaborate Styles Crossley's Fine Carpets, Templeton's Exquisite Rugs, Furniture from Leading Hakers in OrnnH Dani/lc onH rinfaoin induces sweet, healthy, beneficial, rest- ^^^ ID Urana KapldS and Ontario ful sleep_a balmy relation from every •+ ki 1 -f i • care. All sizes in stock. Prices same fis ia'KS (&/• w^ave SPecial Pieces of Furniture and interior hardwood New York or Montreal. [them all prices, $10 to $30. work made at our own factory to your order. The full size only $15, net cash. Estimates and samples free. Ostermoor Patent Elastic Felt Mattress Illustrations on request. £&~ Write for booklet. Canadian Pacific Navigation Company, Ltd. Steamers leave Victoria and Vancouver as follows: Victoria=Vancouver Route. Leave Victoria daily 1 a.m. Leave Vancouver daily 1.15 p.m. West Coast, Vancouver Island Route. Leave Victoria 11 p.m., ist, ioth and 20th day of month. Northern British Columbia Coast Route. Leave Victoria 11 p.m., ist and 15th day of month. Leave Vancouver 2 p.m., 2nd and 16th day of month. Alaska Route. Steamships leave Victoria 11 p.m. ist and 15th day of month, leave Vancouver 8 p.m. 2nd and 16th day of month for Ketchikan and Skagway connecting with the White Pass and Yukon Route for Atlin, Dawson, and Yukon River Points. J. W. TROUP, Manager. Victoria. E. J. COYLE, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent, Vancouver. TURNER, BEETON & CO'Y Victoria, Vancouver, and Nelson, B. C. and at H. C. Beeton & Co., 33 Finsbury Circus, London, England. \W$mm Wholesale Merchants. Wlgj$$$& Telegraphic Addresses : Goods indented from all parts ofthe world. ' 'TURNER," Victoria; " BEETON," London; " TURBEET," Vancouver and Nelson R. R. RITHET & CO. Wholesale Merchants, Shipping & Insurance Agents. Proprietors of Victoria Wharf, Columbia Flouring Mill ; agents for Victoria Lumber and Manufacturing Company, Cheminus, V.I.; Pacific Coast Steamship Co., San Francisco. 7l WHARF" STREET. VICTORIA, B. C XXII THE MINING RECORD. BANKING ESTABLISHMENTS, ETC. ESTABLISHED 1817. BANK OF MONTREAL. INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. HEAD OFFICE: - - MONTREAL. I paid up, $12,000,000.00 RESERVE FUND, $7,000,000.00. UNDIVIDED PROFIT, $427,180.80 rd of Directors—Rt. Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, G. C. M. G., President. Hon. G. A. Drummond, Vice-President. I A.T. Paterson, Esq.; Edward B. Green>hUlds, Esq.; Sir William C. Macdonald; R. B. Angus,Esq.; r.„..lt -b.0„ . inrnPS Koss. Esq.; R. G. Reid, Esq. „ CAPITAL all Boa a mi _.■,„„„,. . -, A. F. Gault, Esq E- S, CLOUSTON General ManaSer A. MACNIDER Chief Inspector and Superintendent of Branches W S CLOUSTON Inspector of Branch Returns BRANCHES -Almonte, Belleville, Brantford, Brock^-ille, Chat . ,- " •—jUton, King Stratford, Province of Ontario—^..*.«~.,~, _, ham, Cornwall, Deseronto, Fort William, Goderiah, Guelph, Hamil ston. Lindsay, London, Ot'awa, Perth Pe'erboro, Pictou, Sirnia, Bt. Mary's Toronto, Tor onto Yonge St. Branch, Wallaeeburg. Province of Quebec—Montreal: West End Br., Seigneurs St. Br., Point St. Charles; Quebec. Lower provinces—Chatham, N.B.; Frederickton, N.B.; Moncton, N.B. St. John N.B.; Amherst, N.S.; Halifax, N.S.; Sydney, N.S. Province of Manitoba and North-West Territories—Winnipeg, Man.; Calgary, Alberta; Lethbridge, Alberta; Regina, Assiniboia. Province of British Columbia—Greenwood, Nelson, New Denver, New Westminster, Rossland, Vancouver, Vernon, Victoria. In Newfoundland—St. John's, Nfld., Bank of Montreal James Ross, Esq.; _.. . F. W- TAYLOR Assistant Inspector JAMES AIRD Secretary Montreal-H, V. MEREDITH Manager N CANADA: In Great Britain—London, Bank of Montreal, 22 Abehurch Lane, E.C, Alexander Lang, Manager. York—R. Y. Hebden and J. M. Greata, In the United States New Agents, 59 Wall Street; Chicago—Bank of Montreal. Bankers in Great Britain-London—The Bank of England, the Union. Bank of London, the London <& Westminster Rank the National Prov. Bank of England. Liverpool—The Bank of Liverpool, Ltd. Scotland—Tha British TOLAND-St. John's, Nfld., Bant OIMOnvrem. I THB CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE. ...... nri.!.!. 31 AmaltrtimatHl Paid Up Capital Rest and Undivided Profits Aggregate Resources Over HON. GEO. A. COX, President. With Which is Amalgamated Ttie Bank of British. Columbia HEADOFFICE: TORONTO. R. E. WALKER, General Manager. -- $ 8,000,000 2,652,ooo 7o,ooo ,ooo ALEX. LAIRD, Asst. General Manager. LONDON OFFICE: 60 LOMBARD ST., E. C. The Bank has 80 branches well distributed throughout the Dominion and elsewhere, including the following in British Columbia and the Yukon District: Atlin, Cranbrook, Dawson Fernie, Greenwood, Kamloops, Ladysmith Nanaimo, Nelson, New Westminster Sandon, Vancouver, Victoria. While Horse. BRANCHES IN THE UNITED STATES. New York, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle Skagway. Every description of banking business transacted. Letters of eredit on all parts of the world. Exceptional facilities for-handling gold dust. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Deposits of 11.00 and upwards received and interest paid at current rates. Victoria B. C, GEO. GILLESPIE, Manager BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ESTABLISHED 1836. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1840. Paid Up Capital, £1,000,000 Sterling. Reserve Fund, $1,898,000 LONDON, ENG., OFFICES, 5 GRACECHURCH STREET, E. C. BRANCHES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA : Victoria, Vancouver, Rossland, Kaslo, Ashcroft, Greenwood' Also at the Gold Fields—DAWSON CIJY. A Savings Bank Department Has Been Established n Connection With the Victoria Branch. Highest Price Paid for Gold Dust.and Amalgam. . W. T. OLIVERj, Mgr., Victoria, B. C. MICHIGAN COLLEGE OF MINES. F. W. McNAIR, President. Regular Summer Term Begins June 8. For Year Book giving list of graduates and their occupations apply to \^S President or Secretary. Houghton, Michigan. PATENTS, Caveats, Designs, Copyrights and Trade Marks obtained in Canada and all foreign countries. ROWLAND BRITTAIN, 1/ Registered Patent Attorney, Mechanical Engineer and Draughtsman. Write for full information and references. Satisfaction guaranteed. Bank of British North America, VAINLrUUVLn *Di L>i The Hall Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. ».,-. IBSI I SMELTING DEPARTMENT NELSON, j Purchases CORRER ORE, R P LEAD ORE, Ul V/l DRY ORE. THE MINING RECORD. XXIII Capital of British Columbia, Pacific Ocean Terminus Railway, and the Great Northern The Canadian Gateway to the Orient, the Sandwich Islands, Australia, New Zealand, etc. The starting point of steamship lines to the Yukon, Atlin and Cassiar Gold Fields, and the Canadian port of call for tourists on the lines between San Francisco and Alaska. TEMPERATURE 1902. Highest' Lowest Mean. Mean. Victoria 67.6 35.4 London, Eng 68.1 31.5 Torquay, Eng 65.5 38.5 RAINFALL 1902. Inches. Victoria .. 26.45 London, Eng 20.84 Torquay, Eng 30.22 The Province covers a superficial area of 381,000 square miles abounding in minerals, timber, fish and game in endless variety. The opportunities for the profitable investment of capital are practically unlimited, and the markets for the disposal of metals, lumber, fish and agricultural products lie waiting in Russia, Japan, China, India and Australasia. The tourist will find mountain scenery and mountain climbing unequal- of Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian Northern Railway ofthe United States. led in the old world—a new field for exploration—and the sportsman with first class hotels as bases of operation may penetrate a new world in his pursuit of the bear, the panther, the elk or the mountain goat. The City of Victoria is becoming widely noted for the beauty of its situation, its homes and its surroundings ; so that the number of strangers arriving, for short visits and for permanent residence, continue growing annually larger. Of its beauty H.R.H. the Duke of York said:' "The most beautiful "place we have seen in our journey around the world," and the following may be quoted from the correspondence of Mr. E. P. Knight, of the London Morning Post: "One would fain have stayed longer, for of all the cities that have been visited in the course of this long Royal progress the fair capital of British Columbia seems to me the one which the Englishman would most gladly make his home. * * * Never in the environs of any other city have I seen such a glory of flowers as surrounded each of these lovely homes." Pamphlets containing views of local scenery and information of interest to investors, tourists, hunters and amusement seekers may be obtained by addressing the Clerk of the Municipal Council, Victoria, British Columbia. *^«<«iMj~X"X.«:~jMi";~^^^ f T X i i 1 5 i 1 T Y i t i *l* r Canadian Ore Concentration, Limited., SALISBURY HOUSE, LONDON, E. C. CONTROLS m* ELMORE'S CANADIAN PATENTS for the Concentration of Ores by Oil | The most recent installations comprise six units of plant handling tailings from 50 head of stamps, and 4 units treating product of 20 head of stamps, and 2 units treating product of 10 head of stamps. In all cases of difficulty by ordinary methods correspondence is invited. The method is fully protected by patents and all infringers will be pioceeded against. Full particulars may be obtained on application to W. ROLT, t Commercial Represen tative ♦♦♦ H. H. CLAUDET, or Technical Representative. Rossland Office, 28 Columbia Ave. Whh$9*iM£^ *<&&&<&&&&<&&& WIRE ROPE DON'T BUY UNTIL YOU HAVE WRITTEN TO US FOR PRICES AND PARTICULARS. ^Wilkins & Co., MINING WORLD. The wir< prepared to insure absolute reliability. The preferential tariff permits c our quoting low prices on all descriptions of Steel Wire Ropes. A larg stock of the principal sizes kept on hand at Victoria and Vancouver fo VICTORIA and VANCOUVER, B. C. of London, England, Wire Rope Manufacturers, Established 1850, are known throughout the The wire used in their rope is made from steel specially The preferential tariff permits of e or immediate delivery. Our stock includes a full line of Logging Ropes, Ships Rigging and Hawsers. ROBERT WARD & CO., LIMITED, Agents. Telegraphic address—ROBERT! rs. i. XXIV THE MINING EECORD. TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES AND HOTELS. The Pleasure of Travel Is fully realized in travelling on the Canadian Pacific Railway. By its lines can be reached all Canadian Points, and its arrangement with American Railroads enable its agents to issue tickets to all points in the United States. It operates its own Sleeping and Dining Cars, and has its own Hotels and: Steamships. Its magnificent scenery and the excellence of its service has made it the favorite route across the American Continent. Illustrated publications, as to its route, Banff, Yoho Valley, Glacier, ore. sent on application to any agent. H. H, ABBOTT, Agent, VICTORIA, B. C. Or to E. J. COYLE, Ass't General Passenger Agent, VANCOUVER B. CJ Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway. TIME TABLE NO. 44. Northbound. Daily. Leave. a.m. Victoria 9 :oo Shawnigan Lake 10:20 Duncans 11 :co P.M. Nanaimo 12145 Ar. Wellington 1:00 Southbound. | Arrive. P.M. 12:06 10:46 10:02 8:15 Lv. 8:00 Northbound. Leave. a.m. Victoria 4125 Shawnigan Lake 5142 Duncans 6:20 Nanaimo 8:02 Ar. Wellington 8 :x7 Sat., Sun. and Wed. Southbound. Arrive. P.M. 8:10 7:01 6:05 4:25. Lv. 4:10 Through Tickets to Crofton via Westholme, Stage leaves Daily, connecting with North and Sonth bound trains,"Double stage'service Saturda Sundays and Wednesdays, connecting with morning and afternoon trains. Fare from Victoria, Single $2, Return $3. Through Tickets Victoria to Alberni—Stageleaves Wellington Tuesdaysand Fridays on arrival oftrain from Victoria. Returning from Alber Mondays and Thursdays. Fare from Victoria, single, $5.20, return $8.65 Through Tickets Victoria to Cowichan Lake via Duncans—Stage leaves Duncans Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays. Fare from Victoria$5. Excursion rates in effect to all points good Saturday and Snnday. GEO. L. COURTNEY, Traffic Manager. HUDS®NmmX¥ -HAVE- GENERAL STORES -AT- Baie de Peres P»aitleford p^jEalgary Chaplea^^^M? gfslf Dauphin DelojfrWne Edmonton Wgn JWiprt Willie™;!?;' Kamloops Lethbridge Lower Fort Garry k Macleod Mattawa ^Jlllsqfeg Pincher Crei^c^ Portage la Praiirlte; PoFJ^Simpson Prince Albert Qu'Appelle Quesnelle Rat Portage Riding Mountain !;^M>al Lake M^udbury Touchwaod Hills >h$^jiTicouver- £,^ictoria Vernon Whitewood7|2|p|* Winnipeg And at other principal points in^ritish Columbia, Manitoba and Northwest Territories., Purchasers will find at these stores the best goods at moderate prices, *jjnported direct from all the principal marketsjjf the world. Bggj;. EV^YifBELT /Mi ^^MUi«|kNjEED r/M genuine oak tanned Leather belting! ForfExposed Situations Use 'Lancashire" Hair Belting. Actifti Gesellschaft,Mffiw^)h Rhine CATALOGUES AND DISCOUNTS ON APPLICATION. D. K. McLAREN, Montreal, Toronto. AIR COM PRESSORS! MANUFACTURKRS OF ELECTRICAL LEADS AND CABLES Isji*; Electric Lighting Cables for Coal Pits with arrangement for avoiding Are damp explosions in case of the cable breaking. WIRE Sj|pES FOR MINING Round and Flat Wire Ropes, "Albert," or so^dwled " Lang's" Lay Ropes,, Patent Locked Coil Wire Ropes, Patented Flaittenea Strand Wire Eopes. IRON, STEEl|O0PPER AND BRONZE WIRE Superior qualities. Vs8tt7 ;§A&6le agknts foK^ Canada j WATSON JA||f| COMPANY, « MONTREAL. STRAIGHT LINE, DUPLEX SIMPLE or COM POUND. ROCK DRILLS. STEAM or AIR. THE SM^^l^M^^^ i VANCOUVER, B. e. ROSSLAND, B. 6. GREENWOOD, B. e. ' •' ... ■.v'7''"'i] j 7. •i e 1111 \'Vo ^''.vi-'J^.-' 7' ef W*m< m R/SDON lBON§ WORKS CABLE : RISDON-S CODES: A.B.C. MOREING <* NEAL. LIEBERS, WESTERN UNION. QOLb DREDQINQ ^nflQHINERT. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., U. S. A. COnPLil'E I ^EQUIPiiENT OF fllNES. ■WRITE FOR OUR SPECIAL CATALOGUES. TYEE COPPER CO. smelting! W©RKS -S3N LADYSMITH CLERMONT LIVINGSTON, Manager. NORTHWESTERN SMELTING AND REFINING CO. Buyers of Gold, Silver and Copper Ores, Mattes, Bullion, Furnace and Cyanide products. J LOCATION OF WORKS Crofton, Vancouver Island, B. C. Published by the B. C. Record, Ld. Printed by T. R. Cusack, Victoria, Canada. rhisiMontliy Tl II— II IM'IV rTT* "id«UILIl VIIIUSLI a LCU.) f H5£^££€£°WER TRANSMISSION IN BOUNDARY (Illustrated.) /^MODERN COARSE CONCENTRATING PLANT FOR SILVER-LEAD ORE <»,$$ MBaaL ttJTv , -i'JBM tm*nr£itj fft *ir£.'.t VOL. X. JUNE, 1903. ! No. 6. THlliftNlLECilCCOMPANl &EMITED. pjkctric Motors. Blowers. Motors. Fans. DynafpEps*^ Electric Milling Apparatuse »liTORIAlBiC. Msfe; Electricap Constru|tion me. anc* 'Sj|ppl'es-|l:. A *PAANCOUVER|b. A E AL© WEiLpROS J 0C| 115 Jackson St, SEATTLE. ^46-1748 Pacific Ave., TACOMA. iff MINING, CANNING, SAWMILL and HYDF$\ULIC I IMAilHlHERY MElpbHiliTfSi Agents for Rand.Drill Co.;. Hend&e & Bolthoff Mfg. Co.; Astoria fi|>lj»'Works, Det<Sabh Mill Mfg. Co., A. S. Cameron Steam Pump Works; Casseja-Automatic Wat^r Motor Cb^, etc. §$$ The most complete stock of Hoisting ^tojgjfflss, Compressors; Drills and Portable iSa^M^ills carried on the Ngii£ific Coast. Canadian Ore Concentration, Limifed.. SALISBURY HOUSE, LONDON||e. C. — CONTROLS ELMORE'S CA§ADI§N PATENTSM the Concentration of Ores L$p)i'| 7 |$Ehe mosi^tecent installations comprise six units of plant handling tailings from 50 head of stamps, and 4 units treating product of 20 head of stamps, and 2 units treating product of 10 head of stamps. In all cases of difficulty by ordinary methods correspondence is invited. . frjMi The method is fully protected by patents and all infringers will be pioceeded against. FuVRiarticulars may be obtained on application to $M H. &BAUDET, or F. Ws ROLT, Technical Represehtative. ^QyComniercial Representative. Rossland Office, 28 Columbia Ave. |&S|: jM|] , - ;: 7 7' ,,7'. '. : , --JreSB lie llYOU ARE iSlLDINffii house We Carry in Stock the Largest Assortment in Canada of n Oak, Maple, Cherry, Birch, White and !*e^7 £$M MANTLES y le or Finish PI LI N G F0R FLOORS, H EARTHS,' BATH ROOMS, &c. Brass Fendersj^]^^ Sets, PjP^jE|pgs, Bras^S? Coal Scuttles, &c. 9§r*> pargSStte :ML6oriS^|I Hou's# Hardware fin? Latest and Best Designs. M »n r0i, ^^S y ||f8 pw-iLimited ix3$i& Wholesale Mpware j VANCOUVER, B.» DAWSir^^^; T. | THpFARREL PARENT CRUSpER ||||3tandard of tY^^Hmf^^^^ In use in all '<0^%ii0($$: and unde^all con- ditions^^^|'^ew7^talogue:^^^repal,?^.^i« ROSSLAND. GREiN#OOD KRUPPf GRUSONWERK (Madgeburg-Buckau Germany ) AGlNTS ORE CRUSHIN^p Stone Breakers of Especially Strong ^9"onstructiorRS;Rollei^^^^tt^§©h'ilian Mills, Ball Mills, for dry and wet crushing—more thaiO>800 at work, Stamp Batteries—Shoes and Dies of Krupp's Special Steel- f§|^AL.G£MATION: Amalgamation Tables and Pans, Las - rio's Gold Amalgamators, Settlers, &c Separation and Concentration -Separators, Exhausters, Hydraulic Classifiers, Percussion Tables, Jiggers, Rotating Round Tables. LE A C HIN Qr P LA rfel COMPLETE GOLDeqp^DRESSlNG PLANT (a) For treating by the Wet Method with Stamp Batteries, Amalgamation and Concentration. |(J&For Dry Te&tihg hy Ball Mills, Dust Extraction and Beaching. COAlJ'^ASHING pi^NT—Lar4<£f|esting Station for Crushing and Dressing Orei"^ the Works. For CANADA—Jas. W, Py% &. cQm$5 St. Francois Xavier Street, Montreal \ For the UNITED STATES—«ps. Prqfpr & Son, 15 Gc$JFStreet, New York For MEXICO—Pablo Bergner, Apartado 5|f; Mexico For SOUlp. AFRICA—United Engineering g^tipany, Ltd,, P.O. Box 399, Johannesburg, S. A. R Miiii as THE MINING RECORD. I. C M. PINCKARD, President. ELEVATORS AND CONVEYORS. E. L. EYRE, Vice-President. J. M. GRAHAM, Secretary and Manager. VULCAN IRON WORKS Manufacturers of VULCAN DOUBLE-ROPE TRAMWAY. VULCAN ROPEWAY, (Single Rope System.) IOffice, 505 Mission St., Works, cor. Kearny and Francisco Streets, SAW-MILL MACHINERY. MINING AND MILLING MACHINERY. Vulcan Ropeways and Tramways. SAN RRAISICISCO, CAL. THE ONLY Dredging Chain with Grit-Proof Articulations Elevator Dredqes for Placer Mining Link Belt Machinery Co., Chicago, U.S.A. CALCUTTA ORE SACKS 40 in. Hessians, Fire-Bricks, Fire-Clay, Galvanized Sheet Iron. SOLE AGENTS FOR THE DISTRICT FOR THE CELEBRATED "Valvoline" Cylinder and Machine Oils, The^^^£rting Steel Rails a Specialty. C. F. JACKSON & CO., Ld., SHIPPING AND . COMMISSION AGENTS. WHARF—Heatley Ave., Vancouver. 151 Hastings S*>- Vancouver, B. C. II. THE MINING RECORD ASSAYERS' SUPPLIES AND ENGINEERING INSTRUMENTS. GOODYEAK, RUBBER CO. R. H PEASE, President and Manager. Rubber Belting, Packing and Hose I Crack Proof" and "SnagProof." PURE RUBBER MINING BOOTS, RUBBER CLOTHING, MACKINTOSHES, OIL CLOTHING. 573, 575, 577 & 579 Market Street, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 73 & 75 First Street, PORTLAND, OREGON. The B. C. Assay and Chemical Supply Co., Limited. | 4ji ]J[H:- j Direct Importers of Of I ii^ -dm !ls_ assayers' and Mill Supplies Headquarters for Laboratory Apparatus of all kinds, Bohemian Chemical Glassware, C. P. Acids, Potassium cyanide and Quicksilver Sole agents in British Columbia for Morgan Crucible Co., Battersea, hngland; F. W. Braun & Co's Patent Cary Furnaces, Burners, etc.; W. Ainsworth & Sons' Fine Balances Write for our prices ADDRESS 733 Pender St., Vancouver, B.C MADE IN VICTORIA. ENGRAVINGS and ETCHINGS The Cuts used by the Mining Rkqord are made by as. Half-l tones and Line Etchings executed on short notice. Samples forwarded on application. BRITISH COLUMBIA ■ PHOTOENGRAVING COMPANY, 26 BROAD STREET, VICTORIA, B.C. M Send for catalogue. Address Elevating-Conveying Power, Transmission, Screening, Crushing, Coal Mining, Coal and Rock Drilling, Coal Washing Machinery and Electric Locomotives. . The JEFFREY MFG. CO., COLUMBUS, O., U.S.A. A* Van Der Naillens* School of Practical, Civil, Mining, Electrical Mechanical Engineering. Surveying, Architecture, Drawing and Assaying, Cyanide, Chlorination, Metallurgy. Assaying of ores, $25; Bullion and Chlorination Assay, $25; Blow Pipe Assay, $10; Full Course of Assaying, $50. Established 1864. Open all year SEND FOR CIRCULAR. 113 FULTON STREET, One Block West of City Hall, SAN FRANCISCO. THE DENVER FIRE CLAY COMPANY, I742 to 1746 CHAMPA ST., DENVER, COLORADC PLATINUM REFINERS New York Office: 121 LIBERTY STREET WE are always in the Market for CRUDE OR NATIVE PLATINUM. BAKER & CO. NEWARK, N. J THE MINING RECORD , CABLES, PUMPS, ETC. ESTABLISHED \Q57 ^WIRE ROPE gkc'M cLcVATOR5 ETC. PTION 'AERIAL WIRE ROPE 8WPAMWAY5 ,| SINGLE AND DOUBLE ROPE ^SYSTEMS I . E&&HBRANCH^OFFICESJSKrS* 137 UKE 5T.|^^ '.^ENtR&K^a^SiiwiT»; CHICAG0,1LL5& NEW YORKX4SilSliN FJMN6ISCOi2>* LE5CHENC50N5 ROPE CO! 920-922 NORTH |?T ST.5T. LOUIS , tA$ ^L'ESCHEN CO'S TRAMWAY AT THE ALTA MINES CO, TELLURIDE COLO. III. Steam & Power Pumping ^&S£!% MACHINERY For every possible duty is manufactured by the " GEO. E. DOW Pumping Engine Co'y SAN FRANCISCO, CAL We illustrate one of our mine station pumps adapted for handling gritty water from deep mines SEND ROR CATALOGUE Ihe SMITH-VAILE STEAM PUMPS Are built with special re erence to perform the service for which they are Intended with a minimum use of steam, We Build Steam, Power and Electrical PUMPS for Every Possible Duty. Victor Turbine Water Wheels. Air Compressors and Filter Presses. If interested, address THE STILLWELL-BIERCE & SMITH-VAILE CO., 293 Lehman St., DAYTON, OHIO, U.S a, IV. THE MINING RECORD. HYDRAULIC PLANTS, PUMPS, ETC. CABLE HOIST=CONVEYORS MANUFACTURED BY The Trenton Iron Co., Trenton, N. J. Engineers and Contractors and sole licensees in North America for the Bleichert System of Wire Rope Tramways; also Wire Rope Equipments for Surface and Underground Haulage, Etc. Illustrated book upon application. New York Office—Cooper, Hewitt & Co., Burling Slip. Chicago Office—1114 Monadnock Building. Denver Office—R. D. Seymour, Manager, 1711 Tremont Street. ©anton Steel Works f The only plant in the United States devoted exclusively to the manufacture of steel for Mining and Railroad construction. Canton Brands are Hammered, not Rolled, and sold under GUARANTEE. Miners Will find the Steel List published by eaNTON STEEL e©'Y, DENVER, e©L©., contains much information which will prove]oi 1 interest. Mailed upon application. McLennan, McFeely & Go., Agents for vaNeeuvER, b. e. Patents Nos. 483,442; 610,353. AERIAL WIRE ROPE TRAMWAY j Improved GRIP PULLEY! SINGLE and DOUBLE ROPE SYSTEM For trans porting ore, fuel, earth, sugarcane, etc., by wire rope Simple, Economical, Practical, Durable. Loads Mechanically, Dumps Automatically CABLEWAYS. INCLINE PLANES. LOGGING BY CABLES. TRANSMISSION BY WIRE ROPE. CABLE GRIPS. AUTOMATIC LOADERS. Plowing, Scraping and Transporting by Wire Ropes, Designed, Supplied and Erected. Estimates Furnished. Effective, Simple, Automatic. SAVES WEAR on^WIRE ROPE and CABLE. Send for Illustrated Pamphlet. Correspondence Solicited. Hallidie-Painter Tramway Co, Successors to CALIFORNIA WIRE WORKS, 46-48 Fremont St., San Francisco California. Eastern Agents MACOMBER & WAYTE ROPE CO., CHICAGO, ILL. The Dominion Wire Rope Co., Ld. MONTREAL, CANADA Manufacturers of All Classes and Kinds of WLRE ROPES FOR ALL PURPOSES. LANG'S " PATENT WIRE ROPES FOR COLLIERY AND GENERAL MINING PURPOSES. Branches:—Halifax, N.S.; St. John, N.B.; Ottawa, Toronto, Rat Portage, Ont.; Winnipeg, Man.; Vancouver, B. C, Nelson and Rossland B.C THE MINING RECORD. V. GENERATORS AND MOTORS. DRILL SHARPENER Should be in use in every mine where 10 or more power drills are in use. A Money, Time and Labor-Saving Device. Shapes, Sharpens and Shanks New Drills, Re-Shapes and Sharpens Used Drills, Makes Excellent Welds. Three drills made in the time formerly required to make one by hand. Makes PERFECT BITS, and they are all uniform in size and clearance. The bit is always made in exact right angles to the shank. Reduces coal consumption. Jf SEND FOR CATALOGUE. The Hendrie & Bolthoff Manfg and Supply Co. EIMVER, COLO., U. S. A. • fill II VI. THE MINING RECORD. BENNETT'S FUSE CROWN BRAND THE KING OF FUSES The WHITE COUNTERED GUTTA PERCHA FUSE is the POPULAR FAVORITE in the mines of British Columbia, Australia, the Transvaal, and the World over. Beware of Spurious Imitations Made to Catch the Unwary. HOLMAN CAMBORNE, CORNWALL Manufacturers of j Boilers, Air Compressors, Mining Machinery The Holman Patent Roekl Drill Specially Adapted to B. C: Mining. Awarded.Gold^Medal Greater Britain Exhibition Awarded Gold Medal CHARLES CAMIVIELL &, CO. Ld SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND, Manufacturers of Drill Steels, Best Refined Cast Steel Files, and Rasps, Steel Axles, Wheels and Cranks. Rails and Fish Plates made to any specification. Steel Plates, etc. Stamp Mill Dies and Shoes. R/^% fo B I t\ Pk 1 SP*^ 1% a *? \^M ell I ffa=n. a ^S 8 Je s m % §& 5 Yates St., VICTORIA, B.C. General Agent for Canada. For all lines excepting Steel Rails of 30 lbs. per yard and upwards, with their relative accessories. THE MINING RECORD. VII. MISCELLANEOUS MACHINERY, ETC. FAIRBANKS | Renewable Asbestos Disc Globe Valves made of Best Steam Metal, used by Largest and Most Modern Plants in Canada. Try one and be convinced. Our stock of Pipe and Fittings is Complete. We quote Low Prices and Ship Promptly. Catalogue upon application. THE FAIRBANKS COMPANY 153 Hastings Street, Vancouver, B. C. VANCOUVER ENGINEERING WORKS, Ltd., —-ENGINEERS. Agents for Northey Co., Ltd., Atlas Engine Works, Laurie Engine Co., Buffalo Forge Co.. Medart Pulley Co J. C. McLaren Belting Co., Goulds Manufacturing Co. STOCK IN VHiVeeUVER F0R IMMEDIATE DELIVERY BOILERS. 1 Locornotive Marine, 175 lbs. pressure; will steam 14 in. x 72 in. engine. 2 66x16 Horizontal pressure. 6ox 16 Horizontal Tubular, Tubular, Tubular, Tubular, Horizontal 120 11 = 120 lbs. lbs. lbs. pressure. 2 48x14 Horizontal pressure. 1 42x14 Horizontal tubular, 105 pressure. 1 25-h.p. Vertical Horizontal Tubular, 100 lbs. pressure. 1 15-h.p. Vertical Horizontal Tubular, 100 lbs. pressure. , 2 7-h.p. Vertical Horizontal Tubular, 100 lbs. pressure. 1 Locomotive Marine Horizontal Tubu-" lar, 150 lb^. pressure, S. H. 150 horsepower. 1 Scotch Marine 4 ft. 6 in. x 6 in., 120 lbs. pressure, S. H. All pressures given are working pressures. Chalmers Speed. ENGINES. 1 10 in. x 15 in. Fraser & Automatic Slide Valve. 1 9 in. x 14 in. Laurie- High 1 8 in. x 12 in. Laurie High Speed. 1 7 in. x 10 in. Laurie High Speed. 1 8 in. x 8 in. Laurie Rival Horizontal. 7 in. x 8 in. Laurie Rival Horizontal. 6 in. x 6 in. Laurie Rival Horizontal. 5 in. x 6 in. Laurie Rival Horizontal. 7 in. x. 7 in. Nagle Vertical, set 14 x 72 Stern-Wheel S. H. H. set 7 x 36 Stern-Wheel S. HEATERS. 1 30-h.p. 2 40-h.p. 1 50-h.p. 1 60-h.p. Laurie. Laurie~ Laaurie. Laurie. 1 ioo-h.p. Laurie. 1 125-h.p. Laurie. 2 50-h.p. Heaters, S. H. PUMPS. 2 3 x iy2 x 3 Northey Duplex. 63x2x3 Northey Duplex. 5 ay2 x 2% x 4 Northey Duplex. 7 5/4 x 3}4 x 6 Northey Duplex. 66x4x7 Northey Duplex. 1 7^2 x 4^ x 6 Northey Duplex. 1 7*A x 5 x 6 Northey Duplex. 1 5/4 x 434 ¥ 6 Tank Pump Duplex. 3 4}4 x $y x 4 Tank Pump Duplex. 1 SlA x 3j4 x 7-0. P. Plunger Pump. 2 A,y2 x 2.yA x 6 0. P. Plunger Pump;. 2 4 x 2% x 5 O. P. Plunger Pump. 1 7 x 2,y2 x 12 Nortbey Sinking Pump. 2 6 in. Iron Horiz't'l Gould Centrifugal 2 5 in. Iron Horiz't'l Gould Centrifugal 1 4 in. Iron Horiz't'l Gould Centrifugal 1 3}4 in. Iron Horizontal Gould Centrifugal. 1 3 in. Iron Horiz't'l Gould Centrifugal 1 Northey Horizontal Centrifugal No. 5 1 Northey Horizontal Centrifugal No. 6 2 8 in. Centrifugal Belt Driven S. H. 1 12 in. Centrifugal Belt Driven S. H. 1 18 in. Centrifugal Belt Driven S. H. 1 4 in. Centrifugal Direct Connected to 4 in. x 4 in. engine. 13x2x3 Duplex Snow S. H. 1 4 in. x 6 in. Knowles Electric Sinking Pump with 15-h.p. 500 volt motor. BUFFALO BLOWERS. 2 No.1 Blower with affixed countershaft 2 N0.2 Blower with affixed countershaft WATER WHEELS. 3 No. 3 Plain with 4% in. outlet. 2 No. 4 Plain with 5% in. outlet. 4 No. 5 Plain with $y in. outlet. 2 No. 6 Plain with 6y in. outlet. 1 No. 7 Plain with jy in. outlet. HOISTS. 1 8 x 10 Double Cylinder S. D. Hoist grooved for 54 wire. 16x8 Double Cylinder S. D. Hendrie & Bolthoff Hoist. 25x5 Vertical Hoists. "T" RAILS. 100 tons 12 lb. Rails with Plates. 75 tons 8 lb. Rails with Plates. . 3 tons 5-16 x 3 Track Spikes. 4 tons % x 3 Track Spikes. 1 pair 8 in. T\yin Boss; Water Wheels. 1 pair 16 in. Twin Boss Water Wheels. 1 Pelton Wheel 48 in. MINING MACHINERY. 1 Classifier 2ft. x 4ft.—iy in. openings. 1 Classifier 6ft. x 20 ft.—iyhi. openings 1 F. & C. Ore Sampler, complete. 1 B. F. Co. No. 9 continuous shears. 1 Doty No. 5 size A hand-power punch. 1 Champion Upright self feeding drill, No. 7, with pulley and 1 set drills (12) y in. to 1 in. inclusive. 1 Fairbanks No. 2268 R.B. Depot Scale. 1 Howe No. 144 Wheelbarrow. 2 Trommel sizers 3ft x 9m. complete with housings and screens in three sections. 1 Belt-driven Challenge Ore Feeder, complete. 2 3-section Classifiers 66 in. , x 106 in. complete. 2 sets 24m. x 14 geared rolls complette with "manganese steel shells. 1 set 24m. x 14 belt rolls complete with manganese steel shells. 1 set 9m. x 9in. belt rolls with pulley and belt to drive. 1 i6in. F. & C. Copper Coil Heater. 6 Extra Sections covering for Classifiers, No. 18 English standard gauge steel 3-2 m.m. and 3-3 m.m rd. holes rolled burr irtside to 2fi m- c- 1 Single Comp. Slide Jig "ironwork only, complete with brass screens and gank rods. 1 2 in. Comp. Slide Jiff, ironwork only, complete with brass screens and gank rods. 8 4-Compt. Automatic and Hyde Hartz Jigs, ironwork only, complete. We carry a large stock of plate from 16 gauge to ?4 m., boiler tubes from iy in. to 4 in., shafting, leather and rubber beltins-, angle-iron from 1 in. x 1 in. x 3-16 to 4 in. x 4 x y2. in., bar iror( (all sizes), valves, fittings, _etc. 1 H 7 VIII. THE MINING RECORD. m' The JAMES COOPER MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. MONTREAL, P.Q. INGERSOLL=SERGEANT MACHINERY, Manufacturers ot Rock Drills, Straight Line, Duplex, and Corliss Air Compressors. Complete nine Equipment of AH Kinds. Agent for STANDARD DIAMOND DRILL CO) R. A. C. McNALLY, Rossland, British Columbia. Catalogue and Details on Application to) FRANK DARLINO, Molson's Bank Building, Vancouver, B.C. JWttj^ We also manufactur the NORTHY GAS and GASOLINE ENGINE, a handy, convenient and economical little motor that is gaining favor all over Canada, where any one of these characteristics—or all three—are particularly desirable. Send for Booklet. Mine Superintendents and Engineers will find it to their interest to refer to us when in need of anything in the Pump line. We manufacture Pumping Machinery of all types, for all services. Send for catalogues and specifications. CUNUFFE& McMillan, Agents at Kossland. VANCOUVER ENGINEERING WORKS, Agents at VancouYer. ■I 962 King St, Subway <"XwXK"Xwx~XK~X"XK~XKK^ The Brackman & Ker Milling Co., Ltd. Manufacturers ofthe Celebrated 2 t Facilities Unequalled for Supplying the West with the Best Quality of Grain, Hay or Mill Feed. .&K R0LLLD OATS. I x Victoria. (Registered.) Nelson. v"iw&«mh«*r. Rosi£tdhco„a. -*^Unequalled in the World. BOYD, BURNS & e©. 1 Plumbing and Engineering Supplies and Ship Chandlery. if jf .j Iron and Brass Pipe and Fittings, Boiler Tubes, Injectors, Oil Cups, Lubricators, Asbestos Board, Sectional Covering and Asbestos Cement, Leather, Rubber and Link Belting, Wire and Manilla Rope, Paints and Oils, Chain, Spikes, Loggers' Supplies, Sheet Iron and Other Metals 5,-55 Hastes S^n, VANCOUVER, B.C. The Mining Record VOL. X. JUNE, 1903. No. 6 BRITISH COLUMBIA MINING RECORD Devoted to the /lining Interests of the Pacific Northwest. PUBLISHED BY THE BRITISH COLUMBIA RECORD, LIMITED H. MORTIflER LAMB, managing Editor. Victoria, B. C, Office,'Province Building. Vancouver, P. W. Charleson, Hastings S . London Office: 24 Coleman Street, E. C, Denver, Col.: National Advertising Co. San Francisco: Dake's Agency. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS : Canada and the United States^ one ye"ar~-' Great Britain and Foreign, one year - • Advertising Rates on Application. $2.00 $2.50 Address all communications to The Managing Editor, B. C. Record, TLtd., P. 0. Drawer 645, Victoria, B. C. THE MONTH. The effective and important work already done by the Provincial Mining Association constitutes for it a strong claim for the active co-operation of the mining districts particularly, and of all other sections of the Province generally, in its endeavours to promote the interests of the mining industry of British Columbia. This co-operation can be most readily ensured bv the prompt organization _.of a branch of the Association in cverv part of the Province populous enough to admit of one being formed. Where the population is too .sparse to be favourable to such organization efforts, should be made to induce as many'" as .possible of the numerous scattered units to either join the central ..organization or the nearest.branch, so that both financially and as regards number of members the Association as a whole may .have the-benefit of general support. To thoroughly succeed in its commendable aims and intentions the Association must be in a position to speak as the voice of all interested in permanently securing for British Columbia. the substantial benefits attendant upon the establishment of the mining industry upon a firm and profitable basis. It is gen- O J ST *■ erally admitted that this industry will in the future, under favourable conditions, take front rank among those connected with the development of the natural resources of the Province. The nearness or- otherwise of that future should not-, however, be left to chance; on the contrary, every effort should be put fortn to enter upon it at once. This can only be done by united action. Xever before in its history has any movement- been so well-timed to bring about the changes necessary .to gain for the Province a wider recognition of the enormous 'extent of its mineral resources and a consequent employment of a much larger amount of outside capital in their development. The experience of the past compels the conclusion that the Provincial Legislature, acting without the.mature advice and well-considered recommendations of a res- p'onsible body thoroughly conversant with the conditions and' requirements of the mining industry, may not be depended upon to legislate in such a manner as well promote its advancement and .at the same time provide that its burden of taxation shall be judiciously imposed: • The organization of branches is proceeding, but'the active interest so widelv displayed three or four months since, when delegates.were being appointed to attend the general convention in Victoria, may not be maintained if advantage.be not at once taken of the disposition to uphold the hands of the central executive. This reminder is therefore considered timely, so that there may be no encouragement of a spirit of laxity or inclination to let -things, take care of themselves. If the Mining Association be a necessity— and there is no doubt that much.,useful work awaits the earnest attention of such "a. bodv—then this is no time for a drifting policy. Prompt and general organization will alone ; give the Association the numerical and financial strength requisite f> make it a power in the land. With a 'similar backing of public opinion in the conduct of its regular business as it had behind it at the general convention, there need be no doubt as to its influence with the Legislature, which is always prepared to heed public opinion representative of any considerable' proportion of the population of the Province, especially when that opinion is supported by arguments and facts and figures carefully prepared and deliberately submitted for its considerat'on. It is therefore urged that this question of organization o( branches 650 THE MINING RECORD. be not delayed, but that everywhere in the Province where the conditions will admit of its being obtained active co-operatton be secured and that without further delay. The Princeton (Similkameen) branch of the Provincial Mining Association last month passed two resolutions on which the Executive Committee of the Association has been asked to act. The first of these calls for the appointment of at least five practical miners as mine inspectors to carefully examine mines and request that changes be made where necessary for the protection of life, and to report at least weekly to the Minister of Mines or Gold Commissioner. What seems to be singular is that such a request should come from a district in which there are as yet few, if any, mines so far developed or regularly employing a sufficient number of men as to require frequent inspection. Surely if this so-called improvement of our system of mine inspection "were urgently needed" some one of the numerous parts of the Province where there are mines with extensive workings and a considerable force of men employed underground would long since have made a move in a similar direction. Further, Provincial Gold Commissioners have nothing at all to do with the inspection of mines, so that no practical good could come of reporting to them. '1 lie second resolution expresses the opinion that "the present Provincial Mineralogist is unsuited for the position he occupies, and that in the interests of the Province the Executive of the Provincial Association urge upon the Government the desirability of a change." The reasons assigned for this belief are, in short, that the official mentioned is invariably pessimistic, discouraging both the prospector and the capitalist seeking a suitable field for operations; that his official reports have an injurious effect on outsiders and retard the development of new mineral sections; and that in particular his report on the Similkameen (published last year) did that district a grave injustice. Here again it is surprising that Princeton should move in this connection, for its representative on the Executive Committee was a member of a sub-committee which a few weeks ago interviewed and interrogated the Provincial Mienralogist in the presence of the Minister of Mines upon these Very matters, and afterwards reported itself satisfied with the interview, expressing the opinion that in the future official reports may be expected to be less pessimistic. Looking at the parts of the published report complained of by the Nicola delegate it is apparent that the Provincial Mineralogist reported as favourably of the '^prospects" he visited as a man in his responsible position and hav ing very great importance attached to his statements, could reasonably be expected to do. In considering the reports of this official it must be kept well in^toind that he must not be a "boomer" in any sense, nor even an optimist beyond the limits of reasonable conservatism. It may be that at times he has erred on the side of caution—if so, this fault is to be preferred, in the interests of legitimate mining, to a too sanguine view of existing conditions. It cannot be denied that the SimSkameen has had its share of "hot air" supplied to the press by irresponsible boomers, and that so far it has not to any considerable extent justified the glow- Mr. H. G. Sfeaman, President of the Miners' Union at Rossland, and a member of the Executive Com. of the P.M.A. ing statements made by them. It by no means follows that in the future it will fail to realize expectations; on the contrary, the probabilities are that its mining industry will yet flourish and assume important proportions, but it is development and development alone that will attract capital, not mere reports. Let claim owners get to work and "prove" that the ore is there ■ in quantity and of value sufficient to make it profita- able to open up the mining properties, and they will soon be independent of reports, whether of the pessimistic character of which the Princeton branch of the, Provincial Mining Association complains or of the THE MINING RECORD. 65 J. gross exaggerations sometimes published and to which the general public has much stronger grounds to take exception. Doubtless some of the Boards of Trade of the districts in the Province the British delegates to the Congress of Chambers of Commerce of the Empire, to be held in Montreal next August, are exepcted to visit hefore their return to Great Britain, are already alive to the importance of placing before the visitors facts and figures relative to the more prominent industries of their respective districts. Too much stress, however, cannot be laid on the advisability of full advantage being taken of this opportunity to properly impress these influential men with the" extent and value of the natural resources of the Province, and the ti^any openings there are in it for the employment of capital in undertakings that give promise of yielding a profitable return. The mining sections in particular will do well to afford the visitors every facility for obtaining a knowledge of the extent of the enormous mineral resources of their respective districts. Tn East' Kootenay, coal and silver-lead; in West Kootenay, the silver- lead of the Slocan and the gold and copper of Nelson. Ymir and Rossland; in the Boundary^ the astonishingly large bodies of copper ore, together with the exceptional facilities for mining and smelting at costs so low as to be almost beyond belief among those unused to the existence of such favourable conditions; and on Vancouver and Texada Islands, the coal and copper mines, and the valuable iron ore deposits which here, as well as in other parts of the Province, are awaiting development and utilization—all these important mineral resources should be made the most of. It is known that among the visitors will be some representing men who have already invested money in British Columbia enterprises, whilst others will be on the look out for suitable openings for the employment of capital backed by active energy and enterprise. It is therefore especially desirable that thoroughly dependable information supplemented by statistics and maps shall be readily accessible, and that the visitors be made to recognize that the Province has other attractions to offer than its magnificent scenery and enjoyable climate; that it has much mineral wealth that may be turned to profitable account, with, in places, tremendous >water power available for the operation of machinery, and. in others, immense coal deposits to lessen the cost of the reduction of ores. Few, if any, of the delegates are likely to visit the little-developed Similkameen, the old-time famous placer gold fields of Cariboo and other parts, or even Atlin and the Yukon, now important contributors to the gold yield of the West, yet should they also be fully informed as to these. Facts, incontrovertible facts, are what should be placed before them, whether concerning the great mineral resources of the Province or of its resources in its lumbering and fishing industries, and the sooner such responsible bodies as the Boards of Trade of the districts to be visited set about getting these together in effective and handy form the better, both for the convenience of the visitors and lasting benefit of the Province. The Nelson Daily News states that a determined effort is being made to prove that Canadian smelters treating silver-lead ores are unfair to the Canadian silver-lead mine owners, and that, strangely enough, the attacks upon these. smelters emanate from the chief centres of the silver-lead mining industry in the Slocan. Further, it expresses the opinion that since the newspapers devoting considerable attention to this matter depend for their prosperity upon the welfare of the silver-lead mining industry it seems unreasonable to assume that they would adversely criticize these smelters unless they felt assured that in doing so they were acting in the best interests of that industry. Mr. J. L. Parker, manager of the North Star mine, an important silver-lead property situate in East Kootenay, defends the home smelters and urges that Canadian mine owners give them more general support by shipping their ore to them instead of to foreign smelters. He quotes figures to show that even at times when they had opportunity to "play the cinch game, by reason of the smelters of the American lead trust having declined to accept British Columbia silver-lead ores for treatment, the home smelters not only did not force the local mine-owners to pay more for treating their ores, as they might easily have required them to do, but they made reductions and so shared with them the advantage gained from the bonus on refined lead granted by the Federal Government. He asks what would these working silver-lead mines in Canada have done during the years 1901-02, when the lead trust was obtaining enough ore from its own mines and "practically left us to our fate," but for the home smelters? and then urges mine owners to keep the latter supplied with sufficient ore to obviate the frequently-recurring necessity of blowing, out the smelters' furnaces for lack of ore. the maintenance of a regular and ample supply being the most effective means of securing lower treatment charges. On the, whole Mr. Parker makes a strong plea in behalf of the home-smelters, but the Daily News seems to indicate the best way of arriving at the facts of the position when it sums -up its review of the controversy in the 662 THE MINING RECORD. following words: "If the local smelters are doing what is right by the mine owners the latter should say so in such a manner as will carry conviction. On the other hand, if the mine owners" have a grievance against the smelters let them state it with equal clearness." The .situation appears to be a simple one; either the home smelters are treating the mine owners fairly or they are not. If not, the latter should show wherein the unfairness lies. The silver-lead industry has enough dimculties to contend. against in other wavs without the local press adding to them by publishing statements tending to discourage the employment of capital in the further development of the industry, if these statements be not warranted. It is to be hoped that the efforts of the Daily News to get at the exact position will result in a better understanding: being arrived at, and- that soon. It has become so customary to regard the ores of the Boundary District of British Columbia as. all low- grade, that it comes as somewhat of a surprise to find that in that district there are being developed properties that by no means come under this heading. Whilst specimen assays gave high values, with no smelter returns from car-load lots to confirm the occurrence in the quartz ores of gold and silver in sufficient quantities to make the opening up of these leads profitable,, the opinion that the ores were of low-grade only seemed well warranted, but the development now taking place on several mineral claims situate in the immediate vicinity of Greenwood indicates that it may ere long be found necessary to considerably qualify the statement that the ores of the district are without exception low-grade. The Providence mine has now shipped more than 300 tons of ore containing values chiefly in gold and silver, with a little lead. From the smelter returns of 199 tons of this ore it has been ascertained that it contained an average of gold 1.79 ozs. and silver 253.28 ozs., giving an average value (with silver at changing prices) of $133.27 per ton. The gold content of this ore varied considerably, ranging from- .61 oz. in one carload lot to 5.40 ozs. per ton in another. There was less variation in the silver-, the lowest having been 19*4.90 Ozs. and the highest 300.80. ozs. per ton. One carload of rather less than 22 tons net gave a gross return of $5,064.58, but this was exceptional, although the average value of the three last carloads including the one just mentioned, was at the rate of $200.86 per ton. An adjoining property, the Elkhorn, is also developing satisfactorily, the ore showing much native silver in places, and it has a satisfactory gold content as well. Half a dozen other claims in the same neighbourhood are also opening Up well, with the result that from 80 to 100 men are regularly employed on these high-grade properties and the town of Greenwood is benefiting accordingly from this new development. It is worthy of note that when, in 1897, Mr. W. A. Carlyle. then Provincial Mineralogist, paid an official visit to the Boundary, he expressed a favourable opinion of the possibilities of the quartz veins he saw around Greenwood; and that Mr. R. W. Brock, geologist in charge of the Dominion Geoelogical Survey party that spent the seasons of 1901-2 in the district, also considered these veins well worthy the attention of mining men prepared to develop them. . We learn with regret that one of the province's parliamentary representatives at Ottawa is not strictly in accord with the suggestion that has been made by the Provincial Mining Association in respect to the establishment of a Federal Department of Mines. This gentleman believes that quite as useful a purpose would be served by the appointment of a "Commissioner of Mines," for, he points out, the Dominion Government would have no actual jurisdiction in matters appertaining to mining in Canada excepting only in the case of the North-West and Yukon Territories. We do not, however, recognize the logic of this argument. Canada is already an important mining country and.surely if agriculture has cabinet representation and a Department is maintained in the interests of that industry, on what grounds can be shown that mining has not almost equal claims to consideration? It is true that by the establishment of a Department of Mines British Columbia would perhaps be the first to benefit. As a mineral producing area it is the most important of the provinces, and there are yet immense tracts of territory awaiting exploration. Furthermore the older settled provinces of Quebec and Ontario are in a. position, while British Columbia is not, to maintain a fairly efficient public service to assist in the exploitation and development of the mining industries in those provinces. But these surely cannot be regarded as sound reasons against the proposal. British Columbia is, after all, as much an integral .part of Canada as is Ontario, and apart from political considerations, as much entitled to recognition.' The shareholders of the Payne Company have every reason to be satisfied with the report as presented at the recent annual general meeting, and the mine manager, and Mr. Garde is to be heartily congratulated on the excellent showing he has been able to make since assuming charge of the property. The outlook at the mine for a time was exceedingly unsatisfactory, in THE MINING RECORD. 653 fact it was very generally believed that the ore deposits had become exhausted. The company, after spending three years in searching for the main- lead at depth, abandoned the effort in despair, but at the instance of Mr. Garde the.work, was again resumed, and this time with gratifying results, a strong, and well- defined vein averaging two and a half feet wide having been encountered some few months ago. The mine has now, it is estimated, a total reserve of 87,000 tons of concentrating material, the net value of which, based on present low metal prices, is. sixty dollars per'ton. It should be noted, however, that the company has now exhausted its cash balance and unless the mine may now be considered self-supporting some sort of reconstruction may be necessary. 'The Boundary Creek Times draws attention to the fact that a so-called mining paper, the Mining Bureau, published in Boston, has made the quite unwarrantable statement that two important Boundary mining undertakings, the B. C. Copper Company and the Montreal & Boston Copper Company, are "nothing but stock- 'jobbing propositions." The allegation is unsupported by proof of any kind: on the other hand both the companies mentioned are expending large sums of money in the development of their respective enterprises, and on our own knowledge, we are prepared to say this expenditure is being laid out to the best possible advantage having regard to the early establishment of the enterprises Upon a profit-earning footing. But it might be pointed out to the Boston Mining Bureau, meanwhile, that it has omijted to expose some of the obvious instances of wild-catting and stock-jobbing in connection with recently American-promoted B. C. mining concerns, of which advertisements appear in its columns. We would suggest the early rectification of the oversight. As is well known the smelting industry in the Kootenays is entirely at the mercy of the Crow's Nest Coal Company, not only as regards the price of fuel, which, however, is reasonably moderate, but under present conditions the metalliferous industry may at any moment be brought to a standstill as a result of too often recurring strikes and lock-outs at the coal mines. A new company, meanwhile, has been recently incorporated, in which the Granby Mining Company is said to be heavily interested, to develop and operate coal measures at Blairmore, some forty-five miles to the east of Fernie. The field has not yet been exploited to any very considerable extent, but nine seams are known to occur on the property, the geological condition's being identical with those obtaining at Fernie. From an independent source we are assured that the Blairmore coal yields an excellent coke, giving not more than a 7 per cent. ash. In the interests of copper mining in the Boundary we wish the new enterprise every success. The month has been very prolific of reported strikes—of ore, not the kind to which we are beginning to be most accustomed. Thus within the last two or three weeks important developments are said to have taken place at the Le Roi, Le Roi No. 2, and Velvet at Rossland, at the Athabasca and Silver King at Nelson, at the Arlington and Speculator in the Slocan City Division; at the Rambler-Cariboo at McQuigan; at the Gold Finch at Camborne; and discoveries of high- grade pre, too numerpus to mention, in the granite belt near Greenwood. A number of "deals" are also reported to have been made during the month; the local stock markets have been more active and altogether the outlook has become decidedly more encouraging. THE MINISTER OF MINES REPORT FOR 1902 * I ' HE Report of the Minister of Mines for 1902 ■*■ was last week presented to the Provincial Leg- ' islature. It is dated March ii, yet eleven weeks were permitted to elapse before it was made public. The delay in its issue, though shorter than that of last year, was an unreasonably long one, particularly under the circumstances that no estimate by the Provincial Mineralogist of the mineral production of the Province for the previous year was published last January, as was done in January, 1902. This delay is in part attributed to the difficulty experienced in obtaining statistical returns from a few of the mines, some ten per cent, of the producers having failed to make returns promptly, thereby holdmg back all the statistical tables. The enforcement of the law, which provides for the infliction of penalties for such neglect, would probably have a salutary effect and in future remove this cause of delay. Apart from this though, the Minister of Mines can not be commended in this instance for promptitude, it appearing on the face of it that nearly three months passed between the time of the completion of the report and its being made available for public use. Looking at the statistics of production during 1902 by themselves it would appear that no advance was made in the Province by the mining industry during the year under notice, the total value of the minerals produced having been but $17,486,550 as compared with $20,086,780 for 190T, as shown in accompanying tables::— 654 THE MINING RECORD. I 1901. 1902. manent or temporary, and whether they are removable Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Qr gj The diminished production is not due to any Gold, placer, oz.. 48,505 $ 070,100 53,657 $ 1,073,140 failure | the { themselves, for no widespread, lode, oz... 210,384 4,384,603 236,491 4,888,269 . Silver, oz 5,i5T,333 2,884,745 3,917,917 1,941,328 failure has occurred, and, as a matter of fact, the mines Copper, lbs 27,603,746 4,446,963 29,636,057 3,446,673 are in a better condition than they were a year ago. Lead, lbs 51,582,906 2,002,733 22,536,381 824,832 ^ *„ * a ,. +„ Coal, long tons.. 1,460,331 4,380,993 1,397,394 4,192,182 The adverse conditions affecting the output appear to Coke, long tons.. 127,081 635,405 128,015 640,075 haVe been different in the various branches of the in- Other materials 417,238 48o,0'U , , . , •., • r ^1 __e_Je I dustry, but, as is the way with misfortunes, they came $20,086,780 $17,486,550 not singly. This falling off in total values is disappointing when «The placer mines shOWed in 1902 an increased pro- compared with the distinct advance made in each of auction over the previous year of about 10 1-2 per cent. several previous years since 1898 as appears below: This | an exceedingly good showing, but it is not Value. Increase, nearly as good as it would have been had not the rain- Total production in 1898 $10,906,861 $ 457,5o3 fall for the ear been exceptionally light, causing a 1899 12,393,131 1,486,270 = r . .. . , , " • 1900 16,344,751 3,951,620 shortage of water supply, which sadly diminished the x9oi 20,086,780 3.742,029 output of the hydraulic mining companies. This short- % 1902 17,486,550 —2,600,230 . , , ,, , age of water is, however, only a temporary trouble, and The decrease in total value of last year's production , ,. ,. .7* ,, J v should disappear with another year. is largely due, the report states, to the lower market values of the various metals, for were the year's out- "In the coal mining branch of the industry, the Coast put calculated at prices prevailing in 1901 the shor1a< e collieries have had their principal market, California, would be but $965,742 instead of $2,600,230, as shown invaded by fuel oil produced in the State itself, and The tonnage of ore mined was, however, greater and yet, although this competition has come upon them in this connection the following table may be found of suddenly, they have been able to dispose of within 8 interest, for purposes of camparison:— per cent, as much coal as last year, and a greater Gold Produced in 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. Gold, placer (ozs.) , .. 32,167 67,425 63,936 48,505 53,657 Gold, lode (ozs.) 110,061 138,315 167,153 210,384 236,491 Silver (ozs.) 4,292,401 2,939,413 3,997,o8o 5,151,333 3,9*7,9*7 Copper (lbs.) 7,271,678 7,722,591 9,997,080 • 27,603,746 29,636,057 Lead (lbs.) 31,693,559 21,862,436 63,358,621 '51,582,906 22,536,381 Coal (long tons) 1,135,865 1,306,326 1,439,595 1,460,331 1,397,394 Coke (long tons) 35,000 34,251 85,149 127,081 128,015 It will be seen that in both placer and lode gold, in amount than in any year previous to 1901. The Crow's copper, and in coke, there was last year an increase in Nest collieries had an unlimited market open to them, the quantity produced, and that the decrease in coal but were met with, first, an explosion which crippled was comparatively small. There was though, a large tbeir principal mine, followed by strikes which dimin- decrease in the production of silver, and a still larger isned tne output; causing the production for the year shortage in lead. To this decrease in quantity to- to be only about half what lt should have been, and gether with the considerable shrinkage in average undoubtedly will be next year. Despite, all this, the values for the year is directly traceable the seeming coal industry about holds its own, but, like the 'placer,' retrograde movement in the mining industry. did not make tnat advance which the conditions of the The comments of the Provincial Mineralogist on the mines and market would have justified, situation assign reasons for this temporary check in "The lode mining of the Province has been the progress. He observes, in part: The progress made branch most sorely beset, and this not owing to any by the mining industry of the Province, has during failure of the mines themselves, but to the unprece- the year 1902, been less marked than usual. If the dentedly low market' price of metals which has pre- statistics of production alone are considered, it vailed during the entire year, beginning, as it did, in would appear that no advance has been made, as the the last month of 1901, while it is only in the early gross value of the mineral production of 1902 is less months of 1903 that the market has begun to recover, than that of the preceding year, the first time that such To realize what this drop in the market really was. it a thing has happened since lode mining became an is necessary to make a direct comparison, as follows :— industry of the Province. While it is necessary to face "Taking the average value for the whole of each this fact, it is also necessary to learn to what causes year of the various metals, as quoted on the New the fact is attributable, whether such causes are per- \ork Metal Exchange, we find: THE MINING RECORD. 1901. 1902. Copper 16.11 n.62, a decreased value of 27.3 p.c. Silver 58.95 52.16, a decreased value of 11.5 p.c. Lead (in bond) .. 2.165 i-94, a decreased value of 10.4 p.c. "This drop in the market value of the metals has had a double effect on the statistics, inasmuch as it has reduced the value of such ores as were mined, and has constrained the miner to restrict his output. * * * * * * # "As compared with the previous year the production of 1902 shows, as to market values, for— Placer gold, an increase of 10.4 per cent. Lode gold, an increase of 12.4 " Silver, a decrease of 32.7 Copper, a decrease of 25.0 " Lead, a decrease of 58.8 " Coal, a decrease of 4.3 " Coke, an increase of 0.71 " Other metals and materials, an increase of 15.0 " The remainder of the report may be briefly summarized. The tonnage of ore mined in the Province has been greater, amounting this year to 998,999 tons, as against 920.416 mined in 1901, an increase of 8.6 per cent. This great increase is entirely due to Rossland and the Boundary, more particularly the latter, in which district 521.402 tons of ore were "mined and smelted. The number of mines that shipped ore during 1902 was 124, these together employing 3^345 men, 1,126 above ground and '2,219 below. The statistics of the non-shipping mines are very incomplete, only 44, employing a total of 342- men, having reported to the Mines Department. The gross output of coal during the year was 1,641,626 tons, of which 244,232 tons were converted into coke, leaving a net output of 1,397,394 tons of coal and 128,015 tons of coke. The net output of the Vancouver Island collieries was 1,173,893 tons of coal tend 20,178 tons of coke, and that of the Crow's Nest Pass collieries 223,501 tons of coal and 107,837 tons of coke. Of last year's production 775,300 tons of coal and 38,780 tons of coke were exported to the United States. The recently-made addition of transportation facilities giving direct communication between the Crow's Nest mines and the United States, and the removal of the U. S. import duty of 67 cents per ton together promises a much larger export during 1903. tThe combined placer and lode gold output for the year; -as usual, maintained an increase, having reached a total value of $5,961,439 the highest gold output made by the Province, and an increase over that of 1901 of $642,706, or about 18 per cent. The greater part of the placer gold came from the Cariboo and Quesnel divisions of the Cariboo district, and the Atlin division of the Cassiar district. Hydraulicing was not successful on the whole last year, a shortage ot water having been the chief preventing cause. Ihere was not so much dredging for gold done as in some earlier years. Lode gold mining, with a production of $4,888,269, showed an increase over 1901 of about 12 1-2 per cent., this coming chiefly from the gold-copper mines of the Rossland and Boundary districts. The product of lode gold mining in British Columbia has shown the steadiest and most regular increase, and this is the most valuable mineral product tne Province has. It can not, however, be classed as even a set branch of the mining industry, inasmuch as here the gold is found mostly in combination with other metals, such as copper or silver. A certain amount of this production is derived from stamp milling; etc., but chiefly it is due to smelting. The following shows approximately that the gold has been derived from— Direct smelting of copper-gold ores $4,232,948 Combined amalgamation and concentration. 655,321 Total $4,888,269 The total amount of silver produced was 3,917,917 ozs., valued at $1,941,328, a considerable decrease as compared with 1901, but practically the same output in quantity as that of 1900. Of this total amount about 25 per cent, was mined in association with copper, while the remaining 75 per cent, was mainly derived from the silver-lead ores of the Slocan district and of East Kootenay. The lead production was 88,536,381 lbs., or only about half that of 1901, owing to the suspension of the East Kootenay lead mines. The production was, nevertheless, greater than that of 1899. The output of copper was 29,636,057 lbs., an increase of 2,032,311 lbs. or 7.4 per cent, over that of preceding year, but owing to the reduced market prices of this metal the value of the year's output was $1,000,290 less than was that of 1901. The Boundary yielded the greater part of the copper production, with an output of more than half a million tons of ore, while Rossland made the next largest output. The following shows the districts from which the copper output of 1902 was obtained:— Lbs. Boundary.. 14,955,582 Rossland 11,667,807 Coast 3.466,631 Nelson 49M44 Other districts 24,843 Total 29,636,057 656 THE MINING RECORD. IIH A good deal of iron ore was mined on the Coast during the year, but the only shipments made were from Texada Island, from which some 6,390 tons of magnetic iron ore, running more than 50 per cent, iron, were sent to the iron furnace at Irondale, Washing, U. S. A. From the iron mines at Cherry Creek, near Kamloops, 3,787 tons of magnetite were snipped to Nelson, for use there" in the smelter as a flux. Included in the report is 'a lengthy special article on "The Iron Ores of the Coast." In reviewing the general development of the year satisfaction is expressed at the advancment made in several districts. Good progress was reported from Atlin, where 600 to 700 men. were employed in gold placer mining and hydraulicing during the summer and about half that number in the winter. The copper properties on Texada Island made a good showing, while others on Quatsino Sound, West Coast of Vancouver Island, ^commenced to ship ore. In the Rossland (Trail Creek) district the tonnage of ore shipped •was 329,534 tons, an increase of 46,174 tons over the output of 1901, the Le Roi and Le Roi No. 2 mines having contributed most of this increase. The Boundary district, more than any other part of the Province, attracted general notice, the immense size of its low-grade ore bodies having been generally recognized, and the practicability of working them at a profit having been demonstrated, even with copper at low prices. • The work of the Provincial Bureau of Mines for the year is stated in detail. In this connection there is a full account of a visit paid by the Provincial Mineralogist to Mount Sicker camp, on the East Coast of Vancouver Island, together with descriptions of its copper mines and the Tyee smelter. The report of- the Pro- sincial Assayer gives a summary of the work of the Assay Office, which earned $1,387 during the year in assay fees, assayers' examination iees,. and other work. This department melted 173 lots of gold, value $135,098, mostly small deposits by -miners, to' whom Provincial Government Assay Certificates were issued. The gold dust received was from, widely separated localities and varied much in value, the extremes being ■ $13.50 and $19.60 per ounce. Besides the customary reports on their respective districts or divisions of Gold Commissioners and Mining Recorders, which contain much information, there are reports on the examination for assayers and coal mine managers, respectively on the inspection of metalliferous mines; on coal mining,-and that of the "Special Commission appointed to inquire into the Causes of Explosions in Coal Mines." There is, as well, much other detail relative to mines and mining. The im portant smelting industry of the Kootenay and Bound- ary is scarcely noticed, though. It may be there was little that is new to chronicle about it. The report is illustrated, the illustrations including 24 views, chiefly of Coast and Northern subjects, the lower interior being left out altogether in this respect from the 1902 report. ()ther tables, additional to those already given, appear in the report. From these the following have been selected as likely to be of general interest:— PRODUCTION FOE IO02 BY DISTRICTS AND DIVISIONS. Cariboo District— Cariboo Mining Division $346,395' Quesnel Mining Division 160,000 ■ Omineca Mining Division. . 40,000 ' — $540,395 Cassiar District ' '■'■ ■ ■■ ■ '426,636 Kootenay, East, District. . . 1,477,466 Kootenay, West, District— Ainsworth Mining Division $-873,967 Nelson Mining Division 818,484- • Slocan Mining Division ... .-. *7 ... 1,608,827 ' Trail Creek Mining Division 4,936,395 Other parts : 167,716 7,8o6,399 Lillooet District 31,429 Yale District— j Osoyoos, Grand Forks and Kettle River Divisions (Boundary District) $2,782,263 Similkameen Division 3,7°o Yale Division . . .\ . . 58,574 1— 3,843,537 Coast Districts— NSnaimo, Alberni,.W. Cpast .of Vancouver Island, Victoria 4,360,688 $17,486,550 .TOTAL PRODUCTION FOR ALL YEARS UP TO "AND INCLUDING 10X12. Gold, placer . ..-. $64,627,683 Gold, lode . .7j_. ....... 22,049,732 $86,677,415 Silver .. .'."7 ;..-.-. 18,475,882 Lead . . ■'..•:. . . ., . . . 10,447,521 Copper -. .. . 12,256,219 Coal and coke 58*999,572 Building stone, bricks, etc 2,800,000 Other metals.. .7" 81,929 $189,728,538 THE MINING RECORD. 657 THE FRANK DISASTER. MR. FRANK SMITH, Inspector of Mines for the Government of the North West Territories, who has since the recent disaster at Frank' made a series of observations on Turtle Mountain,' brings forward some reasons for the sudden occurrence of the slide of rock, which appears certainly feasible. He assigns as a likely cause the melting of snow Digging out the bodies at Frank. ing to a report published in the Fernie Free Press, a contrary view to that expressed by Mr. Smith. He recently spent several hours in Frank and walked over the slide and made- an inspection of the surface conditions. His opinion is that the danger is not yet over and that any resumption of mining operations will almost certainly precipitate another catastrophe. Mr. Blakemore from the first scouted the reports of volcanic or seismic disturbances of any kind as being entirely outside the reasonable probabilities and he strongly deprecated the sending out of such sensational reports as calculated to do injury to the financial interests of the West. His impression as given to the Montreal press when the first telegraphic advices reached there was that a huge mountain, slide had been caused by the mining operations and having examined the slide he now confirms this view. His theory is that the workings in the Frank mine have removed what was practically a natural barrier at the foot of the mountain. This had induced a squeeze resulting finally in a collapse, bringing down a slice of the mountain which had been gradually fissured and released for months past. This theory is entirely consistent with the surface indications as now exposed ~ and with the evidence given at the inquest as to the "squeezing" in the mine and ice in a fissure, the subsequent freezing expanding the side of the mountain already weakened to some extent by the mining operations. When the slide started it was about four thousand feet wide. It spread out like a fan in its progress, following a northeasterly direction, until it assumed a width of eight thousand feet. It covered nine hundred acres with a depth ranging from five to a hundred "feet. Mr. Smith estimated that between fifty and sixty million tons of rock fell from the mountain. The course of the slide, as already stated, was to the east of the town, and had its width remained at four thousand feet or thereabouts, the village would not have suffered. As it was, however, a number of cottages were swept away by the avalanche, which swept across the river, the railway line and up to the mountain on the other side of the valley. The two peaks which formerly reared themselves about three thousand two hundred feet above the valley are now scatttered in mil- lins of tons over the area beneath. The present altitude of the mountain is in the neighbourhood of 2,500 feet. Mr. Smith believes that further slides of loose rock will take place, but he does not apprehend that the village of Frank will be again endangered th >reby. Meanwhile the former residents are returning to the town, and operations are being resumed at the mines. Mr. W. Blakemore, formerly general manager of the Crow's Nest Coal Company, holds, however, accord- WM The slide, showing peak which will have to be blown out. 658 THE MINING RECORD. II! ill % HI and no other explanation is necessary to explain all that has happened. Mr. Blakemore considers that there is imminent danger of another slide as far back as the crevices' reported by the experts and especially A wrecked cottage—Seeking for its occupants. of the projecting peak to the east. If the latter should fall the whole town would be buried. He also thinks the uominion Government, which owns the coal areas in the North West Territories, should, in the interest of human life, prohibit further mining in the seam recently worked, and in any other seam similarly located. Since the foregoing was written, a special despatch from Frank announces that a crack four feet wide and 3,000 feet long has opened a couple of hun- j dred yards back from the face of the western peak of Turtle Mountain, at the summit Messrs. McConnell and Brock, of the Canadian Geological Survey, ascertained, meanwhile, that the most westerly peak of Turtle Mountain had moved about six inches during the period of their observations. This peak is a fnassive block of rock as great in extent as, if not greater, than the part which fell away. As it directly overhangs the town, there can be little doubt that it would destroy a part, if not the whole, of what remains of the village. In consequence of this alarming intelligence the inhabits have again abandoned their homes. Another theory advanced in explanation of the occurrence of the disaster is that it was not a rock-slide at all, but an upheaval of rock occasioned by a tremendous "blow-out" of natural gas. This theory is put forward by the partner of a well-known firm of railway contractors, whose camp, including over a hundred waggons, scrapers, etc., was destroyed by the avalanche of rock. This gentleman, Mr. McVeigh, bases his opinion on the following grounds: That petroleum and natural gas are known to to exist in the immediate neighbourhood ; a slide would have deposited the main portion of its debris at the foot of the mountain from whence it came. In this'case the greater portion of the rock is on the side of the opposite mountain across the valley of the Old Man River. The workings of the Canadian- American mine are on the face of Turtle Mountain, and there are upraises which come within a very few feet of the surface of the hill. I In fact, it was from these upper workings the imprisoned men dug their way out to freedom. Had it been an ordinary slide, the weight of the rock body moved was so great that it would have crushed into workings and destroyed the mine. But the mine was not injured in any way except by having the mouth of the tunnel covered up by ■ the fallen rock. Another thing that would have been observed had it been like any other slide; there would have been some of the surface of the ground passed over swept in front of the main body. But buildings and other materials were buried and not a vestige of them was carried down by the rock fall. View of the slide from Main Street. Again in one place, where there was a bluff fully 600 feet high, there is now a great canyon 200 feet deep, which cannot be accounted for by any slide theory. Then, it is also known that the miners imprisoned in THE MINING RECORD. 659 the Canadian-American mine were in two j levels. Those in the upper level, close to where the slide, if such it was, would have passed over, hardly noted the tremor, while those in the lower level were thrown violently to the ground by the force of the upheaval, which, to them, had all the characteristics of an explosion. Another point is that great detached masses of rock, big as a three-story block were hurled distances and lie in the ground where they fell, and it is plain that they did not roll to where they are placed. IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF VANCOUVER AND TEXADA ISLANDS. (By W M.. Brewer, M.A.I.M.E., Etc.) ATTENTION was first attracted to the iron ore deposits on the Pacific Coast in British Columbia twenty-one or twenty-two years ago, when some of the prominent stockholders of the Union Iron Works of San Francisco organized a subsidiary company under the title of the Puget Sound Iron Company and acquired the Crown granted land on the west coast of Texada Island on account of the extensive deposits of magnetite which there occur. These deposits are referred to by the late Dr. Dawson, in one of the geological reports issued by the Dominion Geological Survey and so far as we know at the present time these ore bodies were among the earliest discoveries of metalliferous ores on the islands under British rule on the Pacific Coast. No further attempt, however, was made to exploit the iron resources of the British Columbian coast, except so far as the location of claims where prominent outcroppings of the ore occurred, until within the last four or five years. But since that time much development work has been carried on in the various localities where iron ore has been discovered both on Vancouver and Texada Islands. Apparently there are two main zones in which occurrences of magnetite have been discovered. The eastern of these occupies the western portion of Texada Island, portion of Redonda Island and extends north-westerly from those islands crossing Rivers Inlet on the Mainland; the other zone occupies a position a few miles in from the general coast line along the west coast of Vancouver Island. There are a good many geological features common to all the deposits so far discovered in both these zones. In the first place it is noticeable that each occurrence of magnetite occurs either at the contact between basic igneous rocks and limestone or else in the igneous rock itself within close proximity to the limestone. This limestone is invariably fully chrystalline, and the igneous rocks are intrusive dykes which have been thrown up by volcanic action and belong to a later period than the age of the limestone. In the next place, such occurrences of the magnetite have been responsible for the advancement of several theories relative to its origin. The following theories are copied from the recent report published by the Provincial Mineralogist on the Iron Ores of the Coast of British Columbia.. The first of these is credited to Mr. James P. Kimball, and taken from a paper published by that gentleman in the American Geologist in 1897, entitled, "Secondary Occurrences of Magnetite on Islands of British Columbia by Replacement of Limestone and by Weathering of Eruptives," and is as follows :— "The occurrences here referred to clearly conform to two separate types of ferriferous deposits, which it has seemed important to distinguish as hydro-chemi-1 cal replacements. As previously described, one type is a morphological replacement of limestone by double decomposition between ferrous salts and calcic carbonate, the former being generated from ferrous silicates; the other type, a partial, and not necessarily pseudo- morphic, replacement of ferrous silicates in weathered basic rocks, or, as more explicitly distinguished, a residual concentration or fixation of iron oxides incidental to development of soluble alkaline carbonates from weathering oxidation or splitting up of ferriferous silicates." The second is advanced by Kemp in his work on ore deposits, page 63, and is as follows:— "The concentration of the magnetite seems to the writer best explained by its settling in the still molten mass until it formed considerable aggregates. When once these rich aggregates have formed they may, in the process of eruption or intrusion, take almost any place in the resulting rock." After having made a thorough personal examination of the deposits on Texada Island, as well as several on the west coast of Vancouver Island, the writer is of the opinion that the latter theory is the most acceptable of the two, at any rate so far as the deposits under discussion are concerned. There are also topographical character1 ctics common to all of the occurrences examined by the writer, which are that the outcroppings form prominent ridges, bluffs or knolls by reason of having withstood to a greater degree the destructive action ci;:n erosion and denudation which has carried off to a 'arge extent the surrounding country rock. Apparently, here have been movements of the country rock at still .rore recent periods than that in which the magnetite bodies were originally deposited, because a close observation of any of these ore bodies shows evidence of the intrusion of dykes of igneous rock which cut through the ore. The rocks in which the magnetite ore occur are classified by the late Dr. Dawson as belonging to the Vancouver series, which are referred by him to Triassic age, and include "not only the entire mass of volcanic materials which unconformably underlie the Cretaceous, but also the interbedded limestones and flaggy argillites and quartzite." So far as the extent of each individual deposit is concerned, it is, in the writers' opinion, absolutely impossible from the present state of development to form any reliable estimate of the probable tonnage in sight. As a matter of fact the structure of these ore bodies is so irregular that the writer doubts whether it would be advisable to attempt to develop any of them for the purpose of ascertaining extent, for the reason that when the commercial value of the iron ore is consider- THE MINING RECORD. edj and the cost of any attempt at systematic development, such as is always advisable, in the case of other metalliferous mines is taken .into consideration, it would be found that the dead work would have eaten up so much of the profit of the future mining operations as to cause such systematic development to be undesirable. Each occurrence of magnetite, which has been examined by myself, is situated in such a position as to enable the miner to quarry, or to work in open cuts or by the glory hole system. By mining after such methods the cost is reduced to the minimum, and as little waste rock removed from the workings as is possible. In mining iron ore the chief desideratum is to keep the cost of mining at the lowest possible figure, because, in order to produce pig iron at a sufficiently low cost to meet the competition from the iron centres it is absolutely necesary to keep all costs at the minimum. With regard to the extent or probable tonnage of ore contained in such deposits as those on the west coast of Texada Island or on the west coast of Vancouver Island at the following locations: Bugaboo Creek, a tributary of the Gordon River, at the Sarita River, at Copper Island and Sachart. I do not hesitate to assert that these deposits contain a sufficiently large tonnage to warrant operations on an extensive scale and with the expectation that they will furnish a sufficient supply of ore to keep iron furnaces of large capacity in continuous operation for some years to come. This opinion may be considered by some to be too general in expression, but while this is a fact it is also a fact that it is an absolute impossibility to estimate with any degree of reliability actual tonnage. Some idea of the, extent of the outcroppings can be gathered from the fact that in very many instances these form bold -bluffs, in which the vertical measurement of ore often exceed fifty feet, and the horizontal measurements on some of the deposits reach two hundred and fifty feet bet-ween the boundaries which enclose the ore. Usually though, there are intercalations of country rock which present the appearance of intrusive dykes injected into the ore bodies. In working such a body with an open cut or quarry there would be little difficulty in separating the rock from the iron ore and where the association.of country rock and iron ore is so close as it is in some portions of the ore bodies that rough sorting would be extremely difficult, then magnetic concentration will always be found to result satisfactorily. Rarely if ever, does the miner in mining iron ore of any description have the good fortune to be able to ship over seventy-five per cent, of the material mined. In ict in mining limonite or brown hematite iron ore log washes have to be operated, and the^miner considers himself lucky if thirty-five or forty per cent, of the material mined is of a shipping grade. While of course, the geological conditions surrounding the occurrence of magnetite are entirely different from those surrounding limonite, the former being of igneous origin and the latter of aqueous, yet I find that there is a striking similarity between the occurrence of clay horses in the limonite deposits and horses of country rock in the magnetite deposits, so far as in each case this waste material is responsible for the irregularity in the structure of the ore bodies and consequently rendered it impossible in either class of deposit to estimate actual production until the deposit has- been worked out. Of course in red hematite iron ore mines probable tonnage can be estimated with a very fair degree of reliability by diamond drill borings, because this ore occurs in seams or veins in a similar manner to the occurrence of coal in seams. The question of the establishment of iron furnaces and steel works on the Pacific Coast, whether on British territory or within the boundaries of the United States, resolves itself purely into a commercial question, for there is no "doubt that the raw materials, iron ore, limestone and either charcoal or coke for fuel are present in ample supply on Vancouver and Texada Islands, the coal being confined to Vancouver Island. The consumption* on the Pacific Coast of pig iron is sufficiently great, probably reaching half a million tons per year, to apparently insure the success of operations on a large scale. The only question which should be taken into consideration, is the fact that the cost of producing pig iron on this coast is about twice as much as in Alabama, and about twenty-five per cent, more than in Pennsylvania. The market quotations are not based on cost of production but on demand and supply, therefore, with pig iron at its present price—Southern iron on dock New York No. I foundry, $21.50 per ton or Northern iron at tide water No. 9 foundry, $22.50- per ton—it would appear on the face of it that with the freight added to the Pacific Coast of about $12.50 a .ton and the ability to manufacture pig iron here for from $12.00 to $15.00 per ton in coke furnaces and from $18.00 to $20.00 per ton in charcoal, that with, the present prices there is a very large margin of profit in favour of the Pacific Coast manufacturers. The grade of the iron ore on the west coast of Vancouver Island varies from 49 to 63 per cent, metallic iron with phosphorous within the Bessemer limit, no titanium, no copper and low sulphur contents. The silica contents are quite variable, sometimes reaching as high as 22 per cent. At the Serita deposit the content of lime in the ore is considerable. The ore in the Texada Island deposits usually carries near the surface a low percentage of copper, but at deeper levels- this disappears and the percentage of sulphur also decreases very materially, while the percentage of metallic iron varies from about 48 to 65. The question of cost of production has often been discussed and comparisons made between a cost \w Pennsylvania and the cost on the Pacific Coast. As. I am not sufficiently familiar with the detailed costs ia Pennsylvania I shall not refer to them, but content, myself with a comparison between costs in Alabama and those on the Pacific Coast. In the iron furnaces in Alabama the average cost for labour of twelve hour shifts does not exceed $1.50 per day. During my own residence in Alabama it was $1.00 per day. The cost for fifty per cent, limonite ore delivered in the stock houses at any of the Birmingham furnaces does not exceed $1.50 per ton, the cost for red hematite or fos- siliferous iron ore delivered in stock houses does net exceed 75 cents per ton, possibly a dollar at the outside. The cost for coke during my own residence in the South was $2.50 per ton, the cost for flux delivered in stock houses 50 cents per ton. When these costs are compared with costs on this Coast of average labour, $3.00 per day, average cost for the delivery of iron ore not less than $3.00 per ton; average cost of coke delivered about $7.00 per ton; and the further fact is considered that in smelting magnetite greater difficulty is experienced in running the furnaces than in smelting either red hematite or limonite ores, it would appear that the commercial aspect presented is one that requires very close and careful investigation. - I know that such investigation has been made by parties interested in this industry, the conclusions arrived at being that the industry can successfully be carried on as long as the supply does not materially interfere with the supply at present furnished from the East and South, and as it is extremely desirable that the raw materials which we have in British Columbia in . such profusion should be utilized to the fullest extent, I for one, sincerely hope the question I have raised in this article can be satisfactorily settled so that capitalists will see the desirability of engaging in the important enterprise of iron and steel making on the British Pacific Coast. THE ATL1X GOLD FIELDS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. T (By. J. H. Brownlee, P.L.S.) HERE is a prevailing opinion that the Atlin District is very inaccessible and that hardships are to be encountered in reaching it. This is not true—not even for winter travel. The summer steamer service into Atlin is as good as the service on the Kootenay and Okanagan Lakes. The Atlin District proper, is much more extensive than is generally supposed. It extends from the Dal- ton Trail west of the Chilcat River, easterly through about four degrees of longitude, a width of about 140 miles to the 'watershed between Surprise and Gladys Lakes. The northern boundary is the recently demarcated 60th parallel of north latitude; the southern limit is the provisional boundary line established between Alaska and Canada. The area of the District is probably 8,000 to 10,000 square miles. Of this vast area probably not one-twentieth of it has been exploited for alluvial gold. A greater area has probably been covered in an imperfect prospect for quartz. The development of the prospected portions of the district may be considered satisfactory for the season of 1902. In most every instance the gold was won at a profit. Taken as an average the individual miners throughout the camp made more than the going wages of five dollars per day. About one-half of the men remained in the camp this winter to drift, and the reports of the dumps they are getting out are encouraging. As high as $30 a day to the man is reported. There were five hydraulic companies operating in the Atlin camp last season, and all of them obtained satisfactory results, insofar as gold values are concerned. The average value of the ground worked was not much less than $1.00 per cubic yard. The cost of mining was excessive on account of the high .price paid for labour and for supplies. It is anticipated that the cost charges will be reduced 25 to 35 per cent, this season on which will make all the hydraulic mines dividend payers. The most important new companies entering the Atlin field in their order of importance are as follows :— First—The British American Dredging Co., of Philadelphia, organized to dredge the lower flats of Pine Creek. This company will operate a modern electrically equipped dredge, with the capacity of 3,000 cubic yards daily. Next in importance is the Consolidated Spruce Creek Placers (a Seattle organization). This company has decided to instal a plant this season with a capacity of 1,000 miner's inches of water. The extent of the holdings of this company and the prevailing conditions would warrant a much larger plant. 1 ne Otter Creek Hydraulic Co., Ltd., is so far, a purely local organization with a moderate capitalization of $100,000 provided to equip and operate bench ground on Upper Otter Creek that has been prospected continuously winter and summer for four years and have averaged over $1.00 per cubic yard. This mine will be in operation by June 15th, 1903, everything being in readiness now to lay the pipe. J. F. Deeks is installing a hydraulic plant on the "Eastern Leases on Upper Pine Creek. Deeks has already constructed a ditch to carry 3,000 inches of water out of the profits derived from working the ground last year with a small plant. The Birch Creek Company will resume operations this season and there is no reason why it should not be successful if economically managed. It is reported that the Atlin and Willow Creek Company will instal a steam shovel plant on their ground on Willow Creek this season. The ground is rich and will pay a handsome profit if worked in a modern way. In addition to the four new companies entering the Atlin field this season it will be observed that two companies are resuming operations. Add to this some eight or nine steam hoists installed on Gold Run this winter and I think it will be conceded that the district is making good progress. O. A. Bulette and Wm. Hall, of Upper Spruce Creek are putting in steam hoists this spring. As it will take as much space to describe the quartz developments of the Atlin District this will be deferred until another issue. In conclusion I may say that about $3,000,000 has been recovered from the alluvial diggings of the Atlin p-old fields. The country is not so rich as the Klon- dike, but it has compensating advantages in there being no frozen ground to contend with, an ample water supply on all the creeks and generally speaking good dumping facilities. The geology of the district is thus described by Mr. J. C. Gwillim, B.Sc, in an official report:— THE MINING RECORD. The principal geological formations of the Atlin District have been provisionally classified as follows, in natural sequence, the oldest first. Palaeozoic—A group of rocks containing some schistose varieties. A great mass of crystalline limestone. Wide areas of cherty quartzite, and some slates and magnesium rocks of local distribution, which are called in this report the Gold Series. Mesozoic.—A wide distribution of sandstone and conglomerates, chiefly found about the shores of southern Taku and Atlin Lakes. Also mountain masses of andesite and various porphyrites apparently related to the sandstones, which are pyrosclastic porphyry and andesite tuffs. Superficial Deposits.—Both pre-glacial and post- the coast granites and their isolated representations further inland. The peculiar and local gold series of slates and manganese rocks, chiefly confined to the basin of Pine Creek, is evidently older than the granites of the district. The Mesozoic rocks were nowhere seen in direct contact with the Palaeozoic formations. Their origin is chiefly igneous and they often pass inperceiptibly from a sedimentary and stratified form into the mountain masses of porphyrite and andesite. The few fossils found in some of the bedded sandstones appear to belong to the Jurassic period. The district shows evidence of considerable volcanic activity and some great masses of "granite have been formed since Palaeozoic times. Fossil evidence is Mining on Pine Creek. glacial, also some volcanic deposits of more recent formation than the present valley system. Concerning the rocks classed as Palaeozoic it may be said that they have characteristics given by Dr. Dawson to certain formations found under similar conditions in the more southern parts of British Columbia. The great exposures of limestone, forming mountain masses about Taku Arm and Little Atlin Lake, are placed in the Carboniferous system. The peculiar cherty quartzites are also found associated with these lime stones in other parts of the province and constitute one of the members of the Cache Creek series of the Kamloops sheet. The schists occur only as more or less narrow developments near the contact of these older rocks with very scarce, so that more can be said of the characteristics of these rocks than of their age, excepting relatively. The valleys contain pre-glacial gravels in some instances. And in many of the higher depressions the drift is also widespread. Palaeozoic.—The great areas and mountain masses of cherty quartzite and crystalline limestone appear to have much resemblance to the Cache Creek group of the southern interior of British Columbia. The limestone which appears to be conformable with the quartzite and to overlie it. contains Fusulinae and has been placed in the Carboniferous. The quartzite is never heavily bedded or sugar- grained. It wears'into rounded hills and does not form very important ranges. There is a wide varia- THE MINING RECORD. 663 tion in the field aspect of these friable thinly bedded quartzites, from a flinty jgrayi&h-white appearance to an almost carbonaceous shale. . Irregular patches and bands of a gray crystalline limestone occur in the less shertlike areas. The-carbonaceous variety appears to constitute one of the gold-bearing rocks on Wright and other creeks, otherwise it is not of economical importance so far as at present prospected. A microscopic examination of the cherty variety from the O Donnell River by Mr. O. E. LeRoy, of McGill Uni- ' versity, gives the following characteristics :— 'A dark gray flinty rock composed of crypto-crys- talline quartz. Running through this fine-grained mass in all directions are small veins of quartz. These often anastomose or enlarge, forming pockets of irregular or oval outline. The quartz is generally clear or stained with iron or carbonaceous pigment." This is classed as a pyroclastic rock, an acid tuff compacted by secondary silica and is called halleflinta. A microscopic section of the Wright Creek variety which is more carbonaceous and shale-like in appearance gives as follows:—"Extremely fine-grained, almost crypto-crystalline grouhdmass consisting in great part of quartz with a subordinate amount of kaolin through which are many veins of quartz. Biotite in considerable amount is in rounded grains and is found all through the mass. Phleochroism is brown and light yellow. A few grains of pale-green chlorite and yellowish brown lemoite are also noted." The distribution of this cherty quartzite, is very wide in the Atlin district between Atlin and Teslin Lakes, Consolation Creek, the basin of Gladys Lake and River, Ptarmigan Flats, Hurricane River, Rapid Roy Creek and Sucker River. All drain slopes which are for the most part quartzitic. The wide uplands or Arctic moors are also quartzitic. The granites of Surprise Lake, McMaster Mountain -and Boulder Plains are in direct contact with this formation. A few intrusions of greenstone also cut through it about the end of O'Donnell River. Generally speaking these quartzites may be said to. floor the whole of the district between Atlin and Teslin Lakes excepting where the great areas of later granite have intruded. The small areas of the Gold Series being partly intrusive and of later origin have also disturbed the quartzite at such places as the Lina and Johnson Range, and at Chikoida or Merlin Mountains. The limestones form conspicuous mountains to the south of Tagish Lake and were observed and described in the Yukon report of 1887, by Dr. Dawson as occurring along the east shore of Lake Laberge. They are usually quite crystalline and form solid white mountain ranges on both sides of Taku Arm for twenty- five miles southward from Tagish Lake. A short distance south of Tutshi Lake, on the eastern shore, there is a sharply defined contact with a shaly black rock followed by greenstone. This contact runs north-easterly probably up the wide valley of Tutshi River and south-easterly along the northern flanks of Taku Mountains in the vicinity of Atlin Lake. The limestone here dips 45 degrees to the northeast. The chief development of this formation strikes off to the east across Little Atlin Lake towards Teslin River. Another more or less continuous belt of limestone forms mountain ranges north of O'Donnell River in the Johnson range, thence south-eastwards to the junction of the Silver Salmon and Nakina Rivers. It appears.that this latter development is also part of the same formation. Silicious stringers and patches are often present in the limestone, otherwise with the exception of a few dykes near the southern contact with the greenstones on Taku Arm, this limestone is not much diversified or broken up locally. The only fossil remains collected were some obscure coral and crinoid forms. On the evidence of fusulinae collected by Dr. Dawson these rocks are placed in the carboniferous, and together with the. quartzites and some eruptives show a strong resemblance to the Cache Creek group of southern British Columbia. ELECTRICAL POWER TRANSMISSION THE BOUNDARY. IN (By W. G. McConnon.) ALL of the gold extracted from water is not taken directly in the form of metal. A power house for generating electricity proves a very efficient "stamp mill" for delivering "concentrates" in the form of volts. That this is appreciated by mining men is evidenced by the recently completed plant of the Cascade Water, Power and Light Company, situated at Cascade, B.C., and owned by the London and British Columbia Goldfields Co., Ltd., representing an investment, in round figures, of $500,000. Cascade is a small town on the Kettle River, twelve miles east of the town of Grand Forks, and about thirty miles directly west from Rossland, B.C. Flowing from the west, the Kettle River descends 120 feet in passing through a half mile of narrow rocky gorge in a series of rapids and falls. For the utilization of this natural power, the Cascade Water, Power and Light Company has built a large dam, waterway, pipe line, power house, and transmission line from Cascade to Phcenix, where the largest and most productive copper mines in the Boundary District are situated. The dam, placed just above the entrance to the gorge, is of timber cribwork, with a 40-foot base and 24-foot top. The mid-section is 50 'feet high, tapering to 25 feet at the sides, while the total length is 400 feet. This is built on a solid rock bed to which the foundation timbers are bolted, and filled with 10,000 cubic yards of rock. This dam raises the water 36 feet above the natural level, giving an effective head at low water of 156 feet. The permanent water level is 10 feet below the top of the dam, being controlled during high water by 12 sluiceways which can be opened to 12 feet below the natural river level, giving a passway of about 2,000 square feet. These sluices are closed by means of 12 x 12 inch squared timbers in grooves, operated by a travelling winch running on a track over the top of the dam. From dam to powerhouse the water first passes through a 225-foot open rock cut from which it enters i Si 664 THE MINING RECORD. a tunnel driven through 410 feet of solid rock, passing under the track of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and then into another open rock cut 500 feet in length, at the end of which the bulkheads and controlling gates are located. These cuts and tunnels, representing an ■excavation of about 35,000 cubic yards of rock, are of dimensions liberal enough to avoid any appreciable loss of head, delivering the water with a head almost equal to that at the dam level. From the gates the water is conveyed through a wooden pipe, 7 feet in diameter, for about 1,400 feet, this pipe is constructed of Oregon fir, tongued and grooved, staves 2 3-4x7 inches cut in circular segments and machined to the radius of the pipe. The staves are hooped at 12-inch intervals, with three-quarter inch round steel bands, with cast iron connecting shoe for clamping. Provisions haye been made at the bulkhead and in the width of the cut shown in Fig. 1., for the installation of a similar and additional pipe. of the power house, three 4-foot pipes and one 2-foot pipe are taken off below the floor level of the power house to supply three 36-inch turbines for generators and two 12-inch turbines for exciters. Fig. 2 is a general view Of the powerhouse showing the stand pipe at the junction of the stave and steel pipes. This stand. pipe relieves the pipe line from excessive water-ram strains, and incidentally voids any air taken into the pipes. About 10,000 cubic yards of rock were removed for the site of the power house, in a natural bay at the foot of the falls. This building is of substantial fire-proof construction, 150x50 feet, with stone foundation 22 feet deep on the lower side, and brickjvalls 30 feet above floor level, the height of peak to roof being 45 feet. It has been designed with a view to lengthening it when required. Fig. 3 shows the interior of the power house, and the generating plant. The three generators are standard Westinghouse, three-phase, two-bearing, direct- coupled, 2,200 volt, 750 k.w.. at 80 per cent, power factor, or 940 k.w. at 100 per cent, power factor, 60 cycles per second, 300 r.p.m. The two exciters, each From the stave pipe the water is carried through 250 feet of circular steel pipe, 7 feet in diameter, resting on concrete piers and anchored into solid rock to avoid end thrust. Where this pipe passes alongside capable of exciting all three generators at one time, are 45 k.w., 120 volt, shunt wound dynamos, self-contained, two-bearing type, direct coupled to independent turbines, with 500 r.p.m. The turbines are H. Morgan Smith wheels made at York, Pa., and the governors the Echer Wies make from Switzerland. Fig 4. shows the transformers, nine in all, three in each bank, which are standard Westinghouse, self- cooling, oil-insulated type, having a capacity of 250 k.w. at 80 per cent, power factor, or 312 1-2 k.w. at 100 per cent, power factor, "Star" connection, and wound for a ratio of 2,000 to 20,000 volts, on both high and low tension windings, with full load efficiency of 97.6 per cent. As the taps are brought out near the neutral point, which is grounded, it is impossible to maintain a dangerous voltage in the auxiliary circuit. The current from the high tension side of the transformers is carried to a row of high tension fused circuit-breakers, situated alongside of the building behind the main switchboard, as shown in Fig 4. These switches are of the well-known Westinghouse type, THE MINING RECORD. 665 placed on independent marble slabs, with marble barriers between. The current leaving these switches enters a high tension bus and is carried to the line .•switches at the rear of the building. These line switches are grouped, switches opening all three wires •at the same time.- Each switch is furnished with a time limit tripping device, and reversed current tripping coils, so that overloads can be carried for a period of from one to ten seconds, as the local conditions call for, or either line can be cut out automatically in case •of trouble. The switchboard for the low pressure side, Fig. 5, consists of seven panels of blue Vermont marble, one panel for each generator, one for the two exciters, and a feeder panel for each group of transformers. The six lightning arresters, located just above the switches in the gable of the roof, are the "low equivalent style of the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., giving protection against lightning discharges for transmission at 20,000 volts. A right of way 132 feet wide is cleared, and transmission lines erected from Cascade via Grand Forks at Phcenix, a distance slightly over 21 miles. The high tension circuit consists of two separate three-phase transmission lines, each carrying three No. 2) B. & S copper wires, with room on each line for another circuit. Throughout it is one of the most substantial and well constructed lines in the Dominion. The poles are heavy cedar, and on tangents are spaced not over 100 feet apart, on curves at less distances, in some cases as low as «;o feet. No angles are turned, but all changes in direction of line made with easy curves. No side or head guys have been used except at extra heavy spans across rivers, etc. The work on this line, as well as all construction of the plant, is a decided credit to the company's local engineer, Mr. Wm. Anderson, who has designed and executed the work. "A three-mile feeder is taken off at Grand Forks, twelve miles from Cascade, to the Granby Smelter of the Granby Mining and Smelting Co., where current is used for driving Westinghouse induction motors of sizes ranging from three to seven hundred horsepower, and of an aggregate capacity of 2,400 horsepower. Fig. 6 is a view of the sub-division at Phcenix, located at an altitude of about 3,500 feet above the power house. The building is of brick, with one end left for future extension, and contains the transformers, line switches, fused circuit breakers, switchboards, etc., substantially duplicating those at the power house. Fig. 7 shows the interior of this sub-station, which, which, for the immediate present, will be called upon to supply current for two 700 h-p. Westinghouse, type "C" motors for driving two large compressors, a 100 h.-p. motor for stone crusher, and a 150 h.-p. motor for hoist, as well as furnishing the current for lighting the town of Pncenix. The Cascade Water, Power and Light Co. estimates that it will have a supply, at low water, for about 6,200 h.-p. This will enable the doubling of the present output. All the plans were made and carried out with the view of extending the plant to its full capacity, and from present indications it would seem that the company will have a demand for all the power it can furnish. A MODERN COARSE CONCENTRATING PLANT FOR SILVER-LEAD ORE.* (By Ernest R. Woakes.) OF late years' there have been so many improvements made in the machinery used for crushing and concentrating and in the design of plants for this purpose, that a short description of an up-to-date concentrator of a quite simple construction cannot fail to be of interests to the members of the institution. Regarding first the -improvements that- have been made in the crushing machinery, we find these to be confined almost entirely to the rolls, for although the rotary rock-breakers of the Gates type are undoubtedly better for large plants, the old Blake crusher is hard to beat. When we come to the improvements in concentrating machinery we find these are confined to the various devices for concentrating the fine products of the mill, the old buddle, both stationary and revolving, having been quite superseded by the modern tables and vanners, whilst the old concentrating machine par excellence, the jig, still holds its own, though many have tried to improve it to death. *A paper read before Metallurgy. the Institution of Mining and 666 THE MINING RECORD. ml The improvements in the design of the mills are no less marked than those in the machinery, and have mostly been made with the view of obviating the handling and re-handling the various products by hand; indeed the contrast in this respect between a ioo-ton concentrator, such as is to be described in this paper, ana a similar plant of twenty years ago is most marked. In the former three men alone look after the various machines, and ioo tons of concentrating ore is crushed and concentrated and the concentrates delivered by gravity into the concentrate bins below the mill in each shift of twelve hours without a pound of ore being touched by hand; indeed, it is not necessary to have a shovel or barrow in the mill. In the old mills, or dressing floors as they were appropriately called, the plant was spread out over acres of ground and a regiment of men, women and children were kept busy with hoes, shovels and barrows, whilst miniature mountains of heads, middlings and tailings were piled up in all directions. The following amusing incident occurred some years ago on the dressing floors of a silver- lead mine in South America. The manager noticed that the piles of middlings were accumulating on the buddle floor and remonstrated with the Welsh fore- concentrator of such proportions was required as would treat a large amount of ore at the lowest possible cost. In fact, the concentrator should be a complete unit and such that each machine, or component part of that unit, should be so proportioned that the whole would treat the largest amount of material, whilst saving as large a percentage as possible of lead, at the lowest possible cost. The concentrator was to be to concentrators what a properly designed forty-stamp mill is to stamp mills, namely, the most economical working unit of its class. The success or failure of a concentrator depends to a very large extent on this vital factor of proportion, it is so extremely difficult to say beforehand exactly how such and such an ore will crush, size, concentrate or slime, that it is by no means easy to arrive at all the proportions in the original design. It is of extreme importance that the coarse rolls should only crush the man; the ore was coming pretty rich at the time and the foreman did his best with the appliances available, but still the middling piles increased in size. Then the manager began to use more forcible language and said some means must be found to work off the pile and prevent the useless locking up of capital. The next time the manager came round he had nothing but smiles and good words for the foreman as there was no sign of the pile left. The foreman explained that he had found an improved method of working, and there would be no more piles of middlings in future to worry the manager. The simple man had just shovelled them into the tailings launder, and they had gone down the creek where they would be a cause of no more irritation to anyone. The Highland concentrator was designed and built to treat the ore from the Highland mine owned by the Highland (Kootenay, British Columbia,) Mining Company, Limited. The problem to be solved was a comparatively simple one, the character of the ore being such that practically all the silver values were carried by the galena; the pyrites, pyrrhotite and zinc blende carrying very small values. The ore was low grade in silver, carrying about one-half ounce silver to the unit of lead. It was evident therefore, that a ore just to the size that the first or bull jig will save as much as possible of the coarsest and generally richest ore before it has been unduly broken up and slimed. In many cases, where the character of the ore to be treated is such that little regrinding is necessary, or that the galena separates itself easily from the gangue, an oversize jig, of ample dimensions, taking the product direct from the coarse rolls and making tailings of a lot of partially crushed and worthless material, will be found to greatly.increase the efficiency and capacity of a concentrator. These conditions do not exist in the ore from the Highland mine where the gangue consists largely of quartz. Only one elevator is needed, if the contour of the ground at the mill site approaches at all nearly to that shown in accompanying drawings (see Fig 2). The whole plant or unit should, if possible, be so designed that only one elevator is necessary, and that one must be of very ample dimensions, the arrangement of the coarse trommel below the coarse rolls, to be subsequently described, is of the greatest assistance in this respect. Each concentrating machine, from the coarsest to the finest, must have its own sizer; each sizer, whether it be revolving, trommel, hydraulic sizer or settling tank, must be proportioned to the machine it is going to feed, and THE MINING RECORD. 667 the proof that this proportion is true will be seen if the tailings from the machine are so poor that they can be run directly to tailings spout; that is to say, every machine in such a mill as is being described, with the possible exception of the coarse jig, must make, tailings. Of course the writer is perfectly aware that there are cases where the silver values are carried in other minerals than the galena, where tailings require re-grinding and re-treating, but such cases are rarer than would be imagined if the proportions of the subunits of the concentrator be right. In the cases where the silver values are chiefly carried by minerals whose specific gravity differs so slightly from those minerals that are desired to be separated out, it would seem to be courting disappointment to attempt a concentration by water. done. This plan, moreover, entails the lower boot of the elevator being in an inaccessible situation and practically under water. A properly designed and proportioned elevator can be run at a higher speed, and consequently have a greater capacity with less wear and tear, than one that does not possess these merits. By referring to the plan (Fig. i) and elevation (Fig. 2), the general design of the Highland concentrator will be clearly understood. The cross section (Fig. 3) shows the arrangement of the concentrate bins on the ground floor of the mill, into which all the products of concentration drain by gravity and are then run by gravity into cars which are pushed by hand over a platform weighing machine on to a self-acting inclined tramway, which transports them directly on to a wharf, where they are automatically dumped into a barge on the lake. The photograph showing the external view of the concentrator is taken from the wharf. The ore is brought down from the mine over an aerial rope tramway, on the Hallidie system, a distance of 4,700 feet. At the upper terminal are separate ore bins for concentrating and clean ore; the breaks and automatic loader are worked by one man at that end. At the lower terminal, directlv over the mill, as shown Fig. 2—Side elevation. i a -u b 1 a_n g i-j liAU ..iffisx: iTW The capacity of a concentrator is not to be gauged by the capacity of its crushing plant, but by the amount of concentrates and tailings it makes. The writer has seen some beautiful looking concentrators, full of high speed rolls and elevators, all crushing and elevating to their utmost capacity, but in reality being little more than complicated circulating machines. The flow sheet of these mills, if ever such sheets were prepared, would be most interesting. Light and cleanliness are co-existent, both are necessary for successful concentration; the practice of putting the crushing rolls at the bottom of what is to all intents and purposes a -dark and dirty cellar is neither good engineering practice nor at all necessary in the design of a concentrating mill, yet in most cases it is in the elevation, is an automatic dumping and self- righting- device, by means of which the tram buckets are dumped as they come over the ore bin and right again before starting on the return journey to the mine. The ore bins below the lower terminal are so arranged that concentrating ore is dumped before the buckets pass around the lower tail sheave of the tramway, and clean ore is dumped into a separate bin after the buckets have passed this sheave. When clean ore is being shipped over the tramway, it requires a man at lower terminal to attend to the dumping and righting of the buckets. The clean ore pisses directly through an ore chute to a lower ore bin on ground floor of mill, from whence it can be handled by same cars and arrange- 668 THE MINING RECORD. ments as are used for shipping the concentrates. From the upper ore bin the concentrating-ore passes over an inclined grizzly directly into a 3 D Gates crusher which discharges the crushed ore on to an 18-inch travelling belt conveyor, which delivers it into a second storage bin immediately above the coarse rolls. Up to this stage the capacity of the plant is double that of the complete mill, the object being to run the tramway crusher'and conveyor, during day time only, thus two men operating this part of the plant are only required to work one shift. If it is necessary to sort out clean ore on the belt conveyor, an extra hand is required during the day shift, any ore so sorted is dropped directly into a chute that delivers it into the clean ore bin in basement. It is seldom, however, that it is desirable to sort out clean ore in the mill; this is done in the stopes in the mine. The automatic feeder for the coarse rolls is an important item. The most satisfactory feeder is of very ps^^^^^w^ Fig. 3—Cross section. simple construction, and is shown in Fig. 2. It is a sheet steel trough made a little narrower than width of rolls and inclined slightly down to them, and arranged to work something like a bumping table, the backward motion being given to it by a revolving cam, a spring performing the forward motion and causing the bump against an adjustable stop. By means of this feeder a continuous stream of ore 3 to 4 inches thick, if desired, can be fed uniformly over the whole width of the rolls. The feed sample, to be afterwards de scribed, can conveniently be taken from the stream of ore as it drops into the rolls. Rolls.—These are, no doubt, the most important item of the crushing plant, and the efficacy, of the whole depends on their performance. It is, therefore, necessary that they should be of the very best design procurable. It is also desirable that the rolls should be all of uniform pattern, so that spare parts of all rolls in the same mill are interchangeable. The fine roll shells, with their arbors, can be transferred bodily to the coarse rolls and there worn out, after they are too much worn for the efficient fine crushing, the new shells generally "being put in at the fine end of the process. The writer has not liad the opportunity of seeing the Argall roll, lately described by the inventor in a paper read before this institution, but the high grade rolls of the Gates Iron Works, Chicago, embody most of the essentials in a first class roll. The plant at the Highland mill consists of three sets of these machines, 26x15 inches. The coarse rolls are arranged to run at eighty-five revolutions per minute, the medium at . ninety-five revolutions, and the fine at 105 revolutions. The speeds for the coarse and medium rolls are slightly higher than those advocated for dry crushing by Mr. Philip Argall in the valuable paper above referred to. From his arguments I gather that speeds should be the same for both dry and wet crushing for rolls of same size, working under similar conditions as regards size of feed and crushed product; it would be interesting to know if this is really Mr. Argall's opinion. I was glad to see that Mr. Argall has shown so clearly the absurdity of the craze for high speed rolls for ordinary crushing; no doubt a great deal of the trouble so frequently experienced with rolls is due to the excessive speeds at which it is attempted to run them. The coarse rolls and automatic feeder are set up about three feet above the level of the jig floor, immediately to one side of the elevator. The medium and fine rolls are set up in a similar way, one on either side of the elevator boot on the ground floor of the mill; the latter cannot be seen in the elevation (Fig. 2) ; it is eclipsed by the medium rolls. There are four twelve- light windows on either side of the building opposite to these rolls. Immediately below the coarse rolls is a revolving screen thirty-six inches in diameter by forty inches long punched with seven-eights-inch holes; the product from coarse rolls passes through this screen, the oversize going directly to medium rolls and screened stuff to elevator. The advantages of this preliminary screening are considerable, nothing that will not pass the screen goes to the elevator, and any flat pieces of rock that get through the coarse rolls pass on to the medium rolls and are there reduced in size before being elevated to the main trommels. This entails a large saving in wear and tear of elevator. The coarse screen also sizes for the coarse jig, which is a single two-compartment Hartz jig, with eccentric adjustable to a four-inch throw, the screening area of each compartment is 34x22 inches, the actual dimensions of screens being 36x24 inches. The tailings from this jig are generally run directly to tailings spout, but if the feed is particularly good they are returned1 to medium rolls, as indicated by dotted line on flow sheet. THE MINING RECORD. 669 The elevator is 48.5 feet between centres of upper and lower pulleys, and it is believed that this heijht should .only be exceeded by a very few feet if the best work is to be got out of an elevator. The head pulley is forty-eight inches in diameter and tail pulley thirty- six inches m diameter. The belt is a fourteen-inch by eight;ply "leviathan" canvas belt. -The buckets are spaced seventeen inches apart and are of No. 10 steel 12x6 inches. The elevator has a geared drive, and runs at a speed of 350 feet per minute. It worked very satisfactorily frjo the start and has shown a minimum of wear and tear.. The revolving sizing screens, or trommels, consist of four, all of ample dimensions; they are clearly round punched steel and 16-mesh slot punched steel. They each deliver their sized product to their respective jigs. The fine product passes from the trommels into a set of four hydraulic classifiers, modifications of the Lake Superior trough type of classifier. The series consist of a double V trough divided into hopper shaped sections of increasing area. The pulp flows through the inner trough, passing over the-divisions from one section to the next. Clean water, under slight pressure, is admitted into the space between the two troughs near the top of each section. There is an opening in the bottom of the inner trough; in the centre of each section which communicates with this space and opposite to the opening a piece of 1 1-2 inch pipe passes through the outer trough through which the heavier material is drawn off, passing in its course the upward current -of clean water. The fines from the shown in the plan and elevation of the mill. They are coupled up in sets of two which are separately driven by a geared drive. The driven screen drives the one above it by means of spurred gearing and not by sprocket wheel and chain. They are all thirty-six inches diameter, and housed in by large tongued and grooved wooden housings. The first trommel is eighty-inches long, made in four sections, the first two of which have one-half inch punched holes and the second two 11-16 inch holes; the oversize from this trommel goes straight to the coarse jig"; it having been already sized in the manner previously described. The material that passes through the 11-16 inch section goes to a two-compartment Hartz jig, similar to the coarse jig. The remaining three trommels are each seventy-two inches long and are covered respectively with one-quarter inch round punched steel—3 m.m hydraulic classifiers then pass into two pointed settling- boxes, the first being 6x3x3 feet/ divided into three compartments respectively; 18 inches, 24 inches and 30. inches long, the last settling box being eight feet square at top and five feet deep. In the former the current is arrested by partitions and "diving" boards, the coarser products being drawn off in the 18-inch compartment and the finer in successive stages in the- larger ones. The opening in the bottom of each pointed box through which the sized pulp is delivered to its. concentrating machine is connected with a goose-neck or inverted syphon, which controls to a certain extent the amount of water that is delivered with the pulp. The water and fine slime overflows from the last large settling tank and goes to the tailings, whilst the fine settled product is taken off from the bottom by four goose-necks and delivered to the last of the series of 670 THE MINING RECORD. 1 Ih Wilfley tables. Wilfley tables are selected for the concentration of the fine products of the mill, the writer's experience being that they are the simplest and best machines for this class of work at present on the market. There was no difficulty in adjusting them so that each machine made a clean product of the six different sizes with which they were severally fed. We must now return to the jigs which take care of the products from-the trommels. Besides the two coarse or bull jigs already referred to, there are three three-compartment and two four-compartment single Hartz jigs, with room on the jig floor for two more of the latter if found necessary. The jigs are all of the simple pattern above described, which is believed to be the best, but of very ample capacity ,the screens in each compartment being 36x24 inches. The fine jigs only deliver their product through the screens into the hutches. The jig frames and hutches were all constructed on the spot. The eccentrics are adjustable from one inch to three inch throw, and the concentrates from each pass by gravity into the concentrate bins below the jig floor. By referring to the flow sheet, shown in Fig. 4, the course or flow of the material from start to finish can be readily seen. Owing to the variations in the quality of the feed coming into the mill, it is impossible and undesirable to draw hard and fast lines for the flow of the material from the third and fourth compartments of the jigs. The jig attendant must watch and adjust the height of discharge of the compartments of each jig, so that whilst the feed is good enough some of the jigs will be making practically no tailings. It will be found to be the case with most ores that the galena favours a particular size when crushed; in the case being described, the first three-compartment jig taking the oversize product from the one-quarter inch trommel generally made the most concentrates. The coarse product from the two first hydraulic classifiers goes to the two four-compartment jigs, whilst the two remaining classifiers feed one each of the first two Wilfley tables, the third, fourth and fifth Wilfleys being fed respectively by the three compartments of the first pointed settling box, the sixth Wilfley taking the fine product of the last one. The mill thus produces thirteen distinct sizes of concentrates. ■ The mill is operated entirely by water power. A four-foot Pelton wheel, with deflecting nozzle, is placed on the top floor, about on a level with top of elevator; this wheel runs under a head of 450 feet, and the power water from it is caught in a tank and used for concentration purposes. This arrangement is the best to adopt wherever possible, as the slight loss of head entailed is more than gained by the ample supply of water available for the feeds to the various machines in seasons when the water supply is short. A special feed water pipe is taken from this tank for the Wilfley tables. A six-inch main is taken off the pipe line to the large Pelton wheel and branches from it supply a 2-foot Pelton motor to operate the Wilfley tables, and a 12-inch.motor to run the dynamo which supplies a 220-volt current for lighting the mill and offices and bunk houses, etc., at the mine. A fire hose service is provided on each floor from this six-inch main. All the floors of the mill are heated by steam generaetd by a 10-h.p. boiler and placed in the basement. The crushing and concentrating machinery, shaftings, pulleys and belting, with the exception of the Wilfley tables, were supplied by the Gates Iron Works, Chicago. The Pelton motors and gearing were supplied by the Pelton Water Wheel Company, San Francisco, and the Wilfley tables by the Mine and Smelter Supply Company, Denver, Colorado. The electric light was supplied and fitted by the Kootenay Electric Supply and Construction Company, Nelson, British Columbia. The erection of building and installation of machinery was done by the Highland Mining Company, under the superintendence of their foreman, Mr. J. A. Kelly. The contour of the mill site and character of the bed-rock were such that no masonry was necessary. Lumber was cheap and was not spared in the construction of the building; 290,400 feet of lumber and 118 twelve-light windows were used. The roof is of corrugated iron. By setting back the top ore bin and Gates crusher and using the conveyor belt to bring the ore forward to the storage bins, it was possible to set the whole of the upper works on a solid rock foundation, and at the same time reduce the height of the building. The sides of the mill are covered with two thicknesses of one-inch dressed boards, with building paper between. The main driving belts are "Leviathan" canvas brand, and the shaft bearings are ball- and-socket type, with compression grease cups. The cross section of the mill (Fig. 3) shows the construction of the concentrate ore bins and the inclina- tition of the floors towards the centre, where there is a launder arranged to drain everything back into the elevator boot. Regarding the construction of these concentrate bins, it is necessary that great care be exercised in making them water-tight. The plan followed in this plant was to line them with double two- inch tongued and grooved plank. A water-tight discharge door is made of wood, secured by wedges on the outside of the bins; outside this again is an ordinary ore bin gate, lifted by a rack and pinion. This latter is merely to regulate the discharge of the concentrates into the cars after the water-tight door has been removed. No difficulty was experienced in running the concentrates out of these bins. The bins for Wilfley concentrates are of different construction; the concentrates in them require to be shovelled into the cars. The discharge from the Wilfleys being at a lower level, the bins are made flat-bottomed, as shown on right- hand side of cross-section (Fig. 3). The arrangement of the spouts or launders for carrying the crushed and sized ore to the various machines is indicated in this figure, and also in the photograph of Wilfley floor. These spouts should be as short as possible; the wear in them is great. Wherever a spout turns an angle, a box is provided; this prevents undue wear and the trouble from overflows. All the spouts carrying material coarser than 16-mesh should be lined with sheet ■ iron not less than one-quarter inch thick.' If there is an iron foundry in the district it will be found to be of very great saving, both in cost of material and time wasted in making repairs, to have these spouts lined .with chilled cast iron plates one-half inch thick. In THE MINING RECORD. 671 this case the spouts should be made of uniform section, so that only two sizes of liners to be required, i.e., liners for bottom and narrower ones for the sides. The side elevation of the mill (Pig. 2) will serve to show the general arrangement of the plant and especially the trommels, hydraulic classifiers and pointed boxes. The lower floor,, under the Wilfley floor, is used as a workshop, and for settling tanks for the overflow water from the concentrate bins. There is also room there for three more Wilfley tables (shown dotted in Fig. 2) to take the tailings each from a pair of Wilfleys on the floor overhead, an arrangement which should have all the adavntages of double deck concentrators without some of their disadvantages. Work was started grading out the mill site towards the end of August, 1900. The carpenters started framing the timbers on September 15th. The mill was completed and in operation on January 18, 1901, and no stoppages for structural alterations have been made. The skilled labour employed was first class and highly paid. The total cost of the plant complete was as follows:— Machinery and hardware $16,693-05 Freight and duty on above . . . . 4,126 98 Lumber 3*590 66 Wages and salaries I]7555 07 $35,965 76 Capacity of Plant and Cost of Operation.—The contractors for the machinery were required to guarantee that it would crush a minimum of 100 tons per twenty- four hours. After erection it was found that the capacity of the plant was nearly double that amount, and as it stands may safely be said to be capable of treating 180 tons per day of twenty-four hours. The addition of two extra jigs and the three Wilfleys above referred to would bring the capacity up to 200 tons. Under the above circumstances it has never been necessary to run the mill continuous twenty-four hour shifts. The capacity of the mine at the time is about 3,000 tons per month, which amount can be treated during the one shift. Working under these conditions it is necessary to have a night watchman, who also attends to the running of the electric light plant. The concentrator requires three men besides the foreman and a blacksmith; the latter assists in running the concentrates out of the mill to the barge. The cost per ton of ore crushed on the above basis comes out at a fraction over 29 cents. This includes cost of stores and materials used, and of placing the concentrates produced on the barge ready for shipment to the smelter. It is evident, therefore, that by running the plant to its full capacity this cost would be very materially reduced, only two more men being required to treat 6,000 tons per month. Under these conditions the cost per ton would be reduced to probably less than 16 cents per ton. Very careful tests were made of the efficiency of the mill as a concentrator. Samples were taken of the feed going into the coarse rolls every quarter of an hour, and the bulk sample so obtained was assayed daily for a period extending over several months. A similar sam ple was taken of the tailings going out of the mill, and this latter was checked by the tailing sample taken from each machine. All the assays for lead were done by wet method. The above results, taken in conjunction with the actual amount of lead and silver contained in the concentrates produced, would give approximately the percentage of extraction obtained by the mill. By these means it was found that 81.5 per cent, of the lead was saved, whilst the average tailings assay for silver was 0.6 ounce per ton. These results may be taken as showing good concentration. It is not claimed that the above method of sampling is by any means perfect; in fact it is impossible to get an accurate feed sample of a mill without an elaborate system of mechanical sampling and re-crushing, which is obviously out of the question in a silver-lead concentrator. There are many simple mechanical devices which will take fairly accurate samples of tailings, that known as Lamb's automatic being one of the most satisfactory. It is manufactured by the Allis-Chalmers Company. It is not safe nowadays to talk, or even write, about concentration without mentioning the oil process. I do not think the sponsors of that process claim that it is preferable to water for coarse silver-lead concentration. I am, however, inclined to believe, from the rough experiments made at the Highland concentrator, that with many ores there would be a very considerable saving effected by treating the tailings from fine jigs and Wilfleys or vanners by the oil process. I note that it is claimed that the process is quite clean. I can only say that our experiments were decidedly dirty. I wish to acknowledge my indebtedness to Mr. Norman Carmichael, my assistant, for the very careful manner in which he has prepared the drawings to illustrate this paper. THE SILVER-LEAD QUESTION. THE following important speech bearing on this subject was delivered by Mr. W. A. Galliher, the member for Yale and Cariboo, in the House of Commons, Ottawa, in the course of the debate on the budget: Mr. Galliher said: I wish to join the speakers who have preceded me on this side of the House in congratulating the hon. Minister of Finance and his colleagues upon the splendid showing detailed in the budget speech so ably delivered by that hon. gentleman, a showing which, I believe, has never been equalled in the history of Canada. It must be a source of gratification to every Canadian to know that his country is in such a prosperous conditions as it is, to know that our finances are being ably administered by the Finance Minister and that those finances are in a healthy condition. I know that hon. gentlemen on the other side of the House are wont to attribute much of the prosperity Canada is enjoying at the present time to a benificent Providence. We on this side of the House equally recognize that Providence has been kind to Canada. But whole we recognize this, we claim, and I think we justly claim, that Canada should feel herself fortunate in having an administration at 672 THE MINING RECORD. the helm capable of turning these beneficent gifts of Providence to good account. Now, I listened with considerable pleasure to the speech of the Finance Minister. I followed him closely • throughout his speech, and I may say I listened to it with considerable pride. However, there was one thing that I did' not like. It seems there is no cup so replete with sweetness that some person may not find therein a little bitterness. The sweetness lasted, so far as the people I represent are concerned, pretty nearly until the end of the minister's speech. The little bitterness that crept in came when the minister dealt with the question of adjusting the tariff on lead products. We were told that the Government could not see their way clear to grant the request that had been made,to them by the silver-lead miners of British' Columbia. Now I may say that in British Columbia the people have always been an uncomplaining people. I have lived there myself for the past seven years, and before that I had lived for some fifteen years in the city of Winnipeg and west of that towards the Coast, and I am well acquainted with the western people. We have always paid taxes k> British Columbia by way of duty, either directly or indirectly, on every product that was brought into that country. - We pay a duty direct or indirect on all we consume, on all we wear, on all our mining machinery that is not manufactured in Canada, practically on all our mining supplies; and yet I do not think that this. Government or any other Government has ever heard any serious complaint from British Columbia on that score. But when the conditions of lead mining became such that it absolutely required assistance in some way, then the people of British Columbia came to this Parliament. Delegations waited upon the Government, and their representatives in Parliament have urged their cause. We hoped therefore that so far as lead was concerned there would be a readjustment of the tariff. Now let me contrast the duties on lead with the duties on other products which we have to buy in British Columbia. I think I am safe in saying that probably the duties will average nearly 30 per cent, on the articles that we consume and use in .daily life in British Columbia. In regard to lead, let me first take the article of pig lead. We find that on pig lead there is a duty of 15 per cent.; with the preference of 33 1-3 per cent, deducted from all lead sent from London, that duty amounts to 10 per cent. Now probably every member in the House knows what pig lead is, but as possibly some one may not, I will'explain that the lead ore is first smelted, and with the lead silver is frequently found. The smelted product of lead ore is called bullion. That bullion is then sent to the refinery where it is desilverized, and assumes the form of pig lead. Now note that the tariff of 15 per cent, is levied on lead which has reached that state; and as I said before, with the preference of only 10 per cent, as against London. Now we go further and take up the question of cortoded lead, or what is known as white lead. Now note the anomaly. On corroded lead, which is lead advanced a further stage, the duty is only 5 per cent. Taking that fact into consideration, it is no wonder that we have no lead corroding works in Canada. That duty of 5 per cent, would also have to be reduced by one-third in case the corroded lead came from England. Now what is our position to-day? Canada is consuming to-day of lead products in various forms, such as sheet lead, white lead, shot and corroded leads, something in the neighbourhood of $15,000 tons. This consumption is rapidly increasing from year to year, and in view of the great • immigration coming into- Canada at the present time it is certain to increase very rapidly in the near future. Therefore we should not be surprised to find that within a very few years Canada may be using 20,000 to 25,000 tons of lead in ail forms. We have in British Columbia, particularly in the district I represent—indeed I think I represent most all the silver-lead mining interests in Canada, certainly all those in British Columbia—we have there at the present time mines capable of producing 30,000 tons of lead, and even more. As I have already said, Canada is consuming at the present time some 15,000 tons. Now how much of that lead is produced in British Columbia? About 4,000 tons, or at the outside, 5,000 tons. You,may ask me how that happens. The reason is that we are thrown into competition with Mexican lead. As I have shown, we are protected by no existing duty that is of any practical benefit to the mine owner or the producer; certainly the existing duty is no benefit to the producer of lead as it stands to-day. Therefore we are thrown into competition with lead that is sent in from the United States, although not by any means produced in that country. But the United States have what is called a bonding privilege with Mexico, where there are* large lead mines and where a great quantity of lead is mined. That Mexican lead is sent into the United States in bond, is treated by United States manufacturers in bond, and then shipped out of the United States into* Canada. That lead is very cheaply produced. The cost of labour employed in producing that lead is only 50 cents a day. I understand the miners are paid 50- cents in the Mexican mines. Against that we have to pay our miners $3.50 a day. You can readily see- under these circumstances that we cannot possibly compete with the Mexican lead, unless some protection is afforded our miners in one way or another. If that lead is sent to London, or if Spattiish lead is sent to London and refined there, and then sent out to Canada, that cheap lead comes in here with this preference- deducted from the duty of 15 per cent, on pig lead and 5 per cent, on corroded lead. Now, I wish for a moment to contrast the conditions of the United States miner and the Canadian miner of lead. For that purpose, I will take one of the Western States, which has the greatest lead producing camp- in the world, the Cordellaines, in the State of Idaho,, which is some 200 or 300 miles, south of us. I select that because the conditions there are very similar to the conditions in British Columbia, where we are operating our mines. I find that in the United States at the present time the mine owner receives for his lead in ore $3.90 per hundred. In Canada I find that the mine owner receives for his lead in ore $1.90 per hun- THE MINING RECORD 673 dred. That is based upon this: We receive and are settled with on the basis of the London price. The price of lead on the London market varies from time to time, varies probably every day, or few days, a few points, but at the present time the London price is $2.90 per hundred pounds. The mine owner receives only $1.90, the other dollar being taken for freight, treatment and what are called marketing charges! So that, as contrasted with the mine owner in the United States who receives $3.90, the mine owner in Canada, 200 or 300 miles north of him, receives only $1.90. Now, taking dry lead in the New York market we find that at present the price is about $4.37 per hundred. In Montreal they buy pig lead (not the United States pig lead), and the price of pig lead in Montreal is $3.07 per hundred. I am quoting these figures to come to the point that I do not see why the charge to the Canadian consumer of mixed paints should be as much as the charge to the American consumer of mixed paints, and yet we find that such is the case. Pig lead in New York is worth $4.37 and in Montreal $3.07. Then we find that corroded lead in New York is worth $4.75 per hundred and in Montreal $3-75 per hundred, but when it comes down to mixed paints we find that they are quoted in both countries at about $6 per hundred. One thing is sure, that the mine owner does not get the benefit of that. Why when there is such a difference in the price of pig lead and the price of corroded lead in Montreal and in New York the price of mixed paints is the same, is something that is difficult to understand. When it is mixed in with the oil and becomes mixed paint we find that, although the American paint mixer has to pay much more for the corroded lead that -is used in the mixing of tne paint than does the paint mixer in Montreal, practically the consumer in the United States pays the same as the consumer in Canada. That is something the Government might look into. I wish to place before the Government and the House the importance of this lead industry in British Columbia, to show what it was when the conditions were favourable to mining operations there and to contrast the conditions then with the conditions to-day and with the conditions that have prevailed for some little time. These figures have been carefully compiled by men who made it their special business to arrive at the figures in order to be able to present them to the Government when they came here as accredited delegates from British Columbia. There has been invested in silver lead mines in that district over $20,- 000,000. That is the actual purchase price of the mines. It does not include any stock dealing or anything of that kind; it is the actual purchase price of the mines and money expended in developing these mines. In connection with that, there have been railway and steamship lines built, and they were built very largely for the purpose of conveying these ores, because there were practically no other industries in certain parts of the silver-lead mining district. There has been expended in that direction by the Great Northern Railway Company some $3,000,000. There has been expended by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company for a similar purpose some $10,000,000. In Slocan "district, which is entirely dependent on silver- lead mining, we find that in the various mining camps and small towns the assessed value of improved property amounts to about $1,700,000. The assessed value of the City of Nelson, outside of that amount, is placed at about $2,500,000. There has been invested in smelters for the reduction of these lead ores some $750,000 or $1,000,000, this investment being represented by the smelters at Pilot Bay, at the City of Nelson and at Trail. I will take the year 1900, because in that year the mines were working under favourable conditions and were working to their normal capacity. In that year while working to their normal capacity, these lead mines gave employment to 2,500 miners. This does not include men who might be employed in cutting trails or in cutting wood in connection with these mines, but actual miners, and the wages paid to these miners amounted to about $2,750,000 in that year. The value of the ores shipped from these mines in 1900 was about $5,000,000. These mines were supporting a population of some 20,000 people, I may say, almost absolutely dependent on the successful operations of the mines. Take the conditions two years later, and what do we find? We find that the value of the ores shipped from these mines had dropped from $5,000,000 to $1,154,000. AVe find that the population of 20,000 people that were being supported by these mines had dwindled to some 10,000 people, and that number to-day is greatly decreasing. We find that the 2,500 men who were employed in 1900, when conditions were favourable, are reduced to 500 men, and consequently, instead of having 2,500 men working in our silver-lead mines, as in 1900, we have 500 men. Instead of having ■ $2,750,000 expenditure in the shape of wages, we have now only about $500,- 000. You will readily see, Mr. Speaker, the great necessity there is for something being done to help this industry. It is an industry which is not only of great value to my district, but it is an industry which is of interest to all of British Columbia, to the " Northwest, Manitoba. aye and to Eastern Canada as well. If I were urging something that was only local in its character, I would not have such a strong case in coming to this House and to the Government to ask for assistance. But. Sir, this is an industry which concerns the whole of Canada, and in which all Canada has deep concern. Now, Sir, this falling off in the production. of the mines is not due in any sense to the fact that the mines have petered out. The silver-lead mines of the Slocan and of the East Kootenay are in a more advanced stage of development to-day than they have been in any period -in the history of lead mining in British Columbia. They have ore in great quantity, and the ore is just as valuable as ever it was. It has been suggested by some that the falling off might be attributed to exorbitant freight charges on railways and exorbitant treatment charges by the smelters, but I can assure the House that such is not the case. The mines are as productive as ever: the ore is there to be taken out, and the railways and smelters have made 674 THE MINING RECORD. cut after cut in their rates in order to try and keep that industry alive. There was a two-days' session in the City-of Nelson, last fall, where the representative's of the silver-lead mining industry met the smelter people and the railway people, and tnreshed the matter out. The representatives of the silver-lead mines in British Columbia satisfied themselves then, that they were receiving fair treatment both from the railway companies and from the smelters. In fact I am told that the rates charged were even better than the rates given to our neighbours across the line. It may be asked: What then is the cause of this slump in lead mining in British Columbia? Well, it is due to more causes than one. In the first place, a good deal of our lead carries silver with it, and the price of silver and lead in the markets of the world is low. The second reason is, that owing to the conditions that prevail we cannot get any appreciable amount of the Canadian market for the Canadian product of lead. We are thrown into competition with cheap Mexican and - Spanish lead which is foisted into Canada through the United States and through Great Britain. Another reason, and a very strong reason is, that during 1900 and prior to that for some years we were shipping our lead ores into the United States first, under the old Wilson tariff of three-quarters of a cent a pound, but afterwards the Dingley tariff raised the rate to one and a half cents a pound against us. When we had the American mar- ' ket for our products, our mines were going ahead, everything was prosperous with us, and we were able to carry on our works to their fullest capacity. But suddenly what is known as the American Smelting Trust was formed, and so soon as that trust came into existence all the smelters gave notice that at the expiration of the contracts which they then had with the mine owners of British Columbia, they would take no more Canadian ore. Therefore, the American market has been shut off to Canada by the action of that trust. Now when these conditions got to be practically unbearable, when it was seen that unless something was" done to relieve the lead miners, that industry would perish; We in the lead mining district, got together to devise some scheme which we could present to the Government for our relief. As the member for the district, I caused notices to be inserted last fall in the papers, asking that a meeting should be called at some stated place to discuss as to the best means of bringing about relief. That notice was heartily responded to and a meeting was called at Sandon, which is probably the centre of the lead mining district. That was a very representative meeting arid all the lead mines of any importance in British Columbia were represented. The managers, or engineers, or superintendents, as the case may be, met at Sandon, and after carefully discussing the question, action was taken. I may say, that the men who attended that meeting were men whose daily avocation is the operating of mines; men who should be, to my mind, in the best position to judge of what would grant the most relief to that industry in its depression. It was unanimously decided at the Sandon meeting that a delegation should be sent to Ottawa to present the facts to the Government, and to ask them to give us a duty on our lead that would be sufficient to place our miners—not exactly in the position of the American miners, because we felt that we could not get that—but at all events to place them in a position so that they would be able to work their mines to advantage. . A Member—What do you think a sufficient duty on lead would be? Mr. Galliher—What was asked was practically the Dingley tariff, which is two and one-eighth cents a pound on pig lead, and two and seven-eights cents a pound, I think, on corroded lead. A Member—Would that be adequate? Mr. Galliher—Yes, that would be adequate, but I have some hesitation in using the word adequate after the explanation of its meaning given by my hon. friend from Brant (Mr. Heyd). As I have said, that was the decision arrived at at that meeting. The Sandon meeting was afterwards followed by a meeting at the City of Nelson where these industries were again represented, and at the meeting in the City of Nelson the resolution, of the meeting held in Sandon was practically endorsed. That was followed up, as I said before, by a meeting between the mine owners and those representing the railway and smelting interests in order that the mine owners might be convinced that the railways and smelters were dealing fairly by them both in regard to railway rates and smelting charges. The meeting ended, by the mine owners being perfectly satisfied on these points. It was followed by a third and last meeting in the City of Sandon. where again all these interests were represented and the original resolution was re-endorsea. At that meeting certain delegates were appointed to come to Ottawa to interview the Government with regard to that resolution; and I may say that the men who composed that delegation were all practical men, men whose daily avocation was the operating of mines and the treatment of ores, men who understood the A B C of mining, and were capable of presenting the case to the Government in a proper light, and who did present that case to the Government in a much abler manner than I am presenting it to the House to-night. These delegates were assisted by Mr. Buchanan, who represented the federated Boards of Trade, a gentleman who probably has given more time to the question than any one else. So that our case was very strongly presented to the Government, and we hoped that the Government, if it could not see its way clear to go to the extent we asked in adjusting the duties, would at all events give us what we all claimed was our right, and what I claim to-night on the floor of this House is the right of our people—to have the tariff on our lead industries so adjusted that it should be placed upon a parity with the other industries of Canada. That, I claim, the people and the lead mining industry of British Columbia are entitled to. The Government have intimated, through the Finance Minister in his budget speech, that they do not see their way to interfere at all at this session of Parliament with the tariff respecting lead notwithstanding the great anomaly that exists. THE MINING RECORD. 675 I was pleased to see that the Government have asked for power, if certain conditions arose, to impose a duty on steel rails. I think that principle is right. The manufacture of steel rails is a new industry in Canada: it may become a very important industry; and when we have the raw material and the means of converting that raw material into the finished article, I believe in the principle of encouraging all new industries of that description. Such, I claim, is our position with regard to lead. When the present tariff was framed, we had no such industry as lead mining in Canada; tnerefore, lead was practically put on the free list. Now that we have demonstrated beyond a question the value and importance of the industry and the fact that it can more than supply the demands of Canada, surely we should be placed in a position at least to control our own markets instead of seeing the lead in the different forms in which it is used in Canada come from the cheap Mexican or Spanish article, while our mines of British Columbia are shut down. Now, I take it that the Government, in asking power to place a duty of $7 a ton on steel rails, have placed themselves on record as willing to assist a new industry under special conditions. There could not be a stronger special case made out than has been made out on behalf of our lead industry.- It is an exceptionally special case; but the hon. Minister of Finance stated, as the reason why he had practically differentiated between the steel rail industry and the lead industry, that to have afforded the relief asked for the lead industry would have necessitated interference with many other items in the tariff. That may be true; but let us see if that is a good reason. Having once placed themselves on record as adopting the principle of assisting a new industry under special circumstances and having applied it to a certain case, under special circumstances, I contend they should apply the same principle to the second case of special circumstances. The fact that the application of the principle to the second case may involve a little more trouble in working it out, does not, to my mind, affect the question. The point is, is the principle established ? If it is, they should apply it in all similar cases, even if one case involves a little more difficulty than another. In a country such as Canada is—a growing country, a country of great possibilities, a country where the conditions are changing with wonderful rapidity from year to year, and even in shorter periods—I think no government should lay down any hard and fast policy that must govern everything. I think there should be elasticity in the policy of every government. I think special circumstances should be dealt with specially, apart from any fixed principle or policy. If there is justice in the demand, justice should be done. It is all very well for an old country like England to adopt hard and fast rules of policy. It is different in Canada, where conditions are not settled, but where they are constantly changing, and those conditions should be met by any government in power, be it Liberal or Conservative. Taking into consideration the sums of money which have been invested in that industry in that country, considering the importance of that industry, not alone to British Columbia, but to the Northwest Territories as well, it seems to me to call for some energetic action on the part of the Government. There is no other industry, not even the mining of other precious metals which so effects the entire province as does the industry of silver-lead mining. Not only does the whole province feel the evil effects of the condiiton now prevailing, but those evil effects are also visited on the Northwest Territories. No doubt the Territories are prosperous at present, and I hope that they will long continue so. There is a large immigration pouring into them, but we must not lose sight of the fact that, right at their threshold in the Province of British Columbia do they find their natural market for their agricultural products. That Province furnishes a, very good market for the products of the farm and the ranch. We require large quantities of butter, cheese, hay, oats, cattle, hogs and various other products of the farm and the "ranch, and these we get from the Northwest Territories. Thus the Territories find in our province a remunerative market, and they are backing us up in our application. We have received endorsation from numerous boards of trade throughout the Territories and also from the boards of trade of the City of Winnipeg and other places in the province of Manitoba. Aye, Mr. Speaker, we have even received the support of the boards of trade in many parts of Ontario. So that we are not standing alone. We alone are not affected, but other provinces' share in our loss, and that surely ought to appeal to the favourable consideration of this Government. Seven years ago I found this silver mining district, which, a very few years before, had been a solitary wild, a business centre and hum of industry. The bustle of life and business was evident everywhere. Prospectors, miners, investors, business men were pouring in from all quarters, putting their capital into the country, either in mining or business ventures. Mining camps, villages, towns and ambitious cities were springing up with incredible rapidity. Times were good, everybody was prospering, and the people naturally looked to a continuance of this condition. All the indications pointed to that district as being a profitable one for the investment of capital, and the people invested largely. But if the present conditions of affairs is to continue, if there is to be no help for us, what does it mean? It means ruin to every one of those business men who invested their money there, and there are numerous towns in that silver- lead district in which vast sums have been invested. The mine owners may close down their mines and leave the country. But the merchant, the man who has his money invested in business, cannot do that.' There are bills to meet, and there are vast sums of money sunk in stores and buildings, which, if abandoned; will be irredeemably lost. It was suggested, however, by the hon. Minister of Finance— and that I confess is a ray of hope to me—that there would be some readjustment with regard to bounty and that a bounty would take the place of a duty. Well, I was pleased to hear that the hon. minister sa> so, and I hope that the bounty will Fe a liberal one. An adequate bounty would tide us over our difficulties for a time until the Government could see its wav clear 676 THE MINING RECORD. to give us at least a fair, proportionate and reasonable adjustment of duties, so that our lead products, at all events, would be on the same basis as other products of Canada. If the Government decides to grant us a bonus, I wish to point out that if it is to be of any practical value, it will have to be an adequate one. There are two things we should not lose sight of in this connnection. I wish you, Sir, to bear in mind that the Province of British Columbia contributes to the Dominion treasury more per capita than any other province and three times as much per capita as the average of the other provinces. I would also point out that it contributes in revenue to the coffers of this Dominion some $2,000,000 per annum more than is expended in that province. I do not mention this to say that it should be the policy of the Government to expend in any one province all the money paid into its treasury by that province. But I merely wish to show that in asking for a large -bonus, the Province of British Columbia is not drawing from the revenue or resources of any other province of the Dominion. Some two years ago there was an Act placed on the statutes providing for the payment of a bounty for refining lead. The purpose of this was to have our home product refined at home, that it might not be sent abroad to San Francisco or some other point, and freight charges and smelting charges paid upon it. That bounty ran for five years, and was $5 per ton for the first year, $4 per ton for the second year, $3 per ton for the third year, $2 per ton for the fourth year, and $1 per ton for the fifth year, but in no year might the bounty exceed $100,000. In order to gain the whole bounty the first year, it would have been necessary that 20,000 tons of lead should be mined in Canada. That bounty, so far, has cost very little to the country from the fact that the establishment of refineries cost considerable money. The only parties who took advantage of k was the Canadian Pacific Refining Company at Trail, a town near the silver-lead mining district. They have expended some $40,000 or $50,000 in a plant, and in an experiment in refining lead which was then tried for the first time outside a laboratory. The system experimented with has been demonstrated to be successful. It is known as the electrolytic system. The plant at the present time is capable only of turning out some 8,000 or 10,000 tons per annum. When the mining conditions again become normal in British Columbia, that plant will have to be largely increased. In view of the fact that the company have shown enterprise and have introduced this new system which is successful, and is in furtherance of science, and in view of the fact that probably only about $10,000 of the bonus for the year ending 30th June, has been earned, I would ask that the time be extended for one year, within which they may earn bounty at the rate of $5 per ton. Now, this bounty that already exists and the bounty that we propose asking must be treated separately. It will not answer the purpose of the producer of lead for us merely to have a modification in some way of the existing bounty paid to the refiner. What we will ask for, what we shall require in order that this industry may be stimulated by way of bounty, will be a bounty payable directly to the producer of the lead. Here is the man to whom, we claim, if we are to receive assistance, by way of a bounty, that bounty must be paid. Taking the average price of lead for the last twenty years, and taking our settlement at the London prices, it brings to the producer about $1.75 per hundred weight. By the closest and most careful figuring, the gentlemen who' have had the matter in hand have decided that it is impossible for the mine owners in that district, outside of a very few whose quota would be small, to operate their mines successfully for less than a return of $2.50 per hundred weight for their lead. So allowing for the price of $1.75, the bonus should be such as would give to the producer the difference between $1.75 and $2.50, or 75 cents per hundred weight, or $15 per ton. That is the bonus that will be asked. I may say that, since the speech of the Finance Minister was published throughout the country, I have received numerous telegrams, and resolutions from boards of trade both in. the Territories and throughout the entire Province of British Columbia, urging upon me that I should ask the Government to reconsider the question of the adjustment of duties, so far as lead- is concerned. I am only a young parliamentarian, and I do not know whether this can be done or not. I see no reason why not. At all events, I am going to ask that it be done, that the Minister of Finance reconsider the question in regard to the readjustment of the duties and the bonus to be given us. As to duties, I will only ask them to touch one item, this item of corroded lead. We are assured by two separate concerns that, if a duty of 30 per cent, is put on corroded lead, they are prepared to establish corroded works in the East here. If they do so—and they are responsible people—it means the establishment of a new industry in Canada, the exepediture of money in Canada, and the employment of labour in Canada; and it means the securing the white or corroded lead market for the Canadian producer of lead. It is something, I think ( worthy of consideration. And if it is possible or in accordance with the rules to reconsider that and bring it down by way of what we may term a supplementary budget, I would ask the Finance Mininster and the Gov- - ernment to do so. We in that country are placed in a position where, if adequate relief is not afforded us, either in one way or another, we can see the destruction of those erstwhile live businesslike towns that have sprung up in that country. We do not want that to occur. The people of my district are excited over the matter as it is now; and I urge in all earnestness upon the Government and, if the Government bring in any measure of relief I will urge in all earnestness upon the members of the House, to give this matter all due consideration. I hope I have made it clear enough that we are in dire need of assistance in one way or the other in regard to that great industry. We do not wish to see an industry of such magnitude perish; we do not wish to see our country supplied with the products of other countries while we have within our. own border an industry of this kind more than capable of supplying our wants. I care not how the Government reach it, so long as they reach it. THE MINING RECORD. 67' "FRENCH STEEL." TO THE EDITOR:—The article upon-"French X Steel" upon page 637 of the May number of your journal reminded me of an experience that came to me in the summer of 1901. An agent exhibited samples of a French air-hardening steel of very good quality to the iron workers in Eastern Pennsylvania. While the steel was being exhibited at the Scott foundry in Reading, Pa., a corner of the tool broke off and the superintendent of the works "accidentally" noted where the broken piece fell. When unobserved by the agent he picked it up and preserved it in a properly labelled envelope. Orders for the steel were placed with the agent and in the course of time the material ordered was delivered. If I mistake not the purchase price was in the neighbourhood of fifty cents per pound.. The new material failed to act like the tool exhibited, so samples taken from it and the piece of steel saved by the above mentioned superintendent were sent to the laboratory of the Carpenter Steel Company, Reading, Pa. The results of my analyses showed that the steel delivered was merely an ordinary high-grade" tool steel containing no "medicine" like chromium, nickel, molybdenum or tungsten, while the specimen tool was made from a high-grade molybdenum steel resembling in its properties the famous Taylor-White air-hardening steel. The fraud was at once exposed and the French dealers were the only losers by the transaction. This information may interest you and the unfortunates who have been victimized by the swindler. Respectfully, W. C. Ebaugh, Ph.D., Analytical and Consulting Chemist. Salt Lake City, Utah. THE INCOMPETENT MAN AND TECHNICAL SCHOOLS. TO THE EDITOR:—The conditions in this western country are such that a man can change his occupation at a moment's notice, there being a large demand for labour in any industry, and men offering their services without any previous experience. The result is that when the rush is over they are discharged, and they invariably drift from one industry to another. Then there is another class who have learned some trade, or profession, before coming to this province When they arrive here they find that there is no demand for their services in the trades, or professions, of their choice. What must these men do ? No doubt lar°e numbers join the ranks of unskilled labour; some obtain good positions; but the majority drift round from one industry to another and constitute the class of incompetent men. Now what effect has this upon the industries of the country? Having no previous experience or theoretical knowledge of the work they are doing, such men when placed in positions of responsibility or trust in our mines and factories, are a danger to the lives and property of others. An incompetent man in most cases must be a loss to his employers, no matter how cheap his labour, when skill is required. Let us look at the case from the workers' standpoint. The skilled artisan who has learned his trade and follows it as a means of livelihood, is brought into competition with the incompetent. Now, while there is a demand for labour, the competent workman receives the most pay for his services, but when the demand slackens he is compelled to accept the same wage as paid to the inefficient men. Employers in most cases use the inferior man as an excuse for reducing wages. Trade unions, in order to protect their members in some industries, have adopted a standard, or uniform, rate of wage, and, in some cases this has proved satisfactory to all concerned. It has promoted a spirit of brotherhood so that the strong help the weak. In Europe this is the keynote of trade unionism; but a standard or uniform wage in this country under'present conditions would be unfair to all concerned. Men who have spent time and money in learning a trade should be better paid than men who have had'little experience. Still some recognized rate should be maintained—some locally fixed standard—for when no- standard is recognized the conditions are generally unsatisfactory to both employers and employees. A better solution of the question is the arrangement of a minimum rate to be agreed upon by both parties at stated periods, say, every two years. While organized labour is seeking to improve the material conditions of members, it is their duty also to improve the mental faculties of the individual members as well. On the Other hand, it is the duty of employers of labour to see that the prdper facilities for improvement are provided. Surely educated workmen are to be preferred to careless and indifferent. Manufacturers complain that they cannot compete against Eastern and European firms on account of the high price of labour in this province. There is another factor that has not been taken into account, viz., that others countries have educated their artisans along industrial lines. What is needed in this country is that in every city, town, village and mining camp, technical schools should be open of an evening, so that every man may have a chance to improve himself in his craft. Not the trade school system as practised in the United States, but schools where men actually working at the trade of their choice may obtain that theoretical knowledge of their craft not to be obtained in the shop, factory or mine. The trouble is that most employers of labour are apt to look on their workmen as so many hands, to be worked so many hours per day, for a fixed wage, no thought being given to their material or mental development. The result is in some cases no more work is done on the part of the men than is absolutely required ; the work becomes to him a drudge. On the other hand let him be encouraged in his work, every possible means be placed in his way for his development, and while not solving the labour problem, it will promote 678 THE MINING RECORD a better feeling, and create good will between employers and their employees. J. W. Bolden, President Trades and Labour Council, Victoria, B. C. COMPANY MEETINGS AND REPORTS. THE YEEKA COPPER COMPANY. THE annual general meeting of the Yreka Copper Company took place in Tacoma on May 2nd. The business of the Company and prospects for the coming year were discussed. It was decided in order to harmonize all the interests of Pennsylvania, Washington and British Columbia stockholders to increase the directors from five to eleven. This was accordingly done. The election of officers resulted as follows: President, C. W. Riddell, Tacoma; Vice-President, C. L. Lynn, of Pennsylvania; Secretary, S. T. Lewis; Assistant Secretary, C. D. Atkins, and Treasurer, W. C. Spicer. An Executive Committee, comprising Messrs. C. M. Riddell, W. C. Spicer and C. D. Atkins, was appointed to manage the ordinary business affairs of the company. It is the intention to raise the necessary funds for the opening of the Superior group of claims which border on the Comstock. the property which is now being operated. It was pointed out that the Superior group, while somewhat more inaccessible than the Comstock, had always been considered the richer, and when once opened up, was expected to give better returns.' An aerial tramway will be put in and the property put on a shipping basis as soon as possible. THE PAYNE. At the annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Payne Mining Company, held in Montreal, the president Lieutenant-Colonel F. C. Henshaw, said:— "This year your Directors are pleased to be able to state .at last, tunnel No. 8 has reached the ore body, j "With the discovery of the ore in tunnel No. 8, and the opening of a market for our zinc, your Directors consider that the prospects of the mine are bright. "No time will be lost in proceeding with the development of the mine below tunnel No. 8, and it is the intention of Mr. Mathys, one of your Directors, to visit the mine shortly to discuss this matter with the manager, Mr. Garde." The financial statement for the year ending March 31st, 1903, was presented as follows: ASSETS. Mines, mineral claims and assets $2,610,744 32 Permanent equipment, buildings, machinery etc. . 54,846 72 Office furniture 450 97 Mine supplies & stores on hand as per inventory 3,330 06 Accounts receivable T7>301 08 Cash on hand $ 54 98 Traders' Bank, Spokane 495 00 549 98 $2,687,223 13 LIABILITIES. Capital stock $3,000,000 00 Less in treasury 400,000 00 $2,600,000 00 Accounts payable 10,566 15 Bank of Montreal 4,863 72 Profit and loss 71,79326 $2,687,223 13 Repairs to machinery, buildings, tramway, etc 16,496 45 " Tools and appliances, etc i>325 49 " Written off permanent equipment.. 5,917 64 " Montreal office expenses 2,139 93 " Interest and exchange 558 23 Directors' compensation 2,000 00 $156,466 00 " Balance 71,793 26 $228,259 26 By Balance brought forward $ 98,382 17 " Proceeds ore sales 127,23697 " Miscellaneous receipts 2,640 12 $228,259 26 PROFIT AND LOSS. To Cost of mining and developing... $76,793 43 " Freight and Treatment 31,621 34 " Concentrator expenses 17,808 78 " Ore tax 1,804 7* MINE REPORT. Mr. A. C. Garde, the mine manager, submitted the following report:— Development work during the past year has exclusively been carried oa in the three lower levels, No. 6, 7 and 8, all of -which are accessible through tunnels No. 5 and~3 compartment shaft, formerly described. The new hoist, air compressor, and power plant installed last year, rendered in every respect valuable services. The total number of feet advanced during twelve months, amounted to 1,263, of which 958 feet comprised tunnelling and drifting, 148 feet comprised sinking of winzes and 157 feet comprised upraising. Total, 1,263 feet. Level No. 6.—This level has been driven 245J4 feet ahead, and now measures 543^4 feet from station No. 6 to the face. By referring to last year's report and maps, it will be observed that this level came into ore during the early part of 1902, at a point marked "b" 75 feet from station, and that the ore was followed for 160 feet, where an upraise was started at "a" for the purpose of connecting with winze No. 2, which had previously been sunk on the vein to a depth of 60 feet from the floor of tunnel No. 5. Since this work was mentioned the above upraise has been finished and connected with winze No. 2. The ore shoot was proved all the way, thus blocking out on three sides, that section of ground designated on maps as "Block D" with boundaries at a, b, c, d and e. While timbers and chutes were put in for stoping purposes, the face of No. 6 level was driven 215 feet ahead, proving the ore to continue for additional 90 feet. The total length of ore-body exposed in level No. 6, is, therefore, 250 feet, showing an average width of two feet and representing the base of "Block D." The height of this block when measured on the dip, through winze No. 2, is 115 feet, with approximately the same average thickness of vein, while the top measurement along the footwall of tunnel No. 5, between winze No. 2 and the shaft, represents 180 feet, but here the showing of pay-ore is mainly in patcnes and not nearly as good as in No. 6. After driving through the above mentioned ore body in No. 6, development work was continued for 1235 feet, proving the vein, but not the values. A very hard quartz dike made its appearance, and it was decided to discontinue driving ahead for a while, and undertake sinking on the vein. This was done by starting a prospect winze, No. 1, at a point 120 feet from station No. 6, directly below "Block D," where the showing of ore was better than anywhere else on the level. Sinking here proved very satisfactory and the ore shoot was followed to a depth of 50 feet. By that time it was considered a better plan to put an upraise through from level No. 7 and make connection. This plan was carried out as described further on, under "Level No. 7." In reference to the quality of ore met with in level No. 6 and winze No. 1, I found it to be galena, disseminated with spathic iron (siderite) and zinc blende considerably above the 10 per cent, zinc limit allowed by the smelters. Although •f high grade, this ore, under present conditions, must be regarded as a concentrating ore, in which lenses of clean shipping ore are found. THE MINING RECORD. 679 Level No. 7.—This level was started in May, 1903, and driven ahead for a distance of 278 feet from station No. 7. ■a uCm WaS followed neal"ly from the start, showing a good width, but at the same time, low values, consisting mainly of sidente and a small percentage of zinc blende. It could reasonably have been expected that the ore body, which had shown up so well in level No. 6, and in winze No. I would have reached down to level No. 7, but when it did not do so, I concluded to start an upraise at a point directly under winze No. 1, 140 feet from station, for the purpose of connecting and at the same time exploring the intermediate ground. This proved a good plan, for within a few feet of the level two feet of good ore was struck, and followed all the way until wiaze No. I was reached and connection made. This distance represents no feet on the dip of vein. Two short raises have since been put through from No. 7, meeting the ore shoot as shown on maps, whereby a triangular section of ground has been blocked out and designated as "Block E." Tunnel No. 8.—The length of tunnel No. 8 from portal to present working faces, including all cross-cuts and drifts, is now I,754J4 feet. Of this distance 435 feet have been driven during the past year. Shortly after the freshet season in August, development work was resumed in the main tunnel in search of the vein. One hundred and thirty-six feet were driven towards southwest, through a hard silicious slate formation until a point directly under No. 7 level was reached. No features of encouragement showed up until at this place s. fault-fissure with an approximate strike of northwest and southeast, or nearly right angles to the main tunnel was intersected. This fissure, which afterwards led to the discovery of the vein, consisted of a single perpendicular wall, showing traces of severe movements. On this wall was bedded two inches of talc, followed by a considerable amount of water, flowing out of a narrow gash, which in some respects, reminded me of fault-fissures observed in upper levels, and caused me to believe that by following same in a southeasterly direction the vein would be recovered. A sharp turn was therefore made, as shown on maps, and for two months a cross-cut driven straight ahead alongside of the above mentioned faulting wall, until the main vein on February ist, this year, was suddenly encountered laterally within a distance of g&y feet from the turning point. As soon as the heavy flow of water, which was struck at the same time, had run out, drifting on the vein in both directions was started, and at the present time of writing, the east drift is 60, and the west drift 61 feet, from discovery point. In both drifts the vein has been followed all the way, for a total distance of 121 feet, without showing any sign of particular disturbance in the formation. I may add that it was rather unexpected to find the vein extending both ways, inasmuch as the main fault in all upper levels heretofore had been cutting the vein off towards the northeast, and therefore limited the ore within the ore zone towards southwest. I beg to call your special attention to this point, which I regard as an important feature. In reference to the vein I can say that it has the appearance •of a strong and well defined ledge with a strike of north 67 degrees east. It shows two distinct walls dipping 76 degrees from the vertical towards south, and has approximately the same dip as the vein in levels No. 6 and No. 7. It is an extension of the main vein, and proves the Payne mine to a depth of 900 feet below the apex. My impression is that we have entered the top of a new important ore shoot. The vein is wider and shows a higher grade of ore in the floor than in the roof of the drifts. In the drifts the vein is principally composed of concentrating ore of good grade and of similar physical character as in the ground above. Its average width is 2y feet, showing in several places swellings of the vein. The above particulars will furnish a general idea of the discovery. 2 ,. , Until more work is done I could hardly predict the tonnage -or the grade of ore that in time will be produced from the vein above or below No. 8 tunnel, and have, therefore, not included it under Ore Reserves further on, but it bids fair to say that ithe discovery of pay ore in the vein, after a three years search, is highly gratifying and of special importance as to future ore reserves and possibilities of the Payne mine. Proposed Development Work.—With the encouraging prospects of finding ore in lower levels it would be extremely desirable to consider the question of exploring the mine below tunnel No. 8. One commendable plan would be to continue tunnel No. 8 for about 300 feet towards west, until directly under the crest of Payne Mountain, and at this point to sink a central shaft, approximately 350 feet deep, from where three new levels, Nos. 9, 10 and 11, could be driven as indicated on map in dotted lines. The result would undoubtedly be the opening of new ore reserves within two years, at which time the present ore reserves probably would be exhausted. To accomplish this it would be necessary to install an electric hoist over the shaft, together with an adequate pumping plant, also driven by electric power. If this plan was adopted it would be necessary to increase the present power plant by installing a sub-power station at Carpenter Creek, where the company now holds water rights to the extent of 500 miner's inches. A plant of this kind could be conveniently operated in conjunction with the present power plant and pole line to the mine, as this feature was taken into consideration last year, when installing the present plant. Ore in Sight, Stope Fillings, Dumps, Etc.—From last year's report it will be observed that the estimated total tonnage of back fillings contained in old stopes at the mine, together with all dumps, etc., amounted to approximately 100,000 tons, which may be accepted as a correct figure. Of this tonnage one- third, or 33,000 tons, has been successfully concentrated in the mill during the past year, thereby leaving a reserve of 67,000 tons on hand. With the increased concentrating capacity, this can all be milled within the next twelve months, and will at the same ratio of concentration produce about 2,000 tons oj high-grade silver-lead concentrates, and 4,000 tons of 60 per cent, zinc blende. To this reserve can be added the estimated quantity of concentrating ore found in other parts of mine amounting to about 20,000 tons, which on account of being of a higher grade than the fillings will require about six months to concentrate. From the above it will be seen that a total reserve of 87,000 tons of concentrating material is available, also that under favourable conditions this can be concentrated during eighteen months of continuous operation. It is, however, more likely to cover a period of two years, especially if there should be more material on hand in old stopes and dumps than estimated. Recapitulation of Ore Reserves.—During the past two- months the London lead market has advanced approximately 25 per cent, over quotations for the balance of the year, and you are now getting $60.00 per ton, net smelter returns, for silver-lead concentrates, with present prices of silver 49c. per oz., and lead $2.00 per cwt. (smelter settlement.) This valuation is, therefore, figured in the following estimate of total ore reserves. Improvements in the concentrator and the benefits that will be derived from the new magnetic zinc separating plant has also been considered in the same estimate. Furthermore it would seem that the Dominion Government necessarily will have to decide on placing an adequate import duty on lead for the protection of the Canadian lead industry The Government can hardly disregard the united petitions from a section of the Dominion that under favourable conditions, is able to add more than any part of Canada, to its general wealth. In the United States the lead producer is now receiving $3.90 per cwt. against $2.00 (or less) in Canada. With your 60 per cent, lead ore, equal to 1,200 lbs. of lead, this price brings $24.00 per ton, less 10 per cent, loss in smelting or" a total of $21.60. From this amount a $15.00 freight and smelting charge, besides all cost of mining and general expenses, has to be deducted. It will therefore readily be seen that there would be little or no profits in lead mining, were it not for the high values of silver in the ores. Concentrator Report.—It is with considerable gratification that I am able to state to you that the concentrating plant, completed on the ist of May, 1902, has been an unqualified success from the start, even with the extremely low prices that have governed the metal markets during the entire year. THE MINING RECORD; Referring to my special report and estimate on concentrator plant, of November 3rd, 1901,/ submitted for your approval prior to erection, you will find by comparison with the actual work performed:— First—That the ratio of concentrating fillings has been 32 tons into 1, which is better than estimated, and that the tonnage of concentrates produced has consequently been increased in the same proportion. Second—The estimated mill capacity of 125 tons per 24 hours, has been exceeded by 35 tons. Third—In regard to the value of concentrates. These were based on silver at 57%c. per ounce, but during the year this price depreciated to 49c, nevertheless the smelter returns show the average price received from smelter to be $49.11 or equal to the estimated price, which is due to the higher grade of concentrates produced in the mill. In place of averaging 948-10 ozs. of silver and 54 per cent, lead to the ton, the average has been 103.8 ozs. of silver, and 60 per cent, in lead, thus making up for the lower metal quotations. The net earnings of concentrator were $35,706.06, plus $3,000.00 for value of zinc on hand, equal to $38,706.06. If prices had remained stable in place of going down, $58.21 or $9.10 more would have been received per ton of concentrates, and the net profits increased by $11,365.00 equal to a net total earning of $50,000.00. Fourth—In regard to the zinc blende by-product, it will 1 be observed that 1,391 tons have been produced in the mill during the year, representing $11,329.87. This amount compensates in a measure for the lower prices of metals. Fifth—Regarding the tonnage and class of material put through the concentrator, approximately one-third was taken from the dumps, and two-thirds from old and new stopes. The net tonnage of silver-lead concentrates produced was 1,247. The gross tonnage put through the mill was 40,028 tons. The estimated tonnage in reserve is approximately 87,000 tons, -thus the concentrator will have a supply on hand for not less than eighteen months and more probably two years. One difficulty experienced in operating was shortage of water during two months of the dry season, which held the capacity and efficiency of the mill back to some extent, and for a short time the mill could only be run on one shift. This feature will be overcome before the dry season sets in this year. Fifty miner's inches of water have recently been granted us, made up partly from an adjacent stream, and partly from mine water running out of tunnel No. 8. The intention is, at an expense of about $2,000.00 to flume the water from the north side of the mountain to the south side, thereby making it available for power and wash water purposes. With this increase of water I do not anticipate any difficulties in keeping the mill up to its full capacity all year round, especially as the past year proved one of the driest on record in the Slocan. The plant was put in during "hard times" when the prices of metals went lower than ever, and if it could prove a success under such adverse conditions there seems hardly any doubt that previous records can be surpassed, providing prices come up again, as the tendency appears now. Magnetic Zinc Separating Plant (Now Under Construction) —Until recently all zinc ores in the Slocan, whether associated with galena or found otherwise, had been entirely disre- 1 garded and neglected as a mineral of any value. In the upper ore zones only a small quantity of zinc blende is generally associated with the galena, on which the smelters in the earlier days, placed no penalties. Different conditions existed in a number of the mines located at lower altitudes, where the galena was highly disseminated with a zinc blende that carried good silver values, but nevertheless could not be sold to advantage and was therefore avoided. An attempt was made a few years ago to ship 1,500 tons of zinc to Swansea, England, but stranded on account of the sudden death of the promoter. After this unsuccessful effort the zinc ores were left on the dumps, or went through the tailraces as so much waste. In the meantime the percentage of zinc kept increasing in the galena in nearly all the mines, and necessitated the smelters placing a 10 per cent, limit on zinc, with a penalty of 50c. per unit above same. In a number of instances the penalty was severely felt, as only a few mines were in a position to keep within the limit, and a number of properties with 25 and 30 per cent, zinc in the galena could not, for this reason, be operated to advantage. During 1902 the zinc limit was changed from 10 per cent. tr> 8 per cent, and it became evident, more so than ever, that something had to be done to overcome the continually increasing penalties. Encouragement was therefore offered by myself and some of my confreres, which soon resulted in making satisfactory progress towards solving the zinc question,, at least as far as your properties are concerned. While constructing your concentrator in the fall of 1901,. provisions were made to save zinc values, and an accumulation of several hundred tons of 43 to 45 per cent, zinc concentrates- were made between June, 1902 and January, 1903, with the hopes of securing a market. This lot has now been disposed of in Kansas, and netted over $8,300.00 You will readily appreciate that this first attempt in the zinc business was fairly- good for a starter, when remembered that the zinc was produced as a mere by-product. In the meantime 1 found by careful experiments and tests- that a far higher grade of zinc blende can be made by giving the ores a slight roast, whereby the (spathic) iron is partly- converted into an oxide of iron, in which form it becomes an artificial magnetite, and can be eliminated from tlie blende ia magnetic separating machines with fields of intensified magnetic force. As soon as this important feature has been fully demonstrated, my proposition to erect a plant for treating 40 tons of zinc ores per 24 hours in this manner was presented to you, and upon receipt of your prompt decision, ground was broken on the ist of February, and the necessary machinery ordered at once. The above plant is expected to be completed ih June, providing all of the machinery can be obtained within the stipulated time. The machinery comprising roasting furnace, magnetic separators, screens, elevators, fine rolls, etc., will be placed in a building 40 feet wide by 60 feet long. This build- ding is a west end extension of the present concentrator. The finished product which will run approximately 60 per cent, in zinc, and 16 to 20 ozs. in silver, will contain only a small percentage of iron, and less than 2'per cent, in lead. With the prospects of being able to produce 6,000 tons or more of zinc from present ore reserves in the mine, during the next eighteen or twenty-four months, I am able to predict a bright future for zinc, and it will be readily seen that the revenues from this by-product from now on will be an important factor to contend with. Review of Past Year.—In regard to the future of the Payne mine I shall forbear from making promises that necessarily will have to depend on future developments, as well as fair prices for silver, lead and spelter. At the same time I beg to call your attention to certain features that compare favourably with conditions three years ago. At that time tunnel No. 5 had little or no ore exposed in the floor, while to-day the main vein with pay ore has been proved to a depth of 360 feet below No. 5, and 900 feet below the apex. I have stated in my lasf year's report and I desire to repeat that the true fissure nature of the Payne's vein with its • banded arrangement of minerals, is both characteristic and favourable for deeper prospecting. Lean strata such as found in all mines, and-of which No. 5 tunnel is an example, must be expected, also a hard formation, which will have to be coun- ' teracted by the exclusive use of power drills. Subterranean water, will no doubt, make its appearance further down, but can be overcome. Zinc blende is now disseminated with the galena to a far greater extent than heretofore, and one' of the most important features of the past year has, therefore, been the happy solution of concentration and.separation of zinc blende from the galena, whereby a valuable by-product is added. I have mentioned elsewhere that the constantly increasing percenatge of zinc seriously threatened to increase penalties imposed by the smelters, but with the present system of milling it will readily be seen that this feature has been entirely overcome. An ores of a complex nature can now be concentrated into a silver-lead product of an even higher grade than the former clean shipping ore, while the zinc blende is yielding a by-pro- THE MINING RECORD. duct of high commercial value. By having the present complete and successful concentrating plant installed and paid for together with the magnetic zinc separating plant, now under construction, you will be in an excellent position to handle all concentrating ore bodies that in depth may possibly replace the former lenses of clean galena, and .inasmuch as the zinc blende must necessarily be separated from the galena when the io per cent, zinc limit is reached, the feature of concentration, riot alone overcome smelter penalties, but improves the silver- lead product, and adds the zinc blende as a valuable byproduct. I can furthermore assure you that the extra cost of concentration—including a legitimate loss of values in milling—is readily offset by the lesser cost of mining, and expensive hand-sorting in the stopes. All concentrating ore will hereafter be extracted from wall to wall, regardless of high or low values, and no material that pays to concentrate will be permitted to remain in the mine or go to the dumps. Hand-sorting of clean ore will not be done in the mine as heretofore, but in broad daylight at the concentrator, before entering the mill. This constitutes a part of the crusher-man's duties. Prior to sorting, all fine material is screened out through a special trommel while large pieces of ore and waste are sorted out by the crusher-tender, thereby accomplishing a material saving.. I am quite convinced that the ensuing year, by the above method of mining and concentrating, together with the introduction of additional machine drills will show'a material reduction of all operating expenses. In presenting my report for the fiscal year 1902-3, I desire to state that it has been my earnest effort to submit an unbiased and thorough representation of existing conditions. On behalf of the B. C. management I beg to tender my respects to the President and Board of Directors for their ardent support, which under local difficulties always proved a source of rare gratification. I also wish to extend my thanks to Mr. Sam F. Parrish, E.M., for his professional visits to the mine, and coinciding expressions, as well as my appreciation of the able assistance rendered by Mr. George F. Ransom, accountant; Mr. Joseph J. Streit, mine foreman, and Mr. B. P. Little, mill foreman. LE roi no. 2. The report of this company, whose property adjoins the well-known Le Roi mine, in the Rossland District of British Columbia, covers the year ending September 30, 1902. The accounts, as stated in sterling from the London office, show receipts from ore £117,188; interest, etc., £706; total, £117,894. Expenses at the mine were £64,347; London office. £3,086; miscellaneous, £5,434; total £72,907, leaving a net balance of £44,987- I I Exploration work included 2,904 feet, of which 180 feet were shaft sinking. The total cost of this work was $80,878. The ore taken out was 63,262 dry tons, the metal contents being as follows: Quantity. Value. Per ton. Gold, ozs 32,435 $648,698 $10 25 Silver, ozs 82,548 44,503 0 70 Copper, lb 3,001,027 375,655 5 94 Total $1,068,916 $16.89 The average costs per ton of mining and working are given as follows: Mining labour $2-020 Supplies, power, tramming, etc I-I95 Depreciation of buildings and equipment 0.956 Reserve, accidents, etc °^o^ General expenses 0.407 Total cost of mining. Direct smelting charge Indirect charges $5-021 $6,000 " ' 1.870 Total cost of smelting *?• '° Total cost per ton of realization • • • • $12,891 The Directors' report says: "The heavy fall in the price of copper and silver during the last nine months of the financial year decreased by $121,182 what would otherwise have been the net earnings of the company had the price of the previous year Been maintained. "The smelting charges to which the company was bound for two years by an agreement made by Mr. MacDonald with the Northport smelter, on August 16, 1901, amounted approximately to $8 per ton. The Directors took counsel's opinion as to the possibility of nullifying this agreement on the ground that it was signed by Mr. MacDonald for both sides, under a very limited power of attorney, but were advised that there were small chances of success. "The largest profit was shown in the month of April, after which there was a steady decrease in the value of output and a corresponding decrease in profit. On September 21 the manager cabled recommending the reduction of the output to 3,500 ' tons per month, which, in view of the smelting position, the board thoroughly approved of, expressing at the same time a hope that the grade of ore would be correspondingly increased. During the months of September and October it would appear that the mine was actually being worked at a loss. • As soon as the board ascertained this, they prohibited the output of any ore under $17, as it was evident that the mine was simply being denuded of ore, which, it is believed, under improved methods of treatment, can be made to yield a material profit. According to Mr. MacDonald's statement of high-grade ore in sight, dated June 21, and circulated among the shareholders, there should have been no difficulty in continuing the output of $17 ore. On October 28 the manager recommended the cessation of shipments till better rates for treatment could be secured, to which the Directors assented. At the expiry of the agreement with Messrs. MacDonald and Thompson, the board handed over the management of the mine to Mr. Alexander Hill, who himself installed his representative, Mr. Couldrey, in office. In taking this step the board feel that they have placed the mine under the most capable control procurable, and have also insured that information received by the board will be in accordance with fact. The new manager will not at present commit himself to any figures as to tonnag'e and values in sight in the mine, as it is impossible to estimate these with any degree of certainty where ore bodies are so irregular. There is, however, beyond question a very large body of.low-grade ore which it is anticipated can be profitably worked by concentration, and, interspersed with it, an appreciable quantity of high-grade ore. It will no doubt be found best to ship ore above a certain grade dirct to the smelter ,even when the concentration plant is in operation. "In connection with concentration a number of experiments have been recently made in London as to the suitability of the Elmore oil process to Le Roi No. 2 low-grade ores, and the result has been such as to warrant the Directors in giving instructions for the erection of an experimental plant of two units, capable of dealing with 50 tons a day, in the neighbourhood of the mine. Should this prove successful the intention is to increase the plant to such a capacity as can deal with the entire output of the mine. The effect of the process, roughly speaking, is to concentrate the mineral contents of ores which are of too low a grade to show a profit on smelting charges. Thus on six tons of crude ore producing, say, one ton of concentrates, the smelting charge (according to the present rates) would be $8 instead of $48. There is no doubt, however, that better terms than the present can be made for the smelting of concentrates, as these are a desirable acquisition to any smelter. By the new process, too, the cost of mining will be considerably reduced, as the necessity for hand- picking and sorting will no longer exist, all ore going through just as it comes out of the mine. "A certain amount of high-grade ore is at present being shipped to the Northport smelter, but till, by the new arrangement, the straightforward stoping of all ore (high and low- grade) becomes practicable, much of the high-grade ore in the mine would be too expensive to handle." LONDON & B. C. GOLDFIELDS. The report of the London & British Columbia Goldfields, 682 THE MINING RECORD. Limited, for the year 1902 states that the very serious fall in the price of lead and silver has had a disastrous effect on the company's large share holding in -the Whitewater, Ruth, and Enterprise companies, and the assessment on the shares of the Ymir Company through its reconstruction involved a hevay liability to preserve this interest. The effect of this, and the delay in completing the Kettle River Power Company's works, makes it now necessary to provide additional capital to satisfy immediate liabilities, and to enable the directors to preserve the company's valuable assets. After most careful consideration it has been decided to recommend that the company be reconstructed with a liability of 4s. per share, the payment of which will be spread over as long a period as possible. The directors having subscribed largely to the last issue of shares are themselves very large shareholders, and as such regret the necessity for the scheme now proposed, but they are prepared to provide their proportion of the assessment. COMPANY NOTES AND CABLES. Granby Con.—The Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting &. Power Company has issued a condensed balance sheet, dated January 31st, 1903, as follows: ASSETS. 338 acres mineral claims $12,674,506 Plant and equipment 914,488 Real estate and lands 123,447 Accounts and bills receivable 24,126 Ores on hand at cost 731,723 Inventory supplies 114,347 Miscellaneous 4,909 Total $14,587,549 LIABILITIES. Capital stock $13,363,030 Accounts and bills payable 660,584 Surplus 563,934 Total $14,587,549 The company has 1,500,000 shares, $10 par value, of which 1,300,000 are outstanding. Ore reserves are estimated by an official of the company in excess of 20,000,000 tons. The average of the ore is 1.76 per cent, copper and $2 to $2.25 gold and silver. Sullivan.—This company has now authorized the issued of bonds to the value of $250,000, to provide for the completion of Marysville Smelting Works and for the liquidation of outstanding liabilities. It is stated that an expenditure of $60,000 is required to complete the construction and equipment of the smelter which, it is expected, will be in operation in the autumn. Le Roi No. 2.—The following report for the month ending March 31st has been issued: "Output—Shipments for the month:—2,506 dry tons; value per ton, less smelting charges, $14.69; total value, less smelting charges, $36,841; less copper adjustment, $29; total, $36,812, from which mining charges have to be deducted." Rossland-Kootenay.—The following circular, dated April 27, has been sent to the shareholders:— In December last the chairman visited British Columbia, and thoroughly investigated the affairs of the company at Rossland. Before returning, he appointed Mr. Wm. Thompson, formerly superintendent of the mines, as general manager for the company in British Columbia, in succession of Mr. Bernar4 MacDonald, resigned. In February Mr. Thompson came to London and discussed the future policy of the company with the board. The general manager is now actively engaged in carrying out the work of development decided upon by the board after consultation with Mr. Bedford MacNeill, who has been appointed consulting engineer in London to the company. In a recent communication, Mr. Thompson advises that the first trial shipment of ore in bulk, from the upper levels of the Kootenay mine to the Trail smelter, has proved satisfactory, the value of the ore averaging over $8 per ton. Ore is now being broken down in several of the upper levels, and as soon as the snow has disappeared and the condition of the roads will permit it (probably in May), bulk shipments will be made to the smelter from each level. Should the values equal those of the first shipment, the Directors expect to be in a position to make contracts with the smelter on terms which will leave a fair margin of profit" on every ton shipped. For the present the board have deemed it prudent to suspend operations at the Nickel Plate mine, and concentrate the attention of the staff in Rossland on the Kootenay mine. So soon as the Kootenay has become productive, which should be during the autumn, it is intended that operations will be resumed at the Nickel Plate, and also that the Great Western mine will be unwatered and prospected. The results of the shipments from the third, fourth and fifth levels of the Kootenay mine should be learned in July, and the Directors will lose no time in communicating these to the shareholders. The Directors have received an exhaustive report from Mr. Thompson on the Pohle-Croasdale process for the treatment of low grade ores, regarding which a proposal had been submitted to the company by the Metals Volatilization Company of Denver, U.S.A., but in view of the heavy initial expenditure involved and the difficulty of ascertaining the actual cost of treatment on a large scale, the Directors have decided not to adopt the process for the reduction of the company's ores. Athabasca-Veins.—Important discoveries of ore are said to have been made on the Athabasca-Veins group at Nelson. The manager states that the strike was made at.the end of No. 1 tunnel which' was being driven in along the lead. About three hundred feet from the surface a new vein of very rich ore was struck. It was not thought at first that this would prove of any size, hence his hesitancy about mentioning it, but subsequent development tends to prove that the vein is continuous. None of the ore from this new vein has been shipped to the mill, but trial assays made have shown that it is very rich. Velvet Rossland Mine.—The manager cables: "South drift of level No. 2 have drifted 50 feet; the ore is 5 feet thick entire distance. Drift is looking exceedingly well. Will be able to ship 20 tons of ore daily, if able to obtain teams; 350 tons are now ready for shipment. South drift of level No. 3, the ore is coming in. Mine promises exceedingly well for the future." Bosun.—Telegram from the manager reports:—"Twenty tons galena and 80 tons zinc shipped during April." Le Roi.—Cabled returns for April: "Shipped from the mine to the smelter during the past month 12,026 tons, containing 4,487 ozs. gold, 6,280 ozs. silver, 305,100 lbs. copper. Cannot form any reliable estimate as to profits. Cost per ton for treatment cannot be determined at present. Manager's report of the Le Roi Mining Company, Ltd., for March:—-"The ore shipped during the month amounted to 17,008 dry tons, containing 5,417 ozs. gold, 10,511 ozs. silver, 489,319 lbs. copper. Average value per ton, $10.91. The cost of breaking and delivering the ore on the railroad cars was $2.42 per ton, while the cost of development was equal to 58c. per ton. "Mining.—The stopes produced the usual quantity and grade of ore during the month. About the middle of March a small 'streak' of ore was met with in the east drift south' cross-cut No. 2, on the 500-foot level. It was about 10 inches wide, and samples from it assayed $18. It is possible that the streak will widen to some extent. About 100 tons of ore was taken from the body on the 1,050 level which formed the subject of a cable towards the end of the month, and averaged over $18 per ton. A drift has been commenced on the 800 intermediate level for the purpose of ascertaining if the ore shoot known as the 'Miller" continued to this depth. At the end of the month the shoot had not been encountered. Cross-cutting was started on the 900-foot level in an endeavour to locate the 'Black Bear' ore shoot. Although ground has been passed through which is well mineralized, nothing of value has been met with. It is expected that the Black Bear shoot will be reached about the ist of May. For the present, the ordinary development work on the 1,350 level has been stopped, and the diamond drill only has been used. This cut through a body of ore five feet wide, which assayed $6.76 per ton. The fact that the ground !S mineralized at depth is an encouraging circumstance, eads to he belief that 'pay ore' may eventually be met with on this level. The expenditure for the month on mine account was $50,941. "Northport Smelter.-The expenditure for the month was ^80,473. 1 he public ores purchased during the month amounted to 3,226 dry tons, containing 2,059 ozs. of gold, 4,952 ozs. of silver, 209,840 lbs. copper. The tonnage treated during the month was 3,471, segregated as follows: Roasted ores, 2- 152,500; public raw ores, 1,318,385. Smelting operations were not resumed until 23rd March, as until that date sufficient coke was not on hand to justify doing so. It is possible, now that the strike at the Crow's Nest collieries has been settled, that three furnaces can be kept in continuous operation, and this number can be added to immediately the new coke ovens are completed at Morrissey. The Crow's Nest Coal Company has taken advantage of the monopoly of production which it enjoys, to impose 50 cents additional per ton on the Michel coke, and 25 cents per ton additional upon the Fernie product. It is doing this on the pretext that the arrangement it has just made with its employees involves an increased cost of production. Smelting costs will be directly affected by this decision. The coal company is unable, by virtue of its agreement with the Provincial Government, to increase the price of its coal to British Columbia consumers, but no limitations have been placed upon it so far as the price of coke is concerned. The smelting costs for March, if based upon the pro rata of expenses for the nine days during which the furnaces were in operation, would amount to $4.32 per ton. If the entire expenses of the month are embraced in the reckoning, the costs were, approximately, $7.20 for each ton of ore treated. A new steam locomotive is being used for transporting the ore from the roast heaps to the furnace bins. It is doing very effective work. As to March profits, these cannot be properly estimated, for the reason that smelting operations do not keep pace with production at the mine. It is probable, however, that the enforced 'shut down' at the smelter during February and March will have served to wipe out the bulk of the profits, which would otherwise have accrued during the months in question." Gold Finch (Camborne.)—The Camborne Miner reports an extraordinary rich find of ore on the Gold Finch, the property of the Northwestern Development Syndicate on Menninick Creek in the Lardeau. The mine foreman states that: "He has 100 pounds of this rich stuff now in sight, the estimated value, of which is close to $7,000." Arlington (Slocan)—A splendid body of sulphide ore, one foot in width, was tapped in a A tunnel, about 2,600 feet from the mouth of the drift and at 370 feet depth. It was cut on May 1, just at the time when Messrs. Williamson, of San Francisco, and Burns, of Portland, were visiting the property, so coming at a most opportune time. Though smaller zones have been encountered in A, this strike is the first permanent shoot cut, and it proves beyond question that the immensely rich and important bodies of ore opened up in B tunnel are carrying well with depth. Tyee.—The Secretary lately sent to London the following circular: "Smelter—A cable received to-day gives results of thirty days' smelting during the month of April, as follows: Ore smelted, 4,550 tons; matte produced, 418 tons; gross value of contents (copper, silver and gold), less costs of refining, $60,313. (March, twenty-five days' smelting, $52,- 336.) Mine—The following figures are taken from the Mine Superintendent's monthly reports of work done from September last to end of March, inclusive: Main shaft, 35 feet; No. 4 shaft, 21 feet; cross-cut south from No. 4 shaft 45 feet, widening cross-cut north No. I (100-foot level), 25 feef east drift No. 1 (100-foot level), 30 feet; cross-cut north No.'5 (100-foot level), 59 feet; upraise No. 3 (100-foot level), 60 feet; upraise No. 4 (100-foot level), 12 feet; east drift No. 1 (165-foot level), 60 feet; upraise No. 2 (165-foot level), 40 feet- north and south stations (400-foot level) 10 feet: cross-cut north, No. 1 (400-foot level), 85 feet cross-cut south No. 1 (400-foot level), 42 feet—1,054 feet. Tons of ore shipped from stopes Nos. 1 and 2 (100-foot level), stope No. 3 (165-foot level), stope No. 4, (100-foot level), and dump, equal to 17,499 tons. Water—A pumping station to be placed at Chemainus River on Muriel claim will supply sufficient water for all purposes. Aerial tramway—This continues to run with satisfaction, transporting during March 127 tons average per day. New ore bodies—The general manager reports a new ore body struck in north cross-cut No. 5, (100- foot level), which has a width of 20 feet of solid ore where struck, and assaying copper 4.93 per cent., silver 3.9 ozs. and gold 0.13 oz. Another ore body has also been struck near the end of the east drift (100-foot level), but is not yet sufficiently developed to give size or assays." Ymir.—Returns for March:—"Battery—Number of tons crushed, 4,55°; 60 heads of stamps running 20 days yielded 1,235 ozs. bullion; gross estimated value, $13,900 (£2,866). Have shipped 218 tons of concentrates, gross estimated value, $5,750 (£1,185). Cyanide 3,050 tons tailings treated; gross estimated value, $2,750 (£567). Total working expenses, $18,685 (£3,852). Expenditure on capital account, including development, $3,200 (£650). Sundry receipts, $945 (£194). Net profit, $1,460 (£301). (Office note.—The manager advises that a further considerable reduction will be made in the total cost per ton by the use of water power, commencing this month.) A recent cablegram to London from the manager at the mine says: "Level No. 10—Have discontinued drive owing to a breakdown in the air compressor. Level No. 6—The east drift has been advanced 27 feet; assays average $11 per ton gold and silver in width eight feet." Bosun.—A telegram to London from the manager reports: "Twenty tons galena and 80 tons zinc shipped during April." RECENT PUBLICATIONS. REPORTS of mining cases. Decided by the Courts of British Columbia and the Courts of Appeal therefrom to the ist of October, 1902; with an Appendix of Mining Statistics, from 1853 to 1902; and a Glossary of Mining Terms, by the Honourable Mr. Justice Martin: The Carswell Company, Limited, Toronto: 1903. We desire to express our appreciation of this very important and valuable work, and to extend to the learned author very hearty and respectful congratulations. The mere labour of compiling a work of such magnitude, comprising as it does upwards of nine hundred pages must have been necessarily enormous, but the work is much more than a compilation, for it gives evidence throughout of the author's eminent legal knowledge and scholarly attainments. After a preface, briefly outlining the history of the mining industry in British Columbia, Mr. Justice Martin refers to the fact that a short treatise on the Mining Laws was published so long ago as 1864 by Mr. Joseph Park, a barrister-at-law. In 1897, the author of the present volume, compiled for the "Directory of Mines," published by the Mining Record, an "Annotated Synopsis of the Mining Law"—"the first attempt to collect and classify all the legal decisions on the Mineral Act to then as far as known." The volume before us, meanwhile, is the beginning of a series and contains all the mining cases of permanent interest, with riotes by the author decided by the Courts of the rrovince from 1867 to February, 1903. There is in addition much useful special information and data, contained in the appendix, such, for example, as a table of proclamations, regulations, etc., relating to mining, the Mining Statistics from 1853 to 1902, and an exceedingly full and concise glossary of mining terms mainly in use in British Columbia). The volume is dedicated to the memory of Richard Martin, Esq., M.P., of Ballinahinch Castle, Galway, Ireland, author of the "Act to Prevent the Cruel and Improper Treatment of Cattle." Before concluding this brief notice it is proper that reference should be made to typographical excellencies, for which the publishers are deserving of the greatest possible credit. The volume is approximately bound in flexible leather, and, in short, the production is most tasteful. The Copper Handbook.—A Manual of the Copper Industry of the Wbrld, Vol. III., for the year 1902. Compiled and published by Horace J. Sevens, Houghton, Michigan, 1903. $5. 684 THE MINING RECORD. li.:;-! The present issue of this manual, the third in point of publication, assumes a much more important appearance than the preceding volumes, and it is evident that much thought and careful work has been brought to bear in its production. The chapters devoted to the history of copper mining, the geology, chemistry and mineralogy of copper have been revised and rewritten, the statistical tables have been added to and rendered more comprehensive, while the list of copper mines and prospects described has been increased to the number of over two thousand. We are also glad to note that the information in respect to British Columbia copper mines is more correctly stated, although with the exception of the first two and the last two mentioned properties, the other mines in this list are owned and operated by other companies or individuals, and the jewel and No. 7 are not copper mines. Again several glaring inaccuracies still appear. Thus it is presented that the Montreal and Boston Copper Co. own the Sunset, Crown Silver, Jewel, Morrison, No. 7, Ruby, King Solomon, C. O. D., and Florence Fraction in the Boundary district, whereas the Giant Mining Company, of Rossland, is described as operating in the Yale and Cariboo district; the Yreka Copper Company, it is stated, has a "new smelter" ;* the Centre Star mine, Rossland, is described as producing a limited amount of copper as a by-product from silver-lead ores," and so on. We readily understand, however, the difficulties in the way of the total elimination of error in the compilation of information concerning so vast a territory; but so far as British Columbia is concerned at least, there is little excuse for mistakes in making reference to the more important mines, as official reports in such cases are readily obtainable. Contributions to Economic Geology, 1902, by S. F. Emmans and C. W. Hayes, geologists in charge; United States Geological Survey, Washington, 1903. This is one of the many admirable bulletins issued at regular intervals by the United States Geological Survey. The report contains sixty-one contributions from thirty-three members of the staff who have been engaged during the year in economic work. There is also a brief statement by geologists in charge of the section of metalliferous ores and the section of non-metalliferous economic minerals, of the extent and character of the economic work being carried on in the survey. The department, recognizing the need of prompt publication of intelligence obtained in the field, has issued this bulletin in advance of the regular and more comprehensive reports of the survey, the matter included being such only as have a direct economic bearing, all questions of purely scientific interest being excluded. MACHINERY NOTES. AERIAL TRAMWAYS IN THE LARDEAU. MR. B. C. RIBLET, the well-known mechanical engineer of Nelson, is now installing aerial tramways at the Silver Cup and at one of the Poole mines in the Lardeau. The former, which is three miles long, is being constructed to connect the mine workings with the new concentrator. It is also stated that a tramway is shortly to be installed at the Nettie L. mine. ZINC ORE CONCENTRATION IN THE SLOCAN. It is reported that a plant for the concentration, roasting and magnetization of the ores containing large zinc percentages is shortly to be set up at the Slocan Star mine near San.- don. It is proposed to obtain power from Sandon Creek, and application has been already made for the right to do so. NEW MACHINERY AT THE NANAIMO COLLIERIES. A considerable installation of machinery and other improvements is to be shortly made by the Western Fuel Company, of Nanaimo, in connection, with the operation of No. 1 shaft. Four Wilcok-Babcock boilers of 500-h.p. are now in situ and a new washer, elevators, etc., have been ordered. When the new washer is put in the screenings will be drawn out by a conveyor and dropped into a pocket, technically known as a bootleg, from which they will be hoisted by elevators and deposited in a bunker, nut coal in one division and the finer screenings in another. A spiral conveyor takes the screenings from the bottom of the bunker and deposits them in the washer, the cone already referred to, and which is inverted and in which arms revolve keeping the mass in motion. A powerful stream of water is forced up through the cone carrying with it all the coal and allowing all the rock to accumulate at the bottom of a chamber furnished with valves at top and bottom. When this is full the valve above is closed and that below opened allowing the rock to drop into a car which will convey it to the rock dump. The coal finds its way out at the top of the cone on to a perforated screen which allows the smaller coal and water to fall through to another screen through which nothing but the water and the sludge can escape. This latter is deposited in a receptacle and some time in the future may be conveyed to a briquette works. At present it is the byproduct for which no use has been found. The nut coal and pea coal on the screens pass into conveyors and by the action . of a butterfly valve are either carried on to dumps situated near the water or deposited directly in cars. The capacity of the washer is 400 tons in ten hours. When the day men quit work it is possible by a simple contrivance to stop that part of the machinery which carries the coal to the washer and operates that apparatus while allowing the filling of the bunker with screenings to go on. THE DEMAND FOR MINE MACHINERY AT ROSSLAND. The Rossland Miner remarks that the recent increased demand for mining machinery on the part of mining companies operating in that district is a significant indication of the important developments now taking place in the direction of deep-level mining. Meanwhile the White Bear Company is securing quotations on a twenty-drill compressor and a 125- h.p. hoist; the Spitzee Company has just ordered a five-drill compressor, and contemplates also the immediate installation of powerful hoisting machinery; the Green Mountain-St. Louis Consolidated intend installing at once an additional boiler and a hoist suitable for operating to a depth of a thousand feet; and two concentrators, one for the Le Roi No. 2, and the other for the White Bear, will shortly be set up. The Jumbo is also arranging for the installation of a tramway. THE YREKA COMPANY'S NEW TRAMWAY. The Yreka Copper Company is installing an aerial tramway over a distance of five and a-half miles from the June group . of claims to salt water, on Quatsino Sound. i'gii THE EVA STAMP MILL. Preliminary work is now well under way for the installation of a stamp mill and other machinery at the Eva mine. The company has the right to 700 miner's inches of water from Poole Creek. A flume 4,000 feet long will convey water along the bank of the creek to a point having an elevation of 400 feet above the millsite; thence it will be brought in steel pipe to the mill. The tramway will be 4,200 feet in length and have a carrying capacity of 100 tons of ore per day. The contract demands the completion of the tramway by July 31st. ELECTRICAL POWER AT THE SPITZEE. The new compressor and winding plant to be installed by the Spitzee company at the headworks now almost completed will be operated by electricity. The company will consume about fifty electrical horse-power for its compressor and about thirty for the hoist. The foundations for the machinery are now being laid. INSTALLATIONS AT MORRISSEY. The following equipment has been ordered for the Morrissey coal mines: A tail rope haulage engine to be installed at the head of incline, above tipple, for hauling empty and loaded cars. New track scales to be placed at the head of incline for weighing cars of coal as they come out from the mine to determine the number of tons on which miners are to be paid. The old scale in tipple will not be used after the new one is installed. Two hundred additional mine cars. Part of this order has already been shipped from Toronto. A large exhaust fan, 18 feet in diameter, for the ventilation of No. 2 and No. 3 tunnels. The engine to run this big fan is already on the ground. THE GRANBY COMPRESSOR. The installation of the two 30-drill compressors and two 700-h.p. motors at the Granby mines is now complete and the THE MINING RECORD. 685 air P1pe lines, are being laid from the new building to the different workings One ten-inch pipe has been laid to the Aetna shaft, a distance of some 1,000 feet, from which the mam workings of the Old Ironsides and Victoria mines will be supplied with compressed air. Pipes are also being laid to the Knob Hill, so that air can be had both above and below ground at that property. ELECTRIC PLANT AT HEDLEY. Mr. Rogers, the manager of the Nickel Plate mine at Camp .tiediey, has effected arrangements for the installation of an electric plant for lighting the town of Hedley, the concentrating mill and the underground workings. The cost of this plant is said to be $100,000. THE METAL MARKET. NEW YORK metal market conditions at the end of May are.thus summed up by the Engineering and Mining Journal : "The metal markets generally have been rather quiet. While business has not been heavy for early deliveries, consumption continues large in all directions, and there are signs of greater activity in the near future. "Transactions in copper have not been heavy, but consumers are showing more interest in the market and it is beyond question that they will be soon looking for supplies. At any rate, metal is not being pressed for sale, producers generally holding back in the expectation that higher prices will prevail. Most producers are sold up to July at least, and, as we have recently shown, there are no considerable stocks available. In the meantime, the market is practically made by sales of moderate quantities which are needed for immediate consumption. It should be, of course, understood that the market is necessarily made, not by what producers ask for futures, but by the prices actually paid on such sales as make up the daily business. J'Tin has been less active and somewhat weaker. The large spot stocks which have been pressed on the market are being gradually worked off, and buyers have shown some disposition to speculate a little for the future. "Lead continues quiet and unchanged, with the usual large consumption. The prices of this material are now so regulated that consumers have no special motive in buying ahead of their requirements, and there is nothing beyond the regular daily business. "Spelter continues strong with but little change in prices. Consumption is on a very good basis, and producers have no stocks ahead. Zinc ore continues high. Prices this week range from $35 to %37 per ton of 60 per cent. ore. Some extra quality ore in the Joplin market sold at $40 per ton. Production is somewhat lighter than last year. "Silver continues to show a fairly high range of values under the influence of coinage purchases here and abroad. Demand for the East continues rather light. The discussion of the proposed changes in the monetary system of Mexico continues, and it is the general belief that the country will in time adopt the gold standard, but progress in that direction is necessarily slow." The latest quotations are: Lake copper, 14^2 to 14J4; electrolytic in cakes, wirebars and ingots, 14% to 1454; cathodes, 14% to 14y; casting copper, 14. Lead, 4.17^ to 4.27^, St. Louis; 4.30 to 4.35, New York. Silver, 54% to 5454. Spelter, 5.50, St. Louis; 5.65, New York. COAL EXPORTATIONS AND TRADE. THE production of the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company was divided as follows:— Tons. Morrissey J J000 Coal Creek l6'000 Michel 20'037 Total 48,037 This monthly output has been exceeded only once ih the history of the company, the highest record being in January, 1903, when 54,600 tons were mined. The Fernie Free Press gives the following account of recent improvements at the Morrissey mine::— At Morrissey mines extensive improvements are in progress. A large steani - double compound air ; compressor is being installed which will supply motive power to all the mines for drilling( and hoist purposes, where it is unsafe to use other power. The air is conveyed to each of the mines in six-inch pipes at a pressure of 100 lbs. to the inch. -The engine is a very powerful one with a capacity of 17,000 cubic feet per minute and it weighs 37,000 pounds. No. 2 tunnel is being rapidly developed and made ready for a double track. It is estimated that the remaining 240 feet of development will be completed by August ist, when the mine will be in a position to ship coal. A large double endless rope haulage rope engine is being put in to operate the switching in the yards above the incline at Morrissey mines. The yards here are 800 feet long and contain four tracks. The yard work was formerly done by the locomotive, and the new system will relieve the latter of such work as feeding the coal bins and taking away the empty cars. A 50,000 gallon tank is being built above the mines as a reserve for boilers or any other urgent necessity in case the regular pipe system should for any reason refuse to work. Important improvements are also contemplated in the water system. The present six-inch main pipes will be replaced by ten-inch or probably with twelve-inch pipes and the present pipes will be used for distributing purposes. The system will be extended to the new town of Morrissey mines at an early date. A large fan similar to that recently put in at No. 4 has just been installed at No. I mine and another will shortly be put in at Nos. 2 and 3 mines. These fans are very large and have a tremendous capacity. The coke ovens at Morrissey are now under way and they are contracted to be finished by October 1st. Many will be ready for use before that date. Under the steady improvements going on at Morrissey Mines it is expected that the daily output will reach 1,000 tons by the middle of the month. On the- Coast, a fairly satisfactory output continues .to be made fromvthe Nanaimo collieries. But at Extension operations are still suspended and at Cumberland the situation is also unsatisfactory, the work at the mines there being carried on to a limited extent by the employment of chiefly Oriental labour. Meanwhile, fuel is being brought in for the local market from Washington, the C. P. R. Pacific liners are coaling in Japan, and exportations to the San Francisco market have practically ceased. We extract the following information from the Fernie Free Press:— "The work at the coke ovens at Fernie is now progressing more steadily. The Slav oven-workers who quit the work some time ago have to a large extent been replaced by 80 Chinamen who arrived on Monday morning from Vancouver. The company had for a time taken a body of Italians from important development work to keep the ovens working, until regular men could be supplied. The union had been asked to supply men and it had been powerless to meet the demand, and the only way left to the company was the method adopted. These Chinamen are experieneced coke-oven workers. The output of coke is steadily increasing and more ovens are being started at frequent intervals. Many of the Slavs who quit the coke ovens are working on the construction at Frank where high wages are being paid. "At Morrissey the new compressor was put in operation on Wednesday. This huge engine now supplies all the motive power in the mines for drilling and hoist purposes. The air is conveyed into the mines in five-inch pipes at a pressure of 100 inches to the foot. It is giving splenaiu satisfaction." 686 THE MINING RECORD. Industrial Supplement, LOCAL INDUSTRIES. THE BRACKAN-KER MILLING CO., LTD. OF Victoria's industries, none are better nor more favourably known than that of the Brackman-Ker Milling Co., Ltd., whose establishments extend from one end of the Province to the -other, and even into the territory beyond, for east of the Rockies are also to be found branches of this concern. Nor is it only by their mills and elevators that this concern are known, for the "B. & K." cereal products are a household word all over the West. the principal of which are the mills and elevators at Strath- cona, Alta., while at all principal points along the line of the Calgary & Edmonton Railway are located warehouses and elevators for the handling and storage of grain pending its shipment to the seaboard and interior points. The mill at Strathcona is of brick construction three stories high with basement, equipped with the latest improved machinery suitable for turning out the very best quality of cereal foods. The mill was erected in 1895 and has met with a steadily increasing trade and supplies the whole of the Northwest, as well as the Kootenay country and as far west as Ashcroft with the well-known brands of this firm. The works of the Brackman-Ker Milling Co., Ltd., at the outer wharf, Victoria, cover a very large area besides which are the extensive docks and warehouses used in the loading and unloading of the freighters which are always going and coming with grain, hay, etc., from the Fraser River and other farming sections of the Lower Mainland and Island. The mill itself is substantially built on a stone foundation and is practically six stories high—four stories proper and a base- Brackman & Kerr Mills at Victoria. The business of the Brackman-Ker Company was established at Saanich by Henry Brackman, the president of the company, in the year 1878. At this place the milling was carried on for five years or more until Mr. D. R. Ker, the vice- president, joined the concern, and after a few years, the plant was materially enlarged and moved to its present site at the outer wharf, where it has continued to grow until it has now reached the very extensive proportions shown in the illustrations herewith produced. Besides the increase which took place in the mills at Victoria, branches in the meantime had been organized at New Westminster and Vancouver, and later at Nelson and Rossland. In 1891 the Company was incorporated as the Brackman- Ker Milling Company Limited, having a capital of $500,000. Although a close corporation, among the shareholders are some who give the concern the benefit of almost unlimited- capital wherewith to finance large undertakings. With the growth of the company since its incorporation additional establishments have been provided on the Mainland, ment and attic. The grinding machinery and every other appliance used is the most modern and in fitting up their mill the company have always made a point that as near absolute perfection as possible must every machine be in order that the resulting output shall be1 of the highest grade obtainable. On the dock, which extends out into the deep water of Victoria harbour, are provided two other warehouses, one 250 by 60 feet and a second 150 by 60 feet. Here are stored thousands of tons of grain just landed and others ready for shipment. The storage capacity of the various warehouses is almost 8,000 tons, and it frequently happens that even this generous allowance is found somewhat limited for the quantities of grain, etc., which sometimes accumulate. The officers of the company are Henry Brackman, president ; D. R. Ker, vice-president and general manager; Chas. W. Rhodes, secretary-treasurer; T. A. Ker, mill manager; W. H. Ker, manager Vancouver branch; W. J. Mathers, manager New Westminster branch; Frank ' Gibbs, manager Nelson THE MINING RECORD. 68' h£i;sir'JrT^ manager ^ossland branch>- an<* T- w. AlSa ' manager °f aI1 the establishments in INCREASE IN CANADIAN TRADE. T* HE returns of the Customs Department for the ten *Zt* f nJ°n*s_end«W April shows an increase in the aggregate trade of Canada of nearly $32,000,000. There was an increase m the imports of over $18,000,000, and in the exports of about $14,000,000. The year's trade will go over the $400,000,000 mark, or about twice what it was in 1895. In 1873 the trade of Canada was $217,000,000, and twenty years later it was $218,000000 or Agriculture 29,163,033 3&351,960 Manufacture 14,579,236 16,341,961 Miscellaneous 29,872 77,653 Total $158,190,071 $171,857,918. The exports of foreign products totalled $8,806,140 in ten months of this year, as against $11,205,692 last year. During April alone this year the imports were $21,119,545, as against $17,104,523 last year and the duty collected $3,224,767 as against $2,679,661 last year. The exports of Canadian products were $9,437,175 as against $13,643,198 in April, 1902, and of foreign products $304,272 as against $276,255. The falling off of exports during tew^Ty' One of Brackman & Ker's Elevators in the N. W. T. an increase of $1,000,000; in the eight years since, Canada's trade has about doubled. The details of the trade for the. past ten months are as follows: Imports— 1902. 1903. Dutiable $ 95,373,439 $109,030,545 Free 62,406,000 66,954,103 Total $152,779,309 $175,984,648 Coin and bullion $ 4,728,839 $ 4,234,331 Duty collected 26,245,191 29,783,082 Minerals .. .. • 27,775,527 25,715,330 Fish 12,076,766 9,343,697 Forest produce 24,515,865 28,372,173 Animals and their products 50,049,772 58;665,i44 Brackman & Ker's Warehouse, Vancouver. April was principally in wheat, but during the ten months the exports of wheat increased by over $3,000,000, compared with the same period last year. The following figures show the increases for the ten months of this year over last in the ports of the principal products : Flour, $412,782; cattle, $1,008,000; butter, $1,564,284; cheese, $2,566,688; bacon, $3,272,359. .CEMENT IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. IN a letter to the Canadian Manufacturer a correspoadent puts forward the suggestion that the opportunities for the establishment of cement works in British Columbia at the present time are most favourable, the market for the commod- 688 THE MINING RECORD. ity being satisfactory and capable of expansion, while, he adds, there is an abundance of raw material to be found in the southern interior. Thus, the writer states, he has discovered in the Meola Basin several important roads of limestones, large deposits of Fuller's earth and other clays, abundance of marl, diatom'anous earth, large deposits, of hematite, and with the coal measures known to exist in the valley, the wonder is, he remarks, why these resources are not developed instead of lying idle and practically unlocated, with only about ioo families in the centre valley. wrongly set out, the mistake originating in the Lands and Works Department. SEALING REGULATIONS. THE LUMBERING INDUSTRY. THE special correspondent of the Winnipeg Commercial states that since the first of the year there have been some 400 licenses applied for. At this rate it has been estimated that all the timber west of the Cascades would be taken up in about twenty years' time, as there" are now but 4,500 square miles of timber on Vancouver Island not taken up, and some 16,000 acres on the west coast of British Columbia. These figures are said to be official. North of the 52nd parallel no timber has been taken up, except a small amount near Queen Charlotte Sound. Thus it will be in that far north country that British Columbia will look for her base of supplies in the timber line in the distant future. The timber is not so good, but can certainly be utilized. The Provincial Government is still considering the amendments to the timber laws. T-t has been ascertained from one of the prominent members of the Loggers' Association that the concessions asked for by the loggers will all be granted with- one exception, and that is that the licenses will be doubled in price. In other words the Government will charge $200 a year instead of $100 to cut timber off of a square mile of government land. This price, however, is not to be charged according to the present intentions of the Government to those operating east of the Cascades. The mill men.east of the Cascades give us an excuse why they should be treated more leniently than coast luhiber men—that the timber was not so plentiful as it was west of the Cascades and was smaller in size. The west coast timber men, however, say that they are nearer the overland markets east of the Cascades. In fact, petitions are going into the Government from mill men and loggers protesting against any discrimination being made and requesting, in the case of loggers, that the license be not increased. The Government have definitely agreed to make the special licenses renewable and transferable. At a meeting of the shingle manufacturers held last month it was decided that owing to better conditions prevailing that it would not be necessary to close the shingle mills of the province to curail* the output. The scarcity of cars is not so serious and the scarcity of labour was not so serious a handicap as formerly, as labourers were coming in daily from the Sound and the Eastern States, attracted to the province by the accounts in the press of the scarcity of labour and high wages. The Ontario-Slocan Lumber Company, of Slocan City, commenced the manufacture of shingles in May. The company is now planning the erection of big lumber and planing mills. Some half a million feet of sawlogs were destroyed by fire at Wardner, East Kootenay, on May 14th, the new sawmill, however, fortunately escaping damage. The Yale-Columbia Lumber Company has commenced the erection of a new sawmill at Cascade with a daily capacity of 40,000 feet. Dry kilns, planer, trimmers, lath and other machines are to be operated. British capital is being heavily invested in timber at Trout Lake, extensive limits having been acquired and arrangements effected for the immediate erection of a large mill. The Ping- ston Creek Lumber Company also propose to build a mill in the same locality. A good deal of excitement- was created by an announcement in the official Gazette to the effect that nearly all the timber lands on Vancouver Island, not taken up, had been reserved for a concern known as the Island Power Company. It appears, however, that the boundaries of this reserve were INSTRUCTIONS have been prepared by the Treasury Department of the United States Government for the commanders of the revenue cutters constituting the patrolling fleet for the coming season which are based on important information received by the department concerning which certain Canadian sealing vessels are alleged to have made with a view to the violation of the terms of the Paris award, both as to time and manner of taking seals. Arrangements are said to have been made to fit out several Canadian schooners with firearms, ostensibly for the purpose of hunting seals in the Japan seas, but in reality with a view to taking skins in the eastern part of Behring Sea before the beginning of the open season. The use of nets,, firearms and explosives in Behring Sea is forbidden by Article VI. of the Paris award, but it is also provided by that article that "this restriction shall not apply - to shotguns when such fishing takes place outside of Behring Sea during the season when it may be lawfully carried on." In view of the information which has reached the department and which has been confirmed by careful investigation, special instructions have been prepared for the commanders of the patrolling revenue cutters, in which emphasis is placed upon certain features of the regulations promulgated in accordance with the Paris award. The provisions to which attention is especially directed embrace the following reference to the Act of December 29, 1897: "Under the provisions of the foregoing Act of Congress it is unlawful for any citizen of the United States or any vessel thereof to engage in pelagic sealing at any time or in any manner in the waters of the Pacific Ocean north of the thirty- fifth degree of north latitude, in the Behring Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk, and it shall be the duty of vessels of the revenue cutter service of the United States to seize any United States vessel found violating this law, whether during the open or closed season prescribed in the regulations of the Paris Arbitration Tribunal, and to send or bring such vessel, its officers and crew into the most accessible port of the United States for trial." Because of the reports concerning the plans of certain Canadian sealers attention is especially called to the following notice promulgated by the Secretary of the Treasury and referring to the Paris award: "The above regulations of the Paris Tribunal of Arbitration are still in force as applicable to British vessels. The close season for pelagic sealing is therein fixed from the first of May to the thirty-first of July, both inclusive, during which period it is unlawful for British vessels to kill, capture or pursue the fur seals on the high seas in the Pacific Ocean north of the thirty-fifth degree of north latitude, or eastward of the one hundred and eighth degree of longitude. Undar said regulations British vessels are permitted to engage in pelagic sealing after the thirty-first of July, but in the performance of said sealing they are forbidden to enter a zone within sixty miles around the Pribilof Islands. It shall be the duty of vessels of the revenue cutter service detailed to patrol the waters above described to seize any British vessel found violating the said regulations of the Paris Arbitration Tribunal, and send or bring the vessels so offending, with all persons on board, together with the proofs and declarations of the officer making the seizure, to Unalaska, and deliver her to the senior British naval officer present, or to the most convenient port in British Columbia, and there deliver her to the proper authorities of Great Britain, or to the commanding officer of any British vessel charged with the enforcement of said regulations." The patrolling fleet for the coming season will consist of three vessels—Bear, Captain Wilde; Manning, Captain Mc- Clellan, and Thetis. Captain Healey—that will cruise throughout the season patrol duty only, and three others—the Perry, Captain Failing; Rush, Captain Fengar, and McCulloch, Captain Coleson—which will co-operate from time to time when not employed on other service. Instructions have been issued THE MINING RECORD. l^BBM^^^H Our experience in designing and installing complete plants has extended over a period of many years, and this experience together with the fact that we are in close touch with many eminent metallurgists places us in a position to supply cur cusfcmers with machinery of the latest and most improved type, and with plans for its installation in accordance with up-to- date and practical methods of handling ore so as to obtain the best commercial as well as metallurgical results. COMPLETE POWER, LIGHTING, HEATING AND PUMPING PLANTS CHAS. C. MOORE & CO., Engineers PACIFIC COAST AGENTS FOR § The Holthoff Machinery Co., CUDAHY, WIS. MAIN OFFICE 32 FIRST ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL_ BRANCHES new m mmlM ""W. HH sec°s^vEw m akgeles> 1 m ■— to the fleet to start from the rendezvous at Dutch Harbour .May 15 and to go at once to Behring Sea] patrolling the southern waters of the sea until the beginning of the open season, which extends from August i to September 1.5, when special attention will be paid to the sixty-mile zone surrounding the Pribilofs, within which sealing vessels are forbidden to go.—Fur Trade Review. THE YALE-KOOTENAY TELEGRAPH COMPANY. MEETING was held in Greenwood last month, at which were present the original incorporators of the Yale- Kootenay Telegraph Company, Messrs. D. C. Corbin, J. Dean and Duncan Ross, and representatives of the Great Northern Railway, for the purpose of ratifying the sale of this system to the Great Northern Company. The charter was secured from the Dominion Government in 1891, ancPMr. Corbin was enabled thereby to extend his telegraph system to all points in the Boundary: lie subsequently sold to the Great Northern, "the meeting' of last month being called to formally ratify the transfer. T MONTHLY FREIGHT AND SHIPPING REPORT. MESSRS. R. P. RITHET & CO., LTD., issue the following report for the month of April: There has been no movement of interest in the grain freight market during the month, only two fixtures being reported showing a slight improvement. For new crop loading the rate, although flcutuating, has again reached the' opening figures, viz., 21s. 3d. Crop prospects are good but the disengaged list is large. Lumber freights, without business, remain unchanged. We quote freights as follows:— Graiii.—Safi "Frfiicisco "to Cork, f.o., 12s. 6d. to 14s. 6d. Portland to Cork, f.o., 21s. Tacoma and Seattle to Cork, 20s, Lumber.—British Columbia.or Puget Sound to1 Sydney", 32s. 6d. to 36s. 3d.; Melbourne or Adelaide, 40s.; Port Pirfe, 37s. 6d.; -Er.emantle, 47s. 6d. to 50s.; Sharj§j}ai, 37s. 6d. to 40s.; Taku, 45s.; Vladivostock, '40s.; West Coast, S. A., 32s. 6d. to 35s.; South Africa, 52s. _6d. to 56s. 3d. ;_,L7 K. or GSffntinent, 50s.; Kaio-Chaw, 40s. 5** CATALOGUES AND CIRCULARS. CANTON MI>'TNG STEEL. [E Canton Steel. Company send""lis a little booklet containing several useful hints to tool dressers.-on shaping and tempering steel.- There is also included a number of letters.- from well-know 11 ISritish Columbian mine-operators and others testifying :to the excellent quality of the. Cantoris .steel, which by the way is warranted, the company agreeing to replace defective steel when used for the purpose for which •it is specified. LESCHEN & SONS WIRE ROPE. A Leschen & Sons, Rope Company, issue an attractive catalogue and price list (illustrated), in which special attention is called to the Hercules Wire Rope as being the strongest and toughest rope made. A full list is also given of all appliances used in connection with aerial tramways, as well as illustrations of Leschen Company's Automatic Wire Rope Tramways, HE MICHIGAN COLLEGE OF MINES. 1 he Legislature of Michigan has passed a bill appropriating $171,900 for the Michigan College of Mines at Houghton for the biennium beginning July ist next. The most important item of this appropriation is that of $45,000 for the construction of a metallurgical laboratory. The XII. THE MINING RECORD. College intends to erect a substantial building for this purpose and to thoroughly equip it for experimental wock and instruction in the different classes of metallurgical processes. Cyaniding and other wet method's of cencentration will be exemplified in the equipment and electra-metallurgy will receive special attention. It is intended to install furnaces of larger capacity than is usual in college laboratories. The Board of Control of the College is taking steps to create a separate department of Ore Dressing and Metallurgy. The equipment for this department will be housed in the new metallurgical building and in the ore dressing mill now possessed by the College. A man to fill the new chair has not been selected. Beside the amount for a metallurgical laboratory the bill referred to carries an appropriation of $9,000 for extending the equipment of the department of Mining Engineering, which now occupies its new building erected last year, $4,000 for completing the equipment of the chemistry building also erected last year; $2,000 for providing additional cases for the mineralogical museum; and $1,000 for increasing the equipment of the department of Mechanical Engineering. MINING RETURNS AND STATISTICS. BOUNDARY DISTRICT. SHIPMENTS to the end of May are:— Tons. Granby 7 . . .. 140,056 Mother Lode .. . - 35,592 Snowshoe 15,390 B. C -.. .;^ 9,985 Emma W^rf' 8,366 Sunset 3)921 Providence .. - 451 213,981 ROSSLAND. Rossland's production for the year ending May 30th is divided as follows:— Tons. Le Roi 76,195 Centre Star 32,902 War Eagle 23,349 Le Roi No. 2 ".ISS Velvet 3.031 Kootenay 1.060 Giant 300 White Bear 220 Homestake 80 O. K. 20 Total 148,415 Production from the Slocan and Slocan City divisions to the end of May aggregate approximately 6,100 tons. ATLIN. Hydraulicing has commenced on Birch and McKee Creeks. The winter dumps are yielding excellent returns, over three hundred ounces having been already taken out of one claim on Pine Creek. By the completion of the supply ditch on Gold Run, big returns will be shown up. Mr. Paul Johnson, until recently manager of the Greenwood smelter, has been retained by the Brown-Alaska Company to superintend the. construction of a smelter at Prince of Wales Island. The Greenwood Board of Trade have communicated with the Department of Marine and Fisheries urging that fish ladders be built below Boundary Falls and at Cascade. It is also asked that Long Lake and other waters be stocked with black bass. Sixty-three suits for damages have been entered against the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company, the total sum asked for amounting to nearly $550,000. The suits arise out of the explosion at the mines last May, and are brought by relatives of persons who were killed on that occasion. Twenty-nine suits have already been brought in connection with this affair, and the latest batch brings the total to ninety-two. The highest amount of damages asked in any individual suit is $18,000 and the lowest $3,000. WIRE ROPE DON'T BUY UNTIL YOU HAVE WRITTEN TO US FOR PRICES AND PARTICULARS. \A/ill/Jf|C & I ft of London, England, Wire Rope Manufacturers, VWMIMIIO « \**->., Established 1850, are known throughout the MINING WORLD. The wire used in their rope is made from steel specially prepared to] insure absolute reliability. The preferential tariff permits of our quoting low prices on all descriptions of Steel Wire Ropes. A large stock of the principal sizes kept on hand at Victoria and Vancouver for immediate delivery. Our stock includes a full line of Logging Ropes, Ships Rigging and Hawsers. - ROBERT WARD & CO., LIMITED, Agents. Telegraphicaddress-ROBSRTUS. VICTORIA and VANCOUVER, B. C. R. MAYNARD Importer and dealer in all kinds ot Photographic Supplies Also Amateur Outfits, Kodaks, Hawkey es, Fremos, Pocos, etc, Agent for imperial, Cramer and Hammer plates, ArJSto-Platino.Solio, Klo- ro, Velox and Dekho Papers 41 PANDORA St. Victoria. B. C. M. R. SMITH & COMPANY LIMITED. Established IS58. Manufacturers of High Class Biscuits and Confectionery Gold Medals awarded at Royal Agricultural Exhibition '95. '96, '97, '98. Medal and Diploma awarded at Colonial and Indian Exhibitions. Silver Medals at Provincial Exhibitions, 1SS6. BRANCH- VICTORIA, B. C. 430 CORDOVA STREET, VANCOUVER. THE MINING RECORD. Everything for an Office.... I deal in nothing but goods required for an office. I don't know of another store on the Coast like Jhis one, and few in the East, that deals in Typewriters, Loose Leaf Systems, Adding Machines, Desks, ""i and other Office Furniture, other Specialties r^-1 sss Staple Office Stationery, and these lines only. «~! f I? ? ^L0fiLce ?urniture. other Specialties which will be written about later, and a complete 11 ; , I am at this all the time, and this only, and so the man in the office gets the benefit of specialized attention. If you have a type writer that needs overhauling, send it to me by express, as I have an experienced typewriter repair man. The express charges will not add to the cost of the repairs more than what the cost would be were the man to make a trip through the Province. If you want a stenographer, male or female, let me know, as I am in touch with them right along. No charge 'o either side . ■ for this service. I have wooed this business in Vancouver by day for five years and dreamt of it by night, and I know I can give you the service if you will afford me the oppor tunity. Let me send you samples and prices, etc. MACKENZIE URQUHART, Commercial Stationer, 412 Granville St., Vancouver, B.C com 1 WATER WHEEL J All persons interested in water power should send for our I page book on the Pelton system. This book supplies data and other information in regard to the utilization of water power under every possible condition. Is sent on request. PELTON WATER WHEEL CO., 135 Main St. San Francisco 156 Liberty St.. New York. Lobnitz' Gold Dredgers are at work in British North and South America, Africa, Asia, &c. obt^2, & CO., U*I>- W„st 111 DeSi9"8 i asWmm \ aarie to Gauge. AU Parts Made t A O DlR E S 5 tOBNlTl & CO., - T £ R S "• ft Hi mtLi ud., «*NFREW Telegraphic Address: "Lobnitz, Renfrew." AI Code usag. XIV. THE MINING RECORD. BRITISH COLUMBIA THE MINERAL PROVINCE ©F eftNRDA. Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Cool, Coke, Oil Iron, Mercury, Platinum, etc. The Mines of British Columbia have produced over ITl ■ $180,000,000/^^-f'l Amount and Vai/ue of Mikeeal Products for 1899, 1900 and 1901. Customary Measure Gold, placer.... 7. Ounces Gold, lode........ " Silver ,..• " Copper Pounds - Lead ! " Coal Tons, 2,240 lbs.. Coke I j Other materials... 1899. 1900. Quantity. Value. 67,245' 138.315 2,936,413 7.722.591! 21,862,436' 1,306,32^| 34,251 Quantity. {1,344,900 2,857,573 1,663,708! 1,351,453 878,870 3,918,962 171,255 206,400 63,936 167,153 3,958,175 9.997,080 63,358,621 1,439,595 . 85,149 $12,393,121 1901. (Estimated). Value. Quantity. {1,278,724! 3,453,38r 2,309,200 1,615,289 2,661,887' 4,318,785'!. 425,745 251,740 Value. 43,204 227,696 4,685,718 30,736,798| 50,529,260 1,529,210 134,760 f 16,344 751., 892,500 2,704,2'X) 2,614,002 4,951,698 1,970,641 4,587,63'3 673,800 309,030 $ 20,713,501 Production for 1890, $2,608,608; for 1899, $12,393,131; for 1900 $16,344,751; for 1901, $20,713,201. GOLD.—Placer gold mining, which in early days formed the chief mineral industry of the province, and made it famous all the world over, still continues to be important, while improved methods of working the gravel deposits, together with cheaper transportation and cost ot mining, have 'enlered the .working of large deposits, long known to exist, how profitable where previously impossible. The area of country known to contain placer gold is enormous, and has only been touched, leaving still virgin' ground well worth the prospecting for this, the only class of " poor man's mine." Recent discoveries of new placer fields in the Atlin district, the Cassiiar district, and the Cariboo district near the Horsefly river, are proof that the field is not yet exhausted, and promise a revival of this important industry. HYDRAULIC MINING plants costing large -amounts of money are being installed in Atlin. Cassiar, Omineca and Cariboo, at points widely separated, indicating the extent of th2 gold deposits. One company recovered $350,000 in srold during TQOO. DREDGING FOR GOLD is receiving deserved attention, and dredges are at work on the Fraser, Thompson. Quesnel and other rivers, on all of which streams good ground may yet be obtained. LODE GOLD MINING is now being prospected in various parts of the province, and in certain instances verv successful, notablv at Ymir. Cariboo-McKinnev and e1sewhere. GOLD-COPPER ORES are being extensively worked at Rossland by the Le Roi, War Eagle and associated companies, while other mines in the camp are rapidly becoming important producers. The tonnage of this camp alone in.1900 was 217.676 tons, and there will be an increase this year. SILVER-LEAD.—The silver rrcduction of the p-ov nee In 1900 showed an increase over 1899 of 39 per cent, w'ile the lead production increased 206 per cent., largely derived .^"oni properties in East Kootenay. rendered available by railroad construction. This year the increase will not be as great, but the industry is expected to hold its own. COPPER.—Copper is being produced to a limited extent at Rossland, where the chief value of the ore is in gold, but the feature of this branch of the industry is the development and mining of a large tonnage of few-grade copper ores in the Boundary district, of which there seems to be an almost limited amount. The output of ore from this district aione will amount to from 1,200 to 1,500 tons of ore per diem. The Coast district will this y'earTshow a very considerable copper production, from the Vancouver Island and Texada Island mines. Prospecting for copper is receiving_-Kreat attention, and the discoveries made on the Coast, in the Similkameen valley, etc., give great promise. IRON.—With the great probability of an iron-smelting plant • on the Northern Pacific Coast in the near future, what promise to be extensive bodies of magnetite iron ore have been developed on the Coast, while other deposits of iron ore are now under development dn the Goat Raver and Fort Steele mining divisr ions, and still other bodies occuf near Kamloops. COAL AND COKE.—In 1900 the Vancouver Island collieries made a net output of 1,336.023 tons of coal and 19.234 tons of coke, and in 1901 even this output promises to be exceeded. In 1900 the Crow's Nest collieries made a net output of 103.572 tons of coat,' and 69:915 tons of coke. In 1901 this output will be doubled at the least. These mines alone are putting out from 1.500 to 2,coo tons of coal per' diem. Of this oiitput.in 1900, 914.183 tons of coal and 51 757 tons of coke were exported, chiefly to the United States. The remain-- der wtas consumed in local smelters and other industries. SMELTERS.—In the. province there are smelters in active operation at Trail, NelsOn, Grand" Forks, Greenwood and Van Anda ; -while this coming year will probably see one erected in • East Kotenay and two others on the coast. Refineries are' yet lacking, but the' building of at least one is pretty well assured. CAPITAL.—Capital can now find here many excellent opportunities for investment, as the values placed on mines and undeveloped properties has reached a reasonable basis. If proper business care is used, and the experience of competent men- utilized, these investments should be safe as well as profitable MINERAL LANDS.—Mineral lands are open to location:, to any person over 18 years of age, who has obtained a free ^miner's certificate, and perfect title to lode claims can be -dsiiliir secured after $500 worth of work has been done per claim.?' A great extent of territory has yet to-be.prospected. For information, reports, bulletins, etc.,'address The Hon. the Minister of Mines, ^tffCTOlrttA B C W. F Robertson, Prov'ncial Mineralogist, VICTORIA, B. C. THE MINING RECORD. PROFESSIONAL AND BROKERS JAMES BRADY, Dominion and Provincial Land Surveyor, Mining Engineer. Properties surveyed, examined and reported on. Agent for procuring Crown grants. GOLDEN, B. C. CHAS. E. OLIVER, M. E. HEDLEY B. C. Properties in the Similkameen carefully sampled and reported on. I have the handling of three of the standard properties of Camp Hedley and solicit correspondence from any first-class mining man or corporation regarding same. S. M. MCGREGOR, B.A. Sc. w. d. McGregor, m. e. McGregor & co., MINING and CIVIL ENGINEERS «., ^^—.««., r-» ^. and LAND SURVEYORS. SLOCAN, B. C. Reports on Mines and Prospects. Act as agents in doing assessment work, applying for Crown grants and in taking general charge of preliminary development work. ^f/ IV/J E) *s ?n.e of *ne mos* promising gold camps in IVI I I 1 Biatish Columbia and-now offers many capital opportunities for profitable investment. For further particulars write PERCY J. GLEAZER, MINING BROKER AND AGENT, YMIR, B. C. Code—Moreing & Neal's. J. McLELLAN, Associate Royal School of Mines, London. Mining Engineer and Assayer, TROUT LAKE CITY, B. C. reliable: assays Gold $ .75 I Gold and Silver. $1.00 Lead .75 I Gold,Silver, Copper 1.50 SAHPLES BY MAIL RECEIVE PROflPT ATTENTION. Gold and Silver refined and bought OGDEN ASSAY CO. "25 An,p'Dhe0„8^ra.«do. THE STUART ROBERTSON CO., Ltd., Successors to A. W. MORE & CO. MINING AND STOCK BROKERS Codes used: Bedford-McNeil's, Moreing & Neals, Clough's, and A.B.C, Fourth Edition. 23 BROAD STREET, VICTORIA, B. C. |000<:>0<)<><>000<>0<><x>oo<><>o<>o<>^ SMELTER AND MILL DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND DETAILS. Geo. Williams, M. E. P.O. Box 341, LADYSMITH Converters, Reverberatories, Concentrators, j £0000<>00<><>oo<>oo<><>oo<><^ Mining Properties reported upon. Information furnished. General Engineering work promptly performed. References furnished'. QUESNELLE FORKS, CARIBOO, B. C. JOHN B. HOBSON, Manager Con. Cariboo Hyd. Mining Co., Ltd. BULLION, BRITISH COLUMBIA. 28 years' experience in the equipment and operation of targe hydraulic, Deep Gravel, Tfrift and Gold Quartz Mines, in California and British Columbia. Telegraphic and Cable Address "HOBSON" Ashcroft B. C WH. M. BREWER, HINING ENGINEER, MEM. N. of ENG. INST. MINING & MECH. ENG. and AM. INST., M. E. Molsons Bank Building, TEL. 846. T. J. SMITH, MINING BROKER. Syndicates and Companies formed to develop mining claims Secretary Vancouver Mining Stock Exchange. 6II Hastings Street West, VANCOUVER, B. C A. A. WATSON, B. 5c. PROVINCIAL ASSAYER, VERNON, B. C. Analyst and Mineralogist Honours Graduate in Chemistry, Victoria University, England. Reports made on Mining Properties. Seven years experience in Australia. South America. England and B. C. Assay Charges—Gold, $i; Silver, $i; Copper, $2 ; Lead, $1 ; Goldand Sil" ver, $1.50 ; Gold and Copper, $2.50 ; Gold, Silver and Copper, $3 ; Gold, Silver Copper and Lead, $3 50 ; Complete analysis of any ore, $10. ^0-SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SAMPLES BY MAIL-^Wl Cecil M. Bryant, A.R.S M., A.I.M.M. E- Philip Gilman, A.R.S.M.,-F.G.S Pellew-Harvey, Bryant & Gilman PROVINCIAL ASSAYERS. The Vancouver Assay Office and Ore Testing Works. Established 1890. MILL, SMELTER, CONCENTRATION AND CYANIDE TESTS, Reliable reports on mining properties. Complete analyses of Ores and Coal Victoria Office : 4 View Street (Opposite Driard Hotel.) CHRIS. OUTHETT Associate of Royal College of Science, London, England. Inland Assay Office, KAMLOOPS, B.C. Provincial Assayer. Mineral and Coal Analysis a specialty. Reports made on Mining Properties Mail samples receive prompt attention. XVIII THE MINING RECORD. si&as^ttKeTO: THE EDWARD P ALUSCO.j MU*A1 U-P WP5 FRASER &?CHA£MKRS0 ..:'.._. 'CBBCi"" ILL ..GATES IROlt WORKS, cbicago, at. i DICKSON B|l|p$& WE ARE EXTENSIVE BUILDERS OF SMELTING MACHINERY We illustrate herewith a 42 inch by 120 inch steel water jacketed copper smelting furnace which embodies all the latest improvements in copper smelting. This furnace was built by us for the Tyee Copper Company, Ladysmith, B. C. It has extraordinarily large capacity, and is giving excellent satisfaction. We have the largest and best equipped shops in the world devoted to the manufacture of copper and lead smelting plants. We build copper and lead smelting plants, copper converters, water jackets, hydraulic accumulators, hydraulic cars, slag pots, etc. SOLE BUILDERS OF REYNOLDS BLOWING ENGINES FOR ALL METALLURGICAL PURPOSES wuwra BRANCH OFFICES: ■ NEW YORK, Broad Eichatteo.Bldg. BOSTON, Board of Trade Bldg. PITTSBURG. Prick Building \ MINNEAPOLIS; Cora Eidvntgre Bldg. .DENVER, 1M9 Tremoot Street SALT LAKE QTY, 209 S.W.TemploSt SPOKANE', Washingtffii^^^l 1 GENERAL LONDON, ENG.. 160 DasWropd House OFFICE CfflCAGO,<Sl>ILUJ.S.A. JOHANNESBURG, Sooth Africa BRANCH OFFICES: SAN FRANCISCO, Bayward Bids. | SEATTLE, Lumbet Exchange Bldg.. . CHARLOTTE, Jtjfc Trast Bldg. - NEW ORLEANS, Hennen Bldg, | j ATLANTA, GA, Equitably Bldg. ,<•; BUTTE, MONT., 51 E. Broadway 7 THE MINING RECORD. THE EDWARD p78&&& CO., ERASER* CHALMERS, '" KfiATES lEROST W0RKS7 *' I TDlCKSON HT'G CO., BUILDERS OF MINING Our standard line of crushing rolls consists of three styles, as follows: Style A. (Formerly known as Gates High Grade Roll). Style B. (Formerly known as Fraser & Chalmers Standard Roll). Style C. (Formerly known as Fraser & Chalmers Belt Roll). We aim to carry in stock all standard sizes of the above named rolls, and also keep on hand a full line of repair parts for same. All special sizes of these rolls mentioned above and crushing rolls formerly built by the constituent companies will be built upon special order. We are also prepared to furnish repair parts on special order for crushing rolls formerly manufactured by the constituent companies.. STYLB B CRUSHING ROLL. Builders of Gates Rock and Ore Breakers. Chilian Mills Huntington Mill. Blake and Dodge Crushers siaa^Bpa oFFicjgiip #EW YORKi Broad Exchange! Side 'plfTSBr/RG Frick BoUdlAe MINNEAPOLIS ConrBisMgs Btdt .DENVER i^'Tjeiniint Street SALTLAlCE-CtT'4 209'S.W Tempi* <>i SPOhLANL WiUhingBMSh GENERAI/ ill ; LONDON, ENIJiJi^Da&bwwd House OF^lPE OTMO^ILMJ.S.A. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa Crushing Rolls BRANCH OFFICES SAN FRANCISCO, Hayward Bldg. 7 SEATTLE, Lumber Exchange Bldg.. CHARLOTTE, N. C., Trust Bldg. NEW ORLEANS, Hennen Bldg, ATLANTA, GA-, Equitable Bldg. BOTTEh^fe 51 E. Broadway . XX THE MINING RECORD. J Capital of British Columbia, Pacific Ocean Terminus Railway, and the Great Northern The Canadian Gateway to the Orient, the Sandwich Islands, Australia, New Zealand, etc. The starting point of steamship lines to the Yukon, Atlin and Cassiar Gold Fields, and the Canadian port of call for tourists on the lines between San Francisco and Alaska. TEMPERATURE 1902. Highest Mean. Victoria . . 67.6 London, Eng 68.1 Torquay, Eng 65.5 RAINFALL 1902. Lowest Mean. 35-4 3i-5 38.5 Inches. Victoria 26.45 London, Eng 20.84 Torquay, Eng '.. .. 30.22 The Province covers a superficial area of 381,000 square miles abounding in minerals, timber, fish and game in endless variety. The opportunities for the profitable investment of capital are practically unlimited, and the markets for the disposal of metals, lumber, fish and agricultural products lie waiting in Russia, Japan, China, India and Australasia. The tourist will find mountain scenery and mountain climbing unequal- of Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian Northern Railway ofthe United States. led in the old world—a new field for exploration—and the sportsman with first class hotels as bases of operation may penetrate a new world in his pursuit of the bear, the panther, the elk or the mountain goat. The City of Victoria is becoming widely noted for the beauty of its situation, its homes and its surroundings ; so that the number of strangers arriving, for short visits and for permanent residence, continue growing annually larger. Of its beauty H.R.H. the Duke of York said: "The most beautiful place we have seen in our journey around the world," and the following may be quoted from the correspondence of Mr. E. P. Knight, of the London Morning Post: "One would fain have stayed longer, for of all the cities that have been visited in the course of this long Royal progress the fair capital of British Columbia seems to me the one which the Englishman would most gladly make his home. * * * Never in the environs of any other city have I seen such a glory of flowers as surrounded each of these lovely homes." Pamphlets containing views of local scenery and information of interest to investors, tourists, hunters and amusement seekers may be obtained by addressing the Clerk of the Municipal Council, Victoria, British Columbia. BUY VANCOUVER CITY REHL ESTHTE ,You Cannot Make a Safer Investment. WRITE FOR PARTICULARS. Money Invested for Clients on First Mortgages on Best Business Property to yield 5 per cent, to 6 per cent. PERCY W, CHARLESO INVESTMENT BROKER, 1|§| § §i§§iS ff N0TSRY PUBLIC FOR BRITISH COLOMBIA. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. References, Dun*br Bradstreets Agencies, Canadian Bank of Commerce. P.O. BOX 187 4\ E—Strongest and Best Explosive in the Market. MANUFACTURED BY (Incorporated 1861 . Manufacturers of High Explosives, Blasting, Mining and Sporting Powder, Dealers in Electric Blasting Apparatus, Safety Fuse, Detonators, Etc., Etc. BRANCH OFFICE: VICTORIA HEAD OFFICE: MONTREAL. LOCAL OFFICES: VANCOUVER, NELSON, ROSSLAND and GREENWOOD NANAIMO / / XXI THE MINING RECORD. PROFESSIONAL ADVERTISEMENTS H. E. T. HAULTAIN, C. E. CONSULTING MINING ENGINEER, office: jfcfcg-g;^ Nelson, B.C. WALTER E. SEGSWORTH L censed Provincial Assayer Control Assays and Supervision of Ore Shipments a Specialty GREENWOOD, B. C. WILLIAM A. BAUER, Dominion & Provincial Land Surveyor Surveys" of Mines, Mineral Claims and Crown Lands. Crown Grants obtained and Assessments managed for absentees. Offices-FERGUSON and VANCOUVER, B.C POGSON, PELOUBET &, CO. Public Accour NEW YORK 20 BROAD STREET CHICAGO MARQUETTE BUILDING ST. LOUIS CHEMICAL BUILDING SUTTE HENNESSY BUILDING Audits of Books and Accounts, Systems of Bookkeeping or Costs, Financial Examinations, Etc. POHLE & PARMELEE ASSAYERS and CHEMISTS, Special Attention to Control and Umpire Work, Ores tested to determine the best method of treatment. Experimental work on chemical processes or patents. General Commercial analysis. Thirty years experience. Prices and sample sacks free on application. 1627 CHAMPA ST., DENVER, Colo. ■ ss v^. sa s ^yg-CT-ip-y WCBBAUGH RlD. 3£'*crarl 76 w.2-s°-$r SALTLAKraTY IT IS NO GOOD ADVERTISING In the British Press unless you understand how to approach the British public. The best way to do this is to Employ an Up=to=date Advertising Expert Who can advise you and do your business at Lowest Possible Rates. Quoted by newspapers themselves. Let us know what you want and we will be pleased to assist you. C. J. WALKER'S British and Canadian Press Bureau. 24 Coleman St., London, E.C. RELIABLE ASSAYS Gold. Lead. •5° •5° Gold and Silver jr.oo Gold, Silver and Copper 50 Samples by mail receive prompt attention. Gold and Silver refined and bought. OGDEN ASSAY CO., 1725 Arapahoe St., DENVER, Colo. Do YOU Want j A Better Position?! The indorsements and photographs that we have published in the various magazines, during the past year, promptly convinced many that we could train them for advancement. For the few who still doubt that we can enable them to better their positions and increase,their salaries we have compiled, at a great expense, the 48-page booklet illustrated below. '1^7?^ This gives the names, addresses, and progress, of over a thousand I. C. S. students whom we have placed on the road to prosperity. Among these you will find the names and addresses of many in your locality with whom you can confer. To those inquiring now it will be sent free. Our Courses cost from $10 up. Terms easy. No books to buy. Every student of the I. C. S. is entitled to the assistance of the Students' Aid Department in securing advancement or a new position. Start TODAY to rise. Fill Out and Send in the Coupon NOW! ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦*»*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦« International Correspondence Schools, Box 826, Scranton, Pa. Please send me, free* a copy of " 1001 Stories of Success," and explain how I can qualify for position marked X below. Steam Engineer Surveyor Sign Painter Steam-Electric Engineer Mechanical Engineer Chemist Gas Engineer Machine Designer. Sheet-Metal Draftsman Refrigeration Engineer Mechanical Draftsman Ornamental Designer Mining Engineer Electrical Engineer Navigator Metallurgist Electrician Bookkeeper Metal-Mine Supt. Telephone Engineer Stenographer Metal-Mine Foreman Traction Engineer Teacher Fire Boss Marine Engineer To Speak French Coal-Mine Foreman Sanitary Engineer To Speak German Mine Surveyor Architect To Speak Spanish Civil Engineer. Arch. Draftsman Name. Street and No. ^City. State- * XXII THE MINING RECORD. BRITISH COLUMBIA WHOLESALE SUPPLY HOUSES, ETC. Everything to Furnish Homes in Modest or Elaborate Styles Crossley's Fine Carpets, Templeton's Exquisite Rugs, Furniture from Leading flakerS Ostermoor Patent Elastic Felt Mattress JM f\*.n*.A r*n*\Ac nnA (\.^n~\r. induces sweet, healthy, beneficial, rest- in Cirand RapldS and Ontario ful sieep_a balmy relaxation from every care. All sizes in stock. Prices same as A veritable lap of luxury is Special pieces of Furniture and interior hardwood New York or Montreal. them°arn pricesr$ioWto H work made at our own factorv to vour order. The full size only $15, net cash. Illustrations on request. Estimates and samples free. WEILER BROS., fUF' Write for booklet. Victoria, B. C. Canadian Pacific Navigation Company, Ltd. Steamers leave Victoria and Vancouver as follows: Victoria-Vancouver Route. Leave Victoria daily 1 a.m. Leave Vancouver daily 1.15 p.m. West Coast, Vancouver Island Route. Leave Victoria n p.m., ist, ioth and 20th day of month. Northern British Columbia Coast Route. Leave Victoria 11 p.m., ist and 15th day of month. Leave Vancouver 2 p.m., 2nd and 16th day of month. Alaska Route. Steamships leave Victoria 11 p.m. ist and 15th day of month, leave Vancouver 8 p.m. 2nd and 16th day of month for Ketchikan and Skagway connecting with the White Pass and Yukon Route for Atlin, Dawson, and Yukon River Points. TJsri J. W. TROUP, Manager. Victoria. E. J. COYLE, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent, Vancouver. TURNER, BEETON & CO'Y Victoria, Vancouver, and Nelson, B. C. and at H. C. Beeton & Co., S3 Finsbury Circus, London, England. Clothing, Etc., Etc. WllOlCS&lC iVl€rCn8.ntS. Cigars, Flour'Etc. Telegraphic Addresses : Goods indented from all parts ofthe world. ' 'TURNER," Victoria; " BEETON," London; " TURBEET," Vancouver and Nelson R. R. RITHET & CO. Wholesale Merchants, Shipping & Insurance Agents. Proprietors of Victoria Wharf, Columbia Flouring Mill ; agents for Victoria Lumber and Manufacturing Company, Cheminus, V.I.; Pacific Coast Steamship Co., San Francisco. WHARF" STREET. VICTORIA, B. C THE MINING RECORD. BANKING ESTABLISHMENTS, ETC. ESTABLISHED 1817. BANK OF MONTREAL. „ HEADOFFICE: - - MONTREAL- CAPITAL all paid up, $12,000,000.00 RESERVE FUND, $7,000,000.00 Board of Directors—Rt. Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, G. C. M. G., President. Hon. G. A. Drummond A. I. Paterson, Esq.; Edward B. Greenshields, Esq.; Sir William C. Macdonald; JR. B. Angus,Esq.; A. F. Gault, Esq ; James Ross, Esq.; R. G. Reid, Esq. fS. CLOUSTON General Manager | c p.'!?.,!; Chief Inspector and Superintendent of Branches *• S" CLOUSTON Inspector of Branch Returns _ i BRANCHES Provotcb of Ontabio—Almonte, Belleville, Brantford, Brockville, Chairs' Tc.°™wallJ Deseronto, Fort William, Goderich, Guelph, Hamilton King- Of m SdB£7' Lo?d£n' 0ttawa. Perth Peterboro, Picton, Sarnia, Stratford, Bt. Mary's Toronto, Toronto Yonge St. Branch, Wallaceburg. a. Pf°XINC=OFQnSBB°-Montreal: West End Br., Seigneurs St. Br., Point Bt. Charles; Quebec. Lowee Pkovincbs—Chatham, N.B.; Frederickton, N.B.; Moncton, N.B. Bt. JohnN.B.; Amherst, N.S.; Halifax, N.S.; Sydney, N.S. Province op Manitoba and North-West Teeeitories—Winnipeg, Man.; Calgary, Alberta; Lethbridge, Alberta; Regina, Assiniboia. Province op British Columbia—Greenwood, Nelson, New Denver, New Weitminster, Rossland, Vancouver, Vernon, Victoria. In NEWFOTJNDLAND-St. John's, Nfld., Bank of Montreal. UNDIVIDED PROFIT, $427,180.80. Vice-President. I F. W- TAYLOR Assistant Inspector, JAMES AIRD Secretary ( Montreal-H. V. MEREDITH Manager IN CANADA: In Geeat Britain—London, Bank of Montreal, 22 Abchurch Lane, E.C, Alexander Lang, Manager. In the United States New York—R. Y. Hebden and J. M. Greata, Agents, 59 Wall Street; Chicago—Bank of Montreal. Bankers in Great Britain—London—The Bank of England, the Union Bank of London, the London <fe Westminster Rank the National Prov. Bank of England. Liverpool—The Bank of Liverpool, Ltd. Scotland—Ths British Linen Company Bank and Branches. ■Bankers in the United States—New York—The National City Bank, The Bank of New York, N.B.A. Bosten—The Merchants' National Bank, J. B. Moors & Co. Buffalo—The Marine Bank, Buffalo. San Francisco—The First National Bank, The Bank of British Columbia, The Anglo-Californian Bank. Portland, Oregon—The Bank of British Columbia. THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE. With Which is Amalgamated The Bank: of British Columbia. HEAD OFFICE : TORONTO. Paid Up Capital $ 8,000,000 Rest and Undivided Profits 2,652,ooo Aggregate Resources Over 7o,ooo,ooo HON. GEO. A. COX, President. R. E. WALKER, General Manager. ALEX. LAIRD, Asst. General Manager. LONDON OFFICE: 60 LOMBARD ST. E. C. The Bank has 80 branches well distributed throughout the Dominion and elsewhere, including the following in British Columbia and the Yukon .District: Nelson, Vancouver, New Westminster, Victoria. Sandon, White Horse. Atlin, Greenwood Cranbrook, Kamloops, Dawson Ladysmith Fernie, Nanaimo, BRANCHES IN THE UNITED STATES. New York, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle Skagway. Every description of banking business transacted. Letters of credit on all parts of the world. Exceptional facilities for handling gold dust. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received and interest paid at current rates. Victoria B. C, GEO. GILLESPIE, Manager BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ESTABLISHED 1836. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1840. Paid Up Capital, £1,000,000 Sterling. Reserve Fund, $1,898,000 LONDON, ENG., OFFICES, 5 GRACECHURCH STREET, E. C. Victoria, BAX/VCHES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA : Vancouver, Rossland, Kaslo, Ashcroft, Greenwood, Also at the Gold Fields—DAWSON CITY. A Savings Bank Department Has Been Established n Connection With the Victoria Branch. Highest Price Paid for Gold Dust and Amalgam. W. T. OLIVER,, Mgr., Victoria, B. C. MICHIGAN COLLEGE OF MINES. F. W. McNAIR, President. A State Institution located in and making use of an active ruining district. For Year Book giving list of graduates and their occupations apply to President or Secretary. Houghton, Michigan. PATENTS, •Caveats Designs, Copyrights and Trade Marks obtained in Canada and all foreign countries. * ROWLAND BRIXXAIINI, Reeistered Patent Attorney, Mechanical Engineer and Draughtsman. Write for full information and references. Satisfaction guaranteed. B^ofHrArtHA-erica VANCOUVER B.C, SMELTING DEPARTMENT NFI ^ON ■ Pu|-Chases IILLOUM, COPPER ORE, R C LEAD ORE, DRY ORE. i XXIV THE MINING RECORD. TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES AND HOTELS. The fPleasure of Travel Is fully realized in travelling on the Canadian Pacific Railway. By its lines can be reached all Canadian Points, and its arrangement with American Railroads enable its agents to issue tickets to all points in the United States. It operates its own Sleeping and Dining Cars, and has its own Hotels and Steamships. Its magnificent scenery and the excellence of its service has made it the favorite route across the American Continent. Illustrated publications, as to its route, Banff, Yoho Valley, Glacier, &c. sent on application to any agent. H. H, ABB0TT3 Agent, VICTORIA, B. C. Or to E. J. COYLE, Ass't General Passenger Agent, VANCOUVER B. C. Esquimau and Nanaimo Railway. TIME TABLE N©. 44. Southbound. Northbound. Daily. Arrive. Leave. a.m. p.m. Victoria 9 :oo 12 :o6 Shawnigan Lake 10:2o 10 -.46 Duncans 11 :co 10 :o2 P.M. Nanaimo 12145 8:15 Ar. Wellington 1:00 Lv. 8 :oo Northbound. Leave. Sat., Sun. and Wed. Southbound. Arrive. A.M. Victoria 4:25 Shawnigan Lake 5142 Duncans 6:20 Nanaimo 0 :o2 Ar. Wellington p.m. - 8:10 7:01 6:05 4:25 8:17 Lv. 4:10 Through Tickets to Crofton via "Westholme, Stage leaves Daily, connecting with North and Sonth bound trains," Double stage'service Saturdays, Sundays and Wednesdays, connecting with morning and afternoon trains. Fare from Victoria, Single $2, Return $3. Through Tickets Victoria to Hlberni—Stage leaves Wellington Tuesdaysand Fridays on arrival of train from Victoria. Returning from Alberni Mondays and Thursdays. Fare from Victoria, single, $5.20, return $8.65 Through Tickets Victoria to CSowichan Lake via Duncans—Stage leaves Duncans Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays. Fare from Victoria fc 00 - eturn . **'' Excursion rates in effect to all points good Saturday and Snnday. GE©. L. COURTNEY, Traffic Manager. THE HUDSON'S BAY GENERAL STORES Baie de Peres Battleford Calgary Chapleau Dauphin Deloraine Edmont6*C'• Fort William Kamloop.s Langley Lethbridge Lower Fort Garry Macleod Mattawa Mordenh Nelson Pincher Creek Portage la Prwigife Port Simpson Prince Albert Qu'.Appelle And JMfOther principal points in British Columbia, Manitoba and Northwest Territories. Purchasers will find at these stores the best goods at moderate prices, imported direct from all the principal markets ofthe world. EVERYlBELT m. GUARANTEED GENUINE OAK TANNED ■LEATHER BELTING! For Exposed Situations Use liLartfcashire" Hair Belting. CATALOGUES AND DISCOUNTS ON APPLICATION!."! D. K. McLAREN, Montreal, Toronto. R A N D ELECTRICAL LEADS AND CABLES Electric Lighting Cables for Coal Pits with 'arrangement for avoiding fire damp explosions in case of the cable breaking. WIRE ROPES FOR MINING Ro'und and Flat Wire Eopes, " Albert," or so-called " Lang's " Lay v'EoRes, Patent Locked Cofl'*w!fre Ropes, Patented Flattened Strand Wire Ropes. IO^ IRON, STEEL, COPPER AND BRONZE WIRE Superior qualities. SOLE AGENTS FOR CANADA : WATSON JACK & COMPANY, MONTREAL. AIR CO-VI PRESSORS. "SIMPLE or COMPOUND. ROCK DRILLS." STEAM orAIR THE §NADIAN RAND DRILL COMPANY VANCOUVER, B. e. ROSSLAND, B. 6. GREENWOOD, B. 6. ; 1 1 p If] ill ^/MDCM^R^^K>f^^^ CABLE: RISOONS CODES: A.B.C. MOREING <t NEAL. LIEBERS, WESTERN UNION. drIpinq ■i'iifclwfeRY. san fraInci^o. OApjiM >i$p s. 'MM conpLET^H ^EQUIFrVENT: of rural -WRlfW$M&&J%&UR SPECIAL m AI Wfi&LOGUES. ■■I:^ ■■■M smelting! WORKS #?7-flT- IMDYSMITW CLERl|ONT LP|NGSTQlf, Marfger. lORlHWESTEl SMELflNG ANiREFININ(f« Buyers of Gold, $ilver and Copperfbres, Mattes, Bullion, Furnace and Cy^jf|§d£ products. LOCATION OF WORKS C|ofton, fVfntouver Island, - B^H Published by the B. C. Record, Ld. Printed by T. R. Cusack, Victoria, Canada. •- vA i' "r^ .-- : -n ■:'-.'' JUS Mlinth ■ c?^UJ-S0RY ARBITRATION OF INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES IN NEW ZEALAND lid I 1U11LI1 . ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION AT VANCOUVER. (Illustrated.) mQL. x. july, i^m^m^^M Pi HlNTON ElECTRllCOMtNY, Mot.<)j& LIMITEBii' Electrical Constructron p^ctriCv^lotors. Blowers. Fans. Dynamos. ^feM||i|f^|yiinir^-Apparatus. %m Qnd^plippfieS. ^lCTORlS|S'(^'7^W>i^CO$VE.R,$B. C. fALDWELipROSICO. 115 Jacksoti^t., SEATTLE. 1746-1748 Pacific Ave., TACOIV$|^ W& MININjiM^NNING, SAWMILL and HY$*A||'LIC MAOHIlSii^iLfEROH^NTSi |&gbnts for Rand;&ill Co.; fcliendrie & Bolthoff Mfg. Co.; A$&ria Iron Works, DeLoach Mill Mfg. Co.^eScjCam- eron Steam Pump Worksf^assels Automatic Water Motor Co., etc. $$m I he most complete stock of Hoisting Engines, Compressors, Drills and Portable Saw Mills carried on the Pacific Coas'te.e SheJDdiiiinion pTire Rope Co., Ld. MOIMTREaII, CANADA ^^panufacturers of All Classes ande|nds of WIRE ROPES FOR ALL PURPOSES, "I ANfi'S" PATENT WIRE ROPES FOR COLLIERY AND GENERAL MINING PURPOSES BBANCHEs:-Halifax, N.S.: St. John, N.B.; Ottawa, Toronto, Eat Portage, Ont.; Winnipeg, Man.; Vancouver. B. CNelfon and Rosslflnd, B * ■;,-*#?, v ,1:" . 7^.^1>/':^ ^'''-'^':'^.'--.•'' ■' "'- mm:#mLi!>srm^iA.%*MmM,$A ■MB ARE BUllfilNG t HOUSE We Carry in Stock the Largest Assortment in Canada of n Oak, Maple, Cherry, Birch, White and MANTLES'; FIRE PLACE GRATES |ms,»"||p TILING F0R FL00RS' HEARTHS, BATHROOMS, &c. Brass Fenders, Fire Sets, Fire Dogs, Brass Coal Scuttles, &c. PARQUETTE FLOORING. House Hardware in Latest and Best Designs. MiLennan, NfFeely L Co, Wholesale hardware VANCOUVER, B. C. DAWSON, Y. T. Jenckes Machine Comjiany THE FARREL PATENT CRUSHER "Standard of the World." In use in all countries and uhd^r all con- ditionS. A new catalogue in preparation. Ask for it now. Sherbrooke, Quebec. ROSSLAND. GREENWOOD FRIED KRUPP GRUSONWERK (Madgeburg-Buckau Germany.) niNINGf HACHINSRY ORE CRUSHING: Stone Breakers of Especially Strong construction. Roller Mills, Chilian Mills, Ball Mills, for dry and wet crushing—more than 1,800 at work, l. h^TOx: . . L ■'- - ■ /' ;■:■ ^■ti§£& • ':l*h 'vfiSjii Stamp Batteries—Shoes and Dies of Krupp's Special Steel. AMALGAMATION Amalgamation Tables and Pans, Las- rio's Gold Amalgamators, Settlers, &c Separation and Concentration Separators, Exhausters, Hydraulic Classifiers, Percussion Tables, Jioaers, Rotating Round Tables. ;4afeACHING PLANT. COMPLETE GOLD ORE DRESSING PLANT (a) For treating by the Wet Method with Stamp Batteries, AmalgamationN&iJaaS Concsentratkafrvf§£- ^^Mife wire? Sislasi (b) For Dry Testing by Ball Mills, Dust ion and Leaching. COAL WASHING PLANT-^^efTesting Stataon ior^H^gV«hd Dressing-Ores af the Works. For CANADA—Jas. W. Pyke &. Co, 35 St. Francois Xavier Street, Montreal For the ttNITED STAtlS—Thos. Prosser & Son, 15 Gold Street7,New Y-or^^^^ W$ For MEXICO—Pablo Bergner, Apartado 549, Mexico For #UTH AFRICA—UnitedPtEngineering Company, Ltd., P.O. Box 399, Johannesburg; S. &.*§§ . * -' fr^' ^ / -'-i |j^^^^^^^^^^^^^g| THE MINING RECORD. ELEVATORS AND CONVEYORS. C M. PINCKARD, President. E. L. EYRE, Vice-President. J. M. GRAHAM, Secretary and Manager. VULCAN IRON WORKS Manufacturers of VULCAN DOUBLE-ROPE TRAMWAY. VULCAN ROPEWAY, (Single Rope System.) SAW-MILL MACHINERY. MINING AND MILLING MACHINERY. Vulcan Ropeways and Tramways. Office, 505 Mission St., Works, cor. Kearny and Francisco Streets, SAIN FRANCISCO, CAL.. THE ONLY Dredging Chain with Grit-Proof Articulations Elevator Dredqes for Placer Mining Link Belt Machinery Co., Chicago, U.S.A. CALCUTTA ORE SACKS 40 In. Hessians, Fire-Bricks, Fire-Clay, Galvanized Sheet Iron. SOLE AGENTS FOR THE DISTRICT FOR THE CELEBRATED i* Valvoline | Cylinder and Machine Oils, Steel Rails a Specialty. The best high-class lubricating oils on the market. C. F. JACKSON & CO., Ld., SS^,K,SSdao ENTS. WHARF—Heatley Ave., Vancouver. 151 Hastings S+ l Vancouver, B. C. II. THE MINING RECORD. ASSAYERS* SUPPLIES AND ENGINEERING INSTRUMENTS. G-OODYEAR RUBBER OO. R. H PEASE, President and Manager. Rubber Belting, Packing and Hose I Crack Proof" and "SnagProof." PURE RUBBER MINING BOOTS, RUBBER CLOTHING, MACKINTOSHES, OIL CLOTHING. 573, 575, 577 & 579 Market Street, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 73 & 75 First Street, PORTLAND, OREGON. The B. C. Assay and Chemical Supply Co., Limited. Direct Importers of Assayers' and Mill Supplies Headquarters for Laboratory Apparatus of all kinds, Bohemian" Chemical Glassware, C. P. Acids, Potassium Cyanide and Quicksilver Sol e agents in British Columbia for Morgan Crucible Co., Battersea, hngland; P. W. Braun & Co's Patent Cary Furnaces, Burners, etc.; W. Ainsworth & Sons' Fine Balances Write for our prices ADDRESS 733 Pender St., Vancouver, B.C. MADE IN VICTORIA. ENGRAVINGS and ETCHINGS The Cuts used by the Mining Record are made by us. Halftones and Line Etc hings executed on short notice. Samples forwarded on application. It BRITISH COLUMBIA M PHOTOENGRAVING COMPANY, 26 BROAD STREET, VICTORIA, B. C. Jeffrey Send for catalogue. Address Elevating-Conveying Power, Transmission, Screening, Crushing, Coal Mining, Coal and Rock Drilling, Coal Washing Machinery and Electric Locomotives. The JEFFREY MFG. CO., COLUMBUS, O-, U S.A. A* Van Der Naillens' School of Practical, Civil, Mining, Electrical Mechanical Engineering. Surveying, Architecture, Drawing and Assaying, Cyanide, Chlorination, Metallurgy. Assaying of ores, $25; Bullion and Chlorination ASsny, $25; Blow Pipe Assay, $10; Full Course of Assaying, $50. Established 1864. Open all year SEND FOR CIRCULAR. 113 FULTON STREET, One Block West of City Hall, SAN FRANCISCO. THE DENVER FIRE CLAY COMPANY, 0> 1742 to 1746 CHAMPA ST., o> £) w> DENVER, COLORADO PLATINUM REFINERS New York Office: 121 LIBERTY STREEr WE are always in the Market for ' CRUDE OR NATIVE PLATINUM. BAKER & CO. NEWARK, N. J. ?eSTA BL13 H^g^fes 7 ^*mSS*mSt ffil|^^i^^CENfR^te:*ra^feEMOiiir st PW2MjO,.tgg& NEW YORK^^^N FlWiii^ftr" team & Power Pumping tewl f MACHINERY SSliiiiKfeikkii fe*^****--^^* ^or every possible duty is manufactured by the *** ~■'"■"■"I 7 geo. E. DOW ;' Pumping Engine Co'y SAN FRANCISCO, CAL We illustrate one of our mine station pumps adapted for handling gritty water from deep mines SEND F"OR CATALOGUE The SMITH-VAILE STEAM PUMPS Are built with special re erence to perform the service for which they are intended with a minimum use of steam. We Build Steam, Power and Electrical PUMPS for Every Possible Duty. Victor Turbine Water Wheels. Air Compressors and Filter Presses. If interested, address THE STILLWELL-BIERCE & SMITH-VAILE CO., 293 Lehman St., DAYTON, OHIO, U.S | IV. THE MINING RECORD. HYDRAULIC PLANTS, PUMPS, ETC. p^ flW^^i«; "T^jSKW* *^wffiy*f£33& .-.] Laurent-Cheny Patent L4§; ■ Cable Hoist*Conveyor, fes I Morgan Falls, Ga. 358tr iESs kjH^x y. ■•afL ^lyi %-t: g& ^M&aie i KjfeP&eij' -^ -y^St/e tk& S^RslKlsli H RP^IfJy^ >^C^jgm~3p£g| ■^«^i'te?-i i£4s ''€S§^i£3*i'*-yi sSSsssssS ^^^'H^ ag&^^^p^J CABLE HOIST-CONVEYORS MANUFACTURED BY The Trenton Iron Co., Trenton, N. J. Engineers and Contractors and sole licensees in North America for the Bleichert System of Wire Rope Tramways; also Wire Rope Equipments for Surface and Underground Haulage, Etc. Illustrated book upon application.' New York Office—Cooper, Hewitt & Co., Burling Slip. Chicago Office—1114 Monadnock Building. - Denver Office—R, D. Seymour, Manager, 1711 Tremont Street. VANCOUVER ENGINEERING WORKS, Ltd..---ENGINEERS. Agents for Northey Co., Ltd., Atlas Engine Works, Laurie Engine Co., Buffalo FOrge Co.. Medart Pulley Co., J. C. McLaren Belting Co., Goulds Manufacturing Co. STOCK IN VANCOUVER FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY BOILERS. One Locomotive Marine, 175 lbs. pressure ; will steam 14-in. x 72-in. engine. Two 66 x 16 Horizontal Tubular, 120 lbs. pressure. /Two 60 x 16 Horizontal Tubular, 115 lbs. pressure. Two 48 x 14 Horizontal Tubular, 120 lbs. pressure. One 42 x 14 Horizontal Tubular, 105 lbs. pressure. One 25-h.p. Vertical Tubular, 100 lbs. pressure. One 15-h.p. Vertical Tubular, 100 lbs. pressure. Two 7-h.p. Vertical Tubular,' 100 lbs.' pressure. • One Locomotive Marine,. 150 lbs. pressure, S.H. 150-h.p. One Scotch Marine 4 ft. 6 in. x 6 in., 120 lbs. pressure, S.H.* All pressures given are working. pressures. ENGINES. One 10-in. x 15-in. Fraser & Chalmers Automatic Slide Valve. One o-in. x 14-in. Laurie High Speed. One 8-in. x 12-in. Laurie High Speed. One 7-in. x 10-in. Laurie High Speed. One 8-in. x 8-in. Laurie Rival Horizontal One 7-in. x 8-in. Laurie Rival Horizontal One 6-in. x 6-in. Laurie Rival Horizontal One 5-in. x 6-in. Laurie Rival Horizontal One 7-in. x 7-in. Nagle Vertical. •One set 14 x 72 Stern-Wheel S.H. One set 7 x 36 Stern-Wheel S.l I. HEATERS. One 30-h.p. Laurie. Two 40-h.p. Laurie. One so-h.p. Laurie. One 60-h.p. Laurie. One 100-h.p. Laurie. ■ One 125-h.p. Laurie. Two 50-h.p. Heaters PUMPS. Two 3XIJ/2X3 Northey Duplex.- Six 3x2x3 Northey Duplex. Hve 4j^x2j4-x4 Northey Duplex. Seven syx3y2x6 Northey Duplex. Six 6xix7 Northey Duplex. One 7J4x4J4x6 Northey Duplex. One 7^x5x6 Northey Duplex. One 5j4.x4j/2x6 Tank Pump Duplex. Three 4^2x3^x4 Tank Pump Duplex. One 55^X3J4X7 O. P. Plunger Pump. Two 4^2x4^x6 O. P. Plunger Pump. Two 4x2%x5 O. P. Plunger Pump. One 7x3^x12 Northey Sinking Pump. Two 6-in. Iron Horiztl Gould Centrifgl. Two 5-in. Iron Horiztl Gould Centrifgl. One 4-in. Iron Horiztl Gould Centrifgl. One 35/2-in. Iron Horiztl Gould Centrifgl One 3-in. Iron Horiztl Gould Centrifgl. One Northey Horiztl Centrifgl No. 5. One Northey Horiztl Centrifugal No. 6. Two 8-in. Centrifugal Belt Driven, S.H. One 12-in Centrifugal Belt Driven,. S.H. One 18-in. Centriugal Belt Driven, S.H One 4-in. Centrifugal Direct Connected to 4-in. x 4 in. engine. One 3x2x3 Duplex Snow, S.H. One 4-in. x 6-in.Knowles Electric Sinking Pump with 15-h.p. 500 volt motor. BUFFALO BLOWERS. 2 No. 1 Blower with affixed countershaft 2 N0.2 Blower witjh affixed countershaft S.H. S. H. means second hand. 4% No. 3 Plain with No. 4 Plain with No. 5 Plain with 5J4 No. 6 Plain'with 6y No. 7 Plain with 7% in. outlet 1 in. outlet in. outlet, in. outlet, in. outlet. HOISTS. One 8x10 Double Cylinder S. D. Hoist grooved for 34 wire. One 6x8 Double Cylinder S. D. Hendrie & Bolthoff Hoist. Two 5x5 Vertical Hoists. "T" RAILS. 100 tons 12 lb. Rails with Plates. 75 tons 8 lb. Rails with Plates. 3 tons 5-16 x 3 Track_ Spikes. 4 tons % x 3 Tn Spike WATER WHEELS. 1 pair 8 in. Twin Boss Water Wheels. 1 pair 16 in. Twin Boss Water Wheels. 1 Pelton Wheel 48 in. 'MINING MACHINERY. 1 Classifier. 2ft. x 4ft.—1J.4 in. openings. 1 Classifier 6ft. x 20 ft.—vy^in. openings 1 F. & C. Ore Sampler, complete. 1 B. F. Co. No. 9 continuous shears. 1 Dpty No. 5 size A hand-power punch. 1 Champion Upright seh feeding drill, No. 7, with pulley and 1 set drills (12) y in. to 1 in. inclusive. 1 Fairbanks No. 2268 R.B. Depot Scale. 1 Howe No. 144 Wheelbarrow. 2 Trommel sizers 3ft x gin. c mplete with housings and screens i 1 three sections. 1 Belt-driven Challenge Ore Feeder, complete. Two 3-section Classifiers 66-in x 106-in. comple p. 2 sets 24in. x 14 geared rolls complete with manganese s.eel she'ls. 1 set 24m. x 14 belt rolls complete with manganese steel shells. 1 set gin. x gin. belt r lis with pulley and belt to drive. 1 i6in. F. & C. Copper Coil Heater. 6 Extra Sections covering for Classifiers, No. 18 English standard gauge steel 3-2 m.m. and 3-3 m.m rd. holes rolled burr inside to 36 in. c. 1 Single Comp. Slide Jig "ironwork only, complete with brass- screens and gank rods. One 2-in. Comp: Slide Jig, ironwork, only, complete with brass screens and gank rods. Eight 4-Comp. Automatic & Hyde Hartz Jigs, ironwork only, complete. We carry a large stock of plate from 16 gauge to yA in., boiler tubes from ij4 in. to 4 in., shafting, leather and rubber belting angle-iron from 1 in. x 1 raj x 3-i6 to 4 in. x d x y2 in., bar iron; (all sizes), valves, fittings, etc. THE MINING RECORD. V. GENERATORS AND MOTORS. aa^fflff^-aagggg BOLTHOFF'S Self-Contained First Motion Hoist The Only First Motion Hoist Built in Small Sizes and Self-Contained. High Speed Steam Economy Noiseless Simple in Construction Cheap Foundation f Cost EASILY OPERATED Send For Hoist Catalogue. The HENDRIE & BOLTHOFF manufacturing and Supply Co., Denver, Colo., U. S. A. VI. THE MINING RECORD. BENNETT'S FUSE CROWN BRAND THE KING OF FUSES The WHITE COUNTERED GUTTA PERCH A FUSE is the POPULAR FAVORITE in the mines of British Columbia, Australia, the Transvaal, and the World over. Beware of Spurious Imitations Made to Catch the Unwary. HOLMAN BROS. CAMBORNE, CORNWALL Manufacturers of Boilers, Air Compressors, Mining Machinery The Holman Patent Roek Drill Specially Adapted to B. C: Mining. Awarded Gold Medal Greater Britain Exhibition Awarded Gold Medal CHARLES CAMMELL &, CO. Ld SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND, Manufacturers of Drill Steels, Best Refined Cast Steel Files, and Rasps, Steel Axles, Wheels" and Cranks. Rails and Fish Plates made to any specification. Steel Plates, etc. Stamp Mill Dies and Shoes. ROWLAND MACHIN 5 Yates St., VICTORIA, B.C. General Agent for Canada. For all lines excepting Steel Rails of 30 lbs. per yard and upwards, with their relative accessories. THE MINING RECORD. VII. MISCELLANEOUS MACHINERY, ETC. FAIRBANKS Renewable Asbestos Disc Globe Valves made Jf of Best Steam Metal, used by Largest and j§ Most Modern Plants in Canada. Try one and be convinced. Jf Our stock of Pipe and Fittings is Complete. We quote Low Prices and Ship Promptly, § Catalogue upon application. THE FAIRBANKS COMPANY 153 Hastings Street, Vancouver, B. C. Canton Steel Works The only plant in the United States devoted exclusively to the manufacture of steel for Mining and Railroad construction. Canton Brands are Hammered, not Rolled, and sold under GUARANTEE. Miners Will find the Steel List published by eHNTON STEEL eO'Y, DENVER, e©L©., contains much information which will prove oi interest. Mailed upon application. McLennan, McFeely & Qo„ Agents for VANCOUVER, B. C. AERIAL WIRE ROPE TRAMWAY SINGLE and DOUBLE ROPE SYSTEM For trans porting ore, fuel, earth, sugsrcane, etc., by wire rope Simple, Economical, Practical, Durable. 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Record, Ltd., P. O. Drawer 645, Victoria, B. C. COMPULSORY ARBITRATION OF INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES IN NEW ZEALAND. PUBLIC opinion with regard to the merits of the legal method of adjusting industrial disputes differs vastly in Great. Britain and America on the one hand, and Australia and New Zealand on the other. In America especially the principle of compulsory arbitration is scarcely looked upon with favour either by employers or workers. It is true that arbitration to a certain extent is recommended by both sides, yet neither the one nor the other seem willing to forego, in the interests of the general public, the power of forcing a strike or lock-out, as the case may be, by according support to measures embodying this principle. But in the Australasian Colonies the principle of compulsory arbitration is more fully recognized and agreed upon. Perhaps, of all the measures introduced in a Colonial Parliament the most interesting and important, both from the point of view of the student of economics and of the practical politician, is the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act of New Zealand. In this age, when labour problems, owing to the strenuousness of modern commercial conditions, ' are rapidly assuming an importance and a significance which they have attained at no previous period in the world's history, it is deeply interesting to watch the result of an experiment made in a British Colony with a view to the establishment of amicable relations between capital and labour, and the abolition of trade disputes in the shape of strikes and lockouts. It is neither possible, nor desirable, in an article of this description to explain the operation of the law in detail. It is only our intention at present to bring to the notice of our readers a few of the more salient features of the statute in question in the belief that any information upon a matter so important will prove of interest. The disastrous strike of 1890, which left the industries of New Zealand in a disorganized condition, brought prominently before all classes of the community the urgent need of reform in matters affecting general labour. Naturalh y enough, bearing in mind the inconvenience and distress caused by former labour disturbances, the people decided that the arbi- , tration of industrial disputes was a subject worthy of deep consideration. It was mainly due to the efforts of the Honourable W. P. Reeves, Minister of Labour, that action took the form of the introduction of the principle of compulsory arbitration. The first measure of this nature was introduced in the Legislature of the Colony by Mr. Reeves in 1892. It was carried in the lower chamber but suffered defeat in the Legislative Council. It was again introduced in 1893 and met a similar fate. The measure was brought down for the third time in 1894, when, the fact being recognized that the people as a rule sanctioned its passage, the opposition in the Council subsided and it duly became law. The Act Was amended in 1895, 1896 and 1898, and was consolidated and revised in 1900. The law as revised in 1900 was amended in some particulars in the following year. The chief features of the law are the provisions relating to industrial unions of workers and employers and to the formation of a Court of. Arbitration and Boards of Conciliation, and the power given under the Act to the former to fix a minimum wage in the trades in which disputes arise. In the first place it will be noticed that the Act does not recognize unorganized labour, and it provides that before workers can take advantage of the law they must, be registered as industrial unions. This provision was adopted in order to prevent the working of the Act being jeopardized, as might happen should'important privileges be granted to a minority. It was therefore considered advisable to place all on the same foot- ' ing, and the workers were permitted to form new unions.or register under the Act ones already in existence. In the case of employers any two persons, and in the. case of workers, any seven can form a union, which, provided certain rules are complied with, may be registered, and then becomes for the purpose of the Act a body corporate. In order to prevent the need- 692 THE MINING RECORD. less multiplication of industrial unions connected with the same industry in the same locality, the Registrar may refuse to register a union when in his opinion there is no necessity for it. From his decision, however, there may be an appeal to the Court of Arbitration. Unions when duly registered are subject to the jurisdiction given by the Act, and for the purposes of the Act, every industrial union may be sued. Under section 21 of the Act, any council or other body, however designated, representing not less than two industrial unions of the one industry, of either employers or workers, may be registered as an industrial association of employers or workers as the case may be. It ' appears that while workers have more or less generally taken advantage of the provisions, employers are somewhat backward in doing so. At first many of them, probably most of them, ignored the Act and took little part in electing their representatives on the Boards, and in consequence the Government was obliged to exercise its right of appointing men to fill the vacant places. It will thus be seen that in order to take advantage of the law it is necessary' that industrial unions of workers must be formed so that business before Boards of Conciliation and the Court of Arbitration may be facilitated. Unorganized labour only indirectly receives benefit from the Act. New Zealand is divided into certain industrial districts which are determined by the Governor and given such names and boundaries as may be convenient. For every industrial district a Clerk of Awards is appointed whose duty it is to convene the Board for the purpose of dealing with any industrial dispute within his district, and to take charge of all applications which may be lodged for reference to the Board or Court, and generally to do all things and to take all proceedings as may be prescribed by the Act or the regulations under the same, or as the Court, the Board, or the Registrar may direct. In every industrial district there is established a Board of Conciliation and this Board has jurisdiction for the settlement of any dispute which may arise, and which may be referred to the Board. The Board of each district consists of an equal number of persons, of whom, the members are elected by the respective industrial unions of employers and of workers, the unions voting separately and electing an equal number of members. After an election a meeting is held, and, by a majority of the votes of the members- present, some impartial person wno is willing to act, not being one of their number, is chosen as chairman of the Board. The parties to all disputes must in every case be industrial unions or industrial associations,, or employers, but the mention of the various kinds of parties shall not be deemed to interfere with any arrangement that may be necessary to insure the industrial dispute being brought in a complete state before the Board; and a party may be removed or joined at any time before the final report or recommendation of a Board is made. When an industrial dispute occurs an application by one or more of the unions is filed with the Clerk which is submitted to the Board at the meeting convened for that purpose. An employer may conduct his case in person, or by his agent, but no counsel is allowed to appear without the express consent of all parties to the reference. The Board is bound to carefully and expeditiously enquire into all matters brought before it, and it has the power to summon witnesses, administer oaths, and to compel evidence to be received and heard. It is expressly laid down in the Act that in the course of an enquiry a Board should make suggestions and do all in its power to induce the parties to come to a fair and amicable settlement of the dispute, and if it is deemed advisable the proceedings may be adjourned for a reasonable period in order to allow the parties to agree upon some terms of settlement. The Board may also, if it thinks fit, refer the dispute to a committee of its members, consisting of an equal number of representatives of employers and workers, when such a committee may be expected to facilitate and promote an amicable arrangement. If a settlement of the dispute is arrived at it is set forth in what is termed an industrial agreement, which, before it has the force of law, must be duly executed by all the parties. If an industrial agreement is duly executed and filed, the Board then reports to the Clerk of Awards that the dispute has been settled. If, the agreement is not executed the Board is permitted to make such recommendations for the settlement of the matter in dispute according to merits and substantial justice of the case. A recommendation must deal with each item of the dispute and state in plain terms, avoiding as far as possible all technicalities what, in the Board's opinion, should or should not be done by the respective parties. A recommendation must also state the period during which the proposed settlement should continue in force, being in no case less than six months nor more than three years, and as well the date from which it commences, which must not be sooner than one month, nor later than three months, after the date of the recommendation. [f all or any ofthe parties to the reference are_ willing to accept the recommendation of a Board, either as a whole or with modifications, they may at any time before the dispute is referred to the Court, either execute or file an industrial agreement, or file in the office of the Clerk a memorandum of settlement. If the memorandum of settlement should be duly executed, the recommendation, with the modifications, operates and is enforceable in the same manner as an industrial agreement duly executed by all parties. At,any time before the recommendation of the Board is filed, the parties to the reference may agree to accept the finding and then the Board's recommendation has the same force and effect as an industrial, agreement which has been executed by all parties. In the event of an industrial dispute not being settled by the Board, any of the parties may at any time within one month after the filing of the recommendation refer the dispute to the Court of Arbitration for settlement. If at the expiration of one month no application has been filed the Board's recommendation becomes or has the same force and effect as a duly executed industrial agreement. An industrial agreement may be entered into by unions and employers, without recourse to either a THE MINING RECORD. 69; Board of Conciliation or the Court of Arbitration, and all the provisions of such an agreement must be strictly adhered to by all parties. If either side refuses to observe its terms the matter may be referred to the Court of Arbitration, and this tribunal has the power to enforce the carrying out of all agreements properly executed in the same manner as it enforces its own awards or decrees. The Court of Arbitration, upon which almost entirely depends the successful carrying out of the law, is appointed by the Governor and is composed of three members, one selected from persons recommended by the industrial unions of workers, and one chosen from those recommended by the employers. The President oi the Court, however, must always be a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Colony, taking part in the ordinary work of that dignified and impartial tribunal. As no little depends upon the character and ability of the presiding officer, the success which has crowned the effects of the Court to adjudicate fairly upon the many difficult matters which have been brought before it reflects the greatest credit on the broad-minded and impartial manner in which these high officers have discharged their important duties. Indeed, the Colony has been exceedingly fortunate in the men whom it has placed in this difficult position. The Court is for the whole of New Zealand and meets in different places, after due notice has been given, to consider such cases as may be right for hearing. In the event of neither parties to a reference to a Board of Conciliation agreeing to the recommendation made by such Board, the matter, after certain things have been done in the prescribed manner, may be referred to the Court for adjudication. The procedure is simple as the Act especially provides against technicalities of all descriptions, and neither side are allowed to employ counsel unless all parties to the dispute expressly agree thereto. The power of the Court is absolute in its jurisdiction, and it may alter an award, or add parties thereto, or impose penalties in accordance with the provisions of the Act, as may be deemed fit and proper. No other Court in the land has the power to interfere in any way whatsoever. One authority has remarked that no other Court in the whole Empire possesses such remarkable powers as the Court of Arbitration of New Zealand. It is, in fact, unique. And if its powers and authority are remarkable, its responsibilities are equally great. When it is remembered that this Court is continually called upon to pronounce judgment with regard to the most delicate points affecting capital and labour, some idea of its onerous duties and responsibilities may be formed. If in the opinion of the Court or a Board it is necessary that expert evidence should be given in any case that may be before either the one or the other, either has the power under the Act to appoint experts to give advice upon technical points. One of these experts must be acceptable to the industrial union or unions interested, and one is appointed upon the recommendation of the party or parties whose interests are with the employers. In this way the Court is placed in a position to acquire full and accurate knowledge of all the points in dispute. It was confidently expected by the framer of the measure that fully ninety per cent, of the cases arising would be settled by the Board of Conciliation, but these anticipations have not been realized. It may be said that the majority of the recommendations are carried on appeal to the Court of Arbitration whose verdict is final and binding on all parties for a term not exceeding three years. If at title end of the period during which an award of the Court has been in force, no new arrangement has been entered into by the parties, the award holds good until the matter has again been considered and a new order made, and thus in the interim a strike or a lockout is prevented. If an award or order is not carried out in the manner prescribed, the party aggrieved has the right to appeal to the Court in order that the offender may be forced to comply, and the Court has the right not only to enforce its awards but to fine those persons who may endeavour to avoid their obligations. During the period that the Act has been in force, from 1894 up to the present time, New Zealand has been more or less prosperous, and as a consequence the awards have been generally in favour of the workers, and this fact perhaps accounts to a great extent for the popularity of the law in the Colony. If the times had been hard, and trade and commerce had declined rather than expanded, if the Court had been obliged to lower wages instead of raising them, a considerable amount of friction and irritation might have been caused. Fortunately for the Colony, however, the Court as a rule has been enabled to order an increase of wages with the natural result that the law is not . looked upon by the workers with distrust but rather held in high esteem. They are quite prepared to place full confidence in it and to abide by its decisions. Without personal knowledge of the practical working of the Act, it is somewhat hard to say just how smoothly the machinery runs. We know that while the workers seem to be more or less satisfied with it, the employers on the other hand cannot be said to be unanimously in its favour. If recent press reports may be relied upon it would appear that perfect harmony does not prevail, as some of the employers in the Colony, so it has been reported, have stated that it is impossible to carry on their business in the face of certain awards made by the Court, in consequence of which they claim it is cheaper to import goods than to manufacture them. If such is the case, there are evidently troubles ahead, for if the law in doing away with labour disturbances, should also prevent the influx of capital, and cause the various manufacturing concerns to languish, it is not difficult to imagine what the outcome must be. Perhaps it may be as well to await the arrival 'of authentic reports before too hastily assuming that the law in reality is not a success. So far as the prevention of strikes is concerned, the Act has no power over labour that is not duly organized, but as it takes only seven persons to form an industrial union that may be registered as such and read the benefits accruing from organization, it can be easily understood that the law must be a living force. In an indirect way, but none the less efficacious because indirect, unorganized labour is benefited by the Act. 694 THE MINING RECORD. If an industrial union of workers in any trade should obtain a favourable verdict from the Court, the employers are bound to treat all of their employees in the same manner; that is to say, that should a union obtain a verdict increasing wages, the employer would also be obliged to pay such of his workers as might not belong to any union a similar amount. If this were not the case an employer might easily avoid the order of the Court by employing only unorganized labour. In this connection it must also be remembered that the Court has the power to decide whether an employer should engage union or non-union workers. In some" of the awards, when it has been ascertained that the number of union workers is sufficient to meet all demands in a certain district, employers in that district have been ordered to engage only members of a tmion; in other cases when it has been proved that the number of union men may be insufficient or that it has long been the custom in a particular locality to show no preference, one way or the other, it is optional with the employers as to the men they employ. But it is always distinctly understood that a man shall under no circumstances be debarred from employment merely on account of the fact that he is a member of a union. The Act is designed to encourage organization among workers, as it is considered in New Zealand that it is easier to deal with a properly constituted union than with individuals, and therefore it would certainly be an anomalous condition of affairs were the fact that a man was a member of the union allowed to work to his disadvantage. In 1901 the Government of New South Wales commissioned Mr. Alfred Paxton Backhouse, a Judge of one of the district courts, to enquire into and report upon the operation of the Compulsory Conciliation and Arbitration laws in force in New Zealand and the various states of the Commonwealth of Australia. Judge Backhouse presented an' exceedingly able and valuable report as the result of his enquiries, and his remarks have been widely quoted. Upon this report the Government of New South Wales founded their Industrial Arbitration Act of 1901. This Act follows closely the New Zealand law with the exception that the Boards of Conciliation have been eliminated from the scheme, and disputes are referred at once to the ' Court of Arbitration, whose award is final. With reference to the industrial legislation of the various states of the Commonwealth of Australia and of the Colony of New Zealand, it is not an easy matter to come to a definite conclusion with regard thereto w-tiout personal observation of the machinery in operation, as opinions differ greatly concerning the working and effectiveness of this class of legislation. For instance, as far as we have been able to gather, public opinion is somewhat divided with respect to the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act of New Zealand. The friends of the measure claim that it has prevented strikes and lockouts and performed good work in bringing about stability in industrial affairs. On the other hand its opponents have urged that while the Act undoubtedly prevents labour disturbances as- • suming the form of strikes, it also to a certain extent stifles enterprise. Fortunately for New Zealand since 1894, the year in which the Act came into force, the Colony has been generally prosperous, and in consequence conditions have been most favourable for the enforcement of the law. It is natural enough that the worker should take advantage of these favourable conditions and demand increased pay. The decisions of the Court of Arbitration have mostly been in favour of the unions, and this perhaps is not surprising when it is remembered that owing to the general prosperity of the country it is more than likely that wages would in any event have been augmented. With regard to this point, Judge Backhouse in his report remarks as follows: "My hope is that depression may be far distant, but when lean years come, as come they must, unless the world's history leads us to a wrong conclusion as to the future, when there will be curtailment instead of expansion, when wages will be cut down, instead of being raised, by the award; then, and1 not till then, can anyone speak with authority as to whether the principle involved is workable." It perhaps may be deduced from these remarks that the Act is still in an experimental stage. It would not be well to overlook the fact, however, that the law has now been in operation for some eight years, and that the people as a whole appear to be satisfied with the results attained. There is another point worthy of consideration, and that is the fact that New Zealand is an island colony, possessing the power to enforce customs duties for the protection of its industries, and therefore less likely to be affected by outside competition than either the states of the Commonwealth of Australia or the Provinces of the Dominion of Canada should they enact similar laws. In view of these facts it is likely that the New South Wales Act will afford the student of economics and the statesman a better field for observation, as this State, being an integral portion of the Commonwealth, will be subject to competition from the States of Victoria, South Australia and Queensland, in the same manner as manufacturers of British Columbia are obliged to compete with the manufacturers of Ontario where the conditions that prevail are entirely different from those that obtain in this Western Province. From the foregoing it may be gathered that while "a law of this nature may be successful in a country like New Zealand, it does not necessarily follow that it would meet with equal success in all lands. In an article on the Act of New South Wales, which appeared in the National Review of August, 1902, the Honourable B. R. Wise, Attorney-General for that State, remarks: "Framed thus in the light of New Zealand experience, and applied to a community of fuller industrial development and less isolated than New Zealand, the New South Wales Act may be regarded as a crucial experiment which should enable a decisive answer to be given as to the practicability and benefits of the legal method of settling industrial disputes. The measure, moreover, was conducted by its framer through both Houses of Parliament-without material alteration, and expresses the ideas on which it rests with a rigid and logical completeness which is rare in an Act of Parliament. If such a measure fails in New South Wales, it is safe to say that no measure, having the same object, is likely THE MINING RECORD. 69! to succeed elsewhere; while if, on the other hand, it succeed in giving confidence to capital and higher wages and improved conditions to the wage earners, such a success, in a country with varied industries and in active competition with other Australian states, cannot be ignored by publicists in other lands." Apart from all other considerations the compulsory abritration law of New Zealand is of peculiar interest to the people of British Columbia in that in certain particulars the conditions existing in the former country are not altogether dissimilar to those that exist in this Province. In New Zealand, as in British Columbia, gold and coal mining-are extensively carried on and many of the disputes which are referred to the Court of Arbitration arise in connection with the working of the mines of the Colony. As we know, the mining operations of this Province in the past have not been entirely free from labour troubles, though fortunately they are much less frequent here than in other countries. Both the gold miners and the coal miners of New Zealand have had, on several occasions, differences of opinion with their employers and as a result several important cases have been carried to the Court and awards have been made which are strictly enforced. Not so many months ago a dispute arose between the Waikato coal miners and the Taupiri Coal Mines, Limited, and the Union Collieries. As the various parties were unable to agree to a settlement, or execute an industrial agreement, satisfactory to all concerned, the matter was referred to the Court. Alter both sides had presented their case, and witnesses had been examined, on the 28th day of February, 1903, Mr. Justice Cooper, President of the Court, handed down his decision. All the points in the dispute were treated separately and altogether there were forty-two sections in the schedule which was drawn up in conenction with the settlement, the provisions of which are binding on both the employers and workers concerned. A brief examination of this award, which is not exceptionally long, shows that great care is exercised in preparing the details. Hours of labour, cavilling, trucking, yardage rates, tonnage rates, laying roads and sharpening tools, wet work, and numerous other matters are referred to and disposed of in clear and concise paragraphs. Section 9 settles the minimum wage to be paid certain underground workers and reads as follows:— MINIMUM WAGE FOR OTHER UNDERGROUND WORKERS. 9. Miners, 9s. per shift; road-men, 8s. 6d. per shift; bankers-off, 8s. per shift; onsetters, 8s. per shift; horse drivers, 7s. per day. Youths up to the age of seventeen years employed as horse drivers, or for any other class of work not coming within Clause 8 hereof, shall be paid from 4s. to 6s. per day, according to experience and ability. In this connection it should be stated, however, that Section 25 provides that if a worker is from any cause unable to earn the minimum wage for any class of work for which he may desire employment, such worker may be employed at a lesser rate to be agreed upon by the representatives of the union and the mine manager. In this way incompetent men are prevented from re ceiving as high a wage as first class workers. Section 31 is of great interest and importance as it settles the question as to the right of the companies in question to employ union or non-union men. With regard to this point the President ofthe Court, in giving his reasons for the award, remarks that as preference has been given to the Coal Miners' Union throughout the Colony, there is no special reason for exempting this particular district and accordingly preference of employment is given to the union. This section is of such general interest that, although it is somewhat long, we cannot refrain from quoting it in full:— PREFERENCE. 31. So long as the rules of the union shall permit any person of good character and sober habits no^w employed in a coal mine in this industrial district, and any other person now residing or who may hereafter reside in this industrial district who is of good character and sober habits, and who is a competent worker, to become a member of the union upon payment of an entrance fee not exceeding 5s., and of subsequent contributions, whether payable weekly or not, not exceeding 6d. per week,, upon the written application of the person so desiring to join the union, without ballot or other election, then and in such case employers shall employ members of the union in preference to non-members, provided that there are members of the union equally qualified with non-members to perform the particular work required to be done, and ready and willing to undertake it. This clause shall not apply to the employment of casual labour above ground. It will be seen, then, that the right of the union to demand employment for their members over the heads of non-union workers is qualified by certain provisions which are made so as to prevent these organizations from becoming close corporations. Under certain conditions the members of a union have the prior right of employment, but on the other hand the uinons are enjoined from limiting their membership to a favoured few. Section 32 sets forth that the union shall keep at a convenient place, an employment book in which is to be entered the names and exact addresses of. all members who, for the time being, are out of employment, together with a description of the class of work in which each is proficient and certain other information. The employment book must be open to the inspection of the company, and if the union fail to keep it the company may employ any persons they please whether members of the union or not. In the foregoing remarks, we have endeavoured to give in an impartial manner some idea of the working of the Act, and without making restrictions one way or the other. In other words, it has only been attempted to give a few details which may assist those who may be interested in the matter of compulsory arbitration in industrial disputes. In a short article it is not possible to make everything plain, but we trust that these words may make for a clearer conception of the merits and demerits of the legal method of adjusting labour troubles. The question has in no sense been approached in a partizan spirit, but solely 696 THE MINING RECORD. with the idea to give our readers a little information regarding a law which is as remarkable as it is important. THE VANCOUVER POWER COMPANY'S jl INSTALLATION. WE publish this month an interesting description of the installation, by the Vancouver Power Company of the new transmission plant at Coquitlam. That, in the opinion of the first engineering authorities of America the conditions are sufficiently favourable to admit of the undertaking, proving profit-earning from the start, unmistakably attests to the rapid industrial growth of Vancouver in recent years, and it is not too much to predict that with the present rate of progress in this regard, at no very distant date, the 'Power Company will find no difficulty in disposing of full thirty thousand horse-power, which is the limit of development at present contemplated. From an engineering point of view the undertaking per se is not of an unusual character for there are several transmission plants on the Pacific Coast more notable in respect to size and distance of transmission. But the installation is nevertheless remarkable in that the adopted standards of engineering practice have been departed from in more than one important regard, with a view to affording both economy and increased efficiency of operation. The first of these innovations is the junction of Trout and Coquitlam Lakes by means of a tunnel two and a half miles long through a mountain four thousand feet high in order to use the lakes conjointly and to discharge the larger one through the smaller. In criticizing this plan our contemporary, the Electrical World and Engineer, suggests that ordinary sound practice would dictate merely the electrical union of the powers. That, naturally, would appear to be the obvious mode of procedure under ordinary circumstances. But the circumstances are not ordinary. In the establishment of a power plant the first requisite is that the service should be uninterruptedly continuous. This could not have been assured had ordinary methods as suggested been followed, for the reason that the hillside round which it would have been necessary to flume is composed of loose, constantly sliding rock, nor are the topographical features of the country favourable to the latter plan. The tunnel, on the other hand, although an expensive item in the first instance, insures absolute continuity of service, while the subsequent cost of maintenance will be practically nil. As an additional prevention to guard against interruption of service, it may here be added, that two independent transmission lines, each consisting of two 3-wire circuits are being provided. Meanwhile it has also been suggested that save under severe compulsion the crossing of navigable waters by a cable span is not advisable. But we fail to quite follow this contention. At many mines in the Province we have aerial rope-ways having spans as great as that contemplated in this case and also equal to the duty of carrying loaded buckets of ore, but the Van couver Power Company's cable is required to support only its own weight, and is elevated at such a height above the water as not to interfere in any way with navigation. A further interesting feature of this plant is the combination of needle valve and deflecting nozzle in the regulation of the water wheels, for the introduction of which credit is due to the engineer of the B. C. Electric Railway Company. This clever idea was first practically applied in connection with the Goldstream power plant, and has given the most satisfactory results in the conservation of economy in respect to increased hydraulic efficiency needed. From tests made by Goldstream by means of a weir in the tailraee, with a view to determining the actual all-day hydraulic efficiency of the plant, it was found that the saving of water amounted to twenty per cent. In the descriptive article published elsewhere in this issue reference is made to several other matters of interest, which renders their further discussion here therefore unnecessary, but it may be pointed out that the installation of the transformers, high-voltage switches and lightning arresters in a separate building from the generators, and the substitution of the rather dangerous oil for air-blast transformers, serves to minimize the risk of loss by fire. The plant, it is expected, will be in operation by December of this year, sufficient power being then available for present needs; but the completion of the tunnel and the consequent full development of the Coquitlam water power can hardly take place under two years' time. In conclusion we desire io congratulate the Vancouver Power Company on the promising nature of its enterprise, and furthermore on the fact that the practical working out of the scheme is in such capable hands. THE CAMERA AS AN AID TO THE GEOLOGIST AND ENGINEER. IN a recent issue of the Amateur Photographer (London) Mr.. G. C. Lewis writes interestingly on the aid photography affords to the geologist. Within the last few years, he informs us, a committee of the British Association has been collecting geological photographs of typical rock exposures, and a fine collection of these now lies at the Geological Museum in Jermyn Street, London, where they may be consulted at any time. In our own country the Canadian Geological Survey has also recognized the advantage of obtaining protographic records in the field, and the reports thus illustrated have in consequence gained much in value and interest. Mining and civil engineers too are beginning to appreciate what valuable assistance the camera is capable of giving them in their work. If, for example, a report is to be made of a mine for a prospective purchaser, what a deal of explanation and description may be avoided, and the facts so much more clearly brought home, by a set of photographs showing, we shall say, the topography of the country, the exact situation of the mine, possible mill or smelter sites, ore exposures, the trend of the vein, flashlights of underground workings and of the many other details which in such a report would be discussed. Again for the engineer in charge of operations photography offers the same aid—only perhaps more so. Only the other day the writer was shown by a well-known consulting engineer in Vancouver a very remarkable report photographically illustrated, "which is issued regularly to the directors in serial form. The first issue made its appearance about a year ago, and contained three or four photographs showing Nature in her virgin garb, that is, as we are accustomed to view her in the pine-clad mountain solitudes of the Pacific slope. Then in subsequent numbers a change began to be apparent. Through that seemingly impassable swamp a corduroy road is built, the photograph showing the mode of construction: then what in an earlier picture had been represented as an impenetrable forest of cedar and pine, in a later view of the same locality these trees have disappeared, and in their place is a great clearing through which a tramway conveying supplies has been btfilt. And so on, as . the work progresses, so are photographs taken: the arrival of machinery, its installation; the laying of foundations for a building, the completion of the structure; early beginnings of dam-building, and behold, a few weeks later is an actual record of the finished dam doing the duty for which it was built. The report already makes a bulky volume, and the author will not for two years yet be able to write "finis" thereto. It is meanwhile one of the most interesting of "serials," and none the less - because three-fourths of its bulk consists of photographs—technically excellent bromides, most tastefully mounted and notwithstanding the strictly utilitarian purpose for which the views were taken, not a few of them possess distinctly pictoral characteristics. In displaying this work, of which our friend the engineer is not a little proud, he remarked, that as a very busy man he found photography a great time saver. He no longer requires to write very long-winded reports in order that the directors of his company in England may fully understand the situation, the reason for erecting a building here, or running a pipe-line there—with a few explanatory notes the photographs answer that purpose, or rather they go one better, for without an actual knowledge of the ground, it is not always easy to follow the whys and wherefores, whereas the views make all clear. In Mr. Lewis' article to which we have referred, much stress is laid on the necessity of securing strong, crisp negatives in geological record work. Isochro- matic plates, a small stop, exact focussing and the exactly correct exposure are suggested as essentials, and in respect to the last mentioned requisite we would strongly recommend the use of an actinometer as minimizing the danger of failures from incorrect timing. Mr. Lewis also makes a sensible suggestion in " that it is always advisable in photographing geological sections to include some figure or give a scale which will serve as an indicator of the actual size. The "Coal Mines Act," C. A. 1888, c. 83, s. 1. or "An Act to Encourage Coal Mining," contains the following important section:— 12. Notwithstanding anything in any Act contained, it shall be lawful to grant licenses to prospect for coal over reserved lands, but such licenses shall be subject to such restrictions, conditions and regulations as may be imposed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council. 1891, c. 15, s. 16. If this section means anything it means that there is nothing to prevent the location of and the granting of title to coal lands on Government reserves, except under a condition which applies only to surface rights. The phrase "it shall be lawful" is interpreted by the courts as signifying "must," that being the judgment of Lord Cairns in a celebrated case of Julius v. the Bishop of Oxford. Thus the only possible ambiguity of wording in the clause is removed. The late Government, however, thought fit to adopt the extraordinary and quite inexcusable course of refusing absolutely to accept applications in respect to coal prospecting licenses for lands located in certain reserved areas in East Kootenay, which it was proposed should be "granted to the C. P. R. as part of the C. & W. subsidy in lieu of relatively worthless lands through which their railway is built. It has been contended by some that the Government are not only justified but well advised in reserving a portion of the valuable East Kootenay areas in which coal is known to largely occur, in order that the means would not be lacking to hold in check or successfully combat any attempt of the Crow's Next Pass Company to take undue advantage of its monopolistic opportunities to discriminate unfairly against British Columbian consumers. But while there is much to be said in favour of this contention, there is also always a right and a wrong way of carrying out a policy on these lines if contemplated, and surely it does not look well, to say the least, to find the Legislature of the country practically acquiescing in a violation of the statutes, which in this case they certainly appear to have done. The Act from which we have quoted may not be a good Act; as a matter of fact it is not. It might be advantageously amended in many important particulars. The area, for example, that may be acquired under it is a great deal too large, more especially as regards the location of petroleum lands. But all that is beside the point. The Act is on the statute books, and until it is changed it is the law of the land, and should be observed as such. We submit that those who have complied with the requirements and applied in perfect good faith for licenses to prospect for coal and petroleum in the East Kootenay reserves have every right to expect and demand that satisfactory title be granted them, subject only to such restrictions as the Lieutenant-Governor in council has the authority to impose. It appears, meanwhile, that a large proportion of those applying for coal lands in these areas are not bona fide prospectors, but Spokane speculators and, brokers, who see here a magnificent opportunity to enrich themselves at a modicum of difficulty or risk. It is urged that this is in itself a sufficient reason for the reservation of the lands in question. Had the Legislature, looking at the matter from this point of view, passed a special Act to prevent the acquisition of these 698 •THE MINING RECORD. lands by alien speculators, such action would have received no criticism, but very likely have been applauded. But no such Act was passed, and the question- remains whether the country is justified in now ignoring obligations which by a recognized ethical standard could j not positively be disregarded by honourable men in ' private life in their dealings with one another. If between individuals a contract is entered into, and one of the parties subsequently discovers that he has made a foolish bargain, would he be less bound to the performance of his part of the agreement ? We deplore as much as anyone the possibility of these valuable coal areas passing into the hands of alien speculators, but why particularize in this special instance. Is this not the system we have long adopted? Is nationality or calling a bar to acquisition of and speculation in agricultural or mineral lands, or for that matter, coal lands in other sections of the Province ? True there are special circumstances to be considered in the present case. It is vitally important that the undeveloped coal areas in East Kootenay should be worked in order to create healthy conditions of competition in respect to Kootenay fuel supply and to avoid the evils which are already apparent from the enjoyment by one corporation of a monopoly in those fields. This, we admit, would be a strong argument, if there were room for argument in the matter; but even as things stand, it may afford those who- advocate the non-removal of the reservation, some consolation to remember, that the Lieutenant-Governor in council has power to enforce "restrictions, conditions and regulations" on those to whom licenses are granted, and further, past experience goes to prove that "Spokane speculators" played no inconsiderable part in promoting the development of and inducing investment in the metalliferous mines of Kootenay. As long as we have some reasonable assurance that the coal areas will be opened up—and if they are really valuable, they certainly won't be .allowed to remain idle—does it really matter to the Province as a whole, into whose hands they pass in the first instance? The reported rich discovery of gold quartz on Poplar Creek in the Lardo-Duncan, some forty miles distant from Kaslo, has occasioned the greatest possible excitement and interest, and has resulted in a rush to locate claims in that section. While, of course, it is impossible to form any conclusions from the mere fact that a small seam of phenominally rich ore has been opened up on a single claim, there is every reason to hope that this section, which has long been known to be highly auriferous, will not prove disappointing. The opening up of new and rich gold areas in the Province at the present juncture would undoubtedly have a most stimulating effect on the industry as a whole, and we shall eagerly await further information and developments. the mines this month, that even should the price of the metal fall as low as seven cents per pound, operation of the Phoenix properties might still be profitably continued. Such a statement is most reassuring, and at the same time is a high enconium On the economic and efficient methods of mining and smelting there employed. Referring especially to this point Mr. Stanton remarked: "I have visited a great many mining camps during the past half century, and nowhere have I seen superior methods in vogue. I was not prepared to see such a state of affairs in existence outside of the United States. * * * W. Yolen Williams, the mine manager, and A. B. W.' Hodges, the smelter superintendent, have respectively solved the mining and metallurgical problems in an eminently satisfactory manner." Mr. Stanton further, added that higher results as regards tonnage per man per shift was obtained by the Granby company than by the Michigan mines. In a report to the acting Minister of the Interior, dealing with the subject of the recent rock slide at Turtle Mountain, Messrs. McConnell and Brock, of the staff of the Geological Survey,: after showing that to the solidity alone of a. shoulder of the mountain running east irom the north peak, the town of Frank was saved from entire annihilation, state that further danger is apprehended from the fissures which extend behind and further to the west of the north peak,. as the breaking away of the central portion of the mountain is continuing; and it is suggested that these northern fissures should be closely watched, and the town evacuated on the first indication of slipping in of the fissures back of the face of the north peak. The report thus concludes: "The fracture zone, surrounding the old break is bound to fall away, but whether it falls away gradually and in comparatively harmless blocks, or in large destructive masses, depends upon future conditions which cannot be foretold. The town of Frank might possibly exist on its present site uninjured for ages, but there will always be the possibility of a second havoc-bringing slide. The fact that the threatening shoulder withstood the first slide is no proof that it is too solid to fall. The same conditions exist on the north peak and shoulder to-day as obtained on the central before it fell away. A succession of seasons with unusually heavy temperature, a slight earthquake shock, which is by no means an impossibility, or the closing of the chambers in the mine, after the coal has been drawn, perhaps after the inhabitants have lost all dread of the mountain, may give the impulse.which would dislodge this mass and start it on a career of destruction." Since this possibility must always overhang the town, it would seem advisable to move it a short distance up the valley, beyond reach of danger. It is interesting to learn on the authority of Mr. John Stanton, the eminent copper statistician, who with other directors of the Granby Company, visited In addition to the letters we print this month dealing with local smelting charges on lead ores,, we have received several other communications from mine operators, which are either marked "confidential" or if not so marked contain information which is evi- THE MINING RECORD. 699 dently not intended for publication. We have, however, sought permission of these correspondents to publish these communications in part, particularly as several take the view that the local smelters could well afford to reduce existing rates. The grounds for objection appear to be (i) That the smelters discriminate unfairly in the case of certain mines; (2) that a charge of $20 per ton freight to London is dishonestly exorbitant, as the product, it is alleged, is not sold in London but in the States ; (3) the basis of a ninety-day settlement is objectionable, and is not exacted by American smelters. A correspondent further states that he understands that the mines in the Lardeau Camp, shipping over the C. P. R., are taxed more heavily than. those of the Slocan, the smelter only returning, to them 90 per. cent, of the silver values, and adds: "I do not think that the local smelters can handle our lead ores successfully until they have refineries and protection on the products." This last contention contains, to our mind, the kernel of the whole matter. After studying the evidence we conclude that. under, existing conditions the local smelting rates are not unreasonably high for they admit of ores being treated in the Province as cheaply as in the States;. but if the industry were in a flourishing condition, and production was such as to justify the enlargement of the local smelters, and the building of refineries in conjunction therewith, then a general reduction of rates might be fairly insisted upon. The conditions at the moment are not conducive to the successful operation of lead mines in the Province, or to an increased output. The outlook, indeed, is distinctly unsatisfactory and discouraging and is likely to remain so, unless the Dominion . Government can be brought to realize the stringency of the case, and accord to the industry a measure of protection and assistance commensurate with its requirements. In an interview published en a Nelson paper, Mr. Mathys, the managing director of the Payne, is reported to have said:— "I see by a Coast publication that our finances are supposed to be exhausted, and that we may call upon our shareholders for an assessment. This would of course mean a reconstruction of the company, as all our shares are paid up and non-assessable, and I can assure you that the matter has never been even thought of by the directors. There has never been any necessity for such a thing at any time, and just now we have practically made all our expenditures, and certainly do not propose to reconstruct; the idea is preposterous. We are not buying or selling stock, and are quite independent of the stock market, but such a statement as the one I refer to is likely to damage the whole Slocan section, and I do not hesitate to contradict it." Mr. Mathys' remarks have reference to an editorial paragraph in the last issue of the Mining Record, in which it was suggested that the company having, according to the published balance sheet, exhausted its cash resources, a reconstruction might be necessary unless the mine in future proved self-supporting. We are very glad indeed to receive the assurance which,. however, is somewhat superfluous, that the prospects at the mine are so promising; but with all due deference to Mr. Mathys there was certainly nothing preposterous in the remark, that judging from recent expenditures, more money might be required for development purposes, and that, consequently there being no funds still available, a reconstruction might be necessary to provide them, assuming always the mine earnings were insufficient for the purpose. It is hardly necessary to add that in suggesting a possible reconstruction of the company we had not, as' Mr. Mathys appears to imagine, the remotest intention of speaking disparagingly of the property, which is, we are well aware, in a more satisfactory condition today than for some years past. "Resources" is the suggestive title of a new monthly publication issued in Montreal, Quebec, a copy of the first number—that for the month of June—of which has been received. Its aims and intentions are stated in its introductory article, from which the following excerpt has been made:—"Hitherto, in order to gain a knowledge of the vast developed and undeveloped resources of the Dominion of Canada and the Crown Colony of Newfoundland, one was forced to peruse numberless industrial and other magazines and government publications, as well as all the leading newspapers of the country. 'Resources' will be a great time saver along these lines, putting before its readers only such items as have been proven or can be readily authenticated, giving an unbiased and well-balanced presentation of industrial and live news from each province and territory, and forming in itself a harmonious mosaic of the whole of British North America." Following some general Dominion notes each of the several provinces and territories of Canada, and the Colony of Newfoundland, has attention under its own headline. It is evident, though, that in this initial number "Resources" has fallen short of its very commendable stated intention to put before its readers "only such items as have been proven or can be readily j authenticated." For instance, under the heading "British Columbia" the following items are included: (1) "It would be difficult to indicate any defined section of British Columbia in which gold or silver has not been, or will not be, found. Until a comparatively recent date the work was practically all placer mining, a mere scratching of the surface, and yet over $63,- 000,000 have been scraped out of the rivers and creeks." In regard to this it may be noted that whilst it is true that the total value of the yield of placer gold to the end of 1902 was officially given as $64,627,683 (of which $48,648,834 was obtained to the end of 1880) the aggregate value of all other minerals produced was $122,218,926, in the following proportions: Lode gold, . $22,049,732; silver, $18,475,882; lead, $10,447,521; copper, $12,256,219; coal and coke, $58,- 989,572. Further, the returns from placer gold during'twenty years 1881-1900 were $i3>935r6o9'> from lode mines (gold, silver, lead and copper), $24,784^46, and from coal and coke, $42,953,763- Another mis- 700 THE MINING RECORD. leading statement is that a conservative estimate of the gold and silver production of British Columbia during the year 1902, exclusive of the Atlin district, shows a total production of $11,516,000, whereas the actual production, as shown by official figures, including Atlin's production of placer gold, $400,000, was $7,902,737. Then there are absurd statements relative to the erection of coke ovens at Midway in connection with the Ashnola smelter, and the expected finding of an unlimited supply of coking coal surpassing that of the Crow's Nest Pass, on the North Fork of Kettle River within 50 miles of Grand Forks," which are simply emanations from the over-vivid imaginations of certain well-known "hot air" boosters of the schemes concerned. These gross mis-statements certainly are not of the kind that "have been proven or can be readily authenticated," so that if they are a fair sample of the news "Resources" will continue to supply its readers the sooner it shall cease publication the better. On the other "hand, if it will use care and discrim- Ostenburg Concentrating Table used in Stem-winder Mill. ination it may eventually do much towards serving the purpose for which it avowedly has come into existence, and should make headway until in due course its usefulness shall be sufficiently appreciated to ensure its bringing in a profitable return to those who are enterprising enough to engage in such a venture. THE CYANIDE PROCESS IN FAIRVIEW. A CORRESPONDENT writes: A force of 50 men are now working on the Stemwinder mine and the mill is crushing about 100 tons per day. Only 30 stamps are being run at present, as a few more vats in the cyanide plant have to be erected before it will be able to treat the product of the whole mill of 46 stamps. This work is being pushed forward as rapidly as possible and should be completed within two months. The manner of working this property is thoroughly up-to-date and less men are employed than in any mine of similar capacity in the country. The mine is well opened up and the veins are very large and the ground easily broken. Two machine drills supply the mill and only about 20 miners are employed including muckers and timbermen. The ore is hoisted from the different levels in a self-dumping skip which deposits it in a large bin at the top of i^pig |p* '^«^r: Stemwinder Mill and Buildings. the hoisting works. From here it runs by gravity- through a large Blake crusher and is carried by one man to the mill a distance of 150 yards where it is dumped into the large maill bins which have a capacity of about 400 tons. From here it passes by gravity through the stamps and to the concentrating tables. The high-grade concentrates are here separated and shipped to a smelter. The tailings and low-grade concentrates run into a flume and are carried by gravity to the cyanide mill where they are automatically distributed in the large leaching tanks, which are 36 feet in diameter by 7 feet high inside measurement and hold over 200 tons of tailings each. After being leached and the solutions pumped to the sump tanks above, which are 24 feet in diameter by 10 feet high and the pulp is sluiced through four large Stem-winder Cj'anide Plant. iron doors at the bottom of the tanks, and runs away to a lake a mile off. One man can sluice out a tank in eight hours. The solution runs through precipitation boxes which extracts the gold and after standardizing this is used over again. The mill is at present being driven by water power, a Pelton wheel being installed. There is a large Corliss engine which is used whfn the power may not be sufficient for all purposes. The boiler house is separate and in the centre of the buildings and steam is distributed to all points from this centre. To the left is the hoist and compressor; to the right is the sawmill and planing mill, and below is the large stamp mill. The services of only four men (two by day and two by night) only are required in the stamp mill and in the cyanide plant only one man in the day and one at night does the work. It is the intention to install a belt-driven compressor in the mill and for a considerable portion of the year do away with the use of steam altogether. All the workings are well lighted by electricity, generated in the stamp mill. The mine is in excellent condi<\ .;i and recently work has been started to supply a considerable portion of the ore from surface workings similar to the manner of working the large mines at Phoenix. The superintendent expects to be -able to mine and treat the ore for less than $2.00 per ton. 4-j u ' ! rt . £ Q C3 > £ "8 § 8 . <o O —. 0 U 0 ^ fe 5 fe O >- r § VALUES IN SLUICE CONCENTRATES. MR. J. B. HOBSON, manager of the Consolidated Cariboo Hydraulic Mines at Bullion, writes to the Mining Record as follows: "I send you herewith copy of analysis by Mr. J. O'Sullivan, assayer, of Vancouver, of a sample of heavy sand, sulphurets, and other concentrates obtained last year after cleaning up the sluices at the Consolidated Cariboo Hydraulic Mine, which may be of some interest to your readers. "Having made some qualitative tests before sending the sample to the assayer, I found indications of the presence of palladium and requested Mr. O'Sullivan to make a careful quantitative analysis for that metal —the large quantity of which came as a great surprise to me. I do not remember of having noted any report of the presence of palladium in any of the assays of concentrates from the auriferous alluvials of British Columbia; and it might be well for those operating alluvial mines to have their concentrates carefully examined for the presence of this metal—which belongs to the "Platinum-osmium-iridium" group and possesses a commercial value higher than that of platinum." RESULTS OF ANALYSES. Mr. J. O'Sullivan, F.C.S., Etc., of Vancouver, found the sample of alluvial deposit to contain :— Gold I47-51 ozs- Per ton °* 200° Pounds Silver i38-34 | | Palladium 46-55 Platinum 15-I2 ct ct tt it Osmiridium 4-73 Copper (wet) . . . 14.3 per cent. Commercial Value of Sluice Concentrates from the Consolidated Cariboo Hydraulic Mining Co.'s mine, Bullion, B.C., figured on basis of attached assay :— Metal. Gold.. ..147.51 $17.00 $2,507.67 Silver. ..138.34 .50 69.17 Palladium 46.55 19.00 884.45 Platinum . 15.12 16.25 245.70 Osmiridium 4.73 29.00 I37-T7 Copper .. 14.30 p.c. (wet) 10 c. lb. 28.60 $3,872.76 COSTS OF LEAD SMELTING IN KOOTENAY THE controversy, to which we briefly alluded last month, on the subject of the rates charged by local smelters for the treatment of lead ores, has provoked a not un-noteworthy discussion, to which during the past month some interesting further contributions have been made. These we propose to summarize, quoting as well from letters we have received on the subject from a number of the principal silver- lead mine operators in the Slocan and elsewhere to whom we propounded the following queries—: (1.) What have been the smelting rates for different years since you first commenced operations, that is, previous to the time when there was competition from Canadian smelters? (2.) What deductions have been made from the price of lead either by the duty from the American price, or for the marketing from the English price. (3.) Have as good rates been obtainable from home smelters as foreign smelters? Has the treatment received in other respects been as satisfactory Meanwhile it appears to us from the evidence that the case against the smelters has not been proved; and although it is true, several mine operators express dissatisfaction at the rates now in force, a large proportion believe that the charges are, under the circumstances, perfectly just and equitable, and do not represent more than a reasonable return to the smelters on their operations. The point which does not seem to be clearly understood is that before the change was made of payment on the basis of the London price, the smelter realized a certain profit which, of course, varied with the variation in the relation of the two prices to one another, and that this was taken into account in fixing freight and treatment rates; but that when the change was made of purchase on the basis of the London price, the local smelter, in order to avoid the risk attendant upon the previous method, adjusted the lead percentage deduction and the freight and treatment charge in such a manner as to give about the same gross results as before—although as a matter of fact, according to the published returns of mining companies' ore sales accounts it is shown that at the present freight and treatment rates and on the purchase basis of London market quotations, the mine owner would receive more for his ore to-day than under the old regime. It is, moreover, 702 THE MINING RECORD. plainly- shown that immediately before and shortly after the establishment of local smelters rates were reduced, thus indicating that local competition exercised a" salutory influence. The effect upon the rates charged on ores low in lead or altogether dry has been much more marked, as in those cases the home smelter has had a much greater advantage over the foreign smelter. In the case of the heavy lead ore (besides the fact that the foreign smelter has wanted the lead as a carrier for his revenue producing .dry silver ore) when paying freight on it to his smelter, he has conveyed thus far towards its ultimate destination the lead contents, so that he has paid freight on very little waste material, ■ and in that way the home smelter has that much less advantage over him, but, as the ore descends the scale in lead contents, so does the disadvantage to the foreign smelter increase. For example, when the local smelters commenced buying Slocan "dry" ores, the rates charged were $13.50 per ton or thereabouts. This charge has been since steadily reduced until at the present time the rate on different classes of dry ore varies from $3.12 to $10, the larger proportion paying a rate of from $7.50 to $8, while for certain silicious ores which the.smelter requires for mixing, a freight and treatment rate of $6.50 is afforded. -fo compare tlie operation of local smelters with the large American Reduction Works, as has been done, is manifestly unfair, and proves nothing. It is a very different problem to get low costs. with a very large plant, handling large quantities of ore of similar analysis, that is, handling the production from large mines, so that the problem of handling the ore and the metallurgical "problem is greatly simplified, from cases where the smelter has to handle a large assortment of different kinds of ores purchased in small parcels and with a constantly changing combination to deal with in the furnaces, very often with unknown peculiarities about them that are only ascertained- after experience; for the ordinary analysis does not tell you everything about how.an ore will behave in a furnace. And as these latter are the conditions which confront local metallurgists, it is practically impossible for outsiders, not having access to the books of the smelter to ueterrnine whether or not the present charges are fair. All the grounds for argument the a must rest on a comparison .between rates to-day and those in force when the stimulus of keener competition existed. If the present rates are now. higher, then that should certainly constitute reasonable cause for complaint. But if it is true that the local smelters, are making the large profits, as they are credited with doing, it is somewhat remarkable that Nelson and Trail should be allowed to remain in sole possession of the field, particularly as we remember a bonus of $50,000 was offered, without avail, by the town of Kaslo for the establishment of reduction works at that place. Meanwhile in reply to our enquiries we have received the following letters:— From Mr. George Alexander, manager of the Ruth and other mines: "I have to acknowledge yours of the 9th inst., which reaches me just as I am about to leave home, owing to which I am obliged to answer it without taking the time necessary for looking up the records on the points which you specify. But I may answer yo'ur enquiry generally by saying that I have been for some time past shipping the lead ores from our properties in the Canadian smelters, and that I am entirely in favour of the treatment in British Columbia of ores mined in British Columbia wherever this can be obtained without serious loss. Under the same freight and treatment rates as we are at present receiving from the Canadian smelters, we could at present sell to San.Francisco, Everett, or to- the American Smelting and Refining Company. I think I am representing the opinion of the other shippers in saying that the existing freight and treatment rate ($15, reduced by 20 cents per unit of lead under 40 per cent., 10 per cent, zinc limit) is satisfactory to the producers, and represents a fair living rate to the smelter's and transportation companies. It can hardly be said to represent a fair' living rate to the producers, and I am confident that any attempt to increase this rate would not be accepted by the producers. ' The result of a bounty on the lines submitted by the lead producers would be, I believe, to increase the supply to a point at which the existing freight and treatment rate would be a fully profitable one to the smelters and transportation companies. "There has always been a strong feeling among the * producers that if they can get better freight and treatment rates in the United States than in Canada, they should not be debarred from availing themselves of them. In my case, and I believe in all others, we are anxious to see this principle admitted only as a protection against unfair treatment resulting from a monopoly, and not at all as a means towards reducing the smelting business in Canada and kindred industries, which we are all interested in building up. I believe that solely as a protection against the abuse of a monopoly, and in view of the very limited provision for local smelting at present, the granting of a bounty should be accompanied by permission to smelt abroad ore mined in British Columbia, and bring back the smelted product subject to duty on smelting process only, if it can be shown that substantially better results will accrue thereby to the Canadian producer than by availing himself of home smelting; but I feel confident that under such a provision it would not be found necessary to export any ore for smelting abroad, and at the same time the Canadian producer of lead ore would be receiving reasonable protection against unjust treatment." The following is excerpted from a letter by Mr. W. J. Cavanaugh, of the Slocan Star mine, which was published in the Nelson Daily. News of June ioth :— "For six years I have been in a position to know what one mine in the Kootenay received for its ore, and at different times have had access to the smelter returns of different properties. "For several years after the silver-lead mines of Kootenay were opened, we were obliged to sell to the United States smelters; there being no lead smelters in operation on this side of the line. Several lead smelt- THE MINING RECORD. 703- ers were built, notably at Pilot Bay, Golden and Revelstoke, but none of them seemed to be a success. Various rates for freight and treatment (this term includes all charges for freight, smelting, refining and marketing) were paid during those first years, but the general tendency was a downward trend of rates; until the year 1899, when the prevailing rate (all charges included, except deductions for loss in smelting) was $18.50 per dry ton. "During the years 1898 and 1899, the Hall Mines smelter added a lead stack to its equipment, and the Trail smelter, which had been acquired by the C. P. R. did the same. The only prices quoted for lead ores was the New York quotations, less the duty. Freight and treatment rates (I am sorry to say I am unable to state what proportion was for freight and what for treatment) offered by all concerns buying lead ores were very close to the figures given. No matter how close to the mines the smelter may have been located, or how far distant, Omaha, Selby, Kansas City, Everett, Aurora, Trail or Nelson. All made the same charge. In 1899 the 'smelter trust'—so called—was formed. 'The trust,' for reasons best known to themselves, did not enter the market for Canadian lead ores. Shortly after the fgrmation of 'the trust' and just prior to January ist, 1900, a meeting of the western 'independent' smelters, viz., Everett, Selby, Trail and Nelson, was held at the Hotel Ryan, St. Paul, Minnesota, where an agreement was made, to purchase to - a limited amount, the product of the Kootenay lead mines. The smelter purchasing the ore reserved the right to divert the whole, or any part of that ore, to any other smelter; the two railways operating in the district to share equally in any tonnage from common points. At this St. Paul meeting it was decided ta change the basis of settlement for Canadian ores to the London market quotations; the miner was told that he could not get the full London price less treatment charge, as cost of freight to London must be borne; that a deduction of 70 cents per 100 pounds of lead in the ore would be made to meet this new charge. The rate for freight and treatment was fixed at $20 per 'dry' ton. The average price for lead in London, for the year 1899, less 70 cents per 100 pounds, is equal to the average New York price for the same period, less the duty of $1.50 per 100 pounds. At the first of the year 1901 (London prices having risen) a further charge of 30 cents per 100 pounds of lead was made, and the treatment rate reduced to $19 per dry ton, once more equalizing the two markets quoted. What then are the facts? We are forced to sell to a trust equally as potent as the American Smelting & Refining Co. The territory is apportioned, and if one smelter made a bid for our ore it was useless to go to one of the others. If your output became too great for any one to handle, or if they had a stock of lead ore on hand, we were ordered to ship to another. We were told that we were selling on the London market, but we were in reality getting the New York price. Had this parity of prices been maintained, all would have been well; but when London prices went down there was no corresponding decrease in the rates charged, and there never has been a return to the rates charged in 1899. I maintain that as good a freight rate can be had via steamer from Vancouver, Seattle, or San Francisco to London, as can be had from any of the points named via all rail to New York. If we were selling on the London market we should get the .full London market price less the rates charged before the formation of the smelting trusts; and in the fact that we do not get those rates lies the overcharge of which the miner complains. "Assuming that the average ore of this district carries 50 per cent, of lead (although many mines ship a 60 and 65 per cent, ore) and that I am correct as to freights, the Kootenay lead miner paid during the year 1900 for freight and treatment $26.30 per dry ton; for 1901, $28 per dry ton; and for ' 1902, $24 per dry ton, which rate is still in vogue. If $18.50 performed certain work in 1899 it should do as well or better to-day. In 1899 we paid freight to New York; to-day we are supposed to pay freight to London. Apply the simple rule of three, and any schoolboy will easily prove that we are mulcted by the difference in rates charged in 1899 and those charged for the same work at the present time. "Nor is this all. The average London price for lead in the years 1901 and 1902 was very close to $2.45 per 100 pounds. Taking 1902 for example: The lead miner received $1.45 per 100 pounds; add the United States duty of $1.50 per 100 pounds for lead in ore and we have the actual cost of Canadian lead smelted in the United States. The average price of New York lead for the same period was $4.05, leaving a very nice margin for that portion of the western 'independent smelters' on the other side of the line; and allowing the home 'independents' to ship their lead to the States, pay the extra duty ($2.12 1-2 per 100 pounds) for lead in pigs, with a margin in their favour of 47 1-2 cents per 100 pounds, plus what they save in freight by shipping no waste material. "The first year our markets were changed, i.e., 1900, we paid $7.8~o more per ton for freight and treatment than in the previous year; for 1901 we paid $9.50 more, and for 1902 up to the present we are paying $5.50 more per dry ton. This rate of difference increasing with the percentage of lead in the ore. On a 60 per cent, lead ore the relative differences, for the same years, being $9.06, $ii-30 and $7.30 per dry ton. "To put the matter in another way: If we were receiving the full London price for our lead, with a freight and treatment rate on a basis of the rates charged in 1899; for one ton. of 50 per cent, lead ore we would get the following: 1,000 pounds lead at £12 12s. 6d:, being $2.51 per 100 pounds $25 10 Less 10 per cent, (loss in smelting) 251 $22 59 Freight and treatment 18 50 Net price per ton $ 4 °9 704 THE MINING RECORD. Actual returns, same quotations— 1,000 pounds lead at $2.51 $25 10 Less 10 per cent 2 51 $22 59 Freight and treatment 24 00 Net loss per ton $ 1 41 A net difference of $5.50, as above stated. "Mr. J. L. Parker in a recently published article, makes some statements which need qualification. The smelters composing our western combination, not Trail and Nelson alone, did on January ist, 1902, make a reduction of $4 from the $28 then charged. But that reduction, as Mr. Parker states, was not owing to the receipt of a bounty on the refining of lead. Everett, Selby and Nelson made the same reduction, but they received no bounty. The reduction was made in response to a demand from the miners, and a move on their part to smelt their own- ore, if they got no redress. Several conditions attached to this quasi reduction; the zinc limit was reduced from 10 to 8 per cent., making the reduction only $3 on nearly all Slocan ores; the old rates were to have been put in force as the London market recovered. The time for settlement was put at 90 clays after the receipt of the ore, thus forcing the producer to stand all market fluctuations. Other and more stringent conditions were to have been imposed on the ist of January last (the manager of the Nelson smelter stating in his annual report that steps were being taken to extend the time for final settlement to six months) making the miner wait from June to December to know what he had accomplished in that month. "The advent of the American Smelting & Refining Company has been cried down, but it made our little combination recede from its position, put the zinc limit back to 10 per cent., give us immediate settlement for our ores, and a $24 flat rate for a 50 per cent, lead ore, regardless of the price of lead on the London market." In a letter to the Mining Record Mr. N. J. Cavan- augh writes: "I send you herewith the different rates charged by the smelters for treating Slocan ores from 1896 to the present time. This, you will understand, is on an ore carrying better than 40 per cent, lead: 1896, $24; 1897, $22; 1898, $21.25; i899> $18.50; 1900, $20 plus 70 cents per 100 pounds of lead in ore; 1901, $19 plus $1 per 100 pounds of lead in the ore; 1902, $15 plus $1 per 100 pounds of lead in the ore, zinc 8 per cent.; 1903, the same as 1902, zinc 10 per cent. "Your third question can hardly be answered by saying "yes," or "no." Beyond, a doubt there has been a combination, consisting of Trail, Nelson, Everett, and Selby since January ist, 1900. They have all been offering the same rate; whether that rate is an equitable one, is another matter. In the matter of weights, and assays (as made) the treatment is fairly good, but it is to the methods of making those assays that the miner objects. We should be given the wet assay less 10 per cent, loss, but we get the fire assays less 10 per cent. (See Ed. Engineering and Mining Journal November nth, 1902.)" From Mr. S. S. Fowler, President of the British Columbia Mining Association and manager of the Enterprise, Whitewater and other mines: "The best figures I can give are those pertaining to the Whitewater mine. Freight and treatment rates were as follows: 1896, $22.50; 1897, $18.75 > 1898, $18.75 '> I899, $20. These were charged by American smelters. Everett got most of this material, but some of it went to Great Falls. All ore which went to the States was paid for at the New York brokers price, which was always from 15 cents to 30 cents lower than the real price realized by the refiner, per 100 pounds of lead. He also, got ahead of us by charging duty for 100 per cent, of the lead although for at least some of the lead he did not pay the duty, the lead being treated in bond. It is certain that little, if any, B. C. lead was consumed in the States after 1898, the American mines supplying all that could be consumed. Prior to ist July, 1897, the U. S. duty was 3-4 cent per pound; afterwards and since then the duty has been 1 1-2 cents. In 1900 the settlements were made at the English market price less 70 cents per 100 pounds. Since then same market less $100 per 100 pounds. "So far as I know we have never been charged higher rates than would be given by the American smelters. One price for one class of ore has been the rule which I have heard no breach of. Our dealings- have been perfectly satisfactory with the smelters. "I have given the Daily News here an article, rather hastily written, showing just how we would have come* out under the arrangement formerly prevailing and that now prevailing. We actually do better under the present rates and English market less the one dollar per 100." Mr. Fowler's letter in the Daily News contained the following statements: "It seems to be the impression of some, in discussing the rate question, that a smelting rate can be arrived at like a milling or manufacturing rate, but this of course is very wide of the mark. With the same prices for wages and material, and with equally well equipped plants and able metallurgical supervision, the cost of smelting one assortment of ores may be double what it would be with another * * * I certainly hope for lower rates in the near future, with the increasing development of mines supplying larger quantities of ore, and a more nearly self-fluxing combination than is the case at present. "Mr. Cavanaugh shows that he is under an evident misapprehension, which has naturally led to a belief that the smelting rates could be materially reduced without giving the smelters and railways a smaller earning than they had some years ago. That is due to Mr. Cavanaugh's not knowing, apparently, that the lead from ore bought in Canada was not used for domestic consumption in the United States, for the American mines have been, for several years past, supplying the domestic lead for the United States. The foreign lead was smelted and refined in bond, and 90 THE MINING RECORD. 705 per cent, of the assay contents of the ore or bullion exported, leaving'a small amount which might be sold at home without payment of duty. The smelter therefore had, in addition to his freight and treatment charge, a profit on his lead over the price paid the Canadian miner based on the New York price less brokerage, and duty on the lead paid for and on the lead not paid for, i.e., payment was made for 90 per cent, assay contents and duty charged on 100 per cent. When we sold ore to American smelters the brokers' price paid to the miner was always from 15 cents to 30 cents per 100 pounds less than what the refiner received in New fork. "To make clear the improvement there has been in smelter rates since 1896, I have taken examples of Whitewater product, for different periods, and made comparisons, showing on the one hand what we received, -and on the other what we would have received if we had had the advantage of settlement on the basis of London price less $1 per 100 pounds and the present freight and treatment rate:— refers us to Mr. Cavanaugh's letter, which, he states, "explains the whole situation regarding lead from its early, days," and adds, "I can only say that I fully agree with Mr. Cavanaugh and that he expresses my views." .Mr. J. Laing Stocks, business manager of the Duncan United Mines, and other companies, sends us the following letter, which was also published in the Daily News: "I am not going to enter into a discussion about smelter rates, for I know enough about the smelting business to know how complicated the question is, and how many factors there are which affect the charge for any particular kind of ore, besides the cost of smelting the whole charge. I realize that rates for silicious ores, for limy ores, for irony ores, for lead ores, vary with changing conditions and are affected by the law of supply and demand. I hope to see lead smelters continue in business in Kootenay, because in my connection with two lead producing mines I have found it advantageous to sell OLD METHOD. jy u m P S3 1896 30.8 Jan. 1907 33-7 Dec. 1897 ■. 33-7 1898 30.9 1899 ., 46.6 h4 mm w 5 O « -*H -*- O S j_ >- O J! OU Q, 61.6 674 674, 618 932 I 1 1 o 2.78 2.84 3-50 3.58 4.27 m $15.41 17-23 21.23 19.91 35-82 .5? ri '53 <y £ H $22.50 18.75 18.75 18.75 : 20.00 P 8. $4.62 5.06 Duty ij^c $10.11 9.27 13 98 v o3 1-1 £_lO $11.71 loss 6.58 I 7.63 I 8.11 " i.84grain NEW METHOD. 1 111 4j U m 53 O P S3 £ § S3 Ph OU o. 1896 30.8 616 Jan. 1907 33-7 674 Dec. 1897 33-7 674 1898 30.9 618 1899 46-6 932 Mr. J. L. Retallack writes: "I regret that the data i have with me here does not permit of my answering your questions categorically. If my memory serves me the original freight and treatment rates charged by the American smelters (exclusive of the deduction for duty and marketing charges) were $27.50 per ton f. o. b. any steamer or railway. "These rates have gradually been reduced by both American and Canadian smelters. The existing freight and treatment rates, plus the marketing charge imposed by Canadian smelters, or in fact b'y American .smelters when treating B. C. ore, are, I believe, less tnan similar charges on similar ore in the United States. I have yet to hear the claim made by responsible people or sustained by irresponsible people that the Canadian smelters do not give satisfactory treatment and as low rates as foreign smelters." Mr. A. C. Garde, of the Payne Mine, in a brief note, o i > -a II- 3-9 II-15-0 12-12-6 13- 0-0 14-18-9 ■** Q *-> H > CO £P $1,417 1-539 1.728 1.809 0 _ +■* ^5 °hJ 1 « 2 $ 7-86 9-33 10.49 10.06 18.69 $13-16 13-74 13-74 13-18 15.00 m 1 4> 4) •» $5.30 loss 4-14 " 3-25 " 3.12 " 3.69grain my ore to a local smelter rather than to send it out of the country, and my companies have always received fair and just treatment from it, and I believe that in the development of a large and prosperous home smelting industry, dependent upon home lead mines for its supply of ore, lies the greatest probability of material reduction in freight and treatment charges; because I am connected with a quartz mine which has concentrates to sell, and those I can sell at home to much'better advantage than I could to a smelter at a distance; because I am connected with a mine, the ore from which has been sold to die Nelson smelter at a freight and treatment charge which has been usually about $4.50, and sometimes as low as $3.12, and I hope and expect that this mine will soon be the producer of a large tonnage of ore, and without home smelters to take its ore the mine so far as can be seen at present could not be operated; because I have other 706 THE MINING RECORD. interests in British Columbia, and desire to see smelting and other home industries flourish in order that our country may grow and prosper as it should. There has always been sufficient reason for us to have our ore smelted at home in the fact that it was directly advantageous to do so on account of the saving effected at first in freight and treatment charges and later on in incidental expenses, and I was therefore surprised at the ground taken by Mr. Cavanaugh. I was aware that articles attacking the Canadian smelters had appeared in the Paystreak and Ledge, but these contained such gross misrepresentations that I had not paid any attention to them. After reading Mr. Cav- anaugh's letter, however, I investigated the ore sales of one of my companies from the beginning of its operations. I took down the particulars of the returns of a number of cars of ore, taking a few from each period, but otherwise at random, and then ascertained what we would have received for our ore if we had been selling it on the basis of the London price less $i per ioo pounds with the present freight and treatment charges, viz., $11 per ton of ore carrying 20 per cent lead, graded up to $15 on high-grade ore. The following are the results of those calculations. I will take one ton from each carload, and leave the silver contents out of the question. In 1897 when there were no local smelters buying lead ores:— .« K Ti o u o ft > P i8< Nov. Dec. Dec. n 23 2 . 6 . P 70.8 69.I 65-9 ct] cn cu cn c8 +-> *0 to <D a « <u "£ O rt S c bo bo >>-2 £ OJ <U rt +-> co Cl< 3 T3 X fe sj O QU W *£ If sold on to-d dates:— 1274 $3.60 $45.86 $25.00 $21.28 $ 42 1244 3.50 43-50 21.50 20.73 1-3i 1186 3.50 41.51 23.00 19.98 1.47 ay's basis at the London price on these CU ft <*> £ <u o > 0 ■ S3 0 m #> 4/3- 3 co O* to fT1 <V E—1 ^ '53 CU 13- 0-0 $1,809 $23.05 $15.00 [2-15-0 1-755 21.84 15.00 [2-15-0 1.755 20.81 15-00 53 o S >- i> S D ni St! *+■< tn £.3 $8.05 6.83 5-81 In 1898 when going into lead this account a smelters:— $8.47 5-25 7.28 the Canadian smelters were talking of smelting, and there was perhaps 01^ reduction in the rates of outside f <8 d -d 4) cn *o O ■2 r6 -»-» cn ■to T3 Oj O j_, O ct} —' 3 P P 4J fe C_( <U fe H PU !5 4J 1898. Jan. 18.. I 62.0 IIl6 $3-50 $39.06 $22.90 $18.60 $ 2.44 Jan. 24.. I 25-5 459 3.60 l6.52 16.63 7.76 7.87 Jan. 29.. I 23.1 416 3.60 14.98 19-75 6-93 11.70 Sep. 19.. I 63.5 1143 3-75 43-15 20.75 19.17 3-25 Sep. 26.. I 24.4 439 3-50 15-37 16.50 7-32 8.45 If sold on to-day's basis at the London price on these dates:— *3h 0 0 C tu cu a Ct) )-{ > ^9- 0 . 3 tu H 0 > a cu £ a .§ 0 erence avor of ent met] C 0 i3 T3 -M T3 ■S1~i *+H ■ O -c O' CO O cS OJ cti . 1 s 1—4 Oi fj5P H ^ fe fe wm P.S p. I2-I2-6 $1,728 $19.28 $15.00 $4.28 $6.72 I2-I2-6 1.728 7-93 12.10 4.17 2.70 I2-I2-6 1.728 7.19- 11.62 4-43 7.27 12-18-9 ■ 1-795 20.52 15.00 -* 5-52 2.29 12-18-9 1,795 7.88 11.88 4.00 4-45 In Feb ruary, 18c )9, when the Hall Mines smelter had actually begun to compete for lead ores:- CU n Oi 0 0 0 <D *o ^ cti cn 0 cu in P £-H P P Ji 1899. Feb. 3 . I 33-8 608 Feb. 15. I 64.7 1165 c=a bo -J5 '53 <u O pIO.35 19.62 $4.20 $25.54 $16.50 4.20 48.93 20.75 If sold on to-day's basis at the London price on dates:— cu ni 5Z..2} $1.31 8.56 these 1—1 JS <u 0 CU Qt "c3 0 > a cfej 1 tu v O "oj 0 cu O 0 53 0 .5 ^* a B ||§ > -u 1- > CU cti c 0 £*. CO -4_j 'U -j_) M St| MH O "C U' co P 0, mm H ^ feH mm P.5 15-10-0 $2,349 $14.28 $1376 $ 52 $1.83 15- 0-0 2.241 26.11 15.00 11.11 2.55 On February 18th, 1899, we sold our first ore to that smelter, and as we got more favourable rates than we had hitherto done, the comparison between those and the results on the present basis is not so striking: P 1899. Feb. 18. Feb. 19. P ] ) O 1) —j cu 0 Cl4 - a > 0 O wm x> CO CD O 3-d V to Vh O rt h4 PL| L_( <D <8 cu O |§ H P O ^ .S 33-0 64.0 594 $4-20 $24.95 $14.30 $ 9.90 $ 75 1152 420 48.38 20.00 19.20 9.18 If sold on to-day's basis at the London price on these dates:— . t3 13 cti 0 :=» cu - ca 1 a; <u O J? 0 ence or of t meth .> ^9- -? —' too -J^ > -M U p- R 0) ci «> 3 to O1 CO 0 *rt cu V CU iK^ S W.S ri, cu fe H ■ £.S P.S a. P2.241 $13-31 $13.60 $ 29 ag ainst $1.04 2.241 25.82 i5-oo 10.82 in favor 1.64 15- 0-0 15- 0-0 In giving us the history of lead smelting rates and combinajtions Mr. Cavanaugh makes an important statement, viz: "That it was after the Trust withdrew from the Canadian market that the system of payment was changed from the basis of the New York price to the basis of the London price." This would lead to the deduction of cause and effect and would indicate much. But the trouble is that Mr. Cavanaugh is THE MINING RECORD absolutely and entirely wrong on this point, and the facts in this instance are of common knowledge, and I must say my confidence in the accuracy of his circumstantial account of other matters about which I do not know anything, and about which from their nature as described by Mr. Cavanaugh, the public will not be well informed, is destroyed. "We first sold our ore on the basis of the London price in January, 1900. All the smelters buying ore in this country bought ore here at that time on the London basis. Among those was the American Smelting & Refining Company, called by Mr. Cavanaugh 'the trust,5 and it continued during 1900 to buy British Columbia ores on that system. When this change was made the reasons given us were as follows, and I have never had any occasion to doubt their accuracy: The Hon. R. F. Green, Minister of Mines in the McBride Government. "That all smelters, whether American or Canadian, buying ore in British Columbia, had been for some time past (I don't know how long) selling all of that lead abroad on the basis of the London price (excepting such part as the United States Government allowed to be retained in the United States free of duty; that the freight and treatment charges were based on the relation of that price" to the New York price, upon which basis payment for lead had been made ; that this was unsatisfactory and unbusinesslike ; that the fluctuations in the price in London and New York did not correspond, and that obviously the proper market to govern the buying price was the market which governed the selling price; that instead of the deduction .of the duty from the New York price there would be an arbitrary deduction from the London price, but that this must not be understood to represent exactly the cost of refining and marketing, but that the freight and treatment charge and this deduction were taken together to cover costs of freight, treatment, refining, marketing and profit.' "We found that the change worked out to our great advantage during the year, as a few examples will show. Taking a quotation from each of the months of the year 1900 for lead on the London and New York markets and making an average of the same we have the following:— London price, £17 5s., at $4.84 exchange (per 100 lbs.) ; . .$ 3 73 New York price, less brokers' commission (per 100 lbs.) 4 08 On the London price, one ton of ore assaying 65 per cent, lead:— 1,300 lbs. of lead at $3.73 per 100 lbs $48 49 Less 70 cents per 100 lbs 9 10 $39 39 Less 10 per cent 3 94 Net val"e $35 45 Om, the New York price:— 1,300 lbs. of lead at $4.08 per 100 lbs $53 04 Less 10 per cent $ 5 30 Duty on 1,300 lbs. at 1 i-2c 19 50 $24 80 Net value . . $28 24 Difference in favour of London price $ 7 21 Later in 1900 another lead mine with which I was connected approached the producing stage, but we found the market for lead ores not so advantageous as at the first of the year. All the smelters, including the American Smelting & Refining Company were buying ores from British Columbia, but it was generally reported that they were dissatisfied with the present rates, that the business was unprofitable to them and that at the expiration of their contracts there would be an advance probably by means of an increase in the deduction from the London price for lead, the reason being that since an increased charge was necessary it should be made by bringing the deduction from the price of lead nearer to the equivalent of the refining, transportation and marketing costs. In this way the producer of 30 per cent, lead ore would not be taxed for the benefit of the producer of 65 per cent, lead ore. As our ore was in the latter class this did not suit us, but we had to bow to market conditions and make a contract with a greater deduction from the London price of lead than had been exacted in contracts made earlier in the year. "At the beginning of 1901 we found that the American Smelting .& Refining Company would not buy ores in this country at the rates offered by the other smelters, and this seemed to fully corroborate the statements made that the smelters had lost money on British Columbia business and that the increased rates 708 THE MINING. RECORD. "were as low as could be expected under existing conditions, and we were glad to have the assurance of the local smelter of a market for a fair production, the •difficulty then seeming to be with the sudden withdrawal of a large purchaser to find smelter capacity at •short notice for the production stimulated as it was by the high prices then current. "In what I have written I have not reflected in any way on American smelters, nor have I sought to make invidious comparisons, but I have felt compelled not to become a 'silent partner' in what seemed like a conspiracy of falsehood and misrepresentation directed for some other purpose than the good of the lead miners against the Canadian smelters." We have received from a correspondent the following letter in reply to Mr. Cavanaugh's communication to the Nelson Daily News:— "I am glad that we have in a letter from Mr. N. J. Cavanaugh, who is, I understand, in the service of the Slocan Star mine, operated by the Byron N. White Company of Spokane, Wash., U.S.A., a statement of the case against the Canadian smelter rates. It did not seem much use to continue a discussion of a business subject with a newspaper editor who got beyond his depth when you gave him plain figures to deal with, and whose dishonesty of purpose was made plain by his methods of reply, and whose arguments were mainly inuendo or irresponsible mis-statements of facts. In. Mr. Cavanaugh I expect to find a gentleman generally conversant with the sale of lead ore, who, if he is in error, will see it when pointed out to him and frankly acknowledge it. "First, then, I must tell him that in 1900, when he implies that British Columbia was suffering from the absence of the "trust" in consequence of which we were supposed to have been paid on the basis of London price, the North Star alone shipped more than 13,000 tons of ore to the smelters of that powerful institution, and were paid for all of it on the basis of the said London price, and very good business it was for us that we were so paid, as we received a great deal more per ton of ore than we would have done on the basis formerly in vogue. Mr. Cavanaugh talks of the Canadian smelters selling the lead in the United States. A little study of the production, consumption and exports of lead of the United States as given in the "Mineral Industry" would show him that there was no room in the United States for Canadian lead; that they were producing in that country all they needed for themselves; and that the refineries through which our lead would have ±0 pass whether smelted in the United States or Canada, were so controlled that no outside lead that was not wanted on that market could be forced there. It is well known that, excepting such percentage as refiners were not required to export when treated in bond (upon the assumption that it was lost in manufacture) , all Canadian lead was treated in bond and exported, and that the smelters were obtaining more in the world's market price than the New York brokers' price less duty, especially as they charged the miner duty on 100 per cent, of the lead contents of ore, but only paid him for 90 per cent. Mr. Cavanaugh will therefore see that the smelter did not -simply get $18.50 freight and treatment in 1899. It got $18.50 plus the difference between the London price and the price it paid the miner. "I am supposing that Mr. Cavanaugh is right, and that some mine got such a rate. I know that there was a hot smelter fight on at that time and much cutting of rates, but I did not know that any mine got so low a rate as that. If so, it does not prove much, as it was not a general rate. Let us, however, figure out one example, taking the rate and price (N.Y.) named by Mr. Cavanaugh:— February, 1899: 1 ton ore, 65 per cent, lead equals 1300 lbs. Less 10 per cent, equals 130 lbs. 1170 lbs. 1170 lbs. @ $4.05 per 100 lbs. equals $47 38 Less duty on— 1300 lbs. @ 1 1-2 c. per lb. equals 19 50 $27 88 1 ton ore, 65 per cent, lead, equals 1300 lbs. Less- 10 per cent, equals 130 lbs. 1170 lbs. 1170 lbs. @ London price, £15 ios. equals $3.35 per 100 lbs $39 20 Difference -. : 7\7 -.0' $11 32 Add freight and treatment rate 18 50 $29 82 So that the smelters received in all $29.82 to pay freight to smelter, for treatment, freight to refinery, refining, cost of marketing silver, freight and cost of marketing lead. On the same ore to-day he would receive:—- Freight and treatment $15 00 Deduction of 1 c. per lb. from London price, equals 1170 lbs. @ 1 c. equals 11 70 $26 70 and it is therefore a false and misleading comparison that has been made in the Ledge and in Mr. Cavanaugh's letter. It must surely be plain that, had it not been for this arrangement of buying on one basis and selling on another more advantageous, an additional deduction from the price of lead or an additional treatment charge would have been necessary. "With this falls to the ground all Mr. Cavanaugh's figures for subsequent years, and any honestly inten- tioned man qualified to make' correct use of figures can satisfy himself that the smelter and railroad are getting less to-day for handling a ton of ore and its resulting lead than they did at any former time. "I form the conclusion from Mr. Cavanaugh's letter that the Slocan Star is paying the American Smelting & Refining Company the same rates as Canadian smelters are charging, viz., $15.00 per ton for ore THE MINING RECORD. 40 per cent, lead and over, and that lave of the Stars and Stripes, or personal friendship, or anti-Canadian- ism, or some other motive than dollars and cents draws its ore across the line. "The Ledge tries to convey the impression that the Canadian smelters are unpopular, and that the mines are generally shipping past.them to the United States, and I have accordingly made some enquiries, and have ascertained that 58 British Columbia mines shipped about 20,000 tons of carrying over 15 p. c. lead in 1902; and that, of these 55 shipped to the two Canadian smelters their production of about 22,000 tons, and that three shipped to American smelters. Of one of these mines, the Secretary is the ore buyer of an American smelter; another is the American Boy of Spokane, Wash., which was true to its name; and the third was Mr. Cavanaugh's mine, the Slocan Star. "The Ledge quotes Mr. Campbell Johnston regarding smelter rates, and a more misleading use of figures by one who should be qualified to use them properly, it would be hard to find. "Leaving out of the question the impossibility of making a comparison between such different sets of conditions, rates of wages, etc., and taking the figures given as being the cost per ton of charge, how much has that to do with, the rate charged on any particular class of ore? In the first place, the cost per ton of ore will depend on the proportion of ore in the charge. The greatei tin proportion cl flux., the greatei will be the cost of smelting apart from the cost of the flux itself. "To make it clearer: Supposing a charge of self- fluxing ore costs to smelt $5'.oo per ton, and the furnace smelts 100 tons, the cost will be, 100 multiplied by 5, equals $500.00. but supposing the charge be made up as follows:— 12 tons limerock, 25 tons iron ore, 18 tons matte (calcined), 45 tons ore. 100 tons @ $5.00, equals $500.00. In this case you have 45 tons of ore to bear the whole cost, making $11.11 per ton of ore. "Now, while that shows how the cost per ton of ore would be affected by the proportion of flux in the charge, there is another factor that affects the charge for any particular class of ore, and that is the rate which is being paid on other kinds of ore going to make up the charge. For instance, a few years ago in the United States (and this is still the case to a less extent), there was abundance of high grade dry silver ore which could afford to pay high treatment charges, and high lead ore was required to smelt-with it, and the smelters obtained that ore at whatever it was necessary to take it at, and in some cases they smelted it for nothing. In such -cases, the dry ore provided the payment for smelting the whole charge. "Supposing that of the 45 tons of ore in the charge in my illustration, 30 tons was lead ore and 15 tons silicious ore, and the rate charged for the silicious ore was $15.00 per ton, you would have $225, leaving $275, or about $9.00 per ton, for the lead ore to make up the smelting cost. Supposing, however, that the silicious ore is so low grade that it can only be mined with a $5.00 treatment rate, the earning from it would only be $75, leaving $425, or over $14.00 per ton for the lead ore to earn. "These are not extreme instances, and any one who knows much of the situation, knows that B. C. smelters must be getting very low rates on a good deal of their silicious ore. That is not their fault; it is the fault of conditions. "I do not want to be forced into a defence of smelter rates because they always seem higher than I want them to be, but it is too bad that false impressions regarding the disabilities under which we labour should go down East and damage our chances of getting relief from the Government, as is undoubtedly being done by such mischievous articles as those in the Ledge." Mr. J. Cronin, manager of the St. Eugene mine, Moyie, writes:— "Replying to your questions I would wish to state that as far as I know there is no reason now nor has there been at any time to complain of the home smelters. (1.) I shipped ore first in '98 and '99 to the Trail smelter, selling it at $20.00 freight and treatment charges and paying the deduction of 1 1-2 c. per lb. duty. I couM not do as well with American smelters, al the! time. In 190c when we increased our ore output the Trail smelter or Nelson smelter together could not handle one-third of it, and therefore we were obliged to sell to the American Smelting & Refining Company, London market price less 70 c. per 100 lbs. for lead paid for and $20.00 for freight and treatment. In 1901 the American Smelting & Refining Co.. withdrew from British Columbia, obliging us to seek markets abroad, and through the Trail smelter succeeded in selling our output to German smelters, the ore being shipped to Antwerp. Since July, 1901, we have not sold any ore. (2.) This is answered in the above. (3.) Yes. Fully as good rates have been obtained and when trying to sell our ore on a year's contract last March when the London price of lead was reasonably high I received much better bids from the home smelters than I was able to do from any of the American smelters.." A Sandon mine operator, who does not, however, desire his name to appear, sends up the following- information :— "I give herewith the rates charged on Slocan Star ore for freight and treatment from 1894 to date. 1894, $28.00 per ton; 1895 (first shipments) $26.50; 1895 (later shipments), $24.00; 1896, $24.00; 1897, $22.50; 1898, $21.25; l899> $I8-5o; 1900, $20.00 plus 70 c. per 100 lbs. of lead in the ore; 1901, $19.00 plus $1.00 per 100 lbs. of lead of lead in the ore. (Zinc limit for 1901 and previous years, 10 per cent.) 1902, $15.00 plus $1.00 per 100 lbs. of lead in the ore. (Zinc limit 8 per cent.) From the beginning of shipments to July 31st, 1897, there was deducted for duty from the New York price 75 c. per 100 lbs. of assay contents of lead. From July 31st, 1897, to January ist, 1900, 710 THE MINING£RECORD. there was deducted from the New York price $1.50 per 100 lbs. assay contents of lead. From January ist, 1900, to January ist, 1901, there was deducted from the London price 70 c. per 100 lbs. actual contents of lead. From January ist, 1901, to January ist, 1902, there was deducted from the London price $1.00 per 100 lbs. actual contents of lead. ■ "Prior to January ist, 1900, the 'home' and foreign smelters made the same deductions. The same general treatment was given by all. "Your third question can hardly be given an abstract answer. The home smelters gave us the same rates as the foreign smelters who were buying here, but an un- • derstanding existed between them. The foreign smelters buying here did not give us the same treatment that they gave to sellers on the other side of the line. Over there they had to compete with the American Smelting & Refining Company and of a necessity had to meet their price. Here they met the price offered by the 'home' smelter. As a consequence we were losers by the operation to the extent of the difference between the Coeur 'd Alene price less the duty, and the London price less $1.00 per 100 lbs. amounting in 1902 to about 65 c. per 100 lbs. of lead in the ore. "The prices we have given you are taken from our smelter returns for the different years, and you are at liberty any time to verify them by personal inspection should you happen to be in Sandon." For the purposes of comparison with the above quoted charges the following table giving rates charged by American smelters to Coeur d'Alene lead producers is of interest. In making such a comparison it should be remembered that the American smelters are much more favourably situated than Canadian works, in that the plants are larger; they are able to secure a much more nearly self-fluxing assortment of ores; and they succeed in getting an especially high rate on ore rich in silver : Lead. . Ore below Between Year. per 100 lbs. $50.00 value. $50 & $60. Above $65. 1897 $3.60 $16.75 $i8.75 $20.75 1898 3-65 16.75 i8.75 20.75 1899 4.40 18.00 20.00 22.00 1900 4.46 18.00 20.00 22.00 1901 4.00 19.00 21.00 23.00 (Jan. 1 to Sept. 1.) 1902 4.00 19-00 21.00 23.00 (Sept. 1 to Dec. 31.) 1902 4.00 16.00 18.00 20.00 Year. per 100 lbs. $50.00 value. $50 & $65. Above $65. ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION AT VANCOUVER. ( Specially Contributed.) THAT Vancouver is destined to become the metropolis of the Canadian Pacific Coast is unquestioned by those who are interested in the development of the Great West. No better evidence of this fact can be given than that the directors of the Vancouver Power Company have already started an undertaking of great magnitude, the cost of which will be very nearly a million dollars. The Vancouver Power Company, realizing that, iia a large measure, the prosperity of Vancouver as an industrial centre depends upon manufacturers being able to secure a cheap power, and also having the greatest faith in the growth of Vancouver, are now developing a hydro-electro transmission plant which will be capable ultimately of delivering 30,000 horsepower to Vancouver and the surrounding Vlistricts. It will not be amiss to point out how very favourably Vancouver is situated for manufacturing purposes, when it is taken into consideration that the / X '&////<* Klevations and Plan of Water Wheels and Generators. town has one of the finest harbours on the Pacific Coast, the advantages of railway communication with all parts df the Dominion and the United States, and a climate that cannot be surpassed in any portion of the world. The Vancouver Power Company should, meanwhile, be given due credit for embarking an undertaking involving so large an investment of capital with a view to developing Vancouver's natural resources, and it is safe to say that the result will be to greatly stinitt- late and encourage the establishment of other industrial enterprises at the Pacific mainland terminus. Work was commenced in the early summer of 1903, and while the.final completion of the undertaking is yet a matter of a year or more, the generation of power sufficient for immediate requirements will, it is expected, be possible by December of this'year. Primarily the installation of the plant is for the purpose of furnishing light and power for operating the street and interurban railways in 'ancouver, New West- fe;-. Trout Creek Dam Site in process of clearing. Trout Lake alone as a source of power is of no value whatever, as the watershed is very limited and the outlet is practically dry except during the rainy season. The first plan of development proposed some years ago was to convey the Coquitlam Lake water by Map of Proposed Development. minster and Burnaby, but the installation has been designed to furnish 30,000 horse-power, for which the hydraulic end of the plant is being developed; the initial installation of machinery being equal to the generation of 9,000 horse-power. The sources of water supply for power are two very deep glacial lakes, known as Coquitlam and Trout, or Lake Beautiful. Their situation with respect to one another and to Vancouver is shown on the accompanying map. The first mentioned lake has an area of Mi Cross-Section and Plan of Tunnel. 2,300 acres, and it is at an elevation of 32 feet above the latter, which has an area of 460 acres. Both lakes are surrounded to their outlets by rugged mountains, rising abruptly from the shore lines, and between the two, towers a granite range, 4,000 feet above water level. It is through this range that a tunnel, 13,000 Dam Excavation, North End. means of a flume along the steep hillside a distance of about seven miles, placing the power-house on Bur- 712 THE MINING RECORD. rard Inlet nearly opposite Port Moody. The soil along the proposed flume route is of glacial silt and exceptionally subject to landslides which would;'.make expensive construction and be subject to serious inter- Showing Bed-rock in Trout Creek dam excavation, south end- ruptiors which would cripple the service for long periods, no matter what precautions were taken. This scheme was discarded on account of there being no storage at the end of the flume and the heavy cost of depreciation and maintenance, and the unreliability Trout Lake Portal, sluicing out the Portal Excavation. of service. It was then suggested that a tunnel connecting Coquitlam Lake with a point on the North Arm be constructed. While such a tunnel would be slightly shorter than the one now under construction, the main objections were that there was no possible Temporary log crib dam in Trout Creek, to control the water during construction of the concrete dam. means of procuring storage to act as a balancing reservoir, and also that the tunnel would of necessity be large enough to carry water for the highest peak load. It was then decided to run the tunnel from Coquitlam to Trout Lake. Under this plan of development Trout Lake acts as a balancing reservoir, and Incline Tramway to dam and Trout Lake portal of tunnel. the tunnel required is only large enough for the average instead of the peak load. The depreciation and maintenance on the hydraulic, system will be ex- THE MINING RECORD. 713 ceedingly low and the reliability of service to be ob- timbered, and the ground above the roof of the tunnel tained will make an ideal installation. sloped down through chutes in the roof directly into Both lakes will be controlled by dams at their out- the car. Before the machine drills and air compress- lets, and from the dam at Trout Lake steel pipe lines ors arrived, hand drills were used, and the average will convey the water under an effective head of 390 progress was two feet per day in each heading, but since the advent of the drilling machinery, this has been increased to ten feet per day. A system of electric haulage has been installed to facilitate the rapid and economical removal of the muck. The plant at each end includes a 100-h.p. boiler, 60 k.w. 500 volt generator and a 4-drill two-stage Leyner air compressor, 3 3-4 Rand air drills and General Electric Company's locomotive. Ventilation is provided for by a 12-inch galvanized iron pipe through which the air is exhausted by means of an air jet under 100 lbs. pressure, acting as an on- jector. This is only put in operation for a few minutes after • each: "blast to remqve the smoke, the exhaust from the air drills furnishing all the fresh air necessary Ht other times. Sluicing out excavation for concrete dar .feet to the power station, located just above high tide mark on the shore of the North Arm,of BurrardTnlet, into which the water wheels will discharge. The dam at the outlet of Coquitlam L«tfce-will_raise-the water 12 feet above low water level. It will be constructed of rock-filled timber crib, a type which has proven thoroughly successful in many mountain streams. The materials are provided' by nature in ample quantity at the point where thev will be used. The dam will be Electric Locomotive and Hoisting Engine at top of incline. planked, and constructed with an apron, extending far enough down stream to prevent any back-cutting action by the water flowing over. The tunnel is nine feet wide by nine feet in height, with rounded corners, and is being driven from both ends by compressed air drills. At the portals, open cuts were carried into the solid rock, and at one end, where the depth of the open cut became inconvenient, a tunnel was driven for a short distance, temporarily Excavation, at power house site. A concrete dam 350 feet long on the crest and 50 feet high is now in course of construction across the outlet from Trout Lake, and arrangements have been mad? for bringing out ten 54-inch pipe lines from the dam, but only three lines will be completed at the present time. Each steel pipe line will be 1,600 feet in length, 48 inches in diameter at the upper end, 44 inches in the middle section, and 42 inches at the power station. The contract for pipes has been awarded to the Vancouver Engineering Works. Close to the power station site on the shore of the North Arm, a wharf has been- erected, at which steamers and barges from Vancouver may discharge their freight on to the cars of an incline tramway built from the wharf to the tunnel portal at Trout Lake. By this means all material for the camp at the tunnel portal and for the dam and pipe lines is delivered rapidly and with the least possible handling. To deliver material to the tunnel camp at the Coquitlam portal is quite a different undertaking, since it can only be reached by wagon road from a station 714 THE MINING RECORD. on the Canadian Pacific Railway, ten miles distant. For the greater part of this distance, the road penetrates the dense forests, and in winter can be kept in a passable condition only by constant attention. The power station will be constructed of granite masonry, and much of the material excavated to obtain a building flat will be used in the walls. The water wheel equipment will consist of three sets of Pelton impulse wheels, each set capable of developing a maximum of 3,000 horse-power at 200 revolutions per minute, under the effective head of 390 feet, and one set consisting of 200 horse-power wheels for joint permits of effecting regulation by deflecting the nozzle by governor or hand,, independent of the control of the needle, thus permitting of load and speed variations, independent of any change of velocity in the pipe lines. The deflecting portion of the nozzle is counterbalanced by hydraulic pressure, so that quick operation can be secured from the governor on account of the absence of inertia of heavy counterbalanced weights. The taper pipe of the nozzle is provided with the necessary geared connections for hand control of the needle, and will have a tell-tale indicator showing the size of the stream for all positions of the needle. The shaft of each unit is 13 inches in diameter in the journals and will be carried in two ring oiling ball and socket bearings. The enclosing shells of the oil compartments are provided with cooling pipes, connected through the pedestal with the main wheel compartments and controlling valves, so that cooling water Tunnel Plant at Coquitlam from mouth of tunnel. driving the exciters at 580 r.p.m. Each of the main units will consist of two overhung wheels, one mounted on each end of the.shaft of a 1,500 k.w. Westinghouse engine type rotating field generator. The wheel centres are of the steel disc type, and fitted with cast steel buckets, secured to the wheel rims by turned steel bolts driven in reamed holes. The hubs of the wheel centres are bored out for a press fit on a shaft 12 inches in diameter, and will be pressed on in place at the lower station. Each wheel will be enclosed in a cast iron housing, and provided with centrifugal discs and pockets, and suitable drain pipes for preventing leakage of water along the shaft. Probably the most interesting feature of the equipment is the single combination, deflecting and needle regulating nozzle provided for each water wheel, and fitted with a high pr-emwe ball joint, which is leather packed, and rocks on forged- steel trunion bolts. The Coquitlam tunnel camp and plant. after being discharged from the wheels may flow continuously through them to keep the oil cool. For each wheel is provided a 24-inch high pressure gate valve, with roller bearing thrusts. The gates are all furnished with the usual hand wheel, and in addition there is provided a worm gear device which can be connected at will to facilitate the working of the gate when nearly closed. The governing of the water wheel units will be ef- rected by means of three type "E" Lombard governors. This type operates under water pressure, and the water used by them will be first passed through a filter tank located some 200 feet above the power house. The two 80-krw. exciters with their respective wheels will be mounted on a common bed plate, with a 120- horsepower induction motor between the two exciters. Each exciter will be provided with a pair of jaw clutch couplings and shifter rigging, so that either water wheel will drive its exciter and the induction motor at the same time. The motor leads are connected to the main bus bars, and the motor is normally run at synchronous speed, neither giving nor taking electric power. Should the exciter water wheel nozzle become clogged and the speed fall, the motor immediately takes power from the bus bars and drives the exciter THE MINING RECORD. ia until the nozzle is cleared by the attendant, or the other exciter unit started up. The deflecting nozzles of the excitei exterior of th w The contract for the- entire electrical equipment has been awarded to the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company and includes the apparatus ire arranged for* hand regulation for the •wheel case through worm gearing. Showing Dump at Coquitlam. for the generating station and the sub-stations at Vancouver and Burnaby. The three 1,500-k.w. 60 cycle, 3>200 volt alternaters for the power station are of the rotating field type, and are arranged for a movement of 1jl)e external frame in a direction parallel to the shaft, to allow access to the windings.. For the control of the apparatus at the power station, the switchboard will contain nine panels, one for the induction motor and one for each exciter, three panels for control of the main units, and three for the control of the three sets of 550 kilowatt air cooled - --'-^h.V-77.-A ■HttSI Ventilating station at Coquitlam Heading. transformers, with their motor blower sets, consisting of 20-horsepower motors and 110-inch Sturtevant fans. The step up transformers, static interrupters, high potential switches and lightning arresters will be in stalled in a separate building located on the hill above and just back of the power house. As the static interrupters contain oil they will be separated from the main room and each other by brick partitions. The machinery for the sub-stations includes the usual transformers, rotary converters, switchboards, etc., for the reception and distribution of transmitted power. The route of the transmission lines to Vancouver is sixteen miles in length, and involves the crossing of a navigable arm of Burrard Inlet, with a span of 2,800 feet. On one side two steel towers 140 feet in height will be erected to support twelve 9-16 inch galvanized plow steel cables with wire centres, but on the opposite side there is high ground and the cables will be supported on poles. Two independent transmission lines, each consisting of two 3-wire circuits, of No. 2 copper, will be constructed on the same right of way, to a point near Barnett. From here one line will be continued to Vancouver and the other to Burnaby. A transmission line already exists between Burnaby and Vancouver, which will be reconstructed to carry 20,000 volts, the pressure to be used on the new lines, and a new line will be built from Burnaby to New Westminster, thus providing what is in effect a double transmission line over the entire distance between the power station and each of the sub-stations. Mr. Wynn Meredith, consulting engineer of the Engineering Offices, of San Francisco, is directing the entire work, assisted by Messrs. Hermon & Burwell, civil engineers, of Vancouver. Mr. R. H. Sperling, chief engineer of the B. C. Electric Railway Co., is supervising the work on behalf of the B. C. Electric Railway Co., whose shareholders hold the controlling interest in the Vancouver Power Co. TREATMENT OF LOW-GRADE COPPER ORES.* (By Dr. Edward Dyer Peters.) INTRODUCTION.—In the introduction of Mr. Muir's paper reference was made to the fact that extremely low-grade ores are treated in the Lake Superior district of the United States of America, one of the mines actually finding it profitable to work an ore that contains only 0.65 per cent, of copper, or 13 pounds of the metal to a ton (2,000 pounds) of the ore. It seemed to the writer that when making use of LaKe Superior resulfs, as a standard of comparison, in a paper on the treatment of sulphide-ores of copper, reference should be made to the fact that the conditions at Lake Superior are extraordinary, and unparalleled anywhere else in the world. It is, of course, well known to all who are interested in copper that this metal, in the Lake Superior veins, occurs in minute (and sometimes large) paj-ticles of pure metal, that only require a cheap washing pr-ocess to be recov- *From a paper read before the Institute of Mining Engineers. 716 THS MINING RECORD. ered in a nearly pure state; and that a single refining operation yields ingot-copper of the very highest grade and value. To the public at large, therefore, should be afforded the opportunity of realizing that the metallurgical operations at Lake Superior do not furnish a standard that can properly be compared with any otner mining district in the world. Mr. Muir is grappling in Australia with almost exactly the same problem as that which confronts many of us in the. United States. For, although we have the unusually rich and extensive copper areas of Montana, Arizona and Utah, we have also far greater areas of low-grade, disseminated and highly siHcious sulphide ores, situated far from a market and from fuel, and too often scantily supplied with water. In order to narrow the field of enquiry, it may be well to enumerate all the methods that seem to have any claims at all to -consideration,' in connection-with the treatment of the ores inr question. We may then eliminate all those processes that, on examination, appear economically inapplicable, and consider the few that then remain, (i) Direct smelting; (2) mechanical concentration, followed by the smelting of the concentrates and the lixiviation of the tailings; (3) lixi- viation of the ore direct, with a solution of ferrous chloride and salt; (4) lixiviation of the ore direct, with hydrochloric and sulphuric acids, which are regenerated in the solution by the precipitation of the copper from a chloride-solution by means of sulphurous acid; (5) lixiviation of the ore direct, with sulphuric acid; and (6) the Rio Tinto method of gradual lixiviation in heaps. 1. Direct Smelting.—Wherever it is in any way practicable, the American metallurgist prefers smelting to any form of wet process. The perfect continuity of the operation, the ease and simplicity with which the unpulverized ore pursues its steady course from the mine to the blast furnace, from the blast furnace to the converter, and from the converter to the refinery, lend themselves to operations oh a very large scale, and permit the substitution of mechanical appliances for hand labour to an extent unapproachable in any other method. Another great advantage of smelting (absent in the present case) is the almost complete recovery of the precious metals present, with but little extra cost. Nor need we be deterred from the employment of direct smelting, by even a very considerable excess of silica, and a corresponding deficiency of iron in the ore. Perhaps this was most clearly pointed out by Mr. F. R. Carpenter in the Deadwood and Delaware smelter, South Dakota, U.S.A. He demonstrated conclusively that highly silicious ores, containing a little pyrites, and with extremely expensive coke could be smelted direct in the blast furnace, with the production of slags containing 50 per cent, of silica, 30 per cent, of lime and magnesia, and only 16 per cent, of ferrous oxide. The lime and magnesia were added to the ore in the form of barren dolomite; 20 to 30 tons of ore produced one ton of matte; the slags were exceedingly clean; arid the precious metals and copper (very little) that were contained in' the ore, were almost entirely recovered in the matte. The most interesting features of this unusual type of sm'el.ting are the fusibility of the very acid silicate of lime and magnesia with but little iron, and the high rate of matte concentration. The latter result is due to the very acid slag which decomposes the pyrites present, carrying their iron contents into the slag as ferrous oxide. It is not always understood^ by blast furnace smelters that, other things being equal, an acid slag means a high-grade matte, while a basic slag is accompanied with a low-grade matte. ".- The writer has only gone into this detaU in regard to "the direct smelting of very .silicious ores in the blast furnace in a raw state,- in order to'Seall thesjttten- tion of metallurgists to possibilities that may-i solve certain difficult metallurgical problems. In the case cited by Mr. Muir, however, it may be feared that the. absence of silver or gold in the ores, and the non-existence of limestone ores for fluxing purposes, with the high cost of fuel, would compel us, most reluctantly, to give up the idea of direct smelting. . l|lpl 2. Mechanical Concentration, followed by the Smelting of the Concentrates and the Lixiviation of the Tailings.—The writer has met with, or been cognizant of, so many difficulties and failures in attempting to concentrate low-grade, disseminated sulphide ores of copper, that he has always advised exhaustive mill tests on a large scale before venturing to employ this method. It is only suitable for very exceptional ores and conditions. e^e Mr. Muir's result's seem to be stronger arguments against the employment of this process than any that the writer could adduce. Without attempting to analyse his experiments in detail, the writer would simply point out that the results of Mr. Muir's concentrating tests show a saving in the concentrates amounting to about 20 per cent, of the original copper contained in the ore, and a loss of nearly 80 per cent, in the tailings. This, of course, means no concentration whatever, and there must be some reason, not apparent to the writer, why Mr. Muir attempted to concentrate at all. If a portion of the copper in the ore were present in the shape of some mineral that would exercise an injurious effect upon the subsequent lixiviation, and if this mineral had a higher specific gravity than the remainder of the sulphides present, there might be some question of attempting to remove it by concentration. But, as the 20 per cent, of the copper that was removed by concentration had, as the writer understands, exactly the same chemical composition as the 80 per cent, left in the tailings, he fails to see the use of employing concentration; nor does he believe that these ores should be subjected to concentration. (It will be understood that the writer is referring solely to the ordinary methods of wet concentration in making this statement, and that he is not expressing any opinion as to the results that might THE MINING RECORD. 717 be obtained by one or two novel patented methods of which he has no personal experience.) It seems to the writer most advantageous, therefore, to subject the entire mass of ore to lixiviation, rather than to complicate matters and increase expenditure by any preliminary concentration. 3. Lixiviation of the Ore direct, with a Solution of Ferrous Chloride and Salt (old Hunt-and Douglas Method).—Considerable quantities of ore have been successfully worked by this process in the United States. The method depends upon the fact that oxide of copper is decomposed by ferrous chloride solutions, forming insoluble ferric oxide, while the copper goes into solution as cuprous and cupric chlorides. It is precipitated in a very pure metallic form by iron, the ferrous chloride solution being thus also regenerated, and requiring only the addition of a little salt to fit in for further use. I The consumption of metallic iron in this method is very small,, as. much of the copper is in solution as cuprous chloride. As the copper must be in an oxidized form, in order to go into solution quickly and thoroughly, the ore will require a preliminary roasting of sufficient thoroughness to convert most of the copper present into oxide or sulphate. This means that the ore must be crushed dry, though not to nearly so fine a state as would be required for its concentration. Therefore, instead of wet crushing followed by concentration, the writer would suggest dry crushing followed by roasting. It is impossible to make a comparison of the costs of these two different plans of operation without being accurately acquainted with the physical and chemical character of the ore under consideration. By the use of modern high-speed rolls of great diameter and weight, and of the automatic reverberatory roasting furnaces so generally in use in the United States of America and elsewhere, the cost of dry crushing and roasting should not exceed the cost of wet crushing and concentration, while the condition of the pulp for lixiviation is incomparably better when produced by the former treatment. Apart from the advantage gained by the coarser condition of the pulp, and the much lesser proportion of very fine powder, the ore undergoes a physical change in roasting, which makes it much like sand and gravel, and enables the solutions to permeate it with a completeness and rapidity that are quite surprising. The advantages thus gained will only be fully appreciated by' those members who have had experience in leaching the same ore both before and after roasting. There are so great that, in sever-al instances in this country, tailings are roasted previous to lixiviation, solely for the purpose of improving their physical condition, and of increasing the thoroughness and rapidity of the latter operation. The writer desires to emphasize this dry crushing and roasting as being, in his opinion, the most important step towards a successful leaching of these ores by the methods that he has called Nos. 3, 4 and 5. 4. Lixiviation of the Ore direct, with Hydrochloric and Sulphuric Acids, which are regenerated in the Solution by the Precipitation of the Copper from a Chloride Solution by means of Sulphurous Acid (new Hunt and Douglas Method).—By this method, the copper is precipitated from its chloride solution, by means of sulphurous acid gas, which throws down the copper as a very heavy white cuprous chloride, that settles almost instantaneously. Sulphuric and hydrochloric acids are generated in the solution, which only requires the addition of salt to make it ready for further use. One great advantage of this method is the rapid dissolving of the oxidized copper present by the strongly acid solution, which even attacks sulphides with considerable energy. Any lead and silver present remain undissolved. The ores require to be roasted, as in the previous process. A supply of pyrites is essential, to the economical working of this method, and, of course, it is very advantageous if these pyritic ores contain some metal of value. 5. Lixiviation .of the Ore direct, with Sulphuric Acid.—Mr. Muir has already, considered this method in his paper, though he confined it to the treatment of the tailings after concentration. The writer can only add that, if lixiviation is at all suited to the fine tailings and slimes from the concentration process, it is still more feasible and more economical, when employed upon the coarsely crushed roasted ore; and, that instead of taking 11 weeks for the extraction of the copper, it is probable that, with roasted ore, an equally perfect extraction would be accomplished within two or three days. 6. The Rio Tinto Method of Gradual Lixiviation in Heaps.—The writer agrees with Mr. Eissler in having a strong leaning towards this process of slow, but inexpensive, lixiviation, in cases where the climate is suitable, and where the chemical and physical condition of the ore favours the gradual and persistent formation of sulphates. From the description of the ore given by Mr. Muir the writer fears that, in the present instance, the percentage of sulphides might not he large enough to maintain the energetic and persistent chemical action necessary for the gradual decomposition of the chalcopyrite, and the formation of soluble salts of copper. There is another very serious objection to the Rio Tinto method that does not always weigh sufficiently with the metallurgist, who confines his attention too closely to the perfection of his technical results, namely:—The time and money required to demonstrate on a large and safe scale that any given ore will eventually yield up its copper to this slow and tedious process. There is also great difficulty in finding reliable deposits of sufficient size to yield the enormous quantities of ore of a nearly identical composition that are required for the profitable installment of this method, as well as in raising capital willing to wait so long for returns. This completes the list of methods that seem to the writer worthy of consideration in connection with Mr. Muir's Australian ores. There are one or two recent British patented methods that bear on this same subject. No doubt they have been investigated by British engineers who are interested in the mechanical concentration of difficult copper ores, and the writer does not feel at liberty to discuss them in this place. 718 THE MINING RECORD. Recapitulation.—After enumerating tbe six methods of treatment that seem to the writer to be best suited to these Australian ores, he has eliminated the first two, namely:—(i) Direct smelting, and (2) mechanical concentration and lixiviation of the tailings. The slow Rio Tinto method of leaching, which he has called No. 6, demands most careful consideration in the few cases where the magnitude of the ore bodies and of the financial resources will permit of its application. This leaves only the three methods of direct and rapid lixiviation of the ore without any previous mechanical concentration. An intimate knowledge of local conditions and costs, wide technical experience with modern lixiviation methods, and long and careful experiments on an extensive scale, on the ore to be treated, can alone decide the method to be chosen. Tne writer is pretty well convinced, however, that if the choice should fall upon any one of these three methods, it will be found advantageous to crush the ore dry and roast it, before lixiviation. Mr. James Douglas (New York, U.S.A.) wrote that he concurred with Dr. Peters' preference for smelting over leaching, whenever conditions made the former possible. The greater simplicity of plant and process was overwhelmingly in favour of smelting, and the large size of the cupolas now used, 22 feet by 42 inches or 48 inches, enabled a small plant to do a large amount of work. The Rio Tinto method could be employed, even on suitable pyritic ore, only in a hot climate; and many ores (even though their chemical composition would point to this process as applicable) would not heat up and decompose. THE B. C. MARKET IN LONDON. (From our own Correspondent.) THE most important development since my last letter has been the reconstruction of the London & British Columbia Goldfields Co. To those who have followed recent developments in connection with this group the announcement did not come altogether as a surprise, but to the general public it was undoubtedly a sad disillusionment. People had expected such grand things from the London & British Columbia Goldfields and its various offsprings, that their entire failure to fulfill these anticipations even in part has caused much disappointment. The Chairman spoke so hopefully at the meeting called to pass, the reconstruction proposals that there was no support forthcoming for the appointment of a Committee of Investigation suggested by one of the shareholders, but it is worth noting that the shares of the company are only quoted at a rubbish price in the Stock Exchange, where they are usually supposed to have an at all events appropriate idea of intrinsic merits. The whole group has fallen from the front rank of British Columbian shares, but it is to be hoped that it will yet be able to partially at least justify that renewal of confidence in the board which the acceptance of the reconstruction proposals indicates. One of the favourable features has been the generous support accorded to the shares of the Tyee Copper Co., which have been lifted to well over £2, whilst Snowshoes continue to attract favourable attention. Le Roi No. 2 have also been a rather better market of late, although like the Le Roi, closing below their recent best figures. New "Goldfields have been fairly firm, but Velvets hang a good deal, and those behind this group seem to have a difficulty in maintaining the price at much over 3-8. Hall Mining & Smelting, after having been a heavy market, have hardened a little, but movements have been few and unimportant, and the volume of business doing in London in British Columbian shares has been of the smallest possible dimensions. Generally the outlook is regarded as more hopeful, but the public have explained so many disappointments in connection with British Columbian mining companies in the past six or seven years, that it is not perhaps surprising that they continue to adopt a cautious attitude towards the market generally, apparently overlooking the fact that at their present levels shares of the leading companies are in many cases really well worth buying and putting away for what we call here "the long shot." Their continued abstention is of course in large part due to the apathetic condition of the mining market in London generally, for the recent excitement in the Canadian Railway and Industrial Department should have in ordinary times been reflected by a revival of interest in Canadian mines. But then these are not ordinary times; we are passing through a period of depression in the mining section, and it is vain to expect the Canadian Department to emancipate itself from conditions, which although in no way due to developments in the Dominion, are yet all embracing in their adverse influence. By and by no doubt there will be an improvement in these conditions, and mining shares will once more come to the front, but until the South African Department emerges from the dark clouds which at present overhang it, there is not likely to be any real recovery in the mining market as a whole. Let us hope that in the meantime British Columbian mining developments will continue to proceed on such a satisfactory basis, that when the recovery does come it will be justified not only by market conditions, but also by intrinsic merits. Recent political developments have been made a good deal of in the London press, and it is hoped that the reported cnange in the Government will not in any way delay the concessions to the mining industry which it was understood had been decided upon. RECENT B. C. PATENTS. MR. ROWLAND BRITTAIN, patent attorney of Vancouver, sends us the following report for the month of May: Two U. S. patents have been issued during the past month to G. A. Roedde, of Vancouver, on improvements in loose leaf binders. This inventor is keenly alive to the many advantages of this system of binder as applied to ledgers, account books and registers generally, and as a practical book binder has for several years past set himself to remedy the defects which up to the present stand as a bar to any general adoption of the system. Mr. Roedde has aimed to combine with the convenient removal of leaves by an authorized person, the free and flat THE MINING RECORD. r19 opening and handsome appearance of a spring-bound volume, and he has succeeded in evolving a binding that is entirely novel and promises to supercede anything in the market when he is in a position to manufacture, which he regrets to say he will not be able to do for some little time. A United States patent to E. Perceval, of Vancouver, on an < improved device to be used as a substitute for lacing in the outer casing of a double tube tire. It consists of a light metal shank having recurved ends, at one a small ball, and at and at the other having a flattened button. The flattened button forms the permanent attachment of the fastener in the lace hole of the outer tube; the ball and end being inserted in the opposite lace hole can be readily rernoved when desired and as quickly replaced. The device is simple, cheap, and has in practical service extending over nearly two years, proved itself an efficient and convenient substitute for the troublesome lace in common use. An alternative and even cheaper design is made of wire bent to form a cross bar at one end and a hook member at the other. V. D. Sibley, of Port Hammond, received the United States allowance on a wire snap hook which is ingeniously designed to afford a light and particularly strong hook in a very simple manner. Patent of Interest to Mining Men.—Hot-Coke Conveyer, b. S. patent No. 728,390, issued May 19th, 1893, to Maurice Graham, of Leeds, Eng. Claim: In a hot-coke conveyer, in combination, a trough, a perforated travelling grid or conveyer (b) working therein, means for supporting the said grid or cpnveyer above the level of the bottom of the trough, an outlet or series or outlets, (g), and a scraper (f), whereby the coke after being quenched is drained of its superfluous moisture during its transit along the trough, substantially as set forth. MACHINERY NOTES. CHERRY CREEK, VERNON MINING DIVISION. THE Cherry Creek Gold Mining Co., Ltd., capitalized at $1,000,000, the stock being held principally in St. Paul, Minn., has sent in to the claims it is developing at Monashee Mountain, Cherry Creek district, a four-stamp mill, which it is intended to operate by water power. The company has under bond two groups of claims, known respectively as the McPhail group and the Morgan group. Across the claims constituting the McPhail group run two ledges of quartz, carrying galena, iron pyrites, and, it is reported, tellurides. A tunnel has been run on one of these veins, this showing thirty inches to five feet of quartz. It is now in more than 200 feet and has a good body of quartz in the face. A cross-cut tunnel cut No. 2 lead at about. 210 feet in. Where cut this second vein is about two feet in width of similar ore to that occurring in No. | From the strike of the veins it looks as if they will come together at about 700 feet in. About 15 men have been employed on this property under Mr. F. Williamson, foreman, since tke beginning of the year. On the Morgan group there are three parallel ledges, averaging, 18 inches in width and and said to carry gold in arsenical iron. It is stated to be the intention of the Cherry Creek Gold Mining Company to prove the value of these two groups of claims. Several claims, known as the Monashee Mines in this vicinity, were among the earliest lode claims worked in the province, and a comparatively large amount of money was spent in buildings, plant, ditch- toking, development, etc., before the property was left to ;lle idle. THE ELMORE PROCESS AT ROSSLAND. . . Consignments of machinery for the Le Roi No. 2 Elmore plant are being received on the ground, there having been delivered this month about ten tons of machinery including mixers, piping, etc. EQUIPMENT OF THE WHITE BEAR. This Rossland company has placed an order with a Canadian company for a twenty-drill compressor, and a 200-h.p. hoist has been ordered from a Denver firm. ' ZINC SEPARATION AT THE PAYNE. The result of the tests in zinc separation by the use of the Wilfley tables at the Payne mine has been so satisfactory that the company has placed an order for six tables in addition to the one installed for experimental purposes. This marks an important advance in connection with zinc mining industry of the Slocan. MACHINERY AT THE SPITZEE. Installation of compressor plant and hoisting machinery at the Spitzee has. commenced. The plant is to be operated by electric power supplied by the West Kootenay Power and Light Company. LEAD REFINING AT TRAIL. Activity is being displayed in and about the lead refinery at Trail. The plant for the treatment of silver slimes is rapidly nearing completion, the work being delayed somewhat by reason of the slow delivery of lumber and other necessary materials. The brick is all done and as soon as the building is finished, it will be a very commodious one for the purpose intended. Plans are out for the erection of a new melting plant to be used in connection with the refinery. This building also will be made of brick, and be a valuable adjunct to Trail's new and growing industry of lead refining. The operations of these plants will be in charge of Mr. Robert. L. Whitehead, formerly manager of the Seattle refinery, who is a metallurgist of considerable reputation in this particular line. The Trail refinery is now attracting the attention of the mining world in general, and its process of refining is being investigated to an extent that augure well for the future of refining lead by means of electricity. In fact, many authorities are predicting that it will surely do away with the old zinc desilverization process, now being adopted universally. THE SNOWSHOE (BOUNDARY.) The main incline shaft at this mine will be operated with a 150-h.p. electric hoist—the largest hoist in the Boundary— which has been installed for some weeks past. About the middle of July the new 150-h.p. boiler, ordered some months ago from the Jenckes Machine Co.. of Sherbrooke, Quebec, is expected to arrive. This will be the largest single boiler yet installed at a Boundary mine. THE NICKLE PLATE STAMP MILL. Construction is proceeding steadily on the flume and stamp mill at this Hedley mine, the framework of the mill being now completed. It is stated that upon the completion of the mill, the erection of a smelter on the Indian reserve land, situated between the mill site and the Similkameen River will be commenced. The smelter and stamp mill will be the property of the Yale Reduction Works, which will be in the market for custom ores (especially yellow copper ores) when the plant is ready for operation. The copper ores will be needed in smelting the arsenical iron of the Nickel Plate mine. THE RAMBLER-CARIBOO. A new pump has been installed at this mine, compressor are being operated by water power, velopment work has proved highly satisfactory. STAMP MILLS AT CAMBORNE. At the Oyster-Criterion, foundations of concrete are being laid for the compressor plant, and the final clearing up of the floor of stamp mill site is being done. Another force is at work building the flume and clearing out the line. Timber The mill and Recent de- 720 THE MINING RECORD. is rapidly accumulating on the ground and framing for the mill is expected to be commenced shortly. At the Eva the framework of the vanner room and power house is now completed. COLLIERY EQUIPMENT AT NANAIMO. A representative of a Chicago firm is now at Nanaimo taking measurements for an extensive plant of the most modern machinery; part of the new equipment being intended to load ships, direct from the mine without cars, an arrangement absolutely unique, being unknown elsewhere. A NEW YMIR COMPANY. The Pilot (Ymir) Gold Mining & Milling Company, Ltd., which is a new local company, organized recently for the purpose of developing the Pilot and Exchange claims, is making preparations towards installing a stamp mill on the property. IVANHOE CONCENTRATOR. The Ivanhoe concentrator will before long undergo extensive improvements for the milling of zinc. THE CARIBOO SEASON. INTELLIGENCE from Cariboo is to the effect that the present season is not expected to be a long one, the snowfall having been somewhat inadequate and warm weather set in early. After, too, many of the mines had commenced piping a cold snap intervened and the water failed. After the thaw the snow disappeared very rapidly and water was wasted. Nevertheless, considering all things, the Barkerville mines appear to have done well, and a fair output is anticipated. The Keithley Creek claims are also said to be operating profitably. Meanwhile full crews are at work on Stout's Gulch, etc. Mr. Fry, on Stout Gulch, picked up an $87 nugget the other day, whilst Mr. Jarvis, of Richfield, is stated to have found one worth about $100. The Cariboo Gold Fields is running two shifts, the new bucket machinery being all set and in working order, and Mr. Bailey is making good progress with the new boring machine at the Eleven of England. Some 25 men are at work, and work is being rapidly pushed ahead. * COAL EXPORTATIONS AND TRADE. AS we go to press we' learn that the differences between Mr. Dunsmuir and his employees at Ladysmith have been at length adjudicated and the men have returned to work. The strike has, meanwhile, caused a shortage of eoal in the San Francisco market, of which the Washington collieries have been taking rich advantage. Customs returns are stated to show that as a result of the colliery troubles, 13,733 tons of coal, worth $62,657, have been imported from Japan. Work at the Nanaimo collieries is meanwhile proceeding satisfactorily, and it is expected that an output of three thousand tons daily will be shortly maintained. Sinking is in progress at the new Northfield slope, and at any moment the eoal may be reached'. The opening of this mine will add greatly to the productive capacity of the colliery. In the neighbourhood of Comox and Courtenay, the Comox Coal Company is boring for coal. The output of the Crow's Nest mines in May was 57,726 tons divided as follows: Coal Creek, 17,796 tons; Michel, 24,849 tons; Morrissey, 15,081 tons. Production during June has been still greater and it is estimated the output* will be in the neighbourhood of 70,000 tons. On the completion of tne present contract for 250 ovens at Morrissey the company proposes to erect five hundred more ovens to the south extending down as far as Morrissey Creek. This will give the works there a coke producing capacity equal to almost twice that of Fernie. The slack bins to supply the ovens will be much larger than those at either Michel or Fernie. The output from Morrissey is steadily increasing and should shortly be not less than 1,000 tons daily. Coal bins of large capacity, it is stated, will be constructed at the upper end of the coke ovens, and so arranged to allow of lorries being run in under them to be filled with coal and drawn to the ovens. Work has also heen started on a water tank to contain 48,000 gallons, close to the boiler house. At the mines three seams and two prospects are being worked. At Fernie three mines are being operated, and two others are expected to be opened shortly. Production is being maintained at the rate of about 1,100 tons a day. One hundred- and forty-two ovens are in operation. At Michel trie company has two hundred and twelve ovens working and stone bases are already laid there for two hundred and fifty additional ovens. COMPANY NOTES AND CABLES. Velvet (Rossland).—The manager cabled the following information to the London office this month: "Have received the following returns from smelters: 78 tons first class ore yielded 71 ozs. gold, 7,200 lbs. copper; net return from smelter, $1,600, or an average of £4 4s. per ton, 74 tons second class ore yielded 45 ozs. gold, 6,500 lbs. copper; net returns from smelters, $1,050, or an average of £2 18s. 8d. per ton." Le Roi.—In his report for the month of April the manager states in part: "The ore shipped during the month amounted to 12,156 tons, containing 4,851 ozs. gold, 6,488 ozs. silver, 307,532 lbs copper, value per ton $11.41. A portion, 130 tons, containing 363 ozs. gold, 209 ozs. silver and 2,358 lbs. copper, was sold to the Hall Mining and Smelting Company, Ltd., of Nelson, B.C., for experimental purposes; the balance was shipped to the smelter at Northport. The cost of breaking 1 and delivering the ore on the railroad cars was $2.77 per ton, while the cost of development was equal to 96 cents per ton.. The smelting costs for April, on the basis of the tonnage smelted, were approximately $4.09 per ton. This sum, considering the circumstances under which operations were conducted, is quite low." As to April profits, although the manager refrained from making an estimate as to this in the cable sent early in the month of May, for. the reason that the smelting expenses were difficult to determine at that time, he thinks that it may be fairly assumed that the profit from the ore shipped to Northport during the month would amount to not less than $1.15 per ton. The ore sent to the Nelson smelter was below the' average in grade, so that he estimates the profit upon it at 50 cents per ton. The gross value of the ore mined and shipped to the the smelter during April was $11.41 per ton, equal t0 •• •. • • $137,217 From this deduct smelter losses, refiners' settlement rates, etc., equal to $2.05 per ton 24,653 $112,564 Deduct cost of mining and smelting at $8.21 per ton 98,734 Estimated profit on ore shipped to Northport smelter $13,830 Estimated profit on ore shipped to Nelson smelter.. 65 Total estimated profit $ 13,895 Arlington (Erie).—The Arlington resumed shipments at the beginning of the month. The lessees have already marketed ore to the value of some $20,000 and have several carloads en route. Le Roi No 2.—In the report of the manager for the month of April the following appears:— "Output—Since the last report there has been shipped to the smelter 2,367 tons, of which the value is $26,650, from which mining charges have to be deducted. The details of each shipment will be forwarded to you as soon as I receive them. "Exploration and Development.—Josie mine, 500-foot level, 38 1-4 feet were driven. Two streaks of ore showed in the face of the drift, the hanging wall side being slightly the better. This we followed for the above distance, but it has as yet shown no definite signs of improvement 300-foot level, • 85 feet were driven here. The ore here seems to be quite THE MINING RECORD. 721 hopelessly irregular. The ground is full of slips, and the ore values change from high grade to low in the most erratic maimer, as you will see by reference to the plan. The ore here is twisted round in precisely the same manner as in the ^drift to the east of it, and, like it, is lying very flat." Abe Lincoln (Rossland).—The directors of the Abe Lincoln Company, principally Chicago people, are making an effort to interest fresh capital through the sale of treasury stock, proposing with funds thus secured to resume operations at the mine. In the event of success attending the effort to replenish the treasury, it is understood the drift at the 200 level will be continued to the south for the purpose of intersecting the vein outcropping near the south line of the claim, toward which a drift 275 feet wide has been run. The drift will also be extended north from the main shaft, where what is claimed to be an encouraging showing was secured just before work was suspended last June. Bosun Mine (Slocan)'.—Telegram from the manager reports 60 tons galena and 60 tons zinc shipped during the month of May. Tyee Copper (Mt. Sicker).—The following circular has been issued: "Smelter—A cable received to-day gives results •of smelting during the month of May as follows: Ore smelted, 4,717 tons; matte produced, 616 tons; gross value of contents (copper, silver and gold), less costs of refining, $64,550." (April smelting equals $60,313.) "Mine—Cable advice received to-day states that* the new ore body referred to in circular of 4th ult. has been struck at the 165-foot level, and proved by crosscutting to be 30 feet wide, and has an average assay of copper ,7.8 per cent.; silver, 3.66 ozs. per ton; and gold, 0.83 ozs. per ton of 2,000 lbs." Tyee Smelter.—After a successful run of over three months, during which time the smelter did not stop, it has closed down to clean boilers, water jackets and generally overhaul the machinery, and allow the ore on the roast piles to accumulate for another and longer run. A second cage has been installed at the mine, so that the ore shipments from the mine in future will be fully up to the capacity of the smelter. It is understood that the smelter company has signed a contract with the lessee of the Van Anda mine for its entire product, and that shipments of this ore will be commenced within two or three weeks. Giant (Rossland).—Operations have been resumed at the Giant, it being proposed to ship the ore accumulations amounting to sixty or seventy tons, and continue shipments at the rate of about ten tons a day; Oro Denora (Boundary).—This company recently purchased the Iron Dollar claim adjoining its property on the south. Portland (Aspen Grove).—Stripping on the Portland, Aspen Grove, which has been carried on since the work was stopped in the shaft through an influx of water, is said to have resulted in the exposure of an immense body of copper ore, over 80 feet in width and of similar character to that on which the shaft was sunk. Atlin M. Co. (Ymir).—The carload of ore shipped recently by this company to the Hall Mines smelter gave returns of $31 a ton. Wilcox (Ymir).—An adjourned meeting of the Broken Hill Mining & Development Company, owning the Wilcox group, was held in June. The accounts show a satisfactory cash balance in hand, it being also stated that operations are being carried on at a profit. The figures for the last run of the Wilcox (Ymir) mines are as follows: During eighteen days' work in which about 250 tons of ore were crushed, a gold brick weighing a little over 200 ounces has been produced, and about a carload of concentrates assaying about $45 a ton. A further carload of concentrates is also on hand from the previous run. In spite of these good returns, the Superintendent states that the ore handled during this run was by no means the highest grade of mill stuff. Le Roi.—Cable returns for May:—"Shipped from the mine to Northport smelter during May, 1903, 10,665 tons of ore, containing 4,715 °zs- of gold, $,091 ozs. of silver, and 236,900 lbs. of copper. Estimated profit on this ore, $14,500." Dundee.—The directors of the Dundee Gold Mining Company have issued a pamphlet to the shareholders outlining the company's position in respect to finances and suggesting means whereby a better condition of affairs can be brought about. Their proposal is to issue 8 per cent, debentures to the amount of $40,000 and with the- funds thus secured to wipe out the mortgage of $30,000 on the company's property and to arrange other liabilities. Slough Creek Mines.—The second confirmatory meeting of Slough Creek, Limited, was held in London last month, at which it was stated that the reconstruction would go through without delay. A report from the manager stated that the continuation of the main tunnel 140 feet further had been completed, and the upraise had been commenced, so that news is now daily expected of having got into the gravel at bedrock. Rambler-Cariboo.—Seventy men are now being employed at this mine. The recent strike in the lowest level has just been unwatered and miners put to work further opening it up, and will materially assist to increase the mine shipments, which with mill now running amounts to about 500 tons a month. The compressor is being removed further down the hill where more water is available to generate more power. Waterloo (Camp McKinney).—Sinking is in progress and some good ore is said to have been encountered. The mill, which has been entirely refitted, is in steady operation. CIRCULARS AND CATALOGUES. THE CARD CONCENTRATOR. THE Hendrie & Bolthoff Mfg. & Supply Co. of Denver, Colorado, sole manufacturers and sales agents of the Card Concentrating Table issue a comprehensive pamphlet descriptive of the merits of the device. The Card Concentrator is designed on the same principle as that of the Rittenger table, with, however, important modifications and improvements. Thus longitudinal channels having the same cross-section as the ordinary gold pan have been substituted for "riffles," these channels being so constructed as to widen and deepen for a portion of their lengths and then to narrow arid shoal towards the end of the table over which the concentrates are discharged, the whole surface performing all the functions claimed for riffles in a far more effective manner; There is also an improved mechanical movement, or "head motion" combining very simply the differentials as to time and velocities. A further noteworthy improvement is the arrangement diagonally of adjustable baffle-buttons upon the plane surface intervening between the channels. The pamphlet may be obtained direct from the manufacturers of the appliance. THE WATER LEYNER ROCK DRILL. This drill, which has now been in practical use for five years, is well described in an illustrated booklet published by the J. Geo. Leyner Engineering Works Co., of Denver. The new model 5A Water Leyner is stated to have withstood every conceivable test. "pu!mp data." This is the title of two circulars issued by the Allentown Rolling Mills, Allentown, Pa., descriptive of the Aldrich Quintuplex Electric Pump. ECLECTRICITY IN MINING. The Westinghouse Electric. & Manufacturing Co. have made in the issue of this little work dealing with the appliances of electricity to all classes of mining, a useful-addition to their series of industrial publications. REYNOLDS CORLISS 'ENGINES. The Allis-Chalmers Company send out a printed partial list of users of the Reynolds Corliss Engines. The number of these is truly legion, for the names fill upwards of two hundred printed pages, 4j^x6 inches. STEEL WHEEL BARROWS. The Archer Iron Works, Chicago, 111., have issued a new catalogue and price list of steel wheel barrows. 722 THE MINING RECORD. MINING RETURNS AND STATISTICS. THE YUKON IT is stated on seemingly good authority that the gold yield of the Yukon this year will exceed last year's production by a value of from three to five million dollars. Very satisfactory returns have already been received from the older creeks of Eldorado, Bonanza and Hunker, while Duncan Creek is beginning to yield very largely, the estimated output being valued at two million dollars. ROSSLAND. Production from Rossland to June 27th is as follows:— Tons. Le Roi 90,695 Centre Star 39,o82 War Eagle 28,089 Le Roi No. 2 13,225 Velvet 3,601 Kootenay 2,470 Giant 390 White Bear 250 Homestake .. .' 80 1. X. L 40 O. K 20 Total 177,942 BOUNDARY. Boundary shipments to the end June are:— Tons. Granby 157,608 Mother Lode 47,038 Snowshoe 23,910 B. C 15,415 Emma 9,206 Sunset 5,437 Providence » 591 Total 259,205 SLOCAN. The mines of the Slocan and Slocan City Mining Divisions produced the following tonnage to June 20th:— Tons. American Boy 481 Antoine 101 Arlington 40 Black Prince 17 Bondholder 2 Bosun 650 Bluebird ' 20 Dayton 4 Enterprise 290 Fisher Maiden 280 Hartney 21 Idaho 21 Ivanhoe 466 Monitor 436 Meteor 12 Ottawa I06 Payne I336 Queen Bess 144 Rambler cca Reco IS3 Republic -e0 Ruth I40 R?o 9 Red Fox 24 Slocan Star 005 Slocan Boy .. :* j5 Silver Glance ec Surprise e Total 6392 THE COAST. Our correspondent at Crofton writes: Shipments to Crofton smelter for June were approximately as follows:— Tons. Lenora (Mount Sicker) -. .. 3000 Marble Bay (Texada) i860 Van Anda (Texada) .. .. w 50 Lone Pine (Republic) 1 974 'i rade Dollar (Republic) 45 Redwing (Copper Mountain, Alaska) no Yreka Copper Co (Quatsino) 120 COMPANY MEETINGS. LONDON &.B. C. GOLDFIELDS. A T the extra-ordinary general meeting of the sharehold- **■ ers held in London last month the resolutions authorizing a reconstruction were carried. The chairman spoke in high terms of the valuable service rendered to the company by Mr. S. S. Fowler, who has consented to continue to act as general manager for the present on "terms which man a great saving." The directors have agreed to forego the amount of fees due them,' and in future to draw £100 per. annum with £50 extra for the chairman until the company is again successful. Stress was laid at the meeting on the value of the company's assets, as represented by holdings in the Ymir and Kettle River Power Company. HEMATITE IN THE SIMILKAMEEN. 'Tf HE Similkameen Star announces the exposure of a ■*■ large body of hematite on Otter Creek. The lead is said to be in the neighbourhood of 100 feet wide and traceable for a length of 1,600 feet. It has been exposed by numerous open cuts. The ore body lies between a magnesian limestone and a schist, and along one wall a band of iron pyrites 10 feet in width parallels the hematite. The iron pyrites is in a quartz gangue while the hematite is in a matrix of lime. Small quantities of yellow copper are met with on one end of the lead, but the iron is fairly free from impurities. None of the present open cuts are over four feet deep. * • TUNGSTEN IN THE SLOCAN. Tf is reported that one of the lessees of the Meteor mine ■*• in the Slocan City division, noticing in the course of operating the property a material of somewhat uncommon appearance, took some samples of it, which being afterwards analyzed by Mr. W. S. Johnson, a local assayer, was pronounced to be ungsten. The two principal sources of production of tungsten are the United States and Australia, the annual output of either of which does not exceed two hundred tons. The price of the metal varies from about 60 to 65 cents per lb.; while the price of tungsten ore of from 45 to 50 per cent. WO3 is about $2 per unit, while ores of from 65 to 75 per cent. WO3 content command from $2.50 to $3.00 per unit if free from sulphur and phosphorous. According to the Slocan Drill, which is responsible for this report, the ore was found in a narrow irregular seam of from two to three inches in width. THE CANADIAN MINING INSTITUTE. T^T R. B. T. A. BELL, Secretary of the Canadian M iiiing xv* Institute, whites to the Mining Record as follows: "In consequence of the destruction by fire this morning of the printing establishment of The Mortimer Company, Limited Vol. IV. of the Journal of our Proceedings, which was nearly completed has been destroyed. "I am glad to be able to inform you that nearly the whole of the original MSS. was in my possession and that all the numerous engravings for this edition have been saved so that our loss will mainly be in the delay and extra work' entailed m the reprinting of the volume. The Journal will be reset immediately and I hape to have it completed in the course of a few months." . THE MINING RECORD 728 THE METAL MARKET. THE markets this month have been somewhat feature less, although the outlook is not unsatisfactory. Silver has been fairly steady at prices ranging from 52^ to 53%. Copper quotations are nominal at Lake 14 to 14^ Electrolytic 14 to 14%; Cathodes 13& to 13%. The American Smelting & Refining Co. has announced a further reduction in prices of $5 per ton which went into effect on the 17th of June. This, it is expected, will stimulate enquiry for lead. The latest New York quotations are 4.05 to 4.10. Spelter is firm at 5.50 to 5.60, St. Lc 5.70 to 5.80 New York. THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY IN B. C. OWING to a reduction in the appropriation for exploration purposes in this year's estimates, a much smaller number of parties will be sent out than formerly by the Geological Survey. The usual vote of $60,000 was last year increased by about $8,000, but this year it is orfly $50,000. This year Messrs. Brock and McConnell will work in the Lardeau district, and Messrs. McConnell and Keele in the Yukon. Industrial Supplement. LOCAL INDUSTRIES—VICTORIA- COUVER. -VAN- THE ALBION IRON WORKS CO., LTD. FROM the small and vigorous beginning in 1862 this establishment has. steadily grown to its present large proportions, embracing as it does the Albion Iron Works in Victoria, the Albion Stove Works in Victoria and the Albion Iron Works branch Iron Works, Vancouver, W. H. R. Collister, local manager. The two iron works in Victoria and Vancouver are each of them thoroughly equipped for handling every kind of mechanical engineering work; the foundry, pattern, machine and boiler shops being as complete as any in the country. As specimens of the Albion's work we might mention the twin screw steamer "Joan" and the steel stern wheeler "Beaver," both of them constructed throughout by the Albion Iron Works. The triple expansion engines and boilers of the "Lorne" came from their shops as did also the thousand horse-power engines of in Vancouver. The manufacture of stoves was commenced some time after the foundation of the engineering works and the special factory started has been most successfully operated for some years. Later still the branch works in Vancouver were added to provide for growing business on the Mainland. The three establishments being: the Albion Iron Works, Victoria, J. K. Rebbeck, manager; the Albion Stove Works, Victoria, T. Woods, manager; and the Albion the B. C. Electric Company. Boilers of the marine or Scotch type have been made here up to 14 feet 6 inches diameter, carrying 150 lbs. working pressure per square inch and built of 1 1-4 steel plate. Locomotive boilers for stern wheel boats of the largest size carrying 220 lbs. working pressure and engines for the same have been turned out by this firm. Propellers—a line by the way almost entirely in th« 724 THE MINING RECORD. hands of the Albion—made to Rebbeck's pattern, have been cast up to 17 feet diameter and 10 tons in weight. The steel pipe for the Goldstream power plant of the B. C. Elictric Railway was burnished and erected by them, this water power displacing the tramway engine before mentioned. The few items above mentioned give one some idea of the diversity and size of a few of the Albion products. They have also constructed a great variety of marine engines, compound and others of all sizes from almost toys for small steam launches up to a thousand horsepower. A great variety of other machinery is dealt with, including hoisting engines, log-hauling engines of special design, air compressors, dredging machinery, cannery machinery, pumps, etc., and the Albion THE LUMBERING INDUSTRY. THE coast. ONE hundred and twenty-one licenses to cut timber on Government land were issued during the month of May, sixty-six of them being renewals. These licenses represent a revenue of $12,100. The Victoria Lumber Company are extending their logging railroad two miles to tap some good timber land behind the north shoulder of Mount Brenton. This new field, to be known as camp No. 6, will be in operation next month. The sawmills and timber limits at Sidney have been purchased by Mr. Jenkins, a Minneapolis capitalist. At a meeting of the B. C. Lumber and Shingle Manufacturers' Association held recently the shingle outlook was thoroughly discussed. The night work has been completely stopped and the curtailment by 25 per cent, of the daily output is being observed by all members. It was, however, felt Iron Works's reputation for excellent workmanship and design is well known. In short, they handle every kind of mining, marine, sawmill and railway work. A large stock is kept of an assortment of engines and boilers up to 30 horsepower tested and stamped by the Government inspector and ready for instant delivery. The Stove Works is now easily the most complete establishment of its kind on the Pacific. It occupies its own extensive premises in Victoria where over 25,000 stoves of every description have been turned out to date; one shipment to China alone a few years ago beihg over 250 in number. THE BEHRING SEA FLEET. TEN sealing schooners having outfitted in Victoria, have sailed to the West Coast to secure crews, and are expected to reach their sealing grounds in Behring Sea by August ist. The Coast catch of 2,788 skins has been a little better than last year. . that this curtailment does not altogether meet the situation and it was proposed to entirely close down the shingle mills at an early date in order that the overproduction may be absorbed. The question was laid over to come up at a later meeting for decision. The first case in the province under the Canadian Rivers and Streams Act was adjudicated upon during the month, when the matter of the application of the Brunette Saw Mill Company and others for the imposition of tolls of Chehalis Creek, a tributary of Harrison River, was decided. Down this creek will come 250,000,000 feet of timber board measure. Judge Bole appraised the improvements made by the company, charging the tolls at $4,000, and permitted the company to charge 15 cents per thousand feet board measure on logs other than their own oated down the creek. Machinery purchases are being made and other arrangements completed for the establishment of a shingle-mill at Toba River, 160 miles up the Mainland coast. Mr. J. G. Hutchinson has sold a half interest in the Canada Lumber Company to American purchasers. The company has 4,000 acres of timber land on Howe Sound, and a flume three miles long has been built o carry the logs down to the mill at the water's edge. Mr. Hutchinson was president and manager of the company. THE MINING RECORD. 725 It is reported that a San Francisco syndicate is acquiring large timber limits on Vancouver and adjacent islands and intends to erect several mills having a capacity of twenty- hve to thirty thousand feet a day at advantageous points immediately. Two hundred and fifty men will commence logging operations on the first of August and work will be prosecuted with the utmost vigour. A large sawmill, capable of turning out at least 250,000 feet of lumber per day, is also to be built in the vicinity of Nanaimo. It is also stated that the E. K Wood Lumber Company, of Puget Sound, has purchased a vast tract of timber on Vancouver Island in the Nanaimo district, containing 350,000 feet of fir. The Ladysmith Lumber Company's mill at Fiddle Junction, Vancouver Island, was destroyed by fire on June ist. A notice has appeared in the British Columbia Gazette rescinding an order in council passed last March making a regulation that all timber limits must be surveyed before the issue of special licenses. Compliance with his regulation involved very considerable expense to the loggers, while any benefit to public interests was merely questionable. The regulation had the effect of checking the number of applicants and consequently' its removal is a matter for congratulation. REVELSTOKE AND LARDEAU. There is much activity in these localities, and capital is being very considerably invested in lumbering undertakings. The Revelstoke Lumber Co. has now over three million feet of logs at the mill; the Harbour Lumber Co. is doubling the capacity of its-mills both at Revelstoke and at Comaplix; improvements are being made at the Arrowhead Saw Milling Co.'s mills; one of the largest mills in the Interior is being built by the Arrowhead Lumber Co. at Arrowhead, and the King Mercantile Company is building a second sawmill of about 35,000 feet capacity on its limits. A contract has been let for the cutting of a million, feet of logs at Trout Lake City and the work is well under way. WEST KOOTENAY. The Blue & Deschamps mill north of Rossland is employed getting out finished lumber products. The new planers recently ordered for the mill have been installed and are in running order. The Porto Reco Lumber Co. are installing a brick burner to consume the waste of the mill. Another shingle mill has been started, some three miles below Erie. EAST KOOTENAY. In the recent floods the sawmill of the East Kootenay Lumber Co. at Meadow Creek was partly under water for several days, and it became necessary to cut the boom and let a portion of the logs go in order to save the mill. The sawmill at Wardner also sustained a heavy loss by the high water taking a lot of their logs down the Kootenay. At Fort Steele the Kootenay River was in flood and a large boom located at or near Fenwick ranch broke loose and several thousand feet of logs belonging to the Crow's Next Lumber Company were carried down the river. BOUNDARY. The entire North Fork drive safely reached its destination Smelter Lake. There were over five million feet of logs in the boom. THE FISHERIES THE sockeye fishing season has opened at Essington and promises well, it being anticipated that in consequence of the exceptionally heavy snowfall last winer, the run of fish will exceed that of many previous seasons. The foundation of this expectation is that the fish will be in no hurry to run up the river, as the high water will not be over till much later. British Columbia salmon canners have organized a selling association embracing all the plants along the Fraser River and those owned by Canadian operators jn the north. The company will at once take charge of the entire Canadian output of salmon and control prices at home, in the United Kingdom and Australia. The Association does not propose to increase the present prices of canned fish, but to maintain them at a point sufficient to afford a fair profit. The new cannery being erected at Steveston, on the site of the old Imperial will be about the largest on the entire river. The machinery is now being installed, and the big cannery will be in good working order by the time the season opens at the first of next month. There are four separate lines of machinery, so that, if the supply of salmon is sufficient, the cannery will have a capacity of 60,000 to 80,000 cases for the season. The Burrard Inlet Cannery Co. propose to establish on the shores of North Vancouver a cannery for the canning of crabs and other fish. A wharf has been run out into the stream for the accommodation of the scows which will carry the fish, and the extensive buildings are now ready for occupation. The Pacific Fish Company, has recently experimented in the direction of smoking halibut for market. The' experiment proved, after severe tests had been previously applied, to prove the keeping qualities of the smoked fish, eminently satisfactory, and it is likely that this branch of industry will receive further attention. THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY'S PROFITS. THE annual financial statement of the Hudson's Bay Company was issued to the • shareholders recently. The report is a most favourable one and indicates a progressive though conservative policy. For the past financial year there was a trade profit of $710,000, compared with $342,000 the previous trade year. Next year's fur sales promise to be up to the average. 'Ihe statement shows that 368,678 acres of farm lands were sold as compared with 196,844 acres last year, realizing $2,086,603, or an average of $5.66 per acre, compared with $999,685, the previous year, and averaging $5.08 per acre. The sale of town lots realized $686,755, compared with $57,082 in the previous year. The Governor and Committee of the Company have meanwhile recommended from the trading profits a dividend of 22s. 6d. per share, leaving to be carried forward £90,748, as against £61,247 last year. In addition to the profits from trade the last account for the year ended 31st March shows a balance of £177,800. This, together with the receipts from the land sales up to the 31st of May, enables the directors to recommend a reduction of capital of £2 per share, absorbing £200,000, thus reducing the shares from £13 to £11. MONTHLY FREIGHT AND SHIPPING REPORT. MESSRS. R. P. RITHET & CO, LTD., issue the following report for the month of May:— "The spot grain freight market is extremely dull, last year's crop being practically cleaned up; the rate for new crop loading also shows a decided weakening tendency owing partly to less favourable crop conditions, and partly to the increasing tonnage list heading to this coast, mostly with Australian coals to cover shortage from British Columbia mines caused by labour troubles. "The lumber freight market for the past month has been quite active, and our list of engagements is greater than for some time past. Rates remain steady, except an increase of 5s. in the South African voyage. - "We quote freights, as follows: Grain—San Francisco to Cork, f.o.b., 18s. 6d. to 19s. gd. Porland to Cork, f.o., 22s. 6d. Tacoma and Seattle to Cork, 20s. Lumber^ British Columbia or Puget Sound to Sydney, 32s. 6d. to 36s. 3d; Melbourne or Adelaide, 40s; Port Pirie, 37s. 6d to 38s. 9d.: Fremantle, 47s. 6d. to 50s.; Shanghai, 37s. 6d. to 40s.; Kiao-Chau, 40s.; Taku, 40s. to 42s. 6d.; Vladivostoek, 40s.; West Coast, S. A., 32s. 6d. to 35s.; South Africa, 57s. 6d. to §i§, 3d.; U. K.. or Continent, 50s< 126 THE MINING RECORD. ^^If^^^j^^^^i Our'experience in designing and installing coropleterplants has extendedfjover a period of many years, and this experience together with the fact'that we are in close touch with many eminent metallurgists places us in a position to supply our customers with machinery of the latest and most improved type, and with plans for its installation in accordance with up-to- date and practical methods of handling ore so as to obtain the best commercial as well as met allurgical results COMPLETE POWER, LIGHTING, HEATING AND PUMPING PLANTS CHAS. C. MOORE & CO., Engineers PACIFIC COAST AGENTS FOR The Holthoff Machinery Co., CUDAHY, WIS. MAIN OFFICE S3 FIRST ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. BRANCHES NEW YORK, 1303 Havemeyer Bide- ?EATLE, ai8 Second Ave., So. IOS ANGELES, 321 Trust Building. Adver. No. 223. BAKER CITY, Oregon. SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. -■ ' FISH SCIENTISTS AT NANAIMO. THE following notes were made by Prof. Jordan, one of a party of American scientists who recently investigated the fishing banks in Nanaimo Bay:— The Albatross has dredged in Nanaimo Bay at a depth of about 40 fathoms and more. It has dredged the halibut bank opposite St. Mary's Mission in 12 to 30 fathoms and in the Straits of Georgia, between, at a depth of 250 fathoms, or more than a quarter of a mile. The life was scanty in all these localities. On the halibut banks was found a complete mass of sponges, with prawns in their cavities. The halibut doubtless on these prawns. Three new specimens 01 fishes were found, one on the halibut bank, the other in deep water. Neither is large enough to be of value as food. The following species of fishes have been taken about Nanaimo Bay by the Albatross: I. Share Fishes.—Oncorhynchus Kisutch, the silver saU mon; chimaera colliei, rat-fish; squalus sucklin, dog-fish; ovithopsetta sordida, left-handed flounder; lipidopsefta bilin- eata, rough flounder; sevastodes melanops, dark brown rock fish; gastemtens catophractus, stickle-back; ammodytes per- sonatus, sand lance. II. In Moderate Water.—(Dredged in 20 to 50 fathoms). Raja finoculata, barn door skate; tarandicheltrys, filamentosus, tarandichitrys tennis, radulmus asprellus, malacocottus zor- urns, rhamphocottus richardsorie (all these are sculpins),. sebastodes diploproa, sebastodes (new series; these two are red rock cod), xeneretums tnacanthus, the sea poacher; ronquitus jordani, the ronquil; lyopsetta exilis, the weak flounder. III. Deep Sea Fishes.—(Dredged in 200 fathoms. Bathy- agonus nigipinnis, the black-fin sea poacher; paroliparis, new species, the water sea snail; furcimanus diaptera, fork- finned wolf eel; malacocattus (new species), a soft-bodied sculpin. The collection of invertebrates, shrimps, prawns, sea urchins, star-fish, sea worms, lamp shells, etc., is very considerable and valuable, including numerous rare forms, some of them perhaps new to science. THE BANK OF MONTREAL. THE Bank of Montreal has issued the following statement of the results of the business of the bank for the year ending April 30th, 1903:— Balance of profit and loss account 30th April, 1902 $ 165,856 09 Profits for the year ended 30th April, 1903, after deducting charges of managment, and making full provision for all bad and doubtful debts 1,813,483 66 Premiums on new stock 965,468 00 $2,944,807 75 Divideend 5 per cent., paid ist De cember, 1902 $600,00000 Dividend 5 per cent., payable ist June, 1903 620,000 00 1,220,000 00 Amount credited to rest account 1,000,000 00 Balance profit and loss carried forward $ 724,807 75 TRADE IN CANADA. Ottawa, June 13.—The trade returns for the eleven months of the fiscal year ending Wednesday, May 31st, show an increase in the aggregate trade of the Dominion of $38.37i.462. The total trade for that time has now reached THE MINING RECORD. XIII. $392,080,918, compared with $353,689,456 for the same period last year. In imports there was an increase of about $22,- 000,000, and in the exports of about $16,000,000. The increase of duty was nearly $4,000,000. FRUIT LANDS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. THE Canadian Real Properties Company, Ltd., at Kamloops, has about completed the irrigation ditch from Jamieson Creek, which will bring some twelve square miles of rich alluvial soil, to a state of cultivation. These lands are especially adapted for fruit and vegetable culture, and will produce peaches, apricots, grapes, cherries, plums, pears, apples and small fruits, also melons and tomatoes (which never fail to ripen in this warm dry belt) in great abundance. The lands are situated on the North and South Thompson Rivers, with a frontage thereon of about 20 miles. The land will be sold in lots of from one to one hundred acres, with water for irrigation supplied, and payment can be made either cash, or one sixth down, the balance in five equal annual installments, with interest at 6 per cent. Mr. J. H. Henry, the Vancouver nurseryman, has sold to farmers in the Province this year 60,000 young fruit trees; 100,000 trees have been imported, and quite 60,000 in addition sold by other local nurserymen. Thus over two hundred thousand trees have been planted out this year, or more than double the number in any previous season. POTTERY MANUFACTURE IN B. C. THE last issue of the Canadian Manufacturer contained the following editorial remark: "The material for the British Columbia pottery works is actually imported from Scotland, though fire clay, ordinary brick and tile clays, and other mineral products are found on Vancouver Island, and, also, on the Mainland." The manager of the B. C. Pottery Works in calling our attention to this paragraph, states that in no respect is the assertion therein made correct, the Pottery Works obtaining all its raw material from local sources. WIRE ROPE I DON'T BUY! UNTIL YOU HAVE WRITTEN TO US FOR PRICES AND PARTICULARS. \A/ilLf!nC X. C*f\ of London, England, Wire Rope Manufacturers, wviirviild « V*U., Established 1850, are known throughout the MINING WORLD. The wire used in their rope is made from steel specially, prepared to insure absolute reliability. The preferential tariff permits of our quoting low prices on all descriptions of Steel Wire Ropes. A large stock of the principal sizes kept on hand at Victoria and Vancouver- for immediate delivery. Our stock includes a full line of Logging Ropes, Ships Rigging and Hawsers. ROBERT WARD & CO.3 LIMITED, Agents. Telegraphic address-ROBERTUS. VICTORIA and VANCOUVER, B. C. 3sa&fesE5&fe5ai^^ CONTINUOUS SERVICE is one of the most important factors in an ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION PLANT. Pelton wheels afford twenty-four hours service, three hundred and sixty- five days in the year. They are highly efficient and susceptible ofthe closest regulation. Send for catalog on water powers. PELTON WATER WHEEL CO.i 135 Main St. San Francisco 156 Liberty St., New York. 4m <**m The Hall Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd, NELSON. B. C. SMELTING DEPARTMENT Purchases CORRER ORE, LEAD ORE, DRY ORE. fUK O-AJLliu 27,300 feet of best patent improved crucible steel wire rope, 1 in. diameter 6 x 16 Manilla core L,ang lay. This rope was imported under specially favourable opportunities in a car lot and as it is not now required, it will be sold at a sacrifice. THE HALL MINING & SMELTING CO.Ltd. NELSON. B. C. XIV THE MINING RECORD. ^p ■■ |y| r^ The Stick that stirs success is "Stick at it." ClBK 0^30- ^™ Even to the oyster there comes an opening when least expected you know. We have gathered the scattered curves of this business into a circle and can now "deliver the goods'' in the office line. Everyone practically in business now uses a typewriter, but few have a Revalk Noiseless Typewriter Pad. It reduces noise and vibration by. a large percentage. Price $1.50 each, postage prepaid. Imitation Hand or Typewritten Letters can be reproduced on the ELLAITS DUPLICATOR so that each copy is almost like an original letter. Hundreds of copies can be made from one stencil, in Black, Blue or Purple Ink. MACKENZIE URQUHART, Commercial Stationer, 412 Granville St., Vancouver, B.C. ALBION IRON WORKS, CO., LTD. VICTORIA, B.C. Engineers, Boilermakers, Iron and Brass Founders, Stove Manufacturers. All kinds of Land and Marine Engines. Boilers of all kinds up to 15 ' diameter. Pumps, Hoists, Ore Cars, Smelter Castings, Logging Engines, Centrifugal Pumps, Air Compressors. Specialists in Screw Pro- pellors, Patent Cannery Retorts. All kinds and sizes of Stoves. Lillooet, Fraser River & Cariboo Goldfields, Ltd* (IN LIQUIDATION.) To be "sold by private tender, pursuant to directions ofthe Liquidators. The following properties situate in the Kootenay and Yale "A"—LANARK GROUP, comprising 15 Crown-granted mineral claims, or fractional claims, situate in the lllecillewaet Mining Division, Group One, Kootenay District, Province of British Columbia, and more particularly described in the official Form of Tender. Together with all rights as holders of such mineral claims under the "Mineral Act." "B"—ALPHA GROUP, comprising 9 Crown-granted mineral claims, or fractional mineral claims, situated in the Trout Lake Mining Division, Group One, Kootenay District, Province of British Columbia, and more particularly described in the official Form of Tender. Together with all rights as holders of such mineral claims under the "Mineral Act." Also two blocks of Land, originally taken up as alternative sites for concentrating mill or smelter, viz.:— (10) Lot 1,144, Group One, Kootenay District, Province of British Columbia, containing one hundred and sixty (160) acres. This land block is situated just west of Ferguson townsite, at the foot of the Great Northern Mountain, upon which the Alpha Group is located, (n) Lot 2,449, Group One, Kootenay District, British Columbia, containing one hundred and sixty (160) acres. This land block is situated about two miles north-easterly from Ferguson, on the north fork of the Lardeau River, at the foot of Great Northern Mountain. "C"—NETA Mineral Claim, being Lot 996, Group One, Osoyoos Division of Yale District, Province of British Columbia, together with all rights as holders of such mineral claim under the "Mineral Act." *This claim is situated in what is known as "Brown's Camp," in the Boundary district. "D"—QUEEN OF SPADES Mineral Claim, beine Lot 995, Group One, Osoyoos Division of Yale District. Province of British Columbia, together with all rights as holders of such mineral claim under the "Mineral Act." This claim Districts, Province of British Columbia. is situated in what is known as "Central Camp" in the Bound-' ary District. "E"—CITY OF SPOKANE Mineral Claim, being Lot 804, Group One, Kootenay District, Province of British Columbia, together with all rights as holders of such mineral claim under the "Mineral Act." This claim is sold subject to and with the benefit of an Indenture of Lease referred to in the official Form of Tender, and is situated in the Rossland Camp, in Centre Star Gulch, on the east slope of Red Mountain and on the west slope of Monte Cristo Mountain. "F"_NORTH STAR Mineral Claim, being Lot 797, Group One, Kootenay District, Province of British Columbia, together with all rights as holders of such mineral claim under- the "Mineral Act." This mineral claim is situated in the Rossland Camp on Columbia and Kootenay Mountain. LANDS on Galena Bay, Upper Arrow Lake. "G"—Lot 773 (part), Group One, Kootenay District, Province of British Columbia, containing three hundred and ninety- five (395) acres. This block of land originally contained 400 acres, but five acres, have been deeded to other parties. "H"—Lot 2,445, Group One, Kootenay District, Province of British Columbia, containing two hundred and ten (210) acres. "I"—Lot 2,446, Group One, Kootenay District, Province of British Columbia, containing forty-one (41) acres. Tenders are to be sent in duplicate, the original to Mr. J. V. ARMSTRONG, Revelstoke, not later than the 15th day of August, 1903, and at the same time a duplicate to the Liquidators, College Hill Chambers, College Hill, London, England, postage prepaid. Particulars and conditions of sale and forms of tender may be obtained gratis of the Liquidators, College Hill Chambers, College Hill, London, E.C., and J. V. ARMSTRONG, Revelstoke, British Columbia. Dated 15th day of June, 1903, THE MINING RECORD. XV BRITISH COLUMBIA THE MINERAL PROVINCE OF eftNHDft. Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Coal, Coke, Oil Iron, Mercury, Platinum, etc. The Mines of British Columbia have produced nearly $180,000,000. Amount and Value of Mineral Products for 1900, 1901 and 1902. Customary Measure igOO. 1901. 1902. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. * Gold, placer Gold, lode Silver 63,936 167,153 3,958,175 9.997.080 63,358,621 1,439,595 85,H9 $ 1,278,724 3.453,38i 2,309,200 1,615,289 2,691,887 4,318,785 425,745 251,740 48,505 210,384 5,i5i,333 27,603,746 51,582,906 1,460.331 127,081 $ 970,100 4,348,603 2,884,745 4,446,963 2,oo2,733 4,380,993 635,405 417,238 $ 20,086,780 53,657 236,491 29,636,057 22,536,381 1,397,394 128,015 $ 1,073,140 4,888,269 1,941,328 t. < c Copper Pounds 3,446,673 * < Tons, 2,240 lbs C< .4 824,832 Coal 4,192,182 640,075 480,051 $16,344,751 $ 17,486,550 GOLD.—Placer gold mining, which in early days formed the chief mineral industry of- the province, and made it tamous all the world over, still continues to be important, while improved methods of working the gravel deposits, together with cheaper transportation and cost of mining, have rendered the working of large deposits, long- known to exist, now profitable where previously impossible. The area of country known to contain placer gold is enormous and has only been touched, leaving still virgin ground well worth the prospecting for this, the only class of "poor man's mine." Recent discoveries of new placer fields in the Atlin district, the Cassiar district, and the large extent of unworked deposits in the Cariboo district, are proof that the field is not yet exhausted, and promise a revival of this important industry. HYDRAULIC MINING plants costing large amounts of money are being installed in Atlin, Cassiar, Omineca and Cariboo, at points widely separated, indicating the extent of the gold deposits. One company recovered $350,000 in gold during 1900. DREDGING FOR GOLD is receiving deserved attention, and dredges are at work on the Fraser, Thompson, Quesnel and other rivers, on all of which streams good ground may yet be obtained. LODE GOLD MINING is now being prosecuted in various parts of the province, and in certain instances very successfully, notably at Ymir, Cariboo-McKinney and elsewhere. GOLD-COPPER ORES are being extensively worked at Rossland by the Le Roi, War Eagle and associated companies, while other mines in the camp are rapidly becoming important producers. The tonnage of this camp alone in 1902 was 329,534 tons, and there will be an increase this year. SILVER-LEAD—In 1900 the silver production was $2,309,- 200 and the lead production $2,691,887. Since that time the mining of silver-lead ores has been somewhat suspended owing to temporarily unfavourable market prices. COPPER.—Copper is being produced to a limited extent at Rossland, where the chief value of the ore is in gold, but the feature of this branch of the industry is the development and mining of a large tonnage of low-grade copper ores in the Boundary district, of which there seems to be an almost unlimited amount. The output of ore from this district alone amounted to 521,402 tons in 1902. The Coast district will this coming year show a very considerable copper production from the Vancouver Island and Texada Island mines. Prospecting for copper is receiving great attention, and the discoveries made on the Coast, in the Similkameen Valley, etc., give great promise. IRON.—With the great probability of an iron-smelting plant on the Northern Pacific Coast in tne near future, what promise to be extensive bodies of magnetite iron ore have been developed on the Coast, while other deposits of iron ore are now under development in the Goat River and Fort Steele mining divisions, and still other bodies occur near Kamloops. COAL AND COKE.—In 1901 the Vancouver Island collieries made a net output of 1,173,893 tons of coal and 20,178 tons of coke. In 1902 the Crow's Nest collieries made a net output of 223,501 tons of coal, and 107,873 tons of coke. In 1903 this output will be doubled at the least. These mines alone are putting out from 1,000 to 2,000 tons of coal per diem. Of the total output of 1902 776,808 tons of coal and 38,780 tons of coke were exported, chiefly to the United States. The remainder was consumed in local smelters and other industries. SMELTERS.—In the province there are smelters in active operation at Trail, Nelson, Grand Forks, Greenwood, Boundary Falls, Van Anda, Ladysmith and Crofton; while this coming year will probably see one erected in East Kootenay. Refineries are yet lacking, but the building of at least one is pretty well assured. CAPITAL.—Capital can now find here many excellent opportunities for investment, as the values placed on mines and undeveloped properties has reached a reasonable basis. If proper business care is used, and the experience of competent men utilized, these investments should be as safe as well as profitable. MINERAL LANDS.—Mineral lands are open to location to any person over 18 years of age, who has obtained a free miner's certificate, and perfect title to lode claims can be easily secured after $500 worth of work has been done per claim. A great extent of territory has yet to be prospected. For information, reports, bulletins, etc., address The Hon. therMinister of Mines, W. F Robertson, Provincial Mineralogist, VICTORIA, B. C. VICTORIA, B.C. XVI THE MINING RECORD. PROFESSIONAL AND BROKERS. JAMES BRADY, Dominion and Provincial Land Surveyor, Mining Engineer. Properties surveyed, examined and reported on. Agent for procuring Crown grants. GOLDEN, B. C. CHAS. E. OLIVER, M. E. HBDLBYf B. C. Properties in the Similkameen carefully sampled and reported on. I have the handling of three of the standard properties of Camp Hedley and solicit correspondence from any first-class minr ing man or corporation regarding same. s. m. McGregor, b.a. Sc w. d. McGregor, m e. McGregor & co., MINING and CIVIL ENGINEERS 0| /^f-v A M D /~* and LAND SURVEYORS. Ol—VjOMINj D. \s . Reports on Mines ^nd Prospects. Act as agents in doing assessment work, applying for Crown grants and in taking general charge of preliminary development work. %# |\/I I ^% ^s one °' *^e mos* promising gold camps in | | VI I 11 British Columbia and now offers many capital opportunities for profitable investment. For further particulars write PERCY J. GLEAZER, MINING BROKER AND AGENT, YMIR, B. C. Code—Moreing & Neal's. ]. McLELLAN, pg Associate Royal School of Mines, London. Mining Engineer and Assayer, TROUT LAKE CITY, B. C. reliable: assays Gold $ .75 I Gold and Silver $i.oo Lead 75 I Gold, Silver, Copper 1.50 SArtPLES BY MAIL RECEIVE PROHPT ATTENTION. Gold and Silver refined and bought 1725 Arapahoe Street. Denver. Colorado. OGDEN ASSAY CO. THE STUART ROBERTSON CO., Ltd., Successors to A. W. MORE & CO. MINING AND STOCK BROKERS Codes used: Bedfo Clough's, ant 23 BROAD STREET, Codes used: Bedford-McNeil's, Moreing & Neals, Clough's, and'A.B.C, Fourth Edition. VICTORIA, B. C. POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO<KX> SMELTER AND MILL DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND DETAILS. Geo. Williams, M. E. P.O. Box 341, LADYSMITH Converters, Reverberatories, Concentrators. 600000000000000000000^00000000000000000006 THOS. DRUMMOND, M,E. and C.E. B. A. Sc. McGill University, Montreal, Member Canadian Society of Civil Engineers. Mining Properties reported upon. Information furnished. General Engineering work, promptly performed. References furnished. QUESNELLE FORKS, - CARIBOO, B. C. JOHN B. HOBSON, Sferco°,nitCda.ribo°Hyd' Consulting Mining Engineer, BULLION, BRITISH COLUMBIA. 28 years' experience in the equipment and operation of large hy draulic, Deep Gravel, cDrift and Gold Quartz Mines, in California and British Columbia. Telegraphic and Cable Address "HOBSON" Ashcroft B. C Wn. M. BREWER, HINING ENGINEER, MEM. N. of ENG. INST. MINING & MECH. ENG. and AM INST.. M. E. Molsons Bank Building, VANCOUVER, B.C. TEL. 846. P. O. BOX 43 T. J. SMITH, MINING BROKER. Syndi: ates and Companies formed to develop mining claims Secretary Vancouver Mining Stock Exchange. 6II Hastings Street West, VANCOUVER, B. C A. A. WATSON, B. Sc. PROVINCIAL ASSAYER, VERNON, B. C. Analyst and Mineralogist Honours Graduate in Chemistry, Victoria University, England. Reports made on Mining Properties. Seven years experience in Australia. South America. England and B. C. Assay Ch'arges—Gold, $i; Silver. $r; Copper, $2 ; Lead, $1 ; Gold and Sil ver, $1.50 ; Gold and Copper, $2.50 ; Gold, Silver and Copper, $3 ; Gold, Silver Copper and Lead, $3 50; Complete analysis of any ore, $10. •SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SAMPLES BY MAIL-^Kfc Cecil M. Bryant, A.R.S M., A.I.M.M. E. Philip Gilman, A.R.S.M., F.G.S Pellew-Harvey, Bryant & Gilman PROVINCIAL ASSAYERS. The Vancouver Assay Office and Ore Testing Works. Established 1S90. MILL, SMELTER, CONCENTRATION AND CYANIDE TESTS. Reliable reports on mining properties. Complete analyses of Ores and Coal Victoria Office : 4 View Street (Opposite Driard Hotel.) E®ttf&iTto»mitS&S CHRIS. OUTHETT, Associate of Royal College of Science, London, England. Inland Assay Office, KAMLOOPS, B.C. Provincial Assayer. 1 Mineral and Coal Analysis a specialty. Reports made on Mining Properties Mail samples receive promut attention. THE MINING RECORD. THE ECLIPSE DRILL SHARPENER Should be in use in every mine where IO or more power drills are in use. A Money, Time and Labor-Saving Device. t^hapes, Sharpens and Shanks New Drills, Re-Shapes and Sharpens Used Drills, Makes Excellent Welds. Three drills made in the time formerly required to make one hy hand. Makes PERFECT BITS, and they are all uniform in size and clearance. The bit is always made in exact right angles to the shank. Reduces coal consumption. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. The Hendrie & Bolthoff Manfg and Supply Co. DENVER, COLO., § i I u. s. A. 'el XVIII TITE MINING RECORD. |jU/ml^ SUCCESSOR TO hTBE EDWARD V, AOM CO.v fraser & chalmers,: . -cticago.iu; ■ ; GATES IRON WORKS,, DICKSON H3^$QZli BUILDERS OF G MACHINERY We illustrate herewith a 44 by 144 inch steel water jacketed lead smelting furnace, of the latest and most improved design. We have furnished four of these furnaces for the Compania Metalur- gica de Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico. The Allis-Chalmers Company are recognized as the most extensive builders of mining machinery in theworld, and their shops are especially equipped for the economical production of copper and lead smelting machinery. We build copper and lead smelting plants, copper converters, water jackets, hydraulic accumulators, hydraulic cars, slag pots, etc. SOLE BUILDERS OF Riedlcr Air Compressors and Mine Pumps SEDERHOLMand REYNOLDS BOILERS BRANCH OFFICES! NEW YORK, Broad Eschanse Bldg., BOSTON, Board of Trade Bids. PITTSBURG, Frick Building MINNEAPOLIS, Corn Exchange BMs,. DENVER, 164ft Tttmont Street : - SALT LAK£ CITY, 209 S.W. Temple St SPOKANE Washings* .*'----" GB^RAI/ • L0ND0N..ENG.. WO Dasbwood House IPi^lCB. |IiI(^0,WILUJ.S.A. JOHANNESBURG, South Afgtill BRANCH OFFICES; ' SAN FRANCISCO, Hayward Bldg. SEATTLE, iumber Exchange Bldg. CHARLOTTE, N. C., Trust Bldg. r NEW ORLEANS, Hennen Bldg, ATLANTA, GA-i Equitahle Bldg. . 1 BUTTE, MONT., SI E. Broi&yay : XX THE MINING RECORD. Capital of British Columbia, Pacific Ocean Terminus Railway, and the Great Northern The Canadian Gateway to the Orient, the Sandwich Islands, Australia, New Zealand, etc. The starting point of steamship lines to the Yukon, Atlin and Cassiar Gold Fields, and the Canadian port of call for tourists on the lines between San Francisco and Alaska. TEMPERATURE 1902. Highest Lowest Mean. 354 mm 38.5 Mean. Victoria 67.6 London, Eng. .. , 68.1 Torquay, Eng 65.5 k ' RAINFALL 1902. Inches. Victoria 26.45 London, Eng 20.84 Torquay, Eng 30.22 The Province covers a superficial area of 381,000 square miles abounding in minerals, timber, fish and game in endless variety. The opportunities for the profitable investment of capital are practically unlimited, and the markets for the disposal of metals, lumber, fish and agricultural products lie waiting in Russia, Japan, China, India and Australasia. The tourist will find mountain scenery and mountain climbing unequal- of Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian Northern Railway ofthe United States. led in the old world—a new field for exploration—and the sportsman with first class hotels as bases of operation may penetrate a new world in his pursuit of the bear, the panther, the elk or the mountain goat. The City of Victoria is becoming widely noted for the beauty of its situation, its homes and its surroundings ; so that the number of strangers arriving, for short visits and for permanent residence, continue growing annually larger. Of its beauty H.R.H. the Duke of York said: "The most beautiful place we have seen in our journey around the world," and the following may be quoted from the correspondence of Mr. E. P. Knight, of the London Morning Post: "One would fain have stayed longer, for of all the cities that have been visited in the course of this long Royal progress the fair capital of British Columbia seems to me the one which the Englishman would most gladly make his home. * * * Never in the environs of any other city have I seen such a glory of flowers as surrounded each of these lovely homes." Pamphlets containing views of local scenery and information of interest to investors, tourists, hunters and amusement seekers may be obtained by addressing the Clerk of the Municipal Council, Victoria, British Columbia. J. A. SAYWARD, ROCK BAY, VICTORIA, B. C. Sashes and Doors and Wood Work Of All Kinds. Rough and Dressed Lumber, Shingles, Laths, Etc. G E LIG NIT E—Strongest and Best Explosive in the Market. MANUFACTURED BY HAMILTON POWDER COMPANY (Incorporated 1861. Manufacturers of High Explosives, Blasting, Mining and Sporting Powder, Dealers in Electric Blasting Apparatus, Safety Fuse, Detonators, Etc, Etc. BRANCH OFFICE: VICTORIA HEAD OFFICE: MONTREAL. LOCAI. OFFICES: VANCOUVER, NELSON, ROSSLAND and GREENWflnn works: NANAIMO THE MINING RECORD. XXI PROFESSIONAL ADVERTISEMENTS. POGSON, PELOUBET & CO. Public Accountants NEW YORK 20 BROAD STREET CHICAGO MARQUETTE BUILDING ST. LOUIS CHEMICAL BUILDING BUTTE HENNESSY BUILDING Audits op Books and Accounts, Systems of Bookkeeping or. Costs, Financial Examinations, Etc. POHLE & PARMELEE ASSAYERS and CHEMISTS, Special Attention to Control and Umpire Work. Ores tested to determine the best method of treatment. Experimental work on chemical processes or patents.. General Commercial analysis. Thirty years experience. Prices and sample sacks free on application. JPfl 1627 CHAMPA ST., DENVER, Colo. '.•Jf^Li^l^L-11. ^ ffrtjyift'"'^ •*> W.CMMM Rd). 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BUY VANCOUVER CITY REAL ESTATE You Cannot Make a Safer Investment. WRITE FOR PARTICULARS. Money Invested for Clients on First Mort- gages on Best Business Property to yield 5 per cent, to 6 per cent. |p§7 PERCY W. CHARLESONg ■ . INVESTMENT BR0KER, wKj^^^USk NOTARY PUBLIC FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. References, Dun or Bradstreets Agencies, Canadian Bank of Commerce. P.O. BOX187 XXII THE MINING EECORD. BRITISH COLUMBIA WHOLESALE SUPPLY HOUSES, ETC Everything to Furnish Homes in Modest or Elaborate Styles Crossley's Fine Carpets, Templeton's Exquisite Rugs, Furniture from Leading flakers in Grand Rapids and Ontario A1T^rita^le^p-°nluxuly is Special pieces of Furniture and interior hardwood a "Moms Chair." we have , j , c . , them all prices, $10 to $30. work made at our own factory to your order. T1, , Estimates and samples free. Illustrations on request. r WEILER BROS., - = - Ostermoor Patent Elastic Felt Mattress induces sweet, healthy, beneficial, restful sleep—a balmy relaxation from every care. All sizes in stock. Prices same as New York or Montreal. The full size only $15, net cash. ' Write for booklet. Victoria, B. C. Canadian Pacific Navigation Company, Ltd. Steamers leave Victoria and Vancouver as follows: Victoria=Vancouver Route. Leave Victoria daily 1 a.m. -Leave Vancouver daily 1.15 p.m. West Coast, Vancouver Island Route. Leave Victoria 11 p.m., ist, ioth and 20th day of month. Northern British Columbia Coast Route. Leave Victoria 11 p.m., ist and 15th day of month. Leave Vancouver 2 p.m., 2nd and 16th day of month. Alaska Route. Steamships leave Victoria 11 p.m. ist and 15th day of month, leave Vancouver 8 p.m. 2nd and 16th day of month for Ketchikan and Skagway connecting with the White Pass and. Yukon Route for Atlin, - Dawson, and Yukon River Points. J. W. TROUP, Manager. Victoria. E. J. COYLE, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent, Vancouver. TURNER, ETON & CO'Y Victoria, Vancouver, and Nelson, B. C. and at H. C. Beeton & Co., 33 Finsbury Circus, London, England. Manufacturers of WhAJPCfllA Mpirheinfc Dry Goods, Liquors, Clothing, Etc., Etc. VV flOIC^clie ITlCrCricin IS. cigars, Flour, Etc Telegraphic Addresses : Goods indented from all parts ofthe world. Telegraphic Addresses : TURNER," Victoria; " BEETON," London; " TURBEET," Vancouver and Nelson Wholesale Merchants, Shipping & Insurance Agents. Proprietors of Victoria Wharf, Columbia Flouring Mill ; agents for Victoria Lumber and Manufacturing Company, Cheminus, V.I.; Pacific Coast Steamship Co., San Francisco. WHARF STREET. VICTORIA, B. C THE MINING RECORD. XXIII BANKING ESTABLISHMENTS, ETC. ESTABLISHED 1817. BANK OF MONTREAL. INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. HEAD OFFICE: - - MONTREAL. CAPITAL all paid up, $12,000,000.00 RESERVE FUND, $7,000,000.00. Board of Directors—Rt. Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, G. C. M. G., President. Hon. G. A. Drummond, A. T. .Paterson, Esq.; Edward B. Green-.hulds, Esq.; Sir William C. Macdonald; R. B. Angus, Esq.; A. F. Gault, Esq ; James Ross, Esq.; R. G. Reid, Esq. UNDIVIDED PROFIT, $427,180.80. Vice-President. t S. CLOUSTON General Manager A. MACNIDER Chief Inspector and Superintendent of Branches *• S> CLOUSTON Inspector of Branch Returns BRANCHES Province of Ontatho—Almonte.-Belleville, Brantford, Brnekville, Chatham, Cornwall, Deseronto, Port William, Goderich, Guelph, Hamilton, Kingston, Lindsay, London, Ot awa, Perth Pe'erboro, Picton, Sxrnia, Stratford, Bt. Mary's Toronto, Tot onto Yonge St. Branch, v. allaceburg. 0i P^oyiNCEop Quebec—Montreal: West End Br., Siigneurs St. Br., Point St. Charles; Quebec. Lower PBuvinces—Chatham, N.B.; Frederickton, N.B.; Moncton, N.B. St. John N.B.; Amherst, N.S.; Halifax, N.S.; Sydney, N.S. Province op Manitoba and North-West.Territories—Winnipeg, Man.; •Calgary, Alberta; Lethbridge, Alberta; Regina, Assiniboia. Province op- British Columbia—Greenwood, Nelson, New Denver, New Westminster, Rossland, Vancouver, Vernon, Victoria. In NEWPOTJNDLAND-St. John's, Nfld., Bank of Montreal. I F, W. TAYLOR Assistant Inspector JAMES AIRD Secretary | Montreal-H, V. MEREDITH Manager IN CANADA: In Great Britain—London, Bank of Montreal, 22 Ahohurch Lane, E.C, Alexander Lang, Manager. In the United States New. York—R. Y. Hebden and J. M. Greata, Agents, 59 Wall Street; Chicago—Bank of Montreal. Bankers in Great Britain-London—The Bank of Engl nd, the Union Bank of London, the London & Westminster Rank the National Prov Bank of England. Liverpool—The Bank of Liverpool, Ltd. Scotland—Thg British Linen Company Bank and Branches. Bankers in the United States—New York—The National City Bank, The Bank of New York, N.B.A. Bosten—The Merchants' National Bank, J. B. Moors & Co. Buffalo—Thi-/Marine Bank, Buffalo San Francisco—The First National Bank, The Bank of British Columbia, The Anglo-*'aliforniau Bank. Portland, Oregon—1 he Bank of British Columbia. THE) CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE. With Which is Amalgamated Ttie Bank of British. Columbia. HEAD OFFICE: TORONTO. Paid Up Capital $ 8,7oo,ooo Rest- Aggregate Resources Over— HON. GEO. A. COX, President. B. E. WALKER, General Manager. 3,ooo,ooo 7 0,000,000 ALEX. LAIRD, Asst. General Manager. LONDON OFFICE: 60 LOMBARD ST., E. C. The Bank has 105 branches well distributed throughout the Dominion and elsewhere, including the following in British Columbia and the Yukon District: Atlin, Greenwood, Nelson, Vancouver, Cranbrook, Kamloops, New Westminster, Victoria. Dawson Ladysmith White Horse Fernie, Nanaimo, BRANCHES IN THE UNITED STATES. New York, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle Skagway. Every description of banking business transacted. Letters of credit on all parts of the world. Exceptional facilities for handling-gold dust. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received and interest paid at current rates. Victoria B. C, GEO. GILLESPIE, Manager BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ESTABLISHED 1836. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1840. Paid Up Capital, £1,000,000 Sterling. Reserve Fund, $1,898,000 LONDON, ENG., OFFICES, 5 GRACECHURCH STREET, E. C. BRANCHES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA : Victoria, Vancouver, Rossland, Kaslo, Ashcroft, Greenwood) Also at the Gold Fields—DAWSON CITY. A Savings Bank Department Has Been Establ Highest Price Paid for Gold Dust and Amalgam. ished n Connection With the Victoria Branch. W. T. OLIVER, Mgr., Victoria, B. C. MICHIGAN COLLEGE OF MINES. F. W. McNAIR, President. A State Institution located in and making use of an active mining district. For Year Book giving list of graduates and their occupations apply to President or Secretary. Houghton, Michigan. PATENTS, •Caveats, Designs, Copyrights and Trade Marks obtained in Canada and all foreign countries. ROWLAND BRITTAIN, Registered Patent Attorney, Mechanical Engineer and Draughtsman. Write for full information and references. Satisfaction guaranteed. Room 20 iBank of British North America VANCOUVER B.C M. R. SMITH & COMPANY LIMITED. Established I858. Manufacturers of High Class Biscuits ^ Confectionery Gold Medals awarded at Royal Agricultural Exhibition '95, '96, '97, '98. Medal and Diploma awarded at Colonial and Indian Exhibitions. Silver Medals at Provincial Exhibitions, 1886. BRANCH- VICTORIA, B. C. 430 CORDOVA STREET, VANCOUVER. XXIV THE MINING RECORD. TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES AND HOTELS. The Pleasure of Travel Is fully realized in travelling on the Canadian Pacific Railway. By its lines can be reached all Canadian Points, and its arrangement with American Railroads enable its agents to issue tickets to all points in the United States. It operates its own Sleeping and Dining Cars, and has its own Hotels and Steamships. Its magnificent scenery and the excellence of its service has made it the favorite route across the American Continent. Illustrated publications, as to its route, Banff, Yoho Valley, Glacier, &c. sent on application to any agent. H. H, ABBOTT, Agent, VICTORIA, B. C. Or to E. J. COYLE, Ass't General Passenger Agent, VANCOUVER B. C. Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway. TIME TRBLE NO. 44. Southbound. Northbound. Daily. Arrive. Leave. a.m. p.m. Victoria 9 :oo 12 :o6 Shawnigan Lake 10:20 10146 Duncans 11 :oo 10:02 P.M. Nanaimo 12:4s 8:15 Ar. Wellinsrton 1 too Lv. 8 :oo Northbound. Leave. Sat., Sun. and Wed. Southbound. Arrive. a.m: Victoria 4125 Shawnigan Lake 5142 Duncans 6:20 Nanaimo 8':o2 Ar. Wellington 8:17 P.M. 8:10 7:01 6:05 4:25 Lv. 4:10 Throuah Tickets to Crofton via Westholme, Stage leaves Daily, connecting with North and Sonth bound trains," Double stage" service Saturdavs Sundays and Wednesdays, connecting with morning and afternoon trains. Fare from Victoria, Single $2, Return $3. IsptaSa Through Tickets Victoria to HIberni—Stage leaves Wellington Tuesdaysand Fridays on arrival of train from Victoria. Returning from aik»™i Mondays and Thursdays. Fare from Victoria, single, $5.20, return $8.65 s Irom Alt>e™i Through Tickets Victoria to Cowichan Lake via Duncans—Stage leaves Duncans Mondays Wednesday and Fridays. Fare from Victoria $5 00 Excursion rates in effect to all points good Saturday and Snnday. GEO. L. eODRTNEY, Traffic Manager. THmHmD&ON^&KWOOY Baie de Peres Battle^t^i Calgary *Safe Chapleau pg Dauphin ' Plpp PfP^ Deloraine Edmonfeij|?^p For|>WiUiam Kamloops |||&angley" Lethbridg^^ And at other principal points in British Columbia," Manitoba and ftbrthwest Territories. Purchasers will find at these stores the best goods at moderate prices, imported direct from all the principal markets ofthe world. 7 «EVERYlBEL^»; ': e'7 GlJARANTEED m GENUINE OAK TANNED ■LEATHER BELTING For Exposed Situations Use §l|ancashirelK Hair Belting. CATALOGUES AND DISCOUNTS ON APPLICATION. D. K. McLAREN, Montreal, Toronto. R H N D YHNe©Il$ER,$. e. " -^-'e-. he ELECTRICAL LEADS AND CABLES Electric Lighting Cables for Coal Pits with arrangement for avoiding fire damp explosions itrjjpi&e of the cable breaking. ||*RE ROFfls FOR MINING Round and Flat Wire Ropes, "Albert," or so-called "Lang's" Lay Ropes, Patent Looked Coil Wire Ropes, Patented Flattened Strand Wire Ropes. IRO^ STEEL, COPPER'ffcBRONZfeWIRE Superior qualities. SOLE AGENTS FOR CANADA : fVATSON e^^teOMPANY, MONTREAL. AID rnMDDrQQHDQ STRAIGH^INE, DUPLEX Mlf% OvylYIn riLOOVyr^O-~SIMPLEorCOMPOUND. |p 7h 7|| ;'.i^OCIf :DRILL^-s|AM iHElANADIAiRAND DRILLlCOMPAlM R0SSLHND, b. e. GREENWOOD, B. e. ~ vj7^^;-h4;;:^ g7-ii»liife^E(;^'-'hh- '. : . • .- '■- • '< " ■ ■ - : ,g. • - --;■■''■ R/SDOM /R#/V WOkKlS CABLE: RISDON'S CODES: A.B.C MOREINQ <£ NEAL. LIEBERS, WESTERN. UNION. QOLLV DREDQINQ §n/rcniNERY. S4W FffyH/VO/i&f , C/f0 U. S. A. "$jffl£ pEQUIPrfN^g OF niNElS \mM&$ WRITE FOR OUR SPECIAL CATALOGUES. InlEE COPPER OOI SMELTING W0RKS -HT- LMDYSMITH :~^ma^msf>nhi einr'tV'. r'vSM^ CLERMONT LIVINGf TC|j, Manager. NORTHVESTERN SMELttlNG AND HHHU Buyers of Gold, Silver and Copper Ores, Matt€f|, Bullion, Furnace and Cyanide products, -]a^| LOCATION OF WORj^LS Crofton, Vancouver Island,irfc. Published by the B. C. Record, Ld. Printed by T. R. Cusack, Victoria. Canada. This Month I! THE NEW COMPRESSORS OF THE GRANBY COMPANY AT PHOENIX, REDGING IN B.C. (Illustrated.) VOL. X. AUGUST, $903. No. .8 1e HiNTONllECf ic Company, ;|SSctric Motors. Blowers. Motors. Fans. Dynamos. ^M^^: Mining Apparatus. WlllrORIAlBlc. • • Electrical Construction ■y-.a^and Supplies.M ■« VANCOUVER, B. C, OMLDI^EIIi BROS. C0| §|1§M15 Jac&On St., SEATTLE. 1746-1748 j^cific Ave^ TACOMA. MINING, CANN0NG$ SAWIV.JLL and HYDRAULI# ilVEAlJHiNailY MERCHANTS! ^4gen^t^^RanCJ3rill Co.; Hendrie & Bolthoff Mfg. Co.; ^st<>na Iron Works, Pfe^^^^^1^- Co-> A- S. Cameron ^ettm Pump Works; Cassels Automatic.Water MotoFCo., etc. 5fe|f; e-;^e?iiK»^t'&'i^plete stock of;H^i|'ting Engines, fiStn'pressOr^ Prills and Port^^ ^^K|^:|^-Jed on the Pacific Coast, l*i*&l& lliejltonriniori pTire Rop|fGo.,pLid. MONTREAL, CANADA ^^Sinufacturers of All Classes and Kinds of WIRE ROPES FOR ALL PURPOSE^: : Beanches &ANG'S%PATENT WIReJjOPES FOR QQL^IERY AND GENERAL MINING PURPOSES. ches:—Halifax, N.slfSt. John, N.Bf:'Pltawa,^*Mi^R^^^ Man.! Vancouver, B.,C, Nelson and Rossland, B. (PaJR; fA'wa>y;.t- .e. '^''''e^ ,j^e,' mraj ^WW- IF YOU ARE BUILDING 1 HOUM We Carry in Stock the Largest Assortment in Canada of MANTLES I In Oak, Maple, Cherry, Birch, White and FIRE PLACE GRATES ^^^^^ ING F0R FL00RS> HEARTHS, BATHROOMS, Ac. Brass Fenders, Fire Sets, Fire Dogs, Brass Coal Scuttles, &c. PARQUETTE FLOORING. House Hardware in Latest and Best Designs. McLennan, McFeely & Co. Limited WHOLESALE HARDWARE VANCOUVER, B. C. DAWSON, Y. T. Jenckes Machine Company THE FARREL PATENT CRUSHER "Standard ofthe World." In use in all countries and under all conditions. A new catalogue in preparation. Ask for it now. Sherbrooke, Quebec^p ROSSLAND. GREENWOOD FRIED KRUPP GRUSONWERK (Madgeburg-Buckau Germany.) niNINQ riAClilNERY ORE CRUSHING: Stone Breakers of Especially Strong construction. Roller Mills, Chilian Mills, Ball Mills, for dry and wet crushing—more than 1,800 at work. Stamp Batteries—Shoes and Dies of Krupp's Special Steel* AMALGAMATION: Amalgamation Tables and Pans, Las- r'io's Gold Amalgamators, Settlers, &c Separation and Concentration-Separators, Exhausters, Hydraulic Classifiers, Percussion Tables, Jiaaers, Rotating Round Tables. LEACHING PLANT. COMPLETE GOLD ORE DRESSING PLANT (a) For treating by the Wet Method with Stamp Batteries, Amalgamation and Concentration. (b) For Dry Testing by Ball Mills, Dust Extraction and Leaching. COAL WASHING PLANT—Large Testing Station for Crashing and Dressing Ores at .Siaf.'h ihe Works. AGENTS: For CANADA—Jas. Vf\ Pyke & Co;/35.St.'Francois Xavier Street, Montreal For the UNITED STATES—Thos. Prosser & Son, 15 GoldStreet, New York For MEXICO—Pablo Bergner, Apartado 549, Mexico^ For SOUTH AFRICA—United Engineering Company/flltd., P.O. Box 399, Johannesburg, S. A|M THE MINING RECORD. ELEVATORS AND CONVEYORS. C M. PINCKARD, President. E. L. EYRE, Vice-President. VULCAN IRON WORKS Manufacturers of VULCAN DOUBLE-ROPE TRAMWAY. VULCAN ROPEWAY, (Single Rope System.) HHee, 505 Mission St., Works, cor. Kearny and Francisco Streets, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. THE ONLY Dredging Chain , with Grit-Proof Articulations Elevator Oredqes for Placer Mining Link Belt Machinery Co., Chicago, U.S.A. C F. IMPORTERS OF Portland Cement, Scotch Firebricks and Fireclay, Calcutta Ore Sacks and Burlaps, Wire Rope (Agents for W. B. Brown & Co., Ld., England), Lubricating Oils. We carry large stocks and quote lowest prices. Sole agents for the district for the celebrated "Valvoline" Cylinder and Machine Oils, HhHPR Steel Rails to Import. WHARF—Heatley Ave., Vancouver. 151 Hastings St. W., Vancouver, B. C. and Liverpool, England II. THE MINING RECORD. ASSAYERS' SUPPLIES AND ENGINEERING INSTRUMENTS. G-OODYEAR RUBBER CO. R. H PEASE, President and Manager. Rubber Belting, Packing and Hose " Crack Proof" and "SnagProof." PURE RUBBER MINING BOOTS, RUBBER CLOTHING, MACKINTOSHES, OIL CLOTHING. 573, 575, 577 & 579 Market Street, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 73 & 75 First Street, PORTLAND, OREGON. The B. C. Assay and Chemical Supply Co., Limited. Directlmporters of assayers' and Mill Supplies Headquarters for Laboratory Apparatus of all kinds, Bohemian Chemical Glassware, C. P. Acids, Potassium Cyanide and Quicksilver Sol e agents in British Columbia for Morgan Crucible Co., Battersea, hngland; V. W. Braun & Co's Patent Cary Furnaces. Burners, etc.; W. Ainsworth & Sons' Fine Balances Write for our prices ADDRESS 733 Pender St., Vancouver, B. 6. SS Send for catalogue. Address Elevating-Conveying Power, Transmission, Screening, Crushing, Coal Mining, Coal and Rock Drilling, Coal Washing Machinery and Electric Locomotives. The JEFFREY MFG. CO., COLUMBUS, O., U S.A. A* Van Der Naillens' School of Practical, Civil, Mining, Electrical Mechanical Engineering. Surveying, Architecture, Drawing and Assaying, Cyanide, Chlorination, Metallurgy. Assaying of ores, $25; Bullion and Chlorination Assay, $25; Blow Pipe Assay, $10; Full Course of Assaying, $50. Established 1864. Open all year SEND FOR CIRCULAR. 113 FULTON STREET, One Block West of City Hall, SAN FRANCISCO. MADE IN VICTORIA, ENGRAVINGS and ETCHINGS The Cuts used by the Mining Record are made by us. Halftones and Line Etchings executed on short notice. Samples forwarded on application. BRITISH COLUMBIA PHOTO=ENGRAVJNQ COMPANY, 26 BROAD STREET, VICTORIA, B.C. TIE DENVER FIRE CLAY COMPANY, 1742 to 1746 CHAMPA ST., DENVER, COLORADO PLATINUM REFINERS New York Office: 121 LIBERTY STREET WE are always in the Market for CRUDE OR NATIVE PLATINUM. BAKER & CO. NEWARK, N. J. r- THE MINING RECORD. CABLES, PUMPS, ETC. III. ESTABLISHED' IS5 7 OF EVERY DESCRIPTION L^WIRB ROPE y^°RMINES, QUARRIES, j^ELEVATOR^S ETC, "AER^tewiRE ROPE WTMMmms i^^^^SND»UBli|^OPEh CHICAGO, ILLS.||plEW.' YOHK^^^jM FjWNCIS5pj^ " ^^Cm7\2S '*^m^^^ pSP^iwr lllllilil£^ tramway:, at theISlta MiN^^^^^^ibE^^M mg MACHINERY For every possible duty is manufactured by the- GEO. E. DOW Pumping Engine Co'y SAN FRANCISCO, CAL We illustrate one of our mine station pumps adapted for handling gritty water from deep mines SEND ROR CATALOGUE* "^mxmmsi^g^mms^^m&e^^ia^^^mmis^^^^^sm ^j^s^ifi^mSSS^I^SS^Sk^^^lS^^^ TM SMITH-VAILE STEAM PUMPS Are built with special re'erence to perform the service for which they are intended with a minimum use of steam. We Build Steam, Power and Electrical PUMPS for Every Possible Duty. Victor Turbine Water Wheels. Air Compressors' and Filter Presses. If interested, address THE STILLWELL-BIERCE & SMITH-VAILE CO., 293 Lehman St., DAYTON, OHIO, U.S A ■^^s^msmm^^^^n'^sm^mg!^^ IV. THE MINING RECORD. HYDRAULIC PLANTS, PUMPS, ETC. CABLE HOIST-CONVEYORS MANUFACTURED BY The Th Co.i Trenton, N. J. Engineers and Contractors and sole licensees in North America for the Bleichert System of Wire Rope Tramways; also Wire Rope Equipments for Surface and Underground Haulage, Etc. Illustrated book upon application. New York Office—Cooper, Hewitt & Co., Burling Slip. Chicago Office—1114 Monadnock Building. Denver Office—R. D. Seymour, Manager, 1711 Tremont Street. VANCOUVER ENGINEERING WORKS, Ltd., —-ENGINEERS. Agents for Northey Co., Ltd., Atlas Engine Works, Laurie Engine Co., Buffalo Forge Co.. Medart Pulley Co., J. C. McLaren Belting Co., Goulds Manufacturing Co. ST6SK IN YaNeoUYBR F©R IMMEDIATE DELIVERY BOILERS. Vertical Tubular. Vertical Tubular, 100 lbs. 100 lbs. 100 lbs. 150 lbs. pres- 6 in. x 6 in., are working One Locomotive Marine, 1^5 lbs. pressure; will steam 14-in. x 72-in. engine. Two 66 x 16 Horizontal Tubular, 120 lbs. pressure. Two 60 x 16 Horizontal Tubular, 115 lbs. pressure. Two 48 x 14 Horizontal Tubular, 120 lbs. pressure. One 42 x 14 Horizontal Tubular, 105 lbs. pressure. One 25-h.p. Vertical Tubular, pressure. One 15-h.p, pressure. Two 7-h.p. pressure. One Locomotive Marine, sure, S.H. 150-h.p. One Scotch Marine 4 ft. 120 lbs. pressure, S.H.* All pressures given pressures. ENGINES. One 10-in. x 15-in. Fraser & Chalmers Automatic Slide Valve. One 9-in. x 14-in. Laurie High Speed One 8-in. x 12-in. Laurie High Speed. One 7-in. x 10-in. Laurie High Speed. One 8-in. x 8-in. Laurie Rival Horizontal One. 7-in. x 8-in. Laurie Rival Horizontal One 6-in. x 6-in. Laurie Rival Horizontal One 5-in. x 6-in. Laurie Rival Horizontal One 7-in. x 7-in. Nagle Vertical. One set 14 x 72 Stern-Wheel S.H. One set 7 x 36 Stern-Wheel S.H. HEATERS. One 30-h.p. Laurie. Two 40-h.p. Laurie. One 50-h.p. Laurie. One 60-h.p. Laurie. One 100-h.p. Laurie. One 125-h.p. Laurie. Two 50-h.p. Heaters, S.H. *S. H. means second hand. PUMPS. Two 3x15/2x3 Northey Duplex. Six 3x2x3 Northey Duplex. Five 4^x234x4 Northey Duplex. Seven 5J4X3J^X6 Northey Duplex. Six 6x4x7 Northey Duplex. One 734x4^x6 Northey Duplex. One 754x5x6 Northey Duplex. " One 5; '4x4 2x6 Tank Pump Duplex. Three 454x314x4 Tank Pump Duplex. One 5/^x314x7 Q. P. Plunger Pump. Two 4J4x4j4x6 O. P. Plunger Pump. Two 4x2%x5 O. P. Plunger Pump. One 7x3^x12 Northey Sinking Pump. Two 6-in. Iron Horiztl Gould Centrifgl. Two 5-in. Iron Horiztl Gould Centrifgl. One 4-in. Iron Horiztl Gould Centrifgl. One 3j4-in. Iron Horiztl Gould Centrifgl One 3-in. Iron Horiztl Gould Centrifgl! One Northey Horiztl Centrifgl No. 5. One Northey Horiztl Centrifugal No. 6. Two 8-in. Centrifugal Belt Driven, S.H. One 12-in Centrifugal Belt Driven,.. S.H. One 18-in. Centriugal Belt Driven, S.H One 4-in. Centrifugal Direct Connected to 4-in. x 4 in. engine. One 3x2x3 Duplex Snow, S.H. One 4-in. x 6-in.Knowles Electric Sinking Pump with 15-h.p. 500 volt motor. BUFFALO BLOWERS. 2 No.i Blower with affixed countershaft 2 N0.2 Blower with affixed countershaft 3 No. 3 Plain with 4% in. outlet. 2 No. 4 Plain with 5% in. outlet. 4 No. 5 Plain with 554 in. outlet. 2 No. 6 Plain with 6y in. outlet. 1 No. 7 Plain with 754 in. outlet. HOISTS. One 8x10 Double Cylinder S. D. Hoist grooved for 34 wire. One 6x8 Double Cylinder S. D. Hendrie & Bolthoff Hoist. Two 5x5 Vertical Hoists. "Th RAILS. 100 tons 12 lb. Rails with Plates. 75 tons 8 lb. Rails with Plates. 3 tons 5-16 x 3 Track Spikes. 4 tons % x 3 Track Spikes. WATER WHEELS. 1 pair 8 in. Twin Boss Water Wheels. 1 pair 16 in. Twin Boss Water Wheels. 1 Pelton Wheel 48 in. MINING MACHINERY. 1 Classifier 2ft. x 4ft.—1*4 in. openings. 1 Classifier 6ft. x 20 ft.—ij^in. openings- 1 F. & C. Ore Sampler, complete. 1 B. F. Co. No. 9 continuous shears. 1 Dpty No. 5 size A hand-power punch. 1 Champion Upright self feeding drill, No. 7, with pulley and 1 set drills . (12) y in. to 1 in. inclusive. 1 Fairbanks No. 2268 R.B. Depot Scale. 1 Howe No. 144 Wheelbarrow. 2 Trommel sizers 3ft x 9m. complete with housings and screens in three sections. 1 Belt-driven Challenge Ore Feeder, complete. Two 3-section Classifiers 66-in x 106-in." compleie. 2 sets 24m. x 14 geared rolls complete with manganese steel shells. 1 set 24m. x 14 belt rolls complete with manganese steel shells. 1 set 9m. x 9in. belt rolls with pulley and belt to drive. 1 i6in. F. & C. Copper Coil Heater. 6 Extra Sections covering for Classifiers, No. 18 English standard gauge steel 3-2 m.m. and 3-3 m.m rd. holes rolled burr inside to 36 in. c. 1 Single Comp. Slide Jig "ironwork only, complete with brass screens and gank rods. One 2-in. Comp. Slide Jig, ironwork only, complete with brass screens and gank rods. Eight 4-Comp. Automatic & Hyde Hartz Jigs, ironwork only, complete. We carry a large stock of plate from 16 gauge to yA in., boiler tubes from \y2 in. to 4 in., shafting, leather and rubber beltinsr, angle-iron from 1 in. x 1 in x 3-16 to 4 in. x 4 x y2 in., bar ironi (all sizes), valves, fittings, etc. THE MINING RECORD. V. GENERATORS AND MOTORS. SHARPENER Should be in use in every mine where 10 or more power drills are in use. A Money, Time and Labor-Saving Device. Shapes, Sharpens and Shanks New Drills, Re-Shapes and Sharpens Used Drills, Makes Excellent Welds. Three drills made in the time formerly required to make one by hand. Makes PERFECT BITS, and they are all uniform in size and clearance. The bit is always made in exact right angles to the shank. Reduces coal consumption. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. The Hendrie & Bolthoff Manfg and Supply Co. Denver, Colo., U. S. A. VI. THE MINING RECORD. BENNETT'S FUSE CROWN BRAND THE KING OF FUSES The WHITE COUNTERED GUTTA PERCHA FUSE is the POPULAR FAVORITE in the mines of British Columbia, Australia,, the Transvaal, and the World over. Beware of Spurious Imitations Made to Catch the Unwary. HOLMAN | BROS. CAMBORNE, 1 CORNWALL Manufacturers of Boilers, Air Compressors, Mining Machinery The Holman! Pate Roe Specially Adapted to B. C: Mining. Awarded GoldJMedal Greater Britain Exhibition Drill Awarded Gold Medal CHARLES SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND, Manufacturers of Drill Steels, Best Refined Cast Steel Files, and Rasps, Steel Axles, Wheels and Cranks. Rails and Fish Plates made to any specification. Steel Plates, etc. Stamp Mill Dies and Shoes. | f ROWLAND MACHIN 5 Yates St., VICTORIA, B. C. | General Agent for Canada. For all lines excepting Steel Rails.of 30 lbs. per yard and upwards, with their relative accessories. THE MINING RECORD. VTL MISCELLANEOUS MACHINERY, ETC. FAIRBANKS j Renewable Asbestos Disc Globe Valves made of Best Steam Metal, used by Largest and Most Modern Plants in Canada. § Try one and be convinced. Our stock of Pipe and Fittings is Complete. . We quote Low Prices and Ship Promptly. Catalogue upon application. A NKS COMPANY 153 Hastings Street, Vancouver, B. C. (Eau to 11 Worl The only plant in the United States devoted exclusively to the manufacture of steel for Mining and Railroad construction. Canton Brands are Hammered, not Rolled, and sold under GUARANTEE. mm Equal to , Jessop or Firth's Steel *W in Rock Work. Will find the Steel List published by eRNT©N STEEL e©'Y, DENVER, C0LO., contains much information which will prove]© interest. Mailed upon application. McLennan, McFeely & Qo., Agents for YHNe©UYER, b. e. AERIAL WIRE ROPE TRAI SINGLE and DOUBLE ROPE SYSTEM For trans porting ore, fuel, earth, sue? r cane, e»c, by wire rope Simple, Economical, Practical, Durable. Loads Mechanically, Dumps Automatically CABLEWAYS. INCLINE PLANES. LOGGING BY CABLES. TRANSMISSION BY WIRE ROPE. CABLE GRIPS. AUTOMATIC LOADERS. Plowing, Scraping and Transporting by Wire Ropes, Designed, Supplied and Erected. Estimates Furnished. Improved GRIP PULLED Patents Nos. 483,442; 610,353. Effective, Simple, Automatic. SAVES WEAR on^WIRE ROPE and CABLE. Send for Illustrated Pamphlet. Correspondence Solicited. Hallidie-Painter Tramway Co. Successors to CALIFORNIA WIRE WORKS. 46-48 Fremont St., San Francisco, California. I ii 11 1 111 VIII. THE MINING RECORD. The JAMES COOPER MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. MONTREAL, P.Q. Manufacturers of INGERSOLL=SERGEANT MACHINERY, Rock Drills, Straight Line, Duplex, and Corliss Air Compressors. Complete nine Equipment of All Kinds. Agent for STANDARD DIAMOND DRILL CO) R. A. C. McNALLY, Rossland, British Columbia. Catalogue and Details on Application to) FRANK DARLING, Molson's Bank Building, Vancouver, B.C. Send for Catalogues and Specifications. Canliffe & McMillan, Agents at Rossland Vancouver Engineering forks, Vancouver, B. 0. THE 962 King St. Subway. The Northey Gas and Gasolene Engine;cheap, safe and handy. Send for booklet. | The Brackman &, Ker Milling Co., Ltd. ¥ Manufacturers of the Celebrated A Facilities Unequalled for Supplying the West with 4» the Best Quality of fS Grain, Hay or Mill Feed. .W ROLLLD OATS 1 X X xl (Registered.) X Victoria. Nelson. •** Vancouver. Rossland. X New Westminster. Strathcona. Unequalled in the World. | BOYD, BURNS & e Plumbing and Engineering lies and Ship Chandlery. Iron and Brass Pipe and Fittings, Boiler Tubes, Injectors, Oil Cups, Lubricators, Asbestos Board, Sectional Covering and Asbestos Cement, Leather, Rubber and Link Belting, Wire and Manilla Rope, Paints and Oils, Chain, Spikes, Loggers' Supplies, Sheet Iron and Other Metals. 51-55 Hastings Street and 342 Water Street , VANCOUVER, B.C. The Mining Record VOL. X. AUGUST, J903. No. 8 BRITISH COLUMBIA MINING RECORD Devoted to the {lining Interests of the Pacific Northwest. PUBLISHED BY THE BRITISH COLUMBIA RECORD, LIMITED H. MORTIHER LAMB, Hanaging Editor. Victoria, B. C, Office, Province Building. Vancouver, P. W. Charleson, Hastings Sc. London Office: 24 Coleman Street, E. C, Denver, Col.: National Advertising Co. San Francisco: Dake's Agency. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: Canada and the United States, one year ■ Great Britain and Foreign, one year - ■ Advertising Rates on Application. $2.00 ■ $2.50 Address all communications to The Managing Editor, B. C. Record, Ltd., P. O. Drawer 645, Victoria, B. 0. THE MINING OUTLOOK. SEVEN months of the present year have passed, but it can hardly be said that the period has been marked by any very notable progress of or developments in the mining industry of the Province. In Boundary District the rate of output has hardly exceeded the average maintained last year; Rossland, however, has done somewhat better; but for the operation of the Tyee mine, the Coast's showing would have been most unsatisfactory; production from the Slocan has fallen to about the level of the 1895 yield; metalliferous mining in East Kootenay has practically ceased; the season in Barkerville has been a dry one; in Atlin floods have caused much damage; and last but not least, coal mining activity has been seriously restricted by disastrous strikes both at the East Kootenay and Vancouver Island collieries. But British Columbians are nothing if not hopeful, and it really seems that with the coming of summer sunshine the clouds that have overhung the industrial horizon should be suddenly dispersed, and that there is again foundation for the belief that the dawning of more prosperous times has already awakened. It has not been the fault of the Boundary, for example, that the showing of the district has not, during the past few months, realized expectations. On the contrary, development has proceeded so far that it would now be no difficult matter for production at twice the present rate to be maintained, provided an adequate ■supply of fuel for the smelters could be depended upon. In an interview'Mr". Tonkin, manager of the Crow's Nest Collieries, stated very definitely the other day, that any cause the local smelters may have had in the past for complaint in respect to the deficiency in the fuel supply, this would henceforward be removed; that the company had now made ample provision to supply the local market with coke; that the output from the collieries was being steadily increased and that since the settlement of the strike in February last amicable relations between the company and the men had been established, and all danger of further labour troubles or complications—at least during the life of the agreement entered into at that time—was entirely remote. Already coke is being delivered much more freely in the Boundary, with the result that all four furnaces at the Granby smelter are for the first time this year in commission, and a second furnace has been blown-in at^ the Boundary Falls works. The Granby Company meanwhile is installing two additional furnaces, and a third is to be added at Boundary Falls, while several hitherto unproductive mines are about to commence the shipment of ore. Altogether, therefore, it may be fairly assumed that prospects in this, section are brighter than they have been for some time past and the effect of generally improved conditions should be shortly apparent. Rossland has, as has been already suggested, made this year a relatively more favourable showing" than any other of the mining districts; but this has been due almost entirely to the satisfactory performance of four large mines. Apart from the fact that but recently operations have been resumed at a number of the lesser developed properties, and that several other mines have entered the productive class, the most sanguine anticipations for the future are entertained concerning the potentialities of the economic treatment of the low-grade ores of the district by the employment of suitable concentration methods. It is expected that the new Elmore plant now being installed at the Le Roi No. 2 will be in commission 728 THE MINING RECORD. early in October, and should this process under practical test give the results promised, or only approximately equal to the results obtained from laboratory experiment, its general application to the treatment of the very large and numerous deposits of ores not only at Rossland, but in many other sections of the Province, where values are not sufficiently high to admit of profitable extraction by present utilized methods, will follow in natural course, and mean very nearly as much to British Columbia, as the demonstration of the uses of cyanide of potassium as a means of recovering values from tailings, had in the case of South African mining. The liberal bounty offered by the Dominion Government on lead ore production has already stimulated industry in the Slocan and East Kootenay, and in the course of the next few months a general revival of mining in the several sections of those districts may be confidently anticipated. The provisions governing, meanwhile, the distribution of the bounty are eminently wise and practical, the Government having clearly recognized the importance of safeguarding the interests of the home smelting industries, by stipulating that the mine-operator in order to earn the bounty on the lead he produces, must, unless receiving special permission or authority to make a departure from this rule, send his ores to Canadian works for smelter treatment. While at the present time relatively few shipments of lead ores are being made to outside smelters, for the reason that local smelting rates are at least no heavier, yet the safeguard is, for obvious reasons, a judicious one, and ensures to two important Kootenay industries a long term of uninterrupted prosperity. Reports from the Nelson, Ymir and Erie districts have of late been altogether favourable. Several additions have quite recently been made to the number of the productive mines and. some of the returns therefrom have been exceptionally high. The very promising new finds on Poplar and other creeks in the Duncan-Lardo country are likely. to cause further exploration and a considerable investment of capital in a district the richness of which has been long suspected; although by reason of the inaccessibility of the region—a drawback no longer experienced— no very determined effort has been put forward ere this to prove the value of the discoveries. Again, in the Fish Creek and Camborne area the development of free-milling quartz veins carrying good values is most satisfactorily proceeding, and if this progress is maintained, the designation, the "Cripple Creek of B. C," recently given to the camp by one enthusiastic mine-operator there, may soon be shown to be far from inappropriate. Several important installations of machinery are also being made at Trout Lake mines, production from which is steadily increasing; important hydraulic mining developments are taking place in the Big Bend; in Kamloops arrangements have been completed for the operation of the two principal properties on a large scale; and there is decidedly greater evidence of activity in Nicola and the Similkameen. On the Coast, the outlook is now better than it has been for years. The Tyee mine at Mount Sicker is at length in a position to earn substantial dividends ; operations have been resumed at the Lenora; the Texada mines are making regular shipments; the Britannia mine at Howe Sound is shortly to be extensively operated and other promising claims in the vicinity developed, and the adjustment of the labour troubles at Ladysmith has greatly .stimulated coal mining activity on Vancouver Island. While it is true that conditions in Cariboo this year have not been altogether favourable and the season is likely to be a short one, the yields so far have not been unsatisfactory, and the aggregate returns should not at any rate fall below those of last year. In other placer fields fair progress is being made, reports from Atlin in particular being on the whole encouraging. . In brief, conditions throughout the country have in a most extraordinary manner suddenly and spontaneously improved, so much so that instead of the outlook being, if not lowering, at least, far from assuring, the entire situation has changed to one of bright promise. The custom followed by some mining companies of periodically publishing detailed reports of operations, while doubtless commendable from one point of view, may not be always in the interests of shareholders. The shareholder naturally desire to be kept properly and regularly informed concerning the operation of the property in which his money is invested; but it is obviously preferable that the necessary information should be general in character, rather than rendered so comprehensive as to be incomprehensible to the non-technical public, but extraordinarily useful and valuable to business rivals or competitors. Hence, we think, no objection can be taken to the determination arrived at by the directors of the Le Roi Company, to discontinue in future the publication, of the customary detailed reports supplementing the monthly cablegrams of the general manager. Notification of this decision is conveyed in -a circular letter issued to shareholders, with the explanation that the publication of the detailed reports has resulted in the "company's business of purchasing customs ores being already badly handicapped by permitting its THE MINING RECORD. 729 rivals to have full information concerning its affairs, though itself quite in the dark as regards similar information concerning other companies." Moreover, in respect to mining costs and the profits realized from month to month, the information heretofore given places the transportation companies in the position of "knowing the utmost that they are able to charge, and the company able to bear, in the shape of freight rates." So impressed, in fact, have the directors become with the idea that "silence is golden," that they have further decided to discontinue the practice of handing to the financial press the monthly cables for publication, and propose instead to communicate the information so received to individual shareholders by post-card. This latter course, however, appears to us to be carrying the matter rather far, and its advisability even may be called into question. By the publication of the reports in the financial press important information would be made known to (say) a shareholder in Glascow, almost as soon as it would be conveyed to a shareholder in London, and both would have an equal opportunity should' occasion arise to take advantage of their common knowledge. But by the post-card system the Londoner would manifestly be at an advantage. A London contemporary, the B. C. Review, by the way, objects to this proposed innovation on the grounds that "in view of the present state of the British Columbian market *. * * it is hardly calculated to restore the confidence of investors," and proceeds to remark that "shareholders and the market generally are already asking themselves the question, are these bona tide pleas, or merely plausible excuses for withholding information, which, if divulged, would show that the payable ore in the mine is rapidly being exhausted." In other words, according to this authority, the Le Roi shareholders suspect their Board of Directors and the General Manager to be scoundrels. The mining community in British Columbia has every confidence in the integrity and ability of Mr. McMillan, the managing director, and of Mr. Parrish, the general manager, of the Le Roi. Both are men of affairs, and their concern is to put the mine in a position to earn dividends, without regard to the effect the adoption of any present policy with that ultimate object in view may have on the buying or selling price of shares on the London market. If the shareholders of the Le Roi are not a parcel of fools they will leave the affairs of the mine in the hands of men who know what they are about, and to whom their business has been entrusted. It was reported early last month that nearly fifty prospectors had met in Nelson for the purpose of forming a Prospectors' Union with the object of doing away "with the frauds now being perpetrated in connection with assessment work, and to arrange an equitable scale of recompense for developing claims." It is charged that in Nelson and other Kootenay towns there are men who for the sum of $25 will agree to do. what they will afterwards swear represents an assessment of $100 worth of work. Whether this movement at Nelson will ertd in anything practical being achieved in that district in the direction indicated, or whether it be eventually concluded that the practice of making an affidavit that the work required under the provisions of the Mineral Act has been done when as a matter of fact it has not been done, at least not to the value required, is so common that one association can do little or nothing to remedy a state of affairs that is notoriously prevalent, remains to be seen. It is doubtful, though, whether anything effective will be accomplished so long as the Provincial Government, or the department of it suppose to take cognizance of mining matters, persists in ignoring what is well known in most mining districts, viz., that it is by no means infrequent for false affidavits to be made by those upon whose sworn statements certificates of work or certificates of improvements are granted. At times a claim owner makes an affidavit in good faith knowing that he has paid the requisite amount of money to have the work done, but sometimes it happens that he has not seen for himself that it' has been done—only accepted the assurance of the man he paid that he had faithfully carried out his undertaking to do a fair assessment. Time and again one owner faithfully living up to the law sees that the owner of a neighbouring mineral claim scamping his assessments is able to get his certificate of improvements without any question as to his bona tides. The honest owner should not be expected to turn informer against his dishonest neighbouring owner, nor should he be encouraged to similarly scamp his assessment. No doubt there are difficulties in detecting the frauds referred to since it is not the particular duty of any official to keep a • check on assessment work done, but at least it should be insisted upon that no general statement of work will suffice, but a fully detailed statement of work done giving measurement, days and dates worked, and rate per day worked. This at least would in some measure give a basis for a prosecution for perjury if it could be shown- that work was not so done. Men are generally more afraid of swearing to particulars that can be checked than to general statements that admit of equivocation. The present system certainly admits of fraud, so it as. certainly should be altered. 730 THE MINING RECORD The Tyee is now the only British Company operating in this country whose shares are quoted on the London Stock Exchange at a substantial premium, •and yet so far it has not distributed a penny in dividends. The company's affairs, however, have—except during a relatively brief space when some rather costly mistakes were committed—been most ably and honestly administered from the first, and the high estimation in which the undertaking is now held is entirely justified. Had the same methods been employed and the same wise policy followed in the case of the many British-owned mines in the. Kootenays whose prospects were more brilliant at the start than those of the Tyee, and which were brought out under much more favourable auspices, but which to-day occupy either doubtful positions or no position at all, British Columbia as a mining country would be now held in very different esteem in London. But it is proverbially useless to lament over milk once spilt, and much more to the point to congratulate ourselves on the fact that a better state of affairs now prevails and that without so far as we are aware an exception, the British-administered companies still remaining in the field are being managed with a -show of some degree of capacity and judgment. The Tyee company may, nevertheless, be taken as a model in several important respects, some of which may be enumerated as follows. The superintendent—a graduate by-the- way, of a Canadian university—in charge of the mine is a local man and thoroughly conversant with local conditions and requirements; consequently,v not having the disadvantage of (say) a South African experience, he has known at once what to do, and has done it; the smelter was built and is operated by a metallurgist of the highest professional standing-, having also special knowledge of local conditions and as a result the plant is one of the best arranged and most economical in the West; the company's business in Canada is looked after by a resident managing director, likewise a local man, this again being a departure from the usual mode of procedure in referring all matters big or little to a board of generally ignorant wiseacres in London ; appointments to responsible positions have, so far, been-made upon considerations of capacity and competence only, and not on account of the applicant being second cousin to a director's or large shareholder's wife's sister; the company has ignored the stock market and run the mine as a "business proposition"; there has been no disposition to declare dividends before the mine was sufficiently equipped or developed to be placed on a regularly profit-earning footing; and a dozen other instances of the capable manner in which the undertaking has been. managed might be cited. Two more recent examples should indeed be mentioned; one in respect to the complete system of insurance, policies having been taken out against loss not only by fire, but covering accident to machinery or the stoppage of work from other causes; and the other, the wise provision of the ' directors in dealing with the development and commission accounts, together amounting to £55>3i:r> which it is proposed to write off in five years, by setting aside every year during that period before dividends are paid a sum equal to a fifth of the whole. Which is a distinctly business-like and sensible arrangement. The B. C. Exploring Syndicate, operating the Iron Mask mine at Kamloops, should be congratulated on the tentative agreement that has been made with the Ashanti Lands, Ltd., to supply the working capital required to adequately equip the property and place it upon a profitably productive footing. The completion of the arrangement depends on the report of an engineer, who is to make an examination shortly in behalf of the Ashanti Company. But from our knowledge of the property, and from the reports made by Capt. Argall—to whose care and skilful management, by-the-way, the Syndicate owes a very great deal—there can be no question but that the Ashante Lands will be quite content to find the money on the present showing, and the Iron Mask should soon in consequence commence a most respectable profit- earning career. It i"s thought, meanwhile, that a suitable method of treating the ores locally may be found in the Elmore process, but in any case the establishment of reduction works on' the spot is. contemplated. In this connection a correspondent of the B. C. Review calls attention to rather a bad "break" made by the charman of the Syndicate at the recent London meeting. This gentleman is reported to have remarked: "Whereas six months ago we were anxious to find out whether we had enough stuff in sight to warrant our putting up a smelter, we are now anxious to erect only a reducing or concentrating plant to produce concentrates, which will become a marketable commodity. Fortunately for us, our ore is a perfect self-fluxing ore; that is, it possesses all the ingredients, such as lime and other quantities (sic) that smelters require; and'we therefore know that if we could get a large quantity of concentrates on hand we should find a ready market for it at remunerative rates." Here, points out out our contemporary's correspondent, the chairman seems to be entirely unaware of the fact that although they may have a self-fluxing ore as it comes from the mine, yet the very act of THE MINING RECORD. cencentration robs it of this quality, and may make it not a whit more desirable to a smelter than any other ore. His remarks about smelters and concen- centrators show an equal lack of accurate knowledge. The relative value of smelting per se, and of smelting preceded by mechanical concentration, cannot be determined in the off-hand way adopted by him. It, requires careful experiment and calculation." All of which is very true, only as even an exact and lucid statement of the case would doubtless have conveyed no more meaning to the other gentlemen present on this occasion, who were probably quite content so long as nothing disagreeable was told them, no great harm was done. The Syndicate is very wise in leaving* technical matters largely in the hands of its • technical representative. found to have been exaggerated, it is very nearly as important that this also should be shown. Satisfactory reports continue to be received of the new discoveries at Poplar Creek, but so far none 01 these reports, that we are aware, have emanated from sources that could be regarded as official or authoritative. The field may and doubtless does embrace a large area of exceptional richness and promise, and on those grounds an early official corroboration of the news spread by prospectors and less responsible persons is very much to be desired. Probably none of the Departments of the Provincial Government require re-organization to the degree of the Mines' Department, which at present we feel impelled to say, is exceedingly inefficiently and unsystem- atically administered. The Annual Report of the Department is largely valueless by reason of the tardiness of its appearance, while absolutely no attempt is made to supply the public with information beyond this. If no better state of affairs had previously prevailed, possibly existing deficiencies would not be so glaringly apparent; but if it were possible to organize an efficient system of work such as was in force half a dozen years ago, why not now, or why should that system have not been continued? The Provincial Mineralogist passed through Nelson the other day on his way to East Kootenay. East Kootenay is a very important field, but at the moment there is nothing there requiring the immediate presence of this official. On the other hand, Poplar Creek is no great distance from Nelson, and it is in the interest of the public that early official information on Poplar Creek should be procurable. If Poplar Creek and the adjacent territory is as rich as is supposed, a confirmatory report by the Provincial Mineralogist published in the form of a Bulletin and largely circulated would have a considerable affect in interesting outside capital in the new discoveries; if the reports were Bulletin No. ii, issued by the Bureau of Provincial Information and embracing a general review of Mining in British Columbia, should prove a very useful publication. The demand for Bulletin No. 7, published last January, and containing similar information, was such that the whole issue of 2,500 copies was exhausted in thirty days. The Secretary of the Bureau, Mr. R. E. Gosnell, points out that "these bulletins are not intended to, and do not, cover common ground with the Minister of Mines' Annual Report. They are. intended to give a more or less popular description of mining conditions in the Province as a whole, at the same time dealing with each district separately; whereas the Minister of Mines' Report is technical, describes individual properties, and deals more particularly with the current year's developments. One is for general and the other for particular information." In the bulletin now under notice Mr. Gosnell has assembled much information, including important additions to that- given in the earlier bulletin. He has gathered the matter from the Minister of Mines' Report, from articles specially contributed to this journal, from valuable papers on topics connected with mining written by men well- informed on their respective subjects, and from whatever other sources yielded suitable material. Tables of statistics showing mineral production and admitting of interesting comparisons being ■ made also appear, and, too, a synopsis of the mining laws of the Province has been added. The whole of the varied information given is contained in a handy-sized pamphlet of 208 pages, which should in a very effective manner serve the useful purpose for which it has been compiled. The June issue of the Dominion Labour Gazette, published by the Department of Labour, Ottawa, contains a fifth and final article on "Labour Organization in Canada—Its Growth and Present Position," this number dealing with labour organization in British Columbia. The statistics were collected several month ago, and, with the stated object of basing the several articles of the series (which began last September) on a common investigation and with reference to a common point of time, admittedly have not been amplified by the addition of unions reported as having since been formed. The descriptive tables show a total number of 161 labour organizations in British Columbia, the most prominent from the point of view of activity in organization being the transport 732 THE MINING RECORD. trades with 37, the building trades with 35, the mining industry with 22, the metal trades with 19, and the fishing industry with 6 unions. It is noteworthy that one half of the unions in conection with the mining industry were organized in the year 1899. Of the other 11 the years 1889, 1890, 1895 and 1898 each saw the organization of one, while 1900 is credited with two, and 1901 with four, the remaining one not being accounted for. The localities in which these unions have been organized are as follows: West Kootenay, 9 (Kaslo, Nelson, New Denver, Rossland, Sandon, Silverton, Slocan City, Whitewater and Ymir) ; East Kootenay, 4 (Fernie, Kimberley, Michel, and Moyie) ; Boundary, 3 (Camp McKinney, Greenwood and Phoenix) ; Kamloops, 1; Vancouver Island 4 (Extension, Ladysmith, Nanaimo and South Wellington) ; and Texada Island, 1. The intention is to publish in the next issue of the Gazette a table showing the total number of unions reported to the department to June 30 of the current year. These particulars are reproduced here as of some interest to those connected with the mining industry of this Province. CASSIAR. (By Clive Phillips-Wolley.) IN the Badminton Magazine for November, 1897, (an English magazine published by Longmans & Green) there occurs an article by the present writer to which the editors have added this note: "This article, the publication of which has been unavoidably postponed, was written early in the year 1895. ^ will be found of special interest at the present time. Not only does the writer foretell the great rush of gold seekers which has since taken place, but he describes the new route to the Klondyke." The editor had bottled up my prophecy -until it had been fulfilled, but I ask some little credence for future prophesies concerning the North, for the sake of this . proved accuracy in the past. Unfortunately my editor was not altogether right in speaking of the new route to the Klondyke, but he was only an Englishman and could not be expected to understand the politics of British Columbia or Canada generally: could not be expected, for instance, to understand that a country would commit suicide for the benefit of its rival and at the suggestion of the party most interested. But that is another story which we may consider later on. At the very outset I find myself in serious difficulty. In speaking of Cassiar, I think that we all meant ten years ago, that district which lies between the Alaskan boundary line and the western edge of Athabasca, between the Skeena and the western limits of British Columbia: that is to say the great northern block of our province of which Dease Lake is the centre, the Stikine River the natural entrance, and the Dease, Stikine, Liard and perhaps the Taku, the natural lines of travel, although, of course, once started from Dease Lake down the Dease and the Liard, an enormous hinterland is open to you which is not Cassiar, but only the unprospected area of which Cassiar keeps the key. Cassiar proper as defined by the authorities, is, I believe, a district lying between the limits to the east and west which I have already assigned to it but extending north and south from the edge of the Comox District in 51 degrees north latitude to 60 degrees north latitude, and containing over a hundred and five millions of acres, and possibly in 1895, one hundred and five white inhabitants. To-day that is all changed. The Klondyke rush took men through the northern districts of our province and though "gold by the bucket" was the bait, the country they passed through was such that the eyes of some of the pilgrims, blind though they were to almost all but their goal, were caught here and there, and as a result Atlin and other camps grew up and Cassiar was re-divided into the mining districts of Bennett, Atlin, Teslin, Stikine and Liard. The whole Cassiar country has been compared by Dr. George Dawson to the Russian province of Vologda, and will, according to him, do as much to sustain a population as that province, but whereas Vologda in 1890 sustained a population of a million, I doubt whether Cassiar contained a hundred white men all told. In 1894 Cassiar was slumbering after her great excitement of 1872. There were perhaps a dozen miners who "holed" up in Wrangel for the winter and went up to their old haunts to wash a little gold in the summer: there were a few traders on the rivers like Call- breath & Hyland at Telegraph Creek: a very few fur traders like Johnny le Montague travelling down the Liard, and of course the one or two officials at' the scattered and unimportant ports of the H. B. Co., but these and a small residue of Chinamen on the creeks of 1872, still washing what the whites had abandoned, and a few thousand Indians, (Sticks trapping on the Stickine or Cascas hunting all over the Arctic slope) made up the whole population of this vast territory. In those days, we hunters, who talked of moose whose heads would measure osier six feet, and beais whose hides would go over ten, were laughed at as those are to-day who venture to believe that there may be some truth in the oft-repeated story of an ibex somewhere up in the Mt. St. Elias country, but since then Mr. A. S. Reed has brought back to Victoria not one but half a dozen specimens of moose heads of the required dimensions and bear skins exceeding our maximum in dimensions and all the hunting world believes in the giants of Cook's Inlet. As it was with the hunters so it was with their comrades, the prospectors. Their stories of a north land richer than Cariboo were laughed at and the suggestions that the matter be looked into and a road built into the new country made by myself and others were disregarded as the foolishness of unreasonable men, but as it was with the game so it was with the gold. At first there was a story afloat that those good fellows Reed and Rufus Sylvester, pioneers and friends of pioneers who keep (or kept, for Sylvester is dead) a store at Wrangel, had grub-staked two prospectors to go North and that these men had come back THE MINING RECORD. 733 and paid, haying their pockets full of dust, the result of their season's work. In 1896, "Bonanza and other creeks were discovered on the Caandian side of the Yukon basin and coarse gold exposed equal to the richest finds, of Cariboo." After that the rush came and everyone now knows how many millions have been taken out and are still being taken out of the country, which in 1894 no one would pay any attention to. Meanwhile a gentleman who had won his spurs as an explorer in the farthest Northwest, had realized with the true instinct of a born traveller, that if the great hinterland of Cassiar which adjoins the Yukon basin was ever to be effectively prospected, it must be prospected from Dease Lake. From Dease Lake the rivers run down towards the Arctic and men who have but a short season in which to prospect, can do more by coming in up the Stickine in May, portaging to Dease Lake, and dropping down stream to the new fields than they could by coming up the Yukon and fighting their way up stream to those same fields. Therefore, to .make such a course easy a railway would be necessary to connect the head of the navigable waters of the Stickine with Dease Lake and therefore Mr. Warburton Pike and his associates applied for and obtained a charter to build from Glenora to Dease Lake, a distance of about eighty miles through a country which is fairly easy in most places. -The charter was a very liberal one on the face of it. The company had a right to select 68 blocks of 10,240 acres each of the unoccupied lands of Cassiar, as an aid to or a reward for building this railway, but it had to find them first in an area of ten million acres covered for the most part with forest and willow brush. The company and its charter were, of course, properly reviled by a certain class which expects foreign companies to spend their money in philanthropic works, and objects to any one else making a good thing out of an enterprise, even if that enterprise benefits the country, but the company has not so far made a good thing out of this charter although it has spent a very large sum of money in its endeavours to do so and has done more to bring men into the country and afford means of transportation and facilities for prospecting than has been done by anything else since the rush of 1872. The fact is the company, in the language of the country, bit off more than it could chew. The time allowed for selection was not long enough and probably it would take a good deal of persuasion to induce the shareholders to make any further effort even if they had time in which to do so. But this charter, and still more, the Mann & Mackenzie charter to build a railway via Teslin Lake to the Klondyke gave Cassiar its second chance of development. For a time the country was full of men: the Stickine alive with steamers: grub obtainable and not much too dear in the country, and pack trains were running in more than one direction. But the old policy prevailed. Mann & Mackenzie were grudged their miles of snow and ice, which may be all gold but have not yet been shown to be so, and the Cassiar Central Railway Company, handicapped financially by the outbreak of the South African war, which almost broke so many English investors, could not build within its time limit, so Mann & Mackenzie and their stores and men and horses trooped out of the country again and the Cassiar Central, having done some grading and a very great deal of exploring and prospecting, ceased to take any very active interest in the district. But some things were proved in the meanwhile. In addition to its railway grading and work of that nature the Cassiar Central Railway Company had done a great deal in the way of opening up trails, exploring for mineral belts, and testing and developing certain mining leases on Thibert Creek, but perhaps the finding and partial opening up of certain copper properties in the MacDame District were of most importance to the public. From one of these, the MacDame Creek ledge, assays were taken, eighteen of which are quoted in the Mining Report for 1900 running in silver, copper and lead. It is not fair to fill this article with quotations, especially as any one interested can refer to the report (pp. 784, 785, etc.) but it may be useful to say that the highest assay in silver was 84 ozs., in copper 11.90 per cent, and in lead 35 per cent. On another ledge assays were obtained as high as 132.16 ozs. of silver and 19.90 per cent, copper; 158.2 silver and 26.65 Per cent, copper and 168 ozs. silver and 33.02 per cent, copper. Of these assays it is stated that the samples were taken very carefully across the whole body of the veins, in order to ascertain the average value of the ledge, and it must be remembered that these were not vendors' assays, but assays which were taken for the company and have only seen light in the Government report. These facts" and such as these go a long way towards establishing the fact that Cassiar is a rich "mineral country and well worthy of further prospecting, but it is a difficult country and one which will never be properly developed until a railway line has been built through it. Mines which would create a furore in Kootenay would not be worth Crown granting in Cassiar today because the cost of transportation would eat up all the profits of the richest ore body which required treatment. Of the hydraulic mines I am not at liberty to say much. Thibert Creek is the only one, to the best of my knowledge, upon which any serious development work has been done. What Mr. Robertson, our Provincial Mineralogist, has been pleased to call "the manager's admirable report" has been submitted to the public in the Mining Report of 1901. Since then the mine has been further equipped and Mr. Pike and his associates have worked unceasingly, but as their object is to take gold out of the gravel and not out of other men's pockets, all that 734 THE MINING RECORD. the public knows or can know is that last year a nasty accident occurred in the shape of a slide which somewhat postponed their harvest, and that year after year they take in the same gang of men and offer no shares for sale. They left again for their mine on May 22nd, and ' those who wish Cassiar well, will wish them good luck. They are at any rate fortunate in retaining the services of Mr. Alexander Hamfield, a practical mine manager whose reports are not the only "admirable" things about him in his business. The earliest days-of Cassiar are, of course, connected with the operations of the H. B. Co., when in 1834 that company tried to make use of the Stickine as a road to the Cassiar fur district. As usual it was fur seekers first and then the gold seekers, just as it was in Siberia and indeed in South Africa, except that in Africa the pioneers were hunters and wing seekers rather than fur trappers. But in 1861 a man named Choquette came wandering through the country with pick and pan and found gold upon the river bars. This brought the first small rush of miners to the country. I believe that some of Choquette's sons are to-day mining in the Klondyke. In 1873 a little Frenchman named Tribert and McCullough found gold upon the streams which run into Dease Lake, having wandered thither from Red River by way of the Liard, trusting for food principally to the fish in the lakes en route. In two years nearly four thousand miners had joined Thibert and McCullough and in all, I believe, that some four and a half million dollars in gold dust has been sent down from Cassiar, but McCullough died of cold and hunger on "the Desert" at the mouth of the Stickine River, almost in sight of Wrangel, and the last time I saw Thibert he was making dog collars for a living. I believe that the hardy old man is still alive and taking his share in the prospecting of the Klondyke. To my mind, the Cassiar country is again upon the eve of a fresh attempt at development. The movement may \ not come this year, but a successful season on Thibert Creek would go far towards causing.an excitement the year following. If it is possible to teach people anything in this world, the people who would be benefited by the creation of a great mining industry in Cassiar, I mean those of the Coast cities who deal in supplies, must have learned that up North, although we have a treasure chest, it costs much to open it, and that those who, like Mann & Mackenzie, are ready to risk the opening must be tempted to do so by terms more generous than those offered to men embarking upon a business certainty. Therefore, perhaps the next people, whoever they may be, who want to gamble upon a railway in the North, will get a shade better offer than their predecessors, and in order to tempt them to try I would call attention in closing this article to the following facts: Contending with very great obstacles and hampered by the lack of all facilities for transportation, the men of the pick and pan took out four and a half million of coarse gold from the creeks of a small portion of Cassiar in the seventies, and any man with eyes in his head can see that the country to-day is littered with quartz float and seamed with great veins of quartz. TrUe, few of these quartz reefs have so far been found rich in gold, but few have been prospected. A sample, here and there has been chipped off for assaying by the passing prospector, but I believe that it is unusual for a quartz ledge to carry gold through its entire length. But on the other hand, if we turn to the miner's guide and friend, Dr. G. M. Dawson, in his "Mineral Wealth of British Columbia," pp. 137 R., we will find that "heavy gold and pellets of silver" were found on the Tahltan; that Dease Creek in 1873 "yielded from $8 to $50 a day to the hand in coarse gold; Thibert Creek yielded coarse gold; Defoe Creek yielded "gold coarse, rough and often full of quartz, large nuugets including one of fourteen ounces," and the Doctor assumes that this gold is "evidently derived from massive deposits of quartz, which occur at the head of the creek." MacDame Creek in 1874 yielded from $6 to $ioo a day of "coarse gold worth $17.75 to $18.00 an ounce. The high and varying value of her gold is characteristic of Cassiar, tne highest in value, I think, being worth $18.25 an ounce. On Snow Creek "the richest single claim in Cassiar—paid for a week 300 ounces for six or eight men. Seventy-two ounces were washed from one pan of dirt in 1876 and "decomposed rusty quartz containing gold" was found on this creek.' Now turn to the same author pp. 50 R. of the same book and you will read:— "Save in a few exceptional cases the occurrence of coarse gold in the old channels may safely be accepted as proving that the original source of the gold is not far off. The distance to which coarse gold travels is, as a rule, very inconsiderable, even in the beds of rapid streams. Additional evidence to the same effect is generally offered by the varying assay value of the gold found on different creeks, or even on different parts of the same creek, and this is often emphasized by the rough uneven character of the gold and the circumstance that it not infrequently still holds imbedded fragments of quartz." The gold in the different creeks in Cassiar runs in assay values from $15.50 on Dease to $18.25 on Ros- ella. We have, then, every indication not only that our creeks and their old channels would pay the hydraulic miner as handsomely in proportion as they paid the "cream skimmers" of 1872, but that the gold in our gravels is a proof that the quartz from which it came is not far off, and I am convinced, though my conviction as a mere amatuer is worth noting unless my reasoning is sound, that when Cassiar has had its fair share of prospecting by men who are experts at the business and when facilities of transportation have' made it worth a man's while to find anything but pure gold, a quartz mining industry will spring up in that country which will do something to compensate the business men of our Coast cities for the wealth they sent to Seattle when Mann & Mackenzie lost their charter. THE MIN IMG RECORD. 735 THE NEW COMPRESSORS OF THE GRANBY COMPANY AT PHOENIX. (By Geo. B. *. ole.) AMONG the recent installations of power plants in British Columbia, the new air compressors of the Granby Consolidated M., S. & P. Co., at Phoenix are noteworthy, and the fact that this is one of the largest plants of its kind in the province, and most modern in respect to both its mechanical and electrical features, are reasons sufficient, perhaps, to justify a somewhat detailed description thereof. Some five years ago a io-drill Canadian Rand air compressor was installed at the Old Ironsides No. I works appeared in a recent issue of the Record) so that, at the present time, electric motors drive the air compressors, which, in turn, supply the motive power for mine pumps and hoisting engines. The new compressors were designed and constructed by the Canadian Rand Drill Co., of Sherbrooke, Que., and the motors were built by the Westinghouse Electric and Mfg. Co., of Pittsburg, Pa. The site of the plant is somewhat east of the present workings, but so located as to be within easy reach of all. Fig. I is a view of Phoenix looking towards the works of the Granby Company. The compressor house is seen to the left of the photo, while the Old Isli tiiflliii M y^iillP s ™ ' *^ ■Hi BK ^'^^^'jijgpy^^g^^&^^S §{§§ 1 m iiiiil '~*jpssa'^17 \V7 ;'-_rii (tii? SS f.V: ffi afigHH JKiiig^lJ:. ■-^SB^di'i -SBs! ^^^fefe^^Ae-i:..-,^:^; v, - fiHB£**i^i2§g£2Bi el^H^ / 5g53§§ g^gl Jh*' ** 7 BSiiiiJiP^sStefcsSSK^^is assp-1 ~* -j^—* BfffiHtjfrrlj Si a*8§£' e>i* ^B V 1 - i 1 > i j JPTh7^^?fii)ggpiJH.^^ 5ap7; 7^^gBWS^S!3^!ffl\^Sa I v ?^J £3^fe?h2 UiM''' tfMBlafci i ■' ia r^,;lliSffifii e ecrsSE8Hi|l ii i i &5gg3s SjSgjj ' '"- ff^iBP 'i.'ipr1 u"" ffi1':: •* £pfeg>. -sSR&sssgaHBKjKS f*^**BS£% a fe |*'J<g> ~*^^if>"grifftt'' ill ^^^^M^i •"-j - - r-~R8mJp ^IgK H^Qffl^^'e^'fab^K r? '' ■.** iCJfS*!?>-j.J!ft"l z -W^'«^E^ ^v^^^kY* ^j^7"^^ *2^3ig <£.<£ ;£.'-':'* j^f^(P^' ■■ -'f :•'* ISft IffiiBi^SftSr^M .7 ^gMfcr1^**' **<£*». is* a? ^^7 77777^7/ 111 || j ??^^Psi, \ x. e£ il! IgZW^i $?S?*jf JS^S*! „ri%U? Photo by J. McRae Knob Hill. Fig. 1. O. I. Shaft House. Compressor Shaft. shafthouse. In. 1900 another io-drill compressor was placed in position at the Knob Hill. Before the installation of the" new plant these two older compressors, hoisting engines and mine pumps were driven by steam. But the supply in the vicinity of timber for fuel purposes was rapidly becoming exhausted, with the result that steam generated power was no longer economical. This fact, together with the large extension of operations at the mines necessitated recently a larger plant and a change in motive power, and electricity was substituted for steam. Power is now supplied to the Granby Company by the Cascade W., L. & P. Co. (an account of whose Ironsides shafthouses Nos. 1 and 2 and the surface workings of the Knob Hill appear on the right. The Knob Hill spur of the C. P. R. passes within a few feet of the building, so that facilities for unloading machinery and supplies are the best. The superstructure of the building is of wood frame and wood construction. The timbers used are 12x14 and the foundations of the building rest on solid rock. In appearance the exterior of the building is plain. The interior is finished in the same style, but the general arrangement of the machinery and fittings make its appearance attractive. The general dimensions of the buildings are 120x60 736 THE MINING RECORD. and the height under roof truss is 20 feet. The floors are of oiled wood, except where foundations of the compressors project about five inches above the floor level. Both compressor and motor foundations are of concrete and rest on solid rock. In the foundations of Photo by J. McRae Fig. 2. compressors, the concrete is 11 feet deep and motors rest on foundations of 7 foot depth. The wheel pits and rope driveways are also firmly lined with concrete. A travelling crane, capacity 20,000 pounds, operated by hand chains, spans one side of the room and travels the whole "length of same. The crane runways ,are supported from the cross beams by heavy iron bolts. A view of the crane may be had from Fig. 5. The crane can be transferred from one side of the room to the other and this, in a short space of time, by means of a small car which travels between the runways of the crane. The motors, two in number, rest on 13 foot square iron bases, which are bolted to the concrete. The height of the motors above the floor is 13 feet 6 inches. Fig. 2, a photo taken when motor was being erected, gives an idea of the size of the revolving part, which is 10 feet in diameter and 24 inches wide. Fig 3. is a view of the primary winding before the revolving part was mounted. Both motors are of the induction, 3-phase, Westinghouse type C. Each is wound for 2,000 volts and 7,200 alternations per minute. The speed is constant at 200 revolutions per minute, and each motor has a capacity of 700-h.p. The drive wheels are 7 feet 8 inches in diameter and 48 inches wide. They are grooved for twenty-one \XA inch ropes. Fig. 4 shows tne motors in position. That on the left is in operation as is seen from the appearance of the rope drive and tightener. Fig. 5, a view taken from the centre and opposite end of the room, shows the two motors, autostarters and switchboards. The well-known device of the Westinghouse Company is used in starting the motors. In connection with the controllers are two auto- transformers which tend to take up any excess of current in the line, until the motor has reached its full speed. When the motor has started, the controller is then thrown on the line.. There are two switchboards, each motor having a separate panel: The third board seen in Fig. 5 is that used for the lighting in the town. There are five instruments on each board—volunteer, three anmeters and a wallrrieter. Directly above the switchboards the lightning arresters, the Westinghouse indoor type are arranged. The compressors are of the tandem duplex air type. The low-pressure cylinders are 28x36 inches and the high-pressure • are 16x36 inches. The low-pressure cylinders are fitted with Corliss inlet valves and poppet discharge valves; the high-pressure cylinders have Photo by J. McRae Fig. 3- spring-inlet valves and poppet discharge valves. Between the low and high pressure cylinders an intercooler is placed. Air is taken in to the low-pressure cylinder at atmospheric and compressed to 25 pounds pressure, at which it enters the high pressure cylinder when it is compressed to 100 pounds. This air Photo by J. McRae The low-pressure cylinders are lubricated from one reservoir, so arranged as to distribute the oil to both ends and also to the centre of the cylinders. Separate lubricators are used for the high-pressure cylinders. Pillow blocks and all moving parts are fitted with showing the condition of the valves and pistons. A gauge board at one end of the room has a high pressure gauge, one high-grade clock, four low-pressure gauges, two revolution counters and one recording end test gauge. A set of thermometers is arranged 738 THE MINING RECORD. on the low and high-pressure cylinders to indicate the effect of the cooling water in the intercoolers. The low-*pressure cylinders are water jacketed around both the cylinders and heads, but the high- pressure has jacketing around the cylinder only. The cooling water passes first through one intercooler, then through a second and finally through the cylinder jackets, which it leaves at 70 degrees Fah. A general view of the compressing engines is given in. Fig. 6, in which the eight cylinders appear with the intercooler on top. The valve movements of the unloading device may be seen on the second half of the the fly-wheel. The distance from centre of motor drive to centre of fly-wheel is 60 feet. This rope drive is arranged with an automatic take-up whereby the tension of the rope is kept constant. The track, some 40 feet in length, for this tightener, rests on an iron frame which is fastened to the floor. Views of this tightening device may be had from Figs. 6 or 7. The tension weight is taken up through the ceiling and cannot be seen from the engine room. In trial tests, the motors were started independently and run for twelve hours. The drive ropes were then put on to connect fly-wheels and motor drives. Each Photo by J. McRae Fig. 7. nearer compressor. Fig. 7 is a view of the engines looking towards the motors. The fly-wheels, one of which is noticed in Fig. 7, are 18 feet 2 inches in diameter and 48 inches wide. Each wheel is grooved for twenty-one ropes of ij^ inch diameter. The wheels make 80 revolutions per minute and the capacity of each motor is 4,220 cubic feet of free air per minute. Each fly-wheel is driven from the motor by an endless rope which runs from the motor drive wheel to compressor was then run light for twelve hours. The load was thrown on the machines and they have been running almost continuously ever since. Indicator cards have been taken from time to time showing the machinery to be in first class conditipn. The readings prove the compressors to be doing all the work the makers claim for them. The motors are doing their work in tne same highly efficient style. This new compressor plant is now one of the sights of Phoenix and any one visiting the camp will not have seen all should the compressor house be missed. THE MINING RECORD. 739 DREDGE MINING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. L (By Wm. M. Brewer, A.M.A.I.M.E., Etc.) EASES for dredge mining on the Fraser, North Thompson and several of the creeks in British Columbia have been a popular acquisition by many syndicates and individuals during recent years. Prospecting work has determined that, especially in the Fraser and North Thompson Rivers, the bedrock carries pay in placer gold in variable quantities. Besides the bedrock, there are also a number of bars on both rivers which cannot be reached by a placer miner, and consequently in order to win the gold which these bars contain dredge mining must be resorted to. At first it was thought that this method of mining would be a very popular one in the province, because it appeared as though there would be practically no difficulties to contend with, except, the rapid current. But practical experience has demonstrated that in dredge mining as well as every other character of mining, it is not all "beer and skittles." In the first place the operators found that a type of dredge machinery such as a suction dredge was useless for the work, because although it could be operated on the sand bars, •yet whenever the bedrock was attacked the results obtained were entirely unsatisfactory. The next character of machinery used was the single dipper as built by the Beattie Dredge Company, of Ontario. One of these was built and operated at Boston Bar about three miles from North Bend on the Fraser River. During 1898 and a portion of '99 this dredge was worked successfully though since that tirhe it has been laid up, but for what reason has never been made public. During the time this dredge was operated, it is reported that the clean-ups were very satisfactory. The next season's attempt at dredge mining was on the Fraser River near Lytton, where an English .company, installed a bucket dredge designed after the same pattern as is used in New Zealand with about 30 buckets working on an endless chain. All the machinery for this plant was brought from England and when set up ready for operating is said to have reached a cost of nearly $100,000.00. Operations have been carried on v^ith it at intervals since its installation in 1900, until last autumn, but during the past winter a serious accident happened, the entire plant sinking to the bottom of the river. During the operations various reports were circulated as to the results obtained and various reasons given why the plant was not kept in continuous operation. The latest attempt at dredge mining was on the N orth Thompson River some' distance from the town of Komloops. The results from these operations have never been made public so far as I know. In addition to the operations already referred to, there have been two or three attempts made to dredge the Fraser River in the vicinity of Lillooet, but up to the present time these have resulted in failure, owing chiefly either to the type of machinery installed or such accidents as losing the plant in consequence of its breaking away from its moorings and being carried down.the stream by the strong current. During the present season, another attempt is to be made in the same locality and Mr. Robert Hamilton, of the Hamilton Manufacturing Company, is now on the ground constructing the plant and installing the machinery. When the product of placer gold yielded by the Fraser River in days gone by is taken into consideration, together with the further fact that prospecting has demonstrated' that the bedrock of the river carries values in paying quantities, it would seem as though operations by dredging should certainly result satisfactorily, and that a considerable quantity of placer gold ought to be won every year by this method of mining, but up to the present time the records show more loss than profit. At frequent intervals one hears of new men coming in who represent themselves as being thoroughly experienced dredge miners, a majority of whom claim to have gained that experience in New Zealand, and several of these were employed in operating the dredge near Lytton. Although the results of these operations were not satisfactory, yet when we take the extracts from the report made by the directors of the company at the meeting held in London in December, 1902, which was reproduced in the recently published Minister of Mines' Report for that year we find much food for thought and reasons for the conclusion that either the machinery or the operators of this dredge were at fault for the poor recovery of gold, which practical tests showed was hoisted from the river and dumped into the revolving screen arranged for the purpose, which in its turn discharged the material on to the tables arranged for saving the precious metal. The following paragraphs are taken from .the report of the directors: "We have an average of the tests from September 29th to the first week in December. The average comes out at 49.50 grains per cubic yard (a grain of gold is worth about 5 cents.) Of course these tests vary very greatly; I find on this sheet that one comes out 21.3, the next 12.63 and another 8.91, but we never had one barren test." "This gives an idea as to the value of the ground being dredged, and there is no reason for thinking that this is an unusually rich bar or portion of the river. Mr. Turner dug a hole in the bar with the dredge and found below nine feet of water that the first two feet below gave 23.62 grains (of gold) per yard; the next two feet, 10.12 grains; and the next six feet is hardly worth working." As to working costs, the chairman said: "At present everything over an average of 20 ounces of gold per week is profit. The gold recovered amounted to £939 ($4,695). We know positively, instead of that representing all the gold we should have recovered, "we have 'chucked' 99 per cent, of the gold we had on board overboard." After looking over the field for dredge mining and taking into consideration the fact that the problem of hoisting the material from the river beds has been solved because both the single dipper dredge installed near North Bend and the buckets on an endless chain which was the type installed near Lytton have both been thoroughly proven in that respect, one is forced to look further for the cause of the unsatisfactory 740 THE MINING RECORD. results which have so far been obtained from this method of mining in British Columbia. From the remarks quoted above from the Chairman's report of the English company operating near Lytton, it is quite evident that at least portions of the river beds carry sufficient values to give very satisfactory results provided these values are saved. Dredging machinery is to be installed in the Atlin District as well as in Lillooet during the present year. The operations will be watched with a good deal of interest, and there is no doubt that if the management have used good judgment in first prospecting the ground as thoroughly as possible before buying the machinery, and next in.having purchased that type of machinery which has already proven its ability to raise the material from the river bed, the operations should result satisfactorily, provided the operators do not make the same mistake as was made by those in charge of the Cobbledick dredge when according to the chairman's testimony only about io per cent, of the gold taken from the river was saved. British Columbia ought to afford great opportunities for the dredge miner, because of the number of rivers and the aggregate mileage along those rivers from which placer gold has been taken in the past by mining with the rocker or sluice-box. There are "the Similkameen, the Tulameen and Granite Creek in the extreme southern portion of the province; the Fraser, North and South Thompson and tributaries of those rivers; the streams in the Omineca and the Cassiar and Atlin Districts. Reference to a map will show that the belt of country which forms the water-sheds of these various streams extends from the extreme south of the province to the extreme north of it, and covers a width which in places is not less than fifty miles. Successful operations by even one company operating anywhere through this belt would undoubtedly be followed by the installation of plants in other portions, but when the past record of dredge mining in this province is considered, it is not at all strange that the industry does not assume greater proportions. THE IRON ORES OF THE COAST. IN a recent issue of the Mining Record this subject was discussed by Mr. W. M. Brewer. The conclusions he arrived at differed in one or two material respects from those of the officials of the Mines Department, a brief summary of whose report is now given: The chief importance which attaches to the British Columbia iron deposits is that they are practically the only known occurrences of iron ore in quantity on the northern part, at least, of the Pacific Coast and, consequently, iron manufactured therefrom would have the whole of such territory as a market. In regard to this it might be appropriate to quote from the Annual Report (1901) of the Geological Survey of the neighbouring State of Wshington (page 256), in which State the general conditions in regard to fuel, fluxes, labour and geographical position are very similar to those of British Columbia, excepting that the B. C. coal is undoubtedly higher grade and possesses better coking qualities. The report says:— "Washington has plenty of material suitable for 'fluxes and no fear be felt in this particular. Labour is perhaps a little higher in Washington than it is in the East, but the difference would have little effect on the price (cost of production) of iron. The whole Pacific Coast would furnish the market, as very little pig iron, if any, is being produced in any of the States west of the Rockies, except Washington, at the present time (March, 1902), and the steel and iron being used on the coast is shipped from the East. The results shown here are rather against the probability of Washington ever becoming a very large producer of pig iron from ores occurring within her own borders, at least unless other deposits than those known at present are found. There is, however, one factor that has not been taken into consideration as yet, and that is the British ore occurring on Texada Island and perhaps . some of the other islands of the Straits of Georgia." There is, therefore, a large and growing market for the products of the iron ores of the Pacific Coast, a market in which tne coast producer would have an advantage over the producer of the East to the extent of the lower rate of freight, which is, however, to a certain extent offset by higher Western labour cost, and the less advantageous smelting mixture of ores at present obtainable. As to the best location for an iron plant to treat these ores, the market of the Pacific Slope is divided into that of the United States and of Canada, the former of which is much the greater, being protected by a tariff of $4 per ton on pig iron smelted in Canada. This larger market at present offers an inducement for the establishment of a furnace south of the international boundary line, but it is handicapped by an import duty of 40 cents per ton on all iron ores imported (at least 75 per cent, of the total supply) and an inferior quality of local coke as fuel. On the other hand, if iron works were erected in British Columbia, they would have the advantage of better and cheaper fuel and the product would earn the bounty offered by the Canadian Government. The only iron smelting as yet attempted on this Coast has been with the Use of charcoal as the principal fuel, a little coke from Carbondale having been used, however. On this Coast there are no hardwoods and charcoal has'to be made from spruce or fir, producing a fuel which is very much inferior in quality to hardwood charcoal. Under these conditions it is a question whether charcoal iron can be produced here to compete with the Eastern product; certainly the Irondale furnace never paid running expenses, according to the report of the Geological Survey of Washington. Whenever, then, iron ore is smelted in British Columbia on an important scale, it will have to be with coke as a fuel. The East Coast of Vancouver Island has, at Nanaimo and Comox, a plentiful supply of coal, much of which is suitable for coke-making. The collieries referred to mined during 1902 over 1,247,000 tons of THE MINING RECORD. 741 coal, while there were manufactured at Comox some 20,000 tons of coke. The coke at present made contains, it is true, from 15 to 16 per cent, ash, which results largely from the ineffective separation of shale from the coal. There is no doubt, however, that the coal is capable of producing a coke which would run not to exceed 12 per cent, ash, and with very low phosphorus contents. The limestone associated with the iron is exceptionally pure and free from injurious elements. Analyses made at the Government Laboratory show 99^ per cent, calcium carbonate and 5^ per cent, carbon. 'In the mining of iron ore the necessity of cheap transportation cannot be over-rated, and in this respect at least, the known deposits of iron on the Coast of British Columbia are singularly fortunate, inasmuch as nearly every one is within reach, by a short and cheaply constructed tramway, of the navigable waters of the inlets which indent the coast line. In attempting to give any description or idea of the iron ore deposits of the Coast of British Columbia, one is im- ' mediately confronted with the fact that, almost without exception, none of the known deposits have been worked other than superficially and few have received any further developments than very shallow open cuts, tunnels or Open cut through magnetite—Iron mine, Copper Island. Open Quarry Face, Texada Iron Mine. shafts, and, conse-^ quently such facts as are known relative to these deposits are also superficial and far from conclusive. Up to the present time there has been no market for such ores, except for a comparatively small tonnage which has been shipped to Iron- dale, Washington, for treatment there in a small charcoal blast furnace, and on a scale which must be regarded as purely experimental. That such experiments have been satisfactory is a fact. They have demon- stated that a good merchantable pig iron can and has been pro- 742 THE MINING RECORD. duced from these ores, Texada Island magnetite having been mixed with ore from Hamilton, Skagit County, Wash., in the proportion of 93 and 7 per- cent, respectively. The growing demand of the country west of the Rockies for iron in all it forms, and on which the freight charges from eastern points of manufacture or from England (at present the only sources of supply), from such a serious percentage of the ultimate cost, has led to a serious investigation of such known deposits of iron ore as occur in British Columbia, and has also stimulated an equally serious prospecting for new deposits. The only ore of iron that has been discovered on the coast, and proven by actual development to be of commercial importance, is magnetite. Hematite (Fe2 O3) has been reported as found at several localities, but careful inquiry has failed to show any instance where such discovery has received any development, and where the mineral has been found in commercial quantity. Clay iron stone, although associated to a limited extent with certain of the coal deposits of Vancouver Island, has not yet been reported in sufficient quantity to make it a probable source of iron, although Jt is possible that this may be partially caused by the fact that, so far, it has been regarded as undesirable mat- iSfi^i Magnetite Exposed by Bugaboo Creek to Depth of 40 Feet. I 1.1 Showing Contact of Magnetite with I,ime—Texada Mine. ter and a market for it may bring forth a limited quantity for fluxing purposes, at least. There appears to be a remarkable similarity between all the known exposures of magnetite on the coast of British Columbia, as far as. geological conditions and surroundings are concerned, and it is probably more than a coincidence that all the notable deposits, if not in contact withi crystalline limestone, are at least in the immediate vicinity of it, and occur where it is in close proximity to the granite of the coast islands. THE MINING RECORD. ?43 There is also a remarkable similarity, topographically, out in exposed knobs, on and near the older granitic in these occurrences, as they are usually found on the rocks, and the ore bodies being more or less free from end or flank of a ridge on a steep shoulder, a fact underbrush or soil, have in this way been located with which may possibly be accounted for by the greater very little preliminary work. t3 a 3 o co p% 0) .—I u CO m tn 3 M a o a so 3 o a, M hardness and durability of the mineral offering a bet- As will be noted, most of the iron discoveries have ter resistance to the forces of denudation. This resist- been made on Vancouver Island or the islands of the ance to denudation has caused the magnetite to stand Straits of Georgia. The Mainland is densely wooded ' THE MINING RECORD. and little explored, and it is quite probable that future prospecting may discover iron there, as the geological formation is similar though more covered with later deposits. While the similarity of occurrence of the deposition, and that subsequent work will prove them to be of variable origin. Of the magnetite iron deposits of the West Coast of Vancouver Island, one point is very noticeable when 8 o o o •a as 60 3 P? 1> a 60 CD O P. H n o cj u a co various iron exposures is remarkable, it is just possible the known locations are platted on the map, i.e., that that this similarity has led to too great generalization these iron discoveries lie on a straight line parallel in classifying these deposits as to origin or cause of with and from io to 15 miles back from the general THE MINING RECORD. 45 west coast line of the Island, and the impression is at once strong that the cause of such deposits must be very closely connected with the general granitic upheaval which uplifted the central portion of the Island and which sent up spurs or dykes, penetrating the originally stratified rocks. Such line of mineralization would conform to the line of outcrop of certain beds of the Vancouver Island series, and would also conform with the probable lines of fracturing caused by the uplifting of such beds by the granite. In a general way, the copper deposits have also a trend lengthwise of the Island. In the case of almost every one of the magnetite deposits, there are in some part of it quantities of iron points in connection with the matter, which have hardly received sufficient attention. Motive Power.—The first important point to be considered is that of the power to be adopted for driving the machines. It will no doubt be conceded that, where the mine conditions are suitable, electricity possesses great advantages over compressed air. A few of these advantages may be enumerated as follows— (i)Less initial outlay for generating plant. (2) Cables, compared with pipes, are cheaper, cost less to lay, take up less room, and are easier to maintain. (3) Efficiency as between the prime-mover and the motor. With regard to this point, which is all important, electricity from the very start is the most economical ANALYSES OF IRON ORES ON THE COAST OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. Locality. <u O O a 3 Iron 52.0 69.0 59-8 44-7 56.7 48.4 66.0 65.00 37-4 62.2 50.4 63-7 55-9 55-7 69.2 63.6 61.9 69.7 28 to 64% 69.85 67.91 65-7I 65-9 0 to u 0 P. "3 co CO 3 5 A Oi tn O a Ph 1 .2 '3 « u V a, a. 0 u <u S i "2 "O 64 a a | 3 < Analyst. Bog iron Magnetite <i tt ' it • tt n tt tt it tt ti tt tt 11 tt 11 tt ft ci it 0.5 Provincial Gov't Laboratory a 11 11 o.55 0 0 0 0 4 .44 it it ti tt 131 2. 0.7 0.2 0.9 trace .01 .008 trace 11 tt it tt E.H.Cook,Middleboro,Eng. ci tt it <( Dr. O. Wuth, Pittsburg, Pa. Provincial Gov't Laboratory a tt "Mou tain," Copper Island, average sample.. . 18.6 3.85 16.0 20.3 2.7 0.3 0.3 1.0 0.3 o-5 15 0.34 0.053 trace 0 0 0 0 it it a i. Smith's Landing (139) rough average sample.... Brown's claim,- Anderson Lake, average sample. "Bently & McG," Bugaboo Creek, Port Ren- tt << i< << 11 ti Baden Powell and Little Bobs, Bugaboo Creek, tt tt trace << << "Ogenau," Tyee Co. it '.' Sooke Iron Mine, 8 samples, mixed with a con- I E. R. Kendrick. 2-75 2.96 4-3 .6 .015 trace trace .013 none Geol. Surv, Canada. tt tl it i-°5 Fulmer, Geol. Sur., Wash. " representing a lot of 600 tons smelted at the Puget Sound Iron Co.'s Tenth Census, U.S. .... 2.3 .11 I F. T. Wait. j and copper sulphides, which render that portion unfit for iron making, and these sulphides seem much more than merely accidental, for with most of the copper properties on the West Coast we have associated magnetite, as, for example, at both the Nahmint and Monitor mines on Alberni Canal, and also at the copper properties at Sidney Inlet. That part of Vancouver Island lying to the east of the central ridge presents geological conditions similar to the western slope and would be expected to contain similar mineralization. COAL-CUTTING BY MACHINERY* (By R. W. Clarke.) HE subject of coal-cutting by machinery, which has become of increasing importance during the last few years, has been exhaustively deal with and discussed, but there are undoubtedly still many T agent, and as the working-faces advance farther away from the shaft, the percentage of efficiency becomes more marked as compared with compressed air. Type of Machine.—The next point to be considered is the type of machine that should be employed. In recent papers dealing with this subject, an attempt has been made to suggest a perfect type of machine to deal with the varying conditions of the coal-face. The writer, however, is of opinion that it is impossible to design a so-called perfect machine, and that type must be multiplied and modified to suit different collieries. For instance, in a thin seam, it will perhaps be necessary to employ a machine to develop say 20 horsepower, weighing not more than 30 cwts., with a maximum height above the floor of 20 inches. This machine will probably give excellent results in a seam 2 feet *A paper read before the North Staffordshire Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. 746 THE MINING RECORD. thick, where the coal need not be undercut to a greater, depth than three and a half feet. It would, however, be scarcely the type of machine for use in a seam six feet thick, where the coal must be holed to a depth of five and a half feet. In order to provide for the additional horse-power required, the machine must necessarily be bulkier and stronger, but in a thick seam, the additional weight will not be so serious a drawback. It is a moot point whether the disc or bar is the best tool for undercutting. The writer does not propose to discuss the advantages of either method, but as the former has been the most successful, and has been more generally adopted in this country, it will be understood that this paper treats of oca'.-cutting with a disc machine. Working-face.—Perhaps the most important point, in connection with coal-cutting, is the face of coal, in which the machine will have to work; and there is no doubt that many machines have failed to give satisfactory results, not so much from the faulty design of the machines, but from the fact that it would have been next to impossible for any machine to do satisfactory work under conditions such as obtain in some mines. Many colliery officials are intensely conservative, and refuse to believe that any modification of their methods is either possible or necessary. It should always be remembered that a coal-cutter is unlike any other mechanical tool; and that it is not fixed in situ like a lathe, coal-crusher or a drill, but has to travel along what must necessarily be a bad road, and is liable at any moment to be derailed or buried. A little care and attention to such matters as sraightening the working-face, setting the timber evenly, and providing good roads, laid with permanent rails, along which the machine has to be flitted, will often reduce the price of cutting in the most surprising manner. There are two methods of laying out faces for coal- cutting. One may be called the long face, and the other the short face:— Long-faced Method.—The most perfect face consists of four sides of a square, the machine cutting . continuously round and round without requiring to be fitted. This method is only practicable, however, in a seam nearly level, and free from water. Unfortunately these conditions seldom exist, and it is rarely possible to lay out a face in this manner. It is, however, often practicable to adopt a modification of this plan by cutting two sides of a square. The machine starts from a wheel-hole at the bottom corner of the end-face, and after cutting the first side, is twisted at right angles and then proceeds to cut along the bord-face. It will be found a great convenience to keep a heading, nine feet wide, in the corner, about nine feet in advance. This will enable the machine to cut right through the end-face, leaving no coal to be holed off, while the heading always provides a wheel-hole for starting the machine along the bord-face. It must be remembered that when cutting towards the fast- end of a face, no machine can cut absolutely up to the post, and there always remains five or six feet of coal to be holed by hand. The heading driven at an angle of 45 degrees to the end-face, however, will overcome this difficulty. Where it is found impossible to lay out two faces at right angles to each other, good results may be obtained by laying out faces in a straight line and flitting the machine back to the starting end along the main road, after it has cut through the face. It is difficult to lay down hard and fast rules for determining the length of the face, but it may be taken that this length need only be limited by the difficulty of maintaining a proper haulage road, along the level, parallel to the face; while it has been found by experience that 300 feet is the least economical length of face which can be worked on the long-face method. At the Lidgett colliery, in South Yorkshire, one machine-face is 4,500 feet long in a straight line. The seam is 24 inches thick, 10 inches of inferior coal being taken up in the face to~provide height and material for packing the waste. Two machines follow each other at regular intervals, each working 15 shifts per week, and the pack-walls are moved forward, on an average, twice in ten days. The gate roads are spaced at intervals of 66 feet, and are cut off at intervals of 600 feet by cross gateways branching right and left from main gateways, 750 feet apart, which are ripped to make height for horses. When a new cross gateway is started from the main gateway, the pass-bye is moved to the new cross gateway, and the horse or any other method of traction receives the coal at the new pass- bye. Short-face Method.—This method, which has been largely adopted in Scotland, consists of laying-out faces of such a length that the cutting and filling can be performed in a certain length of time, say 24 hours. The machine, on finishing its cut, is not flitted back to the starting end, but, when the face has been cleared of coal, cuts back again along the face to the right-hand corner. The length of the face and the distance of the gateways from each other is determined by the thickness of the seam; but it may be stated that lengths of 300 feet with gateways 45 feet apart have given good results, the face being moved in some cases five times per week. It is possible by this method to obtain good results, but only by the most unremitting attention on the part of the management. Any loss of time on the part of the workmen, or breakdown of the machine, will entail the dislocation of the system, and the loss of the output from that particular face for the day on which the breakdown occurs. With regard to labour, the difficulty can be met by adopting the butty system as practised in North Staffordshire; and breakdowns of the machine can be guarded against by stocking spare parts, which are accessible to the machine men at any hour of day or night. Reversing. the Machine.—With regard to the question of cutting backwards and forwards, a great deal of skill has been displayed in attempts to design a machine which will cut equally well in either direction. In the writer's opinion this is misdirected energy, as it is practically impossible for any machine to cut equ ally well in either direction. The hauling gear and the THE MINING RECORD. 747 starting switch must necessarily be respectively at the front and read end of the machine, if the machine is to be operated by two men, and if the machine is reversed, they will occupy positions which will make the work very inconvenient. The driver of the machine, who operates the switch at the rear, is in the.best possible position for controlling the machine. His duties are to stop and start the machine, shovel away the holings, replace any road-packing which may have been misplaced by vibration or thrust, pull forward the face- cables from time to time, and pull up the last length of rails, when the machine has crossed them. If from any cause the wheel is rising or falling in the cut, or the machine is not making its full cut, he can, from his . position at the rear, detect it at once and inform his road-layer. If, in order to make the return journey, the motor is simply reversed, he will be able to do nothing but stop and start the machine, and will require two assistants to do the work that one should do, namely:—Lay and pull up the road; while it will be difficult to clear away effectually the holings from the wheel, and the machine, if cutting near the floor, will either be completely choked or will absorb a great deal more current than is necessary. The haulage rope also will,pass under the machine, and with an undulating face will add to the danger of derailment. The best method of overcoming these difficulties is to turn the machine completely round, and make the return journey with the wheel on the opposite side of the frame. The machine can easily be arranged for this by boring the frame on either side to receive the wheel bracket and the carriages for the haulage gear, while the shafts with their pinions need only be turned over, the whole operation taking about two hours. With regard to the twisting of the machine, many colliery officials will say that they cannot afford sufficient room in the face to do this. It must be remembered that when the machine has cut through it will be impossible, in any case, for it to remain there. It must be moved somewhere to enable the last six feet of coal to be holed off and filled out. In such a face as we are considering, there is sure to be a gateway within a few feet of the cutting-out end; and the machine must be removed into this till the coal is cleared away. When it is taken back into the face, it must be twisted with the drum end to the right hand and then shunted back into the corner, and it will then have been reversed without any large space being necessary, just as a locomotive is reversed on a triangle, in the absence of a turn-table. Difficulties.—The writer has observed that, at some collieries, the management are willing to entrust the driving of their machines to men with the very slightest previous experience of such work, on the ground that they are cheap. It need scarcely be remarked that this practice rarely results in successful coal-cutting. When a machine is cutting well in a favourable seam the operation seems simplicity itself, and after the machine has been working for a short time, many have been heard to express the opinion that there is no difficulty in coal-cutting. In order to correct this idea, the writer will en deavour to enumerate a few of the difficulties which may arise, and how to overcome them. In the first place, it is essential that the machine should run on a firm stable road. The rails should be strong enough to bear the weight and thrust of the machine without bending; they should be of sufficient length to avoid too frequent joints, and yet be sufficiently portable to be handled by one man, and short enough to follow the undulations of the face in order to keep the machine up to the cut. A flat-bottomed rail, 12 feet long, with a section of 26 pounds to the yard, has been found to answer these requirements. The sleepers should be spaced about four and a half feet apart, and should be capable of being easily fixed and detached from the rails. The joint-sleepers should be of such a design as to prevent the rail ends from moving in any direction, after they are adjusted; and it should be possible to adjust them to the rails when either rail is several inches in advance, which must inevitably occur in a face which is not quite straight or which is laid out on a curve. If, owing to the latter cause, either rail leads too far to allow the joint-sleeper to be fixed, the difficulty may be got over by spragging the last joint- sleeper against the machine, while the latter is in motion, and making it shove forward either rail; or by cutting off a few inches from the end of one rail, and using it to correct the lead at either side, when that becomes necessary. As the thrust of the disc machine operates away from the face at the rear end, and towards the face at the front end of the machine, packing must be inserted at either end of the sleepers, care being taken that the packing on the face side is not high enough to catch the cutters in the wheel. If the face is not very straight, it may be advisable to dispense with packing on the face side so that the machine may draw itself into the face and make a full cut. The goaf side pack^ ing may then be put in, after the machine has drawn itself into the face. With regard to the latter its efficiency will depend on the amount of timber avails able in the face, and the ingenuity and resource of the road-layers; but it is important to remember that the packing should be of such a nature as not to become displaced or drop down when the tension is relieved by the thrust of the front end of the machine. The rails may be either laid horizontally or inclined in any direction, but it is important that they should be solidly bedded on the floor. If this is not attended to they will tilt or sink, when the weight of the machine comes on to them, with the result that the cutter wheel will either climb up or down. This is a very disconcerting incident to the amateur coal-cutter, but can be corrected in a very short time by putting cutters into the wheel, either slightly turned down or up. . When the wheel has resumed its normal position, the original cutters should be at once replaced. When climbing, the machine will of course ride above the rails carrying all its weight on the cutter wheel, but the rails must not be raised up to the machine, as the turned-down cutters will inevitably bring it down within a few feet. When approaching a crooked joint, the road-layer must attend at the front end of the machine, and keep. 748 THE MINING RECORD. the front bridle or thrust arm quite slack till the joint is passed. He must then keep screwing it tight, till the rear rolling wheel and bridle of the machine have crossed it. Neglect of these precautions will inevitably cause derailment at the front or both ends of the machine, which may mean a loss of between one and- three hours. Workmen.—From the above remarks, it will be seen that the driver of the machine should be a person of considerable intelligence and resource. He should first of all be a thoroughly competent miner, to enable him to take care of himself when the machine is running under bad roof. He should also have a rough working knowledge of elementary electricity and mechanics, to enable him to replace broken parts, to make ordinary electrical connections on the machine, and to adjust the brush gear. As a good driver can under favourable circumstances hole from 200 to 300 feet per shift of eight hours with the assistance of a competent road-layer, turning out from 50 to 300 tons according to the thickness of the seam, it will be apparent that a colliery manager having secured an individual of this description should treat him liberally in the matter of wages. The Lidgett colliery management, mentioned above, employ upwards of ten machines to cut their weekly output of 3,500 tons from a seam two feet thick. About fifty men are required to man the machines, but a large reserve of men is maintained at the colliery. These men, it is needless to say, have all been trained at Lidgett colliery. Tne President remarked that the subject of coal- cutting was attracting attention at the present time, and was one to which mining engineers would have to devote more attention in the near future. There seemed to be very little doubt that coal-cutting was a subject that would have to be taken up in this country to a greater extent than it had been up to the present time. America seemed to be the country where mining engineers had gone into this question most extens- ivly. Whether it was due to the machines or other circumstances, there was no doubt that the output of coal in the United States had increased so rapidly within the last few years as to make those States the leading coal-producing country of the world. In 1899 the number and kind of machines in use in America* were as follows: Total number of machines in use, 3,125, divided into chain, percussion and long-wall. Of the chain machines, 564 were of the Jeffrey type, 95 link-belt, 401 Morgan-Gardners, and 46 others; of percussive machines, 590 were Ingersoll-Sargeant, 317 Sullivan, 992 Harrison, and 98 other systems; and longwall machines, 22, making 3,125. The proportion of coal cut by machinery in America was about 25 per cent, of the total output, while in this country it was only about two per cent., so that there was evidently a great margin for the further use of coal-cutting machinery in Great Britain. Seeing that coal- getting was of so expensive and laborious a nature, it appeared rather extraordinary that the use of machin ery had not been brought to a greater state of perfec-' tion before now. No doubt the difficulties were great, but if mechanical engineers received encouragement from colliery owners they would make machines, and bring them to a greater state of perfection than they had at the present time. *Mines and Quarries : General Report and Statistics for 1900, page 452. SOME FIGURES FROM THE MINES' REPORT (By E. Jacobs.) TABLES IX and X included in the report of the Minister of Mines for 1902, showing comparative mineral production for the years 1901-1902 of British Columbia and other Provinces of the Dominion, respectively, supply some interesting data exhibiting the prominent position this Province occupies in connection with the important industry of mining as compared with the rest of the Dominion east of the Rocky Mountains. It will be noted that the production of the Yukon Territory, which like British Columbia, lies west of the Rockies, is left out, the comparison being made between this Province and all the other Provinces of the Dominion. Were the comparison to be made as between the relatively small area west of the Rocky Mountains and the immensely larger territory of the Dominion lying to the eastward, it would show the mineral production of the former to be much larger than that of the latter notwithstanding the enormous disproportion of the respective areas under notice. Leaving out of consideration, though, the yield of the Yukon and taking into account that of British Columbia only, it must be conceded that in comparison with the other Provinces this Province makes a very creditable showing. The comparison of the total value of the minerals produced in 1901 was even more in favour of this Province than that of the production of 1902. In 1901 the total value of British Columbia's minerals was $19,686,780 as against $19,861,287 for the remaining Provinces. In 1902, however, this Province lost ground, its production having totalled only $17,036,550 as compared with $20,186,691 for the remaining Provinces. This retrogression is more seeming than real, for, as mentioned in last month's review of the Report, it was chiefly owing to the lower average market prices for silver, copper, and lead, prevailing last year, and to accidents and strikes at the coal mines of the interior which, as well as lower prices, kept down the output of minerals, that the reduced total value is attributable for the total tonnage of ore mined showed an increase of 8.6 per cent. An analysis of the accompanying statistics will show that in production of gold, silver, copper, and lead British Columbia is far and away ahead of all the other Provinces combined, the totals for 1902 being $12,174,242 and $1,837,525, or between six and seven times as much for the Pacific Province as for the combined output of these metals of the Provinces east of the Rockies during the same period. But the Eastern Provinces have a set-off in their output of nickel of $5,025,903 as against' nil for British Columbia, and again their coal output was $11,346,429 as against British Columbia's $4,192,182. It is not unlikely, THE MINING RECORD. 749 though that from now on, at least for several years the coal output of this Province will increase in greater proportion than that of the other Provinces. There is another metal that at present adds but the merest trifle to the total production of this Province, viz., iron, which last year contributed only $30,051 whilst the total of the other Provinces for this metal was $1,077,- 979. But here, too, a very considerable change may be looked for in the course of a few years, since the extensive iron deposits of British Columbia are at length attracting attention and may be expected to be utilized to a considerable extent ere long. On the whole the prominent position this comparatively small area of the Dominion occupies in relation to the total mineral production of the Dominion is one that it may well be proud of, especially since under ordinarily favourable conditions it may be expected to show to increasing advantage year by year until it will be a long way in the lead in regard to the product of the mining industry. The following figures have been taken from the two tables above mentioned:— mines, that last year's results indicate a falling off in this particular branch of mining, except in the case of gold. But it is necessary to look farther than at the figures showing the values, to obtain a fair idea of the actual position. For instance, whilst gold exhibits an increase in both quantity and value, copper shows an increased production and a decreased value. The latter is, of course, attributable to the lower average market price for the- year 1902 as compared with that of 1901. In silver and lead both quantities and values show a very considerable decrease, but. this is easily accounted for by the demoralized market conditions and the consequent enforced reduction of output of the silver-lead mines, most of which suspended work until the prices obtainable for these two metals should make it practicable to work the mines at a profit. Passing from this reduced value phase of this subject, it is interesting to compare the progress made in lode mining during the sixteen years for which the output of the mines and the total value of their products are, given. During six years, 1887-1892 the only metals British Columbia. 1901. • Gold $5,318,703 Silver 2,884,745 Copper 4,446,963 Lead 2,002,733 Iron , 17.238 Nickel ■ , ,. \ ,, .,_ ...... Coal.. .. ' ^80,993 Coke 635,405 $19,686,780 1902. $5,961,409 ' 1,941,328 . 3,446,673 824,832 30,051 ^192,182 640,072 I other provinces combined. Dominion Total. 1901. 1902. 1910. 1902. $1,143,519 $ 279,836 $6,462,222 $6,241,245 108,923 339,629 2,993,668 2,280,957 2,153,141 1,107,022 6,600,104 4,553,695 197,051 111,038 2,109,784 935,870 745,046 1,077,979 ' 762,284 1,108,030 4,594,521 5,025,903 4,594,523 5,025,903 10,290,122 11,346,429 14,671,122 15,538,611 628,955 898,855 1,265,360 1,538,930 $17,036,550 19,861,287 20,186,691 Add Yukon Territory, value of gold 39,154,067 18,000,000 37,223,241 14,500,000 Grand total for Dominion (incldng Yukon) .. $57,154,067 $51,723,241 The tables of statistics published yearly with the Report <of the Minister of Mines for British Columbia supply information of much value for comparative purposes. Among those contained in the recently issued report for 1902 is the accompanying "Table VI.—Production of Lode Mines." won from lode mines were silver and lead, and the aggregate value for that period was but $363,678. In 1893 lode gold appeared in the statistics for the first time, and the following year copper was added. For the period 1893-1897, the total value of the product of the lode mines, then yielding all four metals above Gold. Year. 1887 . 1888 . 1889 . 1890 . 1891 . 1892 . 1893 • 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 Oz. Value 1,170 6,252 39,264 62,259 106,141 110,061 138,315 167,153 210,384 1902 236,491 23,404 125,014 785,271 1,244,180 2,122,820 2,201,217 2,857,573 3,453,38i 4,348,603 4,888,269 Silv Oz. 17,600 79,78o 53,192 70,427 4,5oo 77,160 227,000 746,379 1,496,522 3,135,343 5,472,971 4,292,401 2,939,413 3,958,175 5,151,333 3,917,917 er. Value. $ 17,331 75,ooo 47,873 73,948 4,000 66,935 195,000 470,219 977,229 2,100,689 3,272,836 2,375,841 1,663,708 2,309,200 2,884745 1,941,328 Lead. Pounds. 204,800 674,500 165,100 Nil.. Nil. 808,420 2,135,023 5,662,523 16,475,464 24,199,977 38,841,135 31,693,559 21,862,436 63,358,621 51,582,906 22,536,381 Value. f 9,216 29,813 6,498 Nil. Nil. 33,064 78,996 169,875 532,255 721,384 1,390,517 1,077,581 878,870 2,691,887 2,002,733 824,832 Copper. Pounds Value. $ 324,680 952,840 3,8:8,556 5,325,180 7,271,678 7,722,591 9,997,o8o 27,603,746 29,636,057 16,234 47,642 190,926 266,258 874,781 i,35i,453 1,615,289 4,446,963 3,446,673 Total Values. 26,547 104,813 54,371 73,948 4,000 99,999 297,400 78i,342 2,342,397 4,257,179 7,052,431 6,529,420 6,7Bi,6o4 10,069,757 13,683,044 11,101,102 Total 1,077,490 $22,049,732 31,640,203 $18,475,882 280,200,845 10,447,521 92,652,480 12,333,200 $63,229,102 At first glance it might appear, looking only at the mentioned, was $14,730,749, these five years showing a respective values of the several metals won from lode, very considerable increase over the total of the pre- 750 THE MINING RECORD. vious six-year period. But the rate of progress was still greater during the five years, 1898-1902, the total value for that period having been $48,134,927. The most striking comparison, though, is that of the last three years, 1900-1902, during which the production totalled $34,853,903, which is more than half the aggregate production of the whole sixteen years under notice. This means progress, and that too in very marked degree, so that there is no need for discouragement at last year's setback, which was temporary and the result of unusually unfavourable market conditions. Prices will assuredly continue to fluctuate from year to year, but this notwithstanding, the outlook is that whatever may happen to influence the production of silver and lead, gold and copper may be expected to show a steady/ increase in both quantity and value, whilst it is not unreasonable to look for iron ere long adding its quota to the total value of the lode mining industry. NOTES ON THE DRY ORE BELT. (By W. D. McGregor.) THE summer of 1903 has been abnormally late in arriving and the damage caused by the melting snows has been so severe in this district—sections of Springer and Lemon Creek waggon roads having been completely washed out—that ore shipments have been very much retarded. I note that the local branch of the Provincial Mining Association are discussing the whole question of the present method of dealing with trails and roads. That as long as we consider the roads and trails in a riding as so much "patronage" to be dispensed by political influence, so long we must expect the Government appropriations to be looked upon as "easy money" and for it to be dispensed where "it may do the most good," in a political sense is a truism. How to take the whole question of location, construction and maintenance of trunk roads and trails out of politics and into practical business is perhaps, as important a question as any the Provincial Mining Association may be called upon to solve. To return to our local doings. The winter and spring development has been marked by several discoveries of very rich ore—by the very general success of lessons on the smaller series of veins in the district and by the success of further development in the big veins showing large bodies of low-grade ore. On Ten-Mile Creek, the Enterprise mine has been working steadily under lease and,' as the lessors are satisfied with. a limited tonnage carefully taken out, they are doing well for themselves and the company. The owners of the Highland Light have opened a bunch of 1000-ounce ore and are going to make a bid for the record shipment. The Westmount and the Victor are both yielding pay. The latest strike reported is on the Black Hawk owned by one of the Mansfield Companies, which now shows the typical ruby silver of that part of this district. On Springer Creek development has been fairly steady, showing the continuance in depth of large deposits of low- grade ore in the Black Prince and the Volyette, the latter showing 30 feet on the cross-cut. The last carload from the Republic was the highest grade of the season. The Meteor and the Dayton, both under lease, have shipments of $25o-ore to their credit. The Ottawa shipments among others are of course held back by the condition of the road. They are, however, pushing development and experimenting for the treatment of their second-class ore. The Hampton is at work again with more of a force than previously. Lemon Creek shows more activity than for years, several properties near the headwaters showing marked improvement. The Ocean group is now sacking ore. The Legal on the First North Fork having very much improved will probably be worked continuously. Work on the Hoodoo in its immediate vicinity by a Virginia company has just been begun under favourable auspices. This gold belt is exceedingly well worth the investigation of practical men as the development is well in advance of the initial stage and there is money to be made in it. To sum up. The district as a whole is busy. Some mistakes are being rectified. The narrow rich ore shoots are being handled more tenderly, while the large veins are being exploited to show the size and value of their ore bodies and indeed we are very nearly in condition to show the ore reserves required to warrant the erection of a smelter drawing its lead from the Upper Slocan and making up its charge from the dry ore deposits on Springer Creek. MINING AND SMELTING COSTS AT MOUNT SICKER. I N his annual report to the directors of the Tyee Copper Company, Mr. E. C. Musgrave, superintendent of the mine, gives the following interesting information concerning mining costs at the Tyee, where, he remarks, conditions for doing cheap work are exceptionally favourable: The current rate of wages is as follows: Machine minders $3.50 per day; miners $3 per day; timbermen $3.25 per day; and muckers and trammers $2.50 per day. ' All above work eight hours a day. On the surface the wages are: Carpenters and timber framers, loggers, mechanics, hoisting engineers and blacksmiths, $3.50 per day of nine hours, and surface hands $2.50 per day of ten hours. A lot of the surface work is done by Chinamen, who can be obtained for $1.00 per day of ten hours. The total amount of development work done during the year has been: drifting, 1,095 feet; cross- cutting, 511 feet; sinking, 193 feet; and upraising 319 feet; and the .average costs per lineal foot have been: drifting, $9.15; cross-cutting,. $6.77; sinking, $18.31, and upraising, $11.59. The costs of stoping are also very small, being only an average of $1,359 Per ton> for stoping and raising to the surface, which of course includes timbering, supplies, etc. The following table gives the costs which can be charged against the ore, and their total amounts to the small sum of $2,173 Per ton of ore, shipped. THE MINING RECORD. 751 Per Ton. doping $i-359 Proportion for exploration 499 Surface work 124 Ore sorting 041 Transporting to railway 15 Total $2,173 Tonnage Delivered to Smelter.—The total tonnage delivered to the smelter during the year has been 21,565^2 tons, of which 20,688K tons was first class ore, and 877 tons copper-bearing schists. Of the ore 2,930 tons was sent from the dump, and 17,758^ tons from the mine. The only tests of values, besides the actual smelter test has been a number of assays taken from the roast piles during the last three months, and the average of these has been: Copper, 5 per cent.; silver, 3.2 oz.; and gold, .15 oz. This grade of ore has been secured by mixing all grades from the highest to- the lowest, and thus instead of following up the rich ore and taking it out, and being then left with a very large proportion of low-grade ore, it is possible, by mixing the ore, to work the mine more economically, and thus "to get a greater profit on the low-grade ore than could be done if it were taken out and shipped separately. By this method the ore is broken out from wall to wall, and while the absolute waste is eliminated on the sorting belt, all the ore is shipped. The smelter manager, Mr. T. Kiddie, states in a similar report that the total cost of roasting and delivering the burnt ore to the smelter bins is now 37 cents per ton of burnt ore. The ore receipts from September 22nd, 1902, to April 30th, 1903, have been as follows: Rough copper ore, 15,060.725 tons; fine, 5,173.785 tons, a total of 20,234.510 tons of ore, the average assay of which was as follows: Copper (wet), 4.43 per cent.; silver, 2.76 oz.; gold, 0.12 oz. The average assay for the three months ending January, 1903 was: Copper (wet), 4.32 per cent.; silver, 2.71 oz.; gold, 0.129 oz., and for the three months ending April 30th, 1903: Copper (wet), 5.28 per cent.; silver, 3.21 oz.; gold, 0.142 oz., an increase of copper .96 per cent., silver .5 oz., and gold .013 oz. The other receipts were as follows: Schistose flux ore, 1,340.90 tons; sandstone, 396 tons; iron, 550.97 tons ; coke, 2,346 tons. Burnt Ore.—The average analysis of the burnt ore delivered to the smelter is as follows: Iron, 10.44 p.c; zinc, 8.14 p.c; alumina, 3.61 p.c; barium sulphate, 34.08 p.c.; magnesia, trace: lime, 3.46 p.c; silica, 22.51 p.c; combined sulphur, 7.42 p.c; total sulphur, 13.86 p.c. I During the past three months, the burnt ore has shown an increase of: Iron, 1.86 p.c; zinc, .93 p.c; barium sulphate, 7.66 p.c.: lime, .50 p.c.; sulphur combined, .54 p.c. and a decrease of H-49 P-c silica. Smelting Operations.—Since the furnace blew in on December 16th, 1902, it has run 107 days of 24 hours each, and smelted as follows: Burnt ore, 13-853.841 tons; green ore, 2,237.624 tons; schist, 539.636 tons; silica flux, 774.687 tons; slag, 338.108 tons; iron ore, 301.653 tons; matte, 963,818 tons. Total mixture, 19,009.367 tons. Coke used, 3,166.313 long tons, showing an average per day of 156.387 tons of ore, and 177.657 tons of mixture. The ratio of coke to ore was 1 ton of coke to 7.428 tons of ore, and 1 ton of coke to 8.775 tons of total mixture. Slags.—The following is an average assay of the slags produced: Copper, 0.65 p.c; iron, 15.71 p.c; silica, 28.79 P-c-J alumina, 11.51 p.c; zinc oxide, 10.43 p.c.; barium oxide, 30.55 p.c.; calcium oxide, 3.38 p.c. Product.—The product for the 107 days ending April 30th, 1903, was as follows Matte produced, 1,394.3195 tons containing: Copper, 1.169,896 lbs.; silver, 41,372.78 ozs.; gold, 2,068.398 ozs. Total value, less refining charges only: Settlements received, $74,879.60; balance not settled for (estimated)- 717,069 'lbs. copper at $11.5; 24,878.35 ozs. silver at 95 per cent, of 53.5 equals 50.82 cent's; 1,293.416 ozs. gold at $20, $120,974.42. Total $195,854.02. Showing an average matte of copper, 41.95 per cent, (dry) ; silver, 29.67 ozs.; gold, 1.483 ozs:; and a yield per ton of ore of copper (dry) 3.63 per cent, at 11.5 cents, $8,349; silver, 2.57 ozs. at 50.82 cents, $1,306; gold, 0.128 ozs. at $20.00, $2,560. Value per ton of ore, $12.215.. TYEE COPPER COMPANY. THE fourth ordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Tyee Copper Company, Limited, was held on Friday, July 3rd, at the Cannon- Street Hotel, London, E.C, Mr. T. H. Wilson (chairman of the company) presiding. The Chairman said: Before moving the adoption of the report and balance sheet I should like to make some few remarks, and they shall be as brief as possible, as our general manager (Mr. Clermont Living- ingston) is present, and I feel sure that you are more anxious to hear the statements direct from him as to the value of your property, and the improvements made during the past year, than anything that I can tell you. I will now draw your attention to the balance sheet. Sundry creditors, £2,893 os. 6d.—This amount is the charge for goods, etc., purchased during the month of April, since paid. Profit account, £9,021 18s. id.—This, I think, you will agree with me, is •highly satisfactory, especially when I draw your attention to the fact that the whole of the working expenses, including mining and development for the year from May 1, 1902, to April 30, 1903, have been charged, and the smelter has been in operation only during the short period of one hundred and seven days. As to the appropriation of this profit, I will address you later. I will now direct your attention to the credit side, the properties, concessions, etc. You will observe that from the £97,169 14s. 4d. we have deducted £9,493 4s. id., the amount expended on mine development up to the end of April, 1901, and placed to capital account by resolution of the shareholders 752 THE MINING RECORD. August 20, 1901. You will doubtless remember that at the general-meeting held July 23, 1902, it was proposed to transfer to the same account the sum of £13,818 8s., the amount expended on mine development from May 1, 1901, to April 30, 1902; but objections were raised, and a poll demanded, which was duly held at the office in Leadenhall Street. The result was, the proxies of the objectors were entered; but those differing allowed the affair to pass, knowing that before any dividend couldbe paid the present meeting would be held. The board regretted the apparent opposition, and, if any hint had been received that the treatment of these amounts would be preferred in another form, they would have been only too glad to have considered the question, feeling sure that all concerned have but one object, and that the welfare of the company. The ultimate results in either way will be the same. To be consistent, the board have therefore placed the two amounts, £9,493 4s. id. and £13,818 8s., to the same account—in all, £23,311 12s. id., of which I will speak later. The remaining items down to sundry debtors explain themselves, except that you may wish to know the amount of depreciation written off on all the machinery, etc., buildings, live stock, wagons, and furniture; 10 per cent, up to April, 1902, has been deducted, and amounts to £819 17s. 3d. Now, as to sundry debtors, the greater portion of this amount is the ten per cent, balance due on the matte sales, and ere this, his been received. To those who do not understand this, I may explain that the rule in disposing of the matte is that 90 per cent, is paid down, and the other 10 per cent, is paid in fifty days. It is this 10 per cent, portion that is represented by this item, sundry debtors, and it is, of course, just the same as cash. The commission account and mines development account I will refer to later. PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT. I will now ask you to turn to the profit and loss account. On the debtor side full details are given at the mine, the smelter, and also in London; but if any shareholder wishes for any information upon either of the items, I shall, before asking for the vote, be pleased to give it. On the creditor side, seeing the amount received for matte, £40,114 14s. id., some of the shareholders may wonder why the balance at our bankers' was so small. The explanation is that the completion of our smelter by the contractor was two months behind time, owing to strikes, etc. We, of of course, continued development work to the full, and consequently, had to overdraw our account by ■arrangement. At the end of January, 1903, it was overdrawn £15,500. I am pleased to be able to say that by the end of April this overdraft was wiped out. The other items speak for themselves. I will now explain your directors' views as to the treatment of the mines development account, and also the commission account. The, mines development account is £23,311 12s. id., and the commission account £32,000, making a total of £55,311 12s. id. It is proposed to write this off in five years; that is, £11,062 6s. 5d. per annum, this amount to be reserved each vear before paying any dividend. We are in this position—for the past year a profit of £9,021 18s. .id. has been made. We are thus £2,040 8s. 4d. short of the required amount. We have therefore to find this current year £2,040 8s. 4d., plus £11,062 6s. 5d.—in all £13,102 14s. 9d. This we expect to be able to provide for in May and June. We have, consequently, the profits of the remaining ten months left, from which we hope to pay substantial dividends. I -fancy-1 hear some of you say that you would like me to give some idea of what you may expect. Well, I am not good at prophesying, but knowing what we have done in the past four months, I am justified in hoping to be able to pay an interim dividend in November. I would here mention that we have no fear of stoppage of our works at the mine on account of drought. Mr. Livingston, in his report, will explain how this has been provided against for the future. I-cannot close without congratulating all concerned, and feeling thankful that all our hopes and promises have been more than fulfilled, and can refer you to the original reports on which we went to the public for capital, from which you will see that the results have exceeded the prospects held out. I now move: "That the report and balance sheet be approved and adopted." Before asking for your vote, I shall be glad to hear if you have any questions for me to answer. Mr. A. Straube seconded the motion. No question being asked, the resolution was put to the meeting, and carried unanimously. The Chairman said he had now the pleasure of calling upon Mr. Clermont Livingston (their local director and general manager) to make some remarks. mr. c. Livingston's statement. Mr. C. Livingston said: It is a pleasant duty I have to perform to-day. I «do not, however, propose to give you a detailed account of all the work done on your property during the past year, as this has already been supplied in the reports of your mine superintendent and smelter manager; but rather to give you a general account, so that you can more easily grasp its great value. Although many of you present here to-day may have heard about the early history of this mine, I should like to trespass on your time for a few minutes to go briefly over the work that has been done on it since its first discovery. Six years ago last April my attention was drawn to the discovery of copper ore in large quantities on Mount Sicker.- Six months later I saw the first prospecting shaft started, and witnessed the first shot put into the hill. From that time to the present I have practically devoted my whole time to this work, and, with the exception of a few months in London during the spring of 1900, I have never been further away than •a day's journey from the mine. These six years have shown great changes, as I have watched the gradual building up of commercial enterprise, and the change from a good-looking and rich prospect to a fully developed and well-equipped mine, with its own smelter and communications to the railway, and last, but certainly not least, large and ever-increasing ore reserves: for every month's work has shown improv- THE MINING RECORD. 75o ing values, and the Tyee Mine bids fair to develop into one of the big producers of the world. The property of the Tyee Copper Company consists as follows: The Tyee, Herbert, X.L., Tony, and Donald mineral claims, and the Magic Friction, N.T., Phil, and Muriel fractional claims. These are all Crown-granted (also the T.H.W. fraction, not yet Crown-granted), and the surface rights purchased from the railway company. The titles are therefore freehold, and no country in the world gives better titles to mining property than we possess in Vancouver Island. The Tyee Company also owns 600 acres of very fine timber lands. These rights have also been purchased from the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company, and give not only the timber, but .the surface rights to the land. This timber was selected for us as being most suitable for mining purposes, and, what is most important, being a level haul to the mine. These timber lands, being on a level with the sawmill at the mine— about ^ne and a half miles distant—I may some day' asK my colleagues to allow us to connect these timber lands with the mine by a light steam or electrical tramway. The cost of these 600 acres was £937 ios., of which the sum of £658 6s. 8d. appears in the accounts before you, and the balance, being paid since April 30, will be included in those for the current year. DEVELOPMENT WORK. The aerial tram connecting the mine with the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway has been properly gazetted under the Railway Act of the Province, and at the lower terminal we have secured 65 acres of free-hold land, upon which stand the ore bins of the company. At Ladysmith, some 13 miles distant, we have an ideal smelting site of 44 acres, with- water rights for smelting purposes. This is a long strip of land, giving a sea frontage of nearly a mile, and Was given to the Tyee Company by the railway company for a nominal sum, for the express purpose of building a smelter and erecting the necessary works. In describing the work done I shall first take the mine. The mining claims, which I have already enumerated, contain 235 acres or thereabouts; but the entire work so far has been done on the Tyee only. The work up to April 30 from the commencement is as follows: Sinking, 862 feet.; drifting, 2,326 feet; cross-cutting, 1,618 feet; raising, 510 feet; or a total of 5,316 feet, being over one mile of underground workings. For the past two years the entire opening up of the mine has been planned and laid out by Mr. Musgrave (your mine superintendent), and carried out under his personal supervision; and it is due to the manner in which this work has been performed that the mine stands as it does to-day. Several engineers of the highest standing from Butte and elsewhere have visited your property, and they have all said that they have never seen better work put into a mine. The chief developments have been between the surface and the 200-foot level. On April 30 the 100-foot level had been driven about 960 feet from our western boundary line, and at that point has gained an additional depth, arising from the slope of the mountains of about 175 feet, making the depth from the surface at that point about 275 feet. Along this entire distance the ore has been practically continuous. I mean by this that we have followed the ore, and, where the ore has run out in the drift, either a little further driving has put us again into ore, or we have found large bodies by short crosscuts ; in fact, in some portions of the mine the ore bodies appear to overlap. These bodies of ore are very large, and a stope seven setts wide, or 35 feet, is no uncommon thing. An intermediate level at 165 feet has been driven "about 800 feet from our western boundary line, and was in ore for the greater part of this distance. At a point below the No. 2 stope of the 106-foot level a raise was put up on the footwall, and the ore located by a short cross-cut half way between the two levels, where we found 18 feet of solid ore. THE ORE RESERVES. After the ore was located at this point, a cross-cut from the 165-foot level to 'the north passed through 27 feet of ore, thus proving that the ore went down to this level, and as the ore was solid underfoot, there is no reason why it should not live down to a great depth. This east drift at the 165-foot level is in about 150 feet east of the cross-cut just mentioned, and there is continuous ore to the north, with a very heavy drip of water. A heavy seepage of water in this mine is a sure precursor of large ore bodies, and we have never yet met water without finding big bodies of ore. This brings be to two subjects which are of great interest to us all—namely, the amount of ore now developed in the mine, and the question of its continuity in- depth. When we started shipping last autumn, our mine superintendent made a most careful and conservative estimate of the ore available at that time, and gave it as 62,500 tons.' Since then, up to the end of our financial year, we have shipped over 20,000 tons of ore, and on April 30 he made an-< other careful estimate of our reserves, and found that, although we had shipped this tonnage, the ore in the mine and on the dumps, instead of being lessened by the ore stoped out, has risen from 62,500 tons to over 96,000 tons. This, at our present rate of smelting, gives a two year's supply ahead, and one thing I would like to impress upon you is that, as the development work never stops, these reserves are being added to daily. As a mining engineer, and the superintendent of your mine, Mr. Musgrave naturally has to be on the safe side in estimating ore reserves, but I can tell you that the gross figures, when first worked out, touched over 150,000 tons, and I believe that by the actual test, which in our property means stoping, the gross figures will be nearer the mark that the net, and certainly up to the present time, the stopes have always beaten the estimates, and I hope they will always continue to do so. The estimate of ore reserves does not include the copper-bearing schists, of which there are large bodies in the mine, and which some day may be utilized by concentration or for fluxing purposes, nor does it include the new and valuable strike at the 165-foot level. The Tyee is a mine that 754 THE MINING RECORD. requires long and careful study, and an intimate local knowledge; also considerable cross-cutting, or indications might be passed over and ore bodies containing many thousands of tons be missed. I will give .you one illustration of several that have occurred during the development of the mine. At a certain point in the ioo-foot level, to be exact, about 560 feet from our eastern boundary, which is the Richard III. claim, we struck about three feet of ore. There was a heavy drip of water following this ore, and, on a raise being put up, a powerful body of rich ore was disclosed, from which we have broken out and shipped several hundred tons while developing it. From indications, your mine superintendent considers there should be more ore to the north, and so, to prospect the ground in that direction, had a cross-cut driven just west of where the ore was found in the raise. At 45 feet, to the north a fine body of absolutely solid ore was encountered, which proved to be 20 feet wide, the first 7 feet of which assayed 9.25 per cent, copper, ' 5.13 oz. silver, and 0.26 oz. gold, while the whole 20 feet, went copper 4.93 per cent., silver 3.9 oz., and gold 0.13 oz. THE MINE OPENING UP WELL. In this instance a heavy seepage of water was' coming up from the floor, and just before I left for England this ore body was struck again in the level below, or 165-foot level (namely, about 340 feet from the surface), where it was found to be 30 feet wide, assaying for the first 10 feet 12.07 Per cent, copper, silver 4.88 oz., and gold 0.08 oz.; while the whole 30 feet gives an average of 7.8 per cent, copper, 3.66 oz. silver, and 0.153 oz. gold, equal, at the present price of copper, and after allowing for refining charges and all mining and smelting costs, to $15, or, say, £3, per ton of ore net, which is highly satisfactory. The body encountered in the drift was running, approximately, northwest and southeast, and looks as if it would in- • tersect the one met with in the cross-cut; in fact, the more the mine is explored, the more are the ore bodies that are opened up. It is no narrow vein, with two walls so closely defined that a cross-cut of a -few feet would put you out of the ore-bearing formation, but a fissured—or, rather, shattered—zone of unknown dimensions. Starting from one well defined or footwall would probably mean a cross-cut of' 1,000 feet to take us out of the ore-bearing country, and some day that cross-cut must be driven. Up to the present, however, we have found such stores of good ore within "a short distance of the south or footwall, that we have had no need, nor the time, to go further afield. In speaking about ore, I am pleased to tell you that some good ore has been found on the Richard III. claim—that is to say, the claim immediately to the east driving west from their shaft; and as the ore in the west drive in the Richard has been worked on at a depth of about 170 feet from their surface in that claim, and as our east drift at our'ioo-foot level, at the end of April, was within about 480 feet from the Richard III line, it is now practically certain that our ore lives right through the Tyee, and from the position of the ore in the Richard III. shaft, it will give us handsome backs, and thus we can count with safety on ore reserves greatly in excess of those I have figured on to-day. 200-foot level—It was in this level that the rich north vein was discovered. This vein was met with in a cross-cut 165 feet north of the No. 2 Shaft. It is about 3 feet wide, and, in places, although not solid ore, the mineral was very rich, selected samples running very high in gold and silver, and showing visible gold. This ore body may become . a valuable asset, and is entirely different in structure to the large deposits to the south. Up to the present we have had no time to explore this small vein, but as the ground is opened up from the lower levels, it will most certainly be prospected. It has not been taken into account in the ore reserves. THEJ)EEPER WORKINGS. Ore in Depth.—I will now touch upon this question. Some of you may be surprised that so little development work has been done below the 200-foot level; but there were two reasons why our work has so far been restricted to the-upper levels. The first was the extra demand for ore by the smelter being greater than was anticipated and which required the rapid opening up of the ground most available. . The second was the installation of more drill power and the addition of a second cage in the main shaft, so as to maintain the increased ore shipments to the smelter, together with the simultaneous opening up of the lower levels. Now that the installation of this additional plant has been completed the development of the lower levels will be pushed ahead, and I have no doubt as to .the outcome of that development. At our comparatively shallow depth we have ore bodies of such magnitude and extent that they have taken some years to open up to the development of to-day, and . even now not one-half of the ground between the surface and the 200-foot level has been explored. The main shaft has been sunk to a depth of 425 feet from the surface, the datum level of 400 feet being taken from an old shaft near our western boundary line. At the 300-foot level stations have been cut, and a cross-cut of 95 feet has been driven south, so as to locate the footwall. That being done, a cross-cut was run north for 120 feet, and solid ore was struck in close conection with the graphitic schists which have always been found with the ore in the levels above. At the 400-foot level, cross-cuts have been run 47 feet south and 90 feet north, which will be continued. The first development work to be put in on these lower levels will be drifts to the east, to connect with the large and rich ore bodies in the upper levels of the eastern portion of your mine, together with cross-cuts at regular intervals, as im the levels above. You must remember that in the upper level developments the ore bodies have been practically proved to extend right through the Tyee, a distance of some 1,500 feet in length. In our soft ground this is work that can be quickly and economically done, and when the 300- foot level has been thoroughly explored we shall turn our attention to the 400, and after that recommence sinking. THE MINING RECORD. (bb PROPOSED EXPLORATION WORK. I think I have given you as good a description of the Tyee Mine as time will admit. As to the other claims belonging to the company, these are Crown- granted; but no work, excepting that required by the the Government for'Crown-granting, has been as yet done on them, our energies having so far been concentrated on the Tyee. These lower claims will most probably prove of great value as the strike of the lode, in conjunction with a fault or break that occurs west of the Tyee, carries the ore-bearing zone through them. This is the reason why I recommended the purchase of these claims, and I hope that at no distant date I shall get the permission of my colleagues to start the opening up of this portion of your property: The graphitic schists, that I have already mentioned as occurring in connection with our ore bodies, cross the Chemainus River at the Muriel Fraction, which is over 1,200 feet below the level of the Tyee main shaft, and 8,000 feet distant on the strike of the lode. This is a large tract of ground to explore, as it is over five times the length of the Tyee claim. We are now installing a pumping station at the river on the Muriel claim. This will not only give us abundance of water at the mine, but it will be additional protection to the mine buildings in case of fire. I may add ' here that we are covered by insurance against loss by fire both to the mining plant and to the smelter; and also, at my suggestion (as I believe in protecting ourselves as fully as possible against the chance of stoppage of our works), we are further covered by special policies to the amount of £3,000 per month for stoppage of work for a period not exceeding six months— namely, at the mine and aerial tram against such stoppage arising from damage by fire, and at the smelter if arising from fire or accident to machinery. I will now deal with the connecting links between the mine and smelter. The ore is taken from the bins at the mine by a Riblet aerial tram three and a third miles in length. This tram is the longest in the province, if not in Canada. The automatic loading device is most ingenious and a great saving of labour, and the entire plant is runnig well and satisfctorily. This aerial tram takes the ore to the Esquimalt and ' Nanaimo Railway, and discharges into an ore-bin at a new station called Tyee, after the mine. From the Tyee station the ore is taken to Ladysmith, in cars containing 30 tons each, and we have an arrangement with the railway company to haul our ore for a term of years at a moderate freight rate. Mr. James Dunsmuir (the president) and Mr. Joseph Hunter (the general superintendent of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company) have done everything in their power to facilitate our work, and, in fact, have gone many times out of their way to do so. At Tyee station and the smelter at Ladysmith they have put in about a mile of sidings, connecting the various portions of our works, and have assisted us in many other ways. . THE SMELTER WORKING WELL. This now brings us to the smelter, which is under the able management of Mr. Thomas Kiddie, and it is due to his untiring energy and thorough practical knowledge that such good results have been obtained. When the ore arrives at Ladysmith the cars are weighed,, and then taken to the bunkers at the burning grounds at Rock Creek. The siding from the main line of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway passes over the top of these bins, and so the ore is dumped into them by gravity. It is then draWn from the bins in cars, containing about a ton each, and distributed to the various piles for roasting by means of a most ingenious travelling bridge. This device is an original idea of Mr. Kiddie's, and has been designed by him. It entirely does away with handling the ore, and is a great saving of expense. After the ore is roasted it is shovelled into cars, which enter the ground by cuttings below the surface, and so the ore falls, by gravity, into the cars. The cars are then drawn by a horse-tramway a distance of 1,500 feet to the burnt ore-bins at the smelter. These ore-bins have a capacity of 1,000 tons, and the ore is taken from them in cars, which run on a level with the top floor of the furnace. Thus, in its journey from the mine to the furnace, the ore is only once touched hy hand— namely, when it is shovelled down, from the burnt ore piles into the cars. Every detail that goes to the economy of labour has been most carefully thought out. I will mention one point out of several whereby a great saving of expense in handling has been secured. The slag, when it leaves the furnace, falls through a hole in the floor and is shotted. "Shotting" is a process of reducing the slag, while still in a state of fusion, into "shot," or small particles, by bringing it into contact with a jet of cold water, and thus carrying it, by a launder, down to the sea. This means a saving of about £1,500 a year in the item of labour alone. Room has been left in the buildings so that at any time the plant can be doubled and a converter added. At the present time the plant consists of one blast furnace, capable of handling nearly 200 tons per day, with engine, blower, boilers, sampling mill, electric light plant, and all the equipment of a first class smelter, and within a few months I hope to see it running to its maximum capacity. I my inform you that from February to the end of May the net profits have ranged from £5,000 to £9,000 per month. It is, however, impossible to expect any furnace can be kept in full blast from January 1 to December 31 of any year without stoppages. I have therefore advised my colleagues not to base their calculations at the present time on the highest results attained, but rather on a medium. Knowing the conditions as thoroughly as I do, I consider we are justified in expecting a net profit of not less than £6,000 per month for the current financial year. (Hear, hear.) Before concluding my remarks I should like to impress upon you what the value of the precious metals in our ore means to us. The gold and silver contents are always constant, running in value from 15s. to over 20s. per ton of ore. There has never been a blank in these metals, and the latest developments prove . that these values are steadily increasing. To take the last month of our financial year, namely, April, the net gold and silver obtained very nearly paid for all our 756 THE MINING RECORD. mining, developing and smelting costs, so that, after allowing for the refining charges, the net cost of producing and selling in New York a ton of electrolytic copper only amounted to about $66, or, say, rather less than £14, per ton, which means that if copper should even fall to the record lowest price in past years— namely, £35 per ton, we should still be able to make large profits, which, at our present estimated copper production, say, 2,000 tons per annum, would equal over £40,000 for the year. There are few copper mines in the world that can do this. (Hear, hear.) You will be glad to hear that the latest news regarding our developments fully confirms my statement that the ore bodies live right through the Tyee and Magic Fraction claims. Another new ore body has just been struck in the east drift at the 100-foot level, at a point about 300 feet from the eastern boundary of your property, and we are waiting particulars as to its width and value. The depth from the surface at this point will be, approximately, 300 feet. (Aplause.) Mr. W. Pellew Harvey asked permission, as a shareholder who had recently visited the property, to make a few remarks. He paid a very high compliment to the way in which the mine was being developed and worked by Mr. Livingston, Mr. Musgrave and Mr. Kiddie; but he expressed the opinion that the estimates of these gentlemen as to the value of the ore-body that was in sight were almost too conservative. He examined the figures in detail, and compared them with the figures which he had himself prepared from what he had seen, the result being that in his opinion they might expect a yield, at the current prices of the metals, of $15.08 per ton, instead of $12.21, while the total value of the ore in sight he estimated at £366,000. If they worked 4,000 tons of ore per month, which they could easily do, the life of * the mine would be three years and a half with the ore at present in sight. Mr. A. J. Johnston wished to offer the directors his congratulations upon the very satisfactory result which had attended the year's working, and to propose a vote of thanks to Mr. Livingston for his untiring and successful management of the Tyee Copper Mine. (Applause.) Mr. Jackson (a shareholder) said he paid a visit to the mine some time ago and was shown over it by Mr. Livingston. He did not profess to be a mining expert; but he had seen a good deal of mines and mining, and was glad to be able to say, in regard to the Tyee, that he had never seen work better done. The aerial tramway and the whole of the buildings were very substantially constructed, and, as a result of his inspection, he could speak in the highest terms of the management. In conclusion, he proposed a cordial vote of thanks to Mr. Musgrave (mine superintendent), Mr. Kiddie (the smelter manager), and the other employees of the company for their faithful services. The motion was seconded and agreed to, and the proceedings terminated. COMPANY MEETINGS AND REPORTS. THE NORTH STAR. THE following is an abstract of the report of Manager J. L. Parker, as presented at the recent annual general meeting of shareholders:— Whilst not finding any large deposits, the work done during the year in conjunction with the previous work has fully demonstrated the fact that the porphyry contracts possess a most important bearing on the ore deposits, and judging from the length of the principal ore shoots, and the smaller ones, which in each case were lying in contact with the porphyry dyke, some very close relation between the two must exist. Drill holes were therefore placed in such a position as to prove that these dykes probably extended to the deep, and a stringer of ore was also followed down, at the north end of the No. 1 ore body, by a shaft. The shaft, which is known as the east incline shaft, is 200 feet deep, and drifts and crosscuts have been driven with the result that stringers of ore have been encountered in the contact, which, whilst low grade, averaging 8 to 10 ounces silver and 23 to 38 per cent lead, show that there is a possibility of striking something better later on. This shaft will be sunk deeper as soon as the necessary buckets, which have been ordered, have arrived. The north incline has been driven 250 feet and has followed the ore channel all this distance and good stringers of ore have been met intermittently all the way down, which have assayed as high as 90 ounces silver, and 70 per cent. lead. The total amount of development work done during the year amounts to 12,166 feet of drifting, cross- cutting, sinking, raising and diamond drilling. During the year 3,426 tons of ore have been shipped the assay value of which averages 29.5 ounces silver and 36.2 per cent. lead. In conclusion the manager states that the conditions are now more encouraging than at this time last year and that he has certainly not lost hope of more ore being found as the development work continues. WORKING ACCOUNT. To cost of mining and shipping$io,372 44 To freight and treatment .... 49,832 59 To ore tax 639 97 To general expenses 2,061 64 To written off permanent equipment 7,264 16 j—$70,170 80 To balance transferred to profit and loss.. 21,960 00 $92,130 80 By proceeds of ore sales ^5M9 20 By miscellaneous receipts . . 6 681 60 $92,130 80 THE MINING RECOKD. ibi PROFIT AND LOSS. To dividend No. io .. .$19,500 00 To balance 70,457 55 By balance at credit of profit and loss .. By balance from working account .. .. $89,957 55 •$67,997 55 . 21,960 00 $89,957 55 DUMAS GOLD MINES, LIMITED. The annual general meeting of this company was held in Rossland. during the month. The following were elected as directors for the ensuing year: Thomas E. Atkins, Vancouver; Alfred J. Bultimer, Vancouver; J. Stillwell Clute, Rossland; G. W. Mc- Bride, Rossland; Wm. B. Townsend, Rossland; J. Stephen Deschamps, Rossland; E. Groteau, Rossland. The manager reported favourably on the condition of the mine, a considerable amount of ore having been encountered when work was in progress last winter. It is proposed to resume operations immediately. The company has had a road surveyed a distance of one mile to connect with the Ymir mine wagon road, and as the road was partly cut last fait- only a small expenditure will be necessary to finish it, when the company intends commencing shipping operations. B. C. EXPLORING SYNDICATE. At an extraordinary general meeting held in London for the purpose of sanctioning and confirming an agreement entered with the Ashanti Lands Co., providing for the inspection of the Iron Mask mine at Kamloops with a view to the formation of a new company having sufficient working capital to continue operations on a more extensive scale, and install a smelter, the chairman in moving the adoption of the agreement gave particulars of the development work, and stated: "Last year, on the 18th September, at the 500-foot level, 344 feet had been driven along the line of reef, and 202 feet by cross-cuts in other directions. Since then the footage has been extended at this level by 339 feet, with 150 feet of cross-cuts, making in all a total footage of 693 feet. Also at the 300-foot level since September the footage has been increased by 100 feet, and we are still in an ore body running in an easterly direction in both these levels, and it still maintains the value that it had in the earlier stages. We have also made a test with a diamond drill at the 500-foot level, getting it down 82 feet below this level into a good body of ore, and the ore was getting richer at depth: in fact, so rich did it become that the drill was unable to work, and had to be withdrawn, owing to the fact that the high grade ore, in a very fine state, ran into the drill and filled it up. Captain Argall is now working the drill at the same level, 200 feet, in a more easterly direction, and we hope to get 'the same encouraging results. We have discovered various bodies of ore, all of good, payable quality, which we did not know were in existence, and which add to the value of the property. These bodies of ore are in addition to those which were discovered near the shaft some two years ago." COSTS OF LEAD SMELTING IN KOOTENAY To the Editor.—In your July issue your article on "Costs of Lead Smelting in Kootenay" surely fails to prove the actual cost of smelting, but only quotes the charges made by the railway-smelting combination for freight and treatment, and also a comparison between the Canadian and American combinations. The contention is not made that the Canadian smelters mulct our ores more severely than do the American ones, but that freight and treatment charges are excessive. The public know by now that to smelt a lead ore, a mixture of lime ore, iron ore, silicious ore must be added to the galena (lead sulphide) ore (after this has undergone a preliminary treatment of roasting) in order to collect the lead, silver and gold as metals, and discard the gangue or worthless ingredients as slag. The art of cheap smelting is to assemble together a lime ore carrying values in lead and precious metals, an iron ore with values in gold and silver, and a .silicious or dry ore with high values to enrich the lead for subsequent refining. By perfecting the above methodical system, every ore used as a flux more than pays its own way and so throws no onerous charge on the wet and dry ores. Do the smelters positively claim that British Columbia contains no iron ores carrying ample values to pay their way as fluxes; that no lime ores exist with the requisite lime as well as values? If they are not satisfied with the present developed ores, should they exploit the districts near them, they can find all they want, though they may have to acquire and work deposits of their own to command a steady supply, and so gain larger profits for themselves. Of course they cannot contend that these fluxing ores do not exist with values to pay. amply a legitimate profit on smelting and transport. This fact being granted, does the railway-smelter combination \hen mean to tell the mine-owners in Slocan and Lardeau that fifteen dollars a ton on a wet ore, and nine dollars a ton on a dry ore, is not an excessive rate for freight and treatment, and that the extra one dollar for each hundred pounds of lead contents for a fictitious journey to London is not an outrageous swindle by the railway companies? What is happening at present? The high-grade wet ores of Slocan and Lardeau are paying the exorbitant rates for freight and treatment quoted above, and the lower grade wet ores of East Kootenay and Ainsworth are paying somewhere about nine dollars a ton. The high grade in silver and the low grade, being both wet ores cost an equal amount to smelt. Why, then, should nature's bounty be offset by a railway-smelter combination ? The dry ores of the Republic camp in the State of Washington, U.S.A., and British Columbia dry ores cost on an average the same to smelt. Why do our railways then build up an American camp and transport their ores broadcast to the smelters in the Province, rather than bring down the freight and treatment on the dry ores of British Columbia? 758 THE MINING RECORD. The writer distinctly claims that discriminating rates (though high enough in themselves) are"being given to the North Star mine because Messrs. Mc- Kenzie & Mann are shareholders, and to the Highland mine at Ainsworth on the lake shore, and that the Slocan and Lardeau ores are taxed outrageously. That the dry ores of Republic, Washington, are supplying ores at the expense of our Province to keep up our freight and treatment charges. That unsuitable magnesian, so-called iron, ores in some cases are being used as flux at the expense of valuable ferrie ore deposits that can be opened and so increase our wealth. Sir Thomas Shaughnessy and his fellow conspirators (directors) complain that their mining railways here do not pay. Whose fault is that but their own? The mineral is here, but the railways prevent our metals by high freight rates from competing in the world's market. If they can afford to haul Republic ore through the Province and transfer it across the sea to the Crofton smelter for $2.50 a ton, and so build up foreign camps at our expense, they can give us better freight rates throughout. It is galling to a Briton to- know that he has to fight a bonused railway to be allowed to make a living, and that nature's bounty is autocratically set at naught. The Government at Ottawa though practising false political economy have given the lead industry a bonus and it is not good part for the miner to cavil, if the Canadian taxpayer does not. The gaining of this bounty by the real producer has to be safeguarded more than ever, for where the carcase is, there will be gathered the vultures. Ronald C. Campbell-Johnson. Slocan. July 18th, 1903. HOME SMELTERS AND RATES. To the Editor.—Referring to your letter of June 8th (or 9th) as well as my brief answer under date June 17th, I wish to make a correction inasmuch as your publication of my letter in the last B. C. Mining Record would have a tendency to convey the incorrect impression that our dealings with Canadian smelters has been unsatisfactory. I will readily admit that by answering your communication so briefly I was probably at fault; the reason for this being that at the time of the receipt of your letter I was unusually busy with some important matters that absolutely prevented me from going into the matter fully. What I had particularly in view by referring to Mr. Cavanaugh's publication in the Daily News, was that the freight rates quoted by him corresponded with those paid by the Payne Mining Company in the early days; it was, however, not my intention thereby to discriminate against our home smelters, and the fact that since I have had charge of the Payne Mines for more than two years, all our shipments have been sent to Trail, would be sufficient proof that our dealings with the Canadian Smelting Works have been satisfactory. Our company has found it to their interest to ship to the home smelters, not so much because we wish to further home industry, but that we found it convenient and to our adavntage to do so. My dealings with Mr. Aldridge have always been very satisfactory, and in justice to him and his company I would ask of you the courtesy to withdraw my statement from your last issue of the B. C. Mining Record. My approval and reference to Mr. Cavanaugh's correspondence only pertained to smelting rates paid during the early period of lead smelting in British Columbia; his other views and later correspondence referring to the general advantages of foreign smelters above our home smelters, I do not share, and prefer not to discuss; this being a matter of private opinion subject to individual experience. Alfred C. Garde. THE BOUNTY ON LEAD. To the Editor.—The British Columbia Silver Lead Miners' delegation desire to publicly express their appreciation not only of the action of the Government in acceding to their request for a bounty on lead, but also of the unvarying sympathy and consideration which they have received from the members of the Cabinet during the necessary investigation of this important question.. Too great credit cannot be given to Senator Tem- pleman and our British Columbia members, especially the member for Yale-Cariboo, for their unwavering support of a cause which we are confident will work as much to the interest of the Province as a whole, as to the mining districts in particular. John L. Retallack, • Chairman, Silver-Lead Delegation. Ottawa, Ont., July 8th, 1903. THE BOUNTY ON LEAD ORES. THE terms under which the Dominion Government offer a bounty on lead ores mined in Canada are as follows: 1. The Governor-in-council may authorize the payment of a bounty of 75 cents per 100 pounds of lead contained in lead-bearing ores mined in Canada, provided the sum to be paid as such bounty shall not exceed $500,000 in any fiscal year. Provided also that when it appeals to the satisfaction of the minister charged with the administration of this act that the standard price of pig lead in London, England, exceeds £12 ios per ton of 2,240 lbs., such bounty shall be reduced proportionately by amount of such excess. 2. Payment of said bounty may be made from time to time to the extent of 60 per cent, of the full bounty authorized, subject to adjustment at the close of each fiscal year. If at the close of any year it shall appear that during the year the quantity of lead produced on which the bounty is authorized, exceeds 33,330 tons of 2,000 lbs. each, the rate of bounty shall be reduced to such a sum as will bring the payments for the year within the limit mentioned in section 1. 3. If at any time it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Goyernor-in-council that the charges for transportation and treatment of lead ores in Canada are excessive, or that there is any discrimination which prevents the smelting of such ores in Canada on fair and reasonable terms, the Governor- in-council may authorize the payment of bounty at such re- THE MINING RECORD-. duced rate, as may be deemed just, on lead contained in such ores mined in Canada and exported for treatment abroad. 4. Said bounty shall cease and determine on the 30th day of June. 1908. COMPANY NOTES AND CABLES. Providence (Boundary).—Smelter returns on the last carload of ore shipped gave a valuation of $225 per ton. The net weight of ore was 37,832 lbs., the gross value of which was $4,256.27. The mineral contents per ton were: Gold 1.82 ozs., silver 373.8 ozs., and lead 6.8 per cent. Slocan Star (Sandon).—This mine last month declared a. dividend of $25,000. Lenora (Mt. Sicker.)—Operations at this mine have been resumed under arrangement with Mr. James Breen, one of the owners of the Crofton smelter. At a meeting of creditors held in July Mr. Breen consented to the following amendments to the original agreement: That a representative of the unsecured creditors should be allowed to visit the mine at any time, examine the books and inspect the new work; that plans of new work would be submitted to the representative of the creditors; and that no ore of less value than $5 a ton would be shipped to the smelter. Velvet (Rossland).—The manager cables : "Have received the following returns from smelters, namely: 187 tons first class ore yielded 197 ozs. gold, 8,706 lbs. copper; net returns from smelters, $3,750, or an average of £4 2s. iod. per ton. 46 tons 'fines' yielded 17 ozs. gold, 2,250 lbs. copper; net returns from smelters, $292, or an average of £1 6s. 3d. per ton." Nimrod Syndicate (Atlin).—Result of second clean-up by Atlin Mining Company for eight days' run is 125 ozs. of gold. Cariboo Consolidated (Lightning Creek).—The following report has been received by the secretary of the company dated 25th May, from the resident manager: "I am very glad to be able to give you most encouraging information in regard to the Lightning Creek work. In sinking borehole No. 4 we encountered highly auriferous gravel having a thickness of about three feet immediately above the bedrock. The total depth of this hole to bedrock was 129 feet. In this strata of gravel we recovered between four and five hundred small colours or fine particles of gold, the largest being a flake about one-sixteenth of an inch square. As this gold is forced from the bottom of the surface through a three- inch pipe by a small stream of water, it is, of course, impossible to secure heavier colours, the velocity of-the water not being sufficient to do this. It is a most remarkable showing under the circumstances, and proves that the ground we propose drifting is very rich. We are now preparing to sink borehole No. 5, distant 100 feet from borehole No. 4, towards the south rim. In this hole we will endeavour to secure heavier gold by means of a pipe fitted with a valve in end of same, acting as a sandpump. This borehole No. 4 was the first hole in which we have struck gravel on the bedrock, showing that we must now be into the channel. By next mail I will send you the cross section developed to date, of this Lightning Creek Channel." Le Roi No. 2 (Rossland).—The following report has been received from the mine manager for the month of May: "Josie Mine; 500-foot level.—Instead of drifting we widened out towards the footwall, following the streak of ore hitherto left behind on account of its low values. It has proved much better than anticipated. 300-foot level.—13 feet were driven, and we again broke through, for the second time, into the main drift, nothing but stringers being encountered. In an eastward direction 18 feet were driven; but the ore there pinched out, and we abandoned the drift. We raised on a good showing of ore about 9 feet west of our cross-cut. Here we got occasionally very good assays; but the ore was broken up, and we had to abandon this also. (Height of rise, 22 feet, above sill floor.) 700-foot level.—96 feet were driven on route of diamond drill hole No. 27, with a view to undercut Annie No. 3 ore body. 500-foot level.—Hanging-wall drift driven 18 feet. Some good values were encountered; but average grade of ore is second-class. Diamond drill work.—Hole No. 27 advanced from 243 feet to 363.5 feet, but nothing met with. 900-foot level.—Hole No. 28 run 270 feet. Nothing met with so far. No. 1 mine, 200-foot level, west drift—20 feet were driven. There were occasional good showings of ore, but they were hardly so good as anticipated. East drift.—17 feet Were driven to meet west drift. About 5 feet of this were in ore of milling grade. This is now spoken of as stope II. We widened out on footwall side about 3 feet, where a streak of mixed ore occurred. 300-foot level.— The cross-cut shown on plan was driven 11 feet in very good ore. Ore production.—Ore has been taken from the stopes in the following propositions: Josie Mine: Stope 19, 300-foot level, 558 tons; stope 20, 500-foot level, 1,845 tons; stope 5, 400ifoot level, 354 tons; stope 6, 600-foot level, 203 tons; stope 11, 700-foot level, 175 tons; total, 3,135 tons. No. 1: Stope 10, 200-foot level, 26 tons; stope 11, 200-foot level, 137 tons; stope 2a, 200-foot level, 66 tons; stope 4, 300-foot level, 487 tons; stope 5, 300-foot level, 12 tons; total, 728 tons; total, Josie Mine and No. 1 Mine, 3,863 tons. General remarks on above stopes: Josie: Stope 19.—Back of this stope has again become badly broken up; ore penetrating into dyke on third floor. Stope 20.—This is very good, and has improved greatly during last month. Stope 5.—We stopped shipping from here early in the month; there is a large tonnage of ore broken, which we can draw from at any time. Stope 11.—we have also stopped shipments from here, as value became very low grade. No. 1 Mine: Stope 4 is giving very good ore; another streak has been found in footwall giving very high values, and we are not following this up. Cross-cut previously mentioned is very good-looking stuff, and promises to be an important find." Canadian King (Erie).—The Canadian King mine, near Erie, has shipped a car of ore to the Trail smelter, the returns of which were $57 per ton—the value is gold with a little silver. The mine is under lease. Sullivan (E. Kootenay) .—The manager has received instructions to prepare for the shipment of 1,000 tons of ore. The mine has, it is said, 11,000 tons of ore' on the dump, about half of which is of shipping grade. Standard Development Syndicate (Ymir).—The Standard Development Syndicate, Limited, of Nelson, has issued a circular to shareholders, which contains a statement showing that the final settlements on ore shipped netted, after payment of railway freight and smelter charges an average of $13 ioy2 per ton on shipments from' Dpuble Standard, $1789 per ton on quartz from Double Standard, $12.47 per ton on ore shipped from Hunter V., $7.20 per ton on ore shipped from Hunter V., and $9-54 and $9-54 Per ton on ore shipped from Hunter V. and Double Standard. The average for all shipments was $10 per ton. The ore was smelted at the Hall Mines smelter at Nelson and the freight and treatment charges range from $3.15 to $5.80 a ton. The force at the mine of the Syndicate has been increased. The mines are situated on the divide between Hidden and Porcupine Creeks, about seven miles from Ymir. Ymir Gold Mines (Ymir) .-The following circular has been issued to the shareholders: Recent reports received from the manager concerning the developments of the mine show that satisfactory progress is being made, and that good payable ore is being met in the lower levels. J At the present time, however, the, returns are being obtained from low- grade ore, but when the lower workings are further opened up judging from the assay values of the ore found in the Nos 5 and 6 levels, the returns should improve, but the ben-e fit of these developments will not be felt until some two or three months hence. In the last report received from the manager he states: — No. 4 level, east drive, advanced 19 feet, total 138 feet. In this drive a 4-foot band of ore has been showing for the • last 6 or 7 feet, which assays $9 in gold and silver per ton This is probably a part of the same make of ore that has been followed on the No. distance further out. east level for a considerable r60 THE MINING RECORD. m No. 6 level, west drive, advanced 19 feet, total 39 feet. The assays for this distance have varied from $3.50 to $11 per ton in gold and silver and average $9.25 for the hanging- wall 5 feet, and $7.50 for the footwall 5 feet. No. 6 level, east drive, advanced 11 feet, total 37 feet. The assays for the distance varied from $2 to $34 per ton in gold and silver, and average $19 for the hanging-wall 7 feet, and $13 for the footwall 7 feet. The developments at the No. 6 level are characterized by unusually heavy mineral contents and high silver values, the average of the latter metal being about 5 ozs. per ton, and runs as high as 12 ozs. per ton. The best streak of ore has not been, as is usual in other parts of the mine, along the footwall, but is carried in the middle streak, the actual hanging-wall band being of barren white quartz carrying a good deal of calcite. No. 7 level.—The fact of the east drive, 20 feet from shaft, was sampled prior to commencing driving; the results show $3 in gold and silver per ton for a width of 8 feet. Driving will be commenced here immediately, and will be carried very narrow, following the best streak of ore if possible, as there is practically no way available for the moment to economically dispose of waste. The driving of the No. 10 tunnel has been suspended, and the payable ore is being followed down from the upper workings. Considerable economies in the working expenses will, however, be effected from working the mine through this tunnel, the benefits'of which is already being felt. The favourable developments which are now taking place all point to the hope that the mine should shortly regain its former prosperity and give satisfactory returns to the shareholders. The returns for May were as follows: Battery—Number of tons crushed, 5,300; 60 heads of stamps running 31 days yielded 1,150 ounces bullion. Gross estimated value, $12,900. Have shipped 220 tons of concentrates; gross estimated value, $6,000. Cyanide—3.400 tons tailings treated; gross estimated value $1,650. Total working expenses, $20,000. Sundry receipts, $1,040. Profit, $1,590. Expenditure on capital account, including development not deducted from receipts, $5,5000. Fisher Maiden (Slocan).—In order to provide funds for opening up a road to the property and driving a still deeper tunnel, the Fisher Maiden-Troy Company, operating in Slocan, has decided to reorganize on an assessable basis, and a meeting for that purpose has been called at Rossland for August nth. It is probable that the present incorporation will be preserved, and that advantage will be taken of Section 163 in the British Columbia Companies Act, which provides a way of putting non-assessable companies on an assessable basis. The object the directors have in proposing the foregoing is to provide funds for building a road and doing some 400 feet of development work, which, it is believed will result in placing the company on a dividend- paying basis. The costs will not require anything like the amount of 3 cents per share to be assessed, but is simply taken as a maximum at which the power to assess shall absolutely cease. Venus (Nelson).—A body of high-grade ore has been struck on the No. 4 level, at a depth of approximately 600 feet. There are thirty men now at work on the property, including those at the stamp mill. Work has been resumed at the Athabasca and ore is again being shipped to he mill, although in small quantities as yet. Both properties are looking very well. • Juno (Nelson).—A very rich strike is reported to have been made on the Juno, on Morning Mountain, the ore being of exceptional grade. Development work will be continued on the lead. At present the ore is being sacked and shipped to the mill as rapidly as possible, and the company in any case will realize handsomely out of the present find, even if it proves to be only a pocket, as its extreme richness leads some to believe. Molly Gibson (Nelson).—The directors of the company owning the Molly Gibson mine, at the head of Kokanee Creek, Nelson district, have decided to resume operations. A concentrator will be built near the mine, as the lead and zinc values in the low-grade ore are worth saving. Instructions to begin work are looked for daily at Nelson. Queen Bess Proprietary.—The following Crown-granted mineral claims, namely, Queen Bess, Young Dominion, Concord, First Extension and American Girl, situated near the own of Three Forks and formerly owned by the Queen Bess Proprietary, Ltd., were sold at a sheriff's sale in Nelson last month. The property realized $6,500. Slocan Lake Gold and Silver Mines, Lld. (Slocan).— This company's properties, including the Tiger, Tiger Fraction, Bland No. 2 and Howard Fraction, were sold in July by the sheriff to satisfy a judgment of the Bank of Montreal. Ottawa (Slocan).—An important discovery has been made at this mine, the existence of two veins having been demonstrated paralleling one another at a distance of 80 feet. On the surface near the mouth of No. 4 tunnel ore assaying 1,000 ozs. of silver was encountered. Waterloo (Camp McKinney).—The last car of ore from this mine netted 3,500 dollars. It is estimated that the clean-up for the month ending July 15th will be from $8,000 to $10,000.. Great Western Mines.—The sixth annual meeting was held at Ferguson on July 8th, the report stating that since November last 3,391 feet of development work had been done, and for the year ending June 30th, 1,420,343 tons of ore shipped yielding a net profit of $40,224.85. Reduction works and an aerial tramway are to be shortly installed. Ophir Lode.—The seventh general meeting of shareholders was held during the month. The report presented states that the right-of-way has been cleared for the aerial tramway and the derricks erected to receive the cable. The air compressor is on the ground and ten concrete beds ready to put in place. The frame of the mill is erected and the bed cut for a water pipe, over 2,000 feet of which will be laid. The mine is in good condition. The syndicate has decided to float a new company to operate Imperial, Balfour and part of the Rossland claims on Lexington Mountain. Van Anda (Texada)..—Mining operations at the Van Anda properties, Texada Island, are proceeding satisfactorily. Three shipments of ore are being made to Crofton smelter. One hundred and twenty-five tons were shipped from the Copper Queen, and 300 tons from Cornell. There are 7,000 tons of ore on the Cornell dump, left there by former operators, which will be shipped to Crofton shortly. These could not be handled previously on account of the cost of haulage. Completion of the tramway and bunkers, however, has now made this large quantity of ore available. Tyee Copper (Mt. Sicker).—Results of smelting for 14 days in June: Ore smelted, 2,246 tons; matte produced, 293 tons; gross value of contents (copper, silver and gold), less costs of refining, $31,879. The national holidays, smelter repairs, and allowing time for roast piles of ore to cool, account for the month's short run. Mine.—During the month of June 3,974 tons of ore were shipped to smelter. Bosun Mine (Slocan).—Telegram from the manager reports 40 tons galena and 60 tons zinc shipped during the month of June. Northwestern Development Co. (Fish River).—A cleanup at the Gold Finch during July, after eighteen 12-hour shifts, resulted in the production of a gold brick weighing 135 ounces. Le Roi.—The manager cables: "Shipped from the mine to the Northport smelter during month of June, 11,289 tons of ore, containing 4,500 ozs. of gold, 4,480 ozs. of silver and 227,700 lbs. of copper. Shipped from the dump to North- port smelter during the past month, 5 tons of ore, containing 26 ozs. of gold, 36 ozs. silver and 927 lbs. of copper. Estimated profit on this ore $8,000." THE MINING RECORD, 761 MACHINERY NOTES. THE WAKEFIELD CONCENTRATOR. "pHE concentrator at the Wakefield is being remodelled ■*■ and when completed will have a capacity of from ioo to 150 tons per day. Sufficient ore is already blocked out to keep the mill running the entire season. HOIST AT THE MARBLE BAY. A 75-h.p. hoist, having a capacity of 700 feet, is being installed at the Marble Bay, Texada Island. The mine will be idle for probably two weeks, until the machinery is in place, when sinking which has been delayed on account of inadequate" hoisting arrangements, will be resumed. COKE OVENS AT BLAIRMORE. A contract has been let by the International Coal and Coke Company, operating coal properties at Blairmore, Alberta, for the erection of 100 coke ovens, and the work is now under way. It is expected that the ovens will be ready for use early in the fall, and coke shipments will be made therefrom to the Granby and other Boundary smelters. • EQUIPMENT FOR A BOUNDARY MINE. A large 150-h.p. boiler was received this month at the Snowshoe mine near Phoenix from the manufacturers, the Jenckes Machine Co., of Sherbrooke, Que. PROPOSED WHITE BEAR CONCENTRATOR. The White Bear mine, Rossland, has applied for 100 miners' inches of water from the Trail smelter dam, to be returned to the smelter flume. This is regarded as final evidence that the mine will build its concentrator at or near Trail, as no such application would be practical without the previous consent of the smelter. compressor at the rambler. It is stated that a compressor is to be installed at the Rambler, about two miles from the mine. Here by fluming two creeks a continuous water supply may be depended upon. smelter for grebble1 island. It is reported that a smelter of 100 tons daily capacity is shortly to be built at Grebble Island, about 350 miles up the coast, to treat the ores of the Canadian-American mines. chloridisation in the lardeau. The installation of a concentrating and chloridising plant for treatment of the ores of the Silver Cup and Nettie L. mines is considered as an indication that mining in this section is about to enter a new stage. Hitherto only those properties which had bodies of clean, high-grade, shipping ore, or ore which could be cheaply assorted for shipment, could be profitably operated, and the large quantities of ore mixed with gangue had to be thrown on the dumps as second-class to wait a time when means of profitable treatment should come. That time has arrived, and with it the Lardeau will, enter on a new phase of mining, where large capital, large plants, and the best technical skill will be employed in the development of the industry. THE FISH CREEK FREE-MILLING ORES. The erection of the Northwestern Company's mill at Camborne has been completed, and the building is well in. progress of the ten-stamp mills at both the Oyster-Criterion and Eva. The Vancouver Engineering Works is establishing a pipe plant for the Calumet B. C. Mine Co., of Camborne, and also a power plant for the Ophir-Lode Gold Mining Company. ELECTRICAL POWER IN BOUNDARY. It is understood that the British Columbia Copper Company, owning and operating the Mother Lode mine and smelter, have recently concluded arrangements for utilizing electrical power generated at Cascade at the company's reduction works near Greenwood, making the second of the Boundary smelters to take advantage of this cheap power. While nothing official has yet been given out on the subject, it is understood that a contract has been awarded for the building of a branch pole line from Phoenix to Anaconda, near Greenwood, where the Mother Lode smelter is situated, a distance of about five miles. It is said that L. A. Campbell of Rossland has secured this contract and will shortly begin the work of construction. The necessary surveys have already been made between the two places, and it is probable that construction will not require more than a month, if there are no unforeseen delays. As the Greenwood smelter is now operating two furnaces, and is intending to put in others at no distant date, the cheaper power thus to be obtained will become an important factor in the economical operation of those reduction works. The Sunset smelter, located three miles further down Boundary Creek, with two furnaces now in operation and a third under construction, will also, it is believed, be glad to avail itself of this economical power, in place of the steam power which both of these plants now use. Electric power is also now being utilized by the Snowshoe mine. THE SUNSET SMELTER AT BOUNDARY FALLS. A third Connersville Company's blower, with direct-connected Erie City engine, was received at the Montreal & Boston Copper company's smelter at Boundary Falls early this month and later a third blast furnace arrived at the same works. The two blowers already in use are also Connersville machines, one a No. 7 and the other a No. 7iy2, each driven by its separate 75-h.p. Erie City engine, and each supplying blast for one furnace. The blower just received is a No. 8 and its engine is of 125-h.p., its capacity being ' equal to the blast requirements of two furnaces. The new furnace, like No. 2 now in operation, was manufactured by the Union Iron Works, Spokane, Wash. The new furnace is of similar dimensions to the two running at Boundary Falls, viz.,; 40 inches by 176 inches at the tuyere line. It will be placed in line with and immediately south of No. 2, the removal of the power house having given room for more furnaces. Other plant lately received at this smelter includes seven large cars or trucks to be used for the purpose of dumping the slag hot as soon as the present method of granulating it shall be abandoned. The limited space available for a slag dump makes it necessary at these works, as well as at the other two district smelters, that hot-dumping of the slag shall be substituted for granulation. The cars, which were made by the Union Iron Works, have a capacity of between four and five tons each. A locomotive for hauling these cars was ordered seven months ago, but there has been an unexpected delay in delivery on the part of the manufacture who contracted to supply it. However, preparations are being made at the smelter to have everything in readiness to utilize it as soon as it shall reach the works, the blacksmiths being busy making switches, frogs and other parts of the railway between furnaces and dump for the slag tram. AERIAL TRAMWAY FOR THE BRITANNIA. Arrangements have been made for the installation of an aerial tramway system at the Britannia mines, Howe Sound. GRANBY'S NEW FURNACES. The two new furnaces now being installed at the Granby smelter, making a total battery of six, are practically set up. The connections with flue dust chambers and blowers will be made early in August, when the plant will be closed down for a week. It is expected that the entire six furnaces will be in blast a fortnight later if a sufficient supply of _ coke can be secured. The smelter will then have a capacity of 2,100 tons daily. NICKEL PLATE STAMP MILL AT HEDLEY. Construction is proceeding steadily on the flume | and stamp mill at Hedley, twenty miles down river from Princeton. It is stated that upon the completion of the mill the erection of a smelter on the Indian Reserve land will be commenced. The smelter and stamp mill will be the property of the Yale Reduction Works, and it will treat custom ores, especially yellow copper ores when the plant is in operation, which is expected to be in about eighteen months. Copper ores will be needed in smelting the arsenical iron of the Nickel Plate mine. Up to the present time it is estimated that there has been expended on the whole works a million and a half dollars.—Similkameen Star. |p^ - AERIAL TRAMWAYS IN THE LARDEAU. The contract has been let to B. C. Riblet for the construction of a tramway from the Nettie L. mine in the Lardeau to the new mill at the Silver Cup. The tramway, will be one and one half miles in length, and will have a capacity of one hundred tons per ten hours. Work will be commenced on the construction of the tramway, the machinery for it being manufactured in Nelson. This makes five mine tramways in course of construction in the Lardeau. PROPOSED TRAM FOR THE HUNTER V. The installation of an aerial tram at the Hunter V. mine, in the Ymir district, is projected. THE MINING RECORD. MINING RETURNS AND STATISTICS. REPUBLIC (WASHINGTON) TO B. C SMELTERS. THE ore shipments from Republic to the Granby, Hall, Tacoma and Crofton smelters for the six months ending June 30, 1903, aggregated 371 cars. The average per car was 30 tons. This brings the tonnage up to 11,730 or 1,950 tons per month. Of the total tonnage 4,380 tons were shipped in June. YUKON. It is probable that the Yukon gold yield for the year will approximate that of 1902. Some estimate it in advance at eleven millions and others place it at an amount in the neighbourhood of $13,000,000. Some reduction has been made in the cost of production, as a result of cheaper machinery, labour and commodities, and on the whole the results of the present season should show some slight improvement on those of last year. The following is a statement of gold received at the Seattle assay office for a period covering five years, from July 15th, 1898 to July 15th, 1903: Nome, Alaska $11,285,971 08 Balance of Alaska 2,654,037 79 . Total for Alaska $13,940,008 87 Briish Columbia and Canada 3,428,780 47 British Comumbia and Canada 3,428,780 47 Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana .... 1,153,856 47 Total $73,364,790 18 rossland. ■Ore shipments from Rossland for the year to the week ending July 25th, were divided as follows:— Tons. Le- Roi 106,341 Centre Star 44,692 War Eagle 32,829 Le Roi No. 2 ■ 15,095 Velvet ■ 4,057 Kootenay 4 780 Giant 614 Jumbo 300 White Bear 250 Cilica concentrates 85 Homestake 80 I. X. L 40 O. K 20 Total 208,577 BOUNDARY. Returns of Boundary district ore shipments from January ist to July 25th are:— Tons. Granby 187,715 'Mother Lode 58,830 Snowshoe 37 212 B- C •• '.'■ 18^565 Emma 10,046 Sunset §>225 Oro Denoro 66° Providence 034 Athalstan 435 Elkhorn 129 Total 316,421 SLOCAN. From January ist to July 18th shipments from the Slocan and Slocan City mining divisions have been as follows:— Tons. American Boy 1 502 Antoine IQI Arlington 40 Black Prince *7 Bondholder 2 Bosun 690 Bluebird 20 Dayton '4 Enterprise 375 Fisher Maiden 2°° Hartney 2I Hamilton 4 Idaho 2I Ivanhoe 466 Lucky Jim I05 Monitor 436 Meteor I2 Ottawa Io6 Payne x336 Queen Bess x44 Rambler 890 ■ Reco z53 Republic 50 Ruth .. ' • • • • 203 Rio 9 Red Fox ' • 24 Slocan Star 995 Slocan Boy - J6 Silver Glance 55 Surprise 5 Vancouver 20 Total 7154 COAL EXPORTATIONS AND TRADE THE settlement, after a suspension of operations extending over a period of four months, of the differences between Mr. Dunsmuir and his mine-employees at Ladysmith, has, been hailed with great satisfaction, and during July work at the collieries have been actively prosecuted. The men at Cumberland are yet idle, but an early adjustment of the trouble there is also expected. On the ioth" inst. an explosion occurred in No. 6 mine, Cumberland, resulting in thirteen fatalities of Chinese. At Nanaimo the Western Fuel Company is making preparations to pump out the old Harewood mine, which has been closed now for a year. The old company ran into faults, but it is proposed to drill through these, and if the results are satisfactory to again work the mine thoroughly. It is thought, meanwhile, that the limits of the usefulness of oil for fuel have been reached; and the price having stiffened has improved the condition of the San Francisco coal market. Shipments last month aggregated 18,706 tons. At Coal Creek the mines are again in perfect working order, all the damage done during the disaster in May of last year, and in the strike early this season, having been entirely repaired. The coal output for the month of June was as follows: Coal Creek, 24,586; Morrissey, 18,124; Michel, 28,543—a total of 71,253 tons. The coke shipped during the month was 6,568 tons from Fernie and 6,657 from Michel, total 13.223 tons. The disposition of the coke was: Canadian Smelting Works, Trail, 3,146 tons; B. C. Copper Co., THE MINING RECORD. 763 Greenwood, 1,902 tons; Granby Company, Grand Forks, 4,799 tons; Hall Mines, Nelson, 363 tons; Montreal & Boston Company, Boundary Falls, 1,771 tons; Northport smelter, 1,244 tons. It is estimated that the total coal shipments for July will be in the neighbourhood of 85,000 tons, and the coke tonnage will also be increased. At Morrissey 48 of the new coke ovens are now in brick, while all the stone work on the full number building has been completed. It will be the first of September before all will be ready for work, but it is intended to start the ovens up as fast as completed. The same will be done with the new ovens at Michel, where already sixty are in brick, and the balance have the stone work done. At Fernie, for the first time, all the ovens in the place were worked during the latter part of the month, a total of 422 and these will be run steadily now. The first shipment of coal from the mines of the International Coal & Coke Co., Blairmore, N.W.T., was made last week, when one carload of coal was shipped to Phoenix. The coal will be used for operating the steam shovel in the surface quarries of the Granby mines. Another carload of coal is en route to the Granby smelter. Although work at the coal mines is' only in its initial stages, about 25 miners are employed, and two carloads of coal are being taken out daily in course of regular development. LOCAL STOCK MARKET FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, 1903. Prepared by the Stuart Robertson Co., Ltd., Stock Brokers, Victoria, B.C. Highest. Lowest. Companies. Asked. ' Bid. Asked. Bid. $ c. $ c. $ c $ c. Cariboo McKinney I2>£ iiy 12 nj4 Cariboo Hydraulic 75 .. 75 Centre Star 28 26^ 26J^ 24J4 Crow's Nest P. C 100 00 75 00 87 50 68 75 Fairview Corporation 6y 4^2 $y2 4 Iron Mask 6 . . 6 North Star 13J4 12 12 \oy2 Payne 21 < 18 14^ 13 Rambler 65 40 42^2 40 Sullivan 6 554 5 4 War Eagle 13 ioj4 12 10 Waterloo 7 6 6y> $y2 Winnipeg 4 . . 4 St. Eugene 48 '■ 40 48 40 Granby 5 50 4 50 4 50 4 00 V . * THE METAL MARKET. The markets this month have been' somewhat inactive, and there is nothing of particular interest to record. The price of copper shows a slight further decline, notwithstanding that enquiry from Europe has been good. It is thought, meanwhile, that manufacturers are holding back in the nope of still lower prices. The latest quotations are Lake, 13% to 13%; Electrolytic, 13% to 13%; Cathodes, 12% to 13%; Casting Copper, 1254 to 12%. The average price in June for electrolitic was 13.942. Lead has been in good demand, at, however, practically unchanged prices, 4 to 4.02^4, St. Louis; 4.05 to 4.10, New York. The London quotations have ranged from £11 8s. gd. to £11 13s. gd. Spelter has been active, and a scarcity of spot metal is reported, the St. Louis quotations being 5.50 to 5.55; and 5.65 to 5.70, New York. The price of silver after advancing slightly in consequence of buying from India, again relapsed and has since remained unchanged at a small fraction over 53- «B 1 IMPORTS OF MINING MACHINERY. The imports of mining machinery into Canada during 1902 Were valued at $850,339; of which $789,921 was for machinery from the United States; 58,133 from Great Britain and $2,285 from other countries. The total imports of wire rope, which $73,986, came from Great Britain and 563,519 pounds, valued at $135,573. Of this quantity, 1,033,307 pounds, valued at $73>9§6, came from Great Britain and 563,519 younds, valued at $58,902, from the United States. The balance, 80,724 pounds, valued at $2,685, were from other countries. THE WHITE HORSE GOLD EXCITEMENT. In consequence of the reported discovery of a very rich new gold area on a tributary of the Alsek River, in the Yukon, a stampede has taken place from White Horse, from which place the new finds are distant from between 120 to 150 miles in a north-westerly direction. In one day. over two hundred and fifty licenses were taken out and excitement ran high. Two creeks in the locality, Fourth of July and Ruby, .have been already tolerably well prospected for a distance of about ten m#es, and it is said the gold is very evenly distributed, yielding from three to fifteen cents to the . pan, and that miners are making from $10 to $12 a day. THE VANCOUVER POWER CO. The contract for the construction of the power-house of /the Vancouver Power Company, which is to be built on the beach below the Trout Lake dam on the North Arm of the Inlet, • has been awarded. The power-house will be built entirely of stone to be furnished by the Vancouver Power Company. The building will be 40 feet by 156 feet, and the walls 30 feet in height and two and a half feet in thickness. The- Company intends to have its generators and Pelton wheels installed and in operation before Christmas, by which time 'it is expected that 6,000 horsepower will be available for use in Vancouver. One of the unique features in the station will be the twelve submerged oil switch brakes, the oil baths being ranged along one side of the structure. Besides these twelve oil tanks provision is made for thirteen more in case they should be needed .later on. The oil tanks represent the latest idea in the breaking of electrical contact on high voltage lines. By breaking the contact of switches in oil there is no danger of tne current arcing as is the case when switches are, broken in the ordinary manner. RECENT REGISTRATIONS AND NEW ISSUES. The following companies have been registered as extras provincial companies during the month. Black Diamond Tunnel Co., $1,000,000, office Ainsworth; (mining). Gordon Mining & Milling Co., $100,000; office Erie; (mining and development). The following certificates of incorporation have been issued :— Aztec Mining Co., Limited, capital $15,000. Huntting-Lea Lumber Co., Limited, capital $20,000. Park Ranching Co., Limited, capital $10,000, to acquire lands in Osoyoos division. Barclay Sound Pulp Company, Limited, capital $100,000. Ship Lord Templeton Company, Limited, capital $70,000. B. C. Box & Lumbe'r Company, Limited, capital, $25,000, to take over the business of the British Columbia Box Factory of Vancouver. Northern Brewing Co., Ltd., capital $20,000, to take over • ]the business of the Northern Brewing Company of Atlin. THE STARR LAKE WATER POWER. It is reported that arrangements are being made for the utilization of the large water power at Starr Lake, an American capitalist having* undertaken to finance the under* taking. 764 THE MINING RECORD. I Our experience in designing and installing complete plants has extended over a period of many years, and this experience together with the fact that we are in close touch with many eminent metallurgists places us in a position to supply our customers with machinery of the latest and most improved type, and with plans for its installation in accordance* with up-to- date and practical methods of handling ore so as to obtain the best commercial as well as metallurgical results. COMPLETE POWER, LIGHTING, HEATING AND PUMPING PLANTS CHAS. C. MOORE & CO., Engineers PACIFIC COAST AGENTS FOR The Holthoff Machinery Co., CUDAHY, WIS. MAIN OFFICE S3 FIRST ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. BRANCHES NEW YORK, 1303 Havemeyer Bldg. SEATTLE, 218 Second Ave.. So. LOS ANGELES, 321 Trust Building. Adver. No. 223. BAKER CITV, Oregon. SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. THE WOOD PULP INDUSTRY. It is reported that the manufacture of pulp is shortly to be commenced by the erection of a .mill, to employ in the neighbourhood of 300 men, on the Gulf shore, at the mouth of Powell River. The syndicate having this undertaking in view have in the aggregate an area of two hundred and fifty square miles of spruce timber lands at various points on the Mainland coast. FIRE CLAY IN THE SIMILKAMEEN. A shipment of a hundred and twenty tons of fire-clay and brick recently arrived at Vancouver from the United Kingdom consigned to the British Columbia Goldfields Company, of Frank, Alberta, to .be used in th£ construction of coke ovens. In this connection the Similkameen Star remarks fthat few British Columbians are aware that the Similkameen ''contains good seams of fire-clay almost identical with the best Scotch and English fire-clays, and equal, if not superior, !to any found on this Continent," and adds that "once transportation facilities are afforded there will be no necessity to import fire-brick from England, as this district can furnish, not only this Province, but the whole Pacific Slope. THE LUMBERING INDUSTRY AT REVELSTOKE. Few of our readers, remarks the Revelstoke Herald, realize the importance that the lumbering industry is assuming in the districts tributary to Revelstoke. The enormous stretches of jtimber land up the Big Bend and in the Arrowhead and Fish River districts must be seen to be realized, and our citizens should certainly consider the possibilities of the rapidly growing industry. It is a well known fact that manufactured lumber has increased largely in price within the past year or 'two and every indication points to present values being maintained even if no further rise takes place. The many applications from all over the Dominion and Western States for good timber belts have resulted in a better figure than ever before being paid to those hoving title to timber. Many representations have been made that the present tenure is somewhat unsatisfactory and the market would be much brisker and an influx of outside capital would follow if the system of annual licenses now in force were changed. Probably the most feasible suggestion so far made is that licenses should run for five years at a reasonable annual rental with privilege of extension if required. The matter is now engaging the attention of the authorities and it is probable. that a change, of some kind will be made at the next session of the House. - The timber cruisers are much pleased at the recent action of the Government in cancelling the regulation requiring the survey of limits applied for before granting applications. This, in the first place, was most unnecessary, and worked hardship on the real discoverers of valuable timber belts. The license fee is hard enough to meet, in many instances, without the additional cost of survey which, in districts far removed from centres of civilization, would amount to several hundred dollars. Recent unfortunate labour troubles have caused an over- supply of logs to the mills on Burrard Inlet, but with the return of amicable relations between the mill owners and itheir employees this congestion will be removed and lumbering at the Coast resume its wonted activity. In Revelstoke, and districts tributary to it, this has not been felt, as every class of labour engaged in the industry receives the highest current rate of pay. It does not appear that the present course will be departed from and Revelstoke, therefore, need not fear any danger of the diminution of pay-rolls in this city. THE MINING RECORD. XIII. WIRE ROPE DON'T BUY IP UNTIL YOU HAVE WRITTEN TO US FOR PRICES AND PARTICULARS. Wilkins & Co., of London, England, Wire Rope Manufacturers, Established 1S50, are known,throughout the MINING WORLD. The wire used in their rope is made from steel specially prepared to insure absolute reliability. The preferential tariff permits of our quoting low prices on all descriptions of Steel Wire Ropes. A large stock of the principal sizes kept, on hand at Victoria and Vancouver for immediate delivery. Our stock includes a full line of Logging Ropes, Ships' Rigging and Hawsers. ROBERT WARD & CO., LIMITED, Agents. Telegraphic address-ROBBRTUS. VICTORIA and VANCOUVER, B.C. The Hall Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. NELSON, B. C. SMELTING DEPARTMENT Purchases CORRER ORE, LEAD ORE, DRY ORE. r*vylv. O-AJLJi. 27,300 feet of best patent improved crucible steel wire rope, 1 in. diameter 6 x 16 Manilla core Lang lay. This rope was imported under specially favourable opportunities in a car lot and as it is not now required, it will be sold at a sacrifice. THE HALL MINING & SMELTING CO.Ltd. NELSON. B. C. Canadian Pacific Navigation Company, Ltd. Steamers leave Victoria and Vancouver as follows: Victoria=Vancouver Route. Leave Victoria daily 1 a.m. Leave Vancouver daily 1.15 p.m. West Coast, Vancouver Island Route. Leave Victoria 11 p.m., ist, ioth and 20th day of month. Northern British Columbia Coast Route. Leave Victoria 11 p.m., ist and 15th day of month. Leave Vancouver 2 p.m., 2nd and 16th day of month. Alaska Route. Steamships leave Victoria 11 p.m. ist and 15th day of month, leave Vancouver 8 p.m. 2nd and 16th day of month for Ketchikan and Skagway connecting with the White Pass and Yukon Route for Atlin, Dawson, and Yukon River Points. J. W. TROUP, Manager. E. J. COYLE, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent, Victoria. Vancouver. XIV THE MINING RECORD. Talk No. 2 The Stick that stirs success is "Stick at it." Even to the oyster there comes an opening when least expected you know. We have gathered the scattered curves of this business into a circle and can now "deliver the goods" in the office line. Everyone practically in business now uses a typewriter, but few have a. ... Revalk Noiseless Typewriter Pad. It reduces noise and vibration by a large'percentage. Price $1.50 each, postage prepaid. Imitation Hand or Typewritten Letters can be reproduced on the ELLAITS DUPLICATOR so that each copy is almost like an original letter. Hundreds. of copies can be made from one stencil, in Black, Blue or Purple Ink. MACKENZIE URQUHART, Commercial Stationer, 412 Granville St., Vancouver, B.C. M WORi VICTORIA, B.C. CO.. LTD. Engineers, Boilermakers, Iron and Brass Founders, Stove Manufacturers. All kinds of Land and Marine Engines. Boilers of all kinds up to 15 ' diameter. Pumps, Hoists, Ore Cars, Smelter Castings, Logging Engines, Centrifugal Pumps, Air Compressors. Specialists in Screw Pro- pellors, Patent Cannery Retorts. All kinds and sizes of Stoves. |jj| Lillooet, Fraser River & Cariboo Goldfields, Ltd* (IN LIQUIDATION.) To be sold by private tender, pursuant to directions of the Liquidators. The following properties situate in the Kootenay and Yale Districts, Province of British Columbia. "A"—LANARK GROUP, comprising 15 Crown-granted mineral claims, or fractional claims, situate 'in the lllecillewaet Mining Division, Group One, Kootenay District, Province of British Columbia, and more particularly described in the official Form of Tender. Together with all rights as holders of such mineral claims under the "Mineral Act." "B"—ALPHA GROUP, comprising 9 Crown-granted mineral claims, or fractional mineral claims, situated in the Trout Lake Mining Division, Group One, Kootenay District, Province of British Columbia, and more particularly described in the official Form of Tender. Together with all rights as holders of such mineral claims under the "Mineral Act." Also two blocks of Land, originally taken up as alternative sites for concentrating mill or smelter, viz.:— (10) Lot 1,144, Group One, Kootenay District, Province of British Columbia, containing one hundred and sixty (160) acres. This land block is situated just west of Ferguson townsite, at the foot of the Great Northern Mountain, upon which the Alpha Group is located. (11) Lot 2,449, Group One, Kootenay District, British Columbia, containing one hundred and sixty (160) acres. This land block is situated about two miles north-easterly from Ferguson, on the north fork df the Lardeau River, at the foot of Great Northern Mountain. "C"—NETA Mineral Claim, being Lot 996, Group One, Osoyoos Division of Yale District, Province of British Columbia, together with all rights as holders of such mineral claim under the "Mineral Act." This claim is situated in what is known as "Brown's Camp," in the Boundary district "D"—QUEEN OF SPADES Mineral Claim, beim; Lot 995, Group One, Osoyoos Division of Yale District. Province of British Columbia, together with all rights as holders of such mineral claim under the "Mineral Act" This claim is situated in what is known as "Central Camp" in the Boundary District. "E"—CITY OF SPOKANE Mineral Claim, being. Lot 804, Group One, Kootenay District, Province of British Columbia, together with all rights as holders of such mineral claim under the "Mineral Act." This claim is sold subject to and with the benefit of an Indenture of Lease referred to in the official Form of Tender,' and is situated in the Rossland Camp, in Centre Star Gulch, on the east slope of Red Mountain and on the west slope of Monte Cristo Mountain. "F"—NORTH STAR Mineral Claim, being Lot 797, Group One, Kootenay District, Province of British Columbia, together with all rights as holders of such mineral claim under the "Mineral Act." This mineral claim is situated in the Rossland Camp on Columbia and Kootenay Mountain. LANDS on Galena Bay, Upper Arrow Lake. "G"—Lot 773 (part), Group One, Kootenay District, Province of British Columbia, containing three hundred and ninety- five (395) acres. This block of land originally contained 400 acres, but five acres have been deeded to other parties. "H"—Lot 2,445, Group One, Kootenay District, Province of British Columbia, containing two hundred and ten (210) acres. "1"—Lot 2,446, Group One, Kootenay District, Province ofl British Columbia, containing forty-one (41) acres. Tenders are to be sent in duplicate, the original to Mr. J. V. ARMSTRONG, Revelstoke, not later than the 15th day of August, 1903, and at the same time a duplicate to the Liquidators, College Hill Chambers, College Hill; London, England, postage prepaid. Particulars and conditions of sale and forms of tender may be obtained gratis of the Liquidators, College Hill Chambers, College Hill, London, E.C, and J. V. ARMSTRONG, Revelstoke, British Columbia. Dated 15th day of June, 1903. THE MINING RECORD. XV BRITISH COLUMBIA THE MINERRL PROVINCE ©F eHNRDH. Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Coal, Coke, Oil Iron, Mercury, Platinum, etc. The Mines of British Columbia have produced nearly $180,000,000. Amount and Vadue of Mineral Products for 1900, 1901 and 1902. Customary Measure 1900. 1901. 1902- Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Gold, placer Gold lode Ounces 63,936 167,153 3.958,175 9.997.080 63,358,621 1,439,595 85,149 $ 1,278,724 3.453,381 2,309,200 1,615,289 2,691,887 4,318,785 425,745 251,740 48,505 210,384 27,603,746 51,582,906 1.460.331 127,081 $ 970,100 4,348,603 2,884,745 4,446,963 2,002,733 4,380,993 635,405 417,238 53,657 236,491 3,917,917 29,636,057 22,536,381 L397.394 128,015 $ 1,073,140 4,888,269 1,941,328 3,446,673 824,832 fit Silver c I Lead Pounds Tons, 2,240 lbs Coal 4,192,182 Coke 640,075 480,051 | $16,344,751 $ 20,086,780 $ 17,486,550 GOLD.—Placer gold mining, which in early days formed the chief mineral industry of the province, and made irfamous all the world over, still continues to be important, while improved methods of working the gravel deposits, together with cheaper transportation and cost of mining, have rendered the working of large deposits, long known to exist, now profitable where previously impossible. The area of country known to contain placer gold is enormous and has only been touched, leaving still virgin ground well worth the prospecting for this, the only class of "poor man's mine." Recent discoveries of new placer fields in the Atlin district; the Cassiar district, and the large extent of unworked deposits in the Cariboo district, are proof that the field is not yet exhausted, and promise a revival of this important industry. HYDRAULIC MINING plants costing large amounts of '"money are being installed in Atlin, Cassiar, Omineca and Cariboo, at points widely separated, indicating the extent of the gold deposits. One company recovered $350,000 in gold during 1900. DREDGING FOR GOLD is receiving deserved attention, and dredges are at work on the Fraser, Thompson, Quesnel and other rivers, on all of which streams good ground may yet be obtained. „ LODE GOLD MINING is now being prosecuted in various parts of the province, and in certain instances very successfully, notably at Ymir, Cariboo-McKinney and elsewhere. GOLD-COPPER ORES are being extensively worked at Rossland by the Le Roi, War Eagle and associated companies, while other mines in the camp are rapidly becoming important producers. The tonnage of this camp alone in 1902 was 329,534 tons, and there will be an increase this year. SILVER-LEAD—In 1900 the silver production was $2,309,- 200 and the lead -production $2,691,887. Since that time the mining of silver-lead ores has been somewhat suspended owing to temporarily unfavourable market prices. COPPER.—Copper is being produced to a limited extent at Rossland, where the chief value of the ore is in gold, but the feature of this branch of the industry is the development and mining of a large tonnage of low-grade copper ores in the Boundary district, of which there seems to be an almost unlimited amount. The output of ore from this district alone amounted to 521,402 tons in 1902. The Coast district will this coming year show a very considerable copper production from the Vancouver Island and Texada Island mines. Prospecting for copper is receiving great attention, and the discoveries made on the Coast, in the Similkameen Valley, etc., give great promise. IRON.—With the great probability of an iron-smelting plant on the Northern Pacific Coast in tne near future, what promise to be extensive bodies of magnetite iron ore have been developed on the Coast, while other deposits of iron ore are now under development in the Goat River and Fort Steele mining divisions, and still other bodies occur near Kamloops. COAL AND COKE—In 1901 the Vancouver Island collieries xnade a net output of 1,173,893 tons of coal and 20,178 tons of coke. In 1902 the Crow's Nest collieries made a net output of 223,501 tons of coal, and 107,873 tons of coke. In 1903 this output will be doubled at the least. These mines alone are putting out from 1,000 to 2,000 tons of coal per diem. Of the total output of 1902 776,808 tons of coal and 38,780 tons of coke were exported, chiefly to the United States. The remainder was consumed in local smelters and other in-" dustries. SMELTERS.—In the province there are smelters in active operation at Trail, Nelson, Grand Forks, Greenwood, Boundary Falls, Van Anda, Ladysmith' and Crofton; while this coming year will probably see one erected in East Kootenay. Refineries are yet lacking, but the building of at least one is pretty well assured. CAPITAL.—Capital can now find here many excellent opportunities for investment, as the values placed on mines and undeveloped properties has reached a reasonable basis. If proper business care is used, and the experience of competent men utilized, these investments should be as safe as well as profitable. MINERAL LANDS.—Mineral lands are open to location to any person over 18 years of age, who has obtained a free miner's certificate, and perfect title to lode claims can be easily secured after $500 worth of work has been done per claim. A great extent of territory has yet to be prospected. For information, reports, bulletins, etc., address w. The Hon. the Minister of Mines, VICTORIA, B.C. F. Robertson, Provincial Mineralogist, VICTORIA, B. C. XVI THE MINING RECORD. PROFESSIONAL AND BROKERS. JAMES BRADY, Dominion and Provincial Land Surveyor, Mining Engineer. Properties surveyed, examined and reported on. Agent for procuring Crown grants. GOLDEN, B. C. CHAS. E. OLIVER, M. E. HEDLEYi B. C. Properties in the Similkameen carefully sampled and reported on. I have the handling of three of the standard properties of Camp Hedley and solicit correspondence from any first-class mining man or corporation regarding same. S. M. McGREGOR, B.A. Sc. w. d. McGregor, m e. McGregor & co., MINING and CIVIL ENGINEERS ^> , —. —^ « - , n /-v and LAND SURVEYORS. OLUUAIN, D. Ks. Reports on Mines and Prospects. Act as agents in doing assessment work, applying for Crown grants and in taking general charge of preliminary development work. XA |\if| j, i ^J is one of the most promising gold camps in ( lei : i^l British. Columbia and now offers many capital opportunities for profitable investment. For further particulars write PERCY J. GLEAZER, MINING BROKER AND AGENT, YMIR, B. C. Code—Moreing & Neal's. J. McLELLAN, f Associate Royal School of Mines, London. Mining Engineer and Assayer, TROUT LAKE CITY, B. C. reliable: assays Gold $ .75 | Gold andSilver $1.00 Lead 75 I Gold, Silver, gopper 1.50 SAHPLES BY MAIL RECEIVE PROflPT ATTENTION. Gold and Silver refined and bought OGDEN ASSAY CO. "2S Arn^f»,orado. THE STUART ROBERTSON CO., Ltd., Successors to A. "W". MORE & CO. MINING AND 5T0CK BROKERS Codes used: Bedford-McNeil's, Moreing & Neals, Clough's, and A.B.C, Fourth Edition. 23 BROAD STREET, VICTORIA, B. C. 0000000000000000<KK>000<K)<>00000<H>0<>0000000<> SMELTER AND MILL DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND DETAILS. Geo. Williams, M. E. P.O..Box 341, LADYSMITH. Converters, Reverberatories, Concentrators, cjooooooopooooooooooooooooo-oooooooooooooooo THOS. DRUMMOND, M.E. and C.E. B. A. Sc. McGill University, Montreal, Member Canadian Society of Civil Engineers. Mining Properties reported upon. Information furnished. General Engineering work promptly performed. References furnished. QUESNELLE FORKS, CARIBOO, B. C. JOHN B. HOBSON, Manager Con. Cariboo Hyd. Mining Co., Ltd. Consulting Mining Engineer, BULLION, BRITISH COLUMBIA. 28 years' experience in the equipment and operation of targe hy drattlic, Deep Gravel, "Drift and Gold Quartz Mines, in California and British Columbia. Telegraphic and Cable Address "HOBSON" Ashcroft B. C Wfl. M. BREWER, HININ6 ENGINEER, MEM. N. of ENG. INST. MINING & MECH. ENG. and AM. INST., M. E. Molsons Bank Building, VANCOUVER, B.C. TEL. 846. T. J. SMITH, MINING BROKER. P. O. BOX 43 Syndicates and Companies formed to develop mining claims Secretary Vancouver Mining Stock Exchange. 6II Hastings Street West, VANCOUVER, B. C A. A. WATSON, B. Sc. PROVINCIAL ASSAYER, VERNON, B. t>. Analyst and Mineralogist Honours Graduate in Chemistry, Victoria University, England. Reports made on Mining Properties. Seven years experience in Australia. South America. England and B. C. Assay Charges—Gold, $1; Silver, $1; Copper, $2 ; Lead, $1 ; Gold and Sil ver, $1.50 ; Gold and Copper, $2,50 ; Gold, Silver and Copper, $3 ; Gold, Silver Copper and Lead, $3 50 ; Complete analysis* of any ore, $10. *"^ -SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SAMPLES BY MAIL"^Ufc Cecil M. Bryant, A.R.S.M., A.I.MM. E. Philip Gilman, A.R.S.M., F.G.S Pellew-Harvey, Bryant & Gilman PROVINCIAL ASSAYERS. The Vancouver Assay Office and Ore Testing Works. Established 1890. MILL, SMELTER, CONCENTRATION AND CYANIDE TESTS. Reliable reports on mining properties. Complete analyses of Ores and Coal' Victoria Office : 4 View Street (Opposite Driard Hotel.) CHRIS. OUTHETT, Associate of Royal College of Science, London, England. Inland Assay Office, KAMLOOPS, B.C. Provincial Assayer. ""■ \nalysis a specialty. Reports made on Midi samples receive prompt attention. Mineral and Coal Analysis a specialty. Reports made on Mining Properties XVIII THE MINING RECORD. THE EDWARD P. AIXI& C&» suc£m@&mmm FRASERh*§pAI,MEgSei:~4~h? etfitES IROlit^QRKS, CHICAGO Hi CBTCAGO ux BUILDERS OF MINING MACHINERY raGH-GRADE SINGLE and DOUBLE DRUM GEARED Hoisting Engines Duplex Slide Valve Cylinders Capacity: One to Five Tons Load SINGLE DRUM GEARED HOISTING ENGINE The clutch, which is of the band friction type, consists of a steel band lined with soft wood blocks, and is tightened around a ring on the drum head. This is the only satisfactory friction clutch for hoisting work. These hoisting engines are complete with brake, bed-plate, steam pipe, throttle valve, oilers, wrenches, packing and foundation bolts and drawings. Immediate delivery for smaller sizes of single drum reversing engines. WK ABB THE MOST EXTENSIVE MANUFACTURERS OP LARGE GEARED — AND DIRECT-ACTING HOISTING ENGINES lifBRAHCff oinctsm jraiwtfORK, .Empire Bldg,'" BOSTON, Board oi Trad* BBte5K|| PITTSBURG, Frick Building MINNEAPOLIS, Com Exchange Bldg. DEHVEK71649 Tranent Street StLTjLJXE CSTt, 209 S.W. Temple St SPOKANE, Wasldngton GENERAL £cw<2S OPPICB" OT(^0,WILL,U.S.Jl U>NDOi|||NG., 533 Salisli^^^^^p JOHANNESBURG, SontK AStSi! SAN FRANCISCO, HaywanJBldg. ; SEATTLE, Lumber Exdjaoge Bldg. i; IpPElOTIE, H. C., Trust Bldg; NEW ORLEANS, Henoen Bldg. . - .ATLANTA, GA, Equitable Bldg. f 80TTE,HONT., 51 E. Broad-way ' XX THE MTNING RECORD. Capital of British Columbia, Pacific Ocean Terminus Railway, and the Great Northern The Canadian Gateway to the Orient, the Sandwich Islands, Australia, New Zealand, etc. The starting point of steamship lines to the Yukon, Atlin and Cassiar Gold Fields, and the Canadian port of call for tourists on the lines between San Francisco and Alaska. TEMPERATURE 1902. Highest * Lowest Mean. Mean. Victoria 67.6 London, Eng 68.1 Torquay, Eng 65.5 35-4 3i-5 38.5 RAINFALL 1902. Inches. Victoria 26.45 London, Eng 20.84 Torquay, Eng ,. .. 30.22 The Province covers a superficial area of 381,000 square miles abounding in minerals, timber, fish and game in endless variety. The opportunities for the profitable investment of capital are practically unlimited, and the markets for the disposal of metals, lumber, fish and agricultural products lie waiting in Russia, Japan, China, India and Australasia. The tourist will find mountain scenery and mountain climbing unequal- of Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian Northern Railway ofthe United States. led in the old world—a new field for exploration—and the sportsman with first class hotels as bases of operation may penetrate a new world in his pursuit of the bear, the panther, the elk or the mountain goat. The City of Victoria is becoming widely noted for the beauty of its situation, its homes and its surroundings ; so that the number of strangers arriving, for short visits and for permanent residence, continue growing annually larger. Of its beauty H.R.H. the Duke of York said: "The most beautiful place we have seen in our journey around the world," and the following may be quoted from the correspondence of Mr. E. P. Knight, of the London Morning Post: "One would fain have stayed longer, for of all the cities that have been visited in the course of this long Royal progress the fair capital of British Columbia seems to me the one which the Englishman would most gladly make his home. * * * Never in the environs of any other city have I seen such a glory of flowers as surrounded each of these lovely homes." Pamphlets containing views of local scenery and information' of interest to investors, tourists, hunters and amusement seekers may be obtained by addressing the Clerk of the Municipal Council, Victoria, British Columbia. To The Klondike Gold Fields, via. THE WHITE PASS AND YUKON ROUTE. ) The Klondike Mining District is now so well known that a detailed description is unnecessary. The output of gold from this district has increased steadily year by year. In 1900 the yield was about twenty million dollars,' and in 1901 about thirty million dollars. With the larger areas covered and newer methods adopted by practical': miners, the Klondike will prove to be a rich and prosperous camp for many years to come. The great reduction in freight and passenger rates brought about by completion of the railroad from Skagway to White Horse with its connecting line of steamers for all interior Yukon and other points including Stewart River and the Tahana, has enabled the miners to reach and work many claims which previously could not be worked wit\b: a profit. For information about routes, rates, tickets, maps or printed matter, address : TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT,' White Pass & Yukon Route, Vancouver, B.C. G £ LI G N I E—Strongest and Best Explosive in the Market. MANUFACTURED BY HAMILTON POWDER COMPANY (Incorporated 1861 Manufacturers of High Explosives, Blasting, Mining and Sporting Powder, Dealers in Electric Blasting Apparatus, Safety Fuse, Detonators, Etc., Etc. BRANCH OFFICE: VICTORIA HEAD OFFICE: MONTREAL. LOCAL OFFICES: VANCOUVER, NELSON, ROSSLAND and GREENWOOD NANAIMO THE MINING RECORD. XXI PROFESSIONAL ADVERTISEMENTS. POGSON, PELOUBET & CO. 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TAYLOR Assistant Inspector JAMES AIRD Secretary Montreal-H. V. MEREDITH Manager IN CANADA: In Great Britain—London, Bank of Montreal, 22 Abchurch Lane, E.C, Alexander Lang, Manager. In the TJnitrd States New York—R. Y. Hebden and J. M. Greata, Agents, 59 Wall Street; Chicago—Bank of Montreal. Bankers in Great Britain-London—The Bank of England, the Union Bank of London, the London & Westminster Rank the National Prov. Bank of England. Liverpool—The Bank of Liverpool, Ltd. Scotland—Ths British Linen Company Bank and Branches. Bankers in the United States—New .York—The National City Bank, The Bank of New York, N.B.A. Bosten—The Merchants' National Bank, J. B. Moors & Co. Buffalo—The Marine Bank, Buffalo San Francisco—The First National Bank, The Bank of British Columbia, The Anglo-Califomian Bank. Portland, Oregon—The Bank of British Columbia. THE) CANADIAN BANK OK COMMERCE. With Which is Amalgamated The Bank: of British. Columbia. - HEAD OFFICE: TORONTO. Paid Up Capital $ 8,7oo,ooo Rest 3,ooo.ooo Aggregate Resources Over 7o,ooo,ooo HON. GEO. A. COX, President. B. E. WALKER, General Manager. ALEX. LAIRD, Asst. General Manager. LONDON OFFICE: 60 LOMBARD ST., E. C. "The Bank has 105 branches well distributed throughout the Dominion and elsewhere, including the following in British Columbia and the Yukon District: Atlin, Greenwood, Nelson, Vancouver, Cranbrook, Kamloops, New Westminster, Victoria. Dawson Ladysmith White Horse Fernie, Nanaimo, New York, BRANCHES IN THE UNITED STATES. San. Francisco, Portland, Seattle Skagway. Every description of banking business transacted. Letters of credit on all parts of the world. Exceptional facilities for handling gold dust. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received and interest paid at current rates. Victoria B. C, GEO. GILLESPIE, Manager BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ESTABLISHED 1836. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1840. Paid Up Capital, £1,000,000 Sterling. 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COYLE, Ass't General Passenger Agent, VANCOUVER B. C. Esquimau and Nanaimo Railway. TIME TABLE NO. 44. Northbound. Leave. a.m. Victoria 9 :oo Shawnigan Lake 10:20 Duncans 11 :co P.M. Nanaimo 12:45 Ar. Wellington 1:00 Southbound. Daily. Arriye. P.M. 12:06 10:46 10:02 I 8:i5 Lv. 8:00 Northbound. Leave. Sat., Sun. and Wed. Southbound. Arrive. A.M. Victoria 4125 Shawnigan Lake 5142 Duncans 6:20 Nanaimo 8 :o2 Ar. Wellington 8:17 P.M. 8:10 7:01 6:05 4:25 Lv. 4:10 Through Tickets to Crofton via Westholme, Stage leaves Daily, connecting with North and Srvnfh hnnnd train* --t>„„xi„ ,1 „- „ . 1 SundaysZand Wednesdays, connecting with morning and afternoon train!.' Fare from Victoria Shigte $2° Return $3. - stage_service Saturdays Through; Tickets Victoria to Slberni-Stage leaves Wellington Tuesdays and Fridays on arrival of train from Victoria Returning from Alhem Mondays and^Thursdays. Fare from Victoria, single, $5.20, return $8.65 " iwSSj^jiSt" xteiurniug irom AlDern eTjrn°USh T!cketS Victoria to ©owichan Lake via Duncans-Stage leaves Duncans Mondays Wednesday and Fridays. Fare from Victoria '$5.0 Excursion rates in effect to all points good Saturday and Snnday. GEO. L. e©DRTNEY, Traffic Manager. THEiHUDSON'S BAYSGOY -HAVE- GENERAL STORES -AT- Baie de Peres Battleford Calgary Chapleaji.7 Dauphin kj^elbraine ^-SSii^oiiton Fort William Kamloops Langley Lethbriqge^ Lower Fort Garry Macleod Mattawa Morden Nelson Pincher^Ereek Portage; IgjjlH^irie Port Simpson Prince j^ibert ■ Qu'Appelle ■M$j& Quesnelle Rat Portage Riding Mountain Shoal Lake Sudbury Touchwood Hills Vancouver Victoria Vernon Whitewood Winnipeg And at other principal points in BrjA||feii&lumbia, Manitoba and Northwest Territories. Purchasers will find at these stores the best goods at moderate pric^fSaaported direct from all the principal markets of the world. -■-■ h»EVERYfBELT^M K/jfl^ft A N T JPIIBh GlUllloAK TANNED iLEATHERiELTING For Exposed Situations Use Hlan^ffiiir^S Hair Belting. FELTEN^^rLEAUfclarlswerk, Actien Gese|^Mt/Murtmon|line CATALOGUES AND DISCOUNTS ON APPLICATION. D. K. McfAREN, Montreal, Toronto. ^B^—B^Maa^^^ i ' iiim in i in i ^'Mmt'kUiimm MANUFACTURERS OF ELeSrICAL LEADS ANDmBLES Electric Lighting Cables for Coal Pits with arrangement for avoiding fire damp explosions in case of the cable breaking. wire rope||for mining . Round; and Flat Wire Ropes, "Albert," or so-called " Lang's" Lay Ropes, Patent Locked Coil Wire?5tdpes, Patented Flattene^.SjMmdj IRON, STEEL, COPPER AN#BRONZE WIRE Superior qualities. ^•J^)LE AGENTS FOR CANADA : §| WAT%N.:^^^pOMpNY,. MONTREAL. A ■ pin #|^|\AnDDllfeQfif3Q straigh||ine,duplex Mlr\ mv/IVI**\t.OOv|oO-"simpleopcompound. VANCOUVER, B. e. ROSSLa^p, B.eS GREENWOOD, b. e. aateygsggsaTd mmm ^^ThS m **mm*mm ilfeJ&O/t :l^iii^BP?A^ CABLE: RISDON-S y^efoB'si': A.B.C. MOREING A NEAL. LIEBERS, WESTERN UNION. M@Ky: *::■';■■ DR|b«;^g7': Kn/icnliERT. SAN FRANWMpO, 0AL.. COr\p|^Bh ;7 ': 1 ol niNEl! -WRITE FOR OUR SPECIAL CATALOGUES.- WYEE COPPER COl SMELTING l*V©Ri£S -ht- IMDVSSMfTH. ^^IONTglVlNGSTC|Nl, Ma|ag|| 11 THOMA'S KIDDIE, Smelteipianager. m NORTHWLBTERN SMEL|]NG AND REFIN!||||| Buyers of Gold, Silver and Cojgj|ff Ores, Mattp^S Bul||pn, Furnace and Cyanide products. pi LOCATION OF WORKS Crofton, Vancouver!Island 1 Bjllll Published by the B. C. Record, Ld. Printed by T. R. Cusack, Victoria, Canada. m . m his Month: MONTREAL AND BOSTON COPPER CO'S. SMELTER, BOUNDARY FALLS-Hll'd) VOL. X. SEPTEMBER, 1903. No. 9. ThIHintonIlectric Company, E'ectric Motors. Blowers. Motors, Fans. Dynamos. Electric Mining Apparatus. BiftcTORiA, mm * * LIMITED. Electrical Construction and Supplies. vancouverIb^ 1AXDWELL BR0S1C0. 115 Jackson St., SEATTLE. 1746-1748 Pacific Ave., TACOMA. MINING, CANING, SAWMILL and HYQRAULIC MAOfiinery Merchants! Agents for Rand Drill Co.; Hendrie & Bolthoff Mfg. Co#Astoria Iron Works, DeLoach MjJkMfg. Co.,^t. S. Cameron Steam Pump Works; Cassels Automatic Wafer Motor Co., etc. i he most complete stock of Hoisting Engines, Compressors, Drills and Portable Saw Mills carried on the Pacific Coast. iskz$ The Dominion Wiife Rope Co., Ld. MONTREAL., CANADA S|| Manufacturers of All Classes and Kinds of WIRE ROPES FOR ALL PURPOSES. ^LANG'S" PATENT WIRE ROPES FOR COLLIERY AND GENERAL MINING PURPOSES. Ranches:—Halifax, N.S.: St. John, N.R.; Ottawa, Toronto, Eat Portage, Ont.; Winnipeg, Man.; Vancouver, B.C., Nelson and Rossland, B.v<T>i WSSSSSfS^ A I/arge Assortment of the Best ^Scotch Wire Ropes (Fully GuaranteedcM^'li Everything You Require For fogging Purposes, J Saw Mills, and Mining Camps. . We Iffyite Correspondence. McLennan, iVlcFeely & Co. : _. Limited )t^W^ WHOLESALE HAIJpWARE VAN^ibVER, B.C. DAWSON, Y. T. JenckeS Machine ComDany 7:^HE FARREL PATENT C^§||pip "Standard of the World^p In use in aiiS^ntO!^7and^ndei7'a,'ll cdsi| ditions.i^jA ne%- catalogue in prepa£am0^^ Ask fdi£it nO%fe *: fSherbrooke, Qu|pfc:--:> ROSSLAND. GREif^'WOOD Fried. Krupp Aktiengesell^hafSrusonwS : (Madgeburg-Buckau GermanyJsl: ORE CRUSHING: tone Breakers of Especially Strong construction. Roller Mills, Chilian Mills, Ball Mills, for dry and wet crushing—more than 1,800ia*V work. Stamp Batteries—Shoes and Dies of Krupp's Special Steel. AMALGAMATION Amalgamation Tables and Pans, Las- rio's Gold Amalgamators, Settlers, &.c Separation and Concentration Separators, Exhausters, Hydraulic Classifiers, Percussion Tables, Jiaaers, Rotating Round Tables. LEACHING PLANT. COMPLETE GOLD ORE DRESSING PL#NT a) For treating by the "Wet Method,.With Stamp Batjt^^g^^&^ation and Concentration. (b) For Dry Testing by Ball Mills^T^t^ixtraction and'j^|aching. ssspp' COAL WASHING PLANT—Large Tes&j&i the Works. tation for Cr iBiressing Ores at AGENTS For CANADA—Jas, W. Pyke & Co, 35 St. Francois Xavier Street, Montreal %jv* For the UNITED STATES—Thos. Prosser & Son, 15 Gold ^eet, New York . §Hr'r or MEXICO—Pablo Bergner, Apartado 549, Mexl$lf'*$ For ^^T^ AFRICA—United Engineering^t&mpany, Ltd&P. 0. Box'Jwr^jhannesburg, S.7Affl THE MINING RECORD ELEVATORS AND CONVEYORS C M. PINCKARD, President. E. L. EYRE), Vice-President. VULCAN IRON WORKS Manufacturers of VULCAN DOUBLE-ROPE TRAMWAY. VULCAN ROPEWAY, (Single Rope System.) Office, 505 Mission St., Works, cor. Kearny and Francisco Streets, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL WHARF—Heatley Ave., Vancouver. Elevator Dredqes for Placer Link Belt Machinery Co., Chicago, U.S.A C. F. JACKSON St IMPORTERS OF Portland Cement, Scotch Firebricks and Fireclay, Calcutta Ore Sacks and Burlaps, Wire Rope (Agents for W. B. Brown & Co., Ld., England), Lubricating Oils. We carry large stocks and quote lowest prices. Sole agents for the district for the celebrated "Valvoline" Cylinder and Machine Oils, SSefoSthne\estTa\rTa°sXSed Steel Rails to Import. 151 Hastings St. W., Vancouver, B. C. and Liverpool, England II. THE MINING RECORD. ASSAYERS' SUPPLIES AND ENGINEERING INSTRUMENTS. GELIGNITE—Strongest and Best Explosive in the Market MANUFACTURED BY HAMILTON POWDER COMPANY (Incorporated 1861 Manufacturers of High Explosives, Blasting, Mining and Sporting Powder, Dealers in Electric Blasting Apparatus, Safety Fuse, Detonators, Etc., Etc. BRANCH OFFICE: VICTORIA HEAD OFFICE: MONTREAL. LOCAL OFFICES: VANCOUVER, NELSON, ROSSLAND and GREENWOOD NANAIMO The B. C. Assay and Cheniical Supply Co., Limited. Direct Importers of assayers' and Mill Supplies Headquarters for Laboratory Apparatus of all kinds, Bohemian Chemical Glassware, C. P. Acids, Potassium Cyanide and Quicksilver Sol e agents in British Columbia for Morgan Crucible Co., Batier- sea, England; F. W. Braun & Co's Patent Gary Furnaces. Burners, etc.; W. Ainsworth & Sons' Fine Balances Write for our prices ADDRESS 733 Pender St., Vancouver, B. ©. ■Jen ire Elevating-Conveying Power, Transmission, Screening, Crushing, Coal Mining, Coal and Rock Drilling, Coal Washing \-/ \j 11 Send for catalogue 11 \J '. Address %Jk Machinery and Electric *S!p Locomotives. The JEFFREY MFG. CO., COLUMBUS, O., US.A. A. Van Der NaiUens' School of Practical, Civil, Mining, Electrical Mechanical Engineering. Surveying, Architecture, Drawing and Assaying, Cyanide, Chlorination.Met- allurgy. Assaying of ores, $25; Bullion and Chlorination Assay, $25; Blow Pipe Assay, $10; Full Course of Assaying, $50. Established 1864. Open all year SEND FOR CIRCULAR. 113 FULTON STREET, One Block West of City Hall, SAN FRANCISCO. MADE IN VICTORIA. ENGRAVINGS and ETCHINGS The Cuts used by the Mining Record are made by us. Halftones and Line Etchings executed on short notice. Samples forwarded on application. BRITISH COLUMBIA 11 PHOTOENGRAVING COMPANY, 26 BROAD STREET, VICTORIA, B. C JUST OUT 1903 Catalogue OF Assayers and Chemists' tes BY The Denver Fire Clay Co. DENVER, COLO. Mailed on Application. PLATINUM REFINERS New York Office* 121 LIBERTY STREET WE are always in the Market for CRUDE OR NATIVE PLATINUM. BAKER & CO. NEWARK, N. J. ~ _'ESTABLISHED IS57 pfRE ROPE 137 LAKE 5T. - 9^InTR^^^^^EM(;^^^ CHICAGO,ILL^| NEW\ YORK^|^AN FRANCISCOii ~ 7LE5GHEN e 50N5 ROPE CO! 920-922 NORTtt||?T ST. St. LOUIS y Mdl !^pHEN;CO^ VtRAMWAyMt THE ALTA MINES CO, TELLURIDE COLO. team & Power MACHINERY For every possible duty is manufactured by the GEO. E. DOW Pumping Engine Co'y SAN FRANCISCO, CAL We illustrate one of our mine station pumps adapted for handling gritty -water from deep mines SEND FOR CATALOGUE The SMITH-VAILE STEAM PUMPS Are built with special re erence to perform the service for which they are intended wjth a minimum use of steam, We Build Steam, Power and Electrical PUMPS for Every Possible Duty. Victor Turbine Water Wheels. Air Compressors and filter Presses. If interested, address THE STILLWELL-BIERCE & SMITH-VAILE CO., 293 Lehman St., DAYTON, OHIO, U.S. A, IV. THE MINING RECORD. HYDRAULIC PLANTS, PUMPS, ETC. Laurent-Cherry Patent I Cable Hoist-Conveyor, I Morgan Fails, Ga. CABLE HOIST=CONVEYORS MANUFACTURED BY The Trenton Iron Co., Trenton, N. J Engineers and Contractors and sole licensees in North America for the Bleichert System of Wire Rope Tramways; also Wire Rope Equipments for Surface and Underground Haulage, Etc. Illustrated book upon application. New York Office—Cooper, Hewitt & Co., Burling Slip. Chicago Office—1114 Monadnock Building. Denver Office—R. D. Seymour, Manager, 1711 Tremont Street. I VANCOUVER ENGINEERING WORKS, Ltd..---ENGINEERS. Agents for Northey Co., Ltd., Atlas Engine Works, Laurie Engine'Co., Buffalo Forge Co.. Medart Pulley Co., J. C. McLaren Belting Co., Goulds Manufacturing Co. stock in vai«eecvER f©r immbdiste delivery Vertical Tubular, 100 lbs. Vertical Tubular, 100 lbs. 150 lbs. pres- m. x 6 in., are working BOILERS. One Locomotive Marine, 175 lbs. pressure ; will steam 14-in. x 72-in. engine. Two 66 x 16 Horizontal Tubular, 120 lbs. pressure. Two 60 x 16 Horizontal Tubular, 115 lbs. pressure. Two 48 x 14 Horizontal Tubular, 120 lbs. pressure. One 42 x 14 Horizontal Tubular, 105 lbs. pressure. One 25-h.p. Vertical Tubular, 100 lbs. pressure. One 15-h.p. pressure. Two 7-h.p. pressure. One Locomotive Marine, sure, S.H. 150-h.p. One Scotch Marine 4 ft. 120 lbs. pressure, S.H* All pressures given pressures. ENGINES. One 10-in. x 15-in. Fraser & Chalmers Automatic Slide Valve. One 9-in. x 14-in. Laurie High Speed. One 8-in. x 12-in. Laurie High Speed. One 7-in. x 10-in. Laurie High Speed. One 8-in. x 8-in. Laurie Rival Horizontal One 7-in.x 8-in. Laurie Rival Horizontal One 6-in. x 6-in. Laurie Rival Horizontal One 5-in. x 6-in. Laurie Rival Horizontal One 7-in. x 7-in. Nagle Vertical. One set 14 x 72 Stern-Wheel S.H. One set 7 x 36 Stern-Wheel S.H. HEATERS. One 30-h.p. Laurie. Two 40-h.p. Laurie. One 50-h.p. Laurie. One 60-h.p. Laurie. One 100-h.p. Laurie. One 125-h.p. Laurie. Two 50-h.p. Heaters, S.H. *S. H. means second hand. PUMPS. Two 3x1^x3 Northey Duplex. Six 3x2x3 Northey Duplex. Five 4y2x2}ix4 Northey Duplex. Seven 554*3/4x6 Northey Duplex. Six 6x4x7 Northey Duplex. One 7J4x4>4x6 Northey Duplex. One 754x5x6 Northey Duplex. One 55^x454x6 Tank Pump Duplex. Three 454x354x4 Tank Pump Duplex. One 554x354x7 O. P. Plunger Pump. Two 454x424x6 O. P. Plunger Pump. Two 4x2%x5 O. P. Plunger Pump. One 7x354x12 Northey Sinking Pump. Two 6-in. Iron Horiztl Gould Centrifgl. Two 5-in. Iron Horiztl Gould Centrifgl. One 4-in. Iron Horiztl Gould Centrifgl. One 354-in. Iron Horiztl Gould Centrifgl One 3-in. Iron Horiztl Gould Centrifgl. One Northey Horiztl Centrifgl No. 5. One Northey Horiztl Centrifugal No. 6. Two 8-in. Centrifugal Belt Driven, S.H. One 12-in Centrifugal Belt Driven,. S.H. One 18-in. Centriugal Belt Driven, S.H One 4-in. Centrifugal Direct Connected to 4-in. x 4 in. engine. One 3x2x3 Duplex Snow, S.H. One 4-in. x 6-in.Knowles Electric Sinking Pump with 15-h.p. 500 volt motor. BUFFALO BLOWERS. 2 No.1 Blower with affixed countershaft 2 N0.2 Blower with affixed countershaft 3 No. 3 Plain with 4% in. outlet. 2 No. 4 Plain with 5% in. outlet. 4 No. 5 Plain with 554 in. outlet. 2 No. 6 Plain with 6*4 in. outlet. ■1 No. 7 in. outlet. D. Hoist Plain with 754 HOISTS. One 8x10 Double Cylinder S grooved for 34 wire. One 6x8 Double Cylinder S. D. Hendrie & Bolthoff Hoist. Two 5x5 Vertical Hoists. "T" RAILS. 100 tons 12 lb. Rails with Plates. 75 tons 8 lb. Rails with Plates. 3 tons 5-16 x 3 Track Spikes. 4 tons % x 3 Track Spikes. WATER WHEELS. 1 pair 8 in. Twin Boss Water Wheels. 1 pair 16 in. Twin Boss Water Wheels. 1 Pelton Wheel 48 in. MINING MACHINERY. 1 Classifier 2ft. x 4ft.—Ij4 §§ openings. 1 Classifier 6ft. x 20 ft.—iyin. openings 1 F. & C. Ore Sampler, complete. 1 B. F. Co. No. 9 continuous shears. 1 Dpty No. 5 size A hand-power punch. 1 Champion Upright self feeding drill, No. 7, with pulley and I set drills (12) y in. to 1 in. inclusive. 1 Fairbanks No. 2268 R.B. Depot Scale. 1 Howe No. 144 Wheelbarrow. 2 Trommel sizers 3ft x 9m. complete with housings and screens in three sections. 1 Belt-driven Challenge Ore Feeder, complete. Two 3-section Classifiers 66-in x 106-in. complete. 2 sets 24m. x 14 geared rolls complete with manganese steel shells. 1 set 24m. x 14 belt rolls complete with manganese steel shells. 1 set 9in. x gin. belt rolls with pulley and belt to drive. 1 i6in. F. & C. Copper Coil Heater. I 6 Extra Sections covering for Classifiers, No. 18 English standard gauge steel 3-2 m.m. and 3-3 m.m rd. holes rolled burr inside to 36 in. c. 1 Single Comp. Slide Jig "ironwork only, complete with brass screens and gank rods. One 2-in. Comp. Slide Jig, ironwork only, complete with brass screens and gank rods. Eight 4-Comp. Automatic & Hyde Hartz Jigs, ironwork only, complete. We carry a large stock of plate from 16 gauge to ?4 in., boiler tubes from 154 in. to 4 in., shafting, leather and rubber belting, angle-iron from 1 in. x 1 in. x 3-16 to 4 in. x 4 x y2 in., bar iroi* (all sizes), valves, fittings, etc. TflE MINING RECORD. GENERATORS AND MOTORS The ECLIPSE DRILL SHARPENER Should be in use in every mine where 10 or more power drills are in use. A Money, Time and Labor-Saving Device. Three drills made in the time formerly required to make one by hand. Makes PERFECT BITS, and they are all uniform in size and clearance. The bit is always made in exact right angles to the shank. Reduces coal consumption. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. The Hendrie & Bolthoff Manfg and Supply Co. Denver, Colo., U. S. A. Shapes, Sharpens and Shanks New Drills, Re-Shapes and Sharpens Used Drills, Makes Excellent Welds. VI. THE MINING RECORD. BENNETT'S FUSE CROWN : BRAND THE KING OF FUSES | The WHITE COUNTERED GUTTA PERCHA FUSE is the POPULAR FAVORITE in the mines of British Columbia, Australia, the Transvaal, and the World over. Beware of Spurious Imitations Made to Catch the Unwary. HOLMAN BROS. I CAMBORNE, CORNWALL Manufacturers of - Boilers, Air Compressors, Mining Machinery The Holman Patent Roek Drill Specially Adapted to B. C: Mining. Awarded GoldTMedal Greater Britain Exhibition Awarded Gold Medal CHARLES CAMMELL & CO. Ld SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND, Manufacturers of Drill Steels, Best Refined Cast Steel Files, and Rasps, Steel Axles, Wheels and Cranks. Rails and Fish Plates made to any specification. Steel Plates, etc. Stamp Mill Dies and Shoes. ROWLAND MACHIN 5 Yates St., VICTORIA, B.C. General Agent for Canada. For all lines excepting Steel Rails of 30 lbs. per yard' and upwards, with their relative accessories. THE MINING RECORD. MISCELLANEOUS MACHINERY, ETC. FAIRBANKS Renewable Asbestos Disc Globe Valves made of Best Steam Metal, used by Largest and Most Modern Plants in Canada. I |g| Try one and be convinced. 1 Our stock of Pipe and Fittings is Complete. We quote Low Prices and Ship Promptly, iff Catalogue upon application. THE FAIRBANKS COMPANY 153 Hastings Street, Vancouver, B. C. Santon Steel Works I The only plant in the United States devoted exclusively to the manufacture of steel for Mining and Railroad construction. Canton Brands are Hammered, not Rolled, and sold under GUARANTEE. CABLEWAYS. INCLINE PLANES. LOGGING BY CABLES. Plowing, Scraping and Transporting by Wire Ropes, Designed, Supplied and Erected. Estimates Furnished. Successors to CALIFORNIA WIRE WORKS, 46-48 Fremont St., San Francisco, California Miners Will-find the Steel L,ist published by eftNTON STEEL eO'Y, DENVER, e©L©., contains much information which will prove^o interest. Mailed upon application. McLennan, McFeely & Co., Agents for VANCOUVER, B. e. Patents Nos. 483,442; 610,353. AERIAL WIRE ROPE TRAMWAY Improved GRIP PULLE\ SINGLE and DOUBLE ROPE SYSTEM Fortransportlngore.fuel, earth, sugarcane, etc., by wire rope Simple, Economical, Practical, Durable. Loads Mechanically, Dumps Automatically TRANSMISSION BY WIRE ROPE. CABLE GRIPS. AUTOMATIC LOADERS. Effective, Simple, Automatic. SAVES WEAR or£WIRE ROPE and CABI.E Send for Illustrated Pamphlet. Correspondence Solicited. Hallidie-Painter Tramway Co. VIII. THE MINING RECORD. The JAMES COOPER MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. MONTREAL, P.Q. INGERSOLL=SERGEANT MACHINERY, Manufacturers Rock Drills, Straight Line, Duplex, and Corliss Air Compressors. Complete nine Equipment of All Kinds. Agent for STANDARD DIAMOND DRILL CO) R. A. C. McNALLY, Rossland, British Columbia. Catalogue and Details on Application to) FRANK DARLING, Molson's Bank Building, Vancouver, B.C. Send for Catalogues and Specifications. Cnnliffe & McMillan, Agents at Rossland Vancouver Engineering Works, Vancouver, B. C. 962 King St. Subway. The Northey Gas and Gasolene Engine; cheap, safe and handy. Send for booklet. I The Brackman & Ker Billing Co., Ltd. —— Manufacturers ofthe Celebrated X Facilities Unequalled for Supplying the West with <► the Best Quality of f - i *Vk\ \m Grain, Hay or Mill Feed. ROLLLD Ore 151 1 i X Victoria. y Vancouver. I (Registered.) Nelson. Rossland. New Westminster. Strathcona. Unequalled in the World.! <«;~X<~KK"H"W<~H~KK^K"^^ B0YD, BURNS & Plumbing and Engineering Supplies and Ship Chandlery. Iron and Brass Pipe and Fittings, Boiler Tubes, Injectors, Oil Cups, Lubricators, Asbestos Board, Sectional Covering and Asbestos Cement, Leather, Rubber and Link Belting, Wire and Manilla Rope, Paints and Oils, Chain, Spikes, Loggers' Supplies, Sheet Iron and Other Metals 5I-55 IM 111 Street, VANCOUVER, B.C. The Mining Record VOL. X. SEPTEMBER, 1903. BRITISH COLUMBIA MINING RECORD Devoted to the rUning Interests ef the Pacific Northwest. PUBLISHED BY THE BRITISH COLUMBIA RECORD, LIMITED H. MORTIilBR LAMB, Hanaging Editor. Victoria, B. C, Office, Province Building. Vancouver, P. W. Charleson, Hastings St. London Office: 24 Coleman Street, E. C, Denver, Col.: National Advertising Co. San Francisco: Dake's Agency. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: Canada and the United States, one year - Great Britain and Foreign, one year - - Advertising Rates on Application. $2.00 $2.50 Address all communications to The Managing Editor, B. O. Record, Ltd., P. O. Drawer 645, Victoria, B. C. THE MONTH. If the report be true that the Dominion Government proposes to shortly create a Department of Mines at Ottawa, and appoint in connection therewith an expert mineralogical and metallurgical staff, the Canadian Mining Institute, which was first to urge the matter on the authorities, should receive the warm thanks of the mining cummunities upon this satisfactory result of its efforts, while the Provincial Mining Association, which also made a suggestion on similar lines, making it the subject of a special resolution, will have also cause for further congratulation. Heretofore it has been urged that there was little object in the establishment of a Federal Mining Department, as, the Yukon excepted, the Dominion could exercise no special jurisdiction in dealing with mining in the respective provinces. But this excuse is surely a very lame one, for if it applied there would equally be no justification for many of the other departments, such for instance,, as that devoted to agriculture. By the establishment of a Dominion Department of Mines, British Columbia, as the most important of the mineral producing areas of Canada, would of course be the first to benefit largely. As bearing upon the necessity for the establishment of a Federal Department of Mines the following statements and arguments of officers of the American Mining Congress, which through its predecessor, the International Mining Congress, originated the main movement in the United States for the establishment in that country of a National Department of Mines and Mining, are reproduced from a mining journal published in the United States. The officers mentioned propose, by the creation of such a department: "To place the executive branch of our Government in close touch with the entire field of mineral production, just as it is now, through the Department of Agriculture, in close touch with the whole field of agricultural production. "To utilize our consular service in foreign lands to assist in finding new and better markets for our mineral products, just as it is now utilized in enlarging the world market for the products of our agriculture. "To establish experimental stations for expert investigation as to the best and cheapest methods of mining and treating the great variety of valuable ores which exist throughout our country, just as government experimental stations have been established for the benefit of agricultural interests. To assist in removing, as far as possible, mining enterprises from the speculative basis which so often underlies them, by the systematic publication of scientific facts concerning the various mining districts of the United States. -i *\i "To assist in disseminating among mining prospectors the latest scientific information with reference to the different classes of mineral deposits and how to recognize them, just as the government, by its bulletins from the Department of Agriculture, disseminates the latest information among farmers. "To assist in elevating the occupation of mining generally to the dignity of a scientific profession, by affording better educational facilities to those engaged in it, in the same way that the Department of Agriculture has done so much to lift agriculture from the ruts of chance, ignorance and tradition to the plane of an exact science. "To assist in paving the way for national legislation, which shall give us more satisfactory mining laws, and thereby lessen the waste of time, energy and money which are now dissipated in mining litigation. 166 THE MINING RECORD. "To administer a properly devised system of government inspection of all mines and the conditions surrounding mineral productions of all kinds, including coal and petroleum, in the interests of those employed therein. "To collect statistics covering the whole field of mineral production which shall be an exhaustive and therefore as authoritative as those collected by the Department of Agriculture with. regard to agricultural production. "We submit that by the aid of suitable legislation appropriating the proceeds of the sales of the mineral lands of the United States to the uses of the proposed department of mines and mining, such a department can be made self-supporting, and need not be in any sense a burden upon the taxpayer. "We urge upon your attention the fact that the same reasons which have made the creation of the Department of Agriculture of the greatest utility to the whole country, exist for the' creation of a department of mines and mining, and that these reasons must be apparent to every candid mind. "First—In the magnitude of the industrial field to be covered. "Second—In its primary importance and necessity to every branch of trade, manufacture and transport-? ation, as the supplier of raw material. "Third—In the amount of capital invested. 'Fourth—In the number of men employed. "Fifth—In its relations to our foreign commerce. "Sixth—In its general effect upon a more intelligent and effective direction of all these energies." The argument that similar good reasons exist for the establishment of a Department of Mining as for a Department of Agriculture, the usefulness of which is beyond all doubt, should commend itself to all interested in the advancement of Canada by the fuller utilization of its great natural resources. As British Columbia's proportion of the total mineral production of Canada is now larger than that of any other province of the Dominion—is in fact nearly as large as the production of all Canada east of the Rocky Mountains, it is evident that the interest of this Province in a movement of this kind is a very considerable one. If a Department of Mines be a necessity for the United States, one is equally needed for Canada, and particularly for British Columbia, the mineral resources of which are enormous. The foregoing arguments are therefore earnestly commended to the attention of all desirous of assisting in the development of the natural resources of the Province, whether directly interested in mining or not. It is doubtful whether the mining sections of this Province are, on the whole, taking anything like an adequate interest in the collection of minerals and are making other necessary preparations to ensure the mineral resources of British Columbia being well represented at the St. Louis World's Fair next year. It should not be forgotten that the Exhibition Branch of the Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, which will have charge of all exhibits from Canada, is already appointing the space at its disposal, preparing catalogues, and otherwise getting into shape the arrangements for. the Canadian exhibit. The purpose of this reference to the St. Louis Exhibition is to impress upon the mining districts of the Province that no time should be lost in getting their mineral collections together and in notifying the Exhibition Department at Ottawa of the nature and extent of the exhibits they intend sending through that department. Pro- .fessor Joseph A. Holmes, in a paper he recently read before the American Institute of Mining Engineers, submitted for the consideration of members some important facts connected with the proposed mining exhibits at this Exposition. He stated that one of the great purposes of the Mines Department of the Exposition will be to show the nature of the underground expansion that has taken place in the United States, the equipment used in the mining operations of today, and the metallurgical equipment and processes employed in the preparation of mineral products for use by the people at the present time. The larger part of the exhibits in the American section of the Mines Department will therefore be arranged so as to show the condition of the mineral industry as it is to-day, and to illustrate its development during the past century. He gave much detail relative to the five groups —these in turn divided into fifty-three classes—the exhibits in the mining department will be arranged in, and stated, in brief, that "as far as this may be possible of attainment, these exhibits are all planned and will be installed with a view of having them tell the whole story as to our mineral resources; how they are mined and brought to the surface, and how they are transformed by the metallurgist and manufacturer, and thus made ready for use by the people." In mineral and mining exhibits from foreign countries the Mines Department of the Exposition is asking that special prominence shall be given to those branches of the mining industry which are prominent in that particular country, and also those that are largely exported from that country. And in the metallurgical exhibits it asks that each country's exhibit shall show especially the processes and products of those branches of metallurgy which are being largely promoted and- developed in that country. Of course any exhibit, in- THE MINING RECORD. 1K)I eluding the contributions to it from all the leading mining sections of the Province, that British Columbia is likely to make will be small in comparison to those of the big mining states of the Republic, yet this fact need not, nor should it, debar our mining districts from doing their utmost to make a creditable showing. In gold, silver, copper and lead, the annual production of British Columbia is greater than that of all other provinces in the Dominion combined, so it would seem to be the duty of this Province to make a special effort in the direction of making as large and representative an exhibition as it is practicable. In view, too, of the repeatedly published statements that smelting costs are exceptionally low in the Boundary, it would be well if the metallurgical establishments of that district were worthily represented at St. Louis. But whatever is to be done, whether by mines, smelters, branches of the Provincial Mining Association, or private individuals, must be done soon, otherwise the space at present at disposal for Canadian mineral exhibits will likely be apportioned for other purposes. The Prospectors' Association of Nelson, to which reference was made last month in these columns, has had another meeting at which, according to the published report of the proceedings, " it was decided that representations should be made to the department at an early date by the. Association for the appointment of an Inspector of Claims, whose duty it should be to inspect all assessment work done, and in the event of the same not having been carried out according to the affidavit filed when recording the same, to report the fact to the department." The report further stated that it was felt by all the members present that this was he only way by which the present falsifying could be stopped. The intention of the association in passing this resolution is praiseworthy enough, bu1 the remedy it recommends does not appear to be an effective one. If "all assessment work done," in the Province is to be inspected, then not only one inspectoi only, but a score or two would be required to do this work thoroughly. Even should these be appointed there would still be difficulties in the way of the desired result being attained. Leaving out of present consideration the question of whether or not it would be desirable to prosecute for perjury-where it could be shown that a false affidavit has been made, the importance of preventing the issue of a certificate of work in cases where a,claim owner is not entitled tc it should be kept well in view. As the law now stands once a certificate of work has been issued it is unchallengeable, notwithstanding that it might be shown that the work had not been* done as sworn to. The intention of the law to secure the due performance of work on mineral claims is in such a case thus defeated. Besides an insistence upon the making of a fully detailed statement, giving measurements, days and dates worked, and rate per day worked, suggested last month, it would be well to require that every application for a certificate of work shall be posted for a month in a conspicuous place in the office of the Mining Recorder for the mining division in which the daim concerned is situate, before the applicant shall be entitled to obtain such certificate. Further, let each Mining Recorder be appointed chief inspector for his own mining division, with power in any and every instance in which he ma3' have good reason to doubt the truth of the affidavit presented to him on application for a certificate of work or of improvements, to appoint some suitable person to visit the claim to ascertain whether or not the work has been done as sworn to. In the event of its not having been done as alleged, the cost of inspection to be recoverable from the person making the false affidavit, and the certificate to be withheld. If it should happen that owing to the non-performance of the assessment work required by law the claim, during the time intervening between the making of the application for the certificate and the inspection on behalf of the mining recorder, shall have run out, then let it revert to the Crown and be open for re-location by any one other than the person making the false affidavit, but, on the other hand, in all cases where no inspection shall have shown that the work has been done as stated, then let the certificate be issued, whether the year for which the assessment was recorded shall at the end of the month have expired or not, provided, of course, the application for the certificate shall have been made within the year for which the work shall have been done. Given the requirement, without exception, of full particulars, of the work done, as above recommended, and the knowledge that the mining recorder is empowered to have an inspection made if he deem it necessary, it would appear probable that evasions of the law, such as are admittedly frequent under existing lax methods, would then be few and far between. The last issue of the Engineering Magazine contains a very interesting and comprehensive account of the Alaskan auriferous areas with special reference to the Klondike gravel deposits. The ' author of this paper, Mr. J. D. McGillivray, is not only a clever journalist, having been at one time editor of the Mining and Scientific Press, of San Francisco, and subsequently a member of the staff of the New York Herald; but he is also an experienced and practical miner and consequently his treatment of the subject 768 THE MINING RECORD. may be regarded as that of an expert. Mr. McGil- livray commences then with the statement that the Alaskan gold-bearing areas so far discovered are very much more extensive than those of California, there having been located to date considerably more than 150,000 acres of auriferous ground, in addition to the concessions covering even more extensive areas specially granted by the Dominion Government. That this ground is generally rich is demonstrated by the fact that very little gravel in the Klondike costs less than $2 a cubic yard to work, this rather excessive cost being due to the crude methods employed and without water under pressure, the last being charged to a short-sighted policy on the part of the Canadian Government. Meanwhile, it is shown that though Eldorado, the most important creek, has been worked out, the output from the Klondike is as large as ever, and this output comes from the lower grades of gravel that would not have paid profits under the conditions existing a few years ago. Referring to the output in recent years, Mr. McGillivray states that the yield during ic)02>was probably equal to that of 1901, official returns to the contrary notwithstanding, but the change in the royalty from a direct tax on the output to a tax on the export of gold made the figures appear considerably less, and as a result the reports made by the United States authorities and the Canadian Government show only about $18,000,000. Including this year's yield from a gold area having a thirty-mile . radius from Dawson, a production valued at nearly a hundred million dollars will have been made, this enormous amount of gold will have been obtained by miners without capital, the few incorporated companies operating in the field being responsible for a very limited proportion of the whole. The mines that are now being worked at a profit are mines which three or four years ago would not have paid under conditions then existing. Indeed, few of the mines now being operated would have been profitable even two years ago, so greatly have conditions improved. Mr. McGilliyray estimates, that at the very least the Klondike region in the vicinity of Dawson is capable of producing well over three hundred million dollars in gold before the richness of the area becomes exhausted. The article concludes as follows : "The Canadian Government placed upon mines most difficult, and in point of fact, ridiculous regulations which tended to retard mining or any other industry. However, in spite of all this, on account of the very good values found in the gravel of the Klondike country, 'a great many of the experienced miners who went there in the early days made money. The result was then, as it was in California in 1849-50, that a very few, and only those who were capable of doing good work in any direction, succeeded. Nine- tenths of those who went to the North were unfitted for the work that it was necessary to do there, and they returned to the States or other parts of the world from whence they came. These men condemned the Klondike, condemned the whole Yukon, and told the rest of the world that there was up there no opportunities for miners. This has done much to give the Yukon a bad name. Yet never a miner who understands gravel has gone into the North who has not said that it is one of the best gravel regions in the world. The best proof of this is that a large proportion of the mine owners of the Klondike, who have made fortunes, and most of the miners of experience on the Alaskan side, all the way from the boundary line to Nome, return to that country every year and say that they know of no country in which they would rather live and do business in than along the Yukon. It will be said, perhaps, that the climate is bad. I have spent five winters in the Yukon and the past winter in London and New York, and I must say that we have a better climate on the Yukon in winter and in summer than either in New York or London. With us the air is dry. There is no wind. And while the thermometer goes down in winter to as much as 70 degrees below zero( though it is seldom more than 50 degrees below), having no wind and having no dampness in the atmosphere, we wear less clothes and suffer less inconvenience than we would in New York or London in the colder days of winter, or in San Francisco with its fogs and winds." Although conditions in the Yukon have in the last two years greatly improved, mining costs are still relatively high. In early days it is estimated that no gravel was worked for less than $15 per cubic yard. Wages at this time were $1.50 per hour and freight was from 10 to 20 cents per pound from Dawson to the mines only. Wages are now about 50 cents per • hour and owing to the wagon roads built by the Canadian Government, the freight rate from Dawson to the mines is not in excess of 1 cent per pound. Likewise the royalty has been reduced from 10 per cent to 2 1-2 per cent. Steam thawing replacing wood fires has resulted in further economy. The cost of drifting on bench claims on Bonanza Creek for the year ending October 10, 1902, is given in the following table.' With the exception that little timbering is required here, the drifting is similar to that on the Forest Hill divide. Mining expenses, including board $38,573 52 Mining stores j 706 c-z Fuel 5-957 00 THE MINING RECORD. '69 Timbering—Labour with timber 2>355 34 Foreman's salary, with board 2,483 00 Management with board 3,464 96 General maintenance 2,819 7° October expenses 3,322 87 Total operating expenses $69,77289 Square yards worked 10,490 Cost, actual mining and sluicing per sq. yd. $5-79 The square yard, however, was equal to about one and one-third cubic yards. This was an extreme case, as many mines were working under similar conditions at considerably less. A comparison with hydraulicing on the same property is interesting. The company purchased water rights for $30,000 and sluiced their ground. The following is the result of their first washing: Total number cubic yards sluiced 29,000 Total number square yards bed-rock cleaned. . 5,188 Gold recovered: Gross output $35,978 10 Less bank charges 594 82 Mint charges ■ 133 41 "Export tax 781 95 Net bank returns $34,467 92 Average value per cubic yads (gross .... 1 24 average value per sq. yd. of bed-rock (gross) 6 93 Costs: Installation of hydraulic plant, sluices, etc. .$4,221 90 Operating (including cleaning bed-rock)... 5,960 11 Total cost $10,182 01 The cost per cubic yard of operating, including cleaning of the bed-rock, was $0.205' the cost per cubic yard of operating, including cost of plant and cleaning bed-rock, 0.35; cost of operating per square yard of bed-rock, $1,148; cost of operating, including cost of plant, cleaning bed-rock, etc., per square yard .of bed-rock, $1.96. The actual number of days (of 24 hours) hydraulicing, was 22; the quantity of water used (miners' inches), 200; the number of cubic yards sluiced per day of 24 hours, 1,318.18; the duty of miners' inch per day of 24 hours was $6.59; the average output per day (of 24 hours) $1,635.36. The opinions of two British Columbians just returned from a visit to England entirely coincide in respect to the means necessary to revive interest among British investors in the mines of the Province. Thus both Mr. F. W. Roit, of Rossland, and Mr. Clermont Livingstone, general manager of the Tyee Copper Company, at Mount Sicker think, that there is little likelihood of a change from the apathetic if not hostile feeling as regards mining investment in B. C. now—certainly not without due cause—entertained in London financial circles, until such times at least as the Province can show half a dozen or so mines, in which British capital is already interested, to be on a regular dividend paying basis. As there are now surviving at the most half a dozen British-owned and operated mines of any great importance in the coun^ try, all, it would seem, must become profitable ere investment opportunities in the Province are again regarded as tempting. There is, however, a reasonable chance that several of these properties will make a fair showing in the next year or so. It is more difficult for a resident of the Province to get reliable information of what is going on at the Le Roi, than it is for a resident of London, but there are reasonably good grounds for believing- that the mine is in a more satisfactory condition than ever before, and that substantial monthly profits are being made, at any rate, production was never so large. At the Le Roi No. 2 much depends on the success—apparently 'assured—of concentration operations now soon to be commenced. But if by this means the vast reserves of low-grade ores there may be profitably handled, the mine should become enormously profitably, and the same may be said of the other big British-owned Rossland mines. The development of the Snowshoe in Boundary has been but recently fairly started— the opening up and equipment of a mine of this class being a slow and arduous undertaking. The property is one, however, of undoubted value and promise, and has not been handicapped by extravagant or incompetent management, which is very much in its favour. Consequently the Snowshoe should at no very distant date be in a position to begin the regular earning of dividends. More favourable reports have been received of late of developments at the Ymir, and it is not too much to expect that this property will again pay well. Then there are several English- owned mines in the Slocan, the Ruth, Whitewater and others, the outlook for which, thanks to the lead . bounty, is very different to what it was a year ago. ■ Last but not least the Tyee has already shown that it is a profitable enterprise. In addition, too, there are a number of smaller concerns, such as the Bosun and the Monitor in the Slocan, the Iron Mask at Kamloops, the Nettie L. and Silver Cup, in the Lardeau, all of which are making excellent showings. But the Englishman certainly seems to have missed it in B. C. He has rarely - secured the. plums, and he will assuredly wait now, being naturally disgruntled and sulky at his losses—in nine cases out of ten the result of his /1\ THE MINING RECORD. own folly or unbusiness-like conduct—and allow others to pick up all the new things going. Then later he will- buy these at twice their value. Meanwhile B. C. is managing to exist without British capital, and all things considered, she is not making a bad fist of it. . Evidence of the revival of mining in the Province is accumulating rapidly, and it would almost seem that there were about to be a return to the "rushing" times of '96. .But with this difference, that whilst in 1896 we had no mines but much talk, now there are some mines and less talk. In other words, the boom of '96 was largely hysterical. There was much foolish jubilation and afterwards vain tears. Our mining industry is no longer in the school-girl stage. It has matured and settled down sedately to business. Investors no longer will look at an undeveloped prospect, but they are beginning again to enquire for mines. In all the mining sections word comes of greater activity. Nelson a year ago dead so far as mining was concerned has now half a dozen mines in operation on Morning Mountain alone; there is decidedly more activity at Ymir, where six or seven properties have become steadily productive. Slocan is actually booming," and very shortly all the mines idle the past year or more, will be again in steady operation; the Lardeau is attracting unusual attention not only on account of the rich new discoveries at Poplar Creek and elsewhere, but also in consequence of the satisfactory results now attending the operation of the free milling quartz mines in the Fish River Camp; developments in the Big Bend are being more actively prosecuted this season, both in respect to hydraulic and quartz mining; in Rossland and Boundary production is largely on the increase; arrangements have been completed for the immediate resumption of operations at the big East Kootenay silver-lead mines, and the coal mining industry in the same field has of recent months made great forward strides; Kamloops mines have commenced to send out ore, and on the Coast two smelters are in operation, production being greater than at any previous time; the settlement, too, this month of the labour troubles at Cumberland has further improved the industrial situation. In short, all present indications point to the advent for mining in British Columbia of an era of unprecedented prosperity, a re-awakening of interest among investors in the mines of the Province, and a realization generally of those sanguine expectations which despite frequent disappointments, sets-backs and long- drawn-out periods of industrial depression, many Brit- isn Columbians have continued to steadfastly hold. At a meeting recently in Sandon of the Associated Silver-lead 'Miners, an organization represented by twenty-nine mine company and three individual operators, a marketing committee, Messrs. G. Alexander, Byron N. White, A. C. Garde, W. E. Zwicky and D. C. Forbes were nominated to undertake the disposal of the Slocan's silver-lead product and control the local market. This plan for the marketing of the-ores has been adopted in order to guard against any possible discrimination on the part of the smelter against individual mines, and the arrangement is that the members of the association will sell their output to the committee, who in turn will market it to the best advantage. Slocan mine operators have, meanwhile, been somewhat exercised by a report that a contract has been entered into between the St. Eugene mine at Moyie, and the Trail smelter for the marketing of the .whole of the mine's product at the Canadian Smelting Works. The report appears, however, to be premature, but nevertheless some difficulty is likely to arise in connection with the home marketing of ores, which it will be remembered is one of the stipulations under which the Canadian Government bounty is offered. At the present time the two smelters in operation ,have certainly not the facilities to handle a product equal to that of 1900, the record year, or the rate of production which under existing favourable conditions it is expected' to maintain. The St. Eugene mine is in a position to make as large a monthly output as can be accomplished by all the Slocan mines in combination. Hence the apprehension on the part of the Slocan" producers. In the event of a difficulty arising on these grounds it is possible, however, the Government, might be induced to relax the regulation in force and allow for a period the marketing of a proportion of the lead production in the United States, pending the relieving of the situation by the completion of the Marysville smelter now under construction. It is also possible that with the improvement in conditions it may be found profitable to resume smelting operations at Pilot Bay. In a recent issue the Rossland Miner published a very interesting account of the progress of deep level mining in that locality. Our contemporary rather optimistically remarks: "In Rossland the really big mining has yet to be done. The deep levels have yet to be opened. It is impossible to estimate the untouched wealth that lies below the 1,500-foot workings. We only know that all ore bodies in the north belt increase in width with depth. It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that additional sinking will expose a proportionate amount of paying ore. This THE MINING RECORD. 771 is indeed a bright prospect for Rossland and should, in itself, be sufficient to build great expectations for everybody concerned." Meanwhile two Rossland mines have now been well developed below the 1,000- foot level, the Le Roi being now engaged in opening up a level at a depth of 1,350 feet, while the Kootenay has attained in its lowest workings a depth of 1,200 feet. The White Bear has a level at 850 feet, the Nickel Plate at 800 feet, and the War Eagle and Centre Star mines are developed to a depth equivalent to 600 feet at the Le Roi. From present indications there appears to be every promise that the values as depth is attained will be fairly maintained at a profitable margin, although not generally equal to the values obtained from immediate surface ores. The difference in this respect, however, has and continues to be largely discounted by the successful efforts that have been put forward to decrease operating and treatment costs, and the time is not far "distant when even five- dollar ore will be mined at Rossland at a considerable profit. In itself a statement such as this does not sound very remarkable or startling; but it means nevertheless that the treatment of this grade qJ ore by the application of successful concentration methods will result in Rossland taking possibly equal rank in point of productive importance with such camps as Butte, Montana, No one meantime can doubt that Rossland has before it a very promising future. Poplar Creek still continues to attract a great deal of notice, and many new "strikes" and- discoveries of importance are reported to have made during the month in near-by localities, notably that of Copper Creek. Meanwhile a correspondent, a mining engineer of very high standing locally, in a personal letter to the editor of this periodical thus refers to the district: "There have been undoubtedly discoveries of very high-grade quartz—there are well defined veins of good size. This is good—very good so far as it goes—but that type of ore is notoriously irregular and uncertain and no man can predict what may result after the showings have been opened up. They may be better, they may be worse, or—nothing at all. For the present the discoveries are doing the country much good; they are putting fresh heart into the prospector. Where one man was out last, year, there are ten this, and working with much more energy. Also it looks as if this might again direct the attention of capital to this country. We have been waiting quietly and -patiently for some time. There is evidence of a very healthy progress. This may be what was required to start matters. But I don't think there will be much of a wild-cat boom—everybody has been too badly bitten in the past." One of the most interesting reports from the district in August was that platinum had been discovered in the ores, a sample from a claim adjoining the Gold Park property, having been forwarded to a well known assayer of Salt Lake, Utah, a return was received giv-. ing five ounces of platinum to the ton. The owners of the Gold Park subsequently had some ore tested,, the result in this case being one ounce of platinum to* the ton. Platinum in quartz has already been found in the Similkameen district and also in the Burnt Basin, but although these occurrences have been known some time, no determined attempt has been, made to turn the discoveries to commercial account. The B. C. Review (London) in two recent issues refers editorially to the extraordinarily unbusinesslike manner in which the affairs of the Slough Creek Company are being conducted, and from the evidence adduced it would certainly seem that our contemporary's strictures are most justly bestowed. At the statutory meeting of the re-organized company held in London last month—the concern has, by-the-way, been twice re-constructed—some very remarkable admissions were made by the directors, one to. the effect that since February last the engineer in charge of the mine had disappeared altogether from the scene, operations having since continued under the direction of a foreman, who was either incapable or indisposed to furnish reports of progress to the Board. This the shareholders were unable to obtain any information of how their money had been spent during the past five months, and other instances were given in proof of the carelessness, and imbecility of the directorate. As the directors, without exception, are notorious guinea- pigs, it is merely astonishing that matters are no worse than they are, and personally we have no sympathy to waste on the shareholders of the Slough Creek Company. The only cause for regret in connection with this miserable fiasco, is that the undertaking itself is one of undoubted significance, and if carried to a successful issue, as under proper- auspices well might be the case, it is impossible to over-estimate the importance to the district as a whole if the ancient river channnels in Cariboo are demonstrated by this plan of deep level mining to be highly auriferous. Hence in British Columbia there is a great desire that the enterprise should succeed; but it is quite plain that unless the shareholders take immediate steps for the removal from executive office of the men who in the past have so culpably ignored their responsibilities, no such consummation may ever be expected. Since the above paragraph was penned late advices from London annonnce that at a special meeting of the Slough Creek Company a resolution introduced by' shareholders to relieve the present Eoard of Directors of office was defeated. The more's the pity. 772 THE MINING RECORD It is reported that the Legislature of the State of Washington has passed an Act as follows, with a view to -restricting wild-cat mining operations: "Any superintendent, director, secretary, manager, agent or other officer of any corporation, or anyone pretending to be such superintendent, director, secretary, manager, agent or other officer, who shall wilfully subscribe, endorse verify or otherwise assent to the publication, either generally or privately, to the stockholders or to other persons dealing with such corporation or its stocks, and wilfully make untrue and fraudulently exaggerated report, prospectus, account or statement of operations, values, business, profits, expenditures, or prospectus or other paper or document intended to produce or give or having a tendency to produce or give to the shares of stock in such corporation a greater value than they really possess, or with the intent to defraud any party, person or persons generally, shall be deemed guilty of an offense against the laws of the State of Washington, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than one or more than five years, or in the county jail for not more than one year or by a fine not exceeding $2,000, or by • both." The aim herein is, of course, irreproachable, but it is one thing to legislate on a matter of this kind, and another to give effect to it. Besides, generally in the most flagrant instances of wild-catting that have come to our notice, the originators have been clever enough to confine themselves to suggestio falsi methods, rather than commit themselves to downright statements the correctness of which might be without much difficulty disproved. If the press could always be relied on to do its duty in a fearless and honest manner, the public would require little other protection. The plan by which the New Fairview Corporation expects to raise necessary additional capital for the liquidation of existing liabilities, and for the further equipment of the property, by an issue of 8 per cent, cumulative preference shares to the extent of $125,000, is perhaps as good an expedient as under the circumstances could be devised. But—and this is a question to which many shareholders would like an answer —was the present unsatisfactory position of the company in being now compelled to practically mortgage its property a preventable one, and what guarantee is there of a better showing being made in future? Judging more particularly from recent events, the manner in which the affairs of the Fairview Corporation have been conducted is, we fear, certainly not above criticism. We are reliably assured that several costly mistakes have been committed of late in connection with the development of the mine, in fact, our correspondent suggests, that had the property during the last three Or four years been under the direction of a competent and otherwise qualified mining engi*- neer, it would to-day be earning profits instead of requiring to borrow money. The shareholders have only themselves to blame, however, that they did not insist long ago on a suitable appointment being made, and they have really now no just cause for complaint if the management of the mine, having been thus entrusted to honest enough but practically "inexperienced hands, has been unsatisfactory. It is to be hoped that at the meeting to be held shortly for the purpose of confirming and passing a resolution authorizing the proposed issue of preference shares, the opportunity will not be lost of remedying the mistake made in this respect by arranging for the immediate appointment of a properly qualified engineer to assume charge of the property. It is satisfactory to learn that- providing the small additional capital required can be raised, and it appears that little difficulty need be anticipated on this score— there is every reason to believe that the Omineca and Peace River Mining Company, erstwhile the Arctic Slope, will in the future be a profit-earning concern. In the past, it must be admitted, the mine has not been well managed, and money has been spent to poor advantage, but the ground itself is rich, as is quite clearly shown by the returns obtained this season, when with a very inadequate plant and the restriction, through shortage of water, of actual washing operation to but a month, the manager, a pioneer Omineca miner, succeeded in earning a small profit after paying running expenses and in addition doing much dead work. It is thought that by an expenditure of a further sum of $15,000, the water supply may be so improved and equipment perfected to admit of the- property being operated hereafter for the full working season, and it is estimated making regular profits at the rate of ten thousand dollars annually. Meanwhile capital is already beginning to give increased attention to the Omineca district in anticipation of not-far-distant railway building, and especially in the Bulkley Valley the coal and mineral areas are being acquired by representatives of both American and Canadian moneyed men. A reminder is given to the mining sections directly concerned that during September two parties of representatives of commercial and manufacturing interests are expected to make excursions to parts of this THE MINING RECORD. / 16 .Province. The "All Canada" party of delegates to .the Fifth Congress of Chambers of Commerce of the Empire, held last month in Montreal, Quebec, is scheduled to reach Victoria on jthe 8th inst., visit Crofton and Nanaimo on the ioth, Revelstoke 13th, the Boundary 14th, Nelson 15th, and thence return eastward via the Crow's Nest Pass on the 17th. This party will be composed chiefly of visitors from Great Britain, and will number about 100, travelling in two sections. The second party is to consist of members of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association and friends, whose itinerary provides for Toronto being left on the 19th inst., Coast cities being visited from September 28th to October 2nd, Rossland October 3rd, Nelson, 4th and Fernie, 6th. It would be well to take full advantage of these favourable opportunities of impressing visitors from Great Britain and Eastern Canada, few if any of whom have any personal knowledge of British Columbia, with the great extent and enormous possibilities of the mineral resources of the Province. Their visit will necessarily be a hurried one, and being so but few mines, smelters, etc., will be visited during the very limited time they wilt be in any one section of the Province, but any available literature giving straight facts and statistics relative to the mining industry should be freely provided for the information and use of the visitors. Commenting the other day on the effect the lead bounty would exercise on production in the province, Mr. Cronin, manager of the St. Eugene mine, at Moyie, expressed the view that the. bonus was, after all not so considerable as might appear, although of course, it would serve the purpose for which it is granted in stimulating industry. He instanced that when the price of lead in London advances over £12 ios. is equal to about .$2.67 a hundred pounds; which plus the bounty of 75 cents a hundred, makes a quotation of $3.42 a hundred. Therefore $3.42 a hundred is the highest price which the lead producer could receive for lead under the benefits of the bounty. Again the home smelters to which the miner sells his product deduct an arbitrary charge of $1 a hundred from the London quotations, to make up for alleged expenses in exporting the lead. Therefore all the B. C. producer hopes to realize is $2.42 a hundred pounds, while the American operators receive 31-2 cents. As a matter of fact, with- London lead worth about £11 6s., as at present, the local settlement including the bounty on lead ores, is approximately $2.20. The practice of mine leasing is gradually becoming more prevalent in British Columbia, and recent instances have thoroughly demonstrated the practical advantages of the system. Many of the properties now-being successfully operated under lease are owned by British corporations, under whose management operations were not profitable. The reason for success in the one case and failure in the other is easily explained. The difference frequently between profit and loss in the working of a mine is found under the head of general expenses. The leaseholder does not require to maintain an expensive suite of offices; he has no staff of clerks or ornamental board of directors to pay; cable expenses to meet or the stock market to consider. Moreover, he is as a rule a practical miner well versed in local conditions, and consequently he wastes neither time nor money in experimenting. It may be also added tha he has never been known to erect costly plants to treat his ore before he has any ore to treat. A 'further favourable sign of returning prosperity in the mining districts is the increasingly large demand for mining machinery, which is now most noticeable. Hardly a week passes without one or more important installation being made, while the number of mine equipments, more or less considerable, immediately contemplated makes a quite formidable list. Last week no less than five carloads of machinery - were taken into the Lardeau, and stamp-mills and concentrators have been or are about to be ordered for half a dozen other properties in that district. There have probably been more installations of mills this year in British Columbia than ever before and there seems to be every probability that the branch of free-milling quartz mining heretofore never very successfully followed in the province, except in one or two isolated cases, will ere long assume very considerable proportions. Much gratification is expressed locally at the satisfactory results attending the operations of a syndicate enerag-ed in hydraulic mining on Thibet Creek in the Cassiar district, a first clean-up of the season after a twenty days' run, having resulted in a yield of 780 ounces, valued at $13,000. The syndicate is chiefly composed of men who were formerly connected with the Cassiar Central Railway, whose plans, however, failed to mature. The operators of the Thibet Creek mine, nevertheless, have steadfastly maintained a confidence in the resources of the country, and in their undertaking, and although a landslide and other unlucky incidents have heretofore interfered with success, it would seem at length persistency and faith are about to reap their reward. 774 THE MINING RECORD. MONTREAL & BOSTON COPPER COMPANY'S SMELTER, BOUNDARY FALLS. (By E. Jacobs.) UNDER the energetic management of Mr. A. I. Goodell, the Montreal & Boston Copper Company's smelter at Boundary Falls, in the Boundary District, is steadily increasing in importance among the industrial establishments of that part of the Province. Its first furnace was blown in on June 19th, 1902; its second was ready early this year, but owing to the coke supply failing it was not put in operation until May 25th; and now a third is being erected—this having last month been received from the manufacturers. This increase of furnace capac- The company's works, usually known as the Boundary Falls smelter, are situate on Boundary Creek, not far from Boundary Falls and about three miles south of Greenwood. The main building, as originally erected, was 182 feet long, 120 feet wide, and 64 feet high in the centre measuring from the feed floor, or from the furnace floor about 80 feet high. Through the centre of this building were placed two parallel rows of ore-storage bins, eight in a row and each bin 34 x 10 feet. South of these bins were others for the storage of coke and, if necessary, of lime. At a lower level than the floor of the main building the furnace floor extended east from a substantial stone retaining- wall 60 feet, and it had a length of 140 feet. At its south end was the power house, since removed. The General View of the Smelter at Boundary Falls. ity has, of course, involved a corresponding increase of other plants. Two blowers are in use to-day, and a third has been received at the works and is now being got ready for work. Additions have also been made to the sample mill plant, as well as considerable changes to and enlargement of the sample mill, railway trackage, and buidings and appliances generally. It is planned to double the sampling capacity and install a copper converter by the early part of next year. There appears to be ample custom ore offering to warrant the further extension of the works, and, what is equally important, assurances have been received that there will also be an adequate supply of coke obtainable to admit of all three furnaces being kept continuously in full blast. dust flue, of stone walls with arched brick roof, built on this level, runs about 200 feet to the steel smokestack, which is 9 ft. 6 inches in diameter, and 112 feet high above a 14-ft. brick base. Among the alterations and additions made after Mr. Goodell took charge are the erection of a new power house 49 x 136, new receiving bins, the considerable enlargement of the sample mill building, and other improvements already referred to. The machinery and plant now includes the following: On the furnace floor, two furnaces each 40 inches by 176 inches inside the tuyere line and having a nominal capacity of 300 tons every 24 hours, in operation and a third of like capacity being erected. In the power house, two Connersville blowers, one No. THE MINING RECORD 7 and one No. 7 1-2, each having its own direct-connected 75-h.p. Erie steam engine, and one No. 8 blower with a 125-h.p. engine now being installed, the last being large enough two provide blast for two furnaces; also a condenser, and a 250-light Siemens- Halske dynamo run by a 15-h.p. high-speed Atlas engine, for electric lighting purposes. In the adjoining boiler house are two 125 and two 75-h.p. horizontal return tubular steam boilers and a water heater. In the pump house below are three Stilwell-Bierce & 'Smith-Vaile Co.'s pumps, which pump water direct from Boundary Creek to the furnaces, for cooling the jackets and granulating the slag. In the sample mill are a No. 5 Gates rock crusher, a 7 x 10 Blake rock crusher, two sets of 12 x 20 rolls, two 36-inch and two 48-inch automatic samplers, a Bridgman sampler complete, two belt elevators, etc., the power for driving these being furnished by a duplex engine of 85- h.p. Seven slag trucks having a holding capacity of stoppage of a few hours for repairs, No. 1 furnace was run continuously from the time of blowing in until the coke supply again gave out after the strike at the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company's collieries last February. Meanwhile No. 2 furnace had also been running for a short time. Up to January 1 there were treated at these works 33,433 tons of ore from the Snowshoe, B. C. and Sunset mines, and there were shipped 1070 tons of matte of about 45 per cent, copper, 1.5 oz. gold, and 18 oz. kept down the tonnage materially, for both furnaces were idle for several weeks, and after operations were eventually resumed at the coal mines it was not until early in July that sufficient coke was received to admit of both furnaces at the smelter being run at the same time. Ore is now being received from the Snowshoe, B. C, Athelstan, Oro Denoro, Providence, and Sunset mines, the last-mentioned mine being owned by the Montreal & Boston Copper Company. All Furnaces, Boundary Falls' Smelter. about five tons each have lately been received from the Union Iron Works, Spokane, Wash., where two of the furnaces were also manufactured, and a locomotive for hauling same has been ordered to arrive shortly, the intention being to in the future dump the slag hot, instead of granulating it as at present. The smelter has its own railroad scales (Fairbanks) and other necessaries. The assay office and laboratory are equipped with modern apparatus and appliances suited to the requirements, for assay and analysis purposes, of a custom smelter. Offices, storehouses, mechanics' shops, residence accommodation for officials, etc., are all provided on or near the works, which are easily accessible, being situate but a short distance from the larger mines and alongside the Columbia & Western Railway to Midway. During 1902 a failure of the coke supply necessitated a suspension of smelting operations from July 12 to September 17, otherwise, save for an occasional these are Boundary mines. Not much ore has yet been received at this smelter from Republic camp situate south of the' international boundary line, in the adjoining State of Washington, but after the capacity of .the smelter shall have been further increased the shipment of the ores from that camp will no doubt also be encouraged. It is understood that the management of the company has under consideration plans for a considerable enlargement of its operations so soon as conditions shall be favourable to the investment of the additional capital this will require. At the time of writing Mr. Goodell is in the East, having last month gone to Montreal to consult with the directors upon this and contingent matters. It is evident that either existing smelters must have their treatment capacity enlarged or another smelter must be built, for not only is the output of the mines owned by the two companies operating at or near Greenwood being restricted so as to allow of custom ores being treated instead, but 776 THE MINING RECORD. the supply of the latter is steadily being augmented, both by the gradual increase of production at several mines that have been shipping for some time past and by shipments from other properties now being opened up and that are becoming regular shippers. By the close of this year there will be no difficulty in maintaining a daily minimum output of 2,000 tons from mines now shipping to the two smelters on Boundary Creek, this leaving out of account the Granby Company's mines, which ship to that company's works at Grand Forks. At the present time the first-mentioned mines could together easily main- ELECTROLYTIC LEAD-REFINING AT TRAIL, B.C.* (By Anson G Betts, Troy, N.Y.) A SOLUTION of lead-fluosilicate, containing an excess of fluosilicic acid, has been found to work very satisfactorily as an electrolyte for refining lead. It conducts the current well, is easily handled and stored, non-volatile and stable under electrolysis, may be made to contain a considerable amount of dissolved lead, and is easily prepared from inexpensive materials. It possesses, however, in common with other electrolytes, the defect of yielding a deposit of lead lack- 1 ', ' Another Interior View, Boundary Falls" Smelter. tain a daily output of 1,500 tons, while the two smelters cannot treat much more than 1,300 tons per day, so that it is clear more furnaces will be required, even after the Montreal & Boston Company shall have blown in its third furnace. It will likely be found, though, that both this company and the British Columbia Copper Company, operating at Greenwood, will in good time, enlarge their works sufficiently to meet the growing demand, and thus contribute to the further development' of the smelting industry in the Boundary district. ing in solidity, which- grows in crystalline branches towards the anodes, causing short circuits. But if a reduction action (practically accomplished by the addition of gelatine or glue) be given to the solution, a perfectly solid and dense deposit is obtained, having very nearly the same structure as electrolytically-de- posited copper, and a specific gravity of about 11.36 —that of cast lead. Lead-fluosilicate may be crystallized in very soluble, brilliant crystals, resembling those of lead-nitrate and containing four molecules of water of crystallization, *From a paper read before the American Institute of Mining Engineers. THE MINING RECORD. 777 with the formula PbSiF6,4H20. This salt dissolves at 15 degrees C. in 28 per cent, of its weight of water, making a syrupy solution of 2.38 sp. gr. Heated to 60 degree C, it melts in its water of crystallization. A neutral solution of lead-fluosilicate is partially decomposed on heating, with the formation of a basic insoluble salt and free fluosilic acid, which keeps the rest of the salt in solution. This decomposition ends when the solution contains, perhaps, 2 per cent, of free acid; and the solution may then be evaporated without further decomposition. The solutions desired for refining are not liable to this decomposition, since they contain much more than 2 per cent, of free acid. The electrical conductivity depends mainly on the acidity of the solution. My first experiments were carried out without the addition of gelatine to the fluosilicate solution. The lead-deposit consisted of more or less separate crystals that grew toward the' anodes, and, finally, caused short circuits. The cathodes, which were sheet-iron plates, lead-plated and paraffined, had to be removed periodically from the tanks and passed through rolls, to pack down the lead. When gelatine has been added in small quantities, the density of the lead is greater than can be produced by rolling the crystalline deposit, unless great pressure is used. The Canadian Smelting Works, Trail, British Columbia, have installed a refinery, making use of this process. There are 28 refining tanks, each 86 in. long, 30 in. wide and 42 in. deep, and each receiving 22 anodes of lead-bullion with an area of 26 by 33 in. exposed to the electrolyte on each side, and 23 cathodes of sheet-lead, about 1-16 in. thick, prepared by deposition on lead-plated and paraffined-iron cathodes. The cathodes are suspended from 0.5 by 1 in. copper bars, resting crosswise on the sides of the tanks. The experiment has been thoroughly tried, of using iron sheets to receive a deposit thicker than 1-16 in.; that is, suitable for direct melting without the necessity of increasing its weight by further deposition as an independent cathode; but the iron sheets are expensive, and are slowly pitted by the action of the acid solution; and the lead deposits thus obtained are much less smooth and pure than those on lead sheets. The smoothness and the purity of the deposited lead are proportional. Most of the impurity seems to be introduced mechanically through the attachment of floating particles of slime to irregularities on the cathodes. The effect of roughness is cumulative; it is often observed that particles of slime attract an undue amount of current, resulting in the lumps seen cn the cathodes. Samples taken at the same time showed from 1 to 2.5 oz. silver per ton in rough pieces from the iron cathodes, 0.25 oz. as an average for the lead sheet cathodes and only 0.04 oz. in samples selected for their smoothness. The variation in the amount of silver (which is determined frequently) in the samples of refined lead is attributed not to the greater or less turbidity of the electrolyte at different times, but to the employment of new men in the refinery, who require some experience before they remove cath odes without detaching some slime from the neighbouring anodes. The shape of the electrodes, and the method of handling them to and from the tanks, are shown in Fig. 1. Each tank is capable of yielding, with a current of 4000 amperes, 750 lbs. of refined lead per day. The voltage required to pass this current was higher than expected, as explained below; and for this reason, and also because the losses of solution were very heavy until proper apparatus was put in to wash thoroughly the large volume of slime produced (resulting in a weakened electrolyte), the current used has probably averaged 3000 amperes. The short circuits were also troublesome, though this difficulty has' been greatly reduced by frequent inspection and careful placing of the electrodes. At one time, the solution in use had the following composition in grammes per 100 c.c.: Pb, 6.07; Sb. 0.0192; Fe, 0.2490; SiF6, 6.93, and As, a trace. The current passing was 2800 amperes, with an average, of about 0.44 volts per tank, including bus-bars and contacts. It is not known what was the loss of efficiency on that date, due to short circuits; and it is, therefore, impossible to say what resistance this electrolyte constituted. Hydrofluoric acid of 35 per cent, used as a starting material for the preparation of the electrolyte is run by gravity through a series of tanks for conversion into lead -fluosilicate. In the top tank is. a layer of quartz 2 feet thick, in passing through which the hydrofluoric acid dissolves silica, forming fluosilicic acid. White lead (lead carbonate) in the required quantity is added in the next tank, where it dissolves readily and completely with effervescence. All sulphuric acid and any hydrofluoric acid that may not have reacted with silica settle out in combination with lead as lead sulphate and lead fluoride. Lead fluosilicate is one of the most soluble of salts; so there is never any danger of its crystallizing out at any degree of concentration possible under this method. The lead solution' is then filtered and run by gravity into the refining tanks. The solution originally used at Trail contained about 6 per cent. Pb and 15 per cent. SiF6. The electrical resistance in the tanks was found to be greater than had been calculated for the same solution, plus an allowance for loss of voltage in the contacts and conductors. This is partly, at least, due to the resistance to free motion of the electrolyte, in the neighbourhood of the anode, offered by a layer of slime which may be anythiner uo to half an inch thick. During electrolysis, the SiF6 ions travel toward the anodes, and there combine with lead. The lead and hydrogen travel in the opposite direction and out of the slime: but there are comparatively few lead ions present, so that the solution in the neighbourhood of the anodes must increase in. concentration and tend to become.neutral. This greater concentration causes an E. M. F. of polarization to act against the E. M. F. of the dvnamo. This amounted to about 0.02 v. for each tank. The greater effect comes from the greater resistance of the neutral solution with which the slime is saturated. There is, consequently, an ad- 778 THE MINING RECORD. vantage in working with rather thin anodes, when the bullion is impure enough to leave slime sticking to the plates. A compensating advantage is found in the increased ease of removing the slime with the anodes, and wiping it off the scrap in special tanks, instead of emptying the tanks and cleaning out, as is done in copper refineries. It is very necessary to have adequate apparatus for washing solution out of the slime. The filter first used consisted of a supported filtering cloth with suction underneath. It was very difficult to get this to do satisfactory work-by reason of the large amount of fluosilicate to be washed out with only a limited amount of water. At the present time the slime is first stirred up with the ordinary electrolyte several times, and allowed to settle, before starting to wash with water at all. The Trail plant produces daily 8 or io cu. ft. of anode residue, of which over 90 per cent, by volume is solution. The evaporation from the total tank surface of something like 400 sq. ft. is only about 15 cu. ft. daily; so that only a limited amount of wash water is to be used—namely, enough to replace the evaporated water, plus the volume of the slime taken out. The tanks are made of 2-in. cedar, bolted together and thoroughly painted with rubber paint. Any leaks are caught underneath on sloping-boards. Solution is circulated from one tank to another by gravity, and is pumped from the lowest to the highest by means of a wooden pump. The 22 anodes in each tank together weigh about 3 tons, and dissolve in from 8 to 10 days, two sets of cathodes usually being used with each set of anodes. While 300-lb. cathodes can be made, the short circuiting gets so troublesome with the spacing used that the loss of capacity is more disadvantageous than the extra work of putting in and taking out more plates. The lead sheets used for cathodes are made by depositing about 1-16 in. metal on paraffined steel sheets in 4 of the tanks, which are different from the others only in being a little deeper. The anodes may contain any or all of the elements, gold, silver, copper, tin, antimony, arsenic, bismuth, cadmium, zinc, iron, nickel, cobalt and sulphur. It would be expected that gold, silver, copper, antimony, arsenic and bismuth, being more electronegative than lead, would remain in the slime in the metallic state, with, perhaps, tin, while iron, zinc, nickel and cobalt would dissolve. It appears that tin stands in the same relation to lead that nickel does to iron, that is, they have about the same electromotive forces of solution with the consequence that they can behave as one metal and dissolve and deposit together. Iron, contrary to expectation, . dissolves only slightly, while the slime will carry about I per cent, of it. It appears from this that the iron exists in the lead in' the form of matte. Arsenic, antimony, bismuth, and copper have electromotive forces of solution more than 0.3 volt below that of lead. As there is no chance that any particle of one of these impurities will have an electric potential of 0.3 volt above that of the lead with which it is in metallic contact, there is no chance that they will be dissolved by the action of the current. The same is even more certainly true of silver and gold. The behaviour of bismuth is interesting and satisfactory. It is as completely removed by this process of refining as antimony is. No other process of refining lead will remove this objectionable impurity so completely. Tin has been found in the refined lead to the extent of 0.02 to 0.03 per cent. This we had no difficulty in removing from the lead by poling before casting. There is always a certain amount of dross formed in melting down the cathodes; and the lead oxide of this reacts with the tin in the lead at a comparatively low temperature. The extra amount of dross formed in poling is small, and amounts to less than 1 per cent, of the lead. The dross carries more antimony and arsenic than the lead, as well as all the tin. The total amount of dross formed is about 4 per cent. Table I shows its composition. TABLE I.—Analyses of Dross. Analyses of the lead from which this dross was taken, see Table II. No. . No. in Table II. 2 3 Cu. per cent. As per cent. Sb. per cent. Fe. per cent. Zn. 1 2 0.0005 O.OOIO 0.0003 0 0008 0 0016 0.0107 0 0016 None 0 0011 " The electrolyte takes up no impurities, except possibly, a small part of the iron and zinc. Estimating, that the anodes contain 0.01 per cent, of zinc and soluble iron, and that there are 150 cu. ft. of the solution in the refinery for every ton of lead turned out daily,, in one year the 150 cu. ft. will have taken up 93 lbs. of iron and zinc, or about one per cent. These impurities can accumulate to a much greater extent than this before their presence will become objectionable. It is possible to purify the electrolyte in several ways. For example, the lead can be removed by precipitation with sulphuric acid, and the fluosilicic acid precipitated with salt as sodium-fluosilicate. By distillation with sulphuric acid the fluosilicic acid could be recovered, this process, thoretically, requiring but one-third as much sulphuric acid as the decomposition of fluorspar, in which the fluorine was originally' contained. The only danger of lead-poisoning to which the workmen are exposed occurs in melting the lead and casting it. In this respect the electrolyte process presents a distinct sanitary advance. A plant for the operation of this process will consist of a power plant, furnishing an electrolyzing current of several thousand amperes, with a voltage depending on the number of tanks'; a tank-house, with electric cranes for handling a tank-load of anodes or cathodes at oncef apparatus for making "starting" cathodes of sheet lead; preferably of lead cut from sheets rolled at the refinery; pumps and storage tanks for handling the electrolyte; and a cellar beneath the tanks'for the passage of tank cars removing that part of anode slimes which falls from the plates. The finished cathodes, after rinsing, would carried off to the lead-casting kettle. The casting room would con- THE MINING RECORD. 779 tain either a rotating or belt-conveyor, for passing the open anode moulds beneath the end of the siphon through which lead is flowing from the bullion kettle. The bars of lead would be molded, as is usually done in refining works, by siphoning into a semi-circular row of moulds. There would be either a washing, drying and sampling plant for the slime, in case it is sold, or a reduction mill, if it is worked into bullion. The latter is much the best? if the location of the plant is not so remote that the express charges on the bullion will balance the saving. For the treatment of slime, the only method in general use consists in suspending the slime in a solution capable of dissolving the impurities and supplying, by a jet of steam and air forced into the solution, the air necessary for its reaction with, and solution of, such an inactive metal as copper. After the impurities have been mostly dissolved, the slime is filtered off, dried and melted, under such fluxes as soda, to a dore bullion. The amount of power required is calculated thus: Five amperes in 24 hours make 1 lb. of lead per tank. One ton of lead equals 10,000 ampere days, and at 0.35 volts per tank, 3,500 watt-days, or 4.7 E.H.P. days. Allowing 10 per cent, loss of efficiency in the tanks (we always get less lead than the current which is passing would indicate), and of 8 per cent,, loss in the generator increases this to about 5:6 H.P. days, and a further allowance for the electric lights and other applications give from 7 to 8 H.P. days as about the amount per ton of lead. At $30 per year, this item of cost is something like 65 cents per ton of lead. So this is an electro-chemical process not especially favoured by water power. The cost of labor is not greater than in the zinc de- silverization process. A comparison between this process and the Parkes process, on the assumption that the costs for labour, interest and general expenses are about equal, shows that about $1 worth of zinc and a considerable amount of coal and coke have been done away with, at the expense of power, equal to about 175 H.P. hrs., of the average value of perhaps 65 cents, and a small amount of coal for melting the lead in the electrolytic method. More important, however, is the greater saving of the metal values by reason of increased yields of gold, silver, lead, antimony and bismuth, and the freedom of the refined lead from bismuth. Tables II., Ill and IV. show the composition of bullion, slimes and refined lead. Tables V., VI., VII. and VIII. give the results obtained experimentally in the laboratory on lots of a few pounds up to a few hundred pounds. The results in Tables VI. and VII. were given me by the com in Tables VI. and VII. were given me by the companies for which the experiments were made. TABLE III.—Analyses of Slimes. TABLE IL—Analyses of Bullion. Fe. Cu. Sb. per cent, per cent, per cent. 1.27 1.12 8.83 22.36 27.10 21.16 Sn. per cent, 12 42 5-4° As p£r cent. 28.15 23.05 Pb. Zn. 17,05 None 10.62 " Bi. None ■B . j .; 9 . fl" . 0 a □ . a fl a fl 0 1 £ ° u 3 ° *8 5° tti v big m u m OJ ft ft ft Oj ft P. ft ft O 319-7 0 I O.0075 0.1700 0.5400 O.OI18 O.I460 1,0962 0.0085 98.0200 2.49 2 O.0115 0,I500| 0.6100 O.OI58 O.O960 1,2014 0.0086 97.9068 350.4 2.52 3 0,0070 O.I60O O.40O0 O.0474 O.I330 1.0738 0.0123 98.1665 313.2 3.6c 4 0.0165 0.1400 O.7OOO O O236 0 3120 0.8914 0 0151.97.9014 260.0 4.42 5 O.0120 O.I400 0.8700 O.O432 O.2260 0.6082 0 0124-98.0882 177-4 3.6? 6 0 0055 O.I300 0.7300 0,03l6 0 1030 0.6600 0 oio6'98.2693 i92-5 3-1° 7 O.0380 0.3600 0.4030 tr. 0.7230 0.0180 98.4580 1 210.9 5-25 TABLE IV.—Analyses of Refined Lead. d 4 QJ p Ph 0,0006 0.0003 0 0009 0.0016 0.0003 0.0020 0 0004 0.0004 0.0005 0.0003 0.0003 0.0005 0.0005 0.0004 0.0003 0 0006 0.0006 0.0006 0.0005 0.0005 0.0004 0.0004 0,0022 Ph 0.0008 0.0002 0 0001 None None it ■c u <U Ph O.OOO5 0.0010 0.0009 0.0017 0 0060 0.0010 0.0066 0.0038 0.0052 0 0060 0.0042 0.0055 0■0055 0.0063 0.0072 0.0062 0.0072 0.0057 0.0066 0.0044 0.0047 0.0034 O.OOIO Fe. | per cent. 1 1 zn. 1 Per. cent. Sn. . [ Per cent. | I N O I Ni. Co., Cd. 1 Per cent. OJ Ph 0.00:0 0.0008 0.0014 0.0003 0.0046 0.0013 0.0004 0.0004 0.0003 0.0013 0.0009 0.0007 0.0005 0.0003 0.0012 0.0011 0.0010 0.0016 O.OOII 0.0015 0.0016 0.0046 None 3 4 6~ 0.24 0.47 0.22 0.22 0.14 0.25 O.28 0 43 0.32 0.22 O.II 0.14 0.24 0 22 0.23 0.34 0.38 o.35 0.22 0.23 0.38 None None None none 0.0035 0.0035 0.0039 0.0049 0.0059 0.0049 0.0091 0.0012 0.0024 0.0083 0.0080 0.0053 0.0140 0.0108 0.0072 Trace 0.0081 8 9 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 19 20 21 None None TABLE V.—Analyses of Bullion and Refined Lead. Ag. Per cent. Cu. Per cent. Sb. Per cent. Pb. Per cent. 0.50 0.0003 0 31 0.0007 0.43 0.0019 98.76 99.9971 TABLE VI.—Analyses of ' Bullion and Refined Lead. +: *J 4J +j f-t *J J-H §» *: 3° ■u . 0) 5° U V sift < . N O p. 3 a. «! . N O 1 1-1 <0 Bullion 0.75 1.22 0 936 0.6832 358-89 i. 71 Refin'dlead 0.0027 0.0037 0.0025 0 0000 O.OOIO None 0.0022 O.OOIO 1 TABLE VII.—Analyses of Bullion, Refined Lead and Slimes. ■ OJ .ft <J V ft "3 V 3° u V . P <° u s° u V ft 1-42 0,0028 29-51 bift < . O about 275* 9366.9 MS OJ ft Fe,' Zn, Ni, Co. per cent. s 0.096 0.0013 1-9 0.85 0.00506 9.14 0.00068 0.0027 0.49 Trace Slimes (dry sample).| 9.05 Trace TABLE VIII—Analyses of Bullion, Refined Lead and Slimes. . Pb, per cent. Cu. per cent. Bi. per cent Ag. per cent. Sb, per cent. As. per cent. 87.14 1.40 0.0010 9-3 0.14 0 0022 0.52 0.64 4-7 4 0 0.0017 25-32 7-4 Trace 10.3 44-58 * Silver not given. This was the case, also, with the gold in the bullion. -The slimes contained 0.131 per cent of gold, or 39.1 oz. per ton. 780 THE MINING RECORD. I :m The process here described has been patented in the United States, Canada, .Mexico, Belgium, France,. Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Spain, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. The success thus attained in the electrolysis of lead, generally accepted hitherto as impracticable, may give some encouragement to the employment of similar methods in the treatment of some of the other metals, especially as it is shown to be possible to apply simple means to obviate the chief trouble, spongy deposits. I wish to express my thanks to Mr. W. H. Aldridge, Dr. Edward F. Kern, and Dr. William Valentine, of the Canadian Smelting Works, for their kindness in giving information and analyses. SLAVS AS MINERS. IT is stated upon reliable authority that many of the mine owners of Arizona have decided to give employment hereafter only to such miners as can speak the English language. They believe that this is "a wise decision conducive to harmony, peace and prosperity, in the ranks of the miners as well as in mining circles generally." The most serious troubles among the coal miners of Pennsylvania are traceable to men of the Slavic races of Europe, who can not speak or understand the English tongue, and who have no idea of the laws of the land or of the rights of others. They profess to believe that this is a free country as they understand freedom, and with them freedom is but the name for lawlessness. They are either anarchists or imbued with anarchial principles. Believing that might makes right, they refuse to listen to reason or justice; they are opposed to all restraints of law or government, and ready to resort to strikes, riots and destruction of property upon the most flimsy pretexts. When their blood is up they are ready to kill anybody, and no mine owner, mine manager, or foreman within their reach can call his life his own. The same conditions prevail in the mineral mining regions of the United States, northwest, west and southwest, the Only difference being that the miners of Latin races are less violent and brutal than those of Slavic origin. It is very, generally recognized that wherever riots and the destruction of life and property in strikes of miners can be traced home to their incitOrs, these prove to be men of little or no intelligence or education, as American or English people understand those terms. They are men who cannot read or speak English, who are leaders of others only because they are the most turbulent and violent of the dwellers in the mining camps. It may well be that, this movement of the mine owners of Arizona will prove to be a laying of the axe to the root of the tree of trouble; that it will be very generally adopted as years go by and be productive of great good to ,the miners themselves as well as to all those who have mining interests. PROPOSED LEAD REFINING AND MANUFACTURING PLANT AT VANCOUVER WITH LEAD ORE WORKING. (By Henry Sherwood, C.E.) IT is proposed to establish at Vancouver, B.C., a business consuming B. C. lead by converting it into white lead, lead colors, etc., with pipe and sheet lead, etc., beginining with white lead as a chief staple of the trade. This is to supply B. C. and the Northwest as far East as Winnipeg or Ontario, and for export to foreign ports on or across the Pacific. At present these ports of Canada are supplied from Eastern Canada, drawn chiefly from imports from continental Europe. This home consumption will relieve B. C. of a little of her surplus lead, which must otherwise pay freight to Europe or to Asia. The U. S. tariffs on lead and its products are prohibitory. In white lead making, it is always desirable to refine at home the lead used to ensure regularity and purity. Therefore lead refining would follow just as soon as white lead making is set agoing. The demand for lead products is constant. Refining for home use opens a straight path to refining all lead bullion produced in B. C, which now largely goes to San Francisco to refine in bond. The pig lead is thence usually shipped to Asia. Vancouver offers advantages for all this work, and has regular steamers to Asia and Japan and the antipodes. But in a young country it is difficult to find capital for the safest of enterprises. The proposed business" is as yet kept from beginning by a shortage of $8,000 in the initial capital required, the rest being arranged by business men of the city. Yet the business can ensure a net 50 per cent, per annum on capital employed. Whilst profits to the miner may be uncertain, profit to the user of the miner's produce for manufacturing is steady and certain. The lead mines of B. C. are developed to produce not under 300 tons of metallic lead a day were they operated. Should 100 tons a day be refined in Vancouver for Canadian consumption and for Asia, this would leave 1,500 tons a week for export to Europe. (The U. S. wants none, except they can stealthily influence their government to allow lead to be received from B. C. and manufactured under bond, then dumped back on Canada or Europe or Asia, keeping the profit of manufacturing themselves.) This 1.500 tons would be lead bullion, to have the silver separated by the buyers, a trade worth bidding for and finding the capital to secure it. The Province proposes to bring her output to this magnitude. To refine 100 tons a day will require large motive power. But it is lead to refine—not copper, which would follow. The same ampereage required to deposit one pound of copper will deposit three and a quarter pounds of lead. It is not supposed here that any other lead refining will be used but by electrolysis. The objection against lead refining by electrolysis giving spongy lead is an advantage in making white lead, and if needed to cast into pig, oxidized scums in melt- THE MINING RECORD. 781 ing are not hindrance in making other lead products, as litharge, red lead, etc. It will not pay to carry the lead to water power and back, nor will it pay to bring current across wooded mountains amidst the vicissitudes of winter. Vancouver has coal near at hand, cheaply laid down on any of her extensive salt water frontages; coke ovens are constantly at work; wood, girdled and killed by fire, standing up as far as eye can reach around the city in hundreds of thousands of tons, on slopes to salt water navigation, can be had for the labour of getting. In this abundance of cheap fuel lies the certainty of cheap power on any desired scale, not through steam, but .by producing "water gas" by the improved and now assured European methods to operate gas engines of large cylinder. By these engines the largest powers can be developed with great economy at a cost for power not exceeding one-fifth of that by steam, and by a cost of plant not one half of the corresponding steam plant. There is also developing petroleum of good quality which must find its way to Vancouver at low price. Engines are now making using gas from crude petroleum, from a small generator alongside the engine which give one horsepower per hour by consuming one-ninth of a gallon of petroleum—value, three cents a gallon. These engines may be seen in constant use; they are made from four horsepower to 125, set in pairs with a centre flywheel, giving 250 horsepower, very steady for running dynamos. By the best European gas generators, any quality of fuel can be consumed. They are uncostly to build, are not large, and anywhere that fuel is cheap, large powers are easily provided and attended. This arrangement for power removes the difficulty attending all electric work in Vancouver or generally in B. C. where it may be said that there is a combination of much to refine, little refined, and power to refine at very low cost—assuring to capital a steady unceasing income. But refining goes after ore reduction. Ore must be made to pay reducing expenses. The conditions attached to lead mining in B. C. are very disjointed. Figure on 20 per cent, lead ores—leave silver out of mind. The present London value of lead contained in this ore is nearly $10, and this has to pay $11 smelting charge, and freight to market. Take ore of 45 per cent, content of lead. The lead is worth at London price $22.30. The smelting charge on this is $16. Balance, $6.30. This sum has to bear the cost of concentrating and its loss of silver in slimes; and the freight to market. To refine this gives the miner all the silver contained, to get which costs him in refining (900 lbs. at $12 a ton) $5.40, leaving him 90 cents per 900 lbs. of metallic lead production. Not a fat trade! The Government will add $15 on the lead per ton smelted, and $4 per ton on the lead refined— until the appropriations are exhausted. The taxpayer has to bear this bolstering up of business. It is a poor grovelling way. A better should be in work before the term of the bounties becomes exhausted. The first step of the better way undoubtedly is to concentrate the ores as rich as they will bear with little loss. Take now the money—result from lead ore concentrated to 65 per cent.—which is equal volumes, of. galena (mixed with a little zinc in the ore and little iron) and of gangue of 21-2 sp. gr. The lead in this concentrate is worth $31.18. The smelting charge is $16. The balance is $15.18 for the lead, in place of $6.30, showing that it is more costly to melt off gangue than to concentrate it off. The extra concentrating is merely arrangement, not cost, for the same- work done. Concentrating is therefore the first step to advance in. Wet concentrating will always carry off rich slimes. It has been computed that in the silyer-copper ores of Montana 20 per cent, of the values are carried off by water as slimes, which are many times richer than the concentrates left behind. By dry concentration every particle of this is saved, through using the lighter menstraum, air, in place of heavy water. Thus 90 to 95 per cent, of the whole values of mineral can be saved. And further, although the crushing and its necessary power is the same in all cases, the dry concentrators are not one-fourth of the cost of wet, and any mechanic can so construct it that the ore may be taken from the ore dump, and passed without handling until it is roasted ore ready for the smelter, which will now be described. The cost of lead smelting as practised on this continent is excessive. Lead can be smelted more cheaply than copper is put into rich matte. Every British engineer from Europe knows the old Scotch or Cumberland hearth for lead: its low cost of building, its uncostly working for a small scale of operators. Less than $500 has built many a one. To work the same principle of smelting on the large scale, a tower roaster getting through about 40 tons a day has to be used. With this adjunct the cheapness of the Scotch hearth in working has been imitated, aided by the electric current, forming a furnace not dissimilar to that employed for many years past in smelting aluminum at Pittsburg, Pa., and at various places in Europe, but with a very moderate current, smelting a large volume of rich concentrates of lead; 100 tons to 400 tons of such concentrates is easily reduced to metal, and having roasting towers of proportionate capacity. The economy is great. Zinc contained in the ore is not wasted, but recovered in chambers as fumes from the roasters. Silver and gold are taken up by the lead. The slag is clean, except at times a little sulphate of lead, which easily unites with slags. The cost of plant is not one-third of the American smelter. The cost of labour is considerably less. The cost of current is the greatest item, but is not more than that of fuel unus- ally employed. The roaster reauires little other fuel than the sulphur of the ore. The totallv new work of this age necessitates cheap power for electric current, which is shown above to be within the grasp of every individual mine. None of the processes need a gigantic scale of working, but can be built up from small uncostly beginnings, doing the work with no other freights or handlings except for finished metal. 782 THE MINING RECORD. THE ROSSLAND PYRRHOTITE DEPOSITS.* (By Charles W. Dickson.) A WORD about the Rossland, B.C., pyrrhotites may not be out of place. The writer has to thank Mr. R. W. Brock, of the Geological Survey of Canada, who has been one of the chief workers in this Province, for the latest data. The ore bodies here, while not carrying nickel in any quantity, have the same general associations as at Sudbury; and it is now fully established that they are of secondary aqueous origin. During the trial of the suit of the Iron Mask Mining Company against the Centre Star Company, in 1899, evidence was submitted by Messrs. Clarence King, Waldemar Lingren and R. W. Raymond as to the nature of these deposits. Stated briefly, the Rossland disttrict forms part of a huge system, reaching from Cape Horn to the Arctic, and has been involved in the enormous dynamic and volcanic effects which this region has undergone from early geological times. Following the folding of the dynamic periods, the deposition of mineral matter in the fissures and along lines of weakness took place. In connection with most of the ore bodies three types of rocks are represented. 1. A monzonite, often carrying pyrrhotite, and with the original structure more or less obliterated. 2. A darker, coarse-grained rock of the gabbro family, consisting of augite and triclinic feldspar, with little or no orthoclase. 3. The third is composed largely of hornblende and orthoclase. These types are doubtless local variations of the same magma, but of successive flows. The veins are considered as distinctly of the fissure type, and many of them are of the "shear zone" variety—i. e., consisting of a number of more or less parallel seams, with little displacement and no open fissures. The depth of the Assuring permitted a circulation of deep-seated thermal waters and a deposition of the chemicals carried in solution along the lines of weakness by a decomposition and replacement of the rock-minerals. The final result is either: (1) a deposition of the ore on one plane or fissure of the "shear zone," or (2) a replacement of the rock between* two planes, or (3) the replacement of a whole zone, and so on with endless variations. The replacement of the rock-minerals by ore (largely chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite) took place molecule by molecule, producing what is-really a pseudomorph. The replacement is well seen near the Iron Horse mine, where large diallages or augites have changed to ore, while the surrounding country rock was only partially transformed. The replacement has, at times, been so intense that an almost solid body of sulphides (with quartz and calcite) results. In other places the original rock, "Extracts from a paper on the ore deposits of Sudbury read before the American Institute of Mining Engineers, February, 1903. more or less modified and silicified, has been only partially replaced and impregnated with ore. Messrs. King, Lingren and Raymond were practically unanimous in their interpretation of the phenomena of the district, which agrees very closely with tnat of the Canadian Geological Survey, though the more recent work shows that slight modifications of the rock relations are necessary. Briefly, the geology and relative ages of the rocks of the mining districts are as follows: 1. The oldest series represented is classed as the Kootenay volcanic group, consisting of augite-por- pyrites, tuffs, ash beds, etc., Paleozic age. 2. Next comes a granite or grano-diorite (Nelson granite), probably Jurassic. 3. The Rossland monzonite, probably post-Jurassic. 4. Conglomerate, probably Tertiary. 5. Alkali (Rossland), granite and syenite. The ores may occur in any of the rocks older than the alkali granite. This granite, whose main development is outside the limits of the Trail Creek sheet, is probably a tertiary eruption, and its dykes have penetrated all through the Rossland district. As it happens, the principal mineralization is in the -augite-porphyrites and monzonite, probably on account of the fracturing and cutting of these rocks by dykes, together with their relative solubility. The chief factor controlling the location of the mineralization seems to have been the alkali-granite contact and its system of dykes, the eruption of which immediately preceded the formation of the ore bodies. The deposits are found where the dykes are particularly abundant. The monzonite is the chief centre of mineralization, but it is not to be considered as a volcanic neck, with the augite-porphyrites and tuffs as part of the cone. These latter are much older and are cut by the Nelson granite. The occurrence of the ore has no relationship to the contact of the monzonite, being found both outside and inside its boundaries and in the younger rocks. While magmatic differentiation has gone on to some extent, the sulphides are not the result of it, as is proved definitely by the work of the Survey. A peculiarity of the rocks in which the ore occurs is that, while sheared and fractured, they are not brecciated, the dynamic movement having doubtless taken place under an immense load. With reference to the ore bodies themselves, some interesting points are brought out. The ore replaces the country rock, partially or completely, starting from some fissure or line of fissures and often fading out gradually, the only "wall" being a commercial (economic) boundary. It may end abruptly at a fissure, in some cases due to a slip, which brought an unmineralized face against the ore. Deposits very similar to those in the eruptives are found in the conglomerate (No. 4), which cannot be regarded in any other way than as of secondary origin. The marked similarity of the geological relations in Rossland and Sudbury help to make clear some of the more obscure points in the latter district. As the THE MINING RECORD. conditions of metomorphism, however, were not identical, the dynamic movements have manifested themselves in different ways, and it is not surprising that there should be striking dissimilarities. This difference is seen in the characteristic structures of the ore bodies in the two districts. In Rossland, the fissure or shear zone type of vein is predominant, with little or no sign of brecciation. In Sudbury, on the other hand, where the dynamical movements probably took place under a very small load, a brecciation from faulting on a large scale and, probably with considerable movement, is characteristic. This will be brought out more clearly in speaking of the individual deposits. This brief review indicates the wide differences of existing opinion as to the origin of pyrrhotite and the various interpretations which have been put upon the same phenomena. Division should comprise that section of country within the Province forming the drainage areas of North Fork of Kettle River, of Fourth of July Creek, and of the main Kettle River below the junction of such creek. This re-arrangement removed the western boundary of the Kettle River Division westward from Rock Creek, its former western boundary, to the neighbourhood of Camp McKinney, and also included in the division the West Fork and other mining camps on creeks flowing into the main Kettle River from the west. A glance at a recent map of the district will serve to show the large area covered by the Kettle River Division, the name of which was, on May I of the current year, changed to that of the Greenwood Mining Division. For years the office of the mining recorder for the Kettle River Division was at Midway, but eventually it was removed to the more important and populous V. GREENWOOD. A MINING, SMELTING AND COMMERCIAL CENTRE. (By our Special Commissioner.) THE Greenwood Mining Division includes the greater part of the Boundary country. For many years it was known as the Kettle River Mining Division, and up till 1898 it included the Grand Forks Mining Division. On January 1, 1900, a general re-arrangement of boundaries of mining divisions took place, and under this it was provided that the Kettle River Mining Division should comprise that section of country within the Province forming the drainage area of the Kettle River above the point where such river is joined by Fourth of July Creek, near Carson, and that the Grand Forks town of Greenwood. Owing to its extensive area this division has been given several sub-recording officers, for the convenience of prospectors and others, who might otherwise have to travel long distances to reach Greenwood. These sub-officers are at Beaverdell on the West Fork, at Camp McKinney, and at Vernon, and they have to report to the record office at Greenwood. The better known mining camps in this division are those of Camp McKinney, West Fork, Canyon and other creeks flowing into the upper main river, Rock Creek, Graham's part of Central, Smith's West Copper, Copper, Deadwood, Kimberley, Long Lake, Providence, Skylark, and part of Greenwood or Phcenix camps. The more prominent mines in these camps are the Cariboo-McKinney, a dividend-paying gold-quartz mine, at Camp McKinney; Carmi, up the West Fork; No. 7, in Central Camp; Ruby and Re- 784 THE MINING RECORD. public group, in Smith's camp; King Solomon and Copper Mine, in Copper camp; Mother Lode, Sunset and Crown Silver group, and Morrison, in Deadwood camp; Jewel, in Long Lake camp; Gold Bug, D. A., Strathmore, Providence and Elkhorn, in Providence camp; Defiance, Goldfinch, E. P. U. Mines and Skylark, in Skylark camp; and the Granby Co.'s Old Ironsides and Knob Hill group and the Brooklyn and Stemwinder, at Phcenix. Several of the mines in the Grand Forks Mining Division send ore to the Greenwood and Boundary Falls smelters, including the B.C., Emma, Oro Denoro, Golden Crown, Winnipeg, Athelstan and Snowshoe mines. In the Greenwood Mining Division the Mother Lode, Sunset, Morrison, Providence, and Elkhorn, also ship smelters. ore to local mercantile business that has since developed into the important trading concern of Rendell & Co., in which the enterprising founder still retains an interest. In those days of tardy transportation and slow communication progress was not rapid, but the new town grew, Mr. Wood during the years immediately following throwing into the work of making it accessible to the several surrounding embryo mining camps much energy,. and expending money freely, in both of which he was heartily supported by the pioneer residents of the town and neighbourhood. Trails were cut and wagon roads made, these connecting Copper, Deadwood, Greenwood (now Phcenix), Summit, Long Lake and Kimberley camps with Greenwood, which thereafter became the business centre of the district for many miles around. Greenwood, looking south-west, B. C. Copper Co,'s Smelter in background. Turning now to Greenwood City, the financial and commercial centre of this mining district, it may be noted that the town is about eight years old. In the fall of 1895 Mr. Robert Wood, well known in the Province as an enterprising pioneer, journeyed from Armstrong, in the Okanagan district, down to the Boundary country, then coming into public notice. Sitting one day by a cabin at the junction of several trails near where Twin Creek flows into Boundary Creek, the idea occurred to him that here.was a suitable site for a town. Having come to this conclusion he at once set about securing rights to the land, which had already been taken up either by pre-emption or as mineral claims. Before the winter closed in he had erected a store building wherein was established the On July 12, 1897, Greenwood was incorporated as a municipality, and shortly afterwards Mr. Wood was, by acclamation, elected its first mayor. Having power to levy rates, money was raised wherewith to make public improvements, and during 1898 quite a transformation was made in the appearance of the growing metropolis by the grading of streets, making sidewalks, etc. Fire, police and health departments were established, and a water supply system was put in. The first valuation roll for assessment purposes showed a total value of property within the city limits of $211,035. To-day the total value is between six and seven times that amount, so a considerable increase has taken place during the intervening five years. The present mayor is Mr. Ralph awu MM THE MINING RECORD. 785 Smailes, managing partner in the firm of Rendell & Co., and the aldermen are Messrs. D. A. Bannerman, H. Bunting, Thos. M. Gulley, W. J. Kirkwood, Kenneth McKenzie and Duncan Ross. Mr. G. B. Taylor is city clerk, and Mr. I. H. Hallett, police magistrate. The city some time since purchased 320 acres of land situate north of the town for park and ceme- try purposes. The population was given in the last Dominion census returns as 1,359, DUt there were numbers residing just without the city limits not included, so that the actual -population of Greenwood and vicinity was larger than these figures showed. The Dominion Government is represented in the town by' customs and inland revenue offices, with Mr. Hugh McCutcheon as collector, and by a post Mr. F. M. Elkins, deputy sheriff. A fine court house was recently built in Greenwood at a cast of about $20,000; Greenwood makes a creditable showing in financial, commercial and industrial matters. The Bank of Montreal, Bank of British North America and Canadian Bank of Commerce each has a branch here. The Bealey. Investment & Trust Co., Ltd., is a local institution, whilst other loan, investment and insurance companies have agencies in the town. The Greenwood Board of Trade is one of the most active organizations of the kind in the interior of the Province, and its record of work done during the half year, ended June 30th last, was one that would do credit to a much larger town. The Greenwood mercantile establish- "^^^Si ••.» General View B. C. Copper Company's Smelter at Greenwood. office, Mr. K. C. B. Frith being postmaster. The Provicial Government offices here are in charge of Mr. Wm. Graham McMynn, who is Government Agent for the Boundary district, stipendiary magistrate and gold commissioner for the Greenwood Mining Division, and holds as well several other government appointments. Greenwood is a Supreme Court registry, and Courts of Assize are held here periodically by a justice of the Supreme Court. His Honour Judge Leamy, County Court judge, holds County Court sittings wherever necessary. Mr. McMynn is registrar of both Supreme and County Courts and he holds Small Debts Court whenever required. Dr. Geo. M. Foster is district coroner and ments are large and well-stocked, and of the numerous hotels in the town the Imperial is the leading house. The local newspaper is the Boundary Creek Times, edited by Mr. Duncan Ross. The Canadian Pacific Railway Co. has a telegraph office here, and the Vernon & Nelson Telephone Co. makes Greenwood its chief office for the district, in which it has both local and long-distance telephone systems. There are several industrial establishments in the town, which also has electric light works and a water supply system. There are several labour unions here, and delegates from these bodies constitute a Trades and Labor Council. The professions—medical, legal, civil and mining 7S6 THE MINING RECORD. engineeing, surveying, etc.—are together more numerously represented in Greenwood than in any other Boundary town. The churches are, Church of England, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptist, and each has its own church building. The public school is a large building, provision having been made for an increasing attendance as the town shall grow in size. There is a public reading room provided by the W. C. T. U. Secret societies having lodges are the A. F. and A. M., Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and Eagles. Cricket, football, tennis and baseball for summer, and skating and curling for winter provide amusement in variety. The Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace have a hospital at which medical and surgical attendance and good nursing are always available in case of need. Villa residences are numerous in and around the town, and the residents are generally sociable and hospitable. The Greenwood Club freely extends welcome to visitors. The B. C. Copper Co.'s smelter, at Greenwood, and the smelting works of the Montreal & Boston Copper Co., at Boundary Falls, three miles away, constitute -with their tributary mines the most important industry of the vicinity. The former is running two blast furnaces and is preparing to install more furnaces and a copper converter. The manager, Mr. J. E. McAllister, took charge about four months ago, after several years at the Tennessee Copper Co.'s reduction works in Tennessee, and he is stated to be well maintaining the earlier reputation of the Greenwood smelter for a big average tonnage and low costs. Similar good wOrk is being done by Mr. A. I. Goodell, superintendent of the Boundary Falls smelter, where two furnaces are in operation and a third being put in. It is planned to install a converter plant here too, and other improvements and extensioins will be made as soon as a regular and sufficient supply of coke is assured. The biggest mine near Greenwood is the B. C. Copper Co.!s Mother Lode, which has been in continuous development ever since the company's present general manager, Mr. Frederic Keffer, M.E., first took charge of it as a mere prospect in the fall of 1896. Now it is equal to a daily output of 800 to 1,000 tons of ore per diem. The gold-quartz properties in the immediate vicinity of Greenwood have come into prominence during the past twelve months. The Providence has made a remarkable showing for a small mine, having shipped nearly 500 tons of ore, most of which ranged from $150 to $245 per ton in all values—gold, silver and lead. The property was bought last year for $50,000, which sum has been paid to the seller. The owning company is now out of debt and is confident of hereafter making good returns to its comparatively few shareholders, who are chiefly local or Chicago men. Nearby is the Elkhorn, which is also doing well, having similar ore to that occurring on the Providence and also being free from financial difficulties. Within half a mile is another high-grade claim, the Gold Bug, from which ore sent to the smelter has yielded returns up to $150 per ton. These several claims are just outside of the town to the northward. On the east and within half a mile of the business centre are the Gold Finch and the E.P.U.* Mines, adjoining properties that have ore of a high grade and that pay a good profit above cost of mining and treatment. A dozen more quartz claims situate in the vicinity of the town are being prospected, with promise of developing into paying propositions. Of these the Defiance is best known,- and it is in the hands of Mr. Wm. Fowler, who has been successful in opening up other like properties. The greater part of the district for miles around Greenwood is located as mineral claims, many of them having good showings of mineral and wanting only the requisite capital to develop them into shipping mines. Besides the business from prospecting and mining the town gets much trade from smaller towns in the district, and from farming sections to the south and west. Anaconda, Deadwood, Boundary Falls, Midway, Rock Creek and Camp McKinney all do business with Greenwood, whilst market gardeners about Boundary Falls and Midway, and farmers along the Kettle valley, and up in a flourishing agricultural section known as the Anarchist Mountain district, sell most of their produce in Greenwood, which they consequently make their market town. Then there are, besides, six stage, lines running between the town and various parts of the district, and these bring travel and business to benefit the stores and hotels of Greenwood. Altogether there is much to back up Greenwood's claims to be the metropolis of the Boundary and it will not be the fault of the townspeople if it does not become so. GRAND FORKS. THE GATEWAY CITY OF THE BOUNDARY DISTRICT. (By our Special Commissioner.) THE towns of Grand Forks is picturesquely situated at the confluence of the North Fork with the main Kettle River. It is the commercial centre of a wide and fertile valley, having an estimated area of about 20,000 acres, much of which is suitable for agricultural and horticultural purposes. This valley, surrounding what is now the thriving town of Grand Forks, was long known as Grand Prairie, and it was not until after pioneer prospectors had begun to call insistent attention to the promising nature of mineral outcrops in the mountains to the north and west that, eight to ten years ago, the nucleus of the present town was formed. Gradually it increased in size and population as the mining resources of the district were developed, until eventually the construction of a railway and the establishment of smelting works together gave it an impetus that has continued, until now it has grown to be the largest and most populous town in the district. A few years ago another town was started on an adjoining site imemdiately north of Grand Forks, and for some time there was much opposition and rivalry between the two towns, both of which became incorporated. Finally, though, an amalgamation of the two towns, Grand Forks and Columbia, was arranged, and now they are combined under the better-known name of the larger and older town. THE MINING RECORD. 787 Grand Forks has a population of about 2,000. Its leading business men are energetic and enterprising, and its residents generally are confident that it will more and more, as time passes, prove its right to be called the metropolis of the Boundary district. It certainly possesses many advantages that assist in building up a town. The site of the town is a most favourable one in its physical conformation, the climate is bracing and healthful with no great extremes of heat or cold. Spring opens early; summer is not excessively hot in the daytime, whilst the evenings are pleasantly cool; autumn is generally marked by a month or two of delightful weather known as "Indian summer," and winter is comparatively short with a light snowfall and but few very cold days. As a residence town it is in much favour in the district, as evi- was $275,143; in 1899, $506,667; in 1900, $964,645; in 1901, $1,003,900; in 1902, $1,037,710, and in 1903 (including Columbia), $1,399,650. Of this last sum $844,135 was the value of the,land in the city, and $555>5I5 that of the improvements. Including in the city's assets are the following: Waterworks plant and material, $73,666; electric light plant, $38,000; schools, $25>3°°; Are department equipment, $8,900, and city real estate and-buildings, $7,000. Power for operating both electric light and waterworks plants is obtained from the Granby Company's works nearby. The City Council for 1903 consists of Mayor Martin Burrell, and Aldermen M. R. Feeney, Robt. Gaw, M. S. Martin, Neil McCallum, Norman McLellan and Jno. Peterson. Mr. W. B. Bower is city clerk, and Mr. J. A. McCallum, city treasurer. .si^itiii" " Sfeiiat Grand Forks—North Section. denced by the comparatively large number of pretty villas and other comfortable home-buildings erected in it. Good water and electric light systems, excellent educational and religious advantages, several fraternal organizations, clubs and societies for outdoor pastimes or indoor amusements, and the social advantages usually found in provincial towns—these combine to encourage home-making here, with the result that resident families are becoming numerous. Whilst an increase in the valuation for assessment of city property is not necessarily a thoroughly dependable evidence of enduring progress, the large advance in the total value for purposes of civic taxation is very significant, and may in this instance be taken as demonstrating in some measure the marked advance the town has made during the six years for which figures here follow. In 1898 the total value ' The principal local industry is that carried on at the smelting works of the Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting & Power Co., Ltd. This company owns the biggest copper mines in the Province, situate near Phcenix, in the mountains west of Grand Forks. The aggregate output of these mines from the time ore- shipping commenced in July, 1900, to June 30 of the current year, was 769,686 tons, or more than three- fifths of the total ore production of the whole of the Boundary district, and all this ore besides custom ores received from other mines, was smelted at Grand Forks. The Granby Co.'s smelter, with its six blast furnaces and two stands of copper converters, is the largest and most modern industrial establishment of its kind in the Province, and its economical methods and unusually low smelting costs have attracted much attention. The smelter plant is operated by electric- 788 THE MINING RECORD. ity, partly generated at the company's own power works and partly obtained from the Cascade Water Power & Light Co.'s works at Cascade, a dozen , miles east of Grand Forks. Other industries established in or near the town are a sawmill, sash and ^oor factory, well equipped foundry and machine shop, brick yard (which turns out the best bricks made anywhere in the Boundary), two breweries, bottling works, etc. Two chartered banks—the Eastern Townships and the Royal Bank of Canada—have branches here, besides which the British-American Trust Company, Ltd., a local company having an authorized capital of $100,000, does a general financial and trust business in the district and is arranging to extend its op- new district. Mails are received and despatched twice daily by the postmaster, Mr. Geo. H. Hull. The town has several large general stores and a number of other places of business. Its big leading hotel, the Yale, was built and furnished at a cost of about $50,000. Two telegraph and one telephone (long-distance and local) systems facilitate speedy communication. Three railways add to the importance of the town—the Canadian Pacific Railway Co.'s Columbia and Western road connecting with Greenwood and Midway to the westward, nd Rossland and Nelson in the opposite direction ; the Great Northern giving rail communication with Spokane and Republic, respectively; and the Kettle Valley and Republic line providing a competing road between Grand Forks and Republic. Two weekly Granby's Co.'s Smelter, Grand Forks. erations to outside places promising good business. Grand P'orks is the customs "port" for the whole of the Boundary, the "sub-ports" of Cascade, Greenwood, Midway, Sidley, Osoyoos and Keremeos, having to report to it. Collector of Customs R. R. Gilpin was one of the early settlers in the Kettle River valley. The office of the gold commissioner and mining recorder for the Grand Forks Mining Division is here, these positions being filled by Mr. Sydney R. Almond, who is also registrar of the Supreme and County Courts and holds as well other. Provincial Government appointments. The County Court judge, His Honour Judge Leamy, resides in Grand Forks, and here, too, are the headquarters of the chief license inspector for the Boundary License District. The local post office does a surprisingly large mail, postage stamp and money order business for a comparatively newspapers are published locally, and much publicity is given the town in outside newspapers of the Province and elsewhere. The town also has a Board of Trade. Reference has already been made to the many residences as a marked feature of Grand Forks. The local public school is the finest school building in the Boundary; a substantial and commodious stone and brick structure costing, with fittings and furnishings, more than $20,000. There being the requisite number of pupils who have passed the necessary entrance examination, an application is being made for the institution here of a high school. Five churches have erected church buildings here, viz., the Church of England, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Metho|dist and Baptist. Fraternal societies are represented by lodges of Free Masons, Knights of Pythias Odd THE MINING RECORD. 789 Fellows and Foresters. Athletics and other outdoor sports and pastimes, including skating in winter, are entered into with much zest, whilst in horse racing: the town leads the district, holding important race meets periodically on its own improved half-mile track made on a 27-acre level purchased site, situate just across the river from the town. Some of the early settlers in the valley acquired large holdings of land, and several have since sold small blocks until there are a number of small holdings in cultivation in the neighbourhood of Grand Forks. With the extension of the mining and smelting industries of the district that now seems assured, there must develop an increasing demand for agri- The Riverside Nurseries contain all the best-known varieties of fruit and ornamental trees and shrubs suitable for the climate of the interior. It is a revelation to visitors to see here thousands of apple and other fruit trees, maples, lilacs, roses, etc., and the value of this industry cannot but be obvious to all interested. Commercial horticulture will undoubtedly assume considerable importance in the Kettle River valley in the near future. The climate and soil are admirably adapted for producing fruit of a high quality. At present only about 200 acres are devoted to orchard, but with a good local demand and an illimitable market in the North West Territories the acreage will undoubtedly be increased rapidly. Apples, pears, R :„»&£. sPs £\. 3 fS> -«H fcgjte TKaew- SHS. ■sm M4&&&&I Furnace Room, Granby Smelter, at Grand Forks. cultural and horticultural products. The orchard of Mr. W. H. Covert is one of the show places of the district, and the farm properties of other early settlers in the vicinity are also object lessons as to the resources of the valley in this direction. One of the most interesting and valuable features of the valley is the large and well-stocked establishment known as the Riverside Nurseries, situate about four, miles east of Grand Forks. The proprietor, Mr. Martin Burrell, for some years had charge of the Dominion Government Fruit Experimental Station in the Niagara District of Ontario. After about twenty years' horticultural experience in the East he settled in this valley. plums prunes, cherries, and all the small fruits, succeed admirably. The most prominent of the insect pests that so seriously hamper fruit-growing in the East are unknown here. Nor does the fruit-grower have to wait so long for his returns as does the Eastern horticulturist, for early bearing in the special characteristic of fruit trees in the West. Another immense advantage is the complete immunity in this valley from fungous diseases. This is due to the altitude, which is about 1,700 feet above sea level. The "rot" of the plum and cherry, the "apple scab," and the-various mildews are unknown, and this fact tells heavily in the final results of orchard work. It 790 THE MINING RECORD. will not be many- years before the great possibilities of the Kettle River Valley in a horticultural direction will be recognized to something like an adequate extent. Lumbering, too, will sooner or later attract capital and this industry be developed in the district as the immense timber resources of the North Fork and its tributary streams become known. Pine, Spruce, fir, cedar, tamarac, and other valuable woods, grow in abundance well up the East Fork of the North Fork, and several extensive timber limits have already been secured. An effort is being made to obtain capital for the extension of the Kettle Valley Railway up~ the North Fork, the forest wealth of which added to the known mineral resources of the upper country would contribute a large freight traffic to a railroad. There are in the Grand Forks Mining Division numerous mining properties, some producers on an extensive scale and many others full of promise = for the future. The Snowshoe, Winnipeg, Golden Crown. Athelstan, B. C, R. Bell, Oro Denoro, Emma, City of Paris and Majestic mines have together contributed materially to the mineral production of the Boundary. with encouraging results. Only very brief mention may now be made of Franklin camp, up the East Fork of the North Fork, to which a much-needed wagon road is in course of construction. Among numerous locations, the Banner, McKinley, Gloster and Polard are prominent, and the camp for size of ore bodies, so far as shown by the limited amount of work done, and specimen assay values, compares favourably with older camps when at a similar stage. Up the West Fork of the North Fork the B. C. Coal Co. has coal lands on which two seams of coal have been exposed, but although the prospects are regarded as very favourable little will be known of this section until after the locality shall have been extensively prospected by means of a diamond drill. Summing up the position in relation to. Grand Forks, it may be stated that with its advantageous location—where three valleys converge—its varied resources, the facilities it possesses for -industrial development, its mild climate, and the enterprise and energy of its citizens, there are good grounds for the confidence of its residents that it will continue to maintain its position as the largest town in the Boundary District. Grand Forks, South Section. On Observation Mountain, close to the town, mineral locations have been made, and on Hardy Mountain, three miles distant, the Yankee Girl group is a well- known property. Recent developments on the Betts and Hesperus group, on the west side of the latter mountain, now being operated by the Hesperus Gold Mines Company, of Chicago, show the occurrence here of a big body of ore, the full extent of which has yet to be determined. Negotiations are now proceeding for the purchase by Michigan capitalists of the Volcanic, ■ with its immense mineral showing, the Fanj tantine group, Mr. W. Bentley's group of five claims, and other neighbouring properties. .Other North Fork claims are the Humming Bird, which has shipped 600 tons of high-grade ore; the Seattle, now being worked by the Canadian Smelting Co., of Trail; Strawberry, Little Bertha, Golden Eagle, and, among many others, the Pathfinder on which a power plant has been installed and which has been extensively developed GEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AT HOWE SOUND. FROM an article recently contributed to the Vancouver World by Mr. Ellis Mallery on the subject of the geological conditions at the Britannia mine, we extract the following: "The mineral belt in which the mines are located is some twenty miles long and has a general trend of south 70 degrees east and north 70 degrees west. The eastern and western limits show decided curves and the whole presents the appearance of a rude letter with the eastern extremity pointing south and the western pointing north. The present configuration of the country has but little influence on the general trend of the belt, which cuts across country regardless of elevation or depression; down under Howe Sound itself; out either side; up and through the tops-of the highest mountains. The part of this belt thatfcan and will be profitably exploited covers six to eight miles of its length. The part of which this paper treats most, is situated in Britannia Mountain and controlled chiefly' by the Britannia syndicate. Along and across - . the apex of this mountain the ore bodies are the largest and are extensively developed 'over territory comprising the length of ten claims or nearly three miles. "The rocks constituting the belt are much the oldest of any in the district. They are paleozoic sediments chiefly made up of slates and quartzites. The quartzites underlie the slates and belong to the Cambrian. They may be even older, at least, in part, but it is hardly safe to mark a division . as yet. They are highly crystalline and very massive as are also the overlying Argelites. The slates, which are still considerable in the country, are the remains of strata, the original thickness of which we have no means of knowing; subsequent erosion and the en- croachment of the granite having obliterated the evidences. But-they were probably very thick as they were laid down down during times that extended over several periods, beginning in the Silurian and reaching up into the Jurassic. Several unconformaties mark different stages in the times intervening; but the present state of tbe country is too complex to allow of much more than conjecture concerning this interesting age. The schist which is the leader through the country and the principal horizon of the 'ores' is a highly altered product of these old sediments. They were formed chiefly from the upper levels of the quartzites although in places the lower margins of the slates were sheered and sheeted; this sheeting being along or very- nearly along the original bedding planes. "The ore bodies are contact metamorphic deposits and are the result of eruptive after-action. They are not contact deposits of the orthodox sort which require the 'ore' to be in the contact planes; but are adjacent to the contact and occupy positions in the schists conforming with them both in strike and dip, i. e., south 70 degrees east to 74 degrees east; dip 65 degrees to the south. This is only approximately correct, as post-fracturing and faulting has localized differences. They are sulphide deposits, chiefly iron and copper, with some gold. Their development is very extensive even unto gigantic. In no other known part of the world have such enormous exposures of 'ore' been laid bare by natural processes. The Mammoth Bluff, usually termed a 'mountain .of ore,' is really the foot wall side of a true fissure vein exposed for 600 feet along its strike and with an average perpendicular height of 200 feet. Cross-cut tunnels at the base level have failed to reach the hanging wall in near 200 feet." The writer arrives at the following conclusions: 1. That the largest ore bodies in Britannia Mountain are the result of general eruptive after-action, and were deposited as first concentrations by ascending mediums bearing metallic salts in solution. 2. That by metasomatic. processes the schist for great lengths and widths was completely replaced by ore; thus necessitating a very strong arid deep-seated circulation. 3. That such ascending mediums under lessening temperature and pressure deposit their burdens at different levels along the route and here that copper sulphides seek the lower horizons. These three deductions speak for the continuance in depth of the present size and tenor of the ore bodies with a gradual change in favour of copper. As farther proof of copper below, post fractures in the ores of first concentration have been filled with sulphides of a second concentration; the latter caused by rising hot waters set in motion by the near approach of igneous rocks. These waters reached the lower bodies of some of their contents and carrying them upward re-deposited them on the unaltered sulphides above as secondary enrichments. Thus were the processes that have concentrated in Britannia Mountain ore bodies that rank with the largest and best in the world. The practical m-\n has measured up two million tons of workable ore; the theoretical man sees ten million and feels very sure of his ground. With the natural facilities at hand and the proper equipment, a conservative estimate of the profit per ton of this ore is three dollars, or thirty million for the whole. The profit represents less than one-third the actual value of the ore, or in other words one hundred million dollars as it stands in the mountain. It is sufficient to say that the extraction of this great wealth means the centering here of a copper camp unequalled on the Pacific Slope. ELECTRICAL IGNITION OF MINERS' LAMPS. IN a paper read before the Institute of Mining Engineers, on this subject, the author points out that the time taken up in cleaning and lighting of single lamps by hand is considerable, and the great majority must of necessity be lit hours before they are required, leading to a serious waste in the consumption of oil. In the lamp room of a colliery of any size there are 1,000 lamps probably, requiring the service of five or six men in the cleaning department, and a similar staff for the examining and preparing of the lamps, occupying from two to three hours in this latter operation alone. It will readily be understood that any arrangement whereby this waste of time and material can be minimized would be of great value. The speaker, in approaching the question, said that during the last four or five years his efforts had been concentrated upon this point. Whilst he had experienced no difficulty in igniting a spirit lamp or a very low flash-point oil, he had experienced great difficulty in electrically igniting an oil of the flash-point suitable for colliery use. This difficulty, however, had been overcome, as with the apparatus exhibited and described he could ignite an oil 300 or, if necessary, 500 flash point, but the latter high -flash point he contended was unnecessary, as a good light can be obtained with a 300 flash point with absolute safety. The lamps were ignited in series of twenties; they were placed in shallow porcelain cups, through which protruded a single pole, fixed to the lamp rack. The current passed through the whole body of the lamp to the burner, which was of copper. At the bottom of the glass was a copper ring insulated by a porcelain cup, which passed under the glass to the burner jignition was' made by a combined switch and ignited, attached to the other pole, which, being brought into contact with the copper ring, induced sparking at the burner, igniting the oil. By this arrangement 1,000 lamps could be lit in something under fifteen minutes. The chief advantages of this system of electric ignition, he pointed out, were that the lamp was ignited without the aid of platinum wire, or lighting pins, or insulating vulcanites passing through the lamp vessels. The arrangement of having only a single pole in the larhpstand prevented sparking of the poles, which was sometimes present in other systems where the two poles were side by side. The system was usually installed by contract, 200 to 1,000 lamps and appliances being supplied at a charge of 3 cents per lamp per day, the contractor supplying everything excepting breakages of aft'ii 792 THE MINING RECORD. glass and cleaning, including oil, wick, dynamos, switches and all apparatus, and doing all repairs. BRITISH COLUMBIA IN LONDON. (By our Special Correspondent.) ALTHOUGH interest here in- British Columbian mining shares is of the feeblest, there have recently been quite a number of important evolutions in regard to what are usually supposed to be leading companies. One of the most notable of these was the slump in Nimrod Syndicates, which from about $35 fell like a stone last week to about $5 nominal. This concern, which according to statements made at its recent meeting, is still interested in B. C, has only a small capital, and it is probably owing to this fact that it was found possible to ever get up the price to such a ridiculously high figure. It paid a dividend once—4s. 6d., I think it was—but it gives you some idea of the way affairs are managed in the London Stock Market when it is explained that this result was considered good enough to run up the price to the exalted level of $35 or so for the $5 share. Although it was difficult to find out the seat of the trouble, this became apparent subsequently on the announcement that Mr. Frederick Lowy had been declared a defaulter upon the London Stock Exchange. This gentleman was interested in quite a number of syndicates, including the Nimrod Syn- dicte of which he was a director, and his downfall was no doubt chiefly responsible for the collapse of the shares in which he was of course so highly interested. According to Skinner's "Mining Manual" the following were Mr. Lowy's directoral engagements at the time of his default: Nimrod Syndicate, Limited; Chuquitambo Gold Mines, Limited; Kalulu Syndicate, Limited; Luna Syndicate, Limited; Peru Syndicate, Limited. The London & B. C. Goldfields group attract little or no attention, and neither the parent company nor its offspring are much in favour at the present.time. And small wonder in view, of the dismal record of all the companies under the present regime. What is wanted here is new blood, and the sooner the shareholders awake to this fact the better will it be for their own interests. Le Roi have been under $5 again, and the shares of the Le Roi No. 2 are little better. Tyee have not escaped criticism, but the shares keep fairly steady about $10. New Goldfields of B. C, and Velvets have been very dull of late, and in this group's affairs the public display but an infinitesimal interest, which is perhaps not surprising when one remembers the wonderful promises in the prospectus, and compares them with the dismal performances attained to date. The whole market is in a parlous condition, and I am afraid Mr. Whitaker Wright's return to this country will not help matters, as it will only tend to re-open sores which were getting healed. Incidentally I may mention that Mr. Justice Buckley one of the best exponents of company law in this country—and who decided that Mr. Whitaker Wright should stand his trial after the British law officers had refused to undertake proceedings, has just upset some of those gruesome bargains made between the boards of the London & Globe and the poor British America Corporation, This able judge decides that a lot of these transactions running into hundreds of thousands of pounds were bad and cannot be maintained. Many people in London said so at the date of the crush, but the wheels of our legal machinery move very slowly, and it takes a long time to get a pronouncement on what on the face of it was a very simple matter. And now I am going to ask you to give a gratuitous advertisement. It is as follows:— H Shares For Sale. ASTINGS (B.C) EXPLORATION SYNDICATE, LIMITED,—Capital, iioo,ooo. Directors: James Head, Sir Edward Birkbeck, Lord Hastings, and Bertram F. Ashley. 200 Fully-paid Shares of £1 each in the above Company for sale. Bids invited. Address, etc., etc. Could anything prove more conclusively the deadly dullness of the B. C. market in London than this offer of a small parcel of shares in the columns of one of the financial dailies? And yet you have visitors from this country who say that there is nothing the matter with B. C, that it hasn't got a "black eye" in the London money market, and that there's plenty of money waiting to be asked for for the Province, etc. And you are all so pleased with yourselves that you fall on the neck of the person who tells you this, and you think him a fine fellow, and fete him. And all the while it would be so much more to the point if you subscribed to a decent London financial newspaper— there are a few left despite the bad times—and read fact instead of listening to fiction. Unfortunately the latter is so much more pleasant that it even appeals to people who are supposed to keep a close eye on things, and who should be prepared to sift information from whatever channel it may emanate. One more note and I am done. A little while ago the Rossland Miner interviewed a gentleman who had been over to London, and who in the course of his j6urneying called at the office of the Agent-General. With the opinions of the gentleman interviewed upon general topics I have no concern. If they please the editor of your versatile contemporary and his readers that's not my fault, but when he attacks the agency here I think it is only just to administer a rebuke. For to say the least of it he is not quite fair to either Mr. Turner, or the building in which the London business of the agency is conducted. Salisbury House is one of the most magnificent buildings in the city of London, it is exceedingly central, and the suite of offices occupied by the Agent-General are all that could be required by the most fastidious caller. Whilst the fact that there are to my own knowledge seven lifts constantly running places the agency in quite as good a position as if they were on THE MINING RECORD. ?93 the ground floor. I wonder what the gentleman im question thought such a suite of offices would actually cost on the ground floor of a centrally situated building like Salisbury House. Did he even give the matter a second's consideration ? I should not have taken the trouble to refer to the matter were it not for the fact that silly interviews such as this are sometimes liable to mislead people. As a matter of fact the whole yarn is so much out of true perspective that it does not deserve serious attention, but appearing in the columns Of a paper like the Miner it is perhaps worth while gently pointing out to the editor that to pass such "copy" is not likely to gain him much European kudos when his paper comes back in due course to London. No editor who knows his London even comparatively well would pass such rapid criticisms upon one of the most handsome edifices in the city of London. It was a magnificent opportunity for the gruesome use of the blue pencil. The recently reported new finds in the Yukon, not far distant from White Horse, certainly appear to warrant further investigation, miners returning for supplies all agreeing that the locality is rich in gold, and that good pay is being taken from the suiface in many of the claims already staked. It is now stated that the goldfields lie somewhat more distant from White Horse than was at first supposed, and that instead of a hundred and fifty miles by the route followed by the miners, the distance is over two hundred miles. There are three ways of entering the new country. One is from Pyramid Harbor via Dalton's trail, other from Carmack's Post on the Yukon, and the last and shortest is from White Horse by steamer up the Tahkeena River to Gardner's Falls, a distance of 85 miles, thence overland 180 miles, crossing the Men- denhall, Kakawash and Jarvis Rivers, which although swift running streams are fordable in most places at this season of the year. PERSONAL. SIR JAMES HECTOR, K.C.M.G., a well-known geologist, who in 1857 was attached to the Canadian Rock Mountain Expedition as surgeon and geologist and who whilst exploring the Rockies found the Kicking Horse Pass by which the Canadian Pacific Railway now crosses the mountains, arrived in Vancouver from New Zealand on August 6th. He is re-visiting British Columbia after an absence of 43 years. The explorations in the Rocky Mountains with which he was connected were made during the years 1857-1860. Whilst examining the pass Sir James met with an accident which afterwards led to the naming of the pass and river "the Kicking Horse." A horse carrying his instruments broke away and crossed the river. Sir James swam over, caught the horse and brought it back. Whilst engaged in tying it up another horse kicked him, breaking three of his ribs and rendering him unconscious. His Indian guides after trying in vain to resuscitate him concluded he was dead and dug a grave, but just as they were about to bury him he recovered consciousness. Now, as he facetiously remarks, he is about to visit his own grave, during a trip he plans to take in the Rocky Mountains. Sir James has been in New Zealand since 1861, having gone there after completing his exploration work in the Rockies in i860. For several years, until recently, he held the important position of Director-General of the Geological Survey of New Zealand. At the present time he is Chancellor of the New Zealand University, Director of the Colonial Museum and Observatory, and ot the New Zealand Institute. He purposes returning to New Zealand, leaving Vancouver on September 18th. Mr. P. Dermody, foreman of the Granby Co.'s mines,, Phoenix, met with an accident last month. A lot of rock fell in one of the workings and some of it caught him, but fortunately his injuries were not serious. The same day Mr. Duncan Mcintosh, manager of the Providence mine, Greenwood, and Mr. David Oxley, foreman at the Athelstan mine, Wellington camp, were both accidentally hurt, the former by a fall of rock which sprained the knee and ankle of his left leg, and the latter by fallings about 30 feet down a raise in the Athelstan mine. Mr. F. H. Oliver, of Spokane, managing director of the Morrison Mines, Ltd., was in the Boundary recently in connection with the shipment of ore from the dump at the Morrison mine to the B. C. Copper Co.'s smelter that-has been in progress for several weeks. The ore has to be hauled in a waggon about a mile to a siding on the Deadwood branch of the Columbia & Western Railway, whence it is taken by rail to the smelter. By the middle of August about 1,200 tons had been thus shipped. It is stated that Mr. A. H. Reeder, a coal expert from Pennsylvania, has been engaged by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company to assist Mr. C. M. Henretta in reporting on the company's coal lands in the Crow's Nest Pass district and that these gentlemen are making a thorough examination of those properties. It is understood that the company purposes doing extensive development work if it should appear that such will be warranted. Hon. Clifford Sifton, Minister of the Interior, has informed the Canadian House of Commons that Dr. Bell, Director of the Canadian Geological Survey, will attend the International Geological Conference to be held shortly in Vienna. He added that if the Congress will hold its next meeting in Canada the Dominion Government will make a grant for its expenses. During August Messrs. J. W. Palmer, W. A. Williams, assistant manager of the Granby Co.'s smelter, and H. W. Warrington, manager of the Kettle River Valley Railway, visited the Belcher mining camp, in the Republic district, south of Grand Forks, for the purpose of examining several mining properties and sampling their ores. Mr. Paul Johnson last month came down from Hadley, Southeast Alaska, where he is building a smelter for the Brown-Alaska Company, of New York. He afterwards went to Nelson on a short visit to his family, who have been living there since they left Greenwood about three months since. Mr. J. C. Haas, M.E., now of Spokane, but for years resident in the Boundary district, in which he still has mining interests, recently closed a visit to Greenwood and vicinity, and went thence to examine some coal property in Alberta. Mr. A. C. Flumerfelt, of Victoria, and Mr. H. N. Galer, assistant manager of the Granby Con. M. S. & P. Co., went to Alberta about the middle of August to visit the coal mines a company with which they are connected is opening up near Blairmore. Mr. S. Strap recently arrived in British Columbia from Paris for the purpose of examining and reporting on the Britannia and South Valley mines, Howe Sound, on behalf of a French syndicate now negotiating for the purchase of those properties. Hon. E. J. Davis and Messrs. H. E. Irwin and Chas. C. Van-Norman, of Toronto, and Mr. W. E. Blakemore, M.E., of Montreal, visited Nicola Valley to inspect some coal 794 THE MINING RECORD. lands owned by the British Columbia Coal Co., of Nelson and Grand Forks, B.C. Professor Arthur Lakes, of Denver, Colorado, arrived in Nelson on the 16th ulto., to pay a short visit to parts of West Kootenay. The Professor is mining editor of Mines and Minerals, published in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Mr. Geo. S. Waterlow, deputy chairman of the Snowshoe Gold and Copper Mines, Ltd., and Mr. Anthony J. McMillan, managing director, are expected to shortly pay another visit to the Snowshoe mine, in the Boundary district. Mr. Wm. Yolen Williams, superintendent of the Granby Company's mines, last month took a short vacation in Spokane, Wash., returning to Phoenix on the 14th. F. Keffer, M.E., manager of the B. C. Copper Co., lately went from Greenwood to Fernie on coke supply business, and thence to look at a mineral claim in the Rocky Mountains. Mr. Richard Plewman, of Rossland, has returned from England, and is now arranging to re-start work on the Winnipeg mine, in the Boundary. Mr. Wynne Meredith, consulting engineer to, the Vancouver Power Co., has returned to Vancouver from a visit to San Francisco, Cal. Mr. S. F. Parrish, general manager of the Le Roi Mining . Company, has returned to Rossland from a visit to a Washington health resort. COMPANY NOTES AND CABLES. Porto Rico (Ymir).—Mr. G. H. Barnhardt, formerly superintendent of the Ymir mine, has acquired a lease of this property, which is to be re-opened immediately. The Porto Rico is equipped with a seven-drill compressor and a ten- stamp mill, Ramrler Cariboo (Slocan).—At the annual meeting held on July 30th the directors announced that it was the intention to continue development operations on a large scale, and that for the immediate present it was not proposed to appropriate any of the funds in hand to dividend purposes, the manager's report was very satisfactory in respect ta present conditions at the mines. The last two months' shipments were particularly encouraging, ore to the value of over fifty thousand dollars having been sent to the smelter The benefit from the lead bonus will reach from fifteen hundred to two thousand dollars per month. Zinc products will be held for better market quotations. Copper King (Kamloops) .-A first shipment of a carload of ore was-made to the Crofton Smelter in August. Waterloo (Camp McKinney).-Two gold brick weighing 343.9 oz, and valued at $5,120, and concentrates valued at $3,630 net, have been obtained since the commencement of crushing operations on June 16th last. The mill is crushing about 12 tons of ore daily. Atlin Gold M & M Co. (Ymir) .-The annual meeting was held on August 20th, and the following officers were elected: President, Pat Daly; treasurer, Wm Coffey secretary Alfred Parr; directors, Ryan, Daly, Hughes, Coffey and ^arr. It was decided to continue work on the company s property, which is looking exceedingly bright Verv recently a strike of $100 ore was made. Cariboo Hydraulic (Bullion).—Again extremely unfavourable winter and spring weather conditions have militated against a successful gold yield in the Cariboo district The Consolidated Cariboo Hydraulic, the most considerable undertaking of its kind in Canada, this year has made in consequence a but relatively insignificant clean-up, the value of which is placed at approximately $50,000, as compared with $300,000, realized three years ago under normally satisfactory conditions. It is likely that the company will be compelled to make further provisions and expenditures in order to be more independent of the seasons in the future, as the shareholders who- who have invested many hundreds of thousands on the property and its equipment are becoming naturally somewhat impatient at the delay in the realization of profits. Thibert Creek Mine (Cassiar).—A first clean-up last month, at the Thibert Creek mine, after a run of about 20 days, resulted in the recovery of 780 oz. of gold, valued at approximately $13,000. Atlin Mining Co (Atlin).—The returns from the last clean-up, after a run of eight days gave a gold yield of 600 ounces. Paradise (Windermere).—This mine has shipped 937 tons of silver-lead ore to date, and has 15 cars ready for shipment Ymir Mine (Ymir).—The returns for June were: Seventy stamps ran 28 days and crushed 4,950 tons (2,000 lbs.) of ore, producing 1,163 ozs. bullion. The estimated realizable value (gross) of the product is $12,850. Three hundred tons of concentrates, shipped, gross estimated value $7,750. Cyanide plant treated 3,050 tons (2,000. lbs.) of tailings, producing bullion having estimated gross value of $2,150. Sundry revenue, $1,060—$23,810; less working expenses, $21,000; profit, $2,810. There has been expended during the month on development, $5,000. Mountain Lion (Republic, Wash.)—This mine, in which a number of Montreal people are interested, is to be reorganized as a Canadian company. All the financing has been completed, and the deal will not affect the minority shareholders, who will have their shares transferred to the new concern without any watering or freezing-out. The mine is fully developed to the 600-foot level, where there is 12 feet of ore in a shoot 400 feet long. Daily shipments of 200 tons will shortly be made. It is reported that .there are 20,000 tons of ore broken above the tunnel level, which can be placed on cars at 75 cents per ton, and 30,000 tons more in place above the tunnel level, which can be broken down and loaded at $1.25. Giant .(Rossland).—The London office of this Company has issued a notice to the effect that shipments, which had been suspended for some months owing to the coal strike, have been resumed to the Trail smelter. A cable from the resident director, under date of July 26th, said: "Assay of samples gives $20 and $70 (gold). Present appearances most encouraging." Le Roi.—The following cablegram has been received from' the manager: "Shipped from he mine to the Northport smelter during the past month, 11,116 tons of ore, containing •3.776 oz. of gold, 4,011 oz. of silver, 191,600 lbs. copper; has resulted in a loss of $7,000. Shipped from the dump to the Northport smelter during the past month 2,325 tons of ore, containing 716 ozs. of gold, 924 ozs. of silver, 30,127 lbs. copper; estimated profit on this ore, $5,500." In forwarding the above information to the shareholders, the directors wish to add that the rumours which have been circulated concerning reconstruction and assessment are entirely unfounded. A MACHINERY NOTES. T the Montreal & Boston Copper Co.'s smelter at Boundary Falls the third blower has been installed, and the . third furnace is on the ground. Arrangements are being made for the erection of a ten- stamp mill at the Wilcox mine, at Ymir. The property is at present equipped with a two-stamp mill. I Mining machinery is pouring into the Lardeau, there being now fewer than 37 cars now en route to mines there laden with mine machinery. A new wire cable was installed at the Payne mine, at Sandon during the month. In placing the cable in place some THE MINING RECORD. ■95 remarkably quick work was done. It was received at noon on one day and by the same time the following day the tram was in perfect running order, taking just 24 hours to replace the old cable by the new. The total length of the tram is a little over 6,000 feet. A triplicate three-stamp mill, having a minimum capacity of between 25 and 30 tons daily, and a compressor plant has been ordered by the owners of the Lucky Boy- and Ethel groups on the west slope of Morning Mountain at'Nelson. It is proposed to install an aerial tramway at the- Idaho mine in the Slocan to connect the lower adit with the loading station on the C. P. R. at Alamo. It is reported that eight large dredges are to be placed on the Stewart River, in the Yukon, next season by the Ogilvie Company. The new dredges are each to have a capacity of 900 cubic yards in ten hours. Each dredge will cost approximately $45,000. The -big dredge on Discovery on Bonanza, the only large plant of the kind in operation in the territory, has a capacity of 500 yards in ten hours. I A concentrator is to be buHt at the Alice mine, near Creston, upon which property work is about to be resumed. - A new 55-ton blast furnace is being erected at Irondale, Wash, to treat the iron ores of Vancouver and Texada Islands. Machinery is being hauled to the Cherry Creek Mines, near Kamloops. A stamp . mill, it is expected, will shortly be ordered. In a circular addressed to shareholders the Fraser River Gold Dredging Co. announce that a new dredge has been ordered from Fraser & Chalmers, Ltd, to be placed on the company's property on the Fraser River at Lytton. The dredge, it is expected, will arrive from England early in September. It is stated that a project is under contemplation by Eastern capital to put in an electric plant to supply power and- operate a seven-mile tram line to the mines in the McGui- gan basin. In an interview published in a Toronto paper, Mr. T. G. Blackstock, managing director of the Centre Star and War Eagle companies, is reported to have made the following statements in reference to the proposed erection of a concentrating mill at these properties: "We have been conducting a series of careful experiments during the last two years to devise a means of treating the ores by concentration •first and afterwards by some chemical method which will extract the metals from the tailings. We have succeeded beyond our expectations. Our laboratory tests, followed by 100 experimental charges, put through the mill at Silica, on Sheep Creek, satisfies us that we can treat at a profit ores showing a smelter's gross assay value as low as $5 per ton. This is about $5 lower than ore that will stand the cost of smelting. As a result of the success of our experiments, our directors have decided to erect a 200-ton mill, as a preliminary, to be followed by such enlargements as will enable us to treat War Eagle and Centre Star ores by a process combining concentration and cyaniding. The mill is being installed as a unit, and new units can be easily added. This will enable us to double its capacity at a further cost of less than $50,000. When we get this preliminary mill in operation we expect to be able to supply some 300 tons per day of smelting ore, at the same time sending 200 tons of low-grade ore to the mill. When we enlarge the mill we will, of course, be able to treat a much larger percentage of low-grade ore." The Winnipeg mine, in Wellington camp, Boundary district, is to be re-opened forthwith, a new ten-drill compressor and other machinery having been ordered to replace that destroyed last year by fire. * RECENT MINING PATENTS. WE are indebted to Mr. Rowland Brittain, patent attorney of Vancouver, for the following report: Method of Extracting Zinc and other Sulphides from their Ores.—Canadian patent No. 80,747, issued May 5th, 1903, to Guillaume D. Delprat, of Broken Hill, N.S.W, Australia. Claims: (1) In extracting zinc and other sulphides from their ores, subjecting such ores to the action of a heated bath consisting of a solution of salt cake, substantially as herein described and explained. (2) In extracting zinc and other sulphides from their ores, subjecting such ores to the action of a heated bath consisting of a solution of sodium sulphate and sulphuric acid, substantially as herein described and explained. Canadian patent No. 80,748.—Method of Extracting Zinc Lead and Silver Sulphides from their Ores, granted May 5th, 1903, to the same inventor. Claims: (1) In the extraction of zinc, lead and silver sulphides from their ores, subjecting such ores finely divided to the action of a bath consisting of a solution of nitrate] of sodium and nitric acid, substantially as herein described and explained. (2) In the extraction of zinc, lead and silver sulphides from their ores, subjecting such ores finely divided, to the action of a bath consisting of a solution of nitrate of potassium and nitric acid, substantially as herein described and explained. (3) In the extraction of zinc, lead and silver sulphides from their ores, subjecting such ores, finely divided, to the action of a bath consisting of a solution of nitrate of zinc and nitric acid substantially as herein described and explained. COAL EXPORTATION AND TRADE. THE condition of the British Columbian coal mining industry has decidedly improved during the past few weeks, and the' outlook for continued and increasing activity is decidedly promising. The Extension mines are now producing at the rate of over eleven hundred tons a day, and it is expected that ere long the daily output will reach sixteen hundred tons. At Nanaimo, shipping operations are being steadily maintained and much development work is in progress. The resumption of work at Comox by the striking members of the local union has removed the last labour trouble, and the Union mines will now be worked to the fullest extent. "Mr. James Dunsmuir, president of the Wellington Colliery Company, has stated that the output of these mines will be increased at once to nearly double the recent output of about 800 tons daily. The output of coke from Comox is also to be increased to keep pace with the local demand. The output from the Crow's Nest last month was in excess of any previous achievement in this regard, the aggregate tonnage from the three collieries being 71,463 tons, of which Coal Creek was responsible for 24,793 tons, Michel for 28,569 tons, and Morrissey for 18,100 tons. This month a beginning will be made in the shipment of coke from the new Morrissey ovens, sixty of the two hundred and fifty under construction being now ready for use. The coal seams at Morrissey are so situated as to be more easily worked than those at either Michel or Coal Creek, and it is consequently believed that the output from these mines will soon exceed that of the other collieries A very large electrical installation is now being made at the Morrissey mines to provide, light in the mine buildings, workings and town. RECENT PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. Ore Deposits: A Discussion re-published from the Engineering and Mining Journal, New York. Octavo. Cloth. Engineering and Mining Journal, New York and London: Price, $1.00. We congratulate the publishers on the happy idea of publishing in volume and therefore handy form a discussion by leading authorities of a subject possessed of so much interest, both from the practical and theoretical points of view to the mining engineering profession. This discussion took place early this year at the monthly meetings of the Geological Society of Washington, and was originally reported in the Engineering and Mining Journal. In the volume before us, -however, the report has been amplified and corrected,, wltije 796 THE MINING RECORD. there is also included a very able review of the subject by the Journal's editor, Mr. Rickard. The authorities taking part in this discussion are Messrs. Emmens, Wood, Spurr, Lindgren, Kemp, Ransome, Van Hise, Rickard and Purington. Chemical Analyses of Igneous Rocks, published from 1884 to 1900, with a critical discussion of the character and use of analyses, by Henry Stephens, Washington; Government Printing Office, Washington, 1903. The Mining Laws of Texas and Tables of Magnetic Declination. Bulletin No.. 6. The University of Texas Mineral Survey, Austin, Texas. IMPORTS OF MINING MACHINERY. - THE imports of free and dutiable mining and smelting machinery for the first five months of the present year compared with 1902, are as follows:— 1903. 1902. Months. Free. Dutiable. Total. Free. Dutiable. Total January .$ 77,298 $ 7,676 .$84,974 $92,984 $2,549 $95,533 Feb'y . . 30,106 1,587 31,693 43,123 2,380 45,503 March .. 83,535 ",534 95,o6g 55,255 2,629 57,884 April . . 104,967 4,638 109,605 61,227 5,087 ■ 66,314 May I .. 155,493 1,469 156,962 90,820 4,782 9S,602 Total . .$451,399 $26,904 $478,303 $343,409 $17,427 $360,836 The principal sources from which this machinery has been imported were:— United States Great Britain Other Months Free Dutiable Free Dutiable Countries Total January .. . .$ 75,235 $ 7,676 $ 417 ' $1,646 $84,974 February .. . 29,467 1,587 639 Nil 31,693 March 82,680 11,534 158 697 95,069 April 104,902 4,638 65 Nil 109,605 May 155,127 1,263 366 206 Nil 156,692 Total .. .. 447,411 $26^698 $1,645 $206"$2,343 $478,303 ■ 9 ■ « MINING RETURNS AND STATISTICS. THE shipments from Dawson this year are shown by the records in the comptrollers office in Dawson to be j as follows:— the YUKON. May $ 173,781 June 3,324,480 July 2,015,586 The shipments from Whitehorse this year were $246 in May, and $2,370 in June. The shipments from Forty-Mile this year amounted to $1,082 in June, with no report for July. Gold shipments made from Dawson last season for the first three months were as follows:— May $ I9;89o June 3,550,324 July 2,313,130 The gold shipments from Whitehorse June of last year amounted to $1,880, and from Forty-Mile during June of last year to $4,652. rossland. Ore shipments for the year ending August 21st, have been divided as follows: Le Roi, 126,707 tons; Centre Star, 50,962; War Eagle, 38,709; Le Roi No. 2, 17,305; Kootenay, 5,650; ■Velvet, 4,051; Jumbo, 1,000; Giant, 694; White Bear, 250; Silica concentrates, 85; Homestake, 80; I. X. L, 60; O. K., 20. Total, 244,973 tons. boundary district. Returns from this district to August 22nd are: Granby 223,797 tons; Mother Lode, 71,007; Snowshoe, 38,142; B. C, 19,365; Emma, 10,916; Sunset, 9,651; Oro Denoro, 2,758; Athelstan, 825; Providence, 645; Elkhorn, 129. Total, 377,235 tons. slocan. The following returns to August 15th, are published:— American Boy, 502; Antoine, 101; Arlington, 40; Black Prince, 17; Bondholder, 2; Bosun, 790; Blue Bird, 20; Dayton, 4; Enterprise, 475; Fisher Maiden, 280; Hartney, 42; Hamilton, 4; Highland Light, 2; Idaho, 21; Ivanhoe, 569; Lucky Jim, 105; Monitor, 436; Meteor, 12; Ottawa, 106; Payne, 1492; Queen Bess, 204; Rambler, 890; Reco, 153; Republic, 50; Ruth, 245; Rio, 9; Red Fox, 24; Slocan Star, 1174; Slocan Boy, 16; Silver Glance, 55; Surprise, 5; Vancouver, 20; Wonderful, 23. Total, 8007 tons. LOCAL STOCK MARKET FOR AUGUST, 1903. Prepared by the Stuart Robertson Co, Ltd, Stock Brokers, Victoria, B. C. Cariboo McKinney nJ4 ioj4 Centre Star '. 28 23 Crow's Nest Pass C .87 50 70 00 Fairview Corporation 5 4 Iron Mask 6 6 North Star 11 gy2 Payne 17 isYz Rambler 39 31 Sullivan $y2 4%. War Eagle 12 10 Waterloo 7J/£ 5^ St. Eugene - 45 35 Granby 5 50 3 75 sales for the month. American Boy, 11,000 at 4^4; 6,000 at 4%. Cariboo McKinney, 2,250 at 11; 500 at n%c. Centre Star, 1,500 at 25; 2,000 at 25^2; 1,000 at 26c. Fisher Maiden, 3,000 at 2; 2,000 at 2j4; 2,500 at 2j4c. Giant, 9,500 at 2j4; 3,000 at 254; 10,000 at 2%c. Mountain Lion, 500 at 23; 500 at 23^; 3,000 at 25; 1,500 at 25J-2; 3,000 at 26; 2,000 at 26%; 3,000 at 26j4c Morning Glory, 3,000 at 1%; 3,000 at 2c. North Star, 1,000 at 10; 1,500 at ioj4c. Payne, 2,700 at 16; 1,000 at i6j4c. Rambler Cariboo, 1,000 at 36; 1,500 at 37H-C Sunset Copper, 2,000 at 4J4c. Sullivan, 5,000 at 5c. War Eagle, 2,500 at 11c. White Bear, 4,000 at 4c. THE METAL MARKET. The . feature of the month has been the improvement in copper which has been very active of late, due, it is alleged,, to better conditions prevailing in the financial markets. In, consequence prices have advanced appreciably, and large transactions both for spot and future delivery are reported. The latest New York quotations are Lake, 13J4 to 13]/2; electrolytic in ingots, cakes and wire bars, 13 to 13J4 1 cathodes, I2J4 to 13; casting copper, I2J4 and 1254. _ Lead is in good demand, at, however, practically unchanged prices, New York quoting 4.05 to 4.10, and St. Louis 4 to 4.2^. European quotations range from £11 5 s. to £11 8s. Spelter is firm, and the enquiry is good, spot metal being somewhat scarce, St. Louis 5.65 to 5.70; New York, 5.82^ to 5.87^. The price of silver this month has been higher than for some time past, having reached 55%, after which a slight falling back is reported, Indian requirements having been satisfied. CATALOGUES AND TRADE CIRCULARS. Catalogue No. 11, (fifth edition) issued by the Allis- Chalmers Co, Chicago, describes and illustrates in detail the Treman Steam Stamp Mill, its construction and operation. The Jeffrey Manufacturing Company, Columbus, Ohio, have published a new and very handsomely printed catalogue of coal mining machinery, drills and electric locomotives. The Denver Fire Clay Co, of Denver, Colorado, call particular attention to a new catalogue containing a very complete list of assayers' and chemists' supplies and accessories. A. O. Norton, of Boston, Mass, and Coaticook, Quebec, issues a circular describing the Norton Patent Ball-Bearing Jacks and "Sure Drop" Track Jacks. THE MINING RECORD. 797 Industrial Supplement. LOCAL INDUSTRIES—VANCOUVER. THE VANCOUVER ENGINEERING WORKS. THE Vancouver Engineering Works, Ltd., is an English company whose works are situated at the foot of Heatley Avenue, Vancouver, on the shores of Burrard Inlet. The works were taken over on January ist, 1901, by the new company The Foundry from the Water End. from the firm of Armstrong & Morrison, who had conducted the works for a number of years. . A large appropriation was made for new buildings and tools and an equipment was decided on which, would put these buildings in the very front rank among manufactories. In the spring of 1901 a large number of new machine tools were-ordered for the machine shop The Foundry from the Land End. which it was decided to replace with the larger and better building, so there was ordered from the American posts by 120 feet long; the building is made entirely of steel and is equipped with travelling cranes running the full length made by the Whiting Foundry Co., of Harvey, 111. These cranes at the present time are hand cranes but so rigged that they can be equipped with motors at very little expense. ' The new equipment ordered for the machine shop was one 54- inch engine lathe from the American Tool Works Co., one 6-inch full universal radial drill from the same firm, one milling machine with all attachments from the Owen Machine Co, one small centering drill from the Fox Machine Co., and one double headed Acme screwing machine to cut bolts up to 2 inches; one Bignall & Keeler No. 3 Peerless pipe machine to cut pipe up to 3 inches. These tools were purchased after much deliberation by the management and they have proved very excellent tools. A new foundry was erected at the same time as the machine shop. The building which has been described before is commodious, is made entirely of steel and is well lighted from every side. The skylights in the roof are the very latest practice. This building was equipped with Whiting cupolas of three and six ton' capacity each. The blast was drizen by a 30 horse power Canadian General Electric motor which motor also operates the elevator and the various tools for cleaning Machine Shop from the end with Large Logging Construction. Engine under castings. Bridge Company a building 33 feet between Large core ovens and brass furnaces were also installed and altogether the foundry is the most complete and up-to-date of any of the small foundries on the Coast and can equip favourably with any in San Francisco. A new pattern shop was also built at that time. The pattern shop is also very light and commodious and has benches for half a dozen men. It is equipped with new tools throughout, there being a buzz planer from the Fay-Egan Co., a hand jointer^ from the same company, as well as a pattern makers' double ended lathe. Fox wood trimmers were purchased for every bench and a large one for the floor. Recently there has been added to this installation a new band saw with 36-inch wheel and tilting table, bringing this shop equipment up to the very best and latest practice. :98 THE MINING RECORD. 11 11 1 h It was found that even with the enlarged equip-, ment, the capacity of the machine shop was too small for the work which it had to do, so recently at a cost of $10,000 the following new tools were purchased: One Detrick & Harvey open slide planer, one 42-inch The Bullard Coring Mill and New Detrick Harvey open side Planer, which have just been installed in the Machine Shop from the water end. Bullard vertical boring mill with swivel head and turret head with screw cutting attachments; two Bradford lathes 18-inch swing by 10-foot centres. There was also purchased from the Acme Machinery Co. a bolt heading machine for making bolts and rivets. A full equipment of pneumatic tools purchas- A Portion of the Pattern Shop of the Vancouver Engineering Works. ed from the Philadelphia Pneumatic Tool Co. has been ordered, and a Leyner compound steam, compound air, air compressor has been ordered to replace the one now in the shop, and in fact no expense has been spared to make these shops the most up-to date on the Coast and the very best tools have been purchased. The logging engine business, of course, for the last year was a large part of the work in these shops and a night crew was constantly employed to keep up with the orders. At the present time the shops have on hand a large contract for the Vancouver Power Company. This contract. consists in the making of the gates and steel intake pipes which go through the dam at Lake Beautiful, and also the furnishing of the pipe which runs from the dam down to the power house at the foot. This is the biggest pipe contract ever undertaken in British Columbia and a new equipment, consisting of punches, rolls and pneumatic tools, has been ordered to do this job and a new shop has been erected specially to undertake this work. This contract has to be finished by the first of the year and the shops will be kept exceedingly busy until it is completed. The manufacture of hydraulic steel rivetted pipe is a specialty of the company and large orders have been sent to Atlin, Dawson, Fish Creek Country, Big Bend Country and through the mining districts of the Boundary. These orders have been taken in competition with firms who make a specialty of this pipe and who do nothing else. The outlook for the future is very bright and no doubt with the superior equipment now in these shops, there will be no trouble in getting all the work that can be ^handled and thus enlarging one of the leading industries in the city of Vancouver. ELECTRIC LIGHT AND WATERWORKS PLANT AT KAMLOOPS, B. C. IN the year 1894 the corporation of the City of Kamloops decided to install and operate their own waterworks and electric lighting plants. One year later the waterworks was completed and in the spring of the following year the electric light plant was put in operation. The waterworks at that time consisted of two return tubular boilers, btiilt by the William Hamilton Manufacturing' Company, of Peterboro, Ont, and two duplex pumps, one being a Worthington with a capacity of 600 gallons per minute and the other a Northey underwriter's pump having a capacity of 900 gallons per minute as against a head of 160 lbs. pressure per square inch. The electric light plant consisted of one Robb-Armstrong, high speed, simple, automatic engine, cylinder diameter 13 inches, stroke 12 inches, running at 310 r.p.m, which was belted to a 60 k.w. United Electric Improvement Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.) alternator having a frequency of 125 cycles, 1,000 volts, at 680 r.p.m. The machinery was installed in one building and continued to give satisfaction until 1900, when the rapidly increasing demand for both water and light rendered the extension of plant necessary. After receiving the advice of Mr. Willis Chipman, C.E, of Toronto, the City Council decided to abandon the old site and construct complete new works. This was done, and in the fall of 1902 the new works were taken over; the old pumps and electric plant being removed to the new building. The power house is built of brick on granite and cement foundations, and has a frontage on Lome Street of 80 feet, with a depth of 60 feet, the interior being divided on longitudinal centre line by a brick fire wall extending the entire length, making on one side dynamo and engine room 60 ft. x 28 ft. 6 in, workshop 28 ft. 6 in. x 10 ft, office and lavoratory, etc, 28 ft. 6 in. x 10 ft.: on the other side the space is again divided by a brick partition, making pump room 28 ft. 6 in. x 30 ft. and boiler room 28 ft. 6 -in. x- 47 ft. The building is roofed with galvanized iron, with standing seams, laid on shiplap, the whole being carried by heavy timber trusses, by which the machinery can be hoisted for repairs, etc. The whole building is well designed and con- THE MINING RECORD. 799 and presents a very structed, comfortable and convenient, neat and attractive appearance. The new electric light plant consists of a Robb-Armstrong, tandem compound, condensing, side crank engine, cylinders 12 inches and 20 inches in diameter by 16-inch stroke, running at 210 r.p.m, which is connected to a Northy jet condenser. It is giving splendid satisfaction, making an actual saving of 1300 lbs. of coal per 12 hours run over the high-speed simple engine formerly used, and this when the engine is running under most disadvantageous conditions of light load, while the former engine was run under fairly good conditions, being for the greater part of the time well loaded. The saving will be more noticeable as the load is increased. This engine was manufactured and supplied by the Robb Engineering Company, of Amherst, N.S. It is belted to a Canadian General Electric standard 120 k.w. composite wound single phase alternator having a frequency of 125 cycles, 1000 volts, at a speed of 1070 r.p.m, and gives very close regulation. The switchboard is of blue Vermont marble, finely pol- lished and fitted with quick break switches, detachable fuse blocks, and Weston instruments in black oxide finish, the whole presenting a very handsome appearance. The lightning arresters, rheostats, transformers, etc, are mounted on the back of the board. The old board is temporarily set on one side. At the present time there are about 3,000 16 c.p lamps wired on the circuits, not including the street lights, but as current is supplied to the consumers by meter, the average load does not reach the capacity of the plant. The streets ' are lighted with series incandescent lamps, mounted on neat goose-neck brackets (supplied by Mun- derloh & Co, Montreal), placed at a height of 16 feet from the ground, and visitors say Kamloops streets are~very well lighted. The lamps are placed 250 feet apart and are wired on two circuits of 26 in series, 6 amperes across the primaries. There is also another circuit of 14 32 c.p. lamps in series, and in the outlying districts several 16 c.p. lamps are temporarily connected to the commercial secondaries. The old plant is installed on the other side of the engine room and forms a duplicate or reserve. This department is under the charge of City Electrician Fred J. Marshall, who has been in the employ of the city in that capacity for nearly eight years. T. A. Shackleton is second engineer. The waterworks, which are under the control of C. L. Wain, who .has been with the city for seven years, has also a reserve plant. The new high duty pumping engine was manufactured and supplied by the Smart Turner Machine Company, of Hamilton, Ont, and is a vertical cross-compound condensing Corliss pumping engine, the first of this type to be manufactured in Canada, and has a capacity of 1000 imperial gallons per minute against a head of 140 lbs. pressure per square inch. The pumps are placed immediately below the engine in the well, the concrete walls of which serve as foundations. The pumps are placed as near the water as practicable on account of the great difference between high 'and low water levels on the South Thompson River, from which the water is taken, about 600 feet distant from the power house. The water flows into the well through a syphon, 12 inches in diameter, there being a rise in level between the river and the well of two feet; after entering the well it has a drop of 18 feet to the bottom of the well, giving at extreme low water a-working head of nearly six feet; this was done to avoid expensive ditching across the flat. This syphon was designed by Mr. Willis Chipman and is giving good satisfaction. The pumping engine is run surface condensing, the discharge water from the pump being delivered through the condenser to the main, thus providing ample cooling medium without cost. This, of course, adds greatly to the effici-i ency. The condenser, air pump, hot well and boiler feed pump are placed in the basement in close proximity to the engine. The contract for this engine is not as yet completed, as the manufacturers desire to make another test to reach the guaranteed duty of one hundred and fifteen million foot pounds, which was very nearly attained on the previous trial. The water is delivered by the pump into the mains and thence to the reservoir, the mains being connected at the intersecting streets by special crosses, tees, and gate valves, thus giving complete control of the supply to any part of the town. The reservoir is on the hill immediately south of the town at an elevation of 280 feet, and gives a static pressure on the mains of 125 lbs. per square inch. It is excavated in the) ground, the soil' being a conglomeration of "hard pan" and gravel. The excavating was extremely difficult on account of the nature of the soil, digging being impossible, and the material could only be removed by blasting. The sides of the reservoir are built of Portland cement concrete sloping to the top, 48 inches thick at the bottom- and 24 inches at top. The floor or bottom of reservoir is dished and about 18 inches thick. This all received a coating of one inch of cement plaster, and was then repeatedly washed with cement wash to render it impervious. The capacity of the reservoir is 150,000 imperial gallons. It is covered with a strong shingled cottage roof and has a very attractive appearance. The boilers were also manufactured by the Robb Engineering Company and are the "Mumford standard boiler," a type which possesses a great many important points in their favour, and which so far have fully carried out the claims made for them by the manufacturers. They each have a guaranteed evaporation of 5,250 lbs. of water per hour from and at an initial temperature of 212 degrees Fahrenheit, and have a working pressure of 125 lbs. per square inch. They are self contained, having no brick setting, being cased in a sheet steel case covered with two inches of asbestos plaster to prevent radiation. The smoke stack was supplied with the boilers and is constructed of steel plates. It is 88 feet high and 45 inches in diameter, the first 40 ft. being of J^-inch plate and the remainder of 3-16 plate. It is erected outside the building on a solid granite and cement foundation 12 feet high, making the total height from ground-level to top of the stack 100 feet. The cost of the new building and plant, reservoir, mains, etc, was $50,000. The increased economy of operating the new plant compared with the old has resulted in a reduction of 5 per cent, on both water and light rates to the consumer.—Canadian Electrical News. PATENTS TO BRITISH COLUMBIA INVENTORS. Mr. Rowland Brittain, patent attorney, of Vancouver, sends us the following monthly report: V. D. Sibley, of Port Hammond, U. S, and Canadian patents on a wire snap hook. Hugh Condren, Vancouver, a British patent on his body indicating buoy. G. Cassidy, Vancouver, a U. S. patent on a sash-lifting device. Messrs. Smith Bros, the mattress manufacturers of Vancouver, have registered as a trade mark the word "Jumbo" to protect the mattress known by this name. C. B. Mansell, Vancouver, a U. S. patent on a hitching device. Two Canadian patents were issued this week to citizens of Vancouver, one to B. P. Vance et al, and the other to W J Cummings et al, both for the same purpose, viz, the saiving of wrecks sunk in water too deep for the operation of divers, yet each seeking to attain the desired result by entirely different means. Vance and his associates provide a drag, the particular construction of which permits it to encircle the vessel from stern to stem, and so designed that any hauling effort exercised om it tightens its hold on the hull and enables a lifting effort to be exercised on it without fear of the tackle being drawn off The inventors are men practically acquainted with wrecking work and they expect to be able at an early date to prove the efficiency of their tackle in actual work The invention of Cummings and his colleagues seeks to obtain a more positive lifting effort by passing slings under 800 THE MINING RECORD the vessel's hull and to enable this to be done provides a suitable braced tube having a curved lower end through which compressed air or other fluid may be discharged, which clears a passage under the vessel for a light line which, when the clearing operation is finished, is discharged through the tube and having a light buoy at its free end, rises to the surface on the other side of the hull and enables a stronger line to be passed through suitable for hauling the lifting slings by which the vessel may be raised. This device contains several ingenious features fitting it for the work it is required to perform. To enable the position of the sling to be correctly located, the same inventors have also designed a submarine telescope having electric searchlights which will enable the condition of the work to be examined from the surface as it proceeds. Mr. Brittain begs to notify his clients and the general public that he has moved his' office from the Bank of B. N. A. Building to more convenient and suitable quarters in the Fairfield Block, Granville Street, at the corner of Pender Street, opposite the post office. THE LUMBERING INDUSTRY. IN an interview published in the Rossland Miner, Mr. John G. Billings, manager of several sawmills, estimated that the exports of lumber from East and West Kootenay this year will not fall short of 200,000,000 feet; and this output, he added, is likely to be further increased next year by the addition of several large mills to the number of those now in operation. Lumbering is commencing, in fact, to rival mining inthe Kootenays in point of importance and rapid growth, ing in the Kootenays in point of importance and rapid growth. In the Revelstoke diserict, the Arrowhead Lumber Co. is besides is sawing some 20,000 feet a day. It is the intention to get out three million feet of logs this season. The new mill is to be equipped with a stock gang of forty saws. Another mill is also to be erected, of 60,000 feet capacity at Trout Lake. Lumbering, the Revelstoke Herald remarks, is at present the great industry on the Upper Columbia River and will' certainly assume ten times its present magnitude ere long. From Carnes Creek to Canoe River there is an immense growth of timber along the Columbia River and its tributaries. This timber consists mainly of cedar, but there are also considerable quantities of fir, spruce and pine, though much of the fir has been destroyed within the past few years by some fungoid disease. Montreal investors are reported to have just purchased several limits at Bigmouth Creek; American investors have been dealing for limits above Death Rapids, and negotiations are proceeding for the sale of the 30,000 acres between Goldstream and Bigmouth for $750,000, or at the rate of $25 an acre, including the freehold title to the land, much of which, when cleared of timber, will become valuable for agricultural and pastoral purposes, as these blocks include some of the most fertile lands in the Province. In connection with the export of lumber to Cape Town and South Africa good news has been received by Coast lumbermen. It is to the effect that a preferential tariff is being considered, and is likely to pass the Cape Legislature shortly, which will put British Columbia lumber on the favoured list. A preferential tariff will be made on imports from points within the British Empire, and this will mean that the big lumber trade of Cape Town and ports in Cape Colony and South Africa generally, which has heretofore been divided with mills of the United tSates, will hereafter come to British Columbia. It is expected that the B. C. mills, aided by the new tariff to be imposed when the legislation passes the South African House, will be able to secure all • the business of the growing markets in the south of Africa. 80,000 cases; three canneries on the Naas, 8,000 cases; four canneries on Rivers Inlet, about 70,000 Cases, and one cannery at Alert Bay, 15,000 cases. The Fraser River season has also been unsatisfactory, but the returns are not yet in. Mr. G. I. Wilson, secretary of the British Columbia Packers' Association, expresses" the opinion that the great falling off in the catch of sockeyes on the Fraser River is without doubt due to the fact that there are not sufficient hatcheries on the river to maintain the supply. Personally he is in favour of the Americans being allowed to contribute toward the establishment of more hatcheries on the river. He also favours the limiting of fishing licenses hereafter. This year there are licenses for 3,100 boats on the Fraser River and Gulf. Mr. Wilson avers that 2,000 boats only should be allowed to fish. He believes that with the curtailed number of boats the canners would receive as many fish as they do now, and furthermore he thinks that the fishermen would have better catches. We have since learned that the Fraser River pack to date is 177,992 cases. The following telegram has been sent to Ottawa by the Canners' Association: "Hon. Raymond Prefontaine, Minister of Marine and Fisheries, Ottawa. "The Fraser River Canners'- Association, in view of the lamentably short run of sockeyes on the Fraser River, and their entire absence from the spawning grounds, respectively pray that your department will prohibit all fishing on the Fraser from August 29 to September 12, inclusive, in order that the balance of the sockeyes remaining outside may be enabled to reach the spawning grounds and the hatcheries get some supply of spawn. If close season is not ordered, future industry seriously threatened. Immediate consideration and favourable reply requested in the interests of the canners and of the fishermen. (Sd.) W. D. Burdis, "Secretary." THE SALMON CANNING SEASON. The salmon Ashing season in northern waters closed early in August, the results this year being far from satisfactory, only about half the average pack being reported. On the Skeena River the eleven canneries put up approximately TRADE PROGRESS IN CANADA. IN the year 1880 the aggregate trade of Canada amounted to $174,000,000; in 1888 it was $202,000,000. By 1896 it had advanced to $239,000,000; in 1901 it was $396,000, and this year it reaches $424,000,000. These figures are noteworthy, not only for their size, but for their relative increase in two decades. The change in the character of our exports is an element to be borne in mind. Years ago the great item of Canada's export was lumber and timber, ranging from $25,000,000 to $30,000,000 a year in value. In 1873, it constituted one-third of all our home export; in 1881, 31 per cent, and as late as 1892 32 per cent, while the item of animals and their products, which attained such large proportions in recent years, was then quite subsidiary. For the last few years, two divisions of our export trade, live and dead meat, including dairy and field produce, have surpassed forest products in export value. Minerals form a much more considerable item of our outward trade. Exports of these last year, $34,497,000, were ten times what they were 20 years before. Our fishery product has developed, too, and manufactures shipped abroad have made strides which are illustrated if we compare the $16,000,000 and $18,090,000 of manufactures exported in 1901 and 1902 with the $3,000,000 of 1882 and the $6,000,000 of 1892 under the same category. The character of our import trade varied somewhat in the last twenty years. In 1882, out of total imports amounting to $111,145,000, we bought $50,356,000 worth from Great Britain and $47,006,000 worth from the United States. To-day out of total imports of $196,000,000 we buy only $49,000,000 worth from the Old Country and $114,740,000 worth from the States. That is to say, the proportion of our purchases from Great Britain was 45 per cent, in 1882, and 25.36 per cent, in 1902, while from the United States it was 42.33 per cent, in 1882, and has grown to 58.4 per cent, last year. Almost half these purchases from the States, however, were raw materials THE MINING RECORD. 801 m Mining Machinery.. Our experience in designing and installing complete plants has extended over a period of many years, and this experience together with the fact that we are in close touch with many eminent metallurgists places us in a position to supply our customers with machinery of the latest and most improved type, and with plans for its installation in accordance with up-to- date and practical methods of handling ore so as to obtain the best commercial as well as metallurgical results. COMPLETE POWER, LIGHTING, HEATING AND PUMPING PLANTS CHAS. C. MOORE &CO., Engineers PACIFIC COAST AGENTS FOR The Holthoff Machinery Co., CUDAHY, WIS. S MAIN OFFICE S3 FIRST ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL BRANCHES NEW YORK, 1303 Havemeyer Bldg. ISEATTLE, 2.8 Second Ave., So. LOS ANGELES, 321 Trust Building. Adver. No. 223. BAKER CITY, Oregon. SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. g for manufactures, such as ra,w cotton, crude rubber, wool, tobacco, hides, chemicals, besides steel rails and coal, and we must remember that these purchases by our manufacturers from the Americans have already gone to swell the aggregate of our 18,000,000 of manufactured goods sent abroad. The following is a resume of our domestic products exported : ^ Exported from Canada, 1902:— Produce of the mine $34,947,574 Fish and fishery product 14,143,294 Products of forest 32,119,429 Animals and their produce 59,161,209 Agricultural products 37,152,688 Manufactured goods 18,462,970 * FREIGHT AND SHIPPING REPORT. Messrs. R. P. Rithet & Co., Ltd., issue the following report for July: ' The high price at which wheat is held has brought the grain freight market practically to a standstill, rates showing a downward tendency all through the month. The farmers are asking as much f.o.b. as can be got c.f.i. U.K. and until some improvement in the grain situation abroad takes place it is impossible to quote rates. Lumber freight rates are slightly lower with few engagements reported. We quote freights as follows: Grain.—San Francisco to Cork, f.o., 14s. to 16s. 9d.; Portland to Cork, f.o., nominal; Tacoma and Seattle to Cork, nominal. Lumber.—British Columbia or Puget Sound to Sydney, 30s. to 31s. 3d.; Melbourne or Adelaide, 35s. to 37s. 6d.; Port Pirie, 33s. 9d. to 35s.; Fremantle, 45s. to 47s. 6d.; Shanghai, 35s. to 37s. 6d.; Kiao-Chau, 40s.; Taku, 38s. 9d. to 41s. 3d.; Vladivostock, 40s.; West Coast, S. A., 30s. to 32s. 6d.; South Africa, 54s. to 55s.; U. K. or Continent, 50s. to 51s. 3d. - ^@^w^ . - fc=»l -.■■Dim-.- EJ:1 -■:- E r mom-:- [il k droit-:- |-^| PROVINCIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE. HIS HONOUR the Lieutenant-Governor in Council has been pleased to make the following appointment:— 20th August, 1903. Benjamin W. Leeson, of Yreka, Esquire, to be Mining Recorder of the Quatsino Mining Division, with recording office at the said place, vice Mr. E. E. Potts, resigned. PULP AND PAPER MANUFACTURE. There seems now to be some likelihood of an early commencement of pulp and paper manufacture in British Columbia. According to a report the statement is attributed to Air. J. J. Palmer, of Toronto, that within the next sixty days the work of building a large mill on the Coast, probably on Princess Royal Island, will be started. Mr. Palmer is associated with an English syndicate which recently acquired valuable timber limits in this neighbourhood, and thirty-two timber cruisers have since been engaged in surveying the property. The proposed mill is to have an initial capacity of 100 tons a day. Mr. Palmer expresses the opinion that the British Columbia "pulp" timber is infinitely superior to the Eastern Canadian growths, and expects consequently to manufacture from it an exceedingly fine grade of paper. XIV THE MINING RECORD. WIRE 1 DON'T BUY UNTIL YOU HAVE WRITTEN TO US FOR PRICES AND PARTICULARS. Wi I Ixi M e 5L Cr\ of London, England, Wire Rope Manufacturers, IIKIIIO <X V#U., Established 1850, are known throughout the MINING WORLD. The wire used in their rope is made from steel specially- prepared to insure absolute reliability. The preferential tariff permits of our quoting low prices on all descriptions of Steel Wire Ropes. A large- stock of the principal sizes kept on hand at Victoria and Vancouver for immediate delivery. Our stock includes a full line of Logging Ropes, Ships Rigging and Hawsers. ROBERT WARD & CO., LIMITED, Agents. VICTORIA and VANCOUVER, B. C. Telegraphic address—ROBEB.TUS. The Hall Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. NELSON, B. C. SMELTING DEPARTMENT ■ Purchases CORRER ORE, LEAD ORE, DRY ORE. fUK oALli. 27,300 feet of best patent improved crucible steel wire rope, 1 in. diameter 6x16 Manilla core Lang lay. This rope was imported under specially favourable opportunities in a car lot and as it is not now required, it will be sold at a sacrifice. THE HALL MINING & SMELTING CO.Ltd. NELSON. B. C. E. Gh PRIOR, & CO., Sole Agents for B. C. for LIMITED LIABILITY. The Celebrated MORTON'S " B. C." DRILL STEEL. This Steel is used by the largest mines in British Columbia and Australia after having been severely tested by them against all other makes. Also Wm. Cook & Co's. Wire Ropes for Mining and Logging purposes. Rails, Bar and Plate Iron, Hammers, Handles, &c. Send for Prices. THE MINING RECORD. XV 9 I EC Mo 0—The Stick that stirs success is "Stick at it!'"; ' *"* I ^1 "W ■ 4_. Even to the oyster there comes an opening when least expected you know. We have gathered the scattered curves of this business into a circle and can now "deliver the goods" in the office line. Everyone practically in business now uses a typewriter, but few have a. . . . Revalk Noiseless Typewriter Pad. It reduces noise and vibration by a large percentage.' Price $1.50 each, postage prepaid. Imitation Hand or Typewritten Letters can be reproduced on the ELLAITS DUPLICATOR so that each copy is almost like an original letter. Hundreds of copies can be made from one stencil, in Black, Blue or Purple Ink. MACKENZIE URQUHART, Commercial Stationer, 412 Granville St., Vancouver, B.C. ALBION IRON WORKS, CO., LTD. .- '§ I VICTORIA, B.C. I S Engineers, Boilermakers, Iron and Brass Founders, Stove Manufacturers. All kinds of Land and Marine Engines. Boilers of all kinds up to 15' diameter. Pumps, Hoists, Ore Cars, Smelter Castings, Logging Engines, Centrifugal Pumps, Air Compressors. Specialists in Screw Pro- pellors, Patent Cannery Retorts. All kinds and sizes of Stoves,, Lillooet, Fraser River & Cariboo Goldfields, Ltd* (IN LIQUIDATION.) To be sold by private tender, pursuant to directions of the Liquidators. The following properties situate in the Kootenay and Yale Districts, Province of British Columbia. "A"—LANARK GROUP, comprising 15 Crown-granted mineral claims, or fractional claims, situate in the lllecillewaet Mining Division, Group One, Kootenay District, Province of British Columbia, and more particularly described in the official Form of Tender. Together with all rights as holders of such mineral claims under the "Mineral Act." "B"—ALPHA GROUP, comprising 9 Crown-granted mineral claims, or fractional mineral claims, situated in the Trout Lake Mining Division, Group One, Kootenay District, Province of British Columbia, and more particularly described in - the official Form of Tender. Together with all rights as holders of such mineral claims under the "Mineral Act." Also two blocks of Land, originally taken up as alternative sites for concentrating mill or smelter, viz.:— (10) Lot 1,144, Group One, Kootenay District, Province of British Columbia, containing one hundred and sixty (160) acres. This land block is situated just west of Ferguson townsite, at the foot of the Great Northern Mountain, upon which the Alpha Group is located. (11) Lot 2,449, Group One, Kootenay District, British Columbia, containing one hundred and sixty (160) acres. This land block is situated about two miles north-easterly from Ferguson, on the north fork of the Lardeau River, at the foot of Great Nortfiern Mountain. "C"—NETA Mineral Claim, being Lot 906, Group One, Osoyoos Division of Yale District, Province of British Columbia, together with all rights as holders of such mineral claim under the "Mineral Act." This claim is situated in what is known as "Brown's Camp," in the Boundary district. "D"—QUEEN OF SPADES Mineral Claim, being Lot 995, Group One, Osoyoos Division of Yale District, Province of British Columbia, together with all rights as holders of such mineral claim under the "Mineral Act." This claim is situated in what is known as "Central Camp" in the Boundary District. "E"—CITY OF SPOKANE Mineral Claim, being Lot 804, Group One, Kootenay District, Province of British Columbia, together with all rights as holders of such mineral claim under the "Mineral Act." This claim is sold subject to and with the benefit of an Indenture of Lease referred to in the official . Form of Tender, and is situated in the Rossland Camp, in Centre Star Gulch, on the east slope of Red Mountain and on the west slope of Monte Cristo Mountain. "F"—NORTH STAR Mineral Claim, being Lot 797, Group One, Kootenay District, Province of British Columbia, together with all rights as holders of such mineral claim under the "Mineral Act." This mineral claim is situated in the Rossland Camp on Columbia and Kootenay Mountain. LANDS on Galena Bay, Upper Arrow Lake. "G"—Lot 773 (part), Group One, Kootenay District, Province of British Columbia, containing three hundred and ninety- five (395) acres. This block of land originally contained 400 acres, but five acres have been deeded to other parties. "H"—Lot 2,445, Group One, Kootenay District, Province1 of British Columbia, containing two hundred and ten (210) acres. "I"—Lot 2,446, Group One, Kootenay District, Province of British Columbia, containing forty-one (41) acres. Tenders are to be sent in duplicate, the original to Mr. J. V. ARMSTRONG, Revelstoke, not later than the 15th day of August, 1903, and at the same time a duplicate to the Liquidators, College Hill Chambers, College Hill, London, England, postage prepaid. Particulars and conditions of sale and forms of tender may be obtained gratis of the Liquidators, College Hill Chambers, College Hill, London, E.C, and J. V. ARMSTRONG, Revelstoke, British Columbia. Dated 15th day of June, 1903. XVI THE MINING RECORD. BRITISH COLUMBIA THE MINERAL PROVINCE OF eftNftDH. Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Coal, Coke, Oil Iron, Mercury, Platinum, etc. The Mines of British Columbia have produced nearly $180,000,000. Amount and Vai,ue of Mineral Products for 1900, 1901 and 1902. - Customary Measure 1900. 1901. 1902. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Gold, lode Silver • 63,936 167,153 3,958,175 9.997.080 63,358,621 1,439,595 85,149 $ 1,278,724 3.453,38i 2,309,200 1,615,289 2,691,887 4,3i8,785 425,745 251,740 48,505 210,384 5,151,333 27,603,746 51,582,906 1.460.331 127,081 $ 970,100 4,348,603 2,884,745 4,446,963 2,002,733 4,380,993 635,405 417,238 53,657 236,491 3,917,917 29,636,057 22,536,381 1,397,394 128,015 $ 1,073,140 * t 4,888,269 <> 1,941,328 Pounds 3,446,673 t i Tons, 2,240 lbs 824,832 Coal 4,192,182 Coke 640,075 480,051 $i6,344.75il $ 20,086,780 $ 17,486,550 GOLD.—Placer gold mining, which in early days formed the chief mineral industry of the province, and made it famous all the world over, still continues to be important, while improved methods of working the gravel deposits, together with cheaper transportation and cost of mining, have rendered the working of large deposits, long known to exist, now profitable where previously impossible. The area of country known to contain placer gold is enormous and has only, been touched, leaving still virgin ground well worth the prospecting for this, the- only class of "poor man's mine." Recent discoveries of new placer fields in the Atlin district, the Cassiar district, and the large extent of unworked deposits in the Cariboo district, are proof that the field is not yet exhausted, and promise a revival of this important industry. HYDRAULIC MINING plants costing large amounts of money are being installed in Atlin, Cassiar, Omineca and Cariboo, at points widely separated, indicating the extent of the gold deposits. One company recovered $350,000 in gold during 1900. DREDGING FOR GOLD is receiving deserved attention, and dredges are at work on the Fraser, Thompson, Quesnel and other rivers, on all of which streams good ground may yet be obtained. LODE GOLD MINING is now being prosecuted in various parts of the province, and in certain instances very successfully, notably at Ymir, Cariboo-McKinney and elsewhere. GOLD-COPPER ORES are being extensively worked at Rossland by the Le Roi, War Eagle and associated companies, while other mines in the camp are rapidly becoming important producers. The tonnage of this camp alone in 1902 was 329,534 tons, and there will be an increase this year. SILVER-LEAD—In 1900 the silver production >was $2,309,- 200 and the. lead production $2,691,887. Since that time the mining of silver-lead ores has been somewhat suspended owing to temporarily unfavourable market prices. COPPER.—Copper is being produced to a limited extent" at Rossland, where the chief value of the ore is in gold, but the feature of.this branch of the industry is the development and mining of a large tonnage of low-grade copper ores in the Boundary district, of which there seems to be an almost unlimited amount. The output of ore from this district alone amounted to 521,402 tons in 1902. The Coast district will this coming year show a very considerable copper production from the Vancouver Island and Texada Island mines. Prospecting for copper is receiving great attention, and the discoveries made on the Coast, in the Similkameen Valley, etc., give great promise. IRON.—With the great probability of an iron-smelting plant on the Northern Pacific Coast in tne near future, what promise to be extensive bodies of magnetite iron ore have been developed on the Coast, while other deposits of iron ore are now under development in the Goat River and Fort' Steele mining divisions, and still other bodies occur near Kamloops. COAL AND COKE.—In 1901 the Vancouver Island collieries made a net output of 1,173,893 tons of coal and 20,178 tons of coke. In 1902 the Crow's Nest collieries made a net output of 223,501 tons of coal, and 107,873 tons of coke. In 1903 this output will be doubled at the least. These mines alone are putting out from 1,000 to 2,000 tons of coal per diem. Of the total output of 1902 776,808 tons of coal and 38,780 tons of coke were exported, chiefly to the United States. The remainder was consumed in local smelters and other industries. SMELTERS.—In the province there are smelters in active operation at Trail,* Nelson, Grand Forks, Greenwood, Boundary Falls, Van Anda, Ladysmith and Crofton; while this coming year will probably see one erected in East Kootenay. Refineries are yet lacking, but the building of at least one is pretty well assured. CAPITAL.—Capital can now find here many excellent opportunities for investment, as the values placed on mines and undeveloped properties has reached a reasonable basis. If proper business care is used, and the experience of competent men utilized, these investments should be as safe as well as profitable. MINERAL LANDS.—Mineral lands are open to location to any person over 18 years of age, who has obtained a free miner's certificate, and perfect title to lode claims can be easily secured after $500 worth of work has been done per claim. A great extent of territory has yet to be prospected. For information, reports, bulletins, etc., address The Hon. the Minister of Mines, VICTORIA, B.C W. F. Robertson, Provincial Mineralogist VICTORIA, B. C. JAMES BRADY, Dominion and Provincial Land Surveyor Mining Engineer. Properties surveyed, examined and reported on. Agent for procurin Crown grants. GOLDEN, B. C. CHAS. E. OLIVER, M. E. HEDLEY, B. C. Properties in the Similkameen carefully sampled and reported on. . I have the handling of three of the standard properties of Camp Hedley and solicit correspondence from any first-class mining man or corporation regarding same. s. m. McGregor, b.a. sc. w. d. McGregor, m. e. McGregor & co., MININGand CIVIL ENGINEERS ^, —.-.».«,., n ^v and LAND SURVEYORS. SLOCAN, B. C Reports on Mines and Prospects. I Act as agents in doing assessment work, applying for Crown grants and in taking general charge of preliminary development "work. \f |\/| I J is one of the most promising, gold camps in 1 VI ft British Columbia and now offers many capital opportunities for profitable investment. For further particulars write PERCY J. GLEAZER, MINING BROKER AND AGENT, YMIR, B. C. iOode—Moreing & Neal's. WI!. M. BREWER, fllNING ENGINEER, Molsons Bank Building, J. McLELLAN, TEL. 846 OGDEN ASSAY CO. . Associate Royal School of Mines, London. Mining Engineer and Assayer, TROUT LAKE CITY, B. C. reliable: assays Gold $ .75 I Gold and Silver $1.00 Lead 75 I Gold, Silver, Copper 1.50 SArtPLES BY MAIL RECEIVE PROflPT ATTENTION. Gold and Silver refined and bought 1725 Arapahoe Street, Denver, Colorado. THE STUART ROBERTSON CO., Ltd., Successors to A. W. MORE & CO. MINING AND STOCK BROKERS Codes used: Bedford-McNeil's, Moreing & Neals, Clough's, and A.B.C, Fourth Edition. 23 BROAD STREET, - - VICTORIA, B. C. WILLIAM A. BAUER, Dominion & Provincial Land Surveyor Surveys of Mines, Mineral Claims and Crown Lands. Crown Grants obtained and Assessments managed for absentees. Offices-FERGUSON and VANCOUVER, B.C. WALTER E. SEGSWORTH Licensed Provincial Assayer f Control Assays and Supervision of Ore Shipments a Specialty GREENWOOD, B. C. T. J. SMITH, MINING BROKER. Syndicates and Companies formed to develop mining claims Secretary Vancouver Mining Stock Exchange. 611 Hastings Street West, VANCOUVER, B. C A. A. WATSON, B. 5c. PROVINCIAL ASSAYER, VERNON, B. C. Analyst and Mineralogist Honours Graduate in Chemistry, Victoria University, England. Reports made on Mining Properties. Seven years experience in Australia. South America. England and B. C. Assay Charges—Gold, $i; Silver, $i; Copper, {2; Lead, $1 ; Gold and Sil ver, $1.50 ; Gold and Copper, $2.50 ; Gold, Silver and Copper, $3 ; Gold, Silver Copper and Lead, $3 50; Complete analysis of any ore, $10. -SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SAMPLES BY MAIL"^K1 Cecil M. Bryant, A.R.S M., A.I.M.M. E. Philip Gilman, A.R.S.M., F.G.S Pellew-Harvey, Bryant & Gilman PROVINCIAL ASSAYERS. The Vancouver Assay Office and Ore Testing Works. Established 1890. MILL,. SMELTER, CONCENTRATION AND CYANIDE TESTS. Reliable reports on mining properties. Complete analyses of Ores and Coal Victoria Office : 4 View Street (Opposite Driard Hotel.) CHRIS. OUTHETT, Associate of Royal College of Science, London, England. Inland Assay Office, KAMLOOPS, B.C. Ip Provincial Assayer. Mineral and Coal Analysis a specialty. Reports made on Mining Properties Mail samples receive prompt attention. XVIII THE MINING RECORD. ALLIS ,;■?,,■:■■,' -,r ;■■■■■;,■■■, ■,;■ ;//• V!n■"■■■ v. ;.-.:■.'.■. v.''' =g^ _^Sjl§|CgS|gjMK JTO THE EI^S»^.'^Oa^ifef-' "' IHFBASER ^^^^BERS,7? ^BATES rRdiJtH^^ mtWAOnsft.'-SBSiv. CHICAGO, BX. tajiCAGft, iii» ■ DICKSON M'F'G CO., nmfrcryifniigmK SOLE BUILDERS OF Gates re Breakers NEW FEATURES IN Construction OF Great Importance TO CRUSHER USERS Saves 20 Per Cent Complete Crushing Plants Designed and Equipped Our 25 Years' Experience Is at Your Service I BRANCH OSfoCESyf NEW YORK, Empire Bldg. BOSTON, Board of Trade Bldg. PITTSBURG, Flick Building inHHEAPOLIB, Cora Exchange Bldg. DENVER, 1649 Tremont Street SAIT LAKE CITY, 20? 8.W. Temple St SPOKANE, Washington GBKBRAL LONDON, ERG., 533 Salisbury Hoase OFFICE OT<^0,WILUJ.S.A JOHAHNESBURG, South Africa &9S BRAlT<at OFFICES: SAH FEA5CISCO, Haywarf Bldg. SEATTLE, Lumber Exchange Bldg.i CHARLOTTE, H. d^Htfit Bldg. MEW ORLEANS, Hetraen Bldg. ATLANTA, GA., Equitable Bldg. B0TTE, MONT., 51 E. Broadway THE MINING RECORD. ; GATES IRON WORKS, BUILDERS OF AIR COMPRESSORS We build high-grade air compressors for all purposes, and compressors of special design to meet the requirements of mining service. Our compressors are built in two styles, with Riedler mechanically controlled valves, and also with Reynolds automatic valves. TWO STAGE RIEDCER AIR COMPRESSOR The above cut illustrates a compressor built for the Anaconda Copper Mining Company, Montana, and the Broken I Hill Proprietary Co., Australia, capacity about 7,ioo cubic feet free air per minute. We make a specialty of compressors arranged to be driven either by steam or electricity. We also build three . and four stage compressors for unusually high delivery pressure. ( We are the largest builders in the world of blowing engines for metallurgical purposes, and there are in constant operation to-day more than 200 large blowing engines of our manufacture. gpEBRANCHl^ICSSr' - ^KfdRK,:Et^^|^^ BOSTON, Boaid|§|3'ia<fe BMp»!j PHTSBORff, ffl<9^B)iitith8E.#g WHHEAPOLIS, Com Exchange Bldg. DENVER, iMSl^owmt StSSm |^MSK^Kry,209^P««npleSt. GENERAL owiimmlm MMfflmMMmA LOUDON, RHO, 5U Sajhbors JBbnue - II JOHABNESB0i^V)S^5M*|| ' BRANCH OFFICESiigg SANPRAHCI8C0, itarwrt.sii^g SEATTLE, Lumber Exchange Bldg.i CHARLOTTE, JT. ft, Trust BB|f|||l NEW ORLEANS, Hennen BW^^B ^9§lipi|:|bA., Equitable BhJ^M XX THE MINING RECORD. Capital of British Columbia, Pacific Ocean Terminus Railway, and the Great Northern The Canadian Gateway to the Orient, the Sandwich Islands, Australia, New Zealand, etc. The starting point of steamship lines to the Yukon, Atlin and Cassiar Gold Fields, and the Canadian port of call for tourists on the lines between San Francisco and Alaska. TEMPERATURE 1902. i Highest Lowest Mean. Mean. Victoria 67.6 London, Eng 68.1 Torquay, Eng 65.5 RAINFALL 1902. 35-4 3i-5 38.5 Inches. ii j Victoria 26.45 London, Eng 20.84 Torquay, Eng 30.22 The Province covers a superficial area of 381,000 square miles abounding in minerals, timber, fish and game in endless variety. The opportunities for the profitable investment of capital are practically unlimited, and the markets for the disposal of metals, lumber, fish and agricultural products lie waiting in Russia, Japan, China, India and Australasia. The tourist will find mountain scenery and mountain climbing unequal- of Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian Northern Railway ofthe United States. led in the old world—a new field for exploration—and the sportsman with first class hotels as bases of operation may penetrate a new world in his pursuit of the bear, the panther, the elk or the mountain goat. The City of Victoria is becoming widely noted for the beauty of its situation, its homes and its surroundings ; so that the number of strangers arriving, for short visits and for permanent residence, continue growing annually larger. Of its beauty H.R.H. the Duke of York said: "The most beautiful place we have seen in our journey around the world," and the following may be quoted from the correspondence of Mr. E. P. Knight, of the London Morning Post: "One would fain have stayed longer, for of all the cities that have been visited in the course of this long Royal progress the fair capital of British Columbia seems to me the one which the Englishman would most gladly make his home. * * * Never in the environs of any other city have I seen such a glory of flowers as surrounded each of these lovely homes." Pamphlets containing views of local scenery and information of interest to investors, tourists, hunters and amusement seekers may be obtained by addressing the Clerk of the Municipal Council, Victoria, British Columbia. To The Klondike Gold Fields, via. THE WHITE PASS AND YUKON ROUTE. The Klondike Mining District is now so well known that a detailed description is unnecessary. The output of gold from this district has increased steadily year by year. In 1900 the yield was about twenty million dollars, and in 1901 about thirty million dollars. With the larger areas covered and newer methods adopted by practical miners, the Klondike will prove to be a rich and prosperous camp for many years to come. The great reduction in freight and passenger rates brought about by completion of the railroad from Skagway to White Horse with its connecting line of steamers for all interior Yukon and other points including Stewart River and the Tanana, has enabled the miners to reach and work many claims which previously could not be worked with a profit. W^B'-. For information about routes, rates, tickets, maps or printed matter, address : TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT, White Pass & Yukon Route, Vancouver, B.C. Canadian Pacific Navigation Company, Ltd. Steamers leave Victoria and Vancouver as follows: 11 Victoria=Vancouver Route. Leave Victoria daily 1 a.m. Leave Vancouver daily 1.15 p.m. West Coast, Vancouver Island Route. Leave Victoria n p.m., ist, ioth and 20th day of month. Northern British Columbia Coast Route. Leave Victoria 11 p.m., ist and 15th day of month. Leave Vancouver 2 p.m., 2nd and 16th day of month. Alaska Route. Steamships leave Victoria 11 p.m. ist and 15th day of month, leave Vancouver 8 p.m. 2nd and 16th day of month for Ketchikan and Skagway connecting with the White Pass and Yukon Route for Atlin, Dawson, and Yukon River Points. J. W. TROUP, Manager. E. J. COYLE, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent, Victoria. Vancouver. THE MINING RECORD. XXI PROFESSIONAL ADVERTISEMENTS. POGSON, PELOUBET & CO. Public Accountants NEW YORK 20 BROAD STREET CHICAGO MARQUETTE BUILDING ST. LOUIS CHEMICAL BUILDING BUTTE HENNESSY BUILDING Audits op Books and Accounts, Systems of Bookkeeping or. Costs, Financial Examinations, Etc. I^"" ^^ "ihi^^^'" WCEBAUGH RiJDt 3 ANALYTICAL 3- CONSULTING4 7gw.2"3*sf SALT L AKLhCfTY § R. MAYNARD Importer and dealer in all kinds ot Photographic Supplies Also Amateur Outfits, Kodaks, Hawkeyes, Premos, Pocos.etc, Imperial, Cramer and Hammer ^1 PANDORA St. Plates, Aristo-Platino, Solio, Klo- ro, Velox and Dekho Papers Victoria, B. C. "bos .EKfipAiro ?ntJBN&t ESTABLISHED 1866 The Leading Mining Periodical of the World. Subscription in Advance - - $5.00 a Year When you want books, order of us. Any book on this List, or any others published, will be forwarded promptly. Ore Deposits, compilation $i oo Outline of Qualitative Chemical Analysis. By J. A. Miller i 50 A New Basis for Chemistry. By Dr. Thomas Sterry Hunt 2 00 Matte Smelting. By Herbert Lang 2 00 Report Book lor Mining Engineers. By A. G. Charleton 2 00 Traverse Tables. By H. Louis and G. W. Caunt 2 00 Prospecting, Locating and Valuing Mines. By R. H. Stretch, Lib. cloth. 2 00 Flexible Morocco (pocket size) 2 50 Chemical and Geological Essays. By Dr. Thomas Sterry Hunt 250 Practical Notes on the Cyanide Process. By Francis L. Bosqui 2 50 Stamp Milling of Gold Ores. By T. A. Rickard 2 50 Lead and Copper Smelting and Copper Converting. By H. W. Hixon.... 3 00 Production and Properties of Zinc. By Walter Renton Ingalls 3 00 Gold Mines ofthe World. By J. H. Curie 3 50 Man ual of Qualitative Blowpipe Analysis. By F. M. Endlich 4 00 Mining Accidents and Their Prevention By Sir F. A. Abel 4 00 Cyanide Practice. By Alfred James 5 00 Manufacture and Properties of Structural Steel. By H. H. Campbell 5 00 Modern Copper Smelting. By Or. E. D. Peters, Jr 5 00 j Ore Deposits of the United States. By Prof. J. F". Kemp 5 00 Systematic Mineralogy. By Dr. Thomas Sterry Hunt. -. 5 00 The Mineral Industry, Volume XI. (just published) 5 00 The Mineral Industry, Vol. I, $2.50; Vols. II. to XI, each 5 00 Mining and General Telegraphic Code. By Bedford McNeill 6>i Terminal Index for use with McNeill's Code 2 The Metallurgy of Lead. By Prof. H. O. Hoffman Metallurgy of Zinc. By W. R. Ingalls Ore Dressing and Concentration. By Prof. R. H. Richards The Metallurgy of Steel. By Prof. Henry M. Howe Its No Good Advertising in the British Press Unless you understand how to approach the British public. The best way to do this is to Employ an Up=to=Date Advertising Expert Who can advise you and do your business at Lowest Possible Rates. Quoted by newspapers themselves. Let us know what you want and we will be pleased to assist you. C. J. WALKER'S British and Canadian Press Bureau, 24 Coleman St., London, E. C. BUY VANCOUVER eiTY REHL ESTATE You Cannot Make a Safer Investment. WRITE FOR PARTICULARS. Money Invested for Clients on First Mort gages on Best Business Property to yield 5 per cent, to 6 per cent. IpErcy w. charleson INVESTMENT BROKER, ™Hastinas st • v™»ovbr, ».<*. NOTARY PUBLIC FOR BRITISH COLOMBIA. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. References, Dun or Bradstreets Agencies, Canadian Bank of Commerce. P.O. BOX 187 XXII THE MINING RECORD. BRITISH COLUMBIA WHOLESALE SUPPLY HOUSES, ETC. Weiler's for Fine Furnishings. China Cabinet. Many fine odd pieces of furniture far Dining Room, Parlor, Library or Hall. Write to us for illustra.- tions or any information you may desire regarding the furnishing of your home. Our large experience is at your disposal free. Some of our suggestions may meet with your approval — only give us some idea as to your tastes and about the price you wish to pay. Our stock is by far the largest in the West—Do not take our word for it, but come and see. Weiler Bros., Artistic Persian and Turkey Rugs, Axminster, Wilton and Smyrna Art Squares and Rugs. Brussels and Tapestry Carpets made up with borders in many sizes—Several grades. Kensington all-wool squares for bedrooms. At prices no higher than you pay for inferior articles. Complete Furnishers, VICTORIA, B.C. R. P. RITHET <Sl CO. Wholesale Merchants, Shipping & Insurance Agents, Proprietors of Victoria Wharf, Columbia Flouring Mill ; agents for Victoria Lumber and Manufacturing Company, Cheminus, V.I.; Pacific Coast Steamship Co., San Francisco. WHARF STREET. VICTORIA, B. C TURNER, BEETON & CO'Y Victoria, Vancouver, and Nelson, B. C. and at H. C. Beeton & Co., 33 Finsbury Circus, London, England. Manufacturers of Clothing, Etc., Etc. Dry Goods, Liquors, Cigars, Flour, Etc. Wholesale Merchants. Telegraphic Addkessei Goods indented from all parts ofthe world. ' 'TURNER," Victoria; " BEETON," London; " TURBEET," Vancouver and Nelson THE MINING RECORD. XXIII BANKING ESTABLISHMENTS, ETC. INCORPORATED BY AC OF PARLIAMENT. estabushemw. BANK OF MONTREAL. HEAD OFFICE: - - MONTREAL. CAPITAL all paid up, $12,000,000.00 RESERVE FUND, $7,000,000.00. UNDIVIDED PROFIT, $427,180.80. Board of Directors—Rt. Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, G. C. M. G., President. Hon. G. A. Drummond, Vice-President A. J\ Paterson, Esq.; Edward B. Greenshirids, Esq.; Sir William C. Macdonald; R. B. Angus,Esq.; A. F. Gault, Esq ; James Ross, Esq.; R. G. Reid, Esq. £. S. CLOUSTON General. Manager A. MACNIDER Chief Inspector and Superintendent of Branches *. S- CLOUSTON Inspector of Branch Returns BRANCHES Province or Ontario—Almonte, Belleville, Brantford, Brockville, Chatham, Cornwall, Deseronto, Fort William, Goderich, Guelph, Hamilton, Kingston, Lindsay, London, Ofawa, Perth Pe'erboro, Picton, Samia, Stratford, ■Bt. Mary's Toronto, Tot onto Yonge St. Branch, Wallaceburg. Province of Quebec—Montreal: West End Br., Seigneurs St. Br., Point St. Charles; Quebec. Lower Provinces—Chatham, N.B.; Frederickton, N.B.; Moncton, N.B. St. John N.B.; Amherst, N.S.; Halifax, N.S.; Sydney, N.S. Province of Manitoba and North-West Territories—Winnipeg, Man.; Calgary, Alberta; Lethbridge, Alberta; Regina, Assiniboia. Province of British Columbia—Greenwood, Nelson, New Denver, New Westminster, Rossland, Vancouver, Vernon, Victoria. In NEWFOtWDLAND-St. John's, Nfld., Bank of Montreal. [ F, W- TAYLOR Assistant Inspector JAMES AIRD Secretary [ Montreal-H. V- MEREDITH Manager IN CANADA: In Great Britain—London, Bank of Montreal, 22 Abchurch Lane, E.C, Alexander Lang, Manager. IntheUnitkd States—rNew York—R. Y. Hebden and J. M. Greata, Agents, 59 Wall Street; Chicago—Bank of Montreal. Bankers in Great Britain-London—The Bank of England, the Union Bank of London, the London & Westminster Rank the National Prov. Bank of England. Liverpool—The Bank of Liverpool, Ltd. Scotland—Tha British Linen Company Bank and Branches. Bankers in the United States—New York—The National City Bank, The Bank of New York, N.B.A. Bosten—The Merchants' National Bank, J. B. Moors & Co. Buffalo—The Marine Bank, Buffalo. San Francisco—The First National Bank, The Bank of British Columbia, The Anglo-Californian Bank. Portland, Oregon—The Bank of British Columbia. THE) CANADIAN BANK OK COMMERCE. I M With Which is Amalgamated Tlie Bank of British Columbia. HEADOFFICE: TORONTO. Paid Up Capital f $ 8,7oo,ooo Rest 3,ooo,ooo Aggregate Resources Over 7o,ooo,ooo HON. GEO. A. COX, President. B. E. WALKER, General Manager. ALEX. LAIRD, Asst. General-Manager. LONDON OFFICE: 60 LOMBARD ST., E. C. The Bank has 105 branches well distributed throughout the Dominion and elsewhere, including the following in British Columbia and the Yukon District: Atlin, Greenwood, Nelson, Vancouver, Cranbrook, Kamloops, New Westminster, Victoria. Dawson Ladysmith White Horse. Fernie, Nanaimo, BRANCHES IN THE UNITED STATES. New York, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle Skagway. Every description of banking business transacted. Letters of credit on all parts of the world. Exceptional facilities for handling gold dust. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Deposits' of $1.00 and upwards received and interest paid at current rates. Victoria B. C, GEO. GILLESPIE, Manager BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ESTABLISHED 1886. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1840. Paid Up Capital, £1,000,000 Sterling. Reserve Fund, $1,898,000 LONDON, ENG., OFFICES, 5 GRACECHURCH STREET, E. C. BRANCHES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA : Victoria, Vancouver, Rossland, Kaslo, Ashcroft, Greenwood. Also at the Gold Fields—DAWSON CITY. A Savings Bank Department Has Been Establi Highest Price Paid for Gold Dust and Amalgam. shed n Connection With the Victoria Branch. W. T. OLIVER, Mgr., Victoria, B. C. MICHIGAN COLLEGE OF MINES. F. W. McNAIR, President. A State Institution located in and making use of an active mining district. For Year Book giving list of graduates and their occupations apply to President or Secretary. Houghton, Michigan. PATENTS, Caveats, Designs, Copyrights and Trade Marks obtained in Canada and all foreign countries. ROWLAND BRITTAIN, Registered Patent Attorney and' Mechanical Engineer. - Write for full information and references. Satisfaction guaranteed. Room 3, Fairfield Block, Granville St., near Post Office. VANCOUVER B.C M. R. SMITH & COMPANY LIMITED. Established 1858. Manufacturers of High Class Biscuits ^ Confectionery Gold Medals awarded at Royal Agricultural Exhibition '95, '96, '97, '98. Medal and Diploma awarded at Colonial and Indian Exhibitions. Silver Medals at Provincial Exhibitions, 1886. BRANCH- VICTORIA, B, C. 430 CORDOVA STREET, VANCOUVER. XXIV THE MINING RECORD. TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES AND HOTELS. The Pleasure of Travel Is fully realized in travelling on the Canadian Pacific Railway. By its lines can be reached all Canadian Points, and its arrangement with American Railroads enable its agents to issue tickets to all points in the United States. It operates its own Sleeping and Dining Cars, and has its own Hotels and Steamships. Its magnificent scenery and the excellence of its service has made it the favorite route across the American Continent. Illustrated publications, as to its route, Banff, Yoho Valley, Glacier, &c. sent on application to any agent. H. H, ABBOTT, Agent, VICTORIA, B. C. Or to E. J. COYLE, Ass't General Passenger Agent, VANCOUVER B. C. Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway. TIME TABLE NO. 48. Northbound. Daily. Leave. a.m. Victoria 9 too Shawnigan Lake 10:20 Duncans 11 :co P.M. Nanaimo 12145 Ar.- Wellington 1:00 Southbound. Arrive. P.M. 12:06 10:46 10:02 8:15 Lv. 8:00 Northbound. Leave p.m. Victoria 4:0o Shawnigan Lake I 5:17 Duncans 5 ^55 Nanaimo 7 ;oy Ar. Wellington 7152 Sat., Sun. and Wed. Southbound. Arrive. P.M. 7:55 6:46 5:55 4:i5 Lv. 4 :oo Throuah Tickets to Crofton via Westholme, Stage leaves Daily, connecting with North and Sonth bound trains, Double stage service Saturdavs Sundays and Wednesdays, connecting with morning and afternoon trains. Fare from Victoria Single $2 Return fe " oanjruaya, ^Through Tickets Victoria to JUberni-Stage leaves Wellington Mondays and Thursdays on arrival of train from Victoria. Returning from Alberni Tuesdays and Fridays. Fare from Victoria, single, $5.20, return $8.65 . «-••«*»«. j>-ci.uiiiiii_, irom AiDerni Through Tickets Victoria to Cowichan Lake via Duncans—Stage leaves Duncans Mondays Wednesday and Fridays. Fare from Victoria $5.00 Excursion rates in effect to all points good from Saturday until Monday. GEO. L. COURTNEY, Traffic Manager. THE . /-WD^^lSiBAViCl^^ -HAVE- GENERALSTOR^m -AT- Baie de PeresTh Battleford jrajfiitfCalgary t J.^hapleau Dauphin Deloraine Edmonton Fort William H Kamloops$£». .. ■ Langley Lethbridge And at other principal points in British Columbia, Manitoba and Northwest^Territories. Purchasers will find at 7 these stores the best goods at moderate/jjHces, imported direct from all the principal markets ofthe worldftVi Lower Fort Garry Macleod MattaWa Morden Nelson Pincher>4Bjpeek Portage la Prairie Port Simpson Prince Alberfc^fj Qu'Appelle Quesnelle Rat Portage%j Riding Mountain ,7Shoal Lake Sudbury Touchwood HUjiV- Vancouver jT^Victoria Vernon mM' Whitewood Winnipeg m ||EVERY|BELT|| "7, 7||||uARANTEE§D "7 GElilNiOAK TANNED MOTHER BELTING Fop^Exposed Situations Use Rlncashir^fl Hair Belting. FELTEN&GUIL|EAUME,Carls\^ Actien Gesellschaft, Mulhpm on Rhine ;.'. -' ^J CATALOGUES AND DISCOUNTS ON APPLICATION. ^P WIciAREN, Montreal, Toronto. R H N D 1 AIR COMPRESSORS.-, ROCK DRILLS." STEAM o,AIR theIanadian rand d|ll|company vaNeouvER, b. e. rosslhnd, b. e. greenwood, b. e. '-^.(MANP^BACTURERS OF ■ -^Ei#«7 • %3mwL ELECTRICAL fcEADS AND CABLES Electric Lighting Cables for Coal Pit* with arrangement tor avoiding fire damp explosions in case of-the cable breaking. &TIRE ROPES FOR MINING Round and Flat Wire .Ropes, "Albert," or so-called "Lang's" $t#jf-'i Ropes, Patent Locked Coil Wire Ropes, Patented Flattened Strand Wire Ropes. . IRON, STE$i, COPPER AND BRONZE WIRE Superior qualities.' . ?SS§t : SOLE AGENTS FOR CANADA : WATSON JACK & COMPANY, MONTREAL. STRAIGHT UNE, DUPLEX SIMPLE or COMPOUND. ^Rffgfr^))^aVBK*H: $^ -*h ^^Vz^^J}^^^. ~ "■ ~r ■. .7 ..r_-- . ^ :'',%>-„ J an RJSDONM /RmFmMORWS CABLE : RISDON'S COOES: A.B.C. MOREING a NEAL. LIEBERS, WESTERN UNION. P^ff^a^j-Si^^f*^ -ii*i^iS£f QOLD fflt.^:^KLi^Mi ■ Aff\ ^' i &^l-' "i J*W2nF jAfi9jHKS&i?"35i t>REDQ|iQ *vUfl ^5fefey»iWp^^SffijS ', i feflQillNERT. ^^^P^B JP^£ ■-,.'-. ^;'^BKi *H ^e^UV FJ&kNCISCO, CAL.. ';.u.:^:.A.e conpL|rEf7; E<^ll|^E|t Tf Ot HINES. -WRITE FOR OUR SPECIAL CATALOGUES. TWEE COPPER Ci. SMELTING WORKS -HT- LADYSMITH. CLERMONT LIVINGSTON, Manager. THOMAS KIDDIE, Smelter Manage^ NORTHWESTERN SMELTING AND REFINING CO. Buyers of Gold, Silver arif Copper Ores, Matte||| Bullion, Furnace and Cyanide products 7 LOCATION OF WORKS Crofton, Vancouver Island, Bjc. ■ Published by-the B. C. Record, Ld. Printed by T. R. Cusack, Victoria. Canada. ThisMonl B TgROUGH TH# LARDEAU.-Ullustrated) ■ A TWO WEikS' TRIP TO CARIBOO.-(lllustrated) S ^£S *&»•* VOL.X. OCTOBER, J903. No. JO. IE Hinton Electric Company, Elecfefic Motors. Blowers. Motors. Fans. Dynamos. Electric Mining Apparatus. ! VICtrORIAlB. c. LIMITED. Electrical Construction and Supplies. VANCOUVER, B. G CALDWELL BROS. CO. 115 Jackson St., SEATTLE. 1746-1748 Pacific Ave., TACOMA. MINING, CANNING, SAWMILL and HYDRAULIC MACHINERY MERCHANTS. Agents for Rand Drill Co.- Hendrie & Bolthoff Mfg. Co.; Astoria Iron Works, DeLoach Mill Mfg. Co., A. S. Cameron Steam Pump Works; Cassels Automatic Water Motor Co., etc . The most complete stock of Hoisting Engines, Compressors, Drills and Portable Saw Mills carried on the Pacific Coast. The Dominion Wire Rope Co., Ld. MONTREAL, CANADA Manufacturers of All Classes and Kinds of WIRE ROPES FOR ALL PURPOSES. : i$£". AKir'ci" PATENT WIRE ROPES FOR COLLIERY AND GENERAL MINING PURPOSES. BKANCHEh-Hiwax.N.S^ St. John, N.B.; Ottawa, Toronto, Rat Portage, Ont.; Winnipeg, Man.; Vancouver, B. C., Nelson and Rossland, B. <V^| ■■■•::' ■ ■- , ; ~ TTTT^ TT"TT77rV ^TTr"~TTV7^T^i< s^^vSp^SlPS m . We Ha\i| onpand V : •:^:^ A Large Assortment of the73|est Scotch Wire Ropes (Fully Guaranteed.) Everything You Require For Logging Purposes, Saw Mills, and Mining Camps. . We Invite Correspondence. M|Lennan, MIFeely & Co, Limited WHOLESALE HARDWARE VANCOUVER, .B.C. DAWSON, Y. T. ill' T|it 1111 Jenckes Machine Company THE FARREL PATENT CRUSH Eff^i||| "Standard of the World." In use in all countries and under a1|3^jig ditions^TA. new catalogue in Reparation. Ask for it now. 7' Sherbrooke, §Quebec^fl ROSSLAND. GREENWOOD m Fried. KruppfAktier^esellscl^pGrusonwerk^ (Madgeburg-Buckau Germany.) : V ■ niNINGi nACHir#RY ORE CRUSHING: Stone Breakers of Especially Strong construction. Roller Mills, Chilian Mills, Ball Mills, for dry and wet crushing—more than 1,800 at work, Stamp Batteries—Shoes and Dies of Krupp's Special Steel. AMALGAMATION: Amalgamation Tables and Pans, Las- rio's Gold Amalgamators, Settlers, &c Separation and Concentration - Separators, Exhausters, Hydraulic Classifiers, Percussion Tables, Jiaaers, Rotating Round Tables. EACHING PLANT. COMPLETE GOLD ORE DRESSING PLANT (a> For treating by the "Wet Method -with Stamp Batteries, Amalgamation and » Concentration. m (b) For Dry Testing by Ball Mpls, Dust Extraction and,teaching. COAL WASHING PLANT—Large Testing Station for Crashing and Dressing Ores at the Works. AGENTS: For CANADA—Jas. W.*Pyke & Co, 35 St. Francois Xavier Street, Montreal For the UNITED STATES—Thos. Prosser & Son, 15 Gold Street, New York For MEXICO—Pablo Bergner, Apartado 549, Mexico For SOUTH AFRICA—United Engineering/£ompany, Ltd., P. 0. Box 399, Johannesburg, S. A. R Manufacturers of VULCAN DOUBLE-ROPE TRAMWAY. VULCAN ROPEWAY, (Single Rope System.) Office, 505 Mission St., Works, cor. Kearny and Francisco Streets, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Elevator Dredqes for Placer Mining Link Belt Machinery Co., Chicago, U.S.A. C. F. JACK IMPORTERS OF Portland Cement, Scotch Firebricks and Fireclay, Calcutta Ore Sacks and Burlaps, Wire Rope (Agents for W. B. Brown & Co., Ld., England), Lubricating Oils. We carry large stocks and quote lowest prices. Sole agents for the district for the celebrated " Valvoline % Cylinder and Machine Oils, &ereforetTedbeT;\\Sa?sSctS Steel Rails to Import* WHARF—Heatley Ave., Vancouver, 151 Hastings St. W., Vancouver, B. C. and Liverpool, England 1 II. THE MINING RECORD. ASSAYERS' SUPPLIES AND ENGINEERING INSTRUMENTS. GEl IG SMITE—Strongest and Best Explosive in the Market V*t",fc" ^* MANUFACTURED BY #», __ «■ HAMILTON POWDER COMPAN\ (Incorporated 1861 . Manufacturers of High Explosives, Blasting, Mining arid Sporting Powder, Dealers in Electric Blasting Apparatus, Safety Fuse, Detonators, Etc,, Etc. BRANCH OFFICE: VICTORIA HEAD OFFICE: MONTREAL. LOCAL OFFICES: VANCOUVER, NELSON, ROSSLAND and GREENWOOD works: NANAIMd ALBION IRON WORKS, CO., LTD. VICTORIA, B.C. § Engineers, Boilermakers, Iron and Brass Founders, Stove Manufacturers. All kinds of Land and Ma ine Engines. Boilers of all kinds up to 15' diameter. Pumps, Hoists, Ore Cars, Smelter Cast- I ings, Logging Engines, Centrifugal Pumps, Air Compressors. Specialists in Screw Propellers, Patent Cannery Retorts. All kinds and sizes of Stoves. The B. C. Assay and Chemical Supply Co., Limited. Direct Importers of Hssayers' and Mill Supplies Headquarters for Laboratory Apparatus of all kinds, Bohemian Chemical Glassware, C. P. Acids, Potassium Cyanide and Quicksilver Sole agents in British Columbia for Morgan Crucible Co., Battersea, hngland; P. W. Braun & Co's Patent Cary Furnaces. Burners, etc.; W. Ainsworth & Sons,' Fine Balances Write for our prices ADDKESS 733 Pender St., Vancouver, B.C. Blevating-Conveying Power, Transmission, Screening, Crushing, Dredging, Rock and Coal Drilling, Coal Cutting, Hauling and washing machinery. The JEFFREY MFG. CO. COLUMBUS, O., U S.A. A. Van Der Naillens' School of Practical, Civil, Mining, Electrical Mechanical Engineering. Surveying. Architecture, Drawing and Assaying, Cyanide, Chlorination, Metallurgy. Assaying of ores, $25; Bullion and Chlorination Assay, $25; Blow Pipe Assay, $10; Full Course of Assaying, $50. Established 1864. Open all year SEND FOR CIRCULAR. 113 FULTON STREET, One Block West of City Hall, SAN FRANCISCO. MADE IN VICTORIA. ENGRAVINGS and ETCHINGS The Cuts used by the Mining Record are made by us. He| tones and Line Etchings executed on short notice. Samples forwarded on application. BRITISH COLUMBIA PHOTO-ENGRAVING COMPANY 26 BROAD STREET, VICTORIA, B.C. JUST OUT 1903 Catalogue OF Assayers and Chemists! Supplies BY The Denver Fire Clay Cc DENVER, COLO. Mailed on Application. PLATINUM REFINERS New York Office: 121 LIBERTY STREE WE are always in the Market for CRUDE OR NATIVE PLATINUM. BAKER & CO. NEWARK, N. flapted to Brass,' Iron and Steel If you use the Schwartz Metal Melting and Refining Furnace the economy will pay for the furnace three times each year. Crucibles are a thing of the past. It is quicker, cleaner and surer than the old methods and the composition of the metal is always under* control. Many furnaces in use and tests show high efficiency. Can we send you catalogues and copies of tests. ... - GEO. E. DOW, jumping Engine Co. ^F^sireet, San Francisco, Cal., Pacific Coast Agents. IV. THE MINING RECORD. HYDRAULIC PLANTS, PUMPS, ETC. WIRE ROPE DON'T BUY UNTIL YOU HAVE WRITTEN TO US FOR PRICES AND PARTICULARS. Wilkins & Co., of London, England, Wire Rope Manufacturers, Established 1850, are known throughout the MINING WORLD. The wire used in their rope is made from steel specially prepared to insure absolute reliability. The preferential tariff permits of our quoting low prices on all descriptions of Steel Wire Ropes. A large stock of the principal sizes kept on hand at Victoria^and Vancouver for immediate delivery. Our stock includes a full line of Logging Ropes, Ships Rigging and Hawsers. ROBERT WARD & CO., LIMITED, Agents. Telegraphic address-ROBERTUS. VICTORIA and VANCOUVER, B. C. VANCOUVER ENGINEERING WORKS, Ltd..---ENGINEERS. Agents for Northey Co. Ltd., Atlas Engine Works, Laurie Engine Co., Buffalo Forge Co.. Medart Pulley Co. J.'c. McLaren Belting Co., Goulds Manufacturing Co. STOCK IN VHIWe©CYER F0B IMMEDI»TE DELIVERY Vertical Tubular, ioo lbs. Vertical Tubular, ioo IBs. in. x 6 in., are working" BOILERS. One Locomotive Marine, 175 lbs. pressure ; will steam 14-in. x 72-in. engine. Two 66 x 16 Horizontal Tubular, 120 lbs. pressure. Two 60 x 16 Horizontal Tubular, 115 lbs. pressure. Two 48 x 14 Horizontal Tubular, 126 lbs. pressure. One 42 x 14 Horizontal Tubular, 105 lbs. pressure. One 25-h.p. Vertical Tubular, 100 lbs. pressure. One 15-h.p pressure. Two 7-h.p. pressure. One Locomotive Marine, 150 lbs. pressure, S.H. 150-h.p. One Scotch Marine 4 ft 120 lbs. pressure, S.H: All pressures given pressures. ENGINES. One 10-in. x 15-in. Fraser & Chalmers Automatic Slide Valve. One 9-in. x 14-in. Laurie High Speed. One 8-in. x 12-in. Laurie High Speed. One 7-in. x 10-in. Laurie High Speed. One 8-in. x 8-in. Laurie Rival Horizontal One 7-in. x 8-in. Laurie Rival Horizontal One 6-in. x 6-in. Laurie Rival Horizontal One 5-in. x 6-in. Laurie Rival Horizontal One 7-in. x 7-in. Nagle Vertical. One set 14 x 72 Stern-Wheel S.H. One set 7 x 36 Stern-Wheel S.H. * HEATERS. One 30-h.p. Laurie. Two 40-h.p. Laurie. One 50-h.p. Laurie. One 60-h.p. Laurie. One 100-h.p. Laurie. One 125-h.p. Laurie. Two 50-h.p. Heaters, S.H. KS. H. means second hand. PUMPS. Two 3x1^x3 Northey Duplex. Six 3x2x3 Northey Duplex. Five 4^x2^x4 Northey Duplex. Seven 5j4x3j£x6 Northey Duplex. Six 6xax7 Northey Duplex. One 7j4x4j4x6 Northey Duplex. One 71/2x5x6 Northey Duplex. One 5^x4^x6 Tank Pump Duplex. Three 4J/2X35/2X4 Tank Pump Duplex. One 5^x314x7 O.. P. Plunger Pump. Two 4p£x4j4x6 O. P. Plunger Pump. Two 4X2%x5 O. P. Plunger Pump. One 7x3*4x12 Northey Sinking Pump. Two 6-in. Iron Horiztl Gould Centrifgl. Two 5-in. Iron Horiztl Gould Centrifgl. One 4-in. Iron Horiztl Gould Centrifgl. One 3j4-in. Iron Horiztl Gould Centrifgl "One 3-in. Iron Horiztl Gould Centrifgl. One Northey Horiztl Centrifgl No. 5. One Northey Horiztl Centrifugal No. 6. Two 8-in. Centrifugal Belt Driven, S.H. One 12-in Centrifugal Belt Driven,. S.H. One 18-in. Centriugal Belt Driven, S.H One 4-in. Centrifugal Direct Connected to 4-in. x 4 in. engine. One 3x2x3 Duplex Snow, S.H. One 4-in. x 6-in.Knowles Electric Sinking Pump" with 15-h.p. 500 volt motor. BUFFALO BLOWERS. 2 No. 1 Blower with affixed countershaft 2 N0.2 Blower with affixed countershaft 3 No. 3 Plain with 4% in. outlet. 2 No. 4 Plain with 5% in. outlet. 4 No. 5 Plain with $y2 in. outlet. 2 No. 6 Plain with 6y in. outlet. 1 No. 7 Plain with 7J4 in. outlet. HOISTS. One 8x10 Double Cylinder S. D. Hoist grooved for 54 wire. One 6x8 Double Cylinder S. D. Hendrie & Bolthoff Hoist. Two 5x5 Vertical Hoists. "T" RAILS. 100 tons 12 lb. Rails with Plates. 75 tons 8 lb. Rails with Plates. 3 tons 5-16 x 3 Track Spikes. 4 tons % x 3 Track Spikes. WATER WHEELS. 1 pair 8 in. Twin Boss Water Wheels. 1 pair 16 in. Twin Boss Water Wheels. 1 Pelton Wheel 48 in. MINING MACHINERY. 1 Classifier 2ft. x 4ft.—1% in. openings. 1 Classifier 6ft. x 20 ft.—ij4in. openings 1 F. & C. Ore Sampler, complete. 1 B. F. Co. No. 9 continuous shears. 1 Dpty No. 5 size A hand-power punch. 1 Champion Upright self feeding drill, No. 7, with - pulley and 1 set drills (12) y in. to 1 in. inclusive. 1 Fairbanks No. 2268 R.B. Depot Scale. 1 Howe No. 144 Wheelbarrow. 2 Trommel sizers 3ft x gin. complete with housings and screens i.i three sections. 1 Belt-driven Challenge Ore Feeder, complete. Two 3-section Classifiers 66-in x 106-in. complete. 2 sets 24m. x 14 geared rolls complete with manganese steel shells. 1 set 24m. x 14 belt rolls complete with manganese steel shells. 1 set 9in. x gin. belt rolls with pulley and belt to drive. 1 i6in. F. & C. Copper Coil Heater. 6 Extra Sections covering for Classifiers, No. 18 English standard gauge steel 3-2 m.m. and 3-3 m.m rd. holes rolled burr inside to 36 in. c. 1 Single Comp. Slide Jig "ironwork only, complete with brass screens and gank rods. One 2-in. Comp. Slide Jig, ironwork only, complete with brass screens and gank rods. Eight 4-Comp. Automatic & Hyde Hartz Jigs, ironwork only, complete. We carry a large stock of plate from 16 gauge to y in., boiler tubes from Ij4 in. to 4 in., shafting, leather and rubber belting, angle-iron from 1 in. x 1 in. x 3-16 to 4 in. x 4 x y2 in., bar iron (all sizes), valves, fittings, etc. THE MINING RECORD. GENERATORS AND MOTORS. THE CARD CONCENTRATOR A Table surface composed of a combination of pan-shaped depressions (or channels) and plain surfaces, which surpasses all previous efforts for saving fine mineral particles and slimes. Unexcelled in Classifying Lead, Zinc and Iron. The Most Substantial Table. An Indestructible Mechanical Movement. A very complete Catalog on Concentration on application. The Hendrie & Bolthoff Manfg and Supply Co, SOLE MANUFACTURERS Denver, Colo., U. S. A. VI. THE MINING RECORD, BENNETT'S FUSE CROWN BRAND THE KING OF FUSES The WHITE COUNTERED GUTTA PERCHA FUSE is the POPULAR FAVORITE in the mines of British Columbia, Australia, the Transvaal, and the World over. Beware of Spurious Imitations Made to Catch the Unwary. HOLMAN BROS. CAMBORNE, if CORNWALL [ '% Manufacturers of Boilers, Air Compressors, Mining Machinery jThe Holman Patent Rock Drill Specially Adapted to B. C: Mining. Awarded Gold*Medal Greater Britain Exhibition Awarded Gold Medal CHARLES CAMMELL & CO. Ld SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND, Manufacturers of Drill Steels, Best Refined Cast Steel. Files, and Rasps, Steel Axles, Wheels and Cranks. Rails and Fish Plates made to any specification. Steel Plates, etc. Stamp Mill Dies and Shoes. ROWLAND MACHIN 5 Yates St., VICTORIA, B.C. General Agent for Canada. For all lines excepting Steel Rails of 30 lbs. per yard and upwards, with their relative accessories. r THE MINING RECORD. VII. MISCELLANEOUS MACHINERY, ETC. FAIRBANKS § |fe Renewable Asbestos Disc Globe Valves made of Best Steam Metal, used by Largest and Most Modern Plants in Canada. § Try one and be convinced, jf Our stock of Pipe and Fittings is Complete. |jWe quote Low Prices and Ship Promptly. Catalogue upon application. m T FAIRBANKS COMPANY 153 Hastings Street, Vancouver, B. C. Canton Steel Works I The only plant in the United States devoted exclusively to the manufacture of steel for Mining and Railroad construction. Canton Brands are Hammered, not Rolled, and sold under GUARANTEE. Miners Will find the Steel List published by CHNTON STEEL e©'Y, DENVER, e©L©., contains much information which will prove/) interest. Mailed upon application. McLennan, McFeely & ©o., Agents (or VHNeODVER, b. e. wpg^aws^yi^pyMW; vgft' JuyM AERIAL WIRE ROPE TRAMWAY SINGLE and DOUBLE ROPE SYSTEM For transporting ore, fuel, earth, sugar cane, etc., by wire rope Simple, Economical, Practical, Durable. Loads Mechanically, Dumps Automatically CABLEWAYS. 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Cunliffe & McMillan, Agents at Rossland Yanconver Engineering Works, Vancouver, B. G. 962 King St. Subway. The Northey Gas and Gasolene Enginejcheap, safe and handy. Send for booklet. The Brackman & Ker Milling Co., Ltd. Manufacturers ofthe Celebrated X Facilities Unequalled for Supplying the West with *> the Best Quality of t Grain, Hay or Mill Feed. &|T ROLLLD \tl\ 1 j3b y I I (Registered.) | Victoria. Nelson. V Vancouver. Rossland. X New Westminster. Strathcona. t Unequalled in the World. | sn The SMITH-VAILE STEAM PUMPS Are built with special re'erence to perform the service for which they are intended with a minimum use of steam. We Build Steam, Power and Electrical PUMPS for Every Possible Duty. Victor Turbine Water Wheels. Air Compressors and Filter Presses. If interested, address THE STILLWELL-BIERCE & SMITH-VAILE CO., 293 Lehman St., DAYTON, OHIO, U.S A, The Mining; Record VOL. X. OCTOBER, f903. 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One of the most important recommendations made to the Government by the Provincial Mining Association at the convention in February last, was to the •effect that the Acts relating to quartz and placer mining should be carefully revised and consolidated, with a view to their simplification and for the removal of the numerous anomalies and instances of ambiguity of language now existing. As it is likely that, following the elections next month, the House will be called -together shortly thereafter it is to be hoped that this is one of the matters that will receive early attenion. The Association has suggested several important and radical amendments to the present law, and the time should -therefore be opportune for these to be carefully considered and the Acts revised, so that for a period at least -the "continual tinkering" of which complaint has been justly made may be rendered unnecessary. But this is, though a sufficient, by no means the sole reason why a careful revision of the mining law is required. 'To the layman the Acts as they now stand on the Statute Books may appear reasonably plain and intelligible, but those to whom law is a profession and -who are therefore in a position to form correct con- -clusions from their own experiences, are perfectly well aware that the Mineral Act in particular is full of pitfalls for the unwary and is responsible for as much litigation as it is possible for an Act of Parliament to be. The question is how a satisfactory revision might best be made, for a revision that was not perfect would, of course, be to make confusion worse confounded. It appears to us that the only safe and sensible procedure to adopt would be the appointment of a commission to whom not only the revision of the Acts might be entrusted, but also for the hearing of evidence in proof or otherwise of the necessity for and wisdom of the numerous reforms and amendments which the Mining Association as an organization representative of the industry, as well as private individuals have from time to time recommended to the attention of Provincial administrations. No one for a moment can question the great work accomplished by the Mining Association or doubt its disinterestedness or its representative character; but it must be recognized that some antagonism was created in certain sections of the country in consequence of certain comprehensive recommendations madeTsy the Association in convention, which it was claimed did not meet with the views or wishes of a large class, who are certainly entitled to be heard. Moreover, such objection might and would very properly be used by the member or members of the Legislature representing such constituencies as strong reasons for opposing the passage of legislation on the lines suggested. Then, too, it was urged reasonably enough that it was impossible in the short space of time the Mining Convention was in session for the many matters there brought up for discussion to receive such consideration as in some cases their importance, involving a question of radical amendments and changes in mining law and policy, would warrant. But by the appointment of a commission, including, say, a judge of the Supreme Court, and of practical men representing the different branches of the mining industry, to investigate conditions and requirements, obtain all possible information on the subject of the proposed reforms, and gain some idea of the preponderance of sentiment, in the mining districts affected, the Legislature would then have no difficulty in arriving at correct conclusions and no excuse for refusing to carry out the clearly expressed .wishes-of the mining communities. 802. THE MINING RECORD. The representative of the Mining Record who early last month visited Poplar Creek contributes to this month's number some interesting information relative to that district. As was to be expected he characterizes as ridiculous exaggerations many of the sensational statements that have appeared in the Kootenay newspapers, the like of which continue to be published by them. It is gratifying, though, to have his assurance that apart from these picturesque, but unfortun- nately inaccurate, stories there are in the Lower Lardeau surface showings of unusual excellence and great promise. With so little development work as yet done there was not at the time it was visited, much more that was definite to be said of that section. No single gold property had as yet demonstrated by the shipment to mill or smelter of even a few tons of ore that in quantity the ore contains values that will leave a good margin of profit above the cost of mining and recovery of the precious metals. There was an excellent reason for this lack of proof, viz., that sufficient time had not yet elapsed since the presence of gold in unusually large quantities in surface rock was discovered for this- to have been done. At least one organization now has matters in train for giving its property more than a superficial test, and this fact is an evidence of the bona tides and the confidence in the value of their property exhibited by those who have promoted the Poplar Creek Mining & Milling Company. That their work will be abundantly successful is much to be desired. But until results that establish the permanence and profitableness of this new mining field—new in the sense that it is only now being opened up, although known for years to prospectors as mineral-bearing— judgment should be suspended. So much attention has now been turned to the district, that the provision of sufficient capital to give it a thorough test appears to be assured. It is not reasonable to look for results establishing the permanence of the field within a few weeks. Development work takes time, so that it may be months before sufficient data will have been obtained on which to come to a well-grounded conclusion. There is much in favour of the more expeditious development of this section than is common to new camps. A railway passes through it; bases of supplies are within ' easy reach; the country is not more inaccessible to prospectors than usual, in fact there are other parts of the Province receiving the attention of prospectors that are much more difficult to explore and closely examine than is this. One serious drawback is that the open season will not last many weeks longer, for snow may be expected to soon cover the ground and to remain until next spring. Yet surface showings have been discovered on half a score creeks, so that there should be some underground prospecting carried on the winter through on each of these. It should be practicable to do much to open up most of them, so that if they or any of them, prove of sufficient merit, the whole of the open season of next year will be available in which to install plant and equipment and make other necessary provision for permanent working. It is to be hoped that results will amply justify all reasonable expectations. The Province as a whole cannot but benefit from the profitable development of any of its natural resources, but misplaced confidence and resultant failure are the reverse of a benefit, since they serve to deter enterprise that might otherwise find an outlet in some legitimate channel. The Mining Record is not pessimistic as regards Poplar Creek, but the memory of the alleged wonderful richness of the Golden Cache mine and the disastrous failure of that Coast-promoted venture has not yet quite passed away. One such fiasco, with its train of evils, does more harm than half a dozen successful mining ventures can do good. So it is urged that no hasty conclusions be arrived at in regard to the Lower Lardeau, in which there are likely to be discovered half a dozen creeks quite as rich as Poplar Creek is reported to be. But whether this be so or not, Poplar Creek will probably be found to be a permanent mining camp. Commenting editorially on mining conditions in British Columbia, the Engineering and Mining Journal, of New York, in a recent issue, after noting the gradual improvement that is taking place, and referring to the satisfactory developments in Rossland, the Boundary and the Coast districts, remarks :• "The weak .point is in the continued idleness, or semi-idleness of the silver-lead mines in the Kootenay and elsewhere. The proposed bounties on lead refined in Canada may benefit these mines, which have practically no outlet at present for their product; shut out of the United States by the tariff, they have to compete in the comparatively limited market of Canada with British and Spanish lead, which can be sold there at a lower price than the British Columbia mines can afford to make. The eight-hour law in this Province is not working well, and has made a good deal of trouble. The increased cost of labour is injuring many of the smaller mines, and may result in closing down many of them. There has been a good deal of friction over the matter, and the labour situation is far from being satisfactory." Had comment on these lines been made two or three years ago, it would perhaps have been an accurate enough summing up oi the situation, but we confess THE MINING RECORD 80S surprise that our usually well-informed contemporary should in this instance be so far astray in its facts. The American tariff has never directly restricted or adversely affected lead mining in British Columbia, but for the closing of the American market on the British Columbian producer some three years ago, the American Smelting Trust was entirely responsible. Since that time the product of our lead mines has been sold in the world's market, on London prices, less, of course,—and herein has been the drawback—large deductions for commission, freight and other charges. There is no question meanwhile but that the aid recently afforded the industry by the Federal Government will have the effect anticipated, for already nearly all the large lead mines in Kootenay have either resumed operations or are preparing to do so. As to the eight- hour law, even discussion on this issue has long since ceased, and it may be safely asserted that the present relations between capital and labour employed in our mining industry is more satisfactory than it has been for many years past. The mining districts of the Kootenay have lately been receiving the particular attention of an enterprising young man who appears to have come to the conclusion that there are in that part of British Columbia numbers of fish of the genus "sucker" waiting to be caught, and that he is in possession of the right kind of bait to ensure his making a large catch. He must be very unsophisticated, though, or his methods would not be so coarse as they are; or possibly he is saturated with a kind of ignorant assumption characteristic of a certain class of persons from the United States who have the impudence to take it for granted that people resident in this Province can easily be "worked." His modesty and veracity are evidenced by his advertising that the Chicago publication he claims to represent—by the way, he omits to mention that it is a Chicago publication—is "The only paper giving attention to British Columbia in the United States"; that it is "The best and most readable journal in the world," and that a special article in it "is copied into 1,000 other journals and is read by over 5,000,000 persons." That this is the veriest clap-trap goes without saying, and if it be asked why Provincial newspapers publish it the reply is that their advertising columns are open to those who will pay for the use of them. But it is rather to the valuable services this genius is prepared to render that attention is here directed. Let his own offers speak for themselves, and here they are: "I will disseminate exact information regarding mining ventures, pro tecting the outside investor from having unpayable properties foisted upon him by unprincipled promoters." And again: "Advice on British Columbia stocks given free. Good prospects written up. Terms from $500." It is interesting to speculate as to which will be given most consideration, the outside investor asking for exact information regarding mining ventures and free advice on mining stocks, or the man with the "good prospect" and $500 or more to spare to make it appear good. Anyway, don't forget the $500 if you are a prospective seller, but if you are an ouside investor—well, who is likely to give you something for nothing? Certainly not a Chicago paper's agent. The fact that an arrangement has been made for the treatment at the British Columbia Copper Company's smelter at Greenwood of the whole of the output of shipping ore from the Le Roi No. 2 Company's mines at Rossland is a matter worthy of more than passing notice, since it suggests that the several well-equipped and thoroughly modern smelting works established in the Boundary District of this Province need not necessarily restrict their operations to the reduction of ores produced in near-by mining camps. Heretofore, whilst-practically the whole of the output of Rossland mines has been sent to the Trail and Northport smelters, no great surprise would have been felt at the shipment of ores that would stand the longer haul to United States smelters situate a greater distance from the mines than are those in the Boundary. But that Boundary smelters should treat Rossland ores did not seem probable, notwithstanding that the nearest smelter in that district, that at Grand Forks, is less than 100 miles by rail from Rossland, and the farthest, that at Boundary Falls, only about 130 miles. However, what was either not thought of at all or regarded as improbable has come about, and now Rossland ore is being treated at Greenwood—not a very large proportion of it, yet sufficient to prove whether or not Boundary smelters may in the future be regarded as probable competitors for Rossland custom ores. No particulars have been made public as to the terms of the contract recently entered into between the two above-mentioned companies, but this much is definitely known—that the Le Roi No. 2 Company gets terms that will leave it a larger margin of profit than it derived under its previous smelting arrangements, and the B. C. Copper Company, while it obtains ore having constituents so proportionate in iron, silica and sulphur as to make it a very desirable ore to mix with that from its own Mother Lode mine, receives a re- 804 THE MINING RECORD. munerative treatment rate. The advantage is therefore mutual, and both the Rossland and Boundary mining sections'are to be congratulated upon this opening up of business relations in a direction that may. reasonably be expected to lead to reciprocal development ; on the one hand tending to increase ore production ; and on the other to enlarge smelting operations. One of the directors, a Mr. Allan MacLean, of London, of the Kootenay & Velvet Rossland companies, in an interview the other day expressed himself of the opinion that the reason the Rossland mines had not heretofore paid dividends was not so much due to the fact that the companies were over-capitalized, as that costs of production were unduly great. The suggestion here made was that the miner was paid too high a wage, and further, that freight and treatment charges were exorbitant. It is very difficult to either affirm or deny a general statement of this nature, but at any rate it may be unhesitatingly asserted that so far as mining costs go, the cost of mining Rossland ores compare most favourably with the costs of mining similar ores under similar conditions in any other country in the world; and it has time and again been shown that it is cheaper to employ intelligent labour at what might seem to be.a high rate of wage than to employ so-called cheap labour, which is rarely intelligent. Again, if the investment of British capital in our mines is dependent on the lowering of wages as now paid, or on the employment of "cheap labour" in the mines, it is easy enough to predict that British Columbia will not be developed by British capital. It is quite possible, however, that there is still room for freight reductions, while every year almost has witnessed the lowering of treatment costs, and by the introduction of concentration methods the minimum should soon be attained. There is no doubt about it that the Rossland mines are over-capitalized, and they were over-capitalized in this way, that too high a price was paid for them, and they also were expected to line their promoters' pockets at the same time. Suppose, for example, a fair price had been paid for the Le Roi when it was taken over by the B. A. C.; that it had been capitalized at its present nominal capital, and that the difference had been set apart for development purposes. What would have been the result? Instead of getting six or seven hundred thousand dollars in the hole, and then having to get out again, the Le Roi to-day would have paid its shareholders very nearly a hundred per cent., and that notwithstanding "excessive cost of production, freight and treatment." A recent issue of the Lead and Zinc News, of St. Louis, contained the following: "Zinc producers in the Kootenay District of British Columbia are likely to encounter trouble in securing a market which will provide any great returns for their zinc product. Shippers of zinc from this district wih be compelled to come into contact with the zinc product of Leadville, which has a market advantage in freight rates and which will naturally be given the preference over the British Columbia ores on that account, all other considerations being equal. The present freight rate dn zinc from British Columbia is almost prohibitive, being $11, against $3.50 per ton from Leadville to the Kansas gas belt smelters. Until some market concessions can be secured from the railroads of British Columbia the competition of the Colorado ores are likely to prove a very formidable factor in ■a competitive market. Ihe sooner that the zinc producers of the Kootenay realize this fact and take steps to secure the needed concessions, which will be of advantage to the railroads through the increased tonnage that such concessions would insure, the sooner they will be able to increase their shipments. Zinc can be and is economically produced in that district, but will have little market value until existing conditions are improved." These comments, however, lose point when it is stated that it is impossible to make comparison between the. zinc ores produced in Colorado and those of British Columbia. It is very common, for example, for the Colorado ores to carry an iron contents of from 10 to 15 per cent, and consequently these ores require, before they can be successfully treated in the retorts, to be mixed with the higher grade product from Joplin. British Columbia ores, on the contrary, rarely contain more than from 5 to 6 per cent, iron, while their silver contents is generally also much higher than the zinc ores of Colorado. That we can successfully mine and export zinc-bearing ores in British Columbia is furthermore shown by the last annual report of the Payne Mining Company, in which the statement is made that during the.year a thousand tons of ore, carrying from 43 to 45 per cent, zinc values was shipped from the mine to Iola, Kansas, upon which the net profit was eight dollars per ton. The freight rates on these ores to the States are certainly somewhat heavy, though not exorbitant, and it is doubtful whether the railroad companies could afford to greatly reduce the present charges; but the day is not far distant when the zinc ores of the Province will be made into spelter in British Columbia. THE MINING RECORD. 805 During the month a somewhat extravagantly worded article appeared in one of the Vancouver daily newspapers, announcing that the Lanyon Zinc Company contemplated the early establishment of a zinc smelter on Burrard Inlet, and that the Great Northern and the Canadian Pacific railways were already making plans to compete for the hauling of the smelter product. We are in a position to state that absolutely no credence should be given to this report. It is now reasonably certain that the 1903 returns of mineral production will show a very appreciable advance both in respect to tonnage and values over those of last year. In fact it is a long time since the outlook appeared as encouraging, or prospects as indicative of approaching rapid development and expansion as is now afforded. Another month or six weeks should permit of both Rossland and Boundary equalling respectively the tonnage produced by these districts in 1902, so leaving perhaps, two months of the present year in which last, year's achievements may be exceeded. From Nelson and Ymir reports of progress are equally satisfactory. New mines are being opened, others upon which operations have been long suspended are being re-worked. On Morning Mountain alone, there will soon be no less than six stamp mills in steady operation, when last year there was but one. The number of mines again actively working in the Slocan is rapidly increasing, while the Lardeau is fast becoming a most important productive centre. Recent production from the Crow's Nest coal fields shows an advance of over a hundred per cent, as compared with returns covering corresponding periods of last year, the average daily output then being 1,371 tons, and lately 3,251 tons. 'As for the. Coast, the metalliferous yield of 1902 has already been well surpassed. The only'present obstacle in the way of progress is the scarcity of mine labour—this new circumstance being a healthy sign—nevertheless it is to some extent restricting operations in the Boundary, Slocan and Lardeau districts. It is not to be expected, however, that this difficulty will be more than a temporary'one. Naturally the depression that has overshadowed the industry for so long, and from which it has emerged with such astonishing suddenness, is responsible for driving from the country a large number of miners, while many also have participated in the rush to stake claims in the Poplar Creek and other districts in which the recent new gold discoveries have been made. But once it becomes apparent that conditions in British Columbia are settled and that there is some certitude of a general resumption of mining operations with the assurance of steady employment, there will be. no difficulty in obtaining from the States all the mine labour required. Although, meanwhile, this revival in mining is taking place, some time must necessarily elapse before the changed conditions exercise any considerable influence beyond the confines of the mining territory itself. The only capital being invested in British Columbia mines at the* present time is American, and this in relatively small amounts. It is impossible to raise money in England, however meritorious the property offered, and the suspicion with which Eastern Canada regards mining in the Province may be judged by the entire absence of speculation and the utter flatness of the mining stock market, once so active in Montreal and Toronto. While the active demand for mining stocks in 1898-99 had little if any significance as indicating the actual position of mining in the Province of those years, the inactivity since in this regard has been significant, and a revival of speculation would be more so. That can now only come about by the entering of a fair proportion of our mines on a dividend-paying career. Three or four mines only this year have distributed profits and these outside of the Crow's Nest Coal Company in very inconsiderable sums, and all the talk in the world of better times will not outweigh an argument of that kind in the minds of the sceptically inclined. When as there is every reason to hope they will do in the near future the two Le Rois, the Granby, the Payne, the Tyee and half a dozen other companies that could be mentioned, make "a beginning in the direction of substantial dividend- paying, then there will be another big and more permanent mine-investment boom in British Columbia. Another instance of bad and extravagant management is reported in the case of the Northwestern Development Co., an American undertaking operating the Camborne group, in the Fish Creek district. This concern seems to have pursued precisely the same course as that followed by the Lillooet, Fraser River & Cariboo Goldfields, which has so often been held up as an awful example and warning of fatuous English methods. But this American company also purchased prospects, and before developing them spent money right and left in the erection of stamp mills, tramways, sawmills, hotels and stores, with the inevitable results. The company is now in debt to the tune of $14,000, nine thousand of which is owing for labour in British Columbia, and a further large sum of money must be found by December next to complete the purchase on claims under bond. At a somewhat stormy meeting 806 THE MINING RECORD. of shareholders the other day, the managing director responsible for this state of affairs was deservedly censured, and it was also decided to appoint a commission to investigate and report on the condition of the property, when an effort will be made to raise additional capital to extricate the company from its difficulties. The Camborne Miner recently published the following : "'The financial statement of the Northwestern Development Syndicate, owners of the Camborne group and Goldfinch mine at Camborne, as presented at the recent shareholders' meeting held in Michigan, shows the affairs of the company to be in a bad way. The treasury is exhausted and, besides a debt for labour and supplies of some $14,000, a heavy payment is still due the vendors of the claim. Former Manager Brock came in for a severe roasting at the hands of some of the directors. It was shown that the directors could never get a detailed statement from Brock as to how the company's money was being spent. They held Brock's receipt for $142,925, but had no account of how a large portion of this sum was disbursed. * * * The property as yet is merely in the prospect stage, as the work done by Brock determined little or nothing as to the merit of the group." While in no way excusing the former manager, who is stated to have come in for "a severe roasting," the question immediately suggestes itself to any one familiar with the custom followed by all careful and competent directorates "Why not have had the manager's account carefully examined at least monthly by an independent auditor?" Surely it is the directors who are most to blame in this matter. Did they not know that their manager was busying himself more with a townsite venture than with the development of the company's mining property? Is it news to them that much of the company's money was sunk in this town- site ; that a large hotel building was erected but never completed; that money was also spent in a sawmill to be operated by electricity and which never did what any small mill having steam for power would have done; that the mill and hotel were connected with the power house nearly a mile distant by transmission wires which are now lying on the ground in many places? Granting that the former manager was reckless, extravagant, and it may be, incompetent—he certainly proved himself, by his actions, utterly unsuitable for the position of mine and mill manager—who is to blame if not the directors who permitted him to go on wasting the company's money until it was practically all gone ? And after getting rid of their spendthrift manager, did these directors do what any business-like directorate would have done, put in charge of mine and mill a manager of known practical experience and proved ability ? Not a bit of it; they sent in from Michigan a young man who, whatever his theoretical attainments—and doubtless they are high and creditable—had neither practical knowledge nor experience. These directors have been playing for the fall the company has had, so the shareholders should blame them, for they are the men actually responsible for the fiasco they have made of the enterprise entrusted to their management. Of course the old cry that shareholders have to pay heavily, even to the extent of losing all the money they put in, for venturing to invest in mining in British Columbia, will again be raised, but here again, as has so often occurred before, they will pay not because the mining property has no value, but because of the want of business caution and good management on the part of those to whom they entrusted the expenditure of the money they paid. Further, if the statement that the property is as yet merely in the prospect stage came from the directors—most likely it was made by the local newspaper quoted—then it may be asked "Why was an aerial tramway put in, a 10-stamp mill erected, an electric power plant installed, and other plant and equipment provided, before the value of the mineral claims held had been fully established?" As a matter of fact the mill has been producing gold from ore sent down from the company's mine. But it would indeed be a rich mine that could continue to stand the drain first of reckless extravagance, and next of inexperience in its mine management, and all the while of utter carelessness or incompetence on the part of its executive. With a careful and efficient directorate, an experienced and fully competent manager familiar with Western methods and conditions, and sufficient capital to give it a thorough test, the mining property of the Northwestern Development Syndicate would in all probability soon prove itself of much merit. There does not appear to be any reasonable doubt that there is on some claims much gold quartz ore of a grade that will return a good profit above cost of mining and milling, but the mine and mill must be run on lines of economy and efficiency; townsite, hotel, sawmill, and like outside risky schemes be avoided; and attention of the management be concentrated on legitimate mining and gold-milling, to ensure the success that under proper conditions appears to be attainable. THE MINING RECORD. The declaration of a dividend by the Providence Mining Company, of Greenwood, is the first step taken in this directioin in the Boundary District, if the Cariboo-McKinney Company be not regarded as properly a Boundary company. The Providence is as yet a small mine, owned by a company having a comparatively small nominal capital, viz., $200,000 in 40,000 shares at $5 each. Of these shares 27,800 have been issued, part to the promoters of the company and part to buyers at par. The purchase price of the property, $50,000, has within twelve months been paid, half of this amount having been obtained from proceeds of ore. All working expenses have been paid, and now the shareholders have received a dividend of ten cents per share, and a promise of a like sum monthly hereafter until circumstances shall warrant a higher dividend being paid. If more mining enterprises were carried out on similar lines in this Province it would make a better showing and outside investors would be ready to invest money in British Columbia mines. The secret of the success of the Providence Company is an open one—good judgment in the selection of the mineral claim to be opened up, an. executive of resident business men of known ability and rectitude, economic and capable mine management, and a comparatively small number of shares. The combination is by no means out of reach of the general run of those disposed to put money into mining ventures, yet strange to say it is the exception, not the rule. When men learn to exercise ordinary business care and intelligent discrimination in mining, they are just as likely to make a success of it as of any other enterprise, but so% long as they do not take the most ordinary precautions to see that their money is wisely placed and judiciously expended they will suffer loss, and mining will be given a bad name, though often undeservedly. It has been contended frequently enough with more or less truth that the reason for at least half the failures of British mining undertakings in this field is attributable to incompetent management. A year ago it appeared that the Hastings Exploration Syndicate, owning the Arlington mine at Erie, might be included among those English companies whose non-success is. traceable to this cause. The mine was badly gutted; by uneconomical methods of treatment, most of the profit from the rich ores had been lost, and the prospects were decidedly inauspicious. The management, however, was changed, and with it the policy. The mill was shut down and the ore, carefully sampled, sent to the smelter; the property was judiciously.prospected and administration and other expenses rigidly regulated, with the result, that this year the total expenditure is more than covered by the receipts, the net profit on the ore shipped having been $44,000, while the company also received a royalty of 25 per cent, on $22,000, on a prospect they were able to lease. This showing from a property supposed last year to have been exhausted is certainly highly creditable to the present management. The attention of a number of the leading mining and smelting men in the Kootenay has been drawn to the occurrence near Ymir of a large deposit of mineralized limestone, some particulars of which are given elsewhere in this issue. The great importance of the discovery, which was made last year, of this deposit, is becoming more and more recognized, and as the B. C. Standard Mining Company, which has acquired the property, extends its operations and enlarges its output the value of the ore to both the company selling and the smelters buying it will be demonstrated to an extent. The unusual advantages that are here combined are the wide area of mineralization and the consequent immense quantity of ore available; the probability that here, as in other mining districts where similar gold and silver-bearing deposits of limestone occur, very rich shoots of ore will occasionally be met with; and the low mining, transportation and treatment costs, quarrying or underground chambering being the most advantageous method of mining the ore, , and the position being favourable for transport from the workings to the railway by means of an aerial tramway, together with the comparative nearness .of the mine to the smelters at Nelson, Trail and North- port, all of which have heretofore had to use barren lime rock, the cost of quarrying and transportation of which they have had to pay. Other distinctly advantageous features are (1) that so far experience has shown that whenever the silver and gold values fell in any part of the deposit worked the percentage of lime increased, the latter gaining an advantage in the smelting rate to, at least in part, compensate for the falling off in values; and (2) that the leading stockholders, including the directorate, are men of high standing and large experience in mine or smelter management, who are putting their own money into this enterprise and are adopting the most economic and effective methods in working and equipping the property. Further, there has been no "watering" of the stock, that disposed of having been sold at par. All things considered, the Hunter V. group enjoys exceptional advantages, so that its prospects appear to indeed be bright. 808 THE MINING RECORD. SS Our special correspondent writes that with characteristic caution and reserve the more influential of the members of the British Commercial party that lately visited the Boundary District refrained from freely expressing on the spot their opinions or impressions of what they saw at the several mines and smelters visited. Between very limited time and the fatigue consequent upon the unavoidable crowding of much sight-seeing into the few hours available, the district was not by any means given a "fair show," yet the most was made of the opportunity, notwithstanding its regretable limitations. The Granby Company's big mines, situate at Phoenix, and the B. C. Copper Company's important Mother Lode mine, near Greenwood, 'were visited, and some idea of their extent, equipment, and producing capabilities was gained; a brief stop was made at the Oro Denoro and Snowshoe mines; the modern smelting works at Grand Forks and Greenwood, respectively, were j inspected and much information was obtained; the Providence and Elkhorn, as typical of the high-grade gold and silver properties of the district, were given close attention ; a passing sight was had of the volume of water impounded at Cascade, for the generation of electric power at the Cascade Water Power & Light Company's works there, and the utilization of that power at mines and smelters was seen; and the while questions were answered and explanatory information volunteered until the imperative "all aboard" of the train conductor called a halt to the giving and receiving of particulars of the industries that are all-important to the Boundary. A few of the visitors frankly stated that they were quite willing to put money into mining enterprises such as they had seen in operation in the district, but where could they obtain disinterested and thoroughly reliable advice to guide them? Again, why were some of the companies capitalized to a degree that in most cases appeared to conservative men of business excessive, and in others so very high as to make them fear that dividends, if paid, would necessarily return but a very small percentage on the money invested? Further, why are shares of a nominal value of one dollar issued as paid up on payment of only ten cents? Why noj: make the capital $100,000, and thus have the real amount stated, not a fictitious $1,000,000? These questions were not answered satisfactorily; rather was there a general disposition to admit that the over-capitalization thus objected to could not be defended. Yet despite these drawbacks a country possessing such immense and - valuable mineral resources must, the visitors considered, be worthy of the attention of capital, so they would make further enquiries with a view to putting money into such enterprises as shall be well recom mended by those in whom they shall find themselves able to place confidence. The chief burden of their advice, when given, was that the confidence of British capitalists must be sedulously fostered, and once gained must be carefully maintained and fully deserved, and then all the capital requisite to the development of mines and the establishment of reduction works will be forthcoming. A fair run for his money is all that the average Britisher expects, but this he quite properly insists on having. The use of electricity for power purposes in connection with mines and smelting works is gradually becoming more general in the Province. The power generated at Bonnington Falls, on the Kootenay River, by the West Kootenay Power & Light Company, has long been utilised at Rossland mines and at the Trail and Nelson smelters; the works of the Cascade Water Power & Light Company, on Kettle River, supply power to the Granby Company's smelter at Grand. Forks, and to the Granby and Snowshoe mines at Phoenix, and now preparations are being made to substitute electric power from Cascade for steam at the B. C. Copper Company's smelter, Greenwood, with a probability of other establishments in the Boundary Creek valley also ere long taking advantage of this available power.. The Granby Company in part provides at its power works on the North Fork of Kettle River the power for its smelter. The Silver Cup Company is about to generate electricity to run the 20-stamp combination silver mill it is erecting on the South Fork of Lardo Creek, near Ferguson. These are the more important mining and smelting establishments in the Province using electric power. There are others besides, and doubtless still more will follow before long. Another alleged discovery of a deposit of hematite is reported to have been made at Quatsino Sound, to the north of Vancouver Island. The discovery of ore of this character at several localities has been announced from time to time for the past two or three years, but as yet without authentication, in some cases subsequent tests showing that the occurrences thought to be hematite were magnetite. Apropos of smelting rates at Rossland these appear to be now about as low as can be reasonably expected, and the Northport smelter, -instead of reducing has slightly raised the scale of charges on low-grade iron ores, and has signified to shippers that if they are dissatisfied with the new arrangement they are quite at liberty to take their ores elsewhere. m THE MINING RECORD. 809 A TWO WEEKS' TRIP TO CARIBOO. c (Rosalind Watson, M.A., Assoc. M. Inst. M.E.) ARIBOO is the largest district in British Columbia with the exception of Cassiar, and has an area of 150,000 square miles. Though so large a tract 'of country, extending from the 52nd. to the 60th parallel and from the 120th to the 126th meridian, it is one familiar to comparatively few people be- Clean-up from Mosquito Creek. to be; but the company now in operation is the British Columbia Express Company. Two stages a week in summer, and one in winter, leave Ashcroft for Barkerville and proceed via Clinton, Lac la Hache, 150- Mile, Soda Creek, Quesnel, Cottonwood and Stanley. The round trip of 560 miles usually takes eight days, but has been covered by a "special" in three days and fourteen hours. Though the drive is an uncommonly long one the writer found it enjoyable and less fatiguing than anticipated. A hundred horses are in service along the line, so admit of frequent changes being made. Fine horses they are, indicating that the company's manager, Mr. Lejghton, understands horse flesh and chooses well his stock-tenders. The drivers cause of its lack of railway transportation. Travelling has to be done by stage. When the Government wagon road was completed in 1864, Barnard established his express company and ran a stage weekly from Yale to Barkerville, a distance of 396 miles. With the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1885, Ashcroft became the point of departure and so continues are expert handlers of four-in-hands, and the road houses provide good meals and comfortable beds. GEOLOGY AND GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS—ASHCROFT TO BARKERVILLE. At four o'clock on Monday morning, the ioth of August, the writer left Ashcroft. After crossing the Thompson River, we began the ascent of the terraces 810' THE MINING RECORD. and on top of the third found ourselves at an altitude Adjacent to the road there are many exposures of of 1,500 feet, in proximity to the Cache Creek garden, shale. These, according- to the geological map pub- which is owned by an English Company and worked fished a few months ago by the Canadian Survey, with conspicuous success by Chinamen. Last year's belong to the Cretaceous period, Ashcroft being the -crop of potatoes was 600 tons and prospects point to centre of a Cretaceous area eleven miles long and four -as good a yield this year; oats were cut and lying in miles wide. According to the same map the forma- stooks. This garden appears like an oasis, for the sur- tions change about Cache Creek and are represented rounding soil looks barren with nothing growing upon as belonging to the Palzeozic era, sufficient work not it but bunches of sage-brush or wormwood. It is in having been done upon them to allot them conclus- reality, however, a fine sandy loam, and with irrigation ively to any period of that era. becomes highly productive. The arrival at Fifteen-Mile House, Hat Creek, for WkWM THE MINING RECORD. 811 breakfast was welcome.' To understand how welcome you must drive from four to six in the morning in a bracing air. If- some enterprising Ashcroft person would open a coffee house near the B. C. Express office he would have the gratitude as well as the coin of passengers who are now "sent empty away." At Hat Creek, the road to Lillooet branches off from the main line, and about four miles farther north striking evidence of mineralization appears in the iron-staining of the hill-side. The mouths of three tunnels ' j *^- Ashcroft, point of departure for Cariboo. were observed but inquiry elicited the information that no ore body had been reached. On the Maggie claim, between the waggon road and the Bonaparte, River, Hawkins is said to have sunk a shaft 200 feet and struck copper. There is a marked similarity in all the country rock between Ashcroft and Clinton. Occasionally measures that seem to be true shales British Columbia Express Co.'s Stages at Hat Creek. appear, and in one .particular place these were seen to maintain a horizontal position, but in most cases they have been metamorphosed and converted into schists. At times they were thought to resemble igneous rocks, but a closer view precluded that idea; for the talus was in all cases the same, of fawn colour or slaty gray, and sometimes flecked with white, which was, we presume, kaolin. Onward from Clinton the traveller to know just where he is has much subtracting to do, for here the old Lillooet road comes in, and thereafter the mile- houses are numbered according to their distance from Lillooet, which is thirteen miles farther than Ashcroft. The old mile-posts increase his difficulty, for on them, in addition to the mileage from Lillooet, is marked the distance from Yale. It is true there are new posts with the number of miles from Ashcroft cut into them, but these so closely resemble trees lopped off for telegraph poles that they are easily overlooked and even when one is seen all difficulty is not at an end, for the old calculation sometimes does not tally with the new, even when that vexed subtraction has been done. At Clinton the altitude is about 3,000 feet; six miles north of the town there is a rise of 800 feet; from that point to Bridge Creek, a distance of about' sixty miles, a mean altitude of 3,900 feet is maintained. Eighty-three-Mile—a Well-kept Road-House. The highest point on this plateau is Mt. Begbie, situated just beyond 83-Mile, height 4,200 feet. Drift covers the surface of the country and no exposures of rock occur, with one conspicuous exception, at the 61-Chasm, where there is disclosed a vertical section of basalt of the Miocene period, upwards of 1,000 feet in thickness. In the bottom of the ravine lies a lake fed at its north-western end by a creek and having its outlet to the southeast into the Bonaparte River. When the basaltic plateau was at a lower elevation there was evidently a river here which cut out this canyon along a natural line of weakness. The drift or boulder-clay which covers the surface of the plateau as with a mantle bequeathed by the Ice Age, consists of clay, sand and boulders of all sizes. These boulders are largely vesicular or scoriaceous in character and representative of the underlying volcanic rocks, but there is also among them more or less of foreign material. " Between 70-Mile and 83-Mile a chain of lakes 812 THE MINING RECORD. lends variety to the scenery. Loch Lomond is specially picturesque. To these lakes sportsmen are attract-, ed each year in increasing numbers. The descent from^ the basaltic plateau to Lac la Hache and the older measures which continue to Soda Creek, is made by four hills or escarpments—ioo-m., 103-m., 108-m., in-m.—the altitude at the 111-Mile House being about 2,700 feet. Lac la Hache is now eleven miles long and about one and a half miles wide; we saw now because its environs show that it once Thompson River, showing three terraces to left. assumed much larger proportions. On its south side there is a high and wooded ridge beyond which lies the Fraser; to the north, rolling country admirably adapted for grazing purposes and resembling very much that part of the Okanagan between Vernon and the Greenhowe ranch. Most of the land along the lake and its outlet, the San Jose River, is taken up and the farms in every case appeared prosperous. Clinton. Two ranches, 108-Mile and 134-Mile, were sold this summer. Of each of these the purchase price is reported to have been between $15,000 and $25,000. From 150-Mile, where the Cariboo Trading Company has large interests, to Soda Creek, is a somewhat uninteresting section of about 28.miles. No, rocks appear in situ; little cultivation of the soil has taken place; spruce, pine, cottonwood, junipers, and an occasional birch thickly line the road. After passing through an Indian reservation and by a Roman' Catholic mission we descended the three-mile hill to the Fraser River.- The formation at Soda Creek closely resembles that of Cach Creek. The country rock is schist and the soil a fine sandy loam requiring irrigation and well-adapted for vegetables and fruits. At this point during the summer months, the stage ride is agreeably broken by transfer to the "Charlotte," a trim and well-equipped stern-wheeler owned by the North B. C. Navigation Company and operated by it during the past six years. The steamer was built for speed and makes the run of sixty miles to Quesnel in nine hours, but the return trip, which is downstream, takes only two and a half. Though parts of river are difficult to navigate every foot of the way is known to Captain Foster. At three or four places along the Fraser, Chinamen were observed rocking. Year after year they work the same bars and one season took out $80,000 between Quesnel and the "Canyon." ■ For the most part the river is bordered by high bluffs wooded to the top and The 61 Chasm. with wash-gravel even at the highest points. On the mountain between Mud Lake and the Fraser an outcrop said to be of copper was clearly defined and the ore body traceable for hundreds of feet. Not far from Quesnel a body of lignite occurs. • An, abandoned dredge that lies rotting in the river shows that some one has made a mistake and that dredging there is either not profitable or not practicable. Quesnel is an important distributing centre and has good stores/a grist mill and a sawmill. Ordinarily its- population is about fifty. We who were Barkerville- bound, left the Fraser behind us here and resuming the stage, turned our faces eastward and ere nightfall were at Cottonwood, 28 miles distant and 1,000 feet higher in altitude. The first ten miles of the road are drift-covered and no rock is exposed, but on it-Mile- Hill and Bononza Hill schists appear. Shortly after leaving Cottonwood we came in sight of Lightning Creek, which-we followed, passing Wingdam, Beaver Pass with its saw-mill and brick-yard, and Stanley. From Stanley two roads lead to Barkerville: one, the Richfield road which crosses a summit of 5,300 feet; the other, the new road of lower grade that runs by THE MINING RECORD. 813 Jack of Clubs Lake. The country rock is slate and ■jschist either dark in color, due to the presence of graphite, or grayish and talcose. Sometimes it is fissile and contorted; sometimes, as at the "Canyon," it is almost massive in appearance. Limestone also occurs. It was seen cropping out at the side of the road north of Barkerville and in the pit of the Forest Rose. We were told that it also occurs at Downey Pass and east of Antler Creek. In the first mentioned case it was bluish in colour, crystalized almost to a marble, its bedding indistinct. Barkerville is situated on Williams Creek at an elevation of 4,185 feet. Its main street is a quarter of a Bald Mountain, taken from the old Cariboo Road at an altitude of 5,000 -feet. mile long with an imposing Chinatown at one end. According to last census its population, including the -miners of neighbouring creeks, is 457, but that of the town itself is not more than 200. The Barkerville gold-bearing creeks all take their rise near Mounts Agnes and Bald (alt. 6,200 ft.) and are tributary to the Fraser by way of the Cottonwood or Willow Rivers. The drainage system of pre- glacial times appears to have maintained similar relations, for the old river channels as a rule occupy the same valleys as the present streams but at a lower level. Borings at Lightning Creek have shown that modern gravels slightly auriferous have a'thickness of about thirty feet, and are succeeded in depth by about seventy feet of boulder clay, beneath which lies the pre-glacial gravel, auriferous, and about sixty feet in thickness. At Slough Creek the same relations exist —75 feet modern gravel, 95 feet boulder clay, 45 pre- glacial gravel. DISCOVERY OF CARIBOO CREEKS JOHN ROSE FIRST MAN TO CROSS BALD MOUNTAIN. We had the good fortune to meet two pioneers, Mr. Dunlevy, of Soda Creek, and Mr. John McLean, of Quesnel, and to hear from them an account of the discovery of gold in the Horsefly Country. This interesting information will be given in a subsequent article dealing with mining on the Quesnel. Both of these gentlemen came to British Columbia in 1858 so know whereof they speak. They unite in bestowing upon one, John Rose, the honor of being the first white man to cross Bald Mountain. In i860, Rose and Dunlevy were mining at Keithley Creek. At the close of the season, Rose proposed that he should set out on a prospecting tour if Dunlevy would provision him and give him a man. Dunlevy agreed. So in October Rose set out with Johnson, crossed Bald' Mountain, and discovered Antler Creek. He sank a hole and panned out $114. Snow began to fall and provisions to run short, so he re-crossed the mountain in snow knee-deep and returned to Keithley with between $400 and $500—but kept the strike secret. In the following summer of 1861 he worked those claims on Antler Creek which he had located for Dunlevy, himself and others, the first named, as before, providing the stores. Meanwhile, on Keithley, suspicions gained ground that Rose had struck a "good thing," so four men set out on snowshoes in the fall of '61 to follow in his tracks; these were Martin and Weaver, Houser and "Black Jack." They appear to have gone in pairs by Harper's Creek and Swamp River, respectively. They found Cunningham Creek and passing on to Antler Creek saw Rose's stakes and the very hole out of which he had taken $114.' Through the deep snow they dug, and panned out $17. Cariboo Cameron's Cabin, showing Kate Carson, of Lillooet, This they took to Quesnel Forks and showed to Rose. Then the stampede of '62 began. To this man John Rose, head and shoulders above other prospectors of his time, we feel. we must pay our passing tribute. From Mr. Dunlevy we learned that he was an American from the State of Ohio, had been educated, he thought, for the Presbyterian ministry, and knew something about geology. He was a close observer, modest, and extremely polite; was tall, of large frame, dark and could travel wonderfully fast through the woods even though packing a heavy load. Arriving in Cariboo in 1858, he prospected along the Quesnel River, and discovered the bar which bears his name on the South Fork in 1859. Within the next three years he discovered Keithley, 814 THE MINING RECORD. R7 H Antler, Williams, Lightning, Sugar and probably Lohee Creeks. Along with Johnson he was killed by Indians in the fall of '62 on Bear River. A search party was sent out by Mr. Dunlevy which discovered buttons, remnants of clothing and part of a knife. The conclusion arrived at was that the Indians had killed the men and buried their bodies under the camp fire. Apparently he was without relatives. No inquiries were made. What gold he had found had been spent in prospecting or in assisting his comrades. MINING OPERATIONS IN I903. The present season has been a disappointing one in Cariboo owing to insufficiency of water, occasioned by lack of precipitation. The snow-fall of 1903 measured in inches was 110, that of 1900 was 141. And not only was the snow-fall unusually light but its removal in spring was disadventageous. As a result of the scare- work continuously since 1880. Two years were spent in working by drifting and then an hydraulic plant was installed. The pit at the present time is 1,100 feet long and strikes in a north-easterly direction; its width from rim to rim 200 feet and depth about 80 feet. The working face shows 10 feet surface gravel; 40 feet boulder clay; 15 to 20 feet yellow gravel; 10 to 15 feet slide rock. All this material is auriferous except the clay; from bed-rock as much as $1,000 has been washed in one day. Washing this season was 10 feet from bed-rock, which is slate much contorted. The boulders are easily coped with, but the clay has to be blasted out. Work advances at the rate of fifty feet a year and there is three-quarters of a mile of virgin ground ahead. A fair water supply is obtained from Antler Creek and conveyed by half a mile of ditch 5 feet wide at Barkerville, from head of pipe-line on Cow Mountain. ity of water some mines had to shut down after two weeks of piping. The output of the mines in the vicinity of Barkerville for 1903 will be, it is estimated, upwards of $125,000. Up to the middle of August the Express Company had sent out $50,465 in care of Messenger McKinley, who makes two trips per month. Antler Creek.—Antler Creek, as already stated, was the discovery creek. Out of it has been taken in the neighbourhood of $2,000,000. Work this year was confined almost exclusively to two of its tributaries, Grouse and China Creeks. Grouse Creek.—Waverley Hydraulic Company, John Pomeroy, manager. On Grouse Creek a company composed of local capital possesses one creek claim and two pieces of real estate, and has been at top, 2H feet at bottom and 20 inches deep and by 2,500 feet of pipe grading—from 30 to 9 inches. A No. 2 Giant is used and a three or four-inch nozzle employing 250 miners' inches of water under a head of 200 feet. There is 2,500 feet of bed-rock flume 22 inches by 3 feet, at 254 per cent, grade, paved with 8-inch spruce blocks. The gold is coarse, requiring no mercury to save it, and values $16 net, or $17 at the mint. Piping began on May 15th and lasted eight weeks. The clean-up was completed on August 21st and amounted to between $4,000 and $5,000, which will admit of a small dividend being paid. Six men, whites and Chinamen, were employed at a wage of $2.50 to $4.00. China Creek.—China Creek Hydraulic Company, B. A. Laselle, manager. This company, consisting of THE MINING RECORD. 815 American capital, has operated for three seasons on China Creek, which flows into Wolf Creek, a tributary of Antler, but the first season was spent in prospecting. A good supply of water is obtained from Antler Creek and conveyed by four miles of ditch and 1,200 feet of pipe. In 1903 one No. 4 Giant was used, a six-inch nozzle, and 1,500 miners' inches of water though the mine has a capacity for delivery of 2,000 inches. The average depth of the deposit is 60 feet, and is made up of 20 feet loose wash-gravel, containing some gold; 35 feet blue slum, easily washed but carrying no gold; 8 feet medium coarse, yellow gravel, resting on slaty bed-rock and having in it few boulders that have to be blasted. There is rim rock on both sides of the pit with a width between at present of 400 feet, but the channel is evidently narrowing and will continue to do so, it is expected, until half that on August 15th with a No. 6 Giant and 8-inch nozzle and would continue, it was hoped, until the middle of October. The bank averages 65 feet, of which 35 feet is pay gravel and the remainder silt or slum. For the whole 65 feet the average value was said to be 25 cents per cubic yard. The dump is fair and the water privileges unsurpassed. Twelve men were employed inclusive of white and Chinese. WILLIAMS I CREEK. Williams Creek has been the greatest gold producer in Cariboo; out of it has come something like $20,000,000. It received its name from "Dutch Bill," who was directed thither by Rose in 1861 as to a creek where he could make an ounce a day. Thousands of men were attracted by the discovery and on the two and a half miles of creek that proved richly wi^***^*^** "Waverley"—Grouse Creek. width is reached. There are 400 feet of bed-rock sluice 3 feet square, paved with 8-inch spruce blocks; and an excellent dump with perpendicular drop of 100 feet. Nine men, mixed, are employed; wages, $2.50 to $4.50. The season began about May ioth, and at the time of visit the cleaning up was proceeding, and so satisfactorily that the company will pay dividends this year for the first time. On the plant about $25,000 has been expended. Cunningham Creek.—Wonderful progress was made by the Bear Hydraulic Mining Company in installing its plant this season. Work started on May 15th with the excavation of 2V4 miles of ditch, the enlargement of 2lA miles of old ditch, and the laying of 1,200 feet of 20 to 15-inch pipe. Hydraulicing began auriferous three towns sprang into existence—Barkerville, Cameronton and Maryville. John Cameron, better known as "Cariboo Cameron," arrived in 1863 and by the fall of that year was a rich man and went home to Glengarry carrying with him about $125,000. The cabin which he lived in during that year is now in a dilapidated state, as may be seen by accompanying photograph. It was built on the Cameron claim, Cameronton, and for many years was the dwelling place of James T. Steele, secretary of the Cameron Company. Though so unpretentions a structure, in it there has been cleaned a million dollars. Cariboo Gold Fields, Limited.—Heavy expenditure of English capital has been made on the Gold Fields plant, as yet without commensurate returns. 816 THE MINING RECORD. Williams Creek has poor dumpage facilities, so tailings have to be elevated and it is in connection with the elevator, as will be seen, that difficulty has been encountered. The company leases by Act of Parliament two and a half miles of Williams Creek from Barkerville to the reduction works. Their pit is about 500 feet long from north to south and about 125 feet in the bottom from bank to bank. From a report made tapped from the Lightning Creek system at 200 feet head, the balance being used for power and for washing the tailings. There are two Giants; only one, however, was used in 1903,'and that with a 4-inch nozzle. The gold-saving appliances are considered very complete. From face to elevator the gravel is sluiced through 400 feet of bedrock flume paved partly with blocks and partly with longitudinal rifflles. During .. ■ - -,,, - -.- China Creek. to the company in 1897 we get the following, vertical section and values:— 12 ft tailings, 5c. cubic yard. 8 feet earth, 5 c. cubic yard. 12 feet gravel, 10c. cubic yard. 12 feet clay, no value. 33 feet gravel, 50c, $5, and $8 cubic yard. 77 Beneath the 15 to 20 feet of tailings that stud the surface, earth may be seen containing the remains of trees. Below the earth and to within six feet of bedrock, the gravel is virgin ground. Timbers may be seen protruding at the bottom of the pit and indicating the drifting done by the miners in the 70's through the six feet of gravel above bed-rock. An old drain of 1864 also is visible in the face. The water supply system consists of 11 miles of ditch from Lightning and Jack of Clubs Creeks and 3,000 feet of 18-inch pipe. In addition there are four and a half miles of ditch from Mink Gulch and a pipe line grading from 30 to 11 inches to convey water for hydraulicing purposes, but these are not used at present. Fifty miners' inches is found sufficient for hydraulicing and this is this course it is found by experience, that about 60 per cent of the gold is saved. The tailings then are hoisted 112 feet by a bucket elevator, while the water is carried by a drain about half a mile and emptied into Williams Creek. Five cubic yards of gravel is Double Compartment Flume of Goldfi elds Company, to divert Water of Williams Creek. THE MINING RECORD. about the amount raised at each revolution of the chain of buckets, there being 180 buckets in the chain, each of barely one cubic foot capacity. Thirty buckets a minute is regarded as the best speed, though forty may be worked without difficulty. The tailings are dumped by the buckets on to a grizzly which separates coarse from fine material; the former passes directly into the coarse compartment sluice, which is plated for about ten feet at the head with sheet iron; the latter passes through a revolving screen where a second separation takes place, the coarse material going to the coarse compartment sluice and the fine material passing over gold-saving tables and into the fine compartment sluice. Coarse and fine compartments unite to form a maine sluice which carries the tailings across the fiat and dumps them into Williams Creek. The bearings were made of low Moor steel, it is presumed, when they ought to have been of hard steel and bushed. The engineers in England apparently did not understand the conditions though told in what the preceding buckets had been defective. Now the question is to get something which will be grit-proof, and Mr. Brough, secretary of the company, has sent home a patent which he believes will solve the problem. Twenty men were employed this summer, not including the ditcn-tenders. Upwards of $750,000 has been expended, of which fully $500,000 has been on construction work. Last year the clean-up was about $20,000. Forest Rose.—Owners, Innes and Fry. This claim, which is above the Gold Fields, was worked in the 60's and early 70's by drifting. In 1876 it was HsSSagEaacgasHaagsg The Forest Rose. water for washing the gravel after it has been elevated and the water for driving the Pelton wheel come through separate pipes from the upper tank, under 500 feet pressure, which could be increased to 1,000 feet pressure for hoisting power; 600 miners' inches of water are used. As has been said, trouble has been encountered in connection with the buckets. Grit gets into their bearings and wears them out in a very short time. The first chain of buckets was manufactured by the Link- Belt Machinery Company, Chicago, and lasted one season, that of 1902. The second chain was made by Graham-Morton Manufacturers, Leeds, with lighter buckets because those of the previous year were regarded as unnecessarily heavy, but with worse success. They only ran from 7th May to the middle of June, 1903—a little more than one month ! The opened up for hydraulicing,, which has been continuous except in 1901 and 1902. Last year was spent in repairing the ditch which comes from the Canyon one and a half miles further up Williams Creek; and in getting out timber for a new flume that was laid down with & feet higher grade than the old one. Work this year began about May 15th on a new face to the northwest of the old one, where there is about 50 feet of clay and sand and 25 feet of coarse gold-bearing gravel. Bed-rock is slate with a little limestone; the slate, of course, is the better accumulator of gold. The cut is 1,400 feet in length and measures between 300 and 400 feet from bank to bank. Work in the past has paid wages, but this year's operations were largely dead work. El Dorado.—The El Dorado is owned by a local company of five men, all working or represented, 818 THE MINING RECORD. who have one hydraulic lease which adjoins the Black Jack, a Chinese proposition, and is in the old channel of Williams Creek. The first clean-up was made about the beginning of August and was very satisfactory, paying expenses. The property will clear itself this year, but there wil be no dividends. Sufficient water is available from Williams Creek and Conklin Gulch at a possible pressure of 400 feet. There are four and a half miles, of ditch 2 feet across both bottom and top and 18 inches deep; and 650 feet of 7-inch and Lowhee Creeks. These in the past have produced in the neighbourhood of $15,000,000. Mosquito Creek.—The Alabama and Williams- claims are owned by Flynn Bros. Between $10,000 and $12,000 was the clean-up this year, with only three "weeks' piping. It was made in the beginning of August before the writer's visit. Near Mosquito Creek, but on Willow River, F. C. Laird & Co. have been trying for nine years to get to deep gravel, but their attempts so far have been frustrated by the Shaft House, Willow River. pipe. One Giant is used with a 2-inch nozzle. The bank that is being washed has a depth of 35 feet made up of 4 feet top. soil containing no gold and 31 feet gravel. Work has advanced 160 feet and the yield of the gravel has been 17 cents per cubic yard. No trouble is experienced. with boulders and no bank blasting is required. There is 150 feet of ground sluice. Longitudinal riffles pave the first and sixth boxes; 6-inch balsam blocks the remainder. The gold is coarse, largest piece so far worth twelve dol- Shaft House, Slough Creek. volume of water encountered. An immense water wheel 28 feet in diameter and 7^ feet in the face, is employed to work two Cornish pumps. We were informed that the last shaft was sunk about 100 feet and struck bed-rock but at a high point, about 10 feet above the lowest part of the old channel; and that at the present time the management had ceased operations waiting for the water to subside. Mr. Laird has met with many backsets in his determined efforts to Water Wheel, Willow Riv< Point Claim, Van Winkle lars and sometimes associated with quartz. As there iS ,do dust mercury is not required. The value ofthe reach the gold which proSpect holes have proved ex- gold is $16.40 or $15.95 net. istSj among the number bei the burning of his willow river. former shaft-house and the caving of a tunnel. Tributary to Willow River, whether first, second Slough Creek.—The Slough Creek, Limited, is or third-hand,- are Mosquito, Slough, Burns and attempting the same thing at Slough Creek that Mr. THE MINING RECORD. 819 Laird is at Willow River, namely, to work pre-glacial gravels by sinking and drifting. And with about the same amount of success. Beginning in 1892 the Slough Creek, Limited, spent between three and four years prospecting. Ten bore holes were made across the creek at distances of 100 or 200 feet. These passed through 60 to 90 feet gravel containing colours; 90 to 100 feet blue clay, valueless; 40 to 50 feet gravel, gold-bearing. Best indications were found in the deepest holes, and the deepest was 316 feet, of which 28 feet was in slate. While this boring was going on, a shaft 5 feet by 15 feet was sunk about 90 feet in gravel, but had to be abandoned on account of water. Work was then begun on a shaft to the north, along about 130 feet all in gravel. But again water! Three drives were made to the east to divide the flow of water and work was stopped last- February to allow. the water to drain off. But as the water did not drain off, this season the main tunnel was extended 140 feet to the south and 10 feet from the end an incline was run southeast for 150 feet. On the day of visit rock was still in the face, but the foreman was expecting to break through to gravel at any minute. If the water could be handled the gravel would be loaded on to a car, hoisted to the surface, and there washed with the water pumped from the mine. Last year a little gravel from the drives to the east was sluiced through 100 feet of flume and, it was said, with satisfactorv "Williams' Claim," Mosquito Creek. the rim and above drainage level, and in a direct line with the prospect holes, with the expectation of getting out of water, and under the protecting afforded by the impervious clay stratum, drifting to where the deepest borings had been made. About 1898 sinking began on a three-compartment shaft 14 feet 8 inches by 4^ feet. An hydraulic jetting machine that averaged 10 feet to 12 feet per ten hours cut through the slate to a depth of 365 feet. From the foot of the shaft a tunnel 8x7- feet was driven with rising grade to the south 1,222 feet. Water was encountered. .Then about 1,050 feet from the shaft an incline was run towards the east for 100 feet, it being supposed that the main tunnel was 22 feet below gravel. Gravel was reached but farther in than expected and water in large quantities was again encountered. From the end of this incline a tunnel was driven to the south, paralleling the main tunnel for results. The gold was coarse. Dump is fair with a fall of about twenty feet. There are two Worthington pumps; one was working and handling 500 gallons of water per minute from the foot of the shaft. The plant, housed in a commodious shaft-house 40 feet by 78 feet, includes four boilers, two 60-h.p. and two of 30-h.p., dynamo for lighting, engine that drives fan for ventilating, friction hoist, air compressor and drills. The camp consists of ten buildings and 14 to 18 whites are employed at an average Avage of $4.00. Three-quarters of a million is perhaps not an overestimate of the-money, spent on. this property. The mere bringing in of the machinery must have been costly^ for the freight rate from Ashcroft is six cents per pound. The Chinese have an hydraulic mine on Slough Creek and bring water by ditch and flume from the Canyon. Where the line crosses the stream the 820 THE MINING RECORD. 11 j trestling is perhaps 75 feet high and affords a sample ot Chinese engineering. On Burns Creek, tributary of Slough, is the La- fontaine property, from which a lot of gold has been taken. In 1903 there was great scarcity of water. Jack of Clubs Creek failed and the mine had to shut down after piping 19 days. One quarter of a mile farther down, at the mouth of Burns Creek, Chinamen were working in what is believed to be the old channel, but they had not then reached bed-rock. Lowhee Creek.—The Cariboo Consolidated, Limited Company, owns five leases on Lowhee Creek and has worked for four summers with 12 to 16 men. In 1903, 14 men were employed; wages, $3.50. Jack of Clubs Creek is the source of the water supply which is conveyed by eight miles of ditch, 4 feet at bottom and 8 feet at top, and by two lines of pipes Boring Machine—Lafontaine, Lightning Creek. 600 feet and 800 feet, respectively. Two Giants usually are worked, but this year only one with a 4-inch nozzle and 500 miners' inches of water. The gold- saving appartus consists of a double-compartment bed-rock flume, 1,250 feet in length with 6-inch grade, each compartment 2 feet wide and 3 feet deep and paved with 9-inch spruce blocks. In spring when there is a large supply of water both sluices are used, but later on in the season only one. The present face is 50 feet deep and'consists of coarse gravel, auriferous throughout. Bedrock, which is dipping away from the work, has not yet been reached, but will be next year, it is expected. Boulders are blasted out at the rate of 200 in 24 hours, no bank blasts being required. The gold is both coarse and fine and values $18.60 net. Mer cury is used in cleaning up. A splendid dump is afforded by Lohee Creek which flows into Jack of Clubs Lake. Hydraulicing this year began May 24th and lasted 35 days. The clean-up occupied two weeks early in July and although no figures were available was said to be "satisfactory." lightning creek. The length of Lightning Creek is about thirty miles. All of this has not been found rich, but from two miles below Stanley to seven above, gold to the amount of about $10,000,000 has been derived. Tailings, timbers, tunnels, shacks, and an occasional water-wheel manifest the activity that once marked this section. Recent development on the creek is limited to Wingdam, Lafontaine and Van Winkle. At Wingdam American capital is invested. A shaft was sunk about 80 feet, but on drifting slum was encountered. According to report the development work was done before the ground was properly prospected. At the time of visit nothing was doing. One of the most reassuring' sights of Cariboo was seen at the Lafontaine mine, formerly the "Eleven of $6y oz. from one pan of dirt at Point Claim, Van Winkle, on Lightning Creek. England," where substantial and up-to-date camp buildings were being constructed.. Sinking was also going on in ground previously tested by boring. The shaft was down 50 feet and would have to be ,contin- ued to a depth of 175 feet to reach bed-rock. The company has five miles of Lightning Creek from Beaver Pass to Van Winkle. At the former place a lumber mill and brick-yard have been equipped to provide material for the construction work of the camp. Two miles below Lafontaine an American Wellworks boring machine was at work. The first hole, put down near the waggon road, struck bedrock at 149 feet; the second hole, 100 feet distent from the first, struck bed-rock at 159 feet, having • passed through 30 feet surface gravel, 70 feet clay, 59 feet gravel, yellow and reddish. With a glass colours were distinguishable in the sand coming from ten feet above bed-rock. THE MINING RECORD. 821 On the site of the old Van Winkle there are two adjoining claims, the Montgomery and Point, that within the last two years have produced $60,000 from a paystreak 20 feet wide and 70 feet long. Fifty-six and a quarter ounces have been washed from one,pan and 194K ounces was the wash-up for two days' work last November; $4,000 of this gold was seen— nuggets very flat and smooth, the largest worth $98. The Montgomery is owned by five men, but the paystreak has been worked out. The Point is owned by three men and work on it continues. A shaft was sunk 55 feet, but at that depth water inconvenienced the miners and they upraised to the 35. foot level. The average value of the gold is $18.50. that -will have reference to Poplar Creek and other streams in its vicinity now having particular attention, as may happen if more space be required for these descriptive notes than the: Mining Record can give in one month's number, the reader will be taken over the route in the opposite direction to that travelled by the writer. It must not be supposed, however, that it is. necessary for those .going into the district from the C. P. R. main line at Revelstoke to first 'proceed to Aelson, whence there is communication with Poplar Creek, via Kaslo and Lardo, at least three times a week, and occasionally more frequently. An alternative route may be taken from the north, this being from Arrowhead by steamer to Beaton, thence to fffftl ..JjJllUlLLMlilJi, llJliLLLLLLlILlin ■sW> s MM N - 7s •„ IllJ TT" u. Hi WW \ [ mm I -If7; m. ^i3.i.Mw9ixiA!.Jt!r THROUGH THE LARDEAU. (From our Special Commissioner.) THE purpose of the writer in contributing these notes of a trip through the Lardeau country, taken during the' latter part of August and beginning of September, is to give some general rather than particular information relative to a section of the Province that, by reason of the reported recent finds of unusually rich gold-bearing ore, has suddenly come into considerable prominence. The direction taken was from Arrowhead to Camborne, the business centre of the Fish River mining camp, thence via Beaton (Thompson's Landing) to Trout Lake up to Ferguson, and then down Trout Lake and the Lardeau River to Lardo, at the head of Kootenay Lake, whence steamers run daily to and from Kaslo and Nelson. In order, though, to avoid possible delay in the publication of that part of the account of the trip Trout Lake City by stage, and then by steamer down the lake to Gerrard, whence a passenger train runs 33 miles to Lardeau on the evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, passing en route Poplar- Creek and other streams now being actively prospected by a small army of prospectors, most of whom have been attracted to the district by the glowing accounts published of rich gold finds at Poplar Creek during the two or three months last past. That there may be no confusion as to the use of the names Lardo and Lardeau, respectively, it may. here be noted that whilst the former is correctly applied to the small settlement at the head of Kootenay Lake at which arrival or departure by steamer is made, and to the railway between that point and Gerrard, at the foot of Trout Lake, besides being generally favored by many more particularly interested in the southern part of the extensive district known as "the Lardeau country " the name Lardeau is more commonly used when 8.22 THE MINING RECORD. applied to the central and northern parts of the district, and is the official name of the mining division embracing the most northerly section. Unfortunately there is no large-scale map of recent publication that shows, so far as the writer has seen, the country under notice. At Nelson maps are ob- those unfamiliar with the district to whatever other source of such information as shall be available to them. The Lardeau country is divided between three official mining divisions, Ainsworth division taking in the southern part, up to the divide between Cascade tainable that in a general way give an idea of the location of the several places and creeks that will be mentioned, and the C. P. R. Lands Department also has a map that will serve a like useful purpose. If practicable a rough sketch map will accompany these notes, but if a suitable one be not obtainable in time for it to appear with them, recourse must be had by and Poplar Creeks; Trout Lake divisioin embracing its central, and the Lardeau division its northern section. Heretofore records of locations in the Ainsworth division had to be made at either the sub-office of Howser, on the Duncan River, or at Kaslo; those of Trout Lake division, at Trout Lake City; and those of Lardeau division, until the removal of the recorder's THE MINING RECORD. 823 office to the more central and convenient town of Camborne, at Comaplix, on the northeast arm of Arrow Lake. Now records may be made at Poplar Creek of locations made in both the Ainsworth and Trout Lake divisons, much to the convenience and monetary advantage of those making them. A recent issue of the British Columbia Gazette contained official notification of the appointment of Mr. Alexander Lucas, mining recorder at Kaslo, Ainsworth division, as a deputy recorder for the Trout Lake division, with office at Poplar Creek, where he has been established and doing a brisk record business in a tent for some weeks. The number of records of claims located in the two divisions embracing the Poplar Creek district, of course including locations on other streams between Gerrard and Lardo, during about ten weeks to September I, was more than 400, so that the necessity for an office near at hand was urgent, which fact the provincial Department of Mines recognized and acted upon. Taking the streams flowing into the Lardeau River between Lardo and Gerrard (leaving out of account those coming in from the east below where the Duncan River joins the Lardeau a few miles north of the head of Kootenay Lake, into which their combined waters flow) in the order of their occurrence, they are respectively, Cooper, Meadow, Cascade, Poplai, Rapid, Tenderfoot, and Canyon Creeks. From the Lardeau Mountains on the west, and Lake, Hope, Camp, and Healey Creeks, from the Duncan Mountains, on the east. Numerous mineral claims had in years gone by been located on the watersheds of some of these, but little development work was done on them, and many of them were allowed to run out. Writing for the Annual Report of the Minister, of Mines for 1897, the then Provincial Mineralogist observed: "The various groups of claims now located are widely scattered, and this year further prospecting is adding to their number, especially on the ranges on either side of Trout Lake and up Canyon and Tenderfoot Creeks, the southern affluents of the Lardeau River, but although the early locations date back to 1891-92, there is yet a great lack oi work which is so necessary to progress." This state of affairs seemingly continued until this year, for but brief mention is made in the more recent Annual Reports of the claims on creeks south of Trout Lake. It is interesting, in view of recent developments, to note that the 1898 Report had mention of Poplar Creek, on which the occurrence of a strong ledge carrying gray copper and galena, and traceable through a group of claims for upwards of a mile, was reported, and that in iast year's Report the following is the only reference to Poplar Creek: "The Spyglass is situated on Poplar Creek and is owned by J. Winquist. It contains some of the highest grade ore in the Lardeau, assays having given 3,740 ounces of silver and $120 m gold, to the ton." No one personally informed regarding recent developments on Cooper Creek, which enters the Lardeau nearly 20 miles south of Poplar Creek, was met nor was any information available respecting Meadow Creek, the lower part of which flows through extensive low-lving flats or "meadows" upon which a number of cattle are pastured. Indeed it is not until what is known as the Second Crossing, that is the second place at which the railway crosses the Lardeau River, is reached, that the visitor finds much evidence of the presence of the prospector. Second Crossing is about three miles south of Poplar, and here the townsite boomer is trying to "get in his work," for already the new townsite named Goldhill is being advertised, and all and sundry are being advised to "get in on the ground floor." Near by was camped a well-known prospector named Buffalo—no one spoken to knew his given name—on one of whose claims Wm. Kellem had just before found gold within a quarter of a mile of the railway and on the watershed of Cascade Creek. Kellem stated that the ore was 12 feet in width, and that rough gold could be seen in places in it. Another prospector gave the information that Buffalo pans good gold prospects for nine feet across the lead, and that he gets gold along a distance of about 200 feet, adding, "The gold occurs in a sort of laminated schist. This rock is a puzzle to most prospectors, but it carries gold all right. Other claims in this neigh- . bourhood have fissure quartz veins, crossing the formation and showing gold. The gold is free, much of it too fine to be seen by the naked eye, but the rock pans well." From the same source the information was received that the strike of the gold belt is similar to that of the general formation. This belt is about two miles wide, a kind of porphyritic schist which the quartz veins cross almost at right angles. The river in its general course parallels the formation, but the tributary creeks come in at right angles to the mam stream. This partof the district, that is the country drained by Cascade Creek,-is being as closely examined by prospectors as is Poplar Creek, so that reports of the new finds may be looked for from time to time. POPLAR CREEK. Spyglass Group.—In 1901 John Winquist, who has been prospecting in this part of the Lardeau for about six years, located west of the above mentioned "gold belt," three claims on Poplar Creek, about 11 miles up from its junction with the Lardeau River and at an altitude of between 3,000 and 4,000 feet higher up than that of the river. He has done a lot of surface prospecting on these claims, and has run one tunnel in 35 feet and another about 10 feet. The claims have not been easilv accessible, the trail being very rough, but now the Government is making a good trail up the creek The ore met with on these claims, which are known as the Spyglass group, is quartz mineralized with gray copper, some of it carrying high values in native silver and gold, the latter ranging up to $120 from specimen assays. It occurs at the contact of lime with granite, and the ledge varies from two feet to three feet six inches in width, the paystreak being, from six to twelve inches. Winquist has taken out a few tons of ore, and this he expects to ship this fall. Gold Park GROUP.-It was, though, the discovery by Geo Gilbert and Frank Marquis of free gold on their Gold Park claim, about June 15th, that, upon its being made public at Kaslo a week later, caused the first outside excitement over Poplar Creek. These 824 THE MINING RECORD. men had been prospecting in the district each season cess, and again in 1900 they failed, but in the course since the summer of 1898, in which year they found at of the latter season's prospecting up Poplar Creek they Lucky Jack Mineral Claim, Poplar Creek. the mouth of Poplar Creek some float carrying copper came on some good looking silver-lead ore. In the The following summer they endeavoured to find the summer of 1901 they ran two tunnels on this silver-lead lead from which this ore had come, but without sue- ledge, but finding that at that time claims having only THE MINING RECORD. 825 'this kind of ore were not saleable, they abandoned this -claim. The same season they located two claims, also on Poplar Creek, situated nearly a mile from the Lardeau River and at an altitude above it of about 600 feet. These they named the Ochre and Ophir, respectively. " In 1902 Marquis returned to do the necessary assessment and.in the course of his prospecting work he uncovered what is now regarded as the main lead, this appearing to be continuous for a comparatively long distance along the strike of the "gold belt." ' This lead has been cut on a score or more of claims over a distance of about six miles, from Cascade Creek across Poplar Creek and on to Rapid Creek. From specimens of ore taken from it Gilbert and Marquis obtained assay values ranging from $7 to $11.75 in gold, and other prospectors gave their returns as from $8 to $9. The ore is described as quartz with two Tcinds of spar and various oxides and sulphides. The same season (1902) Marquis located the Gold Park claim, his "discovery" being on a promising looking •quartz fissure vein occurring on the south, or upper, side of the "main lead," from which it is about 50 feet distant. The former lead is from 12 inches to two feet in width, and specimens showing free gold have "been obtained from it. Gilbert and Marquis Ochre and Ophir locations were also made on this lead. Whilst prospecting the Gold Park last June they made the discovery, already mentioned, that started the rush to Poplar Creek. Mr. Gilbert stated that when they found the gold they took out four or five pieces of quartz showing gold plainly, and six or seven pounds of decomposed ore, described as an oxidized sulphide, known locally as "carbonates," and in which there was a deal of gold. For safety they then covered over the place they had taken this valuable ore from, told Magnusson and his partners, who were also prospecting on the creek, of their find so that they could stake some claims, and then went down to Kaslo where a scribe with a particularly lively imagination wrote a story that read like a fairy tale, as indeed much of it was, and this spreading far and wide caused the first rush to Poplar Creek. Upon their return Gilbert and Marquis started to sink a shaft on the vein, which at the surface was about seven inches in width. At 20 feet down they met with indications of a lead coming In from the north, so at that depth they drifted in that direction, and at 10 feet in there were three veins showing in the face of the drift, these being three inches, six inches and twelve inches in width, respectively, and all carrying fine gold, as shown by crushing and panning the ore. About 200 feet north of the shaft and on the strike of the lead there outcrops what is believed to be the same vein, which at the surface there is about 18 inches in width. It is intended to get out some ore and ship it to a smelter for a bulk test. The presence of tellurium is suspected, and if it be found in the ore in any appreciable quantity the values may be expected to run proportionately high. At the tinje of writing the development of the Gold Park group is limited to that above described, but the owners intend to endeavour to prove that the property is a valuable one before entertaining any thought of selling, it. Goldhill and Goldsmith.—Nearer the river are two claims, the Gold Hill and Goldsmith, known as the Swedes' claims, owned by H. Magnusson, Eric Strand and B. Lawson. These were located last June. Magnusson showed some excellent gold specimens which he stated were obtained from a quartz lead that runs east and west and can be traced by surface croppings across both claims. He has seen in all six quartz leads on these claims. The gold cannot always be seen with the naked eye, but on crushing and panning the quartz fine gold can generally be obtained. So far only open-cut. work.has been done. Lucky Jack Group.—Lower down is the Lucky Jack group, the surface showings on which caused such a sensation and mainly influenced the rush to Poplar Creek that took place after they were discovered. There are three claims in this group, viz., the Lucky Jack, Lucky Three, and Little Phil, together giving an area of about 130 acres. The property is described as "a regular network of veins," ten in all having been found on it. The main lead runs almost due north and south, whilst others appear to cross it at right angles. This main lead has been stripped in different places along its course for about 1,000 feet. It stands out distinctly between the flat abutting on the railway and the top of the first foothill, which rises 60 to 70 feet. Then there is a draw in which it again crops out and in which lies much quartz that has fallen from the vein above, and then up another hill between 200 and 300 feet in height. It is this second hill that is shown in the accompanying illustration, but the photograph gives only a very imperfect idea of the actual appearance of'the hill with the vein standing out from the rock through which it cuts, the camera having so foreshortened it in the view as to convey an entirely inadequate idea of its dimensions and actual appearance. When seen by the writer there was still much coarse gold visible, and he was informed that much more had been knocked off by early visitors, the owners, of the claim estimating their loss in the actual gold value of the numerous specimens, appropriated by many who had helped themselves, at not less than $2 000. One specimen seen in the possession of a resident hotel-keeper, by whom it had been purchased, contained, so the owner estimated, not less than $27 worth of gold, and this specimen was only about the size of a walnut. A number of specimens in the possession of Mr. E. M. Morgan, one of the locators and owners, certainly bore out the statement that the surface showing of coarse gold had been a phenomenal one These had been broken off exposed portions of the lead after it had been found impossible to guard against their being stolen. Even at the time the writer visited the property it was still considered necessary for some one to be w'ithin hearing at night in case any further attempts at purloining specimens be made, so every night two men slept in a tent just below the outcrop shown in the illustration, and had with them a dog to give an alarm should any night prowlers come around But it was not the number and value of the specimens that gave the writer a favourable impression of the property so much as the fact that from quartz from the breast of the tunnel, then in 35 feet, excellent prospects in fine gold, not visible to the eye be- 826 THE MINING RECORD. tore crushing and panning, were obtained every time a test was made. This tunnel was started on the lead at about 20 feet above the flat, so as to leave room for a dump. It will have to be driven about 155 feet before it will be directly under the outcrop shown in the illustration, and about a similar distance further to get under the highest part of the upper hill, where a depth of about 300 feet will be gained. At 35 feet in the tunnel the vein, which was broken where started on, showed a width of 30 inches to three feet. Where it stands out above the draw the quartz is about two feet in thickness, but lower down the enclosing walls appear to be between five and six feet apart. But even was visited, and the manager, Mr. E. M. Morgan,, and the secretary, Mr. Frank Holton, were hard at work getting things into shape for the operation of the property in such a manner as to give it a thorough test. A boarding and bunk house was just about finished, a site for a stamp mill was being cleared, the claims were being surveyed, and matters generally were being put in train for development and production. It may be added that no attempt was made by either of the gentlemen named to boom the property. They departed from their recently adopted rule of not showing visitors over the claims—a rule made imperative in that they had been kept busy doing that alone Poplar Creek Townsite. if the width of the gold-bearing-quartz be only two feet where the vein is in place and undisturbed, if it continue to carry similar values to those obtained from crushing and panning the ore occurring in the tunnel, provided the gold can be saved, it should be a paying proposition above the ordinary run of gold-quartz mines. However, nothing short of a long mill run will demonstrate that the property is as good as, from present indications, it appears to be, so until this shall have been accomplished it cannot be regarded as having been proved to come Tip to surface promise. The preliminaries for the organization of the Poplar Creek Mining & Milling Company, capitalized at $500,000 in $1 shares had been 'completed when the property until they found it necessary to stop doing so, and by the fact that they could not keep an effective watch on everyone, so continued to lose the exposed gold specimens—and without demur showed the writer whatever there was to be seen. They impressed him as men confident they had a valuable property, and one that they were eager to prove. There was, in their opinion, no need for exaggeration, for they had no doubt there is gold in the ore, and plenty of it, and their intention was to put themselves in a position to begin extracting it as quickly as possible, and leave others to talk if they wanted to. There had been numerous other mineral locations made on Poplar Creek at the time the foregoing par- THE MINING RECORD. 827 ticulars were obtained; in fact it is quite likely that every available acre of ground had been staked for some distance up the creek, but no attempt was made to ascertain what promiscuous staking had been done —it was only information as to actual discoveries of mineral and developments that the writer sought. It may be added, though, that apart from the almost hysterical excitement a few persons either having their own selfish ends to serve, or in their ignorance repeating and perhaps unintentionally adding to every story of "more gold than quartz" they heard in the camp, or the irresponsible utterances of others whom the sight of gold causes to lose their heads, these originating most of the ridiculous exaggerations given publicity to by some of the Kootenay newspapers— apart from these absurdities, men of experience and not reckless in their utterances freely admitted the unusual excellence of the surface showings and the great promise for the future should it be found that the veins live down to any considerable depth and maintain good values, which after all are conditions indispensable to the permanence of any lode mining camp. rapid creek. Although Gilbert and Marquis were the first to find on Poplar Creek a quartz vein showing gold, it was across the divide, on Rapid Creek, that gold in quartz was first discovered in this part of the Lardeau. This discovery was made in the summer of 1902 by J. Nes- bit and Geo. Munroe, who still hold two groups of claims on Rapid Creek, but who have not done much on them beyond surface prospecting. Smith and Rogers have a group of three or four claims, located three years ago, on this creek. On one of these they have driven a cross-cut tunnel about 120 feet, gaining 100 feet depth by the time it cut the lead, which is a quartz vein showing a little galena and also carrying gold. This was cut last March, but in the previous fall gold was found on the surface on the same claim. When the snow went off the ground a lot of prospecting was done up this creek previous to the rush caused by Gilbert and Marquis' find over the divide. Two other gold strikes on Rapid Creek have been reported, one on J. Chisholm's Hecla group, staked about the end of May, and the other on Gordon and Ferguson's claims, located early in June. Only surface stripping had as yet been done on these two groups up to the beginning of September. Numerous other locations had also been made on this creek, but these were too recent for much prospecting to have been done on them by them. tenderfoot creek. The Lardeau Mines, Ltd., with head office in Spokane, Wash., owns nine Crown-granted mineral claims, situate on Tenderfoot Creek and known as the Maggie May group. These are distant from Trout Lake about four and a half miles. The manager, Mr. James Rutherford, who now makes Poplar Creek his headquarters, supplied the following information relative to this group: "These claims are well situated for economic mining by a system of tunnelling. On the Glengar- nock a tunnel has been driven 125 feet on a lead about 12 feet in width. In this a shoot of white quartz, three feet in width and mineralized with galena, zinc blende and iron pyrites, has been met with and so far as developed, it is 70 feet in length. The average values of this shoot are 2 oz. gold and 10 oz. silver per ton. The remainder of the vein is white quartz, impregnated with galena and iron pyrites, and carrying values up to $10 per ton. The whole vein is good concentrating ore. Only trial shipments, up to 500 lbs., for test purposes, have so far been made, and these have given satisfactory results. A test made in London by the Elmore oil process resulted in a saving in concentrates of 87 per cent, of the total assay value, whilst a water- concentration test showed a saving of 83 per cent, of the values. "On the Liza Fraction, adjoining the Glengarnock, there is a quartz vein 10 feet in width. In this vein there occurs a 12-inch paystreak of solid galena giving a total value of $70 per ton, in gold, silver and lead. This can be mined and shipped to the smelter at a profit, and it is the intention of the company to make shipments shortly. "A tunnel on the Maggie May has been driven 54 l feet on a vein of argentiferous quartz and galena, three feet six inches in width. The average silver and lead contents, which constitute the principal values in this ore, have not yet been ascertained by a bulk test. The drift is being continued to cut, at an estimated additional distance of about 70 feet, a shoot of ore exposed on the surface and dipping away from the face of the tunnel. "Open cuts on other claims have shown the occurrence on them of ore veins. There are in all seven auriferous veins known to traverse the property. The company intends developing three leads until it has sufficient ore available to warrant the erection of a concentrator, to operate which there is a good water- power obtainable from Tenderfoot Creek." It may be added to the foregoing that other claims on Tenderfoot Creek have had occasional mention in the Annual Reports of the Mines Department, but nothing of interest was heard of them last month. Towards the end of August a reported strike of gold in quartz on a claim situate about a mile below Trout Lake and near the mouth of Canyon Creek attracted attention to that part of the district,, and numerous locations were made, but no work had been done when the neighbourhood was visited a day or two later. healey and lake creeks. But little information was obtainable relative to Healey, Camp, Hope and Lake Creeks, easterly tributaries of the Lardeau River. From Mr. T. J. Pearson, who in 1898 staked his claims, situate up Lake | Creek- opposite Poplar Creek, it was ascertained that there are good mineral showings in Johnson's Basin, from four to five miles up the creek from the Lardeau River. The ore is quartz with galena and some gray copper, these carrying good values in gold and silver. Among other holders of claims in that neighbourhood are Craig and Hillman, and a number of Nelson men. A lot of surface work has been done, but so far very 828 THE MINING RECORD. little underground prospecting. The camp is about 3,000 feet higher than the river, but it will not be difficult to get a good grade for the pack trail the Provincial Government is about to make from Poplar Creek to the basin. Pearson stated that the country up there is open, with grassy slopes arid pretty scenic effects. Fishing is good, there being mountain trout, and in places speckled trout two to three pounds in weight, and easily caught with a bit of red flannel for bait. Ptarmigan can be shot, and there are caribou about, for last summer he saw a doe and a yearling, which fed around not far from his camp for an hour or two. Mr. H. Magnusson mentioned some claims, known as the Handy group, that he and his partners sold Hacking, stated to be a mining expert from Granite Falls, Montana, is here quoted: "In the case of the Handy Gold Mining Company, in which I am interested, the railway runs within 50 feet of our claims. The fact that gold-bearing ore existed there was discovered during the grading \ for the railway line. Since the Handy Company secured control of these claims it has done considerable work on them by driving several tunnels to determine the values. I sent several tons of ore to the Hall-Mines smelter, a distance of 78 miles, and I secured the following smelter returns: Test No. 1, west end tunnel,—Gold, 14.18 oz.; silver, 29.4 oz.; total value, $297.01 per ton. Test No. 2, tunnel No. 3—Gold, 4.95 oz.; silver, 18 oz.; Marquis and Gilbert's Claim, Poplar Creek. last November to parties represented by Col. W. M. Brayton. These claims are now controlled by an organization named the Handy Gold Mining Company. Locations since made have been added to the group, which now consists of seven in all. They are situate near Healey Creek, on the eastern side of and almost abutting on the railway, and only about two miles south of Gerrard. Before' parting with their claims Magnesson and partners did about $1,700 worth of work on them, this work including three cross-cut tunnels, of 51, 31 and 35 feet respectively, run to cut as many different leads. The main lead, which occurs close to the railroad, is about three feet in width, is mineralized with gray gopper and galena. In connection with this property the following, published in a Vancouver newspaper, of an interview with Dr. F. H. total value, $109.31 per ton. Test No. 3, east end tunnel.—Gold, 1.72 oz.; silver, 12.5 oz.; total value, $41.13. Test No. 4, north tunnel, across foot of vein. —Gold, 20.48 oz.; silver, 12.7 oz.; total value, $416.44. There are now several cars of this ore ready to ship to the smelter. The lead on which we are working has a width of four feet on the surface, and only a short distance in the tunnel it increases to over six feet. We intend to sink a shaft 100 feet, starting at the apex of two cross veins, to further determine the value of the ore." South of Poplar Creek a commencement was made about the end of August to do some placer mining by means of a pump operated by a portable steam engine. This work was being done on the opposite side of the Lardeau River. As there was THE MINING RECORD. 829 no bridge near, and no one connected with the outfit effort was to dredge a tributary of the Sacramento was met, no particulars of results thus far obtained River, and was far from successful, as about all of were available. In closing these notes on the Lower the river dredges have been since that time. - The Lardeau it is desired to lay stress on the unusual ad- great difficulty with dredging rivers is the uncertainty vantage the district possesses in having a means of of the depth to bed-rock, and the continuous washing speedy communication, by means of railway and of barren dirt by the current to the point of digging, steamer, already provided. Seldom is ii that a newly . This, in connection with the trouble caused by freshets, opened mining district has railway facilities provided is responsible for the failure of nearly all the first before development has proved whether or not it has dredging operations. The Fraser River country is any merit, but this district is thus favoured. With probably more noticeable for the number of failures such excellent surface showings, so large an area of with this class of dredge than any other district, and mineral-bearing country, and transportation difficulties has done much to discourage those interested in the already overcome, the district should be quickly prov- dredging business. These numerous failures caused ed. There will not be many legitimate reasons for a distinct departure in iho manner of working, and delaying development; work should be vigorously what is now known as inland dredging had its incep- presecuted right through the winter, at any rate on tion jn this country.- This simply means the creation claims that have already come into prominent notice. 0f a lake large enpugh to float a dredge, A compora- If they prove to be payable enterprises, next spring tively flat piece of ground where the bed-rock is not should see a transformation of the district from a sixty feet below the surface is necessary, little-known camp haying a few prospectors scattered "The Bucyrus Company, of South Milwaukee, here and there over it, as it was a few months ago, manufacture the style of dredge now being erected by to a busy gold and silver mining centre serving to our Company on Gold Run, and the successful opera- demonstrate in an unmistakable manner that British tjon o)- d(0 many dre'dges in the different States, built Columbia still has, within easy reach of its business ^v ,|,js COmpany, has placed this class of mining out centres, mining fields well worthy of the attention of experienced prospectors and of the class-of investors that is not afraid to spend money in systematically following up promising indications of the presence of the precious metals. DREDGING IN ATLIN. MR. O. F. SWITZER recently addressed an interesting letter to the Atlin District Hoard of Trade on on the subject of dredging in that "> territory, from which we abstract the following: of the range of a speculation and has classed it as a simple business proposition or a question of handling the largest amount of ground possible, at the least possible cost, by the introduction of a scientifically constructed mechanical appliance as' against muscular energy. As a matter of fact, I don't know to-day of a single inland dredge that has not. been a money maker where the operation has been honestly handled. "The dredge in question, is over all, about 175 feet length, draws three and a half feet of water, and contains about 600 tons.of material; the digging end 'New Zealand is entitled to the credit for con consists of an endless chain of buckets (of the .close . " " ,, • „ a^a™ Tn tw cnuntrv connected type) 90 in number, ana nave a capau structing the first gold saving dredge. In ««* countiy co £ / ^ f t eac, and (lm at the r, there were large alluvial deposit,, and |gg«|| 7per min ie The chain of buckets works ov< W^LLre!e" !i,!f It "lib t^rg'h^ a eJof a ladder, from the middle of the bow 0 condition somewhat similar to that existing I have a capacity of ate of r the if the condition somewnai m.u.m w u.« -—& --*-• - dred£re. lhe buckets coming up loaded dump mto a flat country and no dump is responsible for their ef- hedge, t e<*!««? c & l perforated, forts for construct^ a &j«&Mg^ ^ S^^Z^Z SuldeU 'gravel and under these conditions. The first dredge they buil as uk cy ^ ^^ was known as the "dipper type," which is somewhat gold in iwo_ s 1 1 ^ ^.^ similar to the steam shovel now used by railway ;lden°m V j„ thf cyHnder ^cau^ing f perfect disinte- companies, which were all right for handling dirt P|g^Spia! and the gravel and gold are but faulty when it came to the question of sayingftrie grat on 01 * golf A number of years were spent in «P«™"ta« camed througl! a gold-saving devices with this type of dredge with varying resu ts, but arranged w ti t discLrged through the considerable progress was made About his t m ^ ' the ylin ler and dumped through stone chutes k,MmMM°m duftolhe facSl overboard. The result of the most careful test shows mining in that State; this wa ;:;,,:, ..,-.. -.■*■■-> •"■■: ■■"■ ee ^J^W^ .E*«ig« «**«« 1 that had once been hydrauliced, and the gold ditions of the country as to interfere with agriculture pursuits, and the washing down |j the mountains^ ■,,.,„, gravel fill fered wit causedrife evolution of the dredge, which W-^*g '^ThTdredgo in question wil be run by electricity , and tne wasnmg uuwu «. -■- wr.7*"", " f ., 1w trni inethod has left the ground worked over died many of the navigable rivers and inter- lost by hat mdtood has leu g th shipping. This interference &h*e ck| J^^^nR^Sv as ten cents pe? cubic 830 THE MINING RECORD. low Pine Creek Falls. Six miles of pole line will connect the power house to the dredge. Two Victor high pressure turbine wheels which generate 350 horsepower, will furnish the power. One mile of ditch, 350 feet of wood .flume, and 1,800 feet of steel flume, 30 to 24 inch discharge, with 180 foot head, will supply water to the wheels. The dredge will be electrically lighted, and the telephone line will connect the different stations." A MEASURING-TAPE, AND ITS USE IN MINE SURVEYING.* (By S. I Pollitzer.) THE writer's opinion, backed up by experience, is that the connection of a surface and an underground survey can be effected by two-plumb- lines, just as accurately as by the use of any optical instrument. Further, to make a comprehensive survey of a mine an horizontal projection alone is not all that is wanted; vertical sections are equally as important, and to be able to prepare these one must have the means of measuring correctly the relative heights of the various points in the mine. These are the reasons that induced the writer to construct a measuring-tape, 3,000 feet long, which he presumes is long enough for use in any mine in Australia. The wire used for the purpose is a soft pliable steel wire of No. 24 Birmingham wire-gauge, weighing two ounces per 100 feet, and Prof. Warren, of Sydney University, states that this wire will stand a strain of 84 pounds. In the writer's own experiments the wire stood a strain of 56 pounds, without showing the least sign of weakness or over-strain. To one end of the wire is attached an excellently-made detachable plummet of brass, weighing exactly 9 pounds, and it is made in such a manner that additional weights can be added to it without greatly disturbing either the wire or the plummet. A weight of 9 pounds was chosen, because, in experiments, (1) it was found that a weight of even less than 9 pounds would keep the wire in a perfectly vertical condition, but there must be no kink in it; and (2) when the wire is played out in a shaft for nearly its whole length, the maximum strain on the upper end of the wire must not exceed one- fourth of that found in above-mentioned experiment. Based on the 9 pounds' weight, the wire was divided at each length of 10 feet under a 9 pounds' strain and with a noted temperature: the correct strain was obtained by means of a spring-balance that had previously been tested with ordinary standard weights; and for each succeeding length of 100 feet, two ounces were added to the original 9 pounds of strain. At the exact 10 feet division-points, small pieces of the same wire were twisted across them, and soldered to them with a drop of lead-solder; at that end of the twisted bit of wire, where an eye was formed, a piece of white calico, measuring 2Y2 inches by iTA inches, was fast- *Condensed from a paper read before the Institute of Mining Engineers. ened, and on the calico was stitched in black wool the number of feet at that spot, and at every 50 and 100 feet mark the calico was replaced by red Turkey cloth, of course, provided with its respective number stitched in black wool. The pieces of calico and Turkey cloth were also used for covering up and enveloping the twisted wires, to which they were attached, so as to prevent them from scratching or otherwise damaging the rest of the wire, when being wound up. The length of the wire is wound upon a cedar wheel, 18 inches in diameter and 1% inches thick, with a groove in its periphery, 4 inches deep. The wheel when in use is attached to a strongly-made wooden trestle, which is permanently fixed to a purposely-made staging placed over the mouth of the shaft. The wheel can be stopped at any single inch throughout the depth of the shaft. Where a joint had to be made in the wire caused by its being accidentally broken, or adding a fresh coil, the two ends were overlapped for a length of about two inches and lightly twisted over each other, so as to keep them fairly close together. Afterwards this joint was closely wound with- thin brass wire, which was extended to about half an inch on either side of the single wire; and the entire joint was covered with a thin coating of lead-solder. When the tape was finished, it was taken to the Sydney Land Office, and tested on the standard length of 100 feet. It was found that to bring each 100 feet wire within the two standard marks, the same strain had to be exerted almost in every instance as that under which the particular part was constructed; and in those few instances where the strains did not agree, the differences were never greater than two ounces more or less. Before the wire is brought into use, the surveyor selects two points in the roof of each level that is to be connected, and these two points forming the ends of the base-line in that level are marked by two steel pins, 5 to 6 inches long and 54 to 1 inch thick; these pins are permanently fixed in the roof, and have a small hole drilled in their centres. They should as much as possible be placed in such a position, that neither of them shall form an ill-conditioned triangle with each cage-shaft, and the distance between the pins are carefully measured. After one of the cages has been disengaged and secured over-head, a temporary staging is erected over that shaft-mouth, upon which the trestle for the wire-wheel is nailed down; the staging should be of such a height that there shall be between it and the surface of the shaft a clear height of about 4^ feet. Then the 9 pounds brass plummet is hooped on to the wire, both are lowered 3 or 4 feet, and kept in that position until the plummet is quite still and there is no perceptible movement in it; this is done with the object of preventing any swinging or knocking of the plummet against the sides of the shaft while it is being lowered. The plummet is then slowly and gently lowered by turning the wheel, until it reaches the shaft bottom or the required level; before the plummet* reaches that point, the shaft below must be covered THE MINING KECUKD. 831 with planks, and a bucket of oil placed upon it to receive the plummet. After the plummet and wire have been brought to absolute rest, and after having laid down on the surface a similar base-line to those in the various levels, and connected the surface-base to the general surface survey, the surveyor connects the wire with the baseline by the triangulation method, by sighting from each point of the base-line on to the wire, and carefully ascertains the angles included between the wire and the base-line at each end. This process he begins on the surface, repeats it in each level in succession, and finishes at the shaft bottom. The bucket of oil is then removed, and the plummet is left free for the purpose of measuring the heights; if the plummet swings more or less, it does not affect the vertical measurements. To measure the heights or depths, the surveyor begins, in the reverse order, that is, at the bottom. With the assistance of an ordinary spirit-level, he draws a line across one of the vertical beams of the timbering, level with the lowest point of the plummet; and this line he marks permanently, as the bench marks for the lowest level. In the second cage, he then goes to the surface and reads the number of feet on the calico mark next below the surface, and thence to the surface or to a similar bench mark, as the one at the bottom, "he can measure with a small hand-tape or any other measuring'staff, and in this way the depth to the bottom is ascertained. The plummet is then gently wound up to the next higher level, into a position similar to that in which it was placed in the one below it, -and the identical operation is repeated. In fact, this operation is repeated until all the levels have been -treated in the same way, and the survey of the shaft is :finished. Next, the wire and the second cage change places, and the operation is repeated through the second shaft, except that the measuring of the heights is entirely omitted, as the measurements in the one shaft will serve. In this way, the writer brings down an azimuthal line of definite co-ordinates in every level, which is a correct way of connecting the surface and underground surveys in vertical shafts. ' It has been stated that the triangulation of the wire from each end of the base-line begins when the wire is at complete rest. When is the wire at complete rest, and how is that to be ascertained? One answer is given in Mr. G. R. Thompson's paper on the subject; hut in addition to that, the writer uses another check. While he is observing the wire from each end of the hase-line, two assistants stretch a thin strong piece of Tvhite cotton diagonally across the shaft at different levels leaving a few inches in height between each cotton strip; one end, the further one, is fastened to a nail while the assistant holds, the other end in his hands, strains it, and brings it quite close up to the wire without, however, touching it. He holds it in this position while the surveyor is making his observation : the least movement in the wire will in this ^vay be surelv detected, and the instrumental obser vation is stopped until the wire is again at rest. Of course, the surveyor detects the lateral motion of the wire through his telescope, yet it is desirable to have two assistants, each stretching a piece of cotton. In mines, where there is either an artificial or natural air-current so strong that the wire will not come to rest, the only way of stopping the air-current is by placing doors temporarily across the levels whence the current comes. Of course, this means a cessation of all work below, for the time being, which is justified by the importance of the survey connection. The use of a brass plummet prevents all local magnetic attraction, and this latter will hardly ever be strong enough to deflect the steel wire from the perpendicular, when such a plummet is hanging from it. Some 15 months ago, the writer's services were requested on one of the largest goldfields in the western part of New South Wales. On this mine, there are a score of shafts and many miles of levels and drives. At the 800-feet level of one shaft, there was a large quantity of ore in sight ready for treatment at the battery. The battery was close to another shaft, and there was no connection between the 800-feet levels of the two shafts, and between the two shafts there is a fairly deep creek. They are about 1,000 feet apart in a straight line, and are vertical. The question was where and how to make the shortest possible connection between the respective levels, which were by no means at the same horison. The survey, which was carried out very much in the manner here described, and the requisite calculations, were finished within less than three weeks; and then it was pointed out to the manager that over one of the pins driven in the floor of one level he must make a perpendicular rise in the rock over-head of about 45 feet, and, by driving in the direction indicated by two pins in the roof of^ the other level for a distance of about 270 feet, the connection would be effected." The country rock through which this connection was made is very hard^diorite, and it took more than seven months to complete the connection. One morning, the writer received a letter from the manager congratulating him on the successful connection, and stating that the survey was perfectly correct in every detail. BROWN ALASKA COMPANY. Mines and. Smelters on Prince of Wales Island. (By E. Jacobs.) THE Brown Alaska Company, of New York, is making good progress with the development of its mines and the construction of its smelting works at Hadley, Prince of Wales Island, Southeast Alaska. The officers of this company are Mr. D. _B. Brown, New York, president; Mr. E. H. Morrison, Fairfield, Washington, vice-president; Mr. H. H. Smith New York, secretary and treasurer; Mr.-I. Silverman, Hollis, Alaska, manager. Mr. Paul Johnson the well-known smelter designer and builder, is general, manager of the smelting works now in course of erection at Hadley, near the company s Mamie mine and he has as his assistant Mr. Rudolf Liden, 832 THE MINING RECORD. who has also been his right hand at other smelters he has erected in different parts of North America. • Messrs. Moran Bros., of Seattle, were given the contract for the manufacture of the blast furnace, boilers, and other heavy plant and machinery required for the smelter, and they had most of the castings finished and other iron and steel work well in hand by the middle of August, so that by the time this is published they will probably have shipped the greater part of the plant they contracted to supply. The firm also sold the company a 350-ton barge, in which plant and material was to be conveyed from Seattle to the site ' of the works at Hadley. In designing the smelter Mr. Johnson has provided for works of large capacity, but, as is customary when new enterprises are being launched, the preliminary equipment is on a smaller scale than it is intended shall eventually be attained. The water- jacketed blast furnace is 44 inches by 160 inches at tuyere line. It will have a daily treatment capacity of 400 to 450 tons, and will use hot blast supplied through a separate heating furnace, by a No. 8 Connersville blower having its own 150-h.p. direct-connected, Reynolds-Corliss girder-frame steam engine. The furnaces will be housed in a large steel frame furnace building of dimensions sufficiently large to leave room for more blast furnaces and a copper converter, which will be installed whenever, it shall be advantageous to put them in. Mechanical feeders will feed the smelting charges to the furnace'; each will be half the length of the furnace, and provision will be made for their distributing the charge as shall be required to produce best smelting results. Two locomotives and a number of specially-constructed slag trucks will handle the slag, which will be dumped hot instead of being "shotted," as at many reduction works. These trucks will each carry about five tons of slag. Other plant and machinery will include a battery of steam boilers, electric light engine and 250-light dynamo, a full equipment for the sampling mill, and all other necessary appliances. Coke for smelting and coal for other purposes will be obtained from Ladysmith, Vancouver Island. It will be taken up in a 3,000-ton hull, and it is estimated that it can be delivered at the smelter at a total cost of about $6 per ton. The product of the smelter will be shipped out on the return trips of this hull, so that an additional freight charge will thus be avoided. It is intended to have the smelter in operation by the first of January next. Two tunnels have been run on the company's Mamie mine, near Hadley. The upper is about 100 feet above the lower, and they have opened up at these different levels a vein of ore 41 feet in width carrying an average of about six per cent, of copper and $1 in gold and silver. From 12 to 15 feet of this ore body runs 7 to 8 per cent, copper. The ore is magnetite, with chalcopyrite and some iron pyrites. The Mount Andrews mine, adjoining the Mamie and owned by a Scotch steel manufacturer, has contracted to supply the smelter with 100 tons of ore daily, this to have a minimum copper content of four per cent. The Cracker Jack, in the same neighbour hood, described as a big gold-quartz mine, with ore running $40 to $50 in gold per ton, will also send ore to the smelter—from 75 to too tons' per diem—which will furnish the" additional quantity of silica required to flux the ores from the other mines mentioned. As more custom ores come in, and the company's own mines become farther developed, to ensure a larger regular supply than is at present available, an enlarged treatment capacity will be provided for, the object of the company being to build up a big smelting business at Hadley. INSPECTION OF STEAM BOILERS AND MACHINERY. T HERE have been some changes made recently in connection with a re-arrangement of the districts heretofore covered by the several provincial inspectors of steam boilers. The chief inspector of machinery, Mr. John Peck, whose headquarters are at New Westminster, will continue to examine and check all plans connected with construction work, it being usual for manufacturers to have these passed before proceeding with the manufacture of new boilers, etc., so as to obviate any necessity for alterations that might otherwise arise should it afterwards be found that the requirements of this department had not been met in construction. He will also test materials as heretofore; supervise the examination of engineers, whom the law provides must hold a provincial certificate of competency to entitle them to take charge of any steam plant operating in the Province ; and generally superintend matters in this department. District A now includes New Westminster and east to Camp McKinney, including the Okanagan. It also takes in the northern part of Kootenay, from Nakusp northwards, and extends along the C. P. R. main line to the eastern boundary of the- Province. This district is in charge of Inspector Thos. H. Goldie, with office at New Westminster. District B, which formerly included the Gulf Islands as well, is now restricted to Vancouver Island only, and of this Inspector Samuel Baxter is in charge, with office at Victoria. District C embraces the lower portion of the Kootenay and the Boundary, and is under Inspector Andrew Sutherland, newly appointed, and whose office is at Nelson. District D is a new district, taking in part of the territory hitherto included in the New Westminster and Victoria districts. Vancouver City, the West Coast of the Mainland, and the Gulf Islands, now constitute this district, of which Inspector George O. Madigan, lately removed from Nelson, has been given charge. During September Chief Inspector Peck, assisted by Inspector Madigan held examinations of engineers at Greenwood, Nelson, Cranbrook, Fernie, Golden, Revelstoke and Vernon. Altogether some 75 candidates presented themselves for examination. Since the institution of these examinations for certificates of competency more than 700 candidates in all have been examined. The necessity for this insistence upon men proving themselves competent to take charge of stesm boilers and machinery before being permitted THE MINING RECORD. 833 by law to do so is becoming more and more appreciated by owners and managers, who now recognize that the enforcement of the law in this respect considerably lessens the risk of loss, both of life and property, and are consequently more favourable disposed towards the carrying out of the statutory provisions than they were a year or two ago. GOLD AND MANGANESE MINING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. WE are indebted to Mr. L. E. Dudley, U. S. Consul at Vancouver, for the following advance sheet of his consular report on the above subject to his Government: "I have recently visited Atlin, British Columbia, and vicinity. This district is very rich in gold, and there are large hydraulic plants being established there, some of which are already producing gold in very considerable quantities. There is one dredging plant in process of construction; it is expected that it will be in operation before the close of the present season. This dredging plant is the first that I have seen building in the interior. It is quite a different .operation from dredging work on the bars of rivers which I have seen heretofore. A large basin is excavated, in which the dredge is built. A ditch seven miles long brings water with which to fill the basin and float the dredge when completed. This will also furnish power to develop electricity to operate the machinery on the dredge. The advocates of the dredge proposition think it superior to the ordinary hydraulic work, for the earth that has been washed fill's up the space immediately in the rear and is not thrown down into the stream, as is the case with the hydraulic companies. This dredge is expected to dig into the benches and make its way, leaving the ground very much as it found it, except that it will have extracted the gold. "The Atlin gold is generally not as fine as is found in the beds of the streams in other districts. There are some individual miners who seem to be doing well in this district, but it does not appear to me to be a country in which men with small capital can do very much, but at the present time wages are very high. The ordinary pick-and-shovel men are paid $3.50 per day and board, and their expenses into the country in the spring of the year and out again in the autumn are paid by their employers, and they can save nearly everything they earn if they are pleased to do so. "Returning to Atlin after a visit to one of the creeks, I noticed a great bank, which at first seemed like snow ; upon a little further examination I thought it was alkali such as I have often seen in New Mexico and other'places in the Southwest. On inquiry I found that it was manganese. One gentleman told me that he had investigated this great deposit and had dug down 15 feet through a pure body of manganese It appears almost like potters' clay of the finest quality. I was assured that there is unlimited quantities of this mineral in the vicinity of Atlin, but the present freight rates make it impossible to deliver this to the iron manufacturers at a profit. I have very little doubt that the time will soon come when this will be a valuable deposit, one to be developed at great profit; today it appears to be valueless. It is my opinion that some of our manufacturers of steel in the United States would do well to investigate this large deposit of manganese. "There are new mines being discovered in the vicinity of Atlin constantly, and I believe that this will eventually become one of the largest mining districts on this coast, but, as I have previously said, it will require large capital for its development. At the present time there are five hydraulic propositions under development. Three of these are now sending out gold frequntly, which I am informd is secured at a price which yields good profit on the investments. There are others under process of development that are expected to be in operation before the end of the present season or, at least, early next year." COAL EXPORTATIONS AND TRADE. THE output from the Crow's Nest collieries is being steadily increased, production this month having been exceptionally heavy. In August the output was 73,600 tons, of which 19,000 tons represented the coke output. The new ovens being built at Morrissey are rapidly nearing completion, fifty ovens there being now in commission. Mr. Robert Jaffray, vice-president of the Crow's Nest Company, in a recent interview, stated that the company has built or is building 412 dwelling houses for the men and employees . at the three collieries, viz., Coal Creek, Fernie, Michel and Morrissey, and ■ in addition are now adding 46 buildings for mechanical and business purposes. At Michel and Morrissey there are 500 coke ovens in course of erection, 250 at each place. Between Fernie and Michel there are already 636 ovens in operation, so that when the new ovens are completed there will be 1,136 ovens going, with an aggregate capacity of from 1,200 to 1,500 tons of coke per day. The Fernie Free Press publishes a statement that the C.P.R. has instituted a mining and metallurgical department for the purpose of developing coal properties to provide coal for its own consumption. The company's property near Banff, about five miles from the town and within the park reserve, is being steadily developed. Two seams of semi-bituminous coal are being opened and two seams of semi-anthracite are also thought to exist there. The coal is of good steaming quality and and will be very useful for railway purposes. The seams dip at an angle of about 45 degrees. At the Coast collieries, mining operations are in full swing, production from the Wellington collieries being now maintained at the rate of about 1,000 tons a day, while every effort is being made to increase the coke output to keep pace with the local smelter demand. In the past week the No. 4 tunnel has been opened at Extension, necessitating the employment of over two hundred-more miners. Messrs. Harrison, the coal and metal brokers of San Francisco, announce ma recent report that colonial grades of coal cannot compete in that market'with the British Columbian product, as the steamer rates on the coast are now very low and are likely to remain so. The advanced cost of oil for fuel purposes has also limited competition from that quarter In fact it is thought that if the United States Congress allows coal to remain on the free list after January.the 15th next, many manufacturers and others will discard oil fuel altogether in favour of coal. 834 THE MINING RECORD. BOUNDARY DISTRICT NOTES. (From our own Correspondent.) THE Hall Mining & Smelting Company, of Nelson, operating the Emma mine, in. Summit Camp, Boundary district, has made contracts with the Trail and Greenwood smelters for the supply of ore from this mine. The large percentage of iron the ore carries makes it useful to the smelters for fluxing purposes. Morrison.—A shoot of fine-looking ore was met with in one of the stopes on the tunnel level of the Morrison mine, in Deadwood Camp, early last month. More than 1,000 tons The recent new strike at the Lenora mine, Mt. Sicker, Manager Tregear standing in open cut. of ore from the dump have been shipped to the Greenwood smelter, and now shipments are being made from the stopes in the mine. Winnipeg.—After a rather long suspension of work at the Winnipeg mine, in Wellington Camp, operations have been resumed, under the immediate direction of Mr. Richard Plewman. A favourable treatment rate has been obtained from the Montreal & Boston Copper Co.'s smelter, and shipments of ore are being made to that company's works at Boundary Falls'. West Fork of Kettle River.—Mr. W. G. Gaunce, secretary of the Greenwood Board of Trade and of the Greenwood branch of the Provincial Mining Association, has been in this district obtaining mineral specimens for exhibition at the October annual exposition in Spokane, Wash. The work of completing the waggon road up the West Fork is now in hand, the Provincial Government having obtained an appropriation for this purpose before the Legislature was dissolved last summer. It is probable that through communication suitable for loaded waggons will be established before the snow flies. E. P. U. Mines.—The main^shaft of the E. P. U. is down 85 feet and the vein in the bottom shows ten inches of quartz carrying free gold and tellurides and running about 5 oz. gold and 9 oz. silver to the ton. A drift at the 60-foot level has been run 45 feet south from the shaft," with the vein still strong in the face of the drive. The vein has been stripped for 300 feet north from the shaft. Good ore shows all along this open cut and an average sample taken from one place, where the vein is 18 inches wide, assayed 7 oz. gold. It has now been demonstrated that the shoot of pay ore opened.up is at least 350 feet long, probably more, for it has not yet run out at either end. Shipments to date aggregate 104 tons, of an average gross value of rather better than $100 per ton. Some very good ore is being taken out of the adjoining Goldfinch claim, under the same management as the E. P. U, and this property is also looking well. Only stoping is at present being done, but development will shortly be undertaken. Forty-four tons of ore have been shipped, most of this running between $109 and $110 per ton. Elkhorn (Providence Camp.)—To the end of September about 240 tons of ore have been shipped from the Elkhorn, situate just outside the northern limits of the town of Greenwood. The main shaft is down 142 feet on the incline. At the 80-foot level a drift has been run easterly towards the adjoining Providence claim, about 150 feet, going into the hill, which rising rapidly gives a depth at the face of the drift of nearly 200 feet from the surface. Good ore has been obtained the full length of this drift, the pay shoot varying from 8 to 18 inches in width, the average being about 12 inches. Where widest the vein has yielded ore of good grade, but it is more compact and solid and generally runs higher where the . width is about 12 inches. One hundred feet west of the main shaft and lower down the hill a shaft was sunk 25 feet, and the west drift at the 80-foot level will shortly connect with this and give better ventilation underground. Some of the best ore encountered came from this west drift. At the 140-foot level a drift west is in about 40 feet. The vein is much the same in size as at the upper level. The grade seems to be improving, though, for more native silver shows in the ore, which has given an average value of about $100 per ton for that shipped to date. Sorting has been discontinued, the ore now going to the smelter at Boundary Falls just as it is extracted from the mine. Thirteen men are employed on the Elkhorn. Either a horse whim or a small steam hoist will shortly be substituted for the horse and whip which so far has served for hoisting purposes. Providence (Providence Camp.)—The main shaft on the Providence is down 188 feet on the incline, or about 140 feet vertical depth. At the 100-foot level a drift has been run 60 feet south and 280 feet north, following the vein which varies in width from six to eighteen inches of pay ore. Drifting to the north is being continued. At 176 feet another level has been opened out, drifting both north and south. The north drift is in 80 feet and the south 40 feet, and the THE MINING RECORD. 835 vein is being followed both ways, the pay shoot of ore maintaining its general average width and value. Shipments for three months ended September 30 total about 220 tons, making an aggregate output of 616 tons since the mine was opened. .Hoisting is now done, by steam power. There were 32 men on the payroll towards the end of September. The Providence declared a dividend of ten cents per share early in September, and it is expected that a similar return "will be made to the shareholders monthly .until the mine shall have been opened up sufficiently to admit of shipments being increased, after which the monthly dividends will be larger. Defiance and Gold Bug.—Prospecting work is in progress on both the Defiance and the Gold Bug, but no details have lately been obtained. Some specimens of rich ore have been shown in Greenwood, and it is stated that both claims look promising. YMIR DISTRICT. (From our own Correspondent.) THERE is a very apparent revival in the mining industry in this section. Its influence is felt in all directions in • the community, the general trade being better than at any time heretofore, whilst there is more work offering than there are men to take it. At the Ymir mine the crews stand at about 180. During the last couple of months the grade of ore treated has been considerably better than in the previous months, so that higher returns may be anticipated. In addition, some shipments have been made of crude ore from a rich deposit found in the east drift on the 500-foot level. The property which has gone most ahead during the last few months has been the Wilcox mine, owned by the Broken Hill Mining and Development Company. Professor Lakes, of -Mines and Minerals, published at Denver, Colorado, recently . examined the mine and passed a most favourable report on it. The stampmill is steadily making good profits, while shipments of crude ore- now in transit will make large additions to'the profits. The control of the property has recently changed hands, the stock owned by Philip White, one of the original owners, having been purchased by Eastern capitalists, who were already large holders of treasury stock. White is reported to have received about $50,000 for his interest. Messrs. Wolfle and Dawault, who recently bonded the Gold Cup group here for $15,000, have evidently decided to stay with the property, since they are now preparing to put in a ten-stamp mill, the machinery for which is now on its way here. The Gold Cup shaft is now down to the 100-foot level and drifts are in progress in both directions at that level. The ore is five feet wide at this depth and is reported to carry about $18 to $20 in gold, mostly free milling. Herbert Porter, who has a lease on the Atlin mine, has just shipped a carload of ore which went $27.40 per ton. Mr. G. H. Barnhardt, late superintendent of the Ymir mine, is now working the Porto Rico mine under lease. The stamp mill is being repaired and is expected to be in working order about the 1st prox. He will also undertake the milling of ore from the rich spotted Horse group close by. The Tamarac mine, is now in operation again,- a small force of men being at work on the deep level. At the Hunter V. mine which has now been acquired by the B C Standard Company preparations are being made for maintaining a large output. The Hunter V. ore consists of a lime formation, which forms a valuable smelter flux, in addition to carrying fair gold and silver values. A contract has been let to B. C. Riblet & Co. of Nelson for the erection of an aerial tramway with a daily capacity of 600 tons per day: The ore lies in such shape that it can be quarried out from the surface and the smelters are glad to take it free of smelting charge. * . 7 Mr J Laing Stocks, secretary of the Duncan United Mines Ltd has left Nelson for Alberta, where he will engage 'in ranching. Mr. Norman Carmichael, engineer in charge of the company's mines, is now also attending to the company's local office matters. Mining in the " dry belt." (By W. D. McGregor.) WHILE not participating in the lead bounty "except indirectly," as my friend says, by paying the smelters $1 to $2 advance on freight and treatment or to show the lead miners that there is no discrimination against them as the smelter men might claim, nor as yet in the rush to Poplar Creek, this district is doing the most satisfactory work in its history. While shipments, are small, some 1,000 tons, they are of very high grade, and in most cases sorted from ore broken in development work only. Much interest is, of course, taken in the new Parks process plant which is to be installed on Springer Creek below the Arlington. This is the outcome of a long series of experiments, and if anything near as successful as in the experimental plant should make a series of big dividend payers in the camp. The Arlington, Ottawa, Speculator, Black Prince and others having big bodies of low-grade sulphide ores are within a radius of a couple of miles of the location of the first mill. On Ten-Mile Creek the Enterprise mine is still being worked under lease and producing to the satisfaction of all concerned. It is understood that the original lease has been extended and the holders are increasing the force from 40 to 60 miners. Among the shipments from the creek I notice two tons from development on the Westmount giving 140 ozs. returns, and two lots from the Highland Light and Victor a couple of tons giving 480 ozs. and 670 ozs. per ton respectively. Springer Creek is busy, more attention being paid to the proving of the larger bodies of low-grade ore than in previous years. The Dayton, Cripple and Hampton are all-taking out and sacking rich ore. The Myrtle will ship the cream of the ore broken in last winter's development as their sample of one and a half tons returned 200 ozs. per ton. They are planning ' for steady development and will make no attempt at taking out ore, as the vein where cross-cut on the 50-foot level shows to be 30 feet wide and all ore if worked on a large scale. The vein has been traced for 1,000 feet and shows as strong a cropping at furthest cut as at the main working. The owners seem well advised to sink to the 100-foot and explore on that level instead of picking out the rich streaks and leaving the balance waste. Another wide and strong ore body being exposed is the Combination, well down, the creek. Lemon Creek shows the greatest improvement of the year. The gold-bearing belt, crossing the North Fork of the creek and extending across the head waters, is the centre of interest. The development of the Violet-Kilo and of the Legal; the yield of the Meteor under lease, and the development on the Hansen and other groups near the head of the creek have been factors in the situation. The purchasers of the Hoodoo group have acquired the Howard Fraction group adjoining and are constructing a road and driving a 1,000 foot cross-cut tunnel to open their property at depth. Prospectors are coming in daily with rich gold specimens, and Tiger Creek, Mineral Creek and all the upper forks of Lemon Creek have strikes of more or less importance. Several of the older prospects have been largely improved by intelligent development. THE PROVINCIAL MINING ASSOCIATION. TO THE EDITOR:—At the request of the Executive Committee of this Association, I hand you copy of a resolution passed by them at their last meeting. In doing so, I beg to state emphatically that our -objects are non- partizan in politics, but business ones, solely for the benefit of the mining industry. We desire, therefore, to elicit from each candidate for Parliamentary honours—whether Conservative Liberal, Labour or Socialist—his views on the subject matters which engaged the attention of the 250 delegates to our last Convention in Victoria, whereat they represented the ideas of some six thousand persons dependent upon the success of the mining industryand were certainly well posted on the several mining questions. As an Association, we have no interest whatever m any party but we look to the Government of the day, and. the 836 THE MINING RECORD. Opposition of the day—which together form the House of Legislature—to care for the great and increasing industry of Mining. We ask that the new Government and Opposition shall, whichever party they represent, not only refrain from retarding this great industry, but that the House when it meets will- vigorously proceed to examine our suggestions and amend the laws which are proved to be injurious, when we say the mining industry will rapidly become the greatest revenue-producer, indirectly and directly, in the Province. This Association includes all classes of the mining industry: bankers, lawyers, mine-owners, miners and muckers; blacksmiths, engineers—civil, mechanical and electrical, timbermen, farmers and ranchers, smelter and refinery men, mine managers, clerks, teamsters, et al, whose political views include Conservatism, Liberalism, Industrialism, Socialism, and the rest of the political parties, large and small. All are, however, unanimously of the opinion that each party member elected shall be placed upon a stand hedged round by his public utterances, which it will be impossible for him to escape from as heretofore, for he will represent, not himself, but some distinct party which will feel the responsibility and see that he who is elected to represent it will do his duty, bearing in mind that the mining industry is a Provincial question and not a party one in any sense whatever. I am, yours truly JOHN KEEN, President. The following resolutions were passed: Re mineral act. That .whereas under Section 9 of the Mineral Act it is provided amongst other things, that, subject to the proviso thereinafter stated, no person or joint stock company shall be recognized as having any right or interest in or to any mineral claim or * * * water right * * * unless he or it shall have a free miner's certificate unexpired. And that on the expiration of a free miner's certificate the owner thereof shall absolutely forfeit all his rights and interests in or to any mineral claim * * * and water right which may be held or claimed by such owner of such expired free miner's certificate, unless such owner shall on or before the day following the expiration of such certificate obtain a new free miner's certificate: Provided that this section shall not apply tp mineral claims for which a Crown grant has been issued. And whereas the above proviso fails to clearly protect the owners of water rights on Crown granted mineral claims, without the necessity of keeping up a free miner's certificate, which in the case of a company, costs $100.00 per year: And whereas the said provision ought to be amended so as protect the said water rights on Crown granted mineral claims, as well as the mineral claim itself: Be it- resolved by the Executive Committee of the Provincial Mining Association of British Columbia, assembled at Rossland by special call of the President, that the said proviso in Section 9 of the "Mineral Act ought to be amended by adding thereto the words: "Nor to any water right or record, mining ditch, drain, tunnel or flume, held or used, or intended to be held or used, upon or in connection with the development of any such claims." Re water clauses consolidation act. That whereas the Water Clauses Consolidation Act, 1897 (R. S. B. C, Chap. 190), has been found to be ambiguous, defective and inequitable in many respects, and requires amendment speedily in the following particulars: (a.) To remove the ambiguity created by the definition of "unrecorded water" in Section 2 when read in connection with Section 18: (b.) To repeal Sub-section 2 (b) when the applicant is the oiwner of a Crown granted mineral claim and the water is to be used to develop such claim: (c.) To require applicants for water to advertise their application in some local newspaper in addition to posting the notices required by the Act: (d.) To abolish the existing dual jurisdiction conferred upon Gold Commissioners and Assistant Land Commissioners, and to vest the sole jurisdiction in the Gold Commissioner of each district: (e.) To provide for the payment of the costs of successful party or parties, in disputed cases, by the unsuccessful party or parties: (f.) To amend the provisions of the Act relating to Power Companies, so as to remove several doubts which exist: (g.) To amend the heading and arrangement of Part VI. of the Act, so as to remove certain glaring anomalies from it: Be it therefore resolved by the Executive Committee of the Provincial Mining Association of British Columbia, assembled at Rossland by special call of the President, that the said Water Clauses Consolidation Act, 1897, and amending Acts require careful revision and amendment, and that the said Act ought to be promptly amended as above set forth: It was proposed in amendment by Mr. Taylor, K.C., that the resolution should be amended as ' follows:— 1. By striking out paragraphs (a), (c) and (e) thereof: 2. By providing that in Section 23 of the Water Clauses Consolidation Act the Gold Commissioner shall determine the questions covered by the wording of the last three lines of said section, at the instance of any person or company interested in any water record or water rights respecting the same brook, creek, stream, river, or lake, whether said records or water rights were obtained before or after the record complained against, or by any_ person or company applying for water on the said brook, creek, stream, river or lake: Re assessment act—taxes on crown granted claims. Whereas, under the provisions of the Assessment Act Amendment Act, 1903, a tax of 25 cents for every acre and fractional part of an acre of land conveyed by a Crown grant of a mineral claim is directed to be levied, payable on the 30th day of June immediately after the date of the Crown grant, and thereafter on the 30th day of June in each year: And whereas, under the terms of this Statute taxes for a whole year at the rate aforesaid are leviable and must be paid, even in cases where the Crown grant has issued only a day or two before the said 30th day of June in any year and without taking into account the assessment work (or fees in lieu thereof) performed or paid : And whereas the said provision inflicts a great hardship upon prospectors and others interested in the development of mineral claims and in obtaining title thereto: Therefore, be it resolved, that the said Statute ought to be so amended as to make the said tax apportionable, and that no person should be taxed for any period of time prior to the date of the Crown grant: Re COAL LANDS. Resolved, that this Executive of the Provincial Mining Association of British Columbia urge such Government as may be in power after the pending Provincial Elections to formulate without delay a policy for the opening up and development of all coal lands: And further resolved, that this Executive suggests that, with respect to coal lands in South East Kootenay (not affected by any valid existing legal claim or right of any person or company) the Government retain the title to all such, and develop' the coal measures therein contained by a system of leasing to actual operators, such leases to contain stringent conditions for proper equipment, development and continuous operation, and for the full protection of the British Columbia consumers of coal and coke as to supply and price: And further resolved, that the policy above suggested be extended to all coal and petroleum lands of the Province. Senator Levi Ankeny, Senator A. G. Foster, Congressman W. J. Jones, and several others, made up a party from across the line who, after visiting the Northport smelter, were shown through the Le Roi mine, Rossland, by the general manager, Mr. S. F. Parrish. At Northport the visitors were entertained at dinner by the superintendent of the smelter, Mr. E. J. Wilson. THE MINING RECORD. 837 Oi ^ ...MiiUBg MaclunCTy... Our experience in?designing,rand|installing complete plants has extended over a period of many years, and this experience together with the fact that we are in close touch with many eminent metallurgists places us in a position to supply our customers with machinery of the latest and most improved type, and with plans for its installation in accordance with up-to- date and practical methods of handling ore so as to obtain the best commercial as well as metallurgical results. COMPLETE POWER, LIGHTING, HEATING AND PUMPING PLANTS CHAS. C. MOORE & CO., Engineers PACIFIC COAST AGENTS FOR The Holthoff Machinery Co., CUDAHY, WIS. MAIN OFFICE ©3 FIRST ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL BRANCHES NEW YORK, 1303 Havemeyer Bldg. SEATTLE, 21B Second Ave., So. IOS ANGELES, 331 Trust Building. Adver. No. 223. BAKER CITY, Oregon. SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. CAMPANY MEETINGS AND REPORTS. HASTINGS EXPLORATION SYNDICATE. AT the sixth ordinary general meeting of shareholders held in London last month, the chairman in moving the adoption of the report and accounts, said: "The statements before you contains as good a summary of the situation as it is possible for me to give. The pessimistic views expressed by Mr. Leslie Hill upon taking charge of your gold mining properties a year ago, although quite justifiable at the time, have, I am pleased to say, not been altogether realized; for although he reported quite truly that the Arlington Mine appeared at that time to be gutted, and that also by wasteful treatment of the remarkably' rich ore extracted we had lost much of the profit we should have derived from it, yet you will see by the accounts before you that, thanks to Mr. Leslie Hill's wise and careful administration, we stand in a better position to-day than we did a year ago. "By shutting down the mill and carefully selecting the ore best suited for the smelter, by a judicious system of prospecting -what appeared to be an exhausted mine, and by strict economy in administration, he has won for us over $44,000 of net smelter returns, and by letting out on tribute a prospect discovered when I last visited the property a further $22,000 has been won by the lessor, 25 per cent, of which falls into our treasury without any risk or expenditure on our part. The working expenses in British Columbia have been considerably curtailed, by largely reducing the number of men employed at the mine, so that as a result the total expenditure is more than covered by the receipts, which in itself is a matter for no small congratulation by the shareholders, and one for which Mr. Hill deserves our best thanks. For his views as to the future prospects before you I cannot do better than refer you to his own words, which are embodied in our report. "T regret that it has not been possible as yet to deal with the Syndicate's interest in the Blairmore Coal Lands, of which Mr. Hill, who is an expert in such matters, speaks most highly. The Board, however, are satisfied that you have a property that it would be most foolish to sacrifice, and hope that when the financial cloud that has of late been hanging over the United States shall have disappeared, some profitable means of dealing with your holding will present itself." NORTHWESTERN DEVELOPMENT SYNDICATE. A meeting of shareholders was held during he month at Houghton, Michigan, to receive a report of the condition of the undertaking. The treosurer presented the following statement of accounts:— ' RECEIPTS. Balance, October 20 $18,641 87 Mine yield to August 27 5,400 95 Loans from banks 12,500 00 Sales of stock, etc 43,758 56 Notes for stock $16,640 00 Outstanding 6,205 35 Paid on notes 10,434 65 Total $60,763 03 DISBURSEMENTS. Labour and supplies $39,34-0 50 Property payments 37>°o 00 Loans repaid 8,500 00 Goldworthy personal 360 71 Brock personal 75o 00 Floeter personal 220 05 Attorney fees 704 45 Machinery account 1.565 20 Sundry expense 2,265 03 On hand September 3 30 00 Total ". $90,763 03 XIV THE MINING RECORD. It was stated there was an indebtedness for which the company is liable to the extent of $14,000, of which $5,000 is owed in the copper country for borrowed money and $9,000 in British Columbia for labour. It was further stated that eight claims, exclusive of the Goldfinsh, held under bonds, which matured in December, represent an investment of $130,000. The vice-president and other members of the executive board spoke in most - condemnatory terms of the manner in which the late manager, Mr. Brock, had expended the company's funds, by erecting mills and building hotels and stores before sufficient ore had been developed in the mine to justify such outlays. It was also charged that Mr. Brock had failed to furnish the directors with precise accounts of moneys expended by him. Mr. A. F. Rossenberger said that- if he would be given absolute assurance of a thoroughly complete business management, made up of people whom he approved, he would put forth his best efforts to save the investment of the stockholders. He thought that with proper assurances about the management, he would be able to secure reasonable terms from the owners, by .which the stockholders would be able to furnish the funds necessary for payments and development in small monthly installments, thus arrang ing matters so there would not be a heavy drain on any one at any time. He declared the property to be a network of free milling gold veins and what he represented it to be two years ago—a big low-grade free-milling prospect. He recommended a systematic prospecting. At Mr. Rossenberger's suggestion a committee was appointed to investigate, and report on "the condition of the mine. NORTHWEST GOAL AND COKE CO. An extraordinary general meeting of the Northwest Coal & Coke Company was held yesterday afternoon at three o'clock for the purpose of increasing the capital Stock of the company from $3,000,000 to $10,000,000, and the number of directors from six to eleven, and of authorizinz the directors to issue debentures of the company to the amount of $1,500,000. There was a good attendance of the shareholders at the meeting, and a resolution embodying the above provisions was passed unanimously. The new directors are: Colonel Turnbull, H. Lodge, Colonel Brend, R. Furfar and G. Ellis, all of London, Eng. A cablegram was received during the meeting from • L. Ernst, announcing the terms of certain arrangements made with the new English shareholders which gave the local shareholders much satisfaction. m CONTINUOUS SERVICE is one of the most important factois in an ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION PLANT. Peltonr wheels afford twenty-four hours service, three hundred and sixty- five days in the year. They are highly efficient and susceptible of the closest regulation. Send for catalog on water powers. PELTON WATER WHEEL CO., 135 Main St. San Francisco 156 Liberty St., New York. """^T^ NO NIGHT WORK The- Burroughs Adding Machine prevents night work, adds system to the business, saves worry and does the drudgery of accounting work. It relieves employees of the detail and gives them an opportunity to devote their time and attention to more important matters. It is to figures what the typewriter is to correspondence, but it does a great deal more. IT AID5 The clerks, the bookkeeper, the cashier, the paymaster, the accountant, the treasurer and anyone who has to do accounting work. 30 DAYS FREE TRIAL § | # We will send a machine on 30 days' free trial. At the end of that time, if you do not wish to purchase, we will remove it without expense to you. MACKENZIE URQUHART, Commercial Stationer, 412 Granville St., Vancouver, B.C. The Hall Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. NELSON,I B. C. ! SMELTING DEPARTMENT Purchases CORRER ORE, LEAD ORE, DRY ORE. ivJK OxVLrL. 27,300 feet of best patent improved1 crucible steel wire rope, i in. diameter 6 x 16 Manilla core Lang lay. This rope was imported under specially favourable opportunities in a car lot and as it is not now required, it will be sold at a sacrifice. THE HALL MINING & SMELTING CO.Ltd. NELSON. B. C. "^ VI THE MIttltfG &ECORD. BRITISH COLUMBIA THE MINERAL PROVINCE OF eHNRDH. Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Coal, Coke, Oil Iron, Mercury, Platinum, etc. The Mines of British Colnmbia have produced nearly $180,000,000. Amount and Value of Mineral Produpts for 1900, 1901 and 1902. Customary . Measure 1900. 1901. 1902. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Gold, placer Gold, lode Silver 63,936 167,153 3,958,175 9.997.080 63,358,621 1,439,595 85, H9 $ 1,278,724 3-453,381 2,309,200 1,615,289 2,691,887 4,318,785 425,745 251,740 48,505 210,384 5,151,333 27,603,746 51,582,906 1,460.331 127,081 $ 970,100 4,348,603 2,884,745 4,446,963 2,002,733 4,380,993 635,405 417,238 53,657 236,491 3,917,917 29,636,057 22,536,381 1,397,394 128,015 $ 1,073,140 4,888,269 <1 i,94i,328 3,446,673 Copper t c 824,832 Coal Tons, 2,240 lbs.... 4,192,182 640,075 480,051 $16,344751' $ 20,086,780 $ 17,486,550 GOLD.—Placer gold mining, which in early days formed the ' chief mineral industry of the province, and made it famous all the world over, still continues to be important, while improved methods of working the gravel deposits, together with cheaper transportation and cost of mining, have rendered the working of large deposits, long known to exist, now profitable where previously impossible. The area of country known to contain-placer gold is enormous and has only been touched, leaving still virgin ground well worth the prospecting for this, the only class of "poor man's mine." •Recent discoveries of new placer fields in the Atlin district, the Cassiar district, and the large extent of unworked deposits in the Cariboo district, are proof that the field is not yet exhausted, and promise a revival of this important industry. HYDRAULIC -MINING plants costing large amounts of .money are being installed in Atlin, Cassiar, Omineca and Cariboo, at points widely separated, indicating the extent of the gold deposits. One company recovered $350,000 in gold during 1900. DREDGING FOR GOLD is receiving deserved attention, and dredges are at work on the Fraser, Thompson, Quesnel and other rivers, on all of which streams good ground may yet be obtained. LODE GOLD MINING is now being prosecuted in various parts of the province, and in certain instances very successfully, notably at Ymir, Cariboo-McKinney and elsewhere. GOLD-COPPER ORES are being extensively worked at Rossland by the Le Roi, War Eagle and associated companies, while other mines in the camp are rapidly becoming important producers. The tonnage of this camp alone in 1902 was 329,534 tons, and there will be an increase this year. SILVER-LEAD—In 1900 the silver production was $2,309,- 200 and the lead production $2,691,887. Since that time the mining of silver-lead ores has been somewhat suspended owing to temporarily unfavourable market prices. COPPER.—Copper is being produced to a limited extent at Rossland, where the chief value of the ore is in gold, but the feature of this branch of the industry is the development and mining of a large tonnage of low-grade copper ores in the Boundary district, of which there seems to be an almost unlimited amount. The output of ore from this district alone amounted to 521,402 tons in 1902. The Coast district will this coming year show a very considerable copper production from the Vancouver Island and Texada Island mines. ' Prospecting for copper is receiving great attention, and the discoveries made on the Coast, in the Similkameen Valley, etc., give great promise. IRON.—With the great probability of an iron-smelting plant on the Northern Pacific Coast in tne near future, what promise to be extensive bodies of magnetite iron ore have been developed on the Coast, while other deposits of iron ore are now under development in the Goat River and Fort Steele mining divisions, and still other bodies occur near Kamloops. COAL AND COKE—In 1901 the Vancouver Island collieries made a net output of 1,173,893 tons of coal and 20,178 tons of coke. In 1902 the Crow's Nest collieries made a net output of 223,501 tons of coal, and 107,873 tons of coke. In 1903 this output will be doubled at the least. These mines alone are putting out from 1,000 to 2,000 tons of coal per diem. Of the total output of 1902 776,808 tons of coal and 38,780- tons of coke were exported, chiefly to the United States. The remainder was consumed in local smelters and other industries. SMELTERS.—In the province there are smelters in active- operation at Trail, Nelson, Grand Forks, Greenwood, Boundary Falls, Van Anda, Ladysmith and Crofton; while this coming year will probably see one erected in East Kootenay. Refineries are yet lacking, but the building of at least one is pretty well assured. CAPITAL.—Capital can now find here many excellent opportunities for investment, as the values placed on mines and undeveloped properties has reached a reasonable basis. If proper business care is used, and the experience of competent men utilized, these investments should be as safe as well as profitable. MINERAL LANDS.—Mineral lands are open to location to any person over 18 years of age, who has obtained a free miner's certificate, and perfect title to lode claims can be easily secured after $500 worth of work has been done per claim. A great extent of territory has yet to be prospected. For indarmation, reports, bulletins, etc., address The Hon. the Minister of Mines, VICTORIA, B.C. W. F. Robertson, Provincial Mineralogist, VICTORIA, B. C. THE MINING RECORD. PROFESSIONAL AND BROKERS. JAMES BRADY, Dominion and Provincial Land Surveyor, Mining Engineer. properties surveyed, examined and reported on. Agent for procuring Crown grants. GOLDEN, B. C. s. m. mcgregor, b.a. sc. w. d. McGregor, m. e. McGregor & co MINING and CIVIL ENGINEERS and LAND SURVEYORS. "I SLOCAN, B. C. Reports on Mines and Prospects. Act as agents in doing assessment work, applying for Crown grants and in taking general charge of preliminary development work. \X |\^1 3 is one of the most promising gold camps in IVI ^t British Columbia and now offers many capital opportunities for profitable investment. For further particulars write PERCY J. GLEAZER, MINING BROKER AND AGENT, YMIR, B. C. Code—Moreing & Neal's. THOS. DRUMMOND, M.E. and C.E. B. A. Sc. McGill University, Montreal, Member Canadian Society of Civil Engineers. Mining Properties reported upon. Information furnished- General Engineering work promptly performed. References furnished. QUESNELLE FORKS, CARIBOO, B. C. JOHN B. HOBSON, MinTnggerco0,ni.tCdarib00 Hyd- Consulting Mining Engineer, BULLION, BRITISH COLUMBIA. J. McLELLAN, Associate Royal School of Mines, London. Mining Engineer and Assayer, TROUT LAKE CITY, B. C. reliable: assays Gold '$ .75 [ Gold, and Silver $1.00 Lead 75 I Gold, Silver, Copper 1.50 SAHPLES BY MAIL RECEIVE PROflPT AITEINT10N. Gold and Silver refined and bought OGDEN ASSAY CO. ,725 ArapaDhe0nev^„,orado. THE STUART ROBERTSON CO., Ltd., Successors to A. W. MORE & CO. MINING AND STOCK BROKERS Codes used: Bedford-McNeil's, Moreing & Neals, Clough's, and A.B.C, Fourth Edition. 23 BROAD STREET, = - VICTORIA, B. C. WILLIAM A. BAUER, Dominion* Provincial Land Surveyor Surveys of Mines, Mineral Claims and Crown Lands. Crown Grants obtained and Assessments managed for absentees. Offices-FERGUSON and VANCOUVER, B.C. WALTER E. SEG5W0RTH Licensed Provincial Assayer Control Assays and SupervisiojQ of Ore Shipments a Specialty GREENWOOD, B. C. 28 years' experience in the equipment and operation of large hy draulic, Deep Gravel, 'Drift and Gold Quartz Mines, in California and British Columbia.' Telegraphic and Cable Address "HOBSON" Ashcroft B. C Wfl. M. BREWER, HINING ENGINEER, MEM. N. of EXG. INST. MIXING & MECH. ENG. and AM INST.. M. E. Molsons Bank Building, TEL. 846. T. J. SMITH, MINING BROKER. Syndi ates and Companies formed to develop mining claims Secretary Vancouver Mining Stock Exchange. 611 Hastings Street West, VANCOUVER, B. C A. A. WATSON, B. Sc PROVINCIAL ASSAYER, VERNON, B. C. Analyst and Mineralogist Honours Graduate in Chemistry, Victoria University, England. Reports made on Mining Properties. , Ten years experience in Australia. South America. England and B. C. Assay Chargks—Gold, $1 ; Silver. $1; Copper, $2 ; Lead, $1 ; Gold and Sil ver, $i.50 ; Gold and Copper, $2.50 ; Gold, Silver and Copper, $3 ; Gold, Silver Copper and Lead, $3 50 ; Complete analysis of any ore, $10. £<gr-SPECIAL ATTENTION TO SAMPLES BY MAIL' Cecil M. Bryant, A.R.S M., A.I.M M. E. Philip Gilman, A.R.S.M., F.G.S Pellew-Harvey, Bryant & Gilman PROVINCIAL ASSAYERS. The Vancouver Assay Office and Ore Testing Works. Established 1890, MILL, SMELTER,.CONCENTRATION AND CYANIDE TESTS. Reliable reports on miningproperties. Complete analyses of Ores and Coal Office eel (Opposite Driard Hotel.) CHRIS. OUTHETT, Associate ot Royal College of Science, London, England. Inland Assay Office, KAMLOOPS, B.C. Hi Provincial Assayer. Mineral and Coal Analysis a specialty. Reports made on Mining Properties Mail samples receive prompt attention. XVIII THE MINING RECORD. ALMfR SUCCESSOR TO .sitEs-iacarwoBKs CHItUiO III WE ARE EXTENSIVE BUILDERS OF SMELTING MACHINERY We illustrate herewith a 42 inch by 120 inch steel water jacketed copper smelting furnace which embodies all the latest improvements in copper smelting. This furnace was built by us for the Tyee Copper Company, Ivadysmith, B. C. It has extraordinarily large capacity, and is giving excellent satisfaction. We have the largest and best' equipped shops in the world devoted to the manufacture of copper and lead smelting plants. We build copper and lead smelting plants, copper converters, water jackets, hydraulic accumulators, hydraulic cars, slag pots, etc. SOLE BUILDERS OF . 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We aim to carry in stock all standard sizes ofthe above named rolls, and also keep on hand a full line of repair parts for same. All special sizes of these rolls mentioned above and crushing rolls formerly built by the constituent companies will be built upon special order. We are also prepared to furnish repair parts on special order for crushing rolls formerly manufactured by the constituent companies. STYLE B CRUSHING ROLL. Builders of Gates Rock and Ore Breakers. Chilian Mills Huntington Mill. Blake and Dodge Crushers |jk- BfeiHCE tigEICBS:' i JBBwTOlBCiSiiplieBldg |||g|gf|||pd\af Tia&sjBHg. 331*t8BDRGj ^|K BialdiJi^^p Mm^UP0LlB,1tMSu>«>^^^^ a^g^^P^W Tremont Stt^ffi BAiTliAKECJTY, 209 S.W. "Temple St. SPOKANE, Washington GENERAL OFFICE MMiB®lll|U.S.A. Hgi^^^^^^H SAN FRANCISCO, Saywtu d bldg I SEATTLE, Lmnber Exchange Bldg. fc CBARLOTTK, Nl(0Tn»t K$gij|l ^^f: ORLEANS, Benaen Bldg; ?4tUUITA, OA., Equitable BM^S J3teCE,«0NT., 51E. Broadway ■ XX THE MINING RECORD. Capital of British Columbia, Pacific Ocean Terminus Railway, and the Great Northern The Canadian Gateway to the Orient, the Sandwich Islands, Australia, New Zealand, etc. The starting point of steamship lines to the Yukon, Atlin and Cassiar Gold Fields, and the Canadian port of call for tourists on the lines between San Francisco and Alaska. TEMPERATURE 1902. Highest Lowest Mean. Mean. Victoria ; 67.6 35.4 London, Eng 68.1 31.5 Torquay, Eng 65.5 38.5 RAINFALL 1902. Inches. Victoria 26.45 London, Eng 20.84 Torquay, Eng 30.22 The Province covers a superficial area of 381,000 square miles abounding in minerals, timber, fish and game ih endless variety. The opportunities for the profitable investment of capital are practically unlimited, and the markets for the disposal of metals, lumber, fish and agricultural products lie waiting in Russia, Japan, China, India and Australasia. The tourist will find mountain scenery and mountain climbing unequal- of Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian "Northern Railway ofthe United States. led in the old world—a new field for exploration—and the sportsman with first class hotels as bases of operation may penetrate a new world in his pursuit of the bear, the panther, the elk or the mountain goat. The City of Victoria is becoming widely noted for the beauty of its situation, its homes and its surroundings ; so that the number of strangers arriving, for short visits and for permanent residence, continue growing annually larger. Of its beauty H.R.H. the Duke of York said: "The most beautiful place we have seen in our journey around the world," and the following may be quoted from the correspondence of Mr. E. P. Knight, of the London Morning Post: "One would- fain have stayed longer, for -of all the cities that have been visited in the course of this long Royal progress the fair capital of British Columbia seems to me the one which the Englishman would most gladly make his home. * * * Never in the environs of any other citv have I seen such a glory of flowers as surrounded each of these lovely homes." Pamphlets containing views of local scenery and information of interest to investors, tourists, hunters and amusement seekers may be obtained by addressing the Clerk nf the Municipal Council, Victoria, British Columbia. To The Klondike Gold Fields, via. THE WHITE PASS AND YUKON ROUTE. The Klondike Mining District is now so well known that a detailed description is unnecessary. The output of gold from this district has increased steadily year by year. In 1900 the yield was about twenty million dollars, and in igoi about thirtv million dollars. With the larger areas covered and newer methods adopted by practical miners, the Klondike will prove to be a rich and prosperous camp for many years to come. The great reduction in freight and passenger rates brought about by completion of the railroad from Skagway to White Horse with its connecting line of steamers for all interior Yukon and other points including Stewart River and the Tanana, has enabled the miners to reach and work many claims which previously could not be worked with a profit. For information about routes, rates, tickets, maps or printed matter, address: TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT, White Pass & Yukon Route, Vancouver, B.C. E. Gk PRIOR, & CO., LIMITED LIABILITY. Sole Agents for B. C. for The Celebrated MORTON'S | B. C." DRILL STEEL. This Steel is used by the largest mines in British Columbia and Australia after having been severely tested by them against all other makes. Also Wm. Cook & Co's. Wire Ropes for Mining and Logging purposes. 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Let us know what you want and we will be pleased to assist you. C. J. WALKER'S British and Canadian Press Bureau, 24 Coleman St., London, E. 0. BUY VANCOUVER CITY REAL ESTATE You Cannot Make a Safer Investment. WRITE FOR PARTICULARS. Money Invested for Clients on First Mortgages on Best Business Property to yield 5 per cent, to 6 per cent. PERCY W. CHARLESON i§ INVESTMENT BROKER, 4l7 Hastinss st vaNe0UVER B e NOTHRY PUBLIC FOR BRITISH COLOMBIA. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. References, Dun or Bradstreets Agencies Canadian Bank of Commerce. P.O. BOX 187 XXII THE MINING RECORD. BRITISH COLUMBIA WHOLESALE SUPPLY HOUSES, ETC Weiler's for Fine Furnishings. China Cabinet. Many fine odd pieces of furniture for Dining Room, Parlor, Library or Hall. Write to us for illustrations or any information you may desire regarding the furnishing of your home. Our large experience is at H your disposal free. Some of our suggestions may meet with your approval — only give us some idea as to your tastes and about the price you wish to pay. Our stock is by far the largest in the West—Do not take our word for it, but come and see. Artistic Persian and Turkey Rugs, Axminster, Wilton and Smyrna Art Squares and Rugs. Brussels and Tapestry Carpets made up with borders in many sizes—Several grades.. Kensington all-wool squares for bedrooms. At prices no higher than you pay for inferior articles. Weiler Bros., Complete Furnishers, VICTORIA, B.C. R. P. RITHET & OO. Wholesale Merchants, Shipping & Insurance Agents. Proprietors of Victoria Wharf, Columbia Flouring Mill ; agents for Victoria Lumber and Manufacturing Company, Cheminus, V.I.; Pacific Coast Steamship Co., San Francisco. WHARF STREET. VICTORIA, B. C TURNER, BEETON & CO'Y Victoria, Vancouver, and Nelson, B. C. and at H. C. Beeton & Co., 33 Finsbury Circus, London, England. Manufacturers of Clothing, Etc., Etc Wholesale Merchants. Goods indented from all parts ofthe world. Dry Goods, Liquors, Cigars, Flour, Etc. Telegraphic Addresses : ' 'TURNER," Victoria; " BEETON," London; " TURBEET," Vancouver and Nelson THE MIKING RECORD. CXIII BANKING ESTABLISHMENTS, ETC. *rA.u.HED,..,/ BANK OF MONTREAL INCORPORATED BY OF PARLIAMENT. HEAD OFFICE: - - MONTREAL. CAPITAL all paid up, $13,379,240.00 RESERVE FUND, $9,000,000.00. UNDIVIDED PROFIT, $724,807.75 Board of Directors—Rt. Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, G. CM. G., President. Hon. G. A. Drummond, A. T. Paterson, Esq.; Edward B. Greenshields, Esq.; Sir "William C. Macdonald; R. B. Angus,Esq.; James Ross, Esq.; R. G. Reid, Esq., Hon. Robert Mackay Vice-President. | S, CLOUSTON General Manager A, MACNIDER Chief Inspector and Superintendent of Branches M S- CLOUSTON Inspector of Branch Returns BRANCHES PKoyiNCB of Ontario—Almonte, Belleville, Brantford, Brockville, Chatham, Collingwood, Cornwall, Deseronto, Fort William, Goderich, Guelph, Hamilton, Kmgston.Lindsay. London, Ottawa.Perth Peterboro, Picton, Paris rSarnia, Stratford, St. Mary'* Toronto,Toronto Yonge St. Branch, Wallaceburg Province of Qcbbec—Montreal: West End Br., Seigneurs St. Br., Point St. Charles; Quebec. Lower Provinces—Chatham, N.B.; Frederickton, N.B.; Moncton, N.B. St. John N.B.; Amherst, N.S.; Halifax, N.S.; Sydney, N.S. Glace Bay, Yarmouth. Province op Manitoba and Nobth-West Territories—Winnipeg, Man.; Calgary, Alberta; Lethbridge, Alberta; Regina, Assiniboia; Raymond, Alta Province or British Columbia—Greenwood, Nelson, New Denver, New Westminster, Rossland, Vancouver, Vernon, Victoria IN NEWFotJNDLAND-St. John's, Nfid., Bank of Montreal. Birchv Cove, Bay of Islands. F. W- TAYLOR Assistant Inspector JAMES AIRD Secretary Montreal-H. V- MEREDITH Manager IN CANADA: In Great Britain—London, Bank of Montreal, 22 Abchurch Lane, E.C, I Alexander Lang, Manager. In the United States New York—R. Y. Hebden and J. M. Greata, • Agents, 59 Wall Street; Chicago—Bank of Montreal. Bankers in Great Britain London—The Bank of England, the Union Bank of London, the London & Westminster Rank the National Prov. Bank of England. Liverpool—The Bank of Liverpool, Ltd. Scotland—'J hs British Linen Company Bank and Branches. Bankers in the United States—New York—The National City Bank, The Bank of New York, N.B. A. Bosten—The Merchants' National Bank, J. B. Moors & Co. Buffalo—The Marine Bank, Buffalo. San Francisco—The First National Bank, The Bank of British Columbia, The Anglo-Californian Bank. Portland, Oregon—The Bank of British Columbia. Spokane, Wash. Bankoi Montreal. THE CANADIAN BANK 1 7f OF COMMERCE. § With Which is Amalgamated The Bank of British. Columbia. HEAD OFFICE: TORONTO. "Paid Up Capital $ 8,7oo,ooo Rest 3,ooo>ooo Aggregate Resources Over 7o,ooo,ooo HON. GEO. A. COX, President. B. E. WALKER, General Manager. ALEX. LAIRD, Asst. General Manager. LONDON OFFICE: 60 LOMBARD ST., E. C. The Bank has 105 branches well distributed throughout the Dominion And elsewhere, including the following in British Columbia and the Yukon ^District: Atlin, Greenwood, Nelson. Vancouver, -Cranbrook, Kamloops, New Westminster, Victoria. Dawson Ladysmith White Horse. Fernie, Nanaimo, BRANCHES IN THE UNITED STATES. New York, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle Skagway. Every description of banking business transacted. Letters of credit on all parts of the world. Exceptional facilities for handling gold dust. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Deposits of J1.00 and upwards received and interest paid at current rates. Victoria B. C, GEO. GILLESPIE, Manager BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ESTABLISHED 1830. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1840. Paid Up Capital, £1,000,000 Sterling. Reserve Fund, $1,898,000 LONDON, ENG., OFFICES, 5 GRACECHURCH STREET, E. C. BRANCHES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA : Victoria, Vancouver, Rossland, Kaslo, Ashcroft, Greenwood. Also at the Gold Fields—DAWSON CITY. A Savings Bank Department Has Been Established n Connection With the Victoria Branch. "Highest Price Paid for Gold Dust and Amalgam. W. T. OLIVER, Mgr., Victoria, B. C. MICHIGAN COLLEGE OF MINES. F. W. McNAIR, President. A State Institution located in and making use of an active mining district. For Year Book giving list of graduates and their occupations apply to President or Secretary. Houghton, Michigan. PATENTS, ights and Trade Marks obtain foreign countries. ROWLAND BRITTAIN, Caveats, Designs, Copyrights and Trade Marks obtained in Canada and all foreign countries. Registered Patent Attorney and Mechanical Engineer. Write for Full information and references. Satisfaction guaranteed. JRoom 3, Fairfield Block, Granville St., near Post Office. VANCOUVER B, C M. R. SMITH & COMPANY LIMITED. Established I858. Manufacturers of High Class Biscuits ^ Confectionery Gold Medals awarded at Royal Agricultural Exhibition '95, '96, '97, '98. Medal and Diploma awarded at Colonial and Indian Exhibitions. • Silver Medals at Provincial Exhibitions, 1886. BRANCH- VICTORIA, B. C. 430 CORDOVA STREET, VANCOUVER XXIV THE MINING RECORD. TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES AND HOTELS. The Pleasure of Travel Is fully realized in travelling on the Canadian Pacific Railway. By its lines can be reached all Canadian Points, and its arrangement with American Railroads enable its agents to issue tickets to all points in the United States. It operates its own Sleeping and Dining Cars, and has its own Hotels and Steamships. Its magnificent scenery and the excellence of its service has made it the favorite route across the American Continent. Illustrated publications, as to its route, Banff, Yoho Valley, Glacier, &c. sent on application to any agent. H. H, ABBOTT, Agent, VICTORIA, B. C. Or to E. d. COYLE, Ass't General Passenger Agent, VANCOUVER B. C. Esquimau and Nanaimo Railway. TIME T»BLE N0. 48. Northbound. Daily. Leave. a.m. Victoria 9 :oo Shawnigan Lake io :20 Duncans 11 :oo P.M. Nanaimo 12:45 Ar. Wellington 1:00 Southbound. - Arrive. P.M. 12:06 10:46 10:02 8:15 Lv. 8:00 Northbound. Sat., Sun. and Wed. Southbound. Arrive. Leave p.m. Victoria 4 :oo Shawnigan Lake 5 :I7 Duncans 5:55 Nanaimo 7 :$7 Ar. Wellington 7 :$2 L P.M. 7:55 6:46 5:55 4:15 -. 4 :oo Through Tickets to Crofton via Westholme, Stage leaves Daily, connecting with North and Sonth bound trains, Double stage service Saturdays, Sundays and Wednesdays, connecting with morning and afternoon trains. Fare from Victoria, Single $2, Return $3. ""Through Tickets Victoria to alberni—Stage leaves Wellington Mondays and Thursdays on arrival of train from Victoria. Returning from Alberni Tuesdays and Fridays. Fare from Victoria, single, $5.20, return $8.65 Through Tickets Victoria to Gowichan Lake via Duncans—Stage leaves Duncans Mondays Wednesday and Fridays. Fare from Victoria $5.00 return. Excursion rates in effect to all points good from Saturday until Monday. GE©. L. COURTNEY, Traffic Manager. THEmUDS&NlSlBAYiOOlli rHAVE- GENERAL STORES -AT- Baie de Peres Battlefo#|t| IMklgary sgsfv. Chapleau Dauphin Deloraine If3*]( Edmonton Fort William Kamloop.s Langley Lethbridge llf Lower Fort Garry Macleod Mattawa Morden Nelson Pincher Creek Portage la Prairie Port Simpson Prince Albert Qu'Appelle And at other principal points in British Columbia, Manitoba and Northwest Territories. Purchasers will find at these stores the best goods at moderate prices, imported direct from all the principal markets of the world Quesnelle Rat Portage Riding Mountain i$*|? Shoal Lake Sudbury Touchwood Hills Vancouver Victoria Vernon Whitewood Winnipeg , SEVERY^BELT - jfig^UARANf'EED ^ felAiOAK TANNED MTHER BELTING if 77—''' „..",^ « m For Exposed Situations Use ^Lancashire" Hair Belting. FELTEN&GUILLEAUME,Carlswerk, Actien Gesellschaft, Mulheim ori Rhine CATALOGUES AND DISCOUNTS ON APPLICATION. SI K. McLAREN, Montreal, Toronto. MANUFACTURERS OF ELECTRICAL LEADS AND CABLES Electric Lighting Cables for Coal Pits with arrangement for avoiding fire damp explosions in case of the cable breaking. WIRE ROPES FOR MINING Round and Flat Wire Ropes, "Albert," or so-called "Lang's" Lay Ropes, Patent Locked Coil Wire Ropes, Patented Flattened Strand IRON, STEEL, COPPER AND BRONZE WIRE •' Superior qualities. | SOLE AGENTS FOR CANADA : ■' WATSON j|CK & COMPANY, MONTREAL. R A N D STRAIGHT LrNE, DUPLEX SIMPLE or COM POUND. AIR COMPRESSORS.- ROCK DRILLS." STEAMorAIR THE CANADIAN RAND DRILL COMPANY VANCOUVER, b. e. ROSSLAND, B. 6. GREENWOOD, B. 6. I m RISDON IRON WORKS CABLE : RISDON'S CODES: A.B.C. MOREING A NEAU. UEBERS, WESTERN UNION. I QOLLV DREbQINQ InlcniNERT. SAN FRANCISCO, CAlp COnPLETE7| EQUIPnEjlT OF AeS. -WRITE FOR OUR SPECIAL CATALOGUES. TYEE COPPERICO. SMELTING W©RKS -HT- LHDYSMITH CLERMONT LIVINGSTON, Manager. THOMAS KIDDIE, Smelter Manager. NORTHWESTERN SMELTING AND REFINING CO. ^Buyers of Gold, Silver and Copper Ores, Mattes!! Bullion, Furnace and Cyanide produc|||^ '?M LOCATION OF WORKS Crofton, Vancouver Island, BIG. Published by the B. C. Record, Ld. Printed by T. R. Cusack, Victoria, Canada. ; tt llil il THE NEW SILVER CUP MILL, LARDEAU-(lllustrated) h|C Irlnnrh ■ RECENT PROGRESS INflSH CREEK DISTRICT-dllustratecT 1 ■ THE BIGGEST HYDRAULIC ENTERPRISE IN AMERICA-dllu strated) ^01^»; NOVEMBER, 1903. No. It. THI HlNTON ILECTRIC COMPANf LIMITED. Elecfpe Motoi^l Blowers. Motors. Fans. ^Dynamos. Electril Miiing Apparatus. HflCTORMB. C. • • Electrical Consrr|§f§|>n 7.;.7ltand Supplies|||||7 ' vancou|er|b« EAlDWELL BR1S| $(g P^JacrMn St., SEATTLE. 1746-1748 Pacific Ave., ®30Mfe ttiNING^VN|tlNG, SAWMILLfand 1-^RAUpC Agents for Rand Dr##|#Hendrie & Bolthoff Mfg. Co.; Astoria Iron Works, DeLoach Mil§Mfg. Co., A. ^^| et?n Steam Pump Works; Cas|#:^utomaP^ater Motp|afc^. j|| Twjt complete stock% Hoisting Engines, (^pressors, Drills and Portab|jSaw Mills carried on the Pacific GLoast. WMSmi 1111 phe!Domii|§oiiffi# Rop^Cof Im IS/IO IN TfE A^^^BfNl A D^| Manufacturers of All Clasffs and ^of ^ROp FOR ALL PURr|SES^g K^lAMf4» PATENT WIRE ROPES FilpDLLIER^ND GENERAL MIMING PURPOSES. LAN G 5 PA I t IN I vv int Toronto Rat Portage> Ont.; Winnipeg, Man.; Vancouver, B.C., Nelson and Rossland, B. C Branches:—Halifax, r».».> oi. jouj*"'"-' v.™..., ?^,S3a3K»-: ltiSSSs^ssss^^B)<g^^fSLS^iKXB!iBWK^^^x^Bas^gmBx.^EsaaK^a^.^^^i^»~^ I 1 mm f^^S^^^^P^I^^^^^^^^P^^P^^^^^^^^^^^ Iffe Haw oiipiand^^^p:\;^ I^Jpi^rge A|sortment of the^S^ste; ScotchpVire Ropes (Fully Guaranteed.) Everything You|Requii?fc For Logging Purposes, Saw Mills, and Mining Camps. . liMiilMachine llompany We Invite Corresponden&if; lileifiait IV|Feely & (f§ Limited whMjlesale hardware ?sm^©iiJyER, b. c. .'j^yysojg&Y. t. THE FARREL PATENT CR$l|j|ER "Standard of the Worldvfp In use in all countri&B' and under all con- ^itions^A new catalogue in preparation. $111 Ask for it nowJJ|§i ROSSLAND. GREENWOOD |rie|, KruppIAktifige#Hs^i^G^sc^^k:-'; >^(Madgeburg-Bucka# Germar^lll ORE CRUSHING: Stone Breakers of Especially Strong construction. Roller Mills, Chilian Mills, Ball Mills, for dry and wet crushing—more than 1,800 at work, Stamp Batteries—Shoes and Dies of Krupp's Speoial Steel- A M A LG A M AT^III Amalgamation Tables and Pans, Las- rio'sGold Amalgamators, Settlers, &c Separation and Concentration r Separators, Exhausters, Hydraulic Classifiers, Percussion Tables, Jidaers, Rotating Round Tables. LEACHING PLANT. COMPLETE GOLD ORE DRESSING PLWNT (a) For treating by the Wet Method with Stamp Batteries, Amalgamation 1&igpi Concentration. (b) For J)ry Testing by Ball Mills, Dnst Extraction and Leaching. COAL WASHING PLANT—Large Testing Station for Crushing and Dressing Ores at the Works. AGENTS For CANADA—Jas. W. Pyke &. Co, 35 St. Francois Xavier Street, Montreal For the UNIT0 STATES—Thos. Prosser & Son, 15 Gold Street, New York For MEXICO—Pablo Bergn'er, Apartado 549, Mexico For SOUTH AFRICA—United Engineering Company, Ltd., P. 0. Box 399;7jihannesburg, S. A, R ■■■; ■ iUi&i mrnMi m THE MINING RECORD. I. ELEVATORS AND CONVEYORS. C M. PINCKARD, President. E. L. EYRE, Vice-President. J. M. GRAHAM, Secretary and Manager. VULCAN IRON WORKS Manufacturers of II VULCAN DOUBLE-ROPE TRAMWAY. VULCAN ROPEWAY, (Single Rope System.) SAWMILL MACHINERY. MINING AND MILLING MACHINERY. Vulcan Ropeways and Tramways. Office, 505 Mission St., Works, cor. Kearny and Francisco Streets, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. THE ONLY Dredging Chain with Grit-Proof t Articulations Elevator Dredqes £ for Placer Mining Link Belt Machinery Co., Chicago, U.S.A. C. 1 JACKSON & ■1 Limited IMPORTERS OF Portland Cement, Scotch Firebricks and Fireclay, Calcutta Ore Sac and Burlaps, Wire Rope (Agents for W. B. Brown & Co., Ld., England), Lubricating Oils. ks We carry large stocks and quote lowest prices. Sole agents for the district for th-e celebrated The best and most economical, therefore the best; a trial solicited Steel Rails to Import. 'Valvoline" Cylinder and Machine Oils, The ^and most eco,,omica1' WHARF—Heatley Ave., Vancouver. T51 Hastings St. W., Vancouver, B. C. and Liverpool, England II. THE MINING RECORD. ASSAYERS* SUPPLIES AND ENGINEERING INSTRUMENTS. rip-1 If^MIXF—Strongest and Best Explosive in the Market ^ MANUFACTURED BY __ A TWl T HAMILTON POWDER COMPANY (Incorporated 1861 . Manufacturers of High Explosives, Blasting, Mining and Sporting Powder, Dealers in Electric Blasting Apparatus, Safety Fuse, Detonators, Etc., Etc. BRANCH OFFICE: VICTORIA HEAD OFFICE: MONTREAL. LOCAL OFFICES: VANCOUVER, NELSON, ROSSLAND and GREENWOOD works: NANAIMO ALBION IRON WORKS, CO., LTD. VICTORIA, B.C. f Engineers, Boilermakers, Iron and Brass Founders, Stove Manufacturers. All kinds of Land andiMai- ine Engines. Boilers of all kinds up to 15' diameter. Pumps, Hoists, Ore Cars, Smelter Castings, Logging Engines, Centrifugal Pumps, Air Compressors. Specialists in Screw Pro- pellors, Patent Cannery Retorts. All kinds and sizes of Stoves. The B. C. Assay and Chemical Supply Co., Limited. I liilll Direct Importers of assayers' and Mill Supplies Headquarters for Laboratory Apparatus of all kinds, Bohemian Chemical Glassware, C. P. Acids, Potassium Cyanide and Quicksilver Sole agents in British Columbia for Morgan Crucible Co., Battersea, .England; F. W. Braun & Co's Patent Cary Furnaces, Burners, etc.; W. Ainsworth & Sons' Fine Balances Write for our prices ADDRESS 733 Pender St., Vancouver, B. ©. Jeffrey Send for catalogue. Address Elevating-Conveying Power, Transmission, Screening, Crushing, Dredging, Rock and Coal Drilling, Coal Cutting, Hauling and washing machinery. TheJEFFREY MFG. CO. COLUMBUS^O-, U.S.A. A* Van Der Naillens* School of Practical, Civil, Mining, Electrical Mechanical Engineering. Surveying, Architecture, Drawing and Assaying, Cyanide, Chlorination, Metallurgy. Assaying of ores, $25; Bullion and Chlorination Assay, $25; Blow Pipe Assay, $10; Full Course of Assaying, $50. Established 1864. Open all year SEND FOR CIRCUIAR. 113 FULTON STREET, One Block West of City Hall, SAN FRANCISCO. MICHIGAN COLLEGE OF MINES. F. W. McNAIR, President. A State Institution located in and making use of an active mining district. For Year Book giving list of graduates and their occupations apply to : Houghton, Michigan. President or Secretary. PATENTS, Caveats, Designs, Copyrights and Trade Marks obtained in Canada and all foreign countries. ROWLAND BRITTAirM, Registered Patent Attorney and Mechanical Engineer. Write for full information and references. Satisfaction guaranteed. Room 3, Fairfield Block, Granville St., near Post Office.' VANCOUVER B, C THE DENVER FIRE CLAY COMPANY m o dj £-* A < * _J s < m oa a — <. Q4 2 O </) Z bo O 1742 to 1746 Champa St. DENVER, COLORADO. PLATINUM REFINERS New York Office: 121 LIBERTY STREET WE are always in the Market for CRUDE OR NATIVE PLATINUM. BAKER & CO. NEWARK, N. J. THE MINING RECORD. CABLES, PUMPS, ETC. in le^'llA'SiliV^ft: m ^iNGU^SpjDOUBtfe^apE' '$mm Mf LAK@K:'92 ■ ClHTR"E^^^^p^i^^B I CHICAGO, ILLS. NEW YORK^^^^|ANCI|C0i^9 iticlKHoNBRopcdj ^^ |$20-S>22 NORTH l*T sT.ST;LOUlS||*Cg 1^^€RW^#%:RAMWAY AT THE ALTA MINESfCO, TELLURIDE COLO'^^^^ m & Power Pumping MACHINERY For every possible duty is manufactured by the GEO. E. DOW Pumping Engine Co'y SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. We illustrate one of our mine station pumps adapted for handling gritty water from deep mines. Send for Catalogue. GOODYEAR RUBBER CO. R. H. PEASE, President. Rubber Belting, Packing and Hose "Crack Proof" and "Snag Proof." Pure Rubber Mining Boots, Rubber Clothing, Mackintoshes, Oil Clothing. 573, 575, 577 & 579 Market Street, 73 & 75 First Street, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. PORTLAND, OREGON. IV. THE MINING RECORD. HYDRAULIC PLANTS, PUMPS, ETC. 20 Copies a Minute. ALWAYS READY. To copy a letter with the Foyer Cylinder Letter Press you have only to throw on the pressure—one motion—feed your letter into the rolls and turn the handle. -The letter comes out copied perfectly. If you wish another copy ofthe same letter put it in again. You can take at least six good copies of one letter. Perfect copies always. No brush, no blurred letters or copies, no rags. Always readable. For further particulars address MACKENZIE URQUHART, Commercial Stationer, 412 Granville St., VANCOUVER, B.C., VANCOUVER ENGINEERING WORKS, Ltd..---ENGINEERS. Agents for Northey Co., Ltd., Atlas Engine Works, Laurie Engine Co., Buffalo Forge Co.. Medart Pulley. Co., J. C. McLaren Belting Co., Goulds Manufacturing Co. STOCK IN VHNe©DYER FOR IMMBDIHTE DELIVERY BOILERS. One Locomotive Marine, 175 lbs. pressure; will steam 14-in. x 72-in. engine. Two 66 x 16 Horizontal Tubular, 120 lbs. pressure. Two 60 x 16 Horizontal Tubular, 115 lbs. pressure. Two 48 x 14 Horizontal Tubular, 120 lbs. pressure. One 42 x 14 Horizontal Tubular, 105 lbs. pressure. One 25-h.p. Vertical Tubular, 100 lbs. pressure. • One 15-h.p. pressure. Two- 7-h.p. pressure. One Locomotive Marine, sure, S.H. 150-h.p. One Scotch Marine 4 ft. t 120 lbs. pressure, S.H.* All pressures given 1 pressures. ENGINES. One 10-in. x 15-in. Fraser Automatic Slide Valve. One 9-in. x 14-in. Laurie High Speed. One 8-in. x 12-in. Laurie High Speed. One 7-in. x io-in.- Laurie High Speed. One 8-in. x 8-in. Laurie Rival Horizontal One 7-in. x 8-in. Laurie Rival Horizontal One 6-in. x 6-in. Laurie Rival Horizontal One 5-in. x 6-in. Laurie Rival Horizontal One 7-in. x 7-in. Nagle Vertical. One set 14 x 72 Stern-Wheel S.H. One set 7 x 36 Stern-Wheel S.H. HEATERS. One 30-h.p. Laurie. Two 40-h.p. Laurie. One 50-h.p. Laurie. One 60-h.p. Laurie. One ioo^h.p. Laurie. One 125-h.p. Laurie. Two 50-h.p: Heaters, S.H. *S. H. means second hand. Vertical Tubular, 100 lbs. Vertical Tubular, 100 lbs. 150 lbs. pres- 6 in. x 6 in., are working Chalmers PUMPS. Two 3x1^x3 Northey Duplex. Six 3x2x3 Northey Duplex. Five 4^x2^x4' Northey Duplex. Seven 5j4x3j4x6 Northey Duplex. Six 6x4x7 Northey Duplex. One 7>4x4j4x6 Northey Duplex. One 7^x5x6 Northey Duplex. One 5J4x4j4x6 Tank Pump Duplex. Three 4^x3^x4 Tank Pump Duplex. One 5J-2X3I4x7 O. P. Plunger Pump. Two 4^x424x6 O. P. Plunger Pump. Two 4x2%x5 O. P. Plunger Pump. One 7X3J/2XI2 Northey Sinking Pump. Two 6-in. Iron Horiztl Gould Centrifgl. Two 5-in. Iron Horiztl Gould Centrifgl. One 4-in. Iron Horiztl Gould Centrifgl. One 3j^-in. Iron Horiztl Gould Centrifgl One 3-in. Iron Horiztl Gould Centrifgl. One Northey Horiztl Centrifgl No. 5. One Northey Horiztl Centrifugal. No. 6. Two 8-in. Centrifugal Belt Driven, S.El. One 12-in Centrifugal Belt Driven,.. S.H. One 18-in. Centriugal Belt Driven, S.H One 4-in. Centrifugal Direct Connected to 4-in. x 4 in. engine. One 3x2x3 Duplex Snow, S.H. One 4-in. x 6-in.Knowles Electric Sinking Pump with 15-h.p. 500 volt motor. BUFFALO BLOWERS. 2 No. 1 Blower with affixed countershaft 2 N0.2 Blower with affixed countershaft 3 No. 3 Plain with 4% in. outlet. 2 No. 4 Plain with 5% in. outlet. 4 No. 5 Plain with SJA in. outlet. 2 No. 6 Plain with 6y in. outlet. 1 No. 7 Plain with 7J4 in. outlet. HOISTS. One 8x10 Double Cylinder S. D. Hoist grooved for y wire. One 6x8 Double Cylinder S. D. Hendrie & Bolthoff Hoist. Two 5x5 Vertical Hoists. "T" RAILS. 100 tons 12 lb. Rails with Plates. 75 tons 8 lb. Rails with Plates. 3 tons 5-16 x 3 Track Spikes. 4 tons % x 3 Track Spikes. WATER WHEELS. 1 pair 8 in. Twin Boss Water Wheels. 1 pair 16 in. Twin Boss Water Wheels. 1 Pelton Wheel 48 in. MINING MACHINERY. 1 Classifier 2ft. x 4ft.—iy in. openings. 1 Classifier 6ft. x 20 ft.—Ij^in. openings 1 F. & C. Ore Sampler, complete. 1 B. F. Co. No. 9 continuous shears. 1 Dpty No. 5 size A hand-power punch. 1 Champion Upright self feeding drill, No. 7, with pulley and I set drills (12) y in. to 1 in. inclusive. 1 Fairbanks No. 2268 R.B. Depot Scale. 1 Howe No. 144 Wheelbarrow. 2 Trommel sizers 3ft x gin. complete with housings and screens in three sections. 1 Belt-driven Challenge Ore Feeder, complete. Two 3-section Classifiers 66-in x 106-in. complete. 2 sets 24m. x 14 geared rolls complete with manganese steel shells. 1 set 24m. x 14 belt rolls complete with manganese steel shells. 1 set 9Jn. x 9in. belt rolls with pulley and belt to drive. 1 i6in. F. & C. Copper Coil Heater. 6 Extra Sections covering for Classifiers, No. 18 English standard gauge steel 3-2 m.m. and 3-3 m.m rd. holes rolled burr inside to 36 in. c. 1 Single Comp. Slide Jig "ironwork only, complete with brass screens and gank rods. One 2-in. Comp. Slide Jig, ironwork only, complete with brass screens and gank rods. Eight 4-Comp. Automatic & Hyde Hartz Jigs, ironwork only, complete. We carry a large stock of plate from 16 gauge, to y in., boiler tubes from ij4 m. to 4 in., shafting, leather and rubber belting, angle-iron from I in. x I in. x 3-16 to 4 in. x 4 x y in., bar iror< (all sizes), valves, fittings, etc. THE MINING RECORD. GENERATORS AND MOTORS. THE CARD CONCENTRATOR A Table surface composed of a combination of pan-shaped depressions (or channels) and plain surfaces, which surpasses all previous efforts for saving fine mineral particles and slimes. Unexcelled in Classifying Lead, Zinc and Iron. The Most Substantial Table. An Indestructible Mechanical Movement. A very complete Catalog on Concentration on application. The Hendrie & Bolthoff Manfg and Supply Co. SOLE MANUFACTURERS Denver, Colo., # U. S. A. VI. THE MINING RECORD. BENNETT'S FUSE CROWN BRAND THE KING OF FUSES % The WHITE COUNTERED GUTTA PERCHA FUSE is the POPULAR FAVORITE in the mines of British Columbia, Australia, the Transvaal, and the World over. Beware of Spurious Imitations Made to Catch the Unwary. HOLMAN BROS. CAMBORNE, CORNWALL Manufacturers of Boilers, Air Compressors, Mining Machinery The Holman Patent Roek Drill Specially Adapted to B. C: Mining. Awarded GoldJMedal Greater Britain Exhibition Awarded Gold'Medal Paris 1900 CHARLES CAMMELL & CO. Ld SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND, § Manufacturers of Drill Steels, Best Refined Cast Steel Files, and Rasps, Steel Axles, Wheels and Cranks. Rails and Fish Plates made to any specification. Steel Plates, etc. Stamp Mill Dies and Shoes. ROWLAND MACHIN 5 Yates St., VICTORIA, B. C. General Agent for Canada. For all lines excepting Steel Rails of 30 lbs. per yard and upwards, with their relative accessories. THE MINING RECORD. VII. MISCELLANEOUS MACHINERY, ETC. FAIRBANKS Renewable Asbestos Disc Globe Valves made of Best Steam Metal, used by Largest and _|j:; Most Modern Plants in Canada. | Try one and be convinced. J|Our stock of Pipe and Fittings is Complete. I We quote Low Prices and Ship Promptly. Catalogue upon application. THE FAIRBANKS COMPANY 153 Hastings Street, Vancouver, B. C. Canton Steel Works I The only plant in the United States devoted exclusively to the manufacture of steel for Mining and Railroad construction. Canton Brands are Hammered, not Roiled, and sold under GUARANTEE. Miners . Will find the Steel List published by ©ANTON STEEL CO'Y, DENVER, ©OL©., contains much information which will provefo interest. Mailed upon application. McLennan, McPeely & &o., Agents for VANCOUVER, B. C AERIAL WIRE ROPE TRAMWAY SINGLE and DOUBLE ROPE SYSTEM Fortran.portlng ore, fuel, earth, sugarcane, etc., by wire rope Simple, Economical, Practical, Durable. Loads Mechanically, Dumps Automatically CABLEWAYS. INCLINE PLANES. LOGGING BY CABLES. TRANSMISSION BY WIRE ROPE. CABLE GRIPS. AUTOMATIC LOADERS. Plowing, Scraping and Transporting by Wire Ropes, Designed, Supplied and Erected. Estimates Furnished. Improved GRIP PU1XE\ Patents Nos. 483,442; 610,353. Effective, Simple, Automatic, SAVES WEAR on^WIRE ROPE andCABI,E Send for Illustrated Pamphlet. Correspondence Solicited. Hallidie-Painter Tramway Co. Successors to CALIFORNIA WIRE WORKS. 46-48 Fremont St., San Francisco, California. VIII. THE MINING RECORD. The JAMES COOPER MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. MONTREAL, P.Q. INGERSOLL-SERGEANT MACHINERY, Manufacturers of Rock Drills, Straight Line, Duplex, and Corliss Air Compressors.. Complete Fline Equipment of AH Kinds. Agent for STANDARD DIAMOND DRILL CO) R. A. C. McNALLY, Rossland, British Columbia. Catalogue and Details on Application to) FRANK DARLINQ, Molson's Bank Building, Vancouver, B.C. Send for Catalogues and Specifications* Cnnliffe & McMillan, Agents at Rossland Vancouver Engineering Worts, Vancouver, B. 0. HHHI 962 King St. Subway. The Northey Gas and Gasolene Engine; cheap, safe and handy. • Send for booklet. The Brackman & Ker Milling Co., Ltd. Manufacturers ofthe Celebrated Facilities Unequalled for Supplying the West with the Best Quality of Grain, Hay or Mill Feed. B^YT ROLLLD OATS. % (Registered.) X Victoria. Nelson. ♦*♦ Vancouver. Rossland. ^ New Westminster. Strathcona. Unequalled in the World. The SMITH-VAILE STEAM PUMPS Are built with special re erence to perform the service for which they are intended with a minimum use of steam. We Build Steam, Power and Electrical PUMPS for Every Possible Duty. Victor Turbine Water Wheels. Air Compressors and Filter Presses. If interested, address THE STILLWELL-BIERCE & SMITH-VAILE CO., 293 Lehman St., DAYTON, OHIO, U.S A. The Mining Record \50L. X. NOVEMBER, J903. No. II BRITISH COLUMBIA MINING RECORD Deveted to the nining Interests ef the Pacific Northwest.. PUBLISHED BY THE BRITISH COLUMBIA RECORD, LIMITED H. MORTIHER LAMB, flanaging Editor. Victoria, B. C, Office, Province Building. Vancouver, P. W. Charleson, Hastings St. London Office: 24 Coleman Street, E. C, Denver, Col.: National Advertising Co. San Francisco: Date's Agency. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: Canada and the United States, one year ■ Great Britain and Foreign, one year - ■ Advertising Rates on Application. $2.00 J2.50 Address all communications to The Managing Editor, B. C. Record, Ltd., P. O. Drawer 645, Victoria, B. 0. THE MONTH. Throughout Canada a feeling of considerable indignation and resentment has been aroused at the finding of the Alaska Boundary Tribunal, and the opinion is freely expressed that in virtually conceding the American contention Canadian rights and interests have been disregarded and sacrificed in line with an alleged Imperial policy of maintaining, at all hazard or cost, cordial relations with the United States. That valuable territory has been lost to Great Britain is undeniable, and in Canada these losses have been a cause of heart-burning, because, all^ough really the sacrifice was to Great Britain herself and not to Canada, the latter would otherwise have fallen heir to this territorial patrimony; but the fault on those occasions was attributable rather to a lack of appreciation of the prospective value of the territory lost than to anything so contemptible and un-British as toadying or cowardice. Until, therefore, indisputable proof is advanced to the contrary, Canadians owe it to themselves to believe that Lord Alverstone and his colleagues allowed no considerations beyond those immediately involved in the case at issue to govern or influence them in arriving at a decision favourable to the claims of the United States, or that the decision in question was made on any but strictly legal grounds. There can, meanwhile, be no doubt that the original treaty between Great Britain and Rus sia was couched, so far as the matter of the delineation of the boundary was concerned, in ambiguous language ; probably for the very adequate reason that neither party to the treaty had sufficiently accurate information in respect to the geographical features of the country to describe the course of the boundary line with due precision. At the time the treaty was made Russia was really the only power in actual occupation of the Northwest Coast, and her interest in the territory known now as Alaska was purely of a commercial character. That is to say, it was important only as a fur-bearing country, and while neither Russia nor Great Britain regarded the country as of any value, presently and prospectively, for any other reason, Russia did have a keen eye to the possession of a strip of country that would include the heads of inlets in order to conserve to herself the fur trade, which was in the hands of the Chilcats, through whom Russia controlled the trade of the vast interior. None of the Interior Indians were ever allowed to come to the coast to trade directly with the Russians, and as long as no other nation could get behind the Russians through the heads of inlets so long was that trade secure. As Mr. Gosnell points out in his letter on the subject to the Colonist, the Russians not only stipulated for such a strip of territory but believed that the treaty assured it to them. In all the official maps of Russia, America or Alaska published up to nearly the present time this territory was shown as claimed by the Americans. It was this same territory that the Hudson's Bay Company leased from the Russian Fur Company, and had there been anv flaw in the Russian title the shrewd traders of that corporation, who had been for so long able to circumvent the British Parliament and. Government, would not have been slow to take advantage of it. The Hudson's ■ Bay Company's map issued during that very time, under the supervision-of Sir George Simpson, showed the Russian territory in the same way the Americans claimed. Of course, it is impossible to go into the minutiae of the dispute here; but it is very clear that taken altogether there is not much doubt but that the decision in respect to disputed territory north of the 56th parallel is in accordance with the merits of the case. It is unfortunate for Canada, whose Government had hoped to obtain an all-Canadian port of entry into the Yukon; but that cannot be helped, and can only be overcome by either a treaty with the United States guaranteeing certain privileges in perpetuity or by building what is known as an all-Canadian route into the Canadian Yukon. The former, if possible to secure, would be preferable from the fact that a long line of railway, which must still combine a waterway with it could satisfactorily compete with an all-water route to Skagway. The other portion of the decision 840 THE MINING RECORD. which takes in Portland Canal and the two important islands of Wales and Pearce, it seems to us is rather a victory than a defeat for Canada. The two islands which the United States gets are insignificant in size and barren. Strategically, it would be difficult to imagine what importance could be attached to them, especially as Wales Island intervenes between them and Port Simpson, the supposed terminus of a transcontinental railway. The boundary seems to follow the main and a natural channel to the Ocean. It is, therefore, unfortunate that, at the present stage of affairs, a feeling should have arisen in Canada to jeopardize the prospects of a closer union with the Mother Country, which would be of immense mutual advantage. We think that when the public have an opportunity of knowing more of the merits of the case they will be rather inclined to be pleased than otherwise with the result of the arbitration. The mineral exhibit at the annual Interstate Fair, held during October at Spokane, Washington, was a good and fairly representative one, thanks largely to the display made by the Southern Kootenay and Boundary districts of British Columbia. It is frequently claimed for Spokane that it is a mining centre, having tributary to it parts of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana, on the United States side of the international boundary line, and the mining districts in the south-eastern part of British Columbia, on the Canadian side. Judging by the large proportion contributed to the mineral department of the Fair by parts of Southern Kootenay and the Boundary it would appear that either Spokane is entitled to make this claim so far as these districts of British Columbia are concerned, or that they attach considerable importance, from the point of view of advertising their mineral resources this way, to being well represented at this, the most numerously attended annual fair in the inland Northwest. That they had an excellent display of minerals this year is evidenced by the number of awards made in their favour; in fact nearly all the prizes for minerals were taken by these districts, Ymir securing first for nuggets and for a fine collection of free-milling gold ores, respectively; Poplar Creek taking first for gold in quartz; Greenwood, in the Boundary district, receiving a well-merited first for its excellent and comprehensive collection of gold, silver and copper ores; Slocan a second award for silver-lead ores, whilst the Nicola Coal Company and the Northeast Crow's Nest Coal & Coke Company each obtained a first award for different kinds of coal. Whilst it is gratifying to find British Columbia mining districts doing so well outside the Province, regret must be expressed that they do not make similar good displays of specimens of their mineral products at the more important exhibitions held in the Coast cities of the Province. Possibly they do not receive sufficient encouragement to attempt this. Surely it should be practicable to obtain for the important annual exhibitions held at Victoria and New Westminster similar large and varied displays of ore to those sent to Spokane this year by Ymir and Greenwood, but these and other mining districts in the Province must-first be convinced that the Coast cities are really interested in their mineral products, and, if necessary, some monetary assistance must be given towards the cost of collecting and shipping the ores and the expense of having well-informed men in charge of the exhibits, as was the case last month at Spokane. The mineral production of the Province is now so comparatively large and the mining industry consequently is of such considerable importance that persistent efforts should be made to take advantage of every suitable opportunity to impress these facts upon all within reach. The report of the directors of the Granby Company for the year ending June 30th, presented at the annual general meeting of shareholders early in October, is in many respects a model one. The Granby Company is the largest mining undertaking in British Columbia, yet the directors are able to intelligently summarize the results of a whole year's operations in a couple of economically worded paragraphs, supplemented by a few statements from the accounts. As we have said, the report conveys all the information that shareholders are entitled, or, so far as their individual interests are concerned, require to know; but from the point of view of the general public, curious for details it may perhaps prove disappointing. It is difficult, for example, from the figures as published, to form any very exact idea of the actual value per ton of the Granby ores, as while the output for the year is given, gross proceeds are not, and the smelter returns do not discriminate between ores and matte purchased and ore shipped for treatment from the company's properties, consequently there is no basis on which to make accurate calculation. From the facts at our disposal, however, it may be assumed that the average value of the ore at the mine is approximately five dollars per ton, this estimate being arrived at by dividing the net proceeds, from which the price paid for custom ores and matte has been deducted, by. the tonnage. In the same manner the costs per ton may be estimated at about four dollars; and profits can therefore be reckoned at something like a dollar a ton. All things considered, the showing made by the Granby Company for the year may be regarded as reasonably satisfactory. While it is true that the orofits earned only, represented a little more than two per cent, on the stock issued, yet it must also be remembered that it necesar- ily takes time to develop fully an undertaking of this magnitude and the company's present secure position and freedom from indebtedness is as much a tribute to the judicious manner in which its affairs have been administered in the pastas a warrant for the belief that its future promises to be a long and prosperous one. $ The holding of the annual meeting of the American Mining Congress a few weeks ago at Leadville and Deadwood, the twin cities of the Black Hills district of South Dakota, was made the occasion for the publication of facts and figures relative to the well-known Homestake mine in particular and the Black Hills district in general One widely-circulated mining news- THE MINING RECORD. 841 paper after making an interesting comparison between the average grade of Cripple Creek ore produced in 1902, which was nearly $30 per ton, and that of the Black Hills, placed at $4.61 per ton, and showing that the large tonnage of the latter, greater than Leadville and Cripple Creek combined, in considerable measure compensated for its comparative low value, gave the value of its total production for each year from 1876 to date. This table of production suggests some encouraging thoughts relative to the larger mines of the ■ Boundary district of British Columbia, also usually classed as low-grade mines. The Black Hills district • commenced its mineral production in 1876 with a value for that year of $1,200,000. During 27 years there has been a gradual increase until in 1902 the yearly total had reached $8,250,000, whilst for eight months, to August 31, of the current year, it was $6,750,000. Our own Boundary district produced about $490,000 in 1900, about $2,ooo,oqo in 1901, something like $2,500,000 in 1902, whilst for eight months, to August 31, of this year, the value of its production was approximately $2,400,000. Given a similar rate of progress for a few years and the Boundary will not need to take a back seat, even in the presence of the Black Hills. A report has been allowed to get abroad that the Trail and Nelson smelters have lately endeavoured to take an unfair advantage of the provisions under which the bounty on lead was granted, by raising the treatment charges on ores of this class. From enquiry we learn that there is no foundation for these allegations. The Hall Mines smelter has made practically no change in the rates charged on silver-lead ores; while the Canadian Smelting Works is still taking Slocan ores on the basis of $15 for freight and treatment, with a 10 per cent, zinc limit. This rate is the result of the keenest competition between the American Smelting & Refining Co., the Puget Sound smelters and the Kootenay smelters. At the same time there should certainly be some accounting for the fact that the Government grant has, as yet, exercised so little apparent effect in stimulating the lead mining industry of the Province, and the explanation that the Act in question had yet to be passed by the Senate, and that consequently producers could not tell definitely when the bounty would be available, is hardly a satisfactory one. Under existing conditions the relatively high price of silver and the added profit the bonus on lead affords, production should at least equal that of three years ago. In fact the Government has a right to expect that such should be the case, the bounty having been granted practically on that assurance. a country so rugged and mountainous as British Columbia, the "mono-railway" system should offer very great advantages, provided, of course, the claims advanced in its favour are substantiated. It is said, for example, that in the mono-rail system, gradients and curves are, from an engineering standpoint, matters of quite secondary importance, while, too, the system can be established at a relatively small cost, maintenance is, of course, much less expensive than in the case of ordinary railways, and the risks of accident are reduced to a minimum. It is sincerely to be hoped, therefore, that the new venture in the Lardo-Duncan will prove both an engineering and a financial success, for thereon largely depends the introduction of the system generally in the Province as a means of affording efficient and cheap transportation facilities to outlying mining districts, and result in the solving of a very difficult problem. -«- An undertaking of rather exceptional interest is, we understand, being initiated in the Upper Duncan country in the construction and establishment of_ a mono-line railway affording communication to a mineral region of, in general, very great promise but heretofore handicapped by reason of its inaccessibility. In Some notes of the Hendryx Process of Electro- Cyaniding appear elsewhere in this issue. It is stated that Dr. W. A. Hendryx, of Los Angeles, California, has been experimenting for years in this connection, and that he is fully confident he has brought his experiments to a practical issue as demonstrated by the success attending the use of his process on a commercial scale in California, Arizona and New Mexico. If it be found that in ordinary operation it will treat most gold and silver ores—those that are insoluble of course excepted—securing a high percentage of extraction quickly and at low cost, it will be a decided advantage and saving, both in time and cost of treatment—wherever applied to ores or tailings that will yield their precious metal contents under electrochemical influences. The testing plant seen at work in Spokane last month by a representative of the Mining Recoed appeared to be simple enough in operation, and assurances were received on the spot from competent and reliable men that it was accomplishing the results claimed for it both effectually and economically. CYANIDE PLANT AND PRACTICE AT YMIR MINE, BRITISH COLUMBIA* (By Edwin C. Holden.) IN making the original estimates for a report recommending the cyanidation of Ymir stamp-mill tailings, the writer was unable to find in any of the standard works on cyanide practice certain data applicable to the local conditions; nor has he as yet seen the same practice recorded in the rapidly growing literature on cyanidation. To present these figures, together with a few novel features of local practice, the present paper is offered. The ore treated is obtained from a fissure vein ot steel dip, occurring in a slate country. The ore body is lenticular in plan, swelling from 4 feet in width at one end to a maximum of 42 feet, and tapermg irregularly to less than 18 inches, where pay values cease. *From Am. In. M.E. (October). 842 THE MINING RECORD. In the wider portions of the fissure the ore is mixed with more or less horse-matter from the walls. The clean ore is white, massive quartz, with from 8 per cent, to 12 per cent, on sulphurets; the latter being pyrite, sphalerite and galena, the predominance being in the order given. The precious metal tenor is variable, the gold more closely following the pyrite, the silver, the galena. The present mill supply is practically all from below the oxidized zone. The unavoidable admixture of horse-matter and stope filling, with the ore as mined, affects more or less the character of the mill feed, which sometimes contains from io per cent, to 25 per cent, of slate. During the last three months of 1902 the mill feed carried 0.3977 ounce gold and 1.903 ounce silver per ton of 2,000 pounds, 2.65 per cent, and 2.92 per cent. zinc. The iron, unfortunately, was not determined. The ore, which will pass a 2-inch grizzly, is fed into sixteen 5-stamp batteries. The mortars are narrow; the stamps average 850 pounds and drop 6.5 inches from 98 to 100 times per minute. The height of issue ise from 3.5 to 5 inches, and the screens (diagonal slot) are No. 9 or 11, depending upon the height of issue. The crushing capacity is from 2.5 to 3 tons per stamp per twenty-four hours. There are no inside plates, and but one 50 by 144-inch apron plate to each mortar. The saving on the plates was 61.9 per cent, of the gold and 9.4 per cent, of the silver. The plate tails from each ten stamps were, without classification, put over three Frue vanners. A slightly variable concentrate was made, averaging 20.6 per cent, lead; 1.17 ounce gold and 12.5 ounces silver per ton; and, approximately, zinc, 12.9 per cent; iron, 23 per cent, and insoluble, 6 per cent. There was an extra smelting charge on zinc in excess of 8 per cent.; and it was a delicate matter to determine how high the grade of the vanner tails could be raised with profit, so as to throw over the zinc and reduce the concentrate tonnage. The gold saving in the concentrates was 16 per cent, the silver 35.4 per cent., and the lead 42 per cent. The total saving in the stamp mill was thus 77.9 per cent, of the gold and 44.8 per cent, of the silver. These totals were higher before the tailings plant was installed, when both battery and vanner work were necessarily closer. The vanner tailings during the quarter ended January, 1903 (and all the figures here given, unless otherwise stated, are for that period), assayed 0.0882 ounce gold and 1.051 ounce silver per ton; lead, 1.3 per cent., and zinc, 2.2 per cent. Of this material, 65 per cent, would pass a 100-mesh screen. The vanner tailings being of comparatively low grade, the writer felt himself practically confined to the adoption of the system of direct filling and percolation ; and, as slimes treatment was not at tne same time to be provided for, the object was to treat as large a proportion of the slimes as possible with the sands; or, in other words, to make charges having the lowest ■practicable rate of percolation. This minimum rate is usually stated as 2 inches per hour. It is also a current conception that a much larger Gold Silver Recovery. Recovery Per Cent. Per Cent 76.5 i 52.2 77.2 54.1 proportion of slimes can be handled in an intermediately settled charge than in a directly filled one. To determine whether this possible difference in tonnage was important enough to justify the increased cost of installation and operation of a plant with settling vats was an important problem, which our experimental plant decided. After the usual laboratory tests, the experimental plant, consisting of two 35-ton leachers, 5 feet deep, with solution tanks, zinc boxes, etc., was erected. One leacher was charged direct from a Butters' distributor, which was fed by the bottom discharge of a pointed box carrying the vanner tailings from twenty stamps. The box got rid of excess water and a little of the finest slimes. The second leacher was charged from a two-compartment box in which the vanner tailings were settled, the sands being dropped from the compartments alternately as filled, and shovelled in the leacher as in ordinary intermediate filling plants. We were thus enabled on a commercial scale to compare results of the two systems of filling with the same character of material, A comparison of results from fifty-two charges is here given, screen tests being 100-mesh. Fines. Charged. Per Cent Direct 44.2 Intermediate . . . .39.8 The average minimum rSte of percolation in the direct filled charge was 1.9 inch per hour. In the intermediately filled charges the rate was quite variable, but the average minimum was over 3.25 inches. Owing to structural difficulties in the experimental plant, which had to be squeezed into an unoccupied corner of the stamp mill, we could not give the settling boxes area enough to settle regularly charges carrying the same proportion of fines as the direct filled ones; but eight of these charges, made when some of the stamps were hung up, carried 43.7 per cent, fines, and the gold and silver recoveries averaged, respectively, 73.6 per cent, and 46.5 per cent. These results led to the rather unexpected conclusion that direct filling, when properly done, not only leaves a charge in as good condition for -treatment as the intermediate method, but renders it possible to treat a larger proportion of the slimes. It may be suggested as an explanation that in a charge settled under water the grains of sand are free to arrange themselves most compactly, with a minimum -of voids and the slimes are held near where they originally settled, because the interstitial currents are not marked enough to disturb them; whereas, in charges shoveled into a vat with less than 15 per cent, of moisture,, the voids are a maximum, a*nd the slimes which originally coated each grain of sand are washed off and settle through the charge, and, thus segregating, prevent uniform percolation. The fact that direct filled charges never pack nor settle more than 1 per cent., while indirect ones frequently contract over 10 per cent., during treatment, tends to confirm this view. THE MtNHftJ RECORD. 843 The final plant is located half a mile from the stamp head to accumulate in the distributor hopper, renders mill and 300 feet vertically below it. The site, from uniform distribution difficult. The slightest throw of which over 400 cords of timber were removed in clear- the stream from the charging drop box off "tiie centre ing, is on a hillside, and required about 5,000 yards of of the hopper results in uneven charging, most of the excavating and 630 yards of masonry for footing and slimes going to the low side of the vat. M^hy'devices .retaining walls. All the plant is housed, the buildings were tried to remedy this, and to prevent twisting of .being heavily framed, as required by the deep snow- the drop stream, which motion also has a classifying falls. effect; and the last and simplest plan was successful. The vanner tailings are carried to the plant by a The drop was made square; and inside the lower end box launder 6 by 8 inches in section, and the excess of of it an iron strip was fastened to each *ide. The battery and vanner waters allows of a minimum grade square drop prevents twisting, and to throw the stream of slightly under 5 per cent. At that grade, and with toward the low side of the charge small wedges were i-inch riffles set 5 inches apart in the bottom of the driven under the iron strips, as needed. These details box, the durability even of the local soft hemlock and may seem trifling; but when the object is to treat the cedar lumber used is quite satisfactory. maximum quantity of slimes by percolation they will To make the required fall of 300 feet to the plant, be found of prime importance in obtaining a uniform a series of drop boxes is inserted where the topography change. is favourable; and a 12-inch sand pocket at the bot- Where there is enough head room to give distribu- tom of each drop, to prevent wear, should also be -an tor arms 3-inch grade per foot, arms of 1 inch diame- HetKcient saver of 'escaping amalgam or mercury. ter, or even smaller, could be used without danger of The tailtegs enter the top of the storage solution clogging. This would be an improvement upon the room; and when, as in the period under considerSSbn, usual form, which has 1.5 inch arms at 1.5 inch grade; from forty to sikty stamps are running, the classifica- for it would approach the ideal conditions requiring a NiSn is done in two boxes, 'the first being 18 by 24 maximum number of arms fed from a full hopper. inches wide by 18 iti&ies deep, ^fth trvo vertical sides Continuous, uniform changing is essential to make sf&d'Mse ends sloping 60 degrees to a 0.5 by 24-inch a good charge; hence, so far as possible, stamp mill "9Sbt, under 'v4ich HJttSfflic currents can be applied, hang-ops were made between charges. When, how- *&ms box settles only the coarse sands, which are ever, an emergency hang-up was made with a charge drawn off through a 2«h^le^to the-chargifig incomplete,, a gentle hydraulic current was started :«HSfader. The second box is poinded, 3 feet 6fcches in under the filter in the vat; the water feed to the dis- width and dSJth, and 7 feet long,-* a 3-inch out- tributor was increased; and, when charging was relet. A plug valve id this ouHet, in combination with commenced, the settlers were run with a strong hy- the hydraulic current in the box, regulates the speed draulic current for a few minutes, allowing only the *H£ tJie dlO&ffifcrs, tftfle maintaining the same separ- coarse sands to settle Despite every pr^ubonjiow- *mg action in the box. The oVerflow from the box, ever, a slime layer will mark in the charge every mill- a&vfng about 60 per cent, of the water and 20 per hang-up of over ten minutes duration. STf the mi taW M ^ to waste. ! 1*ns over- The overflows from the vats and the separators were Sfilw should all pass a^oo-m&h screen, and is mostly combined before they reached the overflow sampler nuw bI1""lu dil Ff so that I cannot give separate figures on the vat and ■rfflpalpable material. box ser>arations. The longest distributor arms occas- All of the tffe and tanks, except the sumps, are of h^^ ^^ ^ h to throw over a 2*3- ^leache/S' i feet ? dTe by 6 ff'VreP' Httle of the finer sands Lo the overflow launder, are on ^ber foundations with masonry footings. ^le^ d ^ g ^ was Caps and sills are parallel an arrangement Which ren- so ^ | « ||g ders jacking-uP easier than the usual right-angled *J wood fibre from ^ mine and structure. Bents and posts are placed 4 feet between ^^ ' centres, and the bracing does not extend above the -' ™he'dassification of values | charges and overflows post, the shimming being done between posts and caps. ^ ^ ayera^e assay ^d screen tests for On the caps are 4 by 8-inch joists, spaced 18 inches ^, ■. between centres. There is no flooring on any of The vat or tank joists, and there is head-room under them ^ ^ SS&h. all, so that leakages occurring in the plant cannot be Q% per ^on 0z per*Ton. Parent. s,%fiknown or inaccessible. The vats are fitted with top Vanner tails ^0838 1.008 64.86 annular overflow launders; and, to preserve a level g^rges^ .■0.0931 o.^ 5^ ""rim a soft wood strip, projecting above the edge of the •'• jwfriH Wt is fastened with stove 'bolts to the side plates, the The high silver in the Overflow is due to its asso- ioint beine caulked with oakum. Any settling of the ciation with galena in the sfflfces. vats 3 is insufficient to require jacking-up from The system of classification, it must be admired, below can thus be easily rectld, as with tongue- was crude; and if the plant *«e pttfed to its *ull below can thus be easny capacity, close hydraulic classification, yielding a clean, The Zributor are of the usual type, and have quick percolating charge, would be necessary;'but as I The distributors are ot tne us a yp> 4 fllfc-tifte, the system was very satisfactc%, for ||SS§ Iflm --Singly fettled and treated a total of 70, per'*, «*tar 844 THE MINING RECORD. tailings. When we were treating oxidized ores, charges could not be successfully treated that carried over 45 per cent, of fines. With all the stamps dropping, a vat was filled in from twenty-eight to thirty-two hours; but during the last quarter of 1902 it required from forty-eight to sixty hours. The experimental work called for live days' treatment; but, with the reduced crushing, we increased the proportion of slimes settled,. and treated charges as long as our capacity allowed—the average time of treatment being 10.5 days. A normal charge was 185 tons, dry weight. The acid tests seem, in the case of "the Ymir tailings, to be worthless as an indicator for the use of lime. The ordinary tests for latent acidity called for over one pound of lime per ton. Phenolphthalein indicated more. We used 200 pounds to the charge for a while, until the zinc boxes grew so foul that dried precipitates assayed under 1,200 ounces of total fine bullion per ton. The methyl-orange indicator was more satisfactory. It called for less than 0.5 pound of lime per ton. But the final practice,, which gave the best results, was to use less than 0.1 pound per ton, and apply it in 5-pound lots, the last lot going on with the final dose of strong solution. The cyanide consumption was thus reduced over 10 per cent.; and the -zinc-box crude precipitates rose in grade to over 5,300 ounces per ton. In treatment, the final nitrates became very cloudy when they titrated between 0.1 per cent, and 0.05 per cent. KCN; and the small addition of lime, just before starting weak treatment, tended to keep the slimes coagulated and the filtrates clearer. Vacuum percolation was soon discarded, as it gave a very dirty filtrate and packed the charges, so that the final rate of percolation was slower, even with the vacuum, than it would have been if unassisted throughout. The routine of treatment was as follows: After levelling and adding dry lime, two 5-ton doses of weak solution (between 0.1 per cent, and 0.05 per cent. KCN) are successively given. When these have disappeared they are followed by four or five 10-ton doses of strong solution (0.2 per cent.) at 5-hour intervals. There is no trace of cyanide in the filtrate for six hours after the first application of weak solution, and there are no values until after fifteen hours. After forty or fifty tons of strong treatment, the charge is drained six hours, when the filtrate has almost ceased, and titrates 0.04 per cent, to 0.07 per cent. KCN. Twenty tons of strong solution are now run in under the filter. It requires from six to eight hours to run this in without channeling the charge, and when it is all in, if drainage has been sufficient, there will not be more than 5 inches of solution on top of the charge. After soaking from three to six hours the charge is drained and a 10-ton top treatment follows. Top and bottom treatments thus alternate until 160 tons of strong solution has been applied. Then follows weak treatment, applied on top in 5-ton doses as rapidly as it disappears, to a total of forty or fifty tons. This is followed by wash solution (0.05 per cent, to trace KCN), forty tons; and this, by water as required, to preserve the balance of solutions or secure low end filtrates. No solution is run to waste other than which is lost as moisture in the residues. The adoption of bottom treatment had a marked effect. During the first six months' operating, when only top treatment was used, the gold extraction gradually fell off from 70 per cent, to less than 50 per cent.; and assays from the bottom of the charges were discouraging. When the connections for bottom treatment were made in October the gold extraction rose at once from 48 per cent, in September to 75 per cent, for October; and the average actual gold recovery for the last quarter of the year was 80.23 per cent., while * the actual silver recovery also rose from 25 per cent, to 41 per cent. The total time of treatment was from 9.5 to 11.5 aays. The average rate of percolation was 1 inch per hour, although 64 per cent, and 71 per cent, gold extraction were obtained from charges having only 0.5 inch and 0.6 inch rates. The highest rate during this period was 1.5 inch per hour. This slow percolation means high cyanide consumption and long treatment; but it also means larger slimes tonnage treated. It does not require a large increase in daily tonnage to pay for extra vats and a little more cyanide. Residues are discharged through two 10-inch plug flanges placed 4 feet from the sides of the vats. A 2.5- inch hose with 2-inch nozzle is used under 115 pounds pressure, the hose being held in a swivel clamp at the edge of the vat. The bottom 6 inches is cleaned out at reduced pressure. One man will sluice out a charge and clean the filter in from 3.5 to 4 hours. The filter is three thicknesses of 16-ounce burlap, having the usual false bottom and rope-grouting, and anchored to the vat bottom to counteract its buoyancy. Precipitation is effected by zinc shavings in eight 10-compartment steel boxes, and it is perfect with the weakest solution when run at the rate of one ton of solution per twenty-four hours per cubic foot of shavings. The shavings in the wash solution box are lead dipped. Whenever there were values in the effluent, running at the normal rate, they were found to be due to precipitate mechanically carried over after dressing • boxes, and it was found best not to disturb a box after it had been running more than a week, but to add shavings on top as required. The clean-up method, while it just about competed with refiners' rates> was not satisfactory. The precipitate was dried, fluxed and smelted direct, without either acid or roasting treatment, and without refining, which produced a bullion of 720 total fineness. The treatment loss was 1 per cent, of the gold and 0.5 per cent, of the silver. The clean-up. cost, including freight and treatment of the resulting high-grade zinc slag, was 17 cents per pound of dried slimes. This does not include charges for bullion treatment. Operating costs per ton in detail for the last quarter, when 7,150 tons were treated, were as follows: COST OF TREATMENT PER TON. Cyanide, at $0.22 per pound .' $0,200 Zinc, at $0.09 per pound 0.020 Lime, at $0,009 P^ pound. 0.001 Euel, at $2.50 per cord 0.019 THE MINING RECORD. 845 Clean-up supplies 0.029 Repairs 0.014 Miscellaneous 0.003 Labor (wages at $3.50 and $4.50 per day) 0.234 Total $0,520 Assay office costs were not allocated; but the cyanide plant proportion should approximate $0,025 per ton. These results were obtained when treating but seventy-eight tons per day. The cost can be reduced to 38.6 cents when the plant is treating its full-rated capacity of 200 tons per day; and the introduction of reverberatory and cupel furnaces for clean-up would still further reduce it. The plant is equipped with steam heating and electric lighting plants, and has.an auxiliary water power system capable of developing to 300 h.p. The pumps and lighting dynamo are run by Pelton water motors under 320 feet head; and the only cost of power is the trifling item of maintenance of flumes. The total cost of the works, including the power plant, was $57,951.63. Omitting the costs of the main mill building, boarding houses, power plant and heating system, and thus reducing the estimate to the basis of an open air plant, the cost was $33,782, including the clearing, excavating and masonry, previously referred to, which amounted to $6,321.34. THE METALLURGY OF ZINC AND CADMIUM (By Alfred C. Garde.) AFTER reading Professor Ingall's recent publication on the "Metallurgy of Zinc and Cadmium"* I recognize in this valuable treatise a full-fledged sequel to "Hoffman's Metallurgy of Lead" and "Peters' Modern Copper Smelting." To the metallurgist, the engineer, the scholar and the student this valuable volume fills the same place and want in the scientific library as the two others have proved with reference to lead and copper smelting. Aside from Schabel's exhaustive German hand-book on metallurgy the American library possesses no treatise dealing with zinc individually. Zinc and Cadmium, owing to their close relationship to one of the chief metals as well as on account of being unknown in the arts until about fifty years ago, have heretofore always been tied to the apron-strings of the ancient lead industry and treated in conjunction therewith. Professor Ingalls in recognizing the astonishing demand for spelter and zinc oxides in the world's markets has foreseen the rank which these products now command by virtue of their rare qualities, and he is therefore to be highly congratulated upon his efforts in presenting the subject so admirably and at so opportune a mo- ment. His treatise will undoubtedly be hailed^ by the fraternity as one of the missing links in this "Era of metallurgy." His description of the various roasting processes, together with historical sketch of the evolution of the modern roasting furnace, will readily be admitted as classic and must be regarded as the most complete "^Engineering and Mining Journal, New York; $6. accumulation of data and illustrations ever published on this important feature of spelter production. Of no less importance is the painstaking description of European and American methods of smelting and distillation of the various <zinc ores. To Canadian engineers and investors the zinc question is becoming of importance. Within the past few years large deposits of desirable zinc ores have been found in British Columbia and Ontario. The discoveries in British Columbia are of such recent date that they are not even mentioned in any of Professor Ingall's late books pertaining to the production and properties of zinc. The writer is of the opinion that Professor Ingalls would be much interested in looking over this new field, as it presents features in many respects different from other deposits in North America. It is specially noteworthy that the ores are of a highly argentiferous character. The writer also observes that Professor Ingalls only briefly comments upon the recovery of zinc by means of electrolysis, probably because a number of processes have proved unsuccessful and others of the electro-chemical or electro-metallurgical order, are still more or less within the experimental stage. With this in view, Professor Ingalls no doubt wishes to obtain more facts and data, and it shall be most interesting to follow the evolution of the metallurgy of zinc in any of his future editions. -*— THE REFINING OF SILVER IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. A SHIPMENT of 85,000 ounces of silver 999 fine was made this month to the United States Government at San Francisco for shipment to the Phillipines, representing the product from the smelting of British Columbian lead ores at Trail, and refining the resulting bullion by the electrolytic lead process, which has for many months past been supplying Eastern Canada with commercial pig lead. When the electrolytic lead refinery was first operated the "silver slimes" (composed of the precious metals and all the impurities, such as copper, antimony, arsenic etc.) were sold to United States refineries, where the actual separation of the precious metals from the impurities was made. As there were no plants in operation prepared to economically handle this particular product, which differs somewhat from the slimes produced from electrolytic copper refining, it was decided to build a special plant at Trail for the purpose of making a complete separation of the precious metals and impurities, which will make,- in connection with the electrolytic lead process and the smelting works, a complete works for the treatment of all lead-siWer ores and the production therefrom of pure lead fine silver, fine gold, copper sulphate, and probably later, metallic antimony. ' , The first shipment of about 300 ounces of gold which was over 995 fine was made to the United States Assay Office at Seattle a few weeks ago, and a second shipment of about 700 ounces of gold was made short, ly thereafter to the same place. 846 THE MINING RBGORD. As Canada is now in a position to prodnee steadily fine gold, the Canadian Government should certainly take steps immediately towards purchasing this gold at whatever point it may be produced and so save the Canadian producers the cost of shipping and selling it to the United States Assay Offices. It is believed that the above shipments of fine gold, or refined gold to the United States Assay Office, and sliver brick to the Phillipines, are the first which have ever been made as the result of smelting and refining ores in Canada. The Canadian Smelting Works, Ttail, are therefore in a position to supply Eastern Canada with whatever pig lead they may require, fine gold ready for minting purposes, fine silver, copper sulphate for use in Manitoba and the North West Territories, and will in a few months be turning out metallic antimony which will be used in making various babbit metals. * THE HENDRYX PROCESS OF ELECTRO- CYANIDING. A TESTING plant of the Hendryx process of elec- tro-cyaniding is in operation at the laboratory of Mr. C. M. Fassett, of Spokane, Washington, for the purpose of demonstrating to mining men and others interested the advantages this process offers for the extraction of the precious metals from ores suh> able for cyanide treatment. It is claimed for the Hendryx process that it will effectively treat all ores that the ordinary method of cyaniding will treat, and many others that the latter can not be used for, including ores carrying from one to three per cent, copper; further, that complete extraction of the values can be made in from three to six hours, according to the adaptability of the ores to this process, and that consequently fresh pulp can be fed to the tank four to six times a day, instead of having to wait 24 hours or longer, as is necessary where the old process is used. The cost of extraction is stated to be low, too—from 25 to 50 cents per ton. If the ore be found amenable to this process of treatment it is crushed very fine, to ascertain what percentage of extraction is obtainable. Then tests are made with various sizes of crushings to determine the size best adapted for the treatment of that particular kind of ore. This determined, the pulp is fed into a very weak solution of cyanide contained in a circular tank having a funnel-shaped bottom, above which is a cylinder rising to near the top of the tank. A pro- pellor or agitator within this cylinder „causes the pulp in solution to rise to the top, whence it flows over sloping plates to the sides of the tank and there sinks to below the agitator, the contents of the tank being thus kept in continuous agitation until the gold and silver have been deposited on electrically charged plates. Experiments are being made with lead-coated iron plates, these giving a softer backing and permitting of a closer saving when the plates are scraped. The electric current used for depositing the precious metals not only accomplishes this purpose but also aids in- the solution of the gold and silver from the ore, and regenerates a considerable proportion of the cyan ide that would be lost were only the ordinary agitation process used. The contents of the tank can easily be sampled at any time, by catching in a cup a little of the liquid as it flows from the cylinder and having it tested to tell how the extractk$, is proceeding at that stage of the operations. The contents of the tank can be drawn off in^o settling tanks and new pulp be fed in without delay and without stopping the agitator. After the slimes and tailings have settled the solution can be syphoned off for re-use. The solution is heated before use, the deposition being much more rapid with a warm solution. The total extraction made is from 80 to 96 per cent, of the assay values. The Hendryx process has already been in^gdu^d. into Old Mexico, Arizona, and California. The Mexican plant has a capacity of 120 tons per diem; the Arizona plant treated about 12,000 tons; the Califor^j, plant is only a small one but the process will als§rbe in use in that State on a commercial scale before long. We publish elsewhere a description of the twenty- stamp combination silver mill in course of erection at Five-Mile Camp, near Ferguson, in the Lardeau district, for the Silver Cup Mines, Ltd. The particulars given were obtained at Five-Mile by our special com- misisoner, who.found the superintendent of construction, Mr. Elwin Benner, and the draughtsman on the works, Mr. E. C. Hutchinson, both in the employ of the Union Iron Works, of San Francisco, Cal., whigh is supplying and erecting the plant, most courteous and obliging in facilitating his work of obtaining information. It is worthy of note that Mr. Benner, who has had considerable experience in the erection of stamp mills and other plant in North America, stated that the equipment for the Silver Cup mill includes more machinery and plant than that of any other twenty-stamp mill he knows of. The mill is not an ordinary concentrator; it is fully equipped for dry crushing, wet crushing, concentration, roasting and pan amalgamation, these together making it a "combination" mill, as described. The. Silver Cup Mines Company is to be congratulated on its enterprise in putting in this mill and, too, on the fact that its erection is in such capable hands. The issue of the Annual Summary Reoort of the Dominion Geological Survey is being so long delaved that its usefulness will to some extent be lessened. Possibly by the time this comment is published the occasion for it will have been removed, yet in view of the fact that this year's season for field work will be well on towards its close before the results of the previous season's work are available to the public it appears desirable to direct attention to the long delay, There may be difficulties in the wav of issuing: reports of this kind promptly, nevertheless the lengthy delay is regrettable. THE MINING RECORD. 841 A TRIP THROUGH CARIBOO—No. 2. BULLION, QUESNEL MINING DIVISION. (By Rosalind Watson, M.A., Assoc. M. Inst. M.E.) BULLION is the camp of the Consolidated Cariboo Hydraulic Mining Company and the centre of the biggest enterprise in Cariboo. You can get to it from Ashcroft, either by departing from the main stage line at 180-Mile House and going— through the Horsefly Country over an exceedingly Big Lake—A Comfortable Stopping Place. bad piece of road—the way the Japs chose this year when they walked out because too economical or too poverty-stricken to pay stage fare; or, and preferably, py transferring from the B. C. Express at 150-Mile fo Parker's Express and driving over fifty-two miles of moderately bad road. Perhaps we were prejudiced jn our impression of the road, but pouring rain, and corduroy, and Beaver Lake Hill, ugh! The journey from 150-Mile House to Bullion and Quesnelle Forks occupies two days, the intervening No. 1 Pit, Bullion. night being spent at Big Lake. Here, at an elevation of 3,000 feet, Mr. Parker has a ranch of four thousand acres on which near the margin of a beautiful ■sheet of water seven miles long, are a comfortable house and good outbuildings. In spite of high altitude farming is carried on successfully. Oats generally average 1,500 pounds, but one field was seen which would yield 3,000 pounds to the acre. Wheat is raised only as feed. For farm, stage, and freighting purposes one hundred horses are kept. Profitable as farming is, cattle ranching would be more so. This Mr. Parker realizes, and has made a start with a hundred head. The country is an ideal one for grazing purposes— park-like, with abundance of wild hay and pea-vine, and many lakes. This pertains generally to the whole section between the Mountain House and Quesnelle Forks, yet the only land so far taken up is that of Wm. Parker at Big Lake, and of Hamilton at Beaver Lake. The Consolidated Cariboo Hydraulic Company, Limited, incorporated in 1897, and composed principally of C. P. R. officials, has for six seasons been carrying on extensive mining operations at Bullion, which is situated on the South Fork of Quesnelle River midway between Quesnelle Forks and Quesnelle Lake. There being abundant capital at the disposal of the company, it has' been possible to equip the mine and camp in a model fashion, in fact, in a style commensurate with the wealth which the gravels are believed to contain. Already the mine has produced one Two 8-inch streams opening up Pit No. 2 at S. Fork Mine, Cariboo. million and a quarter dollars, inclusive of what was taken out during the four seasons previous to '98 when the company was known under another name, although the shareholders were practicaly the same. In consideration of the large mining area, the high-grade gravels and the complete hydraulic plant, the Bullion mine is maintained to be the greatest mine of its kind on the North .American continent and probably in the world. Not only so, but it has in J. B. Hobson, its manager for eleven years, a man of ability and great experience, one who has devoted his life to the'study and pursuit of hydraulic mining, one who understands what he is about and does not experiment at the company's expense. The property comprises thirty-four placer mining leases, aggregating 2,584 acres of land, extending a distance of about ten miles, and embracing a system of ancient river channels. If you refer'to the accom- THE MINING RECORD. panying map you will see that the sphere of influence of the company is bounded on the north by the South Fork; on the east by the Quesnelle Lake; on the south by the watershed of Polley, Boot-jack, and Morehead lakes; and on the west by Morehead Creek and Quesnelle River. That portion of the' area which at present is being mined is an ancient river almost paralleling the South Fork, and with outlet at Dancing Bill Gulch. Before the Consolidated Cariboo took hold, work was carried on here by Chinamen, who worked up the channel about i,ooo feet, took out" at least $900,000, and Last Hour's Run at Bullion, 1903. left piled up, for their successors to remove, all the boulders and tailings. Pit No. 1, to which work was confined in 1903, is of vast proportions: between the rivers the distance is 900 to 1,100 feet, from the "bend" at Dancing Bill Gulch to the face 1,200 feet, and from the top to bottom of the banks 400 to 500 feet. To the "bend" the strike is north 70 degrees west, thence almost magnetic north to the river. A wedge-shaped wall, of rock separates the modern South Fork from the ancient stream, and towers up 420 feet high on its eastern side of the pit, with eight high-grade strata marked on it by erosion of rock and the coarse gravel which there remains lodged. This country rock is a diorite, and has associated with it a pinkish syenite which appears to have intruded the older rock and occurs in large quantities, also, in the bed and the western rim. Specimens of both rocks were taken, and sent to Mr. O. E. LeRoy, petrographist of the Canadian Geological Survey, for determination. He has classified them respectively as gabbro-diorite and quartz-syenite- porphyry. His description of their microscopic characteristics is as follows: (A) Gabbro-Diorite—"The rock consists of large, irregular plates of brown hornblende, rounded idio- morphic individuals of pale green pyroxene, and large and small lath-shaped feldspars which are finely twinned and are probably labrodorite. Iron ore (magnetite and a little-pyrite) occurs in considerable abundance. Apalite is also present in small amount. The rock is fresh, being comparatively free from secondary minerals." (B).^Quartz-Syenite-Porphyry—"The rock consists principally of slender and short laths of finely twinned plagioclase, probably albite. Interstitial to these larger individuals are smaller ones of feldspar and rounded grains of quartz. This matrix or ground mass is not in large amount. The mica, but sparingly represented, has altered to chlorite. A few shreds of muscovite, a grain or two of zoisite, a!nd a little magnetite, complete the mineral content. The structure is porphyritic and suggests that the rock is either a dyke or the border facies of a granite or syenite intrusion." The rock named by Mr. LeRoy gabbro-diorite has also been classed as augite-diorite. There is no discrepancy in the two names, for augite or pyroxene is an essential consistent of gabbro. The .present face is 350 feet deep and consists of top gravel (40 to 50 feet), boulder clay, and about 200 feet of yellowish gravel—out of this gravel it was that the giant during the last four days of the run washed $8,000. The lower portion of the pit has been bared to bed-rock by the removal of the gravel in four benches. This method of washing was necesary because of the grade of the sluice, though had the company permitted Mr. Hobson he would have driven a sluice through the eastern rim and washed to bedrock at one blow. The main sluice is 1,200 feet long, 1,150 feet of which was cut through bed-rock at a cost of $27,000; above the cut the sluice forks, and each prong is 1,100 feet long, thus making the total amount of bed-rock flume 3,400 feet. The sluice boxes are seven feet wide and four feet deep, paved with im- provd steel riffles and with blocks, and run on a grade " A wedge-shaped wall of rock separates the modern South Fork from the ancient stream." of 6/i per cent. Dump causes no anxiety, for the South Fork runs with a swift current through a deep channel between steep sides. As the sluice-cut is now as deep (60 feet) at its lower end as it can be made without impairing the dump; and at its upper end is at the level of bed-rock which rises in the pit on a grade of one per cent., and further, as washing at the face 1903 was 35 feet from bed-rock, the sphere of usefulness of the long sluice line is limited. A tunnel will have to be run in from the South Fork—on a five 850 THE MINING RECORD. I THE MINING RECORD. per cent, grade and from the same elevation above the river as the present cut—through the eastern rim to tne pit; and an upraise made to the surface. Then down this shaft which would gradually by attrition be turned into an incline, and through the 1,200 feet of tunnel fitted with gold-saving appliances, the gravel would be washed. Boulders too large for the sluices are blasted, usually two by the same shot, and 150 shots at a time. Bank blasts also, are required. Of these the record-breaker shook up seven acres of ground by means of 136,000 pounds of black powder. In preparing for such a blast a shaft is sunk and drifts in which the powder is set, are run. The explosion is said to be marked by a dull thud rather than by severe detonation. Water is conveyed by 33 miles of ditch and deliv- by the Wellsbach Company, tested the Horsefly and Bullion gravels for platinum and osmiridium, and expressed himself satisfied with the results of his experiments. In consequence, Mr. Hobson expects that a special plant will be installed next year for saving metals of the platinum group, and any fine gold that may now be lost. Labour is brought in from the outside, usually about the middle of March, as the pits have to be cleared of ice; and piping begins any time between the 5th of April and the ioth of May. In 1903 one hundred and twenty men, whites and Japanese, were employed at an average wage of two dollars and a half. Most discouraging to all concerned has been the past season. Owing to failure of water supply, the mine had to be closed down after a run of only fifty- View of Morehead Lake, Dam and Camp Buildings. ered through 1 800 feet of steel pipe grading from 48 three days. The clean-up amounted to about $47,000 S^STiSU to 22 inchiVthe giant Dur- This is small in «■£»«*;* other years, as may ing the season just closed only one No. 8 Hydraulic be seen by the table that follows.- Giant was in service and that with an 8-inch deflect- ygar Timg Run Bullion Recovered. ing nozzle, which required 2,500 miner's inches of ^ ^ hrg $105,141-36 water—a 9-inch nozzle would require 3 500 inches. 11 * g hrg | 92,678.93 washing bed-rock there is a pressure of 420 feet. Ihe ^ g| jg| 350,085.77 gold is rather fine in character and worth about $17.12 J fag hrs 142,273.51 per ounce. Only a few nuggets have been found of j ^ ^ 6i,395-i9 which the largest weighed 654 ounces, valued at $115. * (approx.) 47,000.00 BllP Cf I WM £Mfl a To appreciate I water « one «■ H| gg ataut tea per WM for the |JHRl£H9Hil 852 THE MINING RECORD. with a capacity of delivery at the mine of 7,250 miner's inches. Since 1894, Boot-jack and Polley's lakes have formed two of these main reservoirs, and have supplied water to the hydraulic pits by means of twenty- one miles of canal, known as the South Fork ditch. In order to increase the supply, the Morehead dam and canal were completed in 1898, at a cost of $118,000, and Morehead Lake thus converted into a third reservoir. In the following year the Morehead pooling reservoir was constructed at the head of Black Jack Gulch and above the South Fork pooling reservoir. Among the advantages of a pooling reservoir are (1) that it collects the early spring water required in the beginning of the season for washing in the pits; (2) gives increased supply when needed, at short in: tervals, for the removal of boulders or heavy material; {3) pools the water flowing down the canal after the gates have been ordered closed, or at such times as the giants are being lubricated and repairs made without View of Morehead Lake Reservoir, Looking East from the Dam.. the gates being closed. In addition to the ten miles of Morehead canal and twenty-one miles of South Fork ditch, there are two miles of Dancing Bill ditch —the name given to that part of the system between the junction of the above mentioned canals and the pits. Now, Boot-jack, Polley and Morehead lakes are not fed by large streams, so depend largely upon snowfall and spring rains. During the winters of 1902 and 1903 the snowfall was comparatively light; not only so, but the snow melted in spring under adverse circumstances, namely, warm days followed by frosty nights; consequently, instead of there being a freshet that would have filled up the lakes, the water ran slowly and much of it was lost by evaporation. Such a shortage of water in the future must be provided against by an extension of the system. Mr. Hobson stated that four times the amount of water already under control ,was procurable. To harness such, however, will require another large outlay. The pity is that Quesnelle Lake was not a a few hundred feet higher in altitude. As has been pointed out, expenditure will also be required for the excavation of a sluice tunnel through the eastern rim of No. 1 pit to the South Fork, because the present sluice is of insufficient grade for the washing of bed-rock as work advances towards the south. To offset the need of future outlay of capital comes the cheering fact that there are about 500,000,000 cubic yards of auriferous gravels available for future washing, and that the 6,000,000 cubic yards already washed 2veraged twenty-five cents per yard. Nor have the operating expenses so very far exceeded the bullion recovered during thse inaugural years, as will be seen by the accompanying figures received from the manager:— Season. Expenditures 1894 $423,922.83 1895 43,860.79 1896 163,865.31 1897 108,544.24 1898 142,801.96 1899 334,639,03 1900 212,918.25 1901 i54,454-6o 1902 •• • •• 232,723.24 $1,817,730.25 Debit Balance $711,774.57 Less stores on hand, as per inventories.... 86,403.29 Net Balance $625,371.28 Season. Receipts. 1894 Bullion Recovered $ 5,161.85 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 58,57i-i9 124,026.86 138,520.00 105,141.36 92,678.93 350,085.77 142,273.51 6i,395-i9. Total $1,077,854.66 Miscellaneous profits on stores, boarding house, etc., from 1894 to 1902, inclusive 28,101.02 Balance 711,774.57 $1,817,730.25 In February, 1902, the new camp was completed at a cost of $19,000. It consists of manager's house and office, boarding house, general office, melting house, store, four bunkhouses for men, one for foreman and shift bosses, hospital, carpenter and blacksmith shops, storehouses and stables. All are substantially built, painted red. and roofed with sheet iron, so present a very neat and uniform appearance. The bunkhouses are built with a common room in the centre from which a passage leads to right and left, and on to each pass- THE MINING RECORD. 853 age four rooms open. Having the men pay a dollar a month for a Jap to care for their rooms has worked very satisfactorily. Near the South Fork pit in the direction of the old camp are the Japanese quarters; also the garden which contains all sorts of vegetables —celery, asparagus, beans, peas, potatoes, tomatoes, lettuce, turnips, parsnips, cabbage, cauliflower, rad- dishes, squash—these at an altitude of 2,800 feet! Farther on there is a sawmill with a capacity for cutting daily 4,000 feet of lumber. The very complete electric light and power drill plant includes one General Electric Company's direct current dynamo, capacity 30 killowatts, 240- amperes, 125 volts; one 24-inch Tuthill water-wheel; one 40- horsepower tubular boiler and one 35-horsepower Erie engine used when water power is not convenient. For lighting the mine four projectors, a searchlight, and widens' into Quesnelle Lake a dam was constructed some years ago by the Golden River Quesnelle Company to hold back the water of the lake and so permit of the bed of the South Fork being mined. The dam and mine gates remain to-day as an excellent piece of engineering, but the project for which they were built did not meet with success. Already in early days the stream had been mined several times over. In return for the half million or so dollars spent, $8,000 was the pittance recovered. The dam has now passed into the hands of the Consolidated Cariboo, and in the fall the gates are closed and mining leases granted to all-comers. In the past, Chinamen have profited by the opportunity. The express driver said he took out for them last winter about $17,000 in sums approximating a thousand dollars at a time. Mr. Hobson is manager also of the Horsefly Hy- Melting room. Consolidated Cariboo Hydraulic Mine. Kleven cakes retorted gout va.ued at $81,622.00. six arc lamps are used. The camp.buildings are lighted by electricity instead of oil, thereby making a saving of 70 per cent. For running cuts in bed-rock electric drills are found more economical than hand drills. The cost of running 312 feet of holes per ten hour shift with three Gerdner drills was $31.55, for the same amount of drilling by hand the cost was $91. The saving made in favour of power drills was thus $59-45- The melting plant consists of three retorts with condensers for distillation of mercury, and .two furnaces, all with a capacity for treating one thousand pounds of gold. A complete assay outfit is on hand to determine the value of the bullion. Four miles from Bullion, where the South Fork draulic Mining Company, which has valuable property on the southwest side of Horsefly River, seven miles from Quesnelle Lake. Nothing, however, has been done there since 1900, on account of difficulty in procuring labour. The Horsefly—so-called on account of the flies that infest the region—was very quiet last summer with no work going on save at the mine of the Horsefly Gold Mining Company, where about 20 men were .employed. Popularly known as Ward's Mine, this ground is of historic interest. When, early in 1859, Mr. Dunlevy was mining in the bars' of Chilcoten River, an Indian, tall and commanding, came one evening into camp and in French said "Much gold!" With a stick, next moment, he 854 THE MINING RECORD. 1 drew in the sand the Horsefly country and the South P'ork of the Quesnelle River. Sixteen days later the Indian, as agreed, met the white man at Beaver Creek. Early in March, 1859, they arrived at the spot where Ward's Mine now is; but as only a small area of "pay" was found, and provisions were running short, Dunlevy, after a stay of two or three days, struck across country to the Hudson's Bay fort Alexander. In the month of May he proceeded up the Fraser and on his way met John Rose who told him of Quesnelle River, its forks, and Rose's bar. The information thus received decided him to go in the direction of the North Fork. This he did and mined for a time on Horsefly and Keithley Creeks. Following in the footsteps of Dunlevy, though unconscious of the fact, came John McLean the very next month. McLean has arrived in Victoria from California in May, '58, had crossed to the mouth of the Fraser, thence to Yale, and had spent the winter mining af Boston Bar. In March, with five men in his party, he continued up the Fraser, rocking in the eddies as he went, and'on the 12th of June landed at Quesnelle. He proceeded up the Quesnelle River and its South Fork to a spot opposite the Dancing Bill Gulch, then to obtain fresh supplies hewed his way through woods to Fort Alexander, and while there heard from Indians of the Horsefly country. So making up a party of twelve, the Blue Lead Company, he set out for that quarter. It was noon when they arrived. While dinner was being cooked, Mr. McLean jasaal Morehead Lake, showing how completely the water supply has been exhausted. went to the bed of the stream, opposite to Ward's claim, and in an eddy digging down eighteen to twenty' inches, struck a sticky gravel that was rich. By the time dinner was called he had panned out sixteen dollars. When the meal was over a rocker was put together and during the afternoon twenty-seven ounces of gold rocked out. In a couple of days they had realized $7,000. A wingdam, therefore, was resolved upon. Late in the fall of '59, they left the Horsefly with $13,000, but returned in the spring, and to handle the deepening gravel, put in a water-wheel and pumps. In June, McLean received a letter from Rose stating that the latter had discovered coarse gold in Keithley. With the exception of two men, the Blue Lead Company set out for Keithley, a Creek that was paying two ounces a day to the man and which, along with its "tributary, Snowshoe, has produced about $2,000,000 In 1903, work on Keithley so far as could be learned, was confined to Veith and some Chinamen. The former was bench-drifting with about six men. He ■ Melting room at Cariboo Hydraulic Mine with gold ingot in foreground valued at $134,728. took out thirty ounces a week last winter, it is alleged, and sometimes as much as fifty-six ounces; value of gold, $17.20. On Snowshoe Creek the same man has an hydraulic plant, employs twelve men and has done so for several years. At time of visit he was reported to have cleaned up about $3,000. Howison, of Spokane, has bonded from Veith a quartz claim in this locality and was busy sampling. At Goose Creek, on the opposite side of Cariboo Lake from Keithley, Helgesen has been hydraulicing for four years, and in August was taking out about $200 a week. THROUGH THE LARDEAU. AN ACCOUNT OF RECENT PROGRESS AND OF PRESENT DAY CONDITIONS IN THIS MOST PROMISING MINERAL AREA. (By Our Special Commissioner.) LAST month's notes on the Lardeau dealt with the portion of that country situate in the northern part of Ainsworth Mining Division, and in the Trout. Lake Mining Division as far north as Trout Lake. I propose now to describe in due course the principal mining properties about Trout Lake and the Lardo Creek section, both in the Trout Lake division; and about Fish River and its tributary creeks, in the Lardeau division will have notice. The area comprised within these limits is so extensive, though, and the number of mineral claims more or less prospected so THE MINING RECORD. 855 large that of necessity some promising properties will either have but scant notice or not be mentioned. ABOUT TROUT LAKE. The principal creeks flowing into Trout Lake are Lardo Creek coming in from the northeast, and Trout Creek, from the northwest, both entering the lake at its northern end. Others are Glacier, Five-Mile, Rock, and Abrahamson's Creeks, from the west, and Seven- Mile, Eight-Mile, and American Creeks from the east. Mineral locations have been made on all these creeks, and in many places on the mountains drained by them, but with the exception of the American, on American Creek, which has sent out a small quantity of silver- lead ore, none of the claims on these lesser creeks have yet become shippers. Lucky Boy Group.—Philadelphia men, represented locally by Mr. G. W. Stead, are operating the Lucky Boy group, consisting of the Lucky Boy, Horseshoe, X Y Z, Blue Jay and C. H. claims. These are situate about seven miles from Trout Lake City and at an elevation of 1,700 to 1,800 feet above the lake. Most of the development work has been done on the Lucky Boy and Horseshoe, from which some 3,000 sacks of silver ore were shipped during last spring and summer. The ore is stated to occur at a contact between lime and schist, and to contain a deal of tetrahedrite and carbonates. The lead varies from a few inches to about four feet in width. The shaft on the Lucky Boy is 180 feet in depth and from it drifts have been run on the lead. ,A tunnel is being driven on the Horseshoe to cut the lead at a depth of about 200 feet. The development work has been carried out under the direction of Mr. John Watson, assistant manager, formerly on the Brooklyn mine, in the Boundary, and on the North Star in East Kootenay. The same owners have the Ethel, another good property, which they have been developing for some time. This mine is situate several miles south of the Lucky Boy group, and at a greater elevation above Trout Lake. ABOUT FERGUSON. The town of Ferguson is distant four miles from 'trout Lake City, in a north-easterly direction. It is situate at the junction of the north and south forks of Lardo Creek. Its elevation above the sea is about 3,000 feet, or 820 feet higher than Trout Lake. Six or seven years ago the Lillooet, Fraser River & Cariboo Goldfields, Ltd., now in liquidation, owned lands and mineral claims in this 'vicinity, which the company made easily accessible by constructing a waggon road from Trout Lake. Its substantial log buildings, by the roadside just west of Ferguson townsite, are now unoccupied, but they are a reminder of the energy and enterprise of an English organization that did much to open up this part of the Lardeau district. Another evidence of profitless enterprise to be seen at Ferguson is the Vulcan smelter, thus described in the Report of the Minister of Mines for 1901: "The smelter appears to consist of a small blast furnace with an air-tight V hopper at the top. The blast is induced by a steam injector, supplied with steam from a special boiler, which causes a partial vacuum above the furnace charge, making an inward draft through the tuyere holes." It was only given a short trial here—less than two days—and it was pronounced a failure. Lade Group.—The officers of several mining companies are at Ferguson> namely, the Silver Cup Mines, Ltd., the Great Western Mines, Ltd., the Metropolitan Gold and Silver Mining Co. of B. C, Ltd., and the Ophir-Lade Mining Syndicate, Ltd. The last mentioned company has a group of seven Crown-granted claims, known as the Lade group, and situate about 14 miles from Ferguson on Granite Creek. From the prospectus of'the Great Northern Mines, Ltd., a company recently promoted to acquire this group among other properties, it is learned that on them "a tunnel T12 feet long has been run, and a shaft sunk on the ore. Five tons of the ore shipped to the smelter gave returns of $1,100.00 to the ton, in free gold," and that "the property is traversed by a main ledge 8 to 12 feet, and several smaller veins carrying high values in free gold and telluride." The further statement is made that on account of the distance from transportation and the altitude (more than 8,000 feet) the development of the property has been deferred until a more convenient season. Triune Group.—The Metropolitan Gold & Silver Mining Company has its executive office in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and its registered office at Ferguson, with Mr. John A. McCrossan as manager in British Columbia. The company owns the Triune and Metropolitan groups of claims, the former about nine miles southeast from Ferguson, and the latter about eight miles up the North Fork of Lardo Creek. There is no road to the Metropolitan group, only trails, so in the absence of transportation facilities, no development is being done on any of the eight claims comprising this group. The Triune group consists of the Triune, Silver Chief, Enterprise, Revenge, Kamloops and Kamloops Fraction. The location of the mine is not a favourable one, the workings being in the side of a mountain having an almost precipitous face. Tunneling and raising are the chief development work done, the Silver Chief having present attention. Two tunnels have been driven on a ledge about four feet in width. The lower tunnel is in 300 feet and the upper 250 feet, and these are connected by a 130-foot raise. Another raise is in ore for about 120 feet from the up- .per tunnel. Besides the foregoing some 600 feet of raising and cross-cutting have been done in development. The ore is silver-lead carrying from $12 to $18 in gold, about 250 ozs. silver, and 35 per cent, lead to the ton. It is treated at Trail and that shipped last year averaged about $132 per ton after payment of freight and treatment charges. Ore to the value of about $110,000 has been taken out of the mine and it is estimated that by the close of the current year the total value of the output will have reached $140,000. A Hallidie aerial tramway, a mile and a half in length, was constructed down Triune Creek last year, to con- 856 THE MINING RECORD. nect with the waggon road at seven and a half miles from Ferguson, but frequent snowslides in one locality prevented it being operated for any length of time. It is thought that with fewer and higher towers this difficulty will be overcome, and the question of reconstruction is being considered. Great Western Group.—'Without question the most important mining enterprises in this part of the Lardeau are those of the Great Western Mines, Ltd., and the Silver Sup Mines, Ltd., two English companies. Mr. Donald G. Forbes is general manager for both, and Mr. Erland G. Hadow secretary. The Great Western Company owns two groups of claims, one of three claims on a mountain above Comaplix on the N. E. Arm of Upper Arrow Lake, and the other of seven claims situate on a mountain rising immediately to the eastward of Ferguson, across the North Fork of Lardo Creek. The latter group consists of the Nettie L. Ajax, Good Luck, Copper Reef, Lulu Belle Frac- 240 feet north and 80 feet south, and the cross lead was worked for 150 feet. The ore in the cross lead has been stoped from No. 3 level to the surface. Three cross-cut tunnels have been driven on the Ajax. No. 1 is in 70 feet and from it two shafts have been sunk each 55 feet on the incline. No. 2 tunnel is in 447 feet. No. 3 is on the same level as No. 1 on the Nettie L. It is a cross-cut for 534 feet and then a drift 212 feet north and 147 feet south. The total tonnage of ore shipped from these mines from February, 1900, to June 30th, 1903, is 2,298 tons net, returning $121,761.06 net cash. Average values are gold 0.13 oz., silver 149.6 ozs., and lead 26.7 per cent. The small power plant on the mine consists of a 60-h.p. steam boiler, a 14 x 18 Ingersoll-Sergeant air compressor, machine drills, and a 7 x 9 double cylinder single drum Lidgerwood hoist. A Riblet aerial tramway, 8,000 feet from the mine down to the mill site at Five-Mile, is in course of construction. About 50 men are on the View taken from New Silver Cup tram right of way of upper part of grading for mill site. Blacksmith shop at top of Bend. The tion, Nettie L. Fraction, and No. 1 Fraction, direct distance from Ferguson to the Nettie L. mine, which is about 2,100 feet higher than the town, appears to be less than a mile, but by waggon road it is four miles. Altogether some 6,000 lineal feet of work have been done in underground development, the greater part of it on the Nettie L. Latterly the Ajax has also had considerable development work done on it. Three levels have been opened on the Nettie L. On No. 1 level the main cross-cut cut the main lead at 185 feet in, and a drift was run on this lead 430 feet south and 120 feet north. At 115 feet from the crosscut the south drift encountered a cross lead and this was drifted on 150 feet. A second cross-cut tunnel (No. 2 level) started at a depth of 260 feet below No. 1 level, was run 670 feet, cutting the lead which was drifted on 740 feet and. a raise was made to the level above. On No. 3 level the main lead was drifted on Great Western payroll. Silver Cup Group.—The Silver Cup group was previously owned by the Sunshine, Ltd., which, company sold the property to the Silver Cup Mines, Ltd., in March of 1902. There are nine claims in the group, namely, the Silver Cup, Silver'Cup Ffaction, Sunshine, Excelsior, Excelsior Fraction, Gold Bug Fraction, Mountain, Mountain Fraction and Gold Seeker Fraction. They are situate about eight miles south east from Ferguson and at an elevation above sea level of 6,500 to 7,000 feet. Two parallel systems of lenticular deposits of ore occur here. The ore is argentiferous galena, zinc blende and grey copper, average values being gold .062 oz., silver 172.76 oz., and lead 23.9 per od Marcn-June, 1903, cent. Shipments during the period totaled 1,02^51 tons net, which returned $87,045.08 net cash. Most of the work has been done on the Silver Cup claim. The upper cross-cut tunnel on this THE MINING RECORD. claim at 293 feet in cut what is called the Blind lead, this not showing on the surface. A drift has been run .200 feet north and 232 feet south on this lead. At 56 feet farther in the cross-cut tapped the Silver Cup le?id and this has been drifted in at this level 80 feet north and 232- feet south. The lower workings are 93 feet below the upper, and these give depth of 243 feet View of lower workings of Silver Cup Mine, showing waste and concentrate dump. 'from the surface. The Blind lead was cut at 226 feet in this cross-cut tunnel and the Silver Cup lead at 282 feet. A drift runs south 755 feet, part of the way on the Blind lead, and another on the Cup lead 90 feet north and 191 feet south. Nearly all the ore has been stoped from these lower workings to the surface. On the Sunshine the upper workings consist of a drift 290 feet in length at a level about 140 feet lower than the lower workings of the Silver Cup. Another tunnel, in 875 feet at the end of last August, at a level 100 feet below the upper workings, is being driven to •cut the Silver Cup ore shoots. A Riblet tram, 8,000 feet long, connects the Silver Cup with the waggon road at Eight-Mile, the difference in the elevation between upper and lower terminals being about 3,000 feet. A 50-h.p. horizontal return tubular boiler, a 14 x 18 McKiernan air compressor, and a 5 x 7 Lidgerwood pneumatic hoist were sent up to the mine over this tram, boiler and air compressor having been made in sections to admit of their being so transported. The compressor is nominally a 5-drill engine. At the elevation it is here working its capacity is 350 cubic feet of free air per minute. Extensions of the aerial tramway system are being made, Mr. B. C. Riblet having been given an order to construct a tram, 15,000 feet in length, between the existing tram and the mill now in course of erection at Five Mile, and a short tram from the upper workings of the Silver Cup to the upper terminals of the tram now in operation. A new boarding house was being built at the time the mine was visited, and there were some fifty men on the mine payroll. Silver Cue, Mill.—At Five-Mile Camp, distant rather more than a mile from Ferguson, on the South Fork of Lardo Creek, the Union Iron Works, of San Francisco, California, is erecting for the Silver Cup Company a 20-stamp combination silver mill, which is intended to treat the ore of both the Silver Cup and Nettie L. The mill is designed so that the ores of the two mines may be treated simultaneously if required, an imaginary line dividing the plant right through the centre of the mill. Separate aerial trams from mines to mill, grizzlies, crushers, units of ten stamps, buddies, vanners, pulp elevators, furnaces, and all other plant right through to the retorts, are so arranged that the product of one mine may be kept separate from that of the other. In the district the mill is generally spoken of as a concentrator, but it is more—it is as above stated, a combination silver mill, the combination consisting of milling, concentrating, roasting and pan- amalagamation. The mill main building is 68 feet wide by 216 feet 6 inches long, and, and its total height from the lowest floor up to where the ore is received from the aerial tram buckets is 92 feet. The length of the building is taken up as follows: Extension behind ore bins for tramway terminal, 15 feet; battery room, 37 feet 6 inches; Dodd buddle reom, 23 feet 5 inches; vanner room, 24 feet; dry floor and furnace room, 84 feet 7 inches; pan room, 32 feet; total, 216 feet 6 inches. The building is of lumber cut on the spot, excepting the truss cords which were hewn out of solid timber in the neighbouring forest. It is laid on 8 x 10 View in Selkirk range from Silver Cup mine. sills, with 8 x 10 posts, plates and caps. There are 14 truss cords, each 8 inches by 12 inches and 68 feet long. The sides are double-boarded and interlined with tar paper and the roof is boarded, .lined with tar paper and covered with corrugated galvanized iron. The several terraces are supported by substantial mas- 858 THE MINING RECORD. onry retaining walls. The mill is lighted by electricity throughout and in it provision has been made against fire, having a water supply with hydrants and hose. Particulars of the plant, together with the treatment process, are as follows :• The ore is delivered by the buckets of the aerial tramways from the respective mines into separate hoppers, being dumped directly on to 4 feet x 12 feet grizzlies through which the fine ore passes into ore bins, while the coarser rock rolls on to the crusher floor. There are two 10 x 16 crushers of the Blake type and the coarse ore is put into these by hand. The crushed ore together with the fines is fed automatically by suspended feeders directly into motors where it is reduced by 1,000-lbs. stamps to a pulp. The battery frame is a 20-stamp frame of a furnaces. On being fed into the furnaces the ore is- automatically mixed with salt and then roasted and desulphurized, the same process also driving off the- lead. The. power in this department is furnished by a 150-h.p. induction motor. The dry floor and furnace room are entirely shut off by galvanized iron partitions, to keep the fumes from the other parts of the- mill building. From the furnaces the ore is taken in cars to the cooling floor, which is 10 feet wide by 3 feet deep by 67 feet long. When cooled it is shovelled into charging barrows and dumped directly into 5-foot amalgamating pans, ten in number, these having bottoms into- which steam is introduced at low pressure, the heat [111111111111111 NK \r ■ W N .lCl*» AJl ftn m srfr 7 H NIL/- \ !»..JJt .« )_ .. M^| Jill t ~i® 1 misl ■F^r ■m J">1 MUJi <J!lll »}.&?!&■ =1? Side elevation of the Silver Cup mill built by the Union Iron Works, San Francisco. back-knee type, with the stamps arranged in two units of ten stamps each, these again being in sections of five stamps. The stamps and .rock crushers are operated by a 75-h.p. induction motor, the electric power coming from the power house about 1,000 feet away. After the pulp leaves the mortars it is automatically sampled and passed to two sets of Spitzkasten hydraulic sizers, and the coarse pulp is then delivered to four 10-foot Dodd riffle buddies and the fines to four 6-foot Union concentrators. The sulphurets from the buddies and vanners are then dried on an 8 feet x 36 feet dry floor, whence they are delivered to two vertical elevators and distributed by means of screw conveyors to the two 50 inch x 60 inch x 30 feet Howell-White assisting materially in the amalgamation with the quicksilver, the charge is next run into 8-foot settlers,, of which there are five. After leaving the settlers it is strained, the loose quicksilver going back to the elevator and the amalgam being taken out and wheeled in cars to the retort room, which is with the boiler room, a separate building. The quicksilver is here driven off, condensed and conveyed by means of an elevator to a table placed above the amalgamating pans, whence it is piped for re-use. A 48-inch cleanup pan in the pan room is used for treating all residue of the mill likely to have values in it. This is collected, agitated in this pan, and all amalgam collected and drawn off. The retort room contains a smelting THE MINING RECORD. 859 furnace and the boiler room a 10-h.p. vertical boiler rfor heating the mill building. The plant for the power house, situate nearer the creek than the mill, consists of two batteries each con- -taining two 48-inch Pelton water wheels, governed by water pressure governors, and operating under 140- ft. head 2,120-k.w. generators, exciters, transformers, switchboard, etc. Water is brought from a dam, constructed across the creek, in a 4 feet by 2 feet 6 inch "lumber flume 3,750 feet in length, delivered into a 12 feet by 12 feet by 12 feet penstock whence it is conveyed through a 28-inch to 26-inch steel pipe to the Pelton -wheels. The sawmill has a capacity of about 8,000 feet per -diem. It has a portable horizontal tubular boiler, 10 x 10 engine, 50-inch circular saw, swing saw, planer, •etc. The blacksmith's shop is equipped with all tools ore about 18 inches in width and running up to $5 in gold, 225 ozs. silver and 75 per cent, lead, has been opened up by a shaft and drifts, and another vein shows in a 75-foot shaft, about three feet of solid ore and carbonates and two feet of mineralized quartz and ledge matter. On Great Northern Mountain, the Broadview, True Fissure, Silver Queen, St. Elmo, and Great Northern among others, have been more or less developed, chiefly by tunnelling, and shipments of ore have been made from several of them. The Broadview particularly is stated to have a fine showing of ore,-described as chalcopyrite in association with galena and iron in a quartz gangue. This claim is one of the Alpha group, on which the Lillooet, Fraser River & Cariboo Goldfields, Ltd., did a lot of work. The Jennie Lind and the Sunshine, situate on the North Fork of Lardo View from Bad Shot Mine, B.C. and appliances requisite for doing all mechanical work on the place. Other buildings are two brick houses, "boarding house with kitchen, office, laboratory, assay- ■er's residence, etc. When visited there were some 90 men engaged in construction work, not including those -employed by Riblet Bros, in putting up the aerial tramways to connect the Silver Cup and Nettie L. mines -with the mill. Badshot Group.—There are so many mineral loca- -tions on both the North and South Forks of Lardo Creek and on numerous tributary creeks and neign- -bouring mountains that it would take up too much space to even make mention of them all. One well- "known group is the Badshot, consisting of five Crown- granted claims, situate at the head of Gamer Creek 2nd owned by Messrs. F. C. Campbell and Wm. Johnson of Trout Lake. On this group one vein of galena Creek, and owned by Messrs. Geo. Whiteside and Stanley Menhinick, are among the oldest locations in that section. They were located in 1893 on one of the biggest showings of low-grade ore in the camp. Kootenay Consolidated Properties. — Although the numerous claims acquired by it are outside the district visited, being'situate on the Duncan slope, that is on the main Duncan River and, its West Fork, the properties of the Kootenay Consolidated Mining Co., Ltd will be mentioned in passing. This company is described as one of the biggest propositions yet organized for that part of British Columbia. It is a consolidation of the following companies: Old Gold Quartz and Placer Mining Co., Primrose Gold Mining Co., Mountain Lion Mining Co., Treadwell Gold Mines Co of B C, and Lardeau-Duncan Gold, Silver and Copper Mining Co., each having its own group of 860 THE MINING RECORD. claims. About 5,000 feet of development have been done on the whole of these groups, mostly tunnelling in ore, large bodies of which are stated to be blocked out. On the Old Gold the lead is about 5 feet in width; on the Primrose it varies from 6 to 18 inches; on the Black Warrior, about 24 inches; on the Rio Grande and Comstock 12 inches, and on the Treadwell from 4 to 20 inches. The values on the Primrose are chiefly in gold occurring in quartz also carrying iron, galena and some copper. The ore of the Old Gold and several others is mineralized largely with silver and lead, the gold values not being high. The outlet from these properties is at present via Ferguson, by pack trail and waggon road, but it will eventually be down the Duncan River to Howser Lake and thence to the head of Kootenay Lake. A road has been graded from Kootenay Lake to Howser Lake, and a small steamer at times runs thence up Duncan River to 40-Mile, published in the Report of the Minister of Mines for 1897, may prove of interest here: "This district is very mountainous, especially that part drained by the Duncan River, and the divided summits of highly- tilted sedimentary rocks tower from 7,000 to probably 11,000 feet in height, harbouring in the'high basins and on the divides glaciers and perpetual snow, affording scenic effects of great grandeur and beauty probably unsurpassed anywhere in the Province. The mointain sides are steep, leading down into deep, narrow valleys, which are heavily and densely timbered, more particularly in the Lardo basins, to an elevation of 5,000 to 5,500 feet above sea level * * * The underbrush, up to an elevation of about 5,000 feet, is heavy, and little or no feed for horses can be found, except ne^r and above timber line, where it is generally excellent. The country is drained by many creeks and strong streams, which will yet prove of great value The Great Lime Dyke. which is 18 miles from the nearest of the claims and 26 miles from the farthest. The Kootenay Consolidated Company contemplates putting in an electric railway, for which it holds a charter, and later erecting a smelter. The consolidation was carried out by Judge J. M. Miller, of Trout Lake City, who succeeded in interesting in it a number of men connected with mining in Nevada, Colorado and California. The company is capitalized at $5,000,000 in $1 shares. Its executive office is in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and its officials are Messrs. M. C. Miller, president; H. L. Archer, vice- president; H. S. Dudley, secretary-treasurer; C. S. Dudley, general manager, and J. M. Miller, Western manager and attorney in British Columbia. The following references to the upper part of the Trout Lake Mining Division, taken from a report of the then Provincial Mineralogist, Mr. W. A. Carlisle for milling and power purposes, although in the autumn and winter months the amount of water must necesasrily be of much less volume than during the rest of the year. * * * * The Selkirks here are very grand—the lofty, craggy peaks towering above gigantic glaciers, while the steep mountain sides are scored in places by avalanches or snowslides, yet near these summits have been made discoveries of silver- galena deposits, especially at or near the line of contact of schists and "slates with the great tip-tilted band or marbleized limestone, or 'Lime Dykes' that stands up prominently for many miles with towering precipitous, naked sides and castellated crests." FISH RIVER CAMP. The district known as the Fish River Camp runs north 25 to 30 miles from the head of the Northeast THE MINING RECORD. 861 Arm of Upper Arrow Lake at Beaton (Thompson's Landing) and it has an approximate width of 20 miles. Fish River in its southward course to Arrow Lake about divides the camp equally, the eastern half being drained by Johnson, Pool, Lexington, Ruby Silver, Boyd, Kellie, Glacier and Battle Creeks, and the western portion by Menhinick, Scott, Sable, McRae, Bullard and McDougall Creeks. In conformation the coutnry is rugged, the mountains rising abruptly, in places directly from the river and in others from flats or bottoms bordering it. The summits are high, some of them being snow-clad the year through. Mr. E. A. Haggen, M.E., of Revelstoke, who early last summer visited the more prominent mining properties in the district and followed what he described as being a remarkable mineral zone from the range of mountains on the west side of Fish River south-easterly across "Pool and Mohawk Creeks to the Beatrice Mine on the summit of the divide between the head waters of Mohawk Creek and the watershed of the Lardo, wrote of it as follows: "General ore-bearing leads traverse this zone in parallel courses, frequently standing promi-. nently above the country rock or forming ridges sometimes 50 feet in height, as on the Old Homestead, resembling in appearance the famous-saddle-back reefs of old Bendigo (Australia). The ores of this zone are argentiferous galenas of high grade associated with tetrahedite and free-milling gold. The gold and argentiferous ores occur separately, evidently due to different conditions of deposition, but the silver-lead ores also carry gold. Many prospectors who have covered the country, and claim to know it well, aver that the mineral zone referred to is continuously traceable through to the Lower Lardeau and that the Nettie L., Silver Cup, Triune and other well-known properties on the divide between the South Fork of the Lardo and Trout Lake, really occur in the extension of this ' zone. If that be true this mineral zone is more than 20 miles in length. Its width is placed at a mile and a half. Bands of graphitic schist accompany it throughout its length, encasing its leads and forming as well- defined walls as can be found associated with any ore deposits. These walls enable the ore bodies occurring in the belt to be easily located and followed. Other mineral zones lie at distances varying to six or seven miles on each side of this central zone, and in parallel strike, but associated with the lime dykes that form so prominent a feature- of the geology of the Lardeau. Indeed, what is known as "the great lime dyke of the I ardeau" has come to be regarded as one of the great geological features of the Province. The gold belt is said to be nine miles long by a mile and a half wide. Beatrice Group.—Among the. more prominent of the mining properties in the camp are the Beatrice Group at the head of Mohawk Creek, a tributary of Pool Creek; the Oyster-Criterion, Eva and Cholla groups on Lexington Mountain, between Pool and Lexington Creeks; and the Camborne group, on Menhinick Creek. The Beatrice group consists of three Crown-granted claims—the Beatrice, Edmond and Fol- som_oWned by the Beatrice Mines, Ltd. having a nominal capital of $500,000, with Mr. Geo. S. McCar- ter, of Revelstoke, as president, and Mr. Frank F. Fullmer, of Beaton, as manager. Development was commenced on the property in the fall of 1898, and before the winter had passed a drift had been run 140 feet on a vein of high-grade silver-lead ore giving from 18 inches to 4 feet of solid galena containing values in silver, lead and about $3 gold. The 280 tons shipped that winter returned a good profit above costs of mining, raw-hiding, freight and treatment. In 1899-1900 a cross-cut tunnel was driven 90 feet, this cutting the same lead at a deeper level. A drift, 165 feet in length, was run all the way in a vein of similar size and character of ore to that above described, and containing $8 in gold, 150 to 280 ozs. silver and 22 per cent. lead. In October, 1902, a start was made to put in an adit 803 feet to tap the same vein at a depth of about 630 feet, the intention being to use this as a main working tunnel. When 550 feet had been driven, the fan broke down and, the air being bad, work had to be stopped in the adit until the snow melted sufficiently to admit of a new fan being taken in. After stopping work in the adit another cross-cut was started to cut at a depth of 200 feet a vein believed to be an extension of the Eva and Oyster-Criterion lead. This runs through all three of the Beatrice claims and it is claimed it can be traced for five miles. Where opened on this property this lead shows free gold, and bunches and stringers of galena also occur in it. In the summit the work of building a trail on a waggon road grade was undertaken, so that shipment of ore might be resumed. Oyster-Criterion Group. — The Oyster-Criterion group consists of the Oyster, Criterion, Imperial, Rossland, Balfour, Mascot Fraction and Gold Bug Fraction, and these are so located as to give a length of 4,600 feet on the strike of the leads. Between June, 1902, and April 1903, about 1,500 feet of cross-cutting and drifting were done by the Ophir-Lade Mining Syndicate, Ltd. A 187-foot tunnel on the Criterion claim cut.one galena and three quartz veins, and a 145-foot cross-cut on the Rossland encountered a continuation of the vein known as the Criterion vein. The galena vein has been followed 192 feet to its intersection with the Criterion vein. It varies in width up to five feet and is stated to carry about $10 in gold besides its silver values. The Criterion vein has been drifted on about 190 feet and three cross-cuts made show its width to range from 16 feet at one end of the drift to 22 feet at the other. On the footwall there is a pay shoot about four feet in width assaying up to $90 in gold. Another vein opened up believed to be the No. 2 vein of the adjoining Eva mine, shows a width of nearly four feet and gives an average assay value of about $20. Much.other work in cross-cutting, drifting and raising was done prior to work being stopped to await the installation of the air compressor. It is stated that development work on the Criterion vein alone has proved the occurrence of a pay shoot between 500 and 600 feet in length and about. 100 feet in depth from the surface down to the tunnel workings. Work was resumed at the Oyster-Criterion in September and now that power is available for running the 862 THE MINING RECORD. machine drills and the stamp mill is completed, the mine should be a continuous and profit-earning producer. Oyster-Criterion Stamp Mill.—The stamp mill was nearly completed when Camborne was visited late in August. It is a Fraser & Chalmers' io-stamp mill with stamps of 1,000 lbs. each. Room has been provided for a second section of ten stamps. The present capacity of the mill is about forty tons per diem. The main building is 40 feet by 68 feet and 70 feet high from lowest floor to peak. The compressor and motor room is 24 feet by 52 feet. The building is constructed of lumber covered with corrugated galvanized iron, and it is lighted by electricity. It will be heated by tramway has been constructed between the mine and mill, the distance between the terminals being about 3,500 feet, with one span of 1,260 feet. The difference in elevation is about 1,500 feet. It is a "one-man system," one man at the upper terminal operating it. There are ten buckets and these are loaded and unloaded automatically. The height of the towers ensures these travelling clear of ten feet of snow—a greater depth than is usually experienced here. Provision is also made, by means of carriers, for taking up timbers any length not exceeding 40 feet. There is as well a passenger car to accommodate one person at a time. This tramway was completed early in September and has since been in use. A typical view ofthe Selkirks. either stoves or hot-water radiators. Besides the stamp batteries the plant here includes a 7 x 10 Blake rock crusher, three automatic sizers, three Frue vanners (one having a corrugated rubber belt), a 4-foot Pelton wheel which runs the entire mill—crusher, stamps and tables—and a 5-foot Pelton supplying power to the first half of a io-drill duplex Rand air compressor from which an air pipe line'runs up to the mine. A 250-light dynamo is direct-connected to its own Pel- ton wheel. The hydraulic plant is driven by water conveyed 150 feet in a 3-foot flume from a dam on Pool Creek to a 4 foot by 4 foot by 12 foot penstock and thence in riveted steel pipe, first of 18 inches in diameter and then of 16 inches, to the water wheel, giving a pressure lead of 270 feet. A Riblet aeriai Eva Group.—The Eva group, consisting of the Eva, Highland Mary, Iron Dollar, Joker, Highland Mary Fraction and Last Chance mineral claims, is held by the Calumet & B. C Gold Mines, Ltd. Mr. J. F. Mus- selman, of Nelson, B.C., is managing director, and Mr. John Knox, Jr., M.E., of Camborne, superintendent. The Eva is located on the west slope of Lexington Mountain, above Pool Creek, and about a mile and a half north of where that stream enters Fish River. Three years ago it was acquired by the Imperial Development Syndicate, of Nelson, and under the energetic management of Mr. A\ H. Gracey, M.E., it was developed into a very promising gold mine. In September, 1902, the Mining Record published the following relative to this property-: "In point of location THE MINING RECORD. 863 and amount of work done the Eva is the premier free- milling gold property of the camp and district, and other properties there are that have as good showings as had the Eva at the same stage of development, but the Eva, with 2,000 feet of underground work done; with one ore shoot 200 feet long, and from one foot to six feet wide of $30 ore, developed to a depth of nearly 3,000 feet, and another ore shoot 200 feet long and from 10 feet to 15 feet wide of $6 to $8 ore, developed to a depth of more than 100 feet; with immense bodies of lower grade ore developed to greater or lesser depth by other underground workings, and with several fine surface showings exposed by open cuts and strippings, but not yet under cut, needs only the installation of a reduction plant to qualify as a profitable producer." Since the foregoing—from the pen of a contributor familiar with the property and district—was first published the Calumet & B. C. Gold Mines Co., has further developed the Eva, with results that have induced the management to erect a 10-stamp Head waters of Pool Creek. mill at Camborne. Recent reports from the mine, indicate that the quantity of ore of good grade available is now considerably larger and that the outlook is favourable for a lengthy and payable mill run. The mill is a Fraser & Chalmers 10-stamp section of a 40-stamp mill with stamps weighing 1,050 lbs. each. The building is of lumber with shingle roof. It stands on a graded site with the foundations of the battery frame resting on solid rock. The main building, including battery and vanner rooms, 32 feet by 80 feet, and the height from the lowest floor to peak of tower in which is situate the lower terminal of the tramway is 85 feet. The stamp mill is well finished and is equipped with automatic feeders. In the vanner room there are four 6-foot Frue vanners, one having a corrugated rubber belt. These are fed from a cone sizer. The machinery is driven by three Pelton water motors, one 65-h.p. operating a Comet B rock crusher, one of 135-h.p. driving the stamps, and one of 20-h.p. the vanners and a dynamo for a 200-light electric plant. A 25-h.p. boiler of locomotive fire-box type heats the mill build ing. The Peltons are impulse wheels working under a head of 400 feet. The water is brought from Pool Creek about 4,000 feet to a penstock above the mill in 24-inch by 36-inch covered flume. The country over which the flume passes consists of a series of rock bluffs crossed by small snowslides, necessitating the cutting of a bench for the flume the entire distance. A rivetted steel pipe 1,000 feet long, diameter 18 inches and 16 inches, conveys the water from the penstock to the Pelton wheels. The Riblet tramway is 4,200 feet between terminals. It has one span of 1,900 feet and passes over a high ridge before dropping 200 feet at a 45-degree slope to the upper terminal. The fixed cable on the loaded side is i-inch and on the return side %-inch, whilst the traction rope is ?4-inch. The capacity of the tramway is about 100 tons every ten hours. The buckets each hold 10 cubic feet. They are not detachable, but are securely fastened to the traction rope, this ensuring the advantage of never having a bucket run away. Cholla Group.—The Cholla group consists of ten claims, situate in the neighbourhood of the Oyster- Criterion and Eva groups, namely, the Cholla, Tucson, L. V., Blue Jay, Dora, Thelma, Clara, Treadwell, Thelma Fraction, and Canyon Fraction. They are owned by the Imperial Development Syndicate, Ltd., of Nelson, the company that developed the Eva property and sold it to the Calumet & B. C. Company for $250,000, one fifth in paid-up stock in that company and the balance in cash, part of which has already been paid. From the manager, Mr. A. H. Gracey, it was ascertained that twelve veins in all have been discovered on the group, but only surface prospecting has been done on most of these. Development has been proceeding for some time past on the Cholla, Blue Jay and Thelma. No. 1 tunnel has been driven about 150 feet on the vein and some 50 feet beyond as a cross-cut. From this tunnel a winze was sunk 50 feet in a vein of free-milling ore of a payable grade and varying from 30 inches to 5 feet in width. Streaks of the ore are high grade, and it is estimated the whole vein will average about $10 in gold, besides 3 to 4 per cent, of concentrates carrying values in iron pyrites and galena. No. 2 tunnel is a cross-cut, in more than 100 feet when the district was visited and then thought to be within 25 feet of the vein. A drift tunnel had been commenced on the Thelma on a vein stripped on the surface for 700 to 800 feet, and showing 5 to 8 feet of solid quartz. The shoot of ore where the drift was started was above the average grade of this vein, running from $10 to $13, but not sufficient work had been done to show whether or not there was any considerable quantity of ore of this grade. Six men were employed on the property. Camborne Group.—The Camborne group of nine or ten claims had been operated by the Northwestern Development Syndicate, Ltd., of Nelson,- B.C., and Hancock, Michigan, U.S.A., but last August financial difficulties necessitated a suspension of work at both mine and stamp mill. This company is at the time of writing the only one in Fish River camp that has sent out gold produced in a stamp mill though it is probable the Eva and Oyster-Criterion mills will have become 864 THE MINING RECORD. producers before this appears in print. The Mining Record has already criticized the mismanagement that so embarrassed this company as to compel it to suspend operations after fairly entering upon what for a time bade fair to prove a period of profitable production, so nothing need be added here to those strictures. The Gold Finch claim is still believed to be, in competent hands, the making of a payable mine, so it is to be hoped the company will get over its troubles and yet make a success of its undertaking. The claims are situate on Menhinick Creek., which furnishes an excellent water power to drive a 4-foot 6-inch Pelton wheel, this operating two dynamos which generate' power to run the Hammond 10-stamp mill installed here, and to work the Durkee electric drills used in the mine. A Hammond aerial tramway, 4,800 feet in length and having 12 buckets with a carrying capacity of 800 lbs. each, connects mine and stamp mill. The difference in the elevation of the terminals being about 1,600 feet. As the lead known as the Eva vein is believed to extend across Fish River and through the Camborne group there appears to be good reason to regard the property as a valuable one, especially as the surface showings of free gold ore were about the best to be seen in the camp. The Northwestern Development Syndicate owns some fine timber lands along Fish River and a half interest in the Goldfields townsite situate less than a mile from tbe stamp mill. A&ciiNb Camborne —Among the man) olha claims tn the camp the writer heard mention made of were the following: The Lucky Jack group of eight claims, on Lexington Mountain, is owned by Butler and Rowland, who were working on a big lead. The Sir Wilfrid group, on Pool Creek, of four claims was stated to have several strong leads, one showing 22 feet of solid quartz mineralized with iron and copper and carrying about $4 in gold to the ton. The Alma group of three claims, owned in Toronto, was described as having one of the best showings in the camp—about four feet of solid galena, running about 60 per cent, lead, 30 to 35 ozs. silver and $5 to $6 gold—but not much development work had been done on this property. The Western Star group had been acquired by the Elwood Tinworkers' Association, an Indiana or- ganization also owning the Copper Dollar, on Lexington Mountain. The Black Bear and Wide West groups, on tributaries of Pool Creek, near its head waters, have good showings of galena, in opening up which much work has been done. The Homestead group of 12 claims, situate on Mohawk Creek and owned by Mackay Brothers and Stroutt (who also own the Sir Wilfrid group) has some tunnelling and a deal of open-cut work on six parallel leads, varying in width from two feet to 12 feet. On one of these there is a nice showing of free gold, whilst the others give fair values, prospecting well with the horn. About Goldfields.—In the neighbourhood of the Goldfields townsite are many claims besides those already named. The Lily group close by has free-milling ore assaying $12. A lot of prospecting has been done on the Swamp Angel group. The Independence group has the same lead as the Goldfinch, which claim it adjoins. Beyond is the Union Jack group, with but little work done* Across Fish River is the Stockholm, adjoining the Eva group, and on one of the same leads, and nearby is the Copper Dollar, another good claim. Just one more group will be mentioned—the Nelson group, situate about four miles from Camborne, at the head of Ten-Mile Creek. It consists of the Nelson, Gold Flake, Gold Medal and Bronze Medal, owned by Messrs. Cory Menhinick, Geo. Young and Gus. Sand- ham. "The lead is a new find, the first in that part of the district. It has been opened up in three places, free gold showing in each and the values being good. Of course many properties of merit have been omitted from this summary, for the Lardeau district covers a large extent of country, much of which is mineral- bearing. It is a region of big possibilities and although its progress has not been rapid, the outlook for it is more favourable now than at any previous time in its history. -. * B. C. COPPER CO.'S SMELTER, GREENWOOD. THE B. C. Copper Co. recently made arrangements to obtain from the Cascade Water Power and Light Company's power works at Cascade electric power with which to operate the plant and machinery at the Greenwood smelter, now run by steam.• The IH'elimiiiary agreement provides for the supply of up to 500 horse-power for a period of three months. Later, after the smelter plant shall have been added to, more power will probably be required for the enlarged operations then to be undertaken. A contract has been let for putting up the necessary transmission line between the electric power sub-station at Phoenix and the smelter at Greenwood, a distance of nearly five miles, and a sub-station is being built on the smelter site. Although the pole line will be erected before the winter shall set in it is unlikely that it will be practicable to make the change at the smelter until early next year, since it will take some time to manufacture the requisite motors and other plant. After a long delay the locomotive manufactured by the Canadian Rand Drill Company for hauling the slag cars at the Montreal & Boston Copper Company's smelter, Boundary Falls, has arrived. The five-ton cars have been lying at the works for several months awaiting the receipt of the locomotive before they could be used for the purpose for which they were obtained. B. C. Riblet has received an order for a short aerial tramway from the upper workings of the Silver Cup mine,. Lardeau district, to the upper terminal of the 8,000-foot tram already in operation between the mine and the waggon road at Eight-Mile. A Baldwin locomotive and several cars for dumping slag hot instead of granulating it, have been received at the smelter, and rails have been laid for the slag train to travel over. The slag cars were made at the Union Iron Works, Spokane, Washington. Lack of dump room for granulated slag, which, including the requisite fall for the water to carry it away, has to be spread over a comparatively large area of ground, THE MINING RECORD. 865 necessitates the change being made from granulation to hot dumping. The company has ordered from the Allis-Chalmers Company, of Chicago, a convertor plant. After its installation the matte produced will be converted into blister copper at the company's own works instead of as at present, being shipped as a 45 to 50 per cent, matte. There will be two stands of 10-foot 6-inch converters, the blast for which will be furnished by a Nordberg blowing engine run by a rope drive from a 300-h.p. induction motor. The requisite crushing and re-lining machinery for the converter shells, and the structural steel for a converter building, together with a 40-foot . , travelling crane with main and auxiliary hoists, were also included in the order. The site for the converter building has already been graded and the masonry retaining walls, dust chamber, and base for the steel plate stack built. The new plant will be installed as soon as received from the manufacturers. head motion at the other, acting against the table pullers through the rocking arms. The reciprocating motion, which tends to bring the particles of ore forward in the direction of the line of reciprocation, has greater action on particles of mineral which are near the table surface than on the lighter gangue, which rides on the top. The table top is reciprocated on four hollow steel rollers, each six feet long by one and one-quarter inches in diameter, which roll between roller seats. The arrangement is such that in the course of an hour's motion the rollers have turned one revolution, thus making the wear uniform and imparting a smooth, noiseless motion. The table top is characterized by double tapered riffles, which are one thirty-second of an inch high at the head end, gradually increasing in height till they reach three-sixteenths of an inch in height in the length of six feet. From this point they diminish in height to a feather edge at a point twenty inches from the discharge end. The table top is diagonal to the line of reciprocation. The flow of water is THE OVERSTROM CONCENTRATOR. THE Overstrom concentrator No. 3, as redesigned and as now manufactured by Allis-Chalmers Company, is made of structural steel and iron, with the exception of the table top, by which rigidity of frame and smoothness of motion are secured. There are three features wherein special improvements have been made, viz., head motion, reciprocating motion and carrying mechanism of the table top. The motion is imparted to the table by means of rocking arms at the head and tail ends of the table, the rocking arm at the head end being connected with the head motion by means of a connecting rod and cast steel yoke. The rocking arm at the tail end engages the spring, which is held in an adjustable spring seat. These rocking arms are carried on steel shafts and the table is always in tension by means of the spring at one end and the in a direction transverse to the reciprocation motion of the mineral. Gravity acts on the mineral vertically, the reciprocating motion and flow of water in horizontal lines. WATERLOO MINE, CAMP McKINNEY. UNDER its present management the Waterloo mine, at Camp McKinney, continues to make good progress. The net receipts from gold and silver recovered during the four months, from the middle of June to the middle of October, the five- stamp mill at the mine had been running when this information was obtained from the company's head office, Spokane, Wash., were about $22,000, this amount including $3,854.96 received early in October from the Trail smelter for a carload of concentrates and sorted ore shipped from the mine in September. Ub THE MIN ING RECORD. From about 18 tons (dry weight) of concentrates the yield per ton was, gold 5.62 ozs., silver 7.50 ozs., and from 11 tons of sorted ore, shipped to fill up the 30- ton car, a return of 9.81 ozs. gold and 12.50 ozs. silver per ton was obtained. The average assay, made at the mine during the month of August, of daily grab samples was about $24, the daily assays ranging from $12 to $46. The concentrates during the same month gave an average daily assay of about $94 per ton. During September the daily assays of ore ranged from $9.80 to $78, and the average for the month was $30.65, whilst that for the concentrates was $90.53 per ton. From 60 to 65 per cent, of the values of the ere milled are saved on the plates and about 10 per cent, in the concentrates. The tailings assay from $5 to $7 per ton, and these are impounded, the intention being to shortly put in a small cyanide plant to treat them. When work was resumed at the mine last spring the development work done by the old company consisted chiefly of a shaft sunk 160 feet, a drift run about 100 feet at the 60-foot level, and a cross-cut at the 150- foot level, which had just cut the vein. Since then the shaft has been deepened to 270 feet and a cross-cut driven nearly 100 feet at the 250-foot level. As the latter did not encounter the vein, as expected it would, a winze was sunk on it 60 feet from the 150-foot level when it was found that it had faulted and that consequently its direction was different to that calculated on, which accounted for the 250-foot level cross-cut not striking. An incline was made from the 250- foot level through country rock to the bottom of the winze for ventilation, and since then work in the mine has been largely restricted to stoping on and above the 150-foot level, the management having satisfied itself that the vein lives down to the lower level reached. A blind lead was passed through by the cross-cut on the 250-foot level, but as the object then was to reach the main lead no work was done on the former, which will, however, be prospected shortly. Five additional stamps, ordered from the Risdon Iron Works, San Francisco, are expected to reach the mine by November ist, and it is thought these will be in operation at the mill about three weeks later. A second Wilfley table is now on the way from Denver, Colorado. * ALASKA SMELTING AND REFINING CO. MR. PAUL JOHNSON, M.E., smelter manager for the Alaska Smelting and Refining Co. (an auxiliary company organized by the Brown Alaska Co.) has lately been in Spokane, Washington, ordering machinery and plant for the sample mill of the smelting works he is erecting for the company at Hadley, Prince of Wales Island, S. E. Alaska. He placed an order for the rock crushers, rolls and steam engine with the Allis-Chalmers Co., of Chicago, through that company's Spokane agents, the Bradley Engineering and Machinery Co., and one for the automatic samplers, shafting, pulleys, etc., with the Union Iron Works, of Spokane. The crushers are to be Gates gyratory crushers, one each No. 6, No. 3 and No. 1, with a style B Gates sample grinder and two F crushers in the bucking room. Paul Johnson's auto matic system of sampling is to be used in the mill, and there will be four of the Johnson samplers—one each Nos. 1 and 2, and two of No. 3. The machinery will be operated by an 18 x 36 Reynolds-Corliss engine of about 150-horsepower. The big crusher (No. 6) will be placed on the ground floor level, to secure a solid rock foundation for it. A bucket elevator, with 14 x 7 x 12 buckets on a rubber belt, will elevate the ore to the No. 1 automatic sampler, which will cut out 20 per cent, of the ore, passing this on to No. 3 crusher and thence to No. 2 sampler, which will in turn discard 80 per cent, of the ore it receives. The retained ore will then be elevated by a bucket elevator, having 7 x 4H buckets on a rubber belt, to the No. 1 crusher whence it will fall to the No. 3 sampler which will reject 80 per cent. The ore will then pass through 10 x 16 rolls and into the fourth sampler (of a similar size to No. 3) whence 20 per cent, of it will be taken to the bucking room, where the sample grinder and F crusher will further reduce it, making it into a pulp for the assayer. The second F crusher in the bucking room will be used for crushing matte for sampling purposes. The sampling plant will be housed in a lumber building 60 feet long, 53 feet high, and 69 feet wide in its lower portion with a width of 30 feet in the higher part. Immediately to the east of it will be four ore bins, having a total capacity of 1,200 tons, these to be connected with the Brown-Alaska Company's mines by. a tramway. On the west another set of bins of similar capacity will be used for custom ores which will be conveyed to these bins over a tram connecting them with the landing wharf. The two lower groups of ore bins, placed between the sample mill and the furnace house, will have a total storage capacity~of about 10,000 tons. Mr. Johnson intends to make a new departure here by using belt conveyors, instead of ore cars pushed over tram-lines, to convey the ore from the upper bins to the sampler and from the mill to the lower bins. Large side-dumping cars will be used to run the ore from the lower bins to the furnace, into which they will dump it, thus dispensing with the men as feeders. It is intended to have the sample mill completed by January ist next, when the company will commence purchasing custom ores in readiness to start the furnace about two months later. RECENT METALLURGICAL PATENTS. Mr. Rowland Brittain, patent attorney, Vancouver, sends us the following report: Treatment of Sulfide Ores, U.S. Patent No. 740,701 issued October, 6th, 1903, to Amedee M. G. Se- Billot, of Paris, France. Claim: A process for treating ores containing sulphur consisting of sulfating the ore in a closed vessel by the action of sulfuric acid upon the metallic sulfides at a temperature above its boiling point and simultaneously recovering the sulfuric acid used, calcining the sulfated ore at a temperature of 700 degrees centigrade to dissociate the sulfate of iron to prevent dissolving of a too great quantity of sulfate of iron in the lixiviating liquors, and then lixiviating the calcined ore. THE MINING RECORD. 861; SOME NOTES FROM THE MINING CAMPS. ATLIN. STEADY and satisfactory progress is reported from all the mining districts of the Province. Returns of the season's operations in Atlin are of a generally favou- able nature, although early in the year work was seriously interfered with by high water, followed by labour troubles, Nevertheless, it is thought that the gold yield will again show a further increase. Good returns have already been received from McKee, Birch, Wright, Otter, Slate and Pine ■creeks, while there is every prospect that the clean-up on Boulder Creek will be exceptionally heavy. The British American Dredging Company recently completed the installation of a dredging plant, at the cost of $200,000, on its property in this district, and more attention has been directed this year to the development of quartz prospects. Last month a large sale was effected of 1,900 acres of bench and creek leases on McKee and Eldorado Creeks, and preparations have already Deen made for the equipment of this property in readiness for the early commencement of mining operations next spring. Some interesting exploratory work has been prosecuted during the summer beyond the boundaries of the known mineralized area in the Atlin district. In one instance efforts in this direction have apparently met with the promise of success, and large deposits of auriferous gravel in the upper water shed of Dixi Creek, to the southeast of Pine-Spence Valley, have yielded by preliminary test very fair returns. The syndicate undertaking this work installed during the season a small hydraulic plant and constructed 2,500 feet of ditching, with a view to commencing other washing operations next spring. There is meanwhile strong grounds for the belief that in this and other mining districts of the Province much attention will be directed next year to the exploitation of the unexplored mineral areas. In Poplar Creek, for example, the authority of so well informed a man as Mr. John Keen, president of the Mining Association, is likely to attract as many as five thousand prospectors when the spring opens, but as all the available ground on this creek and its vicinity has already been staked for many miles, it follows that the men who go in will strike out for the comparatively unknown territory beyond. Again in the case of the Similkameen and the west fork of the Kettle—the latter, it is expected, to be shortly opened up by a railway—prospecting is becoming much more active. CASSIAR. Hydraulicing operations on Thibert Creek have been concluded for the season, the company having met with very fair success considering that work was necessarily restricted by unfavourable weather conditions to which a shortage in water supply is attributable. The value of the clean-up is reported to have been between twenty-five and thirty thousand dollars, which compares very favourably with last year's results. -In VANCOUVER ISLAND. Regular shipments have commenced from Marble Bay, Texada. The Lenora, Mt. Sicker, continues to ship steadily, the grade of ore beinf, it is reported, higher. Coke is still being imported from Seattle as well as Comox, and a shipment of 3,000 tons from the other side has been delivered in box cars, via the Great Northern. LILLOOET. In the Bridge River district development work has been steadily prosecuted at the Ben d'Or, Lorne and Pioneer mines, while the Anderson Lake mines have made this year a very satisfactory showing, last month's clean-up having been a record one. Placer enterprise at North Fork has, however, been somewhat restricted by water shortage, but better results have been achieved had the machinery now on its way to the mine arrived earlier. Three thousand five hundred dollars is reported to have been recovered by the owners of th Lorne mine, who employ an arrastra in crushing the ore. NICOLA. Mr. B. F. August, a mining engineer of Columbia, Ohio, who recently visited the coal deposits at Coldwater, in the Nicola district, has expressed a very favourable opinion of the extent of the occurrences in that region, and for certain purposes the quality is all that could be desired. The chief present value of coal deposits in the interior depends largely on the coke-making properties of the material, and by present utilized processes in this Province, it does not yet appear that the Nicola coal in general would make a good coke. Mr. August believes, however, that a market for this coal could be found as far east as St. Paul, while he is by no means uncertain that it may not also be turned- into account in the development of a local smelting industry. ROSSLAND. '". The Le Roi Company's last monthly report is decidedly more favourable in character than either the July and August reports. Not only are the returns for the month higher, the estimated profits being $17,000, but the manager intimates that an ore body over 100 feet has been located by diamond drilling at the 1,350-foot level. The result of the preliminary trial runs of the new Elmore plant at Rossland are reported to have been eminently satisfactory. The mill has been in operation for the past two weeks, and from the results already obtained it is expected that it will be at least possible to make an average recovery of 90 per cent of the values. 'On one run a $3 ore yielded concentrates carrying $30 values, while there was practically no loss in tailings. With the plant as at present constituted, costs, it is expected, should not exceed $2 per ton. The Le Roi No. 2 mine for treatment by this plant has large' reserves of both high-grade milling ore, ranging from $8 to $15 a ton and also an accumulation on the dumps of second-class material averaging less than $6. Another successful mill run has been made by the lessees of the I X L mine, the clean-up after eleven days' working representing $1,800. The work of building heavy bulkheads, to close the ends of drifts on the six and eight hundred foot levels in the Nickel Plate mine, undertaken with a view to prevent the flow of water into the adjoining Centre Star property has now been completed. The Centre Star Company entered suit against the Nickel Plate some six months since, claiming damage on account of the sweepage of water in question, and in consequence the present attempt has been made by the latter to overcome the cause of complaint. Whether the measures adopted will prove efficacious, remains yet to be seen; hence the adjournment of the hearing of the case until December next. NELSON. The Athabasca-Venus appears to be in a more satisfactory position than for some time past, although it is doubtful whether the original shareholders will ever be able to realize fully on their investment. More attention has been paid of late to development work, but at the same time the monthly tonnage output of between seVSn and eight hundred tons has been steadily maintained. At the Athabasca some promising new stopes have been opened, and at the greater depth attained the formation appears to Be less broken. Of course, if'this last report is true, it will make the very widest, difference in the position of the company, as the sole reason of failure heretofore may be attributed to the excessive cost of extracting the ore and developing the mine in a locality where geological disturbances were so great. BOUNDARY. The Granby mines in the. Boundary district are installing two additional steam shovels for use in loading ore into the railway cars. Work on the new tunnel projected to reach the workings of the Old Ironsides mine at the 300-foot level has been commenced. There is decided activity throughout this district, and development work has recently been resumed on a number of the smaller properties. FAIRVIEW. In the Fairview district the Dominion Company has resumed operations and work is to at once proceed in the THE MINING RECORD. development of tho Okanagan Falls water power, Moro fav- ountlilo roporti have boon rocolvod from the Stomwinder ln tho same locnlltyi m hl|(h grade oro body having boon recently rut imilli-ii-ii 11 [| reportod thnt tlie directors have prnctlc- filly succooded In marketing tho Invito cri preference stock. At < .11111> Mckinuoy, tho Waterloo mlno In thin year doing very wolli iho clean-up amounting to $10,000 in Septomber being .!»•..un '..iii'.i.irimv KAMLOOPI. An effort in being mado to securo the capital necessary for tho establishment of a nmeltoi" at Kamloops. I he ores in thii ih.niii .iverago about eight dollars i ton and It Ia '•.mi, tho mine dovelopmciu m the locality now justifies the erection of local reduction works capable of handling from two to three hundred tons daily* A concentrator Is to be Installed 11 i he Iron Mask mine, BAIT KOOTENAY. The re-organisation of iho Sullivan Mining Company, oporatlng In tho Kimberley district) East Kootenay, is proceeding In a satisfactory manner, and there is now every assurafice that iho additional capital of rather over $aoo,ooo required will bo raised by the Issue nf s P'r cem inst mortgage bondSi The mine is now shipping ore from the dump at a profit, 300 tons having been sent to the Nelson smelter during tho past month Mining operations have also been rosurried Lator advices stato that $50,000 of the companys Indebtedness on account of smelter construction has been taken up by tho issue of live-year first mortgage bonds bearing interest at 7 per centi recently authorlted by the company. The principal smelter debt, which, with interest, amounts to about $1 io.ihhi, is due to 17 of the large stockholders, who agreed to accept bonds at par. ii'a \n \ ISLAND. A Texada Island correspondent writes! Marble Bay mine has sunk its shaft another 100 feet, and Is drifting to the ore body. Every level has shown a larger ore body than the one above. The waste dump of Marble Hay, purchased by the Crofton smelter, is being shipped rapidly to Crofton. There Is so much lime In the waste that it has been found availably for fluxing. Cornell mino is making regular shipments to Ladysmith. Drifting is contlnumg on the 560-foot level. Copper Queen w/thse, on the soo-foot level, Is down eighty feet. 11 is in solid ore from the collar down. Drifts will be run from the winse to prove the sise of the ore body. If this is as big as hoped a large shtiii will bo raised from the soo-foot level and machinery installed. The tunnel on the Puget Sound Tron mine property to tape tho bottom of the shaft is in too feet. The work is being done with a steam dull The tunnel will be about 400 feet long to the shaft, and give a-depth of 150 feet at the shaft. This tunnel and the drift already run from the shaft give a depth of more than 300 feet of high-grade ore. Work on the copper lead on the Puget Sound Iron mine property is continuing, and fine ore is being o.uarrier off the surface. \ tunnel is being driven from the Paxton iron mine which, if continued, will tap the copper at a depth of about tgo feet. The Cordillero continues drifting. Felsite has been struck in the Cornell, Copper Queen and Marble Bay. The same may be found in the Cordillero any day. The Silver Crown, which was staked early in the summer, is giving promise of a good prospevi \ in ile pick and shovel work has discovered galena in several places, with a well- mineralised vein several feet wide. The discovery is close to the line between the limestone, and porphyry formations, and with a little development will prove valuable, A trial shipment of ore from the Nutcracker recently has given satisfaction to the shippers and proven the value of the Nutcracker as a gold producer, A good grade of copper-silver ore is being taken from the Golden Slipper. COMPANY MEETINGS AND REPORTS. i.i.'Aniiv CONSOLIDATED MINING; SMELTING AND POWER CO., i.tii. The directors in submitting the report of the business of this company for tin- last fiscal year, state. "Operations have been greatly hampered by the difficulties that have existed in the coal and coke situation, which have necessitated the running of our smeltor plant at practically only one-half its capacity. We are glad to state that these difficulties have now been overcome, and we look for no further trouble in this direction. Our smelter plant has now been increased by two furnaces, making six in all, which we expect will be run full from now on in place of the average of two furnaces as was the Case1 last year. The mines are now developed so as to produce a very large tonnage without fttrther expenditure in this line. The plant at the mines and also that at the smelter are in the very highest State Of efficiency. All development work and repairs, have been charged 10 working expenses. Our company has no debt of any kind except current monthly accounts. The following is a summary of the year's business t The production for the year amounted to 1 -\y> 1,758 lbs. Fine Coppers -'/'''■!>'' 1 ox. Silver) .iji.i-'i os. Gold, for which was received......... .$9,939,741 ' -' Received from rents and real estate sales 38,511 80 —$9,971,959 99 The above represents the net pro. sttds at Granby Works* freight to New York, refining and other charges being deducted from the gross receipts. w i m 1.11 if. expenses* at mine & smolter.$i,136,830 89 rorcign ore purchased ............ 79,954 "(l Foreign matte purchased .......... 766,01 n 54 Net profits for year ending June 30th, IQ03. ..................... Surplus from previous year ..... DEDUCT. Bonus, 1,000 shares treasury stock to valued employees. ............... Net surplus June 30th, iqo -$1,075,789 41 $ 905,463 SO 398^071 93 $ 693,535 43 10,000 00 $ 683,535 43 As shown in detail In annexed statement of assets and liabilities. 1 tie 1.- has been expended in new construction at the mines and smelter during the year ........$ 907,481 00 Mine development ,. (lineal feeO 3,197 Mine surface stripping .....,.,,,,,, (cubic yards) 98400 Granby ore shipped to smeltor (tons) 905,890 Granby ore smelted . " .-So, .,s; Foreign ore smelted .............,,,,.,,,,, " 7,600 Foreign matte treated ...........,,.,,,,,,, " 6,130 ASSETS AND LIABILITIES. June 3O4 1903. ASSETS. Cost of land» real estate, machinery, buildings, dwellings, equipment, etc. ..,,,,.,,,,.,,,,,, .$13,845,516 40 Cash, copper in transit and on hand, less advances , 179,807 os. Storr Mipplies >..»*. > 93»JW3 4t Accounts and bills receivable ..,..,,..,,,,.,,. 55,406 8» $11. > -.(.r •• i 58 THE MINING RECORD. 869 LIABILITIES. Capital stock $13,363,030 00 Accounts payable, current for month 128,169 IS Surplus 683,53543 $14,174,724 58 Montreal, August ioth, 1903. To the President and Shareholders of the Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting and Power Co., Ltd. Gentlemen,—We have examined and audited the books and vouchers of your company for the year ending 30th June, 1903, and find them correct. We have gone carefully over the cash transactions and find the disbursements vouched for, and have also verified other general entries and totals. The books and general system, and record of the financial transactions of your company, are systematically and satisfactorily kept. W. A. Matley, Gardner Stevens, Auditors. PROVIDENCE MINING CO. The first annual meeting of the Providence Mining Company owning a high grade silver mine in the Boundary district was held in Greenwood last week. During the year 543 tons of ore were shipped, yielding a net profit of $31,192, or nearly $57.50 per ton. The cost of mining of $42.55 would here appear to be exceptionally high, but it is explained on the grounds that the ore bodies are very narrow, "only averaging six inches in width, while the rock is exceedingly hard. The manager estimates that there is now in sight in the mine 750 tons of ore averaging $100 to the tori. The manager, for the present recommends the suspension of dividends for a short time in order to permit of the accumulation of a cash reserve fund, but the regular monthly dividend of 2 per cent, was declared for October. Another vein 12 inches wide, carrying equally high grade values was recently encountered at the 175-foot level, and adds further to the excellent prospects of the company. NORTHWESTERN DEVELOPMENT SYNDICATE. A meeting of the shareholders of this syndicate was held at Hancock, Michigan, on October 15th, to consider what further action should be taken with regard to operating the mines near Camborne. Nothing definite, however, was decided Reports on the condition of the mine were read and considered These reports merely confirm the information previously obtained to the effect that the property has been most culpably mismanaged. It appears likely, meanwhile, that steps may be taken to re-organize the company and resume operations under, it is hoped, better auspices. Should the necessary capital, however, not be obtained the ownership of the property will revert to Mr. .Rosenberger and the other creditors It is estimated that $15,000 will be required to prove the property, while there is also a floating indebtedness of approximately the same amount. WINNIPEG MINES., LTD. The annual general meeting of shareholders of the Winm- peg was held at the mine near Phoenix last week. From the managing director's statement it appears that the jj«JJ which operations were recently resumed, is in a more satis SSoryCondition and that with the moderate treatment rate offered S the Boundary Falls smelter, it will henceforward bf possibfe to work the mine at a profit. Shipments are being mXSrom the 50-foot level at present, -dinthe — the deeper workings are being unwatered. Mr. Plewman in S S* farther states that when the 100-foot level was un- waterS a few days ago a considerable cave-in was disclosed. SrSit been ^ned out tirnbered where necessary tr^Z^Sti^Vi^^ the Western or Copper vein. Unwatering the mine still continues, and we have now reached the 300-foot level, and in a few days we hope to have it pumped out. The main workings of the Winnipeg mines are on this le>vel and it is expected to have it clained out, rails laid arid all connections made by the time the compressor plant is installed. "Instead of making any further appeals to the shareholders I hope to see the sale of the treasury stock altogether withdrawn in a few days. We still need that $5,000 as shown by the trial balance and financial statement (which speak for themselves), but with 29 cars of ore at or gone to the smelter, and regular shipments of 10 or 20 cars per week following, I have no hesitation in expressing my belief that the Winnipeg mine can take care of itself in the future." The year's accounts presented to the meeting showed that there had been incurred an outlay of $31,189, of which $18,482 represented the direct cost of further development work. Ore extraction during the year brought in $6,074, and the remainder, the cash disbursed, came from assessments, sales of treasury stock, cash on hand at beginning of year, fire insurance and other resources. There were meanwhile owing $3,583 on bank overdraft, and $2,270 for unpaid labour and other current liabilities. PERSONALS. Mr. J. Cuthbert Welch left Crofton last month for the Le Roi smelter, at Northport, Wash., where he will act as assistant superintendent. Mr. Geo. B. McAulay, of Spokane, Wash., managing director of the Cariboo McKinney Mining & Milling Co., is on a visit to Toronto, and may go thence to Bermuda for the benefit of his health. Mr. Alexander Hill, of London, England, consulting engineer to the Le Roi No. 2, recently paid a visit to the company's mines at Rossland, afterwards going East via Spokane. E)r. W. A. Hendryx, of Los Angeles, California, at one time associated with his brother at the Pilot Bay smelter, was at Spokane last month, where a test plant in connection with his electro-cyaniding process, was in operation. General Chas. S. Warren has returned to Butte, Montana, from a visit to Rossland and Republic, where he holds mining interests. He will probably spend the winter in Tonopah, Nevada, in which mining camp he is also interested. Mr Albert I. Goodell, superintendent of the Montreal & Boston Copper Co.'s smelter, has returned to the works at Boundary Falls after a month's absence in the East He was accompanied by Mr. H. T. Pemberton, of Montreal, Quebec, who has been appointed business manager for the company. Mr Chas Elmore, inventor and patentee of the Elmore oil concentrating process, has been at Rossland for several weeks watching the completion and starting up of the concentrating plant the Le Roi No. 2 has put in there for the concentration of its lower grade ores by the Elmore process. Mr F V Marment, a director of the B. C. Exploring Syndicate, was last month reported to have left London accompanied by Mr. Wm. Jones, who is to report on the Iron Mask mine, Kamloops, on behalf of the Ashanti Lands, Ltd. A coal mining expert of continental reputation, Mr. H. B Wright, has arrived at Fernie to take the position of chief enSneer for the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company. He. Stive of Quebec, but spent 15 years coal mining m West wSiia He is naturally impressed by the possibilities of the &ow field in which his professional work is now to be done. » Mr H T Pemberton, o« Montreal, Qoebee, has been apposed b»Ii»2 manager fo, .b. Montreal & Boston.Cop- pi Compan, He aceompang , e *-—Fa°,L » Zr&SSZS. tm MoV'al .bon, tbe »i», o, October. 870 THE MINING RECORD. Mr. J. Cuthbert Welch, formerly of the Trail smelter and afterwards assistant superintendent at the Montreal & Boston Copper Co.'s smelter, Boundary Falls, has been appointed assistant superintendent at the Le Roi Company's smelter at Northport, Washington. Mr. Paul Johnson, M.E., smelter manager for the Alaska Smelting & Refining Co., for whom he is erecting a smelter at Hadley, Prince of Wales Island, S. E. Alaska, recently spent a week at Spokane, Washington, where he placed orders for machinery and plant for the smelter sample mill. He left that city on October 15, on a fortnight's trip to Salt Lake City, Denver and smelting centres in Montana, and expects to return to Hadley, via Seattle, Wash., early in November. MACHINERY NOTES. TWENTY-TWO carloads' of machinery arrived at Lytton from England during the month, for a dredge that is being built to operate at the mouth of the Thompson River by the Fraser River Gold Dredging Co. A compressor plant and other machinery is being installed at the Gribbell Island mines, from which shipments are to commence shortly. The Mt. Baker & Yale Mining Co. has purchased a 10- stamp mill, and other plant which is to be installed immediately. The Bull River Mining & Power Company—a recent promotion—is installing a large plant for developing the water power at Bull River Falls, East Kootenay. The capacity of the aerial tramway installed last year at the Tyee mine, Mt. Sicker, is being doubled, the property being now in a position to greatly increase shipments to the smelter. A very complete concentration plant is being built by the Vancouver Engineering Works for the Iron Mask mine at Kamloops.. The Star Mining & Milling Co., of Nelson, has leased the Poorman-Granite mill and tramway. The latter mine has been closed down indefinitely. Work is steadily progressing on the installation of the seven-drill compressor plant at the Oro Denoro in the Boundary district. While the new cylinders to replace those which exploded a few weeks ago in the 60-drill Granby compressor, are being manufactured in Sherbrooke, Que., the old steam plant is being utilized at the company's properties in Phoenix. The new cylinders have been shipped from the makers, and are expected to arrive shortly. COMPANY NOTES AND CABLES. Tyee Copper Company.—Results of smelting for 30 days of September were as follows: Smelter—Tyee ore, 4,417 tons; custom ore, 440 tons; total, 4,857 tons. Matte produced from same, including 130 tons low-grade matte, 532 tons; gross value of contents (copper, silver and gold), less costs of refining, $58,222. Le Roi.—The manager's cabled report for September reads as follows: "Shipped from the mine to the Northport smelter during the past month 11,583 tons of ore, containing 5,561 oz. of gold, 5,oi5- of silver, and 232,750 lbs. copper; estimated profit on this ore, $17,000. Shipped from the dump to the Northport smelter during the past month 6,277 tons of ore, containing 1,733 oz. of gold, 1,650 oz. of silver, and 70,942 lbs. copper; estimated profit on this ore, $5,250." As regards development, the manager states that he is proceeding in accordance with the plan outlined in his cable of 9th September last, which was as follows: "Have commenced to drive on the line of diamond drill hole No. 7 (previously reported as indicating apparently high-grade ore) and south 1,350 level cross-cut, prospecting for ledge over 100 feet in width, will occupy at least sixty days' time, so as to prove the value of these ore bodies." Le Roi No. 2.—From the mine manager's report for the month of August: Output—Since last report there have been shipped to the smelter 1,497 tons, containing gold, 975 oz., at $20 per oz., $19,495; silver, 2,672 oz., at 0.54% per oz., $1,463; copper, 93,329 lbs., at $0.13% per lb.,-$12,249; total, $33,207. The value per ton of ore shipped was, therefore, $22.18. The proceeds of the ore shipped amounted to $20,239, or $13.52 per ton. Freight treatment and smelting deductions amounted to $8.66 per ton. Exploration—Jose mine—500-foot level. —A stringer of ore in Hanging wall side of drift was followed but finally abandoned, pending further investigation with diamond drill. . The information • required was subsequently provided by diamond drill hole No. 36. 600-foot level—75 feet, were driven, but the showing continued to be poor, averaging about $4 to $4.50, until we decided to improve ventilation by breaking through into winze from 500. In doing so we encountered the main portion of the lead, which gave us exceedingly rich copper values The high percentages of copper were quite unexpected after the comparatively poor values we found in the face of the original drift. We are- now investigating this new stuff In the tramway tunnel the ledge matter has been followed as closely as possible; there is, however, a streak of waste running right down the mine at this place, and diamond drill work will now be advisable to save time. Diamond drill work—In hole No. 32 we met with nothing. In hole No. 33 we met with ore at from 52 feet to 58 feet, which is evidently the same lead as in No. 31, from 71 feet to 80 feet. It is this ore that we are now about to drift into from the Annie dyke. Holes 34 and 35 encountered nothing but mineralized ground, showing that the heavy copper values found on 600, east of Annie dyke and below ore body No. 9 had not penetrated to 700. Hole No. 36 on the 500-foot level had encountered nothing up to the end of the month. No. 1 mine—No. development work of any importance has been done here during the month. The drifts have been widened out in one or two places, as shown on plan, but remainder of work has been stoping. General remarks on stopes—Josie mine : No. 20—This still continues very good. At east end there are two dykes, between which the ore is bunched up. This gives us an excellent chance to make a cheap raise through to the 300 without breaking any dyke matter into our fines. Besides tracing the upward run of the ore body, this will improve the ventilation. No. 9—The stope continues to be the best in the mine, in spite of our fears when we first opened up there that the ore body would speedily pinched out; it shows no sign of doing so as yet. No. 1 mine—This mine, under present circumstances, is hardly paying for itself; it is acting as a drag on the Josie, and should be shut down till cheap smelting rates are obtained. When these can be secured, it will be a great help to the Josie, instead of a hindrance. Forecast for September—In the Josie, diamond drill work will continue on the 500, drifting on 700, and drifting and diamond drill work in tramway tunnel. Work on 600 will be directed to opening up downward continuation of ore body No. 9. All work will be pushed westwards to investigate virgin country in Annie claim. Arlington Mine (Erie)..—During the month of September there were shipped five carloads of ore to the Hall Mines Smelter, Nelson. The net smelter returns were $5,341.95, being an average of over $1,000 a carload. The expenses in Canada for the month were $4,322.03, leaving a profit of $1,003.64. Molly Gibson.—At a meeting of the directors of the Molly Gibson Mining Company at Sherbrooke in October, Mr. W. Farrol, general manager of the Eastern Townships bank, was appointed president in the stead of Col. W. S. Ray. Mr. C. F. French was appointed secretary-treasurer. It is expected that work will be resumed on the property at an early date, but nothing definite has been received yet by the local representative of the company. Ymir.—A circular has been recently issued to shareholders,' from which the following information is taken: "The mine manager reports the return for the month of August, by cable, as follows: Fifty stamps ran 27 days, and crushed 4,200 tons (2,000 pounds) of ore, producing 686 oz. bullion. The estimated realizable value (gross) of the product is $7,750; 240 tons of concentrates, shipped, gross estimated value, $4,750; THE MINING RECORD. 871 cyanide plant treated 2,850 tons (2,000 pounds)* of tailings, producing bullion having estimated gross value of $1,500; sundry revenue, $1,030; total $15,030; working expenses, $18,000; loss, $2,970. There has been expended during the month on development, $7,750." The circular adds: "The low return for August, for which the Board was prepared, is due to the fact that until the completion of the development work for opening up the lower levels where the rich ore has been met with the available mill feed has been confined to a small and decreasing area. The mill, in consequence, could not be kept running at its full capacity on payable ore." The manager states: "I expect to keep the full mill going right through the winter." In a cable dated the ioth October the manager reports he has already commenced to treat the higher _grade ore met with in the lower levels. Cariboo Consolidated.—Sir Bevan Edwards, chairman of the Cariboo Consolidated, Limited, who has been spending some weeks at the company's property, has addressed a letter to the London board, expressing a very hopeful view of the future of the undertaking. An extract from the letter in question reads as follows: "The manager, Mr. Bailey, has done splendidly, and everything is not only up to date, but he will make a large saving on his original estimates. Everything has been done in the most careful and economical manner, and the work he has done is the talk of the whole country. Nothing like it has been done in Cariboo before. There is no doubt now that our prospects are extremely hopeful, and provided he meets with no difficulty in getting into the channel (which, however, I do not anticipate) he is bound to make a brilliant success. Of course, from the' data we have it is impossible to state exact figures, but I feel confident that the returns we shall get will far exceed your expectations, and this one shaft alone will give us between 30,000- and 40,000 ounces a year, based on the most conservative estimate. The second set of borings are giving excellent prospects, which should give us a second valuable mine, which may in all probability give almost as good returns as those we ■expect to get from La Fontaine." MINING RETURNS AND STATISTICS. NELSON. THE Hall Mines smelter shipped 420 tons of bullion and 140 tons of copper matte in August; and 452 tons of bullion in September. The bullion was consigned to the Selby refinery, San Francisco. The smelter received 4,452 tons of ore in August and 4,313 tons in September. The United States Assay Office, Helena, reports the receipt of gold to the value of $22,472 from British Columbia during September. YUKON. Records from the Comptroller's office at Dawson show that ^old shipments during the months of May, June, July and August of the present year reach a valuation of $6,957,133, or a decrease of $1,101,664 compared with returns for the corresponding period of last year. Returns from the Seattle office for the five years to July 15th, 1903 are: Nome, Alaska $11,285,971 08 Balance of Alaska 2,654,037 79 Total for Alaska $13,940,008 87 British Columbia and Canada 3,428,780 47 British Yukon (principally Klondike) 54,842,144 37 Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana 1,153,856 47 Total $73,364,790 18 BOUNDARY. Ore shipments for the year todate now exceed half a million tons. For the year to date the production of individual mines has been as follows in tons: Granby, 286,848; Mother Lode, 101,511; Snowshoe, 60,112; B. C, 19,365; Emma, 15,284; Sunset, 14,801; Oro Denoro, 9,436; Morrison, 3,339; Athelstan, 2,640; Winnipeg, 1,840; Providence, 705; Elkhorn, 173. ROSSLAND. Returns of ore-production from Rossland from January ist to October 24th in tons are: Le Roi, 170,915; Centre Star, 65,536; War Eagle, 48,105; Le Roi No. 2, 21,855; Jumbo, 2,643; Spitzee, 300; I X L (milled), 1,310; Kootenay, 5,794; Giant, 828; Iron Horse, 40; Velvet, 3,376; White Bear, 297; O. K. 25; Homestake, 90. Total, 322,114 tons. SLOCAN. The following shipments have been made since January ist: American Boy (tons), 708; Antoine, 212; Arlington, 40; Alberta, 3; Black Prince, 17; Bondholder, 2; Bosun, 99; Blue Bird, 57; Cripple Stick, 2; Dayton, 4; Dolly Varden, 20; Enterprise, 675; Fisher Maiden, 280; Hartney, 42; Hamilton, 4; Highland Light, 2; Idaho, 170; Ivanhoe, 715; Lucky Jim, 103; Mercury, 62; Monitor, 660; Mountain Con., 20; Meteor, 52; Ottawa, 126; Payne, 1822; Queen Bess, 204; Rambler, 1448"; Reco, 153; Republic, 70; Ruth, 641; Rio, 9; Red Fox, 119; Slocan Star, 2025; Slocan Boy, 16; Silver Glance, 55; Surprise, 5; Vancouver, 20; Wonderful, 23. Total tons, 11,685. COAL EXPORTATIONS AND TRADE. There has been little change in market conditions during the past month. The outlook, however, continues satisfactory and the Vancouver Island collieries are gradually again increasing production. The Western Fuel Company at Nanaimo is adding to its equipment and plant, and recently ordered through the Vancouver branch of the Fairbanks Company a 400-h.p. Rand compressor, which is to be completed and installed by January 15th, 1904. This company shipped to Puget Sound points 14,125 tons of coal in September. Production from the Crow's Nest collieries in September aggregated 63,191, of which 17,350 represented coke shipments. '-* LOCAL STOCK MARKET FOR OCTOBER, 1903. ':. Prepared by the Stuart Robertson Co-, Ltd., Stock Brokers, Victoria, B.C. Highest. Lowest. Companies. Bid. Bid. Cariboo-McKinney 7A 7TA Cariboo Hydraulic 75 75 Centre Star 20 19^ Crow's Nest Pass Coal 72.50 62.50 Fairview Corporation 3 3 Iron Mask 6 6 North Star 9lA %A Payne I2j4 12 Rambler 38^ 31 Sullivan 4*A 4 War Eagle iolA 10 Waterloo ; SA 4 St. Eugene 40 40 Granby 3-75 3-75 Black Tail 2 2 Lone Pine 2 2 San Poil &A 2 Tom Thumb 3 2 Mountain Lion 22 20 1 THE METAL MARKET. The feature of the month has been the remarkable advance in the price of silver which has been quoted as high as 6i?4. This is the highest point reached since February, 1901. In January of this year the average price of the metal was a 872 THE MINING RECORD. fraction over 45.50, and since then the advance has been practically continuous. The outlook at present is regarded as decidedly satisfactory and no re-action is immediately anticipated. Copper has been fairly active, but prices have remained largely unchanged. The latest quotations are Lake, 12% to 12%; electrolytic in ingots, cakes and wirebars, I2j^ to 12%; cathodes, I2J4 to 12%; casting copper, I2J4 to 12%. The Engineering and Mining Journal states that the statistics for the first half of October show a decrease in the visible supplies of 600 tons. The American lead market is quiet and no change is reported. The price quoted in St. Louis is 4.25 to 4.32J4; New York, 4.35 to 4.40 The average price in New York last month was 4.243. English lead at the close of October was quoted at £11 3s. 9d. Spelter has receded to 5.30, St. Louis; 5.45 New York. Spot metal, however, is somewhat scarce. DECISION OF THE ALASKAN BOUNDARY COMMISSION. FOLLOWING is an official digest of the decision of the • tribunal: The decision of the tribunal is made up of answers to the seven questions contained in the twenty of 1903 constituting the tribunal. First question—What is intended as the point of commencement of the line? Answer—The line commences at Cape Muzon. Second question—What channel is the Portland Channel? Answer—The Portland Channel passes north of Pearse and Wales Islands, and enters the ocean through Tongas Passage between Wales and Sitklan Islands. Third question—What course should the line take from the point of commencement to the entrance of Portland Channel ? Answer—A straight line to the middle of the entrance of Tongas Passage. Fourth question—To what point on the 56th parallel is the line to be drawn from the head of the Portland Channel, and what course should it follow between these points? Answer—A straight line between Salmon and Bear Rivers direct to the 56th parallel of latitude. Fifth question—In extending the line of demarcation northward from said point on the parallel of the 56th degree of north latitude, following the crest of the mountains situated parallel to the coast until its intersection with the 141st degree of longitude west of Greenwich, subject to the condtiion that if such line should anywhere exceed the distance of ten marine leagues from the ocean, then the boundary between the British and the Russian territory should be formed by a line parallel to the sinuosities of the coast, and distant therefrom not more than ten marine leagues; was it the intention and meaning of said convention of 1825 that there should remain in the exclusive possession of Russia a continuous fringe or strip of coast on the mainland, not exceeding ten marine leagues in width, separating the British possessions from the bays, ports, inlets, havens and waters of the ocean, and extending from the said point on the 56th degree of latitude north to a point where such a line of demarcation should intersect the 141st degree of longitude west of the meridian of Greenwich? Sixth question—If the foregoing questions should be answered in the negative, and in the event of the summit of such mountains proving to be in places more than ten marine leagues from the coast, should the width of the lisiere which was to belong' to Russia be measured (1) from the mainland coast of the ocean, strictly so-called, along a line perdendicu- lar thereto, or (2) was it the intention and meaning of the said convention that where the mainland coast is indented by deep inlets, forming part of the territorial waters of Russia, the width of the liciere was to be measured (a) from the line of the general direction of the mainland coast, or (b) from the line separating the waters of the ocean from the territorial waters of Russia, or (c) from the heads of the aforesaid inlets? Required no answer after the fifth question had been answered in the affirmative. the mountain line. Seventh question—what, if any exist, are the mountains- referred to as situated parallel to the coast, which mountains when within ten marine leagues from the coast are declared to form the eastern boundary? Answer—The majority of the tribunal have selected the line- of peaks starting at the head of Portland Canal and running along the high mountains, on the outer edge of the mountains,. shown on the maps of every survey made in 1893, extending to Mount Whipple and thence along what is known as the Hunter Line of 1878, crossing the Stikine River about twenty- four miles from its mouth, thence northerly along the high peaks to Kate's Needle, from Kate's Needle to the Devil's- Thumb. The tribunal stated that there was not sufficient evidence, owing to the absence of a complete survey, to identify the mountains which correspond to those intended by the- treaty. This contemplates a further survey of that portion of the two governments. From the vicinity of Devil's Thumb- the line runs to the continental watershed, thence through White and Taiya or Chilkoot Passes, westerly to a mountain, indicated on the map attached to the treaty as 6,850- feet, thence to another mountain 5,800 feet and from that point in a somewhat curved line across the head of the- Glaciers to Mount Fairweather. This places the Canadian outpost on the upper water of Chilkoot River in British territory and the mining camps of Porcupine and Clacier Creeks- in American territory. From Mount Fairweather the line- passes north on high peaks along the mountains indicated on the map by Mounts Pinta, Ruhama and Vancouver to Mount St. Elias. INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS AND PROGRESS IN VANCOUVER. (From a Special Correspondent.) THIS month brings many new developments in the lumber industry, showing that the activity of the operators1 is on the increase. American speculators are purchasing timber in the vicinity of Vancouver; others are about to- erect mills, and large owners are about to interview the Government to have their timber holdings transferred to spruce" limits that they may engage in the manufacture of pulp. Two thousand acres of timber land situated on the north arm of Burrard Inlet, were purchased recently by Americans. The relative inaccessability of the area is considered as rather a drawback, but to overcome the difficulty of high slopes, long and steep chutes will be constructed to convey the timber to the water. Messrs. Small & Buckland, of Ithaca, New York, are establishing a new lumber mill in New Westmintser, having a- capacity of 50,000 feet per day. . Those interested in the Western Pulp and Mill Co. are endeavouring to induce the Government to grant a transfer of their present lease to one giving rights over spruce limits. Both Victoria and Vancouver people are concerned in this- undertaking, and if they are successful in obtaining the concession, the manufacture of pulp will be proceeded with on a large scale. The activity of British investors in pulp undertakings on- Princess Royal Island has had not a little to do with the interest taken locally in the project. Col. Mellis and Mr. E. Youlle, a member of the London Stock Exchange, are engaging Mr. W. A. Bauer, of Vancouver, to prepare plans for this mill, and have asked him to make all possible haste. This enterprise will mean an expenditure of $500,000," and while- the mills will be established on Princess Royal Island, the Coast cities will benefit to a large extent. The promoter of this enterprise is Mr. J. J. Palmer, of Toronto, formerly interested in the Marble Bay mines on Texada Island. In addition to the new cedar mill about to be constructed on the south shore of False Creek in Vancouver by Messrs1. THE MINING RECORD. •73 Wilson & Bell, Mr. W. J. Beam is building a wharf and erecting a warehouse thereon in connection with his sash and door factory on the north side of the same body of water. Mr. Beam's factory was started in a small way, and this increase of facilities has been demanded by growing trade. Since the destruction of McNair's lumber and shingle mill, when $100,000 damage was done, the president of the company, Mr. James A. McNair, has returned from the East. Following his arrival comes the announcement that as a result of his visit arrangements have been completed whereby Mr. S. C. H. Miner, president of the Granby Smelter Company, and Mr. A. C. Flumerfelt, assistant general manager of the same concern, have become largely interested in the Hastings Shingle Manufacturing Company. Both these gentlemen occupy important and influential positions in business circles, especially of the western part of the Dominion, and their successful connection with the Granby company is well known. Mr. Miner is one of the directorate of the Eastern Townships Bank, which, it is announced, is about to establish a branch in this city. He is also associated with other financial institutions. These gentlemen have been asked to act on the directorate of the Hastings Shingle Manufacturing Company, and when Mr. Flumerfelt visits this city in the near future the matter will be discussed. It is also proposed to rebuild the mill, which, it will be remembered, was destroyed by fire. The Hastings Shingle Manufacturing Company is one of the largest concerns operating on the Coast, having four mills in the State of Washington, at Sumas, Whatcom, Van Buren, and Nooksack, besides the large businesses in Vancouver. A new industry is being established in New Westminster which should have a promising future before it. The enterprise will be known as the Fraser River Tanning Company. Wisconsin monied men are behind the scheme, and they are represented by Mr. W* S. Turnbull, a prominent barrister of that State. The local representative is Mr. E. J. Fader, who is also president of the company. The board of directors is at present provisional. In plant some $32,000 will be invested, while a further expenditure of $75,ooo, for other purposes is anticipated. The initial output will be 100 hides per day, but if more hides than this number are offered they can be easily enough handled. It is expected that by next spring the tannery will be in operation. The Vancouver Power Company's installation at Lake Beautiful in proceeding rapidly and it is expected that power will be available for the purposes of local industries by the end of the present year. The power house on the company's site is nearing completion, and the dam also will soon be finished. Machinery is being meanwhile installed, and a travelling crane, having a lifting capacity of 80,000 pounds is being employed in lifting the machinery from the scows, and placing it in position in the power house. Some idea of the magnitude of the installation may be obtained from the following particulars: The bearings of the main shaft weigh about five tons each; the shaft itself of steel is 21 feet long and 18 inches in diameter; the valve, which controls and regulates the supply of water, weighs nearly two tons, while another large casting described as the breech, which will distribute the water to the two wheels to be first installed, weighs 10,160 pounds. The other work is far advanced. The wire cables have been strung from the works to the city, and the large steel towers at Barnet are being put in place. To facilitate the work at the tunnel, larger drills are being installed. The tunnel has now been driven in a distance of about a mile. The first section of pipe connecting the dam with the power house is to be made of wood stave, while massive steel pipe will sustain the increased pressure over the rest of the 2 000 feet This pipe is 54 inches in diameter, at the part furthest removed from the wheels, gradually reducing to 42 inches nearest thereto. The two wheels which are to be put m as the initial installation, will have a capacity of 1,500 h.p each or 3000 hp , this being only one-quarter of the power for which provision is being made, and which may ultimately be made use of. mmi • t, m Artesian boring is going on at the B. C. Electric Railway Company's power house at Burnaby. A contractor, is sinking for an ample supply of water; and boring will be continued to a depth of 1,000 feet if necessary. It is more than likely that an adequate supply of water will, however, be obtained at less than 100 feet, for at forty feet good indications were encountered. The work is being watched with interest, for if the boring is deep the underlying strata of the district will be thus ascertained. LUMBERING AT REVELSTOKE. THE Harbor Lumber Company, Ltd., has recently effected great improvements in the plant and equipment of the mills at Revelstoke, Comaplix and Camborne. The Revelstoke Mail publishes the following description of the Revelstoke mill: "A new saw-bench has been put in on the upper floor, also a steam nigger of the most improved design. From the saw- bench the lumber passes over live rollers which automatically deliver the good material to the edger, while as witch carries off the waste to the slab-slasher. The edgings are automatically picked up by carrier and elevator and passed deliver the good material to the edger, while a switch carries to the slab slashers to cut into lengths when anything not fit for lath is sent to the firewood saws and cut into 15-inch lengths. The firewood is delivered in bins ready for the waggon to draw away. On the lower floor are set the boilers and engines, planing and moulding machines, etc. There are four planers in use and a fifth is being put in. By an ingenious arrangement of travellers the good lumber is carried from the edger to whichever machine it has to go for the finishing touches and is thence taken by hand trucks to the proper dimension pile in the yard. From the time it leaves the saw till it is ready for market the lumber requires no handling. "The motive power is supplied by an engine of 275-h.p., made by the Phoenix Works. There are two boilers, the steam capacity of the plant having been doubled and the power quadrupled since it was taken over. The shavings are taken up by pneumatic pipes and carried into the boiler furnaces, which are thus fed automatically." The Comaplix mill has also been improved and so rearranged that the boards and dimension lumber now travel on live rolls to the edger and the slabs go to the slab slasher, where they are cut into 4-foot lengths, the pieces that will make laths going thence through the lath machine, and the rest to be used as cordwood. One object in the re-designing of the mill is to provide there shall be no waste. As the dimension lumber goes from the live rolls to the travelling chain it is sorted for the different grades, and for the different planers. From the planers the lumber is removed by hand-carts to the corresponding lots in the yard The plant consists of saw-bench, with upper and lower circular saw, four planers, edger, slab slasher, 250-h.p. boiler and engine, the boiler being built by the Waterous Company, and the engine by W. Yates, of London, Ont. The Camborne mill has been improved by the addition of a new water wheel, edger ^A veJTimportant lumbering undertaking has been recently promoted to develop the forest resources on the Arrow Lakes, and a company under the title of the Big Bend Lumber Company, Limited, has been incorporated with a capital of $500,- g to carry out this purpose. A mill of the most modern de- S is meanwhile being built at Arrowhead. It is estimated S Ihe machinery for this mill will cost m the "eighWur- hood of $125,000. The plant has been designed to make an output of 25,000,000 feet of lumber per *™ ' During the month over forty square miles of timber country on the Duncan, was sold through Messrs. LeMjsr Cowan Kenman and others to Messrs. Lammers & Gold eck, who, is said, contemplates the erection of a mill at Nelson. EAST KOOTENAY. A new lumber company has been organized tc.operate1 at Mayook Siding, below Fort Stee e J«^»£**£°£.. nay The company have acquired 1,000 acres of timber 11m its formerly owned by the Baker estate. 874 THE MINING RECORD. It is anticipated that the logging camps in the vicinity of Moyie will give employment to some three hundred men during the coming winter months. MONTHLY FREIGHT AND SHIPPING REPORT. Messrs R. P. Rithete & Co. issue the following report: Extreme dullness has marked the grain freight market during the past month, although rates remain at about 15s. to 15s. 6d. for U. K. The decline in price of wheat, which it was expected would place export prices on a definite basis, has been neutralized by lower values in England, and the increasing disengaged list gives a rather weaker tone to the market. Lumber freights are lower with but little activity and rates cover a wide range. We quote freights as follows: Grain—San Francisco to Cork, f.o., 15s. to 15s. 6d. Portland to Cork, f.o., 17s. 6d. to 18s. 9d. Tacoma and Seattle to Cork, nominal. Lumber—British Columbia or Puget Sound to Sydney, 27s. 6d. to 28s. 9d.; Melbourne or Adelaide, 27s. 6d. to 30s.; Port Pirie, 26s. 3d. to 27s. 6d.; Fremantle, 38s. 9d. to 42s. 6d. ; Shanghai, 32s. 6d. to 35s.; Kiao-Chau, 40s.; Taku, 35s. to 37s. 6d.; Vladivostock, 40s.; West Coast, S.A., 27s. 6d. to 30s.; South Africa, 47s. 6. to 50s.; U. K. or Continent, 45s. to 47s. 6d. COST OF LIGHTING. Professor Vivian B. Lewes, the celebrated expert, estimates the costs of lighting by various methods, in a lecture recently delivered before the Petroleum Institute of London, England : COST OF 1000 CANDLES PER HOUR. Electricity 7 cents per unit: Cents. Incandescent 28 Arc 7.5 Coal Gas: Flat flame 36 Argand 24 Incandescent 4.5 Incandescent high pressure 3.5 Oil: Lamp (oil at 16 cents) 14.5 Oil-gas (oil at 8 cents 12.0 Incandescent lamp (oil at 16 cents) 4.5 Incandescent air-gas (spirit at 20 cents) 4.0 RECENT REGISTRATIONS. Certificates of incorporation were issued in October to the following companies: North America Soap Company, Ltd., capital $250,000 in shares of $1 each. The Walworth-Robertson Company, Limited, capital $30,000. McArthurs, Limited, capital $5,000. P. R. Brown, Limited, capital $10,000. Standard Lumber Co., Ltd., capital $30,000. Wm. Holden Co., Limited, capital $10,000. Cranbrook Sash & Door Factory, Limited, capital, $40,000. Western Steamship Company, Limited, capital $150,000. MINING COMPANIES. Fisher Maiden Mining Company, Limited, non-personal liability, re-incorporated and registered under Section 6 of "Companies' Act, 1898, Amendment Act, 1901." Capital, $150,000. Objects: to acquire and hold the Troy and St. Helena mineral claims in the \Slocan Mining Division. Poplar Creek Gold Mines, Limited, non-personal liability, incorporated under the "Companies' Act, 1897." Capital, $150,000 in shares of 10 cents each. The company is specially limited under Section 56 of the above Act. Objects: The acquisition and development of mines and mineral claims. Monashee Gold Mines, Limited, non-personal liability, incorporated under "Companies' Act, 1S97." Capital, $1,000,000. MINING Machinery Our experience in designing and installing complete plants has extended over a period of many years, and this experience together with the fact that we are in close touch with many eminent metallurgists places us in a position to supply our customers with- machineryof the latest and most improved type, and with plans for its installation in accordance with up-to- date and practical methods of handling ore so as to obtain the best commercial as well metallurgical results. as COMPLETE POWER LIGHTING HEATING AND PUMPING PLANTS eHHs. e. moore & e©., ENGINEERS PACIFIC COAST AGENTS FOR The Holthoff Machinery Co., euoaHY, wis. MAIN OFFICE 63 First St, San Francisco California. I Branches—New York, 1303 Havemeyer Bldg; Seattle, 218 Second Ave. S.; Los Angeles, 321 Trust Bldg.; Baker City, Oregon; Salt Lake City, Utah, Adver. 282. THE MINING RECORD. in shares of $i each. The company is specially Jimited under Section 56 of the above Act. Objects: To purchase and develop certain mineral claims in the Osoyoos Division of Yale District. Sharpless Mining & Milling Company, Limited, non-personal liability, incorporated under the "Companies' Act, 1897." Capital, $300,000 in shares of $1 each. The company is specially limited under Section 56 of the above Act. Objects: To acquire and work mineral claims and mining properties. * FISH HATCHERIES. Mr. J. W. Crawford, Fish Inspector to the State of Washington, recently spent several weeks in the interior of British Columbia. After visiting the various creeks and streams tributary to the Fraser River, he arrived at the conclusion that Lillooet Lake, at the source of the river of the same name, is admirably situated for the establishment of a salmon hatchery, the spot being a natural spawning ground, while also there would be no danger here of the destruction of the young fish by trout. Mr. Crawford was specially recommended by the canners of Washington to ascertain the most desirable spot for the location of a hatchery in British Columbia, in anticipation of permission being granted them by the Canadian authorities to maintain such an establishment in this country. HADDINGTON ISLAND STONE. It is reported that contractors of San Francisco are desirous of securing a large supply, possibly 200,000 tons of stone from Haddington Island for the erection of wharves in that city, California stone being generally too soft to be used for the work in question. PARMELEE & WELD, ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS AND ASSAYERS. Special attention to control and umpire work. Ore testing. General Commercial Analysis. P.O: Box 1421. 1755 Arapahoe Sf, Denver, Colo See these wires—how they interlock ? Note the smooth surface also ? THE PATENT No displacement of wires in any event. Gives much greater service than any other cables and adds correspondingly to the life or the rolling stock. Locked Coil Track Cable USED ONLY ON THE PATENT BLEICHERT WIRE ROPE TRAMWAY, Manufactared by THE TRENTON IRON e©., TRENTON, N. J. Manufacturers, Engineeis and Contractors and sole licensees In North America for the Bleichert System. Also, Wire-Rope Equipments for Cable Hoist- Conveyors, Surface and Underground Haulage, Transmission of Power, etc. Illustrated book upon appuoation. ■RniiiHna New York Office-Cooper, Hewitt A Co., 17 Burlina Slip. Chicago Office-1114 Monadnock Building Denver Office—R. D. Seymour Manager, 1711-1713 Tremont St. Lobnitz' Gold Dredgers are at work in British North and South America, Africa, Asia, &c. AW LOBMVH * ADD CO., ud., m Superior to all other systems Telegraphic Address: "Lobnitz, Renfrew." Al Code use,j. HBSOTGHHMflBa XIV THE MINING RECORD. The Great Northern Mines, Limited A CONSOLIDATION OF THE FOLLOWING GOLD PROPERTIES: THE LUCKY JACK GROUP, Poplar Creek. THE SWEDE GROUP, Poplar Creek. THE OYSTER-CRITERION GROUP, Fish River and Pool Creek. THE IMPERIAL GROUP, Fish River and Pool Creek. THE LADE GROUP, Gainer Creek THE STRATHCONA GROUP, Silver Cup Mountain. TWENTY-ONE CLAIMS OF VALUABLE GOLD MINING PROPERTY. Capital, $1,500,000 in shares of the par value of One Dollar. DIRECTORS. W. B. POOL, President the Ophir-Lade Mining Syndicate, Limited, Ferguson, B.C. W. F. COCHRANE, the Cochrane Ranch Company, Limited, Macleod, Alberta. F. W. GODSAL, Ranch Owner, Cowley, Alberta. J. J. YOUNG, M.L.A., President The Herald Company, Limited, Calgary, Alberta. T. KILPATRICK, Superintendent C. P. R., Revelstoke, B.C. E. M. MORGAN, Locator of the Lucky Jack Mine, Poplar, B.C. JAMES LADE, Mine Superintendent, Camborne, B.C. B. CRILLEY, Assistant Manager Ophir-Lade Mining Syndicate, Limited, Ferguson, B.C. \$ HEAD OFFICE: FERGUSON, B. C. BRANCH OFFICES : Poplar Creek, B. C.; Camborne, B.C. BANKERS: Imperial Bank of Canada, Ferguson, B.C. SOLICITOR AND SECRETARY: Robert Hodge, Ferguson, B.C. The promoters of the Great Northern Mines, Limited, have every reason to feel that they are presenting a proposition which stands unique in the history of mining, and one in which the few who are fortunate enough to have shares allotted to them may well feel that they have an interest in some ■of the richest gold mines ever discovered. Every man who reads has heard of the sensation created by the discovery of the Lucky Jack, at Poplar Creek. That a claim of such unheard-of richness should have lain for years on a well known line' of travel, p'assed over by hundreds of prospectors—even having a railroad built through it—to be discovered at last by the men from whom this •company bought it, is almost incredible. It is a case of truth being, stranger than fiction. The Company's second acquisition, the Swede Group, comprising the Goldsmith and Gold Hill claims, (over ioo acres), is, in the opinion of many,, an even bigger and richer property. It is an accepted fact among mining men that a camp does not usually produce more than two or three great mines. In the Poplar Creek Camp there are three great gold properties, and the Great Northern Mines, Limited, owns two of them. The promoters of this Company have in the past successfully operated the famous Nettie L. and Silver Cup Mines in the Lardeau. They can point to an experience of nearly ten years mining and prospecting in this district, during which time they have organized several companies, and developed ■many valuable properties, in each case with marked success. Having acquired several of the most notable free milling gold groups in British Columbia, the promoters decided to consolidate them in one big, solidly organized company, and place on the market, for a limited time only, a small block of the stock at par. Hence this prospectus. The consolidation includes the following properties, which are more fully described in another part of this prospectus: GAINER CREEK PROPERTY. No. i—Olive Mabel, Goldenville, Foundation, Annie L., Ophir, Two-and-a-half.—All Crown-granted, partially developed; contain rich, free milling and telluride ore. Famous—Surveyed for Crown grant. FISH CREEK PROPERTIES. No. 2—Oyster, Criterion, Mascot, Gold Bug.—Claims all Crown-granted, developed, and stamp mill, aerial tram compressor, etc., erected ready to mine and pay dividends this year. No. 3—Rossland, Imperial Balfour^—Crown granted and partially developed; adjoining above group and Eva mine. FERGUSON PROPERTY. No. 4—Strathcona, Triune Fraction.—Assessment completed to date. POPLAR CREEK PROPERTIES. No. 5—Lucky Jack, Lucky Three, Little Phil.—Surveyed and Crown grants applied for. No. 6—Goldsmith, Gold Hill.—Will be Crown-granted im mediately. It is the intention of the Company to actively develop all these valuable properties and sell such of them as they do not wish to mine themselves, either to outside capitalists or to subsidiary companies to be formed by the parent Company, the proceeds going to the shareholders of the Great Northern Mines, Limited. The company will under no consideration sell more than one hundred thousand shares, and the proceeds will be used strictly for development purposes and paying for plant and machinery. The shares are of the pa-r value of one dollar, and are offered for a limited time only at that figure. They are fully paid, non-assessable and carry no further liability whatever. The directors reserve the right to allot shares according to priority of application, or in the event of the shares being over-subscribed, to allot them pro rata. APPLICATIONS FOR SHARES. Applications for shares should be made to the Secretary of the Company, Ferguson, B.C. Ferguson, B.C., September 21, 1903. THE MINING RECORD XV VlCTORIAB.C. irlAKeRS of H ale-Tomes V Lime Etcmimqs, Color 1 Ltmbossimg Plate5, Letter u Bill Heads, Labels. Advertising zr Catalogue Work OF EVERY KIHD. *•**' ' A "HENDY" Quadruple Discharge i^M^— . _ — ,._ „-...-. '— ■ THESE ARE THE MILLS 3 STAMP MILL. That MODERN MINING METHODS DEMAND in order to crush low grade ore at a profit, and if you purchase any other you are not getting the best. A "HENDY" Triple Discharge Double Mortar, 2 STAMP MILL. X Capacity 18-30 Tons. 8^10 H. Power runs it. Remember we can build complete plants, just as high, just as wide, and paint them just as handsome as any of our competitors; but what is the use of incurring this extra expense, as our machinery is built to occupy a small space and give greater capacity with less power. Send for our catalogues. JOSHUA HENDY MACHINE WORKS Office 38-44 Fremont St. Works, Bay and Kearney Sts., SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. Capacity 6-10 Tons. 5-7 H. Power runs it. The Hall Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. NELSON, B. C. SMELTING DEPARTMENT Purchases CORRER ORE, LEAD ORE, DRY ORE. FOlv. oAJLJi. 27,300 feet of best patent improved crucible steel wire rope, 1 in. diameter 6 x 16 Manilla core Lang lay. This rope was imported under specially favourable opportunities in a car lot and as it is not now required, it will be sold at a sacrifice. THE HALL MINING & SMELTING CO.Ltd. NELSON.B. C. XVI THE MINING RECORD. BRITISH COLUMBIA THE MINERAL PROVINCE OF eftNHDfl. Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Goal, Coke, Oil Iron, Mercury, Platinum, etc. The Mines of British Columbia have produced nearly $180,000,000. AMOUNT AND VAI/UE OF MINERAL PRODUCTS FOR 1900, 1901 AND 1902. Customary Measure I900. 1901. 1902. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Gold, placer Gold lode Ounces 63,936 167,153 3,958,175 9.997.080 63,358,621 i>439,595 85,149 $ 1,278,724 3,453,38i 2,309,200 1,615,289 2,691,887 4,318,785 425,745 251,740 48,505 210,384 5,i5i,333 27,603,746 51,582,906 1.460.331 127,081 $ 970,100 4,348,603 2,884,745 4,446,963 2,002,733 4,380,993 635,405 417,238 53,657 236,491 29,636,057 22,536,381 1,397,394 128,015 $ 1,073,140 - <t 4,888,269 Silver < < 1,941,328 L,eaS Pounds 3,446,673 Tons, 2,240 lbs a tt 824,832 Coal Coke 4,192,182 640,075 480,051 ' | $16,344,751 $ 20,086,780 $ 17,486,550 GOLD.—Placer gold mining, which in early days formed the chief mineral industry of the province, and made it famous all the world over, still continues to be important, while improved methods of working the gravel deposits, together with cheaper transportation and cost of mining, have rendered the working of large deposits, long known to exist, now profitable where previously impossible. The area of country known to contain placer gold is enormous and has only been touched, leaving still virgin ground well worth the prospecting for this, the only class of "poor man's mine." Recent discoveries of new placer fields in the Atlin district, the Cassiar district, and the large extent of unworked deposits in the Cariboo district, are proof that the field is not yet exhausted, and promise a revival of this important industry. HYDRAULIC MINING plants costing large amounts of money are being installed in Atlin, Cassiar, Omineca and Cariboo, at points widely separated, indicating the extent of the gold deposits. One company recovered $350,000 in gold during 1900. DREDGING FOR GOLD is receiving deserved attention, and dredges are at work on the Fraser, Thompson, Quesnel and other rivers, on all of which streams good ground may yet be obtained. LODE GOLD MINING is now being prosecuted in various parts of the province, and in certain instances very successfully, notably at Ymir, Cariboo-McKinney and elsewhere. GOLD-COPPER ORES are being extensively worked at Rossland by the Le Roi, War Eagle and associated companies, while other mines in the camp are rapidly becoming important producers. The tonnage of this camp alone in 1902 was 329,534 tons, and there will be an increase this year. SILVER-LEAD—In 1900 the silver production was $2,309,- 200 and the lead production $2,691,887. Since that time the mining of silver-lead ores has been somewhat suspended owing to temporarily unfavourable market prices. COPPER.—Copper is being produced to a limited extent at Rossland, where the chief value of the ore is in gold, but the feature of this branch of the industry is the development and mining of a large tonnage of low-grade copper ores in the Boundary district, of which there seems to be an almost unlimited amount. The output of ore from this district alone amounted to 521,402 tons in 1902. The Coast district will this coming year show a very considerable copper production from the Vancouver Island and Texadn Island mines. Prospecting for copper is receiving great attention, and the discoveries made on the Coast, in the Similkameen Valley, etc., give grfeat promise. IRON.—With the great probability of an iron-smelting plant on the Northern Pacific Coast in tne near future, what promise to be extensive bodies of magnetite iron ore have been developed on the Coast, while other deposits of iron ore are now under development in the Goat River and Fort Steele mining divisions, and still other bodies occur near Kamloops. COAL AND COKE.—In 1901 the Vancouver Island collieries made a net output of 1,173,893 tons of coal and 20,178 tons of coke. In 1902 the Crow's Nest collieries made a net output of 223,501 tons of coal, and 107,873 tons of coke. In 1903 this output will be doubled at the least. These mines alone are putting out from 1,000 to 2,000 tons of coal per diem. Of the total output of 1902 776,808 "tons of coal and 38,780 tons of coke were exported, chiefly to the United States. The remainder was consumed in local smelters and other industries. SMELTERS.—In the province there are smelters in active operation at Trail, Nelson, Grand Forks, Greenwood, Boundary Falls, Van Anda, Ladysmith and Crofton; while this coming year will probably see one erected in East Kootenay. Refineries are yet lacking, but the building of at least one is pretty well assured. CAPITAL—Capital can now find here many excellent opportunities for investment, as the values placed on mines and undeveloped properties has reached a reasonable basis. If proper business care is used, and the experience of competent men utilized, these investments should be as safe as well as profitable. MINERAL LANDS.—Mineral lands are open to location to any person over 18 years of age, who has obtained a free miner's certificate, and perfect title to lode claims can be easily secured after $500 worth of work has been done per claim. A great extent of territory has yet to be prospected. For information, reports, bulletins, etc., address The Hon. the Minister of Mines, VICTORIA, B.C. W. F. Robertson, Provincial Mineralogist, VICTORIA, B. C. THE MINING RECORD. XVII PROFESSIONAL AND BROKERS. JAMES BRADY, Dominion and Provincial Land Surveyor, Mining Engineer. Properties surveyed, examined and reported on. Agent for procuring Crown grants. GOLDEN, B. C. l s. m. McGregor, b.a. sc. w. d. McGregor, m. e. McGregor &, co., MINING and CIVIL ENGINEERS _., _.,».«,.. -_ *+. and LAND SURVEYORS. SLOCAN, B. C. Reports on Mines and Prospects. Act as agents in doing'assessment work, applying for Crown grants and in taking general charge of preliminary development work. ^^^ |\/| D ^s one °f *ke Inost promising gold camps in IVI ^1 British Columbia and now offers many capital opportunities for profitable investment. For further particulars write PERCY J. GLEAZER, MINING BROKER AND AGENT, YMIR, B. C. Code—Moreing & Neal's. J. McLELLAN, Associate Royal School of Mines, London. Mining Engineer and Assayer, TROUT LAKE CITY, B. G reliable: assays Gold $ .75 | Gold and Silver $1.00 I^ead 75 I Gold, Silver, Copper 1.50 SAHPLES BY MAIL RECEIVE PR0HPT ATTENTION. Gold and Silver refined and bought OGDEN ASSAY CO. ,725 ArapaDhe0„evfr:eco1o rado. THE STUART ROBERTSON CO., Ltd., Successors to A. W. MORE & CO. . MINING AND STOCK BROKERS Codes used: Bedford-McNeil's, Moreing & Neals, Clough's, and A.B.C, Fourth Edition. 23 BROAD STREET, VICTORIA, B. C. WILLIAM A. BAUER, Dominion & Provincial Land Surveyor Surveys of Mines, Mineral Claims and Crown Lands. Crown Grants obtained and Assessments managed for absentees. Offices-FERGUSON and VANCOUVER, B.C. W F. FREMERSDORF A. R. S. M., Etc. METALLURGICAL ENGINEER AND CHEMIST. Cyanide Specialist. Ores Investigated, Treatment Devised, Plants Designed and Started. Ten Years Cyanide Operating. 1025 Burnaby St., Vancouver, B. C, Tel. A1481. THOS. DRUMMOND, M.E. and C.E. B. A. Sc. McGill University, Montreal, Member Canadian Society of Civil Engineers. Mining Properties reported upon. Information furnished. General Engineering work promptly performed. References furnished. QUESNELLE FORKS, CARIBOO, B. C. JOHN B. HOBSON, MfnTnggerco?,niw.ribo° |§ Consulting Mining Engineer, BULLION, BRITISH COLUMBIA. 28 years' experience in the equipment and operation of large hy draulic, Deep Gravel, 'Drift and Gold Quartz Mines, in California and British Columbia. Telegraphic and Cable Address "HOBSON" Ashcroft B. C Wa M. BREWER, HININQ ENGINEER, MEM. N. of ENG. INST. MINING & MECH. ENG. and AM. INST.. M. E. Molsons Bank Building, VANCOUVER, B.C TEL. 846. P. t>. BOX ft T. J. SMITH, MINING BROKER. Syndicates and Companies formed to develop mining claims Secretary Vancouver Mining Stock Exchange. 611 Hastings Street West, VANCOUVER, B. C A. A. WATSON, B. 5c. PROVINCIAL ASSAYER, VERNON, B. C. Analyst and Mineralogist Honours-Graduate in Chemistry, Victoria University, England. Reports made on Mining Properties. Ten years experience in Australia. South America. England and B. C. Assay Charges—Gold, fi; Silver, $i; Copper, $2; Lead, $1 ; Gold and Sil ver, $1.50 j Gold and Copper, $2,50 ; Gold, Silver and Copper, $3 ; Gold, Silver Copper and Lead, $3 50; Complete analysis of any ore, $10. £HT-SPECIAL ATTJ^NTION TO SAMPLES BY MAIL' CecilM. Bryant, A.R.S M., A.I.M.M. E. Philip Gilman, A.R.S.M., F.G.S Pellew-Harvey, Bryant & Gilman PROVINCIAL ASSAYERS. The Vancouver Assay Office and Ore Testing Works. Established 1890. MILL, SMELTER, CONCENTRATION AND CYANIDE TESTS. • Reliable reports on mining properties. Complete an-alyses of Ores and Coal Victoria Office : 4 View Street (Opposite Driard Hotel.) CHRIS. OUTHETT, Associate of Royal College of Science, London, England. Inland Assay Office, KAMLOOPS, B.C. Provincial Assayer. Mineral and Coal Analysis a specialty. Reports made on Mining Properties Mail samples receive prompt attention. XVIII THE MINING RECORD. SUCCESSOR TO TfcElk EDWARD P. AUrlSCO.; MU.WACTO6, 3BS, FRASER & CHAIJSERS, GATESSIRW WORKS, CintACO H.L DICKSON MT!G CO.,, BUILDERS OF MINING MACHINERY HIGH-GRADE SINGLE and DOUBLE DRUM GEARED Hoisting Engines Duplex Slide Valve Cylinders Capacity: One to Five Tons Load SINGLE DRUM GEARED HOISTING ENGINE The clutch, which is of the band friction type, consists of a steel band lined with soft wood blocks, arjd is tightened around a ring on the drum head. This is the only satisfactory friction clutch for hoisting work. These hoisting engines are complete with brake, bed-plate, steam pipe, throttle valve, oilers, wrenches, packing and foundation bolts and drawings. Immediate delivery for smaller sizes of single drum reversing engines. WE ARE THB MOST EXTENSIVE MANUFACTURERS OF LARGE GEARED - AND DIRECT-ACTING HOISTING ENGINES BRAHCS OFFICES: MEW YORK, Empire Bldg. BOSTON, Board of Trade Bldg. PITTSBURG, Frick Building MINNEAPOLIS, Corn Exchange Bldg. DENVER, 1649 Tremont Street SALT LAKE CITY, 209 S.W. Temple St 3P0KANE, Waabingrton BRABCB OFFICES *j SAN FRANCISCO, SaywanJBMg. ■ SEATTLE, Lumber Exchange Bldg.fc CHARLOTTE, M dj TraSt Bide. NEW ORLEANS, Hennen BldjKs^H ATLANTA GA, Equitable Bldg. I BOTTEil^r., 51E. Broadway | THE MINING RECORD. TIKE EDWARD ?2Al&S7C0s tm.WAi.Krr, wis ll|f§l g^lj^^^p^i^ ! ERASER fc^i^ara^^.^ TO .GATES IRCSt WORKS, CHICAGO HA. DICKSON M»E$; CO SME BUILDERS OF ERY We illustrate herewith a 44 by 144 inch steel water jacketed lead smelting furnace, of the latest and most improved 4esign- We have furnished four of these furnaces for the Compania Metalur- gica de Torreoh, Coahuila, Mexico. The Allis-Chalmers Company are recognized as the most extensive builders of mining machinery in the world, and their shops are especially equipped for the economical production of copper and lead smelting machinery. We build copper and lead smelting plants, copper converters, water jackets, hydraulic accumulators, hydraulic cars, slag pots, etc. SOLE BUILDERS OF Riedler Air Compressors and Mine Pumps SEDERHOLM and REYNOLDS BOILERS SppW, Board. of Trade'PS^f SHNHEAPOHB, Corn EactawtjgJMp i#|?JtR,16«TremootStt|^i ||$S|p|kAKE OTTi 209 '^P^Cwnple St RHHI ^Hii lieAGlKSUMil MN^^^WE^i^^^^^^^BB JOHANNESBURG, Sotitb Africa | |iS^i*ANCIS0®rIaywar4 Hd* SEATTLE, Lolnl^cEjchangeBWg.t, CHARLOTTE, *||&T*iiat *l$|f " yffiff'OHLEANS, HenneoBBfc ^ *B$ii^llQfe§St E. Broadway XX THE MINING RECORD. Capital of British Columbia, Pacific Ocean Terminus Railway, and the Great Northern The Canadian Gateway to the Orient, the Sandwich Islands, Australia, New Zealand, etc. The starting point of steamship lines to the Yukon, Atlin and Cassiar Gold Fields, and the Canadian port of call for tourists on the lines between San Francisco and Alaska. TEMPERATURE 1902. Highest Lowest Mean. Mean. Victoria 67.6 35.4 London, Eng 68.1 31.5 Torquay, Eng 65.5 38.5 RAINFALL 1902. . Inches. Victoria 26.45 London, Eng 20.84 Torquay, Eng T. .. 30.22 The Province covers a superficial area of 381,000 square miles abounding in minerals, timber, fish and game in endless variety. The opportunities for the profitable investment of capital are practically unlimited, and the markets for the disposal of metals, lumber, fish and agricultural products lie waiting in Russia, Japan, China, India and Australasia. The tourist will find mountain scenery and mountain climbing unequal- of Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian Northern Railway ofthe United States. led in the old world—a new field for exploration—and I the sportsman with first class hotels as bases of opera-1 tion may penetrate a new world in his pursuit of the j bear, the panther, the elk or the mountain goat. The City of Victoria is becoming widely noted for the beauty of its situation, its homes and its surroundings ; so that the number of strangers arriving, for short visits and for permanent residence, continue growing annually larger. Of its beauty H.R.H. the Duke of York sajd: "The most beautiful place we have seen ia | our journey around the world," and the following may i be quoted from the correspondence of Mr. E. P. Knight, of the London Morning Post: "One would fain have stayed longer, for of all the cities that have ; been visited in the course of this long Royal progress 1 the fair capital of British Columbia seems to me the one which the Englishman would most gladly make his home. * * * Never in the environs of any other city have I seen such a glory of flowers as surrounded each of these lovely homes." Pamphlets containing views of Ideal scenery and information of interest to investors, tourists, hunters and amusement seekers may be obtained by addressing the Clerk of the Municipal Council, Victoria, British Columbia. To The Klondike Gold Fields, via. THE WHITE PASS AND YUKON ROUTE. The Klondike Mining District is now so well known that a detailed description is unnecessary. The output of gold from this district has increased steadily year by year. In 1900 the yield was about twenty million dollars, and in 1901 about thirty million dollars. With the larger areas covered and newer methods adopted by practical miners, the Klondike will prove to be a rich and prosperous camp for many years to come. The great reduction in freight and passenger rates brought about by completion of the railroad from Skagway to White Horse with its connecting line of steamers for all interior Yukon and other points including Stewart River and the Tanana, has enabled the miners to reach and work many claims which previously could not be worked with a profit. For information about routes, rates, tickets, maps or printed matter, address: TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT, White Pass & Yukon Route, Vancouver, B.C. E. Gr. PRIOR, & OO., LIMITED LIABILITY. Sole Agents for B. C. for The Celebrated MORTON'S 1 B. C." "DRILL STEEL. This Steel is used by the largest mines in British Columbia and Australia after having been severely tested by them against all other makes. Also Wm.Cook & Co's. Wire Ropes for Mining and Logging purposes. Rails, Bar and Plate Iron, Hammers, Handles, &c. Send for Prices. THE MINING RECORD. XXI PROFESSIONAL ADVERTISEMENTS. POGSON, PELOUBET & CO. 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(just published) 5 00 The Mineral Industry, Vol. I, $2.50; Vols. II. to XI, each 5 00 Minitig-aud General Telegraphic Code. By Bedford McNeill 5 00 Termlif al Index for use with McNeill's Code 2 50 The Metallurgy of Lead. By Prof. H. O. Hoffman 6 00 Metallurgy of Zinc. By W. R. Ingalls 6 00 Ore Dressing and Concentration. By Prof. R. H. Richards 10 00 The Metallurgy of Steel. By Prof. Henry M. Howe 10 00 Its No Good Advertising in the British Press Unless you understand how to approach the British public. The best way to do this is to I Employ an Up=to=Date Advertising Expert Who can advise you and do your business at Lowest Possible Rates. Quoted by newspapers themselves. Let us know what you want and we will be pleased to assist you. C. J. WALKER'S British and Canadian Press Bureau, 24 Coleman St., London, E.C. BUY VANCOUVER CITY REAL ESTATE You Cannot Make a Safer Investment. WRITE FOR PARTICULARS. Money Invested for Clients on First Mortgages on Best Business Property to yield 5 per cent, to 6 per cent. PERCY W. CHARLESON INVESTMENT BROKER, *7 —«—st- ™«eoDVER- Be- NOTARY PUBLIC* FOR BRITISH e©LUMBI». CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. References, Dun or Bradstreets Agencies, Canadian Bank of Commerce. P.O. BOX 187 XXII THE MINING RECORD. BRITISH COLUMBIA WHOLESALE SUPPLY HOUSES, ETC Weiler's for Fine Furnishings. China Cabinet. Many fine odd pieces of furniture far Dining Room, Parlor, Library or Hall. Write to us for illustrations or any information you may desire regarding the furnishing of your home. Our large experience is at your disposal free. Some of our suggestions may meet with your approval — only give us some idea as to your tastes and about the price you wish to pay. Our stock is by far the largest in the West—Do not take our word for it, but come and see. Weiler Bros, Artistic Persian and Turkey Rugs, Axminsterr Wilton and Smyrna Art Squares and Rugs, Brussels and Tapestry Carpets made up with borders in many sizes—Several grades. Kensington all-wool squares for bedrooms. At prices no higher than you pay for inferior articles. Complete Furnishers, VICTORIA, B.C. R. P. RITHET & CO. Wholesale Merchants, Shipping & Insurance Agents. Proprietors of Victoria Wharf, Columbia Flouring Mill ; agents for Victoria Lumber and Manufacturing Company, Cheminus, V.I.; Pacific Coast Steamship Co., San Francisco. WHARF STREET. VICTORIA, B. C TURNER, BEETON & CO'Y Victoria, Vancouver, and Nelson, B. C. and at H. C. Beeton & Co., 33 Finsbury Circus, London, England. Manufacturers of Clothing, Etc., Etc. Wholesale Merchants. ^XVwtc. Telegraphic Addresses : Goods indented from all part? ofthe world. ' 'TURNER," Victoria-, " BEETON," London; " TURBEET," Vancouver and Nelson THE MINING RECORD. IXIII BANKING ESTABLISHMENTS, ETC. .ESTABLISHED 1817. BANK OF MONTREAL. INCO RPORATED B\ OF PARLIAMENT. HEAD OFFICE: - - MONTREAL. CAPITAL all paid up, $13,379,240.00 RESERVE FUND, $9,000,000.00. UNDIVIDED PROFIT, $724,807.75 Board of Directors—Rt. Hon. Lord Strathoona and Mount Royal, Q. CM. 6., President. Hon. G. A. Drummond A. T. Paterson, Esq.; Edward B. Greenshields, Esq.; Sir William C. Macdonald; R. B. Angus, Esq.; James Ross, Esq.; R. G. Reid, Esq., Hon. Robert Mackay d, Vice-President. R. I s' CLOUSTON Seneral Manager A, MACNIDER Chief Inspector and Superintendent of Branches •W. S- CLOUSTON Inspector of Branch Returns BRANCHES Province of Ontakio—Almonte, Belleville, Br'antford, Brockville, Chatham, Collingwood, Cornwall, Deseronto, Eort William, Goderich, Guelph, Hamilton, Kingston.Lindsay, London, Ottawa.Perth Peterboro, Picton, Paris Sarnia, Stratford, St. Mary's Toronto,Toronto Yonge St. Branch,Wallaceburg Province of Quebec—Montreal: West End Br., Seigneurs St. Br., Point Bt. Charles; Quebec. Lower Provinces—Chatham, N.B.; Frederickton, N.B.; Moncton, N.B. St. JohnN.B.; Amherst, N.S.; Halifax, N.S.; Sydney, N.S. Glace Bay, Yar- .mouth. Province of Manitoba and North-West Territories—Winnipeg, Man.; Calgary, Alberta; Lethbridge, Alberta; Regina, Assiniboia; Raymond, Alta Province op British Columbia—Greenwood, Nelson, New Denver, New Westminster, Rossland, Vancouver, Vernon, Victoria. In Newfoundland—St. John's, Nfld., Bank of Montreal. Birchv Cove, Bay of Islands. F, W- TAYLOR Assistant Inspector JAMES AIRD Secretary Montreal-H, V- MEREDITH Manager IN CANADA: In Great Britain—London, Bank of Montreal, 22 Abchurch Lane, E.C, Alexander Lang, Manager. In the United States New York—R. Y. Hebden and J. M. Greata, Agents, 69 Wall Street; Chicago—Bank of Montreal. Bankers in Great Britain-London—The Bank of England, the Union Bank of London, the London & Westminster Rank the National Prov. Bank of England. Liverpool—The Bank of Liverpool, Ltd. Scotland—Tha British Linen Company Bank and Branches. Bankers in the United States—New York—The National City Bank, The Bank of New York, N.B.A. Boston—The Merchants' National Bank, J. B. Moors & Co. Buffalo—The Marine Bank, Buffalo. San Francisco—The First National Bank, The Bank of British Columbia, The Anglo-Californian Bank. Portland, Oregon—The Bank of British Columbia. Spokane, Wash, Bankoi Montreal. thb canadian bank • | or commerce:. Vt ith Which Is Amalgamated TThe Bank of British. Coluim.bia.. HEXA.E) OF^KIOE}: TORONTO. •Paid Up Capital - $ 8,7oo,ooo Rest * '• 3,ooo.ooo .Aggregate Resources Over 7 0,000,000- HON. GEO. A. COX, President. B. E. WALKER, General Manager. ALEX. LAIRD, Asst. General Manager. LONDON OFFICE: 60 LOMBARD ST., E. C. The Bank has 105 branches well distributed throughout the Dominion /and elsewhere, including the following in British Columbia and the Yukon District: Atlin, Greenwood, Nelson, Vancouver, -Cranbrook, Kamloops, New Westminster, Victoria. Dawson Ladysmith White Horse. ITerniej Nanaimo, BRANCHES IN THE UNITED STATES. New York, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle Skagway. Every description of banking business transacted. Letters of credit on all parts of the world. Exceptional facilities for handling gold dust. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received and interest paid at current rates. Victoria B. C, GEO. GILLESPIE, Manager BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ESTABLISHED 18S6. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1840. Paid Up Capital, £1,000,000 Sterling. Reserve Fund, $1,898,000 LONDON, ENG., OFFICES, 5 GRACECHURCH STREET, E. C. BRANCHES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA : Victoria, Vancouver, Rossland, Kaslo, Ashcroft, Greenwood. Also at the Gold Fields—DAWSON CITY. A Savings Bank Department Has Been Established n Connection With the Victoria Branch. (Highest Price Paid for Gold Dust and Amalgam. W. T. OLIVER/ Mgr., Victoria, B. C. Union Iron Works MINING & SMELTING MACHINERY, Water Jacketed Furnaces, Crushers, Hoists, Etc. Smelter Castings a Specialty. Complete Installations. "Write us for estimates. UNION IRON WORKS, . I SMITH & COMPANY LIMITED. Established I858. Manufacturers op High Class Biscuits ^ Confectionery Gold Medals awarded at Royal Agricultural Exhibition ■95, '96, '97, '98. Medal and Diploma awarded at Colonial and Indian Exhibitions. Silver Medals at Provincial Exhibitions, 1886. BRANCH- VICTORIA, B. C. 430 CORDOVA STREET, VANCOUVER ii XXIV ' THE MINING RECORD. TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES AND HOTELS. The Pleasure of Travel Is fully realized in travelling on the Canadian Pacific Railway. By its lines can be reached 'all Canadian Points, and its arrangement with American Railroads enable its agents to issue tickets to all points in the United States. It operates its own Sleeping and Dining Cars, and has its own Hotels and Steamships. Its magnificent scenery and the excellence of its service has made it the favorite route across the American Continent. Illustrated publications, as to its route, Banff, Yoho Valley, Glacier, &c. sent on application to any agent. * H. H, ABBOTT, Agent, VICTORIA, B. C. Or to E. J. COYLE, Ass't General Passenger Agent, VANCOUVER B. C. Esquimau and Nanaimo Railway. TIME THBLE NO. 48. Northbound. Daily. Leave. a.m. Victoria 9 :oo Shawnigan Lake io :20 Duncans 11 :oo P.M. Nanaimo 12:45 Ar. Wellington 1 :oo Southbound. Arrive. P.M. 12:06 10:46 10:02 8:15 Lv. 8:00 Northbound. Sat., Sun. and Wed. Southbound Arrive. P.M. Leave Victoria 4 :oo Shawnigan Lake 5 :I7 Duncans 5:55 Nanaimo 7:37 Ar. Wellington 7'S2 P.M. 7:55 6:46 5 =55- 4:15 Lv. 4 :oo Through Tickets to Crofton via Westholme, Stage leaves Daily, connecting with North and Sonth bonnd trains, Double stage service Saturdays Sundaysjand Wednesdays, connecting with morning and afternoon trains. Fare from Victoria, Single $2, Return $3. ' ^Through Tickets Victoria to ftlberni—Stage leaves Wellington Mondays and Thursdays on arrival of train from Victoria. Returning from Alberni •Tuesdays and Fridays. Fare from Victoria, single, $5.20, return $8.65 Through Tickets Victoria to Cowichan Lake via Duncans—Stage leaves Duncans Mondays Wednesday and Fridays. Fare from Victoria $5.00 return. Excursion rates in effect to all points good from Saturday until Monday. GEO. L. 60URTNEY, Traffic Manager. m 'tH^miMSN'S BAY -HAVE- GENERAL STORES -AT- Baie de Peres Eattleford i^Calgaf^/; s^Ghapleau Dauphin 7-./- Deloraine Edmonton *%JTort William Kamloops Langley||pR - Lethbridge Lower Fort Garry Macleod Mattawa Morden Nelson Pincher,$£reek Portage lj& Prairie Port Simpson Prince Albeit??;; Qu'Appelle Quesnelle Rat Portage Riding Mountain Shoal Lake iT^judbury Touchwood Hills Vancouver Victoria Vernon Whitewood ftyinnipeg Sgid*at other principal points in British Columbia, Manitoba and Northwest Territories. . Purchasers will find at jphese stores the best goods at moderate prices, imported direct from all the principal markets of the world.$|| EVERWB|LT GUARANJTEiD iENUINE OAK TANNED »tIer BiTINdl wm For Exposed Situations Use plancashire" Hair Belting. FELTEN&§LJILLEAUME,Carlswerk, Actien Gescfflschaft,M-ulheimon Rhine I CATALOGUES AND DISCOUNTS ON APPLICATION. -4Y& McLARENjf Montreal, Toronto. MANUFACTURERS OF ELECTRICAL LEADS AND CABLES «"•*■ .Electric Lighting Cables for Coal Pits witS-arrangement for avoiding fire damp explosions in case oi the cable breaking. WIRE ROPES FOR MINING Round and Flat Wire Ropes, "Albert," or so-called "Lang's 't-JJitobf Ropes, Patent Locked Coil Wire^Jlbpes, Patented Flattened Strand Wire Ropes. IRON, STEEL, COPPER AND BRONZE WjfcE Superior qualities. SOLE AGENTS FOR CANADA-Mia WATSON |p\CK^p|OMPANY, ■■}.[ MONTREAL. ''-$M| AIR CO IVI PRESSORS-"SIMPLE or COMPOUND. ROCK DRILESH STEAM or AIR. THE CANADIAN RAND DRILL COMPANY VANCOUVER, B. e. ROSSLAND, B.C. GREENWOOD, B. 6. Ti R/SDONMMS>n V\|3/#CS CABLE: RISOON'S CODES: A.B.C. MOREING A NEAL. LIEBERS, WESTERN UNION. ^Ld|^7:;;77' ||>REbQINQ lli/lCiilNERY. SAN FRANCISC&, CAL.. u. s. mm conp§ET|p7 EQuiPii^r Hi oi tunes. •WRITE FOR OUR SPECIAL CATALOGUES. TYEE COPPER COl SMELTING WORKS -HT- LADYSMITH CLERMONT LIVINGSTON, Manager. THOMAS KIDDIE, Smelter Manager. NORTHWESTERN SMELTING AND REFININGlf! Buyers of Gold, Silver and Copper 0|es, Mattes^§ Bullion, Furnace and Cyanide products^^^ LOCATION OF WORKS Crofton, |Vancouver Island, B». Published by the B. C. Record, Ld. Printed by T. R. Cusack, Victoria; Canada. rU.cr M/\nfli ■ STEAM SHOVELS IN GRANBY CO'^MINES-Ullustrated.) IS rlOll ATHABASCA-VEfUS MINES AND Mt»L»lllustratec^ 1,1 pra^I |*^VLDSTREAM-V1PtoRIA «-ECt^lCAL TRANSMISSlON-^lllustrated.) . . $ "*«•». -m***t%*0r^^T*ttini*£»+; -^sasss VOL. X. DECEMBER, 1903. No. 12. HeIHinton Electric CompanI LIMITED. Electric Motors. Blowers. Motors. Fans. Dynamos. Electric Mining apparatus. ll|C§"ORIA, i. c. Electrical Construction and Supplies. §p vangouver|b» m CAlpWEIlIi BROSICOI 115 Jackson St., SEATTLE. 1746*1748 Pacific Ave., TACOMA. MINING, CANNING, SAWMffiL and HYDRAULKp ilVaCHINEK^ilEIlCHANTSi Agents for Randvprill Co.; Hendrie & Bolttfbff Mfg. Co.; Astoria Iron Works, DeLoach Mill Mfg. Co.,-A. S. GkW~: eron Steam Pump Works; Cassels Automatic Water Motor Ggs7 etc. ^111111 ihe most complete stock of Hoisting Engines, Compressors, Drills and Portable Saw Mills carried on-^Ml Pacific Coast. K-2P7 7 . 7 7:%Aff If he Dominion Wire Rope Co| If|| Montreal, Canada Manufacturers of All Clares and Kinds of WIRE ROPES FOR ALL PURPOSES. .....v.-...: "LANti'S" PATE^fjSWIRE ROPES FOR COLLIERY AND GENERAL MINING PURPOSES. Branches:-Halifax, N.S.: St. Jp^pfc^f; Ottawa, TpMnto, Rat Porta|e£Ont.; Winnipeg, Man^anconver, B. C, Nelson and Rossland, Bi-fe.V PRICE720 <|ENTS. I m - - ... ■ i; _,■■.:■'-i We Have on Hand ■""" ^§7 w$&& "■■ '■■ A Large Assortment of the Best Scotch Wire Ropes (Fully Guaranteed.) Everything You;Require For Logging Purposes, Saw Mills, and Mining Camps. . We Invite Correspondence. MfLennan, McFeely & Co. Limited WHOLESALE HARDWARE i&NCOUVER, B. C. DAWSON, Y. T. Jenckes Machine Company MK THE FARREL PATENT CRUSHER "Standard of the World." In usjb in all countries and under ajj^con- ditions. A new catalogue in preparation. Ask for it now. Sherbrooke, Quebec. ; ROSSLAND. GREENWOODS Fried. KruppfAktiengesellschaft Grusonwerk (Madgeburg-Buckau Germany.) niNINQ flACHINERY ORE CRUSHING: Stone Breakers of Especially Strong construction. Roller Mills, Chilian Mills, Ball Mills, for dry and wet crushing—more than 1,800 at work. Stamp Batteries—Shoes and Dies of Krupp's Special Steel. AMALGAMATION: Amalgamation Tables and Pans," Las- rio'sGold Amalgamators, Settlers, &,c Separation and Concentration Separators, Exhausters, Hydraulic Classifiers, Percussion. Tables, Jiaaers, Rotating Round Tables. LEACHING PLANT. AGENTS ,7 •" /-COMPLETE GOLD ORE DRESSING PLANT (a) For treating by the Wet Method with Stamp Batteries, Amalgamation and Concentration. ft (b) For Dry Testing by Ball Mills, Dust Extraction and Leaching. COAL WASHING PLANT—Large Testing Station for Crushing and Dressing Ores at ■ElSttPt-i the Works. For CANADA—Jas. W. Pyke & Co, 35 St. Francois Xavier Street, Montreal ||| For the UNITED STATES—Thos. Grosser &. Son, 15 Gold Street, New York For MEXICO—Pablo Bergner, Apartado 549, MexfcjjL;-; fe s|| For SOUTH AFRICA—United Engineering Company, Ltd., P. 0. Box 399, Johannesburg, S. A. R THE MINING RECORD. ELEVATORS AND CONVEYORS. C M. PINCKARD, President. E. L. EYRE, Vice-President. J. M. GRAHAM, Secretary and Manager VULCAN IRON WORKS Manufacturers ol VULCAN DOUBLE-ROPE TRAMWAY. VULCAN ROPEWAY, (Single Eope System.) gig Office, 505 Mission St., Works, cor. Kearny and Francisco Streets, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Elevator Dredqes for Placer Mining Link Belt Machinery Co., Chicago, U.S.A. C. F. JACKSON & CO., Limited IMPORTERS OF Portland Cement, Scotch Firebricks and Fireclay, Calcutta Ore Sacks and Burlaps, Wire Rope (Agents for W. B. Brown & Co., Ld., England), Lubricating Oils. ' We carry large stocks and quote lowest prices. Sole agents for the district for tbe celebrated " Valvoline " Cylinder and Machine Oils, the?efo?etredbeTtTa\rTa°sSed Steel Rails to Import. WHARF—Heatley Ave., Vancouver. 151 Hastings St. W., Vancouver, B. C. and Liverpool, England THE ONLY Dredging Chain with Grit-Proof Articulations GELIGNITE—Strongest and Best Explosive in the Market MANUFACTURED BY . HAMILTON POWDER COMPANY (Incorporated 1861 . Manufacturers of High Explosives/ Blasting, Mining" and Sporting Powder, Dealers in Electric Blasting Apparatus, Safety Fuse, Detonators, Etc., Etc. WORKS: NANAIMO BRANCH OFFICE VICTORIA ALBION IRON WORKS, CO., LTD. J VICTORIA, B.C. Engineers, Boilermakers, Iron and Brass Founders, Stove Manufacturers. All kinds of Land and Marine Engines. Boilers of all kinds up to 15 ' diameter. Pumps, Hoists, Ore Cars, Smelter Castings, Logging Engines, Centrifugal Pumps, Air Compressors. Specialists in Screw Pro- pellors, Patent Cannery Retorts. All kinds and sizes of Stoves. Assay and Chemical Supply Co., Limited. THE MINING RECORD. ASSAYERS' SUPPLIES AND ENGINEERING INSTRUMENTS. HEAD OFFICE: MONTREAL. LOCAL OFFICES: VANCOUVER, NELSON, ROSSLAND and GREENWOOD Direct Importers of Hssayers' and Mill Supplies Headquarters for Laboratory Apparatus of all kinds, Bohemian Chemical Glassware, C. P. Acids, Potassium Cyanide and Quicksilver Sol e agents in British Columbia for Morgan Crucible Co., Battersea, England ;F. W. Braun & Co's Patent Cary Furnaces. Burners, etc.; W. Ainsworth & Sons' Fine Balances Write for our prices ADDRESS 733 Pender St., Vancouver, B. ©. Elevating-Conveying J Power, Transmission, Screening, Crushing, Dredging, Rock and Coal Drilling, Coal Cutting, Hauling and washing machinery. The JEFFREY MFG. CO. COLUMBUS, O-, U S.A. A* Van Der Naillens' School of Practical, Civil, Mining, Electrical Mechanical Engineering. Surveying, Architecture, Drawing and Assaying, Cyanide, Chlorination, Metallurgy. Assaying of ores, $25; Bullion and Chlorination AssHy, $25; Blow Pipe Assay, $10; Full Course of Assaying, $50. Established 1864. Open all year SEND FOR CIRCULAR. 113 FULTON STREET, One Block West of City Hall, SAN FRANCISCO. MICHIGAN COLLEGE OF MINES. F. W. McNAIR, President. A State Institution located in and making use of an active mining district. For Year Book giving list of graduates and their occupations apply to President or Secretary. Houghton, Michigan. PATENTS, Caveats, Designs, Copyrights and Trade Marks obtained in Canada and all foreign countries. ROWLAND BRITTAIN, Registered Patent Attorney and Mechanical Engineer. Write for full information and references. Satisfaction guaranteed. Room 3, Fairfield Block, Granville St., near Post Office. VANCOUVER B. C THE DENVER FIRE CLAY COMPANY m o ^ < m 03 <u £ '*& Ji O tg £ ii z 8s bo o 1742 to 1746 Champa St. DENVER, COLORADO. PLATINUM REFINERS New York Office: 121 LIBERTY STREET WE are always in the Market for CRUDE OR NATIVE PLATINUM. BAKER & CO. NEWARK, N. J. THE MINING RECORD. III. CABLES, PUMPS, ETC. P^ ESTABLISHED IS57 ^^WIRE: RODF OF every MlNES,QyARRIES,| ELErVATp R.S ETC. mE5CHENC50N5ROPEC0! 920-922 NORTH l^T ST. ST. LOU 15, MpJ Teschen co's tramway at the ALTA MINES CO, TELLURIDE COLO. Metal Melting Adapted to Brass, Iron and Steel. Metal Melting and Refining Furnaces, To Brass, Iron and Steel Mellers: We offer to melters of Brass, Copper, Bronze, Gray Iron, Malleable Iron, Steel and all kinds of metal, our Schwartz Metal Melting, and Repining Fuknace. The fuel used is distillate oil or gas. This furnace Is built in sizes ranging from 300 to 6000 lbs. per heat. The furnace is lined with high- grade rlie brick tile for the brass melting, and silica brick for iron and steel melting. This device is simple in construction, durable and easily handled. NO CRUCIBLES ARE REQUIRED. The cost of labor and th^ melting of metal is reduced to less than one-half of the old crucible practice; under ordinary conditions any foundry can save the entire cost of the installation of the furnace in from four to five months, and produce a better qualitjj of metal than by any other known process. Hundreds of these furnaces have been installed after the first one has been tried, and in every case satisfactory. By writing to us, giving description of the metal you melt, and the amount turned out daily, it will enable us to submit to you a proposition for the proper size furnace and thecost of installing same. Sole Agents Pacific Coast, GEO. E. DOW, Pumping Engine CO. 179 First Street, San Francisco, Cal, IV. THE MINING RECORD. HYDRAULIC PLANTS, PUMPS, ETC. 20 Copies a Minute. ALWAYS READY. To copy a letter with the Foyer Cylinder Letter Press you have only to throw on the pressure—one motion—feed your letter into the rolls and tnrn the handle. The letter comes out copied perfectly. If you wish another copy ofthe same letter put it in again. You can take at least six good copies of one letter. Perfect copies always. No brush, no blurred letters or copies, no rags. Always readable. For further particulars address MACKENZIE URQUHART, Commercial Stationer, 412 Granville St., VANCOUVER, B.C. VANCOUVER ENGINEERING WORKS, Ltd., —ENGINEERS. Agents for Northey Co., Ltd., Atlas Engine Works, Laurie Engine Co. Buffalo Forge Co.. Medart Pulley Co., J. C. McLaren Belting Co., Goulds Manufacturing Co. STOCK IN YSNeOUYER FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY BOILERS. Vertical Tubular, 100 lbs. Vertical Tubular, 100 lbs. 150 lbs. pres- 6 in. x 6 in., are working One Locomotive Marine, 175 lbs. pressure ; will steam 14-in. x 72-in. engine. Two 66 x 16 Horizontal Tubular, 120 lbs. pressure. Two 60 x 16 Horizontal Tubular, 115 lbs. pressure. Two 48 x 14 Horizontal Tubular, 120 lbs. pressure. One 42 x 14 Horizontal Tubular, 105 lbs. pressure. One 25-h.p. Vertical Tubular, 100 lbs. pressure. One 15-h.p. pressure. Two 7-h.p. pressure. One Locomotive Marine, sure, S.H. 150-h.p. One Scotch Marine 4 ft. 120 lbs. pressure. S.H.* All pressures given •pressures. ENGINES. One 10-in. x 15-in. Fraser & Chalmers Automatic Slide Valve. One 9-in. x 14-in. Laurie High Speed. One 8-in. x 12-in. Laurie High Speed. One 7-in. x 10-in. Laurie High Speed. One 8-in. x 8-in. Laurie Rival Horizontal One 7-in. x 8-in. Laurie Rival Horizontal One 6-in. x 6-in. Laurie Rival Horizontal One 5-in. x 6-in. Laurie Rival Horizontal One 7-in. x 7-in. Nagle Vertical. One set 14 x 72 Stern-Wheel S.H. One set 7 x 36 Stern-Wheel S.H. HEATERS. One 30-h.p. Laurie. Two 40-h.p. Laurie. One 50-h.p. Laurie. One 60-h.p. Laurie. One 100-h.p. Laurie. One 125-h.p. Laurie. Two 50-h.p. Heaters, S.H. *S. H. means second hand. PUMPS. Two 3x1^x3 Northey Duplex. Six 3x2x3 Northey Duplex. Five 4^x2^x4 Northey Duplex. Seven 5J4x3j4x6 Northey Duplex. Six 6x4x7 Northey Duplex. One 7^2x45^x6 Northey Duplex. One 7^x5x6 Northey Duplex. One 5^x4^x6 Tank Pump Duplex. • Three 4^x3^x4 Tank Pump Duplex. One 5J^x3J4x7 O. P. Plunger Pump. Two 4^x4^x6 O. P. Plunger Pump. Two 4x2%x5 O. P. Plunger Pump. - One 7x3^x12 Northey Sinking Pump. Two 6-in. Iron Horiztl Gould Centrifgl. Two 5-in. Iron Horiztl Gould Centrifgl. One 4-in. Iron Horiztl Gould Centrifgl. One 3j^-in. Iron Horiztl Gould Centrifgl One 3-in. Iron Horiztl Gould Centrifgl. One Northey Horiztl Centrifgl No. 5. One Northey Horiztl Centrifugal No. 6. Two 8-in. Centrifugal Belt Driven, S.H. One 12-in Centrifugal Belt Driven,. S.H. One 18-in. Centriugal Belt Driven, S.H One 4-in. Centrifugal Direct Connected to 4-in. x 4 in. engine. One 3x2x3 Duplex Snow, S.H. One 4-in. x 6-in.Knowles Electric Sinking Pump with 15-h.p. 500 volt motor. BUFFALO BLOWERS. 2 No. 1 Blower with affixed countershaft 2 N0.2 Blower with affixed countershaft 3 No. 3 Plain with 4% in. outlet. 2 No. 4 Plain with 5% in. outlet. 4 No. 5 Plain with $y in. outlet. 2 No. 6 Plain with 6y in. outlet. 1 No. 7 Plain with 7J4 in. outlet. HOISTS. One 8x10 Double Cylinder S. D. Hoist grooved for y± wire. One 6x8 Double Cylinder S. D. Hendrie & Bolthoff Hoist. .. Two 5x5 Vertical Hoists. " T " RAILS. 100 tons 12 lb. Rails with Plates. 75 tons 8 lb. Rails with Plates. 3 tons 5-16 x 3 Track Spikes. 4 tons % x 3 Track Spikes. WATER WHEELS. 1 pair 8 in. Twin Boss Water Wheels. 1 pair 16 in. Twin Boss Water Wheels. 1 Pelton Wheel 48 in. MINING MACHINERY. 1 Classifier 2ft. x 4ft—1J4 hi. openings. 1 Classifier 6ft. x 20 ft.—iyin. openings : 1 F. & C. Ore Sampler, complete. 1 B. F. Co. No. 9 continuous shears. 1 Dpty No. 5 size A hand-power punch. I 1 Champion Upright self feeding drill, No. 7, with pulley and 1 set drills (12) y in. to 1 in. inclusive. 1 Fairbanks No. 2268 R.B. Depot Scale. 1 Howe No. 144 Wheelbarrow. 2 Trommel sizers 3ft x gin. complete with housings and screens in three sections. 1 Belt-driven Challenge Ore Feeder, complete. Two 3-section Classifiers 66-in x 106-in. complete. 2 sets 24in. x 14 geared rolls complete with manganese steel shells. 1 set 24m. x 14 belt rolls complete with manganese steel shells. 1 set gin. x gin. belt rolls with pulley and belt to drive. 1 i6in. F. & C. Copper Coil Heater. 6 Extra Sections covering for Classifiers, No. 18 English standard gauge steel 3-2 m.m. and 3-3 m.m rd. holes rolled burr inside to 36 in. c. 1 Single Comp. Slide Jig "ironwork only, complete with* brass screens and gank rods. One 2-in. Comp. Slide Jig, ironwork only, complete with brass screens and gank rods. Eight 4-Comp. Automatic & Hyde Hartz Jigs, ironwork only, complete. We carry a large stock of plate from jo gauge to $i in., boiler tubes from Ij4 in. to 4 in., shafting, leather and rubber beltinsr, angle-iron from 1 in. x 1 in. x 3-16 to 4 in. x 4 x y2 in., bar ironj (all sizes), valves, fittings, etc. THE MINING RECOED. GENERATORS AND MOTORS. STANDARD Sinqle and Double Drum Vulean Geared Hoists With or Without Reversible Link Motion. Cut Steel or Rawhide Pinions. With either Bar or Dial ndicator? Write us of your requirements and we will send you complete specifications and prices. The Hendrie & Bolthoff Manf g and Supply Co. Denver, Colo., I U. S. A. VI. THE MINING RECORD. BENNETT'S FUSE CROWN BRAND § THE KING OF FUSES |g The WHITE COUNTERED GUTTA PERCHA FUSE is the POPULAR FAVORITE in th.l mines of British Columbia, Australia, the Transvaal, and the World over. Beware of Spurioui| Imitations Made to Catch the Unwary. HOLMAN; BROS. CAMBORN CORNWALL •Manufacturers of ST Boilers, Air Compressors, Mining Machinery The Holman Patent Roek brill Specially Adapted to B. C: Mining. Awarded GoldJMedal Greater Britain Exhibition Awarded Gold Medal Paris 19(1 CHARLES CAMMELL & CO. Ld SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND, Manufacturers of Drill Steels, Best Refined Cast Steel Files, and Rasps, Steel Axles, Wheel and Cranks. Rails and Fish Plates made to any specification. Steel Plates, etc. Stamp Mill Dies and Shoes. ROWLAND MACHIN| 5 Yates St., VICTORIA, B,'j|| ". |y '" ' General Agent for Canada For all lines excepting Steel Rails of 30 lbs, per yard and upwards, with their relative accessories. THB MINING RECORD. VII. MISCELLANEOUS MACHINERY, ETC. FAIRBANKS j Renewable Asbestos Disc Globe Valves made of Best Steam Metal, used by Largest and j Most Modern Plants in Canada. Try one and be convinced. | Our stock of Pipe and Fittings is Complete. We quote Low Prices and Ship Promptly. Catalogue upon application. THE FAIRBANKS COMPANY 153 Hastings Street, Vancouver, B. C. Canton Steel I Works The only plant in the United States devoted exclusively to the manufacture of steel for' Mining and Railroad construction. Canton Brands are Hammered, not Rolled, and sold under GUARANTEE. Miners Will find the Steel List, published by 6HNTCN STEEL 6©'Y, DENVER, e©L©., contains much information which will prove'o interest. Mailed upon application. McLennan, McFeely & 00., Agents for V»N0©DVER, B. e. gggyr " "" 'T^^S Rill EBil ^vSg^ffi? <£&/ ■H&&4 AERIAL WIRE ROPE TRAMWAY SINGLE and DOUBLE ROPE SYSTEM Fortransportlng ore, fuel, earth, sugar cane, etc., by wire rope Simple, Economical, Practical, Durable. Loads Mechanically, Dumps Automatically CABLEWAYS. INCLINE PLANES. LOGGING BY CABLES. TRANSMISSION BY WIRE ROPE. CABLE GRIPS. AUTOMATIC LOADERS. Plowing, Scraping and Transporting by Wire Ropes, Designed, Supplied and Erected. Estimates Furnished. Improved GRIP PULLE\ Patents Nos. 483,442; 610,353. Effective, Simple, Automatic. SAVES WEAR onJWIRE ROPE and CABI,B Send for Illustrated Pamphlet. Correspondence Solicited. Hallidie-Painter Tramway Co Successors to CALIFORNIA WIRE WORKS, 46-48 Fremont St., San Francisco, California. VIII. THE MINING RECORD. PUMPING MACHINERY FOR Mines & Waterworks OF ALL KINDS. BELT OR DIRECT DRIVEN BY MOTOR OR. STEAM ENGINE. Hathorn, Davey & Co., Ltd. LEEDS, ENGLAND. PEACOCK BROTHERS, Sole Canadian Representatives, Canada Life Bldg., Montreal. Send for Catalogues and Specifications* Cnnliffe & McMillan, Agents at Rossland Yancoeer Engineering Works, Yanconver, B. O. THE *$K»roti» 962 King St. Subway. The Northey Gas and Gasolene Engine; cheap, safe and handy. Send for booklet. I f The Brackman & Ker Milling Co., Ltd. Manufacturers ofthe Celebrated Facilities Unequalled for Supplying the West with the Best Quality of Grain, Hay or Mill Feed. 13 |« ROLLED ! OATS. (Registered.) I X Victoria.. Nelson. f v"K3Luni™t., RoslSco„a. --^Unequalled in the World. | ms TM SMITH-VAILE STEAM PUMPS Are built with special reference to perform the service for which they are intended with a minimum use of steam. We Build Steam, Power and Electrical PUMPS for Every Possible Duty. Victor Turbine Water Wheels. Air Compressors and Filter Presses. If interested, address THE STILLWELL-BIERCE & SMITH-VAILE CO., 293 Lehman St., DAYTON, OHIO, U.S A, The Mining Record VOL. X. DECEMBER, 1903. No. 12 BRITISH COLUMBIA MINING RECORD Devoted to the /lining Interests of the Pacific Northwest. PUBLISHED BY THE BRITISH COLUMBIA RECORD, LIMITED H. MORTIflER LAMB, flanagins Editor. Victoria, B. C, Office, Province Building. Vancouver, P. W. Charleson, Hastings St. London Office: 24 Coleman Street, E. C, Denver, Col.: National Advertising Co. San Francisco: Dake's Agency. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: Canada and the United States, one year - Great Britain and Foreign, one year - • Advertising; Rates on Application. $3.00 $2.50 Address all communications to The Managing Editor, B. O. Record, Ltd., P. O. Drawer 645, Victoria, B. C. THE MONTH. Development in the Camborne district this year has afforded most encouraging results, and it is satisfactory to note that the mines in this promising section are already becoming productive, while if present values are maintained, operations promise to yield reasonably profitable returns. During the year stamp- mills have been erected at three properties, and crushing was started at the Eva last month, the first cleanup resulting in a fair recovery. Mr. Jay P. Graves, general manager of the Granby Company, is reported to have stated in an interview the other day that the directors hope to commence the payment of regular dividends in the near future at the quarterly rate of one per cent., or what would be equivalent to io per cent, per annum on the present market value ($4) of the shares. An announcement made un- otncially in this manner cannot, however, be accepted unreservedly, but if it be true that the Granby Company is in a position to distribute profits among its shareholders, it is certainly strange that this intimation was not given at the recent annual meeting, at what would seem to have been a fit and opportune occasion. Of course this might possibly have been the case, but certainly no mention of it having been done appeared to our knowledge at the time in any of the published reports of the meeting in question. Rather an interesting shipment of ore was made a week or so ago from a mine in the Burnt Basin to a Welsh refinery. The ore from this property is supposed to contain platinum in commercial quantities, and previous tests, of which there have been four in all, have certainly confirmed this presumption, detailed analyses having revealed not only the presence of. platinum but also of osmium and iridium, while one quantitative test gave a result of a quarter of an ounce of platinum to the ton, this being described as a "commercial" percentage. The present consignment of ore to Wales is made with.a view of ascertaining the state in which platinum is contained in the ore, and of determining the best method of recovering it. The lead in addition carries values in gold and copper. Speculation in the shares of local mining companies has practically ceased, and it is noteworthy that with the solitary exception of the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company's shares, which are at a premium, all mining stocks are now quoted at a very considerable discount. In several instances, in fact,* present prices do not fairly represent the. intrinsic value of the securities any more than was the case when the market was absurdly inflated, and there can be no doubt that judicious investment in standard Rossland and other mining stocks at this moment would prove at no distant date decidedly remunerative. The British Columbian section of the London market is equally flat, but relatively speaking the speculative opportunities are less promising in the case of British-owned mines than are afforded by investment in the shares at present prices of either Canadian or American companies operating in the Province. Recently we expressed the view that all signs pointed towards a general revival of mining activity in British Columbia. Already a distinct improvement in the situation has taken place, and it is safe to say that 1904 will witness greater industrial growth, wider expansion of the industry, and its establishment on a more generally profitable footing. The London Mining fournal in a recent issue gives an interesting description of a new invention, a rock- boring machine designed to reduce the number of men employed in hand-drilling by dispensing with a man to hold the drill-steel. The machine consists of a cylinder in which the drill steel is held, and in which there is also a spring to set the steel again for another blow, and a ratchet movement for altering the position of the drill-steel edge. The miner striking the drill stands with one foot on an iron plate, and when the blow has been delivered he simultaneously releases the footplate by which the spring ratchet movement is brought into play, and thus sets the tool for another 878 THE MINING RECORD. blow. The machine is very compact and portable, and is adapted for either face working with tripod stand, or with spreader bar for work in mine levels in any position and at any angle.' It is claimed for the machine that the tool, which is inexpensive, will save its cost in a few weeks by dispensing with the services of a holder-up and by cleaner and more rapid drilling. At a trial the machine worked well in either sandstone or granite, and seemed adapted for unskilled labour. The local management of the Hall Mining & Smelting Company in one instance, and several mining and smelting men, also of Nelson, in another, have during the past twelve months brought about changes in conditions affecting the smelters, more particularly those treating silver-lead ores, that tend to reduce the cost of smelting. The opening up in the Boundary district of the Emma mine, the ore from which has a high iron content suitable for fluxing-purposes, and as well sufficient values in copper and precious metals to pay a considerable proportion, if not all of the mining and freight charges, has done away with the previously existing necessity for using a barren iron flux. Similarly the development of the Hunter V. mine, in the Ymir district, has provided an ore having a high percentage of lime, also very necessary as a flux, and carrying values in gold and silver that return nearly $10 per ton above freight and treatment charges, this obviating the necessity for using a barren lime flux. A double benefit is derived from these improved conditions, viz: two mines are being worked at a profit to their owners, and the smelters can obtain fluxes at little or no cost instead of having to pay for quarrying and transporting them. The enterprise of Mr. P. H. Craven in leasing the O. K. stamp mill, near Rossland, and in making and carrying out arrangements to treat on a royalty basis the 2,000 to 3,000 tons of ore contained in the second- grade ore dump of the neighbouring I. X. L. mine, is an object lesson that might with advantage be carefully studied elsewhere in the Province. The I. X. L. ore that Mr. Craven is handling successfully and profitably, contains, so we are informed, only about $4 to the ton in free gold, and the greater part of this is saved on the amalgamating plates. About 25 tons a day were put through the mill during four mill-runs the last three months, with the result that 434 ozs. of gold were recovered.. The money value of this gold is not large—$7,000 to $7,500—but the value of this example of what may be done where practical experience and pluck are combined, should be considerable. Mr. Craven deserves success, for he recognized an opportunity that few if any others realized was open to them as well as to him. It is gratifying to know that his operations are leaving him a margin of profit, and still more satisfactory to learn that his enterprise has in some measure demonstrated the practicability of turning to good account ore dumps heretofore considered too low grade for profitable treatment. The returns of the season's operations in the Yukon, which are now practically complete may be regarded as reasonably satisfactory. They certainly do not afford any evidence of an early exhaustion of the alluvial gold deposits of that region, despite the fact that the gold yield is somewhat below the amount recovered in 1902. This decrease is, however, easily accounted for on the score of a drought of six weeks duration during the summer, and a consequent shortage of water at a critical time. As an indication, moreover, of the extent of mining activity on the creeks in the vicinity of Dawson, the output again cannot be considered as affording a trustworthy measure for comparison, for it fails to take into account a great deal of exploitation and development work, the result of which generally is said to be most promising. Although fewer claims are now being worked than was the case at the time of the earlier excitements of '98 and '99, operations are now carried on much more effectively, the payable portion of the gravels on the proved gold-bearing creeks having been accurately determined, with the consequent result that there is less waste of effort. The productive area is meanwhile gradually expanding, while costs are being steadily reduced by the introduction and employment of modern mining appliances and methods. The prompt punishment by imprisonment of the man Tanghe who sought by a subterfuge to obtain possession of a portion of the Lucky Jack claim at Poplar Creek is a matter for congratulation, although it is only what should be looked for as a matter of right in our mining camps, where justice rather than smartness prevails. The position, was a very simple one; a deal of gold quartz, commonly known among prospectors as "float," lay loose in a draw immediately below where the Lucky Jack ledge stood out from the face of the bluff above. From personal knowledge of the position we have no hesitation in expressing the opinion that by no ordinary stretch of imagination could the ground where this quartz lay be. properly designated placer ground. The action of the Gold Commissioner, therefore, in ordering the jumper Tanghe to remove his stakes was, in our judgment, an eminently proper one. Equally so was the action of the magistrate, if within his powers, in giving Tanghe three months' imprisonment for his defiance of the Gold Commissioner, and it is well that an example was immediately made of this offender. Swift and sure justice is imperative in a mining camp if the rights of bona fide holders of mineral claims are to be maintained. There should be no room for sharks and sharpers in British Columbia mining camps, and the sooner and oftener this truth is brought home to members of that class the better for the camp immediately affected and the mining districts of the Province at large. Further, the only way to secure proper respect being paid to the decisions of the Gold Commissioner is to punish those who refuse to abide by them. That this was done in the Poplar Creek case under notice will have the effect of impressing upon those disposed THE MINING RECORD. 879 to be a law unto themselves that in British Columbia they must either obey the properly constituted authorities or take the consequences of [ their disobedience, as Tanghe has had to do. The Revelstoke Herald recently published a timely editorial advocating the establishment in the Province of Mining Courts to deal summarily with any ordinary mining litigation. It pointed out that such courts exist in most mining countries in the British Empire; that they deal promptly and satisfactorily with most mining disputes; and that they would be a boon in outlying districts like Cariboo, Omineca, Cassiar and Atlin especially,'while even in the less remote mining districts the law's delays, so vexatious to litigants, would, so far as mining matters are concerned, be removed. It appears that before British Columbia joined the Dominion a similar system to that now advocated was in force, and that after entering the Confederation the Province attempted to revive the procedure, re-constituting the Mining Courts and giving large judicial powers to Gold Commissioners, provision being made for appeals to higher courts where necessary. In 1900, however, it was held that the Province had exceeded its powers under the British North America Act in thus giving Gold Commissioners judicial powers, the appointment of judges resting with the Dominion only. The Herald proposes as a way out of the difficulty that the Governor-General- in-Council be requested by the Provincial Government to make an Order that upon the appointment of a Gold Commissioner in British Columbit he shall, ipso facto, become judge of the Mining Court in his district. If an assurance were obtained that upon the recommendation of the Provincial Executive Gold Commissioners would be appointed Mining Court judges the Provincial Legislature would very quickly provide for the establishment of Mining Courts, to be held whenever necessary at the offices of Gold Commissioners throughout the Province. As a rule Gold Commissioners are men who have lived'many years in mining districts and are familiar with mining regulations and conditions, consequently in any ordinary dispute they could be relied upon to do justice in matters referred to them for adjudication. At any rate the system works well in other British mining countries, so it should prove equally satisfactory in this Province. priation of $10,000 has already been made by the Dominion Parliament to provide for the establishment of a Mining Bureau in connection with the Department of the Interior does not lessen the necessity for making adequate monetary provision for continuing the valuable work of the Survey. It is stated that $5,000 has also been appropriated with the object of providing metallurgical assistance to the Survey, but the contention of Mr. E. D. Ingall, Chief of the Mines Section of the Survey, that with the present rapid . growth of our mineral industries a much more vigorous policy is needed to meet even the most pressing needs of those interested in exploiting our mineral resources, is heartily approved in the West, where mining has before it a future big with possibilities which may fairly be described as stupendous, but where there is still a very large area of little-known country, much of it believed to be mineral-bearing, to be examined. With the Survey keeping well in view the present and growing importance of continuing to give attention to practical work, looking to the development of our various mineral resources, and the Mining Bureau collecting and promptly publishing information and statistics relative to the mining industry—and such information to be of the greatest utility must be published promptly, not held over for months, as has been the custom of both the Survey and the Provincial Department of Mines—much benefit will result, both to the country at large and to those directly interested in mining. A review of that part of the Summary Report of the Geological Survey Department of Canada for the year 1902 which relates more. particularly to British Columbia and other parts of the far western portion of the Dominion, appears elsewhere in this issue of the Record. At its close expression is given to the hope that the British Columbia members of 'the Federal House of Commons will support more liberal appropriations being made to the Survey, so that its useful work may be continued and enlarged, particularly in the West, where the mineral resources of the country are believed to be enormous. The fact that an appro- The adaptability of the Elmore process of oil concentration to the treatment of certain classes of Rossland ores seems now to be fairly well substantiated, the War Eagle and Centre Star companies having already, in consequence of the successful test runs made by the Le Roi No. 2 concentrator, and doubtless also after obtaining satisfactory proof of the commercial and metallurgical efficiency of the method, ordered a mill of 50 tons daily capacity from the Canadian Ore Concentration Co., while other mines at Rossland are, we are informed, likely ere long to follow suit. It is impossible to overestimate the importance of this intelligence, and we think we hardly exaggerate in stating that the successful application of oil concentration in Rossland will prove to be one of the most memorable events in the history of mining in British Columbia. Meanwhile strong representations are to be made to the Dominion Government suggesting the removal of the duty of 5 cents per gallon on mineral oil of the character used in connection with this process, it being advanced that the duty adds materially to the cost of a metallurgical process which promises to prove of great practical benefit to the mining industry of the Province, and therefore to Canada. The Canadian Ore Concentration Company and its licensees would, it is stated, prefer to use an oil of Canadian origin, were such available, but so far the oil employed has had to be imported from the United States and has been subject to an import duty of 5 cents per gallon in addition to a duty on the barrels in 880 THE MINING RECORD. which it is packed. Such barrels are unsalable in Rossland. As the loss of oil incident to the operation of the Elmore process is, on the average, one gallon per ton of ore treated and may rise in some cases to two gallons per ton, it is evident that the duty levies a tax of from five cents to ten cents per ton of ore in addition to the duty on the barrels. This is such a severe charge on the treatment of low-grade ores as to materially limit the introduction of the process. It is submitted that as the necessary supply of oil cannot be obtained in the Dominion, and in view of the facts above set out, that the duty on the oil and on the packages should be abolished. The physical properties of the oil required are: (a) A high viscosity; (b) a low specific gravity; (c) a high flash point; (d) a low price; and it has been proved by careful and patient inquiry that the elements (a), (b) and (c) cannot be secured in any of the Canadian oils, samples of which have so far been obtained. Persistent efforts continue to be made to secure from every prominent mining camp in the United States a thoroughly characteristic and complete mineral exhibit at the St. Louis Exposition, to be held next year. There is good reason to conclude that the exhibit in the Mines and Metallurgy Department of the Exposition will be the most comprehensive yet seen on this Continent, and that this unusually good opportunity to make an effective display of ores fully representative of the mineral resources of their respective leading mining camps will be taken advantage of by the mining States generally. But whilst our neighbours south of the international boundary line appear to be alive to the importance of the occasion, and to recognize that material benefit may be expected to result to mining districts using this means of attracting attention to their mines and the openings they offer for the employment of capital, British Columbia gives no sign of a similar appreciation of the duty it owes to its mining industry, to secure the more extensive development of which should be its constant care. It is true that some months since circulars were sent out on behalf of the Exhibition Branch of the Dominion Department of Agriculture, requesting that mineral specimens for St. Louis be sent to Ottawa, .but it is doubtful if any general response resulted. So far as we have been informed, not one of the mining camps of the Province has yet sent a thoroughly representative collection of minerals for exhibition at St. Louis. Individual properties here and there have sent ore exhibits, and in several camps visited last spring by a representative of the Department of Agriculture collections of mineral specimens were made and sent to Ottawa. Good as these may be in their way they are neither complete nor even fairly representative of the mining industry of British Columbia. It may be that it is now too late to secure as much space at the Exposition as so important a mining section of the Dominion should have, but surely there is still time to make something more than a patchwork display. The total value of the Dominion's production of these four metals (including placer gold) in 1902 was $28,- 511,767, in the following proportions: Yukon Territory (placer gold only), $14,500,000; British Columbia, $12,174,242; remainder of Canada, $1,837,525. From this it will be seen that this Province easily leads in the Dominion in the production of lode gold, silver, copper and lead, so it should be well represented on the few occasions that offer to widely advertise its mineral wealth. But if anything effective is to be done at St. Louis it should be done without farther delay. Will the Boards of Trade of the Province take'the initiative and endeavour to arouse a genuine and general interest in this matter, or is this unusually favourable opportunity to call attention to the mineral resources of the Province to be, by general consent, neglected? The possibility of the successful adoption of a new and very economical process for the treatment of the low-grade ferruginous ores of the Rossland camp is a matter of great interest. This new process, the invention of Dr. Hendryx, of Los Angeles, a brief account of which we published last month, is a development of the cyanide process in conjunction with the use of electricity. It is claimed for it, that it will accomplish all that the cyanide process proper is capable of accomplishing but with this further advantage, that reduction is completed in from an eighth to a quarter of the time, while costs are if anything less. in the Rossland district, the ores may be divided into two general classes, both low-grade, the one a silicious ore and the other containing a very large percentage of iron. The iron ores are found in very large quantities on Monte Christo and Kootenay mountains and also at the No. 1, Jumbo and other properties. On Monte Christo and Kootenay mountains, for example, there are probably at least half a dozen mines that might be profitably operated provided some such cheap and easy method for the recovery of values as the Hendryx process is said to afford could be effectively applied. The "if" in the case, is, of course all-embracing, and it may be yet early, until something more definite is known, to discuss probabilities and the influence the introduction of the process is likely to 'exert in the stimulation of mining activity at Rossland. There is this, however, to be added, that by laboratory experiment, not always, it is true, a satisfactory means of demonstrating the economical value of a chemical process, the Hendryx process or a slight modification of it has given excellent results when tested upon the iron ores of the Rossland-Kootenay and other mines. Again, with the steady advance of metallurgical science it is difficult to believe that failing the Hendryx, a means will not be ere long discovered by which these large Rossland deposits may be turned to commercial account. There are, of course, at present, methods by which the iron ores can be treated, but to all of them there is an objection. The ores, for example, are amenable to smelter treatment, but the demand of this class of ore for fluxing purposes is comparatively limited, and it would not pay to smelt them for the value of their contents alone. THE MINING RECORD. 881 Moreover, even the existing demand is likely to be reduced, when the high-grade concentrates produced by the Elmore process are offered in the market. Pyritic smelting also is possibly feasible, but apart from the metallurgical side of the question, here again local conditions, entailing a large original outlay for water supply and plant, are not especially favourable. The same objections apply to the Pohle-Croisdaile process, which also by-the-way is not yet sufficiently perfected. Hence the principal features of the Hendryx process in respect to economy of operation, practical completeness of extraction, and relatively low cost of installation, appear to peculiar advantage, and in consequence mining men at Rossland anticipate with the keenest possible interest the result of the investigations and practical tests now being made. Since the above was written we learn that only one test with the Hendryx process has been made on Rossland ores, this being a sample of heavy iron ore from Kootenay mountain. The saving of gold in this case, however, was 87 per cent., leaving but 93 cents in the tailings. The operation was completed in six hours, the solution used containing about one-twentieth of one per cent, of cyanide, on 80-mesh. Our informant writes: "It is too soon to say that the Hendryx process will revolutioni'ze milling, but the results of the few runs made so far have been truly wonderful. You know what it will mean, to be able to work Rossland or Republic ores assaying less than $5.00, at a profit." at any rate no grounds for either dissatisfaction or complaint. At the meeting of the Hall Mining & Smelting Company held in London at the latter end of last month, the Chairman in the course of his address, referred to the arrangement which some time ago evoked the criticism of a London contemporary, of the leasing of the Silver King Mine to Mr. Davys, the late superintendent. The remarks made by this gentleman in relation to the matter, bear out the opinions we expressed on the occasion when defending the Company from the attack to which we have referred. In closing (down the mine, and in subsequently leasing it to Mr. Davys, the directors, far from acting hastily or foolishly, followed the only course open to them as business men. Before deciding to abandon the property, they were informed by their own manager, "who was supposed to know every inch of the mine, that it was completely gutted of ore," and this opinion was corroborated by the testimony of two independent engineers. The Company was then short of funds and consequently had the directors, in the face of expert advice to the contrary, expended further sums in exploiting the property, they would undoubtedly have placed themselves in a very false position in the possible event of failure. It is true that Mr. Davys had persistently maintained his belief in the existence of pay ore beyond the worked-out ground in the upper levels, but it certainly seemed better at the time in the interests of the company that he should be given the opportunity, as lessor, to substantiate his contention at his own expense and risk, rather than the company's money should be put at stake in the endeavour. The shareholders have now But with all due allowance for the natural disappointment of the Chairman of the Hall Mines at the poor showing made by the Company during the year, coupled with the knowledge that Mr. Davys had been able to earn from the Silver King an amount sufficient to have covered the Company's loss during the period had it continued to operate the property, his strictures on mining engineers as a class, and the opinion he offers, that "mining experts were worth very much less than the money which one had to pay them in order to obtain them," are surely somewhat childish and silly. In the case in point, two engineers were called in to give a definite opinion on the advisability of continuing work at the mine. They expressed the opinion that the indications did not warrant the risk of further expenditures, and there is no doubt at all that the condition of the mine at that time, the fruitless attempts that had been made to discover other ore bodies, by diamond drilling, fully justified the conclusions arrived at. If an ore body has become exhausted, it does not require special knowledge to determine that the ground can no longer be profitably mined. The advantage of expert opinion in such a case is to ascertain whether there is any thing to indicate a further discovery of ore. At the time the examination of the Silver King was made, the indications were not favourable to this presumption. If the Company had been advised to continue working and operation, as is quite likely, had proved unsuccessful,' then the remarks of the Chairman might have been more justly bestowed. But even the average chairman of an English mining company can be wise after the event. The Great Northern Mines, Ltd., is a new promotion recently advertised in such a manner as to suggest an inquiry whether the promoters have or have not in their advertising methods given cause for doubt as to their absolute sincerity. In a full-page advertisement of their prospectus they claim that "every statement in this prospectus is made advisedly, with a full knowledge of their responsibility as directors." The use of such superlatives and generalities as appear in prospectus does not appear to support this claim. Since, however, some of the mineral claims to be acquired by the new company are believed to give promise of developing, under careful and competent management, into payable mines, we are not in this criticism of the prospectus of the new company expressing any unfavourable opinion of the property. At present we are not even disposed to be too critical of what is stated in the prospectus. On one point, however we should be glad of further information. The nominal capital of the new company has been placed at $1,500,000 in 1,500,000 $1 shares, of which number 100,000 are being offered for public subscription at par. As it is announced that "tHe company will under no consideration sell more than 100,000 shares" the 882 THE MINING RECORD. question naturally arises: What is to become of the remaining 1,400,000? Are the promoters to take these in payment for 21 mineral claims upon the whole of which, so far as can be learned from the limited definite information given in the prospectus, less than 2,000 feet of development work have been done, and from which it appears that only five tons of ore have been snipped, while the stated expenditure in development and plant is less than $100,000? The question is not here raised as to what is a legitimate value to place on the six groups of claims the new company is to acquire, for that may be a matter of very diverse opinion. But since the public have been invited to subscribe for the 100,000 shares of stock offered for sale they should certainly be informed whether the company proposes to pay $1,400,000 in stock for the 21 claims? If not, what is to become of the shares not applied in purchase of these claims? Is any portion of the shares not so applied to be reserved for treasury purposes? In brief, how much stock are the promoters receiving in this transaction? Prospective buyers of the shares lately offered for sale must determine for themselves how far the $100,000 (possibly less promotion expenses) will go towards enabling the company to carry out the announced intention "to actively develop all these valuable properties." Further, they must draw their own conclusions as to whether it is a business proposition to ask the public to subscribe all the cash capital—far too limited in amount, by the way, for a company having so many claims to equip with plant and develop—and yet to have practically no voice in its expenditure and no effective voting power in the election of directors. If the position be as here suggested the public should realize it at once, but if not it is due to the promoters that the country should be shown, so that it may be plainly seen that their position in this respect is one to which exception can not reasonably be taken. The company starts otherwise under such favourable auspices that it would be most regrettable were it to at the outset mar a promising career by preventable mistakes. THE PROVINCIAL MINERALOGIST AND POPLAR CREEK. COMMON justice to Mr. Wm. Fleet Robertson, Provincial Mineralogist for British Columbia, demands that notice be taken of the persistent and bitter attacks recently made upon him in a portion of the Provincial press for certain statements relative to the Poplar Creek mining camp attributed to him by tne Victoria Times, published by that newspaper on' October 14th as his "Impressions of the New Gold Fields." Now at the outset we wish to be clearly understood that in the comment that follows we have no intention of depreciating the value of the surface showings at Poplar Creek. Last October in commenting upon the information supplied to us by our own representative after his visit to the camp, we remarked that "As was to be expected, he characterizes as ridiculous exaggerations many of the sensational statements that have appeared in the Kootenay newspapers, the like of which continue to be published by them. It is' gratifying, though, to have his assurance that apart from these picturesque, but unfortunately inaccurate stories there are in the Lower Lardeau surface showings of unusual excellence and great promise." Next, we wish it to be made equally clear that we hold no brief in the defence of the Provincial Mineralogist, nor have we discussed with him the subject under notice. That there may be no uncertainty as to what the Times actually did publish as the impressions of Mr. Robertson regarding Poplar Creek we quote from that journal as follows:— "The Provincial Mineralogist made a very careful survey of the Poplar Creek country. There have, he says, been exaggerated reports circulated as to the richness of the district. Men are taking advantage of the recent rich finds there to boom properties which have not showing to warrant it. This, of course, is only what might be expected in view of the showing which has been made in some instances. Throughout a very wide area there are, however, strong quartz veins, carrying gold. The great area which is mineralized is a strong point in favour of the territory. "Mr. Robertson does not for a moment doubt that the veins have good depth and extent enough to satisfy any miner. Ore of most exceptional value has been found in many places, but there is need for a considerable amount of development work before a rule could be established as to the general value of the country as a gold producer. "On the Lucky Jack and the Swede only has any considerable work beeen done. "The main body of the ore vein is comparatively low grade in character but there occurs at intervals exceptional richness. "Work alone will tell whether these phenomenally rich places are to occur frequently enough to give the properties remarkable values. "With some further development work done the average value of the general ore in the veins could be proved and the commercial importance of the district more fully valued. Pending this the Provincial Mineralogist does not care to express himself too strongly. There is little question that Mr. Robertson is very favourably impressed with the country. The vast extent intersected by strong, well marked quartz veins and the general conformation all impressed him as most favourable to the making of a thriving camp. "Easy of access, the country has been over-run with prospectors. Every foot of ground in the vicinity has been staked and nothing remains to the new-comer now. Being within a very short distance of the rail- Way, the cost of mining will be greatly reduced. The value as a placer ground is being proved and they are now sinking to bedrock." A fortnight later Mr. W. B. Pool who, with characteristic effrontery, made it appear that he represented "the prospectors, claim owners and promoters of the Lardeau district," . wrote to the Nelson Daily News, in part, as under: THE MINING RECORD. 883 "The interview states, among other things, that the rich gold strikes at Poplar Creek have been exaggerated; that the Provincial Mineralogist at the time of his recent hurried visit made a very careful survey of the scene of said strikes, and that certain parties are booming properties on the strength of the phenomenal discoveries. "Two groups—the Lucky Jack and the Swede group —are mentioned in the interview. These two properties are owned by the Great Northern Mines, Ltd., of which I am the promoter. "I take emphatic exception to the interview, if the Provincial Mineralogist has been correctly reported, on the following grounds: "First, because Mr. Robertson being in the employ of the Government and sent by that Government to examine Poplar Creek, had no right, to give out in .advance of his official report, any information regarding the camp. Information too that he must have known was grossly misleading and capable of doing irretrievable injury to that section of the Lardeau. "Secondly, because Mr. Robertson, as stated in the interview, did not 'make a careful survey of the strikes,' as he alleges, but on the contrary visited only a few claims, and is therefore in no position to give an intelligent opinion of the section he was sent to . report upon. "Thirdly, that he can point to no mining engineer, prospector, or other person versed-in the veriest rudiments of mining, who having visited the scene of the strikes who has not freely stated that their phenomenally rich surface showings were not exaggerated in any way. "And fourthly, that by reason of the said strikes Poplar and other creeks were being boomed unworthily to attract capital for legitimate mining investment. "Mr. Robertson is reported as saying: 'The vast extent intersected by strong, well-marked quartz veins * * * impressed him as most favourable to the making of a thriving camp.' and further, 'Every foot of ground in the vicinity has been staked and nothing remains for the new-comer.' This from the Provincial Mineralogist, who states he 'made a very careful survey.' What absolute ignorance of the country. Here we have a known mineralized belt ioo miles in length by three to six miles in width, only one-third of which I venture to state has been traversed by those who delve into the hills for the riches old mother earth has so carefully hidden away. It is my opinion, and I speak .from an experience of thirteen years as a practical prospector, one of the richest diversified mineral belts in the whole Province. "The riches and wealth of Poplar, Tenderfoot and other creeks, in fact the numerous camps of the entire Lardeau district have not been overestimated. I challenge Mr. Robertson, in his official report, and not in personal interviews to the press, to tell the truth, and the whole truth of what he saw in the brief period he spent at the scene of the strikes, and I venture to predict that he will say that the surface showings of gold quartz ore ranked with anything of a similar character yet found in the entire Province." Now, we shall not follow Mr. Pool through his several misquotations of what the Times published as Mr. Robertson's impressions, for these are patent to any careful reader. But since Mr. Pool has challenged the Provincial Mineralogist "to tell the truth and the whole truth of what he saw," thereby questioning the veracity of that official, we take this opportunity, the first open to us, of stating our earnest conviction that such a reflection is entirely unwarranted. We do not always agree with the attitude of the Provincial Mineralogist in dealing with mining camps more or less in the prospect stage, but in this instance we think that his "impressions"—assuming them to be his—as published in the Times, were fully as favourable as the then condition of Poplar Creek camp justified any responsible man in giving. If the conclusions of the Provincial Mineralogist, in his official capacity, are to have weight, they must be well-founded, which they certainly can not be if he is to take his cue from the standpoint of self-interested company promoters, rather than from that of a plain statement of the position as he finds it. A CATCH-PENNY POLICY. Mr. W. B. Pool has in print taken "emphatic exception" to certain information regarding Poplar Creek camp the Provincial Mineralogist is alleged to have given out and which, according to Mr. Pool, "he must have known was grossly misleading." Now the Trout Lake Topic newspaper, published right in the heart of the Lardeau district, which has Mr. Pool's particular attention, last month issued as a supplement a six-column sheet, the whole of one side- and about one fourth of the other side of which was taken up by a prospectus of a company in the promotion of which Mr. Pool has acknowledged he is interested, and to which he has referred as "my company." The remaining three-fourths of the second page of this sheet were filled with selections (containing sensational and picturesque descriptions, by the way, of gold discoveries on some of the very mining claims Mr. Pool has during the past three months been persistently booming) from other newspapers, as follows: Vancouver Daily Ledger of August 15, Rossland Miner of September 13, Vancouver correspondence in Victoria Colonist of September 15, Winnipeg Tribune (no date), and Vancouver Province of September 15. From this aggregation of sensationalism we give herewith half a dozen quotations: "The last I saw of Pool, the man who bought the Lucky Jack for $200,000, money made right in the district * * * he was heading for the Canadian Territories with his grip full of nuggets to sell stock." "According to Pool, one of the owners, he considers that when he first looked at the mine, sizing up the proposition with a view to purchase, that there was certainly a million dollars staring him in the face. I think that the chances are there are three or four million dollars right above ground to stope." "We shall have a mill 884 THE MINING RECORD. on the ground as fast as circumstances will permit. Two months after the plant is in operation I conservatively estimate that we shall have pounded out something like a quarter of a million dollars worth of gold." "Gold in nuggets and chunks and strings and hollows in the rocks hemmed with gold. Gold far in the crevices where it could not be seen, but could be felt at arms' length. Gold lying on the ground and guarded with rifles * * * Gold galore. Gold to dream of and wonder at; great fortunes plastered on the rocks for the world to look at. I never hoped to see so much gold and now I have seen the richest surface showing in the world." "The specimens shown to favoured strangers by the Lucky Jack proprietors stagger a man who has never seen such native gold. The first one rolled out is a big block of quartz weighing about 400 pounds. This chunk is in the shape of an immense plum pudding and the nuggets of gold which are literally speckled all over the rock resemble, in comparative size if not in colour, the plums in the plum pudding." "The quartz is the richest that any one in the country has ever seen. They have one piece of quartz of about 300 pounds which is studded all over with bunches of gold clustered in stringers as large as walnuts." As we once again read the foregoing we find ourselves asking: Did Mr. Pool really pay $200,000 in money for the Lucky Jack group? Was there a million dollars (not to say four millions) staring him in the face ? Will they pound out $250,000 in two months after the plant is in operation ? etc., etc. We have already referred to the descriptions above- quoted as picturesque; we will now go further and characterize them, to use Mr. Pool's own words, as "grossly misleading." Mr. Pool was quick to charge that the information the Provincial Mineralogist was alleged to have given about the camp was capable of doing "irretrievable injury to that section of the Lardeau," but what about the injury to those likely to be misled by such flights of imagination as those we have quoted? It is true that these highly-coloured rhapsodies were not incorporated in the prospectus of Mr. Pool's company; but that their being re-printed on the same sheet as that prospectus, seven to twelve weeks after they were first published, was accidental rather than with deliberate intention, few people will believe. To deserve public confidence Mr. Pool should have been as prompt to disclaim the appearance of having concurred in the catch-penny policy displayed in the publication of gross exaggerations in association with the prospectus of a company described as "a proposition which stands unique in the history of mining," as he was to resent the alleged conservatism of the Provincial Mineralogist. THE HONEST MINING PROMOTER. THE Daily Mining Record, of Denver, Colorado, lately published a lengthy and vigorous protest against what it described as the existing prejudice on the part of what might be characterized as the technical side against the investing side of mining. It remarked: "Students of conditions cannot fail to realize that such a prejudice exists, but it is opposed to the best interests of the industry. The prejudice exists particularly on the part of some mining engineers, some experts, some machinery men and some of the publications devoted to the scientific side of mining, against particularly the mining promoter. The honest mining promoter of legitimate and meritorious propositions is as necessary to the welfare of the industry as the enumerated factors which are opposed to him. There are some unscrupulous promoters and many more clean ones. The Record speaks for the latter class. "The promoter ^renders valuable service to the industry. Even though his proposition be but a prospect, if the money he raises actually goes into the ground it means that one more prospect is nearer the shipping stage. It is a true saying that prospects are more easily found than the money to develop them. The prospector who first discovers the lead, while rich in prospect, oftentimes knows not where to look for a fresh supply of rude fare on which to exist. It takes money to develop even the most promising prospect, and without the necessary money the prospect is unproductive and comparatively valueless. "The promoter's business is to interest the necessary capital. He does it usually by the organization of companies, thus uniting the subscriptions of many investors into one large development fund. He does more. By advertising the proposition he is floating he advertises the district in which it is located and thus indirectly benefits other owners of property there, as well as the district generally. In turn the entire industry is benefited. "Such work is not only beneficial; it is legitimate and most necessary. It is a modern institution, and while the system is ideal in many respects it has been taken advantage of by unscrupulous men. The industry, as all know, is cursed by the floating of questionable schemes and doubtless always will be while suckers continue to be born. The supply is consequent to the demand. If there were no suckers there would be no fakirs. The only safeguard is to educate the public, and in this connection it is gratifying to note that giant strides' are being made. A sharp stick must be kept for the bad ones, but their operations must not be condemned at the expense of legitimate and honest promoters and the industrv generally. * * * * 3k sk sk'sk "The best ends of all concerned in the welfare of the industry can be served by all striving for the common good. Live and let live should be the policy of all. The mining engineer, the expert, the geologist, the mine superintendent, the mining attorney, the surveyor or the machinery man, the publisher of the technical mining paper, are all necessary factors. Without them mining would not have reached the high plane among the industries of to-day. To them is due the pre-eminent position of our magnificent mineral resources. To them is due the credit for the giant strides in the economical production and reduction of ores. All honor to their skill and excellence! THE MINING RECORD. 885 "But where should we be without the promoter? From where should we get the money to develop our mines if it were not for the hustling promoter, who diverts the flow of capital into the necessary channels ? Who would present to the public the prospect discovered by the prospector ? Who would create the interest and excitement in the newly-discovered fields which result in bringing the necessary attention of capitalists, who furnish the wherewithal for their development? "It is wrong to denounce all promoters for the evil work of a few. The majority are honest. The business comprises men of splendid reputation, honest, responsible and reliable. It comprises firms some of which are long established and their ratings can be found in the publications of the commercial and mercantile agencies. "The promoter is necessary and valuable. He is an important factor in the industry. So long as his work is clean the last people in the world to denounce him, or even hinder him, should be those so directly interested in the welfare of the industry as enumerated above." Summed up, the promoter must be honest, his work must be clean, there must be no deception, his proposition must be legitimate and meritorious—here is the whole position in a nutshell. ORE WORTH $i,qoo PER SACK. JUST before we go to press the Rossland Miner of November 22nd has been received. From it we learn that Mr. W. B. Pool, promoter of the Great Northern Mines, Ltd., and Messrs. E. M. Morgan and P. H. O'Connor, locators of the Lucky Jack mineral claim at Poplar Creek, had been visiting Rossland. The first-named received very flattering notice in the. columns of the Miner, but with that fact we are not now concerned. We call particular attention, though, to some statements the Miner attributed to Mr. Morgan. The gist of what the Miner published in this latter connection was that the vein on the Swede group, one of the Poplar Creek properties of the Great Northern Mines, Ltd., averages six feet in width; that to date the average values had been found to be $47° in g°ld AnA 8° ozs- in silver' that tWelVe ' sacks of ore, each estimated to be worth not less than $1000, had been taken from an exceptionally rich portion of the vein; and that, besides a considerable quantity of additional ore sacked for shipment, there are ahout 400 tons of high-grade ore on the dumps of the company's properties at Poplar Creek. Taking first the average values given—allowing $16 an ounce for the gold, the $470 mentioned means that the ore in this vein had been found to run on an average nearly 30 ounces of gold to the ton besides the 80 ounces of silver also claimed. Or, if fine gold were meant, it contained about 23 ounces to the torn Is this the actual position, or is this assertion^ merely more of the "silly newspaper talk" so often ridiculed bv well-informed men? . T^en as to the twelve sacks, each contammg o "worth not less than $1,000." Assuming that these sacks contain 125 lbs. each, the aggregate weight would be three-quarters of a ton (of 2,000 lbs.). This would place the value of this ore at $16,000 per ton. Taking the gold and silver in like proportion to that above quoted as the average content of the vein we get, approximately, the following results: uold, 900 ozs. per ton, at $16, equals $14,400; silver, 2,400 ozs. per ton, at 57 cents, equals $1,368; total, $15,768 per ton. Further, these twelve sacks of ore contain at the rate of 206 lbs. avoirdupois of gold and silver per ton; that is, more than one-tenth of the bulk of this selected ore is precious metal. If the weight of each sack be 150 lbs., the value is at the rate of about $13,300 per ton, or if the sacks weigh only 100 lbs. each the minimum value is $20,000 per ton, and the proportion of gold and silver varies accordingly. The promoters claim that the Great Northern Mines, Ltd., is "a proposition which stands unique in the history of mining." The Rossland Miner states that it "is probably the richest group of mining interests ever gathered together in Canada." These are extreme claims to make, but ignoring them for the present, we take this position: If the Great Northern Mines has been organized on a reasonable basis in regard to the relative proportions of stock allotted to the promoters and sellers of claims to the company on the one side, and that available for legitimate development and production purposes on the other, and it can be proved that the company's mining properties can, with its available resources, be made to produce in considerable quantity ore that will return without undue delay even a moderate net profit to its stockholders, we shall give as much publicity as we possibly can to the fact that such is the case; but if it appear to us that it lack these essential elements of success, we shall certainly endeavour to make the position quite clear to the public, and thus do our share towards preventing the progress of the mining industry of British Columbia being hindered by the discouragement that must to a considerable extent result in the latter event. Since the references in earlier pages of this issue to the probable early commencement of payment of dividends by the Granby Company, and to the man Tanghe sentenced to imprisonment for failing to remove his placer claim stakes from the Lucky Jack mineral claim were printed, later information relative, to these matters has been received. A Montreal press despatch published last week announced the declaration of a one per cent, dividend by the Granby Company. It has also beeen reported in the press that an appeal to a hieher court on behalf of Tanghe has resulted m his release being ordered. In regard to the former matter, the Granby Company is to be heartily congratulated on having at length reached a dividend plv ng stage, and it is to be hoped, most earnestly, that this is but the beginning of a long career of simi- ar or better, results from its mining and smel ing operations, to the benefit of its shareholders directly, and indirectly to that of the Boundary district, and, indeed, of the whole Province. 886 THE MINING RECORD. STEAM SHOVELS IN MINES. THESE MACHINES AND THEIR WORK IN THE GRANBY COMPANY'S ORE QUARRIES AT PHOENIX, B.C. (By George E. Cole.) . IT is now 'some seven months since the first steam shovel was put into operation in the open cuts of the Knob Hill mine at Phoenix. The open cut or quarrying system has long been a prominent feature of the work at this mine, but the innovation of the steam hew Automatic Co.'s Standard Type No. i Single Truck Steam Shovel. shovel adds further facilities for the economic handling of low-grade ore. The conditions for the handling of the ore in this way were excellent—the body large and easy of access. Before the advent of the steam shovel a vast amount of work had been done around the No. I tunnel of the Knob Hill. Ore had been broken down on both sides of the tunnel and gradually the cliff had been cut back more than ioo feet from the original entrance. io the west side of this No. i tunnel in what is known as No. i pit west the first steam shovel introduced into this district for mining purposes was placed in operation. The shovel was made by the Thew Automatic Shovel Co., of Lorain, Ohio. It is a self- contained machine, the boiler, boom and engine, together with a small coal bunker and a water tank, each holding sufficient for half a day's work, being placed on a revolving platform. The boiler is of the upright tubular type. The engine is of the double reversing class, with cylinders 7 inches by 9 inches, and it runs all the time, arid is controlled by an ordinary fly ball governor. The four operating levers for controlling the various motions are the throttle, another that handles the revolving mechanism both ways, a third that raises or lowers the dipper, and a fourth that moves the whole.machine on the tracks. These levers are all located at the front end of the platform and are so arranged that the operator may manipulate them without moving from a position that is most advantageous for handling the shovel. in an accompanying photo the shovel appears fitted with traction wheels. These were found to operate with difficulty in the loose muck and ordinary car wheels were substituted for them, so that the machine is now moved on heavy rails. The track, a 7-foot 4- inch gauge, is laid for some 150 feet from the pit, in order that, when blasting is to be done, the shovel may be moved in a few minutes. When run back to the pit and ready for operation, large clamps are fastened to the track to prevent the wheels from slipping. The shovel is placed right in the face of the muck pile, in order that it may work to advantage on either side as well as in front. The revolving platform permits of the dipper being worked at any position desired. A special feature of the Thew shovel is a horizontal movement of about eight feet given to the dipper. This allows the rock to be .shovelled clean along a flat bottom. When the dipper is loading itself the construction of the dipper's arm permits of its turning or swivelling, when striking heavy obstructions, thereby relieving the machine of undue strain. The door of the dipper is so hung as to close at the least possible angle below a horizontal plane. When filled the dipper is hoisted and revolved with the boom, till directly over the ore car. Then the door is dropped by means of a rope pull. The dipper is constructed of steel plate and forgings with hardened steel chisel pointed teeth. It has a capacity of three-quarters of a cubic yard and No. 1 Pit and Entrance to No. 1 Tunnel before Steam Shovel started work. is rated to handle 500 to 750 cubic yards (650 tons) per shift of ten hours. The steam shovel is operated by an engineer and a fireman. Another man fixes and cleans the tracks besides releasing the dipper's door. After the ore is loaded it is hauled to the crusher, which can accommodate rocks 30 inches by 42. inches. It often happens that in the shovelling, the large rocks encountered cannot be handled in the dipper itself. A The cars, which appear in the photo, are constructed of wood, are side-dumping and have a capacity of two and a half tons. Horses were used in hauling these to and from the crusher bins, which are about 500 feet away. Cars of this style were used with great success, as they could be hauled easily and the load quickly dumped into the bins. A locomotive has recently taken the place of horses. This has a 9-inch by 14- inch cylinder, weighs 14 tons and was made by the Davenport Locomotive Works, of Davenport, Iowa. The locomotive operates on a 36-inch gauge track and hauls cars of steel construction, bottom-dumping and 10-ton capacity. Ore from inside the tunnel is also hauled by this locomotive and crushed before being loaded into the C. P. R. ore cars. The second shovel to be installed is the old familiar gravel pit digger, used in railroad work. It is being worked in the No. 2 pit which is 50 feet lower than No. 1. Under former conditions the C. P. R. ore cars were loaded directly from mine cars which were run on tracks placed on a trestle built over the railroad track. This trestle has disappeared and a steam shovel this way the shovel loads directly and the ore is crushed at the smelter. This second shovel lacks the com- 888 THE MINING RECORD. plete rotary movement of the Thew machine and consequently can only load, at the side. Further, it has not that horizontal movement which allows the dipper to clean a flat bottom. Nevertheless, though not speci- same. In this arrangement each of the machines is at rest except when required to perform the particular duties for which it is intended. Waste of steam and unnecesary wear of parts are thus avoided. By means Steam Shovel at work in No. I Pit—Loose rock cleared away from mouth of Tunnel. ally constructed for this work, it is operating satisfactorily. Tracks can be put down to the face of the pit, but as yet under conditions by no means the best; however, 300 tons of ore per day is being handled by a machine intended rather to cut into gravel pits, than for the work it is here doing. The dipper of this shovel has a capacity of one and a quarter cubic yards and with lots of muck, convenient tracks and no shortage of ore cars, the present tonnage from No. 2 pit could easily be quadrupled. This shovel is in charge of an engineer, craneman and fireman. Besides these, two men look after the moving of the cars as they are loaded. The third shovel is a second order from the Thew Automatic Shovel Co. It is in operation at the east side of No. 1 pit and just beyond the tunnel from the first shovel. This machine is of much the same style as the first one but is constructed of heavier material. In it the hoisting, swinging and trolly motions is each operated by independent double reversing engines. By means of the operating levers the operator can instantly start all the machines in either direction or stop the Open Pit at Higher Level than No. 1. THE MINING RECORD. 889 of these independent engines the speea of- the trolly and, therefore, the manipulation of the scoop to secure the best cutting edge are absolutely within the control of the operator. The hoisting drum is controlled by a belt friction which can be closely adjusted by the operator. When this friction is properly set the speed of the hoisting engine can be so regulated by the operator as to suit the conditions, going slowly and carefully through the material which is being handled or moving tho scoop very rapidly if so required. This shovel combines all the good features of the first machine with its own improvements. . It has a dipper of one and a half cubic yards and will handle 1,000 to 1,500 tons per shift'of ten hours. The ore shovelled problfm of decreasing the cost and at the same time increasing the shipments. This experiment in the pits or quarries of the Knob Hill mine has placed their success in these open workings beyond a doubt. The question now before the management is, whether or not steam shovels can be used underground, in the large stopes of the Knob Hill and Old Ironsides mines. T ATHABASCA-VENUS, LTD. (By E. Jacobs.) HE Athabasca-Venus, Ltd., is a Canadian company, organized in 1901, having its heqd office in Toronto, Ontario, and its British Columbia iSim '-{" *s* JS^JStJSW »83=***» Steam Shovel at Work—Dipper filling with rock. by this machine is hauled to the crusher, the one locomotive doing the hauling for the first and third shovels. This shovel is in charge of an engineer and fireman, with two extra men to attend to other work. The six furnaces now running at the Granby company's smelter at Grand Forks require nearly 2,000 tons of ore a day. This large tonnage is being successfully handled and the increase in the payroll is not nearly in proportion to the amount paid out when four furnaces were in blast. The success of the steam shovel in these low-grade ore bodies will go a long way towards solving the office at Nelson, with Mr. A. H. Gracey as manager. The company acquired the mining properties, situate on Morning Glory- Mountain, near Nelson, of the Athabasca Gold Mine, Ltd., and the Venus Gold Mining Co., Ltd., each group containing several mineral claims The first company to own the Athabasca group was one organized in New Westminster in 1896 and known as the Athabasca Gold Mining Company In 1898 the British Columbia & New Find Gold Fields Corporation, Ltd., of London, England, purchased the Athabasca property and organized a company called the Athabasca Gold Mine, Ltd., which .8yu THE MINING RECORD. company was active for a period, but eventually got into financial difficulties and ceased operations. The published reports for the years 1899 and 1900 showed that 10,404 tons of ore were milled, yielding a total value recovered of $275,123.97. The percentage of recovery in 1900 was 79.4 per cent, and the total value recovered per ton of ore milled $33.66. In 1901, after a period of inactivity, the property, together with that of the neighbouring Venus group, passed into the possession of the Athabasca-Venus Company, which is now steadily and successfully operating it. The Athabasca.—Altogether some 11,500 tons of ore, averaging about thirty dollars per ton, have been taken out of the Athabasca mine, the present outlook for which is considered to be better than that of any drift, but after the east drift had reached a point about 100 feet from the winze the vein'was found to be solid and undisturbed, maintaining this marked improvement almost throughout the remaining 400 feet that had to be driven to give connection with the surface at 200 feet vertical depth below the entrance to No. 1 level. It is expected that below this No. 2 east level the best part of the mine will be found. The development outlined for the immediate future is the sinking of a shaft, starting from the hillside between the portals of the two tunnels, passing, at 90 feet depth, through No. 2 level, and continuing for 200 feet below it. Drifts will be run at 100 feet and 200 feet below No. 2. The 90-foot vertical connection between No. 2 and the surface has already been* made Athabasca-Venus Mill near Nelson.—Lower terminal of tramways, stamp mill and cyanide plant buildings, offices, etc. previous time in its history, chiefly for the reason that in the more recent development workings the vein has been found solid and unbroken instead of being split up as in most of the ground already worked. The average width of the quartz is about 12 inches; it varies from eight inches to two feet and has been found to widen to as much as four feet. In No. 1 tunnel driven west on the vein about 400 feet, the ground was much broken. At the end of this tunnel a winze was sunk 200 feet and levels were opened east and west at 100 feet down. The vein was also followed both east and west from the bottom of the winze, this working making what is known as No. 2 level. No material change in the conditions occurred in the west and a station has been cut out for a steam hoisting engine. Since last July some 200 tons of ore have been taken from this mine in the course of development. The Venus.—The Venus has a total of nearly 5,000 lineal feet of work done in underground development. This mine is worked entirely from tunnel levels, of which there are five. No. 1 is 327 feet in length; No. 2, 650 feet; No. 3, 750 feet, and No. 4 600 feet. No. 5 was only recently started, and it will have to be driven about 1,300 feet to reach the boundary of the claim. The vertical depth between No. 1 and No. 5 is 452 feet. When the face of No. 5 shall be directly under the apex of the vein it will give a depth THE MINING RECORD. 891 of about 800 feet. The general character of the quartz is similar all through the Venus workings, which have opened up the ore shoot for quite 1,000 feet in length whilst the adjoining Juno claim, farther back on the , same mountain, shows at least 500 feet more, so that the ore is known to be continuous for fully 1,500 feet • along the course of the vein. The ore from all the workings above No. 5 level can be handled by gravity the upper terminal of the aerial tramway being below this level. Tramways.—The ore is conveyed from the Athabasca mine to the mill on a three-rail gravity tramway having ore cars of a nominal capacity of two tons each. The length of the tramway is 2,150 feet, and the difference in the elevation between top and bottom is 1,120 feet. This tramway will lower about 75 tons per ten-hour shift. At the head of the tramway is a 50-ton ore bin, which is filled from a chute into which the mine cars dump the ore. The tram cars automatically discharge the ore into a 150-ton bin at the bottom of the tram, whence the ore is trammed to the stamp mill. A two-cable aerial tramway—Riblet's patent automatic—about a mile and'a half long, delivers the Venus ore to a 250-ton bin alongside that receiving the Athabasca ore. There are on this tram thirteen -buckets, each having a capacity of 900 to 1,000 lbs., and these can deliver 65 to 70 tons of ore each ten- hour shift. Stamp Mill.—The Athabasca stamp mill consists of two batteries of five stamps each, made by Fraser & Chalmers, the stamps each weighing 930 lbs. The mill was put in by the Athabasca Gold Mine, Ltd. The company now owning it resumed operations with it about twelve months ago and have since run it without interruption. The ore trammed from the ore bins at the bottom of the tramways is dumped on a 4-foot by io-foot grizzly, between the bars of which the fine ore drops into a 50-ton bin below. The larger ore passes through a 7-inch by 10-inch Blake crusher into the same bin, and thence to the hoppers of two automatic Challenge feeders which deliver it to the stamps at a regulated rate. The electro-plated copper plates of the amalgamating tables are sub-divided into stepped sections, to secure a more even movement of the pulp over them, these having been subsituted for the single 65-inch by 120-inch plates formerly used. A Spitzkasten separator and four Frue vanners—three with plain 6-foot belts for the finer grades of pulp, and a Morse corrugated 4-foot belt for the coarse material —are also included in the mill equipment. The machinery is operated by two Tuthill impact water wheels, working under a pressure head of 398 feet. The water is conveyed from a dam on Give-out Creek in a 24-in. by 20-in. wood flume 2,350 feet long to a 6-ft. by 6-ft. by 12-ft. penstock and thence through 850 feet of 10-inch steel pipe to a 16-inch receiver from which offsets supply the nozzles. The larger water wheel is 24 inches in diameter, equal to developing 58J/2 horsepower, this driving the battery, the crusher and a 6-kilowatt Edison dynamo for electric lighting. The smaller is a T2-inch wheel, developing be tween 11 and 12 horsepower and running the vanners only, thus giving them a motion independent of the rest of the mill. About 66 per cent, of the values in the ore is recovered on the amalgamating plates, and 22 to 23 per cent, is saved by cyaniding. It is proposed to put in a slimes plant, experiments made having shown that with this added the total extraction could be increased to 95 or 96 per cent, of the values in the ore. Cyanide Plant.—The cyanide plant is housed in a separate wood building. It is a very complete and effective plant, with a capacity sufficient to treat 35 tons daily, which, though not large, is in excess of present needs. It embraces (1) settling tanks, (2) straight percolation, assisted by vacuum; (3) deposition on zinc shavings, and (4) acid treatment for refining the product. The plant consists of: One stock solution tank, diameter 4 feet, stave 6 feet; two solution tanks, diameter 10 feet, stave 6 feet; two settling tanks, diameter 14 feet, stave 10 feet; five leaching tanks, diameter 18 feet, stave 4 feet; two gold solution tanks, diameter 10 feet, stave 6 feet; 24 zinc boxes; one clean-up tank, diameter 6 feet, stave 27 inches; one clean-up tank, diameter 4 feet, stave 6 feet; one vacuum filter box; one Hampton zinc lathe; one solution pump, and one vacuum pump. The settling tanks are provided with automatic distributors, annular launders for overflow, and three side discharge doors each. The leaching tanks are fitted with filters and centre discharge doors, and the excavation was made in such a manner as to allow of the tailings being sluiced out through the bottoms of the tanks. The zinc boxes are square sheet-iron buckets, each having a capacity of one cubic foot of zinc shavings; each one is independent of the other and can be handled by an iron bail. The centrifugal pump and the lathe are worked by means of an endless single rope drive from one of the shafts in the mill, the drive covering a distance of 142 feet. The building is 100 feet long, 62 feet wide, and 73 feet high; its principal retaining wall is 12 feet thick, 23 feet 6 inches high and 82 feet long. It is heated when necessary by steam from a 15-horsepower Jenckes upright boiler through 3,000 feet of i-inch pipe. It is situated immediately below the mill, and the bulk of the tailings is conveyed directly to the settling tanks without passing over the vanners. Outside the building a tank has been built of sufficient capacity to hold two days' supply of tailings in case of accident to the cyanide plant or other cause of stoppage. Air Compressor.—The air compressor plant, operated by water flowing from the mill wheels and other sources, is placed lower down the gulch about 1,000 feet from the mill. The plant consists of a Rand duplex class D air compressor having cylinders 14x22 and a io-foot grooved fly-wheel connected by an 8-rope Dodge drive to a 4-foot Pelton wheel working under a pressure head of 300 feet, the water passing to the wheel from a 6-foot by 6-foot by 8-foot penstock, through 750 feet of 10-inch pipe. Compressed air is delivered to a 42-inch by io-foot receiver and taken thence through 4,800 feet of 5-inch pipe to the mine 892 THE MINING RECORD. at a pressure sufficient to run half a dozen machine drills, hoist, pump and two forges. Pipe is being delivered for a 6,000-foot extension of the air-pipe line to the Venus mine, in which it is intended to substitute baby machine drills for hand drills as iar as practicable. Buildings, Etc—The assay office is equipped with everything needful for assay purposes for mines, mill and cyanide works. Ample building accommodation is also provided at the mill for office, quarters for manager and other officials, bunk and boarding houses, cottages for married employees, and other buildings. There are as well separate groups of buildings at the Athabasca and Venus mines, these being some distance from each other and from the mill. A telephone system affords a means of speedy communication between the several parts of the property and with the town of Nelson. At about a.mile and a half from Nelson a waggon road branches off from the Hall Mines waggon road and zigrzags up the mountain to the Athabasca mill, having a prevailing five per cent, grade along its length of 21,000 feet. .The Athabasca-Venus appears to have settled down to steady and continuous production on a profit-earn^ ing basis, and it has come to be regarded as one of. the successful and permanent enterprises of the Nelson Mining Division. THE B. C. STANDARD MINING CO. LATE last year a syndicate of Nelson men, including several prominent in connection with mining and smelting enterprises in the district, known as the Standard Development Syndicate, secured under bond the Hunter V., Double Standard, and other mineral claims, situate about five miles southeast of Ymir and on the divide between Hidden Creek and Porcupine Creek, tributaries of the Salmon River. These claims had previously been held by a syndicate represented locally by Mr. Wm. Davis, who did a deal of prospecting on them, opening up a limestone formation containing ore carrying values chiefly in silver and in sufficient quantity to return a good profit above cost of mining, freight and treatment. Recently the B. C. Standard Mining Company was organized with a capital of $200,000 in $1 snares. The directorate consists of Messrs. Jas. Johnstone, president; J. J. Campbell, managing director and secretary- treasurer; Norman Carmichael, Wm. Davis and J. Laing Stocks, all local men. The group of mineral claims acquired by the company consists of the Hunter V., Double Standard, Mercia Fraction, Tugela, Silver Bullion, Aurora, and Vulgar Fraction. For development purposes 40,000 shares have been sold at par. The limestone formation is nearly surrounded by granitic rock. The ore deposits occur in the limestone and contain grey copper, a little galena, blende, and silver, occurrences of native silver being frequent. The mineral zone is of considerable extent, in places 60 to 80 feet in width and outcropping on the com pany's claims over a distance of about 2,000 feet, trie principal development has been done on the Hunter V. and Double Standard. It includes a shaft on the former, sunk 40 feet, with drifts about 25 feet down and from the bottom, each about 30 feet in length; and on the latter, a shaft 60 feet in depth, with one drift in 45 feet at the 25-foot level, and another being run from the bottom of the shaft. There is also on the Double Standard an adit started about 50 feet from the shaft and run in the hill about 40 feet. All these workings are in ore. The shafts are some 1,400 feet apart, and the one is about 400 feet, vertical depth, lower than the other. Most of this work was done last winter. During the summer of this year much surface prospecting was done, this disclosing the occurrence of several deposits of ore between the shafts, and others lower down the hill on the Double Standard. During last winter fifteen men were employed breaking ore from different parts of the then known deposits, and, in order to thoroughly test the value of the ore on a commercial scale, some 400 tons were raw-hided down to the Nelson & Fort Sheppard Railway, a distance of about five miles by trail, and shipped thence to the Hall Mining &' Smelting Company's smelter at Nelson. The smelter returns gave values in bulk of silver from 19 ozs. to 44 ozs., and in some instances gold from $2 to $3 to the ton. The entire shipment returned a fraction under $10 per ton after deduction of freight and treatment charges. These results were so encouraging and satisfactory that the erection of permanent mine buildings has been proceeded with, and a contract entered into with Mr. B. C. Riblet for the construction of an aerial tramway, about 13,000 feet in length, to connect the mines with the railway at a point about a mile south of Ymir. the intention of the company being to ship ore on a large scale as soon as practicable. The upper terminal of the aerial tramway is below the workings on both the Hunter V. and the Double standard, so that the ore can be run down from the "glory holes" or quarries over a two-bucket gravity tram to the aerial tram. Incline adits are being run in the hill, passing under the shafts which will be opened out funnel-shaped, as in the big ore quarries in the Boundary district, so that the ore can be loaded on to the tram cars in the adits below without further handling. A party of Great Northern railway officials recently visited the locality to look into the matter of shipping facilities, and as a result a spur is to be put in long enough to accommodate a considerable number of cars, in anticipation of the output of the mine being an extensive one before long. The Standard Company's ore containing, as it does, 30 to 40 per cent, lime and about 25 per cent, silica, is a highly desirable one for fluxing purposes, consequently it is given a very low treatment rate, by the smelters, which find it to their advantage to obtain it instead of going to the expense of getting barren lime flux. Further, the ore deposits are so large that, to a considerable extent, quarrying methods at a compara- THE MINING RECORD. 893 tively low cost can be followed. These unusually favourable conditions combine to the advantage of the company, the operations of which should consequently be continuous and profitable. THE PORTO RICO MINE. THE Porto Rico mine, in the Ymir district, is situated on the divide between the East Fork of the North Fork of Salmon River and Barrett Creek. It is distant from Ymir between seven and «ight miles in an air line, and its elevation is about The Porto Rico lead occurs in a diorite formation. It was originally a greenstone dyke, and it is very little altered except where replaced by quartz. Its strike is north-east and it dips to the north at an angle of about 40 degrees. The vein varies in width from three to six feet between walls, and it has a paystreak of about 18 inches of solid quartz. This is mineralized chiefly with pyrrhotite, but iron and copper pyrites occur in it. The values are practically all in gold, the ore from the paystreak ranging from $30 to $40 per ton, the average being nearer the higher figures. Of the values from 70 to 80 per cent, can be saved on the amalgamat- t^*^^*m^t^» ■^e^mM^fM% :4fJBa Isim5 wS <Js 38fe<-r *SrP> Mass ae>5- Porto Rico Stamp Mill, Ymir District. 6,000 feet above sea level. A waggon road from Porto Rico siding, on the Nelson & Fort Sheppard Railway, provides a means of access to the property. The claims constituting the Porto Rico group were located in the autumn of 1896. Shortly afterwards they were acquired by an English company, the Canadian Pacific Exploration, Ltd., which at once entered upon an active policy of development. Later it installed a stamp mill and constructed an aerial tramway between the mine and the mill. It is stated that this company expended on the property about $150,000 in development, construction and equipment. ing plates, the concentrates not carrying much of the gold. The main workings consist of three adits driven on the pitch of the vein, these together including between 1,000 and 2,000 lineal feet of-development work. The lowest adit is in some 600 feet to where the vein faults. A raise from this No. 3 level was made through to No. 2, a height of about 135 feet The tramway is a Riblet's automatic, two-cable tram, with buckets having a carrying capacity of about 1,000 lbs. each The difference between terminels is 2,150 feet and the difference in elevation about 600 894 THE MINING RECORD. feet. The upper terminal is below the level of No. 3 tunnel, so that ore from all three levels can be conveyed to it without hoisting. The mill has been idle since 1899. It is a 10-stamp mill with 1,000-lb. stamps, and the equipment also includes a Blake crusher,. automatic classifiers, and three Frue vanners. The machinery is operated by a 40- horsepower high-speed engine, steam for which is supplied by two boilers, one 50 and the other 60-horse- power. There is also on the property a 7-drill Rand air compressor. The Porto Rico is under lease to Mr. Geo. H. Barn- hart, formerly superintendent of the Ymir Company's property, which was regarded as one of the most important gold.mines in British Columbia. Mr. Barn- hart commenced work on the Porto Rico last August. Since then.he has been further developing the mine and taking out ore on which he" now has the mill running. It is stated that in 1899 this mine'yielded gold at the rate of about $20,000 a month. With a mill capacity of 25 to 30 tons each 24 hours, and with ore of a value of $30 to $40 per ton, such a result was, no doubt, easily attainable. Mr. Barnhart may not work the mine on a similar scale to that of the Canadian Pacific Exploration Company, but-even if he maintain only a much smaller output than did that company, his enterprise will merit the successful issue his experience in gold mining in the district should enable him to bring about. CANADIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. A COPY of the Summary Report on the operations of the Geological Survey of Canada for the calendar year 1902 was received early last month. Dr. Robert Bell, Acting Deputy Head and Director of the Survey, in reviewing the work of the Department, makes the following, among other, comments :— "The report contains a statement of the work carried on in all branches of the department, both in the office and museum and in the field. It will be seen that a large amount of original research has been accomplished and that the results of much labour and expenditure of previous years have been made available for the use of the public. "With the exception of the natural history work of the Survey, including palaeontology and botany, the whole force of the department has been devoted during the past year to economic geology, with a view to promoting the development of the mineral resources of the Dominion. This applies to the chemical, min- eralogical, penological, topographical, cartological statistical and educational work, as well as to the field operations. "An erroneous impression prevails among many persons who have never had occasion to inform themselves, as to the nature of the work performed by this department. They imagine that the geologists devote themselves largely to 'theoretical and purely scientific' geology, instead of giving their attention, as they do entirely to practical work, looking to the development of our various mineral resources. "The Geological Survey of Canada was first provided for and organized in 1842 and field work was begun in 1843, so tnat we are now *n ^e 6Ist year °f our existence. Our present organization and the system of work followed by the department have beeni evolved out of an actual experience of sixty years- and in addition to this experience, the officers of the Survey have had a full • knowledge ofthe methods practised by similar Surveys in other countries and' have always been ready to consider any suggestion or new departure which might be of advantage in this country. Its present efficient condition is therefore- due to the efforts and thoughtful consideration of a very large number of officers of proved ability and devotion, who have successfully laboured and passed away during this long period, as well as to the present staff. Every year the Survey is the object of numerous encomiums from practical scientists, both at home and' abroad, who observe and appreciate its work." After quoting from an editorial article in the Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Paris appreciative of the efficiency of the Survey, of the practical utility of its work in mapping the geological and topographical features of the Dominion, bringing out and making known its great resources, and of the great help afforded both the agricultural and mining communities by giving accurate information as to the value of the land and the probable mineral wealth of the areas explored, Dr. Bell briefly directs attention to the vast amount of good topographical work which has been performed, at a comparatively small cost, by the officers of the department during the sixty years of its existence, which service, although only incidental to- the geological work, is, he remarks, worth more to the country than the whole cost of the Survey from the beginning. The work of the several departments of the Survey is next shortly reviewed, and then follow the reports of a number of individual members of the Survey on the work done by themselves and assistants. Space limitations prevent these being noticed here in detail,, but the following is the Director's review "of those that cover the field work done in the West :— "The most northerly expedition was that of Mr. R_ G. McConnell, who, with Mr. Joseph Keele as assistant, made an instrumental topographical survey and a geological reconnaissance of the McMillan River which falls into the Pelly from the east, a short distance above the point where the latter joins the Lewes to form the Yukon. On reaching the forks of the McMillan the instrumental survey was discontinued and Mr. McConnell explored the northern branch, while Mr. Keele traced the southern. In addition to the work done along the main river and its branches, the hills and mountains on either side were ascended at frequent intervals for the purpose of examining the rocks. It was found that from the mouth of the river to the highest points reached, the main stream and both its branches flowed over crystalline rocks, mostly altered sediments. Samples were collected from a number of quartz veins and it was hoped that THE MINING RECORD. 895 some of these would be found to contain gold, but on assay in the laboratory of the Survey,.none was found. The results of the above-described work are, therefore, valuable principally on account of the new topography and geology acquired, as well as the general information in regard to the nature of the country through which the McMillan River flows. 'Up to the past season, no examination had been made by the Geological Survey of the outer or southwestern coast of Vancouver Island, except for a few miles at the north-western extremity. As it had become important to obtain information in regard to the rocks and possible economic minerals of this coast, it was decided to send a party to work there. For this service ,Mr. Arthur Webster, a former member of the staff, and Professor Ernest Haycock, of Acadia College, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, were selected. The coast, being bold and exposed to the sweep of the Pacific Ocean, was found difficult to examine by means of a small boat. Still, these gentlemen succeeded in exploring it from the Straits of Fuca to within a short distance of the north-western extremity of the Island. From their reports it will be seen that along the whole coast granites and basic eruptives are largely developed, and unaltered sedimentary rocks are frequently found resting upon them. Ores of copper occur in several places and in some instances they appear to exist in promising quantities,. "Dr. R. A. Daly continued the work begun the previous year along the international boundary; between British Columbia and the State of Washington and to a distance of ten miles to the northward of it. The rocks examined in the field consist mostly of altered sediments and eruptives. Dr. Daly is now making a petrographic, study of these rocks and of the structural and physiographic geology of the ground he worked over. "Mr. James M. Macoun was employed as naturalist near the international boundary in the same region as Dr. Daly. Besides studying the fauna and flora on the ground, he made valuable collections of mammals, birds and plants. "Mr. R. W. Brock and Mr. W. H. Boyd invest!-, gated a mining area of about fifteen miles around the town of Greenwood, in the Boundary District in British Columbia. The latter attended to the topographical work, whilst the former traced out the limits of the various rock masses and studied their petrography. A map of this area is being prepared to show the geology and the hill-features by means of contour lines. "In the region between the Slave and Peace Rivers of the great Mackenzie basin, Mr. C. Camsell worked in the district to the westward of Fort Smith, which is situated about midway from Athabasca to Great Slave Lakes. He made a track survey of a canoe route between the Slave and Peace Rivers, but his principal work consisted of an investigation as to the occurrence of salt and gypsum in the Devonian rocks of this country. He went by the Athabasca River and returned by way of the Peace. "Among the Rocky Mountains and along their eastern flanks, coal of a good quality occurs in great distance "n the quantities in Cretaceous rocks for a long northward from the international boundary Crow's Nest Pass coal field, which is being developed on the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, in a total section of 4,736 feet there are 22 seams with an aggregate thickness of 216 feet of coal, of which more than 100 feet are workable under present conditions. Coal basins run, with some interruptions, for hundreds of miles northwards from the Crow's Nest Pass* In the foothills on the east side of the Rocky Mountains the coal seams are repeated, and they are traversed by the southern branch of the Canadian Pacific Railway, in the district of Alberta. During the past season the geology of a considerable area of the coal belt in the vicinity of Blairmore was investigated by Mr. W. W. Leach. A map of this area, by Mr. Leach,, accompanies his report, in which much valuable information is given as to these coal-bearing rocks. Coal crops out in many places and is probably widely distributed in our Prairie region east of the Rocky Mountains. This abundance of good fuel will add greatly to the value of these agricultural lands." Looking through Dr. G. C. Hoffman's report of the work done in the Chemistry and Mineralogy branches of the Survey's operations for references to British Columbia we find that the Province does not appear to have to any considerable extent availed itself of the advantages these departments offer. Among numerous analyses made were some of coal and lig- nitic coal from the head of Kettle River, in Yale district ; of iron ore from Port Kells on the Fraser River,. New Westminster district; of pyrrhotite, in regard to nickel content, from a mountain distant about six miles from the forks of Ice and Beaverfoot Rivers, East- Kootenay, from the Thompson near Lytton, and from Shuswap Lake, Yale district; of mineral waters from springs in Lillooet and Cariboo districts, respectively; of a variety of chromite, or chromic iron, from Lillooet district; of clay from Arrow Lake and Texada Island, and of graphite from Rivers Inlet. Examinations were made of minerals not previously met with in the localities named, viz., of several varieties of copper ore from the King Solomon mine, of tremolite from the Morrison mine, and of bismuthinite from the Blue Bell mine, all in the Boundary district; also assays of samples for gold and silver from East and West Kootenay, Yale, Lillooet, New Westminster, Cassiar, and Vancouver Island. The department's mineralogi- cal museum did not receive many additions from British Columbia that year. Mr. R. W. Brock sent in some copper and other specimens; Mr. W. W. Leach sent coal from some of the Crow's Nest Pass coal fields; Mr. C. Hungerford-Pollen contributed a specimen of crystallized hematite from near Fort Steele, and Mr. W. D. Mitchell some silver ores from the Slocan district. Seemingly British Columbia did not send any minerals for inclusion in collections for distribution among the higher educational institutions of the Dominion and elsewhere, nor did the Province take a prominent place among those to whom named collections of minerals were sent. For instance, collections were sent to nineteen educational institutions in Quebec, fourteen in Ontario, eleven in Nova Scotia, nine 896 THE MINING RECORD. mil! in New Brunswick, and only six in British Columbia. This comparatively small number to what we are wont to designate the "mineral Province" of the Dominion - does not suggest any considerable interest in the study of minerals in its advanced schools, though possibly some of these institutions have been supplied in earlier years or from other sources. It is noteworthy that Mr. E. D. Ingall, in his report of the Mines Section, draws attention to the considerably less favourable conditions under which this department does its work in comparison with those that enable the corresponding branch of the United States Geological Survey to attain results that in extent show to much greater advantage. This division of the United States Survey has at its disposal an annual grant of $50,000, and engages in its work a staff of some thirteen members, besides outsiders who write up special industries, whereas the Canadian Mines Section receives about $5,000 and its staff- numbers from two to four only. The objects of both branches are practically the same, viz., to study and report upon the economic mineral resources of their respective countries, and upon the mineral industries resulting from their exploitation. After reviewing the position, necessarily under the circumstances less favourable to Canada than to the United States, Mr. Ingall remarks: "In view, therefore, of these facts and of the present needs of the public interested in our mineral resources and industries, it would seem that the time is quite ripe for the reinforcement of the Mines Section, so that it may more vigorously and completely carry out the policy inaugurated in the past, but largely held in abeyance so far by want of means." Turning to the tables of mineral production, it is seen that there was increased production of copper, nickel and arsenic, among the metallic minerals, and of all the non-metallic minerals tabled excepting petroleum. There was a decrease in gold, silver, lead and pig iron. The falling off in total value of all mineral production during the year was, however, only 2.61 per cent. We regret the absence of a table showing the production of the provinces and territories separately, since such a statement would serve to give prominence to the larger production of gold, silver and lead of British Columbia and the Yukon than that of the much larger area of the Dominion situate east of the Rocky Mountains. The large tonnage of metalliferous ores mined in British Columbia is shown, but not in effective comparison with that of other parts of the Dominion. Mr. C. O. Senecal's report on the mapping and engraving department gives a summary of the valuable work done here. That particularly connected with British Columbia includes 'geological and topographical maps, received from the printer, of Atlin and East Kootenay districts and the Crow's Nest Pass coal fields, respectively, whilst work was in progress on maps connected with Mr. Brock's surveys in West Kootenay and Boundary districts. Having before them the practical and useful results achieved by the Geological Survey Department, particularly valuable to this Province when the work done has been from the Prairies westward, it is to be hoped that our representatives in the House of Com mons will actively support a more liberal appropriation for the use of the Survey, and will urge that its excellent work be continued and enlarged in this Province especially, where abundant and enormous mineral resources are available for utilization and are awaiting development. GOLDSTREAM-VICTORIA WATER POWER AND ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION. (By E. Jacobs.) THE British Columbia Electric Railway Company has for the past five years operated its electric railway system in Victoria and suburbs by electricity generated by a water power obtained at Gold- stream, a stream taking its rise in the hills northwest of the Capital and flowing into Saanich Arm. The water is obtained from the head of Goldstream where, 'at a distance of about 17 miles from the city, there are three lakes. The Esquimalt Water Works Company, which holds the water right, some years ago built substantial dams to make these lakes suitable for water storage purposes. From these dams the water flows along the bed of Goldstream two and a half Exterior of Power House, Goldstream. miles to the balancing reservoir, which has a holding capacity of 220,000,000 gallons and is situate at an altitude of 655 feet above that of the power house. The supply pipe-line is 7,920 feet in length. It is of rivetted sheet steel, and for the first part of its length -is 33 inches in diameter and afterwards of 30 inches. The water is delivered at the generating station at a pressure of 285 lbs. per square inch. The power house is a fire-proof structure, with walls of brick and concrete and roof of tar and gravel. Its dimensions are, length, 56 feet; width, 42 feet, and height, 24 feet, and it is sub-divided into three compartments, viz., a water wheel room, a generator room and a transformer room. The plant installed in it consists of two 38-inch Pelton iron-mounted type impulse water wheels, each developing 600-horse- power, and one 54-inch fitted with Dodd buckets and developing 900-horsepower. Lombard automatic hydraulic governors are used in connection with all these wheels. The speed of the large wheel is controlled THE MINING RECORD. 897 by a needle valve-and deflecting nozzle, that of one of pressure, is led to a switchboard having five marble he smaller wheels by a deflecting hood, and that of panels-three for the generators, one synchronizing, the other by a cut-off hood. and one total 0utput-and thence to three sets of step- ine water wheels are direct-connected to Canadian up transformers, which raise the voltage to 17300 machines, and the larger to a 500-kilowatt revolving- volts, at which pressure it is delivered to the trans- held alternator. The 12% kilowatt exciters for the mission lines. The high-pressure side of these trans- ;>*7 ,'>.:--J8ai".- SP-il Tail Race, Weir Basin and Spillway, at Power House. General Electric 60-cycle three-phase generators, the two smaller to two 360-kilowatt rotating-armature M Pelton Water Wheels and Receiver. Step-up Transformers and High Pressure Switchboard. smaller generators are belt-driven, whilst a 20-kilo- formers is connected Y, with the neutrd point watt exciter is c The capacity o its operati rangemen in case of need lirect-connected to the larger generator, grounded at the generating station only. An air b „f each exciter is sufficient to admit of is supplied to the transformers by two Buffalo bl ing the whole plant and the switching ar- ers, one 50-inch and one 80-inch, driven by direct cur- ts are such as to provide for its doing so rent motors of 4-horsepower and 8-horsepower, res- pectively. rhe current,' after being . generated at 700 volts 1 The transmission line is 13 miles in length. It con 898 THE MINING RECORD. sists of two three-phase circuits of No. 4 B. & S. copper wires mounted on 22,000-volt insulators. Both are strung on the same pole line. For the first mile way of which it runs eight miles, and then four miles to Victoria. Owing to there being many high trees along the route of the line the right-of-way has been Generators and Five-Panel Switchboard. the line passes through rough, timbered country, to the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway, alon the right-of- Back of Low Pressure Switchboard. cleared where necessary to a width of 600 feet, to guard against interruptions to the service from falling trees. The difference in elevation between the generating station and the city is about 475 feet. The sub-station in Victoria is a commodious brick building, formerly the power house when steam was used for generating the electric current. The steam- power plant, consisting of six horizontal return tubular boilers, a cross-compound Corliss engine and a high-speed Ball automatic engine, together with an electric equipment including alternating generators with a total capacity of 400 kilowatts, for lighting, and 360-kilowatt 500-volt direct current machines, for railway purposes, switchboard and other requisite electrical appliances, is kept here in reserve in case of accident to the water-developed power. The conductors are led into the sub-station from the front of the building through 12-inch glazed tile pipes, set at an angle of 45 degrees as a protection against bad weather. They are taken thence through a separate wire well to lightning arresters and reactance coils, situate in the basement, where there are high potential switches so arranged that any set of transformers may be connected' to either of the two transmission lines. There are six 125-kilowatt transformers which lower the pressure from that at which it is received to 1,040 volts, for lighting purposes; also six 125-kilowatt transformers reducing the voltage to 350 volts, the secondaries of these being led to two three-phase, 300-kilowatt, 60-cycle. rotary converters, these supplying the direct current for the electric railways and for other purposes, there being about 100 motors of various sizes in use in the city. In connection with its lighting system .the company THE MINING RECORD. 899 lias some 40,000 incandescent, 200 Nernst, and 50 commercial arc lamps. In Victoria the company's patronage is chiefly for commercial and residential lighting, the Corporation of Victoria having its own -electric lighting system for lighting the streets of the city. The company also has an extensive suburban lighting connection. The local electric railway system comprises some fifteen miles of track, including the lines from the -City to Esquimalt; Douglas Street to Outer Wharf, snd to Beacon Hill and Spring Ridge; Fort Street to couver as well as Victoria, and railways in and to New Westminster from Vancouver. The Vancouver branch of the company's enterprise is by far the most important. The directorate consists of Messrs. R. M. Horne-Payne (chairman), F. S. Barnard., E. L. Evan-Thomas, Hon. M. R Gifford, C.M.G.; G. P. Norton and R. K. Sperling. Mr. Francis Hope is secretary . The chief officers of the company are, at Vancouver: Messrs. J. Buntzen, general manager; R. H. Sperling, general superintendent; W. F. Gitchell, comptroller; B. W. Slocum, chief engineer, and J. B. ;!RHK»ftff j»£^0i ***•„ M Interior of Car Barn, Victoria. Oak Bay and Fort Street to Willows (Exhibition Grounds), respectively. There are 23 cars in all for use on these several lines. The car barn in the city is a comparatively new brick building with fire-proof roof (of P. & B. ready roofing). Its dimensions are 160 feet by 240 feet, and it is large enough to house Jk Jf JII'III i Exterior of Car Barn, Victoria. .40 cars. Its arrangements are modern and all necessary conveniences are provided. The British Columbia Electric Company, Ltd., is an English organization, with head office in London. Its •operations cover electric railways'and lighting in Van- Kannie, superintendent of traffic; at Victoria: A. T. Goward, local manager, G. M. Tripp, superintendent, and H. Gibson, superintendent of traffic; and at New Westminster: F. R. Glover, local manager. THE BOUNTY ON LEAD. MR. JOHN KEEN has prepared an interesting table showing the price realized by lead producers under the. operation of the bounty system as affected by the fluctuations of the London market, upon which settlement is now based. Lead is worth in London to-day, a little over £11 per long ton. The equivalent to £11 per long ton is, as shown by the table, $2.38 per cental. Assuming that the deduction of $1 per cental, now made by the Canadian smelters, to cover the average cost of marketing pig-lead in the available selling markets, is continued, the net London price to the miner is to-day $1.38 per cental. Add to this price the bonus of 75 cents per cental and the miner receives to-day $2.13 per cental. The table shows how the amount per cental, paid to the miner, increases with the London price, till that price reaches £12 ios.—its average for the past twenty years—and how, after the London price reaches its average, the sum paid to the miner will remain 900 THE MINING RECORD. stationary at $2.50 per cental until the London price, without the aid of the bonus, affords the equivalent to this amount. It will be seen that if, during the life of the bonus, the price of lead in London does not rise above £12 ios. per long ton, any increase in the annual production above 33,333 tons will proportionately decrease the amount of bonus payable per ton, but as the amount available per annum is always $500,000, any decrease in the amount of bonus per ton caused by an increase above the average in the London price will permit of the production of a proportionately increased tonnage. Thus, with the London lead at £14 the bonus is 46 cents per cental or $9.20 per ton of 2,000 pounds. At $9.20 per ton $500,000 permits of a production of 54,347 tons per annum. The following is the table: £9 9 9 9 10 10 London Price OS 5S IOS 15s OS 5s IO IOS 10 15s 11 OS II 5s II IOS 15s OS 5S II 12 12 12 IOS 12 I5S 13 OS 13 5S 13 IOS 13 J5s 14 OS 14 5s 14 IOS 14 15s 15 OS 5s IOS 15s 15 15 16 os Cental $i-95 2.00 2.06 2.11 2.17 2.22 2.28 2.32 2.38 2.43 2.49 2-54 2.60 2.66 2.71 2.76 2.82 2.87 2-93 2.98 3-04 3-09 3-15. 3.20 3.26 3-31 3-37 3-42 3-47 Deduct $1.00 I.OO I.OO I.OO I.OO I.OO I.OO I.OO 1.00 I.OO 1.00 I.OO I.OO I.OO I.OO I.OO I.OO 1.00 I.OO I.OO I.OO I.OO I.OO I.OO I.OO I.OO I.OO T.OO I.OO $ -95 1.00 1.06 1.11 1.17 1.22 1.28 1.32 1.38 i-43 1.49 i-54 1.60 1.66 1.71 1.76 1.82 1.87 !-93 1.98 2.04 2.09 2-15 2.20 2.26 2.31 2-37 2.42 2.47 Bounty $•75 •75 •75 •75 •75 •75 •75 •75 •75 •75 •75 •75 •75 •75 •72 •74 .68 •63 •57 •52 .46 .41 •35 •30 .24 .19 •13 .08 •03 Total $1.70 i-75 1.81 1.86 1.92 1.97 2.03 2.07 2.13 2.18 2.24 2.29 2-35 2.41 2.46 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50" 2.50 THE ELECTRICAL SMELTING OF COPPER. TTE Engineering Magazine, New York, gives in its November number an interesting synopsis of a paper recently presented before the Society of Civil Engineers of France, and published in the Memoires of that society, in which M. Ch. Vattier gives an account of the work which has been done at Grenoble with the Keller and Leleux furnace for the electrical smelting of copper. M. Vattier relates how, in the course of a visit to Chili, he obtained a quantity of ores of copper, iron, and manganese, for purposes Of experiment. These he brought to France, and after some preliminary trials at the works at La Praz, he made a careful trial with the furnace at Livet, near Grenoble. The result of these trials was so encouraging that proper modifications in the furnaces were made and plans for the further reduction of copper ores by electricity were arranged. M. Vattier gives in his paper a report of a test made in the presence of a number of eminent English and French metallurgists, showing that 8,000 kilogrammes, or 8 metric tons, of ore were treated in the electric furnace and fully reduced to a matte in eight hours by the expenditure of 500 kilowatts of electric- cal energy. This ore contained about 7 per cent. of. metallic copper, and the resulting matte showed 43 per cent, of metallic copper, while but 0.1 per cent, of metallic copper was found in the slag. The consumption of the carbon electrodes during the operation amounted to 6 to 7 kilogrammes per ton of ore treated, but by the use of electrodes of artificial graphite this consumption may be reduced to 5 kilogrammes per ton. The furnace used is of a double type, there being an upper crucible in which the ore is fused in the arc formed between two electrodes, and a lower portion into which the fused material flows, this latter being provided with movable carbon electrodes which may be plunged into the molten bath or raised above the surface. By this arrangement the fusion is fully effected in the first crucible and the reduction finally effected in the second portion, the latter operation being capable of close regulation, the slag being drawn off above and the fused matte by separate openings lower down. The results of numerous experiments with this apparatus have shown that 100 tons of ore can be treated in 24 hours by the expenditure of 3,000 horse-power, so that the cost of the operation may be determined by the cost of power in the locality where the work is done. M. Vattier goes somewhat into detail in the matter .of cost of smelting the same ores in Chili, and shows that the question of the economical, employment of electrical energy for smelting over the use of coke furnaces is worthy of consideration in that locality. Thus, at the foot of the Cordilleras, where is situate the "Volcan" mine from which the ores above referred to were taken, coke costs at least 100 francs per metric ton, while ample and uniform hydraulic power is readily and cheaply obtainable. The coke furnaces there in use consume 3,200 kilogrammes of coke per ton of copper produced in the form of matte, so there is a cost of 320 francs per ton on the fuel account. The cost of electrical energy is estimated by M. Vattier as 30 francs per kilowatt year, or at 1.25 kilowatt per ton of copper produced, gives 38 francs for the cost of-the current. The cost of electrodes is put at 45 francs, or a total of 83 francs as against 320 francs for the older process, all other charges being assumed to remain unchanged. The advantages of electrical smelting appear, but in a lesser degree, for poorer ores, and in any case the cost should be worked out according to the quantity of ore to be treated and the local canditions under which the work is done. THE MINING RECORD. 901 THE PROVINCIAL MINING ASSOCIA' HON. THE Executive of the Provincial Mining Association convened at Kamloops on Monday, the 23rd of November, and continued in session till the following • ihursday evening. Those attending were the President, Mr. John Keen, the ist Vice-President, Mr. J. B. Hobson, the Hon. Secretary, Mr. Mortimer-Lamb, and Messrs. Kirby, Galt, Howse, Leslie Hill and Brown. Mr. A. N. Jones, Secretary to the President, acted as secretary to the meeting. Discussion on Monday and Tuesday was confined generally to matters dealing with the business administration and working of the organization. The accounts show a considerable deficit, amounting to approximately $1,700, and means must be found to obtain funds to meet not only the existing liabilities, but also to provide for the expense which will necessarily be incurred in carrying out the arrangements for the' Convention in February next. The local branches will be asked to subscribe proportionate amounts of the total sum. If the call is properly responded to, the Association will be free from debt, while the tax on each individual is merely nominal. It has also been decided to issue a report of the next Convention proceedings, and such arrangements have been made as to permit, it is hoped, of the publication being printed and bound and in the hands of delegates before they leave for their homes. The Committee also took in hand the revision of the Constitution and By-Laws, and as a result of their labours, have suggested several important amendments and alterations to be submitted for the consideration of the Convention. Among the changes proposed one or two of special importance may be mentioned, namely the nomination of the local branches in each electoral division of members to serve on the Executive Committee, thus insuring fair and equal representation for all sections, while in addition classes and interests will be represented as at present, but the selection of individuals in this case will be placed in the hands of the President. By this plan, the Committee will comprise sixty or more members, instead of .thirty, and in consequence less difficulty will be experienced in getting a reasonably large representative attendance at Executive meet- fogs? no matter what part or section of the Province hey may be held. Moreover, by the proposed method of selecting Srnmitteemen, much confusion will be avoided andIt* saved the Convention. It is further suggested that the ajp - dismissal of all salaried officers should rest Committee. The wisdom of this sugges- , - ,,„ \ tViirH noteworthy recom- tion shou d be quite obvious. A thira norewum, mendation is that no discrimination should be exercised in Sect to the subscription to be paid * *^"*«™£ traders or other business men, or organizations, but mat in Sad the annual subscription for all members shall be one iVfnd nthe case of mining compan.es only, ten dollars. d Mr' Good 1 of Boundary, having left the Province creatine a Vacancy on the Board, Mr. J. A. Macdonald, of Ross- wi was elected a member of the Committee. land, was eiecteu * m« moment were taken follows, recommending the investogatton^^ colonies> of the system generally in vogue in the Atstnu pointed out that the «^^^1» wiry. Mr. that it levied on natural res°""* *"dt"°the original resolu- Hobson, who moved *h' ^™^r%£Us of taxation, tion, did so on the ponndsjg°th<£ gt have equally as notably that V^f™^^ equently might also re- niuch to recommend them ana c 4 adoption fo British jjay due investigation with a v ewto the P^ ^ .^ Columbia, where existing fiscal metnoa j ^^ ^ pomtment and with the Execul tute whereby the revenues of the Province' would not suffer loss. "Be it therefore resolved that this Association desires to re-assert that it has no wish to be relieved at the expense of other industries, but, on the contrary, is now, and has always been, ready to pay its fair and equitable share of the taxation necessary for the economical and business-like conduct of Provincial affairs. "In the opinion of this Association, natural resources of the Province and not industry, should bear the chief burden of taxation. The enormous areas of valuable land now held under a taxation which is practically insignificant should be made to pay its proper share of the burden and thus relieve the industry. "The Association therefore respectfully recommends to the Government the advisability of enquiring into and adopting tne Australasian or some other equitable and uniform taxation on land, including mining lands, that will tend to increase the revenue, foster the settlement" of the lands of the Province, and encourage the development of its great mineral and other resources. "In view of the vast areas of land held in this Province, it is believed that the revenues from such a system of taxation will more than meet the annual deficit of the Province, and will enable it to materially relieve the mining industry. The other resolution to which reference has been made, requires little comment. The Mining Record has repeatedly called attention to the mediocre and inefficient service rendered the industry of the Province by the Department and Bureau of Mines It is surely time some change in the direction ot reform were brought about. This may be accomplished m many ways, but most important and necessary of all is the introduction of a system providing for the prompt and regular dissemination of information relating to new discoveries ot mineral areas, as well as reports of progress and development in established mining centres. It is to be hoped that the recommendation will receive from the Government the at tention it merits. -The following is the text of the resolution^ "Whereas, there has long been an increasing dissatisfaction with the relation of the Provincial Bureau of Mines to the fining industry, the complaints most prevalent beingffi> the effect that the conditions and resources of various districts have not been fairly or properly presented, and that all efforts Se Wtherto by mining men towards the betterment of mining conditions have met with opposition instead °f assistance from this office. And that moreover, it is complained that he work of the Bureau has apparently been restricted to the Section of statistics, while the industry has not received Sat Stance in the way of expert scientific study and re- portsTn mineral districts which was expected from the office and which was the main object of its creation, as set out in Section 7 of the 'Bureau of Mines Act, 1895- S^o^^o^U wanting and that the main Sets of its creation has been thus defeated: "Re it therefore resolved that in the opinion of this Asso- ciadon a raakal change should be effected ui the constitution and conduct of the said Bureau. At "his meeting a well-deserved tributeJj"^^ President, whose energy ^^ ^ ^ examp]e tQ those as unanimously passec Colurri quate. The resolution follows:— . . t 0f tne finances of the & **" 1 tt SS whSVale been raised upon Province, and the objections mining this ^ound towarsmeasur gj^**'^ re„ f dur industry, and the tact w\. counter demand ing the past two yewj^^^ ^ a substi. on the part of the Government then in powe! oi\he organization may ^|^ag[ entirely t0 the less zealously inclined. It _is aue ^^ Pr?Sideist now ^ngtn^ S0on°sucheeconomical and busi- C1 VW Ifoel ana the committee in expressing their appre- ness-hke lines, ana ™ assured, but express the ciation of these facts, did, we a™ j thi connection, sentiments of the Association as abo«* in Association | ;hould also congratuU e M Keen a ^ ^^ & secured the services o^ ^ ous and consummate which he performed his duties at Kamloops was ratly apprlciatedana admired by the members of the committee in attendance there. we havin£ secretary 902 THE MINING RECORD. The committee also were much gratified by the generous hospitality extended them during their stay by the residents of Kamloops, and the vote of thanks tendered the Mayor and »~ity Council, and to Mr. Ashley and the other officers of the local organization but feebly indicated the gratitude felt by every member of the Executive for courtesy quite embarrassing in its kindness. THE DRY ORE BELT—NOVEMBER NOTES. (By W. D. McGregor.) INTEREST in this camp for the current month would seem to be divided between the proposed Hendryx, or "Parks" electro-cyanide method of treating our gold- silver ores and the improvement in the various working properties. With regard to the first, there seems little doubt that it will form at least a valuable adjunct to a plant for treating the ores from any mine or group of mines in the belt, and the Arlington people who have been experimenting on these lines for years, give out that they are satisfied and will erect a mill in the spring to handle all their product. With anything like the results given, the process should come into very general use, probably as forming the final feature of a more or less elaborate plant established on good water-power and handling the ores from a series of mines above. In any event the large proportion of low-grade ore now being cut in development of the various mines is the best assurance we can have that some method of working this at a profit will be devised. As for the mines, they speak for themselves. On Ten-Mile Creek, the Enterprise, given up by the London & B. C. people, has been re-opened under lease by a couple of practical men without much capital but with common sense, who have been able to make the mine pay its way and to pay the royalty. They have secured a three years' lease on the mine and are now completing buildings to take the place of those carried away last spring and expect to work some 75 men, and they have the ore in sigh^ to warrant this; in fact, old-timers there say the mine looks better than at any previous time. The Ottawa, in spite of their misfortune in not finding their second vein, have cut the big shoot in No. 4 level on the original vein, and are driving along it. It seems larger and quite as rich as in the upper level. The rich band is continuous and the vein practically filled with low-grade ore. A shipment from above ran over the 1,000 ounce mark, every foot cut means quite a little money. The Black Prince is in the hands of leaseholders who are driving the drifts on No. 2 level and upraising to No. 1 for the ore they cut in the work, and very well satisfied they are with their bargain, as they have ore enough out to put them on velvet for the winter. The Myrtle owners, after being drowned out of the workings, owing to the abnormal rainfall, have started a 400-foot cross-cut which will give them some 50 feet more depth on tne vein and a^low them to intercept the surface water in the drifts above this level. . They have already shown one of tne largest low-grade bodies cut in the camp and hope for ■ a continuance of the high-grade shoot which gives them 200 ozs., smelter returns. There are numbers of other reports almost without exception encouraging. There are more prospects being open- end in a small way by their owners than at any previous period. Shipments are light, owing to the cessation of the Arlington, etc. Still they amount to 1,100 tons from seventeen properties. ver, Colo., assignors to Metal Volatilization Co., Philadelphia, Pa., issued October 20, 1903. CLAIMS. 1. The process which consists in effecting a mixture containing the ore, sulphur and a haloid of an alkaline or alkaline-earth metal, the relative proportions of the materials being substantially those quantitatively requisite to produce, when heated in the presence of oxygen, a haloid of the metal or metals to be extracted from the ore and a sulphate of the alkaline or alkaline-earth metal; roasting the mixture with free access of air and agitation at a temperature sufficient to effect the reaction mentioned; and volatilizing and recovering the metal values as haloids or oxyhaloids, substantially as described. 2. The process which consists in preparing a charge containing the ore, sulphur and a chloride of an alkaline or alkaline-earth metal, the relative proportions of the materials being substantially those quantitatively requisite to produce, when heated in the presence of' oxygen, chloride of the metals to be extracted from the ore, and a sulphate of the alkaline or alkaline-earth metals; roasting the charge with free access of air and' agitation at a temperature sufficient to effect the- reaction mentioned; and volatilizing and recovering the metal values as chlorides or oxychlorides, substantially as described. 3. The process which consists in preparing a charge containing the ore, sulphur and a chloride of an alkaline or alkaline-earth metal, the relative proportions of the metals being substantially those quantitatively requisite to produce when heated in the presence of oxygen, a chloride of the metal or metals to be extracted from the ore, and a sulphate of the alkaline or alkaline-earth metal; roasting the mixture with free access of air and agitation at a temperature sufficient to effect the reaction mentioned; and volatilizing and recovering the metallic values as chlorides and oxychlorides from the fumes liberated, by subjecting them to the action of water, substantially as described. 4. The process which consists in preparing a charge containing the ore, sulphur and a chloride of an alkaline pr alkaline-earth metal, the relative proportions of the materials being substantially those quantitatively requisite to produce when heated in the- presence of oxygen, a chloride of the metal or metals to be extracted from the ore and a sulphate of the alkalfoe or alkaline-earth metal; roasting the mixture with free access of air and agitation at a temperature sufficient to effect the reaction mentioned; and volatilizing and recovering the metallic values as chlorides or oxychlorides from the fumes liberated by subjecting them to filtration and to the action- of water, substantially as described. 5. The process which consists in preparing a charge containing the ore, sulphur and a chloride of an alkaline or alkaline-earth metal, the relative proportions of the materials being substantially those quanitatively requisite to produce, when heated in the presence of oxygen, a chloride of the metal or metals to be extracted from the ore and a sulphate of the alkaline or alkaline-earth metal; roasting the mixture with free access of air and agitation at a temperature above 900 degrees centigrade; and volatilizing and recovering the metallic values as chlorides and oxychlorides from the fumes- liberated, substantially as described. RECENT MINING AND METALLURGICAL PATENTS WE are indebted to Mr. Rowland Brittain, patent attorney of Vancouver for the following report:— U. S. patent No. 741,712—Process for Treating Refractory Ores. Edwin C. Pohle and Stuart Croasdaile, Den- CENTRE STAR MINING CO., LTD." THE annual general meeting of shareholders in the Centre' Star Mining Co., whose Centre Star is one of the most important of the Rossland mines, was held in Toronto, Ontario, on November 24th. Appended is the report of the general manager, Mr. Edmund B. Kirby: manager's report. Developments up to date show that the Centre Star mine has experienced the same general change in the character of its ore deposits which has occurred in all other productive mines of the Rossland district, and which is the general rule throughout the world. This is the transition from the occur- THE MINING RECORD. 90c rence of high-grade bonanza ore bodies, capable of profit The ninth level west on the hanging side of the vein has under the expensive process of smelting, to masses of lower reached a point 109 feet from the shaft cross-cut, no values. grade, requiring a cheaper treatment by milling. A heading on the footwall side advanced i7iy2 feet through As the bodies of smelting ore in the vein become less heavily mineralized ore, averaging $3.95 smelter's gross assay frequent and their average size diminishes the proportion of • values. this ore to the increasing quantity of development or dead Ninth level east on hanging side of the vein advanced work required to expose it rapidly lessens to-a point where II4 feet, eXp0sing heavy sulphides of no value. On the foot- its profit is consumed by the cost of the dead work. The wau sfoe a heading has been driven 20 feet through ore aver- relief to be derived from milling will therefore be not only aging $3.65 smelter's gross assay value. in the direct saving of cost expected, but also in the increased proportion of pay ore to development work, while the stoping necessity for milling: of low grade blocks will assist the exploration work in dis- The. necessity for milling has long been foreseen, but al- closing the unknown bodies of smelting ore contained with- though eyery effort hag bgen made towards the desired end, in their limits. there hag been unexpected delay, owing to unusual difficul- ORE values and reserves. ties and obstacles. The technical problem presented by the I 00 0 nature of the ore has been a serious one, and the busi- ihe ore sales during the year have been 88,387 tons, aver- nesg arrangements necessary for. success have also taken agiing $10.58, smelter's assay value. (Explanatory Note: the time A satisfactory method of treatment was devised some values given are based upon the price of 12 cents for copper time ^ whne thg question of location, water supply, land, instead of 16.25 cents, as m previous reports. It is the usual freight rates market for product, and the financing of the practice of mines in pricing and recording ore to use the mim enterprise were finally settled last August, "full assay value" instead of the "smelters gross assay value, - -^ u ,. A~ ;«™A which is less. While this plan is often preferable, it has so A preliminary mill of 200 tons daily capacity but designee, far been more convenient at the Centre Star mine to use the for prompt enlargement to 400 tons, is now being built by latter value, which as shown by the accompanying table, has the Rossland Power Company Limited, and is located^upon on shipping grades ranged from $2.47 to $3-93 less than the the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway near the town of ?ull assay value.) The average assay contents were: gold, Trail. It is expected to begin operations by early spring o W oz silver o 40 oz.; copper, 0.99 per cent. The net profit affording the des.red outlet for the milling ores of the Centre in excess of all expenditures was in round figures $265,000, btar and War Eagle mines. which has covered the indebtedness of the company and left the mineral tax. a surplus of, in round figures, $70,000 in the treasury. The reserves of smelting ore at the present moment are not The serious obstacle presented to large scale milling by lasrsr:. r snip, m i gpl—* mMM^^^MBI the mill of the Rossland Power Company assures an outlet C^re Star anom ||g g for these ores within a few months, their contents^w. 1 .soon f om 10 to 20 per c t. ^ ||| ^^ be available. It is impossible to present any reliable estimate creases the 0~y s | j ^ min_ of their quantity or precise va foe, because their hm fa; have ^^J^^^f^.g^de ores throughout the Province not been denned, and until milling begins they cannot be ex- mg andmiM^ ^unities to join in active measures posed and sampled accurately without excessive expense^ has forced^the mmmg | ^^ ^^ They occur in extensive bodies 15 to 30 feet m width and or ifarepea^ Association. It is believed that the exposed very imperfectly by the mine workings since these the^mcial gM g ^ ||| ^ urgently have in the past been directed to the exposure of smelting ore J^JSJ1^ pQpular sentiment. bodies only. ||| ^ MINJNG details of development. to m spedal attention t0 the reduction ef- Fourth level-(43i feet in depth measured on the vein.) * | the costs of mining, which The Wh level east has been extended to a point 690 feet ^^wered all previous records. The figures are as from the shaft. From the 340 to the 400-foot.point no, val- ^ g ues At the 400-foot point a cross-cut shows the ore to be 10 $38.77 per foot • ?eet in width, averaging $3-45 smelter's gross assay value. .Winzes ^perfect rfrorr, the ago to the' 470-f oot point the ore averaged $440,. RaiseS ^^ v fmXr'sgSs assay value. From the 47o to the 500-foot MM 17.09 per foot pS the ore averaged $I4-7o smelter's gross assay value^ ^ from ^ . g 2.o7perton From the 500 to the 680-foot point the.average^ is $d20 || gg| ^ ^.^ ^ mmM^SBis te-i,y illbul "° Mrafl Iain »- ~M M (. 2 fe« in ««P'» "**""* °" |lpl I ,t sS'»d partc»l»S» ^ ^^H M'' VM 904 THE MINING RECORD. u CO o ON o ro P. tt CO c o o o u tt a m "s Z I 3 S 1. tt co g W o U C""1 J2 tt i o I £ a a tt to tt t o . . a CO tt 0 O «j ii ON ^u *-* *i o o O o CO +J P< 1) ** -*i o o o O HO ON w tu CO o © M •o*J .a o ■ o O , a « o M *J o o" CO fe u. to iJ-S o o HO M o On M S m* M O o Vh T3 4-» 11 .a 12 o o •£ o O K CU ^fe . a o .On So at M -M O , CO .,_, o ,9 o co a o -w fe Oi QJ co 5* O 0 o •+^ HO o <> ON 1) CO H* a a o o u 13 +J X* 5g o o Ih -*-» ° -tt 'J O % ° *. 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O CONO N M 1(1 to CO co tN OvVO CO B 10 OlNO ON -4 ON -4 d « ftlS O tc V°.(*. t H. ? 0 CO t-C Q CO to o\ to 00 "". 1 t)- Tt; M w w n 4«- 1000 cm vq o \q tF jjv K t<. on cm - cm 00 to to ^- o CO NO" ■* o "OQ T|- CO- ON NO NO 00 NO CO: THE MINING RECORD. 905 CENTRE STAR MINE-Table of Mine Costs. For Twelve Months Ending September 30th, 1903. SOME NOTES FROM THE MINING CAMPS. THE COAST. AFTER a temporary suspension, due to shortage of coke, the Crofton smelter has resumed operations, a supply of fuel having been obtained from Fernie. Ore is "being steadily shipped from the Lenora, the average copper values being 5.97 per cent. A new ore-body is said to have "been uncovered at the 100-foot level, and a new strike is reported to have been made to the southwest of the present workings on the surface. The situation at the mine has of late considerably improved. The Tyee continues to make a most satisfactory showing, the returns for October giving a return of $42,197. A Van Anda correspondent writes: The Marble Bay shaft has been carried down another 100 feet, and the ore-body is being explored from that point. The waste dump purchased by the Crofton smelter, is being shipped rapidly to Crofton. There is so much lime in the waste that it has been found available for fluxing. The Cornell mine is making regular shipments to Ladysmith. Drifting is continuing on the 560-foot level. The Copper Queen winze, on the 500-foot level, is down eighty feet. It is in solid ore from the collar down. Drifts will be run from the winze to prove the size of the ore body. The tunnel on the Puget Sound Iron mine property to tap the bottom of the shaft is in 100 feet. The work is being done with a steam drill. The tunnel will be about 400 feet long to the shaft, and give a depth of 150 feet at the shaft. The tunnel and the drift already run from the shaft give a depth of more than 300 feet of high-grade ore. Work on the copper lead on the Puget Sound Iron mine property is continuing, and ore is being quarried off the surface. A tunnel is being driven from the Paxton iron mine which, if continued, will tap the copper at a depth of about 250 feet. The Silver Crown which was staked early in the summer/is giving promise of a good prospect. A trial shipment of ore from the Nut- Total advance, feet Ore stoped, tons 1. Drilling 2. Blasting 3- Explosives 4- General Mine Supplies '' 5. Mine Lighting—Candles .. 6. Mine Lighting—Electric 1 7- Smithing 8. Tramming and Shovelling, direct 9- Tramming and Shovelling, apportioned to. Timbering—LabouT- 11. Timbering—Material 12. Machine Drill Fittings and Repairs 13- General Mine Labour 14. Hoisting—Underground 15- Hoisting—Main Shaft 16. Compressed Air 17. Mine Ventilation 18. Pumping 19. Assaying 20. Surveying 21. General Expense Sinking Small Shafts. DEVELOPMENT WORK Raising Drifting ORE EXTRAC TIOW 79- 186. 2903.5 84,453 COST PER FOOT. Cost Per Ton 6.IO 7-31 4-53 405 2.48 2.40 1.08 03 3-13 3-72 2.72 •145 •51 .26 .64 .19 •43 .14 .04 •015 •30 .22 •13 .01 1.00 1.14 .72 •065 Hi •65 1.21 .24 .64 •35 .42 .085 1.81 3-08 .02 •19 •33 -57 .01 .11 .86 -94 .60 •055 1-57 1.18 .84 .09 4-79 1.48 .89 •94 .19 1.74 2.08 1.07 .12 •23 • 17 •13 .015 1.71 1.09 •34 •035 ■55 •47 .14 •03 .20 • 17 .11 .01 3-57 2.71 m .185 38.77 29.97 17.09 2.065 cracker recently has proved satisfactory. A good grade of copper ore is being taken from the Golden Slipper. Arrangements have been completed for the shipment of ore from the Gribble Island mines to the Ladysmith smelter. Development operations have been resumed at the Yreka, Quatsino Sound. LYTTON. At Lytton another large steel dredge is being built and this and a dredge previously in use will be operated on the Fraser River at Lytton next spring. It is stated that the lowest returns obtained from prospecting work on the Lytton Company's leases, were ny cents per cubic yard, while at twelve feet from the surface in mid-stream, the gravel ran as high as $1.87 per cubic yard. KAMLOOPS. There is every reason to suppose that the report of the engineer sent by the Ashanti Lands, an English company, to inspect the Iron Mask mine, will be a favourable one, an order having already been placed with the Vancouver Engineering Co. to supply machinery for a concentrator plant, which is to be' installed on the flat at the foot of the hill near the mine. Regular shipments of ore are now being made from the Copper King to j the Crofton smelter at the rate of about three carloads a week. CARIBOO. At Barkerville the country is already well covered with snow, and all placer mining operations have been suspended. Pumping work is, however, in progress at the deep level mines at Willow River and Slough Creek, The shaft at the Cariboo Consolidated mine is now down 150 feet and it is proposed to commence driving under the creek immediately. At La Fontaine work has commenced on a long drift from the bottom of the shaft. Surveys are about completed at the Consolidated Hydraulic mine, Bullion, for the extension of the company's water system. Estimates of the 906 THE MINING RECORD. cost of the proposed work will shortly be placed before the directors by the manager, Mr. Hobson. It is reported that Morehead Lake is now two feet higher than it was last spring when the water was turned on in the pits. This being so, it is not unreasonable to hope for a fair supply of water, at least, for next season's operations. The Thistle Gold Mine at Eight-Mile Lake is said to have made a final clean-up for the season of $50,000. LARDEAU. Several instances 'of claim-jumping are reported from Poplar Creek. One case was summarily dealt with, a man named Tanghe, .the locator of a placer claim over the Lucky Jack ground, having disregarded an order to move his stakes, being committed to serve three months' imprisonment with hard labour. It is reported that several small shipments of high-grade ore from the Gold Park, Lucky Jack and other claims will be made shortly. Several properties, including the Spyglass, have been bonded in the past . few weeks. A rich strike of free gold is reported to have been made on the Silver Dollar on Mohawk Creek, while a good lead of high-grade silver-lead ore was encountered last week on the Mammoth group on Goat Mountain. The Northwestern Development Syndicate has been re-constructed and it is stated sufficient additional capital has been provided to pay off the liabilities and place the company on a sound footing. Operations will probably be resumed before the end of the year. The Nettie L. near Ferguson has been closed down, pending the completion of the new Silver Cup combination mill, the London directors concluding that there was no necessity to increase the present accumulation of ore on the dumps and in the stopes. The mill will probably not be completed under two months. SLOCAN. . it is reported that a new ore body three feet wide has been encountered in the No. 6 tunnel at the Last Chance mine, assays from which have given 170 ozs. silver and 60 per cent, lead. A promising strike is also reported to have been made on the Ivanhoe in No. 8 tunnel. At this property forty-five men are at present employed, but the working force is shortly to be increased. It is also proposed to install machine drills. There are said to be altogether some four hundred and fifty men employed in the mines about Sandon. During the year about 1,800 tons of zinc ore have been ready for shipment which will probably be sent out before February: This supply will be principally drawn from the Payne, Ruth, Ivanhoe, Wakefield, and one or two others. In the Slocan City division the Bachelor group, on Carpenter Creek, has been bonded to Chicago men for $55,000. Both the Arlington and Howard Fraction mines were closed down this month, the former for the reason that sufficient ore has been developed to maintain a three years' mill supply. A mill to treat this' ore is to be built at the property during the winter. , Mr. Koch, who has had a lease of the upper workings of the Enterprise mine for the past six months, has secured leasehold rights over .the property for a further period of three years. The mine is the property of the Enterprise Mine, Ltd., of London, under whose auspices it proved unprofitable. At the Ottawa a big ore shoot has been encountered in the long tunnel, the easterly vein having widened out at depth to fourteen inches, showing much native silver. During the year 1,400 feet of development work has been done on this property. The Bachelor group at Three Forks has been bonded on working terms. The important announcement is made that negotiations have been completed for the early establishment of a smelter at Kaslo. YMIR. Development on a large scale has recently been started at the Wilcox to locate the rich Fourth of July vein at depth. The No. 2 tunnel on the Wilcox claim proper, already in on the No. 2 Wilcox .vein about 400 feet is being run further in such a direction as to tap the Fourth of July vein some 300 feet below the present workings, the distance to be driven being less than 400 feet. A body of high-grade ore, averaging over $60 to the ton, has recently been encountered. • The monthly mill returns since the beginning of the year have shown consistent and continuous improvement. In October the Wilcox mine produced a gold brick weighing 325 ozs., concentrates having a net value of $500, and two and a half carloads of galena, the net value of which was $2,500. The net profits for the montrTwere $5,000. A small test mill of two stamps has been set up "on the Gold Cup group and a first shipment of ore will be made this week. A promising ore body has been opened up on the Tamarac, upon which property development work was resumed three months ago. The returns from the Ymir mine for September are unsatisfactory, but it is officially intimated, however, that increased working costs are merely of a temporary character,, caused by repairs. The manager of the Arlington mine, Erie, sends the following report: During the month of October 130 tons of ore were shipped to the Hall Mines Smelter at Nelson. The net smelter returns were $5,395.98, and the expenses in British Columbia were $3,487.27, leaving a profit of $1,908.71. At the Foghorn the long adit, which during the last three years has been driven about 1,200, the greater part of the way through hard rock, has at length cut at a depth of about 900 feet a vein of carbonate ore upon which a prospect shaft had previously been sunk in ore of excellent grade. Besides tapping this vein of high-grade ore the adit passed through, at about 600 feet in, a body of concentrating ore stated to be 46 feet in width. The success of tne Golden Monarch Mining and Milling Co. in cutting this vein at depth on the Foghorn is encouraging owners of neighbouring claims to prepare to do similar development work. NELSON. ihe Gold Hill mine on Forty-nine Creek, has made a first shipment of free milling ore to the Hall Mines smelter for test purposes. The net returns on one lot of four tons gave $267.94, deducting freight, and treatment charges, and on another lot of five tons, $79.48. The owners propose to build a mill as soon as the extent of the ore body is proved. ROSSLAND. The Rossland representative of the Canadian Ore Concentration Company, writes to the Mining Record that the results obtained so far from the tests given to the Elmore process in that district have been so encouraging as to justify the assumption of its successful application to the treatment of Rossland ores, and adds that the company has just received an order for a 50-ton plant from War Eagle- Centre Star Companies, and expects that similar orders will ere long follow. The Josie mine has resumed operations after a brief suspension caused by a temporary disability of the C. P. R. to- haul the ore which is being shipped to the Greenwood smelter. The railway company has now provided against a recurrence of the difficulty. It is expected that shipments will also shortly be made from the No. 1, which has been closed down for several weeks past. The Le Roi No. 2 concentrator is now being operated at its full capacity. BOUNDARY. The two new furnaces at the Granby Company's works have been blown-in. The company is taking active measures to provide its own fuel supply, through the International Coal and Coke Co. and a contract, it is reported, has just been let for the construction of a hundred and four coke ovens, at the Blairmore collieries. Tfie Bank of England claim near Phoenix has been leased and bonded. Work on the property has already been started. A test shipment of ore is to be made shortly. The Helen claim at Greenwood was also bonded last month. Returns THE MINING RECORD. 907 from the last shipment of 20 tons of ore from the Providence mine, gave values of 2.44 oz. gold, 327.80 oz. silver and 7.60 per cent, lead per ton. The net proceeds were $4,403.89, or rather over $220 per ton. camp m'kinney. It is stated that by practical experiment the Hendryx process has been found to be highly suitable to the treatment of ore from the Waterloo mine, a recovery of 87 per' cent, of the values having been reported to have been made by the test mill at Spokane. The saving in handling the high- grade gold concentrates would be $13 a ton. The concentrates are now being hauled to the railway by a wagon for 20 miles at a cost of perhaps $5 a ton, and treatment at the Trail smelter brings the total costs up to about $11 a ton. The smelter only pays $19 an ounce for the gold, instead of $20.67. In the case of four-ounce gold ore this means a further reduction by the smelter of $6.50 on the gold, making actual costs of freight and smelter treatment $17.50. The Hendryx process, in connection with the stamp mill at the Waterloo mine, will probably entail at the outside a direct cost of $2.50 a ton for milling. By saving 98 per cent, of the gold the indirect loss is only $1.65 a ton, and the maximum costs for treatment and losses in milling will amount to about $4 a ton, as against the present costs of $17.50 a ton. J The tests by the Hendryx process were conducted at Spokane by Mr. C. M. Fassett, who is reported to have made the following statements: "The ore ran 3.99 ounces in gold and 3.4 ounces in silver. We recovered 98 per cent, of the gold and practically all of the silver. In tests on the tailings from the plates before concentrating, the Hendryx tailings went only $1.65 a ton. The tailings, which are crushed in the stamps of 30-mesh, are re-crushed to 80-mesh at a cost perhaps of 50 or 60 cents a ton. We also tested the 30- mesh tailings from the concentrator without re-grinding. The feed assayed $6.41, and the result was a saving of 72 per cent, of the gold and practically all of the silver. The tailings from the Hendryx agitator assayed only $1.86 a ton. 1 ne solution on the tailings from the plates carried about one pound of cyanide to the ton. The tailings from the concentrator were treated with a half pound of cyanide to the ton. If the Waterloo company accept Dr. Hendryx's recommendations, they will crush in the stamps under a weak solution of cyanide and will then send the tailings from the plates to be re-ground to 80-mesh size. The pulp will then be run into -settling tanks and the original solution will be pumped back to the stamps while the pulp will be fed into *he Hendryx agitator. The agitator and the new crushing machinery will not cost more than $2,500." east kootenay. Alluvial gold mining in East Kootenay is again beginning to assume important proportions, the returns obtained from the past summer's workings having proven most encouraging. It is ascertained that next year six companies will be engaged in hydraulicing on Wild Horse Creek alone, while Perry Creek, Bull River, Skookum Chuck Creek and Findlay Creek, are also to be extensively exploited. The Gold Commissioner for the district thus summarizes progress made this year: "In metalliferous mining much Las'been.done in the direction of opening up new properties, but ore shipments have been limited. A company is now building a big flume at Bull River, and proposes to work the bed for placer gold. On St. Mary's River extensive placer operations have been in progress, and to a lesser degree on Wild Horse." The Crow's Nest Coal Co. distributed $147,856.90 in wages in September. The North Star mine having completed its contract with the Hall Mines smelter, has decided to suspend shipping operations for the time being. COMPANY NOTES. Highland (Kootenay, B.C.) Mining Co., Ltd.—Development has been energetically carried on at the Highland mine, Ainsworth, ever since the mine was started up last year under lease, and 45 to 50 men have been employed right along. This mine is the largest shipper of lead in the Province. Its product is a low-grade silver-lead ore, which is partially sorted at the mine, the clean ore being shipped direct to the Hall Mining & Smelting Co.'s smelter and the remainder concentrated at the Highland 150-ton concentrator. Shipments have been maintained at the rate of about 500 tons eacn month except for a short period when, owing to shortness of water, the concentrator could not be operated. Mr. Norman Carmichael, who was also engineer in charge of the Duncan United Mines Company's Poorman mine, supervises operations at the Highland. Ymir.—The mine manager reports the return for the month of September, 1903, by cable, as follows:—60 stamps ran 27 days, and crushed 4,600 tons, (2,000 lbs.) of ore, producing 910 ozs. bullion. The estimated realizable value (gross) of the product is $10,000; 260 tons of concentrates, shipped, gross estimated value, $6,000; cyanide plant treated, 3,050 tons (2,000 lbs.) of tailings producing bullion having estimated gross value of $2,000; sundry revenue, $1,140; total, $19,140; working expenses, $20,000; loss, $860. There has been expended during the month on development, $5,000. Official note.—Cabled advices received from the manager state that increased working costs likely to be only temporary and are caused ■ by repairs. Tyee (Mt. Sicker).—During October the smelter ran 20 days; 2,805 tons of ore smelted, giving a return of $42,197,. after deduction of refining charges and amount paid for custom ore. B. C. Standard Co.—Late news from the B. C. Standard Company's Hunter V. mine near Ymir camp is that the tunnel has been connected with the shaft of the Double Standard claim, which is a part of the Hunter V. group. It is.the intention to drop the ore through this shaft after it is taken from the main quarry. Work on the tramway is making good progress and it is expected that it will be finished and ready for operation some time in December. An auxiliary aerial tramway from the Hunter V. workings down to the upper terminal ore bins is being put in. It has a length of 1,800 feet. An incline tunnel from the surface to intersect the shaft of the Hunter V. is being driven so as to be ready when shipments begin, which will be on the completion of the tramway. Le Roi (Rossland.—The following information has been cabled to England by the manager: "Shipped from the mine to the Northport smelter during the past month 13,825 tons of ore, containing 4,319 ozs. of gold, 4,150 ozs. of silver, and 230,656 lbs. copper. Has resulted in a loss of $20,500. Shipped from the dump to the Northport smelter during the -past month 5,615 tons of ore, containing 1,250 ozs. of gold, 3,300 ozs. of silver, and $37,500 lbs. copper. Estimated profit on this ore, $2,750." MINING RETURNS. AND STATISTICS. rossland. Weekly average shipments of about 8,000 tons are being maintained. Production for the present year to the end of November approximate 340,000 tons. boundary. The Boundary district 1903 output has reached over 600,000 tons, and production is being made at the rate of nearly 19,000 tons a week. SLOCAN. Ore shipments from the Slocan and Slocan City divisions for the year to date aggregate approximately 13,500 tons. YUKON. Returns of gold shipments from Dawson for the past season's working are: May, $i73,78i; June, $3,824,480; July, $2015586; August, $1,442,286; September, $1,930,175; October, JiW-OOO. Total, $10,137,308. These figures do not include shipments from White Horse and Forty Mile. ■908 THE MINING RECORD. COAL MINING NOTES. THE Provincial Government is pressing the enforcement of the law against the underground working of Chinese miners in the Vancouver Island collieries and Inspector Morgan has been ordered to Cumberland, and is now making another effort to take the Chinese out of the coal mines. The Government some time ago gave instructions to Inspector Morgan to enforce the Act, which provides that no Chinese shall be employed underground in coal mines. The Inspector instituted proceedings, and obtained a judgment against the Wellington Colliery Company. Mr. James Dunsmuir, however, gave notice of an appeal. The Minister of Mines states that the Government desires the matter of jurisdiction to be settled. The Government has, therefore, decided to give the Wellington Colliery Company notice that the appeal is to be prosecuted with, all expedition, otherwise another action will be taken against the Company to compel it to exclude the Chinese. The Government is apparently determined to enforce the statute, unless proved ultra vires. Mr. Dunsmuir says that he does not know' the reason for the delay. The matter is in the hands of his solicitors. In the aggregate the October output of the Crow's Nest collieries- amounted to 71,300 tons, of which 17,867 tons represented coke shipments. There are about 5,000 tons of coke ■stacked at the ovens awaiting shipment, the railway company being unable seemingly to provide at present a sufficient mimber of cars to keep pace with the requirements. Coal and coke shipments from Fernie have been seriously restricted during November by the failure or inability of the C. P. R. to supply cars, and in consequence it is feared that the ovens may be banked and colliery operations in general largely curtailed. The ovens are meanwhile being operated at about a third the full production capacity. Excellent reports have been received of the progress being -made by the Western Fuel Company, of Nanaimo, in the development of the No. 1 mine, a ten-foot seam of good coal "having recently been encountered in the south workings at Departure Bay. The Company is installing additional pumps and boilers. The foreign coal shipments from the mines at Ladysmith for the month of October reached a total of 22,795 tons. The foreign shipments of the Western Fuel Co. for the month of October aggregated 14,344 tons of coal. MACHINERY NOTES. A DREDGE, the largest of the kind in Canada, is being built by the Wm. Hamilton Manufacturing Co., Ltd., for the Iowa-Lillooet Mining Co., for operation on the Fraser River, near Lillooet. The dredge, which ds of the New Zealand bucket type, has been so designed as to resist very severe strain, and all weak parts have been •especially strengthened. The hull is 100 feet long and 34 feet in width, and is built of Douglas fir. The bow is sheeted with steel plate. The main gantry, which supports the ladder, is constructed of steel. The ladder, which is 72 feet in length, weighs 90,000 pounds, and has a continuous chain of buckets revolving" around it. Each of these buckets is •capable of carrying six cubic feet of gravel, and is made of steel plate with lips of 1x7 inch nickel steel. The bushing and pins connecting these buckets are made of the best manganese steel. There are four links to each bucket, and they are made of 2x6 inch steel, and bushed with manganese steel. The gravel is discharged from these buckets at the rate of 15 yards per minute into a revolving screen 5 inch "by 4 inch, made of steel plate perforated with holes. The gravel in passing through this screen is washed, the water being discharged into the screen at the rate of 35,000 gallons per minute. All the small gravel and gold filters through the screen on to the tables, and the larger material passes through to the elevator or stocker, which delivers it 40 feet from the stern of the dredge and stacks it 25 feet above the water. The tables are so designed as to save all the gold, having a fanning motion. The gravel, after passing over the tables, passes through an undercurrent quick-silver trap. This dredge is operated by five engines, supplied by one large boiler. The main engine, which operates the buckets, screen and gold tables, is 116 horse-power marine. The pump engine is direct-connected and is 35 horse-power marine, the ladder engine, 30 horse-power horizontal. The engine running the dynamo is 6 horse-power. The line engine is marine type, 40 horse-power direct-connected to the winches. The winches handle four side lines of 1 inch steel cable, and two head lines of iy inch steel cable; these lines are used for moving or holding the dredge in place. The total weight of the machinery in the dredge is 230 tons. According to to contract this dredge was to have been ready for operation by the ist of November, 1903, but on account of the 'longshoremen's strike at Montreal, the manufacturers have been delayed, and it will be at least the middle of December before operations are commencd. It is stated that the British America Dredging Co., operating on Pine Creek, Atlin, proposes to install two additional dredges on the property. The company this year built a six- mile pole line in connection with the electric lighting plant; two miles of ditch and flume, and eighteen hundred feet of 30-inch steel pipe were laid; one and a half miles of road was built, and altogether the company expended about $250,000 in Atlin. Recent heavy snowfalls have somewhat retarded work on the Hunter V. tramway at Ymir, but it is hoped that the system will be completed before the end of the year. It is understood that the initial equipment of the International Coal & Coke Company's colliery at Coleman, Alberta, providing for a production of 2,000 tons of coal daily will cost about $150,000. This will also include the erection of the initial battery of 104 coke ovens. The contract for the supply of the entire electrical equipment, including motors, generators, and electrical locomotives, has been awarded to the Westinghouse Electrical Company, of Pittsburg. The orders for the remainder of the plant were placed with other firms as follows: The chain car haul for conveying the coal from the mine to the tipple, the Link Belt Machinery Company, Chicago; crossover dump, the Mill & Mine Supply Company, Pittsburg; engines, the Phoenix Iron Works Company, Meadsville, Pa.; pumps, the Stilwell- Bierce & Smith-Vaile Company, of Dayton, Ohio; fan for ventilating purposes, the Clifford Company, Jeannette, Pa.; bin slide fixtures, the Connellsville Manufacturing & Mines Supply Company, Connellsville, Pa. In every instance delivery before March ist, 1904, is guaranteed, and the boilers and some structural steel will be purchased in Canada, but the contracts have not yet been awarded. The Granby Company has ordered from the Davenport Machine Works, of Davenport, Iowa, two locomotives, 9-in. cylinders, 14-in. stroke, for use in hauling ore in Nos.i and 2 tunnels at the company's mines at Phcenix. The Jas. Cooper Manufacturing Co., Ltd., a well-known Canadian machinery manufacturing firm, is in liquidation. A statement to October 31, issued by the provisional liquidator, Mr. G. A. Savage, of Montreal, Quebec, shows liabilities on open accounts, bills payable, loans, etc., to be $378,600.47, and on capital stocK account (subscribed and fully paid) $198,000; total $576,600.47. The total assets .are shown at a valuation of $562,882.58, this including factories (buildings and land), plant, stock on hand, book debts, etc. Electricity for power and lighting is to be used at the Providence mine, Greenwood, operating hoist and the machine drills and lighting the mine workings and buildings. The electrical apparatus has been installed at the mine by Mr. E. G. Warren, manager of the Greenwood Electric Company. - The Joshua Hendy Company of San Francisco has issued a new catalogue on the Pender concentrator, which can be had free on application. The Allis-Chalmers Company, Chicago, 111., is distributing Catalogue No. 62. This gives a list of the foreign users of Corliss engines, pumping engines, hoisting engines, compressors and blowing engines. A number of half-tone illustrations THE MINING RECORD. 909 show typical installations of Reynolds engines of every ■description. The Western Fuel Company, of Nanaimo, has placed an order with the Fairbanks Company, Vancouver, for a 400- horsepower Rand air compressor of modern design. The plant is to be large and up-to-date, and is, according to contract, to be completed and installed by January 15th, 1904. The closing of this contract, together with an order for a •compressor plant of smaller size for the Imperial Gold Mining Company, of Okanagan, and. a stamp mill for Skookum- •chuck River, is a source of gratification to the local firm, which only recently extended its operations to the mining machinery business. PERSONALS. Mr. Chris. Outhett has been appointed assayer to the •Copper King mine, Kamloops. Mr. E. P. Arthur has been appointed superintendent of the Wilcox mine, in the Ymir district. Mr. Ferdinand Deitzsch has been appointed consulting -engineer for the Giant mine, Rossland. Mr. W. Fleet Robertson, Provincial Mineralogist, has .lately been spending a vacation in the East. Mr. J. D. Sword, M.E., recently returned from a visit of inspection of the mining camps on Prince of Wales Island. Mr. Jas. Rutherford, M.E., has completed the examination for a Scotch syndicate of an extensive coal area at Cowley, Alberta. Mr P White, formerly superintendent of the Wilcox mine, at Ymir, B.C., has gone to Carleton, Quebec, on a -vacation. Mr E E Reynolds, of Wilkesbarre, Pa., has been engaged by the International Coal & Coke Co. as general superintendent. Mr R T. Ward, manager of the Horsefly Gold Mining Company, is down from Harper's Camp on a visit to the ♦Coast cities. Mr J D Graham, formerly Gold Commissioner for the Atlin' district, has returned from a visit to France, and is -now in Victoria. Mr Alexander Sharp, M.E., of Rossland, was last month reported as being a patient in the Calgary hospital, suffering from inflammation. Mr J Hislop, of Fort Steele, has been gazetted Mining Recorder for the Fort Steele Mining Division, vice Mr. E. W. Patmore, resigned. Mr Smith Curtis, managing director of the Denoro Mines, Ltd.,' Boundary district, was in Victoria last week, going thence to Seattle. Mr W Yolen Williams, superintendent of the Granby mines, has left Phoenix on a two-months' vacation to Minnesota and Michigan. The Hon Richard McBride, Premier of British Columbia, has resigned the portfolio of Lands and Works to assume ministerial charge of the Department of Mines. Mr Jas A Baker, of Slocan City, district executive officer •of the Western Federation of Miners, has gone to Denver, ■Colorado, to attend a meeting of the Executive Board. Mr Wm. Fowler, who opened up the Providence mine and -afterwards sold it for $50,000 to the present owners left Greenwood last month on a visit to his old home in Scot- land. Mr Jos. Mackay, for some time past sub-recorder at Harper's Creek, Horsefly, Cariboo, has returned to the Salt! the sub-recording office he has had charge of having "been closed. Mr. J. B. Hobson, general manager of the Consolidated Cariboo Hydraulic Mining Company, is down from Bullion, and will shortly proceed to Toronto to meet the directors of the company. Mr. Paul Johnson, E.M., has returned to Hadley, Prince of Wales Island, where the work of building the smelter for the Alaska Smelting & Refining Company is making steady progress. Mr. H. T. Pemberton, business manager of the Montreal & Boston Copper Co., Boundary Falls, recently took a business trip to Montreal, Quebec, where is situate the company's head office. Mr'. H. B. Ferguson, accountant at the Consolidated Cariboo Hydraulic Mine, Bullion, B.C., is making a short visit to the Coast. During the winter he will be in charge of the company's properties. Mr. M. K. Rodgers, manager of the company owning the Nickel Plate mine and group near Hedley, Similkameen, returned to Hedley early last month from a visit to Vancouver and other Coast points. Mr. G. G. S. Lindsey, of Toronto, secretary of the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company, was in Victoria several days last month. He was accompanied by Mr. Jas. McEvoy, the company's geologist and mining engineer. Mr. Geo. S. Waterlow, deputy chairman of the Snowshoe Gold & Copper Mines, Ltd., and a director of the Le Roi Mining Company, Ltd., left British Columbia on November 3 on his return to his home in England. Mr. D. Davies has been appointed comptroller of the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company with office at Fernie, B. C. His duties include those of purchasing agent, and trade catalogues will be gladly received by him. Mr. G. B. McMillan has returned to Nelson, B.C., from the iron properties on Gray's Creek, Crawford Bay. There is now five feet of snow at the mine, and it has been decided to suspend development work until spring. Mr. Nicholas J. Tregear, manager of the Lenora mine, Mt. Sicker, is at Quatsino, V.I., where he is putting the Yreka mine on a shipping basis, the intention being to ship ore next month to the smelter at Crofton. Mr. Richard H. Pascoe, formerly of Rossland and latterly one of the mine officials at Gem, Idaho, has been appointed to the superintendency of the Cornucopia mines in Oregon under the management of Mr. Bernard Macdonald. Mr A L Dean, formerly superintendent of the Canadian Smelting' Works, at Trail, has left Victoria for Tasmania, having been appointed metallurgist at the Mt. Lyell Mining & Railway Co.'s smelter on the west coast of Tasmania. Mr. John Lowles, M.P., England, whose death was announced last month, was a director of the New Gold Fields of British Columbia, owning the Velvet mine near Rossland. At one time he was associated with several Klondike companies. Mr A H Reeder has succeeded Mr. J. H. Tonkin as general 'manager of the Crow's Nest Coal Co at Fernie. Mr Reeder gained a large experience m coal mining in Virginia and Pennsylvania and lately has acted as coal expert for the C. P. R- It is stated that the resignation of Mr. Albert I. Goodell as Superintendent of the Montreal & Boston Copper Co. s smelter at Boundary Falls, tendered to the directors several months ago, has now taken effect. The name of Mr. Good- ell's successor has not yet been announced. Mr Irving H Reynolds will shortly retire from the Allis- Ch^lmerrsTompany'and the duties of the ChiefEngineer will be assumed by the engineers in charge of the various departments, these engineers availing themselves of the ad- vfce of Mr. Edwin Reynolds, consulting engineer of the company. 910 THE MINING RECOfiD. COMPANY MEETINGS'AND REPORTS. HALL MINING & SMELTING CO. Mr. J. J. Campbell, the business manager, submits the following report for the year ending June 30th, 1903:— Mining Department—I took over the property of the mining department from Mr. Gifford in July, 1902. Early in August the negotiations with Mr. Davys for the lease of the mine were completed, and, about the middle of that month, he began work with a small force, which he has gradually increased until now about 35 men are employed. He has not used power drills, and, as he has only been working above No. 5 tunnel, there has been neither hoisting nor pumping, and consequently the steam plant has not been in use. His first attempt to get through the -caved ground to reach the good ore in the hanging wall vein was unsuccessful, but apprQach was then made from a different direction, and a considerable amount of ore of good grade extracted, and he estimates that he has there, above No. 4 level, more than 1,000 tons averaging 50 ounces of silver and 7 per cent. copper. The ore. mined during the year was mostly taken from that place and from the main vein between winse "G" and winze "F" up to the surface, and from east of winze "G" on the No. 3 level in the main vein. The tonnage of ore mined to June 30th was:—2,508 tons containing 72,614 ounces silver, or an average of 28.95 ozs. per ton, and 201,580 lbs. copper, or an average of 4.02 per cent. The gross value of this, on the basis of 95 per cent, of the silver, and 70 per cent, of the wet assay of the copper, was $48,336.89, or an average of $19.27. The royalty paid on this amounted to $3,324.16, or.an average of 6.88 per cent of the gross value, of $i.32j4 per ton. Upon the termination of the first year of his lease, he exercised his option of renewal for another year, as no new ore body had been discovered. He proposes to carry on the following work in the immediate future: To continue stoping the ore from the hanging wall streak, and from the north vein in No. 5 tunnel; and, for the purpose of taking out the north vein above No. 3 tunnel, he is now putting in chutes, and expects to stope from there about 1,500 tons. He is putting 3-in. pipe in the old workings and will try to syphon the water down 20 feet below its present level. This would enable him to work down from the stope made by Mr. Gifford between No. 6 and No. 5, as there is some peacock copper showing, making towards the west. He also proposes to cross-cut No. 1 tunnel towards the hanging wall to locate the hanging wall vein. On the American Flag, he has stripped the vein in three places north of the present workings on the Kootenay Bonanza, showing low-grade copper ore. South from No. .1 tunnel, on the top of the hill, he has opened up the south vein, also'showing low-grade ore. During the year, I have disposed of as much as possible of the supplies which were on hand; but as Mr. Davys feels confident that there is plenty of or still in the mine, and hopes to so develop it as to warrant the use of power again, the machinery and plant have been retained, as well as some supplies, for use in such cases. Emma Mine (Fluxing Ore).—Early in July, 1902, I secured an option on a one-quarter interest in the Emrria group, composed of the Emma, Jumbo, Minnie Moore and Mountain Rose, situated about two miles from Eholt on the branch of the C. P. R. from Eholt to Phoenix, and at once began work on the Emma claim on two different veins a few hundred feet apart. As the results were encouraging, a boiler and hoist were installed, steam drills used, and bins of 400 tons capacity and a railway siding were built, so that the ore might be mined and loaded as cheaply as possible. During the year 17,946 tons of ore were mined and shipped, of which quantity we smelted 8,163 tons, the remainder being shipped to other smelters. This ore was quarried from the smaller vein, 15 to 25 feet wide, as it was thought advisable, on account of the installation of plant, to concentrate our work at one point, and this vein seemed to promise a better grade of magnetite ore. Pits have been sunk at other points on the vein; an inclined drift carried 118 feet into the hill from the bottom of the face of the quarry and this has been connected with the surface by a shaft 100 feet in depth. A quarry will now be opened at this point on the surface, and the ore be dropped into the cars in the drift,. and taken up the incline to the bins. Recent indications ia the workings encourage the hope that we may be successful in finding copper ore of paying grade; and, in the meantime, the excess of iron in the ore makes it sufficiently valuable as a flux to enable me .to dispose of it profitably. Work has also been resumed on the wide vein, and, if results warrant it, further development will be carried on. At present, its appearance is quite encouraging, and the vein appears to be about 70 feet wide. The workings on this are immediately beside the spur to the B. C. mine, but the ore is below the level of the railway, and must be raised to- load. Smelting Department.—The operations of this department have been seriously handicapped by the very great depression from which the silver-lead, and dry silver mines have been, suffering, some particulars of which Mr. Hedley gives in his report. The total production of ores containing over 20 per cent, lead was 21,202 tons, and this was competed for by the Canadian Smelting Works of Trail, the Puget Sound Reduction Company of Everett, the Selby Smelting and Lead Company of San Francisco, the American Smelting and Refining Company (during part of the year), and ourselves— our receipts having been 6,356 tons. At the beginning of 1902 we had reduced our rates as low as we thought possible, and at the beginning of 1903 we made a further reduction in lead ore rates by changing the zinc limit from 8 per cent, to 10 per cent, in the effort to stimulate the output. The prices of metals were so low, however,, that the production continued to decrease, and we had to suffer from insufficient supplies as well as low rates. The ores available were not only insufficient in quantity, but the assortment was undesirable, requiring a large proportion of barren flux, thus increasing expense and decreasing the tonnage of ore smelted daily, and the earning power of the furnaces, and causing greater losses of metals. In September, the price of coke was advanced from $4 to $4.25, and later on to $4.50. Mr. Hedley, the smelter manager, reports as follows:— The year ending the 30th June, 1903, was begun with very fair prospects, silver was quoted at 52 to 53 cents, and lead at in 2s. 6d. We were receiving a very good assortment of ore from various mines, and had an excellent promise from others, with a hope that certain properties would produce in quantity a desirable ore that would greatly lessen our fluxing costs. These latter, however, disappointed us completely. In September the Whitewater ceased shipping; in October the Arlington; in December the Molly Gibson; and in December the Ymir product went elsewhere. Silver dropped to 46% cents on October 14th, and lead to £10 ns. 3d.. on December 12th. The end of December found us with practically clean .bins, and very little ore of any class being received; and since that date we have had the greatest difficulty in procuring ore for one furnace. During the last few days of December and first of January, we took advantage of the slackness of receipts to concentrate our stock of lead-copper matte to about 240 tons- carrying about 33 per cent, copper, but finding it impossible to procure a favourable rate for treatment, held it till April and re-concentrated to 46 per cent, copper, when it was shipped to the Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting and' Power Company. In this re-concentration we smelted about 1,300 tons of Silver King ore. Since January we have been practically dependent for dry ore on the low-grade quartz ores of the Republic camp- in Washington State. Extreme cold during February and March and extreme high-water during June, prevented the Highland mine from producing and forced us to be much idle and do much unprofitable work. We have been in blast on lead smelting but two-thirds of the time for the past five months. .THE MINING RECORD. 911 With all this disappointment, and through all these adverse conditions, we have to congratulate ourselves on two points: first, the possession of an excellent' flux supply from the Emma, and second, the fact that our stock of coke tided us over the period when the Crow's Nest collieries were idle through accident and strike. The large fumace was in blast 222 days, and the small one 165 days; and we smelted during the year, 7,510 tons of dry ore, 5,270 tons of lead ore, 4,000 tons roasting ore, and 6,100 tons of matte, besides other by-products. Our coke consumption averaged 14.3 per cent, of charge. We shipped 1,023,250 ounces of silver, 8,000 ounces of gold, 112 tons of copper, and 3,350 tons of lead. Our roasting plant has been used to the best advantage, occasionally working both mechanical and hand roasters, and occasionally only mechanical or only hand roasters, according as it seemed most desirable from the work ac- ward confidently to some action by the Dominion Government towards a change in tariff that would gradually improve our conditions and stimulate the industry of lead mining and smelting; instead of that, however, the Government saw fit to offer a bounty amounting to fifteen ($15.00) dollars per ton of lead. It was thought that this would have an immediate effect on the lead production of the country. For some reason, however, such has not been the case, and as yet we are lacking information regarding the details of this bounty, and apparently the owners of the large producers are not satisfied to output or increase their output till such detail is made known. We have, however, every reason to look forward to a busy year, and trust that rates • will be such that busy times may mean a modicum of prosperity. There is every indication that the variety of our ores will be greater, and that means the possible blending of such ores to produce better results and more economical working. PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT. To Expenditure To Balance, (Profit) (Carried to General Account.) 810 726 £ 1,537 MINE ACCOUNT. 18 By Ore on Hand at June 30th, 1902—Amt. realized in excess of valuation at that date.£ By royalty—On ore output of Mr. Davys (Tributer) By Interest 1 11 £ i,537 3 SMELTER ACCOUNT. To purchase of Custom ores . .£103,264 Add Frt. ext. and int 10,118 To Administration Exp : . . 1,838 To Smelting Exp 29,522 To Outside Exp .'. .. 1,188 To Balance, being profit (subject to a charge og £3,890 6s. 5d for maintenance and depreciation) *i,694 (Carried to General Account.) £147,626 9 1 17 11 3 8 4 9 By Value of Matte and Bullion produced. Deduct expenses on same By Sundry Receipts .£148,040 6 438 7. £147,601 19 5 24 3 10 £147,626 * It is estimated that, of this £1,694, £380 is due to copper smelting and £1,314 is due to lead smelting. To General Expenses . To Debenture Interest To Exchange 2,099 5 5 1,473 12 0 13 16 9 GENERAL ACCOUNT. By Profit on Mine Account £ 726 By Profit on Smelter Account Hf Sundry Receipts By Balance, being Loss (in addition to charge £3,890 6s. 5d. for maintenance and depreciation of smelter buildings, plant and machinery, and of £12 3s- for depreciation of office furniture in London) 308 14 £ 3,586 14 2 8S 14 £ 3,586 14 complished and character of ore treated. The mechanical roaster has generally given very good satisfatcion during the year, though far from perfect in its product. Our crushing an"d elevating plant has been overhauled and improved, resulting not in a lower working cost, but in practically eliminating the heavy item of plant maintenance. We have somewhat improved our bin system, floored our coke shed, built a new and satisfactory dry house, and further equipped our mechanical department so that our bills for machinery parts have been considerably reduced. The electric power service has been eminently satisfactory; with the exception of stoppage through the line being destroyed by forest fires last fall, we have suffered no considerable inconvenience through stoppages of power. Through the latter months of the year, we looked for- CALUMET & BRITISH COLUMBIA GOLD MINES. The annual general meeting was held in Nelson on November 17th. The general manager, Mr. J. F. Mt.sselman, submitted the following report for the year ending Sep- te?heer comply took possession of the Eva group of eight Crown-granted claims on October 12th, 1902. The year's unaSround work aggregates 746 feet, distributed as fol- ows No 7 tunnel with drifts 350 feet; No. 3 tunnel 249 feelNo 1 tunnel 31 feet, and raises 106 feet. The average cost'oitunnding was $n.45 per foot and of raising $7-35 per f°We have now, blocked out and immediately aydlable by means of No. 3 and No. 5 tunnels, approximately six months' supply of ore for the mill. 912 THE MINING RECORD. It is necessary that we facilitate in every way possible our underground development work. Our most pressing need in this respect, is for a compressor plant and power drills, by which we could not only make much greater headway during the time consumed, at the same time lessening our costs very materially, but could work three shifts of eight hours each, whereas we can now work but two shifts of eight hours each, on account of bad air. The question of ventilation will be a serious one until we have means, other than hand blowers, to provide for it. With respect to recent underground developments, I am able to give you at this date, November 17th, a gratifying report from the No. 7 tunnel. Though still 180 feet from the ore shoot for which we are driving by means of the east drift, we now have in the face of that drift 12 inches of entirely free-milling ore that should mill $100 per ton. LONDON & B. C. GOLDFLELDS. The report of the London and British Columbia Gold- fields, Limited, submitted at the statutory meeting on the 29th ult, stated that the total number of shares allotted is 109,164 all of which have been issued credited as paid up to extent of 16s. per share, in consideration of the property and assets of the London and British Columbia Goldfields, Limited (old company), acquired by this company, under agreement with the liquidator of the London and British Columbia Goldfields, Limited (old company), dated 23rd July, 1903. The total amount received by the company in respect of the said 109,164 shares is £9,623. The receipts to date have been as follows: On account of shares allotted, £9,623, and on account of assets belonging to old company realized, £512. The payments in London have been: On capital account—Payment on account of liabilities of old company, £7,547, and payments on account of registration expenses, etc., £572. The preliminary expenses are estimated at £1,300. NORTHWESTERN DEVELOPMENT SYNDICATE.. At the shareholders' meeting held in Michigan, U. S. A., on the 26th inst., the proposal made by A. F. Rosenberger to re-organize the company, as placed before the shareholders at the meeting of the 15th, was rejected. A committee of stockholders then presented a new proposition, which was accepted. The plan by which it is hoped money will be raised to pay off the company's indebtedness and meet the final payment due on the Camborne group, which matures December ist, is as follows: The shareholders were asked to lend the company an amount equal to 15 cents per share on their holdings, the fund thus raised to be secured by a mortgage or trust deed on the Gold Finch and the interest in the Camborne group. In the event of sufficient money being raised in this way to pay the bond due on December ist, the mortgage would then cover the whole property of the syndicate both real and personal. When the loan advanced by the shareholders is repaid, a bonus of two shares of Northern Development Syndicate's stock will be given for every dollar loaned. Since the shareholders' meeting at which this proposition was accepted, the committee appointed at the first meeting to devise a method of raising funds, have incorporated a company under the laws of the State of Michigan called the Northwestern Trustee Securities Company, Limited, with a capitalization of $54,000 divided into 360,000 shares of a par value of 15 cents each. "This company is formed for the purpose of receiving the money paid by the Northwestern Syndicate stockholders and to loan to the Northwestern Development Syndicate Company, Limited, and to receive and hold the mortgages and stock of the Northwestern Syndicate and to protect the interests of those who contribute to save the property of the syndicate. When the loan is repaid by the Syndicate, the bonus stock of the Syndicate will be delivered to the shareholders of this company at the rate of two shares of the Northwestern Syndicate stock for each dollar's worth of this stock at its par value." SCOTTISH COLONIAL GOLDFIELDS. At the annual general meeting last month of the Scottish 4&m Our experience in. designing and installing complete plants has extended over a period of many years, and this experience together with the fact that we are in close touch with many eminent metallurgists places us in a position to supply our customers with machineryof the latest and most improved type, and with plans for its installation in accordance with up-to- date and practical methods of handling ore so as to obtain the best commercial as well metallurgical results. as COMPLETE POWER LIGHTING" HEATING AND PUMPING PLANTS j eiras. e. mo©re & e©., ENGINEERS —'"'-Saa."l PACIFIC COAST AGENTS FOR The Holthoff Machinery Go., eUDHHY, WIS. MAIN OFFICE 63 First St. San Francisco California. Branches—New York, 1303 Havemeyer Bldg; Seattle, 218 Second Ave. S.; Los Angeles, 321 Trust Bldg.; Baker City, Oregon; Salt Lake City, Utah. Adver. 282. THE MINING RECORD. 913 Colonial Goldfields, Ltd., owning the Idaho-Alamo mine at Alamo, the chairman stated that a company had been registered with a capital of £130,000 to take over the properties. The Idaho-Alamo comprises a group of twenty-five claims, and have yielded in the past profits aggregating $400,000. The mines have remained unworked for two years, but lately shipments have been resumed at the rate of two carloads a week. B. C. ELECTRIC RAILWAY. The seventh ordinary general meeting of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company, Limited, was held at Winchester House, London, last month. The chairman said that for the three months ended September last the earnings of tne company showed an increase of £3,647, as compared with the corresponding period of last year. The report recommended a dividend of 3 per cent, on the deferred ordinary stock,, making a dividend for the year at the rate of 5 per cent., and this was adopted. M. R. SMITH & COMPANY LIMITED. Established I858. Manufacturers of High Class Biscuits and Confectionery Gold Medals awarded at Ro.val Agricultural Exhibition '95.'96,'97,'98. Medal and Diploma awarded at Colonial and Indian Exhibitions. Silver Medals at Provincial Exhibitions, 1886. branch- VICTORIA, B. C. 430 CORDOVA STREET, VANCOUVER PARMELEE & WELD, ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS AND ASSAYERS. Special attention to control and umpire work. Ore testing. General Commercial Analysis. P.O. Box 1421. 1755 Arapahoe Sf, Denver, Colot GOODYEAR RUBBER CO. R. H. PEASE, President. Rubber Belting, Packing and Hose "Crack Proof" and "Snag Proof." Pure Rubber Mining Boots, Rubber Clothing, Mackintoshes, Oil Clothing. 573, 575, 577 & 579 Market Street, 73 & 75 First Street, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. PORTLAND, OREGON. Lobnitz' Gold Dredgers are at work in British South America, Africa, Asia, &c. and • J plant. Hlost proved 0. -a-*- . Qui*0B,WerV WW*«^ *•*".. W^ A ddR LOBfltf^ & '•» ess Ltd., fcENFK^ of standards. SCOTUND. Telegraphic Address: "Lobnitz, Renfrew." Al Code used. XIV THE MINING RECORD. THE Kk. BLBgPJIPRl!ROPE TRAMWAY ^^pimjFACTURED' j B|j| San Francisco Office : TATUM & BOWEN, 34 Fremont St. THE MINING RECORD XV h Msmfe ftmim MAKeR5 of Half-Tomes v Lime Etchings, Color 1 Embossimg Plates, Letter 6/ Bill Heads, Labels. Advertising es Catalogue Work OF EVERY KIMD^./0S, A "HENDY" Bail-Bearing, Double Jointed Giant. Do we sell more HYDRAULIC and PLACER MINING riACHINERY than all the other manufacturers combined ? Because our Line of ELEVATORS, GIANTS, WATER LIFTERS, SAND and QRAVEL PUriPS is the LARGEST in the WORLD and* has been on the market FORTY=FIVE Years. Write for Catalogue No. 3. J0SHLJA HENDY MACHINE WORKS, Works: Bay and Kearney Streets. Office: 38=44 Fremont Street, sun FRftNeisee, eaL. The Hall Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. NELSON, B. C. SMELTING DEPARTMENT Purchases CORRER ORE, LEAD ORE, DRV ORE. .rCJ.K. o/VLli. 27.300 feet of best patent improved crucible steel wire rope \ in. diameter 6 x 16 Manilla core Lang lay. This rope was imported under specially favourable opportunities in a car lot and as it is not now required, it will be sold at a sacrifice. THE HALL MINING & SMELTING CO.Ltd. NELSON.B. C. XVI THE MINING KECORD. BRITISH COLUMBIA THE MINERAL PROVINCE CF &RXRVR. Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Coal, Coke, Oil Iron, Mercury, Platinum, etc. The Mines of British Columbia have produced nearly $180,000,000. Amount and Vai,ue of Mineral Products for 1900, 1901 and 1902. Customary Measure 1900. 1901. 1902. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Gold, placer Gold lode 63,936 167,153 3,958,175 9.997.080 63,358,621 1,439,595 85,149 $ 1,278,724 3.453,38i 2,309,200 1,615,289 2,691,887 4,3i8,785 425,745 251,740 48,505 210,384 5,151,333 27,603,746 51,582,906 1.460.331 127,081 $ 970,100 4,348,603 2,884,745 4,446,963 2,002,733 4,380,993 635,405 417,238 53,657 236,491 3,917,917 29,636,057 22,536,381 1,397,394 128,015 $ 1,073,140 4,888,269 Silver 11 Pounds 1,941,328 Copper 1 Coal Coke 3,446,673 Tons, 2,240 lbs 824,832 4,192,182 640,075 480,051 1 1 $16,344,751 $ 20,086,780 $ 17,486,550 GOLD.—Placer gold mining, which in early days formed the chief mineral industry of the province, and made it famous all the world over, still continues to be important, while improved methods of working the gravel deposits, together with cheaper transportation and cost of mining, have rendered the working of large deposits, long known to exist, now profitable where previously impossible. The area of country known to contain placer gold is enormous and has only been touched, leaving still virgin ground well worth the prospecting for this, the only class of "poor man's mine." • Recent discoveries of new jplacer fields in the Atlin district, the Cassiar district, and the large extent of unworked deposits in the Cariboo district, are proof that the field is not yet exhausted, and promise a revival of this important industry. HYDRAULIC MINING plants costing large amounts of money are being installed in Atlin, Cassiar, Omineca and Cariboo, at points widely separated, indicating the extent of the gold deposits. One company recovered $350,000 in gold during 1900. DREDGING FOR GOLD is receiving deserved attention, and dredges are at work on the Fraser, Thompson, Quesnel and other rivers, on all of which streams good ground may yet be obtained. LODE GOLD MINING is now being prosecuted in various parts of the province, and in certain instances very successfully, notably at Ymir, Cariboo-McKinney and elsewhere. GOLD-COPPER ORES are being extensively worked at Rossland by the Le Roi, War Eagle and associated companies, while other mines in the camp are rapidly becoming important producers. The tonnage of this camp alone in 1902 was 329,534 tons, and there will be an increase this year. SILVER-LEAD—In 1900 the silver production was $2,309,- 200 and the lead production $2,691,887. Since that time the mining of silver-lead ores has been somewhat suspended owing to temporarily unfavourable market prices. COPPER.—Copper is being produced to a limited extent at Rossland, where the chief value of the ore is in gold, but the feature of this branch of the industry is the development and mining of a large tonnage of low-grade copper ores in the Boundary district, of which there seems to be an almost unlimited amount. The output of ore from this district alone amounted to 521,402 tons in igo2. The Coast district will this coming year show a very considerable copper production from the Vancouver Island and Texada Island mines. Prospecting for copper is receiving great attention, and the discoveries made on the Coast, in the Similkameen Valley, etc., give great promise. IRON.—With the great probability of an iron-smelting plant on the Northern Pacific Coast in tne near future, what promise to be extensive bodies of magnetite iron ore have been developed on the Coast, while other deposits of iron ore are now under development in the Goat River and Fort Steele mining divisions, and still other bodies occur near Kamloops. COAL AND COKE.—In 1901 the Vancouver Island collieries made a net output of 1,173,893 tons of coal and 20,178 tons of coke. In 1902 the Crow's Nest collieries made a net output of 223,501 tons of coal, and 107,873 tons of coke. In 1903 this output will be doubled at the least. These mines alone are putting out from 1,000 to 2,000 tons of coal per diem. Of the total output of 1902 776,808 tons of coal and 38,780 tons of coke were exported, chiefly to the United States. The remainder was consumed in local smelters and other industries. SMELTERS.—In the province there are smelters in active operation at Trail, Nelson, Grand Forks, Greenwood, Boundary Falls, Van Anda, Ladysmith and Crofton; while this coming year will probably see one erected in East Kootenay. Refineries are yet lacking, but the building of at least one is pretty well assured. CAPITAL.—Capital can now find here many excellent opportunities for investment, as the values placed on mines and undeveloped properties has reached a reasonable basis. If proper business care is used, and the experience of competent men utilized, these investments should be as safe as well as profitable. MINERAL LANDS.—Mineral lands are open to location to any person over 18 years of age, who has obtained a free miner's certificate, and perfect title to lode claims can be easily secured after $500 worth of work has been done per claim. A great extent of territory has yet to be prospected. For information, reports, bulletins, etc., address The Hon. the Minister of Mines, VICTORIA, B.C W. F. Robertson, Provincial Mineralogist, VICTORIA, B. C. THE MINING RECORD. XVII PROFESSIONAL AND BROKERS. JAMES BRADY, Dominion and Provincial Land Surveyor, Mining Engineer. Properties surveyed, examined and reported on. Agent for procuring Crown grants. GOLDEN, B. C. s. m. McGregor, b.a. sc. w. d. McGregor, m. e. McGregor & co., MININGand CIVIL ENGINEERS ^ . ^ IS _ _ . * and LAND SURVEYORS. SLOCANj B. C. Reports on Mines and Prospects. Act as agents in doingrassessment work, applying for Crown grants and in taking general charge of preliminary development work. ^f/ S\/i !TD is one of the most promising gold oamps in I IV fl I II British Columbia and now offers many capital opportunities for profitable investment. For further particulars write PERCY J. GLEAZER, MINING BROKER AND AGENT, YMIR, B. C. Code—Moreing & Neal's. J. McLELLAN, i§ Associate Royal School oi Mines, London. Mining Engineer and Assayer, TROUT LAKE CITY, B. C. RELIABLE ASSAYS Gold $ .75 I Gold and Silver $1.00 Lead 75 [ Gold, Silver, Copper 1.50 SAHPLES BV MAIL RECEIVE PROflPT ATTENTION. Gold and Silver refined and bought OGDEN ASSAY CO. ,72S ArapaDhe°„evfJrecoi Iorado. THE STUART ROBERTSON CO., Ltd,, Successors to A. "W. MORE & CO. MINING AND STOCK BROKERS Codes used: Bedford-McNeil's, Moreing & Neals, Clough's, and A.B.C, Fourth Edition. 23 BROAD STREET, VICTORIA, B. C. WILLIAM A. BAUER, Dominion & Provincial Land Surveyor Surveys of Mines, Mineral Claims and Crown Lands. Crown Grants obtained and Assessments managed for absentees. Offices-FERGUSON and VANCOUVER, B. C. W. F. FREMERSDORF A. R. S. M., Etc. METALLURGICAL ENGINEER AND CHEMIST. Cyanide Specialist. Ores Investigated, Treatment Devised, Plants Designed and Started. Ten Years Cyanide Operating. 1025 Burnaby St., Vancouver, B. C, Tel. A1481. THOS. DRUMMOND, M.E. and C.E. B. A. Sc. McGill University, Montreal, Member Canadian Society of Civil Engineers. Mining Properties reported upon. Information furnished. General Engineering work promptly performed. References furnished. QUESNELLE FORKS, - CARIBOO, B. C. JOHN B. HOBSON, MfnfnggercSriSribo° Hyd' Consulting Mining Engineer, BULLION, BRITISH COLUMBIA. 28 years' experience in the equipment and operation of large hy drautic, Deep Gravel, 1)rift and Goto Quartz Mines, in California and British Columbia. Telegraphic and Cable Address "HOBSON" Ashcroft B. C Wn. M. BREWER, HININQ ENGINEER, MEM. K. of ENG. INST. MINING & MECH. ENG. and AM. INST.-. M. E. Molsons Bank Building, VANCOUVER, B.C. TEL. 846. P. O. BOX t T. J. SMITH, MINING BROKER. Syndicates and Companies formed to develop mining claims Secretary Vancouver Mining Stock Exchange. 611 Hastings Street West, VANCOUVER, B. C A. A. WATSON, B. 5c. PROVINCIAL ASSAYER, VERNON, B. C. Analyst and Mineralogist Honours Graduate in Chemistry, Victoria University, England. Reports made on Mining Properties. Ten years experience in Australia. South America. England and B. C. Assay Charges—Gold, $i; Silver, $t; Copper, $2; Lead, $1 ; Gold and Sil ver, $1.50 ; Gold and Copper, $2,50 ; Gold, Silver and Copper, $3; Gold, Silver Copper and Lead, $3 50 ; Complete analysis of any ore, $10. J^-SPECIAI, ATTENTION TO SAMPLES BY MAIL-*83» Cecil M. Bryant, A.R.S M., A.I.M.M. E. Philip Gilman, A.R.S.M., F.G.S Pellew-Harvey, Bryant & Gilman PROVINCIAL ASSAYERS. The Vancouver Assay Office and Ore Testing Works. Established 1890. MILL, SMELTER, CONCENTRATION AND CYANIDE TESTS. Reliable reports on mining properties. Complete analyses of Ores and Coal Victoria Office : 4 View Street (Opposite Driard Hotel.) CHRIS. OUTHETT, Associate of Royal College of Science, London, England. Inland Assay Office, KAMLOOPS, B.C. I Provincial Assayer. Mineral and Coal Analysis a specialty. Reports made on Mining Properties Mail samples receive prompt attention. fl XVIII THE MINING RECORD. ALUS CHALMERS CO successor mnm THE EDWARD ViWS&tiffim FRASER & CHALMERS, CHICA' 0 ni. j GATES IRON WORKS, DICKSON mm CO.,, SCRAJTCOH PA. BUILDERS OF Mining and Smelting Machinery DESIGNING and constructing water-jacketed blast furnaces for smelting lead and copper ores has been a most important and successful specialty of the Allis-Chalmers Company for a quarter of a century. We continuously improve our designs with the assistance of eminent smelters and metallurgists and this, in connection with diligent supervision and a splendid shop equipment, is the reason why the Allis-Chalmers Company is turning out furnances of the highest standard only. They are furnished in all styles and sizes with jackets of flange steel or cast iron, also special jackets of all styles. • BRANCH OFFICES:.r NEW YORK, Empire Bldg. BOSTON, Board of Trade Bide. HTTSBTOO, Frick Building | MINNEAPOLIS, Cora Exchange Bldg. DENVER, 1649 Tremont Street SALT LAKE CITY, 209 8.W. Temple St SPOKANE, Washington GENERAL LOUDON, ERG., 533 Salisbury House OFFICE CHICAGO,WILL.,U.S.A JOHANNESBURG, Sooth Africa BRANCH OFFICES: BAH FRANCISCO, Haywud Bldg. I SEATTLE, Lumber Exchange Bldg. i CHARLOTTE, N. a. Trust Bldg. NEW0RLEAH8, Hennen Bldg. ... ATLANTA OA, Equitable Bldg. BUTTE, MONT., 51 £. Broadway . TEE MINING RECORD. XIX 3SB&EDWARD P. 1&3M XXtu JULWALKCT, WIS S SUCCESSOR TO FRASEMillagBEJHERS, ■■ caicAtu ni GATES IRON WORKS, . g , *)gt&6Q JUL" DICKSON M'F'G CO., JF WE ILLUSTRATE HEREWITH A Water-Js.cK.eted Steel Lead Smelting Furnace (44" X J44") WHICH IS OUR LATEST AND MOST APPROVED DESIGN nr^HE Allis-Chalmers Company are A recognized throughout the civilized world as the most experienced and extensive builders of machinery for mining purposes, and the great majority of smelters are using our water-jacketed furnaces for smelting lead and copper ores. Provided with special tools for this particular work, and with splendid shop facilities in general, we are prepared to furnish furnaces and complete smelter equipments of superior quality on short notice. Sole "Builders of 'Reynolds *Blotving Engines and Air Compressors m fft'?:- BRANCH OFFICgSir. BOSTON, Board,oi Trade BW||^||| jprrrsBUEO, FxMfcfii»si%is¥" JROWEAPOLIS, Con Ea&anga B»gi| DENVER, 16« Tremont 8t«|||p §||$* LAKE CITY, 209 S.W|§|Aple St GENERAL \ OFFICE ■lCA»,^IU^^ MND0N,;.l||^^g&r»i>«s§^p*;| ■I JOHANNESBURG, South Africa 2"'"'fe" °f Water-Jacketed Steel Lead Smelting Furnaces IftS&ANCH OFFICES: *7 '■ BAR FRANCISCO, Hayward Mdg. SEATTLE, Lumber Exchange BJdg. t CHARLOTTE, N. C Trust «d|g^ l^pr, ORLEANS, Hennan Md|f^ ATLANTA, GA., EquStaHe BMi^ IjSffJ^jKMfT., 51E. Broadway ■ XX THE MINING RECORD. Capital of British Columbia, Pacific Ocean Terminus Railway, and the Great Northern The Canadian Gateway to the Orient, the Sandwich Islands, Australia, New Zealand, etc. The starting point of steamship lines to the Yukon, Atlin and Cassiar Gold Fields, and the Canadian port of call for tourists on the lines between San Francisco and Alaska. TEMPERATURE 1902. Highest Lowest Mean. Mean. Victoria 67.6 354 London, Eng 68.1 31.5 Torquay, Eng 65.5 38.5 . RAINFALL 1902. Inches. Victoria 26.45 London, Eng 20.84 Torquay, Eng 30.22 The Province covers a superficial area of 381,000 square miles abounding in minerals, timber, fish and game in endless variety. The opportunities for the profitable investment of capital are practically unlimited, and the markets for the disposal of metals, lumber, fish and agricultural products lie waiting in Russia, Japan, China, India and Australasia. The tourist will find mountain scenery and mountain climbing unequal- of Canadian Pacific Railway, Canadian Northern Railway ofthe United States. led in the old world—a new field for exploration—arid the sportsman with first class hotels as bases of operation may penetrate a new world in his pursuit of the bear, the panther, the elk or the mountain goat. The City of Victoria is becoming widely noted for the beauty of its situation, its homes and its surroundings ; so that the number of strangers arriving, for short visits and for permanent residence, continue growing annually larger. Of its beauty H.R.H. the Duke of York said: "The most beautiful place we have seen in our journey around the world," and the following may be quoted from the correspondence of Mr. E. P. Knight, of the London Morning Post: "One would fain have stayed longer, for of all the cities that have been visited in the course of this long Royal progress the fair capital of British Columbia seems to me the one which the Englishman would most gladly make his home. * * * Never in the environs of any other city have I seen such a glory of flowers as surrounded each of these lovely homes." Pamphlets containing views of local scenery and information of interest to investors, tourists, hunters and amusement seekers may be obtained by addressing the Clerk of the Municipal Council, Victoria, British Columbia. To The Klondike Gold Fields, via. THE WHITE PASS AND YUKON ROUTE. .: The Klondike Mining District is now so well known that a detailed description is unnecessary. The output of gold from this district has increased steadily year by year. In 1900 the yield was about twenty million dollars, and in 1901 about thirty million dollars. With the larger areas covered and newer methods adopted by practical miners, the Klondike will prove to be a rich and prosperous camp for many years to come. The great reduction in freight and passenger rates brought about by completion of the railroad from Skagway to White Horse with its connecting line of steamers for all interior Yukon and other points including Stewart River and the Tanana, has enabled the miners to reach and work many claims which previously could not be worked with a profit. For information about routes, rates, tickets, maps or printed matter, address: TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT, White Pass & Yukon Route, Vancouver, B.C. ID. Gr. FRIOJrCi, oC C1 LIMITED LIABILITY. Sole Agents for B, C. for |fe Celebrated MORTON'S 1 B. C." DRILL STEEL. This Steel is used by the largest mines in British Columbia and Australia after having been severely tested by them against all other makes. Also Wm. Cook & Co's. Wire Ropes for Mining and Logging purposes. Rails, Bar and Plate Iron, Hammers, Handles, &c. Send for Prices. THE MINING RECORD. XXI PROFESSIONAL ADVERTISEMENTS. POGSON, PELOUBET & CO. Public Accountants NEW YORK 20 BROAD STREET CHICAGO MARQUETTE BUILDING ST. LOUIS CHEMICAL BUILDING BUTTE HENNESSY BUILDING Audits of Books and Accounts, Systems of Bookkbeping or Costs, Financial Examinations, Etc. SSS: '■ *^j " ' "" *u^- 4*°-M a**Jf Vfljf 5WC.EBAUGH Ml he w.2-s-^ SALT L AKLTCfTY] V^ iai^i^7"CV<_^»Mk^w'UJt mjjj-ji *-u^-«.y R. MAYNARD Importer and dealer in all kinds ot Photographic Supplies Also Amateur Outfits, Kodaks, Hawkeyes, Agent for Imperial, Cramer and Hammer Plates, Aristo-Platino,Solio, Klo- ro, Velox and Dekho Papers Premos, Pocos,etc, 41 PANDORA St. "Victoria, B. C. HUB Fining Ju -~- " The Leading Mining- Periodical of the World. Subscription in Advance - - $5.00 a Year When you want books, order of us. Any book on this List, or ny others published, will be forwarded promptly. Ore Deposits, compilation $i oo Outline of Qualitative Chemical Analysis. By J. A. Miller i 50 A New Basis for Chemistry. By Dr. Thomas Sterry Hunt 2 00 Matte Smelting. By Herbert Lang 2 00 Report Book for Mining Engineers. By A. G. Charleton 2 00 Traverse Tables. By H. Louis and G. W. Caunt 2 00 Prospecting, Locating and Valuing Mines. By R. H. Stretch, Lib. cloth. 2 00 Flexible Morocco (pocket size) 2 50 Chemical and Geological Essays. By Dr. Thomas Sterry Hunt 250 Practical Notes on the Cyanide Process. By Francis L. Bosqui 2 50 Stamp Milling of Gold Ores. By T. A. Rickard 2 50 Lead and Copper Smelting and Copper Converting. By H. "W. Hixon.... 3 00 Production and Properties of Zinc. By "Walter Renton Ingalls * 3 00 Gold Mines of the World. By J. H. Curie 3 50 Manual of Qualitative Blowpipe Analysis. By F. M. Endlich 4 00 Mining Accidents and Their Prevention By Sir F. A. Abel 4 00 Cyanide Practice. By Alfred James ' 5 oa Manufacture and Properties of Structural Steel. By H. H. Campbell 5 00 Modern Copper Smelting. By Dr. E. D. Peters, Tr 5 00 Ore Deposits ofthe United States. By Prof. J. F. Kemp 5 00 Systematic Mineralogy. By Dr Thomas Sterry Hunt 5 00 The Mineral Industry, Volume XI. (just published) 5 00 The Mineral Industry, Vol. I, $2.50 ; Vols. II. to XI, each 5 00 Mining and General Telegraphic Code. By Bedford McNeill 6 00 Terminal Index for use with McNeill's Code 2 50 The Metallurgy of Lead. By Prof. H. O. Hoffman 6 00 Metallurgy of Zinc. By \V. R. Ingalls 6 00 Ore Dressing and Concentration. By Prof. R. H. Richards 10 00 The Metallurgy of Steel. By Prof. Henry M. Howe 10 00 Its No Good Advertising in the British Press Unless you understand how to approach the British public. The best way to do this is to Employ an Up=to=Date Advertising Expert Who can advise you and do your business at Lowest Possible Rates. Quoted by newspapers themselves. Let us know what you want and we will be pleased to assist you. C. J. WALKER'S British and Canadian Press Bureau, 24 Coleman St., London, E. C. BUY VANCOUVER CITY REAL ESTATE You Cannot Make a Safer Investment. WRITE FOR PARTICULARS. Money Invested for Clients on First Mortgages on Best Business Property to yield 5 per cent, to 6 per cent. j| PERCY W. CHARLESON INVESTMENT BROKER, ™Hastin9S H ™Neo*UVER'B e- NOTftRY PUBLIC FOR BRITISH eOLDMBIH. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. References, Dun or Bradstreets Agencies, Canadian Bank of Commerce. p.Q. B0X187 XXII THE MINING RECORD. BRITISH COLUMBIA WHOLESALE SUPPLY HOUSES, ETC Every Housekeeper I British Columbia Should be in possession of the new catalogue just issued by us. It is a work of art, contains 1568 l. lustrations of nearly everything required in any home, besides other information that may prove of great value. It will interest you. Write for a copy at once. It is free. As a reminder what to buy for the Holiday Season it will prove of great assistance and save time. No. 318. Arm Chair, fio.oo—Buff Willow, seat 20x22 in., height from floor to seat io in. WEILER BROS., Complete Furnishers, VICTORIA, B.C. R. R. RITHET <& CO. Wholesale Merchants, Shipping & Insurance Agents, Proprietors of Victoria Wharf, Columbia Flouring Mill ; agents for Victoria Lumber and Manufacturing Company, Cheminus, V.I.; Pacific Coast Steamship Co., San Francisco. WHARF STREET. VICTORIA, B. C TURNER, BEETON & CO'Y Victoria, Vancouver, and Nelson, B. C. and at H. C. Beeton & Co., 33 Finsbury Circus, London, England. llllll Etc. Wholesale Merchants. ■"»■"*.» Cigars, Flour, Etc. Goods indented from all parts ofthe world. Telegraphic Addresses : ' 'TURNER," Victoria; " BEETON," London; "TURBEET," Vancouver and Nelson THE MINING RECORD. XXIII BTABu.HED.a.7. BANK OF MONTREAL. INCORP ORATED BV OF PARLIAMENT. HEAD OFFICE MONTREAL. CAPITAL all paid up, $13,379,240.00. RESERVE FUND, $9,000,000.00. UNDIVIDED PROFIT, $724,807.75 Board of Directors—;Rt. Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, G. CM. G., President. Hon. G. A. Drummond, Vice-President A. l. Paterson, Esq.; Edward B. Greenshields, Esq.; Sir William C. Macdonald; R. B. Angus,Esq.; James Boss, Esq.; R. G. Reid, Esq., Hon.Robert Mackay t M«rwmcJ°N General Manager I F, W- TAYLOR Assistant Inspector ■/' .. «,»,,ot».'i Chief Inspector and Superintendent of Branches | JAMES AIRD Secretary tf. S. CLOUSTON. Inspector of Branch Returns Montreal—H. V. MEREDITH Manager BRANCHES Province op Ontario—Almonte, Belleville, Brantford, Broekville, Chatham, Collingwood, Cornwall, Deseronto, Port William, Goderich, Guelph, Hamilton, Kingston.Lindsay. London, Ottawa.Perth Peterboro, Picton, Paris fiarnia, Stratford, 8t. Mary's Toronto, Toronto Yonge St. Branch,Wallacebure o. P»°viNC«pFQuBBEo-Montreal: West End Br., Seigneurs St. Br., Point St. Charles; Quebec. Lower Provinces—Chatham, N.B.; Frederickton, N.B.; Moncton, N.B. St. JohnN.B.; Amherst, N.S.; Halifax, N.S.; Sydney, N.S. Glace Bay Yarmouth. ■" Province of Manitoba and North-West Territories—Winnipeg, Man.; Calgary, Alberta; Lethbridge, Alberta; Regtna, Assiniboia; Raymond, Alta Province op British Columbia—Greenwood, Nelson, New Denver, New Westminster, Rossland, Vancouver, Vernon, Victoria. In Newfoundland—St. John's, Nfld., Bank of Montreal. Birchv Cove, _3ay of Islands. N CANADA: In Great Britain—London, Bank of Montreal, 22 Abchurch Lane, E.C, Alexander Lang, Manager. In the United States New York—R. Y. Hebden and J. M. Greata, Agents, 59 Wall Street; Chicago—Bank of Montreal. Bankers in Great Britain— London—The Bank of England, the Union Bank of London, the London & Westminster Rank the National Prov. Bank of England. Liverpool—The Bank of Liverpool, Ltd. Scotland—The British Linen Company Bank and Branches. Bankers in the United States—New York—The National City Bank, The Bank of New York, N.B.A. Bosten—The Merchants' National Bank, J. B. Moors & Co. Buffalo—The Marine Bank, Buffalo. San Francisco—The First National Bank, The Bank of British Columbia, The Anglo-Californian Bank. Portland, Oregon—The Bank of British Columbia. Spokane, Wash. Bankoi Montreal. THB CANADIAN BANK |g§ OF COMMERCE. 1 With Which is Amalgamated TTtie Bank of British. Columbia. HEAD OFFICE: TORONTO. "PaTd Up Capital $ 8,7oo,ooo R est 3,ooo,ooo -Aggregate Resources Over 7o,ooo,ooo HON. GEO. A. COX, President. B. E. WALKER, General Manager. ALEX. LAIRD, Asst. General Manager. LONDON OFFICE: 60 LOMBARD ST., E. C. The Bank has 105 branches well distributed throughout the Dominion ;and elsewhere, including the following in British Columbia and the Yukon District: Atlin, Greenwood, Nelson, Vancouver, Cranbrook,, Kamloops, New Westminster, Victoria. Dawson Ladysmith White Horse. Fernie, Nanaimo, BRANCHES IN THE UNITED STATES. New York, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle Skagway. Every description of banking business transacted. Letters of credit on all parts of the world. Exceptional facilities for handling gold dust. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received and interest paid at current rates .- Victoria B. C, GEO. GILLESPIE, Manager BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ESTABLISHED 1886. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 18-40. Paid Up Capital, £1,000,000 Sterling. Reserve Fund, $1,898,000 LONDON, ENG., OFFICES, 5 GRACECHURCH STREET, E. C. BRANCHES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA : Victoria, Vancouver, Rossland, Kaslo, Ashcroft, Greenwood. Also at the Gold Fields—DAWSON CITY. A Savings Bank Department Has Been Established n Connection With the Victoria Branch. Highest Price Paid for Gold Dust and Amalgam. W. T. OLIVER, Mgr., Victoria, B. C. UNION IRON WORKS. | Mining and Smelting Machinery. Water Jacketed Furnaces, Crushers, Hoists, etc. Smelter Castings a Specialty. Complete Installations. "Write us for estimates. UNION IRONWORKS, SPOKANE, Wash XXIV THE MINING RECORD. TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES AND HOTELS. The Pleasure of Travel Is fully realized in travelling on the Canadian Pacific Railway. By its lines can be reached all Canadian Points, and its arrangement with American Railroads enable its agents to issue tickets to all points in the United States. It operates its own Sleeping and Dining Cars, arid has its own Hotels and Steamships. Its magnificent scenery and the excellence of its service has made it the favorite route across the American Continent. Illustrated publications, as to its route, Banff, Yoho Valley, Glacier, &c. sent on application .to any agent. H. H, ABBOTT, Agent, VICTORIA, B. C Or to E. J. COYLE, Ass't General Passenger Agent, VANCOUVER B. C. Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway. TIME T»BL,E NO. 49. Northbound. Daily. Leave. a.m. Victoria ■ 9 :oo Shawnigan Lake 10:20 Duncans 11 :oo P.M. Nanaimo 12145 Ar. Wellington 1:00 Southbound. Arrive. P.M. 12:06 10:46 10:02 8:15 Lv. 8:00 Sat., Sun. Northbound. and Wed. Southbound. Arrive. Leave p.m. Victoria 3 :oo Shawnigan Lake 4:20 Duncans Nanaimo 6: Ar Wellington 5:00 41 7:03 P.M. 7:00 5:00 3:15 Lv. 3 :oo Through Tickets to Crofton via Westholme, Stage leaves Daily, connecting with North and Sonth bound trains, Double stage service Saturdav Suridays'and Wednesdays, connecting with morning and afternoon trains. Fare from Victoria, Single $2. Return is. "Through Tickets Victoria to Hlberni—Stage leaves Wellington Mondays and Thursdays on arrival of train from Victoria. Returning fro Tuesdays and Fridays. Fare from Victoria, single, $5.20, return $8.65 m Alberni Excursion rates in effect to all points good from Saturday until Monday. GEO. L. COURTNEY, Traffic Manager. If he hlMdsonI&§bay ooy -HAVE- GENERAL STORES •»*£ Baie cljfffPe'res Battleford |$palga]?|||| Chapleau Dauphin Deloraine Edmonton Mjpj 9s|?S Fort William Kamloops Langj[ivp|||| Lethbridge Lower Fort Garry Macleod Mattawa Mojfden Nelson Pincher ^Greek Portage.laM^Siirie Port Simpson Prince Albert Qu'Appelle Quesnelle Rat Portage Riding Mountain Shoal Lake UrSudbury Touchwood Hills Vancouver Victoria^ Vernon ^^pitewood Winnipeg And pother principal points in British Columbia, Manitoba a£|75J$£thwest Terri^l^p" Purchasers will find at these stores the best goods at moderate prices, imported dfr.f ct from all th%|$fincipal markets of the world. : o'< 7.o§E\^R^BEI^K77:7^ o 7i|Gtl\F^^^^^'::7 G#UINE OAK lANNED LEATHER BELTIN(1 For Exposed Situations |Use | Lancashire " Hairl|Belfing. FEI|^EN&GUIL§AUiyi|Carlswerk, Actfii G^ellsGhaftpulhirn on Rhine CATALOGUES AND DISCOUNTS '''f&wf'OH APPLICATION. D. ii McLAREN, Mo#eal§Toronto. ripg?:.MANUFACTURERS OF ELECTRICAL LEADS AND CABLES^ Electric Lighting Cables for Coal Pits with arrangement for avoiding Are damp explosions in casejftf the cableSweaking. WIRE Rp|ES FORfelNING §f|| Round and Flat^ire Ropes, "Albert," or so-called "Lang's" Lay Ropes, Patent Locked Coil Wire Ropes, Patented Flattened Strand WireiEdpes. IRON|!^TEEi| COPPe||aND BRON/jfl wiIMS Superior qualities. Wise 7<7%0LE AGENTS FOR CANAUaJ||J m w||rs(w JAf§i| cq^ip/^y, jl MONTREAL. AIR^COIVIPREIkBORS-'S^^^opcompq^id. ROGK DRILLS. STEAM op AIR. Ihe caMHn raSd dril§ coip/iY vaNeotmER, b. &. ROSSLHNO, B. M GREENWOOD, B. e. Ml WSBDOlW'fROI^i;. Wp^KS CABLE : RISDON'S Ajfcp&DES: A.B.C, MOREING «* NEAL. LIEBERS^ymSTERflf^^Cm^ Hp:v?:-7? Ij »n/rcttiNER|l SAN FRAipplSCO, OAV^S -WRITE FORimUR SREj&i&gk CATALOGUE^ THE: mn idff ERKV LlMlTffi archasers ai^ftmeltirs of i|^^^Go'id#nd Sili|r files. SMlfeLiMG IMjeKlt r&T- LMfYppi'ifi Yancouvefclslaiid, B. @. Convenient to E. &/IS&' Railway or the^flpa. eLERMO^ftlYI^^TON, Genera&an^ld THO^iklDDIE, ^atielter Manager. MDITHNB1H SMELTING ANlRtflNING Cli 7 Buyers of :^^^^^^er and Copper Ores, i^ttes^^S Wm-i-:- Bi4jRoif|. P^|ac#ancl Cyanide presets.* ::l^w LOCATION OF WORKS j&roftoB,|Vfniiufeisland, :B|C. Published by the B. C. Record, Ld. Printed by T. R. Cusack, Victoria. Canada. ' ' ' - mum _^-^.__. 7 . »7 ,7
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