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Bt77 M DEPARTMENT or LANDS, MINES AND FISHERIES MINING OPERATIONS IN THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC FOR THE YEAR Forming part of the annual report of the Department for the fiscal year 1900-1901 BY J. OBALSKI M. E.. INSPECTOII OF MINES. k DEPARTMENT CIK LANDS. MINES AND FISHERIES NING OPERATIONS IN THE PROVINCK OF QUEBEC FOR THE YEAR 19 1 Fonnirvj part of the annual report of the Department /or the /heal ijcar 1900-1901 BT J. OBALSKI M. E.. INSPECTOR OF MINES. To the Honorable S. N. PAHKNT, Alioiitter of Luiiili>, Minw and Fisberiee, (Quebec. Sir, I have tho honor to submit this special report on the mining indiu'trits of the Province during the year I'JOl. From th© administrative point of view, two important incidents occurred. In tho first plate, there was tho amendment to the Jliniiig Law which takes away from the surfac ■ nroprietor the right of preemption on all lands patented since tho 24th July, 1880 ; and, secondly, the creation (of an assay office, at Montreal, in the laboratory of Mr. illi^ton L. llersey. The change in the law was applied without difficulty and waa well received by all concerned. Tho assay office has given excellent results, and has enabled manjyr prospectors, in return for tho payment of a very slight fee, to ascertain the true value of their dif'coveries. At the Quebec office, about 250 specimens were examined. Tliero has been a great tlevelopment in asln'stot* mining in tin; Eastern Townsliips and the works done and plants put in (warrant the hope of a good output of clirouie in (olraine and uf gold in be uuce, duiing next yeur. Cup per also seems to have aienmeil a little more iniportmice.and there was reason to anticipate that the prospecting undertaken during tiie year would lead up to more extensive works; but the fall in the j)rice of co])piT towards the end of the year will certainly imjxile tlie looked for development, ilica liiis pa.ssv'il tlirou^h a difficult pha-e owing to the low prices offeivd by coiihuuieih. The other min- erals of the Province were worked as in previous years. A new industry, from which nmch is e.xjieeted, is in <'ourse of cn-ution : it is that of com[)res.s<-d peat. A small (wtablishiiient for the pnrix>se was .set u|) at ("acouna (county of '1 emist'ouata), and yielded satisfactory results ; l)Ut unfortunately it was des- troyed hy fir\>, last fdl. As mentioned in my qtiarterly reports, the protection of women and chil- dren and the safety of workingnien has b(en sufficiently assured. Good order has reigned in the iiiining (iistricfs. and notalily in the asliotos region, not- withstanding the large increase in the population during the year. As far as our iiifoniiation goc-*. tlioro worn 7 men killrd ami 3 neriously injured diuing the jear^in a population of 5,000 workingmen ; 8 hotel lieenaet were iMued luder the mining law and the sale of intoxicating liquon in the mining (listricts is well controlled and wotchi-d by our wrpcant of police. The ti'tiil outjut fur tin- Proviiici- reprcscnti* about $3,000,000 or an in- creaoe of half a million over the previous year. I have the honor to ho. Sir, « Your oledivnt servant, J. OBALSKT. ME., Inspector of Mines. Quebec, February, 1002. isly the in- IROX There w imthinp .«potnal to n«>fo m Teiturdu thin imluntn'. The h' *t fur- nuci's ut IJutiiior aiul Dnuiimdndvillc wtTi in o|.vrutiiiii during u p.. t the J ear, and the foUowing fifiures will give nu idea i>f their ri'sult:* : Ore extracted, 14,449 toiu of 2,000 lbs. Oro Biiioltid, ir>,.'{76 tons. Limeetone used, 1,081 tons. Charcoal usihI, 8«9,2»0 buxhels. I'ig iron pnxlufol nnd shipjH-d, ti.H".') },■]*;[ tons, \vu. lh'!?IS7,olO. Number of men emploved, about 130. At Dmniniundville, (inly one funiaco was in blast for several nionthsi, using the bog ore coming chiefly from the counties of Xicolet and Drununoiul. At Radnor, -the furnace, which was in operation during fourteen months with an average daily output of some thirty tons, was shut down on the Ist Koveniber for repair*, which were to take two montlis to execute. The ore listed is the iiog m other parts of Canada and even from the United States. Since a couple of years, it has ]>erfected the use of o-dire as an ore and as afrglonieratinjr matter for the other ores. A mi.vf ;ire of ochre and magnetic iron sand, moulded and pre^s^ed into small cylindrical bricks of aboui a pounil each by means of a sjK'cial nnicliiiie.is .i-ed: these bricks foiming al out l."* jier c\'nt of the coniposition of the charge. La."! year, a few loade of bog iron coming from the Lake ilemphrema- iiog copper mine wen.' eiii])loy(Hl. This year, the company bromiht to Radnor ten car loads of titanic ore from the Kenogami mine where it did some work dnring the &v.>ason. The charcoal usvd at the Radnor forges e,omc« from 45 kilns belotigiug to the company and located at the forges, at St. Thecle, Lake an Sa'iie, Lake I'etcr and Paid and the Grandes Piles. The Canada Iron Furnace Co.has temporarily piven up the making of hrieks, Itut oontinuee to siu-ces-'fully work the wlebratetl Radnor sprinpSjWhich jmuluce a water now well known and appreciated in Canada and abroad. Al)out 25 persons are employed in bottling and shipping this . water. lu the month of >'o\Tniber last, nine ear loads were sent out. A|)art fni!u the ore usvd in the blas't funiaces, there was little done in the Province and I iijipend the residts of my iiKiuiries. Lekds Mink This niine, located on lot V. 7 of Leeds, comprises the properties of J. Xiif-ent, S.E. 1, and McA'iity, "N. W. i, fonning in all lMK) acres. It has been long known, and after a first examination, I mentioned it in the report of 1889-90, but there haa hardly been any work done upon it since. L.^st fall, J\Ir. Chs Lionais nnilertook some prosiK-cting work ujMm it to deteniniie its value, and I had occasion to make an examination of it, the following being the result of my insju'ction. . The ore is magnetic iron occurring in well defined veins following the stratification of the chloritic schists designated as prtvcambrian by the Geolo- cical Survey. The gtiicral trend is .\.X.K. magnetic and oint for nearly a mile. The dip iiecdlv shows these works tt) U' well connected and also gives the certainty of a .pcniiaiieiit ilepo^it an above jnenrioned. xis regaiti^i the depth of this deposit, there have lu'en no works yet undertakj'U to determine it, but the presumptions are very strong that it continues in depth and it is even possible that, at some points, it assumes more compactness through the junction of several veins. Practically, there has been no work done on this mine, only a small ex- cavation of some 12 fiH't in depth ami some strii)]>ing to lay bare the veins on tlio surface. Many loose pieces are also visible, some of them weighing twenty tons. These have become detached on tJie land which slopes towards the west.. One carload of the on- was slii|)|«Mi l<> Harvty liiil as a llux and aiiotluT tr. the liadnor forgi-s, which, was taken from boulders on the sxirface. The mine is two miles from the Tillage of Kinnears' Mills, ten miles from Robertson Station, Q.C.R., and 20 miles from the Grand Trunk Railway Sta- tion, at Ste. Julie. Acfi>rding to analyses by the Geological Survey, the ore in the pure state contains about 67 per cent of metallic iron, 0.2 per cent of phosphorus, 0.03 per cent of sulphur and no titanium. A recent analysis gives : iron 60.01, sulphur 0.3, phosphorus 0.225, silica 11.48. ThJB mine therefore contains large quantities of good grade magnetic iron ore, with few objectionable elements, which niig' t be worked if there was a railway in proximity. It is however intended to have a line running through this region between the (J.C-'.K. and the G.T.R., which might be made to pass neiir this mine. Other indications of simdlar ore have been found in the same direction on range X, but they have been little prospected. There were no other discoveries during the year. The Scott mine at Iron Side, in Hull, was worked a little and some hundreds of tons were shipped. The Chester hematite mine was prospected a little by Mr. Pharo and gave, it seems, good indications. I also visited a small mine of similar ore near Richmond, on the farm of Mr. Henry Hall, from which a small consignment was shipped to Drummond- viUe. Nothing was done with the magnetic sands of the North Shore, but there have been several important transactions with the government and with pri- vate parties ; one company, the Natashquan Iron Co, has also been formed to develop the deposits of that region. It is probable that the difficulties met with in utilizing tlicsc winds will l-v sliortiv overcome and tliat we ■^liall see an important industry e-stablished on the North Shore. Music IJivkk Dki'osits During the summer, I visited tho sands on both sides and near the mouth of this river. From Seven I.-tlands downward, the coast is sandy and, after passing Point nu I5a< is a vein 8 inches thick ;md nearly pure. At July jwint, a cutting 4 ' thick was calculated to contain (10 to 70 jkt cent of black sand and appears to extend over ."»00 feet in rear. Along the line, 6 and 7 to 10 chains in the interior, black sand was foimd "" 'lif-'png beneath the moss. A little further on a cutting of <; ft'ct showed beds of 2 to 3 inches and .seemed to contain an average of 25 per cent. An estimate made a few years ago by a competent engineer placed the quantity of 70 per cent magnetic iron in sight along the front of lots 6, 7 and S for a depth of 1200 feet at over a million and a half of tons, the grade ")f the sands ranging from 6 to 50 per cent of nmgnetic on a thickness of several ii ches to 5 and 6 feet The question of the utilization of these deposits is the same as all the others on the Xorth Shore. Slupments could b'> made on the eastern part of tlie Bay of Seven Islands, which is a dozen miles from July point. On the eastern bank of the iloisic river, there is also an important deposit of Mack sand extending over a distance of about li to 2 miles along the coast ;aid fr< m 4 to 5 ll7^^t•nts into the interior : the «. ^ Tiiese rcsulte are satisfactory and when the capacity of the machine will in prtiportion to these favorable results, it will lie dc-stined to render good ')C service. 3. I recall from memoiy the Cnan machine which was tested at Mont- real ; it is electro-magnetic and consists also of a horizontal endless roller and a ventilator. The results obtained were satisfactory both in quantity and quality. Besides these apparatus, there is a certain number of patents, which are more or less practical, but the end to be sought and -.vliich has not yet been p iittaiiicd, is to purify the wet ore, which will obviate dryiuL: and pxpen>ive m handling. g It may, therefore, 1>« claimed that tlu^ problvni of the purifying of the J magnetic sands is solved, and no doubt, when the most practical machine comes =5 ii'tu usi'. its (qnT.ition will lead up to the ntvessjin- ciiangi's pro.liicing ll:t> typical one called for bv this industrv. 10 TITANIC lEON There ia nothing special to note as regards this ore ; the efforts to utilize it in some cases as iron ore and in others as ferro-titanito continue, as men- tiomd in a previous report (1899.) An important article on this subject was published by Mr. A. Rossi, in " Mineral Industry," for 1901. A new use for titaniuBi is also noted in electric lighting. The carbon fila- KK'i.t in incandescent lamps would be advantagcusly rcphiced bv a tilamcut of carbide of titanium. IvExo.iAMi Mines The deposit at Kenogami, county of Lake St. John, was opened up a little and some ten carloads were shipped to Radnor. I had occasion to inspect this deposit and I ascertained,' that it extends for about i of a mile to the north of and along the line of the Lake St. John Railway with a depth in the interior which I was unable to determine, but which, doubtless extends prettv far and is probably connected with the deposits in the township of Bourget, on the left bank of the river Sapuenay. The quantity of tliis ore is consequently consider- able an(li'a.syaci('8sil)|p. The bearing rock is anorthosife and forms low hills in which the ore appears to occur in big pockets. It is not of equal purity, nor does it contain an equal proportion of titanium all over. A specimen of aver- age appearance, taken by me, showed 10.36 ^ of titanic acid. Seven Isl.\ni;s Mine Last Piunmcr, I ^-isited this nune, wliich is situated at about 2 miles from the Bay of Sewn Islands and on both sides of the Rapid river. It is composed of masses of magnetic iron holding heav^- proportions of titanium and out- cropping on the banks themselves of the Rapid river, where I followed them for a distance of about 500 yards in solid thicknesses of 15 to 20 feet. I found similar indications at some distance from the riA-er, where the ore occurs on hills of ai out a liundn-d feet higli, anu.ng others to the north west, where one <'f these iiills fonns a solid mass, being a continuation of the one visible on the riiiht bank. The bearing rock is anorthosite. This ore was worked a little about 35 years ago by the Moiaic Company and I am told that some of it was used in those forgvs. There arc still some piles on the ground which were then prepared and the traces of an old road. The liay of Seven Islands, which is a line harlmr, is about 300 miles from (Quebec. . ■ • Mention is made of this dejwsit in the Geological Survey's report of lR, which atwifjns to it a l(nf;lh of ")00 yards from easi to west. Tlie quantity ia certainly large and represents millions of tons. We have on hand a certain number of analyses, which show that the pro}t<>rtion of metallic iron langes from 45 to 50ropor- tion of sulphur and phosphorus. The proportion of metallic titanium is 39.71j< in the titanic acid. An experiment in meclianical separatica was tried with the Waterhill ^fapnetic Si^parator at McGill University on this ore crushed,but did not yield mfficient results as rcfrards the separation of the titanium. Another made with the Crean Separator did not give better results. Other deposits of titanic iron have been observed in the neighborhood of Cliicoutimi and near the Grand Discharge of the Saguenay. OCHRE. Ochre was ( xtnicted nnd prepared, as in pn-vinus years, at St. .Main in the neighborhood of Three Rivers, by the two companies : the ("anada Paint Co. and the Champlain Oxyde Co. The earth is burnt on the spot and shipped in that state. The quantity produced and sliii)re•'''- ' -- •''- -i" "t work and itseen.- retl^! ' , ,V . """""^1 ""^ ^" ^-"'■'^ ^-^^ '-"'^« ' '^^ tailings appeared to T^ eSi '. J ""^ '^' -"'-ntrated article seemed to be prettv pure, demanl H ."^ ^' '"^' " '^"^ concentration of chrome ore^ich demand, the use of a table on account of the large quantitv of fine stuff pro duced dunng the crushing. The mill is one nulo froni the mine and thrrmi ^ with tb ;""■ ""' ''" *'"''"'' ^"'"' '' "''"''-^ ' •""" ^^ -"-k it l.ut, with the transport •„„», 15 were employed .at the time of ntv visit. The com- pany proposes tc develop the mines during the winter. A. Carrier and J. Lemelin Mine.—ls situated muir tl„. r,,a V . i „„ 1 . . i_ , ., , . , * Miuartu iitar the ,los. Aadeau mine, on lot A. ]7 of ( olrame, which w,.s pim-ha.^.d frem the government ; it is 5 niiles tn,m Hlack l^ko, with which it is connect..! by a roa.l tl.nt is ,,.od in winter, but very bad m ^mmer. When I visited it iu October, the mine con- «^d of a sn.aJl excavation, some 15 feet deep from which a dozen tons had b^n taken out, great masses of chrome being visible at the bottom and on the -^de^. h.xty yards to the north cast, th-re is another j.it 4(. ' Lv r, ' ..„d •;,) feet in depth, supplied ^^-ith a derri.k.with which some 50 tons were taken out and also shows good indications of chi-ome. In addition, some small outcrop- 13 pings of ores on tlie surface may lead to other discoveries. This mine, recently opened, was only worked a little with 5 to 8 men, and has been closed down for the winter. It presents sufficient indications to warrant other works. The ore if of good quality, often grading 50^. J. Nadeav and Richard Topping Mine. — This mine, which was mentioned in my la«t year's report, has been since regularly worked. In October, 9 men were employed, taking out about 3 tons • a day with a horse derrick. There where about 300 tona of picked ore supposed to grade 50^. Last season, 248 tons of 49 to 50;^ were shipped. The mine consists of 3 large pits very close to each other, the deepest being 40 fiet in depth and the others from 20 to 30. Some fine blocks of ore are visible, and the surface shows many indications traversed by a vein of granu- lite running N. W. The working is done with 2 horse derricks ; the mine is on lot A. 16 of Colraine, 5 miles from Black Lake, and the carting can only be ilone in winter, and costs about $1.00 per ton ; latterly, they have begun to ship from Thetford. The ground is not high, but is nevertheless suitable for the dumping of the debris. Work was to be continued throughoutJ the winter, the output for the year i-epresenting about 400 tons of high grade. Besidea the foregoing works, some prospecting was done, which showed ■ little chrome on lot III, 25 and its neighbours. On lot I, 22, formerly prospected, there are a couple of hxmdred tons of low grade. The total output of chrome waa not large, but the shipments represent in tons of 2000 lbs : Ist class (concentrated and rock)... 592 tons worth... $9424 2nd class " "... 682 " "... 7320 1274 $16744 About 100 men were employed for periods of from 3 to 7 months. There are still at the mines about 350 tons of high grade and 3200 tons of 2nd class and rock to be treated in the mill. The prices were tho saiuo, $18.00 for 50 j< and $10.00 to $12.00 for second clas^s on the cars ; the demand was good) and it is to be hoped that in 1902 with 3 mills running, the shipments will be much larger. 14 COPPER. The Eustifl and Nichols minea were in regular operation, m was al*o the Ast-ot mine. Some work was also done ia the King mine. The total shipment amounted to 20,296 gross tons, or 22,732 tons of 2000 lbs., worth at tht- mint*, $126,500 ; a portion being shipped and some treated at Capelton for sulphuric acid ; 250 men were employed during the whole year. Then* L* nothing special to note. The Albert and No. 4 mines of th« Nieiiols company were worked. At the Eustis mine, works at the bottom have led to the discovery of very large fresh masses of pyrites, from 15 to 50 feet thick and more or lees rich in copper. This company also undertook to conccn- fratc old dumps by means of jiggers. Aurot Mine.— This property is now worked under the name of "Wilfried Johnixm, of New- York. From November, 1900 to March, 1901 the mine was shut down ; working was resumed at tho ktter date and has been continued regularly ever since with 10 men. The mine is supplied with machinery and all the \york is done with compressed air ; two drills are employed. The work- ing c(ji!si^ts in following tho indications of the ores by means of an ^aclined shaft following the moet mineralized part. This shaft is of varying dimensions and slojus, nmning from vunt to north east at ajigles of 20" to 70« from the horizontal. It goes down for 250 feet, representuig a; vertical depth of 170 feet. The ore is ooniposi-d of chalcopyrit*' pretty irregularly diaseiuiiiatwl in a quartzoze schist, but occasionally isolated ui pretty large bodies. At tho time of my visit in October last, a drift was being driven at tlie bottom, showing ore scattered over its wliole width say 7 ft,, with a nolid part iu sight 2ft. wide by 25 ft. long. After washing, the ore is sorted on the surface. During the year email consignments were shipped to Capelton and the United-States, the grade being about 16 per cent of copper. There still remains a certain quantity at the mine, besides several hucdred tons of low grade, which may be concen- trated later. The mine is iu a condition to be regularly worked on a small scale. There is very little water and the rock is pretty solid. The shipping point is Sher- Irooke, 4 miles distant bv Kood roads. KINii MINK This mine, coiifn.lUd l.y M.?«^rs. A. (). Norton, of B„t;f„n, and C. E. Kennedy, is coniir^d of the western part of lot 4, iu the XI range of Ascot, known under the name of the Bean property, comprising the Silver Star u Aiait, and the eastern part of the same lot, King property, compriaing the Norton shaft The Silver Star shaft waa be^n two years ago, and is supplietl with '« small steam engine ; it goes down to a depth of 40 ft. This shaft is inclined and follows a vein of S. W. trend, dipping S. E. at an anglo of 35" fnnu the vertical. The vein shows a thickness of from 7 to 8 ft,()f whicli from 2 to 3 ft are well mineralized. The ore is iron pyrite, containing a little chalcopmte and various sulphureta. It also contaixui a variable proportion of gulil and lilvfr, (some selected specimens having yielded as much as, $27 of gold and another, 11!) ounci'8 of silver. Some thirty tons were taken out and at the end of the year \S99, » fault having been encoimteretl which caused the vein to be lost sight tf, the works were su.'ipciidcd. They were resiuricer wnt of eiUphur. This shaft is provided with steam pumps and machinery, and a dozen men aro employed i n the twosliafts, audi it is iiit^'iided to nui a drift along the vein in order to connect with the Silver Star shaft. A fault hiv* iJso been met with at the bottom, which throws the vein to the east. <;. K. SMITH MINE I viaited this mine (Potton, IX, S.E.i, 2t*), about twelve years ago, and with the slight prosix-cting then done, 1 had noted thu large Jbi>dy of ore exist- ing there. L:ist fall, I mside ;i new exiiniiniitiou ttf wliieh ! jrivr a >uni- >nary of the result. The ore is a j)vrite of iron partly magnetic (monosid- jdiide) and c(jntaining a certain proixtrtion of chalcopyrite scattered tlirough 18 Ike niasB. The compoeition of the pyrite is pretty complex and contain* lead, zmc and anfiniony, with tnipcs of iiickol and arsenic. The \xm>M »ul«tance« fon^wt of copper in the proportion of less than 1 to 7 per rent, o£ 35 to 45 pt-p ,.,.nt of sulphur and a small portion of silver. The lead, zinc and an- timony (^casionally attain several unita of percentage, while the nickel and orsi-iiic remain in the state of traces. "When I ^^dited this mine in November last, the workings ccnaiBtci of an excavation, 60 ft. long by 40 ft. deep, showing a solid ma* of ore 50 ft T^ide, between two well defined walls, the roof being formed by the chloritic Khists (prc-cambrian) cf the repon, and the wall which hos not vot been rtached, but which is not far oflF, by the diorite forming the Hog's Back and other hills. Thi» excavation is drained hj a tunnel of 200 ft. in the direction of the i-oof. At the liottom of this oin-ning, a shaft 40 ft. C x 8 ha* Won sunk. It war. full of water at the time of my visit, but I was assured that it passed entirely through solid ore. The veins runa X 30<> E., with a dip of 40o weet, at the point where the stratification of the achista appean to be E.N.E. At 200 ft. to the N.N.E., another muaII excavation has been made on the tern without reaching the walls,the conditions being the same as in the former. It may therefore be said that between these two points to the level of the bot- tom erf the shaft, there are upwards of one hundred thousand tons of on in wght. Several other openings have been made on the vein in the same direction, ^hoAviug It to be of th<. Knne character. I found them on about r.OO feet. I was a>8,ired hat the indicationa continue on a length of 1000 feet, descendimr the hill, the lowest being 300 feet lower than the main works. When I \iaiU.d the j)lace, as these prc«pects were several years old, they were covered wuth bushes. It will thus be seen that this property contains a consider- able quantity of ore. This mine could easily be worked by a tunnel beginning at the lowest point, following the vein and joining a shaft sunk at the liighest pomt, which would secure easy drainage and ventUation. The rock on both Hdes ifl solid enough and would necessitate but littJe timbering. I saw no indications of faults or breaks on the surface. The vein is .liscemible on the surface by a capping of limonite arising from the decomposition of the superficial parts and its thickness may vary from 1 to 6 feet in the uncovered portions. This limonite con-stitutes a r^al iron ore, containing at least 50 per cent of metalUc iron with a little sulphur, but no phosphorus. About 125 tons of it were shipped to the Radnor forges 1/ no in 1000. Between this liinonitc and the solid oro is u lay(>r oi decomposed matter rich in oxydized products of coppw and caused by the washing of the copper limonite. About 2000 tons of oro tliat have l)eon got out an? at the niine and a fuw loads only have been shipped to places in Canada and tho United States to l)0 tested. Some portiona of these ores bum easily on exposure to the air owing to the sulphur they eontain. Tho waters of the mine possess strongly develop«>d petrifying propirties and reinurkiible sjK'einiens can be *'cn of wood, mog» and other i»roducts completely transformed into iron ore through the aiidity of tho water holding a saturated solntiou of iron saltu. The property contains a little timber and covers 50 acres ; it is one mile from Lake Memphremitgog, 700 feet above its level (Knowltou Landing) ; 14 miles from ^lagog Station ; 8 miles from Ea*tman,on the Canadian Pacific Kailway in winter ; 3i miles from liolton Centre, the terminus of tho Orford Mountain Kailway Company, which does not work this portion of the line from Sastman. An extension might be built to the mine. The mine is the property of the " Memphremagog Jli'-i Company," represented by G. E. Smith, of Sherbrooke, who controls . icres of land in aJl. During the year, owing to the high price of copper, there wiis some quesv- lion of re-oi)ening s<-vcral mines, amongst otliers tho Ely and the St. Francis mines. After the old \v.,ik,-* had i.etu j.imiiic d out, 1 ha 1 an oi.iMirtunity of :ii8 feet lung with .". levels at'42 ', ^"2 ' and 174', where drifts were U-guu in both directions with incipient rises to .•( nnect the drifts. At the lower level, the gi-eatest dwelopn.eiit is attained' on the X.E. by a drift 252 feet long. A description of this property is given in the report of the Geological Suney for 18«6 (page 38.) The mine consists of a vein of quartz and feldspar running X. E. and intvrsoctiiig tho stratifica- tion of chloritic schists of the region and neiu- the diorito contact on tho X.W. It (lips TOO from the horizontal on tho X.W. This vein sei>ni8 well defined and . ontains, disseminated or in i>ooket8, orqs such as bornite and chalcopyrite 18 with a certain abundance of carbonate of copi.»T. I naited this property in Oftol;or laut, and had an opiKirtunity of inapecting the first level which ia reached by a tunnel of about forty fct>t. Th« drift, 30 ' to the N.K., and about 15 ' to the S.W. »how» u well defined vein with some cavities ; the thicknew varicB from 3 ' to 5 '; a little ore in iKK-kct* i» ol)MTved and one can see that in thia part at le«lt, some ntoping haa btH'n done and no doubt tho beet part of the ore romoved. On tho S.W., u few inche* of curbonato ore exposed. On the surface ia a dump ehowing numeroua grains of rich ore which may contain 2^ of coppi-r. The nitx'ropping of tho vein can bo followed for some hundred yarda with slight indications of copper in aight. According to Mr. Francis Btiuiett who was the last to work thia mine, the average of the vein waa »^ of copi^T, and whilo mining w«w carried on, a certain quantity, amounting to alwut 2 tons a tlay, was shipped. In 1865, the mine belonged to the St. Francis Mining Company ; it was sold to the Canadian ("PIht Pyrit© and Chemical Company, but not much work wa« done ; in 1^74, it became the property of the Canadian Copper and Snli>liiir Company, and was worked until about 1880. Ely, VII, 3 S. J 4.— This mine which I n •*ited iu October laat, coniusta of a strip of niagncsian limeistono running in a >'. E. direction with a dip of 700 a;.\V. from the horizontal. It agrees moreover with tho stratification of tho talcona whiijt* of tiiat region. This limestone may be followed for a dis- tance of 300 to 400 fwt, and a thicknesB of 60 ' haa been found, ouwhalf i-howing indications of coppir. The grnun.l slopes to the S.E. and many do- t ached pieces may li© seen, some consisting of several cubic yards of rock similar to tliat of tho vein. To the N. ,W., there are indications suggesting the exirtenee of a similar strip. The vein has been prospected on the surface by several cuttings and openings showing an abiiiKloiice of green carbonato which st>ems to bo a do- .•omposition of the vein <.ro. An inclined ehaft 8 by V2, and .^S feet deep has been simk on the wall of the vein. I went down and found a seric8 of small ve^is of bornite and chulcocite parallel to the direction and wliich constitute llie mineralization of this strip ; their tliicknoas varies from 2 to 3 inches be- sides the ore dis.-eiiiinated in tiie rock and it may be said that in the exposed face, say a thicknvsg of 8 foot, the mineralized ix)rtion is represeuteil by one- tenth. A specie- en tnken by me at the bott/>in of the sluift yielded 44.'?3 per cent of copper with aT)out 45 i>er cent of panguc. Another good average spe- cimen, repnw'nting probably ont>-sixtli of the vein, yielded 10.30 jht cent. The shaft was sunk 35 jears ago, but was recently pumped out. There is only 1J» one- a raiall Imilding at the iniiu', und at the if <>r«» furmeriy taken lUt, coiwigiing of lioriiiti- unci chiiloocite ami cuutaiaing about Vi pc-r ti'ut of copjHT. Thin iiiiiu.' is u iiiili- and a half from the Orford Aloiuitaiu I{ailway which joins the ('. I*. 1{. ut Katitnitui, a ijistancf of Ki uiilea. Other minei. — Sonic work wuj* aii'o don«' at fhf ohl Jjowi-r* uiim", in ilolliounio. I. 8., Itut I luul no oi)iiortunity of viniting it. rrac-ticaily nothing haa Uen dono at Harvey liiil, Init, the certain wh«-thi'r tho Harvey Hill veins continue in tiiat diri'ction. In tho county of .Matanc, in St. Dvnin, «>ni(' procinrting has been done to (htvclop thi' indicution.x of native c.iiiixr found in thr dioritt- of that region. Thus a piece of lopjur weigiiing !art8 and is about 5 per cent in tlie poorer pnrts. It is estimated that the mine yields one ton of concentrated for every V tons of ore taken out ; the concentrated ore contains from 70 to 77 per cent of load, and from 15 to 17 ounece of silver to the ton. The galena seems more abundant at the lower level. The rock is Kolid enough and requires little timbering ; there is very little water ; the mine is lif;litcd by electricity. 'i'he outer installations at i)rin'nt in use consist of hoisting macliincs, air-compressors and concentrating plant uiadt' up of rock-bn-akers, rollers, jig- 20 gers and "Wilfrey tables ; 6 additional jiggers and 4 WUfrey table* liave re- cently been put in besidea a tank holding 20,000 gallons of water in case of lire and a wharf liaM been built on tht> hike. Practically there are two mills, each ha\-ing a capacity of C tons of concentrated. In the \'icinity of the mine are buildings and boarding houses for the ?taff and the workmen. It is situated about 8 miles from tho village of Ville ilaric, with which it is connected by a good road. Tho ore w shipped via the lake to tlie railway at the head of the Long Sault, and freight costs about $3.50 per ton. The yield for tho year was about 533 tons of concentrated ore, 227 of wliich were shipped. The mine was in ojivration throughout the year and some forty men were employed there. GOLD. But little work was done this year and, witli the exception of some slight individual prospecting of small importance, only by " Tho tlilbort River Gold Fields Company,'' on the Gilbert (Beauoe). and Irv " The Dominion Mining Company," on Big Hollow Brook, in Weatbury (Wolfe). The Gilbert Hiver Void Fields Co, Lid. — I give below the various phasei" through which this organization/ has passed to roach the present situation. The Boauco Syndicate began its o{)erations in October, 1899, by taking pos- scs.-iiiin of tho t'haft and works on lot li do Lery of tiic Beauce Gilbert Gold Mining Company, whose contract had just expired. After 6 months labor in the old works tliey had to Ix^* abandoned on the 9thMay,1900, owing to the (|iiantitie8 of water that liltt-rcd tJirough the thick lied of gravel covering that zone and through the old works idong the (iilbert river for a distance of aliout 400 feet and which were inundati'd at high wat«'r. About 80 oimcen o'' gold had l'Ce given up as the pressure of the sand freed in the box. To avoid removing the macliinery, anotlier shaft was begun about 20 feet away. Another and stronger box 10 feet wide, was made of .*prucc planks r(>en work«'d was found and it was ascertained that the only part not worked waa to the south of the shaft. This part wa^ reached after a detour of about 200 feet to avoid the old works and it was found that a vein cif paying gravel had at last been stnick. These works la.ste«l 7 months. 'J'hen mining was begun : on the surface, an inclined tramway nOO feet long •"as constructed to convey the gravel to the sluices fed by a ditch taking water f r< m the branch of the tJilbert. On the 1st July of that year, the company again worked at the sliaft, on I'lt 13 which had been abandoned for the reasons given above ; bed ri>ck was -truck at 47 feet but on the rim. Ab-mt 120 feet of drift were excavated in a south ejL«terly and northerly direction and gold was found at various points but unevenly distributed. At the end of the season, the gravel obtained from Smart's shaft and from I'luit on lot 13 wa* wafellied and yielded 75 omicis of gold. Owing to the difficulty of working in the south pail of Smart's shaft, it [ w.is (|e< ided to sink a new one in order to reach this paying part. I vL-ited the works at the beginning of Dirember ; the sinking of tlifl [shaft was begun ; and th<' inaeliiiiery was bi'ing put up. It was tlioiight that 14 ivoi «.f quick sand woiilil liavo to bo got through and a Milid h'i\ was made 20 fvet high, 7 ' 8" x 3' 8", streiigthPTU'd by strong cro«! ti-.^s. It wafc hojR'd that bed nn-k would be struck at a depth of 70 feet. The machinery installed has a capacity of 50 tons a day ; the shaft will bo provided with a cage and underground convey- ance will le effected by means of small tramways. It is therefore to be hoped that the company's perseverance will be rewanled and that in 11)02 we shall see a steady j-ield of gold in this section. The above facta were furnished me by Mr. Frederick llildreth, the super- intendent of the works. The company worked throughout the year with an av( rage force of 30 men, a!: included. The Dominion Mining Co., of Boston, worked during the summer on Big Hollow Brook, in "Westbury. It i« intended to follow the l)cd rock starting from the lower part of the river to the highest level. The water will be kept back above by a dam and by means of pipes already on the spot, the superficial portion will be washed by the hydraulic process so as to be able to work in the open on the pajnng gravel found at the bottom by shafts sunk by the first p^o^pecto^», L. Matlueu and others. It is probable that these projects may be partly carried out during the summer of 1!)02. ASBESTOS. The asbest,08 industry that was already in a flourishing cf)n(lition, last year, has again developed cfmsiderably this year and the yield has reached a ligure which, if maintained, will make this industry one of the most profitable in the Province. I will briefly go over the historj' of asbestos. The asbestos indiK^trv was first spoken of in 1878. The Quel)ec Central has just I)een built and near the fline, at Thetford, Mr. A. Johnston luid f)thers, and ilessrs. King Bros, made sonie slight excavations and got out a small quantity of hiug and line asbestos, the short fibres being rejected. It is stated that 50 tons were taken out in 1878, all the work being done by hand. The sale and market for tlii:* product seemed imcv^rtain ; nevertheless, all the lots of this district that could sh'iw any asbestos were then bought from the Government and strange to say hardly any merchantable asbestos has 8inc»> bwn discovered outside estos and its products, including those of Dan^•ille, worth over $700,000 at the mine and at the mill. For 1901, the yield is 40,387 ton.- ' asbeetos worth 11,284,429. I give below the shipments of asbestos from Canada for the periods ending on the 30th June of each year, according to the Ottawa , Tables of 3428i tone, estimated at. . . .$ 228,535 323,886 444,159 513,909 514.412 396,718 339,756 493,075 482,679 510,916 510,368 453,176 490,909 864,573 Previous to 1887, the shipments of asbestos were not given mider a separate heading. i JNavigation ; 1887-88. . . . 3428i 1888-89. . . 4648 1889-90. . . . 6563 1890-91. . . . 7022 1891-92. . . 7316 1882-93. . . . 5898 1893-94. . . . 6229 1894-95. . . . 8593 1895-96. . . 9588 1896-97. . . .10969 1897-98. . .18424 1898 99. . .14520 1899-00. . .18164 1900-01. . . .26715 24 A« the Province of Quebec ia the only one that produces asbestos, these figures may be considered very accurate, the quantity manufactured in Canada being of no importance. Practically, the entire output ia shipped including all the products of asbestos and also asbestic. Output according to the companies' reports : 1807 25365 tons, valued at $ 380,000 1898 23015 " " 511,256 1899 23266 " " 598,736 1900 29433 " " 735,364 1901 40397 " " 1,284,429 From 1882, the output increased steadily ; the mines of Thetford, Black Lake and Danville were developed while some tests were made in the direction of Colraine and a few in the Ottawa Laurentian region. Steam machinery was put up and attempts made to simplify the work. The demand at . ;)rices increased, reaching their maximum about 1890 when first class crude asbestos sold for $250 a ton. These pricea were probably too high, for difficulties arose between producers and buyers, resulting in the shutting downl of the Black Lake mines and a considerable depression in the market, the price of first class asbestos dropping to $80.00. The companies then improved their plant, used compressed air, replaced boom derricks by cable derricks, and de- velojjed tlieir sorting processes. About 1894 mechanical processes were resorted to fvCTv whore for utilizinjr short fibres. A steady <)eniaud began for the product called '' fibre," and the companies provided themselves with plant for the purpose. Gradually, the demand increased and from 1890 the old debris containing short fibres were again treated in the mill while at Danville a large mil) was erected for the manufacture of asbestic. Prices gn-w steadier and reached $200 for first class. The demand increased and the result is the flour- ishing condition of affairs that we ^Nitness to-day,when all the rock containing fibre goes through the mill, necessitating tho erection of mills of great capa- city, a description of which we will see further on. At the end of this rt jjort will be found the list of companies in operation to the number of 10, which i)roduce crude asliestos and fibre and poseess im- portant mechanics', appliances. The a-sbestos mills or factories for sepai'ating the fibrw aiv all based on the same princi{ilc and the few following details may apply to all the com- panies. ^lining is carried on in quarric* which, at Thetford, are 170 feet below the top of the hill which is itself SO feet higher than the railway line. At 25 riack Lake, the top of the hill of serpentine is 900 feet higher than the lake, and 750 feet higher than the line. Compreeeed air is used for driDing and cable derricka for hoisting out. The rock containing asbestols ia roughly sorted at the mine, and goes to the cobbing shed, to the niiJl and to the dump. Th^t intended for cobbing goes to the sheds where young boys '.^•ith a light hammer separate the fibre from the rock, thereby forming the let and 2nd qualities of " crude," the waste whereof goes to the mill. In the mill are treated the rook containing a little fibre, the waste from the cobbing of tin let and Jnd qualities of crude asbestos and the waste from the mine. The latter contains a great deal of fibrefe and there is so much of it that the companies have deemed it neoeaeary to put up driers over which it passes before being crushed. Some companies run all their rock through the driers especially in wet seasons. These driers are cylinders from 30 to 40 feet long with a diameter of 3 to 5 feet and are heated outwardly by the flames of a fire. In some cases, they are heated inwardly by a current of hot air. They have a slope of about 1112 and the axis is pro\'ided with blades for stirring and dividing the mass. The rock thrown in at the higher part arrives quite dry at the lower end and is put into the crusher directly or by meana of an elevator. The first crusher is of large dimensions and the rock comas out as big as one's fist ; it then goes to a smaller one which breaks it into pieces the size of a nut. In some mills the rock then passes on to an endless table from which children pick out the tibrcldas pieces. The mass is then taken to the rollers which are plain or corrugated but in some mills it it> first screened and clas- sified into fine and coarse. The mass generally passes through two pairs of rollers and ia thereby reduced to a coarst! aand. Convcysuieo from one ap- paratus to tho other is oifected by elevator. Some companies at onc*> run this sand through shaking screens with a draught at one end and the lightest fibrouB parts are carried tff by means of a ventilator. In evvrs- case the ssmd is conveyed to tho cydoni-s consisting oi a metal box in which two wheels with blades revolve verv- rapidly in opposite directions completely puherising the product which is sucked up and taken to shaking tables provided with exhaust fans ; tiese separate the fibre fronj tlie fine sand, tlie latter foniiing what is calk'd asl)estic. In sonio cases these cyclones have been n'placcd by Jumbo macliines, used chiefly by the Johnson company. The products su.'kxl up are conveyed to depoeiting rooms whcuce they are taken to the room x.licro they are put in bags. At the beginning of this industrv, the compaaios turned out a certain nmuber of various qiudities which are ati present practic^iUy 20 refhiced to two : fibre properly so called and paper stock made of very short fibi^s. Some companies prepare special products that urc asktd for and otliers subdivide these qualities. In eonnpctiou witli oobbinfj the Union Mine usees a kind of Chilian mill ^uth upright stone wheels revolving in a metal tmuh. The crushers generally used are those of the Blake system ; the Bell Asbeetoe Co., however, also uses the Gates «i' Dodge crushers. The capacity of the milla may be calculated either by the quantity of rrck passiag though them or the quantity of merchantable products obtained. The proportion of fibre in the rock varies but, as regard* the Thetford mines, for instance, it may be taken as follows : 1 to 2 per cent of crude (Ist and 2nd), and 6 to 7 per cent of fibre and paper stock. Jsevertheless the waste from the mine and the cobbing must yield 10 per cent, and sometimes much more. It may therefore be said that a well managed mill, treating say 500 tone of rock, should turn out from 30 to 40 tons of merchantable products a day. The average prices paid for asbeetoe ore as follows : 1st crude $180 to 200 2nd crude 100 to 125 Fibre 30 to GO Paper stock 15 to 25 Asljestic 1 to 3 Crude asbestos and the mill products are sold in 100 lb. bags. The machintry used in the asbestos districts generally comes from Camv dian mamifaoturens; Uenckeei Co., IHan^ Drill Compainy 'of 3herbrooke|; Laurie, of ilontreal and others. The coal eomee from Nora Scotia, and latterly fire (buck wheat.) coal from Ponnsylvania has also been xiped. A company is organized to make u?e of the falls of the St. Francis river near D'lsraeli with the intention of sup- plying the necossan- power to the Black Lake and Thetford mines, situate at a distance of from 10 to 15 miles. This innovation would certainly promote the development of mining industry in that region. During the course of the year, very important works have been carried on. At Danville, th© mill d^^-oycd by fire last year is being rebuilt. xVt Thetford, the King Bros. Cuiiipany, the Beaver Asbestos Company and the Johnson Co. have erected new mills of considerable capacity. The Bell Company 27 haa enlarged the one already in operation. At Black Lake, th« Jolmson Com- pany ha8 also erected u mill and so have the Manhattan (formerly the United .\*k'*U.8 Co.), and the Standard Asbeetqa Company (formerly the Anglo- Canadian Aslwatos Co.). Improvrmente have also been made U, the mill plant of the Canadian Asbe-t(H ('..rnpanv and Union Mine. Dr. Ik-ed has also put ftp a small mill. King Bro».— During the year, this company has done important work consisting in opening new excavations in the vicinity of the old onee. The dumpe O»avo .also been removed to prepare for new oiHjnings ; to that end 3 new cable derricks with their macWnery have been put up ; a IcKwmotivo and trucks of a cai>acity of several tons are used for conveying rock to the mUl and debris to the dumps. At present there are in all 7 cable derricks on the property. The old mill continues v.-orking but ii new one of considerable capacity has bo<>n built on the other aide of the line of the Quebec Central Railway which was com- m«>nc«l at the b<>ginning of last year, and has been running since July ; it ii. capable of treating from .500 to 600 tons of rock and turning out from 30 to 40 tons of merchantabk'. products. This mill is driven by a compound con- densing engine of 850 horse power ; the power is Supplied by a set of 5 boilers of l'.'. horse i>ower each, and the water for condensing and feeding the lioihrs is brought from the Thetford river by a special pump. The plant of the mill consists of 3 crushers, 2 pairs of crushing roUeiB 6 o^-clones with the llsual fixtures, eievators, shaking screens, ventilating fans', depositing rooms, etc., tlie whole lighted by ehH-tricity supplied fcy a dynamo of a capacity of 500 lamps. The whole is contained in a 3 story building which also contains a new air compres'sor i-apable of working 14 drilfei. An annex luis also been built for a cyiiudrical drier. Bell Asbestos Co. — This company has incrtniscd tho capacity of its mill by several important additions. It row containp (i crushers, viz : 2 Blake, 1 (iatt's and 1 Dodge, and 4 cyclones. At the mine, a shaft of ST feet dctp has been sunk in the X. E. part with a couple of Inuidred feet of drift encountering serpentine rich in asbestoe which is now mined in these underground workings lighted by electricity and offering great advantages for winter work. Beater Aibesha Co., Ltd.— Thia company wliich Iiu.l abandoned it« niin.* a few years ago, iias built a mill on its property which began working in August. This mine is a largp building 3 stories high, containing one engine fed by 5 boilers. There are 2 cnishers, 2 pairs of rollers, 3 cyclones with the usual fixtures, the whole lighted by electricity. The mill has a capacity of 250 tons of rock. The mine is supplied with compressed air machinery, 4 pul)ie derricks and 1 boom derrick. Johnson Asbestos Co.— A new u.iU has been put up at Tlietfor.l bv tliis company. Its capacity is greater than that of the old one. The diiTerence be- tween tiiis company and the others is that it dot's not use cyclones but a spe- cial machine for extracting the fibre which it calls Jumbo, and consists uf 2 sets of in.n anus revolving around 2 axes in oppot^ite directions, the whole contained in a large box laid horizontally from which tliv fibres are drawn out by suction. 1'ho company now uses a steam locouiotive for the senice of its Thetford uunee. The JoJimon ctimpany has also built a large mill at I51ack Lake, wlii.-h b^gan working only in December last. It consists of a sit oi 2 sU'am boilers and an engine (Tandem (^>mpound Corliss) of 300 ho.^o power, driving ;J crusher., 2 sizing ti-ommels lA-rforated with J inch am! 2 inch holw, 3 pi.irs of plai. and corrugated rollers, 1 single and doublu machine for extracting fibre (Jumbo), tj slinking screens with ventilating fan?, eleveto^ia, horizonta'l conveyere, etc., the whole contained in « largo 3 ston- buildinc lighted l)v electricity, ' f f^ . The capacity of the mill is 300 tons of rock a dav, and it connects with the null by a tramway which brings the rock to the upix-r i)art of the mill, the fine product being received l)elow, SlanJarJ Asbestos Co.. Ltd.-Thk company, fonnerlv tho Amrlo-faua- cLian Asbestos Co., under the niaj.agement of Jlr. I{. T. ifopiHT. ,11,1 not work ti-is year, but made i>reparations to commence shortlv. To that end a 3 ^t^rv mill been has envted consisting of a buUding 80 x 40 feet, an annex 40 x 50 feet for tho engine, iui,l another 40 x 40 feet for the boilers. _ Two boilers of 1 20 horse power and an engine of 200 horse power have b. n installed for the mill, which contains the .isual nnu'liiu. > : erushers, r..lle.-« tables, 1 cyclone ^^•ith nom for 2 otheis, the whole lighf.l bv electricitv •■iipplied by a dynamo of 150 lamp pf the moiui- tnin and tuwardg tlie X. £. Ser{)entinc rich in aubcstoe hag thub bicn brought tu light which jinnuises a bright future with ea«j mining. Improvcmont* have nhii been made to tlie mill. Manhattan A»he»tos Co., fonnorly the Unitetl Asbestos Co., rc-oponed this year, iiiul ."Tfadily worken the usual jirinciple, contains the ordinary plant : crushers, grinders, tables luid 2 cyt'loucs, ;j boilere of tJOU hor»<'-iH)\vcr supplying tlw ueceiwarj' power for the machines, electric light, etc. The mine is provided with comprcas(ed air plant, 'i cabb' derricks and a tramway to carr;' off the wast« behind the iiiount-ain. W. R. Kerr d- llayden. — They prosptxited during a port of the year on b't A. 31 of Colraine, and al)Out the month of IX'^-iiIkt, obtained th(» control "f lot B. 32, the projK'rty of A. AIuri)hy, formerly workeroiigbtr, the work wa» pretty .well advanced, and it was hoped that the mill woiUd be working about May, 1902. The mine and mill were in full operation. The nuning plant coa^i.»ted of 7 table derricks and a compre^jed air machine cajmblo of driving 14 drill*. Some prOKpectJng was done in Tingwick, particularly on lot* XI, 20. W. J 19 where a ahaft of about fifteen feet was sunk and fine fibre was found, tome siieciiiions being an inch and a half long. Serin-ntine showing similar indicatioTbi is in sight on the bunks of the bn)ok uh well as on the flat ground of this district whcru )»omo slight work has lieeJi done. Tho serpentine and iir bistus arc the same as those of Asbestos which lies .") niiies to tlie S. AV. >«o work has been done on the Laurentian asbestos of tlie Ottawa n'gion, but about 20 tons of asbestos pnjducts have been aliipped by the Gatiueuu railway. To Slim up, tho Bhipmonts of aiebestos during the yi-ar for theThetford Black Lake and Danville districts may be set down as follows : Ist clasa crude. . . . 2,083 tona of 2,000 \\m worth $ 3-lS,.579 2nd " " . . . . 2,660 " " " 26;{,855 Fibre 14,659 " " " 4.10,193 Paper stock 14,054 " " " 211,088 Asbestic . 33,456 . 6,831 40,287 $1,274,315 10,114 $l,2f<4,429 Say, in round numbers, 40,300 ton.* of asl)e8tos products wortii $1,300,- 000, the value at the mine or at the mill ; about 1400 men iire employed all ♦hi' year round iit this indibit.ry and their wages amount to $553,000. ilore- over 20 taints of rock containing aslxistoe were shipped from the Ottawa region. OKArillTE. In tin- iioiplilorlnM.il of l>iu-kingiiaiii, ihe miins wvw iiol in oloraiion and only the mill of the North American Graj)hite Coinpaiiy hat, worked 81 since the month of June, utilizing the ore taken out formerly. A couple of hundred torn have been token out but the quantity sUipiwJ is much less. In the neighl)orhood of Calumet, a new oonipuny, The Calumet Gra- phite Co., did some work during, the summer on iota 2 and S of ranges II and III of (iniivillo (Arpentcuil). A dozen men were employed and obout a himdred tons got out, a portion of which waa shipped to thi> (Hobo Kctiiiing Co., of Jersey City, N.Y. A »haft 80 feet deep wau sunk and aovoral veins of fairly pure graphite were found. The company pn>iMiBts to develop its projiorty. The other couipaniee mentioned la«t year did not work. The total quantity of graphite shipped from the I'rovintv is as follows : 31 tons prepared, worth. 53 " crude, " . >;5,100 i,r,yo Total. .84 $4,690 SI'LPIIATE OF BARYTA. The Foley mine, in Hull, was worked for six months with srvcn men and yielded 425 tons, valued at $21*75. The oro is* gliipped to Moiitreal and utilized by the Canada Paint Co. PHOSPHATE. This industry is at a standstill and no special work has been done. The small quantities .'^hipped eame from the mica mint* or from the phosphate! left from old Tiiines. ilr. J. F. llifrginson, of Buekin>rliani. who is practically the only poiwon enpafjcd in the industry, gives us the following figures : During the year he shipped 358 tons of 80 p<>r cent, 20S tons of which were used at BucViiipham in the manufacture of phosphorus. Tiiere are still on hand 380 tons t the same grade ready for shipment. Mor('f)ver t)75 tons of low grade ore have been utn-d in the mimufacturo of oheTiiical fi'rtili/iTs. The greater jx>rtion of this production comes from tho Blackbuni Bros, mica mine. Tho price remained tho twnie. Thus the ipiantity shipped is : 358 tuiuj of high grade, worth $3,580 075 " low grade " 2,700 Total .1033 $U,2H) 82 FELDSPAR. Mr. W. A. Allan, of Ottawa, worked during the veer on lot VIII, 26, of J oiiiplvUtn, and got out a tliuusand tomt a portion whereof wm shipped to the rniu-*! Stj»t«s via (Jatinenu Point Station (C.P.U.) A small quantity waa ili^o ghippt'd viii Buekingham. The total tthipincnt mnounts to 410 tons of the value of $1271. MICA. The m'wa indii.ttrv wns not flourishing during the year owing to the low l>rict«6 offered. Sduie of thts most inipt>rtmit mines were worked wliilo the wnall "•iinipaiiics or private individuals remained idle. Much lesa pr(»8i)epting was aUo done. Xevertheloste tii^i stojjpugo ia only temporary and there is some hope that this industry will Iw develo|)ed again. Practieally, the only mines iu operation were those of Blackburn Bnw., Wallingford Bros., and the Webster Co. , A now niino was also opened and worked by ilr. Chai^sa Guertin and othere o„ lot X, 19, of Wentworth, county of Argenteuil, a couple of miles from Chapleau station, on the iloutfort Colonization Bailway. A cerUin <)uantity of gujd mica was got out and shipped. Blacl-htm, Bros, wi/hc.— This mine ill really the only one that has been "•tendily in oporation tliroughout the year. When i vL-i r i it, in October, ^0 men were employed, the average for the year being 05. The working is '•iirried on in the great excavation and in the din-ction of the old shaft. As s-tatid in my last report, two cable derricks and compnsiscd air drills are u^^ed. ^lica continues to be abundant and of good quality. It is rough triiiimed and sent to Ottawa to be finished in the company's mills whero .buut forty oiKrative:), chiefly women, aro employed. A portion only of tlio proped. For/in and liravtUe did little work on their mines, but shipiKd small qu«iititin6 of miea they had on liiind. Some prosjitvting waa done but it is hardly worth meutioiiin>f. I wou!d howovtr mention umoiip the new oii«»t : Te npleton, VI. 14, by ,Tnmf« Bri-ady where a little mica and phoaphate can be mvu, and XIIT. 8, by I.. JlcLaurin. The other mica ]>ro fori]Mriiids of from :5 to 10 i.ionths without coiiutinr the prort|)ectors and jktsoiis cmidoyed in trim- niing at Ottawa ; the wajres jmid amoiuited to $35,000.00. The (juantitit* shipped may be taken as follow^* from the companies' reports : 1/3 81, 57o pounds worth $ 8,52tl ^/3 30,4t)2 '• " 7^629 .'4.74 Tl > 3/4. 3/5 11,704 4/6 and over 3,')I7 Total 1.V.>,000 8,537 7,74-2 3,.Jt>t'> or 7*> tons... SG.^'u IJt^idib Co lolls uf law iiiica shipped from the Ottawa minos and valued at $3,000. &4 PETROLEUil. I'rospcoting aiid boring were continued in the Gaspo peninsula, in the neighborliood of Mis.*i.*sippi Brook nnd in (Jaspr Hay South, without produc- ing iiny marked cliange. All the work was done by the Petroleum Oil Trust, as the r.-uiada Ptti-iileum rompnny which had cart-ied on exterisdvo works last year, had j;one into voluntan- liquidation. "When I visite-d Gaspe in July, well Xo. 33. was lieing bored and some dif- ficultifs were eueounttri'd owing to water ; Xo. 35 was down to 400 feet, and 36 was not Ijeguij lut the 'hiiich and inu(?hinea were ready and the men w(>re prt] iin d to work. These wells wore ..n the hill in n>ar of Xo. 11 district. Two 'ther wells, 3" Jind 38, liave since hwn Itegun in the iame tli?trict. Sinc^ then 35 has got l capacity. The tunkd are made of iron iind an' conutH-ted by ihjm*. There are ton. of 500 I'Mn-el., 2 of 300, besides one of 500 bam-l's in the .Mississippi district, and those nf tlie viirious welt.^. Tlie total ca{)acity is from S,00(» to 0.000 bamds and the icfinery is cnneeted with tlie Mis.sissi])pi and other wells by about 15 miles of 2 inch ]>ipe. Hitherto oil has not Iicted to Xarrow, on the York river, about 30 miles froTii the sea v,-h.-re the last well I visited, Xo. 12 (C. P. C.) was left unfinished by the Canada Petroleum Company. In the Mississippi district, the few wells that were regularly pumped dry during the year, have constantly shewn a little Ifm-r/Ieum' iui.f lu.twnth Uanding the slightly encouraging results obtained, one cannot help supposing the pn^seuco of oil in greater abundance in some part of thia district. About 35 men were employed steadily by the com . ny, and the borings .ire continued. 85 PEAT. In previous r>>por*fl. I called attention to tlw? iniportiince this indusstry niiiy iici|iiire iu oiir ■ ri ,:itit. * At the heffin Dj,' of tlie y\Tr. the Cnrnda Pent Fuel rompany, Lrd.. of Fraserville. put u] il.-nt oii '.>. !«• . o peat hof^ near ("aeouna station. I visited it in tlie ninnth of Jui/. I* f'>nf;ists of a mixer whieh distril>utot 10 hours. The motive power was su]>- plitnl hy a boiler of l'O horsi'-power in which the light surface peat was burned; S men were employed, including those who dug the. peat. The thickiu'ss of the peat U'd varies from 2 to 10 feet and even more, it i.s said. I understand that the company' processes were covered by special patents and that improve- niciit.s suggested by exjx-rience were to be maile t^> this trial plant. Tiifortu- natuly the whole waf\ deftroyelies excel- lent water contaiidng, but little mineral salt.s ; it is slightly ferruginous and siiljthnrons. Then* is another spring at ilcXider (county of _Matane), and one at tile mouth of the ilanicouagan river. A small deposit of marl has also V)een foiui '^iiroux' farm at Beauport. Dei>osit,s of inftisorial earth 1 r. the ncighborhocd of Shawcncgan, and on lot 00 of Sloiieham. (countv of Quebec). on Mr. P. G. lave l>een found 86 lit the ila^dalen Islands, pronpocte were t-arried on last year which showed that the iiianj^anese known to exkt there ia to be found on several is- lands and in fairly great abundance. Nevertheless no work has yet beon done. Hl'ILDIXG ^M^TEKIALS. Oranite. — (iranite was (luarried at Riviere a Pierre, on the Lake St. John Railway, at Stanstead, and at St Samuel, near Lake Megautic, also at St. Philippe d'Argonteuil and Moiuit Johnson. A rather considerable quan- tity was obtained ri'preseutiug a value of $14(5,000, and ;}50 men were em- ployed. Cement. — The mills of the Creaoont Cement Works, at Maisonneuve, near ^Montreal, were destroyed by Are on the tJth July last, but they have been lobuilt and enlarged. The output therefore was small this year, but it is ca- pable of being inereaeed next year. Most of the cement was used in Montreal. Lime. — I havo nothing particular to f-ay in connection with tliia industry ^vhich is carried on as u^ual. Bn ks. — The production continues to incrciis*. The Ascot Comer Co n- pany has enlarged itfe establishment and its manufacturing capacity. A new company called " The Eastern Townslups Brick Company " has also been organized. Building stone. — There is nothing particular to mention in connection ^vith this industrs-, which has been carrie O d », o OX^Ot-US'^fOOiAOOo'tAOOCIOOO *» i-i e^ ^ ,^ oij ,_) ,_, (M ^ o< flfi 4) SSZ?^i:;'Sri's>"''Wi-ioooeoeis©o©o © 2 52 2J ** 2 * c^ "^i >A © fi © © »- w eo -4 ^ © © © Ci t- »^ o CO O 00 © © © © © 1— © © © © C-J « © © o> © •^ ad fff C'f cJ cc" M ^ 00 ci us ^ us Ch as d o © us 1^ us us (N © o © © *c us o © © ua © 00 US © 00 US © CO ^ CO us CO 00 © t © © «« O Tt* O © so •^ « ©_ © 94 38 Afi regards lime, bricks and building stones, I give the sanm ^iir( s m in prcvitiui vfam, owing to the difficulty of getting exact figures ea:'i .ear. hut there is certainly an in(r(H.«e in the prwluctioii, and, calculating the wagt\< paid acording to the number of -workmen, we get a figure of not less than $()00,000. lAnw SSO workmen 1 million bushels.. f 140,000 Bricks 1200 - 120 ' ... . f.Qi.OOO Stouc 700 " " " .530,000 Total 2-250 Adding the fitrures of the fir-t table : l'-f)2 |l,27ii,00O 1.7;;7,731 Graud total .5042 workmen $2.9»7.73l We may thus say tliat the mines and quarries of the province have during the year yielded products worth $3,000,000, and given emiJoyment to 5,000 workmen for jx'riods varying from 3 to 12 months, their wages amounting to about $1,500,000. Quantity and value of the minerals shipped from Canada, during THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING ON THE 30TH JUNE, 1901, ACCORDING TO THE Ottawa Tables of Trade and Navigation and which mat APPLY in PAKT to THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC: — Asbestos:— Ist class 5976 tons, worth #327,088 2nd " 3522 " " 173,824 3rd " 172 17 " " 363.061 26715 Mica :— Cnt 376,144 Knifft trimmed 112,625 Thumb trimmed. ,.405,771 Ground 84.718 .1864,573 lbs. worth 60,522 " 19.491 " 66,885 " 2.740 979,258 $149,588 Feldspar 382 tons, worth | 1,156 Chrome 1336 " " Baryta 208 cwt. " Ochre 754,227 lbs. " Mineral water 5,947 glls. " Phosphate 6 tons " Plumbago 27,459 cwt. " , Pyrites 22,146 tons " 16.609 3,820 7,732 2,900 120 40,099 53,857 sr) SHIPPED BY RAILWAY COMPANIES Canadian Pacific R. R. Bricks, lime aud cement 25211 /'*' tons ston« io8>io.y;;; " Copper ore j ■„ Feldspar 409"'!;; " Iron ore io)j« i«in Tile Canada Iron Furnace Co. — Canada Life Building, Montrealk John McDougall. — 597, William Str., Montreal. 41 OCHRE. The Canada Paint Co.— 572, WUliam Str., MontZMl. The Cliamplnin Oxyie Co.— (Lnsifii Catrig»«i), Thue BiTfrt. CHROME IRON Colrttine Mining Co. Ltd.— 7, Place d'Armes, Montreal. The Colraine Chrome Co.— W. Lambly, Inverness, Co. Megantic. The Montreal Chrome Iron Co. Ltd.— Colraine, Co. Megantic. Boston Chrome Co —Black Lake, Co. Megantic. Jos. Nadcau & Co.— Black Lake, Co. Megantic. r.,. A. Carrier & Co. — Livis. COPPER Eustis Mining Co.— Eustis, Co. Sherbrooke ; The Nichol's Chemical Co. Ltd.— t'apelton, Co. Sherbrooke. "Wilfred Johnson Co.— (.lohn McCaw), Sherbrooke. C. E. Kennedy, Suffiela, Co. Sherbrooke. James Reed, Reedsdale, Co Megantic. LEAD, ZINC, SILVER The British Canadian Lead Co. Ltd.-LakeTemiscamingne, Co. Pontiac. GOLD The Gilbert River Gold Fields, Ltd.— St. Francis, Co. Beauce ; C. A. Parsons— 1.14, Commercial Str., Boston, Mass., U. S. GRAPHITE The Walker Mining Co,— Graphite City, Buckingham, Co. Ottawa; The North American Graphite Co. Ltd.— Buckingham, Co. Ottawa The Buckingham Co.— Buckingham, Co. Ottawa; Keystone Graphite Co.— Calumet, Co. Argenteuil; Calumet Graphite Co.— Calumet, Co. Argenteuil. 42 ASBI'STOS Bell Asbestos Co. F.td.— Thetfor, Rideau Str., Ottawa. The Laureiitian Granite Co. — St. Philippe, Co. Argonteuil. J. A. Nadeau. — Iberville. MICA. "Wallingford Broa — Perkins Mill, Co. Ottawa. Blackburn Bros. — Hi, Sussex Str., Ottawa. SilU Eddy ilica Co. — 31>H, Wellington Str., Ottawa. Mica Manufacturing Co. Ltd. — 213, Dalhousio Str., Ottawa. Vavaasour Miuing AaBocdation. — (T. F. Nellis), •22, Metcalf Str.,Ottawa. Webster & Co. — 274, Stewart Str., Ottawa. Lila Mining Co.— (D. L. McLean) 51, Sparks Str., Ottawa. Chfl. Guertin — 398, Wellington Str., Ottawa. W. F. Powell— 119, Sussex Str., Ottawa. E. B. Haycock — 49, CoojKJr Str., Ottawa. Brown Broe. — Cantley, Co. Ottawa. J. Fortin & Gravelle. — Hull, Co. Ottawa. Angus <'amerou — 1 Buckingham, Co. Ottawa. Lewis McLaurin — Fast Templeton, Co. Ottawa. Richard Moore — Pickanock, Co. Ottawa. Chs. L. Meyer — Victh Doecarie^, Laprairif Proaeed Brick Co., Jjiprairie Nan-ia^ Blais, Quebec C. Rwhette, * " Fr8 Grcnon, ** Paradis & Letourneaa " Laliburte & Fils — StJean I'eschaillonn a V. Chnrlaud D. Or. Looinia & Sou. Slierbrooke. LIME The foUowir? manuficturiMS. who are the tnost extensire turn out from l'><"» to ll.fl'>'> tons per annum. Dominion Lim*-! Co., Dudswell F. G. Hriarham. Ottawa H. Gauthier & Cic. Montreal Cyrille & Gervais, Olivier Limogw, " Montrciil Lim** Co., *' GOVEKXMEXT ASSAY LABORATORY. In April, I'JOl, an arranpenient waa mado with ifr. Milton L. Ilcrsey, M. Sc, chemist, of Montreal, by which ho undertook to make asBays in his laboratory- at vcr^- low ratre for pnnlpoctors of this province. This has had excellent n-sulte .and a great many »iuplee haw been assayed as shown in the following statement supplied by Mr. Ilereey. Complete assays : ;Mineral water 2 ; iieat 1 ; bituminous coal 1 ; anthracite 1 ; chrome 4 ; mail 2 ; clay 4. Petemiininp an element : Iron 22 ; gold 63 ; -silver 58 ; silica 2 ; mica 1 ; chrome 15 ; platinum 4 ; cobalt 2 ; manganese 1 ; sulphur 2 ; tit^miimi 31 ; water 1 ; magnesium 1 ; copper 16 ; nickel 2 ; le-ad 7 ; phosphate 1 ; asbestos 2. Identification of minerals 250. We give below for general information the tariff of fees and other infor- mation as to the taking of samples. 15 MILTON L. HEBSBY M. 8c., GOVBRNMBNT CHEMIST. 146 St. Janus street, Montreal. FBM fOR AMAT8 AND ANALTSS8. 4 Sunplet or less More thaa 4 at one at one time, each. time, each. Gold 1100.. Silver 100.. Gold and Silver ?00. Copper 100. Lead 1-26 Zinc 1-50. Nickel -^00. Platinum 2.00. Arsenic --00. Manganese . 2.00. Chromium 2.00. smelting quality of iron ores 2.00. •-.00., 1.00. 1.00. 2.00. 1.50. 1.50. 1.50. Antimony Bismuth Silica Iron (metallic) Phosphorous Titanium Sulphur Alumina. Ferric Oxid lOO Lime 1-50. Magnesia 1-50. Moisture 0.25. Combined Water 0.60. Insoluble Matter 0.50- Graphite 1-50. Identification of, miaeraU. — The laboratory is prepared to imic a report on samples giving description as far as may be dett-nuincd by wiigli (Hiulita- Mvc twts, with the probable inetallic contente or coiiuiiercial value of the i^auiplo. A nominal fee of 25 eta is chargtKl for «'acli sample. Direction for the proper selection of samples. — If the comuiereial value of all ore (icpwit i.-* .ietuml. au avonjp,^ sample for assay may be taken thus : Detach a small piece (i to i lb.) every 10 or 12 inches aero.-;* the whole .|0.90 . 0.90 . 0.90 .. 0.90 ,. 1.16 . 1.85 .. 180 .. 1.80 .. 1.80 .. 1.80 .. 1.80 .. 1.80 .. 1.80 .. 0.90 .. 0.90 .. 1.80 .. 1.85 .. I.f5 .. 1.35 ... 0.90 ... 1.36 ... 1.35 ... 0.25 ... 0.50 ... 0.50 ... 1.35 width ..f tho dop-^it. U.|K.ut tlMH oii-nition every 8 or 10 yardm going the whole U-ngth of the depiimt. Tho total amount of ore collected rcprcionti* an average, «uiiple. If the .l.-,K,.ut is ojnn.Hl up. samples from i>aoh *hnft and level taken in a similar way must bo inelmU-d with mirfaee samples. Amount of ore for average sample, r. to 40 Ih. l)(iH*it« of variable ehamrt.r (e. g. gold ores) require more than thoHO of miifonn chaructor (o. g. iron ores). A sample <-oii.-i»tinp of u single pic^co of or.', however largo is praotioally of little v:ilue in testing a deposit. DirertioM for 'iwirhring rfoirn.— Tjirgo quantitio« of on< for ai»ay may be ridiic«-d by " ipiartiTing down" thus : cni^h whole amount to sire of a wal- nut, make into a round hi'op, mix thor.)Ughly and divide ;nt.» four eean. mix thorougldy and quarUT aa U>foTe. Proceed in the siime manner until the qnanfity is reduced to 1 or 2 \U. The resulting pulp repn^ente ii fair average of the large sample. Aesiaya made on this pulp will show tho avi rage value of the large sample. A more accurate, tiiough t«