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QU.5877 fyi-^ZT-^ie^ DEPARTMENT LANDS, MINES AND FISHERIES MINING flPEBATIONS I IN THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC FOR THE YEAH ^ss= 1 9 O 3 =^55=^ In connectioH with the animal report of the Department for thejimil year Iy02-iy03 BV J. OBAL8KI, MINING CNCINEER AND INSPECTOR OP MINES DEPARTMENT 1 I LANDS, MINES AND FISHERIES MINING OPERATIONS IX TIIK PUOVINCE OF QUKBEC KOK THK VEAll 1903 I //( a})inivlioii iritli I lie (Uiiiii'il it'iHirt of' flu' !>• inniniciil. for thfjisciil ijijiir 1 jU J-IDOJ ]tY J. OBALSKi, NIIMIMG 3NGIM2ER AND INSPECTOR OF MIN£S. How. S. N. Pabint, Minister of Lands, Mines and Fisheries, Quebec. Sir, I have the honor to submit the detailed report on Mines, in the Province of Quebec, for the year 1903. The projjress pointed out in previous reports continues to make Itself felt regularly especially as regards asbestos, copper, mica and chrome which have become permanent industries. The manufacture of cement is in the way of acquiring great development in consequence of the establishment of new factories. We shall probably see this year the formation of bona fide com- panies with proper plant for the preparation of graphite and pressed peat. Progress has likewise been made in the treatment of magnetic sands and there is reason to hopp that within a few years the prov- ince will be endowed with a new industry in connection with this speciality. The discovery of minerals containing radium is calculates? h> encourage the working of white mica mines in which these minerals have been found. The Mining Law has worked satisfactorily. The Montreal Assay office has continued to do excellent work and the number of consult- ations, both at that office and Quebec, is increasing to a marked degree, showing the interest taken in mining industries while helping the discoveries that are being made in the new territories. This report contains a detailed study on the chrome industry and IS accompanied by a map of the township of Colraine. Articles will also be found in it on new subjects such as manganese and the min- erals containing mdium. Two hotel licenses have been granted during the year umder the -Mining Law, a prohibition by-law having been passed in certain mining districts. The ,.rote.-t-o„ of «.>rV,„e„ .» -» - ^' » "J^: ■„ ,,„„rte,l ... 1 Ihive the honoi to l)o, Sir. Yuur ..boaient servant, .J. Obai>ki. Mining &.i— "'"*■*"■ "'"'""■ ()..cl.i'V. Ai'iil, I'J'* I HON IS I During tlio pii^tt year no impou..,o work was done in our mines liut explorations and prospects Imve hoou continued which will, in time, allow of these mines being improved and made more valnal)lo. Last i-pring. F again visited the magnetic iron mine in Leeds and ascertained the extensive development (»f the veins 1 had pointed out in my report for I'JIJI and svliich, as I had f«)reseen. were ntxthing hut outcroppings of ore which had heen l.ared at certain points. It may therefttre bo concluded that this deposit is an important one. Never- theless it is somewhat (iistant from fuel and from communications, but it could easily be connected with the Quebec Central orUrand Trunk or directly with the river at St dean Deschaillous wharf al.out fifty miles distant. That port is c(.nnected by the i-<»tbiniere and Megaiitic K. H. with Lyster, ab(»ut 'JO miles from the mine. A recent analysis of a selected specimen made i)y Mr. Milton L. Hersey. showed : Metallic iron 02.52 "/o '"^"IpliiH- O.ir.57,, Phosphorus 0. 1 (;4"/„ Titanium (ly^ A deposit of magnetic iron which > 'ems an important one was discovered on cadastral lot No. l;i(M» of range X of Kast Bolton (Brome). It was prospected in the autumn by Messrs. John Mcl)o;igall and Co, of Drummon.lville, who L'ot out a couple of hundred tons and propose to work it regularly and to use the ore in the Drummondville forges. I visited the Saint Bonifare iron mine, situate on lots VII, 23 and 24 of Shawinigan. which was formerly workeil to supply the blast furnace erected in the vicinit}'. This deposit :s a rather important one and can be observed over a large surface, running over a mile across other lots in a north-easterly direction. The ore contains a quite considerable proportion of titanium and is hardly susceptible of immediate use in the present conditions of the metallurKic industry. MAGNETIC SANDS The practical utilization of these sands existing in such abund- ance on the North Shore, continues to attract attention and experi- ments are still being made in connection with them. A new process of forming briquettes of the ore, patented in England under the name of " The Rouse process " is spoken of but we have not yet received any information on the subject. Several other attempts at agglomerating and smeltir - these sands are also mentioned but it is not to our knowledge that any of them has had a practical result The question of concentrating the crude sand continues to be studied and, last summer, experiments were made with the Carter's auto-magnetic separator which seem^ to have given very good results if one may judge by the examination I made of the concentrate obtained which was sent me and which contained only 0.66"/, of titanic acid The chief feature of this concentrator is that it requires no power to work it, consisting as it does of inclined planes provided with magnets and whence the magnetized part falls by its own weight when the magneto are over-loaded. It would therefore suffice to feed this apparatus in some way and to remove the finished products at the bi>se by means of a similar process. The Carter separator treats the dry sand but I have already suggested that hydraulic concentra- tion be first effected which would leave only the metallic part consisting of magnetic oxyde and titanic iron. This dried part would then be treated with the separator. I consider, however, that it would be preferable to employ a combined hydraulic and magnetic separator which would treat the natural sand without drying and all the efforts of inventors should tend in that direction. I also consider that one should confine oneself to the action of the magnets ^J-^thout having recourse to the use o electric power which is more difficult to regulate, for one must not lose sight of the fact that the titanic ores are also slightly magnetic and that the object in view is to eliminate the titanium as completely as possible. 1 had occasion to visit the experimental plant set up at Lock- port N Y by Mr. iluthenburg to demonstrate his plan of agglomer- ating mag'netic sand by electricity. As I have already stated in nay report for last year, the principle lies in the fusion or at least in the softening of the magnetic oxyde by the temperature of the electric arc, the ore being arrested between the two poles of a magnet also comprising the zone of fusion. At such a high temperature the ore ceases to be magnetic and falls naturally, the grains of sand so softened uniting together. Mr. Ruthenburg calls this operation " frittinij" and he had intended to mix charcoal or crushed coke with the sand to produce a partial reduction. The improvements in the process, as mentioned last year, are the following : ore 1. 250 kilowat hours are sufficient to fritt or agglomerate a ton of 2. It is no longer necessary to cool the carbons, serving as elec- trodes, with a water-jacket and the apparatus consists merely of an electro-magnet provided with two fixed carbons which, in the experimental apparatus, are about ten inches long and are separated by a space of one inch ; the capacity of this experimental apparatus was found to be four tons per 24 hours. The operation might stop there and the product obtained could be used in the blast furnaces but the heat retained by the ore so agglomerated would be lost. To utilize it, Mr, Ruthenburg gave up the idea of mixing the sand with powdered charcoal and makes it fall into a tower of refractary brick through which he causes a current of reducing gas produced by a special generator to pass. This gas, consisting especially of oxyde of carbon, effects at least a partial reduction of the oxyde of iron at the high temperature retained on issuing from the electric furnace above described, and the mixture formed of carburetted iron, after remaining 24 hours in the tower, is collected at the base and, conveyed directly to the cupola or rever- batory furnace and can thus be treated for pig iron or steel, Mr. Ruthenburg cl- chat it takes 250 kilowat hours for the operation of fritting, and it the power can be obtained at a very low price, the operation would certainly enable the ore to l)e utilized. He states, theoretically, that if, by means of water-power, ten dollars per horse-power were paid throughout the year the cost of the fritting could be reduced to 37 cents per ton of 2000 lbs. This price is certainly ficti- tious for the conditions of permanent work could hardly be obtained ; neverthless even an amount of one dollar could be applied advan- tageously to our sands. as.nied ImV, " f"""^ »» the North Shore, but i am note^^nn. i;'50C;;" "?' ;^ t^ "'^"'^"' «-''' '^^ ^^^^-^ should he id tho u ■ u^rV''"''" *" ""'''^'"' ^" ^'"'^'h price leavin.rasufticp, n, •• '^^'^^'^'"^.s on entering the U.:i ted States, vevar'\;> thrhiiV'''''"*' '? '•''^ «^trartio„, concentration an.l con- ti^'Zl^^.;t^ZT ' """'l^'" ^"'"'•'^"^^>- -'""'-rativo in thousand OH ;^ •„,:"' Tr^^'r^''"' le.s than one hundred <-«>'a.anvw ki ,v; 7l '• •'';•' '""'^••^tand that a nH>talhn-,Mcal consider sn,-!. a p^oilo!;!!^"!!. "'^"'^ Prooes., wonkl Ue disposed to tain';;)^;'':!;:;::;':^:;?[;::;^^''^f;--^^^ '•---on:;;::;:^:;:;:;:::^^'::;;-^:^;;;:^^^ "■on o,.e ...„ .„,ble condition. ..- aggio^ir ^I:^^ ^i;::;;:^^ 'renii)er. nm. «'>. ^r- .Magaia l-alis, on the 17th met? Sepreni po: nect the con- _ '" " foreign " Total . . . a.5:',U«2 to,,,, 1S.S05 beiag charcoal p,g ir„„. '5,195 tons were exported and 40,016 tons i ni ported. Thus, in 1902, the consumption in Canada was 352,902 tons plu3 40.016 less 75,195, say 317,723 tons that is only 35,179 tons less than we produced. If we now consid'^r the production of the ore used, we find that, for the same period, it was 404,003 tons in 1902. mostly from Ontario, of whicli 278,339 tons were exported to the Ignited States. Tlius in Canada 125,664 tons of Canadian ore were used to which must be added 559,381 tons of foreign ore imported, a consider- able proportion coming from Newfoundhuid, making a total of 685,045 tons of ore used dnring the year to produce the 352.902 tons of pig iron above mentioned. On looking int(» these Hgnres. we find that we have produced a . Leeds (.Megantic Co.) and took out from 4 to o tons of low grade Irom IV.IG of Thetfonl (Megantic Co.) .\l)out thesame time he also sent specimens to the Antwer|> exhibition in Helgium. Those specimens .seem to have attracted attention in Huro|ie and I rememl)er that 1 was applied to for the pun-liase of •JOOl) tons which was to serve as a basis for .sul).-:eipient contracts at very reinuiienitive [)rices. The indications founcov- ered an unknown mineral in the neighborliocMl of that village in Colraine and formed a partnership with Mr. Jos. X.uleau. Tiie mineral found was submitted to me : I identitied it as high grade chromic iron and recommended the developing of this prospect. This was tha first work done in connection with chromic iron in Ijlock \, of Colraine under the name of the Xadeau and I'rovenval .Mine. The prospectors then set out and other tlepDsits wore found at several points in the township of Colraine as well as in (rarthby and other townships but, so far, with the exception of two points in (iarthby and one in IJoltou, all the ore shipped from Canada comes from the township of Colraine. This township, which also contains the important asbestos mines of Black Lake, is quite unfit for cultivation, consisting as it does of serpentine rocks, denuded by fire with the exception of a few lots from which th ^''^^== =r — . '^^iJe the more fa.^ • "^^mer.at Jea.«f /„ ^ ^ardneas is 5 anH r 1 silica if « Importance with r! ! *''° ^""nd AH i^ ''*"« ''^e «"'c ^mn ,n aJJ ; over 4 »/of «°/ '"'^"'« chrome or » ^'°' ^^ (li^ng Brothers,) «-a"--7Je Of chrome... t^'^otoxydeofiron.... 60.21 Silica.. ' ,/ Lime ^*'*^ J^^ 0.40.. Alumina ,h^ Moisture 'If '" Jgg 0.15.,'.'.'.*." 56.14 14.8(5 2.9H 0.70 i5.69 8.71 0.09 ^^■00 100, 00 15 CoLBAiiri B. 6. (American Chrome Co.) Sesquioxyde of chrome 47.69 Protoxyde of iron 14.88 Silica 4.70 Lime 0.50 Magnesia 14.47 Alumina 18.31 100.00 The following analyses are those of ores sent to the Paris Exhibi- tion of 1900 and were supplied by the Colraine Mining Company. Scaquioxyde Protoxyde of chrom*. of iron. Alumina. Magnatia. Lima. No 1, crude ore No 2, do . . . , No 3, do . . . , ■Concentrate Tailings Slime , 51.06 45.26 40.12 53.64 2.86 13.63 12.72 11.20 11.47 traces 14.66 J 6.80 18.63 14.02 32.55 14.20 18.27 22.52 15 75 45.26 1.27 traces 31.33 46.16 2.27 2.34 2.65 2.81 4.18 4.24 Silioa. 4.18 4.61 4.87 2.31 16.15 17.03 Concentrate (Black Lake Chrome & Asbestos Co.) Sesquioxyde of Chrome 50.35 Protoxyde of iron 17.77 Silica 3.10 Lime 1.80 Magnesia 16.02 Alumina 9.90 Moisture 1.06 100.00 The highest analyses gave 65.16 for a specimen from the Colraine •Company, but many analyses gave over 607o. Moreover, in practice such high averages are not reached and the purchasers are content with 50% ; nevertheless some shipments have frequently given more. A shipment of several cars of ore from Breeches Lake, in Garthhy, is cited which gave 55%. 16 dues, ^™n'r;ra:!,?,:rir,,Lt i°.t„r, ;- r -^^ -'"' ■>- running anus- the Kastern fo«- , . /" **'^ '•''■'*«"'^'''« '>«' i".portanta.sbe.to.s.nine^of;,ir, "''' ^.^■'' '^'«" ''""^'""^ tlu *">^' '"aKnesito not yetTc^Ikoi ''""''' ^ *'" ^*"'"^'^^ "^ -^te^tit. .-•^prSS^^^ -; V. . nolton. fonn. '" "-" ^-'.-ti! , iCzz to^: nls zr^ ""! r^:'''"^--k. ti.en ••'^"^'^^'an.lll nith a,K,tho si^/ ^ u^^^ '•'"•^''•'^^■- "" yieutor ,level„p„uMit in \V'.,lf,. " ^- '^ *'"'» assunitN a '•-e.s starting f /.„.■.." VM ^ "" r"^''"'"'^^^''-'' ""■•''"" it tl..' enfire tounshin ,.f . 'oi; j,,,; , '"' ^"'■P.';';^"'" IMM.-tirally occupies -f ff'at r„..k. It tiuM. .. nti /uo i r r'';,'''''''''"''" '^ "^^'■^'>' "'-'« "P i^ni -•' '^n>n,,.ton w. j;;';r;::;;i;;t;;;^,:::^-- ^"^^'^'"'^ ^'"^'• Hean;V;Iu!n i^'riu!!!' V lii rl::,!"""' "" ^|" "^•-- ''- I''-to.. in aftenvanis if does no . ak. n ■"'• "" """ ''''''' '■^'^'•''"'"i" an.l wl.on.. nn.ler a slight h^;,tt'^^'"l'r"r ""^" "-'"'-^ - '---I'-l Anne. There is also a lit le L> n r, /'" '""'"' "^ '^'' '■'^■"'- «t '-o^an.1 pe.-haps i,. s:i:;;,; ^ t; ^-^ -•-■; '^a.h-. Step •siniiiar serpent ne lii< iw,„.. f i , P " ' l'"" ts (.f (,asi»esia \ "" ■'"^- "■'-"" ■i"-"icV;:;:;:.:Zo;;':;':;.:.:r '"""""•'"■■ ""■• of < •„in,i„„ „ ill,. „„ 17 have b0eiiexiM.si..ltoutiiH>.i)h,.ricii.Huo.icos an.l f.)it'st Jire. It i^L'.MUM-- ally ,«omi.act in strncturo but at .s..mo i«.i„ts, on the e(J««s of tho stni.. It IS schistuiis. roiistitutiiiK tliefnin^ition l,ot«wii it a.i.| the rock (genemlly .li<,iitic) arciiipanyiiig it. Thus i„ Culiaiu... lM.tw.,M. hike Caribou au.l litth' hikoSt. Kmiici.. there is uu u.,iMo,h„.tiN.. /oim ooiisistiUK soemii.Kly <»f ciiorito. Tht- sniM-Mti..,. is uls., rro-s,.,! I.y .lykos ot .Muptive rork that lias been .Mlh-.l yrannlite au.l run.i.f. .if quartz and felspar in the amorphous state. The b.-st .level..p.n...,t of this rock IS to be seen on the little islan.l in HIack lake : it afterwards appears near the line of the guobec Central Kailwav to th. sonrl, of mack I.akc statu...; it is foun.l in the IJiaek Lake asbestos .nines then on lots -S of ranges \\ and A of ( ■ol.ai..ean.l alsoin theThetford mines espma lyoii lot 2S of .an^,. VI of Thetford. It has bee,, soukI., to establish a cminection between the inese.u-e of these dyke, and the origin of asbestos and ehromie in,,,, but nothiiiK definite |,a. boon established on the sui)ject. Chmmic iron is f.mnd exclu dy in serpentine and onlv in ii-,v.-,.. lari.ocket> ; m some instanees tnesn pockets are .no.v oi' I,. "„i <.ped in .Mie directi..., and it has I.een th..n-ht that a kind of ^.■ seam had been fon.i.l l,„t. i y opinio,,, this is wnm- for no,ie of ,„ ••liaracte.-.stie features ,,f .i.-posits ,.f t'lat k,„d ai to Im oI, .noieover there are no walls. '.■Vi' iiiid < hroniK- „on seems to n,e. theivf.nv. t.. Ion,. a,i intcLrra! |M,ifio„ of tl,ese.-pe,.t,i,eof the Ka>te.-n Townships a),d b>M-o,n..s' suitable for workLifT whe.. is..lated i., larger masses. Outwanllv. ci.nnne n.ani- fests .tself l,v a ki.id of .pougy .-rust, of ferru-i:.n,„ asp..,-^ h,- .v abun.la.it grams in the ruck. Son.ecin.es these i.idicatioi,. .-xi.t -n the su.-faee only ; at others they ..enetn.t.. i..to the n.ck w,th "de^ s of sevei-al ...dies or several fe.4. .Sometimes aNo la, mas.e." ...v bmndonthe su.-faee: thus .l,eli,-st ,li,c„ve,T u,ade in IWocU \'of (.olra.ne showed a thiek..ess of 10 fe,.t which complctelv disappeai-d at a depth of ].-, foet. Fn,,,, this pocket. l:}0:i tons of high g.M-te .m' were taken o,.t while oti.e.-s were found in the viciintv whi.d, wcx- also w<..-ked and partly en.ptied. Tins inegularity causes uncertainly in wo.king which prevents l-utting in extensive plant, Owin- t., the flight depth attained, 11. feet at the .nost, it i. ,mp .^ihlT. to iv what IS underneath but I a... of opinion that unde.-gn)un.l deposits are qui e as likely to be found as su.-face ones, a.id I mav uien- tiou a shaft sunk for asbestos on lot C 32 of Colraine where, without 18 •.'avii..i.„,.ouin.,;,. ':;^ ;':;''^V; "''^'•'•h.- H..-..ui.. i.... ^"■'■'"'iin^. u..,.Mi f'!;;; ,;;:'•' '''.'"''''^^ ''•'■' -r ■rat..,! o, —I ' -"''''••^-!.:;;;';, ::;■;::;' :;:"■;•■-' -'I"- .V..M,,. II ' 1 f..iiN.i »iiii „,i„..,„, ,1,,: I ■,'" "" '-'-''-I" i""ii» ' ■ ■"-M.Hn.nH::,;: !;;:,:,-"7'''~-i'"'-i' li... lll;ii.. ' " '^'""'.•i- -111. W II 1,11 111,. iiliii,..vc I ,'ivr l,(.|(,u III,. |,li,,.,,, ,, I ,, , i '" "l'-.''.'lin,|„,ri,..n i,;,, l.rni foiiii.l. <'"i.i!.\i.vj; 'I llJH tow ll>l|j|, js tl,,, ,,,,, , ■ cl.roi.iic i.-o„ iiiul prai-ti.-aii; , ;i:"""" ^'■'"" ""' 1'"'"^ of view ol fro.i. tl.oro. Tlit. first .lis.V.veiv v " ""' f"l ""^ "'"' ^'''''J"^'' ••'""«> railway and lak,. « ariliun : tli... ;l,'':'i \r'"'*'^'' ^''^' ""^'"^ ♦'^^ niack lake and af.i.nvanis.w ' vano ! m 'T "" ^'"^ ^^•^'■•** '^i'^e o^ nu.. Vicinity Of i.ittie Lake «aint Kn.:e;i^:;:\::;:';::;i^ ^i;-;:^;^ i^MKUMfc AM) ASBEfiTdS COMPANV) MIoi-ks; A andMcoinnn.se a])oiit ''.(¥in „ <-o.npany winch, in IStM and /s% Lw^ .^^r ^'u' ^^"'^"» ^« ^^is small parties of local .niuers i t' 1 1 of tt '■'^'' ""' '"'"'"'^ *« the net output and furtl,,.,- sul?ip. ''^^'™®"' «' ^/a «f working. The lots w."e o ,, "''^t to certain conditions as to were thus conceded on borh'sid't^ ,f 1 l^uTl l''"'^ \^ '" ^^''^^^- «""'e o.i a sn^all s.-ale which yielded i^ioiigl"!; lirJ^i'tSr!" ^^ '""'"^ These niiiies wciv known under the following naines': To the soiif h-ea>t of Ml wl- I i i , . •"*'"• '^ '"•'^•■"'"'••f the (Md.ec Central K.K Liioihhi Mill,, j'j, ,j ,. 19 ot.iur n..licati..|.> fnllovv.Ml f.,,- ,i ,]\.Uiwo of Umn iMi, tn .iu.. iV.-t Jimmy wa>carn...l „i. t., a .|,.|,tli ..f „„„.> lift.-,, f.M-t ;,„.h,„utli,.r nM:.'l,l,onnK -IppoMt u„. vv.„ko.|. vu-Minj: s,„,,ll|.„rk.-t..TI,i,-k,...ss,.,of„i,i,.f..c.f. ot ..,-.. «,.,•.. f,,„„.| „„,1 w,„k \va. ca.'.-i..,! ,,„ t.. a .i..|,t|, ..f C,:, f..,., TI.e '•"^'i Mi'a.mty lakn, o„t fn.i.. tl„. lut vva, al.mit •.'.; M „.,„ u |.„-h vv,.,-o ''"';'"':'• '■ ••" '"•'"- •''-' 'P'^'li'v a. a ml... \V,.,k u„, .1..,,.. I,v 1, ,,„1 !HPI With iMM,tlir,-.,i,|.lia„..., rM,-..M,a-t,„-ri,a„;. ha,M..,|..,,„.k. '■'•'•/o./„ .!/;,„. Tl,i. ,. „.M-,l>-.:,,t nf ll,;,r la-, ,„..nt .,„.| |, ,, i, >v..ilu.,| 11, tl... .s,n„„„.r ,.f IV),-, l,v M,.. p. j.. n.,;] ,,,„| ,„|„.,., ^,„ , ^^../j^ ^'"•'^'.'""''I'Pl'". vviH.I.'J a tn,al.>n:!0(» ,.,,„. Allt ••ua- , ,k..|| oiit..ta Hn-I.- |..,.-k,.| ul,:..|, at li„„.s s|„,\vl ,„a....- ii,„„ 'ut., i'> f".-t ,1, w„lrl. I.y fn„„ 7 to s f.vr ,„ |,..i.:,t, a,..| u,.,-k was ..a,-,'!..,! „i' ♦■•a .Ipptl. „f 1..0 f,...t. Tla. ..ro wa. I„;;l, ^,-a,l,, r,v,,,.entlv ..xu-.d,,,., /•''•^'■/''■'/'' .»////»'. Sitiiat.' a mile aiul a half fo the uorHi-e,i.t .,f the r . Lw"! T^ '''"'"'^ "" ^'"^ ^""""'^ "^" '''^^'■'^' '^^''<« m.„u,ta,u alMUit (,()() feet ahovo the railway. It yiel.l...] ueailv hm t,.n. .,f verv hi!,'hKnuie ore. The wurkinys .•o,isiste.l of slight supedicial ex,-,;. vations hy haii.l wliicii were continued for several vears. The hmh jrado ,s show., hy the fa.-t tlut the tailings of the mine, hol.lirg 40. rO /,„ gave concentrates hol.ling (J(» (5(5 "/„. ** n^ Lake Carihou Chnmr Mlnhvf Conipu,,/,. Situate near lake t^ariDou m a schistous ser|)entine and worked on the side of the inoun- tain. It produced ahout sm tons of average grade ore. IiloH.leuu an I Rohenje Minr. 1„ the same region. It yielde.l about oo(.) tons. Daniais Minp. Also near lake Caribou in a verv loo.e rock pi-e>enting certain .litficilties ,i. regards working : it'produced m The last three mines ar.' at an altitude of tVoin 400 to :»00 feet ai.ove the railway ai. I ar a disrai.r,, of ahout one mile from it Th.'ore '-fomMluj ',!.,,-k.ui v.iiy, ,,.,!,,,, ,,,,,,u. i,, a ..-histoiis serpentine whi.-h pieveiitsd deei. "orking with ih • vny elem^'utarv aopliances used ' ;"t were not folloue.l up l.v n ini t ^' Z"''' ''''''^- "'■*'' ^'-' re.ul ti.e (-olra.ne ru.npunv whirl, Z ' \ ■'. '■''"'^^'' '" ^"'^'•essio,, < - ';-t::'';:t;;;::nr'?;;;:-!'v='''''-'^^^^ ^-^x-i- -.panv -Wfm iihovethat I.1-. . '"'''' ''^^ iiltitiKles of from In ? ;--in;;::.'';he~;^:';:;:'-^ ;;; t.>.. of . , , ,,,.,^ ^^„^^,^ '.'"" ' ^"^ foot on a lon.;th of 1 '•^''"'7' ""•''>• ^^ " thickness o ''"'•■'■"""• ■''''<• oro of this . ' "^"^;•;'•^ '"""''-o'l foot n, a northerh ^•"-■: --'^r;;:''^^^^^^^ .>.-euhi,.h yiel.,e.| ,,0 '- -- i^- ouH^Xppeir' ""'''"'""^ '"'' '' -'''" "l--tity of ;;..;"'ti.n;r^;;^^ tl.at .v.rion. -Uhh.ho,! th. .xisron.-o of chronle in ;;^£;.;r;:::;;:: ;:'r;';:^:.:;:;:::^^;;- ';:-■;.; ..; ..o po...i.,. e.s l„>o,„. ,,,,.^.i,,,^ ^^^ ^1 1 o I Mvhetre. Mall an.i I.unMv iMl season, •r.n ,,„f ,1,,,,,,^ -'(mV f •- ''^^ ^''- ^ '^ "ow an.l 1„ ^''•<- f.on. two excavation fW '/;;'"• '"' ?^ ^v'-'- uero sid 1 ^ --■ <;v."nty ,nen. Until tU^ .^,[^^''^'1 ^"^ ^'^ -->ntlj^^ ^t.a..te.l h-on. the con.panvs l.uulVm ^'^ ^'-""" ^••"* l.a.i I.eeu 21 1S9S. IV coiicoiitnitDr wiis put up on the very .sliore of Black lake. ](¥) feet lielow the rail steaiii-eiiniiies workiiii,' tlie d way : tlie niiiies were titti-d up with 't'i"'"'<"l<'^. 'Jiills and tiie pumps for drainin" I the works. I he workings inchidod sliaft No. 1 and .shaft Xo 2 in tlie I nnmediate vinnity of one another, No. 8 on the former Hall shaft \ which had then reverte.l to the company. No 4 the old IJloiulean and Uoher-e shaft and N... 5 or Carihoii shaft, a new ..ne. i..n,^^ •".'^ "r *'"'^ ••""^'"»ed nearly all the year round from lSi»i) to l.tOl with a force of from CO to sO men : the mill was finishe.l in iSDt) III '"'<»- -halt. 1 and -J were combined into one and attained a depth ot 1 M ieet: No. ..was down to 40 feet and the output was regular trude ore ot good grade was ^hipi.ed in two .pialities : :.(» 7„ and 45 V ami the concentrates from the mill, al.out 50 "/„. During this period' frequent changes in the management of the mine am. alterations in the cncentratur which did not quite realize what was , quired <.f it. prev>,nte.i thi. property from ussuming the exi.ected development and in tail work uassuspemledatthe mine and at the mill : th.'.'ompanv merely >lnpp,.d what remained over from the previous season Af the endot 1!)0l» things were put in or.ler, the shafts were cm[.fie I and H lanv plan was proposed for the concentrator. At that d.ite the properti.'s of the Colraine Companv |.as.,"d under thec.mtro of the /.'/.,/. h,/.r Chr.u,. a.,/ AsUstos 0„n,,,„ nf .Mon- treal which i. at present, d.-veloping them in a very tvmarkal.'e "lanner with result^ whereof wc will proce-.l to give an" idea. The company worked tlirouglMhe year l!l(»:{ with al...Mt a hundre.l num. lu^halts were emptied and worked regularly. They are known a>shatt No. . t.Muier shafts 1 and •_' : Xo. •_>. Hall diaft : No. :i Hl.mdean and Itoherge shafts : No. 4. Caril.ou shaft. The most im- portant w..rk wasdom. atshatt No. 1 which has now attained a depth of i-U teet. At the time of my visit in November last. ;■ fl.i..l-n..« ,.f porta ll-'Ofeet. At the time of my visit in November lastraThk-kness of "f!T.^"*'!^ '!i" ''*""".' "^^'"' '":"'"" "■'''*■'' '^'i" fullow.Hl He or some ten feet was found at the lM>ttom which was foHowed |J.\ nieansofa large cutting and which produce.l 10 tons of ,.rude ore per day besides L'o tons of tailings for concentration. From 12 to 15 nen worke' ^'''^^^''t-'-st taken fron. lake Car 1 on b > a ;^.; r? "^"''?"'"^''''''- '^"' ''^^'^'^- '"^'"1^ ''"•e-'tly by the n.achine,Vo I ,'' '''.""' '•^' ^^ ^"'''^ --l^ed sn..plea,ul effective manner: the c2 dtv '^ "nn'-' '"'^ ''"''^ ""^ oonce,.t.-ate suppose.l to be obtai'/ed ?.'; mi,' t ;- '"'"'■^ '^ ' ^^"'^ '^^ u»dersta.,d that the co.npanv ha .. '^" *""^ "^" t^'"'"^'^- I St. Francis Water Powe^l^n ^ l'"'^r "'■^:'^^'"*^"^^ -'^'' the .l.stnbnted by the line rece.'ti; emid bv"; . r ""^ '''"''''■ "-^■«'- to Thetfoi-d. ^ elected by that company from d'lsraeli 'U* 23 tailiii;,'s per (la>, the proportion hoiiij,' I first class to 2 second class. The mill was put in operation last October. The ol.l concentrator situate near Black lake was trHusforined in the following,' manner : the ore is still crushed by n)eans of three crushers (Hlako system). The rollers have been replaced by 10 stamps to which 10 others were afterwards added : id Wilflev tables' have been put in and the cylindrical drier removed. The work-< are lighted with the electric light for night work. The whole is oi.eiated by means of a 75 horse-power engine. Thus the company has at pre- sent in operation 30 stamps capable of producing from 25 to 30 tons of concentrate, holding 50 to 'y.i% per 24 hours. ^ The company also produces two qualities of crude ore, the hrst4S to 50y,, with a small proportion of 50 to 54"/,, ; the second from 4<) to 45"/„. The first quality is emi-ioyed for the manufacture of bichromates while the second is usually pped to the Pittsburgh district where it is utilized in the manufacture of refra(;tary materials. The production for tlu year 1903, was 3.S00 long tons, a portion of which was shipped. No work was done in the part west of IMack Lake. Aiiierinin Chfonif Coiii/>in/. This company, consisting of Messrs IJeebo and Brother, of Boston, m inufa.-turers of chrome [irodiicts used in tanning leather, owns lots [V, 7, S, 'J. 1(>, XIII !)-B, C, 7. 13. These lots hud been purchased from the Government in ISUfi, as chrome lots, by Mr. .fos. Xadeau autl others of Black Lake, and pre vious to IHD'J. Itefore they were sold to thepresentcompanv, had beer worked to a slight extent as follows : ea On lots B, 6, 7, over a surface of from 15 to 20 acres, 7 openin;,'s were made, one being 25 feet deep and the others not more than 12, giving good indications of chrome of various grades, with thick- nes.ses of from I to 1) feet, partly on lot 7. This mine was then situate 4i nules from Chrome Siding and SO tons were got out at the time, about 50 whereof were shipped. On Mt^\..':':*:.l"''!-:.2^'''ii-fn..n(;,...o " "'"^ J''" f»'.'< lon^l.v 12 V lii-;', " ! "■'"" . f "^' «i'li"^. a r„tti., ^•■vt'.i (n tlw stati.,,, ,vlK.r„.e -if ' . '" ^^•''••' ^'<'f ""t ai.,1 r.,„ ^'•-''i'-n;;:::::;;;;':i^ ''-•■'^ l^.'l lonn.rlv I.,.,:;, ,; , ^ "7"' "'V''' "''"'•" '■"""'•^ '""I ;'";' ""•''•'-' •■MK'n,.„,.o ,.. ,„. !',,.•• ' ^ '^ '''^;' ^'>'y i^-u ns„it. ''^'""""f "f "th.M- work. ,-., u' ;■'•';*'■''''''•^•'^••^''^'t■^tah- ""'"'•■^ "«■'■<' i>.a.|..a.i.| attl.o.l-.h " '■"■'.'•"'". vvlio., m„i,o i,„p,-ov..- "''^•''' '-i.i;.- take.. I.v ineans of . ' .^'''"■'''■'^■•'^■^''•'«'-^ftw.>, ;t.-oa,.. M,at l,a.| I.o.m, .ia„ meW ,m I ' ,:'"'^",r""f' ^'•'•'" " "oi^l.l.on.J !; >^">:^. :!!.; to,.s of a,,. t.^ were :.hf ■;?■;'"' "?'' ' ^^^""' <''^i"-- , l'^""«i. of ave.a-re quaii » | ' '^ '^"'^- '" ^^''^- ''^O to.,,. ^" ^'■'"'^'""•^ ^''e ...ill ,to 1. : t'eV "'"^""^" '^ -^ i"-P--' '■•»- 25 Mmitnol Clininii' Intn (''iiiipfini/. Tlii.s iiropeity coinpriscs lots 11, '25, 2(> ail. I III, 2(i. hut tlio mine is cIiioHy on lot 11. 2(1 near the line of rany:t> III. The i»rf»j)ort,v was pnrchiised from tlu' (iovenimeiit in IV.IJ l.y Messrs. H. & J Lconunl, I). Moiiu and A. Lal.rec.,iio who worked it until iDO'J when they or-fanized the i)iesent company. W hen till.' mine was discovered the outcroppin^'s were consideralile and moreover the ore continued to lie aluuidant as the excavation was deepened. Solit. From an oiieniufj .'> feet dee]!, oyer ItHt tons of ore were taken out after a few l.lasts had heen fired. This deposit was therefore the most imjiortant one in Colraine, hut the oi-e is not hiiih ^'rade. ;,'enerally yieldin-: 4(» '/„ ami sonjetin as regards cli.'aimess. A few lilasts would lie tired, the cart would Ke liai ked up to the opening; and the ore, so liroken ni>, wa> handled only foi the imriiose of loading it. In the sam,.^ season a irood winter road, C miles Ion--, \\a> mad- with houses and staliles at either end, from tin' mine to Chrome Sidiu'r. where the (^lehec Central l{. |{. Company had made a sidin;; ; (iOO ton- were then shipiied, 4n(|.join,ir to Knudand. During the winter of is'.ir, IS'.ICi, work was continued, %(l tons i>ein--ot out : then in lsltC.-lV.»7. Imt little work was done: some hundreds of tons were nevertlndess shipiieu, and the -ame was done at the end of 1S1I7. In Is'.ISi.iid IS'.M). 700 tons were -ot out, oOo of which were shiiiped and, alto-retlur, down to .January l>t 1900, :?,2()0 tons had lieen extracted, whereof 2,200 were shipped. Not even a derrick was used in gettinjr out the ore and the greatest number of men employed did not exceed lo ; the transporting was done in winter time only. It would have been veiw easy to get out still more con- siderable (juantith s ; but. as the demand for this low grade ore was limited, it was deemed necessary to put up a concentrator. At the same tiin.' u company, called The Kastern 'J'ownships Chrome Mining iuid Milling Company, had commeuced to erect ou.-,tom concentration H' 26 n.to li,,ni.I.t,on even before ts b . Hi '"'"^' "'^^ •-•'""I'flb-.I r., , < ^••"I'i",y, Ln.ntecl. which afte -.vl?' '^^ ^'^"'^''i^" <'l"on,e ho t.eul Ch.-ou.e Iron Vo^lu^ ^^^ TT'I '''" "=''"^' "^ '''''^' -M- "•'^i' '•''^^.^vhentheaKii.I^UHbJr "'''^ "' ''•'" "-« ^'•'1- veje.! to the mine itself Co ''? ''''' »""<-''='->l h.uI .o,) trutor. When I visits I ten he F " i ''''''^''^ *" ^''^'''^ - ••«—" 1'>S with .screens of 30 meshes 3 ZZ f ^ '^''^- ^" "'^'"I"* ^^ i-<'<'' necte.l by elevators and ^ ^u^ M h «" uU 'ff. *'" ^^""'^ -» ••oilers supplying 75 horse-nou-P.. /- ^ '""■''^'' ''>' '"f'i»^ of tw. tons per 10 honrt wa ^^ : ^ " ■^T'"'''' *" ^'^^ — »t of 4,' •a.ne station over a good road .i i 1 T "'*' /''T ^"^"^^^>'«^' *- ' "l" -'>nn.er. Abot.t t^^nty^J:,^^':^'l'^ vyhu-h could bo used in '"'"« wl'iH. still made a\en Hno I? '^'"'''">'«;' '» ti.e null and at the «'-^'. \Vork was i-oin,'! 'e on bo T'"? '"'*'' ''"'''^'^ t''ioknessos 'f -"tstrai,htf,...m thtnh :i^:::;,"^^!;;: '"" -'"' the ore u.. August, and over .>0(. tons of co .'e 1 f •^'"■'' ^'^ ^'"'' """'tl' of -- to Colraino Station wheni:':;:;;^ T;:^;:;' ^^'-" -- tain^n""^/^;;:;!- '''•■'•""^^'feed is the owner of lot X IV V U' ''^^^^ov;;iVhi:'M;:;!r:i-:l;:rt:'--;-'''^^^ uoro leased to small .r,,,„,„ J ■ "^" f' '"ts, a portion of which !-• ton for hr.t class;:;; IS ^ Zz::^r T' " '•"^'"^^- "^ «^''^' •'"neundorthenamesoflemieux ^'m n ''^ *"'''• ^^"rk wa> so out about, HO tons beside X\. ■?.''; "'"V"''' ^ •"''«'• ^^''"=<'t '"enti.mod. ""''t ^^''"^ obtained from the „,i„e nevfc a-I it continued for 2 ; ^JL^ ■ "'^^'^''^''^^^ "-•'<'"«on this lot class. It consiste and 45 feet respectively with ore showing everywhere. Work was being done to clear the ground underneath to enlarge the excavations and the indications of chrome were very satisfactory. The seri)entine of this region is very compact ami easily worked allowing deep openings to be made ; the ground is not very high ; the ore found is very remark- able and of high grade : a si)ecinuMi taken by me gave oO.i'O "/„. The mine is about five miles from Black liake but. before reaching the good part of Poudrier road, the— are 2i miles of bad road wnich cannot l)e used for summer traffic. Shipments can b-- made tin Black Lake or Thetford stations. Star Cltntiiic Co. This company has l)een recently organized to Work on lot XIII 4 to >Sof the Imliau reserve on whicli good indications of chrome have been found and it intends to work this year. ■ I' 28 ai oi )ee ■ ' " '•'■'■ '"'"■" "" "- '<- ... u,,,, ,„., „ '^'"■"'''- '^i-- " "■ ' '-'-'-". to„„„i „,, •^- ''.— Tlii> |,,f ,,,., , , Mi'iili!i(\ ,,|-..,,n,l , . ^^ ''>' -^''•- J' I' U..1' '»v*- 29 iiientioiiecl, •iJis lieeii "-'•J. Thix isir, and mule ore, iiiis l)oeii a little •"'I and '»ilia{)e lai-nrg '>eeu ented •tlier I'ted. Ws ; lot 9 7o of ses(,iiio.\yde. In this townsliip seriit-nMno covers a nifli.T lai-jje surface : it has a Hn»' a|.|.earan<'e and woiiM justify tlie |..:rfoitnanre of fiiithfi- work. This mine is 4 niihis from Kastman on the Caniidian Pacific U. U. (iood inJications have also l.een found with a tiiickness of -J feet on lot 'J:t and others on h.ts i:J and 2«il west of the same ran^r.^ as w.dl as on lots l\' Hi and VI •_'»;. Brviiffj/oH.—On lot IX 2(;. near lake l{roi:i|iton. Mr. J. .M.-Caw did some work and got out some ,diron:e from a depth of 4 feet, th.' >liaft having i>een started to p'-ospect for asi.esto.s. and a .lo/en tons were shipped. An analysis gave 51. Ki "/„. }ffitboi(rnr.— The (ieological Survey mentions chrome found on lot Vr. 22 with a thickness of !) inches, hut it has not l.een worked. Souf/, H,n>,.—\n ISC.l, .Mr. It. Leckiegoton lot 11.4 al.ont ten toiisof ore from a deposit with a tiiickness of from :! to 4 feet. According to the (Ieological Siirvev this ore containe(] a i)roporfion of 4:{.'.» /, and was carted to Arthabaska on the tirand Trunk Kmlway. Ufi.oMts of cinomic iron have also heen found on lots II. 2n. 21. as well as on lot 27 east of the (iosford road range. On lot 1 \V. I 21. Dr. .lames l{e(>d disc.vercd a rather rcmarkahle 'loposit which, althongli not precisely ofciiroMiic jroiioiv. ma\ I..- hhmi- tioned in this (diai.ter. It consists of a vein of magnetic iron in itact with the .serpentine and pre-caml. nan scliisis of the region and wa.s observed in a north-westerly direction for a distance of 2(.Hl feet with thicknesses of from C. to i;J feet and a vertical .liii. A slnift 12 f.-et •leep shows a thickness of !» feet at the bottom. An analvsis of this magnetic iron gave 4 "/„ of se-cjnioxy were got out"! samples only of which were shii-ped. I cannot say anything about the special importance this ore may possess, init this blending^jf inni. copper and chrome is interesting, and deeper excavations might- establish the pretlonii nance of one of them and cause work to^be undertaken. The natural outlet of the South Ham mines is bv (iarthby station on the Quebec Central II. K., distant 10 or 12 niiks. 1. 1 80 ^'- Kin, M...,tiu...s Co! .^;'.;^ ;:;;;:: ;;:^ ^"■"•' •>" ^^ ,...„„...,, , aoonh on t.,ns ..m. ..I.Lin!;! ^ ' s'^^'i; ' "" '"• '" ''' ••'I-<1 last antii.ni, im.I """^ '''^ '••'•'" ••i>rn.-,| om. \V.,rk wa ^'"i'l""' '•- ^'..i. ' .t Lr 7r'"' ':■■" ""^ '^"^ "••-••' "ill ; " 'i.i-f.-.nak..s..f,i.:l:;!;;;:;,. '" =» '"■••v.oms ..hapu... [ i.^vo ^^ive, ^^'"•'-''t- ^"^'"oxf.;, o,„v"„,^^'^^;';"; ^••'•i-'ti.M. ha. ,...,„ ----t'-;- 23. t35, iv' 26.;;:ti;: dtdii""/';? nei,hbon,., lots : ,1. 04 [ from 3 to 5 feet This ZtvZ ! '""•'''"= ^'"•^^'oiesso.s. nuvnus miles distant fro„. Co ra ,e o^ "ZTT"'' '"''^'''^'""^ ^^^ - "'• ' tl>e.efore he worth de e "pin. ttrc^' ''"*^'' '''^''"■^•^■- '^ "-'''l have devoted their efforts chTeflyoLr*'''?' ""'"'"*'' *'>«^« ''""^^ not as yet dee.ned it advisab^ti tC'^l^Z^^^^ ^"^ '^^- g.-l.' obtained in tl^.t re^u^ :;^. Zl T ""' •'' ^'" '"^''-* <"••' 's very friable and a j^rtion h . d t I • '•^^"!-' ="^«» •>'^ V The ^v-.lnn.. without H^. aid of nr . , " ^"*'''''f ^'' '" "^"j^-.s. The work 31 iii'licatiMiis had Itoeii fitmi'l. In ISSfi sum" work w.i-i iluiu' on lof^ G iiii'l 7 frniii wliicli alMiiit tliirty t(»iis wero |L'<-t out ami s1m|i|.c,1. Mr. liii also dill ^oiiic !>i'ii>|n'('tiiiy: on lot I |{. Imt im mc was -hi[)|u'i|. Ill tlio >aiiio n';.'i(iii rliinniic iinii lia^ al-n l> 'imi rnini.I mi a -mall i-i.iinl in |{n'Oflu'> Lak.-. Imt this .lc|in-it ha- not Imtm woik.'.j. This ili>t|-ict i«; an important one and will |prol'aM.\ I c (li'Vi'lopcd xiinc (lay on a lariirr x-ah': it is ^it natr al>oiit '.i mili- Imm l»'l>ra«'li on th(_' Qucln'c LVntral if. K r'hroniic iron of a dilT.'r.Mit kind lia> liki'wi-o lioon t'onnd in anothor part of tilt" saini' t()wnshi[i. The ort' i> very hard and roniiiai-t and ^'ivos an averaj.'t' perceiitayt,' of 4 as inucdi as 44 "/„. A trial of oonciMitration of tin-, on- showeil that fon- tiates could be obtained eontainin^r a [loicontaiu''- as hi<.'h as •")! "/, but it has to be crushed very small. The ore is very abnns •• •• ;rj Os •• 41' 01 •• •• •Js (is •' .'js •■{; •' •• ;J7 24 " " 40 70 " " ''oiicuiitrated ore : •M 12 per cciit 4J '.»4 •• 4'.t 4-J " 4s S() •• 42 00 •• •• 4."> 70 ■• 4S 1)0 '• oO 2S •• •' 00 Of) " M i^amv'.eH only, an.l I even think that those two rcult. are .l.ie to special causi's iiidopeinhMit of ijiiality. The circumstun.'es under which the experiment was nia.le .li.i not al..wo n,y as.-crtaininy the rieUI of the .-oneentrator, l.nt it was e>tal.lishe.l that, i.rarti.-ally. our ehronie .,ros were susreutihle of LeniK atlvantayeously foricen(rate.l an.l that the cost of K.^ttmu a ton of cfM.centrate of .V) ",„ with ore <,f 40 >, .ji.l not excee-l i<:m. le.vinif a suthcent margin of profit. Moreover, a speeiticatioa made out at lie time l.y the Allis company showed that concentration works could n. put up or the pro.luction. on those l.ases. of ton tons of c.mcen- tr.ite per 10 hours at a cost of §ir).Oilo.uit. Owin- to the distance, it did not seem practicalde t.. acept the offerofthe Alhs Con.pany and the Coiraine Mining Co.npanv gave the contract for the erection .,f a concentrat-n- to the d-m-ke; Com- imny of ^herhrooke. It was .leen.ed preferal.lo u> n..f adopt the system o tai.ies for concentration but to use jiggers. The m.ll was -nit on the shore of HIack Lake below the line of th." Quebec ('en tral K. K and it was put in ..peration at the »nd of isys. it consisted ot tvyo make crushers, the first of which was followed bv a table for iiau.l sorting, reducing the dimensions of the pieces to 2f, inches and tiien to one inch when they passed between two ndle.s'makin.r nr, revolutions to the minute. The ore so ground passe.l through a Uoni- well sorteror revolving perforated cylinder ; what came out of it was fed to a Jigger with three coini.artments striking 150 times to the iiKiutewith an average dropping of two inches, the concentrated ore being removed at the base by a stream of water. A pump raised he water from the lake and the various apparatus were connected by elevators or bucket chains and ordinary belting, the wh.,le being operated by a 75 horse-power steam engine The works ran experi- mentally to the end of IS'JS when it was deemetl advisable to mike some alterations ; then the electric light and a cvlindrical drier were T, ;"■ . vn! ^'^T!''r "^ ^''"^^ ^^''^' "'«'•« '^f=""'' P"t i» operation and treated M tons of debris per L'O ht)urs. 8 men being employed. A certain quantity of good concentrate was thus obtained but the tailings earned away a great deal of fin - re and the yield does not ai)pear to have been satisfactory. Het forfi ween times two other l.arionos of jiggers and .settling tanks ne ore were added ill- ** 34 n 1..01 M... Wlncuey.n.unHfferoftlu. Ameriain ('hronH,Coin,.i ;tUM .v>,n..tnuls p„f up a co.u-entrator „„ um ontirelv .liffere lie on. was .•.nshe.l an.i oonveyecl to a sta.np ...ill^vith a sn" uhe.e hec-ona..t..at.on uaseffecto.l. This systo,;, wo,k-..l we 1 H. .t NNas onnd the .nost suital.le f.,r the treatment of cluon.o o •< 'mt^rt ;r': '''' • • "''•"■ '^""••""''^^' '■"'- "once.u.r "^ u, t'l.i" 1 TO _ /„ ot ses(|iiioxy(le of clnonie. As the Colrai.io fo.npauy lia.l transferred its nronortv tn , H^l .V U m ;■ ^fr"7'' -"-^ ='-' '•-I-'a.-iny then, l.v st .t".nn W.IMev tahjes. It was f..un.l also that the .Irvin-. of f.... tl,// "'^f; '•.'<^^ ^^Hs easier tor tiie producers to handle then. •, « ^!*..-';..:;:';JiM':;;:;',;;;:',,t'';;;;'::;7'i '■'-•-"■■i '"'"""'■ '-^' ^"" I '■>• M.on'.:;„.„"!;„; i:',;!:;:,',;,,.""" "' '■■ s^i-l^;:ti:,':;:;-;,;;:"i:r-j;;;;j:;; ;;;-;'- .".ill ■;;'"■ "''•"'■■--■■>v"»i"M,,nM;'';!;;:u:;U'^r:;::;,:''''''' The operators arc. niore..ver. stnvini.- (.. pe.Cert tlu- sv f i -■-I.U.,t.sverysat.faetory,eeo u-al Ll ^JJt :-:lZ w.iHKi.v.i. T!;axsi.,„;tatim.v a.v:) i.ah(m; As .•iii-,,inie iron is fomid onlv in no,-L-,.f^ ,.f ,• ., • i , , sioMs, it is hardiv possible to have , ■ j .n ■ '"V""''''''' ''""^•' 'HHldings which eoull .asilv l.o rennner I U^^^^^^^^^^^ above M.entioned. h ■ >-de ricks were .'« ^ ^^" ^^'"'^'''^ I -iLiu.r in mab=ea .scpurated by .siidin- **. * 36 e Company, ercut |,lai: cioen (>'■ i- ilHey t.i.lr I well ■ 1.1 luo orr--. 1. e ol»tiiiiie I tain moil! }vty to tlin lill. iloinii- >y stanijK iir of til.' ;oiitaiuiii^ tlioni ami cliai-'Miii: added 1h 1 at lak.- 1' mill ar I 'oiiipany I... ti'iii Inn rati'. »' diint'ii led witli ptinli lone liy oikmg-, ■siidinir planes .,r,n the f,n-.M of .schistous rork. lial.le (u fall in. is als„ an ,.staele to regular un.lei-on.und u.nk. and it is pn.l.al.le that for a ^i.-v u;ars t.. eon.e. wnrk will l,e .•ontiiunMl i„ ..i-en euttin- with yiii.m i-.:.ts on a small seal... eoneentrators l>eiM^ pat np n.-ar the |nop..nporant deposits. Owinjr to the altitnd.. of thes. drpusits |ti,ore->l,ttIew.,t.M- in the ,„ine^ and no tindM.n,,^ t,, anv '.re.t xten.is needed except when midei-ronnd work i. eairied ..n'. The mines are situate within a distaneoof a few hundred vard. or few nnles trmn the railway, th. fnrtiu-t l.e,,,^. 7 m.les awav : trans- MMtcan he etTected at any season l.„t. in the e.se of the distant |.in,es, ,t i> easier m winter, the .-ost varyin<; fr-.n, ir, .-ents t.. >^2i)U |tMton. I he total ,.ric f extraction and transport varies i.etween f he two extremes ,.f $1.0.) and .SS.Oo. Hand->ortin^^ is resorted to M.ly ,n the ease of hif,d. yrade ores ami the cost of eom-entratiou aries aeeordin- t.. the [.rop.Mtion .-ontainrd i„ the tailin-s. Some mines have j,>ven out the work l.y rontraet. pavin;: S;:>00 >er ton ot ore delivered at the railway. i ■ - /'^'''•"' *"f ? f'- *i""tn>;i.o:, ,,,,,,,,, „f |„ I,,,,,,, r,„urdi,avv vor meuandlnMnSI.-J.-,tn.S-.'.0(> fur .kill-d u.ukinen ami lur,.,n..n. yrAxnriKs |,n ,.„n,; ,,ins) ,„.■ rnuuM,,. n:nx ,.,:,, ,„■,■,:,. .n„ .„, ,.,.,.:„ Vevions to IS'.II (L.-rds ami South o,,, "t tons Worth s l.;)2t( ^.,- "•' 1\:;(M) si.;;:::;;;;:: S :: ':'/''' VI7 - " ■■;!;.(;(;(; •'"" (1st class |.).)i .. , .,,,.,, (-'ml class,.... wTT .. 2<)(;s * -fr^j •"»! (1st class). Con.MMitrat,. ami i > ,,,.,, '-""i class) Cvj .. !;;;:;<''** ..lass) ; ,,0,, .. j.^ ■m cmceutrate an.) .'rnd.; ;}0i>0 •' 45 j^l),. i««e^.i 36 In the year 1902. tiie Tiiite.! States pmluce.l oniv 315 lony tons o chromic uon worth S4.72o.00 at the mine and coming from California in-U'"-?M''*'' ^^'" *^^ ^'^'"'^ ^''^^^' '^"'o»»l 1 t*^ 39-570 tons worth §5S2, &J«.tM). I he consumption was therefore 39,sS5tons. worth ?5S7 32-^0(] while in 189S it was 10,404 tons worth §273,234.00 that is to sav it"hai more than doubled in that period of r, years. Tlie following tiguies for 1902 give an idea of the product export ed from other countries. .^^"'^'^''^ 1159 metric tons dreece 45s,j New Caledonia 17451 New South Wales 052,3 " " Turkey in Europe and in .Asia 40972 " " Unite*! States -,f)jj .. u 67191 These hgures do not include the product of .\ustria. Norway and J u.ssia which represents several thousand tons. It will thus he seen that the consumption for the whole world in 1902 was SO.OOO tons lliese hgures are taken from the Mineral Indmtni of New York which publishes the most complete and most accurate data on the raining industry generally. * USES 1 he chief use to which chromic iron is put is the manufacture of bichromate of potash and of soda which serve as a basis for the chrome o> ors so generally used in dying and printing stufifs. For some years It has been successfully used in tanning leather, its effect being much 4U.cker than that of vegetable tannin. It is also used in chemistry and H' medicine. It serves as the basis of ferro-chrom,' used in making chroMie iron an.i steel {.assessing special properties, amongst others that nt great hardness which causes them to be much sought after for armor-clad ships and forts, heads of shells, .lies and shoes of stamps ;:; : ^'r .''h'";'"^' "•;"• ^^•'^^- '^^'- '''''•-" percentage of ferro-chrome \. lies l.ut that manufactured in the Province of Quebec contains over ♦.0 A, of chrome : .diron.o steel may contain from 1 to 10% according 87 to the use made of it. Clu-oine im parts a great hardness to steel as well as unalterahihty, while iucreasing its elasticity. Ferro-chrome containing over 60 "'.metallic chrome is manu- factured in Canada by the Electric Reduction Companv, Limited of Buckingham, I'. Q., which yearly uses some hundreds of tons of (.olrame ore. Some companies in Kurope are also making metallic chrome used for special purposes. .MANL'KACTt'RE OF BI-CHKOMATES The principle of this manufacture consists in heating in a rever- beratory furnace the pulverized o.e mixed wiLli a salt of potash or of soda (carbonate or sulphate) and with un.lacked lime, the object of the latter bemgto divide the mass and prevent its becon)ing solid. Chromic acid IS fi.rmo.1 in the oxy.lizing Hamc of the furnace and it forms a chroinate with the potash. The prod'-f is then treated with hot water which dissolves the chromate ; tla piid is then concentrated by heating it and sulphuric aci.l is adde-t which causes the formation of i.i-chromate and sulphate of p.)tash. It is then allowed to crvstallize and crystals of bi-chr.jinate of potash are obtained ; the liquid contain- ing the sulphate of p„tasli is treatc.i t.. allow of that salt bein- a-ain used. '^ The treatment for bi-chromate of soda is tiie same but as that -alt IS deli,,uescont. that is to say it readilv absorbs water from the atmosphere and -Iocs not crystallize in the same wav. the end of the operation is modilied accordingly. This siimmarv gives the -reneral idea of the operations to begone through but the work is a very dehcate one owing to the [.roportion of the various materials u-ed the management of the furnaces, the temperature, hltering and crys- 'allizing of the li(iuids, tiie proportions of the water and" re-agents acids, etc. The scope of this work does not allow of niv entering into more details oii this point but f wish to call attention to the reasons which lead high grade products to be desired in this industry in which '>vo.s containing less than 50 7„ .•annot be used. The chromic iron is crystallized apart so as to iiass thnmgh a screen of M) meshes and is mixed with a certain proportion of carbonate .jr sulphate of potash (a 4ly [»n)diict) and of 1 a single operation, cither the wliol line. Care r^hoiild be taken to transf oriii, III e or the greater portion of tl Hironie and as the cost of the fuel and labor as well le as that of the 38 snlK,M,u..,if open.ti..ns ,s tl,.- same, it will I.,, m-cu that tho ..roHt will '•Mn,.n,|M,rtinMtotlMM,M;n.tity..f useful material ol.taiue.l. henee lu' reas,,,, h,r haviu- the richest raw uiaterial au^l uue l.est a.la|.te,l nir treatment. '■ This iMilustr.v is a comi.le.x one : many pateets have l.een taken "" m c.nneetn.n w ith it an.l each factory has certain processes which a Keeps secret. In any case it requires much practice.an.l yreat skill "«»fn as r,'j,Mnis the woikmen and the persons in charj^e. '•"''•' ••'""^".npti.mofhi.dironiate is rather considerahlea-nl.ilurin.' tiie past years, its prn-e has remained very uniform at 1(»J cents a I'f.uml. [ an< not prepare.l to state what tho consnmi.tion of this product IS Ml Canada. I.,:t. for the reasons -iven ahove. 1 do not think iiie time has yet come when its manufacture should !.« encouraged. >SK ..K < UKOMK ,.N- THK CONsTHfCTIO.V OK MKTALLV KC.WM. K.KNACKS ot copper and lead and it is now in current use in Kurope and , ■■"■•'• ^^'"."■'^ ^'"'^ in.lustry has I.ecome an important consumer of chrome ore. It slmuld also he m>ted that ore cmtaining 4.VV is sutti- nent tor t.;,s purpose and that the ore is used in its natural'state as ""ildiM- stones, the tillin- in l.eing .lone with a mortar consistin- of Miiall pieces. ' " J.'efractary .dirome ..rick., are also made and tlu.se of the host 'liiiilit.v .-onsivt ex.-lusively of chrome ore. while in others of less value III'' a.i--lomeration is made with lime. .day. hau.ite. plaster, etc. For some years past our ore has foun.l a proHtal.le market for such |.uri.oses m the I'ittshuruh reyion where several companies make tiiesc liiicks. MAKKET Sine.- the 1.0-inning of this industry prices have fallen regnlarlv notwithstanding them.rease.ldemau.ls which moreover gava rise to tho 39 woi-kin^r of new deposits. raiisin. Mut it is probahle that §1S will remain the avera-e price for5„ ore I would observe that the high grades are chieHy in demand and that as a rule, the same price is i.aid for concentrated ore as for that in' lumps. There are no duties on chromic iron in the United States, hut there is one of $4 per ton on ferro-chrome and other products of chrome. The freight on the ore from Hlack Lake to Baltimore. Phila- delphia and I'lttshnrgh is aiiout $5 i)er ton. W liave no inf<.iniatioii regarding the European market. 1 according to the uppiications that 1 our high lit, liave come to us, I understand that •rade oivs would sell there if the freight were not too hi<'h The follow! I ig com[)aiii(>s huy chrome ore : 111 ( anada : — The Electric Keduction Cc mipany. Ltd., Buckingham, R Q. In the I'nited Statt Halt imore Clironu' Works. Maltim ore Kalion Chemical Company, i'liiladelphia ; Ueehe A; Company. Mostoii. Mass. : Chrome Steel Wcnks, niooklyn, N. Y. ; Fayette Manufacturing Company, Chester, 1' llarhison Walker ( oiupany. Pitt^isnrgh, I'a. There are also a good many other consumers whose add unknowu to u re.«.s IS 40 111 Eiifrlaiiii :— Stevens,),,. Carlyle k Company, (llasgow : •'. iV; J. \\ liite. (iiati^'ow ; Oeo. (i. IJIackwell, Son. i ("ompa.iy. Lt.I, Liverpool rei..e.sontativL : ^ '" *''" ^'''^^'^''^ '''^^' ^''^ ad.Iross of their «treel!'Mon!;:>^ /■''""" '^"'' -^^'-^^ ^on.pany, ,724 Notre Dan, e 31onSr" '''""""' '"" ''""''"^^' '^"^"' '^- '-->-''^ Life Mnihling. An;erira„ Chrome Co, Blake Lake. P () ■ Thetfoi.l ■ ^ !^ ---^i"^ «'f the ndne« f'.llouin.of theMiXgUu '"'"^ acn.nhnK to a.tieles ]4(;g and a ...... 4o;; i?:,;ri::;;;::;r:.;:^-:t^- -'-• i-i.oses exeept on l-ivile,eof p„...£i|;;j;^^ ^^^ ''""^'-'' — ^-vl.'.' the hearer the /'j"i''^l'(^nnitsa,-eal.oj,,-antedattho,.ateof*l3e,,|, . ! rent ..t .-^ per ;i,.i.p i-pnoiv.i.L. i.m.if .^s^eaoii andayear v n„n.m„m to, .urtace hut .,nly a n,ax,mn,n of 200 acres. i^ ^ 4L Ihese latter permits are renew,il.Ie indefinitely. For the purchase of the lots themselves, the price for chrome in that region is «4 per acre conveyin-the ownership of the surface and the right of mininL'. The law hx.vs a minimum of KM) a.-res ^one lot) ami a maximum of 400 acres for one .ndividnal or 10(M» acres for a company. Application must bH made to the ( Jovernment an.l he accompanied bv the re.niired fees an.l by specimens. The i.atent or final title is granted onlv after a sum ot 5.J00 has l»een spent within two years. On lots under timber licenses, the holders of such licenses are allowed three years to remove the merchantable timber. MAP The map accompanying this work must be looked upon ratlier a diagram indicating the lands that still belong to the Cr the entire portion included in it the service of the mines, some I as •own ; nearly encasing diorite. The roads indicated is covered with serpentine and with are jiartly made for the l>etween Black F.akeand D'lsrael in summer as far as Colraine : that fi good at all time.- )eing fit for use in summer time. Tne n.ad in winter and fairly i)assable is 1 IS irooc •o.n niack Lake to Tiietfor.l the Poiidrier road is an old (iov abandoiKHl long ago and on whici country is mountainous and the reliefs ai eminent road 1 a narrow [latli alone remains. The manner only, i' le highest point ■e indicateil in an im[)oifect of Lake Carilmu and on the weste sare near the little lake north ■we^t Mlack Lake. Black Lake station is KJO feet above tl Lake Carilton 215 fwt. Adstocl rn corner of MIock A, S(t:) feet abovi le same level and mountain is ISO) feet hi<'h. Col raine station is Sfji) feet aitov »40 feet and that of Thetford lOJC. feet. The d e sea level: tln.t of Mlack Lake to Le of Colraine is unfit for cultivation : tl istance from Black Lakt. VIS is 80 miles and to Sherbrooke. 6:J miles. The whole townsh iP chantaide timber on it and for fuel. lere remains inatically no mer- in a few parts ouly is there wood suitable IIISTOKV For a long while chromic iron was lookjd ^.on merely asaminer- alogical curiosity and its industrial use came onlv when it was applied to chemical industries. 42 I lio iisf (.f .linMiM- salts for (lyoiiiy date fmiu 1S2(» .in.) tlio iiiinm- fiictiuv of l.i-i-liioinato of i.otusli l.e«a,i at al.out the same \Hn-\;,\ It ua^sjiot until ISS! that potash was partly n.pla<-e.l l,v soda, lutil \S:t the roj-ioii cf the I'lal .Mountains supplied the needs of the very limited .(msumption of that product. In 1S27 chromic inm was dis- covered liy Mr. Isaac Ty.son. junior, in the nei<,'hborho(.d of Baltimore am after some searching it was also found in other parts of Maryland an.l lu I'eiinsylvania. Krom that date to lSfl2 the Baltimore rejjiou siii.plied the cliiomo market in the I'nited States ami in Kurope. in th,. latter continent the mo^t important centre of consumption at that • late was (ilas-ow. In 1S45 .Mr. Tyson, with the view of ntiliziny his >iuipius products, established a manufactory of hi-chromate of i.otash which IS still in operation in Baltimore, under his direction. In 1.S4S the dei.osits of Asia Minor were discovered and about ten vears after they became the most important factor in the |.roduction of chrome, we may say, in the whole world. In IStii) this ore was discovered in (.'alifoniia and supplied the American manufactories from 1S78 until late years : then in Xew South Wales, in Xew Caledonia and finally in Canada and Newfoundland in 1S94. The riiiladelidiia manufactory was established in ISSO by Messrs Harrison Brothers. Thecoiisuni[)tir.n of chromic iron has considerablv increased in conse.iuence »d' the new uses to wliicli it is put. such as the eini)lovment ot chromic aci.l for tannin- leather, the maiiufactuie of fern.-ciirome used 11, the metallur-v of iron and steel, the preparation of refractarv t'rick> with the ore itself. In the Inited States alone the consump- tion, which was h'.OOd tons in 1SU7. has giaduallv increased to 4U,0()(» tons iM 1. I may add that the total production of chrome ore repre- sents stMMtii tons, whereof 4(MMI0 were supi.lied in l<»(»2bv Turkey, the otherchief producing countries i)ei.i- New Caledonia. Australia. Uussia and (iieece resi)ectiiig which I will give some information further on. I would also observe that, in all those countries, chrome has been foiiiid with serpentiin\ COtNTKIKS IMJOUUCINO CIlKOMIC IRON I ;:ive below some information respecting' the other countries that produce chrome. It is taken from inemoran.la or from special publications but is fully summarized in the various volumes of the 48 Al.ijeral l,.,|„stry " ..f NVw V.,rk. wl.irli also gives verv intoi-Psting •ietails ref.'anliii- tlio maiu.fantun' <.f l.i-ohromatos ami of ferro- oluoiiK', the (•..iir.Mitratioii of tlie ores, their analysis, etr. IMTKl) STATKS I'l intsiihoiiid and Minijliind Thtvse two states were for a h.iig time very impoitaiit pio.lucei-.s of chmmic iron, whirh was Hist .liscoveie.l in the conntv of Hartford (MaryiamI), an.j tiie Ifee.l proi)erty worile fa<-t is that this mine shows no ontcropping, the workable deposit having l»oen fonnd at a depth of 8 feet, in the same legion ore was found near Baltimore in the form of saml. winch was concentrated without ditticultv. Subse(,uent seaiches l(>d to the discovery, in the county of Lancaster, in I'ennsvl- vanni. of the Hood mine. whi(di likewise became the propertv of Mr. JVson. This mine was worked regularly from 1S2S to 1S80. except from ISCS t.. IS7:i. an.l yielded a quantity which, in ISSO, was estimated at Jo.dOMtons. During the last years, the xearlv production was a few hundred ton> only. The depth attained was 7(X> feet and the mine was worked by irgular levels. Other mines .,f less importance were also worked in the same regions, an.l 1 refer to a remarkable paper bv Mr. W. (jlenn, of the Ma timore (hroMie \\ orks, which contains a .-omidete historv of this industry (Transactions of the .\nierican Institute of Mining Kngiueers October. ISli:,). and also to the " I'nited States (ieological Survey, (lin.mic iron, with reference to its occurrence in Canada/' by the same author. These mines are no longer worked. Chn.niic iron is also stated to have been found in Virginia in Aorth-Cartdina and A eruH.nt. but 1 am not aware that it has b'eeu mined continously. Cdlifitruiii In the mountains of Santa Lucia in the north-western purtiou of the county of San Luis Obisiio and in other adjacent counties, numer- ous deposits of chromic ircmare fonnd which are frequently of low grade and silicious These mines werediscovered in lsOl»,and the manu- 44 factunnK •■«»m|.iiiiios of Multiinoie and Pliiliulelphiii ac(iuii-e in the vicinity of Urusa and in other places in the neighborhood but at present the chief mining centres are further south, the shipping ports being .\lakri. near Smyrna and (ihemiek, near Brusa, the ore i)eing transported a rather consid- erable distance by means of camels. These mines have been worke from Turkey in Asia. GREECE Chrome is regularly mined in thatcontry, especial'y in the .egiou of Thessaly and the yield has increased from a few hundred tons in 1897 to several thousand in 1J»02 when the shipment was 10.750 tons. Th3 ore does not seem very high grade. NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA This ore has bean mined there since 1SS2 and attempts were then made to export it but the mines were not developed until about 1892 and they became of imi)ortance in 1S94 for we find, for that year, an export of 3034 tons of a value of i;12,336, the total quantity takeii out until 1895 having been 4525 tons for seven mines, the most import- ant of which gave 1230 tons. The ore was shipped from Sydney to England, the cost price at Sydney varying from $6 to $9. The ore seemed high grade and the deposits abundant. The districts where mining is carried on are those of Oundagai and Tumut. The ore seems good grade but, the mines are rather far from the railways and the shipmen: has varied from 2. * AtSTRIA I IHT.. a,v riH, ...v. u, Uo.Mia init tl,..y aivofh. „.|, ,..i,,,, ,,;„, ' ' l'.o.l,.. ,nn .s ..„,.. hn,nl.v,| ,..„> a yo' ,• : i,, Is'.M it ua Js.)s t ' ;: ::;;;:;:f ' ^ '■''^•••--s..vnaan.M.,.,..a.,i„., ..,..:;:; NKU ( AI.KDOXI \ X«'\v Calcilniiia on,.t.. ,1.. Uin.inr a yivat :v ,l,.v..ini.iiinit uf f h,.,. nun., nr I . .■v,H...tHn.n.ii.o,„.M.....ofthn Mm. ..f a nnl wa v an , , li" 'l"nht .l.>tni...,l to 1... a -n-at pn.-lucM- of diioiii... HI SSI A 47 111 a.Mifi.in to tli»M-iHiiiti-i.'sal.nvemeiiti(infl.|.Sil«,iu ,„av l-c ito.l whore nn-s „f i,if«, ior -r.i.lo liav \m-u Umwi awl Hi.. inimuKof whVli has bctm al„inil..M...|. S.„„o has likowiso l„.,.ii f., I i,, Hun^'urv uii.l ( iilui whil.. Ill r.ismai.iii Hia iron oi-es .•oMtaiiiin^f nu'iely -...n.. imifs of chrniiif. COI'I'KH Th.. Ki.sfN;„Ml Nirhol. ini,„.s. af CapHton. xv.-r.. wu.k..,| witli results smiihii- to thos,. ol,tain,!,| in pn.vh.ii. v.-a.s, vi.-Lli,,- •';|r,4t IniiK' tons of ore worth *10'.>.S7:, at th... mm... ..ut of whidi 14 77(i tons were shipp..,! to th., I'nite.l States while S.S74 f ,us weiv tr.Mte.l for -iilpliiiii.' a.'i.l at thf Xich.ils" CI leinif Ml> .' »nil>aiiy ais.. pr.'par.'s otln'r pro.liicts as w.'i oiiipiiiiy s Works ill Cap,.!!.,!,. iz-'rsaiul also ohtaiiis mattes whicl a> .•ii.'mi.-al IVrti- ((■rtiiizt'i-s was nj.-eiifiy traiisferreil toth.' ( laiee.vporte.l. Th.' manufa.i polt III.' of on L'lu'iiii.-. i/er ( .mii)aiiy of wlii.-li Wf>hall speak in the .■liapt and wliieli iis.'s the apatl^es of the Oft awa r.'jjioii. I'ter (III plh)>|,hat aim l-crti- h Tlio>e two mini l>loye.| .'too workiii.'ii. The Kii>tis ( plant wliK-h will Im- liiii-.||,.,j tli ere in Ojcratioii t liioiiijhoiit tj le vear a i"i|. ompany is putting' in an .'le-t lie lalis (III the iittl.' nvf i> ^iininier. r t ( liitii-ooke t power is >iippliei| l>y whi.-h ha- been cl.tniin.'.l. It will >upp|v |.V»h Wo niiii>- ili-taiir tVum tln' ni IIK' tile mine ami t'ii> f ti-e-pi.wrr for tlir iim> of '"■'■'' •■•'11 I"' uieiva-rd. Til.' (,lan- of th,. niiii,' will iHM'haii-e.laml m. will that ..f the shaft- whi.-li will >inf,'le .louhji. track -haft wluel I"' H'pia.-e ii\ a men. Th now electric plant !.Mi>t m.iy he n-eil |nr cuiiveyin- the work- in the iiiiiiiii;^ iieln>lry of ipoii a- yiehl .(f the I'in-ti- le.i. i'l'cat pr.»irres> mine u ,11 Imj province ami it i- piohahle that the .'I'l'atlv increase in .•on-ci|neiic(.' lip w.)r A ^'i-eat -h-al lia-^ I. 'en >aiii in Sherhrooke with ivfo ks f or samplin.irainl sni.'ltin- matt.; fioii and a .'ompany is 1 .f tl reii.'e to [nittiii^ le .•o[iper .n-es of th" name of Th.' Kasterii T x'lii.i,' fm'nio I for thit piirii.is? imdor th (»W ' smelt ore fr.mi the various mines wl iships Smeltiii- Comi.aiiy. Its ol.jeet i- t. small .juaiitities because the sariahl iicli iiiuil now lia\o inoiluoed l»ut It more dittieult to utilize them. is that of •' pyritic .smeitiiii' e compositi.ni i;f tlio.se ores mak es riio system propo.^^ed t.) he adopted used for coinlmstioii. It and allows of concentrati 111 whicii the sulphur of the pyrit es IS IS successfully employed in the United S>tute.. ug in the matte tiie jjreater portion of the gold 4*^ ..lul .silver contained in ores considered as refraetarv with other i)ro- cesses. Fo feed a Hrst furnace of a capacity of OO tons per dav, it is proposed to use the ore from the Meinphreinaffog mine which can easily supply that qnantit)-. Without entering into the details of the technical and Huancial organization of that project. 1 will merely mention the following : In the Eastern Towiishii)sthere are a great nianv mines formerly opene.l :.nd some fresh prosjiects showing a certain variety of ore* It is difficult to find a market for these in the United States owing to th3ir low grade and the small ciuantities produceil. Operators on a small scale have thus no chance of developing their mines, but with a near market, the smallest quantities o( ore could he sold and paid for at once by certificates discountal.le at the hanks. This would be a great .Micouragemeiit to them and help towards making new discover- ies 1 think therefore, that such an undertaking should i)e encoura-ed and. if well managed, it should not fail to have a considerable effect on the develoi.ment of the mining industry in the Eastern Townships. Xo other work was done in the copper mine.-, of the Sherbrooke region i)eyoud some searches and i.rospects in the Ascot, Kim,', SutHeld Mlver Star. Memphremogog and Harvey Hill mines : a couple of tons' have been sent from the latter to the St. Louis Exhibition as samples. MATA.VE MINE In my report for last year I gave the situation of tliis property I visited it since, in August last. The main shaft, known as shaft ^o. 3. had been sunk to a depth of 1G6 feet and at the level of 114 feet, cross-cutting drifts have been cut which have established the following : In this region there is a belt of blackish calcite turning to white where the crystallization is more developed ; the .lark color seems due to a mixture with some coaly substance. It seems to have a north- west. s..uth-east,.,|y direction iind a variable dip towards the north- east : It IS comi.rised in the diorite (.roper, accompanied by a schistous forinati.m but slij.|,tly dev.dop,-.!. Tills belt of limestone his not been completelv n-.^s.Ml by i he .ross-.-utting drifts and is shown oi< the surface only by shaft No. 1 on the left bank of the liagnon brook 4 49 It holds, disseminated through its mass, copper ores of the chal- copynte and bornit3 variety, <-arrying several ounces of silver and an apprecKib.e proportion of gold. Further, I was shown certificates of Hssaysmade by Mr. Hersey on certain specimens which appear to have given considerable percentages of gold with heavv proportions of silver. The partie.s working this mine seem to have met with these .specimens only in a very irregular fashion, for I could procure none at the mine, and the origin of these rich parts is still an unsolved probleuK F should mention, however, that a specimen of bornite I'oming from tins mine was handed to me by Mr. 11. N. (lourdeau of Quebec, who took it himself from the mine, and which 1 had Mr Hersey to assay with the following results : The ore was a small piece ot blackish calcite, very similar to the one I saw at the mine, which lield 4^.jO „f bornite. The assay of the whole specimen shoNved per ^'"'*^ Iounce20 Silver 4 « ^j. ^^I'^"- 32.6 per cent The concentrate or 47.50 "/„ of pure ',ornite would thus contain : ^'"•d 2ounces52 ^'''•^er 9 ., 43 ^"oPPe*- 68.4 percent. The proportion of copper is higher than that given by Dr B T Harrington (Formula of Bornite) 63.55 7,., but that may be due to the mixture of a nttle chalcocite or cuprite in the ore. An assay was also made by Mr. Hersey. on the same ore. but probably almost pure, sent to him by Mr. (tourdeau, with the followimr results : " *^'"''^ 2 ounces 32 Silver y •< ^^ ^'"PP^"- 64.57 per cent. These results are concordant an.l I c.mHudo fn.m tho,„ tii it {hor> really exists in this mine parts rich in gold which seems to be present 4 50 with the copper ore, the liigh percentage of gohl being due probably to the presence of some special mineral yet uniilentiHecl. When [ visited this mine in August last, I took in the drifts at the 114 feet level several specimens which assayed respectively 4.97- 2.Sfi and 3.S57„of copper, the ore l)eing chalcopyrite with a little bornite in calcite or compact limestone. Specimen No. 2 contained Oounce. 06 of gold equivalent to $1.20 per ton and showed a little bornite mixed with the chalcopyrite. the proportion of silvei- being insigniHcant. The pure part of this specimen niiglit therefore contain some fifteen dollars of gold to the ton. The drifts in this level represented 37 feet to the north and 37 feet to the south, or 74 feet in the limestone presumably across the limestone belt and 30 feet in the direction of that belt. The whole of this mass showed ores disseminated in a manner analogous to the three specimens above mentioned. Since my visit, the drifts have l)een transversely extended to 90 feet in the limestone, while the belt of the latter has been followed for 125 feet. The shaft was then 16& feet deep and has not been sunk lower. The limestone was struck in the shaft at a depth of 70 feet, at a point which might be considered the hanging wall, while in the cross cut to the south, what appeared also to be the hanging wall was met with, these two zones being charac- terized by large stones of diorite rounded, but flattened and of sym- metrical form, analogous to such as might be formed by stones wora through turning in round holes. In order to ascertain the formation and the thickness of the lime- stone belt, the company has installed on the other si.le of the Gagnon brook a diamond drill of Ij inch supplied by the Standard Diamond Co.. which, in a first boring to the north of the vein and at an inclina- tion of C.i degrees from the vertical, reached (UO feet without striking the limestone. Another boring at 400 feet from the firai, and to the south of the vein, had reached 445 feet on 1st April. 1904, and has not been continued since. These two borings met with a series of rocks, which seem to be connected with the dioriric formation of the region, l)ut more schistous in some parts, which would incline to the con- clusion that the limestone belt is coiiii>rised in the dioritic formation and is not a contact formation as might have been sui)posel,ghta propo,-t.! I vei = traces. 52 NothiiiL' was done this vear either at the Marlow or the Calumet Islan il iiiines. GOLD In hist year's report, I gave but few details upon the operations preceding the abandonment of lot 14 of the De Lery concession, in Heancp, by the (filbert Hiver Gold Fields, Company Ltd.. as the com- pany's representatives were absent from Canada. Since then 1 have ol'tained the followinj^ information. A shaft going through the quicksand, had been begun towards the coninicncement of November, 15)0L and fortunatelv . ompleteil in thi' beginning of January. 11)02. The width of the bed of auriferous gravel was then ascertained by means of drifts run to the east and west and a main drift in a northerly direction was pushed forward approxima- tely to the centre, for a distance of 4'.)0feet, when the oltl Smart work- ings were struck and cross drifts, beginning nt the extremity of the centre drift, were run for average distances of 50 feet representing the width of the streak of pay gravel. The hoisting was carried on hy means of cars descending by gravitation to the bhaft in which they were raised by a cage. Each car contained 7 barrow-loads and the maximum quantity raised in a day amounted to 150 car loads. All that part of pay gravel was worked in five months, yielding 85.KXI worth of gold, and the works were abandoned in August, 1902. In 15)03, the same company undertook to sink a shaft in the S. W. part of lot 11 of St. Charles ; this work, begun in June, was pushed to a depthof 70 feet and asniall gravel bed at the bottom was worked.whicli produced $400 worth of gold, some thirty men being employed durinir that period. A vein of decomposed quartz on the surface, having shown indications of gold, the company decided to make systematic borin.i:> in the quartz and, towards November, it purchiis3d from the Kevstftiii' Drill Co., of Beaver Falls. Pa.. V. S., a transportable machim', which was put into operation under the direction of an expert employee supplied by that company. This machine (No. 3 of tlio company's catalogue) conveyed in a wheeled vehicle, compristd a boiler and a drilling apparatus for a bore hole of 4 inches iii diameter. The boring, called No. 1. is situated 20 feet to the north of the shaft, which had iieen allowed to fill with water towards t!ie end of August, while retaining it, together with tlie drifts at the I'Ottoin, in good order to serve for sub.seqiient working on the vein. >,i 58 1 he work of boring was prosecuted as follows : 12 feet of surface .-ou- tainingl)ig hard boulders, were passed through on tlie first day tlien next day uO feet of I)lue clay were pierced ; and, on the third daV the bedrock having been attained at 75 feet, the hole was tube.l with a pipe o 6 inches and they went ,lown J2 feet further into the nu-k tormed of decomposed quartz. The work was continued in the .anie cavernous and decomposed quartz mixed with blue day to a depth ..f 40 feet the hole being tubed to lOOfeet to avoid the water in the shaft At 40 feet the solid .uiartz was struck ; down to that depth, colors of ..(Old had been found, but which, strictly speaking, might be consid- ered alluvial products: they continued to be fonnd. howevei' in the M.lid ,,nartz. At 1(10 feet a very hard rock was ,net. which api-earod to be (luartzose .liorite and which the drill had much dilticultv to nit through to 1(54 feet, when it was decided to blast the rock" a' the iH.ttom of the hole with dynamite. Owing to the want of suihible ai.p lances, this was not a success and the season being advanced the works were sluitilowii for the winter. I was present during the boring operations from l:J5 to l.j;} feet • 1 washed the i.roduct obtained and I found colors coming certain I v mm the quartz, for small pieces had (piartz still adhering to tiuMu Ihesecolors. however, were very fine an,l in quantities tnoMnalit.i j:ive a suthcent value to the quartz : but this fact is important and iiotewortiiy. f..r it is the first tinu^ that this stvle of oi.eratin.' iiis been pi^ictised in il ce and that thequartz has been tested to sueh a 'lepth. lhe(piartz vei. ..rospected has a thickness of 1(5 feet runv X F au.l dips to the north at an angle of (\:> degrees from the vertical' tlie l.ornig be.ng entirely in the vein. The company proposes to, -ontinue Its borings at other points during the season of 1U(I4. OTIIKK I'KOSI'ECTS IX UKAlfK Owing to the low water, some prospectors ,li,l a little wa^hin- on he lower part of the IJiver .hi i.oui. Hud near the IJttle l-'ails ot^the < l.audiere ; among others, the Couture Hrothers who f.,.ii„| one nu-et worth .sis ; tiiese small workings yiehled in all about $m in .^old" DKS MICII.ES KlilloK Some years ago, Mr. foupal. working on this brook, took out a ^luantity of gold valued at «10,0()0, and incl.i.ling four large nu.-ets 54 worth respectively $130, $1V0, $340. and $430. The works were stopped owintr to troubles with the lessees of the land. At the end of 11)03, these difficulties having been settled, a com- pany cuniposed of residents of St Franvois and some other persons undertook prospecting work on the same brook, which was, however, stopped in November owing to the cold season. I visited those works and noted that prospecting had been done between the road and the Mill brook. The indications were pretty satisfactory and I understand that these works are to be resumed in the spring. PBOSPECTINO IN DUD8WKLL The Dominion Mining Co. did some development work prepara- tory to subsequent workings on the Big Hollow brook, but without producing anything. Mi: Louis Mathieu also did a little prospecting on the same brook. A hundred dollars' worth of gold were taken out. On the whole, the total output of gold in the province represents about $1,000. ASBESTOS The asbestos mines of Thetford, Black Lake and Danville wen' worked this year with the same activity as last year, operations beiiiL' continued throughout most of the winter. At Thetford, the Kin-. Bell and Johnson mines were in regular operation, while at Black Lake the I'nion mine was worked during the whole year and t\w Standard and .lohnson mines during part of the year. At East Brought on. the working of the Broughton Asbestos mine was interrupted on the 23rd October by a tire which completely destroyed the 2 cycloiif mill which had just been enlarged, and the machinery of that com pany. The construction of a new mill was at once l>egun to go iiitn operation in the course of the year. At Danville, work was carried mi rcKularly with the old mill and the new one was completed and put into operatitni. Ill I' • it!port of last year. I mentioned a now company, the Nt^^ England and Tanadian Asbe.stos Company, which had in October, lltOi acquired tho control of the Heaver mine at Thetford, of the (ilasgiv anil ilontreal at Black Lake, and of the Eraser mine at Brought- ii ft5 tloni !!!' . ''"'"^ T'"* •"^•^ liquidation and the above men- T^Lf/^P' '' "'"''^'^ *^ *'^«"- f«""«^ «^vners. Work in the" t^e ot LT'"%rr"T' r"V"" "•" "«^^''^'>' ^^« ^»- ^^e case with IsLstora^nl^V ^, "i''"^ ^"^ **'^«" ''"^ 400 to 500 tons of o mnnT '?'.' ^S" "'*'''" ^'^«'**"^ ^'«-'« ">'" during a coui.. of months only and had not used that of the (xiasgow Co. IS h'^nntn ^r*^''*""' *'»« W^'^h & Mulvena mine, situated on lot VI. truHion 17^*^ m"' ''"f '""P"""^ ''"•^' ** ^'^^ «"^ «f *he year, the cons- inv h!" L. '"'" "^'"1 ^''«""' ^'^'^''^ ^'ll be shortly started, he comp- any being known under the name of The Quebec dlbeslos Co. This3 ^ c> clones with the usual accessories, the whole run by a batterv of o?c:sx:£.r ''--^^ '''^-- ^^^ -^^^ -"• ^« woied^^^:^ was worSon^''''' ^ if "'^1 '^u"""!'^ """^^ °" ^«* » '^'^' ^^«''-«'"«' ^vhich r. Zh r ^'""'^' ''"'^'f ^y '^^e^^rs Kerr&Co.. was developed and VII ot t„;i ;i ^'":,''"'"i:^"y '>a« acquired from King Bros. Co. lot VII. .b. and the north-eastern part of lot VI. 26 of Ireland, which t'lrof^'l-. """"■" '-.^""'^ ""'"'''^ '""^ ^'hetford nver. forming a total of 4.,4 acres, ihuuig the winter, the erection was begun o a large null „s,ng the Sturtevant system of disintegrators instead to the n"n ' T\"' ^»,«*«''«-'-«'l-««- -d a tramwaylrom the mtne )een m „ Fl' T "''"'*'^' "'"" '!"' ^- ^' «• ^'^^^ ^^ere a siding has Comoa . fo? ■"; l'«"-7 •^"l'l'''«^' by the St, Francis Hydraulic Companj l^ to be used, supplemented by a steam plant for the aenera- .on o electricity in the event of accident or of i'sufficie' cy of'po'^r from that company .Ml these structures have been rapi lly pTup nd are partly complete.l, so that .tis probable that the companv wiU be .n operation shortly and prove a heavy producer in 1904 In the meantnne the development of the mine has been continued and he few feet of earth covenng the serpentine in that region have been cleared away a good .p.antity of asbestos and fibrous ro^sbein" obtained fo- the null, but no ship.nents Wc-re made during the yea" The Standard Asbestos Co, had very good results with the mill erected last year ; old dumps of debris rich in fibre Ce treated and the old works situated in the northern part, near theTeland Hue 56 where a large ([iiautity of asJ)e.stos was found, were developed. The mill consists of a 4 story building, SO feet by 40. with annexes for the machines, the boilers and the dryer. The boilers are of 250 horse power and the mill contains 2 cyclones and room for another with the ordi- nary accessories for crushing the rocks and for detiberization. The mine is supplied with cable derricks and is equipped for a heavy output. At Danville, the Asbestos and Asbestic Co.. lias comideted the establishment of its new mill, which is now running and which is one of th<3 largest in existence. I append a brief description of the plant which is composed of several separate buildings as follows : Crushing works : 2 single lUakc crushers of ;J<> inches by 24 2 duplex •• •• 40 '• 10 2 •• •• •' 40 " 6 connected by elevatoilers, besides a separate one at the mine, capable of furnisliiny Vim liorse-power. The fuel used is mostly tiie-wood. from 150 to 200 cords of which are used per week. Transport on the mine is effected by means of a small coal-l)urn- \ng locomotive and ',4 cars of from (i to 7 tons capacity. The derricks take out from the mine in 10 hours 500 tons of rock. 400 of which, containing Hl)re, go to the mill which extracts from them about 40 tons of Hbre of every quality, thus giving a proportion of S '/„ of useful material in the rock of this mine. Work is continued in the two prin- cipal excavations, the deepest of which is 170 feet below the toi. of the hill. '■ In addition to the new mill, there is the small 2 cyclone mill of whch we spoke in a previous report and which is intended for use in case of press of work or of repairs or accident to the large one. The company owns the line and ndling stock of a railway 5 miles lonsr. from the mine to Danville Station (Q. C. 1{), which it operates itself. To sum up. we shall have in l'.>()4 the following mines in opera- tion and capalile of producing aconsideral)le output. At Thetford, the King, Hell, Johnson iV IJeaver Companies. At niack Lake, the Union. Johnson, American. Standard, with a possibility that the (Jlasgow and Montreal, and the Manhattan mines will be re-opened ar.d that the Keed mine will be developed on a larger scale. At East Broughton ; Quebe(.- Co., Hroughton Co. The probai)ilities are therefore that the outi)u> for 11)(>4 will be greater than that of 190:J. The output for 1903 may be put down as follows : Ist class crude. 2nd " Filu'e Paper Stock 'J:50 tons worth., 2,354 •• y,65(» " 16.327 " .§ 1I7.S47 . 227,5) 1!» . 311.248 . 25!>,1)5(5 Total 2S).2(>1 Asltestic <).«),-)(; § 1)16,970 13,21)2 58 Say a total of 39.167 tons of asbestos and asliestos products worth |930,2H2.00 and got out by the work of 7 companies. The principal mines were in operation throughout the year, employing about 1,300 men and paying $412,000.00 in wages. The probabilities are that the Thetford and Black Lake Companies will use electric power when it is established that they can get it in sufficient quantity and in a per- manent niauner. MICA. This year the amber raica industry assumed considerable develop- ment and seems destined to be established on pemanent and solid bases. Prospects are being continued but when important mines are discovered they are developed on a larger scale. It is observed that there are fewer companies but a greater production. Thus, this year, we have only four important producers and they shipped or pre- pared mica to the amount of $75,000.00. liltickhin-n Brothers worked throught the year with the same suc- cess as previously producing a large quantity of good mica which undergoes a Hrst preparation at the mine and is afterwards shipped to Ottawa where the company has trimming works. A certain quantity of phosphate is also obtained with the mica and over 300 tons were shipped. The workings have reached a depth of ISO feet and the mica indications continue to be good. WiiKinyfonl Mica and Mintnq Coniponjf. — This company was organized last year with the property of WallingforU Brothers and others, comprising lots VIII, Itt and 17 of Templeton (Wallingford Mine), to which were added lots XIII 4 and 5 (Battle Lake Mine) of the same township. The three main shafts of the Wallingford mine wliirh are 130 fo 1(50 feet deep, have been emptied of water and new steain machinery and derricks put up. The mica is conveyed to Ottawa to be trimmed in the company's works. Fresh discoveries have been made at the Battle Lake mine, formerly opened for phos- phate, steam machinery has been put up and houses built for the workmen. I visited those two mines last j'ear ; they were in full oi>< ration, about SO per^o^s being employed and there was a large quantity of good mica, besides about a hundred tons of phosphate that hat! been got out at the same time. 5J This company's works are in Ottawa where the n.ica is trimmed for shipment. /W//«^.r/,y„W/.,lidbut little worli in their mine this year; they ma.le fresh dis«!overies with a few men and found a quantity of good mica. 1 heir works are in Hull whence they shipped a portion of the mica trimmed last year. nu r*" ^'V""''"^ h'/erftv Co>npan>, worked during part of the year the Chaibee mine, situate on lot A 7 of Wright, whence a good quantity was got out and sent to the con.pany's works in Ottawa. This mine was worked by means of underground workings, a shaft of 90 feet and some iidits having been excavated. Steam machinery had been put up. which was removed when I visited the place at the tud of October. 1 he gioun.l had also been explored by means of a diamond uriii. \\'lislie seem to have taken a more regular turn and. as compensation, there is a market for the 1 .v -J. since thin-split mica has l)een prepared in ( amida. This new product is obtained in the trim- ming works, hy carrying the cleavage as far as possil)le. To do this the irregular jiarts are first knife-trimmed and young girls split them with a knife after sand-papering the cut to open the sheets. The mica is classified hefore ami after the cleavage and it is shipped in lioxes, for the purpose of making micanitc. to the United States where it is sul.jejt only to an r/»/ ni/ntmi tinty oi '20 % and a specific duty of ('» cents per p(mnd like uncut mica. This operatioii i> performed in Ottawa on a large scale l>y .several <'ompauies. amongst otiiers The (ieneral Electric ('onipany, the Laurentiai; .Mica Company and others, giving regular emidoyment to from 'j(M) to (iOO persons, partly voung L'irh 91 The price of Hiimilj-tnmine.l at Ottawa, may he iiiioted as foil mica perpouiul, in barrels and boxea ows 1 X J. cts. •^"''^ 5Jto60cts f"" 75ct«. •'' " ^ $1.2.j. , , -' ,''""':1 '^'f ^'"-" ^'""t t'"^t '•^»«»' •^"'I'^d "«icH Kives a proportion 'l.'l'(:.lL .';■""!'.'"' T'""' '-""t"'"'"*^' • -^ 2. Hu.l 50 7,, without 'l"''l't}. It ...ay thus he estimated that. .,„ the averaj^e. u.ider < .du.a.-y .■ond.t.oi.s, the ton of rough-.-ulled mica is worth al.out forty dollars at the mine. ^ The quantity of mica shipped from the mines either abroad or to the coinpanits to Ottawa was as follows for 11)03. ^""^ 20.3S2 lbs worth S 1.010 ^ -^3 1310,^5 « .. J.J20 l""^ 67,245 " " 18,632 l^'t 46,304 " " 19,639 ^•^•* 18,942 '• " 11,649 f'^f 4.«4G " " 3,335 ^•'•^ _^029 " .. 0525 290,624 " .. ■^7lH) Say a total of 145 tons of thumb-trimmed mica to which must be added a certain quantity of mica not yet trimmed or sold. • '''•''' i"l"'*7 ^''''^ employment to aI,out 150 men engaged in the m.nes a,.l 80 in tn.nmiug. The total wages paid represent UlSoW and work was .-Hmed on for periods varying from 2A to 12 months. 1 also call attention to the fact thai amber mica h.i. been shinnp J to Lnrope and we have received several applications for inf.,rn atio,, with regard to the possibility of sen.ling Canadian mica themregr 02 None of our mints of white mica (muscovile) have been woi ked for several years. Xevertiieless, since the discovery of radio-active minerals in those mines, they are attracting more attention and it is l>robable that work will be done in some of them this year. It has further i)een found that the admixture of a certain proportion of white mica was of advantage in the manufacture of ?nic»nite and that it is in demand for such purposes, which may promote the development of those mines. To the list of white mica mines may be added one situate at the head of the third falls on the Mistassibi river about 40 miles above -Mistassini village. I visited that mine last season and found a well developed vein of pegmatite showing, on the surface, mica crystals of good size l>ut slightly spotted, i'he remoteness of the mine is moreover too great to prevent its being worked at present. 1 also examined the indications of white mica near the ninth lakt of river aux Canards (Charlevoiv county), which lie in a great mass of pegmatite, which I referred to in previous reports. Well managed prospects might perhaps show tha existence of micc in workable ({uantities in that region. PHOSPHATE As in previous years phosphate was not mined directly but what was shipped came from the mica mines, from some of which a good quantity was got out. Mr. . I. F. Higginson, the manager of the Cap^/tmi Chetiiiral and Ffililizer Cimipiniif, reports that he shipped from the Ottawa region in 1903 : 1034 tons of 1st class phosphate, worth $7,755 00 153 " 2nd " " " 459 00 Total ... 1 1.S7 tons, worth $8,214 OG With the exception of s(»me 30 tons shipped to Ontario, the whole was used l)y the Electric IJeduction Company of Buckingham for the manufacture of phosphorus. That company also imports phosphate from the Iiiited States. l)ut I am informed that it is disposed to use Canadian [diosphatc, provided it does not cost more. No phosphate was siiipped to tlie Caiteltou fertilizer hu-Uny this year, because the 03 Capelton Chemical aii.J Fpifilivo.. < v . ""^ Pe.Kler.tly with 3t.s p a -e ^f -^^^ .''^^" "'•^'""'■^«^' '"de- posed to establish thfactL--nt';"'i;^'"^''r^ "''«••« '^ '^ !'••- nere merely dispose I of 'nU .''^'*"" the products in sore industry in Jhe ()£ rLJ^^ oHlT" f T^-'"*^ the phosphate assuredly l,e solved if i w'u . a.l ''' n'l'' nuportance aud would Phosplute. that oanuot, ::rrte.r Z , t' T''""' ^-- '""' ^'-'e farming has given sufficient p oof, of i ' efS =^"l*«'-l'''««l''»''t..s in cessary to refer to it here but it «^ H . ^.""'^"'^ *« '"--ike it unne- faiMners t<. n.ake use of t a he ?"^ '>« >";Poi-tant to accuston. our Provincial Governn.entole/n^hT ^''^'"^"^^ ''«^« ^'^^'^ the societies with a cerS.tntitv of '; i "'?'^'^'"^' *''« -^'"'•"It-ral '>e distributed to the f.a. n"ers v ho w '"'"''"f' "'"'''' ^'^^^J *»'«» with i^s good effects! ^Zh^ ^1^' ''''>' ^^•«'"'' ''« fH"'iHar i=^ers. It is to be hoped that thVrnl/^^^^ '" An.erican fertil- into serious conside att„ On tllth;'"^' ."" ''"^' *'"« ''»««*•«" ">ent might assist with a bolus ''■ ^'"•'' ^''^ ^^"^''^^ <'«^«»"- wouK'::i;;:r' '" '"^'-*'^- ^.eat in.portanoe to the p..vince worll h^s^'liJI^L^U-S^o-^ Pi-Phates th.ughout the market which has been sto tXSvt^r^r """'^ ""^' '"' ^«-v certains regions, an.ongst itC^ SouU .'« r T''" l'™''»^'tion of rula, which has lowered pr.cen on ll !"''' ^«»»««««« ^'hI Clo- the aforesaid advantagef e e tXcf 17;^ ";' ^•^^>' «-^t«"^ive. if wouhl be a likelihood of seeing the ri.T! '^*'"^\ * «^er"n>ent.. there then becon.e permanent owing to heZln '" T'"""''' "'•'^•'' ^^ «"'^ by agriculture in Canada ''e^elopment now being assumed (JRAPHITK Pai.y ceased working. Never hell' .', ^1 ^"'"'"'" "'■•■I'Wte tVni- which, witi, tl,eai,l ot,,etv CO, ±,,:' i"!" """I"""' '"'» l'"«' fonne.l On,,,... .>„,.,,,„, /.,„„,„, ,., „, .^,, , ■ ;« ' ,t;-rt;;;rt" 64 of tlie old North American Company, in addition to rights and options on 3,0CX) acres of laud in the county of Ottawa, and to build this year three concentration mills at various points of the territorj- and a finishing: mill at Buckingham, using the patents of Mr Brumell. who has made a speciality of this industry. I'reparatorj' work will b e done on the old mill to ascertain the value of the new processes after which the building of the new ones will be begun. The quality of our graphite is well established and it is .sure of an important market when the latter can be supplied with regular (|ii;in- tities. It is therefore to be hoped that this new company will lie the starting point of a permanent industry which cannot but develoit if we consider the growing need of that product by the electro-metallur- gical industry. The Buckingham Company worked for a conide of months last summer with about fifteen men, prospecting its territory and sinking a new shaft on lot VI. 2G of Buckingham. Some alterations were also made to the mill where about 75 tons of crude ore were treated experi- mentally. That company will probably resume work next summer. In the Calumet region nothing was done beyond some pros- pecting with about ten men by the Calumet Mining and Milling Com- pany which shipped some tons to New-Jersey as an experiment. The Keystone Graphite Company has taken the name of The Grenville Graphite Company. SULPHATE OF BARYTA The Canada Paint Company continue.!, during the six summer months, to work the Hull mine wiience 440 tons, worth $2,640.00, were shippi'd from Iron Side station. This product is used for the manu- facture of paint in the company's works, in Montreal. When I visited the mine in the month of September, the v;orkings fonsisted of an opening 40 feet deep and KK) feet long in a N. 8. direction on the vein descending vertically, with a thickness of from 2 to 4 feet. The vein consists of wiiite and violet calcite, of greenish riuor-spar and white suli>hate of baryta ami runs througii the gneisxil' the region in .i. diiection normal to the stratitication It may thus lie looked upon as a segalar vein with a likelihood of being continuous. 65 Til e mine is woikeil l.v inort'over, a dozei I small steam euirine of 20 i ' iiieii are employed \vh iDisf'-powcr ami •J pick the oie l.y |,;i„,| FKLDsPAli ofTempleton. Xeve m;; •*""''' ^'''l'''^'' f'"'"" tl'" fouuship Ml-\KI{.\Ls(OXTAlNI\(; R.mmi M It is needless to refer f<. ..?i +i ^ ;viueh,sattnu.tin,tlu..tt,m;;^^ ;l::,:;:y;,'''^^^ ^''^ -v el.n.ent But, know.ny that it i. nsnallv foun.l . \ ""'""'^ ^''^' "•^'•'•'• occurred to n.e to try a nn.^n.,tu d Tf '"'^ ''*' "'••^"'"'"- '* ni.ca „,ine situate at lake Pie 11 u ■:'*:"'''^ "^'" '" the wl.ite Hay (Charlevoix Co). Kr.nn itVe te n.; ;;; ' 'r "" ? ''^'""'' •^'"'•'^y as c eveite, a variety of nraninih 'he Hr7T"T^ ' ''"' '''""^'"^^ ^ imKluced on photographic plates and it 1 'f' '"""'";'''' "'^■" '"'"^ that the rays emanating fr. m tint s JL . ''f^*^''"''"'<'^ ns.-ertained -."ch as thin hoards of ^n ei H t f .^ ''• ''"V^"'"^ ''''"Mne L.-lie^ ;-' "luck paper. l.n,duc.ing!l:' ';;;',''' ^ -•^— ^'-ts of tU. ess pern.eal.le objects such as'coi .M' - et • IT " '"•""-^'•'Wl. of tins n.meral perce,.til,|y discharged thlr*!, ;., ^^'^''^^'^'''^ f«'""l that Panng ,t with the salts of „,aninm v .vt'"''-""^*''' '*'"'' "" <^^on,- property to h much less degree "•'" ' '' ^''^^'^^^^ , ^''« nuln.-active re.narkahle properties could 1.; due o . oti If ^-T"" "^'^" '^''-t these obtam the ...nHrmation of this I s n, it ec e " "' '"'"^''''''- '^'» session to Professor K. W. l^.therf u '".T''.'-'^'' '» '"y pos- of the Koyal Sorietv. who has , '' ^ V" ^ ''''^''^'y- " '"em'-er 'I'l'»3 well crystallized specin,,.,, i„ „„• S.J:{ n.easured hv IVof...sn | " ' '"' ■"'^;';'^^'on has a deusitv of 66 '"^Mr. Rutherford foil lu! that this piece containetl one tenth of a milligramme of radium ; that its radio-activity was 4 to 5, that is 4 to 5 times greater than if the whole piece were of oxyde of Uranium ; that this excess was due to radium, and, to sum up, that this ore could compare with tlie l)est pitchblendes from which radium has hitherto lieeu extracted. A small specimen was also sent to Mr. and All's. Currie who, in repl}', mentioned that its radio-activity was equal to six times that of uranium, in consequence of its great densit}', this mineral might resemble another variety of uraniuite, but, for the present, I think we may retain the name of Cleirifp. It crystallizes in dodecaedron, its culm- is lirown with a yellowish coating. It is partly soluble in cold nitiii- ai'id and completely, with a small reiidnum not yet studied, in tlie ^ame acid boiling. An essay made by Mr. .M. L. flersey. of Mon- tival, showed that it contains 70.71"/,, of uranium, corresponding to s")/,, of sesquioxide of uranium. This specimen is a very remarkable one. ami is not unique in that luiue. for I found several small pieces in the debris. 1 must also mention an interesting mineral found in the same mine It i^ a coaly substance that burns pretty easily leaving a considerable proportion of ash containing a marked quantity of oxyde of uranium. J do not know the geological relation between these two ores but it is worth stuilying. It has been examined by Mr. llersey, who gives the following opinion regarding it : '• This is a sample of coal of a somewhat fibrous irregular structure and containing a small amount of mica. It is really a non-co':ing liituininous coal yielding consideral>le gas which burned with a brii^ht yellow Hame. The following are the results of analysis obtained from this samitle : Volatile matter (iiuluding volatile combustible gas and small tjiiautity of moisture) 40.1SJ 1-ixed carbon .V_'. -V.) A>li 7:2>:> Total 10(». 0.) 67 The ash was essayed and contained V. a^o/ t ponding to 2.r,6V, of thit nWoi u. ^ ^ '" "^^ "•••i"""" corres- green color which' va ound to L'"l VT = '* ^''^^ '^^ ^» «"-« Another assay was maLireetlv on the"' f 'i''" ."'^"'*' "^ "'■*"■»'"• rized very fine was tre^ed w 1. i '"^ "''''*^'' ''"^•- ''«'"g P»lve- Objected to the usua?:?.! yt ''p ^0';:"" ThJ ne'"'/"' f'''''^''^ ^e Obtained .0. . hy ^^ ^^Z^^^^t^^^^ -" obta;!^dhr^l'::,^i::,[-";;,^'-/fio-a^ arealso the ashes tate of uranium al.'o tains sl™e"thisT':\" """"• '^'^^ ^^^-P- .-^^^Hv of its radio-activity ' ^^'* '^^'"^ establislied by the fonn!A:?;r^::;t::fri^^,!^^;,[-"*-ed the .re .ine.ls tbe Villeneuve mine (Ot avvlc'n ^ "!''°'"'*" ^^'''^ monazite. in "n"e(BerthierCo) an Sv ; /T''' '" ^''^ ^aisonneuv '•-■•-••evoix Co., B t t I ar^o^her ml r '" ''. ^''''' ''' '''""*^ »""« t.es of Ottawa and I>ont ar H the s, "^ "'"*' '"''"'^ '" ^he coun- tl- North shore and tUl^^u^uTTZ Tj' l'' '^T^— ' «" '"•'■erals may be found and it wo id I,' vi Jf "'"''" '''"''^'• «'•< t.. make an intelligent eva,n 1 • V n '"' """*''■ ^"'^ P»-o^peft- oliaracteristics. ^ e-^am,nat.on of all rocks presenting special ' give below some notp* r... .... r ^ . atta..hed to the discover;:;^::\,:^:;:;„::,^-^'^>- *•- importance -oS:: in St:?r .;? J^;^^^ -^^ ^^- ^--^e, two French .'^tud.ed hy scientists of a I nafV ^ T, ^^TT'^''' bavesince been i» '-^-ia. Profes.sor I utl e fo "f ZcTu '''*"'" ^^'^ '"'^>' '"«'^t">«. Professor McLennan, ci;' W o'^ ^ L ^' Uvlf ^''i"^^ -^ body have been made and wouM furn Ih .ffi • . ' ''"•''^' "^ *^'*« volumes. 1 will sun, thom up- so low Pr'".^ '"'*""^" ^''' ««^«'-*l 68 a>i rinlio-iU'tivitv luaiiifosted l>v einaiiations ami the |)ioiluc'ti(>ii of liy;lit, clcrtririty and mioric. In a word tliat liody, without neinji Mih- uiittt' >ueh as sulijiiiue of zinc, sulphide of caleium. villemite or silicate of /ine. knnzite (erytallized spodnmene), etc. it produces rays similar to the lloenfgeu rays, acts on j)hotogiaiihic i)lates. througli opaque Itodies. and diseharjjes the electntscoiiti. The (piantity of salts of railiiim ohtained so far. reitreseuts only a few grammes ami the ores containing it are eagerly sought after. iJohcmia (Austria) is the region that produces the most, but the Austrian Government has forftidden the ex[iorta*i(m of the pitcliMende containing it. in Norway there are small tpiantities in formations similar that of our liaurentian range a'.id the t |»ure salt cost S^JtMHXI.tMt. It is very difficult to find any in the trade although some manufactories of chemical products offer it at approachaltle prices. Thus, I have seen a ciirular from a rterman house, advertizing at the price of $30(M)U per gramme (the 31st part of an ounce), a mixture containing 10 "/„ of bromide of radium. The price increases considerably in proportioi. to the purity of the mix- ture. Another house offers bromide of radium, of an activity of :i()0.(>U() at the price «»f $120.00 per centigramme. This shows the importance of ascertaining the existence of ores of uranium in this province and the Queltec Uuteau of Mines, as well as its annex, the Assay Office in Montreal, are prepared to make assays and ascertain whether they contain radium. The probal>ilities are that there may l)e ores of uniniuni in the white mica mines : they are recognizable by their weight, their brown or black color and, if they contain radiuh., by their action on photo- graphic plates and the electroscope. In the work I have done in connection with the study of minerals containing radium, 1 have re<'eived intelligent and i)ractical assistance from .Mr. tJ. Uinfret, of this department, who undertook the photo- graphic p(ution of the experiments. «9 ^IA\(;a\Ksk AXI)«;v|.srM ^;;M":::",r;!;r;-::t:;2'!:,-".-.- -..,. .„ -'M|-n:::t;;,;::;;;r::;;i;;r;;/;;«-" - '^ ■■< .•„,.,„„.„„, '"""■ ""• '■''-■■ '■■-« ;«•...;':;:;;:;;';,;- ,-"■ » "i,„i,„;'i» • "'" ' '•'"ilvs or (limes . J '"'yinii-stliavo formed i.ntMffi l»i.u es Mas ra.se.I hills fro,,, rm f rw. ^ "rclnpelago u,ul i„ ,o,ue "/"•'^"^ of the isla,..|s uh, no' ''"'. '"^''- «'>»^titutin; « <"• '-e'i.l.s,. .sH„,l.sto„e. «e. er Ih i L ■' ' '^ ''''''''^'^ "f '-eds of ^Iv the a»„e„. :v:L;;.„:::';-;,:t„^:':""^' , ;" -'- -;:' ':;,-^r: "-e ,..e ,„,. ,,.,„, pert„t'x;t;.r,r ■';!,:*? 70 sinciput eruption lias heeu brought to lighc by a more recent one which would explain tlie fact that compact diorite is found in the vicin- ity of tlie diabase or even tiie trap which, on contact with the atmospheric e'.ements, disaggregates ami decomposes, forming banks of chiy of various colors. The interesting portion of these islands it therefore the eruptive part and it is important to study its action on the bringing into sight of the economic minerals found in it anci especially manganese and gypsnm. The sedimentary formation of these islands, as well as that of PrinceJEdward Island, had been classi- Hed by the (Jeological Survey, in the lower carboniferous characterized by limestones containing fossils, only some of which have been studied, and surmounted by the sandstone above mentioned. This limestone has been found on a few points only of the islands, especially in the eastern part of Cottin Island. The eruptions of basic rocks have been accompanied or followed by chemical action in which the metallic sulphides have been oxydized. producing the sulphating of the calca- reous rocks, the greater part of which has been transformed into sulphate, while the oxydes of manganese and iron remained, constituting the deposits that now occupy our attention. The opinion is also expressed that manganese originally existed in the state of carbonate and was subsequently transformed into oxyde. I am therefore inclined to 'lelieve that the deposits of gypsunj have a very direct connection with the deposits of iron and manganese. These masses of gypsum are very considerable, quite accessible and could easily be worked. I would observe that, in these islands, manganese is found in the form of pyrolusite or peroxyde of manga- nese slightly hydrated, of manganite or peroxyde more hydrated and of bog man>/.inese which alone have an industrial value. It is never- theless i)robable that there is also some psilomelane or barytic man- ganese for I ascertained the existence of baryta, and I presume it is the carbonate of nninganese that gives the pink color observed in several rocks and clays of that region. The most important point where manganese ore has been fouiul is in the middle of (irindstone Island on Quuin's lot. Several years ago a slight excavation was made whence several tons of pyrolusite of good quality were extracted and shipped. This work had been done on surface indications where rocks free froni manganese are still to be seen which, lower down, ai-e imbedded in a kind of calcareous con- glomerate also containing eruptive rock. This rock seems to be in contact with diabase and red sandstone, and I think that a shaft sunk 71 the -mt,„uati„„.,f ,l,a atoreSLt^'^fi,',^:'''''''"" ' '' ""■■'■ "" ''« ^^PS,C:f:'^^Z^I-'f t,.„ne „„., . higher, on the land „( \r„,., de„o.ts of ,.„, «« t:^i:U'i;~- nsi" rr" '"'»«' ■« - '-- hn, 1 lHi»a,„.e Hav. i, l-mke„ l.vthe «| o el ' ,"" "" ""'"' ^'^ "^-' ! F ■J 1 W ti south-west s; |<> of the hili wliPie me mimeroiixltefls of l»og luiitiguiiose ore mixeil with iron ore hij.'hi,v cliarjj;i»il with inunganese. The hliiff iie;ir I'liiisiiiiee Muy is Ciilled " I'ote ile l:i masked hy hind slides. I w;is nnalile to visit Knfry Ishiiid. Init I was assured that pyro- lusite and linionite aic fonnd there as on the otiier islands. .Ml these islands are [lartly tleiiiidod and there is nothing on tliem liiit a few smiited spruce trees, and fuel has to he Itrought from Nova Scotia. The Feileral (iovernnient has recently had wharves t>iiilt and access is easy in the summer time lint communication with tlio mainlauil is interruiited in winter. I he population is ahont (5,(MHt and the chief industry is tishini; Itut the soil is yood and can suttice for tiie neeils of the inhahitants. The various islands are crossed and connected l»y jjood roads. To resume and without entering into details which would be too len^thv for this work, tlie following industrial minerals are found on the Majjdalou Islands : 1. Pyrolusite and manganite, tiie existence whereof is fully estab- lished at various points and their indications would justify prospects being undertaken with a probability of finding important deposits ; 'J. Hog manganese in great abundance, probably due to the decom- position of the aforesaid minerals and which confirms the idea of con- .siderable deiiosits of manganese ore ; :{. i.imonite generally in nodules, frequently mixed with manga- nese which might t>e wcirked in connection with the foregoing. Hema- tite is also found ; 4. tiypsuni in very great (|uantities on all the islands ; 5. (Jlays of various colors, white, green, red, pink and black ; 6. Sandatone for Ituildiug; I'KAT -^''^'^'"^^^^^^^^^ «ee'n ,.. |.,v,. If.,,. „,„,i,.^.,, ^ ^i • i ''""'.'r"- -"' ^<>'-i roM.Its r"^ l'n;;..nv,|. «..,,,,i„. ,„,„, •„;"•'. • ""t.ty ..f ca.n,.resso,| ,,eut ^'•""f^f-. u... Ti.e ....,„,;„:,. p,„ ',,',, ,'"•"•?' '""■'"•^'■^ '""' f-' '•egnlar MianMfa..huinf,M.ent,-es. ^" "^^«'"' - '•oxe. pass under a press Nvluch Amoves l^f'? "^ "'"" '•*••«• rhese product then falls into an elevator vhi I ^"'■•^'"" "^ *''« «'^t«''- the -.t of which is au appli^u^ f^ .^^;;-- ' V" '^ "''^^ ''"«'•- '« 1 Jus dr.er is „,ade up of four sec iins o ,'""*' ^"^ ^^''^^^ Pi«^-e^. of 00 feet. They are heated Sh hi ? "'? ''" '°*^^ '«"«th secondly, by a direct current of hnV ^ *"*'" ^'■"''° *•>« engine • thirdly, by the heat produced by the comh" T"""^'^^ '^^^ ^ f'^" and second drier. ^ *^® combustion ,n the furnace of the 74 Tlie t-eat U pushed into those four sertions by screw t)a. iii(. V peat o,.i >, >... C'onsi. '< . is characteii/,,. I t pro'Jucts dismtejfrate in the Hre. vn|,„ , .still rather great, which diminishes th« rL . r »1 1° ''^'^f^®'" «°*^ practically this compressed f" r .^.ed maple which equals 5.187 calorie" hot.I^;;::?:;^^-X|;«2h the .ast dner heated almost red Mrocarhuretted matfcet ar^ "t f?''"'T"r "1*^^" *"« ''itunnuous MISCELLa.VEOUS. C*-,?;: t:^^^,:::^^ i-. connection w.th petroleum in T"'«t is still in e' is^nce an 1 as Ttt' T T''' ''"^ *''« ^'«^'-'>'«"'" Oi^ building, of railways in (Cia" if l,';S«'-r '"^«''««^«-' '« ^he undertaken when commnniS:; l h thtil ""l"' ^^''" '^^"'" '*« easier. """ ""» the interior has been made 7*] expiM-ttiiiittheattpritionofoapiUlisfs will ho attracted to this fuel vvlii.-li, if found III (■..mineirial (iuantiti«'s as it pmbablv will I.e. would liav a irroat MiHueiic on the iudustrial .lovelopiuent of our province. No wnik has Im'cm done on the indications of niolvhdenite. hut apidiradoiis are fn'(|iicntl,v made t(. ns in connection with this mineral whndi would tind a steady market. CKMKWr •Mr Thomas M. Ahngan's factory, at Lonyue J Its onriuit and added a new mill ointe. ha.s increased W(nked l)y electric power. Tlif l.iliiiiiif actively tncstaldisji its fact i'>t,„l h„tl>ii,>l CmntI ('•HHiKiii!) Ltd has worked vei v out fciiiciit in the iiiui flnlii I. .',(1(1 tn l_s HI I oryat Mull, ami will he in a position tot itli of .lime of this v urn acres <,; f lai Mrifls a diiv. Th ear. Its outjiut will he Hi on u Inch ar is company h.is purchased 330 e c( St.. lie ami dci.osits of , -lav which have I msiderable oiitcroppiims of Trenton I iiiie- ness. iinif( 15 oriiij. have lieen made in the limestone and 1 »een found to l.e of -freat thick- .niiity (.f its coniposition. The foil lave shown the luiiicated l.y the coiii|.any. ow in;,' analyses have heen com- ANALVSIs OK LIMKSTONE Silica. Alumina and oxyde of iron , amnesia. •^1 Suli.liuricacid, lj( »ss . Oj Carl.onate of lime <)((" | 14-' l.i:i ISK) A.NAI.VSIS OK CL.VY 100. (Ht Silicii A I jfi.lO niiiina 22 70 O.xyde of iron 11 ;{(» r Ml line i^nesia 2 ao Sulphuric acid (» (jq '>r<'anic malter ;{.J»5 100.00 These analyses are looked upon as proving the good quality of the materiala to bo employed. "eiiu u Im>|, ... ' ■ : ;''■"• l""vliaso.I the ( ••. -. , . '"">''-|»<»uei "laiiiif '" a Slllj: in I w3';^!;!'-"«i" •Irit'fl •"'■'H'l^-. ill J ■'"^i its |)ro( '<^''<"*es 1)1, t J '^'' full ,„fo 'iiiiati and t-'-u-^lied coal with fe'J'oat nieas i"l«_;.vo,v,,„;,,i„.;,-';-;;y<;,:,,,,,.. Piilvorize.!. heaf i •eiii !«■ pio.liico.l I ""♦'^toiioaii.|.-| ••'"• i"t(. the nli.nj y the '••" ft'yar.iiii- fhis '><'i'.ssc(iii>i>ts i'> l>|-»'Vii.|,slv OIV Til '"J<'«-ti.)n ,>{ (iiiol "^' "ork- will I "" ''« '^ei'ii : the tlien Lai-roi "'"' '^ '"'i't partly ., I .LJ^ '"''"' ''"Hdin^ ,. n " ' ^ !' '' y will oly •<• ill a "J,' and |>roj»(>r. ">'n' it. The '"'I'lo.v fioni coin ent stone, ^' '•> linn f, lein. ■*'t l.y 7(M> Th that ihradi i'* industi l»'ILI)I\,i .A/ATKJn .\LS. ♦'should devote y continues t '" I'l'ogress and it '^oth inter lorite.s serpent '"O'-e attention t, 1)0 ■'or and ext ""^s etc., „|,i,.| ooiir ",""'•' '•" 'le.iral,k plendid y,.,i„ite St. s, 'juairiedat II t'i'or oriiainentat ' '■"" -"I'pl.v suvh ti '^■lerea J'iei ion. ( •'^'"'•el. Slate has I "•"'swell, I ■f. Staiistead. ..\ M aiiito •Uonti the '"it'stone f,„. |„„ij '^^"KotontatX^u i? niarltle.v, ^'»ne fur ""s <'ontiiined t lie '•f 'tei.il. .Mount. lol, o )Ck| and. H <^'"e and, in lioth cases, it is impossible to mention them all owing to the great many small manufacturers. STATISTICS. In the following tables will be seen the total products of the mines -hipped or used on the spot, from the operators" reports with their gross value at the nearest shipping point. SrMMAKY STATKMENT OF THE YIEI.H OF THE TUNES IN THE PROVINCE OF tJl'EBEC. KOK THE YEAR 1903. KINU OK MINERALS. (Tons of '.'.(KM) lbs.) ^.. »- , , Quantities' \\agcs N"m>'erof^^,_j^ , paid. w.)ikmoii. ,„. ;,^p,,_ Titanic iron ore. |5(>;_' iron ore. •S loO •JU.IMK) 1 hidinic iron Ilo.tMMt t 'oniicr ore s:».(MM) .\sl.cst..s 4I.-).(MM» A>lH'stic Mica (thumb trmimedl ' 4.*>.(MH» Ocliri' calcined 't.HK) Kclds). •2.(MH» Snii>hat»' of Haryta I'lio-phatc • iolil (ouiict'>) i 'J.(NH(^ >l;Ut'> (s(iu.trc>) 1. ■">•*•<• I'luL' stones (-.|iiarH yards).. |..^7.") « ..|iiiM\t (lianels) al It.ttOC) 14.*» l.74r. •20 440 1,1^7 ;t.)HMi 4('.(K)0 I million l.'JiMi i-jn 7(Hi|. . . . Gross value. 11'J $ Totals l.:Hts,'.L'i ■iMd 3(M) :{4.»S5 4.\;{(N» I0".t.s7.j yitt.'.»7o 1 :{.•_»".»•-' 74.1 lt» •JO. 440 •M -'.(i4(t s.-_'l4 I.IKMI •.'■.•.04(i •_'..Mf» 1()(),)MHl U -« "-th and two ca J:/::! -^ , As regard. ...^Z, .., ^o».-.f charcoal pig.i,o„ ,,„,t,, ^33 . ^^'^ a'-e "ot vet ,„ a nn v '^-'^'''«36-^« were pro.luced. IRO.V ' '^- -'"'"^'^ «t'-eet. Montro troul. ••»'*R«-uAi. ,.,„ „j„^ ---:sr:^™--- •X'HKK '•"'""•"" ^^"•'y"^'H,.Thrce-Hiv..,.. 'HROMIC iKd.v '"i'fk- f-.lk,. CI,,-,,,,,,. ... I llroHUi ( ',, [J: It. 80 Monti eal Clirome Iron Co.. Ltd.. Colraine. Mfgiuitic Co. Star L'lnonie Co., Colraine Tlit'tfortl Chrome C(t., Tlietford Mine.s. Mejjantic Co. Kin^' IJros Co., Tliotfonl Mines. I>. T. Ilopjier. Merchants liank Hiiildini^, .Montreal. I... \. Carrier A: Co.. Levis. fOl'l'KK F.iisti> .Mininji Co.. llustis, Slierhrooke Co. Tlie Niciiols Cheniical I'o.. Lt'l.. < 'ii|)t:it(ni. Sherhrooke Co. ;iu uTiirooke .1. .MH .lanio h'eeil. I'eedMlale, .Meyantic (d, .A. (>. Norton. -Jni. Ccnigress Sfr., Hoston, Mass. 'I'liL' Mataiif .\Luin^' iV Smelting' to.. Ltd., .Matane. i.K.\n Tiio hritish Canadian Lead Co.. Ltd., Lake Temiscanii I'oiitiac C npuc, (iOI.D Tlie (Jilltert l{iverfhnva. '•■• '>fta\va. '*'i'^* If "iivriwmf^inwiiBiiiwiHin iiii iilT'Tfi 88 rilOsiPIIATK J. F. Hif,'ginsoii, Uiickiiiyluiin. Co. Ott;iwa. PETKOI.KdM The Pctrolouiii Oil Trust Co.. lAA., GaspM IJasiii, (Jasia, C KKI.DSl'All W. A. Alluii, Victoiiii Chaiiilicrs, Otti • wa. Sl-|,I'II.\TE OK HAIIYTA Tlie Caiia.la Paint C((., ',7-2, Wiliiaiii Str., Moiitieal. 'EAT The Imperial l.ij,'ht. Heat A I'ouei Co.. I.t.l . Liwiin.,,!. London iV Clohe Huildin"', .Montreal. «I.ATES Now Hockland Slate Co.. New lloekland. incliniond C KI.Ad.STO.N'ES F. U. Hisiutp, llishops Cros.sing. Wolfe C CKMK.NT Th. >f. Mor^'an. IiOnavis. 4S. ( Vntral OlianiI.ers. Ott I'ln: iwa. .1. Urunct (Lanrentian Cranitc (/nariyl.Cot." dcs \ .1. A. N'a., lit.!.. .\f()ntreul. ■'•'sepli J "'I'I'ar.l A S„„. .M..iiticul. •'"M'pli |J(.> •iiH'r. .Moiitivai. ••••IK'S .M' 'lii- |n-()\ii; '■• '''"'• ""'•'^'"W''^"'. (ft'nncl.ron.eand ' II" <'a|>t'lt.Mi ('JKMiii.-il V r .r 'n.;:snn..a;;n;.a-:;:i;;;7;nrrr''''''^^ •'""■'"•''"'^"'••"'•=n,,.ort,,n.naHa,y..lav.) 84 KEPOUT OF TIIK (lOVEllNMENT ASSAY LAHOHATORY, MONTREAL I beg to submit report of work done by me for the public in con- nection with aniilyxis of ores, mineral and vaters during the year iy<)3. The people of th« i'rovinco have apparently appreciated the low rates at which accurate analyses are made in the Government laboratory, to aid in the development of our mineral resources, which is demonstrated by the fact that during the past year (19(>3), 353 sepa- rate chemical determinations were made and reported on. In addition, about ;150 samples were identified and tested for casual visitors to tiio laJjoratory, and in nearly all these cases no fees were charged either for tests or consultations. Complete analyses were made of the following nuiterials : Drinking waters 3 samples (including bacteriological exami- nation.) Mineral water .'> " I ron ore 4 Chrome ore Carbonate of lime 1 The following are the iiumliers of determinations made in samples received : tiold G3 determinations Silver 43 Iron 30 Titaninm (J " Silica 12 Moisture 10 Chrome ('»(» " Copper 21 Insoluble matter 1 " Nirkel 2 Cobalt 2 Sulphur 7 " Ih'iuking water 3 Mineral water 5 " (Jrapbite 1 thu IfaUio-active • disposal of the ,.ub ic i". r?'. '"'''' ""^ ^^^ puoiic 111 the lalmratory and equentiy „,aile use of by ; ™ ..ea«u ^ .r«rticr;r::rc/;r,^;::,:'.i'»|.o™^^ (•SiffiieiJ), "TON L. Mkkskv, '''•oviiifial ohiiiiist. 86 MII/rON L IIKIISKY, M. Sc, G0\ KIlNMENT ASSAY LAllOUATOIlY, 14) Main 252. Fkes kok assay.-. axi> analysks. 4 Saiiiples or less at 1)110 time earli. More than 4 at one time, eacli. Ciold , Silver. ni.oo %{).m . ].(H) O.IM) «ii>l \.>{) iron ores. 1.50 l.;}5 1.50 1.35 AIniniini 1.50 1.35 FerricOxide 1.00 0.1)0 Lime 1.50 l.:]5 Maj,'nesia 1.50 l.;{5 (iraphite 1.50 1.35 Moistnro 0.25 ., 0.25 Comliinod Water 0.50 0.50 lusolutjle Matter 0.50 tt50 Iili)itijir(ttii>ii of iiiiinrdl.-i — The laboratory is prepared to issue a report on samples, giving description as far as may i)e determined by rough tiualitative tests, with the probable metallic (Contents or eom- merciiil value of tiie sample. A nominal fee of 25 c. is charged for each samjtle. Determination of radio-activity of a mineral .^1.00 Ascertaining the presence of radium 3.00 TABLK OF C'0\TKNTS Icon. Ocl, ro. CI ' 10111 ic fron. t'opi •or. lioail