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Frarioeka KiaiMkiiik MMM If wauotB. tt1tkS*«« BRITISH COLUMBU BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN No. 1, 1913 PREUMINARY REV lEW AND ESTIMATE MINERAL PBODUCTIOJV, 1912 ■T WM. FLEET ROBERTSON. Provincial Minenlogirt THtmiSTmiau PIUNTED BY AUTHOBITY OF THE LEaiBLATIVB AltBOHjr. VICTORIA, B.C.: M*M Iqr « ,i i.ux H. CCLUH. PrtatK to tto ni«^ wm MrnVrnt n^f rMy, To TUK Hox. Sir Ricuaid McBbidk, JTMrter of Mhttt, BHtM CokmMu, 8w,— I b0g to Mbmit herewith a preliminary estimate of the mineral prodm tion of the Province for the year 1»12, together with Home notes on the progrewi of the mining and metallargical indnatThw darfag fh» ytu Jost cloMd; the infofiiMtttai kei^ ptmmtti kt, of course, snbjwt to revision. The object of this preliminary estimate and review h to ghw, M proaptly W poa^lc after the close of the .vear, an approximate Mtatcment of the r(m(lition of the mininji interests, without waiting until the official returns from the mines have been received, and witkoat the delay that of wemity vamt Uik» place in carefully pn'iiariiid the dotailtMl information 0fMi each year to the ABBoal Report of the Minister of Mines. I hare the honour to be, Sir. Your obedient s<'iv:inl, Wiu-iAM Fleet Kohi iitson, Frotimeial Mkteniogit*. Burton of Mintt, Victoria, B.C., Jmumrv iSth, IMS. PREUMINARY REVIEW AND ESTIMATE —or— MWCRAL PRODUCTION POR THE YEAR 1912. rpHIK bnlletln bas liwn |.r.'|.«ml li.>fi>ri. the r» * offlcUl '«Vort» I for tl» y«ir of the «»"I<1 <'oimiili»».< • I MliiliiB lUcorder* o( tkt PfWtaw. wmJ the tiwtoiuBry rctunii. of i.. iTodurtlou annually WMtobr m»mttn of mlu«* and rwluctlon-work*: ...iiMnuently. It iniwt iw'tvu- tunj to rvganM being nlmply n preliminary review ..f the i.nwrena of the DMI mr. tocetber with au eatlmate of the .itimitltlei. nnci vnhie of the several ■ftHnI pwdmcf a( tk« PrwlW*. whlcb it l« lielleveil will prove to be approxl- TIM acWHpraylaC taM* rtHW* an entlmated mineral pnxlurtlon durinc ina of « totol rahM of WftOOaoOO. it win l* aeen that the total value of matectlMi te tna m^ocM to bo ptAOasea more than m 1011. and more tefuaUM ttaa that of tbo tc:al for the lantmentlnned year (launjOM) boliil tto M^MBl on roeort 1b Um Matoqr of mineral production to BrttMi OilMtI a eoMsmoM PAVWHUWU PON MoauenoN m wit. Condition* dur Jf tta jraar IMS wote* « ■ tfca wW » iwotaMa to aa ImreaHed mineral prodiiethm, and tbo reortto oMahiai — * **.'y^ * highly mitUfactory, althr "i In aome reqMwta tbo oaiMor « yaiilla>lM wa w not fully reallxe.1; for 1 <•<•. on unuaually dry aad Aoct wWMa gJwaa M affecto.1 the prortiictlon ot cer gold ; the yield of lodo tM what had api>ei> "d edrtic in the leaaon, a roaaoMbio pfoariao Oaai dlatrU ta .-oiittllj s'lim mibatantlolly to the total prodaetk Ml of tbat —tel. Tm pn-dwtlon of ii-nd alio aeema to bare been auMWhat loaa Wim M. ipated. all. -rfh It Ui vMo poaaMo tkat It wID be toad to haro baas u. •• 'stlmated. , . . 1,1 i-oBl al«<. the Inoreatie In production la amaller than bad been locMd for. but thia la explolned by the fact that during the laat quarter «rf tbo year, labour troubles nfTected adveraely the output of the Cumberland and EztoaalM CoUlerlea yn Vancoarer laland. Wltb theoo e xcepttona, h owoTor conatta M were favourable for tta |Nm4MtioB o( ataMiria to iMSMr ^aaaiinaB nu ■ several yeara paat. Arerage pricea for the yo« «e aBwr and copper, eapeclally of tbo latter. Induced efforts to maintain production on as large a scale as was pra ctlcablo ; one of the good reaults waa an output of copper that, as regarda H*^ •nd total value. Is the higbeat on rooord In tbo Prorlnce. PROVINCI'S PROPOIITIOII Of PROMieTtOII Mi 9Mtm^ WtUb CimMA'* pcovoctkMi oC dM ntoona ptn a ttton of the whole of Canada oaMtoMO to bo coawarattvolrlniK Tbo agfregato value of the pro- asetleB a* tida Proftaea to tha aM aflMt ia, approximately. $480,000,000, but "T- woai* ar fltot o^ tka wboU DoadaloB do not ; .SS^ a„ ^rl 7l3.000.000 greater than that of IWl). «-l ii^^.Z.T^oUnou-fo; the period at »3e3.(WW0a Uto^ thi. pZlnw has to be creUlt.nl with about 27 per cent, of the asgregatt) X cJ triXrod^cUao of «.« Whole of C««ta In the twent,.«v«- ^",rS1 SirS: as U.d>cat.n« the substantia. Increase in U« TJ- of ti il^r^Jitlon Of the rrovln... in n. -nt years. - — ^^'^ be credited to the lart five years. 1908-1012. white nearly one-half wa. piodnwa dnrini; seven years. I!l0at.n« ..-e o--ted vaU. for 1012 ..f sii've... lend. eop,.r. and - ^Vo' U.^ ^s ra^duC li^lie.1 m The Engineertna nnd MMng Journal. >tw iofk. k I.f ,H.r cent, olf silver. 10 per cent, off lead, and 15 per ^v^t. off zinc. imiMM cnox, 1911. &mM«tw> Piowrcnon, IMS!. i ({luntity. .;oUI.,,Wr j» ««•««'! .. ! i^'jL-'-"'!! Totriprtd ! OE. j 1, 802,364 l«rt -^-'I ««.»W.S87 (>l>'«r • . • " 'I ,:„,. ! tCt.M* l,0«l,.'iil ' 4,571 ,M4 j vafm ' TouiiwuUHMoM. I •u.sao.ws i Cmi tow, Coke. RHiWiBf mMerWh Mc . . . ! ;,.lM0 « 74,00n j !3&,3«7 ; ! 10,(100 «5,4UU,!IOa ; i I,6-B,200 1 l,.'i20,'K)0 S,'3;H,.'illll «»»,»; 717,«07 4."iO,47» 3,7M,85« ! S7i.4a8 J,800,i«>0 S^.IMHI.fKi" 61,000,011(1 8,He,aau «i7,4»7,aaa 1 ; S,«7S,000 ! 1,J»4,00« 4, wo,!") M2.Blie.llO" 1 t»,«MI,»S7 i,m7,»7« 7'i;,7SS «nl,lll«,928 i,8sr.,noo S»4,000 PRODUCTION OF VARIOUS MINERAL* •RIEFUY REVIEWED. „. order ,i, in.U-a.o in a genera, way the ^ '^J'^Jl'^^^Z ,„i„...l in the ITovini- and to Klve an Idea of «»e of the •ziir.hi- pr....„i.u j---';^-^!'",^ larger known mineral .U poslts occnrrliW to BrItWi l»iww»». "» »~ tng coninients are submitted. No hesitation h«i been Wt l» e-l«.tlng ttat the yield of gold, ^th placer and lode, haa been larger thm. to IWl. Vot p!«« EoM. •« # rr^nm .•./ha« 2„ talln as fairly representing the pr<^ S*?i.^rS1ar as indicated by the advices received to date. Dell-g -ifkth-TdktMt of gold-mining separately. It way be observed :- ^^Vm^lf all the placer gold rec.vercnl In the Province 1. J^^^ to 0» oJ^and Casslar Districts, less than one-t«entleth of determined nnftTafter the re«.lt. of tlM, operation. Of the Q««««». nr.irniiiic Ciold Mining Compmay »hall be known. ' ZZ mi he gr«ve3w«« w« dK«t to both the Carlbc. an. c.„s;^r I>i.trl...s. ana. as a coa«.H»«<*. totjU ,«antlty o «o>^ was s.nnll an .-.Mnpared with that of • iwmb« of years prior to 1009^ I s rrcm .rk,l.lo fact that, while the wmmer and Mtnmn rainfall In the parts : f , r« 00 ist lot to the north and «mtb of the «oldlleId- ;arts „.ectln. the water-supply ^'^^^ ^"^^ unnsnnlly ll«ht. From Atlln. too. have -old on ,.|T,.. t of water .■on.litions. with a .•onseqiient dlmtalAed °' J?'" , two thr.H. . reus. Howver. It Is hoped that the of 1M8 wffl be • '"''ZZ.M attention is being given to Omlnec. ««*a. S years vlelde.1 ,nn,.h placer gold. Other parts of the ^^^ce towbWI^^««^ mining Is done, though only on a small scale. •» ^J^^ m the Fort Steele Pivlslon of East Koot.M.ay; In Nelson. Twmt MM. ana ReveTstSe pu lsions of West Kootcnay ; in Milooet and Clinton OWlrtona. and ■"'S*rOoM.-The increase In lodo gold appears to have the Dltrtct. .„ which Is InCnded Os..ycK>s as nnd Greenwood DtvUlons, with a production of about 1..000 o^. more man to mrWn. f^m N'elson Division are incomplete, but an Increase fl* lOW^ &000 oa. la estln.atc.l. For some re«s..n not yet ascertained St^^^ve b«« a total output rt ore fron. the Rossland mine ^TZm^ decree** in production of gold; iH,ssibly final returns wil dtSS STLa information so far received the estimate has had tobe made of a rednctton of aeveral thonsand ounces as compared «lth U"^ STheTSit I^^. too. there ^ to have been a ,ode gold. attrilmUhie to p.rt to a If'P""'^ 1^°° Ijj'^^; flMt-claM ore fwm Texada Idaad. pending the coii«a^ of ioae MMMary develoilhient-work In the chtef producing mine. ,„ the Boundary Dlrtrict a «Mp«r«ti»ely large pro,H,rtlon of tlu- go d , »hl<« tte i»««tn Talnable metal content Is is obtaine»l by smelting ore* M WhlM V» ™»" »„»»ther nro- copiH-r. The Ornnby and Britlah ColnmW. OoppW Companies together ro^ a.K,ut G7.000 oz. of g.„d: the money valnejf ^^^'^^^^^^ ''^^^^^ Gold Mining Company was cvinal to approximately SlfiOO oz^f f"7^ ?h; nossland camp (Trail Creek Dlrialon) the Wjt the Consolidated Mining and Smelting t'"'-P»"i[J* rcfrc. SlarAVar Fanl. group of mines and the Is ""Tj^^aU lt„i So. 2. LUI.. which also produces gold-eopper maAmt ore. The rrau creek Division, like the Greenwood, In 1912 had ^ %^ lM-t.be inland ErnpU-c. That In Greenwood DlTtotai wa. tho rfewei. ■» commciKfd iiilllliiB «er-«mtent of the ore without allo« His for loss In smelting. The Increase In prodnctton for last year Is therefore nui.h greater In comparison with that of any one of the years ino liberal allowance has been made for losses In the slags. Aa In paat years, the Boundary District mines were the largest produters of copper, with a t«o»ery of fully .33.000.000 lb., two-thirds of which came from the Oranby Conaolldated Co.'b mines at Phoenix, and one-third from tiioae of the British ColnmMa Copper Co. situated In other parts of the district. The latter conqMUy owna a controlling interest m the New DombiioB C«wer Co« so the proAwtlon of the Rawhide mine. In Phoenix caM, is Ineiaded in the quantity shown as BrttUOi Columbia Copier Co. pro- dnttlmi. C«wer recorerlea from Boaaland oiea appear to have been about 2530000 lb„ while the Coast nines are credited with between 16.000.000 and 16.000.000 lb., nearly bH of whk* wms fiwn the Britannia Co.'s mines near Howe sound, with the remainder, ewept a amaU quantity from the Red Cliff In the Portland Canal DIrtolon from «» JferMe mine on Texada island. It is notewwthy that eoppet now leads In amwiate valne of production of individual metals In all years; that la, If I*wer and lode gold b» taken separately. The respective aggregate flgntMl are: Oviw, 178.603.000: pli»*r •'..Id. *72.l.- irr-at iuiportani-e to the Kootenay Dtotrlct e^Wly of soh ins tUis iiroblon. is nMotfui/..'.!. an.l omleavonw are being made towe^ .■onif 111.- .Utli. ulti.'x now in tl... wa.v of tin- general ntUI«*tJ«Ml at a pwrfit of the zlnc-wntenta of the oii'h lortTied to. Other Metal*. Very llttJe progress apiN-ars to liav.- bwn n.ado towar.l the ..stablislnm-nt of lronK>re-MnelUng works In ISritish l-olnnil,ia, nor has there Ikhmi. s,. lar as advlaed. de>-riopnient on a large sc-ule of the dep.«lts of Iron-ore known to occur In different parts of the Province. CmI and CoIm. Preliminary retuma received rtiow a gro* production in 1!)V2 of a^KMHO long tons of . oal. n« compared with 2396.000 ton. In and :U3t».000 to„» In 1!)UI The miantitlea mate Into coke In these several years were : In im, ahont .•Kin.OOO tons: 1911. 105.000 tons; and 1910. 389.000 tons. The net qunn- titles of eonl- that Is. the production (» record after deduction of the coal •na.le into eok.—wero: For 1912. 2.680.000 tomi : 1811. 8.198.000 tons : an12 wonld have been a record vear in tlie prodn.'tion of ooal. U,.vl..wins tlie pr.idu.-.i.m In 1!tl2 of tlie s.-parate .listri. ts. It Is seen that Van<-..uver Island niin.'s toK.'tli.T i.ia.U- an ..utpnt ..f al...nt l,."aO»K) tons; those of N-i.-ola and Siniilkan.e.Mi. •JU.POO l.-.iis: an.l ..f (Yowsiiest. 1.2!«.000 tons. The whole of the 3!t.-.n00 tons mad.' Int.) .-oke was from Cr.iwsnest mines, so that the net prodn.'tion of cial in that dlstri.t was about IKM.OOO tons. Taklns the flRnres of value as they n.iw appear In llie table of .'stlmated production. It will be s.hmi that the value ..f ...al an,\ ...ke Is l.'ss than $10,000 short of being one-third ..f that of the wli..le ..f tlie mineral production of the Provlnif for last year. Fnrth.'r. a nparis..n cov.-rlim' ihe Inst five-year period, 19(»-1012. sh.iws that the projiortlon of value of eoal and coke whs 3;. per cent, of that of all the niiii.'ral pr.Hlneti. 1. IntMidod to ■ for SarXm for hKreo.Ing tto oatpirt of corf .re nif^ well advanc«t Wf ,rXi....v noticing tlu..- „rep.«ltlo«. It pi^f lHl,,„.l c'cvrx jHrlo.1 .„,........K in« In 1835. Coal wM tot ■lite>«» ^^^^ K.K,ti-m..v (( r wsiMSt* inin.-» In 1S!)H. and from the Mcolt VlrtlW 1!)07. Of tlH- i.wresnt.. . ....Imtloi. ..f (indndlns that ma.!.- into ..,ke. during the whole imrM •»« Jf-^r^ yea H SO-.-iUHiO tons was th.- total output In fifty year., «• MM^artw, l,2.-r..(KK. tons in twfMiy yars. to VM. Indurive; and l«»W»Otao» ta i n'sc tlBui vcai^ — fi..... .... — _ . AM dnrln« tl..- twutv-v.-.r i-rlod Ih-vo «u-ntlo...-d to an average of 2.«8,4» years, to V.n-2. In.luslv... Th'-se H^-n're^ 0^ of lu.Ti.a«..d ,.r.HlM, tion of r.-.-.-nt yeai^-from an .rage of 1.082.780 tOM • »W tons a y..ar .Inrh.s L... last sevo.. years, whl.h is an Increase » than VJti |.er -ent.. and this notwithstandir - that durinB recent year, laboor Z" s have am..t..l the output of the .ows,...st I.istrict In par lcuJar to an e.,.eelally .narked de«ree in ll.ll. In «hhh year there was a total output of only 442.000 to,« (gross., a. .•on.pared with l.:t.-,.-..).)t) tons In 1910 In preparation for enlarBlng the ot.tpnt of eoal. im.Hjrtant development- are takJi^place on Vatuouver Island. The Western Fnel Co. U oiK-ning • new mlne^ to be known as nes..rve Shaft n.lne. situated near the mouth of Xanalmo river, on a.. Indian reserve distant rather more than three miles from No. 1 Shaft, >Ta.;almo. The Canadian Collieries (Dunsmulr). Um l ed. to oner M « new mine. Xo. s. situated about a mile north of its No. 7 miue. Union colliery. Comox Tilstrlct. This .-ompany Is also f -'"•"'J'-^f power for use at it- Union f«lliory mines, near Cumberland. The Paeiflc t oast 00.1 Mine* L d. bertde. eontlrulug the development of its mine at S.iquash. to tiw Borth-ewtem part of Vancouver Ulaml, to oiK-ning a i-ow mine to the mmtb of Nanalmo. at a place about one mi.e ..earer to company* ahlppliw P»rt ««» ^^^'""^ ^SloL of^rXoM be commenced in IS.l. at all thre. of the new mines above mentioned. In the Xlcola Valley WstW. t i-rogress « as made at several of the small * coal rn>pertle.. Of the«, the Inland Coal and Coke ( o. was H.y one to . J^WTt. ootput-from IWOO - ''TJZ in 1012. The Diamond Vale CoJllertea. Md.. wiwended miuln« operations durloi the greater part of the year, followtag an explortoo, which caused the 1«» oi ...ven7llve.Vwoft v .. re«.med later to the year. While the outpu of .-onl .rom the ^Ine. o' th« Xlcola Valley Coai and Coke Co the "idest ..ompany and the one c^-rattog on the largeat -cate in t^. district wa. snn.lUr than in 1011 (approximately 182.000 tor*. «• compared with IDl.OOO tons in 1!)U). lmi>ortant exploratory wwk waa done, for M» prospecting from Xo 4 n.in^ a new senm of coal waa discovered and -wmtA «• Aivelopinent was undertaket.. Much dlamond-drllll . waa aU» am' tW. *D:iltely proved the . onthnianw. over a .comparatively large .. , «t the vat.0iw ■eama of coal the conii>auy has ,>penennectlon with freight charges on coal shipments. TT»e ColtmiM* Coal and (^oke Co. continued development of Its Coalmont pr<«iertjr. In tba Tielnlty of Tulameen river, but shipped only about 2,000 tons ofcort. nw PrbKMoa coal and I4m« CO.. «P««»tef at Prtncrton. i*rtat««m U benellted by tb« completUm oltt. new coal-lmnailnR plant, having a oapoclt r2nt 5i» ton. a day. \mt Umg dW.«* from the centr.^ o ,K,pul«tl.m am "b. oon«H,oe»t long firtght-lianl .»« a urUm band.onp to tlH^ ""''^f ^« ,H «,al. «. that It w«. not practkaWa I.rt year to ^*n.ld««Wy '■" "'"^ mtpnt which 1. rtated t« hare been about JOJOBO tona In Bonth^.a.t Kootenoy r " o«ane,t DLtrlct »U« »ad. . .ood .t>owin«. '^"Vfr cllai ,.»ntl,u.«l mlncn.- rtrlke of tWI had fwatly denwtalted the martet for co^\ bv Inrgflv aivrtlnK the trade to United Btatea Brida. It la aatLfnotory to tlnd that. n,.l\vlt!.stn„.nn^ the aerlon. check for ]!ti2 roa.li.Ml n total only flWW» tona amatter than that of 1010. The •lunntltU's (KrosH) produced In three WlceearfTe jreara were * follow-: In mo UM-Mm lo„B ton.: 1«11. 44!MM0 tooa-. 1W2. W8B.000 towV*""- •"'"^ ,.r.Mln.tloi. Hu-urcK have nlrcadj- been flren. The CnrWa !«.si.l,.s .ontlnnlnB o,H.rntlou of varlon. mine, at It. Coal f"* •"VJ^*' rolUcrlcs. oiK-nr,l n n.-w uilne at Coal Creek, known aa No. 1 Eart. derrtoptog It to ,-. pro,i.iriiiK ,i,p»« lt.v of 1.000 tona a day. In addition, a new aenm or ,oiiI above No. 1 scam at Coal Creek, was openMl. and at the dow o. the year there were belnc nia.lc prei.aratlona for Its permanent development. T»» c.o,np>.nv s output of coal from the Cm\ Creek and MfcHel coIItoriM wa. about jMUt.KK) Ions tons, of which 32-.(KX) tons wa« made Into 220,000 tona ot cow. Only onlliiarv iiilnhiK and development were done at the ctdllwy *J*J™'^ .Mines I.ttl.. the Rross prtxhu t Ion of coal last .vear having been 218.0TO tOM, of which (-.0.0(10 tons was made Into 44.000 tons of coke. The C«*te Coal and Coke Co. contlniml Its preparations to Ret out a large quantity of coal ftom Its Xo .-5 mine, as Is cnllcl the bis deposit of coal opened from the rarlace at an nltltnde of SOO to HOO feet hicber than the main level Into No. 1 n^, from whi. h latter practically all of the .oal shipped last year wa. obUlned. To provide transportation facilities for the new mine, eight mllef. of rtandafd- gange railway was Kradeected for 1013. There Is little to be said of coal properties In parts of the lower Skeena District tribu- tary to the Grand Tnwk Padflc railway, now In course of {•onstrnctlon. Nor ha. there been moch progreM In the Groundhog Held, near the headwaters of Skeena river. Structural Materials, etc. The greater attention given early last year to the gathering of parttcnlars of the production of Imlldlng materials, etc.. conflrnml the belief that esti- mates of the total value of these had been lower than the position amply 12 tartUted. Even the comparatively large amount estimated " ^I^AmUo. In l012-»4.2r*.0.K>-l» likely to be found too low. KTS-ral lucrea«, In the amount of building, road ^"J^r* SS^JoHnd other worka re.,ulrlng the use of an *°""»°»'', "^ISLS SSS Uprt-ed under thU head. The varloua producta '»«>»*^«^ JSTenuhed rock, cement. Hme. aand and gravel, and clay P'°« ear >B the Annual Beports fa this Department. CARIBOO DISTRICT. Three mliiliiK divNioiis are usually Included under the Keneral liead Of Carlhoo KIslilet— namely, the farllio... (jnesnel. and Oiulneca nivUiona. In this district o|ienitions are restricted almost altosetber to ]>laoer-mlnlnc: there helnK little. If any. other |.rodiietlve ndiilnK. Doubtless this extensire area |(ossesses sreat potenMallties in Us undeveloiK'd lode-nilneral resourcea. atal In nnicb smaller decree, perhaps. In coal, but the fact that heretofore It has l)een entirely wltbunt railway transimrtation facilities has been nn effective bar to the ntlllzation of ibose resources. Ilo-.vever. ralhva.v-construc- tlon Is in pro;.'rcss throuu'li the evlrenu' northern portion of the district, and there is a reasonaldc proluiMlity <>f slndlar work W\\vf undertaken before lonK to make the central and southern parts easily aci-esslble for heavy tralllc. so the outbiok is now eneourai-'in!: to a crent.'r extent than previouidy. Mention has already bi-en made of the exce|.ii,>nally dry nature of the 1B12 season, and the conse<|ueiit result It had in the direction of preventing a large recovery of (fold. However, those who arc cnsaBed In liydranllckinK are perseverInK in tlidr preparations for extendinc their operations, so It Is expected the yield of «old will be proportbaiately larger in the lUia and following aenaona. Carlooo Mining Division. Xot mncb information has yet b.-on received conceridnK last seasons work and reaillta on Individual properties, but It Is known that the several hydranlie minea on WlUiama creek and Its tributaries— nauiely, the Lim hve, 8tm,r» Oafc*. Fore»t Ro»e, and Mo$vwUo Creek— were again w«m*«J by Jolm "**Tto company kno m as the West Canadian ')eep I*ads. Ltd.. has h«Mi working on Uttle Valley creek, bnt nntU the offlclal report of the Gold Com- mbKloner for the district la received, particulars of the work done will not be available. Tto position Is a similar one in regard to oi)eratlon9 on Mght- ntng ere^ and Ita tribnUrtes. The variona companies who have been mining on these and ottor creeks to tbte dlvlaloB are the Llnhtnlng Creek (Jold and Gravels Drainage Co.; the IJgbtnlng Creek (British Colnmbia) Hydraulic Mining Co., Ltd., working the i8o«»» Wale* ground; the Venture Mining Co., on Petera creek; tte Wormw■ Qmhm> DWUlon in 1012 was that of tbt niiiiwim UydrasUe OoM Mlitfmt Co. wWak cMMnenced prelimlD. ■ry hydnullcktac wmtiM la AagHt. Mil, «■« '«f '.'■ "^.f-.^ J^^ uontba itopped woi* M Xofntlwr «», eoM «Mth«r Mfat ■■•ninir No deflii up «n* mad*, M M> |eM4«eaf«rr wM nvwM ft» that year. Tha than newly cinpleted wataf^aan^ "IKtwi «^ worklns. Water ia broufht fioai Barlll iltar a AMaaaa at twwtjr-flra mm. Baride the loii f (Htch-Hne. thew aia thraa twrafta« aipheM. Tha haa I t-en a» imich aa 00,000,000 gaUona (abost *flW mtamnf iMhia) te t w»»' foar bourx. The wear of the diorita btaeta w bottMara with wMck tta Malea- wtiy won liiiecl In lini bavlng prored axcaaalTa and awtntamMa eaat itia|iar> tloiiatelv h\itb. before the 1012 bydranJWUiw acaaon ofienad tha alalaa waa paved with biKh-curi .m meel rolled platea, aa a t a lirtag tlom ta > J> paf cent, cnrlion, and of dlnionslona of % Ineh to thIekDiaa aod 88 taAaa At the end of that Hwiwm It was ascertained that thaaa hlglKatl»a o rta w plntPM gave even greater efflolency than had lieen espeetad. both la regard to duly "litalned and the al wiice .>f any appreciable amonnt of wear. Tram the rate of wear— or, rather, lacU i.t It— the conclusion te tbat thajr wltt ataad at leant l.'(),OtK»,000 yarda of irravei lielnn passed over them baftna ttejr will be worn out. The s».a.>«>n« exin-i leiiee with these plates waa la •triklng contrast to that of the previous year with ordinary wooden bloeka whkh lasted only a few tlayH, " lille dlorlte lioulders wore as much aa 8 indiee ia three weeks. No troiilile was experleiiod by sand packing under the platea. which so evenly dlstrlliuted the Kravel over the full width of the alulceway that there was no tendency to wear In the centre of the plates, such as was exiterlenced with steel rails. The i>Iate» may be used for gold-savlnn by separating them for about a Inches and allowing each succeeding plate to be lower In level about Vi Inch, to avoid excessive Impact of the bonlders ..lOvIng from one pkte to another. This arrangement was found much superior to pUclug the plates end to end. which latter plan naturally would be usetl so aa to provide a continuous smooth surface. As plates so nearly '> feet square proTlde for a riffle only every .'> feet. It Is considered advantageous to place raUa at the head of the sluice for such a length as to ensure the recovery of the gold. Tbe ralla aaed here were of rolled manganese-steel, but It was seen that, althoai^ thrir wear was much superior to tbat of ordinary steel, their life wttl ba oaly a amaU tracUon of that of the plates, so their use cannot be recommended except IW goM^Ttag pwpoaea. lUaatratlons of these plates aud rails were gl-en In laat yaaTa Baport Tha ceat of oparattag (Including all actual mining exr«n«». bat ao iirtafaat W aawfttaatloa charges) was stated to have been reduced to 2 cents per cable yard of th* matartel handled. This was Jflst one-half of the prerious seamu'e eort. wWA great radaettoa was due almost entirely to the use of the steel platea, for It allowad <* ttja working force being reduced In number from forty to twenty-two men tor uioing 8,000 yards of gravel a day. It Is believed that In next seaaoa'a operations a further reduction will be made to even lower than this low cost. Aa a reanit of last season s operations, the imsltlon of the main pay-channel Of tha aadent rirer system on which work Is being done was ascertained. Thia ayatem haa been deBnltely traced for approximately three miles, and it la aboat oaa mile In width. The aeaa«m 8 work, through the amount of gold racomad. determined the •Itaati.m of the aialn part of the channel, so that tt la tboa^ then> aari ba aa «aiatloti ^.to Oa B|!^ plM» tor tha con- ^netiaa r tbc lute John WL SUbmn WM la VM Ul lUS. Imt. tktn wm much more prellmliinry work to i» ta «pMtag tha MW pit Umb Im4 bMD esitfcted. It U probalile tiie recorery a< foM thm WM mmH. BmM* tkia minluB on »imoi»h creek, tb- « wai ■IM «wk iaM M Uw Kwtli flMPk Qneenel river, and on Keltbley, Mnowtboe, Mutta. Wrt OtlMr kiM *rtalh hare not tieen receWed. Omkiat. TTMIe aHiwt«nn it afata being alven to placer-mlning on tbe ■n^lBini Hm. aa4 ptaUariwuir wwk wn done there lait Heamn. It u unlikely ttet opera thnt irwa tar aaaagk ainwaad t« hare reanlted In tbe recorery a< MKh 0oM. Otatiial. OwMlnwllmi a( aaw raaii aai tialta In rarloua paru of tbli Ut diatfkt haa had tha acthra aMaatiaB at tha Iwrlncial Uorernnient. m that aMItlaMl flMilltlM Itr tfavri hafa thaa baaa pvorMad. Maana of coui- ■maleathm wUl ha ffaatir laivwvai vhia aafafal et tta paopaaad railwaya hara been boUt It la pfohaMa Oat aMMh nttwajr-eoMtnMtiaa warfc will ba andertahen «»iag thia }-aar aad aaxt OAMIAII DWrHtCT. The pxteiiolvo nr»'a known n« ('nHKlnr Diatrirt Inclndea the fMvwIag mlnlns illvlslonR : Atlln. I.lnnl, Stiklne, Skeena. Queen Charlotte, and ForUaad Cnniil. A» y«'t. therp la comparatively little mineral prodoetion In thIa iar|» rtlntrlct other thnn that of placer Kold In the Atlln DlrlaloB. Berlaed flgataa for 1011 Hhowed Atlln'a proiK)rtlon of the diatrlct'a total of 1288,442 to hara lieen »22S.77«. of which $225,000 was for plawr gold. Howerer, derelo|mieDta t.ikhiK iiluce Indicate that u similar dlaproimrtlon will not be rontlnved. for 8keena nniy be ex|>eettHl to HMin commence producing lode metale, eren If the mining of cool he longer deferred. The aiiproaching completion of tbe Grand Trunk Pacific railway through the greater part of tbe Skeena rlrer and the Bulkley Valley country will provide nee<1ed trnna|>ortatlon f^clUtlea, and the mining and shipment of metalllferoua mlnerala on a commercial acale majr be exi)ected to be undertaken during 1013. ProdOCtlra coal-tBtaiai; htmtm, l» llkel' ' be postponed at least another year. Atttn Mining Dtvlaian. Aa haa alraidjr baan mentioned, there was experienced In Atlln Mining INrlakm In 1013 an nnittiial shortaia of water for placer-mlnlng operations, and fXMHtqiMatljr leaa mtnlnff-w«rk waa «mw than would hava been under faronraUa cwiAtloMb Natwlthataodtni Oia drawback, howerer. It Is eatl- BMtMl Oat Bteta gold waa tacorMfed than in tta IMl aaaaoar-abont $230,000 hnt year, aa agaisat |SSA«» In mi. PlacMr-mlnliw wm daM aa tb» foltow- lag atraana: Blna, l^raca^ M^aa. Birch. BopHlar. Ro^. Wtlt/m, Ottur, Wllaoa. UaralB, and Dara^ort eraaka, aad O^OeanaU rtvar. The Nwth Colnaritta Ooid Miatag Co., of wMdi 3. U. KaOaar la ganeral nwaacer, la reported to hara baaa aaa ia w hat haadieappad br aa iaada^te Bttppir of rrater, ao that tha aeaaon'a reaalta wara aot qaita m gaod aa the whole u la ISll, thootfi la oaa of tha pita woifcad har Ola caovaajr BMfa grid WH raeoreiad than la anjr tmrtoM aa aa a a. Aa taoaaaad jrMd fRaa l^taoa creek ta eatlaaated. aotwlthatandlng «iat fawer adaea wata workad thaia thaa in other jreaia. A aabatantlal Inoaaaa la'thoaght to hara raaoltad ftwa operatlona on Bohr creek, on which hrdnraUdtlag wH doaa hi graaad kaown to be rich, bat not prerionaly readiad wImb grard-waalilB|t Oa aeratai of the other eiadn ahera awathud hawgetaac y of watar lad to Maallar latarM In gold. On tha tbraa atraaBw teat on the Hat pro ^wrtlng only waa doee, la aaeh eaae with aaeaaragtag laMtfta. X«r dliK'.wwiwi 01 placer grii wtn N^wM t* I wtwad a, iMVart* Ivfl)- tlie heni-bM oT aDouMll HfW ni M •» Ittke. Mm li iww mrimnd oo tk* tmm llNUI WlOiti tn M d l****^ wuilt* th*- g»M iiiHt imllaM ibawa* tm JMm M IwvtBC >w ***** ti«ir Tt-»llii l«ke led a nnalwr of wkHa la ptaaa*4 1* It late te tiM MNMM wkm wmm aT tha taMmT Hmvivy waa Mda kimwii. . K|H>i'tiiiK hikI lU-rfkipim-nt were done uo bett tba Varlltra J^r >aa f«Ml» (foniHTly till- Kniiimtr) niid /lea JfrCkrta gnapit AMMlQ WMUf "•HT rli'b quart* wur taken fruiii tb« fonaer. SiMaiMi ^artto^d Cawial Olwlaiaiifc Tlie nwet Important mlnlug develo|mieiit» of tka JMBf ftMM INvMaa mm tkoaa of the Oranby Coimolldated C'^- In tbe Ttctatty af Omfcy tar coninl^ncement to drive a 2,000.foait tow-latd adtt to proapect at dvtk n group of cluiuiH on Ulacier creek, and tha eneooraglng raaaHa at wack dona 111 the Bear river-Cascade creek part of the dirMon, where tka /adtaa Jftee*, Caaeada #'alf«, aad Bad Kerf pmpartlca were being dandopad. Omlnaaa Mtatag DIvtaian. UnofliiinI reiKirtx are to the effect that additional development done In 1012 on dome >f the mineral claims on NIne-mlle and Olen mountains bat reaulted in the re«|)ectlve owners making provision for doing more work, and In one or two instances for power equipment to facilitate underground work. Not having railway connection early In tbe year, the shipment of ore was not p»aetteaU^ ao that, with the exception of a trial shipment froai |k» 4 Mi rf Ogil Bvg, eoamerUal pruduvtioa haa uot yet been commeitced. it OUmt tampt te tkto «tWmi mw ttam of MMlMn I»-ii.mln uoautalB. Vom-tM» MMtalii. twm ItadMi •wirtata. KlMtaa m^tm. «MI tfrnami rtwT. il* • nrt« tkMgh, oaly aiiilopaiat wm 4aM to ««• **'*tSL»"wm m tiMwMtrrtli MMHVw to dw yMi of piMtr «oM ftoa rima HDd «PMta ta tkto dlrtoJon, tbovfti m mm t» Omw Mck tm-wott WM doM with • rtow to Mgagtog la ptaetrariaiNt whm tbm la ■uMuliut eucoarngpttieut to do *»• There In i»>t mnrh thnt I* anrlo MM to Ow rtparta oa «oaI In t bo Tlcto lty iif Hiixeifiin. or In the iwwijr pwwp at trt tiM aorOi af OfoaaAac MoaalalB. im lmJitl In the Annnni Hetmrt of tha Mlatatar at Utoaa far M»t, altkawh a ^ T tle ti aw a t'WOfli iuw kant acilvpljr rarrled on. Uttia MMMatiaB haa kfan iacal«a« ftMa UaMI and KlklDe DlvUlon*. lu wbtok |ilaear«ihdac an amral cfaaka. aad tha da y i lop aia Bt of tha mtaaral elalaw or tha Mat Mtalag da. aa Mat H«ar, coMltiMa bm* o( what WW than haa bNB doM ta thaaa antlytaK dlviaioM On Thtbart Ciaak. la tha Uaid OHrMaB. thafa haa bam work gateg as •II MWMNi; tbe Boalder CrcHt Mlatog Co^ karlac takaa am tha laaaw aa that cr««k formerlr held by tha Tklbart Craak Mtataf O*. kaa kaaa a^agid all Mianaer la apantag a aaw pit. aboat a aUla dawa-adaaai fiaai tka oM Thibm Cn.'a pit, la wklch lo moeb dWcalty waa aiMt fiaai audalMia. Tbe new pit abould be trev f roia aach t r a a b kw . aa It kaa a anil daBaad rim-rock ; It hai alto ample dump and a ihert riateeway to tha iHar. whSa teatt of the rrarel indtrate a lagbiaBcr of vM. Tb • flume was continued from th* old to tte new pit and wata* taraad oil III July, but the atimmer was rbtefly takaa ap witk ofBlng tka mw pit. mill Hu but II xiiitili ou.:mt WAS made. Of yuf«'ii chiirliitte lalandii, aluo, no record for tka jraar kap ytH kaaa rin iKMl. but ».) fur n» In known tbe chief actlvltlea kara been boring for oB iiiiil coal 1111(1 till' fiirtlii-r tlfvclopmrat of pual-menanrFW on Orabam Maud of tlilx ;:riiuii, mill more work on mineral claims on Moreaby laland. 8aaw coal- Imiiilliiii; fiii llltU'H have biin iirovlUfil by one <><)mt«ny far tka parpaaa af ahlmilng cuul, but T(>ry little out|iut haa yet been made. ■ACT KooTCNAV oivrmeT. Till' value of the mineral priMlnctliiii of the KaW Koolinay minca In 1013 will probably Ik' foiiiiil. when the returim liavi' bivii reeelved. to lie more tbnu twice aa much aw that of lltll. Thin will Ih- aironiiteil for by llie fact that last year there was not any serlouH iiiterrit|itli>n to the production o: coal and coke, auch aa cauaed the large decrease In the output of IDl'i The adverse effiK't the suspeiiHlon of production 111 HHI had iilioii the niii.K- f for CrowMiieat coal has aire Illy bi-eii mentioned ; with this in mind. It Is iii t SiU lirlslii)! to lliiil that the tlKurcs for HM2 show a ainnller priHluctloii in UllO. thla Involving a divrease In the total value for the year of ab"iit $l."i»MW(». Aa the value of inetalllferoiis mineral prodiictloii Is estlniate.0(iO. However. It la (tratlfyius to find that the nivvery v as so hirge, for last year's total value appeara lo have been nlKjut |l.',fiOO,000. as compareil with |,00t) for 1011. Thia la asi MUiliijS that there was no apprwlable Increaae In the total value of the metalllferoua mineral output la 1012; It may be, bowever, tbat flnal return! wtB ahew Oat fltfa aa a aa i ptl a n ki^ taa canaarfatt** a rtaw tt the attuatioa. •rUe priHliiHIiMi of i-oiil iiimI Mk* III wlr bwm brMy mImI. Ill iMKnliiif. It limy Im- iiMmtlonrt tlmt In vhIih- II ««» W.BfU.OOO in lOWK $t«4(»i.li(Nl III lltll. mill niN.iit W.7.W»>" (iKtliiiiit.'d I In 1IM2. \» til iiiflHlllffn.im iiiliilnK. Ilif ylflil pliii.T Bolil fri'iii Knut Knotnmy ■tn'iiiiiii iiiciilii »«■«•" pIiKMl lit W.UKi. Til.' L.tiil oiilpiit of Icnil ami "llvpr frmii the IimIi- iiiIim'h iI'h-k nut ii|ii»'iir to Imvf hIhiwii iiii i clinnitf; tln>ii8»i lliiTi- Ik II prolMihlllty of flniil llunrtit imivliitf tliiit tlitTi- «iix im lii.r o». of nllviT. Willi h. totfi'ilK r Willi II lilichcr iivcriim- prlii- foi' thp yiiir. dlioiilil mill >4'M»»> or iIhti-hIioiiIh to tlii> vnliw of lln- ymr'* iiiMilnctlnii of thin mHal In thl» ill»trlit. Tlit> pr» hiIihh wtTr the Sulllniii. SI. Mutmte, Jf9Mn-k. aiitl fwiHu nirl— tbo InKt In litit xiiitill <|iinnlily. (^inplfte ivtunM ar* not yrt avnllililf. lint It Ik pMlmlilf Unit the rtMflptH nt tin- miii-lti-r from th* rwi|*ftlvp Wllim wt-ri' aUnit iix follows; iTiiilf on-: From tlip Mmm**n taut, and tbo Hwtt*» GM tew tban lUO torn. Oouceiitrate: ffoM tte Mmmtv* (altnatcd BMr FteM, KovOMaat KmImuv) tJBB turn, ABd tlit M. Ku$tuti 1*100 toiia. the coDatmctkm of the Kontenny t'<'ntriil rnllwajr kgr tte Ciinnillnn FacMe SaUiray Co. WM coatliraca thtroniilioiit tin- year— nonthwanl fn- that CWBpnijr^ awin Ita* at OoUm. amt northwni^l frmn it* ('n>waiie«i aaat at fTrmbfook. tat* la tbe jwer a train icrTire bctwis-n Fertile tuu CiWTMMat Haa) any tli.- Houndary DIstrU-t. The inetala proilmi'il from lt» uilni x »ri' varied -Bold. mIIvit. lead, copiier. and «lnc. Ita .•liitf nilnlnu .amp Ih HoHKlaiid. In the Trail Creek Mining DlTlaiou. with Klixan. NelHon. Alni'> ''>'^'lr laige qoaatttr froai boOi tha TMea sad X I.. Satallaek * Co.'a r •>it<.\rui& mtoa. white derelapuMnt-work waa doaa on both, aa wdl aa tta Dee. a>t«e v>f the lattar group. Ballway wimwaah-atkMi was restored to White -tter tnr ■itaiMdwi ftaai Thraa taifta. taall iklpmato ore waia aMdr < au. nanBwCSa.'a JTa^e aiit Siuidon. ! to the old worklnc*. of the 8urpri»e, and ahoota of good ore opeiie.! on the two h.w. st new levels; anl more dev«lopment-workwaa done on the l{< < '>. Kitn^cl. l uU.mal. .Voonrfa//. and UaunM* Con. Near Three Forks the M< \nMri: l.onr Utti-hiloi: Cinderena. and ««cer were vvorkH ati.l above Alamo th.- hhilio-Mami, mines were further developed with "ood prospeets of a«aii: b.MominK' Important produeers. In the neighbourhood of Silvertiin. at the StiiiKlartl. Viin-IM. and llnritt Lnma Dooite gratifying progress was niaa. Owing to the destrn. tion bv lire of the Wuh fi, !,! .on.entrator. the Sllverton Mines, Ltd which had been nsliiK It, was ni.ahle to eonthuie the production of much ore. but the ereition and ecpilpment of a new mill was nndertaken. and nrranKements made to nse In this a flotation process ar. auxiliary to water- concentration. The Standard shlp|.."d about 4,4tK) tons of flrst < las8 crude ore. and the mill product of nearly .13.0<10 tons of Re<>ond-.-lass ori--iuunely, .-..400 tons of silver-lead and .I.SWt tons of sllver-zlnc con.'entrates; the metal contents of all products shipped wen^-sUver. KiZim o/..; lead, 12.440.000 1.,.; and zinc, 2,706,000 lb. Large b(Hlles of gootl ore were opened In the mine. The I an- Rot milled abotit 54,000 tons of ore. shipping prodncts of which were nearly 2,400 tona of sllver-lea.l an.l 2.ti00 tons of sllver-zlnc concentrates; metals producwl were-slln-r. nSO.OOO oz.: lead. .3,070,0*»0 Xb. ; and zln. , 2.S49.000 It). Several new and valuable ore-boilles were discovered In this mine. The Silver- ton Mlw*. Ltd.. found the south vein on Xo. 4 level of the llrtritt horna IXxme mine, and made ready to commence driving Xos. 8 and levels to cut Ixith the main and aonth velna at a total depth from the aiH>x between l.COO and 1,700 feet. The Britiah Columbia Copimt < o. continued develoiiment at the L.B. mine, attuated In the monntalna south-east of Sllverton. and oi^ned umch low-grade gold-ore there- in the 8locan City DIvUlon, on Teu-mlle creek, work was done at the Bnterprine and Etttmomt mlne^ and aome we shipped. I-ower down In Slocan Lake Diatriet, the Uefemr, BUKk Prkiee, and Ltlv B. were worked, while on Lemon creek gold-ore wu lAtpped froB the X«o and crushed at the old C*«pic«it mm. In addltloB, wwk waa *»• on aeveral other i>ro|iertlea In this division. Nelaen MMnfl Olvlalon. The most Imixirtant features of the year In the northern part of the Nelson Milling llivislon were the resiKrtive operations of the (■onsolldate lias bwn developed In the larger mines than in several recent years, yet the total outi>ut of ore and, cons«' '"■»•'>' "'•■ I*;-';, It BUfuni well for the fattire of that part of tl.o ,■.,>..,.....>• « pr-iK-rty i^^v Uvr devrtopmeat i> In prop*-, there. IVtal of .U-velo,.,.u...t-«.,rk 'i-'o 1« JSTeet. «nd of ilamooMrllltag 14.isr. f.-t. o„t of total of 5. on. ofwat^rlal moved, there wa. aorte.1 3.-.(»io touH of «ro. „f wl.loh IS.imk) to.m was ahlpped erode and 17.000 tons mllle,!. tho ,.mluct of th.- latt.r ImvluK been l.«B» ton* of coBcentrate. Shlpmentu from the «maller mines also show a aiHroaso. 1 . tlio t-uutu Belt of Borland eamp the developments on Blu. ttlnl >,n.l PUo,-,>,s wor. em^uraglr,. with good ore opened In each mine. At the ^"^»';' ^^''<- situated m the western part of the division, the operation of a lO^tawp mill was c-o:-.meneed In the autnnm. amvimg ami J?fA»<».ff.-M8ny ehanges and ImprovouuMts woro made .u the Con«oll.lat.-.l Co.'s smelter aiMl reltaery at Trail. The wl.olo of tl.e ..xteiiHlvo ll,.ntin«toi.-lIeberleta «mverter plant wa. remodelled the c1iuuk-s uvuU- . .vliis . Msmva iimre expeditious, effective, and econwnlcal hnudllng aud t.vat.,....,t of f,in.a.- priMlucts. and better working condition, for the converter- nuMi Tl... iii.-tl..Hl formerly In use for wmsting and converting the matte ,„ „1.. l.v a tlrst roiiocntratlon has been supenwded by a pyrltlc concentration. i„',,„„v;.ni,.nts «,.r.. nia.U' In liaiulUng ores from the rtock-yard. to the furnaces. .„„l iM hvMws K ad-ort s; In jirovlslon of motor, lor coltecting and hauling the ',.,,.,r to th.- :i.a.l-i.taoks. ami for hauling matteKMr^ tortead of tramming ,.,rs'in.l dravvlns liotH by band; In the abolition of idatform elevator* arnl ns; In the MMitioii of more n.a.hiii.- tfwls an.l otb.T appliance, to the mecfaaalcai e«,ulp- mrnf an.l in .■nlarp'ni.'nt of the ol.-.-trolytlc refinery «i a. to refine 30 ton. mor.' l.>a.l a .lav, tlipr.'l.v In.r.'aslng the dally capacity to about 100 tnm. V nnml..T of .-l.-.trl.- ira.tlon lin.* and tunnels have been conrtrmted ilironshont tlu- w..rks and In pla.-cs btlt-conveyor. pot in, to faetltUt. the lu.n.Uln!.' ..t ..ro. .ok.-, matte, bullion, and other material* In addltton to all these lniprovom.'nts to the plant at the smelter and at the varteu. mine., tUo company also declared a dividend of »232,176. Othar WMt KoatMwy nvM«M. comparatively little mlninR was d.n.e In the other dl»1.lon. of W«« K.H.tena.v, In the BlK Bend ..f the Columbia District. 8f "^-^^^ more nttenti.m was Riven to pla,er-Rold n.lnlnK .m French c'^k.*""^*'^ he r.M.....,v of .0 to .... ..f Roi.i by F>. N. • S'-f; f'S*-"^ and Camp . r.-.-ks also atlra.-te,l n<.ti,v. so that n.or.. placer-mlnlng than for several v.^ars Is o:.." ■ •«! to t.ike pla. e on those stivan.s next seMon. Th.-re was s„-n.. 1,h1 .-mlnlnR in Tr..,.t Lake I.ivlsl..n. the Si„cr Cup having sent out about 340 tons . f silver ' -ad ore, while the .1;..^ and .Vc«ie L. ndned rimle-le» thuL 10.. t. ns . a.h-an.l the I.urK;, W,„ shipped a car-load. Development d.«,e on the yMc Fire group ^ZZ^ imTZ work. The Brn,di-ieu> •Bd oth«» w«» alw worted, bat there wa. llttl. ow BOUKftAIIV WtTWCT. The Ho.m.larv Distrl. t. the mine, of which together produce more awer those of an.v other part of CawMl.. led te 1W2 Ul Brlttah *-'oh«mbto in ,vsp,v. of l.,.th the .piantit.v ..f ore mined and the total value «^«" pro.l.u..d Th.- ore-output ..f the mine, to the GH»BWOod and Qtta&Vc^ Divisions exceede.1 I.'.HWMIOO tons, as compuvd wItt 1.1W.0W tW. to MU. nud l.Co4,(JopiH'r loss was less than in any previoua year. . . . Smelting and converting the last Ave months were $1,204, being O.0M cents lees than 1011, and the lowest yearly costs tte Oranby Co. haa «w awdt. Avmi* eaat of wwltlng and a wwt lt w» «LS«» tmimmM ill tlu- Inttpr i.nrt of 190. mt «»t MfttM weeM M I— ~ iKK-anu' normal. „ ^ ^ i.,„,ki. rtnnmr Co.. Ltd- alM hart an „..tlvo an.1 lL^*t»^ year. Kxa.t .tatl.ttc. ^'J'r^.'^^.^'Vr.E tu,.t follow .....st .... r..B:.r.UMl as '<>M'r"^'»'«t« The .utter owu.t ...v ''<'• - 1 e^xl^ S^«IS.T.r^ founer Co. iH.ss.-fSPs a .•oiitrolIliiK Interest In tlie .M w "«»"|™ ItnTln^rthe several ,.ro,H.rties n,ay Ik- referred to a. tf 0W«« by tl« company. company, ■mdter from r r ;r :u?:rar::.r ^f^: \:te;.at,„™ ^^^^^^^^^ - ^^^^^^ °f 'C*'"!lfv^J^lJi bla'u hroke down many thousand tons of ore. rtmultaneowrty. J^o'tJ^^;*^" ' ^„,„„ „,„„ths. Fire so in «,me «•« X^w^ Snt at Z LL on Fel.mary 27th that no work badly damaied tlie f^»* The nf(If«fffo" Rronp mines were worked ''"^r'r 'Z^?»J?it TpUnnS I t Ich ex,..oratory work on this until June, hut not 'V'fr'" „„„„,itv of ore availahle In the ''-'-•••\'7'„rC; Jl1r<^ of X-h IS veo- slllclous. concentraUon — r: :d;r*^tirb«t way to eljmlnatej>e ^ <^ this pro.,.em U ..w -^^^''^s ntel that was o,.rated The only ^"Sf^»2'rit„ated near Phoenix. Develop- on a large >«;ale In t»12 ^/fT^.^ ,„d drifts. Include;>-^'""-'^^' ^^^^ mining done In the rallev n^ar Midway was continued. There j," ^aa imn Zuntry along the West fork of Kettle rWer.WMMWtiten^ hiVw* constructed to that part of the BoWMtary DWHct M Wf«-8IW» mine, there ahonld be worked. WMiucAMim mvrmer. Hedlcii Oold Mining Co. — The only Important raetal-mlnlni? done In thU district was that l>y the Hedley (iold Mining Co.. ownlnR a group of gold claims situated In the mountains n few miles from Iledley, and oiwrating a 40-stauip mill and auxiliary cyanide i)lant at that town. Development-work done In the conipf.ny's yickel Plate mln(> Included sinking a shaft from No. 4 level to a depth of 400 feet, o|>enlng three leve's from It. and drifting 300 feet, all In ore. A raise was made aoo feet to connect No. 4 level with workings alrove. also In ore. .Ml other development was In the ore-body ; none was done In the i)Mn«//»<(/r» mine. TOamond-drilllng totalled about 3,480 feet, of whleli about 2,000 feet was done by contract and the remainder by the company wltb ita own dfiU. The approximate total of ore mined and milled was 70,000 torn; Vftla* Ncovered $762,700, or a recovery of nearly 911 a ton. Of the •BMNint. alMmt $000,000 was In eoncentratea and remainder cyanide bullion. BxptntfltaNa totalled toiaawliere near $806,200, so proflt was about $407,500. Oom^KHidiiiS flgmca tot Ittll were: Or* mlltod, 07.815 tons; receipts from sane, 9Sre.6ie: nqwaditv"' j, $870,814; net proSt. $808,802. Dividends paid In IBtt totalled Mtef 90 par ent o« the Ismnd eapltal of $t»(M)0O; In IMl IMOiOOO was pttU, tvArtimt to 2S ptit CMt Tb* tompunf UMr ijurchaatd tlM W4»tfta ot atauoA Oakm; tb» i»iet tea ben rtBted Yoigfi Cawp.— Tbe Brttlsta Cohtmbia Oappe* Oo. did wmA derriopmaot- woA on two gronpa of mineral cUins, bdd nnder option of pafdHUM sltiMtad about ten miles sontki of Princeton. Tbe larger sronp, known as rotrft, contains flfty-flre claims; the smaller Includes elglit claim* bartog ladtrMiuI owners. Development-work was commenced In October, 1911, and carried on continuously until December, 1012. Six diamond-drills were used and many thousand feet of drilling was done on the Votgt group, and, in addition, about 1,000 feet of underground hand-work and several thousand feet of surface trenching. Work was stopped in December, but no information was then made public as to tbe company's Intentions — whether or not it would make the large irayment falling due under the bond. Some 700 feet of underground development and 1,500 feet of diamond-drilling was done on claims in the " upper cauip." which adjoins the Yoigt group on the south ; the first payment Wider the bond on these claims has been made. The ore met with In this camp varies, as a whole, from heavy luematite containing copper and Iron sulphides with gold and silver, which ore is base, to ore containing a high percentage of siUca wltb similar economic minerals. The geological features of the camp have not yet been thoroughly worked out, but as a rule the tendency of mineralization is along fracture zones extending in a general direction from the south-west toward the north-east, the surface mineralization being extensive. Details concerning tbe ore-bodies, however, bare not yet been made known. i'HacetoM CotU Co.— Tbe Princ^on Coal and Land Co., operating a coal- mine at Priaeelan, wi wml e t e J tta mm coaMiandiittK plant, which, though not a Itfga oM, ta «M «< tto maat M i plrt a ud MOmt to tb* Fivrtaet, WbM admtieoal raUway tiaaspwtatiea CMiiltica, nam Mmg provided, abaJl be avail- Mk, a tancMammuA ovlpirt tnm dte e ammMf m QoOtoir ta iooM tut* A wmr MMril QMOtttr •! eeri wm BdMd >t • pltM»a fMr mSm mat «( PitaeatML At tbe OotmaMn Oaal and Goto Cfc'a O a alMnt imi pi iHi. i HH i fl betwen Onnlte creek and GoiBas g«leh, beck fims VMUMMi atnw, • «» m«cement was mate to mina ooaL 8mm SJMM toaa wm Mkn «i6 aa4 tta railway having been extaaded tnm Prtaeetaa t» Oo a l a w*, a MMaMa aC akMt Mteen mile-. nUlpment W. «.a. of 2.«» Jon.. D«rtop»»t of mMMirM OB tlll» piWWty l» bolng continued. NICOLA VALLEY. „„aev..lo,»Hl. except that claims for the ,.ur,H,se o( retalMln« ''f here. „„. „«.n recclvHl relative to '\'''^^;"»''^,f^''^^ Progre-s tnis'— n.v has not y. t aMe to take "^"S^^Hir^ product to wuic. " ^•?JuX'-VJl" ...... ...ade While. ---jy^^JS ^CTWned coal has been stoadll.v i..orensi.,s. the ,.ro.. "ff^^ij!,^ STteW « Wrious proble.... It is ..ulte likely, ho^ve^ his ««««?*'J^'2 tot experiment has show,, that c^oal fro-,. Vue <^o'"»«»W • -JB^ briquettes as can be made befe toffl«te «»» »«• » • ••"'rSlS Co.Tmp«r«r..-The r.la,no..a Vale Collieries. Ltd.; InUnd Cojl ^ l>d- and the I'acltlc Coast Colliery Co. of BrltUh Colmilbto and ^''^^J^r^^'ZlurlJnle. I., this district, but ,.« information b«ite S^t'jr^rtS'iTirieC has been obtained of their operaUon. In 1918. KAMLOOM AND VALfc There does nut ai-penr to have been much, mining of Wtanc deM to 191' hi the Mining Divisions of Kamloops. Ashcroft, and \ale. expected to leaa w u«« ,,6,^1 and a nwnber of mtoeral dalma pwnverted. bat ne nowwww derelopnieBta have been reported. LILLOOET. A. ... rtated IB «ie ta«t Annual Rei.ort of this Department, the Pro- . at? «^ of hi. trip thro,.,!h LiUooet. printed In the . B^^^mr«i«td much attention to be given to the district. Stn ttTi^t than in earlier years, the district still ri'Si'^^S^.^^tto. ft^es. The construction of a railway ^et^d^HaJ^SV-gl. the dtotrlet «KI ttKjnee to Caribooand Fort G^rge has been MM m that .dvmitu* will l.t« be dMlW« ««■ that im iMWWiit iB iwilllfliM 26 riactT-uiliiliiu for gold wan parried on In several parts of the dUtrlct, bnt oi>eratlou» were not large In 1012. Mining oiM-rutlonn have been chiefly confined to the upiHT Bridge river (tectlon. near Cadwalladet creek, at the mouth of which sopie Individual plater-nilnlng Is usually done. A couple of hydraulic plMiits were formerly In operation lower down the rlv^r, but no Information Uun an yet In-cn obtained as to any operations this past summer. The I'lilof qiinrtz-uilultiK wM« done on C'adwnllader creek by the Coronation Mines. Ltd.. a Victoria company, which did further development on the Beml d'Or and Vuuntlesg group, o|K'nlng some good-lo»>klug ore. Work was con- tinued In the winter as well as the flue-wciither season. The company reports having already broken a c-oiislderable tontinge of ore running better than $50 to the ton In gold, and that the developnieiit of the lower levels is very satis- factory. The stamp-mill— descrllMHl In the lUlO KeiM)rt— was not run this iui»t •eaaon. bat will be itarted next aprlDg, with an abundant supply of ore to keep tt raaniiig. Othwr ynpertlai tliat kav* ben wotkad an tt* l>orw, P Im Mr , •nd VaiwWe. Darll« the Md-work mmoii ot 1812 A. M. nateman, of the Geological Snrr^ of Canada, iMda a pnilBlMrr ocamlnation of the economic mineral NtoaMM of tb* Bridga Wtw eeoatqr; alao an exploratoqr trip from Llllooet to Cblilm lake. A Samjr Dapartvent note atatea that as a result of the lattar tr^ the eaatem borter o< tha Ooaat Baaia bathollth. which is In many place* an Important mintnc aone, was ootttaMd, and the bordering atrata found to be of Lower CretaceoM ige Instead of Palteoaoic aa waa pwflavrir *°^**°****^ COAST OltTRICT. While coal -mlnliiK coiitlnm's tn be by far the most Important cla'-s of niiiiini: In the Const District, mt'talllferoiis mlnlnK Is b«>lnK done on a larger wale than In past years. anerty on and near Howe Sound, are not generally known In the Province. Between COO and 700 men have been continuously employed for some time past, and the extensive development and construction works In band, and to be undertaken as soon as can be done with advantage, assure the retention of fully that number at work for some time to come. Outlining brleily what ia being done. It may be mentioned that, while the mines are being deraioped and ore extracted on a larger scale than In past years, the work of drittag a 6,000-faot adit it alao in progreas, with 3,000 feet already driven and a daily adraace of aboot 16 feet being made. As this tunnel U being drivan on a terei UNO faet below the bottom of tlie lowest present mlne- wacidaga, tt wSO, if ow be feond to eo^taMM d«wn to that dvth (which wUl llf« a total aC tnStj ajm faat). aUa a t et aa ftu tat ataiMat aMinMMa qMBtttjr of en. Mtae cqntpsMBt aa a tu i ni a ir a t a aeal*, hydco^aeMe daTetopinaat vt ifiBO horae^awer, eanabnKtiea ot taBmf frea the nanOi oC the adit twuMl to Brltamria Baa<* and atber a d a t tona l fhcQltiea for tnma' portatloB, and the inatanatjaa ei a audan aad aOMttva ifMam of ec*- ceooeBtratloa, are tnetaded to Dm j iBgT iail w rammmm aAipM aaA being . eMtgaMeaUr carried oat tt la a wdi rat i ad that the »- of .■.•i-IKT n.lnonil. hn. adapted hen-, an.l tl.nt n I..p«.« tr,.«tiu..nt-. «i....lty l« Ih-Ii.k nrrnnged for. with thToM eoncentriitli.m.111 l»-lt.« "It-n-l to mit tho new condition! and for nw DMldlM tbe erettlon nnMicnt of a new mill. n»oamt»V mln«l nbont 1«3.0.« to.m of oro In 11.12. "/"J""^"'^ mora than ] 00.000 tona In 1911. nn.l m«ver.Hl iMtwrnn H.000.000 aM nJKMOO ft. of copper and between 70.000 nn.l W.otto of Mlver. TCMdo tamti.-fn» only metal-mlnlms worthy of note .lono on Texa.ln Wand dttttof the year am-enw to have Ikhm. flmt of the Tn.oinn St.yl Co. nt ita MarWe mine. The ore produced wn« 1«.h In Imth .,nnntlty nn.l nv..ra«e HMtal ««t«lta. owiat ehle«y to the n«,.«Mty for .lolnK m..r.. .l.-volopment- work l>eft»te the mtainf erf ar-tt-lnw. ore .miuI.I l.e .•oi.ti.ui.'.l. sinklnn No , ■kaft to the MtkJwel was completed, and nt that levH. tho .U-ptl. of whI.U la abont 1.M0 ftet. betwwn 900 and 800 feet of .IrlvlnK wa<. done. While thto dead-work waa In pwgrea« It wa. not pra.-tl.al.le to mine mu.h l.Ksh- grade ore. lo lower.Xu«. H " rrlnoess Uoyal Island, by the Surf Inlet 0«*l Mtasa, Ltd., not miKfc i^'"*;™'* metal-mltilng. ap.irt from that already mentioned, wa a don a tai tha Co«rt District, although prospect development has been In progress In a nttBber of Idacea, with mcoaraginff reenlts In sewal Instances. Coal-Mlning on Vancouver Island. In addltl.m to the lnforraiitl.)n concerning coal-mlning on Tueeorer Island, given earlier. It may l)e here statwl that of an sstbttatsd anrsfsts pro«luctlon in 1012 of 1..-53.000 l.)ns tons, the mines " the Canadian CMIlMrtM (Dunsmulr). Limited, prodrnwl about f.(i2.0«K) tons; those of the Western Fnel Co., 594.000 tons; of the Pncmc Coast Coal >lln<>s, Ltd., Iti'.OOO tons; and of the' Vanconver-Xnnalmo Coal Mining Co.. Lt.l.. 130.000 tons. Tbe demand for Vancouver Islan.l coal continues to be In exc'ss of l .e supply, for not a httle eoal-bunkerlng had to U- .lone elsewhere by overs<>as vessels during the three months production was hliulerml by l.>l«.ur difficulties at the mines of thO Canadian CoUforles. PROFIT* OF MINING COMPANIES. Ths net i»oflts eamad by companies operating metalliferous mines In Briddi Cotembte hi IWa m astimatod st not leas than $3,000,000. Amounts paid to dMdeote wara as fMhnra: By BritWi Columbia Copper Co.. $177,.'>13; ConaotMatsd KtailBK and Smsltfaig Co.. 92S2.206; Hedley Gold Mining Co.. $860,000; Le Bet No. 2, Ltd., «2A«I0; and Standard SUTer-lead Co.. $425,000: total. $1,224,121. *n» 6rai««r Consolidated Co. aaned abont. $14100,000 net. but reaerred tfeia amowrt fW def^>pment and eim^iment of Its Hidden Creek mhMs and nmMti^moitm. The British ColsUbte Own Co. in Deeembar 28 (Iwliinil fliiotlier illvldeiKl. amount »HN.m |Mljral>l» January 15th. 1918. Tb« 11«11h.v (iiild Miiiinn Co. earned aliout »47..VII»: the roiimilldatcd MIninK and SiiiHltlnn Co.. »7S.13S; and the BrIttHb ''olunilpla Ci>|>|>er Co. aud Motherlode Sheep Creek Mliilim Co.. iiulmtmitlHl tlioutth unpulillMhed uniountH In cxcinn of divided prottu; and there are otbera. It will bo leeii, therefore, that WVi WW a prattattle fmt tat a nmNr oC the MilaintmH ariatas laaviBlM CONCLUOINO NOTtt. Jwt a tew flfViM la concloaloa. The aggregate Talne of the nihieral pndaetioo of Britlab Ctriiuabia for all jraara to the end of 1012 in approxl- awttiy KaOiMftmOi TIm gmter pRi|fe« rwrnt jreara may be the better Mcoflitaed tf aeaw fwiijiarlanin b* md*. Tba anregate value for flfty-uue ywn, IMMSM. waa $m,rmm; (tor tea jrMra, 1MI8-10U, It waa about WMIAtm. naa* flgana akaw that naarlr ST per cent of the aggregata pradMtiM 9t aixtiNim ymn waa BUMto dmtas tba taa n>m last p*^ iMvtag but a little more than 48 per cent, for the flfty-oae yeara that want bafen. It la, tbMwtetc plalBlr erldait ttat In tba laM dKadt thm tea btMi prepcaa of a narkad ckaraetar. IMi«taNt eompariaoa aamr to tbo praaant time, it may be Hmwii. further, that the prepocttOB o* the laat «»• yeara, lM8-inS, waa WHamoOO, at agalMt fl(»,708A» for the Sre-yaar period U»UOr. It la a atriking fact that. oT tbo vmlM o( tba Biaana productkm tut ttw wbalo period of alxty-one yeara (or whkk atatMlea are oa oOeba Ncerd, tatbav more than SO per cent., or aearty oaa^M. waa tbo pmdaetloa of ttM laat Ore years. This, anrely. la coovlneteg aridaBM of tba ariMMaattal aad |^ti4r. log progreaa of the mining taAMtf of Britiah ( MwMa . ncTOWA, B.a! M>M« kgr Wauw a. Oeua, Priatw t» tt* Xhw** HMt nmOwl MajMljr. lait.