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Les diegrammes suivsnts illustrsnt la m^thoda. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 Mioocopr moiuTioN tist chart (ANSI ond ISO TEST CHART No 2) Li, 1^ 1^ iii, Ih ■ 2.2 Li y. Mmm lii tim 12.0 1.8 l^l«^ A APPLIED IM^IGIE In '653 Ecjsl Uo.n S(re»f Rocriesl«f. Ne« York '4609 u^ (716) 482 - OSOO- Phone (716) 288 - S989 - Fa. DEPARTMENT OF Colonization and Mines MINIK OPERATIONS IN THE - " - PROVINCE OF QUEBEC DURING THE YEAR 19 00 Appendii to the annual report of the Department Arr the fiscal year isyu-lDOO. BV J. OBAL8KI, M.E. INSPCCrOR OF MINES. ■•V.' %<*] ? / J' DEPARTMENT OK Colonization and Mines HINIHG OPERATIONS IN THE — — IMfOVlNCK OF (,)UE1JEC DURI\(i TFIH YKAll J. 9 O O Afii>PntUf to the iinnnul rtfun-t of the Ihpartmenl f'or the fiscal iK'tir lsu't-i')O0. BY J. OBALSKI, M. £. NSPECrOK OF MINES. To the Honorable A. ToBOKON, Commiiaiouor of Colonizatiou and Minfs, Qnt'hec, Sir, I hiivi' the honor to tranNmit you a titutt>mfnt of the op«ratiou8 of the different mining indutitrieg in the province, to torm part of the report of the Department. This statement coverw the period from tut January 1900, to iHt January, 1901. As you are aware, we have for three years past published thi^ statement separately. The iiieonrienee of di''idiug into two the seaNtiu oi operations or of delaying for a yuar the publication of the iuibrmatioti obtained led ns to adopt this prac;tiee, whieh is alto- •jether to the advantage ol thona interested in mining. The luiniui,' industry coulinue.s to develop regularly in the province, without, however, pre.seuting any very striking l< w leatu<'.s. The most important operations have been in asb»'9tos, copper, miei, chrome and iron, and an increase in the output of these has to )»• rcpoited. Th< workiui^ population ha.-* uuf^mented and it is noteworthy that, in t rtaiu districts, wages have been raised 2'> per ciiit by the nuninir com luies. The gross valui! ol th>' minerals utilized is repns-Miit d this year by a sum of S2, 546,000 with 5,400 hands employed, to whom thi- companies paid in wages about $1,800,000 for an average of ten months' work. I may remark that the lii^uros of the producti.in of the mining industry would be much increased, if the value of the manufactured products were given. The Mining .\ct has been well observed ani ta ■ number of permits issued was larger than that of previous years. The safety of the workmen is well assured and the numbjr of ai^cidents is represented by twomen kille 1 and a few badly injured apart from thf mmyaeci d jnts mentioned in the newspapers uad r 'suiting from th • uiiskilfulness of workmen using dynamite in tho diiierent works, the inspection of which does not come under our control. Please accept. Sir, the expression of my respect. J. 0B.1LSKI, M. K. Inspector of Minos. Quebec, March, I'.'Ol. IRON No work ol iiiiimriiinc wuh ilmii' in the iron miix'w <>l ih • i>ri)\ iiiciv et -pt at ih«» S.oti mim- in Hull, win. h will b.- niDr.- liilly rt'l-rri'tl to liinh'T on S.iine pronp'ctinjf wa« dnnf in Pitiiiiiii', Imt il wan not lollowiil up by liny m.Mi..a« workn, pMh;il»ly ownii,' t<> tli.- Iii^h rato of trantporliitioii On ihe NorihShoro ol' th«' Uull' ol St. Lawr.-iK*?, tliu muynt'lii- suuU liavi' h-on furtln-r inv«;»tiirnat«'(l ami pro»(p.'le matter. Silicates of Alumina 2.88 L'lidetarmiued O.O'.i 2 8 4 70.94 69.780 611.68 .22 .321 .0 .02! .011 .021 .OoO .015 .005 .420 .860 .0 Equivalent to 70.01 of metallic iron. 100.00 The deposits of titanic iron have attracted some attention ani '20 tons were forw arded last winter from St. Urbain and 30 tons last fall from Seven Islands. These specimens were sent to the United States, but I have not heard the results obtained. In Europe, some little attention has also been given to the manufacture of ferro-titanium and, at the Paris Exhibition, ferro titanium was shown which contained 40% of titanium obtained by the " Alumiiicthcrmic " process of Dr Hans Goldschmidt. The experiments in the United States appear to have been made with the electric reduction iurnace. Scott Mine.— Th\H mine, situated on lot VII, 10, Hull, 2 miles from the Ironside Station of the Ottawa & Cratineau Valley Eiilway, is in the immediate vicinity of the old Forsyth mine, of which moreover it takes in a part. The character of the ore is well known and assays of it are given in the report : " Mines and Minerals " published in 18y9-l!<90: it is a mixture of hematite and magnetite in which the latter predominates and there is also a little graphite in it. This mine has been in operation since May last and iJ or 3 carloads of 25 tons are sliipped weekly. The works consist of a couple of open pits near the old work and from 10 to 15 men have been iinploycd duiini;- the suiiniicr, the \\..rk being done by hand and with horse-derricks. The ere occiars in veins in the L;iurciitian rocks. "Work was bi'iiig carrii'd on at two points, where 1 oliscrvcd a thickness of iMo 12 fci't, the veins having a N. X. V. . trcid and a noilherly dip. Adcpthoi 2.') iW't has been atlaiiu'd ; l.">00 tons of ore w.'ic shipped during the ye.;r to rciuisylvaiiia. It i- ..fgiiud <(\i;ility and lipids iilpluir and pliosphdvus The works arc ciiiried on under the name of Mr. J. (). Ilibluird. of Ottawa. A pretended itnporlani discovery "f nia'_riieiic iron is reported on lot VIII, 22 of Shawenegan. Tiiis mine, which was slightly prositected last fall, is the property of .Mr. Adolphe Trempe and others, ol Montreal. According to the tests supplied, the average grade would appear to bo 62"/,, with very little titanium and sulphur and no phosphorus, the encasing rocks being chiefly calcareous. The blast furnaces of Urummondville and Radnor have operated with the following results : Ore extracted (bog oro) 17186 ^ tons worth $ 84,872 Ore charged 15016^' " Limestone charged , 1^42^ " Wood charcoal charged 844800 bushels Metal produced and shipped fi748 ^ tons worth $184,971 Number of men employed : 800. Only one furnace was operated at Drummoudville during 4 mouths ; at Tadnor the capacity of the furnace was increased to 35 tons a day ; it was in blast during six months. The ore used by these companies is derived from the localities mentioned in former reports. There were also sent to Radnor a few carloads ot bog ore from the environs of Lake Memphremagog, but its working was abandoned. OCHRE This product was work^-d at St. Male, near Three Rivt'rs, by two companies : the Canada Paint Co. Ltd. and the Champlain Iron Oxide Co., the i'ornicr being the ninn' important. 1182 tons of 2000 lbs, worth A t300, wer- produced and shipped to Cauiida, the United States anJ Kiiirlaiid ; ih.> shipping stations b'ing Three Rivers and Cliaiuplain. .V2 iii'Mi wer • einpliivetl dnriiiir si.'C niontlis. CHROME Til' sliipineiit of ClirDUi" was heavier this year than lust, amounting to20iis t,„iis valued at |.!3.44'.», ill I'tOO asa'^-aiust I7t)8 tons, woitli $208t)7, ill 18'.>.t. 'I'll!' uTade of ore shipped w.is also liigher, most ol it lieing coiii'eiilraled ore. Co/mine Minima Compitni/. —Tho most i nport.uit works were carried on by this company, which has also to its credit nearly the entire shipment. It opi>rated during the greater part of the year, developing its mines and perfecting its concentration, which, as demonstrated by the above figures, turned out for the market a considerable quantity of concentrated ore grading ;>0"/„ and over. Th > actual works are as follows : tions at bottom, was abandoned ' "'^ '^"''''"'? ""°^» '"•^ioa- the timbering and a ^"^0^1 "f u'-^"'"''"''^ *" '^'' insecurity of -d of the jlar, it Ja^ i?"d d ^ . ? "'^^ '"' "" •^- ^-v-Jb the w-h i3 carried on b. «t:t;;tll •n:l;^-r d -1^7 /I^^^^^^^ good beanng of o.. ^f lariab " ades XhT^" "', •'"'"^•- '''''^^" ^ = ^'^''* ^^n»ch attained m spots 45 to 50 »/, daily. A specimen ofco" 'ttepiekeZn';"""'"'^'''^'''^"^'^^ 51.86"/,,. the ore came from shaft No 5 an7 T"*'/' °^ "^^ visits, gave which was put in last y^ardti not frnT^ ^^ '° '' "''■■ ^ d""- added, forming three balterkstih the fh''"'^ '■'''^^*" ^ 1*^'?" wa« Still, there is always a lo s n tJl t Jf 'j ''^ ^'" ^^ ^^"^'"^ ^"^"ks. betaken to treat Ler again olsn"fLr"^ "''*«"'•'"' will doubtless been the thrown aside sin^:Th: be '.^^iJ:^;! ''^' "''"°^ "^"^'^ ^^-^ may be said that the plant though nir" T!-"''''"*'"""- Altogether, it out good concentratelin t'he n^fgh hJol ^7 Jt '' iT""'" ^'^""""^ in bags, but oftener in bulk SereJl T V '"■ ^^'^ ^'''^ is shipped bam electri.. reduction works ^^ appa" t^hir" ""^ ^^ !'^ '"••^-»- prospecting was done on other parts oHh ^"''" satisfaction. Some other side of Hhu-K L..ke bu t L ,e on T^"''^ '"*^ ''^'^''^•'^^y «" th« pauy claims to have on hand 1 00 t":;:;^ "" '7''''""''' ^'"^^ -™- treated in the mill. ''' "^ ^°^ ^''-'^de ore, which can be on ^^t:; tr SSil;::^: tr ^^^ t--'- ^^ ^^« — . been found. It is ..ituated fivrSl Y^*^"-"'" chrome had not previously Thetfordroad and ol^ LbX 1 7 ''''J^'"' ^'^'^'^ ■^*'^*-' ''- ^^^^ effected only in winter ""'''' ""= '^^^'^ -'^ thnt transportation is .:asily deep'^hr!;;::;;:;:::::,:;:^"- ^^rr^^' "' '^^ — ^-- ^^ ^^ ^o feet Work h„.l ; .."'l^i^ ,v •^^t^^^^^^^^^^^ '-ttom and on ,h. si^; tea m,.n. An.und themau o" "^ V ^^,""''^ ahorse-derriek and theon. s..em.Mo he abundant and of good J ll tvto "O ? '" '''^''^" °"^' A .spe.imen ,s.le,.,ed by myself gave o.; X, Tb. ^^•"•"^"^-'tioned. a mining license. ^ ^" '"• ^'"^ ™"'« '« operated under The N. W. of lot 17 was prospectt'd duringthe autumn on a prospect- ing li.eiis*' by Mr. Joseph Lomdiu, who, iroin a small oxcavatioii at a distanci' of 2oO or oOO yards from theono above nu-niionod, took out 4 to 5 tons Mr. Lemoliii also did some unimportant prospec.ting on lots XIII, 9-1 V, 4. •") of Col.'rainc. Beebc iV Co. worked on lot B tJ of Colraine and took out a certain quantity of ore, which hus not yet been shipped. This company proposes to put up a concentractor in the neififhborhood of its mines. This com- pany's head quarters are in Boston, where it has au istabiishmeut for the manufai ture of chromic acid, which is used in leather tanning. The 11. Leonard Mine, at Lake Saint-Fran.is, was not worked this year. A couple of hundred tons of low grade ore were shipped. A com- pany, known under the name of " The Canadian Chrome Iron Co., Ltd.", with a capital of |;50.000, is being organized to develop these properties and to erect a mill on lot 11.26 ; the ore will be shipped from the Col- raine station, which will be the company's headquarterrj. Some prospecting work done last year on lots 11, 26. 27 yielded a few hundred to. is of low grade ore, which have not been shipped. On lot III. 8 of The t ford, belonging to Mr. Theophile Pomerleau, chrome has been discovered and slightly prospected by Mr. Lessard, of Black Lake. Some prospecting on lots 11,24 and 25 of Ireland has given good indications. At Brompton Lake, Mr. .John McCaw has done some work and has followed a deposit of chrome to a depth of 185 feet. Th > ore is good grade and a dozen of tons have been shipped to Pittsburgh. An analysis of this or.', which ha.-< bt'en communicated to me, shows 51. 16"/,, of chrome and 4. "^8"/„ of silicium. The output of chrome may be summed np as follows, for lltOO : 1st cla79 long tons worth. 2nd class 3,246 '• $37,966 00 35.462 00 ^.826 " " '• $73,428 00 Besides about 10,000 tons of inferior products that cAii be mill-treated. 10 The following quantities were shipped : Ist class 1,224 tons worth ^ 04 434 2nd class 844 " " 9 015 ^'^^ $ 33.449 The shipments were made as foil, v Black Lake Station (Q. C. R.) i83l tons. Colraine Station (Q. C. R.) 22.) " "Windsor Mills Station (Q. T. R.) "12 " iOtJS The first class ore is chiolly concentrated oro. The shipments are made to Pennsylvania and several hundred tons have also been utilized at Buckingham in the manufacture of ferro-ehromiura ; 130 hands were employed at the mines during the greater part of the year. COPPER ^ The Capelton eopper uinies wer" regularly worked and yielded 83,742 long tons of low grade ore worth $I;-)0,1;32 at the nun.-. ab.."iu one half of which xvasshipp'dtotheCait'dStat.'s and the remaindorutilix.,] onthesp,.t. The ixvo l':usti> and Xiehols mires were worked during the whole y..i.r. em;.loying 270 men, IS.', of them uiiJeigroiiMd ^ui.l the others on ih ■ surla.e. tiie wages paii)0. The Nichols Company Iims built a wuig to iis works for the nianulaetare of muriatic aeid. ll also praspeered the oid Sherbrooke niiii ■, ioeated on lot VII, 12 of As.'ot, where ten men have been emplovc d sine July. V shaft, dippinir45' to the South East, has been sunk on a T. f-t vein running North East. About 17o tons of ore had been lak.n out at the time of my visit in October. A small 10 inch vein has also b.m noted to tl: "' nth East of the first. i..e As<'ot mine had remained idle since January, liKO, but towards the close of the year an American syndicate decided to put in machinery and to develop this mine. The name of this compaiiv will he the Dominion, Minings ami Smeltiifj: Co., Sherbrooke Compressed air will be used and it is hoped that the mine will shortly be in full operation. Some prospecting was also done duriug a couple of months at the Acton Mine by Mr. J. McCaw. 11 i At Harvey Hill, Dr James Reid has continued to prosfjct intermit- tently. In tho neighborhood of Sherbrooke, some work was dout at the Suffit'ld Mines an i the adjoining mine opened a few years ago by Mr. Kennedy. LEAD, ZINC, SILVEIl The Calumet Island mine was not worked this yoar and the same statement applies also to tlie other indications of those mmorals in the centre of the province. The Lake Temiseaminijue Mine was reopened and is actually worked by the Brilisli and Canadian Lead Co. Limited, under the management of Mr. E. J. Walsh ; ?j men have been employed in it for five months, partly to get llie mine into good order and to put in m-w mai-hiuery. 2S6 long tons of concentrated and pii'ked galena, about one liaU' nl' which was tlif product of previous year, have buen shipped. GOLD On lot If), do LiTV, (rilbiTt rivr, Messrs. Ch. Mazes and others, of Montreal, havi' sunk :i shall ol't;T leet to tlie Xorth of the old {..oekwood shafts (that is to say, in a still uiiworked zone) and claim to have struck the aurifiTous gravel at iliat dv'pth. Before doing s.>, they parsed through the followiiig : Gravel and eluy 21 feet. 8ol't blue, •lay..' 11 " Gravel holding no gold and containing fossil wood, it Quick siiiid 3 Gold beariiiir blue gravel Tlie (luart/. was also tested by Mr. Ma/es, wiio found in most of the veins operated upon a percentage of .Si to §:! of siold to the ton. The works were shut down on the setting in of winter. On lot 14, in the neigliborhood of the old Smart shaft, on the top of the hill, three shafts were sunk but not completed owing to the quick- sand. The company known as " The Beauce Syndicate," which did this Work, has since pumped out the Smart shaft located on the top of the hill and employed 1 o men during a part of the year. 12 Mr 1 C u»fl ,• . ^^I""l"«"back of the villa... of St. Frannn. r^i n^ V r '/ ^'"'^^"'-••y P^t.nt. Tl.is s,.ctio,. .,.,..ns to he a pajnijjon.. lor. l.,.«,.l..s ,1... ^ol.l louud lor.a.rly th.-rc, Mr Coupd worth ol,lu.pr..,-.ous.u..tal, which included so,„. .u.^.rHsof f:JOO tofW Attho^na. lalls,>rth..('ha«di..r..vvi.en.theSta,.K.y Cold Co , Md) ha. h.vns... only a few small pro.sp.cts w.-r. .nade bv Mr. Sam Hyr.e thcouipaay'srepresfiitative. ^."n •>> nits, nil il""tw'.l.r'' *"' "';^ ^''"ttho gold output of lieauce this year wa« nil. som. tw.-nt> men only havin,. he.n engaged in prospecting work. was done.' """^""^^ '''''''"' '^'° ""'^ ^ ^'"'^ "nimportant prospecting ASBESTOS. equaHed'"£!o'ffr??'' *'^'r»*i"''^'y '^-"med a development which a?dv iHoh Fir t ;' ^r'^'^r' "^ ^'■^'•^'•J^ "''^ P"-'^ ^-" proportion- and th !h * f '' ^' '"'""•^ "^'^^^ ^^'^ *" ^lO*^ : the iibre «30 to $40 and n e^ r:.r: r';\'" ""'".'"r '^'^ '"'"^"^ ^'^« greatl^increaled in !n^ , '^'"° °" °*^^ ''''■"" "'^•^^"•r of hands, night work b 1 w" ^\''^^'«'"t °^T^"'*-d' ^'-J^ '-ko and l.anville anS the mining companies voluntarily raised their rate of wages 25 o/o. ^rtir"^! ^^''^r'^: '''' ^'""' ^'"'^' '*"^ •^°''"^«" .ompanies worked very a^^ .vely^en.p,oy,ng V>0 hands, ineluding the women working i . he n, lb, he companies want more h.lp. The Bell Company did ni.n.t ^^o l.roughou, most of the summer. u,.,n.. 11 derricLs in its mine g v.n orders for the construction of another mill, which will be completed towards th,. month of July. The Johnson company is buildin. a m lof powVandl ,"'■"?" '^T/^ "'done, which w!ill re,uire''.So 1 rf powerand he directly .served by a branch of. heQuehec Central Kailwav a pn..U then.are 7 derricks at the mine and the deepest pit l^Z^l^t^ tu ■; f • ''" 'T: ''"'"''"'^' ^•"' '''"'' P"t "1' ^ ""11 «t Black Lake, to Whhh rclcien.e wiil be made further on. 18 Tho Bt'avtT Asbestos Co., which owns lots 80 ancl ."51 of raugo (' of Colraiiie and which hud sliut down its works for some years, has bojjuu tht' constrnotion of a mill of large capacity whicli will soon go into operation. The miue and mill will be under the managi'menf of Mr. H. Williiini.s, the company's former manai^er. Dweilini^ liouses are also to be ( -ected by ihi,' Johnson and Heaver companies to lodj^e tlieir employees in that part of Thetford villai^e. At Bliitk Liiki', I 111' I iiiuu uiin' wa.s in reuular oi)eration ; thi- proper- ties of liif McMiireul and (<1iisl!OU' Co., were leased to the Ciiiiit'/ian j4.v/;e.'i/('. info operation in the spriiiij-. T'\e system will i)e t!ie same- as that already follow. 'd, namely, breakiiiir and ernshiiiij tlie vo.k. ruiuiiii^' throuiih tilt- cyi'loiie and sc'|)aratio!i of the " iibre " :i lid " pai^r stock '' 4ualuies. Dr. .lames Heed also reoi>>n<'d !iis mine in th>' Toudrier road and j)rospe> ted on lot -'.» near the Thotforl road, where lie put in steam machinery, having lound indications ol' (in-' asbestos that warranted tliis outlay, lie also contemplates the c/jiistnici ion of a mill. Tiu! Anglo-Canadian Co., controlled by Mr. H. T. Hopper, did not work, but I understand tint its minc^^ are to be soon reopened .Mr. Hopper has bought the old Pointe-du Chene Mill in the county of Aruenteuil, and the parts thereof that are useful are beinu- trausfeired to IJlack Lake, where a mill is to b > bitilt. It is rCj»orted also that the United Asbestos Co's mines will be shortly reopened. At Danrillr, the Asbestos & .V.'bestic Co. worked regularly down to March, when the mill was entirely destroyed by firv-. A temporary one was run up, capable of treating "200 tons of rock a day and siipplied with 14 i 2 cyclones. It was in operation in July and has worked sine. • hn» *u fibre P hi/ T -Z"^"*^" varietiea, are sorted by hand and In the township oninm North VI western nnrf iq „ n . ■ serpentin.. has been discovered, earryin." roffL lb 7 " 'l whi.h measure 2 inches Th.. ^'°° y""%°^ ''""^^ •«l»^'«'«»- ''ome of ieet high l>y 100 lee. h the i . / ^ '^ ^°'™' " '™"'' '^'l' "^ ^0 »• . '«" "> i'"J 'fet Ht the hase, which occurs to the «outh 'inH ..t H,» ^oc.o a h,,her hill of, „art.ose serpentine that appearf to b^^^^^^ Onl> a little pn.spectinir work was done by Messrs Chamnoux.nR chu. which yiel.I-d a couph, of hundred pmuid. o .^bX th ^""'^"•^ - '» '''^^-' '■ ^^ rniU. from wLlon Station ^^c. Z "'" " In the Ottawa r.-i„„ ..othins,' was done this year • c,.riu., .} ,.. u however mi.ht be work..d on a .nail scale for tl/ p;odu n H^ and especially the mine .ucated on lots V. 15. 16 of Portland WesL not woTk^d.'""'" '"'"' "■"■^'■""^ '" ^'"^ '''"'^■^ '''''^'- -^^ >^'Tbol,l, was It will thus be .seen that this industry is makin.r „, f __ . , ,, . 'l^'i'i'*'" ^vitn all the improyements su<"rested bv e.pe.ien..e bo h in the matter of capacity and in th. nature of the mach.aos employed^ As shown by the following Hgnres, the propo t on of iibre represents the largest tonnage, the value being 43 "/„ oHh ota^ «h.p.uen s. The utilization of the short fibres obtained throu "h he m vpresents the ,,reat strides made by the industry, and if we consl that all the ..uput of the mines has been shipped and that nothit remains on hand, the future in store for asbestos will be rea ized' should the demand an,' the pnces be maintained and no stibstitut. fo^J IVactically, there are two kinds of fibre, .Ithou^h given under the ■same hgures, the ..econd quality, known as paper-stock, being used in the 16 manufactnre of paper. Th« refoHo of the mills, or asbebtic, gives rise to a special industry principally at Danville, and tha demand for this product for the inside plastering of apartments seems to increase as its advantages become known. The output of asbestos for the year 1000 may be summed up as follows, for the three districts of Thetford, Black Lake and Danville, in tons of I'OOO lbs. 1st class crude l,7r>5 tons, worth $:;10,250 'Jnd " " 3,400 " " 182,040 Fibre I(i,:!»i8 " " 32G,o-26 Total for asbestos 21,»jl3 Asbestic 7,0:;5 $7i;t,416 l.'.,948 with upwards of lOUO hands employed, during an avera<,'e ol 10 montlis and earning a total of #26ii,000 in wages. This output was divided by districts as follows : Thetlord 1".,477 Danvill.' :!-13« Black Lake 3,000 Total 21,613 The asbestii^ comes almost entirely from Danvilh-. A few hundred tons of debris sent from Broughton were! treated at Black Lake whence the fibre was shipped and is credited to the production of Black Lake in the abovf figures. A jfood and it i^ -.in . . ai.u..,. or . ...n.:* i^-Jc:!^!:: ;„: ^ ' r t ;"^: dej.o.s., wo, k...l ^vas (nnn.Tly ka.,vvn uu.ler tho nam 1 . M, v , v V ' The gruplut.. Ks louud in u pr.-Uv nun, stal^ i„ i ^ ^ ''"*-'• lotss..n, .umaiM . a;^ .t:'^:^,';* ^-'-' ""'1 co„..e,.tra,..d. The it is paid i,.r a.vordin. to th X Shi' t'h"" "'"'"' '";" ^-'^'''^-'J of 1". r,.,.t .,!■ solid 'Tanhii.. I... • u r V"'"- '^ ''*.•''.' t-f, a ilnckiicss '■> .-.-i wi .T.;;''*';',,;':.,:",-::;;,.^;"^: '"■"■"■ "■■-"■'^ ^" " .so.n.. otl.er piospoctiug o„ :i small scale. !i<^ .sam- .•ompaiiy li.is doni' ^^.x ;;'r,i:r:"'' -'- '■«''-'°"" ■--'-■ -'"^^m; :;' Tfi.' Iota! quantity -ot out aiidshipp-d wis SS-i t,... c worn. *>;,;.,i4, about -^o nu-n h.ivM..r , "' '''"' ^''•..pluto NhipiM.dtotiu.i:mt..d States. ^^» employed. 1 he whole was «l LF.ATIiOFIJAKYTA The Canada Paint Company worke.l the Foley mine in Hull lor si, S,;„!on ' "'"'" "'" ^'"'^"' '" ^''"'"^-' 1-- i^-t Templefo,; PllOSniATK. Aeeording ,o Mr. J. F. ilign,i„«on. of IJuokin^ham. the n,!! a on 'ili.:illi!ie; 'ipiiosi.hale have been .shipi),.,! IV, loin the Ottawa re .'owing L'lon 17 120 tons cf 80"/,, u«ed iu Ontario and 450 tons used in Quobeo making 570 tons in all. ' This phosphate was ^ot out by the miners mining for mi.a in Templeton and about 100 additional tons w.-re got out. Ore of a lower gr.de (50 to 60 "/„l. comin? from the old works, wus also shipped as follows : 3.50 tons in Ontario and 450 ton. in Qu-b .o. making a total of 800 tons. * In both cases, th.. phosphate was u.ed in manufacturing ohemica products or fertilizers. Taking the ordinary value, we liave : 570 tons, high grade, at ^10 |.-,70o 800 tons, low grade, at | 4 „ 8200 Say 1370 tons, worth „ $8 900 Although the consumption of phosphate throughout the world has not diminished, the i-rices offered are not high enough to encourage our people to reopen the Ottawa mines. A certain quantity of high grud. patite of the purest variety was 1a '" ^^^.""""O^^^cture of phosphorus by the Buckingham Ele. Keduction Works. MICA Daring the first part of the year, the condition of this industry was very good : mica, especially the .small size 1x3, was sold for as much as 15 cents per pound. At the end of th • season buyers seem to have offered much lower prices with the result that nearly by all the mines were shut down. This fall in prices seems to have been due to a commercial operation lor. from inquirie.s I made, I ,annot see that anv absolute substitute for mica has bee.i found. Although it is stated that some work has been done in old mica mines in the United States. I see nothu.ir to justiiy the permanent shutting down of this industry in Canada. We mav therefore hope to see the mines re-opened in the sprin- and an a-reemeut come to between the miners and th.- consumers of mica. For some years past the mica debris have been used in makin- lagging for steam-boilers, steam pip.-s, etc. Their use s.-ems to hav. -re..t!v develops, and the company that started this industry iu Canada, The Mica Boiler Cocemuj Couqnnnj Ltd., Toronto, has found it necessary to 18 euUhUnh brtt,,..h..« iu Montr..«l vul Lou.!..,.. Etv^huul I visits the M....rr.al .■>.tal.li.,h,n..nt, N„ s:, A,„. .tr.vt. Th-H. shops, svh.oh ..uplov 50 workm.u. .o„«iu,... more than . ton of raw lui.u daily and hav a set of ma.-hn...«dmvnby.st..a.n,m>m.orwhi.h are sinn-iallv pafuted. Those niachu,..H ,.an the mi.a. m-paralo and . ..rrn?«t.. th.- Hho-tn and thou dutnbut.. th.. nu.u I., another ^.-t of maeluu« in which a kind ot mat 18 mud.', pr. (tsi'd hftw.-.'u wire u.-ttini?. Th.' prin.ipl,. ofnon-.onniaii pa.nphl.t m.Mitioning th.^ trial. luad.bv railway an.l ...h-r .ompani.-s. i,.^r,.,h..r with th.3 opini..,,.. ..I luany .■u..to„.,.r.s an.l tabj.-s of ■■. ..pari.on with other insulators and the lollLwinir ndvantag,..s hav- b.-en louiid to exi.st : \\ell-.',tiil)lish.'d non-ionductin-:' pro; . rty ; JUiraiiun oftn.^ material u»e.l ; l'"a«:liiy ol u^ing and of repla.in-,' ; Al.s.M.c.. ..1 >ul..stan.-...s liable to injure th.' eover-d parts ; Low prir.'. Th.. . ..nii^any n.ak.s lap-ing lor blutionarv boii..r>, lor .st,.amshii. or o..on,o.,v.. h,.,l..,.. ofth..d.nu.n.,onof ;}.;in.he,s by s. whi.h is uKn.lv h..|.l b..tw,.,.n tv.-o n..ttinu^ of .,alvani/..d in.n wire a.id also ..ovvrin.; •■' i-Hh.s .oMo-. lor |..p..s lV(,n. hall an iu.h in diani,.i..r upward" Ihis pip..-i,,n.u,. ,, ,ov..r..d witha .anvas .overin- that is la.-.l up when put on. ' It al.o n.ak..s spe.ial patt..rns for fe. and elbows, the mi.-a b.^in-.- nux d with an a^^^l()meratill^■ hubstan.e. " This lairirinu' is us..d by many railway and other ,on,pa.u..s. a.non.rst whh.l. may b. meution..J the C'auai.au IVihe, the Grand Trunk The intercolonial, et<.. etc. l^isrl^h Admiralty lor la^.,n? th^- boilers. p;p,.s. et. ., ..i the uew war-ship the Drake ; oth.-r orders have likewise beou received from En-Misa 10 railway .oinpuai.-. su-:- a.^ tli.- di- ii KnUm R. R, thf Loudon and North- \V.•.^t^'ru H. R. Tli.Mompa.iy ii,.-H, thi« y.Mr, ., .junntity of 8.V) Lms .if mica d. brig for whiih it puvs iroiu '•i to i|.-. p.-r ton on tli.- curs, w liite and noii- brouktibi'- niicii 1> in-,' pr.'l'.rn'd. Thi- lollosvin-^' miiu,i w.-r.' woikod durini^ the year : lEMI'r.KTox Woik on iin .xtonsiv." .^La'i- w.i.s douL' at llu- Hhi-kluirn Drnn. uihi,; n.'.ossiiaiin-. thi" .•mployni.-nl nl I'n.iuoO to 6 larg.' .x-.av tion that uow in.ludrs th.'.ild \voikiiiu>. A d.^pth of 130 f.-t has b. .n r.a.di.-d and I 111- ro. k and iniia ur.- r.iu-»v.'.l l>y nuMins of two .abli' d.-rricks. An air lonipr.'ss.M- hn, ben put up to IV.'d 7 diil's and a 70 horsi-powrr hoil.T. Kin.' micji is visible- iu liic dir.ction ol'tho old workinirs Sinro '•' l.i jl.'.-.'iubrr ih.' uuinb.'rot' ufu iia^ brcu inMi.v. iiii.'l.'ss u^ol out a --.^ >d luriMiity ot'liiu' mica A nuiub rof ni'Mi, av.'ra-inn' !•;, w.T.' .■uiploy d duriin,' tli • lirsi •) mouths in il\-<-\- opiu- til., piop.-riy \\i;Ii .1 vi w to lutur.' opTaiion>. Thrcompany has al>o a<(iuiivd ih- owii.T>liip .1 ioi> X.Il 4, :, of '{■..mpK-tou urar i'latlK' LaUi' aud has ai.-<om'' pi'u.sp.'ctiMi^ with 4 inon. Chs. Mry.T and oili.-!.> ai. uurkiui.'- on lot IX ' N. MSophia laiuc; lorm.Tly work, d by th>- L-'- Syudirat- aud lo m.'U hav,' h.'vn .-mpl .yed th.Mv>iur,' tiir month ot May. Th/y ar.' woikiuir ;,u almost p.rp. udi- .ular kad by miMus of a shak of about a hundred i.'.-t and have t:ik-u out a !,'oo,l r ..sp,-ct> also show many indica- tions of mica Th.' avcrai,'- >iz ■ of the mica is 1 x 3 aud J x 8. The I,. McLauriu & .F. McLai-n Company has worked since the b.'-iuuiuuof ihe.>'as(.u on lot X. 7, al.so on lot lo (Jubile.- Mine) of the samerauireand, at the ,.udof tli-- year, it b -irau to work on lot X. 10 (Victoria Mine) About thirty m-u were empl .ycd ther and a uood quantity of luica was u„t uui and sold. The company's stoi houses are at KasI Templetou. X. 8. The rid Marsoli^is phosphate mine (Lucky Jack Mine). In Octob.r Messrs. Haycock aud Powell began to work the old debris aud 20 put up a steam pump for tho purpose of emptyin!» the old shaft 90 feet deep and of getting out tlie mica that had bi'i'u left tli.>re while miuing for pliosphate was being carried on. About 10 men with a horse-derrick were working at the time of my visit. The Star Miuing Company worked on lot (XII) 13 with 12 men aud got out a good quantity of mica. It also prospected on lot I, 18 of Wakefield. VIII. 10. This mine, which was worked last year by Messrs. Jos. Fortin and others, was worked again this year by Mr. J. E. .Vsquith, of Ottiwa with about 20 men and he put up a steam engine and pump. .V good quantity of mica was got out. HULL Some important work was done in the region of Hull Mountain. Fortin & Gravel, VII J N. 18— This mine, which was opened last year, shows a considerable quantity of large sized and fine mica. A first shaft was sunk to a deptli of 00 feet and abandoned, being full of water. Another shaft of 20 feet, sunk in the immediate vicinity, shows the bottom partly covered with mica of large dimensions. In the winter of 1900, about 20 men were employed ; this number was reduced to and it was proposed to put up a steam pump for the purp ise of emptying the large shaft The mica is conveyed to Hull where it is prepared for the market. The company has a considerable quantity of mica on hand, a good deal of it being of large dimensions. The mine was shut down for the winter Brown Bros, worked for the greater part of the year with from 8 to 10 men in the following mines, about the same region : Aberdeen (VII I S. 19a and 10b; ; Cliff (VI 20a) ; Eva (Vll i X, 18.) A fair quantity of micaof gc.otl quality was got out and a portion of it was shippiid. .\l>out fifty toii.s of phosphate were taken out. The company's place of business i^ in tiie village of Caiitlcy where tlie store- hmiscs and sorting shops are In the vicinity of the Fortin iV Cravel mine, tlie prosp>cts mentioned last year were continu-d by Mr. Ficury (VII i S. 20) ; Bayley (VI iX. 10) and some othi-rs. In the Cantley ri'gion the Xellis mine w.is'worked with *5 or 7 men and a shaft of 130 feet was sunk, limestone being found at the bottom. 21 A certain quantity was sjot out but the chief object of the work was the development of tlie mine. The Powell mine was worked with a few m .u. OTHER Townships Tlie Mica Mining and Manufacturing Comp:iuy worked the Lake Girard mine after pumping the water out ; it got out a good quantity of iine mica, in addition to the debris, 30 men being employed. The same company also worked ou lot Hull X. 2:1 The shops are at Ot:awa, where some women and boys are employed iu sorting. A. considerable quantity was got out by this company. The Eddy Sills Company did some work at the beginning of the season, amongst other places at the St. Anthony mine, near Gracefield. It abandoned this mine iu the mouth of August on the expiration of the contract wiih the owner. Th-- depth then reached was 9.) feet aud the machinery was taken away. Th • indications are said to have been good. If also rented all tlie properties belonging to Mr. A. Murphy, and did some prospecting on lot Templet ou XJ S. 10 and in the Gore. AH these woiks were stopp d in the autumn. Webster i^t Co., worked the Cascades miue with about 12 mea and also the Chaibee Mine in Wright, formerly worked by Mr. Waiters with IS men. The shops of this company are iu Ottawa where about 30 persons, chieljy women, are employed. Ill the r.-giou touniiig t!i ■ angle ..f the townships of Derry, Porllaud East and Uuekiiigham, are oM phosphate mines, known as the Newtou properties, which were worked by seve;al companies prior to 188i'. The mica of this region had b.-eii uegl.'cted until ot late years wiieu regular work was done, promising a lair future. The Glen Almond Mini ,(■ Miniu'^ Com/Jini/ began \vjrkiii<'- towards the end of lSf>'.t,oii lols II. li and .Joli) Try, iWnueriy worked for phosphate and got out a bug.- quantity of lui.a but it was much broken. Phis lot was abaiuloni'd and work was don., on lots ill. o, 4 and (J wliich had already b •en worked, a good (juintity ol mica b-'in',' obtained This property has been put in go .d order and otters advantau' 'ous indications. During the course olth y 'a;' the company aeqnired lot?, 1. .',, W. I and 2 of I'^ast Portlai-d als) formerly worked tor phosphate The eomi),iny, under th since the month of .Vugust with about 12 la lagein-'ul e>f Mr. F. .<. S'liirK-y, has i>e.-ii dv. ,'elopiiig this plop Tly leu and has got out au ' .'OBMP^I^S^mStri'il',. '■s'lnj^'' 22 important quantity of mica of good dimensions. When I visited this mine, nredZ;^'.T"f^u°u''P""*"^' "''"^' '" " '°°""t'>'» whore calcite predominated and which presented numerous indications of mica. Some inica was prepared and I saw pieces of 8/5 and 4/6. The company proposed to continue its works by developing, them, the indications b.in^ LS and offering prospects of success. Other works were carried on in ,he same district during the summer wih , fa.r profit on lot U E. 1 of Portland East by Mr J Poupore of Ottawa and on 1, 7 of Derry by Mr. Dan. Cameron. Wd., opened a mine m the autumn on lot 1, <) of Derrv About ^ LZ were employed there for 3 month.s and abou ten tl .so ' untwa cr d si^^xtz ^\--^----f-'^- euttin^":r^';:w exca a. o... and the work IS done by h.nd. The distance to the ilage ^ne 'lu;; r K ' '"'/"• u- '"'" i^>--^'-nro„ .Ughtlv ma.neticand gnei iiuor are obsTved in this mine. ° - s fullv^b;M'i'7"'*'r^''''''''"^''''^^^'"'^"'"*^'^'« '- "•"'•k"'^ ^"^^ce«s- ^^^^Sonie.li.ht prosp.vts were made on lor.s III. 14. ,.-.. lo „.ar Lake -i.h " Z:nt'L^Xi^il, ^'' ^^-^' -V--k-^ i" 'he autumn of mica. '' ^ '""''""^'' P'-'^ducino. a >raall ,,uantity The Mulliuran Mine in Aylwin II 4 was sncee..sfullv worked bv Mr Richard Moore for six montlis with on u " "orKici by Air. a m,ca bviug j„i cut, |,„i ,],,. „j„^. „.,^ „>,„„j„„,,| ^lK-^^^mP¥»;' .mK*'". 23 WoTK was also done on lot 1. 4 of Villeneuve and Denholm B. 19—1. 1— V. 20. 21. 22. In thecounty of Pontiac— Waltham .\. 7 and 8., work was done, pro- •ducing small quantities of mica. Prospecting was also done in Aldlield VIII 53. Cawood V. 42. Prospecting licenses were granted, in the following townships : COUNTY OF OTTAWA Blake VI. 52 VII. 25. 26 8!. 31. VIII. 22. 23. 25. Denholm A 10. J N. 20. B. J X. 18. J N. 19. I. 2. 3. 10. V. 5. J*. 21. 22. Teraploton XI. i X. 17. XII. 24. (;ore 14. J S. 18 10. Bouchette IX 85. 3(1. Portland "West III. N. 14. 16. Portland east VI. S 13. S. 14. X. 5. tj. Aylwyn III 1. Wakefield IV. i S. 11. VI. J N. 12. 26 X, J S 27. VI. J S. 11. Hiucks 11. 11. VI. 52 XI. 13. 14. 15. XII. 15 Derry II. 21. Lochaber IX. i N. 10. Villeneuv,- II. J O. 1 V. 22. Mulgrave VI. S. J 42. 43. Bigelow V. 52. COU.VTY OF POVTIAC Sheen V. 8. 1. VI. 10. 11. 12 14. 15. Clapham IV. 47. 43. V. 48. 49. VII. 46 Bryson A. 7. 8. Cawcul VI. U. J X. 14. iX 15 Gen- dr.'au X. (lordon Creek 0. 7. . Leslii' I 18. J X. IH. II. J 8. 19 Litchfield XI I X. 9. J 11. I X. 16. i X. 17. Aldlield VI. J .S. 54. Chichester VI. 50 Poiitefract IV. X. N. J 3. X X. .'. of O. i 4. V. 1. 3. S 3 1/8 S 4 Vll J X. E. 7. COUNTY OF AROENTEUIIi "Wentworth X. .} E. 20. ILirrington V. 1 X. 21. J X. 22. Mining license.'* were granti'd, in the following townships : Cawood V. S. W. 41. S E 42. VI. S. 18. X. W. 48. Poutfract IV. I ^Y. 4. Denholm 15. pt. 12. I. 1. Portland We.st III. X. 14. Wakefield IV X. 25. Lyttou IV. 21. Aldfield VIII. 53. Bryson A. pt. 7. pt. 8. Harrington VIII. J X. 11. Wentworth X. 19. During the year 1900, notwithstanding the favorable indications of the early part of the season, the production or, at least the quantity shipped, was less than in 1899. Twi-uty-scven companies or individuals mined for and got out mica in very variable proportions while some perso:is mined without getting anything. Prospecting licenses for mica i-y^',do3Ibsof mica of the stated value of SnfiLar, havii^rflu.jtuaie.l between the following /;'. ■' 1 2-3 274 4/1; ■V 8 mill over Jrom $.1.3 upwards. ets. cts. 7 to 15 18 to :]-) ;50 to 40 45 to 60 7i to 1.00 It will be observed that duriui;- th ■ year the d. miea was stated that this industry is tending towards an important development. Several com- panies have been organized and are preparing compressed peat which is said to find a ready market. In our province some experiments have been made in this direction but the manufacturing stage has not yet been reached. \s we possess ''xtensive peat-fields yielding a good quality of peat, it would be desirable that this industry be e.-t.tblished here,especially when we consider how important the question of fuel is at the present day. From another standpoint 1 called attention in previous reports to the value of peat as a possible source of supply for pulp Trials made iu. Europe have proved that pulp can be made out of peat and it would be desirable that similar trials be made in this country. A company with a .ai.ilui of :<10*).000 has jum been organized a. Fraserville uhder the name ot 7'/,. Cuiiadu Peat Fiitl Comnani . Ltd. tr jaa^.«-«. •^••-^Rideaust;:.et. nil; .^; K n /'"^r'": *^"'" '•'''" "^ '"'^ ^"^^-^s of stone for the Z17L ^")'" "'^^""- ^"^'"?-"'^^»ts have been made to obtain a suffi...„t supply from ru,s qu..rry ; a branch raihvav about a mile long ha. b, ea bu.lt to conne., ,h. quarry with th. Lake St. .Tohu r.ulway and st...nn machinery ha. b ■,., put up for drills, derricks and i.K-lined pianos. tl. . n?" '^°"l'' "'"■'*""■ ^^°'" " ^*'^ ^^^ f-^thiirher than th. railway and fn Hp . b] l' b'.n.^ about 10 leet thick. The granite, whi-h isdetached d m So t"- "; : '^^"^'^' '' '''''''''''^ "^"^ i"'" P'-- ^'f -"^»»>1- d rrH ;. "^ "" - *" ' ^"'' ""^ •^^'"^' ^^••^•'■h '»r- lifted by a steam tZt "" r" "u '"'^ '"'" ='"^ P^="-«l °" ^'"^^'l ^^"'^ks by which de ir Wh'7l V^: '^"''"'^ ">^ ^'^''^ "" '^'^ '--"""'i bv another wh h ■.•„,^ 1 ?' f "■' "'"^'■^"^' ^^">' ^'•" »^^^*" Pl^-d -^ trucks 1 ve of rl t T ''! T^ '"^'^ ""'"^'^' ^^''^^ P"-«^'"«' '-J^- to the n^ 60 b TK '"■ '^"■''"*: '°^''^ "" °"^'""^^ cars capable of carry, when ft ,s % y !"'"'' '' *^"" '°""^>'"^ ^« '^" ^^''^-^- *° Q«"b;c tT Can Po n K "" ''-■g-;apable of ..arrying 150 tons which are towed to C ap Kongo wh.re the bridge is being built. is Jrt' ^''''"Z ^ ^'T ='■""'" "^''''"^ ^'' P^^"''^^ to the cubic foot. It and possesses all ho n.eossarv qualities for hoavv building work It intntal »toae in building some h.iuse.s in Quebec. 27 When I visited the place at the beginning of November, 90 workmen wore employed, 40 being stone-cntters and when the quarry will be fully developed there will be 15 derrickH in all (there are at present 8 with 6 steam engines) and about 300 men in all will be employed. The men were then working hours a day and were getting |1 15 and $1.25 a day. In summer they work 10 hours and get |1.80 and |1.50 ; the men employed at the engines h -ing paid $1. 75 and $2.00 and the stone-cutti-rs by the piece at the rate of $2.7.5 per eubic yard. This is a very important undertaking and the quarry which is iu a very fine situation can meet all dcnands and supply nU dimensions of first class material. In addition to this quarry there are two other small ones at Riviere a Pierre; one worked by Messrs. .lean Voyer & Fils, with 15 men, and the other by Mr. .Joseph Perron, with 10 men. The Slanstead (iranite Company, also wurkid this year at Mount Jolinson. Throughout the province, the quantity of granite shipped or quarried for shipment represents an amount of ^lio.dOO ; this industry -^ives employment to 170 workmen for period-; of from 6 to 10 months, an amount of $57,350 being paid in wages. CEMENT. Tlie gr, at (ire in Hull on the 2r>th April, 190'"', destroyed the cement mill of Wright & Co., in Hull, whii-h has not b'en rebuilt. The Crescent Cemt nt Works carried on operations throughout the year, producing a considerable quantity and employinar about 40 men* This factory is at Maisonneuve if^ar Montreal, and it uses the Trenton limestone found on the spot. This limestone is crushed dry in a ball grinder and a suitable proportion of clay is added. The material is then conveyed to a rotary kiln from 30 to 40 feet long whence an elevator takes it up and conveys it to a grinder similar to the ab)ve mentioned one from which it is placed in barrels made by the company. This establishment, the only one in the provine>, uses steam machinery and the product is consumed iu the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. At Lake Weedon, on the Quebec Central liaihvay, the Canada Lime and Cement Company is putting up machinery for making a kind of 28 comeut sirnilar to the PortlHud cement and the .ompany reportH that a small quantity was shipped this year. LIME. During th,. year I have endeavored to obtain figures in connection with the production of lime in the province and I am able to mve the tollowing information : n ■ n M iJ ill Lime 18 made wherever limestone crops out ou the surface, espei^iallv in the vicinity of large, populous centres. North of the St. Lawrence the out-crop of Trenton limestone after showing itself at Malbaie, Baie St 1 aul M. Anne and Beauport, starts from Quebec and continues almost regularly to Montreal, re-appearing at Hull in our Province. On the South shore .t IS found in the counties of Laprairie, Napierville, Iberville and at M bominique, South East of St. Hyacinthe. The same limestone is found bouth of Luke :^t. John at Chumbord This limestone generally fur- nishes an argillaceous lime -vry suitable lor building purposes. Another important limestone fcrma.ion is found in Dudswell, county of Wolfe in the Lrurentian formation deposits of white calcite are found prodncinff fine pure lime which eould b- utilized in the pulp industry and which is used in some places us marble or foi making lime, particularly near Bryson and Maniwuki. It The great centres of lime industry are therefore: Hull Mil,. Jud lontn.ul). Beauport (n.ur iiwUu-}, and Dudswell (near Sherbrooke). ith many kilns in all the districts mentioned above (Mont w The following, whieh are the most important companies, ,nanu- facture irom LuQo to 11,000 tons a year: Dominion Lime Compuiiy, F. (^. Briglmin, II. men for periods of from 1 to 6 months. Nevertheless one ki'v is mentioned which burns 2,000 bushels. I count the weight of quick-lime as b 'iiig 70 lbs and its average price 14 cents. My estimate has led me to take, for the whole province, a total o 200 lime-kiluN. employing '550 men for periods of from 1 to 10 months and producing in round numbers a total of one million bushelsi, worth $1-10,000. BRICKS. As in the case of lime, I have endeavored to obtain fairly accurate figures regarding the production of bricks and I can give the figures as being approximately the same as those mentioned in ray previous reports, say 120 millions as the production during the year. The districts which produce the greatest quantity are those of Montreal and Quebec where important companies manufacture several millions each. After them comes St. Jean Deschaillous, which produces about 20 millions, dis- tributed amongst a certain number of persons, each of whom makes under a million, with the exception of two companies. I give below a list of the companies that turn out over a million bricks : Thos. W. Peel & <:o.— Montreal J. Bruuet & Co. Chs. Sheppard & Sou, Joseph liernier, " Joseph Descaries, " Laprairie Pressed Brick Co., Liiprairie Narcisse Blais, Quebec. C. Rochette, Frs. 'Jrenon, " Paradis & Letourueau, " Laliberte iS: Fils,— St. Jean Deschaillous. K. V. Charlaud, BUILDING STONE The building stone, other than granite, which is used, consists chiefly of limestone from the regions mentioned above from which lime is obtain- 80 ed. 1 may »'.s|)i.,ialljr m-ntioa St. Albau, Mil.' Kud, Hull. Tho pro- duction U'i>re8L'Ut8 about |530,000.(»0 imd 700 im-ii are omployed. TABLE COXTAI\IN(} A SUMMARY OF Tllli I'liODUCTS OF MINKS IN THK PUOVINCl': OK ('■MIS ..f 1,0 'U ll)») *'lmiUli< il MH (I'tll^ 10U:i) li'W^'niili' rcipii.rili) (i.»l'iia ilo A^i.i',;.., U).i..,nf '.i.ilO'MI-") A-I...>lic il,, ' (iiiipili.', i.r.'i.ar.'d (t'liiR .if l'.oOo lb.-.) Urii|ihi'i', mw ,{,, rii-.r.|iii,ii.. ,i„ Mk'ik (I 11 iiiiti rimtii'Ji i| i Mi :n II >i hi^-^inti' 1 no Fi.'li|..|.iir i|.> Biil.'li.i r iif liurv a ill) SlftlH ■ ,1,, Flii^' ,r iiic- ( .|ii:iri' v.ii-.l,) I'.'Hiih: UmIT.'.-i . . liruLlti' ■ ■■■ i ii'alsj (^iitntllli-i (iruHH value V\ "«••» of (ir.Hlui'H 1 I'f iiro l>.l 1 wurkiiii'ii Mlill'iwl i.r UtilJ/oJ ■ lilppi' 1 iir lltlll^Xll ID UVi S)(7.-. IL" 171^1) .■U 172 IIS.' 'J:l II S L'l.i|i«l |:iil ■j(i(J< klll'.i 7!),u(iii 270 airii 1 111 .2 ■2i 2t(i H7M1 Jild.OOi) I'll) 214 H 7i'ill'! ~JX> IVJlh 11 -ViO -i; •■)»>( i;%t l:t.ii HlHlU Tj.iinii .'Kill at.'i IJSflDO 1 J30 2J(HJ0 1 147 411 s 41) 1 3221 i)ii :ir. IOi;il .t 40!I0 a-ioo 1 '.OOl III iJlllll .'Iti.i70 ■ir.jji) 17il U.UOil jr.1 l,27i:, 7il Lime (Iju.-heLs) ;;.-,o wurkiucii 1 milliou •§140, 0)0 ''''''•1^« L--"M) •• 1-Jij ■' (iiO.ooO Building stouo 70U .").{it,000 Toiuls L'.L'.'iO tiraiid totals 4,708 Charcoal pi^-iron (tuii!^) ... 700 $Li'70,000 $-,.i4';,i)7ti ii74^A tons s I;i4,y71 III Th." total piodiiclioii thiT.don' lor llii' vi'iir amounts to a value of .?:2,-')4'l,07(> lor the mines and quarries ol' the province, eiiiployiii!| 5,400 workmen tor periods ol from ;j to 1:2 mouths, the amount of the wages paid representing about .>iL:J00,0o0. 81 QUA.VTtTY AND VAU'E OK MlNKItVLS EXPOUTKD FllO tj CANADA DirillNCJ THK FISCAL YEAR ENOINO SOIH .TlTNK 1900, ACC'OKDINtr T) THE (h'TAWA TAIILK.S OK TltADK AND XAVUIATIOX AND WK'Il MAY APPLY TO THE PROVINCE OF tons worth ij t\-2A C'hrom.' |,i;'i; ■• lt;.:;4.3 rhosphiitc Ui) " l' 'a' Pyrites 14.»s',i ;;j,4:);t '•'■hrc i;i(7.:0i; ll>.s. •• 7,,-,:io C'iiar.'Oiil piu- iron I,!5:2"> tons - M/JlS As usual t!ic railway c.'iii(Mni.'> li:ivc kiinliy supiilictl us with inronualioii ri'i,Mrdiiiu: the (tunntiiies ot miii -ral products sbii)ped I'roin the stations on tiu ir liics. MlNEUAl- I'UODfl'TS SHIl'I'-.n IKOM TltE CANADIAN I'ACHIC RAILWAYS STATIONS IN Tilt; I'UOVINCE ttK (JUEIJEC : — -•^■^^'■^'"^ ;i948 tons. Baryta jj.j.-, •• Miea .-,11 '. (ira[)!utc -.yjQ ■• Phosphate l(j.-,.) .. iron ore ^oj,;^ .. IJricks and lime 24 Ml " Stone 27490 ' The asbestos comes chieliy from rSiierbrookc m transit i'rom the Quebec Ccutr.il Railway with a small quantity, probably in the rock 82 i.i' •tate, from T.'inpletoii. Tht< oth.-r pnuluctn come fri»tn th»> Otlaw.i rtij^jon. Thi" iron ort' is ihielly hcigorf nhipp.'8 18:i5 ]^*' t-oment ;{ -7^' Chrome 218»i 'ii*' A»b»'8to8 19070 '-'■''' Granite 1232*'* The bricks an- shipped chii'liy from Awcot ; the lime and flag- stoueB from Dudsweli; th.- chrom.' from RIa.k Lake and a little from Colraine; the asbestos from Thetford, from Rla.k Lake and a little from Broughton ; the irrauite from St. Samuel and Ste Cecile. QUEBIiC AND LAKE ST. JOHN RAILWAY I*"«^k8 280 cars Stone 3Qg .. Lime 25 " Iron ore J2 " The stone comes ohielly from liiviere a Pierre; the other products come from various points on the line. OTTAWA AND OATIXEAU RAILWAY Mica 2,172,810 lbs. AsWstos gs,700 " J™" """e 8,10l,tJ0O " ''^'"'"' l'J,724,000 '• The mica comef< from Grac.'fi,.ld, Kazuhuzmi and some other .stations ; the asbestos from Denhohn, shipped fniin Low station ; tlie iron ore frotn Ironside ; the stone from Hull ohielly. PONTIAC AND PACIFIC JUNCTION RAILWAY ^^^*=^ 800,400 ibs. 8S TIm. mi.a , ,.m.-« fr,.,M v,,r...n- ,,„i„ts .,n tli.. lin.. .-hi-dv fioia ('amp- ..■II », Hay. It IN HhipiK-.! in the n.w «tiii.- u.- is uIno thai on th.- (Jutint'iiu lliio. i-IST OK N.I.VIN.l r„i|.AMK> ,v .,.|,^. |'|j,,viNrK OK QtrKHKC IN OPKIfATION hi; in A rnsi i iu\ T(» WuHK DURINCt THK VKAU, \MTH TIlKIli ADDIfKfWRM IKON J O. Hibbar.l M. Arj^yh- Av.Miii.-, "-tiiiwii CHARCOAI, HKl-lHDN Th.. Camulii Fri.ti I'uriia. .• Co - I{;u!ii..r K..ri:.s, ('... St-Maurico. (!fo. Mr- brookf. Dominion Minin- .V Sm.-ltiMir C,,_(J„hii M-Caw), Shorhrooke. James Keed, Keedsdale, <'o. .Mcjpantic. MOLYHDI-NITI': J. P Logue, jar.— Maniwaki, Co. Ottawa. LEAD. ZINC. -ihSTKis Grand Calumet Mining Co ol i auada. Ltd.— Bryson. Co. Pontia.;. A. McDonald, Sherbrooke, Co. Sherbrooke. 34 The Cauadiiin Briiisli L.-ail Miii.- (\>— l.uk.- T.'iniscamiu<,'uo, Co. I'outiac (iULl) IJcaucc Syndicate— St iMancis, Co. liiauci'. The (iilbi'-t IJoauw Cold Minin;? Co— (I'h. .\ui,'oivs) St Fraiioi.s Co. l}eaui>' William 1»«' i-ory St FiMiicis. Co. Itcaur.-. t^tauley C C. Currit — St C.ors,'f, Co IJraiicf. McArthur I'.ros — (K. Harper Wad.) 14, St .lanics Sir., (Quebec. C. A. rars((iis— 1')4, ComiiuTcial Str , lloston, Mass., U. S. C.RA 'UlTK Tin- WalkiM- Miiiiii': Co Crai^lui.- Ciiy, liiukiimhain, to Ottawa. Tilt' Norlli .\iii>Ti.an C. va;)hii'' Co Ltd.— lUi. Iviiiu-iiaiii, Co. Ottawa. The r.uckiiitiliaiii Co. (lliukinirliain), Co Ottawa. Koystouo (Irapliiic Co. — Caluiii't. Co. Ar'.4rntcuil. ASlJliSTOS ]' Anglo-Canad:a!i .\>bi'>lo.s t'o. Lid.— (11. T IiopixT), oS, Canada Lift' Buililinu', Moniri al. Canadian Ahbf.si(.> Co. l.td.~i\V Sl.ii'r), Black Lake, Co. Megautic. Union Asbt'stos Mine- libnk I.akf. Co. Megantif. United Asbt',>;to. Co. Ltd Blaki" Lako, Ct\ >'etraniif. Jamers Rffd— lu't'dtitlah', Co. Mojiantic. The At.be.'^tos \' A.sb stic Co Ltd.— Danville, Co. Richmond. The Ottawa Asbestos Miuiiiii' Co. -:'.14, Sussex Str., Ottawa riiosi'AATi; J. F. lliggiusou — Buckingham. Co. Ottawa. pi:ti{olkum The Pt'troleixm Oil Trust, I ■ , Loudon.— (C. B. K. Carpenter), (jra»pe Basin, Co. Gaspe. The Canada Petroleum Co id. — (Jaspe Basin Co. Ciaspe. 35 FHLDSPAR W. A. Allan, Victoria Chainbfrs, Ottiiwu. SUi.ril.vrK Oi" 15AUYTA ill, ' i!ii 'li I'liiv.t Co. oT;), \Villiiiiii !>tn'.'.■.. '•-.. klan\i:s F. li. riisliop-l'i.thop-^" Cro.s.-iuii-. Cn Woll'i'. CEMINT Crcsivnt Cement WorkK—(Tli. M. Morir:in), Lonu- ic-Pointc, Montreal. CKANlTi: Stanstead (Iranite Ci>. — r.eei)!- I'lain. Co. Sianstcail. S. 15. Norton James lirodie The Whitton Granite Quarry Co.- St Samuel. Co. Compton. Fitzs^erald— Sti' Cecile, Co. Compton \V. .lean Voyer i