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 DEPARTMENT OP MINES 
 
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 Hon. W. TiHruwAN. Minuim; A. P. Low. LL.l)., Uuutt Mimwtw; 
 
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 THE 
 
 PRODUCTION OF COAL AND COKE 
 
 CANADA 
 
 endui' Yeaf 
 
 1909 
 
 JOHN MoLEISH, B.A. 
 
 Chief of the Division of Mineral Resourcps and Statistica. 
 
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 OOVERNMENT PEINTI. G BUREAU 
 
 1910 
 
 Mo. SO 
 
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 CANADA 
 
 DEPARTMENT OF MINES 
 
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 Bm. W. TMvumaii, MuiitiMi A. P. Lo uO., Dvm Mmmii 
 
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 THE 
 
 PRODUCTION OF COAL AND COKE 
 
 CANADA 
 
 During the Calendar Year 
 
 1900 
 
 JOHV MeLEISH, BA 
 
 Chief of the Divieion of Mineral Reeourcee attd 8tati$iie». 
 
 OTTAWA 
 
 nOTBRNMBNT PRINTING BURKATT 
 
 1910 
 
 e76»— 1 
 
 Mm. 80 
 
00935948 
 
ASTAIOI OBlFm or THB ANKUAL BEPOn OM THE MDIEBAL FIODUOTIOI 
 OP OAIADA, DUmO THE OALBIsa TEU 1909. 
 
 (Tmu mtd ihnughtut IhU rtport sr* $hoH torn of iitOO pownd*. txeept wher* 
 
 •Iktrwitt iloled.) 
 
 GOAL. 
 
 The coal miuing induttry was marked during 1U09 b} a daoreaicd produo- 
 tion ir. Nora Scotia and an increased prwiuction in thp weatam {nrorincea, raault- 
 ing in an aggregate decrease for the whole of Canada uf 384,fl30 tons, .ir about 
 8i per cent. 
 
 Thii ii tha iT\.i j lar iu fourteen in which a decreHxe hat to b« recorded in 
 oomparing with tha provioui year's output, and had it not been for the strike of 
 coal miners, which began at Sydney on July 6, and at Springfaill, N.8., on 
 August 10, and continued throughout the year, it is fairly certain that the pro- 
 duction would hare shown an increase instead of a decrease. 
 
 The total production in 1900 was returned as 10,501,476 tons, ralued at 
 $84,781,286; as compared with a production of 10,886311 tons, ralued at 
 |S5,194,S73 in 1908. 
 
 C'Md mining has been for a number of years the most important of Canada's 
 mining industries, and in 1909 is credited with 27 per cent of the total mineral 
 production of the country. As would be expected in a }oung country rapidly 
 growing in population and industrial activity and (udowed with large coal 
 raaources, the increase in production has been very rapid. The output in 1M9 
 ia more than twice that ot ten years ago, about four times the output of twenty 
 years ago, and nearly ten times the production of 1879. The total production 
 during the ten year period, 1880-1889, was 20,399,426 tons, and during the next 
 ten year*. 1890-1899, the total production was 37,689,071 tons, or an inoreose of 
 84 8 per cent During the last ten year period, 1900-1909, the total production 
 was 86,275,045 tons, or an increase of 128.9 per cent over the previous ten year 
 aggregate. 
 
 Notwithstanding our large coal resources, Canada's total coal production in 
 1909 was only about 66.4 per cent of the estimated consumption, and our addi- 
 tional r irements are supplied by imports cuiefly from the United States. Tha 
 prinoip >al fields are located on the extreme east and west, while the central 
 FrovinufS of Ontario and Quebec, comprising the great bulk of the population, 
 are without coal deposits. Some inferior lignites are known in northern 
 Ontario, but are not commercially available. Nova Scp*;a coal finds a consider 
 able market in Quebec province, while the demands of Ontario, for both domestic 
 and industrial purposes, are supplied from the south. There are no anthracite 
 coals in eastern Canada, and our requirements of this fuel have to be met enticely 
 by imports fr^m Pennsylvania. The product of British Columbia and Alberta 
 mines not oni„ supplies local demands, including a growing ore smelting induS' 
 try, but is also largely exporfni to the adjaijent United States. 
 
 6763—11 
 
There i. but one ...thrwile mine In C,,..,|.. „ B.nkl.e.d. nee, B.nff. 
 Albert.. op«.,ed by the Benkhe..! Mine,. Limite,!. Thi. mine po.^^ ,S. 
 only briquettinc pl«Mt in operation in the country, 
 
 8t.ti.tic. of the pro.luction by province, .luring the p..t three year, .re 
 .bown m T.ble 1. .nd T.ble 8 .how. the i„crea.e. or decreaae. in a^h year a^ 
 compared with the previou. ye.r. 
 
 It my be expl.ine.1 th.t the tem. production in theM t.ble. .pplie. to the 
 vuiaunt of C0.1 .ctually «,ld or u«.l by the pro.lucer.. in contradistinction to 
 output, which appl.«. to the coal extracte.! from the mine and which in »>me 
 earn include, coal lo.t or un.aleable or coal carried into itock on hand at the 
 •nd of tha year. 
 
 COAL.-TABLK 1. 
 
 ''^■•***" ^^ PwTinota, 1907-8-9, ia tou of 8,000 Ibt. 
 
 Piovii 
 
 1907. 
 
 IWH. 
 
 Nuva Seotia. . . 
 BritkhOobmbia.. 
 
 Albwta. 
 
 Baakatofaewaii. .... 
 Nrnr BnuMwiok . . 
 YuhoBTMrrito^.. 
 
 ToUb 
 
 Too.. 
 
 l.S«,079 
 151.813 
 
 1^000 
 
 lO.SliittB' 
 
 Valor. 
 $19.7H*W 
 
 7.aM,aoe 
 
 77.814 
 flOkOOO 
 
 1MB. 
 
 TotM. 
 
 «,6Ba;BM 
 S,Sn,708 
 
 i.aaohasi 
 
 ao,ooo 
 a,M7 
 
 10,8«l,811 
 
 Value. 
 
 •U»H,47e 
 i.m,8n 
 4,117.311 
 
 m,;M 
 
 180,000 
 3I.1W 
 
 aM04,&73 
 
 Too.. 
 ^6B3,0W 
 
 i.«oo.m 
 
 1.004.741 
 
 inias 
 
 49,0» 
 7,304 
 
 mflOl.476 
 
 Valiw. 
 
 •11,304,043 
 
 ^«.lH14r 
 
 : 4,838,100 
 
 388,330 
 
 88,480 
 
 «.a« 
 
 HnTnT 
 
 COAL.-TABLE 3. 
 
 0omp>ri80ii of Prodnotion. 1807 with 1908, and 1908 with 1909. 
 
 Provinc». 
 
 Nova Sootia 
 
 Britiih Columbia. 
 
 Albarta 
 
 SMkatehewan 
 
 New Brunawiok. . . 
 Yukon Territory.. 
 
 (!) i.<jaiA.a oa (d) OacaaAaa. 
 
 Veam 1907 and 1808. 
 
 TODI. 
 
 Total, for Canada . 
 
 3»)>,406 
 81,180 
 84.083 
 676 
 36.416 
 ll.lfiS 
 
 (i) 374,886 
 
 Percent. 
 
 470 
 1-33 
 001 
 GDI 
 
 73 49 
 
 74 36 
 
 Ywr* 1808 and 1808. 
 
 (d) 
 (i) 
 
 Totu. 
 
 1,000,460 
 
 373,419 
 
 300.080 
 
 41.MU 
 
 10,1>71 
 
 8,817 
 
 366 
 
 (d) 384,836 
 
 Per oent 
 
 1004 
 11 67 
 18 34 
 a7-61 
 18 38 
 91-43 
 
 3 030 
 
Thi diitribmlon of vm\ imIimhI. a» »hi>w»i by tht- r«tun»« furiii.lnil by th« 
 oparaton, is kWpi for th«> \m»X thriv year* in lite tipxt t»\tU'. 
 
 In 1909. about Mi « |M>r cent of tho lutal miUmt wa« pia^-)! tliwil.v on tlio 
 markat. 7-1 par went in«<kt into coke by thi' mine .>p«'ral<>r«. ami » H per cent uted 
 in colliery rankumpti hi ami by workmen. The quantiti.'.' pntprwl a* hf* .lui- to 
 wathinf. breakage, etc.. ilo not nrccMarily ImcIu.Ic all the I<»om.« liue to the^ 
 cautM, ilnce many eomiMinieK «lo not make any retiini umltr tlii» ho«<linir. AUo 
 the quantity antenxi a» nol.l in Canadii r<4)ably inclmk-* n •nii>n qiiaiitity which 
 ii ultimately eiportetl, 
 
 UitribtttisB •( OmJ Bi»«4 i> 0«uda dariaf tka Taan INT-M. 
 
 8»hM in CanaiU 
 
 8»lfl* (or nimrt to Unlud Hiataik 
 
 „ M ntW oountrica, 
 
 Total wlm. . • ■ . 
 
 Uwd by iirottiiCBn (or th»> mBiiii(a(ttar« lA mkr . 
 
 „ ouUicry ouaniB|itioa aiiil wiirktiiMi. 
 
 (Haek oa hMidJMuary 1 
 
 D«opiii:-*n 
 
 INffwaur 
 
 LnMdMtowariiing, b..aka(», orathwaMwm .. 
 
 Total u«t|Hit. 
 
 1«I7. 
 
 IBOH 
 
 tiw. 
 
 7.IM,1» 
 
 1.5I4,1M 
 
 1»,W7 
 
 •,001, 174 
 7»t,l«7 
 7ft7,l« 
 •JlXWt 
 100,314 
 - nfflft 
 
 a6i,7in 
 
 7.7lMin 
 i»7,ai»i 
 
 ~»,»1.160 
 70«.«74 
 IH«.4«7 
 IH)I.448 
 
 3»),san 
 
 t 4«,Wlt 
 
 ia7.<to 
 
 7,4'-»,ll« 
 l,17f.7T« 
 
 + 17.W 
 1M,1«I 
 
 tlMMO,«74 
 
 tl,08UiMS 
 
 W,«7«.T74 
 
 The output by province*, showing '(.e distribution of coal mineil in 1009. is 
 ■hown in the next table. 
 
 Ood Ovtput is OMMda, 1M9. 
 
 Balai ia CMMda. 
 
 SalM for nport to U. H. 
 H .. other 
 ooantriM. 
 
 Nova 
 Hootla. 
 
 New 
 BniiM- 
 
 wkk. 
 
 «-"•-••. Alberta, j Yukon. eSJ^i*, 
 
 4,498,688 
 SOO,1S4 
 
 100.9S8 
 
 Total 
 Vmi) by produon* i d 
 
 making coke 
 
 Uiod by pfoduoeffl (or 
 oolliery oonsumption 
 
 and workmen 
 
 Stoek on hand Jan. 1 . 
 Dee. 31.. 
 
 Difference. 
 
 Loeiee due to breakage or 
 other oauM* 
 
 45,000 
 
 Total output 
 
 4,t«7,08P 
 lfi»,MaE' 
 
 B85.m 
 1S0,4SB 
 154,8» 
 
 4,sn 
 
 AOOO 
 
 62,406 
 
 ^718,«7^ 
 
 Total 
 Output.' 
 
 IHS Hi'Rj 
 i 
 
 LOV 0,M4 
 tl4,l«l 
 
 18a-: HI l,7M,61«i 
 i ! 
 
 148,8M 
 
 0,864 
 
 4,099 
 
 49,029 
 
 8,247 
 
 10,788 
 
 203,913 
 
 l,fl96,n«6! 7,468,880 
 1,173,772 
 
 7B9,A37 
 71,130 
 
 171,3 
 
 97.271 
 4,646 
 
 12,180 
 7,B04 
 
 17. "S 
 
 2,019,818 
 
 BOO 
 
 7,384 
 
 1,927,609 
 430,V90 
 
 239,235 
 
 47,881 
 
 S2.B87 
 
 + 3,286 
 
 63,300 
 
 2,671.779 
 
 8,814,040 
 782,9711 
 
 934,400 
 
 202,432 
 
 219,660 
 
 + 17,137 
 
 184,162 
 
 10,672,774 
 
 * ProdoetioD it obtained by adding eoal wdd and ooal uaed. 
 
in xSS'f ""oil t.r!;' !:-°^"f "° °^ ~*' •" *'""*» "»«' ^^^ "• -^own 
 in labia 8. The total production from 1786 to 1909 has been lS9S49Jlfifl tn«. 
 
 owbchl09.8S7.058 ton., or 69 per cen, are to be creditedT^rfsr«. t ' 
 86.718,469 ton«. or 28 per cent, to British Columbia. 
 
 COAL^-TABLE 8. 
 
 Aiuiiul FrodnotiOB ihowing the laoretM or Oeoreaae etoh 
 
 yeu 
 
 Ymt. 
 
 18M, 
 
 1902.. 
 
 1908... 
 
 1901.. . 
 
 1900... 
 
 1908... 
 
 1907... 
 
 1906... 
 
 1909... 
 
 TODR. 
 
 *8,884,«H 
 
 1785tol87S 
 
 \S* I 1.06S;74a 
 
 iwa.:::;:;. :::::: I ^'Sjjg 
 
 i«7a ■;;.■.";;.■.■ 
 
 W7V. 
 
 188a 
 
 1881 
 
 1881 
 
 1881 
 
 1881. 
 
 1886. 
 
 188& 
 
 1887. 
 
 188& 
 
 1889. •....• 
 
 189a 
 
 1,038,870 
 1,089,744 
 1,136,497 
 l.«2,714 
 1,637,106 
 1,848,148 
 1,818,684 
 1,984,960 
 1,920,977 
 2,116,868 
 2,429,330 
 3,602.662 
 2,868,803 
 S;0St,682 
 
 iSs" 3,677,749 
 
 1893.. 
 
 1884. 
 
 1896.. 
 
 189a. 
 
 1807... 
 
 1808... 
 
 1889... 
 
 190a 
 
 3,287,746 
 3,783,480 
 3,847,070 
 3,478,814 
 3,746,71« 
 8,786,107 
 4,173,106 
 i9Si8,06t 
 
 iSS- 6,777,319 
 
 IWl A jaR MK 
 
 6,486,826 
 
 7,466,681 
 
 7,960,364 
 
 8,264,666 
 
 8,687,948 
 
 9,76a;fi01 
 
 10,511,426 
 
 10,888,311 
 
 10,801,476 
 
 Value. 
 
 ATenoe 
 perTon, 
 
 1,783,433 
 
 1,747,016 
 
 1,739,648 
 
 1,794,416 
 
 1,941,286 
 
 2,06a830 
 
 2.657,194 
 
 2,688,621 
 
 3,248,446 
 
 3,109,685 
 
 S,Ge!i,831 
 
 8,417,807 
 
 8,739,840 
 
 4,388,206 
 
 4,674,140 
 
 4,894.287 
 
 5,676,247 
 
 7,019,426 
 
 6,363,757 
 
 7,359,080 
 
 7,42»,468 
 
 6,739,153 
 
 7,236,463 
 
 7,308.887 
 
 la288,497 
 13,743,178 
 13,699,243 
 15,210,877 
 1^»42,8S3 
 16,602,231 
 17,620,263 
 19,782,019 
 24,381.842 
 26,194,073 
 25,781,236 
 
 1 66 
 1 68 
 1 74 
 1 73 
 178 
 1 83 
 1 79 
 1 75 
 1 76 
 1 71 
 1 81 
 1 78 
 1 77 
 1 81 
 1 80 
 1 84 
 1 84 
 1 98 
 I M 
 1 95 
 1 98 
 1 94 
 1 93 
 1 98 
 1 97 
 200 
 238 
 
 1 96 
 204 
 200 
 :i01 
 202 
 202 
 232 
 
 2 33 
 2 86 
 
 Inereaae (i) or 
 Derreiue (d) 
 in Tonnage. 
 
 (d) 
 (d) 
 
 111 
 
 III 
 (i) 
 
 1?) 
 
 a 
 
 (d) 
 (>) 
 
 ^') 
 (d) 
 
 ) 
 
 28,788 
 46,312 
 41,908 
 53,074 
 3a76S 
 386,217 
 54,393 
 811,042 
 2H,464 
 186,275 
 68,988 
 195,676 
 813,677 
 173,333 
 6^751 
 42a879 
 498,067 
 29aOOt 
 496,754 
 63,071 
 868,726 
 287,.V2 
 40,391 
 887,001 
 751,948 
 
 Increase (i) or 
 
 Diicreaw(d) 
 
 percent. 
 
 (d) 
 
 09,008 
 780^856 
 498,8(!8 
 294,281 
 41.<I,.<I58 
 ,094,653 
 748,825 
 374,885 
 384,836 
 
 (d) 
 (d) 
 (>) 
 (i 
 
 111 
 
 (d) 
 
 (i) 
 
 (d) 
 
 (i) 
 
 (i) 
 
 (i) 
 
 !'> 
 (i) 
 
 <y 
 <d) 
 (i) 
 
 <•) 
 (d) 
 
 (i) 
 
 (i) 
 
 (!) 
 
 }l{ 
 (il 
 (i) 
 (i) 
 (i) 
 (i) 
 (I' 
 
 Brituh coiambia (1836 to 1873) . . ." [ ." ; ." ; ; ; ; ; : : ; 'mj^ . qS2 '"""'''• 
 
 22 
 4-3 
 4-3 
 5 1 
 34 
 81-8 
 37 
 20-2 
 1-6 
 9 1 
 3-2 
 10-2 
 14-8 
 7 1 
 21 
 18-0 
 16-0 
 81 
 15 1 
 17 
 9-6 
 7-7 
 11 
 102 
 18-0 
 17-3 
 13-3 
 15 1 
 66 
 37 
 60 
 13-6 
 77 
 86 
 8-6 
 
 2,000 
 
The following table shows the proportional contributions of each province 
 tothe grand total production of Canada in 1874, 1890, and yearly since 1900:— 
 
 Province, 
 
 NaT* Sootis. 
 
 New Bruniwiek .. 
 SMkatdiewMi* . . . 
 
 AlbarU* 
 
 British Coliimbia . 
 Yukon Territory. . 
 
 ::} 
 
 1874. 
 
 1880. 
 
 91 
 
 71 
 
 4 
 26 
 
 1900 
 
 0-7 
 
 5-4 
 
 810 
 
 1901 
 
 1902., 1903. 
 
 64-4 
 
 07 
 
 6-2 
 
 29-6 
 
 01 
 
 69-4 
 
 09! 
 
 t,i 
 
 24 2| 
 
 Oil 
 
 % 
 713 
 
 16 
 
 6-2 
 
 21 
 
 1904. '1906. 
 
 1906. 
 
 /o 
 
 680 
 
 1-6 
 
 8 
 
 22-6 
 
 66-6 
 
 1-2 
 10-8 
 224 
 
 01 
 
 1907. 
 
 % 
 
 64 07 
 
 1 11 
 12-77 
 21-98 
 
 007 
 
 % 
 60-79 
 
 1 44 
 
 16-14 
 
 22-60 
 
 013 
 
 % 
 61-40 
 
 1008. 1909. 
 
 % 
 64-29 
 
 1-871 1 83 
 16 4218-99 
 21-ni24 82 
 
 0'04| 0-07 
 
 • AlberU and 8«»k»tcliew«n were ertaUithed a* province* on Sej^mW liJ^Ofi^For tbe 
 purpoae of oompariHon, the cual production duringthe yearn previous to that date hat Oeen separ- 
 ■teaaooording to the preient boundaries of theie Frovincea. 
 
 The figures of the above table bring out the steady growth of the coal 
 industry in the Provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. In 1900, these two 
 Provinces were only contributing a little over 6 per cent, whereas in 1909 their 
 aggregate production represents nearly 21 per cent of the total production in 
 Canada. 
 
 The proportion contributed by Nova Scotia, although still more than half 
 the total, has fallen considerably during the past ten years, and it will probably 
 be but a short time before the production in the west exceeds that in the east. 
 
 EXPORTS AND IMPORTS. 
 
 The following tables give the statistics of exports of coal from Canada, as 
 compiled from the reports of the Department of Customs. The United States 
 constitntes the main market for coal exported, 78 per cent of the exports being 
 sent to that country in 1909. The total exports of Canadian coal during 1909 
 were the smallest since 1904. 
 
 Export* of Coal produced in Canada during 1907-8-9. 
 
 
 1907. 
 
 1908. 
 
 1909. 
 
 Exijorted to 
 
 Tom. 
 
 Value. 
 
 Tour. 
 
 Value. 
 
 Tons. 
 
 Value. 
 
 Great Britain 
 
 United States. 
 
 Newfoundland 
 
 Other oountriea 
 
 8,614 
 
 1,691,016 
 
 131,784 
 
 62,760 
 
 t 
 
 26,106 
 
 4,278,870 
 
 !I67,006 
 
 218,683 
 
 6,667 
 
 l,38^223 
 
 194,034 
 
 146,019 
 
 $ 
 
 18,066 
 
 3,664,390 
 
 682,121 
 
 646,801 
 
 10,671 
 
 1,940,619 
 
 176.801 
 
 161,108 
 
 • 
 
 96,403 
 
 3,357,111 
 
 498,040 
 
 666,788 
 
 l^taU 
 
 1,894,074 
 
 4,879,664 
 
 1,729.883 
 
 4,661,3n 
 
 1,688,099 
 
 4.486,342 
 
 
 
COAL.-TABLE 4. 
 
 Exports. 
 
 1873. 
 1874. 
 1876., 
 1876. 
 1877., 
 1878., 
 1879., 
 1880.. 
 1881.. 
 1882.. 
 188a. 
 1884.. 
 188fi.. 
 1888.. 
 1887.. 
 1888.. 
 
 412,683 
 486,811 
 474,405 
 437,837 
 030,703 
 680,966 
 588,627 
 
 iS?- 724,486 
 
 ^""^ 0n,369 
 
 Tou. 
 
 430,683 
 310,968 
 250,348 
 248,638 
 301,317 
 827,900 
 306,648 
 432,188 
 
 Tom. 
 
 0,403 
 12,800 
 14,036 
 4,990 
 4,829 
 6,468 
 
 14,217 
 14,346 
 87,676 
 H388 
 62,666 
 71,003 
 78,443 
 89,098 
 84,316 
 89,394 
 82,034 
 77,827 
 
 1863 
 
 1893. 
 
 1894. 
 
 1896. 
 
 1896. 
 
 1897. 
 
 18B6. 
 
 1899. 
 
 1900. 
 
 Pnxluoe Not the 
 „ of Produeeof 
 CMutda. Canada. 
 
 Tom. 
 
 823,733 
 960,312 
 1,103,694 
 1,011,230 
 1,106,661 
 986,130 
 1,100,020 
 1,293,160 
 
 IBoi 1,787,777 
 
 ISS 1,573,661 
 
 1902 
 1903 
 1904 
 1906 
 1906 
 1907 
 
 }2S 1,729;83S 
 
 *""* 1.588,099 
 
 2,090,368 
 1,964,629 
 1,567,412 
 1,635,287 
 1,836,041 
 1.894,074 
 
 ToDi. 
 
 93,988 
 103,837 
 
 89,786 
 
 96,896 
 116,774 
 101,848 
 
 99,189 
 101,004 
 
 68,894 
 
 23,4U 
 
 27,138 
 
 27,808 
 
 86,792 
 
 44,768 
 
 101,778 
 
 102,071 
 
 161,098 
 
 in t1i! r ? fr f "" ^'°*'* '"'^ ^"''^^ ^^"''""bia are shown separately 
 .u Table 5 up to 1899. but the Custoa,s reports do not now give these dXls 
 
 Accordmg to direct returns from the operators, Nova Scot a lit Id 'for 
 e^ort .n 1909 amounted to 400,392 tons, and British Colum I'^CZm 
 
COAL.-TABLE 5. 
 
 Exports: Hora Seotia and British Colombia. 
 
 Calendar Ye*r. 
 
 1874 . 
 
 1876., 
 
 1876.. 
 
 1877. 
 
 1878. 
 
 1879. 
 
 1880 
 
 1881. 
 
 1883. 
 
 1888. 
 
 1884. 
 
 188S. 
 
 1886. 
 
 1887. 
 
 1888. 
 
 18S9 
 
 1890 
 
 1891. 
 
 1892. 
 
 1894.. 
 1896.. 
 1896.. 
 18U7.. 
 1898.. 
 189frf. 
 
 Nova Scotia. 
 
 Tom. 
 
 Value. 
 
 35% 124 
 
 179,036 
 126,520 
 173,389 
 164,114 
 113,742 
 1!I9,552 
 193,081 
 216,!)54 
 192,795 
 222,709 
 176,287 
 240,459 
 207,941 
 165,863 
 186,608 
 202,387 
 194,867 
 181,647 
 203,198 
 310,277 
 241,091 
 380,149 
 307,128 
 309,158 
 459,260 
 
 647,539 
 404,361 
 263,643 
 362,4K< 
 293,796 
 203,407 
 344,148 
 311,721 
 S)m,121 
 336,088 
 430,330 
 349,660 
 441,693 
 390,738 
 
 3;«,llfi 
 
 396,830 
 426,070 
 417,816 
 407,980 
 470,6H5 
 633,398 
 634,479 
 787,270 
 642,754 
 H29,.%3 
 827,941 
 
 *Bbiti8h (Columbia. 
 
 Tods. 
 
 Valup. 
 
 61,001 , 
 66,842 I 
 116,910 I 
 118,362 I 
 166,784 
 186,094*^ 
 219, '<78 
 187,791 
 179,662 
 271,214 
 245,478 
 250,191 ] 
 274,446 I 
 356,657 : 
 405,071 ' 
 470,683 
 608,882 
 767,734 
 699,716 
 708,228 
 770,4.'«> 
 728,283 
 679,799 
 630,341 
 813,848 
 781,809 
 
 278,180 
 
 366,018 
 
 627,764 
 
 690,268 
 
 698,870 
 
 608,846 
 
 77^008 
 
 622,965 
 
 •128,437 
 
 946.271 
 
 901,440 
 
 1,000,764 
 
 960,649 
 
 1,262,662 
 
 1,606,650 
 
 1,918,2I» 
 
 1,977,191 
 
 2,968,696 
 
 2,317,734 
 
 2,693,747 
 
 2,866,216 
 
 2,692,662 
 
 2,507,762 
 
 2,221,737 
 
 2,948,42rl 
 
 2,947,369 
 
 * See foot-note, Table 15. t Since 1899, exports by provinces have not been published in Trade 
 «nd Navigation report. 
 
 The imports of coal into Canada are shovrn in Table 6. Anthracite diist is 
 included with the anthracite coal, but bituminous dust is classified as 'bitumi- 
 nous slack such as will pass through a i" screen.' The imports of anthracite 
 and bituminous were both less in 1909 than in 1908, but there was a slight in- 
 crease in the imports of bituminous dust. 
 
 6763—2 
 
The total imports aggregated 93?2,924 tons, valued at 
 amount almost equal to the home production. 
 
 COAL.— TABLE 6. 
 
 Imports of Coal into Gaud*. 
 
 926,831,859, an 
 
 Bituminous Coal. 
 
 Fiw»IYr. 
 
 Ton«. 
 
 "»• «7,049 
 
 }»!• '^•^ 
 
 J^ 688,874 
 
 Jgf 911,629 
 
 JSI- 1.118,616 
 
 JS- 1,011,876 
 
 1W8. 980,949 
 
 J22 1,149,792 
 
 }gj 1,231.2M 
 
 }S- 1,248,640 
 
 ^ 1,409,882 
 
 JSl- 1,8B8,866 
 
 Jg^ 1.61^220 
 
 ^ I,«0ail64 
 
 JS*- 1.369,609 
 
 ^ 1,444,928 
 
 IS5- 1,638,489 
 
 JSI 1,543,476 
 
 }!*• 1,684,024 
 
 J^- 2,171,368 
 
 JS?- 2,439,764 
 
 IflJl 2,51«.392 
 
 IJM- 3.511,412 
 
 I'M- 4.063.900 
 
 IJSS- 4.176,274 
 
 1906 1 4,495,680 
 
 Value. 
 
 l,a»),761 
 1,741,668 
 1,9(0,081 
 2,996,198 
 8,613.470 
 3,197,038 
 2,691,664 
 3,126,22) 
 3,461,661 
 3,266,171 
 3,628,969 
 4,060,896 
 4,0U9,221 
 »,967,764 
 3.31^0e4 
 3,821,887 
 
 ANTHRAOm COAt 
 AST) 
 
 AiiTBRAcrni UuBT. 
 
 Tons. 
 
 Calendar Year. 
 
 Bituminous 
 run of 
 
 IW 6,370,152 
 
 }9S- (a)fi,025,574 
 
 1909 6,625,063 
 
 3,264,217 
 8,179,6!)6 
 3,691,946 
 4,310,964 
 4,956,025 
 6,712,068 
 7,776,717 
 9,108,208 
 8,002,896 
 8,360,348 
 
 round and 
 minb. 
 
 13,232,445 
 12,51H,:48 
 11,456,818 
 
 516,729 
 
 678,092 
 
 63S«,278 
 
 764,891 
 
 868,000 
 
 910,324 
 
 996,425 
 
 1,100,165 
 
 t2;lSH,627 
 
 1,291,706 
 
 1,201,835 
 
 1,899,067 
 
 1,479,106 
 
 1,500,650 
 
 1,580,622 
 
 1,404,342 
 
 1,574,366 
 
 1,467,295 
 
 1,460,701 
 
 1,746,440 
 
 1,654,401 
 
 l,93.<t.288 
 
 1,662,451 
 
 1,466,713 
 
 2,276,018 
 
 2,604,137 
 
 2,200,863 
 
 3,141,873 
 (b)3,160,110 
 3,017,844 
 
 Value. 
 
 BiTumNooB CoAt Dust. 
 
 Tons. Value. 
 
 1,609,960 
 2,3^^9S7 
 2,666,866 
 3,344,996 
 3,831,283 
 3.909,844 
 4,028,060 
 4,423,062 
 6,291,876 
 M99,481 
 4,596,727 
 ^224,462 
 6,640,346 
 6,3I>6,285 
 6,364,040 
 ^360,637 
 6,667,096 
 ^695,168 
 ^874,686 
 6,490,809 
 6,602,912 
 7,923,960 
 7.021,n39 
 7,028.66] 
 10,461,223 
 12,093,371 
 10,804,808 
 
 14,606,129 
 14,478,536 
 13,906,152 
 
 3,666 
 337 
 471 
 8,164 
 13,782 
 20,186 
 86,230 
 31,401 
 88,808 
 39,980 
 63,104 
 60,127 
 "^.OOl 
 ltR*,686 
 117,673 
 181,318 
 310.386 
 226,662 
 229,446 
 276,647 
 330,174 
 414,432 
 489,u48 
 550,883 
 608,041 
 650,261 
 747,261 
 Bituminous 
 will pass 
 
 1,139,256 
 (c)l,lU,8U 
 1,280,017 
 
 8,877 
 666 
 900 
 
 in.at2 
 
 14,600 
 20,413 
 86,996 
 33,178 
 34,780 
 47,188 
 29,818 
 86,180 
 39,840 
 44.474 
 49,510 
 52,281 
 58,742 
 69,600 
 46,566 
 44,717 
 08,M» 
 27^66» 
 264,660 
 420,317 
 544,128 
 343,466 
 489,180 
 slack such as 
 through a 
 screen. 
 
 1,219,949 
 1,356,677 
 1,469,889 
 
 (c). 
 
 Dutlr|o^"r'S;ntnorov1?-,3c. j^i ^'' ""■""''^' -"^ ""'-•'« <-l O""* ; dut, free. ,.,. 
 
 inci.IS^^^ov'eVlS^rce'^Mhe f^li'n'^'^Kin'in 1^' Shjl?^"-^'*' -<="»«>■■> 1888 over 1887, an 
 value* per ton for the thrM\ ears 1887 ^RuS* »nH liST ^'"".V^ .■? '^'n'rltable. The average 
 Althou^ a duty of fc^^oi'l^Iih^ite'^l'r' ZZ^filyVh^fiftJ^ l^^^f'^ 
 this would account for the changes indicat«d »nrt „^J^ 11^ ^ * ^*''' .'.' " hardly thought 
 the Trade and Nav^^ation J?^rrno ei^tion .s avaXbTe"' """ ""^ "^^^^ •""'« "««" *"*- 
 
 With statistics of production, exports, and imports of coal available, a basis 
 .8 furnished for an estimate of the country's coal consumption. The consump- 
 tion m 1909 amounted to 18,625,202 tons, as compared with 19,361,902 tons in 
 IZ 9%iX". 726.7(K) tons, or 3-76 per cent. Of the total consumption in 
 1W», 9,711,826 tons, or 62-1 per cent, were imported coal, and S.91. 1,376 tons or 
 4< -9 per cent domestic coal. 
 
u 
 
 Tbe per capita coniumption in 1909, based on an estimate of the population 
 made by the Census Office, was approximately 2-590 tons; this is somewhat less 
 than the per capita consumption of the two previous years. During the past 
 twenty-three years, however, the consumption has increased from a little over 
 three-quarters of a ton per head of population in 1886, having doubled in 1900, 
 and reached iU highest point of 2-946 tons in 1907. The consumption in Canada, 
 however, is still small when compared with that of the United States, where the 
 production has reached a total of about 5 tons per capita. 
 
 Conramption of Coal in Canada, 1908-9. 
 
 1908. 
 
 Tona. 
 
 Production, Table 3 10,88A,3U 
 
 Exporta of Canada Table i j 1,729,833 
 
 Hone coniumption of Canadian coal I 
 
 Importii, Table « 
 
 Export! not proauoe of Canada, TaUe 4 . . . 
 Canadian consumption of imported coal . . 
 
 Total conaumption of coal in Canada. 
 
 10,297,405 
 108,071 
 
 Ton*. 
 
 9,106,478 
 
 10,196,424 
 
 19,361,903 
 
 1909. 
 
 Tona. 
 
 Ton*. 
 
 10,601,476 
 1,688,099 
 
 9,872,924 
 161,098 
 
 8,913,376 
 ' 9,7l'li8au 
 
 18,628,202 
 
 COAL.— TABLE 7. 
 
 Coniumption of Coal in Canada, 1886-1909. 
 
 Calendar Yi^ar. 
 
 1886.. 
 
 1887.. 
 
 18l<8.. 
 
 I88!l.. 
 
 1890.. 
 
 1891 . 
 
 18»2.. 
 
 1893.. 
 
 1894 .. 
 
 1896.. 
 
 1897... 
 1898... 
 1899... 
 
 1900 .. 
 
 1901 .. . 
 
 1902 . 
 1903... 
 1904... 
 1906 .. 
 1906... 
 1907.. 
 1908... 
 1909... 
 
 Janadiat... 
 
 Impiirted. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Pereentagp 
 Canadian. 
 
 Percentage 
 Imported. 
 
 Tons. 
 
 Tone. 
 
 Toni 
 
 
 
 1,&93,»S0 
 
 1,884,161 
 
 3,480,111 
 
 46-9- 
 
 54 1 
 
 1.848,365 
 
 2,192,260 
 
 4,040,626 
 
 46-7 
 
 54 
 
 3 
 
 2,013,925 
 
 3,314,353 
 
 5,328,278 
 
 37 8 
 
 62 
 
 2 
 
 1,992,988 
 
 £,490,931 
 
 4,483,919 
 
 44 4 
 
 06 
 
 6 
 
 2,360,196 
 
 2.681,187 
 
 4,»tl,.S83 
 
 47-8 
 
 .52 
 
 2 
 
 2,606,490 
 
 2,980,222 
 
 5,586,712 
 
 467 
 
 53 
 
 3 
 
 2.464,012 
 
 )«,082,429 
 
 6,546,441 
 
 444 
 
 65 
 
 6 
 
 2.823,187 
 
 8,110,462 
 
 6,933,649 
 
 47-6 
 
 .52 
 
 4 
 
 2,743,376 
 
 2,917,818 
 
 5,661,194 
 
 485 
 
 61 
 
 6 
 
 2,467,109 
 
 2,933,762 
 
 5,400,1'61 
 
 45-7 
 
 54 
 
 3 
 
 2,639,066 
 
 3,206,456 
 
 5.846,611 
 
 451 
 
 64 
 
 9 
 
 2,799.977 
 
 3,124,485 
 
 5,924,462 
 
 47 3 
 
 52 
 
 7 
 
 3,023,079 
 
 3,274,981 
 
 6,298,060 
 
 480 
 
 52 
 
 
 
 3,631,882 
 
 4,092,361 
 
 7,724,243 
 
 470 
 
 63 
 
 
 
 3,989.542 
 
 4,361,563 
 
 8,361,105 
 
 47-8 
 
 r>2 
 
 2 
 
 4,912,664 
 
 4,810.213 
 
 9,722,877 
 
 50-5 
 
 49 
 
 6 
 
 5,376,413 
 
 5,165,938 
 
 10,542,351 
 
 61 
 
 49 
 
 
 
 6,006,735 
 
 5,491,870 
 
 11.507,605 
 
 522 
 
 47 
 
 8 
 
 6,697,183 
 
 6,909.651 
 
 13,606,834 
 
 49 2 
 
 50 
 
 8 
 
 7,032.661 
 
 7,343,880 
 
 14,376,641 
 
 489 
 
 51 
 
 1 
 
 7.927.560 
 
 7,398,906 
 
 15,326,466 
 
 51-7 
 
 48 
 
 3 
 
 8,617.362 
 
 10.649,603 
 
 19,166,866 
 
 460 
 
 65 
 
 
 
 9,106,478 
 
 10,196,424 
 
 19.351,902 
 
 47-3 
 
 62 
 
 7 
 
 8,913,376 
 
 9,711,826 
 
 18,626,302 
 
 479 
 
 62 
 
 1 
 
 Consump- 
 tion 
 per capita 
 
 Tons. 
 
 758 
 
 871 
 
 1 137 
 
 946 
 
 1 031 
 1 163 
 1 133 
 1 198 
 1 L-W 
 1 066 
 1 140 
 1 143 
 1 200 
 1 454 
 1-561 
 1-810 
 
 1 927 
 
 2 056 
 2 346 
 2 SS* 
 2 
 
 2 ' 
 2 
 
 6763— 2J 
 
19 
 
 Nora BootU. 
 
 The production of coal in Nova Scotia in 1909 was leu than the 1908 pro- 
 duction by 1,000,460 tons, or a decrease of 15 per cent Yearly statistics of 
 output, sales, colliery consumption and production since 1S72 are shown in Table 
 8, the figures being given in both long and short tons. The production by 
 counties during the past four years is shown in Table 9. The Provincial Depart- 
 ment of Mines in this Province collects and publishes coal statistics covering the 
 fiscal year ending September. The colliery output during the last three such 
 years is shown in Table 10, and the distribution of coal sold during th. same 
 period, in Table 11. 
 
 The total production during the calendar year 1909 was 6,662,089 tons 
 (5,046,608 long tons), of which 4,045,657 tons, or 72 per cent, were obtained from 
 Cape Breton county, 784,042 tons, or 13 per cent, from Pictoii, and 494,398 tone, 
 or 9 per cent, from Cumberland county, the balance being from Inverness and 
 Colchester counties. 
 
 • The falling off in production in 1909 is probably to be attributed to a number 
 of reasons, among which the labour strikes figure prominently. During the first 
 five months of the year the demand for coal was apparently very much less than 
 during the corresponding period in 1908. A large number of employes of the 
 Dominion Coal Company went on strike in July, and although the collieries 
 were not completely shut down the output was seriously reduced. A similar 
 strike at the Inverness mine of the Inverness Railway and Coal Company 
 affected that Company's output. The mines of the Cumberland Eailway and 
 Coal Company were almost completely closed by a strike on August 10. 
 
 The Mar* mine, in Pictou county, operated by the Nova Scotia Steel and 
 Coal Company, was closed down at the end of March. 
 
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 VcTft 8e«ti«: 0«a trad* by OraatiM, Oateadar Taan 1906-7-M. 
 
 1 
 
 Oumbarland. 
 
 PfaltUII. 
 
 C»|w Bndin. 
 
 Other CunntiM. 
 
 ToMl. 
 
 J 
 
 Raind. 
 
 60«,;34 
 634.047 
 663,107 
 404,919 
 
 SidM.* 
 
 066,306 
 446,388 
 630,648 
 403,371 
 
 iUilMl. 
 
 769,496 
 840,633 
 849,S0j 
 743,860 
 
 a»iM.- 
 
 607,310 
 739,043 
 678,026 
 099,743 
 
 lUiwd. 
 
 4,804,407 
 4,668,147 
 4,840,868 
 4.061,333 
 
 4,831,396 
 4.346,180 
 4,367,846 
 3,733.130 
 
 lUiMd. 
 
 313,004 
 390,836 
 463,877 
 386,700 
 
 Stiln •> 
 
 300,396 
 84S,N90 
 37N743 
 340,668 
 
 lUiMd. 
 
 SiOm * 
 
 1906. 
 1907. 
 1906. 
 1909. 
 
 6,646,101 
 6,466,063 
 6,80^480 
 ^7 18,871 
 
 ^704,307 
 ^H. .406 
 N801,76l 
 0,066,013 
 
 * Inoludct cotU luvd for makinf ookr. 
 
 OOAL.-TABLE 16. 
 
 Hova Seotia: Ontpnt by OolUerieo during Fioeal Tears endiiif September SO, 
 
 1808.9. 
 
 Colliery. 
 
 Capt Brtton CouhIji. 
 
 Doninion Coal C<nnp»nT. . 
 Nov* SootU StMlMid Cokl 
 
 Korth Atlaotio CoUiariM. 
 Oompan 
 unpaiiy. 
 Co.. 
 
 Co. 
 
 MeKajr MiniiiKOoinpaiiy. 
 Bydopjr Coal Oompany . . . . 
 
 Cbknial Mining < 
 
 Cumierlaiid Oountii. 
 
 Cumbi-rland Railway and Coal Co 
 
 Maritime Coal, Railway, and Power Co., Chi^necto., 
 It II tlogpni. . . . , 
 
 Minndie Coal Co 
 
 StratlHscma Coal Co 
 
 Oreat Northern Coal Co . . . 
 
 Atlaiitic Grinditone and Coal Ou 
 
 EaatamCoalCo 
 
 Colehtiter County. 
 
 Colchester Coal Co. 
 
 PieUm County. 
 
 Acadia Ccal Co 
 
 International Coal Co. 
 Manh Colliery. 
 
 Inrtmeu Cmtnty. 
 
 Inveme* Coal and Railway Company. 
 
 MaboaCoalCo 
 
 Fbrt Hood Coal Co 
 
 Tom Tom 
 
 ofSiOOOIb*. I o(S,000lb«. 
 
 1906. I 
 
 4,874,993 | 
 
 741,833 I 
 
 60,830 I 
 
 10,187 ; 
 
 ^377 I 
 
 1900. 
 
 3,119,006 
 
 648,444 
 
 81,393 
 
 I^8I7 
 
 ^801 
 
 700 
 
 431,437 
 06,863 
 
 o^e30 
 
 0^766 
 
 7,016 
 
 4.378 
 
 781 
 
 4,940 
 
 1,«I0 
 
 406,793 
 
 3V,076 
 
 33;080 
 
 396,046 
 
 1.804 
 
 107,669 
 
 1 
 
COAL-TABLE 11. 
 
 VoTt laotiA: IHttribatioB of OmU Md. 
 
 ICarkfU. 
 
 Tom y 
 
 o( 3,000 lb*. '^ 
 
 Xova Heuti»— 
 Tnnaport^d by land . 
 
 Tow .1, Nov* 8oMti« . 
 
 NawBmnnriok 
 
 PriiKwEdwMd MmkI.. 
 
 (iuabM ProvinoR 
 
 NewfoundlaiHl 
 
 United Suteii 
 
 WMtlndiM 
 
 Mtxioo 
 
 St Pierre 
 
 Bunker oo«l 
 
 Other oountriee 
 
 FiacAL YMAaa iMnmo Ha 
 
 IM. 
 
 i«or. 
 
 I,74U,7SU 
 333,77S 
 
 3,0«3,floe 
 
 47*4,383 
 
 H«,702 
 
 i,eu,7i:< 
 
 lflt,)l83 
 
 H9O,!i0R 
 
 2,010 
 
 M,M)3 
 
 a0'80 
 671 
 
 aTEi 
 
 MM 
 
 1 54 
 
 S3 88 
 
 3 90 
 
 ia» 
 
 06 
 IS 
 
 isoa. 
 
 1000. 
 
 TOBII , 
 
 of >,000 ibfc: 
 
 t,804,S77{ 
 380,3331 
 
 3,184,7001 
 
 67I,670l 
 
 70,»Si: 
 
 3,309,363 
 281,000 
 600,603 
 
 329,121 
 13,981 
 
 406 
 26 
 
 To*^ e,a68,8»3 
 
 lOO 00 
 
 »,07« 
 
 ?16,S64 
 
 6,261 
 
 «, 148,864 
 
 29 37 
 6 10 
 
 3&~M 
 030 
 1 16 
 
 37 33 
 377 
 11 
 
 016 
 3-631 
 00 
 
 Tom 
 ol 3,000 Ihi. 
 
 1,»43,716 
 330,463 
 
 1,083,178 
 
 607,968 
 
 88,365 
 
 1,680,876 
 174,908 
 360,334 
 
 38 
 
 11 
 
 1 
 
 S3 
 
 3 
 
 6 
 
 11,4(« 
 
 2.54,681 
 
 846 
 
 100 00' 6,100,609 
 
 34 
 76 
 71 
 60 
 30 
 06 
 
 S3 
 
 93 
 02 
 
 10000 
 
 New Brniuwiek. 
 Tho coal production of New Brunswick is derived from the Grand Lake 
 coal field, in Queens county, where a comparatively large number of small 
 mine*— probably thirty or forty— are intermittently operated. It is very difficult 
 to obtain accurate figures of production from this Province, but according to a 
 reliable estimate made by the provincial authorities, the production in 1909 
 would be about 49.029 short tons, valued at $98,496; this is a decrease as com- 
 pared with 1 9. 
 
 COAL.— TABLE 12. 
 
 New Brniuwiok: Frodnction. 
 
 C*lend»r 
 Year. 
 
 Tonf 
 
 Value. 
 
 1887.. 
 1888. 
 
 1890.. 
 
 1891.. 
 
 1802.. 
 
 1883.. 
 
 1804. 
 
 1895.. 
 
 1896. 
 
 1807.. 
 
 1898.. 
 
 10.040 
 6,7S0 
 8,673 
 7,110 
 6,422 
 6.768 
 6,300 
 6,469 
 
 »,aooi 
 
 7,60' 
 6^00r 
 6^16. 
 
 23,607 
 11,060 
 11,733 
 18,860 
 11,030 
 9.376 
 9,837 
 10,364 
 14,250 
 11,360 
 9,000 
 9,240 
 
 Value ! 
 per 
 ton. 
 
 Calendar 
 Year. 
 
 I cti.l 
 
 2 36 
 
 1 93j 
 
 2 07 
 1 96| 
 
 3 03' 
 1 39 
 1 60i 
 1 69i 
 1 5u; 
 1 60: 
 
 1 sol 
 1 so; 
 
 Tonn, 
 
 Value 
 
 Value 
 per 
 ton. 
 
 1899. 
 1900. 
 1001. 
 1902. 
 1903. 
 1904. 
 1906. 
 1906. 
 1907. 
 1908. 
 1909. 
 
 
 1 « 
 
 » cte. 
 
 10,528 
 
 16,792 
 
 1 60 
 
 10.000 
 
 15,000 
 
 160 
 
 17.630 
 
 51,867 
 
 294 
 
 18.795 
 
 .-<9.68a 
 
 2 11 
 
 16,000 
 
 40.000 
 
 360 
 
 9,112 
 
 18.224 
 
 300 
 
 39,400 
 
 68.800 
 
 200 
 
 34.076 
 
 »i8,l!52 
 
 3 00 
 
 34,684 
 
 77.814 
 
 236 
 
 60,000 
 
 136.000 
 
 235 
 
 49,029 
 
 98.496 
 
 336 
 
lukatchawM. 
 
 The fotti itrmluctiim in SaitkatflicwHii «lum« ii roii*iiK rablp iiipreasc in 1909 
 over that of fliu provioun year, the total \muit HW.ti:. tv>n«. viiluitl at ♦296;WU. 
 I*ro<iuctiun wax i. portol by about twonty-om- mint-*, of which four r«'|M)rti'il a 
 prrMiui'tion of B.un) tomt or ovor. Them i* pmbubly n «'on»i<lernbk' loiinaire of 
 ooal min(><l by fanner* of whii-h no rwonl u oblaineil. 
 
 The output i* obtained iiitireiy from the Sutevan oi Sourin fleldH, in th« 
 Mouthoni iiortion of the Province, anil in uxed mainly for domestic purpote* in 
 8a«katrhcwan ami Manitoba. 
 
 Stati»tir« of produetion ninee IHW) are given in Table 13. 
 
 COAL. -TABLK 13. 
 
 ewu: Anntiftl Prodaotion. 
 
 Cal>^iKlu Year. 
 
 18U0 
 
 ItWl 
 
 1(W2 .... 
 
 1M» 
 
 IHM 
 
 IMS 
 
 1H9G 
 
 1807 
 
 1H9H... . 
 1.W!) .. . 
 
 nm 
 
 ISO! 
 
 1908 
 
 1903 .... 
 
 IWM 
 
 IMS 
 
 1906 
 
 1807 
 
 1008 
 
 loon 
 
 Ton*. 
 
 ValuB. 
 
 Avcrac** 
 
 MkliM prr 
 
 (on. 
 
 300 
 
 ■JOO 
 
 • cU. 
 1 00 
 
 A,40D 
 
 9,325 
 
 1 ~ 
 
 8,82S 
 
 13,485 
 
 1 
 
 tlft.061 
 
 1M53 
 
 1 01 
 
 15,769 
 
 31,538 
 
 2 00 
 
 16,706 
 
 25,06!) 
 
 I 50 
 
 25,000 
 
 37,600 
 
 1 5t) 
 
 39,000 
 
 37,500 
 
 1 60 
 
 28,000 
 
 37,500 
 
 1 SO 
 
 40, BOO 
 
 60,750 
 
 1 5U 
 
 4fi,000 
 
 73,(W 
 
 1 (to 
 
 70,*' 
 
 112,040 
 
 1 53 
 
 116,70J 
 
 160,618 
 
 1 46 
 
 124,MM 
 
 187,t«l 
 
 160 
 
 1U7,B0« 
 
 162,334 
 
 1 4S 
 
 108,398 
 
 164.14*! 
 
 1 5t 
 
 l.M,232 
 
 252,4.17 
 
 1 67 
 
 l.'iO,566 
 
 253, 7B0 
 
 1 6B 
 
 1!«,I25 
 
 2<Ki,!Bil 
 
 1 54 
 
 f IncludiiiK a sm»ll qunntity from the Turtle Mountaia district, Maiiltolia. 
 
 A new littnite field \vn« U>w\>\ in tlli^. rrovin.i- in I'.MKt. in tlie l.ai- LuRonpre 
 district, about li<t niilos nortli of rrincc All«'rt. by Wrii. Mclnnes. of tbo 
 Geological Survey. The deposit is de-<cribed in tiie Summary Riport of the 
 Geological Survey, ns follows: — 
 
 ' In the white (luartz sands and sand-tones. cNposed in cliffs on the south 
 •hore of Wapawckkn lalic, a led of litrnito occurs, varvinj; in thickness from 
 4'-0" (with a sandy C inch parting in the middle) to •/-'<" "f fairly flcan lipiiite. 
 The seam lies about horizontal, and was traced in a loniriludinal di' ction for a 
 distance of 31 miles, following the windings of the shore, thinning out westerly, 
 or being represented by very dirty lipiitc nr ]it?hly carbonaceous beds of sand; 
 and not traceable farther easterly, owing to the higher encroachment of talus on 
 the scarped face of the cliffs. 
 
 6753— 3 
 
II 
 
 ' A prraimat* analyds. by fait cdiing, of • MmpW i4 this lignit*. mad* by 
 F. 0. Walt, of the Uinet Branch. DopaHiMnt of MIdm, far* tho followiu 
 nattlta:— 
 
 Ifoiiturt ivn 
 
 Volatila combust ibla mattar 8097 
 
 Fixad carbon 34. 80 
 
 2800 
 
 10000 
 Coke, non-cobarant— 07-80. 
 
 Fuel ratio— 1:1-18. 
 
 Colour of aah, light orange. 
 
 Split Tolatile ratio— 1-88. 
 ' From thii analyaii, it will be noted that, were it not for the rather high ash 
 percentage— which is probably owing to included sand— this might be elaaacd as 
 a fairly lir .itio coal. 
 
 ' The seam is at its best at the extreme southwesterly point of the bay, where 
 it atUius both its greateat thickness and greateet purity. Northeastward and 
 northwestward along the shore, it deteriorates both in site and purity; hence 
 there is a reasonable probability that in the country farther south, back from the 
 lak . where it is not exposed, the seam may be better,' 
 
 Albtrte. 
 
 The production of marketable coal in thie Prorince in 1909, according to 
 direct returns receired from the operators, was 1,994,741 tons, valued at 
 $4388,109, an increase of 809,080 tons, or 18 per cent over the 1908 productic. 
 The output hu increased very rapidly, having doubled in the past five years, and 
 being now over six times the production of ten years ago. Of the total produc- 
 tion in 1909, only about 6-7 per cent, or 114,101 tons, were sold for export. The 
 quantity uoed for making coke was 143,864 tons, or 7-2 per cent of the total. 
 The railways use a very large portion of the coal production in this Province, 
 having taken in 1909 upwards of 750,000 tons, or about 467 per cent of the total 
 sold in Canada. 
 
 In view of the extensive railway construction in progress and tho 
 continued rapid influx of settlers, it is evident that the demand for coal 
 will continue to increase at a rapid rate for a number of years, necessitating the 
 extension of present colliery facilities as well as the opening up of new minos. 
 
19 
 
 BUtiitin of produotiun tinco 1HH7 ara (iveii iu Ttthle 14 : — 
 
 COAL.-TABLE 14. 
 
 ▲Ibtrte: AbbmiI Prednetift... 
 
 CalMKUr YMr. 
 
 ToBi, 
 
 V»iu«.. 
 
 Avwaff 
 Km. 
 
 Ilt7 
 
 im 
 
 74.153 
 llMM 
 
 »7,.'WI 
 1»,7M 
 174.131 
 17H.07O 
 330.070 
 ItH.mo 
 
 i6o.Maa 
 
 30IM63 
 
 348,163 
 
 S1^0M« 
 
 30»,6«IO 
 
 311.460 
 
 34t»,r5 
 
 408.81U 
 
 4I«.W>S 
 
 661.783 
 
 031.917 
 
 1.346,360 
 
 1.501,670 
 
 l.b85,U61 
 
 1,904.741 
 
 • 
 
 167,577 
 
 1N9,S64 
 
 17l),ll40 
 
 11W.3U8 
 
 4.17,243 
 
 400.1100 
 
 Mtl,-iHO 
 
 473,W 
 
 383,596 
 
 &N1,I«S3 
 
 680,408 
 
 7H8.;30 
 
 774,0UO 
 
 778.685 
 
 850.687 
 
 U60.6Ut 
 
 1.117,541 
 
 1,404,534 
 
 1.0B8,»I6 
 
 3.614,763 
 
 8,836,386 
 
 4,137,311 
 
 4,838.100 
 
 • cl.. 
 
 3 IS 
 
 t :■(» 
 
 MM 
 
 MK 
 
 tMl 
 
 1 Xft 
 
 1 54 
 3 M 
 
 INt 
 
 Ml 
 
 3r.7 
 2 lA 
 
 laN 
 
 2 56 
 
 ll» 
 
 3 35 
 
 3 78 
 3 tn 
 
 IMM 
 
 3 Sn 
 
 im 
 
 19110 
 
 3M 
 
 3 60 
 
 wot 
 
 1901. 
 
 1908 
 
 1901 
 
 1900 
 
 350 
 338 
 3 3ft 
 3 12 
 3 14 
 
 1906 
 
 1907 
 
 1908 
 
 ]»J9 
 
 3 10 
 3 41 
 3 46 
 3 43 
 
 
 
 These statistics cover the production of a small quantity of anthrncitc. an 
 well as bituminous and lignite coal. The owly operating anthracite mine at 
 present is the Bankhead mine at Banff. The anthracite is very ca.'efully pre- 
 pared and sized for the market, and in its preparation much dust is producetl ; a 
 part of this dust is manufactured into briquettes, which find a ready market for 
 domestic use. 
 
 The following statistics showing the cla^xilicat'.oii of tho uutput of coul in 
 Alberta during 1909, are quoted from the Report of the Provincial Inspector of 
 Mines for 1900. The figures represent the total coal . tput, incKidinpr non-mer- 
 chantable coal, and are somewhat higher ^har those given in Table 14. whirh 
 
 represent shipments only. 
 
 • 
 
 ' Olassification of output of coal in Alberta during the year 1909: — 
 
 Tons. 
 
 Lignite coal 763,673 
 
 Bituminous coal 1,197,399 
 
 Anthracite coal 213,257 
 
 Ooal used in coke production 148,104 
 
 Coko produced 87,813 
 
 ' Briquettes produced 89,785 
 
 
so 
 
 Summary of Stutistics. 
 
 NumluT of mini>!< at proscnt in oporation 121 
 
 Numlic-r of new niiiics opeiu'd in liMtil 32 
 
 Number of luine;* abaiiiloiieil in 19011 8 
 
 Number of tons of coal mined •2,174,329 
 
 Number of tons of eoi<e produeeil 87,812 
 
 Number of tons of briquettes produeed 89,785 
 
 Average number of persona employed inside the mine 3,893 
 
 Average number of persons employed outside the mines 1,314 
 
 Number of fatal acc-idents inside the mines 7 
 
 Number of fatal aeeidents outside the mines 2 
 
 Number of non-fatal accidents inside the mines. . 47 
 
 Number of uon-fatal accidents outside the mines. . 13 
 
 Number of mine managers certificates issued 27 
 
 Nund>er of pit boss certificates issued 23 
 
 Number of fire boss certificates issued 44 
 
 Throughout the various coal mining districts of tlie Province, there has been 
 during the year a considerable amount of development work and opening up of 
 new mines, etc., of which the following summary is published by the Provincial 
 InsjKjctor of Mines : — 
 
 ' At Taber a number of the small comiuinies have consolidated, and three 
 larger and more substantial companies formed, viz., The Great Western Coal 
 (Vmipany, The Alberta Consolidated Coal Company, Limited, and The Rock 
 Springs Sootless Coal Company, Limited. All three of these Companies have iu- 
 stallwl good sized i>lants, including complete compressed air plants and coal min- 
 ing machines, and two of them have already procured railway facilities. 
 
 ' In the Lethbridge district, the Diamond Coal Company, Limited, have com- 
 pletwl the installation of tlicir plant, put in a spur line of railway, and are now 
 ill a position to push the development of their mine ahead, which will put them 
 ill ii position to produce a much larger output during the coming year. The 
 lioy.il Collieries, Limited, are pushing the development of their mine ahead rap- 
 idly, and arc getting it into shi\))e for a much larger output. The new plant of 
 the Alberta Railway aii<l Irrigation Company, at their No. (1 mine, has been com- 
 pleted, and the development of the mine is being carried out on a large scale. 
 
 "In the Crowsnest pass, the I.eitch Collieries, Limited, have opened a new 
 mine, erectal a tipple, anil obtained railway connexions. At Burmis, there is 
 another mine opened by the Davenport ("oal Company, who have jirocurod rail- 
 way connexions. At Blairmore, a new mine has licen opened by The West Can- 
 adian Collieries, Limited, which shonlil develop into a large mine. West of 
 Coleman, the Mctiillivray Creek Coal and Coke Company, Limited, a new eom- 
 piuiy which has been fonnel, has openoil a mine on a l-> ft. seam of coal, 
 and a new tipple and iilant are in cour.~e of erection. 
 
 'Tvi the Pinph<>r Creek di^tri<-t. the Wrstcrii Ci!;i1 and (\t]<o Cnini^niiy. T.inii- 
 
91 
 
 
 ted, have had a gang of about thirty men prospecting the coai seams on their 
 property during the last few months, and are now opening permanent tunnels. 
 
 ' West of Edmonton, along the Grand Trunk Pacific railway, a number of 
 companies which have recently been organized, have secured extensive properties, 
 and have done considerable work in proving the coal seams. At 'east two of 
 these companies have ordered machinery and are making preparations to develop 
 their mines, and I understand will have railway oonnexions during 1910, which 
 will place them in a position to produce a fair amount of coal by the end of the 
 year.' 
 
 More complete details may be obtained from the report of the Provincial 
 Inspector of Mines'. 
 
 Amongst the developments of particular interest are those that have taken 
 place on the new coal finds in the foothills of the Kocky mountains, on the Big- 
 horn basin, Brazeau river, Pembina river, etc., to the south of the Grand Trunk 
 Pacific railway. These fields have been under investigation by Mr. D. B. Bowl- 
 ing, of the Geological Survey, a preliminary report on which will be found in 
 the Summary Report of the Geological Survey for 1909. Mr. Bowling sum- 
 marized his conclusions as follows: — 
 
 ' South of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway line, in the foothills, there are 
 coal fields of large extent. Of these, the nearest to the railway is situated in the 
 outer portion of the disturbed foothills area. From it domestic, and a fair grade 
 of steam coal may be obtained. The area is situated on the headwaters of 
 Embarras and Pembina rivers, and may be of larger extent than outlined on the 
 accompanying sketch map. Over a portion of this area a seam of from 12 to 17 
 feet can be mined. 
 
 ' Higher grade steam and coking coals may be obtained from more distant 
 fields, to which approach is more difficult, since they are situated behind high, 
 rocky ridges. The areas containing the best grade of coal extend in narrow 
 strips from the Saskatchewan river to near the Athabaska, behind the Brazeau, 
 Bighorn, and Nikanassin ranges, respectively. The parts which seem minable, 
 and easy of approach through gaps in these ridges may be outlined as: the 
 Brazeau Range area, on the Saskatchewan ; the Bighorn bcsin, from the Saskat- 
 chewan to the Brazeau rivers; and the southern part of the Nikanassin basin, 
 drained by the McLeod and North branch of the Brazeau rivers. These areas 
 may not be minable outside a strip which is not much over a mile in width, but 
 they have a total length of nearly eighty miles. A section of the measures near 
 the Saskatchewan shows nearly 100 feet of workable coal, in about nine seams. 
 Northward, the seams possibly decrease in thickness and number, but on the 
 McLeod the upper part of the coal-bearing horizon was observed to have about 
 20 feet of coal seams. This may be added to by further prospecting. 
 
 * The sharacter of the coal is remarkably uniform ; and in almost all parts 
 of the field, coking coals that yield 75 per cent of coke may be found. The 
 Fiddle Creek portion, nt the northern end of the Nikanassin basin, has not been 
 examined, but it is reported that conl has been found at points within half a 
 ' Annual Report of tlie nepnrtraent of Public Works of the Provinre of AlbertR. 
 1909. 
 
mile of the Athabaska. Powibly there ore anthracitic coals in this part of the 
 basin, but the location of minable areas is considered to be of more importance 
 than the finding of harder coals.' 
 
 The general character of the coal is thus summarised: — 
 ' The coal of the Kootanie mea8ur>» in the Bighorn basin has been carefully 
 examined bjr several prospectors, and analyses have been published in the 
 Summary Beports for 1907 and 1908, which show that it is a bituminous, or 
 steam coal, with a high carbon content, not generally high in ash, and always 
 low in sulphur. Practical tests with a small coke oven on Bighorn river show 
 that a very high grade of coke can be made. Northward, in places, the fixed 
 carbon content is higher, but it seldom approaches that of an anthracite coal. 
 
 ' The coal of the Edmonton measures in the foothills on Pembina and Em- 
 barras rivers is of lower carbon content, and approaches what might be termed a 
 low carbon bituminous coal. Its coke is not as firm as that from the coal fields 
 nearer the mountain. This might be expected, as the measures are younger and 
 have not been subjected to great pressure.' 
 
 * DISTBIBUTION. 
 
 ' In the Kootanie measures the noal seams found near the Saskatchewan are 
 well distributed throughout the formation. There appears to be in nine seams 
 a total thickness of 90 feet of workable coal. On George creek, one of the forks 
 of the south branch of Brazeau river, Mr. McEvoy found ten seams, with 66 feet 
 of workable coal. Near the north end of the range on Wapiabi creek, Mr. 
 Malloch last year discovered four seams near the top of the formation, with about 
 26 feet of coal. On the north branch of the Brazeau, four seams are exposed in 
 the same part of the measures, and on McLeod river the coal is apparently all in 
 the upper measures. 
 
 ' In the upper part of the Cretaceous, as exposed in the foothills on the Em- 
 barras and Little Pembina rivers, the coal seams occur in the Edmonton forma- 
 tion — the horizon in which the Big coal seam on the Saskatchewan, and that at 
 the railway crossing on le Pembina occur.' 
 
 Britiih Colombia. 
 
 A larger output of coal was derived from British Columbia mines in 1909 
 than in any previous year. The total production was 2,606,127 short tons 
 (2,326,899 long tons), of which about 31. 9 per cent was sold for export, the 
 balance being used for home consumption and in the making of coke, of which a 
 portion is also exported. The increase in production over that of 1908 was 
 272,419 short tons, or about 11-7 per cent. The total increase of production in 
 ten years has been about 89-1 per cent. The quantity sold for export in 1909 is 
 about the same as ten years ago, while the coal consumption of the Province has 
 increased in the same time about 200 per cent. Of the total production in 1909, 
 about 1,927,602 tons, or 74 per cent, were sold as coal, including coal sold for 
 home consumption and for export; 439,290 tons, r- 17 per cent, were used in 
 making coke, and 2.39,23.") tons, or 9 per cent, used for colliery consumption 
 and by workmen. 
 
23 
 
 The collieries of ih» Crows Ke>t Pass Coal Company in £a«t Kootenay, and 
 the Western Fuel Company and the Wellington Colliery Company on Vancourer 
 island, contributed about 80 i r cent of the tot..l production. 
 
 The balance was mined from some seven smaller collieries, that are referred 
 to by the Provincial Mineralogist in his Annual Report, as follows: — 
 
 ' In the Coast district, among the newer collieries that are beginning to 
 make an appreciable output may be mentioned the Nicola Valley Coal and Coke 
 Company, which shipped in 1909 some 62,210 tons of coal, and this production 
 was limited by the market which the Canadian Pacific Railway freight rates 
 would allow it to reach, rather than by the capacity of the mines. Adjoining 
 this colliery is the Diamond Vale Colliery Company's property, which, though 
 still in a state of development, mined in 1909 some 1,700 tons of coal. 
 
 * Vermilion Forks iMining and Development Company, of Princeton, mined 
 150 tons of coal in 1909. 
 
 ' On Vancouver island, the Pacific Coast Coal Mines, Limited, mined at 
 South Wellington, a few miles south of Nanaimo, some 69,055 tons of coal. 
 Railway and bunkers have been built at Boat harbour. 
 
 ' Gilfillan colliery shut down ; Henry Biggs, as an individual, produced 1,236 
 tons of coal from the property. 
 
 'In the East Eootenay field, tlie Hosmer and Gorbin collieries each pro- 
 duced about 60,000 tons of coal during the year; neither of these collieries is 
 as yet in full operation. 
 
 In the following table the production u. ring the past two years is given, 
 the sales in Canada and sales for export being given, as well as the quantity 
 used for making coke and that used for colliery consumption. A distinction is 
 also made between the production from the Coast mines and that in the East 
 Kootenay and Nicola Valley districts. 
 
 
 1908. 
 
 1909. 
 
 Coal. 
 
 Coast. 
 
 Crowsnest 
 
 andNicda 
 
 Valley. 
 
 Tctrl. 
 
 Cotut. 
 
 Crowsnest 
 
 and Nicola 
 
 VaUey. 
 
 Total. 
 
 Sold for coiMumption in Canada 
 
 export to United States 
 
 •1 II other countries 
 
 703,931 
 
 300,446 
 
 29,883 
 
 Long tons. 
 
 227,996 
 266,829 
 
 931,929 
 
 567,274 
 29,883 
 
 781,177 
 
 324.728 
 
 63,609 
 
 Ijoag tons. 
 
 198,229 
 368,430 
 
 979,406 
 
 678,168 
 
 63,609 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1,031,289 
 
 404,827 
 
 l,n89,086 
 
 1,169,414 
 
 661,650 
 
 1,721,078 
 
 UkmI for m&kiiiff coke. 
 
 25,172 
 49,976 
 
 364,460 
 124,976 
 
 379,632 
 174,960 
 
 26,760 
 70,626 
 
 3Wi,463 
 142.978 
 
 3!*-\aS3 
 
 H ooUiery oonsuroption . . 
 
 213,608 
 
 Production 
 
 1,109,406 
 
 974,282 j 2,063,668 
 
 1,266,799 
 
 1,060,100 
 
 2,826,S99 
 
 In Table 15 the statistics of coal production in British Columbia since 1836 
 are given. The total production to the end of 1909 has been 36,776,164 tons, of 
 which 20,455,415 tons, or 55-6 per cent, have been produced during the past ten 
 years. The average annual production during this period was 2,045,541 tons, as 
 
24 
 
 compared with an average annual production of 1,081,764 tons during the ten 
 
 year period 1890-1899. 
 
 COAL.-TABLE 15, 
 
 British Oolunbia: Prodnotion. 
 
 Calendar. 
 Year. 
 
 1836-62. . 
 185'i-59.. 
 1869 g.... 
 
 1860 
 
 1861 
 
 1862 
 
 1863 
 
 1864.... 
 1886. . . . 
 1866 .. 
 1867. .. 
 1868.... 
 
 1870 
 
 1871-2-3. 
 1874..... 
 
 1878 ... 
 1876.. . 
 1877.. . 
 1878 
 
 1879 .... 
 188U .... 
 1881.... 
 
 1882 
 
 1883 . . 
 
 1884 
 
 1885 
 
 1886 . . 
 
 1887 ... 
 1888... 
 1889 .. 
 1890 .... 
 1891... 
 1892.... 
 1S93 ... 
 1894... 
 1895. . . . 
 1896.... 
 1897... 
 1898. . . . 
 1899. . . . 
 1900. . . . 
 1901... 
 1903.... 
 1903... 
 1904 .. 
 1905.... 
 1906. . . . 
 1907. .. 
 1908... 
 1909. . . 
 
 „ ri Sold 
 
 2.24011-. J™jfe.. 2'2«'b.. 
 
 10,000 
 26,398 
 1,989 
 14,247 
 13,774 
 18,118 
 21,346 
 28,632 
 32,819 
 28,116 
 31,239 
 44,006 
 36,802 
 29,843 
 148,459 ' 
 81,547 i 
 110,146 I 
 139,192 1 
 164,052 j 
 170,846 
 241,301 I 
 267,896 
 228,357 I 
 282,139 I 
 213,299 ■ 
 394,070 i 
 366,59ti ; 
 326,636 ; 
 413,360 ! 
 489,301 
 579,83") 
 678,140 
 1,029,097 
 826,336 
 978,294 
 1,012,963 
 939,654 
 894,882 
 802,296 
 1,1.36,486 
 1,306,324 
 1,.590,178 
 1,691,557 
 1,641,626 
 1,450,66.? 
 1,686,698 
 l,736,6iK> 
 1,899,076 
 2,219,602 
 2.111,931 
 2,388,196 
 
 Phoduction.* 
 
 Ton8, 
 2.240 Ibe. 
 
 From 1836 to 1873, inclusive, the -' 
 output i» taken as ]>roduction. 
 
 Toon, 
 2,240 lb«. 
 
 26.023 
 31,252 
 17,856 
 24,311 
 26,166 
 40,294 
 46,513 
 40,191 
 56.161 
 64,786 
 87,388 
 9.5,227 
 85,!(87 
 99,216 
 115,953 
 124,674 
 177,075 
 202,697 
 196,223 
 207,851 
 166,776 
 188,349 
 261,984 
 290,.'»10 
 375,423 
 .526,058 
 685,667 
 799,666 
 837,871 
 947,499 
 1.129,465 
 1,089,667 
 1,236,476 
 1.438,402 
 1,486,511 
 1,685.232 
 
 56,038 
 66,392 
 1122,329 
 115,381 
 164,682 
 19^,096 
 225,849 
 189.323 
 232,411 
 149,567 
 300,478 
 237,797 
 249 T05 
 334,H;«9 
 36,5,714 
 443,676 
 508,270 
 806,479 
 640,579 I 
 768.917 
 827,642 
 766,334 
 634,238 
 619,860 
 752,863 
 751,711 
 914,184 
 !«14,163 
 756,809 
 649,449 
 633,593 
 647,343 
 679,829 
 673,114 
 597.167 
 741,667 
 
 81.061 
 
 97,644 
 
 140,186 
 
 139,692 
 
 190.848 
 
 232.390 
 
 272.362 
 
 229,514 
 
 288,572 
 
 214,353 
 
 39.'<,866 
 
 333,024 
 
 335,192 
 
 434,056 
 
 481,667 
 
 668.249 
 
 685,345 
 
 1,009,176 
 
 836,802 
 
 976,V68 
 
 993,418 
 
 9^4,683 
 
 896,222 
 
 910,170 
 
 1,128,286 
 
 1,277,769 
 
 1,599,851 
 
 1,713,829 
 
 1,614,680 
 
 1,4116,948 
 
 1,663,058 
 
 1,737,010 
 
 1,916,305 
 
 2,111,516 
 
 2,083,668 
 
 2,S2b,899 
 
 Price 
 per ton, 
 2.240 lbs. 
 
 11.200 
 28,446 
 
 16,967 
 
 16.427 
 
 20.292 
 
 23,906 
 
 32,068 
 
 36,757 
 
 28,129 
 
 34.988 
 
 49,286 
 
 40,098 
 
 33,424 
 
 166,274 
 
 90,788 
 
 109,361 
 
 167,007 
 
 156,455 
 
 213,750 
 
 260,277 
 
 305,045 
 
 257,066 
 
 323,201 
 
 240,075 
 
 441,130 
 
 372,987 
 
 .375,415 
 
 486.142 
 
 539,467 
 
 636.439 
 
 767,686 
 
 1,130,277 
 
 937,218 
 
 1,093,980 
 
 1,112,628 
 
 1,058,045 
 
 1,003,769 
 
 1.019,390 
 
 1.263,680 
 
 1,431,101 
 
 1,791,833 
 
 1,919,488 
 
 1,808,441 
 
 1,676,581 
 
 1,862,625 
 
 1,945,452 
 
 2,146,262 
 
 2,364,898 
 
 2,333,708 
 
 2.606,127 
 
 « cti. 
 
 4 00 
 4 00 
 
 4 no 
 
 4 00 
 4 00 
 4 00 
 4 00 i 
 4 00 
 4 00 
 4 00 
 4 00 
 4 0<i 
 4 00 
 400 
 4 00 
 3 00 
 3 00 
 3 00 
 3 00 
 300 
 300 
 3 00 
 3 00 
 3 00 
 :i 00 
 ■ 00 
 • 00 
 3 00 
 3 00 
 300 
 300 
 300 
 3 00 
 300 
 3 00 
 3 00 
 3 00 
 3 00 
 3 00 
 3 00 
 3 00 
 3 00 
 300 
 3 OO 
 3 00 
 3 00 
 300 
 3 00 
 3 60 
 3 50 
 3 50 
 
 Value. 
 
 40,000 
 
 101,592 
 
 7,956 
 
 66,988 
 
 .'■*,096 
 
 72,472 
 
 85,380 
 
 114,528 
 
 131,276 
 
 100,460 
 
 124,956 
 
 176,020 
 
 143,208 
 
 119,372 
 
 593,836 
 
 213,183 
 
 292,932 
 
 420.556 
 
 419.07« 
 
 572.64'i 
 
 097,170 
 
 817,086 
 
 6!'8,642 
 
 866.716 
 
 643,059 
 
 1,181,598 
 
 999,072 
 
 1,005,576 
 
 1,302,165 
 
 1,445,001 
 
 1.704,747 
 
 2,066,035 
 
 8.027,628 
 
 2.610,406 
 
 2,930,304 
 
 2,980,2.54 
 
 2,834,049 
 
 2,688,666 
 
 2,730,610 
 
 3.384,868 
 
 3,833,307 
 
 4,799,653 
 
 5,141,487 
 
 4,844,040 
 
 4.490,844 
 
 4,989,174 
 
 .5,211,030 
 
 8,748,915 
 
 7,390,306 
 
 7,292,838 
 
 8,144,147 
 
 ♦ Thi. production is obtained by adding ' Home CJonsumption ' "Ji^.'^^fJ^^J^^A^^..^^ 
 1 62,!«6 torn of thU amount were exported aa sales without the division into Home Consump- 
 
 ''""- The '^fJ^Z fhc^sJid for EKport ' column do not agree aa they should with those given in 
 Tabfe B, the^n? explanation being tfiat the data in the two case, are from dUferent sources, and it 
 has not been pinsible to find out the cause of the difference. 
 i Two months only. 
 
96 
 
 The coal fields of BritUh Columbia, more particularly those of the Rocky 
 Mountain district, have been very completely described by Mr. W. F. Robertson 
 in his last annual report.' 
 
 The developed collieries include those of the Crows Nest Pass Coal 
 Company in operation since 1898, the Hosmer Mines, Limited, and the Corbin 
 Coal and Coke Company, each active producers since 1908. Statistics of the 
 production of these several collieries are published as in the following tables:— 
 
 Prodnotion of Crowi Neit Pmi Coal Company— Grow Annual Output of Coal 
 
 in toni of 2,240 ponndi. 
 
 Yew. 
 
 Coal Creek. Corbonado. 
 
 1898 
 ISO!) 
 1900 
 1901 
 
 iyo2 
 
 1903 
 1904 
 1906 
 
 9,954 
 102,610 
 196,837 
 322,246 
 238,776 
 21.%79l 
 a45,901 
 125,493 
 
 line 426,793 
 
 "*" I .'>22,783 
 
 441,003 
 
 . . . ! 379,968 
 
 1907 
 1908 
 1909 
 
 Michel. 
 
 9,!Ki6 
 
 113,863 
 235,347 I 
 2.'«,266 
 30»,.^)5 i 
 273,497 
 353,728 
 412,185 
 390,462 
 
 3,628,154 
 
 41,332 
 138,750 
 81,628 
 96,934 
 20,169 
 220 
 23,279 
 32,287 
 
 434,489 2,333,799 1 6,386,442 
 
 Total. 
 
 9,954 
 102,610 
 206,803 
 322,246 
 393,961 
 589,888 
 662,685 
 831,932 
 720,449 
 876,731 
 876.467 
 802,717 
 
 Gross Annual Output of Coke, in tons of 2,240 pounds. 
 
 Year. 
 
 Coal Creek. 
 
 1898.. 
 1899 . 
 1900.. 
 1901.. 
 1902.. 
 1903 . 
 1904.. 
 1905.. 
 1906.. 
 1907.. 
 
 1908 . 
 
 1909 . 
 
 361 
 
 29,658 
 
 65,916 
 
 111,683 
 
 78,490 
 
 84,.-i21 
 
 118,651 
 
 123,693 
 
 93,171 
 
 88,776 
 
 102,322 
 
 117,268 
 
 Carbonado. | Michel. 
 
 1,014,108 
 
 6^5 
 4,621 
 7,826 
 
 13,072 
 
 29,347 
 
 64,818 
 
 95,685 
 
 124,705 
 
 96,214 
 
 117,706 
 
 131,776 
 
 106,174 
 
 Total. 
 
 361 
 29,668 
 65,915 
 111,683 
 107,837 
 149,764 
 218,857 
 256,124 
 189,386 
 206,541 
 234,098 
 223,442 
 
 766,485 i 1,793,666 
 
 » Annual Report of the Minister of Mines, British Columbia, 1909. 
 
VntaetioB 0f H( 
 
 Si. 
 
 GolUarj taA OotUb OoUicrj'— Onm Oitpit of OM 
 ud Ookt, in tou of S,940 poudt. 
 
 Year. 
 
 Homiar OoIlMrjr. 
 
 Corbin Colliery. 
 
 • 
 
 Coia. 
 3,837 
 
 Coke. 
 
 771 
 2I,ft75 
 
 Coal. 
 
 4,111 
 60,834 
 
 Coke. 
 
 1908 
 
 
 19TO 
 
 fl(l,334 
 
 ' • • 
 
 Complete statistics of the production of each colliery, with one exception, 
 have been published by the British Columbia Bureau of Mines, from which the 
 following statement has been compiled: — 
 
 Coal Prodaotion by Collieriei in British Columbia in 1909, in tons of 2,840 
 
 pounds. 
 
 Opentor. 
 
 The Western Fuel Co 
 
 Wellington CoUierie* Ca, Ltd. 
 Pacific Coast Coal Mines, Ltd.. 
 
 The Vancouver- Naaaimo Coal 
 Ms. Co., Ltd 
 
 Nicola Valley Coal and Coke 
 Ca, Ltd 
 
 Vermilion Forks Mg. and Dev, 
 Co., Ltd 
 
 Crows Nest Pass Coal Co., Ltd. 
 
 Hosmer Mines Ltd 
 
 Corbin Coal and Coke Co., Ltd 
 Diamond Vale Colliery Co 
 
 Name of Mine. 
 
 I Protection 
 
 1 Northfield 
 
 Kxtension, Union. 
 
 (Fiddick 
 
 \ Suquash 
 
 New East Wellington 
 Middlesboro 
 
 Princeton 
 
 ( Coal Creek . . . 
 
 {Michel 
 
 (Carbonado. . , . 
 
 Hosme' 
 
 CorbiL 
 
 Diamond Vale. 
 
 i 
 
 316,010 
 125,163 
 
 62,447 
 540 
 
 8,636 
 
 61,546 
 
 120 
 
 178,678 
 
 207,81.5 
 
 31,4«>7 
 
 11,643 
 
 60,192 
 
 •a 
 
 a 
 16 
 
 172,944 
 157,245 
 
 35,276 
 
 i 
 
 iSi 
 
 29,819 
 28,353 
 
 1 
 
 s 
 1= 
 
 3,860 
 420 
 
 500 
 
 546 
 
 20 
 
 28,611 
 
 26,546 
 
 1,301 
 
 12,180 
 
 632 
 
 345,82!) 
 153,616 
 
 * 
 
 66,307 
 960 
 
 9,136 
 
 62,091 
 
 ••140 
 
 380,133 
 
 390,606 
 
 32,768 
 
 59,0U8 
 
 60,824 
 
 4t 
 
 i. 
 
 340,367 
 162,330 
 
 * 
 
 67,045 
 2,010 
 
 9,336 
 
 62,210 
 
 160 
 
 379,968 
 
 390,462 
 
 32,287 
 
 60,324 
 
 60,824 
 
 1,700 
 
 * Permission for publication refused. 
 ** This Company began operations in December. 
 
 Tnkon. 
 
 The coal production of the Yokon in 1909 is reported as 7,364 tons, valued 
 at the mine at $49,502. Active mining operations were carried on only by the 
 Tantalus Coal Company, at Tantalus, in the southern Yukon, end by the 
 Northern Light, Power, and Coal Company, Limited, operating on Coal creek, 
 forty milea northwest of Dawson. Bun of mine coal sold in Dawson at about $10 
 a ton, and screened coal, $18. 
 
ST 
 
 I 
 
 Statiitica of production aince 1901 are ghown in Table lU following: 
 COAL.-TABLE M. 
 
 Tnkoii Territory: Animal Prodsotioa. 
 
 Calendw Yav. 
 
 Tom. 
 
 V.Jue. 
 
 value per 
 ton. 
 
 MM 
 
 1903 
 
 190S 
 
 1904 
 
 190B 
 
 1906 
 
 1907 
 
 1908 
 
 4,910 
 1,849 
 
 7i6oo 
 
 7,000 
 
 16,000 
 
 3.847 
 
 7,964 
 
 i 
 86,»0 
 37,1»0 
 99,684 
 
 ih'.ooo 
 
 38,000 
 60,000 
 21,168 
 40,602 
 
 $ cU. 
 
 14 70 
 
 760 
 
 16 00 
 
 SOO 
 
 400 
 400 
 560 
 
 1909 
 
 «72 
 
 t Part of this production wm mined in 1900. 
 
 The VVhitehorse and Five Fingers coal mines in southern Yukon were not 
 operated in 1900. The coal fields of this, district at Whitohorse, Five Finders. 
 and Tantalus have been described by Mr. D. D. Gaimes, of the Geological 
 Survey.' 
 
 During the season of 1909, Mr. Gaimea found coal outcroppings iu the 
 Wbeaton Biver district, south of the Whitehorse deposits, his description of the 
 area being as follows: — 
 
 'bush mountain coal abea. 
 
 'The Tantalus conglomerates which, in the southern Yukon, are known to 
 be coal-bearing, were found outcropping about one mile west of the Union mines, 
 on the ridge joining Bush mountain and Idaho hill, and search was made for 
 coal, which, if found in this locality, would be of considerable value. Three 
 seams were discovered: one over 6 feet, one 18 inches, and one of unknown 
 thickness, but at least 3 feet. There were indications oi other seams; but as 
 the ground was frozen and the coal deeply covered, to have made a section of 
 the measures, or even to have determined the thickness of the different beds of 
 coal, would have entailed a very considerable amount of work The measures 
 were traced from the summit of the ridge to near the valley bottoms of Schnabel 
 and FoUe creeks, on the south and north sides respectively. These creeks are 
 he'p two miles apart, and, opposite the coal, are about 2,000 feet lower than the 
 summit of the ridge between them. The belt of coal-bearing formation is about 
 half a mile wide, and the rocks comprising it are much folded and disturbed. 
 The coal, which is bituminous and of the same age as that at Whitehorse and 
 Tantalus, should make a good fuel.' 
 
 * Report on a portion of the Conrad and Whitehorse Mining District, Yukon. D. 
 D. Cairnes. Geologicol Survey, 1908. 
 
LABOUR AND ACCIDENTS. 
 
 r Lr 
 
 Thit Department does not receive direct report* of mine accident*, and the 
 labour itatiitict received are incomplete. The following tabN*, tjerefore, relat- 
 ing to labour and accidentc in Canadian collieries are cmr'iil from the pub- 
 lished reports of Provincial mining bureaus. 
 
 The total number of persons engaged in coal mining, including the employes 
 both above and below ground, may be taken as approximating very closely to 
 34,000, of whom about one-half are employed in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, 
 and the others in the western provinces. 
 
 The total number of accidents reported from Nova Scotia, Alberta, and 
 British Columbia in 1009 was 344, of which 100 proved fatal and 244 more or 
 less serious. 
 
 In Nova Scotia tliere were 112 accideuts during the fiscal year ending 
 September, of which 34 proved fatal. One-half of the fatal accidents were caused 
 by falls of coal or rock, an were also 48 of the non-fatal accidents. No accidents 
 were credited to gas explosions, and only three non-fatal to the use of explosives. 
 In British Columbia, the total numb« of accidents was 163, of which 57 were 
 fatal and 106 more or less serious. Thirteen fatal and 33 non-fatal accident! 
 were due to falls of rock or coal. Thirty-two fatal and seven slight accidents 
 were due to gos explosion. These thirty-two men lost their lives in the disas- 
 trous explosion that took place on October 5 at Extension colliery of the Well- 
 ington Colliery Company. Reports of special inve:§tigations into this disaster 
 will be found in the British Columbia Bureau of Mines Import for 1909. Only 
 one fotal and four non-fatal accidents were credited to the use of explosives in 
 thi« Province. 
 
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 3 
 
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 Viakn of 1um4i OBptoyoA . tfod ■iaioff ia BritiA OolaaMa ia ItW. 
 
 
 Ann 
 NiooiA Vallit. 
 
 Kamt KoonvAT 
 Couimiik 
 
 ToliU. 
 
 
 ITndw 
 inoand. 
 
 Aboff 
 gfoond. 
 
 Uadw- 
 ■mmad. 
 
 00 
 MNI 
 170 
 
 m 
 
 470 
 
 SS 
 
 Abcnr»- 
 Hiuoad. 
 
 
 HiywrrMoa Mid cUH«aMiiirtMiM. 
 WfiitM, miam 
 
 n 
 
 1.470 
 
 aoi 
 
 Wl 
 
 114 
 
 19B 
 
 70 
 
 » 
 
 s 
 
 U 
 
 
 
 t7 
 
 ■ • * • 
 
 SIB 
 
 7S1 
 I.SIH 
 
 
 M 
 
 »4 
 
 Bl 
 
 8B 
 
 8M 
 
 970 
 
 llMbMiM mh) ikinwl Uboartn. 
 
 ,Boy. 
 
 Jmmm* 
 
 CmMn 
 
 SMt 
 IS 
 
 1,008 
 SIB 
 ISB 
 
 
 
 B44 
 
 IndiMM 
 
 
 
 S 
 
 « • • • It 
 
 
 
 
 
 a,07« 
 
 I.OIB 
 
 1.7S7 
 
 000 
 
 0.4M 
 
 AooidoBts ia Oaaadiaa Oelliorioo, 19M. 
 
 WAtnnof Aocideiit. 
 
 Fall of coal, roek 
 
 Oa* or (Iwt expiouom. 
 
 Expkwivn 
 
 MiiodlaiMoa* 
 
 Total. 
 
 Total men employed . 
 
 Nova 
 Soon A.' 
 
 £ 
 
 17 
 
 > Twelve monthi ending Sept., 1900. 
 
 17 
 
 34 
 
 Ji 
 
 48 
 
 S 
 27 
 
 78 
 
 Albuta. 
 
 Bbitmm Colombia. 
 
 12,088 
 
 1 
 
 14 
 
 1 
 
 I 
 
 38 
 
 I 
 
 18 
 
 M07 
 
 I 
 
 18 
 
 S2 
 
 1 
 
 11 
 
 B7 
 
 SO 
 
 "l' 
 36 
 
 47 
 
 I 
 
 13 
 7 
 8 
 
 86 
 
 GO 
 
 6,418 
 
Tftkto dMwiaff iMilmto to Brittik MwUft* (MUmIm la Tw Imn, IMO- 
 
 IMt. 
 
 t 
 
 
 
 12l 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 30 
 
 
 
 
 
 ar> 
 
 1{ 
 
 
 
 ift 
 
 8| 
 
 3U 
 
 2 
 
 32 
 
 10 
 
 31 
 
 »{ 
 
 61 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 02 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 18 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 80 
 
 « 
 
 « 
 
 B2 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 S7 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 47 
 
 * 
 
 
 
 S» 
 
 27 
 
 19 
 
 470 
 
 32 
 
 
 
 3U6 
 
 1ft 
 
 
 
 360 
 
 
 ~ 
 
 — ._ 
 
 130 
 
 1«S 
 
 _) — 1.226 
 
 Britiih CoIanbU MinUter of Minaa R«port 1W)9. 
 
"i ■, 
 
 The total output of oven coke in 1909 was H71,7i7 ton*, produced from 
 1h127,1.V> tons of coal; a* roniiwrod with an output of N.1i;,:(9M ton* in ltK>N, pn>- 
 uuced from 131S,004 ton* of eua). The i|uantity of coke icld or uied by the pro- 
 ducer in 1900 wai 8tf2,011 ton*. «« comiMreil with (458,237 ton* in the preriou* 
 year. 
 
 The production i« derivcti ulnumt i>iitin>ly from domeKtic coal in the three 
 Provinces of Nova Hcotia. Alberta, and BritiMh Culunibia, althouKh durinif IWMt 
 a quantity of imported coal wa* uiied by the Dominion Iron and Hteel Company 
 at Sydney, C B. 
 
 The consumption of coke in Canada i« much in excens of the domestic pro- 
 duction, there beinn a considerable importation of coke, chiefly into Ontario and 
 Quebec, for use in the metallurgical induHtrii"*. 
 
 The imports during the calendar year 1900 were 001,425 tons, and the 
 exports 74,067 tons. The^e figures, taken in conjunction with the prmluction of 
 862,011, would indicate a consumption of about 1,449,36ft ton*. Himilarly esti- 
 mated, the consumption in 1908 was 1,285,228 tons. 
 
 With one or two exceptions, of which the Dominion Iron and Steel Co.npany 
 is the chief, the coke is produced by coal mining companic'^. and in pvens situated 
 in proximity to the mines. 
 
 Statistics of coke produi-tion during the past three year* are given in the 
 following tables, in which i* shown for each province, the quantity of coal uied> 
 the coke made, the quantity sold or used, and the stocks on hand, etc. 
 
 C!«ke ProdnetiOB, 1907. 
 
 Province. 
 
 Goal 
 
 ohuged tu 
 
 Ureno. 
 
 Outnit 
 C^kr. 
 
 Htock ok Hisn. 
 
 C<ikH nld 
 or used. 
 
 Ton*. 
 
 524,110 
 
 76,321 
 
 241.572 
 
 Value 
 of 
 
 Jsn. 1. 
 
 Dec. 31. 
 
 Sale*, et«. 
 
 NovsSootU 
 
 Alberts 
 
 Tuns. 
 
 832,916 
 112,887 
 
 Tom. 
 
 529,861 
 
 78,782 
 
 249,663 
 
 Touo. 
 
 846 
 3,686 
 1,746 
 
 Ton*. 
 
 6,586 
 1.147 
 9,836 
 
 1,991,017 
 297.586 
 
 BritUh Cotumbis. . . 
 
 1,294,826 
 
 TouU 
 
 1,344,667 
 
 863,296 
 
 6,276 
 
 17,560 
 
 843,008 
 
 3,583,46H 
 
 Coke Prodnotioii, 1908. 
 
 Nov«8ooti» 
 
 Alberta. 
 
 Britiah ColambU. . . 
 
 754,478 
 128,398 
 433,028 
 
 499,561 
 
 76,667 
 
 277,088 
 
 6,686 
 
 688 
 
 9,836 
 
 208 
 
 600 
 10,241 
 
 505,929 
 
 7^646 
 
 276,688 
 
 1,668,151 
 
 309,019 
 
 1,482,191 
 
 Total* 
 
 1,315,904 
 
 863,296 
 
 17,010 i 11,049 
 
 1 
 
 «»,287 
 
 8,449,361 
 
 Coke Production, 1909. 
 
 t-;: 
 
 Nova Sootis. 
 
 Alberta. 
 
 786,719 
 131,142 
 430,289 
 
 493,184 
 
 H7.8t2 
 
 290,731 
 
 209 
 
 750 
 
 10,170 
 
 401 
 
 1,339 
 
 19,116 
 
 492,992 
 
 87,238 
 
 281,786 
 
 1,608,092 
 366,784 
 
 British Columbia. . . 
 
 1,509,667 
 
 
 1,827,160 
 
 871,727 
 
 11,129 
 
 30,846 
 
 863,011 
 
 8,484,303 
 
Ttbie 1 ihow* the annual production lince 1M0, ami Table i tho production 
 by prorineat tinea 1897, 
 
 COKU.-TABLi: 1. 
 iBBval FrodBotloB, 1886-190e. 
 
 CaUmduYf 
 
 Tuna. 
 
 « 
 
 V*ltM<. 
 
 I«r too. 
 
 1386. 
 
 WW 
 
 UM 
 
 10,186 
 40.43H 
 40,373 
 H039 
 .'W,4flO 
 37,084 
 66,19) 
 61,078 
 08,044 
 03.166 
 49,619 
 60,686 
 
 H7,noo 
 
 100,830 
 107,134 
 866,031 
 503,043 
 661,818 
 864,083 
 700i488 
 783,060 
 848,003 
 868.387 
 863,011 
 
 4 
 
 101,940 
 1.16.961 
 1.HIMI 
 160.043 
 166,198 
 U6,088 
 160.340 
 161,790 
 148.001 
 143.047 
 110^367 
 176.487 
 386,000 
 .«00.Q83 
 649,140 
 1.838.336 
 1,019,186 
 l,7H4frl 
 
 8,an,oi8 
 
 3,436,811 
 3.863,008 
 3,088,468 
 8,449,861 
 8,4<H,S88 
 
 t eto. 
 
 388 
 836 
 
 806 
 3 84 
 
 y UK 
 
 188a. 
 
 lato. 
 
 isn 
 
 3 ON 
 
 un. 
 
 9 MA 
 
 IMS. 
 
 3 MO 
 
 18M. 
 
 UMSl 
 
 M86. 
 
 18>7 
 
 306 
 
 868 
 833 
 3 91 
 
 MOH 
 
 18IW. 
 
 836 
 a 4T 
 
 1300. 
 
 IBOl 
 
 1908. 
 
 4 18 
 836 
 8 08 
 
 1908. 
 
 1904. 
 
 1900. 
 
 8 09 
 866 
 
 8 48 
 
 IMM. 
 
 3 66 
 
 WOT 
 
 180S. 
 
 190B. 
 
 486 
 408 
 404 
 
 COKE.-TABLE 2. 
 
 Prodnction of Coke by Proriaoei, 1897-1909. 
 
 Cklendmr Yew. 
 
 Nova Scotia. 
 
 Britibb Columbia. 
 
 Albirta. 
 
 TonM. 
 
 Value. 
 
 Tom. 
 
 Value. 
 
 TunR. 
 
 Value. 
 
 1897 
 
 1888 
 
 41,633 
 
 48,400 
 
 62,459 
 
 61,767 
 
 22-3.604 
 
 363,330 
 
 871.746 
 
 270.927 
 
 .<W6,366 
 
 476,304 
 
 024,110 
 
 S0^929 
 
 492,992 
 
 • 
 
 90,960 
 
 111,000 
 
 178,767 
 
 a23,iB(5 
 
 590,0»i0 
 
 899.930 
 
 88 '.094 
 
 808.022 
 
 1.0W.712 
 
 1,540,!ITIJ 
 
 1,688.070 
 
 1,608.101 
 
 1,608,092 
 
 19,104 
 
 39,300 
 .%,.<I61 
 95.367 
 142,837 
 138.713 
 189,073 
 207.172 
 26!». 06 
 23C,-.«0 
 241,972 
 27t!.683 
 281.786 
 
 9 
 
 8^oo7 
 
 175.000 
 
 171.200 
 
 420,746 
 
 6.17,665 
 
 619,206 
 
 846,310 
 
 1.148.090 
 
 1.303,036 
 
 I,u54,4s5 
 
 1,049.432 
 
 1.482,191 
 
 1.609,567 
 
 
 • 
 
 1869. 
 
 
 1900 
 
 1901. 
 
 1903 
 
 1908 
 
 " ■ 20;984 
 H666 
 (59,488 
 76,821 
 7N645 
 87,233 
 
 
 1904 
 
 1906 
 
 78.936 
 179.464 
 
 1906 
 
 1907 
 
 1908 
 
 1909 
 
 26K.042 
 297.606 
 309,019 
 3li6,734 
 
84 
 
 Coke production in Nova Scotia has shown successive decreases during the 
 past two years, the production in 1909 being only slightly higher than that in 
 1906; in the western provinces, on the other hand, an increased production ia 
 diov . la coke output of Nova Scotia is used almost entirely in connexion 
 vit.i tliij mai facture of iron, while that of Alberta and British Columbia is 
 u en :hioil\ , the copper and lead smelters, finding a market in the United 
 Stattw as well as in British Columbia. 
 
 The total number of ovens in active operation on December 31 was 1,645, 
 while 972 were reported idle on the same date and 120 in course of construction. 
 In Nova Scotia, the Dominion Iron and Steel Company at Sydney has 500 
 finished ovens and 120 in course of construction, all of the Otto Hoffman by- 
 product type. 
 
 It is claimed that the new ovens will be much more efficient than the 
 old, that whereas the 500 old ovens with 200 men produced 1,250 tons of coke 
 per 24 hours, the 120 new ovens with 56 men will produce 720 tons in the same 
 time. The by-products from these ovens include tar and ammonia. The ammonia 
 gas is extracted from the oven gas and used in the manufacture of ammonium sul- 
 phate. The tar is sold to the Dominion Tar and Chemical Company, whose 
 works are contiguous to the coke oven plant, and this product is further treated 
 for the manufacture of refined tar, pitch of various grades, benzole, creosote, 
 carbolic acid, etc. The production of tar in 1909 was 4,016,824 gallons, and am- 
 monia liquor containing 3,351 tons of sulphate of ammonia. In 1908, the pro- 
 duction of tar was 4,450,166 gallons, and of sulphate of ammonia, 2,984 tons. 
 
 The Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company has 30 ovens of the Bauer type 
 and 120 Bernard ovens; the latter are situated near the blast furnace, and the 
 surplus gas used for the production of steam for the electric power plant. The 
 surplus gas from the Bauer ovens is used in generating steam for general colliery 
 v-se. 
 
 The other ovens in this Province number 181, and are all of the beehive 
 
 type. 
 
 In Alberta, the West Canadian Collieries, Limited, at Lille, has 50 ovens of 
 the Bernard type, or Belgian ovens. The ovens of the International Coal and 
 Coke Company at Coleman, 316 in number, are the ordinary beehive, as are 
 also all of the ovens in British Columbia, comprising 1.420 in the Crowsnest 
 district and 100 on the Ooart. 
 
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81 
 
 The distribution of the coke production durlug the past two years is shown 
 in the following table: — 
 
 1908. 
 
 i Alberte 
 Nova ; Mid 
 Scotia. I BritUh 
 iColumbuk, 
 
 Sold in Canad. 
 Sold for expoT 
 
 Total iki*. 
 
 Used by maker ;.. b 
 
 or otnerwiw 
 
 <,412 
 
 287,930 
 64,398 
 
 I 
 499,517 I 
 
 ToUlsoldorufsd | 606,929! 
 
 6,412 362,328 
 
 Total. 
 
 294,342 
 64,898 
 
 368,740 
 499,617 
 
 868,267 
 
 1909. 
 
 Nova 
 Sootia. 
 
 6,027 
 
 6,027 
 486,966 
 
 492,992 
 
 Alberto 
 
 and 
 
 Britiih 
 
 Columbia. 
 
 291,463 
 77,407 
 
 169 
 
 369,019 
 
 Total. 
 
 297,486; 
 77,407. 
 
 374,887 
 487,134 
 
 862,011 
 
 Statistics of exports and imports of coke, as published by the Customs 
 Department, are shown in Tables 3 and 4 following. The exports are almost 
 altogether from British Columbia, and recently from Alberta, and the imports 
 are from the United States, chiefly for consumption in the iron and steel and 
 smelting industries of Ontario and Quebec. 
 
 COKE.— TABLE 8. 
 
 Exports of Coke to the TTnited Statei, 1897-1809. 
 
 Calt-ndar Year. 
 
 Tons. 
 
 Value. 
 
 1897 
 
 1898 
 
 2,987 
 
 3,774 
 
 ^667 
 
 41,629 
 
 67,606 
 
 62,668 
 
 S2,6C8 
 
 102,463 
 
 116,071 
 
 37,003 
 
 70,617 
 
 68,708 
 
 74,067 
 
 t 
 
 6,078 
 8,394 
 18,726 
 131,278 
 176,990 
 180,920 
 136,967 
 346,031 
 609,908 
 168,671 
 820,367 
 248,769 
 329,061 
 
 1899 
 
 1900 
 
 1901 
 
 1902 
 
 1903 
 
 1904 
 
 1906 
 
 1906 
 
 1907 
 
 1908 ;; 
 
 1909 
 
 
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 COKE.-TABLE 4. 
 
 Import! of Orea Coke, 1880-1909. 
 
 Fiacal Year. 
 
 1880.. 
 1881.. 
 1883.. 
 1888.. 
 1884.. 
 1885.. 
 1888.. 
 1887.. 
 1888.. 
 1889.. 
 1890.. 
 1891.. 
 1893.. 
 1893.. 
 1894.. 
 
 Ton*. 
 
 Value. 
 
 
 • 
 
 8,837 
 
 19,853 
 
 6,493 
 
 26,138 
 
 8,157 
 
 36,670 
 
 8,943 
 
 38,688 
 
 11.307 
 
 44.618 
 
 11,664 
 
 41,391 
 
 11,858 
 
 30,766 
 
 15,110 
 
 56,323 
 
 36,487 
 
 102,334 
 
 39,667 
 
 91,903 
 
 36,664 
 
 133,344 
 
 38,633 
 
 177,606 
 
 43,499 
 
 194,42!) 
 
 41,821 
 
 166,277 
 
 42,861 
 
 176,996 
 
 FiMal Year. 
 
 1896.. 
 1896.. 
 1997.. 
 1898.. 
 1899 . 
 1900.. 
 1901. 
 1903.. 
 1908.. 
 1904.. 
 1906.. 
 1906 . 
 1907*. 
 1906 . 
 il909t. 
 
 Ton*. 
 
 43,236 
 61,613 
 
 135,060 
 141,384 
 187,878 
 308,786 
 367,142 
 236,733 
 221,060 
 371,69.> 
 480,233 
 400,636 
 619.269 
 466,292 
 
 Value. 
 
 t 
 
 149,484 
 
 308,836 
 
 367,640 
 
 347,040 
 
 362,836 
 
 50C839 
 
 680,138 
 
 842,815 
 
 '.238,766 
 
 763,183 
 
 807,843 
 
 1,811.376 
 
 1.183,680 
 
 2.166.036 
 
 1,136,624 
 
 * For nine months only. t Duty free. 
 
 Coke is manufactured from coal mined in five of the coal basins in Canada, 
 viz., the Sydney field, the Pictou field, both in Nova Scotia; the Frank-Blair- 
 more field in southwestern Albe>ta; the Crowsnest field in East Kootenay, and 
 the Comox field on Vancouver island, both of the latter in British Columbia. 
 
 The following table shows the proportionate yield in coke from the coals in 
 the various fields charged into the ovens. These percentages of coke produced 
 relatively to the coal charged have been compiled from the returns of the last 
 five years: — 
 
 Year. 
 
 1905.. 
 1906.. 
 1907.. 
 1908.. 
 1908.. 
 
 Average.. 
 
 '& 
 
 62 90 
 
 63 66 
 64-23 
 66-43 
 66-24 
 
 64-60 
 
 Fiotou 
 Field. 
 
 50-33 
 53-41 
 54-81 
 66-81 
 60-17 
 
 63 02 
 
 Frank- 
 
 Blairmore 
 
 Field. 
 
 66 14 
 66-74 
 66-36 
 58-93 
 66 96 
 
 64-47 
 
 Cicwsneet 
 Field. 
 
 M 38 
 63 39 
 63-97 
 G6-0B 
 67-67 
 
 64-70 
 
 Comox 
 
 Field, 
 
 Vancouver 
 
 Island. 
 
 49-61 
 38 90 
 49-10 
 49 73 
 68-36 
 
 61 33 
 
 The average has been computed from the total coal charged during the five 
 years, and the total coke output resulting. 
 
 In the Sydney field the ovens used are all by-product ovens, whereas the coal 
 of the Pictou field is made into coke in beehive ovens. We may here mention 
 that a certain amount of Springhill coal, Cumberland field, is mixed with this 
 coal, which it has not been possible to separate to calculate the yield in coke. 
 
 Tn the Blairmore field both Belgian ovens and beehive ovens are used. 
 On Vancouver island the coke is made in beehive ovens. 
 
 It may be interesting to point out that in this last field, only the fine screen- 
 ings are used in the manufacture of coke. This coal is thoroughly washed before 
 being charged into the ovens, and the refuse resulting from this treatment often 
 amounts to 60 per cent. This refuse is rejected, and only the washed conl is 
 charged into the ovens. The yield is computed from the quantity of washed coal.