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 BEITISH COLUMBIA 
 
 MI.NKILVL P1(0\LNCE OF CAxNADA 
 
 A Short History of Mining in the Province, a Synopsis of the Mining 
 
 Laws in Force, Statistics of Mineral Production to Date, 
 
 and a Brief Summary of the Progress of 
 
 Mining during 1914. 
 
 THE fRCllCi H Swiai uUSBA. 
 
 I'lUNTED BY 
 AUTIIOKITY 01" TIIK LlXilSLATlVK ASSKMlil.V. 
 
 VICTOniA. B.C.: 
 nicd by WiLi.iiM II. ClLLl."), Primer to tba Klng'i Mml F.icelltnt M«
 
 Biirrisij ('()L(Mi;iA. 
 THE MINERAL PROVINCE OF CANADA. 
 
 Britisli C()luiiit)ia lias juoducwl to date §";5,26!),{;03 of Placer Gold, §81,595,51(3 of IxKJe 
 Gold, ?37,709,282 of Silver, .?31,4(i8,462 of Lead, §8(3,939,370 of Copper, and §149,814,462 of 
 Coal and Coke ; §26,026,050 other metals and building-stone, etc., a total production of 
 §486,822,745. 
 
 The Mineral Production for 1914 was §26,388,825. 
 
 Lode-mining has only been in progress for about t\vent_v-twt) \-pars, and not 30 % of the 
 mineral land has been even prospected ; 250,000 square miles of unexplored mineral-bearing 
 land are open for prospecting. 
 
 Mineral locations are granted to the discoverers for nominal fees. 
 
 Absolute titles are obtiiiiied by developing such properties, the security of which is 
 guaranteed by Crown grants. 
 
 The Mining Laws of this Province are more liberal and the fees lower than in any 
 Province in the Dominion, or any Colony of the British Empire. 
 
 Full information, together with Mining Reports and Maps, may be obtained from the 
 Agent-General for British Columbia, Salisbury Hou.se, Finsbun,- Circus, London, E.C., or by 
 addressing 
 
 HON. SIR KICHAKD McBUIDE, K.C.M.G., 
 William Fi.kkt Rohkutson-, Minisl-^r uf Mxnex, 
 
 rnwincxal Minera/oijMt, VirlorUi, /l.C, 
 
 Victoria, B.C., Camvla. 
 
 Canada.
 
 MIMNt: IN BRITIJ^H COLUMBIA. 
 
 Kritish Columbia, the most westerly Province of the Confcdei-ation forming the Dominion 
 of Canada, comprises, principally, that section of British North America lying to the westward 
 of the summit of the Rocky mountains. The northern boundary of the Province is the 60th 
 parallel ; its southern boundary the United States of America, oi' practically, the 49th parallel ; 
 on the west it is bounded by the Pacific ocean, and on the e<ist by the Rocky mountains as far 
 north as the 54th parallel ; beyond that by the 1 20th meridian of west longitude. 
 
 The total area of British Columbia is about 382,000 square miles, of which 28.5,000 square 
 miles are estimated to be as yet uncultivated. 
 
 The country is traversed in a north-westerly direction by four more or less continuous 
 chains of mountains, between which lie valleys of varied width, well suited for agriculture. 
 
 Each of these mountain ranges has been proved to contain mineral in sufficient quantity 
 to be profitably mined, while the valleys of the interior, lying immediately to the west of the 
 Rocky Mountain range proper, contain placer gold throughout the whole length of the 
 Province and have been and are being worked in places to great profit. To quote from a 
 report of the late Dr. Geo. M. Dawson, Director of the Geological Survey of Canada : — 
 
 " While it may now be safely affirmed that gold is very generally distributed over the 
 entire area of the Province of British Columbia, so much so that there is scarcely a stream of 
 any importance in which at least 'colours' of gold may not be found, the enumeration of the 
 principal discoveries of mining districts shows very clearly that most of these are situated 
 along the systems of mount^iins and high plateaus which comprise the Purcell, Selkirk, Colorado, 
 and Cariboo ranges, and the north-west continuation lying to the south-west of the Rocky 
 Mountain range, properly so called, and parallel in direction with it." 
 
 It may be truthfully said that the whole Province has been proved worthy of systematic 
 examination, or " prospecting " as it is usually termed. As yet, serious work of this description 
 has been confined to within a comparatively few miles of the railways, and not more than 25 
 per cent, of the entire area of British Columbia can be said to be really known, while not even 
 half of that portion has been examined closely or in detail, by which means only will its value 
 be .shown. 
 
 It will thus be seen that about 250,000 square miles of country, known to be extensively 
 mineralized, .still remain as a virgin field for the "prospector"* and for the investor in 
 undeveloped " prospects," * a field such as exists to-day in but few other places in the world. 
 
 Of what value this great area is likely to prove can best be judged by an examination of 
 the results already obtained from the small portion of the Province so far developed, results 
 which are shown in the tables of production which follow. 
 
 It may reasonably be asked why development of these mineral resources has been so long 
 delayed. The answer is easily found in the geographic position of the country and in the lack, 
 until recent years, of transportation facilities. The metal as well as the money markets of the 
 world are in Europe and on the Atlantic coast of North America, and since, prior to the 
 
 • The terms " prospector," " prospect," are ftpplietl, th« former to one who seta out with the objeat of 
 exploring for mineral, and the latter to the discovery made, which may or may not be afterwards developed 
 into a mine.
 
 British Columbia, 
 
 completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1885, a journey to British Columbia was a 
 question of months of time and great expense, it may well be seen that the transportation of 
 mineral or metal, other than the precious metals, from this Province to a market was practically 
 impossible. 
 
 The following brief outline of the mineral development of British Columbia may not be 
 out of place : — 
 
 Naturally the country was first explored and opened up from the Pacific seaboard. As 
 
 early as 1835 coal was discovered at Fort Rupert by the Hudson's Bay Co., and in 1851 the 
 
 same company opened up the extensive coalfields at Nanaimo, Vancouver 
 
 Coal. Island. In those days the market was very limited, and it was not until 
 
 1875 that the output of the Province exceeded 100,000 tons per annum. 
 
 Since that time, however, the market has gradually increased until, in 1902, about 1,400,000 
 
 tons of coal and 128,000 tons of coke, and in 1910 some 2,800,046 tons of coal and 218,029 
 
 tons of coke was produced, the market and transportation facilities, rather than the mines, 
 
 being the limiting factors in the production. 
 
 In 1914 the production of coal was 1,810,967 tons (2,240 ft.) and of coke 234,577 tons, 
 this diminution of the output being accounted for by the fact that the inland collieries had to 
 materially reduce their output, owing to conditions arising from the European war. The Coast 
 collieries also made a slightly smaller output than in the previous year. 
 
 The Coast collieries have produced to date a total of over 26,000,000 tons of coal, and 
 made a gross output during the year 1914of 1,211,245 tons of coal; no coke being manufactured. 
 
 Within the past eighteen years one of the coalfields on the western slope of the Rocky 
 mountains has been made accessible by two railways, and made in 1913 a net output of 
 898,448 tons of coal and 286,045 tons of coke, but in 1914, owing to the effects of the war, 
 the net output of coal dropped to 599,722 tons and 234,577 tons of coke. 
 
 At present the only large working collieries in the Province are in the two districts just 
 mentioned, but the distribution of coal seems general throughout the Province, since it is known 
 to exist in places along the whole western slope of the Rocky mountains ; it is found in the 
 interior valleys at Nicola and Princeton, on the Thompson river, in Peace River District, and 
 in the Omineca District — a coalfield is being developed on the headwaters of the Skeena, the 
 coal being anthracitic in character. Coal occurs on the Pacific coast on Vancouver Island, on 
 the Queen Charlotte islands, and along the Skeena river, while recent reports confirm its 
 discovery in the Atlin Mining Division ; the coal found is a first-class bituminous, carrying 
 from 60 to 75 per cent, of fixed carbon, fi-om 20 to 30 per cent, of volatile combustible matter, 
 and from 3 to 9 per cent, of ash. 
 
 The coal reserves of the Province have been estimated by the Geological Survey as 
 amounting to seventy-five billion metric tons. 
 
 As will be seen, the greater part of- this immense reserve of power — for coal is power — 
 remains dormant at present, an asset reserved for use in opening up the coming trade of the 
 Pacific ocean. 
 
 In 1858 alluvial or "placer" gold was found in British ColuTnbia in the bars of the lower 
 
 Fraser river. Hardy and adventurous prospectors followed the stream up — following the golden 
 
 trail thus "struck" — and, in 1860 and 1861, on the headwaters of the 
 
 Placer-mining, river, they discovered the exceedingly rich "placers" of the Cariboo 
 
 District, which have produced gold to the value of about $50,000,000. 
 
 The news of these rich finds travelled abroad, and brought about a rush of gold-seekers 
 from the then failing goldfields, of California and from almost every part of the world. From 
 this time practically dates the opening-up and settlement of British Columbia.
 
 TlIK MlNKKAI. I'UOVINCE OK CANADA. 
 
 Within tlie next ten years the Province produced about §33,000,000 worth of " placer " 
 jj;<)l(l, the greatest production in any one year being in 1863, and amounting to about §4,000,000. 
 All of this gold was obtained with pick and shovel, without the aid of any machinery, which, 
 as a matter of fact, could not, be taken into the country over the crude trails and roads which 
 scivcd well enough for the pack animals of the early miners and prospectors. 
 
 As hius been tlie history of all placer-mining camps, a few years saw all the more accessible 
 gold skimmed from the shallow deposit.s, until, gradually, as the workings became too deep for 
 the ordinary |>ick-and-shovel methods, then only available, the placer output gradually dropped 
 until in IK'JS, the annual production was only a little over half a million dollars. 
 
 In 1H99, however, placer-mining was revived by the discovery of new and virgin fields in 
 the Atlin District, a continuatioh to the north of the famous Cariboo and Omineca diggings 
 of the past, and the connecting link between these and the more recent, but equally famous, 
 goldfields of the Yukon, thus completing the chain of continuous " placer " districts from the 
 49th paiiillel, north-westerly, to the 69th parallel. 
 
 Fort Steele, Revelstoke, the valley of the Fraser river, Quesnel Forks, Barkerville, 
 .Manson, Telegraph Creek, and Atlin may be said to have been centres of known "placer"' 
 goldfields, pointing with no uncertain finger to the Yukon, and indicating a flow of gold 
 bearing wjish from the north-western to the south-eastern corner of the Province. 
 
 In the vast area covered by this flow, the places mentioned are only spots at which gold 
 luis been found in sufficient quantity to be profitably mined by the old pick-and-.shovel methods. 
 That other such spots remain to be discovered seems probable, while it is certain that, in a 
 large percentage of the intervening areas, gold exists in (juantitj- sucli as it will pay well to 
 mine by modern methods. 
 
 A continued falling-off in the production of placer gold might have been expected in the 
 year 1900, had it not been that machinery and water-power were beginning to be substituted 
 for the laborious methods of the early miner, a change rendered possible by the improvement 
 in transportation facilities. 
 
 The modern methods of working placer deposits demand a heavy initial outlay for 
 plant, but a large number of powerful companies are now engaged in Briti.sh Columbia in 
 installing the necessary machinery and equipment, with such prospects of success that the old 
 |)lacer grounds promise, under the stimulus of hydraulic mining, to yield an output of gold 
 not previously attained in the palmiest days of placer-mining proper. 
 
 The new liydraulic companies referred to have taken up a large number of leases of placer 
 ground in the Province, but this branch of the mining industry is, at present, only in its 
 infancy in Briti.sh Columbia. 
 
 Such brielly, is the history of placer-gold mining in the Province : that it is only the 
 beginning of such, the improved methods of mining, and the new districts each year becoming 
 accessible, lejive little reason for doubt. 
 
 The total production of placer gold to date is about §73,269,603. 
 
 It is only the repetition of the history of all placer-mining countries that prospecting for 
 
 lode mines received little or no attention until after the placer grounds have been so culled 
 
 o\er as to force the prospector into new fields of labour. Nor is this to be 
 
 Lode-mining. wondered at ; the placer is the "poor man's mine"; he needs little or no 
 
 capital to work it ; its product is cash, to all intents and purpose.s, and he is 
 
 his own master — all attractions too great for the sturdy independence of the prosjicctor to allow 
 
 liiiii to think of searching for lode mines, which, when found, wipiire so much capital to work 
 
 hit they leave but very small interest in the property with the original owner or "locator,"
 
 British Columbia, 
 
 while, at the same time, the necessity of transportation facilities for the product of the mine, limits 
 the field of search to within a comparatively few miles of a railway or navigable waterway. 
 
 Railway facilities are comparatively recent acquisitions in British Columbia, our first 
 line— the Canadian Pacific Railway — ha\ang been completed in 1885, and following, naturally 
 the least mountainous path across the Province. From the main artery of communication thus 
 aiforded, " prospectors " penetrated into the adjacent country by following up the main water- 
 ways which abound, with the result that discovery after discovery of valuable mineral was 
 recorded. 
 
 Development of these mineral discoveries was unavoidably slow, being delayed by the lack 
 of transportation facilities, which, it will be readily understood, could not be obtained until 
 sufficient w^ork had been done on the "prospects" found t(^ prove their value and to give 
 reasonable ground for believing that a proper and sufficient return would he obtained on the 
 capital invested in the establishment of the requisite means of carriage and communication. 
 
 Thus, it was not until 1893 that the lode mines of British Columbia really began to be 
 productive, the output from this source during the six years immediately prior to that date 
 amounting to an average value of only about $60,000 a year, derived from selected rich ores 
 found near the existing lines of transportation. 
 
 In 1893, however, the value of the production of the lode mines of the Province rose to 
 §300,000, since which time there has been a steady increase, until in 1901 the output from 
 this class of mining had reached a value of $13,683,04-1, and although it fell off slightly in 
 1 902, the decrease was due principally to the lesser market values prevailing ; since 1 903 an 
 upward tendency is again apparent. The increase thus shown in the short period of a decade 
 gives ground for faith in the country as a future large producer of mineral wealth, and indicates 
 that British Columbia will prove to the capitalist a profitable field for investment. 
 
 The total ppoduction of lode gold to date is $81,595,516 of which .$5,109,004 was produced 
 in 1914. 
 
 Such, then, is a brief summary of our mineral development, the details of which will be 
 more fully found in the statistical tables following, which are taken from the Report of the 
 Minister of Mines, and are compiled by the Provincial Mineralogist from the sworn statements 
 of returns by the mine-owners and mining companies throughout the Province. 
 
 Attention is in\'ited to these statistics and to the growth of the mining industry as therein 
 indicated, since they speak both clearly and with due authority of the present standing and 
 future prospects of British Columbia as a mining country. 
 
 The development of the mining industry has been of such rapid growth that the demand 
 for skilled, or even ordinary, labour has of late years been greatly in excess of the supply, and 
 there is, consequently, plenty of work to be found in the country for miners and mine-workers 
 generally, and the attention of British miners is directed to this field of labour. 
 
 The country is fairly well supplied with clerical and office assistance, and there is at 
 present a fair supply of tradesmen of almost every sort. The country is great and glowing in 
 importance ; there is room for and need of a greatly increased population. 
 
 The current wages jiaid in and about the mines are as follows : — 
 
 Miners receive from $3.30 to $4.50 per day (14 to 19 shillings). 
 
 Helpers „ 2.50 „ 3.50 „ (10 to 14 „ ). 
 
 Labourers „ 2.50,, 3.00 „ (10 to 12 „ ). 
 
 Blacksmiths and mechanics c. 3.50 n 5.00 .. (14 to 20 n ). 
 
 The climate of the country is favourable — much milder than east of the Rocky mountains. 
 The conditions of life are easy ; luxuries are scarce but want is unknown. The laws are just 
 and equitable, and the administration thereof fair and sure, as is guaranteed wherever the 
 British flajr flies at the mast-head.
 
 Pkovixce Oh- Canada. 
 
 Mention has been niiulc of the geographical position i>t Itntisli ( oluiiibia as having in the 
 past been a hinch-ance to (levelopinent. It would now seem, Imwcvcr, that the markets of the 
 world may in tiie futme be on the bordei-s of the Pacific ocean, and that the disadvantages in 
 the matter of freights from wliith this Province has suffered will be reversed, enabling us to 
 more than compete with all in the coming trade. 
 
 The markets for our mineral wealth have, in the past, been on tiie Atlantic seabuard ; in 
 the near future they may be on the Pacific coast. Wo shall, too, shortly, have our own 
 refineries within the boundarie-s of the Province, so that our metals shall be turnc<l out in 
 marketable shape and sold from hero direct, thus making a material saving as regards freight. 
 
 SYNOPSIS OF MINING BY-LAWS OF B.C. 
 
 The mining laws of British Columbia are very liberal in their nature and compare 
 favourably witli those of any other part of the world. The terms under which both lode and 
 placer claims are held are sucli that a prospector is greatly encouraged in his work, and the 
 titles, especially for mineral claims and hydraulic leases, are absolutely perfect. The fees 
 required to be paid are as small as possible, consistent with a proper administration of the 
 milling industry, and are much lower than those of the other provinces of Canada or the 
 mineral lands under Dominion control. Provision is also made for the formation of mining 
 partnerships practically without e.\pense, and a party of miners is enabled to take advantage 
 of these sections of the Acts and work their claims together, without the trouble or expense of 
 forming a joint-stock companj-. 
 
 Considering the success that has characterized alluvial raining on a large scale in British 
 Columbia, the rentals for hydraulic leases are particularly low. It will be found on reference 
 to most of the Australian colonies and Natal that the rentals are, in most instances, eight 
 times as much as in this Province, while the areas permitted are generally much smaller. The 
 period for which leases are granted is practically the same. On a lode mine of 51 acres the 
 expenditure of §500 in work, which may be spivjid over five years, is required to obtain a Crown 
 grant, and surface rights are obtainable at a small figure, in no case exceeding $5 per acre. 
 
 The following synopsis of the mining laws will be found sufficient to enable the miner or 
 intending investor to obtain a general knowk^lge of their scope and retiuirements ; for 
 particulars, however, the reader is referred to the complete Mining .\-<< wl,i,l, may be 
 obtained from the King's Printer, Victoria, B.C. 
 
 Free Miners' Certificates. 
 
 Any person over the age of eighteen, and any joint-stock conqMiny, may obtain a Free 
 ^liner's Certificate on payment of the re<]uired fee. 
 
 The fee to an individual for a Free Miners's Certifiwite is 85 for one year. To a joint. 
 stock company having a capital of 8100,000, or les-s, the fee for a year is 850 : if capitalized 
 beyond this, the fee is 8100.
 
 British Columbia, 
 
 The Free Miners' Certificates all expire at midnight on the 31st of May in each j-ear. 
 Certificates may be obtained for any part of a year, terminating on the 31st of May, for a 
 proportionally less fee. 
 
 The possession of this certificate entitles the holder to enter upon all lands of the Crown, 
 or upon any other lands on which the right to so enter is not specially reserved, and to prospect 
 for minerals, locate claims, and mine. 
 
 A free miner can only hold, by location, one mineral claim on the same vein or lode, but 
 may acquire others by purchase. In the case of placer claims, only one claim can be held by 
 location on each creek, ravine, or hill, and not more than two in the same locality, only one of 
 which shall be a "creek" claim. 
 
 In the event of a free miner allowing his certificate to lapse, his mining property (if not 
 Crown-granted) reverts to the Crown, but where other free miners are interested as partners 
 or co-owners the interest of the defaulter becomes vested in the company continuing co-owners 
 or partners ^^ro rata, according to their interests. 
 
 It is not necessary for a shareholder, as such, in an incoi'porated mining company to be 
 the holder of a Free Miner's Certificate. 
 
 Mineral Claims. 
 
 Mineral claims are located and held under the provisions of the "Mineral Act." 
 
 A mineral claim is a rectangular piece of ground not exceeding 1,500 feet square. The 
 angles must be all right angles unless the boundaries, or one of them, are the same as those of 
 a previously recorded claim. 
 
 No special priveleges are allowed for the discovery of new mineral claims or districts. 
 
 A mineral claim is located by erecting three "legal posts," which are stakes having a 
 height of not less than 4 feet above ground and squared for 4 inches at least on each face 
 for not less than a foot from the top. A tree-stump so cut and squared also constitutes a 
 legal post. 
 
 The " discovery post " is placed at the point -ivhere the mineral in place is discovered. 
 
 Nos. 1 and 2 posts are placed as near as possible on the line of the ledge or vein, shown 
 by the discovery post, and mark the boundaries of the claim. Upon each of these three posts 
 must be written the name of the claim, the name of the locator, and the date of location. On 
 No. 1 post, in addition, the following must be written : " Initial post. Direction of Post No. 2 
 
 [(/iviiig approximate compass bearing] ; feet of this claim lie on the right, and feet 
 
 on the left of the line from No. 1 to No. 2 posts." 
 
 The location line between Nos. 1 and 2 posts must be distinctly marked — in a timbered 
 locality by blazing trees and cutting underbrush, and in bare country by monuments of earth 
 or rock not less than 2 feet in diameter at the base, and at least 2 feet high — so that the line 
 can be distinctly seen. 
 
 Mineral claims must be recorded in the Mining Recorder's oflice for the mining division in 
 which they are situated within fifteen days from the date of location, one day extra being 
 allowed for each ten miles of distance from the recording ofiice after the first ten miles. If a 
 claim is not recorded in time it is deemed abandoned and open for relocation, but if the 
 original locator wishes to relocate he can only do so by permission of the Gold Commissioner 
 of the district and upon the payment of a fee of $10. This applies also to a claim abandoned 
 for any reason whatever.
 
 Till-: MlNKKAl. I'lKtVlNCi; OK C'aNAKA. 
 
 Mineral claims are, until the Crown grant is issued, held practiually on a yearly leaiie, a 
 condition of which is that during such year assessment-work bo performed on the same to the 
 value of at least SI 00, or juiyment of such sum Ix' made to the Mining Recorder. Such 
 assessments must be rect)rde<l before tlie exjjiration of the year or the claim is deemed abandoned. 
 If, however, the required lussessment-work has been pcrformetl witliin the ywir, l)ut not 
 recoi-ded within that time, a free miner may within thirty thiys thereafter record sucli lUisess- 
 ment-work upon payment of an additional fee of $\0. The actual cost of the survey of a 
 mineral claim, to an amount not exceeding .?100, may also be recorded as assessment- work. 
 If, during any year, work is done to a greater extent than the required )?100, any further sum 
 of SlOO — but not less — may be recorded and counted as further assessments. As soon as 
 assessment-work to the extent of S500 is recorded, the owner of a mineral claim is entitled 
 to a Crown grant on payment of a fee of .?2.o, and giving the necessary notices required by 
 the Act. Liberal provisions are also made in the Act for obtjiining mili-site.s and otlier 
 facilities in the way of tunnels and drains for the better working of claims. 
 
 Placer Claims. 
 
 Placer-mining is governed by the " Placer-mining Act," and by the interprctjition clause 
 its scope is defined as " the mining of any natural stratum or bod of eartli, gravel, or cement 
 mined for gold or other precious minerals or stones." Placer claims are of four classes, as 
 follows : — • 
 
 " ' Creek diggings ' : any mine in the bed of any stream or ravine : 
 
 " ' Bar diggings ' : any mine between high- and low-water marks on a river, lake, or other 
 
 large body of water : 
 " ' r)rv diggings ' : any mine over which water never extends : 
 " ' Precious-stone diggings ' : any dejwsit of precious stones, whether in veins, Ix-ds, or 
 
 gravel deposits." 
 The following provisions as to extent of the various classes of claims are made by the 
 Act :— 
 
 " In ' creek diggings ' a claim shall be two hundred and fifty feet long, measured in the 
 
 direction of the general course of the stream, and shall extend in width one 
 
 thousand feet, measured from the general course of the stream five hundred feet 
 
 on either side of the centre thereof : 
 
 " In ' bar diggings ' a claim shall be : — 
 
 " (f[.) A piece of land not exceeding two hundred and fifty feet squaiv on any liar which 
 
 is covered at high water : or 
 " (/).) A strip of land two hundred and fifty feet long at high-water m:irk, and in width 
 
 extending from high-water mark to extreme low-water mark : 
 " In 'dry diggings ' a claim shall be two hundred and fifty feet squai-e." 
 The following provision is made for new discoveries of placer mining ground : — 
 " If any free miner, or party of free miners, discovers a new locality for the prasecution 
 of placer-mining and such discoveiy be established to the satisfaction of the Gold Commissioner, 
 placer claims of the following sizes shall be allowed to such discovers, viz. :— 
 
 " To one discoverer, one claim 600 feet in length ; 
 
 " To a party of two discoverers, two claims amounting together to. 1,000 feet in length ; 
 " And to each memlierof a party beyond tw.. in numlx-r, a claim of the ordinary sixeonly.
 
 British Columbia, 
 
 " The width of such claims shall be the same as ordinary placer claims of the same class : 
 Provided that where a discovery claim has been established in any locality no further discovery 
 shall be allowed within five miles therefrom, measured along the watercourses." 
 
 Every placer claim shall be as nearly as possible rectangular in form, and marked by four 
 legal posts at the corners thereof, firmly fixed in the ground. On each of such posts shall be 
 written the name of the locator, the number and date of issue of his free miner's certificate, the 
 date of the location, and the name given to the claim. In timbered localities all boundary-lines 
 of a placer claim shall be blazed so that the posts can be distinctly seen, underbrush cut, and 
 the locator shall also erect legal posts not more than 1 25 feet apart on all boundary lines. 
 In localities where there is no timber or underbrush, monuinints of laith and rock, not less 
 than 2 feet high and 2 feet in diameter at base, may be ereitnl in In u <.f the last-mentioned 
 legal posts, but not in the case of the four legal posts marking the ri.iiitrs of the claim. 
 
 A placer claim must be recorded in the ofljce of the Mining Recorder for the mining 
 division within which the same is situate, within fifteen days after the location thereof, if 
 located within ten miles of the ofiice of the Mining Recorder by the most direct means of 
 travel. One additional day shall be allowed for every ten miles additional or fraction thereof. 
 The number of days shall be counted inclusive of the day upon which such location was made, 
 but exclusive of the day of application for record. The application for such record shall be 
 under oath and in the form set out in the Schedule to the Act. A claim which shall not have 
 been recorded within the prescribed period shall be deemed to have been abandoned. 
 
 To hold a placer claim for more than one year it must be re-recorded before the expiration 
 of the record or re-record. 
 
 A placer claim must be worked by the owner, or some one on his behalf, continuously, as 
 far as practicable, during working hours. If work is discontinued for a period of seventy-two 
 hours, except during the close season, lay-over, leave of absence, sickness, or for some other 
 reason to the satisfaction of the Gold Commissioner, the claim is deemed abandoned. 
 
 Lay-overs are declared by the Gold Commissioner upon proof being given to him that the 
 supply of water is insufficient to work the claim. Under similar circumstances he has also the 
 power to declare a close season, by a notice in writing and published in the Gazette, for all or 
 any claims in his district. Tunnel and drain licences are also granted by him on the person 
 applying giving security for any damage that may arise. Grants of right-of-way for the 
 construction of tunnels or drains across other claims are also granted on payment of a fee of 
 §25, the owner of the claim crossed having the right for tolls, etc., on the tunnel or drain 
 which may be constructed. These tolls, however, are, so far as the amount goes, under the 
 discretion of the Gold Commissioner. 
 
 Co-owners and Partnerships 
 
 In both the " Mineral " and " Placer-mining " Acts provision is made for the formation of 
 mining partnerships, both of a general and limited liability character. These are extensively 
 taken advantage of and have proved very satisfactory in their working. Should a co-owner 
 fail or refuse to contribute his proportion of the expenditure required as assessment work on 
 a claim he may be " advertised out," and his interest in the claim shall become vested in his 
 co-owners who have made the required expenditure, pro rata according to their former interests. 
 It should not be forgotten that if any co-owner permit his free miner's certificate to lapse, the 
 title of his associates is not prejudiced, but his interest reverts to the remaining co-owners.
 
 The Mineral Province of Canada. 
 
 Hydi-aulic and Dredging Leases. 
 leases of unoccupied Crown lands may Ik- ),'ruiiU'd by the Lieutenant-Governor in Counci] 
 upon recommendation of the Gold Conunissioncr of the district, after location, by [)lacing a 
 legal post at each corner of the ground applied for. On the post nearest the placer ground 
 then being worked the locator must post a notice stating the name of the applicant, the 
 location of the ground to be acquired, the quantity of ground, and the term for which the lea.so 
 is to be applied for. Within thirty days application must bo made in writing to the Gold 
 Commissioner, in duplicate, with a plan of the ground on the back, and the application must 
 contain the name of each applicant, the number of each applicant's free miner's certificate, the 
 locality of the ground, the quantity of ground, the terms of the Iciise desired, and the rent 
 propo.sed to be paid. A sum of 820 must accompany the application, which is returned if the 
 application is not granted. The term of leases must not exceed twenty yeai-s. The extent of 
 ground covered by leases is not in excess of the following : Creek — half a mile ; hydraulic 
 diggings — 80 acres ; for dredging leases — 5 miles ; precious stone diggings — 10 acres. Under 
 Order in Council, the minimum rental for a creek lease is S75 per annum, and for a hydraulic 
 lea.se SSO per annum, with a condition that at least §1,000 per annum shall be .spent in 
 development. For dredging leases the usual rental is §50 per mile per annum ; development- 
 work worth .'51,000 per mile pi'r aniiuiii must be done. 
 
 Taxation of Mines. 
 Mineral or pluct'i- claims, wlicn Crown-granted, are subject to a tax of 2n cents jier acre 
 payable on the 30th June annually, but if §200 is spent in work in the year preceding that date, 
 this tax is not levied. A tax of 2 per cent, is levied quarterly on all ores and other mineral 
 substances mined in the Province, based upon the net value of such ore at the mouth of the 
 shaft or tunnel, but where ore-producing mines produce under §5,000 in a year half the tax is 
 refunded, while placer or dredging mines that do not produce a gross value of §2,000 in a year 
 are entitled to a refund of the whole tax. These taxes are in substitution for all taxes on the 
 land and for the taxes upon the personal property used in, or the income derived from a working 
 of the mines, so long as the land is only used for mining purposes. By the " Land Act," a 
 royalty of 50 cents per M., board-mea.su re, is levied on timber suitable for mining-props, a cord 
 of props being considered as 1,000 feet board-measure. 
 
 Coal and Petroleum Prospecting Licences. 
 
 Any person desiring to prospect for coal, petroleum, or natural ga.s upon any unreserved 
 lands held by the Crown may accpiire a licence to do so over a rectangular block of land not 
 exceeding 640 acres, of which the boundaries shall run due north and south and raist and west, 
 and no side shall exceed 80 chains (one mile) in length. Before entering into po.s,se.ssion of the 
 said land he shall place at the corner of such block a legal stake, or initial post, and shall 
 inscribe thereon his name and the angle represented by such po,st, thus: " A. B.'s N.E. comer," 
 or as the case may be, and shall keep posted for .JO days in a conspicuous place upon the said 
 land, and also on the Government ortice of the district, as well as publishing it in the B.C. 
 Gazette and in a local newspaper for a like period, a notice of his intention to apply for such 
 prospecting licence. 
 
 The application for said licence shall be in writing, in duplicate, and .shall contain the best 
 written description possible, with a diagram of the land .sought to he acipiire*], and .shall be 
 accompanied with a fee of §100. The application shall In- made to the Assistant Commissioner 
 of Linds for the district, an<l by him forwarded to the Mini.ster of Lands who shall grant
 
 British Columbia, 
 
 such licence — provided no valid protest is substantiated — for a period not to exceed one year, 
 and at the expiration of the first year an extension of such licence may be granted for a second 
 or third year. 
 
 Should the licensee discover coal, petroleum, or natural gas upon such land during the 
 period of his licence, and produce satisfactory evidence, under oath, of the fact, he maj' obtain 
 from the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, after having had the land properly surveyed, a lease 
 of the said block for a term of five years, at an annual rental of 1 5 cents an acre, and such 
 lease may be renewed for a further period of three years, upon the payment of a renewal fee of 
 $100, for each parcel of 64:0 acres of land ; and if during the term of such lease, or within three 
 months thereafter, he can show conclusively that he has continuously' and vigorously prosecuted 
 the work of coal or petroleum mining, and has fully carried out the terms of such lease, he shall 
 be entitled to purchase the said lands, including the coal, petroleum, or natural gas thereunder, 
 at the rate of $20 an acre, or in the event of the surface rights having been alienated from the 
 Government, he can purchase the coal, petroleum, or natural gas underlying such lands at the 
 rate of $15 an acre: Provided also that, in addition to the rental or purchase price, there shall 
 be paid to the Government as a royalty 2i cents a barrel (35 Imp. gallons) of crude petroleum 
 raised or gotten from such land. {See chap. 159, Revised Statutes, 1911, and chap. i\, 1913.) 
 
 Mining Recorders in Outlying Districts. 
 
 Where mineral is discovered in a part of the province remote from Mining Recorders' 
 offices, so that the provisions of the Act cannot be justly enforced, the miners themselves may, 
 by a two-thirds vote at a meeting for that purpose, appoint a Mining Recorder from among 
 themselves. Such Recorder can issue free miners' certificates, records of mining property, etc., 
 and such entries will be valid notwithstanding any informality. Under the Act such Mining 
 Recorder shall, as soon as possible, forward a list of the free miner's certificates issued by him, 
 and of records made, to the nearest Gold Commissioner or Mining Recorder, together with the 
 fees required by law therefor. 
 
 Table of Fees. 
 
 Individual Free Miner's Certificate $ 5 00 
 
 Company Free Miner's Certificate (capital, 8100,000 or less) 50 00 
 
 ( over .$100,000) 100 00 
 
 Recording Mineral or Pfcicer Claim 2 50 
 
 Recording Certificate of Work, Mineral Claim .... 2 50 
 
 Re-record of Placer Claim 2 50 
 
 Recording Lay-over , 2 50 
 
 Recording Abandonment, Mineral Claim 1 00 
 
 Recording Abandonment, Placer Claim 2 50 
 
 Recording any affidavit under three folios 2 50 
 
 Per folio, over three, in addition 30 
 
 Records in " Record of Conveyances," same as Affidavits 
 
 Filing Documents 1 00 
 
 For Crown grant of Mineral Rights under " Mineral Act " 25 00 
 
 For Crown grant of Surface Rights of Mineral Claim under 
 
 " Mineral Act " 10 00 
 
 For every lease under " Placer-mining Act " 5 00
 
 The Mineral Province of Canai>a 
 
 m:k.\l nioDi (TIon of iikitisii con miiia. 
 
 MKTIIol) OK COMPUTING PUODL CTKJX. 
 
 In assembling the output of the lode mines in the following t^ibles, the established custom 
 of this Bureau has been adhered to, viz. : The output of a mine for the year is considered that 
 amount of ore for which the smelter or mill returns have been received during tlie year. This 
 system does not give the exact amount mined during the year, but rather the amount credited 
 to the mine on the company's books during such year. 
 
 For ore shipped in December the smelter returns are not likely to be received until 
 February in the new year, or later, and have, consequently, to be carried over to the credit of 
 such new year. This plan, however, will be found very approximate for each yeai-, and 
 ultimately correct, as ore not credited in one year is credited in the next. 
 
 In the lode mines tables, the amount of the shipments has been obtained from certifiefl 
 i-eturns received from the various mines, as provided for in the " Insjiection of Metalliferous 
 Mines Act, 1897." In calculating the value of the products, the average prices for the year 
 in the New York Metal Market have been used as a basis. For silver 95 per cent., for lead 
 90 per cent., and for zinc 85 per cent, of such market prices have been taken. Treatment and 
 other charges have not been deducted, except that in copper the amount of metal actually 
 recovered has been taken, thus covering loss in slags. 
 
 TABLE I. — Total Pkoductiox for all Years up to and includixg 191 1. 
 
 (Jold, placer S 7:},-.'li9,60.3 
 
 OoUl, lode Kl..i!l.5,.-.1(; 
 
 Silver ; 37,709,282 
 
 Lead 31,4r)8,4t)2 
 
 Copper 86.939.370 
 
 Coaf and coke 149,814,462 
 
 Building-stone, bricks, etc 23,827. 101 
 
 Oilier metals, zinc, etc 2, 198,949 
 
 Total $486,8-22,745 
 
 TABLE II.— Production for each Year from 1852 to 1913 (inclusive). 
 
 1852 to 1892 (inclusive) • S 81 ,09<J,(Ki9 
 
 1894 4,22.V7I7 
 
 1895 ;^,ti43.042 
 
 1896 7..'")ii7,9.W 
 
 1597 10,4.55.268 
 
 1598 ' 10,906,861 
 
 1S99 I2,.193,13l 
 
 1900 16,344,751 
 
 1901 20,086.780 
 
 IDO" 17,4S6,5.-)0 
 
 1903 17,49.-,,9.-.4 
 
 UKM 18.977,3.59 
 
 1905 22.461,.-?25 
 
 1906 24.980,.>»6 
 
 1907 25,882..-«o 
 
 1908 23,8.51.277 
 
 1909 24.443,02.5 
 
 1910 
 1911 
 191 
 
 26..377.IM16 
 23,499,072 
 :«,44O,S0O 
 
 qio .•»0,2im,.S98 
 
 ■ \ ',',',',',',','.',',','.['.'.'.". 26,388,825 
 
 Tot.,1 . $4.86,822,745
 
 BiuTisH Columbia, 
 
 Table III. gives a statement in detail of the quantities and value of the difl'erent mineral 
 products for the years 1912, 1913, and 1914. It has been impossible as yet to collect complete 
 statistics regarding building-stone, lime, bricks, tiles, and other miscellaneous products, but 
 such figures as it has been possible to secure are given in some detail in Table V. 
 
 QUASTITIE 
 
 TABLE III. 
 AND Value of Mineral Products for IS 
 
 1913, AND U 
 
 Gold, placer 
 
 „ lode 
 
 Silver 
 
 Lead 
 
 Copper 
 
 Zinc 
 
 Coal 
 
 Coke 
 
 Miscellaneous pro- 
 [ducts 
 
 Customary 
 Measure. 
 
 Ounces 
 
 Pounds 
 
 Tons,2,246 It). 
 
 Quantity. 
 
 44,i 
 
 257,496 
 
 :, 132, 108 
 
 ,454 
 
 51,456,537 
 
 5,358,280 
 
 2,628,804 
 
 264,333 
 
 555 
 5,322 
 
 1,810 
 1,805 
 
 9,200,1 
 1,585,! 
 3,435,' 
 
 Quantity. 
 
 272,254 
 3,465,856 
 55,364,677 
 46,460,305 
 6,758,768 
 2,137,483 
 286,045 
 
 Quantity. Value 
 
 247,170 
 3,602,180 
 50,625,048 
 45,009,699 
 7,866,467i 
 1,810,967 
 234,5771 
 
 563,000 
 5,109,004 
 1,876,736 
 1,771,877 
 6,121,319 
 
 346,125 
 6,338,385 
 1,407,462 
 2,852,917 
 
 TABLE IV. 
 Output of Mineral Products by Districts and Divisions. 
 
 Names. 
 
 Divisions. 
 
 Districts. 
 
 
 1912. 
 
 1913. 
 
 1914. 
 
 1912. 
 
 1913. 
 
 1914. 
 
 
 
 
 
 $ 268,000 
 
 S 226,024 
 
 S 308,807 
 
 Cariboo Mining Division 
 
 S 180,000 
 80,000 
 8,000 
 
 S 131,000 
 55,000 
 40,024 
 
 $ 166,500 
 37.000 
 105,307 
 
 Quesncl -, 
 
 
 
 
 Omineca „ 
 
 
 
 
 
 467,579 
 5,723,004 
 6,165,255 
 
 412,748 
 5,947,9:» 
 7,092,107 
 
 2,079,177 
 4,703,672 
 6,311,205 
 
 East KooTEN AY District 
 
 
 
 
 West Koote.say District 
 
 371,766 
 1,951,315 
 
 581,700 
 
 3,214,751 
 
 45,729 
 
 ■■■■627', 150 
 
 2,258,309 
 
 863,966 
 
 3,305,771 
 
 36,911 
 
 "471,534 
 
 1,780,936 
 
 579,563 
 
 3,456,610 
 
 22,562 
 
 
 
 
 
 Nelson 
 
 
 
 
 Trail Creek 
 
 
 
 
 Other parts 
 
 
 
 
 
 8,716,406 
 
 7,925,336 
 
 4,867,029 
 
 Osoyoos, Grand Forks & Green- 
 wood Divisions 
 
 7,903,006 
 748,900 
 64,500 
 
 6,833,902 
 
 1,019,340 
 
 72,094 
 
 4,270,744 
 533,991 
 62,294 
 
 .Siniilkanieen, Nicola, Vernon. . 
 
 
 
 
 Yale, .-Vshcroft, Karaloops 
 
 
 
 
 LiLLouET Distkict 
 
 5,000 
 11,095,556 
 
 71,445 
 8,620,803 
 
 38,978 
 8,079,957 
 
 Coast Districts (Nanaimo, Al- 
 berni, Clayoquot, Quatsino, 
 Victoria, Vancouver) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 332,440,800 
 
 §30,296,398 
 
 126,388,825
 
 InIiiiiiI llrilinll ( olllllllii 
 
 l-iMiniiiM-l'ii<'lfl<'
 
 The Mineral Phovince of Canada. 
 
 5-? 
 
 -saiii]( sno 
 
 ■83jaa!i|oo 
 
 JO )Ik1 
 
 ■ino |»Jox 
 
 •sionpoj^ 
 8noauv||oo 
 
 
 . nil 
 
 •(I«jd[y 
 
 -9UO)8 
 
 -Suipimg 
 
 Hi 
 
 ;ii 
 
 ill 
 
 
 CO 5 
 S to 
 
 is 
 
 3 E 
 
 S^IS 
 
 
 
 nil 
 
 
 §1 
 
 ll^as 
 
 nil 
 
 i; = i (r>=i ■ £5 
 
 
 5 S3 3 f^5 
 
 I- l\ ?1 ClS 
 
 E « •■= ''I 
 
 I I i IS 
 
 § 5 B «"2 
 
 i I 
 
 25 o 5 5» 
 
 I I i la 
 
 i i 
 
 o 10 
 
 i i 
 
 SJ6c 
 
 iiriii-siiife
 
 British Columbia, 
 
 TABLE VI.— Placer Gold. 
 
 Table VI. contains the yearly production of placer gold to date, as determined by the 
 returns, sent in by the banks and express companies, of gold transmitted by them to the mints, 
 and from returns sent in by the Gold Commissioners and Mining Recorders. To these yearly 
 amounts one-third was added up to the year 1878 ; from then to 1895 and from 1898 to 1909, 
 one-fifth ; and since then one-tenth, which proportions are considered to represent, approxi- 
 mately, the amount of gold sold of which there is no record. This placer gold contains from 
 10 to 25 per cent, silver, but the silver value has not been separated from the totals, as it would 
 be insignificant. 
 
 Yield op Placer Gold per Year to Date. 
 
 1858... 
 
 . . $ 705,000 
 
 1873... 
 
 ..$1,305,749 
 
 1859... 
 
 . . 1,615,070 
 
 1874... 
 
 .. 1,844,618 
 
 1860... 
 
 .. 2,228,543 
 
 1875... 
 
 .. 2,474,004 
 
 1861... 
 
 . 2,666,118 
 
 1876... 
 
 . 1,786,048 
 
 1862... 
 
 . 2,656,903 
 
 1877 . . . 
 
 .. 1,608,18-2 
 
 
 . 3,913,563 
 
 1878 .. 
 
 .. 1,275,204 
 
 1864... 
 
 .. 3,735,850 
 
 1879... 
 
 .. 1, •290,0.58 
 
 1865... 
 
 .. 3,491,205 
 
 1880 .. 
 
 .. 1,013,8-27 
 
 1866 .. 
 
 .. 2,662,106 
 
 1881... 
 
 . 1,046,737 
 
 1867... 
 
 2,480,868 
 
 1882... 
 
 954,085 
 
 1868... 
 
 .. 3,372,972 
 
 1883... 
 
 794,252 
 
 1869... 
 
 1,774,978 
 
 1884 .. 
 
 736,165 
 
 1870... 
 
 .. 1,336,956 
 
 1885 .. 
 
 713,738 
 
 1871 . . . 
 
 . 1,799,440 
 
 1886... 
 
 . 903,651 
 
 1872... 
 
 .. 1,610,972 
 
 1887... 
 
 693,709 
 
 1892. 
 1893. 
 1894. 
 
 I 616,731 
 
 1903 
 
 588,923 
 
 1904 
 
 490,435 
 
 1905 
 
 429,811 
 
 1906 
 
 399,526 
 
 1907 
 
 356,131 
 
 1908 
 
 405,516 
 
 1909 
 
 481.683 
 
 1910 
 
 544,026 
 
 1911 
 
 513,520 
 
 1912 
 
 643,346 
 
 1913 
 
 1,344,900 
 
 1914 
 
 1,278,724 
 
 
 970,100 
 
 
 1,073,140 
 
 
 1,060,420 
 1,115,300 
 969,.S00 
 948,400 
 828.000 
 647,000 
 477,000 
 540,000 
 426,000 
 555,500 
 510,000 
 565,000 
 
 Total l?7S 
 
 TABLE VIL— Production op Lode Mini 
 
 a 
 
 Gold. 
 
 Silver. 
 
 Lead. 
 
 Copper. 
 
 Zinc. 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 Oz. 
 
 Value. 
 
 0. 
 
 Value. 
 
 Pounds. 
 
 Value. 
 
 Pounds. 
 
 Value. 
 
 Pounds. 
 
 Value. 
 
 Value. 
 
 
 
 $ 
 
 17,690 
 79,780 
 63,19-2 
 
 8 
 
 17,331 
 
 76,000 
 
 47,873 
 
 7:i.>HS 
 
 204,800 
 674.600 
 165,100 
 Xil. 
 Nil. 
 808,420 
 2,135,023 
 5,662,523 
 
 2^:MI 
 
 Ml. 
 33,064 
 78,996 
 
 169,875 
 
 .'.:i2,-.'.',,i 
 
 
 S 
 
 
 « 
 
 S 
 
 1888 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 104 813 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 54,371 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1891 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4 000 
 
 1802 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 99 999 
 
 
 1,170 
 6,252 
 
 3il,-2(14 
 
 -2S7;49B 
 272,2.54 
 247,170 
 
 23,404 
 126.014 
 
 :::::.'.:::: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 324,680 
 
 !ir>2„S40 
 
 16,-234 
 
 :'.;.;,-.',is 
 
 ■71,781 
 
 1 i'i.'jes 
 
 
 
 
 1895 
 1896 
 1897 
 1898 
 
 
 
 2,342,397 
 4,257,179 
 7,052,431 
 6,529 420 
 
 1899 
 
 
 
 
 6,751,604 
 
 
 
 
 13,683,044 
 11,101,102 
 11,571,367 
 12,309,035 
 15,180,164 
 17,484,102 
 16,218,847 
 14,477,411 
 14,191,141 
 13,228,731 
 11,454,063 
 17,662,766 
 17,190,838 
 16.2-25,061 
 
 
 
 
 1903 
 
 '■■;«- 
 
 
 
 1905 
 1906 
 1907 
 1908 
 1909 
 1910 
 1911 
 1912 
 1913 
 1914 
 
 '■' -,.-.nn,6o6 
 ! I,1M,192 
 
 ,' . II ■M;:!-i,.'i44 
 1 . 1 . .-.,.;:.N,-J80 
 
 1,; :.'..' ..'^lif.'.'ii' 
 
 ibb'.ooo 
 
 192,473 
 l-2n,0M 
 31li,1311 
 324,4-.'l 
 34(i,12.i 
 
 To-1 
 
 3,958,273 
 
 81,695,.-,ll 
 
 .;«,74o,.s05 
 
 
 
 31,4(;s,4(;2l .',115,-207,;»IXi 
 
 S6.:i:j!I,37i) 
 
 35,302,-251 
 
 1,708,260 
 
 239.420,880
 
 The Mineral Province of Canada. 19 
 
 TABLE VIII.— Coal and Coke Production per Year to Date. 
 Coal. 
 
 r. ToiK (2,240 Iti.X Value. 
 
 I,873,»(7 $ 6,003.245 
 
 18«-2 282,139 846,417 
 
 1883 213,299 639,897 
 
 1884 .%4,()70 1,182,210 
 
 188.5 26.-i,.596 796,788 
 
 1886 326,636 97»,il08 
 
 1887 413,360 l,24O,08(J 
 
 1888 489,301 1,467,903 
 
 1889 579,830 l,73!).4i)0 
 
 1890 678,140 2,031,420 
 
 1891 1,029,097 .3,087.291 
 
 1892 82«,.S.35 2,479,005 
 
 1893 978,294 2,9;M,882 
 
 1894 1,012,953 3,038,859 
 
 1895 9.39,&M 2.818,962 
 
 1896 896,222 2,688,666 
 
 1897 8S2,854 2,648,562 
 
 1898 l,l.S.-.,865 .3,407,595 
 
 1899 l,.3lHi,:«4 .3,918,972 
 
 1900 l,-i:t!),595 4,318,785 
 
 1901 1,4(50,331 4,380,993 
 
 19<I2 1,397.394 4,192,182 
 
 1903 1,168,194 3,.'><»4,582 
 
 1904 1,2.53,628 3,760,884 
 
 1905 1,384,312 4,152,936 
 
 1906 1,517,.303 4,551,909 
 
 1907 1 ,800,067 6,.30«»,235 
 
 1908 1,677,849 5,872,472 
 
 1909 2,(X)6,476 7,(fi2,666 
 
 1910 2,800,046 9,800,161 
 
 1911 2,193,062 7,675,717 
 
 1912 2,628,804 9,200,814 
 
 1913 2,1.37,483 . 7,481.190 
 
 1914 1,810,!»67 6,.3.38,.385 
 
 Total 41,199,387 * I. 32,507,063 
 
 Coke. 
 
 Year. Tons (2.240 »i.). Value. 
 
 19..396 $ 96,980 
 
 35,000 K.J.OfH) 
 
 34,a)l 171.2.56 
 
 8.->,149 42.5,745 
 
 127,081 6.35,405 
 
 128,015 640,075 
 
 16.5,->»3 827,715 
 
 23S.428 1 . 1 92, 1 40 
 
 171,785 l,.358,92o 
 
 99,227 996,135 
 
 •222.913 1,3,37.478 
 
 247,399 1,484, .394 
 
 2.58,703 1..5.52,218 
 
 18,029 1,308.174 
 
 66.Ctt.5 .3<t6,a30 
 
 264..333 .. 1..58.5,!«t8 
 
 286,045 1,716,270 
 
 2.34,577 1,407,462 
 
 101,869 817,.307..399 
 
 
 
 1899 
 
 IWK) 
 
 1902 1 
 
 1903 1 
 
 1904 2 
 
 1905 -2 
 
 
 1908 '2 
 
 1909 2 
 
 1910 2 
 
 1911 
 
 1913 
 
 1914 .; 
 
 Total 
 
 3,1
 
 British Columbia, 
 
 TABLE IX. — Production in Detail of the 
 
 Gold— Placbr. 
 
 50,000 
 30,000 
 
 35,000 
 
 10,000 
 8,000 
 
 s,m 
 
 9,000 
 13,000 
 23,000 
 
 Windermere-Golden . 
 
 Slocan and Slocan City. 
 
 11«,206 
 
 104,510 
 
 Trail Creek Div 
 
 Revelstoke, Trout Lake and Lardeatl. 
 
 138,568 2,81)4,201 13(i.l85 
 
 Boundary 
 
 (Grand Forks, Greenwood and Osoyoos 
 Divisions.) 
 
 Similkameen, Nicola, and Vernon Divisions. 
 Yale, Ashcroft and Kainloops Divisions. . . . 
 
 Coast 
 
 (Nanaimo, Alherni. Cia.voqiiot, Quat- 
 sino. New Westminster, Vancouver, and 
 Victoria Divisions.) 
 
 2,688,632 
 2,663,809 
 2,176.971 
 
 21,300 
 
 27,775 
 25,600 
 
 228,617 4,72.%.M3 
 
 257,496 6,322,442 
 
 272,2.54 6,627,490 
 
 247,170 5,109.004
 
 The Mineral Province op Canada. 
 
 Mktallikk.kou.s Mink.s, ktc, for I'.tll, 191'2, 1913, and 1914. 
 
 Lk* 
 
 D. 
 
 COHfER. 
 
 Zwc. 
 
 Totals for Divmojie. 
 
 T«TALH roK 
 
 DuTTRicra. 
 
 I'ounda. 
 
 Vtlue. 
 
 Pound*. 
 
 Value. 
 
 Found.. 
 
 Value. 
 
 1»U. 
 
 I91t 
 
 1913. 
 
 1014. 
 
 ,914. 
 
 
 • 
 
 
 . 
 
 * 
 
 • 
 
 ■■■■i3ii;o66 
 
 ■34:066 
 
 ■■■■■io;6o6 
 
 t 
 
 """"i"8b:666 
 """"50:666 
 
 * 
 
 '""■i3i",666 
 """30:666 
 
 « 
 
 ■"■mooo 
 
 292.807 
 
 
 
 
 
 :.::::;::. 
 ::::::::. 
 
 
 
 
 
 ZM 
 
 ^ 
 
 wiisi 
 
 iJ 
 
 
 
 8,000 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ••""ib:6^ 
 """■343,668 
 
 "siim 
 ■sUm 
 
 
 m4ae 
 
 
 
 ■■"228:776 
 
 ■""290:660 
 
 
 
 
 2,006.877 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 238.S78 
 41.612 
 «;579 
 
 17 ifS 0«» 
 
 9,495 
 
 ■■■682,891 
 733,907 
 728.(J30 
 
 870,209 
 
 ■■■90:509 
 98:087 
 
 
 89,666 
 """8"6s",ii2 
 
 ""■""32:579 
 
 
 
 88,403 
 1,336 
 
 U,123,376 
 
 14,446 
 204 
 
 1.612.779 
 
 ::::::::: 
 
 
 
 
 
 16,740 
 
 "1.127:683 
 
 •i.]27;683 
 
 
 953,728 
 
 "■"98s;829 
 
 
 is'v'-'ui^ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24 8S3105 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 .J~ 
 
 ::::::•:::: 
 
 '■/:E 
 
 ■■l42;6i8 
 
 Mia 
 
 
 """"103,264 
 
 
 
 
 100,768 
 
 
 
 '■■ 288.009 
 4,863:894 
 9,027,801 
 
 11,502 
 195,723 
 354,795 
 
 282,433 
 
 286,882 
 BSl.S-W 
 890,096 
 
 ^^ 
 92,270 
 
 459 
 
 ""to,m 
 
 9,230 
 20,506 
 4:512 
 
 \:m 
 
 
 
 1.807 
 59 
 
 26,257 
 
 MM 
 
 2,639,1X)0 
 2,638,661 
 
 a779.830 
 
 
 
 
 280,006 
 
 2,B»4,644 
 6,216,687 
 6.606,088 
 
 7.264:464 
 
 ■mora 
 
 7.233 
 
 129,092 
 307,723 
 
 115:^ 
 
 ""iiwB 
 
 50,768 
 
 " ■"871:766 
 
 ""■616:460 
 
 ■msM 
 ■1.777:936 
 ■eeaoes 
 
 ""iiBBi 
 
 
 6,706,671 
 
 lli.!)44.Ml 
 
 15:2^:910 
 11,3!H1 
 
 
 ::.:::::: 
 "■■481:265 
 
 ■'2,M"i,sa« 
 
 68:624 
 
 ' i.bsV.sii 
 
 " "2,258:369 
 
 
 4,291 
 
 124,470 
 
 41.%045 
 387,654 
 
 614.057 
 
 '"""664:438 
 ■S,'196:6S7 
 """""46:729 
 
 ""7","846:686 
 
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 31,000,000 
 30,500,000 
 30,000,000 
 29,500,000 
 29,000,000 
 28,500,000 
 28,000,000 
 27,500,000 
 27,000,000 
 26,500,000 
 26,000,000 
 25,500,000 
 25,000,000 
 24,500,000 
 24,000,000 
 23,500,000 
 23,000,000 
 22,500,000 
 22,000,000 
 21,500,000 
 21,000,000 
 20,500,000 
 20,000,000 
 19,500,000 
 19,000,000 
 18,500,000 
 18,000,000 
 17,500,000 
 17,000,000 
 16,500,000 
 16,000,000 
 15,500,000 
 15,000,000 
 14,500,000 
 14,000,000 
 13,500,000 
 13,000,000 
 12,600,000 
 12,000,000 
 11,500,000 
 11,000,000 
 10,500,000 
 10,000,000 
 9,500,000 
 9,000,000 
 8,500,000 
 8,000,000 
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 6,600,000 
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 The Mineral Province of Canada. 
 
 23
 
 British Columbia, 
 
 PROGRESS OF MINING. 
 
 The year 1914, during its first half, gave promise of being an exceedingly favourable one 
 for mining in the Province, and it was even expected that its mineral production would exceed 
 that of any previous year. 
 
 Tliese expectations, however, were shattered by the unprecedented conditions which con- 
 fronted the mineral industry during the last half of the year. These conditions were brought 
 about by the great European war, which so upset the metal markets of the world that quota- 
 tions of prices for the more important metals were unobtainable for months. Such a condition 
 was never before experienced, lea\'ing no basis on which present sales of ores or metals could 
 be transacted, or even the future values of these predicted. 
 
 Gold alone had a stable value, but the other metals that go to make up the mineral output 
 of the Province are all such as America produces a large surplus of, which surplus had been 
 disposed of in the European markets, and with these markets temporarily destroyed, the pro- 
 duction of these metals was either stopped or materially curtailed. 
 
 Recently, however, since the eventual outcome of the struggle can be definitely predicted 
 and Britain has obtained the undisputed command of the seas, the metal markets have been 
 able to again resume business and to quote prices, these, however, being somewhat lower than 
 previously prevailing. 
 
 It will be seen, therefore, that the conditions adversely affecting the mining industry are 
 but temporary and with their end within sight. 
 
 The production for 1914, although it is materially less than those for the years 1912 and 
 1913, is, nevertheless, about the same as for the year 1910, while it is considerably greater 
 than that of any other year and is much greater than the average production for the last ten 
 years. 
 
 The decrease shown this year, while it is partially caused by a lesser quantity of the 
 metals produced, is not entirely attributable to that cause, but is partially due to the lower 
 average price of the metals prevailing in 1914 as compared with those of 1913. 
 
 For example, the average market value of silver in 1914 was about 4.9 cents an ounce 
 lower than in 1913 ; copper was 2.27 cents a pound lower ; lead, 0..5 cent a pound lower ; zinc, 
 0.4-5 cent a pound lower. 
 
 If the metal prices of 1913 had been maintained during 1914 and applied to the output 
 for that year, this output would have been valued at some 11,170,117 greater than it appears. 
 The lower average prices for the metals prevailing in 1914 are partially attributable to the 
 war, but to some extent were occasioned by the financial stringency which preceded the war 
 and possibly foreshadowed it. 
 
 The gross value of the mineral production for 1914 was §26,388,825, a decrease from that 
 of the year 1913 of .f3,907,.573, or about 12.2 per cent. 
 
 The gradual increase in production during the past twenty-three years, and its 
 fluctuations, are graphically shown in Table X., on page 14 of this Report. 
 
 The tonnage of ore mined in the lode mines of the Province during the past year was 
 less than that of 1913. The ore mined amounted to 2,175,971 tons, showing a decrease from 
 that of the previous year of 487,838 tons. 
 
 The tonnage mined in 1914 was produced by the various districts in about the following 
 proportions: Boundary, 50.3 per cent. ; Rossland, 13.6 per cent. ; Cassiar, 12.1 per cent. ;
 
 ■ i-iii'iii.' i:
 
 The Mineral Province ok Canada. 
 
 25 
 
 the Coast District, 11.7 per cent. ; Slocan District, 4.7 per cent. ; Ainsworth, 3.1 percent.; 
 Nelson, 2.7 per cent. ; Ejist Kootenay, 1.7 percent.; and all other parts of the Province 
 combined, 0.1 per cent. 
 
 The following tabic shows tlie number of mines wliicli shipped ore during tiie yviir 1914, 
 the districts in whicli they are situated, and the tonnage produced in each distiict, together 
 with the number of men employed, both above ground and underground ; — • 
 
 Tabi.1 
 
 IIPPINO Minks 
 
 CARnioo ASD Cassiar : 
 
 Omiiieca, Allin, Skeens, Queen 
 Charlotte, aud Portland Canal 
 East Kootenay : 
 
 Fort Steele 
 
 Windermere-Golden 
 
 West Koote.sat : 
 
 Ainsworth 
 
 Slocan and Slocan City 
 
 Nelson 
 
 Trail Creek 
 
 Other Divisions 
 
 BOONDARV ; 
 
 Grand Forks, Greenivood, and 
 Osoyoos 
 
 Ashcroft-Kamloops 
 
 SirailkameenVernon 
 
 LlLLOOET 
 
 Coast 
 
 Total. 
 
 Tons of 
 
 Ore 
 shipped. 
 
 No. of 
 
 Mines 
 
 shipping. 
 
 No. of 
 Mines 
 shipping 
 over 100 
 Tons in 
 1914. 
 
 Men EMru)VED iv tuksk Mi.ni! 
 
 In explanation of the table it should be said that, in its preparation, a mine employing 
 twelve men for four months is credited in the table with four men for twelve months, so that 
 the total given is less than the actual number of individuals who worked in the mines during 
 the year. 
 
 Taule siiowint. Non shipping Mines anu Mkn kmpi,i«ved. 
 
 
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 102 
 
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 British Columbia, 
 
 SUMMARY OF THE STATISTICAL TABLES. 
 
 Referring to the preceding tables of the mineral production of the Province, the following 
 is a summary of their contents : — 
 
 Table I. shows the total gross value of each mineral product mined in the Province up 
 to the end of 1914, aggregating $486,822,745. From this table it will be seen that coal-mining 
 has produced more than any other separate class of mining, a total of .$149,814,462 ; followed 
 next in importance by copper at $86,939,370, and next in order is lode gold at $81,-595,516, 
 with placer gold in fourth place at $73,269,603. 
 
 The metal gold, obtained from both placer and lode mining, amounts to a value of 
 $154,865,119, the greatest amount derived from any one mineral, the next important being 
 coal, the total gross value of which, combined with that of coke, is $149,814,462, followed by 
 copper at $86,939,370, silver at .$37,709,282, and lead at $31,468,462. 
 
 Table II. shows the value of the total production of the mines of the Province for each 
 year from 1893 to 1914 (inclusive), during which period the output increased nearly tenfold, 
 and reached a production, for the year 1913, valued at $30,296,398, which is nearly three 
 times what it was in 1898. The gross production for the year 1914, is $26,388,825, which is 
 materially less than that of either the year 1912 or 1913, a condition not due to the mines, 
 but to be accounted for by the disruption of the metal markets occasioned by the war, which 
 necessitated the closing-down of some of the larger mines during the last half of the year. 
 During the first six months, the year gave promise of making a record production. 
 
 The value of the total mineral production of the Province up to the end of 1914 was 
 $486,822,745. 
 
 Table III. gives the quantities in the customary units of measure, and the values, of the 
 various metals or minerals which go to make up the total of the mineral production of the 
 Province, and also, for the purposes of comparison, similar data for the two preceding years. 
 
 The table shows that there has been this year an increase in the production of placer gold 
 of some $55,000, but at the same time a decrease in the output of lode gold of $518,486, 
 making a decrease of $463,486 in the total production of the metal. 
 
 The amount of silver produced this year was 3,602,180 oz., having a gross value of 
 $1,876,736, an increase in the number of ounces produced of 136,324, due to an increased 
 production in the Omineca, Skeena, and Fort Steele Divisions. The gross value of the silver 
 product this year, however, shows a decrease over that of last year of $91,870, on account of the 
 market price of silver being lower during this year. 
 
 The table shows an output of lead in 1914 amounting to 50,625,048 S)., valued at 
 $1,771,877, which is a decrease from the production of the preceding year of 4,739,629 fc. of 
 lead. 
 
 The production of copper this year was 45,009,699 Bj., valued at $6,121,319, a decrease 
 in amount of 1,450,606 B)., or about 3.12 per cent. The value of the product was less than 
 that of the preceding year by $973,170 — a decrease of 13.7 per cent. 
 
 Table IV. shows the proportions of the total mineral productions made in each of the 
 various districts into which the Province is divided. 
 
 It will be noted that this year again the Coast District has the honour of first place on 
 the list, followed, in order of importance, by the West Kootenay and Boundary Districts. 
 The Coast and East Kootenay Districts owe a considerable proportion of their output to the 
 coal-mines situated within their limits, whereas, in the other districts, the production is chiefly 
 from metal-mining.
 
 The Mineral Pkovince of Canada. 27 
 
 The Coast District also derives a large pi-oportion of its production from "Miscellaneous 
 products," such as building materials, etc., due to the larger cities therein ; this year this 
 amounted to §2,419,817, as shown in Table V. 
 
 In this table, this year again, the value of zinc has been distributed to the districts 
 producing it, which has occasioned some changes in this table as compared with the I'JO'J 
 Report, thus making it differ from the column in that and previous reports. 
 
 Table V. is a new table introduced three yejirs ago, and is an endeavour to show in some 
 detail the production of tho.se products, such as building materials, previously summarized under 
 " Miscellaneous products," and which amounts this year to §2,852,9 1 7. Much ditticulty has been 
 found in obtaining reliable figures regarding these products, and in many cases they have had 
 to be estimated; but, while the figures are not as complete as desired, they are at least 
 approximate, and show what an important branch of mineral production this has become. 
 
 Table VI. gives the statistical record of the placer mines of the Province from 1858 to 
 1914, and shows a total production of .?73,269,603. The output for 1914 was ?565,000, an 
 increase, as compared with the previous year, of about 10.8 per cent. 
 
 Table VII. relates entirely to the lode mines of the Province, and shows the quantities 
 and values of the various metals produced each year since the beginning, in 1887, of such 
 mining in the Province. The gross value of the product of these mines to date is $239,420,880 ; 
 this figure includes the zinc production of 1909 and all subsequent years. 
 
 Last year a new column was made in this table in which to record the zinc production, 
 and the output since 1909 has been recorded therein. In former yeare the zinc production was 
 small and was listed a.s miscellaneous material. 
 
 Table VIII. contains the statistics of production of the coal-mines of the Province. The 
 total amount of coal produced to the end of 1914 was 41,199,387 tons (of 2,240 lb.), worth 
 §132,507,063. Of this, there was produced in 1914 some 1,810,967 tons valued at 86,338,385, 
 a decrease of 326,516 tons in quantity and of §1,142,805 in value compared with the preceding 
 year. In these figures of coal production the coal used in making coke is not included, as such 
 coal is accounted for in the figur&s of output of coke. The amount of coal used in making coke 
 in 1914 was 355,461 tons, from which was made 234,577 tons of coke, ha\-ing a value of 
 §1,407,462, a decrease from the preceding year of 51,468 tons, or about 17.95 percent., with a 
 decrease in value of §308,808. While 234,577 tons of coke was actually made only 234,480 tons 
 was actually sold ; 94 tons being added to the stocks at the mines, and 3 tons was used under 
 the company's boilers. The total value of the output of the collieries of the Province in 1914 
 was §7,74.5,847. 
 
 The average selling prices taken this year in the calculation of value of product are the 
 same as those used last year ; that for coal being §3.50 and for coke §6 a ton of 2,240 11). 
 The prices used in calculations prior to 1907 were §3 and §5 respectively. 
 
 More detailed statistics as to the coal production of the Pro\-incc and of the separate 
 districts are given elsewhere in this Report. 
 
 Table IX. gives the details of production of the metalliferous mines of the Province for 
 the years 1911, 1912, 1913, and 1914, and the districts in which such productions were made, 
 showing the tonnage of ore mined in each district, with its metallic contents and its market value. 
 
 The total tonnage of ore mined in the Province during the year 1914 was 2,175,971 tons, 
 having a gross value of §15,225,061 and with the placer gold u total value of §15,790,061.
 
 BUITISH COHMRIA, 
 
 The following table shows the percentages of such tonnage derived from the various 
 districts of the Province : — 
 
 Boundary District 50 . 25 per cent, of tonnage. 
 
 Trail Creek Mining Division 1 3 . G5 .. n 
 
 Cassiar District 12.10 n n 
 
 Coast District 11.75 
 
 Slocan District 4 . 73 
 
 Ainsworth Mining Division 3.05 .■ 
 
 Nelson Mining Division 2.72 << m 
 
 East Kootenay District 1 . 65 .■ 
 
 Other Divisions 0.1 
 
 100.00 
 
 In reports previous to 1910 there has been included in this table the "Miscellaneous 
 products," and in 1910 these were shown distributed to the various districts ; the great increase 
 of these products in the past few years has rendered it advisable that this table be reserved 
 exclusively for metalliferous products, and so a new table (No. V.) was introduced in 1911, 
 giving in some detail, the output of these miscellaneous products. 
 
 In making comparisons of this table with similar tables in previous reports, the fact that 
 "Miscellaneous" has been removed will have to be borne in mind. 
 
 Table X. presents in graphic form the facts shown in figures in the tables, and 
 demonstrates to the eye the rapid growth of lode-mining in the Province, and also the 
 fluctuations to which it has been subject. 
 
 It will be seen that, although coal-mining has been a constantly increasing industry 
 duiing this whole period of twenty-three years, lode-mining did not begin practically, until 
 1894, since when it has risen with remarkable rapidity, though not without interruption, 
 until it reached, in 1906, the $17,500,000 line. The total mineral production in 1910 reached 
 the $26,000,000 Hne, and in 1912 it reached the $32,000,000 line, while this year it again drops 
 to near the $26,000,000 line. 
 
 Table XI. compares graphically the output of certain mineral products in British 
 Columbia with that of the combined output of similar products in all the otlier Provinces of 
 the Dominion, and shows that in 1913 British Columbia produced, in the minerals shown, an 
 amount equal to over 45.9 per cent, of all the other Canadian Provinces combined. 
 
 GOLD. 
 
 The production of placer gold during the past year was worth about 
 
 Placer Gold. $565,000 as nearly as can be ascertained ; great difficulty is found in 
 
 obtaining reliable figures, since the work is, in many cases, carried out by 
 
 individuals or unorganized groups of men who keep no books, frequently paying wages, or for 
 
 supplies, in gold-dust, which, being readily transported, is scattered, and the ta.x imposed 
 
 thereon by law is thus evaded. 
 
 This year's output shows an increase, as compared with 1913, of $55,000, chietly due to a 
 better gravel-wa.shing season than usual in the Atlin District. 
 
 Considerable work in connection with placer-mining was done in the Similkameeu District, 
 although the actual production was small. 
 
 The production of placer gold is nearly all from the Atlin and Cariboo Districts ; over 93 
 per cent, of the total coming from these two sections.
 
 The Mineral Province of Canada. 
 
 'I'Ir- viilue of tlie gold produced from lode-iiiiiiing in the Province during 
 Gold from Lode- tlie year 19U wius .'55,109,004, ii decrease, a.s co^lpu^ed with the previous 
 mining. year, of §018,486, or about 9.2 per cent. This reduction in the production 
 
 of lode gold is due to large decreases in the output of the Boundary and 
 Nelson Districts and smaller decreases in the Atlin, Lillooet, and Coast Districts. Against 
 this there is a considerable increase in the Hkeena Division of the Ciussiar District, due to the 
 commencement of smelting operations by the Granby Comi>any at Anyox, and a slight 
 increase in the yearly output of the Trail Creek Division. 
 
 The falling-off of the gold production in the Boundary District is entirely attributable to 
 the closing of the smelters in August, on account of the European war. This same cause is 
 largely responsible for the reduction in output of the NeLson Mining Division. 
 
 The only large stamp-mill in operation in the Province is at the A'jcXv/ Plate mine at 
 Hedley, in the Osoyoos Mining Division, which, this pa-st year, milled some 78,494 tons of ore 
 having a value of about §800,000. Thei'e are smaller sUmp-mills operating at tlie Poonnan, 
 Queen, Mother Lode, and other mines in the Nelson Division ; and in addition, there are 
 stamp-mills at the Jewel mine. Greenwood ; Coronation mine, Lillooet ; and Enyineer mine, 
 Atlin, which operated during the year. 
 
 The following are the values of the gold product of the three most important camps ; 
 Rossland, $2,864,201 ; Boundary, §1,775,048 ; and Nelson, .$316,210. About 74 per cent, of 
 the gold production of the Province is obtained from the smelting of copper-bearing ore.s, the 
 
 remainder mainly from stamp-milling. 
 
 SILVER. 
 
 The total amount of silver producetl in the Province during the yejir 1914 was 3,602,180 
 oz., valued at .§1,876,736, an increase in amount, !is compared with the previous year, of 
 136,324 oz. ; but, owing to the decrease in the market value of this metal, the value of the 
 silver-output in 1914 was 891,870 less than in 1913. This is the greatest prrKluction of this 
 metal since 1902. 
 
 The Slocan District — including the Ainsworth, Slocan, Slocan City, and Trout Lake 
 Mining Divisions — produced about 59 per cent, of the total Provincial output of silver this 
 year, and the Fort Steele Mining Division about 13.7 per cent., all from argentiferous galena. 
 Tlie remainder is chiefly derived from the smelting of copper-ores carrying silver. 
 
 The Hazelton District shows a big increase over the output of the previous year, the 
 figures being respectively 13.5,265 and 46,298 oz. ; most of this is credited to the SUixr 
 Standard mine. 
 
 The following table .shows the silver production from the diflTerent Mining Divisions : — 
 
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 Fort Steele 
 
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 Nelson 
 
 Trail Creek •■ 
 
 Ornineca 
 
 Skcena 
 
 Coast 
 
 Trout Like 
 
 All others 
 
 3,602,180 
 
 1,775,975 oz. 
 
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 492,080 
 
 13.65 
 
 
 
 347,981 
 
 9.64 
 
 
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 329,586 
 
 9.15 
 
 
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 1.50,268 
 
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 1.36,185 
 
 3.78 
 
 
 
 135,265 
 
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 British Columbia, 
 
 LEAD. 
 
 The lead production of the Province for the year 1914 was 50,625,048 B). of lead having a 
 
 market value of $1,771,877, showing, as compared with the previous year, a decrease in amount 
 
 of 4,739,629 ft. of lead, or 8.55 per cent., and a decrease in value of $403,954, or 18.5 per cent. 
 
 This amount of lead represents the amount of metallic lead actually received and paid for 
 
 by the smelters. 
 
 Instead of taking account of " loss in slags," we have followed, as has been our habit, the 
 practice of the smelters of deducting 10 per cent, from the market price of the metal, in 
 calculating the value. 
 
 The average market price of this metal for the year 1914 was a little lower than for the 
 previous year. 
 
 The lead production is this year, as usual, derived chiefly from the Slocan and Fort Steele 
 Mining Divisions, as is shown in the following table : — 
 
 Fort Steele M.D. produced 24,863,105 ft. lead = 49.13 per cent, of total. 
 
 Slocan 
 
 Ainsworth 
 
 2,004,436 „ 3.95 
 
 323,482 M 0.64 
 
 130,590 „ 0.26 
 
 Nelson 
 Omineca 
 All others 
 
 50,625,048 100.00 
 
 COPPER. 
 
 The amount of copper produced in the Province in 1914, smelted during the year, was 
 45,009,699 ft. fine copper, valued at the average New York market price for copper at $6, 121,319. 
 These figures represent the amount of copper actually recovered, as nearly as it is possible to 
 ascertain ; the amount of copper really in the ores mined would be approximately 25 per cent, 
 greater. 
 
 As compared with the year 1913, these figures show a decreased production in amount of 
 1,450,606 ft., or about 3.13 per cent. This decrease is accounted for by the war conditions. 
 
 It is an agreeable surprise to find that under these conditions, the quantity of copper pro- 
 duced in 1914, as compared with 1913, shows only the comparatively small decrease of 1,450,606 
 ft. The explanation lies in the fact that the operation of the Granby Consolidated Company's 
 Midden Creek mine and its smelting-works at Anyox, in Skeena Mining Division, resulted in 
 the production of copper to an extent that largely offset the decrease that resulted from the 
 suspension of production from Boundary District mines. 
 
 The following tabic shows the production of the various districts for the years 1911, 1912, 
 1913, and 1914 :— 
 
 1911. 1912. 
 
 Boundary District. .22,327,359 ft. 33,372,199 
 
 Rossland ., . . 3,429,702 ,. 2,539,900 
 
 Coast & Cassiar „ ..11,017,872,, 15,518,181 
 
 Yale-Kamloops ,, . . 152,723 ,, 
 
 Nelson ., „ 26,257 
 
 1913. 
 
 1914. 
 
 
 28,621,973 ft. 
 
 16,428,959 ft. 
 
 = 36.52% 
 
 2,538,661 „ 
 
 3,779,830 ,. 
 
 8.40 „ 
 
 14,446,967 „ 
 
 24,199,621 „ 
 
 53,74 „ 
 
 37,578 „ 
 
 14,525 „ 
 
 0.03 „ 
 
 815,126 „ 
 
 586,764 „ 
 
 1.31 „ 
 
 36,927,656 „ 51,456,537 „ 46,460,305 „ 4.5,009,699 „ 100.00 „ 
 The average assays of the copper ores of the various camps, based upon the copper recovered 
 were as follows : — 
 
 Boundary, 0.753 per cent. ; Coast, 2.545 per cent. ; and Rossland, 0.636 per cent.
 
 The Mineral Province of Canada. 
 
 ZINC. 
 
 Tho total quantity of zinc produced in 1914 was 7,866,467 ft)., valued at $346,12.') the 
 average New York price, less 1.5 per cent., being Uken as tho ba.sis of valuation. 
 
 This shows an increase, as compared with the year 191.'!, of 1,107,699 lb., or 16.;}C per 
 cent. 
 
 The lowering of tho United States tariff on zinc concentrates and ore entering that country 
 served to stimulate zinc production, and during the latter months of 1914 the high price pre- 
 vailing and the great demand for zinc for war purposes accelerated the shipments of concentrates. 
 
 The experiments and plant for the electric smelting of zinc-lead ores which had been in 
 operation at Nelson for about a year under G. C. Mackenzie, of the Mines Branch of the 
 Department of Mines, Ottawa, were finally abandoned during last summer. W. R. Ingalls, 
 who acted as consulting zinc metallurgist to that Department, writes — 
 
 " The experimental work at Nelson, B.C., was discontinued, it being regarded as conclusively 
 settled that an electric zinc-smelting furnace so small as one ton of daily capacity is a commercial 
 impossibility, while the satisfactory development of a larger furnace was regarded as too doubt- 
 ful to be undertaken at Nelson." 
 
 COAL. 
 
 The gross production of coal in 1914 was 2,166,428 long tons, of which 3.5.5,461 tons was 
 made into coke, leaving the net production at 1,810,967 tons. These figures show a decrease, 
 as compared with 1913, of 404,332 tons gross and of 326,.516 tons net. The quantity of coke 
 made was 234,577 tons, which is a decrease of about 51,468 tons as compared with 1913. 
 For purposes of comparison the following table is shown : — 
 
 
 1914. 
 
 1913. 1912. 
 
 1911. 
 
 1910. 
 
 1909. 
 
 Coal, gross to 
 
 LesK mode into coko 
 
 IS, 2,240 tt.. . 
 
 2,166,428 
 355,461 
 
 2,5-0,7(iO 
 433,277 
 
 3,025,709 
 396,905 
 
 2,297,718 
 104,656 
 
 3,139,2.35 
 339,189 
 
 2,400,600 
 .394,124 
 
 Coal, net 
 
 1,810,967 
 
 2,137,483 
 
 2,628,804 
 
 2,193,062 
 
 2.800.046 
 
 2,006.476 
 
 Coke made 
 
 234.577 
 
 •286,045 
 
 264,333 
 
 66,005 
 
 218,029 
 
 258,703 
 
 These figures indicate a serious decrease, which is, however, only temponiiy, Ix-ing mainly 
 attributable to the European war. 
 
 In the interior of the Province the war brought about at least a partial closing-down of 
 the metalliferous mines and smelters, and thus diminishing the amount of railway transporta- 
 tion, all of which constituted the chief market for the coal of this district. 
 
 In'the Vancouver Island District the output in 1914 was gi-eater than it was in 1913, 
 when the labour troubles interfered with the production, but it is still much below the normal 
 output of the.se collieries. 
 
 Production was not interfered with to any appreciable extent, if at all, by lal>our troubk« 
 in 1914. In fact, it was claimed that much more coal could have been pnxlueeil had there 
 been demand for it. There is no doubt that all there was a market for was j)rocliir<fl. 
 I'nfortunately, though, less coal than usual was required from Vancouver Island mines for 
 hunkering purposes, the state of war having considerably lessened the demand. The activity
 
 Bkitish Columbia, 
 
 of German cruisers that sought to destroy the shipping of the allied powers at war with 
 Germany, for a period of four or five months interfered with the steamship trade to which 
 Vancouver Island collieries ordinarily look for a considerable portion of their market. The 
 destruction in December of those of the enemy's war-ships that had disturbed the mercantile 
 service removed this menace to shipping. Again, the competition of fuel-oil continued to be 
 felt, though not in a larger degree than in 1913. 
 
 Summarizing the Provincial production of coal, the following table shows the output : — 
 
 Vancouver Island mines tons, 2,240 1 
 
 Nicola and Similkameen mines n 
 
 Crowsnest mines n 
 
 Total quantity of coal mined n 
 
 Less made into coke « 
 
 Net quantity of coal produced « 
 
 1,558,240 
 
 206,257 
 
 1,261,212 
 
 3,49.S 
 5,542 
 
 2,570,760 
 433,277 
 
 ,072,314 
 138,931 
 955,183 
 
 Collieries of Coast District. 
 
 The Coast collieries mined 1,211,24.5 tons of coal in 1914, of which 18,63.5 tons was added 
 to stock, making 1,192,610 tons distributed from these collieries in 1914. This amount was 
 distributed thus : 
 
 Sold as coal in Canada 724,066 tons. 
 
 United States 213,324 „ 
 
 11 other countries 
 
 Total sold as coal 937,390 tons. 
 
 Used under companies' boilers, etc 107,991 n 
 
 Used in making coke 
 
 Lost in washing 147,229 n 
 
 1,192,610 n 
 Plus coal added to stock 18,635 .i 
 
 Gross output 1,211,245 m 
 
 The total coal sales of the Coast collieries for the year show, as compared with the sales 
 of the previous year, a decrease of 44,700 tons, equivalent to 4.5 per cent. 
 
 The consumption of coal in that part of British Columbia served by the Vancouver Island 
 collieries shows this year a decrease of 36,011 tons, or about 5.64 per cent, from the preceding 
 year ; the amount exported to the United States was 114,392 tons greater, and no coal was 
 exported to other countries. 
 
 Only one company in the Coast District — the Canadian Collieries, Limited, hits ever made 
 coke, and this year the ovens have not been in operation, although the company sold 2,314 
 tons of coke from stock, exhausting the stock. 
 
 The coke sold was entirely for consumption in British Columbia, no export sales having 
 been made. 
 
 On Vancouver Island, four companies produced coal this year — the Canadian Collieries, 
 Limited, the Western Fuel Company, the Pacific Coast Coal Mines, and the Vancouver- 
 Nanaimo Coal Company ; the majority of these companies each operate two, or more, collieries. 
 The combined output of tlic Island collieries was 1,072,314 tons.
 
 The MiNKii.M. I'hovinck or Canada. 33 
 
 In the Nicola and Princoton valleys of the Coast District, the Middlesboro Colliery 
 Company produced 60,705 tons of coal ; the Princeton Collier}', 19,535 tons ; the Inland Coal 
 and Coke Syndicate (formerly Coal Hill Syndicate), 53,281 tons; the Coaln.ont Colliery, 1,H50 
 tons ; and the Pacific Coast Colliery Company, 560 tons. 
 
 The t(.t;il .uitpiH .,f tliis portion of the district was 13.S,931 tons. 
 East Kuotunav Coalkielo. 
 
 There were three companies operating in this district -the Crow's Neat Pa.ss Coal 
 Company, operating two separate collierie-s, the combined output of which was 778,403 tons ; 
 the Corbin Coke and Coal Company, which made an output of 74,312 tons ; and the Hosraer 
 Mines, Limited, which produced 102,468 tons of coal, making a gross output for the district 
 for 1914 of 955,183 tons of coal. 
 
 Of the coal mined, 3,2U5 tons was added to stock, making the amount <.f coal .listributed 
 from the collieries 951,978 tons. 
 
 Of this gross tonnage, 355,461 tons was used in the uianufacture of coke, of which there 
 was produced 234,577 tons (2,240 Ih.). 
 
 The coke sold this year amounted to 232,166 ton.s, and 3 tons was used under the 
 companies' boilers, making a total of 232,169 ton.s, to which mu.st Ix; added 2,408 tons 
 added to stock, making the coke production for this year 234,577 tons, as compared with 
 286,045 tons in 1913. 
 
 The following table shows the distribution made of the coal of this district : — 
 
 Sold as coal in Canada 140,094 tons. 
 
 United States 389,383 .. 
 
 Total sold ivs coal 529,477 tons. 
 
 Used by the companies in making coke 355,461 n 
 
 Used by the companies under boilers, etc 67,040 n 
 
 951,978 ,. 
 l'lit« coal added to stock . 3,205 « 
 
 Gross output 955,183 i> 
 
 The greater part of the gross Provincial production is still being mined by three 
 companies — the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company of East Kootenay, the Canadian Collieries 
 and the Western Fuel Company of Vancouver Lsland, which rained, collectively, 74.4 |>er cent, 
 of the gross output, their respective production representing 36 per cent., 24.1 per cent., and 
 14.3 per cent, of .such total. 
 
 Of the other collieries : In the Coast District, on Vancouver Island, the Pacific Cmuit 
 Coal Mines, Limited, produced 130,645 tons, and the Vancouver- Nanaimo Coal Company 
 107,158 tons; and in the Nicola Valley section of the district, the Middlesboro Colliery 
 Company mined 60,705 tons, the Inland Coal and Coke Company 53,281 tons, the Princeton 
 Coal and Land Company 19,535 tons, while the Coalmont Colliery producetl .some 4,850 tons 
 of coal. 
 
 In the Eiist Kootenay District, in luldition to the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company, which 
 [iroduced 778,403 tons, the Hosmer MincvS, Limited, produced 102,468 tons and the Corbin 
 Coal and Coke Company 74,312 tons. 
 
 In addition to those companies actually shipping, several other conijianies have U-en 
 installing plant and have appi-oachwl the shipping stage, mention of which will be nuide 
 elsewhere in this report. 
 3
 
 British Columbia, 
 
 The collieries of the Coast District, including the Nicola Viille_v field, arc to be credited 
 this year with about 56 per cent, of the total coal output. 
 
 The gross output of the collieries of the Province for the past year was, as already stated, 
 2,166,428 tons, of which some 21,840 tons of coal was added to stock, making the gross 
 amount of coal distributed 2,144,588 tons. 
 
 Of this gross amount, there was sold for consumption in Canada, 864,160 tons ; sold for 
 consumption in the United States, 602,707 tons ; making the total coal sales for the year 
 1,466,867 tons of 2,240 ft. 
 
 In addition to the coal sold, there was used in the manufacture of coke 35-"),461 tons, all 
 in the East Kootenay field; and used under companies' boilers, etc., 175,031 tons: while 
 147,229 tons was lost in washing and screening. 
 
 There was no coke made this year in the Coast District, although some 2,314 tons was 
 sold from stock, the total coke production having been made by the Crow's Nest Pass Coal 
 Company, and Hosmer Mines, Limited, in the East Kootenay field, where, from 355,461 tons 
 of coal, 234,577 tons of coke was manufactured, of which 3 tons was used under the companies' 
 boilers. 
 
 The coke sales of the Province for the past year amounted to 234,480 tons, and in 
 addition 94 tons was added to stock. 
 
 The following table indicates the markets in which the coal and coke output of the 
 Province was sold : — 
 
 CO.41. 
 
 Coast 
 District. 
 
 Crowsnest 
 Pass District. 
 
 Total 
 for Province. 
 
 Sold for coiisuQipl ion in Canada ton'*, •2,2.10 It). 
 
 export to United States n 
 
 II export to other countries n 
 
 724,066 
 213,324 
 
 140,094 
 389,383 
 
 864,160 
 602,707 
 
 
 
 
 Total coal sales 
 
 Coke. 
 
 Sold for consumption in Canada tons, 2,240 lb. 
 
 export to United States 
 
 « export to other countries » 
 
 937,390 
 2,314 
 
 529,477 
 
 177,853 
 54,313 
 
 1,466,867 
 
 180,167 
 54,313 
 
 
 
 
 Total coke sales ; 
 
 2,314 
 
 232,166 
 
 234,480 
 
 OTHER MINERALS. 
 
 The situation in regard to iron ore remains unchanged, no material 
 Iron Ore. advancement having been made in the utilization of the numerous deposits 
 throughout the Province. At present there is no market in the Province 
 for iron ore, and, as a consequence, very little development-work has been done. There are, 
 undoubtedly, a number of iron-ore deposits in different districts which are of considerable 
 size, and which are, as a rule, very free from injurious elements. In considering the possibility 
 of the successful establishment of an iron and steel industry, other factors besides availability 
 of ore are important — namely, a sufficient market for the products, a supply of fuel near by at 
 a price comparable with what it is in the East, and a steady supply of suitable labour.
 
 The Mineral Pkovince of Canada. 
 
 Ho far as is at [)ieseMt known, thi-re is on the Coast no developofl UH\y t>f liii-inatite or other 
 ore of iron, such as would be desirable to mix with the magnetites for blast-furnace smelting. 
 A deposit of hiematite is being develoind on the Zymfiet/ river, a description of which 
 is given elsewliere in this Report. 
 
 As to the electro-thermic smelting of sueli iron ores into commercial pig-iron, the process 
 has not as yet been suBiciently perfected, although it is looked upon as one of the possibilities 
 of the future. 
 
 Considerable interest has been manifested during the past year in regard to iron-deposits 
 generally, and there have been many rumours of intended installations of iron-smelting plants, 
 but notiiing iit all definite has yet become public. 
 
 No production of platinum in 1914 has been reported, and it is not 
 Platinum. likely that the Tulamecn output from placer-mining was more than a few 
 
 ounces. 
 
 Drilling for oil was continued in the Fraser valley, and also in the 
 O'l- neighbourhood of Otard bay, Graham island, but although the re-sults are 
 
 said to be encouraging, no appreciable flowage of oil is yet repoi-ted. 
 
 A small amount of development-work wa.s carried out on the mica 
 
 Mica. claims in the vicinity of Tete Jaune Cache, but no output is yet recorded. 
 
 Now that the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway has l)een built within a few 
 
 miles of these claims, it is pretty well assured that they will be seriously investigated this 
 
 coming summer. 
 
 It is of interest to note the fact that the mineral molybdenite has been 
 Molybdenum. discovered, in what appears to be commercial quantities, at the head of Lost 
 creek, some fifteen miles from the town of Salrao, in the Nelson Mining 
 Division; two carloads of the mineral has been mined and taken to Salmo for shipment. The 
 deposit would appear to be of considerable size, but, judging from the siimples sent to this 
 Department by the owners, the material will require to be concentrated to bring it up to the 
 market requirements of about 8.5 per cent, molybdenite. 
 
 BU ILDI NG M ATE U I AL.S. 
 
 The production of building materials during 1911 was less than in the year 1913, due no 
 doubt to the financial depression and the war, which have, to some extent, retarded construc- 
 tion-work, especially in the Coast cities. 
 
 The decrease in output was general with each of the different kinds of building material, 
 except in the case of riprap. Nearly §500,000 worth of this material wius u.sed in the 
 construction of the breakwater and piers at Victoria, and therefoix' this column in the table 
 shows a large increase over that of the previous year. 
 
 The output of pottery and tile was also nearly equal to that of the previous year. Tlie 
 heaviest decreases were in red brick and cement. 
 
 For the past yejir, although the statistical returns are not as complete as desire<l, n 
 production of about .?2,.S.52,917 is accounted for, the details of which ai-e given in Table V., (ui 
 l)agc 9. Approximately 8-5 per cent, of this output comes fiimi the Coa.st District, and the 
 larger part of this finds its market in the Cojist cities.
 
 British Columbia, 
 
 Excellent building-stone of various sorts is found in abundance in 
 
 Building-stone, almost every part of the Province, but the fact of its widespread distribution 
 
 has, however, been somewhat against the establishment of large (juarrying 
 
 industries, as a sufficient local supply could always be obtained, and, except witliiti reach of 
 
 the larger cities, few regularly equipped quarries have been opened. 
 
 On the Coast, chiefly between Vancouver Island and the Mainland, there ai-e several 
 well-equipped quarries taking out granite, sandstone, and andesitc, all of excellent quality. 
 These quarries supply the stone building material of tlie Coast cities, and also export to the 
 United States. 
 
 A detailed desci'ijition of the more important quarries was given in th(> Report of this 
 Bureau for 1904. 
 
 The marble-quarry in the Ainsworth Mining Division is still being 
 Marble. developed, but it is not known that any appreciable output was made. 
 
 Two new maible-quarries were opened up on the southern end of Texada 
 island, but it is too soon as yet to expect anything more than sample shipments. Sample slabs 
 from one of those quarries sent to the Provincial Museum show a marble very pleasing to the 
 eye and of excellent quality, hard, and taking a good polish. The other quarry is known to 
 have sent at least one scow-load of large blocks to Vancouver — pi-esumably to be slabbed — 
 but no information is as yet available as to the results obtained. 
 
 The production of red brick during the past year was about 17,000 M., 
 
 Red Brick. amounting in value to §163,300. The price of common brick ranges from 
 
 ?8 to §11 a thousand, accoi-ding to quality and demand. A considerable 
 
 quantity of biick is still imported into Vancouver, but, as the local plants are now well 
 
 equipped with modern appliances, they should be able to overcome outside competition. 
 
 The only company producing firebrick in the Province is the Clayburn 
 
 Firebrick. Company, Limited, with a plant at Clayburn, where the beds of clay are of 
 
 the age of the coal-measures. This company made approximately 1,600 M. 
 
 firebrick, worth about $43,000, and 1,100 M. front or face brick, worth over f30,000. Besides 
 
 this the company made a large number of common brick, paving-brick, tiles, drain-pipes, etc. 
 
 The plant of the British Columbia Pottery Company at V ictoria West, 
 
 Pottery Drain- which manufactures drain and sewer pipe, chimney-tiles, etc., was rebuilt 
 
 pipe, and Tile, after having been burned down in 1913, and had nearly a full year's output. 
 
 The Port Haney Brick Company, besides manufacturing common brick, also 
 
 make drain-pipe, partition-block, etc. 
 
 The manufacture of lime is conducted in a small way at a large number 
 Lime. of points in the Province, but only on the Coast has any attempt been 
 
 made at more extensive operations. In the neighbourhood of Victoria, on 
 Esquimalt harbour three kilns are in operation, and there are kilns on Saanich Arm. On 
 Texada Island — in addition to the old plant at Marble bay — a new and extensive plant has 
 been erected at Blubber bay. The limestone being used is of exceptional purity, but in some 
 instances the lime-stone beds are cut by igneous dykes wliicli have to be rejected, and this 
 somewhat increases the costs of quarrying. 
 
 The Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company quarried about 52,000 tons of limestone 
 from the Fife quarries for use as flux in the furnaces at the Trail smelter.
 
 TllK MlNKHAI, PltOVlNCK or ('ANAI)A. 37 
 
 Two companies nmiiufactuied cement in the Province during the past 
 
 Portland Cement, year. The Vancouver Portland Cement Company, with works at Tod inlet, 
 
 is Siiid to liavo pro(liice<J over S."».0O,OOO worth of cement. Tlu? Asso- 
 
 i-intc<l Ci'Hifiit Company, with works at Haniljcrton, made a protJuction valued at about 
 
 ^.'iOO.OOO. The cciiH'nt plant started near Princeton has eea,sed to operate. 
 
 The returns for cru.shed rock and gravel indicate a falling,' nil' in the 
 
 Crushed Rock ili'iiiand for this niat(;rial. Some of the plants whicii have l)een in 
 
 and Gravel. (i|n'ratioii for the pjist two or three years ceased operations, and others made 
 
 a smaller output than in the previous year. 
 
 Concrete construction has become so extensive on tlu; Coast that a number of plants are 
 
 well fitted up with crushing and screening machinery to make the various products required. 
 
 Near Vancouver and Victoria a number of companies supply wa-shcd sand and gravel, 
 
 properly screened to size. Some of these companies use a system of mining the gravel by 
 
 hydraulic streams and canying the i)rotluct to the screens by the water used. The value of 
 
 the sand and gravel ))i<)(lii(i'il for use in these two cities amouiitdl dining the past year to 
 
 over §300,000.
 
 38 
 
 British Columbia, 
 
 METALLIFEROUS MINES SHIPPING IN 1914. 
 
 CASSIAR. 
 
 ATLIN MINING DIVISION. 
 
 Mine or Group. 
 
 Locality. 
 
 Owner or Agent. 
 
 Address. 
 
 1 Character of Ore. 
 
 Engineer 
 
 
 
 Carcross 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 SKEENA. 
 
 SKEENA MINING DIVISION. 
 
 Granby Group... 
 
 1 
 
 
 Granby Cons. M. S. & P. Co Anyox 
 
 Copper, gold. 
 
 1 ^ 
 
 
 QUEEN CHARLOTTE MINING DIVISION. 
 
 Early Bird 
 
 ..1 Moresby island.. 
 
 
 J. McLellan l Queen Charlotte ... . 
 
 Gold. 
 
 Gold, copper. 
 
 
 
 OMINECA MINING DIVISION. 
 
 I.-Mii,. 
 
 Gold, silver, lead. 
 Silver, copper. 
 .Silver, lead. 
 
 Uold, silver, lead. 
 
 EAST KOOTENAY. 
 
 PORT STEELE MINING DIVISION. 
 
 St. Eugene . . . 
 
 Moyie 
 
 Kimberley 
 
 Consolidated M. & S. Co 
 
 1 " 
 
 Marysville 
 
 ' 
 
 Silver, lead. 
 
 
 
 
 
 WEST KOOTENAY. 
 
 AINSWORTH MINING DIVISION. 
 
 
 Riondel, Kootenay lake . 
 
 
 Riondel... ... 
 
 
 Caledonia 
 
 
 
 Charleston 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 South Fork, Kaslo creek 
 
 
 Kaslo 
 
 „ 
 
 
 
 
 Highland 
 
 
 Consolidated M. & S. Co 
 
 H. Giegerich ....'.' '.'."'.'.'.'. 
 
 Uchlan MacLean 
 
 Silver Hoard Mines, Ltd 
 
 Ainsworth 
 
 
 Uear'lake 
 
 " 
 
 
 
 
 1, 
 
 Panama . 
 
 Kaslo . 
 
 Silver. 
 
 Revenue 
 
 Kaslo creek 
 
 
 Silver, lead. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Jackson bo-sin 
 
 
 
 Utica 
 
 Utica Mines Ltd. 
 
 Kaslo 
 
 Silver, lead, zinc. 
 
 ■■ 
 
 J L Retallack & Co 
 
 Gold, silver, lead, zinc. 
 
 
 
 

 
 The Mineral Province ok Canada. 
 
 a9 
 
 WEST K00TENAY.-6'a»«,/M<ferf. 
 
 SLOGAN MIMNQ DIVISION. 
 
 Mine or Group. 
 
 Loculit}'. 
 
 Owner or Axent. 
 
 Addren. 
 
 OhanKUr of Ore. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Silver. Ie»l. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Cinderella 
 
 Three Forks 
 
 Sandon 
 
 NeivDcnvur .':■■:;; 
 
 .SilviTton 
 
 .■^andon 
 
 Three Forks 
 
 smidoa'.'.::: :.::.:: ::: 
 
 fi. H 1' 
 
 A. 1'. 1 ■■!'.■ 
 
 Three Forks 
 
 '&Z::: :::.:::: 
 
 New Denver 
 
 Silvertoh 
 
 Tlir. , I-...1 - 
 
 Thn. 'l ..,4.- 
 
 New Hcivir 
 
 Kiuilu 
 
 
 
 " 
 
 Evening & Jennie... 
 
 Hartney 
 
 Hewitt 
 
 Ivnnhac 
 
 i^nu li« -liLlor 
 
 Silver, "lead. zinc. 
 Silver.'lead. 
 
 I,uili.vTh..ui;lit. . 
 
 X'H.niln.v 
 
 l!.ilnll.r-r:i,il 
 
 fee^iS*^""^':-.^"::;:;: 
 
 Ilanil.kr-raril oo Minefl. Lt/1 
 
 <v,„ M!i,in..,-.VSmellVCo.ofr'an. 
 Ii.. l: i'h M.ii.s.LUl 
 
 :; 
 
 Silve-,"lca<l, zinc. 
 .Silver, lead. 
 
 
 -, .'. - M;i,i-B, IM 
 
 - . '■■<■'.- i .rUod MininifOo. 
 
 \it,,\i.j',M,',nngCo.'.'Lid'.'.'..'.'. 
 Won.lerlul Group Mining Co. . . . 
 
 Sandon 
 
 Silverton 
 
 Silver."lcad. linu. 
 Silver, lead. 
 Silver, lead. line. 
 Silver, lead. 
 
 Wuliiirliil 
 
 Sandon 
 
 
 SLOCAM CITY MINING DIVISION. 
 
 Black Prince 
 
 Lemon creek 
 
 
 
 Silver, lead. 
 Gold, silver. lea<l. 
 
 Bastmont 
 
 Ten-mile creek. 
 
 Ellis Silver Uininir Co 
 
 Slocan 
 
 
 
 sf^sFowie"..^. ::;:::::;■: 
 
 
 
 ottaw^.. ..:::.::::; 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 NEI^ON MINING DIVISION. 
 
 Burnett 
 
 
 
 
 
 Gold silver 
 
 California 
 
 
 W. Moore 
 
 Nelson 
 
 .Salmo 
 
 Nelson;:;:;:::::;: 
 
 
 Emerald 
 
 Salmo 
 
 
 
 
 Deer creek — 
 
 South Fork, Salmon river 
 Kokanec creek 
 
 a. B. Mining Co 
 
 Wni. A. Talbot 
 
 Con.<.olidatcd M. S. S. Co 
 
 Bell Bros. & Bennet 
 
 Uotherlode Sheep Creek Min. Co. 
 C Crosslev 
 
 silver' cad line 
 
 
 
 Molly Gibson 
 
 Molybdenum. 
 
 Cottonwood creek ;!!!'.. 
 
 Perrier . 
 
 
 
 w-.R^witt::::::::::;::::::: 
 
 
 
 
 ar"co"p^'?''(i"""^""*^ 
 
 
 fai.^":"^..:::: 
 
 
 Gold, silver, copper. 
 
 ' 
 
 
 
 Toad mountain 
 
 
 Nelson 
 
 sheepdreek:;::::: 
 
 
 Silver King 
 
 Summit Group 
 
 rntrft"*"-^ 
 
 Gold, silver, copper. 
 Gold 
 
 Sheep creek 
 
 
 
 
 
 Morning mountain 
 
 Yniir 
 
 Deer creek 
 
 A. H. Gracey 
 
 Hobson Silver Lead Co 
 
 Nelson 
 
 
 Yankee Girl 
 
 Ymir 
 
 Salmo 
 
 OoW, silver. 
 
 
 
 
 THAIL CREEK MINING DIVISION. 
 
 Consolidated M. 4 8. Co. . 
 
 U Boi No. 2. Ltd. 
 
 Phoenix Gold Mining Co. 
 
 1 ItolT LAKE MINING DIVISION 
 
 Silver Clip :::: 
 
 erguson 
 
 For- 
 
 
 
 
 
 REVEUVruKK MINIM. lilVISilU.N. 
 
 \VndC. Elliott. Victoria.
 
 Bbitish Columbia, 
 
 BOUNDARY. 
 
 GRAND FORKS MINING DIVISION. 
 
 Mine or (iroup. 
 
 Locality. 
 
 Owner or Agent. 
 
 Address. 
 
 Character of Ore. 
 
 Rawhide 
 
 Hhoeniv 
 
 New Dominion Copper Co 
 
 LouisJohnson . . 
 
 Greenwood 
 
 Gold, silver, copper. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 GREENWOOD MINING DIVISION. 
 
 Carmi . . 
 Dynamo 
 
 Granby 
 
 Imperial 
 
 Jewel-Denoro 
 Motherlode . . . 
 Sally.... 
 Standard 
 
 Grand Forks - 
 Rock Creek . 
 Greenwood . . 
 
 Gold, silver. 
 Gold, silver, lead. 
 Gold, silver, copper. 
 
 Gold, silver. 
 
 Gold, silver, copper. 
 
 Gold, silver, lead. 
 
 , 
 
 
 OSOYOOS MINING DIVISION. 
 
 
 Dividend 
 
 Nickel Plate 
 
 Kr^^nountain...... 
 
 Dividend-Lake View C. G. M. Co. 
 Hedley Gold Mining Co 
 
 iMiey^.::::: 
 
 Gold, silver, copper. 
 
 
 i""'"" 
 
 VERNON MINING DIVISION. 
 
 St. Paul 
 
 Monashee mountain 
 
 Paul Rembler | Kelowna 
 
 Icold. 
 
 KAMLOOPS MINING DIVISION. 
 
 Iron Mask 
 
 Kamloops 
 
 E. G. Wallinder Kamloops . . . 
 
 Gold, silver, copper. 
 
 LILLOOET MINING DIVISION. 
 
 Coronation . - 
 
 Cadwallader creek 
 
 Coronation Gold Mines, Ltd Victoria 
 
 .. ..Gold. 
 
 COAST. 
 
 VANCOUVER MINING DIVISION. 
 
 Britannia Howe sound. 
 
 J & Smelting Co. Britannia Beach . 
 
 NANAIMO MINING DIVISION. 
 
 gS*^""" 
 
 . 
 
 Jas Raper 
 
 Vananda 
 
 
 
 I. Little 
 
 
 
 
 " 
 
 Vancouver 
 
 Tacoma 
 
 
 Marble Bay 
 
 
 Tacoma Steel Co 
 
 Gold, silver, copper. 
 
 
 
 CLAYO.(JUOT MINING DIVISION. 
 
 Meares island. 
 
 Kallapa Mining Co., Ltd Vancouver 
 
 W.W.Gibson .■...-■-
 
 The Mineral I' 
 
 DEPARTMENT OF MINES. 
 
 VICTORIA, B.C. 
 
 Hon. Sir Rich.\ri> McUrik 
 R. F. Toi,MiK, 
 Wm. Flket Robertson, 
 D. E. Whittakkr, 
 John D. G.\i,i.o\vay, 
 Thomas Graham, 
 Henry Devlin, 
 John Newton, 
 Geo. O'Brikn, 
 Thomas H. Williams 
 Robert Strachan, 
 James McGregor, 
 
 Mi nisi er of Mines. 
 Deputy Minister of Mines. 
 Provincial Mineralogist and .Usaycr. 
 Proi'incinl .Inatysl and Assistant Assayer. 
 Assistant Provincial Mineralogist. 
 Chief Inspector of Mines, Victoria. 
 District „ Nanaimo. 
 
 Merrill. 
 Nelson. 
 
 GOLD COMMISSIONI'KS AND MTNTN'f; nF.rORDE I'.:- 
 
 Mining Divisions. 
 
 Location of 
 Office. 
 
 (iold (.'oniniis.sioiuT. 
 
 Mining Recorder. 
 
 Sub- Recorder. 
 
 Atlin Mining Division. . 
 Sub-offico 
 
 Atlin 
 
 Discovery 
 
 J. A. Fraser 
 
 W. G. Paxton.... 
 
 R. Webster 
 
 
 Telegraph Creek 
 
 
 
 H W Dodd 
 
 
 Summit Station 
 
 
 
 GeofTrey Butler. 
 W. H. Simpion. 
 
 
 Wyniiton 
 
 
 
 
 Haines (U.S.) .... 
 
 
 (Com. for taking 
 
 Affidavits) 
 
 H. \V. Dodd 
 
 
 Nahliri 
 
 Telegraph Creek . . 
 
 Boundary 
 
 Telegraph Creek. 
 
 H. W. Dodd 
 
 J. F. Pilling. 
 
 William Strong. 
 Chas. H. Smith. 
 
 Stikine Mining Division . . 
 Sub-oflice 
 
 Liard Mining Division . . . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Skeena Mining Division.. 
 Sub-office 
 
 Prince Rupert 
 
 J. H. McMuUin... 
 
 ,J. H. McMullin 
 
 H. H. Carney. 
 
 
 
 
 
 ^j 
 
 
 
 
 J. R. C. Deane. 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 
 
 A. Forsythe. 
 
 
 Stewart (Portland 
 Unuk River... . 
 
 Anyo.x 
 
 Stewart 
 
 Prince Rupert 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Burt E. Daifv. 
 
 
 J.' H. McMuIlin .' ; ■. 
 (at Prince Rupert) 
 J. H. MoMuUin... 
 
 John Conway 
 
 J. H. McMullin . . 
 
 F. A. McKinnon. 
 
 Portland Canal M.D 
 
 Bella Coola Mining Div. . . 
 
 Frank Broughton. 
 
 I'ctrie S. Jack. 
 W. Prescoll. 
 
 Queen Charlotte Min'g D. 
 Sub-ottice 
 
 Queen Charlotte . 
 .Ti'dwttv 
 
 E. M. Sandilands. . 
 
 E. M. Sandilands.. 
 
 
 iwY 
 
 
 
 C. Harrison. 
 
 
 
 
 
 William Morgan. 
 
 Omineca Mining Division. 
 Sub-office 
 
 Hazelton 
 
 Fort Grahame.... 
 Fort St James 
 
 Stephen H. HoskinH 
 
 Jas. E. Kirby 
 
 John Ross. 
 
 
 Alex. C. Murray. 
 
 
 Manson Creek 
 
 
 
 W. B. SUclc. 
 
 
 ronn«r Citv 
 
 
 
 P. R. Skinner. 
 
 
 
 
 
 R. Gale. 
 
 
 Terrace 
 
 ■■■■••■;;■■■■■;;■• 
 
 
 C. E. Doolittle. 
 
 
 
 
 Babino Portage 
 
 
 
 R. J. Camcrou. 
 
 
 
 
 
 J. E. Hooson. 
 
 
 
 Parsnip Rivera. . . . 
 
 
 Wm. Fo». 
 
 
 Pacific 
 
 Smithers 
 
 T. H. MeCubbin. 
 
 
 
 Walter Nool.
 
 British Columbia, 
 
 GOLD COMMISSIONERS AND MINING RECORDERS.— Con<.Hiterf. 
 
 Mining Divnsions. 
 
 Location of 
 Office. 
 
 Gold Commissioner. 
 
 Mining Recorder. 
 
 Sub-Recorder. 
 
 Peace River Mining Div.. 
 
 Fort St John 
 
 
 F. W. Beatton .... 
 
 
 
 
 Thomas A. Mansell. 
 
 
 Pouce Coupe .... 
 
 BarkerviUe 
 
 Quesnel 
 
 
 
 G. J. Duncan. 
 
 Cariboo Mining Division. . 
 Sub-office 
 
 
 
 
 A. P. Halley. 
 T. W. Heme. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Henry Taylor. 
 George Milburn. 
 
 Quesnel Mining Division. . 
 Sub-office 
 
 150-Mile House... 
 Quesnel 
 
 C. W. Grain 
 
 (at BarkerviUe) 
 
 Arthur Sampson... 
 
 Clinton Mining Division . . 
 
 Lillooet II 
 
 Clinton 
 
 Lillooet 
 
 Caspar Phair 
 
 E. T. W. Pearse 
 
 II (at Kamloops) 
 
 Hugh Hunter 
 
 Caspar Phair 
 
 E Fisher 
 
 
 Kamloops Mining Division 
 
 Kamloops 
 
 
 H. P.Christie 
 
 W. N. Rolfe 
 
 L. A. Dodd 
 
 
 Nicola 
 
 Nicola 
 
 
 Sub-Office 
 
 Hope 
 
 George Blue. 
 F. M. Gillespie. 
 
 Similkameen i, 
 
 Princeton 
 
 Hedley 
 
 Hugh Hunter 
 
 Vernon Mining Division . . 
 
 Greenwood Mining Div. . . 
 Sub-office 
 
 Vernon 
 
 Greenwood 
 
 Vernon 
 
 
 H. F. Wilmot 
 
 W. R. Dewdney... 
 
 H. F. Wilmot. 
 
 
 Rock Creek 
 
 
 
 H. Nicholson 
 E. F. Ketchum. 
 
 Grand Forks Min. Div.... 
 
 Osoyoos Mining Division. . 
 Sub-office 
 
 Grand Forks 
 
 Fairview 
 
 Olalla 
 
 S. R. Almond 
 
 J. R. Brown 
 
 S. R. Almond 
 
 R. D. Tweedie 
 
 R. W. Northey. 
 F. M. Gillespie. 
 
 
 Hedley 
 
 
 
 Golden Mining Division . . 
 
 Golden 
 
 H. C. Rayson 
 
 F. H. Bacon 
 
 Ronald Hewat 
 
 H. S. Clark 
 
 Fort Steele Mining Div... 
 Sub-office 
 
 Cranbrook 
 
 Steele 
 
 N. S. A. Wallinger. 
 
 Joseph Walsh. 
 Geo. F. Stalker. 
 
 
 Femie 
 
 Moyie 
 
 
 
 
 John P. Farrell. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Alfred Dryden. 
 
 Wm. J. Green. 
 W. Simpson. 
 A. N. Vars. 
 
 Ainsworth Mining Div . . . 
 
 Kaslo 
 
 R. J. Stenson .... 
 
 A. McQueen 
 
 
 Trout Lake 
 
 New Denver 
 
 Sandon 
 
 Slocan 
 
 Trout Lake 
 
 Nelson 
 
 R. J. Stenson (at 
 
 Kaslo) 
 
 R. J. Stenson!'.!!! 
 
 John Cartmel 
 
 Angus Mclnnes . . . 
 
 Slocan Mining Division... 
 Sub-office 
 
 W J Parhani. 
 
 Slocan City Mining Div. . . 
 Trout Lake Mining Div.. 
 
 Nelson Mining Division . . 
 Sub-office . . . 
 
 Howard Parker. . . . 
 A. N. Vars 
 
 S. S. Jarvis 
 
 
 Creston . 
 
 Guy Loewenberg. 
 Geo. S. Coleman. 
 
 
 Yniir 
 
 
 
 
 Sheep Creek 
 
 
 
 James Thompson. 
 G. A. Kennington. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 John Cartmel 
 
 (at Nelson) 
 
 Rubt. Gordon 
 
 1, (at Revelstoke) 
 
 Walter Scott 
 
 Sub-office 
 
 
 H. F. Wilmot. 
 
 Revelstoke Mining Div... 
 Lardeau Mining Division . 
 
 Revelstoke 
 
 Beaton 
 
 R. S. Squarebriggs. 
 William A. Strutt. 
 
 Newton R. Brown 
 Mrs. A. H. Strutt.
 
 The Mineral Province of Canada. 
 
 43 
 
 GOLD COMMISSI 
 
 MINING UECORDERS.-Conelu(ied. 
 
 Mining Division. 
 
 location of 
 Otlice. 
 
 fiold Conimissionor. 
 
 Mining Recorder. 
 
 Sub-Recorder. 
 
 TraU Creek Mining Di v.. . 
 
 Nansimo Mining Division 
 Sub-office 
 
 RoBsland 
 
 Nanaimo 
 
 I^iadysniilh 
 
 H. R.Town8end... 
 fieorge Thomson. .. 
 
 H. RTowneend... 
 George Thomson. . . 
 
 John Stewart. 
 
 
 
 
 
 H. F. Helmsing. 
 iJavid Jones. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Rock Bay 
 
 
 
 W H Lines 
 
 Alberni Mining Division. . 
 
 (•hiyo.,uot 
 
 yualaino 
 
 Victoria Mining Division. . 
 
 New Westminster Min. D. 
 
 Alberni 
 
 ciayo-ioot 
 
 yuat«ino 
 
 Victoria 
 
 J. Kirkup 
 
 
 
 » (at AlVjcrni) 
 
 Herbert Stanton... 
 F. C. Campbell.... 
 
 W. T. bawiey .... 
 
 0. A. Sherberg.... 
 
 Herbert Stanton... 
 
 1. Wintemute 
 
 
 New Westminster. 
 Harrison Uko.... 
 
 L. A. Agassiz. 
 J. Pelly. 
 
 
 
 
 A.P. Grant!!!!!!! 
 
 Vancouver Mining Div... 
 
 Vancouver 
 
 John Mahony 
 
 VICTORIA, B.C.: 
 CuLLiK, rrlnlcr lo llic King's Most Excellent MnJcBiy.