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BRITISH

THE ‘ MINERAL‘

Placer Gold, $77,663,045;
$74,111,897; Lead,

AN AGGREGATE -

B ' The ‘aubstantial progress
to ince "is. strikingly i

-For all years to.1895,

For the year 1921.

For the year 1928...
For the year 1924...

Lode’ mining has only been In:
half of the Province has
- mineral beari

crown

has been done are described
of Mines,

eal
valugble sources of inrermation.

The. Honourable
: “VICTORIA,

For five years, 4896-1900
For five years, 19011905,
For five yeara, 1906-1910
- For five years, 1911-1915
_ For five years, 1916-1920

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For the year 1 sae eeneseeens

For the year 1925......+..ieeeetreseees
es PRODUCTION. DURING LAST. ; XEN. YEARS, - $404,649,375,

‘progress‘about 25 years. “and ‘anly shout offen tL
been prospected: 200,000 square mitea of ‘unexplored
bearing lands are open for prospecting. -
_ “The mining lawa of this Province are more liberal and, ‘the feea ‘lower than,
any, other Provinee in the Dominion or any Colony in the Buitieh Emilre. ” :
: Mineral locations are granted to discoverers for nominal feea.: ‘Absolute ti en
ata obtained by. developing such properties, security of which is guarante

grants, : inf

N. B.—Practically ali Britieh. ‘Columbia x raineral rroperties. ‘upon “which ‘wot

in some one of the Annual Reports of the Minister ‘- non

Thase considering mining investments should refer to such Feporte,

_ They are available without charge on application to the
Victoria, B.C. Reports covering each‘ of: the six Mineral Survey, Districts are
published separately, and are available on application, G oni

Survey of Canada, Winch ‘Building, Vancouver, B.

COLUMBIA

oe . PROVINCE OF WESTERN CANADA
| - . HAS PRODUCED MINERALS VALUED AS FOLLOWS !—

Lode Gold, "$192 808,199: ‘Silver, -

"$89,218,907; Copper, $157,642, 647; ae

- $39, 925, 947: Coal: and Coke, $278, 048,958; Building Stone. Brick, .

Cement, $44,906,886; ‘Miscellaneous: Minerals, $1,594,887;
Making mineral production to the end of 1925 show

VALUE | OF $920,919,628 -

of the mining industry in ‘this’ pio |

ustrated in the following figures, -which
show | ‘the ‘value of production for successive 5-year periods:

inclusive. 2.......$ 94,547,241
57, 605, 967
96, 507, 968

125,534,474

whe ee nee ences, 142,072,603

. 189,922,725 |

28,066,641

35,158,848 .-

ee Sra

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61, 492, 242

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Department of Mines,

Reports of thre,
. are recommended ag

The. Minister of! ‘Mines
BRITISH COLUMBIA

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af decades ago.
Hy that: where: ‘mineral. wealth;

4 to its” dey elopment.'

1 way in Great: Britain. .
tic and, areti¢’ cobr:

oh fruit. oe

UNCHARETD ° RICHES oF THE
soe Fan NORTH ;

Mounted: Police,’ who is spending 4
holiday in Ontario after long. ser-
vice in the far’ north, speaks. very, op-

in Buffin's ‘Land, Devon Island ond
.KUesmore ‘Island. All these . areas
hnve enormous deposits of coal; epual
in yuality tothe best Alberta fuel. On
Tlesmere Island a Basche Bay, the
cliffs on either side appear as If they
had been ‘sprinkled with paris- greer:
the result-of copper weathering.
The ‘people of the settled parts of
‘anadu generally regard the aretle
areas of the country ns ° ¢ompletely
nseless. They cannot see that the go.
erument: is answering any rations:
purpose” in’ “aiding, exploration: or. ev at:
pollefng: fhe Wastes, 05000 >
_ Et must: be ‘admitted, ‘how ever, tha: |
these ‘so-called wastes A ut proses’
less” promising htan: waa: the whole
aed - of Canada when the ‘Eretieh and
English explorers first: ‘came “té ft. and)
hegin. explorations of the natural Te
SUTLT CES, ; at

It is 2

wun. beings. will eventually:'f da.
‘That “itis: :
flected - now is. due-to. the fact: that,

there is,.s0 much’. ‘mineral. wealth in

more “adjacen districts. There’ is not
sufficient capital avniinble to handle’
the mineral” already “mapped ‘out “i:
various. readilly accessible - Darts - of |:
Canada.

It is hinted in many ; quartérs thai
ihe nex great ndv¥ance in selence will
be the demonstration - that electricity,
enn be most. cheaply. generated. ‘from:
coal, - _Powerhouses will ‘De: erected a:
the coat fields: “hey -ore tal
Thy

aught ‘oe “Tend: ‘the
his? romantic ' ‘ business, thedry. It Ae
Admitted, ‘that: there. néed:-bé no~ner’'|
‘Noiisness : about "the: supply, of fuel, for,
future generalons An. th “country.

“PLANE, MORE. ‘AOREAGH ~
The biggest ‘b

Dost “possible | to “the
e Ter nce: and thi,

is ‘iow “pract!
that. $30,000, "| :
between. now,

An officer of: the Royal Northwest L

timistically of the mineral resources

over

| by ‘addressing the “Depurtment of ‘Landa,
:| Victoria, B.C., or to any Government Agent,

’ Pre-emptione «must ‘be cecupied ‘Yor five yéata

1 ing at. least” five ores, ‘betare, cs Crown, Grant
ae can be recelved-: ne

can ‘How to Pre-empt Land,”

: tard 82.50 per.. acre.

ey | epic areas,

‘| may be. ‘leased’ as | homestteq, -_ conditlanal:
tpon. .a. - dwelling. ‘being: "erected: dni the
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. cludes * office ° consultations " ‘and ”
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. : (PREE MPTIONS.”

‘may be. « preemtted by: British. "gubjects
Ig. “yeata of: age, . and. oby’.
on- -déclaring : Intention to 4 pecor”
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No, “1, Land Series, “How to Preempt Land,"’
‘copies of which. can be obtained free of charge

“Records: will’ ba’ ‘granted ‘edvering oily
land suitable, for. agricultural purposes, and
which is’ not ‘timberland, “es: carrying over
5,000° board feet ‘per acre ‘weat, of the
Const. Range and 8,000 feet per aere saat
| of: that’ "Range. a : yey

' Applications for pre-emptionia fre to. be
| addressed .to the | Land Commissioner of . tha
| Land: Recording. ‘Division in iwhich the land’
applied for is situated, and are made‘on printed:

Land Commisaloner..,

il and iaprovembnis ‘made : fta..cthe | value-eat
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recardiniz urchase. 1” ‘or * lease. “of Crown!
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