Mineral Resources of the Dominion of Canada: Comprising the Provinces of Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, British Columbia, North-west Territories : Specially Adapted for Emigrants, Capitalists and Settlers |
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Page 35 - Creek and river claims shall be 500 feet long, measured in the direction of the general course of the stream, and shall extend in width from base to base of the hill or bench on each side, but when the hills or benches are less than 100 feet apart, the claim may be 100 feet in depth.
Page 63 - Referring to the Koskeemo coal-fields he says, " My opinion is decided that the Koskeemo coal-field is the best yet discovered in Vancouver Island, though unopened out, not only on account of the superior quality of the coal, but the ready accessibility of the mines from the Pacific, without the tedious inland navigation requisite for reaching the mines on the eastern seaboard of the island.
Page 9 - Western lakes. Thus, a deposit of black sand at the outlet of Lake Huron, near Sarnia, . attracted some attention, a few years ago ; while along the north shore of Lake Erie this sand is, in some places, found in such quantity that attempts ' were, it is said, made, more than twenty-five years since, to collect it and smelt it with an admixture of bog ore, which was then treated in a blastfurnace, at Normandale, Norfolk county...
Page 43 - The high percentage of manganese in the iron ores of all this district will, he says, render them valuable, and owing to their abundance and accessibility they may some day be found worth carrying to Europe or the United States.
Page 35 - bar diggings," a strip of land 100 feet wide at high water mark, and thence extending into the river to its lowest water level. (i) For " dry diggings," 100 feet square. (<) "Creek and river claims...
Page 35 - Quartz claims shall be 150 feet in length, measured along the lode or vein, with power to follow the lode or vein and its spurs, dips, and angles, anywhere ou or below the surface included between the two extremities of such length of 150 feet...
Page 65 - The coal beds are not continuous for long distances.' Whether this is actually the case or not, there can be no question that in the region west of Edmonton, bounded on the north by the Athabasca River and on the south by the Red Deer River, there exists a vast...
Page 50 - Ceylon belongs. These questions will be found discussed in detail in Dr. Hunt's Report, where the distinction between the graphite in the beds, and that in veins, is dwelt upon. The veins of this mineral hitherto found in the rocks of this country, although affording a very pure material, appear to be too limited and too irregular to be exclusively relied on for mining purposes, which should rather be directed to making available the large quantities of graphite, which, as we have seen, are disseminated...
Page 11 - ... iron ore predominated. The same thing was afterwards remarked by me in stratified sands at much higher levels in the vicinity. Where these sands form the beach, they are exposed to the action of the waves, which effect a process of concentration, on a grand scale, so that, it is said, after a prevalence of certain winds, great belts of nearly pure black sand are exposed along the shore. At the...
Page 64 - Eeonomicvaiue appear that too great dependence has been placed on their continuity ofeposit' and uniformity, without the necessary amount of preliminary exploration to determine these points. The indications were not such as to justify a heavy expenditure in preparing for the shipment of coal, but quite sufficiently promising to render a very careful and systematic examination of the locality desirable.