This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899. Excerpt: ... "That the Institute authorize the Council to take whatever steps it may deem necessary to defeat the object of this Bill in so far as it effects or relates to mining interests." After a vote of thanks to the President the session adjourned. FRIDAY AFTERNOON SESSION. The members re-assembled at three o'clock. The following papers were read: --"Test of a Two Stage Compressor" by Mr. John Preston, Montreal. "Notes on the West Kootenay Ore Bodies" by Mr. R. W. Brock, Geological Survey. "On Some Peculiarities of the Ore Bodies of West Kootenay, B.C " by Mr. J. D. Swotd, Rostand, B.C. "Palaeontology in its Relation to Mining " by Dr. H. M. Ami, Ottawa. A Canadian Mint. Mr. W. II. Gallagher (Vancouver, B.C.) moved, seconded by Mr. J. D. Sword (Rossland, B.C.) the following resolution: Whereas the Establishment of a mint in Canada would be a great benefit commercially and otherwise. Be it resolved: That the President and Secretary present a memorial on behalf of the Institute urging upon the Dominion Government the desirability of establishing a mint in British Columbia at the earliest possible opportunity. Mr. Bell--This is a most important question open to a good deal of discussion and it is unfortunate that it has been brought up so late in the day. So much can be said on both sides of the question that it would not be fair to the Institute to commit itself to this resolution without a full consideration of the question. Mr. Gallagher--I am willing to adopt that suggestion but for the benefit of the members present I would like to say that we in Western Canada consider that a Canadian mint is an absolute necessity. The fact that there is $15,000,000 or more, of Canadian gold sent to the American mints annually should be at least a sufficient inducement to the m...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ... Zymoetze or Copper river including Hudson Bay Mountain, and the other is located on the Babine range between the Bulkley and Babine Lake, near the headwaters of Driftwood Creek. These two latter districts differ from the first-named inasmuch as a number of galena leads have been located in them, whereas on the Telkwa district that mineral is seldom seen. On the Telkwa river the ores consist chiefly of copper, and occur in a variety of ways. At times they are found occupying fissures where the country rock has been shattered near the intrusive granitic rocks; this is particularly noticeable in Hunter's basin at the head of Goat Creek. Replacement along crushed zones is another common form of ore deposition, and again in places the later dikes themselves are mineralized, and in other cases although the dikes appear to be barren, the porphyrites along their contacts are mineralized; one such case, that of the Black Jack and Dominion claims in Dominion basin, which came under the writer's notice showed a strong dike about 45 feet wide cutting nearly vertically the porphyrites, themselves dipping at low angles. The brown trap of the dike seemed to be quite barren, but in certain beds of the volcanics, which were more readily decomposed than others, the country rock had been replaced by quartz, calcite, epidote and ore, which alteration appears to have followed the bedding planes, reaching its maximum intensity near the walls of the dike and gradually decreasing laterally from them. It will be seen from the above that uniformity in the manner of ore deposition is not to be looked for; probably the most common form is when the large dikes are themselves mineralized, especially along their walls, in such instances the adjacent por-phyrites are in most...

Excerpt from The Journal of the Federated Canadian Mining Institute, Vol. 3: Being the Proceedings for the Year 1898 In ancient times the ownership and right to dispose of mines of these metals was vested in the Crown, or was the personal property of the ruler. During the fourth century the laws of the Emperor Gratian especially set forth the right to the Crown in mines of gold and silver and provided that all right to work these mines emanated from him, and that the proper royalties should be paid him in consideration of obtain ing these rights. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.