Cheticamp, Cape Breton Co., N.s... Cheticamp Gold Mining Co., Halifax, N.S. 844. Galena with chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite. Faribault Brook, Inverness Co., N.S.NS. 340. Galena. This deposit of galena was discovered in 1896, while prospecting for gold, on Faribault or L'Abime Brook. The face of the opening is stated to show 20 per cent. galena and 3 per cent. copper. The ore is reported to carry on an average 1 oz. of silver for every unit of lead, with gold in places up to 14 dwt. per ton. ZINC. Canada has no zinc mining industry proper so far. Blende occurs as a plentiful constituent of many of the galena deposits of the east, and also in those of British Columbia, and a certain amount of this mineral has been produced in some years in mining these deposits. The blende deposit of the Zenith mine is receiving attention at present, and, should success attend the work, there may be a regular production to report in future years. So far, however, zinc ores are represented only by the blende produced as a by-product in exploiting deposits 1 other minerals. Zenith Mine, Lake Superior, Thunder) Grand Calumet Mining Co., Ottawa, 207. Blende. This occurrence is situated on the White Sand River, some ten miles northward of the shore of Lake Superior, near Schreiber Station, on the Canadian Pacific Railway. The ore is described as occurring principally in two large veins or lenticular masses in a hornblende-rock and diorite of Huronian age. A specimen analysed in the laboratory of the Survey gave about 54 per cent. of metallic zinc. West Lot No. 10, Range IV., Calu- Grand Calumet Mining Co., Ottawa, met Island, Pontiac Co., Que. 320. Blende. Ont. The ore of this deposit is an association of zinc-blende and galena, the former predominating. The deposit has been worked to some extent but is at present idle. PLATINUM. North Bend, Fraser River, Yale Dis- Beatty Gold Dredging and Mining trict, B.C. Co. The occurrence of platinum in association with placer gold is frequent in several parts of the province of British Columbia. The metal occurs in notable quantities in the region of the Upper Similkameen and Tulameen, in minute scales where the gold is fine but increasing in coarseness to small pellets in places where coarse gold is found. Coarse grains and pellets of platinum have been found on Granite, Cedar and Slate Creeks, all entering the Tulameen on the south side. The metal is found alloyed with several other metals of the same group, of which osmiridium is the most abundant. Vermilion Mine, Denison Township,) Canadian Copper Co., Cleveland, Lot 6, Con. IV, Algoma Dist., Ohio, U.S.A. (Works at SudOnt. bury, Ont). 223. Gossan holding sperrylite. At this mine a shaft called No. 1 has been sunk in diorite to a depth of about twenty feet on a promising vein of chalcopyrite. On exposure to the weather the ore is remarkable for becoming tarnished of a deep purplish-blue colour like that of bornite. The vein occurs in diorite, and is about four feet wide, but without distinct walls or any veinstone except a mixture of the country-rock. The upper ten feet were decomposed to a loose gossan, holding fragments of rock. The new mineral sperrylite (arsenide of platinum with a little tin), was found by washing this material, and according to Mr. R. R. Hedley, 12 dwts. of gold to the ton were found in one assay of ore from this shaft. A few specks of gold were seen in iron-stained spots on the weathered surface of the diorite close to the shaft. Sudbury, Ont.... ...Baker & Co., Newark, N.J., U.S.A. 1016. Sperrylite (30 per cent. platinum). MERCURY. No ores of mercury are at present regularly worked in Canada, and the only deposits so far discovered that appear to be of probable economic importance are those represented by the specimens catalogued below. Copper Creek, Kamloops, B.C. } Hardie Mountain Cinnabar Syndicate, Kamloops, B. C. 727. Cinnabar. Almaden Claim, Hardie Mountain, Kamloops Cinnabar Mining Co., Kamloops, B.C. 634. Cinnabar. Kamloops, B.C. 634a. Cinnabar and metacinnabarite. These deposits of mercury ore are situated at a distance of about three miles from each other, both near the west end of Kamloops Lake. The main country-rock is a Tertiary volcanic eruptive containing pyroxene and olivine and very basic in character. It is traversed by decomposed felspathic zones containing veins of quartz, calcite and dolomite with cinnabar, which in some places occurs in very rich pockets; often, however, it is disseminated through the adjacent rock. A number of claims have been taken up in this vicinity since 1892, and some mercury has been produced and shipped, but the retorts first erected proved unsuitable for the lower grades of ore. Exploratory work is still in progress and it is not improbable that important developments may occur in connection with this cinnabar-bearing belt. ANTIMONY. South Ham, Wolfe Co., Que.......... 326. Antimony ore. ..Dr. J. Reed, Reedsdale, Que. This is the only deposit of antimony ore of economic value known in the province of Quebec. The width of the principal vein at the surface was from six to sixteen inches, the gangue consisting of quartz and dolomite. This intersects magnesian slates and schists, presumably of Cambrian age. The ore consists of native antimony, sulphide of antimony (stibnite), with small quantities of valentinite and kermesite. Ores of antimony have been known to occur in Prince William since 1865. The deposits are about three miles from the St. John River, and twenty-five miles from Fredericton. The ore occurs in connection with veins of milky quartz some intersecting and others coinciding with the planes of the beds of slates and quartzites which are highly disturbed and show evidence of metamorphism. The area over which antimony bearing rocks have been recognized is about 350 acres, the quartz veins in which stibnite occurs both in veinlets and masses, varying from a few inches to six feet. Native antimony has also been found. These deposits were formerly worked to a considerable extent. They are at present idle, although the quantity and quality of the ore are believed to be satisfactory. West Gore, Hants Co., N.S........ 819. Stibnite. .....A. McNeil, West Gore, N.S. one. The deposit of antimony ore known as West Gore mine is an important It consists of a vein about six feet wide, of which about twenty inches is pay-ore consisting of stibnite, kermesite, valentinite, galena and a small amount of gold, in a gangue of calcite. The vein cuts grey talcose slates which strike east and west and dip south 45 deg. The first grade of ore contains from fifty to eighty per cent. of antimony, a second grade being concentrated to about fifty-four per cent. This mine was in active operation for several years, but as a result of the reduced price of antimony, has been idle since 1892. Operations have recently been resumed. NICKEL. The working nickel mines of Canada are all situated in the vicinity of Sudbury on the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway north of the Georgian Bay, Ontario. Although the works of the Canadian Copper Co., described later, are the only ones in operation at present, other plants have been operated at the Murray Mine, at the Dominion Mine and at the Trill Mine. These have been idle for some years now. In 1899 Canada supplied about half the world's production of this metal. For the past five years the amount of metallic nickel in the matte shipped has varied from about three and a half to nearly five million pounds, worth, at the market prices ruling for the refined metal, from nearly one and a half million to over two million dollars per annum. The ship, Algoma District, Ont. Town 235. Pyrrhotite (nickeliferous). A. McCharles. This location comprises 230 acres and is five miles from the railway and eight miles from Sudbury. The ore is said to carry 4 per cent. of nickel. The Kirkwood Mine, Lot 8, Con. III, Orford Copper Co., Newark, N.J., Garson Township, Algoma Dis trict, Ont. } U.S.A. 236. Chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite (nickeliferous). This is a comparatively recent discovery. It is situated about six miles north-east of Sudbury. The ore-body is a mixture of chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite carrying nickel, resembling that found in the other mines of Sudbury district. A certain amount of development was done on the property, but operations are suspended at present. The Clergue Mine, Lots 3, 4 and 5, The Sault Ste. Marie Pulp and Paper 237. Pyrrhotite (nickeliferous). A little development work has been done on this property. The Vermilion Mine, Denison Town- Canadian Copper Co., Sudbury, ship, Algoma District, Ont. } Ont. 221. Chalcopyrite and bornite (nickeliferous.) |