The Routes and Mineral Resources of North Western Canada

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G. Philip & son, 1898 - Canada - 268 pages
 

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Page 248 - That whenever the summit of the mountains which extend in a direction parallel to the coast from the 56th degree of north latitude to the point of intersection of the 141st degree of west longitude shall prove to be at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia as above mentioned...
Page 68 - Since my last the prospects on Bonanza Creek and tributaries are increasing in richness and extent until now it is certain that millions will be taken out of the district in the next few years. On some of the claims prospected the pay dirt is of great extent and very rich. One man told me yesterday that he washed out a single pan of dirt on one of the claims on Bonanza and found $14.25 in it.
Page 29 - ... no copper in it. The rough, and in general rounded and more elevated parts of the mountain, are composed of the amygdaloid; but between the eminences there occur many narrow and deep valleys, which are bounded by perpendicular mural precipices of greenstone. It is in these valleys, amongst the loose soil, that the Indians search for copper.
Page 231 - Soapstone is abundant not far from Mosquito bay on the east side, and iron pyrites between Churchill and Marble island on the west. Good building stones, clays and limestones exist on both sides of the bay. A cargo of mica is said to have been taken from Chesterfield inlet to New York, and valuable deposits of plumbago are reported to occur on the north side of Hudson strait. Some capitalists have applied to the Government for mining rights in the latter region.
Page 38 - ... in the west of Europe. If the different points where coal was found be laid down on a map, we have in order, proceeding from the south-west — Cape Hamilton, Baring Island ; Cape Dundas, Melville Island, south ; Bridport Inlet and Skene Bay, Melville Island ; Schomberg Point, Graham Moore Bay, Bathurst Island ; a line joining all these points is the outcrop of the coal-beds of the south of Melville Island, and runs ENE At all the localities above mentioned, and, indeed, in every place where...
Page 29 - ... deeply coloured with hornblende), with disseminated native copper ; the copper, in some specimens, was crystallized in rhomboidal dodecahedrons. We also found some large tabular fragments, evidently portions of a vein consisting of prehnite, associated with calcareous spar, and native copper. The Indians dig wherever they observe the prehnite lying on the soil, experience having taught them that the largest pieces of copper are found associated with it.
Page 232 - Winnipeg, which is situated in the extreme southeastern part of these territories, is at least eight hundred miles nearer to Liverpool by the Hudson's Bay route than by the St. Lawrence ; while the difference in favour of the former will be increased continually as we advance northward into the interior.
Page 103 - The evidence submitted to your Committee points to the existence in the Athabasca and Mackenzie Valleys of the most extensive petroleum field in America, if not in the world.
Page 228 - In the popular mind Hudson's Bay is apt to be associated with the Polar regions ; yet no part of it comes within the Arctic Circle, and the latitude of the southern extremity is south of London. Few people have any adequate conception of the extent of this great Canadian sea. Including its southern prolongation, James...
Page 66 - ... per day without board, we have every reason to assume that this part of our territory will in a year or two contain 10,000 souls at least. For the news has gone out to the coast and an unprecedented influx is expected next spring. And this is not all, for...

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