The National tribune., 1901-07-18
GROWTH OF MINING IN CANADA.
It Was Very Great Last Year in About Al
Provinces of the Dominion.

| Provinces of the Dominion.
| The returns of Canada's mining de
velopment for the financial year, which
ended on June 80 last, show much larger
! increase than ever before. Some of the
official reports SO far completed go tC
show an increase Of at least 50 per cent
A prominent official of the Canadian Min
| ing Institute is authority, however, fol
the statement that the figures are $780,
00000 or thereabouts for last year, as
against only S40,eG0,000 for the preced
| ing year.
In British Columbia the lead produc-
ton has been quadrupled, while there had
been an increase of 80 per cent. in silver,
of 20 per cent in copper, the same III
lode gold and 100000 tons increase in coal
| In the Yukon the production of gold ex-
1 ceeded S2J, 100000. On the North Sas-
katchewan River dredging for gold is still
| in its experimental stage. Several gold
mining claims have been recorded in Mani
tOba, and the gypsum deposits lying north
| of Lake st. Martin are being rapidly
st3ked out.
| The total value of minerals produced
in Ontario during 1900 was S9,2S6, ,424;
the number of workmen employed, IL 600
| and the amount paid in wages, SO, 164 900
With the exception of gold, the output OF
which was 1866 ounces, valued at nearly
| 500, ,0OO, there has been an increase in al
most all the minerals produced in On
| tario.
Mining in Quebec is now chiefly re-
markablc for the fourishing condition of
| the asbestos industry, the approximate
output of which during the past year was
23,2jG tons of all grades of fibre and
| nearly 1000 tons Of aSbestic estimated to
be worth not less than $l,000,000. Iron
ores have shown an increase over pre-
vious years, and in minerals of all kinds
4 4. H..
100000.
| The total mineral production of Nova
Scotia is estimated at nearly $l2.000,000
| the output of gold amounting to nearly
$4,000 ounces as against q GOO ounces in
| the preceding year, while the output OF
coal was the largest in the history of the
| industry, the sales exceeding $4,000, 900
Considerable Development has taken place
in New Brunswick in the production OF
Manganese, and there is some talk of the
erection Of n ferro-manganese plant neal
| MOncton. The oil shales in that province
are being developed with a view to ex.
porting to the British market. The Eng
lish capitalists interested in the Gaspe oil
| telds are also preparing to operate them
upon very large SCALE and have recently
obtained charter to build a railway il
connection with the project
The enormous iron and nickel mines in
Labrador, On the east shore of James's
! Bay, which are to be exploited by q
Philadelphia syndicate. are expected t.
prove the principal mining feature OF
Canada for the next few years. Those
who have seen these deposits declare them
to be immeasurably superior to the rich
mines on the north of Lake Superior A
railway from Lake st. John to James's
Bay has been started.
The Gigantic wheat Industry of Kansas.
The wheat industry of Kansas is the
subject of an Interesting article by Will,
lam r. Draper, in the August Success
! Referring 10 the crop of 1901, Mr.. Ora.
J per says: In Kansas, this year 5000 00C
acres are covered with wheat, which will
probably yield 100,000,000 bushels. This
/ means at lepst $40 per acre to the farm
ers, an income of $50,000,000 The cror
would, if put into cars, make q train long
enough to reach from Wichita to New
York, with 10 tons in each car The money
would take three years to count, if placed
in silver dollars. 1t has been used. OF
late, in paying debts, building farm
houses, purchasing diamonds and rubber
tired rigs, and other luXuries of the rich
Kansas farmers have made enough money
in three years to plaster almost q square
mile with dollar bills, and most of it has
/. been made from wheat.
The crop of 1899 brought S22 DIG. .96s
u,
76,595, ,433 bushels. The 1901 estimate:
are 100,0C0000. which, if sold for sc
cents bushel. will bring $4,000, 600
This makes three enormaas crops, bring
ing over Si0000,000 into the State. thret
; times as much us any other product oil
enterprise.
The yield per acre now averages q
bushels. In some places where the lane
is exceedingly iich, the yield mounts up t.
20 bushels PER acre, while in Sumner
CGErty it was 60 bushels on a genera
! average. Summer County produced 5000,
! 0Gb hEsl,cls of wheat last year. or more
than that of several of the Eastern
states together. 1t is the banner whea
d1a IF the State. The farmers of thai
crrEtry are worth. on an average, S9.54t
C.th. i hey have formed a society called
! the ."Ten-Thousand Dollar Club" and
nearly all are members.