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Of the smaller tributaries of Pine creek, Boulder continues to be the most important.
For some distance up from its mouth, the ground, including the benches, is held by "La Societe Miniere de la Colombie Britannique," a French Company, of which Mr. Henry Maluin is the local manager. In the lower part of the leases, great difficulty had been experienced in providing " dump " for the tailings, the comparatively flat grade of the creek bed necessitating the use of very long sluices, which were expensive to keep up. As the work proceeded up the creek, however, the grade increased to such an extent that in a short time height enough was gained to enable the tailings to be piled on ground which had been worked out. Work for the season had finished when this property was visited, and no details of the season's work were obtainable. The ground is reported to be rich and, with the question of dump settled, should become profitable. The property had been worked from June to October in 1904, washing an area of ground approximately '200 by 100 feet. Bedrock is lower than the bed of the present creek, and, consequently, where lrydraulic work is in progress the stream has to be flumed. The bedrock deposit here is of the same class as is found in the lower drifting propositions, looking more like slide material than like gravel wash, and is here about 10 feet thick, being overlain by 15 feet of loose boulders and gravel, above which is 20 feet of fine silt, and above this again is some 100 feet of fine sand and gravel. Above the French Company's ground a number of individuals and small partnerships are working the benches from creek level, the creek bed proper being about exhausted, and they report satisfactory results. Bedrock here is about 15 feet below creek level, the dirt being shovelled into sluices and the boulders piled either by hand or with the aid of a derrick. The creek is being pretty uniformly worked up as high as JYos. 20 and 26 Above Discovery, where C. D. Newton is operating a small hydraulic proposition, with satisfactory returns. The wash here is largely granite, with many large boulders. Work is carried on directly in the creek bed, and as the boulders are very numerous, and the grade is not sufficient to allow of their being carried off, they are piled up. A substantially constructed sluice, with blocks and with a branch running from it, has been laid ; and while work has this season been carried on in a small way, Mr. Newton is so well satisfied with the value of the ground that he proposes operating on a larger scale this coming season. Below this, on the creek, Charles Taylor, Garrison, and Clarke and Sutherland had been working during the summer season, and are reported to have done well.
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Owing to the unfortunate and expensive litigation, in the fall of 1903, between some of the miners on this creek and the Societe Miniere de la Colombie Britannique, which involved the disposition of their tailings and debris, and to some extent the use of the water, and which was decided against the miners (the decision in part taking the form of an injunction practically perpetually restraining those certain miners from depositing or permitting the deposit of debris upon the company's property), many of the miners either disposed of their properties or had them laid over pending a possible change to conditions more favourable to their interests, so that not more than about sixty men were mining on the creek this season, besides those operating on the property of the Societe Miniere de la Colombie Britannique. The results were as usual fairly good, and in some cases very good indeed. Of the companies operating on this creek the Societe Miniere de la Societe Miniere Colombie Britannique, Henry Maluin, manager, Joseph Fall, superin- de la Colombie tendent, as usual, leads in the amount of work done. With a force of as Britannique. many as 23 and an average of 17 men, over 50,000 cubic yards of gravel were moved, but notwithstanding that there was practically no embarrass- ment such as obtained the two previous seasons from the operations further up-stream, and that the company's operations were carried on at far less cost than formerly, the results were disappointing and not nearly as good as last season. This apparently can be explained only by assuming that the portion of bedrock uncovered was too smooth and therefore barren, but the management are still confident of better results next season, and consider themselves in good shape to secure them. Although this company's hydraulic operations were unsatisfactory, the Black & Grant, same cannot be said of the operations of Messrs. Black & Grant (J. H. Black and W. Pollard Grant), who have a " lay " upon a portion of the company's ground a short distance below the pit operated by the company. 5 Ed. 7 Cassiar District. G 89 This firm commenced operations about November 1st, 1903, by sinking a shaft nearly 60 feet to bedrock. The shaft is commodious and well timbered, and is operated by a steam hoist. The heaviest timbers procurable are required for posts, and caps in their drifts and tunnels. With all the care, an open seam permitted the creek to come in, early in June, which did much damage to the workings, actually compelling the suspension of operations for from two and one-half to three months. Within the year ending November 1st, about 15,000 cubic yards of pay dirt was hoisted, and nearly $60,000 won therefrom, the last two months' operations yielding nearly $1-4,000. This quantity of earth probably does not represent one- third of the quantity moved, as all rocks and boulders are systematically piled in the worked out portions, so as to provide permanent supports, as well as for economy of space and handling. An average of 35 men, besides those engaged above ground cutting and hauling wood and timbers for the mine, has been employed. They used about 700 cords of wood, at a cost of about 84,500, 2,600 sets of timbers and over 25,000 lagging, which together cost nearly $10,000. The cost and difficulties of operation have been formidable, and it is very gratifying to find such pluck and determination as they have shown rewarded by substantial profits. The success of these operations is instructive in demonstrating that high values are obtainable in the deep channels, of which I believe there are many in this district.
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