RASM 1936-A(A) MINING OPERATIONS AND STATISTICS, PART A PROVINCE OF QUEBEC, CANADA Department of Mines and Fisheries Honourable ONÉSIME GAGNON, Minister L.-A. RICHARD, Deputy-Minister BUREAU OF MINES A.-O. DUFRESNE, Director ANNUAL REPORT OF THE QUEBEC BUREAU OF MINES FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 1936 PART A Mining Operations and Statistics QUEBEC PRINTED BY R. PARADIS PRI NTER TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING 1937 PROVINCE OF QUEBEC, CANADA Department of Mines and Fisheries Honourable ONÉSIME GAGNON, Minister L. A. RICHARD, Deputy-Minister BUREAU OF MINES A. O. DUFRESNE, Director ANNUAL REPORT OF THE QUEBEC BUREAU OF MINES FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 1936 PART A Mining Operations and Statistics QUEBEC PRINTED BY R. PARADIS PRINTER TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING 1937 PREFATORY NOTE In the statistical tables, and in the review of the mining industry of the Province during the year, the term "production" is synonymous with "quantity sold, shipped, or used", and does not necessarily represent "out- put". The ore and other mineral products remaining as "stock on hand" at the end of the year are not included in the production figures. Unless otherwise stated, the ton used throughout is that of 2,000 pounds, and the year referred to is the calendar year, ending December 31st. Values are given in Canadian funds. The present report was preceded on March 4th by a statistical state- ment, giving provisional figures of production, subject to revision. The figures in the present volume supersede the provisional ones. The Annual Report of the Bureau of Mines for 1936 is published in several parts, of which this volume is Part A. It is followed by Parts B, C, D, and E, which consist of geological reports with accompanying maps. QUEBEC BUREAU OF MINES, DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND FISHERIES, JUNE, 1937 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE General Review 5 Table of Mineral Production 6 Mining rights 10 Geological field work 12 Chemical research and assay laboratories ......................... 13 Draughting and map-making 14 Lectures to prospectors 15 Exhibitions 15 Publications 16 Mine roads 16 Company incorporations 17 Mining Operations in 1936 19 Metals: Copper 19 Gold and Silver 20 Lead 22 Selenium 23 Zinc 23 Miscellaneous (Chromite, Tellurium, Titaniferous iron ore) 23 Non-metallics : Asbestos 24 Feldspar 36 Graphite 37 Kaolin 37 Lime, limestone and marl (industrial) ............ 37 Magnesitic-dolomite 38 Mica 39 Ochres and iron oxides ........... 41 Peat 41 Phosphate.... ....... ........ • . .......... .. 42 Quartz and industrial sand 42 Talc and soapstone 43 Building materials: Cement 43 Clay and shale products 44 Granite .. 44 Lime and limestone (building) 45 Marble 47 Sand and gravel 47 Sandstone and shale 48 Mining Operations and Development in Western Quebec in 1936.... 49 Mining Properties in the District of Abitibi in 1930 ................ 83 Employment, wages and accidents ... 116 List of mining companies and operators ............ 133 Alphabetical index 159 4 Quebec Bureau of Mines 1936 MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Map No. 395.—Surface plan of Rangely-Wolson property. 92 Map No. 396.—Surface plan of Obalski property 94 Map No. 397.—Surface plan of Wawbano mines 96 Figure 1.—Sketch-map showing mining properties of Chibougamau region referred to in report 82 Figures 2-4.—Consolidated Chibougamau Goldfields: 2.—Main sheared and mineralized zones 85 3.—Plan of 250-foot level 86 4.—Plan of 500-foot level 88 Figure 5.—Surface plan of Florence River (Quebec) Gold Mines 111 PLATES (After page 157) I.—A.—O'Brien-Cadillac Gold Mines, Limited, Cadillac township. March 1937. I.—B.—O'Brien-Cadillac Gold Mines, Limited, roasting plant, Cadillac township. March 1937. II.—A.—Lamaque Gold Mines, No. 6 and No. 7 shafts, Bourlamaque township. March 1937. II.—B.—Mooshla Gold Mines, Limited, Bousquet township. October 1936. MINING OPERATIONS IN TIIE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC DURING THE YEAR 1936 GENERAL REVIEW The general improvement in economic conditions, already evident in 1935, continued throughout 1936, and was particularly notable in the mining industry. This is well illustrated by the mineral production of the Province of Quebec, which reached the all-time record value of $49,755,985, 27 per cent higher than in 1935, when the production had a value of $39,141,734, and 7 per cent above the previous peak of $46,454,820, attained in 1929. As shown in the accompanying table, substantial increases were regis- tered in both `metallics' and 'non-metallics', but `building materials' barely held their own as compared with 1935, with a value that was little more than one-third of the record 1929 total of $18,534,165. SUBDIVISION OF QUEBEC'S MINERAL PRODUCTION FOR THE YEARS 1932-1936 YEAR METALS /0 PiON-NIETALLICB /0 BUILDING MATERIALS 1932... $13,914,089 54 $3,671,634 14 $8,097,343 32 1933... 16,360,011 58 6,043,308 22 5,761,221 20 1934... 19,258,094 61 6,579,453 21 5,473,205 18 1935... 23,804,792 61 8,824,178 22 6,512,764 17 1936... 30,643,787 62 12,388,178 25 6,724,020 13 TABLE OF ANNUAL VALUE OF MINERAL PRODUCTION SINCE 1898 YEAR VALUE YEAR VALUE 1898 $1,673,337 1917 $16,189,179 1899 2,083,272 1918 18,707,762 1900 2,546,076 1919 20,813,670 1901 2,987,731 1920 28,392,939 1902 2,985,463 1921 15,522,988 1903 2,772,762 1922 18,335,153 1904 3,023,568 1923 21,326,314 1905 3,750,300 1924 18,952,896 1906 5,019,932 1925 23,824,912 1907 5,391,368 1926 25,740,002 1908 5,458,598 1927 29,124,110 1909 5,552,062 1928 37,325,237 1910 7,323,281 1929 46,454,820 1911 8,679,786 1930 41,158,740 1912 11.187,110 1931 36,051,366 1913 13,119,811 1932 25,683,066 1914 11,732,738 1933 28,164,540 1915 11,765,873 1934 31,310,752 1916 13,287,024 1935 39,141,734 1936 49,755,985 6 Quebec Bureau of Mines 1936 Of the $10,614,251 increase in value of production during 1936 as compared with 1935, $9,706,773 was due to two items-gold and asbestos. The latter industry staged a remarkable recovery during the year. As indicating that the improved conditions in the mining industry of the Province are being well maintained, it is gratifying to note that, for the first three months of 1937, gold production was 16.6 per cent higher, and shipments of asbestos fibre advanced 62 per cent, as compared with the corresponding period in 1936. TABLE OF THE MINERAL PRODUCTION OF THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC DURING 1936 SUBSTANCE NO. OF WAGES QUANTITY VALUE in 1936 VALUE IN 1935 WORKMEN METALLICI4 $ s $ Chrome, tone 2 140 545 8,508 5,371 Copper, lb 1,870 2,666,447 66,340,175 6,287,058 6,162,350 Gold, oz... 5,140 5,556,902 666,905 23,361,682(1) 16,558,478(1) Lead, lb 2,047,689 80,126 64,156 Molybdenite 5 508 Selenium, lb 168,417 298,098 396,328 Silver, oz. 724,339 326,872 433,338 Tellurium, lb. 19,502 34,519 3,416 Titaniferous iron ore, tons 20 947 2,566 18,318 16.400 Zinc, lb 219 99,780 6,896,123 228,606 164,955 Assessment work on claims 662 659,033 Sub-totals. 7,918 $8,983,757 $30,643,787 $23,804,792 NON-METALLICS Asbestos, tons. 2,829 2,307,060 301,287 9,958,183 7,054,614 Feldspar, tons 71 19,553 8,115 75,703 63,075 Garnet 2 408 Graphite 1,281 Industrial lime, tons. 260 160,767 121,654 630,436 587,680 Industrial limestone, tons 135,554 149,909 144,236 Kaolin.. 1,520 Magnesitic dolomite. 204 239,942 768,742 486,084 Marl, tons 27,186 10,874 12,325 Mica, lb 118 37,366 544,214 63,123 74,894 Mineral water, gals 13 2,805 131,186 17,399 15,113 Ochre and iron oxide, tons 59 26,489 5,458 65,630 75,388 Peat, tons 21 2,180 295 7,106 2,958 Phosphate, tons 8 1,776 525 4,927 1,043 Pyrite, tons... 86,919 282,743 47,779 Quartz and industrial sand, tons 129 75,003 78,975 320,634 224,135 Talc and soapstone. 33 11,391 32,769 32,053 Sub-totals. 3.747 $2,884,740 $12,388,178 $8,824,178 BUILDING MATERIALS Building lime, tons 11,404 87,341 88,981 Building limestone, tons. 1,124 382,598 1,114,275 915,475 943,145 Cement, barrels....... 359 439,410 2,093,130 2,945,074 2,472,008 Clay products: Brick, M ( 33,582 516,248 439,143 Other products 680 228,166 175,517 152,499 Granite, tons 616 232,808 137,910 429,281 800,685 Marble, tons.. 73 48,581 6.091 120,582 31,071 Sand and gravel tons 2,945 720,247 5,490,280 1,418,231 1,442,468 Sand-lime brick, vI 9 1,476 1,267 13,029 19,226 Sandstone, tons 187 48,829 92.094 102,056 121,864 Slate and shale, tons 8 60 937 1,186 1,674 Sub-totals. 5,981 $2,102,175 $6,724,020 $6,512,764 TOTALS 17,646 $13,970,672 $49,755,985 $39,141,734 (1) Value in Canadian funds. The value at the standard rate of $20.671834 amounts to $13,786,149 for 1936 and $9,727,028 for 1935.