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PROVINCE OF ONTARIODEPARTMENT OF MINES
HON. CHAS. MCCREA, Minister THOS. W. GIBSON, Deputy Minister
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Bulletin No. 66
Metal Production of OntarioFor the First Nine Months of
1928Also Final Summary of Mineral Output for 1927
Prepared by W. R. ROGERS and A. C. YOUNG
PRINTED BY ORDER OFTHE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ONTARIO
TORONTOPrinted by the Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty
Nov. 26, 1928
Summary
Returns received by the Ontario Department of Mines from the metalliferous mines, smelters and refining works of the Province for the nine months ending September 30, 1928, are tabulated below, and, for purposes of comparison, quantities and values of products marketed are given for the corresponding period of 1927. Tons throughout are short tons of 2,000 pounds.
ONTARIO'S METALLIC PRODUCTION FIRST NINE MONTHS 1927 AND 1928
Product
Gold.............................Silver.Platinum metals.Copper, metallic.Copper in matte exported*.Nickel in matte exported*Nickel, metallic.Nickel oxide.. .Nickel content of salts and residues.
ttIt
UttU
...Ab.MCobalt, metallic and metal content of oxide
salts and unseparated oxides. . . . . . . . . "BismuthLead, pig........
Total. . . . .
ttM
Quantity
1927
1,165,044 7,094,420
11,578 8,249 8,925
12,158 10,607
6,784,123 161,088
617,940 2,072
5,581,435
1928
1,146,888 5,342,838
12,327 14,136 9,427
14,009 16,968
9,103,479 166,665
460,995 7,957
5,241,910
Value t
1927
24,081,275 4,009,747
761,714 2,112,381 1,784,929 4,376,970 5,498,012 1,614,502
46,537
1,246,158 2,072
384,816
45,919,113
1928
23,708,312 3,103,009
679,761 4,037,298 1,885,387 5,043,326 8,633,109 2,134,005
42,163
1,090,130 8,302
310,508
50,675,310
*Copper and nickel in matte valued at 10 and 18 cents per pound, respectively, both in 1927 and 1928.
General Remarks
According to the figures presented above showing the value of metalliferous production from Ontario's mines for the nine months ending September 30, the total mineral production of the Province for the full year 1928 should show a substantial increase over the 1927 output. The total value of metals for the nine months, as will be noted in the table, shows an increase of 14,756,197 or 10.3 per cent, over the corresponding period of the previous year. Using these figures as a basis, along with trade reports of the construction industries for ten months and non-metallic production for six months, the following estimate of Ontario's mineral output is arrived at for the full calendar year, 1928. Final figures of value for 1927, the record year to date, are repeated for comparison:
Metals.
Products
Total............. . ........... ..
1927 (final)
$ 62,631,255
7,638,60520,013,587
90,283,447
1928 (estimate)
$ 69,000,000
7,500,00023,500,000
100,000,000
The three principal divisions, gold, silver-cobalt, and nickel-copper mining are deserving of special comment. Gold mining, despite important gains by the Teck-Hughes and Lake Shore, has shown a slight decrease due to the cur tailed operations at the Hollinger mine where the grade of ore and tonnage milled fell off during the period. Further details will be found under the heading, "Gold." The production of silver has continued to decline, due principally to the depletion of the mines, and, although considerably less in quantity than in 1927, production from present mines will continue for a number of years. Not since 1918, the year of maximum war-time production, has the nickel- copper industry shown such progress as in the current year.
The outstanding features of 1928 were the extension of the well-known producing areas, the use of geophysical processes, and exploration by prospectors with the aid of the airplane and "kicker" equipped canoe which resulted in many important new finds of minerals, more particularly in the Patricia portion of Kenora district.
Key map of part of northwestern Ontario showing relative position of mineral areas which have sprung into prominence during the past three years:
(1) Favourable lake (2) Central Manitoba (3) Red lake (4) Woman, Narrow, Confedera tion and Birch lakes (5) Shonia lake (6) Pickle lake and Crow river (7) Fort Hope (8") Kashaweogama lake (9) Neverfreeze lake.
Numbers 5, 6 and 8 were discovered during 1928. The dotted rectangles indicate map sheets prepared from aerial photographs and issued by the Topographical Survey of Canada, with the exception of the Lake St. Joseph sheet now in preparation.
During the period active exploration by drilling was carried on in Lebel township on the easterly extension of the Kirkland Lake gold belt. Important finds have been reported by the Bidgood, Moffat-Hall, and Pawnee, and in the neighbourhood of these properties much surface work was performed. Further to the east in Gauthier township, which borders on Lebel, the Murphy mine reported some important gold values by drilling and also in the shaft to a depth of 600 feet. In Morrisette township, immediately to the north of Teck, the
Goodfish gold mine was actively developed. To the west of Kirkland Lake, a spectacular discovery of free gold was made on the Trout Creek holdings about a mile east of Swastika or 2^ miles west of the Kirkland Lake mine. At the time of writing trenching has been done and a shaft started. The find has created considerable interest, and has resulted in more extensive work being undertaken by other companies in the vicinity, notably the Pittsburgh Syndicate and Canadian Kirkland.
New gold discoveries have been made this season in the Patricia portion of Kenora District. In 1925 and 1926 the Red Lake area was staked, and this was followed by finds at Woman, Narrow and Confederation lakes some 50 miles to the east. In 1927 development commenced at Fort Hope on the Albany river, a distance of 250 miles east of Red Lake. This season, at Pickle lake and Crow river, at Shonia lake near Cat lake, and at other points in line between Red lake and Fort Hope, discoveries have been reported and claim staking has followed. At Favourable lake, 230 miles north of Sioux Lookout on the Canadian National railway or 125 miles north of Red lake, silver and gold bearing deposits were discovered a year ago, and were examined this past suntmer by Dr. M. E. Hurst for the Ontario Department of Mines. Diamond- drilling was done by the Favourable Lake Mining and Exploration Company and assays from 16 holes averaged S12.2 7 over a width of eight feet.
In the nickel-copper industry at Sudbury, the outstanding development was that at the Frood and Frood Extension mines by the International Nickel Company of Canada and the Mond Nickel Company, respectively. Here has been developed a very large deposit of copper-nickel ore carrying important quantities of precious metals including platinum metals, gold and silver. The mass of ore, which on the upper levels carries from 4 to 6 percent of nickel and copper combined, runs much higher in copper at the lower horizons and from diamond-drill cores, shows as high as 20 percent copper. Shafts on both properties have reached a depth of over 3,000 feet and lateral development is proceeding. At Copper Cliff a new smelter unit, with stack over 500 feet in height, is under construction, a result of developing the Frood ore body. Expansion is planned at the Coniston plant of the Mond Company. Un doubtedly the economic handling of this immense deposit would be improved by an amalgamation of the Mond and International companies as mooted in the press. At the International refinery at Port Colborne, the second and third refinery units are being constructed with a view to increasing the output of electrolytic nickel and copper. The Falconbridge, Mount Nickel, and Foy Offset nickel-copper deposits are under development.
In the area known as the Sudbury basin an important amount of develop ment was carried out both by diamond-drilling and also by shaft sinking and drifts, principally on the Treadwell-Yukon, and Sudbury Basin properties, which are zinc-copper-lead deposits. A pilot mill of 300 tons capacity has been operated during the period by the Treadwell-Yukon and the resulting flotation concentrates are stored at the Company's railway siding near Larch- wood station. The mill is now treating about 180 tons daily.
In general the metal mining industry has experienced a particularly encour aging year. A large metallic output together with an average production of non-metallics and a marked increase in the building and construction industries necessitating large supplies of building products, indicate a substantial increase in the total mineral production of the Province for the calendar year of 1928, an estimate of which is given in a preceding paragraph.
GoldThe total output of gold from Ontario's mines during the nine months'
period was 1,146,888 fine ounces valued at #23,708,312 as against 1,165,044 fine ounces worth #24,081,275 in the corresponding period of 1927, or a decrease of #372,963 in value. This falling off, however, does not indicate any recession of the gold mining industry. The set back may be entirely accounted for by the lowering of the tonnage milled at the Hollinger and also to a loss in milling time due to a disastrous fire in February. In the same area the Mcintyre and Dome mines have continued to operate steadily at normal capacity. Offsetting this condition, was the remarkable increase in production at Kirkland Lake. In this area two properties, the Teck-Hughes and the Lake Shore increased their combined output by over 50 percent or from 14,220,078 in the first nine months of 1927 to 16,476,903 for the corresponding period of 1928, the Wright- Hargreaves, Sylvanite, and Kirkland Lake Gold maintaining their normal rate of production.
During the period nine properties at Porcupine and ten at Kirkland Lake were active, the total tonnage milled being 3,142,272 tons as against 3,172,398 tons in 1927, notwithstanding a decrease of 299,862 tons by the Hollinger.
Brief items of interest regarding producing mines follow:Hollinger—A decrease in the grade of ore and a falling off in quantity
milled. Average milling rate for the period was 4,867 tons per day.Mcintyre—The average rate of milling and value of gold recovered were
maintained, in addition to considerable development of the mine resources down to the 3,875-foot level. Average milling rate 1,425 tons per day.
Dome—Maintenance of operating conditions as to tonnage and value, average milling rate 1,500 tons per day.
Vipond—A slight increase in value recovered from a smaller tonnage milled, average milling rate 240 tons per day.
Coniaurum—The new mill was tuned up and brought into production in July. Present milling rate is 350 tons per day.
Ankerite, March and Paymaster together produced #455,659 during the period, as against #385,051 in the corresponding period of 1927.
Wright-Har gr eaves—Mine development continued down to the 2,000-foot level. Average production well maintained, handling on the average 713 tons per day.
Lake Shore—Production increased during the period by 18 percent over the nine months of 1927. Enlargements to mill and further underground develop ment to the 1,600-foot level were underway. The mill treated at the rate of 724 tons per day for the period.
Teck-Hughes—Production increased by 97.7 percent over the nine months of 1927. Development of mine continued including deepening of old shaft with final objective of 3,000 feet and a new shaft commenced. Mill treated 862 tons per day on the average for the whole period.
Kirkland Lake Gold—Developments on the 2,975-foot level continuing. New hoist installed to permit a depth of 4,000 feet. - Mill production has con tinued steadily, with no attempt as yet to increase the output. Average milling rate for the period was 159 tons per day.
Sylvanite—Development of ore continuing as deep as the 1,500-foot level. The shaft has reached the 2,000-foot level. Mill operating steadily at a capa city of 191 tons per day.
Tough-Oakes, Barry-Hollinger and Gold Hill together treated 37,687 tons of ore during the period and accounted for #184,381 production.
Associated Goldfields—Closed down in March, and the Argonaut Consolidated finally ceased all mining operations in April.
Details of production during the first nine months follow:
GOLD PRODUCTION FIRST NINE MONTHT OF 1928
Source
PORCUPINE
Dome.
total.
KIRKLAND LAKE Argonaut*.
Canadian Associated Goldfields. . Gold Hill.....................Kirkland Lake Gold.
Sylvanite.Teck-Hughes.Tough-Oakes BurnsideWright-Hargreaves.
Total............
Nickel-Copper Refineries.
GRAND TOTAL
Oremilled, tons
52,373 23,079
410,400 1,328,770
21,298 388,910
74,980 255
65,527
2,365,592
5,219 18,914 10,619 4,377
43,361 197,624 52,181
235,413 14,396
194,576
776,680
3,142,272
Gold output
Ounces
11,072.83 4,846.28
135,173.01 371,483.47
4,102.65 150,653.91
6,798.85 378.25
25,084.72 15.64
709,609.61
1,563.55 4,469.30
851.44 612.96
15,191.68 132,882.09 26,622.56
180,438.32 3,800.00
68,630.87
435,062.77
5.21 2,210.00
1,146,887.59
Value
t 228,896 100,181
2,794,274 7,679,245
84,837 3,114,289
140,544 7,614
519,664 323
14,669,867
32,320 92,389 17,601 12,671
314,012 2,746,911
550,288 3,729,992
78,546 1,418,600
8,993,330
108 45,007
23,708,312
Silver output
Ounces
1,160 415
17,031 70,820
378 33,920
836 108
2,752 4
127,424
188 600 176 195
2,800 12,577 7,200
14,020 533
10,086
48,381
175,805
Value
t 673 238
9,894 41,024
227 19,769
482 63
1,591 2
73,963
109 347
99 114
1,622 7,406 4,179 8,102
314 5,854
28,146
102,109
*In addition 71,839 pounds of copper was shipped in the form of concentrates.
SilverThe production of silver fell off considerably during the period, but the
decrease is more apparent than real since the figures for silver production are based as nearly as possible on the sales of silver in the bullion form. While the largest bullion producers showed decreases in bullion output, the silver contained in exported material was considerably higher. In September a fire occurred at the plant of the Deloro Smelting and Refining Co. As a result the oxide plant was forced to close down for a month. Nipissing, Mining Corpora tion and O'Brien mines in the order named were the chief producers at Cobalt. At South Lorrain the Keeley, Frontier, and Lorrain Trout Lake reported a smaller production than in the corresponding period of 1927. The Miller Lake O'Brien at Gowganda showed an increased output while that of the Castle-
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Trethewey was lower. At the Keeley mine some success is attending efforts to locate ore at the lower contact of the diabase sill.
The following table compares the total quantity and value of silver marketed in 1927 and 1928:
Silver
In bullion form.In ores, concentrates and residues exported
Total........
1927 (9 months)
Ounces
6,408,932 385,014 185,979 114,495
7,094,420
Value
ft 3,624,316
216,716 104,482 64,233
4,009,747
1928 (9 months)
Ounces
4,479,080 554,386 170,879 138,493
5,342,838
Value
ft 2,599,966
322,591 99,252 81,200
3,103,009
Nickel-copper and Platinum MetalsExpansion has taken place in every department of the nickel-copper industry:
in ore raised, ore smelted, also in matte produced, refined and exported. Profits have increased and dividends have been correspondingly greater. The new and ever-expanding uses of nickel coupled with a steady rise in the price of copper have had their effect with the result that the future for Ontario's nickel- copper industry would appear to be bright. This development was reflected during July in the increase of the capitalization of the Mond by the creation of 1,200,000 ordinary shares of 10 shillings par value, a portion of which (according to press reports, 600,000) were to be issued and the proceeds to be used for the development of the Frood mine. The directors of the International Nickel Company of Canada in October approved of recapitalization to permit acquisition of all the assets of the International Nickel Company of New Jersey. The stockholders were to receive one share 7 percent cumulative preferred Canadian stock for each share of 6 percent non-cumulative preferred of the New Jersey Company and 6 shares of no par common stock for each share of the New Jersey Company's common. The exchange is to be consummated by November 30, 1928.
An interesting report concerning these two companies was a proposed consolidation, whereby 85 percent of the nickel of the world would be controlled by one company. Although the amalgamation has been widely exploited in the press, no direct corroboration has appeared up to the time of writing.
Comparative figures for the first nine months of 1926, 1927 and 1928 follow:
Product
Matte exported.
Nickel (metallic)
Nickel oxide.
. . . . . . . . . . tons(((cu((
...... ......Ib.Value ft
............Ib.Value ft
........... .Ib.Value ft
1926
996,958986,265
58,78625,30527,997
19,274,5754,784,639
14,487,5652,015,075 6,579,6871,553,648
1927
986,286974,311
61,98725,72329,513
21,214,2805,498,012
17,046,3622,083,447 6,784,1231,614,502
1928
1,042,2631,051,638
64,58028,74547,900
33,936,8758,633,109
29,392,4584,019,103 9,103,4792,134,005
*Converter copper is about 95.7 percent pure.
An excerpt from a recently issued report of the International Nickel Company, shows that very important advances were made in the financial condition of the company for the first nine months of 1928 as compared with the corresponding period of 1927:
Schedule
Profit....
1928 (9 mos.)
b11,397,4338,304,7713,329,4844,975,286
4.21
1927 (9 mos.)
1 6,393,7554,183,3187 911 1411,272,175
2.01
Leadr
The entire output, amounting to 5,241,910 pounds in the form of pig lead, was produced by the Kingdon Mining, Smelting and Manufacturing Company near Galetta in Carleton county on the Ottawa river. The average price of lead on the New York market for the period was 6.252 cents per pound as against 6.894 cents in 1927. The price on the St. Louis market was 6.076 cents in 1928 and at Montreal the average quotation was 6.005 cents per pound in 100-pound lots, f.o.b.
Iron Ore: Pig Iron: Steel: Ferro-Alloys: CokeThe production from iron blast furnaces during the first nine months of
1928 showed important advances over the corresponding period of 1927. There was a total of 904,010 tons of imported iron ore charged to the furnaces, resulting in an output of 596,439 short tons of pig iron. The several grades and values are shown in the table below. In quantity the figures for 1928 are 39 percent in excess of those of 1927. Three companies, the Algoman Steel Corporation, Steel Company of Canada and Canadian Furnace Company, were active.
Steel ingots and direct steel castings amounting to 667,669 short tons valued at S22,301,098 were produced by eight companies as against 478,202 tons worth |18,171,676 during the corresponding period of 1927. The table following shows the output of pig iron by grades:
The following are the figures for 1927 and 1928:
Grade of Pig Iron
TJ r\ oir*
Total.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. . . .
9 months, 1927
Short tons
263,905 129,913 35,161
428,979
Value $
4,948,209 3,155,037
852,347
8,955,593
9 months, 1928
Short tons
362,225 167,923 66,134
157
596,439
Value $
6,468,300 3,785,758 1,490,962
4,710
11,749,730
Ferro-alloys to the extent of 37,424 short tons were also produced by four companies: the Abrasive Company of Canada, Canadian Carborundum Com pany, the Electro-Metallurgical Company of Canada and the Union Carbide Company.
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The fuel used in iron blast furnaces in present metallurgical practice is mainly coke, the supply of which is provided by coking plants near the iron works from bituminous coal imported from the United States. Ontario figures of production, imports and exports of coke for the first nine months of the past three years as published by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics are shown in the following table:
Coke (first nine months)
Imports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "
Deduct exports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "
Apparent consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "
1926
787,825662,808
1,450,633 14,834
1,435,799
1927
940,352450,151
1,390,503 39,917
1,350,586
1928
1,062,901596,680
1,659,581 5,910
1,653,671
11FINAL SUMMARY OF MINERAL STATISTICS OF ONTARIO FOR 1927
Product (tons of 2,000 Ibs.)
METALLIC: Gold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . oz.Silver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "
Nickel in matte (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Copper (metallic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ib.Nickel, metallic and contained in speiss
exported. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "
Platinum metals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .oz.Bismuth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ib.Cobalt, metallic and in residues exportedl Cobalt oxide (metal content) j- " Cobalt in salts and unseparated oxides j Lead, pig and in concentrates exported.. . "
Total......... .
NON-METALLIC:
Mica............................... "
Natural gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M. cu. ft.
Salt................................ "Talc and soapstone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "
Total..........
STRUCTURAL MATERIALS: Cement, Portland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bbls.
Total..........
CLAY PRODUCTS: Brick, face. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M.
" fancy and ornamental . . . . . . . . . . . "
Tile, drain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "" structural. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tons
Pottery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M.
Total
GRAND TOTAL
Quantity
1,627,0509,294,032
11,68215,762
21,977,157
28,529,3848,856,536
22,7622,072
880,590
7,990,709
864,961,178
17,1191,795
83,998463
1,284293,200
7,311,215139,606
82159,150254,180
15,138
3,751,78644,749
5,668,0875,381,769
61,3804,254,960
114,67167,206
51910,76020,33086,690
5,820
Value
$ 33,627,0405,230,402
2,102,772 \5,674,448/2,843,7611
7,508,1262,079,5971,270,843
1,003]
1,764,534J
528,729
62,631,255
1,075197,668154,533109,613500,688
6,07775,18312,811
4,331;780289,391
824266,204
1,510,777181,981
7,638,605
5,144,326540,687)
1,657,552J2,035,793
721,4854,060,709
14,160,552
2,287,495,1,063,724
25,016202,920 f521,957775,806^884,81791,300
5,853,035
90,283,447
Employees
5,9721,296
(o) Z,o4z
(c) 576
316
r 211
11,213
(d)10758
231
4313
1,000103
89290
61
1,995
931451654199
1,471
3,706
2,077
30127
2,405
19,319
Wages
t 9,520,9391,791,5594,106,192
813,253
379,806
316,988
16,928,735
73,01745,973
274,790
28,3356,003
1,064,36890,516
84,117322,549
51,834
2,041,502
1,129,546458,001638,438224,535
1,209,314
3,659,834
l, y oo,oUo
335,44835,432
2,109,183
24,775,254
(c) Copper and nickel in matte valued at 10 and 18 cents per pound, respectively.(b) Employees and wages for nickel-copper mines and smelters.(c) Employees and wages for nickel-copper refineries.(d) Employees and wages for silver-cobalt smelters and refineries.
