break in prices of most metals towards the end 

 of 1920 foreshadowed a difficult year in the min- 

 ing industry in Canada. Though there was a 

 decline in the production of most minerals, con- 

 sequent upon the falling off in demand at the 

 high prices prevailing, the difference in value is 

 no indication of the * extent of this decline. 

 Declines in many cases were small whilst some 

 minerals showed an increase in output over 1920. 



The principal mineral producing province of 

 Canada in 1921 was Ontario, the value of pro- 

 duction being $54,505,770, 31.6 of the Dominion 

 total. British Columbia came second with a 

 value of nearly $35,000,000, or 20.3 per cent of 

 the entire Canadian production. Nova Scotia 

 was a close third with $32,500,000 or 18.9 per 

 cent of Canada's total. Alberta ranked fourth 

 with $29,000,000, 16.8 per cent of the total out- 

 put. Quebec was fifth with $14,600,000 or 8.5 

 per cent. Manitoba accounted for $2,075,807 or 

 1.2 per cent; the Yukon $1,928,734 or 1.1. per 

 cent; New Brunswick $1,777,358 or 1 per cent; 

 and Saskatchewan $1,086,610 or 0.6 per cent. 



The leading mineral in point of value was 

 coal which accounted for $74,273,000. Gold 

 was second with a production value of $21,327,- 

 000, and silver third with a value of $9,185,007. 

 In order after these came copper, $7,459,780; 

 nickel, $6,752,615 ; natural gas, $4,902,020 ; asbes- 

 tos, $4,807,052 ; lead, $3,855,524; zinc, $2,758,552 ; 

 and gypsum, $1,725, 730. The wide distribution 

 of minerals and of mining activity in Canada is 

 indicated in the districts of production. Ontario 

 is the leading producer of gold, silver and nickel. 

 British Columbia leads in zinc and lead whilst 

 sharing with Ontario the position of premier 

 producer of copper. Alberta has become the 

 Dominion's first coal producing province, whilst 

 Quebec has for all time a monopoly on the 

 production of asbestos. 



Exceptional Activity at Present 



The year 1921 was a depressing one in most 

 phases of business and the Canadian mining in- 

 dustry suffered not unduly in comparison. What 

 stands out in striking contrast is the exceptional 

 activity which has featured the early months of 

 1922, presaging a year of unusual mining develop- 

 ment throughout the Dominion. Whilst much 

 of this development is of a preliminary nature 

 in new fields the fruits of which will not be 

 experienced in greatly enhanced revenue at the 

 end of the year, they portend greater achiev- 

 ment for the mining industry in the near future 

 than it has heretofore accomplished. 



This activity is general over the Dominion, 

 evident in the older areas as well as the newer 

 fields. In British Columbia old claims on which 

 work has ceased for some time are being re-oper- 

 ated whilst there are many new discoveries being 

 developed. In Northern Manitoba the prospects 

 are outstanding, and The Pas, the capital of the 

 Manitoba North and gateway to the mineral 



fields, has been a scene of ceaseless movement 

 all winter. Prospectors have been journeying 

 from there to the mining claims all winter, 

 utilizing dog teams, and claim records show 

 most unusual figures. More than two 

 thousand prospectors are expected to arrive 

 during spring and summer. There has already 

 been a general rush in the staking of claims in 

 Northern Ontario which has been encouraged 

 by the exceptionally favorable results at the 

 producing gold mines. During the months of 

 January and February alone more than three 

 hundred claims were staked in the Lardner Lake 

 mining division. A revival in gold mining in 

 Nova Scotia this year is predicted. 



Sufficient is indicated in the general activity 

 which, throughout Canada, has attended the 

 first months of the year, to prove the general 

 soundness of the Canadian mining industry 

 and a universal faith in its prosperous future. 

 Whilst capital for new enterprises has for some 

 time not been easy to obtain, a gratifying success 

 has been encountered by promoters of mining 

 schemes in the newer Canadian fields and this is 

 coming in at a healthy rate. Whilst the effects 

 of developments under way may not add any 

 substantial increment to this year's production, 

 there is undoubtedly a fairly prosperous season 

 ahead, and beyond that a splendid future for 

 Canadian mining in all its phases. 



The Fisheries of Quebec 



Complete control of the tidal fisheries of the 

 province of Quebec have been secured from the 

 Federal government by the Provincial govern- 

 ment after a striving for administration and 

 possession which has lasted for quarter of a 

 century. The province will now have sole 

 jurisdicion over, and administration of, its 

 tidal waters, except for the waters of the Mag- 

 dalen Islands which lie in the Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence and which are considered too remote for 

 practical administration of the fisheries by the 

 provincial organization. As regards other waters, 

 however, the province will have absolute control. 

 Fishermen will only be obliged to take provincial 

 fishing licenses and the hatcheries owned by the 

 Federal government will be turned over to the 

 province. 



The Province of Quebec, not including Un- 

 gava, owing to its many lakes, covering 5,840 

 square miles, and the waters of the sea, of the 

 river and gulf of St. Lawrence and of the Baie 

 des Chaleurs, 106,206 square miles, as well as of 

 the rivers running through its territory in every 

 direction, 17,999 miles, has fisheries classed 

 amongst the most extensive in the world. These 

 fisheries are of two kinds, the sea fisheries, pre- 

 viously under the control of the Federal govern- 

 ment, and the inland fisheries, over which the 

 Quebec government has always had authority. 

 Among other fish the former produces cod, 



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