have commenced. Production extends over a period of 

 50 to 60 days, or from the first of May to August the 

 thirty-first. 



Output Requisitioned by Coal Dealers 



Lately there has been active demand for this fuel, 

 orders coming in from widely separated points in Ontario, 

 shipments being made to some twenty odd towns. One or 

 two trial shipments have been made to Montreal, but it is 

 doubtful if a permanent market will be found there. 

 According to the Hon. Harry Mills, Minister of Mines for 

 Ontario, the entire output of the Alfred bog has been 

 requisitioned by coal dealers as a substitute for coal. 

 The gross tonnage will amount to approximately 5,000 

 tons, and will retail to the consumer in Ottawa at $10.60 

 a ton, and at Peterboro $14 a ton. 



Canada annually expends huge sums on the importation 

 of coal from the United States, and will continue to do so 

 until, by the further development of her own vast coal and 

 coal substitute resources, the Dominion will be inde- 

 pendent of outside sources for her fuel supplies. The 

 development of the peat bogs at Alfred is a step in the 

 right direction, and when the success which is being made 

 of this venture by the Government becomes known, it is 

 safe to assume that private capital will become interested 

 in exploiting other bogs. 



Canadian Silver Production 



Canada has in 1922 been experiencing a 

 most active mining year, and there is no longer 

 any doubt but that production figures at the 

 end of the twelve months will show substantially 

 increased production in practically all minerals. 

 Particularly gratifying, in view of the decline of 

 recent years, is silver, which, indications are, will 

 record a considerable increment over the Cana- 

 dian output for some time. Improved conditions 

 in silver mining, higher prices for silver and the 

 lower costs of labor and supplies have presented 

 an opportunity for the profitable mining of this 

 mineral which has not existed for some time. 



This activity in silver mining is fairly general 

 in the Dominion in those areas where silver is 

 found. The silver production of the Ontario 

 mines has to date been very substantially in 

 excess of 1921 and years back for some time. 

 British Columbia's silver output in 1922 will be 

 the highest on record, according to accomplish- 

 ment thus far. Recent developments augur the 

 status of a big industry for the Yukon in silver 

 mining, and the area has in this respect received 

 a new lease of life. Notable discoveries were 

 made in 1921 and several hundred claims staked. 

 This summer there is much silver mining activity 

 in the Keno Hill district. 



Since the Dominion commenced keeping 

 production records in 1862, Canada has produced 

 8265,292,685 worth of silver, to which total the 

 Cobalt camp in Ontario has contributed more 

 than $200,000,000. Canadian silver production 

 in 1921 amounted to 13,330,357 fine ounces, 

 worth $15, 100, 685, of which 9,877,465 ounces are 

 attributable to the Cobalt area; Other producers 

 in 1921 were Quebec with 57,737 ounces; British 

 Columbia with 2,806,079 ounces; the Yukon 

 with 393,617 ounces; and Manitoba with 28 

 ounces. The pinnacle of Canadian silver pro- 



duction was reached in 1910, when 32,869,264 

 ounces valued at $17,355,272 were produced, and 

 the output of 1921 was a minimum since the 

 time when the Cobalt area became a factor in 

 production. 



British Columbia a Strong Factor 



Previous to the discovery of silver in the 

 Cobalt area in 1903, the Province of British 

 Columbia was the first factor in the Dominion's 

 annual production of this mineral, the output of 

 this province reaching an aggregate of 5,151,333 

 ounces, valued at $3,036,711, in 1901. The 

 Yukon at the beginning of the century was an 

 important producer with 195,000 ounces worth 

 $1 14,953, in the same year. Ontario at that time 

 was producing 151,400 ounces and Quebec 

 41,459 ounces. 



The building of the Temiskaming and 

 Northern Ontario Railway into Northern On- 

 tario uncovered rich silver deposits in 1903, and 

 straightaway the new area began to develop 

 into Canada's first silver area and the richest 

 producing silver camp in the world. Production 

 from the region about Cobalt commenced in 

 1904, bringing the province's production of 

 silver for that year up to 206,875 ounces from 

 17,777 ounces the previous year. Production in 

 the following year amounted to 2,451,356, and 

 thereafter practically doubled each succeeding 

 year, reaching its aggregate in 1911 with 30,- 

 540,754 ounces. Since that time there has been 

 a gradual dwindling down to the minimum of 

 9,877,465 ounces in 1921. Nevertheless the 

 Cobalt area continues to produce one ton of 

 silver bullion every 24 hours. For more than 

 fifteen years not a twenty-four-hour period has 

 gone by but the mines have produced at least a 

 ton of silver, and three tons per day was common 

 in the banner days of the camp. 



Production Outlook Excellent 



The Province of British Columbia has been a 

 fairly steady silver producer since the beginning 

 of the century, fluctuations being very slight 

 over the two decades which have elapsed since 

 that time. In 1901 this province accounted for 

 5,151,333 ounces; in 1905 for 3,439,417 ounces; 

 in 1910 for 2,407,887 ounces; in 1915 for 3,565,- 

 852 ounces, and in 1920 for 3,158,707 ounces. The 

 decline in 1921 is expected to be well made up 

 by the great activity prevailing in British 

 Columbia silver camps this year. 



At the same time Quebec has been making a 

 fairly consistent rise in production, coming from 

 41,459 ounces in the beginning of the century to 

 60,874 ounces in 1920, and exhibiting but a slight 

 decline in the depression of 1921. The Yukon 

 Territory, on the contrary, up to the time of the 

 new discoveries and consequent development, 

 has steadily declined, and from 195,000 ounces 

 in 1901 dropped to an output of 16,164 ounces 

 in 1921. Shipments emanating from new 



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