EEPOET OF THE 



No. 3 



period in 1916. Increased prices for silver, copper and nickel are largely respons- 

 ible for this increase : 



Quantity. 



Value $ 



U)l() 



1917 



1916 



1917 



Gold ounces 



Silver 



Cobalt (metallic) lbs. 



Nickel " 



Nickel (oxide) 



Cobalt " 



Other Cobalt and Nickel com- 

 pounds " 



Molybdenite 



Copper ore tons 



Nickel in matte " 



Copper in matte 



Iron ore (exported) " 



Pig Iron from domestic ore 



Lead " 



Total 



363,955 

 16,203,091 



172,055 

 17,435 

 54,152 



378,732 



57,026 

 15,845 

 1,715 

 31,046 

 16,989 



343,490 

 15,286.002 

 295,866 

 166,921 

 10,831 

 276,769 



276,217 

 65,827 

 2,658 

 .31,064 

 15,928 

 98,757 

 48,820 

 540 



7,-513,734 



9,750,040 



146,467 



7,618 



6,381 



231,947 



22,890 



15,845 



21,685 



15,523,000 



6,285,930 



6,754,535 



12,001,875 



433,739 



67,499 



3,025 



323,162 



30,025 



83,. 550 



33,419 



15,532,000 



6,371,200 



412,401 



936.118 



136,948 



43,119,496 



Gold. — Of the total production, the Hollinger mine yielded 161,702 ounces; 

 Mclntyre, 59,779 ounces; and Dome, 58,978. Gold being the standard of value, 

 and having a fixed price, was the only metal which did not share in the general 

 increase of prices. Indeed, the high price of labour and supplies have, for the 

 time being, lowered the rate of expansion for this branch of the industry. The 

 output for the first nine months of this year was some 20,000 ounces less than for 

 the corresponding period of 1916. 



Evidence accumulates that the gold resources of Xorthern Ontario are ex- 

 tensive. Developments at Porcupine have been satisfactory, and Kirkland Lake 

 shows signs of being a good second. A satisfactory feature is that the newer gold 

 camps are scattered over a wide area of territory. 



Silver. — The average price of silver was 79.758 cents — the low being 71.75 on 

 March 27th, and the high 108.50 on September 25th. The following mines were 

 the leading shippers: Mining Corporations of Canada, 3,831,211 ounces; Nipis- 

 sing, 2,839,462 ounces; Kerr Lake, 1,708,921 ounces; Coniagas, 976,315 ounces; 

 O'Brien, 925,000 ounces; McKinley-Darragh-Savage, 775,566 ounces; Miller Lake 

 O'Brien, 757,132 ounces. 



Nickel and Copper. — Both these metals have risen in price, and are valued in 

 these statistics at 25 cents and 20 cents per pound, respectively, for the metallic 

 contents of the mattes produced. Nickel is quoted at 50 to 55 cents per pound, 

 and the United States Government has now fixed the price of copper at 231/2 cents 

 per pound. The mines of Sudbury are now, and have been for some time, working 

 at maximum capacity. The nickel contents of the mattes for the nine months of 

 1917 were a little larger than for the same period in 1916, but the copper contents 

 were about 1,000 tons lower. The International Nickel Company's new refinery 

 at Port C*oll)orne is well under way, and is expected to be turning Out refined nickel 

 before next spring. 



