Forestry in Relation to Minin, 



for importation. The Ro^Ianrf jw- 



instance, bring in Dougfaspfrfro^.? °'.-^"'"'^ '=°'""'^'^' f°' 

 ington. at a cost of about tiUlr, /''™' ^'^'^ "* Wash- 



timbers. ''S^''' <=^"'= per I'neal foot for suitable 



forest; for the mining 'ndust^st'"":"^^ *^ ''"'' "P°" '"e 

 hence wood is nsed for atao^t ."s cCr "C" "^^^"^"'^ 

 forest TwT'' P^°^P^<='°^ ---a J";;-;'- «- 

 lorest. Th.s burnt and standing timber for 77^ "^ ""^ 



ed to mining purposes bein., .., j '^ '™= '^ we" adapt- 



forest fires to' mee 'he demandTof tb "^''' '"' "'''^ "=- si- 

 miles of half-standing haS. f ™"''- thousands of 

 Columbia. This burnNovf— '" ""^ '^ '^^" » ^^ti^h 

 prospector to find mLel L' ; reason^^Trl " '^^'^'"^ *^ 

 such tires. The exceeding d^nels of last "''■' '"" '''^ 

 Columbia added greatly to th, K . * '"™""' '" British 

 from the valleys up t: ll'^mt H™. ""^' *^ ""'''' "-"■•"? 



. -n^nhrVriaTlr::: "^.r; tt '■""'" '^ "- *» 



■ng so small. Many exoedie^, . '"^'"^" °* Profi' be- 



excavations are allowed tf^Je ToT '^mT" '™''^""?-- '"^ 

 at less expense. Amongst 27^1^ u f ''' "* ™^«^ rock, 

 rapid deterioration in mtaes are tb. /' '^"'' '° ^'*^'^"<' *« 

 las Fir of the Pacific Slope the ^ '°"'^'J?' '='P^'='^"J' 'he Doug- 

 Tamarac d'-ri^ ^:^^i:-J^' ^'J^^^ ^"^ Mountafn 

 of the Canadian mountains J^ % , Prmcipal timbers 



last is a very finH^e of L "f "^^ °* *' ^^^"=™ States. The 

 for fifty fee7 It ap^rs to r 1'^ f k" ''■'"'"^^' "■■"'<'»' lin,bs 

 Kootenay Valley. '""' "' ^'' ™«'™rds of the East 



The Douglas Fir of the Pnrifi^ r„^ » • 

 South African mines, as also he E°c 1™^ „" '"P""^" '° '"e 

 tralia, and the Kauri Pine of New Z elCd An"\''? "' '^"'- 

 t.oned are resinous trees, best sui7ed foThe sl» tif "^ 'T"' 

 o£ mme timbers; artificial preservatives are rnrll . ^"^ '^"'^ 

 some months before use is someti™.?/ ^ "'^''- P^^'mg 



at the Le Roi Mine. " """' ""'h ?°«1 results, as 



