COPPER AND ZINC 159 



division, the remainder from the three divisions of 

 Slocan district, the Nelson mining division and a 

 few others. In 1910, the production amounted to 

 44,396,346 lbs. 



The principal copper districts are the following : 

 Yale, (Boundary division) Yale, (Kamloops) Ross- 

 land, Cassiar, Nelson, and the Coast. The amount 

 produced in 1909 was 45,597,245 lbs., all fine copper, 

 valued at ;^ 1,183,104. This, however, showed a 

 decrease on the previous year of 1,677,369 lbs., or in 

 money value ^64,345. 



The zinc industry has not been neglected, 

 although the output is small compared with other 

 minerals. The total amount produced in 1909 was 

 10,000 tons of ore, yielding from 38 to 48 per cent, 

 of zinc. 



The chief zinc mining district in British 

 Columbia is at the " Lucky Jim " in Slocan mining 

 division. 



Platinum is found in many alluvial gold workings 

 as a by-product. The process, however, involves so 

 much labour that it has not been considered 

 profitable. 



An abundance of building stone of various sorts 

 is to be found in almost every part of British 

 Columbia. It is so plentiful and widely distributed 

 that quarrying has not become much of an industry, 

 except in the vicinity of large cities. A marble 

 quarry has been opened in the neighbourhood of 



