The Canadian Mining Institute, No. 4: Quarterly Bulletin
Name/Title
The Canadian Mining Institute, No. 4: Quarterly BulletinEntry/Object ID
2013.70.01Tags
Mining History, Mining Industry, Canadian HistoryScope and Content
Book, quarterly bulletin published by the Canadian Mining Institute in January, 1909, discussing the summer excursion of 1908.Context
The bulletin was the fourth one published by the Canadian Mining Institute. It contains the program for all of the excursions and reports on various mining operations in Quebec, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia as well as impressions by each of the touring members on the excursions. It is broken down into sections, they are as follows: 1. The Diary of the Pilgrimage 2. Impressions 3. Western Branch 4. Bibliography 5. Registrations on the Tour The excursions are as follows: Stage 1. The Quebec-Sydney Excursion: - Registrations at Quebec - The Visit to Cape Breton - Dominion Coal Mine - Dominion Iron and Steel - Nova Scotia Mining Society - Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Co - Sunday at Quebec - Asbestos Mines - The Chrome Industry - At Sherbrooke - At Montreal Stage 2. The Ontario Excursion: - Niagara - Toronto National Exhibition - Cobalt - Temagami Lakes - Moose Mountain - International Copper Co - Copper Cliff Smelter - Crean Hill Mine Stage 3. Alberta and British Columbia: - Medicine Hat - Crow's Nest Pass - International Coal and Coke Co - Hosmer Mines, Limited - Fernie and Coal Creek - Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co - Derby Day at Creston - Bonnington Falls Power Plant - Trail and Rossland - Le Roi Mining Co - Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co of Canada - Le Roi No. 2 Limited - Banquet at Rossland - Chairman's Speech - Greenwood - B. C. Copper Co Mother Lode Mine - Smelting the Boundary District - Phoenix and Grand Forks - Grandby Mines - At Grand Forks - Nelson and the Blue Bell Mine - Victoria - Ladysmith and Nanaimo - Vancouver - Homeward Bound - Banff - Calgary - Natural Gas at Dunmore and Medicine Hat Impressions: - Mr. Hugh F. Marriott - Mr. Walter Johnson - Mr. Rodger Beck - Mr. John Hogg - Mr. James Barrowman - Mr. Sam Mavor - Mr. D. B. Langford - Mr. B. E. Fernow - Dr. Heinrich Ries - Mr. J. Obalski - Mr. James White - Mr. J. McLeish - Resolution of Thanks - From Mining Institute of Scotland - Western Branch Meeting at Victoria Papers: 1. "The Importance of Low Grade Boundary Ores in the Copper Production of Canada" by A. B. W. Hodges 2. "The Present Position of the Coal-Dust Problem" by Messrs. James and John Ashworth 3. "Construction and Method of Operation of Ore Bunkers at Skagway" by A. L. Berdoe 4. "Profit Earnings and Dividend Returns of some of the mines visited"Collection
Mining History, Canadian History Collection (General)Cataloged By
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