OWNER OR OPERATORIPROPRILTAIRE
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OWNER OR OPERATORIPROPRILTAIRE
PRODUCT PRODUIT I PROVINCE OR LIMESTONE I TERRITORY PROVINCE OU TERRITOIRE B r i t i s h Columbia 1 103 0/8 N.T.S. AREA R ~ G I O NDU S.N.R.C. I I ' NAME OF PROPERTY NOM DE L A P R O P R I ~ T ~ HISTORY OF EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT HISTORIQUE DE L'EXPLORATION ET DE L A MISE EN VALEUR SWAMP POINT OBJECT LOCATE-D OBJET LOCALISE UNCERTAINTY FACTEUR D'INCERTITUDE Mining Division Division rniniere Lat. La t. Skeena County Cornt6 District District Long. Long. 1 3 0 ~ 0 30" 2~ Cassiar Concession or Range Concession ou rang Sec Sect. OWNER OR 55028 120" Township or Parish Canton ou paroisse Lot Lot TP. Ct. R E F . LST 1 RPF. R. R. OPERATORIPROPRILTAIRE OU EXPLOITANT These l i m e s t o n e q u a r r i e s are l o c a t e d a t Swamp P o i n t , on t h e e a s t s i d e of P o r t l a n d Canal, 32 m i l e s s o u t h o f S t e w a r t . Four c l a i m s , t h e Limestone, L a s t Laugh, L a s t Laugh No. 2 F r a c t i o n , and L a s t Laugh No. 3 F r a c t i o n , owned by Messrs. Harkl e y and Moult, were purchased by t h e Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting and Power Company, Limited. Quarrying o p e r a t i o n s were begun i n 1913 t o supply l i m e s t o n e f o r f l u x i n g purposes t o t h e company's smelter a t Anyox. I n 1916 a new q u a r r y was opened about & m i l e from t h e beach. Continuous o p e r a t i o n s were r e p o r t e d f o r t h e p e r i o d 1916 t o 1919 i n c l u s i v e a t a r a t e of a b o u t 4,000 t o n s p e r month. Quarrying o p e r a t i o n s were on a p a r t time b a s i s d u r i n g 1920 and 1921, and i n 1922 t h e company closed t h e operation. DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSITIDESCRIPTION D U GISEMENT A n a l y s i s of t h e l i m e r o c k gave: Si02, 5%; CaO, 50%; MgO, 2%. Associated minerals or products Minefaux ou produits associ6s Mineral Policy Sector, Department of Energy, Mines and Resources, Ottawa Secteur de la politique minkraze, ministere de Z'Energie, des Mines et des Ressources, Ottawa 506229 * HISTORY OF PRODUCTIONIHISTORIQUE DE L A PRODUCTION Open p i t p r o d u c t i o n 1916-1919 a t a r a t e of a b o u t 4,000 t o n s p e r month. T o t a l prod.: approx. 144,000 t o n s . REFERENCESIBIBLIOGRAPHIE R e p o r t s of M i n i s t e r of Mines, B r i t i s h Columbia: 1913, p. 88; 1916, p. 85; 1917, pp, 56, 84; 1918, p. 75; 1919, p . 62; 1920, pp. 53, 259; 1921, p. 271; 1922, p. 66. Hanson, George; P o r t l a n d Canal Area, B r i t i s h Columbia; Memoir 175, p. 103, Geol. Surv. of Canada, 1935. MAP REFERENcEsIREF~RENCES CARTOGRAPHIQUES Map 307 A, P o r t l a n d Canal Area, B.C., (Geol.), Sc. 1":4 m i l e s accomp. Memoir 175. Map 103 P, Nass R i v e r , B.C., (Topo.), - Sc. 1:250,000. Comp./Rev. By Cornp.M v . par Date Date 02-68 BCI 1 0 3 O - P - 31