i 3 aaa 186 at a profit under present conditions, it is believed, nevertheless, that several will be well worth working with modern methods, and it is intended to renew investigations as early as possible next year.” The Annual Report of the Minister of Mines of British Columbia for this year contains a complete survey of the quartz properties by W. Fleet Robertson, Provincial Mineralogist. 1904. “If I except some half dozen claims upon which sufficient was done to entitle the owners to a certificate of work, nothing has been done further to develop our quartz veins save what has been accomplished by Messrs. Baker and Atkin. “Mr. Atkin says: ‘The season was spent in still further checking the information gathered in the previous two summers, and the least promising properties were temporarily thrown up. Although there are many ledges which will well repay thorough and systematic prospecting, as soon as a railway lowers mining cost, it is unfortunate that none but the very richest veins in the country can be opened up under present conditions. The most important find of the season, and one which may prove of great commercial value, was made on Hardscrabble creek” (the finding of scheelite). 1905. “If I except the undertaking by Messrs. Lasell and Hanour, two local men, to develop further the property of the British Columbia Milling and Mining Company, nothing worthy of mention has been done the past year. The persons mentioned, however, having secured an option on this company’s property, caused the deep shaft to be baled out, when some 2 tons of rocks were extracted and sent out for treatment.” 1906. A considerable amount of work was done on the veins of Proserpine mountain by C. J. Seymour Baker, which resulted in the opening up of several new ledges, all of which appeared to be of low grade on the surface. The Forrest shaft was baled out and examined. Some quartz veins on Sugar creek, Island mountain, and near Stanley were also examined, but the highest value found was about $16 in gold to the ton and the galena ore 25 ounces of silver to the ton. 1907-1911. No mention of any lode mining or development in the Annual Reports. 1912. Assessment work on some of the veins was accomplished. R. R. Hedley baled and examined the workings of the B.C. Milling and Mining Company’s mine. 19138. No mention of work on quartz veins. 1914. Mr. C. J. S. Baker did practically the only work on quartz, on his three claims on Proserpine mountain. 1915. No mention of work on quartz veins. 1916. ‘This year a new ledge was discovered on the Grouse Creek side of the moun- tain (Proserpine) by Elmer Armstrong, and a number of claims were staked and a certain amount of work done.”’ 1917. Assessment work only was accomplished on a few claims. The 1917 Annual Report contains a detailed description of the claims on Proserpine mountain, by J. D. Gal- loway, resident engineer for Mineral Survey District No. 2. 1918. Assessment work only was accomplished on a few of the claims. 1919. Mining Corporation of Canada spent considerable money under bond in a surface examination of the veins on Proserpine mountain. 020! Mining Corporation of Canada relinquished its bond. Assessment work alone was done. 1921-1922. Nothing attempted except assessment work.