injury by frost. Wild fruits grow abundantly, cranberries, gooseberries, red and black currants, blackberries, and raspberries.

On the northern slope of the hill range between Manson and Parsnip Rivers is considerable valuable timber, principally spruce, balsam, and pine. Much runs as high as 30 inches in diameter and is of good quality and height. It could be easily logged to Manson River, which has sufficient water for a few months at high water to float timber to the junction. Besides saw-timber there is a great deal suitable for ties and poles. There is also quite an extent of land west of Manson River and south of Finlay and Omineca Rivers which would classify as timber lands. The timber is not large or of as good quality as the hill timber, but is easily accessible to the rivers as the country lends itself to road- building. Poplar, birch, and cottonwood are scattered through the area, principally in river-bottoms.

A small pioneer settlement has been maintained for the past ten years in immediate vicinity of Finlay Forks. With a railway this point, situated as it is at the junction of the rivers, similarly as Prince George is situated at the junction of the Nechako and Fraser, will doubtless become a townsite, and with navigable waterways for considerable distance on both Finlay and Parsnip a large area could be brought into contact with the railway by steamship services. Such transportation services would not only serve settlement, but would enable mining development on a much larger scale on the Ingenika River and elsewhere where mining operations are now being carried on at considerable expense due to present remoteness.

MINING RESOURCES OF FINLAY DISTRICT.

With railroad transportation it is anticipated that this district would be the scene of considerable mining activity. J. D. Galloway, Resident Mining Engineer, in 1921 said: ‘“ For many years it has been known that the sands and gravels of the Peace, Finlay, Ingenika, and other rivers in the district are gold-bearing. This gold is, as a rule, fine, and some at least may be classified as flour gold. As would be expected, gold content of the gravels varies greatly, and only at certain places along these rivers is the ground rich enough to be considered workable. There are, however, believed to be many areas in which the gold content is probably sufficient to make the gravels desirable dredging-ground. In some places natural concentrations, as on bars, etc., have been worked on a small scale with rockers by individuals, but no large production has been made. During the past few years, however, a number of companies have been testing certain areas with a view to installing dredges for working the ground, and it is expected that some of these prospects will before long reach the production stage.

“The Tanisto Mining and Development Company, Limited, com- menced testing a number of placer leases on Ingenika River in 1920 with a drilling outfit. Results were reported satisfactory and further work

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