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478 A P P E N D IX
and of great prospective value to the treeless regions of Canada
and the United States to the south, the growth on the Lauren-tian
formation being scant, but the alluvial portion has upon
it ( on the river of its name and elsewhere) the " Liard," a
balsam poplar, sometimes called Balm of Gilead or rough bark
poplar, 120 feet high, with a stump diameter of 5 to 6 feet.
The white spruce, 150 feet high, with a stump diameter of 4
to 5 feet; the larch, of about the same size, and the banksian
pine, whose straight stem is often 100 feet long, with only 2
feet of diameter at the stump.
17th. Of the mines of this vast region little is known of that
part east of the Mackenzie Liver and north of Great Slave
Lake. Of the western affluents of the Mackenzie enough is
known to show that on the headwaters of the Peace, Liard and
Peel rivers there are from 150,000 to 200,000 square miles
which may be considered auriferous, while Canada possesses
west of the Rocky Mountains a metalliferous area, principally
of gold- yielding rocks, thirteen hundred miles in length, with
an average breadth of four to five hundred miles, giving an
area far greater than that of the similar mining districts of the
neighbouring Republic.
18th. In addition to these auriferous deposits, gold has been
found on the west shore of Hudson Bay, and has been said to
exist in certain portions of the Barren Grounds. Silver on the
Upper Liard and Peace rivers, copper upon the Coppermine
River, which may be connected with an eastern arm of Great
Bear Lake by a tramway of 40 miles; iron, graphite, ochre,
brick and pottery clay, mica, gypsum, lime and sandstone, sand
for glass and moulding, and asphaltum, are all known to exist,
while the petroleum area is so extensive as to justify the belief
that eventually it will supply the larger part of this continent
and be shipped from Churchill or some more northern Hudson
Bay port to England.
19th. Salt and sulphur deposits are less extensive, but the
former is found in crystals equal in purity to the best rock
salt and i n highly saline springs, while the latter is found in
the form of pyrites, and the fact that these petroleum and salt
deposits occur mainly near the line of division between deep
water navigation and. that fitted for lighter craft, give them
a possible great commercial value. The extensive coal and
lignite deposits of the Lower Mackenzie and elsewhere will be
found to be of great value when the question of reducing its
iron ores and the transportation of the products of this vast
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| OCR | 478 A P P E N D IX and of great prospective value to the treeless regions of Canada and the United States to the south, the growth on the Lauren-tian formation being scant, but the alluvial portion has upon it ( on the river of its name and elsewhere) the " Liard," a balsam poplar, sometimes called Balm of Gilead or rough bark poplar, 120 feet high, with a stump diameter of 5 to 6 feet. The white spruce, 150 feet high, with a stump diameter of 4 to 5 feet; the larch, of about the same size, and the banksian pine, whose straight stem is often 100 feet long, with only 2 feet of diameter at the stump. 17th. Of the mines of this vast region little is known of that part east of the Mackenzie Liver and north of Great Slave Lake. Of the western affluents of the Mackenzie enough is known to show that on the headwaters of the Peace, Liard and Peel rivers there are from 150,000 to 200,000 square miles which may be considered auriferous, while Canada possesses west of the Rocky Mountains a metalliferous area, principally of gold- yielding rocks, thirteen hundred miles in length, with an average breadth of four to five hundred miles, giving an area far greater than that of the similar mining districts of the neighbouring Republic. 18th. In addition to these auriferous deposits, gold has been found on the west shore of Hudson Bay, and has been said to exist in certain portions of the Barren Grounds. Silver on the Upper Liard and Peace rivers, copper upon the Coppermine River, which may be connected with an eastern arm of Great Bear Lake by a tramway of 40 miles; iron, graphite, ochre, brick and pottery clay, mica, gypsum, lime and sandstone, sand for glass and moulding, and asphaltum, are all known to exist, while the petroleum area is so extensive as to justify the belief that eventually it will supply the larger part of this continent and be shipped from Churchill or some more northern Hudson Bay port to England. 19th. Salt and sulphur deposits are less extensive, but the former is found in crystals equal in purity to the best rock salt and i n highly saline springs, while the latter is found in the form of pyrites, and the fact that these petroleum and salt deposits occur mainly near the line of division between deep water navigation and. that fitted for lighter craft, give them a possible great commercial value. The extensive coal and lignite deposits of the Lower Mackenzie and elsewhere will be found to be of great value when the question of reducing its iron ores and the transportation of the products of this vast |
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