Canada Yearbook - 1897

MINERALS. 115
The values of the principal articles of mineral production exported
by Canada in the last six years, according to the Trade and Navigation
Returns, were :
EXPORTS, DOMESTIC.
ARTICLES.
1892.
1893.
1894.
1895.
1S96.
1897.
Asbestus
Coal
Copper
Gold ,
Gypsum
Iron ore
Iron and steel....
Mica
Nickel
Phosphates. ..
Silver
Stone and marble
Other articles
Total....
514,412
3,195,467
216,603
316,177
194,304
36,935
. 243,857
68,466
617,639
380,462
193,441
60,209
303,391
396,718
3,114,558
395,819
247,868
178,979
26,114
316,454
96,900
427,557
132,475
65,406
49,308
432,868
6,341,363 5,881,024
339,756
3,321,565
88,352
318,258
160,082
9,026
295,924
26,553
808,799
40,400
423,7*7
46,883
441,456
6,320,761
8
493,075
3,578,195
222,657
612,729
156,897
43,088
308,711
47,469
599,568
33,810
651,737
60,405
663,244
7,471,585
482,679
3,249,069
194,771
1,099,053
205,641
39,999
506,946
55,627
4S6.651
5,280
1,595,548
49,669
679,493
510,916
3,330,017
550,462
2,804,101
183,376
26.979
522,988
61,998
498,515
275
2 613,173
47,771
756,347
8,650,436 11,906,918
The principal countries to which the articles were shipped during the
same period were :
COUNTRIES. 1892. 1893. 1894. 1895. 1896. 1897.
Great Britain
British possessions . ..
T ' ' "
St. Pieire
Mexico
Other countries
$
5,045,694
806,055
319,593
30,320
4,596
35,673
3,175
96,257
8
5,034,429
367,141
312,515
39,156
12,564
23,751
1,115
90,353
8
5,261,568
356,008
393,132
29,307
23,751
11,485
245,510
8
6,514,476
506,300
284,736
58,752
19,550
11
87,760
8
$
7,671,574
10,701,824
371,806
582,579
287,786
325,573
171,730
97,191
11
11,269
17,765
' 27,093
6,023
21,294
123,741
140,1 95
Total 6,341,363 5,881,024 6,320,761 7,471,585 8,650,436 11,906,918
COAL.
The coal areas of Canada are estimated at 97,200 square miles, not including
areas known, but as yet undeveloped, in the far north.
There are 1st, the coal fields of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick ;
2nd, those of the North-west Territories ; 3rd, those of the Rocky
Mountains ; and 4th, those of British Columbia. The coal areas of
Nova Scotia cover about 635 square miles. They are divided into the
Cape Breton, the Pictou and the Cumberland basins. New Brunswick
contains, so far as known, no seams of sufficient magnitude to be
worked successfully in competition with the Cumberland mines.
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