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- l _ i Thursday" Apri l. f"; . ( - i E I Future ot Red Lake. , . ' , Mr. McCrea referred briefly to the 8N1 ' different mining areas, pointing out , that, while the Government had not Pl 1 yet pronounced upon the strength i of the Red Lake tteld, surface indi- , , I cations to date had led men of good sta l , judgment to anticipate a wonder- "i l ful future for the new district. Ite.. , ' ferring to the work of prospecting, j'", he said that the Government was (HI q----"""". lending all possible encouragement a l c T ll in this direction, The Government , ' had started prospectors' classes, and ' lion. fihgrt, "carea e s was giving a total of twelve free as- ' , . I'0 s says over a fixed period in order that ' House, t'tN Up prospectors may determine the value f Will Be Sent of their claims. In addition, a test- ' ing laboratory had been established m--------" at Cobalt as a further source of M I N I N a DEVELOPMENT cducation. ___________ Follow African Methods. Drawing the House's attention to " Announcement was made yester- actual work in the. field, My. Mc- . day by Hon. Charles McCrea, speak- fi',"tt,'t"'t11faet tue 1',y'ied:f,'d" /rg1/1, I T ing in the debate in the Legislature, f,'///J'//,j, of shafts to greater depths . l that the Department of Mines and after the fashion obtaining in the . ' Fisheries would send three geological, South African! ,'."i,lif,it InSthis' sigma .3. ' N . . . i he spoke o t e visi to out rica MI' "aft!" into the P"' LaP..d..iHifr, of Chief Mining Inspector sinner. a . this year with a View to facilitatouri' land, of his investigations, and as the prospecting work being carried! of the information obtained, which , on there. One party will work be- {irowoxi'tas ibeing put st, sheet; ugelin , . e ntariocampB. ' . c re also , . . 'tween the Manitoba boundary and expressed satisfaction that the in- 'd l Bed Lake; the second will be station- dustrial disease' (silicosis) -.. pre- " ed at Red Lake itself, and the third . valent in mining areas-was being f- !will operate to the east of Red Lake. brought under the Jurisdiction of the 32' . h h i t Workmen's Compensation Act, , l T e department. owever, 5 no thanks to the combined efforts of his ME confining its assistance in this re- (department, the Department or g spect to the newest mining field. fHealth and Labor, and the mining, I , Two geological parties will be sent "gfhtf,'.f5, silver output to date,' tl to the Sault district; another will said Mr McCrea, had reached the; f enter Kirkland Lake field, and still $200,006,000 mark, with the surface :. another' will be engaged north of but slighély geratxiflteédr. t,ebJgi1a'1e1vg/t1.ss, - ' . a , "eoming ac .' . I Soft"'"."' wheie the discovery of --to1lowing the war-ot fiat 19ro- china clay and lignite, and reported duction-this industry was again coal deposits, have attracted much climbing. . attention ot late. Gives Account of Stewardship. Hon. Mr. McCrea furnished the ilr House with a very comprehensive ; . "v', account ot the administration of his ' I department. Total receipts for 1925, , he said, were $632,411; expenditures, . Illll $285,860; and the surplus resulting. 3' $827,000. Some of the departmental \ , ; sources of revenues he listed as tor. , ( lows: Sand and gravel, which the if? _ department handles for the Province, I $101,000; special mining tax, $287,- - 1 000; acreage tax, $32,000; mining I l lands, $40,000; mining licenses, $44.- 000: and recording fees, $38,000. , Dealing with the commercial side " of mining, Mr. McCrea furnished figures to show to what extent the industry has developed in late years. In 1911. he said, there was an an- , nual gold output of $50,000. Last year Ontario produced over $30,000,- . ' 000 worth. Up to the end of 1925 . - the Province had produced $184.- 493,106 in gold, and by doing so q had earned for itself the reputation ot being the third greatest producer of this mineral in the wOrld. . t _ C . . . l we: , "sd . .