MINING IN CANADA
The value of the mineral production "of: Canada ;in '1934 < -. is placed, :at 278,337,000 dollars in a preliminary' i official estimate. This is an. increase of 26 per cent, above the. 1933; value .of 221,495,000 dollars. Gains were general in'all groups,,but the!, most, striking increases were found among the metals, i The value, of the Canadian gold output was greater than ever'before, andinew: records in output were set up injnickel, copper, lead; and zinc. Production of the metals of the ■' platinum "grbup, which occur in, association with coppernickel ores, was also much larger than any annual Canadian output heretofore recorded. Production of gold in Canada in 1934, according to an estimate made by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, -amounted to 2,964,395 fine ounces. The increase from the 1933 output was slight, but the value rose to 102,242,000 dollars as compared with 84,350,000 dollars in 1933.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 111, 13 May 1935, Page 16
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148MINING IN CANADA Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 111, 13 May 1935, Page 16
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