the mineral’ deposits, Without the -rail connection... he. Lran- spurlation systems developed Io _ serve the mines will use Stewarl ar very likely newly developed . ports in Alaska for access to'ti- velopment of Stewart as a ma- - jor port arid access lo Stewart Ahrough the coast mountains is - difficult. This leaves Prince Ru- perl, designated az. a nalional .. harbour early in'1972; and Kili ~ mat, as natural tidewater ports fur traffic through the proposed . rail corridor, The potential rail traffie ean: be “projected: from: the dala available onthe known mineral «> deposits in Ihe area. A number. - - of assumptions were necessary - 1@ project these tonnages. : ‘\_. ive known ore bodies would contribute: ihe major: lonnages of ore and concentrates, ac: carding to present knowledge. . . Many other claims have been . ’ slaked inthe area tribulary to _ ine Terrace-Dease Cake corri- _ dur, both ia the area adjacent to Slewarl .and ‘the: fskut-Stikine * block. Inv addition, experienced mining men agree that the pro- babilily.-is\-high .Uhat further significant funds will be made ‘in ihese areas. Ibis untikely Unat each of the . oO *Lposits will be brought ‘into production without the _ Terrace-Deasé “Lake railway. .. However, inall cases except the. Sukine Copper’ property, Ube existence of.the railway would reduce shipment costs’ to t- dewaler. If Stikine Copper had to bear the entire cost of the transportation. system to ils mine, the least. cost allernalive * would be to build a road to the _mauuth of the Stikine River and build port facilities at Babler - Point, Alaska: However, Slikine ~ Copper should not have'to bear the entire cost of a road system, wheter nerth and then east via Telegraph .C Creek or along the dewaler. -Huwever, the lack, of * “space fur necessary port fac ' gililies. may. hamper, the de- Slikine and Iskut Rivers, since -Aheré would Ube ‘several: road users. involved in eilher..case. -Suikine Copper would haul by vane-of these road syslems lo a junction ‘with the railway “if a _tailway were buill. “The alternatives’ tor-ibe shi- gment ‘of. mineral from. each” _inine to tidewdler are shown below. The shipping costs pe r _ aurthwest! The logical placeter © a smeller, and eventually a re- finery us well, would be Kili-.- mal, The cise tor a fF errace- Dease Luke rail connection -1s slrengihened ;Considerably by this possibility. ton at-‘material have been est” ” nyaled with the following. assu- . mptions:. Cost of uuck haulage ’ By privale or secondary roads, 3 .. “gents lon-mule; Cost ; of truck: fiaulage by Slewari-Cassiar :. Highway, 6 cents lon-mile; -Cost .. “of rail haulage teoncentraves). 2 cents tommie. -Rail revenue. from shipments “ap and trom the mines Unreugh the rail curridur has-been esti- mated from. (he ~ projected tunnages and distances, A rate of 2 cents per ton-mile was assu-. med for concentrate shipments and 3 cents per ton-mile for ba-- ekhauk . Phe precedin, g discussion con- cerns unly deposits “whose teserves have been . outlined ‘with some degree of accuracy. “The “Mineral Deposit-Land Use Map, Northwestern B.C." fists many mineral properlies thai have been discovered bul whuse © fealures”.. fave nol” been delineated. yel, ‘The proposed- rail curridor passes through ane at the areas of highest. mineral” potential in northern - Britis Culumbta. The Canadian North- west ‘Transportation Study pre: pared by Hedlin Menzies. and _Associaies in 186% cuncluded “that the Rail Corridor 5 trom Terrace Ww Dawson Cily dis-. plays the greatest patential rail ° Sshipmenis irom new muieral production. These potential shi- © - pments were delermined not only [rym data on the known de- pusils as“above, bul also from predictions of “future, mineral develupnient based on mineral putential.. . _” Alurther key consideration is | - the lovation uf a smelter in the ‘foregding.. -disiuission “assumed: - bat _ mineral, “pro: - * ducuion: “Irom” "nortlwestern “British:Culumbia was lu, le ex. porled in the form oF con: ° centrates. In ‘addition to the belential production of. over 140,000 tons per year of copper “trum the: Stikine-Dease - Lake © ‘area. there is the’ potential ot . 120,000 Lons‘per vear of : copper - production fram’ -the -Bubine-" Qotso aréal If the Terrace: “ Dease Lake railway. were buill, there would :bé_a- potential co- | pper Mow: -of - ‘appraximately ”- 250,0U0 Cons per year through Terrace.-This is shawn on the. . aceompanying: map, with the thickness of the flow; arrows~ roughly in proporlian lo the tons per year af copper flow. - There? ‘aré. wo operating _mines in the Babine Lake area: Granisle Copper Limited and : close 10 Commercial feasibilily the Beil Copper Mine of Noran- ‘da Mines Limited, Even if the copper concentrate [rom these iwu mines were to continue lo be shipped lo their present destinations, here would: still be a flow of 240,000 lon copper ‘pulentially available. The ‘co- pper, avialable from euch sour ve.is listed below = - Smelter. Lovation and Details. , - Phe potential of a ilow of one quarter of a ‘million tons: per year of copper lhrough Terrace indicates why a copper smelter in northwestern British Colu- mbia is under diseussion.. Kiti- mat-was chosen as the logical site for a smelter in this study - -and ine copper | flows are shown: to coverge on this city, . “Kitimal would be a desirable ~ Site fora copper smelter for se- .veral reasons: : -\approximately 30. Tail ‘miles ; * suuth.of ‘Terrace. ° «2+ additional power. potential: val “Kitimat of - approximately, 1,000,000, ‘horespo ver ~*~ > An execlleiv’ deep waler har- iiour -anestablished madetn co- -mmunity - With a ‘population of, “approximately 10,000 ° - +. Theeslabtishment of a copper ‘smelter at /Kitimat would. di- ‘ -versify Une economy of ‘the co- mmunily which is currently de- “pendent- "dn" the aluminum smelling and pulp industries. An electric smelter has been assumed because of the electric power available at Kitimat. It. . has been assumed that sulphur dioxide. produced. from. the - smelling: process ‘niust be_re- covered’ and. made into sul- :phurie acid. The capital. cost of the smelier includes a provision ‘for an'acid pilant,I¢ may prave * feasible 16 sell the acid as Kiti- matis located on tidewater and \ransportation costs would be low, [f nol, the acid would ‘have 0 be neutralized with limestone 16 form artificial eypsum. » Alternative processes which would not: result in sulphuric ‘acid are.reported to be very and ‘this. would: probably si- moplify lhe’ planning and finan- cing. ; Although 250,000 Lons per ir year of copper should eventually be available, the smelter would pro bably be buill ta an initial capacily somewhat, below. this figure. ‘The planning of the smeller shauld’ be done in consujlation with the mining ce- mpunies thal hold the copper . depusils ‘in the area and the initial smelter capacity may be cin the order of 100,000 lons per year of cupper, IL ‘could be ex- (panded from this. level as ‘required: . Some data for an lectric co- *siliea Mux; : “py: :* Limestone® flux, aries py; Limestone. for” acid - neulralization. oF, vequired [800 ,U Upy. The ig ny fa. copper. smeher “would. be. -very de- pendent ..un,. Ue “miarket *.for: Diister ur refined copper. There: could be a shorlage of copper” smelter capacity .in- the mid. 197u's, “partly .eatised “by .. in creasingly .-- slrict «> pollution; control laws ‘in: Japan.,_ the United States * and: . other. countries... This shortage of . smelling .capacily “should in- crease the favorability of esta- bLiishing copper smellers in” > British Columbia in the mud Wio's. 5 a : Copper Refinery ° If it were determined to be . feasible-to markel. refined ‘¢o-.” pper, a refinery.could be easily : set up in Kitimat, A 200,000 tons “per year copper refinery would ‘cost in the. order of $65,000,000 with. approximately half ‘the < capital cost as working capitab und would draw an dverage po- wer load uf 11.500 KW. , Potential forest. ‘development LE INTRODUCTION s “TFL No. 4 (Columbia - Cellulese Lid) the Bell-(rving dry and Suikine SYU's would be. directly serviced by a northern Tail extension from Terrace to ’ the Balue Lake area, Specific ° _ limber volumes by-area, are su- mmarized below and are shown on Lhe accompanying map. . 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