MINERAL HIGHLIGHTS:
A BRIEF HISTORY OF MINING AROUND TERRACE

Placer gold was mined from Kleanza,
Chimdemash, Fiddler, Lorne, Douglas, and
Phillips (Hawkins) creeks.

Mining activity on Thornhill and Kleanza
mountains: gold, silver, copper, lead, zine,
molybdenum and tungsten.

Mining of gold, silver, zinc and Jead in the
Kitsumkalum Lake area.

Tron ore found on the Zymoetz (Copper)

' River, copper ore found on Kleanza, St.
Croix and Chimdemash Creeks. High grade
gold, lead, zinc and copper ore discovered on
Fiddler Creek,

The common method of extraction was hand-picking of the richest ore samples, which were then carried
by horseback and wagon to the recently completed (1912) Grand Trunk Pacific railway for shipment to
purchasers like the smelters in Trail and Anyox.

the richest ore samples were picked by hand for free gold; for example, in 1918 over $4,000 (1918 dollars)
of native gold was removed from a vein in Thornhill Mountain in a period of less than two weeks.

1920-30 There was considerable mining around -
Terrace. .

1925-28 Gold ore removed from Maroon Mountain
by Kitsumkalum Lake.

1913-27 High grade silver, lead and zinc ores were
packed out: of the headwaters of Legate, St.
Croix and Chimdemash creeks.

1923-27 Hand-sorted gold was shipped from the
Lucky Luke gold mines just south of Usk.

1915-22 The adjacent Cordillera gold mine operated
a small amalgamation mill (using mercury)
and continued until 1930.

The failure to find large new ore bodies and the economic collapse of 1929 put a stop to nearly all mining
activity for the next several years. . a - | |

1933-35 Columnario Consolidated gold mine
operated west of Usk.

1935 Wagon road 10 miles long built along the
Zymoetz River, opening up Dardanelle (gold,
silver, lead and zinc) which operated until
World War II.

Lucky Luke in operation, with ore carried
by aerial tramway to a grinding mill next to
the railway.

After World War II, forestry became the primary focus of the Terrace economy.

B.C, Mining Week/ Terrace Review — February 28, 1992