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THI LIBRARY OF THE. UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLD BI :

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS DIVISION

Prepared by George Brandak

January, 1976

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The Library purchased the Solibakke Mining Papers in December, 1982, tha tcontain considerable information on the Cariboo Gold Quartz Company. There isvaluable material on the Company at the Wells Museum in Wells, B.C .

TABLE OF CC'' T S

Introduction

Inventory Series

Minutes

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Documents

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Letters :

Incoming 1

Letters :

Outgoing

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Reports :

Financial

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2

Reports :

Geological . 2

Reports :

Mine Operation 2

Printed Material .

2

Historical information 2

News Letters

. 0 3

Reports .

3

News Clippings .

3

Miscellany

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3

Photographs •

3

Maps

. 4

Subgroup :

Gold Quartz Hospital Limited 5

Subgroup :

The Wells Townsite Company Limited 5

Subgroup :

Cariboo—Hudson Gold Mines Limited 6

Subgroup :

J. Royden Morris a a . a

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Box e Folder nos . Sub 1st 1111

MINUTES

1-(1-5) Book no . 9 Aug . 17, 1953-The minute book contained not only minutes of Nov . 29, 1966

meetings of the hoard of nireetore, but include dmaterial related to matters arising from the minute ssuch as agreements as to loans and applications forcredit to the Royal Bank of Cenes,, 1953-1958, 1961 ;letters to shareholders, 1954-55 ; letters, documents ,newselippince, and a George Cross Iews Letter pertainingto the operations of the 'Company, 1953-66 ; letters andclippings relating to the purchase of Island Mountai nnines Co . Ltd ., a subsidiary of fewmont hining Corpora-tion, by C .G .nn .C ., 1954 ; and a Collective BargainingAgreement between Wells niners' Union, Local 685 of theInternational Union of nine Mill and Smelter honker sand the C .G .n . :S .C ., 1955 . There is an index to theminutes, 1953-60 . NewsclipPincs, ::arch 1962-Oct . 19were placed in the minute book . They have been takenfrom the minute book and placed in folder nos . 1-(a-5) .

1-6

Annual general meeting of the shareholders .

Apr . 11, 1962

D00T:MN-TS

femorandum. of reementMemorandum of egreement between the C . .

. andHams Creek. old enartz Comp-.any Limited pertaining

to mineral claims .

ProxySamples of the proxy relating to the transfer of

notes for shareholder's meetings .

LMT Y 5 INCOMINGLetters from 1946 to 1962 were addressed t o

Dr . J .3 . Burnett, p resident, and the letter of1968 was addressed to Br . Hoyden Morris, President . )

Dolmage, Campbell and ssociate sMandy, Joseph T .Pioneer Gold nines of is .C . LimitedWvineJ. Gorman

LETTERS : OnTGOInGLetters are from the President's Office and

are circular letters with the exception ofBurnett to James .

1-7

1-8

1-9 1

19681

196 22

194 61

196 2

1946

1962-1963

2

To the Shareholders

13

1961-1972To Brokers

1

196 2James, Howard T .

1

1962

FINANCIAL REPORT S

Reports to the PresidentData and comments reporting the operatio n

of the C .a .

Reports are from M . Guiguet ,Mine Manager to W .B . Burnett, 1960-1962 .

ProspectusA list of subcriptions is filed with th e

prospectus .

GEOLOGICAL REPORTS

Report on C .G .Q.M.C . by Ira B . JoralemonTypescript includes plan of underground working s

of the Company, May, 1934 . Also, a summary of con-clusions by Joralemon is added, 3 paEas .

Report on C .G .Q.M.C . by McC' ,thy nd Binns,

Mining

1934Engineers

Photocopied report is based on the examinationof the property by J . Norman Wynne and consultatio nwith the consulting firm . Plans and workings of theproperty are included .

Report on the Geology of the Mine by Dr . A.C . Skerl

1948Typescript and plans . Extracts from the report

were published in A .C . Skerl, "Geology of the Caribo oGold Quartz Mine, Wells, B .C .," Economic Geology,Vol. XLIII, No . 7, Nov. 1948 . A reprint is includedin the file .

MINEREPORTS ,

Memoranda on certain data and comments regardin goperation of the Company by A. Shaak, general manager ,June 1957, 12I p .] . Memoranda is preceded by a letterfrom Shaak to Dr . W .B . Burnett which notes that Shaakhas omitted entirely, any remarks concerning th eactual mining and milling .

PRINTED aJ:M.:'R L .

Historical information

Brochures and reprints (14), from periodicals and

1929-1964newspapers relating to the historical developmentof C .G.Q.M .C .

1960-1963

1960

1934

Newsafters

George Cross News Letter

C .G .Q .M .C. Newsreleases oertauning to the activities o f

(9)

Reports

Annual reports of the Island Mountain Mine sCompany Ltd .

Report of the operations of C .G .Q .M .C .

Newsclippings

2-(11-15)

News clippings from various newspapers and periodical s

3-(1-8)

B .C . Governmentiews, The Canadian:Financial JournalCariboo Observer, The Winancial Post, The Northern,;-liner, Toronto Globe andMail, Vancouver Province ,,Vancouver Sun, :'estern Can da inint-,:'etas ,Western Reporter – relating mainly to C .G .the gold mining industry, the Cariboo region ,Barkerville, and early gold mining in B .C .

MISCELLANY,

3-9

A poem by W.T . Fairgrieve, "Cariboo Gold . "Stock certificate for fifty shares of Cariboo Quart z

Mining Company, located at Barkervill eDividend cheque

1942Testimonial to Dr . ` . . Burnett by J . Ward Allen

1962at the annual meeting of C .G .Q.M.C .

PHOTOGRAPHS,

3-(10-19) &

Black and white prints, (562), negatives, (39), colo r4-1

prints, (28), and color negatives, (3), relating mainl yto the operation the C .G .Q .M .C ., the development o fWells, and the scenery of the surrounding area . Themajority of photographs received were in two albums -folder no . 3-19 (72 prints, 1933-1938), and box 4(406 prints, 1927-1941) . The former album concentrate son plant operation, 1936, and the development of Wells ,1933-38, whereas the latter album covers the overal loperation of the Mine, and scenes of the town andsurrounding area . Aside from prints, the latter albumincludes a certificate of assay relating to the result sof an assay made upon samples of ore, 1928, and plan sshowing the main portion of the Company's holdings ,Jan. 31, 1940 and Jan . 31, 1942 .

2-8

2-9

2-10

1953-1964

1934-54, 1959

n.d., 1929-73

n.d .1877

The color prints are undated and are mostly relatedto the manufacture of gold bricks by the Company. Otherprints are similar to those in the albums . Folder no.3—10 contains a print of Mr . J . Hoyden Morris andanother print of Morris and W .A .C . Bennett at Barkerville ,1962 .

MAPS

List of maps removed from records 26 Nov ., 1975 —Location : a Cabinet5

1. Cariboo Gold uartz Mining Company Limited, ;ells, B .C .[insurance plan drawn by] F . Williams ; prepared by Reed ,Shaw & Mc' .aught, Insurance Service, Vancouver [etc. ]June, 1962 . 1" = 50'

part . col . ; litho

2. Cariboo Gold quartz Mining Co . Ltd . Plan of crowngrant mineral claims [drawn

25 Nov., 1964 .1" = 1500'

claims col . on xerox.

[Key map showing location of Cariboo Gold ,uartz Pinin gCo . Ltd .] xerox of portion of Mineral Reference iclaims outlined in red .

4 . [Sketch showing claims of Bralorne—Pioneer, Caribooalgamated, Placer and eriboo Gold ilartz companies

as ., col ., 8 1/2" x 11"

col. outline .

5. Cariboo Gold :alartz Mining Co . Ltd ., +ells, B .C .Northwest M .C .'s Cymoetz River Omineca M . D . 19 Nov . ,1962 [drawn by] G . W . G. 1" = 40'

Photocopy?showing mineralization, edit trenches .

6. Mosquito Creek Gold Mining Company Ltd . (I .P .L . )quito Creek Project . Chargeability plan ; to

accompany report by D .R . Cochrane, B . Eng . on theMosquito Creek Project, dated Sept . 30, 1971 atDelta, B .C . "Fig . 6"

1" = 330' approx .part . col.

7. Mosquito Creek Col . Mining Co . Ltd . Section 'F' lookingwesterly, ;ells, B .C . ; to accompany report by MarcelGuiguet October 1972 . [prepared by] Cannon—Hick seesociates Ltd . 1" = 275' approx .

photocopy ofcross—section .

8. Treasure Mt . )per property Omineca Mining Distric tBritish Columbia diamond drill results plan & sections[drawn by] M . M . Snyder 9—19—56 . 1" = 40'

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9. Treasure Mt . diamond drilling Omineca M .D ., BritishColumbia, plan section; revision of Oct . 15 1956 ,using data furnished by Dr . A.G. Pentland [byj B .M.Snyder. 1" = 40 '

10. Quartz veins & placer mines of Island Mountain an dMosquito Creek in Cariboo District, British Columbia ;surveyed and drawn by Amos Bowman, . To illustratereport of amos Bowman G .S .C . 1888] 1" = 480 'xerox of G6C pub . #279 with red & blue marks showingC .G.Q.? [cf. map in Bowman's Report HR. QE 187 C2 B 61888 Cop . 1 ]

maximum size : 15" x 21"

*fully catalogued ; cards inMap Catalogue

SUBGROUP'S

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MINUTSS

Minute book no . 2

April, 1943-The minute book contained not only minutes of

June, 1967annual general meetings of the shareholders andmeetings of the Board of Directors, but include dthe balance sheet and profit and loss statemen tof the Hospital from the year ended January 31, 1943to the eleven months ended December 31, 1954 ; aresolution of the directors of the Hospital regardin gbanking and security, 1946, 1950, 1951, and 1955 ; andletters from H .R . Rose, .naging director of th eHospital to Mrs . K .M. 'rj 3 * May 27, 1946, and fromKathleen M. Brig's to J ._ .i . Dunlop, Secretary-Treasurer, C .G .a..M .C ., Jnna 14, 1946, relating tothe resignation of K .M. Briggs as superintenden tand matron of the Hospital .

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Minute book no . 3

Sept . 28, 1949-The Wells Townsite Co . Ltd . was taken over by

Sept . 29, 1970C .G . .M . C . in October, 1935 . In addition to minute sof annual general meetings and meetings of the Board

of Directors (1949-1970 ' . the minute book containedArticles of association of the Wells Coansite Co .Dec . 14, 1933, balance sheet and profit end los sstatement of the Company for years ended Jan . 31,1950 to Dec . 31, 1954, resolutions pertaining, t othe banking account of securities of the Company,1950, 1955 and 1966, Deeds of Land in transactionsbetween the Company and its customers and lettersrelating to the sale of lots tnd the take over ofan electrical utility by D .C . Hydro . At the endof the book, there is an index to the minutes .

CARIBOO-HU

REPORT

inancial . report

the Company

J . ROYDEld MORRISH :.

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(Shaak Alexer . :glaek was n eneral manager of the mine at

The letter pertains to eersonal matter sand. the operation. of the mine . . .

LETTSRS : OUTGO;t0

Finlay,

2

1952-1953

L I936

1953

To the Shareholders

=3' CLIPPI : ; ,

News clippings pertaining to investment

1

196 2

4

1952—1962