Universal Coordinated Time UTC – ZULU is a 24 hour clock . In March, 1946, when I was 20 months old, we moved to Minto, in the Bridge River Valley, BC. Minto is now flooded out by Carpenter Lake a Hydro-Electric Reservoir. My Dad had been hired on the Bridge River Power Project as a heavy-duty mechanic and welder to work on the Lajoie Dam. Most all of that electricity is dropped down into the Lynn Valley, North Vancouver, BC substation (follow the high-tension from just west and above Karen Magnussen Arena; two blocks south, following trails in the green space to https://mapcarta.com/W117564281) ~ So, When you turn on your cellphone, lights and TV please remember to thank my dad, Clarence Fredrick Webb, for sliding around on his back in the minus 40° C degree frozen mud to fix the equipment used to build the Lajoie Dam. My first best friend in Minto was Frenchie, an 75 year old prospector. He delighted in letting me hang around as he, all by himself, built his retirement log cabin. He showed me how and where to find gold, and extract it from the ore. I showed him how to make my grandmother's peanut butter cookies. When I turn two years old, for my birthday present, he had me put out my left hand, palm up. He dropped a small bead of mercury there, for a minute. WOW ! I'd never seen anything like that in my whole life, to date. Placer gold has come from black-sand in the creek and river bottoms. Frenchie helped me figure out so many things. Like, where does all of that black-sand containing gold come from. Up? Those who dance with earthquakes and volcanoes are considered mad by those who cannot smell the sulfur. In February, 1947 he put the pointy end of his shotgun in his mouth and blew his brains out. I still miss him, even to this day. We begin to deal with BIG (MEGA) EARTHQUAKES at New Cascadia Dawn© - Cascadia Rising - M9 to M10+, An Intelligent Grandfather's Guide© The next website to look at is Simon Fraser University (foreground) Kulshan Stratovolcano© / Mount Baker Stratovolcano (background)© ~ Image by Stan G. Webb - In Retirement©, An Intelligent Grandfather's Guides© next, The Man From Minto© - A Prospector Who Knows His Rocks And Stuff© Learn more about the Cascadia Volcanic Arc© (Part of Pacific Ring of Fire) Cascadia Volcanoes© and the currently active Mount Meager Massif©, part of the Cascadia Volcanic Arc© [ash flow, debris flows, fumaroles and hot springs], just northwest of Pemberton and Whistler and 40 kilometres west of Minto (BRV), Canada ~ My personal interest in the Mount Meager Massif© is that the last volcanic vent blew north, into the Bridge River Valley [The Bridge River Valley Community Association (BRVCA), [formerly Bridge River Valley Economic Development Society], near my hometown. I am the Man From Minto© - A Prospector Who Knows His Rocks And Stuff©

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Sunday, November 3, 2019

Exploring the almost forgotten Minto (BC) Mine

https://youtu.be/i1br2JHdMFQ   (6:09 minutes)

British Columbia Ghost Mines
The Minto property is owned by Avino Mines and Resources Limited. The property comprises eight Crown-granted mineral claims including Omega and Omega 1-4, Alpha fraction, Jack fraction and Golden Girl; reverted Crown-granted claims, Hillside Extension 1-2, Minto fraction, Prince, Frank fraction, Hagmo, Ex fraction, and Om fraction, Golden Queen, Helm fraction, and Juniper (located claim). The original claims were staked about 1910 but little work was done until the 1930s. The property was optioned to Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada Limited (Cominco) by W. Davidson in 1930. Work completed by this company in 1931 and 1932 included the initial development of the River, Hagmo and Warren adits. The option was relinquished in 1933 and property became the asset of the newly formed Minto Gold Mines Limited. This company extended the previous workings, the main adit and a winze from the lowest adit to three deeper levels. A mill was installed in 1934 with a capacity of 50 tons per day; in 1935 this was increased and maintained at 125 tons per day until the end of operations in 1937. In 1942 some broken ore was extracted and a few pillars mined. Exploration below the adit levels proved unsuccessful. Pioneer Gold Mines Limited obtained an option from 1941 to 1942; in 1959 the claims were acquired by Ace Mining Company Limited. Little additional work was done and the property, now under the name of Minto Trading and Development Company, became part of the estate of Marguerite W. Wiles. In 1975 Empire Metals Corporation Limited optioned the property and completed geochemical and geophysical surveys. Avino Mines and Resources Limited purchased the property in 1985 and, up to 1987, had completed geological, geochemical and geophysical surveys which led to trenching and diamond drilling, mostly north of the old mine workings. Since this time the property has been dormant. The main period of production from the Minto mine was from 1934 to 1940. A total of 80.6 thousand tonnes of ore was mined yielding a total 0.5 million grams of gold, 1.6 million grams of silver, 9.7 million grams of copper and 56.4 million grams of lead (MINFILE 092JNE075). . . . ARIS/www Detailed Summary Report

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