(opposite page) Cleaning bedrock in a
hydraulic pit on the Germansen River; (this
page) W.W. Leach's map of the Telkwa River
and vicinity.
Valley. There was a lot of mineral explo-
ration activity in the Telkwa Range by
then, and there were many new copper
discoveries. Leach drafted a detailed con-
tour map in 1906 showing the general
geology of the Telkwa River area and he
studied the newly discovered prospects.
More technical help arrived in 1917,
when the B.C. Mineral Survey appointed
Jack Galloway as resident engineer, based
in Hazelton. Galloway devoted several
years to advising prospectors and visit-
ing their prospects.
Numerous mineral occurrences
were found by the first explorers in the
Bulkley Valley area, and many prospects
on Hudson Bay Mountain and in the
Babine and Telkwa mountains shipped
a few tons of ore, mostly by packhorse.
However, only the Duthie, Cronin and
– eventually – Dome Mountain mines
achieved notable production, as did the
coal mine at Telkwa.
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