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The series consists of 14 volumes of clipping books created by the Dept. of Mines and Petroleum Resources, and its predecessor bodies, between 1910 and 1966 (with gaps).

The volumes contain newspaper clippings regarding mining legislation, exploration and companies and are partially indexed.

Indexed clippings regarding mining legislation, exploration and companies.

This series consists of records related to Crown reserve sales of petroleum and natural gas rights. The records were created by the Department of Mines and the Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources from 1954-1977. The records were created under the authority of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act (RSBC 1979, c. 323) to document the sale of resource rights.

Records include news releases identifying successful bidders, the amount tendered, and parcels sold; maps showing the location of the parcels; and public notices of sale. The records are arranged chronologically.

This series consists of records regarding the assessment and taxation of mineral and gas resources across the province from 1974-1986. These records were created by the Mineral Revenue Division and its successors. Records include mineral tax assessment appeal files, and gas field production ledgers.

Mineral tax assessment appeal files document significant mineral tax appeals and interpretations. Under the Mineral Tax Act, taxpayers had the right to appeal notices of assessment to the Mineral Tax Review Board. If unsatisfied with the Board’s decision, taxpayers could appeal it in the Supreme Court of British Columbia, and further appeal it to the BC Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. This changed in 2003, when legislation eliminated the Mineral Tax Review Board, and provided a new appeal process to the minister. Records include correspondence; decisions and notices of appeal from the Mineral Land Tax Review Board; land records; submissions from the Assessor of Mineral land tax, including maps, lists of claims, and tax records; Orders-in-Council designating lands as mineral production areas; reports; and court records.

Monthly gas field production ledgers are organized by battery and were part of the petroleum reporting system. The records are computer generated reports created in the process of calculating gas royalties and tax invoices. These records provide a concise history of volumes and values of oil and natural gas, as well as related royalties and freehold production taxes.

The Ministries responsible for the creation of these records and the dates they were responsible are:
Dept. of Mines and Petroleum Resources (1960-1976)
Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Resources (1976-1978)
Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources (1978-1996)

Scheduled under the Mineral, Oil and Gas Revenue ORCS (schedule 159500) number 20315-30 and 30380-06.

This cartographic record series consists of Mineral Titles Maps documenting the location of staked mineral claims and placer leases in British Columbia. In addition to the actual Mineral Titles Maps produced by the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum Resources’ Titles Division and its predecessors, the series includes Departmental Reference Maps (DRM) and Departmental Mineral Reference Maps (DMRM) which were originally created by the Department of Lands, Forests and Water Resources (and predecessor “Lands” Departments). The DRM and DMRM were used by the Titles Division both as guides to the location of parks, reserves, and surveyed mineral claims, and as base maps in the production of the Titles maps.

The series consists of records from the Dept. of Mines assembled by J.D. Lineham around 1972, in the course of writing a brief history of oil and gas exploration and drilling in British Columbia.

This series contains reports of an investigation into fatal accidents at Jedway Iron Ore Ltd. and inspection reports by the Inspector of Mines, Prince Rupert.

File consists of approximately 1 cm of textual records comprised of speeches, interviews, notes, memoranda, and a copy of reasons for judgement, created between 1952 and 1970, in relation to W.K. Kiernan's various Ministerial positions in the government of British Columbia. A list is provided below:

Radio 9 CJVI interview transcript regarding the Minister's tour of Japan - 1961.
Address to the Social Credit Party - 1952.
Vancouver Court of Appeal Reasons for Judgement, X245/63 - June 12, 1963
Address to the B.C. Wildlife Federation 12th Annual Convention - 1968
Address to the Third Session of the Twenty-third Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia - 1969
Notes for "Course into Future" - 1969
Address to the B.C. Wildlife Federation 13th Annual Convention - 1969
Address to the British Columbia Hotels Association - 1970